The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

.E.NGLAND AND AMERICA.

AUSTRIAN FINANCE.

The following are the terms of the engagemens
to bo entered into between the Austrian Govern
meat and the Bank of Vienna:—

" Art. 1. The privilege of the Bank is extended :
"Art. 2. The State will reimburse in specie, it
20 monthly instalments, the first of which is to be
paid in one month after the conclusion of the con
vention, to the Bank, the 20 millions of florins whicl,
the latter lent to the former.
" Art. 2. The 44 millions of florins which the
State owes to the Bank for the sinking fund of the
anticipation certificates shall be returned between
the present time and 1870.
Art. 4. The Bank shall be indemnified to the
amount of 90 millions by the annual product of the
sale of the domains of the State ; a portion of those
domains to a fixed amount is to be sold every year
if less than is required be sold, the State will have
to pay the difference.
Art. 5. The State abandons to the Bank, in order
to cover the surplus due to it, the sum of 23 mil
lions in specie on the loan of 1862.
"Art. 6. The Bank lends to the State during the
term of its privilege a certain sum which shall not
be called for during that time (estimated at 8(
millions).
" Art. 7. The Bank will restore to the State the
A3O millions of the London loan, deposited as
:guarantee, as well as the remainder of the loan of
21860.

"Art. 8. The Bank engages to sell between thi

time and a certain fixed period the titles of railwa:
And of land indemnity arising from the sinkin,
fund.

Art. 9. The authorisation granted in 1858 1

tissue notes to the amount of triple their reserve wil
be restricted to a fixed sum. All notes issued be
yond that amount must be covered by the metallic
(reserve.

Art. 10. The independence of the Bank as re-
gards the State is guaranteed; it will be places
under the surveillance of a commission of the
Heichsrath, which will be at the same time charged
ith that of the public debt."

THE LAST SERMON BEFORE TILE

COURT AT BALMORAL.

An incident which, now that the Prince Consor •
has been taken from us, possesses a special interest
occurred some six or seven weeks ago. The Rev. ‘.
Kr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, a young and exceed-
ingly
popular preacher, had engaged to officiate it
the parish church close to Balmoral, and where th.
Court invariably attend Divine service when tv
Balmoral. On this occasion the rev. gentleman
discovered, to his great discomfort, just as he enterec
the pulpit, that he had left at home the manuscript
of the sermon which he was to preach before tht
Queen and the Prince Consort. It happily oceurree
to him, in the embarrassing situation in which lit
round himself placed, that he had recently writtei
sermon from the text, " Prepare to meet the
God," which he had closely committed to memory
Re accordingly preached the sermon in questiot
with great fluency and power. Her Majesty am
the late Prince Consort were so much struck witl
the discourse that they sent a message to th(
. preacher, expressing the pleasure with which the
• had listened to it, and requesting to be favoured
with a sight of the manuscript. The manuscrip
was of course at once forwarded to the Court, an(
immediately afterwards a second message was sew
o the preacher by the Queen and the Prince, de
siring that the sermon should be published. It ha,
been so, and is in extensive circulation in Scotland
What un awful appropriateness there was in th(
ext, " Prepare to meet thy God," so far as regard,
' -he late lamented Prince.—Morning Advertiser.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIE
as.mv ty —An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. II f.:4:'
• - •
Raffles Walthew, the deputy-coroner, at the Poplar Hos-
Igital, on view of the body of Thomas Redpath, aged 40
'who lost his life under the following circumstances :—Th
deceased was in the service of the Eastern Counties Railwa)f
Company, and on Saturday last, while engaged in oilin. i
some portion of the machinery of an engine, near the Bark-
ing-road station, he, by some means, fell off the train, an,
became jammed between one of the trucks and the platform.
He was found lying in a state of suffering, and was con-
veyed
to the hospital, where Mr. Brownfield, the hens( :
surgeon, found that he had sustained severe internal inju-
ries,
from which he ultimately died. Several witnesses 4'
examined, and it was proved that the deceased was perfectl)
sober, and the unfortunate occurrence was quite accidental ,:
Verdict, "Accidental death."
A PENITENT THIEF.—A man named Beard ha'
just given himself up to the police authorities of Higl,-
Wycombe, for a robbery committed at Downham 24 years
ago. Ho then worked for a Mrs. Beeston, a painter, and !-,
absconded from her service, robbing the house of a £lO and
£5 note, a spade-ace guinea, a half-sovereign, some silver,
and a coat with gilt buttons thereon. From his own con-
fession
he hired a horse and chaise and wont to Cambridge. 1 ,
where he borrowed a coat of the ostler, which he never re-
turned. He adds that the affair has so troubled his mini
that he had determined to give himself up to justice. Mrs
Beeston left Downham some time back, and is since dead,l
Aso that Beard will probably be discharged with an easier
conscience.—Norfolk News.

We are informed that in consequence of th,
English Government not being immediately provided with
a sufficient stock of snow boots in the event of an ewer.
/gency, application was made to the Emperor of the French,
=who at once expressed his willingness to supply the want,
rand on receiving a reply that 2,000 were required, that num-'
ber was transmitted by order of his Majesty without a mo,
rment's delay.
1
THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS:—
:W
2e
have good reason to believe that Lord Lyons was di-
reeted by the British Government to communicate unofd-
tcially to Mr. Seward the substance of Lord Russell's desa-
Ipatch demanding the surrender of Messrs. Slidell Tahni j
wMason a day or two previous to its formal delivery.
fact is decisive as to the conciliatory spirit
ments—Asp,
of the Govern
i

We have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 12th
of Nov. An arrangement was said to have been
perfected with Urquiza whereby he recognises Gen.
Mitre as the Provisional Dictator of the country,
rejecting the refractory authorities which existed
before the battle of Pabon. The Buenos Ayrean
army was to continue to occupy Santa Fe, and, if
necessary, the troops of Entre Rios to obey the new
Provisional Dictator. Derqui, after two or three
days spent in Parana, had embarked on board the
British steamer of war Ardent, with his family,
bound to Montevideo, where he would remain ready
to return at the call of Urquiza. Meantime Entre
Rios was being daily assimilated more and more to
Paraguay, and nobody could either enter or leave
Its territory, except as the reigning despot might
choose. The expedition against the rebel Govern-
ment of Cordova was about to move under Gen.
Paunero and Col. D. Marcos Paz.

On the sth ult. the Legislative Assembly of
Buenos Ayres was convened in extra session for the
purpose of considering and voting the remainder of
'he Budget—viz., the general estimates of the Cus-
.omhouse for 1862 ; the law of stamped paper for
he same year; of Contribution Directa, or real
state tax ; estimates of municipal expenses and
saxes for the city, and also for the Bank. After
hat, the projects for the construction of the South-
Tn and the contin cation of the Western Railways,
-he building of wharfs and warehouses at Catalinas,
Ind the laying down of a submarine telegraph cable
o Montevideo were to come upon the tapzs, each in
heir order.

A memorandum of the Brazilian Minister of
Finance shows the following as the amount of the
lebt of the Argentine Confederation and Banda
Oriental to the Imperial Treasury :
Loans to the Banda Oriental—lst, on account of
he Convention of the 12th of October, 1857,
1,020,041 dole ; 2d. To bills drawn by the Impe-
ial Legation in Monte Video, 720,000 dole.; 3.
On account of the protocol of the 29th of Jan. 1858,
119,850 dols. ; total, 1,859,891 dols.

To the Argentine Confederation (National Go-
vernment)-Ist. Loan, 407,000 dols. ; 2d. ditto,
314,000 dols. ; interest on ditto, to the 31st of Dec.,
1860, 233,628 dols. ; total, 947,628.

In this statement the expense of the expedition
)f 1854 and 1855 is not included, and is due by the
Vlonte Video Government, :in accordance with the
reaties of the 12th of October, 1857, and sth of
ugust, 1854.

The latest price of doubloons at Buenos Ayres
•anged from 411 i to 413. Exchange on England,
s3s. 6d. ; ditto on France, 80f. to 801. ; ditto on the
United States, par to 2 per cent. discount. The bank
received currency at 6 per cent.; ditto specie at
per cent. per annum. The bank advanced specie
tt 12 per cent. per annum ; ditto currency at 8 per
:ent. per annum. Market rate of interest, 1 to 1-1-
)er cent. per month ; gas shares, 77i per cent. ;
Bolsa shares, 7 to 10 per cent. dess.
The British barque Warrior Queen sailed from
Buenos Ayres for London on the 7th of Nov., and
,he barque Istria had also left for Liverpool, both
aden with large cargoes of hides, sheepskins,
wines, tallow, &c.

Several shipping disasters occurred during a vio-
tent gale which raged on the night of the 28th and
29th of Oct. The magnificent American steamer
Vlississippi, owned in New York, broke from her
noorings, and was stranded on the beach, but lay
n a favourable position, bows on the shore, quite
,t her ease, and materially undamaged, and was
,xpected to be easily got afloat on the first high
ide. The American barque Carolina run aground

pposite the Recoleta, and the Hamburg brig
denrich Arens opposite Belgrano; both lost
heir anchors. The schooners Rayo and Do-
oms run aground. Among the lesser craft th e
ceidents were more numerous, The National

schooner Diana was struck by the Mississippi,
osing her bowsprit and foremast. The schooner
Carolina was completely lost from a similar
;Ruse, and the pilot-boats Mariquita,Dolores, Rayo,
nd Tomasito were aground on the beach. The
French barque Etincelle lost her anchor.
Her Majesty's ship Ardent left Buenos Ayres on
he Ist of November for Parana.
li The following intelligence has been received by
he French steamer Navarre from Bordeaux :-
-,-; 3 " Pernambuco, Nov. 30.

The Oneida arrived here on the 28th, with

London dates to the 9.h, and telegrams to the 11th
dem. It is almost needless to say that cotton is still
he favourite article of the day, but prices have
3en worked up to such a height that at length,
baring to be broken, the pitcher would no longer
4.0 to the well, and for an entire week pressers did
lot sell a bale. To-day, however, a sale was made
it 12 dols, per arroba, equal to 111 d. per lb., ex

Freight. This is a decline of 600 reis from the
lighest point obtained. Sugars are duller; ordinary
)rowns are quoted 1,950 to 2,000 per arroba, or
17s. Bd. to 18s. ld. per cwt. ; whites, 2,600 to 4,100
nr 235. 7d. to 355. 7d. per cwt. ; hides, 180 reis per
b. ; exchange, 26/ Freights very firm, at 625. 6d.
ind 5 per cent. Channel and United Kingdom ;
30s. and 5 per cent. sugar to Liverpool; 7-Bths, and
per cent., per lb. cotton."

THAMES EMBANEMENT-SOLTH SIDE

The Commissioners for considering the propriety
)f embanking the south side of the Thames met on
Saturday afternoon at the Westminster Hotel.
Col. Galton presided, and the other commissioners
vere present.
Mr. Frederick Poulton, of the Board of Works,
was first examined. He said that the embankment
A* the Thames on the south side was rendered neces-
iary or desirable from the fact that floods frequently
took place on the south side of the Thames. The
floods affected the poor inhabitants and the wharf•
,ngers. In the case of the poor, they were driven
Jut of their dwellings between Nine Elms and
Westminster-bridge, and immediately after the
,eater subsides, when they return to their dwellings,
iisease was generated by the dampness of the
swellings. It was obvious that the wharfingers
must suffer considerably by being flooded out of
their places of business. These things could be
prevented by an embankment, and by that means
mly. He pointed out further that the crowded
state of the thoroughfares on the south side of the

iver between Vauxhall and Westminster rendered
rn additional roadway necessary ; and the crowded
<tate of the thoroughfares would be increased by
he construction of Lambeth-bridge, which would
be opened next year. A new street was undoubtedly
necessary, and it might be made by an embank-
nent, or by widening the waterside thoroughfare.
As to the north side of the river above Westmins-
ter, it was already embanked. As to lighting the
wharfs on the river side, it would interfere with all
the existing thoroughfares and the neighbourhood,
and would entail the entire reconstruction of the
wharves—and, indeed, most of the existing wharf
walls were so bad that any attempt to patch up the
!natter would be a failure, and would not remove
the evils of flooding, nor remedy the evils of over-
crowding ; there was great doubt, therefore, that
tny other course than an embankment would re-
medy the existing evils. It must be remembered
, that those on the south side contributed a large
Imount of coal tax, which goes to pay for the em-
bankment of the north side.

Capt. Galton—lf that argument would apply,
then every district should have some improvement.
Witness—Well, by the north embankment the
whole of the north districts are improved, and by
the south embankment the whole of the south dis-
tricts will be improved. The floods come over the
embankment, and out through the sewers. It would
he most injurious to abolish the free landing places.
From one of them 1,000 tons are carted a week, and
any road on the south side must be constructed in
connection with free landing places. The objec-
tionable nature of the mud banks is due to the

sewage.
}
3y Sr J. Jebb—The road between my wharf and
works is sometimes flooded, and the embankment
would remedy the evil.
Dr. Odling, medical officer of health for the parish
of Lambeth ; Mr. W. F. Godered, vestryman ; and
other gentlemen of local position and influence, were
also examined, and the commission Ns as further ad-
lourned.