The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 79, 185 g.

3allot will lose an important vantage ground
will& it might have taken.
We trust Mr. BERKELEY will take our observa-
tions in good part. We feel that, as amongst the
oldest advocates of the Ballot, we have a fair claim
to speak ; we had gathered from the resolutions of
the Ballot Society that it was intended to make
the motion on the Ballot on the motion for the
second reading, and we felt not a little disappointed
to see it shifted to a time which may never arrive,
and which does not appear to us to have the
slightest practical advantage. Mr. BERKELEY,
therefore, and the friends with whom he acts, will
excuse us if we inform them that "no time for a
motion on the Ballot will be acceptable to the
people, as a complete Ballot movement, which is
not accompanied by the advantage of testing each
member prior to any possible dissolution of Parlia-
ment."

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Renter's office :

VIENNA, MARCH 8.

The evening edition of the official Vienna Gazette
publishes a long article, stating that for several
reasons founded on international law, Austria will
insist upon the complete maintenance of her special
treaties with the Italian states.

The only additional article to the treaty with
Naples--in which the conformity of principles of
government is stated merely as an existing fact—
could be suppressed if both parties should agree
upon the point.

ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 8.

The Gazette of the Senate of this day publishes
the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded
between Russia and England, which was ratified
by the Emperor on the 10th of January last.

It' is rumoured in Paris that Prince Napoleon
will be appointed Grand Admiral.

FRANCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 8.

BOURSE, March B.—The opening of the market
exhibited a general improvement of prices, but
heavy sales were effected, and they afterwards gave
way. Threes, after having been done at 69fr. 45c.,
declined to 69fr. Mobilier varied from 830 fr. to
805 fr. ; Austrian, 557 fr. 50e. to 550 fr. ; Lyons,
850 fr. to 842 fr. 50c. ; Orleans, 1,355 fr. to 1,345 fr. ;
Southern, 535 fr. to 530 fr. ; Northern, 950 fr. to
940 fr. The following are the last quotations :-
41 per Cents. 95 70 ' Credit Foncier 645
Do. end month 95 70 Belgian 41
3 per Cents. 69 10 Piedmontese (5) 80 50
Do. end month.... 68 85 Roman B6
Bank Shares. 2890 Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 805 Spanish Threes
Do. Account 805 , Home Debt

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

The royal mail steamship America, Capt. Miller,
which sailed from Boston on the 23rd, and from
Halifax on the 25th ult., arrived here to-day. She
brought 61 passengers, and in specie 74,820 dols.,
and £2,275 sterling,
The steamship Africa hence, arrived out at New
York on the 22d ult.

The screw steamship Bremen, from Southampton
for New York, put into Halifax on the 22d ult.,
short of coal.

The news by this arrival is of slight importance.
In the Senate the bill providing for the acquisi•
Lion of Cuba continued to be discussed.

The House passed the Army Appropriation Bill,
after reducing the estimates 1,500,000 dols. The
total amount appropriated for this branch of the
public service is about 14,000,000 dols.'
The Committee on Ways and Means Lai autho-
rised their chairman to report a bill for a re-issue
of treasury notes. As it will require two-thirds to
take it up, it stands no chance unless combined with
a change in the tariff.
A telegram from St. John's, Newfoundland,
under date of 19th ult., says :—"The tenor of pri-
vate advices received per Prince Albert render it
certain that the British Government will grant a
subsidy of £150,000 to the Galway Steamship
Company. Mr. Henley, chief electrician of the
Atlantic Cable Company, has arrived here, with
batteries and instruments, to commence operations
with them on this end of the cable."

The steamship Black Warrior, bound from
Havannah to New York, ran ashore on Rockaway.
Bar, Long Island, during a dense fog, on the morn-
ing of the 20th ult. The passengers and mails were
taken off in safety, together with the 208,000 dols.
in Mexican dollars, which she had on freight. At
the latest dates it was feared that without very
favourable weather she would not be got off. Her
value was about 135,000 dols.

Incessant rains for a week throughout the west
had caused a freshet in the Ohio river, and at Cin-
cinnati the water was up to the second stories of
houses in Water•street. All the upper streams were
overflowing. Travel on the Ohio and Mississippi
railroad was suspended.

Advices from California to the sth ultimo had
reached New Orleans. The mail steamer of that
date for Panama had on board 1,400,000 dollars, in-
cluding 3Q4,000 dollars for England. Business was
brisk at San Francisco, ands ,money easy. The
mining news was favourable.
The latest intelligence from Mexico states that
President Miramon had reached Orizaba with
several thousand men, on his march to attack Vera
Cruz. Great apprehension was felt regarding the
result. Gold had been discovered on the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec, near Cheralda.
. . .

Jacmel advices to the 30th ult. state that all the
excitement-of the revolution had passed by, and
business had revived to its former briskness. Coffee
was coming in freely from the coast and the inte-
rior. The Governor of Jacmel, one of the Emperor's
officials, had been deposed.

LATEST BY TELEGRAPH VIA HALIFAX.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, Evening.—The screw steam
ship City of Manchester, from Liverpool, arrived
here to-day. The United States mails, which were
to have been taken out by her on Saturday next,
the 26th, have been transferred to the Cunard
screw steamship Lebanon, which will sail on that
day for Liverpool. Our cotton market is very dull,
and prices are 4c. lower, but quotations are almost
nominal. Mr. W. P. Wright calls middling uplands
11;4c. The market for breadstuffs is firm.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—A highly intelligent
Mexican authority announces that Miramon is col-
lecting funds and treasure with a view of abandon-
ing Mexico. Arrangements are also rapidly pro-
gressing to furnish Alvarez with the needed arms
and ammunition for his army.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 23.—The ship Mary Ade-
line, while loading for Cork took fire last evening
and was scuttled ; 2,000 bales of cotton on board,
belonging to Messrs. Lecesne and Co., were lost.
The cotton is insured in France. The ship Nor-
mandy arrived here yesterday from Liverpool.
Advices from Vera Cruz, of the 12th inst., repre-
sent Juarez as preparing for a vigorous defence of
the city against the threatened attack of Miramon.
Juarez has already a force of 5,000 men and 200
field pieces, and had ordered an additional force of
2,000 men from the interior. He had sanguine
hopes of defeating Miramon.
HALIFAX, Feb. 25.—The royal mail steam ship
Canada arrived here last evening and proceeded to
Boston.

SPORTING .N OTES.