The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-25 00:00:00

DENMARK.

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A Berlin letter, in the Constitutionnel, contains
the following :—" The line of conduct of the G'r-
mu' powers in the Danish question will, according
to good authority, be this :—A collective note hav-
ing the character of an ultimatum is to be out in
the course of the next few days to Copenbagoth
the same time, a :communication is to be wade
the Diet on the present sta`e of the negojations, s 0
as to give the Diet the control of the questif,n,.:
The German powers, whatever may be the °"x"--
tions of foreign powers, will not allow there:-
selves to be turned aside from the juten
lion to treat the affair as a purely German
matter." Oti the other band a letter foul
St. Petersburg, of the 14th, says :—" The Russian
eply to the circular despat,.l of the Danish
Cabe
net relative to the intervention of the Gerrnalll.;
Conf,,deration in the affair of the Duchies, vrbich.l-
to be sent to Copenhagen in. a few days, pronowlf`t
completely in favour of Denmark, and declares tle
i.he Confederation has no right to meddle in
question, as it is of a purely internal character,
and Denmark alone has the right to solve it.
note besides gives Denmark a positive assurar 0
that Russia wdl not allow Germany to intervo,.l3l
the
de facto. As Russia is peculiarly interested in 10
matter, owing to her rights of succession to ,0111
Danish throne, she will communicate her opia'
to the Courts of Berlin and Vienna."

SPAIN.
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d.
MADRID, March 23.--The Spanish naval s
ron at Rio de la Plata is to be relieved. It i 8 151sia
P
that Mr. O'Sullivan will te the representative ).°
the United States at Madrid."
en
The sentence of six months' imprisonment Pato
upon General Prim by the court-martial has ;;;ace
commuted by the Queen into six months' re's
in the town of Alicante.
On the 20th a deputation of the progress- eisorf
-
waited on the Duke de Valencia (raise
to
quest him, during the elections to raise the State °t
ot
siege in all the provinces in which it exists, °con
tat
Catalonia. He promised to raise it in all; e
including Catalonia, and afterwards caused that
C,,uncil of Ministers to adopt a resolution to
effect.

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The last accounts from Athens state that the
ty
journal ft'sperance' so well known for its hoevh,el
to the French and English Governments, has '—
disavowed by the Hellenic Government.

A letter from Vienna of the 19th, in the C°l°9
li*
Gazette, says :—" It is not at all true that Eog—itor
has abandoned Austria in the question of the Pr
eipalities ; she is still opposed to their union!,

A letter from Riga, in the Wanderer of Viell°lt
says :—" Our town will soon cease to be fortifieo
It, is certain that the crpwn has given the 14116
covered by the fortifications to the town ono
condition of the latter effecting the removal of t'
works, exuding the citadel, at their own expo°e

The Bourse Guzette of Berlin states that the cus'
toms commission now assembled in that capitalilad
ect
come to an important determination with resrod
to the commercial relations between Austria 3,4
the Zollverein. I has been decided that ooy
e, •
transit charge shall, be made for goods passiosto
tween Austria and tho Zollverein.

The Utrechtsche Courant states that the PP_we
0
of Orange is in the course of the summer to lease:
Hague on a cruise of four months' duration.*A ," „
tilla is to be formed for the purpose, consisting °,O
screw frigate, the Wassenaar, a screw corvette, ti'a
Groningen, the sailing frigates Daggersbank 310
Ruiter, and the steamer Gedeh. The prince isier
be on board the Groningen as chief officer Ill'uon
the captain. The flotilla is to put out to 130,13,
June 1, and to proceed towards the Mediterrarle'

A letter from Warsaw of the 12th,
of Cracow, says :—" A general is stated to 1113 v,
been summoned to St. Petersburg to answer clo
plaints that have been made against him for Qt,
arbitrary prosecution and arrest of numerous ?if
sons. It is said that the censorship of the p
net
ress'to become less severe, but that neverthelesspapers are not to be allowed to criticise inter'
affairs." in the uz;

tes
Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheridan, one of the can-aldo 130
for the borough of Dudley, requests us to state that
is no relation of the celebra'ed dramatist, as stated ill
election intelligence of yesterday, noel
Yesterday (gays the Liverpool Albion) ex Judge `-'keog
of Wapentake Court, was placed in durance for ov.
drunk at the Woodside Ferry, and not paying t°ere
It is stated in a letter from Vienna that the East he
war cost Austria 340,000,0001, and 88,000 men/ w
died of various diseases in Gallicia. , ort'
THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS.—It appears from ot
" Summary of Election Intellig-nce" that, from them o
la d
recent accounts-, 127 contests will take place in Erlg,lijg
and Wales, 15 in Scotland, and 25 in Ireland, w"
167 in all.
ARNOLD HISTOPICAL PRIZE.—OXFORD, March 94'....5
This prize has tc-day been adjudged to Mr.
Robert Halcomb, 8.A., of Brasenose College. Tef
subject is_ "The Condition of Athens in the tiros
Demetrius Phalerius." Mr. Halcomb obtained a fir
class in Classics in Easter Term 1856. of
Messrs. Keeling and Hunt have called a meeting a
the trade connected with the importation of fruit On
vegetables, at their ealoirooms, in Monument-yareli kd
Thursday next, the 26th inst., at two o'clock, to to
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into consideration the necessity of adopting measures
resist the payment of unnecessary charges of metago' a
SUPPOSED WRECK.—The late gales from the west and
south-west we-e felt with great force on the exPeei
parts of the South Welsh coast, and numbers of vesee*g
dragged their anchors. At Tenby a large quantity
wreck has come ashore, also a roast and spars with safe
partial'y set, too plainly indicating that some unfortoye
veessl has gone to pieces. This belief receives confiriss,
tion from the fact that seam en's chests have been Pick'
uP. At St. David's pieces of wreck have drifted as "r,
d
Nothing is known of these vessels, though it is belief(
that a large vessel has been lost on the coast. teci
THE BREAK Dom/ of THE MADRID.—It is moo f
that the Government will have to pay the expense (30
sending on the Peninsular mails when the Madrid Tie
wrecked in consequence of the Board of Trade aceltn:c
ting the commander; The mail packet companies,
appears, are not liable to such extra expenses when thel,..
steamers are damaged at sea through no fault of 07
mail companies' servants. When the Candia broke
down through an unavoidable accident in the MediteP
ranean a few months since the expense to the Govern;
ment of bringing her mails home through France 'fa
nearly 1,0001.
MR. MACGREGOR, LATE M.P.—The following letter
has been addressed to the Glasgow Herald :—" I learn
with much surprise that our Fite member, Jelin Mac"
gregor, is in very distressed circumstances. Surely the
`Liberal' men who induced him to resign his lucrative
and influential situation at the Board of Trade will at
once step forward to kis assistance. Will they let bin
starve ? lam no
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an;ostfgbal:ouli
but, a.
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a. Macgregor—he
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would
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year
receivedieoanrs t
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became
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party
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the Liberals' of Glasgow to allow the man of their •
former choice to end his days in a workhouse.
ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.—Drs. John Conclly and AndreW
Reed, the gratuitous secretaries of this institution, have
issued a touching appeal to the public on its behalf. The,
committee of the charity have provided a great national
ttajtoihcheecbef n(ye,bneeol
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sttish eat successaninndcc assistance
;boil
on the foundation ; there is, therefore, abundant room
and there are upwards of 200 applicant!
craving admission, but the board dare not sa;
vance on their present numbers except as their current
annual income increases. For the sake of those ivb°,.
cannot plead for themselves the secretaries plead that
timely and imm€diate assistance may be supplied by a
bem volent public.
THE HOUSELESS AND VAGRANT POOR.-- At a meetilig
of the board of guardians of the West London Union
held yesterday (Tuesday) it was moved by Mr. J.
Butterwoi th, and unanimously resolved—" That it le
highly desirable some better arrangements should be
made in the city of London for the reception of the
casual or houselees and vagrant poor ; and that, if Pe!'
sible, a central ward or wards should be provided witbl
the city of London, to bo supported by the three several
unions connected with the city, according to their con'
tributory standard of rateable proportions as may appe,ar„,
to be equitable ; and that application be made by the
clerk to the other city unions to ascertain their sent'
meets on the subject." Should the other unions recipre;
eats this step in the right direction of the ,guardiane of
the West London Union, a great public benefit will, in
all probab lity, be speedily carried out.

Prj CNE MAVS ET

AND
COriIDIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Liverpool Cotten Market yesterday closed
very quietly, and prices of all descriptions were
without any material alteration. The sales were
estimated at 4,000 bake. The Railway Share
Market manifested a steady appearance, and prices
closed at an improvement.
Although it is generally presumed that the trade
. of the United Kingdom is in a sound state the fre-
quent failures reported creat3 some uneasine s in
the various departments of business in which they
occur. It is feared that others will follow, and in
that case the anxiety now felt will, of course be
proportionately increased. The pressure and strin-
gency in the money market while exercising a
salutary influence in n-cessitating caution and
limiting speculative dealings, of conrse, affect
weals firms, and it is among these that further casu-
alties are apprehended. Yesterday a large and im-
portant firm was freely spoken of as having failed,
a certain number of bills having been returned, but,
as the effect of a suspension would be very preju-
dicial, and bring down other smaller house!, an
endeavour is being made, which, it is hoped, may
prove successful, to p• event such an untoward
event ; pending the arrangements it is of course
advisable to withhold the name, especially as a gene-
ral desire exists to concert such measures as will
enable the party involved to extricate himself from
his embarrassments.
From the principal continental cities the advices
report increased ease in the various money markets.
At present there is no alteration in the rates at
Paris, but the payment of dividends and other cir-
cumstances have affordwl additional relief. The
administration of the Bank of Amsterdam have
lowered the rata of discount to 4 per cent., and in
some of the other cities a similar movement is soon
expected.
The rates of exchange on the chief cities of the
Continent yesterday afternoon were firm, and in
one instance rather higher.
The meeting of the Submarine Telegraph Com-
pany, advertised for to-day, was adjourned to the
15th of next month.
The English Funds are very inanimate, but there
is no alteration in prices. The attention of the
members of the "Home" has been chiefly engaged
in the election of the new committee, and this has
added to the previous dullness of the market. The
speculators are undecided, and the public still
keept aloof. Consols for money have been 93i I,
and for account 935 8. East India Stock is 223 k.
The March Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. prem.,
and those dated June 3s. discount to par. The
Bonds are 98l
The Foreign Market also remains in a very dull
state. Sardinian Bonds aro 91, Portuguese 3 per
Cents. 45, and Peruvian Bonds 77/. Dutch 4 per
Cents. are 985, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 1024.
Mexican Stock is heavy, at 23 to 235. Turkish 6
per Cents. are about 98, but scarcely any business
has been done.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi-
can, 23 ; Peruvian 45 per Cents., 77 79 ; do. 3 per
Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 45 46
Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do. 4i per Cents.,
97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ,t 7 ; ditto
Deferred, 25 ; Ditto Certificates, 6/ ; Ditto
Passive, 55 6.
A very limited business has been done in the
Railway Share Market this morning, but there is
a slight improvement in prices to report. Caledo-
nian advanced ss. ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 10s
Lancashire and Yorkshire, lOs ; South Western, 10s.;
North-Eastern (Berwick), ss. Chester and Holy-
head receded 10s. ; Great Northern, ss. ; Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 55.. The Canadian
and French lines have exhibited an improvement.
Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced ss. ;
Northern of France, ss. ; and Paris and Lyons V.
The East Indian lines rule steady.
Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dull, and
in most instances at rather reduced quotations.
Australasia declined 10s, Bank of London 10s.,
City Bank 1/ , and Union of London 10s.
In Miscellaneous Shares no business of any im-
portance was reported.
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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List:)
flngtness done
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 93g
India Stock 223i
India Bonds, £lOOO .. . ......
Ditto, under £lOOO
Consols For Account ...... . .............
E :chequer Bills, 2,d• March. June.
81000..........._. ........ 3 p par par 3 d
£5OO . ....................... ...... .3 p par par 3 d
............... ............. 3 p par 4 p 3 d par
Ditto Bonds,. 1858,34 per Cent...9Si
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Peruvian Bonds, 43 per Cent............
Ditto Account .
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. Cent
Ditto Account
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. . ........ . ..... 91
t trerrig 1,, e above -flyable 10 Lordcn.
Dutch Exchange, 2?...; per Cen:;., 12 Guilders —1
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ............. 9911
TWO O'CLOCC.
93.1
~ 93g

Consols, money
Ditto for account

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH

INDIA.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN.
SIR, —Mr. Pinniger, in his letter to you of the 13th
inst., accuses me of not observing good faith, and I
therefore rely on your fairness to admit this my explana-

tion. -
I have been always most anxious to promote the tele-
graph either by the Red Saa or by any other route to
India, and I readily admit that when I was first
put into communication with Mr. Pinniger by Mr.
Andrew, I was willing "that arrangements should
be made to bring the whole support upon one line,"
provided I could be sure that the line by the
Euphrates Valley would then be immediately carried
out. The negotiations for the agreement were corn-
menced, and for several months carried on with Mr.
Pinniger, under the belief that he was representing the
Euphrates line.
There was a delay of many months in completing the
terms of that agreement, and when it was to be com-
pleted, my friends (I was myself in Russia) learnt with
surprise that instead of my firman having been adopted
by Mr. Andrew, I was to carry out the contract with
Mr. Brett, who represented an Austrian company,
which alone is named in the agreement.
My friends would not have been willing to have broken
off the treaty, and they had a right to do so, but they
desired on my behalf to keep faith with Mr. Pinniger.
He well knew that during the delay I had obtained a
further firman for the line down the Red Sea, and he
was conscious that (whatever right Mr. Andrew might
have bad) the party on whose behalf he was now carry-
ing out the treaty had no right to stipulate against
my prosecuting the new firman, and he made
no stipulation againstuot my doingthe socontract, The words which
he has partially qed from
from competing with any line from any part of the
Turkish dominions in the Mediterranean to Egypt ; but
they were worded with care, purposely to leave me free
to carry out the finnan for the line through Egypt and
thence to India.
The precise words of the whole stipulation are as fol-
lows :
Art. 7. "That the said Lionel Gisborne will not assist
in the projection or formation of any other line of tele-
graph from or to any portions of the Otortoman dominions
in the Mediterranean, to or from, from or to, the
province of Egypt, or vice versa. nor oppose any other
line or to the Ottoman dominions in the Mediterranean,
to the province of Egypt, or vice versa, which may be
projected by the said John Watkins Brett."
The Austrian company could not land their line in
Egypt from Candia, or connect Alexandria with Seleu
cia, as they propose doing, without holding
the ceded
firman, as it gives the concessionaire the right of pre-
venting any line reaching Egypt from Otto man domi-
nions in the Mediterranean.—l am 1,-
—e.,
LIONEL GISBORNE.
Hotel Bristol, Paris, March 21.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN•ROAD. The
number of patients relieved at this hospital during the
week ending 21st March, 1857, is 2,785, of which 1,151
were new cases.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. KEMPSTON.—Mr. Kernpston,
the proprietor of the Armagh, Guardian, died suddenly
of apoplexy on Saturday evening. He was in his 36th
year, and a great favourite in the locality.
TRADE OF ASTRAKHAN.—According to the Revue
Maritime, of St. Petersburg, 792 vessels entered the port
of Astrakhan in the year 1856, of which 142 were smell
ooasting vessels ; 357 of these vessels were employed to
convey government stores. There is now upon the Car-
pi an Sea, besides the steam boats engaged in the mili-
tary and postal service, a passenger steamboat, the
R ouss Pravoslavnaja, belonging to the Messrs. Nikol-
ski, and making regular trips between Astrakhan,
Bakou, Astara, and Enzili.

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