The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

RAILWAYS.

Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern 961 25 .. 963 75
New ditto — .. 851 25
Lyons and Mediterranean B9l 25 .. 892 50
Geneva 527 50 ..
Southern
Western 570 .. 571 25
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

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Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 10c. ; money,
25f, 9c.; three months, paper, 24f. 95c.; money, 24f. 931 e.

PORTUGAL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING.
The Euxine steamer, Captain IVoodgates, has
arrived with Lisbon mails of the 27th ult. ; Oporto,
28th ; and Vigo, 29th.

She brings £4,505 in specie, precious stones value
£5O, 2,289 chests and 28 boxes oranges, and general
cargo.

Her Majesty's despatch boat Beagle left Lisbon
for China November 26.

Lisbon exchanges on London, 532-; Paris, 53; ;
Amsterdam, 42 ; hamburg, 471; Genoa, 530.
The Euxine was put in quarantine at Vigo both
outward and homeward, in consequence of the
Plata steamer, arrived at this port, having had
yellow fever on board.

In the last sitting of the Second Chamber of
Baden, M. Junghanns, who has been appointed
President, took possession of the chair, and in a
brief address said that the demonstrations which
which were made in Baden in the course of the
Italian war were not caused by exaggerated sym-
pathy for Austria, but to show that the honour and
security of Germany would be defended. The
budget of 1860 was presented ; it estimates the
expenses at 10,799,70.511., and the receipts at
11,203,797f1.

The First Chamber of Holland has been con
'coked for the 9th. The second, which is now sit.
ting, is engaged in discussing the budget.

STATE OF TRADE.—MANCHESTER, Dec. 2.
Business is only limited by the goods to be purchased. The
demand is steady and general for all markets, but the en-
gagements of spinners and manufacturers in the majority
of cases preclude their entering now orders on their books
for delivery within a reasonable period. An agent engaged
in travelling from town to town for three days to place an
order for grey goods could not find a single manufacturer
of them who was not fully engaged to the end of January.
Under these circumstances we nave again to report yams as
scarcer and dearer, while cloths are stronger, and the ten-
dency to an advance in these goods is greater.
DESTRUCTIVE FlRES.—Yesterday morning at an
early hour a fire occurred in the premises belonging to Mr.
Budcock, a rag and toy merchant, situated at No. 22, Rich-
mond- terrace, East-lane, Walworth-road. The policeman
on the beat, after considerable trouble, succeeded in arous-
ing the residents, who were obliged to get on to the roof, '
and pass over two of the adjoining houses. The premises
wei e burnt out ; the sufferer was partially insured. Another
fire happened in the premises of Mr. G. Pargito, timber
merchant and veneer dealer, carrying on business in Res:-
street, Church -street, Bethnal-green. The flames were not
extinguished until property of great value was reduced to
ashes. Tho owner of the premises was insured.
LIFEBOATS AND SALVAG E.—A circumstance of
some iuterest has transpired at Lowestoft. The screw
steamer Enchantress, of llull, was brought into the port
on the 6th inst., with loss of rudder, &c., by the Pakefield
lifeboat and a steanitug. The claim for salvage was settled
by a private arrangement for £750, the lifeboat crew and
the company of beachinen being awarded half this amount,
or £375. Salvage is never considered legitimate work for
a lifeboat, as otherwise undue repairs would be rendered
necessary ; and one of the rules of the Royal National Life •
boat Institution is that in case their boats render salvage
services two shares of the amount received aro to be paid for
the boat. The local committee at Lowestoft have deter-
mined—although the lifeboat crew have grumbled a great
deal at their decision—to adhere to the society's rule, which
seems only reasonable and just; and, as the allotted crew
of the lifeboat consists of 19 hands, tho £375 is to be divided
into 21 parts, and each man will be paid about £l7 17s.