The Sun. — London, England, 1856-09-11 00:00:00

ANNOUNCEMENT. —By the investment of a small sue, even as low as 21. 10s., thousands of ponds may be obtained.—Apply by letter for particulars (which will be sent post free) to Messrs. STRAUS and Cu., No. 32, Villiers-at., Strand. ROYAL PRINCE;43'S TIIEATRE. Under the Management or Ar. CusaLEs Iti.Lif. 'NILS EVF-IMTG, MUSIC 11 VTII CHARMS. After which, PIZIRII.O. Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN lIOITR. THEATRE ROYAL, IXAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstons. THIS EVENING, SECOND LOVE. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conelode with THE sriziin SERJEINT. ROYAL LYCEUM ITIBATRE, Under the management of Mr. Charles Dillon. Will Open for the season on MONDAY, Sept. 15th, 1856, with the drama of BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. To he followed by W. Brough's new Burlesque, PERDITA, TIM ROYAL MILKMAID ; or, a Winter's Tale. Florlzel, Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Wool rar) ; Autolycus, Mr. J. L. Tonle ; Herminne, Mrs. Buckingham White ; Leontes, Calhaem ; Polixines, King of Bithynia, Mr. Wm. Brough (his first appearance on any stage) ; Fast Time, Miss Harriet Gordon : Per dita, Miss Marie Wilton; Antigonus, Mr. Barrett. Miss Bosnia Wright, and a grand Corps de Ballet. ' ' To conclude with THE WEDDING DAY. Lady Contest, M 155 Fitzpatrick. Stalls, 55. ; Dress Circio, 45. ; Upper Bexes, 31. ; Pit 2 ,, .; Gallery, Is. Commence at 7. Haif•price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL TREATISE ADELPIII. Fropriator and Manager, Mr. B. Vrobster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which THE lAi3II TUTOR. To conclude with OUR GAL. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. After which, MEDEA. To conclude with THE WELSH GULL, ASTLEr3 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Sixth Week ! Shakspere's Trazedy of RICHARD THE THIRD with unequalled equestrian illustrations. White Surrey I ,l lled under his rider, Royal Richard. Numerous chargers dead on the plain In the Battle of Bosworth Field, &e. After which, The EQUESTRIAN ACTS in the ARENA. To conclude with a Risible Farce. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH VirATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T Elia DAT—Morn. 57 min. aft. 10—Evening 38 min. aft. 11 T 1-Moßnow—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Evening 11 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER—SUN Orricx, SEPTEMBER 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 71—highest since noon yesterday. 59—lowest this morning and during the night. 67 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.22—rising rapidly. WIND, N.E.—Moderate, with heavy, cloudy weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half- past 5 till '," o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. San Office, 112, Strand. ers , 4:&'''' ;4-- , 17.)3;-.Y /6,-,,r,•:-4-:--p----#:: - LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPPEMBER 12, 1856. Corporations are said to have no souls. The hypothesis is certainly favoured by the well-ascer tained fact that Government, which, under our aristocratic regime, is a corporation trading in place and power, has no conscience—at all events in its dealings with commercial matters. We do not mean to adduce this or that blunder, or graver error in proof of the latter assertion ; that were unphilosophical. The proof is here ; commit what blunder or error Government may, it manifests a sublime incapacity of repentance in the cool in difference with which it disregards expostulation, and persists, as far as it dare, in its misdoing. A case in point is adduced by a respected cor respondent in )ur present impression. It relate 3 to our postal intercourse with Australia. The reader will remember that shortly after the com mencement of the war the imperfect postal system in operation was rudely and un hesitatingly put a stop to, on the plea that the vessels of the contractors were required for the transport service. Untenable as the plea was, the act of itself might pass for a blunder. Time, however, wore on, and no symptom of restoration was forthcoming. It was bad enough to interrupt the regular postal com munication with colonies whose exports amount to some seventeen or eighteen, and whose imports to some nineteen, millions annually, for however brief a period. But it grew beyond a joke when upwards of a year elapsed and there was still no regular postal communication. The colonies mur mured—the Australian merchants at home mur mured—the colonists held meetings, and, by way of temptation to Government to do its duty by them, offered to contribute largely towards the expenditure. Government went on " not doing it," until the scandal became so menacing that it was voted pent. con. " somethingmust be done." That something resolved on, as a matter of course, fell far short of what was required, supposing it to be duly carried out. What pains Government has taken to assure its being so, and what pros pect there is of such a result, will appear from the letter to which we have referred. Mr. SFLATT calls attention to the fact that though the service to be rendered is contracted for at the very large amount of 1 85,0001. per annum for a term of five years, Government refuses to test the speci of the vessels prior to their leasing this country, and professes itself content to rely on the penalty of 501. a-day for the due execution of the contract ! What can be anticipated but failure ? How can such a procedure be regarded but with indignation ? The interests at stake enormous, the remuneration excessive, - the route to be traversed tea thousand —nay, sixteen thousand miles, the time limited, the speed of the packets unknown, the means of ascertaining that speed at hand, no objections on the part of the owners, if acting in good faith, to be anticipated, any objection on their part a fair ground of suspicion, and Government refuses to apply so simple a test! It is satisfied, forsooth, with the penalty. It is content to rely on that, as if one lived in the golden age, and all was primeval innocency. As if such a thin , ' had never been heard of as individuals deliberately incurring prescribed p ena lti es because it was more profitable to them 4. .o d o so than honestly to fulfil their engagement. As if the penalty of 4501, a-day could be a ny thi ng to a nation that expended a hundred millions i ll the late war—threw them away, in fact, never asking the CZAR for repayment, because the Coburgs did not want to press a foreign friend. As if the exaction of the penalties by Government could meet the justice of the case? The plea is insult ingly absurd ! Imagine an umpire holding him self justified in pocketing the stakes because the challenger struck below the belt, or otherwise violated the regulations of the ring ! Why, he would be hooted as a knave or a fool. The in jured party, it would be said, is the party en- titled to them. Government, that will suffer nothing, is content with the penalty ; but who or what will content commercial men here and at the antipodes for the losses they will infallibly sustain by the failure of the contract ? The injury inflicted on commerce by such failure, as compared with the amount of the penalty, is "all the world to a China orange !" The conduct of Government is so outrageous, that we feel warranted in inquiring—ls there a Scotch electioneering job at the bottom of the contract ! Rumour attributes to Mr. .JAMRS WILSON the intention to vacate the representation of Westbury, and try his fortune at Glasgow on the dissolution of Parliament. The reader may draw what conclusions he pleases from the fact, if • it be a fact. All we have got to say is, Mr. WILSON is secretary to the Treasury under Lord PALMER STON, the contractors, in whom Government repose such implicitconfidence, belong to Glasgow, and the Peninsular and Oriental Company, whose tender was rejected on the frivolous plea that their vessels were engaged in the Government transport service, from which a stroke of the pen could have re leased thew, don't. This much may be taken for granted—Mr. JAMES WILSON has a great deal to answer for in this left-handed contract, and stands a fair chance of being brought to book at the opening of Par liament, and taught a lesion ho will be slower than usual to forget. In the meantime, i t m ay be an act of charity to remind him that the Aus tralian colonies need more than one route, and that by the Honduras Interoceanic Railway pas sages can be made, at the present rate of speed, in forty-five days. The abortive insurrection at Neufchatel, which could only be classed with the affair in the Ballin garry Cabbage Garden, or the ridiculous invasions of Strasburg and Boulogne, appears to have had more serious foundation than at first was deemed possible. There is but too much reason to be lieve that it was fomented and encouraged by the " Angel of Peace," in order to obtain an excuse for interfering and crushing the liberties of the canton ; nay, more, it is stated, and, we re gret to add, with some appearance of truth, that the good CLICQUOT did not stand alone, but that he had previously received an Imperial ap proval of the project, if not the promise of Imperial co-operation. The scheme was deeply laid, but, fortunately, it broke down, owing to the promptitude and resolution of the patriotic Republicans. Could the insurgents have main tained their position even for 48 hours Prussian troops would have marched to their aid, and it is more than hinted that the Prussian Envoy at Berne would have declared that any assistance rendered by the federal troops would be regarded as a caws belli. As this insolent communication would necessarily have been treated with the contempt it merited, hostilities would follow that might have overthrown one of the few Constitu tional Governments in Europe. It would have been difficult for Switzerland to maintain its position when placed between two such fires as those of Franco and Prussia. From its peculiar position England could not have rendered much aid to the aggrieved parties, and the conspirators probably considered that it would not have quarrelled with Prussia, while the matrimonial alliance of the heir presumptive to its Throne with our own PRINCESS ROYAL was on the Lapis. On this point there might be some slight mistake. The contemplated match is not so very popular in this country as to induce either the Parliament or People to yield a single point in order to promote it. Oa the other hand, it would be more likely to lead to the complete abolition of the inauspicious connection that may end in the government of the United Kingdom being carried on under a Prussian Viceroy, and an unholy alliance of banded despots to enforce submission to the hated yoke. That Prussia was concerned in the attempt seems certain. It will be in the recollection of our readers that the subject was ventilated by Baron 111INTEuriEL at the Parisian Conferences. But the position occupied by Prussia on that occasion was not such as to allow any great weight to be attached to his requisitions. It is more than probable that ho receirecl a hint not to preys the matter too urgently, and the assurance that he could better succeed by means of a private ar rangement. It would not do to add to the excite• ment occasioned by the lame and impotent conclusion of the war, the ferocious onslaught on the liberty of the Press in Belgium, and the wanton and un called-for surrender of the rights and privileges that consolidated the maritime power of Great Britain, the palpable conspiracy against the freedom of a small but independent State for the aggrandisement of the Royal faineant of Berlin. The introduction of the topic was peculiarly in convenient at the time. It was therefore sum marily shelved. But the seed thus sown pro duced its (happily withered) fruit in the hoisting of the Royalist flag, and the temporary seizure of the town and citadel. The prompt suppression of the emeute has, however, shown the absurdity of the pretext that any considerable portion of the citizens were tainted by Royalist principles. The insurgents succeeded but for a moment. They gained pos session by surprise ; but they were speedily ejected, with considerable loss, and the chief ring leaders killed or made prispners. There was, in fact, no response, even of the most tris , ;a l . cha racter to the insurgent manifesto. The bombastic appeal on behalf of CLICQUOT was universally ridi culed, but a sterner feeling was entertained against those who disturbed the tranquillity of the Canton, and shed the blood of some of its peaceful citizens by their puny and futile effort. If such an outbreak had taken place in one of the States ruled by despotic authority, the halter, the axe, and the fusillacls would be speedily re sorted to. But the Republicans can afford to be generous. They know that their cherished insti tutions cannot be endangered by such proceedings. They can be magnanimous and spare the guilty from the extreme punishment. Any attempt, however, on the part of independent Govern monis to interfere with the domestic arrangements of other States should be regarded as an invasion calculated to disturb the pea ce o f E urope, and meriting the censure, and, if persevered in, the castigation of every other nation. Europe mu s t be preserved from the in t rigues of Crowned Despots, who are not contented with the positions they already occupy, but are instigated to impro per acts either by ambition or cupidity. While affairs are in this state we should be careful of reducing either our naval or military force to too low an ebb. We cannot tell at what moment or from what quarter a quarrel may be forced on us. We place not our faith in Princes, Kings, or Emperors, but depend on our own prowess to defend our rights and privileges, and to prevent wilful wrong from being inflicted on the weak and innocent in any quarter of the globe. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL CONTRACTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sis,—Amonghe many blessings which this highly favoured country possesses, that which is most highly prized by those who look deeper than the surface is its enlightened, free, and independent press, to whose powerful aid the aggrieved can at all times appeal ; and if abuses are not always re dressed, they are at least ably exposed ; and are thus deprived of half their malignity. Permit me, then, to call your attention to what is likely to prove a grievance of no ordinary kind —no less than the almost certain failure of the Australian mail contract, owing to the want of the necessary speed of the ships intended for the ser vice, for which the Government of this country have agreed to pay for five years the very large amount of i 85,0001. a-year. One would naturally suppose, that when so large a sum is to be disbursed, that every possible pre caution would be taken to insure success ; but, in stead of pursuing this reasonable course, it is understood that the Government intend to rely on the penalties only, and have most unwisely re fused to test the speed of the vessels, prior to their leaving this country for their distant stations; and I do not hesitate to say that, if this refusal is per severed in, the Government will neglect the only real security the public possess for the due perform ance of the contract ; for, as to relying on penalties only, past experience is sufficient to convince all, except those who are wilfully blind, that penalties alone are not only insufficient, but are positively Mischievous, inasmuch as they operate as a pre mium on a low rate of speed ; or, in other words, it pays better to forfeit a few days' penalties on each voyage, and maintain only a low rate of speed, than it does to incur the necessary expen sive outlay which alone can secure a high rate of speed. It is probable that the company who have secured this contract rely with confidence on other ships ; if so, they will not only offer but insist on testing their speed in the most public manner possible, ' and thus convince all interested that th• vessels intended for the service are reasonably qualified for their work ; on the other hand, if the necessary tests should not be afforded, it will be the strongest possible confirmation of the apprehensions already entertained that the vessels will prove unequal to the speed required of them, and the Australian colonists, and also the people of this country, will look upon the contract as certain to fail. But, sir, what will the colonists, what will the public of this country, think of the conduct of the British Government in this matter, who, by timely and obvious precautions, might have secured the fulfilment of the contract in all its integrity 7 I will answer for it, that the colonists will justly consider that their interests have been grossly ne glected, and that they will justly and properly re• fuse to pay their moiety of the contract. It is, however, most lamentable to think that colonies so valuable as those of Australia are to the mother country, and exporting, as they do, an an nual value nearly equal to the entire exports of British India, should, in the year 185 i, be abso lutely without the benefit of steam postal commu nication with this country, and, as far as can be seen, are likely to continue so for an indefinite periOd. Mean - while, great and bitter will be the disappointment felt at this last failure, which has been looked forward to, and with reason, as likely to succeed, and succeed it must if the British Go vernment would insist that no ship should be de spatched for the service without previous proof of adequate speed.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM F. SPL ATT. Combe Honiton, Sept. 8, 1856. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E VENiNG; SEPTEMBER it, s 15('',. THE ROYAL IRITISH BANK. TO THE EDITOR OF TYE SUN. SIB,—We feel it incumbent upon us, as two of the members of the first or City committee of depositors, appointed in the bank, and as the gentlemen introducing to the public meeting held at St. Martin's-hall last Friday the suggestion or proposition of paying the creditors of such bank by dividends of ss. in the pound each, at stated periods, to at once apprise the depositors and customers generally that such proposition the directors now repudiate and decline to carry out, sheltering them selves under the quibble, that,-1. The proposition was only a suggestion. 2. The suggestion was made to them by the depositors ; and 3. Although adopted by them, was only adopted provided every depositor agreed to it; and that now they do not see any reasonable hope beyond the Court of Chancery. Why these very careful, plain•dealing, straightforward, matter of fact, honest gentlemen should have so suddenly ceased to hope of a settlement without the intervention of the law is a mystery which will require the most rigid scrutiny and investigation, as it is a singular and grave fact that on the Friday, when this committee was sitting nearly the entire day with a view to a proposition, the anxiety and desire evinced by the directors was to pay all claims amicably and speedily ; while now, on the contrary, they tell us, with that graceful coolness which sets so easily if not becomingly upon them, we had better induce our friends to come in and prove under the Winding.up Act. However, the consideration of this conduct we leave to their creditors at the next meeting. All we crave your indulgence for are the following facts : "1. It was suggested on Thursday last that six months' time should be given, provided they felt that would re lieve them, and enable them to carry out their plans. A document to that effect was drawn up in the secretary's (Mr. Paddison's) room, and the directors considered and approved the same ; it being at the same time submitted to numerous shareholders in the bank, who entirely con curred, and expressed their willingness to pay up upon their shares in fin Lherance of it, when callc I upon to do so. The depositors then at the doors were invited to step in, and it was submitted to them, but they declined enter ing upon it then, appointing a committee of five to act in concert with the directors and to watch the affairs of the bank. 2. The committee eat on Friday at the bank, and hav ing had notice that a large meeting had been convened for that evening at St. Martin's-hall, were desirous to go to such meeting with something in their hands ; and in order to be enabled to do so, applied by letter to the di rectors and shareholders, then in meeting assembled in an adjoining room, urging upon them the advisability of making some tangible proposition, upon which Mr. Sheri dan was invited to attend the shareholders and directors ; a statement of assets and liabilities was then handed to him in confidence, and he was requested to attend on be half of the shareholders and directors at the meeting to be held that night, and make the best terms he could. The committee, however, not being satisfied with this vague authority, requested Mr. Sheridan and Mr. Richardson to wait again upon the directors for something more defi nite, which they did, and WOl3 met by several of the directors ; who, alter a lengthy discussion, agreed to their submitting to the meeting to be held that night the following terms, as a basis to work upon—viz., ss. in the pound in one month, ss. in the pound in three months, ss. in the pound in six months, and ss. in the pound in nine months, and which were the grounds upon which the suggestion was submitted to the meeting; such be ing now entirely abandoned by the directors, and the prospect of the Court of Chancery held out in lieu thereof. —We have the honour to remain, sir, yours, &c., JOHN SHERIDAN, 4, Chatham-place, Blackfriars. W. RICHARDSON, Union-ct., Old Broad-st., City. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador had an in• terview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday. The French Charge d'Affaires had also an interview with the noble viscount, at his official residence in Downing street. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel the Hon. Jamcs Macdonald, arrived at his residence in St. James's Palace on Tuesday night from visiting her Majesty at Balmoral and the Duke and Duchess of Richmond at Gordon Castle. His Royal Highness attended at the Horse Guards yesterday morning. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort and Lady EEO' Somerset have arrived in town from visiting the Earl and Countess of Westmoiland at Apthorpe, and the Earl and Countess Howe at Gopsall Hall. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrived at Badminton from visiting the Earl and Countess Howe at Gopsall The Marquis of Donegal has taken for a term the mansion recently occupied by the Duke of Beaufort in Grosvenor•square. The Earl of Malmesbury, at the close of his visit to the Earl of Lonsdale at Lowther Castle, proceeded to join the circle visiting Lord and Lady Olivia Ossulston at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor shortly 'leave Loch Stack, his lordship's shooting quarters in the Highlands, to visit the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. The Earl and Countess Delawarr have left Buckhurst Park for the Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. Lord Raglan has gone on a visit to the Earl Beau champ, at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire. The nuptials of his lordship and Lady Georgiana Lygon will be solemnised early in November. The Dowager Lady Raglan and the Hon. Misses Somerset have left Ems for Frankfort. Lady Dover and the Hon. Leopold Ellis have arrived at Gowran Castle, Kilkenny, from London, after pay ing a visit to his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle en route. Her ladyship will shortly visit the Duke of Devonshire, at Lismore Castle. Lord and Lady Lovaine are making a tour of visits in Scotland. Lady Peel has arrived at Vichy, from a tour in Italy, and is expected to return to England early in the ensu ing month. Colonel Lake, C. 8., is about to be brought into the Royal army with the rank of Lieutenaut , Colonel Unat. tacked. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. The following telegraphic- despatches have been received from Trieste, in ant icipation of the over- [and mail : TRIES ;TE, WEDNESDAY. The steamer Australia arrived here this morn ing at 8.15, having made - the passage from Alex andria, which she left on. the sth inst., in 110 hours. The Indian mail left Alexandria on the sth, with intelligence from Calcutta, August 9 ; Bom bay, August 13 ; Hong Song, July 25 ; Singa pore, August 2 ; and Mauritius, July 24 ; also from Melbourne, June 24 ; Sydney, June 19 ; and New Zealand, May 21. In India a treaty is in course of negotiation with the Momund chiefs, hitherto the only dis turbers of the peace on the Punawallah frontier. Burmah is to be entrusted to the Madras army. Oude is perfectly quiet, and our forces there are to be reduced. Viscount Canning is at Calcutta in improved ihealth. The annual report on the trade of Calcutta ex hibits great improvement. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ltd. At Bombay the import market is dull, and money abundant. Exchange, 2s. lid. CHINA. The rebels took possession of Souchou, the capital of the province, and outlet of the commerce Shanghai, on the 6th of July. Forty vessels of the imperial feet are cooped up near Nankin. The American house of Wetmore and Company has suspended payment. Mr. Howard Cunningham has been killed by Chinese. Exchange at Canton, 4s. 101 d. , at Shanghai, 'ls. 4d. AUSTRALIA. Operations at the diggings had been impeded by the heavy rains, but the yield of gold had nevertheless turned out well. The sum total of the gold received at Mel bourne by escort from the beginning of the year to the 19th of June exceeded 900,000 ounces. ®The shipments of gold to England in the week ending June 9, exclusive of that per Royal Char ter, were 173,000 ounces. In the week ending June 14, the Kent had sailed with 82,000 ounces for London, and the Joseph Tarratt with 21,000 ounces for Liverpool. In the week ending June 19, 58,000 ounces were shipped, chiefly in the Sardinian, to sail for Liverpool on the 25th June. The balance of trade continued to be largely in favour of the colony. In the week ending June 19 the value of the exports was 305,0001.; im ports, 243,000/. Surplus of exports over imports for tie expired portion of the year about 2,000,0001. At Forest Creek, two tons of quartz had yielded 533 ounces of gold. The Shalimar had arrived on the 23d of June, damaged by a gale. Th• Atalanta, from Liver pool, had arrived in 79 days. The Joseph Baines had not arrived. Agriculture and domestic manufacturers were largely extending. NEW ZEALAND. At Naraianki the natives had fought with the British troops on the 3d of May, when 18 were killed and wounded. Gold had been discovered near Nelson, and a lode of capper, at a height of 1,800 feet, in another place. At Wellington, uninsured property, valued at 25,000/., bad been destroyed. MAURITIUS. The crops reached the unprecedented figure of 125,000 tons. Balance in treasury, 300,0001. The revenue is flourishing. Cholera disappeared June 28. ......_..",.. ARRIVAL OF THE SARDINIAN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Royal mail ship Sardinian, Capt. Sheridan, belonging to the White Star line of Australian, packets, arrived off Kinsale this morning in 75 days from Melbourne, having left on the 27th of June last, and landed her mails. She has on board 130 passengers, and 64,000 oz. of gold, valued at 256,000/. Her mails will most likely reach here to-morrow, and she is likely to arrive to-morrow evening. The Royal mail ship Joseph Tarratt, of the Black Ball line, with the Australian mails of the 10th of June, and which sailed in company with the Kent, from Melbourne, has not yet made her appearance. Two new gold fields are announced. One is in New South Wales, near Wellington. Large quantities of gold had already been extracted. The other gold field is near Nelson, in Kew Zealand. The 'Tames Baines, from Liverpool, arrived on the 24th. The Ocean Monarch had been released from quarantine. No new cases of cholera had occurred. The quantity of gold brought down the pre vious week by ocort was 14,464 oz. ; the quan tity received for the year ending June 21st was 1,329,874 oz. The amount shipped was 1,516,464 oz. Exchange had fallen to 1 per cent. discount, the banks' purchasing rate. Electioneering affairs were in abeyance. The Shalimar, from Liverpool, had arrived at Melbourne. ST. PETERSBURG, SETT. 9. An amnesty is granted in reference to the events of 1825, 1827, and 1831. The confiscations arising out of the same events are to remain in force. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDIVUWAY ETINING. The Moniteur contains the following :—" The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial continue in the enjoyment of excellent health. Their Maio/die/3 hale rooeived visit. from weal . , persons of note, amo ng o th ers f rom Marshal.tes quet and the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux. The Emperor and Empress (says the Messager de Bayonne) attended mass in the new chapel on Sunday. In the afternoon his Majesty, accom panied by M. Laity, drove into Bayonne in a light Americaine. The Emperor alighted at the entrance of the Allees-Marines, and walked as far as the bar, which he examined with minute interest, and directed particular attention to that part where the new quays are about to be commenced. The Emperor walked for a distance of upwards of three miles on the sands and on the narrow extremity of the jetties, and then got into one of the boats of the Newton, which was in waiting near the Laza retto, and returned by water to the place where the carriage bad been left. In the evening, after the dinner, there was a reception, and dancing was kept up until one o'c'iock in the morning. Their Majesties gaily led off in a boulangere and a caril ion de Dunkerque,. The Moniteur contains two long reports ad dressed to tb'e Emperor by Count Walewski, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The first relates to the leaves .of absence granted to the heads of di plomatic missions, and regulat es th e t erms an d conditions on which they are given. The second report , :elates to the re-organisation of the person nel of the different embassies abroad. The reports are followed by decrees carrying out the recom m cradations contained in them. The Isly, steam-screw frigate, and the Primau guet, steam-corvette, are under orders to proceed to CrOD stadt to await the arrival there of Count de Moray on his return to France. PAD rmsE, Sept. 10.—The following were the last qu ,, o.,ations fr. e. End of Month. 4 per Cents (xd) r 92 —f • per Cents .70 75 70 ;85e. 'sew Loan 7O 80 Bank Shares 4,123 Roman Credit Mobilier ...... 1,685 Austrian RiILWAY3-108. CASH. Orleans fr. e ...... 1,365 Western 936 25 Northern ............1,037 50 Straaburg 1,352 50 New Ditto Lyons Geneva ...... Teste Cette . A 742 50 Austrian Corn BBO ITALY. (Prom Oort 4 espondent of the Times, Second Edition.) In the present inflammable state of Italy, when this slightest spark, if allowed to settle, becomes dangerous, not only for Italy itself, but for the peace of Europe, it is frightful to see the reckless _manner in whi c h some people treat the most com bustible materials. M. Landucci, the Minister of the Interior in Turkey, for instance, has just offered another most gratuitous insult to this country by ordering several Sardinian subjects to leave the Tuscan territories within a few hours' notice, and refusing to listen to any remonstrances or explanations on the part of the Sardinian representative, so that his order was literally carri e d into effect. The case, as far as I have been infi,rmed, stands thus :—a M. d'Aste, who is the head master of a most respectable school at Genoa % 'wished to make an excursion with some of his srJholars during the vacation (as is the cus tom in this country and Switzerland, and perhaps elsewhere now), and had selected Florence as the obj'a.,t of his journey, with the view of showing h',s pupils the galleries of pictures and numer ous other works of art with which that capital abounds. Nothing would appear more natural— few things more praiseworthy—in a schoolmaster anxious to combine instruction and amusement for the benefit of the youths committed to his charge, yet M. Landucci, looking at it from an Austro-Tuscan point of view, detected a revolu tionary conspiracy in the whole scheme, and dealt with it in his brusquest manner. The passports of M. d'Aste and his young friends were perfectly en regle, having received the visa of the Tuscan Consul at Genoa, and therefore they were allowed to land at Leghorn, and travel by railway to Florence, without any obstacle on the part of the police, awl it was only after they had been some hours esta blished in thriir hotel at Florence that they received an intimati on from the Ministry of the Interior that the Government insisted on their leaving the country forthwith. M. d'Aste, of course, imme diately applied to the Sardinian Legation for pro. ter.stion, and M. Gianotti, the Charge d'Affaires in the temporary absence of Marquis Souli, lost no time in waiting on the Minister of the Interior, and representing to him what he considered to be the true state of the case, but M. Landucci had already made up his mind on the subject, and refused to recall his decision, so there was nothing left for M. d'Aste but to comply with this most arbitrary order, nor for M. Gianotti, but to report the whole affair to his Government. M. Landucci's reasons for acting in this discourteous way are, I am told, because many of the professors in the school of which M. D'Aste is chief are Tuscan political refugees, and therefore these boys of 12 or 14 must have imbibed revolu- I tionary principles. Whether this argument is rightly founded or not, it is morally certain that • M. Landucci has now given the youth of Genoa a specimen of the blessings of absolute government that they will not forget to the end of their lives. Count Cavour, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, on receivingM.Gianotti's report,immediatelyaddressed a strong remonstrance to the Tuscan Government, I believe, and an answer is shortly expected. In the meantime people are tolerably unanimous in as cribing this irritating policy to the secret diplomacy and family influences of Austria, as well as to her encouraging hostile attitude towards Sardinia, — encouraging that is to her satellites the King of Naples and the small sovereigns of central Italy, who would never venture to hold the language they have clone lately to the allied Governments if they were not secretly urged on by Austria. The Armenia to-day ridicules the credulity or Perversity of the Libertines, as it calls the Liberals, in believing the story of Ciceruacchio's murder by Austrian soldiers, as told by General Garibaldi, and by way of setting people right on the subject it relates a story for their credence on its own au thority. The Armenia has seen a man—a Roman—who arrived at Toulon from the Crimea in the end of May last. This man had been a soldier in the war in the Crimea, and had seen Ciceruacchio at Kertch, at the head of a rich magazine of provi sions, where he made a great deal of money by his traffic. On the other hand the Armenia has been assurred that the wife of Ciceruacchio, who remains at Rome, has never wept her bus barAd as dead, nor does she do so now. On this ildormation the Armonia declares the report of Garibaldi one of the usual fables with which the Republicans are wont to excite the sacred flame of hatred towards the barbarians. " Garibaldi con tented himself with asserting his falsehood, and all the Libertines repeat it by heart as if they were the words of the Gospel. Oh, what innocence !" Another piece of railway from Santhia, on the Turin and Novara rail, to Biella, has been opened to the public to-day. This branch, which is 30 kilo metres in length, brings the important town of Biella into railway communication with Turin and Genoa and the Lago Maggiore. Biella is the centre of a manufacturing district, where woollen and other fabrics are made in considerable quantities, and latterly of a very fair quality. Under the fostering hand of protection it is related that the manufac turers of Biella were content to introduce foreign cloths by contraband, and, after adding their own fringe and stamp to them, send them into the mar ket as domestic manufactures. But the free trade policy of Count Cavour, by lowering the import duty, destroyed the profits of the contraband trade, and obliged the Biella manufacturers to have recourse to fairer and not lea honest competition with the foreign producer. Of course there was no party in the country louder in denouncing the unpatriotic policy of M. Bavour than the Biellese selvedge makers; but it is a wonderful thing that notwithstanding their own predictions of certain ruin, they have almost all realized large fortunes within the last few years, and the number of fac tories at Biella aro continually on the increase. The branch railway, now open, which cost 4,500,000 f., was made almost exclusively with Biella capital. Shares were issued for 5,000,000, but only 4,500,000 were called for, as the Novara Company under takes to work it, and therefore it is not necessary to purchase rolling. stock. To-morrow—the festa of the Nativity of the Virgin—the first experiment of excursion trains in this country is to be made on the Turin and Genoa Railway. The fares from Genoa to Turin and back being 6f. first class and sf. second. A letter from the Lombard frontier, dated the sth inst., in the Opinions of Turin of the Bth, says : "We were told some time age that numerous fur loughs were to be granted to the soldiers of the Austrian army. The contrary is the case. All the absent sol diers and recruits have been ordered to return to their respective corps. It was said at Pavia that the winter garrison would only consist of two companies of infantry. To•day we are informed that it is to be composed of six companies of infantry, two squadrons of hussars, and a battery of eight guns, and that these troops are to oc cupy the citadel, which has been lately repaired. The whole army in Italy has been placed on the war footing." The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 7th inst., publishes the following letter addressed to it by the Secretary of Murat " Chateau of Buzenval, Sept. 3, 1856. " Sir,—The journal Le Siecle has extracted from the Corriere Mercantile and translated the following in its outober of this day :— ' The report relative to the circu lation of a Bluratist proclamation in the klogdogu 0, Naples is confirmed. It is said to be dated from Savoy, but bears no signature.' " Being attached to the service of his Imperial High ness Prince Lucien Murat as secretary, I am enabled to assure you that the friends and partisans of the Prince have sent no proclamation to Naples from Savoy or elsewhere. If any proclamation has been circulated in that kingdom, it is devoid of authenticity, essentially apocryphal, and the work of the enemies rather than the friends of the Prince. The intelligence you have pub lished, oorsidering its gravity and the consequences that may result from it, have induced me to lose no time in addressing to you the present letter, which I request you to insert without dtlay. " LIZABE RIIFFONI." Letters from Tuscany state that subscriptions for the hundred guns of Alessandria had been opened at Leghorn, Florence, Pisa, Pistoja, and other towns, and that the Government had taken no measures to prevent them. The reigning Grand Duke was said to have declared, in a private conversation with an influential personage of the Liberal party, that he would abdicate should the least disturbance occur in Tuscany. The Archduke Leopold, director of the Engineer ing Department, left Verona on the sth for Porto Legnago. M. Luigi Negrelli, Inspector-General of the railways of the Austrian Monarchy, passed through Verona, on the 6th, on his way to Piedmont. The object of his journey is to effect a journey between the Piedmontese and Lombard railways. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, SEPT. 8. The Prince Regent of Baden, who has hitherto exercised the functions of government in the place of his older brother, whose state of mental derange ment leaves no hope of his recovery, has at length assumed the title of Grand Duke of Baden, doubt less in preparation for his approaching marriage with the Princess Louisa of Prussia. The follow ing is the text of the proclamation that he has issued on the occasion : "We, Friedrich, by the grace of God Grand Duke of Baden, and Duke of Zahringen, make known by these presents ; when at the decease of our father the Grand Duke Leopold, of imperishable memory, the agnates of our house, in concurrence with her Serene Highness our mother, pronounced that our dearly beloved brother the Hereditary Grand Duke Ludwig, was incompetent to undertake the govern ment of the Grand Duchy and to conduct it to the benefit of the family and the country,' we, being called thereto by the grace of God and the law of our house, entered upon the government of the Grand Duchy with all the rights and duties attached to and incumbent on the Sovereignty, and at the same time received the homage. Being actuated, however, by fraternal consi derations, we refrained at that time from assuming the title of Grand Duke ; but after the experience of four years we cannot conceal from ourselves that, for the pro tection of the interests of our country as well as for the exercise of our rights and duties, we cannot abstain for any long period from assuming the title of Grand Duke ; and we cannot close our eyes to the consideration that in allowing a right that comes to us by the laws of our house to remain longer in abeyance we ourselves would not be the only person affected by our so doing. In sub ordinating therefore our own personal feelings to consi derations connected with the future of our own family and of our country we find ourselves strengthened by the recent expression of the wishes of our agnates—viz., that we should assume the title of Grand Duke and carry it out to its consequences as though we had acted upon this right earlier. We accordingly declare that we hereby assume the title of Grand Duke, that fell to us with all its rights and privileges at the time of our en tering upon the government. We command all our subjects to conform to this. " Given under our own hand and seal in our capital of Karlsruhe, Sept. 5, 1856. " FRIEDRICIa. " VON MEYZENDEEG. " REGENAUER. " VON STENGEL. " VON WECIIIIKAR. " LUDWIG." GREECE. The following is the text of a note that the Mi nister of Foreign Affairs in Greece has just lately forwarded to the representative of France at the Court of Athens : " Athens, Aug. 13 (25.) I , M. le Ministre,—ln a conversation which took place yesterday on a public promenade between M. I'Amiral Bonet Willaumes and M. le Colonel Touret, Commandant de Place d'Athenes, the admiral said in a loud voice, and so as to be heard by a large number of bystanders, who have informed us of the matter, that he would never permit the Government to change its Com mandant de Place at the Piraeus, that it was he who was king of the Piraeus, and that if they sent him another officer he would send him back under charge of gen darmes to Athens. Colonel Touret having been ques• tinned on the subject, confirms these expressions. "As a protest against these expressions, pronounced in public, and which involve a direct attack upon the sovereign rights of, and the respect due to the Crown, the Queen has immediately ordered another destination to be given to M. Melling°, who has hitherto fulfilled the functions of Commandant de Place at the Pireus. Her Majesty will not permit even the shade of a suspicion to exist that she could tolerate the least infringement on the sovereignty, the sacred deposit of which ha been intrusted to her by the King. "In thus fulfilling my duty of communicating to you the preceding, I must at the same time express the re gret which an incident so untoward has caused the Government. " Receive the assurances, &c. "A. R. RATJGABIL" SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 6th have arrived. General O'Donnell was slightly indisposed, but was able to attend to business. General Dulce had resumed his duty as Director-General of Cavalry. The cholera had broken out suddenly with great violence at the Escurial, and had caused several deaths. M. Escalante, ministerintheUnited State, had dentin his resignation, and it was to be accepted. Several employes of the Minister of Finance had held a meeting to deliberate as to whether or not they should resign, but had resolved to keep their places. The Gazette announces officially that M. Gonzalez, Spanish Minister in London, had an audience of the Queen of England on the 27th ult., to announce the termination of his mission to her Majesty. He, as usual on such occasions, thanked her Majesty for the kindness she had shown him, and the Queen, on her part, expressed her pleasure at the friendly relations existing be tween Spain and. England. There was a talk of establishing a general discount bank. The Minis try of Public Works was occupying itself with the projected establishment of lines of steamers be tween Spain and her American colonies. General Iriarte had been nominated Captain-General of Porto Rico. The French refugees at Guipuzcoa had, by order of the authorities, been ordered to reside in the interior of the kingdom. A letter says :—" It has been reported to-day that General O'Donnell is about to resign, and to be repl ace d by General Ros de Olano, but the rumour is ab surd. Such is the confidence inspired by the Cabinet, that several capitalists have offered it ad vances at not more than 61 per cent., but none are needed. What has been said about a decree on the press about to be issued is unfounded, but an early promulgation of the constitution is expected. It is said that the Emperor and Empress of the French intend to make an excursion in Spain, but this is only a rumour." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 2d says : "It is generally reported that the relations of Russia and Sweden have been of late anything but friendly, and that the Swedish ambassador sent by the court of Stockholm to the coronation could not fail to have noticed the coolness which exists between the two States." The Council of State of Neufchatel has published a proclamation, in which it acquaints the inhabit ants of the republic that order is again restored, and also thanks them for the patriotism and courage displayed by them during the late events. " The Austrian Government," says a letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Augsburg Gazette, "hav ing in vain offered the most sincere advice to the Neapolitan Cabinet, appears to have taken the resolution, which is ;partly dictated by dynastic motives, of remaining foreign to any ulterior nego tiations, and of awaiting the pacific solution of the Neapolitan question. It is assured that Baron de Hubner has in consequence received orders to ab stain from passing by Naples." The King of Prussia . arrived at S e hl o bitt en on the 4th. The Queen will remain a few d a y s l onger at Bromberg, in consequence of a slight indisposi tion. FOUR MEN DROWNED.—A most distressing accident occurred In the little seaport of Blyth, oa the Northum- berland coast, on Monday, by which four lives were sacrificed. It is a remarkable circumstance that, though a great portion of the population of this district have to make a Jiving upon the water, scarcely one in 10 of them can swim. So notorious is it that the Duke of Northumberland, at his own cost, has a person engaged teaching the people in the fishing villages this art. Ex tensive improvements are being made in Blyth harbour, with a view to improve it as a shipping place for coal. On Monday a number of men were emplcyed swinging a barge, which had been taking in mud from the dredger. She was lopsided, from having too much ballast on one side, and, getting into the tide, upset. Thirteen men were plunged into the water, and every effort was made to rescue them ; but, as few of them could swim, this was a very hazardous job, and four of them sank and were drowned. Their bodes have been recovered, and are awaiting the coroner's inquest,—Manciceater Guar- AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. This morning the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the Mersey, with the mails from the United States and British North America. She left New York on the 30th ult., and has brought 60 passengers and $200,970 iu specie on freight. The rupture between the Senate and House of Representatives on the Army Appropriation Bill continues. The bill being referred to the Confer ence Committee, composed of Senators Hunter, Begleraust, Crittenden, and Messrs. Campbell, Stephens, and Sherman, members of the Rouse of Representatives, failed, however, in effecting the adjustment. The House, on the 28th of August passed a bill, appropriating $40,000 to purchase and repair the ship Resolute, for the purpose of presentation to the English Government. The senators at the caucus meeting resolved to continue the session to the 4th of March, unless the Anil Appropiation Bill is passed earlier. The Illinois steam-ship, from California, arrived at New York on the 29th August. Her dates are to the sth ult. She has brought 1,500,000 dollar's in gold. The Vigilance Committee is still exist ing. Trade steadily improving, and the crops re presented as being good. Favourable intelligence from the mining districts, and the products satin' factory. A Nicaragua letter states that Mr. Livingston , the United States consul at Leon, had been shot by the Rivas party, in retaliation for the execution 01 Lolazers. COMMERCIAL. Money at New York was in active demand, and we. ll supplied. No pressure. Stock had a downward tend . ency. Exchange on London at 1091 The cotton market is unchanged in value, Prices are lower in the breadstuff market; the trent actions only moderate. Provisions are firm ; the prices unaltered. Freights to Liverpool steady; to Europe dull. POLITICAL PERSECUTION IN FRANO (From the Daily News.) The letter of M. Louis Blanc respecting the treat' ment of the political prisoners in Cayenne has °ill)" been answered by the correspondent of a morning Journal whose inspirations are notoriously derived from the Rue Jerusalem. But a document has beell placed in our hands which will help the Europes u public to judge between M. Louis Blanc and the organ of the French police. If the French govern' ment is ready to play the part of the cruel gaolet towards the political exiles of other countries, he ig will it act towards its own ? If the French g°; vernment is guilty of inhumanity towards politicei exiles in France, what will it be in Cayen ne With these questions we leave our readers to p 0 '; use, and judge for themselves of, the folloWilio communication ITALIAN EXILES IN FRANCE. Ever since the year 1840 the Italian goveruMilt: have been in the habit of making a razzia among , 1 , - , young men. And as the prisons are constaa" in ' r full of the latter, the remanets are shipped off "" tit America. Not knowing the language , left with°„r resource—that, too, in that country here the c T er toms are so different from our own—the gr ir e ; • , part of these Italians return to Europe. - 1 ',' 1 , - e , finding their native country closed against them, o f turn their steps to the only land where they are 5 0° ,0 ending both freedom and hospitality. Of course I e 3 , - 0 England, But woe to those whom the ship they ' 41 ,4, taken passage in may land on French ground. trabe *. r e of tortures await them there, of which the followi n g ". cital will serve to give your readers a faint eoncepti° ll. DECLARATION o GUERZOLA. Leaving the Sardinian states, I landed at Marse i11 , 8 1 11 1 ; on my way to London, through France. But on 'OO 10th of March a posse of police agents dragged me , 0 , of my room, and I was locked up in a hideous due ,1 Here I was kept till the 10th of May. They took a / %• my money and clothes. During these two months "g kind of legal proceedings, even for form's sa ke, t c)° , place, not the slightest question asked to enlighten r o , as to the cause of my detention, and I began to is g n i ti c myself up for lost, when I was suddenly told I was a u • to start for England. They then handcuffed me, lia,: a . chain round my neck, and handed me over to the " ' : ,.0 respondence." My travelling companions were Enr.„'" Todrani from Rome, Domenic. di Dominicis, a P, l , man also, and another named Jean Baptiste t, Negro, a man advanced in years, who for thiT a years had lived constantly at Marseilles,_ a man um had a Frenchwoman for his wife, and by w " - a . he had several children. This French " Correopeir dance," that is merely used for the conveyance of Inn' re factors, travels by short stages, so that we were 0 3 4 , , than three months on our journey. At last, on the I°' of August, we were put upon the English coast at Dofs r i i free, it is true, but without a centime, as far as I Inr e i ; was concerned, and without our effects, that we nve have sold wherewith to bay bread. All that we fc,/ could muster amounted to two shillings. Ignoraet,j, the language, having friends only in London, with 0 g"'4 calculated to excite disgust rather than pity, we r esolf ° to travel from Dover to London on foot. At a Tilih, we came to I gave my cravat in exchange for shelter i,:, the night. We reached London on the 20th, wher e t e e s friendly reception given us by our fellow-countrf a o made us forget for a few moments the tortures we b been gubieeted to. (Signed) LUIGI GUEBZOLA' Certified as strictly . tine. TODEANIS, DI DOMINIeIS. DS NEG SO :„i In the same way have been treated—D. Satnor l ; l l arrested at Marseilles on the 29th of September, ha v o , over to the " Correspondance" on the 4th of li oll , lo her, arrived at London on the sth of February of present year. Andrea Lozzi, Clemente Conti, Nic c ola Rossi,VineqZcgi Malandri, all four of whom are from F a enza, returell? from America, arrested at Mar se ill es on the ' l9th J' 1 1 : 3 0 1 delivered up to the " Correspondance" on the li t " Aug., arrived at Dover on the 11th of Dee. last. ~0 There are many mor e , w h ose names we do no t Ro t , to mention because they are not at this moment in sbll don. Those who m we h ave men ti one d are honour o . known amongst emigrants, and where they bad t he journed thems e l ves ; th e i r a ffi rma ti on , is beyona .01 shadow of a doubt, an d th e y are rea dy t o give ver b ,',o on oath an attestati o n i n c on f or mity w ith what is "- written. We abstain from all comment. The facts spcit 13 , 1 ; quently enough for themselves. We would merel thrf e serve that this system has been carried on thes e Coi years, that at the moment we are now writing we 'lit. that seven unhappy Italians are being transP°rtecillor° the rest, through France and England, with iron e t) , of on, and that many more, who are now in dunge °l3- Marseilles, expect to be treated in the same manner' c l °i e * La Correspondance, in the argot of the French P r 0. ; designates relays of gensd'arm es , f rom on e to anoth° 0. which parties arrested (with or without cause) are til l " ferred on their journey from the place where they arrested to their final destination. RETIRING PENSION TO THE EARL OF t ore the second report of the Lords' committee it aPP,"I3O that they recommended that the Earl of Devon' k . of had efficiently discharged the duties of deputy el er ; ;4 the parliaments for nine year.., should have a 144",,-f, allowance of 1,5001. a year from the sth Jan. last, P able out of the fee fund of the House of Lords. a il THE MAILS.—The British and North American 133 0 1 steamer Canada will sail from Liverpool on Saturant. for Boston with th e ma il s . L e tt ers rece i ve d at the office until 7 a,m., late fee of 3d. 8 a. m" and is at 9 A' / AUSTRALIA.—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morn lo g' o o The White Star packet-ship Sardinia has arrived es Cork, in 75 days from Melbourne, with 64,000 Oli o . of gold. Her mails were landed this morning at SEW II a i l e d MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 10.—The —. le a States' mail steamer Washington, Capt. Cavendy, lol ,b, this afternoon for New York, wit the German, Frefr o l and English mails, 270 passengers, and a full geP e , o . cargo of French and English merchandise. The re, n ,",, sular and Oriental Co.'s screw steam-ship Alharev,: r ; Capt. J. K. Joy, also left this afternoon for Gibrs , 3 Malta, and Alexandria, with 3 first, 14 second, °",:f,, deck passengers, and a full cargo. Lieut. Pocock, proceeds by this conveyance to join one of the conir in l o ci mail steamers as Admir a lty agen t, b e t ween Bombe' ? %; Aden. The Alh am b ra w ill, on h er re t urn vo yage, 1311 " 12 cl to England a l arge quan tit y o f s ilk s f ro m India ' l O , , China, which will have arrived at Alexandria on he r 0 , rival out. It i s p ro b a bl e th a t th e surplus cargo reingl'oj log over from the Indian mail steam-ships of th e 41b Aocl 20th of each month, will induce the Peninsular 0, Oriental Company to despatch an extra boat for pose gers and freight regularly to the Mediterranean- the FRENCH SAVINGS BANES.—The sums paid ini°, oo ,, Paris Savings Bank last week amounted to 51 4 , 4 , 1 t he from 5,433 depositors, of whom 776 were new ; en: the reimbursements to 382,780fe. The receipts o' for te Caisse de Retraites for the aged daring the leet of night were 103,525 fr., from 1,643 depositors, „ whom opened accounts for the first time. A dd' NORTHERN OF FRANCE RAILWAT.—The recent ~ cations of the cashier and sub-cashier of this rail li d t o which at first were supposed to have been Halite _ e s about 30,0001. or 40,0001., are now rumoured to rhos 6,000,0001., or 240,0001. The share and oblie w ith holders have the power of depositing their stock to the company for security, and access has been g aine of the property thus lodged, which has been ma de , 3 „her with on the Bourse to the extent stated. Several of persons are said to b 3 implicated in the robbery, 1 3 . 0 10 whom has already been arrested, and there can be , to i doubt that the two principal delinquents, eve n if Leo have succeeded in getting away to America or ef eew ;der will still be captured. The event has caused a cons'hich able depreciation in the shares of the company , pi' have gradually declined from 45 to 50 b u t them 'g e ll tude of the capital—about 7,000,0001. sterling ---is ° The that the loss will only be equal to 3i per cent. the market must for some time have been depressed bY constant sale of the stolen shares. NEWSPAPERS.—The number of in the kingdom of Saxony is 220, in Austria 271 ' , in $a varia 178, in Wurtemburg 99, and in Hanover 89. ;_O4 possesses 311 journals an d reviews, and Switzens more than 561 ,newspapers ,: ~---- pro of enc on , Ea any Ri ~- __