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T HE 'BANKRUPTCY of the ROYAL BRITISH B ASK. . . At a Meeting of the Committee of DepOSitOrB in the Royal British Baak, held this 13th October, 1856; J.L3LEs WILD, Esq., in the Chair; It was moved by Mr. MiTcnELL, seconded by Mr. Gtuaptn, and unanimously resolved, " That the name of James Tressam Burke, Esq.. of Gresham-street, Indictrab'Jer Manufacturer, the petitioning creditor under the bankruptcy, be added to the list of the proposed Assignees, and that advertisements to that effect be issued " JAMES WYLD, Chairman. TURKISH BISCUITS• ESSRS. FULLER and HORSEY are in structed by Messrs. Coventry, Sheppard, and Co. to SELL by AUCTION, at Garraway's, on Friday, Oct. 17, at 12 for I, 500 tons 01 TURKISH BISCUIT, returned from the Crimea. The bis cuit is sound and in good condition, and will be sold in lots to suit the convenience of purchasers. Samples may be had at the office of Mews. Coventry, Sheppard, and Co. ; or of Faller and nurser. TiIEATE ROYAL, DBURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING THE ADVENrIIREE. Followea by Burlesque of PIZARRO. To conclude with A BALLET DIVERTIMEUENT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. trader the Management of Mr. Oulu.= NAAS THIS EVENING, MUSIC HATH CHARMS. After which. PIZARRO. Ei v ira, by Mrs. C. Kean. I :Bella, by Mr. C. Kean ; To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bulgaria; THIS EVENING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, ?RESENTED AT COURT. To conzinde with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENLIG, Twenty-fifth Time, BE L FHB GOB. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline. Mrs. Chu. Dillon. After which, 38th time, the new Burlesque of the "Winter's supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss wooL•ar), Miss 11. Gordon, Mats. B. White, Miss V. Wilton. Miss Itositut Wright, Messrs. Toole. Calhsem, Barrett. and !trough. Stalls. SS.; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 33. ; Plt. 24.; Gallery. is. Commence at 7. Half prime to all parts at 9. Box Office ope n slay irks 11 till 4. ROYAL TIIEITRE ADELPRI Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Colon& THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT 13. Fonowc,4l by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To conclude with LUCIFER MATCHES ; OR, THE YANKEE - ! STIL IND T.:MAME. Nana7er, Mr. T. Payne. TEI S EVENING, THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. After which, A Ballet Divertissiament. Followed by an original Purlesiva, entitled BELPIIEGOR. Mesdames Thirlwall, Wonllidge, an.' Cuthbert; Messrs. H. J. Turner, Hereert, Clarke, &c. To exiclo le with THE MARRIED BACHF.LOR. Commence at 7. Stang, 3s.—Boxes, 23.—Pit, Is —gallery, 110fAL OLYILYIC TIIEXTRE. Lessee and Matta7er, Mr. Alfrei TIII3 EVENINC, STILL WArEItS RUN - DEEP. To conclude with THE FIR3T dr- ASTLEY'I ICOVAL A 3IPTILTFIEATICE. Lessee and Nl:taw:or. Wm. Cooke. Turi: EVENING. t6l At N;ghi !) chalc.pere's Traze.ty of PaCTTATID TTT TTTTRT) Richard, Mr..T. Nollow,iy. Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian illustrations , A success unprecedented. After which, ?he attrattiva SCENE 4 in the CtItCLE, combining still, daring and elegance. To conclude with a 31&ange of Amusements. COnlyneGee at Sevan. 13,,5-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage 3D,nage'r, lllr, W . Aeckit.. 'Equestrliti. Director. Mr. W. Cooke. inn. HIGH WITErt AT LONDON BRIDUE. THIS DAT—Morn. 57 rtdr.. aft. 12 —"Eveniug 13 Laia. aft. I T t-'l4olutow—Morn..l7 aria. aft. I —E7ming min. aft. 1 THE WEA.THEIt—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 12. TrI2RIIOILITEP., !.1 8111 D 1. 61 —highest since noon vesterdny. 545 -lowest this morning and during the night. 62 -this day at noon. eAttOMltcalt, l 0 17—rising again. Wysn. Morning. N.N. E.—Light, with rain. Noon W.S. W. to W.—Light, with fine weather. 00T032R 13. Qj hligheat since noon yestnlAy. 53 - *west this morning and durin.; the night. G 2 this. day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.2!. Virm, S.S.E.—Light, with dull weather. Thick fog n the morning. VAMPED EDITION OF HE SUN." The Latest E lition cf The San, Stamped, in time for Post, may a!ways bo had from half- Past 5 till 7 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 n obtaining that Elition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Offioe, 112, Strand. ZI3IT : r .3 .„ _ . ,! ,. .6.1", 4 : '&17. )11 ")_ , P'' , .• c ---y. , ! - t .s—' , .- -- i c -- , -.:, t ,-,:,.- l' 4 , 4'. k*.j r-i7 _,, --, .. - ,:z: -7--- '-, - , -- ....c.; c•-,... T.AONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1855. Notwithstanding the extraordinary forbearance displayed towards Russia at the time of the con clusion of the "Precious Treaty," or as it has been more correctly termed, the "miserable CLARENDON capitulation," the Muscovite Govern ment are already striving to back out of the solemn obligations which they thereby deliberately con tracted. Like the Carthaginians of old, they exhibit the most profound contempt for every , prom ise the performance whereof ma n y p rove i n an y degree inconvenient. " Muscovite faith " seems likely to pass into a proverb, an d gc nus. quarn taut fides" may be appropriately annexed t o the arms of the House of ROMANOFF " an escutcheon of pretence,' in the literal acceptation of the terms. At the Conferences of Paris they gladly availed themselves of the trumpery policy Which professed as a fundamental principle that the honour of Russia was to be preserved intact. They Were then obliged to obtain peace at any price Or on al: k — J' conditions. They were so thoroughly ex hausted from the efforts they had already made, their inability to maintain the contest was so Painfully perceptible, that peace had become an imperative necessity, to close with the and they were only t oo ha ppy too lenient terms offered by their magnanimous opponents. But no sooner had the ratifications been ex changed than a complete alteration took place in their sentiments. Knowing that the Western Powers would abide by their undertakings, in the spirit, as well as to the letter, they commenced a course that clearly indicated their determination troops were with::awaiinathicofiriginai: to back out of or disregard their own obligations. wn Although the allied the Crimea in the shortest possible time the towns and ports of Sebastopol Kamiesh, Eupatoria,, Kertch, Yenikale, Kin bourn, and other territories occupiedweres butpeedily evacuated—Kars was n ot only retained, treated in every respect as a conquered city, its fortifications dismantled, and its defences rendered useless ; Kilia and Ismail also dilapidated, after afruitless attempt to retain them in direct oppo sition to the terms of the Treaty. But the most glaring exhibition of bad faith was by the Russian Commissioners appointed for the rectification of the Bessarabian boundary. We need scarcely remind our readers that this Commission was appointed under the 20th article of the Treaty ; that its especial object was to mark out, by metes and bounds, the territory to be delivered " in exchange for the towns, ports, and territories enumerated in article 4, and in order the better to assure the freedom of the navigation of the Danube." We have performed our part of the contract honestly and conscientiously. Every place enumerated in Article 4 has long since been restored to Russia. The holy soil is not now polluted by the presence of a single enemy or professor of the unorthodox creed. But what has been the return ? How have we received the promised consideration ?—and what are the obstacles raised by Russia to the specific perform ance of its contract ? What was to be transferred to Moldavia is thus specified :—" It is declared that the new frontier shall begin from the Black Sea one kilometre to the east of Lake Bourna, shall run p-erpendicu larly to the Akerman Road, shall follow that road to the Tai de Trojan, pass to the south of Bol grad, ascend the course of the river Yalpuck to the Height of Saratsika, and terminate at Kata marl on the Prath. Above that point the old frontier between the two empires shall not undergo any modification." Now this is very simple to any person who takes a sound common-sense view of the subject. It is unquestionably a little vague ; and, dealing with Russian diplomatists, it would have been well to have been a leetle more precise, so as to avoid the possibility of any quibble. Bat Russian honour (!) was recognised by the Western Powers, for it was to be preserved in tact ; and, therefore, there might be some faint shadow of an excuse for the laxity exhibited by the Western Plenipotentiaries. There can be no possible doubt that one kilo metre to the east of Lake Bourna Sola means from the eastern point of the Lake. That eastern point may not be within a kilometre of the Black Sea, but that is easily settled. Taking a point a kilometre due east of the eastern point, dropping the perpendicular from thence on the Akerman road, and continuing it to the Black Sea, clearly complies with the condition, which cannot be fulfilled. in any other s manner. This will necessarily give the whole of the Lake besides other territory, to Moldavia, while the Russian Commissioners are striving to secure for their master nearly two-thirds of its area, which would practically render him master of the whole. This demand is, however, too absurd to require my elaborate argument in opposition thereto. Tlie solution above offered is so manifest that it must bo at once adopted by any unprejudiced and uninterested person of ordinary capacity. Another difficulty has been raised about the town of Bolgra.d, which the Russian Commissioners tttempt to show includes a new town on the shores of Lake Yalpuck, a considerable distance from the cid one, manifestly intended; but the fact that it was decided at the Cinforenees that Lake Yalpuck diould belong e_lclusirely to Moldavia is so totally inconsistent with this version that it must he abandoned. There is no real difficulty about :he point. All that is required is an honest in tention to carry out the stipulation in its integrity. If Russia will act fairly and honesty, well t If not , neither France nor EAgland can, without the sacrifice of honour, permit themselves to be stulti ' ied or degraded by an acquiescence in her petti :oggiag and paltry arguments. She must submit the terms of the Treaty or—abide the conse quences. GORT3CILIKO.TF hit upon the very verb of the Russian policy in his insolent Circular dated "Moscow, 21 S!rember." La /tussle, said he, fie boucle pal, elle se r.?icenige--Rusiia does not sulk, she gathers herself up anew, she reconc3n rates all her internal resourcA, she once more ;ollects all her latent capacities together, her :ipacities for good or for evil, the wealth and the industry, the patriotism and the religious ardour of her 63,000,000 of inhabitants. To what end? Isit not sufficiently apparent ? Does not history proclaim the fact with adequate distinctness ? Is itnot notoriously, glaringly, unavoidably—Reculer pour m'ieuz sautes ? Yes—ostensibly with a view to the furtherance of a grand and pacific scheme ,f internal development —obviously, however, all the while for the ulterior prosecution of what Prince GORTSCLIAXOFF naiody terms in his Cir cular, " I know not what universal domination !" 4vroc Et7rEv—he has said it—c'est ca—the murder is out ! It is with this sinister significance of neaning that the Minister of the Czait can aver 'of the great despotic empire of his Master—La Russie ne boucle pas, e!le se reeenille—Russia does ~sot pout, she meditates—meditates new outrages , upon the rights of nations, new violations of ad jacent territory, new incursions beyond the fron tiers of neighbouring and less powerful dominions. The earliest of these fresh outrages being the issue to the world of this very Circular from the hand of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF ! Than which could any document by possibility be characterised by more flagrant audacity, whether in tone or in argument ? Imagine the " virtuous indignation" of Russia at the joint intervention of France and England in the affairs of Greece and of Naples ! The " virtuous indignation" of Russia at what she calls this violation of the right and independ ence of Governments—the protest made in behalf of the violated rights and independence of Govern ments by Russia, Russia of all the nations of the earth, Russia whose predatory legions have been making such repeated incursions beyond the boundaries of the Caucasus and beyond those of the Moldo-Wallachian Principalities ! Conceive for one moment the consistency, the reasonableness, the decency of the re monstrances thus addressed to France and England by the diplomatic mouthpiece of the Russian AurocßAT, immediately at the close of an European struggle, preceded (and, in fact, caused) by the advance of the armies of the CZAR across the Pruth, and followed (directly and per versely followed) by the renewal of his armed in terposition among the mountain tribes of Circassia! The Muscovite violation of the right and inde pendence of Governments, being notoriously dic tated by designs of territorial ar , grandisement. The Anglo-French interventions adventured upon in regard to Greece or Naples, or elsewhere, being as notoriously for no such purpose whatever, but solely with a view to the advancement of the sacred principles of modern civilisation. It would be amusing were it not for its secret atrocity—the cool impertinence of reproach with which the Russian diplomatist protests in the face of Europe against the presence of an armed force 1 of French all English soldiers upon the soil of Greece against the feelings of the nation, and the will of the SOVEREIGN ! Europe has not so soon forgotten, be surd of that, the reason w7ty the two great Allies were compelled, in the very thick of the warlike complication of events in the Crimea, to despatch troops to the Pirmus, for the purpose of overawing the intrigues of an ungrateful and degraded Court, nominally presided over by a fainéant KING, but actually inspired by the am bitious whims of a QUEEN, German by marriage, Greek in name, but Russian at heart, Russian in her sympathies, Russian in her conspiracies, Rus sian in her aspirations. England and France, therefore, sent a small but sufficient portion of their united troops to Athens, to crush out the flames of an insurrectionary movement in fa vour of the CZAR, originated by the emissaries of Queen AMELIA, and then threatening to em barrass the position of the Allies before Sebastopol by kindling in their rear a great political con flagration. In reference to Naples, moreover, have not those same Allies the obvious justification of desiring to ward off, if possible, those revolu tionary outbreaks in Italy which cannot fail to endanger the general tranquillity of the European Continent if BOMEA is permitted to goad into rebellion by his cruelties the long-suffering but hot-blooded population of the Roman Peninsula ? Besides, both OTno and FERDINAND are, from first to last, Kings only upon sufferance. But for England the Bourbons might have whistled for the Neapolitan sceptre their own unaided hands were powerless to grasp ! But for England and France, Greece might never have been erected into an independent kingdom, and the bauble of Athenian Sovereignty awarded in an evil hour to the whims of one of the junior Princes of Bavaria! The Governments of France and England have an incontestible right to interfere, to a certain extent, in the internal affairs both of Greece and Naples, to the end that by so doing they may insure for Europe a more secure tranquillity, and for the unfortunate Greeks and Neapolitans the blessings of some more rational system of administration. Yet against designs of this unselfish and dignified character Russia protests, through the arrogant and insensate Circular of Prince GORTSORAKOFP as against some lawless violation of the inalienable rights and independence of Governments—for getful of her o wn wanton invasion of the domi nions of the SULTAN ! Oblivious of her own recent seizure of the Danubian Principalities ! Blind to her own systematic and wholesale spoliation of the territories of her weaker neighbours, the territories indiscriminately of Sweden, and Persia, and Turkey, and Poland ! So much for the suicidal care taken by the Allies not to wound, in any way, as they termed it, during the deplorable Paris Conferences, the dignity (save the mark !) of the haughty and insolent autocracy of the CZAR of all the Russias ! THE COURT CIR.CULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 10. Her Majesty the Qaaen and the Prince Consort re• turned from Alt na Guissach yesterday evening. The Royal dinner party, in addition to the ladies and gentlemen in attendance, included Mr. Farquharson of Invercauld, Sir James and Lady C!ark, and Mr. and Mra. Clark. THE SUN. LO'N,D'ON, MONDA.Y, EVENING, OCTOBEROI3, 185& LATEST N.pI,WS MARSEILLES, OCT. 11. The Clyde has come in, with intelligence from Constantinople to the 2d inst. A Russian detachment still continued to occupy a point of the Isle of Serpents. As to the railway of the Euphrates, the Turkish Government has nob yet authorised the construe tion, but only the survey. The Presse d'Orient affirms that the Conferences on the subject of the Danubian Principalities have been postponed for two months ; but the same journal repeats that a French squadron is about to reenter the Black Sea. PARIS, MONDAY. The Bey of Tunis, having neglected to salute the Fete Napoleon with cannon, has been com pelled to make an apology. The Rente at the Boulevard was done at 66.75. The India mail arrived at Marseilles yesterday at six, and left for London at ten last evening. ST. PETERSBURG, Ocr. 10. The Czar arrived at aarskoeselo on the 6th. His Majesty will arrive at the railway station of the Winter Palace on the Bth, and will make his solemn entry into St. Petersburg on the ltth. The grand ball to be given by the nobility and commercial classes will take place on the 15th. The report of the At striae Gazette that the King of Naples had written autograph letters to queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon, offer ing to submit the Neapolitan question to the Paris Congress, is untrue. A letter from Ajaccio, of the 6th, in the Journal de la Corse, says :-- " There are now lying in this port two English line-of-battle ships, the Duke of Wellington and the Conqueror, and two corvettes. The liners are the object of general admiration, and those who have visited them speak in the highest terms of the politeness they met with on board. The ad miral (Dundas) and the officers have met with the heartiest welcome on landing from the authorities and the inhabitants. The Prefect has visited the admiral on board, and was received by a salute, and this evening the admiral and the officers of the squadron are to be present at a dinner and ball given at the Prefecture." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (ieconcl edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " A Queen's messenger. has passed through Paris for Naples with despatches. It is quite possible that he takes orders for the recall of her Majesty's mission, but I am not able to say that such is positively the case. The latest news from Naples informs us, by telegraph, that preparations for defence against attack continues to be made , with the greatest activity. " According to advices which reach Paris this day from Constantinople, dated October 2, a de tachment of Russian troops still occupy the Ser pants' Island ; and it is further declared that some French ships of war will enter the Black Sea. If so we may conclude that an approach is • being made by France towards the policy of Eng land with regard to the Serpents' Island question; au event of no ordinary interest, for it must be clear to the most superficial observer that Russia seeks to evade the treaty just in propor tion as she calculates on any divergence of views between England and France. There seems little prospect of our quitting the Black Sea for any length of time, for Russia has ordered 20 steamers for the " commerce" of those waters, whilst all the world knows three are quite sufficient. As the object of the Czar is to evade the treaty, England will be compelled to keep up a police force to watch her movements both in the Caspian and Black Seas." Ocr. 11. Her 7,Lijesty the Queen and the Prince Consort drove out yesterday, acaornpacied by their Royal Hig,hne3ze3 the Printers Alic 3 and Princess Helena. MINISTEI?,IAL AIVD POLITICAL MOVE MEATS. Viscount Palmerston, who cJilti.me; at Breadlaa&, Hants, in comparative retireannt, is expected to arrive in town about the middle of the week. Tile Rol of aarendon will came to town to-day to !ransact the p•.biie dnties of his department. Lard Pant:aura will reach town from &Wand a tho chr,e of tho week. The Ivlarquie of Lansdlvfno has left Sectleaad on his return south. Toe Lord Citancollor has left town for his seat in Kent, after remaining a few days in town. he Earl of Harrowhy, the Lori Privy Seal, has left town on hii retril Sander.-hall, Staff irdshire. The Lord President the C - mncil and the Countess Granville, we learn by telegraph, have left Moscow and St. Petersburg for Germany. The I 3 ghat Hon. Si: Gorge Grey is at Falloden, ti rtliumberland ; the Thglit Hon. Henry Labouchere at Stoke Park, near Windsor ; the wake of Argyll at his palatial scat in Scotland ; and the Right Hon. Robcrt Vernon Smith at his seat in Northamptonshire. The First L .rd of the Admiralty, Sir Chas. Wood, is at his seat in Yorkshire, but is expected hi town in the couree of the week. Admiral the Hon. Maurice Fitz hardinge Berkeley, M.P., is absent at his country seat. Admiral Peter Richards and Captain Milne, Junior Loris, and Mr. Phinn, the Secretary, are remaining in town to attend to their official duties. Sir R. Peel is expected to arrive franc Russia aloout the end of the month. RETURN 01 THE BRITISH SPECIAL MISSION PROM RIJSSLI. HAMBURG, Oct. 9.—11.M.5. Sc. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. St. Vincent King, with Lord and Lady Gran ville and the other members of the British mission to the coronation at Moscow on board, arrived at Kiel yesterday afternoon, just in time for the distinguished party to catch the last train to Altana, from whence they drove into this city and descended at the Hotel de l'Europe, about nine o'clock in the evening. Here the party broke up, fur the Earl and Countess of Gran ville proceeded immediately by the night train to Ber lin, ei‘ route for C irlsbad in Bohemia, whilst Sir Robert and Lady Peel set nut this morning by way of Belgium and the Rhine to England, and 50100 of the members of the embassy stay a day or two here, and then go home through France. The St. Jean d'Acre, after coaling at Kiel, will return to England immediately. We regret to learn that the Hon. Charles Grimston, brother of the Countess of Clarendon, died on Wednes• day last. The Hon. Charles Grimston was third son of the bite Earl of Verulam. He was born 3d October, 1818, and was formerly in the Coldstream Guards. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are entertaining company at Gordon Castle, Fochabers, N.B. The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane have ceased to receive company at Taymouth Castle, after displaying princely hospitality to a succeosion of visitors for several consecutive weeks. The Earl of Lonsdale remains in Paris for the present, but will return for the hunting season. Lady Charlotte Portal gave birth to a son and heir on Thursday, at Laveratoke House, Hants. A party of officers and noblemen—namely, his Ex cellency Count dell'Alberese, Marquis Sanay de Nerli, Chevalier Lenzone, Lieut. Silvatici, Commandant de Frescobaldi, and Signor Antinori, members of the Go vernment of the Grand Duke of Tuscany—paid a visit to Woolwich on Wednesday. They first visited the dockyard, and, having gone over the floating bAttery Thunderbolt and inspected the various basins and docks, they proceeded to the arsenal. To Mrs. A'Backett, widow of the late gifted magis trate, has been considerately granted by the Premier a pension of 1001. per annum. Lord Palmerston's libe rality has been further shown in the gift of 1001. towards the maintenance of Mr. Angus B. Reach. A letter from Berlin states that, on the Ist of next month, Prince Frederick William, son of the Prince of Prussia, will assume tine command of the 11th infantry, in garrison at Breslau. At about the middle of Decem ber he will leave for Cablentz, and afterwards for Eng land. Lieutenant-General SE Colin Campbell, G.C.8., the in.pector general of infaintry, has returned to town from a tour of inspection ilk the provinces. The gallant general attended at the Horse Guards on his return on Friday and Saturday las . ;l-,. General Sir Gaorge 1 gown, G.C.8., has arrived in town from E'gin, N.R., and attended at the Horse Guards. We understatid the gallant general contem plates pa;sicg the appr caching winter in Italy. THE VACANNT CAPT AIN'T OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL. —The United Service Gazette states that Sir C. Wood has conferrad this appointment upon Ca i ptain W. A. Willis. THE I,I„TE P.:YMASTT n Wit. BELL, ESQ., OF THE QUEEN'S RoY..L YACHT.. —The funeral of this lamented gentleman took place yei terday morning at the New Ce metery, near Sout'ase attended by the crew of the Royal yacht, and the whole of the officers in full uni form. It is understood am prig the friends of the late Miss Mitford, that selection e!frotn her Carrespondenco are in preparation by the Rear,W. Harness, her executor aLd friend fbr many years., FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. According to the most recent news from Naples, derived from the very best source, the King is firmly resolved not to make the slightest conces sion. There is little doubt that the naval demon stration in the Bay of Naples will, after all, be made, and that France will join in it. The Debats of yesterday publishes an article signed by M. de Saey on the meeting of the Paris Congress. It states that the question of the Ser pents' Island has been already settled—that the island is to be restored to Turkey ; that, as re gards the islands of the Lower Danube, they also will be ceded to the Porte. As regards the union of the two Principalities, the Debats says that, as the commission charged to consider the whole question of the Principalities has not yet entered upon its functions, that question must be deferred; and, as France, Austria, England, and Turkey each claim the presidency in the com mission—a post which is one of " influence"—the Debcas is of opinion that this, as well as some other preliminary matters, must first be settled by the next Concrre3s before the actual question of the Danubian Principalities is touched upon. It is reported that at a recent ministerial council a proposition for putting a duty of li per cent. upon the exportation of the precious metals was discussed, but with what result is not stated. BounsE, OCT. 11. —The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents W 85 --f. —c. S per Cents 67 15 67 35 New Loan 67 15 SG Bank Shares 3,953 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,525 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish 'Threes...... Piedmontese (5) B9 llome Debt ........... _ RAILWAYS—IOU CASE. IT. C. fr. Orleans , 1,270 Wes tern B9O 890 Northern Lyons 1,290 Now Ditto 630 797 50 EserGrVnira ~,, ,,1,7157 70425 _5 - 0 TAGousrsatnterid:nctermal. PRUSSIA• A. letter from Berlin, of the Bth, in the Debats, says :—" Th e measures which the Prussian Go vernment means to take with respect to Switzer land, if the latter refuses to recognise its rights over Neufchatel, will not be of a military character. Our Cabinet has attentively studied the exports and imparts of Switzerland, and it has ascertained that an interruption of commerce between Switzer land and Germany would be very prejudicial to . the Diet a former, whilst the latter would receive but little injury; it accordingly will submit to the Ger manicpro- ductions . from the German markets. Notwith standing for excluding Swiss stan . ding the numerous partial re-elections that are taking place for the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, the political character of the Chamber will not be changed. Th e E xtreme C onserv ative party is employing all the means in its power to cause the election of its candidates. As all the Prussian in fantry is to be armed with Minie muskets, great activity prevails in our arsenals, and orders have been given to manufacture 9,000,000 Minie ball eartridges." Another letter from Berlin, in the Ost. Deutsche Post of Vienn a , says :—" A mon gst the numerous couriers who have passed through this city within the last few days on their way from St. Petersburg to Paris, is M. G erva i s, C ounc illor of State, who, 1 can state on sure information, carries to Paris the definitive resolution of Russia as to the assembling of a second c ongress i n t h a t c ity, to settle the ques tions of the East, Naples, Greece, and Neufchatel ." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Oct. 9.—A few days since it was stated that a note, which was a kind of " pendant' to tl.e circular of September 2, was forwarded by Prince Gortschakoff to this Government, and the intelligence is thus confirmed by a well-informed north German paper : " Though little is now said of what is doing in the apolitan question, I can assure you that some of the great Powers have got up a hind of diplomatic agitation against the project of the Western Powers, and the end of the matter will probably be, that there will be no expedition to the Bay of Naples. I also learn from a perfectly authentic source that Russia has done more than protest in her circular of the 2d of Septem ber against the policy of France and England towards Naples and Greece. A few days since Baron Mohren beim was the bearer of an urgent note from Russia to the Austrian Cabinet, is which it was most distinctly said that it was absolutely necessary to counteract the proceed ings of the Western Powers against the Bing of Naples. It is not difficult to foretell how this will be effected. A Russian squadron is not likely to attempt to keep the vessels of the Western Powers out of the Bay of Naples, but the proposal of Russia immediately to bring the Neapolitan question before a diplomatic Congress is sure to be warmly seconded by Austria. In a few days it must be known to the public whether the Western Powers approve the plan." Baron von Hugel, the Austrian Minister in Tus cany, is now here, and his presence in Vienna is considered a sure indication that some question of importance is being discussed between the two Courts. NAPLES. The Opinions of Turin, of the 9th, in a leading article on the Neapolitan question, says :—" There is a very easy way of solving the non-intervention difficulty. The principle of non-intervention has been proclaimed at the Congress at Paris. Let this principle be observed, and let the States of Italy govern themselves in their own way ; let Austria withdraw her troops from the Romagna, and engage not to go beyond the frontiers assigned to her by treaties, whatever may take place in the peninsula ; and let England send a squadron and France her troops, in case Austria oversteps her boundaries. Would Austria accept such a proposi tion ? We may fairly answer, No. And if she does not accept, how can she blame the interven tion of the two great Western Powers in the affairs of Naples ? A :etter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" There is no longer any doubt but that th 3 Neapolitan affair will terminate in a com promise whfcth will render useless the contemplated demonstration; f)f the Western Powers. Frame has in fact declared in a note, lately delivered to the Austrian Government, that she is ready to submit the decision of the Neapolitan question to a new Congress at Paris. A new note is expected on the part of the Neapolitan Government. It was to have appeared a week since, and it is hoped that the delay has been caused by the Nea /Nlitan Government having modified the original wolding of it so as to render it more in con fornity with the existing state of things." An other Jotter from Vienna says :—" The garrison of Milan is ,!'o be considerably increased during the stay of the ' 7 4mperor in that city ; but this measure is only adoptek: l in consequence of th© present gar rison being insui3cient to perform the service re quired by the presence of his Majesty." THE POLITICAL TRIALS. NAPLES, Oct. 6.—On Thursday morning, the Coiled assembled, and after some unimportant busi ness in conclusion of the defence the judges retired to their council-chamber about 11 o'clock. The Procureur-General and the advocates withdrew, and the Court was closed until the decision of the Judges should be made known. I n close consulta tion they remained until half-past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the doors were again thrown open, and the court presented the same aspect as it did in the morning. A general anxiety pervaded the assembly to know the result of judicial consul tation, and according to the usual forms an usher rose and read the written sentence of the judges, as follows :—" A paria non constare della cospirazione." "By an equality of votes the con spiracy is not proved." There is an expression of surprise on every face, as though the usher could not have been understood. Each one looked at the other as if he would have asked whether he had been mistaken. The Attorney General was pale, and evidently mortified ; the prisoners and judges were alone unmoved. " COnstare del projetto di cospi razione," proceeds the usher—that i 3, a projected conspiracy has been proved ; and sentence according i 7 the law was pronounced of perpetual exile from the kingdom on Miornona ; and on the three others, w ha also had been 0. 1 71 j edged worthy of death by the Attofney-General—Ventre, Mauro, and De Angelis —l2 years in irons. The reason of the difference in the panishment was, that these latter were already political prisoners condemned to 25 yearn, to which 12 .more were added—it was virtually a sentence of "irons for life." The priest Chico, for having known and not revealed the conspiracy, was condemned to two years' imprisonment. The Padre Ruggiero, the Augustiue monk, to one year's imprisonment ; and as regards the remain five—A.vitabile, Mortati, Palmieri, Do Rosa, ;tipriest, and Donna Antoinetta Pace, the ver dict of the judges was " Non consta," that is to say, the charge of even projected conspiracy was not proved against them—the evidence was iesufficient ; not that they were cleared and thoroughly acquitted, which would have been declared by a verdict of " Consta The liberty which these five, therefore, will enjoy will be provisional, under the sur veillance of the police. As soon as the reading o f the sentence had concluded the great crowd who were present, and who had recovered from their surprise, were overcome with joy, and expressed their feelings by clapping of hands, and shouting " Viva it Fresidente " Viva la Giustizia della Gran Corte Criminale !" This was gall and worm wood to the public accuser, who but a few days before had demanded punishment of death for four, and, irritated by the unusual joy, he ordered that those who applauded should be marked, and two individuals were arrested. So terminated the trial 91; Mignoua and his associates. They were wrested, tc , gether with many others, on the 27th of July, 1835, they were put upon their trial ou the 9th of J une, 1856, and the trial was brought to a conclu sion on October 2, 1856. DIE SOUND DUES.—HAIIBURG, Oct. 11. A,. de snat,th from Copenhagen, just placarded at the Douro, confirms the news of this morning, that all the difficulties concerning the Sound tolls are definitively arranged, in consequence of the accord between Fenmark and England. The King of Greece, the Grand Duke and Duchegt of Hesse, the Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and the Princeßoyal Louis, arrived in Augsburg on the 7th, and all paid their respects to the Empress Dowager Russia, who left the same day for Ulw. The session of the Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg was opened on the 7th inst. by the Lieutenant of the King-Grand-Duke, Prince Henry of ihe Netherlands. The Prince, in his address, describNed the state of the country as satisfactory,and their alludedto the measures which would be submitted to the Chamber for adoption by the King. They irlclude a partial revision of the constitution granted in 1848, which, in the words of the Prince, "is no longer in harmony with the imperious and inevitable exactions of the statutes of the Germanic Confederation," and the approval of the concordat which is about to bo concluded. _ _ - - A correspondence from Berlin contradicts the re port of Prussia's intention to separate from the Zollverein. A Madrid journal states that O'Donnell has re turned the visit which Narvaez paid him on his recent arrival in the capital. Letters from Bucharest of the 23d affirm that in spite of a thousand intrigues, .French influence is augmenting in the Principalities. The Milan Gazette states that the Emperor and Empress of Austria will not arrive in that city until the early part of January. The rumours of the speedy assembling of the Congress in Paris, although repeated with confi dence by almost all the Continental pap ers , are believed in Paris to be mere Vienna inventions. We read in the Epoca :—" It i s reported in the political circles of Madrid that the Duke of Victory is preparing a manifesto relative t o t h e last events, which he intends to publish the moment the state of siege is raisel The Darmstadt Gazette announces the return from Moscow of the Princes Louis and Alexander of Hesse Darmstadt. Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Cmsel has likewise returned from Russia. A letter from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" We learn that a commis sion has been established at St. Petersbnrg to draw up a map of Bessarabia. The maps which exist in Russia, even those of Poland, are very imp,erfect, and this explains the difficulties which have arisen as to the tracing of the new Bessarabian frontier." Marshal the Duke de Malakhoff has arrived in Paris from Puy. The Oesterreichische Zeitung, the non-official organ of 13a:con Bruck, lately informed the public the war steamer Elisabetto had gone to the Bay of Naples, but we now learn that on the sth the vessel In question brought the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian to Trieste. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the Bth an nounces that the dispute between the Courts of Sardinia and Tuscany has been settled ; M. Bal dasseroni, foe Tuscan Minister, having in an offi cial note exp res s e d his regret at th e ex pulsion of the Genoese tourists from Florence. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received, by extraordinary express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, our despatches from Calcutta of Sept. 8, and from Bombay, of Sept. 12. We subjoin extracts : (From, the Bombay Times of Sept. 12.) Summary.—Two days after the despatch of last mail, and just as the bag reached from home, in contradiction to the Government order here stop ping all public works, that two millions sterling were to be spent on the improvement of the country —a notification was published in the Gazetite that a four and a half per cent. loan was to be opened, of indefinite amount, and guaranteed for a period of ten years at least. In 1854, when the old five per cent. was closed, and the Treasury of India represented to be full to overflow ing, Government, had it known its own wants, could have obtained any amount of money at three and a half, four per cent. or, at the very outside, With that blindness in financier ship for which India is proverbial, they began to pay off their debts when they could not anything like make the two ends meet ; and the year was barely out when a new five per cent. loan required to be opened, on the pretence that public works had been pushed on more rapidly than the state could afford. No war of moment or other unforeseeable calamity had occurred mean while, but just as we were pinched to the uttermost for means waste seemed the order of the day, wherever money could be thrown away on matters sufficiently worthless. Private enterprise, which had meanwhile offered to step in for the purpose of improving the country, was checked on the pretence that the terms conceded by the Bom bay Government were too liberal. We from time to time warned our readers, that in the midst of our boasted prosperity we were on the verge of a fresh loan ; and Sunday the 31st of August verified our vaticinations. The five per cents., which ought to have gone up to ten premium, to be at par with the four-and-a-half, have scarcely at all advanced, and none of the new stock, so far as we can learn, has yet been taken up. If in India Government cannot raise money at pre sent under 5 per cent., any amount that might be required could be raised at home at 3 ; and the London authorities, were the common principle of financiership recognised in Cannon-row and Leaden hall-street, could raise in the Stock Exchange the three millions required to be sent home annually, instead of drawing on India at the most capricious rates of exchange, compelling us to borrow at ex travagant terms of interest, to the utter con fusion of the money market. The loan had scarcely been gazetted when we were stunned by a call for transports to accompany an expedition to the Persian Gulf, to chastise the Shah for captur ing Herat in violation of the treaty of 1853, an arrangement partially foreshadowed in our last commercial report. It must be remembered that ' the treaty and the war are both purely English— the Government of the East India Company hold no political relations with Persia, and feel no concern in its affairs. The intimation that mischief was brewing was put into the mouth of the Chairman of the Board of Control, apparently that it might escape criticism at home. Had the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in place of Mr. V. Smith, intimated that troops would be on their way to Persia —an adventure about as wild as that of the Affghan war—before the last of our ships had quitted the shores of the Crimea, there would have been no great danger of the House of Commons being counted out on the occasion. We trust Sir Henry Willock will renew or republish his admirable pro test of 1839, against India being saddled with charges that in no way concerti her. There can be no greater insanity than that of entangling our selves in any way whatever with the affairs of Cen tral Asia. The Affghans and Persians are equally perfidious, equally ungrateful and rapacious, equally incapable of pursuing any consistent line of policy or looking into the future. To us it is perfectly immaterial who occupies Herat. The one power is just as incapable as the other of main taining it against European troops —both equally ready to surrender it, and with it to make over their services to any party fir a bribe. When Kainran Shah had been enabled to maintain it through British influence alone for ten months against Persia, he threw us overboard and dis missed our ambassador with insult the moment we ceased to pour money into kis purse ; and Gho rian, one great cause of our interference in his favour, almost as soon as secured to him, was handed over to his old enemy, as if in scorn of the English friends on whom he had Leen preying. If we will make treaties we must see them enforced, by this moans in such cases as the present, involv ing ourselves needlessly, beyond the mountains which form an impenetrable fortrees for our demi ) pions, in wars always equally inglorious, expensive, ) and fruitless. Those whom the catastrophe of Calm] • could not teach wisdom, must be incapable of benefitting hy experience. Eleven transports of an aggregate burden of ten thousand tons, en gaged at the rate of one pound per ton a month, are meanwhile beng prepared to receive ten or fifteen thousand men and a thousand horses on board. As if to begin with bungling, a circular requiring freight was sent round at the outset to four houses out of 25 that had ships to be disposed of, and the result was that 11. was paid for freight when the market price was 16'3. at the highest, thus imposing a loss on Government of ' 2,0001. a 'mirth. At present we are paying 10,0001. monthly for ships which we sincerely trust will never be employed ; and the preparations ri'ow being made will, within the next six weeks, pro bably cost half a million sterling if not a man should ever quit our shores for the Gulf. In n at thes l e topies are comprised all the tidings o l f supplied.—Our importance the past fortnight hassu7 pp an i d though rainy season has very nearly over closed,Central and Upper still India, in Bombay we are rain has been plentiful all our customary supple s. h s a o y m e ew ju h s a t t short recoivo o d f i accounts inundation at Cabul, in which great e Military done to lands and property, h in its corporate capacity, rdamage of an h a Board, been has been abolished at the Presidency, and the much more desirable expedient resorted to of placing each of its constituent members at the head of an independent department.—The municipality of Bombay, are about, it is und er . stood, to protest against their being made liable for the charges incurred by Mr. Conybeare, under sanction of the Court of Directors, in excess ofth ul quarter of a million sterling, originally agreed upon, to obtain water from the VeharrViaglhletys.hTavhee `''•-home bungling will very probably bring the ulti mate charge to close on half a million. The import market is improving ; freights advanced ; and the money market is unsteady, CALCUTTA. The Government on the 30th August opened a new loan. The rate offered is 41-- per cent., and the loan is not to be paid off till 1866 . The terms offered, however, are not sufficient to tempt dealers. The old Fours are at 12 per cent. digcount, and no one therefore will subscribe to the new loan. Up to yesterday less than a thousand pounds had been paid in. Exchange on London may be quoted 2s. lid. for first-class paper, and 2s. 11d. for document bills. --- COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE STATE OF TEL BOMBAY MARKET, FROM AUG. 29 to SEPT. 11. Our money market far the past fortnight has been rather unsettled, in consequence of the government hav ing issued a notification to the effect that they were pre pared to receive tenders for a 4i per cent, loan, and we are given to understand that tenders for a considerable amount were sent into government at 90, but the ten derers were informed that no tenders could be entertain ed under par. Local stocks remain much about former quotations. Since the date of our last report considerable activity has sprung up in the Import Market, and from alt parts of the presidency the most favourable reports continue to be received of the state of the weather and the crops, a condition of matters which cannot do otherwise than promise well for the future prospect of the busy season. Just as th e mail was closing on the 29th ult., a very active demand sprung up for all descriptions of cotton piece goods, whi c h we ar e glad to say has steadily con tinued, prices having risen on nearly all the staple goods. EXCHANGE. —The China mail having brought on a very large supply of bills, th e rate o p ened w ith small sales at 2 q . la d. and upward tendency, but on two of the local banks coining in as buyers of local credits and documents at Id. 7-16 d., the rate became firmer, and 2s. ld. 516 d. was obtained for China Bank. on London at 6 months' sight, Exchanges 2s. 14d., for document bills ; 6 months' sight, 21. lid ., for credit bills. On Calcutta at GO days' sight, , 99 1 ; at sight 100. On Madras at 30 days sight, 99 j ; at sight re. 100. On China at 60 days' sight, re. 227 to rs. 228. CEYLON. Our advices from Colombo are to the 16th of September. The excitement of the rail way ques ti on continued. Bill and the E x p ort D uties B ill h a d been d aliY a third time. A p rotest of five uno fficial The e m c b r e en i P s of the Council and an address from the Governor and the Council to the Queen had been made to withhold the sanction until the survey - is made. _ There had been heavy rain in the coffee districts. The supply of labou r wa s goo d . Penny postage was to be introduced. Two steam frigates of the Indian navy had pass ed Point do Galle, from Calcutta, to join the ex pedition from Bombay to the Persian Gulf. AUSTRALIA. W e hav' nn`, recei any Australian papers ry the present mail, he following items of intelli gence have arrived via Coylon : " The Fortitude, which left Melbourne on the 17th of July, has brought no mails, but to Capt. Harrison we are indebted for the Leader of July 12. Wet ungenial weather had produced temporary dull ness in trade and lessened the production of gold. Vessels with imported goods continued to in crease stocks which could not be conveyed to the diggings from the roads being broken up. Speedy improvement was hoped for, however, and had in deed partially taken place. The price of gold re mained steady at 765. per ounce ; standard was selling at 735. 9d. Quartz-crushing operations were being rapidly developed and perfected ; an office for assaying the amalgamated gold has been established, and it was thought that before long gold would be exported only in the form of ingots. One is reported as having been discovered near Maryborough, weighing upwards of 260 ounces and being one solid mass of gold. In that case it will be worth at least 1,000/. The Mindora, Royal Mail ship, had arrived on the 11th of July, but her news had been forestalled by the Lancashire Witch, with troops, and the Mary Anne, whichhad arrived at Tasmania. The Ellen Bates had arrived at Melbourne on the sth of July. The Champion of the Seas had sailed for Liverpool on the 10th of July ; the True Briton was to sail for London on the Ist of August ; and the James Baines, for Liverpool, on the sth. Six miles of the Melbourne and Geelong Rail way had been opened, and it was expected that the whole would be ready for traffic by New-Year's *WI In the northern portion of South Australia, Mr. B. Herschell 'Babbage has discovered geological indications of coal beds. In Tasmania the search for gold continued to be prosecuted, and two Welsh miners had discovered both silver and copper. Messrs. Meredith and Hume, pioneers of the colony, had died. A Tas manian paper announces the arrival of the Lanca shire Witch, and the melancholy death of Ensign Harrison, of her Majesty's 11th Regiment, a pas senger on board. He accidentally fell overboard from the poop, and was drowned. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING. The Asia has arrived, with advices from New York to the Ist inst., and $950,695 in specie and 2401. sterling on freight. The mail steam-ships Canada and Baltic hence had arrived at New "York. The screw steam-ship Khersonese sailed from Portland for Halifax and Liverpool on the 28th ult. Among the passengers are Mr. Goddard, the detective, having under charge Louis Grelet, Eugene Auguste Parrot, and Carpenter, who were concerned in the robbery of the Northern Railway of France. A considerable sum of money was found on their persons, besides coupons. The political news is unimportant. The canvass progresses with an appearance of great confidence on all sides. There had been a great democratic meeting at Richmond, at which the State Governor advocated, in violent language, violent measures against the Northern party, whom he designated " demons and traitors." The Illinois had arrived, with the California mails of the sth ult., and 1,867,148 dols. Matters were genial. Mining continued in prosperous condition. . - A report was current at Panama of the conclu sion of a treaty of peace between Walker and the President of Costa Rica. Another statement is, that Schlessinger, at the head of a considerable force, was menacing Walker. A riot had occurred in New Grenada, consequent upon the inauguration of General Cal vont Panama, in which a number of persons had been killed. Commissioners had been sent to France to ne gotiate a loan to pay off the liabilities arising from the riot in April last. Fever was prevalent LO Aspinwale. Advices from lio.'vanna state that recruiting for Walker's filibustering party was going on in the city. A number of vessels. were damaged by the gale at Kingston, Jamaica, on the 11th. The health of St. Thomas was good ; sugar and rum scarce. The Kansas Central Committee have applied to. Acting G3vernor Woodson for provisions and pro tection, he replied that if they gave a guarantee to submit to the territorial laws, he would grant their request. Sir Henry Holland had had an interview with President Pierce. The continuous and heavy shipments of gold and silver, and consequent curtailment on the part of the hank, had increased the supply of mercantile paper on the market ; and money rates are to 1 per cent, above those ruling at the corresponding period of previous weeks. The current money rates were i to 8 per cent. on prime 60 days ; Bto 9 on. 60 to 90 days ; and 9 to 10 on four to six months. For bills on call there was an active demand at 7 per cent. Exchange on London 91 to K. Breadstuffs retained their buoyancy. Cotton continued very buoyant, owing to the falling off of the receipts at the ports, but business was restricted by the reduced stock. Freights to Great Britain were a shade firmer. The Board of Underwriters have issued a decree to the effect that the limit o f gra i n on and after the Ist. inst., on boa r d any vessel, for the winter months, will be fi xe d at three-fourths her regis tered tonnage. PORTUG, SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. By the Peni nsu l ar an d Oriental Company's steam ship Euxine, Captain Weeks, with the Peninsular mails, we have acivices from Gibraltar of Oct, 4; Cadiz, 5 ; Lisbon, 9 ; Oporto and Vigo, 10. The Euxine brings 28 passengers, specie value 6,0231., and a cargo consisting principally of fruit. The distance from Vigo was made by this packet in 57 hours, being the quickest run on record. The Tiptree, which left Liverpool on the 27th of September, with the mails and 400 passengers for Melbourne, put into the Tagus for repairs on the Bth instant. She anchored off Belem late in the evening, and only got pratique as the Euxine was leaving. She had met with a fearful gale on the 26th September from the south-west, about 100 miles north-east of Cape Finisterre, its which she lost her topmasts, caps, and crosstrees.. She had also sprung the foremast head, carried away and lost principal sails, yards, rigging, and live stock, but appeared not to have suffered much in the hull. From Lisbon we learn that a decree has appeared appointing the elections for the 9th of November, and making the new electoral division. The Mi,- guelites are determined to go to the urn. A decree is published establishing a custom-house system for the territory of Ambriz. Application has been made to the Lisbon Go vernment by Mr. Gattai to lay down an electric , telegraph between Portugal and the Brazils, with ; exclusive privileges. Mr. Gattai was also to apply at Rio de Janeiro before his project could be car.. rigid out. Intelligence has reached Gibraltar that the Em peror of Morocco has, at the instance of Mr. Drummond Hay, her Majesty's Chargd d'Affaires, consented to pay to the owners and other persons interested in the British bark Hymen, which vessel was captured in May last by the pirates on the , coast of Riff, the sum of $16,000 as an indemnity for the plunder of that ship and her cargo. His Majesty also agreed to „NJ the $7,000 lately claimed by the French Government on account of a vessel of their nation which was taken by the Riff pirates in the spring of 1855. The weather is unsettled, and the price of corn has advanced. Exchange on London, 30 days, 52i ; 90 days, 531. From Gibraltar we learn that the Sultan of Mo rocco has consented to pay the owner of the British barqu e Hymen, which was captured by the Riff pirates in May last, 16,000 dollars. A large body of Moorish cavalry is to proceed to Fez to chastise the Riff pirates. Other effective measures are about to Le taken by the Sultan of Morocco to prevent the recurrence of piracy in the Riff waters. BAiiK of FRANCE.—The letters from Paris on Saturn day allege that the Bank of France have lately contracted with Mesi-ra. Rothschild to supply them with gold to the amount of 5,400,0001. A small portion has already been sent, but, supposing the statement to be correct as regards amount, the operation must extend over a long period, since it can be carried out only in propor tion as bills or credits on the London market are obtainable in Paris. For many weeks, therefore, all the Australian and American arrivals will probably bo absorbed in this way, but meanwhile we may witness as livas recently the case under similar circumstances the receipt of gold coin from France. In the present state of the money market on this side the transaction must involve an extraordinary loss, and within a month of its completion matters will be in precisely the same position as if they had been left to their natural course. P.rliaps, however, its announcement may have the effect of inspiring confidence, since the report of six or seven millions of gold being expected from England will be calculated to dazzle the large majority, who will accept it without stopping to trace the conditions upon which alone the arrangement can be practicable.