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TUZATRE Rout, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING LONDON ASSURANCE. Followed by Burlesqao of PIZARRO, To conch do with A BALLET DIVERTIS3EM.ENT. ROYAL PREICEM'S TEWATRY. Udder the Management of Itr. CHAILLE3 SEAN THIS EVENII.3O, MUSIC RATH CHARMS. [After which, PIZARRO. Boa, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Dirs. C. Kelm: To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 17uder the Management of Mr. Itnekstone. THIS EVENTNG, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancer!. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM TIMATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING , BELPHEGOR. Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Moil: After which, the New Burlesque, founded on the Winter's Tale, Supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late NUBS Woolgar), Miss H. Gordon, Nrs. B. White, Miss M. Wilton„ - hfiss Rosins Wright, Messrs. Toole, Caihaem, Barrett, and Broegh- Stelib, ss. ; Dress Circle. 45. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery • Is, Co mmence at 7. nag-price to all parts at 9. Box Office open daily /tom 11 till 4. ROYAL THPATRE ADELPHL proprietor and M anager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress , Madame Celeste. TRH 4 EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOME STIC ECONOMY. After which, THE IRISH TUTOR. Tc • conclude with 0 UR GAL. ASTLEY'S RO l 'AL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Ma wet', Mr. Wm. Cooke. Tan ; EVENING, (Tenth Week !) Shakspere'it Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's admired and effective Equestrian Illustrations by his thoroughly trained st, iil of homes. Unprecedented Tableau of the Battle of Bosworth Flield, and Death of White Surrey by the swords of the enemy. &c. - - - lifter which, The EQUESTRIAN' GYEtzt‘TION3 in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of celebrity. To conclude with r vany varied Entertainments. Commence at Seven. Box- c , flice open from Eleven till Foar. Stage :manager, Mr. W . west. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. HIGH WATER LONDON BRIDGE. Tis DAY—Morn. lin in. aft. 9—Evening 49 min. aft. 9 Teb-lifintßow—Morn.3s c un. aft.lo—Evening 16 rain. aft. 11 THE WEATHER .—Surr Orricz, OCTOBER 9. THERMONET 71,R, IN THE SHADE. 59 —highest singe noc , a yesterday. 53 —lowest this morn i ng and during the night. 57—this day at noon BARONE. t an, 30 26—rising. WIND, N.—Liglx t, with fine cool weather. ;RAMPED EDITILON OF " THE SUN." The Latest Editio n of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in tho Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seer' on the papers containing the latest news. If : muy difficulty be experienced n obtaining that Ed:ition, a communication to The Sun Office will r smelly it. Sun Office, 112, Ss grand. fr- ir , Z . ; , :) , " ) .;:-.; .--.1.i.,'-:t ... .t- - it , , . 7-,--- „,,,e _ 7 y .,1 q , -7 , :.--,, :f 1 ,' , .. 7. 5 . • , {§-l v t n T ._ • C- , , „ ,'17:, , r-,%. 1 ~:1-.;,, = -- -;; - 3÷‘ ,3- . _-.1 , ..k ~.? c----> LONDON, TIIUR ',IDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1856. A suspension of c- e h payments by the Bank of Trance is more than :hinted at. No doubt what soever is entertained E.s to the expediency of such a proceeding. It it: said, however, that the EMPzRoa is a disciple of the "Mercator" school ef currency, and that he will endeavour to pro crastinate the " evil day" to the last moment. The attempt will least to many difficulties, and when at last the mov vment becomes inevitable, it will be attended with much greater disgrace and inconvenience than if a dopted at an earlierTeriod, when the Bank was rte ally solvent, and in a posi tion to meet all itH liabilities at a moment's notice. The exciting cause of the existing crisis is, un doubtedly, the constant drainoto China and India. The former country, n ccording to true bullionist principles, is endeavouring to bring back the silver of which she had been denuded, in accord ance with the stipuLations of the Treaty that restored peace to " the Celestial Empire." The progress of the rebellion created a desire for hoarding that made every man who had the power to do so anxious to create a secret store. It also, by lessening the demand for European Aoods, turned the balance of trade against us, and the failure of the mul'berry crop in France, and consequent diminution of the production of silk, greatly enhanced the 'mount of payments, which could only be made in specie. This, as we have stated, was the origin of the demand, but it was greatly accelerated by the determination of parties at borne to make timely provision for any emer gency that may arise. As we have already stated, this is the inevitable incident of a metallic cur rency possessing intrinsic value to the full nominal amount. We are told that self preservation is the first law of nature, and we can scarcely feel surprised if every man looks to his own private and personal interests rather th an to the general good of the community. It is like the rush of creditors of the Tipperary Bank t o obtain a priority for themselves, careless of the damage thereby inflicted on all th e i r fellow sufferers. The two evils to be averted, then, are, first, the foreign drain, and secondly, the hoardin. , system ; and the same remedy will apply in both instances, viz., to deprive the circulating medium necessary for the domestic and every day transac tions of the country of intrinsic value. There - will be no desire to export or hoard national notes, which would be comparatively " worthless ra g s " to the foreigner, save so far as they "lid purchase specie, but which would be really valuable to every citizsn, inasmuch as they would be based on the national taxation, and would satisfy th e demands of the taxgatherer, and maid therefore be acceptable to every person who had to answer his application. The Times itself, the recognised organ of the bullionists, hasacknowledg e d th e e ffi cacy of such a note for domestic purposes. On the 26th Octo ber, 1855, it said, " Supposing this circulation to be required solely for internal commerce, no necessity could exist for gold being held against any portion of it. A deposit of Government stock, or the fact of its being receivable for duties, wou ld at all times keep it from fluctuation in val ue r 7 Even this very day the Leviathan follows on the same tack. It says, " A suspension of specie payments, especially when brought about by an internal panic, does not necessarily involve any great disturbance or disaster. When Pea Age are rushing for gold, merely for hoarding, commerce suffers no injury by their not being able to get it !" This would unquestionably be th% case when really national notes of convenient denominations were in circulation, and when the suspension was not eau ed by pecuniary pressure or embarrassment. When that, however, is the case, the result will necessarily be very different. The inconver tible paper currency will be looked on with distrust if the normal condition is that it only appears when the Bank is unable to pay cash. But when it is made the State currency—the only mode of satisfying the claims of the tax , gatherer—when it is more likely to be at a premium, the result will be very different. Then it will be eagerly sought after, and the wisdom and propriety of the change will be universally recognised. This ought to be done both in France and England without a moment's unnecessary delay. Gold and silver should be made merely articles of merchandise, and dealt with as such. When there was a great demand, the price would naturally rise—but in so doing there would be no disturb ance of the home market—nothing to diminish the employment of the people, or to convert those who ought to be the creators and con sumers of national wealth into unprofitable pro ducers. The foreign merchant would have no cause to complain ; he would only have to enter into a closer calculation, introducing an additional element, viz., the price of gold, into the account ; while for the inhabitants of the country they would secure that greatest of blessings, a circu lation adequate to their wants and exigencies, and free from the fluctuations which have caused more ruin and suffering than the failure of all the banks of issue that have stopped payment from their foundation to the present time. October, 1856—observe the early autumn of the Year of the Peace (so called)—brings to us the following, among various other similar, frag ments of intelligence, expressive of the profound ness of the European tranquillity : The political embarrassments of the Porte are increasing. The truce is to expire on the 12th inst. between Turkey and Montenegro. There is a rise in the price of wheat, in conse quence of a scarcity of that article, at Constan tinople. The influence of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE prevails there one day—another that of M. "VON PROKESCH—another that of M. DE TIIOUVENEL. The King of NAPLES persists in his refusal of the Anglo-French ultimatum. It is reported at Naples (where all is agitation and uncertainty) that his MAJESTY is supported by Russia, Austria, and Prussia. The Ministerial Crisis has but just ended (for the time being) at Copenhagen. The Spanish Dictator O'DONNELL is showing the greatest energy in regard to the affair of Mexico. The Portuguese SOVEREIGN has just decorated one of the most conspicuous of the political oppo nents of this same Soldier of Fortune now holding with a stern and vigorous, grasp the reins of the neighbouring Government. A hundred persons were arrested on the night of the 2d instant at Paris, in the Rue Mouffetard, and in the other streets of the 12th arrondissement —these parties being chargei with having posted placards of a menacing charae,er, demanding " Bread or —." The Viennese journalists ara commenting just now in eulogistic terms upon the " proud self confidence of the Russian Circular lately addressed to the diplomatic agents of the CZAR. by Prince G ORTSCHA KOFF. Together with other, the like, pacific morsels of information crowding in upon us from the dif ferent capitals of the European Continent. And let it be here briefly remarked that we have not been going out of our path to rake to gether from out-of-the-way corners and from a variety of scattered and incongruous authorities facts like the foregoing—simply with a perverse view to further the purpose of some eccentric ar gument. Nothing of the kind. Every individual circumstance above enumerated may be found com prised in our single impression of Monday evening —sprinkled hap-hazard up and down our columns —under the different headings of our Foreign In telligence. Marseilles, Vienna, Naples, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Lisbon, Constantinople—all telling the same dismal talk about " Peace, Peace, where there is no Peace "—in that single impres sion of our journal of the sixth of this present October. • So much for the vaunted tranquilisation of Europe by the Paris Plenipotentiaries ! So much for the happy influence even during the year of grace 1856, of the ever-despicable and disgraceful compromise with the Russian Government. As a worthy pendant to that atrocious com promise came forth, only the other day, the insolent and arrogant Manifesto issued it the name of the CZAR by the Prinie GORTSCHAKOFF• A Manifesto more haughty and overbearing in tone than the most haughty and overbearing of those audacious documents given to the world from time to time during the late war, in the name of the same SOVEREIGN, or of his immediate predecessor, authenticated by the signature of the Muscovite Prime Minister, the Count NESSELRODE. For that dictatorial an nouncement of the policy of the Czar ALEXANDER we are indebted to the authors of the Paris Con ference—to the Count WALEWSKI especially, and the Earl of CLARENDON, as the chief representa tives of the allied French and English Govern ments. To those Governments in particular we owe the discreditable remembrance of the hurried close of the war—a Gallic Government presided over by a NAPOLEON—a British Government di rected by a PALMERSTON. Governments vieing with each other in complimentary concessions to the wanton violation of the Peace of Europe— that Muscovite despotism which, unscathed, and in all its pristine puissance, has been permitted to rear its crest of pride once more threateningly over the other powers of Christendom. An arch crime this, to the interests of Justice, of Humanity, and of Civilisation, such as cannot fail, in GOD'S good time, to be very awfully avenged. The Neapolitan affair has dwindled into but sorry dimensions. It may seriously be questioned whether, unless the occupation of Galatz lead to a new European rupture, as is not unlikely, an allied fleet, or any fleet at all, will drop anchor, by way of demonstration, in the Bay of Naples. Not lightly must " the Loin's," or, to eschew blasphemy, " the DEVIL'S, anointed " be meddled with. The King of NAPLES, we are told, has despatched a letter in his own handwriting to her MAJESTY and the Emperor NAPOLEON, graciously signifying his intention to send a representative to the Paris Congress, and to communicate his intentions re specting organic reforms and an amnesty. The presumption, therefore, taking other circumstances into account, is his apparent concession will be and his MAJESTY will be corn accepted as a boon, Plimented on his decision. The Neapolitan ques tion will then in due time be brought before the Congr ess , and what his MAJESTY ex p resses his willingness to concede will be pronounced worthy of acceptance, and, some idle guarantee being re corded, the annoying affair will be described as settled and the peace of Europe secured. On this will follow an amnesty, excluding most of those the amnesty really required would include, the initiation of one or more of the reforms promised, and a gradual if not precipitate return to the old state of things. Once more th 572 in cry of some wretched prisoner will pierce the thick bars of his dungeon, and, reaching the ear of Europe, will set her diplomatist's wits to work to prove that all that was best and wisest was done for Naples at the Congress. Once more the paid spy will pursue his avocation in broad noon, and testify to the truth of his villanous inventions in open court. Once more the air will be thick with apprehension, every man will doubt his neighbour, and the dungeon will close in the evening over the guiltless head that drooped to hail the beams of the morning. Once more in sult and brutal assault in the street will be fol lowed by fetters and the bastinado in the prison. Once more the executioner will end what the spy began, and all the machinery of law will be in requisition. A rising of the Italian people may prevent this ; but else, judging from the past, who will dare to predicate any better result from the action of the Congress ? We are perfectly aware of the presence of a British fleet within no great distanoe of the scene of tyranny and misrule. We are not to be told of the designation of a French fleet for Naples. Nor are we ignorant of there being a talk of energetic and combined action being resolved on. Our mind is made up as to the least that should be done. Nevertheless, the conviction that the Neapolitans. are meant to be sold weighs heavily upon us. Whatever were the original intentions of France and Eng land, and the public have been cruelly mystified respecting them, there can be little doubt the Rissian Circular has not been without its effect. Had the two Governments been in earnest the publication of that circular would have been im mediately followed by the despatch of the fleets. As a matter of selfish policy, so haughty a re script from a power they affected to have hum bled, as well as beaten, should have been thus answered. Instead of which, the aim of Russia to pass for the arbiter of Europe, even at the conclusion of an exhaustive war, is so far accomplished. Talk of Western diplomacy ; it is imbecility compared with the state. craft of Russia. For want of Western wit— Russia is never beaten, and, whatever she may lose, always wins. The financial crisis in France will doubtless be adduced by way of apology for inaction, on the principle that a bad excuse is better than none. The real truth seems, however, to be simply this : an apprehension by our ally of more danger to despotism from one despot going to loggerheads with another than from the rising of an oppressed people ; and our Govern ment is so involved with despots as to feel de prived of its free action. It is really time the British public should speak out. The most serious interests of the country are sacrificed by a hesi tating policy—all flames and thunder one day, and stagnant as bilgewater the next. Does the Govern ment share the opinions of the Emperor ALEX ANDER, that despots have aright to interfere in aid of despots against their subjects, while no Government can possibly possess a right to aid subjects against their despots, however grievously such subjects may be oppressed ? Or does it believe that inter vention for the relief of oppressed humanity, or intervention for the preservation of European tranquillity, either or both, is a duty, and, as such, should be discharged promptly and effectu ally ? There ought to be no doubt on this head ; but there is abundant reason for doubt—a state of things that should not be suffered to continue. The occupation of Calatz, it is to be hoped, will force Government to speak out, and assume the most decided action. The precise grounds of this occupation are as yet unknown. These may be either because of the threatened intervention of France and England in the affairs of Naples, or in virtue of an understanding with the PORTE. Ia either case the step Austria has taken is likely to lead to the gravest results. If, on ale first groun d—we cannot see how Franco and England can fail to take up so daring a chal lenge. If, on the second, the pretence is too barefaced to be ad witted, and the act too flagitious and daring not to demand exemplary retribution. A continental war may therefore be looked for— a conflict in N./hi( h elements hitherto kept back must be expected t o participate—a war that we trust will prove lestructive of every hollow but oppressive sham, -and productive of lasting good to the oppressed s rationalities of Europe. THE COURT CIRCULAR. BiLiNIORAL, OCT. 7. Her Majesty the! Queen, accompanied by the Royal Princesses and PHI ce Alfred, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in V 'aiting, went yesterday to Glen Veg, whence her Majesty and party rode to the top of Craig Cluny. His Royal High ess went to the Hill deer stalking. The Royal dinne,. party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Ken:; her Serene Highness the Princass Amelie of Hohenlohi 3 Schillingfurst, his Serene Highness the Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Lady Au gusta Bruce, and Lo rd James Murray. RETURN OF THE C OURT FROM SCOTLAND.—We learn that the Queen, Prin ca Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family, will leave , E .almoral on their return to London this day week. Arri ving in E Jinburgh about six o'clock in the evening, the 3 • will remain at Holyrood for the night, and procee 1 southwards next morning. Scotsman. The Duchess of In verness has left town for Brighton, where her grace is oc copying apartments at the Bedford Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have ar rived at Brighton, I or the winter. The Earl and Coui Itess of Shelburne and Mr. Charles Greville have return ed to town, from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Syd ney, at Frognall, Kent. A letter from Ron le in the Debats states that General de Montreal is to b. 3 replaced in his command of the French troops in tha t capital by General de Conrtigis. SCHOOL OF PHYSI CIN IRELAND.—Mr. Montgomery has resigned the ch; .ir of midwifery, which he so long and so ably filled in t he School of Physic in Ireland. MUNIFICENT Dox ATION.—The Duke of Sutherland has intimated his in tention to contribute 5001. to the fund of the General 1 .ssembly of the Church of Scotland for endowing churn hes in localities destitute of the means of religious ini truction. THE TRADE TO PI CILADELPHIA.—LIVERPOOL, Out. 8, 1856.—The Liverpo of and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's screw ate; imer City of Baltimore, Captain R. Leitch, sailed from tl in Mersey this afternoon for Phila• delphia, with a full ct .rgo and 380 passengers. She also takes out a mail. A letter from Napli 3s says :—" Slips of earth into the principal crater of Ve 3tlVill3 have been taking pace for some time past. It f A feared that the entire summit of the mountain will dis: .ppear in the open chasm. Violent and continual reports have of late proceeded from the volcano." DEATH OF PAYM TEE WILLIAM BELL--Paymaster William Ball (1813) lied at Queen's-place, Southsea, on the sth inst. He is :s purser of the C3rdelia at Algiers ; and of the Naiad . at the destruction of an Algerine corvette, under th , s batteries of Bona, in 1324 ; and has recently been emp! toyed as paymaster of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albe Major Nasuiyth left Kilkenny on Monday, to proceed to the Curragh, fo r the purpose of entering on his duties of Brigade• Major, under General Gough. CRYSTAL PILAC. !r. —One Shilling Day, Ont. B.—Ad. missions on payme at, 1,500; do. by season tickets, 196: total visitors, 1,69( r irE SUN', LO'NDONI 6 TITURSD.ANI 'VENF G O.CTOTtER 9 , 185 i. LATEST _NEWS VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Ministerial Austrian, Gccette states tlia the King of Naples has sent autographic letters to the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria. The King announces that ho is willing to send a representative to the Paris Conference, and to communicate his intentions respecting organic reforms and an amnesty. AJACCIO (CORSICA), OCT. V. We have at this moment in our harbour the British men-of-war the Conqueror and the Wel- lington. Admiral Dundas is on board the latter. The approaching arrival is announced of three other English ships, of which two will be steam corvette and one a steam despatch-boat. The King of Naples has been recruiting to that extent in Switzerland that his four Swiss batta lions have been augmented from 6,000 to 10,000 men. The Nuremberg Gazette, under its Vienna head, says :—" Although the utmost silence continues to prevail with respect to the affairs of Naples, we can state positively that diplomatic negotiations are being quietly pursued, which will probably have the effect of causing the Western Powers to abandon the projected expedition. We learn from a good source that Russia has not confined herself to the protest expressed in the circular despatch, hut that Baron de Mohrenheim lately brought to Vienna a pressing note, in which the necessity of preventing the Western Powers from carrying out their intentions is unequivocally expressed. The manner in which that will be done it is not diffi cult to divine. It will not be a Russian squadron that will come and intercept the entrance to the Bay of Naples to the vessels of France and Eng land, but Russia will prevent the Western Powers from sending their ultimatum by proposing to submit the whole question to a diplomatic con gress, and certainly Austria will do all she can to place the question on that footing." The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition), iu his letter dated yesterday, says : " The complication that might follow pushing matters to an extreme at Naples, and the disgrace incurred by drawing back after all that has been said, if not done, is the great difficulty of the day. Yesterday it was said that an " energetic" resolu- 4 tion was adopted, but what is meant by an ener getic resolution we cannot learn. If it merely con- ' sists in recalling our respective Legations, break ing off all diplomatic intercourse with the King of Naples—that might have been done without making so much noise about the matter. The fact is, at the present moment the Empeor of the French is quite as much occupied with do mestic affairs as he is with the Neapolitan ques tion. These affairs do not present the most flat tering aspect. It may be true that the resources of Fiance are vast, and that she rebounds with wonderful elasticity from depression, but it is not the less exact that her situation is far from en- - couraging, and that greater malaise exists among a considerable portion of the working population of Paris than for a long time past. The artisans of the faubourgs do not conceal their discontent ; s.ad that discontent is, as usual, directed against the Government. The Emperor is, I believe, beginning to learn the truth. lam told that a deputation of workmen of one of the faubourgs went to St. Cloud yesterday to lay before him their condition, and the impossibility of their supporting the heavy burdens, particularly of house rent, laid on them. They were well received no doubt, and so far came back uncomplaining ; but the symptom is full of meaning, and the precedent may be foi -1 lowed by others. Placards were again found posted up last night in streets mar the Halle, still menac ing to the proprietors, and repeating the demand for cheap bread. In some there were the words " Vive I'Empereur !" following the threats ; in others they were wanting. It is unfortunate that the long absence of the Emperor coincided with the panic caused by the financial crisis, and with the distress of so many of the working classes, because it' gave room for inferring, wrongfully I am sure, an indifference on his part for their sufferings. Among the plans of the Court on the return from Biarritz was a visit to Compiegne, to enjoy the pleasures of the chase. The Em peror would act wisely by giving up, or at least postponing to better days, this part of the festive programme. The subject is freely discussed by the people ; and a working man of the faubourg was heard to say the other day, " L'Empereur va ala chasse ; eh bien ! si nous allions, nous aussi, a la chasse !" " You do not learn now for the first time that by the masses of the population the Emperor, and no *no else, is considered as the Government ; the Ministers are seldom taken into account, or they are supposed by these unconstitutional reasoners to exist as a matter of form, to obey his will, and to cause it to be executed. This supposition, however flattering to Imperial vanity, is not without its inconvenience ; it lays on the shoulders of ono man the burden which ought to be divided among many, that is, responsibility before the public. The withdrawal, therefore, of the tutelary countenance of the Emperor cannot, in their opinion, be supplied by any other. If he is absent, nothing, they say, can go right, and his long absence at Plombieros and at Biarritz has been criticised in stronger terms persists hunting, n or going gto than I care to repeat by those who say that it is other i n revels, it to them alone he o wes his throne. If the Court Compiegnei for the purpose of may find on its re• turn that its popularity has fearfully diminished. The topic is often discussed, and people ask why should not the Court, if the Court is bent on amuse ment, be satisfied with the charming retreat of St. Cloud. The Emperor is, perhaps, by this better acquainted with the extent to which this feeling has spread than before his return to Paris, and it occupies his mind quite as much as the Neapolitan question. lie has himself seen whether his ref ception in public, at the opera, for instance, the other night, his first appearance since his return, was as warm as it used to be." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post (second edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says : " According to the latest intelligence from Naples, in my possession, the King had made further preparations, under the impression that an allied squadron might possibly visit the Bay of Naples. The town, should such circumstance occur,wiss troops, amounting be am o p u la n c t e i d ng in a state of siege, and the Swiss in various quarter s o f thetoty about . 6,000, placed city. The police force were not to make use of the lazzaroni without military authority. The King would retire to Gaeta, where some 20,000 Neapolitan troops and five steamers had arrived. These measures, adds your correspondent, are only precautionary, for his Majesty has received by telegraph, from Paris or London, assurance that no naval demonstration would take place. This intelligence is dated October 4. Some English residents at Naples had again inquired of her Majesty'; chara4 rr 'aires what protection thoy would receive in case of a lazz:troni movement, but it appears it was not kni)wn when eny 'British vessels would arrive. Much excitement prevailed, and the fleet, as might bo suppol, was understood to be on its way to Naples by the inhabitants. It is observed, in this communication, ' Surely the British Go vernment ought to send us a couple of steamers for protection in times like these.' FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A Paris letter, in the Independance of Brussels, says :—" M. Gauthier, sub-governor of the Bank of, France, went on Saturday to Saint Cloud, and requested so strongly to see the Emperor that his Majesty, though he was out shooting with the Em press in the reserved park, received him ; he then with extreme earnestness asked his Majesty to au thorise the forced circulation of bank notes, and the reasons which he gave for his application bore the impress of a profound conviction. Although the Emperor is not a partisan of this measure, he said that he would have it examined by the council of ministers. This was done, and it was decided almost unanimously that the authorisation should [ not be accorded." . Marshal Francisco Serrano y Dominguez had the honour of an audience of the Emperor yester day at St. Cloud, and presented his letters of cre dence as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo tentiary of the Queen of Spain and of the Infant Duke of Parma and Placentia, as well as letters from his Sovereign putting an end to the mission of M. de Olozaga. The marshal delivered an address, to which the Emperor replied. The Ambassador was conveyed to St. Cloud, with his suite, in court carriages, and returned to the Spanish Ethbassy with the same ceremonial. The Second Congress of Paris cannot assemble earlier than the 15th November. BOURSE, Oct. 8, Two o'clock.— The tone of the market has been better to-day than it has been for several days. Prices have been steady and slightly improving. It was announced that money was becoming more abundant, and that the monetary crisis had ceased in Germany. Half-past Three-- 1 The market became heavy towards the close, on a report that the grant of the Russian railways was postponed sine die by the directors of the Credit Mobilier, and left off as follows Cash. fr. e. End of Mouth. per Cents JO tO —f. —CO par Cents 66 40 66 45 New Loan 66 50 Bank Shares 3,851 Roman Oreclit Mobilier 7,185 --Austrian ....... ..... 8 5 i Belgian Fives ...... — Spanish Threes —, triedinontese (5) b9 Home Debt ......... 38-e- ItAILVVAT3—/OB CASFI. fr. c. fr. 0. Mesas '..,... ~...... 1,250 Western BB5 gorthern _Lyons 1,260 Now Ditto Mediterranean 1,700 Grand Contra! Lyons Genova 730 Taste Cette PRUSSIA. A letter from BeTli7l, -- in --- tl;eP resse Beige, says : M. de Gerlach has, for the second time, sent in his resignation of his two posts of general aide de-camp to the King and reporting councillor to the military Cabinet, and this time it has been accepted. At first, the cause alleged by him was his great age. But the real motive is his enmity towards Gen. Willisen, an adherent of the Prince of Prussia, and who commanded the Prussian army in Schleswig-Holstein seven years ago. Oa the con clusion of peace Gan. Willisen was placed in the suite of the King and has now been appointed chief director of the Royal Stud. M. de Gerlach could not bear to sea the general recalled into activity, •and so resigned. It is believed that ho wants to obtain the post of commandant of the 7th division cif the army, now held by Gon. Roth von Schreck onstein, and that the latter will replace M. de Ger lach in his functions." The GermantTournal of Frankfort asserts, on the authority of a Berlin letter of the sth, that the pro position respecting Neufchatel, which Prussia in -..ends to submit to the German Diet, is simply that the Diet shall recognise her rights to the canton, as the great powers of Europe have done. SPAIN. M. Gonzales Romero, M. Gonzales Bravo, M. Belbran de Lis, and other noted politicians who had been in exile, have returned to Madrid. A !otter from a semi-official source says that there is no truth whatever in the assertion made by a Bal gian journal. (the Inclependance), that the reason why M. Salavierra was nominated Minister of Finance, was that he bad advanced to the privy purse of the Queen a sum of 7,000,000 reals, which her Majesty requited on the Occasion of the mar riage of Dona Amalia. A report has been gaining ground in Berlin for some days of an intention to withdraw Prussia from the Zollverein. According to a letter from St. Petersburg, two posts which have been for some months vacant have just been filled up. Rear Admiral Barte. nieff has been. appointed. Commandant of Sebasto pol ; and Vice-Admiral Ucotitch Commander in Chief of the 13,ussian fleet iu the Black Sea. A letter from Belgrade of the 28th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—TheServian Government has named M. flistris as Member of the inter national commission on the navigation of the Danube. The Porte has confirmed the appoint ment. The Corriere Italian° of Vienna of the 5111 says :—" A new treaty of commerce, the draft of which has been drawn up by M. de Prokesch Osten, is about to bet concluded between the Porte and Austria ; and! wo learn that the principal basis of it is a diminuttion and eventually a suppression of the duties imposed by Turkey on t he export of goods by the Austrian frontiers, and th e grant of extraordinary facilities for the importation of Aus trian productions into the Ottoman empire." AMERICA. LITERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The 'United States'mail steam-ship Atlantic has arrived, with advises from New York to the 27th ult. She has brought 920,147 dollars specie on freight. On the 4th inst. the Atlantic passed the mail steam -ship Niagara, hence for Boston. The steamer Sllagara was burned on Lake Michi gan on the 24th ult., when two hours out from Sheboygan. She was one of the boats on ,the Collingwood line. The fire began in the engine room, and in a few minutes spread throughout the vessel. The number of lives lost is about 100. George Steers, the builder of the yacht America, and of the new steamers Niagara and Adriatic, was thrown from his waggon and killed on the 23d ult.. There was a meeting of the merchants and citi zens of New York, on the 25th, in Wall-street, in front of the Merchants' Exchange,, to hear an ad dress by Mr. Speaker Banks. The meeting num bered 15,000 or 20,000, and passed off quietly, with the exception ofa few outside rows. Mr Banks's speech is published at length in the New York journals. The advices from Caraccas are to the 2d, and from Portocabello to the 6th ult. Venezuela was tranquil. There has been an election of a Vice- President, 48 Senators, and an entire delegation to the House of Representatives. An unusual quan tity of rain had fallen. Coffee was very scarce ; small lots only of inferior qualities came to market of the remnants of the old crop, which command 11 to 12 dollars per quintal. Hides continue in demand, and brought 21 dollars per quintal readily. Indigo was scarce. Cocoa was in great request at $26 to $2B per fauega. A letter from Westport, Kansas, dated 19th ult., states that Governor Geary, accompanied by a party of dragoons, was in hot pursuit of General Lane, with the intention of arresting him. Lane was making his way to Nebraska. It is said that the action of Governor Geary has met with the approbation of the authorities at Washington. The report that the President had directed a dis missal of the charges against the Kansas Free State prisoners is deni e d . The jury in the case of Mr. Da Cunha Reis, tried upon the charge of fitti ng out the slave st..p Altiva, returned a verdict of acquittal, and the defendant was discharged. Accounts - from Nassau,tG.P., to the 13th ult., state that a hurricane passed over the Island of Inagua, prostrating 30 houses, and driving five vessels on shore. Four lives were lost. The other Bahama islands escaped. The steamer Tentas, which was to have sailed on the 24th for Nicaragua, but was prevented going on account of some needed repairs to one of her boilers, succeeded, after the completion of the re pairs, in getting away the following day shortly alter daylight. Although leaving at this early hour there was quite a large assemblage to see the steamer off, On the evening previous, subsequent to the detention of the steamer, some 30 new re cruits for General Walker's Government secured a passage, making thus the total number of filibus ters leaving nearly 300. The citizens of Concord, New Hampshire (the residence of the President), have refused to give him a public reception. The following letter has been addressed to Mr. FLeorge Peabody on the subject of a proposed public dinner to him :•-- "New York, Sept. 16, 1856.—G. Peabody, Esq.— Dear Sir,—We rejoice to notice your safe return to your native country after an absence of 20 years. Permit us, dear Sir, to offer you a cordial welcome, and to avail ourselves of this happy occasion to express the high estimate we entertain of your personal worth, as also our gratitude for the successful efforts you have made during your long residence in London to give an elevated position to the commercial character and honour of your countrymen. Your constant efforts also in social life to bring citizens of the United States and Great Britain into more direct and intimate acquaintance we rejoice to believe have tended to remove many prejudices, to soften political asperi ties, and to promote feelings of good will and fra ternity between the two countries. Considerations like these inspire us with an earnest wish to do honour to one who has so much honoured his country ; and, in saying this, we feel assured that we but ex press the feelings not only of those of cur country men who have enjoyed the pleasure of your acquaint ance and participated in your hospitalities, but also of all those who have knowledge of your constant kind at tention to your countrymen when in Europe. Desirous crf testifying further our high appreciation of your high character, we, the undersigned, for ourselves and in be half of a wide circle of fellow citizens, beg to ask the favour of your company at dinnet on as early a day as may suit your , convenience to indicate. With senti ments of cordial esteem and regard,. " We are, dear Sir, " Your friends and obedient servants." [Here follow the signatures of the principal merchants.: TILE AFFAIR OF NEUFCHATEL. The following despatch appears in the Gazette d' Augsburg : " BERND, Oct. 2.—M. de Salignac-Fenelon, French Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, paid an official visit yesterday to M. Stampfii, president of the Con federation, for the purpose of asking from him, in the name of the French government, an amnesty on behalf of the Royalists of Neufchatel." The Bund, which is the organ of the federal govern ment, in answering the remarks of the New Prussian Gazette, says :—" It is desirable, for the sake of the King of Prussia himself, to have it well understood at Berlin that a method of settling the difference, even after the events of the 4th of September, yet exists, and a mettle() which Switzerland is quite ready to adopt as soon as the two parties concerned shall find in it a legitimate satis faction to their honour and their interests. We need not more particularly indicate this method, which must at once be apparent.' Le Nord thinks the proposal in tendett is' a general amnesty for the persons who are under prosecution for the affair of the 4th September, and that this is to be the price offered the King of Prus sia for renouncing his claims to the principality. THE EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. S. The fine screw steam-ship Oneida, Captain Hyde, arrived at Southampton this morning, and was this after- noon placed in the dry dock, where she will undergo a thorough overhaul prior to her departure for Australia with the first mail under the new contract, There were a great number of persons present to wit ness her entrance into the dock, and her fine propor tions and her trim appearance excited general admira tion. The Oneida came here from Greenock, and from Cambray Head to the Needles averaged a speed of 11 knots per hour. The length of this splendid ship is 335 feet over all, having a beam of 40 feet ; her gross ton nage is 2,850 tons; her engines are of 530-horse power (nominal). It will be recollected that she has been engaged in the transport service, and having rendered essential service to the Government, the Crimean medal was awarded to her officers, being the only transport thus distin guished. She will be commanded by Captain Hyde, a well known and favourite officer of the General Screw Com pany, who made the four quickest passages to Australia in the Screw Company's steam-ship Argo, each passage, to and from, averaging about 63 days, The saloon of the Oneida is fitted up in the most costly and magnificent style ; the dirneneions are 80 feet by 40 feet, and capable of dining 150 passengers. The whole arrangements of the ship appear to be of the most per fect kind. The new Governor of Victoria, Sir Henry Darkly, and lady, will take their departure in the Oneida. The accommodation provided for them is of the most echerelte description. She will leave on the 18th instant for Melbourne and Sydney, with the mails, parcels, and first-class passen gers only. THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SHIP DONALD DPKAY, LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Royal Mail ship Donald Maay, Capt. If. Warner, belonging to the Rack Ball line of Australian packets, and which tailed from the Mer3ey on Monday at 2 p.m. for Melbourne, with the Australian mails and passengers, had to come to an anchor off Queenstown yesterday afternoon, in conse quence of the death of the surgeon during the passage down Channel. Captain Warner at once proceeded to Cork, where he engaged the services of Dr. Harris, who will have the medical charge of the vessel. The owners of the Donald M`Kay received a telegraphic message from Queenstown to-day, stating that she would be ready to sail at noon to-day. She had 570 emigrants on board. ey, , M THE AMERICAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Royal mail screw steam ship North American, Captain Grange, sailed this afternoon for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian Alai's, 337 passengers (of whom 107 are cabin and 230 steerage), and a full cargo of merchandise on board. The screw steam ship City of Baltimore, Capt. Robert Leitch, also sailed this afternoon for Philadelphia with 877 passengers (127 cabin and 250 steerage) and a fair cargo of merchandise. She also carried a small mail. The United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Captain 0. Eldridge, with advices from New York to the 27th ; and the Royal mail steamer Canadian, Captain Ballantine, from Quebec, with advices to the Bathe date, are now due, and hourly expected. The letter-box for the usual Royal mail steamer Arabia (Captain Stone, for Halifax and Boston) wi:l close here stage at 2 p.m., with late fees at 3 p.m. , and the landing at four p.m., on Saturday next, the 11 th inst. The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued, pur suant to the • Royal writ, in the Jerusalem Chamber; Westminster, by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twins, under a commission from his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury, Primate and Metropolitan, to Friday, Nov. 14 THE LORD MAYoR TURNED POLIORMAN.—The Lard Mayor has lately directed his attention to the inconve nience resulting to the traffic of the Poultry and sur rounding neighbourhood from the number of omnibuses allowed to congregate or " creep" along the roadway in front of the Mansion-house ; and a few days since he issued instructions to the police for the prevention or abatement of the nuisance. Whether from his instruc tions not being carried out in such an energetic manner as he wished, or from same other cause, we know not, but his lordship appears not to be satisfied at the man nar in which the policemen do their duty; and yesterday he was seen in the street taking upon himself the duties of a policeman, .where he evinced much tact, and showed himself eminently qualified for the discharge of a Peeler's duties, from the manner-in which he made the 'busses "move on," and extricated the traffic from the inconvenience of a lock. • CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. —The re-opening of this elegant eastern temple of the drama, under the direction of the lessees, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, has been attended with complete suecese. The new drama, entitled the "Frost of Youth," from the pen of the late John Wilkins, has made what is theatrically termed a decided bit. It is beautifully mounted and no less than twenty entire new scenes by Beaumont. The new engagements have been most successful. Miss Augusta Clifton is a lady possessing much merit. Mr. Beaumont Hughes is likely to become a great favourite, as is also Mr. George W. Simms, a comedian of much promise. He has taken little Robson for his model, and where could he choose a better without being an imitation. Ais style is quaint and much relished by the audience. His comic playing is irresistible. Wo advise all lovers of a goad entertainment to visit the City of London Theatre. The house has been beautified by Mr. J. Johnson in a chaste and elegant manner. ROYAL CRIIIIOIINE GARDENS.—This popular establhs ment is now closed, after a very successful season, which must have 'been equally satisfactory to the proprietor and the visitere, a great variety of entertainments having been provided for them, and having been erjoyed by them in considerable numbers. Several incidents of tles past season are such as will probably be remembered by those who were at Cromorne upon the occasions we refer to some time to come. The American Flower Show, which was honoured with the gracious presence of her majesty, Prince Albert, and other members of the Royal Family, was quite a historical event for Cremorne. The dinners and other festivals of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, the Roy a l S t. Ann ' s Society, and the Butchers Charitable Institution, served to give material aid to the funds of those associations, and to help them in their benevolent objects. Whilst " the monster Pa vilion" has been occupied on particular occasions to such good purpose, the circus and the gardens have offered pleasure-takers an abundant provision of novelties in amusement. After the illuminations, fireworks, and dancing of week-day evenings, Cretnorne has been visited on Sundays also by a quiet and orderly class of people, who gratified themselves with the view of its plants .d snitand flowers. M r . Si m p son ' s b ene fi t was we ll a ttended, so was that of M r . Ad ams, the secretary , y, proving that the public hai been satisfi e d w ith th e management of the place. r, - ,t;.r 4 1 IMFORTANT FROM THE DANUB,T4iV. PRINCII'ALITIES. • (From the Special Correspondent of the Morning Past) MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE, SEPT. 29. We have been thunderstruck hero by the intelli gence that 4,000 Austrian soldiers have suddenly pounced upon. Galatz, and occupied it—done the same at Ibrail—and seized all the ports of the Da nube. The Consictai inople Journal speaks only of Thrall being occupied, but no doubt both have been so. They have not only quartered their troops 1 11 these towns, but they have taken possession of police and post offices, so that . all•persons and communica tions must pass through their hands. This, of course, shuts the door in the face of the commissaries charged to consult the Principalities, and you may, in consequence, expect Sir Henry Bulwer home. You will be better able to judge than I am the cause of this defiance to the Western Powers. Is it V. set-off for any demonstration of ours against Naples, and a significant declaration that, if we carry out our liberal policy in Italy, Austria will carry out a contrary one upon the Danube and in the Euxine ? This would be a very grave challenge, for Austria is not the Power to cast that challenge, if it did not know that it was supported by some other Power, and there is none to support it in such policy except Russia. We cut, for the present, rather a ridiculous figure. After having made war to drive Russia from the Principalities, we withdraw all our sol diers on the understanding that .Austria would do the same, instead of which Austria reoccupies the Principalities, and seizes the ports at the mouth of river. Let me add, that this is rendered mere serious by the recent conduct of Austria to a French naval officer. Captain Magnan brought out here a certain class of flat-bottomed boats, to be used in the Sea of Azoff, and in shallow Waters, f o r war purposes. The war being over, the captain ob tained permission of his Government to try his boats on the Danube, and he considered them ap plicable to the navigation of the Pruth, the Sereth, and the Maritza. The Turks, however, do not like the Maritza to be navigated but by their own boats —that is to say, they will never allow it to be navi gated at all. A French company in Armenia, with Capt. Magnan, applied for the navigation of the Pruth and Sereth, and offered, at its own expense, to remove the obstructions in the rivers. The Molda vian government and hospodar granted the request, and made the cession; but Austria has compelled the Porte to annul that cession, on the plea that, by the clause of some treaty, Austria has the monopoly of navigating these inland waters. Both Eng lish and French ambassadors tried in vain to get this rescinded. Captain Magnan, forbidden to attempt the Pruth, sailed up the Danube. First of all an Austrian vessel ran into one of his boats, and destroyed it. A commission of naval officers have declared that this was done on purpose. He again sails up the Danube, and meets with every obstacle that the Austrians can put in his way. He pleaded that be was not going to interfere with the Austrians, but that the Turks had a right t o a t l eas t h a lf the river ; that it was most important.for them to be able to send troops and supplies by the Danube and the Save to their fortresses in Bosnia ; and that he was making the experiment to enable the Turks to use the great high road up the Danube. . To this the Austrians replied that they would never permit the Turks to navigate the. Danube. So much for the conduct of the chief ally of Tur key, who is one of the contracting Powers for maintaining the liberty of the Danube, and who is determined to stop it and its tributaries, not only to France and England, but to Turkey. But neither Capt. Magnan nor his Government are to be daunted by the threats of Austrian agents. You are aware that in his vessel, the Lyonnais, he passed the rapids of the Iron Gates, and being for bidden to advance higher up the river, he left his vessel aground in order to go and seek diplomatic succour and advice. The gallant captain has got both, and has returned to the Danube to prose cute his voyage and to assert the freedom of that river, or at least, to know the reason why the French flag is to be prohibited from floating on these waters. It is neither unamusing nor unin structi ye to learn that, on one occasion, when the Lyonnais attempted to tie a cable to the only land ing place of a town, from w hi c h th e men i n au thority rejected the cable, and would not allow the jetty to be made use of, the population came forward to welcome the French flag, they drove their own Austrian authorities from the jetty, pulled down the double eagle, and flung it into the river. So much for the loyalty of the Danubian populations to the Kaiser. It is, no doubt, under the pretext of Russia still menacing the Danube by keeping —or, rather, by claiming—Lthe Isle of Serpents that Austria has seized Galatz. No doubt she will plead that, when France and England think it necessary to send back a naval force to the Black Sea, Austria can do no less than occupy the Principalities. But this is dCme so manifestly with the design of quashing the question of the organisation of Moldo- Wallachia, that it is impossible not to see that Austria considers herself to inherit those preten sions which Russia entertained, and to repel which te t n h t e io r n ep o o f rt A .t u h s a tr t ia Ttuork oc cupy y The gravest consideration attending these cis we engaged in an expensive and sanguinary w ar . c w u a m s st no s a strangern ce s i Galatz. It is sa id that neither Lord Radcliffe nor M. Thouvenel k new of it— that the intelligence t the however,i s took them by surprise—and that, when they ex pressed their surprise,, the Turkish Minister de clared he thought they were fully apprised of it. It could not be the Turkish Government's inten tion to take any 'reverse step, or resolve on ques tions arising out of the Treaty of Paris, without consulting all the Allies. Aali Paella would not do this ; and, perhaps, it will be found that the Aus trians spoke of it to the Turks as a step that would be requisite by-and-by, whilst they precipitated it for fear of objections. Provided the French and English Embassies be in the same accord and situ ation, the rest is of small importance. And I believe they were both equally taken by surprise, for what two such powerful countries think to be wrong they are fully able to rectify. The Russian Government has ordered 20 steamers for the postal and passenger service from Odessa to different ports—Constantinople principally. I need not say that two steamers would amply eutfice, with one to take the place of whichever should be dis abled ; thbrefore, the use of the remaining 17 it is for you to guess. General Durango is appointed Sardinian Am. oassador here. There was a project of laying-down the rails of the Crimean Railway on the road between Ghem lik and Broussa. As the project hangs fire, a company has been started to run omnibuses and carriages between the two places, which would render Broussa a pleasant and favourite place of resort. TILE MONETARY CRISIS IN FRANCE. The report addressed to the Emperor by M. Magne on the financial state of the country fills the columns of the Paris journals, but is only very briefly commented on. The Constitutionnel intro duces the report with the following passage will be seen that the Minister of Finance does not dissimulate the embarrassments of the moment, but he clearly proves by facts and figures that these embarrassments do not proceed from a fundamental cause, but that they are only temporary, and he shows that the situation does not in reality autho rise serious fears." The Debuts says on the same subject :—"lt will be remarked that Government appears to announce a legislative measure destined to put an end to the species of traffic carried on in silver for some time past, and which consists in withdraWing from a certain superior description of silver coins the plus value which they possess from containing a small amount of gold. This traffic, says the report, was considered in former times as an act of deterioration, and was punished by most severe penalties. The Government, ev, resume, declares that the actual embarrassments are only created by temporary causes." The Patric contains the following :—" When certain temporary embarrassments occur in finan cial or commercial affairs, an alarm is speedily excited in France, where the interests at stake do not possess the sang froid which is required in order to discover the cause of the embarrassments and their remedy. In such circumstances it is the duty of Government to lay bare the general situa tion of the country in order that the whole nation may com prehend without difficulty the actual state of matters. This will be effected by the lucid, slear, and reassuring statement of the Minis ter of Finance. -- y h - e f o llowing comments are from the Pays : "The report of M. Magne will produce, we are a profound i mpress i on ; it will dissipate ter rumours ci rcu l ated for some time past ; caitl‘tivi ns'iiinire-assure the c ountry w i th respect to he peillr blic prosperity, and will prove to the most in credulous that if temporary embarrassments exist on the Boursc, the fortune of France is not entirely concentrated in the feverish palace of speculation, and that, thank God ! it has not been seriously injured by the excesses of gamblers and by the exaggerations of a spirit of enterprise. . . . It is a consoling idea, and also one of which wa may be proud, to find our country, after passing through three years of war, sickness, and deficient harvests, even stronger, more powerful, and mor e prosperous th an on the day when those cruel trials commenced,"