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ROYAL PROCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. CataLso Lux TFIt EVENING. MUSIC H iTH CHARMS. After which, PIZARRO. Iforts, by Mr. C. Kean ; Rivirn, by Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnekatene. THIS EVENING, THE INCONSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conalude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM THEATRE ROYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS EVENING, BELPIIEGOR. Belphogor, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. After which, the New Burlesque. founded on the Winter's Tale, supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss Woolzar), Miss 11. Gordon, Mrs. B. White, Miss W. Wilton, Miss Rosins Wright, Messrs. Toole, Calhaern, Barrett, and Brongh. Stalls, 55.; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3e. ; Pit, Zs.; GallerY. Is. Commence at 7. lialf•Priee to all parts at 9. Box (Mica open daily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHL rropriator and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT IS. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, TAR HUM TUTOR. To conclude with OUR GAL. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. IL T. Smith. THIS EVENING LONDON ASSURANCE. Followed by Barfente of PIZARRO. To conclude with A BALLET D [VERT'S 4EMENT. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Leases and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, (Tenth Week 9 Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD, with Mr. W. Cooke's admired and effective Equestrian Illustratiors by his thoroughly trained stud of horses. Unprecedented Tableau of the Battle of Bosworth Field, and Death of White Surrey by the swords of the enemy, &C. _ _ After which, The EQIJESTRIAIT GYRATIONS in the CIRCLE, by Artistes of celebrity. To conclmvo with Teeny varied Entertainments. . - Commence at Seven. Box-office . open from Eleven till Four. Stage M a nager, ler . W . west. Equestr ian Director. lir. W. Cooke. Jun. RIGA WATER AT LONDON BRiDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 1 min. aft. 9—Evening 43 min. Aft. 9 T.N.Moineow—liforn.3s min. aft.lo—Evening 16 min. aft.ll THE WEA'rtilalt—SUN Orria, OCTOBER 9. THEMOMZTZ% IN TEI SHAWL 59—highest 611100 noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day at noon. Ranoxwm, 3026--rising. WIND, N.—Light, with fine cool weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition of The Sun, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half past 5 till ; o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest news. If any difficulty be experienced n obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. T01),6 LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1856. A suspension of cash payments by the Bank of France is more than hinted at. No doubt what soever is entertained as to the expediency of such a proceeding. it is said, however, that the EMPBROR is a disciple of the "Mercator" school of currency, and that he will endeavour to pro crastinate the " evil day" to the last moment. The attempt will lead to many difficulties, and when at last the movement becomes inevitable, it will be attended with much greater disgrace and inconvenience than if adopted at an earlier period, when the Bank was really solvent, and in a posi tion to meet all its liabilities at a moment's notice. The exciting cause of the existing crisis is, un doubtedly, the constant drain to China and India.. The former country, according 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 goods, turned the balance of trade against us, and the failure of the mulberry crop in France, and consequent diminution of the production of silk, greatly enhanced the amount 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 home 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 than to the general good of the community. It is like the rush of creditors of the Tipperary . Bank to obtain a priority for themselves, careless of the damage thereby inflicted on all their fellow sufferers. The two evils to be averted, then, are, first, the foreign drain, and secondly, the h oar di ng sys t e m ; and the same remedy will apply in both instanc es, viz., to deprive the circulating medi an , necessary for the domestic and every day transac tions of the country of intrinsic value. There will b e n o desire to export or hoard national notes, which would be comparatively " worthlesa rags" t o the foreigner, save so far as they could purchase specie, but which would be really valuable to every citizen, inasmuch as they would be b as ed on the national taxation, and would satisfy the demands of the taxgatherer, and mould, therefore be acceptable to every person who lead to anstefir his application. The Times itself, the recognised organ of the bullionists, hasack n owledged the efficacy 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 ne cessity could exist for gold being held against any portion of it. A deposit of Government stock its being receivable f or d ut i es, wou ld at or ties fact o f all times keep it from fluctuatio n i n v a ne rt Even this very day the Levia talux follows o n the same tack. It says, "A a usPension of specie payments, especially when brought about by an internal panic, does not necessa r il y involve any great disturbance or disaster. 'wh en merely for hoarding, Pectfile are rushing for gold, ME SU LO"NDON, THURSDA Y! VENING aCTOI3Eit 9 1851.1 commerce Buff ers no injury by their not being able to get it !" This would unquestionably be the case when really national notes of convenient denominations were in circulation, and when the suspension 'as not caused 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- Ia tion 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 atctttn►n 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 in/hence of Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE prevails there one day—another that of M. VON PRoarasez--another that of M. DE THOUVENEL. The Xing 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 is regard to the affair of Mexico. The Portuguese SOYEZEIGN 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 charged with having posted placards of a menacing character, demanding " Bread or -." The Viennese journalists are commenting just now in eulogistic terms upon the " proud self confidence of the Russian Circular lately addressed to the diplomatic agents of the Cass by Prince G ORTSCRAXOPY. 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 ! S 3 ranch 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 is the name of the CZAR by the Prince 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 NASSELRODE. For that dictatorial an nouncement of the policy of the Czar ALnXANDER 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 G3vern 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 IcAporazox—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, t i p 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 i§ 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 Lonn's," or, to eschew blasphemy, " the DEvu'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 Empetor NAPOLEON, graciously signifying his intention to send a representativ e to the Paris Congress, and b communicate his intentions re specting organic reforms and an amnesty. The presumption, therefore, taking other circumstances into account, is bis apparent concession will be accepted as a boon, and his MAJESTY will be com plimented on his decision. The Neapolitan ques tion will then in due time be brought before the Congress, and what his MAJESTY expresses his willingness to concede will be pronounced worthy of acceptance, and, some id) e guarantee being re corded, the annoying affaii: will be described as settled and the peace of Eu: rope secured. On this will follow an amnesty, exaufling most of those the amnesty really required would include, the initiation of one or more of the reforms promised, and a graduEd if not precipitate return to the old state cif things. Once more the thin cry of some wretcl ►ed prisoner will pierce the thick bars of his dung€ , on, and, reaching the ear of Europe, will set her diplomatist's wits to work to prove that all tha t 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, ieve ry man will doubt his neighbour, and the dunr;ecin 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 predisate an y better result from the action of the Congress ? We are perfectly aware of the presence of a British fleet within no great distance 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 Rxssian 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 a right 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 I 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 Galatz, 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 •f France and England in the affairs of Naples, or in virtue of an understanding with the PORTE. In either case the step Austria has taken is likely to lead to the gravest results. If, on the first ground—we cannot see how France and England can fail to take up so daring a chal lenge. If, on the second, the pretence is too barefaced to be admitted, and the act too flagitious and daring not to demand exemplary retribution. A continental war may therefore be looked for— a conflict in which elements hitherto kept back must be expected to participate—a war that we trust will prove destructive of every hollow but oppressive sham, and productive of lasting good to the oppressed nationalities of Europe. TEIE COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, OCT. 7. Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the loyal Princesses and Prince Alfred, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, went yesterday to Glen Veg, whence her Majesty and party rode to the top of Craig Cluny. His Royal Highness went to the Hill deer stalking. The Royal dinner party included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe Schillingfurst, his Serene Highness the Prince Victor of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Lady Au- gusta Bruce, and Lord James Murray. RETURN OF THE COURT FROST SCOTLAND.—We learn that the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family, will leave Balmoral on their return to London this day week. Arriving in Edinburgh about six o'clock in the evening, they will remain at Holyrood for the night, and proceed southwards next morning. Scotsman. The Duchess of Inverness has left town for Brighton, where her grace is occupying apartments at the Bedford Hotel. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have ar• rived at Brighton, for the winter. The Bari and Countess of Shelburne and Mr. Charles Greville have returned to town, from ♦isiting Viscount and Visc3unte3s Sydney, at Frognall, Kent. A letter from Rome in the Debate states that General de Montreal is to be replaced in his command of the French troops in that capital by General de Courtigis. SCHOOL OF PHYSIC IN IRELAND.-Mr. Montgomery has resigned the chair of midwifery, which he so long and so ably filled in the School of Physic in Ireland. MUNIFICENT DONATION.—The Duke of Sutherland has intimated his intention to contribute 5001. to the fund of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland for endowing churches in localities destitute of the means of religions instruction. THE TRADE TO PHILADELPHIA.—LIVERPOOL, Oct. 8, 1856.—The Liverpool and Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's screw steamer City of Baltimore, Captain R. Leitch, sailed'from the Mersey this afternoon for Phila delphia, with a full cargo and 380 passengers. She also takes out a mail. A letter from Naples says :—" Slips of earth into the principal crater of Vesuvius have been taking place for same time past. It Is feared that the entire summit of Cie mountain will disappear in the open chasm. Violent and continual reports have of late proceeded from the volcano." DEATH OF PAYMASTER WILLIAM BELL- —Paymaster William Bull (1313) died at Queen's.place, Southsea, on the sth inst. lie was purser of the Cordelia at Algiers ; and of the Naiad at the destruction of an Algerine corvette, under the batteries of Bona, in 1824 ; and has recently been employed as paymaster of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Major Nasmyth left Kilkenny on Monday, to proceed to the Curragh, for the purpose of entering on his duties of Brigade-Major, under General Gough. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Oct. B.—Ad missions on payment, 1,500; do. by season tickets, 196` total visitors, 1,696. LATEST NEWS VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Ministerial Austrian Gazette states that the King of Naples has sent autographic letters to the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria. The King announces that he is willing to send a representative to the Paris Conference, and to communicate his intentions respecting organic reforms and an amnesty. AJACCIO (CORSICA), OCT. 7. We have at this moment in our harbour the British men-of-war the Conqueror and the Wel- lington. Admiral Dandas 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 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's charge d'affaires what protection they would receive in case of a azzaroni movement, but it appears it was not known when any British vessels would arrive. Much excitement prevailed, and the fleet, as might be supposed, was understood to be on its way to Naples by the inhabitants. It is obsei ved, in this communication, Surely the British Go vernment ought to send us a couple of steamers for protection in times like these.' " 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. George 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 effurts also in social life to bring citizens of the United States and Great Britain into more direct and int imate acquaintance we rejoice to believe have tended to remove many pzejudices, 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 our country men who have enjoyed the pleasure of your acquaint ante 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 of 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 dinner on as early a d a y a s 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,: THE AFFAIR OF NEUFCHATEL. The following despatch appears in the Gazetts d'Augaburg : " BERNE, Oct. 2.—M. de Salignac.Fenelon, French Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, paid an official visit yesterday to M. Stampfli, 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 milt, in answering the remarks of the New Prussian Gazette, says :—"lt 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 method 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 tended 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. 8. 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 tho dock, and her fine peopor tions and ber trim appearance excited general admira tion. The Oneida came here from Greenock, and from Caaabray 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 (naminal). It will be recollected that she has been engaged is 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 dimensions 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 Barkl3, and lady, will take their departure in the Oneida. The accommodation provided for them is of the most eckerohe description. She will leave on the 18th instant for Melbourne and Sydney, with the mails, parcels, and first-class passen gers only. 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, but 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), in 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 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 ; aid that discontent is, as usual, directed against tie 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 dolibt, and so far came back uncomplaining ; but the symptom is full of meaning, and the precedent may be fol lowed by others. Placards were again found posted up last night in streets near the Hale, still menac ing to the proprietors, and repeating the demand for cheap bread. In some there were the words " Vive l'Empereur !" following the threats ; in others they were wanting. It is unfortunate that the long absense 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 ♦isit 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 oce 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 one 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 Plombieres and at Biarritz has been criticised in stronger terms than I care to repeat by those who say that it is to them alone he owes his throne. If the Court persists in going to Compiegne for the purpose of hunting, or other revels, it 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 retu rn to Paris, and it occupies his mind quite as much a s the Nea p olitan question. H e has himself seen whether his re ceptionin 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, was to be placed in a state of siege, and the Swiss troops, amounting to about 6,000, placed in various quarters of the 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 FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. A Paris letter, in the Independa,nce 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 gate 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 Embassy 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— 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. a. End of Mouth. ti per Cents 9O 40 —f. —a. f per Cents 66 40 66 45 New Loan 66 50 Bank Shares 3,85) Etonian Credit Mobilier 1,4'35 Austrian Belgian Fives ..... ... Spanish Threes...- — Piedmontese(s) . S9 Home Debt .......«38ti RAILWAYS—roB CAUL Orleans got 3b®m Lyons ... 1,260 Now Ditto atediLe7rar3an 1,700 Grand Central Lycra Ger eva 730 Testa Cette 697 50 Austrian Com. 7BB 75 PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, in the Presse 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 ago. 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 sewn years ago. On the con clusion of peace Gen. 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 he wants to obtain the post of commandant of the 7th division of the army, now held by Gen. Roth von Schreck enstein, and that the latter will replace M. de Ger lach in his functions." The German Journal of Frankfort asserts, on the authority of a Berlin letter of the sth, that the pro position respecting Neufchatel, which Prussia in tends 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 letter from a semi-official source says that there is no truth whatever in the assertion made by a Bel gian journal (the Independance), that the reason why M. Salavierra was nominated Minister of Finance, was that he had advanced to the privy purse of the Queen a sum of 7,000,000 reals, which her Majesty requiied on the occasion of the mar riage of Dona Anialia. A report has been gaining ground in Berlin for some days of an intention to withdraw Prussia from the ZollTerein. According to a letter from St. Petersburg, two posts which have been for some months vacant have just been filled up. Rear Admiral Bar te nieff has been appointed Commandant of Sebasto pol ; and Vice-Admiral Ucotitch Commander in Chief of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. A letter from Belgrade of the 28th ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—TheServian Government has named M. Ilistris 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 sth i w s h a i b c o h u h t a t s o b b e e en co d n ra cl w u says :-.-(4 A new treaty of commerce , th o draft of drawn e u d p b b y e t l\ liw.e d e n e P t r h o e k es cli Porte Osten,and .Austria ; and we learn that the principal basis of it is a diwinution and eventually a suppression of the duties imposed by Turkey on the export of goods by the Austrian frontiers, and the grant of extraordinary facilities for the importation of Aus• trian productions into the Ottoman empire." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING. The United States'mail steam-ship Atlantic has arrived, with advices 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 Tiagara 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 of,a 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 iu great request at $26 to $2B per fanega. 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 denied. The jury in the case of Mr. Da Cunha Reis, tried upon the charge of fitti ng ou t th e s l ave s hip Alti va, returned a verdict of acquittal, aud the defendant was discharged. Accounts from Nassau,lG.P., to the 13th ult., state that a hurricane passed over the Island of Inagua, prostrating 30 houses, ani 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 a way the following day shortly after daylight. Although leaving at this early hour there was quite a large assemblage to see the steamer off, On the evening previous, subsequent THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SHIP DONALD M'KAY. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Royal Mail ship Donald M'Kay, Capt. H. Waraer, belonging to the Black Ball line of Australian packets, and which sailed from the Mersey on Monday at 2 p.m. for Melbourne, with the Australia❑ 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. THE AMERICAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Royal mail screw steam shin North American, Captain Grange, sailed this afternoon for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian mails, 337 passengers (of whom 107 are cabin and 230 steerage), and a full cargo of merchandise on board. The screw steam ship City of 13.dtimore, Capt. Robert Leitch, also sailed this afternoon for Philadelphia with 377 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 tilt.; and the Royal mail steamer Canadian, Captain Ballan;:ine, from Quebec, with advices to the same date, are now due, and hourly expected. The letter:box for the usual Royal mail steamer Arabia (Captain Stone, for Halifax and Bo s to n ) w ill c l ose here at 2 p.m., with late fees at 3 p.m., and the landing stage at four p.m., on Saturday next, the 11th 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, Noy . 14 THE LORD MAYoR TURNED POLICRUAN.—The Lord 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"alonfegythdeayrosaedieweaey he front of the Mansion-house ; and a 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 some other cause, we know not, but his lordship appears not to be satisfied at the man ner 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 success. The new drama, entitled the "Frost of Youth," from the pen of the late John Wilkins, has made what is theatrically termed a decided hit. It is beautifully mounted and no less than twenty ent i re new scenes by Beaumont. The new engagements Augusta engagements h ave b een most successfu l . Miss Beaumont Clifton is a l a d y possess i ng much mer i t . lN Hughes is likely to bec ome a great favourite , as is also Mr. Ge orge W . Simms, a comed i an o f muchpromise.so He has taken little Robson for his model, and where d could he dome a better without being an imitation. • tss comic playing is irresistible. We advise all lovers style is quaint and much relished by the audience. GARDENS.—fins popul ar establi. , he ment is now o visit the City of L on d T j n h h e a n t s r e e n . of a goad en t erta i nmen t t na b a e n a n u e t r ifi . ed by Mr. o J n . closed, a fter a very successful season, which ROYAL CREMORNEI in T a h o e ha h s o t u e s a e nd ha e s leg b e e n e t n must have beets equally satisfactory to the proprietor and the visitess a great variety of entertai nments having been provided for them, and having been erjoyed b them in considerable numbers. Several incid ents of tin past season are such as will probably be remembered by those who were at Cremorne upon the occasions we refer to some time to come. The American Flower Show, which was honoured with the gracious presence of her mejesty, Prince Albert, and other members of the Royal Family, quite a hist or i ca l event for Crernerne. The dinners?Y' and other festivals of the Licensed Victuallers' Association, the Royal st. Anne Society, and the Butchers' Charitable Instit u ti on, served to give material aid to the funds of those associations, and to help them in their benevolent objects. Whilst " the monster Pa -1 ikon" 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 illurninativ n e has been visited s, fireworks and dancing of we e k-d ay evenings, CremoF on Sundays a l so b y a quiet and orderly class of people, who gratified th emselves with the view of its plants and flowers. Mr. Simpson's benefit was well attended, and so was that of Mr. Adams, the secretary, proving that the public has been satisfied with the place. management of the LIIPORTANT FROM THE DANUBIAN PRI N CIPALIT LES. (From, the Special Correspondent of the :11 - orning postd MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE, SEPT. 2 9 ' We bare been thunderstruck here by the intelli' gence that 4,000 Austrian soldiers have suddenly pounced upon Galatz, and occupied it—lone the s-ine at Ibrail—and seized all the ports of the Da; nut?. Th e C ons t an ti nop l e J ourna l spea k s o nly °L Ibrail being occupied, but no doubt both have bee n so. They have not only quartered their troops in them towns, but they have taken possession of poli c° and post offices, so that al persons and co mmuniea; tious :must pass th roug h th e i r h an d s. This, °J . course, shuts the door in the face of thecommisspr ieg charged to consult the Principalities, and you r °3) :: in consequence, expect Sir Henry Bulwer bolt: You will be faeater able to j u d ge th an I am the cause of this defiance toth o W es t ern P owers . IS 11 ' set-off for any demonstrati on o f ours a gainst Naples, and a significant declarati on th a t , if we earr. , , out our liberal policy in Italy, Au s t r i a w ill car r y out a contrary one upon the Danub e an d in th e Euxine ? This would be a very grave challeng e ' for Austria is not the Power to cast that challeng e : if it did not know that it was su pp or t e d by sol,'", other Power, and th ere i s none t o suppor t it 11 " such policy except Russia. We cut, for the present, rather a ridicul° ll ,. figure. After h av i ng ma d e war t o drive ~llu's'if rom the Prin c ip a liti es , we w ithd raw a ll ou r s° - Biers on the und ers t an di ng th a t A ustr i a wo uld a ° o the same, instead of w hi c h A us t r i a reoccu pies tb f Principalities, and seizes the ports at the m outh % river. Let me add, that thi s i s ren d ere d ul serious by the recent conduct o f A us t r i a t o a Fren ch naval officer. Captain Magnan brought out he r . , a cer:Ain class of flat-l:rn attoed boats to be used l' „ waters, the Sea cf Azoff, and in shallow for ft purposes. The war bein g over, the captain cr ie rained permission of his Government to try ' boats on the Danube, and he considered them ar plicable to the navigation of the Pruth, the SereQ and the Marit za . The Turks, however do not Il e the Maritza t o b e nav i ga t e d but by their own h° s ; —that is to say, they will never allow it to ben% gated at all. A F renc h company i n Armenia, wits Capt. Magnan, appli e d f or th e nav i gat i on of t Pruth and Sereth, and offered, at its own expen s e , to to remove the obstructions in the rivers. ThelViniu; vian government and hospodar granted the reque s , e l and made the cession; but Austria has compelled try Porte to annul that cession, on the plea that, i r l the clause of some treaty, Austria has the mow:l 3 %i, of navigating these inland waters. Both - o° s lish and French ambassadors tried i n va in to g this rescinded. Captain Magnan, forbidden to attempt the Pril tb i ; sailed up the Danube. First of all an Aust o l , vessel ran into one o f hi s b oa t s , an d destroyediet A commission of naval officers have declared tu, be this was done on purpose s He again sails UP 4 0 Danube, and meet s w ith every obstacle that ' Austrians can put in hi s way . He pleaded that h hPe 0 was not going to int er f ere w i t h the Austrians, l'i3O that the Turks had a r i g ht t o at l east h a lf w be river ; that it was most important for theca t° be able to send troops and supplies by the Dati ti fi a and the Save to their fortresses i n B osn ia ; one that he was making the experiment to e n able ', Turks to use th© great high road up the Daull be o yi To this the Austrians replied that they O be , never permit the Turks to navigate the Dala, So much for the conduct of the chief ally i of Tut key, who is one of the contracting Powers ' be maintaining the liberty of the Danube, and Il i/ is determined to stop it and its tributa r ies, not a' to France and England, but to Turkey. at But neither Capt. Magnan nor his Governlu e te , are to be daunted by the threats of Austrian ager i be You are aware that in his vessel, the Lyonnals), o% • passed the rapids of the Iron Gate s , an d being ' h io bidden to advance higher up the river, he left t ic vessel aground in order to go and seek diplom a e t succour and advice. The gallant captain has g e e both, and has returned to the Danube to Pl o t cute his voyage and to assert the freedom of ' t e river, or at least, to 'know the reason why e s French flag is to be prohibited from floating i l y these waters. It is neither unamusing nor 11 °, 36 s',ructive to learn that, on one occasion, when a, Lyonnais attempted to tie a cable to the only I° 0 , ins place of a town, from which the men ins 10 thority b rejected the cable, and would not alloy/ th e jetty to be made use of, the population Ca le forward to welcome the French flag, they drf tf , their own Austrian authorities from the jav,.;', o pulled down the double eagle, and flung it into ;Po river. So much for the loyalty of the Danub l populations to the Kaiser. stil l It is, no doubt, under the pretext of Russia - bf menacing the Danube by keeping —or, ratherto claiming—the Isle of Serpents that Austria„ .. .t i seizcd Galatz. No do u bt she w ill plead twig when France and England think it necessari„o send back a naval for c e t o th e Bl ac k Sea, Atls," g . , can do no loss than occupy the Principalit n d But this is done so manifestly with the design ido , quashing the question of the organ i sa ti on o f IVlo' he l Wallachia, that it is impossible n ot to see t' o a Austria considers herself to inherit thole pret e . e b sions which Russia entertained, and to repel wil l , we engaged in an expensive and sanguinary vlia'' r The gravest consideration attending these c cumstances is, however, the ref )1 t that Turn e r , was no stranger to the intention of Austria to 00 cupy Galatz. It is said that neither L or d Rale' . e e nor M. Thouvenel knew of it—that the intelligo °, took them by surprise —and that, when they ,i e , ri t s i e le , y the Turkish 111 - 'nister T it d p i r a e r s e s d e d li their thought s ur p were fully apprised n'„" 1 : It could not be the Turkish Government's int' ae , tion to take any reverse step, or resolve on ( 1, 11 ; 0 1 tions arising out of the Treaty of Paris, witi l 4 o consulting all the Allies. Aali Pacha would 11 °,, , trans spoke of it to the Turks al a step that Yr°, l "it be requisite by-and-by, whilst they precipitate 'd for fear of objections. Provided the French 6 41 , English Embassies be in the same accord and 5 ," 1 ation, the rest is of small importance. An‘! e , believe they were L o th equa ll y ta k en b y sur prl s De " for what two such powerful countries think to wrong they are fully able to rectify. The Russiaa G overnmen t h as or d ere d 20 s t e aW t o for the postal and passenger service from OdesO ei l different ports—Constantinople principally. Di e l o not say that two st ea m ers wou ld am ply suffice, alt. t" 0 one to take the place o f w hi c hev er s h ou ld be abled ; a orefore, the use of the remaining 17 it fur you to guess. General Durango is appointed Sardinian aii i bassador here. of There was a project of laying down the rails °l the Crimean Railway on the road betwe en Gile'; lila and Broussa. As the project hangs fire' 1 company has been started to run omnibuses aid carriages between the two pl aces, which w°11„1 render Broussa a pleasant a n d f avou , it a place '' resort. TIIE MONETARY CRISIS IN FRANO 31 The report add resse d t o the Empe ror bY # Magne on th e fi nanc i a l state of the coun t r y P 4 the columns of th e Paris journals, but i s on ly ve" o , briefly comme n t e d on. The Constituti onne l inwr t duces the report with the following passage : o t will be seen that the Minister of Finance does 11, dissimulate the embarrassments of the momen t but he clearly proves by facts and figures that tiled embarrassments do not proceed from a fundamen t! !‘ ' e cause, but that they are only tempora r y, a nd shows that the situation does not in r ea lit y au th° rise serious fears." The Debats says on the eame subject It Will be remarked that Government appears to announce a legislative measure destined to put an end t ° the species of tr a ffi c carr i ed on in silver for son i; time past, and w hi c h consists in withdraw i° o from a certai n superior description of silver coil )4 the plus val ue w h ich they possess from 00110,41i°' a small amount of gold. This traffic, says til l report, was considered in former times as an act ° deterioration, and was punished by most Bevel! penalties. Th e G overnmen t, en resume, declare,' that the a c t ua l em b arrassm ents are only created bl temporary causes." The Patric contains the following :—cc moo certain temporary embarrassments occur in fins o " t i h d e w i u n i t e e u res is ts required at stake cial or commercial affairs, an alarm is speedily excited in France,whe do not possess the sang f re ro order to discover the cause of the embarrassments and their remedy. In such circumstances it is tb° duty of Government to lay bare the general sites' tion of the country in order that the whole natio°, ma y comprehend without diffi cu l ty t h e actu P state of matters. This will be effected by the lucid, clear, and reassuring statement of the Minis' ter of Finance." --- The following comments are from the Pays ••••"' "The report of M. Magne will . produce, we are certain, a profound impression ; it will dissipate all sinister rumours circulated for some time past ; it will re-assure the country with respect to the public prosperity, and will prove to the most in' crolulorni t h it t if temporary embarrassments exist on the Bourse, the fortune of France is not eutirelY 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 v/ 0 may be proud, to find our country, after passing through three years of war, sickness, and deficient harvests, even stronger, more powerful,.and more prospQrous than on the day when those cruel trialo commenced."