The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-07 00:00:00

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

ITALY.

STATE OF GREECE,

" The small pox has mado great ravages at
Thebes And in many other places on the mainland.
Winter is disappearing. Brigandage happily is
diminishing. His Majesty occasionally honours by
his presence the Hellenic drama ; the last piece,
which was very well represented, was The Cap-
ture of Ipsara.'
A letter from Corfu, dated Feb. 15, says :
"The wet weather we have had here up to within
the last few days has somewhat retarded the
operations for dismantling the fortifications, but,
with the return of fine weather, the works aro
again being steadily prosecuted. In Vido and Forts
A brain and Neuf shafts are being sunk and galleries
driven far the reception of the charges fcr blowing
them up, and these forts already begin to have an
air of desolation. At Fort Neuf the sea defences
only are to be destroyed. The clearance thus effected
will afford the opportunity for continuing the road
from the market and Custom-house, in front of
the harbour, to the suburb of Manduchio, which
is only now to be reached from this portion of the
town by a long detour round the land side of the fort.
The scheme has been talked of for some time, and if
carried out it will be a great improvement. Few
guns are now remaining in Fort Neuf; in Fort
Abram there were none mounted; but I believe the
armament was nearly ready to be sent out from
England; shot, shell, and stores of all descriptions
are being removed for shipment.
"As time wears on speculation is rife as to the
period when the British troops will be withdrawn.
I understand that the heads of the various depart-
ments have received a semi-official notice that all
matters connected with the evacuation are to be
completed by the 2d of April.
" f have on a former occasion referred to the fact
of the falling off of the receipts of the Custom-
house since annexation of the islands with Greece
was decided upon. The usual average receipts had
been about £6,000 a month. Up to the present time
this month they have reached about £BOO, and as
no further imports of any extent are expected, the
gross receipts for this month are not likely to
exceed £l,OOO.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.
Miles Opened. Keoeipte.

lianwa:

1864.

18434. 1863.

Belfast and N. Counties 136
Belfast and Cotuity Down 49
Blyth and Tyne 23
Bristol and Exeter l2l}
Caledonian
Cockermouth & Workington.. 84
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l
Cork and Youghal .... 32/
Cornwall
Deeside l7
Dublin & Belfast Junction... • 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexid 9ll
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691
Furness, &a 5O
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353
Great North of Scotland 5B
(it. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7l/
91Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 3731
Great Western 10561
Inverness & Aberdeen June B6i
Inverness & Perth Junction 119}
Irish North-Western 145
Lancashire 3z Yorkshire 452
Limerick and Ennis... 24/
Limerick and Foynes 264
Lianelly 46/
London & North-Western
London and lilackwall 5l
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 261/
London, Chatham, & Dover 72/
Do. Metropolitan Extension 10
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Slieffield,&Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrineham 9/
Maryport and Carlisle
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 641
AI id land Gt. Westn. of hind 259
Monklaud
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44
North British, Edin., Perth
._ .

£ £
1,749 1.826
608 665
1,957 1,610
5,119 5.437
16,748 14.758
218 233
297 317

112 152

:379 309
1,351 1,1:5
2'•!1 23k
1,1310 1,231
1,:398 1,42 s
1:42 161
1,599 1,615
7.65:3 7.002
3,170 2,795
8,148 8,012
26,659 26,258
30,404 27,710
1,1)') 1.807
400 428
6,;60 6 816
54.724 5t,50/
967
1,012
1,667 1,647
34,850 31,080
151 170
82 89

540 50t
68,975 81,995
1.543 1.630
16.09 : 17.u34
12,307 14,. 22
3,475 2 779
1,790 300
9,5 054
18,484 15,094
1,162 1,063
1,5,5 1.253
1,939 2,168
42,478 38,054
:3,1346 5,313
1,605 1,631
2,017 2,101

and Dundee
N-Eaidern and Stock. & DarL 1095
North London 9
North Staffordshire 254
Oswestry and Newton...
Fay!ripey.

11,448 10,Q33
51,004 17,7;:l
3,1',48 3,019
8,426 7,s lc,
1,107 k:91)
1)17 868
2,202 2,075
4,365 4213
4-,9?3 4.103

St. Ilelen's Canal & Railway 52
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern l3B
Somerset and Dorset
South Devon
South-Eastern 306
Taff Vale 67
- - -

637 :;0
3.020 2,5t:5
14,783 16,137
6,783 6,606
2,3 D 2,076

105}

146 .130'
2,510 2.031
1:27 335
LOG} 1,26}
726 'as
3.6v6 3,023

Ora
1,04 s 843
933 79.),

1,229 1.034
28,1,3 01
318 241
3,066 1,772
2,28:1 2,537
4,481 3,437
4,671 3,691
1,7'.:0 1,112
60,3714 49,550
22,321 12,054
18,186 16,553
10,644 /1,162
4,0;3 4,653

505 49*
14,013 13,055
4.903 4.053
15,860 15,633
3,732 1,671

697 -
44 63S 6:17
481 315 311
1713 109,022 11814
1491 58,9t4 579.,554
1,500 4684

SECONI]► EDITION.

TURIN, March s,—Letters from Venetia continue
to mention important military preparations on tha
part of Austria. Within the range of the command
of Verona, which comprises the Carniola, Trieste,
and Istria, there are now 100,000 men, with mili-
tary stores sufficient for 300,000 men. A further
force of 30,000 men is expected. The Austrian
Government intends to concentrate a large body of
artillery in the Polesina.

A letter from Athens, dated Feb. 16, says .
" The memorandum of the lonian Treaty has
arrived. The Minister of Foreign Affairs has an-
nounced this to the Assembly, bat at the present
time very reasonably limits his information to
stating that many of the objectionable clauses is
the first one have been remedied. A semi-official
paper here states that the neutrality of
the soil is limited to the islands of Corfu and
Pains; and, as regards the forte, the
entire subject will be left to the discretion of Eng..
land. The other articles of the Treaty, such as the
flag, the treaties of commerce, are questions of
time; and, in fact, it is said that in 40 days at the
furthest the annexation will be an accomplished
fact.
"The Assembly has declared the Municipal
Council as abol:ehed by the revolution. It has
authorised the Government to issue Treasury
bonds to the extent of 2,000,000 of drachmas at
three and six months date, bearing 8 per cent. in-
terest. The National Bank will discount these bonds,
being guaranteed by the emery stone at the island
of Naxos. At the expiration of the time men-
tioned the Government will be in a position to take
up the bonds. With respect to the Budget of 1804
it has been reported publicly that it was submitted
to the Assembly by the Ministry, without being
submitted to Count Sponneck or to the King; a
communication made to one of the local journals
pretends in consequence that whatever may be
the result of the project the Count is free from all
responsibility. The general opinion, however, ap-
pears to be that the Ministry was not obliged to
consult either the King or the Count, and the com-
munication has been simply made from interested
motives.