The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-31 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTERS TELEGRAMS.)

JAPAN.

SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON PRINCE NAN

GATO'S FORTS.
SHANGHAI, SEPT. 21
(By Telegraph from Saez )

The allies have successfully attacked Prince Nan-
gato's forts in the Straits of Shimonsaki with
trifling loss.

The Japanese have sued for peace.
It is reported they will agree to open the Straits

FORCING OF THE S FRAITS OF SHIMO
NOSAKI BY THE ALLIES.
BOMBAY, OCT. 14.

The French steamer brings news from Japan, an•
flouncing that the allies had forced a passage
through th© Straits of Shimonosaki with trifling
loss. The Japanese fought hard.

TERRIFIC HURRICANE AT CALCUTTA,
SUEZ, OCT. 30.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Reuter's office from the Peninsula and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, Oct. 31.
Calcutta was visited by a terrific hurricane nn the
sth inst., which caused an immense destruction of
shipping.

The Nemesis lost her topmast and bowsprit, and
was driven on shore. The injury sustained was
uncertain, but she was expected to be got off in time
to leave a few days late with the next mails.
Th© Bengal was also driven on shore, but was
supposed to be uninjured, although it was uncertain
when she could be got off.
The Nubia was dismasted.

No lives have been lost in any of the Company's
steamers. The workshops are uninjured, but other
shore property has been much damaged.
The British India Company lost five vessels.
The Aiphee (French steamer) was obliged to put
back damaged.

PRANCE.

LYONS, OCT. 31.

The Emperor Napoleon arrived here yesterday
evening at half-past 8 o'clock. Hia Majesty met
with a warm and enthusiastic reception.
A grand review of the army of Lyons will take
place to-day.

BOURSE, Oat. 29.—The market has shown bn
little animation, but prices have been well main.
tained. Threes, for the Account, are nnvaried a'
64f. 55e., and Mobilicr has improved to 862 f. 50c,
Railway Market quiet, bat firm. The market im•
proved towards the close, and left off as fol:ows:

it per Cents. 9l 75
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6l 65
Credit Mather B7O
Do. end month B7O
Bank Shares 3370
Credit Fonoier 1135
Roman

Italian Loan
65 05
Do. end month 65 15
Ditto Threes ..
New Mexican .... na
Russian
Austrian
Spanieh Threes 44k
Home Debt
Deferred

RAILWAYS.

Orleans.. cbd• e -
Northern ....
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern ... ..
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
4,1
Austrian . .
Lon, b,.trd
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Cash. Account.
825 825
967 50 967 50
883 75 885 --
577 50 .. 577 50
498 75 492 50
495 493 75
332 50 .. 332 50
410 .. 442 50
612 50 .. 515
357 50 .. 350
465 .. 462 50
175

Message of King George to the Greek
A ssembly.

ATIIENS, Oct. 26.
The following is the official text of the message
recently sent by King George to the National
Assembly, complaining of the slowness of the deli-
berations of that body :

GEORGE 1,, KING OF THE HELLENES, TO THE SECOND
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE HELLENIC NATION.

Urgently summoned by Greece, I yielded to her voice in
the conviction that she, upon her part, would fulfil her
obligations towards me. I abandoned Eenmark a year ago,
befae the annexation of tho lonian Islands to the Greek
kingdom—a condition agreed upon in my acceptance of
the Greek Crown—had seen accomplished, and consequently
before the Constitution for the new State had been voted.
In a few days a year will have elapsed since my arrival.
No one, I think, is unaware of the patience with which I
have endured the abnormal position of royalty in presence
of an Assembly acting at the same time as a Constituent
Assembly and as a Legislative Chamber.

The annexation of the lonian Islands to the remainder of
the kingdom has further been long accomplished. The
presence in the body of the Assembly for the last two months
of the representatives of that country has given the National
Assembly every facility for terminating, without fresh delay,
the vote of the Constitution upon the basis of the project
drawn up a year ago. What has taken place in the As-
sembly up to the present time affords me the conviction that
its labours may still be prolonged for a considerable period.
The prolongation of this position, which neutralises all
Governmental solicitude and paralyses all administrative
action, not only ur questionably deprives the nation of pre.
cious advantages, but will certainly cause evils which it
will be difficult subsequently to repair. The impatience
with which the people suffer this irregular condition of
affairs is known to me.

Indispensable duty towards the Hellenic people, and
even the interests which ought to be placed under the gua-
rantee of the Constitution, imposes upon me the obligation
of requiring the cessation of this state of things. For this
purpose I have desired my Ministers to lay the annexed
draft of the remainder of the Constitution before the Na-
tional Assembly, and to declare that I am ready to accept
and sign the portion already voted, as well as that which
shall be voted according to the plan I submit, the condi.
tions of which in no degree differ from the wishes expressed
by the Assembly up to the present time. I request the
Assembly to deliver its vote upon this plan within a period
of ten days.

RI y Ministers will also bring forward within a period of
ten days a bill relating to the election of Deputies. I request
the Assembly to debate and vote upon this bill in the course
of this month.

But if the National Assembly does not conclude these
labours within the abovementioned periods, I reserve to
myself full liberty as to my future course, which will be
such as shall be dictated to me by my deceived hopes, and
I make the Assembly responsible for all the consequences.
(Signed) GZORGE.
Athens, October 6-18, 1864.

TEE HOTEL 017 THE FRENNI ARCHIVES.-•-Con-
siderable alterations have for some time past been going on
at the imperial printing-office and at the Hotel de Soubise,
which adjoins, Tho latter building, which formerly be-
longed to the Constable do Clisson and subsequently to the
Guise family, has for some tithe past cehtained the State
archives, and Is neve about to be converted into a sigillo-
graphle and paleographic, museum, destined to fill up a
void long existent fn archse)logicll science. The two
buildings are conneotod by a staircase, formerly of the 18th
century, but now replaced by one In the style of the
Rennaissance, which leads to the hall containing the col-
lection of charters. This apartment, 80 feet long and
33 feet board, was formerly the guardroom. It has now
lost its original appearance, being lined from end to end
with glass cases, and is proVided with an tipper projecting
gallery supported by light tbitttnns of *bed, At the end is
placed a large itoh cupboard, in which a part of the collec-
tion is secured. This safe was made by order of the Con-
stituent Assembly in 1790, to contain the Utensils Used lid
printing the assignats; it is let into the wall, and is closed
by a double door, which formerly had several secret
locks. Among the objects now contained in it are the Me-
rovingian edicts, autographs of Charles V., Queen Eliza.
beth, and the Emperor Charles V., with a letter from Soli-
man 11. to Francis I, dated 1628. This last-mentioned
document is written in characters of gold and azure on thick
parchment, and enclosed in a brocaded case, The roll of
St Vital is also one among the many other curiosities,
During the Midale Ages when an abbot died a messenger
bearing a long blank sheet of parchment rolled up as
was then the custom, over a wooden staff, was sent to
the different monastic) houses of the kingdom to announce
the event. Upon this parchment, which formed the album
of the period, the principals of each of the relisrious eetab •
lishments to which the intelligence was communicated
wrote some lines of condolence. The roll of St. Vital, at
the visit of the Convent of Argenteuil, bears some Latin
verses, the style of which leads to suppose that they were
written by Holoise, who was then abbess of that institu-
tion. Lastly, in one of the drawers of that cupboard may
be seen the keys of the Bastile, those of several conquered
cities, and a number of other extremely curious objects,
which will be placed in the glass cases of the exhibition.—
Gali:qnani's_lilessenger,