The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-23 00:00:00

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

ST. PEFERSBURG, OCT. 23.

The Journal de St. Petersburg of to-day declares
as completely false the rumours circulated by the
Austrian press relative to an interview of a threaten-
ing character between the Russian ambassador and
Aali Pasha on Polish affairs, and says :—" Neither
the attitude of the Porte nor the present relations
of Russia and Turkey justify such a report."

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TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 22.
The publication of the Budget has again been
postponed.

It is said that the Sultan now proposes a reduc-
tion in the direct taxes tqual to the amount of the

surplus.

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 23.

The screw steamer Golden Fleece passed off this
port yesterday afternoon, with over 100 passengers,
for the Cape and India. Among the former are
Lieutenant-General Sir Percy Douglas, the newly
appointed Commander-in-Chief and suite.

FRANCE.
TOULON, OCT. 22.
The squadron Which has been recalled from
Ajaccio will arrive here this evening, and be
present at the departure of the King of the Greeks.

PARIS, OCT. 23.
The Moniteur of this morning states that the
Emperor has received the Mexican deputation
charged to express the sentiments of gratitude felt
by Mexico and the new Government of that
country.

Preparations are making for taking down the
statue of Napoleon I. from the column of the Place
Vendome. On the same site stood formerly a
colossal equestrian statue of Louis XIV. in bronze,
which was erected in 1669, and demolished in 1792.
The statue of Napoleon which surmounted the co-
lumn, made out of the cannon taken by the French
during the German campaign in 1805, was torn
from its pedestal in 1814, to the shouts of the Paris
mob. It was melted down the same year, to form
part of the horse of Henri IV. in the Pont Neut ;
and during the Restoration, a flagstaff and a flew-
de lis occupied its place. The statue, as it now
stands, was replaced by Louis Philippe on the 28th
of July, 1833, and the King, the Princes and
Princesses of his family, his Ministers, and the city
functionaries attended on the occasion. The pro-
ject of removing it is not recent; it was contem-
plated by the present Emperor soon after the estab-
lishment of the Empire, and he has not abandoned
it. The statue represented Napoleon I. in the mili-
tary costume—the cocked hat and the redingote so
familiar to every one ; but his nephew would rather
see him in Imperial robes, with the crown on his
head and sceptre in his hand, not so much as the
general as the founder of the dynasty. It is in this
new form he will reappear—not, however, on the
column of the Place Vendome, but at the Rond
Point of the avenue of Courbevoie, where his re-
Enaizis, brought from St. Helena by the Prince de
Joinville, were landed in 1840.
BOURSE, Oct. 22.—There has been little or no
change in the market. A slight (Reline took place
at the opening,
but it was soon recovered, and
Threes, for the Account, are now, as yesterday. at
67f. sc. Mobilier is also about the same. Rail-
way Shares quiet, but firm. The market became
more buoyant towards the close, and left off as
follows :

- - ,
t per Cents. 95
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67 20
Credit Mobilier 1122 50
Do. end month 1125 --
Bank Shares -
Credit F oncier l3OO
Italian Loan 73 25

Do. end month 73 2b
New ditto
Do. end month —
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes —
Florae Debt . . —
Deferred
Roman
rem.

RA IL

Orleans Norther n Cash. Account.
973 75 .. 975
985 .. 985
Lyons and Mediterranean 1008 75 .. --
New ditto .. 912 50 ..
G.ngva 497 59 ..
Southern 683 75 .. 685
Western
Eastern
Sardinian .......... 415 .. 415
Austrian
Lombard ... 562 50 .. 663 75
North of Spain
Saragossa 637 50 .. 635
Ditto to Barcelona

HOLBORN VALLEY.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

SIR,—In the Budder of Saturday last ap-
pears a letter from Mr. C. 11. Smith, which has
been largely quoted in the London papers, advo-
cating the formation of a new line of street leading
directly from Newgate-street to Holborn, at the
corner of Fetter-lane.

This line of street seems, so far as by Mr. Smith's
description, and in the absence of any plan I am
able to judge, to be identical with a street which
I have proposed, and, as I have been laboriously
engaged since the date of the advertisement of the
Improvement Committee, calling for designs, in the
preparation of one of which this is a leading feature,
it vrill,l think, be evident that I am entitled to claim
the merit (if any there be) of the conception of this
scheme.

Mr. Smith, whilst recognising the large and in-
creasing traffic from the Metropolitan Railway
Company's station in Farringdon-road, which will
shortly be swelled by the erection of the markets
in Smithfield, and the formation of a new street
from thence to Farringdon-road, makes no provi
Sion for this traffic in his proposal, but seems to rely
upon its passing up and down the present dange-
rous line of Holborn-hill and Skinner-street as a
compensation to the inhabitants of that locality for
the loss of traffic caused by the formation of the
new high level street. I do not think, however,
such an arrangement can be considered satisfactory,
and I have proposed in my design short streets run-
ning directly from the Metropolitan Station; one
in continuation of the intended new street from
Smithfield, entering
High Holborn at Hatton-
garden ; the other, from the same station, entering
Skinner-street at the upper end of Snow-hill ; thus
providing for all the chief traffic, and so dividing it
as to prevent confusion. And I consider that, so
far from any depreciation of property in Holborn-
hill and Skinner-street accruing, that property
would, from the general improvement of the district
and its connection with thFeßaEdDjEaßcelnmit new streets,
be greatly raised in value by the execution of these
improvements.—l aaa, dear Sir, your obedient
servant,
68, Old Broad-street, E.G., Oct. 22.

THE NEW STREET AT PARIS shortly to be
opened will commence at the corner of the Rue de
Richelieu and the Rue Saint Honore, and join the Boule-
vard des Capucines, at the eastern angle of the Rue de la
Puix. It will cut the Rue Jannisson and the Rue Fon-
taine-Moli4re, and after having passed the angle formed by
the Rues St. Anne and Anglade it will traverse the Rues
des Orties and Moulins, cut the Ruo des Petits Champs at
its junction with the Rues Saint Redd and Gaillon, cross
the Rue Neuve St, Augastin at its point of intersection
with the Rue d'Antin, and continue across the Rue Louis
le Grand to the Rue de la Paix. The rising ground called
Butte St. Roch, of which the levelling was commenced two
centuries ago, will be removed by the opening of the new
street. The Butte St. Roch, which many writers on Paris
have described as an artificial mound, created as a defence
against a sudden attack, after the defeat at Pavia, was a
natural hill, at the foot of which the pig-market was esta-
blished
architect,
par
edpeecereede
iinn
theth
year 1835 to erect a statue ine year 1360. M. Gauthier, the
honour of the Maid of Orleans on the spot. It is possible
that the design may now be carried into execution, as the
opening of the now street will afford a convenient space.
THE NEW lUDGES.--Mr. Baron Pigott will take
his seat in the Court of Exchequer on the 2d of
November, being the first day of term, and Sir Jas. Plaisted
Wilde.the new Judge of the Probate Court at Westminster,
it is understood, on the following day, when the Lord Chan-
cellor will hold his court in 14iPoolleg-inn,

LITERATURE.

Kilsorrel Castle ; An Irish Story. By the Hon.
Albert Canning. Two vols. Chapman and Hall.
This is an interesting tale, but the interest is of
a serious and even painful nature. Mr. Canning
tells us in the preface—" In this story, a few cha-
racters are drawn, to a certain extent at least,
from actual life," and he adds, " the account given
of the general sympathy shown towards the fugi-
tive murderer Lynch will not be considered, I
believe, exaggerated by those well acquainted with
the social state and feelings of the lower classes in
many parts of Ireland." The effect of this feeling
is, indeed, exhibited to the uttermost, for Daniel
Lynch, or Devil Dan, as he is very appropriately
surnamed, is a most repulsive character, little likely
to excite any individual sympathy in his own be-
half. One of the principal actors in the story is
Milly Ryan, a domestic amazon, whose character
is depicted with the blackest shadows by a pencil
borrowed from Rembrnndt or Salvator Rosa. In
her very first introduction she presents us with the
following very unattractive specimen of