The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

Wadsworth, near Alexandria, were surprised and
captured on Saturday.
The steamship George Washington, of the New
York and New Orleans line, was burnt to the
water's edge last night. The loss amounts to nearly
$500,000.

(Via Halifax.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.

The expedition sent from Savannah to effect the
release of Federal prisoners has returned unsuccess-
ful. General Kilpatrick failed to find the where-
abouts of the prisoners.

Hood is falling back south of the Tennessee.
Thomas has discontinued the pursuit, and the Tribune
says the Confederates crossed the Tennessee without
interruption.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad is reported cut
below Corinth.

The French Canadians at Montmorency have
taken up arms to resist the draught for frontier ser-
vice. The local Militia were called out to restore
order. It is rumoured that Montmorency has been
burnt. _ _

_
The rear defences of Charleston are being
strengthened.
The head was blown out of the Dutch Gap Canal
on Sunday, but the waters of the James failed to
flow. The canal is now regarded a total failure.

The Richmond Whig says the damage to the lead
works at Wythesville and the salt-mills at Saltville
is being rapidly repaired.
Sherman writes that a portion of the army is again
in motion.

In his proclamation to the people of Savannah
General Sherman guarantees protection' of private
property and the rights of citizens. No oaths are
required. The people are simply to conduct them-
selves as good citizens. Those wishing to go within
the Confederate lines can do so. All the civil de-
partments will continue to exercise their functions.
The poor will be supplied with provisions. Churches,
schools, and places of amusement are to be re-opened
and encouraged, and commerce will be allowed to
an extent commensurate with the wants of the
people. _ _

At a meeting of the citizens it was resolved to lay
aside all differences and use their best efforts to re-
store prosperity ; that a strict obedience was due to
the laws of the United States, and Mr. Brown be
requested to call a convention for the purpose of
determining upon a continuance of the war. Copies
of the resolutions were to be sent to President
Lincoln, General Sherman, Governor Brown, and
the Mayors of Augusta, Columbus, Macon, and
Atlanta.

Richmond papers publish the following despatch
from General Bragg to President Davis :
" Wilmington, Dec. 30, 1864.

"The Federal fire against Fort Fisher on the first day
continued five hours ; on the second day, seven hours.
Over 20,000 shots wore fired. The Confederates replied
with 660 shots the first day, and 600 the second. Our loss
is 3 killed and 55 wounded. Two guns in the fort burst ;

two were dismounted by ourselves, and two by the Federal
fire. The fort is unhurt. Part of the negro troops were
swept off the Peninsula in a gale.

" BRAXTON BRAGG."
Cotton is weak, under expected arrivals from
Savannah.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, JAN. 16.

The Austrian Government does not consider ac-
ceptable the reductions proposed by the Financial
Committee of the Reichsrath. These reductions
were to have been introduced into the war budget.

FRANCE.

PARIS, J.N. 14.

Another cardinal, Mgr. de Bonald, Archbishop
of Lyons, has added his protest against M. Broche's
circular to those of his colleagues. His letter is
crushing. He writes :
"M. le Ministre,—l have received the letter your
excellency did me the honour to send me on the Ist inst ,
to inform me that I was not to be allowed to publish

the encyclical, the syllabus, &c. Simultaneously with
your excellency's communication I received a crowd of
pamphlets and newspapers of every political colour,
which all publish the encyclical. It is not without sur-
prise that I saw on the one hand the Pontifical document,
published with the consent of the Government, and
on the other the prohibition to the bishops to re-
produce it in their instructions to the faithful.
We said to ourselves, if the encyclical contains doc-
trines opposed to the Government, why is its publication
permitted? If it does not attack the Government, why
this prohibition to the bishops to promulgate it ? But here
is anothey, _inconsistency, le Ministre, which it is equally
difficult to explain : the Protestant pastors, the Methodists,
Anglicans, Israelites, comment on the document from the
pulpit, each in his own way, according to his degree of
hatred for the Catholic religion ; and yet a Catholic pas-
tor is not to be allowed to explain it to his flock, and
defend the Supreme- Pontiff against all- the accusations
that are brought against him. The duty of the head
of the Church is to point out what he considers to be
the troth, and to stigmatise that which in his eyes
is an error. He is bound to fulfil that obliga-
tion of his office for the defence of religion
and the tranquillity of States. That duty Pius
IX. has just discharged. See, Monsieur le Ministre,
whether he does not take up the defence of civil power
by condemning the errors specified in Nos. 56, 58, 59, 60,
61, 63, 64, 67 of the syllabus. The condemnation of these
errors accounts for the virulence of the anarchical press
in attacking the encyclical. It is not because the
Supreme Pontiff has denounced one of the organic
articles of the Concordat that all this outcry has
taken place. It is very well known that no fresh
stipulations can be added to a treaty without the
consent of both contracting parties. Now, the organic
articles are an addition to the Concordat between Pius VII.
and Napoleon 1., without the consent of the Pope, who
has ever refused to recognise them. There are some pro-
visions in these organic articles which would have upset
the whole discipline of the Church if the Government had
enforced their application. I deem it my duty to transmit
these remarks to your excellency, and remain, &c.,
°• f L. J. M. Cardinal DE BONALD, Archbishop at
" Lyons, Jan. 10." Lyons.

In connection with the encyclical, the Courrier
du Dimanche publishes a circular addressed by a
sous-prefect in Brittany to the mayors under his
jurisdiction, which is well worth quoting

" M. le Maire,—l beg you will let me know the impres-
sion created in your commune by the publication of the
encyclical, and make me acquainted with what the public
think of it, as well as the comments to which the decision
of the Government, as set forth in the circular of the
Minister of public Worship, has given rise."

The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric state of Europe yes-
terday :—" The barometer at Paris, after having
fallen very rapidly during Thursday, and even
during a part of last night, again rose suddenly this
morning.. A similar phenomenon must have taken
place on the West of France, for at Brest and on
the coasts of England the barometer is higher this
morning than it was on Thursday. On the Channel
and the coasts of the Atlantic this sudden barometric
oscillation has been accompanied by violent squills,
varying from S.W. to N.W. This morning a strong
gale from the N.W. prevailed at Havre and at
Boulogne. The centre of the storm, which on
Thursday was on the N.W. of Ireland, is this
morning removed a little to the N.E. of Scotland."
Yesterday in Paris, at three in the afternoon, the
thermometer marked seven degrees above zero Cen-
tigrade (44 3-5 Fahrenheit).
BOURSE, Jan. 14.—The market has been firm,
and prices well maintained. Threes, are unvaried
at 66f. 95c. Mobilier have improved to 957 f. 50c.
Railway Market quiet, but firm. The market
closed as follows :

4-i per Cents 95
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 67
Credit Mobilier 957 50
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3450
Credit Fonder 1285
Roman 73

Italian Loan 65 50
Do. end month 65 70
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian —
Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

RAIL'

PAYS.

Orleans

Cash.
... 900

Acot.
... 900

Northern lOOO ... 1000
Lyons and Mediterranean 926 25 ... 928 75
Southern 577 50 ... 581 25
Western 540 ... 545
Eastern
Sardinian 3lO ... 308 75
Austrian
Lombard 547 50 ... 546 25
North of Spain 355 -- ... 356 25
Saragossa 430 ..: 425
Ditto to Barcelona 195 ...

A LOVELY DRESS. —The Empress Eugenie wore
on Saturday week, at a dinner given to the Ministers and
chief officers of the Crown, a dress of white muslin, with a
tunic of cerise satin, jet and black lace, and a diamond
necklace mounted on black velvet.