The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

made by the garrison, eleven mortars and eight
pieces of cannon in a French battery were spiked.
The attack had not been renewed by the fleets.
It is impossible to reconcile the despatch pub-
lished by the M oniteur with the above despatch
from St. Petersburg.
The Russian despatch is treated here with de-
rision. No one believes the spiking of the French
guns, any more than they believe that " the damage
caused by the enemy's fire is inconsiderable."
The Americans resident in Paris are in a state of
great excitement, on account of the order issued
by the French Government to prevent Mr. Soule
from pasting through France on his return to
Madrid.
'e read in the Constitittionnel

"The Duke de Clermont-Tonnerre, whose son was
orderly officer to Marshal de St. Arnaud, received from
the Marshal one of the last letters he ever wrote. `lt
was the day after the battle of the Alma,' says the
Moniteur de l'Oise, ' that the Marshal wrote to M. de
Clermont-Tonnerre, to the effect that in the midst of
the balls the young captain had shown a coolness worthy
of his great name, and that he (the Marshal) was per-
fectly satisfied with his conduct. Count Ayaard de
Clermont-Tonnerre, thus alluded to, came back to France
in the Berthollet ill of fever, but he is now recovering '"
The Three per Cents. closed to-day at 75f.
65c. for the end of the month ; and the Four-and-
a-Half per Cents. at 98f. 30c. ; Orleans Railway
Shares, 1,208 f. 75c ; Rouen, 985 f. ; Havre, 562 f.
50c ; Great Northern, 880 f. ; Strasburg, 843 f.
75c. ; New Shares, 657 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons,
1,047 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 880 f. ;
Western of France, 667 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and
Cette,,,622f. 50c. ; Great Central of France, 530 f.;
Lyons and Geneva, 537 f. 500. ;
Bank of Credit
Mobilier, 785 f.

SPAIN.
We have received the Madrid journals of the
26th. The Epoca says :—" We are authorised by
Lord Howden, Minister Plenipotentiary of her
Britannic Majesty in this capital, to deny the
statement made yesterday by one of •the Madrid
journals that England and France have recently
addressed diplomatic notes to the Spanish Go-
vernment, touching the political eventualities
which may arise in Spain. He denies it as far as re-
gards England. Without being authorised, we
believe that we can equally deny it so far as France
is concerned." The Europa says that the English
General Bristow had sent to it from Bayonne a
protest against his expulsion from Spain, but that
it refrained from publishing it from the fear of be-
ing prosecuted.

The Madrid papers state that the cholera is
raging with some violence in Corunna and Galicia.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A letter from Bucharest, in a Vienna journal,
states that the command of that place has been
given to Masha Pacha, and that Dervich Pacha
is no longer the commissioner of the Porte.
The Lithographic Correspondence of Berlin of
the 27th says :—" The severe warning which the
New Gazette of Prussia has this day received,
for its attacks on the French Government, and
which it published in its number of last evening,
has produced here the greatest sensation. The
King has recently received a letter from the Em-
peror Napoleon, inviting him to visit the Grand Ex-
hibition at Paris next year. We learn that the King
has replied by a very cordial and very friendly
letter, in which he promises to go to Paris, if cir-
cumstances should permit.
The telegraphic communication between Berlin
and St. Petersburg had hitherto taken place by
Warsaw, and some delay was caused in consequence
of the wires being interrupted at the frontier.
Since the 24th inst., the line is opened by Koenigs-
berg, Gumbinnen, Mariupol, Kowno, &c., but at
present only for Government despatches, as the
line will not be open for some time for private
ones.

The vintage on the Moselle has commenced.
The quality is declared excellent, but the quantity
is extremely limited—not more than one-sixth of
the average,
The Austrian charge d'affaires at Athens (Baron
de Leykam) will not return to that post. He will
be replaced by Baron de Walter, who agreeably to
advices from Athens of the 20th inst., has been
already received at a private audience by his Ma-
jesty King Otho, to deliver his credentials.

THE UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

LrvEßrooL, Tuesday Morning.—This morning
the royal mail steam-ship Canada, Captain J.
Stone, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails
from the United States and British North America.
She sailed from New York on the 18th inst., and
has brought, besides the mails, 80 passengers, and
$BOO,OOO in specie on freight. At the departure
of the steamer business matters were considered
dull. Stocks unsteady,- and the money market re-
ported to be extremely tight.
The victories and the news from Sebastopol ap-
pear to create no sensation in New York.

The result of the elelions now going forward is
likely to prove unfavourable to the present admi-
nistration.

The following notification had been issued from
the Treasury Department at Washington with refe-
rence to the reciprocity treaty and the fisheries
" Sir,—ln consideration of the privilege now enjoyed
by the citizens of the United States, as well as of the
probable exemption of daty, at an early day, of fish of
all kinds, the products of fish, and all other crea-
tures living in the water, and in pursuance of the
stipulations of the reciprocity, treaty of the sth of
June last, entered into between the United States and
Great Britain, upon due compliance with the require.
ments of said treaty, respectively by the Imperial Par-
liament and the Provincial Colonies affected by the
treaty aforesaid, and in order to facilitate certain ar-
rangements and understandings dependent upon the
actions of Congress, and between the Secretary of State
of the United States and the British Minister, Mr.
Crampton, it becomes necessary to issue the following
instructions, to wit :

" let. On entry at your port for consumption of the
fish of the description mentioned, and due payment of
the duties thereon, you will give the owners, importers,
or agents a proper receipt thereof, with the Custom-
house seal attached, specifying the name and nation of
the vessel, the date of her entry, the place whence ar-
riving, with the quantity and description of the fish.
" ' 2d. Should the parties desire to warehouse under
bonds, you will permit the same to be done in accordance
with existing provisions of the law on the subject, taking
care to give such particulars of the law on the transac-
tion in the bond as to show the true object of the
obligation.'
" Yours respectfully, your obedient servant,
"J. G. WASHINGTON, Acting Secretary
of the Treasury.
"To H. Redfield, Esq., Collector, &c."
A filibustering party at Louisville, numbering
15,000 persons, had been disbanded from lack of
means.

The failure of Messrs. Gibson, Stockwell, and
Co., had been announced, and their liabilities
were said to be very heavy.
The Baltic arrived at New York on the 16th
instant.

A letter from Baffin's Bay, July, 1853, had been
received from Mr. Hughes, surgeon of the brig
Advance, of the Grinnell Exploring Expedition,
which states that the health of th parties con-
tinued good.
The cotton market was steady, and closed very
firmly. In consequence of the badness of the
crops, prices in the southern market were advanc-
ing.
Owing to the light supplies from the interior
and the deficiency of stock, every article in the
bread-stuff market was steadily rising. Western
Canal flour is quoted at Bdols. 121 e. to Bdols. 25c.
per barrel ; Indian corn, flat yellow, 54c. per
bushel ; Genesse prime wheat, 2 dols. Bc. to 2 dols.
10c. per 601bs ; Indian corn, round yellow, 82c.
to 84c., steady.
Freights.—Shipowners were asking increased
prices of freight, the following being the quota-
tions :—Flour, to Liverpool, Is. per rrel ; grain,
to Liverpool, from 41d. to sd. per bushel.
Exchange on Landon, 1091. to 1091, firm ;
ditto on Paris, 5 11i to 5 12i ; ditto on Hamburg,
371 to 37 ; ditto on Brennen, 7. 9 to'9l-.