The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-02 00:00:00

THE CONDUCT OF M. SOUL_FI.

The Constitutionnel has the following with re-
ference to the conduct of Mr. Soule :
" There is no nation which seems better calcu-
lated than the United States for living in good in-
telligence with France. The friendly feeling, so
natural between the two countries, showed itself
from the very commencement of the American
Union. It was then commanded by interests, as it
is now commanded by interests and traditions ; for
the direction which the old French monarchy had
given was followed by succeeding Governments,
and if there was any name that could revive these
reminiscences in America, it is assuredly that of the
Sovereign who now governs France. The first
Empire practised towards the United States, with
the amplitude of ideas which was peculiar to it, a
policy which has been always considered at this side
of the Atlantic as one of the essential points of our
system of alliance. The principle of appealing to
the nation, and of universal voting which the new
dynasty has taken for its starting-point, could only
have for consequence to draw closer together the
two countries, in spite of the difference of form
which exists between the two Governments. If the
interests at present at stake in the world be ex-
amined closely, everything concurs to demonstrate
how much that good understanding was indicated
in advance. The principles which the Government
of the Emperor defends are such as speak to the
mind of a free nation and greatly excite its sym-
. pithy. It is for the political independence of go-
vernments, it is for liberty of conscience menaced
by an audacious aspiration after universal dominion,
that France has taken up arms ; and whilst she is
defending, on land ideas so much in harmony with
those which constitute the basis of American civi-
lisation, she has taken care that the principles of
maritime liberty, so dear to the great transatlantic
nation, should be from the very outset of hostilities
shielded from the vicissitudes to which neutrals
were accustomed for a century. These considera-
tions, of the very highest political and moral or-
der, joined to the powerful material interests
which unite the two countries, between which
such important and extensive commercial trans-
actions are daily going on, should, we repeat
establish between them a sincere reciprocity of
good relations ; and, in consequence, it is with a
regret mingled with surprise that we have seen. a
series of facts and incidents taking place which
would seem to present another character. With
the exception of Russia, the Government of
the Emperor keeps up the best relations with all
the governments of the Old and New World. How-
ever, in a foreign courea difference takes place be-
tween a diplomatic agent and a representative of
France ; and that agent, not content with having
originated that difference, altogether of a personal
nature, seems to do all he can by his demeanour
and his language to transform it into a political
conflict. Who is that agent ?An American minis-
ter. In the New World, the privileges of our con-
sular flag, although founded on a recent treaty, are
disregarded. Which is the country where our in-
ternational right has been thus infringed ? A state
of the American Union. Our navy is everywhere
respected. There is, however, a roadsted in which
a handful of anarchical refugees have seized on the
occasion of the presence of our sailors to organise
with impunity a demagogical masquerade ; and
that roadsted is that of au American town. Facts
of this nature, if multiplied, would accord but
little with the traditions of friendship and the com-
munity of principles and interests which exists be-
tween the two nations, and which seem to force
themselves as a duty on the two .
Governments. But
it is evidently impossible to see in these incidents
anything else than the work of some mischief
makers, whose acts are in d isaccord with the inten-
tions of the American Cabinet and nation. Whilst
deploring them, we feel full confidence that they
will remain in the state of purely individual acts,
and we know in advance that the Union, always
animated towards France with a sympathy which
is reciprocal,
o on l, and
which will soon be of a century's
duration both sides, declines the responsibility
of incidents with which it has remained altogether
rca
unconnected."

The annexed memorandum is from the Committee of
Mexican Bondholders :—" The committee save received
advises from Mr. Rickards, dated Mexico, the 3d ult.,
on routine matters, but containing nothing of interest.
There is no remittance from Tampico by this packet,
owing to the continued scarcity of hard dollars. From
Vera Cruz the packet brings $12,000 to Colonel Faoio
for the dividend fund,"

.)

7 I.
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AND

COalif ERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export. The market closed
firmly, without change in prices. The sales com-
prised 6,000 American, 1,000 Pernam and Maran-
ham at 6gd. to 72d., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to Bd.,
and 800 Surat at 3d. to 4d., per lb. Railway
Shares were dull.
The six weeks' average price of wheat is's6s. 9d.
per quarter, and the last week's sales in the mar-
kets which govern the averages were 144,842
quarters.
In a statement of the ships preparing to enter
outwards in November for India, China, and Aus-
tralia, Mr. Miller gives again rather a long list for
the Colonies, comprising altogether, 53,244 tons, of
which 21,879 tons are for Victoria, 24,666 for New
South Wales, 6,784 for South Australia, 7,433 for
Van Diemen's Land, 1,895 for Western Australia.
The failures in the provision and other trades
here have already told in the United States, where
several stoppages have occurred. At New York,
Messrs. Gibson, Stockwell, and Co. have suspended,
owing a large amount in the west to the farmers
and bankers. In Vermont, J. and H. Peck and
Co., H. W. Catlin, George Peterson, Smith and
Landon, and H. Williams, had failed. We have
on former occasions expressed our belief that fur-
ther difficulties would occur on the other side of the
Atlantic, the pressure on the money market acting
very inj uriousl yup on all firms that had traded beyond
their own capital. The accounts, too, respecting
the harvest are better from some of the States,
and this may embarrass those who have been en-
tering into speculative purchases ; although we
certainly think there will not be any great fall in
the prices of wheat or Indian corn, seeing the
opening which the English markets present. The
demand for British manufactures is not likely to
be so extensive next season as on former occasions,
seeing the large sum in specie that has come from
America.
Accounts from Warsaw state that in Poland
provisions were becoming scarce and dearer, owing
to the concentration of so many troops.
The magazines of coal established by the English
Admiralty at Kiel are stated to be quite exhausted,
and six steamers laden with the article were imme-
diately expected. Admiral Napier is at Hamburg,
the guest of the British Consul-General.
The system of telegraphic communication is now
stretching out its arms in a way to embrace all the
principal capitals of Europe. We pointed out re-
cently the completion of the line from Hamburg
to St. Petersburg, and now we learn that, on the
24th ult., the wires were perfect from Madrid to
Saragossa, Pampeluna, and St. Sebastian. Bar-
celona and Lerida are also to have lines connecting
them with Saragossa.
The letters received by the steamer from Brazil
furnish some interesting commercial items, includ-
ing the following
" The government is considering a bill for the opening
of the Amazon to all nations, and it has bought back
the exclusive privilege which it granted some years ago
to some of its citizens. ' It pays $55,000 per year for
twenty years to get it back. It is now thought the bill
will pass this session. A bill is also before the Chamber
for the encouragement of fisheries', granting large boun-
ties, lands, houses, &c., for drying ; lifting all taxes, on
vessels, and freeing them from all port duties, &e. This
will undoubtedly pass ; and when it is known that the
rivers and bays of Brazil contain the finest fish in the
world, and in great abundance, it will prove a great in-
ducement for foreigners to engage in them. The sugar
crop will be far above the average this year. Coffee
about common. For several months it has been dry in
the province of Rio, which has injured the vegetables of
all kinds. Business is rather dull ; the American trade
has been unusually small the last year. The city of Rio
has been visited with but a very few cases of yellow
fever for the last eighteen months, and is now healthy."
The English Stock market is firmer, and with
some increase of business. Consols have been 94g
to 94i for transfer and account. The intelligence
from Sebastopol being of a much more favourable
character has inspired renewed confidence as to the
issue. Exchequer-bills have been ss. to 9s. prem.
East India Stock is marked 231. Bank Stock is
steady, at 211 to 212±. The New 31 per Cents.
have been 931 to 93a, and the 3 per Cents. 931
to 932.
There have been about the average number of
transactions in the foreign market, and the quota-
tions have not varied much. The Turkish Scrip
continues flat. Mexican Bonds have been done at
22i to 1, and Peruvian at 701. Spanish 3 per
Cents. are 38, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 38.
Russia 5 per Cents. are worth 95, and Dutch 4
per Cents. 90/ to 90g.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6& to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 22a to 22i ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto,
S per Cents., 51 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto,
42. per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18/ to 18-i ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37/ to 38/ ; ditto,
Certificates, 5 to 5± ; ditto, Passive, 4,1 to 41.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under
1854. 1853.
Great Western
North-Western
South-Aestern
Brightrirr 15,243 12,354
Midland
17,087 16,070
South-Eastern
12,095 10,230
Caledonian
Great Northern 22,050 18,773
Lancashire and Yorkshire
The Railway Share Market is not very buoyant,
and prices are lower than they were on Tuesday
for one or two of the principal lines. The Caledo-
nian, however, are rather good, and Eastern Coun-
ties,
Eastern Union, North-Western, and Midland
are in fair request at fuller rates. The Foreign
Shares have been steady, and the Canadian are still
asked for. •
St. John del Rey Mine Shares have advanced,
and Santiago are very firm.
In the Joint-Stock Bank Shares a large business
has been done. The English, Scottish, and Aus-
tralian are /to A por Cent. higher. The London
Chartered of Australia have risen 10s. to 11.
The Australian Agricultural Land Shares are
more elastic, and in the other Land Companies'
there have been increased dealings.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Front the Odd List.)
atuiness done.
Bank Stock 2ll 12i
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93g
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94i g i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 24 per Cent. Annuities ........ . B3
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Stock
Consols for Account 14th Nov. 94g g g
Axchegner Bills, lid.
21000 ,.. 8 5 9
.£5OO
&nal'
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. 994 100
Ditto 1859,
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK,
31exican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account
Peruvian Bonds, 4# per Cent. 22 B i
70
portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto ex. all over due Coupons 3B
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 95
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............
Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent 3B
TarkishScrip 6 per cent
, nyldends on the shove payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2? per Cent. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . ,
HALF-PAST TWO.

Consols ...........eeomat .................................. 94i
Ditto November

100
8Q

50
50
20
20

all
all
all
16

20
10
12t
St.

812 s

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100
all
22

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171.,
all
all
1

100
100
all
all

20
20
50
20

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,111$.

10
5
20
20

all
3
8
2a.

100
20
25
25
25

all
10
12
all
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VISIT OF THE BAND OP THE FRENCH GIIIDES TO it"
THE BANK, TOWER, &C.—Yesterday morning, about 11 20
o'clock, most of the members of the Band of the,French 20
Regiment of Guides proceeded in omnibuses—specially
retained for the service—to visit the Bank, the Royal 50
Exchange, the Tower, and the pocks, in all of which 50
they were welcomed. Their passage along the streets 100
created much sensation ; in many instances they were 100
loudly cheered, and their salutations in return evinced
ro
a pure reciprocity of feeling. Many by preference went
aloft, and they, consequently, became the admired and 20
the admirers. It was somewhat unfortunate, however, 25
that it was the first of November, and a true London
fog set in at mid-day to counter-balance the last and 100
finest
day of October. The band are under orders to 10
return to Paris on Friday. 6
0 The Courier du Pas de Calais states that the post-
office authorities have given strict orders not to have 252
I
English newspapers admitted at Calais and Boulogne 50
',AlenC brought by any other means than by the nail.
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S A E rti K. 174 °I 6.
(TIIIS_DAY.)

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILVATB.

Siberdeen.

Alubg. Nottng. Bost:
and Eastu. Junet...
Belfast & Ballymena.
Birming. Wolverh.
Stour Valley
Birkenhd. Laucsh.

Cheshire Junet

,Do. Chesh. dt Birk.,
1 £5O and £25 Cons.
......
Blyth &Tyne original
£25 (issd. at £45;
(Bristol and Exeter..,

Caledonian
Cainaartheu and Car
digan
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black, & Pass
Cornwall
Crieff Junction

Dublin&BelfastJunc
Dundee Perth&Aber•
deen Junction

IDo. New ...... ~.....

East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, A

Stock .......
De., B. Stock
Do., New A
East Lancashire
Edinburgh& Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles
Edin. Pr th & Dundee
Forth & Clyde June.
Glasgow & S. Western
Great Northern
Do., A. Stock
Do., B. Stock
Gt. Sth. &West.(lre )
Great Western
Do. Stour Val. Rail

Gua. Stk

Irishe a Ss
toeurt hse- Ecaas tic
Carlis
le
Do., Thirds
Do. New Thirds ...
Lancash. andYorksh
Do., Fifths
Do., Wst. Riding Un
Liv. Crsby. &Soutlipt
London & Blackwal
Lond. Bright & S.Cst.
Loud, and N. Westn,
Do. Fifths
0.10/. 5h.,M&8...(
Do. Eighths
London and S. Westn.
Do., .450
Do., £4O
Lindrrydt Coleraine
Linindrry. & Ennisk.
Ytanch.Shef.& Lincln
Do., Man. & Lin. Un
1 Yfidland

Do. Birmng. & Derby
slidld. G. West. (Ire.)
Do. Half Shares
Newcastle & Carlisle
Newmkt.Bury Eaten
Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry Warrenpoint
and Rostrevor
Norfolk
Northn.Counties Un
North British...
North Devon, No. 1,11
Do., No. 2
A Deferred )
Do., B Guaranteed
N. Eastern—Bernick
Do. do. Extension
Dodo. G.N. E. Parch.
Do. Leeds .........
Do. York
North London
Do. New £lO
N.&S.Wstrn. ,Hamp-
stead, and City Jn
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester
Oxford, Worcester, Sz
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrewsby. dz Herefd
Shropshire Union
Do. A, B, C,& D,full)
paid up at per cent
South Devon
South Eastern
South Wales
S. Yrksh. 6c Riv. Dun

Do
Staines, Wok. &W

- ,
'tockton & Darling.
Stockton & Hartlepl
Taff Vale
Do. £lO shares.
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway
Vale of Neath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford&Limerielc
West Cornwall
West End of London
and Crystal Palace
West London

Wimbledn &Croydon'

(Closing Prices
yesterday.

FOREIGN.

Antworp&Rotterdam
Belgian Eastn. June
Beziers to Graissessac
Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Scrip
Central of Italy
I)emerara
Dijon and Besancon
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Do. New
East Indian
Do. Extension
Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay
'57, convertible
Do. do. do., '59, do
Gd. Jnnct. of France
Gd. Tk of Canada.A. is.
Do. do
Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.

Do. Cert. of Deben.,
con. into Stk. till '63
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do.
Gt. Central of France
Gt. Indian Peninsula
Do. New 5 per cent.
Gt. Western of Canada

Shares _ __

payable's7,
with option till '55..
Do. do., '62, p. '56...
Do. do., '76, p. '60...
Do. do., '73, without

option..
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c.

pref
Great Luxembourg
Constituted Shares
Do. Obligations
Lyons and Geneva 1
Lyons d: klediterran

Madras
Do. New
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New

'Melbourne Dk. & Ry.
Namur & Liege (with

interest)
Do. (ex interest)

Northern of Frsinee..
D 0.20/. Shs.late Char-
leroi and Erqueliues
guar. 3a p. c. & red.
at 22,11. dur. 88 yrs.
front 1 Jan. 1854.:..

....._ _ _
Do. 201. 3 p. c Bd.
(fmy.B.& Ams.Shs.:
NorwegianTrunkPre:

Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orloans

Paris and Rouen
ParisCaen & Cherbrg
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
Do. 54 p. cent. Pref
Southern of France
St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do 54 per c. Prof
Western of France
West. of Switzerland
Wiesbaden
Zealand .

JOINT-STOI

Nustralasia ....... ....
British Colonial Bank

and Loan Company
British N. American
Chart& Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Bnk. of India,

Australia, & China
Colonial
Commercial of Loud
English Scottish and
Australian
Loud. Chart. Bk. of
Australia

London and County..
London Joint Stock..
Lond. & Westminster
INational Provincial

of England
IDo. N©w

National of Ireland,
Now South Wales
Oriental Bank 01
Corporation

Provincial of Ireland
Do. New

Royal Australn.Bkg.
& Gold Imp Co ,
South Australia
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of Loudon...,