The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 2, 1856

mainder of his life in comp trative, although in-
glorious, ease. But is it is, with his four task
masters playing at cross-purpases, he will be kept
in continual hot water, and not permitted to
enjoy a quiet hour. Tile matter eventuating to
the honour of all parties concerned, the continued
cordiality between the Allies, and the high com-
pliments to the dignity and firmness, as well as
to the conciliatory conduct of the British Plenipo-
tentiaries, were all matters that might have been
anticipated. But the nation requires something
more than pompous platitudes or vague generali-
ties, however gracefully delivered. It wants the
evidence on which these assertions are funded,
that it may be enabled to judge for itself of their
accuracy, and have adequate data to qualify it to
arrive at correct conclusions.

ITEST NEWS.

Yang- fze Kiang; the enemy confining himself to
the sditilfSecc ion of the province, which, be it ob-
s-rved, is Can t ig,inus to Kiang Si. On the right, in
Kiang Sn, it we may trust reports,disease has gr(a ly
enfeebled the garrison of C;tin-keang, whileNanking
has failed in an, attempt to succour it; its early re-
capture would not therefore surprise a tyone. In the
centre, places held for ieighteen months have been
abandon d by the rebels ; the troops moving south
in pursuit. But a large city in the extreme n: r h
of the province; and, as, it ware, in rear of the Im-
perialist army, has been attacked by rebels, styled
of Kiang Nan—so particularised, possibly, to dis•
tinguish them from local banditti of the same de-
nomination as. these who infested lin Nan some
years ago—who have been troublesome and vic-
torious in different parts of the province.
'Behind the Yang-tze Kiang, 4peaking with refer-
ence to Peking, to warts which we assume the tide
of insurrection to flow', peace,it is to be feared,
is le:s prOabla than ever.. 'Ve heard in August
of the Eastern King, Yang's, presence at Hwui-
chart, in Ngan Hwui ; he was then said to be lead-
ing 60,000 men' to Kiang Sf. The Gazettes pre-
sently admit•that the latter province has been in-
vaded by rebels from Ngaq Hwui • also by .some
from Kwang Tung ; by some from Kwang Si, who
haver fled throngn Bar Nin itself. Add to this
that it is commonly believed that the pirate Ho
Aluh, one of the leaders in the'attempt on Canton
last wint has pushed through from the east coast
of Kwang Tung to join the Nanking insurgents in
Kiang Si; while, if thattoops,lloWclosingfroin north
and west on Wu chang in Hu Peh, compel those
of that province to retreat, they will; it is to be
expected, for:a certainty retreat on Kiang-Si. We
may indeed err in conclusion in Chinese matters.
As if Kiang-Si had not enough to do at home, we
read of a detachment of its troops crossing its
frontieratuleapturing a town 'in the rebel rear.
A body of the Canton rebels paasing west appeared
'in Kwang-Si--some Months since, and seized the
city of Sin-chau ; and Kwang-Tung itself, except
in the central prefaeture,,where the axe seems to
have enforced su7imission, is unquiet in the east,
west, and north.
In the far west 'of the empire, Kwei Chau has
been invaded by the abOriginal Miaou-tz, who
dwell on its inner borders ; and in Sz °limn, a
scarcity of rice had caused an outbreak in several
districts. The Si Fan, western savages, a stand-
ing sore, had been troubling the frontier, and a
very recent rumour has reached us of a misunder-
standing attend,tl with very eerinus consequences
between the ChineSe and Manchu high officials of
the province. Tha details pass belief, and for the
Present: we withhold them.

MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, 8.15 A.M.

The Borysthene has arrived, with advices from
Constantinople of the 25th, and from the Crimes
of the 22d ult. She has brought 150 soldiers.
Admiral Symonds died on the passage from
Malta on board the steamer Nil. The body was

landed yesterday evening.
The transport Balance is leaving for Kamigsh.

BERLIN, MARCH 31, EVENING.

M. Von Derheydt, who exercises the functions
of President of the Council during the absence of
M. de Manteuffel, communicated to the two

We protest against this silence as a gross and
deliberate insult to the representative or demo-
cratic system of Government, as being far better
suited to the atmosphere of St. Petersburg, of
Vienna, or of Berlin, where the expression of the
sovereign will is all that is required, than of Lon-
don, Where the monarchy is supposed to be
limited. It-may be essential that the negotia-
tions should in the first instance be carried on
secretly, without each point being canvassed in
Parliament ; but to state that the mystery is to
be Maintained until everything has been finally
and irrevocably concluded, and the United King-
dom is bound by stipulations on which there was
no opportunity afforded for an expression of opi-
nion by either Rouse, is a monstrous and uncon-
stitutional delusion, that, should not for a mo-
ment be tolerated. It may do , very well under
the j German models, to which we are rapidly
assimilating, but it should not be submitted to
by those who arrogate to themselves the proud
title of freemen. We trust that some
independent member may be found to give ut-
terance to the general expression of disgust `and
indignation at a course so totally oppeefd to the
very essence of the representative system.
We can easily conceive the grounds on which
the agreement for secrecy was entered into. To
the absolute and irresponsible Powers represented
at the Conferenca it must Wave been a matter of
profound indifference when the terms were an-
nounced to the world. They have no monitors
to whom th 4 hold themselves accounietble, and
are well aware that peace on any terms, or on
any conditions, would be acceptable to their sub-
jects, but not so in England. It has been more
than hinted that the provisions and stipulations
will be exceedingly dis,astefat to the British
People—that all the sacrifices of men and money
so cheerfully submitted to have been made in
vain—that we end precie.ely where we begun,
with nothing to show for the lives of tens of thou-
sands of our gallant countrymen, or of tens of
millions of pounds sterling wasted in the fruitless
enterprise ; that in fact, as we recently staked, out
victories and undiminished resources are their own
reward—the defeats .of the Czan, the losses of
Russia." Now it m-ay be very desirable to let
the time slip by until the public indignation has'
consumed itself, so that the results of the an-
nouneement of the real truth may be discounted
at a month's date.: Any expression of disappro
bation will be met by the reply, "Oh, you do
not yet know what has been achieved, wait' for
ume little time, and then you will have amp'e
makerials for any course you may think proper to
,pursue." It was by a similar policy, equally cue-
fling and contemptible, that Sir CHARLES WOOD
contrived to shelve the monetary question, when
the national mind was strongly agitated on the
all-important topic. And the same course is now
adopted, in order that the general displeasure may
be appeased. If the trick succeed it should have
{teen a tI,MVMLYa4. iiiktveafignEt rfoatim-i-o-st
fully and completely befooled.

Chambers the news of the conclusion of peace.
Count Tulenbourg and Prince Hohenlohe, in
their respective quality of President of the Cham-
ber of Deputies and President of the Chamber of
Nobles, replied to this communication by pointing
out the benefits of the pacific policy followed by
the King.- . '

Their remarks were received with loud accla.

mations.

The Imperial Russian Guard has received in•
structions to quit Poland, and retire to its usua]

quarters.

The investigation into the conduct of the ofd.
cers of the Russian army is'proceeding with grew

severity.

The official mgitary paper is filled with sen-
tences pronounced for various offences against

officers stationed in distant parts of the empire.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

We have'received by extraordinary express, 'in
anticipation of the overland mail, our papers from
India and Citing, bearing the following dates
Calcutta, Feb. 22 ; Bombay, March 5 ;and China,
Feb. 15. We subjoin extracts : • •
(Pr:oin the Overland Bombay Times. of March. 6.)
Svg:kr4ur.—qhe arrangements for the adminis-
tratiou of the affairs of Onde proceed as tranquilly
and peaceably as 'if the kingdom annexed a fort-
night since had been one of the old provinces of
the empire, undergoing a' slight transformation in
itsorganisatien. The 'selections of the new officials
are said to he judicious. There seems no reason to
apprehend but that everything will goon smoothly
and auspiciously. The Calcutta Gitizon states that
the number of soldiers whose'arrears have to-he paid
tip amount to 70,000, and the sum due to 48,00,000
rupees. The amount found in the various trea-
suries of the Ouds kingdom amounts to 28,00,000
rupees, which, according to the balances as entered
ia the Treasurer's books, shows a defalcation of
39,00,000 rupees. This alludes to the current
Fuzlee year. It is suspected-that the King, Minis-.
ter,. .and .Eunuchs have made away with .the
& nount, and buried it in secret vaults. A very large
treasure, sail to aniount to 150,00,000 rupees,
is reported to have been buried . between the 19th
and..27th January under some plum trees in the
Dili-K ash palace. Gen. Oatratn, it is asserted, has
token the hold step of arresting Waji,l Alli Shah
radshahi as an a ,comp'ice in the sanction of the
state frauds. The King's ladies buried almost all
their jewels three weeks b,-fore :he annexation. The
S ;nthala continue to wander about in the jungles,
still alarming the villagers, but abstainine from
leels of violence, and it will probably take some
time before they finally settle down. Tranquil-
lity appears to prevail along our north-west fron,
tier. A somewhat singular but highly effective
easure has been had recourse to, by M,jor
Edwardes the Commissioner, to repress violence.
In February, 1855, the robber tribe of Bassec-Kitil
burst forth upon our villages, and murdered 18 of
the people. - Their glen was accessible only by a
single path; and iu place of attacking them With'
an aria.3,l force the gorge was blockaded, and sup-
plies of salt and other necessaries cutoff, until they
were brought to term,. These were, that they
'should bring six thousand tons of firewood—an
Article ia which the country abounded, and which
was requ.red by our troops—to the spot where the
outrage was committed. The arrangement was
assented to; bat the task proved so onerous and
irksome that, after being in part performed, pe!
wood paid in a fine of money. Thie e-a, refused,
it being determined to k a3p them at hard labour,
instead, as the punishment that was m ,st annoy-
ing to them, and most likely to prevent . future
outrages. Tidings front Burmah continue.
satisfactory, .and l r 'found tranqudlity reigus,
throughout British Julia. Nothing has -been
heard since our last frern the Persian Gulf, but
there seems no. reason to appr&iend further Luis-
ned,rstandiegs with the Si all: Toe reported cap
hire o' Herat by the Peisians—an event far from
being vet accertained—seerna to have awakened
the usual panic in England which' troubles in
Central Asia always arouse. It seeins to he for
gotten that, were the Russian army at Wrat,
t Free Months' march over one of the most difficult
r .uFes in the world requires to be effected before
the British frontier is attained, and that here ail
enemy advancieg from thus west, without guns,
commissariat, or organisation, beset on every side
by ferocious robber tribes thirsting for plunder,
,woubl encounter a hundred thousand British

- The Chinese are now returning from-their trip
to the Australian diggings. One batch of them,
114 in numbPr, per general Bl moo, brought on, it
is re?orted, no l-!ss,thi,n 12,000 oz.. of gold—about
nine pounds troy weight for each man.
Another hatch of them had taken passage for
Amov from this port a. Artcao lorcha, No. 124,
w!,ich was attacked and Pilo hired on the Bth inst.
TliP poor fellows lost above $5,000.
A third party, of 171, by the. Cornwall, brought
30,0001. 7( r• h of gold.

COM IEPCIAL T&TELLIGENC
. IMPORT 3.

rorrov PIECE' 00hq ^ hirlings. A decline 01
5 qta a p': o n medium kinds.

COTTON YARN•—iO > J 14Vd been taken, but lif,tle
inquiry exists at present fur this staple. Prices show a

COTT.% —Traniactions have Item small.
L,. N. —S ocks are liitht.
ME rALs. I) on has still further advanced.
EXPORTS.

TEAS.—Price' are, lower by fully 1 tael. Stock, 188
f a hich 1:30 ate old, and 53 new crop. Sonchong
ha{ wet a trifling demand, principally for shipment to
tors.nee. Plain orange pekoe, the low prices have enticed
buyers, and fully 030 half-cheits have been settled at
nre%ions r ,tea, say tel 12 to 15. These have been shipped
to England and the 'United States. Market bare of really
good qualities, and prices of these descriptions have, in
con-equence of the pressure for money, ruled very low of

SlDS.—There is no change to notice in prices from las'
in, nth.

SUGAR.—White shows arise of 65 cents on last month's
rates ; sales 1000 Decals.' Brown $3.8 ) to $3.90, au vanced
12) to 15 cents. The new crop is expected to be short of
list year's pro laciton.
EXCHANGE avn'ETTLLTON.—On London, previous to the
Chin se New Year, considerable transactions took place,
th- ra 9 advancing from-ss.'to ss. 2d., but has again de.
dined to Ss. Oid., for first class paper and American
credits. East India, Co,' p ny's Accepted Bills, a
few sale ware made at R 122 n Oriental Bank C( rpors-
f ion, on Loa,:on six months' abut, 4s. 11d. ; on Bombay,
days' sight, R. 230'; on Calcutta, three days' sight,
R. 228.

_ -
ATIANGITAT MARKET, FEB 5.
IMPORT3.—In cotton and other go,ds tne.re is nothin
par, l';el:Lr to notice.

FXI'ORTS.—In teas the business in the early part of the.
month was consid •rable for till time of year, hollers
,evici inz considerable anxiety to dispose of their stocks at
reduced rates ; but on till near approach of the New Year,
:none firmness has prevailed, and teamen prefer holding in
the expectation of higher rates being offered after the ter-
initiation of the holidays.
, . he salfte,Al riff ratjl.ll:,LA rr,-,4nlar
nag wourable, but the necessities of sole iLuL tets,TA !lAN
thy, ne IT approach of their annual settling day, caused them
to give way, yet •evedthis has not led to heavy settlements,
and our stock is now reduced to. 600 bales. The total ship-
ments to all parts.is 31,969 bales, against 31,516 last year.

FRANCE. .
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
M. Fould, Minister of State, went yesterday to
the Senate to make a cominnnicAtion in the name
of the Ernp Tor,. At four o'clo;-1K the minister WAS
introduced Into thesalle with the usual ceremonial,
tnd read the folloWing message
" Messieurs les S6nateurs-,—l crime by order of the
Emperor to announce t pin that at one o'clock yester-
day, the pholip -rtrtntiari-s of Frarria, .Au,tria, Grew 116-
lain, Prussia, Russie, Sardinia, Turkey
affired their
s;gna'ure to the trevy which puts an end to t re pre., I,t
war, and which, by settliog the question of the Eas,.
establi-hes th- roiroc34 of Earop. on •olid anti durahl-
bas,s. The nicehane cif the r,:.•-tifl.o,ltion's will take. pl.oe -
at Paris in four weeks fir sooner, if it can be efr
In inAinz this net a's. known to you, the Emper ••
charges me to that.k you for the patriotic co-operati,
which you have constant), given him, and which, with
the admirable devotedness of the allied ar -nies ;poi fi,rt, I
has so I,lwer ully contributel o t4e favourable is,u,
th war."

ps in the highest c nlition, provided with
.every variety of equipment, and resting on their
own i-upplies. It, is surely a frightful satire on our
.mismanagement to fanny that the natives would
rise in favour of the invader. Malcontents in
India are without organisation, without leaders,
without 'arn24, and without money, and so
thoroughful distrustful of each other that half a
dozenof them caul l not meet without the convicti.iii
that there was a. traitor in the midst of them.
The, reports of panic in Lidia, in connection with
Persian violence or. Russian machinations, or of
military arrangements in progress or in .con
templation, -likely to be transmitted by this
ar3 without one 'shadow of founda.

.
This declaration was hailed by unanimous cries o'
Vcve ti:mprrear I The Pr sidttht then, in th,
llama of the Senate, aelnowledgA the c cnUtini
'Cation which halja t been male by he Minister
State. The hoyourable minister afterwards pro-
ctiede the ~-9,nsl,tive B. to make the swift'
(1,0 at'on. The. Presid -nt of the Le4islative
f3.,dy 4k,, I,tiliny,idedg 'd 'in the usual .manlier
mess ,ge brought by the Minister of State iu the
name of his Atiesiy.

ion. Bo tlr h e earlier and the fatter rains seem

ii.tve been defective everywhere, and serious,
apprehensions of a scarcity—which it is hoped will
not amMint famine—are entertained. the
advantages of the railway, though not 'yet. a year
in operation, seem to be beginning t manifest them-
selves in the .commerce of Bengal and 0 dcutta,
exports having, eiiefly on this account, increased
'considerably within the last six mouths. Large
meetings have occurred within the pa3t.fortniglit
in henourof the retiring Governor-General, both
.at Calcutta and Bombay. At the former, a statue
has been'sul vribed for. Lord Dalhousie resigned
the rains of Government to Lord Canning on the
29th of February, and will at once leave India,
proceediri direct to Stiez. Sir William' Gomm,
the lve Commander-in-Chiefin India, arrived yes 7.
terday from Kurrachee, and proceeds by _this
packet to Europe. As the gallant veteran has
only received some hundred thousand pounds. dur-
ing his five years' sleep la the Himalayas—all of
which he is understood to carry home with him

By imperial deerees Count Walewslii has been
r,ise.l to the raolc:_of Grand Cross of the Lezion of
Honour, in conserinenee of the emine t P;Prvii!es
which he has rendf.red a,s Minister of Fo, e;go
Aff tiri ; and Baron do Bourcoeney to the dig tit),
if Sanator, for his services during the late diplo
tnatie negotiati,ns.

Lieut.-Col. P. (le Valabregue, of the 3d Cuiras-
siers, Equerry tolhor Emperor, has been named
Colonel of the 6th Hus:ars. The Moniteur con-
tains decrees pro toting six lieutenant-colonels _in
the infantry, artillery, and gendarmerie to the
-rank of colonel ; and seven chefs do battaillon and
d'escadron to that of ieatenant-colonel.
'rue Emperor has just decided that the soldiers
of the class of 1848, who had been kept in the ser-
vice until the present time in virtue of the recruit-
ment law of March 21, 1.832, shall be dismissed to
their homes. The Minister of War has given orders
for this liberation to take place immediately.
Constitutionne/ say. ;—" It is stated that,
in order to accelerate and regularise the movement
of the vessels which will be charged to bring
hack to France the persons and the stores of the
French army of the East, Admiral Trehouart will
remain at Kamiesh on board the Bretagne, line-
of-battle ship; Rear Admiral Odet-Pellion will be
stationed at Constantinople ; and Rear-Admiral
Penaud will prioceed to Malta, where his flag will
be hoisted on board the Palinure. Capt. Darrieau
will have the c.nrnand of the French ships at
Messina, and another officer will fill a similar situa-
tion at
BOURSE, April j..---The following were the doe- .
ing quotations
Cask, e;• End of Month,
4i per Cents.... .... 94 —f. O.
3 .per Cents .......... ... 72 25 72 20
`New L0an....... . . 73
'Bank Shares..... ..
3, 500 -- Roman
rfidi t Mohi her. ... , 5 --- Austrian
Belgian Fives.
... . 9 -4-- Spanish Threes 44i
Tiedmontese(s)...... 94- some Debt 4o-
i CABH,
fr
Orleans
..... 1,300 C.
-- Western
902 FO
Northern ...... ... .:1,000 Strasburg
Lvons .......... New Ditto. B3i 75
Btediterraneen ..
... 1575 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva .4 -- ... 805 Teste
..
Cetto ............ 752 50 Austrian Corn. x'l7 50-

—it was not to be supposed could afford to
pay his pas Sage to the Presidency'!" so the steam
frigate Semiramis was despatched for his service
some six weeks ago, and has been waiting his plea-
sure ever since, at a charge of about some seven
thousand pounds to the state. Some sad exposUres
have just taken
place as to the 'delusive nature of
the system of education we have of late been par-
.
.suing at. , the Presidency. This measure, which,
seemed topromise so much, has from Indian job-
bery simply, been made the. means of expending
some fifty thousand a year on an extravagantly
paid and inefficient superintendence. Our money
market is easier than it, has been for some time

past, and the•state of trade is very much more en-
couraging' than' we have been able to report it-for

some months back.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.
(From the B2ngal HUrkaru.)
CALCUTTA, FEB. 12.

The arrival of intelligence from home by the.telegraph
has,been the cause of limited operations both in our itn-
Ports and exports. In the former there is no marked im-
provonept as to prices,, and in the latter, owing to the light
stock of the principal articles of, produce, holders have
shown some firmness in
There has been Do change in the money market since the
departure of the last mail; the commodity is nrocurahle
fo• .11 pmmosf-.8 of trade, bit still dear, conse-
q e :ton tLe high rates of interest nviiwained at the ::',auk
l:
'of Banba
The exchange E:i
on their demands.
gland has gone up, since the depar-
ture of the last wail, more particularly on the receipt of
news from home on the 16th inst. The present rates may
be quoted at 2.2 to 2.24 with credits, and 2.21 to 2.2 d
with 'shipping deicuments
TLh public .alktis Of Indigo b .ve been extensive, and corn.
-Prise in3arly 2,800 chests, chiefly of up-country produce and
native Benares. One or two Tirbpot marks still remain
for sale ; but it is uncertain when they will .130 brought
forward. There has been no alteration in prices.

MONTENEGRO.
The ast neutsche Post of Vienna quotes the fol-
lowing let'er from Montenegro :—" Three commis-
, 51 hers arrived at atttaro on the 19th March fr• m
Mostar,baviog been is .nt by the Paella of Herz
govina to hold a-conference with certain delegates
from Montenegro, to settle the frontier question,
and to agree upon the indemnities to be paid for
acts of violence and reprisals committed last year.
Both parties seemed desirous of coming to an un.
derstand;ng; :but a new event has just curred,
which is likety to prove a serious obstacle ; for the
Montenegrins: two days ago murdered eight Turks,
on prptence:a pzianging.the inhabitants of Schupa,
against whom, the Turks had committed some agta

CHINA.
• THE REBELLION IN CHINA.
• ( ,Prom the China M ail of Feb. 15.) -
. On. the rebel left, in xfu Cioyernmen np-."
lieatao b 0 iri police-Mimi bi 16.11 plaoes'north of tho ")