The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-27 00:00:00

(FEB ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

- SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived—Rainbow, from Quebec ; Charlotte and Star,
from Guernsey.

Sailed—Donegal, for Cardiff; Caledonia, Sunderland.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.
Wind S.E.

Arrived—Hound, from Bombay • Meridian, New Or-
leans; America, Quebec; Tonowanda Philadelphia ; Ame-
rican Union, New York; General Simpson, St. John's,
N.B. ; Pioneer and Parmattee, Pictou ; Lucy Wright and
Fortune, Callao ; Annie, Prince Edward's Island ; Chal-
lenge, Labrador.
WATERFORD, Sept. 25.
Wind N.N.W.
Arrived—Nancy, from Miramichi.
Sailed—Henrietta, for Cuba.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.35 a.m.
Wind S., tide three hours flood, fresh with rain.
Arrived, Sept. 26.—Her Majesty's steamer Buffalo from
Balaklava ; Lady Catherine Barham, Jamaica ; Ariel,
Algoa Bay ; American Eagle, New York; Le Coq, Cher-
bourg; Margaret, Callum.; Arabian, Demerara; Chrichton,
Taganrog ; London, Dem?. ; Thomas Hamlin, Demerara.
Arrived, Sept. 27. —Alice, from Donia ; Andante, Nas-
sau ; British Tar, Oporto ; Comet, Madeira ; St. Croix,
Jersey ; Gesina, Taganrog ; Scottish Maid, Callao ; Ad-
venture, South Seas ; Agnes, Jamaica ; Ellorgild, Quebec.
Sailed.—City of Norwich, steamer, for Tonning ; Pro-
gress, St. Petersburg.
DEAL, Friday, 10.20 a.m.
Wind S., a gale.
Anchored, Sept. 26. —Swan, for Denia ; Anna, Con st an ti-
nople ; Sultana, Liverpool; Eliza, Newport —all from
London ; Waltham, for Charleston, from Hull.

THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND ITS CURRENCY.—A
correspondent, signing himself " Preetrade," in a letter
to the Times, says :—" Permit nit: to defend the East,
India Company from the condemnation which you have
passel on its currency measures in your money-market
article of to-day. You condemn the company for refusing
to imitate the example of the United States, which has
substituted a gold for a silver currency. The fact is that
those Governments of the United States which profess to
pay the interest on their debts practically confiscate
P per cent. of such interest, so great is the difference
between the real and nominal value of the American gold
eagle. Our early kings debased the coin. In more mo-
dern times the same fraud has been committed by over-
issues of bank notes. The substitution of one currency
for another of less value is equally fraudulent. We pro-
mise to ray in silver, and we break that promise, whether
we pay in debased silver, in inconvertible paper, or in a
different metal of less value. The East India Company
has no wish to provoke a mutiny in its native army. The
native money-changers would immediately take advan-
tage of any change in the currency, and assist in accele-
rating the rise in the value of silver. The issue of
debased silver tokens would fill the Sepoy's mind with
distrust, and imperil the security of our empire.".

* These, which I saw, and in the drawing up of which
I was consulted by Admiral Sir G. Seymour, on board
H.M.S. Cumberland, in Port Royal Harbour, simply said,
with reference to me, " You are to convey Dr. Cullen to
the coast of Darien."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EASTERN COUNTIES.

The committee of shareholders appointed at the last
meeting of this company have formally requested the re
tirement of Mr. Fane, Mr. Packe, and Mr. Anderson
from the board, in order to make room for four new di-
rectors to be selected by the committee, subject to the
approval of a general meeting of the company to be con-
vened for the purpose.