The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-01 00:00:00

RUSSIA,

A letter from St. Petersburl says Tbienwt.icier
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department is busily occupied 'in replacing
storehouses and arsenals the military stores, wb,r1136,
were mach diminished during the late war' a
manufactories of Tula and Set:xi:wink have rec—veof
large orders forthis purpose. The attribatiopslly
the Gov,rnor of the Caucasus have been elateria of
increased. There has been added to the duties of
that officer the superior direction of all the affair° 9e
the
the navy on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, tm
of the row-boat flotilla of the Sea of Azeff, tin
cruisers of tho Cauca,iian coast, and of the flee
the Caspian Sea. For this purpose the ao'verta,ff
of the Caucasus will have under his orders sot
of naval officers composed of a rear-admiral ofe
others of inferior grades. These measur9s Agin,
that Russia has not renounced her projects has
in
and will seek to recover on th at side what sile

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lost in the Black Sea." cc In
Another letter from St. Petersburg saYg
the government of Smolensk() all the su::,-ftetbe
civil functionaries have received, on account rd of
dearness of provisions, a sum equal to the 0,4
their salaries. It %las been decidedto aicro..
assistance of a similar amount to ecclesiasticaL
ployes, but only in case of absolute neeessitY;' d 10
in places where articles of food have doub'e t of
price. In the neighbourhood of Moseesc 111,°8,rt$
the streams are so hardly frozen. that loaded—
are able to cross them."

King at once accepted, though it was not in ac- THE WEST INDIA MAIL,
cordance with national customs for his Majesty of _
Bankok to accept hospitality at the hands of any ARRIVAL OF THE ATRATO. -
subject • yet the grand scale of the preparations in- , SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29.
duced him to commit, on this occasion, a breach of
royal etiquette. Tile Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato,e King's brother, however, had Captain Woolley, arrived this evening at 7.30
his suspicions about this grand entertainment , awl
advised the Kingo'clock, from the West Indies with the usual mails
was intended to do so not to gn, feeling‘ certain that it
in charge of Lieut. Morris, R.N., Admiralty agent.
me grievous bodily harm to , On her homeward voyage the Atrato experienced
him. The King, having accepted, did not like to , fine weather, with a heavy swell for a week.
betray symptoms of distrust, perhaps without i The latest dates brought by the Atrato are—
cause ; so resolved on an expedient, which was to [
send, dressed in his usual royal attire, which may
;Tampico
be presumed as prescribed for such an occasion, City of Mexico
Greytown — 5 Barhadoes
would be so bulky and extensive as to greatly con- Vera Graz — 6 Jacmel - 11
coal the person, a courtier who very much resem- Santa Martha ..... 7 Antigua — 12
bled the King in height, figure, and face. The Colon - 9 St. Kitt's ......... —.13
about midnight ; the pseuo King accordingly, Trinidad — 9 Nevis — 13
followed by the regal retainers and men of the Havana — 10 Porto Rico
court, arrived at that hour, and was at once con- Carthagena
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ducted to a throne prepared for his Majesty. No The Atrato brings on freight 459,315 dols. on
sooner had he seated himself than the whole affair ' merchants' account, 5,000 dols. for the dividends,
blew up, destroying this man who had been unfortu- 416,072 ounces of gold dust and bars, 2,2341. of
nate enough to he like the King, and seven other , plata prua, 1,8001. of jewellery, 67 serous of cochi-
Persons who stood near the throne. Thus was the neal, 28 serous of jalapa, 2,6001. of pearls, 1621. of
King of Siam's life saved by the sagacity of his old silver plate, 2 packages of vanilla, 169 bags of
brother; and a valuable life his is, for he is a very cocoa, 218 cases of cigars, 106 bales of tobacco, 3
enlightened man for an Asiatic, and can write a j cases of nutmogs, 15 packages of Panama hats, 6
letter himself in English. Whether this narrative, I bales of sarsaparilla, 2 cases of tortoiseshell, 50
which is believed to he strictly true, has appeared cases of succades, and a general cargo, consisting
in the Calcutta or other Indian papers, the writer of 67 packages.
of these lines knoweth not.", The latest news received at Vera Cruz is, that
Gen. Oriliuela, with a part of the garrison of the
city of Puebla, had pronounced against the dictato-
rial power of Senor Comontort, proclaiming the
Constitution of 1844, and the annulling of the laws
depriving the clergy and the army of their privi-
leges and ordering the property of the Church to be
sold by auction. The Government troops had made
their appearance at the city, and occupied many
important points, as in the event of the movement
not being quickly subdued it would extend itself.
It has been followed already by similar movements
at Tampico, Queretaro, and many other towns.
General Almonte has arrived, by the Atrato, as
the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of Mexico, to settle the Barron difficulty.
A large amount of specie is expected by the next
mail.

CHINA
SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT CANTON.
HONG KONG, Oct. 18.—The mail steamer Malta
left this on the 15th for Ceylon with the letters to
England. At tht time of her departure the chief
topic of interest was the state of the matters to the
northward, the progress of the rebellion, and the
disagreement between the United Stares consul
and the Chinese customs authorities at St'angbai
arising out of ale death of Mr. Cunningham.
Since the departure of the Malta public atten-
tion has been arrested by the serious state matters
have assumed at Canton, and the probability of a
rupture between our Government and the Chinese
arising. k,tut the frdowing circumstances. The
Chinese mandarins a vessel (lorcha) under
English colours, and cut oil ',le off the
crew. The British consul demanded au exp;ina-
tion, but the mandarins had thought proper to
give the consul no reply. Commodore B. Elliot,
of H.M.S. Sybille, seized a mandarin junk,
and sent her into Hong Kee 'from whence
she managed to escape during the night.
H. M.'s weamer Sampson, Commander Hands, with
H.M.S. Encounter, left ong Kong, at 1 p.m. to-
day (Oct. 18th) for Whampoa, with a large force of
marines and blue -jackets. Admiral Sir Michael Sey-
mour is fortunately on the spot, and, if we may
judge by his recent determined conduct at Japan,
he wi'd not be disposed to stand much, if any,
nonsense. It is both expected ai.d hoped that his
Excellency. Sir John Bowring will insist on the
Gates of Canton being opened this time, for until
free rslmittance is obtained into the city we cannot
look for that respect and security which guarantee
the continuance of peace and the advancement of
trade. The circumstance of our baying a large fleet
of ;hips of war in the Chinaseas offer a very favour-
able opportunity to adjust several matters which
have :remained long out standing.
The subjoined extracts from the Overland China
Mail, of the 15th instant, will furnish particulars
of eve: tits since last mail

The Overland China Mail has the following from
Shanf ;hai of the 7th October :
Mo. it exciting news is reaching us from the west and
north. Some of the accounts arc well authenticated;
others not so. Troubles thicken on all sides, both
among the imperialists and the insurgents.
The accounts of the advance of Mongols, Manchus,
Bantle rmen, and Imperial Commissioners, are as current
as eves but now quite stale ; and it is uncertain whether
ny of them are on the march. Meantime, the imperial
chest i s proclaimed empty, and all schemes to replenish
it hays been found unavailing. Pure silver is hard to be
got, Iv hile paper money iron cash will not circulate.
Great .concern is felt, too, in the capital, on account of
the sca,-city of provisions. Tii' stores at command are
not au tale, and the prospects of imcr.-ase are positively
Dad.

IThe latest intelligence from Nicaragua, received
via Aspinwall, is to the effect that everything is
quiet in tut ire;erior, and Walker has forces posted
at San Carlos, Zaripiqui, and other points.
Thosteamers of the Nicaragua line from New. York
and New Orleans had arrived, the former with 300
passengers and the latter with 29 for San Francisco.
The two steamers also brought 450 men for Walker,
well provided with ammunition, arms, and
provisions.
At Costa Rica the coffee crop is ripening and
promises to be a large one.
The news of the pillage of Granada by the allies,
which was received here by way of San Juan del
Norte, had not reached San Jose.
Files of papers to the 10th inst., from Jamaica,
furnish us with the following items :
" Thehealth of the island still continues very
unsatisfactory ; fever prevailing to a considerable
extent, and assuming, in the ease of newly-arrived
Europeans, the type of yello,v fever. Contrary to
all previously received opinions this type of fever
has prevailed, in au almost epidemic fever, at New
Castle Barracks, situated at an elevation exceeding
3,000 feet above the level of the sea."

COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES.
Ox LoNuoN.—Jamaica, and Colonial Banks-90
days, per cent, premium; 60 days, 1 per cent.
premium ; 30 days 1 per cent. premium. Private
bills, at par.
ON. NEW YORK.-60 days, 3 per cent, premium
on 4s. Merchants' bills, 1i per cent. premium.
We have dates from the South Pacific, viz.:—
Valparaiso, October 15 ; Callao, 26 ; and from
Melbourne to the 29th of August.
rue intelligence is extremely meagre.
From Chiii we learn that Government has deter-
mined to repeal the duties on the exportation of
copper. This duty produces at present about half
a million of dollars.

AMERICA.

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