The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-02 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur of to-clay publishes the follow.
ing

BAYONNII, Sept. 30, 1.16 p.m.—Their Ma-
jesties left at half-past 12 o'clock for Bordeaux.
From Biarritz to the railway station the road was
crowded with. people, who loudly expressed their
affection for their Majesties and their regret at
their departure."

" BOIDEAMX, Sept. 30, 5.8 p.m.—Their Ma-
jesties the Emperor and Empress and the Prince
Imperial arrived safely at Bordeaux at 4.35 p.m."
The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived in Paris :

" MARSEILLES, 30th (Evening).—Marshal Ran-
don has left Algiers to assume the command of the
expedition destined to operate against the Kabyles.
The insurgent districts have already been proceeded
against by General Yusuf, supported by the divi-
sion of General Renaud, and their submission may
be shortly looked for. From Constantinople we
learn that the Sultan is about to be invested with
the various orders sent to him by the Queen of
England and the Kings of Prussia and Portugal.
Albania is overrun by banditti, and the cantons of
Greece are in an equally troubled condition. Gen.
Chesney is occupied with the plans for the railroad
to be constructed on the line of the Euphrates, and
instructions have been forwarded to the Turkish
authorities to afford him aid and protection in his
labours. The Affghans, now devastating two Per-
sian provinces, have as their leader the son of Dos t
Mohammed, who is the ally of England. Notwith-
standing the important arrivals of wheat which
have recently taken place, a sudden rise in price
has occurred of from lfr. 50c. to 2fr. the 16 deca-
litres. This unexpected rise has been caused by
the necessity of replacing the grain already deli-
vered, as well as by the renewed reception of unfa-
vourable advices from the Sea of Azoff."
The Constitutionnel begins to speak more like a
French newspaper than a Russo-German journal.
After remarking on the singularity of a crusade
undertaken against the principle of intervention in
foreign s46ates by a power which has attained its
present vast proportions only by a judicious adapta-
tion of that very principle, thus continues :
"By what right, might we inquire, can the Russian
Dover ament offer to judge the conduct of the allied Powers
towards the King of Naples ? What can authorise it to
judge prematurely acts which do not exist, intentions
w.nich have perhaps not been formed, and of the certainty
,if which it cannot be acquainted ? How can it talk of a
/ pressure exercised on a monarch 1 The allied Powers
have never intended to interfere with violence in the
internal affairs of Naples. England and France have
offered certain representations in the name of outraged
humanity and in,the view of Italian tranquillity. Austria
took part-in these representations, and participated in
the same efforts. When Count Walewski, in the last
sittings of the Congress of Paris, raised his voice, and
called the attention of European governments to what
was passing at Naples, the representatives of Russia did
not protest. No, they maintained silence, as if the noto-
rious character of the facts had convinced them. The lan-
guage now attributed to the Russian Government, there-
fore, appears to us inconceivable. The same refers
also to the remarks on Greece ; when her waters were
given up to piracy, when the whole country was a prey
to the most fearful brigandage, were not the measures
adopted by the Western Powers dictated by the strictest
necessity 1 And who would dare contest to-day the ex-
cellent effect produced by these measures on the
country and its inhabitants 1 It would; moreover, be
extraordinary were the Russian Government to in-
terfere in this question at a moment when circum-
stances appear changed, and when the protecting
Powers are about to deliberate on the situation of
this State. Such are the motives which leave us to
hesitate in accepting as authentic the despatch attributed
to Prince Gortschakoff ; it might be added that such
a document would be rather ill-timed at the solemn
moment when the representatives of the allied Powers
are the guests of his Sovereign, and when so much
deference and courtesy have been heaped by tbem
on their former adversary. But, if in spite of its sus-
picious appearance, this document is at the bottom exact,
what is to be concluded ? That Russia has renounced
none of her pretensions, and again menaces the tran-
quillity of the world ? This we assuredly do believe.
Neither the value nor the bearing of a document must
be exaggerated which is addressed by a Minister to his
own agents, and was doubtless not destined to receive
the publicity given to it. We shall, however, soon be
made acquainted with the true nature of this document,
and the Government of France and England will not
fail to reply to it, if necessary. In the meanwhile we
would fain believe that Russsia, a wise and skilful
Power, has not adopted towards the two great States,
which do not intend to weigh with force on any Power,
a tone of menace which is in no way calculated to re-
move the present difficulties."
BOURSE, Oct. The following were the lad
quotations

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Cash. fr. e.
4i per Cents 9O
3 per Cents 66 45
New Loan 67
Bank Shares 4,000 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,550 Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes
Piedrnontese (5) 9O Home Debt ......,4

RAILWAYS-NOR CASE:.

fr. c. fr. a.
Orleans ... .. . ......... 1,290 50 Wester-. 892 50
Northern •—c 950 -- Strasburg
Lyons • 50 Now Ditto ......... 792 50
Mediterranean — Grand Central...... 620
Lyons Gonova 730 Teste
Cette

SWITZERLAND.
The Grand Council of Neuchatel has voted, by
a majority of 48 to 31, the dissolution of the bour-
geoisie, the creation of a municipality, the expul-
sion of the compromised clergy, and the dismissal
of officials who had secretly or openly aided the
late insurrection.
Swords of honour have been voted to Colonels
Denzler and Girard,
The following is the address to the Federal
Council, voted by the Grand Council of the Canton
of Neuchatel, in its sitting of the 27th of Sep-
tember :
"To THE SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL AT BERNE.
"Most honoured Sirs.—The Grand Council of the
Republic of Neuchatel has just met for the first time
since the sanguinary events which have disturbed the
Canton, and its first sentiment was one of gratitude to
the Federal Council, which gave so worthy and so ener-
getic a support to one of the members of the Confede-
ration in danger, and to the whole Federal Assembly for
its spontaneous and warm sympathy.
"The Grand Council, gentlemen, therefore, does not
hesitate to say that it is the interpreter of the immense
majority of the Neuchatel population in thanking you_
in thanking the Confederation for the truly Federal and
determined attitude assumed at the first news of the out-
break of the insurrection. it is not Firrply the independ.
ence of a canton ; it is the honour of the Federal flag
which was threatened. You understand this as we did,
and we are happy to feel that we were not wanting in
our duty towards Switzerland, to which we are proud
to belong.
"Whatever may have been the different forms under

which Neuchatel was linked to Switzerland, it has al-
ways shown that it regarded Switzerland as its real, its
only country. Every political period drew these bonds
closer, until, in 1848, it proclaimed its independence,
and took its place in the Federal Union free from all
foreign ties. From that moment, gentlemen, our former
relations with a foreign Prince became simply matters of
history • we henceforward recognised but one public
law—that of Switzerland ; and we reject, and will al-
ways reject, as the Confederation itself would do, every
pretension of a nature to re-establish an order of
things which the people repudiated in 1848, in vir-
tue of the right which every people has to select
the form of Government best suited to its instincts and
to its happiness.
"Let us hope, gentlemen, that the mad attempt of
September will be the last, and that certain men will at
last understand that the past cannot be remodelled, and
that a people who have gained their independence cannot
be drawn backwards, any more than a man who has
gained his manhood can be drawn back to childhood.
"Be assured, gentlemen, that Neuchatel will show
itself worthy of the sympathy which the Confederation
has shown it, and that it will know how to make use of
its victory to realise new progress in the Democratic life
which is that of all Switzerland.
" In the name of the Grand Council,
"EUG. HUGUENIN, President.
" ALF. DUBOIS' "A. RIBAUX, Secretaries.
"Neuchatel, Sept. 27t"

SPAIN
The Madrid Gazette of the. 27th ult. contains a
royal decree, issued on the report of the Minister
of Grace and Justice, which enacts that in order
that thq most meritorious ecclesiastics may be
chosen for the higher offices of the Church, nomina-
tions of dignitaries shall be made from a list drawn
143 by the Chamber of Royal Patronage.
The Efoja Autografa, aeemi-official organ,deolares
that it is not true as has been reported that the state
of siege is to be raised on the 10th of the present
month. All officers of the army residing at Madrid
who did not present themselves to the authorities
in the coup d'etat of the 14th July, and those who
having presented themselves do not possess property
or families in the capital, had been ordered to leave
Madrid, and to reside at a distance of 20 leagues
from it. Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte had visited
Bilboa to make philological researches respecting
the Biscayan idiom. He afterwards left for Du-
rangs, Ermua, Azpeitia, and Zaranz, where he is
to make similar researches. The Epoca says—
" The relations between the Spanish Cabinet and those
of France and England could not be more cordial and
satisfactory than they are. The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs has received very satisfactory replies from Berlin
and Vienna to the despatches sent by our Government
on the recent political changes in Spain. They congra-
tulate the Government on its conciliatory, moderate, and
firm policy."

A letter says—
" The sequestration on the property of Queen Christina
has been removed by royal ordinance."

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Valetta, R. Roberts master,
with the mails from India and China, arrived at
Marseilles at 9 a.m. this morning. The mails are
to leave for London at 10 p.m.

THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE BUN.

Dr. Cullen presents his compliments to the Editor o:
Me Sun, and begs to request the insertion of the follow.
ing letter on the above subject.
11, Royal Exchange, Sept. 23, 1856,

" Brompten, Sept. 15, 1856.
" Dear Sir,—l have received and read your letter on
the Darien Ship Canal.
"I am well acquainted with the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the Isthmus of Darien, having been profes-
sionally engaged thereon, as well as on the River Atrato
from its mouths in the Gulf of Darien to its headwaters
in the province of Choco, New Granada, and the moun-
tain regions on both sides of that river. •

" My opinion of the practicability of a ship canal across
the isthmus is derived only from a general and not a
particular knowledge of the elevations existing between
the Atlantic and Pacific. Now, I think that San Miguel
is the only harbour on the Pacific coast at all suited to
be the canal port on that side, aed that, whatever route
be adopted, San Miguel must be the terminus on the
Pacific side, as there is no other on that coast suitable.
It is a very fine harbour. _

" On the Atlantic side, without taking into account
Port Escoces, the whole gulf of Darien may be called a
harbour, having plenty of water and good anchorage,
and being well sheltered from the strong wind from the
east prevailing about November.
" The appearances of the land (from sea) on both sides
of the Isthmus, I think, fairly warrant one in believing
that there exists a valley pass through the Cordillera. I
am of opinion that the land near to the mouths of the
Atrato would be found to furnish a better route than
that from Port Escoces, or, at least, the land between
that port and the western mouth of the Atrato.
"I am well aware that to express an opinion on the
impracticability of the Darien route, when such route has
never as yet been subjected to a particular or accurate
survey by instruments and competent parties, would be
perfect madness. It seems to me to be the only natural
route for such an undertaking, and my engineering ex-
perience would not lead me to trust a mere ramble in
the bush to condemn it.

" It must be made a subject of close survey ; the world
would not be satisfied with less, and any one acquainted
with the dense forests and undergrowth of the Isthmus,
where you have to cut every inch of your progress, knows
that a survey would be a work of time. Ido not some-
times wonder at hasty opinions of impracticability from
engineers when shut out from the comforts of civilised
life, exposed also, it must be confessed, as experience has
sadly taught us, to the Indian's arrow, and cutting their
steps as they proceed with much labour.
"A light but elongating ladder might be taken along
with a surveying party, and raised at times far above
the tallest monsters of the forest ' - the bearings of the
most suitable route would by such means be discovered,
and then a proper survey could be made.
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" Edw. Cullen, Esq., M.D., 11, Royal Exchange."