The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-31 00:00:00

FRANCE.

A letter from Plombieres of the 27th says :
" The members of the Mutual Assistance Society
of Epinal, to the number of 93, arrived here yes-
terday morning in 18 vehicles, all dressed out in
flags for the double purpose of thanking the Em-
peror for the important donation which he
ai made to their Treasary on the occasion
of the baptism of the Prince Imperial, and
of expressing to his Majesty the wish
of the inhabitants of Epinal, that he would be
graciously pleased to visit the place if only
for a few hours. The Emperor, being in-
formed of the arrival of this deputation, came down
to the front of the house, and in a few words pro-
mised that their wishes should be complied with.
General Narvaez, accompanied by his aide-dc-
camp, paid a visit to the Empress at St. Cloud this
afternoon. It is stated that the answer General'
Narvaez received from the Spanish Government
was this : that he was at liberty to enter Spain if
convenient to him, but that his presence at Madrid
would not be desirable, as it might alarm the van-
quished party, who, at his appearance, would attri-
bute reactionary designs to the Government, which
notion it was the object of the Government to dis•
courage.
BOURSE, July 30.—The following were the latest
quotations

Cash. tr. 6.
t per Cents 93 7.'i
3 per Cents 7O 6 i
New Loan 7O 60
Bank Shares 4,050 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,555 Austrian
Belgian Fives 9B4— Spanish Threos
Eqedmontese (5) . 9O dome Debt

End of Month.
—f. —c.
70 G 5

RAILWAYS-FOR CASS.

87
87,
41
39

fr. c. tr.
Or/eans ......... 1,392 50 Western 963 75
Northern
Lyons,,, 1,420 New Ditto
Mediterranean...... 1,840 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva ...... 800 Testa ...... ~..
Cette BOO Austrian Com. 867 50

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 30.

The United States' mail steam-ship Baltic, Com-
stock commander, arrived in the Mersey at mid-
day, with advices from New York to the 19th inst.,
157 passengers, and $458,291 in specie on freight.
The United States' mail steam-ship Fulton, from
Havre, had arrived at New York, and the Royal
mail steam-ship Niagara, hence, at Boston, on. the
17th inst.

Our correspondent says : •
" The Senate has been occupied with the discus-
sion of the details of the Naval Retirinr, Board,
and other measures of local interest. The House
have disposed of all the cases growing out of the
assault on Mr. Sumner, and are busy with the con-
tested elections.
" A fugitive slava case has occurred in Boston.
The slave was liberated without any violence.
" General Gadsden has retired from the Mexican
mission, and Mr. Forsyth, of Alabama, has been
appointed in his place.
" The Old Line Whigs of Virginia have declared
for Mr. Fillmore, and the Massachusetts Whigs
have issued a manifesto of neutrality in the con-
test. The German Turnverein associations have
declared themselves in favour of Freemont. There
are 60,000 Turners, of whom 7,000 reside in the
Slave States. The Ilerall regards the movement
as important.
c The jury have not been able to agree in the
case of Herbert. He has been warned by the
Vigilance Committee not to return to California.
" The submarine telegraph of the New York,
Newfoundland, and Loudon Company has been
laid between Cape Ray and Ashby-bay, 86 miles.
" A frightful accident on the North Pennsyl-
vania Railway happened on the 17th.
" At 5 o'clock in the morning a special train of
10 cars left the Marshal-street depot with the schools
of St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, in Ken-
sington. The excursion party consisted of between
500 and 600 persons, the great majority of whom
were children. They intended proceeding to Fort
Washington, 141- miles from the city, where they
were to enjoy a pic-nic.
c 4 Owing to the number of cars and the weight of
the train there was some delay, and the conductor,
finding himself behind time, pushed forward with
great rapidity when towards the end of his trip.
cg The regular passenger train for the city left
Gwynedd at 6 o'clock, and reached the siding at
6.13. Finding the excursion train had itt yet ar-
rived, Mr. W. Vanstavoren, the conductor, deter-
mined not to wait for it, and his train was moving
along when the expected train came thundering
on round a curve, at the rate of 35 miles an hour.
A collision, of course, ensued with the most appal-
ling
a The down train escaped without serious
damage, but the scene presented by the excursion
train was fearful. The three foremost cars of the
train were crushed completely to pieces, and the
wreck, mingling with that of the locomotive, took
fire, and the flames communicated to the other cars
of the train. The two next cars to the three that
were wrecked outright took fire, and were entirely
consumed.

"Tile inmates of the three forward cars were
Completely mixed up with the wreck, and a largo
number of them were killed outright. There were
probably 50 persons in each of the three cars, and
the lowest estimate we heard fixes the number at
50, while it WAS feared the dread aggregate would
r‘i f'll'od with horrible
details.

The steamer Northern• Indiana was burnt ou
Lake Erie the same day. The number of passen-
, gars supposed to be lost amounts to 50. Among
the names of the lost are—Mrs. Mari loidaYards