The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

TIIE LATE ATTACK ON THE ENGLISH

P BESS.

The leader in the Times of the 27th, in reply to
the clumsy and intemperate attack of the Moni-
teur on the British press, is in Vienna considered
to be a chef d'auvre. Most of the papers have
given it in extenso, and even the retrograde party
acknowledges that it is " extremely dignified."

THE MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena,
Captain Abbott, left this day, with the usual West India
mail, a full cargo, and 176 passengers.
The steam-Ahip Tyne, Captain Valler, will take out
the next Brazil and River Plate mails, on the 9th inst.
The homeward Brazil and River Plate mails will be
brought by the Avon, Capt. Revett, and may be looked
fur on the 12th in:q.

The Simla, which, as before stated, has been chartered
by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company
for two years, to ply, under the new contract, between
Sydney and Suez, is getting ready with all possible des-
patch, so as to sail with the r,utward Australian mail on
the 12bh inst. Capt. Cooper, one of the oldest com-
manders in the Peninsular and Oriental Co., is appointed
to take her oat, vla the Cape. She has already taken
in 1,400 tons of coals, and Messrs. Cooksey are busily
engaged in shipping the usual stores. From the well-
known spend of the Simla it is conjectured that she will
reach her destination within a short period of the
Oneida, which sailed on the I.6th ult.
On the 4th inst. the Peninsular and Oriental Com-
pany's steam ship Candid, will take out the usual East
Lod'a and China mail.
On the Yth inst. the Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, will
take out the usual Peninsular mail for Oporto, Vigo,
Cadiz, Lisbon, and Gibraltar.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ships
now in dock are the Ripon, Simla, Candia, Tagus, Ma.
drid, and Colombo.

The Royal Mail Company's steam ships now in dock
are the Orinoco, Medway, Tyne, Teviot, and Clyde. The
two latter are being refitted for the West India stations.
The Belgian Royal Transatlantic Mail Company's
steam ship Constitution, Capt. Pangin, is expected at
Southampton, from Hamburg, on the 20th, and on the
22d will leave for New York, with the Belgian mail.

Despatches from the Governors of Hong Kong, Cep
lon, West Australia, the West Indies and the the Noril
American Provinces were received, yesterday, at the
Colonial-office.
THE NIAGARA.-Liverpool, Nov. B.—The entire of
the specie brought from the United States per the Nia-
gara, amounting to 255,874 dollars, was on account of
Liverpool merchants.
At a meeting of the Chartered Bank of Asia, held
yesterday, Mr. T. W. Henderson in the chair, it was
agreed to wind up, in accordance with the recommenda-
tion contained in the report.
The precise amount of specie shipped by the Peninsue
lar and Oriental steamer Candia is 607,9161., of which
38,3601. is gold, and 569,556/. silver. Of the latter
234,2061. is taken for China.
In consequence of the letter addressed by the Crystal
Palace Company to the Stock Exchange being considered
satisfactory the committee resolved yesterday that the
name of the company shall be continued in the Official
List as usual.
It is understood that all the differences between the
English and Swiss shareholders of the South-Eastern
Railway of Switzerland have been arranged, and that
the balance of 160,0001., certified as due to Messrs. E.
Pickering and Co., the contractors, is in course of pay-
ment.

DINNER TO THE HON. F. HINCES.—The reputation
for administrative capacity which this gentleman has ac-
quired in Canada, as Prirno Minister under the gov(r-
uoiship of Lord Elgin, and which led to his present ap-
pointment. as Governor-Geaeral of the Windward
Islands, does not appear to have diminished by the
change of sphere, if we may judge from the -entiments
expressed at a grand dejeuner recently given to his Ex-
cellency by a district agricultural society in Barbadoep.
The eulogium pronounced by the Hon. Dr. Thomas, who
presided, upon his exertions to promote the pro,,perity
of the Wand, elicited the warmest applause. That it was
well merited the accord of the local journals, which
were not backwardin criticising the administration of his
predecessor, and denounoing what were regarded as its
ammo, leave*, no room to doubt.