The Sun.
London, England, 1856-10-09 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN MAILS.

LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—The Royal mail screw
steam shin North American, Captain Grange, sailed this
afternoon for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian
mails, 337 passengers (of whom 107 are cabin and 230
steerage), and a full cargo of merchandise on board.
The screw steam ship City of 13.dtimore, Capt. Robert
Leitch, also sailed this afternoon for Philadelphia with
377 passengers (127 cabin and 250 steerage) and a fair
cargo of merchandise. She also carried a small mail.
The United States mail steam ship Atlantic, Captain
0. Eldridge, with advices from New York to the 27th
tilt.; and the Royal mail steamer Canadian, Captain
Ballan;:ine, from Quebec, with advices to the same date,
are now due, and hourly expected.

The letter:box for the usual Royal mail steamer Arabia
(Captain Stone, for Halifax and Boston) will close here
at 2 p.m., with late fees at 3 p.m., and the landing stage
at four p.m., on Saturday next, the 11th inst.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the
province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued, pur.
suant to the Royal writ, in the Jerusalem Chamber,
Westminster, by the Vicar-General, Dr. Twins, under a
commission from his Grace the Archbishop of Canter
bury, Primate and Metropolitan, to Friday, Noy. 14
THE LORD MAYoR TURNED POLICRUAN.—The Lord
Mayor has lately directed his attention to the inconve-
nience resulting to the traffic of the Poultry and sur-
rounding neighbourhood from the number of omnibuses
allowed to congregate or "creep"alonfegythdeayrosaedieweaey
he
front of the Mansion-house ; and a
issued instructions to the police for the prevention or
abatement of the nuisance. Whether from his instruc-
tions not being carried out in such an energetic manner
as he wished, or from some other cause, we know not,
but his lordship appears not to be satisfied at the man-
ner in which the policemen do their duty; and yesterday
he was seen in the street taking upon himself the duties
of a policeman, where he evinced much tact, and
showed himself eminently qualified for the discharge of
a Peeler's duties, from the manner in which he made
the 'busses " move on," and extricated the traffic from
the inconvenience of a lock.
CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—The re-opening of this
elegant eastern temple of the drama, under the direction
of the lessees, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee, has
been attended with complete success. The new drama,
entitled the "Frost of Youth," from the pen of the late
John Wilkins, has made what is theatrically termed a
decided hit. It is beautifully mounted and no less
than twenty entire new scenes by Beaumont. The new
engagements Augusta
engagements have been most successful.
Miss
Beaumont
Clifton is a lady possessing much merit. lN
Hughes is likely to become a great favourite, as is also
Mr. George W. Simms, a comedian of
muchpromise.so
He has taken little Robson for his model, and where
d
could he
dome a better without being an imitation.
•
tss
comic playing is irresistible. We advise all lovers style is quaint and much relished by the audience.
GARDENS.—fins popular establi.,he
ment is now
o visit the City of Lond
Tj
nh
he an tsreen.
of a goad entertainment t
nabaenanuetrifi.ed by Mr. oJn.
closed, after a very successful season, which
ROYAL CREMORNEI
inTahoehahsotuesaendhaeslegbeenetn
must have beets equally satisfactory to the proprietor
and the visitess a great variety of entertainments having
been provided for them, and having been erjoyed b
them in considerable numbers. Several incidents of tin
past season are such as will probably be remembered by
those who were at Cremorne upon the occasions we refer
to some time to come. The American Flower Show,
which was honoured with the gracious presence of her
mejesty, Prince Albert, and other members of the Royal
Family, quite a historical event for Crernerne. The
dinners?Y'
and other festivals of the Licensed Victuallers'
Association, the Royal st. Anne Society, and the
Butchers' Charitable Institution, served to give material
aid to the funds of those associations, and to help them
in their benevolent objects. Whilst " the monster Pa-
-1 ikon" has been occupied on particular occasions to such
good purpose, the circus and the gardens have offered
pleasure-takers an abundant provision of novelties in
amusement. After the illurninativ
n e has been visited
s, fireworks and
dancing of week-day evenings,
CremoF
on Sundays also by a quiet and orderly class of people,
who gratified themselves with the view of its plants and
flowers. Mr. Simpson's benefit was well attended, and
so was that of Mr. Adams, the secretary, proving that
the public has been satisfied with the
place. management of the

LIIPORTANT FROM THE DANUBIAN

PRI N CIPALIT LES.

(From, the Special Correspondent of the :11-orning postd
MOUTHS OF THE DANUBE, SEPT. 29'
We bare been thunderstruck here by the intelli'
gence that 4,000 Austrian soldiers have suddenly
pounced upon Galatz, and occupied it—lone the
s-ine at Ibrail—and seized all the ports of the Da;
nut?. The Constantinople Journal speaks only °L
Ibrail being occupied, but no doubt both have been
so. They have not only quartered their troops in
them towns, but they have taken possession of polic°
and post offices, so that al persons and communiea;
tious :must pass through their hands. This, °J.
course, shuts the door in the face of thecommissprieg
charged to consult the Principalities, and you r°3)::
in consequence, expect Sir Henry Bulwer bolt:
You will be faeater able to judge than I am the
cause of this defiance totho Western Powers. IS 11'
set-off for any demonstration of ours against
Naples, and a significant declaration that, if we earr.,
,
out our liberal policy in Italy, Austria will carry
out a contrary one upon the Danube and in the
Euxine ? This would be a very grave challenge'
for Austria is not the Power to cast that challenge:
if it did not know that it was supported by sol,'",
other Power, and there is none to support it 11"
such policy except Russia.
We cut, for the present, rather a ridicul°ll,.
figure. After having made war to drive
~llu's'if-
rom the Principalities, we withdraw all our s°-
Biers on the understanding that Austria would a°o
the same, instead of which Austria reoccupies tbf
Principalities, and seizes the ports at the mouth
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river. Let me add, that this is rendered ul
serious by the recent conduct of Austria to a French
naval officer. Captain Magnan brought out her.,
a cer:Ain class of flat-l:rn attoed boats to be used l'„
waters,
the Sea cf Azoff, and in shallow for ft
purposes. The war being over, the captain crie
rained permission of his Government to try '
boats on the Danube, and he considered them ar
plicable to the navigation of the Pruth, the SereQ
and the Maritza. The Turks, however do not Ile
the Maritza to be navigated but by their own h°s;
—that is to say, they will never allow it to ben%
gated at all. A French company in Armenia, wits Capt. Magnan, applied for the navigation of t
Pruth and Sereth, and offered, at its own expense,
to to remove the obstructions in the rivers. ThelViniu;
vian government and hospodar granted the reques,el
and made the cession; but Austria has compelled try
Porte to annul that cession, on the plea that, irl
the clause of some treaty, Austria has the mow:l3%i,
of navigating these inland waters. Both -o°s
lish and French ambassadors tried in vain to g
this rescinded.
Captain Magnan, forbidden to attempt the Priltbi;
sailed up the Danube. First of all an Austol,
vessel ran into one of his boats, and destroyediet
A commission of naval officers have declared tu,be
this was done on purposes He again sails UP 40
Danube, and meets with every obstacle that '
Austrians can put in his way. He pleaded that h hPe
0
was not going to interfere with the Austrians, l'i3O
that the Turks had a right to at least half wbe
river ; that it was most important for theca t° be
able to send troops and supplies by the Datitifia
and the Save to their fortresses in Bosnia ; one
that he was making the experiment to enable ',
Turks to use th© great high road up the Daullbeoyi
To this the Austrians replied that they Obe,
never permit the Turks to navigate the Dala,
So much for the conduct of the chief allyi of Tut
key, who is one of the contracting Powers 'be
maintaining the liberty of the Danube, and Ili/
is determined to stop it and its tributaries, not a'
to France and England, but to Turkey. at
But neither Capt. Magnan nor his Governluete,
are to be daunted by the threats of Austrian ageribe
You are aware that in his vessel, the Lyonnals),o%•
passed the rapids of the Iron Gates, and being 'hio
bidden to advance higher up the river, he left tic
vessel aground in order to go and seek diploma et
succour and advice. The gallant captain has gee
both, and has returned to the Danube to Plot
cute his voyage and to assert the freedom of 'te
river, or at least, to 'know the reason why es
French flag is to be prohibited from floating ily
these waters. It is neither unamusing nor 11°,36
s',ructive to learn that, on one occasion, when a,
Lyonnais attempted to tie a cable to the only I° 0,
ins place of a town, from which the men ins 10
thorityb rejected the cable, and would not alloy/ the
jetty to be made use of, the population Cale
forward to welcome the French flag, they drftf,
their own Austrian authorities from the jav,.;',o
pulled down the double eagle, and flung it into ;Po
river. So much for the loyalty of the Danubl
populations to the Kaiser.
still
It is, no doubt, under the pretext of Russia - bf
menacing the Danube by keeping—or, ratherto
claiming—the Isle of Serpents that Austria„...ti
seizcd Galatz. No doubt she will plead twig
when France and England think it necessari„o
send back a naval force to the Black Sea, Atls,"g. ,
can do no loss than occupy the Principalitnd
But this is done so manifestly with the designido,
quashing the question of the organisation of IVlo'hel
Wallachia, that it is impossible not to see t'oa
Austria considers herself to inherit thole prete.eb
sions which Russia entertained, and to repel will,
we engaged in an expensive and sanguinary vlia''r
The gravest consideration attending these c
cumstances is, however, the ref )1 t that Turner ,
was no stranger to the intention of Austria to 00
cupy Galatz. It is said that neither Lord Rale'. ee
nor M. Thouvenel knew of it—that the intelligo°,
took them by surprise—and that, when they ,ie,
ritsiele,ythe Turkish 111-'nister Tit
dpiraersesde d
li their
thought s ur p
were fully apprised n'„"1:
It could not be the Turkish Government's int'ae,
tion to take any reverse step, or resolve on (1,11;01
tions arising out of the Treaty of Paris, witil4o
consulting all the Allies. Aali Pacha would 11°,,,
trans spoke of it to the Turks al a step that Yr°,l"it
be requisite by-and-by, whilst they precipitate 'd
for fear of objections. Provided the French 641,
English Embassies be in the same accord and 5," 1
ation, the rest is of small importance. An‘! e,
believe they were Loth equally taken by surprlsDe"
for what two such powerful countries think to
wrong they are fully able to rectify.
The Russiaa Government has ordered 20 steaW to
for the postal and passenger service from OdesOeil
different ports—Constantinople principally. Die lo
not say that two steamers would amply suffice, alt.
t" 0
one to take the place of whichever should be
abled ; a orefore, the use of the remaining 17 it
fur you to guess.
General Durango is appointed Sardinian aiii
bassador here. of
There was a project of laying down the rails °l
the Crimean Railway on the road between Gile';
lila and Broussa. As the project hangs fire' 1
company has been started to run omnibuses aid
carriages between the two places, which w°11„1
render Broussa a pleasant and favou, ita place ''
resort.

TIIE MONETARY CRISIS IN FRANO

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The report addressed to the Emperor bY#
Magne on the financial state of the country P 4
the columns of the Paris journals, but is only ve"o,
briefly commented on. The Constitutionnel inwrt
duces the report with the following passage : ot
will be seen that the Minister of Finance does 11,
dissimulate the embarrassments of the moment
but he clearly proves by facts and figures that tiled
embarrassments do not proceed from a fundament!!‘
'e
cause, but that they are only temporary, and
shows that the situation does not in reality auth°
rise serious fears."
The Debats says on the eame subject It Will
be remarked that Government appears to announce
a legislative measure destined to put an end t°
the species of traffic carried on in silver for soni;
time past, and which consists in withdrawi°o
from a certain superior description of silver coil)4
the plus value which they possess from 00110,41i°'
a small amount of gold. This traffic, says till
report, was considered in former times as an act °
deterioration, and was punished by most Bevel!
penalties. The Government, en resume, declare,'
that the actual embarrassments are only created bl
temporary causes."
The Patric contains the following :—cc moo
certain temporary embarrassments occur in finso"
tihde
wiuniteeures is ts
required at stake
cial or commercial affairs, an alarm is speedily
excited in France,whe do
not possess the sang frero
order to discover the cause of the embarrassments
and their remedy. In such circumstances it is tb°
duty of Government to lay bare the general sites'
tion of the country in order that the whole natio°,
may comprehend without difficulty the actuP
state of matters. This will be effected by the
lucid, clear, and reassuring statement of the Minis'
ter of Finance."

---The following comments are from the Pays ••••"'
"The report of M. Magne will. produce, we are
certain, a profound impression ; it will dissipate
all sinister rumours circulated for some time past ;
it will re-assure the country with respect to the
public prosperity, and will prove to the most in'
crolulorni t hitt if temporary embarrassments exist
on the Bourse, the fortune of France is not eutirelY
concentrated in the feverish palace of speculation,
and that, thank God ! it has not been seriously
injured by the excesses of gamblers and by the
exaggerations of a spirit of enterprise. . .
It is a consoling idea, and also one of which v/0
may be proud, to find our country, after passing
through three years of war, sickness, and deficient
harvests, even stronger, more powerful,.and more
prospQrous than on the day when those cruel trialo
commenced."