The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

GAETA.

A letter from Gaeta, of the 29th ult., says :
" The siege of Gaeta is a singular affair, as the
Piedmontese persist in not firing. They, however,
appear to be active behind their works. Convoys
are seen passing and repassing at great distances
from the fortress. It appears certain that the
batteries are not ready, or they would be heard.
On the side of the Neapolitans there is less
silence ; as the Queen's, Philipstadt, and other bat-
teries frequently throw shells and bombs; they
take time to aim, and their projectiles often hit
the mark. Not a day passes but the enemy has
a certain number of wounded. The day before
yesterday the Neapolitan shot stopped one of the
convoys. Three days since a Piedmontese post
having been installed on the bridge over which
the Mola road passes, the battery nearest fired half
a dozen shots, and the Piedmontese soldiers were
seen to retire. Bosco is the soul of all these move-
ments."

AMERICA.

GALWAY, WEDNESDAY.

The Atlantic Royal Mail steamship Prince
Albert, from New Yotk, arrived here this morning.

The Arago was intercepted off Cape Race on the
23d ult.

Her news was telegraphed to New York.
(LATEST BY TELEGRAPH TO ST. JOHN'S.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 23.
The steamships Africa and Palestine, from Liver-
pool, have arrived.
500 Kansas men, under Capt. Montgomery, are
ravaging the Missouri borders, with the avowed
intention of running off all slaves. General Harney
is taking measures for their extermination.
The Philadelphia, Washington, Baltimore, and
Norfolk banks have suspended. Tho Charleston
banks have partially stopped payment. The New
York banks are exchanging 6,000,000 dols. extra.
The money market has improved. Stocks, after
undergoing a heavy decline, closed firmer. The
following are the latest quotations :—lsrew York
Central, 76; Illinois, 59 ; Erie, 31.
Cotton dull. Middling upland, 101 c. to 101 e.
Breadstuffs firm.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 21.
Cotton sales, 9,000 bales. Middling, 101 to 10j.

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.

The Tasmanian cannot be repaired. Her cargo,
mails, and passengers, will be transhipped to the
Oneida at daylight, and she will be despatched at
the latter part of this day.

THE FREE NEGROES IN MARYLAND.—In all
the counties in Maryland from which we have received
returns--(says the Baltimore American), in which the act
for the enslavement of free negroes was submitted to the
people, the voters have emphatically and signally de-
nounced that unjust and unchristian law. The question
has been met and decided without any reference to party
politics, and the law is defeated by majorities amounting
almost to unanimity. The result is greatly creditable to the
counties in which the vote was taken, and honourable to
the State at large.
ANOTHER COLLISION ON THE NORTH EASTERN
naiLWAY.—Another collision occurred on the North
Eastern Railway yesterday morning about 7 o'clock,
happily as free as the recent one at Croft from any per-
sonal injury, but betraying the same culpable negligence.
It appears that a cattle train from York was shunting near
to the junction of the Bedale and Leybourn branch with the
main line, near Northallerton, when what is called the
" beef" train from Newcastle, suddenly came up at its regu-
lar-going speed, no intimation of danger having been
given to the driver, either by signal or otherwise, and a
collision ensued. The shock had the effect of disjointing
several trucks in either train, and prostrating them across
bath up and down rails, which were blocked up for some
time. The passenger train from York, which is due at
Darlington at 8 o'clock, did not arrive until nearly 10; and
that leaving Darlington at 7.10 for York would not reach
its destination until noon. The driver of the shunting
train is blamed for moving on to the main line, absolutely
in contradictio to orders conveyed to him by signal. On
the other hand it is alleged that although the si▪
gnal had
for some time been that he should remain stati▪
onary on
the shunting line it was suddenly reversed, and therefore he
no justified in poring on to the main line.

INDIA.

We have received the Overland Bombay Times
and Standard of the 10th November, and the Cal-
cutta Englishman of the 2d November.

We take following from the Overland Bombay
Times and Standard of the above date :—" We
are afraid we are about to enter upon a period of
great perplexity throughout India. Information
has been received from Neemuch that a famine is
imminent in the districts round it, and that the
Durbars of Kotah, Dhur, and Bursee have refused,
in self-defence as we presume, to allow the transit
of provisions across their frontiers. We under-
stand that Neemuch has but 15 days' food left,
and is in danger of being starved. Happily, the
transport train can carry grain 10 days from
Doelia to the station, and we presume orders have
already been issued for its relief. The Durbars we
have named have offered to repay the advances
received by their subjects for the supply of provi-
sions under contract, but have resolutely refused
to allow any grain to leave their territories. The
policy is short-sighted and unworthy, but it would
be hard to persuade the native mind that it was
not justified by the seeming necessity of their
circumstances.

" Theresis every appearance of the approach of
a more than usually cold season in Bombay. It
is now only the 9th Nov., and the temperature is
as low as we usually find it in the middle of
December. The thermometer at daybreak, in a
sheltered locality of the island, stood as low as
65 deg. The Baroda Railway works have been
summarily suspended, and all the establishment
dismissed. There are several rumours afloat as
to the cause of this suspension, but nothing is
known with certainty, and the Government guards
its information with the most jealous care.
" We are glad to be able to report the arrival, on
28th of October, of Messrs. Green's splendid ship
Windsor Castle, under the command of our old
friend Capt. Pare, who has apparently determined
that what we regret to learn is his last voyage shall
eclipse all his previous ones. The good ship arrived
at Cannanore on the 19th of Oct., after a passage of
76 days. She left Cannanore on the 21st, and, in
defiance of the light winds on the coast, came to
anchor in our harbour on the evening of Sunday,
the 28th ult. Captain Pare has made an annual
voyage to Bombay for the last 31 years with but
one exception, during which he was engaged in
superintending the construction of the magnificent
vessel the command of which he is about to resign
on retiring from the sea. He is entitled to his rest
if ever any man was, and few men ever left our
shores with more regrets than our old friend Cap-
tain Pare.