The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-17 00:00:00

THE SOT, LONDON',

Ambassadors on their progress towards th,
the relatives of those
peaceful destinatio.n,
brave but ill-fates:-fates:yet mourning over
their ruthless assassinat.. It is that monstrous
:crime that the Allies,
andow ato
as to
uubntrnao7.l,lo
el eitah e r
before or 'actually in.
Pekin, have
gone -ord in haZgl to avenge. Cer-
tain are we that thy' troops under Sir HOPE
GRANT will give goot,l account of the Asiatic
foes by whom they
may be encountered.
The probabilities of ele
id triumph of
our arms are enhancet.l, of course, by
the extraordinary coincidemne that the Empire
of China is being formidably
osailed at one and
the same time from without and
from within—by
foreign assailants, aided by all try 3 overwhelming
forces of modern civilisation, and by infuriated
multitudes of lawless and fanatical revolutionists.
The twofold shock cannot but bewilder the
councils and shake to its very foundations
the gigantic fabric of that ancient system of
despotic Government, nominally presiding over
nearly one entire moiety of the human race—that is,
over no less stupendous an aggregate than four
hundred millions of men, Upon the morrow of the
audacious attack adventured upon by the Tae-pings
upon the mercantile capita?. of China—Shanghai—
upon the very morrow, so to speak, of that
daring assault—the forces of the Western
Allies were to begin their advance upon the
Imperial metropolis, with a view to the cap-
ture of Pekin anal the seizure of the chiefs of
the Government. The Chinese Emmon and his
advisers were consequently finding themselves
simultaneously assailed by foreign war and by
civil war—by the forces of a fanatical Revolution
and by the far more formidable forces of European
Civilisation. The inevitable result of all which it
would not be very difficult to predicate.

CABINET COUNCIL. —Summonses have been
issued by Lord Palmerston for a Cabinet Council on Satur-
day afternoon, at the noble Viscount's official residence in
Downing-street.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael
(brother to the Emperor of Russia), accompanied by her
Imperial Highness the Grafld Duchess. yesterday honoured
the establishment of Mr. Hancock, of Bruton-street, with
a visit, and were graciously pleased to favour him with
their commands. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
subsequently honoured the establishment of Messrs. Poole,
in Saville-row, with a visit.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary purpose to leave Cambridge
Cottage, Kew, early in the ensuing weok for Brighton.
The Duchess has engaged Brunswick House, and contem-
plates a sojourn of a month or six weeks.
His Excellency the French Ambassador (Count
de Persigny) has been on a visit to Viscount Palmerston at
Broadlands, Hants. _ _

The Marchioness (Dowager) of Lothian and Lady
Alice Kerr have closed their visit to the Earl and Countess
of Derby at Knowsley Hall, and gone to Newbattle Abbey,
near Dalkoith, N.B.

The Earl and Countess Fitzwilliam and the
Ladies Fitzwilliam have returned to Wentworth House,
Yorkshire, from visiting the Countess (Dowager) of Mor-
ton, at her seat near Edinburgh.
The marriage of the Hon. Charles H. Maynard,
only son of Viscount Maynard, with Miss Blanche Fitz-
Roy, second daughter of Henry Fitzßoy, Esq., of Salcey
Lawn, Northamptonshire, was solemnised on Saturday
last at the parish church of Hartwell. Owing to the recent
illness of the bridegroom's father, the marriage was con-
ducted in as quiet a manner as possible, *lily a few of the
bride's friends being present. After the ceremony the
happy couple left for Easton, Lord Maynard's residence in
Essex.
READING ELECTION. —RETIREMENT OF MR.
LZFEVRE.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. J. Shaw Lefevre,
one of the four candidates for the representation of the
borough of Reading in Parliament, issued an address to
the electors, in which he announced that he no longer in-
tended to contest the representation.
METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAYS.—At a meet-
ing of the Paddington vestry yesterday, Mr. Whitter in the
chair, to consider a proposal by Mr. F. Train to lay down
street railways in certain thoroughfares of the parish, it was
agreed to inform Mr. Train that the highway committee
and that meeting were not at present prepared to sanction
such a measure. _ _

DEATH BY DROWNING.—Mr. Carttar, the coroner
for the Surrey district, held an inquest on Monday eveninc,
at the George, George-street, Blackfriars, on the body of
Mr. Thomas Trotman, jun., who was drowned on Sunday,
the 7th inst., by falling overboard near Hungerford-bridge
when in a skiff with his father and two brothers. After a
long consultation the jury returned a verdict of accidental
death.

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THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY.—This extraor-
dinary subterranean work is fast approaching to completion.
At the Paddington end of the line several temporary bridges
have been erected across the roads, formed of wood, for the
transit of vehicles, in order to give the men employed in
excavating the earth ample space to form the tunnel for the
rails being laid down. All along the distance, from this point
to King's-cross, numerous shafts have been sunk, both for
diverting the sewers, and for forming the sub-railway.
At the end of the Marylebone-road, near the
Edgware-road, and adjoining Lisson-grove, many houses
have been pulled down for the construction of the
line. At King's-cross, the progress has been more
rapid than in any part between Paddington and the ter-
minus in Farringdon-street. Between the " Cross" and
Bassni,rge-wells-road, a large number of houses have been
taken 'down, and the debris has been cleared away, these
not having been sold as usual by auction, but by tender to
Messrs. Pullen and Son, the company's auctioneers. In the
same way many other houses will be disposed of, when,
upon their removal, the railway will be rapidly proceeded
with, some time being necessarily required for the construc-
tion of the sewer.
RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PARA-
OUAr.—The French papers continue to manifest consider-
able interest in the dispute between this country and
Paraguay, of the merits of which they take a view the oppo-
site of that held by Lord Palmerston. La Patrie, of the
9th, in referring approvingly to the opinions expressed by
the Paraguayan journals on the questions of international
law involved in this unfortunate difference, shows hc6w pre-
judicial it is to the commercial relations existing between
Paraguay and the European States, and expresses its regret
that the mission to London of the able plenipotentiary,
Senor Calve, who has been received with such distinction
by the Emperor of the French, as was General Lopes some
few years ago, has not yet availed to bring it to a satis-
factory conclusion. La Patrie quotes Asuncion jour-
nals of recent date to show that, notwithstanding the
uncertainty with regard to the future which these pro.
tracted negociatiens have necessarily created, Pre-
sident Lopez continued to push for ward his various
schemes for the improvement of the country. The railway
works were being actively proceeded with, and a fine pro-
menade had been commenced on the banks of the river,
which will be one of the most important and useful adorn-
ments of the capital. The seminary conducted by M. Fidel
has given such satisfactory results that the Government
have authorised there periodical conferences on philosophy,
theology, and canon law, which have been inaugurated
with much success. A literary review, all the editors of
which will be Paraguayans, was about to appear, under the
auspices of the Government, and supported by the former
pupils of the public schools. General Lopez, to whose
amicable offices in recent negotiations the prospects of
peace in the now re-united states of Buenos Ayres and the
Argentine Confederation are so much indebted, had re-
turned to Asuncion. Trade was increasing, and, altogether
the indications of progress were highly creditable to a coun-
try whose entrance into the family of nations is of such
recent date
THE ENGLISH FUNDS.—The increased depression
in the English funds yesterday mornine', seemed chiefly
consequent upon the heavy demand for discount both in
the open market and at the Bank of England. In the latter
case many of the applications are believed to have been
prompted by a desire to provide against the possibility of an
advance being made in the rate from 4 to 4k per cent. at
the weekly court on Thursday. Owing, however, to the
exceptional character of the operations that have caused the
pressure now observable, the general opinion is that no such
step will be adopted. If the Bank were to act upon the plan
of merely following the market from day to day they might
probably now obtain 41 instead of 4 per cent. ; but, as un-
der ordinary circumstances they rarely make changes ex-
cept when there is some definite prospect that the new rate
will be maintained at least for a few weeks, they will pro-
bably hesitate on the present occasion, since our existing
terms are 1 per cent. above those prevalent throughout the
continent. At Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfort, and Brussels
the charge is vow 3 per cent., and at Hamburg it is only
2 per cent. So long as this disparity shall continue it will
be impossible to expect any excessive demand on this side,
such as would warrant an upward movement. On the other
hand, the heavy character of the grain shipments in pro-
gress from New York and Spain and the port of the Baltic
and Black Sea are such as to discourage all hope that the
money-market during the remainder of the year will mani-
fest any tendency to especial ease.—Times' City Article.
Contrasting the present state of the stock and
discount markets with that at the corresponding period of
last year, the severe effects caused by the less favourable
harvest and the apprehension of further withdrawals of
specie are strongly shown. Although the Bank bullion was
then only £1,500,000 and the reserve £500,000 in excess of
the figures in the last return, the rate of discount was as
low as 21 per cent., and Consols were at 96 to 1, or 31 per
cent. above the final quotation of this evening*The French
funds, on the contrary, are now within a half per cent, of
the price at which they then stood.-2 hoes' City Article.
It is understood that the advises from Melbourne
by the present mail state that the long-promised payment
of the shareholders of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway
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The dates from Adelaide, South Australia, reach
to August the 25th. Trade in every department is repre-
sented as being extremely dull.
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about
fifty miles from Adelaide. Copper remained firm at £9B
per ton. The price of Burra Burra shares was £147. The
local banks were buyers of bills on England at par, and
, egliqs at 2 prqtahung