The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-21 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Royal Mail Steam Company's steam-ship
Armenian, Commander Corbett, arrived this morn-
ing. Her dates are—Cameroons, March 12 ;
Fernand* Po, 14 ; Bonny, 15 ; Lagos, 19 ;
Accra, 21 ; Cape Coast, 23 ; Monrovia, 27 ;
Sierra Leone, April 1 ; Bathurst, 5 ; Goree, 6 ;
Teneriffe, 12 ; Madeira, 14.
The cargo of the Armenian includes 6,000 oz.
gold dust, 115/. specie, 69 pieces ivory, four
packages ditto, 226 casks palm oil, 483 bags
cochineal, 10 casks wine, 14 cases arrowroot, 12
cases pepper, and nine packages sundries.
The Armenian brings 22 passengers.
A slight disturbance between the natives has
occurred at Bonny, which has resulted in the death
of one of the Chiefs and the restoration of peace.
Intelligence has reached Lagos of the Niger Ex-
pedition at Geba. One death among the whites ;
all the rest healthy. They were anxiously ex-
pecting the Sunbeam.
The property pillaged from the French trader
at Accra has been restored.
The Monrovia treasury is in a low state.
The transport Calcutta, from Bombay, with
invalids, put into Sierra Leone, and sailed again
March 30 for England.
Dr. Livingstone sailed for the Cape on the 31st.
Her Majesty's ship Myrmidon was at Fernando
Po, leaky ; the Ardent was at Teneriffe ; and the
Cumberland at Madeira.
The mail steam ship Gambia bad repaired her
main shaft, and was to leave Sierra Leone April 2.
The Candace was at Cape Coast on the 22d ult.,
and the Ethiope at Goree April 6.
The Armenian has been ashore in one of the
rivers, which caused a detention of five days.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY.
The opposition candidates for the vacant seats in
Paris, says the Siecle, are M. Liouville in the 3d.
district, M. Ernest Picard in the sth, and M. Jules
Pavre in the 6th, all three advocates. M. ArmanV
Levy is also a candidate for the last-named die-
tlict, and M. Lemaitre and M. Emile Bertrand for
the whole three.

The Constitutionnel contains the following article
on the acquittal of Simon Bernard :

" The acquittal of Bernard has excited deep in-
dignation in France, and the animated sentiment
expressed by the Univers on thri subject has been
understood by everybody. Xevertheless, we must
remark in strict justice that this is not the moment
to attack the Times, as the Univers has done, since
that journal supported with energy the Conspiraey
Bill,' denounced the assassins, and vindicated
England's honour. We will not dwell at any
length on such an acquittal, which throws an unheard
of scandal on public morality ; for what man of
honour in France or England could entertain a
doubt of Bernard's guilt ? We will merely inform
those of our neighbours who desire Vile maintenance
of good relations between the two countries, that
if, by misfortune, the address pronounced by
Bernard's counsel—that address which was allowed
to teem with calumny and insults against the '
Emperor, against the nation which elected him,
against the army, and agaittat our institutions—wag
circulated in the towna,, barracks, and rural dis-
tricts of France, it would be difficult for govern-
ment, with the intention, to stay the consequences •
of public indignation."

BOURSE, April 20.—The following were the
closing quotations
4:1 per Cents 93
Do. end month
3 per Cent. ... 69 - -
Do. end month 69 5
Bank Shares
Credit Mobilier 700
Do. Account 7lO
R AMWAY S. -
Orleans .................. 1242:1
Northern ....... ...... 935
Now Ditt0....... 755
Lyon and Mediteran. 795
Now Ditto ......
..... 765
Genera ...

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4.
Piedmonteae (5) 9O
Roman B9
Austrian
Spanish Threes
noire Debt —
-FOR CASH.

Midi
Western 6OTh
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

SARDINIA.

The proceedings were continued in the Chamber
of Deputies in Turin on the 17th, when—
M. Brofferio observed that as the right sup-
ported the bill, the measure must be considered
one of reaction. He must question the examples
which Count de Cavour had brought forward in
his speech to prove that alliances were contracted
with other nations, even when there was not any
community of political views between the con-
tracting parties. " The French Government," said
M. Brofferio, "has principles opposed to ours ;
there is not only diversity of interests between us,
but there is antagonism.. We ought not to be
anxious about such an alliance, since the French
Government is the friend of Austria, our enemy.
Be3ides, although being our ally, it calls on us to
vote laws which wound our dignity and our in-
dependence. M. de Cavour has told us that re-
publics are hostile to liberty. (Here the honour-
able member passed in review the ancientrepublics,
and the❑ referring to that of '93 declared that it
introduced into Italy, not only its arms, but also
its institutions.) As to the republic of 1848, "I
repel," ho said, " the accusations brought against
it by M. de Cavour. M. de Lamartine had pro-
mised assistance to Italy, and if France did not
interfere, the reason was that Italy refused. such in-
tervention as an insult. You say that alliances are
founded on mutual concessions—why then ehould
Piedmont accord much to France without receiving
anything in return ?"

General de Lamarmora, Minister of War—M.
Brofferio has declared that the French republic of
1818 intended to aid us. I was at that period
charged by the Minister, the Marquis Alfieri, to
go to Paris to ask for a French general to command
our army. I was received by General Cavaign ac,
who commenced by expressing his astonishment
that I should have come to him without an anito-
graph letter from King Charles Albert. lie Olen
asked if I had letters of credence ; I replied, t hat
it was not to make a treaty that I had been sent
to him, but simply to ask for a general. Bizt all
my representations were of no use, as I was obliged
to wait for eight or ten days to receive regular cre-
dentials. When I had them I again waited on th•
head of the republic, and asked him for Marshal
Bugeaud. lie replied to me, You can not
have him, for he is under the strictest ;sur-
veillance." I mentioned other generals, :and
in every case met with a similar refusal. At
last, he told me that I could go to a general, wlboee
Came I will not mention for he is still alive.. I
called on him, and Ave soon agreed on a variety of
points ; but, when I saw h m again in a few days,
he informed me that he could no longer accept, for
that General Cavaignac had declared to him lihst
wo had not 10,000 men in all, and that it was. im-
possible to gain battles with so small a force.. A
few days after I again saw General Cavai gnael
who, after a lengthened conversation, formally de-
clared that France could not embroil herself
with Austria in order to grant assistance to I' led'
ruont. Thus it is evident that M. Brofferio is quite
mistaken in supposing that the French repvlblic
of 1848 had the slightest idea of helping US•
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generals, because he wanted them himself to keep
the country quiet at home.

After some remarks from M. Tecchio, who spoke
in support of the bill with certain modifications ;
M. Casalis, who opposed it as a shameful concession
to France ; Count Callori in favour ot, and M.
Sinco against the measure the debate was adjourned
to Monday.

TURKEY.
We have received Constantinople journals and
letters to the 10th. During the absence of Fuad
Pacha as the representative of Turkey at the
Congress of Paris, his post of Minister of Foreign
Affairs will be filled by Mabmoud Pacha, formerly
Governor of Smyrna. Fuul Pacha is to take
Vienna in his way to Paris. Letters from the
Herzegovina state that Kernel-Effendi, Commis-
sioner, of the Porte, has formally made known a
to the foreign conspls that the Turkish Govern-
ment would be disposed to give up ta Montene-
grins, as was spoken of some time ago, the valley
of Nisic-Rudine, which forms part of the Herzego
villa. The soil is fertile, and would afford to 10,000
inhabitants if it were cultivated, but which
it has not hitherto been, on account of the
continual incursions of the Montenegrins and the
tscoques. The population of Montenegro is
generally much exaggerated. Many geographers
estimate it at 120,000 souls but in reality it is not
snore than 68,000. Such, at leapt, is the result
of the census not long since made by order of
Prince Danilo.

A letter from allatz announces the thawing of
the Danube and the resumption of the navigation
by packets of the Austrian Lloyd's, between Con-
stantinople and Galatz. It is yet, however, frozen
Up at Pesth.

The Kro2istadt Gazette of Transylvania states
that the town of Ibraila has been destroyed by fire,
but it gives no details.

The Chroniqueur of Fribourg states that all Sar-
dinian officers on leave of absence have been re-
called to their regiments.

The petty electioneering disorders in the canton
of Friburg have entirely ceased. An inquiry has
been instituted by the authorities.

The journals contain no political news of im-
portance. The Espana says the reason why the
Maestrazgo has been declared in a state of siege is
not political, but is owing to the " misdeeds" of
the inhabitants.

Accounts from Naples, in the Univ ers, state that
serious preparations are being made fur defending
the territory against Sardinia. Count d'Aquila,
brother of the King, will command the squadron.
2)000 troops of the line are engaged in levelling a
portion of the height which commands the citadel
of Gaeta.

A letter from Vienna, in the German Journal
of Frankfort, says:—" The Council of Ministers
bas been lately much occupied with questions re-
lative to the concordat. There still remain many
points to be decided for the execution of that con-
vention, and it appears certain that they will not
be solved as heretofore, exactly according to the
*ldles of the church. The lower clergy suffer from
the new state of things created by the concordat:
slid it is to be remarked that whilst in preceding
):ears the number of students in theology of the
University of Vienna was 46 per cent. of the whole,
there was only 33 per cent. in 1857."