The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-17 00:00:00

meat the mass of misery and the amount of demo-
ralisation which this emigration will render both
intolerable and irremediable unless wise measures bo
taken while there is yet time.
Reports are spread whenever the Austrian
steamer arrives from Crete of victories gained by
the insurgents in order to keep up the hopes of the
Greeks. But the feeling that the insurrection has
failed and that, for the present at least, the hope of
union must be abandoned, is spreading in spite of
the endeavours of the Government to prevent it,
and this feeling is causing dissatisfaction among the
people and alarm to the present Ministry. It would,
however, be very unjust to render the Cabinet of
Mr. Koumoundouros responsible for evils which
have resulted from pursuing a line of policy im-
posed on the Government by the people. A discon-
tented people, however, which made success a
necessity in the course it dictated, may now prove
very unjust to a Ministry which has been unable to
command, and, it may safely be said, even to deserve
success. The dilemma caused by the expenditure
of money, overstraining political force, and sur-
exciting national hopes in Crete, Thessaly, and
Epirus, is now said in every coffeehouse in Athens
to be internal ruin or war with Turkey. Ruin
seems to mean an empty treasury, which, consider-
ing the manner in which the Greek Government
I has been employing its resources for the last
two years, might turn out to be a blessing to the
country. With regard to war with Turkey. It is
only suprosed that such a war would save Greece
from worse than financial ruin by rendering foreign

intervention an immediate necessity. Foreign in-
terference would, in the opinion of many, efface the
black spots, moral, financial, administrative, and
military, which now deface the political prospects of
Greece. The Ministry is accused by some and
praised by others for having made some demon-
strations of an intention to revive movements on
the Thessalian frontier ; but the resources of Go-
vernment are exhausted, the confidence of the
nation in its military and political leaders is shaken,
and the Turks have already taken the alarm, and
are ready for any event.

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HER MAJESTY, &c•

OSBORNE, Aug. 16.
The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and
attended by Lady Waterpark, drove to St. Clair
yesterday afternoon, and honoured Colonel and
Lady Catherine Vernon Harcourt with a visit.
Major-General F. H. Seymour was in attendance
upon horseback.
Her Majesty and Princess Louise walked in the
grounds this morning.
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice also walked

out.
The Earl and Countess of Hardwieke have left

Osborne.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most
Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy
Council-office, Whitehall, on the subject of the
cattle plague. The Lords present were the Lord
President and Lord Robert Montagu.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, August 16.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Aug. 16.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000
Profits in addition to

Aug. 8.