The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

last at Venice. The Italian Government stipulates
that the vessels shall each have an Italian captain,
doctor, and pilot, but they will be manned by
their regular Arab crews, and worked in all
other respects in the usual manner. Our Western
readers will perhaps be a little surprised to hear of a
contract for the conveyance of European mails being
given to a Mussulman Steam Navigation Company.
The steam yacht Quaker City has arrived in the
Golden Horn from the coast of Italy with sixty-six
American excursionists, among whom are the Hon.
Jacob S. Haldemann, Ex-United States Minister at
Stockholm, Colonel J. Heron Foster, editor of the
Pittsburg Dispatch, Colonels Kinney and Denny,
and Mr. J. Greenwood, jun., agent for Barnum's
Museum, for which he is collecting curiosities. The
Quaker City left New York on the Bth June, and
has called at Fayal, in the Azores, Gibraltar, Mar-
seilles (whence the excursionists proceeded to Paris),
Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, and Athens. She has now
left for the Crimea, and is to return in a week,
when she will proceed to Smyrna, Beyrout, and
Jaffa for the Holy Land. The French frigate
Forbin arrived in port on Monday morning and
exchanged the customary salutes with the Turkish
guardship in the harbour. We understand that one
of the local Turkish newspapers called the Ainci
V atan (The Mirror of the Country) has been sup-
pressed for publishing an article concerning the
promotion of public functionaries. A letter from
Tunis states that cholera which had raged there with
great severity for some time, carrying off as many
as 50 victims a day, had almost entirely disap-
peared. Many deaths which had taken place at
Spat, Biserta, Monastir, and other parts of the
Regency were to be attributed rather to starvation
from the famine which prevailed among the poor in
those localities than to cholera. While the latter
scourge was at its height at Tunis, the efforts of
the Consular body, and the active agency of two
charitable societies established in the capital, con-
,ributed a great deal to mitigate the sufferings of
he people."

AMERICA.
(Per Russia.)
NEW YORK, August 21.
The following are the orders issued by the Presi
dent and General Grant removing Sheridan :
" Executive Mansion, August 17.

" Major-General George H. Thomas is hereby
a2signed to the command of the sth Military
District, created by Act of Congress on the 2d of
March, 1867. Major P. H. Sheridan is hereby
assigned to the command of the department of the
Missouri.

" Major Winfield S. Hancock is hereby assigned
,o the command of the Department of the Cum-

berland.
" The Secretary of War ad interim will give the
necessary instructions to carry this order into
effec

" ANDREW JOHNSON."

" In pursuance of the foregoing order of the Pre-
sident, Major-General G. 11. Thomas will, on re-
ceipt of this order, turn over his present command
to the officer next in rank to himself, and proceed
to New Orleans to relieve General Sheridan
of the command of the Fifth Military District
General Sheridan, on being relieved, will proceed
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and will relieve Gen.
Hancock of the command of the department of the
Missouri. General Hancock, on being relieved by
General Sheridan, will proceed to Louisville, Ken-
tucky, and assume command of the department of
the Cumberland.
" Major-General Thomas will continue to execute
all orders he may find in force in the Fifth
Military District at- the time of his assuming
command, unless authorised by the General of
the Army to alter, annul, or modify them.
" Major-General Sheridan before relieving
Major-General Hancock will report in person a
these headquarters.

" U. S. GRANT, General.'

MARKETS.---This day.

COVENT GARDEN.

It is reported that the President, in an unofficia
note, informed General Grant that ho would be
happy to receive his suggestions regarding the pro-
posed changes, previous to issuing the order, and
that Grant replied at length respectfully protesting
against the removal of Sheridan, on the grounds
that the step would be unwise just now, and con-
trary to the wishes of the people generally, which
ought to be respected. Grant's letter is said to have
been very friendly.
President Johnson replied, also in very friendly
style, alluding in terms of praise to Sheridan's bril-
liant military services, but stating that the services of
General Thomas had been no less valuable, while he
possessed moderation and impartial judgment in a
higher degree than Sheridan, and was consequently
better fitted to command the Fifth District. In
making the change, the President was only acting
for the best interests of the country. As to the
wishes of the 'people, he (the President) believed
that the people desired to have the Constitution
obeyed, and he did not think Sheridan was adminis-
tering the Government of his district with due re-
spect for the Constitution.
A further exchange of letters, and a subsequent
interview between the President and Grant is said
to have resulted in a harmonious understanding
upon the subject, and the endorsement of Mr.
Johnson's action by the General.
The removal of Sickles is regarded as highly pro-
bable, in consequence of his palpable contempt of
the President's orders prohibiting his interference
with Federal Court processes in North Carolina.

FRUlT—Apples, 4s Od to Es Od per bushel; apricots, 3s
to 4s ; figs, 3s to 5s ; nectarines, 4s to 6s; pears, is Gd to
3s per dozen; cherries, Gd to ls ; filberts, ls ; pine apples,
2s 6d to 4s per lb.
VEGETABLES—Artichokes, 2s Od tol to 2s ;
cabbage, Os Od to Os ; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s per dozen;
asparagus, 6s Od to 8s ; celery, 1s 6d to 2s ; horseradish,
4s to 6s per bundle; carrots, Gd to 8d per bunch ; herbs,
2d to 4d; leeks, 2d to 4d; mint, 4d to 6d per bunch;
parsley, 2d to 4d ; turnips, 6d to 8d per bunch ; endive 2e
Od to 3s; lettuces, is to is Gd per score; onions, 4s to 5s ;
spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel; cucumbers,,Od to Os Od each ;
potatoes, 70s to 160 s per ton.
POULTRY.

- - - _
Geese, 58 to 68 6d ; goslings, 5s to 6s 6d; ducks, 2s 3d to
3s ; ducklings, 2s 3d to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od ;
wild do, 10d to is 2d; pigeons, Gd to 8d each ; Surrey;
fowls (couple), 8s to 10s ; do. chickens, 5s 6d to is Od ;
barn-door fowls, 4s to 6s Od ; English eggs, 108 Od per 100.
French do., 7s Gd; fresh butter, is to is ld por lb.

NEWPORT.
Por 81b. by the carcase.
Beef 35 4d to 48 8d I Veal
Mutton ... 3s 4 8d
I d to 4s Pork
Lamb