The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-18 00:00:00

AMERICA,

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 13.
_

The Inman steamship City of New York, from
New York on the.Bth inst., arrived here at 10 a.m.
to-day with the mails, 24Q passengers, and $81,744
in specie.

She landed 5G passengers, and proceeded for
Liverpool at 10.30 a.m.

FRANCE,

A letter from Toulon, of the 13th, says that the
armour-plated ram Taureau is to be partially re-
constructed, so as to carry a rifled gun weighing
between 12,000 and 14,000 kilog. The tower is
also to be made six feet higher. The sanitary
report was favourable ; only three deaths in the last
twenty-four hours, and those not from cholera.

The Phare de la Manche states that in pursuance
of previous orders six large screw transports are at
Cherbourg ready to put to sea. They are the
Aveyron, the Calvados, the Gironde, the Garonne,
the Nievre, and the Durance. Three steam vessels
of the line, fitted up as transports, are also nearly
ready. These are the Napoleon, the Bayard, and
the Fontenoy.
The Journal d'Avranches relates that a disastrous
fire occurred a few days since at the hamlet of Gue
Gantier, near Saint James, by which in less than
one hour and a half 12 houses were destroyed with
nearly all their contents. The cause of the disaster
is supposed to have been a child of five years old
playing with some matches near a heap of straw.
The damage is estimated at about 50,000 fr., and
only a portion of the goods was insured.
BOURSE, Sept. 17.—Two o'clock.—The market
to-day shows more stability, and all Securities are
rather higher. This is principally due to the half-
monthly settlement which is now in progress. The
reports are very moderate. On some Securities
there is even a deport. On Italian Fives there is
one of 71c., and on Mobilier of lf. French Threes,
from which the quarterly coupon of 75c. was de-
tached to-day, were done at 69f. 15c., or sc. higher ;
Italian Fives at 57f. 10c., or an advance of 60c. ;
Credit Foncier and Mobilier at 1,365 f. and 670 f., or
an improvement of sf. ; Comptoir d'Escompte at
920 f., or a rise of 10f. There is likewise greater
activity in railways. The cours de compensation was
fixed as follows :—For Italian Fives at 57f.; Credit
Mobilier, 670 f. ; Paris Gas, 1,600 f. ; Comptoir
d'Escompte, 915 f.
Three o'clock.--A further improvement has taken
place, the closing prices being :

44 per Cents —
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. —
Do. end month 69 22k
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month

Bank Shares
Italian Loan
Do. end month
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes

Credit Foncier
Do. end month 1367 50
RAIL

Home Debt --
Deferred
'AIM.

For Account.
Orleans BB5
Northern '
Lyons and Mediterranean.......r.• B9O
Southern 565
Western 565
Eastern 542 50
Sardinian
Austrian 368 75
Lombard 415
North of Spain lO6 25
Saragossa 142 50-
Ditto to Barcelona....
Boman.

62 50

The American Mission in St. Petersburg•

At the great banquet recently given to the Ame-
rican mission at the English Club at St. Petersburg,
Prince Gortschakoff delivered a speech, in the course
of which, after dwelling on the good understanding
which existed between Russia and the United States,
he said :

One motive in particular adds to the satisfaction I feel
in proclaiming that good understanding is, that it is neither
a menace nor a peril for any one. It is inspired bynoambi-
tion nor secret designs (ariere pensee). God has granted to
both countries conditions of existence for which their in-
ternal resources are sufficient. The United States of Ame-
rica are invulnerable at home. That condition is due not
only to the fact that the rampart of the Atlantic preserves
them from European conflicts, but to the spirit which
reigns there and the personal character of the people.
America can suffer no harm but that which she inflicts on
herself. We have seen with deep regret the struggle be-
tween the brothers of the North and South ; but we have
always had faith in the final triumph of the Union, and we
hope that it will lead to the durable consolidation of the
efforts of the present President, whose system, which is at
the same time based on firmness and moderation, possesses
all our sympathies. On that point, gentlemen, I remark a
certain analogy between the two countries. Russia by her
geographical position may be involved in European com-
plications ; the fortune of war may inflict on us reverses.
Nevertheless, I believe that the same invulnerability exists
in an equal degree for Russia, and will be manifested when-
ever the dignity and honour of the country are seriously
menaced, for then, as in all the crises of our history, the
real power of Russia will make itself felt ; it consists not
only in her territorial extent or on the number of her popu-
lation, but is derived from the intimate and everlasting
bond which unites the sovereign to the nation and confides
to his hands all the material and intellectual forces of the
country, as it now concentrates in him all the feelings of
love and devotedness. I thank you, gentlemen, for the at-
tention you have paid to me, while I at the same time re-
gret that the feelings by which we are all animated should
have been so imperfectly expressed. Before terminating,
I must pay a tribute of respect to the memory of President
Lincoln, that great citizen who sacrificed his life in the
accomplishment of his duties. I now propose a toast to
the prosperity of the United States ; to the success of the
work of pacification undertaken by the present President ;
to Mr. Fox, to whom was confided a task which could not
be placed in better hands; to Captains Murray and Beau-
mont, whose intrepid skill has assured the success of that
long voyage, as well as all those who have taken part in
it. I will not be guilty of the ingratitude of forgetting the
present representative of the United States among us, who
has constantly given proofs of his affection for Russia.
When our friends from America shall return home I desire
that they should carry with them and preserve the feelings
they leave with us. Let them tell their countrymen that a
great nation will never forget the proof of sympathy offered
to its Sovereign, and that there has been in the history of
the two countries a moment in which we and our friends
in America have lived the same life, in which they have,
shared our sorrows as they are now associated in our joys.

KENSINGTON GARDENS.—A range of additional
seats has been placed along the entire line of tho gravelled
walk which extends from the entrance at the Serpentine-
bridge to near the site of the Prince Consort's memorial,
and is situate between the Broad-walk and the brick wall
which abuts on Hyde. Park. The seats are very commodi-
ous, and have two sittings, so that the occupants will be
enabled to face the gardens on one side and Hyde Park on
the other.