The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-12 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 12.
An imperial decree has been issued ordering the
Customs import duties upon sugar candies in cases
and casks to be levied in future according to the

net weight.
The Moniteur of this morning publishes the fol-
lowing statistics relative to the late visitation of
cholera in Paris :—" The disease broke out in Paris
in the early part of July. The greatest number of
deaths never exceeded 150 daily. Towards the end
of July the violence of the epidemic sensibly di-
minished, and since Sept. 1 the average number of
cases which proved fatal has been 15 daily in the
hospitals and 22 daily in the city itself."
A letter from St. Petersburg in the Moniteur,
dated August 31, gives some interesting details re-
specting the construction of railways in the empire :
—" St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Warsaw are
already in communication, and Eastern Prussia and
Berlin can be reached by Gumbinnen and Thorn.
Further south the Russian line joins that of Cra-
cow, and communicates with Austrian and Prussian
Silesia, and before long the southern line, which
goes at present from Odessa to Balta, will run
through Bessarabia, the province which adjoins the
Danubian Principalities, and effect its junction in
Galicia with the Lemberg line. Another central
trunk line, from north to south, is intended to con-
nect the capital, Moscow, Orel, Koursk, Karkew,
Nicolaieff, Sebastopol, and Taganrog, and to place
the Gulf of Finland in communication with the
Crimea. The southern part of this line will fulfil
to the east the same object as that of Odessa-Balta
on the west, that of conveying to the two principal
ports, Taganrog and Odessa, the wheat of the

Ukrain, Pultowa, Ekaterinoslaw, Kherson, and
Podolia. A branch from the Balta line will doubt-
less be carried to the north-east, towards the central
point of Oriel. In a few weeks the portion from
Moscow to Serpoukoff will be opened for public
traffic, and Koursk will be reached next year.
If Prussia cannot as yet carry her produce unin-
terruptedly from the Baltic to the Black Sea, she has
railways which take it, or will soon do so, to the
frontiers of all her neighbours from the Pruth to the
Niemen. Other interior and cross-lines, such as
those of Riazan and Nijni-Novgorod are of great
utility; but none seem more worthy of interest
than the two following, intended to form a double
communication between the Caspian and Black
Seas. The first of these, of which only some
twenty leagues are open, is in full activity. It
starts from Tzaritziu, an important town on the
right bank of the Volga, which falls into the Cas-
pian, and terminates at Kalatcheff, a town on the
left bank of the Don, which runs into the sea of
Azoff. The second of these is due to the persever-
ance of the Grand Duke Michael, Governor-Gene-
ral of the Caucasus. A railway is to unite the port
of Poti, on the Black Sea, to Bakou, on the Cas-
pian, passing through Kutais and Tiflis, a large
part of its course being through the valleys of the
Rion and the Kour. For two years six thousand
soldiers have been employed on the works, under
the direction of Mr. Bailey, au English engineer.
Important works are in progress at Poti, which will
make it the principal port in that part of the Black
Sea, and a steamboat service between there and
Constantinople is being organised, as well as a car-
riage road between Tiflis and Tauris. The mer-
chandise from Persia and Central Asia will very 1
likely traverse these Russian routes, and it may be
foreseen the trans-Caucasian railways will absorb
a large portion of the transit between Europe and
Asia."

Bo URSE, Sept. 11.--Two o'clock.—The weakness
which existed during the latter part of yesterday's
market has made further progress to-day, and the
decline is heavy on some securities, more especially

Orleans
Northern 893 751172 50
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
517 50
Western 565
Eastern
Sardinian

Austrian -
Lombard 375 _
421 25
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona 145
Roman _ .._
- ._

The steamer Bolivar, from Liverpool, arrived ai
Colon on the 10th ult.

A representative of Bolivia had arrived in Chili
for the purpose of arranging the question of the
Mejillones, upon the basis of joint working of the
guano deposits.

The French firm of Arnaud had arranged to ad-
vance six million dollars to Chilia and Bolivia, and
to work the guano deposits, dividing the profits be-
tween the two countries.

The Chili= man-of-war steamer Henrietta, from
England, has arrived at Valparaiso.
The Valparaiso markets were unchanged.
Exchange on London, 44d. to 441 d. ; Paris, 4f.
65c. to 4f. Gsc. Bar silver, per mare, $lO 62 half
cents.

The Callao markets were improving. The ship-
ping business was more active. The guano trade
was unchanged. Saltpetre declining.

The elections in Peru are fixed for October. The
Government continues actively forwarding useful

measures.

A decree has been issued for increasing the re-
venue-tax, which will yield a large sum. It falls
chiefly upon the commercial class, and consists of a
duty of 10 per cent. on bills of lading, custom-house
policies, and on all moneys received.
Admiral Tucker has been appointed to the com-
mand of the Peruvian fleet.
The text of the treaty between Spain and Hon-
duras is couched in terms of amity.

San Jose was quiet.
The coffee market at Costa Rica was unfavour-
ably affected by the European advices.
The revolutionists in Chiriqui were in possession
of the city of David.
The Atrato also brings advices from Wellington,
New Zealand, to the 24th July.

The Eyre Defence Fund and Mr. Carlyle.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Mr. Carlyle, who is not ehairman of the
Eyre Defence Committee, but merely a member of
it (the chairman not being yet selected, and the com-
mittee being only in course of formation), has re-
ceived, and is daily in the habit of receiving, from
entire strangers, a quantity of letters, newspaper
excerpts, &c., on the subject of " The Eyre Defence
Fund," not one of which can he afford to read,
much less to answer. In consequence he has per-
mitted me to publish the following—his prompt and
emphatic answer to myself on my first applying to
him to join the committee—as his one answer to all
such volunteer correspondence from without.—l am,
sir, yours, &c.,

TIAmILTON lILTME, Hon. Sec.

Ripple Court, Ringwould, Dover,
23d August, 1866.
Sir,—The clamour raised against Governor Eyro appears
to me to be disgraceful to the good sense of England ; and
if it rested on any depth of conviction, and were not rather
(as I always flatter myself it is) a thing of rumour and
hearsay, of repetition and reverberation, mostly from the
teeth outward, I should consider it of evil omen to the
country, and to its highest interests in these times. For my
own share, all the light that has yet reached me on Mr.
Eyre and his history in the world goes steadily to establish
the conclusion that he is a just, humane, and valiant man,
faithful to his trusts everywhere, and with no ordinary
faculty of. executing them ; that his late services in Jamaica
were of great, perhaps of incalculable, value, as certainly
they were of perilous and appalling difficulty—something
like the case of "Fire," suddenly reported, "in the ship's
powder-room' in mid ocean, whore the moments mean the
ages, and life and death hang on your use or misuse of the
moments; and, in short, that penalty and clamour aro not

the thir this governor merits from any of us, but honour and
thanks, and wise imitition (I will farther say), should
similar emergencies rise, on the great scale or on the
small, in whatever we are governing !
The English nation cover loved anarchy ; nor was wont

to spend its sympathy on miserabl', mad seditious, espe-
cially of this inhuman and half-brutish type; but always
loved order, and the prompt suppression of seditious ; and
reservod its tears for something worthier than pr3moters
of such delirious and fatal enterprises who had got their
wages for their sad industry. Has the English nation
changed, then, altogether ? I flatter myself it ha 3 not, no:,
yet quite ; but only that certain loose superficial port'ons
of it have become a gicat deal louder, and not any wiser
than they formerly used to be.
At any rate, though much averse at any time, and at
this time in particular, to figure on committees, or run into
public noises without call, I do at once, and feel that as a
British citizen 1 should, and must nr,ko you welcome to
my name :or your committee, and to whatever good it can
do you. With the hope only that many other British men,
of far more significance in such a matter, will at once or
gradually do the like ; and that, in fine, by wise effort and
persistence*, a blind and disgraceful act of public injustice
may be prevented ; and an egregious folly as well—not to
say, for none ca,i say or compute, what a vital detriment
throughout the British empire, in such an example sot to all
the colonies and governors the British empire has I
Farther service, I fear, I am not in a state to promise ;
but the whole weight of my conviction and good wishes is
with you ; and if other service possible to me do present
itself, I shall not want for willingness in case of need. En-
closed is my mite of contribution to your fund.—l have
the honour to be, yours truly, T. CARLY LE.
To Hamilton Ilunte, Esq., Hon. See. " Eyre
Defence Fund."

FATAL ACCIDENT.—ShortIy after 12 o'clock to-
day considerable sensagon was caused by a report that a
serious accident had occurred to some workmen employed
at a house in Ivy-bridge-court, which is situated at the
rear of the International Journal and Foreign Paper Office,
7G, Strand. Upon inquiry, however, it appeared that there
was only one sufferer, a brick-layer, named John Crispin,
who was employed at the top of the house in the court,
and missing his footing was precipitated to the ground, a
distance of about 70 feet. Assistance was inunediately
procured, but before he reached Charing-cross hospital
life was extinct. The unfortunate man has left a wife and
family.

on Italian Fives, which have fallen one per cent.—
to 57f. 70c. French Threes were done at 70f. 15c.,
or 171 c. lower ; Mobilier at 680 f., or a loss of 12f.
50c. ; Comptoir d'Escornpte at 925 f., or a fall of sf. ;
Credit Foncier at 1395 f., the same as yesterday.
Notice of the following discounts was posted up--
34,500 f. of French Rente, and 7,500 f. of Italian
Fives. The Railway Market has also shown a
tendency.

Three o'clock.--The market closed as follows :-
43 per Cents — Bank Shares 3615
Do. end month — Italian Loan 5B 10
3 per Cents.
Do. end mouth 7O 25 Mexican Loan —
Credit Mobilier ... 678 75 Do. Bonds —
Do. end month ... 682 50 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier 1390 Home Debt -
Deferred
HALL w A Y 8.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 12.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer Atrato, with

the above mails, has arrived here. She brings 104
passengers, $2,432,202 in specie, and 1,719 packages
of cargo, consisting chiefly of cocoa, bark, cochineal,
cotton, and rubber.

She left St. Thomas on the 29th ult., and on the
31st experienced a strong gale from the N.E. to
S.E., and on the 9th inst. encountered a furious gala
from S.S.W. to W.N.W., and high sea.
H.M.S. Clio arrived at Panama on the 15th ult.
Since leaving the Mexican coast the crew had
suffered severely ; over 100 were on the sick list.
The Columbine sailed from Panama for the South
coast on the 18th ult.

The loan of six and a-half million dollars, an-
nounced last mail as having been negotiated by the
Chillian Government with the leading banking
houses, has not been ratified, on account of certain
conditions imposed upon the Government by the
leading lenders, to the effect that Chili in the pre-
sent war should only act on the defensive.