The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-29 00:00:00

LORD JOHN RUSSELL AT ABE.RDEE7.

ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY EVENING

His Excellency Felipe Eugenie Cortes has left the
Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for Paris.

The Earl of Wilton and Lady Katherine Egertou
are still yachting in the noble earl's yacht. His lordship,

by the last letters, was at Kingstown.
General Comte Yermaloff (in the service of his
Majesty the Emperor of Russia) has arrived at the Bruns-

wick, Jermyn-street, from Moscow.

, .
His Highness the Prince Lieven, accompanied by
his family, has left the Brunswick, Jormyn-street, for

Paris

The Duke of Somerset, accompanied by several
members of the board, left the Admiralty yesterday morn-
ing for Plymouth, to resume the official tour of inspection.

The Duke of St. Albans, accompanied by Mr.
Mansell, arrived at Prince's-gate yesterday morning from
Germany, where the duchess remains for some weeks

longer.

The marriage of Miss Brewster, only daughter
and heiress of Sir David Brewster, Bart., with Mr. Skene
Cumming Gordon, of Parkhill, N. 8., is arranged to take

place early in November.
REPAIR OF LINCOLN CATHEDRAL.—The Dean
and Chapter of Lincoln have resolved to devote £2,000 to
the repairs of their cathedral during the ensuing year. The

north:east side of the sacred edifice is to receive attention

Last year £1,300 was expended on the cathedral.
THE CHINA COOLIE TRADE.—A meeting of the
foreign community of Amoy was held on July 8, when a
set of resolutions were unanimously passed, condemning the
Coolie slave trade, and a committee appointed to wait upon

the English Consul, and press upon him the importance of
carrying out, in concert with the native authorities, such
measures as are within their power to put an immediate
stop to the Coolie trade as now carried on.—China
Telegraph.
THE WRECK OF THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS
AND THE THOMAS BRASSEY.—A despatch from Singapore,
dated the 18th ult., states that the Sovereigh of the Seas
was wrecked on the Pyramid Shoal, in the Malacca Straits.
Some of her cargo was being saved and taken to Malacca,
but a considerable quantity remained on board, and vessels
had gone to her assistance. The Thomas Brassey was
abandoned on the 16th of July, near Bird Island, Algoa
Bay, after having encountered a succession of very heavy
gales. Before she went down, her cargo, consisting of
cotton and seed, ignited. The crew, with the exception of
one man, saved, Both the ill-fated vessels were owned in

Liverpool.
WRECK OF THE EXPRESS. SOUTHAMPTON,
Wednesday.—lntelligence has this evening been received
from the Channel Islands announcing that the South
Western Company's steamer Express, which went ashore
on the rocks off Jersey last week, has broken up, and various
portions of the ship are floating about among the rocks. It
is quite probable that no ship belonging to this company
will undertake the passage between the rocks in future. It
is due to the public that such an order should issue from
the company. A Board of Trade inquiry into the matter
will shortly take place.

Mr_ Reuter's office :

AMERICAN MAIL DESPATCH FROM LIVERPOOL.—
Yesterday (Wednesday) the Liverpool, New York, and
Philadelphia Company's screw steamer City of Washington
sailed from the Mersey for New York, with the United
States and North American mails and 245 passengers. Yes-
terday also the screw steamer Indian sailed from Liverpool
for Quebec and Montreal with the Canadian mails and 90
passengers. On Saturday next the British and North
American Royal Mail steamer Africa, Capt. Neil Shannon,
will be despatched from the Mersey for New York. The
box at the Liverpool Post-office will be open on that day
till 11.15 a.m., and on the landing-stage till 12 noon. The
additional fee at the landing-stage, besides the usual post-
age, is '6d., which must be prepaid in stamps. Telegraphic
despatches may be forwarded within a few minutes of the
steamer's departure, through the office of the New York
Press, 10, Exchange-street East, Liverpool.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DUBLIN AND MEATII
RAILWAY.—On Friday evening Mr. Hugh Martin, coroner
for the Navan district, held an inquest on view of the body
of James Keegan, aged 21 years, who was employed on the
Dublin and Meath Railway, now in progress of construc-
tion. It appeared in evidence that on Thursday last, while
in charge of a horse and two waggons engaged in casting
out earth, by some unaccountable accident be lost his footing
and fell to the ground on the tramway, when unfortunately
both waggons heavily loaded passed over him, whereby
both his thigh bones were dreadfully fractured. He was
conveyed as soon as possible to the county hospital in
Navan, where he lingered in great agony fsr a few hours,
when he expired. The jury after a short deliberation gave
in a verdict of " Accidental death."
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STEPNEY.—Yes-
terday morning Dr. Challice, the deputy coroner for East
Middlesex, attended at the New Globe Tavern, Mile-end-
road, on the occasion of the adjourned inquest on the body
of Philip Gorath, a male child three weeks old, whose body
was exhumed by order of the Home Secretary. Dr. Challice
stated that in consequence of the illness of the coroner who
had commenced the inquiry, the inquest must be further
adjourned for a week. The foreman and several of the jury
protested against this nonchalant way' of being dealt with,
and expressed their desire that the inquiry should be at once
proceeded with, presuming that the deputy coroner was com-
petent to conduct it. Mr. Best, barrister, said he appeared
on the part of the Rev. J. Bonwell, incumbent of St. Philip's
Church, Stepney, whose name had been most improperly
given in the public press in connection with this case. Mr.
Bonwelr a name hadnever been mentioned in that court on the
former inquiry, but it had been inserted in some of the news-
papers as though the charge against him had formed part of
the evidence. A juryman said the name had been most im-
properly introduced. The jury knew nothing of Mr. Bonwell
beyond what had appeared about him in the newspapers.
Mr. Best said that such comments were a disgrace to the
public press. Mr. Bonwell was in no way before the court.
The coroner said ho knew nothing of Mr. Bonwell in con-
nexion with the case. Mr. Best said it was most unjust
that such a charge should hang over Mr. Bonwell another
week, and he pressed for immediate inquiry. Several of the
jury concurred in the request, but the coroner said he could
not go on, and eventually adjourned the inquiry until Wed-
nesday next.
POSTAGE OF STAMPED PERIODICAL PUBLICA-
TIONS.—The following notice has been issued from the
General Post-office :—According to the regulations affecting
the transmission of stamped publications through the post,
as laid down in the British Postal Guide, there must be
nothing printed on the cover of a ne-vspaper but the name
and address of the person to whom it is sent, the printed
title of the publication. and the printed name and address of
the publisher or vendor who sends it. It appears, however,
to be the practice of many news agents in London to have
other words than those specified above printed on the covers
of the newspapers sent by their through the post, such as
" sent by," " from," &c., and there is reason to believe that
such newspapers have hitherto been allowed to pass un-
challenged. It has, therefore, been decided, under the cir-
cumstances, to abstain from charging newspapers of this
kind with postage until the Ist of January next, and to
allow publishers of newspapers and news agents in London
to use up, during the interval, any stock of covers which
they may have on hand with the objectionable words
printed upon them. It must, however, be distinctly under-
stood that the newspaper regulations will be strictly en-
forced from the commencement of the next year.—
RowLAND HILL, Secretary, General Post-office, Septem-
ber2_lBs9.
FEsTIVITIES AT WILTON HOUSE.—The Right
Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert are at pre-
sent honoured by the company of her Imperial Highness
Marie Nicolaewna of Russia and her illustrious daughter,
at the princely seat of the Pembroke family, near Salisbury.
Her Imperial Highness the Princess, attended by a large
retinue, arrived on Tueslay afternoon from Torquay. His
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col.
Clifton, arrived early in the evening, on a visit to the Right
Hon. and Mrs. Herbert, from Portsmouth. The Earl and
Countess of Clarendon and Lady Constance 'Villiers, the
Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess
of Ripon, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, Viscount
and 'Viscountess Sydney, and Viscount and Viscountess
Somerton assembled at Wilton in the course of the day,
having been invited to meet the illustrious visitors. The
Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert received their Impe-
rial and Royal guests at the entrance-hall, which is re-
markable for its suits of armour and arms, inclusive of
trophies and memorials of the Battle of St. Quintin, 1557,
at which William, Earl of Pembroke, "Black Will," of
historic fame, commanded the English forces. In the
evening the host and hostess gave a banquet, for which
covers were laid for 30. Yesterday her Imperial Highness
the Grand Duchess Marie and daughter, the Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert, and most of the visitors, drove over to Broadlands,
near Romsey, to luncheon with 'Viscount and 'Viscountess
Palmerston. There was to be a grand dinner last evening
at Wilton Houe.
THE PEIHO AFFAIR. A Yorkshire soldier,
engaged in the late affair on the Peiho, writes home to his
friends in Wortley as follows Peiho River, July 3, 1859.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,—l write these few lines' hoping
they will find you well, as they leave me at present, thank
God for that. You will have heard of our late engagement ;
if not, you will presently. Our attack on these forts was
awful. I don't think they could picture it so bad as it was,
I cannot tell you much about it, for I have not got paper—
I have had to borrow this scrap. Our battalion was about
400 strong on the morning of the 25th June, and on the
26th we had about 175 killed and wounded. I think out
of about 1,300 who were engaged in gunboats and landed,
500 were killed and wounded : it was the frightfulest affair
ever witnessed. There are nine men here who went
through the Crimean war—were at Inkermann, an 4 also at
the storming of the Redan—but for horrors neither the one
nor the other can be compared with it. But, thank God,
I have escaped clear this time. I hope, please God I live, I
will repay them for this. We shall make them suffer when
we attack them again. 'We are waiting for more troops,
which are expected here in two months. The river is only
a mass of sludge; the water is all out for near ten miles of
the forts, so we cannot get to the forts with our shipping.
I was on board the Nimrod when the signal was made to
land ; when we did land, as it is called, we were nearly all
stuck fast in the mud. The shots coming front the fort
knocked both men and boats to pieces ; it is a mystery to
me we were not every man killed. We had about half a
mile to go to the forts, above the knees in a sludge ; some
stuck fast, some over the middle ; the ammunition all
spoiled ; some with arms and legs blown off. I was going
on very well until I got half way up, then I stuck fast
above the knees in mud, as if I was grown there ; presently
one marine passed on my left about a yard—at :ill events,
a stride—when a large shot came and knocked him in two
upon me, which felled me, but the ball missed me. I pis
some time before I could get up and recover, and roll the
part of his body off me—the blood running. out of him upon
me until I was covered. But I shall not tell you more
at this time.—l am, yours, &c., JOHN CEREL, Private
Marine."
PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 2 dis. and the short exchange o.a London is 25.121
per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the Eng-
lish Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is at about the same price in
Paris as in London. By advices from Hamburg the
price of gold is 4221 per mark, and the short exchange on
London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore about 3 10ths per cent.
dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is about 110 per cent., which, when compared with the
Mint par between the two countries, shows that the ex-
change is in favour of England ; and, after making
allowance for charges or transport and difference of inte-
rest, the present rate leaves a small profit on the importa-
tion of gold from the United States.

FRANCE.

RAILWAYS.

Cash.

Orleans -
- - -

Northern 935
_ _ _

Kew ditto B2O
Lyons and INloditerrauean 905
limeys

AUSTRIA.

The presentation of the freedom of the city of Aberdeen
to Lord John Russell took place this afternoon, at 5 p.m.,
in the Music-hall, before an audience of about 3,000 per-
sons, by whom his lordship was most enthusiastically ap-
plauded.
His LORDSHIP, having alluded to the great general prin.•
ciples on which Parliamentary Reform should be founded,
proceeded to review the past history of Italy, from the time
of the first Napoleon down to the present state of affairs in
Italy. He took occasion* declare that England would
never under his auspices *ter into a Congress unless the
rights of the peoples of Italy to govern themselves without
the interference of foreign coercion were recognised. At tho
same time he declared his firm belief that noither Austria,
however she might dislike the continuance of the present
state of matters, uor Prance would use anytompulsion.
Lord John concluded an eloquent speech by declaring that
England held a beacon on high which might yet save the
rest of the world.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA.—Her Majesty has cora-
manded that the royal box be reserved for her use during
the approaching operatic season at Covent Garden, under
the Pyne and Harrison management.
Baron de Carayon la Tour has left the Oatlands
Hotel, Walton, for Paris.

TUSCANY.

THE SUN, LONDON, TIIOESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1859.

L.ATEST NEWS.

7i'be following telegrams have been received at

ZURICH, SEPT. 28.

Jerinee Napoleon has arrived here.
;Separate conferences between the French and
Site dinian, and afterwards between the French and
Aas trial' Plenipotentiaries have taken place.
N 0 news in connexion with the Conferences has
try (.7 aspired.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The Patric of this evening states that Prince
N tp oleon is expected at Paris to-morrow, and the
Envcror on Monday next.

MARSEILLES, SEPT. 28.
/Toth ices have been received from Constantinople
to the 21st.

e journals from Constantinople announce that
nuirttrous arrests had taken place in consequence of
the discovery of a political conspiracy, but few de-
tails of the affair are published, as the journals
state they have been forbidden to make comments
on title matter until the judicial examinations have
been. concluded.

Private letters state that the conspiracy was to
have, broken out on Saturday, but on the previous

Thun.day it was denounced by Sergeant Ariza.
Vigorous measures have been taken by the Govern-
ment. Two frigates have been moored before the
Serfyglio, and the squadron had arrived the day the
mail left. Among the principal leaders of the con-
spiracy were two generals of division, Djaffir, of
the Artillery, and Hossein, Governor of the Dar-
danelles, several colonels and Ulemas. Djaffir was
drowned in the Bosphorus. No Christians were
compromised in the plot. The plan of the conspiracy
was clevely organised. The Europeans and the
foreign Ambassadors were to be protected by the
generals of the rebels.

The concession of the Bank has been made to
Messrs- Gladstone and Rodocanachi.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.
The Emperor is not expected to reach Paris be-
fore the early days of October.
The Patrie still holds to the idea of a Congress
as a necessity. All depends on Austria.
M. Mon, the Spanish Ambassador, has left Paris
for Biarritz.

M. Fould, Minister of State, has resumed the
duties of his department, which had been confided
during his absence from Paris to M. Delangle.
The following fresh details are given by a Paris
journal re petting the projected expedition to China.
Three generals are, it is said, proposed for the com-
mand of the expedition—General de Martimprey,
Commander-in-Chief of the forces in Algeria, Gene-
ral Trochu, and General Wimpfen. The number of
troops appears to be fixed at 12,000, chosen from
the best men of every corps, and to be formed into
marching regiments. It is evident that for so dis-
tant an expedition all the men of a regiment are not
equally capable of supporting the sea voyage and
the influence of the climate. A depot is to be formed
in one of the stations nearest to Hong Kong or
Shanghai to replace the deficiencies in the effec-
tive force. In consequence of the preparations to
be made the departure cannot take place until the
first fortnight in November. It is, moreover, the
most favourable season in consequence of the mon-
soon. The French Government, as I mentioned
some days since, when displaying its flag in the
heart of the Celestial Empire, wishes to give a high
idea of its military power, and to show that at pre-
sent it can strike hard and far when its honour is
concerned.

BounsE, Sept. 28.—The market has been heavy,.
but prices have not materially varied. Threes
have been done at 69f. 35c. to 69f. 30c.; Mobilier,
820 f. to 815 f.; Orleans, 1,395 f. to 1,397 f. 50c. ;
Lyons, 900 f. to 905 f. ; Eastern, 670 f. to 672 f. 50c. ;
Austrian, 5521. 50c. to 553 f. 75e.; Lombard, 5531.
75c. to 555 f. The following were the last quota-
tions :

4t per Cents. .... 95 —; Credit Fonder 685
Do. end month .. 95 251 Belgian 4f — ---
3 per Cent 5....... 69 201Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month.... 69 20 . Roman B6
Bank Shares — Austrian
Credit Mobilier .. 815 Spanish Threes
Do. Account ... • . 813 75 Home Debt 4l

Account
.. 137 50
937 50

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.. 905 -
.. 537 50

_
Southern
R estern 590 .. 592 50
Eastern

Sardinian 420 .. 420
Austrian
Lombard ....
Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 13c. ; money,
25f 11c.; three months, paper, 24f. 9ic.; money, 24f, 931 c.

VIENNA, SEPT. 26.

The official Wiener Zeitung of this day contains
an Imperial Rescript, which is likely to produce a
favourable impression on the Austrian public. The
contents of the document, which is addressed to
the " Minister of State and Conference," Count
Hartig, are in substance as follows :
"In an autograph letter of the 28th of May I
expressed my resolve to have the proposition made
in regard to a reform in the system of direct taxa-
tion subjected to a strict examination, and at the
same time directed you to draw up a plan for the
formation of a commission (‘ Immediat Commis-
sion') whose duty it should be to take the matter
in hand. Your project having met with my
approval, I appoint yob to be President of the
Commission, the difficult and important duty of
which will be to make those improvements in the
system of taxation which the changes in the con-
dition of the empire and the necessities of the State
appear to render necessary ; so that the public
burdens may be as equitably distributed as pos-
sible, and the method of collecting the taxes simpler
and less expensive.

" The Chevalier Francis Von Kalchberg, the
chief of a section in the Finance Department, is to
have the direction of the operations of the Com-
mittee, with one referendary from the Ministry of
Finance, and one from the Ministry of the Interior,
to assist him in his labours. In addition to the
president, director of the operations, and the two
referendaries, the 'lmmediat Commission,' which
is to have the character of a 'Legislative Special
Commission,' is to be composed of two represen-
tatives of the Council of the Empire, of two repre-
sentatives of the Ministry of the Interior, and of
eight representatives of the taxpayers.

" The members of the Commission taken from the
class of taxpayers are—William Eder, the Abbot
of the Benedictine Convent at Melk, the Chevalier
von Krainski, a member of the Estates, Counts
George Andrassy, George Festetics, and Albert
Nostitz, the Chevalier von Seiller, Burgomaster
of Vienna, the Chevalier von Gredler, J.J. Dr., and
])r. Charles Peintinger, President of the Chamber
of Commerce and senior of the Radmeister guild.

"All the clerks required to be supplied by the
Finance Department. In order that the Special
Commission may be able sati, factorily to perform
its important duties the Ministries, central organs,
and provincial authorities are hereby directed to
afford all the information and assistance that may
be required.
" Copics of this autograph letter have been for-
warded to the Archduke Regnier, President of the
Council of the Empire, and to the Ministers of the
Interior and of Finances.

FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" LAxemberg, Sept. 7, 1859."

The Tuscan Government has decreed the execu-
tion of :two equestrian statues in bronze, one of
Victor Emmanuel and the other of Napoleon 111.,
which are to grace the Piazza dell'lndipendenza at

Florence (by which we suppose is meant the Piazza
del Granduca). Statues of Charles Albert and
Victor Emmanuel are to be erected at Leghorn ;
others of various celebrated men are to be executed
for Lucca, Sienna, and Pisa, their respective birth-
places. Paintings are also to be executed :-1. Of
the Tuscan Assembly voting the downfall of the
House of Lorraine; 2. Of Victor Emmanuel re-
ceiving the deputation offering him the throne of
Tuscany ; 3. Of the battles of Curtatone, Palestro,
Magenta, and San Martino ; 4. Of the costumes or
uniforms which figured in the late war; and, 5.
Six portraits, viz., of Gioberti, Balbo, Troya, Berchet,
Silvio Pellico, and Giusti.