The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

CONTINENTAL PASSENGER TRAFFIC,

The following particulars of the passenger traffic be-
tween England and the Continent, during the past year,
a% compare with 1855, have been gathered from state-
ments just furnished from the various ports :-
1856. 1857.
Boulogne 99,034 ...... 136,331
Calais
Dieppe
Havre
Dunkirk
Ostend

~. - ..... 18 998
17017 ....... 15:346
Antwerp

Total ............... 274,083 ..... 313,580
The falling off observable in the French traffic is en-
tirely attributable to the exceptional development it
attained in 1855 in consequence of the/Paris Exhibition.
The augmentation at Calais and the Belgian ports seems
to indicate an increasing traffic with Belgium, Germany,
and the North of Europe—partly attributable, perhaps,
to the re-opening of relations with Russia.

The Countess Granville "received" last evening, at
the family mansion in Bruton•street. The reunion was
very fay attended.
Th• merchants of Nottingham have signed an addrtn
of confidence in Lord Palmerston.
The merchants of the city of Cork have voted an ad-
dress of confidence in Lord Palmerston.
Madame Ristori recommerces her representations at
the Theatre Italien, Paris, on the 21 of April.
A letter from Berlin of March 9 statel that M. de
Meyerboer, the celebrated composer, is suffering from an
attack of ophtialtnia, which cause great uneminess to his
triendB.

Advices from Sweden state that the traffic on the
Royal Swedish Railway, so far as the line is open, is
exhibiting a satisfactory increase.

LATEST NEWS.

News from Circassia has been received to the
effect that the Circassian& have again beaten the
Russians in a battle on the banks of the Laba.
The Russians were driven back over the river, with
the loss of 400 men, 4 pieces of cannon, and their
baggage. The Russians are seeking to take pos-
session of Chukla ; its sovereign has demanded the
interposion of the Sultan.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 12.
Nerimon Khan and Mirza Ebol Khan, the bear-
ers of the treaty signed at Paris by Feruk Khan,
sailed this morning for Constantinople.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCII 4.
Admiral Lyons, in an order of the day, has
poinfed out the order of departure of the vessels of
his squadron from the Bosphorus.

They are to leave in succession, and repair to
Malta, where they will all assemble before proceed-
ing to England.

Admiral Lyons himself will leave Constantinople
on the 15th, in the Royal Albert, at which time
the only vessel remaining will be the Miranda, at-
tached to the service of the English embassy.
The journals of Constantinople state that the
Council of Ministers have approved of the statutes
of the new Bank of Turkey.
There is a change of Ministry in Alexandria.
Achmet Pacha takes the Department of the In-
terior, Abdul Hann Pacha that of War, and Mus-
tapha Bey the Finances.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 2.
A Russian corps of 3,000 men had been received
with enthusiasm at Tabriz.

The Persian army destined to act against the
Affghans had been reinforced ; and Russia was
seeking to occupy the Khanate of Khoukhand,
with a view to the extension of its frontier to the
English possessions.

The Sovereign of Bokhara, alarmed at these pro•
jects of invasion on the part of Russia, had soli-
cited the mediation of the Sultan to secure the in•
depence of Khoukhand.

ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 7.

Letters from Bombay, of 16th of Feb., mention
that Colonel Jacob had sailed for the Persian Gulf
with 1,000 cavalry and a regiment of infantry.
Dost Mohammed had shown himself favourable
to the mission of General Lawrance. The former
believes he shall be able to make Kandahar his
principal residence.

MADRID, MARCH 11.
The case of General Prim will be deliberated
upon to-morrow by the Council of War.
General Concha is named for the command of the
expedition to Mexico.

VIENNA, THURSDAY.
The Emperor and Empress have arrived from
their visit to their Italian dominions.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says :

"The Prussian Minister has received no in-
structions from Berlin since Saturday last, when
he transmitted the conditions communicated by
the Conference for the settlement •f the Neu-
chatel question. This delay is felt to be very
annoying, and the Emperor, who treated the
Swiss in so unceremonious a meaner to please
the King of Prussia and with the prospect of a
visit from his Royal brother, now finds what
sort of a friend he has paid court to, and how
little worth while it was to wound the feelings of
old and tried friends to flatter those whose good-
will he can never expect to gain. The Emperor
is said to be irritated at the manner in which the
Prussian Government is acting. He imprudently
engaged himself with the Swiss, and his engage-
ment is now as far from fulfilment as ever. But
for that engagement the prisoners would not have
been liberated, and the French Government is
in reality responsible for the dilatoriness if not bad
faith of their friend, who, I dare say, laughs at
the simplicity of those who trusted him. So far
as the Swiss are concerned it matters not much to
them. The sovereignty of the King of Prussia
in Neuchatel is at an end ; that the King will
" mobilise" another army against Switzerland is
not probable, and it is still more improbable that
even if it were mobilised his Majesty would make
use of it. No day is yet fixed for the resumption
of the Conferences."

The Paris correspondent of th• Morning Pos
:second edition) says :

"It has been stated that the French Govern-
ment were about to send an expedition of 20,000
men to China, being a portion of an Anglo-French
force, which the conduct of the Chinese authorities
renders abaately necessary. These assertions are
false. The French Government will not send any
number of men to China excepting those which
form the naval complement of men belonging to
the squadron. destined to operate in the Chinese
waters, under the command of Admiral Rigault-

Genouilly. An exchange of notes has taken place
on the China difficulty between the Governments
of England and France, and the best understand-
ing exists with reference to joint operations."