The Express. — London, England, 1853-08-26 00:00:00

lEtte Onartxos. TO CORKEZPONDENTS: • aorom. Mows ;I' . IMMO it“ sir gee (...wettk." w WILIAM *very lorday awl t reds, *ight..e Uwe for pat & ivo ux meow Intended for " IU Layne'," Loodon Evemnir paper, awn b at the flaw, 10, Bouvarbastros4 by Two o'cacca es LW day of publiralow. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGI. Ton Diiv-11 locum GI. 32m......- Afteranos. 6s. 5210. Tmscasov—lonmag. 71. 12m. Afternoon. 70. 34.. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26. le the Emperor of the FRENCII is accessible to the lessons of experience, he must by this time be aware that the strict superintendence and control to which he has subjected the Press does him more harm than good. He is held responsible for everything that ap pears in a French—at least in a Parisian—newspaper. lie may thus be made to appear the first to move awkward discussions and controversies, when in fact he is not. case in point has just occurred. It will be seen from the letter of our Paris core respondent that M. Aosenee De CESENA—Te cently decorated " for eminent services rendered iu the political press"—has been putting forth a feeler in the Coratituhonnel, to try how far public opinion in Europe is likely to recognise the intermarriage of the Belgian with the Austrian dynasty as a step which may warrant the French elovernment's entertaining suspicions of the intentions ot King LEOPOLD, and perhaps adopting a strong measure to prevent any unfriendly acts on his part. The French Emperor may lay his account with being accused of connivance with M. DE CESENA--and no dis claimers on his part will entirely remove sespicion. On the other hand, we find the Burgomaster of us eels, on Monday last, declaring that the mar riage of the Luke of BRABANT is a guarantee of Belgian independence; we have the ludepetulance Aloe of the same day ostentatiously reminding its readers that the blood of BouaeoN flows in the veins of the Duke, and that of HAPSBURG in his bride's; and lastly, we have the Times of yesterday accus ing the Court of the Tuileries of " real and deep seated" enmity towards " a Sovereign of Belgium who is a grandson of LOON PILILIPPE and a member of the Cueovao family," and trying to estimate what additional strength for defence the Austrian alliance gives to King Leorohn. The Brusselsnewspaper and burgomaster were the first to moot the delicate ques tion upon which M. DE CESENA has unwisely touched; the writer in the Times may be considered as having raised it simultaneously with that gentleman; but Nobody will dream of accusing King Leorohs of having prompted the foolish talk of the Belgian magistrate and journalist, or Queen Vterciale of having instigated the writer in the Times. And yet, in all probability, the Emperor of the FRENCH is as innocent in this matter as either of his regal neighbours. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread:' the journalists and magistrate, whose gossip has elicited these remarks, have been prating about a matter respecting which any man of average common sense would have seen that prudence enjoined him to keep silence. It is highly probable that the Emperor of FRANCE is jealous of the influence of the House of ORANGE with the Coeotatt; family; and , it is highly probable that the members of the House of COBOCRG have no very kindly feeling towards the Sovereign who sits on the throne from which their near connexions have been driven; but if ever there was a moment when everything that might fan any lurking dis taste or distrust that may exist in these high quar tets into a flame was to be deprecated, it is the present. The nations of England, France, and Belgium are by sentiment and position antago nistic to the old despotisms of Europe ; the old despotisms of Europe cannot afford to quarrel seriously with Ramie ; upon the continued concord, therefore, of France, Belgium, and England—upon their resolute determination to re sist the encroachments of Russia in the East-- depends the preservation of European peace and the maintenance of European liberty. The three nations are warmly in accord on this subject; but this is not enough. It their Governments are disposed to quar rel with and thwart each other, the national good. will may be thwarted and paralysed. There is little danger of the French and English Governments quarrelling if left to themselves; but the Belgians may throw down an apple of discord before them. U9til the time when the almost unanimous voice of France sanctioned the Government based on the coup d'Elat we did not hesitate to speak ear mind freely of its author. But as the de filet° Sovereign of France we have treated, and will continue to treat, him with the respect due, if not to his own per son, to the represeutative of that great and in telligent nation. And it is the duty both of the Bel gian and English Courts to lay aside any personal prepossession they may entertain for the exiled dynas ties of France, and carry into effect the wishes of their respective subjects, by joining heart and hand with the French Government in its resistance to Russian ambition and aggression. In the negotia tions arising out of the Eastern question the conduct of the French Emperor has so far been irreproachably loyal; he is entitled, therefore, so long as he pursues the same course, to look in their fur ther progress for the frank and loyal Import of England and Belgium. Even had this easeilla fey particular reason for ►oving the royal Haw et which the King of the Spanish marriages was the head, and 1)e JOIN VILLE, of anti-English and boo• censoring pamphlet notoriety, a scion, that predilec tion ought not to be allowed to interfere with the higher duties of the present emergency. But, in truth, England has little cease to love the House of ORLEANS better than the House of BONAPARTE ; and even if it had, the preference of France for the latter renders it the legitimate dynasty, according to every• political principle dear to Englishmen. It would undoubtedly give as pleasure to see France under a rein parliamentary government, but 1 if France prefers a sham parliamentary government under the House of thet.eeNs, or an avowedly non parliamentary government under the House of Bo- N Alt titre, that is the concern of France alone—the difference between the two dynasties is for England the difference between Toceeditauo, and Twee:l44LT. The absence of the French ambassador at the time of the marriage ceremonies in Brussels is a matter of • slight shade more consequenze than the grosip of the worthy burgomaster of that city, and our French, Belgian, and English brethren of the broad sheet. It has a look as it the Emperor of the Fueet rr did feel some soreness at the marriage. And it cannot he denied that there has been among certain coteries in 1321ginin an affectation of viewing it as a ground of petty glorification at the expense of the French Sovereign that may make him feel a little sore. Bat it is unwise and undignified in him to show it. The policy of Great Britain cannot be affected by it ; no English Minister could dare to advise or connive at n•iy crusade for the restoration of the HOUSE of Oit i.i.vqs to the throne of France ; and King LEOPOLD his too strong an instinct of self-preservation to become a martyr for any connexions, however near end dear ; and knows too well the weakness of his own state, and the tardiness of Austrian aid, to do anything that will give serious umbrage to France. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1853. acknowledgment may be applied on them. This must be done within ten days from this date, so that they may continue to circulate between your expe -1 • mimed merchants and our subjects as heretofore; They are not to themselves to the bank for chafrging them until we inform you, after which everything shall be as it was; and whoever shall wislst4ohsuge in the bank may do it, agreeable to the •torftcription written oh .the very body of the notes. " We have authorised our beloved, faithful, and trustworthy Minister - of the' Interior, oar son Mus tapha Kasnadar, to apply the mark of acknowledg ment on the notes and permits. "Continue to be under the Lord's safe keeping. Written 2nd Shaban, 1269 (10th )fay, 1833. r (A true translation.) Interpreter to the British goiernment. beca.edil more objectionable than Art. 1; and, should I the British government insist on its acceptance, the Porto had almost rather be deprived of its aid, and endeavour, proario Marte, to extricate herself from her present difficulties. It is for her at once a ques tion of honour, of security, and of existence itself. The arsuments used to combat these views have been, it is believed, ineffectual ; sod the minister added, that the projects of settlement 'proposed by different governments had only the effect of mul tiplying the embarrassments of the Porte, for that the one prejudicial to her interests would be precisely that most likely to find favour with the Russian cabinet. Reshid Pacha, lastly, declared, however impossible it appeared that any suchproposition should be for a moment admitted by a majority in council for his part, rather than sign it, he would instantly retire from the ministry. This implies a strong conviction, and all, it appears, declare with one voice, that should a refusal end in war, and the empire succumb in the struggle, far better this, than abdicate voluntarily its honour and independence. The note of the 28th of July, will merit, it is anticipated here, the approbation and support of all Europe. It was framed by Reshid ruche, and sp• proved, as you are aware, by the representatives of the great powers. We are anxiously expecting in about ten days the reply of the Russian cabinet. England is losing, as I have repeatedly observed, from day to day, her credit, influence, and popularity in this country, while France is progressing in the same proportion, a necessary consequence of her firm attitude in every stage of these transactions. The Greek consul at Yam) , proceeded in full uni form to compliment the Russians on their arrival, and assisted in the same trim at the Te Deum on the following day. This, of course, will be officially con- Idemned by his government, and it has led meantime to the withdrawing of his erequatur by the Porte. Advices from ' lrebisond bear testimony to the good feeling and public spirit of the population in that town and its vicinity. Turks and Christians with one accord have offered their services gratis to the governor, Sarim Pasha, for the repairs of the batteries and other works now in progress. The same has happened at Varna, my correspondent writes,and the fortifications have been put in order there also by voluntary labour. This letter would have reached you two days earlier, via Galats and Vienna, but the Sulina mouth of the Danube, as you are perhaps aware, is almost completely blocked up, and for the reasons stated by Lord Palmerston to the House of Commons. Per- haps 300 vessels are in durance vile, and likely . to be so for many months more. The bank is increasing prodigiously, it is said, owing to the culpable and wilful neglect of the Russians, who are now least of all disposed to facilitate any ingress to their snug winter quarters. The Poses; Gazette announces that the Emperor of Russia is no longer expected at Warsaw, and that he will not visit Poland this year. A letter from Galatz, 12th, in the Breslau Gazette, says:—" A Russian commission arrived some days since at the mouths of the Sulina, charged to examine the river, and propose a plan for improving its en trance. A French colonel of engineers, named Magna, has been for the last eight days at Kunko witza. a frontier town of Bulgaria, near Galatz, direct ing the works of the fortifications: lie has recently made a journey throughout the whole of Bulgaria for the same object. Tim Directors of the East India Company have! made two military appointments on principles so utterly opposed to each other that the public will be very apt to conclude that in the administration of this patronage the Court is guided by no principle. Nor to all appearance will this jadgmeflt be very wrong. It was only four or five jean ago that the-Direetors sent out Sir JOHN GREY, 111 all fire decrepitude of age, to take the command of their Bombay Army ; and then, not ashamed of that, they appointed a still more helpless general officer, Sir RICHARD ARM STRONG, to preside over the Madras Army. In firmity drove Sir JOHN GREY home ; and ho was succeeded by Lord FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, who is one of the youngest Major-Generals in the ser vice. And now Sir RICHARD ARSISTRONG has also resigned. Previously, however, the command of the Bengal Army became vacant. Now, by general consent, the Bengal Army is known to be exactly that part of the Company's military force which is in the least satisfactory state; and, being in an inferior condi tion to the other two Armies, it required a soldier of large experience, of high reputation, and of profes sional enthusiasm and devotion, to reform and im prove it. Now to whom has the Court of Directors confided its command ? Why, to none other than the Hon. GEORGE ANSON, a gentleman who cer tainly has reached the rank of Major-General, but simply by keeping his name on the Army Ll.. As a politician, the world knows the Hon. GEORGE ANSON to be a remarkably steady Whig ; as a sports man, heis known to be a breeder and owner of race horses ; and as a railway director, the North Western Company has had the benefit of all that keenness, sharpness, and tact, which Newmarket had previously monopolised. But, except that the Hon. GEORGE AN sus was a young Guardsman at Waterloo, and that, when his friends the Whip were in power he was a member of the Board of Ordnance, the British Army knows little or nothing of him. He never saw any great amount of regimental service, never went through a campaign in his life, never beaded any large body of troops, and for the last twenty years at least has had no active acquaintance of any sort with the management of either regiments or armies. No doubt Major-General ANSON is a clever, active, intelligent man, full of confidence and self reliance; and it is quite possible that though re suming his profession after long retirement there from, he may be quite successful in the command of the Bengal Army. But the chances of his success are scarcely a sufficient justification for his appoint ment to an important Indian command. A district at home, no one could or would have objected to ; but to send an inexperienced soldier to Bengal and itsl 10,0001. a year, is at best a very doubtful experiment. It was the boast of East India Directors, during the recent d.bates, that India patronage was middle class patronage ; that they, at all events, were not influenced by either aristocratic or political influences ; that they sought the best men, and, finding, ap pointed them to the highest places in their gift. Major-General ANSON'S appointment is a curious illustration of Leadenhall-street boasting; for he, it is very clear, owes his selection, not to personal merit or distinction of a professional character, but to aris tocratic connexions, political influences, and family interest. He has been sent to the most favoured Indian Presidency, not because of his eminence as a soldier, but because of his fidelity :as a politi cian; not because of his experience in war, but because of his kaowledge of parties; not because of his well-established capacity to reform the Bengal Army, but because of his services in the House of Commons. And this appointment, so far from illustrating the independ -Ice and honesty of the Court of Directors, shows how in these le t ter days they are just as accessible to improper influentcs as any other body of the State. Having, however, sent an inexperienced soldier to take command of the Bengal Army, where an expe rienced general and a man of high professional merit and reputation was especially wanted, the Court have now, by way of contrast, selected an old and gallant soldier, Major-General STAVELET, to com mand their Madras Army. The more important and more highly remnnerated command they have given to " a man about town ;" the less important and less paid command they have bestowed on one of our Peninsular heroes. They have placed the man of fashion, of family, and of society, in the choicest position and in the choicest part of India; but the old soldier they have sent out of the way, to the Madras Presidency. Our curiosity is moved to dud out on what count principle these two appointments can have been made or can be justified; why the Madras Army is to have a moldier at its head who has gained in service every step he has acquired, and why the Bengal Army a gentleman who has passively risen to the rank of Major-General without any service at all? For our part we can discover nothing but inconsistency in the selections. In the one case, favouritism and in fluence have prevailed; and then, as if to persuade the public that their boasts are well-founded, merit has been rewarded. So that for every one good appointment the Court of Directors seem to think they may make another that outrages all sense of propriety and responsibility. And —if thus open to sinister influences in their higher patronage, in that which must attract public notice and discussion, —what, most people ask, must be the state of the in ferior patronage? The men who appointed Major- General ANSON to the command of the Bengal Army will not, we may be sure, be very nice as to the selection of cadets. TUNISIAN BANK NOTES AND PERMITS TO EXPORT OIL. Sir J. Emerson Tennent has been directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to communicate to the Editor of the Express the accompanying copy of a notification, which the Tunisian government has caused to be addressed to the European consuls, and which has been recently transmitted to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, under the apprehension that an attempt may be made to negotiate in England the Bank notes and permits to which it refers. Board of Trade, Whitehall, Aug. 25, 1853. (Copy.—Translation.) "From the servant of God Almighty the Nlatheer Ahmed Pasha Bey, &c., to our ally, Sir Edward Stuart Baynes, agent and consul-general of the - British government. "At the time we established the bank-notes, you are aware that we entrusted the direction of the Bank to our son, General Mahmoul Benayad, and we gave him a quantity of bank-notes, as well as of permits for exportation of oii, with orders that whenever he should have bitted a bank-note he was to deposit the amount in cash thereof in the Bank : ' and that whenever ho issued a permit ho was to de- I posit in the Bank the relative amount of duty. " He has subsequently departed, leaving his son ta ac' fur him ; and upon the death of the latter he appointed his nephew in his stead. " Having, however, directed our attention to the Bank, we did not find in it either the amount of the bank-notes which had been issued, or the remainder of the notes, we arc therefore obliged to inform you of it in order that you may r•!ify .o those who arc , unuer your administration that they aro not to receive from his agents ether bank-notes or per mits for oil until we may have determined the matter with him. With regard, however, to the bank-notes which are in circulation, and also to the permits which circulate, the holders thereof are to come unto us, in order that a mark of FOREIGN LOANS. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., has forwarded the following letter to the committee of the Stock Exchange and the committees of the various foreign bondholders : 8, Upper Hyde-park-street, Aug. 26, 1853. " Gentlemen —I beg to acquaint you that on the 4th inst. I placed the following notice on the journals of the House of Commons nr. Oliveira, early next session, to move for a select committee to in quire into all loans contracted between foreign go- vernments and the subjects of her Britannic Majesty.' It is, further, my intention when the house meets to move for' copies of all instructions sent out by the Foreign-office to her Majesty's representatives in foreign countries upon the subject of loans, with the replies thereto, and all correspondence relating to the same.' On obtaining the appointment of the committee and the production of the papers I have referred to, I hope, through the medium of evidence which will be brought before such committee and the report that may be based thereon to lay before the public, in an official form, the amount of British capital sacrificed in these transactions, which may operate as a salutary caution for the future, as well as form the ground work for further efforts to recall to defaulting states their obligations to British creditors, as likewise to ascertain how far her Majesty's government may be disposed to interest itself on behalf of those claims, as indicated by Lord Palmerston in his reply to Lord George Beutinck on the 6th July, 1847. "1 have thought it my duty to communicate these circumstances to you at this early period, that you may prepare such information and documents as you may think calculated to promote the inquiry and benefit your constituents. " I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " BENJAMIN OLIVEIRA. " To the Committee of —." SOCIETY OF ARTS. It is now very generally known that the Society of Arts has been actively . engaged for some time past in forming an union of the Literary and Mechanics' Institutions throughout the country. One object of the Society in entering upon this work has been to collect for the Institutions such information as may aid them in procuring a more able body of lecturers and a sounder and more useful class of lectures. In furtherance of this object it has recently issued to the Institutions in union a tabulated list of lecturers (formed from returns fur nished by the institutions themselves), with the sub jects on which they lecture, and having corresponded with the lecturers so recommended, has been enabled to state the periods and districts during and in which the lecturers are open to engagements, as well as in some cases the cost at which the lectures may be obtained. It is believed that this list will save much unnecessary trouble and correspondence both on the part of the Institutions and the lec turers ; but the society cautions the institutions against supposing that the number of societies recommending a lecturer can be taken exactly as a guide to their relative merits. It is believed that the list so ptepared will place before the managing committees of Institutions a class of subjects exceed ing in interest, usefulness, and extent, any they may have hitherto possessed : and by its means it Is hoped they may be enabled to infuse an interest into that class of subjects for want of which it is to be regretted of late years the theatres of institutions have become in many cases deserted, or mere places of amusement. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Aco. 11. Details of a conspiracy among the students or seas, at Constantinople, have found their way into some of the leading London journal.. There is not one word of truth in these reports. The suspicious attitude of Austria, the declaration of her Consul to the Prince of Servia, and the move meats of her forces on many points contiguous to the Turkish territory, isa new subject of anxiety to the I Porte. The occupation of Servia is an event generally I apprehended, sooner or later ; but, whether Austria, in the execution of this measures be acting on her own account, or as an accomplice in the Rue- sian invasion, is still a matter of conjecture. A grand council has been held to deliberate on this un expected complication, and it has been resolved to Idespatch a Turkish commissioner with instructions for the local authority, and to send reinforcements to the fortified toyrn of Nissa and to the garrison ot Belgrade. Moreover, the Servian charge d'affidree, M. Nikolaievitz, has been commissioned to impels on Prince Alexander the necessity of using all his efforts, with a view to the preservation of order, that no pretext may exist for Austrian intervention; and the attempt, if made, vigorously to resist. After the sitting of the conned, on the same day M. „de Bruck had an interview with Reshid Packs, he read to him a despatch from the Austrian Cabinet, in order to complete the explanations already given ia reference to the projected occupation of Servia. The Austrian government declares it to be a mere mum of precaution, in order to support and assist the local authorities, in case of any insurrectionary movement manifesting itself in those provinces--an event not improbable at the present juncture. More over, it states that, should the present general perturba tion be prolonged, all governments will be under the necessity of increasing their armaments and watch ing the course of events ; that, for this purpose, the combined fleets of France and England are stationed at Besika Bay; and that Austria, in a like manner, without the slightest hostile intention to the Porte, has been compelled to take a military position for her own security. This language held by M. de Bruck to the Turkish government, as well as to the representatives with whom he has been acting, his not produced, it is laid, conviction in the minds of many. Reshid Plebe, it appears, declared, in reply to the Internuocio, that the Porte, would never consent, under any circumstances, to the unsolicited armed intervention of any power; and the Minister's sus picions in respect to the real policy of Austria are not only shared by his colleagues, but by most of the influential men in this country. The London Convention, in substance, is now generally known at Constantinople. Lord Radcliffe km thrown off at last the reserve assumed with his colleagues in reference to that project, and avowed to one, it is said, with whom he is more especially allied, that his silence on the subject proceeded from the hopes he entertaint d of being enabled to divert his government from the adoption of that plan, and that he had frankly stated his views to Lord Claren don. Meantime, Lord Redeliffe has not omitted to communicate this project to the Divan in a friendly and unofficial manner till further and weeise instruc tions from oar government. ResehitlTacha, it is said, received it with manifest aversion and displeasure, and declared to our ambas sador that any such project of adjustment, were it for no other reason than its form, would be inadmis sible; that the Porte had given the most explicit assurances in reference to the matter at issue, in its manifesto to the Mussulman population ; but that she will never consent by a diplomatic bilateral act to an engagement with any power in respect to the privileges and immunities of the Greek reli gion in 'turkey— franchises voluntarily ac corded by Mahomet the Second; and that to connect those in any way with the treaties of Kainardji and Adrianople would be virtually to recognise and justify the pretensions of Russia. He added, that the preamble of the contention is, per. FRANCE. PARIS, THUILIIDAIr Evzurwo. The only official news from Dieppe is that their Majesties continue in good health. The lyric effu lions of the Patrie came to a full stop yesterday. Another " Lettre Dieppoise " was promised fur to day, but it has not appeared, probably because the zeal of the writer was not thought in high quarters an equivalent for the ridicule attaching to his per formances. Whether their Majesties have Leen re ceived with " delirious enthusiasm" or not, it is quite clear that quiet is what they want at Dieppe. The Vigie de Dieppe says : Ws are authorized to say that nothing would be so agree able to their Majesties, during their stay, u to enjoy the most complete liberty. This liberty will be interfered with if their Mojesties coninue to be the object of a persevering and indiscreet curiosity which does not allow them to walk about without provoking clamorous manifestations. Two steeple-chases are to take place at Dieppe on the Bth September next—one for 8,000 fr., the other for 2,400 fr. The Emperor, since his arrival in that town, has given a sum f 3,000 fr. for additional stakes. Marshal St. Arnaud, after making a hasty appev ance at the Council-General of the Gironde, where he referred to the conduct of France in regard to the Eastern question as the most pregnant commentary upon the Emperor's famous expression " L'Empire c'est la pair" pronounced in the capital of that de partment, set out for Paris. He is expected here to morrow, and will go to Dieppe on Satut day. The Chaptal left Marseilles on the 22nd for Con stantinople, having on board Rear-Admiral Le Bar bier de 'linen, who supersedes Vice-Admiral Remain- Deafosses in the command of the Levant station. The Courrier de Marseilles says that the dismissal of Admiral Diatheses has given rise to many un founded rumours; but the only true reason for it is that the commander of the Levant fleet, Admiral Hamelin, having also under his orders the ships at the ordinary station, could not with propriety com mand au officer of his own rank and his senior in the service. General de Steers, aide-de-camp to the King of Holland, and Major Kock, his orderly officer, have just arrived in Paris, to be present at the manoeuvres at the camps of Satory and Helfaut. Lieutenant Steinberg, of the Dutch artillery, has also arrived in Paris, charged specially to study in detail the sys tem of artillery of which the Emperor is the in vestor. The Indicaleur of Rochefort states that orders have been received to complete without delay the three line-of-battle ships, the 111m,Louis XIV., and Turenne, and when launched to replace them by others. An seder has also been given for the construction of a mew machine of 900 horse power for one of these wads. We have had the worst Bourse to-day that has been seen for the last fortnight. People are at length beginning to be seriously uneasy at the ab sence of any definite news from Constantinople. The belief that the Sultan has affixed conditions to the acceptance of the proposition of Vienna, which Rus sia will deem inadmissible, gains ground. The Rus sian organ, the Assemblee, pretends that Lord Strat ford de Radcliffe, in defiance of the spirit of his instructions, has excited the Divan to raise difficulties. It is to that diplomatist, says this journal, that the gravity which this question, at first so easy to be settled, afterwards assumed is in a great measure due, and it is he again who now retards the solution. It goes on to say that such positive instructions from the English government to make every effort to induce Turkey to accept the proposition of the four powers are now on their way out, that Lord de Redcliffe will not be able to resist them. Immediately afterwards however, as if lacking confidence in its own assertion, the Assembles takes upon itself to say that although any declaration concerning the evacuation of the Principalities would be su esrus after the assurances contained in the lrode circular, there is no disposition on the part of Russia to refuse even a superfluous declara tion, if any such should be required to reassure the. Porte. It protests energetically that the main ques tion is settled. These vehement assurances from such a suspicions quarter do not, however, pass current at the Bourse. The Rente fell 40 centimes, and the railways, with scarcely an exception, wore ,_ I greatly depressed. Even Bank of France fell 25f. to VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF FRANCE TO BOULOGNE. BOULOGNE, AUGUST 2i. A correspondent says "A telegraphic message has just arrived here stating that the Emperor will visit Boulogne in the early part of September." 110I,I„kND. The King of Holland has determined to form a camp at the Hague, where manwuvres for the in btruction of the troops will commence on Sept. 1. MANUFACTURE OF IRON FOR THE INDIAN RAH, WAls.—The proposed establishead of the East India Iron Company, at Madras, is understood to be intended for the supply of rails and iron required for railways in British India. ITALY ROMAN STATES. Our Roman correspondent, writing on the 20th of August, gives an account of the mode in which the Mazzinian plot was discovered, denies the emissaries being provided with English passports, and gives the names and professions of the principal revolutionary leaders (about 40) hitherto arrested. Great efforts had been made by the fusionists to induce the Maz izinians to renounce their undertaking, but in vain. It was expected that many of the emissaries would suffer capital punishment. The French had provided the Inquisition barracks with biscuit ovens. The Pope had sent Baron Grazioli to buy corn at GERMANY. AUSTRIA. The Vienna journals announce the death of the Oerman tragedian, M. Charles Devrient, the husband of the celebrated singer, Madame Schroeder Devrient. He died of apoplexy at Isohl (Upper Austria), at the age of fifty-eight. PRUSSIA. BERLIN,Avo. 21. A correspondent says:—" It is stated that the great powers, with the exception of England, have asked the Porte to expel the political refugees. We can affirm that Prussia has in no way interfered in this matter." gut Court. OSBORNE, Aro. 25. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with Count Alex ander Mensdorff, attended by the lion. Beatrice Byng and the lion. A. Gordon, drove over to Black Gang Chine yes terday afternoon. Viscount Harding' has arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The Turkish Minister transacted business at the Foreign office yesterday. Th.spatches were received at the Colonial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar yesterday. TILE CHARGE AGAINST MR. NORMAN WILKINSON. Yesterday having been appointed as the day on which the Lord Mayor was to deliver hie decision in the matter of the charge preferred by the East India Company against Mr. Norman Wilkinson, of having been concerned with a person whose name is unknown in trafficking for an appointment in the gift of the East India Company, the justice-room was densely crowded, as on the former neat sions, with members of the Stock Exchangeonerchanta, and other persons of influence in the City. Messrs. Lawford appeared as solicitors to the East India Company, with Mr. Clarkson as their counsel. The defendant was repro tented by Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Hawkins ; and Mr. Willes appeared on the post of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, the brother of the defendant. The Lsrd Mayor then proceeded to deliver the following judgment :—This was a proceeding instituted by the East _ . India Company under the 49th Geo. lll.,chapter 126,which constitutes the negotiation for the purchase and sale of civil and military appointments under the company a mis demeanor. I have heard the evidence for the prosecution, beeenae under the 11th and h Vizt., c. 42, it was my duty so to do, seeing that the accused party carried on his business within the City ; and by this statute, having heard this evidence, I am of opinion that I have no juris diction to proceed further with the case. No evidence has boss brought forward to prove that the transactions charged en es offence took place within the City ; and in my opi. talon this is indispensable to give me jurisdiction to act further than I have done. I do not mean by saying this to have it implied that sufficient evidence has been given to satisfy me that the offence has been committed if it had taken place within my jurisdiction. lam not called upon to express an opinion upon this point. All parties have borne testimony to the honour and integrity as well of the gentleman against whom the summons has been obtained as of Mr. Wilkin son, upon whose evidence it has been sought to establish the charge. I entirely concur in the opinions thus ex pressed, and it is due to the defendant ;that I should say, whatever construction the law might have put upon the conduct of this gentleman, if it had been proved that this treaty, as far as it went, was conducted in the City of Lon don, I am quite satisfied that, until apprised by a friend that such a proceeding was Hiegel, he was not conscious of it, and that as soon as he discovered it was so he retired from any participation in it. Mr. Clarkson—My Lord Mayor,—The remaining portion of my duty is of a much more painful character, and al though I am not without my forebodings of your lordship's opinion, from what has already passed, inasmuch as it Is the privilege of a person in my position not only occa sionally to disagree with my friend, but sometimes to dis agree with a higher authority ; and when I feel that I am not satisfied in point of law that the decision that has been come to has been correct, with every possible respect for the authority of the court, which I am the first to say I believe is desirous of discharging its duty to the public, not alone to their satisfaction, with humanity and forbearance, but at the same time, with firmness and sternness, if it become necessary, irrespective of persons end places, except when places are material for the subject matter of the charge—l shall rely with confidence upon your lord ship's fun and earnest consideration of the reasons that I shall adduce to you, why I venture to submit that your lordship is called upon to commit Mr. William Arthur Wil kinson, under the 16th section of the II and 12 Vic., cap. 42, for seven days, for his contumacious con tempt of this court. Of course it is not to be understood that I am dealing with Mr. Wilkin son in any other manner than as my duty . professionally imposes upon me, but there is no difficulty to saying, that whatever may be the reasons assignable in private society for the withholding of any portion of the truth, of which whole truth a man has taken his oath to deliver himself—' I think I am justified in saying that in this particular case I have used no stronger expression than is required at my hands, and that Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson for his contempt ought to be made the subject of this 16th clause of the act of parliament. Mr. Wiles then addressed the court on behalf of Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and stated that, notwithstanding the re marks which had been made by his learned friend Mr. Clarkson. he could not avoid charging the East India Com pany with acting in a vindictive as well as in an unfounded MUM' with reference to the transaction in question. So fax frees his client and friend deserving the character which bad been given to him, of being an unwilling and hostile witness, he had attended when called upon to appear, and had stated everything he knew relative to the al leged negotiation between his brother and the party whose name had not transpired; all that he I:ad refused to do was to disclose the name of that party, and any person who did not feel some degree of unwilliness in being brought forward to give evidence upon a criminal charge affecting so near a relative as a bro- ther, must be totally void of feeling. The part which his (the learned counsel's) client had taken in the transaction, so far from being discreditable to him, and only worthy of being characterised as a subterfuge, would redound to his honour and credit to the latest period of his existence. The learned counsel proceeded at considerable length to argue the law of the case, and submitted that there was nothing in the act of parliament which would justify the Lora l Mayor in acceeding to the application. Mr. Clarkson, in reply, observed that his learned friend had gone a little oat of his way to impute to the gentlemen who were prosecutors a spirit of vindictiveness. He regret ted the tone that had been adopted, because Mr. William Arthur Wilkinson was the very last person who ought to complain of the conduct of the E tot India Company. Mr. ' Wilkinson had been the source of a most grievous and scandalous libel against the Board of Directors of that Com pany in the great council of the nation ; and, when called upon as a witness, hail chosen to prevent the company from having the only opportunity which the public justice of the country afforded them of proving the falsehood of the asser tions which he had made. The Lord Mayor—ln regard to the application to me to commit Mr. W. A. Wilkinson for refusing to divulge the name of the party who made the proposition to his brother, lam of opinion that entirely fails. This is a special appli cation under the pacers conferred by the 16th sectioa of the act. That section requires as the foundation for the summons that there are grounds for believing that the wit ness is likely to give material evidence and will not volun tarily attend. Mr. W. Wilkinson's conduct disposes of this altogether. Ile has always voluntarily attended upon every occsaion, and has been examined to the mat trial question put to him to determine whether I had jurisdic tion. He has frankly answered, and if from the want of a venue its which the act is stated to have taken place, I have no power to commit, I think, however, the witness has reasonable ground for the course itursued. The summons was then dismissed. The following is the correspondence that passed brtween the Directors of the East India Company and the Messrs. W. A. and Norman Wilkinson. The two first documents were objected to, and not received in evidence. "East India House, 23rd July, 18-53. " Sir,—lt being reported in the pnlcdie journals of this day, that you have stated that an offer to sell an appoint ment in the service of the East India Company was made to a brother of. yours, I am c , mmantled by the Court of Directors to request that }Oil will have the goodness to in form me if such report is eon( ct. lam directed further to request that you will communicate to me the name and address of your brother.—l have the honour to he, &c., (Signed) " JAstrA C. MxtviLL, Secretary. " W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., M.P." " 5, Bennett-street, St. James's, July 23, 1853. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of this date, I have to in- form you that the report in the public journals of the day is substantially correct, rud that the address of my brother to whom the statement refers is underwritten.—l am, &c. , (Signed) W. AUTIMIL WILKINSON: James C. Melvin, EA. " Norman Wilkinson, EA.. Nutlield. Surrey, and 56, Tint ad ueedle . stree t.".. " East India House, July 23,1353. " Sir,—Thc Courted Directors of the Host India Company baying been informed by your orother, Mr. W. A. Wilkie son, MT., that the report of has ham._ publicly stated that an offer to sell an appointment in the company's service was made to you is correct, I am commanded to request that you will have the goodness to communicate to me the name of the party by whom the offer was made, and such other particulars of the proposal as may be within your cognisance. " I have the honour to he, &e., (Signed) "J. C. liIkLvILL, Secretary. "Norman Witainson, Esq." "56, Threadneedle-street, July 25, 1633. " Sir,—l beg you will inform the Court of Directors of the East India Company that I do not feel called upon to make any communication upon the subject of your letter to me. . . . " I have the honour to he, &c., (Signed) NoItMAN WILKINSON. " J. C. Melvill, Esq." East India House, July 27, 1853. " Sir,-1 have laid before the Court of Directors of the East India Company your letter of the 24th, in reply to that which I addressed to you on the :3rd instant, request. ing that you would have the goodness to communicate to me the name of the party by whom an eff,r to sell an ap pointment in the Company's service was made to you, the tact of which offer to you, and of your having been in treaty for the purchase of the appointment, was publicly stated by your brother, Mr. W. A. Wilkinson, and is not denied by you. The Court regret that you do not feel called upon to make any communication to them upon the subject. Yea cannot but perceive that it imports your own honour as well as theirs, that the transaction alluded to should be probed to the bottom ; and they trust that, upon further considera tion, you will see the propriety of disclosing all that you know upon the subject. "I am directed, therefore, to add that, as it appears to the Court that an offence has been committed against the act of parliament, and us they apprehend that yon may yourself be liable for the port which you have taken in it, the Court will feel it to he their duty to order pmccedings to be insti tuted against you, unless by your disclosing the name of the party more directly charged with the offence they should feel that the ends of justice will be effectually obtained. " I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " J. C. MELVILL. "N. Wilkinson, Esq.'• " 56, Threadneedle-street, July 29, 1553. " Sir,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 27th inst. 1 must protest against the attempt in the first para. graph to gain from me an admission which may, according to your subsequent threat, be used against me. I can only say that I have no fear of my honour suffering by any in. sestigation which your directors may think proper to set on foot; and should they deem it advisable to take the pro• ceedings threatened in the last paragraph, I beg to refer you to my solicitors, Messrs. Borchelt and Co. " I have the honour to be, ...NORMAN WILKINSON. - - - (Signed) " J. C. Ideltill, Evi." THE NEIV CAB ACT. Mr. Cobb, of 14, Woburn-square, appeared yester day at Bow-street, to a summons charging him with pay ing_a cabman less than his legal fare. The cabman read as written statement of the particulars ' of his claim, for time and distance. during the hiring, which commenced at Messrs. Fox and Ilenderson's offices, in New-street, Spring-gardens, at about halt-past 2, and con tinued up to 7 o'clock, when Mrs. Cobb and two young children were finaliy left at the defendant's residence. Ac cording to the cabman, he went over nine miles of ground, and was detained, by stoppages, exactly 189 minutes, or three hours; his charge, therebre, was 4s. GI. for distance, 6d. the two children, and 6s. time—making a total of lls. Mr. Cobb, without possessing a precise knowledge of the time consumed, said he considered the charge an exorbitant one. lie remembered that the cabman's claim for distance was, firstly, eight miles, and he called Mrs. Cobb to prove that she arrived home at 20 minutes to 7, and considered the cabman's estimate of the time consumed in stoppage. altogether extravagant. The fare paid was 9s. Mr. Hall decided that the cabman had slaimed a shilling too much, and that Mr. Cobh had paid a shilling too little. Ile therefore directed the d fendaot to pay the extra shil ling, with the 2s, costs, and 2s. 6d. for the wluan's loss of time. Mr. Cobb declared that he paid considerably more for cab hire under the new system than he did under the old one, and he inquired if it was usual to make a man pay the costs, when a cabman was proved to have claimed more than he was entitled to. Mr. it for the day ie the evil thereof. I will comnder that question when it comes before ate. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. The recent advices brought by the Harbinger furnish melancholy details of a shipwreck—that of the British ship Sea, belonging to Liverpool, off Port Phillip Heads, and the loss of many valuable lives, including the commander, through whose intemperance the catastrophe is alleged to have occurred. The Sea was a vessel some GOO tons burthen, and appears to have sailed from Liverpool on a three years' voyage on the 10th of last February, under the charge of Captain M'Kay and a crew (with officers, &c.) of twenty-six hands; the wife of the muter accompanied her husband. Freighted with a general cargo, she reached the shores of Australia on the 14th of May, and in the evening of that day brought to anchor in Hobson's Bay. On the following morning, she was got under weigh, land proceeded to Shortland Pluffr, in the vicinity of Port Philip Heads, where i-he anchored and there remained till the 31st, when—through the conduct of the captain (who, it is alleged by the sur vivors, came on board intoxicated and very much excited) —the ship got ashore, when she went to pieces and most of the crew were drowned. Capt. Taylor, Commander of her Majesty's ship Boome rang, moored off Shnrtland's Light, says—About 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 31st of May, in passing the ship Sea, of Liverpool, anchored near the harbour, I was hailed to go on board of her by the chief mate, who wished me to see the captain to prevail on him not to get under weigh. I observed that the topsail was se. I went up to Captain McKay and advised him not to do so ; he made me no reply, but turning to the chief mate ordered him to heave short, arid followed up his orders by a remark, " That he would show them what the Sea could do." The mate answered, " The three topsails are set and hove in thirty fathoms; if we heave any more she will start her anchor." Having no charge on board I told the mate I moat leave, which I did. Shortly after they got, under weigh, and fearing some acci dent would take place, I caused a watch to be placed on her movements. About seven o'clock in the evening I was aroused by the watch, who reported that they suspected the Sea was in some danger, as lights were exhibited from her. I then started with six men in the whale boat in the direc tion of the ship, and on arriving off the reef discovered she was ashore. To get at her amidst the heavy breakers which surrounded her was impossible, and I landed as quickly as possible further up the shore, and made all huts to the spot off where she was lying to see what could be done. It was raining very heavily and exceedingly dark, and we had much difficulty M making our way through the bush. However, we succeeded in reaching the tents that are erected close to a wreck of another vessel, and then made our way to the reef, and about midnight got sufficiently close to hail her; they showed a light and answered us. We then went to the point and made a fire by which we remained. At day light my boat's crew came round, but we could render them no assistance, it being nearly high water, and the sea run ning very heavily and breaking right over the vessel. About 11 o'clock we got as close as possible to the reef %nit lines, and one of my men volunteered to swim out with a line to the wreck. He started and nearly reached the vessel when one of the crew jumped overboard. apparettly for the purpose of assisting my man (William Owen), who seemed exhausted. Both of them sunk and perished, the body of Owen was washed ashore some two hours after wards. About three o'clock in the afternoon 1 saw the the vessel was breaking up, mad in a quarter of an hour was all in pieces, the stern going first, and afterwards splitting fore and aft. All that Mere on board, about six er seven, were swept off; and, from not seeing them more, no doubt all perished. Two we got ashore, sad, although very much exhausted, after a short time they recovered. In the courts of the afternoon several persons living about the point came down and rendered all the aid they could. I have been informed that twenty-six persons were on board, and, so far at I can ascertain, seven men were saved in the boat. two by our selves, and one, the carpenter, picked up by the captain of the Cygnet, floating by on a spar. My chief mate viol: . M him on board the Boomerang, where he at present remains, Mr. Thos. Campbell. the second mate of her ojesty s ship Boomerang, and others of the crew, confirm the state ment made by their commander. The number of unfortunate creatures who perished ap pear by the return to be seventeen. The verdict rear:led by the coroner's jury was " Found drowned." FATAL 1.0,za OF AN EMIGRANT SlllP.—yesterday intelligence was received at Lloyd's of the total loss of the emigrant ship Charles Clarke (Timid, master), bound from Holyhead to Quebec with 100 passengers. On the Irth July last, the ship being off the coast of Newfoundlaud, a dense fog came on, in the midst of which she struck on a reel of rocks off Freshwater Point, Trespassy Bay, a heavy sea breaking over the vessel and passengers who crowded the decks. An attempt was made to launch the boats, but they were stove. Signal guns were fired, which brought assistance, and a line having been got out to the shore, the passengers, with the exception of five, who were swei t off the deck by a heavy sea en t drowned, were all saved. The poor creatures lost all their baggage and effects. The vessel became a total wreck. BIDEFORD EXTENSION R kILWIY.—The first turf for the construction of this line to connect Uideford with the North Devon line, has just been turned.