The Express. — London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

erortAA. TO CORRESPONDENTS. floceild E 4111.01 of •• The Espryty totyablai tbs 1111 EN *4...4. publaked every Ttlealay aid Yr.day bs time by 1.0.1. kaltp•akes'a Intisded far " The rims.; 1.41a.t/a E.liVre Par.*. b. at th, ta,a, Id, 0041.0114-451710 t, by Two 0',:a.11 ea do day at paboca•ma. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'non n., -M ,rnomg, lb. Gm Afmnmo■. lb. 2i m. 7v.yonavw—Norniag, 432. . Aftersmios. ld 311 e. LONDON, MONDAY, NOrEMBER 14. We have gloomy and threatening news from India. Lord I),Lti , a -tt: having done in Hannah what the Car Nicitot.t . , has done on the l'rutli, the retribu tion follow., in the one case as in the other. ltussians and 'fork, suffer on the Danube glishmen, Bepoys, and Burmese on the Irrawaddy. Armies of invasion as decimated to please the authors of invasions- -shtlit invaded peoples pay still hem ier pnalties. 'FL,. Burmese, the Wa'lachians, and the Stoldavians ell now suffer the honors of a military occupation. hut with this difference, that the Burmese suffer most severely. In each instance an unjust end impolitic attempt to extend territories already too large has led to heavy sufferings and serious national embroilment,. Previous and previous Coin menders had found titles and pensions follow every extension of British rule in ll:adostan, and we have only a copy of old vicious plans when we see I.ord DALHOUSIE and Commodore L 0111 LIST trying their hands at the work of native spoliation on the flimsiest of pretences. But !here is in the present case this variation for the worse. Tl.e:r predecessors at the work had been able generally to acquire valuable territorie► nt.tl to hold them, but Pcgu is entirely valueless,n, d even its act nal possession yet very doubt hi. Indeed, the only certainties in the case up to the present time are, that the people whom the present GOVEKNORDF.NERAL " absorbed" are suffering all the horrors of famine, that the territory he has an nexed is overlain by guerillas and thieves, and that the diseases which affect Europeans in that quarter of the globe have swept away far more of our gallant moldiers and seaman than have fallen in action with the enemy. The climate of the Burmese rivers has proved so deadly that not only the Europeans on Service there, but the sepoys also, are disgusted with the service. This is now notorious. Even the Bombay 2'illies ventures to re-publish a private letter from Prome, in which the writer says—" The sepoys are longing for their homes. It is quite touching to see the extraordinary anxiety they evince on the arrival of each mail to see if the relief is out. This country will never be popular with the native soldiery." All the letters now tell very much the same tale about the native forces ; whilst for months past a yet more painful, mere tragic record has been posted about the Euro peans, whose unhappy lot has fallen amongst the Burmese swamps. The fate of officers and men, who have become the prey of cholera and fever in this second Burmese War—dying like sick dogs in a ditch—is most terrible, and what makes the matter worse is, that they seem likely to be only the advanced guard, uit were, of those certain to follow. The news from Rangoon and Prome is, truly enough, declared to be of a disheartening character. " The poor people of the country are ac tually dying of starvation; their misery is a moat pitiful sight," says an eye-witness. No wonder that the same writer has to add, that officers "exhibit much anxiety to get away from Burmah." To meet an open foe is the duty of a soldier, and has seldom if ever been shrunk from, but to be made the instrument of holding in duresee a people on whom our presenoe has brought down famine ;—to be kept either idle on a fever-swamp or busy in hunting knots of armed thieves, accounts sufficiently for any amount of disinclination for such duty. More vigorous work is doubtless in preparation, for the chief, Aleau TOON, has, it seems, started up anew in the centre of four thousand soldiers and two other chiefs with six thousand more. Here we find the nucleus of a large army now in the Held against us—ready, it is said, for an attack upon Ran goon. More soldiers are wanted, and more a ictims will be offered up upon the shrine of this worthless exten sion of territory in Pegu. The King of AVA and his brother are both stated to be actively occupied in doing all that can be done for the destruction of their invaders, and oar future in this quarter of the world seems likely to be a pleasant compound of alternate smart fights with guerilla barbarians and slow destruction of valuable British lives by a climate in which no European can remain with impunity. For all this Lord DALHOUSIE will some day, we presume, be returning to England—to receive com pliments and a pension ! But the Burmese mischief is not confined to Bur nish. Encouraged seemingly by a knowledge of the fact that our troops are baby in the south-east, the conquered people and their neighbours in the north. west are becoming troublesome. More news from India has reached London than is given in the newspapers brought by the Overland Mail, and if it is all true, we may expect work fer another army in addition to the one that use reinforcement on the Irrawaddy. The eaesseiesties of Major MACKESON was a very awkward symptom, which has been followed by an equally significant concentration of troops about Peshawar. Sikhs and Affghans are both known to feel a sullen discontent towards us, and the I3usso•phobists and the agents of Russia are both muttering about the possibility of a Muscovite gathering in that quarter of the world to create a diversion of English at tention in the Turkish dispute. It is true that enormous difficulties are in the way of any such attempt on the part of Nlcttot.es-♦nd amongst others the difficulties of fai h. The Affghans sympa. this(' with the Mahommedan, not with the Greek, Church. But to spread each a report is the evident interest of the Czar on many accounts; for the report itself, by encouraging a belief in English difficulties may cause an outbreak in the north-west of India, and an outbreak, whether successful or not, is only another term for troubles, loss of life, and outlay of treasure. Should Lord Daimon= find his government with two wars on hand at ones—the one in Burmah purely of ►is own seeking, and the second induced by the weakness following the first,—with a treasury indifferently provided, and troops disgusted with the service they are sent upon, be msy, perhaps, think, like his counterpart the CZAR, that it is not always the sagest ruler who, instead of consolidating a domi nion by wise government, seeks a reckless eclat by its extension. Tux evidence of Mr. PULLING before the Corn mini* of lrquiry into the state of the City Ca pered% is worth referring to, as it contains many details concerning the nature of the corporation in ancient times which are not generally known. Mr. PULLING directed attention to a fact which is seldom taken into consideration, except by professed anti quaries, that at an early date the Corporation of London—and he might hare added all corporations— had stood in a peculiar position towards the state, a position which it was impossible that it could occupy at the present day. It had, he said, pos sessed very extensive powers, which appeared to THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 14, 1853. LATEST FROM ABROAD. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur of this day explains th a t the battle of Oltenitza took place on the 4th November, within the triangle of land formed t y the waters of the Argis and the Danube. 9,000 Turks occupied the Quarantine Buildings, and the old fortified redoubt, situated in the plain near the Danube, as well as the village. From their position the Turks poured shell and shot among the Russians with great success, up to the very entrance of the village where General Danneoberg was directing the attack. The Russian loss in killed and wounded is esti mated at 1,200. Nearly all the chiefs of battalion are wounded, and that with conical balls. Prince Gortschakoff left his position on learning the news from Oltenitza, and it is a question of his attacking the Turks with 24,000 men somewhere about this date. Accordieg to the Journal of St. Petersburg, after the 22nd of November, Turkish ships in Russian ports will be declared lawful prizes. Vessels sailing under neutral flags will enjoy complete liberty, even during active hostilities. BERLIN, St:NDAY. Advices from Belgrade announce that the Prince of Servia has sent one of his sides-de-camp to Con stantinople, to give information respecting the situa tion of that province, and to concert measures for its defence, in the event of an attack on Turkey in that direction. The German papers affirm that orders have been sent to M. de Bruck to inform the Porte that Austria retires from the conference, and will henceforth re main neutral. The latest accounts from Belgrade state that the Austrian army of observation on the Servian fronticr will be 40,000 strong. Letters from Vienna of the Bth say that further particulars of the battle between the Turks and Rua• sians had been received by telegraph. The affair is said to have been exceedingly smart, and it a, wars that the Russian general, Pawloff, received a lc 3. shot wound in the thigh, and Lieutenant-Colonel Chereskoff was killed. The names of the other offi cers who fell are not yet known. The position at Oltenitza is very strong. The left wing of the Turks is protected by the river Ardrisch, the right by the swampy ground, and the rear by the fortress of Silistria and the fort of Tour tukai. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 29. The combined Turkish and Egyptian squadron operating on the Asiatic coast of the Black `Sea has driven a flotilla of the Russian gun boats into Sebastopol. _ EGYPT. The Viceroy is preparing about 15,000 troops to send to the Sultan, besides the 18,000 sent some time ago, t., assist in fighting against the Russians, and he has ordered his steamers to come down from Con stantinople to convey them. have rendered it in some measure independent of the Crown. This may surprise many who are not acquainted with the history of municipal institutions both here and on the continent, but the fact is patent enough to all who have consulted the early charters of the City and other corporations. It ap• pears at the first reading of these, that the ' cities treated, as independent powers, with the sovereigus who granted or confirmed ' the charters. In one of the earliest,—that granted to the citizens of London by the Cos- QUEROR,—we may see this. WILLI tx confirms the citizens in all their ancient privileges, and adds a clause which goes to the effect of establishing or con firming the right of hereditary succession. This is addressed to the officers representing the corporation. Now, the very treating rights like these as privileges shows clearly that the citizens had acquired some. thing which other classes had not. The fact I was. that no one, with few exceptions, had the rights of a man in those times, except those who held land directly of the King, or indirectly from the barons, and those who, by club bing their forces together as a corporation, attained that right as a collective unity, which as atoms they were unable to enforce. The King claimed a limited military service from a certain number of holders of land who, saving this obligation, were freemen. The population around them were mere serfs, having no property either in themselves, their children, or the paltry substance they had gathered together. A town, by its collective strength, was enabled to claim and exercise the privileges which every individual possessed on his own lands. A simple citizen was powerful as an inhabitant of a town which had strength enough to claim corporate rights,—but in dividually he was nothing. Getzor, in one of his treatises, treats very graphically the imaginary case of a resuscitated inhabitant of one of the old corpo rations entering his ancient dwelling place at the present day. Ile pictures his dismay at the defenceless state of the citizens without walls,without closed gates. without fortifications of any kind. He would trem ble at the strange unwarlike appearance of the place. Where, he would ask, are the precautions to keep out baronial or royal enemies ? Where are the guards at the gates ? Where is the great bell, at the sound of which every citizen is bound to present himself in arms in the market-place? He would consider the lives and liberties of these men worth not a day's purchase. The towns had gained the liberties which the knights and barons inherited by the sword. They could only preserve them by the same weapon which the knights and barons considered as the sole sufficient guarantee for their continuance. The constitution of the country in those days was composed of a certain number of forces, not always in actual opposition to each other, but always standing on the defensive. Each of these forces claimed a right in movements affecting the general good. The City, said Mr. POLLING, had on some occasions exercised a voice in the succession to the throne. It had used direct political influence up to the time of HENRY VII. The Lord Mayor, as a baron repre senting tho collective unity, London, was considered of sufficient importance to fill such posts as the barons holding the great crown fiefs were privi leged to claim. He had a right to the office of chief butler to the Sovereign. Ile was a member of the Great Council. Oa the decease of the Sovereign he enjoyed, without any now grant from the Crown, any dignity which ho might have previously pos sessed. All the conditions which existed when the munici palities were formed are so changed that it would be absurd to say that the regulations dictated by such conditions should be now rigorously enforced. The Lord Mayor has no longer the care of the mili tary defence of the City against Baron or King. The Aldermen never have their slumbers troubled by the sound of a "dreadful bell" ringing msdly in the market-place. The great body of the citizens are relieved from all those fears which formerly caused them to combine, and which have given rise to the existing customs of the corporation. Let the municipality be remodelled with reference to the new state of things. Preserve the municipality itself. Do not touch the principle of local self-government, but cut off all those tradi tional absurdities which have now as much meaning as the ceremony in Westminster Hall, in which, un til lately, a quiet Englishman clothed himself in armour, grasped a lance he could not wield, mounted a horse furnished from the "ring" at Astley's, flung down a glove that he knew uo one would pick up, challenged any individual present to fight him, although he was aware that the effect of any accept ance of the challenge would be to cause himself and his opponent to be bound over to keep the place; and finally, reeled backwards out of the Hall, thankful that the solemnity of the occasion has pre served him from being overwhelmed with ridicule for his participation in one of the moat bygone of all farces. It was very right for the City to have the conservancy of the river when fish of ordinary stomachs did not disdain the Thames water, but what do they want with the conservancy, now no respectable fish would swim up its waters ? It was very natural that in the infancy of trade, men who exercised certain trades or " mysteries," as they were called, should unite for the purpose of fellowship, improvement, and protection, and claim within the city which they enriched by their labour certain . . exclnsive prinCiples. It is absurd, when trade) has assumed such gigantic proportions, to apply to it the same rules which were sufficient at its origin. You cannot grow oaks in China jars. Tho City itself virtually acknowledges the absurdity of the privileges claimed by the com panies, by never exercising them except in the case of the brokers, publicans, and retailers. But this virtual abandonment of the exclusive privileges does not abolish the exclusive right, which is always at hand to sena the* pnrionso of the mischievous and the litigious. To what extent this reaches may be imagined from -the fact stated by Mr. Poi, LING, that there are 700 local metropolitan acts, nearly 100 charters, and nearly as many customs which could be called from their slumbers by any adventurous attorney wishing to experimentalise upon them. Here is a legal volcano, over which quiet citizens are sleeping. It is time that all danger from such a source should cease. It is time that the City should give tip antiquated privileges which are of no use, and which it seldom exercises. Let it join in the work of reform, and take its due place in an age of progress. ACCIDENTS ON THE LONDON AND SOUTH Westin:4 Reixweor.—On Saturday • fatal accident occurred to William Wallace, a platelayer in the employ of the London and South Western Company. Wallace was engaged with other min at his vocation, between the Waterloo-road and Vauxhall terminus, when the 9.4. i train was approaching, from Windsor. The driver of the eaginc blew his whistle and shut off the steam, and his mates called to him, but it is believed he became confused. He was knocked down and the train passed over him, cutting his body in half, sad severing his legs from his body, which was convoyed to the vault of St. John's Church to await an inquest The second accident occurred at Wandsworth to • passenger named Bumby, who lived in the High street. The 11.20 down.train from Waterloo-road bad arrived at Wandsworth, and, whilst it was still in motion, Mr. Bunihy imprudently jumped out. He slipped between the car riage and the platform, and the last carriage pa s sed over h is left thigh, causing a compound fracture of the li.rh and fright. fully lacerating it. Medical aid was promptly procured, but the sufferer lies in a very precarious state. A LADY LAwyea.—The Cleveland Plaindealer says, that Mrs. Emma It. Coe has been pursuing • coarse of legal studies, for the purpose of qualifying herself for the practice of that profession. GERMANY. The King of Prussia has convoked the Chambers for the 28th of this month. CARLSRUHE, Nov.lo. A decree of the Grand Duke, relative to the dif ference which exists between the state and the Archbishop of Fribourg, attaches to that prelate a special commissioner, without whose signature no desision of the archbishop, nor any public measure in his name, will be executed or recognised in the Grand Duchy of Baden. The special commissioner appointed is M. de Barger. SPAIN. Marshal Narvaez had an audience of the Queen of the ith, and on the 9th left for Aranjusz. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY SUNNING. M. Nesselrode's circular despatch explanatory of the Czar's manifesto has only to-day become publicly known in Paris. It is generally interpreted as a supercilious defiance to the Western Powers—a defi ance which the feebleness of their diplomacy has provoked. U they are content to remain on good behaviour upon the terms dictated by Russia there is but one first rate Power in Europe. We have no news whatever to-day from the theatre of war. There is a good deal of talk about a total rout suffered, according to rumours in London and Paris, of the Russian General Dannenberg's army, along the whole line from Widdin to Bucharest. Bat as this is the corps understood to have been engaged in the affair of Oltenitza, the report requires confirma tion. A correspondence from the Danube, of Oct. 23, says that Rifaat Pacha, the commander-in-chief of tha Turkish army of reserve had entered Sophia, where he had established his head-quarters. This army, which is every day augmenting, is composed of 120,000 men. The Bourse yesterday was again wonderfully firm, considering the situation. It was feared that the article in the Moniteur which, although in polite and diplomatic language, formally stamps the Russian manifesto as a mend acious proclamation, would have occasioned a considerable fall. The Rents was a little weak at first, but a decline of 30e. or 40c. suf ficed to bring buyers forward, and the closing quota- I lion was only sc. lower than yesterday. Bank of France, owing to the favourable nature of the last return, was in great request, and rose 25f. Several of the railwaTs were higher; Western rose as much as 12f. 60e. The Russian agents very iadustriously circulated a report that the Turks had been com pletely routed, and their exertions to deceive the public met with more success than might have been expected. (The article in the Moniteur, referred to above, will be found in another column.) The Patrie publishes the following private tele graphic despatches as having been received yes terday: " VistmA, Nov. 9. " After having been driven in the first instance from the position of Oltenitza, the Turks returned to the charge, and, supported by their artillery, resumed the combat, which lasted 28 hours. The Turks re mained masters of the field of battle. The Russians retreated towards Bucharest. "BERLIN, Nov. 10. "The Prussian Monileur gives the following ver sion of the affair of Oltenitza, which it has received from Bucharest under date of the sth. The Turks, to the number of 23,000, crossed the Danube on the 2nd, near Oltenitza, and established themselves in entrenchments formerly thrown up by the Russians. General Danneberg commenced the attack with six Russian battalions, and carried the entrenchments at the point of the bayonet. The Russian cavalry could not act on account of the marshy character of the ground. The looses sustained by the two armies are not khown. Prince Gortachakoff left Bucharest on the sth to go and congratulate the troops on their bravery." The Prussian despatch is evidently derived from Russian sources, and conveniently leaves off in the middle of the action. Munster, Lord Polumore, M.M. W. Arbuthnot and Falconer Atlee, Attaches to the Embass7 ; Mr. Pick ford, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul in Paris; Sir John Easthope, But.; Sir Joseph Oliffe, Physician to the Embassy; Mr. Locke, M.P.; Colonel Fletcher ; Captain Langford, R.N.; Commander Pierce, R.N.; Mr. R. Duff, of fetteresso ; and MM. F. Huddle stone, F. Hodgson, and Ed. Nelson. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following is a copy of the letter addressed by Prince Stirbey to the Extraordinary Council of Ad ministration : " The present state of things requires us to absent ourselves temporarily from our principality. We confide, until new orders, the government of the country to a special council of administration. H. E. the Busch Boyard, George Philippesko, president of the Council and Minister of the Interior, will come to an understanding with the states of the depart ments, to prevent the interruption of business and to keep up activity. The most important affairs shall be submitted to the Council of Administration for its opinion. " 13ARBO DIXITRI STIRBEY. " Joust NIANo, Secretary of State." From the detailed accounts which have been re ceived from the Principalities, it appears to have been the intention of the Russian General to humiliate the Ilospodar of Wallachia to the last degree. Nothing could be more hostile to the interests of the country than the proclamation of martial law, yet to the oppressive measures necessary to its execution, Prince Stirbey and his ministers were com pelled to set their hands. For instance, by one deeree it was enacted that the Walla chian landowners and farmers shall ' continue to deliver to the Russian authorities the objects ne cessary for the consumption of the Russian army, at the price fixed in the month of June. In case of re fusal the Russians are anthoriscd to employ force. Already, some days before the publication of these decrees, imposed on the Wallachian authorities at their last extremity, all dealers in corn inhabiting towns or villages on the banks of the Da nube had been enjoined to remove with their stock on hand to a distance of at least six leagues into the interior of the country, under pain of having their property confiscated. This decision led to another not less oppressive. The peasants possessing carts and waggons were required to effect the con veyance of such property. But that was not all—it was necessary to find warehouses to receive the pro perty thus conveyed, and accordingly orders were given to the peasants to give up their houses, every two families being ordered to lodge in one house, while the other is used as a store. As has been seen, Prince Stirbey has found himself obliged to resign his authority; all his acts of compliance could not save him; they were requited with ingratitude. In leaving Bucharest he transmitted his shadow of power to an administrative council, charged to govern under the good pleasure of Prince Cortschalcoff. No thing can be more disdainful, and at the same time more menacing, than the attitude assumed by the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, In thus definitively substituting himself for the absent Hospodar. The members of the Administrative Council, having proceeded in uniform to Prince Gort schakoff's immediately after the departure of Prince Stirbey, a most haughty and cutting address was de livered to them. The general declared that they must give proof of additional zeal if they wished to avoid incurring the displeasure of the protecting court; and he dismissed them with the assurance that whoever should venture to speak politics or to disseminate reports unfavourable to Russia and to the present order of things, "should be hanged without trial, from the highest boyard to the lowest clerk." There is every reason to believe that these are not mere menaces, but that they apply to private individuals as well as to functionaries. It is certain, at least, that every day young men disappear from the bosom of their families. without any one know ing what has become of them, whether they have been imprisoned, or have incurred a more severe penalty. Such is the protectorate in all its reality. Private letters state that the English squadron, on entering the Bosphorus, was to anchor at Therapia, a large and commodious port on the European coast, and the French squadron at Bayuckdere, also on the European side, where the vessels would be shel tered from the north wind, and find excellent an- chorage. A letter from Berlin says that M. de Menzebach and the other consuls and agents of Prussia in Mol davia and Wallachia have received order to maintain the same relations with the new authorities as with the Hospodars Stirbey and Ohika. Letters from Bucharest of the 4th, state that the Russians have as completely mimed the sovereignty of the Principalities, as if Gortachakoff had been named their governor. The administrative council is only allowed to act oa the servile instrument of the Russian military officers. The Vienna Wanderer says that the latter have been instructed to make use of the formulary " I order," instead of " I request," whenever they communicate with the local authori ties. The Debate publishes a summary of the new Neaselrode note, which will be found in our French news. A letter from Paris states further that the Czar has the impudence to " recommend" the Powers not to aggravate the state of affairs by an interven tion which would produce general embarrassment, but to leave to the war its local character. The note concludes with the declaration that the Emperor of Russia will regulate his future condatt by that of England and of France. The Journal de St. Pekrebourg says: Some foreign journals having given an inexact version of the speech which the blinister of Finance lately ad dressed to the English merchants at St. Petersburg, we hasten to publish the exact text of it: M. de Brock expressed himself in the following terms—" We have just learned that all the letters from London re ceived during the last eight days are filled with rumours of war, and that the English commercial world exhibit great alarm. Ws know not to what these rumours and alarms are to be attributed. The Russian government, en its side, is conscious of having done nothing to justify them. It is still animated with the most pacific and the most friendly dispositions towards England. It cannot, therefore, admit the possibility of a rupture. But if, nevertheless, it should take place, I am charged to declare to you, in the name of the Emperor, that even in that case the English merchants have nothing to fear, either for their persons or their pro perty, and that they may rely upon the same protection that they have hitherto enjoyed. I beg you to make known this communication to all the English merchants." On the succeeding day the minister completed this explanation by the following words No obstacle will be placed on our part to the departure of English vessels loading in our pone, on condition that England does not detain ours." DESPATCHES FROM RUSSIA. (BY ELECTRIC TILIORAPIL) FALMOUTH, Nov. 13. The Russian frigate Diana, 52 guns, Captain Liestoff, from the Baltic, arrived off, and after land ing two pilots and despatches for the Bwrian minis ter in London, proceeded westward. EGYPT. -4-- Letters from Alexandria of November 3, describe the situation of commerce as deplorable in conse quence of the decree prohibiting the exportation of grain, and the inextricable confusion caused by Stephan Bey's circular of October 10. The govern ment it is true, had explained to the consular corps, that corn of last year would not be reckoned in the 400,000 ardebe to which exportation was limited ; but, as might have been foreseen, practical difficulties arose, and all the cal culations of trade wore overturned by the govern ment insisting upon considering as corn actually ex ported those parcels upon which the export duty had been paid by anticipation before the decree of pro hibition. The result is that, contrary to the spirit of the circular, although nothing like the 400,000 ardebe has yet been exported, the custom-house M. Latour Dumoulin is the government candidate officers refuse to allow th; ships waiting for cargoes to fill the seat in the Corps Legislatif, vacant by the in the harbour to be freighted. A great deal of , death of M. Demesmay. litigation is going on in consequence. The British There have been fresh domiciliary visits at Nantes. consul, to whom many complaints have been ad- A sensible fall in corn is announced in several dressed, has received from his government positive country markets. orders to insist upon the withdrawal of the decree of A public meeting of English visitors and residents prohibition. In a note addressed by this func will be held at Mcurice's Hotel on Wednesday next, denary to Stephan Bey, ho is said to have declared to take measures for paying a tribute of respect and that he cannot be satisfied with a suspension of the do- 1 1 admiration to the memary of the gallant Lieutenant tree tothc 30th ot Nov., suppoing the Pacha to consent Beilot. A co:utnittet for this purpose has been to grant it. The consul denies that the Viceroy has, formed, consisting of His Excellency Lord Bowden, in any event, the power to prevent the exportation of the English Minister at Madrid, President E. Captain , any corn actually tho property of British subjects, Coortenay Boyle, It N ., Secretary M. E. Blount, ' they having by the very fact of the possession of Treasurer; and the Marquis of Ely, the Earl of personal property in the East, the right to dispose' freely of, and consequently to export goods of which they were the legitimate owners at the moment of l the promulgation of the exceptionsl decree. The answer of Stephan Bey was not known, but it was' expected to besatiafactory, and the more so because the French consul-general proposed also, as it was said, to act with vigor. He was about to start for Cairo, whither the Viceroy had at length returned. Armaments were actively going on. An extraor dinary levy of 73,000 was spoken of, but the recruit ing service was not likely to be greatly aided by popular enthusiasm. lteeruits are commonly caught by press gangs, and brought to the barracks hand cuffed. _ _ _ . On the 25th after the arrival of the Austrian boat from Constantinople, the Russian Consul took down hie flag, and officially informed his colleagues that pursuant to orders from his government he was about to leave Egypt with his suite, and that he should place Russian subjects under the protection of the Swedish consul-general. News from Syria of the 30th had been received. It was without interest. The province was perfectly tranquil. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM SHIP ASIA. (PROF{ OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, SCNDAT. About 10 o'clock this forenoon the Royal Mail steam ship Asia, Capt. Lott, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Asia sailed from New York on the 2nd inst., and has brought, besides the mails, about 80 passengers, and nearly 1,000,000 dollars in specie on freight. The United States Mail steam ship Arctic, from hence on the 19th, arrived at New York on the 30th ult. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw steam ship City of Manchester, which Baited from this port on the 12th, arrived at Philadelphia on the 31st ult. The Royal Mail steam ship Africa, from hence for New York on the 22nd ult., was passed by the Asia on the 3rd inst. On the ith instant, the Asia saw a large steamer standing to the westward, supposed to be the Ger manica, one of the new mail steamers plying between Bremen and New York. One of those destructive fires, not of unfrequent occurrence, and involving the loss of a large amount of property, had occurred at New York. Fowler's buildings, situated in Fulton -street, became a prey to the tire on the 29th ult., sacrificing property to the value of four hundred thousand dollars. Business generally at New York was dull, and money continued very tight. The stock market was in a depressed state. In cotton there had been a fair amount of busi ness doing in the New York market, and firmer quo tations had been steadily maintained. The follow. ing were the rates on the day of the departure of the steamer :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 111 c. to 121 c. Uplands mid. fair to fair, 10c. to 111 c. per lb. The market for breadstuffs was rather quiet, and not many transactions reported, holders waiting for further advices from England. Prices were reported as follows :—Western Canal flour, 6 dole. 621 c. to 6 dole. 75c., steady ; Gennessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 52e. to I dol. 51c. per 601b5.; Indian corn—round yellow, 76c. to 78c., steady; Indian meal, 4 dole. to 4 dole. 12e. per brl. Provisions continued to meet with a moderate de mand at the rates previously quoted. Freights remained unchanged at the steamer's departure, the asking rates being for flour to Liver pool, 4s. to 4s. 3d. per brl.; grain, Is. Id. to Is. 10. per bushel; cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London was firm at 1091 to 1091; Paris, 3.121 to 5.111 ; Hamburg, 361 to 37. THE FRENCH' GOVERYNE,VT ON THE CZAR'S lILINIFESTO. - The Moniteur publishes the Russian manifesto, preceded by the following important observations : " The Journal de Saint Petersbourg, in its number of November 3, contains a new manifesto from the Emperor of Rusaia. We give this document further on, but we consider it necessary to preface it by some observations. The question now in dispute between the cabinet of St. Petersburg and the Sublime Porte is at present well known, and the proportions which it has assumed, in spite of the efforts of the diploma tists of Europe, do not change its origin. The affair of the Holy Places of Jerusalem befog terminated, Prince Menchikoff laid claim, in the name of his government, to certain guarantees for the maintenance of the privileges of the Eastern Church. These gua rantees related altogether to the future, as no particu lar fact, no complaint from the Patriarch of Constan tinople, had been brought forward in support of the demand of the Ambassador of Russia, and the Sub lime Porte had just confirmed spontaneously all the spiritual immunities of the Greek community. The solicitude of the Emperor Nicholas for a religious creed which is that of the majority of his people con sequently had no immediate object; nevertheless, France, Austria, Great Britain and Prussia mein mend the Sublime Porte to respond to it by assurances compatible with the dignity of the Sultan and the integrity of his sovereign rights. The conference of Vienna imagined that it had found a form of drawing up a note which would prove satisfactory to both parties. When that note was submitted to the Divan, objections were made to it which the powers regretted, but which, however they con sidered it their duty to pay such attention to as to advise the cabinet of St. Petersburg to admit them. Not only did that cabinet refuse to do so, but the explanations into which Count de Nesselrode entered to account for the rejection of the modifica tions proposed by Reschid l'achs, were of such a nature that France, Austria, Great Britain, and Prus sia, by a common accord, admitted that it was no longer possible for them to recommend the Porte to accept purely and simply the Vienna note. It was in these circumstances that the Sultan adopted the course of declaring war. That sovereign acted in the plenitude of his responsibility; but it is not exact to say, as the Russian Manifesto does, that " the prin cipal powers of Europe have vainly endeavoured, by their exhortations, to shako the blind obsti nacy of the Ottoman Porte." The principal ' , powers of Europe, and in particular France and' England, on the contrary, recognised that if their copciliatory action was not exhausted, the arrange ment to be made ought not any longer to be con cluded on conditions of which the cabinet of St. Petersburg had itself undertaken to prove the danger. The manifesto terminates by declaring that nothing now remains for Russia, provoked as she was to com bat, bat to have recourse to arms to force Turkey to respect treaties ; but it does not mention any clauses of such treaties, which had been violated by the Porte. By the treaty of Kutchuk-Kainardii, the Porte engaged to protect the Christian wors hip in all its churches. The addresses which the Armenian and Greek communities have just presented to the Sultan prove their gratitude for the recent benefits of his Highness. The treaty of Adrianople confirms is favour of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia advantages and pri vileges, which the Porte has respected even to the point of not recalling the Hospodars Stirbey and Ghika, who at present quit power, not in conse quence of a firman of the Grand Seignior, but owing to the orders of General Prince Gortachakoff, which their loyalty as subjects of the Sultan did not permit them any longer to execute. The same treaty of Adrianople fixes the Pruth as the boundary of the two empires; but that river was crossed in the midst of peace by a Russian army. The Turks, in crossing the Danube in their turn, do not assume the offensive ; it is the Ottoman empire, such as it is determined by treaties, which they are endeavour ing to defend against an aggression, the date of which goes back several months. Our intention cannot be to enter here into a useless discussion, but it has appeared to us indispensable to re-esta blish, as we comprehend it, the truth as to the real i situation of things." THE Ex-MAYoit ni Gn %vEst;ND, Mr. Saddington, on the expira:ion of his term of office on Wednesday last, presented to the town a fire anuihilator carriage, hand somely decorated and appoinied, containing six fire annihi , later machines for use, either alone or in aid of the town engines. The same was placed in the charge of Mr. Super intendent White, of the borough police force. go court. WINDSOR, Nov 12. The dinner party yesterday incl u d e d the Dutheu of Brabant, the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Brabant, th e Duke of Argyll, the Belgian Minister, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Brabant. the Lady in ‘t ' ,n u " , the Duchess of Kent, Lord George Lel. nov , L nrd Adolphus c F ro ttc b, larey Sir .mthilelialtaloann.dSiLral,ityall.kiholea6t,iLh . ady Mary theAber itightlion. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Count Gustave de I , %anoy, "4 Baroness de Spetn. The band of the lot Life Guards atteuded in the Casc u during dinner. The Queen, with the Duchess of B ra b ant, drove out this forenoon on in an open orseback.pony phaiou. Lord Ch arles Fitzroy a h Prince Albert went ut shooting. The whole of the visiting Company, except the Duke and Duchess of Brabant, lett the Castle to-day. The Earl of Clarendon arrived this afternoon, on a visit to the Queen. The dinner party this day included the Duchess of Bra- bant. the Duchess of K or, the Duke of larabast. the Earl of Clarendon, the Lady-in-Waiting to t:,e Duchees of Brabant, the Lady-iu-Waiting to the Duchess of K ent , Lady Frances Bruce, Baroness de Speth, the Rev. Lordazd Lady Wriothetley Russell, Count Gustave de L Loney, e h g, Sir George Cooper. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards w•.,s in attendance during dinner; the Queen's private b.iut attended in the evening in the Castle. N0v.13. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Priateu Royal, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Dal of Clarendon was I ' ll at the service. The Ron. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, II ith the Count and Couutess Gustave de Lannoy, went to the Catholic chapel at Clewer. A deputation on the subject of the Leieester•sqlere Junction Railway had an interview with the Right lien E. Cardwell on Saturday at the Board o f T ra d e . The de; putation consisted of Messrs. Tulk, Sind, Slatrabb, Ha den. Dunn, Ottaway, Gordon, Drake, and Lewis. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland Re venue, had an interview on Saturday with the Chaucer of of the Exchequer, at hie official residence in Downing street. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council met on Saturday in the Court of Exchequer to Nettle the roll of sheriff's for the ensuing year. There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer (presiding in his gold rose of office), the Lard President of the Privy Council, the Lord Chancellor, the lord Chief JI.WiL.O of England, the Lori Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, and Mr. Baron Parke. Judges Alderson, Wightman, Telfourd, sad others misted at the ceremony. Mr. C. Greville, clerk of the Privy Council, was in attendance. Three gentlemen were nominated for all the. counties in England, with the exce pti ons o f c. , rnwall, Lancashire,. iid Middlesex. Three gentlemen were also nominated for all the Welsh commits. Sir William and Lady Molesworth arrived in town on Saturday from a visit to !tar Majesty ut Windsor Castle. Viscount Palmerston 1.4 t town on Saturday evening for his seat Broadlands, Hants. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone arrive.' in town on Saturday (coin a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Despatches were received at the Colonial-offiee of Saturday fr, - ..m the Governor of Hong Kong and the Governor of Malta. A cabinet council was held at the Foreign -office Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The minis ten present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Vis count Palmerston, the End of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Chat les Wood, the I Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Witham Moles worth. The Council sat two hours. THE HIGH SHERIFFS FOR Mt. On Saturday Mr. Gladstone presided, for the firs; time since his a,,pointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer. at the nomination of sheriff's for the counties of England and Wales for 18.54. This anhusi custom to-Ar place in the Court of Exchequer, with the usual ceremony, Mr. Glad. stone wearing his splendid gold robe of office. The right hon. gentleman was accompanied by Lord Granville, Lord President; and Lord Cranworth, Lord Chancellor; and also by the Lord Cliief Justice Campbell, the Lord Chief Justice Jervis, the Lord Chief Baron l'olloek, Mr. Justice Cromwell, and five of the puisne judge., who supplied th, deficiencies in the list by naming a gentleman in the place of the present sheriff, and supplying other names when gentlemen were excused from remaining on the roll. Mr. Vincent, the Queen's ltemernbrancer, attended an. administered the ancient oath in Norman French to thei: lordships.. _ Beginning with Bedfordshire the counties were proceeds: with in alphabetical order; the excuse from serving wee of the usual character—ill health, and the inadequacy of income or property to support the expense ; objection were also made—thus: in the case of Derbyshire, Lee, It'aterpark's care was discussed upon the point whether his lordship, being a Lord-in-Waiting to the Queen, slioull be taken off the roll. Their lordships deelded Lord Water. park's name should he retained, his name being place: third on the list for Derbyshire. A gentleman objected ti serve on the ground of his holding a commission in tb: militia, but this objection was also disallowed, and the name ordered to staud on the The consideration of the different questions occupied their lordships one hour and three quarters, the proceedings cone mencing at ten minutes past two o'clock, and conch:Lilt/ shortly before four o'clock. The DUKE aud DUCHESS of BRABANT are er• pected at Plymouth on Monday. Sir Harry Smith, Oa commander-in-chief of the forces in the western district and Sir John A. Ommanny, the admiral in command of the fleet at Devonport, have received official information ai their highnesses' intended vv it and Mr. D. Elliott, of the itoyal Plymouth, has received instructions to prepare tot their accommodation during their stay there. The duke art duchess will visit the doeksards and other public establish. menu in the neighbourhood ; and it is presumed, should the weather remain favourable, some of the most interest• ing localities of the district. Tuey are expected to arrivi by railway. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester it better ; the cough has abated, and the duchess is recovericit from the state of debility and exhaustion to which she was reduced. Her Royal Highness's three medical attendants Messrs. Ferguson, Hawkins, and Keate, have been in attendance on their royal patient at Gloucester Hoax daring the week. The Spanish frigate San Francisco de Assis left the port of Genoa on the 7th for Spain, with the cx-flutes of the French, and the Prince de Joinville, and the Da; d'Aumale. The Due de Nemours was to leave on the Bth. Lord Palmerston left town on Saturday night fa Broadlande, Hants, after the breaking up of the Mine Council, and will return, with Lady Palmerston, to-day, remain until the Christmas holidays. It is understood to be the intention of his Excel• lency the Governor of New Zi eland to proceed to England on leave of absence, tut a period of twelve months. SJ George Grey has now been eight yenta governor of tier colony. There is no truth in the rumour current in tht City on Friday afternoon that parliament was to be caner together before Christmas. Commissioners will be appointed in a few days to inquire into the general state of the Post.office ; and als: to take evidence with a view of estabiishing a uniform rat, of oceanic postage. The commissioners are expected commence their labours during next week, at the Genera. Post-office, St. Martin's•lc•Grand. It is stated that Prince Napoleon, the heir pre. sumptive to the French throne, is about to pay a visit t . Turin. . . - --- The Elector of Hesse Cassel has written a letter to Herr Hassenpflug, to assure his excellency of his sympathl mad sincere sorrow on account of the assault of which he has been the victim. 'The elector assures the minister tha: what has happened has not changed his sentiments toward: him, and feels sure that after such a declaration, Herr Has senpflng will not proceed with the prosecution which he hiss commenced. The Co:opse Gazette s►ys that in well in• formed Berlin circles the opinion is expressed that the Elector of Hesse will shortly abdicate. He is only waiting fora favourable moment to execute his resolution. The author of ,the new drama of " The Lancers, or the Gentleman's Son," which has recently been produced at the Princess's Theatre, is Captain Leicester Vernon, M.P. for Chatham. Alexander Smith, the young Glasgow poet, has been on a visit for a few tl.,ys with the Duke of Argyll, at Inverary Castle. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—This was the day fixed by the Mayor for electing town councillors in those wards from which aldermen were elected on the 9:11 inst. In the South Tosteth ward there was no opposition to the election of Mr. Robertson (conservative), timber merchant. In Abercromby and Pitt•etreet wards there were close contests, in the former of which Mr. William Earle (liberal) was returned by a majority of 12 over Mr. Thomas Lee (constr . vative); and in the latter Mr. John Smith (liberal) was defeated by Mr. William Mann, who obtained a =puff of .52. At the elietian of the lst instant the conservative candidate for Aberer.anby ward was returned bye majority of 249, and the candidate on the same side in Pitt -styes' ward by a majority of 98. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO 808 TILE LOWIIIARD-S'MEC POST-OFFICE.—In consequence of the burglary at this establishment last week, a number of men have been em ployed in forming hi lee in the masonry of the window Fill'. for the purpose of fining strong gratings. Or Friday morning they found, on coming to their work, that arTitho attempt to break int. the office had been made during the previous night, and - u the thi'ves had almost ;greet eled in cutting out the more casement. NEW HOTEL AT TRE Et'sTON STATIM — PrepAra • tions arc now being made by the directors of the London and North Western Railway for the erection of an additional hctel at the Luston station for the usa e sacc-zd and thud class passengers tra-Alling by that railway.