The Express. — London, England, 1853-12-12 00:00:00

- TO CORILISPONDUTP. aft- or us • capre-, im Use NOW 30 . 1 .(1 • LSO." d e.:81 !tat !ay eat r: 4.7 Al* la Wee kg 7,14. Mb' • "•••• ••• Usk did Elf Las u Ewstsi pre?. 1111 , ‘ t r P. snoteri.-eters, I* Tett etisuk tha M//4116.tutintl. MOIL WATRR AT LONDON BRIDGE. ibal—Bmsaas, Yy w Aftersovt. WO's 11"reasew Os. .. -Ott. toun. Üb. LONDON, MONDAY. PECEMBER 11 Q.m........ * -. orla is rapidly and steadily Cosseck•isirg the civil government of 'Wu:la:bin and Moldavia. The latest journals received fmar Bucharest contain an official intimation that the Emrenon, having accepted the " vohintary r.einnation " of the HMl podars of those provinces, has nominated General Be imam: to discharge their functions, "with the powers and attributions necessary to unite in his hand, the. supet ior sdministration of the two Princi palities, and, in conjunction with the :oval Meant., to' watch ores tlie progress of affairs, civil and judicial, the welfare, of the population, and the wants of the inertia: army." This is a fuel ire of the Russian policy, a strategy on the Dar.ulte that has not been soffieiently attended to. The Itass'an armies have been acting strictly on the ceier•.s.ve. They have recoiled before the Turks in Lesser Wallachia; 1 they have allowed Oxen PACT: t to cross and re-cross the flroded Danube at his rknenre in face of their superior fence; they arc not malc.ng (we believe they cannot make) any very vigorous or rapid move ment to bring up reinforcements; foe, according to the most recent accounts, OSTEN SACKEN cannot reach Moldavia before the end of this month. Yet the Russians give no indica . ions cf the remotest in tention to enacnate the Price:politic*. On the con trs-y, they are dealing with the civil administration as if they were already the recogni-ed permanent Sovereigns. First they forbade the remittance of and tribute to the SULT 4N ; nest, :hey took into their own hands the whsle revenues of the Provicces ; then they accepted the "voluntary resignations'• of the Heopodars ; after that they established an ad" sainistmtive council ; and now they have sent ad' fact• governor with supreme authority (under the Cz.ue) in al: matters judicial and ndministrative. These are not the acts of a foreign Gorernmect holding military possemion of a territory, with a view to coerce its sovereign into :Questions, but of a Government that looks upon itstif as at home, an absolute sovereign in perpetuity. And a number of 04. minor incidental acts and regulations of the Rus sian. in the Danubian Provinces et Turkey are evi dent:y calculated to strengthen them in this usurpa tion of sovereignty. For exampie. the proclamation is•:•:ed some time ago ordering all "Turkish subjects" to q..it the Principalities we. obviously intended to accustom the Wallachisns ar.d Moldavian. to hear themselves talked of m nee Turkish subjacts. Again, the hints now thrown out that the most &tine members of the n'tr:et ev party in the Administrative Council of Wallachia are to !re invitel to give in their reehmations, point to the organisation of an administmt...e party faecal, able to the perpetuation of the Rusitiar. senierainet,:. In short, Russia is preparing to oppose a passive re ',limner to every attempt to dislodge it from these Principalities. It will not march out in compliance with any requisition not hacked by a military force, 'incl. from Turkey or the European Powers. It TT not attempt to push its coneuests further i.t Tutkey (et present)—to mos. the Danube or assail the Osmanli armies; but it wii: et leisure augment its troops in the two Provinces to an amount that may enable it to act on the defensive, and keep its ground for a time. I: relies for assist sere upon the unwillingness of Fecute and England to task. the e _cameuceenent of what might become a 'rum' war, and upon the sebvervient agency of Austria to re-engage these Powers in new elusory negotiations as soon as the negotiations in program for the time hc•:og are broken oft By these arts Russia flAtttrg itself to be able to hold the Principalities I.: :me for a few years; calculating that within ;tat time events may Like to distract the attention and dissipate the ener gies of the Western Powers. hozld this be the Cil4! !tussle calculates on a pro:otgation of the term for which it may continue its nominally interim owipation and administration of the Provinces long enough to enable it to Bussianise their population, and put forth :Lis plea,— is addition to that of prescription,—as an argument for its lieng allowed to retain them permanently. If tt..s strategy succeeds, we eh/ill in half-a-dozen yes-4 heartheßusaian domination overWallachia and Moldavia spoken of es • " state of possession which Time has consecrated iu the &A:." Russia relies leas upon its armies to assert its usurpations on the Dan•ibe than upon these FALUN ;jail and diplomatic ter tics. The tone adopted within these few days by the I Russian organs in the press is curiously corrobora bre of this view of Russian polity. The Timer, for a long time so loud in its caikmnies of Turkey and I its arguments to show thra Russia was irre oLitr)le, after the first news of the Turkish vie tor:es on the Danube, cowered before the strong ant !Inaninious public feeling of elation, and sif!'ec!ed to concur in tke kkivsrsal sympathy ve't't Turkey. During the past we:A how i; has gradually veered mune to its old quarters, and on Saturday last—just as the 'intelligence, upon wl..ch we have been commenting, of the progress of the itussian assumption of eovere.guty in Wallachia and l'lolclovia came to hand—:: tikrly began to break grout 1 for arguments in taac..a of allowing Russia to retain the Principalities. S: Anr.ot bo denied, - sai4 .he Times, "that, thou;t tae Porte has not sue needed in the attempt To expel the Russian army from Warachia by force of Arms, the progress of the Tut iish Generals in Asia nity acid oot a prospect of some territorial compensation !or ark:: has been lost in En:ope." No doubt Russia wou.sl gladly purchase I Wallachia and Moldavia by emote in Georgia and Armenia. Wallachisand Mordavir„ onzeoeded to It ussis with the assent of Europe, woad be accessible from I Odessa for supplies of men and storey, and would be in the neighbourhood of coantries 'in which the re cognition of European in:trek:int:al law renders petty forays almost impossible, and serious wars of comparatively rare occurrence: while Georgia and Armenia can only be reacked arose steppes and thrw.git a difficult mountaino - a :ountry, and are inhainted and surrounded cy restless predatory hordes. NVallachia and Moidkvia are more valuable an l less expensive possessions :non those for which • iN contending in Central Asis, and are, be- I aide, more favourably placeC fur enabling ltusaia to overawe those civilised co-sk:sios in which the liberalism it so skeane one; httes is constantiy shirrno and springing again, however often and ruthlessly it ruby be trodden ; down. Besides, the dismeu.bentent of 11'ollachia sad Moldavia would be a 1114CIL wore lethal blow to the Ottoman Empire *ban die struck in the • u.v.an'a'n re - e. of the Max., I a: -' iphrotes. I :hertfore, capacey of Russian advocate, hose not rent contented with the broad hint it has tkrown out, that Turkey may :4. compensated, Ir. CCIA.OrA :a Central Asia, fo: Iticeeist to retain Wa lArl.ia and Moldavia. THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1853. it is stated, to the enormous sum of 30,000 t. a year, and yet the " per pensioners" have gained r °thing like their share of its improved fortunes. Indeed, instead of being better off, they are, perhaps, worse off than their predecessors, and just the same in num b:r. There are still " sigh' y poor brothers," the exact number contemplated by the foundation, and they have just now been petitioning the Governors, the trustees of the capital of this immense revenue, to sweep them a few more of the crumbs that must fall from the table where the produce of THOMAS SUTTON'S vast estates is consumed. They repre sent that "the sum of 231. annually allotted to them is wholly insufficient to provide sash comforts as are essential to health, decency, and cleanliness, and which are not supplied by the hospital, viz., clothing, linen, washing, boots and shoes, groceries, &c., and is especially inadequate when weighed with the greatly increased revenues of the Hospital since the time of its munificent founder." At the same time they respectfully state that "they have been accustomed to something more than the necessaries of life, and have been taught to consider Charter House as an asylum for decayed gentlemen." They admit also, "gratefully, that of late years thoir lordships' nominations have been more in aczordance with that honourable nomina tion." The Governors, in reply to this appeal of the " poor brothers," state that they cannot "consistently with their duty" make any increase to the pension of the brotherhood. hires HALE end his patrons and l eonfreres will not listen to Lazarus. But will the Governors, then, tell the public in what way "consistently with their duty" they manage to get rid of the immense balance that exists after sup. plying the needs of the poor ? The eighty "poor brethren" divide amongst themselves about 2,0001. a year of the hospital revenues, and the expenses of their dinner and other items would easily be covered by 2,000:. more—is it to be supposed for a moment StrroN could have contemplated that the portion of I his revenues applied to one of the objects of his care should remain stationary, while an indefinite increase should be allowed to all the other portions, or perhaps only to one or two? Nay, is it not almost certain that the stationary amount of income would be that allowed to the great officers of the Hos pital, due regard being had to altered circumstances of the time, and that any genuine increase should be applied to augment the comforts or the numGers of the poor members of the institution? Luckily, what might naturally be inferred, is con firmed by documentary evidence. In the Charter of Incorporation, granted the 22nd of July, 1011, it is expressly stated that any "increase of the rents or revenues should be employed to the maintenance of more end other poor people to be placed at the Hos pital, or to the, further augmentation of the arowance of those persons who should be there, and not be converted to any private woe." One of the Governors who received the appeal was the Master, Archdeacon HALE, who enjoys a very large salary out of the funds of the institution. This office is not much better than a sinecure, for if it were it would be difficult to understand how Arch deacon HALE, who has the Archdeaconry on his shoulders, is a Canon of St. Paul* Rector of the Living of Cripplegate, and has other onerous duties to perform, could undertake it. Must it not have struck some of the Governors that SUTTON himself, had he been amongst them, could never have for a moment doubted the validity of the appeal? Do not the words of the charter show sufficiently that he contemplated the extension of his bounty to any number that might be permitted by the increase of the funds? Is it likely that he would have endured that a pluralist should be at the head of the institution, while the especial ob jects of his bounty were complaining of the insuffi ciency of their pensions to supply them with decen cies and comforts? Even supposing, which is probably the fee!, that the mosey pensions of the brethren have been from time to time in creased, yet this has been done in deference to the altered state of prices. And does such increase, whatever it may be, bear any proportion to the tre mendous inct ease in the gross revenue? 1 1 These are questions, it is true, which can only be answered by the Governors themselves, through in formation given to them by the Master, Registrar, and Receiver' of the Hospital. We are told in ac counts of the building that on the north side there is a door leading to a well staircase that by giddy turns introduces us to the room now used to keep the 'Archives of the Hospital, and that access cannot be had to this place without the pre sence of the Master, the Registrar, and the Re ceiver, ►neither of whom can enter it without the others. If we could transplant the Commission which is now worrying a few secrets out of the City Corporation into the mysterious chamber, and sub ject the " Master, Receiver, and Registrar" to a tithe of the wholesome discipline which their predecessors the monks of St. Bruno administered to themselves for their souls' health, what revelations we might have of what the Char ter House has been, ought to be, and might be. We might have light thrown on the mysterious question, whether a clergyman invested with a cure of souls, in addition to other functions, had any right to hold the post of Master. This and various mysteries would be doubtless brought to light, and the public would be in a better position to judge how far the Governors have been justified in refusing to carry out the evident intention of the founder. LORD GUILFORD AND ST. CROSS HOSPITAL. The gentlemen who have so resolutely taken up this case have resolved to act on one of the three courses we recently pointed out. An information, raising the legality of Lord Guilford's title to the mastership in the name of the Attorney-General, but on their relation, is being prepared, and will shortly be presented to Sir Alexander Cockburn for his fiat. Should that be refused, tho whole case will be sub mitted to the consideration of the House of Com mons as soon after the assembling of parliamelit as is possible. LATEST FROM ABROAD. TIIE OVERLAND MAIL. INDII-CHINA-AUSTRALIA. _ ~ ~. (RV SI:MAILINR AND ZURUPEAN TRLIOItkPM.) We have received the following despatch from our Trieste correspondent. TRIESTE, Du. 10. The steamer Calcutta arrived here at 7.45 this morning from Alexandria in 114 hours, having lett that port on the sth inst. The India mail arrived at Alexandria on the 2nd inet. The following are the dates:—Calcutta, Nov. 0; Madras, Nov. 10 ; Shanghai, Oct. 3 ; Amoy, Oct. 12 ; Hong-Kong, Oct. 27; Singapore, Nov. 4; Penang, Nov. 0; Galle and Bombay, Nov. 14; Burmah, Oct. 23 ; Sydney, Sept. 20 ; Melbourne, Sept. '26; Adelaide, Oct. 1. Pegu is still in an unsettled state, and the Dacoits continue to give much trouble. General Godwin died at Simla on the 26th Oct. Major 11. Edwardes is appointed Peshawnr. Trade had improved. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. Chosen had appeared at Bombay. At Shanghai and Amoy fighting was still going on, and great disaffection had manifested itself at Fuchchowfoo. Canton was quiet, but the inhabitants were in much dread. Trade in China was good. Exchange on London, Sjd. In New South Wales the Constitution Bill had been read a second time by a majority of 34 to 8. The Governor of Victoria had proposed to abolish the gold license fee. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bengal arrived at Ceylon on the let of November. AUSTRALIA AND TIIE CAPE. ARRIVAL OF THE VICTORIA. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Victoria mail steamer arrived at Falmouth last evening, having run short of fuel and experi enced north easterly winds. She landed her mails, in one hundred and forty-eight bags and cases ; they were forwarded by mail coaches and two omnibuses, but with the exception of six cases and three bags did not arrive in time for the London mail train. The Victoria left Sydney Sept. 17; Melbourne, 28; King George's Sound, Oct. 7; arrived at Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 4, and left Nov. 7. In Victoria the daily yield of gold is estimated at fifty thousand pounds. Gold to the value of five million nine hundred and fifty five pounds had already been shipped from that province this year. The population was still increasing. In the third week in September 375 persons arrived at Melbourne, and only 274 left. The number of inhabitants in the district is now 250,000. There was mach con fusion, and some disappointment, but the colony was rapidly rising. Three vessels had ascended the Murray, 1,200 miles from sea. The navigation proved safe, the depth of water varying for immense distances from 18 to 36 feet. The river is reported to be navigable mach further than the Darling, one of its tributaries, for some 300 or 400 miles. The markets for all sorts of articles fluctuated, bat the averages are evidently highly remunerative to the importers. Some of the passengers who come home in the Victoria represent the social state of Melbourne as truly frightful, and say the new arrivals were expe riencing fearful mortality. They also state that trade in that city was still greatly depressed. The Cleopatra was to leave for England by same route two days after Victoria. The Adelaide steamer was at Sydney, waiting for orders. The Victoria has 183,000 ounces of gold on freight, and a large number of passengers. THE CAPE. The Queen of the South arrived Oct. let, 14 days after date, having been retarded by south-east gales. The Hydaspea arrived on the 25th Oct. The Quetin of the South left for India on the 3rd, and the Hy daspes on the 30th Oct. The registration for the new parliament has been completed. The elections will take place in March or April. General Cathcart was in Kaffir Land, where some uneasiness is felt in consequence of the movement of Ante, a minor chief. Pretorius, the leader of the Dutch emigrant boors, and President of the Transvaal Republic, is dead. In the Sovereignty, the feeling was still strong against the abandonment of the territory. Rich de posits of copper had been discovered on the western coast of Cape Colony. There is a disease amongst cattle, but the value of land still continues to rise. Other portions of the mails have arrived, but up to 10.30 the whole had not come to hand. FALMOUTH, SUNDAY. The Victoria steam-ship has arrived at this port, and landed her mails, in weight 15 tons. She left Sydney on the 17th, Melbourne on the 21th, and Adelaide on the 29th Sept. The Victoria brings 183,000 ounces of gold. She left the Cape on the 9th ultimo, and for the last nine days has been hindered by contrary winds. ! It proceeds to insinuate aspersions against the Tar- j Irish, and laudation of the Russian Government, with ' a view to prepossess its readers ageing the former, i and in tevour of the latter. It boldly asserts, that the policy of the Divan is not so much to Itermicate tile war, as to involve France ar.d England in it ;" and indirectly caution, the Western Governments to beware of boin.; led astray from the policy of supporting the rights of Turkey for' the sake of great European interests," into that of eacrific:ng great European interests merely for the sake of Turkish pretensions." Again, the Tinto asserts that, "at Constantinople the motives of European policy are confused, remote, and almost unintelligible to Turks defending their own exist ence; at St. Petersburg the influence of European policy and connexions is the main instrument to send the Emperor NICHOLAS to conciliation and to peace." The audacious falsity of these averments and insinuations is such that they could not have been hazarded by any journal but the one already sufficiently lust to shame to broach the idea of leaving Russia in possession of its usurpations in Wallachia and Moldavia, and " making believe" to compensate Turkey by some sterile mountain lands near the Caspian. The CZAR has committed a burglary, and the 'limes would have us leave him in the quiet possession of his spoil. The Porte has played no insidious game to involve France and England is war to support its " pretensions ;" on the contrary, the Porte has with unprecedented forbearance and equity asked no more from first to last than that an unprovoked seizure of its territory should be relin quished, and its rights of independent sovereignty respected. Again, as to the comparative powers of understanding and appreciating the policy of free and civilised nations evinced by the Porte and the Russian Government, there is not a step that has been tai ce by the former—not a word it has pttered— that has not been in conformity with the strictest rules of international law : while there is scarcely one principle of international law that has not been outraged and set at defiance by the latter. These considerations ought to have their weight with the Governments of France and England. Russia, it is obvious, is too well aware of its comps , naive poverty and want of disciplined effectise troops to rely upon armed force for the maintenance of its usurpation on the Danube. It trusts to a system of mendacity and obstinate shuffling, ' which it knows civilised Governments could not condescend to adopt, and therefore are slow o suspect in others. Every moment lost j in negotiation is favourable to the success of the f, :onion.% shuffling policy of Russia. France and England, when they allow themselves to be again r and again seduced by Russia's jackal, Austria, into • vain and elusory negotiations, are prolonging the • term during which Russia hopes to Cossack-ise Mel • davia and Wallachia, and establish a shadowy plea of I prescriptive right to retain them; or, if driven out • this time. to organise a permanent Russian party there that may seek to regain office, by inviting the C/AR to ' adze the sovereignty of the Provinces on some fu ture occasion, when fewer obstacles present them : selves to the realisation of his ambitious wishes. The Gordian knot of Russian and Austrian diplomatic intrigue must be cut ; it is sheer waste of time to dream of undoing it by less summary means. It is clear the SULTAN ought not, and cannot, negotiate without a previous evacuation of the Principalities. When the hand of a burglar is on the throat of his prey, nobody talks about what is to be done for the restoration of order till the felonious grip is rem oved So in this case. If Austria and Prussia are honest in their desire for peace, let them join England and France in saying bluntly to the CZAR, " You must go back to your own soil, as the first step towards a settlement." Once put the Cossacks be yuLd the Proth, and the settlement of peace will be simple enough. The Turks want nothing but justice and their own—they cannot, and will not, be con ' tented with less One line in tho letter of our Con staatinople correspondent (published in another column) shows the temper in which the subjects of Afintl.-Mr.artn are prepared to deal with the invader of their soil. Thirty thousand redifs were required from the district of Adrianople, and seventy thou sand were on their way to join the army. When a people display a patriotism of this sort, the secret cajolery of the diplomatists will not altogether have its own way. The Sufras must have justice. Tilt Charter House Estates, or a part of them, are the identical lands with which Sir WALTER MANNY, the preuz chevalier of the reign of EDWARD 111., en dowed a community of Carthusian monks, followers of ST. Bat so, who established that remarkable insti tution of self-torture, known by the name of the Grand Charlreux. At the dissolution of the monasteries, the monks lost their money and the various prin kr, of flogging themselves, starving themselves, ail °tinr congenial occupations. Their place is at the present day occupied in part by a kin! of lay I'rotestant monks, who, aged men as they are, have some seventies exercised upon them in the shape of short stipends, denial of the so:ace of female society, and other vexa tions, which, although they do not put them on the cam: rank of vo'matary ascetism as the monks of St. Bruno attained, are still sufficient to excite sym pathy. Wee all come to this, however, presently. Ia process of time—as we have before had occasion to reper.—this estate fell into the hands of Titomas SUTTON, who, by various successes in war, bargain ing and marriage, accumulated one of the largest fortunes enjoyed by any private individual of the reivi of 1131E3 I. That canny Monarch was so struck with the colossal proportions of the lucky adven turer's wealth that he caused propositions to be made to SUTTON, the gist of which was to entice the latter by the promise of a Peerage to make CHARLES 1., then Doke of York, his heir. Surto", knew better what to do with his money. He had already carArred many benefits on his country, one of which may be mentioned as peculiar. At the time of the projected invasion of England by the Spanish Armada, he had drained the Bank of Genoa of its money, and thus by diverting to another purpose the fonds with which PHILIP intended to equip the fleet, he succeeded in delaying the invasion for a whole i veer. There is no intention here, however, of writing the history of THOMAS Surrote, still less of the Charter House, which, as it stands, is a wonderful monument of his liberality. He founded this institu tion. and endowed it with such magnificence that Stowe speaks of it as the greatest gift in England, either in Protestant or Catholic times, ever bestowed by any individual until we come down to that of Guy's Hospital. All that we have to do with at present is the strange contrast one portion of the Hospital presents to that which might have been expected if the views of the founder had bees carried out. MAITIAND, writing nearly a hundred years ago, complained that, although the revenue then amounted to 11,0001. per annum, yet he could not :earn that any other addition was made to the number of peracm% on the foundation than ten hove to the number of saholitra in the house, and five to that of the students at the Uni vt he vs, " mak( .3 the firmer 0r..; -tom. and the hitter twenty -aioe, which, together with eighty old pensionerd, makes the total clamber of membm 143, besides the servants of t'vi aouse." tacrue of the Charter House has now increased: A NEW COMET. On the morning of the 2nd inst. a comet was dis covered by Mr. klinkerfuee, of the Gottingen Obser vatory, on the border of the Constellation Perseus, near the foot of Andromeda. At 4 o'clock, a.m., on the 3rd, its Right Ascension was in 1h.37m. 205., And its declination 61 deg. 37 sec. north. The diurnal motion in Right Ascension was 2m. towards the west, and in declination 11 deg. towards the south. Mr. Klinkerfues was the discoverer of the third comet of the present year, which became so conspi cuous at the end of August in the north-western heavens. ELOPEMENT OF ARAB LADlES.—Ben•Ay'et, the wealthy ea-minister of the Bey of Tunis, writes our P correspondent, has been to Marseilles to fetch his three wives and has brought them in triumph to Paris. •these ladies have adopted the French costume, and appear in public without veils. The Bey is furious. You are mare that he accuses Ben Ayet of having plundered his treasury to an immense amount. Since the minister's Hight lis widowed spouses have been detained as precious hostag , i by the Bey. The police never quitted tho door of their house, and only a few women were allowed to visit them. It pears, however, that they whiled sway the weary hours of caritority s.y trying on and learning to wear Fr( nch drmes, I bt•a.amr i ;feet it. t:. , art, the y- our ci-y ,i'y d past the seotinels, who Inlata4k theta 11 . 0- Once at large they were enable.' by the a,istronee of their trionds to obtais a passport from the French Con sulate, and with this they sailed for Marseilles. The rage and disappoiatwient of the Bey, whose health has long been .s an Catost desperate condition, will, it is th.%l4ht, b:in on i to titof apoplexy. AMERICA. - 4. - ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSIIIP ARABIA. (IRON OUR OWN CORRRAPONORNT.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. About nine o'clock this morning the Royal Mail steamship Arabia, Captain Judkins, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Arabia sailed from New York on the 30th ult., and has brought, be sides the mails, about 120 passengers, and 670,000 dollars in specie, on freight. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Screw Steam-ship Company's vessel City of Glasgow, which sailed from this port on the 9th nit., arrived at Philadelphia on the 26th nit. The United States Mail steam-ship Atlantic, from hence on the 16th, arrived at New York on the 29th ult. We again have advicea of terrible mortality on board emigrant ships arrived at New York from this country and the Continent, while on the passage across the Atlantic. Since the sailing of the previous steamer, the ships Marathon and New World from this port, and the George Hurlbut from Havre, had arrived at New York with an aggregate loos of no fewer than 214 of their passengers. John Mitchel, the Irish exile, whose escape from Van Diemen's Land, and arrival at San Francisco, have been already noticed, reached, New York on the 29th ult. The steamer with the Californain mails had arrived at New York, bringing nearly three millions dollars' worth of gold dust. The intelligence from the mining districts is of the same satisfactory char Teter as taat for a coas!derah:e time past brought b, cacti suitt.alve mail. The markets, however, were dull ; they do not seem to have surmounted the evils of (mar-stocking. The gene:a: :Ala:zeaa of New York waa terised by steadiness, and monetary affairs continued to improve, while the business of the money m u ket was in a more flourishing condition. Stacks, how ever, are still reported as slightly depressed. The cotton market is reported brisk, with a good average amount of business doing. Prices have slightly advanced, as will be seen by the following quotations:—New Orleans and Mobile mid fair to fair, 111 c. to 121 c. per lb. ; Uplands mid fair to fair, 11 c, to 11 c. per lb. These prices show a rise of c. per lb. oa previous quotations. The advance of winter implying the approaching close of the inland navigation, has tended to make holders of breadstuff/ firm. The market is quiet, and prices much the same. Western Canal flour is steady, at 6 dole. 871 c., to 7 dole. per barrel ; Gen nessee prime wheat, 1 dol. 72 c. to 1 dol. 74 c. per 60 lbs.; Indian corn, round yellow, SO c. to 82 c. per bushel, steady. Provisions continue inactive, and the quoted prices of the following articles are weak : —Pork, mess, 1 131 dole. to 14 dole.; prime, 11 dole.; lard, 91 c. to 10c.; in barrels and in kegs, 11c. to 12c. ; cut meats, 71c. to 71c. for smoked sides ; shoulders, 8.. t. to 81c.; hams, 10c. to 123 c; beef, repacked, Western, 13 dole. to 13} dole.; extra, 14 dole. to 15 dole.; prime mess, 5 dole. to 6 dole. ; State beef hams, 14 dots. ; Chicago, 15 dole.; prime mess, new, 22 dole. to 21 dols ; old, 17 dole. to 19 dole. Freights were unchanged at the steamer's depar ture. The asking rates then were :—To London— tobacco 60s. per hhd.; flour, 4s. 9d. to ss. per barrel ; grain, 151 d. to lad. per bushel: turpentine, ss. per 28011os. ; beef, 7s. 6d. to Ss. per tierce ; oilcake, 455. per ton. To Liverpool ; Flour, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. per barrel; grain, ls. to 12.01 d. per, bushel; cotton, 3-16 d. to 7-32 d. per lb. Exchange on London was flue, with moderate sales, at 1091 fo 110; Paris, 5-121 to 5-15; Ham burg, 361 to 37; Bremen, 801 to 801. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ELECTRIC AND SI: "MARINE TELEGRAPH.) A despatch was received last night in Paris from Odessa, dated Dec. 5, which states that the Russians have just gained a great naval victory. It is said that they have destroyed twelve Turkish ships, the Turkish fleet having returned to the Bosphorus. People in Paris, however, ask whore the twelve ships came from. Advices had also reached Vienna, from Odessa, on Saturday evening, in which it is stated, with more detail, that on the 30th November the Russian Ad miral, Nachimow (Vice-Admiral of the sth division in the Black Sea, with six ships of the line), at tacked a Turkish squadron near Sinope, and, despite the land batteries, completely destroyed seven Turkish frigates, two corvettes, one steamer, and three transports, in one hour. Osman Pacha (Vice- Admiral Patrons), and staff were carried off as prisoners of war. The Russian flag-ship returned to Sebastopol considerably damaged. It is needless to say that this rumour requires con firmation before receiving credence. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 28. Reinforcements were sent to the limy of Anatolia the day before yesterday to the number of .1,000 men. The tempestuous character of the weather has for the present suspended naval operations in the Black Sea. The two divisions of the Turco-Egyptian squadron have returned from their cruise. The squadron is now at Buyukilere. The French and English fleets are still at Beycos, in the Bosphorus. The European and Turkish artillery officers have just completed the fortifications of the Ottoman coast of the Black Sea. It is now guarded by 230 heavy guns, well placed to command the sea and forbid the approach of ships of war. The Sultan maintains hie resolve not to enter upon the path of negotiation while his territory remains violated. Notwithstanding the war, commerce is active. Three hundred and twenty-two vessels have entered, and five hundred and seventeen left Constantinople, in the coarse of the last week. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 26. A deputation of Muasulman tribes from Mingrelia, who have declared in Asia against the Russians, has arrived and been received by Reschid Pacha. The deputation is to be presented to the Sultan. Letters from the banks of the Danube announce that two companies of the Wallachian militia had succeeded in crossing the Danube by night, and in joining the troops of Omer Pacha. They have given the Turks exceedingly precise information respecting the Russian troops, which proves that the latter arc far from being in a flourishing state. PIEDMONT. THE ELECTIONS IN PIEDMONT. TURIN, TIMICsDAY EVENING. The elections commenced to-day. The electors came to the poll in great numbers, bnt with perfect order. At Turin, the list of candidates supported by the ministry had the advantage over those of the Opposition. The general results known this even ing are 27 nominations, of which 21 are ministerial. M. Cavour has been re-elected in the first college. M. Ratazzi, another member of the ministry, has been also re-elected at Alexandria. The accounts from the provinces are very favourable to the government. SPAIN. MADRID, Dec. 5. In the Senate to-day M. Ros de Olano has been speaking on the railway question, and he has not yet concluded. It is expected that the debate will be closed to-morrow. The cabinet has been autho rised by the Queen to present to the Chambers bills on the press and on the electoral law. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Our correspondent writes from the Turkish capital : CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 25. I received the following letter yesterday by the Trebizond steamer, wh►ch brought despatches to the Seraskier on the same suhject. "ERZROUM, Nov. H. " Ali Yasidji enters this city to-morrow morning ; and, moreover, the three regiments of cavalry of the Arabian army are hourly expected from Karpout. Their cannons have been left at Orfa in consequence of the bad state of the roads, but they will find plenty at Kars without men sufficient to work them. " A Russian division, consisting of 300 cavalry from the camp at Voly Chair, surprised, on Nov. 3, the village of Badela. The Turkish irregulars repulsed them as far as the stream defining the frontier; but, when least expecting it, encountered a body of 2,000 Russian infantry. The affray was conducted with bayonets and ranias ' and the Russians, complet e ly routed, tied in the direction of Akiska, the Turks returning to Badela. " Next morning, at break of day, the Turks, from the neighbouring villages, amounting to 3,000, be aides •IoU regular cavalry under the command of the Circassian, Hassan Bey, crossed the frontier, and es tablished their camp at Voly-Chair on the Russian territory. Arrived, their numbers increased by a tbousaul itTe4ulars of the Cublian, Russian subjects. trom the viilagl s 0 :::o:2ltpiid, the two In ntl inismcn, liekasan, and others at pvcseut in the hands of the Russians, but be:Gaging to Pascod pre vious to the delineation of the frontier, " The commander Liva Mustapha Pacha. with 'oattal:aus azt; 4 . :1.: cannon. ?raveled f-an At dahan to Volv Chair, and was reinforced bv Terik lai Aly Paella and Lira Aly Pacha, with four battalions of Nizam, and 2,200 irregulars, besides 13 pi eces of artillery, in the same locality. On N V V CO O YI 3, 1,500 Kurile irregulars, guarding the frontier of Bayazrd, were attacked by a div.aion of a th ousan d Russians, who, alter n lung sirti,;gle, were for ce d ts retreat with tha nloumisst'r of BOpr k i i s l o kd nei n e nd , one a wounded. L qPn, and Niue a heads were sent to llayazrd. On the same day, Terik Selim Pacha, with three battalions, the Valy of Van, and Etem Pacha, repaired from that town with 8,000 irregulars to the scene of action. "His Excellency the Ilushur is at Kars, with the principal division of the army; Valy, also, with the irregulars, the vanguard commanded by Reis Pacha,lat Charnel." The day before yesterday Kerins Pachi, of the Arabian army, arrived here to take the command of twelve battalions from Trebizond, with throe regiments of cavalry, and one of artillery exacted from Karpout. The health of the at my is to gum ral excellent. We hear that Selim Paella, of Batouts, having taken Claketil, as you are swan, marched on Crzughet, and after three limitless as saults, succeeded at length in occupying that post, and routed 8,000 Russians defending it. The corn ' mander now demands four battalions from Kars to leave a sufficient garrison in Urzughet, and •:d:atice on to Koutais, guarded by 10,000 Russians, whereof the majority are Georgians, and promise to join the Turks. Should Selim Pacha succeed in this enterprise, art unite his forces with the neighbouring eireassians, which, it appears, is his object, it will become a serious affair for Russia. In the affray of Badela, the loss of the Tttrk' was 200 wounded and 300 killed ; that of the ItussiAns, though great, is not accurately known. 'I he Itus ataa subjects who have remained here under Austrian protection aro well treated by the population and authorities. Provisions of all sorts are in great abundance, and prices as heretofore. The I Uterdar Bey acts as Caimacam till the return of our Vaiy 'tariff Mustapha Pacha. The reply of the Sultan to M. Barn,guay &liners I gave you in my last, from an uutieubteti authority. The importance of this declaration is evident, from the fact of its having been communicated per nerd, and perhaps in a more regular form to the Freuch ambassador on the following day, which is contrary to the usual custom. By this decision, Tut key, it appears, takes her stand, Russia must renounce her pretensions and evacuate the Priacipalities," as a preliminary to all further attempts at negotiation. Lord Radcliffe had also a private audience with the Sultan ou the 22nd inst., and intrcdueed Admiral Dundas, who tact with a most cordial and gracious reception. The Ambassador used all his efforts to endeavour to obtain 11. M.'s assent to thu project of arrangement, which, you are aware, ho had lately communicated to the Porte. '1 Ile Sultan's reply was the same again—declining all further me diation, except on the conditions epecificil in his answer to the French Atnbastador, and an explanatory note to this effect has been transmitted to our embassy, and was telegraphed to London yesterday evening. Lastly, on the 23rd inst., a special messenger arrived from Vienna, with a new and important proposal, which was forthwith communicated by M. de Bruck to the Minister for Foreign Altura. I subjoin a copy of this document, on unquestionable authority, and may mention, moreover, that up to this date it has been only made known gfficiettsement to the represen tatives of the Great Powers : The Emperor of Russia demands that the Greek rite and clergy continue to enjoy their spiritual privileges ; and this, it is expressly understood, under Cie :psis of the Sultan. He declares, moreover, that there is no wish nn h.s part to infringe on the independence and sovereign rights of the Sultan, or to interfere iu the internal affairs of the Ottoman empire. All that Russia desires is the awirance to mains tam the strict religious shrtu qua relatively to the Greek rite, viz., an entire equality of immunities between the Greek and other Christian communions subject to the Porte; and consequently the enjoyment is favour of the Greek church of those advantages already accorded to those communities, as well as the participatiw. c. Vic!, which the Salton may hereafter grant. It is on this basis that the cabinet of St. Petersburg is ready to resume the negotiations iensuediately and il,rectiy with the Ottoman empire—negotiations whereof, in its opinion, the seat may be conveniently fixed at Bucharest. Meanwhile, the Emperor of Russia, notwithstandiu; the declaration of war by the Sublime Porte, has ai.nualitel the i:itention of changing nothing in his present ottitu le, and has given orders that his troops remain on the defensive.. b'ul.y convinced that his Msjesty tae Sultan, on his side, has nothing more at heart than to put an end as promptly as po , sible to the effusion of blood which has unfortunately already commenced, and that he is consequently deter mined to maintain the points conceded to Russis in former manifestations of the Poste, the cabinet of Vienna, in con fronting these intentions with those of the Emperor of Russia, expresses a hope that negotiations, preceded by an armistice, will not fail to bring about a sincere reconcilia tion. (Signed) Etim LE S The redifs are pouring in in all directions, and it is really singular to see them marching rank and file in multifarious peasant costume, and countenances glowing with martial ardour. In the dis!rict of Adrianople 30,000 were only demanded by the go vernment, but the seraskier received accounts that 70,000 are on their way—so that no provision having been made for clothing so great a number, the defi ciency was supplied by voluntary subscription. The Dactts, in giving a summary of the last news from the East, says : The situation of affairs in the East has not changed, and the war continues in a series of petty combats, in which the Turks have almost always had the advantage. The in formation which has arrived in Europe during the last two months no longer allows of the fact being denied. The Ruskin army, which bad been thought so forinii!able, it found to be, for causes which are as yet unknown to us. very inferior to what it was considered, and the Turkish army, en the contrary, very superior to what even its very friends dared to say. In Turkey in Europe there is nothing new on the theatre of war. The Turks have spontaneously evacuated their position at Oltenitza, which had been rendered untenable by the snow and rain. They did so, it is said, without luring a man or a gun, and after destroying all the works which they hal thrown up. It is difficult to in-. igine the cause that prevented the Russians from harassing the enemy during this operation. The stay; of the wither was not, perhaps, the only cause which induced the Turks to remiss the Da nube. Their movement at Oitenitz t appears to have only to en a diversion to call off the attention of the Russians to that point, and to lessen the resistance which the Turks expected to mutt with in establishing themselves at Kalafat, which is a more important point, in a polit:csl and military point of view. Kalalat is the tete de pont which would allow Bucharest to be taken in the rear, and which cuts off the communications of the Russian army with &rail, the situa tion of which inspired uneasiness ; and it was necessary ET: them to establish themselves there at any cost. Now the position is well secured ; respectable fortiticati..ns have been raised with great activity; it is supported on the other side of the Danube by the fortress of Widdiu, and it is towartD that point that the efforts of both armies are now directed. Oltenitsa is no longer anything. The Journal de ConstantlnVe of Nov. 24 says The Austrian steamer, the Europa, which arrived 1;1.* morning from Trebisoud, brought very important de spatches relative to the military operations of the a rmy 0: Anatolia. OA the 10th of the month Ali Pacha, general of brigade, and Colonel Hassan Bey, marched with their troops against the fortress of Akhiska. The Russian troops made a sortie, in which they were completely worsted . they were forced to re-enter the fortress prempi.ately, after having lost a considerable number of men. Ihe Turkish troops, after this encounter. passed the night near the place. at the village of Soklis. Three Russian battalions of the fortress of Akhiska, with 4 pieces of cannon and 1,500 ca valry, advanced into the disteict of Losco as Cie as Badieh. and encountered the imperial troops, commended by Izzef Bey. The combat was a sharp owe, and the Rus sians had 3.33 men killed, of whom one was an officer, and several were non-commissioned officers. Tae imperia: troops, in addition, made a number of prisoners. The Russians were obliged to retreat to Akhiska, the inhabitants of which town shut tl.e gates against them, and fired on them. The Russians were obliged in the end to use forte to get into the town, and seized on several of the principal inhabitants as hostages. One inhabitant, who had killed tour Russians, was beheaded. On the night of the 17:h the Russian troops again attacked the fort of Ctekvetil, but were repulsed with consil cable loss. The Otionaan troops, on their side, seized on the fortress Cl Saris, Si, thOt d nsar tl.at of Cbekvetil. The troops of the mudit of Erdehan likewise had an encounter with 1,000 Cossacks, who lest 50 men, the imperial troops taking several pris.me Zar!f Moustepha Paella, the governor et Erz MUM, has set :o:- ward with 4,000 men, cavairy and infantry, and has go: into the neighbourhood of Erdehan. The Constantirople Ourrnit, publish the slue& Lord Strattor,i iit. dei:ffe t. 3 Sui•.: a.• prt• seating to his Majesty the admirals and captains • It eraa ob:y yesteraay that the Trent •ohi lamer brettaht !;getwe of the Kedart•Tidjaat, taerekaut •-etnNtly -teatear, cspt•Are letteeea Tait'.oo and Ettrarfo .a.:e P jacs ):01114111' follow in I' M A sin of ) 0 u! 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