The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

1i 1.4 - MI At K 17( '7l AND °O.etZilliCIAL INT ELLIGEATE. Th e cott CITY, Two O'CLOCK. , onmarket a t Li verpoo l y es t er d ay dos e d E rni , m eati Y, at steady pr i ces. Th e sa l es N pore rnated at 8,000 b ales (1,000 of which wer a for and 1,000 on speculation), comprisi ag 310 Ea°Yphart. at 51d. t o ; 1,500 Surat at 3d. to and 80 Sea Islands at 10d. to ls. 6d. per 16. rm. Prices without Railway share market wr,si flat, and The viituout any material a lt era ti o ' a . Ller stea merAntelop e h as arr i ve d from Australia. dates-are old. The La Plata . 14dies. is telegraphed from the West Ti me ditio n h as now b een afforded. to consider the con , that sho u ld he new loan, and, the probable terms vert be offered, and we may appropriately to the opinions expressed in different guar 0' The Chancellor of the Exchequer, like all hiB Predecessors, no doubt, since loans were first t o h vellt ed) has to contend with powerful capitalists, via ° B eek to with as hard a bargain as possible ; We wh ile the present system lasts, it will, the • aPPrehend, never be otherwise. When interv ievir with the city magnates took place Yeate r d, . th e 0 , "Y, it Was at first positively intimated by Chancellor that he would I...eceive tenders from d enl 4a rtY, but the capitalists present immediately ch: rrec l) and the Chairman of the Stock Ex (11 not hesit a t e to assert. that such a per ajill°111w°111(1 be fatal to the loan." Th e reason m ake eno ugh eno ugh ; con t rac t ors wou ld h es i tate to s ott : W hoa list if exposed to the competition of per the got smaller allotments, for in honest truth, eth e '; ea ' t loan contractor must have his profit like 1 4y Z e nfor the trouble he takes and any risk he meat : l) P° B ed to run . Th us we f i nd the Govern and ° '4 n TrelY at th e mercy of a few large firms, at ote present occasion without even the beue reCenVetition among them, as Messrs. Baring 11 %4: I t !), who alone could compete with Messrs.. tetvie:'l(lBovere not officiallyrepresented at the in -111)41.,: and We presume, do not intend to make but, t. , 1- 1 ," On this point we do not write positively, eoln i ,Zeu at the best, here are but two firms to thlit — tc f or the loan, and, just supposing the case ttd tlook, e37 °hose by common accord to take a very t„ljie of affairs— and Baron Rothschild ,-`4 Yesterday of the war probably last kiY; i i i °n g time, though many think Russia last be e ; l ; ; ae cePt the very mild third proposition ' te 'ea e t I' 3 w eek is over they might either 4c eept tle l oan or compel the Government to rek ed ve ry low terms. The Chancellor has no re nel Y i while the present system lasts, and the kk of i t a n of national subscription opened at the of will alone offer protection in such cog 11,„,", e do hope to see this plan tried even yet, n g that prejudice and adherence to form U4 a. t vstr°ug hold upon the public in this l id that consequently it is much more 4 (3 e a in troduce an ythi ng new , th an wou ld b e el Peri se F rance, the time must com e wh e n th e Theleett w ill have t o b e t r i e d. mere taki ng of the loan in. Consols renders it ( 7 4 eatable,nei but if a larger sum could have ;il s in. t erminable annuities, or if even the 40° : were issued with the condition of being e of t , tr "() ere of interest afzer a stated n urn.t it,Y,ears, tile country would gain. The deposi of ifillients beim- , arranged in 9 amounts, viz., .nth l ll ,ea e h, and t wo on t h e 22d o f M ay, and thej , °ll ll/1 1 ;• 1 o f ISt, each, will. give a full hundred 'ertll- 11 Ca 'A to the Chancellor by the 18th of 11l be no next. Should the war continue there it-ducernent to pay in advance, unless th rul es wh o as cheap as at present, but with peace be com- Pleted,`e SlXteell. millions would probably _ ter iL the sake of getting the stock and profit "ue rise in prices. At present the spe lt ° f 4 °l ' a fall have an ascendancy because r it. stook c all be got at any moment by paying 43 - f ilt k „ °tj g the calculations made are that Govern ° llgt to receive 100/1 cash for every hundred 4t14 1; '3 1 :' an d a 30 years' annuity of say 12s. per - 1 .: 41 t opinions and calculations are very N Consol s be worth 89, the contractor has ~1 )°88 ibi„ ro ta Government as l arge an interest as Continued during 30 years, for the add - the 11 41 . that will make up the 100/. he pays to aneellor of the Exchequer. . • Nisof h a n b een an extensive business doing in kteresli in --- h h e who feel inclined to take some hogs New Loan naturally 'speculate fora iin Gover n ° get the stock as cheaply as possible ' 4ll tO verl l ttle nt, or, what amounts to the same t hirt akt nuch interest as they can for the et l 8 9 7 1.3 * Con so l s have been 90-, 1 ,- to 12 and L Il DPort for transfer and account. Some int ides given to the market by the ,„7) that Russia can hardly refuse the (to utit,l—"elat terms proffered. On. this very ac ctlo:eVer, if Russia does accept, the people ds heq u i ! 4 . T ., l neY show , yood cause for dissatisfaction . . r - ' 4 ' ll ls have been ss. to 103., and India lls. ,to 14s. premium. Th e N ew 3 per >uties $g beenB93 to and the Reduced An ‘ ° 89 i. Bank Stock is fi r m a t 210. titlti,hl3n Se curities are a ll ra th er l ower , b u t .4410ian B t, tifl " Most, being down to 733 and 721. iv ° Per Cents. have been done at 99 and $ iti a : s . le au Sto c k i s at 20 1 , and Ch i l i an at 66 i . 94 . ' l ° quiet, at 86. Belgian Four per. Cents. ktGe following 20" Zr, are the nominal prices of foreign `nenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 61; Mexi rr.ee,,;"o 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three tolii.)18 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., k tli tto ; 4nasian Five per Cents., 99 to 101; 11 13344i4' lili ii-an d - a-lialf per Cents., 89 to 91; Cents, ew Deferred, 178 to 183 ; ditto Three '4l4 ° C 1 tn 361; ditto Certificates, sto ; The , 1 ; 1 e , to 4i. a ;aaY Sh Market has been heavy, hut i 14 ;` 14 0 -41e rs in Proportion to the funds. There Jtet. e e l') Very little doin Foreign Shares are t 4 14. •exi 4e e aro can Mine are steady. Crystal 81t, -1 ' 41 ) and Oriental Bank i s at full rates. -( xlFig '' _ _ _uS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. a er gt„l, ato% habk (P the (*cid LL Business stone 210 se-1; E' o 'uce€l . .................... ...... ... 884.9 - 8i 9 8,8/ I, bittj' k t Annittei....9ol, a9O a B 9 Ti i 9iii .)11( A Per Annnities . hit gn u et it , Ps, 'g)ire sth Jan., 1860 c on 00 0 14 11 18 ..... . , iC tehe ot Otee o4ri u t ‘i o ll p im por Ei nB !,10th May 9O S9i 90i vuu 44d. t e P le r 3i per Cent. 99 ...,. bl"1(18 60REI.G.N FUNDS THIS DAY. Me:to 3 per. Per Cent 1 Itenas Cent p oi a'l per)(,1825: 3 pe;.eent Bl ij tieß e Ro/P t ..... 4 p er s ' 5 Per Cent , Con. 18 a Ceut• ........................ 41i uttAl l il) R 011 1 1 E822, k Per Cent. X St loi 99 bittab 11°448 Per Cent. 86 h i tt ° for the A ' Per cent I wzi a ° %lan "" secQ uut... 11 .. 73 Ott MB 2i per ex. 2:1 fr bo te , 41, 11 4 :i Per Cent. Ex. 05fr. O4 " '""" • London. zeh ahn . UoVd Ulf , in 4 pe r —Ke ' 2 i Per Cent. 12 Gu11.... C'el4. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. 89i 00k 894 90 ()n s°le Itto, 417:.1.• t Accoun t ri ) 1 , * ' icistOrati.,°!ltetiNl;litLiTiollit t. t ß l ßU t liN t ic COUNTY KILKENN Y. dwelling-house . a o ___, Il iit tl ,, k Cr'rr)ai,,lllll!cl Michael l ' alone, situate at Bailin ki e ll . dia?Yesd i '.,_ eanounty Kiltkaeony, the work of some bedev 4t 1 , , ed b e g!, 0 pposed was completely d evi The family retired to fr Los 1,4,..,,-;ai r persons. . o,? il l the i ,. 4 ` aour, and some time after were aroused smoke, -; Ivia' C,,,reat by a heavy smell and suffocating ~418.1 e Th ey found the house ge to be in flames over their ovo 'ins h,,„leY had barely to escape and rem vitbi,-„'PertY ere theroof fell in "lok — ' lll4 J MU - P. THE STET HUSSARS, ...A . T . 1,,11t i1b0, v.5..._ : 1 - . 1 , 1 , 1 3itr or oiNE o iner Dublin has the n fo a l e the et R,tartlitlg d , intlterilicieni):: of an alleged murder f of the oth b. airy oarrack,.. e b•d e •____,, A priva.e 11,4 •-kusiara .at New ri g:, . rack 4 WaS on-Saturday found in a,,ditch, near the 14 '4 .°f IsTewbridp.F, with his throat cut, and his per- Th,l.4llltilated in ' --c v ' l . i and appalling manner.. 4,4pre,are ~,e rv, " an unnatural ut`eill. nkutrag - ' 4,... ....rn110pia10n one generally attri tabsetothe_ cause of this th "Alt •111 • Re duct i o n i s is known 6 Perpet ' Yet r ethltvr definite . either as . to Ici 1 1 . 4.1 f r i at.n r B of the 'rune or their motive ftilreiunfinteotritnug. s a te d e I'IL and stininiary a - unishment on - 4t ltli - ''''"(-1-" 0 inquiry ordieß re, 141riel that Peeling this statement, i t h e cir -11:11Ato,11 il l' to Sunday evening no report of • 1 'flaking -t o b f a,s ti b le eer m i i a li s t c a ;r y - Vc° nag rthohld tho • Dibli2:* . Da ua .__ - - 20 20 10 10 10 5 20 '2O SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. I C.llosinz Prices this day. Business done yesterday. EArrmAya. Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bosf and Eacitn. Jnnet st Nal lymma girming. Wolverh Stour Valley 3.rkenhd. Lanesh 4 Cheshire Junet Do. Chesil. & Birk. £5O and £25 Con, Do., £2O tiyth & Tynl origina £25 (issd. at £45 tlristol and Exeter.. laledonian. ....... Carmarthen and Car di gan Chester ez Holyhead. cork and Bandon Cork, Black, dt Pas Cornwall Orloff Junction Dublin&BelfastJune Dindee Perthcktibol 25 St. 20 St. all all 00 Been Junction....... Do. cast Anglian Easton Counties.... 7a7tern Union, A Stock De., B, Stock Do., New A frast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glast,Tov Edinb. and Peebles.. Prtt, tit Dunde orth & Clyde Jun. Furness 1)o. Extension llasgow&S. Neste 4-eat Northern.,,., 1)o., A. Stock.... fm., B. Stock..., t. Sth. &Westart t4reat Weston" !)0 Stour Val. Rai. Gua. Stk.. (dab , louth-Eastern.. f.eaneaster & Carlis.t Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds Letncash. and Yorks! D 3. tV st. Ming Urn Liv. Crsi.y.&Southpt London & Blackwal 6ond. Bright & S.Cst, Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. 5h.,M&8.., C Do. Eighths London andS. We3tn Do., £5O Do., £4') Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Nanch.Sl i ec. k Lind!! Do. Shares, No. Man. & Lin. Un. Aidiand 100 Birmng. &Derla all "ffidld.Gl,West.(lre,) 224 1)o. Half Shares all geweastle & Carlisle 21A Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd gewry &Enniskillet all riewry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor 100 'Norfolk Northn.Connties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 )0., No. :)0., 1 A Deferred B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Dodo. rurch Do. Leeds Do. York North London .. Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western....... N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland . Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines,Wok &Wok Stockton Darli • Atv..kton di Fiartleg' Iraff Vale .. Do. £lO shares i)o. Prof., No. 1.. a ! 1715.' all 4 10 2,5. "Remus Haven Doe •and R ilway Vale o Waterf 1. & Kilk enn Waterfori&L!mer W.it End of Lend.). and Crystal Pa. West London. !Wimblean&Croydoi , AULWO) ittiLt,rttain Belgian F.?„ , ,tn. June. Bee ers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and _ _ Centrv:llnclia.Scril , Central of Italy 1 Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c all all 14 all Do. Es anion .... Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gkl. Tk of Cana,laA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc• Gt. Indian Peninemin guar. 5 per cent Lo. New 5 per cent Po. Extensions.... Great buxembour:l Constituted Shares Do. Obligations ' Gt. Western of Canad • Share's Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bash , Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c prof' Lions and Geneva Lyons 6c Mediterran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3i p. c. & red. at 24/. dui% 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouan ParisCaen ex Cherbrg. Rotten and Havre Loyal Danish Royal SWEidiSli timbre MOUPG.. s±, p. cent. Pret, J atliern of France , kudrew's saul Quebec (Al • West Flanders Do 51 $ per e. Pref.., Western of Frannp... Wee. of Switzerland Widsbaden Zealand 20 - 21 4i - 4i 84 s 14 - 13 15 - 16 8 j - 88 - 591 - 54 121 - 7 - 9 i ---- a- - 6 11 - 15 11 - 114 31 - 23 21 - 23 71i 50 2d par 18 20 •• ..' 67 - 69 8 , 3 - 89 72 - 74 23 - 25 91 • 93 631 - 64 59 - 61 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 7 75; - 751 7i 8 98 100 9AI Ad id * d 1 d 82 83 9 861 8 7 , 23i - 24 7 6. - 681 FSa 10 42 11 - 9 11- - 2 47 - 49 3a 3 28 ... 29 702 -- 716 7 - 7 44 12 -- )34 47 484 3 d par id -/ 4i• d j ar 25 - 27 97 - 99 63 - 65 45 - 47 - 13 , 594 60i 27t. -28. S 5 - 3 2 - 1 36 - 38 , • • 6 17 1 - 5 5 - 6 .•• --- 6 FOREIGN. - 7 7 - 8 24 - 21 2i par i p 2 I. l d 341 -- 35 7+:' 231 231 2 p .6 -- -i 92 -8?., 48 -- 501 88 - 90 li - 2 1 a b par - - ip i lip 21 - 2i 2i - 2i 17/ -17 i 96 - 98 96 - 98 100 - 102 95 97 19i - 20 98 -- 100 ... di -21 3 p ... par 11 - lip 4 6 1/ - 2i 6 - q 34~ - 34 121 -- 134 - 9 22i - 23 pi 45 - 47 39 41 Pro 24 221 p a r 1P 2 lisi 8 —Bi 6-- . . 6- 7 pj iii --: 19 jOINT-STOCE BA 40 an Austra!hsia BO -- 82 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... 641 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 1d d 4i 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China rd 100 25 Colonial ••• 100 20 Commercial of Loud ••• 20 18 English Scottish and Australian Chart l7 - • 17 20 all Lond. Chart. Lk. of Australia - 2O 21 20 5 Ditto New t d 50 20 London and County ... •• • 50 10 London Joint Stock ... • 100 20 Lond. & Wortminstei —27 i 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. Now 50 221 National of Ireland ... 20 all Now South Wales 33 35 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 39 41 40 WO '25 Provincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New 5 1 !-toyal Australn.Bkg. & (4,1 d Imp Co._ 25 all South Australia 25 all Union of Australia._ 66 68 1: 2i Do. New 7i 8 Ry 19- two v! 140 , _2..p. ,„, ••••• 88. 72 1231 64/ 4 31 751 i 99 lii 98A i 151 li i 82i 24 31 63 i i 61 60 a 231 11 13 89i si 90 2 I 17i I THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY _EV - ENING, APRIL 17, 1665. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ' years appears to us too short a term, since the burden Is then thrown in, the thape of a high rate of interest on one genera tion. Our object is not prompt repayment at a great sacri fice, but the certainty that the debt will be gradually extin . guished. _ Lastly, we have great doubts whether the Chancellor' of the Exchequer would not have made a far sim~iTei and more successful operation if ho had addressed himself at once to popular subscription, and allowed the public at large to contribute to the loan in two or three different forms, but at a fixed price, in any sums above 1001. The French Government have twice resorted with extraordinary success to thiS expedient, and we cannot but believe that the wealth of all classes in this country would readily supply all that is needed, and rescue the Ex chequer from the hands of the loan contractors. There is, on the contrary, very little originality in Sir Coruewall Lewis's plan, and what little novelty wa are able to detect in it is palpably ine.mvenient. If he hopes to introduce new principles into the mode of contracting public loans in this country he must apply to a different class of capitalists. In other words, if he has a different article to sell he must try another class of customers. But this plan will probably dis please one set of lenders of money without opening the purse-strings of another set; and, unless favourable intelli gence he received in the course of this week from Vienna or from Sebastopol. there may be something critical in the suc cess of the operation ou the terms contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. ace VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS. (From, the Times of this day.) No one who knows anything of the British people would be surprised at the scene yesterday presented iu this metro' polls. Friend and foe, the most insular Englishman and the most enlightened refugee from any or all the despotisms of Europe, would be equally prepared for the sight of a count less multitude standing for hours, wherever they could stand, to catch a sight of the Emperor and Empress of the French, and to contribute such slight manifestations of good-will as their overpowering curiosity would allow. We shall expose ourselves to the imputation of flattery when we express our simple belief that from the moment their Imperial Majesties left their own palace on Sunday morning to 7 o'clock last night, when they entered that of Queen Victoria, they were never for one moment out of the sight and sound of one con tinued ovation. We can answer for all between Calais and Windsor Castle. The most striking part of this progress was the five miles, for it was little more, from the South-Eastern to the Great Western station, and this was traversed so - slowly that an hour and a-half elapsed between the arrival at the one station and - the departure at the other. At every point of 'easy distance the populace, the carriages, the spectators from the wiudowsi, were as numerous and as eager as if the spectacle had been confined to that oae spot, and as if the occasion had been one of the proudest in the annals of our own country. Of course much of this must be set down to the merest and sheerest curiosity—to the circumstance that an Emperor, and, still more, an Empress, is seldom seen in England ; to the promi nent position which these personages have occupied in the talk of the day for several years. Yet there remains the question what it is that has so wonderfully moved our curio sity in this instance ?—why do we, a constitutional people, flock in crowds to do a species of homage to one who bas raised himself above constitutions and laws; and why are we ready to doff the hat, to bow the head, to wave the handker chief, or, at all events, assist with our presence, the trium phant progress of a self-raised absolute sovereign, the sole source of law, the single type of political unity, and the only pledge of order, to forty millions of our nearest neighbours, once our enemies and new our allies ? Question, indeed, there is actually none, for, as we have observed, no one is surprised. Given all the conditions, in cludhig the thoroughly summer's day breaking upon us after au unexampled length of ungeuial weather, and the event might have been confidently predicted. The truth is, that when everything has been said that can be said to the dispa ragement of this Emperor, his is a character and career tho roughly, and indeed singularly, appreciable by the British people. In no country is decision of character, single ness of aim, fixedness of purpose, and useful ambition, more in honour. We hold up to our children the in stances of those who have raised themselves from a lumble position, or forced their way through great difficulties and discouragements. In the face of that precept in the Catechism which piously inculcates that we should be content with that station where God has placed us; even ourreligious societies diffuse little story books exp..may “a,.pt..a L. rester ,youthful ambition. Our most popular moralists urge de cision of character by almost . every motive, and for al most any object. We point with pride 'to the com paratively recent or lowly origin of our great fami lies. Every father in the middle ranks of ' life tells his children how the sons of cheesemougers and publicans become bishops, and the sons of barbers become Lord Chancellors, and the son of a country parson the great Lord Nelson. Even in the career of Wellington, we choose to forget that he was born and bred in a Court, with Unbounded influence at his back, and merely remember that he was a time in small lodgings, and obliged to borrow money from his landlord. It is carefully noted where the King of the Belgians lodged when he first appeared in this country, and what was his in come, not so much for envy of his rise, but because this is. the favourite type of British biography. . Whether this be not carried too far, and whether many minds are not early, dis gusted with appeals to what their own instinct tells them are inferior motiVes, we will not now inquire. It is enough - that this is the . habit of this country, and that it is the tendency of the British social state to leave no alternative, and to compel men to rise or to sink lower still. The mode of raising may not be quite the same as in other coun tries, for very few ri,e here by the military or civil service of their country. The mere open and frequented paths of ambition are, perhaps, the mercantile, the legal, and the clerical. Yet, on the whole, we make it a point to rise. by fair means, or by those that are less fair, and our moral and religious authorities are always ready to commend the energy and decision that are rewarded with success . . So, though we haie only one Cromwell, and though we are all pleased and proud to rememb'er that the Duke of Marl borough becatne a humble subject when he was strpt of his command, and even the Duke of Wellington did little with his influence except advising his brother peers to bow to public opinion, we can still honour and admire the man who, in strictness of language, may be said to have triumphed over the liberty—though in fact over the license--of his country, and who has made himself that which .we would net tolerate ourselves a day longer than wo could help it. But in this Emperor Louis Napoleon we see a great 'deal more than the mere man of iron will and iron hand. We see the first friend and ally, in a substantial, active, and recipro cal sense of those words, that we have found on the opposite shores of the Channel for many hundred years. We see the man who has restored order, prosperity, and power to his country iu the course of two or three years, at a time when it. threatened to sink under its own ruins, or to overflow, to the desolation of Europe. We see the man who has committed himself and his fortunes to the task of adorning and improv ing his capital with every grace and invention of art. We see the man who does what we, with our boasted self-govern ment, our Parliament, and all the apparatus of a free consti tution, cannot do, whether in the conduct of his armies abroad, or in the•execution of great and beneficial works at home. We see the man, who while Englishmen are care lessly and thoughtlessly, not •to say disloyally, avowing that the Crown is only a pageant, the Sovereign only a fiction, and loyalty only a name, cannot even for a moment be regarded as less than a Monarch. With our perpetual jealousy of the Crown, with our boasted succession of triumphs over the pre rogative, with our expulsion of dynasties, our Bills of Rights, our Acts of Settlement, and our constitutional monarchy, it is not for us to quarrel with the choice of a great nation, or to compare the ancestry of Id. Bonaparte with that of his contemporary, George 111. Thr:re are many noble pedigrees in Europe more ancient and less. tinny than our, own regal line. The' Empress of the French. herself is one of those Guz mans whom the great Speni.h humorist, writing in the. reign of our Elizabeth, makes his hero enumerate among the -ohle-t xixl iAioat g.evio:tC not , iii‘itikof Europe,... But we in this country have ,igreed; net without reasnu - , -- to 'pay no gi - eat gard to ancestry without worth. It is not for us, then, to insist that the grandfather of the present Empe , or of the Freud' wits a private Corsican e:entlem au nor, t speak the truth, do we en.e much about it. We see in our illustrious visitor the man who has restored his own fortunes and those of France from a seemingly irreparable downfall, and, what is more, the man who taught his nation to believe in active alliance with England, neither degrading nor injurious to, itself, nor unituportaLt to the interests of humanity. THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. (From the Times of this day.) We publish in another place the particulars and conditions of the proposed loan, to which we drew the attention of the public on Saturday last, and we arc enabled to add to this document an authentic statement of the explanatory declara tions made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this occa sion, &woe of which will be found to be of very great import ance to the financial interests of the country. It is unneces sary that we should here anticipate the answer of the moneyed world to Sir C. Lewis's proposals, for in these questions the 1 ractical success of a great financial operation Is the only test of ability and judgment, and wo have no desire to increase difficulties which may affect the public resources and the national credit. Yet we cannot but entertain considerable doubt whether these proposals, in the form is which they are made, will command the support which such au operation requires. The loan is to be fur 16,000,0001., and we are dis tinctly informed that this amount " is found d on the full amount of the provision estimated to be required for the service of the whole year." The biddings to be made on Friday next must be for the whole loan of 16,000,000/., 'so that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is resolved to place himself entirely in the hands of one or more of the great capi talists or contractors w‘lo may undertake the risk of the ope ration, and the competition must be confined within very narrow limits, since the number of banking or mercantile houses prepared to deal in sums of such magnitude is neces sarily very limited. The instalments of the loan are so ar ranged that they will be payable in the next nine mont' s, and the last instalment of 10 per cent. will become due on the 10th of December. No discount is to be allowed for pre payme,,t,iand no exemption from income tax ou the first scrip dividends, nor will there be any reserve for public com panies. These conditions are not, it will be observed. of a nature to ' facilitate the operation or to att ract the capitalist. We must therefore seek in the form of the loan itself for some consideration Sir Cornewall Lewis's plan is to give" the contractors Three everylea a a l t oo p / ; r , subscribed iaas far as Consols are at this or advantage which may float the scheme. The main p auti o dina i ng ii gm t tet o ehn f ine say,Annuities concerned;3 per cent. but,foi • time about 10 per cent. below par, , the difference must be P in el m . C on en ey t — C t e h n a s t el i i s da to ted made up by some other means. For this purpose, the Chan as the principal sum is cellor of the Exchequer proposes to add a terminable annuity for 30 years to the fixed amount of Consols, and it is upon the greater or less amount of this terminable annuity that the biddings and ultimate adjudication of the loan will depend. Such a proposal is, to say the most of it, a very faint recog nition of that principle of terminable annuities for which we ventured the other day to contend. The proportion of the annuity to the :i per cent. stock is, in the present state of the market, about one-tenth of the whole—a mere crust of Lread to a whole bowl of sack. But the idea which seems to have struck the Chancellor of the Exchequer is that, in exchange for the permanent liability imposed on the country, he should ; n en a e, e m i av e ne l y da , iacrd thenidtenormous theistdebt ebb receive an equal amount of money, while the premium paid for that money should be liquids , e d b y an annual charge e ex tending over only 30 years. This part of the plan has some and is, we think, not unsound. It relieves us from e that which is the lasting evil and disgrace. of the loans e t v h e e n o t e h e e an is o t f er c e o s n t s e o f li t t a te t d gi s g t e o a ck tie it ee i; e i u i n nyo e s f s ea ib' p e it t a o l actuallycon tracted inequality b incurred.y h b e l i t • w . e Pitt ee t a Th n he c e l e I h de i e k e s tyu willc ce actually successors—namely, o r l e •s m — ai hmer ged ope that i n Paid by the G areit which ivil opposed ina t i l o y thcaseepile overnment for this s e r a . be accommodation m d reduced. 0 ais But-the distinct pric e from w hat thewe may term the body of the loan. That price will depend on We do not disguise from ourselves that in p a i d .e v d o o e m j or libp ra l e i o t f y i atoelfrsntslhsi terminable ableaannuities contractors, nuii e s but we , liquidated plincipl the City, and that the only form of loan thoroughly judices, and perhaps to the interests accept able there is the most marketable commodity —namely, Con sols; But we are not the less convinced theh Con terminable annuities, as far as it can be adopted,o principle of most beneficial to the permanent and general is by far the nation. It is said that the capitalists- of this interests of the be induced to purchase or to hold stocks country cannot ture, in which the repayment of the c of a temporary na ture, in the higher rate of inter capital is, as it were, fact that from 1815 to 1839 the terminable But we have the debt increased from 1,894,612/. to 4,29ne,b1e annuities of our of 1808 and some subsequ nt acts; and ,173/. under the act tions of permanent annuities were thusthat equivalent por tions an estimated capital of 68,145,9071. cancelled equal, in all, terminable annuities are not popular withlthough, therefore, are not convenient or proper investments the brokers, and trust, there is a considerable class of for money held in ons • to offer superior advantages, and t o th ese P they ers whom they times accessible on liberal terms. But ought to h e a t a ll Lewis's plan the amount' of terminable illSirC°rllewall annuities one-tenth of the whole sum, and, as he has garnished the is but as Consols with this appendage, he compels take one with the other, whether it suits ' the cont rac t or - t o s his purpose or not. One person may prefer Consols, another m of the terminable annuity, but few will, are may prefer a share double investment of so inconsistent acharacter. to hold a party will be satisfied. On the one halid th of dealers in money will be disposed to co e ordinary class m tion of annuity annexed to their slice of plain of the par Consols ; on the other band, those fundholders who, as • private persons or as managers of the insurance companies, may prefer a higher rate of interest, receive this annuity in conjunction far larger proportion of perpetual Three ljnetion par with a Cents.il ! tilt' Finciplo of torraialat wanuitios IN t 9 );9 1 Ain' l ___ -- -- - --- fairly tri ,30 17' all 7 40 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Atstralian Agricult, . 3 .us:anin. Royal Mai Berlin Water Works Brit. American Lam' Brit. d; Coln. Smeltg. and Redaction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. et, Jan. and July Crystal Palace Do. Preferene, CrystarPal.of Franc, Piston Tron Eastern 5team....... Electric Telegraph... Electric Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Suga, Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexiean&S.Amoricn Do. li,3W Nat. Pat. Steam Fac; Netherlands Land._ N. S. W. 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If successful, Europe, by the four guarantees, obtained conditions which, four months previously, Count Nesselrode declared he could only ac cept after ten years of disastrous warfare ; if a failure, Austria, whose alliance become an offensive one, en tered into armed action, and the weight of her sword would soon obtain by war what her influence could not effect in the Conferences. "Thus, in either case, it was well to negotiate at Vienna, while continuing all the same to fight in the Crimea. . "As regards the conditions of peace, nothing van be more just, more moderate, more conformable to the rights and interests of Europe. It will be easy for us to establish this by characterising clearly the thought which dictated them and the object which they were to achieve. The first of thefonr Conditions, 'putting an end to the princip a li t i es o f M oldavia, Wallachia, protectorate o is placing th e i r pr i v il eges and f se Russia rvi a in a t n h d e under the collective guarantee of the Great Powers, takes away from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg the rights which it'pretended *to hold from ancient treaties, and which were the only means for subjugating those popu. lations, for dominating Turkey, for approaching Austria on her. most vulnerable side, and for troubling the whole of Europe ; the second by stipulating the free navigation of the Danube, liberates the commerce of all nations-- especially of Austria—from the Meral and material ob stacles which impede it, and throws open the mouths of that great river to the States of which it is the fortune and the defence. " The fourth, in delivering Turkey from the preten sions of Russia to a religious protectorate over the Greek suhjects of the Sultan, nevertheless assures more than ever freedom of conscience at the tame tittle flat it de ettoye the supremacy which the Czars at rogated to them selves, the political of jeet of which, the better to im pose, was concealed under a religious ma-k. " As regards the third ef those conditions—that which his for its object to limit the preponderance of Ra.sia in the Black S a —we have reserved it expressly as the - here, cate g o most imp ortant and most contested, so as to explain it First of all, how must it be under stood ? Evidently anything equivocal on so grave a point cannot suit at y ene. The allied Govereteents t who have a consc i•diNness of the justice of their preten sions. have not feared &fisting them. Russia bas turned the B ack Sea into a Russia n lake ; she has gradually founded maritime establishments there of the first el: N; she has accumulaied there, with as much perseverance as 'mystery, considerable naval tercet', and it may be said that by that exclusive domination of the Black Bea she bas placed Constantinople in a permanent state of siege. " This state of things is not possible, because it is in compatible not only with the integr:ty of the Ottoman empire but with the security of the whole of Europe. " France and England, in demanding Russia to limit her power in the Black Sea, or to neutralise that wee, are therefore completely in the right. If that result was not obtained by peace or by war, such a peac e would be ephemeral anu such a war useless ; and, Ist it be well observed, this demand for the limitation t,f Rus sian poser, or for the neutralisation of the Back Sea, does not respond only to Angle-French interests, it Ter sp nds also to the interests of Austria, for which the Danube, a commercial and military river, is a magnificent highway, open to her activity towards the Euxiue and The Moniteur of yesterday contains the pro mised second article on the expedition to the East. It is as follows : " 11. " POLITICAL PART. " After having told the country the whole truth on the plan of the campaign and on the expedition to the East, it remains for us to state how policy understood its task, its duty, the honour of France, and the inte rests of Europe. What were the general causes of the war ? For what interests were France and England to carry their military and naval forces so far from their own shores ? On what point do the different States of Europe touch upon this question of European order? What is the object which ought to be kept in view for the interests of all ? How are the four guarantees to be understood and accepted on either side as a basis for negotiation ? Is it just, is it useful, to limit the power of Russia in the Black Sea ? What will be the results of the Vienna Conferences, for peace or for war? Tbat is what we wish to examine in the second part of this task, that on the eve of the decisive solution now under achievement public opinion, completely enlightened, may accept with equal confidence peace, if it is possible— war, if it is necessary. "The commencement of this great struggle is known; it originated ip a small claim brought against Turkey on the ground of concessions she had granted in favour of the Latins in the Holy Land. Russia only wanted a pretext. For her the tomb of Christ was only a stepping stone to power:But that sacred stone could nut become a stumbling-block for the peace of the world. • The Go vernmeet of the Emperor of the French, by regulating that question in the most equitable manner, forced the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to unmask its real thoughts. Every one at once discovered that Russia had only originated the discussion to open the Bosphorus to her sove,eignty. The forced interpretation which she drew from the treaty of Kainardji was, in fact, nothing else than the moral fall of the Sultan. Tue questi in then ceased to be a religious one—it became a political one. The whole of Europe found itself engaged in it It be came necessary to make it understand its interests, de fend its rights, and show its strength. " Ail the efforts of the French Government were direct to that result. England, deceived at first by the pretends I religious character of the question, very soon understood, with her clear arid straiglitloreard common sense, its real bearing. She felt, like us, the threat and arrogance of that domination, and her hand was stretched forth to meet ours, already extended to seal the alliance betsveen the two great countries who represent the civi- Heats.ei of the West. "For Fiance, as for England, the Eastern question represented an interest superior to that of their own atnbitior Russia wished to dominate at Constantinople. It was necessary to prevent it. Russia, mistress of the Black Sea, having only to extend her hand to touch the Bosphorus, placed the Mediterranean under the menace of the fleets of Sebastopol. In advancing to wards the Dardanelles she brought her frontiers to the shores of the Mediterranean. Wherever her vessels could reach her preponderance was assured.' From her in. accessible ports she touched all empire; and all kingdoms. Not only had France and England a rival, not only did Germany bend beneath the weight of the Colossus that leant upon her, but Greece, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and all the secondary States, found themselves struck by the came blow in their security and independence. Strange circumstance 1 Europe had shut its eyes to this invasion of the north. In 1828 France and England, burning the Turkish fleet at Navarino, destroyed the force which protected the west. At that period we sought an ally at St. Petersburg, instead of beholding' there air adversary of our influence and of our civilisa tion. In 1840 Eilland, Prussia, and Austria, leaving aside the Cabinet of the Tuileries, again united them selves without suspicion. Sebastopol, closed to every investigation, hiding in its inaccessible port the activity of its dockyards and arsenals, did not appear to any one as a menace. It was forgotten that as far back as 1805 a fleet left that point with 12,000 men on board, landed them in Italy, and breught the Russians and French in contact in the Mediterranean. Yet that was a warning worthy of record, fer it proied that Russia from the creeks of the Euxine, by the domination of the Straits, could reach to the entrance of the Adriatic. "Some years later Russia, having to struggle against France united to Austria, defined her invading policy much morn precisely by the of ject she pursued and by the means which she employed. The plan of that policy is a revelation in itself. We borrow it from an authen tic document recently published in the memoirs of a statesman, Admiral Tichakoff, to whom the Emperor Alexander gave the folldwing instructions under date of April 19, 1812: " The astute conduct of Austria, which has just allied itself with France, obliges Russia to employ every means in its power to disconcert the hostile intentions of those two Powers. The most important is to turn to our account the military genius of the SlaVonic people, as Servia, Bos nia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Illyria, who, once armed and under military orgauisation, would co operate powerfully with our operations. The Hungarians, dissatisfied with the proceedings of their actual Gov. rn ment, offer to us also an excellent means for alarming Aus tria, for makiug a diversion to her hostile ideas, and, con sequently, for weakening her resources. All these tribes united to our regular troops would form a very imposing militia, not only to provide against the hostile intentions of Austria, but to effect a marked diversion upon the right wing of the French posseesioes, and to give ilea sure means of striki•ig a blow in the direction of Nissa oi. Sophia. The object of the diversion against France must be to occupy Bosnia, Dalitiatia, Croatie, and to direct their militia upon the in, si; importaut points of the Adriatic,more especially on Tricate, Fiume, Boccadi Cattare, so as to est Lblish therc,,acet , rtling to opportunity, relations with the English fleet, rind to wake every ffffort to fan into a fl zoo the dis content in JAIN* -T-jaid aud Swi „seem. mon with those brave populations, dissatisfied with their actual Government. You ruu , t employ every potsiblit means to exalt the Slave populations, to bring them to serve our object. For examp e, you can promise them in dependence, the erection of a lave kingdom, pecuniary rewards for the most influential men antong, thew, decora tions and suitable titles for the chiefs and troops. Finally, you may add to those means any other you may deem ex pedient to gain them over must conformable to actual cir cumstances,' Asia. An argument is brought against this pretension which we do not think serious ; it is said to the Allied Powers, You ask a concession from Rue-ia, which at most night be the price of the su►render of Sebastopol, and that place is still held by the Russian army.' Oar reply is this The law of nations grants that a por tion of what is obtained by war may be kept by peace. We have not yet 'taken Sebastopol, that is t rue ; but what is Sebastopol at the present moment to Russia? It is no longer a naval port, as her fleet, sunk at the mouth of the harbour, or shut up behind that insurpassable Lerner, is wilhdrawn from the struggle. The Black Sea is the ba'tle•field which we have won —or, if they like it, which has been abandoned to us by the enemy. The Russian flag could not show itself there. Our ships and those of England and Turkey navigate it in every sense. Its domination has changed hands. It hasgone from Sebastopol to Constantinople. " Who compels us to give up this pledge ? Is not such a situation the very best we could have ? And not only do we occupy the Back Sea, but we be.iege Sebastopol, we are fortified at Kamiescl and at Bilaklavi, Omer Pasha is entrenched at Eupatoria, Ode:sa is menaced by our fleets ? What can Russia do ? Could she suffer for any length of time without detriment to her moral strength and without ruin to hercommerce the blockade which will shut her up in every part of the Black Sea and in the Baltic Y Could she live in that paralysis which in her strikts the vital principle of nations—that is to Hay, movement, action, the right of exporting and ex. changing her produce, arid which would condemn her to isolation sterility, Impotency, in the immensity of her empire ? To ask Russia to limit her naval forces, cr to neutralise the Black Sea—that ig to say, to exclude therefrom all vessels of war of any nation whatsover, is therefore to exact from her much less tt.ao what we have acquired by war, and which we could maintain without an effort. 'ln fact, what .Ines it require to prevent Rus sia from ever entering Vie B ask Sea again ? Four men ot-war of eacli of the maritime Powers, France, England and Turkey. Such a cruising ,quadron would suffice to occupy the Bak Sea an•t to trauplant its domination ,from the shores of the Chines to the entrance of the Bo,phorus. " What Russia has lost, what she cannot recover by war, no matter how long, is her preponderance over the East. What she may legitimately akis a ehare of in ftuet,ce in the affairs of the world. She would find, if n ee d s he, a eoalitio.n'of a, l Suites to restrain her ambi tion ; but no one wishes to humiliate her. What is , asked - fiord her Europe bas ttre d.;;;; • - - exact: if she grants it, the peace of the world is at , sured, the ol•ject of the allied Powers attained. If she refuses, war a ill continue and decide it. " At the moment we write there grave solutions are being prepared and•discuaeed at the Vienna Co►,ferencer r where M. Drouyn tie l'Huys aid Lord John Russell have taken, with the authority of their character and position, the expression of the common thought of their Governments. The country must confidently await the result of that decisive trial. It may say that peace will be concluded, if it is possible with honour " Such were the views of: Russia as far back as 1812, not only against France, but against Austria. This in cend.ary plan could not have left the archives of St. Petersburg at a mor) fitting moment to show to 3Surope, and especially to the Cabinet of Vienna, the immense interest that every one must have to put finally a bar rier to a policy which completely justified, by its means and objects, the foresight of the Emperor Napoleon I. If the heirs of Peter the Great should ever dominate at Constantinople by the Black Sea, Austria, surrounded, embraced on all sides by the powerful arm of Rustda, would be at the mercy of an enterprise such as the daring mind of the Emperor Alexznder had conceived. Hungary, open to its action by the Danube, would be given up to all the excitements of its remembrances. The Adriatic exposed to the brusque attack of a Slave coalition, would cease to be the mart and bulwark.of the AustriUn empire, and the key of the Gulf of Triests would pass by a surprise from Vienna to St. Petersburg. "There is, therefore, nothing more legitimate, more necessary, and mere just before God and universal con science than this resistance of which the two naval Governments of the West gave the signal in the month of April, 1854. England and France drew the sword in the cause of every other State. Their armies and fleets were the avant-garden of Europe. Having the honour of arriving first on the theatre of war they had the right to expect' they would be followed there, and they confi dently awaited Austria and Prussia at this rendezvous of the equilibrium and of the independence of European order. to the flags of France and England and security for their influence, and that war, if it should continue, will be nece-sa.ry for the object proposed by the Allied Go vernments, and from which nothirg can turn them aside. "But a great result is acquired already from the very fact of these negotiations. France and England bava loyally negotiated with Austria to allow her policy to ex haust the last resources of conciliation. Those confer ences of which Vienna is the centre are the loyal and honest act of the Emperor Francis Joseph. But the Allied Powers know that if Au s t r ia d oes no t succee d i n _ _ this noble effort of her European patriotism, she will fight resolutely with them. In limiting their demand to the very conditions accep' ed by the Vienna Cabinet in the treaty of the 2d of Dec. they have gained to he com mon cause an important and devoted ally. The possibility of peace, like the necessity of war, must henceforth b e only a fact in common to the three Powers who signed that treaty. The solidarity of their interests and of their engagements would unite them in the struggle as it has united them in the ConferenceP and that grand Eu ropean confederation will s oon have triumphed over every resistance. "France and England may therefore congratulate themselves in having consented to negotiate while con tinuing to fight. Ic acting thus they have not only given a proof of mode.ation—they have increased their strength. Their adhesion to an honourable and possible peace, having as consequence the support of Austria in a nece-sary and legitimate war, is an act counselled by wisdom, and which will be approved by public opinion. "One word more, in conclusion. It is, perhaps, a novel and bold thing to speak of the military and diplo matic conduct of a war while the army is fighting and negotiations are pending. We thought that it was pre cisely the moment to speak the truth to the country. Truth is only a danger for the weak. With right and strength on their side, it honours those who speak it—it reassures those who hear it." "Austria and Prussia did not hesitate to place them selves in the solidarity of the interests for the defence of which France and England were about to fight. In the protocols signed at Vienna they recognised the rights of Turkey ; they rejected the advances of the Czar, who, not locVl'r:ieraidali:lllitehh:n the recovery c'f anY daring to ask their support, confined himself t i propose to them resignation and neutrality ; they united themselves by a treaty for the guarantee of German interests ; they placed their armies on a war footing, and they invited the German Confederation to follow their ex ample ; but, while preparing themselves for action, the two great German Powers hesitated to act. It was not courage which they wanted—for G overnmen t s th a t have In consequence of the intended visit of the Emperor the responsibility of the h o n our an d we lf are if their of the French to Guildhail on Thursday, the /9th inst., country at heart are never deficient i n th a t ; what th e y and the obstructions to business that will arise from the wanted was confidence. Co-interested in the causes of crowded state of the thorpuglihres, the committee of the war, they were uncertain of its object. It was that bankers have is-ued a recommendation that all bills due , object which it was necessary to define, so as to leave on that day, awl not a idressed peyalile at city batiker., them no cause fir hesitation or distrust, should be pre,eided on Wednesday, the 18th. A Nagy 'The Einp.ror, in opening the legislative session of SH s n O CII N o o n SACRILEGE . — BRISTOL, e: u L t E sa t w E. ::: B : " ., : cn o iaii , eli A :tntlia l ipe i n i st4 l tta l lo:l 6 r:e . t — ,ho, : intaa r sviiiiiimeiyd ......sort. 1854, said in his speech : ful sensation has br en caused in trilA city by to. 1 cell. " ' Europe is aware beyond a doubt that if France draws legious violation of the vault in which for _esf_r , r,: l iie, of the sword it is because she is c om p e ll e d to do 80. It thrifts have reposed the reMains of the Srri.V..t r i:_f`p ri j a tot. knows that France has no idea of ag , 4 randisetnent. She Ashton-court, situated about three m il e s ce r h,b 7 a r ed ; ace . only wishes to resi t dargerous outbursts; and lan) proud I t i openly to declare that the tine ti conquests is irrevocably : of "Tom Proves," alias Sir ''''"' will be rememe past, for it is not by extending the limits of its territory that a nation can henceforth become honoured and power. tried at * G re att av era tth p en bT t l i td oi ll b.. fel ; it is by placing itself at the head of generous ideas ccess an titolset, Cli fton, by making everywhere to prevail the empire of right and bered, a„Aracte ge al 1 a o i,e w nv i te, n n ) d g i! tott,el:heecevi t : lz u ,:nrib:iiirt r it i/33 , : i : piz o i pr i me se a ,B e ns d ,ti. justice.' "That solemn declaration left no doubt upon the Ora- 1 I Concealed. Fred prna f t . o f n larget pecuniary racter of the war ; it allowed no distrust of the inter- : b to eet d y o eent i,urp„eti to be thus tiona of the Governments of France and Englaed. Thus, when Germany had the question put to us how far aye 1 documents male on the , h sFot and a view of the chained of intended to go, it was easy for M. 1 rouyn de Lhuys, in clt ' Ashton church, t in t • ich the sacrilegious attempt took concert with Lord C'arendon, to reply in the name of , p , „ce. it ap pears hi t there must have been at least seven the Emperor in his memorable note to M. de Boutot ic te i ; ! (a .' eight persons engaged in it ; and, from the artistic, ney, in formulating tbe general conditions upon h wtora• 1 manner in which the vault was laid o e it. is mall the allied Powers would consent to treat for the r . es I on. 1 plain that some stonemasons ri n ' "I 1 • e what Is c • t h e operatioLs. The ob. were engaged to conduct tion of peace. Those conditions cum rise antees.' welf known, pet of the plunderers is pre* ventionall understood by the 'Four gua e r to a decision, i . Owing to some family differences, the "Germany, however, would not c e o r m e excanged be- aunt of the late Sir John and S'r H 1 re t n h re sid ed ' and, while notes and counternotes w War continued by herself. She ugh Slily Petersburg, was of somewhat eccentric habit'. tween Vienna, Berlin, and St. . . 1 • Fiance and Eng- and it was current' ofy reported at the time of her funeral and developed itself in the Crr or e , , the common cause, that a quantity jewels were interred with her, and land fought before Sehastop , - I ° f l or the independence and that the hod h y, Having been embalmed, the heart was and they lavished their b F lo i o naily Austria asked us if we I placed •artl • 1 lin the coffin, enclosed in a silver box, and equilibrium cf Euro " 'treat upon the bases of the four that the would still consent to was long in the councils of I Wereo f b reast-plate, handles, &c., upon the coffin guarantees. The hesitationere, It appeared to them that, after i pure silver. The sacrilegious villains cut open Allied Pow the lead coffin of the late Sir John Smyth, and also 1 such sad sacrifices, after havin g 1 the two ts am such glorious .effor. at Alma and et Inkc • , that of the late Lady Smyth. The former they gained two victories, i•man, when i must lige Lad some difficulty in removing from , re belie in Sebastopol, and when the ir ' their armies were _ 1 its position, as it took four men to-day to replace ' d the Black Sea, they had the right toy their fleets occupied to exact , t The ,i . ey were disappointed, however, But the interest of an alliance with Austriawhich more. for 1 anticipations of plunder, Lhe leaden c offin in peace as for war overruled the inspiration of those legiti- I are contained the remains of the Dowager Lady mate exactions. The treaty of the 2dof December also , th a t the result of that policy. lantern behind them were disturbed, as they left a dark "It was, therefore, from eonsid t: which had been from the desire of an offensive and ion to Austria, , and some massive silver ornaments, of the coffina. A. large with her, and to give to Germanyand defensive alliance i :appended to the exterior of one t 1 3 discovery of the o ff en• of moderation, that we accepted an unequivocal roof reward has been offered for . 0 the o • t the police have no clue to them, turns on the hula of the four vertere of negotia- ders, but at present suspected they of 13 belong to a gami ourselves always the right guarantees, reserving to although it is more O the parishes other condition that might of introducing therein any who have long infested_ is city, and some of ed h mi"ster l!e n result from the chances of war. I Long Ashton ,pea! the sentence ris "On the part of th e rec e iv ed ____ , _r,,_ Allied Governments, this act of have recently __ IIa9GC P 4 "W I 9 1 -?. /3 1 llOgaillg _ 4 ;) theirdiguity nor to the La- the Me 001 31 f t/1°414" dose aucl apips. (From the Times' City Article of this day.) The particulars of the new loan were made known at the Treasbry yesterday morning, according to appointment. The amount to be raised is 16,00,00 C/. sterling, for which the Government are to givel6,ooo,oon. Consols, and the balance (that is to say, the difference between the vane of DN. stock and 1001. in money) in annuities terminable in 30 years. The biddings are to take place on Friday, and the method will be for each applicant to specify the amount of annu ty he will-be content to receive in addition to 1001. Consols for every 1001. of money subscribed. Assuming the value of Consols to be estimated at about 86, the 16,000,t 001. of that stock will be worth b u e t 14 created,lo 0 must ,OO, a t n h d er t e h fo e z a b lu e value 1:1 1 - 7 00 te o r l. minable an nuitiesA deposit of 10 per cent. is to be payable on Monday, the 24th, and there are to be eight subsequent monthly instal ments,—six of 101. each, and two of 151. On the payment of each instalment a proportionate amount of Consols will be delivered, but none wil be delivered for the deposit until the completion of the last instalment, when the terminable an nuity will els., be created. The reception of this plan on the Sto , k-Exchange and 'in the city generally has not been unfavourable. It is• do .si d!nvd, however, that such of the London firms as may be willing to tender will assume in their calculations the neces sity- of a very considerahle margin to guard against the con tingenCes of the war, especially under the dispiriting effect lately produced by the inactivity of the skied armies before Sebastopol. The anxieties which will be felt until the next harvest shall have been secured. nye ..b:o to be taken into account, w hii.3.L.,oug the minor elements of uncertainty to ue•provided for, the extent to which terminable annuities are liable to be depreciated by. any future increase of the income tax. In the course of the afternoon the following notice was issued by Messrs. Rothschild : " LOAN OF 16,000,' V/. FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. " Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons beg to announce to the public that - they are ready to receive applications from parties desirous of participating in the forthcoming loan of 16,000,000/ A and will receive the same until Thursday next at 2 o'clockf " It is necessary that every application should be accom panied with a (I.:posit of 10 per vent. on the amount applied for. _ _ . " If the whole amount applied for be not allotted, the prop rtion of the deposit will be returned forthwith. " New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, April 16." (From the Daily News' City Article of this day.) The absorbing topic of interest in the City to-day was of course the Government loan. We give in another column the conditions fixed by the Treasury, together with an abstract of the proceedings at the important meeting of capitalists at the Treasury Chambers this day. The total amount of the proposed loan is. 16,0011,000/. in cash, to be raised by an issue of 16,000,0001. in Consols at par. Inasmuch, however, as Consols are Low at .9 . 4 per cent. discount in the market (from which discount, however, must be dedgcted the three months' dividend now accrued, being equal to, say, per cent.), capitalists contracting for the loan are to receive a certain amount in annuities expiring thirty years hence. In these annuities the bidlings are to, be made, and in fixing a price in his tender the capitalist will of course make allow ance for the excess over the niarket price which he gives to Government for this new creation of consols, and he will also reserve a certain margin, which he may deem calculated to afford him a profit on the transaction, and to secure him against the chances of loss attendant upon the uncertain con ditiou of politics: Per contra, the ease of the money market will influence the terms of the contractor in a sense favourable to the Treasury and to the State. ' So far as regards the nego tiation between the contractor. and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the relations between the contractor and the monied public di , posed to invest in the proposed new issue of Government securities come next for consideration. Of the great capitalists only one firm, that of Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sous, has yet intimated an intention to open lists to the public. The notice issued by this firm this after noon is appended : " Loan of Sixteen Millions to the British Government.— Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons beg to announce to the public, that they arc ready to receive applications from par ties desirous of participating in the forthcoming loan of six teen millions, and will receive the same until Thursday next at two o'clock. It is necessary that every application should be accompanied with a deposit of 10 per cent on the amount applied. If the whole amount applied for be not al otted, the proportion of the'deposit will be returned forthwith. " New court, St. Swithin's-lane, April 16, 1855." It will be noticed that the price at which he may be dis posed to tender is left to each individual applicant, it being pr6sumed that the bona fides of the application will be en sured, and the proffering of inordinately low terms discou raged, by the obligation of making a deposit of ten per cent. on the amount applied for. It may be pointed out that the Messrs. Rothschild, of any other great firm that may be dis- Po . ed to step forward and contract, will act as an inter mediate agent thyeugli whom the mass of individual ap plications will be received. By deciding that the co -tractor must contract for the whole, and not for any less portion of the loan, the Chancellor of the Exchequer virtually leaves the contract open for competition to not more than two or three firms in the contracting firm, again, must ascertain what support the public are likely to give to the project before they commit themselves to a .contract with the state. In this point of view the scheme lacks the element of popularity. An appre hension is alSo entertained in some quarters that the interval allowed is scarcely tufficient for the public to fully digest the terms of the loan, the complexity of which, without lull ex lilanatio.), may toud to discourage applicants. The entire loan, it will be seen, is to be paid up this year, the last in stalment on the 18th December, and no discount is to be allowed for prompt payment of the iustaltnents. The Chan cellor of the Exchequer further pledged himself not to make any further sales of Savings Bank Stock (except to meet the withdrawal of depositors) until the loan shall have been paid up. 11.41iKET W,s—tTillb DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITEITIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 51 Os Od ; cloves ditto, 3/ 5s to 51 153 ; and straw, 1/ 43 to 1/ 103 per load. A fair average supply and a moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 5/ Os ; cloves ditto; - 3/.. 53 to 51 153: and straw. if 5s to 1/ 10s ner load. BothhaY and straw moved off heavily, at late rates. W EEITECETABi - iL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5 Os; cloves ditto, 31 5s to 6 , Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. supply good,' and' trade dull. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—Thero have been but few transactions of im portance and tne public sales of foreign are of little mo ment. Prices, however, are well supported Colnnial is firm and the lower descriptions are wanted. Refined brown lumps aro 43$ 6,1 and low to fine grocery 44s to 49s per cwt. There were larded last week at the East and West India Docks 1,121 hhds, 66 tierces, 143 brls ; there were taken for home consumption 1,435 hhds, 139 trcs, 359 brls, and the stock is 8,108 hhds, 675 tree, 1:097 brig. COFFEE.—Prices have been maintained, bat business has been inactive generally. Plantation Ceylon, however, has been in good demand. Mocha is wanted, and expected to advance. - TEA.—There have been veiy few transactions as public sales are declared fur Wednesday. RUM.—At the above named docks last week there were landed 103 puns ; there were taken for home use 281 puns 31 hhda, and exported 295 puns 189 hhds. The stock is 7,618 puns 628 lihrls. COTTON.—The market rules firm. ' TALLOW.—On Saturday the upward tendency of our market continued, and 49s was the price for tallow on the spot, with little disposition to sell. To-day a decided ad vance has taken place. The trade being compelled to buy, 49s 6d was first paid for consumption, then 50s 3d for which brought about a corresponding improvement in prices for delivery. Our concluding quotations are T.C. on the spot, new 503., old 48s. 6 ; April, 50s ; May, 50e to 50s 3d ; June, 50s 6d ; October and December, 51s ; nominally, but no sellers ; Australian sheep, 49s 6,1 ' • beef, 48a ; South American, 50s ; tallow oil, 32s 6d ; tallow, elained, 5s 6d ; good tallow, nett cash, 48s ; palm oil, 39s 8d ; cocoa nut oii, 435. Our late advices are to the 7th inst. There was nothing doing in tallow. Linseed, on theispot, was quoted at Among the latest additions to the Wellington Room in Madame Tussaud's establishment, is a new and b6,u tiful chimney-piece called the Victoria marbles, alarm factured it the Lady's Guild. It is an imitation of tin , saic and marble, composed of coloured I.lass, this being the first specimen of this elegant art executed in this country. Tile inlaid mosaic work represents the It yal arms and the arinorai bearings of the Great. Du ke, sups , reed with various apprtpriatti military emblems in good taste and a,datirabie execution. This elegant al t will be found mo-t valuable in all buildings where vastly orraments are required. REMARKABLE DISCOVERY.—About a fortnight ago, as some persons were eltaakg and trenching a piece of waste ground for a garden at Tynrich, a small Druidical circle, close upon the highway, was disclosed to the gaze of the stranger by the removal of masses of broom and i.ramble that had hitherto concealed it. This olden temple--if temple it were—is about 18 feet in diameter, and quite entire, each of its huge stones stand ing erect and in its proper place ; but there is au addi tional interest attached to it from the fact that, while digging and levelling the interior, four huge urns, about two feet in height and one foot in diameter at the mouth, were exhumed, quite full of calcined bones, besides three or four stone coffins, formed of thin, un shapen slabs, evidently from the adjacent ground, and likewise containing the mortal remains of the an cient Caledonians of a pre-historic period. Unfor tunately, either from the extreme brittleness of the urns, or a want of care on the part of the labourers, the whole were broken to pieces, but at the time we visited the place enough still remained to show that e. they were of the very coarsest manufacture, t shaper mete from classiCal, and with no pretension decora tion but a profusion of scratchings without o ....e e th ° 4 the outside of the upper portion of each. • coffi ns were equally unceremoniously. dealt w„mitht,iebut thy of remark that they lay' in i n f ° a 4 t r bi n g, rather in itoirsdewr°in reference to the compass, dined to south. and northbT—uhi: n n e ot o i f o notion t h em is that i l a n d g e e e n d e , ra o l exactly in that direction. lea, and nothing else, but the Druidical clic oweereshows that they were also used as trenching of th 'e i: like churches in present times, for great burying PlAcq' wen —Probably the higher orders of the prieethootli— pertAAirC 4 d-ITOW‘r. 13 121 THE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF FRANCE. GREAT PREPARATIONS IN THE CITY. LATEST PARTICULARS --(THIS LAY). This morning at an early hoUr upwards of 300 me chanics, decorators, and labourers were most actively engaged in the interior of Guildhall and the court-yard facing the ancient building, in completing the extensive preparations for the reception of the Emperor of the French on Thursday next, at the grand banquet which is to be given by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London. The large area in front of the Hall has been com pletely covered in, and seats for the accommodation of 2,000 persons have been constructed, the access to which will be by tickets, issued by the City authorities. The demand for seats this morning, at the Lord Mayor's residence and court, has been immense. At a meeting of the churchwardens, overseers, &c., this morning, in the vestry-room of St. Lawrence Jury, Gresham-street, arrangements were made for the erec tion of seats for 300 persons in the churchyard adjoining Guildhall Police-court. •A large number of the City police were in attendance to keep back the crowds of persons assembled to catch a glance of the unusual pre parations for the reception of the Imperial visitors. Large placards were posted on the walls of the Guild hall and the adjacent buildings, with the words, " Eng lishmen, give a hearty welcome to the Ally of our Queen." Massive barriers were being erected along the pavement on either side of King-street to Ch,N3side, and a triumphal arch will be constructed at the entrance of Guildhall-yard, by the corner of Gresham-street, which will be gaily decorated with banners, flags, and various allegorical illuminations in gas. The interior of the extensive awning will be brilliantly lighted up and decorated magnificently. The whole of the thoroughfares leading to Guildhall will be stopped and guarded by detachments of military and the City police, assisted by the City of London Militia. The inhabitants of King-street, Gresham-street, Guildhall-buildings, Church-pas Page, Cheapside, and along the whole line of route through which the Em peror will pass, were this morning having seats erected at the windows and upon the roofs of the houses, and in every position where a glance of the procession can be obtained. The houses will be illuminated in the evening, and other preparations are in progress. The interior of Cuildhall will be most elaborately and magnificently deCorated, and when completed will pre sent an extraordinary and brilliant appearance. . ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE. The Committee reassembled this morning, in Commit tee-room No. 17 of the House of Commons. Mr. Roe buck in the chair. Mr. Maxwell, the barrister, one of the commissioners sent out to inquire into the medical comforts of the troops, was recalled, and underwent a long examination as to the state of affairs while he was there. He said that the hospitals were in 41 most wretched state ; that there was a great deficiency of medicines and medical comfoits, which he attributed to the requisitions of the surgeons being unattended to. Dr.,Half was the highest medical authority out there, and he presumed he was responsible. !At the same time he did not with to draw inferences against any particular individuals. The sur geons and officers had instructions not to give any information on the subject of hospital management. Re was not gazetted . as a commissioner, nor did he report hi mse lf when he went,out. Ile received no special in structions, all his duties having been very generally described. ' On this point the Committee cleared the robin,' and remained a long time in deliberation. The Chairman (on the readmission of the public) said the committee would like to see Mr. Maxwell's commis sion and any instructions he might have recei.red. Colonel Horsford, of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, said the troops were _badly off for clothing.• The warm clothing for the men arrived about the end of November, but it was not distributed until some time afterwards, on account of the difficulty of transport. His regiment when he went out consisted of 960 men, but by the end of January the effective strength was reduced to 180. He did not think the troops were completely supplied with warm clothing when he left the East towards the close of January. He bad no doubt that the sickness which prevailed amongst the men was mainly attributable to hard work and the weather. He had no complaints to make in reference to the Commissariat department of his regiment. He was never in want of ammunition. The men suffered c msiderably from want of medicine. Sir C. Trevelyan was next called. He said be had been fifteen years in the commissariat, having been during that time assistant-secretary to the Trea sury. He proceeded to give a statement of the prepara tions which were made for the Commissariat department on the breaking out of the war. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(TIIIS DAY.) LONDON, April 17.—Wind and weather this day . *.t noon, S.E. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 16.—Sailed - - H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, for the Baltic. PLYMOUTH, April 16. Wind, S.W. Arrived—H.M.S. Teazer, from Chatham, for the West Coast of Africa. GLOUCESTER, April 16.—Sailed—Thomas James, for Quebec. SUNDERLAND, April 16.—Wind, W. Arrived—Urgent, from Moulmein. HULL, April 16.—The Sea Queen, from Constantinople, has arrived, with damage. SWANSEA, April 16.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived — Pascoe Grenfell, from Cuba. Sailed—Sarah Prinsep, for Cape de Verde ; Terpsichore, Havannah. JERSEY, April 15.- Wind, W. Sailed—Flying Fish, for St. Vincent; Ceres, Jamaica and Newport. LEITH. April l6.—Arrive.l—Pacific, from WEXFORD, April I.).—The Tgy Again, Callao .iu,fro m Dingle to Liverpool, got on shore last night at Kihnone, but may be got off should the weather keep moderate. STETTIN; April 13. Several vessels have arrived here to-day, and others are expected, consequently the naviga tion is now completely re-opened. Advicea from Stralsund and Griefswald, dated Apt ii 12, state the Bs,dden to be full of drift ice, and ,the departure of vessels from these ports impossible. PILLAU, April 10.—The ice in the Tief has come to a stand to-day, and the departure of vessels ready for sea is thereby prevented. There is drift ice in the Haff both on the north and south sides. RANGOON, Feb. 21.—The Arrogant, of London, from to Maulmain, was lost on the 12th of jS T r id u h n eae Sydney, yy N; o tqe: crew O r ; 8" aovfelVd, hitby, from Newcastle to Elsinore, arewasaved.s totally lost near the Koh l, on the Bth inst. ; the crew (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DOVER, Tuesday, 11.10 a.m. The Austerlitz, which got on shore a little to the north of St. Margaret' Bay, during the fog yesterday, was got off at high water last night. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, N.W. Arrived—Avondale, from Callao ; Dream, Smyrna. Off Port—Excelsior, from New York. (BY 81:1133fARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, two hours flood, fine. Arrived, April 16—Providence and Reward, from Guernsey ; Garland, Jamaica. Sailed, April 17—Blond, fur Bathurst; Gipsy, Jersey. • DEAL, Tuesday, 10.12 a.m. Wind, /;T.E by E. ; moderate and li ne. Passed off South Foreland in tow—Hotspur, from Cal cutta, for London, SALled,--kiearly the who g the outward kimud, 109 3 3 _ 15 Al I 10i i 20 20 33i 10 20