The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-07 00:00:00

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This morning, at half-past five o'clock, the neighbour hood of Leicester-square was thrown into a state of the Utmost confusion in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a most disastrous fire, which was not subdued until a great sacrifice of life had taken place, and several per sons been seriously injured. The house in question is that of a Mr. F. Lind, picture dealer, No. 19, Prince's street, Leicester•square, and is in the joint occupation of three families, the inmates of which were soundly sleep ing when the police constable on duty perceived smoke issuing from the shop. The flames spread with such amazing rapidity, that they took possession of the stair %Se and cut off all means of escape. The inmates at once ran to the windows, threw up the sashes, a*d called for help. A man in the second floor Ending the fire rushing into his room, jumped out of the window, leaving his wife and three children behind, but was so seriously hurt that he was taken to the hospital. The scene at this period was dis tressing in the extreme. A man, woman, and child in the top floor were uttering the most piercing shrieks for help when the flames overpowered them, and they sunk in the burning element. The London fire brigade engines from King's-street, Well-street, and Chandos-street, hav ing obtained a plentiful supply of water, went to work in most admirable style, and by great exertions on the part of the firemen, the fire was subdued. When Gerrard and Staples, the district foremen of the fire brigade, as soon as the ruins were sufficiently cooled, went in search of the persons who were known to have perished, they were horrified to find two more bodies. As soon as the Royal Society fire escapes arrived, the conductors ascended their machines, in the expectation of saving the lives of the unfortunate creatures, but they were met with such immense sheets of fire that they were compelled to make a hasty retreat. The cause of this dreadful cala mity is at present unknown, but a very searching inves tigation will be gone into at the coroner's inquest. The remainder of the inmates fortunately made their escape. The inspector of the police from Vine-st., with a body of men, were most efficient in rendering every assistance to the firemen. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN ZE WALLOW.-THE BATTERSEA PARK A BUILDING FAILURE. This bankrupt was described as of Nine Elms, Bat tersea, &c., and to-day was appointed for consideration of his certificate. Mr. J. R. Chidley, of Gresham•street, appeared for the assignees to oppose the granting of the certificate mmediately, on the ground that there were legal pro ceedings pending, the result of which might materially affect the question. The balance sheet prepared by Mr. Watson, of Basing hall -street, extending over only 9 months, from February to October, 1853, shows—Debtor to creditors—unse cured, 1,9811. 2s. ld. )ik to ditto holding a mortgage on property, for 4051. Capital, 9th February, 1853, 2,309/. 10s. 6d. ; profits on rents, 1501. 4s. ld. Creditor by debtors—good, 191. 10s. ; leasehold property at Bethnal green, realised, nett, 2121. 16s. 4d. ; leasehold property at Battersea (for which there is an injunction in Chan cery) cost 3,8841. 19s. 3d. ; law charges, interest, &c., 161/. ; house and personal expenses, 2321. It appeared that the bankrupt purchased some land at Battersea, and erected the " Park" Tavern, but pro ceedings were taken against him in Chancery through some family dispute. The tavern, however, had been let to Messrs. Money and Martin, brewers, at a rental of 501., to be increased to 901. per annum, in the event of a spirit licence being granted, and this was expected in consequence of the formation of the new park. The bankrupt was examined by Mr. Chidley, and ad mitted that he had sold some property whilst in prison, but he had rendered an account of it. His Honour said that the bankrupt ought not to have sold property while in prison, but there did not appear to have been any wrong intention ; he would therefore take an immediate certificate. A certificate was granted of the second class. CAB FARES. The little work on this subject published by Mr. Charles Knight, by the authority of the Commissioners of Police, does infinite credit to the compilers, whoever they may be. It will form a most useful companion to all who are in the habit of using cabs, because the infor mation it conveys will at once obviate those annoying disputes about fares which formerly arose between Jehu and his customer in at least two out of every three for stances in which a vehicle was hired. By an ingenious but yet simple and intelligible arrangement a person can, without scarcely a moment's delay, ascertain the distance and fare from all the principal streets, squares, or other places within a radius of four miles of Charing-cross, to every important point or centre in the metropolis, such as railway stations, churches, bridges, theatres, and other public buildings, parks, exhibitions, and so forth. Indeed, it will be singular if, with such a voluminous list, any should not be able to discover the legal fare from a few yards of their own dwelling to all those pro minent spots which we have indicated. There is attached to the book a concise abstract of the Hackney Carriages Act, ample enough, however, for all the purposes of reference, whether in regard to disputes or other mat ters provided for in this important statute. We should mention that all the distances given have been measured by the direction of the commissioners, who guarantee their accuracy. TIE PRINTING AND STATIONERY DEPART MENTS OP GOVERNMENT. The attention of all financial reformers should be directed to an enormous abuse in the printing and sta tionery departments of Government. We have received two enormous bluebooks, purporting to be the report of the commission which has investigated the alleged acts of corruption at Hull. These two volumes constitute a load which a man of average strength would hesitate to carry from St. Paul's to Charing-cross. We find in them no less than 82,800 cross-questions and crooked answers with reference to the enormities of the Hullites. Now, we should very much like to know the cost to the nation of so bulky a report. Nobody will read it, nobody has time to read it, nobody could read it, except a German professor who was afflicted with a monomania upon the local politics of Hull. It should be the first duty of commissioners under such circumstances to pre sent the Houses with such an epitome of the results of their labours as could be read by mortal men and paid for at a reasonable cost. Let them by all means be re munerated for the labour of condensation—it would probably be the most tedious portion of their duty, but a little money spent in this way would save the public an enormous loss. It is high time that a stop should be put to such a waste of the public money.—Times. FOLKESTONE, Feb. 6.—Last night, about a quarter to • 8 o'clock, during the prevalence of a heavy sea fog, the Hannibal, a fine ship of 600 tons, outward bound for Sydney, came ashore on the Church Rocks, about half a mile to the westward of this harbour, and close to the spot where the Santipore was wrecked in October last. The attention of our boatmen was immediately arrested by the firing of signal guns, and several yawls put off to render assistance. Captain Hathorn, naval superin tendent of the South Eastern and Continental Steam packet Company's Fleet, at once ordered steam to be got up in the vessels under his charge in harbour, and the telegraph having been set to work, information of the disaster reached Dover and Ramsgate within a very short period of its occurrence. At the former port two steam'tugs were lying off the harbour with steam up, and, a communication having been opened from the shore, they immediately proceeded round the point to Folkestone, where the Hannibal was discovered set fast on the rocks, in a position of imminent danger. Before midnight, a third tug had arrived from Ramsgate, and, under the direction of Hobday, a Dover pilot, ar rangements were made for getting the ship off at flood tide. A number of warps having been made fast, an ohm s were carried out by the Folkestone boatmen, and at 2 o'clock a.m. an effort was made to tow her off. The wind proving favourable, and the tide answering at half past two o'clock she again floated in deep water. Within an hour afterwards the wind veered, and a brisk gale sprung up, which, but for the fortunate circumstance of the ship having previously floated, must have inevitably caused her destruction on the rocks. The utility of the South Eastern Company's telegraph has never been more satisfactorily shown than in the salvage of this fine vessel, which, had it not been for the prompt and timely aid of the steam-boats, must have been lost. As it has bappened the ship has merely lost her false keel, and she is now being towed back to the river to be overhauled. The Hannibal is the property of Messrs. Cook and Co., of Aberdeen, at w hi ch p ,) rt she was built about two years ago. She was commanded by Captain Walker, and had several passengers and a valuable cargo on board. DESTRUCTION OF THE ENGLISH VESSEL HOWARD AT & No m —The following is a copy of a letter posted on the Manchester Exchange yesterday, addressed to Messrs. Nash and Nash, of Liverpool, from the Foreign office :—" Gentlemen, —In acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., upon the subject of the destruction of the English vessel Howard at Sinope, I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to acquaint you that be has been in communication with the owners of that vessel, but he is not yet in possession of all the facts that must have occurred in the case. The atten tention of the Board of Admiralty has been called to the necessity of taking such measures as circumstances may admit of for the protection of British vessels in the 1314c1; Sea. I am, 44c. ) - 11 . J, ADDIEOTAIT." SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. Last night a meeting of this society was held at the rooms in Regent-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed report of the committee on ecclesiastical courts. Vansittart Neale, Esq., took the chair, and after some preliminary business, Mr. ALFRED HILL rose to move the adoption of the proposed report of the committee on ecclesiastical courts. The report, however, he stated, was not really the report of the committee, but of himself, an indivi dual member of it. The committee was appointed the summer before last. They had had many meetings. Two reports were brought forward, but neither of them was adopted, they had been sent back for re-considera tion. Other gentlemen joined the committee and gave their valuable assistance, together with some gentlemen of practical experience in Doctors'-commons. The com mittee were divided into three or four sections, each bolding different views. He had, therefore, drawn up this report, and as the committee had ceased its labours and as his report had not the concurrence of the ma jority of the committee, he took the liberty to bring it forward for consideration that evening. The learned gentleman proceeded to lay before the meeting his proposed plan, which was published in November last in the Law Review, and concluded by moving that the said report be received and adopted as the report of the committee. The points maintained in the report are containedin the following resolutions agreed to by the committee on ecclesiastical courts : " 1. That the present jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts, so far as testamentary matters are concerned, is unsatisfactory, and requires extensive reform. "2. That this reform should consist of a transfer of their present jurisdiction in testamentary matters to a court clothed with jurisdiction as well over real as per sonal estate. " 3. That to create a new court for the purpose would not be advisable if any existing court can be found to which such enlarged jurisdiction may be properly en trusted, and to which complete powers can be given. "4. That the existing courts of common law and county courts, not having an equitable jurisdiction or power of dealing with trustees, or with equitable mat ters arisinc , in the construction of wills, should not, as at preseneconstituted, be entrusted with such enlarged jurisdiction. " 5. That the existing courts of equity not having any power of empannelling a jury, or of conclusively de ciding issues of fact, are under a similar disqualification. " 6. That in order to do complete justice in testa mentary matters it is necessary that the court to which they are entrusted should possess the full and enjoined powers of a court of law and equity. " 7. That no thorough or satisfactory settlement of the questions pending with respect to the testamentary jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts can be come to except by its being exercised by a court of conjoined law and equity, having jurisdiction over wills of real and personal estate." Some discussion arose as to the motion being confined to the mere reception of the report, the chairman hold ing that if the motion was merely as to the reception of the report, that would not pledge the society to adopt it. Mr. BELL said if the question was merely as to re ceiving the report, he believed it would be carried unanimously. Mr. PRITCHARD said it was only that day the report of her Majesty's commissioners had appeared. That com mission had been engaged in a solemn inquiry into the sub ject, and he hoped the report of the learned gentleman would not be adopted as the result of this meeting. The Lord Chancellor had given notice that he would to morrow (this day) bring in a bill to settle the whole question at issue. It would, therefore, be ill-judged to decide on this report at once. He was disposed to pro pose to adjourn the discussion till they saw what the Government measure was, and they would then have the whole required information before them. Mr. BELL said if the hon. gentleman would move the adjournment of the discussion till the next general meeting, he would most willingly second it. After some conversatian, the Chairman put the ques tion that the report be received, which was carried unanimously. Mr. STEWART then proposed that the jurisdiction in testamentary matters be referred to the Court of Chan cery, with all the powers of equity and common law courts, which having been seconded, Mr. PRITCHARD moved an amendment, that the dis cussion be adjourned, which having been seconded by Mr. BELL, the amendment was put and negatived by a show of hands. Mr. STEWART'S motion was then put again. Mr. DAVID POWER moved an amendment, arming courts of common law with the same powers as those suggested in the original motion to be vested in the Court of Chancery. Mr. ROGERS seconded the amendment, and, after a long discussion. Mr. STEWART having consulted with Mr. Power, withdrew his motion, Mr. Power consenting to with draw his amendment, and Mr. Stewart reconstructed his motion, which was put in three distinct questions, which were eventually carried—" That the jurisdiction in all testamentary matters ought to be transferred from the ecclesiastical courts to the superior courts at Westminster ; that for this purpose the Courts of Chan cery and common law should be respectively clothed with all the powers, as well of courts of law as of equity, and that it be optional with the plaintiff in which court he shall sue ; and that the county courts be con stituted ancillary to these courts for this purpose." An amendment to leave out all the words after " West minster Hall," and another for an adjournment, were severally negatived. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Feb. 7.—Wind this day at Noon, W., and cloudy. OFF BLACKWALL, Feb. 7.—Put back—Hannibal, Syd ney, N.S.W., with loss of false keel, and copper chafed, but making no water, and will discharge part of cargo. COWES, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Cito, from Callao. BRISTOL, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Owen Potter, from the Mauritius. TORBAY, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Transit, Smyrna. Sailed —Bosphorus (s)., Australia. SWANSEA, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Happy Return, from Rio de Selle. HULL, Feb. 6.—Sailed—Swalan, Havannsh ; Shen and Sohn, Constantinople. WATERFORD, Feb. 5. —Arrived -- Abberton, from Callao. SUNDERLAND, Feb. s.—The Anna, which was aground on the Bar, and sunk on the 3d inst., was got off yester day and towed into the harbour. HOLYHEAD, Feb. 7.—The Buens.venture, from Savannah, is on shore at Rhosniayr, and has cut down her foremast, which carried away her other inaintopmast. A steamer has been ordered, and she is expected to be got off ; crew all safe. ARDROSSAN, Feb. 4.—The Fame, from Ayre to Poul ton, sprung a leak off Ailsa Craig yesterday, and has put back here, with about four feet of water in her hold, and will have to discharge. RYE, Feb. s.—The Anna (schooner), of London, was fallen in with dismasted 27th Jan., between Flamborough Head and the Humber, and taken in tow for three hours, when her captain cut the tow rope, the vessel being, it w s supposed, in a sinking state ; the crew were subse quently taken off by a smack. DOVER, Feb. 6th.—The Premier, from Shields to South ampton, put in here to-day, leaky, having been on shore three miles west of this port. Arrived—Bussorab Mer chant, London for Sydney, N.S.W. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Louara Out©, Matanzas. FALMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Susannah, Havannah ; Helene and Olga, Odessa ; Banshee, Varna ; Clarence, Port Talbot. JERSEY, Feb. s.—Sailed—Rover, for Port Philip. TRIESTE, Feb. 6.—The Regard, hence to the United Kingdom, with wheat, was lost on the 26th of Jan. GOTHENBURG, Jan. 29.—The Frederika, of and bound to Copenhagen, from Rio Janeiro, was stranded at Rods kar, about half a Swedish mile south of Warberg, on the night of the 27th January, and is considered a total wreck. The Charlotte, from Lisbon to Stockholm, was stranded at Nyppelso, near Roro, Jan. 27, and is supposed to be a complete wreck ; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, W.N.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. The Charles Souchay arrived here this morning, from Charente. Passed the schooner Hylton, of Pentowen, yesterday, off Holyhead, dismasted and abandoned. Arrived—Manhattan and Constellation, from New York; Clio, from Buenos Ayres ; Argo, from Antwerp; Morning Star, from New Orleans; Evening Star, from Portland; Joseph Howe, from Charleston ; Montreal, from New York ; Mary Stewart, from St. Michael's. Put back—Montezuma, for New York (sailed Bth Jan.); and Ethiopa, for Gibraltar. BEAUMARIS, Feb. 6. Put back—Tam o'Shanter, from Liverpool, for Deme rara. i t n h t r o ou th gh e C s l t y r c e l s e s — o Th f emis, from the 2 B. o b tb x January. es w were r e Liverpool, for Aus tralia. g the ship. Sailedweather,. w a i n r :: .Etihi:vcl Feb.being 5. in capableti• aP A liva b t ar o re f l w o o f r b ki re n ad and three c 1 o picked up off Ramsey, and a boat, with Alfred of Plymouth on it, was passed by the Gazelle yesterday. QIIkENSTOWN, Feb. 5. Wind W., strong. Arrived—Druid, from Demerara • Surge, Lond on , for Hong-Kong , to embark troo p s ; John Mitchell, C a ll ao; Arab, Saloni ca ; Giacomo, Odessa ; Washburn, Galatz. Put back—Amanda, from Glasgow, for Boston, with iron, leaky, and with loss of galley and cook overboard. Had been out 40 days. The Amanda picked up the crew of the Cumberland, from Valparaiso, for Queenstown, which vessel was abandoned in a sinking state, in lat. 27, long. 46. Sailed--Albion, for Pembroke • E. Morrison and James 1 Stewart, London ; Bianca, Banff'. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.55 a.m. Wind, W. ; tide, one hour and a h alf's ebb ; fresh and „ . cloudy. Arrived, 6th—Queen, from Harlingen. Arrived, 7th—Enchantress, from Nantes. Sailed, 6th—Morning Star, for Ce37l°ll; Sydney ; Eliza, Sydney ; Mermaid, Geelong. Constance, DEAL, Tuesday, 9.35 Wind W. by S., fresh, and cloudy. Passed—Bark No. 5,823, first pendant Jam es and Agnes, from westward, for London ; schooner Rock Scor pion, Hartlepool, for Hastings, with loss of both masts in a squall off Dover, at 12 last night. Passed off Dover—Bussorah Merchant, from Loudon, for Melbourne. Put back—Freihaudel, for Odessa. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1854. SHARE MARKETS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. THE TURKISH BLUE-BOOKS. (THIS DAY.) Leasing Compans, Closing Prices this day. Business this day. No. IV.—ThE WAR. The successive stages of the Eastern question have now passed in review before the reader. We have seen a contest between France and Russia for the favours of Turkey transformed into a con- BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices thla day. Business done this day. test between Turkey and Russia by the exorbitant demands of the latter, and we have seen this dis- pate adopted by Europe in the interest of the Turks because the pretensions of Russia, if ad mitted, were serious enough to threaten the gene ral equilibrium and destroy the securities of public law. The result of these events was a double con test, the two phases of which must be carefully dis tinguished for the correct appreciation of the transactions ensuing. On one hand, Russia and Turkey having each put their terms in the form of an ultimatum, were brought face to face with no further appeal but war ; on the other, Russia and Europe were confronted, with every desire on the part of Europe to close the dispute by pacific ad justment, but with a firm resolution to support Turkey in her resistance to the Czar's demands. This state of affairs produced, not unnaturally, some confusion, for, while the protectors of Turkey were exerting themselves in negotiation, Turkey herself, under the provocations of hostile aggression and the pressure of popular excitement, had aban doned the chances of diplomacy and declared for war. Even this, however, was not permitted to cut short the negotiations of the other parties, and, as the Emperor of Russia (pp. 181-227) had an nounced his intention of making no counter-decla ration, and of confining himself to defensive mea sures, it was hoped that while an outlet was pro vided for the martial fanaticism of the Ottomans the European Powers might still labour with a good prospect in the work of peace. These views received considerable support from a certain important occurrence. Exactly at the time that the Turkish Council pronounced itself for war—that is to say, in the last week of Sep tember—the Emperor of Russia paid a visit to the Emperor of Austria at Olmutz, and a species of diplomatic congress was created by the occasion. It was here announced, not only by Count Nessel rode, but by the Czar himself, at an interview with Lord Westmoreland, that Russia desired to meet " every legitimate wish" (p. 129) of the mediating Powers, and a new project of Note, termed " the Olmutz Note," originated in the confidence which these declarations had called into being. The as surances, however, which were thus offered did not appear to the British Government sufficiently clear to neutralise the effect of the Nesselrode despatch, in which the real views of Russia had been so unluckily recorded, and the whole scheme was soon deranged by the actual proclamation of hostilities alluded to above. The course of these proceedings, with the views of the several Govern ments thereon, will be found in pp. 128 140 of the second part of the Blue-Books. But, in the meantime, the Western Powers were placed in a position involving greater obligations than before. They were, in fact, so far committed to a co-operation with the Turkish Government that they could not desert this Government in any measures, however precipitate, which were justified by its real situation. They were of opinion that the chances of negotiation were by no means at an end ; that a Note comprising the modifications suggested by the Porte might yet be so framed as to receive the Czar's acquiescence, and that the forbearance which had been practised at the first invasion of the Principalities might still be conti nued with advantage. (See p. 136.) Nevertheless, as the Porte thought otherwise, as the justice of its requisitions was unimpeachable, and as it was im possible to deny the right of the Sultan to expel a foreign invader from his own dependencies, the French and English Governments agreed to adapt their policy to the new situation of affairs, and to concert measures for the more effectual protection of the Porte by the allied fleet during the operations which might ensue. The views Of the two Govern ments at this conjuncture will be found developed in a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys (p. 136) and of Lord Clarendon (p. 140). Generally, too, throughout the despatches the tone adopted toward the Russian Government acquires from this time considerable severity, and the manifasto of the Czar in defence of his proceedings (p. 228) had little other effect than to confirm the suspicions with which his policy was now regarded. (See pp. 238-240.) The Turks lost no time in carrying their decision into execution. On the 29th October Lord Claren don learnt from Berlin that the Turks had pos sessed themselves of an island in the Danube oppo site Widdin, and two days later a telegraphic des patch from Vienna announced the occupation of Kalafat by the same detachment. Nevertheless, though the contest between the Russia and Turkey was thus hurried on to the issue of the sword, the contest between Russia and Europe was still re stricted to the sphere of diplomatic negotiation ; and Lord Stratford, at the instance of the British Go vernment, succeeded in obtaining from the Porte an order for a short suspension of hostilities at the very moment (Oct. 20) that the combined squadrons were summoned to enter the Dardanelles. Un fortunately, this order was not delivered in time, and Lord Stratford relates (p. 250) a piece of infor mation to the effect that, though the officer dis patched from Constantinople arrived at the Turkish camp before the assault, the engagemant occurred notwithstanding ; " the bearer himself taking part in the attack." War, therefore, was actually com menced and battles were soon fought, of which the reader will not require to be reminded. Lord Stratford, with the sagacity so eminently charac teristic of his correspondence, had observed three months before (Part 1., p. 370) that " the Turkish forces would probably make a steadier resistance thanthe defective state of their service might lead us to expect ;" but the European public were certainly not prepared for the successes which they obtained; nor were those successes without considerable in fluence, in more than one respect, on the progress of affairs. They disposed the Ottoman Government and people to the prosecution of the war with the hopes of more material advantages than had been contemplated at first ; they rendered the acqui escence of Russia more improbable by wounding the pride of the Czar, and they drew the Western Powers into an attitude of more active participa tion. These points are treated at some length and with great ability by Lord Stratford (p. 290) and M. Drouyn de Lhuys (p. 306). Still the work of negotiation was earnestly con tinued, and it was at this identical period that a scheme was first mooted which has only just now terminated in the perfect isolation of the Russian Government by the concerted opposition of Europe. It was suggested that the Four Powers, should by their representatives, offer a " collective Note" to the Porte, announcing their anxious desire to mediate between the belligerents, assuring the Ottoman Cabinet of the willingness of Russia to treat, and inquiring the conditions on which it would itself be prepared to do the same. To this Note was annexed a " Protocol'—that is to say, a species of declaration, recording not only the object of the collective note, but the views generally entertained by the Four Powers of the pending contest and its consequences. In this instrument it was formally stated as the common opinion of the Plenipotentaries, that " the existing war could not in any case lead to modifications in the territorial boundaries of the belligerent empires." Two points, there fore, of infinite importance were now secured. The concerted action of Europe in the Eastern question was definitely established, and it was an nounced as a conclusion of European policy that the Russian Government could gain no territorial acquisitions by the war. The history of this Note and Protocol will be found in pp. 273-294. Again, however, were the .transactions between Russia and Europe complicated by the transactions between Russia and Turkey, though on this occasion by the proceedings, not of the latter Power, but the former. On the 30th of November a division of the Russian fleet surprised a Turkish squadron of greatly inferior force in the Turkish harbour of Sinope, and destroyed it with horrible carnage. As this attack was considered entirely at variance with the assurances given by Russia respecting her non offensive attitude, and as the barbarity of the pro ceeding was most outrageous, the British and French Governments took immediate measures to prevent the recurrence of any such catastrophes by securing the command of the Black Sea. It was not intended to commit any act of aggression upon Russia, but the Turkish territory and flag were to be effectually protected by the confinement of Russian cruisers to their own harbours. Accord ingly the combined squadrons, which on the 25th of October had entered the Dardanelles, and on the 7th of November had been summoned to anther in the Bosphorus, proceeded on the sth of January into the Black Sea. The general views entertained by the British and French Governments in issuing these instructions will be found explained in two most important despatches, which we annex to our remarks ; and an " explanation of the causes which restrained the squadrons from . goipg sooner" is offered by Lord Stratford in the ' subjoined passage of a despatch, dated December 17. "The causes in question, he writes, nay be reduced to the following heads: —Want of linfor mation as to the movements of . the Russian fleet, an unwillingness to incur any risk of collision, or to narrow the claims of peace by premature provo cation of any kind, and an impression that we should do best to wait for an invitation from the Turkish Government. In aid of theseleading con siderations come the strong prevailing northe r ly winds which retarded the squadrons in their passage from Besika Bay, and the delays occasioned by the departure of one French ambassador and the arri val of another." On the 12th of January intelligence of the in .ended expedition was communicated to the Russian Government by our Minister at St. Petersburg, who informed Count Nesselrode that " Her Majesty's ships and those of the Emperor of the French would enter the Black Sea, and would require every Russian ship which they might meet with to re-enter a Russian port." On the very next day, however, as if to complete the alternations of these transactions, a step which had been almost decisive of war was counter balanced by another intended to be decisive of peace. The " collective Note" and " Protocol" above described as concerted by the European representatives at Vienna had been anticipated (pp. 339-368) by certain arrangements concerted, in the same view, by the European representatives at Constantinople. Without entering into the par ticulars of this diplomatic episode, we may briefly state that the Constantinople project was finally successful. " Our proposals," writes Lord Stratford (p. 362), " are formally accepted under the Sultan's sanction, and it now remains w ith th e F our P owers to obtain the assent of Russia, and t o se t on f oo t the negotiation which they have expressed their desire to obtain, and which, if the Court of St. Petersburgh be sincere in his professions, ought to terminate at an early period in pea ce . Th ese pro posals, being transmitted to Vienna, were adopted by the Conference there sitting, as agreeing with their own, and were by them duly signed on the 13th of January, the day after Count Nesselrode had been apprised of the entry of the fleets into the Black Sea. Thus was the double contest resolved at length into a single one, by the identification of the demands of Turkey with those of Europe. The Porte, as was announced by Redschid Pasha to the four representa tives, "is prepared to conclude a peace in the manner pointed out to it by its allies ; and, if intelligence is received that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg likewise accepts the bases, the Porte will name and send a Plenipotentiary to a congress to be held in a neutral city, which shall be spe cified by the Four Powers, and at which delegates of the Four Powers shall assist, for the arrange ment of affairs with the Plenipotentiary of the Court of Russia ; and thereupon, as is natural, a temporary armistice for a fixed period will be con cluded." _ _ The four representatives at Vienna acceded, in the names of Great Britain, France, Austria, and Prussia, to the terms here mentioned, and this is the stage at which the papers before us conclude. Our intelligence of yesterday supplied the comple ment of the story. The conditions thus devised by the representatives of Europe at Constantinople, accepted by the Sublime Porte, endorsed by the representatives of Europe at Vienna, and trans mitted to St. Petersburg with these recommenda tions, have been, rejected by the Czar. It is with Europe, therefore, that the Czar is now at issue, and of this contest we await the results. The following are the despatches mentioned above : " No. 332. " LORD COWLEY TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON. (Received Dec. 18.) (Extract.) " Paris, Dec. 16, 1853. " Late yesterday afternoon M. Drouyn de Lhuys made me acquainted with the outline of a proposition to be laid before your lordship this morning by Count Walewski in the name of the Imperial Government, which has for its object to prevent the repetition of such sanguinary scenes as that lately enacted at Sinope, and to make the Russian Government understand that France and England are determined to hold possession of the Black Sea as an equivalent for the Russian occupation of the Danubian Provinces. This afternoon his Excellency read to me the despatch on this subject, addressed to Count Walewski for communication to your lordship. Whatever her Ma jesty's Government may think of the proposition itself, they will do justice to the clearness and precision with which M. Di ouyn de Lhuys has placed it before them. " Supposing, then, your lordship to be in possession of this document, I abstain from offering any analysis of its contents, and propose confining myself to a statement of the arguments put forward by M. Drouyn de Lhuys in a lengthened conversation in support of the plan of action which he recommends. "He first examined the abstract right of France and England to interfere in the summary manner which he pro posed. He argued that, it being both their interest and their duty to protect the Turkish territory from all aggres sive attacks on the part of Russia, motives of humanity should impel them to prevent the repetition of such a car nage as must have accompanied the destruction of the Turkish flotilla at Sinope. They had not, unfortunately, the means (he observed) of enforcing a suspension of hos tilities either upon the Danube or in Asia Minor ; but they could enforce it in the Black Sea, and the interests of peace and humanity not only gave them the right, but en joined them so to do. If th two Governments had not sent their fleets into the Black Sea at an earlier period, it was because they confided iu the voluntary assurances of Russia not to prosecute the war by offensive operations ; and they were unwilling to meet so laudable a declaration by any act of theirs which could imply distrust, or which might give the Russian Government an excuse for taking I a less conciliatory course. Now, however, that Russia had thrown off the mask, he saw no certain means of controll ing her action in the Black Sea but by sweeping that sea of the Russian flag. " But there were other considerations of hardly less im portance, which M. Drouy - n de Lhnys said must be taken into account in the consideration of his proposition. He alluded to the material, moral, and commercial conse quences by which it must be followed, should the short sightedness of Russia give any permanence to its exe cution. "1. As to the material effect which would be produced. Besides the forced suspension of hostilities between Tur key and Russia within the limits of the Black Sea, the latter would find it very difficult, if not impossible, to ad vance from the Principalities on Constantinople, unless she had her sea communications with Odessa and Sebasto pol assured ; she would be equally unable to transport re inforcements, arms, ammunition, or provisions for the use of the troops engaged on the Asiatic coast. On the other hand, the various resources of water communication would remain open to the Turks. "2. As to the moral effect. At this moment the Rus sian flag of war was paramount in the Black Sea. In fact, that sea was little better than a Russian lake. The races which inhabited its shores believed, probably, that there was no navy which could compete with that of Russia, or dispute her maritime preponderance. They would now be taught that there were other nations with superior naval means at their disposal, ready to exert them for the pro tection of the oppressed. They would be encouraged to rise against th e i r h ere ditary enemies, and thus rendr the position of the latter far more perilous, "3. With respect to commercial effects. Vessels from the combined fleets would visit every nook and corner of the Black Sea, would sound its coasts and examine its harbours and roadsteads. A more intimate knowledge would thus be gained of the races which people its shores ; of their wants, of their means, and of the productions of the countries which they inhabit. Foundations might thus be laid for commercial intercourse of great future value. " I have thought it my duty to caution M. Drouyn de Lhuys against placing the occupation of the Danubian Provinces by Russia, and the presence of the combined fleets in the Black Sea, on the same footing of irregularity. To do so would be to allow that the Euxine was a mare elausum, and would be a dangerous admission to make. True, our late treaties with the Porte effectually shut the Black Sea to our ships of war in time of peace ; but the exclusion was the effect and not the stipulation of a treaty; and it behoved us, in any negotiation on this matter, to keep this distinction in view. " M. Drouyn do Lhnys agreed in this remark. " It only remains for me to state that I have had an opportunity of speaking to the Emperor on the subject of this proposition, and that his Majesty partakes entirely the sentiments of his Minister. He desired me to recom mend it in the strongest terms to the favourable conside ration of her Majesty's Government as a measure incum bent upon himself and them to take, avowing the disap pointment which he should feel if a difference of opinion prevented its adoption." " No. 333. " M. DROUYN DE LEMYSTO COUNT WALEWSKI.-(COM NUNICIATED TO THE EARL OF CLARENDON BY COUNT WALEWSKI, DEC. 17.) (Translation.) " Paris, Dec. 15, 1853. " M. le Comte,—The despatch which I have had the honour to write to you under No. 159 has made known to you the first impression of the Emperor's Government in regard to the destruction of the Ottoman flotilla in the roads of Sinope, and I entertain no doubt that it was fully shared in by her Britannic Majesty's Government. I perceive by Lord Stratford's telegraphic despatch, which you, Lord Clarendon has had the goodness to communicate that our representatives at Constantinople havein stantly understood the necessity for a demonstration o_ n the part of our naval forces in the Bl ack Sea, and I am pleased to think that on the return of the ;team vessels sent to reconnoitre at Bourgas, and at Sinope itself, they will not have hesitated to send out of the Bosphorus the greater portion of the two squadrons. The operation which they proposed to support , and which is that of which Lord Clarendon and myself had e qually the idea, will be a fi rs t indication of the in s p ection which it is become necessary to enforce on a coast where we had not supposed th a t an aggres sion could so quickly take place. " In fact, our last information from St. Peter s b urg h still re p r esented Russ ia as disposed to treat, and as d e t ermined a b o ve all, to assume the offensive in no quarter. Tin 7 pr e n e s f id ence explained why o ur fleets did not move. It a 8 con atzli t o us that the p resence of our flag in the Waters of protect that tinople de monstrated our firm intention to cap it a l against a sudden danger, and we ect were unwilling t h a t our premature appearance in quarters more in the vicinity of the Russian territory should r un the risk of being taken for a provocation. The state of war re ndered a collision possible by sea as well by la , ll d a oi lbtl es between,s the belligerent parties, but we had be in fer from the repeated declarations of been authorised to serve would be imitated by he misunder standing the real object of our Russia that our re r, and that, not avoid, with the same care she would demonstration, collision, by as ourselves, the occasions of abstaining from proceeding to aggressive measures within the limits in which if we could . have sup posed her to be influenced by different intentions, our action would have naturally taken effect c oncurrently with her own. " In a word, M. to Comte, we admitted, without, how ever, stating it, that the Sebastopol fleet should protect the Asiatic coast of the Russian empire, keep the approach to it clear, and provision the garrisons, and in none of those circumstances would we have had to interfere with its movements. 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" When his Imperial Majesty's Government and that of her Britannic Majesty determined upon the movement of their squadrons towards Constantinople, there was a ques tion, you remember, of inviting our Admirals to inform the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian naval forces of the object of their mission. The time has come for carrying this step into execution, since our forbearance has, in the end, only served to make matters worse. " I propose, therefore, to order Vice-Admirals Hamelin and Dundas to declare to Prince Menschikoff or to Admiral Kornileff that the Governments of France and of England are resolved to prevent the repetition of the affair of Sinope ; that every Russian ship met with at sea by our ships will henceforward be invited to return to Sebastopol ; and that any acs of aggression which, notwithstanding this notice, may be attempted against the Ottoman terri tory or flag will be repelled by force. " As a consequence of this declaration, we shall find ourselves, in conjunction with Turkey, masters of a vast basin which washes the provinces of the Russian empire, at once the most important and the most exposed ; and to the occupation ofWallachia and Moldavia, so long as that shall last, we shall oppose a corresponding occupation, of which the consequences will assuredly be more serious for the Cabinet of St. Petersburg than the taking posses sion of the Principalities can be for the Porte. Either the army commanded by Prince Gortschakoff will repass the Pruth, or our vessels, as far as the season will admit, will cruise in the Black Sea, and will interrupt all the maritime communications of Russia with her Asiatic provinces. We should thus retain the Black Sea as a pledge until the evacuation of the principalities and the re-establishment of peace. Meanwhile, the influence of the west, almost unknown to those quarters, will penetrate there ; the dangers to which our presence will expose a rule badly settled, the new relations and interests which it may develop in countries lost to the commerce of the world—such, M. le Comte, are the serious grounds for re flection which such a demonstration, exec uted with vigour, is calc u l a t e d t o i nsp i re th e C a bi ne t of St. Petersburg. " The attitude of that Cabinet ; the pretensions which it has announced ; the invasion of Moldavia and Wallachia in full peace; days ag o was th e scene—all these circumstances taken toge the bold aggression of which Sinope a few ther announce views and resolutions which Europe can only alter by adopting in its turn an energetic course ; and at present I see no one more efficacious than that which I have just pointed out. Prance and England, by the inde pendence of their policy and by the means at their disposal, are called upon first to come to a decision. It is a duty, M. le Comte, which the Emperor's Government, for its part, is ready to undertake, if her Britannic Majesty's Govern ment, on its side, is disposed to bear it with it. It is accordingly his Imperial Majesty's pleasure that you should give this assurance to Lord Clarendon, while delivering to him a copy of this despatch. Receive, &c., "Dilourx DE Lauys." " No. 344. " THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD COWLEY. " Foreign-office, Dec. 24, 1853. "My Lord,—Count Walewski has communicated to me the important despatch of M. Dreuyn de Lhuys which forms the subject of your Lordship's despatch of the 16th inst. " That despatch has received the attentive consideration of her Majesty's Government, whose views, as it must be superfluous for me to inform your Excellency, are in entire accordance with those of the French Government upon the unjustifiable course that Russia has throughout pursued on the Eastern question, and the absolute necessity of prevent ing the recurrence of a disaster such as that which has lately taken place at Sinope. " That necessity is, in fact, so evident, that her Ma jesty's Government did not doubt that the combined fleets had at once been sent into the Black Sea, and as your Ex cellency has already been made aware by my dispatch of the 17th inst. to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, her Ma jesty's Government did not consider that any fresh instruc tions were embed for on the occasion, because, special in structions having already been given to protect the terri tory of the Sultan from attack, they must be faithfully and effectually carried out. " Despatches have since been received from Lord Strat ford de Redeliffe, by which it appears that on the 4th the fleets were about to be sent into the Black Sea, either to clear Sinope of the Russians or to protect the coasts of Turkey generally, and that the Russian Admiral at Sebas topol was to be apprised of the service on which they would be employed, and thereupon I have conveyed to his Excel lency the approval of her Majesty's Government. " In my despatch to Lord Stratford of the 20th of De cember I have also stated that it was only by obtaining a complete command of the Black Sea that the policy of the English and French Governments could be effectually car ried out, and the recurrence of disasters such as that at Sinope could be prevented. " These instructions are in accordance with the instruc tions that Count Walewski told me would be addressed to the French Ambassador at Constantinople ; but the French Government now propose to us, in addition, that the Ottoman flag, as well as the Ottoman territory, should be protected by the combined fleets, and that all Russian ves sels, other than merchantmen, met in the Black sea should be required to return to Sebastopol. " Her Majesty's Government having clearly announced that the recurrence of a disaster such as that at Sinope must be prevented, and that the command of the Black Sea must be secured, would have been content to have left the manner of executing those instructions to the discre tion of the admirals ; but they attach so much impertanoe, not alone to the united action of the two Governments, but to the instructions addressed to their respective agents being precisely the same, that they are prepared to adopt the specific mode of action now proposed by the Govern ment of the Emperor. " Instructions to that effect will accordingly be addressed to Lord Stratford. " Even if the Governments of England and France were not in honour bound to protect the Sultan, they could not, in the interests of humanity, tolerate that such scenes of horrible carnage as that of which Sinope has been the theatre should be renewed, and for both these objects they must exercise complete command in the Black Sea ; but they will at the same render a signal service to the Porte ; and her Majesty's Government consider it indispensable that no naval operations should be undertaken by the Turkish fleet without the previous knowledge and sanction of the British and French admirals, who cannot be made responsible for operations of which they may be kept in ignorance, or which they may disapprove. Nor can her Majesty's Government think it just, so long as England and France are not actually at war with Russia, that the combined fleets should aid and protect the Turkish forces in acts of aggression upon the Russian territory, while the Russian fleet is prevented from repelling such attacks, or conveying the means necessary for the defence of that terrritory. " Her Majesty's Government have not hesitated to adopt the course which the honour and dignity of this country prescribe, but, at the same time, they do not disguise from themselves that it may at no distant period involve England and France in war with Russia, and they consider it equally for the honour and dignity of the two Powers not to•allow the peace of Europe to be depen dent upon that national spirit in Turkey which, however admirable in itself, and however useful against the aggres sor, is now evidently beyond the control of the Turkish Government. Her Majesty's Government would therefore propose to the Government of the Emperor that, in mak ing known to the Porte the coarse which the two Govern ments are about to pursue, the English and French Am bassadors should be at the same time instructed to demand, in the event of the answer to the proposal recently sent from Vienna having been unsatisfactory, that the terms on which a treaty of peace bet een Russia and Turkey shall be negotiated may be left to the decision of England. and France, on the distinct understanding that nothing shall be proposed on her part to which she has alreadrof6.- . cially objected. " I communicated this proposal on the 22d to Count Walewski, who engaged to refer it to his Government, and his Excellency has this day informed me that it has bee entirely approved of by 111. Drouyn de Lhuys. " I am, &c., " CLARENDON. EMILIA MANIN. Manin, the only child of the President of the Venetian Republic, has been taken away from her father, of whose lonely exile she was at once the affliction and the solace. It may he remembered that Daniel Manin, after the heroic capitulation of Venice, chose France for the land of his exile. He was accompanied by his wife and only daughter. At Marseilles he lost, almost suddenly, the devoted companion of all his troubles, and he came to Paris a widower, with one care and one con solation only, his daughter ; and she was almost bed ridden with a nervous malady, occasioned by the excite ment of the last days of the independence of Venice. Between the solicitudes of a constant and devoted watchfulness by the side of the beloved patient, and the noble necessities of a laborious poverty, the life of the exile was one of austere and dignified humility, chas tened by grief, ennobled by patriotic recollections, and cheered by the sympathy of inspiring friendships. Hi s alien home is now more darkly sad, and his loneliness more profoundly desolate ; but he is rich in the affection and esteem of all who in days of degradation honour in n e highest art, were present in• t t he to cour age, patriotism, a nd v i r t ue . ednesdaylastma and many of t g reader to th e career and conduct of names ti,e re world, in letters, citizen of Venice, by offering th e l ast his a espects tode parted child. A:monr, these were many wh o h a d admirers personallv known a and n d friends pre t a h t e e r d e the gentle and beautiful cha.raCt er , and the exalted quali ties of E m ili a M anin. Throughout' the dreary hours of her exile, doubly embittered by affliction, she had but one thought, and that was - Venice ! Oaly a few hours befor e d eath, when she was alrea d y speechless, she mutely ask e d f or a penc il, and with a dying hand just traced these words— , ‘ Pauvre Venise, ne to verrai plus." In the crowded "ad distinguished cortege which pressed around the tom b of the daughter o f one o f th e mos t illustrious p a triots of Italy, with intense emotion of re spectful ccuePasi°n, were M. Mo n t ane lli, G enera l Ullos, s MM . a nuschi-Lugo, Ary-Scheffer, Emile de Girardin, Bastide, Eugene Pelletan, Ferdinand de Lesseps, Gar nie, pages, Goudchaux, Chambolle, Carnot, Charton, ;ales Simon, Henri Martin, Alexandre Ney, Duclerc, Viardot, Geoffroy Saint•Hilaire, Peauger, Madier de Montjau.—The Leader. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—By a Parliamentary return just issued it appears that the total number of persons of every description killed and injured on all the passenger railways open for public traffic in Great Britain and Ire land, during the half year ending 30th June, 18 53 , amounted to 148 killed and 191 injured, and may be classed as follows :-10 passengers killed and 114 in jured, from causes beyond their own control ; 14 passen gers killed and 7 injured, owing to their own miscon duct or want of caution ; 39 servants of companies or of contractors killed and 43 injured, from causes be yond their own control ; 44 servants of companies or of contractors killed and 20 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution ; 40 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the comp any, killed and 7 injured, by crossing or walking on the rail way ; 1 suicide. Total-148 killed and 191 injured The number of passengers conveyed during the half y ear amounted to 45,08 0 , 316 . The len g th of railway open ew3aosth June, 1853, was 7, 3 36 mil es . Th e 1852, was l o e n ng t t h h e 03f1srailwayDecember, open 7,512 miles. Increase of mileage during the half year, 176. I I