The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

Tri . ..E SUN, LONDON, RS oc. ; , MON E Y 3,1 AItK E T MINING INTELLIGENCE. Si T IARE MA RKE TS.-(TELS• DAY). • e Bank -ea- •*• AND ( From the Mining Journal of this day.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There has been very little fluctuation inathe share ... market this week, while a fair average amount of busi- Shr. rai Closing Prices Besinessdone Itsrew. &vs. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. news has been transacted in dividend and progressive yesterday. this d ay . 3ontain. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were mines. Alfred Consols have been very largely dealt in _ - __a_ -- -- es timated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for ex- :it 261. 10s. ; Grea Altreds have advanced to 321. to 331. St, 100 Aberdeen .............. 19t-- 204 nrique Port and on speculation. The market was quiet. There is no alteration in the Gold Mining Share 20 , >6 Ambg. Nottn, T. Bost. reside Railway Shares were firm at higher prices. Market this week ; indeed, scarcely any business has & Eastn. Jut ic ..... .. 4 3 - 41 541 i The assets of the Bank of England are again in- been transacted. The arrivals of gold since our last 50 all Belfast & Ball ymena ••• - ••• eforms c reasing, and up to the 28th ult. the demand for Stour Va11ey......... 8 - 9 have been-the Louisa Thompson 3,500 ozs., the Un- 14 all Birmng. Wolverh. di daudted 35,000 ozs,, and the Mohawk 14,095 ozs. of the - a ccommodation was falling off. It will require a3l 28 Birkenhd. Lane sb. & Advices have been received from Sydney, New South Cheshire Junct....... 13 - 1 1 a More active state .of trade to absorb the capital change - av • salable, unless foreign loans draw off a portion of Wales, and Melbourne Port Philip, by way of Panama* 271 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., the supplies. The Government balances were much Labour was still in demand in the agricultural districts,. £5O & £25 Coma_ 15 - 17 dimi - nished by the dividend payments and -the Ind the rush to the mines had caused a complete drain. 22 181 Do., £20.. ... 6 6 - 5 6 a ale diggers appear perfectly satisfied with the new 25 30 ,Blyth & Tyneoriginol' N amounts given to South Sea annuitants. The ;old regulations, and the accounts received from the I £25 (iss. at £45).... -7,, - arrivals of bullion occasioned an increase in the various mines were generally favourable. Gold had St. 100 Bristol; & Exeter...... 9 ° - 95 94 5 sum held by the Bank. Compared with the pre- advanced, 745. 6d. to 755, foe New South Wales, St. 100 Caledonian ..... -.. 52 - 52 4 53 134 i 4 vious week, the changes are as follows :- and 775. 3d. to 775. 6d. for Port Philip and 50 all 'Chester & Holyhead 14 4 - 15 4 all ;Cork and Bandon.-,. . 134 - 144 Minis • Darm- Active circulation 20 all ICork, Black. & Pass. ••• '-' ••• he Earl Increase 76,890 northern goldfields, a party of Americans were 20 12 'Cornwall ... - . Bullion 16,223,214 deeper 43 45 Baron .vorking with great success in some places not so 45 ,Dublindil3elfastJuna:: issa.dor, Increase of the Rest ;ements Increase 'Do. New ............... ••• - ••• Public Dep os it s 2,515,384 numbers have made choice of the Adelong, instead of 25 all lE:z E. stAnglia.n(£2s L. 4 - 4-z 1 people Decrease . 131,399 proceeding on to the Ovens; and at the upper diggings di L. & D.) . 4 1" 18 all Do., (£lB E. & H.).. ~,••• ••.; , ere has Other Deposits 20 all Eastern Counties.....i '-' 3 - 1 ' 3 4 134 4 roil has Decrease 408,365 each industrous individual having been upwards of an St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 33 - 42 ' rs. For Seven-Day and other Bills St. 100 Do., do. 8............, 24 -28 eat St. Decrease 29,941 From California, we have news that gold is as abun -25 100,„8!; Do.NewA(lateThirds) ••• - ••• dant as ever in the diggings, and gold of the value 0f62 - 64 65 rat the . Government Securities 13,232,716 A. East Lancashire ...... he re- Decrease 304,922 p 2,000,000 had left by the New York steamers. rgo left Other Securities 13,983, 6'22 St. 100 Edinburgh &Glasgow 61 - 63 In Miscellaneous Shares, the market has been very , 0 31 Edinb. and Peebles... ••• - ••• 22 2 1 309,227 firm, the quotations of last week being generally sup- -t 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde,-• 2 , 0 - Decrease Notes unemployed ported. - 0 1 •Forth and Clyde June. ••• ••• special , 7,163,640 In the Bullion market-Mexican and South Amen- A. 100 'Glasgow &S. Western , - ••• . ence to ! Decrease 33,445 e, then ' The forei 1 dgn exc ianges yester ay afternoon were can dollars, 4s. Hid. per oz. Bar g :t• 100 Great Northern Stk.. 84 3 - 85 3 871 6i t 100 D A. Stock - 63 63 4 2 , ldall • ,o , gold above 5 grs. in the pound silver containin b • to be paid for, 6 • o* , to Lord done at firm rates, and there was a slight advance Wit, 1100 , Do., B. Stock - 129 128 .58. lid. per oz. standard • bar gold, 775. 93, per oz - 101. ces the upon Paris, which was, 25, 27 to 321 for three standard Spanish ' d C I St. . , Gt. • 100 Stli &West.(lre.) 99 to Lou. months' - bills ; Antwerp, 25, 176 to 20 ; Amster- ; doubloons, 78s. 6 . per oz. ; o um- . , ;an doubloons, 775. 6d. per oz. ; fine cake silver, St 100 Great Western B2 - 82 i i, 83.1 3 4 12 . 11 Irish South-Eastera. ••• - ... 1 ed him dam, 11, 15i to 16 ; Hamburgh, 13, 41 to I ; Frank- Z's. 64d. per oz. 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle 9O - 95 don, it fort, 118 to 1181 ; and Trieste 12, 45 to 50. Tile arrivals a t Swansea include, from Chili, 7 2 7 tons i 63 llf'Do., Thirds ll - 13 p i thither . The ann exe d memorandum is from the Commit th the af copper ore, 401 tons unwrought copper, 362 tons 3t, 100 Lancasu. &Yorkshire 04 4 - 65 65 651 i 4 74 - 64 d tee of Mexican Bondholders :- elver ore, and 2 cwts. lapis lazuli ; from Valparaiso, 312 194 174-Do., Fifths unow." orrobo- "The committee regrets to say that Mr. Falconnet is still "0 all Leeds Northern tons silver ore ; from Cuba, 450 tone copper ore ; St. Malo, l 4 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un. . 1. • • • 4 --__ j... 3. (.1 detained in Mexico, which will cause a further delay in a Baron 45 tons silver ore ; and San Sebastian, 132 tons of cop- ) 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. ••• - •.. having the general meeting, which ought to have been belt per ore. o Lord 1.14 all Loudon & Blackwall 7i - 84 Bii last month. They have advices from him date Mexica. DIVIDENDS DECLARED IN JANUARY, 1851. monies- 1.0 81 Loud. Tilb. & Stilt:n(l. par -4 p 1026 _dyer the Ist ult., stating that Mexico was on the eve of conclud- mines. Per snare. Amount. lOO Loud. Bright. & S.Cst. 95 4 - 96 4 96:4 I x d ;a.tisfac- ins a treaty with the United States of North America, and Mining Company of Ireland... £a 10 6 ... £10,500 0 0 .- han hislo2 a 3 4 i 4 I that the Minister of Finance had promised, ' that as soon Wheal Buller 4O 0 0 ... 10, 40 0 0 4 d i 12 Do. Fifths 0 , id unre- as he could dispose of the money which he expects to re- Devon Great Consols 9 0 0 ... 9,216 0 0 ' et. 100 Loudon &N. Western 10 1 D0.,10/.ah.,M&8...0 par - 4 p hatever ceive under that treaty, when concluded, he would make Alfred Consols Ol6 0 ... 4,096 0 0 it bore, ' arrangements for the immediate payment of another divi- South Caradon 124 24 - 4 2 St. 100 London &S. Western SO 82 89 the re- dend.' If in Mexico the idea should really have been enter- West Providence 2 0 0 ... 2,048 0 0 I 0 42:' D .E5O 10 - 9d' -1 ulfilling tamed that the payment of one dividend out of three which North Wheal Basset 0 5 0 .:. 1,500 0 0 ';„- : ,4 D ° : ;' ~,,„•••••••• ••• ••• 11 -10 d are overdue will suffice to satisfy the bondholders and restore South Wheal Frances 4O 0 ... 992 0 0 *" -'-' '' •"''""**" - "*.*** to Stut- 25 all Lndudrry. &Coleraine ••• - - Mexican credit here, a letter to the President from the South Teener 0 2 6 ... 1,125 0 0 was re-i committee by the last packet will have undeceived them Wheal Trelawny 2O 0 ... 1,040 0 0 all Ld d &E ' 25 n n rry. unisk. .., - .... et• 100 AanclaShef.&laneln. zl4 - 224 ames's, on that point, and coaveyed a j aster notion of what jus- Newtonards . 2O 0 ... 940 0 0 ' • , 221 42 4 eriod- tic e an d goo d policy alike require to do with part of the Altgoed Consols Ol 6 ... 600 0 0 84 4„ Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ••• - LI 61 - 62 64 31 5 ed busi- means which this treaty will afford. Wheal Tremayne. , O7 6 ... 331 0 0 St. 100 Midland ... ....... ...... 4 4 i St. 100 IDo. Birming.de Derby 33 35 of Lord "The packet has brought $49,846 from Vera Cruz to Treviskey and Barrier 2O 0 ... 240 0 0 50 47!,Midland G. West.(lr.) ••• - ... Derby, Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co , and a remittance of Balleswidden O5 0 ... 406 0 0 li 25 17 2 Do. 4 Shares .......... ... - „, ::e and $4,500 from Mazatlan, as well as $6,096 58c. being ready Cobra Cogper Mines 2 0 0 ... 24,000 0 0 • lOO all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - ... ierhaps, for shipment in Tampico, is also advised. The sums pre- --- St. 100 Newmarket 53 - 55 [Mister. viously received by Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. on Total £70,399 0 0 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions 4d - par 5 with tl• account of the advance of 50,000/. amount to $252 ' ,091 - 25 174iNewpt.Aberg&Htfd. 6 - 5 d 51c. There will therefore be a balance in favour of the eof the 50 71'Newry & Enniskillen 2 4 - 3 dividend fund out of the dollars received to-day. MARKET NEIVS-(T HIS' DAY.) been a 20 all Newry Warrenpoint " The import duties for the month of November last at e. & Rostrevor 6 - 8 Vera Cruz were estimated at $213,400, making $53,350 in 45 -47 COVENT GARDEN. St. 100 Norfolk .. • y a Mi- favour of the dividend fund." .now by The Committee of Spanish American Bond- The supplies of both fruit and ve g etables in to-day's 50 32 Northn. Counties Un 3 $ - 34 d thedemand Russian market were good. Generally speakingruled holders received, yesterday, a letter from Mr. steady. In prices no change took place. 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 - 1U t, in al ting be- . Mocatt a, dated Guayaquil, Dec. 29, 1853, by FRUIT.-Pine apples English, 5s Od to 8s Od each ;16 115 Do., No. 2. , .... - ..• 8 all Dc., 1 A Deferred l4 - 21 Which they learn that all endeavours to obtain the ditto colonial, is Od to is 3d each • hot-house grapes, ,now as Guaranteed tie - 7 1 under- adjustment of the Equador debt, on the basis 5s to 8s; foreign ditto, is 3d to 2s '6d per lb ; apples, 8 8 Do., 6 B 50 all North London 52 ... 54 •ave his which had been proposed by the Government it- 6s to 12s per bush ; pears,Od 3s to 6s per dozen ; lemons, •! 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp-i Os 9d to 2s ; oranges, Os Od to 9s per 100 • almonds, 2s ;of in- , self and acceded to by the bondholders, had . stead, and City Jn..l .•• - ... en - to 3s perlb. ; Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob -nuts, 110 s to Ms own tirely failed. 120 s per 1001bs. ; chesnuts, 8s to 20. s per bushel ; filberts, 51 - 5 1 20 174 North Staffordshire.. s a x d to confi- ! The total amount of specie taken out by the 85s to 100 s per 100 lbs ; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100. 20 all North Western...,,... 8- b 4 ,nsacted Pe • , ninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus VEGETABLES.-Cabbages, 9d to is 6d. ; Brussels sprouts, 10 10 N. di S. Westrn. June. .• • - ... 10 1 Nuneaton, • Hinckley, to-day, is 90,508/ of which 23,669/. is in gold, • 2 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 9,1 to is 6d per bund.; and Leicester .. ...... •.. - ... he has greens. 2s 01 to 4s Od per doz. bunches ; French beans, 3s . . Principally to Alexandria, Singapore, Hong Kong, St. 100 Oxford Worcester di Imperial to 5s Od. per 100 ; potatoes, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; and the remainder in silver, to Bombay, Madras Wolverhampton..... 354 - 364 he Em- P , turnips, 2d to 43 per bunch; carrots, 4d to Gd per 20 2.2 Portsmouth ... - ... i 1846 ; enang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton, &, - c. bunch; cucumbers, is 03 to Is 3d each; celery, 93 tc St. 100 Scottish Central ... and his The amount of silver exported from London Is 6d per bundle • spinach, 4s Od to 6s Od per sieve ; St. 100 Scottish Midland - 54 56 , spring direct during the week to Thursday last was onions, 2s 6d to 356(11 per bushel • Spanish ditto, is to 3s St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birtng 55 - 60 per doz. • leeks 23 to 4d per bunch' •• shallots, 6,1 to 8d 5 45,150 ounces, all to the continent, and 19,120 st 100 Do., L. &N. Westn: aorse-rati'dish, 2s' 03 to 4s Oa per bund'le ; parsley Is 6d to • Guaranteed Stock 55 -60 I as the ounces and 1,020/. in silver. .is 0,1 per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, is 03 togs 6d. per 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herat'. 3 -24 u. L to be, The funds have risen 1-4 per cent. owing to the bundle ; endive, 2s to 3s Gd per score. 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester Ito the resolution o f th e G erman P owers t o s id e w ith E ng - NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL . (Nor. W. Min.) l3 - 15 land and France. The Bears have bought back Turkeys, 4s 6d to 8s 6(1; Geese, 4s Gd to Os each ; Ducks, 132 all Do. Halves, do. 64 -- 74' largely. Consols have been 928 i, and since 92ii t. 2s to Cs 93; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d. • wild ditto, is 03 20 all Do. Oswestry nion. ; 1 3 .2 1.. The New 34 Cents. 938 to 94 1 A per are 8 . good to is 6d ; Pigeons, Gd to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s to , 6s 6,i 20 64 Shrop shire U - t ia Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Oil • ditto Chickens, Os 0.1 ~. Do. AB,C, &D, fully money business has been done. Exchequer Bills each; Surrey - to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, Is 9d to 2s 9d per couple; paid up at per cent. ..,„ - ... are steady at 13s. premium:all South Devon. ...... Is con- Capons, 3s to 48 6d ;Chickens, la 63 to 2s Od per couple ; 50 , In Foreign Stocks there is a very limited busi- Pheasants, 3s Gd to 4s Od; Partridges, is Gd to is 9d; Hares, St. 100 South Eastern...,.. 60 -61 614 iuse inili a 7homes Bess doing, but prices are buoyant for such as are IN 6d to 3s Gd; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d 50 all South Wales... ...... 20 15 S. YorkshallavvrDuu 4 --. 2 a to 3s 6(1; Grouse, 2s Od to Cs 6d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal dealt in. Mexican have risen to 244 and 25'.4 - 5 6d to 9d; will Ducks, d is 93 to 2s 3,1 • Widgeons, 9cl to 20 SDo Grenada Deferred Bonds are steady at 7, and' .E 9s 31 to 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok ... - ... Is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, , posses- Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 98. Russian 41 per tOe 6d; French ditto, 7s Od to Sc Oil per 120 ; Ostend fresh 25 all Stockton & Darling 29 - 32 I there, Cents. fully 1 per cent. better, being 91 to 914. butter Ils Od to 15s Od, and English 12s 03 to I6s Od per ... 16 Stockton di Hartlepl. ... - ... ke large St. 100 Taff Vale Spanish New Deferred have advanced to 19i t. dozen lbs. ••• - ••• le case, BILLINGSGATE. 10 BDo £lO shades I - ... Dutch and Portuguese Bonds are not dealt in. i with Turbots, 2s Gd to 15s ; Brills, ls 0(1 to 5s each; Salmon St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 , ... - ~ BRITISH MINES.-The following is the report of , s , i , French 2s 1 1' 0 ' 25 20 Mantes Haven Dock 30tto Os per lb; Cod Fish, 6( to 2s d each ; boles, s sent a Mr. J. S. Lane :-Very few inquiries for shares , ,-. ' Eels, 81 to is lb Lobsters,6 1 ad to is ted per pair ;( per ; tto and Railway . i 2,4 28 ' colony this day, and those were for the Alfred Consols, 2, 63 ; Crabs, 6 , 1 to 2s 6,1; Whitings, is to 5s 03 per doz.; 20 17 Vale of Neath : 1 144 - 154, mild I" ' Great Boddins, Sortridge Consols, Mollands, Com- Doreys, 2s to 7s ; Mullets, 6d to Cs 6d each ; Common 20 all Watered. & Kilkeuuyl 51 - 54 •oup of binations, Great Alfreds, Great Treguues, North f ) ysters , lOs 03 to 16s Od ; Natives, 40s 0(1 to 50s 03 per 50 all Waterford&Limerick 24 - 26 Wales, Pool, and Castle Dinas. ash; Mackerel, 00s to 00s per 100; Smelts, is Oil to :3spr doz.; 20 14 West Cornwall.. to Oil per lb; Shrimps, is Gil to 2s 6 Skate. 10c1 .4 per gallon; ... 1 West End of London Railway Shares have risen with the F , nglieh Bloaters, is 6,1 to 2s Od per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, As Od and Crystal Palace.. ... - ... funds, and a large business has been done. The to Os 0,1 per 100 ; Haddocks, 4s to lOs per doz. ; Plaice, 20 all West London ... 6 - 7 r) rise in some cases is about 31. to 41. per share. 1(1 to is 03 each ; Carp, 2s 03 per brace ; Tench, 2s Od 10 51s. Wmble,lon &Croydoe ... - ... Caledonian have advanced 3/. ; East Lancashire, 31.; :.o Os 0,1 per brace ; Garnets, 43 to is 0,1 each ; Halibut, St. 100 York Newctl. & Berw, 63 - 61 651 56 5 icester- Great Northern, 31. to 4/. ;Great Western, 3/. ; Lan- 3d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d to 5(1 per lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to 25 20 Do. Extensions 9 - 84.1 A . Mr. eashire and Yorkshire, 11. to 11. 10s. ; Brighton, Is • Flounders, is to Is 6(lper dozen • Sturgeon, 25 11 1 ..D0. G.N.E. Purchase 44 -- 4 d Is 0,1 per I ..„ , 2 N. . 4 6dper lb. • Pike Gd per lb. ; sprats, 5s 6d per bushel. St. 100 York & Midland 45 - 46 47 61 ological 10s. ; North-Western, about 11. ; South-Western, ' which and Midl an d, eac h 2/. ; York and Berwick, 2/. to BREAD. .. FOREIGN. a suf- 3/. ; and York and North Midland, 2/. to 31. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from r those French shares are equally animated, at a rise of I.ld to 111 d; of household ditto, 9d to 10A per 4lb loaf. 10 7 Aatwrp &Rotterdam 3- 2 d iat the about 15s. to 1/. NEWPORT. 5 3 Belgian East. Juliet. 1 - 14 reen in Beef from 3s 43 to Is 2d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d • 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 4 - 3 d Gold Mine Shares are neglected. The Cobre veal, 4s 0,1 to Se 43 ; pork, 33 6d to Sc 01 per Bibs. ' Central of Italy ••• ••• repara-• - ••• Copper are up about 1/. 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin ~, - ~, .nd effi- WHITECHAPEL. Australasia Bank Shares are 11. better, and 174 all Demerara. ... - ... trseives Beef, from 2s 2d to 42d - erested Un ion of Australia have much im p roved. Veal, 3s 101 to 5s 43 ; Pork, 3s 4d 20 8 to 4s 103 per Blbs. by -•- '''' Dutch Rhenish - 244 ) arctic The shares of the Australian Agricultural Com- the carcase. 20 all East Indian 24 - 345 ere are Pally are 31. to 41. better, and the Peel River are HIDES AND SKINS. 20 2 Do. Extension - par 2 can in- firmer. Market hides, 5 61 b to 641 b, 2 4d to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 33 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 6 -4p 54 all the . to 3 id; 721 b to 801 b, 31d. to 34,1 ; 801 b to 881 b, 34d to 343 ; 20 10 Gd. Juuct. of France , ribition BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 331 b to 961 b, 343 to 43 ; 9616 to 1011 b, 4d t o 41d ; 10411 1 ... 10 Gd. Trunk, of C an ada to 1121 b Od to Od. Horse hides, 6s 6d to Os Od; calf skins, Shrs. and Bonds-, 44 -34 d an now ( From the Official List.) light, 2s Od to 3s Gd; ditto, full, 6s 6tl to Os Od; polled 20 8 Gt. Ceutral of France 21 - 2 d x in course, Business Anne sh eep, 8s Od to lOs Od; Kents, 7s Od to 8s 6d; Half-breds, 204 204 Gt. Westn. of Canada to the 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 928 4 34 1 Gs Gd to 8s Od ; Downs, 5s 3d to 6s 3d. Shares 2 - 1 d 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 24 8 8i $ i HAY MARKETS. ~, ... Do. bouds(l i55.)1857 ... - ... New 31 per Cent. Annuities 934 g 48 38 ~. Do. bonds (2 iss )1862 India Bonds, £lOOO ....... •••• • ...... •• •••• - - SMITHFIELD.-Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 5/ 8s ; clover 204' 104 . • -- - Hamilton & Toronto 4. - } d Pe are Ditto, under £lOOO 4 p ditto, 41 Os to 61 6s ; and straw, 1/ Hs to 2/ 3s per load. . c a uall D 6 - - I o. per cent doing Consols for Account 15th Feb. 92 i 4 i Trade steady, at full prices. 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle • • .. to the Exchequer Bills, ld. CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 51 103 ; clover 5 4 Lucca and Pi ' '- - - stoja, 5 The £5OO l3 P litto, 41. Os to 6/ 6s; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 5s per load. per cent. pref. ie able Small - 8 4 84 I iy nisi- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. WRITECHAPEL.-Meadow hay, 31 Os to Si 5s • clover 10 10 Do. (Railway) . 5 - 51 51 yester- B raz i l i an Bon d s, 5 per Cent. ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, it , 16s to 213 s per load. 5 2Do ll - 14 A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. 5 3 Do. (Canal) ll - 14 iship's Ditt o S ma ll i. - 4d 1 -place Grenada Bonds, Deferred ..p nice of Mexican 3 per Cent. 20 . - i P xin 'ev, the Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St - LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D A Y.) 335 29 Maria Antonia rs yes- Ditto 44 per Cent 9l 4 ss. lO 10 Do. New ••• .-.. ••• If • Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cont. 194 $ - ... LONDON, Feb. 4.-Wind this day at Noon, S. E ; light 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ,,, - ... from i Dividends on the above payable in London. breeze, and fine clear weather. 20 all Namur & Liege (with , on his TWO O'CLOCK. GRAVESEND, Feb. 3.-The Lord Warden (steam-tug), interest 7 -- n Consols 924 fi caught fire last night. and was scuttled. 20 al l Do. (cx interest) • • gisses Ditto February Account - 294 304 298 304 4 from Vera Cruz, and Lagina, for Hamburgh. 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds.. '.ihrist- -- --- PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 3.-Arrived-Eliza Sharp, London, [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.] .. - ..• .nnin . LAW INTELLIGBNCE--(THIS DAY). and sailed for Antigua ; Malabar, London for Madras, 10 all NorwegiauTruk. PreZ - 8 g with sundry damage to dead eyes and ironwork. Off Port 20 10 Paris and Lyons 12 674 -13 1 p 23 4 4 -- sts -Yeoman, Callao ; James Booth, London for Port 40 40 D o. bo n ds rrived••• - ••• Mary COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Phiip. 20 all Paris and Orleans 4O - 42 FALMOUTH, Jan. 3.-Sailed-Duke of Roxburgh, for 20 all Paris and Rouen 36 -38 nbark (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) Hobart To wn. 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 281 - 284 294 i I Lt the 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. ... - pm IN RE MORRIS. GUERNSEY, Feb. 2.-Sailed-Secret, for Melbourne. WHITEHAVEN, Feb. 3.-A quantity of deals, battens, 101 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d This bankrupt was described as of Sohan and Ely, I Bel- and boards, .and part of wreck of a vessel, supposed to 20 all Rouen and Havre 17 -18 Cambridge, ironmonger and manufacturer, and to-day tn, at have been either Prussian, or some other Baltic ship, have 20 12 Royal Danish '-• ld - par 114 was appointed for his last examination. The bankrupt washed on shore ,also • a head-board, marked Boneta. . a had also been manager at Ely, &c., of the branch bank SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 3.-Arrived-Ripon (s), from Alex- 20 all Saiebre and Mouse 8 -84 84 i 'e ar- of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson (Norwich), and had also andria, with (he heavy portion of the overland mail. 10 8 )o, 54 per cent. pref ,,„ - .., ;hum- been in partnership with H. Beatley and H. R. Evans, GRIMSBY, Feb. 3.-Sailed-America, for New O r le a ns; 20 2 S.E. of France ... - at Sohan and Ely. Annette Cath•trina, Porto Rico. 20 6 Southern of France . * - pm an ntent The balance sheet prepared by Messrs. Robinson d OFF Saa Icosass, Feb. 3.-Era, Anti gua . 20 6St rewsAnd & Quebec ..: - •• ,; 21st Knowles, commencing Jan. 7, 1851, and ending Oct. SWANSEA, Feb. 3. -Wind, E. N.E. Sailed-Victoria, 20 Zs. Upper India Scrip largo, 1853, shows-Debtor to creditors, 1,408/, 2s. 7d. ; do. for Point de Grille ; Alderman Pierce, Cuba. 84 all 'West Flanders 34 - 4 4 0 ., SUNDERLAND, Feb. 3. -The Anne, of this port, is 20 10 Do. 54 per c, Prof - d muds for rent, 1331. 6s. ; do. to H. Beatley on account sunkon the bar. 20 10 tWestern of France.,, 21 3 134 partnership, 349/. ; do. to H. H R. Evans, 2001. ; profits, ' - 41 , pro-debtors-Good, 3181. 1,676/. 16s. Creditor by ;pro- BELFAST, Feb. 2.-Arrived-Rolla, Havannah for the Clyde, leaky. 16 4 West. of Switzerland , - d 20 2 Wiesbaden most perty, 6771. 13s. 33. ; do. in hands of creditors, 871. 4s. LERWICK, Feb. 2.-The Crescent, Limerick to Glasgow, 20 12 Zealatei -41 d ealthbankagencyex enee 43, : lo sse s, 1,1551. 14s. 11d. ; 28 . e s, put into Cliff Sound, 29th ult., with loss of sails, bul o his 5671. 19s. 3d. ; trade expenses, 3741. 1' .2d ; house warks, and will discharge • cargo expected to be dammed. I LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. loubt 1 and personal do., 6841. 3s. 9d. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-The Nusan G. Owens, from Liver :hose In consequence of the intricacy of the accounts, core- pool, on shore on the North Breakers, near Charleston, of the 13th inst., has t ser- prising the two partnerships and the accounts been got off, and brought into that port abr. Paid RAILWAYS. aeas.ng Closing Prices Rashness tore. agents of the gas company, an adjournment 'ournment was asked rather leaky. The Irene, arrived here from Liverpool, re urts having p 1 by the p assed, on the 6th inst., in lat. 42 N 67 W DNS. 1 in order that the accounts may be investigated from 15 to 20 - c 'as '' '' - -_, -- le of I assignees, ____________ ____,_______ es, apparently dry goods ; also a beat full 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. of water, a ship's topmast, with cap attached. Bletchley.... :Tay-••• "'- ••• ------ St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 99 - 101 a er of . THE LUNATIC ASYLUM RATE.-The Middlesex . m (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon ... 50 --- 52 iied, ' .to the various gistrates have issued their precepts LIVERPOOL St, 100 E.Lincoln, gr, lent, he rate of one Wind S. ;m d oa, Saturday, 10.45 A.M. Parishes of the county for the amount of t o erate, and fine. 6p. cent..... Gt.Northn 139 - 141 E the2s all Glas. Barr, & Caldonian. halfpenny in the pound, made under the Lunatic Asy- Arrived-Arno, screw steamer, from Ma • rapi- Off the Purt-Emma, ship. rseilles. Neils. Direct. loin Act of last session, to defray the moneys, costs, and ... - ... The the 25 all Do. New Do expenses payable under the act. They estimate BEAU lat ' for Wind E. MARIS, Feb. 3. 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Qt.Westn. 30 --- expenditure for the maintenance of pauper lunatics . 32 theßenner, from St Thom • 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. the present quarter at 2,7001. ; the repairs of the two Sailed • as , Tam O'Shanter, for le- on Demerara; Gaspie, Lisbon. Railway & Berw.. ... - ... County lunatic asylums 2,5001. ; and Interes payableso all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 107 - 109 ble ; QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 2. Money borrowed 9,3191. 2s. sd. ; total. 14,5191. 2s. 53. 54 - 55 his Wind N.E. 25 all Do. - 1 Shares. Do 2 The income from the county rate of one halfpenny in 12 all Do. 4 Shares. Do the Arrived-Oriental, from Odessa. 264 - 271 the pound on the county rental of 7,751,328/. is esti- Otf-Lady Louise, from Callao. 124 all Lou.&Greenw S.Eastern. 124 - 134 the mated at 16,154/. 175., leaving a surplus on the quarter Sailed-Annie Worrall, for Montrose ; Durango, Belize 20 all Do.Prefereuce Do 244 - 251 col-; St. 100 Lowestoft gr. of 1,635/. 14s. 7d. the Eabertus, Bordeaux; Darnley, Barbados; Lisle Edom, n-4 per cent... Norfolk - ... MARYLEBONE BANKING COMPANY.-Sir G. Rose, Malta. St. 100 Do. G per ct... Do lin -1 master charged with the windirwup of the affairs of this • • - -• ,t ri b - 1 company, has ordered a call of 34/. per share, payable 54 all Manch.Bxton. Lu. &N. W. ni- i (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) and Matlock & alicil. 24 - 3 i on the 15th of March. It appears that the winding up 50 all Middl , • ' •-• outGRAVESEND, Saturday, 9 a.m. tabio & stekton & proceedings have been going on for more than five years. tted ear . Darlingt. .., - ... the Wind S., moderate and hazy, tide three- quarters ebb The claims amount to 34,6021., and the costs to 2,500/.100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 9B - 100 60 591 the Bordeaux; el City of ' Arrived-Kangaroo (s), from Paris The official manager states that the number of shares is 50 all Northern and of Boulogne. 3,736, but that he has reason to believe that there are a (s), --. Easternsp.c. E. Count 59 - 61 ear s '1 1 '0 t for Demerara ; Pomona, Parba.does. al et eopa airs, great many shareholders unable to pay a call. The 5 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do as shares are 25/. each, and there was a call of lit, made DEAL, Saturday, 9 a.m. 5- all Do.Fixedspa. Do ••• - ... . ••• '''' ••• Wind S. by E., fresh and hazy. 2J all Prost. di Wyre L. &N. W. by the directors. Islay to London ; Deme ost Passsd-Princess Helene, from The following are among the fashionables who have • Constantinople.'tia,n&Yk ... ich attended Drury-lane theatre this week :-The Duke of trills, London to 1 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do S - ... 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 138 - 142 ng Cambridge, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Sa 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ;he 138 - 142 Cou n t e ss of Glengall, Hon. James Macdonald, Earl of EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.-The directors of this 2, 184 Shef, Roth. & Lanca.sh.& eir. Shelburne, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. and Lady I. company are to propose a dividend of 34 per cent. at Goole g.5.p.e Yorksh . nd . Des Vceux, Lords W. and A. Lennox, Sir H. Webb, the next half-yearlys 12 92 S. Staffordsh • •• --- ... meeting. The treaty for an =alto- .. VllMClean 24 - lid 78 of 50 all Sir W. De Bathe, Mr. Vansittart, the Duke and Duchess i illation with the Lancashire and Yorkshire is going WearValleygr Stockt. & of Montrose and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish, Hon. Isteadily forward, and there is little - ee- 25 all D 0... P. Stanhope, Mr. A. Montgomery, Lord and Lady I will be arranged which will be satisfactory to the share- - 314 31 a- St. 100 Wilt Maidstone, &e. 1 holders. ! s4Sorarst Gt.Westn. 95 - 97 - he I ~:' ~~ TICE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1854. NATIONAL ECONOMY. That an annual sum, equal to half as much again as the proceeds of the Income-tax, and amounting to about an eighth of the entire revenue, should, for all these years, have been expended at the pleasure of official personages, and without Parliamentary control, is a proof how much an abuse may gain in longevity by an unassuming exterior. While the clothing Colonels and the gains of the Grand Falconer, by the opening they allow for vigorous sarcasm, have been favourite subjects with financial reformers, the great anomaly that the entire expense of collecting the revenue is withdrawn from all supervision, and that, in fact, the official wo r ld help themselves to their salaries, and then pay over the balance to the public, has never gained much popularity as a grievance. But it has long engaged the attention of all who seriously consider if greater economy might not be united with equal efficiency in the public service ; and, whether or not it be the case that the expenditure is excessive, and the duties laxly performed, at any rate it seems reasonable to demand that the authority of the Commons should extend to the cost and manner of collecting the imposts which they sanction. It must be evident to all who reflect on the tendency to extravagance and inertness which characterizes executive functions, that there is no fitter remedy than the supervision of an independent and watch ful Legislature. It is hardly likely that the Customs or Excise will reform themselves. Each individual employed has, or fancies he has, an interest in the sys tem as it is ; his ease is furthered by a superfluity of hands, his inefficiency is screened by a negligent con trol, his funds are benefitted by an extravagant pay. Besides this, it is generally found that men accustomed to en incessant round of routine duties come to look upon every patty detail of procedure as hardly less ne cessary than the laws of light or gravitation. Nor can a Minister, without external pressure, effect much. Overwhelmed with the discharge of indispensable duties, he cannot be expected to go out of his way to alter what is not popularly complained of, and what every man connected with the department is ready to assure him works uncommonly well. It is to the house of Com mons and its independent members that the nation must look for bringing to notice the anomalies that may pre vail ' • and, as long as direct means of interf erence are withheld from that assembly, and no opportunity arises for the discussion of so important a subject., except by a formal motion, it is plain that the whole of these large establishments are shielded from that healthy control and criticism which are necessary for their efficiency. Mr. Gladstone's announcement that this state of things is about to cease will be received with pleasure, and taken in connexion with the other reforms of the civil service, seems to promise a system of internal administration which while it opens a useful and honourable career to hundreds, will benefit the country by an efficient dis charge of public duties, and confer the means of periodi cally dealing with the abuses that may arise. In the present session three principal departments of the re venue are to be dealt with—the Inland Revenue, the Customs, and the Post-office. To master the details of these great establishments requires much time and attention ; but that general feeling, which is seldom far wrong, has long inclined to the belief that the two former, at least, are conducted on a system far from enlightened or economical ; or, at any rate, that the great changes in our financial system are reasons for an inquiry as to whether these establishments may not re ceive corresponding improvements. Mr. Gladstone has also taken the opportunity of dealing with other charges which are now paid out of the revenue before it has reached the Exchange, Numerous pensions are, by Royal or Parliamentary authority, charged upon these branches ; and these it is proposed to buy up, or, unless that be done, to place them on the Consolidated Fund. As they are to be paid, it is of little use making them the subject of an annual grant ; and their con nexion with the particular source of revenue to which they were attached at the time of their being granted has now become inconvenient and undesirable. When this has been done, the nation is promised an approach to "a perfectly clear, comprehensive, and accurate system of public accounts. It is impossible to estimate too highly the importance of these changes. It is the misfortune of a profuse ex_ penditure, and consequent indebtedness, that the nation has only to provide the means of meeting the charges entailed, but must also support a large productive class to collect them. The existence of such an official class, so numerous, and necessarily appointed by the Execu tive, has a tendency to lower the tone of poltical .mora lity through every grade of life. The householder soli cits his M.P., the M.P. solicits the Minister, the Minister, in turn, expects the support of the M.P., and the M.P. looks for the allegiance of the constituent. One of these evils it is proposed to lessen as far as pos sible ; the other wholly to eradicate, or even to turn into a benefit. If the intentions of Government be carried out, it will rest with the people and their repre sentatives to see that the necessary waste be as small as possible ; and on the institution of such a system of exa mination and probation as we lately announced, there will be an end of the jobbery which now taints political life, and from which we firmly believe the dispensers of patronage are anxious to be delivered. The encourage ment of talent to seek an official career must be looked upon as a means not only of purity and efficiency, but even of organic improvement. The introduction of men of cul tivated mind and superior acquirements to an acquaint ance with the public establishments will lead to many suggestions, and in some instances to a change of system. The working of such vast machinery must afford scope for inventive and constructive powers of the highest order ; and the revolution which one man has made in the postal system of this country and of the world is enough to show what may be the result of an encourage ment to rise superior to ordinary routine. At present, it is notorious that the affairs of commercial companies, rivalling in vastness of proportions and complexity of detail the establishments of the nation, are inn naged with a skill and economy which Government cannot insure. If men of scientific acquirements were accustomed to look to the public service as they now do to the patron age of private enterprise, the country would soon reap the benefit. With a House of Commons ready to criti cise every expensive and clumsy process, and with men in their respective departments capable of originality, and with worldly success depending on their exertions, there would soon be a closer investigation of principles and a better arrangement of details. The two contem plated changes are closely connected, and each will tend to advance the other. If carried out fully, and with that perseverance which is necessary for success in ameliorations which must be gradual, they will compose a reform second to none that has illustrated the present reign, and will advance the material, intellectual, and moral interests of the country, by alleviating its burdens, extending its education, and purifying its politics.-- Times. Te B a IIR IN NIN T G HE AND THA S m IN E IC s I .— NG O O n E T T H h E u L rs o d ß a D y W n i A g ß h D t :nr h S e t T w E A e eMn nine and ten o'clock, a fire was discovered to have broken out on board the steam-tug Lord Warden, belonging to Mr. C. Watkins, which created considerable alarm in consequence of the vessel being in close proximity with other craft. She had been employed towing ships during the day, and was brought up at her moorings, abreast of Messrs. R. and H. Green's shipbuilding yard at Black wall. The fire was first observed by one of the crew, and an immediate alarm was given. The watermen from Blackwall stairs, the men employed at the Brunswick wharf, and the crews of the vessels at anchor in the Reach hastened to render assistance, but the flames had attained so great an ascendancy that their united efforts to subdue them were ineffectual, and it was considered advisable to scuttle her. Fortunately some shipwrights had gone to assist, and they, with much difficulty and at considerable risk, succeeded in making some holes in the vessel's bottom of sufficient capacity to sink her, by which means she was partially saved from destruction. Preparations were made yesterday for lifting her, which will be effected in a day or two. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained, but it is believed that the for tification before the furnace was defective, and that the wood-work had been smouldering some time before the discovery took place. THE SMALL-PDX HOSPITAL.—The half yearly gene ral meeting of the governors and subscribers to this charitable institution was held yesterday, in the board room, Highgate, for the purpose of transacting the general business of the charity ; Mr. J. Bedford pre sided. The report read stated that the amount received during the past year had been 3,1551. 25., of which there had been expended 2,7331. 14s. 2d., including 1,0001. invested, leaving a balance in hand of 4211. Bs. sd. The number of patients admitted during the same pe riod was 143, of which 129 were cured, and fourteen died. The number of patients in 1852 was 800, and in 1853 140, showing s a decrease of 660. Of the 133 patients admitted with the small-pox, 29 were unvaccinated, and in this class the mortality of the present year, as indeed of all others, is chiefly to be found. The report concluded by stating that the dispute with the Great Northern Railway as to the piece of land has been ar ranged and settled by the payment of 7501. to the hos pital. The medical report btated, " that amongst the 104 who had small-pox after vaccination either reported or ascertained, the severity and mortality was, as a general rule, in direct proportion to the imperfection of the vaccination, as inferred from the only avail able guide, viz., the number and character of the cicatrices. One of these cases, aged 16, had small pox, and recovered, having been vaccinated in infancy, and, as was said, havi n g previously had small-pox when 6 years of age. The proportion of vaccinated cases having snsall-pox to the whole admissions has been slightly in excess of former years. The total mortality of the year was 14, being at the rate of 10 per cent., a smaller mortality than was ever before occasioned. Of the unprotected cases there died 8, or 274 per cent. Of the vaccinated cases there died 6, or rather less than 6 per cent. The number of persons vaccinated at the hospital during the year was 458, and 2,183 charges of vaccine lymph have been supplied to members of the medical profession." The report having been received and adopted, a vote of thanks was passed to the chair man, and the meeting separated. GOVERNMENT BALANCE-SHEET ON PUBLIC INCOME .: t l h N e D fi E r s X t P o E f N t D h I e T Upßr present c G over nment balance-sheet of the p ublic income and ex penditure. It is shown that in the year ended the 10t sd. h October last, the net inc ome was 54,568,3 a 3g. , and the expenditure 51,320,927/. lls. 6d., leaving an excess of income over expenditure of 3,247,423 1 . 11s. 11d. In the year ended the sth Jan. last th e net income was 54,430,3441. 9 s. 6d., and the expenditure 51,1/ 4,8 39/. 14s. 11d. leaving a n excess of income over expenditure theof R 3 ,l 2 tv s hE s, Nu s til o tE 4 . l w . A l aN 4 s B D4 . , 7 4E d 83( . In s,P2E2s9Dl t .l h rri e uBß e E. 4 E xchequer lds. TH E the ca , ab O l N a l n E c s e . of Yesterday a return showed the revenue and expenditure of the colonies. The gross revenue of the colonies and t o h u e t r e e e p e r t e s n e f n t e a n t v i e e n t a i s n s a e m l b o l i B e , s 9 w ol a l s . 1 7 , 8 s . 19 2 , 2d5.1 making 1,928,156/. lls. 6d. THE TURKISH BLUE-BOOKS. THE MENSCHIKOFF NOTE. We continue our digest of these diplomatic papers by introducing the reader to the important Note in which Prince Menschikoff presented to the Porte those de mands which have proved the origin of discord and war. The dispute between the rival churches concerning their respective rights in the Holy Places had been formally terminated to the satisfaction of both litigants and the credit of the British Ambassador, who received the acknowledgments of Russia for his good offices in pro moting the adjustment. No sooner, however, had this conclusion been announced than Prince Menschikoff, on on the sth of May, sent in to the Ottoman Minister ' an official Note containing the project of a certain con vention or treaty between the Turkish and Russian Go vernments for the settlement of their relations in future. Without entering into the details of this diplomatic paper, which we subjoin at fuil length, we may simply state, for popular information, that it stipulated for a general protection by the Sultan of all "the orthodox Eastern religion, its clergy and possessions," with all " the rivileges an d i mmun i t i es assure d to t h em a b an tique," and an equal " participation in the advantages accorded to other Christian sects," such arrangements to be the subject of a f orma l t reaty b etween th two Go vernments. This requisition was couched in peremptory language, and an answer demanded within the space of five days. Such was the Menschikoff Note. It had undoubtedly been understood that the Prince's mission might include something beyond the simple recovery of the ground conceived to have been lost by the Greek congregations at the Holy Sepulchre, and the Russians had spoken at the outset about " reparation" and " security." The point of reparation, however, was altogether an unworthy topic, for, although the Sultan had in some sense wronged the Czar, it was, as the Czar well knew, only through a coercion which he was too weak to resist, while, as to security for the future, this condition, though it had indeed been mentioned, was never thought to have reference to anything beyond the Holy Places. All the question, in short, concerned the Holy Land and the conflict of the two rival churches on those scenes. But by the Menschikoff note the question was taken out of this category and transferred to the entire Ottoman empire. The objects of the Czar's in terference were no longer the Greek priests at Jerusa lem, but the Greek Christian subjects of the Porte, num bering some 10,000,000 or 12,000,000. Moreover, the matter was no longer to be left to the Sultan, to be by him arranged in due course of administration, and as of his own free will, but was to be placed under the obli gations of a treaty, which, by giving the Czar a title to enforce its conditions, would invest him with a perpetual right of intervention in the concerns of half the Sultan's subjects. The purport and effect of such a concession as this were instantly perceptible to every one, and to none more immediately than the Turkish authorities them selves. It is of importance to certify this point, because the resistance of the Ottoman Government, and the whole consequent embroilment, were afterwards boldly attributed by the Russian diplomatists to the gratuitous interference of Lord Stratford. We find, however, that even before the actual presentation of the note, and when its substance merely had oozed out, a Turkish minister (p. 129) described the result as " a virtual par tition of the empire." Three days after the demand had been made, Lord Stratford says (p. 177), " Late at night I saw the Grand Vizier, Rifaat Pasha, and the Seraskier, We went at once into the subject, and before I declared any opinion of my own I found them unanimous in re garding the convention as inadmissible." On the 19th of May, Lord Stratford reports that " the Ottoman Council, composed of unusual numbers, had decided on maintaining its previous resolution by a majority of 42 out of 45." In fact, the support of the European repre sentatives, as will hereafter appear, was long withheld, and very cautiously given. At a later period (June 20), Lord Stratford obtained from Redschid Pasha a formal refutation of this calumny. The truth is, that as to the character of the proceed ing itself there was no difference of opinion whatever. As early as the 20th of April, when the Menschikoff proposals were still undeclared, Lord Stratford, in speak ing of an interview with the Prince, observes, with reference to the ideas already current,—" I cid not leave him without remarking that the Sultan's promise to pro tect his Christian subjects in the free exercise of their religion differed extremely from a right conferred on any foreign power to enforce that protection ; and also that the same degree of interference might be dangerous to the Porte when exercised by so powerful an empire as Russia on behalf of 10,000,000 Greeks, and innocent in the case of Austria, whose influence, derivable from reli gious sympathy, was confined to a small number of Ca tholics, including her own subjects." Again, on the 14th of May, he writes, "The guarantee required by Russia goes far beyond the treaties existing between that power and the Porte. It is founded on a principle admitted nowhere else, and which is less admissible here than elsewhere, when applied to the millions of Rayahs professing the Greek religion. The objection does not lie against the interest taken by the Emperor in his religion and that of his subjects, but in his attempt, to extend to the Sultan's Greek subjects the the same degree of protection which for his own he may fairly claim." On the 31st of May Lord Clarendon con veyed to our Minister at St. Petersburg. the opinions of the British government on the question as follows r "No Sovereign having a proper regard for his own dignity and independence could admit proposals eo undefined as those of Prince Menschikoff, and by treaty confer upon another and a more powerful Soverign a right of protec tion over a large portion of his own subjects. However well disguised it may be, yet the fact is, that under the vague language of the proposed Sened, a perpetual right to interfere in the internal affairs of Turkey would be conferred upon Russia; for, governed as the Greek sub-. jects of the Porte are by their ecclesiastical authorities, and looking, as these latter would in all things do, for protection to Russia, it follows that 14,000,000 of Greeks would henceforward regard the Emperor as their su preme protector, and their allegiance to the Sultan would be little more than nominal, while his own independence would dwindle into vassalage." On the 23d of May M. Drouyn de Lhuys admitted, on the part of France, " the validity and force of the objections taken by the Ottoman Ministers." On the 30th of May Lord Blomfield, our minister at Berlin, reports Baron Manteuffie, as acknowledging that " the opinions of Lord Clarendon's despatch" (that above quoted) "quite coincided with those of the Prus sian Government." The Austrian Government was more hesitating in its expressions, but Count Boul con fessed to Lord Westmorland that the proceedings of Prince Menchikoff were "dangerous," and that they were "little to be expected from the assurances pre viously given." Finally, Lord Stratford announces from Constantinople, that all the European representa tives there are of his own opinion in regard to the trans , action. " The opinions," he writes to Sir H. Seymour, May 23, "of my three colleagues, similar to my own, agree with the decision of the Porte, and find a general concurrence even among the public, whose fears are excited and whose interests are compromised by the re jection of Prince Menschikoff's demands. There is even some reason to think that the Greek Synod, and the more enlightened portion of the Greek laity have less of sympathy than usual with their northern protectors, whose pretensions in the present instance would tend in some measure, if accepted, to perpetuate ecclesiastical abuses, while they would encroach upon the sovereign rights and independence of the Porte." This concurrence of opinion is sufficient demonstration of the principle on which it was based. The Menschikoff demands were universally felt to be incompatible with the preservation of Turkish independence, and were rejected accordingly, though offered under two or three disguises, by the de liberate resolution of the Porte itself. It is furthermore perfectly incontestible that the Sultan had a right to reject such proposals, without exposing himself to the alternative of war. Nevertheless, when the refusal had been given, and Prince Menschikoff had left Constanti nople in consequence, the Czar declared his intention of invading the Danubian Principalities, dependencies of Turkey, with a military force, and of occupying those as a material guarantee for the concessions he required. This measure was announced and defended in a despatch of Count Nesselrode's, dated June 1 (p. 241). The question having been thus fairly constituted, what was to be done ? Turkey had refused certain conces sions to Russia, which she had an undoubted right to refuse, and which, in the judgment of every European Government, could only have been granted at the sacri fice of her independence. This resolution, however, she had adopted of her own free will, and with none but conjectural expectations of support from the other powers. None of these powers had as yet placed them selves in overt antagonism to Russia. On the contrary, when the Ottoman Minister made formal application for the advice of the European representatives, they made answer (p. 222) that the Minister himself was the fittest judge, and that they " did not feel themselves autho rised under existing circumstances to pronounce an opinion." Nevertheless, as it was plain that the inde pendence of the Ottoman empire was now at stake, and as this, though not absolutely guaranteed by the of treaty uro as a princip e le titled and of 1841, was proclanned thereby pean policy, the parties to that treaty were e required to interfere. At first the French representa tive, though admitting the rights of the Porte, had de , elined the responsibility of advisingit accordingly ; but as early as the 24th of May weimfinodseFdraunpcoen(ph.erlBb2y) " ready to fulfil every obligation treaty, and desirous to co-operate with England in up holding the Turkish empire. ' As the British Govern. ment had arrived at the same resolution, the concert between the two W estern Powers was thus virtually established. To give effect to their views, and in antici pation of all conting encies, the combined fleets of France and England presently anchored in Besika Bay. Still, there was not only no desire for war, but a de sire, if possible, to avoid it, and the Governments of France and England decided on adopting for the time a po licy of forbearance. The peculiar circumstances of the case left it optional with the Sultan either to consider the invasion of the Principalities a cases belli or not ; and the advice of his protectors was given in favour of the latter course. The Czar was therefore left to occupy these territories without resistance ; but, as this policy provoked some animadversion at home, it is worth while to observe that, though decided upon by the Western Governments, it had been independently suggested by Lord Stratford himself, who, in a despatch of the 20th of June, insists on the wisdom of this forbearance in Ottoman interests alone. " The military occupation," he writes, "of any part of the Ottoman empire without the consent of the Porte would no doubt justify a recourse t o h os tilities. But the preservation of peace, so l o n g as it i s possible to preserve with it a chance of settling by negotiation the existing dif ferences, is of such deep importance that I have not hesi tated to ad v i se f or b earance on th e a pproaching n of the Ottoman territory. It is notorious that the Princi palities are placed under c ircumstances of a special cha racter with reference to the neighbouring . 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Laud Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Laud 4 -S P d... par 4p 2 d d 3d " g d A 4 d 9 11 d 7 9 1 5 6 2j 29 31 ld 45 par— ip 13 —l4 60 70 4 6 pi 2 - 2i 14 -16 ••• a t d par It Z 10 ... 11 A id 6 -61 - d ••• .. par— i p 17 ..._ 19 6 id par— 4 p 28 —3oxd 8 10 4 5 4 4 5i 34 4 - Id g d d i- - i-d 1 BANKS. 75 - 77 i. -- - t 2} 2d i (I par 43 - 45 44 - 45 66 68xd 6i— 7„ - EOIJS. :ii. --4.2 Z ... - '6* -: 72 75 - 80 1 - lip 1 - lip 16 - 18 16 - 18 *i -: 2d Ad AP i (.1 par .• '-' ••• lh - lb 36 - 38 A d- AP 13 -- 14 all 13.5 24 all 9 all all 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 10 all all 15 20 20 20 100 1 25 100 DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES OF Two GENTLEMEN— ONE IN THE SURREY CANAL, THE OTHER IN THE THAMES.—This morning information was forwarded to Mr. Charles James Cartaar, the coroner for Kent, of the discovery of the body of a gentleman in the Surrey Canal, Lower Deptford, under the following circum stances :—The police on duty saw something floating black on the top of the water, which, attracting his at tention, was got on shore, and which answers the de scription of the party missing, who was seen near the spot shortly before. The police have issued the following description :—Male, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height ; dress, black cloth overcoat, brown alpacca under coat, cross-barred waistcoat, black trousers, Wellington boots. A shell having been procured, the body was removed to the dead-house, Deptford, to be owned, and an inquest held.—The second case is that of a supposed military gentleman, whose body was found off Alderman Stair's Tower by some watermen. The various metro politan and city police have issued the following de scription of the deceased :—Male, 21 years of age, brown moustache and imperial, brown frock-coat, blue-flowered waistcoat, black trousers, white shirt, Oxonian shoes. The body was taken to the dead-house, in Aldgate. Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, will hold the inquest on Mon day. THE HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT.—Yesterday notices were forwarded to the metropolitan police stations, from Scotland-yard, stating that proprietors of hack ney carriages were informed that the tables of fares now on the outside of the carriage being illegible, another plate was prepared, which might be seen at the Metro politan Police-office, Scotland-yard, and at Rochester row,t ; eeha B p a ei gn ; Mile -end-road ; Westminster ; Marylebone-lane ; G eorge - s t ree t, St. Leman e ; t r e Bow et, igge i wells, Clerkenwell ; Tower street, Waterloo - road ; Blackman -str ee t, B oroug h ; Is lington-green, and Albany - street, R egen t' s P ar k. Th e -s proprietors are required immediately to procure the above plate, and place it on the outside of each carriage, in compliance with the provisions of the act. Proprie tors are allowed to have the plate made by any maker, but in accordance with the pattern on inspection at the above-named stations. AWFUL EFFECTS OF DRUN KENNESS._Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, held an inquest yesterday at the Lamb Tavern, Vere-street, relative to the death of Patrick M'Partland, aged 38 years, which took place under somewhat singular circumstances. From the evi dence of a great number of witnesses, it appeared that the deceased went into the Shakspeare's Head, public house, Wych-street, Strand, on Tuesday night last, about 7 o'clock, when he was in liquor. He said some thing to the barmaid, which a " gentleman" standing at the bar thinking to be offensive, took him by the shoulders and pushed him into the street. At the same time loud cries proceeded from the street, and it was found that the deceased was under the wheels of a very heavy waggon. He was picked up and removed to the hospital, where he died next morning from injuries to the arms and legs. The evidence was of the most contradictory cha racter, one witness stating that th e d eceased was seen to be pushed out by violence from the house under the wheel of the waggon ; another stating that he saw deceased standing for two seconds on the pavement be fore he fell under the wheel, but it was the opinion of all the witnesses that the party who pushed deceased out of the house had no wilful intention to e 'use his death. The coroner, in summing up, pointed out the various bearings of the law, and the jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased died from injuries caused by an accidental fall. AMSTERDAM AND lIAMBURGH. The advices from Amsterdam and El amburgh show a tendency to improve ment in the gates of exchange. At the latter place money remained abundant at 2i per cent. From St. Petersburg the letters are to the 26th of January, at which date the German houses were buying produce, but the English were doing nothing. At Odessa, on the 27th of January, the port was still frozen up. Mexico.—The letters from the city of Mexico, by the West India mail, are to the 2d of January, and tend to confirm all the anticipations regarding the speedy assump tion of imperial power by Santa Anna. The ceremony of inauguration of the Order of Guadalupe, originally founded by the Emperor Yturbide, but subsequently abo lished, had taken place on the 12th of December with the utmost pomp and every imitation of Royal splendour. Upon assuming the supreme power and accepting the title of " Most Serene Highness, it was arrange(' that Santa Anna should also appoint his successor in a sealed document, to be kept with proper precautions in the Department for Foreign Affairs. " All these move ments," it is observed, "must appear frivolous on the part of the Mexican people, but it is evident they involve a serious political end, which is that of restoring mo narchical principles in opposition to the republican system of their neighbours, and gradually to bring back the nation to its own traditions and natural tendencies." There was nothing new in business, and the rate of ex change was 461. CLARE ISLAND CONVICT DEPOT. —The Clare Journal states that the purchase of Clare Island has been finally concluded on the part of the Government, and that with in a very short period the necessary preparations will be made for fitting it as a receptacle for convicts sentenced to penal servitude. R i 77 8 xd & bonus 66 ci 8 7 ad 44 2i 3 68 4 5b 17 i -- - - I interests of the Porte as if a similar act of aggression were I committed against those parts of the empire directly admi nistered by this Government. It may be added that, in a military point of view, resistance could not be offered to Russia in that quarter, under present circumstances, with any prospect of success. Reasoning from the above dis tinction, the Porte, I conceive, may defer the commence ment of actual and reciprocal hostilities without discredit or increase of risk."—(p. 317.) The interval, however, was of course to be turned to advantage, and while the Turks were unobtrusively making defensive preperations, and providing for the security and good-will of the Christian population by special edicts, the chances of negotiation were to be earnestly tried. Accordingly the Russians crossed the Pruth, the boundary of their proper territory, and in vaded the principalities ; the Turks made no resistance, and the European powers betook themselves to the work of negotiation. At an early stage of the proceedings it, was discerned that Austria, from her less antagonistic position, might prove a favourable mediator, inasmuch as though she admitted the indefensibility of the M en . schikoff demands, she had not assumed any offensive attitude towards the Court of St. Petersburg. At first, however, almost every Court and every Ambassador had projects of their own founded on the hopes of re reeonei ling the if/times/a delivered, by Prince Menschi koff with the offers made by Redschid Pasha. These schemes will be found discussed between pages 350-370 of the Parliamentary papers ; but it will be unnecessary to notice them, particularly as they all subsided into a single and more formal proposition. On the 25th of July Lord Westmoreland, (our Ambassador at Vienna) in formed Lord Clarendon that Count Buol, the Austrian Minister, had called upon the representatives of the great powers at Vienna, "to consult together with the view of arriving at the adoption of some proposal which could be submitted to the Porte with the sanction of all Governments," This suggestion produced a recog nised "Conference of Vienna," and here the work of negotiation was conducted while the Russians occupied the Turkish dependencies without let or hindrance. Lord Stratford, indeed, in a remarkable despatch of July 4th, had already spoken of stronger measures as among pro bable contingencies ; but Lord Clarendon, in a reply of July 28th, communicated the anxiety of the British Go vernment for peace, "not because we have any doubt that the policy of Russia has been unjust and ungenerous and is indefensible —not alone because we think that war would be an additional danger to Turkey." The same Minister, however, in writing a few days before to Lord Westmoreland (p. 354), impressed upon the Austrian Government that this forbearance had its limits, and that "it would be impossible for the Porte much longer to remain at peace while a portion of its territory was in the occupation of a Russian army." We conclude this article with the celebrated Note which has given rise to such protracted negotiation, and the persistence in which threatens to b rea k t h e longest peace Europe has ever enjoyed : (Translation.) " Pera, April 23 (May 5), 1853. "The undersigned, Ambassador of Russia, had the honour of forwarding to his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte on March 10 (22) a confiden tial communication which accompanied the draught of an act purporting to afford to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor solid and inviolable pledges for the future in favour of the Orthodox Eastern Church. " The Ambassador considered that he might rely on meeting with an earnest desire on the part of the Sublime Porte to re-establish upon that basis relations of frank and cordial amity with Russia. He is obliged to confess, with deep regret, that he has been disappointed in this convic tion, which the gracious reception of hi s M a j es ty th e S u lt an had from the very first led him to indulge. " Animated, nevertheless, by the spirit of conciliation and of goodwill which forms the basis of his august mas ter's policy, the Ambassador does not reject the prelimi nary observations which were made to him by his Excel lency Rifaat Pasha, both as regards the form o f th e above mentioned act, and as regards the tenor of some of the articles which were to form part of it. " As regards the form the Ambassador abides by his de claration that a long and painful experience of the past requires, in order to avoid all coldness or mistrust between the two Governments for the future, a solemn engagement having the force of a treaty. " In order to settle the contents and the terms of that act, he required that there should he a previous under standing; and seeing, with great pain, the delays of the Ottoman Government in the matter, and its evident wish to evade the discussion, he found himself compelled, in his verbal note of April 7 (19), to recapitulate his demands, and to put them forward with the utmost urgency. "The note of his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated the 26th Redjib (April 23—May 5), accom panying the certified copies of the two sovereign orders as to the sanctuaries and the cupola of the Holy Sepulchre, only reached the Ambassador to-day. Ho considers that communication as a compliance with the first two demands made in his note of April 7 (19), and he will make it his duty to place those documents before his Government. " - But - not having, up to the present time, obtained any answer upon the third and most important point, which requires guarantees for the future, and having very re cently received orders to redouble his exertions for the im mediate settlement of the question which forms the prin cipal object of the solicitude of his Majesty the Emperor, the Ambassador finds himself constrained now to address his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, strictly confining his demands on this occasion t o th e or d ers w hi c h he has received from his superiors: " The bases of the arrangement which he is instructed to obtain are substantially the same. " The orthodox Eastern religion, its clergy and its pos sessions, shall enjoy for the future, without any projudioo, under the protection of his Majesty the Sultan, the privi leges and immunities which are assured to them ab antiquo, and, upon a principle of perfect equity, shall participate in the advantages accorded to the other Christian sects. " The new explanatory firman respecting the Holy Places of Jerusalem shall have the force of a formal en gagement made with the Imperial Government. " At Jerusalem Russian monks and pilgrims shall enjoy similar privileges to those enjoyed by other foreign nations. " These points, here briefly stated, shall be th object of a sened, which shall attest the reciprocal confidence of the two Governments. "In this act the objections and difficulties expressed on different occasions by his Excellency Rifaat Pasha and some of his colleagues have been taken into consideration, as his Excellency will see by the draught of a senod which the Ambassador bas the honour to annex to the present note. " The Ambassador flatters himself with the hope that the just expectations of his august master will not be dis appointed, and that, laying asi :e all hesitation and all mistrust, by which his dignity and his generous sentiment would be aggrieved, the Sublime Porte will no longer de lay to communicate to the Imperial Ambassador the so vereign decision of his Majesty the Sultan in reply to tit* present notification. "In the hope that this will be the case, the Ambassa dor begs his Excellency Rifaat Pasha to be good enough to let him have that answer by Tuesday next (April 28— May 10). He cannot consider a longer delay in any other light that as a want of respect towards his Government, which would impose upon him the most painful duty. " The Ambassador offers to his Excellency the assurance, Scc." " (Translatiqn.) " His Majesty the Diaperor and Padishah of the Otto mans and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, being mutually desirous of maintaining the stability of the orthodox Greco Russian religion professed by the majority of their Christian subjects, and of guaranteeing that reli gion against all molestations for the future, have named— His Majesty the Emperor and Padishah of the Ottomans and his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias who, after having Communicated together, have agreed upon what follows : " Art. 1. No change shall be made as regards the rights, privileges, and immunities which have been enjoyed by, or are possessed ab antiq , •o by, the orthodox churches, pious institutions, and clergy in the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, which is pleased to secure the same to them in perpetuity, on the strict basis of the status quo now existing. " Art. 2. The rights and advantages conceded by the Ottoman Government, or which shall hereafter be con ceded, to the other Christian rites by treaties, conventions, or special arrangements, shall be considered as belonging also to the orthodox church. " Art. 3. It being acknowledged and proved by histo rical tradition, an by numerous documents, that the orthodox Greek Church of Jerusalem, its Patriarchate, and the bishops subject to it, have been since the time of the Caliphs, and under the successive reigns of all the Ottoman Emperors, particularly protected, honoured, and confirmed in their ancient rights and immunities, the Sub lime Porte, in its solicitude for the conscience and religions convictions of its subjects of that faith, as well as of all other Christians who profess it, and whose piety has been alarmed by several occurrences, promises to maintain rd to cause to be respected those rights and those immunities, both within and without the city of Jerusalem, without any prejudice to the other Christian communities of na tives, rayahs, or foreigners, who are admitted to the adoration of the Holy Sepulchre and of the other sanc tuaries, either in common with the Greeks or in their own separate oratories. "Art. 4. His Majesty the Sultan, now gloriously reign ing, having judged it necessary and equitable to corroborate and to explain his sovereign firman, adorned with the Hatti houmayoun, of the middle of the moon of Rebi-ul-Akhir cupolab s shallanother o f be the firman,tliterallyempl e of r (the end of Jan. se put (OS.,)lhcaehod to repair ar of s t order,ol e 5 2 t ) w te , besides, obegsyrifiedhr maeits,tt n y s sovereign firman of dated , holy out and faithfully o b served, so as to by for b ever the (i strict stati.s quo o f the sanctuaries possessed the Greeks exclusively, or in common with other rites. "It is agreed that an ulterior understanding shall be come to with respect to the regulation of certain matters of detail which are not mentioned in the abovenamed firmans. " Art. 5. As the subjects of the empire of Russia, secu lar as well as ecc l es i astic, who are permitted by the treaties 2 to visit the holy city of Jerusalem and other places of de votion are to be treated and considered on an equality with the subjects of the most favoured nations, and as these, as well Catholic as Protestant, have their special prelates and ecclesiastical establishments, the Sublime Porte pro mises, iu the event of the Imperial Court of Russia making such a demand, to assign a suitable locality in the city or environs of Jerusalem for the construction of a church to be set apart for the celebration of divine service by Rus sian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for indigent or sick pilgrims, which institutions shall be under the superin tendence of the Russian Consultate-General in Syria and Palestine. " Art. 6. It is understood that by the present act, called for by exceptional circumstances, none of the stipu lations existing between the two Courts are impaired, and that all the previous treaties, corroborated by the separate act of the treaty of Adrianople, retain their full force and value. t " The six; receding articles having been settled and con cluded, outignature and the seal of our arms have been set to the present act, which is delivered to the Sublime Porte in exchange for that which is delivered to us by aforesaid " Done at Hegira, , on the 1853, and of the " (Signed) " Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russian to the Sublime Ottoman Porte." THE SHIPMENTS OP SPECIE.—The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus amount to 90,5081., of which 66,8391. is silver for Bombay, Madras, Penang, Singapore, Hong Song, and Canton ; and 23,6691., gold, for Alexandria, Ceylon, Singapore, and Hong Kong. lIINIMEiI