The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-06 00:00:00

THE DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIAN MIXISTER. At a late hour on Saturday afternoon Baron trunow had an interview with the Earl of Claren don at the Foreign-office, for the purpose of for tlally suspending the diplomatic relations of the Emperor of Russia with her Majesty's Government. The Russian Minister will immediately withdraw from this country with all the members of the Lega en, who a re t o re p air , we believe, to different to wns in Germany ; the Russian Consul-General w lll , howe ver , rema i n f or th e p res ent to transact t he Commercial business of his office. The public are doubtless aware that a Minister from a foreign State who is recalled under circumstances like the present is not entitled to the audience of the Queen a t which envoys commonly take leave of her Majesty at the t erm i nat i on o f t h e i r m i ss i ons. N ever th e l ess, the recall of an Envoy does not constitute a declara tion of war, and it must be followed by more decided measures on the one side or the other before a state of war can be said to exist between the two ri e rePires. Th e first measure taken by tie British Government on the eve of a rupture with a foreign tower has commonly been to stop by Order in t he ports vessels clearing out from British ports for Ports of the hostile power ; but the present state of our relations with Russia has long been so w ell known to the public that we are informed no vessels are clearing out of our ports for that coun t, and the trade is virtually suspended. It :7f°llld, howev e r, be of adva n t age t o th e merc antile Interests of the nation if the Ministers of the Crown ° , ll . announcing to Parliament the suspension of d iplomatic relations with Russia would inform the c ountry whether measures are likely to be resorted %., (4 a nature to aff e ct the liberty of trade. • We e presume the Government will lose no time 111 recalling Sir Hamilton Seymour and the British kission from St. Petersburg, if, indeed, they have 40t already received their passports ' • but the mea tlres adopt e d on this subject will of course be "'Ken, as every preceding step has been, in concert with. the French Government.—Times. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEL 4. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of rent, the Duchess and the Princess Mary of Cambridge t he Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess Gran 'tine, the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Earl Spencer, th e Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, Lord and 'Lady Ashburton, Lieut.-Colonel Francis Seymour, Capt. Hamilton, and Baron Knesebeck. , The band of the Ist Life Guards was in attendance in th e Castle during dinner, and played the following selection : Ov erture, " Kriegerische Jubel" alzer, " Die Provinzialen " oe dleY, Scotch pose, " Mynh eer V an d unc k" Si r H. R. Bi s h op . 'Pourii ' " Lucia di Lammermoor " Donizetti. op ol ka, " Hunoristen." After dinner an evening party assembled, to which /er e invited L a dy F ra nces B ru c e , L a dy C aro li ne an d 411.88 Barrington, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the 11011 . C. and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and de es Phipps, Captain the Hon. D. and Lady Elizebeth 110; Mr. Grosvenor, Ist Life Guards, Mr. Far parson and Captain Paget, 2nd B a tt a li on S co t s silier Guards, and Mr. Gibbs. lier Majesty's private band was in attendance. The Q ueen, accompanied by the Duchess of Suther al!l, 'walked in the Home Park thi s morn i ng . prince Albert, accompanied by Earl Granville, Lord Ashburton, and Captain Hamilton, went out shooting, ittended by Lord Camoys and Lieutenant-Colonel the ° , ll . A. Go r d on . th e ' s he Duchess and Princess Mary of ,Cambridge took r i i te r departure this hole morning for London. of the visiting company have left the Castle tePt the Duchess of Sutherland, who still remains. of ll le Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Duchess 11 Sutherla n d, an d a tt en d e d b y t h e M arch i oness of the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and the Hon. Beatrice Y.„ 4 % drove out this afternoon in two open carriages. e la jor-General Buckley and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. , i ,Gordo n were i n atten d ance on horseback. eelle dinner p ar ty thi s d ay i nc l u d e d th e D uc h ess o f thnt, th e D uchess of Sutherland, the Lady-in-Waiting ete Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth ; Col. 1:,, - ". 01.1 . C. B. Phipps, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Ho o d, and Sir Charles and Lady Hotham. 'no band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attended dur ldinner The Queen's private band afterwards at -""d in the Castle and performed the following Pie ce , I) : i erture, " Les Diamans de la Couronne"... Auber. " Ein Feldlager in Schlesieu" Meyerbeer. ' - male, 3d act, " Le Pre aux Clercs" Herold. WINDSOR, FEB. 5- th l ier Majesty and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, merit, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of k e nt, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do hel'ie household, attended divine service this morning t l t ne Private chapel of the Castle. The Duchess of Kent rived the sacrament of the holy communion. The 4 ches s of Sutherland was also at the service. Ile kluistelion. and Rev, G. Wellesley officiated and ad red the sacrament. I,t9iABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was held 1 ,,,‘!1e Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday. The rieters present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John swell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, t": 341.1 Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmers gthe E ar l o f Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the ticellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Arles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and -"(1 three quarters. POLITICAL DINNERS. 4t r ,he Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Saturday q .pis residence in Argyll-street. The company L t n eed Earl Bruce, Lord de Manley, the Earl of Devon, g„''' l „ Falmouth, Lord Hatherton, the Marquis of a,C 11 "3 7 , Lord Lilford, Lord Monteagle, Lord Saye t ( I Sele, the Earl of Albemarle, Lord Lyttelton, Vis ta Sydney. the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Zet %lA Lord Milf or d, th e E ar l o f Cl are , th e E ar l of Es sex , e Earl of Wicklow, Lord Overstone, the Earl of Ixll,Fin -4the Earl of Bessborough, Lord Glenelg, Sir W. °les worth, Sir James Graham, the Earl of Elgin, the ? 11 . A. Gordon, and Mr. Clinton Dawkins. ttil-4 Saturday John R usse ll h a d a Parliamentary dinner party et kturday at his residence in Chesham-place. The li ll ,PanY consi s t e d o f Si r J a mes W. Hogg, M.P., Mr. * V-• Bruce, M . P ., M r. B u tl er , M.P., M r . J. Ch ee th am , ' , viscount Monck, M.P., Mr.Moffatt, M.P., Mr. :t o ho i, m..._,r. , Mr. John M‘Gregor, M.P., Mr. Robert 1 .,, ' 6 a ,m, M.P., Mr. J. Heywood, M.P., Mr. Frank 861 eY, M.P. and Mr. S. Gregson, M.P. 04 1 ‘ , 114 . Earl and Countess Granville gave a grand dinner to ,°aturday evening, at their mansion in Bruton-street, b 'he following distinguished circle :--The Duke and g ti ll , e bess of Bedford, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke a `' buchess of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the 4 ,., 11 , a nd Countess Grey, Viscount and Viscountess t o , -4 in Lord and' Lady Ashburton, Hon. John For g,kTie, Hon. W. Bagot, Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Lady Atelesvvorth, Mr. Fredrick Peel, General Webb, and - ' l '. and Mrs. Grenville Berkeley. „ Il fhe Earl o f D er b y gave a Parliamentary dinner on to marday even i ng, at his mansion in St. James's-square, t h the foll ow i ng no bl emen an d gentlemen, members of Rouse of Commons :—Lord B urg hl ey, L or d N aas, I t i Eleount Elmley, Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Right \ r °b. J. W. Henley, Sir Wm. C. Codrington, Sir John R 4 rde Buller, Sir Wm. Jolliffe, Sir John Duckwo r th, olo ne i D unne , C o l one l B rown l ow K nox , M r. G eorge N.ePton, M r . Baring, Right Hon. George Bankes, Mr. Ir' nee lci, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Macsrtney, Mr. Ball, Mr. kante, M r . B enne t, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Forbes, Mr. 4 wdegate, Mr. Burroughes, Mr. Barron, Mr. Grogan, 1., Cobbold Mr. Rowel Gwyn, and Mr. Knatchbull. *' • k r tr''ad Viscountess Palmerston . gave . a grand 1 4ter on SatUrday evening, at their mansion in CaLltHonis trdens, to the follow i ng di s ti ngu i s hed party : I,oellency the French Ambassador and the Countess :valewski his Excellency the Belgian Minister, his x eell on , .tki i Y theSardinian Minister, the Marchioness of A, esbury, the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl At,l.d Countess of Shelburne, the Countess of Shaftesbury, IVacount Jocelyn, Lord and Lady Elcho, Right Hon. I ti • R. Gladstone, Sir William Temple, and Mr. Norman .7acdonald. The Viscountess subsequently had an Isj "mg party, which was attended by his Excellency c arair Pacha and suite the leading members of the 1 4 (* P8 diplom a ti que, an d most of the nobility at present t e to wn. Her l a d ys hi p ' s fi rst gran d assem bl y f or the avion will take place on Saturday next. i The Marquis of A ng l ese y h as ra lli e d. I n answer t o ll 4 ll iries last evening , it was stated that his lordship 8 convalescent. I`h e Marchioness of Salisbury and youthful family e arri ve d a t S a li s b ury H ouse, Arlington-street, from 4 , n t eld House. 4t' Xarl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemen 4Villiers are expected to leave Middleton Park for r zeley-square, on the 18th instant, for the season. to Lord and Lady Georgiana Burghley have arrived in v fn, from Kitton Hall, near Grantham. v , \,73 1. ;t 0 0, v and L a d y Ashburto n re t urned to Eath House, street, on Saturday, from a visit to th e Q ueen at inusor Castle. BuuNow.—lt is most generally known that di stinguished diplomatist—we are sorry to say now c ," late ambassador from Russia—is of direct Jewish 13-Itfaction, another instance of the Hebrew race occu -3'411g stations in the groat business of politics. CONT ESTED ELECTIONS.— On Saturday a Parliamen tv Paper was printed, showing the appointment of tl en . e xenaittee, for the present session, on controverted Sir r , The following members have been appointed : Grey Mr. Spencer Walpole, Mr. J. W. Patten, p hon. -• Palmer,' Sir R. Ferguson, and Mr. T. Bramston. ilap:: E CRYSTAL PALACE AT SYDENHAII.—The managers a at ' announced that the building is now in so forward l ie ;:a v , r te that they will be enabled to open it on May 24, 14 1 .. „'" - aiesty's birthday, and a hope is expressed that the ' e ll Will take part in the opening ceremonial. -~_ )nitza. island at the desire .en off actual mat- The ice to F per -00 or with o the )oken con , and ac ermi- one 31 to Luxi than 000 as in ould. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There were increased supplies of wheat on sale in most of the provincial markets held on Saturday. All kinds vere heavy, and from is to 3s per qr. lower. In barley very little was doing, on easier terms. The same may be said of malt, beans, and peas. Oats and flour ruled dull, at barely previous rates. The continental markets have been tolerably firm. In prices very little change has taken place. Advices from New York are to the effect that both wheat and flour were brisk and dearer. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were very moderato. From abroad we received 13,996 qrs. of wheat, 1,650 barley, 1,424 oats, 130 beaus, 220 peas, 15 tares, 448 linseed, 425 rapeseed, 215 sundry seeds, 1,090 sacks and 12,384 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market this morning, the arrivals of home-grown wheats coastwise, were very limited, and in but middling condition. By land carriage, the receipts were small. Notwithstanding that the show of samples was limited, the demand for all descriptions ruled heavy, arising from the thin attendance of town and country buyers, and, in some instances, prices ruled is per quarter lower than on Monday last. There were a few buyers in the market on further reduced terms. For forward delivery, so little was doing that the cur rencies were almost nominal. We were tolerably well, but not to say largely, supplied with wheat of foreign produce. An unusually small amount of business was transacted in all descriptions, the value of which had a downward tendency. Floating car goes were very dull, and the transactions in them were from is to 2s per quarter beneath the prices paid on this day fortnight. ...,.. _ _ Tho shoW of English barley was good—of foreign limited. All kinds met a very dull enquiry, at is per quarter less money. Malt was in full average supply, and heavy demand. Priees showed a tendency to decline. We were scantily supplied with oats, yet the sale for them was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beans moved off slowly, at the late depression. In peas very little was doing, at barely stationary prices. The flour trade was dull, and American pour was from ls. to 2s. per barrel lower than on Monday last. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 73s to 853 Ditto.. ........ old 738 864 Ditto, White new 76s 9ls Ditt0........ old 430 s 92s NOXfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 74s 86s Ditto new .. •• 748 86s Bye—Old •••• ••...... 518 52s New .... 50s 51s Barley—Grinding .•• 35s 393 Malting ......... 41s 44s Chevalier.•.. 46s 48s kfalt—SuffolkandNor folk•• •• •• •• G6B 71s Brown ......• ........ 60s 62s KingstonandWare 73s 76s Malt—Chevalier .... 76s to 77a 'Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 28s 32. Potato ...... 3.2 s 34s Yonghal and Cork 81ack....... 28s 30s Cork, White ..... 27s 33s Scotch, Feed..•.• 32s 359 Beans—Tick ......... 44s 52s Pigeons • . 489 62s Peas—Grey .• .... 44s 48s Map1e........• .. 47s 520 White......• •• .. 58s 64s Boilers ......... 60s 65s Flour—Town-made... 70s 75s Suffolk .... •..... 64s 68s Stockta & Norfolk 643 72s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were tolerably good—viz., 2,509 head. During the corresponding period of 1853, we received 3,770 ; in 1852, 1,968 ; 1851, 3,309 ; in 1850, 971; in 1849, 1,404; and in 1848, 260 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Harlingen 4lO New I .iep 246 Ostend — Antwerp l6 Rotterdam 212 Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 291 ... ... 28 ... 220 ... ... 11 ... 234 ... ... 150 ... 720 ... ... 165 ... Total.. 884 -. 1,465 -. „. 360 ... _ The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853 ... 474 2,819 -.-. 466 _. 11 1852 .. 441 1,312 ._ 188 .- 27 1851 570 2,217 _. 480 32 1850 lB5 _. 625 215 1849 5BO 609 _. 215 ". To-day's market was but moderately supplied with foreign sheep ; but the number of beasts and calves was tolerably good. There were a few very superior oxen on sale from Oporto. The supply of home-fed beasts on sale was rather limited ; nevertheless, their quality was comparatively prime. The attendance of both town and country buyers was large ; and the beef trade ruled active, at an advance in the prices of Monday last of 2d per 81bs, and a good clearance was effected. The primest Scots realised 4s 10d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,000 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 600 of various breeds, ; and from Scotland, 254 Scots. Although the number of sheep were rather limited, the demand for that description of stock, especially for inferior breeds, was far from active. However, the mutton trade may be considered steady, at fully last Monday's currency. The primest old Downs were scarce, and worth 5s 2d per 81bs. About 500 shearlings were in the market. With foreign calves we were well supplied ; but the numbers of English were limited. The demand was heavy, and prices were from 6d to 8d per 81bs lower than on this day se'nnight. The top figure was 5s 4d per Blbs. Pigs were in fair average supply, and sluggish request, on former terms. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6, Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6, Second quality ...3 8 4 4 1 Primo crse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 s. d. • s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 Sucklingcalves ..23 0 29 0 .Quarter old pigs 22 0 27 0 1 FOREIGN SUPPLY. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 3,800 Sheep ••• •• .. • • ..........19,520 Calves .. • •• ..•• ...... 180 Beasts ......... ........ . 375 Sheep ............ •• ...... 970 Calves...... • 155 Pig .. • • .... • • ...... •• .. 335 Pig 5............ .. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 7, 1853, and this day, Monday, Feb. 6, 1854. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Feb. 7,1853.1 Feb. 6, 1854 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 Bto 2 10 3 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 0 3 23 10 4 0 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 4 2 6.4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 3 8 4 o'4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 310 4 o`3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto .. ... 4 2 4 613 8 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 8 4 10 1 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 5 0 5 2 1 4 10 5 2 Large coarse calves 3 2 4 214 2 4 8 Prime small ditto ... ... 4 4 4 814 10 5 4 Largo hogs ... 210 3 6 3 0 4 2 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 4 o'4 4 410 Beasts... 4,207 3,803 Sheep ... 15,780 19,520 214 180 335 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 9, 1852.—Beasts, 4,173; sheep, 22,130; calves, 331; pigs, 329. Feb. 10, 1851.—Beasts, 3,841; sheep, 18,170; calves, 139 ; pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The arrivals of country-killed meat have been liberal during the week. To-day, the supply of most kinds was rather extensive, and a steady business was transacted, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 210 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 S 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 Mutton, Inferior Do., middling Do., prime Veal Pork, small s. d. s. d. 30 3 6 ~3 8 4 2 ~4 4 4 8 .4 0 5 4 ~4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. For all kinds of hops the demand is by no means active, yet prices are supported. Tho imports last week were 278 bales from Ostend, 110 ditto from Gluckstadt, and 123 ditto from Antwerp. The following axe the quotations : Mid and East Kent pockets, 11/. 5s to 151. 15s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 9/. 5s to 11/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 71. 15s to 9/. ; aad foreign, 6/. 15s to 8/. 12s per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of potatoes up to these markets have been on the increase since our last. The imports have amounted to 30 tons from Dublin, 70 ditto from Belfast, 2 from Tra lee, and 260 from Rotterdam. Tho demand is steady, as follows : —Kent and Essex Regents, 1603 to 180 s ; Scotch ditto, 140 s to 160 s ; ditto cups, 120 s to 140 s ; foreign, 110 s to 140 s per ton. WOOL. The near approach of the public sales has checked all business in the private contract market. Prices are, there fore, almost nominal. Last week's imports were 10 bales from St. Helena, 601 from Hobart Town, 217 from Mel bourne, 109 from Buenos Ayres, 255 from Geelong, 99 from Gluckstadt, 122 from the Cape, 1,079 from Islay, and 600 from Algoa Bay. SEEDS. We continue to have a very firm market for linseed. Bombay has changed hands at 625, Calcutta 60s, and St. Petersburgh 56s to 58s per quarter. Rapeseed is dull, and lower to purchase. In other seeds very little is doing ; but cakes command very full prices. rarntp.White, per bush. 223 to 24. Swede . •.•• • • • 223 25s %Wilford, 8r0wn.... • • 12i 14s White, new 14s 16s sres,Winter,new.. •• 89 Od 9s Od Spring••• .• Os Od sOd Canary, per quarter .. 543 60s Rye Fr Clover, Whitera ß e s i s.. e g (l n E. • R n. 2 5 55 8 6 '61 si 683 4 2 2 6 8 45 . 9 35 6 . 5 1 Trefoil, new.. .h.i.t.e Carraway.. .. Coriander... •• • • 17s 18s Hempseed, per quarter 42s 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing• • 59s 63s Crushing Baltic •• .. 50s 55 s Odessa ...• •• • • 51s 57 s Linseed Cake, pr. toil— English . 91 lOs 11/ Os Foreign, per ton 910 s 111 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 6/ 108 71 Os Rapeseed, New, prlst 30 tOs 3210 s TALLOW. Our market has become heavy, and prices are quite is per cwt. lower than on Monday last. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 625, and for delivery in March and April, 62s 6d per cwt. Town tallow, 62s per cwt. net cash. Rough fat, 3s 50 per Blbs. 1850. 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. Stock this day ...... 42,84 45,527 Price of Y. C.: 37s Od 38s Od to •• • • to 37c 9d 38s 3 d Delivery last week .. 1,978 2 . 433 I Ditto from June 1.... 69,353 70,457 Arrivals last week.. 1,472 130 Dittofrom June 1.... 26,746 90,466 Price of Town ....•• 39s 6d 39s 6LI 54,936 41,859 35s 6d to 43s 9d 36s Od to 44s Od 2,355 2,129 77,905 72,911 --. 521 324 96,307 74,142 39s Gd I 4Gs 6d 38,861 iss Od to 003 Od 1,981 73,911 1,144 89,459 64s Oil CANCER HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, his Grace the Arch bishop of Canterbury preached a most impressive sermon to a crowded congregation, at the parish church of St, Mary, Newington, in aid of the Cancer Hospital, 1, Cannon-row, Parliament-street, and West, Brompton. His Grace took his text from Hebrews, 13 chap., 16th verse--" But to do good and to com m u n icate forget not ; for with suc h sacr ifi ces G o d i s we ll p l ease d . " I n appli cation wh ereo f hi s l or d s hi p re f erre d to t h e grea t suffer ings from that awful disease for which the institution had been specially established to alleviate ; and the good effect which was likely to result from the greater exten sion of its sphere of usefulness, concluding by a pow erful and pathetic appeal for accession of funds, which produced a very liberal collection. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Priced Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. (ompans Saturday. this ds,y. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Blotchley •.. ••• St. 100 Buckghamsh L. &N.W. 99 101 50 all Clydesdale Je Calsdon 50 52 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 139 141 141 140 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• ••• 25 all Do. New Do. •.• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt.Westn. 30 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. ••• 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 107 109 108 25 all Do. 4 Shares Do 54 55 12A all Do. 1 Shares. Do 264 —27 i 12 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l2 134 20 all Do.Pr e f ercnce D o 24— 254 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do — 5i all Mancli.Bston. Ln.&N.W and Matlock & Midld 2 - 3 50 all Micldlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar .. . 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 9B 100 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count 59 61 5 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 5-• all Do.Fixedsp.c Do . W 2) all P res t. & W yre L. &A. W &Ln& Yk 1 12 Do. Shares. Do S 100 Roystn.& Hit. Gt.Northn 13 . 3 —14 i S•• 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l3B 142 2. 18 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh 12 9S. Stailordsh.. MrMClean 24 lld 50 all WcarValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent ... Darling. 25 all Do.. Do 3oi 314 St. 100 WiltsaSomrst Gt.Westn 95 97 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. G.—Wind this day at Noon, W.S.W ; light breeze, and fins weather. PLYMOUTH, Feb. s.—Arrived—Julius Caesar, Havre for Martinique ; Iris, for the Brazils. FALMOUTH, Feb. 4.—Arrived—Hannah, Bahia and Queenstown, with jibboom carried away, and sailed sth for Gothenburg ; King Alfred, London ; Mari an , do., and boih sailed for St. Michael's ; Laura, London, for Barba.- does ; - Clipper, London for St. Michael's; Jane and Mary, Hull, ditto. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 4.—Sailed—America, for Geelong ; Bosphorus (s.s.) ; Indus (s.), Alexandria. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 4 . — Arrived—G. H. Bigelow, from Bermuda. TORBAY, Feb. 4. — Sailed—Orynthia, for Cape de Verd and Sierra Leone ; Antelope, St. Michael's. CLYDE, Feb. 4.—Arrived--Providence, Liverpool for Newfoundland ; Fleetwood, Mauritius ; Runnymede, Pernambuco. Sailed—Ann Wise, Melbourne, S.A. A B ERDEEN, Feb. 4.—Arrived—Ar no , from Callao. CoRK, Feb. 4.—Sailed—Emulaus, for St. Michael's. BERWICK, Feb. 3.—The Eagle (sloop), of Sunderland, and from Charleston to Newcastle, with pig iron, struck on the rocks north of Emanuel-head, Holy Island, last night, and sunk ; crew saved ; if the weather continues mode rate, part of the cargo will be saved. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 4.—Arrived —Jenny, from Porto Rico ; Lord Ashburton, St. John, N. 8., decks swept and waterlogged ; George Reynolds, Alexandria • Fortunate, Callao ; Catherine Erwan, Valparaiso ; Judith Ibralia. SCILLY, Fob. 3.—The America, of St. John's, N. 8., from Callao end Queenstown, to London, with guano, struck on one of the Seven Stones yesterday, and sunk in an hour afterwards in 40 fathoms of water, a b ou t m id way between the islands and the Seven Stones ; crew saved. EDAY (North Ronaldsha) , Feb. I . — The -gnes (schooner), of Dundee, was totally lost on this island on the 29th Jan. ; a portion of the cargo has been saved in good condition, and the crew are supposed to have landed on a neighbour ing island. ANTWERP, Feb. 4.—The Oberon, from Newcastle, with coals for Malaga, h as got on shore on the Oasterbank, and will be lost, together with ca r g o ; c rew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday, 10.45 A.M. Wind, W.S.W. ; fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Europa (s), from New York. Arrived yesterday—Spirit of the Times, from Balti more; Chronometer, Mauritius ; Bonanza, Islay ; Emma, Pernambuco; New World and Universe, New York. Put back—Hamlet ship, with loss of the cap of fore mast. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH GRAVESEND, Monday, 10 '23 Wind, W. ; title, three hours' ebb ; fine. a.m. Arrived, sth—Helen A. Miller, from Philadel h . • Janet, Nassau ; Three Brothers, Antwerp. 6th_ P , Ravel bourne (s.), Antwerp. DEAL, Monday, 9 .24 a.m. Wind S.W. by W., fresh. Anchored—Velore, from Callao, for Leith; Tyal Eagle, from westward, for London. Passed—Sir Robert Peel, from London, for New York. Sailed—St. Kilda, for Melbourne. Ship Hannibal, Capt. Walker, from London t o Sydney, got on shore on Church Rocks , F olkestone, about 8 o'clock last night, and remained there until 3 this morn ing, when she got off with assistance, an d has proceeded to London in tow of steam. ---.--- GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUTHAMPTON, F EB. 4. —The America, of 690 tons, Captain John Gardyn e , was despatched this day for Geelong, with 280 emig rants, by Mr. Smith, the Government Emigration officer at this port. This ship only came into dock on Thursday after noon, and but for the facilities afforded at this port it would have been impossible for the ship to have been despatched again so soon. She was visited yesterday by the emigration commissioners, and by Captain Lean, the emigration officer at London, who expressed them selves well pleased with the arrangements. Before leaving the ship this evening a vote of thanks was given, amidst vociferous cheering, to Mr. Smith, the Govern ment officer, and to the Rev. Mr. Scotland, the chaplain, for their kindness and attention during the period the emigrants were in the depot • and for a long t ime after leaving the ship the shouts of people might be heard. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.—The Commissioners of Sewers connected with the Corporation of the city o f London, acting upon the powers granted to them in the City of London Sewers' Act, 1848, have purchased the site of a large house at the corner of Panyer-alley, New. gate-street, of the late occupier, Mrs. Lund. The Com missioners have bought this ground for the purpose of preventing another erection, it being their wish to throw the site into the public way as soon as they can get the opportunity. It is not, as it ought to be, generally known that the piece of ground at the top of Cheapside, on the Newgate-street side, which for so many years has been a disgraceful blank in the City, does not belong to the Corporation but to the Woods and Forests, it being part of the Host-office estate. The refusal of the autho rities to part with it has for years prevented the improve ments upon that point, which the Corporation, have long been desirous of snaking. It is to be hoped, how ever, that now the Commissioners of Sewers " have acted so liberally that the Government will go and do likewise." THE - SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1854. SEA RE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices Satnrday. Business done this day. 20 - 21 4i - 5 8 - 9 13 11 d 15 - 17 61 - 50 94 -- 96 53 -- 531 14i -- 154 134 -- 144 ii =a' - 81 4i - 5 131 -13 i 31 - 42 26 - 28 64 - 65 61 - 63 20 . - 22 86 3 / 4 - 62 - 64 128 - 130 99 - 101 83 - 833/41 92 95 1 11 —12 b) 64i —65 i, 7 —6 ctl 13 - 11 7i— 8i r —96 -- P 103 104 #d— par par 80 82 10 9d' 11 10 d 22 - 23 63 - 634 34 36 55 57 a par 6 5 a 2t— 3 ! 6 - 8 45 -47 33 -- 3 3 4 8 - 10 n - 24 6 - 7i 52 ... 54 5i - 8 - 354 - 3611 90 - 92 54 -- 55 - 60 55 - GO 3 - 13 - 15 6 4 - 74 10 - 12 3i -- 14 -- 16 60i —61 i 32 33 4 -- 2 d 4 5 30 1: 3 2 •.• ••• 2i 2i 144 -15 A 5 - 5t 24 - 26 ..• ••• 6 - 7 65 66 - 84 d 4i - 4d —47 i MINES. Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria I Baden (Gd.D achy of) Blamarvon Iron and Coal British Austrlu. Gold' British Iron Brazilianhap.(issued at £5 pin Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. in p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares Lond.SzCaliforn. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita ........ Mexican&S.Americn New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining ol Australia IYuba..., JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank' and Loan Company British N. American ChM. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Buk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank .Cor poration ,Provincial of Ireland iDo. New Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London .. lUnion of Madrid .. miscgLL. Aubin uryal and Iron Australian Agricult. Anstralsn.Pcific Mail Au§traln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.' and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam... Electric Telegraph (A) ; Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel ' Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands N. S. W. Coal & Inter= Stem. N.v. Co N. B. Australasian Do. New Nrth.of Europe Steam Peelßr. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental Do. do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land d p l r P 2 2i ip d 11 - - d d 2 d 9 11 d 7 9 5 6 li 24 29 31 43 A —4 5 d par— 4p 124 134 60 70 4 6 p 2 2i 14 —l6 ... ... id par li ii ••• Id 10 11 id d par— p 17 19 4 id par— # p 28 —3o x d 8 10 4 5 3 — 35 i j 4 I d d ••• ••• - tIJ BANKS. 76 - 78 • . O. .... ••• ... die 1 Pis 2i 2d par i d aii ii. 44 - 45 67 69xd, 6i 7 ~, EOUS. 43 --44x-ci ... -' io ::: 7.6 75 - 80 1 - lip 1 - lip 16 - 18 16 - 18 'i 2dl id --1 p ••• ••• i d par - p 36 - 1 38 d- Ap 13 - 14 PROPOSED MERCANTILE AND MARITIME COLLEGE IN LOi%DON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I beg the favour of your inserting the ac- companying letter, which was sent last year to the whole of the ninety City Companies. Although most of the foundations were laid for the promotion and protection of trade and commerce, and bear the names of special handicrafts, yet only two or three deigned to answer the application, and they seemed indisposed to entertain the subject. The prominence given to the exposition of the affairs of the Gresham College before the Royal Commission, induces the committee of the Mercantile and Maritime College to hope that this document may be found worthy of appearing in your columns.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, FRANCIS BENNOCH, Chairman of Committee. 77, Wood street, Feb. 4, 1854. To THE MASTER, WARDENS, AND COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF - Gentlemen,—At a public meeting held at the London Tavern on Tuesday, the 17th of May last, to consider the desirableness of establishing a Mercantile and Mari time College, the Right Hon. the Earl of Harrowby presiding, it was resolved, "That the importance of the city of London as the focus of the mercantile interests of the Empire, and the nursery of the largest mercantile marine in the world, demands that it should possess, amongst its other insti tutions, a Mercantile and Maritime College, which may supply sound and extensive information on all branches of practical science, and afford the means of acquiring a knowledge of the principles which govern the various relations of commerce." And a committee was ap pointed to devise the best means of accomplishing this important object. • Believing that your worshipful company will take a deep interest in this project, I am directed to forward to you the accompanying pamphlet, containing a report of the proceedings at the meeting, and other information relative to the subject. There are reasons for expecting that at the proper season the assistance of Government will be extended to such an undertaking, but in the meantime, in order to secure this and other aid, it is essential to show that those who are more immediately concerned in the ope rations and results of the proposed institution, are pre pared to give it their generous support. To the various wealthy companies of London, the committee look with great confidence for encouragement and pecuniary assistance, seeing the primary design of these corporate foundations was to foster and direct the trade and commerce of the city. Nor were they unequal to the task, in an earlier age. But the commerce of London has now become too vast and complicated for the machinery of ancient institutions, and their usefulness is in a great measure necessarilyconfined to providing sup port and shelter for the unfortunate. Meanwhile, those changes which have made London the centre of the world's commerce,which constrain her merchants and mariners to prosecute trade upon every sea and every shore, and to con tend with the rival exertions of nations as enterprising as themselves, and sometimes better instructed, have also, by the prosperity which has been induced, greatly in creased the funds at the disposal of these corporate bodies. Surely, then, it is consistent with the ends for which their special privileges were granted, and their rich endowments bestowed, that the new mental wants required to be developed among the merchants and trading communities by this advanced and altered state of things, should become a special object of their regard ; and that in the new path of obligations laid before them; they should show forth the spirit of their ancient institutions by liberal and cordial support. The Mercantile and Maritime College is designed to enable our rising merchants to keep pace with the ad vancing intelligence of the times, and to elevate the intellectual character of our mariners. It is an object acknowledged on all hands to be both desirable and ne cessary, and it is not a novel scheme. Nearly three cen turies ago an illustrious citizen foresaw the advantages of such an institution to the trading communities of Lon don, and bequeathed his fortune for its establishment. How it happened that his wise and benevolent intentions were frustrated, and that the work so provided for remains to be done, needs no recital here. An attempt is now being made to remove this long-standing disgrace, and to give new life and vigour to the idea which Gresham so wisely originated, by re-establishing the institution which he so munificently endowed. To your worshipful court, therefore, the committee appeal for assistance in what they believe to be a great national work, and entirely in accordance with the spirit of your charter of incorporation. As public trustees, your company cannot be expected to contribute largely towards preliminary expenses, and it is therefore only in the event of the ultimate establishment of the Mercan tile and Maritime College that your support is solicited. Should further information be required, a deputation from the committee will be glad to wait upon you at any time your worshipful court may be pleased to appoint. A. subscription list has already been opened, and from a few members of the committee an amount of about 2,0001., in sums from 501. to 5001. has been promised.— ' have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient ser vant, FRANCIS BENNOCH, Chairman of the Committee. Committee Room, Guildhall Coffee-house, June, 1853 REGISTRATION OF QUALIFIED MEDICAL MEN. The following is an epiton of a bill for the registra tion of qualified practitioners, and for amending the law relating to the practice of medicine in Great Britain and Ireland, about to be introduced to Parliament by Mr. Brady, M.P. It deserves, and will, doubtless, com mand support. Clause 1 directs the appointment by one of her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, of three members of the medical profession, to be called the " Medical Registrar for England, Ireland, and Scotland," respectively. Also, the appointment of clerks and other officers. Power to remove any persons so appointed, and to fill up vacancies by death or resignation. Salaries to be fixed and allowed by the Lord High Treasurer, or the Commissioners of the Treasury, and to bo paid out of moneys to be received by registrars under the act. _ . Clause 2. Duties of registrars to be to register names, addresses, and qualifications of every physician, surgeon, or apothecary, who shall apply to be registered, and of all persons who were practising as apothecaries prior to 1815, on their signing a declaration according to the form in Schedule A, and also of surgeons in the army, navy, and East India, Company. Clause 3. Legally qualified practitioners to deliver be tween and in 1855, and every subsequent year, their degrees, diplomas, or licenses, or a declaration made before a justice of the peace, setting forth his or their qualification or qualifications, or such other proof as shall be satisfactory to the registrar of legal qualification to practise. Clause 4. A fee of ss. to be paid to registrar for e eery registration. Registration to bear date when made ; and if made in 1854, to be in force until end of 1855. After the first year, registrars to issue certificates to persons then register, on payment of 2s. 6d.., and to be according to form in Schedule B. Certificates to be under seal. Clause 5. Registrars each to provide a seal ; all certifi cates sealed therewith to be evidence of registration. No certificate to be of any effect unless sealed. Clause 6. Printed registers (according to Schedule C) to be published annually, to be called " The Medical Register for England," " Ireland," and "Scotland," respectively. Clause 7. Persons whose names, &c., appear in printed registered to be deemed duly registered under Act. Copies to be furnished at ls. per copy. Clause 8. Penalty for procuring by false means the in sertion of any name in register—imprisonment for twelve months with or without hard labour. . _ Clause 9. Penalty for destroying register, certificate, &c., or forging or counterfeiting same, or the seal of the office—to be deemed guilty of felony. Clause 10. Penalty for registrar making false entries — six months' imprisonment. Clause 11. Penalty for practising after passing of act fine of not more than 201., nor less han 5/. ; in default of payment, imprisonment for not more than six months, nor less than one. Clause 12. Powers to registrars to register any person who shall have omitted to make a return (as provided by clause 3) upon payment of 205., and proof of omission, or that he intends commencing practice. Clause 13. No person to be entitled to recover profes sional charges unless registered under act. THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE BALTIC.—A contract on behalf of the English Government for coal sufficient for steamers of the aggregate amount of 11,000 horse-power has been concluded at Copenhagen. FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE BOROUGH.—This morning Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, received information of the death of Julia Harvey, who was accidentally killed in theßorough under the following melancholy circumstan ces :—lt appears that the unfortunate creature was crossing the road opposite King's street, Borough, when the deceased accidentally slipped, when the wheels of the Merton omnibus passed over the head and spine, crush ing them in a most frightful manner. Sh was instantly picked up by a police constable, and conveyed to Guy's Hospital, where she was attended by the medical staff, but death shortly ensued. RAMSGATE B.ARBOUR.—The commissioners appointed to inquire into local charges upon shipping at the ports along the coast met at the Pier-house, Rams g ate, on Friday. The Chairman (the Hon. Manners Sutton), assisted by Captain Bethune and Mr. C. Blackburn, received evidence relative to the harbour of Ramsgate. It appeared that a duty of ls. per ton, or chaidron, of coals was imposed in 1785, and that the amount was increased in 1796 to 25., a drawback being allowed upon coals reshipped. Captain Martin, the harbourmaster, made a statement as to the capabilities and utility of Ramsgate harbour, and the number of vessels which took refuge there. The clerk to the harbourmaster stated that there was no toll for vessels entering for trade or refuge, except passing toll. Captain Nott, Lloyds' agent at Deal, gave his opinion that there could be no doubt as to the utility of Ramsgate harbour, and that it could not, under any circumstances, be done away with. According to other testimony, the injuries which had occurred to vessels on coming into the har bour were to be traced to the neglect of those on board. COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS OF PORTUGAL. —By the Lis bon mail on Friday an important document was re ceived, consisting of a report made by the Commercial Association of Oporto, at the request of the Portuguese Government, regarding the present condition of the country, and the steps that should be adopted for the development of its resources. It embraces doctrines of the most complete commercial freedom, and urges the plantation of ettended vineyards to meet the increased co n sumption that might be anticipated if those principles were carried out. It likewise refers to the public works of all descriptions that should be undertaken, and charac terises the system hitherto pursued as an extraordinary combination of errors, which have reduced the kingdom to its present state of inactivity and backwardness. As the report was framed at the instance of the Ministry, it is to be presumed they entertain hope of being able to give practical effect to its recommendations. EXPLORATION OF THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA. DEPUTATION TO THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. On Saturday a deputation of gentlemen, representing a committee of merchants of the city of London—formed for the purpose of assisting the Royal Geographical So ciety in its efforts to procure an expedition to explore the vast field of the interior of the Australian continent still undeveloped, and extending beyond the limits of English colonisation—had an interview with his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, at the Colonial-office, with the view to tender their advice and co-operation on the sub ject to the Government, under whose auspices, and at whose expense, the proposed undertaking is about to be forthwith carried into execution. The deputation con sisted of Mr. G. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. S. Gregson, M.P., Mr. John Gladstone, M.P., Mr. W. J. Lindsay, Mr. J. D. Powles, Mr. J. G. Frith, Mr. J. W. Maclaren, Mr. G. Palmer Ball, and Mr. Thomas Allen. Sir James Duke, M.P., had also been appointed a member of it, but he was unavoidably absent. The party having been introduced to the noble duke by Mr. Moffatt. Mr. LINDSAY, addressing his grace, said most of the members of the deputation were interested in the ex ploration of Australia, and they were exceedingly grati fied to see that the Royal Geographical Society had re commended the Government to set on foot an expedi tion to explore the interior of that continent, and that the Government had given them a grant of 2,5001. for that purpose, with a promise of increasing it to 3,5001., if necessary. Under those circumstances, a committee of merchants of the city of London, now represented by the deputation, had been formed to aid the Royal , Geographical Society in this enterprise, and, thinking it desirable that the society should have at least a fund of 5,0001. for carrying it on, that committee had agreed to raise among themselves an additional sum of 1,500/. in aid of the 3,5001. given by the Government. They had not long formed themselves into a committee, however, when they were gratified to learn that the Government considered the subject of such great importance as to justify them ifi taking it into their own hands, and pro secuting it at the public expense. On ascertaining that fact, the committee met together and passed a reso lution, thanking the Government for the liberal spirit it had manifested ; and the deputation now waited upon his grace to offer their practical services to the Government in carrying on the expedition, in whatever way they might be made available. The subject was one in which, as merchants, they took a very deep inte rest, and most of the gentlemen now present had been influenced in a great measure to support the proposed expedition in the way they had done from the high opinion they had formed of Mr. Haug, with whom they had been in repeated communication, and who had for many months devoted a great portion of his time to the subject under consideration, and had, in many respects, displayed very great energy and capacity for such an enterprise. They were of course aware, as men of busi ness, that, as the Government had themselves taken the matter in hand, they might feel some reluctance to en trust the expedition to a foreigner ; at the same time, as Mr. Haug had devoted so much time to acquiring know ledge of this particular character, they were induced to hope that the Government would give him some position in the expedition which would be worthy of his ac ceptance. His grace was no doubt aware that, of the whole of the coast on the Gulf of Carpentaria very little was known, and that Albert River, one of the most promising of the colony, was practically un explored. They therefore ventured to suggest that the expedition should also undertake the survey of the coast, so as to ascertain the sources of the principal rivers, but more especially those of the Victoria and Albert, which it was believed had their origin in moun tain ranges never yet explored by European footsteps. The expedition might then endeavour to strike through the interior of the country and find its way to Adelaide. The deputation thought that if this could be effected, a passage might be formed across the country, by which the shortest and most direct communication to Australia could be obtained by way of India. The Albert River had been explored to the extent of 140 miles, and the navigation for the first 50 miles was so clear that frigates and the largest merchant vessels could make their way good to that distance. The deputation had rewon to suppose that this important river took its origin in a great range of mountains in the interior, from which other rivers also sprang. If, however, the expedition should find it impossible, from any cause now unknown, to penetrate the interior of the country, they could then strike in the direction of the supposed head of the Albert River. In any case the expedition would be traced with the utmost anxiety by those who had a deep interest in all that related to the undeveloped resources of that rich, important, and extended colony. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, addressing the deputation, said—l am rather sorry that although I had fixed the day for receiving the deputation purposely rather late after receiving your letter, in the hope of seeing Captain Stokes, I have not been able to have an interview with that gentleman. The deputation will be aware that it is my intention to offer the conduct of the proposed ex pedition to Capt. Stokes. I have, before doing so, made inquiries of all persons connected with these matters, and who were likely to afford me the best advice on such a subject, and I find among them a great concurrence of opinion that, upon the whole, Captain Stokes is as fit a man—not to speak in the superlative degree—as can be found for the purpose of conducting such an enterprise. I therefore requested Captain Stokes to call upon me, but owing to some accident the letter, which should have reached him ten days ago, was not received by him until very lately ; but he has written this morning, pro posing to call upon me on Monday next, at the Colonial office, on the subject. With reference to the expense of the expedition, the proposal originated with the Royal Geo graphical Society. A deputation from that body called upon me at the Colonial-office at the close of last summer (towards the end of July), and stated their belief that the sum first named would be sufficient for the purpose in view. After looking a little into the matter myself, however, I became pretty well convinced th a t it wou ld not be adequate to carry on the expedition in a manner that would be satisfactory to the country, or worthy of a great national undertaking. (Hear.) The Royal Geographical Society subsequently discovered that themselves, and applied for an additional 1,000/., which would have made a sum of 3,5001. If the matter had gone on in that way, I have no doubt the Treasury would have at once advanced that further sum, and the expe dition would have probably been placed under the su perintendence of Mr. Haug. But it occurred to me that it would be, upon the whole, more satisfactory if the Government took it upon themselves, so that we might be responsible for the outlay to the public, and carry out the expediti on u p on a sca l e o f which the nation might be proud, and which, at the same time, would develope the great resources of the country in a manner more efficient and complete than I believe could be done by individual exertion, unsupported by the resources of the Government at home, or of that in the colony itself. I therefore communicated with the Royal Geographical Society on the subject, feeling it was due to them to do so, and they readily assented, and said they highly approved of the alteration in the scheme. I then in formed them that the course I proposed to take was that having nominated the individual to take the superinten dence of the expedition, I would call on him to lay be fore me a complete plan in detail of the course, for ex ample, he intended to pursue, the point he proposed to start from, the assistance he would require, the proba ble time it would take, and an estimate of the expense so far as he could render it. Then, after communicating with those most competent to advise him, that he should also lay before me the names of those gentlemen whom he should select to accompany him. I thought it best to make him responsible for the nomination of those whom he should desire to accompany him, after having taken into counsel such gentlemen as he might think the best able to advise him ; for example, Sir Roderick Mur chison and Sir Henry de la, Beche as to the choice of a geologist, and Sir William Hooker as to the selection of a botanist. After having laid before me such a general plan as I have indicated, I would then decide whether it would be desirable that the expedition should start at once, with recommendations to the governor of the colony for co-operation, or whether, looking to the period of the year at which we have arrived, it might be advisable to postpone the starting of the ex pedition, and communicate at once with the governors of the colony on the subject before its departure. All this I desire to leave undecided until I have a general report from Captain Stokes. With respect to Mr. Hang, I have no disposition to pass over that gentleman, or to deprive him of that fair share of this undertaking to which he is clearly entitled from the energy he has shown, and the interest he has taken in the subject. I saw him a short time ago—indeed he was the first person I com municated with after determining to take the matter up on the part of the Government—and I explained to him the reasons why I felt, in the altered circumstances, ii should not be able to place the matter entirely undertof his direction. I did not rest that so much on the f his being a foreigner, but on the feeling w naturally exist in the public mind that therheieh would are manythemselves eminent men who have already distinguishedr by explorations in Australia, and who a well acquainted with the conducti n g n of are, practically, undertakings of this nature ; and I said it would . be desirable that one of them should be placed at the heandofevseur emi nent such an expedition, and not a gentleman who, ow his talents and =wearying his energies, had never been in the country, and would on that account have himself much to learn. He quite entered int o that view, and I told h im I should certainly feel it due to him, when I placed the matter in the hands of another gentleman —alluding to Captain St o k es - -to say that I wished him to form part of the expedition, and to be placed in such a position upon it as would fairly meet his expectations, and as his merits might entitle him to occupy. I should hope there would be no per sonal feeling of jealousy in the matter, because you will see that it would be destructive of an undertaking of this kind. I have, however, nothing to lead me to suppose that there would be any such feeli ng. W ith regard to yourse lves, I can only say I am extremely obliged to you for the offer of assistance. I think in matters of this kind there are many cases in which it would be more advisable to leave them in the hands of individuals rather than in those of the Government ; but in this in stance there are peculiar circumstances which induce the Government to take the responsibility of it upon them selves. Of thi s , h owever, I am quite sure, that it would be less effective and less valuable were it not for the assistance and co-operation of those who have in terested themselves in the subject ; and if in any Way we can take you into council or assistance, so far as I am concerned, I can only say I shall be obliged to you for your aid or advice. Mr. FRITH asked whether it would not be possible to make the expedition instrumental in procuring a marine survey of a portion of the coast ? The Duke of Newcaseee—l wish to see Capt. Stokes larel can answer that question. He has not yet sup plied the-Admiralty with the details of his operations. I should be sorry to hamper this internal exploration by trammelling it with a marine survey, because the two things need not go together, This is a subject, however, on which I wish f or inforination; but if we vere to say , we should carry on simultaneously a survey of the coast and a survey of the interior, and that the two expedi tions shouln meet at th e same time, we should merely hamper the interior survey. But as I say, upon all these subjects I should really wish for practical advice. I can• not be supposed capable of forming a correct judgment on them all; but I think it is very desirable to have one centre of communication in the first instance. If Cap t. Stokes should undertake the command of the expedition . I should say to him, as he had already explored a great deal of the coast, the Government hoped he would put himself into communication with all the persons who took an interest in the subject, and make up his mind as to the best course to pursue before he went. It would be desirable to get the best opinions we can before de termining the details. Mr. LINDSAY said he felt gratified at the frank and unreserved manner in which his grace had stated the in tentions of the government. There was one point, how ever, to which he wished to advert. Even if the expe dition was confined entirely to a survey of the interior, in case :hey failed of getting through the country, they would require to have some place to fall back upon. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—Very probably ; but that would be a completely subservient object. These are really all matters of d e t a il. I do not wish to say the two things could not go on together ; but I think the great obje c t t o l oo k t o i s t h e i n t erna l examination of the country, and that any survey of the coast, however important in itself, should be made subservient to that. Mr. MOFFATT, M.P., bore testimony to the services of Mr. Haug, which he stated had been fully investigated by the committee. They feared, however, that he might have been overlooked ; but after what the noble duke had said with reference to him, they were quite willing to leave the matter in the hands of the Government. Mr. GREGSON, said, that should the expenses of the expedition be considerably increased, the mer chants by whom the deputation was represented hoped that tact would be no object in the consideration of the matter. The Duke of . N EWCASTLE said, w ith re f erence t o that, he bad abstained from any further communication with the Treasury until the plan was matured. When that plan was thoroughly matured he should then go to the Treasury ; and he felt confident, from the commu nications he had already had with them, that there would be no disposition to act with anything like parsimony in the matter. On the contrary, he believed the Trea sury was quite disposed to encourage it most liberally. He wished, however, to reserve himself on the question of expense entirely until the plan was matured. How far it might be desirable to ask the merchants to assist with money or advice and co-operation was a matter for future consideration, and also how far it might be desirable to call upon the Colonial Governments to con tribute a portion of the expense, or only to give their co-operation. Mr. MACLAREN observed from his knowledge of colo nial feeling nothing could be more popular in Australia than an expedition of this kind. It would be impossible to overrate its importance to the colony as well as to the mother country. The Duke of NEWCASTLE—I am glad to know that what is right and useful is also popular. My interest in it, however, is not because it is popular, but because it is highly useful, and of great national importance. Mr. MACLAREN said he felt persuaded, from the libe ral manner in which the Australian colonies had sub scribed 30,000 E. towards improved postal communica tion, and other sums towards expeditions similar to that now proposed, they would liberally subscribe to this, if applied to for the purpose. The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that Mr. Maclaren's suggestion was a matter of detail ; but that, from what he knew of the Government of the Australian colonies, he believed they would support an expedition of the kind in a prompt and liberal spirit. Mr. LINDSAY thanked the noble duke for the attention he had paid to the subject, and assured him that if the Government should require funds to carry on the explor ation in a more extended and effective manner, they might rely upon receiving pecuniary assistance from the merchants of London. The deputation then thanked the noble duke, and withdrew. CONTINENTAL TELEGRAPHS AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH AFRICA, &c. It is a fortunate thing for commerce and the inter course of communities that the electric wires have been found even more indispensable to Governments than to the children of Governments. The vox popali might have demanded telegraphic facilities until it had grown hoarse, and yet never have obtained them ; for continental enlightenment, with the brilliant exceptions of France and Sardinia, never would have proved ade quate to the appreciation of this modern science, nor to the wonders worked by it. But the necessity of the Government became the opportunity of the people ; and, as we shall see, wonderfully has that opportunity been improved, and wonderfully and beneficially has it ope rated within its peculiar district. The moving cause thus explained, the rapid and universal ramification of this method of intercommunication, and the wiry em brace which has encircled and is encircling Denmark, Holland, Russia, Austria, Prussia, the union of Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and even Africa, be comes more easily appreciable; and it is with France, Sar dinia, and Africa,!and even with Gibraltar, Malta, India, and the antipodes that this notice has to do. Had we spoken, only a year since, of the lines laid down on the Continent, we should have been confined to a few detached portions, severed frontiers, or counties and districts—we should have found the southern Liver pool of France, Marseilles, still resorting to the old Sema phore to make known its wants, and continually " inter romps par le Brouillard," a stereotype phrase, which will be familiar to all our commercial and especiallyto our Indian readers. This state of things has passed away. The French Government has extended its lines to Marseilles for the Mediterranean, to Bayonne for Spain, and to Chambery for Sardinia. Sardinia takes up the communication at Chambery, and continues it to Genoa, and from Genoa lines are now erecting at Spezzia. At Spezzia the Me diterranean cable will take up the link, and extend it under the sea to Corsica, across Corsica under the Straits of Bonifacio, over the island of Sardinia, and again under the sea, from Cape Suelada to Cape Rosas in Africa. By a decree, bearing date the 15th ult., the French Government threw open its African lines to the public. Thus far do we run upon certain ground, and after having explained the present advancement of portions of the preceding works we will pass on to the possible fortune of telegraphic in tercourse. The Sardinian Government has promised to complete the line from Genoa to Spezzia before May next, and thus to connect, in one chain of telegraphic communication, the northernmost point of Scotland with the southernmost point of Piedmont. The Mediterranean Telegraph Company have already advertised for tenders to lay down their cable from Spezzia to Corsica, and from Corsica to Sardinia across the Straits of Bonifacio, and the vessels were to be ready to receive the cable, consisting of 18 iron and copper wires, on or before the Ist of May next. The remaining portion of cable, from Cape Suelada to Cape Rosas, was to be finished and laid down by August, thus com pleting our connection with Africa this year. Two hun dred men of pith and sinew have been digging and delv ing in the islands of Corsica and Sardinia ever since the beginning of September, 1853, so that the moment the cables are laid down, they may be connected instanta neously to the land wires, and signals passed from Africa to the European continent. All this work has been done by contracts taken, and materials already purchased within the limits of the capital, so that the company should be secured from liability be yond its subscribed stock. Any loss falling upon the contractors. The bane of continental undertakings, the supineness of the people rendered it necessary for the French and Sardinian ;governments to guarantee respec tively 4 per cent. upon 180,000/., the other 5 per cent. upon 120,0001., for fifty years from the moment ofopen ing, up to which time the shareholders receive 4 per cent., the total capital amounting to 300,0001, Ope rations thus traced to Africa, and the wires connected to the Algerian lines of the French Government, we find that signals will be parsed to the westernmost and easternmost points of the Algerian territory ; having reached thus far, we perceive that new lines are pro jected beyond these points, and with very important o h bjects. The French Government providin g f or Algeria, te company commences again. From the westerumost point of Algeria, then, it is p roposed to carry an under ground line through Morocco and Tangiers to Gibraltar. The English Government, doubtless, would ( suppor a t Fterloegrnratphhe is projectedeasternmost p ti o ir ia o it ul, ? h f T A t l i7i re is iia a , nd Tssuurcibpitl(e)alrirlati7naecJa.lillexandria, with a branch to Cairo, and Suez, the main line to continue to Beyrout, Damascus, Aleppo, Bagdad, Bussora, and along the India n li nes at Hyderabll7 A submarine cable is the„„ Persian G u lf, joining also prop ose d from Tunis to Malta. Were this system now in operation, its importance to Government in the present crisis would be incalcalable, for the wires would connect England and France with their naval stations in the Mediterranean, with-Egypt, Turkey, and India, all countries favourably disposed to us, and against the extension of Russian power. We could flash every movement of the Emperor's forces, from the eastern most portion of his line of operations to Downing -street and the Tuileries, an I direct our fleets and armies to take positions in the Mediterranean, or elsewhere, or provide reinforcements at a moment's notice. Who knows, but that war, should it unfortunately ensue, will be the cause of the provision of these very means of communi cation. THE MAIL PACKETS.—SOUTHAMPTON SUNDAY.—The General Screw Company's steam ship Bosphorus, Capt. Douglas, left yesterday for Australia with twelve pas sengers, about 10,000/, value in jewellery, and a very full cargo. She had also taken a very heavy mail, con sisting of 206 bags. The Peninsular mails for the month will be despatched in the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steam-ship Tagus, on the 7th, Madrid on the 17th, and Iberia on the 27th. The heavy portion of the India and China mails left yesterday in the above com pany's steam-ship Indus, C'aptain Moresby. She had on board 60 passengers, 285 boxes of specie, value 79,100/. for India and China, and 12,0001. for Malta and Alexandria, and a very full cargo. The Colombo or Euxine is appointed to take out the India mail of the 20th. The former is the ship selected, should her re pairs have been effected by that time. The Tagus, Capt. Joy, will take the Peninsular mail of the 7th instant, the Madrid on the 17th, and the Iberia on the 27th. The Euxine will leave on the 27th, with ship letter bags, cargo, &c,, for Constantinople. RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—The markets for Russian pro duce on Saturday were considerably affected by the prospects of the Emperor being compelled to succumb. Tallow experienced a decline of 30s. per ton. RAILWAYS. Paid, 'lOO 8 100 100 all all all [Aberdeen ........... Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhcl. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. 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