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

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY- LANE, ' Lessee, Mr. E. T. Snuth, THI3 EVENING, FEB 6, Will be performed OTHELLO. Characters by Messrs. G. V, BrooJe, Mead, George Bennett, and Kieloch ; Miss F. Cathcart, Mrs. Vickery. and England—united now, let us hope cor dially, in the same course with Austria and Prussia —to be simply " hankerin g " after Peace. Everything at all calculated to ren der possible a bloodless reconciliation has been attempted—and more—but all to no effect whatever. The time consequently for mere dip lomatic negotiation has gone by—the period of action has arrived. Energetic efforts must at last be made with a view to extort from the CZAR those concessions which have hitherto been refused to every demand thrust upon the attention of his Government. ' of every successive Chancellor of the Exchequer, no matter to what party he may belong, it is essential for every person qualified for the task, to assist and stimulate the Minister for the time being in the discharge of his arduous duties. It is easy to produce many cogent arguments against any tax. But it is rather more difficult to offer a satisfactory substitute, to indicate a mode by which the hiatus occasioned •by the repeal or reduction of a particular impost may - be judi ciously supplied. Justice and expediency must both be looked to. Generally speaking it be comes a question of conflicting equities ; and we must be contented to do the greatest amount of good with the least possible consequential evil. This is, generally speaking, the key to the solu tion of the great fiscal problem. But it is too frequently lost sight of by those who, although zealous and energetic reformers, disregard the most urgent, as well as the most difficult, part of the task—who are willing to abolish or to alleviate an impost, but not to sanction another in its place. The greatest and the best practical re former, however, is the man who, by discovering a source of revenue against which few objections can be urged, enables Parliament to dispense with another or others more inequitable, in expedient, and oppressive in its character and operation. It may impose a difficulty on the Financial Minister for the time being ; but the man who cannot dispose of a sur plus is incompetent for the office ; and the freatest boon that could be offered to an effici: Chan cellor of the Exchequer would be to 's dicate a new charge, that he may 'introduce , out vio lent opposition from any quarter, and with the unqualifiedapprobation of the great majority of the nation. To conclude with SING HIMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. , Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Frs. 6, Will be performed GUT MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. Elliott Geier, W. Farren, Compton, Rogers, Howe, Clark, Corri, sad Ctillenford ; Miss Cushman, Miss Julia Harland, and Mrs. L. S Buckingham. After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H.• Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cit a / a rm KnAls. THIS EVENING. Fre. 6, Will be presented Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALIIS, considerably abridged for stage representation. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Late. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Refine ; P a ntaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. • Convocation had no address to prepare for her MAJESTY this ye ar , an d t h erefore no business. The cliqu e , h owever, who are so desirous to make it an Ecclesiastical Parliament, had pre-arranged for a show of something like business. They knew that practical. Englishmen despise a body which can do nothing, and they knew that under the semblance of doing they could at least talk ; and they have talked, and that is all. After the ' ample warning from the experience of last year, that there was every disposition to take unfair advantage of forbearance on the part of Govern ment, Lord ABERDEEN ought to have prevented the sham business, and the talking too. It can serve no purpose but mischief to allow an ecclesiastical faction to worm themselves into un deserved notoriety, and to puff off triumphs which have about as much reality 40 those announced in Russian bulletins. The business amounted to this : In the Upper House the report of a committee, appointed it is thought illegally, to sit during the prorogation of Convocation, was received. It was to the effect that stipendiary curates had no right to vote for members of Convocation. This, be it observed, is nil. It is not law ;it is the opinion merely of a- few ecclesiastical gentlemen. Exeter and Ox ford, however, charitably affirmed that they ought to have the right; and must have it if ever there was to be a real representation of the clergy. Petitions were next presented by several Bishops, complaining of three things—misuse of the , Church's offices, th e a b e y ance o f go dl y di sc i p li ne; ' and insufficient spiritual provision for the increas ing population—petitions not worth a straw, being addressed to a nullity. And, lastly, two committees were appointed —one to examine and report on the reforms needed in the constitution of Convocation itself, "to enable it to treat with the full confi dence of the Church of such matters as her MAJESTY may be pleased to submit to its delibera tions ;" and another, "to consider and report whether the present condition of the population did not make some, and what, adaptation of the Church's rules needful to enable her to meet her spiritual wants." These committees were to be complemented by seven members each from the other house, and to sit during the prorogation. The Lower House likewise appointed two commit tees, one to consider their standing orders, another to " report on such schedules of gravamina and reformanda as might be tendered to it by the house." There seemed, however, to be no small amount of wounded amour propre, as the phrase now is, when the Prolocutor announced the com mands of the Upper House to furnish seven good men and true to each of the Episcopal committees. It was thought best, however, to stomach the affront ; and, after a little protesting and explain ing, the seven were duly appointed, and both houses prorogued. Little enough, all this put together, as the result of such pretentious efforts, for when all these committees shall have reported it will again be nil. The wrath of the Lower House was evidently chiefly occasioned by some of its members seeing in the appointment of the first Committee of the Upper House, a design ultimately to introduce lay representatives to Con vocation, an idea which no member of the Wes leyan Conference and no honest Roman Catholic could have repelled with more indignation than did Archdeacon DENISON. What; indeed, would become of the DENISONIAN Church if Mr. Hons- ILAN and the Earl of SHAFTIMBURY were elected lay members of an effective convocation. It is, however, _quite cloafras the Archdeacon of ELY plainly told the Lower House, that the divisions among the clergy were of so momentous a kind, some even endeavouring to carry out the schemes of Mr. WARD, who had seceded to Rome, that it was quite unreasonable to enter on the task of remodelling Convocation. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY alluded to the same fact in the Up per House. According to his Grace, " the clergy were anything but agreed on what were funda mental truths ; some deeming doctrines to be fundamental which he could not find in the Scrip tures at all 1" Verily, such a conclave of ecclesias tical antagonists would throw into the shade the comparatively innocuous contests of political par ties. The Archbishop told them, however, a yet more homely truth. He acknowledged that there "might be improvement even in some parts of their excellent Liturgy," and lamented the divi sions which precluded all hope of it. " But," he emphatically added, "our whole constitution must be changed before the Church could of itself have the power of settling and determining these things; the matter must be determined by Parlia ment; the Act of Uniformity could only be abro gated by Parliament." This is, in truth, the kernel of the whole ques tion. Parliament took into its own hands legislation for the Church ; Parliament is a part of the Church, embodying in itself the heads of the Church and its select laymen, whom the in ferior clergy concur in electing while they can petition the Houses like any other class of her MAJESTY'S subjects. Parliament, with the SOVE REIGN, is the sole legislative power of the Church, and no convocation of priests will induce it to abdicate its office. To Parliament, as the con servator of the public purse, the Church gives bonds for good behaviour to the amount of 5,000,0001. at the very least, annually received from national property ; and it receives this, as we now know, for teaching only about one-half of the people. It will be prudent for the Church to make as little stir as possible. She is likely to come under scrutiny at no distant time, probably sooner than will be acceptable to the noisy advo cates of Convocation. One thing is perfectly cer tain—that the lay sons of the Church will never trust their spiritual fathers with their own refor mation ; and that no Government, Tory, Whig, or Radical, will allow a corporation holding so many millions of national property, and so bitterly divided against itself, to set up a corporate legis lature outside our national one. It is but a poor omen for such claimants of State pay and self management together, when Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. DISRAELI cordially agree to place the millions hitherto silently paid to the collectors of the revenue and others under the direct control of Parliament. It is quite plain that in Britain the choice must lie between voluntaryism with self government, and State support with State govern ment. Those who pay have a right to be masters, whether it be free subscribers, or the nation's Parliament, LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Frs. 6, Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews. F. Matthews, and Baker; MISS F. Hug h es* called ONCE After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza" UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. ' THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Fr.s. 6. WM be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, in live tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments. called THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF M EXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. We bster, Keeley, paw Bedford, B,c. ; Madame Celeste, Di rs , 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, Leigt in two acts, with new scener Murray, Miss F. Maskell, Bre. ." To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas Plea% Principal characters by Mad dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, y, sine Cele ste, 'or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Mrs, Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, M; es Cuthbert, Miss J Be df ord, Roger, Harding ; Messrs. P aul ...---------------___ BoyAL OLYMPI C THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. W. THIS EVENING, Faa. 6, igan performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Pvv ALL Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss Hotn , a nd MISS Wyndham. —After w hich, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by Followed ra Alfred Wigan, Leslie, an d F. MINE ; and Mrs' A. Wigan. mess • THEW ANDERING TREL. by We shall do so. As we commenced the Parlia mentary compaign by steadfastly and resolutely demanding the repeal of the duty on fire insur ances, we follow up that claim by offering an ample equivalent. The " Unity Fire Insurance Association'pointed out in their admirable peti tion, and the accompanying observations which appeared in our impression of Tuesday, the in superable objections that existed to that most ob jectionable tax, which cannot be maintained in the face of such unanswerable arguments. A zeal ous, energetic, and consistent fiscal reformer has enabled us to show how the proceeds of the ob noxious impost may not only be relinquished with out loss, but with a considerable surplus remaining applicable to other matters . . " JOHN PACE" is the " CEnnius" who has solved the interesting pp blew, who has suggested a tax which is not only. free from every rational objection, but which, as he clearly and distinctly proves, is imperatively re quired for the protection of our trade and com merce, and to which even the parties chargeable cannot reasonably object. We earnestly commend this interesting bro chure* to the attentive consideration of all fiscal reformers, but more especially to that of the Right Hon. Gentleman to whom it is addressed. It will be found well worthy of perusal. Indeed, we cannot conceive the possibility of refuting the simple but irresistible arguments contained therein. We ourselves, in the observations which we of fered in the case of S. L. OPPENHEIN, in our im pression of the 2 1 7th of December last, pointed out the formidable nature of the circumstance which had just been brought to light—the gross frauds upon the revenue and upon innocent holders of quasi foreign bills of exchange for valuable con sideration, which it was positively asserted were of daily occurrence in the City of London. The startling revelations then elicited created a pro found sensation amongst capitalists, who saw an unanticipated danger that would prevent them from discounting or making advances on such securities. It was needless to point out the injury I that must necessarily result from any well-founded apprehensions on such a point. It was obvious that a legislative remedy was essential, that some thing shoUld he done to allay the fears thus ex cited. Mr. PACE has adroitly taken advantage of the circumstance, to show that, while adopting the only precaution against a repetition of such frauds, we may add enormously to the revenue by imposing an uniform duty of is. per cent. on all foreign•bills of exchange ; and he clearly esta blishes the justice and propriety of the charge. But he does more—he shows the extraordinary advantages that would follow an equalisation of the duty on all inland bills, without any exemp tion whatsoever. At present there is no charge on any amount beyond 3,000/. Thus the large capitalists: 'escape, while small transactions are STRAND THEATRE. Bole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcr oft. — Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, THIS EVENING, Fcs. Will he performed IWAS I. Principal character by Miss Isaacs. After which, the new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; ILtrlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths; Columbine, Miss Goward. Followed by HUNTING A TURTLE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, Gd.; Private Boxes 11. I IS. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. In answer to numerous applications both, in toil' and country, Mr. William Cooke has arranged one more GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, to take place on THURSDAY NEXT, FEB. 9, commencing at 2 o'clock. Extraordinary combination of attraction—The Performing Ele phants, whose wondrous feats and hitherto unheard of incredible performances now share their nightly triumphs with their petite rival LE SINGE SAVANT ; or, Nimble Marmozet. He is indeep another wonder, for his tricks and exercises are achieved with such human-like action, that the beholder can readily imagine he is Watching in a mirror the reflective actions of a man. In addition to these "Zoological Stars," the Grand Chinese Spectacle (which has reached its 50th night). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and the successful and gorgeous Pantomime, forming the most novel and unparalleled entertainment ever offered to the public. THIS EVENING, Fan. 6, And daring the week, THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST or THE MAGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's Matchless Scenes of the CIRCLE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime of BILLY BUTTON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladles' Favourite. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tars DAY —Morning 54 min.after 7 Evening 23 min.aft. 8 I To-Moanow—M orn i ng 59 m i n . a ft er 8 Evening 38 min.aft. 9 PSE WEATHER.—SETN °MOB, FEB. 5. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 49 —highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. WIND, W.S.W.—Fresh breeze, with cloudy weather, FEBRUARY 6. 57 highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 55—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 11. WIND, S.W. to W.—Fine, sunshiny weather. 4.' 41 , LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 18544. How far the Russian A.IITOORAT will be influenced by the decided coincidence of Austria and Prussia with the resolute policy at last adopted by France and England, remains up to this moment a mat ter of conjecture. It appears that the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna have intimated distinctly enough to the Envoy of the CZAR that any move ment of the Muscovite forces across the Danube will be regarded as a declaration of war by those Governments. Scarcely has which declaration become known when the public is startled by the announcement that OMsn PACHA has himself adopted active measures against the assailant of Turkish independence, by crossing the great river with a considerable army at Oltenitza. Intelli gence, however, comes to hand just about the same time, informing us that the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of the SULTAN is so seriously and suddenly indisposed as to require the immediate attendance of physi cians at head-quarters, and a consequent consul tation. Everything just now, indeed, is pretty much in keeping—indicating that the present juncture is eminently one of transition, and doing this, of course, by the most significant of all tokens, the signs of a " confusion worse con founded." M. DE KISSELEFF is going to leave Paris, having had a farewell interview with M. DROUYN DE L'Huys. Then, again, M. DE BRUNOW is going —has not yet gone, but is still going —to leave London, having on Saturday had his farewell interview with the Earl of CLA- It is almost satisfactory to learn as a matter of certainty that Prince NAPO LEON had actually left not was going to leave, but had actually left Brussels, his return to Paris being, in ample testimony of this, formally announced. But a glance at the news received last from Vienna is by no means whatever as de cisive. There Count ORLOFF would appear to have quietly settled himself down for a longer so journ than had hitherto been anticipated. Not only had his proposals, on the part of the Russian AUTOCRAT, been rejected as inadmissable by the assembled Plenipotentiaries, but some new sugges tions, made by him a little later, had met with precisely the same refusal on the part of the Vienna Conference. Nevertheless, after all the blustering and bullying,and braggadocio of the CZAR and his Representatives -- there were actually —a further talk of addi tional negotiations ! Ace, .ed, ho wever , w ith the preposterously cont mpautradictory assurance made by Count ORLOFF in the n ame Of his Imperial Master, that Russia is prepared to treat with no other Power but Turkey alone—rejecting the notion of any mediator whatsoever. This —after eight or ten months continued negotiation carried on simultaneously by the Czat at Vienna, Berlin, P a ris, and London through the Ambassadors and Plenipotentiaries acting on the part of the very unfairly and heavily taxed. By the equali sation on all classes of bills, which would certainly be equitable, Mr. PACE declares that 5,000,0001. would be gained to the Exchequer. Without bind- ing ourselves to that calculation, we must admit that he has said enough to compel the attention of Mr. GLADSTONE, and to enforce the abolition of all exemptions, whether on foreign or inland bills, and the equalisation of the duties, so that every transaction shall be charged a just - and fair per centage on the amount involved iherein. * Extra-National Taxation ; or, A Tax upon Billsof Exchange drawn Ab roa d ; an d Stamp Duty upon Bills of Exchange drawn and payable in this Country. A Letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. By John Pace. London : Baily Brothers. REDITOTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Saturday, the bakers of the metropolis and suburbs reduced the price of the 41b. loaf a penny ; bread of the second qua lity 104 d. and 11d. per 41b. loaf, to .4ickand 1(kl: p er 41b. loaf respectively. Cou n t r y or MXtifehOld bread (unweighed) from 9d. to Bd. per loaf. The League Bakery sell their bread (unadulterated) at 94d. per 41b. loaf. GREAT REDUCTION IN THE PRIOR OF COALS.—On Saturday the retail coal-dealers of the metropolis madea considerable reduction in the price of this article, so essential to the comfort of the poor at this inclement season. Coals which had been selling in the early part of last week at 2s. 4d. and 2s. 6d. per cwt. were reduced to ls. 10d. and 2s. per cwt. respectively, and gas coke from 9d. to Bd. per busheL This diminution in price is to be attributed to the immense fleet of coal-laden vessels that arrived in the river on Friday and Saturday, which it is anticipated will augment the number of ships for sale at this day's market to nearly 700, with an ag gregrate tonnahe of 175,000. LARGE SUPPLIES OF COALS FOR THE ROYAL NAVY.— During the last few weeks the Lords Commissioners of the Board of Admiralty have sent off a very considerable supply of coals for the use of her Majesty's steam-ships of war in the Mediterranean and the Levant, forming a portion of the British fleet combined with that of France in the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. On Tuesday the 14th Feb., the Secretary of the Board of Admiralty, at Somerset-house, has announced th a t h e w ill b e ready to receive tenders frem such parties who will-enter intcr a contract for the delivery of. 14,000 tons of South Wales coals, to be delivered into store at Malta, for the use of her Majesty's steam-ships, and that to-morrow, the 7th inst. the Board of Admiralty will be ready to contract for the following quantities of Welsh coals, to be delivered at the undermentioned ports, also for her Majesty's steam vessels :—Sierra Leone, 2,000 tons ; Fernando Po, 500 ditto ; St. Paul de Loando, 1,500 ditto; and 1,000 tons at the Island of Ascension. A considerable quantity of coals have also been sent to Lisbon and Gibraltar, to be there in depot, as may be required for our steam-ships in the Tagus and the Mediterranean. Every precaution is being taken that there shall be no want of fuel for the fleet both at Malta and Constantinople in the event of a war with Russia in the Black Sea—which appears inevitable--and in the Baltic. THE COAL TRADE.—To such an extent has our coal industry been developed that at the present time not less than 37,000,000 tons are annually raised, the value of which at the pit's mouth is little less than 10,000,000/. ; at the places of consumption, including expenses of transport and other charges, probably not less than 20,000,000/. The capital employed in the trade exceeds 1,000,000/. About 400 iron fur naces of Great Britain consume annually 10,000,000 tons of coal and 7,000,000 tons of ironstone, in order. to produce 2,500,000 t ons o f p i g-iron of the value of upwards of 8,000,0001. For the supply of the metro polis 3,600,000 tons of coal are required for manufac turing and domestic purposes ; our coasting vessels conveyed in 1850 upwards of 9,360,000 tons to various ports in the United Kingdom, and 3,350,007 tons were exported to foreign countries and the British posses sions. Add to this that about 120,000 persons are constantly employed in extracting the coal from the mines, and that in some of the northern counties there are more persons at work under the ground than upon its surface, and some approximate idea will be formed of the importance and extent of this branch of our industry. The extent of the coal areas in the British islands is 12,000 square miles, and the annual produce 37,000,000 tons; of Belgium 250 miles, annual produce 5,000,000 tons; of France, 2,000 miles annual produce 4,150,000 t ons ; o f th e United States, 113,000 miles, annual produce 4,000,000 tons; of Prussia 2,200 miles, annual produce, 3,500,000 tons ; of Spain 4,000 miles, annual produce 550,000 tons ; of British North America 180,000 miles, annual produce not known.—Durham Chronicle. ERRATUBI.—In our first leading article of Saturday, by some inelimprehensible error, the name of Count Buol, the Austrian Minister, was given instead of that of Count Orloff, the Russian envoy extraordinary. RENDON. Perhaps the search for a popular tax would be almost as hopeless as that of the ancient philoso pher after what he considered an honest man. IWe belie ve th at no man pays any fiscal imposition willingly. He may reconcile himself t o th e d u ty, but it is only from a convicti on o f it s i mpera ti ve necessity. He knows that the national estab lishments must be maintained, that he must pay something for the protection of his person and of his constitutional rights and privileges, that he must, in fact, surrender a portion of his property for the security of the remainder.. He therefore submits to that which his reason teaches him to be inevi table. He k no ws that certa in SUMS must be raised, and all he asks is, that they may be col lected in the most equitable and least onerous mode. To devise this is the duty of the pro-. ficient in fiscal science, who is chosen on the p ar t of the CROWN' and the people to preside over the financial department of the Government. But as the occupant of that most important office is generally anxious to retain every existing impost from which ample returns can be obtained—as " non old nummus" appears to be the motto Austrian, Prussian, French, and - British Go- vernments. Rather late in the day, surely, .., . , for this sudden discovery by the AUTOCRAT that mediation between himself and the SULTAN will be inadmissable, as well as inconvenient. Whatever now, how ever, i n his Imperial Maj e sty may say reference to this question of interference between Russia and Turkey—there the combined fleets are in the Black Sea, or at any rate in th© Bosphorus, prepared for any emergency, in the event of a collision by sea proving inevitable. Having cruised about in the Euxine for three weeks or thereabouts, and having convoyed the required troo . . 8 a n d am nition to Batoum, Admirals DUN- D. 't' _ 3 • uld appear to have returned to witti-er • 4 obtain additional reinforce men to ho carrier} pt he earliest possible period to Varna. It ig i t t i . tether idle, at a juncture ike this, fur Priworfai overnments such as France -t S 14,13 y. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1854 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 American and 500 Surat were taken for export and on specu lation. The market closed with animation at full prices. The sales comprised 5,500 American, 160 Pernam and M aran h am at 6d. to 6d. ; 150 Bahia, at 6gd, to 64d. ; 200 Egyptian, at 51d. to 9d. ; 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 4d. ; and 70 Sea Island, at ls. aid. to Is. sd. per lb. ailway Shares were firm at higher prices. f The following particulars of the fruit trade at Liverpool are by Messrs. Houghton and Levy : " We have had some animation in our market during the past month, arising from speculative transactions in 1851 fruit; in currants a large amount of busi ness has been done, from 80s. to 90s. per cwt., D.P., for fine parcels ; the cause of this movement was conse quent upon advices from the currant-growing districts, to the effect that thel roots of the vines were entirely destroyed, and had, in a great many districts, 1 been uprooted by the cultivators. These tidings, how ever. had no effect on 1852 and 1853 growths, and for such descriptions th ere st ill cont i nues a most' meagre demand ; nevertheless, holders of anything keeping do not press sales, but are rather willing to await more positive accounts of next crop. Inferior qualities are almost un saleable, and we very much doubt if the larger portion ever came into consumption at all. The clearances have .again fallen off most considerably, and reach only fifty tons, duty paid, and 10 tons exported, against 230 in the previous month; the continued decrease in the quan tities taken for home use evidently show that this article is, to a large extent, going out of consumption, although the high prices of the necessaries of life and the unsettled state of some of our principal manufacturing "towns have this year assisted greatly to this result ; but no doubt, with the adjustment of these causes, we should. again have something approaching our usual demand. The arrivals consist of 170 tens, principally 1853 crop. Last year, at same period, we were almost without imports, and our stocks then were considerably less than the quantity now on hand.' The account§ from Is:ew York received this morn ing, state that business was tolerably active, that monetary affairs were improving, and that the rate of exchange bad fall, The shipments of specie had almost ceased to foreign ports, but the present steamer brings 202,000 dollars. Stocks were lower. An improvement in general business was rather looked for, and there had been fair trans actions in - Cotton.' Breadstuffs were extremely brisk in demand, and an important advance had occurred. The rate of exchange on London was 108 f to 109. The California accounts to the Ist January are not so encouraging. The steamer Aspinall, which brought them, had on board a million of dollars. The gold mining was going on much less satisfactorily, owing to the want of rain. The com mercial markets were very dull, and overstocked. The Hamburgh letters, received this morning, vt li o that busines s generally was very dull. The hi . ;.saltpetre and lead, in which the tra nsac ti ons were large. Corn was very quiet. Di scoun t s were 24 to n . The navigation for sailing vessels was again open. Business was expected to im prove, although speculators were adverse. BRITISH MlNES.—There is a very limited busi ness doing' this morning, and prices are almost naminal. Alfred Consols, 26 ; Sortridge, 18s., 20s. • Kilbricken, 355. ; Mo ll a n d s , 4, 4 ; S out h Cork, 4, 4 ; East Russell, 54, A ; 11Borringdon, 14, 2 ; Treweather, 44, 4. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted are as follows :—Jamaica, 4 to 4 prem. ; Metcalfe, 4 to 4 prem. ; Sue River, 4 dis. to par • Port Royal, f t o 1 p rem . The English Stock Market continues tolerably firm this morning, and there is a moderate business doing. Consols have been down to 924, but are since 921 4. They are now about 924 ft. The New 34 per Cents. have realised 94 to 941, and the 3 per Cents. 924 to 93k. Bank Stock is supported at 217. Exchequer Bills have been well supported at 13s. to 14s. premium. Foreign Securities have been mostly buoyant. Mexican have been quieter at 25, Peruvian have touched 664 and 67, and Equador are steady at 4 to 4. Venezuela have been done at 28, and Brazilian New at 91. Russian Stock is worth 1074, and Dutch 24 per Cents. have been at 61 to 614. The Market 'for Railway Shares is still rather animated, but there is some fluctuation in prices. Bristol and Exeter are Worth 10s. more • Caledo nian have been v ar i a bl e ; Midl an d have been firm, and North British are in demand. Great Northern have further improved. The French lines have been dealt in to some extent, and generally at full rates. The rise in the funds at Paris has led to serious failures there-- : prin for 800,000 f., it is said. The railway. meetings announced are as under : Company. Date. Place. Cork and Bandon ... Feb. 8, Cork. Dublin and Belfast Feb. 15, Dublin. Great Western Hull and Selby Feb. 11, Kingston-on-Hull • Middlesbro' and Redcar Feb. 8, Darlington. Northern and Eastern North London Feb. 14, Euston-square. Stockton and Darlington Feb. 8, Darlington. Wear Valley., Feb. 8, Do. York and North Midland Feb. 17, York. Do. and Berwick Feb. 17, York. The Gold Mine Shares have been firmer, and Agua Fria have advanced to two. The Shares of the Joint Stock Banks have been more in request, and at improved rates for Union of Australia. The answer of the Emperor Nicholas to the Tur kish, propo sa l s a d op t e d b y the Vienna , Conference, has reached both Vienna and Berlin. He declares them to be quite unsatisfactory, that he will allow of no mediation between himself and Turkey, and that Turkey, if she wishes to treat, may send an ambassador to St. Petersburg. According to another account the Russian Cabi net, in transmitting the answer of the Emperor, has made new propositions, which, in their turn, have been rejected by the Vienna Conference. The last despatch from Vienna, dated last night, says Lieutenant Baron Meyendorff left Vienna on Saturday for Bucharest, with despatches supposed to refer to speedy armistice. It is reported that a third protocol was signed at Vienna on Friday, Austria aid Prussia declaring to adhere to the maintenance of the integrity and independence of Turkey. Their neutrality will be strictly maintained. A congress at Brussels is spoken of as probable. The First Secretary of the Russian legation was to leave Berlin on the 4th for Brussels. It is quite clear that Austria and Prussia wish to discourage the Czar, and to induce him to abandon his warlike policy, and though they do not openly declare themselves against him, they do all that they think necessary to show their disapprobation of his policy. It is evident from this that the po licy of Prussia and Austria is still one of reserve and expectation, though it is equally clear that they are only waiting for a favourable opportunity to take part, if necessary, against Russia. It has excited some surprise that Count Orloff should go to Holland, and some difference of opinion exists as to the objects of his visit there. According.to some, its object. is to induce the King of Holland (the principal of the secondary mari time Powers of Eur•pe) •to remain neutral ; ac cording to others, its object is to meet M. de Brunow and M. de Kisseleff on their quitting London and Paris. It is believed that the negotiations of Count Orloff will be prolonged for several days. At pre sent, his visit has only had the effect of strength ening the position of Count Buol, and diminishing the influence of Count Fiquelmont. Baron Budberg, Russian Minister at Berlin, was to leave for Vienna last night. The Paris correspondent of the Daily News gives an entirely different version of the result of the Count's mission, which he states, on the authority of information obt'ained from an " excellent source," has completely succeeded. "It has often been remarked," he observes, "that Austria, by professing neutrality, might give Russia more effectual assistance than by declaring openly in her favour, and I believe I may now safely state that Count Orloff was not instructed to ask Austria to join the Czar in a war with the Western Powers at present. His desire is that Austria should remain in appearance strictly neutral ; thus, if the Western Powers will re cognise her neutrality, securing the Russian land frontiers from attack, enabling Nicholas to concentrate the greater part of his forces in Asia and upon the Danube, while Austria, secure from foreign invasion, may direct her undivided energies to keeping her disaffected subjects from rising in rebellion. To the strict neutrality demanded by Russia Austria has acceded, and the following bar gain has, it is said, been made : Russia renews her promise, which Austria affects to believe, to respect the integrity of the Ottoman empire, and, in case a revolutionary movement of importance should break out in Germany, Italy, Belgium, or even France, undertakes to make peace coute qui coute with Turkey, and to use her whole strength to crush the revolution wherever it may raise its head. A similar arrangement is proposed to Prussia, and although I am not so fully informed as to the re sult in the latter case, I have little doubt, despite the speeches of the Prince of Prussia, that the King is disposed to come into it." The Land Companies' Shares have undergone no change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK , (Prom the Official List.) Bank Stock 217 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ............. 93 zi 3i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities....... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., : 18 . 60 5 5-16 1 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 1-16 Consols for Account 15th Feb. Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO ........... 13 14 2500 l6 LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent ... ... 91 Equador Bonds ...... ................. Grenada Bonds, Deferred 7 II Mexican 3 per Cent. .... , 25 Peruvian Bonds, 4} per Cent. 66 7 6 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St MT§ Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent............ Venezuela Bonds, 34 per Cent. ..... Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 61 HALI 4 PAST TWO. Consols . . Ditto ***************** 99221 RUSSIA AND TURKEY, - - ALLEGED FAILURE OF COUNT ORLOFF'S MISSION. Further news received in London in regard to the determination of Austria and Prussia as to the attitude they will assume in the present struggle between Russia and Turkey, confirms the intelli gence published in our Saturday's edition, to the effect that Count Orloff's mission to Vienna has as yet been unsuccessful. " Count Orloff demanded," says a telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, yesterday (Sunday), "that Austria should pledge herself to remain neutral under any circumstances that might arise. The Emperor met this demand by asking for a pledge on the part of Russia with respect to the evacuation of the Principalities, and also fora promise that the Czar would not cross the Danube, nor seek any in crease of territory at the expense of Turkey. Count Orloff was unable to give any such undertaking ; and the Emperor, therefore, reserved to himself full liberty to act as circumstances might dictate, with due regard to the interest and the dignity of Austria. Count Orloff's mission is not, however, concluded ; and it is understood that he will re main here some days longer. He has, probably, instructions to. make some other proposals to the Emperor ; but no one anticipates that his efforts will be attended by any success." " Both this V . iurt and that of Vi enna, " says a telegraphic comffiunication from Berlin on Satur day, "have refused Count Orloff's demand for an,, unconditional pledge of neutrality. Neither Prus sia nor Austria will undertake to remain neutral in the event of the Czar persisting in his projects against Turkey, or seeking to extend his , i dominipns at her expense. Prussia has expressed her refusal in very4lecided terms, and it is not improbable that still stronger language will be employed by the Austrian Government." Another despatch from Vienna, states that Aus tria declares that she will act against Russia if the Czar cross the Danube. If he do not, the German Powers will remain neutral, and in case of future negotiation will endeavour to promote any settle ment on the bases of the protocols of Vienna. Arbi tration, it is said, has been proposed, and the King of the Belgians has been mentioned as the probable umpire. THE BEITISEI INSTITUTION. A. private view of this exhibition; which was opened to the public this morning, took place on Saturday. The gallery, the best situated of any in London, is under the governance of the Queen family, and some of the mosP the members of the Royal t distinguished of the aris tocracy, who have liberally subscribed, that the artist may have an opportunity of exhibiting his productions without expense_ to, hiniself, at _a, season whin-the other large galleries are not open. This year's exhibition is rather above the average. There are many inferior pic tures, but they are counterbalanced by a number of clever and effective productions. On a future day, we shall give a notice of some of the most prominent pieces in the exhibition. SUICIDE OF A RESPECTABLE FEMALE (THIS DAY)._ This morning Mr. Baker, the coroner, received informa tion of the death of a fine young woman, who committed self-destruction by drowning herself in the Regent's Canal basin, City-road. Some bargemen had their attention directed to something floating in the water, and on pulling it on shore were horrified to find it was the body of a female. The police have issued the fol lowing description of the deceased :—About 22 years of age ; 5 feet 5 inches in height ; dark brown hair ; fair complexion ; dressed in a brown cobourg gown, white petticoats, twill cashmere shawl with black satin stripe and coloured border, white straw bonnet trimmed with purple ribbons and lined with white satin. The body was removed to St. Luke's Workhouse to be owned. MAILS TO AUSTRALIA.—A contract upon a new prin ciple with the General Screw Steam Company is ex pected to be enterad into for a mail to Australia every alternate month. Should it be concluded, their new ship, the Golden Fleece, of 2,500 tons, will sail on the 4th of April. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE SHIP ALFRED.--A most serious accident befel this fine ship while on her passage to Calcutta from Portsmouth, which was nigh leading to her foundering. The Alfred was one of Mr. Green's splendid vessels, , and left , Portsmouth about five months since, with a large number of the 81st Regi ment, or " Queen's Own," with the commanding officer and staff, ordered for India. The ship touched at Madras on the Ist of last Deo., and afterwards sailed for Calcutta on the 4th, and on the following day, about four o'clock in thel morning, when off Calingapatam, she struck on a sunken rock, where she remained an'hour and ahalf. The rocks are described as being situated about thirty miles north of Bimlipatarn. By great exertions she was got off. The weather being calm, the captain made sail for Vizagapatam, which he was, fortunately enough, enabled to reach in safety, for she was making water fast. All the pumps had to be kept in operation. On the vessel being brought up, she had no less than seven feet of water in her hold, and the leak was fast increasing. It was then determined to run the vessel on shore ; but before doing so, all the troops, with their families, bag gage, and horses, were landed. The Alfred is now ashore, and the extent of the injuries, by coming in con. tact with the sunken reef, are isot yet ascertained. The Cologne Gazette states that the Official Ga zette of Vienna announces that the Government has received notice that Russia has expressly de clared to the Four Great Powers that she regards herself as released from the promise made at 01- mutz, to remain on the defensive in the Principali ties. matter which must entirely, depend on their own judg ment, and on them the responsibility will rest. The ambassadors decline to interfere in all matters connected with nautical experience, and confine themselves merely to those within the sphere of their political department. Hence the wishes and intentions of their Governments having been duly notified to both admirals, it only re mains to conform strictly to them, and devise those means best calculated for their execution." A special courier arrived at Constantinople from Shumla on the 23d with intelligence that Omer Pacha was seriously ill. Two clever physicians started for Schumla immediately. The rumour of a combat before Batoum was without foundation, and took its origin, it would seem, in a strange incident. Two English war steamers having been sent from Trebizond to Batoum were received with cannon shots from the' fortress. The steamers, much surprised at this reception, sent a boat t o th e t own with a flag of truce, to learn the cause of such treat ment. -The Turkish Commandant of Batoum stated, in explanation, that for some time the Russian vessels had endeavoured on se veral occasions to surprise the vigilance o of the garrison, by hoisting a French orEnglish flag on approaching the town. The intelligence from Asia is reassuring. The corps of Achmet Pacha is about to resume hostili ties. The Hungarian General Guyon (Kurschid Pasha) has not seized on the chief command, as some accounts had stated, but his counsels were of sufficient authority to make him the person who really directed the operations. That fact had dis contented some persons, and in particular, it was said, M. de Bruck. Attempts were being made to excite the jealousy, of the Turks against the European officers. The peace party in Turkey, or, in other words, the Russian party, does all it can to oppose the Seraskier Mehemed, who is a great advo cate for the employment of men of talent, even when not Turks. It would appear, however, that the attempt had failed, and that the opinions opposed to the peace party are beginning at last to triumph in the councils of the Sultan. After hav ing seen their departure announced, and then con tradicted, Col. Branski and Major Bystrzanowski left on the Bth January for the army of Asia with the rank of Pasha. They are accompanied by se veral European officers. The Porte has at length consented not to pre• vent the action of the Roumelian patriots in tin Principalities. General Tell and three other Rou melain officers have left for Omer Pacha's camp, and are to: act in Lesser Wallachia. General Tell is an officer of great bravery and considerable talent. He was one of the persons who signed the protest against the treaty of Balta-Liman. The formation of the foreign legion has been postponed, the decision of the Porte being held in suspense by the influence of M. de Bruck. It is said that ,Lord Stratford de Redcliffe gave Lord Dudley Stuart to understand that from his official position he could not support him in his lordship's exertions to induce the Porte to consent to the creation of the foreign legion. The Polish general Wysocki has become at Constantinopl e the head of the Polish emigrants there. He is repre sented as acting with great reserve, so as not to coMpromise the Porte by any premature solicita tions relative to the formation of the Polish legion. A serenade wa s g i ven to him by the Polish and. Italian emigrants. The number of Poles in Con stantinople was increasing rapidly. The Board of Health has suppressed the quaran tine for all vessels coming from Alexandria and Trebizond. It is on the Turco-Persian frontier that for all matters coming from this last-named place the usual formalities are to be observed. According to the accounts of the officers, French and English, on board the Retribution, they were enabled to take tolerably accurate plans of the town and fortress during an interval of two or three hours, allowed for the delivery of her despatches, and the receipt of an acknowledgment of them from the vice governor. It is further said that her salute, of 21 guns was duly retu rne d, an d not answered by 13, as before supposed. It appears, moreover., that Sebastopol is strongly fortified ; and our officers consider it almost impregnable by means of a fleet alone, without the co-operation of a land force. The guns amount altogether to 700 —some of long range, and bearing on the open sea, others so dis posed as to defend by their cross fire the immediate entry of the port. All these are in a perfect state, and the number of men to serve them is believed ,to be considerable. The forts have the form of a tower, and almost all of them have three tiers of guns. Thus to attack the. town from the sea side would be difficult ; but the coast within a few miles of Sebastopol is easy of access, and, according to the reports of our officers, its capture might be effected with about twenty-five thousand - men at the present moment- Later, however, and should the Russians be allowed to fortify these p o i n t s , double that f orce would be`required. Some depression of spirit is generally felt in con ' sequence of the reported return of the fleets. How ever, it is to be hoped that the despatches of the Samson may have reached the admirals in time, and disposed them to conform at all risks and all hazards to the manifest intentions of their govern ments. The Russian fleet is stationed at Kaffa or Theodosia, and no doubt should our squadron re turn to Beycos, they will immediately start on an other marauding expedition, and we shall hear of events similar to that of Sinope. Advices from the Black Sea intimate that " the Russian Admiral has been causing forts to be erected all along the coast of the Straits of Yeni kale." The admiral must have been in a terrible fright ; had his fears allowed him to reflect, that seeing Yenikale is the place where the larger mer chantmen unload in part before entering the Sea of Azoff, its vicinity was little likely to be dis turbed by men-of-war. The Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna, under date of Constantinople, 19th ult., says :-- "A letter from Damascus states that a tumult had taken place in that city, between the Greeks and the Catholics, because the former had refused to subscribe to a loan opened by the Governor for the benefit of the State, although the Catholics and the Jews had set them the example. When the bearer of the subscription list, a Turk, presented himself in the Greek quarter, he was violently expelled. A quarrel afterwards arose, in which some Catholics took part. The armed force was com pelled to interfere in order to restore tranquillity." A letter from Malta of the Ist states that two vessels of large burthen had just anchored in Va letta. They are bound for Constantinople, and are loaded with arms and projectiles bought from Eng lish houses by the Turkish Government. This is the third freight of this description which has left there during - the past month, and as the Porte is equally active in similar purchases of stores from other countries, it is evident that her energies and resources are great. Reports come from Constantinople of a second victory gained by the Turks after the battle of Citale. SERVIA. Etam Pasha, the bearer of the Sultan's firman, which secures the privileges granted to Servia, has arrived at Belgrade. The announcement of this firman has produced great agitation - among the people, and engaged the attention of the Servian Government, which was anxiously considering which side to take. M. Jankavitz, a senator, and the intimate friend of Prince Alexander, has been sent to Vienna to ask advice. It is not true that the Prince had rejected the firman. There is no doubt that the Austrian army of observation on the Servian frontier is to be in creased forthwith. Forty thousand troops will presently be sent hence to the Servian frontier. crossed the Danube in strong force at Oltenitza. The Ottoman troops have again occupied the island there, and erected entrenchments on it. FRANCE. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Tuileries, when the Emperor manifested his desire that, now that diplomatic relations were broken off between France and Russia, the most effectual measures should be taken forthwith to bring mat ters to a speedy and successful conclusion. The exact amount of the force to be sent on service to the East is not stated, but it is the opinion of per sons competent to judge not less than 70,000 or 80,000 Anglo-French troops would suffice, with the co-operation of the Turkish army, to do the work effectively. Candia has been already spoken of for a depot, but it is believed this island is con sidered as rather too distant from Turkey, and Mitylene would perhaps be more suitable. The energy insisted upon by the Emperor, ac cording to trustworthy accounts, and his determi nation, in conjunction with England, to strike one of those stunning blows which bring a quarrel to a speedy issue, lead us to b e li eve th at the auxi liary force will be to a much greater amount than what has been so often stated, namely, 30,000 French and 10,000 English. The preparations in . France are certainly on a larger scale than would be required for that number. • M. de Kisseleff seems decidedly unwilling to leave Paris. Every day we are told that he is to leave on the following morning, and still he re mains. He has received his passports, and taken leave of the Emperor. The rupture of diplomatic relations between France and Russia is complete. M. de Kisseleff, after his long residence there, has naturally many private affairs to arrange, and many personal friend s t o t a k e l eave of, eut he will quit Paris on Tuesday at the farthest. He has written a circular to all the Russian residents here, recommending them to re t urn t o t h e i r native country as soon .as possible. Many of them have* received orders to go immediately. Among them is General Joiniui, one of the Czar's aides-de-camp, who has made arrangements for his departure on, Tuesday, probably in company with M. de Kisse -1 Leff. Madame de Titow, sister of M. de Crept°- . witch, has also received a command to return to , St. Petersburg. ,_ Mr. Tucker, at, English Cabinet courier, carry e despatches from the French and English Go _ vernments for the two Ambassadors at th e P orte, Sir John Burgoyne, and Colonel Ardent, of the French Engineers, embarked on the 2d instant, at Marseilles for Constantinople on board the Ca radoc. The Siecle says the recent answer given to the Russian Ambassadors in Paris and London contains the following passage :—" The allied fleets entered the Black Sea to re-establish the equilibrium of force between the contending parties." It is not impossible that as soon as war is de clared the Emperor will suppress the private tele graph altogether —at least such a measure is talked of in the government offices on account of the con tinual deluge of false news. It is stated to-day that the 10,000 men, whom General Pelissier has gone to select in the province of Oran are, to embark without any delay for Con stantinople. Some further 'riots have taken place at Perie gueux, but the rioters have been dispersed. There is a report this day (Monday) that orders for the march of the first division of a French army to Turkey have been sent to Africa. The Chasseurs d'Afrique a Cheval, the Zounves, and the Chasseurs de Vincennes, now in Algeria, will be the first to leave. Generals Bosquet, Pelissier, and Canrobert will certainly have commands, and in all p ro b a bili t the latter w ill b e appointed' Commander-in-Ch ie of the army of the East. The march of an English army through Paris to embark at Toulon and Mar seilles, is a part of the gossip of the cafes,and there is a talk at the Ministry of War of a grand fraternal banquet to be given to them in the Champ deMars. The Bourse was much agitated yesterday. The Three per Cents., which opened at 68f. 85c., rose to 69f. 20c., on the announcement that Consols had improved in London. They subsequently declined to 68f. 80c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,045 f. ; ; Rouen, 922 f. 50c. ; H avre , 425 f. Great Vorthern, 735 f.; Paris and' St ras b urg, 712 f. 50c. ; ditto, New, 562 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 817 f. 50e. ; 'Lyons to the Mediterranean, 635 f. ; Western of France, 560 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 527 f. 500. ; Groat Central, 435 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 440 f. ; Shares of the Bank o f C r edit Mobilier, 620 f. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 31st ult. M. Leopoldo Augusto de Cueto, former Chief of one of the departments of the Foreign-office had been appointed En vo y E xtraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington, in the ro om o f M . Calderon de l a B arca ; M. Ramon' Lozano, ther Chief o f the Foreign-office, Envoy Extraano or- dinary and Mihist er Pl enipotentiary at Mexico in the place of M. Miguel de Tacon, Marquis of B/iya ma named to that p os t b y a Royal decree of the Bth: November last ; and the Marquis de Rivera, Minister of Spain in Berlin. The Queen had conferred one of the vacant col lars of the Golden Fleece on the son of the reigning Duke of Parma, and the Cordon of Maria Luisa on the two Princesses his sisters. Letters from Se'ville stated that the Duchess of Montpensier was slightly indisposed. The Government had been informed by a tele graphic despatch from Cadiz, that the Marquis del Duero embarked on the 29th for the Canary Islands. The delay of eight days assigned to General O'Donnell to present himself to the military autho rities, and to obey the Queen's orders, being on the point of expiring, it was believed that his name would be struck off the list of the army. The receipts of the Treasury, in December last, exceeded by 1,276,387 reals those of the correspond_ ing month of 1852. They amounted to 119,398,442 reals. Those of the entire year were 1,312,927,718 reals, or 8,829,330 more than the anticipations of the budget. The Three per Cents. were done at 38 ; the Now Three per Cents. at 19 9-16; the Debt of the first class, at 8 ; and that of the second at 41. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, 9.30 A.m . :. By the steamer Europa we have advices from. New York to the 25th ultimo. She has brought $202,300 in specie on freight. The steamer Cambria, from Havre, arrived at New York on the 22d ult. The Europa passed the ship Southampton, from Liverpool, going into New York. The steamer Northern Light bad arrivedxt Ne w York, with Advices from San Francisco t o th e 31 st December, and $847,381 in gold dust. The Orego n sa il e d f rom San Franci tge 31st, with $400,00i) i n gold dust ; route for Ne w York. The total ex p or t of Old from S an F ranc i sco for the year 1853 amounted to $67,873,505. It was estimated that the total produce of the mines since the discovery of gold in California, six years ago, amounted to $260,000,000. The arrivals of passengers at San Franci sco during 1853 amounted to 35,185, and the depar tures to 30,316. 1,028 vessels, of 555,794 tons, entered the har bour of San Francisco during the year, and 1,091 vessels, of 635,480 tons, cleared, being an increase of 22 per cent. over the previous year. The works for the fortification of the harbour of San Francisco h a d been comm enced on Alcatraz Island and F or t Point. The fo rmer position would have 40 heavy guns, and the l a tt er 110 guns. In for K the formation o ‘e Umpqua to Cape Mendocino. state, to rea c h -horn THE DANUBE. Advices from Bucharest of the 31st ult, state that the Russians have completely destroyed the Turkish battery opposite the Ismael Channel. Floating bridges are being constructed at Ga latz. A despatch from Bucharest of the same date states that Prince Gortschakoff had returned, and that operations against Kalafat would be postponed. Some Turkish troops crossed the Danube on the 19th and 20th, at Tuytukai and Silistria, for the purpose of reconnoitring. At both these places on both days fighting ensued, no r did t h e Turks re turn to their own side of th e r i ver until the Rus sians received reinforcements. The Turks had . posted s t rong columns of troops between Matshm and Isaktsha. They form a kind of cordon, and are there for the protection of both these places, and also of Tultsha, should the Rus sians attack them. A letter from Vienna, of the 31st ult., says : "General Schilder, who is appointed as the successor to Prince Gortschakoff, arrived at Krajowa, on the 28th. He has, it is said, already adopted certain measures, but they do not indicate that offensive operations will take place immediately. Omer Pacha, has caused the second line of troops which were near Schumla to advance ito wards th e D anu b e. He proposes, it is said, to attack the Ru ss i ans on several points at the same time, and drive th em f rOm the Danubian Principalities. The Wallachian peasantry continue to be . animated by the most hostile feelings towards the Russians. The state mentßoheintihaaftoraHcourpngsardy'aiiavnizemhaadtu been re as or w de l r l ed as to tha le t av o e f Thethe 4t h materielcorp s o f d w 'a a r r m h e a e h s b a e v e i n n gp ut in a sGaliciatate fitfo rfoCr.raocattiivae. service. The visit of Prince Schlik to Vienna is con nected with these preparations." The Debats says that a column of 200 Russian prisoners at Citale were massacred by their escort when the latter saw their General Is mai l Pacha fall from his horse. The intelligence from the alines was not gene rally so satisfactory. Opera t ions having bea n sus pended in many instances in consequence of the of water. short supply news of importance from Wash m. Bedini, the Popes Nuncio Washing ' in t T o h n e . rew - is no ton the guest of the French Minister ; he wag =Ling preparations to sail from Boston in the steamer Niagara, on the Ist Febru ar 12th y. Our advices from Rington, Jamaica, are to th e ult. It was reported that the Governor intended to dissolve the House of Assembly immediately after it re-assembled, on the 17th inst. Jamaica wag healthy, the weather fine, and the sugar crop pro mising. A serious riot had occurred between some officers, soldiers, and civilians on the sth. Upon the same day the police and citi zens h ad an en counter at Montego Bay ; during which a olice station was demolished, and a policemen so injured! that he died from his wounds. The Ne w Y ork stock Money in ood market wa s still declining. g demand. Exchange on Lond on, 109 to 109}. Cottin moderate demand, and without mate rial alteration in price. Wheat, flour, and Indian corn advanced in rice after r ece i pt of Niagara's advices. p Freights to London—flour, 08. per barrel; grain, 16d. to 18d. per bushel. Telegraphic advices received at Paris yesterday state that the Turks under Omer Paella have again i!m CONSTANTINOPLE. OPPOSITION OF THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS TO THE RETURN OF THE FLEETS. The following telegraphic despatch, dated Con stantinople, January 23, has been received via Vienna : " The combined fleets returned on the 22d with out having seen a single Rusiian vessel during the three weeks' cruise. "The Niger, sent with despatches countermand_ ing the return of the fleets, only met them close-to the Bosphorus. The Vesuvius, Highfiyer, and Sidon have just arrived." Constantinople letters, of the 23d, state that the admirals decline the responsibility of navigation with sailing vessels in the Black Sea, during the present most dangerous season. It appears that it was ou Monday, 16th inst., that the Caton arrived at Constantinople from the Black Sea with despatches for Lord Radcliffe and M. Baraguay d'Hilliers, announcing the intention of the admirals to return with their fleets to Bey cos. The cause of this resolution was generally supposed to be the want of good harbours, and the risks of the Eusine at this season. The ambassa dors met in conference on Tuesday in consequence of this information, and the Samson started for the Black Sea with their reply to the admirals, which, it was said, was to the following effect : "The ambassadors express surprise at the sudden re. solution of the admirals, more particularly at the pre sent moment, when a Turkish steam flotilla is on the point of starting with ammunition and other stores for the army of Anatolia. The orders of the French and British Governments which reached this by the Caton, about ten days ago, were formal and precise, re specting the protection to be afforded by the com bined fleets to the Ottoman flag and territory, and the attention of both admirals is again called to the stringent nature of these instructions, which had been duly noti fied to them. The admirals, it would appear, consider that the measures intrusted to their execution may be equally well effected, whether the force under their command be stationed at Beycos or Sinope. This is a -1111 ....-,._ THE The din 4 1412 k the the tonehi Mlle, the the Lady Y As Hat I le? Ma •, 6 1 1 rincei 4 kent, the !Ilestie hot 11 :k the Prig, t ee ived t: lichees of _.. T he Ho: h s -4zettered earll 1 lit'l4 3. 1 88teeCG: eeiFier:rilioltEEnrilrrle; ioka, ries \V `4(.1 three'( PC