The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-10 00:00:00

I thei cora ark to Turks were aban- them ; Rus- 1 lines repasS .asialt un des uary, 2113 E ENGLISH ENGINEERS CAPTURED BY THE RUSSIANS. Immediately after a remonstrance fro m Lord Clarendon reached St. Petersburg on the 19th of last month, Count Nesselrode wrote to the British , nlinister there, Sir H. Seymour, that o rders had been sent to release Mr. Michael Bell, the Eng lish engineer, and permission granted him to , St leave the country. At the instigation of Mr. 20' Bell's friends, Sir Hamilton Seymour required to be informed where he was, in order that 50 assistance might be sent him to enable him to 13 depart, but up to the dtPparture of the mail on the 30th u ltimo no answer could b e obtained to 31 th e requisition. To grant permission to a pri- Boner to leave the country and to withhold from his friends the information where he is, and to atop, as they have been stopped, all communications from the prisoner to them so as to prevent the necessary assistance being sent to him to enable him to avail himself of that permission, is a refine ment of cruelty that could be exercised only by authorities long inured to acts of pitiful malice and lost to every sense of honour or shame. It may be, however, that this written statement of Count Nesselrode's is as false as both his former as sertions. It is scarcely credible, but, never theless, true, that Couut Nesselrode informed the Emperor, and persisted in his statements for nearly six weeks, notwithstanding the repeated indignant denials of Sir H. Seymour, that Mr. Bell had entered the Russian service ; whilst, at the same time, he was declaring privately to other Parties, that his Imperial Majesty had ordered that the prisoner should be treated as an officer prisoner. If he had entered the Russian service, how could it be necessary to issue such an order ? The false hood is obvious, but it was a double one . No one, however, but the English Government believes a Single word that falls from such a source. It was said and believed in St. Petersburg, as late as the 30th ult., that Count Orloff was sent on a secret mission to England. Whatsoever or wheresoever his mission, it was kept secret from the British Minister ; and it would really appear that the English Government prefer that there information should be as small as possible, or derived from a Source tortuous and mendacious as the present. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY•) - _ A. MEDICAL STUDENT'S FREAK.—John Skelton, me dical student, 1 8 , South-row, New-road, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Police-constable 126 C, stated that about three o'clock this morning he was on duty in Leicester-street, Lei cester-square, when he heard some person violently ringing a bell in Sidney's-alley. He ran to see what Was the matter, when he saw the defendant at the door of No. 2, knocking at the door and ringing the bell as hard as he could. Witness took him into custody, and on the way to the station he said he had only done it for a bit of fun. The accused, in defence,.said he believed he knocked at the door, but it was done through the influence of Wine. Mr. Hardwick said it was no doubt exceedingly plea sant to. defendant to rim; bells and knock at doors fur fun ; but he (Mr. H.) could assure him that it was quite the reverse to the inabitants, who were alarmed in their beds at such an untimely hour in the morning. As a caution to defendant for the future, he fined him 205., or 10 days. The money was paid. A LUCKY ESCAPE.—EIiza Collier and Harriet Janzes, Were charged before Mr. Hardwick, with stealing a gold Watch, value 181., and three sovereigns, the property of Mr. George Henry Newton, solicitor, Marine-parade, Erighton. Police constable Hawkes, 144 C, stated that, about 6 o'clock this morning he was on duty in Queen's street, when a woman came up to him and asked him to accompany her to No. 3, Tichtield-street, which is a cora mon brothel, as a gentleman had been robbed there of his watch and some money by two wqmen.Witness went to the house and saw the prisoners and a gentleman, who desired him to take charge of them, as they had robbed him of a gold watch and some money. Witness took the pri soners to the station, and the gentleman accompanied them and preferred the charge,' and signed his name to the charge-sheet. Witness afterwards returned to the house, and on searching the bed-room, found ss. under neath the carpet. The watch had not been found. The officer added, that p ro secutor was not in attendance to press the charge, and he (the officer) believed as he was a married man, he (prosecutor) did not feel a wish to risk an exposure. The prisoners admitted accompanying the prosecutor to the brothel, but denied all knowledge of the robbery. Mr. Hardwick ordered them to be discharged. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS D A Y.) IR . 25 LONDON, Feb. 10.—Wind this day at Noon, N. ; light breeze, and fine, clear weather. FALMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N., etrong breezes. Ar- I rived —Mary Ellen, from Taganrog. Sailed—Hardie, for Melbourne ; Laura , Barbooloes ; Cagliari (s), Cagliari. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Maria; from Havannah, for Falmouth ; Melnia, Newfoundland, fart Brazils, with loss of mainmast and geer sails, in lat. 43 4 N., long. 9W. Sailed—Julius Cxsar, for Mar tinique. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 9.—Wind, W.N.W. to N. by W. —Arrived—Sir Robert Peel, from London, for New York, S OUTH AMPTON, Feb. 9. — Wind , N.W. Sailed—Severn (s), for the Brazils. TORBAY, Feb. B. — Wind , N.N.W. Sailed—Liddesclale, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Mary Gillespie, Carthagena Von Nayler, do. ; Britannia, Ganmeha. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. S.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived — Cornelia from Havannah ; Vision , Ibrail ; Wind, do. ; Energy, 'do. ; Flirt, Volo. Sailed - Surge, for Hong Kong ; Gentt • Sierra Leone.—The Walter Rose (schooner), from Yarmouth, N.S., to the West Indies, has been abandoned at sea waterlogged; crew picked up by the Cornelia, arrived here. ABERDEEN, Feb. B.—Put back—Margaret Milne, Cape of Good Hope, with decks swept, loss of sails, and one man overboard. LERWICK, Feb. 10.—(Per Elec. Tel.)—The Charles Jonbs, from Leith to Callao, was lost off Eastaness, north west of Shetland, on the morning of the 31st of Jan. with all hands ; cargo, if any, lost. HELSINGBORG, Feb. 2.—The Sophie (Holstein galliot) was stranded at Kullen, Jan. 31, and the master and five men drowned ; one man saved.. CAERNARVON. Feb. B.—A dismasted schooner, derelict was ,bearded by the Lladdwyn pilots in this bay yesterday, a small ferry bad her in tow for some time, but not having sufficient power, she was obliged to abandon her about 9 p.m. Two boats are reported to be on shore at Dinas Dinli. MUMBLES, Feb. B.—The Commodore (brig), arrived here ; passed, on the 31st Dec., the Young Queen (barque), from St. Jago to Swansea, on the shore on the Bird Rock, Crooked Island ; the poop and mizenmast had washed on shore, and the ship was fast breaking to pieces. The crew had landed on Crooked Island, and the natives were endeavouring to get out the copper ore. ABT SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.9 a.m. Wind N.W., blowing strong ; tide, three-quarters ebb. Arrived, 9th—Eagle's Wing, from Denia ' • Mermaid, Messina; Jeune Albert, Bordeaux; Elizabeth and Sarah Gothenberg ; Reform, Leghorn ; America, Charente John and Thomas, Leghorn. 10th—Holland, steamer, from Rotterdam. Sailed, 10th.—Wilberforce, steamer, for Hamburg. DEAL, Thursday, 9.28 a.m. Wind N.N.W., straw?, Passed—Georgiana, from London for Leghorn. In tow for the river—Commonwealth. LIBERALI TY OF MISS BURDETT COUTTS. — L ast even- 12?. ing Miss A. B. Coutts, with her well known liberality, regaled 300 poor persons with a plentiful supply of roast beef and plum pu ddin g , &c., in the school-room of St.so St. Stephen's, Rochester-row, Westminster. A nume rous assemblage of the haut ton were present to witness s t. the repast. The rooms were most tastefully decorated. St. THE ROYAL MAIL PACKETS.—SOCTRA3IPTON, Thurs day.—Tt • Sevei n. Captain Hest, left this afternoon with 50 the usual monthly Brazilian mails. She had on board 12 60 passengers, amongst whom are Baron and Baroness Van d'Aerssen, 1,2001, in specie, 10,000/. value in jew -1225 eII"ST, and an average carg o. The Thames, with the homeward portion of this mail, and the Plata, with the West India mail, are due on the 16th inst. The Wye 10 will leave on the 11th instant to take up her inter-colo- 6 12 vial duties in the West Indies. A Max KILLED IN PICCADILLY.—This morning, a 12 man - of the name of Henry Purchase, aged 30 years, 1 2 who resided in Tower-street, Waterloo - road , e x p ired in °(' Charing-cross Hospital from the effects of injuries re ceived under the following circumstances :—lt appears i 6! the deceased was knocked down by the shaft of a wag- 10 gon striking the base of the skull, when police constables St. No. 23 C and 123 C conveyed him to the above valuable St institution, where Dr. Golding and Mr. Muirhead, the St medical resident officers, attended. The staff was in St. immediate attendance, but, from the severe injuries be St. re ceived, be died shortly after his admission to the hos pital. Mr. Bedford, the coroner, will hold the inquest St. on Monday next. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The following notice has been 1 8 5 i, letters issued by the Post - Office o " A reductionpostage having taken p lace i n Denmark upon 8 sent to and 10 from that country by the route of Belgium and Prussia, l e tters posted in the rinited Kin g d om addressed toDei- 10 mark, and vice versa, will in future be chargeable with 25 a rate of 100., when not exceeding 1 2 oz. in weight • ls. 10 9d., when exceeding -oz., and not exceeding loz and 1.0( so on, according to the scale for charging inland letters. „. This postage m a y be p aid in advance, o r the letters may y be forwarded u n p aid, at the o p tion of the s ender." 20 AGRICULTURA L STATISTICS.—The mem or i a l to Lord 25 Aberdeen on the ur g ent necessit y for a s y ste m of agr• 25 cu lt ura l statistics has been co m p let e d, and is understood - 12) to be one of the most powerful as regards signatures ever presented from the city of London. BEVERLEY STEEPLECHASE. —This steeplechase, for 50/. , 5 g iven by Lord Londesborough. which was to have come '.3t. off on the 10th March, has, in consequence of the one „ at W e therly being fixed to ta ke p lace on that day, been 2 - 1 Postponed until Fridap 17th March, • ""- SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Cbsing Prices yesterday. BUSitICF.S done this day. 20 - 201, 5 - 8 - 9 12 —lO dill 16 - 1 8 6t, 91 - 96 52i - 5 3 4 15 - 16 13 - 1-`1 . - ... 4# - 4 71 - ..• 54 ". -- ..., 13i -- 131 38 - 42 26 - 28 64 - 66 61. - 63 ,•• - . •.. 203- 21! 872 8 8 67 69 29 - 131 99 - 101 81! - 82 93 - 96 13 - Hp 121 - 134 1 65 - 7 - Gia' 13•- - ii 7i 8 par 4 p 954 964 0;3 - 103 Par P par r - d 81 — 82 94 10i1 96,d - -- 23 - 63 :36 - 38 55 - - 5i - 2i - 6 - 8 47 - 50 33 3,ii 32 ... 33 8 10 2. - 6,1 - 53 - 56 I - 6 - 8 - 34 - 36 90 9'2 54 - 56 55 - 60 55 - 21 - 11 16 7 8 10 12 31 —31 cl 61 - 321 - 3 - ... - •.. 31 - 33 2i - 15 3/d 49 6S 8 12 9 491 RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen 81 Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolvcrb. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 18i Do., £20... ....... 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian all Chester & - Holyhead. all Cork and Bandon... all Cork, Black, & Pass 12 Cornwall A Oriel' Junction 45 Dublin&Bellasaune , all Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction ~ all Do. New all East all Do., (£lB E & H)... all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, A Stock ..... 100 Do., B. Stock 84 Do., New A 100 Fast Lancashire 101) Edinburgh & Gdasgov, S!J Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Prth. &Dunde€ 1 'orth & Clyde June. .00 .41asgow &S. Western .00 Great Northern Stk. .00 Do., A. Stock LOO Do., B. Stock. LOO Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.; LOO Great Western 12 Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 11i Do., Thirds 2 Do. Thirds 100 Lancash.audYorksh. Do., Fifths 114 D J., Wst. Riding Um all Leeds Northern all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all Loudon & .Blackwal' 8;. Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Loud. Bright &S. Cst. 100 Loud. and N. Westu, 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do .10/. Sh. 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42. 1 , Do., £5O. 34 Do., £4O all Tincndrry& Col erain all Lndndrry. & Enuisk. 100 NtanelLShef.& Limb , 4i4 Do., Man. & Liu. Un. 100 Midland 'lOO 1)o. Birmug. &Derby G. West . Oro., 174 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle. 100 Newmarket 54 Do., Bury Extension. 17), Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd. 74 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warreupoini and RostrevOr. 100 Norfolk 34 Nortlin.Counties Uu 100 North British 16 North Devon, No. 1, 114, Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred 8 Do., 4 B Guaranteed all North London 4 Do. New £lO 13 is N.&S.Wstr a. ,Hamp stead, and City Jn 17. North Stalfordshire all North Western 10 N. &S. Westru. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 2/ 2s Portsmouth 100 Scottish Central , 100 SeottishMidland 100 Shrewsbury 100 Do. &N. Western Guaranteed St &bk._ 10 Shrewsby. & Berea all Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ; all Do. Halveso. 6 all Do. Oswestry 64 .Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 5. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun, 5 Do 21 2s Staines, Wok &Wok all Stockton & Darling. 16 itockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shares 100 Do. Pref., No. 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Water ford&Limerick 14 West Cornwall 1 West End of Loudon and Crystal Palace all West London 51s. Whubledn & Croydon 100 YOrkNeweth&Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 134 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland._ 14 50 20 11 10 20 St. St. St. St. 20 20 50 20 41 48 - PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 .berdeen 'lOO )o. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 500 100 •iris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares „ 100 Jaledollian £lO all :pester & Holyhead Guar. 5 per cent 6:1 gork &Baudonsip.c. all Dundee Perth &Aber- deco Junction all EastAnglian (X3los; 6 per cent all Do. (X 5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (E 7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St., all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lan cash. 6p. cts. all East and West York shire June. Pref all Ediub Pr th. &Dunde€ 5 10 St. 5 51 per cent. DO Glasgow & S.Western Guar. 5 per cent.... DO Great Northn. sp. c. DO Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... 10 Do. 4 p. c. Scrip 6 Gt.N. of Scot.lstPrei all CI, t, Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths).. 4 Do. 4 per c. Pref. Sh, 6 Gt. Westn. (Bcrks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red. 4i p.c. 1.00 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O ( DO Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 13 Leeds N. 6p. c. No. 11 9 Do. Quarters, 1848... 160 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do, Pref., sp. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 London &S. Western Con. Thirds all Londonderry& Coler Shares all Lowly. & Ennis. aSO . all 11a.n., Shef., & 14 in , Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO 44 Do. £6 all Aarypt & Carl. 4 p.c all ,1 o. 4 per cent 10? Jo 100 ilid. Coasol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Con3ol. Bristol & Bir in. 6 per cent • 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 6 Norfolk Debenture .. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Stock 100 Do. sp. c. Eat 100 Do. 54 per ct.prec 100 Do. Way. Vo2. sp. c 100 North British 1111 North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, &, Wolverh.X ls , 6 p.c. 15 3 all .'cot. Cent. , New Pref all 41ffews. all ihrewsby. Chester (Noi.W.Min), 8 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cen` all South Devon 14 Do. fixed, 4A per cen 'c. all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. Cl. 100 Do. 4.03 c: cent. all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 3 Waterfd.s7,Kilk.6p.e. 100 York, No wcastle ,an d •Berwick,4 p. c. Pref. 5 Do 10 York&N. Midland 11 all( S, Purch„..„, , • .....' .• . 6 ik ... - • .. XCI GL - 3i - 3;1 4 - - P 1 - ' LH - lir . - 14 . -- ... 28 - 3h 119 121 .09 - 111 1 i - r' 20 25 100 100 20 20, 10 20 20 20 20 13 ni 20 xc i lO 20 96 4 1034 4 631 28 3i 57 par 5d 3 iia x d 16 62 1 5 8 -8; 6A -- 7 96' -- 98 90 -- 95 93 -- 95 id pa: A 37 -- 13, •.• - • ..... ... 2i - 3 12i —12 i 6 7 9 94 par i p 1137 139 —d. 99 - 101 p - 41 310 91 - 16 - IGA t - 101 12 - 14 - P 221 - 23 ii —ls ... --- • ... --- • 3d 94 97 31 4i id id 97$ 8 93i . Tilt SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EyENING, FEMITJARY 10, 1854. THE EASTERN QUESTION. AUSTRALIA. 7 ' A.ntwerp&Rotterciaan 3 Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to GraissesstW 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip 3 - 1 - 4 - 3d ( From the Times.) The advices from Melbourne brought by the Ballarat are about a week later than those by the last arrival. They report no particular change in the import market, but the details of the course of business are scanty, owing to the principal correspondence being reserved for the Singapore route, the letters by which were ex pected to arrive in England many days before the pre sent vessel. The gold production appears to be going on steadily, although the escort returns for the month just ended contrasted very unfavourably with those of October, 1852, when the outpourings from Mount lexander had created general excitement. The total of the month this year was 156,166 ounces, against 364,172 in the corresponding period of last year. The circumstance, however, was _ considered excep tional, and no doubts appear to have arisen as to the general average of each year showing; a steady itterease in the same way as in California. The electric telegraph was about to be introduced, and the Govern ment had accepted a tender for a line from Melbourne to Williamstown at 1931. 10s. per mile. An alleged discovery of coal, at a place called Cape Patteson, on the coast, had attracted attention, and a party had been organised to test its value, but it was believed to be merely a revival of an account published seine years ago. It was likely, however, to prevent any deposits that may exist from being longer neglected. The Great Britain was to sail from Melbourne on the 3d of De cember, and is now 68 days out. From Sydney the latest dates were to the 2d of November, when active measures were in progress, by the construc tion of new forts and other means, to put the harbour into an efficient state of defence. From South Australia the accounts mention that the Legislative Council had recommended the execution of three gold medals to commemorate the opening of the river Murray and the arrival of the first consignment of river-borne wool—one to be presented to the Governor, one to Mr. Cadell, the explorer, and one to be deposited among the archives of the colony. The results of the expedition are stated to have demonstrated the naviga bility of the river for commercial purposes to the extent of at least 1,450 wiles. The Council had also requested estimates for an effectual exploration of the general ter ritory of the province. From Van Diemen's Land the letters reach to the 3d of Nov. but contain nothing new. The reward of 15,0001. for the discovery of a profitable working goldfield was being advertised, the subscription having been made up by 145 merchants of Hobart Town and Launceston. It is probable that the latest telegraphic intelligence which has reached us from Vienna is correct in point of fact, but we are always obliged to receive with great caution the inferences suggested by that mode of com munication. Thus, we were already aware that a change was shortly to be expected in the Turkish Go vernment, and we are not surprised to learn that some such event has taken place. But we are by no means prepared to believe that such a change can be more favourable to the adoption of a compro mise with Russia. On the contrary, it is well known that the removal of the Seraskier and the Capudan Pasha was regarded by the principal allies and ad visers of the Porte as an indispensable condition to ahi i ( nrs ) f ei nt th hue rl siho ar . politicallffie T alliance ofipa partly tehl S yew e rsi by uyh s lktttiahehhires: connexion, v h ri ei o hi u ha c i d c s e tse s u s r facauentledelpdvpreaoadrsr partly i c yni u s b t r i ye o at n ultra-Mussulinan faction and the Sheikh ul Islam. But his capacity as a military administrator was far below his zeal, and personally he has never ceased to be a rival of Redschid Pasha, though sitting in the same Council. It is extremely difficult to sound the motives and causes by which these changes are brought about at the Porte, where foreign influence and personal intrigue are the chief elements in such contests for power ; but with the combined squadrons within reach of the Bosphorus, and the influence of the Allied Powers paramount at Pera, it is highly improbable that any change should have taken place favourable to the demands of Russia. We know indeed that such is the dread entertained by the Turkish Mi nisters of the fanaticism of the populace, that they found themselves compelled to reject all terms of accommoda tion on that score, and, if we are not much mistaken, a proposal to submit to Russia at the present moment would go far to cost the Sultan his throne and his Ministers theirlives. Until more positive information arrives, we are therefore strongly disposed to believe that the Ministerial change which has occured at the Porte has been brought about by totally different means, and that it is calculated to restore greater harmony and unity of action to the Ministry. These objects have, we know, been earnestly desired for some time by the French and English Ambassadors, and we have, as yet, no reason to doubt of their success. So, too, we learn with satisfaction that Count Orloff quitted Vienna ear'.y on Wednesday morning, for it was feared that he might make still further efforts to pro long his stay and to recover his influence ; but we receive with the greatest reserve the intimation contained in this despatch, that he takes with him the positive assurance that Austria and Prussia will remain neutral. That state ment is entirely at variance with the latest and most di rect assurances of the two German Courts, which have constantly refused to give any pledge of the kind. We know with certainty from Berlin that Baron Bud berg's overtures have been so ill received there that Count Orloff gave up his intention of visiting the King of Prussia on his way back to St. Petersburg. No such assurance could have been given in Vienna on be half of Prussia, and as for Austria, every expression she has used, and every step she has taken in conjunction with the allied Powers, has shown her anxiety to pre serve her full liberty of action. We therefore retain our conviction that Count Orloff has failed in his mission, and in all respects. It seems, however, that he did produce a second instalment of propositions, somewhat less absolute and inadmissible than his first demands ; but these too were held to be inadmissible by the Con ference, and the negotiation came to an end. Again, we are not surprised to learn that fresh evi dence has come to light of a wide-spread association of the Greek Christians to take advantage of the present :nsettled state of the empire to throw of altogether the u sh yk Some e m bi o e n e t t h a s s e ag i o i e of we fitrhset great direct directed pub - e attention e to . this difficul tiesSm of the question ; and , althou g h the movement has been checked by the successe s of the Turkish arm y , and oo perhaps, in some de g ree, by the more enlightened policy of the Turkish Government towards its Chris tian subjects, we suspect that the leaders of the Greek national party are only waiting for their opportunity to give the signal of insurrection. An influential priest has been arrested at Widdln, and some other agents at Constantinople ; but it is not so much these semi- Russian emissaries whom the Porte has to fear, as the disaffection of the, masses of its Christian population, who are now exposed to all the horrors of war, without being allowed to strike a blow in their own defence. Nothing is more essential to the future welfare of the East - than that the Christians and their leaders should not be taught to look exclusively upon Russia as their pro tectress, and that the measures of internal reform which Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has continually urged upon the Porte should not be defeated by the ingratitude or dis affection' of those for whose benefit they are chiefly design ed. France and England, two of the founders and protectors of independent Greece, can never lose sight of the perma nent interests of the Christian population of the Ottoman empire. This very dispute has arisen from the refusal of those Powers to surrender the protectorate of the Christians, and consequently the future destiny of the East, to Russia alone, and nothing could be more fatal to the emancipation of the Christian races than that they should identify their own cause with that of Russian par a p central of Italy . all Charleroi& Erquelin, all Demerara 14 Dijon amlßesaucon.. . _ S Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 *:=4l. Janet. of France 7l Grd. Trunk of Canada 30 Do. Debentures all Do. do 3 i - 2 - - 4 P' 8 Gt. Central of Franc , all Gt. Western of Callad _ Id—parr Shares Do. Bonds (let is.)'s7 15. 1 , Hamilton & Torontc all Do. 6 per cent. 5 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. ... d Par pref 15 Luxembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do. Pie . dis 51 1 1 —1; 1 6(1. .3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. et. pref 8 Lyons and Geneva , 12 Lyons & Mediterran JO Madras d— i P 33A Maria Antonia all Do. do. New 2 .11elbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France 7i - 8 := iig _ Do. 20t. 3 p. c Bds. all (filly. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPrel 10 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ...... all Paris and Orleans all ?aris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen & Cherbrg 10 j Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 9 Royal Danish 2 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse 6 Do. 51 p. cent. Pref 6 Southern of France , 6 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do. 5.i per c. Pref 10 Western of France 5 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden 15 Zealand 74 - 8i 12, - 13 pi 41. 43 37 39 28A 29 pm 3 id 17 —lB id par d 8 8i ... - ..• ... - pm SYDNEY GOLD CIRCULARS.-- The Turon diggings were very quiet at the date of our latest intelligence, the dry weather being anxiously expected. The number of licenses issued this month has been upwards of 1,000. There is an increase of miners at Tambaroora, and a large quantity of gold is offered fer sale thence. At the Turon several par ties are making large sums, and success is very general with the few who have chosen this place as the scene of their operations. The accounts from Braidwood and its neighbourhood are improving. On Major's Creek many parties are doing well. One large party on Bell's Creek has been very successful, and the Mongarlow is rising in favour, but whether on reasonable grounds or no remains to be seen. The new law appears to have had the happiest effect in banishing discontent from all our gold fields, and imparting new life and energy to those engaged in the pursuit of the precious metal. We hear from the Ovens that great numbers were leaving for the Buffalo Ranges, about 60 miles off. The diggings are improving notwithstanding, and but for the heavy rains lately prevalent, would show large returns. The escort of the Sydney Gold Escort Company was much hindered by floods on its way down. The river4had all risen, and they were obliged to cross the Murray in a boat, The escorts brought in yesterday from Bathurst 730 z. ; Sofola, 6660 z. ; Tambaroora, 670 z. ; Meroo, 2560 z. ; Braidwood, 183 oz. ; and Major's Creek, 1560 z. ; and the Sydney Gold Escort Company, from the Ovens, 5,2250 z., making a total of 6,6260z.—va1ue, about 24,000/. The market has been on the rise all the week, owing to the exchange on London having remained un altered up to the present time, and thus rendered gold dust for immediate remittance preferable to bills at 2 per cent. premium. The arrival of the Great Britain, with intelligence of the probable settlement of the Turk ish dispute in an amicable way has also given a firm tone to the market, and prices may be quoted at 775. to 775. 3d. for Victoria, and 745. 6d. for Nevi South Wales gold. Export to this date, 1,522,3610 z. ; value, at 70s. per oz., 5,278,2631. 10s. Exchange on London, draughts against gold, par ; freight, j per cent. —Melbourne Argus, Nov. 3. 3f d 3 i P ... --- 2it 51 - ascendancy. The Moniteur of Wednesday last contains three des patches from the French Government to its agents, intended to throw a clearer light on the conduct of France in the earlier stages of this affair ' • and these communications are all highly creditable to the French Minister, M. Drouyn de L'Huys. They are written with admirable force and precision of language, joined to great moderation in substance, and the utmost consideration for the good understanding of France with this country. They prove that, although the French Ambassador had originally committed himself to acts of serious indiscretion on the subject of the Holy Places, and had even threatened to call up the French fleet to the Dardanelles to back his demands on the Porte, France had the good sense to renounce, of her own accord, this dangerous and unprofitable conflict. They prove that she was uniformly prepared to act in con cert with this country for the defence of Turkey • and that when M. de la Cour was sent as Ambassador in March last he was fully provided with instructions to meet every contingency. Among these provisions, we find one for the joint occupation of the castles of the Dardanelles by the French and English forces, with the consent of the Porte, in the event of thefleets being called up to Constan tinople, and we have yet to learn why that important and prudent step was not taken when the fleets went up. Engaged as the French and English Governments now are in these proceedings, we hold it to be absolutely ne cessary to their success, and even to their safety, that the allied Powers should have a decisive voice in the government they have undertaken for the present to support. It is impossible to allow the policy of Western Europe, and even the operations of the combined forces, to be in any degree at the mercy of an intrigue in the Divan or the fall of a minister. As long as our inter vention lasts we are entitled to require all that is neces sary to render it safe and effectual, and the first condi tion to be recommended is that the Sultan, who has in voked our assistance, should take no step which may affect our position without the assent of his allies. IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN i bation of the profession. The law for the registratiore shippingof had been lik ew i se cons olid a t e d, as h a d els* the acts reating to the Post-office, and great advantage had resulted from the measure. If this system of con solidation were generally extended and perfected when any amendments of the law came afterwards to be pro posed, the whole statute law relating to a particular subject would be brought under one view and could be seen at a glance, instead of their being obliged to hunt through the statute book for perhaps twenty or thirty orl even more different acts- -an inconvenience which placed others at very great disadvantage in considering the propriety of making alterations in any law. lie had entered into these details on account of 'the great im portance of the subject, and he hoped his noble and learned friend would now inform their lordships what course he intended to pursue with regard to it. The LORD CHANCELLOR was sure that their lord ships and the country would feel very deeply indebted to his noble and learned friend for having put that ques tion to him ; and if any individual more than another could feel pleased at such a question being put, he could assure his noble and learned friend that he (the Lord Chancellor) was himself that individual. When first he was entrusted with the great seal, it occurred to him that there was no subject of law reform which was more likely to be practically useful than that to which his noble and learned friend had so ably called their lord ships' attention. After the statement of his noble and learned friend it would be quite idle and improper for him again to enumerate the various attempts which had been made from the earliest times on this subject. When he came to consider this subject, he felt it his duty to regard it in very much the same light as that in which his noble and learned friend appeared to view it, the great object being to arrive at some practical beneficial result. Th ere h a d b een .r d erences made from the days of Lord Bacon down to tfie present age to learned per sons to inquire how this great object might be accom plished, and it had struck him (the Lord Chancellor) that the only practical measure that could be resorted to with any chance of success was to get, as he had done for a limited time, three or four gentlemen to devote their attention to the subject, and to do to a limited extent what he had no doubt they would do—something as a specimen of that which ought to be done more per- fectly, without speculating to any great extent on the subject. His noble and learned friend had alluded to the commission issued in IS3I on the subject of the con solidation of the whole of the criminal law, and which afterwards reported likewise, in 1835, on the expediency of consolidating the whole of the statute law. Mr. Bel leaden Ker was one of the commissioners who pointed out the three modes of proceeding to which his noble and learned friend had now adverted. t Ths commis sioners proceeded to consolidate the whole of the criini nal law, but nothing was done to consolidate the statute law in general. This was the state of things when he (the Lord Chancellor) was entrusted with the great se al. It struck him that the best course to adopt was to apply, in March last, to Mr. Bellenden Ker, who was familiar to a certain extent with this subject, having been embarked in it, and to get him, in conjunction with three or four other gentlemen, to proceed for one year to the actual consolidation of certain portions of the statute law, in the manner which should seem to them most likely to be of practical utility. He had engaged these gentlemen for the year expressly for this object, and what he wished them to do was, not to enter into any inquiry as to the expediency of this measure, but at once to proceed, as far as practicable, with the revision of the statute law, as to'make an enumeration of what statutes were actually in force and remaining to be con solidated, what statutes had been repealed or abolished, or had become obsolete, and then to proceed to consoli date such of these laws as it would be most easy and convenient to begin with. Two of these gentlemen accordingly went through the whole of the statutes, statute by statute, to see which of them were actually the law, the result of their inquiry being that they found the number of general public acts to be between 16,000 and 17,000, and the proportion of them which remained as really living statutes was only about 2,500. With these 2,500 statutes, therefore, they had then to occupy themselves. One of the other gentlemen proceeded more immediately, in connection with Mr. Ker, to con solidate the law on a particular subject upon the three different plans suggested by the former commission. , The task of one was merely to consolidate existing sta tutes, keeping/as nearly as possible to the form in which they now stand ; another took the same course with amendments, and partially introducing the common law where it was necessary, and another consolidated th• whole of the law, common as well as statute, relating to his subject. These learned gentlemen devoted great attention to the subject. They began in the first week in April, and at the end of July they made a report, which was laid on their lordships' table, in which Mr. Bellenden Ker stated that he had called on each of his colleagues to state to hint his views as to what had oc curred to him, or as likely to be most advantageous. They all made their reports. Two of them went through the whole, or nearly the whole, of the existing statutes, arriving at the result that there were only 2,500 out of more than 16,000 general and public statutes now ,actually in force ; and one of them made a digest of the law relating to distress for rent. There was no particular reasoir for his taking that last-named sub ject, excepting that it might be completed before the close of the last session, and a report was accordingly made on that branch of the subject. He (the Lord Chan cellor) had read all those-reports, and it had appeared to biro that the direction lie ought to give them on re-as sembling after the long vacation was, that they should immediately proceed under the superintendence of Mr. Ker, who took an active part in the work, to the actual consolidation of certain statutes. That they had done, and Mr. Ker had laid on the table a very able second report, in which he exhausted the subject—stated what could be done—what was practicable, and giving the reasons for what he recommended. On this recommen dation he (the Lord Chancellor) approved, and intended to prosecute it, subject to certain observations which he was about to make. In his report Mr. Ker ' after stating his objections to other measures, proceeded to assign his reasons for the course which he did recommend. He would not say that what Mr. Ker recommended was what he (the Lord Chancellor) had suggested, because he wished to give Mr. Ker all the credit to which he was fairly entitled ; but Mr. Ker stated that the course which he thought the most tensible and . the most desirable for improving the state of the statute law was the gradual consolidation, or he would rather call it the re-writing, of the statute law, meaning by that the effecting of all such amendments of the law as could be suggested—in short, the continuation of that process which had been already applied to isolated subjects and in a desultory manner. He (the Lord Chancellor) presumed that Mr. Ker here referred to those very statutes to which his. noble and learned friend (Lord Lyndhurst) had alluded as instances of what had already been achieved in this direction. He (the Lord Chancellor) would just say that preparatory to doing this, two of the other gentlemen he had engaged under Mr. Ker's superintendence made what they called a group of the statutes—that was to say they had grouped such statutes together as might be conveniently taken together, and put into one or more. Having done that, they arranged amongst themselves certain subjects, upon each of which they proposed, before the year was out (and he had no doubt they would accomplish it) to have the statutes ready to be put into his hand, in the shape of a consolidated group of statutes, formed in the way to which his noble and learned friend had alluded. His noble and learned friend asked him what course he intended to pursue. He would tell him. He had stated from the first that this was a matter, to a certain extent, experimental—not that he doubted the possibility, and, to a certain extent, the feasibility of doing that which he proposed to do— for he did not doubt it ; but as soon as the year came to an end he proposed to take the actual statutes as con solidated, and submit them to their lordships to be passed into law. His noble and learned friend had 'alluded to what had been done in the United States of America in this respect ; but he must say that he was quite con vinced that the Legislature of this country would refuse t o entrust—and he doubted if it ought to entrust —any man or body of men outside the walls of Parliament with the task of declaring, by their own authority, what should and what should not become law. All they could do would be to employ properly qualified persons to put the statute law into an amended or consolidated form, and then for the Lord Chancellor, or some other authority, to propose that in that form Parliament llesiabreeNytsvals.viiwo:h:Tii Tat hat that Ifn w tah a n s ei the only they na s h ne o sd s u te d c oao passri learned of fdt iliftuerBri into 3el s aul u s c l t course m fes i t ia t d o b h e i e s n no w b i l t e . g o e f nt l l ' e a m rl e i n am w en e t re . In the com missionempleyed to form a consolidated code of criminal law. That was done, and done by gentlemee of the highest eminence, who devoted great care and time, and attention to the work. Various attempts were made to carry this out in the way in which it was done in the United States ; but to that that house would never listen, and it was a wholly impracticable measure, because their lordships would have to treat every proposed consolidated statute in pre cisely the same manner as if it were a new law intro duced into Parliament for the first time. His noble and learned predecessor (Lord St. Leonards) last session brought in a bill taken from a measure that had been framed by the criminal-law commissioners, with some slight alterations and improvements, and which related only to one head of the criminal law, namely, to murders and other offences against the person. What was the history of that bill ? It was, as must naturally be the case with every such bill, referred to a select committee, upon which the late lords acted and devoted great atten tion to the subject, and yet, at the end of the session, it was still an imperfect bill. Why did, he refer to all this ? Because he thought that if they were to attempt what too much, and sought to consolidate, not the statue s only, but the common law, with them, so as to say that, " from and after the passing of a particular bill relating to a particular subject, no law, statute or cot • mon, relating to it should have any force, or except such as was within the four corners of this parchment,' _the), ' would bo attempting, something which , although i.t . looked theoretically right, would be perfectlyi h i t n t ; r td secat 8 1 cable, and. would only be postponing naShe l received lae ac complished in a more modified form ad asm and nothing at all would be done. When h - mont if be whose services he had engaged for a two ve the bills as they were framed by these four gentlemen found them such as he could, consistently with his duty, be would submit them to Parliament as bills for the con solidation of the statute', with the view that they - might become the law of the land. He fully anticipated that this would be the result, and he thought that they ought not to take the quantum of work done this year as any criterion of the amount that would be done in HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the wo@isask at 5 o'clock. 1 MPURITY OF GAS. Lord TORRINGTON, after calling attention to the impurity of gas supplied to the city of London which, according to the report of Dr. Letheby, emitted in com bustion 21 grains of oil of vitro' in every 100 cubic feet, mentioned that an invention, patented by a Mr. Leslie, and lately introduced into the General Post-office, had been suecesssful in destroying the noxious qualities of the gas, and had likewise enabled the authorities to di minish the number of burners by 800, as compared with those in us• five or six years ago, and reduce the weekly cost by 50/. although the business of the office had of late years greatly increased. When it was known that gas had the effect of destroying books and papers, and that it might seriously injure the decorations in this house, such an invention could not but be of great value, and he therefore wished to know whether the Post- Master General would lay before the house such infor mation as he could supply with regard to the result which had attended its introduction into his department ? Lord CANNING bore testimony to the accuracy of the noble lord's statement as to the saving effected by means of Mr. Leslie's invention, but was not in pos sesion of any papers relating to its advantages in a sanitary point of view. There was but one opinion among the staff in the Post-office, as to the merits of the patent, and that was highly favourable. He had no objection to lay on the table the papers on the subject asked for by the noble lord. The Marquis of CLA_NRICARDE condemned the mode of lighting and ventilating the house. Even by day the natural light was excluded, and at night the ventilation was extremely imperfect. He hoped, if the matter was taken into consideration, the report of the committee which• sat two years ago to inquire into it, would not be overlooked. COUNT ORLOFF'S MISSION. Earl FITZWILLIAM said it appeared from the in telligence which had reached this country, that a Russian negotiator had recently arrived at Vienna, and he wished to give notice that to-morrow he would put a question to the noble earl the Secretary of State for foreign affairs whether the Government were in possession of any in formation which he could lay before the house relating to the propositions which that negociator had made to the German powers ? The Earl of CLARENDON said he thought that, as a general rule, the noble earl was quite right in giving notice of such a question. In the present case, it would certainly be more convenient to postpone giving anunswer until to-morrow night, but he had no difficulty in answering the question now, though he could not say what papers should be produced. Earl GREY gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Government whether they intended to submit their measure for representative reform to the other house before the army and navy estimates. REVISION OF THE STATUTES: Lord LYNDHURST (who was imperfectly heard) begged, pursuant to notice, to ask the noble lord on the woolsack what course he intended to pursue respecting the reports on the revision of the statutes. The first starting of this question might be dated so far back as the reign of Edward VI. At that time the statute book was encumbered with a great number of super fluous acts, many of them of a tedious nature, and it was deemed advisable that a consistent code should be established which might be intelligible to the great mass of his Majesty's subjects. How it happened that that recommendation led to no result, he was not in a cone dition to inform their lordships—perhaps it unfortu nately arose from the premature death of that deservedly popular prince. Again, in the following reign, the sub ject was brought before the Legislature. There was no difference of opinion upon it ; it was pressed in the strongest manner upon the Government, and the Lord Keeper (Sir Nicholas Bacon) was desired to draw up some memorial on the subject ; but no other result fol lowed, and the subject was forgotten. Again the sub ject was considered in the reign of James 1., and the speech of that monarch en the question to Parliament was quite characteristic. He spoke of the superfluity of the statutes, and of their constant cutting against each other. The consequence was that Lord Bacon, Lord Burleigh, and other persons in authority, were appointed as a commission to inquire into and remedy the existing defects. That also produced no result, and they might account for it possibly by the subsequent disgrace of that distinguished man, Lord Bacon. In consequence, however, of the appointment of that com mission, they had a paper from Lord Bacon, in which lie referred with great perspecuity, and in a very com prehensive manner, to the subject. So much for what had taken place up to that period. During the time of the Republic —or, as some persons called it, the Com monwealth—a great disposition was shown to reform the law, and amongst other things the revision of the statutes was not forgotten. Two committees were ap pointed, but unfortunate as had been the efforts made for the purpose under the monarchy, they were equally un fortunate under the republic. Inquiry after inquiry I took place, but no satisfactory result followed. In quiries were also made on the subject after the restora tion, but the inquiries then made were not attended with any beneficial result. The matter was allowed to slumber for many years. In the year 1806, a commis sion recommended the appointment of a very distin guished person (Mr. Hargreave) to write a memorial upon the subject, and that house came to very strong reseluOons on the question, which were set down to the other house of Parliament for their concurrence, but nothing effectual was done. In the year IS3I a com mission was appointed on the subject, and everything connected with it was to be found in the report of the commission, but no steps were afterwards taken to give it effect. A new commission had been now appointed by his noble friend on the woolsack, and under his su perintendence ; and they should take care that he did not slumber on his post, or they would have another failure to add to those failures to which he had already referred. They must exercise a perpetual watchfulness over the proceedings of this commission, and from time to time inquire what progress has been made. (Hear, hear.) Let them look to what had been done in the state of New York. Their lordships probably knew that the inhabitants of that state bad imported every code or statute of the laws of Englind as they existed up to the time of the declaration of independence. Since that period there had been a great accumulation of sta tutes arising out of their new position, and they were in as unfortunate a state with regard to them, as this country now stands. About the year 1835, three rren tlemen were appointed by the Legislative State of New York to revise the statutes, and in two years from the time of their appointment the object was accomplished, and in sach a way as to be quite satisfactory, not only to the legal profession of that country, brit to the general public. The state of Massachusetts had followed the example of the state of New York ; and with respect to their code, they had reformed it in the same way and with the same satisfactory result. It would be a shame to them if they did not follow the example of their brethren at the other side of the Atlantic, who had so successfully performed this duty. It was a very remarkable circumstance that governments ge nerally proceeded so slowly when compared with the vigour that was displayed by private individuals. He might undertake to say that if they could make it worth the while of any two or three of the most distinguished publishers in London to publish a revised code, well per formed and executed, by some of the most able men of of this metropolis directing attention to the subject, it would be accomplished in the course, at most, of two or three years. (Hear, hear.) When private enterprise was found to do so much for the public interests, why should not Governments be 'able to do so. As a proof of the result of private enterprise, he might observe that the noble earl the Secretary of Foreign Affairs could now converse with the Earl of Westmoreland in Vienna with the same facility as if they were sitting side by side in his office in London. Their lordships would be sur prised to see what a mass of absurdity was contained in the statute book. When he had the honour of holding the Great Seals, lie had brought forward two or three measures for the purpose of wiping away some of those cruel and absurd provisions that were directed against Roman Catholics. (Hear, hear.) What would their agricultur4l friends say when lie told them that at this n moment no person was allowed to kee p more than 2,00 sheep, under a very sever e p enalt y ? In o fact,a 22,000 were upon the whole upwa rds of 16,0() pu blic and general statutes, nearly 14,000 of w h ich could be swept away without, the slightest inconven Three modes had been pointed out by previous casornamnience. anxious ss to know de e l ing with this subject , and be w which of these modes his noble and learne firstfired p l l i ac th e, i was proposed to expung e from the statute boo a at mass of rubbish to w hich he had referred, and with respect to the rest of th e statutes, to class them under distinct heads. The second mode was in mike m ate the anner to strike off those o bsolete statutes, to consolid rest under distinct heads, to amend them where they required amendment, an d where statutes where so connected with the common law as to be incapable of being separated from it, to reduce those particular parts of the common law into statute law. (Hear, hear.) The third mode, which was a tar more coin prehensive measure, was to put into one code and class all the common law and all the statute law of the realm. The first of these modes ho would pass by as being very unsatisfactory. The third mode—viz., the formation of a complete code of the statute and the com mon law—would consume an immense extent of time, and would require an amount of prudence and caution, as well as of critical acumen and legal precision, which few persons would be found to possess.; and he doubted if its adoption would give satisfaction to a great propor tion of the legal profession and the country. The prac tical course, therefore, would be to adopt the second mode, namely, to expunge all that class of statutes to which he had referred, to arrange the remainder under distinct heads, to consolidate and amend them, and where they were inseparably connected with the com mon law, to incorporate parts of the common law with the statute law. Indeed, he found that to a certein ex tent this latter system had been acted upon, partially at least, viz., first by Sir Robert Peel, in two remarkable statutes—one on the subject of the law of larceny, and the other with regard to offences against the person. In these instances the statute law had been consolidated under distinct heads and amended, and the common law, where it was connected with it, had been modified ; and these two changes he believed had met with the appro. MISCELLA: all Aubin Coal and 'roe 17? ; Australian Agricuit. 14 -ustralsn.Pciiic. Mail 8 A.ustraln. Royal Maii 22 ' , 3erlin Water Works 38? Brit. American Lane 1 ‘3rit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co 324 , Danada 5 Crystal Palace 4 Do. New 2 )rystal Pal. of France 3 Eastern Steam 20 Electrit Telegraph(A) all Do. (B) 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir 14 den. Steam Navigat 18 3eneral Screw Steam Trish Beet:oot Sugar 10 Nlagdalena Navig. all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 3 Netherlands Laud 1 N. S. W. Coal 6; Inter Steam Navigat. Co. all N. B. Australasian , Do. New 10 NAIL of Europe Steam all Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular & Oriental 30 Do. Do. all Portland Iron Co 60 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. Austral Invest. 25 South Austral. Land all iubmar. Telegraph.. all Do. Registered 2S. Van Diemen's Land ;o - us ii I- 43*;a 70 - 75 75 so —lp p 1 1-4 p 42i d 1G - 18 16 - 18 ~ - ... 3 2 d ed eP •.. par ig 36 38 ep Ad Rp 13 14 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. - - A portion of the supply of English wheat in to-day's market was the refuse of Monday, and in very middling condition. The fresh arrivals were very moderate. There was a slight increase in the attendance of buyers ; never theless the amount of business doing in home-grown wheats was but moderate. In prices scarcely any change took place from Monday. The imports of foreign wheat were under 6,000 quarters. Most kinds were in moderate request, but we have no de cline to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes were dull. English barley, the show of which was large, was easier to purchase. Foreign parcels were dull. We had a very slow sale for malt, the prices of which were with difficulty supported. Oats, beans, peas, and flour sold at Monday's currency. Wheat. 2,62 J English .. Irish .. •• Foreign .. ARRIVALS THIS 'WEER. Barley. I Malt. i Oats. Fleur. 8,150 1 10,835 1 3,240 4,180 1,200 1,720 8,400 br: 5,7 - 3 - 0 1 840 SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts here to-day being very moderate, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled steady, at fully Monday's prices. Amongst the stock were 240 oxen from Spain and Portugal. Sheep, the numbers of which were limited, sold readily at extreme rates. We had an improved inquiry for calves, at an advance of 2il per Sibs. The supply was very limited. Pigs sold on former terms. lch cows met a slow sale, at from 14/.to 191. Os. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the ()finis. s. d. s. d.' Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &e. 4 8 410 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 Primo erse.-wiled.4 6 4 8 s. d. a. d 'Prime Southdown 410 5 2 'Large crse. calves 4 4 410 ;Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 6 ILarge hogs 3 0 4 2 Small porkers 4 4 410 I ' iSucklingcalves ..23 0 29 0 iguarter old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,014 Shoop . • • . • .. 2,-41 Calves • . .. 13 Pigs 310 NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled supported. Per Sibs by s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 8 Do., prime large 3 10 4 0 Do., do. small ..„4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 4 4 2 FOREIGN SUPPLY. . 3GG Calves..... 90 • • •• •••••• 400 Pig 5................ LEADENHALL. steady, and prices were well the carcase. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 4 4 5 0 BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a moderate demand for most kinds of hops, at our quotations. The imports are 208 bales from Antwerp, and 67 ditto from Ostend, as follows : Mid and East Kent pockets, 1.11. 5s to 151. 15s; Weald of Kent ditto, 9/. 5s to 11/. Os ; Sussex ditto, 7/. 15r to 91. ; and foreign, 61. 15s to 81. lOs per cwt. COLONIAL. - - SUGAR.—In the early part of the week there was a good inquiry for most sorts, but the market has since become quieter. West India has realised steady prices —viz., Barbadoes '32s to 38s 6d, Jamaica brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, mid to good mid 34s to 35s 6d, and grey Demerara 32s 6d to 33s Gd. East India has been at previous prices. Mau ritius good to very fine greyish yellow at 36s to 38s, com mon strong grey to mid yellow at 34s to 35s 6d, fine brown at 33s to 33s Gil. Bengal date sort went at 32s 6d. to 358 for low to good mid yellow, at 38s to 41s for mid yellow to low white grainy, and at 39s Gd to 40s for fine white Benares. Common Madras has met with a fair inquiry at 29s to 29s Gd for good brown. ' Fo R ElGN.—White Havannah has been taken to 'a limited extent at 26s Gil to 29s for ground, and at 25s 6d to 26s for damaged. Yellow brought 35s to 37s Gd for low and good, and 38s to 39s for flue. Refined has been dull, brown lumps being obtainable at 445, and grocery at 44s to 50s Gd per cwt. • COFFEE.—The market generally has been quiet, and prices have not been supported. Plantation Ceylon has been sold at 56s Gd to 58s for fine ord,, and low mid. at 56s to 57s for fine ord. pale, at 58s to 67s 6d for mid. and good bold coloury, at 74s for fine coloury, at 51s Gil to 56s Gd for fine and f. fine ord mixed, at 47s to 53s 6d for triage and ord., and 67s for pea berry coloury. Native has been heavy, and at lower rates, superior quality being taken at 49s to 49s 6d. Ord. and good ord. was taken in at auction at 49s to 49s Gd per cwt. Mocha has slightly . declined, good yellow long berry selling at 745, brownish at 735, triage pea berry at 69s per cwt. Madras brought 47's 6d to 54s for ord. to fine ord., and 46s 6d to 50s 6d for triage. COCOA.—A. moderate demand has existed. Trinidad has been sold at 36s for good red, and at 32s to 31s for grey ord and mid. Guayaquil realised 30 per cwt. SPICES.—The cinnamon auctions have gone at a decline of 2d to 4d for first quality, and of 2d to 3d for second and third. Malabar pepper has been in demand, good half heavy .at 5 i 1 per lb. Penang has been sold at ga to 5d per lb for . ord grey to mid brown. Calicut ginger has been taken in at 36s to 41s for ord to mid wormy, an , ' Malabar at 25s for rough. Bombay cloves sold at 6Rd to 6id for mid, and Cassia Lignea at 133 s to 135 for mid and good. SALTPETRE.—The demand has been duller, and Bengal low mid dingy grey 94 to 84 lbs refraction, was taken in at 35s Gd, and ord 134 refraction at 32s 6d. Madras low mid 14?, lbs went barely so high, viz., 325. COCHINEAL.—Prices have declined 1d per lb. Teneriffe sold at 4s 7d to 4s lld for dark silvers, and blacks and Mexican at 4s 4d to 4s Bd. Rua[.---There has been a good demand, and higher prices are asked. Proof leward 3s 10d, and superior Demerara 5s 4d. INDIGO.—At the public sales there has been fair support given by the proprietors, but prices were 2d to 3d lower for Bengal shipping, 3d to 4d cheaper for consuming, and 3d lower for Madras. A great deal has been taken, and yesterday there was rather more spirit in the biddings, and rather more was sold, holders submitting to a decline of offTerßeAd.,-6ToOhsisold article is firmer —common congou 1s Old per lb. at 63s TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady onhats been' hespot' done this week. Three cargoes oranges f rom St . Mi c h ae l, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, sus t a i ne d th e price ob tained last week. Nuts of all kind s i n d eman d, the stock of all kinds of fruit is being reduced, and no v ery abUndant GREEN FRUIT.—A large business supply is expected to replace it. Lemons dull of sale, but as the stock is not large, au improvement in, the demand may be capotod, 4 THE NEW PERFORATED POSTAGE STAMP, In consequence of the many complaints that have beer- made by the public respectin g the present adhesive postage stamps at the non-adhesiv e nature of the gum when it becomes dried, whereby au immense number of l e tt e rs on which the p osta g e has bee n pre-paid, the stamp very frequently comes off by the friction they are exposed to in the bags—especially those to our colonies, the West Indies, the Cape of G ood Hope,lndi a , Australia, New South Wales, the Mediterranean, and tropical climates — by which much inconvenience has been experienced, as the parties receiving them having h ad not only to pay the postage again, the stamp having rubbed off, but in numerous instances the letters have been greatly delayed, particularly to those countries to which the postage must be prepaid in the United Kingdom, Aden, India, or (if by the overland mail via, Marseilles), B raz il , Buenos. Ayres, Australia, South America, the Cape of Good Hope, &c., and many parts of Europe. To prevent any further complaints on that point, the Commissioners of the Board of Stamps (Inland Revenue Office, Somerset-house) have for some time had it under their special consideration to discover some means to obviate any effacing of the stamp by friction. After numerous experiments they have found that by perfora ting the (Queen's heads) postage stamps, and adopt ing a chemical gum prepared on purpose, they will not only resist the change of climate (heat), but friction—as by the perforation they be come so strongly adhesive that nothing will deface them. To carry out this great improvement, during the last few weeks, the entp/oyes in the stampins• 5 department have been actively at work over-hours by the new system. At present there are only three perforating machines in operation (by steam) but others are being constructed. A vast number of these stamps were yes terday forwarded through the General Post-office, to the Postmasters in the different parts of the United Kingdom, BristolAiverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, and all the large manufacturing and commercial districts ; Southampton, Plymo uth, and the princip a l sea - por t s . They will be issued to the public generally on Monday next. Henceforth the postage stamps will be all per forated, a desideratum that has long been wanting to secure the stamp on the letter, both resistible as before stated, to damp, heat, or friction. td I FIRE AND Loss OF LIFE.—Y e sterday mornin g , s h or tly before three o'clock, a p ainful degree of alarm was caused in Clement's-inn, in consequence of violent screams proceeding from the premises of Mr. Harrison. It seeing that the younger branches of the family went out to a party, and Mrs. Harrison went to fetch them home, leaving her daughter, Sophia. Harrison, asleep, and the candle burning on the table. On her return home, the fire was burning with great fierceness, and the girl in the midst of it. The fire was subdued, and the poor creature taken to King's College Hospital, where she died shortly after her admission, although Mr. J. W. Palmer, house surgeon, rendered every as . sistance. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. —There appears to be no end to this year's storms, there having been almost one continuous gale from westward during the last ten days. The English mails, consequently, are extremely irregular in their arrival, and, were it not for the agency of the magnetic telegraph, now in operation, the public would have been upon several occasions of late com pletely in arrear of all intellig enc e respecting the great political events of the day. l i tsterday the Holyhead snail steamer due at Kingstown at 10 o'clock, did not arrive until 3 p.m., long before which a copious abstract of the continental and domestic news contained in the London morning papers was received by telegraph, and circulated through Dublin and the proyinees, 5 ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Not a minute is lost in any of the military depart ments iu evoking the resources of the country, and we are glad to perceive that the Government appear to be fully alive to the necessity of making such a demonstra tion as shall leave no chance for disaster or defeat. The eyes of the whole world are turned upon the gigantic scale of our armaments and the alacrity with which each department springs to the demand for the munitions of war. At the Horse Guards and at the Admiralty, at the Ordnance Office and Somerset House, the work of pre- paration is incessant ; early and late the officials are to be found at their posts, and everybody seems to be working "double tides,"—we trust with adequate re muneration for their extra services. It is now well known that a considerable number of troops are, to be sent to the Mediterranean and Constantinople forthwith. As we have stated, the authorities have been in communication with several steam navigation companies as to the steam power they might be enabled to furnish to convey the troops. Mr. Cunard's Company, we believe, cannot spare any of the ships of their line ; but, as will be seen by the following, from our Southamp ton correspondent, the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany are likely to supply the Government with one or more of their splendid ships. The Ripon, it is said, will be one of the number. The great screw-ship Himalaya is expected back in a few days from Alexandria, and it is not at all improbable that her services will be put in requisition at the earliest moment. There are also available, if required, a couple of the 2,500 tons new screw ships of the General Screw Com pa.ny, the Jason and the Golden Fleece, and these four ships alone, it is believed, could conveniently take 7,000 men. Give the Himalaya 2,000, the Jason and Golden Fleece 1,800 each, and the Ripon 1,400, and these four ships, with their efficient steam power, will, at the pre sent day, do more service than 30 of the sailing trans ports of the olden time. AWe have stated that a battalion of Guards are under orders for service in the East. Report sends them away on the 18th instant. The precise army force, however, we believe is not yet determined upon ; but the Com mander-in-Chief, Lord Hardinge, and the First Lord of the Admiralty Sir James Graham net to consult on the subject, at the Horse Guards, yesterday. It has been also whispered that three battalions of marines, if so many can be mustered, are to be sent to the eastward, whether to relieve the troops of the line at Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu; so as to send 1,500 men of the line farther up the Mediterranean, or to be distri buted amongst Admiral Dundas's fleet, for the sacking of Sebastopol is uncertain. We incline to the belief that the marines will take the place of so many battalions of the line at the three garrisons above-mentioned ; for it is only . fair that the army should do regular shore work, especially if the British forces are to be brigaded with French troops. The stores of the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, are now being picked out and. fitted for active service.. That which was Mr. Cobden's horror, the. great number of guns and gun-carriages in store there, is now the country's best protection. The navy, it will be seen, has a treble duty. Not only ships and sailors have the Admiralty to provide, but they have to furnish marines, coast forces, and transports for the conveyance of the army. The coast-guard force is being collected from the re spective stations, and berthed on board the ships at pre sent fitting out at the ports. Clothing, hammocks, kit, &c., are to be provided for this fine and most efficient body of gunners and sailors. Here is the nucleus of the complements of ten efficient ships of the line. No country in the world—Russia included—can match the ability, skill, steadiness, and pluck of these fine fellows. To replace these men in the coast-guard the Green wich out-pensioners are to be enrolled. They will serve on the coasts, and will be supplied with the necessary clothing. Fifteen hundred only, we hear, are to be en rolled at the present time, and we think it will be rather difficult to scrape even this number up, the majority of the most able men being in good private service. The fleet, it is well known from our daily reports, is being equipped with the greatest possible haste, and we trust very soon to see in the Downs or Yarmouth Roads such a specimen of the gigantic strength of England that will delight our countrymen, astonish our foreign friends, and make the enemies of the peace of the world tremble. —Morning Paper. SOUTHAMPTON AND WAR.—SOUTIIAMPTON, THURS DAY.—During this morning Captain Austen, R.N., Admiralty superintendent of packets at this port, and Lieutenant D'Arando, R.N., have been, in accordance with an order received late last night, busily engaged in inspecting two ships belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and to report thereon to the Board of Admiralty as to their capabilities for the conveyance of troops to Malta, or elsewhere if required. The ships inspected are the Ripon, engaged on the Alexandria line, and fitting out to take the heavy portion of the East India and China mails on the 20th, and the Manilla, intended to leave on the 27 th , for C ons tantinople, with ship letter bags, cargo, &c. The estimated number of troops which these vessels are capable of conveying will be from 800 to 1,000, each man being provided with sleeping room, &c. Should necessity require it, by the fact of a regular watch being kept, double the number of men may, of course, be on veyed. Other vessels—viz., the Sultan and Euxi into to this compa n y , ma y also be brought into use for the purposes above stated ; and with the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Medway, and the Australa sian and Pacific Royal Mail Company's screw -ship Emu, means may at once be provided at this port alone by which several thousands of men may be conveyed in a s h or t space of time to their requ ired destination. Such is the perfect state of each of the veSsels that the addi tion of a few guns is all that would be needed in render ing them fit for such service. MARGATE, Feb. 9.—Our correspondent sends us the following : — For your informa tion, I may state that all the coast-guard men belonging to the different stations' in Kent, muster here and lea ve by the express train (7.10) to-morrow morning (Friday), for Portsmouth. They will muster 4,000 able-bodied seamen, and a finer body of men never was inspected. 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