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

• ••••••••••• BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—" I am myself an admirer ot this beverage, an.d my o w., experience enables me to recommend it, in accordance with the opin on ot the moat era .ent ish physicians, as a very a gree able and ettlzient tonic, and as a gt-nerai beverage, both t.:r the Invalid awl the r ibnst.—Gi. , sen. May A1,1..501'1'74 PALE ALE ONLY is ROT CLED by PA.RIKEEZ and TWI , INO, 11-er Nterdmits, S!.4.PALL-HALL. INIPER i AL MEASURE. - Quara, Sj. ; Pint, 54.; Ilall-Olt 4 (for luncheon), 3a. per dozen, Also Li Casks of la galous and wards. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.- Mr. E. T. 4141 11 1, Lessee, has the honour to announce that be has placed the aboee named Blatt nal Establishment at the ser vice of the FUND in AID of the FAMILIES o f the EXPEDITE° r. ARY ARMY. In pursuance of this desirable rbJeet, a F kNCY 7AIR will be held on the 13th and I ith of April, twder the follow. ha Royal and distinguished patronage: — Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent Her Royal Highness the ()witless of Glocester ',Her Royal (ligtiness the Princess Niary of C',mbridge The Right Hon. the Lady Mayoress Her (trace the oneness of I lam iton Her fi race the Duchess of Beaufort Her Greze the Duchess of Montrose Her Gre se the Duchess of Inverness Her Grace the Duchess et Sotnersct Her (trace the Duchess of Rich:moat The Most Noble the Marchioness of Londonderry The Most Noble the Nfarchioness of PO indf int Tne Most Ncble the Marchioness Of Avie.s!,ury The Right the Countess of Chesterfield The Nig,iit Bon. the Countess of Kinrioul The RI ht Hon. tr e Countess of Glee gall The Right Hon. the Co inters of Ressnorough The Right Hon. the Countess of Der , v The night t lon. the Countess of shelburne The Right Hon. tie Countess of Wilton The Right Hon. the Coinitess of I.eiart The Right lion. the Countess of Denoughmore The Right ibin. the Viscountess Palmerston The Right [Lin the Vi,ceuntcss Maidstone The Right lion the Viscountess Newport Lady Se! his Des-Vceux Laity Colv.lls Lady Raglan The Hon. Miss Ansel& Mrs. Disraeli Mrs. J. Stanley. Every sop int nent and appearance of the Theatre will be called Into requisition on this intlortant ant interesting occasion ; decora tions are preparing. The pit will he covered for - rum -lade, and an efficient bag d prov ded fir the execution ot eho!ce thisw original music. Ladies desiro us of a-ding by then' presence t ben ivolent detnenstrstinn are res, ten:tidily rein ndod that th-y iihoul f m ike early application far stills. A book is now open in the lobby of the grand entrance to receive cdatribations in the shape of articles intended for sale on the occasien. THEA RIC f. , )Y AL DRURY LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TEII4 EVENING, Aram 4, win be perf , rrned LEONIE. Prilcipal characters by sfe. Elliot dater and Mr. Henri Drayton ; Htssej Lowe 8,1 Featherstone. After which. TiE FE tir OF TUE DRIG)N, aq.i Mag!cal perfortwvice4 of the Chineae Troupe. Te ccnc ede with TIIE BARBER OF CADIZ. THEATRE R3YAL HAYMARKET. trader the reanue , rent of 34'. tockstone. TULA EVENING, Amin, 4, Will bl Poebrmed movEY. ch,wactersi b 7 'sreAsrs• G. Vanden. hoff, Tilbury, i-fd.we, Buokatone, eotaeto , 11. Corti. wad ',v. Farren; Afro. L. S. Buekt gham, Mrs. ettzwilliam, acid , iss ice After which, MIAMI . ill AN ' IlYs 4WiAll• :-,up o'cls. po ted by yn . Messrs Buct , tone and C o rr! ; Miss I. J uiAA Ilow.L.d. 11. r.. F.tz vll- Ilium, and Ars. Cau he'd, To conclude with I'OPPING THE QUESTION. 1101'41, PitISCE3i'A TELEX fitK. OXFORD.-TREEr, Untier.the M4nagem nt of Mr CuaRLES KEAN. THIS EVESINfI. APRIL 4, Will be p^rfirmed T VIE CORSICAN BI COMER3. Principal character by Mr C. Kean. To be followed by T VI %REHM I.TWARRIED. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy. nyder, and „lathe.' t; and [lead' and Murray. To .onelude wh A STORW IN' A TEA CUP. P r i nc ip-I cha racters by Mr an it d Mrs. W. Lacy. THEATRE ROYAL ADELNIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, ilaLisine Celeste. THIS EVENING, Ann, 4, TM' L')Vg 4.1 II) A LIF Nupportel Wlll be perform ed Messrs. C. Se,by, Nlurr.ty, rienJ,i n n , Vetter, Kethey, end Smith; ss Wool gar au 4 Madalle Celeste. irollowcAl by 'COE MoU4 rAC F.'.il )YE Prinli al cha racters by Messrs 0. Smith, Keel:3 , , and Parselle ; Mrs. Keeley, and Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with the Farce of MS FIRiT CII,I.MPAGNE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE XTRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wiliam THIS EVENING. Arati 4, wni be Performed THE WRONG 11.)X. Supported by Messrs. Alfred Wlgan and Robinson ; Miss P. Horton, Miss WYadllain. and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by TO OBLIGE BENSON. Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling an I Miss Wyndham. To conc tide w'th TILE WkNDERING MINSTREL. STE IND THEATRE. 6°l. 1416 . 40 9 Mr. F. W.Aller A.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Mace THIS EVENING, Alan 4, Will be performed THE BEGGAIn4 OPERA. To be followed by BORN TO GOOD LUCK. With THE DUMB BELLE. After which, THE BLUE JACKETS. Stalls, 55.; Bocew, 3c.; Pit, la. 6d; Gallery, 64.; Private Boxes, 11. 111. 6d., o be ba I of Mr. Allcroft, l!), New Bond-street. AdTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL A.MPHITHEATHE. Lessee awl Manager. Mr. Willinrn Cooke. THIS EVENING. APRIL 4, The entertalnnted!s will comm - nl7,e with the chtvalrl sapetacle, THE . 1 '001) 1 11. 11011. , E; or, fhe V ti4l F. - Mowed by an t legunt 'online of Sc.,,,es in the CIRCLE, Intl,. u(lng KATE CootE; the Wond,r o' the 'Vrricl, 11's1 EMILY (I ,, OFCC: the clor-eman, 11r. ‘Lvaeo Co ME; Ir. WILL'AU OOKE his tnatchleis s eel It, AYE '4, an I arils , Barlei pie E ltte. , tr;ati iri stun l'us.oral "11,1.11 , C—the up toiltineats ex;,rvs iv in Pa's Cone'od n< wi h {and tine) au entirAy 1)1111Y.11- PLE Vi R .US Box.otiee open ftom E'even ti ;1 Four. Stag) Manager, Mr. W, West. liiH WATER AT LONDON Bitil)iig. Tins DAT —Mornins , 47 min.arter 5 Itvening 5 min.aft. 6 It.lionow--' torn , b_ 245 itt a 6 Ennui_ 49 nun..l% , 6 • THE WEATITER.—Sus Orrice, APaIL 4. T..lE3llollEtilti, IN THE SHAD& 53 —highest since noon resterlAy. 41--lowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. B \ROItgTER, :13 . 55. WIND, N.W.---Light breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather f . MI LONDON, TUESDA.Y, APRIL 4 1851. If the performances of Mr.- GLADSTONE in any degree correspond with his promises, he will be regarded as a very great luau by posterity. Nor will the gratitude of future generations be un merited by one who has so strenuously exerted himself to diminish their liabilities. But there are unfortunately two aides to be heard, and the policy which is so very advantageous to the coming men, cannot unfortunately be equally beneficial to those at present engaged in the struggle for ex istence. The Right Honourable Gentleman made an energetic appeal to the House of Commons to induce it, on behalf of the people generally, to " make a re so l u t e at t emp t to defray the c h arges of the coming war." He earnestly inquired whethe r it would be just, whether it would be manly, whether it would be worthy of the wealth and power of England, that we should charge these burdens ou our posterity? The interrogatory was one of very great importance, requiring calm and mature consideration before suitable answers could be returned. The responses should not be hastily given, or while influenced by the enthu siasm of the moment. We must carefully reflect on the causes of the war ; and, whether it is undertaken to suit the purposes of the present generation, or to avert the necessity of a more protracted, a more expensive, and a more perilous contest, in which those very descendants will have to struggle for their libertieS• and exist ence, to prevent Cossack dominatio n and despotic power, the propagation of the " orthodox faith" at the point of the sword, and the Wholesale destruction of every adult male, either in manly opposition to the barbarian cohorts, or by a more protracted, hut by no means less certain, d oo m, while serving in the ranks of their op pressors, compelled to a fight in a cause that they detested, and under a banner they repudiated. w e res ist the possession or occupation of Constan tinople and the Turkish do:ninions in Europe by Russia, simply because it would enable her to realise her wildest dreams of universal domination t least so far as the old world is concerned. The class of which Mr. B3IOIIT is a representa tive 'do not feel this. They know full well that the possession of Stamboul and the adjacent country, Coupled with the key to the Maxine, and a commanding force in the Mediterranean, would be regarded by NICHOLAS as a very fair stage on which he might rest contented for some years, during which cotton-spinning would flourish, while their own children might emigrate with the wealth gained during the interval, and seek a. congenial home among the drab-coated brethren of Pennsylvania. But this is not the feeling of the great body of the people, They are still prepared to stag& itt tko C 4 1420 of truth an4jtatioe, sad at any risk to hand down to their children the inheritance to which they may succeed, as secure and unsullied as they themselves received it from their forefathers. It, is for this purpose that they rapturously responded to the Declaration of War ; that they have enthusiastically accepted all its risk 3 and respousibilities, and that they are even now willing to undertake burdens under which it is by no means improbable that they may eventually sink. But is it well "to spur a free horse to death" —to take advantage of the liberal and generous spirit to press unfair demands, or to claim more than could equitably be required ? We name it on high authority, that the war has not been oc casioned by any motives of aggrandisement, or designs of ambition. We believe even Mr. GLADSTONE will not contest the point, or deny that it is chiefly, if not altogether, on behalf of the rising generation, and in defence of their real interests, that we have entered on the contest. Why, then, we ask, should not some portion, at least, of the outlay be charged to posterity ? It is surely enough for the present time to defray the interests of the public debt, and the ordinary charges for the maintenance of the National Establishments, without being ex pected also to bear, at the very momen t o f incidence, all the expenses of a war solely undertaken in the interest of posterity ! But this by no mean! shows the extent of the evil or the magnitude of the burden which our Financial Minister imposes ou the shoulders of that patient animal " Jotnr BULL." Not only are we to defray the ordinary expenditure of the the extraordinary exp enses o f th e country, and war, but we are at the same time to satisfy a large sum (no less than eight millions sterling) of th e principal of the debts created by our progenitors, an d to extinguish so much of the national liabili ties. This is unquestionably going beyond ex isting precedent. Never was' such an attempt previously made. Most- assuredly, when the project for the Conversion of the South Sea and other comparatively small stocks, was promulgated, the Chan cellorof the E xchequer never anticipated having to provide for the de:naiads of dissentients to the amount of 8,000,0001. sterling, and being compelled tb draw on the Ex chequer balances for that large amount. To con cede the possibility for a moment would be to at tribute to the Right Hon. Gentleman what his worst enemies never dared to assert. That there was an absence of caution it is impossible to deny ; but we believe that the energy and determination then exhibited aff,rded hopes of obtaining an ample equivalent at another time, from a person who had thus decisively disregarded the trammels of " red tapism." To think otherwise would be to brand one whose honour had never been im peached as a " Russian agent," rather than an "English Minister." We do not for a moment impute sinister motives. It is the mistake of the head, and not of the heart, of which we are complaining. But -why, then, has not due pro vision been made for the change so as to replace the Exchequer balances in the same position as they stood before the ill-advised attempt ? If we are net to liquidate the claims of the dissentients, why are not the equivalents offered to be placed to the credit of the Treasury, and sold from time to time for the benefit of the community ? Then we should meet a certain loss of a million or twelve thousand pounds, but we would know the worst, and not be compelled to increase our stakes on what is manifestly a losing game. Every other nation in any degree concerned " takes time by the forelock," and endeavours to make due provision for the war in anticipation. We alone disregard the obvious precaution, and in the very plenitude of confidence, the wantonness of prodigality, in au gur:sting hostilities by an attempt to pay off eight millions sterling. Is this reasonable ? Is it politic? Is it just? Or, is it the very excess of "recklessness to place such a charge on a nation afflicted with a stringent monetary code ? If a fctteted currency be inconsistent with free trade, it is much more so with a contest in which we have the most powerful nation on earth as our opponent. An a iversary, too, as unscrupulous as it is powerful. It will be matter for deep regret if the Settle ment and Removal Bill be defeated or postponed through Irish jealousy or ptrty tactics. Like the great Whig measure of 1832, to which this is but a sequel, and which was so cordially accepted by the Duke of WELLTNGTON, the present question is one which, however strong the temptation, every man of right feeling ought to keep sacredly aloof from party politics ; • and we are happy to believe that the cause of .the p;)op is generally felt to be far too grave and important a matter to become a subject of political strife. The necessi tous pour are the legacy of long civilis ttion, a perm tneut charge on an advanced state of society ; and the problem for us all is, not merely to cul vate, in our working classes, the self-reliance, energy, and providence which will save them from depending on legal relief, but also to make the necessary adjuncts to such relief as little annoy ing and oppressive to the necessitous man as pos sible. We quite concur with the best thinkers on the subject, in believing that the abolition of the power of compulsory removal would serve both objects. It would make labour free of the whole country--enable the working man, without apprehension, to migrate whithersoever a third class carriage or a steerage in the steam-boat could take him would thus perfectly adapt the labour supply to the labour demand—and for these reasons would most certainly diminish ulti mately the general pauperism of the kingdom. A few parishes may be able, for the first few years, to produce some instances of paupers not very fairly thrown upon them, but in the next few years some of their own destitute poor will be pro bably receiving relief from other unions. Mean time, labour is the very life-blood of the nation, and, by its freest possible circulation, every part of th e social h xly will best receive its due nourish ment, the whole system b e b etter able to bear its i ribtrdens• We v he o would put it, then,- to the I r i s h members ld they have done ciijite.wisely i n c h ecking 1 progress of the measure, and wh e th er they r - will not d o y e t more un wisely if they furth er ob struet it on the plea of justice to Ireland. W e cordially sy mpa thi se w ith their anxiety to pl at© the Irish in England on a ' of humanity and themselve s . E very consideration l e vel with the English justice is on their side. They c ould nct state their own case b etter than Lord PAL3IERSToti. did it for them, anti they may be sure that tho gene ral English sentiment is, that where any man, English,. Irish, or Chinese if they will, spends the days of his strength in labour advantageous to those who employ him, there he ought to be able to claim relief in unavoidable calamity and desti tution. AU that is asked by the more intelligent and benevolent members of the House is, a little leisure to arrange, so that the Irish pauperism relieved in England shall be bona fide the pauperism of the Irish labour which England has employed. The fears of Liverpool, Bris tol, and Marylebone on this head may be ground less ; if they be so, either a little examination may show it, or defensive provisions, if enacted, would be inoperative from want of occasion to enforce them. Mr. MAGUIRE despaired of obtaining justice for Irish paupers, if English paupers olaiued it first, and warned the Irish members "not to forfeit the power they now had of putting the screw on Government." We would strongly counsel, in the interest of the Irish themselves, a more gene rous policy. England has borne now for hundreds (gym§ the burilea of poor laws, a 4 ito powthe • restraints of the Law of Settlement ; while Ire land's poor-law troubles are but of yesterday. tI seems natural, thetefore, that those who have suffered longest should be first relieved. It must appear, moreover, very dlg-in-th-manger-like policy to say to the English labourer, If your Irish guests c anno t a t once o b ta i n equal privileg es with you on this side the Channel, we will keep you out of your privileges till they can. 'Nothing must be trusted to English sentiments of humanity and fairness, but the Government must be " screwed," and English labourers pinched, till " the Irish difficulty" is settled—not after fair investigation, but to get rid of troublesome oppo sition. It may have been had generalship in Lord PALMERSTON not to have arranged the Irish part of the question before allowing the measure for England to be introduced ; but it was bad only on the supposition that Irish members would prove themselves factious against benevo lence to English labourers. Suppose the worst ; suppose the present bill carried, and Government unable to carry the promised supplementary mea sure fer Irish labourers, what would they be the worse for it ? The English labourer would achieve a certain gain, the Irishman would lose nothing if he gained nothing ; and we must think a generous Irishman would not wish to retain a law bearing hardly on his English neighbour because, when he came here, he did not himself enjoy its benefit. We are confident, however, that the Irish members are mistaking their true policy. By blending the two measures, or striving to advance them pari passu, they may incur the rejection of both ; but if they cordially pass the English bill it is morally impossible that the Irish one should not promptly follow. The good faith of the Government and the good feeling of this country are far better to rely upon than the squeeze of the Irish screw. Should they succeed, English labourers, more than the Government, will be the sufferers ; and it may • well happen that if all becomes known, it will be only mini stering to the too prevalent ill-will between the labourers of this country and those of the sister isle. Paddy will be regarded more than ever as an intrusive foreigner—as the fellow who not only reduces wages, bat who straps a harsh law on the backs of unfortunate Englishmen when the Government would have removed it. DEATH OF PROFESSOR WILSON. (From the Caledoni3U Meecury of yesterday.) With the same sincere tint profound sorrow in which we write—Scotland, and many a p!ace far away from it, will hear—that Professor Wilson is no more with us. That great and good heart stirs not again on earth. Professor Wilson die 1 this morning at ten minutes after midnight. 'We cannot, at this hour, venture to give feeble utterance to that grief which a nation will feel at the de..arture of one whose name has been to the pre sent generation of men familiar as a household word. We must reluctantly to-day simply record a sad event, which deprives our country of a bright glory, while it 13:2queaths to it a memory which will not merely be cherished as a na tional honour, but be dear to the homeliest and truest of fectioas of thousands wherever they may dwell. The son of an extensive manufacturer in Paisley, he was born in the year 1783, and was thus in his 65th year. At the age of 13 he commenced his studies at the University of Glasgow, and continned them for four years after at Magdalen College, Oxford, where the genius of which he was possessed soon manifested itself, and enabled him, among other honours, to carry off the Newdegate prize for an English poem. At the end of that period he left Oxford, and having purchased the estate of Elleray, beautifully situated on the Windermere, he found, for a time, in the picturesque beauty of the district, something to minister to his naturally high poetic temperament. He was at this time distinguished by that fine physical de velopment on which, even till lately, years produced but little effect, and which, among his college friends, had acquired for him so much pre-eminence in all the athletic exercises in which they engaged. Having been obliged, however, through some reverses, to abandon his roman tic retreat, and all the charms—the society of Words worth included—who endeared it to him, he came to Edinburgh, and after passing Advocate, commenced that connection with Blackwood's Magazine, which, for years after, identified him with all the brilliant fancy and exquisite taste with which its pages were adorned. The productions of his eloquent pen were in 1842 published in a collected form, under the title of " Re creatitins of Christopher North," and which, in many respects, manifest that true poetry with which his other works were characterised. The chief of these are the "Isle of Pawls," and the "City of the Plague," the former published in 1812, and the latter in 1816. Soon after this he was appointed to the chair of Moral Philo sophy in our University, and by the fervid energy of his character, and the impassioned eloquence with which his lectures were characterised, shed a lustre around it which will long peitinue to add to its pre-eminent cele brity among the other academic in Aitutions. He con tinued in the office till the close of the session of 1850-51, when advancing years and declining health compelled him to resign. Rest and retirement brought, however, little relief ; the sun had evidently set for ever, and now he has sunk into the grave t' be honoured for ages come regretted wherever th 9 E langit.tg., is known. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE: The manager of th,s theatre, Mr. W. Cooke, took a complimentary benefit last evening, which was fully arid fashionably attended. The entertainments were The ll'axlmaa's Horse, an unusually varied series of scenes in the circle, and a new farce called Dalrymple versus Tubbs, which seeing very likely to have a fair run. A Mrs. Gcneral Dalrymple entraps a retired hosier into a promise of marriage, and upon his attempt to with draw threat...as legal procee lings. All the comic busi ness occurs in the office of Mr. Ferret, the lady's solicitor, and the denouement consists of the of a real live husband for the plaint►ff in the shape of an old cob bler, and the consequent release of the disconsilate Mr. Tubbs. The most noticeable feature in the piece was the acting of a Mr. Anson, who plays the hosier. He posseses a good deal of comic force, and his acting seemed well relished by the audience. The Parisian pastoral ballet was exhibited immediately before the farce. The characters are dressed in the costume of the vielle cour, but the most remarkable thing about them is the immense mechanical head with which each is fitted, and which, unlike our pantomime monstrosities, is a handsome representation of the human countenance, only considerably exaggerated, and containing some in ward contrivance by means of which the wearer is enabled to wink, open. and shut the mouth, so as to make the appearance of vitality. These masks excited much curiosity, and the management of them by the wearers was loudly and general►y applauded. The Earl of Cardigan, we understand, has appointed an eaten-ive suite, commensurate with his lordship's large rent-roll, to attend his lordship to the seat of war in the East. The answer to inquiries last night at the noble earl's mansio❑ in Portman square was, that the earl was ordered on foreign service, but no preci-ie day was fixed for his lordship's deptrture to join the British force destined for Turkey. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A ma trimonial alliance will shortly take place between the Earl of Mountcharles, eldest son of the Marquis Conyngham, and the Lady Jane St. Maur Stanhope, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the late Earl of Harrington. —A marriage is about to take place between the Hon. Augusta Chichester, sister of Lord Templemore, and Robert E 'ward King, Esq. grandson of Viscount Lorton.—The Hon. Miss Hebhouse, daughter of Lord troneiton, will shortly be led to the hymeneal altar by Captain Carleton. PARIS AND VIENNA MONEY MiTIKETS.—Tbe rapid I decline on the Paris Bourse since Saturday appears to be attributable to the disquiet caused by the recent failure and the apprehension of its leading to other em barrassments rather than to anything of a political reaction haslitnyaotcow nature, the pressure of that event being greatly in creased by the extent to which the new loan is likely to be offered upon the market. At Vienna a favourable has advancededed t o 13 t : 0 3 585, It w i a l .ev thereforethe beas s o o n o L e o d ne h o a n t againstAustrianiftutcaloleentinued for three days, the funds independent the tirobal)i Russia s Government considered taking a t n o have become stronger. ROYAL PaxoeticoN.—Mr. Charles T. Judkins de on the management and economy of gas, livered a lecture on F riday evening at the Panopticon apropos to a new regulator which has just been patented. The lecturer, having briefly pointed out the manifold advan tages of gas, drew the attention of the auditory to one or two of its annoyances, obs erv i ng, among other things, "That gas burnt at a high pressure is forced through the burners at a much greater rate than can be consumed, the gas thus forced through escaping in the apartment wherein it is being burnt, unconsuined, viti ating the air, destroying the furniture, the pictures, the books, &c., ald causing an atmosph ere which b r i ngs with it ill-health to all who inhale it. The instrument in question is intended to avert these evils. By its means the high pressure of gas is never allowed to enter the pipes in the hoive, consequently the gas is burned at a low pressure, and of course thoroughly consumed, producing a soft and mellow light like that of a wax candle. Mr. Judkins dal not lay claim to entire novelty in the invention, but, to many of the good qualities of previous regulators: it had the indespensable and valu able improvement of a compensating valve. He then proceeded to show, by the aid of a comprehensive appa ratus, the powers of the regulator, and in conclusion urgld that the facility with which it could be app lied to any gas-pip e now i n use, and its simpl i c i ty o f action, together with its economy, 04. , ;tied .it to tb.o 0925iders• Ucla of 611 cas wa:m MONEY MARKET AND CO Mil ER . 7 f A 1 1, I,V7' E ['LIG EN CE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 500 Ane rican taken for export. The market was steady, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 160 2ernam and Marauliam, at 61d. to 70. ; 400 Egyptian, ht 6d. to Bd.; 400 Surat, at 3d. to 41d.; and 30 Sea Island, at Is. to ls. 3/ 2 d. per lb. Railway Shares were fiat, at rather lower prices. The following observations directed against those who argue that a supply of tallow can be obtained indirectly, and whose views find expression in the columns of a leading contemporary, are by Messrs. Smith and Charles, Russia brokers, and in this, as in other cases, we leave them to the judg ment of parties acquainted with the subject "The average cost of bringing tallow from St. Peters. burg to England is 21 per ton. By the penultimate ad vices from St. Petersburg, it appears that 50 casks of tallow had been bought, and a contract made for bring ing them overland to Memel, at an expense of 241. per ton, including freight to England ; and it is stated that, had the quantitybeen 100 casks, the overland charges would have been much greater. By this day's advices from St. Petersburg, we learn that no further purchases had been made for export, as no conveyances to neutral ports could be obtained, and goods already on the way to Memel were detained for want of horses. The Economist proceeds, —' In the year 1853, high prices and an appprension of war brought hither an unusual quantity of tallow from St. Petersburg.' The average price during the period in which tallow was being brought into St. Petersburg for shipment to this country was 50a. 6d. per cwt. The price, however, had nothing to do with the St. Peters burg supply. The tallow was all manufactured in the interior of the country, between October 1852, and January 1853, and forwarded to the wharves on the *neat internal rivers by the following March for transit to St. Petersburg, and would have been sold (or con signed) and shipped from St. Petersburg (as is the cus tom of the trade) whatever had been the price of tallow here, or the political aspect of Europe. The Economist continues—' Oar growing demand for materials of that description (tallow) is supplied by the increasing quan tities of palm oil and cocoa nut oil.' As bearing on the future, we have only to repeat what we said on the 3d ult., that ths largest estimates of both these oils fir the present year give an increase over 1853 of 4,500 tons. The Economist concludes its article by suggesting that, ' for purposes of illumination, tailow may be super ,seded by wool and coals, and a variety of materials from which gas may lie obtained,' The writer appears to for get that we derive large supplies of wood from Russia, that the price of this article has risen very considerably, and that, if employed as he proposes, the price would be immensely enhanced. We admit that the use of gas may be extended, but the objections to it are inherent iu its nature." Of the silk market, (living the month, Mr. H. W. Eaton writes as follows : "As might be expected the silk market during the last month has formed no exception to the general sus pension of trade, consumers being naturally unwilling to buy beyond their immediate wants ; it is therefore the more gratifying to be able to report the largest monthly de;ivery of silk ever known, the excess, which consists of Chinas, being 939 bales over that of March, 1858, then considered the largest on record." The following statement has been sent by Messrs. M'Nair, Greenhow, and Irving, as to the position of the Manchester market during the past month:— "There is, so far, not so much ground for dissatisfac tion, when the immensely productive power of the dis trict is taken into account. As yet there are no stocks of importance to be found generally, but as may have been perceived and inferred, they are likely soon to in crease materially in both goods and yarns, unless a re vival of demand should ensue or the working of short time commence, and that is a theme upon which nearly all our spinners and manufacturers are meditating. Un less some change for the better soon take place, the alter native appears to us to be unavoidable, and it is one which ought generally to be adopted. " We may mention that the most important change in feeling, in action, and in value occurred within the last fourteen days. " Prices ' attaching a due and proper importance to the altered value of the raw material, have not changed more, probably, than they ought to have done, and even in the declension intimated by our quotations no great or unexpected change has taken place. The greatest decline in both yarns and goods has happened during the last fourteen days, as will have been observed. As suming the prices of everything of a staple character to have been higher on the 31st January than they were on the 31st December in last year, there is really nothing —independently of political or other causes—calculated to cause much real reason for alarm at the present, in that respect, amongst producers. We take the highest point, as indicated by date of 31st January, and notice —including, of course, that within .the last fourteen days—that the decline, for example, upon low printers, up to 3ib 6oz „ 26in 66 ditto, up to 41b Boz „ 27in 66 ditto, up to 4b 10,,z 44d to 6d „ „ 27in 72's ditto, up to 51b 4oz 6 ,1 to 7d „ 36iii 60, 64, 66, and 72 reeds 4ld to 6d „ 32in and 36in Madapoilama 40in vld end shirtings, weighing fr)in 51b 4oz to 8113 foz - 6d. 36in shirtings, 60, 66, and 72 reeds 41(1 to 7 d „ 45in ditto, in 60, 66, and 72 reels 40mitcconets, 20 yards „ cambric., 13 yards 34in 40 and 5061 twills 30iii an,t 32in T cloths lld to 3d per piece. 3iin and 40in long✓ cloths 36in to 43in tangibs Domestics✓, in all qualities -10d to id per yd. Yarns generally, in the bundle, both in water and in mule Twist and pin cops may be considered nominally 4d to id per lb, including warps. "These being a few of our mast prominent staples, we adopt them in the way of elucidation. There is, how ever, increasing irregularity in prices ; and the absence of extensive or n 1 derate operations disqualifies us from giving more certain citiotations." The ship, Nurthumberlani, from Melbourne, brings 30,404 ounces of gold, and the Brilliant, from Geelong, 15,000 ounces. Tile steamer Alps, from New York, has arrived She briiigs 99,923 dollars. The remainder of the Overland and Australian Mail has been delivered this morning. At the northern circuit, at Liverpool, on the Ist inst., the question of the legality of time bar gains was again tried, Judge Ccesswell presiding. This was an action to recover a sum of 591., as the balance of an account claimed by Halsal, a share broker, from Ainslie, of Fort William. Various settlements of similar accounts in favour of the de fendant had occurred, but the defence now set up, when the balance was on the other side, was that the transactions were speculations, and wagers on the price of shares, and that no real transactions for the purchase of shares was intended, the dealing being arranged between the parties to be for " dif ferences" only. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. There was a higher range of prices for English Stocks upon the commencement of business this morning, but a reaction occurred momentarily, and Consols which had fallen at 86i f, being after wards 86g- 1. They are now again about 86g The money price is more in accordance with that for account than it has been, showing less pressure of sales. Exchequer-bills have been at 2s. premium, and India Bonds. at 7s. to 12s. discount. The New 5 per Cent. Annuities have again been dealt in at 1131. There has been a quieter market for Foreign Securities, but prices generally keep up. Russian Five per Cents. have been done at 89 to 90. Dutch Two-and-a - 4 41 f per Cents. have touched 54g. Brazilian Old Five per Cents. have been at 901 to 91 ex-dividend. Mexican Stock has realised 1 2 1a 3i va b b e e in en g at 17, and Portuguese Four per Cents.er duller. Spanish D e f erre d B on d s at 35. Tile English Railway Market is steady this motniug, and some of the favourite lines have ad vanced in puce. Thera is a rise in Great Northern of about 1054 Great Western, Brighton, Midland, awl Caledonian, have improved to nearly a similar extent. South Bzisteru are rather depressed. French Shares have been very little dealt in. The Mining Market is inactive, and there is very little doing in the banks. The Mud Companies' are comparatively steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Of List.) nusineqg rnnn 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 864 iii New 5 per Cent. Annuities ll 3, India Bends, £lOOO ...... . .........••••••••• l2 7 d Ditto, under £lOOO l5 5 d , Consols for Account 18th April B 6iii4i Exchequer Bills, 2d.. 21000 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ttrazißan Bonds, 5 per Cent. gel 1 x d 'Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 46 per Cent. M Portuguese Bonds, 4 p e r Cent. 35 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St B9 90 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7 utvtaenu on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cent. 12 Gull 454i 4 i Ditto 4 per Cent. C or tifteates • ••••• HALF-PAST TWO. comp* 1,4 t Pithy April it.coati.o ~,, , , .. I LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, THE WAR IN THE EAST. The following communication, dated yesterday evening, is from the Times correspondent in the Austrian capital : " In the Dobrudscha ail the fortified places, with the exception, perhaps, of Tultscha, are in the hands of the Russians, who are razing them to the ground. There are rumours of treachery on the part of the Turkish commanders of the different fortresses. " The Turks_ have been repelled from every part of the left bank of the Danube, except Kalafat. "By advices from Odessa of the 25th it is stated from an excellent source that there is not a ship of war in Sebastopol, and that it is believed some thing is meditated by the Russians against Varna. " The excited state of public feeling at Constan tinople is extremely disquieting to the Government. " It was said at Odessa that the fleets could not venture to leave the Bosphorus until the arrival of the auxiliary army. " Since the dismissal of the Sheik-ul-Islam the old Turkish party have been intriguing for the ad vancement of Russian interests. " Austria has demanded from Russia that her subjects in the Principalities shall not be compelled to take the Russian paper money." A telegraphic despatch from Berlin says : " Prince George of Mecklenburg Strelitz arrived here yesterday, the bearer of a letter from the Em peror of Russia to the King of Prussia, in answer to the mission of General Lindheim. " Its tenour is as follows :—When the Western Powers succeed in securing the emancipation of the Christians in Turkey by treaty, the Czar will be willing to evacuate the Principalities simultaneously with the evacuation of the Euxine by the combined fleets. " Yesterday the fleet was at anchor off Kjoge." Another telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated March 31, says :—" Prince Charles of Prussia is appointed General in-Chief of the Artillery; and Prince Albert is named Admiral, at the earnest re quest of the Russian Auilkssador. The Govern ment has authorised the transport to Russia of 1,600 cases of muskets, which had been seized at Brom berg. It is considered probable that there will be one more sitting of the Conference of Vienna, at which the Plenipotentiaries ( f Austria and Prussia will come under a formal engagement as to the course of those two Powers on the Eastern clues , tion." The Universal German, Gazette, under ,date of Vienna 29th ult., says :—" The important news has just been received that the Austrian troops on the frontier of Hungary have thrown a bridge over the Danube, near Belgrade. Yids measure may he considered as the prelude to an active inter vention. A division of the army has taken up a position in Esclavonia. The fortresses of Brod and Grodiza situated on the frontier are abundantly supplied with everything necessary as well as that of Essegg, on the second line. Eight military hospitals are ready. From another Vienna letter we learn that the transport of troops to the south has been resumed, and the 10th infantry corps, with the Ist cavalry corps, have been placed on a war footing. The army of the south has 124 siege guns and many mortars for throwing shells of 120 lbs. The five steam-tugs on the lower Danube have been armed, and now cruise between Semlin and Orsova. Notwithstanding the many rumours in circula tion to the contrary, there is reason to believe (says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle)' that Austria still persists in her determination to maintain neutrality—a neutrality so favourable to the cause of Russia, that the Emperor Nicholas has intimated that it is all he asks or could expect. Even the semblance of opposition to the ambition of the Czar, which she manifested some time ago, is now too much for her. I understand that within the last few days, when the Austrian Minister was reminded by the representatives of England and France of his declaration that the Austrian Govern ment would consider the passage of the Danube by the Russians as a cases belli, the answer of the Count de Buol-Schauenstein was, that the casus belli which he contemplated was an offensive move ment on the part of Russia, in the shape of the passage of the Danube, for the purpose of sub duing the Ottoman empire, and before the decla ration of war by France and England against Rus sia ; but now that war had been commenced be tween Russia on the one side, and the Allied Powers on the other, the Vienna Cabinet bad no intention of interfering between the belligerent, Powers, so as to interrupt the military operations of the Russian army ; and lie added that Austria would continue to maintain this attitude until the day when the interests of Germany might be con sidered in danger. The Austrian army, it is con fidently stated, will decidedly occupy Servia, and that immediately. We learn that the Russian General Dahn, of the Engineers, has been appointed command an t i n chief of Sebastopol, and of all troops in that town and neighbourhood. According to accounts from St. Petersburc , of the 17th, a second levy for 1854 is expected to take place in August next, when one man out of every hundred will be taken. These men will be imme diately incorporated .in the different regiments. The reserves and the demi-invalides of the Cossacks of the Don (about 80,000 in number) will also take the field. The Correspondence of Berlin, of the 30th ult., says :—" Last night 150 seamen belonging to the Russian ship of the line Navarino, just disarmed at Flushing, arrived here with their officers. They were received by order of the King at the railway station at Potsdam, and each sub-officer had paid to him one ducat and each sailor a thaler. They immediately afterwards continued their journey to Stettin." In the sitting of the Germanic Diet on the 30th ult. a despatch from the Minister of Foreign Affairs was communicated, in which the Diet was informed that the coasting trade will be thrown open in England, with an invitation to it to adopt a similar measure. The Russian Minister com municated officially to the Assembly the news of the birth of a Princess, daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine. RUPTURE BETWEEN TURKEY AND GREECE. A telegraphic despatch of the 27th March, from Constantinople, says : Diplomatic communications have ceased between the Ottoman and Greek Governments. Nesset Bey, the Turkish Charge d'Affaires at Athens, has arrived at Constantinople. General Metaxa has demanded his passports. He is about to consult with Lord Stratford and Gene ral Baraguay d'Hilliers as to the protection of Greek subjects here. Letters from Athens received at Malta state that King Otho awl the. Queen had left Athens, possibly to evade Admiral - BArbier de Tinan, and had ap proached the Turkish frontier. This would seem to indicate that they were about to join the "sym pathisers." CONSTANTINOPLE. From a Constantinople letter of the 20th ult., we learn that the following arrangements have been taken with the Porte regarding the first expedi tion of 10,000 British troops. The Turkish Go vernment is bound to furnish daily-10,0001b. of bread (first quality) ; 10,0001 b. of meat, half beef, half mutton ; 30,0001 b, of wood ; 15,0001 b. of bar ley ; and 15,0001 b. of straw. These articles will be paid for monthly by bills on the Lon don Treasury. The troops are to be lodged in the spacious barracks situated in the Turk ish quarter called Daout Pacha, and the mili tary Governor of C ons t an tinople has received orders to repair that establishment. The troops are expected to be here about the beginning of tpril. Nothing has yet been decided about the French expedition. The only positive informa tion we have is, that similar arrangements will be wade, and that the barracks of Scutari will be given up by the Porte. A false alarm, given out by a merchant captain, that the Russian fleet had quitted Sebastopol, has been the cause that the combined fleets prepared for the Black Sea on Thursday afternoon, and would have sailed immediately had it not transpired that there was no truth whatever in the statement. Die Retribution and Caton have returned from •ulina. It is now positively stated that the Rus -ian authorities there have drawn a stout chain Luosi the Danube, and the consequence is that up wards of 90 .vessels with grain cargoes are placed at die disposal of Russia. The Persian post came in two - 44t - g - go, and has lavag4t - don tho 4rist tant intelligence that the Government of Tehran has deelarel her nyuirality for the great question at issue between Russia and Turkey. This decision is in a great measure dne to the talents of our charge, Mr. P!om)son, who has succeeded in beat ing Prince Doigorouky out and out in diplomacy. The Shah himsel`; who is decidedly anti• Turk, would have willingly played into Russia's hands ; notwithstanding. this Mr. T. carried tile day. A letter of the 10th Feb. from Tabreez, says— Persian politics rernain,firm as regards Turkey, and the Divan of Tehran has otfic:ally announced its neutrality in the Court Gazette. The force at Khoi has been dismissed, andAziz Khan ' the Com mander-in-Chief, h as b een recalled to Teliran. The King has named his only son, 14 months old, Atneer-001-Nizam. On the shores of the Caspian, Russian agents have lauded in every direction, but no details are given of their proceedings. The Em peror of Russia has issued an ukase, which is said to be a decided crack at British trade ; we have no particulars. It i s p os i t i ve l y asserted here that the Daghestan chief, Sheik Scharnyl, has again given the Russians a sound thrashing—details not stated. Prince Woronzoff is to leave Tiflis ; the cause of his recall is not known. The Caucasian provinces will be governed by a commission. The Sultan, determined that nothing shall pre vent or delay the ameliorations to be effected in the condition of the Christian population, has re moved the Sheik-ul Islam who hesitated to issue his fetoa in favour of the new reforms. The commercial ports and towns of Russia begin to feel the sad effects of the war. At Odessa, ac cording to the Cologne Gazette, business is in a complete state of stagnation. Th e Government has alopted the most severe measures against fo reigners residing in the place, or who have come there on business. Some foreign merchants who had requested the governor to give them some in formation as to the question of peace or war received orders to quit the place within eight days. For several weeks past travellers arriving there, even those belonging to friendly nations, have not been allowed to quit their vessels. A Belgian merchant, whose papers were perfectly regular, had a sentinel placed over him on board a Belgian vessel for six weeks. He intended to protest against this arbi trary treatment, but was threatened with arrest. He then escaped from the vessel in a boat, and was picked up by her at 20 miles' distance from the port. THE BALTIC. THE RUZ:SIAN FLEET AT REVEL. An officer on board one of the ships in Sir Charles Napier's fleet, writing to a friend in Lon don, says : "GREAT BELT, March 27, 1854. -Malone I wrote a note, which I intended sending by the Vulture to England, yet the weather was so ba I on her departure that we c,aild not communicate. That letter will pro b 'lily reach you • t the same time this does. The wea ther was beautiful yesterday, and is so to-day. The atmosphere clear, raw, and bracing, imparting a cheer fulness to roost of us. The Miranda, which had been sent as a vessel of observation to the Baltic, previous to our departure (loin Eogland, joined us yesterday morn ing. Her bow seemed rough and scratched about the copper from stemming the ine, thr , ,ugh which she bowed her way for some distance with some difficulty. She brought intelligence that the Russian fleet is anchored at Revel, from which they cannot be freed by the break ing up of the ice urtil the end of April. The Miranda left England with sealed orders, and in structed not to show her colours, Part of the squadron was detanned ahead yesterday, under Admiral Chads. The Leopard steamed back about mid-day with a Danish admiral on board, who visited the flag ship and was sa luted with 15 guns. The squadron anchored off %Vyborg (about eight miles) in the evening. We got under weigh very early this morning. Our destination has been changed, probably resulting from the interview will the Danish admiral. We are now proceeding to K , in lieu of Kjoge, which may be owing to the intelligence that the Russian squadron is sealed up in Revel and must remain there until May. Sir Charles has left the squadron this afternoon in charge of A ,miral Corry, and has steamed ahead, in the Duke of Wellington, in the direction of Kiel. It is now evident that the squadron cannot reach that place this evening. 9 p.m. We have just dropped anchor withi n th ree or f our w il e s of Kiel harbour." ARRIVAL OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR. KIEL, March 30.—0 n the evening of the 28th the Bulldog steamer brought to Admiral Sir Charles Napier the important intelligence of the declara tion of war. The next morning, at 5 o'clock, the Dragon steamer, Captain Lox, commander, came from the station to fetch her Majesty's consul-general in Hamburgh, Colonel Hodges, who had arrived here Oa day before. Titis steamer landed the colonel again at about four o'clock in the afternoon, and proceeded without delay to Wingo Bay, to convey orders to the ships of her Majesty, that might have arrived there in the meantime, to go through the Belt to join the fleet at Kjoge Bay. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, the whole fleet left the anchor-ground out side of our bay. This morning some ships have been seen between Fehmern and Laoland. The Olin steam-ship joined the fleet yesterday morning. Our town has had complete holidays on Timidity and yesterday. Thousands go down in small steamers, yachts, and boats to see the British fleet. Nearly every ship was cheered by these spectators. "God save the Queen" and "Rule Britannia" was sung by those conversant with the English language, and " Old England for ever" was a fre quent cry. the population of Holstein knows what a war means, yet the sympathy which is felt in the cause in witch Great Britain is engaged would assure the aid of hundreds of its sons, were it required. Front Berlin, Saxony, Hanover, and many parts of the interior of Ger many, many hundreds of spectators have travelled hither to see the fleet. It is not to satisfy so much curiosity that they come, as to admire the vast means at the disposal of a free country for the de struction of despotism. The following is an extract, of a letter from an officer in Sir Charles Napier's fleet to a friend in England . . "At anchor, Great Belt, March 25, 1854 —I under stand the Dauntless, having burst one of her boilers, is about to proceed to England, and I believe she is to carry our letters. I take advantage of her departure to drop you a few lines, as I know you follow all our move ments with interest. We left Wingo Sound on the 23(1 inst. We started very early in the morning, having taken a Danish pilot to navigate us through the Great Belt. Two steamers, under command of Admiral Plum ridge, went on before us, as a light squadron, to mark our course through the " Belt." In the aftern on the Neptune, Monarch, Bulldog, and Vulture joined the fleet. The ships coming to an anchor about mid night on the following day, the signal was made for us to get under weigh. We had a beautiful fresh breeze, and the admiral, forming the ships into one line, led us through the Belt. We passed two steamers that had been placed to buoy the passage, under the command of Admiral Plumridge, who, in the Leop ,rd, conducted the ships to the anchorage. It blew very fresh on yes terday morning, and it blows still fresher to-day. Most of the ships seem to be p'unging heavily to the head sea. We are about eight or ten miles of Rufness, Zealand, where a lighthouse stands. The different ship com panies are being actively exercised daily, at the great gun exercise and small arms. The admiral is keeping very sharp look out upon the ships, bringing some of them to task, by signal, when out of place and compli menting others. I have no doubt the squadron will be shortly in a highly disciplined state. We feel the atmosphere rather cold. It is about 34 deg. in the open air to-day. We are anxious to hear the news from Eng land—especially to know if war be declared." The Danish Government has issued a declara tion containing its definitions of contraband, which includes horses, timber for construction of vessels, tar, copperplates, sailcloth, canvass, hemp, cor dage, he., but not coals ; besides, the Royal Dan ish ordinance of May 4, 1803, is renewed. So, no Danish pilots, or men acquAinted with the Danish straits and seas, are allowed to serve on board the belligerent Powers' vessels. In the in structions for the commanders of the Danish guard ships—frigates Thor (steamer), Thetis, Belloua, Nordenskjold ; brigs Holgar Danske (steamer), Galathea, Flora, Mercurius, and Valkyrien—they are instructed to observe a strict neutrality, to protest against the taking of captured war or mer chant vessels into Danish ports, but not to oppose it by force, and only to use force against privateers. The Danish territory is to be considered to extend One Danish sea mile from the coast, except at Kron burg and the river Elbe at Gluckstadt, where the distanca is nam'zd. as 3,000 ells (6,000 feet). THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. The last advices relative to the Baltic navigation are as follows : - - Gitiienhurg, March 24.—The weather has this week been rati►er cold, but very fine. Stockholm, March 24.—The weather continues mild, and, although it has frozen at ni,ght, the temperature has been constantly mild during the day, and un the 22.1 the thermometer stood at noon at 10 deg. above zero, with the wind strong at N.N.W. Gefle, March 20.—The weather has been so mild for somk time past that the ice has almost disappeared, and the river as far as the S. Wharf is perfectly free. Revel, March 14.—The Roads are closed, and there is no open water to be seen. March 24.—From Gross Grand to Packerort Grund, and farther up, the ice is still firm ; the remainder of the fair way is full of drift ice. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. A Christiana journal states that Russia has ac knowledged the neutrality of Sweden only upon the conditi on , acce pted by King Oscar, that no more than four foreign ships of war shall enter a u y sWeiiakor roraresiqifert4vd 1 3 0 . ; at Quo time FRANCE. There appears no improvement in the prospects of the 'Turkish loan, and it is perhaps to bring the fact under the consideration of the Ottoman Go vernment that the son of Namik Pasha, the ne gotiator, is now on his way back to Constantinople. He arrived in Paris on Sunday from London. Tho present state of the money market, the timidity of capitalists, the general state of trade, and the fear t tf -more failures, are more than sufficient to a-count for the backwardness of the public in the matter. It appears, however, that some hopes are entertained that the Governments of England and France will aid in the realisation of the loan by gua ranteeing the interest. It is said in Paris that Lord Clarendon has been consulted on the matter, and that his decision is shortly expected. Should the English Government consent, no difficulty is apprehended on the part of the French Govern ment. The Bulletin de Lois publishes the following decree : Napoleon, Sze.—We have decreed and do decree as follows : " Our Minister Secretary of State of FinanCe is authorised to make an advance of 10 millions to the Ottoman Government. " 'This advance will bear interest and will be repaid either from the product: of the first loan which may be contracted by the Ottoman Government, or in sup plies.' " • The Belgian Chamber of Representatives on Saturday approved of the two conventions of 1852, and the treaty of the 27th of February last, for the establishment of commercial relations, by 63 votes to 15. On Saturday a great crowd assembled at the Northern Railway in the expectation of receiving the English dragoons with hearty welcome. The day was magnificent, the people in high spirits, and in glorious good humour. It turned out that some facetious persons had been doing honour to All Fools' Day, and fed the multitude with a poisson ul'Avril. The joke was well taken, and will not in the least be remembered against the gallant com rades of the French army on their arrival, which, if the Constitutionnel be well informed, will not take place before Tuesday. The Emperor and the Empress visited on Satur day the works at the Palace of Industry. Their Majesties were received with cries of " Viva l'Empereur," " Vive l'lmperatrice ;" and on re tiring the Emperor left 2,000 f. to be distributed amongst the workmen. The Empress, wishing to encourage as much as possible the lace trade, which employs a consider able number of workwomen, and being desirous of seeing the French articles of that branch of ruanu f tcture appear in an advantageous manner at the Universal Exhibition of 1855, has decided that a public c mipetition shall take place between French manufacturers for the best trimming of a dress in the black lace called point d'Angleterre and the best in point de Chantilly. The patterns of the manufacturers who desire to compete are to be sent in before the Ist of June, 1854, to the Duchess of Bassano, lady of honour to her Majesty. A jury will decide which specimen is most remarkable for novelty, richness, and elegance. No one but French manufacturers are to be allowed to com pete. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 61f. 90c., fell to 61f. 35c., and closed at 61f. 60c., for the end of the mouth ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 88f. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,030 f. ; Rouen, 795 f. ; Havre ' 400 f. ; Great Northern, 700 f. ; Str IShurg, 677 f. 50c. ; New Shares, 505 f. ; Lyons to Paris, 760 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 625 f. ; Western of France, 545 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 480 f. ; Great Central of France, 380 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 420 f. 50c; Bank of Credit Mubilier, 435 f. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the 31st ult., pub lishes another address to the king from the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Turin, in which they complain of the increase of Protestant proselytism throughout the Piedmontese States, of the profanation of the days held sacred in the Catholic Church, and the abuses in'troduced into public instruction. The address says : "In some cases the lectures are intended to pervert the mind, in others to corrupt the heart ; the history of natons has been used to calumniate the supreme Pon tiff, the Episcopacy, and the ministers of the Catholic Church ; pology, natural history, and drawing have been applied to insinuate pantheism, to insult modesty and c..irrupt morals." They conclude by stating that "the venerable metropolitan" (the exiled Archbishop Franzoni), " whose absence they still deplore" is undoubtedly of the opinion of the framers of the address, and pray the king to take their remonstrances into consideration. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 29th ult. The Infantap, sisters of the King, left oti --- tiiat day for Seville, Trey were to travel by the rail way as far as Teinhleque, where carriages of the royal Household awaited them. Apartments were pre pared for their reception at the Palace of Santehno, at Seville. The Three per Cents. were done at 33 ; the Now Three per Cents., at 17 25 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8 ; and that of the Second, at 4 25. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. The steam-s!iip Madrid, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam NaVigation Company; Capt. George Bradshaw, with the usual Peninsular mail, in charge of Lieutenant John Kempe, R.N., Admi ralty agent, arrived at S , Atthamptin yesterday. The Mit , lrid, during the voyage, experienced mo derat, and fine weather. Her dates of sailing were—Gibraltar, March 25 ; Cadiz, 2i3 ; Lisbon, 39 ; Oporto, 39 ; Vigo, 31. `The had on board 32 first-class, 5 second-class, and 3 deck passengers. The freight of the Madrid consists of 10packageg Ape.ie, iii value 1,2351.; 18 boxes of eggs, 1 cask 12 eases of wine, 551 boxes of oranges, 30 bags of potatoes, 2J hampers of peas, 100 bundles of bas kets, 1 bale of cigars, and 32 packages of sundries. At Gibraltar were two French war steamers-- Newton and Phari. The usual Portuguese squadron lay at Lisbon, and the Brazilian war steamer Alphonzo. Ships observed on the Voyage.—March 24, 4.30 p.m., observed a screw steamer steering to the eastward ; proved to be the Taurus, with troops, leaving Gibraltar for Malta. 25th, 10.30 ajn.--- Arrived the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer ludus at Gibraltar ; 4.5 p.m. left fur the eastward. 20th—At Cadiz, the screw steamer Peninsula. 28th—Arrived at Lisbon, the screW ship Brazileira from Liverpool. 30th—At Vigo, the screw-steamtx Iberia from Southampton, in three days five hours. 31st—Sailed, the Iberia, for Lisbon, at 7.30 a.m.; also the yacht Dryad. 30th—Vianna, N.E. five or six miles, exchanged colours with the Annaconda, R.Y.S. 31st, 7 p.m. —Observed a comet, bearing N.W. 4 W, altitude 12 degrees, lat 33 32 N., long. 9 8 W. of ship. THE INDIA AND AUSTRALIA MAILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Ripon, Commander R. Moresby, arrived yesterday, at Southampton, from Alexandria, bringing the Australia, China, and India mails, in charge of Lieut. Tickell, admiralty agent. Toe Ripon experienced fine weather,, with light head winds, the whole voyage homewards. Her dates of sailings are—Alexandria, March 20 ; Malta, March 24 - ' • Gibraltar, March 29. She brings 81 first-cla ss passengers, 21 second class, and 33 children—total, 135 ; amongst whom are Prince Gholam Mahomed, Prince Feroze, and five set vants. Her cargo consists of 195 bales of flax, 3 brls. of mother-o', pearl, 30 brls. of gum, 9 brls. of ele , pnants' teeth, 16 bales of woo!, 765 bales of silk, 29 boxes of oranges, 1 cask of wine, 10 gallons of oil, 31 pack ages of general merchandise, and 1 package of specie. ALEXANDRIA, March 23.—Ten Turkish steamers were waiting to convey 13,000 Egyptian troops to Constantinople. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ships Himalaya and Euxine, the former to wait the arrival of the India mail, the latter to s a il f or S ou th amp t o n with passe ngers and cargo, on th e 21 s t. Inei G titI IBRA.LTAR, March 29. —Her Majesty's brig Frolic, French Government steamer Phari. SHIPS SPOKEN AT SEA.—March 26, lat. 37 30 N, long. V 1 E, an English screw-steamer steering e astward ; showed second distinguishing pendant, 9047 ; English brigantine Gem, steering eastward. March 27, "about 37, N, 3 E, an American ship, showing second distinguishing pendant, 9450. March 31, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na vigation Company's sere w-steatner Iberia, off Oporto. April 3, her Majesty's ship Cumberland, off the Start, bound for Portsmouth. BERDIN'S MACHINE COMPANY. —After all that has been said regarding the effects of this machine upon the commerce of the country, and the impetus promised to the mining interests, we find that a snug corporation of men of wealth has been formed in the City, with a view' of securing the great profits likely to arise from the.de" velopnient of its principles. 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