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

BARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PAI ALE.—" lam myself an admirer or this beverage, and my ow . experience enables me to recommend it, in accordsnce • rith the opin on of the most emibent generals, as a very ail ten able and efficient tonic, and as a beverage, both fvr the invalid ins the r)bust.-01 , sen May ALLF,OYP'A PALL: ALE 0 sLY is BOTV,ED by P.% RICErt and TWI ISO, B,er Merchints, 51.4 P %LI, MALL. IMPERIAL "ME.A.i.LIRE.• - Quar , s, Bs.. Pints, 54.; lis:lf-pints (for luncheon), 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of ler gallons and wards. • THEATRE ROYAL DIIJRY LANE. — Mr. E. T. 'MI fit, Lessee, has the honour to announce that he has pieced the above•named Nati .risi Estatilishment at the ser vice of the FOND in AID of the FAMILI , ,S of the EXPEDI rto v. ARY ARMY. In pursuance of this desirable object, a F %NCY FAIR will be held on the 13th and 14th of April, under the follow. Lug Royal and distinguished patronage : Her Royal Highness the Duchess of rarnbridge Her Royal IlLihnest thetiachess of Kent Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge The Right Hon the Lady Mayoress ,Mier Grace the t Mcness of Ham Iton Set Grace the Dec ese of Bonutort Her Grace the Duchess ot Montrose Het Ora e trio !merles• of inverneis Her Grace the DOC`le33 0, soinerset Her Grace the Dueness of Riehmon , t The Most Noble the Marchioneis of Londonderry The Most Noble the afarehioness of Tilendford Tne Most N. - hie the Marchioness of Ayles•,try The Right Hon. the I ountes.s of flies , infield The Ri;, ,, t Rol l . the Co the Countess Ole; of Klnnoul gall The Pa ht Ho The Right lion. the Co intess of isessnorough The Right Hon. the Counte.s of Der' , y The night lion. the Counter of Shelburne The Right Lion. Vie Conntess of Wilt° The eight Hon. the Countess of Desart The Right lion. the countess of Dohourtlmota The night lion. the Viscountess relmerston The Right Hon the Vi.couet.ss Maidstone The Hight Hon the Viscountess Newport Lady SI , hia Des-Vceux Lady Colville Lady Raglan The Hon. Miss Ansa Ws. Disraeli Mrs. J. Stanley. Every anvintnent and aptoarance of the Theatre will be called Into requisition ou this important an i interesting occasion ; decora tions are preparing. The pit will he covered for promenade, and an efficient bad prov'ded Cyr the execution ot choica end new original by ibex pretee this benevolent rinse. Ladies desirous of a ding demonstration are respectfidy eemlnded that they shout t make early application for stalls. A boOk is now open in the lobly of the g and entrance to revive contributions In the shape of articles intended for sale on the occsatop. THEATRE ROTAL ÜBUBY LL Z. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TUB EVENING. Ann, 4, win be performed LEONIE. Principal characters by Mr. Elliot (aler and Mr. Henri Drayton; If Inv Lowe and Featherstone. ♦fter which. THE FE %.4 r OF THE DR tG)N, an I Magical Performances of the Chinese Troupe. Te Cone tide with THE BARBER OF CADIZ. THEATRE HOYAT.; Under the management of Mr. nackatone. THIS EVENING. Apia 4, WRIT DI performed 3IONEY. Characters by Messrs. O. Vanden,- hoff, Ilibarp, Howe, Backstone, Compton. 11. Comma Fatten Ctrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs Fttzwilliam, and • lu Reyno ds. After which. WiLLIKIND AN HAYS DENALI• suPoq ed DY wears. Ruelc-tonn and Corti ; Miss Lnuis H xtr , owaid, - • Hain, and Kra. Cau'fle'd To conclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. BOY IL PRINCES-VS THE A MK. oXPOitll-sTREK C. Under the Minagem , nt of Mr. Cnaat.Es Klux. THIS EVENING. A PR IL 4. Will be p^rfnrmed TFIE CORSICAN BRO ['HERS. Principal character by Mr C. Kean. To be followed by T IF.nd...;a USMARRIF:D Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, ai s t; and Misaes Ileatn and Murray. To conclude with A STOIOI IN A TEA-CUP. Principd cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. TILEATBK ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madatne Celeste. TIIIS EVENING, APRIL 4. win be performed TWO LOVE.; AVD A LIE& Supported ny C. Selby. Leigh Murray, tienjurnln \Feaster, Keetey, and u. ycdlth ; Mss Woolgar ani Madame Celeste. Fol l owe d by THE. 1017 4 .1 ACriE MOVE MEN C. Prlnelnal cha racters by M.-nsrs 0. Smith, Kedey, and Porsche; Mrs. Keeley. Raid Miss Mary Keeliiy, . To conclude With the Farce of Hrs FIPAT CIIa.MPAGNE. ROYAL OLifNIPIC THE tritE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIM EVENING, Arai!. 4 . MI be perfOrrned THE WRO BOX. Supported by Messrs. Alfred Wigan and Robinson ; Miss P. Horton, alias Wyndham, and Miss E. Turner. To be followed by TO OR LI.IE HENSON% Supported by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling an] Miss Wyndham. To cone ude w:th TILE WANDERINU MINSTREL. STRAND TFIRATRE. Be•e Lessee, Mr. F. 1 07.A1;;;;. Tr:tress — • Miss Rebecca Isaacs Tlll3 - 'EVENING, Aitu. 4, Will be performed THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. To be followed by BORN TO GOOD LUCK. With THE DUMB BELLE. After which, THE BLUE JACKETS. is.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, I+. fst ; oaltery. ad.; Private Boxes, l J. Us. 6d. , , 0 be flad of Mr. Allcroft, lb, New Bond-street. AsnErs EUROPE'S NATIONAL A 4PiIITOEA.TRE. Lessee an 4 Wanazer, Mr. WilllAm Cooke. THI3 EVENING. APRIL 4, The entertainmed's will coinrronee with the ehlvalril spoctaele. THE , v00I) , 'S HORNE.; in., I'he val., Knight. ro , lowed by an .legant routine of .genes in • the CIKCLE. Miss KATE Coorca; the Wonder o• the 'Vold, Miss Emmy Cause; the Prointer tior.ernan, %tr. tt tram:. Cooxe; Mr. tViLtiax Coots on hLs nuatehleol steel IL tVE v, and a new Barleslne Kluestrian Pari sian Pastoral " ap,)ointrneats expres , ly madam Pa is. Cone iid nt vri h (hid tine) au entir.ly n.itv Farce, DALLLY.A PLE VIOL{ •US Box-office open from Eieven Foar. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. 'Mai WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tia DAY —Morning 47 inin.after 5 f Evening 5 mindift. 6 To•Wolutow-- worn:ns 26 mu. tact 6 Evening 49 min Oft 6 THE WEATHER.—Suit °Yews, APRIL 4. TIICIIXOISTER, IN THE SHAW:. 58 —highest since noon yesterday, 41 —lowest this morning and during the night. 50 — this day at noon. - WIND R tRoxVrEII, 30.55. , N.W.—Light breeze, and fine, clear, dry weather. • (4; _FT" - „ „-- 4.1&J LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1854. If the performances of Air. "GfADSTONE in any degree correspond with his promises, he will be regarded as a very great man by posterity. Nor will the gratitttle of future generations be un merited by one who has so strenuously exerted himself to diminish their liabilities. Bat there are unfortunately two shies to be heard, and the policy which is so very advantageous to the coming men, cannot unfortunately bo equally beneficial to those at present engaged in the struggle for ex istence. The Right Honourable Gentleman m a d e an energetic appeal to the House of Commons to induce it, on behalf of the people gener a lly, t o make a resolute attearpt " to defray the charaes of the coming war." H.) earnestly i nquired whether 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 on 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 moreexponsive; and a more perilous contest, in which those : very descendants vrill have to struggle for their liberties, religion, and exist ence, to prevent Cossack domination 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, but by no means less certain, doom, 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. We resist the possession or occupation of Constan tinople and the Turkish dominions in Europe by R u ssia, simply because it would enable her to realise her wildest dreams of universal domination at least so far as the old world is concerned. The class of which Mr. BRIGHT 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 Elaine, 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. Bat thi, is not the feeling of the great body of the people. They are still PrePa" trotaga. MIX Of tom. *µd just 4cl 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 risks and responsibilities, 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 ou 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 expected also to bear, at the very moment of incidence, all the expenses of a war solely undertaken in the interest of posterity ! But this by no means shows the extent of the evil or the magnitude of the burden which our Financial Minister im poses on the shoulders of that patient animal " JOHN Bum." Not only are we to defray the ordinary expenditure of the country, and the extraordinary expenses of th e war, but we are at the same time to satisfy a large sum (no less than eight millions sterling) of the principal of the debts createl by our progenitors, and 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer never anticipated having to provide for the demands of dissentients to the amount of 8,000,0001. sterling, and being compelled to 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 afforded 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 fur the war in anticipation. We alone disregard the obvious precaution, and in the very plenitude of confidence, the wantonness of prodigality, in au gurating hostilities by au attempt to p 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 string.nit monetary cede ? If a fztteted 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 adversary, 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 party 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 WELLINGTON, 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 :poor-is generally felt to be far too grave and important a matter to become a subject of political strife. The necessi tous poor are the legacy of long civilisation, a permanent 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 :-,ible. 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 frqe of the whole country—enable the working man, without apprehension, to migrate whit hersoever a third class carri%ge or a steerage in the steam-b at could take him would thus perfectly adapt the labour supply to the labour demand—and for these reasons would moat certainly diminish ulti mately the general pauperism of the kingdom. A few parishes may be able, for the first few years, to fair P ly m t,h u r ce own s°rae u p on th e instan m. cei of paupers not very 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 the social body will best receive its due nourish ment, and the whole system be better able to bear its burdens. We would put it, then, to. the Irish members whether they have dope quite.wisely in checking the progress of the measure, an d whether they will not do yet more unwisely if they further ob struct it on the plea of justice to Ireland. W e cordially sympa th ise with their anxi e ty t o place the Irish in England on a level with the English themselves. Every consideration of humanity and They could nct st a t e justice is on thnr side. their own better than Lord PALMERSTON did sentiment s , that svliere any man , it for th em , and they may be sure t h a t th e gene ral Engli s h English, I r i s h , or Chinese if they will, spends the i days of his s t rength in labour advautagemis to those who employ him, there he ought to be able to claim reli e f i n unavoidable calamity and desti tution. All that is asked by the more intelligent and benevolent members of the Rouse is, a little leisure to arrange, so that the Irish pauperism relieved in England shall be bona Me the pauperism of the Irish labour which England has employe& The fears of Liverpool, Bris tol, and Maryleboneon 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 obtained 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. 21, 1 cgland has borne now for huudrecia of the iourjoii °S poor lan, 44 ita Inor the , „ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1854. restraints of the Law of Settlement ; while Iret land's poor-law troubles are but of yesterday. tI seems natural, therefore, that those who have suffered longest should be first relieved. It must appear, moreover, very dog-in-the-manger-like policy to say to the English labourer, If your Irish guests cannot at once obtain equal privileges 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 - bad generalship in Lord PALMERSTON not to have arranged the Irish part of the question before allowing the measure for England to be introdaced ; but it was bad only on the supposition that Irish members woukl 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 for Irish labourers, what would they be the wore for it ? Tim 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 the m p ar i passu, t h ey 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 squeez3 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 between the labourers of this country and those of th© sister isle. Paddy will be regarded more than ever as an intrusive foreigner—as the fellow who not only reduces wages, but who straps a harsh law on the backs of unfortunate Englishmen when the Government would have removed it. MONEY MA RKE T AND COMMEBCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 500 Ame rican taken for export. The market was steady, without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 160 2ernam and Marauham, at 6.1 d. to 7d. ; 400 Egyptian, at 6d. to Bd.; 400 Surat, at 3d. to W.; and 30 Sea Island, at ls. to Is. 3id. per lb. Railway Shares were flat, 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 advices from St. Petersburg, it appears that 50 casks of tallow ha 1 been bought, and a contract made for bring ing them overland Li] Memel, at 31 expense of '241. per ton, including freight to England ; and it is stab d 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 male 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 appprensian 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 50s. 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 :-rest 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 ells tom of the trade) whatever had been the price of tallow here, or the political aspect of Europe. The Economist continues—' Our 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 till largest estimates of both these oils for the present year give an increase over 1853 of 4,500 tone. The Economist concludes its article by suggesting that, for purposes of illumination, tallow may be super seded by wood and a.ells, and a variety of materials from which gas way be obtained.' Tue writer appears to for get that we derive large supplies of wood from Russia, that tne 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 in its nature." Of the silk market, during the month, Mr. H. W. Eaton writes m 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, 1853, 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 sonic change for the better soon take place. the alter native appears to us to be unavoidable, and it is one which ought generally to lie w:opted. " 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, iu 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 31h 6oz „ 26in 66 ditto, up to 41) Boz 27iii 66 ditto, up to 4.b . 100z 44d to 61 „ 271 n 72'4 ditto. il l , to 511) 4oz 6l to 741 „ 361 u 60, 64, 66, and 72 reels Cid to 6d „ 32in and 36in I.llAdapo lams 40iu gild end shirtings, weighing fratu 51b 4oz to 131 it .kiz 36in shirting's ' 60. 66. and 72 reeds 411 to 7141 „ 451 n ditto, in 60, 66, :and 72 reeds 40in j iceonets, 20 yards „ eambrie4. 12 yards 36in 40 and 50in twills 30in awl 32in T cloths lid to-3ciper-piece. 36in and 40in long cloths 36in to 43in tangibs Domestics, in ail qualities Yarns generally, in the bundle, both in water and in mule Twist and pin cop may be considered nominally !,d to id per lb, including warps. "These being a few of our niost-prominent staples, we adopt them in the way of eluCidation. There is, how ever, increasing irregularity in prices ; and the absence of extensive or nu derate operations disqualifies us from giving more certain quotatiOni." The ship, Northumberland, from Melbourne, brings 30,404 ounces of gold; and the Brilliant, from Geelong, 15,090 ounces. The steamer Alps, from New York, has arrived. She brings 99,928 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 80. / being after wards 864 4. 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 dales. 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 1134. There has been a quieter-market for Foreign Securities, but pricei generally keep up. Russian Five per Cents. have been done at 89 to 90. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. have touched 54/. Brazilian Old' Pive Ctints. have been at 90/ to 91 ex-dividend. Mexican Stock has realised 234, being rather duller. Spanish Deferred Bonds have been at 17, and Portuguese Four per Cents. at 35. The English Railway Market is steady this mm ping, and some of the favourite lines have ad vanced in price. There is a rise in Great Northern of about 10s. Great Western, Brighton, Midland, and Caledonian ' have improved to nearly a s i m il ar extent. South Eastern are rather depressed. French Shares have been very little dealt iu. The Mining Market is inactive, and there is very little doing in the banks. The Land Companies' aro comparatively steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Front the Oficial List. ) Ittiginivw 3 per Cent Consols Anruities B 6igiii New 5 per Cent. Annuities ll3l t ndia Bonds, £l.OOO ....... ........... Ditto, under £lOOO l5 5 d Consols for Account 18th April B 6iii3i Exchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9Ol 1 x d 'do:lean 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds 43 per Cent. 5l Portuguese Bon ds, 4 per Cent. 35 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St B9 90 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7 Dividends on the above payable in London. • Dliteb !change, 23 per Cont. 12 Cul,— 541 3 Dian 4 Per Cent. Certificates .......- B2 i xd .174LF-Pdsr TWO. Consols Ditto 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 all 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 securiugthe 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 Rissian Ambassador. The Govern ment has authorised the transport toßussia 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 cf Austria and Prussia will come under a formal engagement as to the course of those two Powers on the Eastern ques 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. This 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 s:ege 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 411, 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 Jier. 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 cams belli, the answer of the Count de Baol-Schaizenstein 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 had no intention of interfering between the belligerent Powers, so as to interrupt the military operations of the Russian army ; and he 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 commandant in chief of Sebastopol, and of all troops in that town and neighbourhood. According to acceunts. from St. Petersburg 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 derni-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 juurney 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 trale 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. DEATH OF PROFESSOR WILSON. (From the CaledonianMercury of yesterday.) With the same sincere and profound sorrow in which we write—Scotland, and many a place 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 diet 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 bequeaths 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 1788, and was thus in his 65th year. At the age of 13 he commenced his studies at the University of Glasgow, and continued 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 houours, to carry off the Newdegate prize for an English poem. At the end of that period he lett Oxford, and having purchased the estate of Eileray, beautifully situated on the Windermere, he found, fur a time, in the picturesque beauty of the district, something to minister to hiss 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-etninence in all the athletic exercises in which they engaged. Having been obliged, however, through some reverses, to abandon his roman tic retreat, and, all ) .tfie Chairris—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 creations 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 Paints," anil the " City of the Plague," the former published in 1812, and the latter in 1816. Soon aster this he was app'inted 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 continue to :old to its pre-eminent cele brity among the other academic in,titutions. 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 sail had evidently set for ever, and now he has sunk into the grave to be honoured for ages to come regretted wherever the E ig:ish languaga is known. ASTLEY'S AMPRITHEATRE. The manager of this theatre, Mr. W. Cooke, took a complimentary benefit last evening, which was fully and fashionably attende I. The entertainments were The Wood luau's Horse, an unusually varied series of scenes in the circle, and a new farce. called Dalrymple versus Tubbs, which seems very likely to have a fair run. A Mrs. General Dalrymple entraps a retired hosier into a promise of marriage, and upon his attempt to with draw threatecs legal proceedings. All the comic busi ness occurs in the office 'of Mr. Ferret, the lady's solicitor, and the denouement Consists - of the liscoiery . of a real live husband for the plaintiff in the shape of an old cob bler, and the consequent releasie of the disconsolate 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 vicelle cour, but the most remarkable thing about them is the i►nmense mechanical head with which each is fitted, and which, unlike our pantomime monstrosities, is a handsome representatiqn of the human countenance, only considerably exagprated, 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 generally applauded. The Earl of Cardigan, we understand, has appointed an extensive suite, commensurate with his lordship's lar.te 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 mansion in Portman-square was, that the earl was oriered on foreign service, but no p rec is e d ay was fixed for his lordship's departure to join the British force destined for Turkey. APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIPE.--A. ma trimonial alliance will shortly take place hetwean the Earl of Mounteharles, eldest son of the Marquis Conyngham, and the Lady Jane St. Maur Sta.nhopo, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the late Earl of Harrington. —A marriage is about to take place between the Hon. Augu‘ta Chichester, sister of Lord Templernore, and Robert Edward King, Esq. grandson of Viscount Lorton.—The Hon. Miss Hobhouse, daughter of Lord Broughton, will shortly be led to the hymeneal altar by Captitin Carleton. PARIS AND VIENNA MOALVATINEETif.—The rapid decline on the Parfs llnirse 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 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 reaction has now continued for three days, the funds having advanced to 85, while the exchange on London have ROYAL becom e pA s N tor;n T has r ece d e d to 13 . 35. It may therefore be assumed that the prob a bili ty of the Austrian Government taking an indep en d ent attitude agaiust Russia is considered to Mr. Charles T. Judkins de livered a l ecture on Friday evening at the Panopticon on the man a angement d economy of gas , apropos to a new regulator w hi ch has just been pat en ted. The lecturer, having b r i e fl y pointed out the manifold ad van tages of gas, drew the attention of or two of its annoy ances , observing, things, "That gas bur n t a t a high pressure urteis forced through the burners at a much greater rate than can be consumed, the gas thus f , reed through escaping in the apartment wherein it is being burnt, uncon.mmid, viti • • - ating the air, destroying the furniture, the pictures, the books, &c., acid causing an atmosphere which brings 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 house, 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 did not lay claim to entire novelty in the invention, but, to many of the good qualities of Previou s 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 concluaton urged that the facility with which it could be applied to acY gaa-pipe now in uas, and its; simplicity of action, teptilet_With its - economy atitlog it to tlio oosoihicar Awl Of all G 0,6 comma • - - 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 Chargé 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 and the . Queen had left Athens, possibly to evade Admiral 43,trbier 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) ; 10,000 lb. of meat, half beef, lialf mutton ; 30,0001 b. of wood ; 15,0001 b. of bar ley ; and 15,0 00 1 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 Pa,clia, and the mili tary Governor of Constantinople has received orders to repair that establishment. The troops are expected to be here about the beginning of 4pril. Nothing has yet been decided about the French expedition. The only positive informa tion we bare is, that similar arrangements will be made, and that the barracks of Scutari will be given up by the Porte. A false alarm, given out 1)y . a merchant capt a i n , th a t th e Russian fleet h a d [tutted Sebastopol, has been the cause that the :ombined fleets prepared for the Black Sea on Thursday afternoon, and would have sailed mtnediately had it not transpired that there was no truth whatever in the statement. The Retribution and Caton have returned from Sulina.. It is now positively stated that the Rus qvn authorities there have drawn a stout chain teross the Dvaiibe, and the consequence is that up ,vards of 90 vessels with grain cargoes are placed a t d cite disposal of Russi a .- Th e Persian post came in ttwa C/ 6 7 6 al% i l l 4 Lag Droglit (Iron tho tant intelligence that the Government of Tehran has declared her neutrality for the great question at issue between Russia and Turkey. This decision is in a areat measure due to the talents of our chargé, Mr. Thomoson, who has succeeded in beat ing • Prince Dolgorouky out and out in diplomacy. The Shah himself, who is decidedly anti-Turk, would have willingly played into Russia's hands ; notwithstanding this Mr. T. carried the day. A letter of the 10:11 Feb. from Tabreez, says— Penian politics remain firm as re4ar, ls Turkey, and the Divan . of Tehran has offic ally announced its neutrality in the Court Gazette. The force at Khoi has been dismi§sed, and Aziz Khan, the Com mander-in-Chief, has been recalled to Teliran. The King has named his only son, 14 mouths old, Ameer-001-Nizam. On the shores of the Caspian, Russian agents have-landed in every direction, but no details are given of their proceedings. The Em peror of Russia has issue t an ukase, which is said to be a decided crack at British trade ; we have no particulars. It is p os iti ve l y asserted here that the Dagliestan chief, Sheik Schamyl, has a 4 ain given the Russians a sound thrashing-- , letails not stated. Prince Woronzott 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 stagn•ition. The Government has a , lopted the most severe measures against fo reigners residing in the place, or who have come there on business. Some foreign merchants who had requested tho 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 morchant, 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 RUSSIAN FLEET AT REVEL. An officer on .board one of the ships in Sir Charles • NalTier's fleet, writing to a friend in Lou don, says : "GREAT BELT, March 27, 1854.- -Although I wrote a note, which I intended , sending by the Vulture to England, yet the weather was so bail on her departure that we could not communicate. That letter will pro b thly 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 most of us. The Miranda, which had been sent as a vessel of observation to the Baltic, previous to our departure from England, joined us yesterday morn ing. Her bow seemed rough and scratched about the copper from stemming the ice, thr , ,ugh which she forced 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 until the end of April. The Miranda left England with sealed orders, and in struoted not to show her colours. Part of the squadron was detached ahead yesterday, under Admiral Chads. The Leopard steamed back about mid-day with a Danish admiral on board, who visited the flag ship and wa. sa luted with 15 guns. The squadr,n anchored off Wyborg (about eight miles) in the evening. We got under weigh very early this morning. Our destination has been changed, probably resulting from the interview wi- h the Danish adniiral. We are now proceeding to Kiel in lieu of 'gage, which may be owing to the inteiligence 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 souadron cannot reach that place tnis evening. 9 p in. We have just dropped anchor within three or four miles of Kiel harbour." ARRIVAL OF THE DECLARATION OF WAR. _ _ KIEL, March 30.—0 u the evening of the 28th the Bulldog steanier"bliiiiight 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 WilLox, commander, came from the station to fetch her Majesty's consul-general in Haruburgh, Colonel Hodges, who had arrived here the day before. Tnis 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 Laolantl. The Odin steam-ship joined the fleet yesterday morning. Our town has had complete holidays ou Tuesday 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. Although the population of Holstein knows what a war means, yet the sympathy which is felt in the cause in which Great Britain is engaged would assure the aid of hundreds of it s sons, were it required. From Berlin, Saxony, Hanover, and many parts of the interior of Ger many, many hundreds of spectators have travelled hither to see the fleet. Itis 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.—1 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 inst. We started very early in the morning, having taken a Danish pilot to navigate us through the Great Belt. Two steainers, 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, Bulldeg. and Vulture joined the fleet. The ships coining to an anchor about mid night on the following day, the signal was made for u to get under weigh. We had a beautiful fresh breeze. and the admiral, forming the ships into one line, led through the Belt. We p:essed two steamers that had been placed to buoy the passage, under the command of Admiral Plumridge, who, io the Lenp :rd, conducted the ships to the anchorage. It blew very fresh on yes .tiiday morning, and it blows still fresh'-r to-day. Most of the ships seem to be p'unging heavily to the head sea. Wb are about eight or ten miles of Rufness, Zealand. where a lighthouse stands. The different ship coin panics are being actively exercised daily, at the great gun exercise and small arms. The admiral is keeping a very sharp look out upon the skips, bringing some of them to task, by signal, when out of place and • oomph meriting 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 front 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, dm, n , but not coals ; besides, the Royal Da _ ish ordinance of May 4, 1803, is renewed. So, no Danish pilots, or men acqulinted with the Danish straits and .fievi.N . e 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, Bollona, 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 borg awl the river Elbe at Gluckstadt, where the distance is named as 3,1100 ells (6,000 feet). THE WEATHER-IN THE BALTIC. The last ailvices relative to the Baltic navigation are`as follows : Gothenburg, March 24.—The weather has this week been rather cold, but very fine. Stockholm, March 24.—The weather continues mild, and, although it has frozen at night, the temperature hag been-constantly mild during the day, and on the 221 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 some time past that the ice has almost disappeared, and the river as far as the S. Wharf is perfectly free. Revel, March 14.- 7 The Roads are closed, and there is no open water to be sen. March 24.—From Gross Grand to Packerort Grund, and farther 'up, the ice jS 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 condition, accepted-by-King Oscar, that no more than four foreign ships of war shall enter any 51744 Gr luiwista &raid PO at thaet 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 G°' veni:lent that the son of Namik Pasha, the lie' gotiator, is now on his way back to Constantinople. He arrived in Paris on Sunday from London. The, present state of the money market, the timidity es capitalists, the general state of trade, and the fee of More failures, are more than sufficient to a-courg, for the backward liess of the public in the matter. It appears, however, that some hopes are entertaine d that the Governments of England and France will aid in the realisation of the loan by go' ranteeing • the interest. It is said in Paris that Lord Clarendon has been consulted on the m atter, and that Ais decision is shortly expected. Should the English Government consent, no difficulty is apprehended on the part of the French Govern' inent. The Bulletin de Lois publishes the following decree : " Napoleon, &c.—We have decreed and do decree as follows : "`Oar 4ini.ter Secretary of State of Finance i g mithoriSed to make an advance of 10 millions to the Ottoman Government. ." This advance will hear interest and will he repaid either from the producl of the first loan which may be contracted by the Ottoman Government, or in snip' plies.'" The Belgian Chamber of Reptesentatives on Saturday approved of the two conventions of 185% and the treaty of the 27th of February last, ft the establishment of commercial relations, by 65 votes to 15. On Saturday a great crowd assembled at the Northern Railway in the expectation of receiving the English dragoons with hearty welcome. Th°, day w as magn ifi cent, t h e peop l e i n hi g h sp i r it s , n o iu glorious good humour. It turned out that some facetious persons had been doing honour to All Fools' Day, and fed the multitude with a pois.4o o Avril. The joke was well taken, and will not in the least be remembered against the gallant cool' rades of the French army on their arrival, which, if the Gonstitutionnel 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 Majesti s were received with cries of , c Vivo 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 0 5 possible the lace•trade, which employs a consider able number of workwomen, and being desirous of seeing the French articleS of that branch of mann' facture appear in an advantageous manner at the Universal Exhibition of 1855, has decided that public competition shall take place between French manufacturers for the best trimming of a `dress / 0 the black lace called point d'Augleterre 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 01 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 cool' pete. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at 61f• 90c., fell to 61f. 35c., and closed at 61f. 60c., for the end of the month ; 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. ; Strisberg, > 677 f. 50c. ; Nov Shares, 595 f. ; Lyons to Paris, 760 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 625 f. ; Western of France, 545 f. ; Bordeaux and Cetce, 4801. ; Great Central of France, 380 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 420 f. 50cl Balk of Credit Mobilier, 435 f. I'T'ALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the 31st ult., pub lishes another adilress to the king from the bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Turin, in which they complain of the increase of Protestant proselytism thruughuut the Piedmontese States, of the profanation of the days held sacred in the Catholic Church, and the abuses introduced 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 tiat.iim has been used to calumniate the Supreme. Po ntiff, the Episcopacy, and the mini'sters of . the Catholic Church ; geology, natural history, and drawing have been applied to insinuate pantheism, - to insult modesty and owl.upt morals." They conclude by stating that "the venerable metropolitan" (the exiled Archbishop' Franzoni), " whose absence they still deplore" is undoubtedly o f the opinion of the framers of the address, a nd pray the king to take their remonstrances into consideration. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 29th ult. The Itifantas, sisters of the King, left on that day for Seville, They were to travel by the rail way as far as Tembleque, where carriages of the royal househ()Ll awaited them. Apartments were pre pared for their reception at the Palace of Santelmo, at Seville. The Three per Cents. were done at 33 ; the New 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-ship Madrid, of the' Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Capt. George Bra,lshaw, with the usual Peninsular mail, in charge of Lieutenant John Kempe, R.N., Admi ralty agent, arrived at SouthamptJn yesterday. The Madrid, during the voyage, experienced mo derate and fine weather. • Her dates of sailtug were—Gibraltar, March 25 ; Cadiz, 26 ; Lisbon, 39 ; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 31. the had on board 32 first-class, 5 second-class, and 3 deck passengers. The freight of the M tdrid consists of 10packages of specie, value 1,235/.; 18 boxes of eggs, 1 cask 12 cases of wine; 551 bokes of oranges, 30 bags of potatoes, 2 1 / 4 ) 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, anti the Brazilian war steamer Alphonzo. Ships observed un 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 a.m.-- Arrived the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus at Gibraltar ; 4.5 p.m. left for the eastward. 20th—At Cadiz, the screw steamer Peninsula. 28th—Arrived at Lisbon, the screw ship Brazileira from Liverpool. 30th—At Vigo, the screw-steamer Iberia from Southampton, in three days five hours. 31st—Sailed, the Iberia, fur Lisbon, at 7.2 d a.m.; also the yacht Dryad. 30th—Vianna, N.E. five or six miles, exchanged colours with the Anuaconda, R.Y.S. 31st, 7 p.m. —Observed a comet, bearing N.W. W, altitude 12 degrees, lat 33 32 N., long. 9 8 W. of ship. THE INDIA AND AUSTRALIA MOILS. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Ripon ' Commander Morei,by, arri ve d ye s t e rday, at Southampton, from Alexandria, bringing the Australia, China, and India mails, in charge of Lieut. Tickell, admiralty agent. Tie Ripon experienced fine weather, with light head winds, the whole voyage homewards. Her dates of sailing are—Alexandria, March 20 ; Malta, March 24 ; Gibraltar, March 29. . S passengers, 21 second class, and n iig n3Bs.chll first-class dren—total, 135 ;•amongst whom are Prince Gholam Mahomed, Prince Feroze, and five servants. Her cargo consists of 195 bales of flat, 3 brls. of m other-o - pearl, 30 brls. o f gum , 9 brls. of ele phants' teeth, 16 bales of woo l, -7 - 65 bales of silk, 29 boxes of oranges, 1 cask of wine, 10 gallons of oil, 31 packages of general merchandise, and 1 pac k aze of specie. ALEXANDRIA, March 20.—Ten TUrkish steamers were waiting t o conve y 13,03 0 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 next India mail, the latter to sail for Southampton with passengers and cargo, on the 21st. GIBRALTAR, March 29. —Her Majesty's brig Fiolic,.French Government steamer Nati. I E, an Engli s h screw -steamer steer i ng S HIP S SPOKEN AT SEA.—March 26, l a t. 37 30 showed second di s ti ngu i sh i ng pendant, r E :I , 7 ' English brigantine G em , steer i ng eastward. 9047 Ne eastward g Marc . 27, about 37, N, 3 E, an Amerilan ship, distinguishing p en d an t, 9450. s howing second March 31, the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na vigation Company'sscrew-steatner Iberia, off Oporto. April 3, .her**Mijesty's ship Cumberland, off the Start, bound for Portsmouth. BERDAN'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 m the City, with a - vievi of socnring the great profits likuly to arise train the de velopment of its principles. If we are not misinformed, the solicitors of the B ink of England are at the hea I of this movement, thus exhibiting itself in a company POIFICtIia NiVeto okoUlaticS.:, , • -•:~ ~ , AnnIVA TJnaretta, Stretford Alp, Mil, GEANB stone, Sac Drayton c BeLvoi nation, Fi SWEEPS Pehon's d CRI, Robert , bezzling ti Woolfe, hi The pris Mr. Jo) that the pr at Woolwi horse and however, a high road, yard by thi The prix taken plac( not got drx was sober I him. Police•ca several tiro' horse-steali sonment an Philip B six dies and roller. valni the Queen, Mr. Bodi Woolwich d dockyard at his coat, ani tity of tools found. The ment of the The recor The prisoi The priso eight month Thomas 1 and highwa: and stealing The priso the evening lence stole t known to th Mr. Mete witnesses to The Jury years' penal LLOYD' LONDON, light breeze, COWES, A dinaud, from OFT BONG OFF TilE PORTSMOU' Southampton PLYMOUTH from Mau!ma SOUTHAMP Indies ; Ripo the Overland Indies ; Argy SHOREHAM from London with cargo on MALDON, was totally 1, saved. CIIXHAvEN, been assisted COPENHAGI from Flensbn 25th inst., an 4 she had 200 sv FAYA L.-11 in here to-day thrown °verb( lir. Lord, the don to New I/ diginasted, be hurricane on 1 nearly all the to get into Co: is lying to for sistance. Wind, N. Arrived last York, with 99 Arrived Co: Bt. Michael's. Off the Port The Westin Queenstown, logged, and 'ea all(' landed he on the wreck. (By BUB: Wind, IT V very fine. . 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