The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-18 00:00:00

Ignal THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1854. TELEXTRE ROYAL DRUIPC-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T, Snaith. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be presented PA-1M:1 LitZ.l.lto ; or, The Ladrone's Dainh ter. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead ; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the ma.nageme.at of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Jig. 18, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and Butkstone ; Mrs. Fltzwilliam, Miss E. Grey, &c. After which, the Grand CHRIiTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEA.R: ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Combine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES BEAN. THIS EVENING, J. 18, Will be pc/It - mined the Tragedy of 11.-I.IILET. Principal charac ter by Mr. C. Kean. Atter which will be presented the new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOAINIE, entitled HARLEQUIN' AN) THE NIILLER AND MS MEN; or, King SalAmandar and tha Fairy of the Azure Lake. ElArlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hahne; Pantaloon, Mr. l'aulo; and Columbine, Mies Desborough. LYCEUM TIIEATRE, Under the Management of Madame Vestris. EVENING, JAN. is, Will be performed A BACIIET , O R OF ARTS. Characters b y Messrs. C. Alathows, F. : 1 1 a tthows, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A JIM?: TIMM: WERE TWO KING-i. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Ve. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Viretoter.—Directress, Ma:lame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be withpresented ne g w s the highly cene Populary,r the New Sea Naut of l ical M & elo.jrama, ce, c., new intments, called THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, In Ave tanoalea7:o, dresses and ;SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER O F MEXICO. TrIE Principal charac ters by Messrs. B. Webster, K ee l ey, Paul Bedford, bY. p acs cue, Marsden, &c. ; Mad ame C eleste, Mrs. Leigh 41 gel Miss F. Maskell, &c. murrait To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, In two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or T HE SPIRIT BRIDE. Priucipal characters by Madame Celeste, Dirs. Keeley, Miss Woolgat, - Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C, Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be performed THE FIRS r NIGHT. Characters by Messrs Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyadham. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robson, Morton, and Galli ; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, &c. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ST R IND THEATRE. Role Lessee, Mr. F. W. ARcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, Will be performed LI SONNAMBULA. To be followed by THE IRISH TUTOR. Afte - which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled * HARLEQUIN AND KlNti NUTCRACKER ; or , The World 01 Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3s. ; Pitt, Is.; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, 11. lc, it, be nad of Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL ANIPITITIMATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE on THURSDIY NEXT, Tan. 19, commencing at two o'clock. Gratuitous admission of the biys of the Duke of York's School, who, ')y the permission of the Commandant, Col. Clark, IC.H., will attend with their band. Crowded Houses nightly greet the Grand Spectacle, the Wondrous Perforating Elephants, and the most gorgeous and successful Panto mime of the .reason. THIS EVENING, JAN. 18, (And during the week) To commence with the Grand Chinese Spectacle, THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST, or TIIE MAGIC GONG, in which Dlr. William Cooke's extraordinary Tra'ned Elephants appear. Followed by a lt,che-che Routine of Scenes of Equestrianism in THE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europa's Equestrian Artistes. Conc'udinq with Mr. W. Cooke's; immensely successful r_' , ONIIC PAST PO ‘i IM F., written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUT CO jOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladles' Favourite. New scenery, dresses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings ; Columbine, Mills. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Mama and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Braibury. ►lox-oßice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1854. State of the wind and weather at each of the following at nine o'clock yesterday morning. Tho stations are arranged in order of latitude. LK E STONE—S. W. , calm—cloudless. TUN BRIDGE—S .W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. ST ROOD—S., calm—partially cloudy. SWINDON—S.W., fresh breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Monday morning at nine o'clock : MU LLING AR—N.E., calm—foggy. MBRIDGE—S. , gentle breeze —cloudy. HOLYHEAD—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. WHlTBY—Cairn—foggy. DARLINGTON—S.S.W., calm—hazy—sharp frost. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, TUN Dev —Morning 24 min.after 4 Evening 40 min.aft. 4 TaNfeartow—Moraing 58 min.after 4 I Evening 16 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICX, JAN. 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'02. WIND, S.W.—Light airs, and dull, cloudy weather. 4 A 4: • Ip, C C " LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1854 Intelligence from St. Petersburgh up to the 9th instant was still of a decidedly warlike cha racter. It must be remembered, however, that the last important communication from the Four Powers had not up to that date reached the ca pital of the Russian Autocracy. Accounts in deed had not been received there of the triumphs of OMER PACHA on the Danube, or of the movement of Admirals DUNDAS and HA MELIN from the Bosphorus. A little further exercise of patience is yet required before we can possibly learn the mood in which the final proposals of Turkey and her allies will be taken into the CZAR'S consideration. Of one thing, howbeit, we may already be tolerably confident— namely, that those proposals cannot but be pecu liarly unwelcome to the Emperor NICHOLAS just at this juncture, and at the same time espe cially distasteful to him in themselves. Coming to him simultaneously with the announcement of the defeat of his troops at Citale, and of the en trance of the combined fleets into the Euxine, they must necessarily be received at a mo ment when the CZAR is anything but predisposed to concede to the wishes of the rest of the world for a speedy pacification. Couched as these proposals are, moreover, in terms so peculiarly explicit and decisive, they cannot but be repugnant to the haughty temperament of the AUTOCRAT who has hazarded a collision with the banded powers of Christendom, rather th an forego the apparently propitious opportunity for realising his long - cherished dream, in re gard to the subjugation of Turkey, and the ultimate occupation of Constantinople. Of this, we repeat, we may even now rest tolerably well satisfied. Meanwhile, it is important that we should turn our attention for a moment, firstly; in the direc tion of Kalafat—and, secondly, in that of the Black Sea, during the additional interval that must elapse while we are waiting anxiously for the receipt of the decisive intelligence now shortly to arrive here from St. Petersburgh. It would appear that the Turkish Commander in -Chief in Wallachia has so far made good his po sition in the neighbourhood of Kalafat, in conse quence of his repeated successes at Citale, that the situation occupied by his troops, previously very strong, would now seem to be little less than impregnable. Indeed, along the whole line of the Danube the position of his army continues to be one peculiarly formidable. According t o au thentic accounts received in Paris direct from the seat of war, the entire contingent of 130,000, as originally intended, had been most satisfactorily completed, while the army of reserve, numbering altogether no kss than 100,400 men additional, had been distributed as designed from the com mencement. Wherefore, the military position occupied by the soldiers of Turkey would appear to be of remarkable strength, both along the banks of the river, and along the line of the Balkan Mountains. As to the situation of things in the Black Sea —that we cannot by any means regard as satisfactory. It is gratifying, of course, to know that the combined fleets have really at last entered those waters, instead of remaining uselessly at their anchorage in the Bosphorus. But assuredly it is anything rather than agreeable to remember that they have delayed this movement until the very worst season of the whole year for that most difficult and even perilous navigation. Besides, will it be credited, that by a monstrous oversight on the part of our naval authorities, the best line of coast has been awarded to the French for their operations, and the worst line of coast to ours ? the two squadrons having separated immediately on emergingfrom the Bosphorus,-that under Admi ral DUNDAS directing its course along the Asiatic shores, and that under Admiral HAMELIN along the European. Everything considered, there fore, we must await with some anxiety the news from the Euxine, as well as the intelligence .from St. Petersburg. Perhaps the greatest legal reform of modern days has been the establishment of local tribunals in every district throughout the entire country, and the enactment of a complete code for the cheap and expeditious recovery of small debts. We have advocated the County Court system from the very commencement, and long before it re ceived the general acceptance since accorded. But notwithstandifig our approval of its general features, we were by no means blind to its defects, many of which we have from time to time ex posed while pointing out the necessity of altera tions in the practice. We are well aware that perfection cannot be looked for, that grave errors must be anticipated under the wisest and best regulated law, and that a single mistake, or even dozens of mistakes on the part of the local judges could not derogate from a system, the object whereof is "to confer the greatest good on the greatest number." But, still, when we find the most glaring errors committed, and the judges who have been in fault interposing obstacles to their correction, and trying to claim infallibility for themselves by making their decisions final and irreversible, we feel strongly the necessity for extending the power of appeal, and enabling every person who feels himself aggrieved, and who is willing to comply with certain reasonable condi tions, to take the opinions of the judges of one of the superior courts on his case, and to test the validity of the judgment. It has been urged that such a privilege would take away one of the greatest advantages of the new system, the promptitude and expedition with fiwhieh:every ma tt er wouldTbe nally disposed of, and also that it would lead to additional expenses that would speedily deprive the new tribunals of their economical character, so that their principal recommendations—speed and cheapness—would be taken away. Some weight is undoubtedly to be attached to these arguments, which are conclu sive against indiscriminate appeals that might be taken merely for the purposes of vexatious delay. Some guarantee should be given as a test of bona fides, but when that is done every facility should be afforded, and the appeal in every case decided according to its substantial merits and on some point of special pleading or technicality. That we should insist on this power cannot be taken as casting a slight on the County Court Judges, for their decisions would not be more liable to ques tion than those of their superior brethren, all of whose judgments may be questioned as a matter of right, which every litigant may claim ex debilo justitice. The point to which we are alluding, and which shows the obstacles interposed in the way of a rehearing of a case, supposed to have been erro neously decided, received a powerful illustration ' from the case of WILKINSON V. Frog, heard before the Barons of the Exchequer, on the first day of the present term. It appeared that the original case, which had been tried before Mr. PARRY, Q.C., the Judge of the Oxford County Court, was brought for a breach of warranty of a horse, which the plaintiff had purchased from the de fendant for 501. The local Judge gave damages for 501., the full amount paid, and that although the subject of the dispute still remained in the hands of the plaintiff. Against this palpably erroneous judgment an appeal was entered. Under the County Court Act it is necessary that in all notices of appeal the case must be signed by the Judge whose decision is impeached, andithat this must be done within three days, and the case so signed transmitted to the London office of the court, and notice of such transmission given to the opposite side. Mr. PARRY, on signing the case, directed that a certain receipt and summons should be inserted. These could not, however, be obtained within the necessary time, inasmuch as they were in the possession of the plaintiff's agent, whose object it was to defeat the appeal in any, manner practicable. The Barons of the Exchequer did not consider the case sufficient, and remitted it to the Learned Judge for amendment, enlarging , the rule until this present term. The observa tions of Mr. PARRY, on being requested to sign such ease, are worthy of notice. We subjoin them, as taken by the short-hand writer. They are certainly not such as would have fallen from a person who supposed that his words would be taken down and printed. Mr. PARRY said : " I take the same view of the case as I originally did, and am sorry that parties will not consent to substitute this for the former case. I can only say that I was re luctant to sign such a document, but it was only on the earnest personal entreaty of the defendant's attorney, as if life depended on it, that I was induced to sign the document. I si g ned literally at the point of the bayo ne t. ff any affidavit has been made in opposition to the facts, the party making it has placed himself in the same posi tion as a person against whom has been obtained a sen tence of transportation for seven years. I was in no way to blame, but the person who acted for the de fendant, and goaded me to sign the document. I said at the time in question, If it is desirable to sign such a document, lam quite willing to sign a fair copy.' As a judge, I am bound hand and foot by the law, and if I sign that which is opposed by the opposite party, what position do I place myself in ? I might be charged with dereliction of duty, and be liable to be impeached for having acted knowingly and wilfully against the law. Why should the judges in the superior court force my conscience when they have consciences of their own ? I cannot see why they cannot treat this as a fair case, and deal with it accordingly. I inserted on the ease ' copy summons and receipt,' and I cannot see why the Court of Exchequer could not deal with it as if they had been inserted. . . . Why not let the Court of Ex chequer do that which is done in other cases ? Where judges differ they should put a liberal construction on the County Court practice. The oversight has arisen entirely from the defendant's attorney urging me to sign blindfolded in this manner. I should have been pre paredrovided the other party h a d t not tob objected octseign a dte my doing o d c orn y, g ; but, the seal of the Court having been affixed to the first case, the other side say, We will hold by the strict letter of the law, and hold you to it.' I can only say that I regret that such is the case, and that I am not in a position to sign a fresh ease." On this the respondent entered a rule requiring the appellant to " show cause why the case should not be struck out of the special list, the proceed ings stayed, and why the appellant should not pay the costs." It was on showing cause against the rule that these strange proceedings were brought under public notice. It is not necessary to allude to the observations of some of the Learned Barons, which were by no means compli mentary to the County Court Judge. Our object is not to hurt the feelings of that learned gentle man, but merely to point out a defect in thelaw that should be remedied. Why, we a s k, should there be any necessity for obtaining the signature of the Judge to the case within so limited a time ? Why should not the rule be obtained, as in the Superior Courts, on the statement of counsel, and the notes of the Judge on the hearing obtained before the final decision. It might facilitate matters if such a case could be agreed on ; but when that is manifestly impossible, the Superior Court should be authorised to proceed without, on such conditions, as to security for costs, or, perhaps, even for the original debt, as the Court should be pleased to direct. When such security was given, it could not possibly be asserted that the plaintiff would be prejudiced by the delay, and the only tangible objection would be removed. It is the more important that this power of ap peal should be placed on a sound foundation, for, if that were the case, the jurisdiction need no longer be restricted, but might be extended to ten times the present amount. With a facility for appeals that would be decided not according to technicalities, but the substantial merits, the judgment might as well be for 5001., or even 5,0001., as for 501. The efficacy of the local tri bunals would thus be materially increased, and cheap and speedy justice would be placed within the reach of all classes in the community. The contest between the masters and the opera tives in the manufacturing districts can never be brought to a satisfactory conclusion until greater energy and determination be displayed on the part of the employers of labour, not only in the duchy but throughout the entire kingdom, than has hitherto been exhibited. Up to a late period they remained comparatively apathetic and indif ferent, while their brethren at Preston were vigorously and efficiently engaged in fighting their battles. It would almost appear as if they had imbibed the spirit of " Aberdeenism," and that the principle by which they were actuated was to defer assistance to the last possible moment, and then to make it as scanty and as indecisive as possible. How many weeks, aye months, were suffered to elapse before any support what soever was accorded to those who were engaged in the common cause ? and, when at length it was given, how singularly inadequate to the magnitude of the emergency ! How long did the Capitalists even of Lancashire stand aloof from the Masters' Association, not merely abstaining from rendering aid to those of their own order, but virtually bestowing it on their opponents by employing Unionists who would contribute largely in proportion to their means to the turn-outs, and thus practically sup plying the " sinews of war" to the malcontents ? On this point, the most important of any, nothing whatsoever has been done. No pledge has been required from the hands that they will abstain from appropriating any portion of their wages to a cause adverse to the interests of those who enable them to earn these wages. Should the 5 per cent. promised at the eleventh hour be actually and bona fide paid, it would scarcely neutralise the efforts of the " hands" on the opposite side, who freely pay a much higher proportion of their receipts into the bands of the delegates. A strict neutrality, indeed, would be far better, by which masters and work ing people would mutually pledge themselves to abstain from all active assistance, and more espe cially from any payment to the funds of any body which, either directly or indirectly, should find its way to Preston for the use of either party. But even that proposition, when made, was con tumeliously rejected, and the masters recognised, aye, and truckled to the spirit of insubordination that was abroad, being afraid to say, candidly and honestly, that they would not support those who were supporting their adversaries, and only await ing a suitable opportunity to attack themselves in turn. The five per cent. contribution from the mas ters would, if given in sufficient time at the com mencement of the struggle, have been decisive, but it was so long kept back, that it is now of com paratively trivial importance. There has been a thorough organisation of the workingmen—they have obtained new auxiliaries who would probably have never embarked in the contest if they thought masters generally were in earnest. A vigorous demonstration, three, or even two months since, would have been amply sufficient to have termi nated the deplorable and internecine conflict, and to have arranged every point of difference. But the matter was procrastinated to the last moment, and the ipsouceav cc and vacillation of the mas ters found a striking contrast to the vigour and resolution of the men. And now we find the tardy and inadequate assistance turned into a laughing-stock, and un mercifully ridiculed. by the agitators. A dele gate appropriately named. " TONGE" or "Toxnum," and. who certainly appears to be vox et praterea, nihil, informed the ordinary weekly gathering on Saturday, that " when inquiring how it was that some of the manufacturers of Stockport, after urging the delegates to agitate Preston for an advance of wages, should now be contributing 5 per cent. towards the support of the masters whose mills were closed, he received as a reply from the son of a manufacturer in Stockport—`There's more in that than you can see !' " This statement was received with laughter and cheersby the audience, who fully agreed with the active " TONGUE " that the contribution was but a dodge to deprive the Preston masters of their mar ket and to profit themselves from the absence of competition to a larger amount than they paid nominally for the support of the Masters of Preston, but really to keep the mills closed, and thus diminish the supply. Mr. GEORGE COWELL had previously taken a similar view of the sub ject, and harangued at considerable length a very attentive auditory, to prove that the 5 per cent, was only given to suit the selfish purp oses of the contributors. We cannot feel surprised that such an opinion should get abroad. The long-continued apathy, and the indecisive nature of the aid afforded, fully justify the imputation. But, even sup posing it to be well-founded, does it not prove a little too much for the purposes of the delegates ? Does it not show that such a payment which virtually puts money into the pockets of those by whom it is made cannot become burdensome or oppressive, that it will not ex haust the resources or wear out the patience of those by whom it is paid. In these important respects it differs materially from the money wrung from the hard hands of the operatives who receive no pecuniary equivalent, but have to curtail the wants of their families and their own conhorts in order to keep up the payment. If, then, the " ToNGue" be without guile, it requires no extraordinary amount of in telligence to prove that his argument tells against himself, and that the weaker side must eventually succumb. A more active and decided interference would, however, be better, and if the masters be desirous of really terminating the contest, they should unanimously resolve to give no employment to any who would refuse to renounce the Union, and to promise that they would not give any of their earnings to the support of the malcontents. This would show that they were really in earnest, and afford the best answer to the statements put forward, and credited by many, as to the sinister motives by which they have been actuated. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. We have great pleasure in directing attention to the report, in another column, of the annual meet ing of this very excellent and prosperous institution, affording .as it does a striking illustration of the opinion expressed by Professor de Morgan, " that a well-regulated life assurance is the safest of com mercial speculations." The lucid statistical state ment of the chairman, showing the rapid progress of the society, by all who look upon th e ex t ens i on o f lif e assurance will, we think, be read with interest to all classes of the community as an end to be de sired by all well-wishers of mankind. The account of the benevolent department is not less deserving of perusal, as it sh ows h ow b y a small su bscription, and by skilful management, the necessities of the unfortunate among a body of associated individuals may be liberally provided for. THE Loss OF LIFE IN OLD BROAD-STREET, CITY.—The disaster recorded yesterday, resulted from an attempt to en masse, for which purpose screws were u lo s N e v d er to th i e roof, iftitf from its original position ; and as soon as the screws, which were worked on the attic floor, had raised the ponderous roof, the joists of the flooring, unable to sustain the weight, gave way, carrying with them the solid masonry of the superstructure, which breaking through the several floors successively, landed on the basement, and led to the fatal result. Two young men had a narrow escape, being hurled in their fall into a corner, where the fallen timber formed a kind of roof over them, and they were taken out unhurt. A young man, whose name cannot be ascertained, when extricated was supposed to be dead, but exhibited signs of return ing animation on his transit to the hospital, where he remains in a perfectly unconscious state. Several per sons who received slight wounds had them dressed at Bartholomew'sliospit or at the neighbouring surgeon's, and' were sent to their homes. - MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The market closed steadily, with more desire to sell. The sales comprised 3,500 American, 300 Pernam and Maranham, at 6d. to 7d. ; 20 Bahia, at 6id.; 100 Egyptian, and 800 Surat, at 2id. to 4d. per lb. Railway shares were firmer. By the steamer from New York yesterday, we have a few Central and South American accounts. The difference between the United States and Mexico seemed nearer a termination, but the ex travagant habits of the nation, and the exhausted treasury, were the chief drawbacks to an immediate settlement. In Venezuela yellow fever was preva lent among the shipping, and the mortality was great. Internal improvements were being carried on energetically. The new coffee crop is described as being more than usually abundant. At Washington the idea very generally prevailed that Congress would soon take into consideration a proposition to grant credit for the duties on rail road iron, and that the duties would, in fact, be practically abolished. The Governor of Tennessee in his financial state ment for the last fiscal year, remarks that, if the Internal Improvement Bill should become law, the prospective liabilities would be increased about six million four hundred thousand dollars, which would make the total prospective liabilities of the State twenty-one million six hundred and sixty-seven thousand one hundred and eighty-one dollars. The probable amount owed by counties and corporations throughout the State, which had been created by the issue of county and corporation bonds, was about 5,000,000 dols. The State had invested 1,230,856 dols. in the various turnpike roads, for which State bonds were issued, and inte rest was paid on them to the amount of 61,969 dole. This investment brought in only 15,106 dole., which was a loss to the State of 46,763 dole. annually. At the half-yearly meeting of the London and Westminster Bank this clay, a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 4 per cent. upon the paid• up capital, was declared. After these payments the surplus fund would be 125,3071. ls. 6d. The nett profits of the last half year amounted to 61,6171. 4s. 9d. The report was adopted. Bills of exchange were quoted rather lower yes terday afternoon on the principal continental cities. Paris, 25 25 to 30 ; Amsterdam, 11 151 to 16 ; Hamburgh, 13 41 to 1 ; Frankfort, 1181 to g ; and Trieste, 12 12 to 12 18. BRITISH MlNES.—There is a very limited busi ness doing to-day, but we have no particular varia tion in prices to notice. The mines dealt in were —Alfred Consols, 25 to ; Mollands, -1 to I ; Gt. Hugo's, to 1 ; Fatwork and Wheal Virtues, 10 to ; Treweather, 41 to ; Sortridge, 30s. to 355.; Tremollet, to 4 ; West Bassett, 15 to 16 ; Quin tril Downs, to 1 ; North Downs, 4to The English Securities have been directly influ enced by the settlement of the account, Consols, which opened at 921 to 93, being since done at 922 for transfer, and from 921 down to 921 for account. The Bulls have had to come in and close their accounts, and there is a " con tango" of a per cent. Bank Stock is 216 to 2171-, being heavy. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 10s. premium, and India Bonds 3s. prem. There has been very little business doing in Foreign Securities, and prices remain about the same. Peruvian Stock has been firm at 68. There has been a rumour that the Government at Lima contemplates a larger appropriation of the guano proceeds to the purposes of the Sinking Fund, but this needs confirmation. On the contrary, we be lieve that there is more ground than ever for strictly watching the acts of the parties now in power in the republic. There is no hope for the bondholders but in the exercise of the utmost vigi lance. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have been flat at 92 to 922. Spanish New Deferred Bonds have been quoted 28g. Dutch Two-and-a- Half per Cents. have been at 62k to 63. In the Share Market the transactions have been at lower rates for all the principal English lines, the decline being about to A per cent. The Brighton Shares are firmer and have advanced nearly 11., in consequence of the large dividend declared, making the year's interest equal to 5 per cent. French Shares are 10s. to 11. lower. The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been rather lower, Australasia having declined about 11. The Gold Mine Shares are heavy. In the Shares of the Land Companies there have been no bargains. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( Prom the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock ....... ...... ..................... 2l6i 16 17. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 2 3 per Cent. Conso's Annuities 921 3 New 3f per Cent. Annuities 94 1 31 4 India Bonds, £lOOO ................... ....... 3 p Ditto, under £lOOO par So ith Sea Stock Consols for Account 15th Feb. 92 i I iR Exchequer Bills, ld. £1000 £5OO 7 10 p Small 7 10 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 6B Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St Ditto 4i per Cent 92 1 2 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 203 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. , q P c Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 63 21 a d THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 92i g Ditto February Account EXTRAORDINARY HIGH PRICE or COALS. This morning the retail coal dealers in the metropolis and suburbs advanced the price of coal to the enormous amount of 2s. 9d. for second qualities, and 3s. per cwt. for the best, being nearly 150 per cent. dearer than they were at this period last year. This is certainly a very great hardship on the poor, who are u nable to purchase in large quantities, as very good coal (per railway)) and quite equal to that sold by the retail dealers at 3s. per cwt., can be obtained at 365. per ton, being at the rate of ls, 91d, per cwt., so that actually those dealers who supply the poor, allowing for the many draughts in weighi ng small quantities, are realising a profit of at least ls. per cwt., or 20s. on every ton of coals they dispose of. Gas coke has advanced to ls. and ls. id. per bushel. FURTHER ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—The bakers of the metropolis made a further advance in the price of bread this morning ; bread of the second quality, which was selling at W. to 10d. per 41b. loaf, cannot be obtained for less than 10d. and lid. per 41b. re spectively. Country or household bread (unweighed), 81d. to 94d. per loaf. The League bakery continue the price of 10d. per 41b. loaf, and 9d. per loaf of country bread unweighed. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 091 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25'25, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 422 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10Ad. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 . g ; and, the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13.11, it follows that gold is 0 . 89 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi nally 0.17 per cent. in favour of England • and, after making allo wan ce for charges o f trans p ort and difference of interest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FlELDS.—Yesterday morning the annual meeting of the inhabitants of this parish was held in the vestry-room of the parish church, Mr. Churchwarden Rowland in the chair. Mr. Mar shall, of Broad-street, inquired of the churchwarden what course had been adopted with respect to the dis• continuance of interments in the churchyard, in con formity with the order of Lord Palmerston to that effect, the inhabitants overlooking the churchyard having wit nessed upwards of 100 interments, many of which had taken place in the common interment ground, since the 15th of last August, the day on which the order was directed to take effect. The churchwarden stated that it was not considered that the Metropolitan Burial Act was applicable to a joint parish like that, and th ey were therefore justified in keeping open the churchyard, not withstanding the order. A vestryman said the law was not strong enough to compel them to close the church yard. Mr. Marshall said the Act of Parliament par ticularly named that parish, and was therefore applicable to it; and the inhabitants were resolved to resort to every legitimate means in their power in order that the act should be carried into effect. DOVER AND CANTERBURY RAILWAY.—We are sorry to confirm the reports which have been circulated during the past week respecting the suspension of this under taking for another year. This we have learned by in quiry at head-quartero.—tPo'w Chronicle. AMERICA. (BY MAGNETIO TELEGRAPII) ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. This forenoon, the United States mail steam ship Pacific, Capt. Nye, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. The Pacific left New York on the 7th inst., and has brought, besides the mails, about 60 passengers, and 275,000 dollars in specie on freight. The American coasts had been visited by very heavy weather, and the shipping experienced great disasters. The Empire City, among others, had been driven ashore near New York. Much anxiety and great fears were entertained for the safety of the Californian steamer San Francisco. She had no fewer than 800 persons on board. Rumours were afloat that she had fo tin (fere d. In all branches of trade there was a pervading dullness. Stocks, breadstuffs, and cotton were suffering under this influence, and had been unable to sustain previous prices. Freights, however, were firm and higher. Exchange on London was quoted at 1091 to 1091. COURT CIRCULAR,. WINDSOR, JA.N. 17. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Captain the Hon. D. and Lady Elizabeth de Ros. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance after dinner in the Castle, and played the following selec tion : Overture, "Melusine" Selection, " L'Enfant Prodigue" Auber. Scena and Rondo, " Il Crociato" Meyerbeer. Scherzo "Mendelssohn. Airs de Ballet, "Stradella" Flotow. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Walter, M.P., Mr. William Vickers (Nottingham), Mr. John Dillon (Lon don), Mr. Sampson Copestake (London), and Mr. Lewis Honeymann (Nottingham), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord John Russell will give a Parliamentary dinner to a party of members of the House of Commons, on Monday, the 30th instant, at the Foreign-office, Down ing-street. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American pro vinces. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE—(THIS DAT). The nomination by the Heads of Houses of two of the candidates for the vacant Esquire Bedellship took place this morning. The successful candidates were Mr. God fray, St. John's, and Mr. Roberts, Magdalen. The final election of one of these two gentlemen by the mem bers of the Senate will take place to-morrow. JAN. 17. THE UNIVERSITY AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION. At congregations holden this day, a grace passed the Senate, confirming the report of the syndicate appointed to take into consideration such parts of the letter ad dressed to the Chancellor of the University, by her Ma jesty's Secretary of State, as relates to the University. The confirmation passed unanimously. The attendance was not large. The report will now be forwarded to his Royal Highness the Chancellor, as the groundwork of. the answer to Lord Palmerston's letter. OXFORD, JAN. 17. REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSITY. The name of the gentleman agreed upon at the meet ing at All Souls College, to be solicted to become a can didate, is still kept a secret. Rumour assigned it yes terday to Lord Robert Cecil, but to-day it is rather doubted. The election, it is understood, will take place on an early day after the meeting of Parliament. An answer has not been received from Sir William Heath cote. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. A Russian messenger has arrived at Vienna with news of the Bth from St. Petersburg. The Russian Cabinet submitted a reply to the notification of the approaching entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea to the Emperor on the 7th. It was confidently believed that Russia will de clare herself released from all conditional promises previously given to the mediating Powers. The Note of the Vienna Conference 'was for warded to Russia on Monday night. _ _ _ The official version of the note addressed by the representatives of the four Powers tolthe Porte, and in which they propose a new basis of negotia tion, is in one respect materially different from the account heretofore given. In the version first published, the negotiations between Turkey and Russia were spoken of as to take place in presence of the representatives of the four Powers ; while in the official version, it appears that the negotiations are to take place with the co-operation of those re presentatives. This is a very important difference, for Russia has always declared that the question was simply one between her and Turkey, and she has always repudiated the co-operation of the other European Powers. The renewal of diplomatic relations between Eng land and Persia is doubted at Vienna. Despatches from Orsova of the 12th, and from Bucharest, of the 15th, state, that after the sangui nary battle near Citale, the Turkish army had re turned to its intrenched camp at Kalafat, and that the Russian army was being reinforced in the posi tion which it originally occupied. It is already known that the Russians suffered heavy losses. One whole regiment of Rifles, and, with the exception of 465 men, one regiment of Lancers, were completely annihilated. The Turks are entrenched in eight villages around Kalafat. Commercial advices from Odessa state that the Russian ports in the Black Sea will probably soon be closed against English and French merchantmen. New contracts have been made for supplying the Russian army in the Principalities with food and forage, from the month of March next till the end of June. It was asserted at Belgrade, on the 9th, that Prince Alexander, of Servia, would not promulgate the firmans of the Sultan abolishing the protectorate of the Czar over Servia ; but that he had warned the authorities of the idistricts to abstain from any acts of hostility against the Turks, on pain of being punished. The armaments continued, and the Turkish authorities were unceasing in their efforts to induce the Prince to declare in favour of the Sultan. It is said that General Luders, who is now at Ibrail, is having bridges thrown across the diffe rent arms of the Danube between that place and Kalarach. lie has also given orders that three steamers, well armed, shall ply between Braila and Giurgevo, as soon as the fine season has set in. They are to keep a sharp look-out on any fortifications that the Turks may raise. Two Rus sian steamers had taken up position near Giurgevo and the islands. The fortifications round Kalafat and Widdin contain 250 pieces of the heaviest calibre. 60,000 men are collected within the rayon. Besides the order for a general mobilisation •of the Russian army, commanded by the Czar, he has in addition issued an ukase, decreeing the positive mobilisation of the reserve battalions of the corps of Grenadiers and Guards. The Lloyd of Vienna has a letter from Odessa of the 24th ult., which states that in the spring two camps are to be formed in the neighbourhood of that town, each containing 6,000 men. The troops are to arrive from the interior of Russia. The same journal says, on the 13th, in an article on the probabilities of war or peace—" Russia will not undertake a war unless she entertains a hope of attaining a victorious result. If, as we suppose, the entrance of the fleets into the Black Sea be not con• sidered by Russia as a casus belli, the chances for the maintenance of peace are now more favourable than they have been for some time past. Let France and England remain tranquil for some time, and by a firm and dignified but pacific language they may establish more friendly relations with the Ca binet of St. Petersburg. The German Cabinets will, in this manner, also gain a fresh opportunity of displaying their diplomatic efforts. Disastrous incidents may in truth arise. Perhaps Charge d'Affaires will for a time replace Ambassadors. Perhaps Count de Nesselrode will energetically take up the gauntlet thrown down by M. Drouyn de L'Huys. But so long as the Ottoman Porte does not show itself unreasonable, the Western Powers be not unjust, and Russia be not strengthened by open or secret alliances, we shall persist in thinking that notes, and not cannon shots, will put an end to the complications of the Eastern question." The Louqsor, which arrived a few days since from Alexandria, brings accounts from Syria, that the excitement among the Mussulmans of that country is still very great, and that the voluntary enrolments continue to be very numerous. Six hundred men have arrived by land at Beyrout, from Lataquia, to join the body of volunteers al , ready assembled at the former place, where they are waiting for vessels to convey them to Constan tinople. The caravan of pilgrims which recently returned to Damascus from Mecca, pretend that they found on the tomb of Mahomet a letter ad ressed to the Sultan, in which the Prophet pro mises him victory over the Russians. The letter was, it is said, immediately forwarded to Constan tinople. THE BRITISH FLEET IN THE BLACK SEA AND AT CONSTANTINOPL E. It appears that Admiral Dundas has taken with him into the Black Sea about half of his force— namely, four line-of-battle ships and five steamers, exclusive of the two steamers detached. The fol lowing is the division and distribution IN THE BLACK SEA. SHIPS OF THE LINE. Britannia, 120, Captain Carter, with the flag of the commander-in-chief, Vice-Admiral Dundas, C.B. Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Symonds, flag ship, of Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons, second in command. Rodney, 90, Captain Charles Graham, C.B. Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell. Sanspareil, 71, screw, Captain R. C. Dacres. PADDLE STEAM-FRIGATES. Terrible Furious Tiger Firebrand 6 Captain Hyde Parker. Sampson AT SEBASTOPOL. Retribution, 28, paddle-frigate, Captain Hon. J. R. Drummond, had been sent to Sebastopol with the caution of the British ambassador that it would be dangerous for the heroes of Sinope to show their noses out of port. AT SINOPE. Inflexible, 6, paddle-sloop, had been sent to Sinope to warn the Russians off from a second visit. AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The following force remained at Constantinople Jan. 1: — Trafalgar 120 Captain Greville. Queen ll6 Captain Michell. London 9O Captain Eden. Albion 9O Captain Lushington. Bellerophon 7B Capt. Lord G. Paulet. Leander 5O Captain Kin g . Arethusa 5O Captain Mends. Niger (screw) ' 14 Commander Heath. Fury (paddle) 6 Commander Tatham. The latter vessel was waiting the arrival of the mails, when she would overtake the admiral in the Black Sea. The following is from an officer serving on board the fleet in the Black Sea, dated "BEYCOS BAY, DEC. 31. "A ball was lately given by the French Ambassador at Constantinople, to which the officers of both fleets were liberally invited ; but it was very thinly attended by those invited from the ships, owinc , to their being kept in constant readiness for sea. Captain Symonds joined the Agamemnon, 91, Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, G.C.8., on the 27th inst., and the Admiral hoisted his flag in her on the 28th. It was decided yesterday that the Britannia, 120, Vice-Admiral Dundas ; Agamemnon, 91, Rear-Admiral Sir E. Lyons ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell ; Sanspareil, 70 (screw), Captain Dacres ; and Rodney, 92, Captain Graham, C. 8., accompanied by three steam-frigates, and an equal force from the French fleet, each accompanied by their two Admirals, should proceed to-day into the Black Sea, and take up a position off Sinope, it is said, to protect the southern coast. This morning a general signal was made to all the ships to 'prepare for sea, with the exception of the Trafalgar, 120, Captain Greville. "Yesterday a report was prevalent that th e R uss i ans were collecting a very large convoy f or th e purpose o f landing troops on the coast of Georgia, and, by all the ships being ordered to sea, I am rather inclined to think there may be some truth in it. The Retribution, 28, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain the Hon, J. R, Drummond, proceeds to SOAP topol to demand two English naval engineers, who wore taken prisoners on board one of the Turkish steamers at Sinope. " The cruise of these large fleets in the Black Sea appears very warlike, and I do not think the Russians will be allowed to land on any part of the Turkish terri tory, which will be equal to a declaration of war on the part of the combined fleets. "All in the fleet are in high spirits at the prospect of active movements. No exercise has taken place in the fleet, with the exception of striking and fidding topgal lant masts morning and evening." The writer adds, on Jan. 1 :—"A thick fog cominc , on yesterday, just as the fleets were on the point of starting, detained them, and to-day it is raining hard, with very thick weather, so there is no chance of their getting away before the morning. I think it more than probable the fleets will remain at Sinope until a result one way or the other is attained, as it is a very, good anchorage, in fact, much better than that of Beycos. A report came in yesterday that the Turks had been de feated, with a loss of 30 guns, on the southern frontier of the Black Sea. I cannot vouch for its authenticity." AMERICAN COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS. The commercial advices from the United States this week show that the year has opened with every pros pect of an improving money market, and an extension of trade even beyond that which was experienced in 1853. The quantities of breadstuffs at the west are reported to be very large, and, as the facilities of transit, owing to the extension of railroads, are no longer de pendent on the frosts, which close the canals, constant and heavy supplies, attracted by the prices now reached in Europe, will arrive at the shipping ports throughout the winter. The usual annual returns of the finances and commerce of the country had just been published, and present many remarkable facts. The entire depo sits of gold at the Mint and its branches in 1853 ; amounted to 11,130,0001., and coinage to a nearly equal amount had been issued ; while the total deposits since the Californian discoveries in 1848 have been 42,520,0001. —making an average of about 8,000,0001. per annum. With regard to the export trade of 1853, as compared with the preceding year, the following comparative statement is furnished, but in this case the accounts are those of the fiscal year, which ends on the 30th of June :- 1852. 1853. Fisheries £476,500 ... £656,000 Timber 1,573,000 ... 1,583,000 Agricultural products 1,264,700 ... 1,914,000 Vegetable food 3,977,300 ... 4,758,600 Cotton 17,593,000 ... 21,901,300 Tobacco 2,006,200 ... 2,264,000 Cotton goods 1,534,500 ... 1,753,800 Other manufactures 2,561,000 ... 3,153,200 30,986,200 ... 37,983,900 Specie 7,500,000 ... 4,700,000 £38,486,200 £42,683,900 The Earl and Countess of Airlie, who have gone on a tour in the Italian States, are expected to return to this country early in the spring. The Earl and Countess Cowper and a family circle are staying on a visit to the Earl de Grey, at Wrest Park. The noble Earl has recovered from his recent serious indisposition. The Earl and Countess Granville arrived in Bruton street yesterday, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Trentham Hall. The Earl and Countess of Desart have arrived at the St. George's Hotel from Desart Castle. The Hon. Robert H. Clive, M.P., has rallied, but we regret to state that the hon. gentleman remains in a precarious state at Oakley Park. The Duchess Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladies Somerset are still staying in retirement at Badminton Park, where the noble Duke and Duchess, with the youthful Earl of Glamorgan and family, are also sojourning. Shortly after the re-assembling of Parlia ment, on the 31st instant, his Grace, who has been summoned to the House of Peers, will take the oaths and his seat. The Viscountess Stratford de Redcliffe and the Hon. Misses Canning, who are staying on a visit to Lady Stuart de Rothsay, at Highcliffe, near Christchurch, Hants, are expected to return to Grosvenor-square at the close of the ensuing week. We have reason to believe that it was the expressed desire of our Minister at the Court of the Sultan that his family should not join him at Constantinople. The mortal remains of the late Field Marshal Viscount Beresford were interred yesterday at Kilndown, near Bedgebury, Seven Oaks. Viscount Cranbourne, accompanied by Mr. Johnson, Mr. A. Beresford Hope, and other relatives attended the obsequies. The Barnacre estate, late the property of the Duke of Hamilton, has found a purchaser in Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., for the sum of 98,0001. M. Baugniet has returned to Beaumont-street, Port land-place, after a visit of nearly four months to the Continent ; and, we are happy to add, in such a state of health as to give assurance that there will be no inter mission of the services which for so long a time he has rendered to art. THE PRINCE ALBERT CORRESPONDENCE. —ln the Daily News of yesterday, we find an indignant letter from Mr. Thomas Mulock, dated from Killiney, near Dublin, in which the writer states that the correspon dence, published in the London papers a few days since, is not a hoax, but absolutely genuine, the autographs having been shown to the Editor of the Dublin paper in which the letters first appeared, previous to their publi cation, Mr. Mulock thinks that Prince Albert did nothing more than common courtesy demanded, in acknowledging the sympathising tone of the letter ad dressed to him.—Morning Post. THE MANSION HOUSE.—The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained, in the Egyp tian-hall, Mansion House, last evening, at a sumptuous banquet, the Court of Aldermen and their ladies, ac cording to ancient custom, and a distinguished p art y . Amongst them were the Right Hon. Lord John Rus sell and Lady Russell, Rear-Admiral Sir Watkin C. Pell, Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Sir George Staunton, Mr. John Masterman, MX., Mr. Wm. J. Chaplin, M.P., and Mrs. Chaplin, Mr. Richard Swift, M.P., and Mrs. Swift, Captain Gordon, rG. E. Hodgkinson, Mr. Matthews, master of cutlers and alderman of Shef field ; Mr. J. A. Flankey, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., and Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Alderman and Miss Farebrother, Mr. Ald. Copeland, Mr. Ald. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Humphery, Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart., Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P., and Mrs. Hill, Mr. Alderman Farncombe and Miss Stone, Mr. Alderman and Miss Hunter, the Right Hon. Stuart Wortley, Q.C. and M.P., Mr. Alderman M oon , M r. Alderman Salomons, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Sir R. W. and Lady Carden, Mr, Sheriff and Mrs. Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff and Mrs. Anderton, Mr. Under-Sheriff Smith, Mr. John and Mrs. Laurie, Mr. Pilcher, Mr. Evans, Sir John Key, Bart., Mr. Spottiswoode, Mr. and Mrs. Kennard, Mr. Charles Hill, Mr. Murphy, Rev. J. B. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Cotterell, Mr. and Mrs. John Bradbury, Mr. and Mrs. Holyland, Mr. Lowry, Mr. K. Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Solly, Mr. and Mrs. Goodhart, Dr. Mason, Miss Hall, Mr. Salome, and Mr, Sheriff Wallis's chaplain. FRANCE. The accounts that have reached Paris from Vienna mostly concur in expressing a strong hope that the Emperor of Russia will accept the propo sitions of the Conference, or, what is pretty much the same thing, that his answer will be of a " fa vourable kind , " notwithstanding the reverses which the Russian arms have experienced in Little Wallachia,, and the entry of the fleets into the Black Sea. Austria still believes she has sufficient influence on the Czar to overcome' his repugnance, though from St. Petersbu rg it se lf th ere es not appear as yet any indication of such a change in the mind of the Emperor. The Emperor and Empress honoured the per formance of the Huguenots with their presence on Monday evening, at the Grand Opera. The occa sion was the debut of Mlle. Cruvelli, who was unanimously applauded, every part of the theatre being crowded to excess. An Imperial decree grants an extraordinary credit of 2,000,000 fr. to the Minister of the Inte rior to be employed in the relief of the charitable institutions of communes. The grant is made on a report from the minister to the effect that the subvention of 4,000,000 fr. accorded in November last to communes which shall make sacrifices for works of general utility, so as to give occupation to the working classes, does not enable the infirm, and women and children to be provided for. An other decree grants an extraordinary credit of 4,096,873 fr. 75c. to the same minister, for the purpose of " indemnifying the city of Paris for the advances which it made in 1848 for the general interests of public order, and of repaying to the Treasury the disbursements of the same kind winch were made by it, as of urgent importance, in the said year." Both decrees enact that the credits shall be submitted to the Legislative Body in the ensuing session. The - Bourse, which was feeble at the commence ment of business yesterday, became more firm to wards the conclusion. Public securities closed at a small advance on the prices of yesterday, the speculators still believing that peace may be main tained. The Three per Cents. opened at 71f. 70c., fell to 71f. 35c., rose subsequently to 72f., and closed at 71f. 85c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,130 f. ; Rouen, 997 f. 50c. ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great Northern, 815 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 775 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 870 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 705 f. ; Western of France, 625 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central, 485 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 675 f. 500. ITALY. An important bill concerning the Jews has been presented to the Piedmontese Chambers by the Government. By this bill, the Israelite population of the kingdom, now divided int o th e U n i vers ities of Piedmont, lonferrato, Alessandria, and Nice, are authorised to exercise self-government in mat ters relating to their religion and worship. For this purpose, the Israelites of th e ki ng d om a re divided into 20 electoral circles, each of which is to elect a representative to a General Assembly, which is to meet at Turin every third year, or whenever the Minister of the Interior shall con voke it. The General Assembly fixes the duties of the rabbis, the taxes for the cost of public worship, the general budget, the stipend of Grand Rabbi, &c. One half of the General Assembly is re newed every three years. The General Assembly appoints a central direction of five members, whose duties consist in executing the deliberations of the Assembly, exercising the vigilance over all the Hebrew communities of the kingdom, suspending rabbis, &c. Every University elects a council of administration, composed of five members, for the superintendence of local interests and worship. The Government is empowered to determine, by royal decrees, the minor rules to be observed in the exe cution of the above measure. The Pariamento of Turin of the 14th announces that the King of Sardinia has suspended Advocate Racca, Intendant of Aosta, from his functions, but with the permission of demanding an inquiry into the recent events, to justify his conduct. A letter from the Romagna of the 7th, in the Parlamento of Turin, states that that province is in great consternation owing to the increase of brigan dage. People are afraid of being out late at night, and at Faenza the theatre is quite deserted. At the market of Ravenna corn is sold at 53f. 50c. per sack of one hectolitre and 15 litres. At Lugo, corn dealers are forced by the police to sell corn at 8 scudi (42fr. 80c.) per sack. The local authorities at Faenza have forbidden the exportation of corn from their territory. SPAIN. A decree in the Gazette enacts that an exhibition of fine arts shall take place at Madrid every 2 years in the month of May ; but that foreign artists shall only be allowed to exhibit works actually executed in Spain. The Marquis de Turgot was able to leave his bed for the first time on the 12th. The Queen was going on well. When she was informed of the death of her newly-born daughter, she burst into tears. For two days she had sus pected that the little princess was dead. The re mains of the deceased have been removed to the Escurial with the customary ceremonial. The Queen will, it is believed, shortly be able to oc cupy herself with public affairs ; and one of her first acts will be to sign the treaty between Spain and France for the protection of literary property. The Duke and Duchess de Montpensier were to leave on the 13th, and the Duke of Parma in two or three days afterwards. The Three per Cents. were done at 391 ; the New Three per Cents. at 201 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 81i- ; and that of the Second, at 41. PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber of Prussia, in its sitting of the 14th, definitively adopted the Communal Bill for the province of Westphalia, which led to se many debates last session. It afterwards com menced the discussion of the bill for changing cer tain clauses in the Constitution, which has been so often modified. The question now is to deter mine what power shall have the right of prosecut ing public functionaries and employes for abuses of power in the exercise of their functions. The Constitution gives this right to the judicial powers to the exclusion of the administrative authority. The object of the present measure is to give the latter the power of stopping the prosecution if it considers it unfounded. BADEN. It is positively stated that the religious differ ence between the Government and the Jesuits in Baden has been arranged in a satisfactory manner. THE CZARmTHE VICTORY AT SINOPE.--4 LUCKY —The officer w h om P r i nce M e n- E schikoff sen t from Odessa to St. P e t ers b urg with ssA AND GE. the dispatches announcing the victory at Sinope9 spared no exertion to accomplish his journey with unusual speed, and on arriving at the capital, was.: accor ding to Russian custom, immediately ushered i n t o the Emperor's presen ce , to whom he delivered , hi s despatches, saying, " I bring your Majesty in telligence of the successful issue of a considerable action." On which the Emperor, much gratified? took him with hi m i nto h i s ca bi net, an d seated himself to peruse their contents. When he had finished, and addressed himself t o the welcome courier to express his delight at the tidings/ he found that the officer, worn out with fatigue, had fallen asleep, nor was he to be aroused by and f ordinary means. With that quick app rec i a tion 0, human nature peculiar to the Czar, h e ca ll e d oil; roughly, "So and so your horses are ready ;. and the zealous courier at once started up to b l 5 supposed duty. The Emperor then inquired of bii what rank he had ? " Kapitan." " Well, -WO; (to an adjutant in attendance), bring me a pair 0 , 1 _ epaulettes ; I promote you on th e s p o t t o b e Poci, polkowitich (Lieutenant-Colonel). Embrace me ;,, and when the astonished officer had availed himsel f of this rare distinction, the Czar kissed him on In ° cheek. Since then no ruthless razor h a s heel' allowed to profane the cheek hallowed by the Era" peror's lips. VERY Cool,.—On the 4th, says the Wanderer, a ear" non shot was fired from the right bank of the Danub e ' which fell close to the quarters of Prince Scharmari c 't t the Russi an G enera l . Th ere was f oun d written Oil / the wo r d s :—" Good morning to you 1" It was sent J.O Prince Gertschakoff at Bucharest. \'~,,,,, ',~. l PRIIN Many people We trust, are n( rumours have Prince Consort rageous manner been said that tons prepared 1 Stratford at Co] When Ministers tions, the Prin fawn account tc emissary of th( tion of the desp it has been sa. Russian Amba: tient of the co and thus enabl 'withdrawing th that the reignh A.utocrat of All united Europe Coburg will in Paring the wa Powe brutal," and p last few weeks t such skimble-s of the press In are almost asht - Publicity to as any which we course of years. be no proofs c present. Has ti ---or Lord Ab( Lord Palmersto the order give] garters ? No n or for a women accusation not sent case it is Should be anyt 18 there of circ !Mich of proof i Jury to convict pot ? " B ut e oozle, of th( Clodpole, of th a few months a were endued w the confidence o they are made Walnut, matter( three kingdom sheet of paper t i o g u i r t h u . elet of the P r ? person Raised or sumptions by t still less proofs, rnan in all Er 4 at the Old Bail murder ere six The accusatio lions to the Qu the Prince Com first subject in i trayed her coroi his fellows are t history is not guide our conch "a these. Then indeed ; the peo] With too great a too clear a judg] ties Without due proof. No one married life the converse upon nation delibera' consort of their co nsequence, —t la a lesser into the adoption of it is not to be e two persons in s open their lips t g'r'eatest interest low that the Prii enough to prop: reacquiesce in, sts of the coun Ministers of Sta of Parliament ? set these rumou their trade of matter in hand Confounded toge Council and thi Albert was a therefore he waE decisive influent Such is the st, Which was hat( exttr another.remep T politic by cast the Roebuck. " E tlous e of Con Nvhat we should teak% for believ taken the funct 'loving in the nature of the co ncerned ma, of our columns kanly and Bens dressed to that Which he had 371 Mr. Roebu liberty with my 'with which rum Uxuch in the sari %IL days e dw will u stood forward r -6 Nainat an inno surely well awai to do with the b ows that any 11ate province far too wise a r Pula qty for an' PoWer as his cz It-s to what rer * woo have been covered from th ea ger to ma k e VlOllB injustice. (From In any discus bences at Cou go ose of Comi question of the G uards with it. I * liards m us t f o t he attention of qUiry be orderer e rmined, the y the army, will lations which w: taken if the Coi alipposed case, the reverse of l'epresented to goes through ti if labouring fusedness of mi may, is exceed have business addition to this o nly been in till Prin ce Albert, his subordinate: mark of his is, In structions, th. done. An imp' or not it be ti AdJucantGuard with utterr I a i g n s r g . ect -Genes fn ne e n e t :: n i t il l ] ill]Worn allegianc no t recognise i Lord Elardinge corning his pos: 170 4de a very inj 44 41 e of the Pr COTritirro LA O Maand of Were extensively inviting landsme description o f mi mibe bweei bad st bodied • five feet 4Pects healthy a ference being giv Used t o b oats. 11:1118 On Tower-hithe Tower, men Naking applicatb B naval port s , or ri stol, a n d at tl 'thiPs now mann' Ntic ess Roy a l, diAcre, IViedea a A N EW CRIME. Flor e nce that a there last week urinal Tribunal, b rn inis ter the os h e n stolen just ak en their seats, kii lint yet been TH, . ,