The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

- - - THE SUN , LONDON , )c. ; MONEY MARKET - MINING INTELLIGENCE. SHARE MARKETS.-(T .HIS DAY). auk4l".• . AND (From the Alining Journal of this day.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. COMME:RCIAL INTELLIGENCE. There has been very little fluctuation in the share . .. - _ e- market this week, while a fair average amount of busi- shr Paid• muzw Ays. t h is d a y. this day. Closing Prices Basinessdone lain CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. ness has been transacted in dividend and progressive The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were mines. Alfred Consols have been very largely dealt in _ estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for ex- at 261. 10s. ; Great Alfreds have advanced to 321 . to 331 . St. 100 Aberdeen ............. - 21 20 20 1 que side . Port and on speculation. The market was quiet. There is no alteration in the Gold Mining . Share 20 83 A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. 4i _ 5 5 41. & Eastn. Junes Market this week ; indeed, scarcely any business has Railway Shares were firm at higher prices. •• - ••• The assets of the Bank of England are again in- 14 all Btrmna Wolverh. & been transacted. The arrivals of gold since our last 50 all Belfast & Ballymena . TM3 0. 8 - 9 creasing, and up to the 28th nit. the demand for ,have been-the Louisa Thompson 3,500 ors. the Un- • Stour Valley...-. the a udted 35,000 ozs., and the Mohawk 14,0 ozs, accommodation was falling off. It will require a Advices have been received from Sydney, New South - 11 d more active state of trade to absorb the , capital 31 28 Birk e e s n h h ir d e . j La un n e c t sh. di kuge available, unless foreign loans draw off a portion of Wales, and Melbourne Port Philip, by way of Panama. 271 all Do. Chesh. & Birk., the supplies. The Government balances were much Labour was still in demand in the agricultural districts, and the rush to the mines had caused a complete drain. 22 181 Do., a 0.... ......... - 5 3 d diminished. by the dividend payments and the Th e £5O & £25 Cow.- 15 - 17 diggers appear perfectly satisfied with the new 25 30 Blyth & Tyne original - ,n 96 94 5 _. . 4 i amounts given to South Sea annuitants. The .fold regulations, and the accounts received from the £25 (iss. at £45) •a , - ••• arrivals of bullion occasioned an increase in the various mines were generally favourable. Gold had St. 100 Bristol & Exeter-, a 2,1 sum held by the Bank. Compared with the pre- advanced, 745. 6d. to 755, for New South Wales, St. 100 Caledonian °. 3 - a• s d 53 1 4 ut 1 inis • vious week, the changes are as follows :- and 775. 3d. to 775. 6d. for Port Philip and 50 all Cork and Bandon l3j - 144 Ovens A$ the Rocky River diggings, in the 50 all Chester & Holyhead 144 .- 154 arm- Active circulation - Earl sorthern goldfields, a party of Americans were 20 all Cork, •Black. & Pass. ••• ••• - 20 12 Cornwall ... - . Increase 76,890 working with great success in some places not deeper 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. 43 -45 413 1 iron Bullion 16,223,214 than 6or 8 in. from the surface. They were washing 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber- Ldor, Increase 126,948 ;,he grass with the soil, and procuring gold in large deen Junction 7i - 8 4 ' the Rest - ••• Lents Increase 5,614 numbers have made choice of the A delong, instead of 25 all East Anglian (425 L. ~ ~Public Deposits 2,515,384 proceeding on to the Ovens; and at the upper diggings &E.& L. & D.)..... 4 - 5 4 4 54 1 .u , ple• Decrease 131,399 they have been well rewarded-the average earnings of 18 all Do., (XlB E. &H.).. ..:,.; -..._ 134 13,1 i has Other Deposits - L 24 ;, - t has St. 100 lEasternUnion,A.stk. Decrease 408,365 ounce per diem. 26 -28 For Seven-Day and other Bills From California, we have news that gold is as abun t St. ' 25 83 Do.NewA(lateThirds) --- - Decrease 29,941 lant as ever in the diggings, and gold of the value of 64 -65 66 the Government Securities 13,232,716 $2,000,000 had left by the New York steamers. St. 100 !Edinburgh & Glasgow 61 -6 3 St. 100 East Lancashire ...... ) re- 304,922 Decrease ln Miscellaneous Shares, the market has been very 10 33 lEdinb. and Peebles... ••• - ••• ) left Other Securities 13,988,622 firm, the q uotations of last - week being generally sup- St 100 lEdinb.Prth.&Dundta , 20 -22 Decrease 309,227 ported. 10 1 Forth and Clyde June. ••• ••- ;eecial. 7,168,640 Notes unemployed ln the Bullion market-Mexican and South Ameri- St. 100 Glasgow& S.Western :at , -_,„ iii 874 64 74 6 t 033,445 St. 100 Great Northern Stk.. OD* Decrease can dollars, 4s. 11 1 d Bar silver containing ii . per oz. - 64 i 63 4 2 then St. 100 Do , A. Stock Lord The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were gold, all gold above 5 gra. in the pound to be paid for, Do., St. 100 * B. Stock - 130 128 1 the one at firm rates, and there was a slight advance ss. lid. per oz. standard ; bar gold, 778. 9d. per oz. -. St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.are.) 99 - 101 Lou- Upon Paris, which was, 25, 274 to 32i for three standard • Spanish doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. ; Colum- " 100 Great Western. - 834 83/ 3 4 him I him doubloons, 775. p er oz • fine cake silver, months' bills ; Antwerp, 25, 174 to 20 ; Amster- - ... 1 n, it dam, 11, 15i to 16 ; Hamburgh, 13, 4to I ; Frank• ss. 64d. per oz. 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle 92, - 95 92/ 4 114 -12 A ither fort, 118 to 1184 •; and Trieste, 12, 45 to 50. The arrivals at Swansea include, from Chili, 727 tons 164 114 Do., Thirds ....... gi - 65 6 51 4 1 the The annexed memorandum is from the Commit- of copper ore, 404 tons unwrought copper, 362 tons St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire - 4 , 654 .a . 7 - 64 d ow." silver ore, and 2 cwts. lapis lazuli ; from Valparaiso, 312 191 174 Do., Fifths . ...... - ... d . tee of Mexican Bondholders :- tons •silver ore ; from Cuba, 450 tons copper ore ; St. Maio, 14 111 Do., Wst. Riding Un o •obo- 13 * 14 134 Leeds Northern - laron " The committee regrets to say that Mr. Falconnet is still 45 tons silver ore ; and San Sebastian, 132 tons of cop- 50 all _ .. 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Sout bpt. ••• Lord detained in Mexico, which will cause a further delay in per ore. lli all London & Blackwell 74 - 84 1 8 4 nice- 41 having the general meeting, which ought to have been held DIVIDENDS DECLARED IN JANUARY, 1854. 10 83 Lond. Mb. dr Sthend. Par •- il3 8i • last month. They have advices from him date Mexico, Alines. Per share. amount. isfac-g 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 96 -97 , 96 4 i i x d the Ist ult., stating that Mexico was on the eve of conclud- Mining Company of Ireland... £0 10 6 ... .£10,590 0 0 - 1 his 3t. 100 . London &..N. Western 103 -103 i 1033 ing A treaty with the United States of North America, and Whoa! Buller 4O 0 0 ... 10, -1 40 0 0i a - Par sure- that the Minister of Finance had promised, ' that as soon Devon Great Consols 9 0 0 ... 9,216 0 0 20 ' ;ever as he could dispose of the money which he expects to re- Alfred Consols Ol6 0 ... 4,096 0 0 10 1 D0.,10/.5h.,M&8...0 par - 4 P 'pore, ceive under that treaty, when concluded, he would make South Caradon l2 0 0 ... 3,072 0 0 1 2 4 2 4 Do. Eighths it - it 2 4 80 re- arrangements for the immediate payment of another divi- West Providence 2 0 0 ... 2,048 0 0 St. 100 1 London 4 S. Western 10 -9 2 d 82 Mug dend. If in Mexico the idea should really have been enter- North Wheal Basset 0 5 0 ... 1,500 0 0 50 42, Do., £5O. ....... .....:: 11 - 10 d t u t- tamed that the payment of one dividend out of three which South Wheal France 5.........., 40 0 ... 992 0 0 10 34 Do., £10.... ... ... .. 25 all Lndndrry.&Colerame ••• - ... areoverdue will suffice to satisfy the bondholders and restore South Tamar 0 t 6 ... 1,125 0 0 I re- 25 all 1 d cl v & Ennisk. ••• - ..• Mexican credit here, a letter to the President from the Wheal Trelawny 2O 0 ... 1,040 0 0 ' Ai n IT- . • 22 23 el l s, committee by the last packet will have undeceived them Newtonards 2O 0 ... 940 0 0 uch Shef drLineln - 22442344 St. 100 Ala . . . . ..... , d od-- on that point, and coiveyed a juster notion of what jus- Altgoed Consols Ol 6 ... 600 0 0 84 44 Do., Man. &lan. Un. ....,: _ busi- tice and good policy alike require to do with part of the Wheal Tremayne. , O7 6 ... 381 0 0 St. 100 Midland ..... ..... ....,. ,4;? 534 64 34 5 i i Lord means which this treaty will afford. Treviskey and Barriers rby, " The packet has brought $19,816 from Vera Cruz to Balleswidden O5 0 ... 406 0 0 50 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) •-•- ... and Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., and a remittance of Cobre Cogper Mines 2 0 0 ... 24,000 0 0 25 173 Do. 1 Shares - ..• haps, $4,500 from Mazatlan, as well as $6,096 58c. being ready - .•. ister. for shipment in Tampico, is also advised. The sums pre - Total £70,399 0 0 St. 100 Newmarket............ 55 - 57 la d e viously r ece ived by Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., On 64 5 Do. Bury Extensions I d - par 5 ,f the account of the advance of 50,0001. amount to $252,091 6 - 5 d 25 174 Newpt•Aberg.&Htfd. 111 en a , 51c. There will therefore be a balance in favour of the MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 50 71 Newry & Enniskillen 24 - 3 dividend fund out of the dollars received to-day. 20 all Newry Warreupoint e 6 - 8 " The import duties for the month of November last at , , & Rostrevor 6 Mr- COVENT GARDEN. St. 100 Norfolk-- ......... ~ 45 -47 Vera Cruz were estimated at $213,400, making $53,350 in wby , favour of the dividend fund." The supplies of both fruit and vegetables in to-day's 50 34 Northn.Counties Un 31 -34 d ssian market were good. Generally speaking the demand ruled St. 100 North British - 34 34 4 3 4 The Committee of Spanish American Bond- . in al-steady. In prices no change took place. 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 - 10 holders received, yesterday, a letter from Mr. , - •.• g be- .e aIIIT.-Pine apples, English, 5s Od. to 8s Oil each , 16 11§ Do., No. 2. Mocatt a, dated Guayaquil, Dec. 29, 1853, by 8 all Dc. A A Deferred l4 - 24 W as ditto colonial, la Oil to is 3d each; hot-house • grapes, ' I 61 - 74 oder- Which they learn that all endeavours to obtain the 5s to 8s; foreign ditto, is 3d to 2s 6d per lb; apples, 8 8 Do., 2 B Guaranteed e his adjustment of the Equador debt, on the basis 6s to 12s per bush ; pears, 3s Od to 6s per dozen ; lemons, 50 all i North London., 52 ... 54 tf in- Which had been proposed by the Government it- Os 9cl to 2s ; oranges, 3s Od to Os per 100 ; almonds, 2s 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Nam/s -own self and acceded to by the bondholders, had en- to 3s perlb. ; Barcel o n a nuts, 20 s p er b us h. ; co b- nu t s, 110 s t o stead, and City Ju ... -• . • i- -! ; s'd x d 120 s per 1001bs. ; ches nu t s , 8 s t o 20 s p er b us h e l ; filberts, 20 174 North Staffordshire 6 . 3onfi- tirely failed. 85s to 100$ per 100 lbs; walnuts, 8d to is 6d per 100. 8 - 20 all North Western B4 acted The total amount of specie taken out by the VEGETABLES.-Cabbages, 9d to is 6d. ; Brussels sprouts , 10 10 N. & S.Westrn. June ... - ••• 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Indus 2s Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; brocoli, 9d to is 6d b d per bun d. and Leicester ••• - ..• e has to-day, is 90,5081., of which 23,6691. is in gold, greens. 2s Od to 4s Od per doz. bunches ; French beans, 3s aerial St. 100 Oxford Worcester & Ens- Principally to Alexandria, Singapore, Hong Kong, to 5s Od per 100 ; potatoes, 140 s to 180 s per ton ; Wolverhampton-. 351 - 36?., turnips, 2d to 4dper bunch • carrots, 4d to and the remainder in silver, Bombay, Madras, , 6d per 20 2.2 Portsmouth ..• - 846 ; bunch ; cucumbers, is Od. to is 3d each ; celery, 9cl to St 100 Scottish Central 9O -92 cl his Penang, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canton, &c. is 6d per bundle • spinach, 4s Od to 6s Od per sieve •; St. * 100 Seottish Midland... - 56 piing The amount of silver exported from London onions, 2s 6d to 3s '6d per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s St. 100 Shrewsbury & Birmg 55 - 60 direct during the week to Thursday last was per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Bcl ; • St. 100 Do., L. & N. West'. s the 5 45,150 ounces, all to the continent, and 19,120 horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s 011 per bundle • , parsley, Is 6d to Guaranteed Stock_ 55 - 60 o be, ounces and 1,0201. in silver. 3s Od per dozen bunches . rhubarb, ls Od tols 6d per bundle • endive, 2s to 3s 6d per score. - 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herefd. 3 - 24.11., o the The funds have risen 14 per cent. owing to t - 264 all Shrewsby. & Chester NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. (Nor. W. Min.) l3 - 15 resolution of the German Powers to side with Eng- Turk s 4 s d. 134 all Do. Halves, do. - 74, ys, 6 to 8s 6cl; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s each ; Ducks, 10 - 12 land and France. The Bears have bought back 2s to 2s 9d; tame Rabbits, is to is 6d.; wild ditto, is Od 20 all Do. Oswostry largely. Consols b.ave been 924 #, and since 92/1 4. to is 6d ; Pigeons, 6d to 8d each; roasting Pigs, 4s to 6s 6d 20 64 Shropshire U k tor i t ai 34 - ;*l t The New 34 per Cents. are 934 to 944. A good each; o STeLy n o - w d l o s zr ss F O o d w ‘o s, On i cl t i o tto 2s Cl O kens,Os N! ... ... Do, C, paid'up' at per cell. -.- •• • eon- money business has been done. Exchequer Bills t Os ° 2 3s to 4 61 • is 6d to 2s Od percoupl e ; 50 all South Devon ..... - 16 Capons, s c ,Chickens,per couple ; ;e in are steady at 13s. premium. Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s Od; Partridges, is 6d. to is 9cl; Hares, St. 100 South Eastern 604 - 5 6 1 i i I 6111 601 sums In Foreign Stocks there is a very limited. busi- 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Leverets, Os Od to Os Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d 50 all South Wales.. Bess doing,but prices are buoyant for such as are to 3s o 6: c i .. Grouse, 2a Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d• Teal, 20 15 S. York.sh. RivcrDun 4 -- 2( 1 12 Ducks, ls 9d to 2s 3d 'Od to 20 5 D 0.... ._ _.__ _. 4 - 5 dealt in. Mexican have risen to 241 and 254. 5d to )sses-Od; 'PI 6d to l each. E ; li h Widgeons, 93d to 20 2.2 StaineS;Wol,&Wo . k. ... - ... is and Plovers s ng s ggs, s Grenada Deferred Bonds are steady at 7, and __ s i.o 6tl; French ditto, 7s Ocl. to 8s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh 25 all Stockton & Darling. 30 - 32 , here, Brazilian 5 per Cents. at 98. Russian 44 per butter lls Od to 15s Od, and English 12s Od to 16s Od per •... 164 Stockton & Hartlepl. ... - ... large Cents. fully 1 per cent. better, being 91 to 911. dozen lbs. St. 100 Taff Vale ... - ..• case, with Spanish New Deferred have advanced to 19i i. BILLINGSGATE. 10 8 Do. £lO shades - ••• •ench Dutch and Portuguese Bonds are not dealt in. Turbots, 2s• 6d. to 15s ; Brills, is Od to 5s each; Salmon St. 100 Do. Prof. ' No. 1. „ ••• ... - ... 3s Od to Os per lb ent a BRITISH AtaTES.-The following is the report of • Cod Fish , 2s 6d to 12s Od eac h ; Soles, 25 20 Thames Haven Doc k 3d to is 6d per pair ;Eels, 8d to is p er lb • Lobster s, 6 d to and Railway 2ll - 24 21 , ers, i. Aony Mr. J. S. Lane :-Very few inquiries for shares 2s 6d. • C r a bs 6d to 2s ;,14i 1r 6d. ; Whitings, is to 5s Od aser doz ; 20 17 Vale of Neath . - .)31 1i" this day, and those were for the Alfred Consols, Doreys, 2s to 7s ; Mullets, 6d to 2s 641 each; Common 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 54 - stl ip of G rea t B o ddi ns , Sortridge Consols, Mollands, Com- Oy s t ers , lO s Od t o 16 s Od ; N at i ves, 40s Od to 50s Od per 50 all Waterford&Limerick 24 - 26 ales, binations, Great Alfreds, Great Tregunes, North bsh; Mackerel, Oos to Oos per 100; Smelts, is Oil to 3s pr doz.; 20 14 West Cornwall...-. ... • - ... Pool, and. Castle Dinas. Skate, 10d. to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d. to 2s 6d. per gallon. ... 1 West End of London •-, Bloaters, ls 6d to 2s Od per doz h H •g , 8 Crystal Palace.. ... - ... Railway Shares have risen with the English to Os Od' a 100 ; Haddocks, is too lOs pe e doz - , s Pl s ce °d , 20 all West London . 6 - 7 ) funds, and a large business has been done. The 4d to is Od each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; r Tonal . , 2s O ct 10 518. Wmbledon&Croydon ... - ... rise in some cases is about 3/. to 41. per share. to Os Od per brace ; - Gurnets, 4d to is Od each Halibut, St. 100 York Newetl.&Berw. 65 - 66 654 56 5 aster- . Caledonian have advanced 3/. ; East Lancashire, 31.; 8d per lb.; Salt Fish, 2d to 5d ner lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od to 25 20 Do. Extensions...-. lii 84d Mr.. Great Northern, 31. to 41.; Great Western, 3 /. ; Lan - - 4 - 8 Oa per lb. ; Flounders, Is to i s Gd per dozen ; Sturgeon, 25 111 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 41 - 4d ,gical ca,shire and Yorkshire, 1/. to it. 10s. ; Brighton, 6d per lb.; Pike 6cl per lb. ; sprats, 5s 6d per bushel. St. 100 York &N. Midland.. 464 - 471' 47 64 7 which - 10 s. • North-Western, about 1/. ; South-Western, BREAD. • suf- and Midland, each 21. ; York and Berwick, 21. to The prices of whe a t en bread in the m e t ro p o li s are f rom FOREIGN. those 3 /- ; and York and North Midland, 21. to 3/. ltd to 111 d; of household ditto, 9d • th,lold per 41b loaf. 10 7 Antwrp &Rotterdam 3-2 d 3 t the Preach shares are equally animated, at a rise of NEWP'JRT. 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 - 1.4 en in Beef from 3s 4d to 4s id - 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 4 - 3 d about 15s. to 1/. mutton, 3s 6d. to 4s Bd.; pars- veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ... ... Central of Italy . - ..• ; 1 3 r.,r1i, 3s 6d to 5s Od. 81b per s. d effi- Gold Mine Shares are neglected. The Cobre - 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin ... - ... ;elves Copper are up about 1./. Beef, ~. sVHITECHAPEL. from zs. 2d. to 4s 2d • Mutton,l7l all Demerara . •ested Australasia Bank Shares are 1/. better, and Veal, 3s 10:1 to 5 2 4d . , 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; 20 10 Dijon and Besagon ... - •••P srctic - Union. of Australia have much improved. the carcase, , Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 2id. e are The shares of the Australian Agricultural Com- HIDES AND SKINS. 20 all East Indi 20 2 Do. Ext an ension 2i - par 4d - par 2 in in- Pally are 3/. to 41. better, and the Peel River are Mr.rket hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d; 641 b to 721 b, 3d 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 5 - I. n 54 11 the to rdia; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 33d to 3/d ; 20 10 Gd. Junct. of F 8 8 firmer. . ranee ... - ...p Ation • '..,81b to 961 b, 34d to 4d ; 961 b to 104.1 b, 4d to 44d ; 1011) .. 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada i now to 1121 b Od to Od. Hor s e hid es , 6 s 6d t o O s Od ; ca l f skins, * Shra. and Bonds._ 44 -34 d lurse, BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. - CLOSING PRICES : light, 2s Od to 3s Gd; ditto, full, 6s 6d to O s Od ; polled 20 8 Gt. C en t ra l of France - • 24 - lid 64 o the (Prom. the Official List.) sheep, Ss Od to lOs Od; Kents, 7s Od to 8s 6d; Half-breds, 203 203 Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Business ilorio. 6s 6d to 8s Od ; Downs, 5s 3d to Gs 3d. Shares - 1 d B per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 24 i 3 i HAY MARKETS. ... ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - ... 3 per Cent. Cons , 3ls Annul Lies 9 24 itil3 4 i . ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 . . - ... s are New 31 per Cent;. Annuities 934 fi 44 34 SMITHFIELD aow hay, 3/ 3s to 5/ 8s • clover .-Me d , ,V,s zu3 1.03 Hamilton & Toronto . 1 - 4 d ioing ^., 5 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1...5.,t, o. 6 per cent ••• - ••• India Bonds, £3.000 - Trade steady, at full prices. o the 20 5 Lake Coast. & Basle ... - ... The Ditto under £lOOO 4 p CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 lOs ; clover 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 Consols for Account 15th Feb. • 92 i 4 t i g i ditto, 41 03 to 61 6s; and straw, 11 16s to 21 5s per load. per cont. pref. ) able Exchequer Bills, ld. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. . 20 15 Luexembourg 8 -8, 84 83 i l l . • will- Exchequer , l3 p WHITECHAPEL -Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 ss; clover 10 10 Do. (Railway).. - 51 51 ester- Small • l3 p ditto, 4103 to 61 10s ; and straw, it 16s to 2133 per load. 5 2Do .1.4 - le, dsip's A f u ll average supply, and a sauggish demand. 5 3 Do. (Canal) l4 - 14 place PRICE 01? FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. 10 5 Do. 6p, cent. pref. f - .1d Ice of Brazilian Benda, 5 per Cent. - ...p r, the Ditto Small . .................... .. - i 1) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) I yes- Evader Bonds . s •• • - •.. Grenada Bonds„ Deferred ... 7 61 ...-..._ 10 10 Do. New ••• ''...... ••• from Mexican 3 per Cont. - -, a his Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 pra• Cent. £St lO7 breeze, and fine clear weather. 20 all Namur & Liege (with Ditto 44 per Cent 91 4 GRAVESEND, Feb. 3.-The Lord Warden (steam-tug), interest 7 4 - 8 . Spanish New Deferred.. 3 per Cent l9/ fl 20 all Do. (ex interest) ••• - ..• isses callght fire last night. and was scuttled. Dividends on 'die above payable in London. 16 all Northern of France 3O - 304 304 294 303 i from COWES, Feb. 2.-Wind, N.E. Arrived-Nagade, from irist- TWO O'CLOCK. Vera Cruz, and Lagina, for Hamburgh. 20 all Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds - wing Consols .. and sailed for Antigua ; Malabar, London for Madras, [fmy.B.&Ams•Shs.] ..• ... 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref 71 - 81 Ditto Foi•,ruary Account - 13 3 p 23 4 4 ived _4CI 4() Do. bonds . ..--.-s-. 1 -Yeoman, Callao; James Booth, L on d on f or P or t ••• - ••• lary } Philip. 20 all Paris and Orleans bark LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). FALMOUTH, Jan. 3.-Sailed-Duke of Roxburgh, for 20 all Paris and Rouen -3- 39 384 the Hobart Town. 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 29 - 294 294 1 / GUERNSEY, Feb. 2.-Sailed-Secret, for Melbourne. 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. ... - pm Bel- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. WHITEHAVEN, Feb. 3.-A quantity of deals, battens, 104 104 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d and boards, and part of wreck of a vessel, supposed to 20 all Rouen and Havre ll 18A ~ at (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) - have been either Prussian, or some other Baltic ship, have 20 12 Royal Danish 1 - p ar 114 IN RE MORRIS. washed on shore ; also a head-board, 'marked Boneta. 5 2 Royal Swedish . - d ar - 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 84 -8t 81 41 a This bankrupt was described as of Sohan and Ely, SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 3.-Arrived-Ripon (s), from Alex . .urn- ' Cambridge, ironmonger and m anu f ac t urer , and to-day andria, with the heavy p or ti on o f th e over l an d ma il. 10 8 Do. 54 per cent. pref. ... - ... .• was appointed for his last examinatio n . Th e bankrupt GRIMSBY, -Saile- • America, for New Orleans; 20 2 S.E. of Franco sent 'had also been manager at Ely, &c., of the branch bank n a Annette Catha ' Feb.* * rina, Porto Rico. of ranee ... -pm 20 6 Southern F *** - - - 21st of Messrs. Harvey and Hudson (Norwich), and had also O FF oALCOMBE, Feb. 3. Era • , Antigua. 20 6 St• Andrews & Quebec ... - ... SWANSEA, Fob. 3.-Wind, E.N.E. Sailed-Vi 4 o i , 20 2s. Upper India Scrip for Point de Gallo ; Alderman Pierce, Cuba. 84 au West Flanders 3l - 44 4 olds at Sohan and Ely. SUNDERLAND, Feb. 3. -The Anne, of this t por , is 20 10 Do. 53 per c. Pref„. ... - d The balance - sheet prepared by Messr s . Robinson and sunk on the bar. 20 10 Western of France_ 3 -• 3§p 134 pro- Knowles, commencing Jan. 7, 1851, and ending Oct. BELFAST, Feb. 2 . -Arrived-Rolla, Havannah for the 10 4 West. of Switzerland ... - d lost 1853, shows-Debtor to creditors, 1,408/. 2s. 7d. ; do. Clyde, leaky. . 20 2 Wiesbaderf - ••• alth for Tent, Is3l. 6s. ; do. 'to H. Beatley on account of LERWICK, Feb. 2.-The Crescent, Limerick to Glasgow, 20 12 &slang 54 -43 d his t inliff partnership, 3491. ; do. to H. R. Evans, 200/. ; profits, put Sound, 29th ult., with loss of sails, bul- . nbt 1,676/. 16s. Creditor by debtors-Good, 3181. ; pro- warks, t a n will discharge • , cargo expected to be damaged. LINES LEASED AT =MD RENTALS. NEW YORK, Jan Lose pert 6771. 13s. 3d. .; do. in hands of creditors, 871. 4s. pool, on shore on .i 9.-The Susan G. Owens, from Liver- ,----........ 3er- 4d. d osses, 1,155/. 14s. 11d. ; bank agency expenses, 13th inst., has been got , the North Breakers, near Charleston, ire. 567/. 19s. 3d. ;trade expenses, 374/. 12s. 2d. ; house rather leak Y. The I ren e , and brought into that port Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compass, this day. this day. NS. ar r i ved here from Liverpool, re aad personal do., 6.841. 3s. 9d. ports having passed, on the ' offrom 15 to 20 6th inst., in lat. 42 N. 67 W. -- - ..-.'-.."''. . i.'''' '-'----' '''......." 1"'"‘. • In consevenco of the intricacy of the accounts, corn- _ . cases, apparently dry goods ; also a beat fall 50 all Boaforcl. and Ln.&N.W• av- prising the tw o partnerships and the accounts of the of water, a ships topmast, with cap attached. •of Bletchley...; i:k --= r..• ?gents of the gas company, an adjournment was asked ____ Sts 100 Buclighanish. L. dtit•W• 09 •-u• 101 ed, In order thast the accounts may be investigated by the (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 50 all. Olydesdale ie. Caledon... 50 - 52 nt. alai gees. St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. the LIVERPOOL, Sat d Wind S. ; moderate, and find, ur an 10.45 A.m. 6p. cent .... Gt•Northn 139 -1'• 111 140 pi- Arrived-Arno, screw steamer 25 all alas k lire, at Clakteifilit. 'he Mixrco. , -The letters from the city of Mexico, by the Off the Port-Emma, ship. , from Marseilles. fiVils.birect. ..• -=-- :4. at West India, mail, are to the 2d of January, and tend to B 25 all Do. New Do •• • i,ii, -=.• ‘,. he Confirm all the anticipations regarding the speedy assump- Wind E. EAUMARIS, Feb. 3. 25 all Gastr.pniEr GLlVastn. SO -32 _ tion of imperial power by Santa Anna. The ceremony of Sailed-Renner, from St. Thomas ; T 100 all f_ifillsl. Dk. & Yls. New. am O'Shanter, for e ; inauguration of the Order of Guadalupe, originally Demerara • ; Gaspie, Lisbon. Railway & Berw.. .q - ~. iis founded by the Emperor Yturbide, but subsequently abo- Q uEENsm __ 50 all Hull & Stlby YafaMd. 107 - 109 . he itished, had taken place on the 12th of December with Wind N.E. rill, Feb. 2. 25 all Do. t Shares. Do 54 -54 lie the utmost pomp and every imitation of Royal splendour, Arrived-Oriental, from Odessa. 124 all Do. Shares. Do • . - 271 • ,h Upon assuming the supreme power Off-Lady Louise, from Callao. and accepting -- • 1 121 a ll f..40.-lafetN• S.gastern. 121 - 134 - the title of " Most Serene Highness," it was arranged Sailed-Annie Worral , for Mo n t rose; Durango, Belize 20 all Do. Preferenc e Do 243 - 253 • ; St 100 Lowestoft cent n• ' that Santa Anna should also appoint his successor in a Egbertus, Bordeaux; Darnley, Barbados; Lisle Ed ' om, ' • . 4 per cent;.. Norfolk , :14 .... • i 44 g " . sealed document, to be kept with proper precautions in Malta. St; 1_ i _oo De: 13 per at.. Do - ••• the Department for Foreign Affairs. "All these move- - 63 D.ll itanch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W. rut means," it is observed, "must appear frivolous on the (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) and Matlock & Midld. 21 - 3 le part of the Mexican people, but it is evident they involve GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9 a.m. 50 all Middlesbro' & St c kt on & le a serious political end, which is that of rest • ormg me- Wind S., moderate and hazy, tide three-quarters' ebb. ItcAcit . Denfigt. ~ ! )1 narchical principles in oppositi on to the republican Arrived-Kangaroo (s), from Bordeaux; City of Paris 100 all Midld.Bra,dfd. Midland 9B - 100 tr system of their neighbours, and gradually to bring back (s), Boulogne. 50 all Northern and is the nation to its own traditions and natural tende ncies." Sailed-Cleopatra, for Demerara; Pomona, Barbadoes. Easternsp.e. g. Count 59 - 61. 60 594 There was nothing new in business, and the rate 5 all Do. 6 per ot., D . - of ex- DEAL, Saturday, 9 (Lill, 5••• all Do.Fixedsp.c Do '." ". ... >t change was 464. Wind S. by E., fresh and hazy. 2- all Prest. &Wyre L. &1\ .W. ... ..... .•• •-- sa• h MARYLEBONE BANKING ComrArry.--Sir G. Rose, the PaEgad-Prineess Helene, from Islay to London ; Dame- &Walt ... - ... 4.5 master charged with the windingup of the aff a i rs o f this trius, London to Con s t an ti nop l e . 1 12 D o. 1 Shares. Do e company, has ordered a call of 34/, per shar e , paya b le -- ••• S 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 138 - 142 1 on the 15th of March. It appears that the windine- '"S... 100 Do.Shepth.St. D o l3B - 142 I proceedings have been going on for more than fi v e y ears, ....uP EAST LANCASHIRE RAILW AY. -Th e di rec t ors of this 2 , 184 Shef, Roth. & L ancash.& f The claims amount to 34,6021., and the costs to 2,5001. , company are to propose a dividend of 34 per cent. at Goole g. 5. p. e Yorksh ` ... - ... The official manager states that the number of shares is , the next half-yearly meeting. The treaty for an amalga- 12 91 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean 24 - ita 74 3 ,736, but that he has reason to believe that there are 'nation with the Lancashire and Yorkshire is going 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. di steadily 6 per ceut Darl in g. great many shareholders unable to pay a call. The f o r ward , and there is little doubt that terms 25 all Do - ••• - ••• h ide e Do ) shares are 251. each, and there was a call of /11. made - I arranged which will be satisfactory to the share- .. 30i - 313 31. ))3 , the directors. ' . ; rs, , , - , St. 100 Wilt Gt.Westn. 95 ... 97 --- . -~ r ~' THE SUN, LONDON, SATUWDAY EVENING, FEBIUTARY 4 1854, THE TURKISH BLUE-BOOKS. THE MENSCHIKOFF NOTE. We continue our digest of these diplomatic papers by introducing the reader to the important Note in which Prince Menschikoff presented to the Porte those de mands which have proved the origin of discord and war. The dispute between the rival churches concerning their respective rights in the Holy Places had been formally terminated to the satisfaction of both litigants and the credit of the British Ambassador, who received the acknowledgments of Russia for his good offices in pro moting the adjustment. No sooner, however, had this conclusion been announced than Prince Menschikoff, on on the sth of May, sent in to the Ottoman Minister an official Note containing the project of a certain con vention or treaty between the Turkish and Russian Go vernments for the settlement of their relations in future. Without entering into the details of this diplomatic paper, which we subjoin at full length, we may simply state, for popular information, that it stipulated for a general protection by the Sultan of all "the orthodox Eastern religion, its clergy and possessions," with all " the privileges and imm un iti es assure d to t h em ab an tique," and an equal " participation in the advantages accorded to other Christian sects," such arrangements to be the subject of a formal treaty between the two Go vernments. This requisition was couched in peremptory language, and an answer demanded within the space of five days. Such was the Menschikoff Note. It had undoubtedly been understood that the Prince's mission might include something beyond the simple recovery of the ground conceived to have been lost by the Greek congregations at the Holy Sepulchre, and the Russians had spoken at the outset about " reparation" and " security." The point of reparation, however, was altogether an unworthy topic, for, although the Sultan had in some sense wronged the Czar, it was, as the Czar well knew, only through a coercion which he was too weak to resist, while, as to security for the future, this condition, though it had indeed been mentioned, was never thought to have reference to anything beyond the Holy Places. All the question, in short, concerned the Holy Land and the conflict of the two rival churches on those scenes. But by the Menschikoff note the question was taken out of this category and transferred to the entire Ottoman empire. The objects of the Czar's in terference were no longer the Greek priests at Jerusa lem, but the Greek Christian subjects of the Porte, num bering some 10,000,000 or 12,000,000. Moreover, the matter was no longer to be left to the Sultan, to be by him arranged in due course of administration, and as of his own free will, but was to be placed under the obli gations of a treaty, which, by giving the Czar a title to enforce its conditions, would invest him with a perpetual right of intervention in the concerns of half the Sultan's subjects. The purport and effect of such a concession as this were instantly perceptible to every one, and to none more immediately than the Turkish authorities them selves. It is of importance to certify this point, because the resistance of the Ottoman Government, and the whole consequent embroilment, were afterwards boldly attributed by the Russian diplomatists to the gratuitous interference of Lord Stratford. We find, however, that even before the actual presentation of the note, and when its substance merely had oozed out, a Turkish minister (p. 129) described the result as " a virtual par tition of the empire." Three days after the demand had been made, Lord Stratford says (p. 177), " Late at night I saw the Grand Vizier, Rifaat Pasha, and the Seraskier. We went at once into the subject, and before I declared any opinion of my own I found them unanimous in re garding the convention as inadmissible." On the 19th of May, Lord Stratford reports that " the Ottoman Council, composed of unusual numbers, had decided on maintaining its previous resolution by a majority of 42 out of 45." In fact, the support of the European repre sentatives, as will hereafter appear, was long withheld, and very cautiously given. At a later period (June 20), Lord Stratford obtained from Redschid Pasha a formal refutation of this calumny. The truth is, that as to the character of the proceed ing itself there was no difference of opinion whatever. As early as the 20th of April, when the Menschikoff proposals were still undeclared, Lord Stratford, in speak ing of an interview with the Prince, observes, with reference to the ideas already current,—" I ad not leave him without remarking that the Sultan's promise to pro tect his Christian subjects in the free exercise of their religion differed extremely from a right conferred on any foreign power to enforce that protection ; and also that the same degree of interference might be dangerous to the Porte when exercised by so powerful an empire as Russia on behalf of 10,000,000 Greeks, and innocent in the case of Austria, whose influence, derivable from reli gious sympathy, was confined to a small number of Ca tholics, including her own subjects." Again, on the 14th of May, he writes, "The guarantee required by Russia goes far beyond the treaties existing between that power and the Porte. It is founded on a principle admitted nowhere else, and which is less admissible here than elsewhere, when applied to the millions of Rayahs professing the Greek religion. The objection does not lie against the interest taken by the Emperor in his religion and that of his subjects, but in his attempt to extend to the Sultan's Greek subjects the the same degree of protection which for his own he may fairly claim." On the 31st of May Lord Clarendon con veyed to our Minister at St. Petersburg the opinions of the British government on the question as follows : "No Sovereign having a proper regard for his own dignity and independence could admit proposals so undefined as those of Prince Menschikoff, and by treaty confer upon another and a more powerful Soverign a right of protec tion over a large portion of his own subjects. However well disguised it may be, yet the fact is, that under the vague language of the proposed &lied, a perpetual right to interfere in the internal affairs of Turkey would be conferred upon Russia; for, governed as the Greek sub jects of the Porte are by their ecclesiastical authorities, and looking, as these latter would in all things do, for protection to Russia, it follows that 14,000,000 of Greeks would henceforward regard the Emperor as their su preme protector, and their allegiance to the Sultan would be little more than nominal, while his own independence would dwindle into vassalage." On the 23d of May M. Drouyn de Lhuys admitted, on the part of France, " the validity and force of the objections taken by the Ottoman Ministers." On the 30th of May Lord Blomfield, our minister at Berlin, reports Baron Manteuffie, as acknowledging that " the opinions of Lord Clarendon's despatch" (that above quoted) "quite coincided with those of the Prus sian Government." The Austrian Government was more hesitating in its expressions, but Count Boul con fessed to Lord Westmorland that the proceedings of Prince Menchikoff were "dangerous," and that they were "little to be expected from the assurances pre viously given." Finally, Lord Stratford announces from Constantinople, that all the European representa tives there are of his own opinion in regard to the trans action. "The opinions," he writes to Sir H. Seymour, May 23, "of my three colleagues, similar to my own, agree with the decision of the Porte, and find a general concurrence even among the public, whose fears are excited and whose interests are compromised by the re jection of Prince Menschikoff's demands. There is even some reason to think that the Greek Synod, and the more enlightened portion of the Greek laity have less of sympathy than usual with their northern protectors, whose pretensions in the present instance would tend in some measure, if accepted, to p..irpetuate ecclesiastical abuses, while they would encroach upon the sovereign rights and independence of the Porte." This concurrence of opinion is sufficient demonstration of the principle on which it was based. The Menschikoff demands were universally felt to be incompatible with the preservation of Turkish independence, and were rejected accordingly, though offered under two or three disguises, by the de liberate resolution of the Porte itself. It is furthermore perfectly incontestible that the Sultan bad a right to reject such proposals, without exposing himself to the alternative of war. Nevertheless, when the refusal had been given, and Prince Menschikoff had left Constanti nople in consequence, the Czar declared his intention of invading the Danubian Principalities, dependencies of Turkey, with a military force, and of occupying those as a material guarantee for the concessions he required. This measure was announced and defended in a despatch of Count Nesseirode's, dated June 1 (p. 241). The question having been thus fairly constituted, what was to be alone ? Turkey had refused certain conces sions to Rsissia, which she had an undoubted right to reuse, and which, in the judgment of every European Government, ,could only have peen granted at the sacri fice of her independence. This resolution, however, she had adoptel] of her own free will, and with none but conjectural expectations of support from the other powers. None of these powers had as yet placed them selves in overt antagonism to Russia. )n the contrary, when the Ottoman Minister made formal application for the advice of the European representatives, they made answer (p. 222) that the Minister himself was thy fittest judge, and that they " did not feel themselves autho rised under existing circumstances to pronounce an opinion." Nevertheless, as it was plain that the inde pendence of the Ottoman empire was now at stake, and as this, though not absolutely g uaranteed rinci by the treaty of 1841, was proclaimed there b y as a pp le of Euro pean policy, the parties to that treaty were entitled and required to interfere. At first the _French representa tive, though admitting the rights of the Porte, had de clined the responsibility of advising it a Fccordingly ; bu as early as the 24 th of May fid rance (p. 182)t " ready to fulfil every obligation imposed upon her by treaty, and desirous to co-operate with England i n up . holding the Turkish empire. As the British Govern ment had arrived at the same resolution, the concert between the two Western Powers was thus virtually established. To give effect to their views, and in antici pation of all conti n g encies, the combined fleets of France and England presently anchored in Besika Bay. Still, there wa s not onl y no desire for war, but a de sire, if possible, to avoid it, and the Gfoorvtehrnments of France and England decided on ado ptin licy of forbearance. The peculiar cirecituhmegrstanceseotfiintheeacPase left it optional with the Sultan 3 or r on n s o id t e . r a t n h d e invasion of the Principalities a cgsu belli the advice of his protectors was iven in favour Of the latter course. The Czar wasthereforet, a lefts this too p cc o u li p c y y th e se territories without resistance; but, provoked some animadversion at home, it is worth while to observe that, though decided upon by the Western Governments, it had been independently suggested by Lord Stratford himself, who, in a despatch of the 20th of June, insists on the wisdom of this forbearance in Ottoman interests alone. " The military occupation," he writes, "of any part of the Ottoman empire without the consent of the Porte would no doubt justify a recourse to hostilities. But the preservation of peace, so long as it is possible to preserve with it a chance of settling by negotiation the existing dif ferences, is of suc h d ee p importance that I have not hesi tated to advise forbearance on the approaching invasion of the Ottoman territory. It is notorious that the Princi palities are placed under circumstances of a special cha racter with reference to the neighbouring Powers, and the consequences of a foreign military occupation within their limits are in practice 1)3 - no glaWall 5 ° likely to disturb the MINES. Apia Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Daelly of) Blmnarvon Iron and Coal British Austria. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm _ _ Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper MM. of Eng Do. Pref. 71 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. 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Bnk of Australia par d 154 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock — ad & bonus 100 20 Lond.andW es tminst. 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New 50 22i National of Ireland 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland .. •.. 10 all Do. New ..• ••• 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co — 25 25 South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 67 69xdi66 si 8 7 Bxd 21 Do. New 6i 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid ..• MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin (mal and Iron ... 25 17i Australian Agricult 42 —44xd 44 2i 3 20 12 Australsn.Pcitic Mail 10 8 Australis. Royal Mail ... 10 2i Berlin Water Works ... -- 50 38i Brit. American Land 70 75 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smoltg. and Reduction Co ... 100 324 Canada Company 75 — BO 5 5 Crystal Palace 1 1 41 3 5 4 Do. New 1 10 5 k 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ~. •• • 20 3 Eastern Steam .. . ••• 25 20 Electric Telegraph (A) 16 18 17 25 20 Do. (B) l6 18 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel — 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — ... • 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 7,3 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 4 Netherlands Land.— 3 2 d 2 1 N. S.W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co 1 all N. B. Auatplasian id ip 1 1 i Do. New • • ..• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam . 5 all Peelßr. Ld, dt Minrl. 4 d par 541 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam I all Scot. Amami. Invest. lap 21 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 all Submarine Telegraph hd— p 1 100 28q Van Diemon's Land 13 14 DISCOVERY OF THE BODIES OP Two GENTLEMEN — ONE IN THE SURREY CANAL, THE OTHER IN THE THAMES.—This morning information was forwarded to Mr. Charles James Cartaar, the coroner for Kent, of the discovery of the body of a gentleman in the Surrey Canal, Lower Deptford, under the following circum stances :—The police on duty saw something floating black on the top of the water, which, attracting his at tention, was got on shore, and which answers the de scription of the party missing, who was seen near the spot shortly before. The police have issued the following description :—Male, 30 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches in height ; dress, black cloth overco a t, brown alpacca under coat, cross-barred waistcoat, black trousers, Wellington boots. A shell having been procured, the body was removed to the dead-house, Deptford, to be owned, and an inquest held.—The second case is that of a supposed military gentleman, whose body was found off Alderman Stair's Tower by some watermen. The various metro politan and city police have issued the following de scription of the deceased :—Male, 21 years of age, brown moustache and imperial, brown frock-coat, blue-flowered waistcoat, black trousers, white shirt, Oxonian shoes. The body was taken to the dead-house, in Aldgate. Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, will hold the inquest on Mon day. THE HACKNEY CARRIAGE ACT.—Yesterday notices were forwarded to the metropolitan police stations, from Scotland-yard, stating that proprietors of hack ney carriages were informed that the tables of fares now on the outside of the carriage being illegible, another plate was prepared, which might be seen at the Metro politan Police-office, Scotland -yard, and at Rochester row, Westminster; Marylebone-lan e ; George-street, St. Giles's ; Bow-street ; Bagnigge-wells, Clerkenwell ; Leman-street, Whitechapel ; Mile-end-road ; Tower street, Waterloo-road ; Blackman -street, Borough ; Is lington-green, and Albany-street, Regent's Park. The proprietors are required immediately to procure the above plate, and place it on the outside of each carriage, in compliance with the provisions of the act. Proprie tors are allowed to have the plate made by any maker, but in accordance with the pattern on inspection at the above-named stations. THE SMALL-PDX HOSPITAL.—The half yearly gene ral meeting of the governors and subscribers to this charitable institution was held yesterday 4 the board room, Highgate, for the purpose of transacting the general business of the charit ; Mr. J. Bedford pre sided. The report read stated that the amount received during - the past year had been 3,155/. 25., of which there had been expended 2 ,7331. 14 s , 2d., including 1,000/. invested, leaving a balance in ha n d o f 1/. Bs. sd. The number of patients admitted durin g the same pe riod was 143, of which 129 were cured, and fourteen died. The number of patients in 1852 was 800, and in 1853 140, showing a decrease of 660. Of the 133 patients admitted with the small-pox, 29 were unvaccinated, and in this class the mortality of the present year, as indeed of all others, is chiefly to be found. The report concluded by stating that the dispute with the Great Northern Railway as to the piece of land has been are ranged and settled by the payment of 7501. to the hos plta.l. The medical report stated, " that amongst the 104 who had small-pox after vaccination either reported or ascertained, the severity and mortality was, as a general rule, in direct proportion to the imperfection of the vaccination, as inferred from the only avail able guide, viz., the number and character of the cicatrices. One of these cases, aged 16, h a d small. pox aftd recovered, having been vaccinated i n i n f ancy, i and, as was said, hav in g previously had small-pox when 6 years of age. The pro portion of vaccinated cases having small-pox to th e whole admissions h as b een slightly in excess of forme r years. The total mortality of the year was 14, being at the rate of 10 per cent., a smaller mortality than was ever ef occasioned. Of the unprotected cases there died B, o o r r r 2 e 7 ti a le p r e l r cent. th an O 6 f the vaccinated cases there died 6, per cent. The number of per_son e s o .. va_cei_n_a e te ss d at the d 2 , 188 charges of hospital during the year was 456 vaccine lymph have been supplied to members of the received and profession." The r e p ort having been re • d passed to and adopted, a vote of than ks was the chair man, and the meeting separated. p o a rT rlia P ln u e ß i lo ry l p N a C p o e ll r E , sgEET a GOVERNMENT BALANCE AND EXPENDITURE. —Yes terd ay the first of the present session, was issued, containing a Government balance-sheet of the public income and ex penditure. It is shown that in the year ended the 10th 6,35/. 3s. 5d October last, the net income was and the expenditure 5 1 , 32 • 0 927/. 4 5 lls. 8 6d., 1 leaving an excess of income over expenditure of 3,247,4231. lls. lords In the year ended the sth Jan. last the net income was . 54,430,3441. 9s. 6d., and the expenditure 51 , 1 74,8391. 14s. lid. leaving an excess o f income over expenditure of 3,255,5041. 14s. 7d. In the Exchequer the balance of the sth ult. was 4,485,2291. 18s. 4d. AMSTERDAM AND ILAMBIIR GH. The advises from. Amsterdam and Ilamburgh show a tend e th cy ln to improve- At e atter e m ent in the gates of exchang e ! plac money remained abundant at 24 per cent. From St. Petersburg the letters are to tho -° th of January, at which date the German houses wae buying proauce, but the English were doing nothing. At Odessa, on the 27th of January, the port Ina etill frozen up. all all all all 13.5 244 1 10 1 1 t rjh SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TRADE. (Frani the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Feb. 3.—On Thursday our Exchange was less gloomy than on Tuesday, when everybody was electrified by an early telegraphic summary of a very warlike speech delivered by her Majesty on that day ; but which really proved to be as mild as it was firm in its tone. Although the advices from India and China, received in the earlier part of the week, are considered unfavourable, there surely must be some encouragement in prospect, for the merchants have been making fair purchases of goods, especially in the lighter qualities ; and also of mule and water twist. For Canada there has continued to be a demand. Doubled yarns are in good request, and rather dearer, except fine numbers, which are scarce and firm. _ _ BRADFORD, Feb. 2.—W001----The dullness noticed fot several weeks past still continues. Yaris—We canno report any improvement in this branch. The contracts entered into for the month are only on a limited scale. Pieces—There has been an average attendance of buyers at our market to-day, but we cannot learn that any marked difference exists between to-day and the previous markets. NOTTINGHAM, Feb. 2.—There is not any improve ment in the state of either the hosiery or lace trades since our last report. LEICESTER, Feb. 2.—The demand for worsted goods is very limited,—sales being only effected for sorting up stocks, manufacturers are producing cautiously, and not having heavy stocks on hand the trade is kept healthy, and no amount of job geode are forced into the market. THE WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this clay.) LEEDS, Feb. 3.—There was a very fair business done in the cloth halls on Saturday, but on Tuesday the mar ket was generally flat and dull. Prices remain without alteration, and stocks within a moderate compass. ROCHDALE, Jan. 30.—We have had a very quiet mar ket to-day in flannels ; the merchants show no disposi tion to purchase at the present time. The demand for kerseys continues good at fair prices. The wool market is inactive. HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 3l—The market has generally been quiet to-day. There has been very little doing in fancy waistcoatings, new patterns being mainly asked for. The wool trade has been quiet during the week. BRADFORD, Feb. I—The dullness of several weeks still continues. Sales are effected only by some conces sion in price. Full rates are got for noils and brokes. Yarns—The trade perplexing and profitless. Pieces-- No alteration for the better. HALIFAX, Jan. 28.—There has been but a poor call for piece goods to-day. In yarns a fair trade. Wools are in better supply, and prices rather in favour of the buyers. NATIONAL ECONOMY. That an annual sum, equal to half as much again as the proceeds of the Income-tax, and amounting to about an eighth of the entire revenue, should, for all these unassumingroof how exterior. an b u em i l a e years, have been expended at the pleasure of official Wh y ile gain clothing in lon longevit y Colonels by and a an personages, and without Parliamentary control, is a p e a wn l tt o ih w r e fi f for expense vigorous f o s r a m r c e a r s s m , b era e e e tv n ean f n a uo v em o u ias r l i yw t e itth s h u ad b tr j a e tw c h t ne s the gains of the Grand Falconer, by the opening they collecting th l eat ve : h g from all supervision, and that, in fact, the official world help themselves to their salaries, and then pay over the balance to the public, has never gained much popularity as a grievance. But it has long engaged the attention of all who seriously consider if greater economy might not be united with equal efficiency in the public service ; and, whether or not it be the case that the expenditure is excessive, and the duties laxly performed, at any rate it seems reasonable to demand that the authority of the Commons should extend to th e cos t an d manner of collecting the imposts which they sanction. It must be evident to all who reflect on the tendency to extravagance and inertness which characterizes executive functions, that there is no fitter remedy than the supervision of an independent and watch ful Legislature. It is hardly likely that the Customs or Excise will reform themselves. Each individual employed has, or fancies he has, an interest in the sys tem as it is ; his ease is furthered by a superfluity of hands, his inefficiency is screened by a negligent con trol, his funds are benefitted by an extravagant pay. Besides this, it is generally found that men accustomed to an incessant round of routine duties come to look upon every petty detail of procedure as hardly less ne cessary than the laws of light or gravitation. Nor can a Minister, without external pressure, effect much. Overwhelmed with the discharge of indispensable duties, he cannot be expected to go out of his way to alter what is not popularly complained of, and what every man connected with the department is ready to assure him works uncommonly well. It is to the House of Corn , mons and its independent members that the nation must look for bringing to notice the anomalies that may pre vail ; and, as long as direct means of interference are withheld from that assembly, and no opportunity arises for the discussion of so important a subject, except by a formal motion, it is plain that the whole of these large establishments are shielded from that healthy control and criticism which are necessary for their efficiency. Mr. Gladstone's announcement that this state of things is about to cease will be received with pleasure, and taken in connexion with the other reforms of the civil service, seems to promise a system of internal administration which while it opens a useful and honourable career to hundreds, will benefit the country by an efficient dis charge of public dutiee, and confer the means of periodi cally dealing with the abuses that may arise. In the present session three principal departments of the re venue are to be dealt with—the Inland Revenue, the Customs, and the Post-office. To master the details of these great establishments requires much time and attention ; but that general feeling, which is seldom far wrong, has long inclined to the belief that the two former, at least, are conducted on a system far from enlightened or economical ; or, at any rate, that the great changes in our financial system are reasons for an inquiry as to whether these establishments may not re ceive corresponding improvements. Mr. Gladstone has also taken the opportunity of dealing with other charges which are now paid out of the revenue before it has reached the Exchange. Numerous pensions are, by Royal or Parliamentary authority, charged upon these branches ; and these it is proposed to buy up, or, unless that be done, to place them on the Consolidated Fund. As they are to be paid, it is of little use making them the subject of an annual grant ; and their con nexion with the particular source of revenue to which they were attached at the time of their being granted has now become inconvenient and undesirable. When this has been done, the nation is promised an approach to " A perfectly clear, comprehensive, and accurate system of public accounts. It is i mpos sible to estimate too highly the importance of these changes. It is the misfortune of a profuse ex_ penditure, and consequent indebtedness, that the nation has only to provide the means of meeting the charges entailed, but must a;. so support a large productive class to collect them. The e xistence of such an official class, so numerous, and necessarily appointed by the Execu tive, has a tendency to lower the tone of poltical imont lity through every grade d life. The householder soli cits his M.P., the M.P. b. elieits the Minister, the Minister, in turn, expects the sup:lort of the M.P., and the M.P. looks for the allegiance (2.f the constituent. One of these evils it is proposed to lesst.7 l as far as pos sible ; the other 'wholly to eradicate, or even to turn into a benefit. If the intentions of GoverniZ'ent be carried out, it will rest with the people and their reprt,= sentatives to see that the necessary waste be as small as possible ; and on the institution of such a system of exa mination and probation as we lately announced, there will be an end of the jobbery whicirnow taints political life, and frcnn which we firmly believe the dispensers of patronage are anxious to be delivered. The encourage. ment of talent to seek an official career must be looked upon as a means not only of purity and efficiency, but even of organic i m provement. The introduction of men of cul tivated mind and superior acquirements to an acquaint ance with the public establishments will lead to many suggestions, and in some instances to a change of system. The working of such vast machinery must afford scope for inventive and constructive powers of the highest order ; and the revolution which one man has made in the postal system of this country and of the world is enough to show what may be the result of an encourage ment to rise superior to ordinary routine. At present, it is notorious that the affairs of commercial companies, rivalling in vastness of proportions and complexity of detail the establishments o f the nation, are managed with a skill and economy which Government cannot insure. If men of scientific acquirements were accustomed to look to the public service as they now do to the patron age of private enterprise, the country would soon reap the benefit. With a House of Commons ready to criti cise every expensive and clumsy process, and with men in their respective departments capable of originality, and with worldly success depending on their exertions, there would soon be a closer investigation of principles and a better arrangement of details. The two contem plated changes are closely connected, and each will tend to advance the other. If ca rried out fully, and wi9 that perseverance which is necessary for suc cess in ameliorations which must be gra dual, they will compose a reform second to none that has illustrated the present d and will advance the material, i n tellectual, and moral etu moral interests of the country , b y alley iing its purifying its pobrde ns, litics.— extending its education , and p url Times. ---- -- is 2 s . 5 d .THE LUNATIC ASYLUM RATE. —The Middlesex ma gistrates have issued their precepts to the various parishes of the county for the amount of the rate of one halfpenny in the pound, made under the Lunatic Asy lum Act of last session, to defray the moneys, costs, and expenses payable under the act. They estimate the expenditure for the maintenance of pauper lunatics for the present quarter at 2,7001. ; the repairs of the two county lunatic asylums 2,500/. ; and interest payable on money borrowed 9,3191. 2s. sd. • total, 14 3 ,5 2 1 8 9 1. 1. i o n u c n o d m o e n f from c the oun county r e countyrental al ra te ' of o 7 f , 7 0 5 n 1 e , halfpenny in esti matedTthheep at 16,1541. 175., leaving a surplus on the quarter of 1,635/. 14s, 7d. - 41 I interests of the Porte as if a Similar act of aggression were committed against those parts of the empire directly admi nistered by this Government. It may be added that, in a military point of view, resistance could not be offered to Russia in that quarter, under present circumstances, with any prospect of success. Reasoning from the above dis tinction, the Porte, I conceive, may defer the commence ment of actual and reciprocal hostilities without discredit or increase of risk."—(P. 317.) The interval, however, was of course to be turned to advantage, and while the Turks were unobtrusively making defensive preperations, and providing for the security and good-will of the Christian population by special edicts, the chances of negotiation were to be earnestly tried. Accordingly the Russians crossed the Pruth, the boundary of their proper territory, and in vaded the principalities ; the Turks made no resistance, and the European powers betook themselves to the work of negotiation." At an early stage of the proceedings it was discerned that Austria, from her less antagonistic position, might prove a favourable mediator, inasmuch as though she admitted the indefensibility of the Alen schikoff demands, she had not assumed any offensive attitude towards the Court of St. Peter.sburg. At first, however, almost every Court and every Ambassador had projects of their own founded on the hopes of re. reconciling the ultimatum delivered,by Prince Menschi. koff with the offers made by Redschid Pasha. These schemes will be found discussed between pages 350.370 of the Parliamentary papers ; but it will be unnecessary to notice them, particularly as they all subsided into a single and more formal proposition. On the 25th of July Lord Westmoreland, (our Ambassador at Vienna) in formed Lord Clarendon that Count Buol, the Austrian Minister, had called upon the representatives of the great powers at Vienna, "to consult together with the view of arriving at the adoption of some proposal which could be submitted to the Porte with the sanction of all Governments," This suggestion produced a recog nised "Conference of Vienna," and here the work of negotiation was conducted while the Russians occupied the Turkish dependencies without let or hindrance. Lord Stratford, indeed, in a remarkable despatch of July 4th, had already spoken of stronger measures as among pro bable contingencies ; but Lord Clarendon, in a reply of July 28th, communicated the anxiety of the British Go vernment for peace, "not because we have any doubt that the policy of Russia has been unjust and ungenerous and is indefensible —not alone because we think that war would be an additional danger to Turkey." The same Minister, however, in writing a few days before to Lord Westmoreland (p. 354), impressed upon the Austrian Government that this forbearance had its limits, and that "it would be impossibl e f or the Porte much longer to remain at peace while a portion of its territory was in the occupation of a Russian army." We conclude this article with the celebrated Note which has given rise to such protracted negotiation, and the persistence in which threatens to break the longest peace Europe has ever enjoyed : (Translation.) " Pere, April 23 (May 5), 1853. "The undersigned, Ambassador of Russia, had the honour of forwarding to his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porto on March 10 (22) a confiden tial communication which accompanied the draught of an act purporting to afford to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor solid and inviolable pledges for the future in favour of the Orthodox Eastern Church. " The Ambassador considered that he might rely on meeting with an earnest desire on the part of the Sublime Porte to re-establish upon that basis relations of frank and. cordial amity with Russia. He is obliged to confess, with deep regret, that be has been disappointed in this convic tion, which the gracious recep ti on of his Majesty the Sultan had the very first led him to indulge. " Animated, nevertheless, by the spirit of conciliation and of goodwill which forms the basis of his august mas ter's policy, the Ambassador does not reject the prelimi nary observations which were made to him by his Excel lency Rifaat Pasha, both as regards th e f orm o f th e above mentioned act, and as regards the tenor of some of the articles which wero to form part of it. " As regards the form the Ambassador abides by his de claration that a long and painful experience of the past requires. in order to avoid all coldness or mistrust between the two Governments for the future, a solemn engagement having the force of a treaty. " In order to settle the contents and the terms of that act, he required that there should be a previous under standing ; and seeing, with great pain, the delays of the Ottoman Government in the matter, and its evident wish to evade the discussion, he found himself compelled, in his verbal note of April 7 (19), to recapitulate his demands, and to put them forward with the utmost urgency. "The nete of his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, dated the 26th Redjib (April 23—May 5), accom panying the certified copies of the two sovereign orders as to the sanctuaries and the cupola of the Holy Sepulchre, only reached the Ambassador to-day. He considers that communication as a compliance with the first two demands made in his note of April 7 (19), and he will make it his duty to place those documents before his Government. " But not having, up to the present time, obtained any answer upon the third and most important point, which requires guarantees for the future, and having very re cently received orders to redouble his exertions for the im mediate settlement of the question which forms the prin cipal object of the solicitude of his Majesty the Emperor, the Ambassador Ends himself constrained now to address his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, strictly confining his demands on this occasion to the orders which he has received from his superiors. " The bases of the arrangement which he is instructed to obtain are substantially the same. " The orthodox Eastern religion, its clergy and its pos sessions, shall enjoy for the future, without any prejudice, under the protection of his Majesty the Sultan, the privi leges and immunities which are assured to them ab antiquo, and, upon a principle of perfect equity, shall participate in the advantages accorded to the other Christian sects. " The new explanatory firman respecting the Holy Places of Jerusalem shall have the force of a formal en gagement made with the Imperial Government. " At Jerusalem Russian monks and pilgrims shall enjoy similar privileges to those enjoyed by other foreign nations. "These points, here briefly stated, shall be the object of a sened, which shall attest the reciprocal confidence of the two Governments. "In this act the objections and difficulties expressed on different occasions by his Excellency Rifaat Pasha and some of his colleagues have been taken into consideration, as his Excellency will see by the draught of a Boned which the Ambassador has the honour to annex to the present note. " The Ambassador flatters himself with the hope that the just expectations of his august master will not be dis appointed, and that, laying aside all hesitation and all mistrust, by which his dignity and his generous sentiment would be aggrieved, the Sublime Porte will no longer de lay to communicate to the Imperial Ambassador the so vereign decision of his Majesty the Sultan in reply to the present notification. "In the hope that this will be the case, the Ambassa dor begs his Excellency Rifaat Pasha to be good enough to let him have that answer by Tuesday next (April 28— May 10). He cannot consider a longer delay in any other light that as a want of respect towards his Government, which would impose upon him the most painful duty. " The Ambassador offers to his Excellency the assurance, Sze." " (Translation.) " His Majesty the Emperor and Padishah of the Otto mans and His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, being mutually desirous of maintaining the stability of the orthodox Greco-Russian religion professed by the majority of their Christian subjects, and of guaranteeing that reli gion against all molestations for the future, have name d— His Majesty the Emperor and Padishah of the Ottomans and his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias who, after having communicated together, have agreed upon what follows : "Art. 1. No change shall be made as regards the rights, privileges, and immunities which have been enjoyed by, or are possessed ab antiquo by, the orthodox churches, pious institutions, and clergy in the dominions of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, which is pleased to secure the same to them in perpetuity, on the strict basis of the status quo now existing. " Art. 2. The rights and advantages conceded by the Ottoman Government, or which shall hereafter be con ceded, to the other Christian rites by treaties, conventions, or special arrangements, shall be considered as belonging also to the orthodox church. " Art. 3. It being acknowledged and proved by histo rical tradition, and by numerous documents, that the orthodox Greek Church of Jerusalem, its Patriarchate, and the bishops subject to it, have been since the time of the Caliphs, and under the successive reigns of all the Ottoman Emperors, particularly protected, honoured, and confirmed in their ancient rights and immunities, the Sub lime Porte, in its solicitude for the conscience and religious convictions of its subjects of that faith, as well as of all other Christians who profess it, andwhosetopraleatyinhtaal andbeen alarmed by several occurrences, premises to cause to be respected those rights and those immunities, both within and without the city . of Jerusalem, without any prejudice to the other Christian communities of na tives, rayahs, or foreigners, who are admitted to the adoration of the Holy Sepulchre and of the other sanc tuaries, either in common with the Greeks or in their own separate oratories. ado "Art. 4. His Majesty the Sultan, now g l or i ously reign ing, having judged it necessary and equitabl e t o corroborate and to explainhtihsesonvnedrdeilgne offi with the Hatti rm thea adomoonrned i ( l tre in e a n Y d of Jan. of Jan. (05.,) 1852), by his sovereign fixman of ut lhcaehnrrdee repair to hi r. o o r os d ef e rtt,hweboegsrifiedraei firmans a cupola n b s y s a h n a o lol t f h bt e eh r eli firm .tteerailm a p n lye , dated , sepulchre, faithf u ll y observed, so as to mai n t a i n f or ever the strict st a t us quo of the s c o a f rr th ie e d h o o u ly t anctuaries possessed by the Greeks exclusively, or in common with other rites. "It is agreed that an ulterior understanding shall be come to with respect t o th e regu l ation of certain matters of detail which are not mentioned in the abovenamed firmans. " Art. 5. As the subjects of the empire of Russia, secu lar as well as ecclesiastic, who are permitted by the treaties to visit the holy city of Jerusalem and other places of de votion are to be treatedand considered on an equality with the subjects of the most favoured nations, and as these, as well Catholic as Protestant, have their special prelates and ecclesiastical establishments, the Sublime Porte pro mises, in the event of the Imperial Court of Russia snaking such a demand, to assign a suitable locality in the city or environs of Jerusalem for the construction of a church to be set apart for the celebration of divine service by Rus sian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for indigent or sick pilgrims, which institutions shall be under the superin tendence of the Russian Consultate-General in Syria and Palestine. " Art. 6. It is understood that by the present act, called for by exceptional circumstances, none of the stipu lations existing between the two Courts are impaired, and that all the previous treaties, corroborated by the separate act of the treaty of Adrianople, retain their full force and value. " The sistreceding articles having been settled a nd con cluded, our/ ignature and the seal of our arms have been set to the present act, which is delivered to the sublime Porte in exchange for that which is delivered to us by " Done at Hegira, aforesaid , on the 1853, and of the "(Signed) "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russian to the Sublime Ottoman Porte." THE SHIPMENTS OE SPECIE.—The shipments of spe c i e by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indus amount i to 90,508/., of which 6G,5391. s silver for Bombay, Madras, Penang, Singapore, long Kong, and C anton and 23,669/., gold, for Alexandria, Ceylon, Si ngapore: and lion XoDg. ' ~,