The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

IR The d the I of a pared 5, in made r him, His ample tabitu plated, victim in the ad ac- sesses. acci ing his )pened ientifie incipal and to midst nt, he know ,sburg, 3, very change Arit of when. bj arings, t priu such is hen an. ~ there pushed . us soh icatiou i every Lees he ist 11 pencil r, fitly 1. evailed t is an rarely tempo itriking Irleans, once to [le crisis Limnos e him• cations• e social cum of tionarY iart, or state nteredt 3, to be s name 7 - • MUM ' aellit of Once studied gyrations course jg into Lit have watched s struc all its i all its Pito of bourget als and' ins, and There t which .d there ransfor ing car la nitirelY ;c Alone rnity of value Larkablo ►f 1804 is uncle to the a im, re•, n. Ana 'udence• id than he re ; as he ~~ € !Tess through Boulogne, the grateful exclamation lbbrst from ln,m—" Oh, how I love to hear those Zrtgash- Cheers . 1 " For his own laud, too, the Em= Teror desires peace. " Tile vine covered hills And gay valleys of France," vexed only by the ploughshare, and vocal Ilnth the Song of healthful labour, are the happy scenes fl which he delights to dwell, ill-e-;than for th e d eso l a t e d I.ands3ape where ITirid glory trembles on the grave, and victx . y summons the vulture to its banquet. His tastes all savour of a different character. To eA11. 4 6i - cate art—to en courage manufacture—to speed the industry— increase the commerce—supply the wants, and develop© the resources of Ole country. These are amongst his dearest aspira tipns • and they are the objects of a blest ambit' Lon, the truest and most enduring trophies of aF, Avereign. The first Napo leon, indeed, waved I .iis flag over every capital of the Continent, but 1 , ,e esteemed it as evanescent triumph, when corr Lpared. with the code which has immortalised his w is d ern , or those marvellous ope rations which l'iaTre made the Alps his monument. These were tb.o recollections most precious to him inthevioissit'Aicle of his fortune, and such recollections leis successo r seems intent upon securing. In all his progresses, you will find each visit attested by motile Improvement. Evident everywhere, this spirit is naturally most visible in Paris. Pause and look, around. What useful works ! what archi tectural. wonders ! Here, lanes converted into ter races ! There, alleys transformed. into streets— atreets of palaces ! The Louvre almost perfect. The Rue de Rivoli, the finest thoroughfare in Zurope. Roads, bridges, statues, churches, tem ples dedicated to the arts, to science, and to indus try ! Edifices everywhiire at once magnificent and useful. Surely, surely— "These are imperial• arts and worthy Kings." Give this spirit scope—give its aspirings but ten Tears of peace, and 'Paris, crowned with all civili sation can bestow, •will be at once the &tirg me tropolis of France, and the refined, enriched, and decorated emblers of her general prosperity. This, in the commencement of a reign is much, but, already he has found time for more. What a lesson of charity and toleration has he taught to some of the worn out, worm-eaten dynasties around him ! While they, the " right divine" men, seal up the Bible and bar the dungeon door upon its readers --nay, more, while they carry their ven geance 'beyond death, and refuse even a burial to their fellow-Christians, he respects the consciences of mankind, and has just granted, on their own request, a cemetery to the Mussul-mans. Nor has he forgotten, in another instance, what was equally due to the feelings. of his people and the honour of his throne. If " Freedo•,u shrieked when Kosciusko fell," She had a sweet and precious compensation when Napoleon. FS truck off the chains from Abd-el-Kader. The gloricus African ! The revived Jug,urtha ! Ignoble souls might have seen danger in that deed ; but Nrip oleon trusted to the honour of a hero. The son of the desert plighted no punic faith. He has justified the confidence of a kindred spirit. Daic what of these things. All will not cancel the crime of the coup d'etat. This is the plague spot, on which every malcontent in Europe fixes, anel with good reason too, for it was the blight Which blasted all their projects. Another week, and anarchy would have raised the hydra head again. Another week, and every subterranean den in Paris would have disgorged again its mon strous brood bequeathed by '92—the orphans of the scaffold and its heirs. Tho best authority, the courts of law, have demonstrated too clearly that, even still, there are assassins left to clutch the dag ger ; and, on their own vile avowal, awaiting but the ;signal. The fraternity were on the watch. The 'baffled outcasts and incendaries of Europe lay re .?,.loueching for the outburst which, commencing in rjaaice, was to involve the Continent in volution. BL it, the statesmanship, the secrecy, the spirit, vv:nich devised, matured and, just in time, eliectrified treason with the coup d'etat, saved. -r4'rance, and will never be forgiven. Sup pose the conspiracy had succeeded, what 'would have been the consequence ? Depend upon It, the evil spirit which the half rebel, half infidel 'philosophy of the eighteenth century evoked, still lingers though it lurks. It held the first empire in continual irritation—it detests the second, which , has scotched it, for the present. It still survives, though restless, vigilant, ravenous as ever. The blood of Louis XVI. did not satiate it—nor the sacrifice of Charles X.,nor the more recent immo lation of the Orl e ans ynasty. Gorged but for the moment, the horrid monster was recovering its vitality. Its crest was rising, its coils unfolding, and its maw gaping even for the republic it had generated, when a vigorous arm struck it down, and rescued a people from the death of its em braces. France is delivered, but who can say when the danger shall re-appear. For full sixty years the demon of revolution has demanded and de voured its human tribute, and it will never rest Valle there is,anything remaining to demand or to devour. The truth of this is visible in every page of the half century, from the regicide mob, dabbling in the blood of Capet, down in lineal descent to the hereditary worthies who sacked the Tuilleries the other day, and died drunk upon the pile of PlunOter their own hands had kindled. Who shall Bay the descendants are degenerate, to whose harpy !Ire.; - Voltaire taught faith, Mirabeau virtue, and . r ,iaiLiat Just, Legendre, and Robespierre, humanity It 'was the repetition of such spectacles, sights of., horror and o f w oe , w hi c h N a p o l e on spared -r jurope. Let them call his energy despotism if 'loy will, the question is, did not the times require 4 ,,t---did not necessity demand it ? Despotism in deed! What despotism transcends that of the mob ? Prance has experienced it—does she wish again to do so ? Would she willingly recall her tyrant rabble crowned with the bonnet rouge—her moun tain elubbists writing their decrees in blood—her guillotine fed from the veins of the wise, the brave, the learned and the noble—her strumpet goddess, dethroning the Almighty! We have seen such Portents—may Heaven in its mercy avert their re- Petition ! Yes, we should have seen it, had Napo leon Louis either failed or faltered. There are miscreants enough without property or principle, or scruple, panting to unfurl the dynastic standard of the scaffold, the lantern, the poignard, and the torch. Is it in the face of warnings such as these 'that we are to revert to abstract principles and re fuse to contemplate the dreadful alternative ? Call the Emperor by what name they may, he is the chosen of the people—three times the chosen—chosen, too, after the coup d'etat, and by a majority counting by millions over that of his uncle. A great nation is surely capable of judging for itself. It must be left to do so. Europe has made the somewhat costly experiment of imposing a Monarch upon France. Twelve hundred thousand foreign bayo nets re-erected a dynasty and the nation dug its grave. In that grave six hundred millions of our money lie interred—enough to surmount it with a - Monument of gold. And now, mylord, having to the best of my ability sketched the character of Napoleon the Third, let us consider our manifest policy respecting him, --the policy which justice and interest equally prescribe. We are on the eve of events which may convulse the world. A mighty despot is bent on realising the ambition of his race, and establishing a universal domination. The first blow—long me ditated—is to be struck at the integrity of our empire. That darling project, cherished from the day when Catherine had " the Road to India" painted on a mile-post, is at length upon the move. Under pretences, false and indefensible, Turkey is assailed—assailed in the first instance—to open a path to India. That this has been the waking dream of Russia for many a day, is placed beyond a doubt by the inestimable revelations of Napole on the First. "If Paul had lived (said he) you would have lost India before now. An agreement was made between Paul and myself to invade it. I furnished the plan. I was to have sent thirty thousand good troops. Ho was to send a , similar number of the best Russian soldier s, and forty ten Millions Cossacks. I was to sub scribe Inillions for • the purchase of camels, and other requisites, for crossing the desert.' M y troops were to have gone to Warsaw, to be joined by the Russians and the Cossacks, and to have marched from thence to the Caspian Sea, where they would either have embarked or baveproceededbyland, according to circumstances." Paul, as we know, was assassinated, but did the Project perish with him ? Hear Napoleon again. " In a few years (added he) Russia will have Con stantinople, the greatest part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold to be as certain as if it had already taken place. Almost all the cajolling and flattery which Alexander used towards me was to effect this object. Above all the Powers, Russia is most to be feared, especially by you." In the natural course of things Turkey must fall to Rus sia. The greatest part of the population are Greeks, Who, you may say, are Russians." " The only hy pothesis that France and England may ever be allied with sincerity will be in order to prevent this." flow strangely, how curiously prophetic, appear at this moment these conversations of Napoleon, ut tered upwards of thirty years ago ! The alliance does exist, and we have now upon the French throne a monarch capable of appreciating its value to the whole civilised world. For the first time in our history we may confide in the good faith of that alliance. The Bourbons ever had a jealously of England. It was that jealousy which furnished aid to Washington, and transplanted the tree of Liberty to the Boulevards—a I sol i e c inn retriii ton ! is that jealousy which at this ii hour animates a wicked Fusionist press to accw dissension between the countries, by rem. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVITINING, JANUARY 17, 1854. SHARE IYAY), PREFERENCE SHARES., LATEST FOREIGN .NE. s, BRITISH RAILWAYS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. , ANTICIPATED RECALL 'OF THE RTITS SIAN AMBASSADORS FROM PARIS AtD LONDON. Advices from St. Petersburg of the Bth inst., state that there were preliminary indications of a rupture with France and England, and of a recall of the Imperial Ambassadors from Paris and London. The conduct of the Emperor of Russia on hearing of the resolutions taken by the French and English Governments in sending their fleets into the Black Sea, it is said, left no doubt of THE BATTLE OF CITALE. A telegraphic despatch from Orsova, dated Jan. 15, mentions that after the engagement on the 10th inst., between the Turks and the Russians, the for mer retired to Kalafat. It adds that the Russians remained in their position at Citale. The account we published yesterday stated that the Russians had fallen back on Krajova, which is more likely to be correct. We learn by a communication from Bucharest, dated four days prior to the commencement of the battle on the 6th, that General Audrep bad marched from that place for Kalafat with 25,000 men, his intention being to attack the position of the Turks at the latter place, and that Prince Gortschakoff had gone in the same direction. The probability, therefore, is, that the Prince was pre sent during the bloody conflict on the 6th 'and subsequent days, which ended in the total defeat of the Russians with enormous loss. Kalafat is a town of 2,000 houses, is surrounded with walls, has a quarantine, a town hall, a cus tom house, three churches, and a cavalry barracks. It is the chief place of a sub-administrator's dis trict. The redoubts raised by the Turks are of great extent and very strong. They are partly raised on two high hills on the plain of Kalafat, about a mile distant from eac h o th er , and lave a numerous artillery. All the neighbouring country is dominated by these hills in such a way tho,t no approach to the Danube can be made. In 1828 these hills• were occupied and fortified by the Rus sians. Between Widdin and Kalafat the Danube is little less than a mile wide, and the course of it is very rapid. The island in which the Turks are fortified is situated near the left bank ; it is partly covered with wood, and is defended by strong en trenchments in earth, bearing large artillery. Above Widdin the Turks have constructed a new citadel, according to all the rules of art. LORD REDCLIFFE'S MESSAGE TO THE RUSSIANS AT SEBASTOPOL. The following is said to be a literal translation of this document. It is addressed " TO THE GOVERNOR OF SEBASTOPOL." Conformably with the orders of my Government, the British squadron, in concert with that of France, is on the point of appearing in the Black Sea. The object of this movement is to protect the Ottoman territory from all aggression or hos tile act. I apprise your Excellency thereof with a view to prevent all collision tending to disturb the amicable relations existing between our Govern ments, which I am desirous of preserving, and which, no doubt, your Excellency is equally anxious to maintain. To this end, I should feel happy to learn that your Excellency, animated by these intentions, had deemed it expedient to give the requisite in structions to the Admiral commanding the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, so as to obviate any occur rence calculated to endanger peace. REDCLIFFE. (BARAGUAY D'HILLIERS). The letters of both Ambassadors are precisely in these terms, and with the last word underlined as above. The Retribution has conveyed them to Sebastopol, 'with a French officer in charge of his own Ambassador's despatch. . There are, besides, two prisoners British subjects—the engineers of the Medari Tidjaret and Egyptian steamer, cap tured by the Russians—whose extradition has been formally demanded by our Ambassador. LATEST FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. A conference was held on board the flag-ship previous to the combined fleet entering the Black Sea, and it was finally resolved that the expedition should consist as follows : senting .'France as having no interest in the Eastern ~ q uestion. This .is the retuin for Stowe and Claremont. But the Emperor knows with what affection the Fusionists and their press regard him. I-Te knows with what sincerity they tender him the: it advice. He knows well they are labour ing at this instant to re-erect a thrice rejected throne upon the ruins. of his empire. He will rather l Lear the voice of his uncle warning him to avert tt Le possible dominion of the Autocrat in the East. " I decided (said Napoleon) against aiding Alexander, because I saw the tremendouS weight of power his success would give to Russia." Can there b e a doubt of it ? The balance of power utterly destroyed—Russia, mistress of the corn meree of the Mediterranean—strengthened in her navy where she most requires it—with Constanti nople in possession and India in prospect, what could stay her ? The united potency of steel and gold would soon give her the world. If France and England are but true to themselves this will be averted, and the world saved.—l have the honour to subscribe myself, my Lord, your Lordship's &c., &c., A MAN OF THE WORLD. MEETING OF ANGLO-PERUVIAN BOND- HOLDERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. STR,—In the able and ample report of this meeting which appeared in The Sun of Saturday,• a bondholder is stated to have said "that he had called at the office of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders to complain of the proposed arrangement, but had been told by Mr. Powles, the secretary, that it would be useless to inter fere." Now, Mr. Powles, although the secretary of the London Dock Company, is not the secretary of the Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders ; but he is, and has been from the beginning, a prominent member of that com mittee, and for many years the committee-room was under the same roof as his offices. The present secretary of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders is a Mr. Alfred Godfrey, the salaried secretary of the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company, and of the Ango-Mexican Mining Asso ciation, and in each of these companies Mr. J. D. Powles is a director. It seems to me not altogether unimportant at the pre sent time, that the Anglo-Peruvian bondholders should know the above facts, and I therefore take the liberty to request an insertion of this letter in the Sun.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, CHRIS. RICHARDSON.. 15, Charles-street, St. James's, Jan. 16. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OUT OF CUSTODY AFTER AN ADJOUI:NMENT SINE DIE FOR UNSATISFACTORY AC COUNTS.-IN RE COHEN. This bankrupt formerly carried on business in the Minories as a wholesale clothier, and his last examina tion was adjourned sine die in August last on the ground that he had not made a full disclosure of his estate and effects, and since which time he had been in custody under a warrant granted to the assignees for that pur pose. Mr. Lawrance now applied on behalf of the bankrupt for a day to be named that he might pass his last examination on the accounts filed. The learned gentleman said that after very protracted examina tions his Honour had come to the conclusion, that the bankrupt's statement as to a sale of property to his brother, had not been substantiated, and the adjournment sine die took place. Some ques tion arising as to the form of the warrant, the assignees, Messrs. Llewelyn, took the bankrupt in executions as creditors, but the bankrupt's friends had proposed to pay the debt claimed, which would more than cover the amount supposed to have been concealed. Messrs. Llewelyn, who had throughout acted in fact as the trus tees for the creditors, had paid the money to the official assignees. Mr. Lawrance said that the bankrupt was of course hound by what he had stated in his account, yet as he had been severely punished, he trusted the restitution of the property, if that assertion was con firmed, would operate on the Court to grant the appli cation. Mr. Turner, for the assignees, offering no opposition, His Honour granted the application. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LormoN, Jan. 17.--Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light airs, and dull, cloudy weather. RAMSGATE, Jan. 16,—The Indus, of Dundee, Antwerp to Valparaiso, has got off the Goodwin Sands, after dis. charging part of cargo, and has been towed in here leaky. NEWPORT, Jan. 16.- The Clarissa, hence to St. Thomas, put back on the 10th inst. disabled and leaky, having been in contact with a schooner, on the 7th inst. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind, S. to S.W. Arrived— H.M. steamer Voisano. Sailed—Faust, Batavia. FALMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Sierra Nevadei (supposed), Havana. Sailed—Prince Albert, Ja maica. Off port—Elice and Charlotte, Manzanillo, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 16. The San Francisco (American steamer), now, of about 3,000 tons, supposed from New York to San Francisco, was passed Dec, 26, in lat. 33, long. 69, with decks swept, boats gone, and completely disabled, but could render no assistance, by the Maria, arrived at Liverpool, N.S. SHIELDS, Jan. 16.—The Happy Return, of Goole, the Conference of Breakwater, both of this port, and the Aurora (barque), Sunderland to Hull, has been got off the Herd Sand. The George, of Whitby, and the Ann Eliza beth, from London. have been got off shore. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 16.—The Jane, Pilot, Helen Cook, and the Samuel, have been got off shore. HULL, Jan. 16.—Wind, S. Edward, from Iquique ; Clio, Miramichi. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 16.--The Viola (brig), of Dundee, struck on the bar on the 11th inst., beat over, got foul of a sunken brig, and drove upon the beach, but has since been towed off. The Sceptre, of Whitby, London to Mid dleborough, drove on the beach near Seaton Carew ; crew saved. OFF SWANAGE, Jan. 16.—Mercia, Melbourne. NEWRY, Jan. 16.—The Belle, from St. John's, N. 8., on being berthed inside the basin, ran foul of the Regalia (s.s.), and did some damage. DUNDALK, Jan. 16.—The Mary Elizabeth, of Holyhead on shore on the bar, has apparently received much damage ; the tide flows and ebbs on her. About half of her cargo has been saved. SWANSEA. --- Arrived—Acacia, Coquimbo. JERSEY, Jan. 14.—The Legeira, Bahia to Antwerp, was brought in, 12th inst., with loss of rudder, having struck on the rocks ; fell over on her beam ends, and received much damage ; has since righted ; cargo discharging. PARIS, Jan. 15.—The Helen and Sophia, Shields to Caen, on shore near Havre, has been condemned, towed off, and taken into Havre. GIBRALTAR, Jan. s.—The Orestes, Marianople and Leg horn, for Queenstown, reports having bJen in company with seven merchant vessels off Cadiz, on the 311 instant, during a heavy gale at S.S.W., and three of them were lost on the coast. _ _ _ HALIFAX, N.S., Jan. 5. —The Charles Kean, New York to Antwerp, put in here 23th ult. very leaky, and must discharge to repair. The Saxony, New York to Antwerp, put in here on the 3d inst. leaky, and must discharge to repair. The Singapore, New York to Antwerp, became water-logged and was abandoned, Dec. 30, in lat. 40, long. 60 ; crew taken off by the Sylph, and arrived at Liver pool, N.S. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The New York Packet (Belgian barque), bound to Antwerp, was ran foul of by the ship White Squall, and sustained considerable damage. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 A.M. Wind, S.W., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Ochtertyro, from Mauritius ; Wheodosia, De merara • Gipsy Queen Terceira ; Petronella, Callao ; R. D. Shepherd, New Orleans ; Petrel, Bay Chaleur ; lowa, New York, having been in collision. Off Port—Teneriffe (s.), from the Levant. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wind S., moderate, and hazy ; low water. Arrived-16th—Enchantress (s.) from Bordeaux ; For tuna, Gravelines ; Marie, ditto. Arrived-17th James and Emma, from Dunkirk ; Sylvia, Farn. Sailed—City of. Paris (s), for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m. Wind, W.S.W., fresh, and hazy. _ _ _ Passed—Alexandrine,' from New York, for London ; Nautilus, Charente, for London ; Antelope, St. Michael's, for orders. Anchored—Swan, from London, for Savannah ; Eliza beth, London, for Cardiff ; Naiaden, London, for Cardiff. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SuGArt.—There has been no increase in the supply of foreign, still there are not so many buyers. Yellow Ha pvtDba k l a ao a n r i n t e a s a l h s t o o ar d n spr u hlh t l y o, a et a n p ss c eto l 7 a e i landed stock in consumption :a t s s s last 0e to otki tierces, e . tsh, elT3bEseabsqar barrels. a a n eni t ds i . t vT o he f esrt ß el r British a s n um th pt e io sa n na l o ,3 p 9 l O ac h e h s d i s B , s Bo 26 t 7 ie h r ia ce d s s , , 348 903 tierces, 1,113 barrels. Refined has been much wanted for the home trade. Low to fine grocery lumps 46s to 49s per cwt. COFFEE.--Full prices have been paid for native Ceylon, and plantatiim Ceylon h as been firmer nf a Vr request. Mocha has R been ux T n he more quantity demand, landed at r last we e k at the East and West India Docks was 194 puns 24 hhds. There were taken for home consumption 243 puns 26 hhds, and ex ported 119 puns 145 hhds. The stock in the same pl ace i s 3,166 puns 609 hhds. SALTPETRE. —Of 2,655 bags of Bengal offered by auction, was all taken in— low to fine 14A to 1 per cent, refraction, 31s 6d to :32s 6d per cwt. TEA.—There was very little doing. COTTON.—This article is well supported. TAPIOCA.-200 bags Rio were taken at 5d per lb. TALLow.—The advices from St. Petersburg are to the 26th of Dec. to the 17th January. Ex. 39A to 3-16. No business was doing, and there is no allusion to political affairs. Our market was quiet at the opening on Satur day, but towards the close the re was a better a feelin g , w ith more disposition tobhuy. the arrangementTodaythetra of the promptsdeasbeenalm of wholly occupied with tallow given off on the second, and but little tl oowffrteehsfreheabreauensogiunnfeets for has "money heen down done . to-day," The e a lahas d t been he set t n l e o m t e a n l indicates, on the part of the receivers, strong anticipation I that higher prices will be reached. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to Si IN ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 3s to 5/ lOs ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 12s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 51 105; clover ditto, 41 Os to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 212 s per load. Trade tolerably firm, raids RAILWAYS. 100 ;Aberdeen e:yArnbg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc I all ;Belfast & Ballymena; alt !Thriung. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 2S ißirkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet all !Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do. , £2O . 30 .Blyth Sz; Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian. all ',Chester & Holyhead all ;Cork and Bandon all (Cork, Black. & Pass 12 'Cornwall 45 ;Dublin&BelfastJune all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New . ........ all East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all ; Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A. stk 100 IDo., do. B.•••••••••••• 8: 1 ; Do,NewA(lateThirds) , 100 East Lancashire 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 3i &Bub. and Peebles 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 1 jForthandClydeJunc. 100 Glasgow & S. Western 1100 IGreat Northern Stk 100 !Do., A. Stock 1100 !Do., B. Stock 1100 IGt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 1100 !Great Western 11 llrish South-Eastera. all Lancaster &Carlisle 1.11 Do., Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 171 Do., Fifths . ....... 114 Do., Wet. Riding Un. all Leeds Northern....... all Liv. Crsby. &Southpt. all London & Blackwall 8 Lond.Tilb. & Stheud. 100 Loud. Bright& S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,10/. 5h.,M&8... C 2i Do. Eighths.. 100 London & S. Western 42 Do., £50... ......• 34 Do., £40.... ........ all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Mauch. She f. &Lincln. 4A ID°. , Man. & Lin. Un. 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming & Derby 47. i Midland o.West.(lr.) 17i Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle 100 Newmarket 5 Do. Bnry Extensions 17A Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd 73 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 N0rf01k......... 3 a Northn. Counties Un TOO North British 16 North Devon, No.l Ils Do., No. 2 Dc., A Deferred Do., 2 B Guaranteed North London N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent, South Devon South Eastern Sohn' Wales..... ..... S. Yorksh. RivsrDun Do Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Stockton & Hartlepl. Taff Vale.... Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London .. Wmbledon &Croydon York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices this day. 20 - 21 4 - 51 9 - 9i 12 - 10 * 16 18 I 6 5 ci 94 - 96 521 - 52 14 -16 14 - 15 43 45. 8 - 9 4 - 5 12i -13 i - 42 26 - 61 - 63 61 -- 63 2ii - ii 8 - ,i - "84 58 - 60 127 - 129 100 - 102 81} -• 82 92 - 95 1 124 -134 p 63 - 634 12i - 131 par P YBi 1014 102 1 d par par # p 75 4 77 13 12 d 10 9 di 21 - 22 61 -61 i 33 35 54 56 d— par 5 4 2i 3 6 __ 8 47 -- 49 3a -- 34 dl 29 8 6 -30 i li - 2.1 6 - 'TA 52 ... 55 i(1 8 -5 8 i 1 d par 35 - 37 91 - 93 56 -- 57 55 - 60 55 60 23 2dis 13 15 64 74 10 121 3fid 14 16 59 60 32 33 3 -- 2 d 4 5 ii 7-- - io 2 2 144 - 154 5i - 5i 25 - 27 64 • 74 6 - 7 63- 64 9 Sid 4i 4 d 45 46 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Cenaal of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara . Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet of France Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada, Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 51 per cent. pref. Luesembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons Sr, Mediterran, Madras 'Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & By Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest). Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ana s. Shs. NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5. per cent. pref S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5l per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand - 2 t 1 - 1. 3} 2d' 12 - 14 2j 1 3 3 -30 p - p fi—fin 2 3 dl Business done this day. lAberdeen .... .. Do., No. 2, 7 p.. c... Blyth & Tyne 10' per et. pref. (iss. 0,t£50) ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., 5t00k.... Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 53 per cent... Cork &Bandon 5 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction.. ..... EastA uglian (X 3108) 6 per cent..... ... Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. et.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2. Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLameash. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.diDundee 4 per cent. _ _ Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great North,- sp. c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom ..., Do. 44 percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Southn. dzWestn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p. el Do. do. 4 per cent.. Do. irredoem. 4 p. c : Lan. & York. E. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. e. No. 1 Do. Quarters, 1848._ London and !Brighton' Guaranteed. 5 p. e Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. , Do. New Guar. 6p.c oy nt London & S.Western, Loud k Nun., u . Con. Thirds n k . , N 5 p W e cCe Londonderry& Coler. Shares .. Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., Shares, No. 1 : Do. New, £lO Do., £5. Aarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Mid. Co nsol. 6 p. e. St Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4. per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5 per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do Scot. Cen., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Miu),B p. e• Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 os.6d. S.Yorksh.4p.c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwiek,4 p.c.Pref 'Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch 6 101 6i-- 6i 4 - 5} - 5 P 1 - lip 1 - 131 - 144 2i - : 1 ,118 - 120 109 - 111 i- i P 8 -8; 6i 7 101 103 95 —lOO 98 100 id par 138 140 2i - 3 12 1 i - i i 9 i 6 —1 07 i par 1 p 140 142 a id 99 101 A aP - 9i to 15i 161 n 10,f 12 14 i d i P 23 24 17 19 li i d 94 97 3 41 i —ll dial MINES. Agua Fria ..... 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Colonial ........... Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Chrtcl.., London Chrtd. Bnk. of Australia . ........ Loudon and County London Joint Stock.. Lond,andWestminst, National Provincial of England ......... Do. New ........... N a tional of Ireland .. New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor. poratiou p ro vincial of Irelaaj'd Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. c o South Australia...,,, Union of Australia.,, Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid P d... par lid— -4 d 2 3 I Ad t i d d d 9 11 i d i 8 10 5i 64 2 3 29 31 - 7 12A-1 65 - 75 4 - 6p 2ict 14 -16 id par 2 d - id 10 ... 11 7 - - d 6i gi i d PST • - iP id Par 31 33 9 10 44 — 5i id 5 7 3 34 d 4d i - i BANKS. 78 - 80 I hills li idis 2 lid i i P ii = ii 41 - 46 4 d— par 74 - 76 7i-= 8 • °• """" ••• :ous 31ISCELL. Aubin coal and Iron Australian Agricult. Australsn.Pcific Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works.. Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... Canada Company..... Crystal Pa1ace......... Do. New ................ Crystal Pal. of France Eastern 5team........ Electric Telegraph (A)' Do. (8)...:......... Electric Tel. of Irel. Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena. St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land.... N. S.W. Coal & Inter Stem. Nay. C 0....... N. B. Australasian... Do. New ................ Nrth.of Europe Steam Peel RI% Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular & Oriental 43 = 45 73 = 78 75 :. go i ..... n p i ..' - i 11 1 d =.l. - je 11. l3 • 1 15 20 20 20 Portland Iron C 0..... Royal Mail Steam.... Scot. Austral. uvest. South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Dienten's Land 2 ...... fa par —.. id 7 i. 131 44 i 13 ••• . . 1$ 37 1 39 i d p 14 15 1 1 51 I 64 ALARMING COLLISION ON THE GREAT N ORT H ER N RAILWAY.—On Sunday morning last, a serious collision occurred on this line of railway, at the Knaresborough junction, between a coal train and the Edinburgh night express, whi c h l e f t King's-cross station on Saturday evening at 9.15. It appears that a coal train, consisting of engine, break-van, and about 24 waggons, was just emerging f rom th e K na resborough junction to get on the main line, when the Edinburgh express came up at the moment at full speed, and dashed into the mineral train with great violence. We are informed th a t a first class ca rr i age was smas h e d to pieces, and four passengers seriously injured, but we have not been able to learn their names, or the precise nature of their injuries. A con siderable amount of property wns broken, and the driver and stoker had a fortunate escape. Late yesterday (Monday) evening, we learn that the passengers injured are all doing well. English.—Britannia, Queen, Bellerophon, Rod ney, Albion, Vengeance, London, Agamemnon (screw), Sanspareil (screw) ; Terrible, Retribution, Furious, Tiger, Firebrand—steamers. Turks.—Taif, Feizi Babri, Medjidie, Chaaki Chadi, Muhbiri Suru—steamers. These convey ten thousand troops and warlike stores under cover of our ships. French.—Ville de Paris, Friedland, Jena, Ju piter, Jemappes, Henri IV., Charlemagne (screw) ; Gomer, Mogador, Sane, Magellan, Descartes— steamers. A Tartar arrived at Constantinople on the night of the Ist with intelligence of a well-contested and sanguinary action at Kalafat. The date and de tails of the event were not known. It was, how ever, reported that on the side of the Russians the casualties amounted to five or six thousand men. The Turks also had suffered severely—some two or three thousand killed ; but they had not lost one inch of ground, and bravely maintained their po sition on the left bank against five desperate attacks. Omer Pacha, with strong reinforcements, was also, according to these accounts, about to proceed in person to the scene of action. There was a report that the Sultan had pardoned the Softas. The delay which took place in the departure of the fleets caused the Greeks of Constantinople to spread the rumour that it was occasioned by a pro test of Austria and Prussia against the entrance ; but it appears that the representatives of those powers had simply demanded explanations from England and France as to their ulterior intentions. The Polish and Hungarian refugees, who had been waitin g for months at Constantinople to be em ployed, had at last been taken into service and they were sent off to th e arm y o f Asia in the Turkish vessels which sailed on the 2d. Three of their chiefs had been created pachas, and nominated generals of bri ga d e . G e neral Klapka had de clined to go to Asia, saying that he preferred serv ing in Europe. On the occasion of New-Year's-Day, General B. d'Hilliers received the French residents. In a short speech which lie addressed to them, he stated several times that France, even in the deci sive act which was about to be accomplished, had peace only in view, as it was indispensable to the development of manufactures and the prosperity of commerce ; that peace was the wish of the Govern ment of the Emperor Napoleon ; and that conse quently all its efforts were directed to that:object, and that it did not yet despair of being able to at tain it. M. de Bruck addressed the Austrian re sidents in a less re-assuring spirit; and Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe did not hold any reception. It hid been ascertained that the bad organisation of the army in Asia was the cause of 'the recent de feats. The army was in such a state that it could not make any serious resistance on the Turkish fron tier, or to prevent the Russians from going to Erze r•um as in 1829. It was said that the irregular troops had disappeared, and that Abdi Pacha was in custody on the charge of treason. It was rumoured that Batoum had been attacked and taken by the Rus sians, but this was inexact. The Minister of Police, Haireddin Pacha, had been nominated in spector of the armies of Anatolia, with orders to make an investigation into the ' charges brought against Abdi Pacha, ex-general-in-chief of the army of Kars. Perfect order and a confident assurance of the success of the Turkish cause prevailed at Constantinople ; also that it was firmly believed that the allies of Turkey, though slow to move, would frankly fulfil all the obligations imposed on them. The Press of Vienna says :—" The Ambassador of France has presented to the Sultan, at a private audience, an autograph letter from the Emperor of the French, expressing his deep regret at the affair of Sinope, and renewing his promise to main tain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. The Emperor expresses at the same time a hope that the Czar, now perceiving the reality of the affiance between England and France, will give proof of greater moderation." A Cossack force is being organised by Sadik Paella (Tchaikofski), and it is really edifying, and a sign of the times, to see Christians and Moslems fighting under a common standard for freedom. The banner of these troops is half red with a cres cent, and half white with a red cross. To the above account is appended the following paragraph :—" We hear that Lord Palmerston has resigned, and it is hoped by all that he will return soon to power as Premier or Foreign Secretary. This would be, in my opinion, the real settlement of the Eastern question, the true solution of the problem. The Turks will do his bidding ; and the Czar also, although for quite another and most potent reason." Private letters of the 11th state that it was then known at Vienna that the Porte had accepted the propositions of the Conference, that the fleets had been ordered to enter the Black Sea, and that M. Drouyn de L' Huys had addressed a circular despatch to the representatives of France in foreign coun tries, which was published in the Moniteur of the 6th inst. The representatives at Vienna of the ~ i vt<'- four Powers held a new conference to deliberate on. N all those circumstances. They agreed that the ac ceptance by the Porte of the_ propositions of the sth Dimenai)er fortrieda , basiso of negotiationuyilich might be followed, and that they should:be :Made the sub;pct, of a direct, proposition :to the Emperor of Russia., It was consequently agreed that a new prOtoCol should be prepared, which should be signed by the four representatives, and_ that such protocol should be immediately transmittid to the Impe ial Cabinet of St. Pet_mb_prg„ with the urgent rec mendation of Alpi) fow -7149,,K0ppee ng proves that the good underitan.ding existing e tween Great Britain, France, Austria, and ;P.m is was not disturbed by the order giVen to the 'c m manders Of the combined fleets to enter the .B ck Sea. The same letter states th a t a recent- measure adopted . by the •Aidinikal who comtnandsrthe R' us sian fleet has been raiSundokstood, and that it is bne that has been 'att6pted at all times in similar !cir cumstances. It- was that officer who spontaneoUsly and in order to avoid.any partial checks, gave, the moment he heard of the recent decision adoPtedut . Constantinople, orders to all the ships in the Black Sea to make for th e por t of Sebastopol, and who in forthed all the captains of the maritime places that they must prohibit the Russian merchant ships froM going to sea till further orders. Those measures were not, it is said, adopted in consequence of in structions from Vienna, and no argument can be . founded on them as to the political designS , of Russia. I - The Constitutionnel of yesterday, says :—" Sbme journals have spread the report that the under standing established between the Four Power§ On the affairs of the East was seriously compromised in consequence of the latter resolutions of France and England. Not only is this report unfounded, but, according to news from Germany; the confer ence of Vienna in a new protocol, signed on the 13th of this month, has recorded unanimously !that the answer of the Stiblime Porte to the communi cation of the representatives of France, Austria, England, and Prussia, at Constantinople, was .i6m pletely satisfactory, and expressed confidence that the, Cabinet of St. Petersburg would, on its Side, adhere to the basis on which Turkey was ready to treat for 'the re-establishment of peace." FRANCE. The greatest importance, says the Times Paris correspondent in his letter, dated yesterday, con tinues to be attached to the adherence of Austrira to the alliance of the four Powers, even after the entry of the combined fleets into the Black Sea ; and on that fact are founded the hopes that a general war will be avoided, as very few indeed of the many who discu s the question think that th% Emperor of Russia will persist in his opposition to the rest of Europe, unsupported as he is by any Government. The partisans of Russia do not relax in their efforts to create suspicion and jealousy between France and England. For a long time it was England that meditated aban doning France • now it is, accordin g t o th em , the Emperor of the French who is about to yield to the tempting offers of Russia, and quit his ally. They go so far as to say that at this mo ment many thousand copies of a pamphlet, announc ing and explaining the cause of the separation, are already prepared for publication. These and other absurd stories are propagated with a zeal and an energy worthy. of a better cause, but, it must be added, without producing conviction in the mind of any one. This is so little the case, that I am assured everything is ready for an expedition should circumstances require it, and those " cir cumstances" would probably be the defeat of the Turks on the Danube, and the passage of the river by the Russians. In spite of these rumours public opinion is to-day more in favour of the maintenance of the peace than for some days past ; and the Em peror himself is said to share in that opinion. On the same subject the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writing yesterday says : Although it is now known that no news has been received from St. Petersburgh that in any way jus tifies the increased confidence in the re-establish ment of peace, which suddenly seized on the public on Saturday last, there are many who still hope that the Czar will reconsider the matter before plunging the world into all the horrors of war. This hope is founded not so much on any information rceived from St. Petersburgh, as on the more than moderate terms of the negotiation lately agreed to by the Sultan, and on the belief that th e unan i m i ty with which the four Powers have recommended the acceptance of those terms to the Czar will not be without its weight. I find, however, that these considerations have not much value among the political men whose judgment on such subjects is most deserving of attention. They still think that the Emperor Nicholas has gone too far to recede, and that after the recent acts and declara tions of the English and French Governments he will be less disposed to yield than before. They eons-Pier it probable, to be sure, that in pursuance of that suaviter in modo policy which.has hitherto been .his rule, he will probably agree to send a plenipotentiary 10 the conference, who will be empowered to discuss the questions pending with Turkey ; but as it is understood that he still persists in reserving the religious question (which is, in fact, the whole question), and settling it by direct negotiation with the Porte, it is evident that -the affair will be as far from being arranged after the discussions of the conference as it was before. Russia has everything to gain by this tempolising policy, and she makes an able use of it. She has still reason to hope that by agreeing to send a plenipotentiary she; may delay the active hostility of England aid France; while she on'her side will continue to strengthen herself in the po sitions she has already gained, and concentrate, the enormous forces at her command, but at present spread over immense territories, in the seat of war. There was a full Council of Ministers at the Tuileries yesterday (Monday), at which the Empe ror presided. Nothing transpired as to what reso lutions had been adopted, but it was known that the subject under deliberation was the Eastern question, and the question of sending troops at once to Constantinople. In principle it has long since been decided to send an auxiliary force to the Sultan, but the details of the expedition are not yet settled. The price of corn continues to rise in Paris, and in all the departments of France. The high price of bread, combined with the stagnation of trade and the inclemency of the season, creates great suffer in, among the people, and it is feared that some disturbances will take place. Several of the manu factories in the provincial towns have partially sus pended their operations, and are only working short time. Judgment was delivered in the Police Court of Paris yesterday in the case of the individuals accused of having formed a secret society for the purpose of overthrowing the Government. Three were ac quitted, and the remainder were found guilty. Of these 21 had already been found guilty of con spiring for the death of the Emperor, and had been already sentenced by the Court o f Assize, conse quently no further sentence was passed on them'. Watteau, Furet, Francois, Bratiano, and Alavoine, declared by the Court to have been the founders of the secret society, were sentenced each to impri sonment for five years, and to pay a fine of 500 f. ; 15 others Irere , sentenced each to imprisonment for one year, and to pay a fine 'of 100 f. The answer of the Emperor of Russia—if it should arrive at all, which is doubtful—cannot be known in Paris before the 20th . of January. In the mean- time, so far from the idea of men in official situ ations being of opinion that the Czarwill give way, they think precisely the reverse. It is well known that he is making preparations on the most gigantic scale for the prosecution of the spring campaign, and that his orders to his generals is to cross the Danube, and to • carry the war into Bulgaria as speedily ,as possible. From all this it is evident that the rise in the funds, both in Paris and Vienna, :does not proceed from any real improvement in the position' of th e Eastern question ; but' simply from the fact that the speculators for the fall know that one word , bring ruin upon th em from the Czar, might and that they are consequently alarmed whenever re ports are spread that his Majesty has resolved to abandon schemes of ambition which threaten him self as well as the rest of the world wi • th years of misfortune and probable ruin. It is stated that the feeling of the French Govern men t on the sub• ject of peace•or war is this—the members of the Cabinet consider the maintenance of peace is hope less ; and feeling satisfied that d elay is injurious to the cause of the Sultan (which is the cause of E u rope), while it is profitable to the Czar alone, they are prepared to car and energy. ry on the war with promp titude The chief of the State also considers war inevitable and he sees it with deep regret, on accou n t o f th ; the wide-spread mischief and misery it has created among mercantileand is creating the portion of his subjects. On this ac count, Louis Napoleon would be glad to see an settling opportunity of the question ; but as he does not see that it would be possible to do so with honour, he also isprepared to join 1 • • ' his Ministers in resisting R • Russia to the utmost.. From this it is clear that the attitude of France is precisely what we could wish—showing at the same time modera tion and firmness. The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the receipts of the direct and indirect taxes for the past year. From this account it appears that the receipts for the year from these sources amounted to 846,804,000 f., being an increase of 42,470,000 f., as compared with 1852, and of 108,991,000 E over 1851. As compared with last year, the increase bears principally on the following heads of re- 50 50 20 20 100 St. 64 25 50 20 20 10 10 2.2 100 100 100 100 26i 23 20 20 4 1 d id 2 ld * id I= PI 9t - 10 6 - 1i - li 1i- 2 I'2l 7i - 8 32 - 32 8 - 9 141 - 14Bp, 45 - 47 39 - 43. 301 - 308 3 1d 18 19 ii —s ... pm x in 34 4il 1- 6pid .i i = iidl 32i f xin 24 t i I ain 304 xm . 12 x in. TS LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Compans Oloshig Prices this day. RAILWAYS. Bedford andl Blotchley Buckghamsh Clydesdale Jc E.Lincoln. gr 6 p. cent Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. i Shares Do. Shares Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bxton and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Bradfd. Northern and Easternsp.c. 'Do. 6 per ct.. Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. tit Wyre Do. Shares. Roystn.th Hit. Do.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. dr Goolo g.5.p. e S. Staffordsh WearValleygr 6 pot coot Do dkSomrsl I Ln. &N. W. L. dr N.W. Caledon ... Gt.Northn Caldonian: Do Gt. lirestn Yk. New dti Berw Y.&N.Md Do S. Eastern Do Norfolk Do lai.dlN.W dr Midld Stckton dz Darlingt. ,Midland E. Count Do L. & . W &Ln& Yk Do Gt.Northn l l Do Lancash.dtl Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. dt ari i . 1 - 6;.W •* e . s . ''''''' 101 - 103 50 - 52 140 - 143 30 2 32 109 -- 111 54i - 55, - 27 -- 28 13i -- 14 246 -- 25 2 - 3 99 - 100 60 - 62 140 - 143 140 - 143 ..• --- • 2 - i•I 30 - 31 95 - 97 Do . 53 21 3 2i i 15 13i 13 12i 831 584 9i 101 82 a i 63,i 3 I 10i 98b 102 i n i 12 21i i 2 61i 1 60i 11 4i t 2 1/ 76 48 7A 31A 30 In i 5 4 I 46k 5i 6 54 x in x d 24 i in Business this day. 100 JOO 100 6 100 13 a in 25 all •104 100 100 ,100 100 100 100 all 100 St. St. St. St. 20 15 83 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 all 13.5 24 30 20 1 40 16 all all all all all all all 12s. 1 pm Pm M.. 8 f it n i 2 t It A i xd venue :—" Registration dues, 18,555, 000 f. ; pro s duce of tobacco sales, 7,972,000 f. ; postaget .2,396,000 f. ; duty on manufacture of beetroo; sugar, .3,681,000 f. ; potable liquors, 3,829,000 f. ; stamp duties, 2,050,000 f. ; salt duties, 2,071,000 f. , ' corn, 1,170,000 f. ; sugar from the French colonies 1,004,000 f. ' • foreign sugar , 1,362,000 f. A letter from Toulon of the 11th:inst. observes that if the writer is to judge from the fact that the Vauban, the :Oaciciue, and several other steam frigates are beiiig fitted for sea with all possible despatch, the last phnsislef the Eastern question has arrived. , The writer adds that provisions are prepared fOr'an army of 40,v0q..\men, which could be embarked at Touton' without delay. desfiatch has beeiriredeivedl at 'Cherbourg com manding the completion as: quickly As'pbstilible of the'ship of the line - Tiliir;bf 90 guin. - The carpen ters are required to wstili-on Sundays. - j . A furtlikcie`ifiatCli, ccau l tnandS an extraordinary levyof seamen in the port. A memorandum has been communicated , to the diplomatic corps by the Ottoman; Government, in fOrming them that, in consequence of the scarcity of grain, all-the corn' in. the provinces of Widdin, Silistria, Scutari, Albania, Bosnia,,,Wzeroum, and Trebizond is reserved for the .use of the Turkish armies in Roumelia and Antolia. A letter from St. Malo says An order has arrived to make a levy of all the• 'seamen of from 20 to 40 years of age, who have not passed through four years of service.. The only excepti on t o t hi s measure is to be such men a have been ,di sm i sse d from the service within the space of a year. It may be conceived that a great disquietude has been spread through the country at this news:- The same will be the case at Granville and in the Bay of St, Prieuc. The Chare.bers of Commerce_ are about to make a representation to the Minister of the de -,plorable state in which all the district of the coasts of Fra nce , which is engaged in the cod-fishery at Newfoundland, will be placed, should A sufficient number of men not be reserved for these expedi tions, which constitute the very existence of this part of the country." A letter from St. Valery-sur-Somme, in the Courrier du Havre, states that this measure has spread consternation among the boatmen who carry goods from. St. Valery into the interior. They are mostly married men, and with their savinii have purchased the boats in which they carry on their business, and in which they reside with all th e i r families like the mariners of the north. These families, deprived of their chiefs will be throw n into great distress for want of being able to turn their boats to account during the absence of their owners in the service. The Algiers journals of the 10th contain an account of an engagement between some Arab forces iu the service of France, under the orders of Kha lif a Si Hamza, and the forces of the cheriff Moham med ben Abdallah, at some distance from Ouergla, in one of the southern provinces.- The result of it was that Mohammed's troops were routed with considerable loss, that he took to flight to the south, and that several of his chiefs and some of those of the neighbouring tribes made their submissdon. The Bourse was heavy yesterday in the absence of any political news calculated to influence the speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 71f. 90c., rose to 72f. 5c., fell subsequently to 71f. 50c., and closed at 71f. 60c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50c. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,130 f. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great Northern, 815 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 767 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 870f.1; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 712 f. 50c. ; 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. ITALY. A letter from the Papal States of the 7th inst., declares that extreme desolation and consternation prevail in the Romagna, in which the inhabitants live in constant terror of robbers, and dare not quit their houses after night fall. The theatre is deserted at Faenza. Wheat sells at the market of Ravenna at 53f. the sack of 115 litres. The autho rities at Lugo had compelled the farmers to sell their wheat at 20 per cent. less than the market price. The local authorities of Faenza had for bidden the exportation of corn from the district. The consequence is, that the market is closed, and were it not for the markets of Foili and Ravenna the inhabitants of the Romagna would be exposed to die of hunger. AUSTRIA. The rumours which have been circulated of the secession of Austria from co-operation with the other Powers in negotiation, are false. At Vienna on the 12th, an article of the - semi-official Lloyd's was received by the public with great favour. The gist of the article was hostile to Russia. This had produced a great sensation. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th and 11th have arrived. A meeting of deputies and senators of the moderate opposition had been held at the Duke de Sotomayor's, and a committee had been nomi nated for the purpose of devising measures for giving a moral and material support to the press which represents their opinions. The meeting con sisted of only 19 senators and deputies, meetings of 20 being prohibited. It was asserted that the Mi. nister of Grace and Justice intends to resign, but his resignation will, it is said, not cause any modi fication in the policy of the Cabinet. The Queen continued to go on well ; her Majesty had not been informed of the death of her child but had begun to suspect it. Immediately after her recovery, the Mi nisters intended to submit to her measures relative to the press, the electoral and municipal regime, and other important subjects. Her Majesty had given an other 60,000 reals to the charitable establishments of the capital. The Marquis de Turgot had so far re covered that his medical attendants had permitted him to leave his bed. General Prim was not ex pected at Madrid before the 15th February. Omer Pasha, say these journals, has made him a present of some magnificent Arabian horses. A letter from Madrid of the 9th, says :—" The body of the little Princess will be exposed in the palace, as was that of the Prince of the Asturias, two years ago. It will afterwards be conveyed to the Escurial for burial. Queen Isabella 11. does not yet know the loss which she has sustained, and the greatest precaution will be observed in commu nicating it to her. The king appears greatly affected at the death of his daughter. The Queen is going on as well as cau be. A surgeon, who had been summoned from Paris to attend the Marquis de Turgot, has examined the wound, and is about to extract the ball. He does riot consider the wound of great gravity, and the Ambassador is going on well." 31IGRATION.—The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for two vessels to carry emigrants to South Australia and Victoria. One, for Adelaide, is to be ready on the 28th of February; the other, for Melbourne, on the 3d of March. THE MARIQUITA MINING COMPANY.—The es India Mariquita West Mining Company. have received, by s o t z e . a o m f e g r o , l. a d remittemen for , the month October berof 1,467 greatkri CONTEMPLATEDf abstaeIe.to it E army EE brevet l — is ' l t e h e ip n p u e m ar b s e; t o h f at r regi mental colonels of the-Ordnance corps, of whom there are 40, and a large proportion of which each successive brevet must embrace. How to avoid this hindrance is what at present stops the way of this measure of justice to the army. FALL or HOLISM—Oa .Sunday the inhabitants of Hoinsey-road were alarmed by the falling of,a part of the wall of two old houses near the Hanley Arms. DINNER TO SIR EDWARD BIILWER LYTTON.—It will be observed that the admirers of this celebrated literary character are to entertain him at dinner, during his ap proaching visit to this city. —Edinburgh Evening Post. AMSTERDAM AND tOTTERDAMTRODUCE-A/lARICETS. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam,and Rotter dam produce-markets mention that prices were supported with firmness although not much - b us i n ess has b een transacted. In coffee there was -a slight tendency to improvement, the demand for the better descriptions having latterly increased. The operations in sugar had not been important, but quotations were Maiatained. Rice had experienced a further advance, owing to the activity of speculators. There• was no great variation in the prices of tea. ROIIEN.—The letters from ,Rouen state that business was rather more active, but that no important change had occurred in prices. _ . AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease. They have comprised altogether four vessels—two to Port Phillip with an aggregate burden of 1,318 tons ; one to Sydney of 883 tons ; and one to Portland Bay of 396 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 2,597 tons, The rates of freight continue to be maintained with steadiness. ASTLEIT'S.—EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.-- It has never been our task (albeit a pleasing one) to re cord a success more unqualified than that which has hailed the performances of the Indian lady and gentleman, the colossal elephants at Astley's. They are c ertes the most wonderful creatures we ever beheld, and we are sto r y. i 8 bound to award t o M r . Willi am C oo k e t he credit of having giv en bi r th t o an epoc h i n e l e ph To attempt a d escr ipti on o f th e i r leviather evolutions ne hi superfluous ; they can only be fully understood by bein g seen, and having been seen they can never be forgotten. After the Chinese spectacle, in which the ir performance s are embodied, follows the scenes in the cir c le, which ar e of the most classical and chaste description. Th e grand equestrian pantomime of Billy Button, or the Ladies' Fa vourite, is enjoying a triumphant career, and ,eservedly so. The scenery is new, second to none in the metro polis, and the opening and concluding scenes are gor geous in the extreme ; the tricks, changes, and trans formations are admirably managed, arid the fun irresistible from beginning to end. We congratulate Mr. William Cooke on the result of his managerial exertions. 2.2 all 163 100 8 100 20 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 20 10 St. 25 25 St. all 51s. 100 20 100 2011 11'.0 20 20 20 33k 10 20 20 12 10A 29 10 Paid' 50 25 124 12i 20 St. all all all all all 100 50 1 2 100 100 188 9i all si i x in x in x in a in 1 10 1 1 25 100 100 20 20 SO 20 25 all all 15 11 all 10 22 all all 25 all 2i 10 all 6i I 3 i i 4 V