The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-01 00:00:00

THE MOST INTERESTING GROUP ever MODELLED.—tier Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, Prince Arthur, which has been honoured with the highest encomiums. Madame TUSSAIID and SON'S EXHIBITION, Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square.—Admission, Is. ; Napoleon Rooms, 6d.--Open from 11 till desk, and from 7 till 10 at night. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Dac. 1, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances, assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENDTG, DEC. ij Will be performed A CURE FOR LOVE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, 'Villiers, and Backstone ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Sze. Will be performed A PRETTY PIECE OF BIISINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Backstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by MIDAS. Characters by Messrs 'Compton and Chippendale ; Misses Featherstone and Ormonde. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CasaLms KLAN. THIS EVENING, DEC. 1, Will be performed THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son . Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher ; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, PAULINE. Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENLY(}, Dac. I, will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baiter; Miss F. Hughes. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will. In the end, show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed by A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. DEC. 1, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar, &c. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE C AMP AT CHORHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Blain." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Dac. 1, wm be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLErS EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke, Who respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, that a GRAND EQUESTRIAN CHINESE SPECTACLE is in active preparation, written expressly to introduce Mr. William Cooke's most extraordinary TRAINED ELEPHANTS, surpassing everything hitherto witnessed—their marvellous feats never having been previously attempted, and which they accomplish with unerr ing certainty. The spectacle will be produced immediately. Second week of Six Clowns in the Arena. Third week of the re appearance of the premier horseman, Mr. ALFRED COOKE. In creasing popularity of the daring Equestrienne, Madlle. MASOTTA. TIIIS EVENING, DEc. 1, (And during the week) The grand spectacle of RONAPA.RTE'S IN VASION OF RUSSIA ; Or, The Miming of Moscow. Followed by William Cooke's matchless scenes of the ARENA, by unequalled artistes. Concluding with JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Photon. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnis DAY —Morning 38 min.after 1 I Evening 1 min.aft. 2 To-Moßaow—Morning 25 min.after 2 I Evening 45 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 1. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 54—highest since noon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'12. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, and dull, hazy weather. blind system of official silence, diplomatic reserve, and Ministerial mystification. Meanwhile—How has it been with Ru-sia ? How has it been with the AUTOCRAT, and with the subjects of the AUTOCRAT ? Why, the CZAR has not simply intimated his intentions. He has daringly marched his army across the Pruth—in vading the dominions of his Moslem neigh bour. He has thrust his demands upon the Divan through the medium of his haughty envoy, Prince MENSCHIKOFF. He has taken for cible possession of Moldo-Wallachia. He has proclaimed war, and not an ordinary war, but a war a r outirance against his immediate antagonists. And his subjects have behaved no less candidly under the emergency. One of them, a Russian 1 Nobleman of som e di s ti nc tion, according to the L Vienna correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, has recently expressed in tolerably plain terms the sentiments by which his fellow-countrymen are just now animated. He has declared—" If the English want a war, depend upon it their wish shall be gratified." The English want a war —forsooth 1 A s if they were the aggressors ! But further on, without begging the question, or prevaricatingthe slightest degree, h e sa y s dis tinctly—" put to it, she w ill carr y on if in Russia is a war for twenty years." The phrase is signifi cant—" If Russia is put to it"—put to it! How? Why, by an attempt on the part of Turkey, sup ported by her allies, the Western Powers, to pre vent the CZAR from perpetrating a monstrous act of spoliation with impunity ! "If Russia is put to it (in this manner), she will carry on a war for twenty years." • That is her deter mination—a determination sufficiently threatened by the recent conduct of the Emperor NICHOLAS —and now plainly announced in so many words by one of the eminent members of his aristocracy. Let us understand the matter at once, clearly. If Russia is put to it—that is to say if England and France, and the rest of the great Powers of Europe, do not consent quietly to look on while the AUTOCRAT is committing a stupendous act of robbery upon his unoffending neighbour—she (Russia) will carry on a war for twenty 1 years ! That is the declaration. Further on the Russian Nobleman is yet more explicit. He says, candidly, " You English may go and burn 1 our seaport towns in the Black Sea, and even in the Baltic; but in so doing you will burn property which, to an enormous amount, has already been paid for by English capital. You may destroy our fleets also; and what do we care ? Our ships have never been of much use to us ; and better, perhaps, if we had never had any. Make the attempt, and we shall see who will hold out the longest. But, do what you may, you will find out to your cost that Europe at large, and Eng lish commerce in particular, will suffer more severely by a long continental war than Russia." After that, there can assuredly be no further mis apprehension. The views of Russia are notorious; they are patent to everybody's understanding ; they are audible in the words of the CZAR, and visible in his acts—acts carved out in bloody re lief upon the soil of the Danubian Principalities. Opposed to this boldness, arrogance and resolu tion, have we, alas ! at this momentous juncture nothing to advance but Ministerial vacillation and Aberdeenite pusillaminity ? A very important case, which had long since obtained an unhappy notoriety, and which, when " called on," generally excited among the audi tors a feeling analogous to that so powerfully de scribed by Charles DicKENs, as incidental to a hearing in SARNDYCE V. JA ENDYOE, has just been brought to a conclusion. Yes, reader, the pro ceedings under the bankruptcy of CHAMBERS the elder and CHAMBERS the younger has been wound up—the final dividend has been declared, and the " representatives" of the original creditors (not a single one of whom, we believe, survived to reap any benefit from the protracted and expensive litigation which has taken place) will now receive an additional instalment of their demands, making what would, on the whole, have been a very fair dividend, if promptly distributed. The clear and graphic statement made by Mr. ESPIN, the solicitor to the present assignees (to whose zealous and indefatigable exertions the auspicious termination of the proceedings may chiefly be attributed) affords a powerftil illustra tion of the "law's delays," even under a tribunal which had been favourably contrasted with other departments for the administration of justice. How often have we heard praises bestowed on the despatch and promptitude invariably displayed by the Court of Bankruptcy, and suggestions made that the practice of the Court of Chancery in the distribution of testamentary and intestate estates should be assimilated to that in bankruptcy. And yet, we find tnat matters have been procras tinated under the model jurisdiction for 28 years (!), and that more than 20 years elapsed from the issuing of the fiat before even a single shilling was paid to the several claimants on the estate. It is, however, due to the bankruptcy officials to state that these ruinous delays were in a great degree, if not altogether, ascrib able to the procrastinations of other tribu nals, and partly to the " evil reputation" acquired by the suit itself, which created a salutary terror in the public mind, and prevented persons from suffering their names to be implicated in the transaction, even to the extent of acting on behalf of the innocent creditors. Tt inn - LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1853. Reconciliation at any price —peace at all cost— quietude in return for any or every concession : such are the aspirations of Lord ABERDEEN'S Go vernment. War a l'outrance—that is the declara tion of the Russian AUTOCRAT. Upon the one side, how much arrogance, how much audacity, how much bold and haughty determination ! Upon the other, what craven weakness, what pitiable irresolution,. what paltry evasions of dan ger, what timidity and what procrastination ! England and France, it is true, as identified with each other in the policy adopted of late towards Turkey, must obviously share between them the discredit of not having accorded a nobler and more chivalrous support to the Government of Constantinople. Yet, it is no less true at the same time, it is no less obvious and undeniable, that a large amount of odium in this respect belongs by right peculiarly to the Cabinet of Great Britain, to the Earl of ABERDEEN'S hesitating, reserved, and self-contradicting Coalition. If France has hitherto refrained from aiding more promptly and openly the Councils of his Majesty the Sultan- Caliph ABD-UL-MBDJID, she has done so, at any rate, for two reasons, sufficiently apparent and comprehensible. NAPOLEON has peen impelled to this course, firstly, by the circumstance of England being a clog upon any design s more instinct with magnanimity—and secondly, by the very rational desire to attest the truth of his memorable avowal at Bordeaux, VEmpire c'e.st la Paix ! Yes—he has in very deed given earnest to the world of his faithful adherence to that It is u nnecessary t o say th a t th e assets were moderate line of policy marked out for himself very considerable. If it had been otherwise there immediately before his accession to the throne of would not have been so much procrastination to complai n o f. NAPOLEON, and prior to his acceptance of the It is almost needless to say that we Crown of CHARLEMAGNE! He has, indeed, afforded do not mean to impute blame to any of the parties by his acts c onc l us i ve t es timony of the sincerity concerned, m ore especially to those now engaged, tangling the complicated affairs, and placing them of his decl ration, that his empire was an Empire whose la u d a bl e efforts have succeeded in disen ofin a tangible fo rm for final arrangement. A small Peace within its e lf, and with the rest of estate would have been speedily disposed of. the States of Christ en d om ! F or , i n proof of that, has he not yielded to the over-eagerness The rot; oral would have been wanting on which revealed by Lord ABERDEEN'S Cabinet to purchase to hang so much litigation. The successful issue embarked at any cost the preservation of European tran- of the various assignees or their havin g quillity? Yes, we repeat it, he has indeed proved ' in advisers from a charge of 'provident or useless litigation. O ur censures are im beyond the possibility of a doubt the sincerity of - therefore directed against "the system," and not his pacific promises, and the cordiality of his a • against the so-called " Adminis ainst persons ; good feeling towards England—he has proved it tration g of Justice," rather than against a n y sub by hi s t o l era ti on o f the dilatoryand timorous policy ordinate agents engaged in the transaction under of the Coalition, byall but compromisingthe honour consideration. of France a n d th e di gn it y o f hi s own reputation. The Messrs. CHAMBERS , whose embarras sments had long carried on N evertheless, it cannot be overlooked, as already occasioned these proceedings, intimßond-street and South intimated, that if the Cabinet of the Tuileri business as bankers in Bon by it s . o on-s ree . Tuileries, Mlt t t In 1824 they found it necessary complicity with the Cabinet of St. James's place their estate in shares in the • 2 to suspend payments, and to odium resulting from the recent the creditors, conduct of th e the hands of trustees, nominated by Western Even at that it has the merit Powers towards Turkey, for the purpose of being wound up. at least of occasional) enun ciating y period they were engaged in heavy . litigation. One its view s 1, lag not actually chivai ro gilage bold and manly, if suit in particular had been carried on 1807 • since / and magnanimous. Boldly and another relating to her MAJESTY'S Theatre, and manfully, s s. for example ' which was eventually carried to the House of L'Huvs, in his capacit , has M. DROUYN DE Y as Minister Lords, attained a world-wide celebrity, as well as i for F . Affairs, spoken out, from 4 oreign -ime to t• a legal precedent, from the numerous "points" that documents, honourable alike to his ime, in official were settled, and which constituted it a " leading °lvo capacity case," as from the subject involved in the disputes. his Im- The fiat in bankruptcy was uot, however, struck Aerial Master's Government. N obl , _ ' and ma n _ until November, 1825, when some of the credi t' too has NAPOLEON THE THIRD himself .i pro_ tors, dissatisfied at the delays that had even then claimed, more than once, his resolve not to Wpm ]; occurred, petitioned the Court of Bankruptcy, and don the SULTAN to the lawless ambition of the A u - placed the entire transaction under the control TooßAT—more particularly during the last few days and management of its officials. This step when talking of the affairs of the East to the Ambas- ti 1p did not, however, lead to the expedi on that had - sailors assembled at Fontainebleau. Not so has it no interference with the trustees, we should pro been at this juncture with ourselves. Not thus bably never have " poi • nted a moral or adorned a have our Statesmen and Administrators asserted tale" with anythine• and Co. !" A • b relating to "in re CHAMBERS the course upon which England should adventure . single year, however, exhausted the patience that was in the vindication of the outraged rights of remainder of the lives of thelargely exercised during the Turkey, and of the violated laws of Christendom. I whom they were by encouraged.petitioners and those The ad' d' ju Ica- . Instead of this, indeed, we have observed in high tion was disputed ! And such was the difficulty quarters the maintenance of the old, dull, pur- *of the case, the ingenVity of the p ro f essi , ] (mat gen- . ilemen concerned, or the doubtful state of the law, that ten years were consumed and enormous costs incurred in disposing of the apparently simple question, " whether there had been an act of bankruptcy." It was not even actually disposed of by the tribunals, notwithstanding the series of trials that had taken place, in which the " first legal talent of the day" was engaged on either side. The preliminary question was compromised —after the " ten years' war" —on the second day's trial in the Court of Queen's Bench, by giving the alleged bankrupts 25,000/. to admit the act of bankruptcy ! a compromise that enabled the pro ceedings to go on ! ! and gave to the discon tented creditors the prospect of a tardy di vidend. That point being settled, the real " tug of war'' commenced in good earnest. Assignees were stimulated into activity, and prosecuted the various suits with such extraordinary success, that at the end of ten years more—namely, in 1845, twenty years from the time of striking;the fiat— they were enabled to declare a first dividend of nine shillings in the pound on the debts proved. Up to that period 31,7001. had been paid for costs, in addition to the 25,0001. to the head of the firm—making in all 62,7001. And Mr. ESPIN supposes that since that time they would amount to 5,0001. or 6,0001. more—nearly 70,0001. in all, occasioned by the impatience of the petitioners ! It would be an endless task to endeavour to enumerate all that has taken place in this matter. Suffice it to say, that eventually 16s. in the pound has been paid to those who proved against the joint estate, whose claims in the aggregate amounted to 224,6401. 19s. 11d., exclusive of 8131. 12s. 9d., for which proof was on Tuesday, after the lapse of 28 years, tendered and ad mitted. There were also dividends on the sepa rate estates of the elder partner of 17s. 6d., and of the younger of 20s. in the pound. These payments may be considered as satisfactory, and so they would have been if distributed early. But even ss. in the pound, if promptly paid, would have been better for those who derived no per sonal benefits from the transaction, although their assets were many years after their deaths so far enhanced, at least in the cases where the claims were not disposed of for 2s. 6d., or upwards, in the pound ! We have now done with in, re CHAMBERS. Basinghall-street or Westminister-hall will no longer be occupied with that protracted suit. But we trust that the experience derived from the case may now be turned to a good use, and that such vexatious procrastination may not be possible in any future case. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1853 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Nov. 30. The Queen and Prince and the Royal children walked and rode in the grounds yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, ar rived in town by the Great Western Railway, yesterday morning, from her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, in the afternoon, and afterwards returned to Frogmore. A deputation, consisting of Mr. George Traill, M.P., Mr. Francis Dundas, and Mr. Laing, M.P., had an in terview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell and Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade. Despatches for the Governor of the west coast of Africa were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office. The Lords of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council held a meeting yesterday in the Privy Council Chamber. Present the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Lords Justices Turner and Knight Bruce, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir J. Patteson. Mr. C. Greville, Clerk of the Privy Council, attended. The Attorney-General and Solicitor-General were in attendance. Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Palmer were beard on a petition from the States of the Island of Jersey for the recall of three orders in Council, 13th February, 1853 ; and in support of their application for the confirmation of certain acts passed by that assembly. The case was adjourned. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected to leave Frogmore Lodge early in the ensuing week, on a visit to her illustrious daughter, the Queen, at Osborne, where the Court, according to present arrangements, will remain until shortly before Christmas. Her Royal Highness has recently caused great embellishments and improvements to be made in her present residence, for merly the abode of the late Princess Augusta. The library has been converted into a spacious dining-room, and an additional drawing-room added to the suite of reception-rooms. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland are surrounded by a numerous family circle at Trentham-hall, Stafford shire. Lady Dover is on the eve of visiting their Graces, The Earl of Euston has returned to the Duke of Grafton's, in Clarges-street, from visiting Lord and Lady Southampton, at Whittleby Lodge, Northampton shire, where his lordship is entertaining a large party with the sports of the field. The Marchioness of Salisbury and youthful family, who are staying at Brighton, return to Arlington-street early in the ensuing week, en route to Hatfield House, Herts, where his lordship is at present staying, and where a large party of fashionables will assemble on a visit to the noble Marquis and Marchioness. The Earl and Countess of Enniskillen left Kilkenny Castle on Monday last for Florence Court, Fermanagh. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has appointed Garret Nagle, Esq., of Clogher House, and also Francis Evans Bennett, Esq., of Bennett's-grove, to the commission of the peace for the county of Cork, on the recommenda tion of the Earl of Bandon. SIR GEORGE ARTHUR.—We regret to hear of the severe illness of the Right Hon. Sir George Arthur, Bart. There are, we are sorry to learn, but slight hopes entertained of his recovery—a fact which will be much regretted, especially in the colonies, where he has for a long time served. Extreme ill-health obliged Sir George Arthur to return from his last government of Bombay in 1846. SIR E. B. LYTTON, BART.—Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, who was during last session unanimously elected to the office of Honorary President of the Associated Societies of our University, will deliver his inaugural address about the middle of January.—Edinburgh Witness. CARDINAL WisEmAN . .-L-The Catholic papers deny a statement which has been made in some of the daily journals that Cardinal Wiseman is expected to remain at Rome. It is said that he will return to England about Christmas, when he will resume the active duties of his archbishopric. MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CONVOCATION SOCIETY.—The November meeting of the council of the Society for the Revival of Convocation took place on Tuesday and Wednesday last. The nature of the business transacted has not transpired, but we under stand that it was of importance, and that there was a full attendance. PROROGATION OF CONVOCATION.—Yesterday morning the Convocation of the prelates and clergy of the pro vince of Canterbury was prorogued, according to the tenour of a Royal writ, by the vicar-general of the Most Rev. the Archbishop of Canterbury and Metropolitan, under a special commission from his grace to that effect. His grace's commissary, attended by the registrar of the province, went to the Jerusalem Chamber, when his grace's commission was read by the registrar. The com missary directed the Royal writ to be read at length, after which the schedule of prorogation was read and signed by the commissary. The proceedings were ad journed until an early day in January. DEATH OF MR. LANCELOT DENT.--The commercial world has experienced a severe loss in the death of Mr. Lancelot Dent, which took place on Monday evening, at Cheltenham. Mr. Dent was the head of the eminent house in China which bore his name, and was the type of a true English merchant. Mr. Dent, we understand, eightee leaves behind hi m proper t y t o th e amoun t o f 500,0001. DEATH OF THE L A TE V ICE P RO V OST OF ETON COL -IPaE.—On M on d ay morn i ng t h e R ev. J o h n S ept i mus G rover,Fellow n monthsvoifhenErptronnv, Provost t n o d f th u e nt e i n l lle w g i e t , h b in rea t t h h e ed l h as is last in London, last er was a f e ll o of K ,w er e he had been sojourning for a in order short ti me, 0 f toEton b i n e go, u s nn Colld t e h r ee m g e e , d 9thci c a a mo l f b c Fr a i r de e bg . re u, a M wr ya r s elected a F e l low, . Grov w 1814, and h a d consequently h e ld th e appo i n t men t for nearly fo r t y years , who was /Vlr ne suc cee d e d D r . L ang f or d , Canon of Windsor,ayFr was presented lower master of Eton from 1775 to 1802. In 181 to the rectory of Farnh am Royal, a living in the gift of the college, and worth about 7001. oaf year. Ab ou t a ; year and a half ago, in consequence and infirmities , he wa s compelled to resign the years Vice Provost , a nd the Rev . Mr. Bethel', another offieror th o e f Fellows of Eton, was appointed in his stead. At the time of his decease Mr. Grover bad attained his 87th year. By his death the living of Farnham Royal be comes vacant, as well as one of the fellowships of the college. For the present vacancy five candidates have already been announced—viz., the Rev. E. Coleridge, master of the lower schoo l ; the Rev. W. senior assistant master of the u pp er school ; the Rev. G. Cookesl e y, Luxmoore, assistant masters. E. Balston, the Rev. W. A. Carter, and the Rev. C. THE EAST INDIA HOUSE. —Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when James Grant Lumsden, Esq., was appointed provi ionally a Member of Council at Bombay. THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS.—The Board of Customs have issued a notice, announcing an open Court for the purpose of hearing and deciding complaints, and for in vestigating matters relating to the Customs revenue. A room in the Custom-house has been set apart for the purpose, and the new Court is to sit on Tuesdays and Fridays, every week, when necessary. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following from Vienna, yesterday evening, is said to be authentic : " On the 21st, at night, the Turks forced the Russians to quit the island opposite Giurgevo. Two attempts were made by the Russians to retake the island, but were repulsed. In the second attempt the Russian soldiers had to be forced into the fire. " Between 7 and 8 in the morning of the 24th instant the Russians retook the island. " During the night of the 25th the Turks made another night attack, but were repulsed. " The passage of the river at this point on the part of the Russians is out of the question. " The pontoons have all been sent to Hirsova, to connect the numerous islands with the right bank of the river." M. de la (Jour arrived at Trieste, on Nov. 30, per the Egitta, and continued his journey via Vienna. General Baraguay d'Hilliers had a splendid re ception at Constantinople on the 21st. In his ad dress to the Sultan he expressed a wish for the preservation of peace, but also for the indepen dence and integrity of Turkey. The Sultan briefly replied in a sense consistent with the conduct hitherto pursued by the Porte. The agio is 30 per cent. The tenders for the supply of the French ships have been withdrawn. Report says that the Servians have forcibly pre vented the Bosnians from passing through Servia on their way to Omer Pacha's army. On the 14th inst. the city of Belgrade was on the point of being bombarded by the Turkinh garrison of the fortress. The difference was caused by the presence in Belgrade of the Russian Consul. The calamity was averted by the intervention of the Austrian Consul. General; Advices from Constantinople state that General Magnan has been retained there by General Bara guay d'Hilliers. The Austrian corps of observation in Transyl vania will be placed under General Schlick, whose head-quarters are at Klausenberg. Letters from Bucharest of the 16th inst. state that the arrest of the Boyard Kostaki Grezeau, lately arrived from Paris, together with three of his friends, had produced great sensation in that place. Prince Alexander of Servia has declared, in re ply to the demand made by the Porte, that his de cision, in case of a war between Russia and Turkey, was for the observance of the strictest neutrality, but that he was determined to resist the passage of any troops through his dominions. Letters from Trieste announce that the Turks have obtained further advantages in Asia. They not only defended successfully fort St. Nicholas, but captured the fortresses of Usurgheti and Sou choum.-Kaleh. It is added that the Georgian peo ple are favourable to the Turks. The latest accounts from Wallachia state that numerous skirmishes had taken place along the Danube between the Turks and Russians. The Ottoman troops still pursued the system adopted by Omer Pasha of attacking detached corps of Russians with superior forces—a system which had hitherto proved so successful. The Turks had formed two new regiments of marine artillery, to be employed on the coast of Asia between Sinope and Trebizonde. The following is from Orsova, Nov. 21 : " General Fishback, at Krajova, has been receiving reinforcements from Bucharest, and his force, which, when the Turks landed at Kalafat, was only 6,000 men, is now between 12,000 and 13,000 men. His troops have been so badly received by the Walla chians, that he has been compelled to issue first one proclamation and then another, appealing to the religious feelings of the natives, and also h - )lding strong language to the oppositionists. T re are no pecuniary requisitions, but as the R ans pay according to the scale of last June, be the immense rise of prices that has taken pla within the last two months, this circumstance is a standing ground of dissatisfaction. It is not true, it is said, that the Russians have seized the stores of grain in the Danubian ports and appropriated them ; they have ordered the stores to be conveyed three leagues into the inte rior by the merchants, but as the harvest this year in Wallachia has been particularly productive, and there is a great want of porters and carriage, there are everywhere masses of grain awaiting the events of war ; in Braila alone, and the neighbourhood, there are above 800,000 quarters in store. The discipline of both - Russians and Turks is re markably good. Both Sami Pasha., of Widdin, and General Fischback vie with each other in menacing with punishment their troops that com mit excesses ; nevertheless the Wallachians con tinue to say—why does not Prince Gortscnakoff either cross the Danube or recross the Pruth ? By accounts from Widdin, the Turks are working night and day at the fortifications of Kalafat. The Bulgarians are quite quiet. The Bishop of Widdin translates the Turkish manifestoes to his flocks, and assures the Pasha of their entire loyalty. A fleet of seven steamers and 33 tugs, belonging to the Danube Company, is at Turnu Severin, be tween Orsova and Widdin, in complete inactivity, for the great trade on this part of the Danube is the conveyance of grain from Wallachia to Vienna, and to Siszek, on a branch of the Save behind Fiume. Corn can be conveyed from Orsova, which touches the corner of Wallachia, to Vienna, at the rate of Is. 2d. English per cwt., which price th y will be able to reduce as soon as the fine coal of Oravitz, on the western slope of the Banat Carpa thians, is conveyed by railway to Basius. This coal costs 12 kreutzers at the pith mouth, but for want of transport costs 50 kreutzers to the company. The Danube has not been so low since 1840 as at present, consequently boats from above stop at Dreucona, whence travellers make a long day's journey to Orsova in spring carts. The wives and families of almost all the wealthier classes in Wallachia are now in Hungary and Transylvania. The peasantry are in the lowest state of poverty, ignorance, and barbarism, al though the land is not one quarter cultivated. The large estates of the Boyars are very often in the hands of an Arrendator, or middleman, who squeezes what he can get out of the vtry indolent peasantry. The Boyars are very fond of dress and equipages, and in language, man ners, and modes of luxury, copy the French, and from what they see in Bessarabia are excessively afraid of annexation to Russia, in which case the screw would be placed on the lauded proprietor, and the aristocracy would be reduced from power and opulence to utter insignificance. Of any active resistance on the part of the Wallachians to the Rusisian invasion there is no question whatever. Whatever they may have been in the middle ages they are now the most unwarlike people in Eu rope. Baron Offenberg, Adjutant of General Gortscha koff, has arrived here from Bucharest en route for Vienna. It is scarcely necessary to say that the contents of his despatches are unknown. Private letters Which have arrived from Warsaw state that the Russians are making preparations on the most extensive scale for the spring campaign. Marshal Paskiewitsch has announced that he means then to take the command of the army in the Moldo-Wallachian provinces, but before doing so he hopes that it will be composed of at least 200,000 men ready to take the field, and of a re serve of 100,000 men. He is getting up his staff on a corresponding scale. He has already selected the officers who are to serve as his aides-de-camp, and has appointed General Abramovitsch, formerly commander-in-chief of the gendarmery in Poland, as the commandant of his head quarters. This appointment is considered an undoubted indica tion of the commencement of an important cam paign. _ _ . The following is the reply of Prince Alexander of Servia to the application of the Ottoman Porte to declare himself on the conflict between it and Russia : " Imperial Majesty—l believe it right to make the following reply to the letter which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of your Majesty addressed to me on the 28th ult. The Servian Government will be always disposed to second the Sublime Porte, as much at least as existing treaties permit ; but never can it submit to a thing which appears to it incompatible with its duty. Such a circumstance presents itself at this moment in the sad dissension which has broken ou£ between your Majesty and the powerful Czar. May Heaven cause this conflict to turn to the advantage of your Majesty. But the Servian Government cannot take part in a conflict between the two Powers that protect Servia. It can only adopt a policy of neutrality and impartiality. It results from that that the Servian Government cannot permit a body of troops to cross its frontiers. That would be contrary to the policy which circumstances command. The Government of your Majesty will be obliged to o admitnlyfollows that in the counsels n a s c e t l i s n g of the moderation, vernmentandthat they will always serve it as a guide. To make its policy of neutrality more energetic, it has given orders to all the inhabitants of the principality to hold them selves in readiness to execute all the orders it may trans mit. Let your Majesty receive as heretofore the assur ance of my profound devotedness. "ALEXANDER GEORGEWITSCH. "Kragukewatz, 6th November." milies. The following telegraphic despatches were re ceived yesterday in Paris : " Trieste, Nov. 17.—The Tuiks are still in pos session of the islands taken by them at the open ing of the campaign. There is every clay heard at Bucharest a heavy cannonade on the Danube. At the date of the 16th the Turks had not gained any footing in Wallachia." "Galatz, Nov. 14.—Four battalions of Russian uf autt7, with 20 pieces of cannon, are just enter ing this place. At the head of the troops are three generals and several other officers ; this detach ment is on its way to Ibrail. General Luders passed through Galatz on the 12th, en route for Wallachia." '• Bucharest, Nov. 19.—The Turks on the 15th raised their camp at Turtukai, leaving only a small detachment, and retired, part into the fortresses and part towards the south. The camp at Tur tukai did not contain less than 20,000 men." Letters from Constantinople state that Omer Pacha has intercepted and sent to the Porte a let ter from Menschikoff to Gortschakoff, advising the latter to keep as quiet as possible in Wallachia. The Ulemas have offered to furnish gold and sil ver from the treasuries of the church for the use of the Government. The Sultan has declined this offer, not wishing to do anything which would give a religious character to the war. Serum Pacha is appointed to the post of diplo matic councillor to the Turkish commander in Asia. On the 24th ult., Ismael Pacha and Schamvl were to make simultaneous attacks on the Russian lines. The Porte has resolved for the present not to accept the offers made for raising a Hungarian and an Italian legion. The Polish legion, however, will be organised at once at Scutari, and then pro ceed to Kars. It is announced from St. Petersburg that the Czar is about to issue another manifesto. FRANCE. Information obtained in various quarters in Paris yesterday seems to confirm what has been men tioned already respecting the projected confer ence, to be held either at Vienna, London, or Paris, for the settlement of the Turkish ques tion, and to which Russia and Turkey would be invited to send Plenipotentiaries to explain the final conditions on which those two Powers would consent to an arrangement. The fact of negotiations for a convention between France and England, with a view to establish the condi tions and extent of a common intervention in the affairs of the East, is again stated as positive. It is also reported that a new Russian note has been addressed by Count Nesselrode to the diplomatic agents of the Czar in France and England. This note defines the cases which would produce an in terruption of international relations, or a complete rupture between Russia and those Governments, and it is also said that it announces a new mani festo from the Emperor of Russia. Not a day has passed since the Emperor's sojourn at Fontainebleau without rumours of some terrible accident having befallen him, or of some attempt at assassination, and as the term of his absence from Paris approached, these rumours became more frequent and more alarming. At one time it was a poignard which had inflicted a deep and dange rous wound—at another it was a badly aimed pocket pistol, or an overcharged blunderbuss, which only missed him by the breadth of a hair—and again that a shot had br ken his thigh or fractured his arm. One " very well-informed " person de posed to "a sword-thrust quite through his left side ;" another equally verac i ous i ns i ste d upon " a bullet lodged in the thorax ;" and the whole was repeated with that nice circumstantiality which cha racterises the account of the duel between Sir Peter Teazle and Charles Surface. The version of Tues day was, that the Emperor had been fired at by an individual in the forest of Fontainebleau, and who, having only wounded him, shot himself through the head with a second pistol. It is super fluous to say that all such rumours were false; they originated, perhaps, in the Emperor having, it is asserted, struck his shoulder against the branch of a tree while riding though the woo d. A surgeon, who is always in attendance at the hunting parties, rode up to offer his services, which the Emperor declined, as having no occasion for them. The Court returned yesterday afternoon to Paris ; the station of the Lyons Railway was decorated for the occasion. Prince Napoleon has also returnedfrom Fontainebleau. The Emperor and Empress at once proceeded to the Tuileries. It is said that M. Brenier, Secretary-General of the department of Foreign Affairs, has left for Italy, and that he intends visiting Tuscany, Pied mont, Naples, and Rome. The Twenty-third Anniversary of the Polish Re volution was celebrated on Tuesday in Paris. Two religious services took place ; one at the Church of the Assumption, in the rue St. Honore, which was attended by the elite of Polish society, headed by Prince Czartoryski • the second at th e Ch urc h o f St. Elizabeth, at which the military members of the emigration formed the majority. At the former place an address was delivered by Father Telowicki. The preacher observed, among other things, that "Catholicism was personified in the east by Poland, and that a light was rising at the present moment which gave hope that Catholic Poland was soon destined to issue from the tomb." He condemned the idea of the Christian feeling being sacrificed to country. This latter observation was supposed to be directed against the Poles who, out of hatred to the Emperor of Russia, have embraced the religion of Mahomet. The same evening a Polish banquet was to have taken place in the rue de Grenelle, but was sus pended by order of the Commissary of Police. The directors of the Estafette, Echo Agricole , and the Bulletin des Halles et Marches w ere tried before the Police Court of Paris on Tuesday for having published false news. They were acquitted. The false news complained of consisted of errors in the quotations of the price of corn. The Pays has an article on the recent extra duty imposed by the municipality of Paris on coal and iron. The Pays seems to doubt whether, after the recent decree of the Emperor, reducing the import duties of coal and iron, it is expedient to enforce the new octroi duties, or at least that on coal. One of the motives assigned for the increase of the octroi duty on coal was the equalisation of the duties on fuel ; firewood, considering its inferiority as a gene rator of heat, having to pay a higher duty than coal. The Pays, however, observes, that if it was hoped by this equalisation, as it is called, to serve the interests of the growers of and dealers in wood, the object will not be attained, for, even with the new duty on coal, there is still an advantage to the consumer of more than 50 per cent. in the use of coal. It recommends that the persons interested in the wood trade should accept with resignation the state of things produced by the increased use of coal, and not to seek to enhance the price of that article, to the injury of the mass, without being able themselves to reap any benefit. M. de Montalembert has returned to Paris after an absence of several months. Like many others who were for a time partisans of the present regime, he has now given in his adhesion to the ancient Monarchy, and is one of the warmest partisans of the fusion. The only parties who disapprove of the reconciliation of the two families are M. Thiers and a few of his friends. They declare thp,t the Orleanists have blotted out their political ex. istence. The cholera is making some progress in Paris. The cases now amount to about fifteen per day. The Emperor on Tuesday gave an audience at Fontainebleau to the cure and mayor of Avon, and handed to them a sum of 5,000 fr. for the poor of their commune. Their Majesties continue to enjoy the most excellent health. The Moniteur announces that there will be no fete on the occasion of the anniversary of the 2d December. The only officially recognised fete is that of the 15th August. The organization of the battalions of Chasseurs de Vincennes is going on with great vigour. Mili tary men do not deceive themselves as to the true meaning of the measure. Properly speaking, it amounts to the formation of ten new regiments. and not merely ten new battalions. As for the sup pression of the depot companies, it is not looked upon as particularly important. It will make no real difference in the strength of the army, but it will give the Government an opportunity of getting rid of some officers who are suspected of not being particularly favourable to the present regime. A report has been current two or three days in well-informed circles that the French Govern ment is determined on adopting measures against the property which the Count de Chambord pos sesses in France—similar to those already decreed against the estates of the Orleans family. The Chambord property, viz., the two forests in the Haute-Marne, the extensive forest near Bourges, arc. ' is on the point, it is reported, of undergoing the fate of Neuilly, and of the other estates of the younger branch. Even this course is not con sidered sufficiently severe • and M. Bineau, the Minister of Finance, has been called on to furnish a paper on the project of calling for the reimburse ment of the milliard allowed by the Bourbons at the time of the Restoration to - the emigrant fa- M. de Lamartine, whose health was for some time in a very precarious state, has now so far re covered as to be able to resume his literary labours. blYesterday was settling day at the Bourse, and there was scarcely any other business transacted. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 15c., rose to 74f. 20c., fell subsequently to 74f., and closed at 74f. 10c. for the end of the month. The Four-and a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 90c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,155 f. ; Rouen, 1,040 f. ; Great Northern, 857 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 813 f. 75c. ; Paris and, Lyons, 901. f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 747 f. 50c. ; Western of Franca, 692 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 595 f. ; Great Central, 512 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 512 f. 50c.; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 720 f. ITALY. The Genoa Corriere Mercantile of the 26th ult., publishes a new notice of the Director of the Police of Milan, enjoining the proprietors of houses in the city to close them at midnight, and in the suburbs at 10 o'clock, under a penalty of a fine of from 6f. to 24f. fine, or an imprisonment of from one to four days. The Opinione of Turin, of the 27th, devotes a special article to the attempt which, it says, the Jesuits have been making to regain a footing in Piedmont ever since they were driven away in March, 1848. It states that at that time the fra ternity had sufficient funds to maintain many of its members in the country under the garb of secular priests and laymen ; and that a great num ber of those have found means, especially through the connivance of the bishops, to be appointed to curacies, or else to chairs in episcopal seminaries, thus laying the foundation of the re-establishment of the reverend fathers in the kingdom. The Opinione considers such proceedings sufficiently serious to deserve the attention of the Piedmontese Government, and calls upon the Ministers of the Crown to put a stop to them. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 27th ult. The Royal order addressed to the Senate was publicly read on that day. It invited the Assem bly to withd, aw its project of law on railways, and to give e priority to that presented by the Government. This commmunication was referred to the bureaux, in order to be examined by a spe cial committee. The Ministry could not oppose the adoption of that course, but it was determined should the conclusions of the Committee be nega tive, to close the Session immediately. The Queen had elevated to the dignity of Sena tors M. Jose de Castro y Orozie, Marquis of Gerona, M. Jacinto Felix Domenech, and M. Mariano Roca de Togores, Marquis of Molins. The Chamber of Deputies met on the 27th, but merely to verify the powers of several newly elected members. The Government was to present the law on the press to Congress in a few days. Marshal Narvaez left for Aranjuez and Loja on the 26th. The Three per Cents. were done at 42i ; the New Three per Cents. at 224 ; the Debt of the First Class, at 8i ; and that of the Second at 41. GERMANY, According to a letter from Heidelberg, of the 23d of November, the Governmedt of Baden had issued an order that no more priests should be imprisoned, but that the refractory ones who had read the encyclical letter of the Archbishop of Freiburg should be fined the sum of 10 florins each. The mediation of the Papal nuncio, Viale Prela, has been requested. Considerable excitement pre vailed through the Grand Duchy, as the number of the clergy arrested is very considerable. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30. The overland mail brings intelligence from the Cape of G )od Hope tea days later than that by the General Screw Steam-ship Company's pa,:ket Cal cutta, which left the Cape September 23, and arrived here on the 25th of October. The Queen of the South, Captain Norman, which left Plymouth on the 16th of August, reached St. Vincent on the 29th, Ascension on the Bth of Sep tember, and, being retarded by strong south easterly winds, was compelled, although within 25 miles of Table-bay, on the 27th of Sept., to run for Saldanha-bay, which she reached on the 28th. Commander Corbett, the officer in charge of th( mails, and Mr. Dickenson, the purser, went over land to Cape-town, where they arrived on the 19th at 8 a.m., and despatched the Sir Robert Peel steamer to the assistance of the Queen of the South, which steamed into Table-bay on the Ist of October. The South African Commercial Advertiser of the 24th of September states that, — "The colonial estimates presented to the Legislative Council exhibit for 1854 a serious probable decrease of revenue and increase of expenditure. The revenue is estimated at 228,8111. 165., and the expenditure at 275,0911. 9s. 6d. Difference against the revenue, 46,279/. 15s. 6d. "In former years the revenue received has generally greatly exceeded the estimated revenue. In 1852, the revenue received amounted to 281,1461. 16s. 3d„ ex ceeding the estimates by about a fourth of the whole. But that year, and some others, brought into action many temporary sources of revenue, on which it would be imprudent to calculate for 1854. There is, therefore, every chance of a deficient revenue for next year-- a deficiency not likely to fall short of 40,0001. or 50,0001. "In the course of the last 20 years the revenue and expenditure have risen from about 130,0001. to 280,0001., without any considerable augmentation of existing taxes, while some have been reduced or abolished. The in crease has arisen mainly Gem the growth of the colony, and augmented consumption of articles taxed. The chief augmentation was in the Customs in 1847. In 1846 the revenue from the Customs was 100,759/. ; in 1852 it was 143,9461., in 1841 it was only 48,0581. "It is probable, therefore, that financiers will look to this source, in the first instance, to make up the ap prehended deficiency for 1854. With the exception of coffee, sugar, tea, rice, tobacco, and a few other articles, the present duty is, on British goods 51., and on foreign 121., for 1001. in value. Supposing the imports that pay duty to be 1,200,0001., an average rise of about 4 per cent. on the whole would be required to meet the deficiency." Lieutenant-Governor Darling has sent the fol lowing answer to an address from the inhabitants of Worcester : " Government-house, Cape-town, Sept. 21. " Gentlemen —I have had the ple asure t o rece i ve, through M r . Van Breda, your letter of the 14th inst., enclosing an address from the inhabitants of Worcester, which had been prepared in anticipation of my visit to that town on the recent occasion of proclaiming the road through Bain's Kloof open for public use. " I request you to assure the gentlemen who have taken so much trouble to offer me a hearty welcome to their town that I am deeply gratified by the assurance their address conveys of their confidence in my desire to discharge my duties with the single object of promoting the true interests of the colony, and that I gratefully acknowledge the sentiments, so flattering to myself per sonally, which they have been good enough to express. " They may rest assured that the enlightened states men (to whatever political party they may belong) who from time to time form the Ministry of England, well un derstand the difference between those temporary irrita tions and estrangements that occasionally arise in distant colonies and that deep-rooted dislike to the dominion of the parent State which can only be satisfied by a trans fer of allegiance. "If the repeated assurances of her Majesty's subjects in this colony of continental extraction, and the united testimony (almost without exception) of all those who have here represented the Crown of England, were not sufficient to refute the imputation of disloyalty to which political malice or intemperance may occasionally, and perhaps heedlessly, give utterance, the argument ad duced in the address with which the inhabitants of Worcester have honoured me might well be regarded as conclusive. Why should discontent be alleged where not a cause for discontent can any longer exist ? For where, it may well be asked, upon the face of the earth, is the power whose subjects enjoy so large a measure of real protection of life and property, so much encourage ment to industry and enterprise, and such perfect liberty of thought, speech, and action, as do the subjects of Great Britain, in every spot throughout her wide-spread dominions, where the principles of her wonderful con stitution have even been but partially established ! " These principles are about to be brought into ope tion in this colony upon a basis more popular than that on which they rest in the mother country ; but when I bear in mind the steady, reflecting, and God-fearing character of the middle classes of the people, I feel every confidence that the experiment could` nowhere be more safely tried than among ourselves. " Earnestly hoping that the inhabitants of the divi sion of Worcester may rapidly realise the advantages which the completion of the Bain's-pass- -a work that reflects everlasting credit upon all those who originated it and have been instrumental in its completion --cannot fail to confer—l have the honour to be gentlemen, your very faithful servant, " C. H. DARLINGI Lieutenant -Governor." The Commercial Advertiser remarks hereon— " In another coluumn will be found a good example of the tone and temper of mind which governors and people should cherish towards each other, in the reply of the Lieutenant-Governor to the Worcester address. Misunderstandings will occasionally arise in all commu nities ; but where there are good intentions, and no ma lice on either side, rec onc ili at i on i s easy and becoming. The colonists feel assured of the good intentions of her Majesty's Government, and have taken every suitable opportunity of expressing their sentiments with frank ness and sincerity. The small number of persons who have been labouring for two or three years past to awaken discord and sow dissensions have slunk from view, and were scarcely worth a passing allusion by either party." In Table Bay.—The ships Blackheath, for Port Philip, and Anna, for London. Ba rques Glen more, for the Mauritius ; Dido, for the West Coast ; Valkgreen, for Batavia ; Bell, for Port Philip ; Cassiopea, for the Mauritius ; and Jan van Broke, for Batavia. Brigs Vigilant, for East London ; Amity, for the Mauritius ; Emily Smith, for Algoa Bay ; Prince Woronzoff and Racer, for the Mauritius ; Flibberty, for St. Helena ; Cen taur, for Algoa Bay. Schooners Albert, for Mel bourne ; Cleopatra, for the M aur itius ; Ann, for Natal ; Elizabeth, for Algoa Bay ; Island Lady, for Melbourne ; Elizabeth Mary, for Mossel Bay. In Simon's-bay.—Her Majesty's ship, .Meander and Hydra, ; His Netherland Majesty's ship Reda) for Hui ; His Netherla,nd Majesty's schooner Dolphin, for Holland ; the United States' ships John P. Kennedy and Vincennes, for India ; 13 1. Majesty's brig Nerbudda ; Her Majesty's ship Comus, for China ; the United States' schooner Fennimore Cooper, the United States' brig Por poise, and the United States' schooner Jan Hancock—all three for India. Barks Twe Gozu stersf for Amsterdam ; and Mappa, for Rotterdam ; brig Apollo, for Rotterdam. The Zemindar sailed from Simon's-bay on the 24th of September for London ; the Malabar sailed on the 26th for London, taking besides her original cargo a quantity of Cape produce, valued at 2,5351. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY. The African Steam Ship C ompany ' s packet Charity, Captain Atkins, arrived this morning. Her dates outward were—Plymouth, September 24 ; Madeira, Oct. 1; Teneriffe, Oct. 9 ; Bathurst, Oct. 10 ; Sierra Leone, Oct. 13 ; Liberia, Oct. 1 6 ; Cape Coast Castle, Oct. 20 ; Accra, Oct. 21; La gos, Oct. 22, Bonny, Oct. 24 ; Old Calabar, Oct. 25 ; Fernando Po, Oct. 26 ; and Cameroons, Oct. 28. Homeward dates—Lagos, Oct. 31; Accra, Nov. 3 ; Cape Coast, 4th ; Liberia, 7th ; Sierra Leone, 9th ; Bathurst, 15th ; Goree, 16th ; Tene rifle, 22d ; and Madeira, 24th. She has thus made the voyage out and home complete in 67 days, re" fleeting credit on her builder, Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead, her engine makers, Messrs. Forrester and Co., and on her commanding officer. By the last account, the West Coast squadr? rl was gathering round Lagos. Her Majesty's brig Ferret was off Lagos ; the Polyphemn,s was four hours from Lagos, bound in ; the Penelopk was at Accra, bound to La_os ; the Plumper was off C Palmas ; the 1 , olcano, at Monrovia ; and the Philomel was spoken off Si erra L eone ; the Britu mart, which had been on a cruise with G.vernor Kennedy for the benefit of his health, had returned with his Excellency to Sierra Leone. The out ,card mail-packet Forerunner Captain Barnwell, was entering Sierra Leone on the gta of November. Merchant vessels at Cameroons.—The African Queen, George Jordan, and W. S. Hamilton. At Old Calabar.—The Clifton, Lady Head, and Kala bar. At Bonny.—The Hero, Sir John Beresfordp Saint Lawrence, Cumberland, Hans, Saracen, African, Catherine Baker, Earl of Derby, Am braxhe, Princess Royal, and. Sarah and Mary. The Charity has a large cargo of cochineal, palm oil, palm nuts, ivory teeth, bee's-wax, ginger, NC., and 1,500 ounces of gold dust. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. I.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; ligh t breeze, and dull, hazy weather. OFF MARGATE, Nov. 30.—Artemesia, from London, for New Zealand, with damage from contact with a ship. RAMSGATE, Nov. 30.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Jane Clark, from Havannah, for Amsterdam, with bow damaged, &c., from contact with the Byron, U.S. barque. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Win,i, S.W. Arrived—Bato, from London, for Hobart Town. Sailed—Patrick Henry, for New York. EXETER, Nov. 30.—The Haabets Anker, Norway to this port, which got on the Pole. Sand, beat over the Sand into the Channel, and came on shore below the Lime• lins, where she remains, and is likely to be a wreck ; creW saved, and the cargo expected to be saved. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Hope (s), from London, for Ain. a. FALMOUTH, Nov. 30.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Con fidence, from Gothenburgh, for Callao, with damage to stern and quarter from contact with an American ship. WEXFORD, Nov. 29.—The John Calvin, of Belfast, Antwerp to LiverpoOl, is on shore at Carnsore Point, and she is likely to go to pieces next tide ; crew saved. NEWPORT, Nov. 30.—Wind, N.B. Arrived—Sarah and Emma, from Quebec. Sailed—Platina, for St. Thomas ; Fiore Nouvelle, Cape de Verds. Put Back—Windsor Castle, for Jamaica, leaky—will discharge and repair. BELFAST, Nov. 29.—The Palermo, Liverpool to Genoa, at anchor, was run into by a large steamer from hence, supposed to be the Teltgrapl- , for Liverpool, and sustained ser ous damage, and is completely disabled. WARKWORTH, Nov. 30.—The Promethius, of Banff, from Sunderland, got on shore on Seaton-honse Rocks, and sunk with the flood tide. If the weather becomes moderate, the materials and part of the cargo ar., expected to be saved. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 30.—The Evan Dumos, of Bremen, Riga to Hull, has put in here very leaky, having been on Rehear Rocks. LOWESTOFT, Nov. 30.—The Elizabeth Moore, of White haven, Hamburgh to Liverpool, has been abandoned by her crew, who landed here to-day.—(See Yarmouth para graph of yesterday and of to-day.) YARMOUTH, Nov. 30.—The Elizabeth Moore, which ar rived in the Roads yesterday with considerable damage, after being in contact, came into the harbour this morn' ing.—(See Lowestoft paragraph.)—The Brothers (brig), of Whitby, got on the North Scroby Sand last night, and is on her beam ends full of water ; crew saved. SOUTHWOLD, Nov. 30.—The Sheraton Grange, of and from Sunderland, for L o nd on , d r ift e d o ff this place during a S.W. gale last evening, in a sinking state ; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind South, m o d era t e, and cloudy. Arrived—Abeona, from Patras ; J. K. Hendron, seilles ; Mary Stewart, Denia ; Hero, Charente. QUE . ENSTOWN, Nov. 29. Wind S.W. Arrived—Celestial, from China; St. Antonio, Alexan, dria ; Observer, Smyrna. Sailed—Sappho, for Greenock. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROEEAN TELEaRAPH.) GRAVESEND, DEC. L CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind S., fine, two hours' flood. Arrived, Nov. 30.—Edith, from Malaga. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. Wind S.S.W., very light. Passed—Jenny Jones, from Patras, for London. Sailed—The Julia, for river. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Dec. I, 1853, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. !BARLEY. I OATS. RTE. BEANS. IPE AS. 70s 2d I4ls 9d 1 26 s Od 143 s 7d 150 s lld 543 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I EYE. I IMAMS. I MA/. 71s 4d 41s 5d 25 s 3d 42$ Id, 49s 4d 538 lld DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I PEA/. Is Od is 04 Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 70,629; Barley, 101,392; Oats, 14,14 ; Rye, 173 ; Beans 4,491; Peas, 2,142 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITH'F'IELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ 12s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. A. moderate supply, and a steady demand. CumBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s; and straw, 1116 s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. - WEIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 51 15s ; clover ditto, 41 Os to 61 10s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade tolerably firm. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled steady at this market to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 2s Sd to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 48 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOTJTHALL, NOV. 30.—The beef trade ruled stea :y, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs ; all other other kinds moved off slowly, on former terms. The quo tations are—Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 6d • Mutton, 3s 4d to '5B Od • Veal, 3s Fd to 4 s 6d ; Pork, Ss 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 30.—The general demand at this mar• ket to-day ruled steady, and the quotations are as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 64 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 20s to 26s each. ST. PETERSBURG.—Advices from St. Petersburg to the 24th ult. state that there is a reaction in the rate of exchange likely to prevent any further remittances of gold from this country. There was nothing new in the general markets, and the weather continued mild. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.—The shares of this railway, which were quoted lately at 4 dis., were yesterday purchased at 14 dm., an improvement under stood to have been caused by the facility offered to the shareholders to pay up the debentures allotted with the shares, and to receive the bonds at once. These deben tures are selling currently at 114 and 115. FALLING HOUSES IN RUSSELL -COURT, DRIIRY-LANE. -- • The occupiers of the houses numbered 15, 16, and 20, Russell-court, Drury-lane, having been greatly alarmed by the sudden sinking of the walls and timbers of their respective dwellings immediately vacated them ; and it was found that their condition was so highly dangerous that workmen are employed in shoring up the walls, and securing the several floors by means of jack screws, until the sbstructures are put into a state of stability. FEARFUL COLLISION ON THE MANCHESTER, Salo"- FIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Yeaterdaymorn - mg a frightful accident occurred in the mail train on the above-mentioned railway, which it is feared will be attended with fatal results, as several of the passen gers have been s er i ous ly injured. The mail train which leaves Hull for London left the New Holland station in safety, and departed at its usual time for London. Between Goshill station and New Holland there is a siding, upon which a luggage train was standing, and in consequence of the pointsman having set the points wrong, the mail train which had gathered a fair amount of speed, ran into the goods tra in with such terrific violence that one of the first-class car riages was broken in two. The greatest alarm pre vailed, added to the din of the officials shouting, pa' sengers screaming, and 'the wounded calling for help. The steam was instantly shut off : and, on making an inspection, it was ascertained that several of th e passengers had sustained severe fractures of the i r limbs ; those were immediately removed to New 1 1 9 1 land station, from whence they will be conveyed to.tti! Hull Infirmary, and those who were but slightly bruredr. continued their journey to London. The engine drile_ and stoker escaped narrowly with their lives.. 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