The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1853. If ever there has been reason for interference between Russia and Turkey, on the part of France and England, it is visible now—now, when the Muscovite armaments are no longer acting on the defensive, but openly and daringly on the aggres sive : and this both by sea and by land, in the Euxine and in Wallachia. The intelligence received yesterday in reference to the maritime combat in the Black Sea is to a considerable extent confirmed. As we anticipated, of course, the accounts transmitted to us by way of Vienna were characterised by a monstrous exaggeration—so that the destruction of an entire squadron dwindles down to the seizure of a single vessel, and that vessel so worth less to its Russian captors that they were com pelled to abandon it midway between Sinope and Sebastopol. Nevertheless, the intrinsic impor tance of the naval action cannot be essentially affected by the accidental circumstance of its rela tive magnitude orinsignificance. It matters scarcely anything, comparatively speaking, so far as the alternative of extended peace or war is concerned whether one ship, or a dozen ships bearing the banner of the Crescent, may have fallen into the possession of the war -vessels of the AUTOCRAT. The fact of those war -vessels having attacked a portion of the marine forces of the SULTAN is the principal point in this matter requiring our con sideration. We question wh e th er anything at all deserving the title of a maritime victory has been gained by the Russians—but we do not in the least question the possibility of their h av i ng assailed a convoy bearing the flag of the Ott oman Government. In which event, the course to be pursued by France and England must be obvious enough under the circumstances. Es pecially when it is remarked, that the aggressive acts of Russia are not re stricted to the waters of the Euxine, but are observable at three points in the seat of war in Wallachia. It is notorious, for example, that the Muscovite forces under GORTZCHAKOFF have already advanced their infantry to Braila, that they have already garrisoned Giurgevo, that they have already pushed forward fresh troops in the direction of Kalafat. As we have observed, therefore, the war on the part of Russia is no longer a defensive war. Strictly speaking, it never was a defensive war—from the commence ment—from the passage of the Pruth—from the invasion of Moldavia. In testimony of which it need only be inquired—ln whose dominions has the struggle all along been maintained ? Why, surely in the dominions of the Sublime Porte, and not in th ose o f th e A UTOCRAT. W herefore it must be perfectly obvious to the smallest capacity, it must be quite manifest to the comprehension even of childh ood , that the war all alo ng h as b een, strictly epeaatin a !, an aggressive war on th e part of the Muscovite Nevertheless, it has hitherto su ited the policy , f the CZAR to assume for the nonce that the stru ggle in his regard has been one simply defensive in its character.. According to his version of occurrences, the pee cccupation of the Danubian Principalities by k A O RTZCIIAKOFF'S army was nothing more than the grfts „ in ,.. of a ma t er i a l guarantee, and not in any 6 .Y a violation of the rights of the Turkish Sovereignty. At length, however, the attitude assumed by R ussia has undergone a manifest alteration. The threats of the CZAR have been already in a great measure fulfilled. He has revealed plainly enough by this time that he was really in earnest in throwing down the gage of battle so haughtily in the presence of the observant races of Christendom. At this juncture he is proving the sincerity of his declaration in that respect in no less than four different directions. In the advance of his in antry upon Braila—in his garrisoning of Gila. gevo—in his pressing onwards directly upon Kalafat—and now, finally, and in consummation of all his flagrant acts of aggression upon Turkey —in the attack made on the 30th ultimo by his ships of war upon the Moslem port of Sinope. Here, then, is the climax of provocation. England and France have exhausted all their efforts at an . amicable settlement of differences between the Cabinets of the SULTAN and the AUTOCRAT. It is preposterous, therefore, to talk of any re-organisation of an already thrice-abortive conference. It is sheer folly and senile fatuity to babble about a revival of diplomatic negotiations. After the mission of MENSCHIKOFF, and the passage of the Pruth, and the occupation of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the virtual dethronement of the Hospodars, and the refusal of any compromise, and the rejection of the famous modifications—comes this daring and flagitious attack by Russian war-vessels upon a Turkish port, the port of Sinope. Therein, consequently, ma y be recognised the final and irresistible signal for retaliation. Turkey ought now, boldly and promptly, to take the initia tive in this work of retaliation. Russia having attacked one of her ports, site in return ought at once to attack one of the ports of Russia. She ought urgently to demand from Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE and from General BARAGUAY D'HIL LIERS the promised support of the combined fleets sent out to the Bosphorus for that purpose by the allied Governments of France and England • and having urged this de mand upon the British and French Ambassa dors, she ouglit then forthwith to despatch a powerful maritime armament across the Black Sea, and to bombard Sebastopol. Let us yet hope that some such course may actually by this time have been resolved upon at Constantinople. Nay, more, that the Divan may have been incited to its adoption by the representatives of the two Western Governments. Otherwise the strength of the posi tion assumed throughout the whole of this memor able contention by Turkey may have been in a great measure jeopardised, and the glory, and the honour, and the dignity of France and England more than ever deplorably compromised. It should at least be remembered by the ABERDEEN Coalition that for that glory, for that honour, for that dignity, so far as concerns the reputation of Great Britain, they must before many additional weeks have elapsed be answerable before the Imperial Parliament. Among the many serious grievances to which the Hindoo subjects of her MAJESTY are subjected, there are none of greater magnitude or requiting more speedy attention than that relating to the administration, or rather the mal-administration, of civil and criminal justice in India. Loud and frequent complaints have from time to time been put forward, and these resting on no trivial or insufficient grounds, but attested by every disin terested person who was in any degree acquainted with the details or practical results of the demo ralising system. It was shown that the process, besides " involving large unnecessary expenses," was " slow, complicated, and imperfect." The most vexatious technicalities of the English law had been introduced, not only without any ade quate knowledge of the peculiar customs and feel ings of the people whose rights were to be vindi cated before these tribunals, but with the most profound indifference as to their operation. The opinions and prejudices of the native population were totally disregarded, and the result of such a course was what might have been anticipated, and which had been so ably exposed in Mr. NORTON'S pamphlet, to which we have already repeatedly directed public attention. Perjury and bribery prevailed, or, what was nearly as bad, were be lieved to prevail, in all the local courts. No confidence could be placed in obtaining justice, no matter how clear and unquestionable the claims put forward, or the evidence by which they might be sustained. If " the glorious uncertainty of the law" had passed into a proverb even in this country, in consequence of the abuses that had crept into the whole judicial system, still more might it have been noticed in British India, where no final decision could be obtained so long as the litigants possessed the means of carrying on the contest, until, in fact, one party was sucked completely dry, and was compelled to yield to the longer purse and more extensive resources of his opponent. It was not difficult to obtain evidence on any point that might be re quired. Perjury appears to have been a mere " drug in the market." False oaths could at any time be obtained on the most reasonable terms. Three-halfpence English currency was sufficient to procure the testimony of a witness ready and willing to prove anything and everything for either side. Mr. NORTON has put this deplorable state of things so clearly and distinctly forward that we shall merely quote his words :—" In forming a native," says the Honourable and Learned Gentleman, "of a point which it is ne cessary for him to prove in order to substantiate his case, is almost tantamount to bidding him go into the bazaar, where witnesses to any fact may be procured at an anna (lid.) a-head, and setting in motion all the secret springs of a complicated machinery of forgery and subornation of perjury !" If we are to " judge of the tree by its fruits," what can be said of a system that has led to such lamentable results, when almost every cause in the local courts produces such an e f fect ? It may be said that these fearful evils cannot fairly be attributed to the system ; that it is the total dis regard of the obligation of an oath evinced by the natives that is in fault. We deny this assertion in toto. The practice would speedily be put down if it were not attended in many instances with success, and in almost all with impunity. If we offered similar premiums in our tribunals for such conduct, we should find that the country where " straw bail" was so long recognised would have little to boast of in any comparison that might be instituted. Half a century ago the complaints were as fre quent and as urgent as at present ; and twenty years since there were pceans almost as joyous on account of an anticipated remedy as those recently chaunted on the appointment of a new Commis sion. In 1833 provisions were made for the ap pointment of a Law Commission, which was to prepare a code of laws, amending and con solidating the various laws in force in British India, and establishing, so far as practicable, a uniform common law for the entire population. Sanguine expectations were entertained as to the beneficial results of the labours of the intellige n t and talented members of that commission. Under the auspices of its President—a gentleman who has justly achieved high distinction in many pur suits, who had gained verdant laurels as poet, historian, orator, and statesman—a penal code was prepared, the first fruit of the genius and industry of the parties engaged in the arduous and important duties. But THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY was not permitted to add a wreath acquired as a law reformer to those achieved in other fields. The new code was first submitted to the various local authorities—thence to the place from whence it came, Calcutta, to be recon sidered, along with the various suggestions offered by the different parties whose opinions had been requested in respect thereof. Then came the real difficulty. The oft-considered report was transmit ted to England, where, according to custom, it oscil lated between Leadenhall-street and Cannon-row, according to th e a pp rove d f orms o f p rocras ti na ti on . Durin g the time thus occupied, it was frequently returned to Calcutta for further information and transmitted back again, until, as stated during the debate —we believe by Mr. BRIGHT—it was kept wanderin g to and fro, "like an unsettled spirit." A casual pauper, whose settlement was disputed, and who was bandied backwards and forwards by opposing parishes during the progress of the liti gation, might furnish an apt illustration of the treatment afforded to the report from which so m uch had been anticipated, lulta it finally 4 settled down, and was permitted to rest with out disturbance on the shelves of the India House. The first gentleman had returned to England, to devote his brilliant talents to pursuits calculated to produce more practical results. The second differed in many essential particulars from his predecessor, and commenced nearly de novo. His code, however, met with no better fate. Death terminated his proceedings, and a third gentleman was appointed, but, according to the chief panegyrist of the "Double Government," he was ignorant of many of the habits and customs of the Hindoos, with which it was most desirable that a person performing such a duty should be acquainted. It is scarcely necessary to allude to the fact that nothing has been effected, and that complaints are still rife throughout the length and breadth of British India, and that the defec tive administration of justice affords but too solid a foundation for many of the remonstrances that have been put forward by the inhabitants of the Anglo-Indian Empire. Now, another movement has taken place. A new Commission has been inaugurated. New in quiries are to be entered into. With the composi tion of that Commission we are perfectly satisfied. We are convinced that the distinguished and talented gentlemen of which it is composed will faithfully and efficiently discharge their duties. There was little necessity of fixing a period within which the Reports should be presented, so far as they are concerned. But what security do we possess that their Report may not be treated in the same way as those of their predecessor—that it may not hang suspended, like another MAHO MET'S coffin, between the Board of Control and the Court of Directors ? We would fain hope that something practical may at length be achieved —that the reproach which has so long hung over Hindostan may be removed, even at the eleventh hour. But we have but little confidence in the Government provided by the new Charter for India. Though we may place every reliance in Sir JOHN ROMILLY and his coadjutors, we cannot do so in the President of the India Board, or the Directors, collectively or individually; we there fore fear that, until the Act of last Session has been altogether repealed, or materially modified, the population of British India must be contented with things as they are, and that legal reform will only follow a total alteration in the system of government of that important and extensive ter ritory. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE' Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Dsc. 13, 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. To render the termination of the Equestrian Season equal in attraction to its commencement, Mr. T. Smith has engaged Herr Mangler, the most accomplished Tight-Rope Dancer in the World. Mons. Desaire's Troupe of Performing Dogs and Monkeys every Evening. Reduced Prices as usual. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, Dac. 13, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Compton, Chippendale, and Buck.stone ; Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Characters by Wanes E. Ormonde and Featherstone. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Dzo. 13, 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 Vestris. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; 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 ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13. Will be performed THE THIRST OF GOLD ; or, The Lost Ship. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedford, and Keeley ; and Madame Celeste. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBEIAM. To conclude with " HOTEL CHARGES t" or, How to Cook "A ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVICNING , DEC. 1 3, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac tars by Messrs. A. W i g an, Emery, F. Robs on , cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke, THE PERFORMING ELEPHANTS have achieved the most Brilliant Triumph ever accomplished within the walls of this Great Amphitheatre.—Night after night the audience, by universal ac clamation have recalled them, and amid increased wonder and deafening plaudits, the Elephants have re-appeared and repeated .their moat Wondrous Feats. THIS EVENING, DEC. 13, (And during the week), The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or THE MAGIC GONG." Followed by a series of Mr. Wm. Cooke'a matchless scenes of Equestrianism in THE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes .of this establishment. Concluding with a favourite AFTERPIECE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. TUESDAY, DEG. 13, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. TUNBRIDGE—E., gentle breeze—overcast. STROOD—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SWINDON—.E., _fresh breeze—cl ou dy. YARMOUTH—N.E., calm—foggy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 26 min.after 12 I Evening 46 min.aft. 12 To-Moattow—Morning 4 min.after 1 I Evening 25 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'50. WIND, E.S.E.—Light breeze, and fine weather. - 1 4 0 *, Tt) litVy At) orr - WY , 1• 1 4.1& 0 0 ,A,P% COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 12. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, went to Whipping ham Parish Church yesterday morning, where the ser vice was performed by the Rev. G. Prothero. The Duke and Duchess of Brabant, attended by Count and Countess de Lannoy, embarked at Cowes this morning at eleven o'clock, in the royal yacht Fairy, and crossed over to Portsmouth, on their return to Brus: els. A social fr - in was in readiness to convey their Royal Highnesses to Dover. • Her Majesty and Prince Albert drove down to the Trinity-wharf, and took leave of the Duke and Duchess on board the royal yacht. Viscount Hardinge returned to London this morning. Mr. Alexander George Gray and Mr. John R. Fen wick had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yes terday, at the Home-office, relative to an inquiry into the state of the Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Despatches from the Governor of South Australia were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday, and concluded the hearing of an appeal from the Prerogative Court, "Rowley v. Palmer and Biggs." The Lords present were the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir E. Ryan. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the Prince Con. sort, accompanied by their illustrious family, are expected to leave Osborne, Isle of Wight, on or about the 19th inst., for Windsor Castle, for the Christmas holidays. The Court mourning for the late Queen Donna Maria de Gloria of Portugal will expire on Sunday next, and that of the Imperial Court of France a few days afterwards. The young King Don Pedro V., we understand, was on the eve of visiting his illustrious relatives in this country and other foreign Courts, when the melancholy death of his illustrious parent caused his tour to be postponed Sine die. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, and the youthful Marquis of Worcester, and family, are still stay ing at Bodminton Park, Gloucestershire, where his grace is occupied with family affairs, consequent on the death of his noble father. The noble duke, who received his military education in Belgium, will, it is expected, shortly retire from the 7th Hussars, in which he holds the rank of Captain. The Duke of Devonshire, who has suffered from rather indifferent health, instead of proceeding to Chats worth, intends, we believe, to pass the recess at Brighton, the air of which watering-place agrees with the noble duke. The Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Malmesbury, Mr. Disraeli, and other political friends of the Earl of Derby, have been spending the past week at Knowsley, the seat of the noble earl. We rejoice to say that the late Premier has completely recovered from his attack of gout, and joined the party in the sports of the field with his usual spirit. The Viscount and Viscountess Canning left Gros venor-square yesterday, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Cowper, Pansangher, Herts, where a few personal friends are staying, including Mr. Charles Greville. Lady Anne Beckett has arrived at Stratford place, from visiting Lord and Lady William Powlett, at Downham Hall, Suffolk, where a select party is staying. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of Miss Parke, only surviving daughter of Baron and Lady Parke, with Mr. Lowther, son of the Hon. Colonel Lowther, and nephew of the Earl of Lonsdale, are t o b e solemnised on Saturday next. SPECIAL DESPATCHES FROM CONSTANTINOPLE.—Lieut. Henry Carr Glyn, the son of the eminent London banker, and lieutenant of Admiral Du n d as ' s flag-ship, arrived in Downing-street on Saturday last, charged with important and special despatches from Constanti nople, This gallant young officer, who was selected for this duty, came home via Marseilles in the French steam-packet. He is under orders to be in readiness to return to the fleet at a moment's notice. ARRIVAL OF 480 SAIL OF MERCHANT SHIPPING IN THE RIVER THAMES.—This morning and yesterday the unprecedented number of 480 vessels, in the aggregate exceeding 95,000 tons, were entered inwards at the Custom-house. Of these, 228 are coal laden ; this num ber is in addition to 140 colliers that arrived on 'Friday, and 196 on Saturday, making the total arrival of coal laden ships, within four days, 565. The foreign ar r i va l s to-day and yesterday number 160 vessels, principally from the north of Europe, there being only three ships entered from other ports—viz., the Celestial, from Can ton, the Celine, from St. Domingo, and the Rival, from Cephalonia, with the exception of the regular steam ships trading to Havre, Boulogne, Calais, Ostend, Ant werp, and Rotterdam. The coasting vessels that have arrived number 92, and are all from northern ports. It is expected that, should the wind hold in its present quarter (E. to N.E.), the afternoon entry will augment the arrival to fully 600. Accounts received from the western ports announce a large fleet from foreign and colonial ports, windbound in the Chaps and the Channel, and to the westward of Scilly ; and as it is supposed the vessels are in want of supplies, application has been made to the Admiralty for the despatch of a steamer to their assistance. REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF COAL.—The retail coal dealers in the metropolis and suburbs have reduced the price of coal very materially ; the qualities that were selling at is. 10d. and 2s. per cwt. can now be obtained at is. ad, and is. 10d. per cwt. respectively, and it is expected that, in consequence of the numerous arrivals of coal-laden ships, the price of this most necessary arti cle will be further reduced in a day or two to Is. 6d. per cwt. for seaborne. An abatement has also taken place in the price of coke, which may now be had for 6d. per bushel, being one penny less than the price last week. ANOTHER FALL IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester doy, a further reduction of one halfpenny was made'in the price of the 41b. loaf by the bakers of the metropolis and suburbs. Bread which was selling at 81d. and 9d. per 41b., can now be obtained at Bd. and 80. respec tively, and country bread (unweighed) at 7d. and 71d. per loaf. The price of the best bread is reduced from 101 d. to Std. and 10d., and the bread of the League Bakery is selling at 81d. per 41b. loaf. THE CHARTER HOUSE.—The "Poor Brothers " of the Charter House have lately had a " movement," by soliciting an increase of the pension of 251. now annually allotted them. On Friday last the Governors of the in- stitution took the petition into consideration, when they resolved that they could not, consistently with their duty, make any increase to the pension of the brother hood; SHIPMENT OF GOLD TO FRANCE.—Of the gold from the United States, per the Royal Mail steam-ship, Arabia, at Liverpool, on Sunday, 666,061 dols., there were 277,022 dols. transhipped to France, per the steam ship Margaret, yesterday, from Liverpool to Havre. The dollars brought by the last West India steamer were sold yesterday at 604 d., and the bar silver at 65id. per ounce, being a decline of id. in the former, and fd. in the latter. The bar silver was taken chiefly for the continent. SHIPPING AT QUEBEC.-A letter from Quebec, dated Nov. 23, says, " There are now in this port, ready to sail, at least 45 vessels, 40 of which are not yet loaded. Sailors' wages are 221. 10s.—cash down, in silver, the moment the vessel's anchor is weighed. MERCHANT TAYLOR'S SCHOOL.:—The Rev. Richard Whittington, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, one of the masters of the Islington Proprietary School, was on Saturday elected to the vacant assistant-mastership in Merchant Taylors' School. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of which 2,000 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, with prices of all kinds fully main tained. The sales comprised 150 Pernam and Maranham at 6d. to 7id., 200 Bahia at 61d., 300 Egyptian at 6d. to 71d., 3,000 Surat at 21d. to 4d., 50 Sea Island at is. sd. to ls. 9d., and the remain der nearly all American. In railway shares a large business was done at advanced prices. The letters by the Victoria steamer add a few items to our previous news, and confirm fully the favourable impression excited by the items which were yesterday given. Among the satisfactory changes is the diminished cost of lighterage. One report states : "The present high rates of cartage have the effect of deterring shopkeepers at the diggings from making large purchases, and an improvement in the state of the roads is anxiously looked for by all parties interested. We may remark that the rates of lighterage are still falling-10s. to 15 s . p er ton f rom Hobson's Bay to the wharves, Melbourne, being the general charge. This branch of business seems likely to be overdone, for everything that could be made to float has lately been in requisition for lightering purposes, and now it appears that several lighters are at the wharves, unable to procure employment." The Ballarat " diggins" maintain their reputa tion. It is stated by a party writing at Geelong : " The prosperity of the Ballarat side is best told by its greatly increasing yield, the amount by escort this week being nearly double that of the previous week. The ex traordinary finds there lately have induced a large num ber thither, hundreds are thronging the road—in fact, a regular rush has set in for that quarter ; but although the individual success there has not had its equal in the world, still the very deep sinking and hard labour re quired on the present field must make success but par tial, and these diggings only fitted for the veteran hands. However, the numbers congregating there now have a large scope of country proved auriferous, and which, without doubt, will be found remunerative. "Trade in all its branches has received a decided im petus from the improvement of our gold-fields, and there is the prospect of a stirring season." There were numerous public companies starting at Melbourne, and enterprise was stimulated by the abundance of money. The Turon " diggins " are highly spoken of. We are told in an account from Bathurst : " Considerable excitement has prevailed at Sofala, during the past few days, from intelligence that rich dry diggings had been discovered somewhere at the head of Big Oakey Creek. The river is quite deserted in some parts, all the diggers having left for the newly discovered locality, and at the present time there are not less than four t• five hundred diggers at work, all engaged in sinking shafts. Two West Indian blacks have been working at the spot for some time, and have amassed together about twp thousand eight hundred pounds ! A party of Germans have also been doing remarkably well, and it was owing to a dispute between the two parties, respecting the boundaries of their respective claims, which was even tually decided by the commissioner, that the secret was divulged. The new diggings are progressing favour ably. A number of parties are procuring their two, three, four, and six ounces per day. Many, however, who have sunk holes have obtained nothing. The report of I:,,,rties making their ten ounces per day turns out to be incorrect. The owners of claims in Sofala Reach are about to commence to cut a race, but they will be un able to work their claims on account of the large body of water which is hid in the shingle of the river." Business in the English Stock Market has been very restricted, but the quotations are lower by nearly per cent., owing to the confirmation of the news as to the destruction of the Turkish ves sels. For Account the quotations have been 961 to 974. The Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities are 95 to i. Bank Stock has been at 220 to Ex chequer Bills are 7s. to 9s. premium. Rather a limited business is doing in Foreign Stocks. Mexican are per cent. worse, being 241 ; and Grenada Deferred flatter, at 8i- ; but Equador are 54, being firmer. Russian Bonds are rather depressed, the Five per Cents. being 1121 and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. 984 to 98 3 / 4 . Sardinian are heavy at 902, ex dividend. Spanish Bonds are weaker, the Three per Cents. being done at 47, and the New Deferred at 22 3 / 4 . Dutch Four per Cents. are 96. There has not been a large business doing in English railways, but prices generally have been steady. Great Northern have been very firm, and also Midland, but Caledonian are not quito so good. In French shares there has been scarcely any deal ing, but the quotations are supported. The Australian Mining Shares are very quiet, but full prices are current. Santiago de Cuba have risen fully 1/. to 1/. 10s. Cobre copper are flatter. Joint Stock Banks are neglected. Land Companies' are at steady prices. British American are fully 5/. higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (Prom the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock i per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. 95A i i 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities shut 06 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 97 64 74 i Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock South Sea Stock South Sea New Annuities 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 shut Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 9 41 i 5 Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 Small 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Diao for the Account 244 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll2} i Ditto 4i per Cent 9BA 1 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.. ..... ..... . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22i Dividends on the above payable in London Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil ..... Ditto 4 ptr Cea:;. Coi; - ,ifieates ..,„. Ditto Bonds 96 95i HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Opening 18th January 9 4 il 5 x d THE OVERLAND MAIL.—The commercial accounts from India, China, and Australia yesterday are satisfac tory, especially in the latter case, inasmuch as an in crease in the previously unfavourable character of the markets was generally anticipated. At Melbourne, although trade could not be pronounced active, there was a decided tendency towards improvement, and, in stead of sales of imported goods being impracticable un less forced, there was a strong disposition on the part of dealers to do business at moderate prices. The extraor dinary nature of the new discoveries at Ballarat seems to have been among the principal causes of the improved feeling. In the quotation of gold a decline had occurred of is. per ounce, owing to the announcement that the local Government, in an intended re-arrangement of the tariff, were about to abandon the license system, and to substitute an export duty—a measure which seemed likely to meet great opposition. The plan in question had not yet made its appearance, but it was generally surmised that all existing duties would be increased, and that a new one would be placed on sugar. During the dullness of trade consequent on the winter season now ended many projects of internal improvement had been organized, including two railways from Melbourne to Hobson's Bay, a ship dock and canal, and also a patent slip, all of which were likely to be carried out at an early date. The total amount of gold brought into Melbourne by escort during the month had reached 197,054 ounces, or at the rate of nearly 200,0001. ster ling per week, or more than 10,000,0001. per annum. With regard to the several gold mining comp an i es , th e information at present received is scanty, owing to the newspapers and some of the despatches by the present packet not having come to hand. At the Stock-Ex change yesterday the shares of the Peel River Company receded, owing to a paragraph in the general news that it had been especially unsuccessful in consequence of the heavy expenses incurred. In this, however, there must be some mistake, since the company had not yet com menced operations, Mr. Odernheimer having been de spatched by them from London only in June last to make a mineral survey and to communicate the results. Possibly the report may have intended to refer to the Cordillera Company, by whom a small portion of the Peel lands were leased, and whose operations were checked by the wreck of the vessel that took out their men and machinery ; or the company in question may be one which was started in 1852 with the imitative name of the Peel River Gold Mining Company of Aus tralia, but of which little has since been heard. Trn AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The mail steam-packet, Victoria, which arrived from Sydney, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hope, brought over the largest number of letters that has been received for a considerable time, amounting to 140 bags. The employes at the General Post-office yesterday were actively engaged in assorting them, and a great portion were not delivered in town till late in the afternoon, having met with some delay en route, having been landed at Falmouth, instead of Plymouth, in consequence of the very boisterous state of the weather. CAPTAIN CODDINGTON.—We regret to state that Capt. Coddington, who was for some years manager of the Caledonian Railway Company, died at Chester on Thurs day. He had been for some time labouring under a painful disease, for which an operation was recently per formed upon him, but from which he never recovered. —Nora Britiok DECEMBER 13, 1853. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Moniteur of yesterday confirms the news of the defeat of the Turkish squadron by the Russian fleet. The following telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 11th, has been received by the French Government : • " Ott the 30th November the Russian Admiral Nachimow, at the head of six ships of the line, forced the entry of the roads of Sinope, and de stroyed, in a combat of one hour, seven frigates, two corvettes, a steamer, arid three transports. The frigate least damaged, which the Russians were carrying to Sebastopol, had to be abandoned at sea, and Osman Pacha, with his suite, were brought on board the Admiral's ship. " It is one of Prince Menschikoff's aides-de camp who brought the news on the sth of Decem ber to Odessa, from which it was sent here by tele graph. It is confirmed by way of Bucharest." A private despatch, which requires confirmation, mentions that the Russians lost in the affair of Sinhope two ships of the line, three frigates, and two steam-boats, and it adds that their force con sisted of 12 frigates, a brig, and five steam-boats, besides the six ships of the line, as mentioned in the Moniteur. Speaking of the despatch conveying intelligence of the battle, the Paris correspondent of the _Morn ing Herald says : This news has excited an indescribable feeling of indignation in Paris. You hear every one ask ing what were the allied fleets doing in the Bos phorus ? What sort of Platonic forbearance is this which, while the officers of the two fleets are hob nobbing and drinking each other's healths, and pledging to the Anglo-French alliance and the safety of the Porte, allow a feeble division to enter the Black Sea, there to be sacrificed ? How bravely must not the Turks have conducted themselves ! Either they were summoned to strike their colours or they were not. If they were not, then was the attack of the Russians a cowardly vindic tive slaughter. If they were offered the alter native of surrender, and refused, then will the heroism of the Turkish sailors, rivalling that of their countrymen on land, only add fuel to the flame of enthusiasm, rendering submission no t t o be talked of. The ussians will pay dearly for a victory obtained by odds as unequally matched as there is good reason to fear shamefully abused. Again must I repeat that this news excites the ut most anger at the conduct of the so-called allies of Turkey. It is not by a repetition of the poor, hissed, hooted, and damned Vienna farce that Turkey is to be saved the cost of a protracted struggle with the Czar. The stake is too great to be surrendered upon the invitation of a few wavering and mutually distrusting diplomatists. This stake is no less than Russian preponderance, which is ensured the day Turkey succumbs to the unequal struggle. If European civilisation is to be saved it can only be achieved by European arms. With or without Turkey to aid them, those Powers who are not under the spell of Moscovite influence will have to resist the half-mad, half-frantic and, like all disordered 'natu res , w h o lly false Czar of Russia. Prompt and immediate recourse to arms might, and probably would, cause him to recede, while advantages, however purchased, will only stimulate his frenzy, and the success of his in trigues in outwitting diplomacy, encourage him in his contempt for the understandings of his adver saries. So far as French public opinion and French feelings are concerned, nothing will serve to redeem this long series of weak procrastination and vacil lation covered with the name of prudence but a positive order for the fleets to enter the Black Sea. On England and France will now be visited the disaster of Sinope. The disgust which the Turks must feel at the conduct of their pretended allies will spread rapidly to the public mind of both coun tries. There has been enough of diplomatic drivel. The world is sick of it. Nothing will satisfy public opinion but the short and simple alternative of evacuation of the Danubian provinces or war." The Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle on the same subject observes :—" At the palace of the Tuileries the news of the defeat of the Turks has caused deep disappointment, and some of the French Ministers hays openly expressed their opi nion that the -French fleet should at once enter the Black Sea, and afford efficacious assistance to the Sultan. They maintain that even if the fleets should not attack the Russians, they ought to enter the Black Sea for the purpose of protecting the Turkish squadron against the superior forces which. the Russians possess, and to keep open the commu nications between the Ottoman Government and the army of Asia, which will be excessively embar rassed if the Russians be allowed to remain the masters of the sea. Nothing is ' however, resolved upon. Louis Napoleon, as is his wont, is silent and impassible ; and it is understood that no resolution will be come to until it be ascertained what effect this event has produced on the English Cabinet." From Bucharest, Nov. 30th, we learn that the Russians are pushing their troops forward on the road to Kalafat. The Turks are still engaged in fortifying that place. On the 26th a Russian Major was killed in a skirmish near Giurgevo. The Turks are still holding the island of Mokan. The Turkish passenger steamer, Medari Tidjaret, which was captured by Russian cruisers in the Black Sea, came into the Bosph orus on th e 26th , and caused great astonishment. The vessel was taken before the expiration of the delay granted on both sides for placing merchant ships out of danger. As there were several Russian merchant men at Constantinople when the Medari Tidjaret was captured, the Russians were unusually scrupu lous in dealing with her. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has removed from Therapia to Pera to be nearer the French Am bassador. The merchants of all nations at Constantinople are signing an address to the Sultan, expressing their best wishes for his cause. A column of the new legion of Turkish Cossacks has arrived at Constantinople, 8,000 volunteer Scodriens have been organised in Albania, and a new corps of 10,000 Kurds has been formed by the sheiks of their country. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort contains a letter from Berlin of the 9th, which says, that as soon as the Ottoman Porte shall have accepted the new note, and Russia shall have acceded to it, there will be a congress held of the four great Powers, and of Russia and Turkey, to arrange existing differences. It is probable that the great Powers will make themselves guarantees of the conventions entered into with the Porte. The place at which the convention is to be held has not yet been fixed. Meanwhile, endeavours are being made at Constantinople to btain au armistice. It was rumoured at Vienna on the 6th that Aus tria and Prussia only gave their assent to the new note relative to the Turco-Russian differences on England and France giving a formal engagement to insist with energy through their ambassadors on the acceptance of it by the Divan, independently of the collective declaration. It is hoped that the note will be accepted by the Sublime Porte. On the other hand, Austria has preserved a fa vourable ground at St. Petersburg. It is therefore thought that, if the Ottoman Porte accepts the new project, there will be no fresh difficulties to overcome at St. Petersburg. The immediate re sult will be an armistice and a direct negotiation between Russia and Turkey. Letters from Constantinople, of the 28th ult., have been received through Trieste. They state that on the preceding day there was an extraordi nary sitting of the Divan, at which it was decidei that, from a feeling of respect towards the protect ing Powers, the new project of arrangement pro posed by Lord Stratford de Radcliffe should not be purely and simply rejected, but should be taken into consideration. A body of Turkish troops, 'charged to second the operations of Selim Pacha, was stated to be marching towards Erevan. General Baraguay d'Hilliers had sent one of his aides-de-camp on a mission to the Danube, and an other to the coast of the Black Sea. A private letter from Constantinople of the 28th ult., announces that the two corps of Batoum and Anatolia were advancing on the Russian territory and were to unite at Teflis. The majority of the inhabitants of Georgia had declared in favour of the Turks. The Turkish division of Bajazid entered the Russian territory in the province of Erivan on the 27th October. The Russian advanced guard having been attacked by 3,000 Bashi-Bozouks who preceded the Turkish division, were completely routed, and the Turks continued their march to Erivan. Abdi Pasha entered the Russian terri tory in Georgia on the 10th November, with the greater portion of his army. No accounts had been receibed at Constantinople of the army of Prince ' Gortschakoff. It was known, however, that the entire portion of Wallachia adjoining the Danube is covered with water, which renders it impossible for the Russians to make any movement. Kalafat, fortified and garrisoned by 30,000 men, was re • garded as impregnable. Another despatch of a private character mentions that the Turks have obtained some important ad vantages over the Russians in the neighbourhood of Teflis. The following is said to be a more ample version of the last proposals sent from Vienna to Constan tinople :—ln a conference of the representatives of the four Powers—England, France, Austria, and Prusaiawheld in Vienna, a note h as been agreed to, which has been sent from Vienna direct to the 1 Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Redschid Pasha. The representatives of the four Powers had received instructions to declare, in a notc addressed to the Turkish Cabinet, that their Governments vi ew w i t h d eep regret the com mencement of hostilities between Russia and the Porte ; and that they earnestly desire, by means of a mediative intervention be tween the belligerent parties, to prevent the fur ther shedding of blood, and to put a stop to a state of things which seriously thi•eatens the peace of Europe. As Russia has already given an assur ance that she is willing to treat, and as the Plenipo tentiaries of the Four Powers who have signed this note do not doubt that the Porte is inspired by a similar spirit, they request, in the name 'of their Governments, to be informed of the conditions on which the Ottoman Government would con sent to negotiate a treaty of peace. No formal suspension of hostilities will be required until Turkey has declared her willingness to treat, in which case she will send a Plenipotentiary to a conference, in which the representatives of Russia and the four great Powers will take part, to be held on ground neither Russian nor Turkish. Some extracts from the St. Petersburg correspon dence of the Hamburg papers will show the feeling that prevails in the Russian capital : " Russia still wishes to avoid a general conflagration, and will not by any untimely preparations invoke an European war, although (and this I can inform you on the most trustworthy authority) the Russian Cabinet has not for a long time past thought an instant of abating any of the demands it has made on Turkey. As far as we know here, all attempts to bring Central Europe into a less favourable attitude towards Russia, have hitherto been fruitless ; but even if they succeeded, the very first to be sacrificed in a general war would be Turkey. This is a conviction which well-informed per sons here entertain unshakeably." " In consequence of the declaration of this Court, all propositions for peace and accommodation of the points at issue must proceed direct from Turkey. Invi tations to this effect have been forwarded from Vienna to Constantinople. After the Porte, and also one of the Powers friendly to Russia, had rejected this proposition, representations were made to the Western Powers, which had for their object coer cive measures against the Porte. These representations however remained also fruitless. The Russian Court therefore now repels every attempt to' induce it to concession with the following :—lt calls on the Powers to procure the acceptance by the Sultan of the Vienna note it (sic) bad drawn up, seeing that the Emperor of Russia has already accepted it, or else to leave him to fight out his own battles with Turkey, a struggle in which Russia's right has in fact been indirectly acknowledged by the intervention they have taken on themselves. After this declaration nobody will believe the statement made in foreign papers to be grounded, viz., that Russia would be willing to accept the Vienna note with the modification, and even withdraw the interpetration put on it in the last circular of the Chancellor Nesselrode. Under these circumstances we may as well look on the Principalities for the present at least as a Russian conquest." On the 27th November, the following address to the Administrative Council was published at Bu. charest "His Majesty the Emperor, my most puissant Sove reign, has given his consent to the voluntary abdication of the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia. Their functions have been entrusted, under my superior control, to the Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-General von Bud berg, who has been appointed Commissioner Extra ordinary and Plenipotentiary, with the powers and necessary attributes for uniting in his person the su preme administration of the two Principalities, and, in common with the Administrative Council and the Divan, for providing for the regular progress of civil and judicial matters, for the welfare of the people, and for the necessities of the Imperial army. " The Counsellor of State, Chaltzinski, has also been appointed Vice-President of the Administrative Councit of Wallachia by his Majesty the Emperor. " At the same time that these arrangements of his Majesty the Emperor are made known, I have the honour to communicate to the Administrative Council the translation of the Imperial rescript with which on this occasion his Majesty has honoured me. - "PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF." "Most High Rescript of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, to his Adjutant-General Prince Gortscha koff, General of Artillery. " Sarskoje-Zelo, Oct. 27 (Nov. 8), 1853. "On receipt of your communication, that the Hospodars Stirbey and Ghika, had, after the declaration of war made by the Porte against Russia, and the commencement of hostilities on the Danube by the Turks, expressed their wish to withdraw from the Government of Moldavia and Wallachia, which expression of their free will we do not wish to oppose, we, in our social solicitude for the maintenance of order and for the welfare of the countries placed under our protection, have, as has before been done under similar circumstances, appointed a special governor, with the title of Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, under your supreme direction. Having chosen for this office our Adjutant-General, Lieutenant-General von Budberg, we have forwarded to him orders immediately to enter ea his functions iu the Principalities. "In respect to the fulfilment of his duties, the gene ral object of which is the maintenance of peace and order, the welfare of the two countries, and the provision for the necessities of our army, General Budberg will have to act in obedience to instructions forwarded to him, a copy of which will also be sent to you. "At the same time that we inform you of what has occurred, we have to express the wish that the new order of things which is provisionally introduced into the Principalities, under your supreme direction, may answer our expectations, and that the care for the wel fare of our troops, may accord with the solicitude we feel for the inhabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia, who are under our high protection. . " NICHOLAS." FRANCE. The Emperor drove along the Boulevards at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and visited the Rue de Strasburg, the opening of which took place on Saturday. No escort beyond two gendarmes as outriders, and two after the third carriage, attended him. He returned soon after by the same way. _ The Emperor received on Sunday, at a private audience, Baron de Doernberg, Minister of the Elector of Hesse, who handed him a letter, notify ing the marriage of Prince Frederick of Hesse with the Princess Anne of Prussia ; and also Baron de l'Asilo, Minister of the King of Denmark at the Court of Spain. About three o'clock on the same day the Em peror, dressed in plain clothes, and accompanied by. M. de Beville and M. Valabregue, left the Tuile ries and went to the Museum, Where he walked about in the midst of the crowd of persons who generally assembled there on Sundays. After having visited several of the rooms, the Emperor crossed the court of the Louvre, to visit the works executed on the side of St. German rAuxerrois ; after which his Majesty walked back to the Tuile ries, examining the new buildings of the Louvre in his way. In the evening their Majesties honoured the Opera, Comique with their presence. Placards appeared in the streets of Paris yester day announcing on the part of the administrators of the royal domains the sale of the chAteau and estate Rainey, belonging to the Orleans family, in virtue of the confiscation decree of the 22d of January, 1852. The upset price is 1,383,098 f. The arrests effected at the establishment of the Belle Jardinibre continue to be much spoken of here. It is said that the parties implicated con cealed a quantity of arms on the shelves behind the bales of cloth (the establishment is an outfitting one), without the knowledge of the proprietors. These arms is was intended to use (the report goes) some day when the Emperor should appear in public to inaugurate one of the buildings now in ' course of construction in Paris. As usual, some of the persons belonging to the plot failed in courage, and communicated the whole affair to others ; and at last the police 'got into the secret, and the arrests already mentioned were effected. The Three per Cents. opened yesterday at '7sf. 95c., and rose to 76f. 35c., with every appearance of a further rise. The announcement, however, that Consols had fallen in London produced a re action, and they fell again to 75f. 95 e ., a t w hi c h they losed for the end of the month ; the Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 102 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway shares -1,220 f. ; Rouen, 1,087 f. 50 c . ; Havre, 512 f. 50c. ; Great North ern , 905 f. ; P ar i s and Strasburg, 855 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 927 f. 50c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 787 f. 50c. ; Western of France, '72of. ; Bordeau x an d C e tt e , 650 f. ; Great Central, 532 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 530 f. ; shares of the Ba n k o f C r edit M o bili er , 7901. GERMANY. The Hanover Gazette has shown a great leaning to the Roman Catholic clergy in the Grand Duchy of Baden, but in its last article it declares that it is opposed to encroachments of any kind, from whatever quarter they may come. A letter from Stutgard of the 7th says :—" Our companies of sharp-shooters are to be augmented by six men each. In present circumstances, some weight is attached to this augmentation." According to the Correspondence of Berlin, it is stated that the Dowager Princess of Hohenzollern- Sigmaringen is about to enter a French convent at Kennzheim near Colmar. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia arrived at Vienna on the 7th from Ber lin. On the following day he dined with his Ma jesty the Emperor, and left Vienna again on the 9th by the southern railroad for Italy. It is under stood that his royal highness proceeds to Rome. The new Austrian Customs tariff has been re turned to the Ministry of Commerce with the Im perial sanction. ITALY. From Turin we learn that the character of the new Chamber of Deputies is now fixed, the returns from nearly all the constituenc Piedmon t i being known. Of 115 elections, 81 are fa vourable to the Ministry, 23 members belong to t he ultra, liberal opposition, and 11 only to the priestly an obscurantist party. It is expected that Coo; Cavour will reckon two thirds of the Chninbe amon g his supporters. A very severe military inspection has just be?Il carried out in Austrian Italy, not only along Pe line of the Adige, and in the fortresses of Pesci-lei?! Garda, and Mantua, but in Venice an d on to _ e coast. The works in the arsenals, or di na rily su s ' pended at this season of the year, are c ontinuef di and each day materials and munition of all kiu arrive. The Tuscan Monitore of the 7th text of the postal convention lately concluded l'e" tween Tuscany and Rome. A letter from Naples, of the 4th of Decell ib r i r ; states that new difficulties have arisen between 1 , 0 Neapolitan Government and M. de Maupas, French Minister. Under pretence of the aPis. 3 ante of the cholera at Paris, all persons counneg publishes the from France are subjected to a vigorous quarantin; which has excited much discontent. M. de 1 1 ; a c t pas has addressed an en e rge tic note on the silLueto to the King of Naples, threatening to retur n Rome, and, it is sa id, hi n ting that if the a were not set right, he might find it neeess 3 _,, ll ;fis request the French Government to send some 4. of war to Naples. SPAIN. SUSPENSION OF THE CORTES. (BY TELEGRAPH.) A telegraphi c di s p a t c h f rom P ar i s this ati esd3l evening says a r o y a l d ecree h as suspended the ) Spanish Cortes, without fixingthe time for tue ' i, re-meeting. The Madrid journals of the 7th announce Mgr. Bedini, Nuncio in Brazil, and charged w t e d a mission to the United St a t es , has been nonllnvarg. Nuncio at Madrid in th e room of Cardina. l nelh ; that Mr. Soule, the United States Ml ni ' . 01 1 had completely recovered from the indisP' sit h i which . had compelled him to keep his rooni ; n e the Prince de Joinville and his family ha d ; I t' . from Lisbon to Cadiz on board an English ha d ;I and that M. Sue, the Chilian Minister , havi ll the signed,. had been recalled, and is not replaceT m to Spanish Minister at Chili being considered Inv transact all the business that arises between two countries. 11 55 In the Chamber of D e p u ti es M. BorreVae withdrawri his motion rel a ti ve t o th e p r ess, b il " t he complained that no measure was brought in 1 00 1 c subject. The Senate, when the President te r the chair, was cro w d e d, ow i ng t o th e interes t the cited by the rail wa y a ff a i r . Th e P res id e nt o i, t i le Council, the Count d e S an L u i s , asce ndee b y tribune amidst profound s il ence . fe beg all tiog expressing regret at bein g obliged, on prest himself for the first time b e f ore th e S ena te, fend himself against hostile and unfounded atw: to , The opposition which arose un d er th e adelill,' s he tion of the Duke of V a l enc i a , h a d contielleu:At said, under five othe r Mi n i s t ers , an d he tirl.so that it might, without injustice or exaggerato rj 's called a systematic one. What proved this e t he that without waiting to see what the a cts et en , present Ministry would be, the Senate in° d e S t tion of a prec once i ve d pro j ec t o f oppos iti on , PL 3 S , tacked the Ministry by its report on the rall" 00 affair, and by the pr3posecl resolutions on that railway bill presented by the Cabinet. In ',l report there was a h aug ht y , unpar li amen t a rl, 3 ; s ; he might say, unconstitutional tone, which it, re • not becoming to display t owar d s th e di rec t 0 %0 sponsible advisers of her Maj es ty. Th e conees9iite of railways had led to the conflict b e tween Ministry and the Senat e ; an d y e t it was Pree4-Ar the men who had made th e concess i ons —the " .- se d quis de Miraflores, for example—who now opP° the Cabinet. M. Ros de Olano had declared in the speech that there was no middle term between destruction of the Ministry or that of the Sen a ' o Now, he would say if the question were plaee,u,, r o that ground, the Ministry cou ld no t f a ll, for i; fle e' powerfully supported by the grace and conficity of the Crown, it had the approbation of the ' n it jority of the Chamber of Deputies, and, final l lihe had a majority of members of its opinion in Senate itself. The expectation that the Ministry would 113 te l L e i the majority on the question has been disapPoi n 69 —the Senate having adopted by 105 votes . t ° o f the resolutions recommended by the majority the committee. zaat B These resolutions are to the effect that the ought to proceed with a bill before it on mina —instead of, in compliance with th e w i s h of I , l 'lll Cabinet, dropping it, and waiti ng un til a not' 'd on the subject be p resen t e d t o th e Ch am ber Deputies by it shall be sent up to the Senate. .11 The closing of the session'of the Cortes was r i v i consequence of the vote of the Senate, consicle very probable. t° The Duke d e M on tp ens i er h as presented ;,3t• municipality of Seville with se vera l va luable P 3 ', e J ings of the Spanish school, which formerly beK'of to the town. In the number is a "Virgin Murillo, and another of M ora le s ; f our largel 3- e l ir ; ings of Zurburan different portraits of the , e O, brated painters of Spain executed by therase and amongst them one of Velasquez. PORTUGAL. A letter from Lisbon in the Heraldo of Wl ig ol of the 7th, says that the King Regent of P 07,0 intended to demand from the Cortes to prc 4 V the majority of his son King Pedro V. ; also to it was reported that the young King intelw make a journey in Spain and Portugal. DENMARK. fl The sittings of the Folksthing at Copen.lter have been violent and personal. The 1 01 ;tit Oersted, conceiving himself insulted by a d e rd e r; required the Speaker to call the latter to o f be t the Speaker refused, and Oersted left the chd" 93 s elf 11 in a great rage. H e h as s i nce a b sen t e d 'w d ro from the sittings, and the most exciting ruffa o " in circulation. SWITZERLAND. The Federal Gazette publishes the answer °f th of Federal Grand Council to the Governmeo""or Berne, Appenzell, and G e n eva , w hi c h had o° ols mended the suppression of the duty on corn- a ot stated in that document, that Switzerland do1 i ; 0 0, consume more than three-fourths of the 12 m of of quintals of corn that she imports in Y° 3 ' - der , abundance, and that she exports the renial te d, The bad harvest of this year has, it is at i t t he rendered a larger imp or t a ti on necessa ry / it supplementary wants of Switzerland do 1 101 1. e cle argued, exceed one million of quintals. Tbo ral Council is consequently of opinion that pression of the duty upon corn, which is tooriir to influence the prices materially, wou ld onli o o crease the public alarm, make neighbouring c tries set bounds to the exportation of cor n ' 0 0 induce merchants to limit their o p era tion s . the federal duty, if supp resse d, wou ld on ly reducf ° price of corn one-eighth of a centime. GREECE. Athen' • The Spener Gazette cont a i ns a l e tt er frora_, l 7 - her° of the 9th Nov., which s ay s :—" It is believr i ai that the Chambers will shortly adopt a ' b oa ' authorise the Governme n t t o accre dit an ag ifb° dor to the Germanic Diet. The Greei'V os tO hitherto have placed all their hopes in fro? , begin to perceive that they have less to exPfuisoll'. that power than from the Turks, and thay o f 0 1). is far from favouring any aggrandisemen nor to Greek territory. They now want to gain,,bitot their interest the German courts. For thav ii v e 'prir the Chevalier de Schinas, who has, tip t o to be sent time, been accredited only at Munic h ,' l resi,c le so likewise at Vienna and Berlin, and is, o f ta e, in the Austrian capital. The late electio7 wojc" Chamber of Deputies have been, in a gr ea rity, favourable to the Government." THE RAILWAY KING.—The great house at - bert ; l is no longer in the occu p a ti on of the Railway 011 has sold Newby, a n d th e d ecree has been oolwiliplortiv appeal, compelling him to refund 54,0001. to the rd Midland Railway Company. One of his pleas 0 12 _";tai e of the Court of Chancery was, that he bribed es,o members of both Houses of Parliament with sh ar ._ oat° that he could not, without a breach of confideu_;',,tell to whom he gave them, but that he would do so r r i e ; e ife to the Master of the Rolls, who stated he c ould o f o f the no such confidence. Now that the subject is o ,u o u no ons Court of Equity, it is expected the House of ' r i v ileff° , will take up this revelation•as a question of P rliaaneo t, and demand of Mr. Hudson, in his place ill n 37 state a a full disclosure of the facts. We have rePea re ly out that private or railway bills should be taken , I n a f r ighth" of the hands of the Legislature, as they forma _ do bot?. fund for the corruption of Parliament ; and we soo t ol that the public will energetically follo w uP t deb. which Mr. Hudson has drawn thetrag.-- e iB fd 39 /11°r°- FIRE NEAR LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS.---Yest ue'e fire ing, brok e sh o o u r t tl i y n before six premises e o s 'cl i o a : i k o n a g i very n livery stable proprietor, Middle -yard, me eo giriee a street, adjoining the Freemasons ' -hall. lu sot, and p the London brigade were quickly on th• d, the plentiful supply of water having been 131; 3 0 , 0 2 e a Farri t ut gines from Chandos-street, High Holbort wu_ ite of clock b on street stations wero set to work, buL.t fore the conflagration could be extinguq.' _ , f u e . exertions of the firemen, it was nea rly . ek e g" ci. T h e pi. e. gtodae3slrterra. I:9.Ln:sl:not; cipal sufferers were insured iu the Sun -