The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

dCi T TNI rPI) STATES. At six o'clock yesterday morning, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Judkins, commander, arrived at Liver pool, from New York direct, with 250,000 dollars in specie on freight (the greater part for Havre), 55 passengers, and the usual mails from all parts of the United States and British America, in the charge of Lieutenant J.Grant Raymond, R.N., Admiralty agent. The correspondence respecting the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty, relative to the Nicaragua, had been called for in the Senate by. Mr. Clayton. The treaty for an international copyright between Eng land and America, was expected to be confirmed by the Senate. In the course of his speech Mr. Clayton said, that while the Bulwer Treaty was under consider ation, he had held several consultations with Mr. King, and they both agreed that in the treaty there was to be no recognition of any right of Great Bri tain to the domain in Honduras—they both believ ing that Great Britain had no other right there than the right of occupancy for certain purposes under the treaty with Spain. He then contended that this, and nothing else, was recognised by the treaty. He denied that the explanation of the treaty by himself and Sir Henry Bulwer was un known to Gen. Taylor's Cabinet at the time of their exchange, as had been insinuated in the debate in the Senate. He then entered into a historical and geographical examination of the territorial and poli tical boundaries of Central America, and into an elaborate examination of this point as commented upon by the Committee on Foreign relations. He had just concluded on this part of the question, when the Senate went into an Executive session— after which they adjourned. A good deal of dissatisfaction has been expressed that Howell Cobb was not assigned a place in the Cabinet, according to an arrangement between the Whig and Democratic compromisers of Georgia, which assigned Mr. Toombs the Senatorship, and Mr. Cobb, a Cabinet appointment. Uraga had invited Santa Anna to Mexico, and Tampico had also pronounced for him. The pro position made by the Government to restore the old tariff of duties, is resisted by the citizens, who threaten to oppose its execution by an armed force. The Cabinet of the President, the list of which was received by the last steamer, had been con firmed by the Senate. A well-informed writer in Washington says : " There has been a good deal of feeling here during the last few days with reference to the Cabinet ap pointments. Jefferson Davis has been conscien tiously opposed to the compromised acts of 1850, and has persisted in his opposition, with an honest consistency, to the present hour ; some of his more timid friends feared that the very strong endorse ment of the compromise made by the President in hisdnaugural was designed to force Mr. Davis to decline a Cabinet appointment. A great fire had occurred at New Orleans, in which more than 18,000 bales of cotton were de stroyed, of which the Liverpool, and Royal Liver pool Insurance Companies will have to sustain a loss of 90,000 dollars, as their proportion of the damage. J C. Bates, Boston, has failed, with liabilities to the extent of 300,000 dolls. Disturbances of a serious nature were threatened between the citizens of San Juan or Greytown, and the Nicaragua Transit Company. The captain of the ship Inez, arrived at New Or leans from Liverpool, reports having fallen in with, in lat. 20 N. lon. 82 W., a vessel bottom up, of about 800 tons—appeared to have been ashore. There was a hole in her bottom, and she was co vered with Muntz me tal. Sent a boat alongside, but could find nothing to particularise her, except that she had painted ports, and her shoe was fas t ened by cast composition clamps. By way of New Orleans, Galveston (Texas) dates to the 25th and Indianola to the 24th February, haie been received. A tremendous gale took place at Galveston on the 22d inst., commencing about 3 a.m., from the N.W., moderating towards the evening, and doing immense damage. When the Arabia sailed, business matters in general were not quite so favourable as at the last accounts, and money was decidedly more difficult to obtain. The stock market was weak, and "fancy" stocks had fallen about 5 per cent. in two days. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MARCH 9.—The stock and money troubles of Wall-street continue, and the former grew quite seri ous in the forenoon, from the continued stringent calls of the banks on their demand loans. These loans are mostly made subject to call, without an hour's notice, and they are now being used to strengthen the position of the banks with each other, for their daily or weekly ettlements. The market for breadstuffs is quiet, and prices rule at very nearly the same rates as at the last advices, West ern Canal flour being quoted at 4 dols. 87c. to 5 dols steady ; G - euessee wheat, 1 dol. 22c. to 1 dol. 24c. ; In dian corn, round yellow, 64 dol. 66c. well supported ; Indian meal, 3 dol. 25c. to 3 dol. 374 c. The following are the latest quotations in our cotton market :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid fair to fair, ilic. to 12c. ; Uplands and Florida, Hie. to 111 c. per lb. The provision market is dull, and prices have a down ward tendency. The rates demanded for freights are rather easier than those last reported. Flour to Liverpool was taken at 2s. 6d., and part to fill up at 2s. 6d. ; corn at 71d., and Wheat on private terms ; tobacco, 30s. To Havre, bone Was taken at ic. ; cotton at ic. ; and rice at 8 dole. to 10 dole. _ . Exchange on London was dull, at 1094- to 1091 ; Paris, t 124 ; Hamburgh, 364, to 36i ; Bremen, 80 to 814. NEW ORLEANS, March 4.—The sales of cotton to-day Were 8,000 bales, at steady prices ; middling is quoted at Bc. to 9c. The sales of the week are 60,000 bales ; the increase in the receipts at all the southern ports over the same time last year is 539,000 bales. The Hum boldt's news came to hand this afterno9n after business hours. 10,000 brls. Ohio flour sold to-day at 4 dols. 123 c. to 4 dols. 25c. WEST INDIA MAIL The Royal Mail Company's steam -ship Parana, Captain Woolley, with the West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant Veitch, R.N. Admiralty agent, arrived yesterday morning at Southampton. During the homeward voyage of the Parana, she had to contend against strong head winds nearly all the way, and a derangement in her machinery detained her a day. The latest dates brought by the Parana are : Chagres, Feb. 23 ; Carthagena, Feb. 26 ; Jamaica, Peb. 27 ; Demerara, Feb. 25 ' • Trinidad, Feb. 25 ; Barbadoes, Feb. 27.; Grenada , Feb. 26 ; St. Tho mas, March 5 ; Grey Town, Feb. 17. The following is the list of passengers : Mr. and Mrs. Hume and two children, and Mr. H. Groom, from Jamaica ; Lieutenant Knight', from Bar . ba does ; Madame Boucande, two children, and female ser vant, from Martinique ; Mr. Begg and Master Garraway, from Grenada ; General Crook s h an k, f rom St. Kitt s ; Messrs. Bourne, Perron, Paraud, Comyret, Crave, Le Conte, and Sansome, from Navy Bay ; Mr. Green, from Carthagena ; Mr. Calcano, from St. Thomas's ; 12 soldiers, 3 women, and 5 children ; 13 shipwrecked seamen. The Parana brings on freight--$372,235 value of [Ever in bars, $11,138 on merchants' account, $529,204 value in gold dust and gold bars, 2161. value in platina, 6141. value in British coin, 7501. value in pearls, 185 serons cochineal, 292 serous indigo, 15 bales sar saparilla, 1 box *vanilla, 30 keg s succa des, 20 bales bark 3 bales Wax, 2 bales manna, and 42 packages sundries. STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SHlPS.—Great Wes tern, with inward island mails • Trent, Gulf of IVEexico ; Dee, Spanish Main ; Medway, Spanish Alain ; Conway, Nassau ; Eagle, Belize. STATIONS OF H. M. SHlPS.—Geyser, at Grey Town, Bermuda, cruizing off Coast Mosquito ; Imaum and Alban, at Jamaica ; Dauntless, of the Coast of Duba ; Vestal, at Havanna ; Devastation, at Belize. On the 27th ultimo the Parana spoke the barque Protector, from Liverpool, entering Port Royal. • On the Bth instant, the English brig Phcebus ; On the 14th, the Creole and the Success. The Middleton, of •Maryport, from Liverpool, foundered on the 21st ultimo, near Carthagena. The crew came home in the Parana. JAMAICA. The dates from this island are to the 27th ult. A. proclamation, bearing date the 18th day of February, has been issued by his Excellency the Governor ' promulgating an o r d er received from her Majesty's Privy Council, bearing date the 28th day of December, 1852, consenting to the following acts passed by the Legislature of Jamaica, viz.:— "An act for the raising of moneys to be applied to the instruction of free labourers, and for other pur- Poses ; and_ " An act for appointing Commissioners, and autho rising them to provide for the return passage of cer tain emigrants brought into this island, and for other Purposes." ilis - Excelleney the Governor has given assent to the Loan Act. The manufacture of sugar will not be to any con siderable extent this season, but it is said that it will be very good. A number of large fields have not yet been got in. It is the intention of the Assembly to withdraw the Island Treasury notes from circulation, and to substitute others in their stead, a bill for that pur- Pose having passed through several stages. A. Mr. Hague, a reporter for one of the local Papers, has been committed to prison for a breach Di. Privilege, under a warrant from the Speaker, . and after remaining there some days he was ordered to be released, but the- fees of the clerk and ser geant-at-arms are so enormous that Mr. Hague has not the means to liquidate them, and consequently still remains in durance vile. Kingston is healthy, but in some of the provin cial towns small-pox is prevailing. At Savanna-la- Mar many of the most respectable inhabitants are now on their beds of affliction with this fell com plaint ; there were four cases out of town, and one fatal case, on the 18th instant. The prisoners in gaol are also! attacked. The paupers in the poor house are, indeed, in a very bad state, on account of its having been made an hospital. The weather during the past fortnight has been fine and dry, no rain having fallen for some time, which is much wanted. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bengal, Captain Henry Powell, arrived yester day at Southampton, at four o'clock, and landed mails from the following places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Stevens, R.N., the Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, March 6th ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar, 15th. The passengers by the Bengal were :—First cabin, 55 • second, 11 ; children, 12 ; seamen, 22; total, 100—amongst whom are Messrs. Pember ton, Sparkes, and Mercer, from New South Wales. The former of these gentlemen has, perhaps, for the first time on record, circumnavigated the world by steam, having gone out in the Great Britain to Melbourne and Sydney, and returned by the Chusan to Singapore, and thence by the Company's other steamers to Southampton • Drs. Ross, Thomp son, and Fitzpatrick ; Majors Killoe , Phibbs, and Norgate (Calcutta) ; .Capt. Cawell, 3d Dragoons, and Lieut. King, from Bombay ; Major Northey, Hon. A. Legge, from Malta ; Messrs. Ehress, &c., from Gibraltar. The freight of the Bengal consists of 16 packages of specie, in value unknown, 402 bales of silk, 152 bales of flax, 46 bags of nuts, 187 bags of wool, 56 elephants' tusks, 50 boxes of oranges, 25 boxes of dates, and 160 packages of general merchandise. Stations of her Majesty's Ships.—At Malta, Rear-Admiral Dundas's fleet. At Gibraltar, H.M. steam-ship Furious, and Antelope packet. The Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Tagus left Gibraltar for Cadiz on the evening of the 14th, with the homeward Peninsular mails. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States. At Alexandria, the usual Egyptian fleet. On 14th, 40 miles east of Cape Dega t t , passed a square-rigged ship flying a St. George's Ensign, and distinguishing pendant No. 5,480 ; supposed to be a yacht ; she was about 400 tons, and steering E. Ships observed on the voyage.—At noon, on the 11th, 60 miles west of Malta, exchanged colours with the Haddington, and at 10 a.m. on the 12th instant, the Indus, 12 miles west of Gibraltar, or 310 from Malta. The screw steamer Livonio entered Gibraltar Bay on the 15th, whilst the Bengal was lying there, and leave for Liverpool the same day. When off Tariffs, same day, passed. an apparently new steamer, showing Austrian colours and steer ing for Gibraltar. The Bengal, on her outward passage, met with favourable weather, and performed the distance to Alexandria in 11 days 4 hours, going an average of 11i- nearly. On her homeward passage, she has experienced a succession of strong head winds all the way from Alexandria, and on the 16th, coming up the coast of Portugal, met with a severe gale, flying round from W. to N.W., blowing in the squalls furiously. She behaved uncommonly well, and proved herself a first-rate sea-boat, shipping no water, and going along smoothly. She carried this strong breeze to Finisterre, and after rounding that, they met with hard N.E. and E. gales across the Bay, with squalls of hail, snow, and very cold weather. • These head-winds, added to her deten tion at Malta for the Corfu mails, has prolonged her voyage at least two days. But for it she would have been in on Saturday the 19th, corresponding to the 16th of any other month, February having only 28 days. The earliest previous arrival was on the morning of the 17th April last, when the Bentinck arrived with the earliest India mail ever received in London. A USTILALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.-At the meet ing of the Australian Gold Mining Company yesterday the report and accounts were adopted. It appeared that Mr. Harding, the general superintendent, had ar rived at Sydney in July last, followed by the machinery in September. He had since been occupied in seeking an eligible pot for the commencement of operations, but up to the date of the last advices had not been able to select one where the quartz rock was in his opinion rich enough to justify the heavy expense that would be in curred by transporting the machinery into the interior. A district in the south had, however, been pointed out, which he thought of visiting to ascertain its real cha racter and fitness. The 2,000 shares appropriated for the colony had been speedily subscribed, and the parties requested to form a local board had consented to act. Of the general capital of 19,0001., 14,0001. to 15,0001. — remained intact, exclusive of the ma chinery, stores, &c., dispatched to Sydney, which had cost about 2,4001. A charter of ir;corp° ra tion has been obtained, limiting the responsibility of the shareholders. The chairman (Mr. H. Buckle) explained that, although the directors regretted they could not present a more satisfactory report, they did not consider their prospects discouraging. Mr. Harding's experience in Brazil had probably led him to believe that the ap pearance of the quartz rock veins was not sufficiently encouraging to induce him to erect their machinery ; but it was known from assays of specimens received in this country, particularly in the case of the Peel River district, that very satisfactory results had been obtained, even from those which presented the most unfavourable indications. Instructions would be forwarded to the local board and superintendent to put themselves in communication with the agent of the Peel River Com pany, who would be empowered to negotiate with them, if necessary, for a site to carry out the contemplated works. Several shareholders considered that the dis cretion of Mr. Harding was entitled to commendation, and the directors having pledged themselves that no new call shall be made until they lay a further state ment before the general body, the usual complimentary votes were passed. ATTACK ON AN EMIGRANT. SHlP.—lntelligence Fas been received at Lloyd's, under date Stanley, Falkland Islands, Jan. 5, of a most daring attack on the ship Por cupine, of Liverpool, Millinger, master, by the Patago nians. It seems that in passing through the Straits of Magellan, on her way to California, the Porcupine grounded. Early next morning she was surrounded by numerous canoes, full of natives. The captain, thinking they might be useful in getting the vessel off, allowed some of the principal chiefs to come on deck, when they offered to exchange a copy of " John son's Comprehensive Dictionary," signed on the fly leaf " John Badiam, January, 1851," a Prayer-book, and other articles, evidently belonging to an English ship. The captain, now observing a fleet of canoes approaching nearer, many bearing lighted pine branches, gave orders for the crew and passengers, most of whom had revolvers, to arm themselves, and a terrific conflict ensued ; the saVagesfought desperately, and tried to burn the ship. After a severe struggle and great slaughter they were beaten off, and 300 bags of oats being thrown overboard, the ship floated. Two of the emigrants, named Geo. Rowsell and Henry Boyle, were killed, and several others severely wounded. The ship returned to the Falkland Islands, terribly disabled. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. —There is not the remotest prospect of a dividend in this company as it is now constituted. The balance sheet just issued shows a gross income for the half year of 20,3141., the working expenses being no less than 17,33 61 . This is exclusive of Gov ernmen t duty, rates, and taxes. The whole balance carried to dividend account is 1,6201., ,and out of this has t o b e pa id 1,554/. as interest on de bentures, and 6,328/. on preference share 3. The old balance on hand of 15,4681. is thus reduced 12,2531. ; being thus upheld only by the Stour Valley dividend, paid by the London and North-western, to the extent of 3,046/. A PRIME JOKE.—A capital joke occurred yesterday, which has set all Paris laughing and talking to-day. A large crowd had assembled yesterday in the Rue d'Ar genteml, near the Palais Royal, in consequence of a thief detected in the act of robbing a house having succeeded in reaching the roof, where it was dangerous to follow forsom tiin tew, as without shoes, l was man, sseent h o w mo o h ve ad on a blouse, aboutas seek ingwifhtou a window through which to escape , a and at last he detachment e i n of s t e disappeared altogether. Meanwhil e soldiers wc.s sent for, and th e y blocked de u t up from the house ; some firemen were al so sen t for, who s went on the roofs, but they arrived j us t as the man vanished. The military, firemen, and crowd waited for two hours, and then a commissionaire gave the follow ing letter to the sergeant in command : -"Brave Ser geant,—Do not fatigue your men any longer by making them wait for me ; when you receive this letter I shall be a long way off. In visiting the horse next to that in which your men are, you will see how I escaped—no thng was more simple. After having passed from one roof to the other, I opened the window of a chamber, which I found to be nicely furnished. I found in a box placed under the bed, a great coat, and a pair of varnished leather shoes ; and after having put them on, I went away by the porte cocMre which the too curious porter left free. I talked a few moments with you, and told you that you would have a good deal of trouble in catch ing the thief. I said thief, for I confess that having found a 100 f. note, and 100 f. in gold in the trunk with the coat and shoes, I could not resist the temptation of taking them." The statements of this letter having been ascertained to be exact, the soldiers were sent home, and the crowd dispersed. The secret police have commenced a strict search after the man. REPRESENTATION OF BLACKBURN.—The writ for the election of a member for Blackburn in the room of Mr. William Eccles (unseated at the late parliamentary in quiry), was received by the Mayor of Blackburn on Thursday, who at once fixed upon Wednesday next for the day of nomination, and the following day for the polling. During the past week both parties have been unremitting in their exertions to promote the return of their candidate, and there is every prospect of the con test being a close one. THE SUN, Lp ND ON, THE FRENCH EMPIRE. It is reported that five of the French cardinals will leave Paris on the 27th of April to meet the Pope, and escort his Holiness into France. He Will be received at Toulon by several of the Ministers, whence they will proceed to Avignon, remaining there one day ; thence to Lyons, stopping there three days ; from thence they will go to Paris, and afterwards to Compiegne. Yesterday the Emperor passed in review on the Place du Carrousel, the 6th and 9th regiments of light infantry, the 51st and 56th regiments of the line, the 7th and 10th artillery, the 7th lancers, and the 6th and 7th regiments of cuirassiers, all of which are on the point of quitting Paris or Ver sailles for other quarters. The infantry was, drawn up in the Court of the Tuileries, and the artillery and cavalry in the Place du Carrousel, the former facing the iron railing. The Emperor, followed by a numerous and brilliant staff, made his appearance at one o'clock, and passed in succession in front of all the troops. Prince Jerome and his son, Prince Napoleon, Marshal Magnan, and Generals Carre let, Renault, Levasseur, Couraut, and Korte, were in his Majesty's suite, and amongst-the persons of distinction present wore Generals M.ahmond-Ben- Ayet and Reschid, Envoys of the Bey of Tunis, M. de Persigny, M. Abbatucci, M. dc Morny, &c. The Emperor after going through the lines re turned at full speed, a'nd placed himself in front of the Pavilion de l'ltorloge. The troops then'passed before him, and a certain number of crosses and medals were distributed. M. Bouquin de la Souohe, a dealer in curiosities, appeared on Saturday before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, charged with distributing seditious publications, with having in his possession prohi bited arms, with writing with charcoal on the walls " Vive Henri V.," and with having in his apart ment a copy of verses speaking abusively of the Emperor and the Empress. The accused having been surprised at night in the Rue Louis-le-Grand writing on the wall " Vive Henri V." the police made a visit to his residence, and discovered the prohibited articles. He was condemned to time months imprisonment and 50 fr. fine. The Independant of St. Omer states , that a camp for between six and seven thousand troops is about to be formed near that town. The Narvel steamer has been appointed to con vey M. de la Cour to Constantinople, as Ambassa dor of France to the Sublime Porte. That vessel is appointed to leave Marseilles on the 28th of March. The case of the infernal machine at Versailles is likely to be relinquished from want of evidence. A reconciliation - has been effected between. Prince Jerome Bonaparte and the Princess Mathilde, who for several weeks have been on bad terms. The Countess of Montijo, mother of the Empress, is reported to be about to marry the reigning Prince of Hesses. The Emperor will present her with a do patches from Cairo state that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded a loan of 285,0001. with Eng lish capitalists. There was a very heavy decline on the Bourse yesterday in the prices of all securities. Rentes, railways, and other obligations have alike partaken of the depression, which has been of a serious char acter. Bank Stock declined sf. ; the Three per Cents. fell as much as lif. below the closing rates of yesterday, both for money and the account, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell If. 10c. for cash, and If. 25c. for the settlement ; the last rates this afternoon being—for the Three per Cents., 78f. 25c. for cash, and 78f. 15c. for the account ; Four and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 156. for money, and 101. f. 75c. for the account ; Bank Stock, 2,695 f. GERMANY. A letter from Bremen, of the 12th, in the Ger- 1 man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The budget for 1853 has just appeared. The receipts of 1852 have considerably exceeded what was expected ; and and although, in consequerce of extraordinary pay ments, there has been a deficit of 25,000 thalers, the surplus in hand at the end of 1851 remains at 107,000 thalers." . _ _ A letter from Vienna of March 17, in the Cologne ' Gazette, says :—" The Minister of Police has just put in force the order published, when General Haynau was attacked in London, against English travellers in Austria. At that period the Lloyd of Trieste made remonstrances on the ground that the line of steamers to Alexandria would be entirely ruined, being almost wholly dependent on English travellers. The order was then withdrawn. It is now certain that the measure will be maintained, but it will only produce the result of causing Eng lish travellers to avoid the Austrian states, and consequently Trieste. Switzerland and Piedmont will be the gainers by the measure. The English have never established themselves in Austria for mere pleasure ; the persons of that nation residing there are engineers, and others connected with fac tories, railways, and industrial establishments. Should the Government send them out of the coun try, it will do the greatest injury to itself, and trade would suffer considerably. It is in the capital that the Anglophobia is most rabid, being nourished by the hatred of servile journals."—Another letter from Vienna, in the same journal, says :—" A pro position is spoken of, which several governments are to make.to the Germanic Diet relative to Eng lish passports, and to English travellers in general. This proposition is to be independent of that of Hesse-Darmstadt relative to refugees. This affair is to be regulated by a resolution of the Diet obli gatory in all the states of the Confederation." A letter from Hanover states that all the guns of the ex-German fleet have been purchased by the Hanoverian government for the artillery. The Prussian Gazette of the 18th says :—The centralisation of the high Prussian police, which has been for some time spoken of, has just been realised ; the President of the Berlin police has been invested with the most extended powers. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to the Presidents of the provinces the following rescript : " Recent circumstances have shown the necessity of centralising the general police, and establishing more direct relations between the President of the Police and the Minister of the Interior. For this purpose, the affairs of the superior police have been, with the appro bation of the king, confided to M. de Hinkelden, Presi dent of the Police, under the superior direction of the Minister of the Interior. From this day M. de Hinkel den is authorised by the Minister to issue decrees, and to adopt measures which all the police authorities of the kingdom are bound to execute." A letter from Berlin states that in its sitting of the 17th, the plenipotentiaries at the Customs' conference approved without reserve of the acces sion of Hanover and of the Steuerverein to the great association of Northern and Southern Ger many. We learn from Vienna, under date of the 17th, Emperor of Austria had resumed his wa lking on the bastions. veltmisarsethaed fortedin L o mbardy. The i Gazette des Postes, an organ of the thaththae habit ta themoFrankfort eranidort letter that more troops have Russia, arid the King of Prussia, of Austria and a but h e d d e t n to e t s h t a h t a m t a e e n ty. Austrian Government, states that the Emperors y political importance be regarded as a congress of crowned heads. ing, or that it is to 11. to ie b nn e at are shortly to meet at Vienna, The centralisation of the Prussian p olice has M. de IL chel been effected. *r dry chief of • the Berlin police, has the control over the entire country, subject to the Minister of the Interior. TURKEY. Most of the Paris journals of yesterday have articles on the Eastern question. The Constita tionnel says, " There is reason, up to this time, to be lieve that there is nothing on the part of Russia but an idea of intimidatiOn in order to bring the differ ent claims to a prompt result, and that on the part of France the measures adopted are only those of prudence taken in case any unforeseen incidents should arise. The-integrity of the Ottoman Em pire is in no way called into question ; the discus sion remains on the pacific ground of negotiations, and there is no reason to suppose that ulterior events may arise out of it.' The Pays repeats the expression of its belief that nothing serious will result from the mission of Prince Menschikoff, and shows that the Emperor Nicholas cannot, without dishonour, demand from Turkey concessions and privileges against which provision has been made by treaty. In concluding its remarks, the Pact's says : " The treaty of July_ls, 1840, had precisely for ob- The 111Oniteur publishes the returns of the re ceipts of the customs and indirect taxes for the last month. They amounted to 9,638,175 fr., being a decrease on the corresponding month of 1852 of 617,544 fr., and an increase on that of 1851 of 801,152 fr. The receipts of the first two months of the year amounted to 18,583,722 fr., being 1,959,344 fr. less than in the corresponding period of 1852, and 1,535,554 fr. more than in 1851. The Phan of Cherbourg says :—" Great ac tivity is being displayed at Lorient in getting her machinery on board the Jean-Bart steam line-of battle ship. It is said that the Emperor and Em press in their visit to Brittany in the course of the summer, are to embark on board the Jean-Bart, and cruise along the coast, visiting St. Nazaire, and afterwards Nantes. The steam-power of this ves sel is of 450 horses." A letter from Toulon says :—" Great preparations are being made here in the Napoleon, which, it is said, is designated to proceed to Civita-Vecchia to bring the Pope to France. His Holiness, it is said, will arrive in May, for the coronation of the Em peror." _ _ _ ject to establish in a formal manner the solidarity of the European powers with respect to Turkey, and tb put an end to the almost exclusive protectorate, which Russia had then possessed since 1832, in virtue of the famous treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi. It is sufficient on this point to quote the solemn declaration which the powers who Shr. signed thought fit to make on Sept. 17, 1840, for the execution of the treaty of July 15 :—'The plenipoten- - tiaries of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, St . and Russia, aft er h av i ng exchanged t h e ratifications of 20 the convention concluded on the 15th of July last, have 14 resolved, for the purpose of placing in its real light the disinterestedness which has guided their courts in the 31 conclusion of this act, to declare formally, that, in execu tion of the engagen'ents resulting from the said conven- 27i tion by the contracting powers, these powers will not seek for any augmentation of territory, any exclusive 22 influence, any commercial advantage for their subjects St. beyond what any other nation can obtain equally. The St. plenipotentiaries of the said courts have resolved to in sert this declaration in the present protocol. The pleni -20 potentiary of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in rendering a 50 just homage to the probity and disinterestedness of 2 5 the policy of the allied courts, has formally marked down the declaration contained in the present protocol, 5 and urdertakes to transmit it to his court. (Follow the 25 signatures of the plenipotentiaries.)' An aggression against Turkey, emanating from one of the powers who 18 then signed, would not constitute merely an attack on 20 the integrity of the Ottoman Empire :it would also be 25 the flagrant violation of a treaty, which since 1840 binds 25 the various contracting parties. But whatever may be 25 the rumours that have been in circulation for some days St. back, they do not go the length certainly of admitting, 50 even hypothetically, that Russia desires to tear up vio lently and without preliminary or previous declaration St. the conventions which bind her to the great powers of 10 Europe, and to attempt enterprises contrary to the letter St. and the spirit of these conventions. Besides the loyalty, g,t the wisdom, and the interest of Russia are a sure guar- s : antee that it cannot be otherwise. But this all-impor- St. tant consideration is sufficient to cause it to be compre- St. hended that there cannot be question in the present dif- St. ference of anything but a mere personal matter in the 12 relations between Russia and Turkey, and that the 50 matter does not in any way implicate, in any direct or 161 definite manner, general complications, or the rupture, St. more or less prompt, of the diplomatic acts which sane- 20 tion the integrity and neutrality of the Ottoman 14 Empire as one of the essential conditions of the peace 50 of Europe." 20 lo b dignity Debatf says :—" Howev er offensive for the 10 i dignity of the Porte the concessions already made St. to Austria may be, General Menschikoff is charged St. to obtain others still more humiliating." 20 In the Assemblie Nationale we find an article which, in some parts, almost amounts to an appro- 50 bation of the policy attributed to Russia, and con- 40 vet's a sort of sneer against the Fren.ch Government, 25 by insinuating that it makes a mere display of its 25 fleet, without any intention of using it as a coon- 8/ terpoise in favour of Turkey. s# The Siecle, after giving from the Moniteur the announcement of the French fleet at Toulon hav ing been ordered to proceed to the Archipelago, says TILE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid I RAILWAY/. Closing Prices this day. 50 25 .00 St. " The sending of the fleet to the Archipelago is an indisputable sign that the Eastern question has be brought by Russia to a grave position--w e could wish to say a decisive one, for it is time for Turkey to ac quire, by the co-operation of her allies, a real indepen dence, and a situation so fixed and so firm as to permit her to apply to the reform of her institutions the forces which she consumes in the arrangement of quarrels of neighbourhood, which she is brought into one after the other." The Moniteur announces, in its non-official CQ lumns, that private letters have been received froi, Constantinople, giving hopes that the complications which have arisen in the affairs of the East will be settled without compromising the good agreement which, as yet, has subsisted amongst the European Powers. The Cologne Gazette of the 20th, after comment ing severely in its leader on the proceedings of Austria and Russia towards Turkey at this moment, concludes as follows : " Will England and France look on quietly ? If so, Turkey must yield and be again weakened. Will Eng land and France oppose the Russian demands ? Then the peace of Europe is threatened. If we are not n-:4- taken, circumstances give considerable weight to th‘ voice of Prussia ; and judging rightly of this weight shp may—nay, she must—use straightforward and resolute language. She must oppose with all her might whoe Ter by his arrogance may threaten to disturb the peace of Europe ; she must use the language of moderation and conciliation, but not hesitate to threaten with war who ever shows a disposition to break the peace of Europe. Even at this moment, but perhaps not for long, England, powerfully supported by Prussia and France, may be able to save Europe from the universal anarchy which is breaking in upon us." The Augsburg Gazette has the following froni Constantinople " The impression produced at Constantinople by Prince Menschikoff is extraordi nary ; the Turks are astonished, and the Greeki enchanted. Crowds of Greeks assemble daily in, front of the Russian Embassy, and when the Prince appears he is saluted with cries of enthusiasm, and the Greeks take off their hatl, which is very un usual with them except for religious ceremonies." TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21,' 1853. Basiness dono I 50 this day. d 33 °O .00 !Aberdeen ........ 84 Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Juiic. all Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 184 Do., £20.. . . .... .00 Bristol & Exeter-. 100 Caledonian. ..... - all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon..., all Cork, Black. & Pass. 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all Dundee Pei:th &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sli 84 Do., d 0...- ....... all Do., B. & C. WO • East Lancashire all East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June LOO Ed in Burgh & Glasgow 1i Edinb. and Peebles .00 &lir b. Prth. &Dundee 100 & S.NVestern 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A, Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1100 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 1 100 Great Western..: 11 Irish SouLh-Easters. all Lancaster & Carlisle 111 Do., Thirds ..... . . 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Leeds Northern all Liv.ersby.&Soe:.'ip: - .. all London & Blackwall 3 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 1100 Lond.Bright.&S.est. 100 London &N. Western 1 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.Sh.,Eldtß 100 London & S.Weate: 424 Do., 1.40--- 34 Do., £4O all L ndndrry . &Coleraine all Tsdndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Afanch.Shef.&Lineln. 4i o. Man. &Lin. T. 7.1. 100 Ntidiand .. ... . —.. ... 100 Do. Birming..* * Derby 47i Midland G. West.(lr.) 174 Do. i Shares _... all Newcastle &Carlisle.. 100 Newmarket. . — ...., 3 Do. Bury Extensions 16 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint di Rostrevor - 100 Norfolk all Do., New ... ....... 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No.' 1 6i Do., No. 2 all Do., i A De erred , 5 Do., i B Guaranteed 17i North StafforOshire all North Westem 10 N. dt S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central • 100 Scottish Midland 100 Shrewsbury & Wrmg. 100 Do., L. & N. Westn. Gu - aranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby. & He'efd all Shreweby. & Cl: ester (Nor. W. MM.) all Do. Halves, do. all Do. Oswestry ...... 6i Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 5 Do.. ............. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway. 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limellek 13 West C0rnwa11........ 21s. Wmbledon &Croydon, 1 Woodford - ,00 York Newctl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions....... 11i Do. G.N.E. Purchase 1.00 York &N. Midland.. 1100 lAberdeen . 1 ) all Do., No. 2,7 p. o 100 Bris. dr Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. 0. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO l all Chester dr Holyhead Guar. 5j per cent...l 34 Cork&Bandou 53 p.c. all Dundee PerthdrAber- dean Junction....... all EastA uglian (£3los) 6 per cent............ all Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. 2 Do. (#;7l7s) 7p. ct.. all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2............. all Do., New 6p. c. St.. all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... LOO EastLancash. 6p. cts. all Edinb.Prth.dtDundee 5i per cent. [OO Glasgow dt S. Western guar. 5 per cent.... 'OO Great Northn. 5 P.C. .00 Do. sp. c., Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem all Gt. Southn. dzWestn. (Ireland) Eighths... 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke do Hants Ex. 5 p. c.).. 10 G. West. fixed 4i p c. 6 Lan. do York. P. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock... 100 London and Brighton Guor , nteed 5 p. c... 100 Do. Pref., sp. C. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 . 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 10 I L9ndondeny& Color AShares ..... ~....... all Lordy. tit Ennis. ASh all Manch. ,Shef., & L4n.,1 i Shares, No. 1 all Do. Now, £lO 3 Do., 26 ........ .... . all Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c all Do. 43 per cent...— 8i D 0 ........... 100 Mid. Consol. 6n.c. S. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & - Birm. 6 per cert.... 5 Do. Pref. 41 per cent. all Norfolk Extension... all Do. Guar. 51 per ct.. all Do. Wax. Val. 5 p c 100 North BOVsh ......... all North StaTordshire.. 100 Oxford Worcester di I Wolverh. £15,6p. e 9 IDe all Shrews& Birm. N. G. all Shrewsby. &Mc lr (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all !South Devon . 111 Do. New all - S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. all S. Yorksh .4p. c. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref 5 Di 10 York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch FORE: a Antwerp&Rotterciam 3 BelgianEastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelin. 6 Dijon and Besanclon 8 Dutch Rbenish all Eastlndian . 1 Do. Extension .... all Gt. Yr ('ian Peninsula 7 Gd. J'euct. of France 153 Ct.Westernof Canada Shares 1 Lucca & Pistoja sp.c 15 Luxembourg 10 ID°. (Railway)..., 2 (Do. 3 Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. ct. pre: , 7 Lyons & Mcditcrran 1 4A Hairs all N-mur k Liege (w*.:l. interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. C. Bds (frny. B. & Ams. Shs.) all NorwcgianTrunkProl 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans. all Paris and Rouen._ all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 54 Quebec &Richmond.. all Roren and Havre—. all Sambre and Meuse...' 4 Do. 5i p. ct. prof.... 4 Southern of France.. 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders......., 6 Do. 51 per c. Pref.... 10 Western of France... 2 West. of Switzerland 3 ... . ..... 29 - 30 64 - 91, io.i, 7 —6idm 21 22 3i 2i ( 104 105 64 64: 21 - 22; 18 19 ... - 1 ... i - iP 8 - 5 - 5 3 4 2; - 13 10 - 11 n - si 72 73 55 - 57 74 - • 76 32 -- 34 61 -- 63 80i —81 i 45 -- 47 122 - 124 1074 -- 1084 90.4 91 6t 74 92 -- 94 13 -- 13 p 75} -- 7 5 -- 4 3i— 3 d 16 —l6 x 81 9i 1 -164 k L 8 - 1181 2- 3 p 1 19 -90 A ja 11i 4 4 8 6 ct 19 21 29A 30 84— 3a 74 741 43 —.45 50 52 31 31 3 d 3 3i 9 10 52 54 - 2f 2 d 35 —36 ... ... d' 4f 4d l 8 8i 3 —4 p 48 - 49 100 - 102 63 - - 65 64 - 66 70 - 751 18 20 9 10 14 15 - 3d 21 22 77' 78 36i - 8 4 12§ 131 19 21 1i 2i 15 —15 i 9 9' 29 31 9t 91 d Pa] 68b— 69 7i —71 d -- 2d 58 59 PREFERENCE SHARES, pa lisse -7- los 'lO6 - 108) 18 19, a 64 35 - 36 - -- 1i p p 142 -- 15 18i -. 19 34- 126 -T 128 11(3 - 111 8j- 6 1 - 7i 105 107 I( Ad-A IDO - ~.52 ... id .6; xd 150 -153 3 1 - 3 1 PI 10i -- 11 13 -- 13 8 -- 9 101 -- 11 i -1 1148 —l49xd 22 -23 5 - 61 1 - 21 1 109 - 111 1 25 - 26 1 14 11 - 11. -- lipl7i -18 i 15 -- 16 Par- ip, 261 2611 20 21 id par 101 - 103 I - 5. P - i d— par 1 14 13}— 14 p 2i 2 die 5 , 4 1 lip p 11 - —lp P 7 8 4 41 1 ii 1 - 2 hd * p 9 —ll p 2 2ip 71 - 6 - 7 36 - 364 14 - 15 17 - 17 p - 41 - 41 - 42 331 - 33} 4 - 4ip i()] 9 - 1 4 idis p 9 4 lop P id ITALY. An Imperil decree ordering the abandonment of all prosec•itions for high treason, was proclaimed; at Mantua amidst the warmest acclamations. The Austrian commandant of the town and fortress of Ancona has issued an order forbidding more than five persons boing together in the streets, after sunset, and directing that the arrival of tra vellers must be notified to the police an hour after at the latest. The Parlamento of Turin states from Florence, 14th instant, that, in the case of Guerrazzi and others for high treason, the Attorney-General has proposed—imprisonment for life for Guerrazzi, ex provisioial chief of the Executive ; 63 months' im prisonment for Romanelli, ex-Minister of Grace and Justice under the pro iisional Government ; 90 months' imprisonment for Capecchi, an old officer, convicted of having spok en publicly against the Grand Duke ; 11 years and 3 months' imprison ment for Montazio, convicted of high treason com mitted by means of the press ; and 66 months' imprisonment in a--house of correction for Dami, ox-President of the Popular Club of Florence, and Pantanelli, Secretary of the Popular Club of Siena. The Deputy Attorney-General, in summing up the case for the prosecution in that portion which had been carried on at Pistoria, but had subsequently been annexed to the prosecution at Florence, pro posed—imprisonment for life for Major Petracc'ni, 56 months' imprisonment in a house of el Tection for Cimballi, with five years' surveillaice of the police after the expiration of his punishment. Piccini, Agostini, and Lottini are to be set at liber. The Vienna papers ment'on that the search or dered by the Piedmontese vuthorities in the forests on the Lombard frontier, led to the discovery of 3,000 guns and a large quantity of ammunition, secreted by the refugees in case of the success of the attempt at Milan. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 16th, but their contents are without interest. The Chamber of Deputies continued to be occupied with the verification of the electoral returns, and the Senate was not to sit until the 18th. The weather, which for a few days had relaxed in severity, had again become very cold, and the influenza was very prevalent. ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES OD EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY,— 1 2 On Friday evening, at a meeti ng o f t h ese soc i et i es, Sir 75",., Edward Bulwer Lytton was, with ou t a contest, e l ecte d their first honorary president. Th e h on. baronet i s ex - 1.0.6 petted to visit Edinburgh and address the societies in 20 December next. 5 A SCIENTIFIC GOLD-DIGGER.—Among the passengers St. by the Falcon, which arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday from Sydney, was Mr. John Calvert, a geologist, who 17 ,, has been 11 years in the Australian coloni es . , D ur i ng 25 that time he has made a geological survey of all the mi neral districts in Adelaide, Van Die rev's L an d , Sydney, and New Zealand, and he has brought back with him a map of the western goldf elds which alo-e, some of t isCOfeet lrem 10 g. H va e lu h a as ble al i s n o a a sc la ie rg nt e ifi n c um po b4e n r :; o o f f d v ra ie w W, ngs and others pleas- 20 ing and instructive, as giving a sketch of life and man- 20 ners at the gold diggings. Mr. Calvert has himself been 20 engaged for eight years in tracing the auriferous veins 20 and in procuring gold. A shot ;; time ago he sent home 20 a block of quartz weighing a ton and a-half, and he has 5 brought with him in the Falcon 730 nuggets of the pre- 20 cious metal. One of the pieces weighs 231 b. of pure 20 i gold, and we had the opportunity of seeinga s p t i s eg e w im e e ig n h s: 5 ing which is considered one of the best being, in the state in which it was discovered, above the 20 standard. The amount of gold brought home by Mr. Cal- 10 vert is about 3301 b. gross, between 701 b. and 801 b. being 5 dross or quartz more orless mixed with the gold. The largeqt I quantity he everobtained in one day was 761 b. weight, which 10 he broke off with his geological hammer in pieces va- 20 rying from half-an-ounce to 21b. weight. Ile had been 213 led to the spot by auriferous indications, increasing as he 20 came nearer, for a distance of nearly 40 miles. The quartz vein ran north and south, and w as f rom about 9 20 to 15 feet in breadth, half-a-mile from where he robbed 20 it of its precious treasure. It stands out in large blocks of from 15 to 20 feet in height, looking in the distance 10 like white houses. Thii place is distant from Sydrey 20 about 215 miles, and a long way from a ny at present 2 0 worked goldfield. During the latter part of his resi- 20 deuce in Australia, Mr. Calvert had a camp, an d t h ree 20 men as assistants, and, properly equipped, he pursued 1 .( 0, his scientific survey. Among his discoveries, he found 20 diamonds, rubies, and many valuable minerals, in which 20 the Australian colonies abound. We understand that 10 Mr. Calvert will proceed direct to London, where he in- 20 tends to get his drawings and maps transferred to can- 20 vass, for the purposes of exhibiting th em as a panorama 8 of the gold-fields, illustrative of lectures which he in- 10 tends to deliver on the origin of gold, and on th e co l d - 20 n i e s towards which so many thousands of his fellow- 10 c ountrymen are now turning their attention.—Liverpool 20 Merourll. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, Paid' RAILWAYS. all Biclford and Bletchlei. .. all Birm. & thrfiLl guarantee ... all Do.withoutgr all Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. all Do.wthtgnar. IWO Buckghamsh. all Clydesdale Jc. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent .. all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. 4 Railway 50 all Hull 4r Selby 25 all Do.. Shares 12a all Do. i Shares 12 all Lon.diGreenw 20 all Do. Preference 20 all Lowestoft gr. all 4 per cent 20 all Do. 6 per cii 5a all Manch.Bxton and Matlock 50 all Widdlesbro' ct lied ear DO all Midld.Bradfd. 50 all Northern and Eastern sp. c. 50 all Do. 6 per ct i 0 all Do. Fixed sp. v 15 all Prest. & Wyre 30.1 St. 50 St. 114 Do. Shares. 100 Roystn. dr Hit. 100 Do.Shepth.St. 18g Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e ' 9 S. Staffordsh all WearValleygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 !Wilts dzSomrsti Leasing '!cmpans. London di N. West. fgt.Westu Do Do L. dr N.W. Caledon Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. Berw Y.&N.Md Do Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Lu. &N. W & 111kild Stckton & Darlingt. Kid IE. Count Do L. &N. IV &Lod; Yk Do Gt.Northn, Do 1 Lancash.dt Yorksh 1 Med Clean Stockt. di Darling Do IGt.Westn. Closing Prices this day. 3 0 —3l 291 —3oh 3 0 —3l 29 30 104 —lO6 52i —s3i L5l 153 32i-33' 111 -- 113 55A -56 A 27 -- 28 131 -- 141 25A -- 26,), 19 - 193 25 - 27 21- - 31xd L - 10d;d 64 - 66 xd xd L 49 151 .48 150 1- (31 ••• - ••• 326 - 336 .023 - 1036 1031 MINES. . all Agua Fria . all Anglo Californian I 2 Australasian I 5 Australian . all Australian Cordillera all Australian Freehold. . all Ave Maria . all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all British Austrin. Gold 12,5 Iron 24i Err zilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 14 Copiapo all Copper Min. of Eng, all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent, all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth . all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co all Mariquita .. 9 Mexican&S.Americn. all New Granada ..... all Nouveau Monde... 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney 1r0n,,.,, 15 Do. New I.oi Santiago de Cuba all South Australian 7 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Granada all West Mariposa all Yuba.. JOINT-STOI all Australasia . all British N. American 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud 10 English Scottish and Australian 12 Loud. Chart. Bk. of - Australia - 20 London and County.. 10 London Joint Stock. 20 Lond. & Westminster 2 London Bank of Aus. tralia and India ~ 22i National of Ireland. all Oriental Bank of Corporation. 5 Do. New 25 (Provincial of Ireland all Do. New .A 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia , all Union of Australia 2i Do. New 10 Union of London , all Union of Madrid - l ir P d 1 p 5 6 p p par 1 p Par p ate— p Par P 9 f J P 3 - 29 - par 47 - 2i - 5i - 7 sip 1/ 1 d 17 19 1 i 2 g 21 1 p 1 p dia— par P § d 8 B ar' 1 par' - P 11p P Par p 24 26 p 7 8 7 8 11 a i p 6 d Par dia — A P P Par — #P 30 49 2 66 80 K BANKS. 92i -93 h - 2ifr 2i - 2i p 41 - 5 pi P 57 - 5S i dis 76a 8j MISCELLA NEOI7S 135 Australian Agricult. 4 Australsn.Pcific. M a il 5 Australn. Royal Mail 333 Brit. American Land 32 Canada 5 - Crystal Palace 100 5 4 20 2 (Crystal Pal. of France 1 Eastern Steam , 10 20 50 50 100 25 1 Electric Toleg. of Ir. 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. 50 General Screw Steam 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 2 Netherlands Land.... 24 Nrth. of Euro peStea all Peninsular & Oriental 25 Do. Do. 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 25 South Austral.Lan 1 Submar. Telegraph.. 2 Univeral Emigration , . .-- ... and Colonization... 28 Diemen's land E -:: 54 iii =- 24'i 1024 64 5,i 9 7 53 A 2i 24 i Ef RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Busines. this day. LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.—Traffio re turn for the week ending March 19, 1853 E10,921 711 Corresponding week last year 10,516 8 7 Increase in 1853 £404 19 4 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the - week ending March 19, 1853 £4,227 16 5 Corresponding week last year 3,776 18 5 Increase in 1853, £450 18 0 BORDEAUX AND CETTE BAlLWAT.—Yesterday a meet ing of the committee in respect to the Bordeaux and Cette line took place at the London Tavern, at which were pre sent Mr. Ald. Salomons, Mr. Oliveira, M.P. , Mr. R. W. Kennard, and M r . B. B . Williams. The chair was taken by Mr. Ald. Salomons, who gave an account of the Visit of the committee to Paris, which had ended in no satisfactory result as to the caution-money, although they had the greatest expectation that the Emperor would see justice done to the shareholders. After a statement from Mr. Kennard, various resolutions were submitted and adopted, the chief of which was to the effect that the caution money of 10,000,000 f. had been in suspense since 1846, and that the interest on it at four per cent. would amount to three millions more. They, therefore, conceived that it could never be contem plated that the sum of 5f millions of francs should be a payment in full for this caution money, unless the five millions deducted from the new company be added thereto. Several other resolutions were passed, and a vote of thanks was given to the committee. DETERMINED SUICIDE. —A. SUICIDAL NEIGHBOUR HOOD.—Between one and two o'clock on Sunday morn ing, William Thomas Tucker, aged 47, a married man with a large family, residing at 39, Wells-street, Oxford street, returned home, and 80011 afterwards went to bed a le excited from drink, but without betraying any strangeness •f manner. Upon his wife awaking, about eight o'clock, she was horrified at finding him apparently quite dead, and immediately gave the alarm, when a medical man attended and pronounced life extinct some time. Near the bed was found a laudanum phial recently emptied, the contents of which deceased had swallowed. No doubt poverty led the unfortunate man to drink, and that induced him to seek a remedy for his troubles in suicide. Mr. Tebbutts, the summoning officer, forwarded information of the melancholy occur rence to the coroner. Singular to say, in the same street, within a brief period, several persons have committed suicide. ad ad ad ad JENNY LlND.—Lind ds Itis G sta ol ted a f mi rom dt a has credi sig bl n e ifi so ed urc h e er th d a e t . Madame Jenny payll sing an at variousother pacprofessionalles in visit Ge t nn ot a h n is y e te o r u m nt in ry at . ion a to e iw during the present year, and the following season will appear in opera at London. Afterwards, she will come to the United States, and give operas in all the princi pal cities, remaining here probably two or three yea rs . —New York Paper. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.—The results of the meet ing of the North British Railway, just held at Edi burgh, have inflicted another check upon the attempted repudiation of the preference shares. Upon the div dend on these shares being proposed, a poll was de manded, but out of the shareholders present, only three could be found to support the resistance, while 122 were in favour of the payment. As regards proxies, the re sult was less creditable, since, although there was a con sidtrable majority for sustaining the right s of the pre ference holders, the minority was sufficiently large to cause regret among all parties interested in the stability of railway property, the numbers being 875 against 697. Many persons are in the habit of parting with their proxies upon mere general solicitations, with maturely tis it considering the uses to which they may be put ;and is to be hoped that it is to this reason that thearnisNavith factory amount of the proxy majority, as the personal one, is in the present case to OCCUPIERS aRELAND).—BY Y ears that obtained by Sir Robert Ferguson, M.P7 1 61. the total number of occupiers valued d in all the electoral divisions in Irelan ar , e_ a Parliamentary p a p nd under, at 564,144. Dis. n:tebnmaetac.ttrirebuttuedm. il tributed in rovinces the numbers ine°llll97lohP; 92,612 • in - Leiiister, 142,701; m Munster , VA is trlstor, lliVaih LITERATURE. The _History of the _Holy, Military, Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights Rospi taliers, Knights Templars, Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta. By John Taafe, Knight Com mander of the Order, and author of " Adelais." Vols. 111. and IV. Hope and Co. The two first volumes of this series appeared some months ago—these complete it. Much interesting and important knowledge is here met with concern ing that mighty fellowship of arms, which sustained for so many years the glory of chivalry, and whose memory is ever held in veneration by all lovers of ancient honour and renown. One of these volumes is devoted to the knights when at Rhodes, the other dessribes their fortunes at Malta. Their sufferings and calamities were very great at Rhodes. Solyman the Magnificent (as he was termed) completely destroyed the island, as it is recorded 1 " The renowned, splendid, beautiful island of Rhodes, and its ancient and must noble capital. which th:: order had acqui re d w i th so much genero,itv 'and boldness, and ! maintained their state there for 213 years, with mar ; vellous vigour, liberality, and gentleness, and mighty expenses of gold, and defended with an infinitude of blood, had now passed away beneath the Paynim's harsh rod. ' Oh, my unfortunate country ! Oh, left to what perfidious despotism ! ' exclaims Po:itainez. L'l'le Adam, the Grand Master, refused to yi e ld to the insult ing terms proposed byhis conqueror, and his go , d faith and courage drew down theapplaus e of his ha,ugity opponent, . who, to do honour to devoted constan c y, raised the i m p er i a l di a d em a little from his head, a ceremony the Ottoman sovereign uses with none of earthly kings, nor in truth, with any but in -naming God or Mahomet ;" And he afterwards suffered him and his knights to depart free of injury.. Their troubles were only suspended to be completed at Malta. There the horrors of their fate were beyond bounds. Valetta was the Grand Master at that time, and afterwards had a city built, and " named with his namv," in honour of his heroic exploits. Solyma n , their old enemy, sent two pashas to overthrow the island, but they were repulsed after repeated attacks, and the loss they sustained was that of thirty thousand men. Solyman letting fall the dispatch containing the awful news, exclaimed, "It is only in my own hand that my sword is invincible." The knights and their followers, with Valetta himself, fixed his head-quarters at Boyo, and sent Colonel Ulas to defend St. Elmo, at a little distance from him, but the Turks cut off all communication between the places, and, finally, they gained a brief victory at St. Elmo ; thus the high-spirited Valetta was compelled to see his followers perish in his sight, he not being strop enough to make a sally in their behalf. But theirg loss was gloriously avenged in a few days. In the following manner he exerted himself in emergencies : " The GrandMa.ster went to the infirmary where, sum moning into the hall o arms all the wounded who could leave their beds, salo- 1 Although I too am severely wounded, yet contrive to continue my duty. Other valiant knights and soldiers do the same, though they are almost all wounded men, and none, but are fatigued in the extreme, and deprived of the grea t er part of their bodily strength, has nevertheless stood unconquered in mind and full of vigour. Too plainly do they see that things are at a crisis, when it is better to end life valiant by fightin g with arms in their hands, than basely wait to be mas sacred in hospitals or houses, or undergo torments from most cruel barbarians, firmly resolved not to spare a single soul of them - and enough were these few words which penetrated like sharp darts into every one, and drawing power from their very weakness, none remained in the hospital except those already in the final agony." The subsequent evil genius that attended the order is traced through succeeding generations, till we reach our own times, and then we leave it in its retirement to dwell on the memory of its past history which belongs to everyhistory of the world. Narrative of a Missionto Central Africa, performed in the years 1850-51, under the orders and at the expense of her Majesty's Government. By the late James Richardson, author of " Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara." 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. It is greatly to be regretted that the author, who has so ably compiled these accounts of wanderings, and given to us the benefit of his travelled experi ence' should have b een sna t c h e d away in the midst of his labours. The principal object of his expedition being to endeavour to substitute legiti mate commerce for slave traffic, unfortunately is not yet realised, but it is to be trusted that the eiertions of the departed will not have been thrown away, but that some of the many who admire his actions " will go and do likewise." We are in formed in his own words of his motives for his travels : " Since my return from a first tour of exploration in the great Sahara, I had carefully revolve 1 in my mind the possibility of a much greater undertaking—namely, a political and commercial expedition to some of the most important kingdoms of Central Africa. The plan appeared to me feasible, and when I laid it in all its details before he r M a j es t y ' s G overnment t:rey. deter mined, after mature consideration, to carry it out. ,s objects—one principal, but necessarily kept 80' , ewhat in the background—the abolition of the slave rade ; one subsidiary and yet important in itself—the promotion of commerce by way of time Great Desert, appeared to me, and to the distinguished persons who promoted the undertaking, of sufficient magnitude to justify consider able sacrifices. Much preliminary discussion took place, but the impediments and difficulties were gradually over come, and in the summer of 1849 it was generally known that I was about to proceed by w. y of Tripoli, the Sahara, and the hitherto unexplored kingdom of Akees, to endeavour to open_ .commercial relations, and con clude treaties with any native power so disposed, but especially with the Sultan of Bornou. It was not thought necessary, however, to surround my mission with any circumstances of diplomatic splendour, and it was still in the character of Yakot—a name already known throughout the greater portion of the route in tended to be traversed—that I proposed to resume my intercourse with the Moors, the Fezznees, the Tibboes, the Tuaricks, and other tribes and peoples of the desert and the countries beyond. "Before commencingthe narrative of my journey, it may be as well to introduce a few observations on the commerce at present carried on with the interior by way of Tripoli. There are now four general routes followed by the trading caravans from the Barbary Coast, leading to four different points of that great belt of populous country that stretches across Central Africa—viz., to Wadai, Bornou, Soudan, and Timbuctoo. " Wadai sends to the coast at Beugagi a biennial cara van, accompanied by a large number of slaves. The chief articles are elephants' teeth and ostrich feathers. Bornae sends to the coast, by way of Tezzan, I am sorry to say, chiefly slaves ; but a quantity of ivory is now likewise forwarded by this route. Soudan exports slaves, senna, ivory, wax, indigo, skins, &c., &c. Nearly half of the commerce with this important coun try consists of legitimate objects of trade and barter. Wax began to be sent seventeen years ago, elepha n t s ' teeth fifteen, and indigo only four years ago. " Timbuctoo now forwards scarcely anything but gold to the coast of Tripoli, together with wax and ivory, but no slaves. The gold is brought by the merchants in diminutive roughly-made rings, which they often carry in little bags concealed in the breasts of their gowns." Language. By C. Marcel, Knt., Leg. Hon., French Consul. 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. The mottoes of this work are , " L'eticdc des lan gues est la premiere et la plus indispensable de toutes les etudes, and " Les methodes sout les maitres des maitres." The author has endeavoured to impress these ideas on the mind of the reader, and has rightly entitled his work, a " Manual of the teacher and learner of languages." He considers this study the most instructive of any, and thinks sueda that the modern la nguages s h ould precede m ' education Latin an d Greek. He gives a close analysis of the parts of s p eec h , & C., and directions fin, and orth writing,eacquisiti and in what order they on of the powersofreadi n g Bgh,opl cultivated. There is one book on " The Thrkbeee -par.ents, teachers, Great Agents of Education"_ and method.. The duties and the importance of their s fo o r o m ial er p az io se n t e f nf ort o t e , ed on the attention. of The author has entered fully into treats it in a compl e t e a nd The skilful. manner. volumes are likely to be the subject, and students of a f or • eign ton ue and an equal of great service their position. The intr e o y duc o tory assis tance to teachers, in %b. S the learly of what consequence it is that tr m s g h til e r ba c well fitted for t o all c hapter cation. in general is ISt .. inte r esting and instructiovn edu cation 2T ROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWEIS.—A special Court of Sewers was held es t er day at the Court-house, J Greek- s t reet, Soho ; Mr. ebb in the chair. The other C ommissioners present were Mr. G. Baker, Major Daw -8°11) Mr. G. S. Smith, Sir C. Fellowes, Mr. J. Hawk shaw, and Mr. T. F. Gibson. Th e c ou rt was summoned for eleven o'clock, from which time till ten minutes to twelve, when it commenced, 'every' person attending ol business had to wait, or suffer the consequence of non attendance. The great inconveniences and annoyance arising from the habitual unpunctuality of the commis sioners have long been a subject of well-grounded and general complaint, and now that what it was charitably hoped was an exception has devolved into a positive rule, have become a public grievance of the most objec tionable, because of the most easily avoidable, kind. The summonses having been dispose th9teel d riemoarnesl o es ; p7:l7:3 t :a2 h 3tee:soi e donLoiens.vv o oli.d r fsll d foosiv: i or,f3ed n rnst3 a tt i aeo.fe., fssg prelim inarie s oueurmnSurrey tre her yfae o l i9R aran ontsldt ehn. committee eefrKiovagsrega gone various s9lssßwere2lell..through,g7ife7oodistricts,nl r:Jt: Regent-street ist t oth h roseeo e r. ef C r tft e oohd ic3rueo, considered. stnln and 9,099/. for were ap proved division of Westminster sewers, lwWeevateesCi Oft: by 2ft. Sin., the Finsbury division. 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