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forts, whi • cu have, however, tower and blockhouses ° ,l l a uke heights comm an di ng th e situation. All the 'e-named f or t s are we ll arme d, strongly garri °Bed,"w and furnished with excellent artillery, and the soldiers are daily exercised at the guns. lle f o ll ow i ng i s an exact s t a t emen t of the num berguns mounted on the different forts of the :-- N 'm OF GUNS MOUNT. 1N THE DIFFERENT FORTS ',".. 1 , 11) BATTERIES AEON( -,"1-"E BOSPHORUS, BETWEEN ‘JONSTANTIN OPLE AND TI :LACK SEA. la N 4 TI( OF EUROPEAN .ENGTH OF ASIATIC SIDE, ern; 19i MILES. 24 MILES. Guns. , Guns. l etween Tophana and !Between Scutaria and b _Rnumili Hi ssar 32 Gi an t's Mountain 4B 'etTireenß oura ili Hissar At Yousha Fort 56 and Th erap i a lB At Anatoli Kavack 46 At fetch Bournou lB At Fil Bournou l3 At 3 1ezar Bournou 8 At Fort Poiraz 34 41Al I r eni Maheli 25 At Rivaz Fort 3B A Roumili Kavac k ..... 33 ____.— '',„ 1 Xn.rmuz Eve ....•.•..• 27 235 A A 1 ICaribjeh 71' .„aPaz Bournou ". '.. -n 4 Tunili Fanar 3 At itnturdli Kalessi 36 Total Asiatic side.... ~ European side, Guns. 235 251. Total cannon 4 With the foregoing there are seventeen B6 cannon Or throwing large stone-shot. FRANCE. The Emperor and the Empress on Monday visited 7,• Palaces of Trianon and Versailles, and returned to the Tuileries in the evening at six o'clock. Prince Napoleon was present on Monday a t the ~. 7Presentation of Les Cosaques, at the theat re of u.l9aite. Jaubert, prefect of the Landes, has been ap - V2inted prefect of the Dordogne, in the room of ' 4 7.. Calvimont, named Master of Requests at Council of State. M. Frachon, sub-prefect of succeeds M. Jaubert in the Landes. T• he Siecle says :—" The Government, it is said, Preparing several measures of public utility. 7 111 engst them are the following :—A decree to the sum to be paid by each of the dealers in Wood, for the timber brought to Pa ris b y water the year 1854 ; a decree authorising the estab lishment at Bordeaux of a society of maritime as -Barances - a decree authorising the establishment a similar company at Havre ; a decree respect j▪ a g the savings bank of Paris ; a decree o p ening to the Budget of the Minister of Finance, for 1853, s upplementary and extraordinary credits amount ing to 10,188,000 fr. ; a decree opening to the Minister of the Interior a credit of 90,650 fr. 76c. for the termination of works in the Imperial Court at Lyons ; a decree opening a credit of 22,020 fr. for the termination of works in the Imperial Curt at Paris • and a decree relative to the terri torial regime of French establishments i n India." In Paris a good deal has been done to excite the Warlike spirit of the French people. At present t tne piece de circonstance is given at the Gaiete , liatre, under the very significant title of Les Cossaques, which is evidently intended to cut two Ways—first, as respects foreign politics ; and, se condly, as respects a few questions of home policy . Which have of late created some noise. It repre sents the Cossacks as the savage and tyrannical ePpressors of nations ; and then it represents the upper classes and noble, home as not only the enemies of the people, 1 as the betrayers of the country, and the tools CI ,t 3 foreign enemy. It is evident that the piece ..ns a blow not only at Russia, but at the Fus,,,tists, whether they be Legitimists or Orleanist- . On Monday evening Prince Napoleon Bonaparte and the Minister of Police attended the representation of Les Cossaques. It appears that some of the leading Republicans root on Monday in Paris, in order to decide on the line of conduct they should adopt with reference to the fusion and the fusionists. After some discussion it was resolved that the fusionists should have their Protection, countenance, and support. To this reso lution four only refused to subscribe. The reason alleged for that decision was, that with a Bourbon ,Royalty there were far more chances of re-establish 'g a Republic than under the p resent re g ime. ri The sort of democratic origin of the present system Presented f ar grea ter difficulties in the attainment of this object than the exclusiveness of Bourbonism. They calculate also on the jealousies and hatreds of the retired statesmen of the two branches, a cordial understanding between whom they believe 10 be Thee possib a le. -- r \vas c onsiderable rise in the price of Publi c securities at the Bourse yesterday, in conse quence of the announcement that Austria had accepted th e pro p os iti ons o f France and England for the settl emen t o f t h e E as t ern question. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 90c., and closed at 75f. 45c. f or th e en d o f th e mou th. The Four and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. 60c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,172 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,070 f. ; Havre, 502 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 875 f. ; p ar i. and Mtiasbuig, ozur. ; Faiio aixa byonb, 50c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 775 f. ; Wes tern of France, 700 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 607 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 517 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 525 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 745 f. ITALY. The Milan Gazette quotes a letter from Florence, of the 27th ult., w hich states that if Mi ss Cunning ham was pardoned by the Grand. Duke, it was entirely owing to Mr. Scarlett's conciliating beha viour on the occasion. The official note addressd to Mr. Scarlett on the subject by M. Baldasseroni, Contains the following passage :—" The Grand Duke has been induced to grant a pardon chiefly on account of his esteem for the Chargé d'Affaires •of her Biitannic Majesty, and of the manner in Which he has conducted th is business ; but his highness begs him at the same time not to rely upon such kindness in the f uture, the Grand Duke °eing firmly resolved not to show any similar in dulgence. The Secretary of the Congregation of Ceremo flies at Rome, has just addressed ale tter to the Cardinals, in which he points out the formula to be observed in letters of congratulation to 'the Court of the Tuileries. When the Emperor and Empress was addressed by word of mouth the term " Sacred Im perial Majesty" is to be used the first time, and " Your Majesty " afterwards. When writing, the form at the end of the letter is to be " Of your Im perial Majesty the most humble, most obedient, and most devoted servant." The address must be "To his Sacred Imperial Majesty the Emperor (or the Empress) of the Frelieli. SPAIN. Our dates up to the 30th ult., from Madrid, state that the Duke and Duchess de Montpensier were expected to arrive at Madrid during the first fortnight of December, to be present at the deli very of the Queen. Lord Howden arrived at Madrid on the Ist inst. It is said that M. Gorortitza, president of the Finance Commission of Spain at Paris, has been recalled by his government to fill an office in the Finance department. The Madrid journals state that, in electing the committees on the budget, and on the bill relative to the issue of 800,000,000 reals 3 per cent. stock for the conversion of the floating debt, the Chamber of Deputies had given large majorities to the Go vernment candidates. The discussion in the Senate on the railway affair was to commence the next day, and would, it was believed, occupy several sittings. The Opposition Senators had held a meeting in the house of the Marquis del Duero, and had cal culated that they would have a majority . of 14 against the Ministry ; but the general opinion out of doors was that the Ministers would triumph. The conference between the French and Spanish commissions for settling the limits of the frontiers, had been temporarily suspended by the departure of General Monteverde to attend the sittings of the Chamber of Deputies. A noted Carlist cabecilla (petty chief), called the " Student of Villasier , " is stated by the Tribune to have crossed the frontier, and to have gone towards the Sierra de Burgos ; and that journal adds that agents of Cabrera at Bayonne had sum moned some of the Carlists who served in the last civil wars to take up arms ; but the Espana de clares that these movements are of no importance. BADEN. The number of priests of the Grand Duchy of Baden who have been arrested for having read the pastoral letter of the Archbishop of Friburg is, lays the Gazette of the Germ an Peo p le, 200. -The priests who were not able to read the letter on the first Sunday would, it was not doubted, do so on the Sunday following ; so that the arrests will be. come still greater. The Archbishop h as directed' that the priests who do not obey his orders shall be suspended ; and only one or two have , u p to the present time, formally refused. SWEDEN. The following is the speech of the King of S weden on the opening of the Swedish Diet IGentlemen,—ln the course of the time which has elapsed since the last meeting of the Diet, Providence has exposed me and my house to a cruel trial, and the inhabitants of the united kingdoms have deplored with me the common loss which has painfully afflicted us. The r ecollection of the sympathy which my faithful, subjects •l• testi fi e d , du-that occasion, an d of the sincere affection of which, in the course of a long and serious illness, I re ceived the most touching and gracious proofs, can never ~:,~ THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1853. be effaced from my grateful heart, and it will still further serve to cement the sacredness of the bonds which bind me to the generous inhabitants of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The Almighty has meanwhile deigned to give us a fresh proof of His divine goodness by the birth of my grandchildren. The stability of the succession to the throne which is the result of this fact is a rich source of satisfaction and gratitude. " A dangerous epidemic has again ravaged the king dom, but the people of Sweden have been calm and resigned to the decree of Providence. " Our relations with all the foreign Powers continue to bear the stamp of mutual amity and confidence. I shall not cease to devote my constant solicitude to the maintenance of the country's independence and most 1 sacred interests. 1 " Agriculture, the most important branch o most f our industry, has within the last few yea rs made the satisfactory progress. The recent harvests which we have gathered have not, however, given a corres- I ponding augmentation to the general weal. Wasted to a great extent by the fabrication of a liquor the harvests abuse of which th reatens to undermine the most noble faculties of t he population, those have not availed to exclude the importation of arti cles of consumption from f suoreign countries, which the soil of our country mightsupply in plenty, even be yond the wants of our native consumption. Gentle men, it is time to pave the way to results which are more conformable to the public good. All good citizens are in this respect animated by a sentiment which is as noble as it is patriotic. I have received numerous petitions from all parts o f the country, entreating to the disastrous fabrication and the excessive submit consumption of that liquor. Gentlemen, shall to you a proposition tending to effect that purpose, and I am , convinced that you will be eager to meet my paternal intentions. " Your attention will be claimed by the measures necessary to regulate the simplification of the property tax, in order to give to this important matter a definitive solution, in conformity withthe general principles adopted by the last Diet. " In the first instance, our care should be devoted to the means of creating a successive development of our material resources, of promoting the growth of the various branches of our industry, of improving our means of communication according to the exigencies of the age, and of creatng fresh sources of subsistence and comfort for our ever-increasing population. In the find posals which wil l be submitted to you, you will fresh proofs of my solicitude for those objects, and I rely on your enlightened co-operation to insure their execution. ".My feelings of duty in the presence of the political position of Europe compel me to present to you, gen tlemen, a detailed plan of the allocations which are necessary for the completion of our system of na tional defence, and of the proper measures to carry that system out, so as to guarantee the independence of the kingdom. All true friends of the country will, of course, give their most serious attention to these important matters. Never did a Sovereign of Sweden appeal in vain to the patriotism of his subjects in matters concerning the honour and nationality of his people. lam sure you will show that you are the worthy re p resen tatives of a nation w hose coura g e and devotion have engraven the name of ' Swede' in inef faceable characters on the most glorious monuments of history. " An examination of the propositions which will be presented to you will prove to you, gentlemen, that the fresh allocations for public works, the army, and the navy, do not imply the necessity of an augmentation of the ordinary imposts which were voted by the last Diet. " In conformity with the powers given to me by the constitution, I declare that your deliberations are opened, and, imploring the blessing of Almighty God, I renew to you, gentlemen, the assurance of my Royal affection and good-will." PRUSSIA. The King of Prussia was prevented by indisposi tion from presiding at a Council of Ministers on the 2d. On Monday, was celebrated at the church of St. Gud.ule, at Brussels, the marriag e of M. de Bri gode, son of the ex-peer of France of that name, to Ghislaine, daughter of Count Vilain XIV., vice-president of the Chamber of Representatives. The Count de }latzfeld, Prussian Minister at Paris, has just been named by the King of Prussia Privy Councillor of the Ist class, with the title of Excellency, which is the highest civil dignity that can be conferred on him in Prussia. It appears that one of the main obstacles in the way of his Majesty's proceeding without further delay to nominate the members of the future Prus sian peerage lies in the repugnance of the descend ants of the ancients of the Empire and various mediatized Princes to accept of a dignity which would imply i meir recognition of the present Prus sian Constitutor, which, in conformity with the spirit of the time iu which it took its birth, has abrogated or ignored their ancestral baronial and manorial rights and privileges, secured to them in the fundamental statutes of the German Confe deration. Some of these noblemen have already, within the last few weeks, been reinstated in the rights they claim, and it is understood that nego tiations are on the Lapis with several others for the removal of all objections founded in law or justice. The opening speech of . Baron von Manteuffel seems to have created a perfect furor throughout Prussia, and a strong feeling of satisfaction. The +tin language used stands than he mere word to any one unacquainted with Prussian history. To put forward this seemingly natural sentiment of a de termination to uphold the independence of the country, and follow only the interests of the com mon weal, implies, that all the traditions and the time-strengthened routine of the German Bund and its deadening trammels, are in this matter to be laid aside ; the ties of family relationship, and even the last injunction of a dying parent, are to be left unheeded, when the real interests of the country demand this revolution of policy. There can be no doubt the language used by the Baron implies a determination not to adopt the policy of Austria, either in her poverty-com pelled neutrality or her eventual leaning towards Russia. Before Prussia can be expected to take any active steps against Russia in the event of a general war, the protection of her coast in the Baltic must be secured to her, and even then there is but a small chance of her undertaking active military operations against her old ally ; as matters stand at present, there is also no chance at all that she will back the Czar in his schemes of unjust encroachment on all sides. The absolute party in Prussia, which is so strong at court and is working against M. Manteuffel in favour of Russia, has already sustained some se rious defeats in the chambers, and seems likely to suffer more. The other sections of the right seem to be agreed upon the necessity of checking its pretensions. The bureaucratic right, called the Hohenlohe section, appears to hold the balance of power, and give signs of an intention to oppose the progress of the reactionists in union with the centre and left. SMITHFIELD CATTLE 2110 W FOR 1853, Amongst the earlierarrivals of nobility and gentry who visited the Smithfield club cattle show yesterday were the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Earl and Countess of Essex, Lord Portman, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl and Countess of Leicester, Lord Feversham, the Earl of Wal singham, the Earl of Berwick, Lord Berners, the Earl of Hardwicke, ' the Earl of Yarborough, Lord Aylesford, Sir Thomas Lennard, Colonel Sibthorp, M.P. Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Sir Edward B aker, the Hon. Colonel Crombrie, the Hon. Colonel Hood, land-steward to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; Messrs. Jonas Webb, Fisher Hobbs, R. Fellows, and other eminent agricul turists. The annual general meeting of the Club was held in the committee-room adjacent to the show-yard, at one o'clock, his Grace the Duke of Richmond in the chair. His Grace was re-elected President of the Club for the ensuing year, and the Earl of Aboyne, Philip Pusey, Esq., the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Yar borough, with the addition of _Lord Berners, as Vice- Presidents. Lord Portman, the Duke of Richmond, and Mr. B. T. Brandreth Gibbs, were elected trustees, and the latter gentleman also as hon. secretary. Mr. Greetham was elected steward for the cattle and long-woolled sheep ; and Mr. J. S. Turner as steward in the short woolled sheep and pig classes. The report from a committee appOinted last year to decide on the propriety of adding a show of poultry to the cattle show on future occasions was read. The re port stated that the committee did not think it advisable to recommend the addition of a poultry show to the cattle show, more especially on the ground, that the Bazaar, capacious as it is, would not afford sufficient accommo dation for both at the same time: Lord Berners, Sir John Shelly, Mr. C. Barnett, Mr. Raymond Barker, Mr. H. B. Gibbs, and other gentle men, having addressed the meeting on the subject, after a vote of thanks to the noble President, the proceedings terminated. The sales of the prize cattle throughout the day were m ore languid than u sual on former occasions, but it is understood that this circumstance must be attributed to the fact thatl the owners of some of the animals have reservd th for competition at ther agricultural shows about em to take place in various parts of the country. In the sheep classes the sale was exceedingly slow. It is admitted on all hands that more people passed through the show yesterday than ever was notwith s known tand on the first day on any previous occasion, and - ing the circumstance the arrangements were so complete, carried out under the orders of Mr. Boulnois, the pro prietor of the Bazaar, aided by Mr. Inspector Jackson, and the reserve force of police under his orders, --that no inconvenience whatever took place. THE NEW PAR BATTERSEA.—Yesterday Mr. Glacier, the auctioneer, submitted to public competition, by order of the Commissioners of Works and Ber uildings, the b ui lding niaterials of the Red House Tavn, white null, and cottage adjoining, in order to clear the site for the new park. The commissioners have also given notice, that application will be made to Parliament to extend the time and continue the powers granted to the ars commissioners for making the new park, by the acts passed in the ye 1846 the new AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC. By the arrival of the steamer Pacific, at Liver pool, we have advices to the 26th ult. She has brought $587,000 in specie on freight. The steamer Washington, from Bremen and Southampton, arrived at New York on the 24th ultimo. The packet ship Constellation arrived at New York, from Liverpool, on the 25th ult., and was placed in quarantine, having a large number of passengers laid up with cholera. 100 passengers died on the passage. The Hibernia, also from Liverpool, lost 33 pas sengers from the same disease. A Special Cabinet Meeting had been held at Washington on the 25th, when the President's message was read over for the first time. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says, "It is understood that the estimates which will be presented to Congress will show a material reduction over those presented last year." A good deal of feeling had been experienced at Washington, at the bad taste of Mr. Crampton, at Jullien's Concert, remaining seated whilst " Hail, Columbi 1" was being played, the rest of the audience having risen from their seats. The news from Europe per Canada had depressed the New York stock market. Most descriptions of stock declined. No change in the money mar ket. Exchange on London, 1091 to 1091 ; Paris, 5.11/ to 5.13/ ; Amsterdam , 411 to 41g- ; Ham burg, 36i to 37 ; Frankfort, 411 to 411. Cotton is in good demand, at an advance of t ic. per pound. Flour more active, at $6 87c. to $6 93c. for good state, and $6 931 c. to $7 12c. for mixed and fancy. Wheat without change, and the market well sup plied. Indian corn in improved demand. Scotch pig iron without attention. 100 tons bar iron sold at $621 cash. Freights to London without alteration. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Arrived at New York—Florida, from London ; Wash ington steamer, from Southampton ; Ocilla, from Shields ; Clio and Java, from Glasgow ; Circassian, from New port ; Constellation and Hibernia, from Liverpool ; At lantic, from Antwerp. At Philadelphia—Mohongo, from Londonderry. At Charleston—Carnatic, from Liverpool ; Coperni cus, from Bremen. At Savannah—Scotland and Buena Ventura, from Liverpool ; and Shandon, from Glasgow. At New Orleans—Globe, from Havre ' • Meteor, from Bordeaux ; Hermann and Post , from Bremen ; Henry `Varren, from Newport ; Fory;ere, from Havre ; St. Petersburg, from Liverpool. At Boston—Shawmut, from Liverpool. ;hr.l Paid 18 20 St. St. MARKET NEWS—(-T HIS DAY.) ; too st. CORN EXCHANGE. - - - A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market ; yet, as the attendance of buyers was small, the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in the quotations. With foreign wheat we were fairly supplied. All de scriptions met a very dull inquiry, at barely stationary prices. In floating cargoes next to nothing was doing. Earley and malt , the su pp lies of which were tolerably good, sold heavily, at Monday's price 3. Oats, beans, and peas commanded very little attention. The flour trade was dull, and the top price of the best town-made was 70s. per 280 lbs., being a fall of ss. com pared with last week. English .. Irish •• •• Foreign .. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. 1 Barley. I Malt. 160 1 90 700 I -- 770 2,390 -- Wheat. 750 Oats. Flour. 340 1,440 1,590 2,080 WHITECHAPEL. 20 The general demand ruled steady to-day, as follows : St. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 2s ; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 8d ; veal, St. 313 10d to 4s 10d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs by the St. carcase. St. BOROUGH HOP. .J.,/ 26 Our market is very inactive , but we have no chan g e to notice in prices. Foreign hops continue to come forward 13 , freely. 20 on LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. St. LONDON, Dec. 7.--Wind this day at noon, N. ; light 50 airs, and dull, hazy weather. 20 PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Soberano, 20 for Santander. 20 STOCKTON, Dec. 5. Arrived—Kjellestad, from Quebec. 25 OFF DARTMOUTH, Dec. s.—Arrived—Bussorah, from Bombay. OFF DUNMORE 'EAST, Dec. s.—lndia, from Quebec. 10 ABERDEEN BAY, Dec. s.—Arrived—Lord Seaton, from St. Quebec). 25 PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Carl, from Cuba. Sailed---Queen Victoria. for Savannah. 20 POOLE, Dec. 6.—Wind, N. Arrived—Delia, Quebec. 20 SALcomut, Dec. 6.—Wind, N.B. Sailed —Queen of the 50 West, for Azores. Off Port—Rattler, from Callao. b ti f-gi,l l ol-liYou r ttrVitre6, A ;:i3.7 • ;aT •SuperiZZsaZrzt7fbr St. Michael's; Rajah of Sarawak, Singapore. BRISTOL, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Progress, from Quebec ; Karen, do. ; Pet, St. Michael's. Sailed—Valentine, for Melbourne. WATERFORD, Dec. s. —Wind, E.N.E. to N. Arrived —lndia, from Quebec. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. s.—Wind, W. Arrived—Loch] bo, from Callao, and sailed for London ; Golden Spring, Per nambuco, and sailed for Liverpool. Sailed—St. Lawrence, for Savannah ; Atholl, Melbourne ; Emigrant, Mobile. LERWICK, NOV. 29.—Wind, W. Arrived—Richibucto, from Quebec ; Ariel, Memel, with part of bulwarks carried away, and mainyard sprung. SCILLY, Dec. 4.—Arrived—Anteje, from Havannah. Sailed—Lady Mona, for Melbourne. MILFORD, Dec. s.—Tho Mary (brig), of Cardigan, from Swansea to Limerick, sprung a leak on the 3d Dc., when off Skollhem's Island, and was run ashore, where she now lies sunk, and will become a total wreck. BRIDLINGTON, Dec. 6.—The Catherine Ferdinand, from Dacazic to Grimsby, was assised in hero to-day, with broadside cut :0 the water's edge, loss of topmasts, lower rigging, sails, &c., having. been in collision with the Clyde (s), which proceeded for Grangemouth damaged. , ‘RMOUTII, Dec. s.—The Indus i y was in contact, tin id Dec., with the Lily, fro ,, , Newcastle, for Guern,-y —vlrived in the roads, and inst . ,r•tly sunk ; the crow were saved on board the Lily. REDCAR, Dec. 6.—The St. Law rence, bar q ue, of and ••• 20 from Aberdeen, for Now York, got on the reeks off this ICO place this morning, but was got off with assistance, and pro ceeded in tow for her destinat i o n. 20 5 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, 10 A.M. Wind S., moderate, and dense fog. Arrived.—Pacific (s), from New York. Sailed.—City of Manchester (s), for Philadelphia. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, TUESDAY, 10.22 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind, N., moderate, and fine ; tide five hours' ebb. Arrived—Emile, from Aarhuus ; Letitia Lawson, Ham burg ; Three Sisters, Horsens ; Anne, Odense ; Salmono dena, Biorneborg ; Johann a, Memel ; Karel Martha, Sun dewall ; Lady Mansell, Terceira. Sailed—Fame (a), for Boulogne ; Menai (s), for Calais ; Panther (a), for Ostend. DEAL, WEDNESDAY, J.J. A.M. Wind, N.W., moderate, and hazy. Passed—Natal, from London, for Natal. Sailed—The Gloriana, for Jamaica. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN BANK. — An extraordinary general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at 7, St. Helen's-place, Mr. Gillespie in the chair, for the purpose of electing a dire ctor in the r oom of 'Mr. Dowie, deceased. The chairman, after passing a warm eulogy on the memory of his late friend and co-director, Mr. Dowie, proceeded to propose Mr. Francis Le Bretton as a gentleman in every respect highly qualified for filling the vacant directorship, from his status, experience, and intimate knowledge of Transatlantic business. The motion was unanimously , agreed to, after which the proprietors adjourned to dis cuss matters of a private nature. BURGLARIES IN THE CITY.—The burglaries and rob beries that have been committed within the City since • the dark evenings have set in, have been much more nu merous, and the plunder carried off of greater value than • those that have been brought under the notice of the police s for some years. From information received by the au thorities of the City police, the detective officers and reserve men of the force are engaged in tracing the per- 5 petrators of no fewer' than four burglaries, the whole of Siut which, it is strongly suspected, were com mitted b y the 'V, sa me gang, on whose track the officers e n g a g ed in the St pursuit and recovery of the property believe themselves to be close. It is, however, certain that they have ob- 25 Bookc kt lecgoowohfpuet sy,srseeo mostr ihmgsohelhdta, tamed a clue to their whereabouts, which, if followed up with caution, may be the means of breaking up as des- 25 perate a troop of bandits as ever laid a town under forced 25 contributions, and who, it is believed, effected the nu- 100 merous burglaries and robberies (principally at watch- _ makers and silversmiths) last winter. In consequence ,V, of the deep cunning of the persons whom the police are '.l, in quest of, no specific information can be obtained, the - 4 - f. police being aware, that on the slightest publicity being i` i given, the parties implicated, having plenty of funds at si their disposal, would at once evacuate the metropolis, and so delay, if not defeat, the ends of justice. S SALE or COPYRIGHTS, &c. — yesterday Mr. Hodgson, the auctioneer of Fleet-street, concluded an extensive important sale of literary property, comprising nearly half a million 1 volumes, and the copyrights and stereotype plates of numerous illustrated and other popular works. The fol- lowingl may gi be cht to r c i classed ss 8501. s e d u among nTdhaeys to : Knight's Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, 2 vols. folio, 400 parts, and 11,000 numbers, with copyright and knockedand plates down stereotype Arts, also , l d for 2 vole. 0 6 114 0 . 0 f/ 0 . l i o, The Pictor ial stock, copyright o Surgery sup Gallery trehg r eeer yms andtoolsdfrt p of la K te i s ito b ' r s o P u at 5601. ; ditto of Pictorial Half Hours, 4 vols., 1051. The ro e 3l stereotype.2olTh The ncdo pty p hr l o a i sg t eh e plates 0 f o n fnsdAolupr South's ha K t, se n sii i popular of Knight's shilling volumes were disposed of at the same sale, and realised a good market price. Th e copyright of "How to Observe" was sold for 2/.los. The sale attracted the general attendance of the trade. SEAR MARKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. .00 iberdeen ............. 8 kmbg. Nottng. Bost. - & Eastn. June. ai ;clfast & Ballymena ail Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley.... 28 Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Juuct all Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons 18i Do., £2O 30 IBlyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... 100 Bristol & Exeter...... 100 Caledonian.... ....... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.... all Cork, Black. & Pass 10 !tlornwall 45 .Dublin&Belfa.stJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all Do. New all East Anglian (£25 L & E. &L. &D.) all Do., (£lB E. & H.) all Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A. stk : 100 Do., do. 1 1 8i Do.NewA(lateThirds, 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow - 10 lo al - 19 - - 98 - 871 .- 17 - 16 -464 - 84 ••• ••• 58 at 4 134 13 42 44 31 33 - 67 - 63 3 i!Edinb. and Peebles„ 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundeel 1 Forth and Clyde June. 100 Glasgow & S.Westerm 100 Great Northern Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 11 Irish South-Eastern all ' Lancaster &Carlisle lli ID°. , Thirds. ...... 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 1.7 i Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wet. Maine. ITn. all Leeds Northern all Liv.Creby.&Sou;hpt all London & Blacl. wall 8i Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cet. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do. Fifths 1 D0.,1G/.5h.,M&8...0 2i Do. Eighths 100 London & S. Western 42 Do., £5O 34 Do. X4O all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 4 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. 100 Midland .. ........ 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 47 2 1 Midland G.West.(lr.) 17i Do. i Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle 100 Newmarket 5 Do. Bury Extensions 17,i Newpt.Aberg.daltfd 7ANewry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 iN0rf01k...... ..... . 3 INorthn. Counties Un 100 ' N or th British ... 16 (North Devon, No.l 11.1!Do., No. 2.... ...... all IDc., A Deferred 8 I Do., i B Guaranteed ,J all North Loudon ..... ... 0 1.1 N. &S. WAIL, Hump. stead, and City Ju., n I - N-orth Staffordshire. , ?,0 a'. , north Western , LO 10 ;N. &S. West - m. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and. Leicester 100 I Ox7ord. Worces'xr & 1 Wolverhampton 2.2 Portsmouth 100 ' Scottish Central 100 'Scottie': Midland 100 ' Shrewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Wcstn Guaranteed Stock 10 Shrewsby. di Herefd. all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.)...... all ; Do. Halves, d 0....... all Do. Oswestry G. ,Shropshire Union , „ - Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent all ,South Devon I _oo South Eastern all Sound Wales... . 15 S. Yorksh. RiverDun l 5 Do.. 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling , 163 Stockton & Hartlepl 100 Taff Vale 8 Do. £lO shades 1 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 20 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... .... 17 Vale of Neath......... all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriek 14 j vlat anovT li tOndOii and Crystal Palace.. all West London 51s. Wmbledon &Croydon 100 York Newetl. & Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 11i Do. G.N.E. Purchase 100 York &N. Midland 23 - 87 - 131 - 104 - 84 —l2o' Gay 6 1 , 1 & di - 8i - lip - 100 - 10.% - P 78 11 d 9 di - 24 - -64 i - 38 54 66 id- par 2i 41c1 A 3 G - 8 53 - 55 3a 3i (1' 33A - 34 8 - 10 - - 73 51 ... 53 63 • 8 - 80 par 2 38 - 39 90- 91 56 - 57 60 - 62 55 60 2 lidis 14 16 7 8 11 12 3i 3id 15 17 61 3 / 4 62 3 / 4 33 31 3d par 4 5 ii - 2 3 15 -- 16 5 - 7 8 - 65 66 fib 8 3i 30 49 50 Business done I St. this day. FOREIGN. 6 Antwris & Rotterdam 3 Belgian East. Junct. 8 Beziers to Graissessac ... Central of Italy all Charleroi & Erquelin all Demerara 10 Dijon and Besagon 8 Dutch Rhenish all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Gt. Indian Peninsula 10 Gd. Juliet. of France 10 Gd. Trunk, of Canada Shrs. and Bonds 8 Gt. Central of France 20i Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 IW Hamilton & Toronto all - Do. 6 per cent 5 Lake Const. & Basle 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. 15 Luexembourg 10 Do. (Railway) 20 20 20 20 20 10 20 20 20' 20 10 20 2 1 - 13 - 2i - 2- 34 - 2 Do 3 Do. (Canal) 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 12 Lyons & Mediterran 104 Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams.Shs ] all NorwegianlYnk.Pref 10 Paris and Lyons 40 Do. bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbourg 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg 101 Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre 0 Royal Danish a t i t trecUsh all , ' Meuse 6 s? s per cont. pref 2 S.E. of France 6 Southern of France 6 St.Amlrews& Quebec 2s. Upper India Scrip all West Flanders 10 Do. 5i per c. Prof 10 Western of France 4 West. of Switzerland 2 Wiesbaden a 12 Zealand, 57 1 6i 20 17/ 15 14 10 st. 134 10 31 10 6, St. St. 87 St. Goi 2 16 St. 104 20 83i 12i St I St. 68i i 8 pm 150 St. 13i 14 St. 8 50 _ 103 i 1 12 25 64 i 3i St. St. St. St. 20 34 3i 10 25 10 1.0.1 100 Aberdeen .............. 10U Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... 30 Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at1:50) 100 Bristol & Exeter 4pr cent., stock.... ... 5 Do. Do., shares 100 Caledonian £lO . all Chester dr H o lyh e a . d . Guar. 5} per cent 64 Cork&Bandousi p.c all DundeePerth&Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (X 3 10s), 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., Now 6p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. £lO Deben. Sh 100 EastLancash. 6 p.cts all East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths all Edinb.Prth.dtDundee 4 per cent. . ..... 100 Glasgow di S.Western par. 5 per cent.... 100 Great Northr sp. o. 100 Do. sp. c.,Redeem., at 10 p• c. pram.... 10 Do. 44 percent. Scrip 4 Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof all Gt. Southn. laestn. 7-- xd ... -- ••• joo 7 la 6 -6, 44 - 4$ 5A - 6 -. I P li -10 p 14 131 -- 1 4} 20A - 21 21 - 3i Ilio 1 - iii 109 - 111 i - i P (Ireland) Eighths... 2 Do. 4 per ct. pref. St. 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Do. con. & red. 4i p.c 100 Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O, 100 Do., 6 p. c., Stock— -13 Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 9 Do. Quarters,lB.lB 100 London andlßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c 100 Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent 5 London &S. Western, Con. Thirds 12i Londonderry& Color all LOndy. & Ennis. Sb all Manch. ,Shef. , &Lin., 80 - 8i 63 -- 7 9 -- 101 95 -- 100 95 -- 100 id par ,140 -- 142 2 - 3 12 - 13, Shares, No. 1 all Do. New, £lO 3 Do., £6 ...... all Blarypt. &Carl. 4p. C all Do. 42 per cent 6 7a 94 10 Par iP 10i Do 100 Mid. ConsoL 6pc. SL 100 Do. Consol. Bristol di Birm. 6 per cent.... ••• ''''' 139 141 id 5 IDo. Pref. ai per cent. I 6 Norfolk Debent. Sh. 100 Norfolk Extension... 100 Do. Pref. 5i per ct... 100 Do. Way. Val. 5 p c 100 North British ......... all North Staffordshire.. 100 Oxford. Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. 106 - 110 112 - 116 15 'Do all Scot. Cen., New Pref all Slirews& Birm. N. G all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os. '3d. all S. Yorksh.4p.c. Gnar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. Gp. c. 100 York Newcastle and Berwick, 1 p.e.Pref. ,_.. - ... 23 - 25 1211 110 A 105 - 107 1 -lip 5 Do 10 York& N. Alidlaud.ll & S. Purch 9i - 10 16 —l6 ‘,l) 10 106 12 14 par A p 24 - 19 - 3 1 1 3 66 5 6 95 - 98 41 - 4 d pari MINES. 1 all Apia Fria ..... .. -.. 1 1 p 14 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d ... par 10s. all Anglo Californian gd 1p 10 2 Australasian l4 1 d 20 6 Australian 3 4 1 all Australian Cordillera 5 i d i 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 5 d 1 all Ave Maria — $ d 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) i 4 d 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal 1 all British Austrin. Gold 5 $ d 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 245 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 55 6 3 / 4 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2:} 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 37 39 38 1 5 Carson's Creek id par 40 all Cobre Copper 44 46 5 1 Colonial Gold i iP ... 16 Copiapo. ll4 125 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 65 —7O 25 all Do. Pref. 75 p. cent. 5 7 p pm 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 3 d 'A 20 all General l4r —l6 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinSerp 4 . ip 2 Do. Registered — ... 35 all Great Polgooth 2l —21 d 1 all Lake Bathurst i 4 d 1 all Liberty ff d — a i 3 all Linares l l 3 /4 ... 125 11* 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co i 1 all Mariquita i* d par 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien 75 8 1 all New Granada id par 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co .. ... 1 all Nouveau Monde i 5p 1 5 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. . 5 1 Port Philip •i i d 1 all , Quartz Rock A p 50 all Rhymney Iron 3l 33 15 15 Do. New 9 10 30 114 Santiago do Cuba 5 6 1 all South Australian 5 3 / 4 d. 10 7 Tin Croft 5 7 281 all United Mexican 45 5 45 5 i 1 all Waller — I d i 1 all West Granada 3 /4 d 1 all West Mariposa i d 4 I 12s. Worthing Mining of ... ... Australia w 1 . all Yuba 5 ia, P - 2 1 - 1 2i - 3 3 -2 i - li 11 lid 10 -- 11 6i 7 14 -- 2 11 -- 2i id p 4 . -lip= ••• .-- • ... "-- •, 8f - 34 7 -- Bpcd 16 -- 17 p ... - - 41 -- 43 33 33. 2 4 1) ad p::r 10i - lei - par 11' d •Of 10 3 - 4?:, 5 d 74 Bip li 141 4 3idi LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid! RAILWAYS. all Bedford and Blotchley—. 100 Buckghamsh. all 100 G EGD6N l i. y ounaer d .si.. e iNg s ecßa. d oeep al inwnirer e tr.. J gr..c. c et. all all all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway all Hull & Selby all Do. Shares all Do. i Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Prefereuce 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... 100 Do. 6 per ct... 1. all Manch.lixton. and Matlock all Middlesbro' di &dear. ) all Midld.Bradfd. ) all Northern and' Eastern 5p . c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do . Fixed 5p . c j all Prest. &Wyre 1' S- S - 2 1 12 Do. Shares) . 1 100 Roystn.&Hit. 1 100 Do.Shepth.St. 14 Shef. Roth. di Goole g. 5. p. c 9?:, S. Staffordsh all WearValleygrl 6 per cent all Do.. 100 IWiltsdrSonirstl Leasing Compans. Ln.&N.W. L. dtN.W. Gt.Northn ,Caldonian. Gt.Westu. Yk. New. (St Berw Y.&N.151d Do Do S. Eastern ) Do Norfolk ... Ln.&N.W. & Midld. : Stckton & Darlingt. ~Midland... E. Count. Do L. & . W &Ln&Yk I Do Gt.Nortlin Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrMClcan Stockt. & Darling Do Gt.Westn Closing Prices I Business yesterday. this day. 103 1103 52 of - -- 51 42 - 145 30 - 32 - 110 - 55 - 27 - 141 - 25. 93 - 93 2i. - 3 ••• - 99 -101 60 -- G 2 •.• - . ••• - • - 143 142, - 143 d - 101 30 . i 3 ,,„ 1 98 - l O° lw THE CORPORATION OF LOIVDON. ( From the Times.) The proceedings before the commissioners ap pointed to make inquiry into matters connected with the Corporation of London have, during the last few sittings, assumed a more satisfactory form. Hitherto we have been compelled almost exclusively to attend to the complaints of individuals. The fruiterers were injured—the corn-dealers —the coal dealers—the steam-packet companies—the attor neys—the different classes of citizens who held themselves aggrieved by the various petty exactions of the corporation. Sheriffs, even, and Common C o uncilmen came for ward to bear testimony against a system in the operation of which they were un willing participators. The same kind of complaint has net - been wanting during the last three meet ings of the commissioners, but these have been par ticularly distinguished by the evidence of three gentlemen who have addressed themselves to the consideration of the subject in a more comprehen sive spirit—we mean Mr. William Hickson, Mr. W. Williams, the member for Lambeth, and Mr. Leigh Pemberton. The two former of these gentle men have been long familiar, as well as any one could be so, with the various items of corporation expenditure, and with the general management of city concerns. Mr. Hickson is well known as the former conductor of the Westminster Review, and many years ago he endeavoured to force the whole subject of corporate reform on public attention. He has been long commercially connected with the city, and appears to have enjoyed every opportu nity for mastering the subject on which he recently gave evidence. The evidence of this gentleman is so far favourable to the city magnates that he their own persons, although con siders them to be tolerablycl acquiesce in this statement, it will distinct answers should be necessary that c r e c e r c :c r ) a tli P e tLl c accusa tions which have been brought against them with regard to the mode of election to many the higher civic offices. Let them, however, have clear a r given from bt ebofeo of Mr. Hickson's testimony. We sho e ul t d he benefit be disposed to agree with him so far as to admiteite the men are, in most instances, far bett er than the that system in which they find themselves i nvo l ved. They are, no doubt, fair samples of the class of our uppertradesmen—shrewd, industrious, clearsighted in their own particular occupations—honest in the main, but with a strong admixture of ostentation and vulgarity. Mr. Hickson is, in all probability, not far fro _ n the truth when he says that the main evil is, " that we are eaten up with the cost of ma nagement, arising out of conflicting jurisdictions and divided authority." According to this witness the amount of the salaries paid to the officers of the corporation appears to stand as follows for the year 1835: £ 8. d. Legal staff, consisting of appointments held by solicitors, barristers, proctors, and attorneys' clerks State officers—the Lord Mayor, Cham berlain, sheriffs, yeomen, trumpeters, &c. Officers of customs and market dues Officers of city gaols Officers of public works Miscellaneous officers, including hall keepers, beadles, Irish Society, port of London, &c. . 24,187 2 9 ... 29,338 12 8 4,330 7 2 5,403 12 5 9,653 5 3 110,930 19 9 Matters since that period are worse rather than better ; but, when we come to speak of Mr. *Wil liams's evidence, we shall have occasion to look a little more narrowly into the subject of salaries. Mr. Hickson presumes that if the account were fairly stated, as at present, the sum total of the above estimate should be increased by at least 10,0001.—and this, as we understand the report, without taking into account the various fees which are exacted from persons who come into contact with the various corporate officers. "In some cases my belief is," said Mr. Hickson, " that offi cers receive Larger fees than the corporation is aware of." The Chamberlain receives nominally 2,5001. per annum—the cost of his office is 4,6001. The salary of the Town-clerk is I,BB2l.—the cost of his office is 4,6691. We have understood that the gains of the City Solicitor have been increased in a similar manner, and to a very heavy amount; but this is a point to which the attention of the commissioners will, no doubt, specially be directed. Mr. Hickson then passes from the expenditure to the receipts of the city, and these he places at a higher point than any witness who has yet been heard before the commissioners. From his evidence we extract the following figures :—First, there is the sum levied by indirect taxation ; as coal-tax, market dues, street tolls, corn dues, fruit and other dues, freedoms and sundries—in all about 333,7021. Bs. a-year. Then there are the local rates, sewers, ' paving,lighting, cleansing, police, andtrophy-tax— about 120,0001. The poor-rates are set at 88,4751. ; the ward-rates at 4,000/. ; the church-rates, tithes, and Easter offerings at about 70,0001. The total of the local rates reaches the sum of 277,488/. per annum. Next we have the trust estates for public and charitable objects ; the revenue from this source amounts to the enormous annual total of 427,586/. Finally, there are the port dues in various shapes—as river tolls, tonnage dues, pilot licenses, ballastage charge, lighthouse dues, (ec., and these are set down at 68,378/. The aggre gate of the city revenues, according to Mr. Hick son's view, amounts to no less a sum than 1,107,154/. 9s. Surely, these figures are more eloquent and significant than any comment we could offer upon them. The defenders of the London Corporation will with difficulty be able to justify the levy of such revenue, as contrasted with the benefit the public may be supposed to derive from its expendi ture. Before we conclude even this cursory notice of Mr. Hickson's evidence, we must call attention to his assertions with regard to the coal duties. Since the inquiry before the commissioners was commenced a strenuous efibrt has been made to convince the public that two-thirds of the coal duties have been habitually handed over to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for the gene ral benefit. This is not so. Mr. Hickson posi tively asserts that from 1831 to 1853 the loans se- ' cured upon the eightpenny duties have been exclu sively devoted to local improvements within the city boundaries, executed under the auspices of the corporate officers. If this be so—and we make no pretension to decide the question of fact—it is very little honourable to the city witnesses or to their superiors that the report should have been spread abroad that these dues were devoted, to the extent of two-thirds, to purposes of general improvement (lehors the city limits, or to the construction of New Oxford-street and other similar purposes. W e can not be too cautious in admitting statements of this kind from interested and unscrupulous enats This witnesses, Mr. Williams, who was heard on. Thursday, is devotee gentleman equally c clear a would o a u n l d d explicit see to in b ehi as s szealoustatm of economy as the late Sir Humphrey Davy i n hi s o s y cie d r e ic a e d . Tily gases, l e gre i a n t o c r h d e e m r i t s o t ,youth swallowed lvas u o of i c i h e e s i n i t a i t c i a i 1 1 test their action upon the human frame ; in the same manner, Mr. Williams caused himself to be elected a member of the Common Council, in order that he might penetrate into the mysteries of cor poration expenditure. statements are reallyappSaolrineg expanses of the of this gentleman's missioners that the than 25,0001. We should say . th H at e 1833 in all probability May higheroral sum f amounted to a i‘ t i o r ld . the i _ cit,oino.._ %V.ll"ams speaks with authority, for lie took a d v antage of his position as Common Councilman to obtain into these subjects, a n d it the appointment of a committee 'to iwillirc of the evidence then collected that speaks._he rat on of I This gentleman mentioned, i _n corroboration similar Mr. Hickson's previous stateni.eeaii. is upon the strength the fees and effect, that in a particulariroL officers of the emoluments paid to to 74,000/. This sum accounts which contain the fifty or sixty confusedlorporation. The salaries and corporation, independednitd(l;f:tohteairpsi/laair.iiens,aanmyoonfuttieide fiscal records of t B l 5 officers, with the Lord Mayor ' emoluments r. ta N l V li i e l s • Mams'ilreavienith Mr. Hickson's estimate. Then, o u t u o t e l d 2 , 3, a B c l c 4 o l r . d , in a g nd to th l rs "gu-1" with Williams takes as the average of City . Mr. at their ds of 39,009/. a-year. The iaga,din' penses upwards 3 -- fel-farce lawyers—the City Solicitor, the Con headioa,ftia:mn ". ii 0 and the Remembrances, amounted in ten troller, oAccording tone same witness's years to 162,6m01. . , twelve Cabinet Ministers re estimate, whereas re ceived only 45;4801., twelve officers of the corpora tion received net salaries amounting to 45,4351. "Upon a comparison," adds Mr. Williams, signi ficantly, " I find that Birmingham, with a popula tion of 232,841, paid in salaries and pensions to municipal officers only 1,1341., and expended in law 6911." With this last point we should have wishel t conclude our present notice, for it is d. fr ~ ~.° 1 icutb Lo cram into the comments of a single 1 ( ay more than a given number of facts ; but we are compelled to advert to the testimony of Mr. Edward Leigh P berton, from the importance of the em subject which he touched— name l y, on river Thames. the conservancy of th e The public may suppose that sketched the proceedings. e when Mr. Dickens v. Jarndyce," he haute in the case of "Jarndyce of Chancery exhausted the possibilities the practice. He Corporation of I, lid Scirae fashion o r shown that chicane Hilary T should have made 0 on parties to the suit iu other and he might then have yethad secrets uurevealed. In .erm. of 1844 an information was filed by the A ttorney -General Corporation of against the London, for having granted licenses to Individuals to make embanknaeuts on the Thames, and for hav- Total.. 20 10 St. 25 25 2Cq . 5g 96 561 16A 14 86 60 130 102 83i 88 11i 67i 6g 98 103 par JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B2 84 40 all British Colonial Bank ... .., and Loan Company 50 all British N. American .., ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China id die 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 11 dis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Loud .., ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd ll id 20 15 Loudon Chrtd. Bnk of Australia 4 1 p 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... _ ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst ... ... 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New •• ••• 50 .224 National of Ireland ... ... 20 all New South Wales .... ... _ ... 25 an Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 49 10 all Do. New ' .. ... 5 1 RoyalAustraln. Bkg and Gold Imp. Cb 4d— par 25 25 South Australia — ... 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 24 Do. New 7l 8 50 10 Union of London 40 all (Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin t.,0al and Iron ... ... 25 17i Australian Agricult. 46 48 451 Gi 20 12 Australsn.Pcific Mail ... ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... ... 10 2i Berlin Water Works.. ... ... 50 38 Brit. American Lind 65 70 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... m ... 100 324 Canada Company ... ___ 5 5 Crystal Palace ll 21- . p M 5 24 Do. New. ll 2 4is 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... .. •- • 20 3 Eastern Steam ... ___ 25 20 Electric Telegraph (A)' 17 19 25 15 Do. (B) l2 14 . 1 1 Electric Tel. of 'rel ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat , ... 20 18 General Screw Steam .... ... 20 7 Irish Beetroot Sugar ..• . 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig • 1 all Nat. Pt. Ste am Fuel ,•.• *** 10 I 4 Netherlands Land.... li • ,i • si 2 1 IN. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. C 0.,,, 1 all N. B. Australasi *** • 13 .• -- . \ 1 Do. New : 20 110 r Nrth.of Europe Steam ••• • ••:. 5 all Peel Rr% Ld. & Mi nr l . . I 14 1) 53 6 50 1 all Peninsular & Oriental .. 50 25 Do. d o. ... ••• 2 all Portland I ron Co ... 100 60 Royal Mail St e a m ... :,, • •• • I all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 -- -76 38 9 __-.11•••••.11•1......... 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 ,• 1 all Submarine Telegraph id -- f 6— 154 16 100 281 Van Diemen's Land 15 RAIL WAY TRAFFIC _RETURNS. LONDON AND SOITTLI-BASTERN ZAlLWAY.—Traffie tltm for the week ending Deo. 3, 1853 212,306 18 r 3 Corresponding week last year 11,103 4 '2 £1,203 14 1 Increase in 18 3 BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — LONDON', Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 3, 210,518 12 10 8,991 13 9 onirrBs3espo—n"din....g.. week last year . of the half -year to this date, 1853 327,952 16 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 296,114 6 6 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—TTaffie re Lawn for the week ending Dec. 3, 1853 £ ,576 10 0 Corresponding week last year 3,925 18 2 Increase in 1853 £oso 11 10 3 3 i i 125 25 108 54 26 13i ing generally exceeded their powers as conservators of the river. The meaning of this term is, that they arc empowered to act as bailiffs for the Crown and for the public, but without any: further title to the soil of the river or to its bankm than a steward may be supposed to possess in 'lei master's p ro p er ty. It is not for us to Weary .1 e pati ence o f our readers' by recapitulating heft the " equitable " turns and dodges of the.Nitotition hare. From court to court they havelcdtb,eir accusers. They have brought to bear upon *lease every weapon in the Chancery Musetwas replications, de murrers, appeals,allot what not—and with signal effect. The result of the litigation of ten years was pithily summed up by Mr. Leigh Pemberton to the Commissioners on Friday last :—" It is utterly impossible for any one to say when the cause will be decided. The Corporation of London have not yet gone into any evidence at all, and it is likely they will apply for time." The point at issue, be it remembered, is substantially whether or not the Corporation of London have the same rights of property on the Thames - within their do main as a private owner may have in a horse pond, which is his as completely as conveyancers can make it so. As many of our readers as have taste for this kind of diet will do well to consult for themselves the evidence of the three gentlemen whom we have quoted to-day, as reported in the Times of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of last week. We will guarantee that they will discover in it ample reason for pressing forward with re. newel diligence the subject of Corporation Re. form. LITERATUBB. The Illustrated London Magazine.—Thii maga zine' which is one of th ose recen tly commenced, numbers among its contributors many well-known names. There is this month a pleasing sketch called "The Power of Art," that proves the ele vating influence possessed by art even in the present d ay . An " American 'Coon Chase," and a " Nor. wegian Story," are among the contents, and a history of the Danubian Provinces. At the pre sent time the following information may not be and Cossacks overran the help i thewan dered la b n a d c uninterestingu "Goths, ths, . less provinces, but made no stay n them ; and their original inhabitants, in their origina l hel p lessness, anrauns, ( t f h o e r i e t l w a as nem al ad l t i h e ey ha d h l i d t ) e k o ' f an th d e a ir ga f i o n r i e n f h at a h b e i r t : were resumed ; and the p eo ple, who some hundred years before were called Hamaxobli, o r dwellers in wagons, were now turned `'Vlachs, or shepherds, and their country Wallachia th e L an d of Shepherds. This was orig inall y the name by whi c h the whole territory was designated ; the word Moldavia signifying simply that part of the Shepherd land drained by the waters of the river Moldava, or Sereth. " The government of the country, if government it can be called, was the nearest approach to absolute anarchy in which a community can exist. The Domnu (Dominus), as he was then called, which is the same in signification as the modern Hospodar, was elected by the universal suffrage of the people—that is to say, whoever was the strongest king. The k n h a bi tants were divided into two classes, Boyars and Peasants. These are called, by a strange misapplication of the terms, Nobles and Commons ; but there is, in fact, no distinc tion between them ; the Boyars being nominated at pleasure by the prince from among the peasants, but imparting no rank to their descendants and constituting no order. The word signifies fighting-men or warriors. But whatever it might have been originally, it now no more signifies a warrior than 2.itter or chevalier means a rider. It was a privileged class, a quasi nobility ; only that their privileges were nut hereditary, and that their creation was dependent on the will of the prince, who himself owed his election to the votes of the people. The descendants of Myrtshea, who was prince of the country at the time of its invasion by Bajazet, are still in existence, and are peasants ; while the grand father of the present Hospodar was a herdsman. The evils of such a state of government, dining even a time of peace and external tranquillity, may easily be con ceived ; but the external peace and tranquillity which they had hitherto enjoyed was not destined to last. " Hitherto Wallachia, had never--been brought into contact with governments, or states properly so called. The Roman empire, lingering about Constantinople and its vicinity, was satisfied with existing, and never dreamed of conquest ; and Russia was as yet the abode of absolute savages. But a change was impending over the fortune of Europe. Constantinople fell—a powerful and energetic race assumed the throne of the Caesars, and having consolidated its empire at home, turned its attention towards its boundaries. The result could not be doubtful ; Myrtshea, Prince of Wallachia, after a vain attempt at resistance, submitted ; and Bogdan, Prince of Moldavia, voluntarily acknowledged himself a subject of the Ottoman Porte. Both provinces were annexed to Turkey ; retaining, however, the free exer cise of their religion, and the power, such as it was, of electing their own princes ; but, on the other hand, con ceding to Turkey an annual tribute and an absolute monopoly of trade. " But a new Power was rising upon the European horizon, and the star of Islam began to wane. The day of Pultava changed the fortunes of the Danubian Provinces, and discovered in that lowest deep into which they had been permitted to sink, a deep lower still. " The results of that victory permitted Peter to con solidate the Russian Empire and to lay the foundation for that enormous structure, which, enormous as it is, does not seem to have attained, even yet, its complete dimensions. "But this very success drew on them the attention of the world; and when Peter declared war against Turkey, events such as these forced even the Mahometan to re member that the czars of Russia wore the descendants of that Rurich who had compelled their predecessors at Constantinople to pay a tribute. "Constantine Brancovano, then Hospodar or Prince of Wallachia, had, in defiance of treaties, agreed to as sist Peter with thirty thousand men, and to maintain the armies of his allies. Had he remained faithful to his treason, Wallachia would have been from that time a Russian province:; but Turkey had not yet lost its prestige of victory. Constantine became alarmed, be trayed the Czar (who, after a disastrous campaign on the Pruth, was forced to conclude a hasty and disad vantageous peace,) and was most deservedly put to death bp the victorious Sultan Ahm e d . botho n ‘ ‘ t ,Fh fearar o t m ando f t this the jealousy l time, oney however, notpowerfulon they became objects of their own accoun t, b u t and rising nation, who, it hadoperations the p r e might , indeed it y it ti h m a e d make been r o e f . e ed them an element o f s t rength and a basis of future pulsed ; but thi s h a d not been done so easily but that Turkey had received some intimation of the extent of this new danger. " At-the breaking out of the Greek rebellion in when Russia incited them to revolt and throw themselves under her protection ; and in 1828, when, in conse quence of that ' untoward' blunder, the battle of Na varino, war again broke out, and the Provinces were ioccupied by R uss i a, s h e wa s not suffered to profit by her intrigues. "The Sultan, then deprived of his Greek subjects by the result of the war, and having no Christian to nominateto the office, restored to themll e e en p a r t rii n i t e i g a e n of w electing their their own governors. A sorte on the one side by them ; but as the whole was guardedbasebusiness was openly the Turkish Commis sioners,w and avowedly to lo ok after its politics, and on the other , business was openly C o mmissioner, whos ,, by a Russian and avowedly to look a ft e r its religion, but secretly to government also, the Wallachians con t ro l and sway its enjoyed n o more real liber t y than they deserved or had earned. " It is evident that this state of things must be like g unpowder in a mine ---always ready for explosion, and q uiet for the present gu only because the time for explo had not as yet arrived. sion '' What is to be done with these provinces, is a pro blem for E u ropean statesmen. Turkey is unable to hold them, an d Russia may not be trusted with them, an d by themselves they cannot stand. ' ,‘ Wh a t fate Providence may have in store for these un f o rtunate territorie s is as yet in darkness and sus pense —probably , p bably, the sword will decide. One thing is P ense— ' r° •evident gra dually becoming evident, that on them, weak and contem ptible as they are, hinge the future fortunes, not ofuss R in and Turkey, but of the whole family of European States." ab 2 511 : drggold, the PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris a i snda which,llo the about t 3 exchange ce r haF mine n ngge 1i discount as i at Paris Mint priceo (according nL oonfd3 t o i the last l.sahlsotorad.br.oie9ff peri il b i ounce c it e f l u e l r l o s I t v a s n t d h a a r td gold gold, is gives about exchangea o n .3B emroresnt standard Hamburg dearer l in : at the English Paris than in London. By advicewshifeProh? gives an exchange of 13.21 ; and, the i price iNiint o p f ri g e o e ld of i 3 51 . 4 1 2 7 0 8 1. I p o l d m . sight is at N on e d w on Y exchange at Ham paerrk,ounee gold burg is o n o. o London e cent. .shdoeratr dearer i i n n being 3.24, it follows that burg. The course of exchange l than erk on i ni, London for bills at 60 days'aro; of exchange between 0 91 per cent., and, the par 23.40 per cent., it follows England and America being 109 0.17 per cent. in fay allowance for char in terest, the present a of importation of LANDING NV that the exchange is nominally charges of England ; and, after making transport and difference of _rate leaves a trifling profit on the gold from the United States. Com ' !LITERS IN THE PORT OF LONDON. — plaints continue to be made of excessive incon venience experienced at the various docks and quays in the port of London from the want of a sufficient number of landing waiters. The quays are described as being crowded with goods, while the numbers of vessels are i waiting in the docks for officers to attend them. The injury thus inflicted upon the commerce of this port itl very serious, and, although attention has frequently been called to it, no steps are taken to provide a remedy. The pressure, moreover, instead of being temporary, is steady and progressive. In 1837, when the staff was placed on its present footing, the number of vessels reported from foreign ports was 5,626, of 1,061,923 tons, which had increased in 1850 to 9,914 ships, of 1,904,948 tons, while there is every reason to sup pose that when the a ccounts are made u p at the end of the present year the totals will be found to have doubled th - ose o f 1837, although the number of officers is p cisely now as it was then. The Customs Reform Com. mittee, in a report just published, complain strongly of th e grievance, and in the beginning of ~the comi ng with the recently extended privileges along the water side, the opening of the new docks, and the very large increase of bonded goods received by railway, it will be still worse. 11