The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

SMOKELESS FURNACES. --MR. LEE STEVEN'S respectfully solicits early intimation about furnaces required to be fitted 'during the winter, that the advancing price of materials, and increasing demand for skilled labour, may not pre vent the prompt execution of orders on current terms. COPY OF LATEST TESTIMONIAL. " 55, Bridge-street, Southwark, Nov. 25, 1853. " Mr. Jome LEE STevens, 1, Fish-street-hill, City. "Dear Sir,—Yotir Patent Smokeless Furnace adapted by me to ' a boiler for -Messrs. Beeman and Oxley, King-street, Southwark, answers so admirably, that I have, with your sanction, applied the invention to my own boiler, and the result is, in every respect, most satisfactory. "I shall certainly recommend this simple and economical system M the best, as well as the cheapest, means of saving fuel and pre venting smoke ; and I shall be happy to undertake the erection of hour furnaces in any part (lithe metropolis. "Remaining yours very truly, " WALTka EL &STEWS, Engineer." Information respecting LICENSES to MANUFACTURE or USE the PATENT SIIOKELES'S FURNACES, for LAND and MARINE boilers, stills, coppers, &c., is given by Mr. JOHN LEE STEVENS, the Patentee, at the Offices, No. 50, King William-street, and No. 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London, where other testimonials, &c., may be obtained, and reference to firms in London and elsewhere, on whose premises the invention is in daily operation. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances, assisted by the must renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE. ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY Characters by Messrs Compton, Chippendale, and Buckstone ; Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. Will be performed A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. To be followed by MIDAS. Characters by Messrs.;ComPton and Chippendale ; Misses Featherstone and Ormonde. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Ks.tx. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's So n. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder , Everett, H. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. M Lec essrlercq W. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported • by s. Lacy, J. Chester, Raymond, Ryder and Everett; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. LYCEUM THEATRE• Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS VVENING, DEC. 3, - • --- Will be performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F . Hughes. After which, TUE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), iv:11. in the end, s h ow HOW TO MAKE HOME HA PPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed by A NICE MM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WEIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster, —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by Leigh Murray, Paid Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook "A Biftln." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP At THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke, 'Who respectfully announces to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public in general, that a GRANO EQUESTRIAN CHINESE SPECTACLE Is in active preparation, written expressly to introduce Mr. William Cooke's most extraordinary TRAINED ELEPHANTS, surpassing everything hitherto witnessed—their marvellous feats never having been previously attempted, and which they acco-nplish with unerr ing certainty. The spectacle will be produced immediately. Second week of Six Clowns in the Arena. Third week of the re itppearance of the premier horseman, Mr. ALFRED COOKE. In creasing popularity of the daring Equestrienne, Madlle. MASOTTA. THIS EVENING, DEC. 3, The grand spectacle of BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUSSIA; Or, The Burning of Moscow. Followed by William Cooke'a matchless scenes of the ARENA, by unequalled artistes. Concluding with JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Phreton. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Vest. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Morning 13 min.after 3 Evening 36 min.aft. 3 TO•Moaaow—Morning 2 min.after 4 ' Evening 26 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—SuN Opium, Esc. 3. THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE. 43 highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 42—this day at noon. _ __ BAROMETER, 30'05. !WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, and dull, foggy weather, ~~~~ ~~ .~ k ~~~, y •+ ,?iv~ ', r.:. c§llll, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1853 Everything is now preparation. From the Crystal Palace at Sydenham to the seat of war in koldo-Wallachia, it is all preparation. The Em- 13eror of RUSSIA (in spite of the advance of winter) is preparing for offensive measures along the southern boundary of the Principalities. The Emperor of the FRENCH is still actively preparing (for warlike purposes) an increase in his maritime armaments, and (for pacific purposes) that grand display of the products of industry which is ar ranged to take place in 1855, and the site of which is already defined among the leafless trees of the Champs Elysees. England is preparing for the disclosure of a mysterious panacea for all our po litical ailments, in the shape of a hotch-potch Reform Bill—its ingredients being derived from sthe various, not to say contradictory crotchets, opinions, and principles, making up the .olla podrida of the ABERDEEN Coalition. Turkey is still resolutely preparing for her gnequal struggle with the forces of the AUTO PRAT —before her the almost incalculable hordes IA a colossal and infuriated antagonist, a t her back the enthusiastic sympathy of the 'civilised races of Western Europe, marred, how ever, by the lukewarm and hesitating policy of their respective Governments. Austria is prepared to take part with the CZAR, if she can only dis cover anything like a tolerable opportunity. Prussia is prepared to act as best becomes the interest of her SOVEREIGN in his selfish and sinister designs upon the lesser powers of the Germanic Con federation. Italy is prepared at any moment to rise in insurrection from one extremity to another—it matters little whether, at the sum mons of a proclamation of MAZZINI, or in answer to the waving sword of PEPE—ready with all the remorse of her evil memories (in spite of the murder of Rossi, and the broken heart of CHARLES ALBERT, and the dissipated day-dreams of GIOBERTI) to attempt once more to achieve, at all hazard, the emancipation of the Roman Peninsula. Spain is prepared to look for a change, vaguely, in some . dim period of the uncertain future—con tenting herself with occasional tokens of indiffer ence, Rot tosa— y contempt, for her reigning Monarch (tokens' such as the hisses which only the other day greeted Queen IsA.BELLA on her- entrance into the theatre at —rap -1434,4,1\ With ESPARTERO almost for votten in his • l'ivaey, and CABRERA nearly over looked in his banishment, and a daughter of her people seated by the side of NAPOLEON on the throne o f CHARLEMAGNe. Portug a l i s prepare d f or th e possibility of some sudden alterati on i n h er d est i n i es _startled one day b y the dea th of DON NA MAMA DA G LOR IA, and then by the intelligence that DOM M IG UEL is getting in readiness at his present resi dence (Langensbold), a formal interventi on i n the question of succession to the Crown of the Bra ganzas. Hungary is prepared at any instant— we believe this now, as we have believed it ever since 1849—for another of her gigantic risings waiting eagerly for the apparition o f KLAPKA at the head of a Turkish division among the moun tains of Transylvania, or, better still, for the long-expected signal from the lips of KOS SUTH the watchword of liberation. The les ser tates in immediate proximity with the Seat of War, no less plainly than those of more obvious U ; °___ ~. ~~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, pECENBER 3, 1853. importance, are " straining, like bloodhounds in the slip," yearning for the close of this prolonged uncertainty. Each and all prepared for the chances of the inevitable emergency. Montene. gro, for example, is prepared at the earliest oppor tunity to satisfy its deadly animosity against the Mussulmen. Croatia is prepared—to take any side! Servia is prepared—to hesitate ! From the highest to the lowest, all the various Powers of Christen dom are thus at this moment in a state of active preparation. And the signal has at last been given which is to consummate the whole of the energy and of the design of these wide-spread and protracted pre parations. The signal has been given by the Russian AUTOCRAT. It is comprised in one word —War. Literally, the latest intelligence received is to that effect. The CzAR has declared in lan guage than which none could by possibility be more clear and explicit that henceforth England and France, and the rest of the Powers of Europe, must know that, in regard- to the Eastern Ques_ tion, Russia will listen to no further negotiations. For the earliest glimpse of this important in formation, the public are indebted to the promp titude, energy, and sagacity of the Press, the youngest but one of the ablest of our weekly con temporaries. The Note in which, according to the Press of this morning, this resolve on the part of the Emperor NICHOLAS is announced to the Cabinets of St. James's and the Tuileries, inti mates yet more, that the attitude assumed by. Russia is assumed by her definitively and unmistakeably, and that that attitude is an atti tude of war, and of a war not only defensive, but offensive. It is—and we refer to everything we have said upon this momentous subject of dispute, from February to December, in testimony of the truth of our assertion—it is precisely what we have all along anticipated. "To this complexion" we have declared from the outset it would come at last. We predicted that diplomacy would fail in smoothing away the difficulties of the quarrel between the SULTAN and the AUTO CRAT. And has it not failed ? Answer this every successive effort from those made by the Vienna Conference downwards ! We prophesied that sooner or later war would prove to be altoge ther unavoidable. And has it not proved so ? Answer this the memorable incidents of Novem ber ! The passage of the Turkish army at three points across the Danube into Wallachia. The two brilliant victories achieved by the soldiers of OMER PACHA at Oltenitza. And now, this formal intima tion made by the Emperor NICHOLAS to the French and English Governments—that the part of Russia is taken, and that that part is War—an end being put to the possibility of any further negotiations. Now, therefore, the die being cast, the signal being given and given too by the CZAR War it must be, and a war not restricted to Moldo-Wallachia, but extending more and more widely, like the spread of wildfire, among the inflammable passions of the different races of the European Conti nent. Upon the heads of those who have brought about this most perilous consummation will descend the curse of its remembrance. Never theless, it is consolatory to reflect upon the good that may be born even out of the approaching ca lamities. Hungary and Poland, and the oppressed provinces around the Euxine, may at last effect their liberation in the midst of the agonies of the political chaos now fast approaching. The trial of the copper-plate printers for un lawfully conspiring together, to procure the dis missal of a fellow-workman from his employment, took place on Wednesday at the Central Criminal Court, and terminated in a verdict of acquittal of all the traversers. This result was in consequence of an opinion expressed by the Learned Judge who presided during the investigation, to the effect that the charge had altogether failed, on which the ' case was stopped and no further evidence offered. As erroneous inferences may, however, be drawn from what has taken place, and as misguided in dividuals who endeavour to coerce their employers and fellow-workmen, and to enforce regulations not sanctioned or recognised by law, may suppose that such proceedings were legitimate, it is well to explain the grounds of the above decision, and to point out clearly and distinctly the dangers that may follow a continuance in such courses. The facts of the case have been so recently before the public, that it will only be necessary to refer very briefly thereto. It appeared that some time since, the hands in the employment of Mr. TALL'S, the eminent copper-plate printer and pub lisher, had struck work in consequence of some disagreement, chiefly arising, we believe, from the number of apprentices taken by that gentleman, which were greater than the trade societies sanc tioned. During the continuance of the " diffi culty" the prosecutor and some other hands had been taken on. He was, however, discharged when work became slack, and applied to Mr. JONES, the foreman to Mr. JACKSON, who was in the same business, and by whom he was at once e , lgaged. Shortly afterwards, the prisoners—all of whom were working for Mr. JACKSON—heId a meeting in the corner of the workshop, from which he was excluded. This meeting was, in the trade parlance, denominated " a chapel." A second " chapel" was held in the course of the same day, from which he was also excluded. From these circumstances the prosecutor naturally conceived that the proceedings must have in some way re lated to him, and he accordingly made inquiries from one of the defendants, FRANCIS FRIEND, who had presided on both occasions, acting as " father of the chapel." FRANCIS FRIEND at once replied to the interrogatories of the prosecutor, that the meetings had reference to him, in consequence of his having worked at Mr. TAL LIS'S. On the fol lowing day, when receiving his wages, Mr. JONES, the foreman, informed him that he wouldnot be em ployed any longer and on wasreferreatop, FRANCIS is FRIEND , askingthe th n he fathere easo of the chapel, for an answer. He went at once to FRIEND, who at first gave an evasive answer, stating that "he had forgotten the reason at the moment, but would tell him in the course of to morrow." On a second application, however, he was more explicit, declaring that "the reason the men objected to his remaining in the service was that he had worked at Mr. TALLIs'S, whi c h was a house they disacknowledged, and that he a l so be longed to a Society which they disacknowledged." The prosecutor thereupon caused the parties to be summoned before a Magistrate, who justly con sidered the matter of such importance as to de mand the most stringent and searching investiga- tion. Mr. JONES, the foreman, yielded on the first intimation of the feeling of the workmen. He was manifestly prepared to understand the slight est hint. Without an effort, then, to change the too palpable feeling of the men—without even a remonstrance to induce them to reconsider the case, he cast off poor SPENCE, declining to give him any further work. On the trial, he declared that his " reason for so doing was that he knew SPENCE had got a job at another office, and that his services were required there ; and als9 that from the feeling evinced by his own com panions not to associate with the prosecutor, and that they would have sent him to Coventry, he would have been made very uncomfortable in his situation, and that, therefore, it was better for his Own sake that he should not remain in the ser vice." It was at this point of the case that Baron AL DERSON interfered. The Learned Judge state I that "if i t had been proved that when d e f en d an t s held th e i r meeting they came to a determination not to allow the prosec u tor t o work in the office, prepared to say he was not that it would not have been a criminal offence." [We 0 . [We believe, with all deference to the Learned Baron, that, according to the whole curre n t of authorities, there could have been no possible doubt on the subject.] He added, however, that " there was no evidence that this was so, and they had no right to conjecture it. For anything that appeared to the contrary, the prosecutor might have been personally disagreeable to his fellow-Workmen, and therefore they refused to associate with him, and as this was no offence the defendants were entitled to an acquittal." Now, with the greatest possible respect for the Learned Judge, we cannot help thinking that the facts of the case should have gone to the Jury, and that their opinion should have been taken thereon. We have always heard it unequivocally laid down that circumstantial evidence is frequently even more satisfactory than direct testimony ; and surely there could have been no second opinion as to what had taken place. Here were two meetings of the men, from which the prosecutor was excluded. He was then informed that the meetings referred to him, and to his having worked for Mr. TALLIS. He was then refused further work, and referred to FRANKS FRIEND for the reason, by whom he was informed, on inquiry, that the men refused to work with him because he had worked for Mr. TALUS, and belonged to a third society. How, then, could there be any question that undue influence was brought into operation on Mr. JONES, the foreman, who so readily submitted to the implied dictation ? How could there be any doubt that the defen dants had confederated together for - the purpose of procuring the dismissal of the prosecutor from his employment ? We believe that there was sufficient legal evidence to satisfy a disinterested and unprejudiced jury ; at all events there could be no moral doubt on the point. _ The object, however, will be fully accomplished, if not only the defendants but the members of the different trade societies attend to the admoni tion that fell ,from the Learned Judge, who de clared that " the offence imputed to the defendants was a very dangerous one, and that he trusted they would never attempt to commit such a breach of the law." And also, when their counsel declared that all they wished to be understood was that they did not desire to associate with the prosecu tor, that "it would have been better that they had said so separately, and not have met together and agreed to such a resolution." These circumstances show how great a risk was incurred by those men, who might have had to un dergo a severe punishment for the injuryinflicted on an innocent person. As it is, however, we trust that the lesson may be productive of useful re sults, and that henceforward no persons will transgress the limits of the stringent but salutary law, or endeavour illegally to coerce those with whom they may chance to be associated. They are now fully cautioned, and will only have them selves to blame for any unpleasant consequences that may follow such proceedings. THE EASTERN QUESTION. FORMAL AND ABSOLUTE CONCLUSION OF ALL NEGOTIATIONS ! (From the Press.) - - - We have authority to state, that the Court of St. Petersburgh has addressed a brief and conclu sive note to the Governments of England and France, announcing that no further negotiations, with respect to the affairs of the East, will be listened to—that the part of Russia is definitively taken—and that that part is " la guerre." COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 2. The Queen and the Duchess of Brabant walked yes terday in the grounds at Osborne. Lord Alfred Paget has succeeded Lord Charles Fits Roy, as equerry in waiting. The Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yes terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. The Commissioners pre sent were the Right Hon. H. Labouchere and G. Come wall Lewis, Esq. Despatches from the governors of the West Coast of Africa were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches were sent last evening from the Colonial office for the Governor of Canada. The Lords of her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council sat yesterday, and resumed the hearing of the petition of the States of the Island of Jersey. The lords prevent were—the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmer ston (Secretary of State for the Home Department), the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Loris Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir J. Patteson. The Hon. William Bathurst, Clerk of the Privy Coun cil, attended. The case was adjourned. The Duke of Buceleuch's and the Marquis of Salisbury's youthful sons, Lord Walter Scott p,nd Lord Eustace Cecil, are both on their passage to India with their respective regiments, the 43d and 52d Light Infantry. The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Devonshire House yesterday, from Brighton, en route to Chats worth, where his Grace will shortly entertain a few select friends . The Marquis and Marchioness of Huntley and youthful family are passing the_season at Orton House, near Peterborough. The Earl Bruce has arrived in Pall-mall, from Savernake Lodge, Marlborough, Wilts. _ _ _ Lord Henry Bentinck has left Welbeck Abbey for his sporting lodge at Burton, where his lordship will remain until the meeting of Parliament. The youthful Lord Worsley, who has been mak ing a tour in the dominions of the Sultan of Turkey, has left the head-quarters of the Ottoman generalissimo, Omer Pacha, for England, after having been present at the victory gained by the Turks at Oltenitza. Lord de Tabley (Lord in Waiting), and Colonel Wylde, who have been despatched on a mission of con dolence on the part of Prince Albert to King Consort and Regent Ferdinand, are expected to return to this country in about three weeks. M. de Montalembert has returned to Paris, after an absence of several months. Sir Brook and Lady Bridges, and Miss Bridges, have left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Oiling. bury Rectory, Wellingborough. A matrimonial alliance will shortly take place between Colonel Henry Cartwright, of the Grenadier Guards, so❑ of the late H. R. Cartwright, Esq., of Ayr shire, and Miss Holbeck, daughter of W. Holbeck, Esq., of Farnborough. - . M. de Lamartine, whose health was for some time in a very precarious state, has now so far recovered as to be able to resume his literary labours. THE ORLEANS PROPERTY.—Two cases have ar rived from Dunkirk for his Royal Highness the Duke D'Aumale, containing articles restored to his Royal Highness by the French Government, and every care has been observed by the authorities in the delivery of them to the illustrious owner, at their destination. FRENCH COURT DRESS. —The Moniteur announces that the ladies admitted to the receptions at the Tuileries, on the Ist January, are to appear in Court mantles. NEW FELLOWS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.-- The Right Hon. Earl Granville, Earl Bruce, the Rev. W. Fallofield, and Messrs. J. M. Stanley, C. H. La touche, J. S. Willes, W. Moseley, and T. Jackson, were elected yesterday Fellows of the Society. CARDINAL WISEMAN.—The Cardinal has met with an accident since his arrival in Rome, which has caused him some inconvenience. The fore legs of a chair on which his Eminence was sitting gave way, and threw him upon the ground. He sustained no injury, further than the sudden shock from the heavy fall of a person of his corpulent habit, and a slight injury to the wrist. His Eminence had visited the Pope since his arrival, but was confined in consequence of this accident and prevented from performing his sacerdotal functions. It is uncertain, at present, how long the Cardinal may remain in Rome, but it is expected that he will return to this country soon after Christmas, to resume the duties of his office here. THE NEW REFORM BILL.—A committee . of the Cabi isofsaNidewcastle News, m h in ave ß for some . time been busy Cabi net, says the Daily with the details of the co , Logrd John Bill. This includes,corn ißkiteOF DUBLIN.—Sir Edward M'Do . nnell, Russell, Sir James and ddo Westernfrd uPalmerston.Dublin lißn Railway, forilw tahye Graham,m i LORD mthexyDo r w ch a a s ir o m n a i n ih o u f rs th da e y G , r e e le a c t t S ed ou L th or e d rn .m .- enming year. TUBSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—This highly popular ex h . lb . tion has beco me q uite a favourite resort of royalty, we under: tared that in a very short space of time the as mu seum has been ho noured b y two Q ueens, and o ne in prospect—viz., the ex-Queen of France, the Queen of Spain, and the Duchess of Brabant, who will most pro bably be Queen of Belgium. The royal visitors expressed themselves highly gratified at the arrangement and con tents of the various departments of the exhibition, and appeared much struck with the group of her Majesty an dfamily ; indeed, this interesting group appear to be the great lion of the museum, if we may judge by the crowds of visitors which surround these admirably executed figures. Next week will commence the cattle show, and consequently the visitors will have an oppor tunity of viewing both at the same time. ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY CLERIC.--Another defal cation has been discovered in the goods department at the Liverpool station of the London and North-Wes tern Railway, to the extent of about 600/. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. By electric telegraph from Vienna up to the 28th ult., we learn from letters received in that city from Bucharest, that large masses of Russian troops were expected, and that the military prepa rations decreed by Prince Gortschakoff were being executed on a large scale. The Russian army was expected to be soon in a condition to take the offensive. The Turkish Government has issued a strict prohibition against the granting of letters of marque. - - A British steamer has arrived at Varna to take off the British Consul to Constantinople. By electric telegraph, dated yesterday, at noon, from Vienna, we have letters from Widdin and Kalafat up to the 30th ult. They state that 100 guns are planted on the ramparts at Kalafat. This explains the return of a peat portion of the Turk ish forces to Widdin for better quarters. 8,000 men are left at Kalafat, thus strongly fortified, that number being sufficient for its defence. Severe cold in Asia has been injurious to the troops. Many cases of death and sickness have occurred. The Russians were still on the Danube and at Krajowa on the 30th. From Orsova, under date of Nov. 28th, we learn that an ordinance has been published, prohibiting the exportatian of arms from Austria to Turkey. The Austrian Correspondenz denies the recall of Baron Bruck, and the Prussian Correspondence that of M. Wildenbruck. Amongst the prisoners made by the Turks at Chekvetil is the Russian Prince Malakia. The Turkish war-steamer Chehper, on the 6th of this month, was on its way to Batoum, towing a brig laden with horses and ammunition. She came in a with a Russian squadron, composed of two men-of-war, three frigates, a corvette, and one steamer. The captain of the Chehper, seeing his danger, cut the cable that attached the brig to the steamer. He was chased by the Russian steamer, and fired at for some time, but escaped unhurt. This occurred in the waters of Sinope, and, odd to relate, the transport gained that port in safety. The following telegraphic despatch from Bucha rest, of the 29th ult., reached Paris yesterday : " The Russian war-steamer Wladimir has re- turned to Sebastopol from a cruise in the Black Sea. She brought in a Turkish vessel with a cargo of pepper and the Egyptian war-steamer of 10 guns. This last-named vessel was captured after a spirited engagement. The Russians had two men killed and two wooded." Private letters from Constantinople, via Vienna, dated the 19th ult., make particular mention of the question of a Congress. The writer of the letter is in a position to be well informed as to the opinions of some influential members of the Turkish Cabinet. He states that the idea of a Congress is not at all so unfavourably re ceived by them as may be supposed, and that it is not imp, obable that some such plan will be adopted for the settlement of the quarrel. As suggested to the Porte, the plan is, a Congress without any place as yet fixed for its deliberations. Turkey and Russia to be invited to send representatives, and the basis of the negotiations to be the Vienna Note, with the modifications and additions of Red schid Pasha. There is reason to believe that the French Government has received information t o the same effect either from Vienna or Const an- tinople, and in neither communication, it is said (certainly not in the private one), is it stated that the Porte has shown much disinclination to take the matter into consideration. The Porte, however, is not the only party to be consulted, and we have no information as to the opinion of Russia on it. For Russia to accept would be to avow her defeat. If the plan has been, as is stated in the let ter just mentioned, really taken into consideration, it would go far to explain the withdrawal behind the Danube of Omer Pasha, and the present com parative inactivity of the Turkish army. A private letter from Constantinople, of the 20th, announces that the English, French, Turk ish, and Egyptian fleets were then all in the Bos phorus. The Turkish squadron which had re turned from the Black Sea was not again to sail. Some single ships were in the Black Sea, but it is stated that the Divan had determined that none but divisions of three or four ships-of-war should be sent to sea so as that they might safely contend with the Russian war steamers, which were cruising in various directions. The Russian journal Satellite announces that the preparations for war are carried on so actively, that the army under the command of Prince Gortscha koff may in three or four weeks resume the offen sive with effect. Omer Pasha, according to letters received through Germany, has erected such fortifi cations on the banks of the Danube as to render it excessively difficult for the Russians to cross the river. News from Constantinople, up to the 17th ult., state that General Baraguay d'Hilliers arrived there by the French steamer Promethee, on the 15th. He came on shore that day, but returned on board in the afternoon. He made his public entry yesterday. The general landed, accompanied by his staff, composed of five officers, who had come with him from Paris. The ambassador of France was dressed in plain clothes, and walked from the landing-place up Galata-hill to the palace the French embassy, which is situated in the centre of the main street of Pera. General Bara guay d'Hilliers is a fine tall old man. He has lost one arm in action. From thirty to forty French officers belonging to the fleet met him, and joined the cortege. All the French subjects resident here, and the persons enjoying the protection of the French Government, also went to meet him, and followed him up to Pera. He entered the French embassy amidst the salutes of artillery. The gallant General, before separating, briefly ad dressed those who had attended him to the Em bassy. His speech was evidently intended to pro duce greater confidence in the success of pacific negotiations, even at this the eleventh hour. " My master, your Emperor and mine, wishes," said he, " for a peaceful solution to the existing strife, believing that such a termination is calcu lated to advance the interests of commerce, civili sation, and France." The gallant General con cluded with the following significant words, " Mon Empereur vent la paix." M. de la Cour will leave next Saturday. The fact of the new representative of France be inc, a military man, and the suddenness of the change, have created much astonishment, and, as may be easily imagined, various conjectures. If credit may be given to a Stockholm paper, Russia is also preparing for war in the west. Revel and Riga have received 12,000 men belonging to the Grenadier corps. The number of troops in Fin land, which is usually 12,000, has been reinforced by 16,000 men. 10,000 sailors, with 9 ships of the line, have been sent to B.elsingfor;, in order that they may be able to get to sea earlier in the spring than they could do from Cronstait, which is al ways blocked up with ice until the season is far advanced. — The Presse has received a letter of the 17th from Constantinople, which contains tie following para graph :—" Namik Pasha was the bearer of a treaty entered into between the Porte, France, and Eng land. The former pledges itself to provide all the necessaries for the French and English auxiliaries, and offers a guarantee for the expenses of 20,000 French and half that number of English soldiers during 6 months in certain dstricts in Asia and in the Archipelago." Private intelligence has .reached the Wanderer that the state of public feeling in the Danubian Principalities is anything but favourable to Russia. It is an indisputable fact, that the relations between the Boyards and their peasantry are anything but satisfactory, but still both parties are equally anxious for the maintenance of the independence of their native country. The Russian military Government is so well aware of the sentiments of their so-called proteges, that the state of siege is upheld with ruthless severity. All unfavour able reports of what occurs at the seat of war are prohibited under pain of death, " and a person who spoke disadvantageously of the Russian army is said to have been shot." The professors of the gymnasium at Bucharest have been informed that if the students indulge in any expression of political opinion, the institution will immediately be closed. The Wallachian and Moldavian news papers are placed under Russian censure. The precautions taken by the Russians to prevent all untimely discovery of their mishaps are such, that the guard or conductor of a private dili gence between Bucharest and Oltenitza, was obliged solemnly to swear not to speak to any one of what might happen at the seat of war. The unfortunate Wallachians have suffered so much from repeated invas:ons that they have lost all courage , and therefore it is not to be expected th a t they will exert themselves to throw off the yoke which is literally crushing them. The Russian manifesto was read in all the churches in the Principalities during the Litany, between the Mass and the Lord's Prayer. The usual prayer in behalf of the reigning Princes was omitted, and a supplication for the extirpation of the infidel was , substituted. Baron Budberg, who is to be the i future President of the Administration, is daily expected at Bucharest. The real intentions of the Russians in respect to the Principalities may be learned fibril the fact of the Consulates having been dissolved, and the JaSsy Consul appointed Afflatus to the new President. Lord Stratford de Redcliffc has returned to Pera. The note which was concerted by the French and English Cabinets enumerates three ; very essential points, namely, the evacuation of the principalities, the guarantee of the four Powers against the intererence of Russia in the interior concerns of the Turkish Empire, and the Turkish view of the protectorate, Up to the present time it has not been accepted—at any rate not uncondi tionally. We must now look to St. Petersburg for peace or war—not to Constantinople—as it will mainly depend on the Czar. No very sanguine hopes are to be placed on his giving way. After the late affairs on the Danube and in Asia, the military honour of the Russian army has become engaged in the struggle, and the Emperor will not conclude peace with his army unavenged for its late ill success. _ A letter from Vienna says :—" A telegraphic despatch from Czernowice of the 26th ult. states that the Russian corps d'armee of General Osten Sacken was proceeding by forced marches towards the Danubian Principalities, and that in Bessarabia all sorts of supplies had been provided for them. A letter from Adrianople announces that prepara tions are already being made at that place for the establishment of a camp to be formed in the spring. This letter adds that the Sultan is to arrive at the end of the month of February." The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort contains a letter from Vienna of the 27th ult., which says : " Despatches have been sent to M. de Bruck at Constantinople relative to the attitude of Servia in the Russo-Turkish quarrel. Our Cabinet supports the declaration of neutrality of Servia. The Otto man Porte, on the contrary, persists in not recog nising it ; and has already announced to the Ser vian Government that, if necessary, it would use its sovereign right, and march troops through Ser via. It is in the interest of our Government that neither Servia nor Bosnia should take part in any military operations. Prince Stirbey has had on that point conferences with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M. de Bruck has received instructions. Another difficulty has been decided in a satisfac tory manner—namely, that which relates to the political refugees. It is positively asserted that the Porte has pledged itself in writing not to employ political refugees on the theatre of war in Europe." The same journal, under date of Vienna, 28th ult., says :—" The day before yesterday despatches were received from St. Petersburgh, which were communicated to the Minister of Foreign Affairs by M. de Meyendorff. Although their contents have not transpired, it is nevertheless known that the Court of Russia manifests very conciliatory feelings. An English steamer has arrived at Varna, but only to take on board the English Consul and convey him to Constantinople. No accounts have yet been received of the result of the I negotiations opened between Fuad Effendi and M. de Kotzebue ' • there is, however, no doubt that an armistice will be concluded, as both the belligerent parties must desire a suspension of hostilities dur ing the bad weather." The Cronstadt Gazette of the 22d gives accounts from Bucharest to the 20th ult. Bucharest, it says, was tranquil, and for some days the cannonade had ceased to be heard. Prince Gortschakoff had interdicted any communication being kept up with the localities in which Turkish troops were to be found. On the 19th, it was still unknown whether the Turks had evacuated all the points on the left bank of the Danube except Kalafat. A large body of Russian troops was expected at Bucharest. The Satellite of Cronstadt of the 21st ult. says : " The preparations now being made by the Russian army are on a grand scale. In three or four weeks the Russian army will be able to assume the offen sive with a good chance of success. It is thought that the Turks will attempt the passage of the Danube between Widdin and Florentina, and that is the reason why the Russians have concentrated near Giurgevo a moveable column of 10,000 men. The corps-d'armee of Bucharest is ready to put it self in motion." It is said that a serious conflict has taken place between the Servians and Turks near Ushitza, on the Bosno-Servian frontier. The Turks were re pulsed. The loss on both sides was estimated at 500 men. _ _ The Patric says, with respect to this, that from the last accounts received, it had no doubt the statement is unfounded. The same journal also says :—" The last accounts from the Danube announce that a body of Cossacks, having passed the river during the night above Turtukai for a reconnoissance, had been surprised by th e Turks, and entirely destroyed." A financial agent of the Sultan, it is said, has arrived in Paris for the purpose of contracting a loan for the Turkish Government. The 'Pays, in allusion to the mission, enters at some length into the question of the confidence which may be placed by capitalists in an operation of this description, and, on the whole, appear favourable to it. The Turks - have a high reputa tion for probity—money matters and natural re sources which, if peace be restored to them, may be very productive. It is, therefore, to be in ferred that Turkey will find in England and France ready co-operation to raise the pecuniary aid she requires for the maintenance of her nationality. From Vienna, under date of the 26th ult., we learn that advices had been received from Con stantinople up to the 16th ult., which state that the Sultan was very much startled at the reply of the Prince of Servia to his summons that he should declare what line of policy he proposed adopting in the Russo-Turco quarrel. The Prince's answer had been a solemn declaration that he pro posed observing a strictly neutral part, and could neither declare for the cause of the Sultan nor for that of the Czar. He would maintain his neu trality, he said, with all the means at his com mand. The Sultan, indignant at this declaration, is stated to have approved of the advice of Reschid Pacha to employ coercive measures to compel the Prince of Servia to abandon his position of neutra lity. Hence a corps of 10,000 men has been ordered to march out of Bulgaria, through the Servian territory, ostensibly against Montenegro ; whilst out of Bosnia also a similar number of troops will march through Servia, apparently to join the army which -is now operating on the Danube. It is also said that a difference or mis understanding has arisen between Reschid Pacha and the Baron von Bruck upon the attitude of the Porte towards Servia. From a Transylvanian paper we also learn that the greatest portion of the Russian troops, who have been latterly stationed between Budeschti and Nyegojeschti, have been ordered into the Lesser Wallachia. Intelligence up to the 27th ult. from Wallachia, informs us that slight skirmishes and cannonades have taken place on various points. The news of the conclusion of an armistice had not, up to that date, received any official confirmation ; whilst, in the meanwhile, the reports direct from the Prin cipalities question the correctness of this intel lig•nce altogether. The following literal translation of a poem dedi cated to the heir apparent to the throne of Russia, which has appeared in the St. Petersburg military newspaper, pretty plainly indicates that, if an arrangement is to be effected between the belli gerent Powers, it can only be by an unconditional surrender on the part of Turkey : " Since when has Russia ceased to be formidable to Turkey ? Whence has the Ottoman taken his courage ? Is it so long since our victorious bayonets and flags crossed the resisting Balkan ? Must Turkey be remind ed of past times and of places which—the witnesses of sanguinary conflicts—have immortalised the names of Orloff, Rumianzoff, and Suvaroff ? Is the power of Russia unknown in Asia ? Are Navarino, Tchesme, Adrianople, Otschakoff, Kagul, Braila, Ismail, forgotten ; or that last field of battle which nearly opened the gates of Constantinople ? And Turkey dares to declare war against us ! Fate must have pushed her on to this act of madness ! The Crescent has either fallen into the power of the spirits of darkness, or the star of the East is waning. Turkey has cast down the glove of defiance, and we prepare to do battle for the just cause ; with entire confidence in the Most High we shall not have cause for shame. Inspired by love for the Czar, and faith in Christ, let us take the field. Into the midst of the turmoil of battle the protection of the almighty Cross and the prayers of the Orthodox Church will accompany us." It is said that Abdi Pacha, one of the com manders of the army in Asia, is about to be re placed. General Guyon (Khurchid Pacha), who distinguished himself so much in the late Hungarian war, is spoken of as his successor. Many other superior Hungarian officers are about to be em ployed. Colmanstein, and others who are in the Turkish service, have already left for the army in Anatolia, in which they have been appointed to dif ferent commands. The Polish officer Czaika, who has become a Mussulman, and who is called Sadik Effendi, has been created Pacha, and is charged with the formation of a Polish and Cossact. 'egion in the Ukraine, of which country he is :native. As regards the Italian and Hungarian refugees in general, the Turkish Government, up to the pre sent time, has refused to employ them, being afraid to do so in the face of the opposition made by Austria. The following news is from the extreme Turkish frontiers of Anatolia, touching the Eastern frontier of Russia :—An encounter was imminent between a body of 6,000 regular and irregular troops, under the orders of General Selim Pacha, and the Russian garrison of Erivan, only 2,000 strong. This column was at Bayazed, and consisted of three batta lions of regular Turkish infantry, one detach• ment of cavaly, one battery of artillery, and 2,000 irregular soldiers (Churds). They were preparing to attack the Russian province of Erivan, which was defended by some 2,000 Russians. The Rus sian sentries were only three or four miles distant from the camp of Selim Pacha. The Churls had already exchanged shots ,N ith the Russians. They killed 17 Russians, and their heads were put on spikes, and presented to the governor of Bayazed (Edhem Pacha). The camp of Selim Pacha was situ ated in a great plain at an hour's distance from Bayazed. The Russian commander of Erivan, on the plea of a convention, claimed the necessary help of the Persian authorities of the frontiers, which it was impossible for him to get from his own Government at that time. The officers of the Shah, however, refused. FRANCE. The Independance of Brussels states that the Duke and Duchess de Nemours and the Duke and Duchess of Coburg dined at Frohsdorff with the Count de Chambord on the 26th ult. Admiral Romain Desfosses is appointed a member of the Council of Admiralty. Within the last eight days the price of grain in most of the markets of the departments has expe rienced a decline of lf. 50c. per hectolitre. The Assemblee Nationale publishes an extract from a letter addressed to the Archbishop of Frei burg by a person who says that, having heard that his grace is menaced with material losses as well as the clergy who shall remain faithful to the Arch bishop, he offers his entire fortune to his Ex cellency. The Bourse was firm yesterday, without much business doing. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 55c., rose to 74f. 80c., and fell again to 74f. 60c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 100 f. 50c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,167 f. 50e. ; Rouen, 1,045 f. ; Havre, 497 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 862 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 812 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 752 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 695 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 600 f. ; Great Central, 513 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 521 f. 25c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 730 f. A.USTRIA. Some time ago the Yolkshalle published an official circular, said to have been issued by the Stadtholder of Bohemia, denying the right of the Jews to give ' their children so-called Christian names, and to keep Christian servants in their employ. The Mi nister of the Austrian Home Department has since caused a serious inquiry to be instituted in refe rence to this, and it has resulted that no such official circular has ever been issued. It would appear, how ever, that the Stadtholder had been applied to by a bishop on the subject of the rights of the Hebrews, m answer to which his excellency addressed a private let ter to the prelate, of which it seems a very improper use had subsequently been made. The truth, nevertheless, must be spoken. The Stadtholder did express " private " opinions in his letter to the prelate, which were very much at variance with the tenor of existing laws, as laid down in divers old Imperial Court edicts (Hofdecrete) ; and his Excellency the Austrian Home Secretary has re ported to the Emperor on the subject, in terms of unqualified disapprobation—a report which his Majesty has entirely approved of. The rights of the Jews are thus completely upheld, and this ab surd affair of the " Prague official circular " is hap pily disposed of. Private letters from Lombardy speak in a very discouraging tone of the state of affairs in that part of the Austrian dominions. It appears that numerous arrests have been made at Brescia, Ber gamo, and Como. Carriages full of state prisoners arrived at Milan on the 22d November. They were confined in the castle, but with the appear ance of much mystery, and no one was permitted to know the cause. The only thing ascertained was, that the parties belonged principally to the aristocracy, or to the upper commercial classes. It is observed that the contract between the Mila nese authorities and the Pontifical Government is rather favourable than otherwise to the latter. The Pope has, at the suggestion of the Marquis Bevilacqua, a member of the Consulta of Bologna, granted an amnesty to four members of the Con stitutional Assembly of that city who had emi grated to Tuscany ' • and it is expected that the same conduct will be observed towards 17 other emigrants from the Romagna. SPAIN. Our letters from Madrid up to the 27th ult. state that the Commission charged to report to the Senate on the Royal decree respecting the railway bill is composed of five members of the Opposition, and two members of the Ministerial party. DENMARK. The infant daughter of the Prince of Denmark has been baptized under the name of Thyra Amalie Caroline Charlotte Anna. The Royal family officiated as sponsors. M. de Coopmans, chamberlain of the King of Denmark, and his Majesty's Minister at the Court of Belgium, died on Wednesday, at Brussels, aged 71. SWEDEN. It appears that the Swedish Government has given way to the reclamations of its own subjects and the scarcasms of foreigners, so far as—not to abolish the only thing it cares for, its darling qua rantine, but—to modify its system in South Sweden, and allow free intercourse with the oppo site Danish coast. Let us be thankful for this beginning of good works. No measures can now, however, restore what the Swedish people have lost—life, comfort, and bread. The supplies of all kinds are excessively small, everything at fabu lously high prices, and the mass of the people starving. Stockholm is overwhelmed by thou sands of people seeking work and bread, and great suffering will be experienced during the winter and spring. PORTUGAL. The Cologne Gazette states, on the authority of a letter from Langensabold, the ordinary residence of Don Miguel, that preparations are there making for a formal interference in the question of the order of succession to the Crown of Portugal. An agent of Don Miguel at Frankfort is said to have furnished drafts on a house in London to a con siderable amount. ITALY. From Leghorn, Nov. 25th, we learn that the Gonfaloniere, M. Fabri, was stabbed with a dag ger. The assassin escaped. The police are on his track. TheDemocrazia of Bellinzona states that a patrol of four hussars, stationed at the Austrian poste of Ponte Tressa, on the confines of Ticino, deserted with arms and horses, on the 24th ult. Accord ing to the federal laws deserters are to be delivered over to their corps within 24 hours, to prevent their receiving the full punishment prescribed for that crime. BADEN. The serious nature of the dispute that has arisen between the Government of Baden and the Roman Archbishop of Freiburg, has created a great sensa tion throughout Germany. The following appeared in the Wanderer : "An important pastoral letter has just appeared from the Archbishop of Freiburg, directed to all the priests and believers of his archbishopric, the object of which is to show how far the rights of the Roman Catholic Church have been infringed upon by temporal authority, and the means which have been unsuccessfully em ployed to secure to the Church its proper jurisdic tion. The constituted authorities of the Church first laid their grievances before the throne, but instead of obtaining a confirmation of their rights, their humble petitions were answered with intimations of violence. Not only this, but insult and indignity were heaped upon the Church. According to the public law of Ger many, the archbishop could proceed no further in that direction, and, as a faithful guardian of the high in terests committed to his charge, found himself under the painful necessity of appealing to the Apostolic Chair, the protector of all the oppressed ; and to the faith and conscience of Christendom. The principal grievance, and the one from which all the minor evils flowed to the Church, is the almost complete predominance of the secular Government over the authority of the Church, which was obtained in 1804, and has not since been re. moved. So far has this predominance extended, that but a mere remnant of Church authority now pertains to the bishop—far too little indeed to govern the Church accord ing to its established usages and solemn responsibilities. When in the larger Germanic States long-withheld justice was recently guaranteed to the Church, the archbishop, with his faithful servants, also sought to establish their rights, though their claims were proffered at a later period than those of the episcopacy of other lands. They presented their petition to the Government on February 5, 1851, and it was answered by the well known ordinances of March, 1853, in which in all essen tial points the claims of the bishops were refused, and the old relation sustained. This decision of the Govern ment was received with pain by the Catholic Church in Germany, and throughout the world, since the real effect of the Ministerial ordinance was to strip the Church of all her long-established rights. It was declared that the Government could alter the authority of the Church according to its pleasure. It then only remained to the archbishop to follow the rules of the church, which are provided for such cases, and lay his claims before the highest authority, the Pope himself. In doing this he was influenced both by the sacred duty of his office, and the almost irreparable injuries which had accrued to the church from a long-continued irruption of secular power. In taking this bold step, however, the archbishop, ac cording to the pastoral letter, does not deny to the Go vernment in all respects its legitimate authority. Re does not wish to encroach upon its proper authority, but he cannot recognise the assumed right to interfere in the government of the church. He claims that secu lar and episcopal power should both operate in their appropriate spheres, and has warned all the Catho lic subjects of his bishopric against bringing, in this m anner. weakness and disgrace upon the Church. Of the 800 parishes and benefices of the archbishopric , scarely any remain under the jurisdiction of the Church. So direct an attack of the Government upon the nearest interests of the Church cannot be disregarded by the latter, since it is not in accordance with justice and ancient usage. The Archbishop complains that the Ministerial ordinance of the 7th inst., published in the official journal, really deposes him from his constituted authority as a bishop over a million of faithful believers , and the metropolitan of a large province. MONEY MA RKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCIC. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, including 1,000 Amerient taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily. Railway Shares were fluctuating) with a downward tendency in prices. The early rumours of the present week in refer ence to the decrease in the Bank of England bullion have proved more correct than those current on Thursday, and it is shown by the return made up to Saturday, the 26th ult., that whatever sums might have been paid in—the produce of the Ails' tralian and Californian gold, which had first to pass, through the ordeal of assay—the withdrawal °I cash more than counterbalanced it. If we are not mistaken, the return for the present week Will as° exhibit a decrease, though less in proportion. There are other items of importance also. The reserve of motes was diminished, and the discounts WI augmented, but the principal feature is a gr ee ' addition to the public deposits, consequent, it is presumed, upon the purchase of a large amount of Exchequer Bills by the Bank, or, at any rate, of some arrangement with the Government. The large increase in the securities held supports this view, unless the Bank has been a buyer in till open market, which, with the present dermal' upon its resources, is rather improbable. Th e withdrawal of other deposits is further evidence of the readier means existing for the employmen t of money. Compared with the previous return , the changes are as follows : Active circulation. Decrease 246,5 35 Bullion 15,090,0 86 Decrease 729,2 71 Rest Decrease 33,185 Public Deposits 7,534,1 79 Increase Other Deposits Decrease 619,7 76 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 8,0 24 Government Securities l3, 489,037 Increase 1,011,612 Other Securities 326,212 Increase Notes unemployed 7,049,8 25 Decrease 510,155 There was a slight improvement again yesterday afternoon in the rates for bills of exchange upon the principal continental cities. Paris, 90 daYs , was at 25 25 to 30 ; Amsterdam at 11 16 to 16t , Hamburgh al tl3 to 61; and Trieste at 11 to 42. The amount of bullion exported from London direct during the week to Thursday last wail 141,508 ounces in silver to Holland, Belgium, and Hamburgh, and 416,032 ounces in silver to Ger" many, Belgium, and France. The Funds have been weaker upon the decre_,,,,itan in the bullion. Consols have realised 94i- to Kg for Transfer, and 94/ to s for Account. The NO 31 per Cents. have been 95i I, and the 3 per Cent 93ff I. East India Stock has been rather heavh at 250. Exchequer Bills have beeu 3s. to 6 . 4 ' premium, and India Bonds par. Consols now ar e 94i to 95. The Foreign Stock Market is extremely dully, about half a dozen bargains only being recorded' Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. are a shade firmer, being 98 to 98k. Portuguese Four Pal Cents. are per cent. lower, being 40-1 to 41, an d Dutch Four per Cents Are heavy at 95. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents, are steady at 72. Ther e have been no dealings in Spanish Bonds. There is rather more activiiw in English railwal* and the change in prices is in some instances portant. Great Northern have risen fully 2/..1 Great Western, 5s ; South-Western, 10s • North British, ss. Caledonian have reached 09 Lancashire and Yorkshire, 5s to 10s, and North' Western about 10s. French Shares are very quiet/ and Northern of France are about ss. worse. The Luxembourg are rather higher, and the Grand Trunk of Canada are steady. In Gold Mine Shares there is scarcely anythiiii doing. Australian are steady. Waller flat, an Santiago de Cuba rather better. The only transaction in the Joint Stock Bank Shares has been in Union of Australia, at 10s. t° 11. decline. Land Companies' Shares are inactive ; the Aug" tralian Agricultural and the Peel River beil' tolerably firm. Crystal Palace Shares are without partias t change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. ( From the o.ficial List.) _ . _ - Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93' fi 3 per Cent Consols Annuities 94 ,1 5 i New 31 per Cent. Annuities 9 si Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bonds, 13000 ....... ..... . .......... Ditto, under £l.OOO 3 p Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO £5OO 3 6 p Small 3 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 72 Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent.... 4oi 1 Russianponds, 1822, 5 per Cent. 4 St Ditto 4i per Cent 9B i Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent BBi x a Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates ..... , TWO O'CLOCK' Consols 94if Ditto December Account . 94-i 5 DREADFUL MURDER OF A ROMAN OATIIO - PRIEST AND TILIZZE LADIES.-THIS DAY. The most diabolical murder has been perpetre, h e within three miles of Guildford, at the dwelling of Roman Catholic clergyman, Sutton-place. The drew tragedy, which has only just been discovered, has crew.; an amount of dismay never equalled in this county , ; far as the news has at present spread. It appears t l 2 O l at 9 o'clock this morning, as th e bak er ' s b o y, serva n t Mr. Jay, of that town, was in the act of delivet, his bread in the di s t r i c t o f S u tt on , hi s attent l a was directed by a milkman to the fact of the la t.- 0 1 not being able to get any answer at the house ed Father Henry Lea, the p r i es t. B o th men th e n knoc i ‘ p g and rang the bell violently f or some ti me , b u t not hel m , answered, and observing no smoke coming frora_r4 chimneys, nor any indication of the servant being a lv il they went to the rear of the building and tapped 100 at the washhouse window, with the same result. then beat violently at the washhouse door, and still a' or ng no reply they raised the latch, whereupon the . . cl° ,de opened. Thinking it strange, they entered and w o or their way to the kitchen, and still finding na °n, e ' t heir any fire in the grate at that hour, they pnrsuea t b way to the parlour, where they became horrified a t holding the Rev. Mr. Lea at full length, face downse., 4o % and his throat cut from ear to ear, and his head be ams marks of dreadful blows having been inflicted, so a hammer, or some blunt instrument. Upon th i s both . apps *nen alarmed the neighbours in the retired spot, an out further searching the house they found three Zoo ladies, cousins of Mr. Lea, also dead, with their, lit the cut in the same way, and otherwise beaten ail the head, as their unhappy relative. Upon going ; do n servants' bed-room the old woman was found tied d e ad to the bed, with her mouth gagged, and almo s t au nt from su ff ocation through the manner in which he r d 0 be was gagged. Upon releasing her, she was foun too quite unconscious, and after the arrival of a fa .. ? the she could only be got to cry out, "Oh, t he r,',her a men." It was too clear that terror had deprive: bojias reason. The Misses Lea were dead, and all th eme P °. quite cold. The drawers were all ransacked. lice are now on the premises. A; A rOO ll RECRUITS FOR THE SuLTANom.Said Effen"24. infr officer of distinction, who, in consequence 011:01 been terate persecution of the Czar, it is Mid , r efug e ' obliged to embrace Islamism as his last and 01 2 4 - e a to is promoted to the rank of Feric, and clial frodi e ' organise three Cossack regiments in the Do Anatolia, and the environs of Constantinople. 00 AO TESTIMONIAL TO MR. WATICIN, OF THB Mee t. NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We learn that a. , _,,, os re, ing of the officers of the company, held at Bustoo:fNger, on Tuesday, and presided over by the general lo 3" t r. Captain Huish, it • was resolved to presen beoci n• Watkin, who leaves the company's servi ce rfi ° L i the general manager of the Manchestert she —e whio -- Lincolnshire Railway, a testimonial of the °e —e lift s they (his brother officers) entertain towards 1)T:446014 ou Tfor Watkin, we believe, goes to the ManchesteL, and Lincc's.hire Company under an en g'"' -3-ter, Shelfie;; years, at 1 2001. per annum. The Manche tbem sel res " and Lin, olnshira Company may congratula ' 'r_ for he upon haying secLred Mr. Watkins s er r w lo are one amongst the few of ou r railway raelu a aties UtO fol. able to grapple with the very serious alf which the company unfortuustely LAO"' *~-•.~.. s] Th : ableellaimalcoreirelogtt a o d : a et alt f i ° y e t e Ws wi ii i , There Mr. ] eve ry race ; 4 hn disg S Peculatim Movement of t ( lerat a n d 33 market, but I ~ anim a l i Tuesday : list der pa wroughte_od'fhitseemx into t , several more Erequen , The nomirr ' d eal), at yo; backed for theAldford. Wolverba . 13 8 c,ke for it. I going for . December :. 400POSE1 SIR,—.We 'anern R a ii v will give 1 are afforded Pally in 3 7 4 °Dour to be, South-E as t f G lne n ll tle P m ß e ° l P l, ll - t nn a g n y t fnoeo h ffoyr i oh v tcueh i to t t lic'lio papers !° ll of Parlian fed t pu ra w• tt ea l u or n i 3 % that notic, Ole of railway he our duty ti 1 . 4 , Because the 17th Marc solution (in Is Il Ui esced), to 'oiling any fu ks, or plan er• urces and trl ine urri ng any • general or :""1" the dire promise. 2 . Because 1 kad railse Pre wa Y _e present period 'el schemes. 3 . Becalm i Way would be prev ent the c I've the same W hich would 1 metropolitan t( 4 . Be cause t eightby directors the casting , % vr oof the boar o cY of its pr • er railway. ueen attended t e ntlenien, yot g outh-Easter D MINI. ea :. up T etn h ecu e iatkii G oy l n F o i l a r i onl : l l 4 a .. 411 ,, 4 a n t 1- 01ntexbv interest, 1 l g projectedrnedweoft'; hithertoril) a ht b" l iteht f h. oi ie u p t r et g o rh dti o: la i ! , moretA,4oelposedlllero,ti.ebiciidirectors how e ver caiiettnrot ega, thanteinvolvingi uuvobe:utter _ Baitt ri av e en a dd p l e_ Ao c ur z g all al t he expensive3'll po sed that e lian retu a r n z ,e accurate re Yet bee n p br sathurst and , 0 c o - peratic ti.e. ectors o hard, Stewards) ° Yeil by the g the market 131Panies no I Zoruitted of 7 , eral of these I Would ap o . 4 fact Pa ' 1 1 s el ":. these : 1 1 1 0 ) 11 la k t 8 t i t 11 4 gr ase l aa n i leB . cli I: f t a o leaagA: r oatsl ihrn:teeaustheynaas:eßdtti any l i re. b ona e -vr 4 .1 • than .. 11 ° 6 1 : 1 ; e 4 Moun l,so,:l:etas:l:a—ln a nd a tii tr lai l Ziblou Gold, .4 me son aili ng Con , 3 _. g on Ti la rde r to decid( , 4 ve been reel 4 .11 it, but o ur c o nte upon th of II. '" The II , . . 0. , . gold , 1. of of ' t 3 il t p, h eo e : e t t aod home Iv_tained 23 da 0 learn tha r Voted 50( tgin sward, as a it which we zg, the escort Z 10,000 oze Ze-ger had ob. p h l. ce days. . ,nce ; the to - uout 5,710,6 E In Miscellai : ttiiirso : :e w rt:lo o 2tanitt h e3Re u tBu n hus d ralsoi r il; irYal Santiag I:II-payment 1 r . 2,2431. 15s, ii 1 ,48 and 28 (g 4 (4,979, 1 u88 )876 tili-, further; 4 ! l ee has tali ou ag. 'tars x ' told , us. 1( Ilet. abov e 5 1 02. Oz - Stanch s a ß ; ta ndard LI 11 4 d v . .. 00n. ._ _.ou., "z 775. I Go v icom E. 'lock I ' l 3-de: Lea this aft Nil h tio, ally et in ig th e the ilhe next Aay NVil l lea alld 'ni b, a ID tia4 ke fin to•N ll ed fro " Dia ti o li f t. ed Witt 4, - L er fit:it' krt —t)3i th, n t r'n ' t n ertB Pp e e l 'ot af t b e 41 tk e tf3 d.. 4l b o rt a , ll and . 4 141 Ppc "!kt re koh l e g b t, ei tite' a from k)ri ' s f th e °‘ 4' of ex