The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

14..iEST FOREIGN NEWS. RU SSIA AND TURKEY. , Paris, last night, authentic intelligence had ;ri, received from Constantinople up to the 10th. 10 ,.., 11 ., two English and French steam frigates, the 1711.bution and the Mogador, returned to Con 11.,.tinople from Sinope on the 9th. 411.13incier disaster at Sinope has been terrible. Four th es Men. only have escaped out of 4,000, and 8 , 44 7 Were picked up by the Retribution and Mo virer for the most part in a wounded state. The th e le of th e T urk i sh squadron has been sunk, and evrn and th e f or t s near l y d estroye d . tT he Russians behaved with great cruelty, con cern 11 _,g their fire long after the necessity for it had kir u• The Turks fought with the energy of des fen The Russian ships sailed from Sinope on the These day for Sebastopol. p ' L eese accounts still leave it uncertain what loss thir sustained by the Russians, and how much their Tils.suffered. Nor does it yet appear whether the whe " th h squadron was met at sea and pursued, or k i th e r they were found and attacked in harbour, k uxt e ligh consistently with some of the details • :11, the latter supposition is the more probable. The 0 Movements of the combined fleets conse -1,61 tL il t on the return of the steamers were not known IC certainty at Constantinople on the 9th inst., kit was reported that they were immediately to , r the Black Sea ; and it was further reported 4 1 ' the Turkish fleet would attack Sebastopol. hhe excitement at Constantinople is excessive. ere is a report that the Turkish fleet is to be I tii P a tehed to the coas t s o f the Crimea, and it is et ed that the English and French fleets will , 7.ediately en t er th e Bl ac k S ea . to 4- "h e attempts a t nego ti a ti on an d pacification are t u e continued, though without hope. ; 4 : 4 - telegraphic despatch from the same place, 8::_ a the 17th inst., says that General Osten esTre division entered Wallachia on the 7th. I t t ta e Vienna papers report that the Russians witis e4 ed the Turks at Kalafat, and were repulsed t , enormous loss, but a Semlin correspondent, i utc rig on the 13th inst., says that credible accounts k, reached Belgrade that the Russians had taken l 'irafat by storm, and that the Turks had lost 000 in killed and prisoners. % h i r eel Odessa we learn that a great many Russian j a s are cruising off Varna. The Turkish vessels ata great difficulties on their passage from Con s:, thlople to Varna. Two Russian steamers are ' j elled off Galatz, and watch the movements of !! Turkish ships. The Russian cruisers advance ost daily to the mouth of the Bosphorus. ' llllO Russian embassy at Vienna has received a 4B by telegraph from Bucharest, stating that the L iFie jans had defeated from 10,000 to 15,000 Turks, Akalsik, who lost 1,000 men killed. and 200 t‘ric ~; oilers, besides standards, cannon, &c. The ac o„ lasted 11 hours. The Russians had nine offi .,ere * wounded, among whom was General Freidag, " 1 100 men put hors de combat. • O sten-Sacken's advanced guard was moving from aB s3r to Bucharest. i i „: 44l yiees from Bucharest of the 15th state that .17 e Russian steamers, with four gun-boats, left k a ta ila (Brailow) on the forenoon of the 13th, for :4dtchin, to land troops there by night. A can and small arms' firing ensued on both sides, lasted till the evening. The issue is not th lt is stated from Constantinople, under date of e s th i nstant, that Ali Kiza Pasha, whose corps Z i n the vicinity of the fortress of Akiska, has oc- Z i ed- six districts in those parts, viz., Kuphan, 1( totnan, Ashour, Isvanda, Ichetcheziket, and ~.4 n irtz. Th e i n habitants of these districts have 0,14 and with the greatest enthusiasm submitted the authority of the Sultan. Turkish governors e re been appointed, and the new subjects of Tur - Y display the greatest eagerness in supplying •"etuals and stores to the Pasha's army. The Presse of Vienna publishes a letter from nicharest of the sth, announcing (for the fifth or klth time) that a Russian General had left for j krajowa, with formal orders to attack the Turks, alia drive them out of Little Wallachia. r! ters from Odessa of the sth, affirm that an o ' A ec ,° 1 40,000 men was forming at Sebastopol. t o 331 r i _ ui ng to some accounts this corps was destined () -A rc a " a descent upon Varna, but the general tf p ,"; 1011 Was that it would form a reserve to supply ;osses of the army in Asia. he Spener Gazette gives the Russian army in - ""achia as amounting to 120,000 men. The Emperor of Russia," says the Journal de -Pete rs b ourg of the Bth, "on the report pre - V i n t °. to him by the military governor - general of o e scow on offerings made by the traders of Mos - W of 36,000 roubles, for making 180 artillery 0 4r ., golle, and by the nobility of oscow of 540 horses with harness, for the Russian troops of th e " active army in Turkey—bas deigned to order e " offerings to be accepted, and his sincere etude to be expressed to the nobility and tra r: of Moscow for this new proof of their sent -rats of fid e lity an d d evo t e d n ess." The Presse of Vienna, of the 13th, says:—" The 'llictions given to the Ambassadors at Constan -47 'ople, in consequence of the Conference of Vienna, To demand efficacious guarantees for pO r a concerns the immunities and privileges of the r ah Church ; 2. To accede to any propositions tj an.. ''uo Porte which are not directly opposed to P"'e of Russia. The Conference reserves to itself deliberate definitively on the demands of the C e e • - -M. de Fonton, a Russian Councillor of or) has left for St. Petersburg, in obedience to er's from. his government. We are assured that t k i t w ill proceed to the Russian head-quarters to T INA in the negotiations. 1a t ,. 0 Voss Gazette of Berlin, under date of Vienna D ro s says :—" We learn that the Note of the new h t d,eet of mediation was not sent off to Constanti -11,r3 until after the opinion of the Cabinet of St. •tc'rsburg on it was ascertained. It is known that %: 3 Baron de Meyendorff had already handed to t o , 111 2 t Bnol Schauenstein a note from his cabinet, e effect that Russia was disposed to negotiate Ot t Zded that the propositions come direct froin the --12 cart Porte. The Russian Ambassador ia said have added verbally that the Danubian principa lau;aZould not be evacuated until after the Otto 1110—rf-°rte shall have admitted the pretensions of ilit. o ,Car• The arrest of Dr. Gay, at Agram, has oth; s4c ed a great sensation here, and it is said that it i fi ' t arrests have taken place. The Doctor was, th e , r 'aid, in correspondence with several chiefs of 1 4 „„, re volutionary party. It is also said, that the 1. 4 7,'-avist conspiracy which has been detected, had p-reations not only in tlroatia, but also in the TV (l ,,,e and in Servia." ft,na tr e Grand Duke George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, lev,,'•I• 1 1. the Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhai -ta t°f sina - r • , his wife, arrived at St. Petersburg Jou h e evening of the 3d, on their return from their T l , 4 eY abroad. -Dresden Journal learns from St. Peters tiao,lolnder date of the 2d inst., that Prince Oebe -4ets;LLl With 8,000 men, has deeated 30,000 Turks . .thri b. "'en Kars and Achalzik, south of the Caucasus. Woronoff, who was ill at Tiflis, had re intelligence of the above engagement by a Are 3 • • Other Russian successes in the Caucasus 1 1 . 1 3.„ 0 spoken of. to t h e uigence from the Lower Danube reaches up ev elit i l s th inst. During several preceding days no o k s of importance had taken place. The can . L ee a t ;; l ng between Rutschuk and Giurgevo had l isPended a perfect suspension of hos es also NOTE OF THE STH DECEMBER. the he -bebats of Saturday publishes the protocol of by the tas which were signed at Vienna on Dec. 5 i 'epresentatives of Austria, France, Great %e s :l vo ?' and Prussia. The following is the text of impo r tant documents : , _-__ Ci - NO. I. PROTOCOL. Gr ea l l t e undersigned represen . tati o v n es fo o r f m A it u y s w tr i i t a h , tit ) , 13ritain, and Prussia, in E th rn e eee in ' - 4foi:: L eti t te o m us ea o n f e th o e f ir sin co o u o r t t have g met e in c u o a n r f r e e r l en w ce hi t c o h se h e a k s awa y the q _ eVetween Russia and the Sublime forte. ions 4 11 .3 -e proportions which this quarrel has assume Di i 4 e the war which has burst out betw . een h t a b v e e f or 8, in spite of the efforts of their allies, a_ etitire Europe the object of the most striou tbv‘ s eoe c e o;: ile7 4 ,, r ti°4 ; in consequence, their Majesties the .124 Li % lee of Austria, the Emperor of the French, the Ai ld 11 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain one tra., Witted,lrela and the King of Prussia, equally tilird the necessity of putting an end to the3e P hos• 1 14 'ea, the cannot be prolonged without affecting the kooetirests of tneir own states, have resolved to offer their th at °Meek' to the high belligerent parties, in th? . op a `heY will not themselves incur the responsibility of C Ol ,. 1114/.. 'agration, which an exchange of frank explanations 1,441,e•Y Prevent, by replacing their relations on a footing of „ The good understanding. tri. -Uhe assurances repeatedly given by his Majesty the iri:elPifelbr9l3r.irtut:noir:ltiofunssia exclude, on the part of that august of ti7re'Re, the plea that he wishes to assail the integrity empire. The existence of Turkey within effeetrnite which treaties have assigned to her has, in . 11..? byeeine a necessary condition for preserving the . Europ e ; and the undersigned testify with 4bliaction that the present war will in no caeo produce modifications in the territorial limits of the two empires susceptible of altering the state of possession which time has consecrated in the East, and which is equally neces sary for the tranquility of the other powers. "His Majesty the Emperor of Russia has not, how ever, limited himself to these assurances ; he has caused it to be declared that it never was his intention to im pose on the Porte new obligations, or which might not be in exact conformity to the treaties of Kutchuk-Kai nardji and of Adrianople, stipulations according to which the Sublime Porte has promised to protect throughout all the extent of its states the Christian worship•and its churches. The Court of Russia has added that in claim ing from the Ottomon Government a testimony of its fidelity to its former engagements, it had in no manner meant to lessen the authority of the Sultan over his Christian subjects, and that its only aim was to demand explanations of a nature to prevent any mistake, and ail motive of misunderstanding with a friendly and neigh bouring power. "The sentiments manifested by the Sublime Porte during the late negociations attest, on the other hand, that she is ready to acknowledge all her contracted obli gations, and to have respect --having regard to her cove reign rights—for the interest felt by . his Majesty the Emperor of Russia for a worship which is his and that of the majority of his people. "In this state of things the undersigned are convinced that the most prompt and the most sure moans of attain ing the object desired by their courts wilt be to make a common communication to the Sublime Porte, expressive of the wish of the powers to contribute by their friendly 'intervention to the re-establishment of peace, and to put her in a state to make known the conditions on which she will be disposed to treat. " Such is the aim of the collective note subjoined, ad dressed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultan, and identical instructions have been transmitted at the same time by the courts of Austria, France, Great Bri tain, and Prussia, to their representatives at Constan tinople. "NO. 11. COLLECTIVE NOTE. "The undersigned representatives of Austria, France, Great Britain, and Prussia, met in conference at Vienna, have received instructions to the effect that their respec tive Governments look with profound regret on the com mencement of hostilities between Russia and the Porte, and ardently desire, in intervening between the belli gerent powers, to prevent any new effusion of blood, and to put an end to a state of things which menaces seri ously the peace of Europe. "Russia having given the assurance that she is dis posed to treat, and the undersigned not doubting that the Porte is animated with the same spirit, they ask, in the name of their respective Governments, to be informed of the conditions on which the Ottoman Government will consent to negotiate a treaty of peace." CIRCULAR OF RESCHID PACHAITO AUSTRIA. The following is the translation of anote addressed by his Excellency c Reschid. Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte, to his Excel lency the Baron de Bruck, Internunoio of Austria, dated the 22d Safer, 1270 (Nov. 23, 1853) : " I have had the honour to receive your excellency's note of the 9th November, in which there is a passage to the effect, that it had been notified to the Russian mer chant vessels that if, after the lapse of 15 days, they did not quit the Turkish ports, they would be confiscated and considered lawful prize. "The sentiments of conciliation and moderation of my august Sovereign the Sultan are known to the whole world, and are a sufficient guarantee that he would not consent to a measure so extreme ; and I believe that your excellency, with that love of equity which distinguishes you, will acknowledge with us that the rumour which has been circulated of such a notification is entirely the fruit. of an evil invention. • The notification which was really addressed to the Russian merchant vessels contained nothing but an intimation that they must quit the Otto man ports within 15 days. "Previously to the reception of your Excellency's note the Grand Admiral had asked for instructions as to, how he should act against those who should not conform to this intimation, and he had been commanded to sub mit each individual case, as it arose, to the decision of the Sublime Porte, as it might be supposed that a pro longed stay could only be occasioned by very grave motives. " The Sublime Porte is not ignorant as to how the Rus sian agents in Moldavia and Wallachia have molested the merchants and vessels of Turkey which were in the principalities by giving them an order to depart within 48 hours ; nevertheless, the Imperial Government, wish ing that the war carried on between the two Governments should not occasion any suffering to commerce. did not depart from the system of moderation which it has adopted, and is always disposed to grant to Russian merchants all possible facilities in everything which will not affect prejudicially the direct interests of its own subjects. "Agreeably to these principles, and to an ordonnance of his Imperial Majesty, the Ottoman authorities have been ordered, not only to grant to such Russian vessels as for some sound reason sould prolong their stay in an Ottoman port, all the time which they may really re quire, but even in the case of Russian vessels passing an Ottoman port in the Black Sea or the Mediterranean, which should be compelled, not from mercantile motives, but from contrary winds, to seek refuge in another Ot toman port, to receive them in a friendly manner, and grant them all necessary succour (Intl' the weather may permit them to depart. " With regard to the commerce of Europe, the govern ment of his Imperial Majesty will never permit that any obstacle should be raised to it ; on the contrary, in con sideration of the deficiency of grain under which Europe suffers, it desires to aid it to the utmost. " Considering, moreover, that the. Russian vessels which shall be under the necessity of passing out of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean with corn already loaded, or are being loaded, and seeing the short distance which they have to go, which will not require a long term, the Ottoman Government grants to these vessels, over and above the delay above-mentioned, an additional period of 45 days, during which they may, without ob stacle, enter from the Black Sea into the Bosphorus, and go out by the Dardenelles. " Finally, as to the Russian merchant vessels which may be found on the coasts of Europe, of Africa, or in the ocean, with cargoes belonging to the merchants of friendly states, we believe that a term of three months will sullice for their return into the Black Sea vita the Dardanelles, and the necessary instructions have been sent to the com mandants of those two straits. " Orders have likewise been given to the commanders ships of war not to molest during this term. merchant vessels bearing the Russian flag. "The Sublime Porte cannot doubt that the preceding will correspond to the desire expressed by your excel lency, as well as to the interests of commerce. " I seize this occasion, (Signed) " REscam." At the time the Government of the Sultan gave this new proof of moderation, he received an ad dress signed by nearly 400 of the heads of com mercial houses established in Constantinople. This was a sincere, spontaneous manifestation, coming from independent men, who gave their names voluntarily. We shall only remark that among all these was found only one belonging to a Greek house, that of M. Skilizzi ; this is a symptom of the spirit which prevails among his fellow-country men. The following is the text of this address : " Sire,—The European merchants established in Con stantinople deposit at the foot of the throne of your Majesty the expression of the profound sentiments of affection, of gratitude, and of admiration, excited by the imposing spectacle of a great nation confiding in the wisdom of its Sovereign. " Amid extraordinary circumstances and unforeseen events order and security have never ceased to reign ; and respect for persons testifies to the intelligent care of the government of your Majesty. This tranquillity and the patriotic enthusiasm which we behold on all sides, mark the advance made by the Ottoman nation in the path of progress since the accession of your Majesty inaugurated a new era of material and moral prosperity which will be the glory of your reign. " The religious and commercial toleration observed in Turkey commands the admiration and the respect of all nations towards the Sovereign who presides over the destinies of this vast empire. " It is with pleasure that European re Aidents offer to your Majesty the homage of their profound gratitude for the constant protection that your ministers have never ceased to grant to commerce, which, with agriculture, constitute the grandeur and the strength of your empire. " May you be pleased to receive the respectful homage of the undersigned, who loudly proclaim the benefits re ceived from your government,. and address their wishes to Heaven for the prolongation and the prosperity of your reign, and for the glory of your noble destiny— wishes ardent and sincere, which will - find an echo among their fellow-countrymen of the west. "Black, Allem), Hanson, David Glavany, Durand, Lafontaine, Hipfinger, Battazzi, J. Glavany, Castelli Beuf, Balzac, Arland, Camondo, Wat son, Ch. Ede, E. Skilizzi, Zino, Dodero, Crespin, Moris, acc." FRANCE. RESIGNATION OF LORD PALMERSTON. The Moniteur adds. the following remarks to the announcement of Lord Palmerston's resig nation : " All the organs of public opinion in England agree in declaring this resignation to be caused by a schism in the Cabinet on a question of Parliamen tary reform. The foreign policy of England has nothing whatever to do with the resolution of the noble Lord, and we are enabled to state that this incident cannot in any way affect the good under standing which fortunately exists between France and England on the great interests which at pre sent occupy the nations of Europe." On the same subject the Patric says :—" The news of the retirement of Lord Palmerston at first produced a certain sensation in Paris. Some persons thought they saw in this event a check to the policy which sinco the commencement of the Turco-Russian conflict has constantly directed the common action of the two cabinets, united by the same sentiments and the same in terests. This appreciation does not seem to us correct. Lord Palmerston, whose policy was more decided than that of his colleagues, has made an internal question very secondary in presence of the existing state of foreign affairs the pretext for his retirement. He retires—but, having public opi nion on his side, at a time when a movement of public opinion perhaps unparalelecl i 33, the auualti 273 233 320 520 563 420 4'S 6C5 653 733 585 588 `r the the., ler I`, .-"7 rA ." IT r A f r, 7 nr: elr '6, I " THE SUN, LON - DON,' MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1853„ toes. The result, on the contrary, is very satisfac tory for buckwheat, millet, beans, lentiles, and home-grown tobacco. The Prussian Government having seen with dis pleasure some of its least loved former subjects entering and travelling through the State, armed with th rights of American citizens, has communi cated some new passport regulations to the Wash ington Cabinet. In future native Americans may travel in Prussia by the sole authority of their own Government, but Prussians by birth, who have acquired citizenship in the great republic must ob tain a passport from the Prussian authorities. It remains to be seen whether the American Go vernment will recognise a regulation which sets limits to its sovereign rights. of Great Britain may be expected to declare itself, and there is every probability of his speedy return to power. Those who know the constitutional habits of England cannot deny the ability of this course. We will go further and say it is doubtful whether the opposite party in the Cabinet will dare to face the coming session and expose itself to a signal overthrow." The Presse thinks the retirement of Lord Pal merston itself nothing but a mystification. Lord Palmerston will, it has no doubt, come back to power before Feb. 3, 1854, and Lord Aberdeen will then have disappeared ; but in the mean time his policy will have prevailed. The substitution of Lord Palmerston for Lord Aberdeen will be made merely as a sacrifice to public opinion, and public opinion will consent to be so humbugged. The Paris correspondent of the Times, thus speaks of the retirement of Lord Palmerston "The impression produced by the retirement of Lord Palmerston from the Cabinet is one of sur prise, and, generally, of regret ; and, however un founded the opinion, it is nevertheless believed that what is termed the French element' is now wanting to the Cabinet ; meaning that the Minis ter who was most earnest in his desire for a com mon action with France generally, and in particu lar on the great questiox of the day, has quitted it. Neither is it easy to convince people that it is not in consequence of a difference of opinion on the Eastern question that the noble lord has retired. This error will, perhaps, be dissipated in time, but at this moment it exists even to a greater extent than the feeling of regret alluded to, and quite irrespective of party considerations ; and so firmly is it entertained that an absurd rumour, which circulated in the afternoon respecting an alleged order for the recall of the English fleet from the Black Sea, if it be there, and even from the Bosphorus, found many credulous persons. Such a mistake as the one connected with Lord Palmerston's retirement, though much to be re gretted, is perhaps excusable. His lordship's name had been so long before the world in connection with foreign policy that the public finds it difficult to believe that any internal cause would be power ful enough to make him quit the Cabinet at such a conjuncture as the present. On the other hand, it is surmised by many that this retirement is but preliminary to a further Ministerial change, and that Lord Palmerston will before long return to the Administration in a different, and, to him, more congenial position than that which he has lately occupied ; and there are not a few who do so little honour to his lordship's straightforwardness as to suppose that his retreat is but a political manoeuvre, which is intended to terminate in a speedy return to office. Such is the opinion generally expressed of that event, which is, in any case, one that is not without importance." In Paris it was very confidently asserted that the Emperor, disgusted at the vacillation of the English Government, had sent orders to recall the French fleet. The first reception of the season took place on Thursday evening at the Palace of the Tuileries. It was very crowded, but it was remarked that M. de Kisseleff and all the Russians were absent. A mass was celebrated in the chapel of the Tuileries on Thursday, the anniversary of the ar rival in Paris of the mortal remains of the Emperor Napoleon I. Their Majesties afterwards drove out, at half-past two, and visited the Bois de Boulogne, returning to the Tuileries at half-past four. A telegraphic despatch has been received in Paris, stating that Captain. Laporte, who has just appeared before a court-martial at Mezieres, for firing two pistols into the breast of General Count de Neuilly, has been acquitted. The Archbishop of Paris taking into considera tion the presence of the cholera in Paris, has issued a notice by which he relieves for the moment the persons in his diocese from the obligation to fast on Fridays. The authors of the dramatic piece called La Cosaques, now being performed at the theatre of the WO, have had a copy of their work magnifi cently bound, for the purpose of sending it to the Sultan as a present. General Wyssocki, who commanded the Polish Legion in Hungary in 1848 and 1849, has left Paris for Constantinople, accompanied by several Polish officers. SITAR 111A.RKETS-(THIS DAY). BRITISH RAILWAYS. raid' RAILWAYS. Closing Pricer Saturday. Business done this day. The Constitutionnel publishes a letter from seve ral cotton-spinners, in reply to a publication from the pen of Jean M. • Dollfus, recently noticed by the Debats. The writers strongly protest against the remarks of M. Dollfus on the subject of the cotton-spinning trade, and deny that the protec tion accorded to that branch of commerce has been an obstacle to the development of the weaving trade, and compelled the public to pay higher prices for their articles than they would otherwise have done. They also deny the statement of M. IDollfus, that the cotton-spinners, with the kind of monopoly they have enjoyed, have realised a profit of from. 25 to 40 per cent. on their article, and defy him to prove that he himself can, in the manufactory which he has just established on the most approved system realise a profit of the smallest of the sums above-mentioned. • It is said that at the reception of January 2, a striking modification of court etiquette will be made. The corps diplomatique instead of passing in procession before their Majesties will be ranged round the throne, as is the practice in Spain. This change is stated to have been ordered in compliance with the wish of the Empress. PORTUGAL. e ceremony ac nyo c f o u“n "breaking rea f k ro in m g Ltihsboe-snh shield" to d"too th k e place at 9th. Th W e on the 3d. This is an ancient custom, which should have taken place the day after the monarch's funeral, but it was forgotten. A platform being erected in each of three localities Commercial (Black-horse) square, Don Pedro's-square, and the Square of St. Antony--a procession took place in due order from the Municipal Chamber, and at each of the places the following words being audibly spoken, namely, "Weep, Portuguese, because your Queen, the Lady Donna Maria the Second, is dead," a shield was broken, and thrown on the floor; after which a religious ceremony took place in St. An thony's church. Lord Talbot and Colonel Wylde are here. Their mission was ostensibly to condole with the King- Regent on the part of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ; but they have, doubtless, directions to observe the course of events ; at any rate, their appearance and the squadron of Admiral Corry may be considered a demonstration on the part of the British Government of no ordinary import. Wo may venture to say, that all the occult preparations now making will be reserved until the termination of Saldanba's life. In the meantime; every effort will be made to obtain a dissolution of the Chamber. The result of the proceedings against the Na cional of Oporto, on the part of the Minister of the Interior, for abuse of the liberty of the press, has excited much surprise there : the jury having 'returned that the numbers were equal, the judge sent them back, and several divisions took place, the last of which was 7 to 5, with a fine of 10,000 rein, to which effect sentence was pronounced. A tie on the part of the jury, or even a return of 7, amounts to an acquittal ; the judge, therefore, acted wrong in sending them back, and wrong also in sentencing the accused, both returns being an acquittal, as the law requires 8 votes for a con viction. When Lord Talbot and Colonel Wylde arrived they had free pratique given them. The American Minister, although on board the same packet, was consigned to quarantine, but on writing a tolerable stiff note to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, it is said pratique was given him also. ITALY. Accounts from Turin, of the 17th, state that, so far as was then known f the result of the Elections, 189 , members had been returned. Of these 119 were Ministerial, 25 doubtful, 32 of the Left, and 13 of the Right. SPAIN. The only Madrid journal• which appeared on the 12th, was the Gazette, and it contains no news. A letter says that the President of the Council and the Minister of Justice had been laid up two days from illness. It adds that a certain number of public functionaries were talking of giving in their resignations, with the view of causing embarrass ment to the Ministry : but it declares that the re signations, if made, would not have that result. Accounts from adrid of the 13th inst., state that the Queen had experienced some pains on the preceding day, which were regarded as premoni tory of her accouchement. Her Majesty had, how ever, completely recovered. It was reported at Madrid that Marshall Nar vaez would return to assist at the presentation of the Royal infant when born. His Excellency Lord Howden gave a grand diplomatic dinner on the 13th inst. . The Heraldo announces that the Government will celebrate the happy delivery of the Queen with an amnesty, which will comprise all those who are. in prison or in exile for political causes. The Three per Cents. were done on the 13th at 43 ; Cash Deferred, 22# ; Coupons, 3i. PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government has pUblished the re sult of the inquiries of the Royal Agricultural College of Berlin as to the deficit of the corn har vest in 1853. According to this official document, the deficiency is 10 per cent. on wheat, 10 per cent. on rye, 18 per cent. on peas, 10 per cent. on bar ley, 9 per cents on oats, and 0 per cent, on pot*. Aberdeen ............. Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. June....... Belfast *& Ballymena Blrmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Eirkenhd. Lancsb & Cheshire Junct...... Do. Chesil. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons.... Do., £2O 'Blyth & Tyne original !£25 (iss. at £45).... Bristol & Exetoi ' Caledonian. Chester & Holyhoadi Cork and Bandon ! Cork, Black. & Pass 'Cornwall Dublin &BelfastJunc ;Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction _ 5 all I Do. New ...... 25 all ;t. 100 1 m 8 iolall all 11 I 28 it. 100 it. 100 50 all 50 all ?,0 all 8 all .0 all ;t. 100 IF.st Anglian (£25 L. D. n 0., (.£lB E. & H.).. 'Eastern Conaties..... I EasterntTnion,A.stk., 3t. 100 ino., do. B 15 86 IDo.NewA(lateThirds) St. 100 ;East Lancashire ...... St. 100 : Edi n b urg h &Glasgow 10 31'Ediub. and Peebles._ St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 10 1 ;Forth arid ClydeJunc. St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western St. 100 'Great Northern Stk.. St. 100 'Do., A. Stock St. 100 Do., B. Stock ...... St. 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Lre. ) St. 100 Great Western........ 12 11 I Irish South-Easters. 50 all Lancaster &Carlisle.. 161 11 Do., Thirds St. IQO Lancasn. &Yorkshire 111 171 Do., Fifths 14 11 Do., Wst. Riding Un 50 all Leeds Northern 20 all Liv.Crsby.&SotithPt 11 all London dr Blackwall 10 81 Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. 3 100 Loud. Bright. dr S. Cs t. St. 100 London &N.;Western 20 12 Do. Fifths 10 1 Do. ,16/. Sh. ,M&8... C I 12 2 It. 100 O 42 34 5 all • all 3t. 100 8i 4i 3t. 100 3t. 100 $0 474 5 17 )0 an t. 100 6i 5 5 17i 50 7i 0 all Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., £5O ..... Do., £40.... ..... Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. st. 100 50 3i st. 100 L 6 16 L 6 11§ 8 all 8 8 i 0 all .0 I 1.1 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. 13n. Midland . Do. Birming. &Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. a Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmark et Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... Northn. Counties Urn North British . ... North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2... .... a Dc., a A De fe rred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.. ..... N. & S. Westrn. Juno Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herofd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do o I iTi O all .0' 10 .0 1 It. 1100 0 2.2 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 .0 10 16 1 all 3 1 all * all Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. RivsrDun Do Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway . . Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London Wmbledon &Croydo» York Nowctl. &Berw. Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland.. 22 - 24 N - 5i 9 - 10 11 - 17 - 19 5,4 - 4.31 97 -99 56 - 564 16 -17 14 - 16 46 -47 - 8 - 53 3i 4 131- 131 42 - 44 1 30 - 32 I 65 - 67 64 - 66 if = ii 59 - 61 129 - • 131 104 - 106 83i - 84 I 93 -- 97 13i -- 140 67t 68t 6i -- GO 13} -13 i lip 100 101 1031 104 Par 4 P d P 77i 78A 12 11 a 11 9d 24. - 254 _al *at —6 4 i 37 a': 39 54 56 i d par 4i 3id 2i 34 6 8 52 54 3i 34 d 334 3441 8 10 ii- 24 j - 7i 51 ... 53 51 • Sid 84 9 *— i P 39 - 40 91 - 92 564 -- 574, 60 - 62 55 60 21 litlis: 14 - 16 7 - 8 11 - 12 3i - 16 18 63 64 33i 34 4 2 d 4 5 27 - 30 2 -3; 15 16 6 - 7 28 - 30 8 64 -- 65 3i -- 84.1 4 -- 3id, 48i -- 49A1 AUSTRIA. A new religious sect called the Successors to Christ, rejecting all laws of clerical hierarchy, and adopting the Bible of Luther, has made its appear ance in Hungary, but has been proscribed by the Government. PERSIA. The following is given by the Bombay Gazette as the substance of a private Persian letter, dated Ispahan, Sept. 20 :—" All Persia is thrown into a state of suspense and anxiety by the disappearance of his Majesty the King of Persia from Teheran, with 30,000 cavalry, 1,000 pieces, of cannon and 3,000 camels loaded with ammunition. We are completely at a loss to conjecture the object of the expedition or the place of its destination. Some surmise that his Majesty has hastened to co-operate with Turkey against the lawless aggressions of Russia • whilst others, with better reason, are of a different opinion. Persia's uniting with Russia in the present crisis would at once excite the animosity of the Sonnees (as all the Turks belong to that sect), and a religious war might be the upshot." BELGIUM. Tho Belgian Minister of Finances has presented to the Chamber of Representatives the promised bill relative to the duties on foreign coal. The bill authorises the Government to reduce, suspend, or re-establish the duties. The marriage of Viscount Serrurid, French mi nister at Cassel, to the Countess Berthe de Baillett Latour, daughter of the Count de Baillet-Latour, questor of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, was celebrated on Wednesday last at Brussels. The witnesses on the part of the bride were the Duke de Bassano, Grand Chamberlain of the Em peror of the French, and Baron de Stassart ; and on the part of the bridegroom, Baron Serrurier and Baron Debron, the latter as proxy for the Count de Caraman. The 63d anniversary of the birth of the King was celebrated at Brussels on Friday last, with the cus tomary solemnity. The whole of the diplomatic corps was present. The Duke de Brabant has been named Lieut.- Colonel of Infantry, and the Count de Flandres Lieut.-Colonel of Cavalry, by the King. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, DEC. 17.—We have now arrived at the six teenth week of the strike and the 12th of the lock-out, and still it is impossible to say when the present conten tion is likely to be brought to a close. It is said that the committee of the Masters' Association met on Thursday last, but the result of their deliberations has not been made public. There seems to be little, if any increase, in the number of applicants for work at the closed mills ; in fact, the registration of the names of those seeking employment is scarcely ever mentioned. The reports show that this week there has again been a large increase in the number of persons relieved by the various com mittees. The income, however, has more than kept pace with the increased demands on the funds. Subjoined is a return of the number of persons relieved, together with the cost : No. relieved. Amount. Power-loom weavers' committee ... 10,079 ...21,915 1 0 Spinners and self-actors' committee 2,787 ... 566 12 6 Card-room hands' committee......... 1,903 ... 258 12 3 Throstle spinners' committee ...... 483 ... 70 10 6 Tape machine sizers' committee ... 60 ... 31 8 6 Power-loom overlookers' committee 190 ... 66 310 15,502...02,908 7 9 Last week the number relieved was 14,972, and the cost 2,8201. Bs. From this it will be seen that the in crease this week in the number of hands receiving relief has been 530, and the amount paid 871. 19s. 3d. The sum disbursed by the respective committees since the commencement of the strike now amounts to close upon 30.0001. As an illustration of the condition to which some of the unemployed are reduced, it may be recorded that at a meeting of spinners held in the Temperave Hall last night, an operative named Giles Howarth, in seconding a resolution pledging those present to 'Wand firm- for ten per cent. and a strict adherence to their union," made the following statement :—" There is suffering (said he) in the town of Preston, and such suffering as few have any idea about. I myself know a family who 'have visited a slaughter-house regularly and fetched blood and used it, without having anything like groats pr bread to mix with it. There is also another man who has been without food until be has been seen pick ing the bits out from the wash that was put by for pigs. These statements are not made at random ; they are the result of observation; and (added the speaker) they brand the manufacturers of Preston with infamy." The weekly meeting held in the Orchard this afternoon was as large and as enthusiastic as any that has taken place since the commencement of the strike. From ten to twelve thousand of the unemployed were present. Mr. Waddington, of Preston, presided. SEVEN FIRES IN ONE NIGHT. The firemen of the London Brigade and West of England office were actively engaged from five o'clock p.m. of Saturday until past five o'clock yesterday morn ing, there being during that period no fewer than seven fires, at which they had to give their assistance. • The first of these disasters occurred at%3 London Club-house, 71, Jermyn-street, St. James's, and was caused by the heat from one of the grates igniting the girders and floorings of the first floor. At one time the safety of the whole building was threatened ; and, as tit was, the damage done was very considerable. Another fire, and which was nearly attended. with fatal consequences to several persons, broke out in pie mises in the occupation of Mr. A. Wright, linendraier and mattress maker, No. 34, Seymour-street, Euston square. The fire was discovered by a policeman, and it was with some difficulty that the inmates, who were ell in bed, were aroused, and were enabled to make thpir escape. The stores on the basement were quite de stroyed, and the staircase leading to the warehouse was partially burnt. Fortunately, Mr. Wright was insured in the County Fire-office. A. third fire, which was attended with great destrUc tion of valuable property, took place at the Homerton Colour Works, belonging to Messrs. Berger and Sons. The flames 'originated in the Prussian blue stove, in which many hundred pounds' worth of that commodity was undergoing the process of drying. In spite of every exertion, the building in which the misfortune commenced, and which was about 60 feet wide by 40 deep, was burned out, the roof destroyed, and the valuable contents consumed. The evaperating-house adjoining was also damaged by fire, water, and break age. The total loss is very considerable, and it is under stood that the firm. was not insured. A fire also happened at the Twickenham Paper Mills, the property of Messrs. Healey and Co., situate on Twickenham-common, about two miles from the Rich mond Railway terminus. It commenced in a long store house, used as the drying depot for millboards. A de spatch was immediately sent to town for assistance, but when the firemen arrived they found that their services were not required. The store had been burnt down, but the workmen had succeeded in confining the flames to that part of the premises. The firm, it was under stood, were not insured. This accident was likewise int a he sto p y r e emises of Mr. caused Anotherby the fire o v o e c r c h tt e rr at e i d ng of East house, No. 4, Ann-street, East India-road, Poplar. It was caused by a spark flying from the grate upon - a horse of clothes. The loss was great. The sufferer was net insured. A fire also broke out at No. 15, Great Chapel-street, Oxford, the property of Mrs. Sarah Day. Here like wise much damage was done; and the owner was unin- sured. - • Lastly, a fire happened in the neighbourhood of Bloomsbury-square, but the damage done was only of a trifling character. CHRISTMAS BOXES.—The following has been issued by the large houses in the iron trade :—" Notice.—The practice of giving Christmas boxes is discontinued at this establishment. This warehouse will henceforth be closed on the day:after Christmas-day.—Dec. 15, 1853." MR. JOHN MARTIN.—This gentleman, the painter of " Belshazzar's Feast," has suffered, it is stated, an attack of paralysis that disables his right hand, and impedes his utterance ; though his hearing and sight remain perfect. This misfortune occ u rre d to him last month, in the Isle of Man, where he was planning im provements for the harbour of Douglas. THE BRAZIL SCREW STEAM-SHIP OLINDA, Captain Ilaram, with advices from Monte Video to Nov. 4 ; Rio, to Nov. 13 ; Bahia, to Nov. 18 ; Pernambuco, to Nov. 20 ; St. Vincent, to Nov. 29 ; and Lisbon, to the Bth December—put into Queenstown on the 16th inst., with cogs of flywheel damaged. She was expected to leave on Saturday for Liverpool. She had 43 pas sengers, and 7,7261. in specie. Her news has been an ticipated by the arrival at Southampton of the Royal Mail steam-ship Great Western, on Saturday morning. GOVERNMENT RAILWAY MEDIATION.—Mr. Cardwell has submitted to the heads of the London and North Western and Great Western the name of a gentleman, as co-mediator, which appears to us entirely unexcep tionable. The parties most interested, however, not having yet expressed their acceptance of the services of the honourable gentleman referred to, we are scarcely justified in further indicating his personalty than by saying that he is a good man of business, a member of a noble Yorkshire house, and representative of one of the boroughs in that empire county. Should the honourable gentleman be acceptable to both parties, we believe they will enter upon the negotiations on Wednesday next.— ' LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Prices this c Leasing omp ans . 0 l o s a l i t Sbr. Paid EiILWATS. - • - -- -------. - 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bietchley.... ••• ... St. 100 Bwkghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 io3 50 all ClldesdaleJc• Caledon... 51 ._. 5 2 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6 p . N ce e n w t ..... G rs t o "'.Northi 42 145 25 all Ghs. Barr. & Caldonian. ICeils.Direet. ••• 25 all Do. . 25 all GlstrADn•Fr. l gt.Westn. 30 - 32 ... • _! 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. Ne w . Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md . 109 111 25 all Do. i Shares Do s4i 556 12. all Do. I Shares. Do 27 28 i sg 121 all Lon.d;Greenw S.Eastern l3i ~.u rl 4l 20 all Do• Preference Do 246 -- z St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do .., 5 : 1 , , all Manch.Baton. Ln.&i .W. and Matlock & blidld• 2 i 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stekton & . ... Itedear •• . ..• . . Darlin.gt. .. ~a 101 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Zifidlana " 50 all Northern and Count„ 60 _ 62 Easternsp•e• E. . ... _ ... 5 all Do. 6 per et.. Do - . x . _ ... L. 6;IS 2,:i a ll Prost. &Wyre dllanitY W k ... 5v all Do•Fi 0. A Shares. Do . . I. 12 - &H it. Gt.Northn 143 146 S 100 Roystu. e d sp.c Do ... ... . 5- -- •Roth. Lancash.d; 2 , 18gShef. Ro • d wo Do•Shepth.St. Do 143 146 ••• Yorksh 12 9i S. o g ;d s s .P hi c . MTMClean 2 —16 d a ll w -G : S o , ta : l \ ll° Taileygr Stockt. 6; 50 6 per cent ... Darling. ... 25 all D 0.... Do 304 —31 i St. 1100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 99 100 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 19.--Wind this day at Noon, E. to S.E. ; moderate breeze, and fine frosty weather. RAMSGATE, Dec. 18.—The Africa, Umea to Melbourne, has put in here leaky, and cargo shifted, having been aground. GnigsßV, Dec. 17.—Arrived—Georg,e, from Findhorn, for London,' with considerable damage.-18. The Orelio, from Gothenburg, has been assisted in here with damage, and part of 'c'argd thrown overboard, and with loss of one man overboard. MILFORD,' Dec. 17.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Packet, from the Clyde, for Melbourne leaky. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), Dec. 18.—The Hibernia (brigantine), of South Shields, has been totally wrecked here to-day ; crew saved. LOWESTOFT, Dec. 18.—The Leo, of Stettin, Newport - to Bremen, has been assisted in here leaky, and must dis charge, having struck upon a rock at sea during a gale. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Lady Sale, from Havannah ; Countess of Zetland, Savanilla, for Len don ; Clio, Miramichi, for Hull. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind, S.S.E., blowing hard. Arrived—Columbia, from Quebec, for Null ; Richard Cobden, New 'York. _ _ _ LIVERPOOL, Dec. 18.—The Humboldt (s), from Havre and Southampton to New York, in making for Halifax, sth inst., ran on the Sisters' Rocks, and was breaking up ; crew and passengers paved.—The Eliza (barque), of this port, Callao to Baltimore, was totally wrecked 28 miles S. of Cape Hentry, on the 28th inst ; chief officer drowned.— The Maiden City (s), from Londonderry, burst one of the tubes of her boiler ; one man killed, and another severely scalded. QUEBEC, Dec. I.—The winter season has set in. The Britannia (ship), while at anchor here, 28th ult., was cut through by the ice, and became waterlogged.—The Eliza beth (barque) went on shore at Reviere du Loup, Nov. 28. The British Queen (barque) was surrounded by ice on the 28th, and was abandoned by her crew. —The Wilson, the J. K. L., for Bristol ; the W a t er lily, f or Liverpool ',• the Sutton (brig), for Wisbeach—have gone on shore at Havre Island, and five more are reported to be on shore at the same place, one of which, the Mount Washington, has passed Reviere du Loup in safety. PERNAMBUCO, Nov. 21.—The Wm. Russell, Bahia to Bremen, which put in here, Oct. 24, leaky, has been con demned ; cargo partly damaged. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, MONDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind, E., fine and frosty ; low water. Arrived-18th—Leonida, from Gefle ; Parkfield, Callao; Herman, Gothenberg ; Joshua Bates, New York ; Mar chioness of Bute, C a di z ; Equivalent, Leghorn ; Har binger, Cronstadt ,• Mary, Copenhagen ; Lochlibo, Callao ; Flectric, Cadiz ; Gem, Girgenti ; Gateshend'2,Vdae Ceylon Rufina, Tarrag ona ; Al vers Mild Faahorg; Clydesdale, Mauritius ; M anger t on, Bombay ; Norden, Br evi g; Odessa ; Marie, Gravelines. n m • Naraden, Arrived-19th—Vestelanden, fr om " —r o a l i - , 'Harlingen Galatz ; C oncor di a, C ronstadt ; Queen Wilberforce (s), Gluckstadt. D RA L, MONDAY, 9 A.m. Wind, S.E., strong and cloudy. Passed—Robert Morrison, from L o ndon, for Calcutta, LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S DISFRANCHISEMENT BILL. regret to inform the electors of theundermen- Wed places that their boroug hs are to be disfranchised tione by Lord John Russell, according to his in tended new Reform Bill: — Andover, Abingdon, Ashburton, Arundel, , Bandon, Banbury, Bodmin, Boydleb Buckingham, Caine, Cashel, Chippenh am, Cirence ster, Clitheroe, Cockermouth, Coleraine, Devizes, Dorchester, Droitwich, Dundalk, Dungarvan, Ennis, Evesham, Eye, Harwich, Helston, Horsham, Huntingdon, Kidderminster, Kinsale, Launceston, Lisburn, Ludlow, Lyme Regis, Mallow, Malmesbury, Marlow, Midhurst, New Ross, Northallerton, Petersfield, Portarlington, Reigate, Richmond, Sligo, Tamworth, Tewkesbury, Thetford, Tiverton, Totness, Wallingford, Wareham, Westbury, Wexford, Wir , ollt e. , Wilton, Wycombe, Youghal, None of the above baying 500 electors. Armagh, Athlone, Beaumaris, Brecknock, Carlow, Christchurch, Clonmel, Dartmouth, Downpatrick, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Frome, Honiton, Kendall, Knaresborough, Liskeard, Lymington, Marlborough, Morpeth, Orkneys, Radnor district Ripon, Tavistock, Thirsk, Tralee, Wells, Whitby, Woodstock. THE CUSTOMS . — We are a u th or i se d t o s t a t e that it is not i ntended , on accou n t o f a temporar y p re ssure of business in the shipping department, to make any per manent increase in the existing number of landing waiters in the Customs in London. They are a ing.hly paid.elass of officers ; and economy, as well as . facilities to the trade, must be considered. —Sunday nom / _I that 4. 1 4 .4,.. ! 7q. , T.:Ty.7t) RESIGNATION OF LORD PA _ I'4 ( From tke Times. ) £I 3 It will probably not be very easy to bring the public , to any exact agreement with regard to the amount of loss the Ministry has sustained by the withdrawal of Lord Palmerston from her Majesty's councils. Evpry one will judge of it for himself according to the estimate of the man, and there are few public men about whom estimates so conflicting are formed and expressed. There are those who insist upon considering Lord Palmerston as the best friend to the march of liberal opinions on the Continent of Europe, regardless of the calamitous fate which has sooner or later overtaken all his portega, and which he used no means to prevent. There are others who have been in the habit of looking up to him as the head of a party of more advanced liberality in home politics than any that has yet scaled the defences of Downing-street. I Rather than own themselves mistaken, those persons will probably adhere to their expressed opinions, and insist upon believing that a severe shock has been sus tained by Lord Aberdeen's Ministry in the loss of a nobleman so liberal and so popular. But they who took at the matter without prejudice, and with a wish to judge it fairly and impartially, will pr&iably come to the conclusion that the loss, however great, is not irremediable. Whatever opinions may have been held by certain parties with regard to Lord Pal merston, those who attend carefully to the cir cumstances of his resignation will find very much in them to diminish their regret for his loss. The time was one which peculiarly demanded that patriotic sacrifice of individual opinion out of which the present Coalition Ministry derives its existence. On the threshold of a war with one of the most powerful nations of the earth, when the best means of averting this terrible contingency is the unanimity of all parties and the thorough accord of all counsels, a principal officer of State feels himself called upon abruptly to re , nounce his official position, and to quit a Government which had hitherto obtained his support. There was nothing in the time which pressed for an immediate decision, and there were many things, to a mind capable of rising above party and personal motives, which counselled delay and forbearance. War de clared, or peace re-established, would have left him free to act with little public injury. Nor was there anything in the previous history of the man which should lead us to consider him as of too unbending a nature to submit his own opinions to those of others for the sake of the public good. There is no party in the country which he has not served , no set o f opinions which b are not at one time or another been supported by his vote. A nobleman who could hold office under Mr. Percival and Lord Grey, Lord Liverpool and Lord John Russell, can scarcely plead a punctilious delicacy or a rigorous adherence to consistency as an excuse for the resignation of office at a period so singularly inopport une f or the best interests of the country. If we turn from the time to the avowed causes of Lord talmerston's resignation, we see still less reason for consideringre signed r m because Bil l, h i a s l ht l he o o s cu s og i ui r il r d e t ot not r i c a ev r raagb) agree n at oe L aL o s orurdrdeP Johnf a r le Palmerston on Russell'sstonrhe his s view of the subject w ou ld h ave b een, in the present ame tem per of the Legislature and the public mind, an impossi bility. It matters little whether Lord Palmerston de clared at once that he was against all reform, or whether he objected to the disfranchisement of more than twenty boroughs, and insisted upon giving all the members thus placed at the disposal of the Legislature to the counties, at the same time that he objected to lower by a, single shilling the county franchise. It is quite ob vious that ministers would have done more wisely to encounter Parliament without any Reform Bill at all than to redeem their pledge in so futile and unsatisfactory a manner. To bring forward a bill of so much moment in order that it might be rejected would have been un worthy of the character for good faith and honesty which the public ascribes to Lord Aberdeen and his Government. And yet, because the plan of the Minis. terial measure was not of this evasive character—be. cause it was intended honourably to redeem the pledge which the Government had accepted, the statesman whose loss we are called upon to bewail as irretrievable resigned. Happily, England is not yet so poor in talent and experience as to regard as irreparable the loss of a Minister who, never celebrated for the consistency of his opinions, resigns his seat in the Cabinet rather than fairly carry out the pledge to grant a just, mode rate, and necessary reform, and selects for that resig nation a most critical moment, when such an act is sure to be misconstrued by foreign nations, to the great detriment of the public interests, and the complication of affairs already sufficiently entangled. We understand that upon Lord Palmerston's resigns. tion, Lord Aberdeen offered the Home-office to Lord John Russell, and we regret to hear that the offer was de; clined, mainly from the fear that his acceptance of it might be misconstrued. The office has now been offered to Sir George Grey, and awaits his acceptance or rejection. Whoever is destined to be its future occupant will, w trust, be prepared to advocate and carry through a fai and substantial measure of Parliamentary reform, and t consider his official situation as a great trust held for the benefit of the country, neither to be undertaken rashly nor flung aside hastily, and least of all when the welfare of the State exacts every sacrifice in order to preserve in the presence of foreign nations the appearance of unity and harmony in our councils. ( Feom the Morning Post.) Though, as we have already stated, the whole matter can only be completely entered into and explained before the tribunal of Parliament, we do not hesitate to affirm with confidence that, from the first, serious differences of opinion with regard to the course to be pursued towards Russia existed between Lord Palmerston and n. certain section of the Cabinet, and that the Home Secre tary's views of foreign policy were opposed to those of the Premier. It was not, however, for a patriotic man, whose experience was acknowledged, and whose coun tenance was requested by all, to resign office because he could not persuade others to act together upon his con victions. Suffice it that he could effect a partial good, and be of more use in the Cabinet than out of it. It will be remembered that, on the 17th of August last, is a memorable speech, Lord Palmerston used these words :—lf England, united with France, shall say that Turkey shall not be molested by any other Power, their dictum will be enforced." Eery one knows that when Lord Palmerston says a thing he means it, and does it, and we may be sure, had his counsel been followed, that the often repeated dictum of England and France would have been uttered but once, and then acted upon with an energy worthy of the nations pledged to it. - Instead of that Turkey has been " molested," whilst Russia has been treated with a vacillating timidity that has tempted her continued aggression far more than any weakness of Turkey, or present haste to obtain the long coveted Empire of the South. And what has been the consequence ? Why, that Russia holds the " material guarantees " of her demands, and that up to the present time she has held the com mand of the Black Sea, with what effect let Sinope tell. That disgraceful catastrophe could never have occurred if proper measures in regard to the Black Sea had been adopted. The dispute must result in one of two possible issues --either Turkey, beaten, prostrate at the feet of the Czar, may submit to his demands, or the Emperor of Russia, must withdraw his pretensions. The policy of England was simple, had her statesmen carried it out. When the Emperor threatened to cross the Pruth, we should have replied that, as soon as he committed that act of war, our fleet would pass through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, then open in accord ance with the provisions of the Treaty of 1841, and would enter the Euxine ; and when he occupied the Principa lities we should have taken coilmand of the Black Sea, giving notice to the Czar that, if the bowsprit of a Rus sian roan-of--war appeared beyond the harbour of Sebas topol, it would certainly result in his ship's being towed to Constantinople. This would have been a vigorous and an effective policy, worthy of the country ; instead of this our ships are merely in the Bosphorus. They certainly are of con siderable service to the Sultan for they Protect his capital from a coup de main, which but for their presence might have proved as effectual at Constantinople as 'at Sinope. We do no more than this, however, and wherefore ? be i cause forsooth, it is feared there might be " war " were we to enter the Black Sea, and, for instance to prevent Russian reinforcements being conveyed to Sokouin Kaleh, which is a Russian port within some days march o Batoum ; but as those forces are to march against our ally, where is the difference of their Leing landed at one port or another, so their purpose be the same ? Yet we profess to protect the Turkish territory, though the profession was but ill supported at Sinope. If we under take to protect Turkey, why do we not do so ? Why are English professions and English aid all show, and no sub stance ? If we are afraid to act the pa r t which our interest and honour require of us— if we are afraid to puetwTeumrkigehyt in command of the 131ack Sea, lest we offend the Autocrat —if we are afraid to send our cruisers, or to send in afietl, n , , st w a a n r t . i: . to convoy the Turk's ships or shield his ports I almost as well not have sent ou t r im fl id eets as t l o nuo : nople, this being as much interference with the Czar as been encouraged, any other act we have name ie d aa , has been not andA tchoeurasendaapepiatyrenetflyßtnasnsi na n dn a: l checked, Sooner or later this policy must be changed, if the independence of , throughouatr the honour of England, and the great interests of Europe, i e la t s o u b r e ge s d av a ed. That Lord Palmerston straight forward and honourable ; and we have policy, his every precedent gua ranteesneglect of his advice theevery reason to believe that to the sent unfortunate disaster of Sinope and the pre sent state of affairs is owing. ESCAPE or LORD JOHN RUSSELL PROM A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A report has reached us that a few days since, Lord John Russell, with some gentlemen, were about to return from Southampton to London, and that the first-class carriage in which his lordship had engaged a centre compartment was about to start When Thomas Darven, her Majesty's guard when travelling by the South-Western line, discovered that the tire of one of the wheels had snapped asunder. The carriage was re moved, and another one substituted. 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