The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-07 00:00:00

PROFESSOR AURICE AND KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON." Preparing for immediate p ublication, LECTURES on—l. ENGLISH HISTORY and. ENGLISH LTERATURE. 11. On ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. Delivered by Professor Maurice to the Students of King's College, London. The First Series will appear shortly after Christmas. Cambridge : Macmillan and Co. London : George Bell. Early next week, a Second Ediddit tions, on, with a new Preface and other a M R. MAURICE'S THEOLOGICAL ESSAYS. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. London : George Bell, 186, Fleet-street. THEATRE ROYAL DRITRY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, DEc. 7, The GREAT AIERICA—N EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Perfo Dal aneand rmces, assisted by the most renowned Gymn astic Artistes, 0. Barnes, the European and American champions. To render the termination of the Equestrian Season equal in attraction t, its commencement, Mr. T. Smith has engaged Herr Mengler, Me most accomplished Tight-Rope Dancer in the World. Mons. Desaire's Troupe of Performing Dogs and Monkeys every Evening. Reduced Prices as usual. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Dec. 7, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs Compton, Chippendale, and Buckstone ; Miss E. Grey, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Characters by Misses E. Ormonde and Featherstone. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cram as Kass. • THIS EVENING, Dim. 7, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. principal character by Mr. C. Kean.• To be followed by MARCO SPADA. S u pp orted by toss Lacy, J. Chester, Raymond, Ryder and E verett ; Misses Heath C. Leclercq. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Manageme nt of Mad DEC.ame Vestris. THI S EVENING , 6, Will be performed A BACHELOR_ Baker OF ARTS : Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews , F . Matthews, and ; Miss F. Hughes. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE . which, however (it is hoped), will, in the end, show HOW TO MARE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed by A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, Will be performed TIIE THIRST FOR GOLD ; or, The Lost Ship. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedford, and Keeley ; and Madame Celeste. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. To conclude with " HOTEL CHARGES !" or, How to Cook " A Biffin." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr, F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT TIIE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wig an, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. • STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. F. I.)r. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENING, DEC. 7, - - Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Julia Mannering by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, A PET OF THE PUBLIC. Mademoiselle de Laney (the Pet of the Public), Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with TIIE FEMALE MASSARONI : or, The Fair Brigands ! !! ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W• Cooke, Extraordinary Novelty. Third Appearance of Mr. W. Cooke's won drous TRAINED ELEPHANTS, and Third Night of the New CHINESE SPECTACLE. Grand combination of Equestrian Talent in the Arena. THIS EVENING, DEc. 7, Will be presented (on a scale of magnificence surpassing all former efforts) an entirely original dippo-Dramatic Chinese Spectacle, in Three Acts, with new and splendid scenery, costumes, and appoint ments, written expressly by the popular author, Mr. G. ALMAR, to introduce those wonder of wonders, Mr. William Cooke's Trained Elephants, and embodying the immense resources of this Esta blishment, entitled THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST or, The Magic Gong. In the course of tids gorgeous Spectacle the singular customs, costumes, and scenery of this country (China) will be vividly portrayed, and the marvellous feats of the Elephants (hitherto unattemPted from their apparent impossibility of achieve ment until witnessed) will, it is trusted, render the Drama an un rivalled production in this Theatre. Followed by Mr. Wm. Cooke% matchless scenes of the ARENA, by unequalled artistes. Supported by Mr. ALFRED COOKE and the Elite of European Equestrian Talent, including Six popular Clowns. Concluding with (Last Four Nights) JUPITER'S DECREE; Or, The Fall of Phaeton. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAY —Morning 41 min.after 6 I Evening 10 min.aft. 7 To-Mortaow—Morning 44 min.after 7 I Evening 20 rnin.aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFics, DEC. 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 12. WIND, N.—Light airs, and dull, hazy weather. " Aln , 4 . (4 , I I :co r ; ) ..ett LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1853. Another and another of these pacific Notes and amicable Propositions from the Four Powers, with the view to the effecting of a Russian and Turkish reconciliation. Another and another—though we cannot say as MACBETH said of the phantom kings on the witch-mirror--c, Another and another yet succeeds !" Positively there is an official intima tion once more that a new suggestion has been thrown out by the Conference. By the Confer ence ! Why, it was only the other day that the Conference was broken up past redemption. It was only the other day that Austria formally withdrew from any further participation in the proceedings of the Plenipotentiaries. It wa s only the other day that Prussia began to evince a decided reluctance to interfere longer in the toil of these abortive negotiations. Yet, here they are, at it again—with phoenix-like, or hydra-like, or Kilkenny-cat-like pertinacity—tearing to pieces every document that appears to threaten Europe with the terrible blows of a war dealt by the powerful arm of the AUTOCRAT. It is simply thus according to the acknowledged organs of the Coali tion—England, and France, and Prussia, and Austria are again united, with a view to ward off the perils of a conflict with Russia, and to bring about at any sacrifice a bloodless settlement of the dif ference between the CZAR and the SULTAN-CALIPH. Bloodless ! Why, the campaign has surely long ago commenced in earnest, as any of us may tell by this time, on reference to the list of killed and wounded at Oltenitza. Granted—say the apolo gists of the ABERDEEN Cabinet—granted, say the believers in the feasibility of a peaceful settle ment of existing differences—granted, say the aleklers for the sagacity of the Conference—but th en t, The Tinkish war," say they " may be confined, we hope, to a Wallachian campaign !" 0 " most lame and impotent conclusion !" A conclusion that amounts to this, that Europe has foregone any dream she may have hitherto cherished of preserving in the policy of her chief Govern ments, anything like her ancient magnanimity. It • signifies, in other words, that England, sia and France, an d Prussia, and Austr i a , rather t hanventure uponuponthe dangers o f a stru gg le wit h Russi a on co mplacently and c on tentedly Whil e th e CZAI is perpetrating a heinous crime ;against hi, une l f fending neighbour—appeasing the qualms of their collective conscience by negotiating, and negotiat ing, and negotiating. Literally, this latest inti mation of the intended course of the Four Pow ers amounts to that, signifies that—means that nothing can goad the great Powers of the European portion of Christendom to anything worthier than a mere sham and braggadociose demonstration , Meanwhile, how has the Emperor NICHOLAS acted towards the great Powers of Christendom ? We all know perfectly well how he has acted towards Turkey. We all know how he insulted the Sublime Porte, first of all by the insolent and unjustifiable demands thrust with unexampled airoganoe upon the Divan by Prince MENSCHI- dom at the particular nature of the inquiries be fore he could obtain an entry within the magic portal. At that time, not many years ago, a single Muscovite would not have been admitted, although his Master was our good friend and faithful ally. But now, by a strange infatuation, whole crews are admitted, not for a single visit, but to go " to and fro" at their mere will or ploa sure, without let or hindrance, and to gather valuable information to be rendered available in due season. KOFF. We all know how those haughty and dar ing demands were followed up by a yet more flagitious proceeding on the part of the AUTO CRAT, by the marching of his troops across the frontiers of Bessarabia, and the formal seizure of Moldo-Wallachia by the Cossacks under GOETZ CIIAKOFF. It is an old tale that—a tale that needs just now no detailed repetition. But how, we ask, has the Emperor NICHOLAS conducted his policy in reference to the Four Great Powers of the European portion of Christendom ? How ? Why, first of all, by duplicity—then by a flagrant disregard of all their repeated remonstrances — then by a lawless violation of an otherwise universally recognised compact then by the haughty rejection of the modifications re quired by the Porte (modifications which were deemed reasonable by the assembled diplomatists of the Vienna Clenference)—then by the throwing down of the gauntlet against all the allies of Turkey, whomsoever they might be, in that men dacious proclamation ending with the versicle of the Royal Psalmist--in to Dwane speravi ; Non Confundar 2n iEternum But the Four Powers will not be insulted. England, France, Prussia, and Austria will not be insulted. They are, each and all, prepared to chew the leek with exemplary meekness. Whatever the Emperor of RUSSIA may say—whatever he may do—whether it be by force of arms or by the mouth of an ambassador—whether it be in his own territories or in those of his neighbour— England, France, Prussia, Austria have put their heads together, and they have determined upon— opening fresh negotiations ! Never was there such fatuity. The war may not be " extin guished by timely mediation" —they acknowledge that—but still (they lay this flattering unc tion to their souls, they hug themselves in this craven day-dream of their own security)—it (the Turkish war) " may be confined to the dimensions of a Wallachian campaign." This— after all the bluster about supporting the rights of Turkey, after the parade of the Camp at Chob ham, and of the reviews at Satory, and of the maritime display at Spithead—after the advance of the combined fleets to Besika Bay, and their passage through the Dardanelles, and their entrance into the sea of Marmora, and their advance to Constantinople ! How now about the " dignity " of the great Powers of Christendom ? And what shall be said when we couple with this hysterical announcement of a new alliance between those Powers, and a new Conference, and a new Proposition—the know ledge that the CZAR has proclaimed, once for all, his definitive determination upon War, and his equally fixed resolve to listen to no further nego iations whatsoever ? organisation, but municipal government is the very soul of civil life. Whatever course, how ever, be taken with the counties, as the towns are in so clear a position for extended suffrage, there is_no reason why the latter should wait upon the former. A uniform borough and county suffrage is, we agree, a great desideratum, and we see. no reason why it should not be made so. It must be, however, not at the cost of liberty in the boroughs, but at that of exclusiveness in the counties. But most extraordinary of all ! most mon strous, strange, and incredible is it, that British Policemen should be employed to capture six miserable serfs who had been forced into servi tude, and who, under an erroneous impression as to British generosity, had flung themselves on our protection while endeavouring to escape from the wretched thraldom in which they were de tained. Most astounding is it that they should be carried back to their prison on board an Eng lish vessel, to have the Russian knout soundly ad ministered under the shadow of the polluted Union-Jack. This must be inquired into—this must be closely scrutinised, and it must also be ascertained how it was that the writ of Habeas Corpus signed by Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN was so grossly disregarded, not merely by Russia, but by English officers, or that instructions should be required from the Admiralty as to whether it should be attended to or not. These are matters that cannot be neglected. They are of the most vital consequence to the maintenance of the na tional honour, and must receive the consideration which they so eminently merit. To those who wish for a substantial Reform Bill, and yet love to build on fact and precedent, amongst whom we may, it is to be hoped, range many of the present Ministry, the Municipal Franchise seems to offer a really firm standing- ground. We assume that no statesman pretending to look beyond the hour would venture to consign the working classes to oblivion in a second Reform Bill, or rather we may say we have proved it, if proof can be needed. In truth, with a singular exception or two, there seems a general conviction amongst all who write on the subject of Reform, with any profession of liberality, that it is essen tial to widen the basis of our constitution, as well as to remove some of its decayed portions. With the vast majority of our present law-makers, how ever, the widest basis, manhood suffrage, finds no favour whatever ; and, whether it be right or not, their ears are quite deaf to the mention of it. It is an untried thing, at least in this country; and France, and even America, do not appear to them guarantees for its success in England. They want something which has stood the test of actual working here. In so serious a matter as settling the Representation of the nation, they like to feel the ground beneath them at each step ; they _ . . hardly care to argue about political rights; they may even be not unwilling to acknowledge them in theory ; but if they can only be reached by a flying leap, they would rather not hazard the neck of the old Constitution, but wait till a gate can be opened, or even a bridge be built. Now, all this large, and on the whole honest, though timid, class of Reformers, would appear to have in the municipal suffrage the very thing they desire. It is a suffrage already established by Parliament itself—it has been on trial ever since 1835, nearly as long as the Reform Act itself ; but, unlike that, it has given very general satis faction ; indeed, large towns have spontaneously sought the advantages of the Municipal Act, and just now one of them, Manchester, is being held up as an example of creditable management to the Great Unreformed Corporation itself. At the time the municipal constituency was created some of our wisest legislators regarded it as far more important than the Reform Act itself, inasmuch as it was a school for training the burgesses to self-government, and teaching them by that best of all preceptors—their reaping themselves the fruits of their prudence or their folly. It was conceived at the time, therefore, to be a training school for the electors themselves under the Re form Act ; and it seems to have been extended beyond the ten-pound householders, as if it were designed to be the very next step in the enlarge ment of the Parliamentary suffrage. Well, the burgesses have had now nearly twenty years' trial and training. No doubt, in some instances, they have not proved themselves wiser than Parlia mentary constituencies, but it is notorious that, on the whole, they have done their duty well, indeed, so well, that Parliament has itself several times acknowledged their merit. The working of important measures has been confided to them, sanitary measures especially, and thus the general government of the country has unequivocally set its seal to the competency of the municipal con stituencies. Are English laws and English customs to be abandoned in obedience to the ukases of the AUTOCRAT ? Are we about to surrender the con- stitutional principles on which we have acted from time immemorial at the bidding of the CZAR-to capture fugitives, who, in implicit reliance on our generosity, had sought refuge on our shores—to yield up the slave to his tyrannical master, to be tortured, perhaps murdered, on board a British man-of-war, under the national standard ? Are we to permit the venerable Judges of our Supe rior Courts—the most important process of law on which the liberty of the subject is based—to be treated with contempt and derision by those who, while in a state of actual war, have been allowed the use of our chief arsenal to refit and render them capable of carrying on hostilities against us ? We thought that England had al ready sunk sufficiently low in the scale of nations, 1 under the Administration of the " excellent ABER- DEEN," and of " all the talents." We could not, however, have conceived that the crowning point of her dishonour was to have been so speedily ac- complished—that the captain of a Russian frigate would so soon have been permitted to beard the British " Lion in his den"—to disregard a writ of habeas, issued by a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, even in the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth. These things, a short time since, we should have deemed incredible. We should unhesitatingly have contradicted the degrading imputation. Now, we are compelled . to inquire anxiously into the truth of these statements—to demand that a stringent and searching investiga- tion should be instituted into the conduct of per sons holding rank and station, and of English policemen, to ascertain whether there is any foun dation for the extraordinary assertions that have been put forward; and, if so, whether any, and what, explanation or justification can be offered for their participation in the very strange trans action. Some of our readers may not know the Conser vative limits of the municipal franchise. The burgesses are adults who have occupied rated pre mises in a borough continuously for three years, must have been inhabitant householders for those three years within seven miles of the borough, and must have paid all the poor and borough rates for those same three years. It is clear that this is by no means exactly even household suf frage. All the most fluctuating and shifty portion of the operatives would be excluded by their hav ing evaded or been excused their rates, by their being mere lodgers, by their unsettled habits, and by their being perpetually in arrears. We happen to have been very familiar with a borough, how ever, one of the wards of which was known as a Chartist and Socialist one, and some noisy Chartists were actually, on one occasion, returned by it to the Town Council. But the effect was precisely the desirable one which might have been antici pated ; the men were placed in an assembly of their superiors in business habits and intelligence, as well as in property ; they found their level ; they became, indeed, conciliators of their brethren and advocates of peace and order. Messrs. NEW TON and COWELL, too, would, we fancy, cut a very different figure in the House of Commons, should they ever get there, from what they do in their " dram and jerry shops," one - very much to the improvement of their modesty, and of no small benefit to their dupes. It will not be denied that it would be a very great advantage to save persons the trouble of two registrations, and also to have the single one con ducted in the comparatively simple and inexpen sive manner of a local Court and Judge. The entire machinery of Registration Courts, so far as boroughs are concerned, would be at an end, to the great joy once a year of hundreds of busy men. At the same time, it would be requisite to simplify the principle of rating to equalise it throughout the country, and to make the rate book what it might easily be, an efficient register of persons who lived permanently in rated houses, and not merely of those from whom the parish overseer got the rates. These are all, however, mere points of detail easily managed. Speaking broadly —the municipal franchise would give us a largely extended—yet a long-tried, a successful, and a trusted su ff rage — a su ffrage trusted by the Legislature itself which gave it birth, and to an extent which shows that it was regarded as having come of age—of age, we should say, to elect its national as well as its local representatives. Of course, these remarks apply directly to the boroughs, but the principle of them might be easily extended to the counties. The electors of Boards of Guardians are much about the same class of persons relatively, and nearly all the country is now under the New Poor-law Act. It is true the guardians' duties are limited com pared with those of town-councillors. Still, those who choose them have had to elect of ad their mini conduct strators of the local funds, and to judge in office. We have, however, not long since urged the desirableness of extending the municipal prin ciplembeuret merely the all so r l o r t e the d o c u o o u e n t o r f y , P a o n o d r l p a c g w a t t n e o r t s local and country business in the hands of the guar dians. We would, indeed, co nvert the unions into municipalities, and train the whole popula tion of the country to take an interest in managing their own affairs. There is no nation in the world whose inhabitants have more of the faculty for self-government ; to develop it ought to be the object of every prudent statesman. Centralisa tion is, indeed, the grand essential or military Our readers can be at no loss to connect these observations with the statement that appeared in The Sun of Monday, under the heading of " Ex traordinary Occurrence at Portsmouth ;" and we must confess that, long as we have been connected with journalism, it has never been our painful duty to record or comment on a more extraordi nary or disgraceful transaction—extraordinary in all its details, and, if well founded, exhibiting a depth of degradation hitherto unparalleled. It was extraordinary ! very extraordinary ! ! to use the mildest form of expression, that Russian vessels, Russian officers, and Russian sailors should, under present circumstances, and at a time when we are virtually at war with the CZAR, have been received into our principal national dockyards ; that the slips paid for by the country and required for the use of English vessels should be devoted to the use of Russian frigates, to be made capable, at our expense, of waging war against our own trade and commerce. We say at our expense. If repairs were required, there were many private establishments where they could have been effected on fair terms, and where might have charged the EMPEROR tforhe. shipbuilder bde r accommodation. But how could he be charged for the use of a public dock, maintained at a heavy cost by the English people ? So long as war has not been formally proclaimed, we could not punish British shipbuilders for completely overhauling or putting into thorough repair even Russian men-of-war. But such acts beyond the commonest temporary repairs, merely sufficient to enable the vessels to return home, ought not to be attempted under existing circumstances by even private firms, and are certainly exceedingly unbe coming in the national establishments. The first point to be inquired into, therefore, will be how it was that the Russians were permitted to avail themselves of the facilities afforded by the public dockyard at Portsmouth—more particularly, on whose authority the dangerous and impolitic step was taken ? But still more extraordinary ! was the indis criminate admission of the crews of the two frigates into the arsenal to pry about and see the mode in which we carried on our work—to see the manner in which English artisans carried out their objects, and to learn all that could be taught without the toil of serving a regu lar apprenticeship to the trade. PETER the Great had to work personally for that pur pose. We suffer the officers of his successor to inspect coolly and acquire information with out requiring them to go through so laborious a process. NICHOLAS has, indeed, cause to be thankful to the " travelled Thane" who carries his cour t esy to such an exten t . I n ti me o f pro found peace when no cloud could be discovered on serene,the po no foreigner wotld l political h or i zon , an d a ll was t ra nquil and even bef fora admittedsingle into passing l e Portsmouth D ockyard visit, witho u t an order' from a Secretary of State —an order that could not in these old-fashioned piping times of peace, have been obtained on trivial or insufficient grounds. Indeed, we re collect the indignation of a burly Milesian whose tongue gave unmistakeable evidence of his Hiber nian origin, and whose sleek and well-fed aspect betokened an intimate acquaintance with the roast beef and plum-pudding of the - United Ring- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING , DECEM BER 7, 1853 MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken for export and on speculation. The market closed heavily, without change in prices. The sales comprised 4,000 American, 300 Egyptian, at 6d to 10d., and 800 Surat, at 21d. to 30 per lb. Railway shares were firm. At this season of the year, there is one market in which special activity is expected, namely, that for dried fruits ; and it is remarked by Messrs. Witherby and Hanson in their report, dated to day, that the large public sales held recently have not induced purchasers to come forward for cur rants. Fine old 1851 fruit is held firmly, however. The 1853 Cephalonia fruit shows generally an im provement upon last year. High prices are evidently acting in this case, as in all others, by checking consumption. With respect to raisins, shipments have commenced to Australia, but Valencias are down 3s. to 4s. per cwt. within the last two or three weeks. A feature arising from the deficient crop is the demand that has sprung up for black Smyrna raisins, hitherto scarcely known in England, although a large quantity is grown in Turkey • and the ports in the Black Sea, Trieste, and Holland have always been buyers. The cost of this description at Smyrna has generally been about ss. to 7s. per cwt., whereas in September last it rose to 16s. and 20s. per cwt. It appears that the French distillers, in consequence of the great destruction of grapes by the disease, became large purchasers of black raisins as a substitute in distillation for spirits of wine, which are 100 per cent. -dearer than they were. Another effect will be to make these raisins enter permanently into the future consumption of England. Bills dated 90 days were yesterday afternoon ne gotiated on lower terms as regards Amsterdam, viz.:-11 l 5 to 16 ; Trieste, which was 11 36 to 40 ; and Frankfort, 1181 to Hamburgh was • rather higher, 13 51 to 6 ; and Paris was supported at 25272- to 30. The following are the prices of bullion as given by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley : Doubloons—Spanish 77s. 6d. to 78s. 6d. per oz. S. American 77s. Od. to 775. 3d. „ United States Gold Coin Bar Silver Ditto, containing gold—all gold above 5 grains in the pound to be paid for Dollars—Mexican & South American Spanish Pillar U. S. Halves Five Franc Pieces The English funds have been rather unsteady again owing to the influence of the account, now iled, and this being " pay day," and the telegra phic news that no absolute alliance of the Four Powers has been. formed, but simply an agreement to renew negotiations. There may be no more truth in this statement than in others that have preceded it, but it has an effect. Consols have been 96, and since 961 to for transfer. The prices for January have not been higher than 96 and since 961- to ±. Bank Stock is supported at 219. Exchequer Bills are a little firmer, being 4s. to 7s. premium, and India Bonds are par to 4s. premium. The New 31 per Cents. have realised 97 to 1, and the 3 per Cents. 951 to 8. Foreign Stocks have been generally rather weaker. Spanis h 3 per Cents. have been quoted 464 to Venezt iela Bonds are at 32, and Mexican at 251. Equador have been firm at 5 i 1 3 , and Grenada Active Bonds have been quoted 21. Peruvian have 11.ot been dealt in. The official re port of Admiral Moresby, to the effect that the guano is not like ly to yield supplies for longer than eight or nine yea ,rs, is likely to have an important bearing on the i nterests of the foreign creditors, the Government at Lima not having hitherto hus banded its finances. Sardinian Bonds have been at 90, without the dividend. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been marked 42. Dutch Four per Cents. are 95k. The Railway k ;hare Market has been quieter, and prices are scared y up to the highest point of yester day There is, b owever, no decided change. Great Northern, Lana tshire and Yorkshire, Midland and Caledonian hay e been chiefly dealt in. French Shares have be en rather higher, and Belgian, though inactive, are firm. The Gold IVR ie Shares are steady. In United Mexican Mine t here is a fair business doing, but not at the higher rt rates of yesterday. The Land Con ipanies' Shares have been rather duller. The Shares of the Joint Stock Banks have not varied. ss. lid. per oz. standard ss. ld. per oz, ss. Bd. „ BRITISH FUNI )S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK (.Pr om the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock per Cent. Reduce( t Annuities 955 k 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 94 '4 New 3i per Cent. knnuities 97A 7 Long Annuities, Ex pire sth Jan., 1860 5i 5-16 India Bonds, £lOOl ) Ditto, under £l.O CO par 4 p Consols for Opening • 18th Jan 96i Exchequer Bills, Id. £lOOO £5OO Small 4 7 p 4 7 p 4 7 p N PRICE OF FOB ,EIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent 93} x Chilian Bonds, 6 pe , r Cent. Equador Bonds . Grenada Bonds, Ex.. Dec., 1849, Coupon... 21 Grenada Bonds, De ferred Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Acci mint 251 x d Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 42 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 9O x ( Spanish Bonds, 3p :r Cent 46 j Venezuela Bonds, 3 3 per Cent. ... ......... 102 . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 4 per Cent. ( %ertificates HALF-PAST' TWO, 9c C6l: g Consols • D itto January Account LAW INTA;LLIGENCE-(THIS 1) 4 Y 'QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius at Westminster, befoi .e Lord . Campbell, and a Special Jury.) DO.DISNIEDE V. LADY FANE. This action w . as brought by the plaintiff, S vho is a female domestic, to recover compensation in dam cages for having been charged by Lady Georgina Fa ne, the daughter of Lady Westmoreland, with the con • • of theft. The Attorney-General, who appeared for Lad said her ladyship, through him, was now ready t that, under the impulse of excited feelings she ha out any good grounds, made the accusation aga plaintiff ; but she was now most anxious to retr charge, and to offer any eompensation which it her power to give. He had consulted with his friend Sir Frederick Thesiger, who was couns el plaintiff; and, in regard to the question of dan la was perfectly ready to leave the matter in hEs being perfectly satisfied he would ask for nothim than justice required. Sir Frederick Thesiger said he was extrema; that the case had so terminated, and rendered n sary a very long and painful inquiry. He was pi ready to accept the ample retractation of the deft and to agree to a verdict being entered for the p for 2001. Lord Campbell observed that from what he ki Lady Fane, he believed she would not deliberat anything wrong, and that if, under sudden impuli made an unjustifiable charge against any one, she be most anxious to acknowledge her error, and mi fullest reparation. By the course she now pursu plaintiff was fully vindicated, and the object of tion, therefore, completely attained. Verdict for 2001. was then entered for the plain consent. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings at Westminster before the Lord Chief and a Special Jury.) CHARGE OF LIBEL AGAINST THE MORNING ADVERTD HAKEWELL V. SMALLEY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, for which appeared in the month of March last, roil upon his character as a man and a husband. case being called on, and the jury sworn, Sir F. Thesiger, who appeared for the defendant a brief consultation with Mr. Sergeant Wilkir plaintiff's counsel, said he was happy to state the and the jury would be spared any lengthened in as he, on the part of the defendant, was about to I a course which met with the assent of his learned viz., to submit to a verdict for 40s. damages, and, same time, expressing, on the part of the journal. regret that the observations, which formed the s• of complaint, should have appeared in the paper. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, for the plaintiff, in conic to the course proposed, said he came down full, pared with evidence of the wrongs the plaintiff hat tained, which amounted to pusillanimity on his pat The jury then returned a verdict for the pin 405.; damages and costs by consent between eel and client. THE MALICIOUS REPORT OF THE MURDER AT GUILDFORD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —My attention having been directed to a para graph in The Sun newspaper of the 3d inst., headed " Dreadful murder of a Roman Catholic priest and three ladies—this day," I beg to inform you that there is not a syllable of truth in it from beginning to end, as I have this day called upon the rev. gentleman, whom I was happy to find in perfect health, and not a little astonished at the circumstantial account of his own "Dreadful Murder," which I gave him to read.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, li. C. HASTINGS, Chief Constable of the County of Surrey. Chief Constable's•office, Guildford, Dec. 6. [We propose instituting a strict inquiry into this shockinc , attempt to inflict severe pain on the friends of the parties thus " stabbed in the dark," by some malevolent scoundrel, and we shall spare no expense in bringing the impostor to justice. Meantime, we shall pay handsomely for evidence which may lead to the conviction of the offender. —ED. SUN.] COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 6. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Duchess of Brabant, rode out on horseback yesterday morning. The Earl of Clarendon, Count Lavradio, Portuguese Minister, and General Lopez, on a mission from Para guay, arrived at Osborne yesterday, and had audiences of the Queen. The Earl of Clarendon and Count La vradio remained on a visit. . Sir William C. Ross, R.A., had the honour of taking the last sitting for a miniature of her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Brabant, painted by command of the Queen. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of the Hackney Union, consisting► of Mr. George Offer, Mr.. John Edward Clennell, Mr. Percy Sadler, Mr. William Turner (of Upper Clapton), the Rev. Thomas Davis Lamb (of the Rectory, West Hackney), accompanied by Mr. Charles Horton Pulley, the Clerk to the Guar dians, and introduced by Sir William Clay, Bart., M.P. for the Tower Hamlets, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office on the subject of the defective sewage and drainage of the important district of Hackney, and on the great necessity for local powers to carry out all connecting sewage with the great trunk sewage, and also the making of new roads and drainage to all intended new houses prior to their erection. A deputation of the Cosmos Institute, consisting of Sir John Dorat, Mr. John Disney, Mr. Hyde Clarke, Mr. Thomas Baker, Mr. James Wyld, Mr. Stephen Geary, Mr. Charles Osborne, Mr. Joseph Haynes (soli citor), Mr. John Newall (parliamentary agent), Mr. W. Jordan, and Mr. W. Jenkins (secretary), had an inter , view with Sir W. Molesworth yesterday, at the office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place. A deputation, consisting of Mr. G. B. Greenough, F.R.S., Mr. H. Emanuel, Mr. A. Patten, Mr. R. Ran gell, Dr. Smith, and Mr. Twentyman, had an interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston, on the subject of the St. John's-wood Burial-ground. The deputation was introduced by Dr. Gourlay. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday, from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, and the Governors of Hong Kong and Ceylon. A deputation from Fulham, consisting of the Rev. It. G. Baker, Rector of Fulham, the Rev. S. Byers, Incum bent of St. Mary's, Fulham, the Rev. J. L. Gilbourne, Curate of Hammersmith, Messrs. W. Bird, J. Bowling, V. Stevens, J. Crookes, C.Wing, J. Blackford, and W. D. Salter, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Brabant and suite are expected to take leave of her Majesty and Prince Albert to-morrow, and proceed to Brussels, via Dover and Ostend. - His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has arrived in town, from visiting Lord and Lady Huntingfield, at their seat in Suffolk. The Duke of Devonshire left town yesterday for Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, where the noble duke will shortly entertain visitors. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford are entertaining company at Curraghmore House. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and the Ladies Harriet and Lady Beatrice Hamilton left Ches terfiold House for St. Leonard's-on-the-sea, where they intend to remain until Christmas. The Earl of Leicester came to town yesterday, from Holkham Hall, to be present at the annual great cattle show. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have arrived at Grosvenor gate from Wimpole, where they have been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Hard wicke. The Count and Countess Flahault, and the Hon. Miss Elphinstone, arrived in Grovesnor-square yes terday, from Tullyalan Castle, Perthshire, for the season. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, who were staying at the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland's, Trantham Hall, left their seat, Clalvaney Park, Cheshire, yesterday. ROYAL ENGINEERS.—The death of General Sir A. De Butts, K.C.H., of this branch of the Ordnance corps, leaves a vacancy in the Colonels Commandant, and it is expected that Lieutenant-General Sir C. W. Pasley, K.C.8., will be appointed Colonel Commandant in the room of General Sir A. De Butts. Major Benjamin S. Steblin, at present serving at Montreal, is promoted to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Phillpots deceased, and ordered home, DEATH OF LORD FULLERTON.—We regret to state that this venerable judge and distinguished lawyer died on Saturday afternoon, at his residence in this city. It is only about three weeks since his retirement from the bench (which he so long adorned) was announced. On Monday last he was seized with symptoms of British cholera, which it was hoped would yield to the treatment ; but on Thursday the aspect of matters became serious, and at a consultation of his medical advisers, we believe, little or no hope was entertained that he would rally, though he lingered until Saturday afternoon. Lord Fullerton came to the bar so far back as 1798, or five years after Sir Walter Scott. He was then in the 23d year, having been born on the 15th of December, and consequently had at tained his 78th year. After a practice of 30 years at the bar he was called to the bench, in 1828, through the in strumentality of Sir Robert Peel, then Home Secretary, and, we believe, on the earnest representation of the pre sent Lord Justice Clerk, then Solicitor-General. Lord Fullerton well justified the choice. At the bar, and when he was surrounded by a phalanx of eminent men—Erskine, Clerk, Cranstoun, Thomson, Moncrieff, Jeffrey, Cockburn, and, we may add, Keay, Jamieson, and Skene—some being his seniors and some his juniors, it will be recollected by many that Lord Fullerton was still deemed one of the soundest, most learned, and accomplished. lawyers on tho board, and, in the latter years of his practice, second as an authority in the feudal and higher branches of the law to none.—Caledonian, Mercury. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—The forthcoming pantomime is from the pen of the accomplished author of Box and Cox, the comic scenes being the production of the inge nious Mr. George Ellis. assisted by Mr. Cormack. Mr. Huline is to be the Clown ; Mr. Cormack, the Harle quin ; Mr. Paulo, the Pantaloon ; and the graceful Miss Desborough, the Columbine. STRAND THEATRE.—A tower of strength is added to this establishment. The celebrated Flexmore, who has recently returned from a continental tour, has accepted an engagement here for the Christmas holidays. So that, with Tom Matthews at Drury-lane, and Huline at the Princess's, the three kings of Clowndom will be reigning at the same season in the metropolis, to the superlative delight of all lovers of genuine pantomime. Afterfulfilling his term of engagement with Mr. Allcroft, Flexmore returns to the French capital, where he is an extraordinary favourite ; but it is to be hoped he will not long be an absentee from London. CUSTOMS.—Mr. Joseph H. Rolls, who has been ap pointed to the post of Surveyor-General of Customs, vacant by the retirement of Mr. Fennings from the ser vice, was especially employed, at the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851, as the principal officer to superintend the business on the part of the Customs department at the Crystal Palace, in Hyde Park, on which occasion he gave the greatest satisfaction to the Government and all parties concerned. Mr. Rolls was subsequently ap pointed Inspector-General of the Port of Liverpool, and is now again promoted to the superior office of Surveyor- General of Customs for the United Kingdom. DISASTER AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.—The packet ship E. Z., Captain Hartshorne, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on the 13th ult., put back to Liverpool on Monday afternoon, having encountered a gale on the 29th ult., which swept the decks and washed over thirteen of the passengers and five of the crew. AMERICAN AFFAIRS.—The amount of gold brought by the New York steamer—namely, 87,0001., is again larger than had been anticipated. At the same time, the reports of the stock and money market, and also of the prospects of a sustained demand for manufactured goods, are very satisfactory. No further failures had taken place, with the exception of four firms, chiefly engaged in produce business, at Cincinnati, nor were any fresh ones anticipated, a prosperous period of many months being now looked for in all departments of trade. The amount of stocks extinguished by pur chases on the part of the Government continued to be at the rate of about 120.0001. a week. The accounts received from Brazil of the proceedings of the party of American adventurers who are about to explore the river Amazon continued to excite interest. They ex pected to have two steamers which had been taken out for the purpose put together in a short time, and to start on their expedition up the river about the first week in December. A new principle of ship-building was about to be tested at New York, the most prominent feature of which is described by the Journal of Commerce to be "the application of the curve to every part of the model, by which an egg-like and buoyant shape is imparted, and the centre of gravity made invariably to fall precisely amidships." A schooner called the Eclipse had just been constructed to illustrate the invention, and it was also intended to build a full-sized vessel on the same plan. LATEST RUSSIA AND TURKEY. It was authentically stated at Vienna, last evening, that the report that an alliance had been been formed between the four Powers was cor- rect ; a collective note had been drawn up, but no mutual pledge given to enforce its acceptance. From Constantinople, of Nov., 24, we learn that three months' armistice, demanded by England, had !_been refused ay the Turkish Ministers, and that in consequence Lord Stratford had an audience of the Sultan, which lasted five hours. An extra ordinary Divan was afterwards appointed to meet. The following is the text of the Sultan's reply to General Baraguay d'Hilliers : " I have always relied, and I rely in the present crisis, on the material and moral support of my ancient allies, France and Great Britain. France and the rest of Europe have the right to insist (vouloir) on peace. I, too, desire peace, but only if it can be had without pre judice to my sovereign rights and the independence of Turkey. At present no arrangement is possible with out the entire renunciation of the pretensions put for ward by Russia, and without the immediate and com plete evacuation of the two Principalities, which are part of my empire." By electric telegraph, under date of Vienna of the 2d, we have the contents of letters from Kraj ova, of the 30th ult., which state that up to that date - the Russians had made no advance against Kalafat. It was thought that General Fishback had been ordered to fall back upon Bucharest, where Prince Gortschakoff is concentrating the whole of hi, troops, with the front of his army turned toward , : Silistria. On the 27th, 28th, and 29th ult. thy' Turks renewed their attacks near Giurgevo, with out, however, obtaining any favourable results. Within the last ten days about 420 of the Russians who were wounded at Oltenitza had died. Among them were about 15 officers and 3 colonels. The Russian general who was killed in that battle was a Baron Plosen. In Moldavia affairs are conducted in the most ab solute manner by General Urusoff. The Jews in particular are the victims of his brutality. Some Austrian Jews, who believed that, as foreigners, they were entitled to a different sort of treatment, were peremptorily told to go to Lemberg, in Aus tria. They had to invoke the protection of the Austrian Consul-General. At Jassy not less than 18 large houses, belonging to different Boyars, have been converted into hos pitals. The Turkish garrison at Kalafat is changed every other day, the troops being relieved from Widdin. It is supposed that this circumstance gave rise to the incorrect report that Kalafat had been evacu ated by the Turkish forces. A similar regulation is observed at Mokan. The Turks passing to and fro incessantly alarm the Russians at Giurgevo, who, not being relieved, suffer exceedingly. From Constantinople, under date of the 21st ult., we learn that the Turks, under Abdi Pacha and Kherim Pacha, have gained new successes in Asia. Abdi Pasha's repOrt of the 6th of November states that on the Ist of that month the Turks at tacked and routed a Russian corps in the province of Bayazid. On the 4th a serious engagement took place near the fortress of Akeska, and ended in the defeat of the Russians. The Russians, under Generals Nestorow and Ar gutinski, were defeated near Achirka and Achalt zik with great loss. After a battle of several hours' duration, they left their wounded and a quantity of baggage and ammunition in the hands of the Ottomans. Several villages on the Russian territory have been occupied by the Turks. The number of deserters from the enemy is so extraordinary, that it is in contemplation to form a Russian legion, to be led against their former masters. The Triest Zeitung has letters from Constanti nople of the 21st ult., stating that M. de la Cour had taken leave of the Sultan. The latter sent him a splendid snuff-box with his portrait in dia monds. The enthusiasm and patriotism of the Turks in crease from day to day. Voluntary contributions are received from all parts of the empire, and Con stantinople alone has raised 150,000,000 piastres for the maintenance of the army of the Asiatic Turks, who appear in crowds at the conscription offices. Each Eyalet has td supply 1,500 cavalry and 6,500 infantry, and this is done with the great est readiness. The cavalry goes to Erzeroum, the infantry to Constantinople. The Druses of tie Lebanon have offered to send 2,000 men, but they demand that the Christians shall be disarmed be fore they depart. The other Druses display ~r greater military ardour, and the volunteers w. d proceed to the seat of war under their Emir Emin, who leaves his son, a youth of 16, as his deputy. Th 1,1 5 1). +lw, Maronites have also offered the assistance of their people. The S6-1-1' officers who accompanied the French diplomatists have already quitted Constantinople. Col. Fleury, with his aide-de-camp, has gone to Batoum. Lieu tenant-Colonel Lavoix and Messrs. Berton and Houche, officers of engineers, have gone to Schumla and Widdin. Three Polish officers, Colonel Zamoyski, a near relative of Prince Czartoryski, Colonel Boreanski, and Colonel Bystrzanski, have been appointed generals of brigade in the Turkish service ; and a fourth Polish officer, General Chrzaowski, has been nominated general of division in the same service. The last-named was an officer in the Russian army during the war with Turkey in 1828. A letter from Warsaw of the Ist, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" Intelligence has been received at St. Petersburg front the Caucasus, announcing that the Russians have made several tempts to retake the fort of Nikolajeff, but without success, and with a great loss of men. The levies for the reserve have never been greater in the Russian empire than at present, and particularly in the govern ments of Wilna and Kowno. A great number of children, of from 10 to 12 years of age, have been carried away, for the purpose of being brought up in the military schools. This measure has fallen most heavily on the Jews." A letter from Jassy of the 25th ult., in the Prussian Correspondence, says :—" Prince Unizoff, provisional administrator of Moldavia, has declared to the Jews that they are to furnish recruits for the militia of that province. General Osten-Sacken was expected to arrive in eight or ten days, with 20,000 men, at Jassy." Letters from Bucharest show that the Russian administration of affairs in Wallachia and Moldavia is characterised by the most complete disregard of rights of all kinds. The governing council left behind. by Prince Stirbey is daily insulted, and made to feel the enthralment of the country at every turn. The Russian authorities have refused to allow the despatches of the British and Turkish Consuls- General to be conveyed to Constantinople via Giurgewo and Rustchuk as heretofore, and per mission was refused even to the Consuls-General themselves to travel by that route, so that they had no choice but to kayo the stormy Black Sea. M. Poujade, the French Consul-General, left Bu charest on the 22nd ult., and the English Consul- General was expected immediately to follow him. Both consuls have remained until they could do so no longer with dignity. Mahomud Effendi, a celebrated Cheikh of Da mascus, has raised a standard for volunteers, and, like Peter the Hermit, was preaching the holy war. By last accounts he was at Aleppo, on his way to Constantinople, and was followed by upwards of 12,000 Arabs and Turks. This Mahmoud Effendi is the brother of Cheikh Haled Bey—a man held in great veneration by the Mahommedans. The new rediffs of Anatolia and Rumelia a ,t• arriving daily by hundreds. Daring the last ten days upwards of 17,000 have gone to Shumla. It is said the Turkish Government is much pleased with the conduct of Selim Pacha in Asia, who commands the army on the side of Gouriel. We also learn that the Russians, with what truth we will not attempt to say, have no intention of attempting anything by sea. The Turkish fleet lies at Buyukdere, carrying, together with the Egyptian, upwards of 2,000 guns—eight ships of the line, seven frigates, eight corvettes, nine brigs, and eight or ten steamers. Two divisions have been out in the Black Sea on a cruise. That under Muhawer Paella (Captain Slade) has returned from its cruise. It is said that one of the frigates got astray in a gale, and has not since been seen. This squadron has been absent from the Bosphorus 18 days. When first they got out of the Strait, from 300 to 400 men were taken with sea-sickness. The Turks are very good men at their guns, very obe dient, and would fight well ; the Turkish ships in the Bosphorus are formidable floating batteries. The British and French squadrons are lying at Beycos in the Bosphorous, opposite the British and French embassies. Hitherto their duties have been limited to barking, not biting—salutes and signals. As they were one by one towed past Con stantinople, the inhabitants of Stamboul, who had never seen such a number of foreign ships of war near their capital, got on the house-tops for the purpose of having a good. v iew. It is very odd how the lower orders in Turkey explain their ap pearance. They coolly say that the Sultan, whom they look upon as the lord of the world, ordered those fellows, the Christians, to send him some ships to go and help to fight those pessavengs, the Russians. The lower orders in Turkey still have the most exaggerated ideas of the power and wealth of the Sultan. Accounts from the banks of the Danube of the if by Baron a libel ectiug )n the , after is, the Court quiry, mrsue riend, at the , their abject nting y pre -1 sus intiff, icitor mission 'y Fane, o admit 1, with inst the act the was in learned for the ges, he hands, g more $ r happy nneces 3rfectly mdant, laintiff iew of ely do ;e, she would ►ke the ed the he ac- 2nfli ult. furnolineA +lift+ om9r first consideration is bite iioaitn uI MS troops h a s just raised the camps which he had established on the banks of the river, and where the situation is un tiealthy, in order to place his men in the towns and cantonments carefully prepared, where they take up their winter quarters. He has organised posts of observation, which will watch all the move ments of the enemy. From Vienna, under date of the 3d, we learn that a banking-house in that city received a letter from Constantinople, which states that Lord de Redcliffe intervened at the moment when the Porte was recently on the point of contracting is a loan with the house of Aleon and Co. ; and it inferred from this that Namik Pacha will most probably find the money he is in quest of at Lod ate do a n. From all that can be gathered from priv letters from Constantinople, under date of the 21st ult., the character of the interview between the Sultan and the French Ambassador was rather more warlike than appears in the official accounts. One letter states that after an inspection of the fleet, Admiral Hamelin published an order of the day something to this effect :—" The ships of France have not come to the Bosphorus for mere purposes of parade ; I am sure, then, and I ex P ect l that all and each will be ready to act at the firs' signal." re Klapka is gone to the seat of war in Asia, where he will form a Magyar-Italian volunteer corps. Wysocki, a Pole, is also forming a corps of his countrymen. Three Poles, Major Wierzecki) Sigismund Jordan, and Jagomir, are organising legion, to be composed of Russian deser ters. I,Uou men and more have already turned th eir aline,. against their former masters. It is the intention ot the Porte to raise an army of 500 , 000 me n, but in order to effect this lath between 14 and 18 y ee° of age must be conscribed. At the soL e time that General d'Hilliers advised the Tlir'" not to reject too rudely the new mediatory projefo of the Powers, he delivered into their hands 20,0 new guns of the same kind as those which did sue' excellent service at Oltenitza. On the 20th hell spected the fortifications, and in the evening au on Lord Stratford, with whom he was closeted till after midnight. The report that the Turks are in want of provi' sions is positively false. A vast quantity of stir plies of all kinds, received from England, is lY i , u ,g at Varna.+ Omer Pasha has been since the 14-1' November in Rasgrad, to which place reinforert ment and supplies are forwarded every week. is a singular fact that a great number of foreigners' among whom are many Englishmen and A m ericas' e with the last reinfoecements. Since th e mencement of hostilities, the Turks have lost ahnt'„ 4,000 men, 1,300 of whom were either killed battle or drowned. It is certain that the Tcr ' were still at Turna, where the Aluta falls into the Danube, opposite Nicopolis, on the 18th. On th e 15th a very sharp affair took place at Turns, which, notwithstanding the assertions of the O es : Correspondenz to the contrary, the Russian s we ''" worsted and put to flight. There is a citadesla l sari rounded by a wall either at Turna or on an close by, and this is in the hands of the Tan'" The Porte positively rejects all further mediationi Lord Stratford is said to have pledged his for the repayment of the 30,000,000 of pia (300,0001.) advanced to the Porte by Messrs. - 1 ":; tazzi. By advices of the 25th from Cattaroq e learn that encounters have occurred between 1.0 Montenegrins and Turks attended with loss of on both sides. The Hospodar of Servia has.„ 3/I ,:t nounced his intention to reform the Senate. livio a single hundred-weight of goods now goes fo rte Austria to the Principalities. The loss to State and to private individuals is enormous. Letters from St. Petersburg state that the citement there is fully as great as at ConstantinoP; Since the news of the engagements on the Dan i t reached the capital the g reatest agitation has _ e . f t isted, and no efforts have been wanting on the Flo of the Government to stir up the amour prol'r,elo well as the religious fanaticism of the people. 3 : 4 Czar passes different bodies of troops in reyl°,l, almost every day, and is profuse in his distribtitl" of honours and rewards. The Patric says—" It is asserted that a ruln_ . „,, t having been spread about in the Turkish Abe that an exchange of prisoners was abou t to es effected in the usual manner according t o the rT, o , of war, the Russian prisoners sent to Omer 1 3 3C.P ee , had supplicated him to take them into his serv i mf affirming that the Turkish soldiers were fa r be t . treated than the Russians. It appears that Ore''R, Pacha has acceded to their demand, and that the': men have been incorporated in the Chiistian rer ments which Turkey is at present organising. „it The Wanderer of Vienna of the 2d says is positively stated that General Fischbach ho completely evacuated Lesser Wallachia by orde r Prince Gortschakoif, who is concentrating his f ° 7, near Bucharest. The front of the Prince's arnk 7 „ r , turned towards Silistria, where the Turks have °c ", i v pied the isles of the Danube, and have throo.-ea entrenchments. Ismail Pacha is, it is ;aid, oeent i o f in organising Lesser Wallachia. The intentfii°',lf t. n 0. t.a m alatv v 7— itlo be carried into execution after the arriv al corps of Osten Sacken. The Russian ge ll ' c ler who was killed at Oltenitza was Baron to Plosen. Letters from the Lower Dalln i be fo rtig the 30th ult. state that the redoubts a nd je of the Turks near Kalafat are renlar i itls for their solidity ; and that they are alin e ' elf more than 100 pieces of cannon. What I%A explains the retreat of the Turks to Widdiu their communications near that place are 0. 1 : 0 00 open. To defend the forts of Kalafat froin to 8,000 men will suffice. On the 30th the sians still occupied their defensive position 1100 Krajowa. The weather is now more favours' and the waters have subsided. The same journal contains a letter from C 01 1 , 4 011 tinople, which declares that the Greek Pa t i,p o of had requested the Sultan to allow him to auv-041 parry his Majesty to Adrianople, to give a Pnre the world that the Greek Church preferr e patronage of the Sultan to that of the Czar. 00 Mr. Whittal, a wealthy Smyrna merchalit.'4,oll come forward and offered to support, at his P,'ol' expense, the destitute families of the volun tee lo ° militians of the village of Bournabat, vibf o ife proceeded to the army. This munificent which will cost several thousands of pool' been accepted, and Mr. Whittal has rec eive °• collective thanks of the Ministers of the Per t We find the following in the Patrie 01;1 " A letter from Constantinople, of the morniego:js/ 20th ult., gives some details of the survey that a ve.l; been made of the mouths of the Danube. Thy 5 9 0 which had been called for by foreign cornMe r _ d 'lol/ particularly by several large English houses, by pt known that the Sulina, which is the most imP ° O OO,J the mouths of the river, is encumbered at this 5 the by a great number of vessels which had sunk the „, ?IF!! which threw great difficulties in the way of tion. The situation of this part of the Dall ub l,ll more serious, as, according to treaties, Russia' , t yS' and the Porte are bound to keep it clear, All' es ;0 last-named Power has made frequent remonstref f P # the subject, and faithfully performed her 1 33 r, f ? cu r re l fk obligations. It results from these facts 0 9 ' o f s j( merchant vessels trading in corn with the por ta . ft lachia and Moldavia meet with great obstacles passage." 1 ,,b0 The nomination of Sir Edmund Lyo ns ' 01,0 shortly expected at Constantinople with a sq of had given rise to the belief that a portil o British fleet was to proceed to the Bla ck d e lta )t deed, several war steamers had been er depart for that destination last week. Tlley however, since received counter-orders. oftliird The latest news from Asia confirm s the sty, Pe4 Erivau. Winter was setting in with sev e r it is doubtful whether there will b e a C campaign before next spring. The forts that line the Bosphorus havedeploo,ll scribed as in a most defenceless and .„ e pe'ro condition, having been neglected d are , 1 but they are, on the contrary, in a very g en t, I ' l .p! as will be seen by the following staters _ re ih, has been made out at request 133.,1,0 W!;, 1 ?, man of experience, who has insp ecteu r; line of fortifications on the BosPll°,,atteritd defences of the Bosphorus consist ii.) j ilt on roe from 6 to 10 guns each, and in forts ou oje ts (se sides of the stream, on the narrowest cr oss ~,er canals, and so situated as to sustain,: e hert t i ,V The batteries are placed on the niost a nittie ° l l, tion of the Bosphorus, beginning _ a nd A s a .0;3 Constantinople, on both , the EuropealiLi beyon side, and are continued all along, lin e t es c esse , _ bay of Buyukdere. There the batt,rlavack, One the forts commence. At the 09 _4? European coast, there are two forif2 , the fow J usta, the other at Anatoli Is r .-ava c ' t h e y are„l, carrying 45, and the latter 30 gone ; the Viirlipt; ated opposite to the two forts 01 1 . , note:1 00 0 A an d i s deleP un d e rs, side. The Bosphorus is at this peT b _ de d hi bag iti r ; 1,200 metres in width, 150 pieces of artillery, mostly 3 6- ln he 130A,.01; heavy fixed guns. This portion by WI% could not be passed by a fleet, or ii Half 110 11r .:03 in less than twenty minutes or I f au r the c lisgb ei ,oef! other forts defend the passage (71 0 f the Bop about about three miles, to the entrance _ the At Buyuk-Liman and Kands9l%ir7o on g : oo ,' side, and at Fil Bournou and -r 400 the stream is at this point about 74 tole t ° ..4.14 at atic side, they have together ah_c ll ooo pi etr t es uo / cli n obs fox They are almost as great a __ ee ding o sage of the Bosphorus as the pr 20 to 3 P-4 0 of forts, each furnished with _ and the on,, trp re c e the mouth of the Black heavy artillery. They c011 131 _ 4 , the Blak the Bosphbrus. On the coast iziv o re:: ; o N- 113 311 " Ole are two other fortresses, ated so a 8 t° the latter have been conatruc upon landing of troops for an attar) Sfreao-tnihere are 0 ieces