The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-11 00:00:00

NORWICII UNION REVERSIONARY INTEREST COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND. at the rate of Four-and-a-Half per Cent., clear of Income-tax. due 31st October last, is NOW in COURSE of PAYMENT at the Office of the Company. HENRY NORRIS, Secretary. 23, Lincoln's Inn-fields,Nevember 10, 1853. N.B.—Proposals for the Sale of Reversions, Soc., may be ad dressed to the Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL DRIIRY-LANE• Lessee, Mr. E. T. Sl2ith. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. 11, The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their astonishing Feats, unmatched in the history of such Performances, assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dale and Barnes, the European and American champions. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 11, Will be performed MONEY. Characters by Messrs. G. Vanden hoff, Tilbury, Howe, Buckstone, Compton, H. Cord, and W. Farren ; Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Fttzwilllam. To be followed by TEIE BEGGAR'S OPERA. Characters by Misses Featherstone and Ormonde. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Uneer the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Nov. 11, Will he performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup ported by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy. After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of SARDANAPALUA, con siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by Mr. C. Kean and Miss Murray. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by Mr. Harley. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. THIS EVENDTG, Nov. 11, win be presented A CURIOUS CASE. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE which, however (it is hoped), will. in the end, show HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright. To be followed - PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtreetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVZNfiG• Nov- 11. _. . • --- - Will be perforneel THE DISCARDED SON. C acharters by Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and bliss Woolgar, &c. After which, THE CA.MP AT CHOSTIAII. To he followed by "HOTEL CHABGE3I" or, How to Cook " A Blinn." To conclude with COMING OF AGE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIIIS EVENING, Nov. 11. Will be performed THE CAMT AT THE OLYMPIC. florae ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. _ To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIITEIEA.TRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE—THE INVASION" OF RUSSE s, and THE BURLESQUE. FOURTH WEEK of the Star of the Arena, Miss K•&TF COOKE, who continues to be received with increased enthusiasm. THIS EVENING, Nov. li, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the GRAND EQUESTRIAN MILITARY SPECTACLE, entitled NAPOLEON BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RIRSIA ; or, The Buraing of Moscow. After which, the matchless Scenes of the ARENA, supported by the greatest combination of Equestrian tal nt in the whole World, with Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained Stud of Horses. To conclude with JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE FILL OF PILETON ; or, THE FIERY COURSERS OF THE SUN. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. FRIDAY, Nov. 11, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. FOLKESTONE—W., calm—cloudless. TUNBRIDGE—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. STROOD—N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Swo - DoN—W., light airs—cloudless. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. YARMOITTH—W., gentle breeze—cloudless. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Wednesday morning at nine o'clock : BIRMINGHAM —W., gentle breeze—foggy. HOLYHEAD—W., gentle breeze—fine. LANCASTER —W., calm—cloudless. DARLINGTON—W.. gentle breeze—cloudless—frost. SHAp— N.W., calm—overcast. FARRINGDON—W.S.W., light breeze—fair. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tuts DAY —Morning 57 min.after 10 Evening 28 min.aft. 11 7.0-Meas.ow—Morning 0 min.after 0, Evening 54 min.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE 50 —highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowestfthis morning and during the night. 52—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.29. Going down gradually. WIND. N.E. Light, and fine, cold, sunshiny wea ther, with fog in the morning. e, 411, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1853. Impartial observers may now judge whether or not we have been justified in our strictures upon the policy of the Imperial Councils of St. Peters burg during the last half-year of intermittent anxiety and confused negotiation. It may at length be decided whether or not we have been correct in our estimate of that policy, and accu rate in our conjecture as to its consequences. To understand the value of past events it is only necessary to remark the present " situation," its origin, its tendency, and its more conspicuous peculiarities. We can direct attention at this moment, in testimony of the reasonableness of our views upon the Eastern Question, not so much to a variety of very rational surmises, or to a cluster of obviously allowable deductions, as to a sequence of documents and a succession of occurrences. As to the documents. England with all her reserve has contrived in spite of the timidity of the Leader of the Coalition, to blurt forth her sense of the injustice of the course pursued by Russia towards the Sublime Porte —revealing her real sentiments in this particular through the dip lomatic communications of the Earl of CLAREN DON. France has spoken out more boldly and explicitly as befitting the dignity of a powerful and independent Government—as serting her views through the candid and chival rous language of M. DROUYN DE L'Huvs. Aus tria, it is true, has temporised ; and Prussia has Preserved an uninterrupted taciturnity. But meanwhile the principal parties in the contention have disclosed the nature of their actual opinions through the medium of a prolonged and carefully elaborated c orrespondence. Turkey has spoken again and again through the lips of her Foreign Minister, % Damn _ D PACHA. Russia has spoken in her turn, loudly and repeatedly, through the lips of her Foreign Minister, the veteran NESSELRODE. In order to appreciate correctly the intrinsic merits of the dispute, it is necessary to bear - vividly in remembrance the series of documents signed respectively by those four eminent states men, by CL-ARENDON, by Ditouy x L'H u y s, b y R EDSC HID PACHA, and by NESSELRODE. Express ing the same thing in different te rms, We would say that no one, however remark a bl e his penetration and sagacity, can at all comprehend the nature of what we are accustomed to call the Eastern Question, without he has rendered him self perfectly cognisant of the whole chain of ar guments put forward in the four official organs-- in the London GcGette, and the Paris Moniteur, and the Journal de St. Petersburg, and the Journal de Constantinople. Arguments, we say, meaning thereby the conflicting statements advanced in the long series of diplomatic communications. As to the occurrences. Those likewise, we maintain, must have been closely scrutinised, in order to enable any one to understand the rela tive merits of the position assumed by the various disputants. Otherwise than by comparing them thus carefully one with anothe:, we should fail to appreciate correctly the significance of the Russian Passage of the Pruth, of the Turkish Passage of the Danube, of the British and French Passage of the Dardanelles. Scrutinising the consecutive oc currences, as we have done, no less carefully than we have the successive documents of which they have been originative—we have judged, by a consideration of them all altogether, as to the policy pursued by the different Governments. We have not judged rashly, but with the caution of a calm and conscientious deliberation. Of this, let the latest events and the last docu ment of any importance be taken as conclusive testimony. great " clothes' depot" might be angry with the offer of a handbill belonging to another, and his Ducal MAJESTY of Tuscany is angry with the offer of the Bible itself to his subjects ; it were rather too much, however, to allege just cause of anger in either case. If we are to be defended from wanton provocation, we are also to be held bound to control our own tempera. In short, some in dividuals have much need to enter into recogni zances not to get angry without cause, and thereby , endanger the peace, as others do to abstain from wantonly irritating their neighbours. The hand bill offered to BRENNAN, we have not seen; but it must have been bad Indeed, to induce us to justify departing from the short and easy method which we have indicated as our own, and we suppose that of all but over-heated religionists. It is wonderful what a stir the case has made in Ireland. A Public Meeting was called to up hold the cause of SMITH and Protestant handbills. A deputation was sent to the Lord-Lieutenant praying him to order an official investigation. The memorial was made a handbill for charging Mr. O'CALLAGHAN with " audaciously, daringly, unconstitutionally, and bigotedly lending himself to sustain the intolerance of a bigot, and to crush the rights of British subjects." And Lord St. GERMANS, very properly we think, refers them to the Court of Queen's Bench, where any legal error of the Magistrates can be rectified, and his motives, if corrupt, duly inquired into. What the memorialists will do next we know not. There is zeal enough on both sides to fight out the quarrel while there is a legal opening for doing so ; in deed there appears to be no lack of SMITHS and BRENNANS all over Ireland, of zealous Protestant Missionaries and irritable Catholics. Those events—the passage of the Danube ef fected at various points by the Turkish troops under OMER PACHA, followed up rapidly by the defeat of nine thousand Russians (with a loss of more than seven hundred killed and wounded) at 0 ltenitza. That document—the Imperial Manifesto, dated the 21st of October, and published by the Czar NICHOLAS in his official organ, the Journal de St. Petersburg. Receiving them s imultaneously, we are con firmed by those most recent occurrences, and by that latest document, in what has been our deli berate conviction from the outset, namely, that Russia is resolved at all hazards upon the subju gation of Turkey—that the AUTOCRAT is deter mined, no matter what the consequences, to ac complish his designs, sooner or later, upou-Con stantinople. It must be admitted that precisely as the SUL TAN has been throughout consistent in his mode ration; the CZAR has from first to last been con sistent in his duplicity. Remember, he assured the Chief Powers of Europe that his sole discus sion with the Divan had reference to the Holy Places. And then came the arrogant demands and the insolent bearing of his Envoy, Prince MENSCHIKOFF. Remember, he intimated his respect for treaties and his regard for the rights of nations. And then came the movement of his troops across the Pruth, and their occupation of the Danubian Principalities. Remember, he announced that it was simply from a precautionary motive that he adventured upon that movement and that occu pation. And then came the haughty intimation to the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia, that their allegiance was no longer due to their quon dam suzerain at Constantinople. Consistently with all this, the pacific assurances so often reite rated by the Emperor NICHOLAS, personally at Olmiitz, and indirectly elsewhere, have been suc_ ceeded by that bellicose Manifesto of the 21st of October, in which it is intimated—mark the words !—that " NOTHING REMAINS FOR RUSSIA BUT TO HAVE RECOURSE TO ARMS, to compel the Ottoman Empire to respect treaties, to obtain re paration for the insults with which the Porte has replied to our most moderate demands, and to our solicitude for the maintenance of the ortho dox faith in the East." So. War then be it. The selec- One thing all parties may surely regard as quite certain, that religious zeal will never cease in the world. Missionaries every sect will have, and in this country their endeavours to convert must be protected by law. The State here only undertakes to protect to the Established Church its revenues and dignities ; it gives free scope to all kinds of Nonconformists to seduce the faithful from her bosom, and even pays Popery and Presbyterianism in Ireland for doing it. It leaves the Churchman and the Dissenter to convert each other if they can. Her MAJESTY is not only the Defender of every man's faith from violent assault, but also the protector of all fair attacks upon it. It is, therefore, utterly impossible to put an end to the efforts of earnest men, whether they be bigots, enthusiasts, and fanatics, or sober apostles of truth,.to convert their fellow-men. The Press, in every mode, must always be a prime instru ment in the hands of such men ; it is the wont of the country. It does, therefore, appear to us ex ceedingly undesirable to interfere more than is absolutely necessary in protecting the disciples of any faith. against the mere printed arguments, and even warm attacks, of those of another faith. While, of course, wishing most earnestly to see all religious controversy conducted in a spirit be coming the gravity of the subject and the civilisa tion of the age, we yet, therefore, would have our magistrates very chary of entertaining such cases. They can rarely do more than give a triumph to one party of religionists—a triumph, perhaps, more dangerous to the peace than the irritating proselytism they would like to repress. tion is not England's, is not that of France, is not Turkey's—it is the choice of the Russian AUTO CRAT. Whatever (with his consummate effrontery) he may say about insults to be avenged and treaties to be respected, History will declare in characters of blood and flame whose was the in solence, whose the violation of the rights of an unoffending sovereignty, whose the crime in this deplorable rupture of thirty-seven years' tran quillity. THE MANCHESTER MONUMENT TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. It is with unfeigned pleasure that we have to announce the decision of the judges appointed to make choice of the model for the statue of Wel lington, about to be emoted in Manchester at a cost of 7,000/. A large number of models con tributed by the collective sculptural talent of the country—and many of which are of unusual excel lence was examined on Friday last, in the Royal Manchester _lnstitution, by the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Wilton, and the Bishop of Manchester, who were deputed by the subscribers to make the important selection—when their unanimous choice fell on the model prepared by Matthew Noble, Esq., of Bruton-street, London. The artist's intention in this design, which we were privileged to see previous to its transmission to Manchester, has been to represent England's illustrious Duke in his civil as well as in his military capacity, by personifying those salient qualities and results through which he attained so high a position in life, and influenced the destinies of so many nations, and by illustrating the chief crown ing events in his public career, through which he will be best known to posterity. The qualities of Valour and Wisdom are represented by figures of Mars and Minerva, accompanied by Peace and Victory—these are seated round the pedestal, upon which are introduced bas-reliefs, repre senting the battles of Assaye and Waterloo, the Congress of Vienna, and the Duke receiv ing the thanks of the House of Commons on the memorable occasion in the year 1815. On the summit of the pedestal is a colossal bronze statue of the soldier-statesman himself, modelled from the popular bust for which the Duke sat to Mr. Noble, a short dime before his death. The identity of the face and figure are perfect, and the drapery—that almost insurmountable " diffi culty" with the sculptors—is treated with a clas sical grand simplicity, which, while it elevates the mere portrait into a production of high art, de tracts in no measure from the well-known charac teristics of the subject. Mr. Noble has designed to give an idea of the moment when the Duke stood erect and calm after having uttered the fol lowing declaration in the House of Lords :—" I am one of those who have probably passed a longer period of my life in war than most men, and principally in civil war; and I must say this, that if I could avoid, by any sacrifice whatever, even one month of civil war in the country to which I am attached, I would sacrifice my life in order to do it." The readers of The Sun, remem bering Mr. Noble's liberality in connection with the monument to Thomas Hood, whose resting place in Kensal Green Cemetery will shortly be adorned with a memorial of exquisite taste from that gentleman's hand, will be gratified to learn that he has received this magnificent commission, which is the more honourable to the young and highly-distinguished artist from the fact of his having won it in the fair field of competition with the most eminent professors of his now flourishing art. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 500 Surat were taken for export and on specu lation. The market closed firmly, but without animation. Prices of American and Surat were tight. Other kinds unchanged. The sales com prised 4,500 American, 100 Pernam and Maran ham at 62d., 200 Egyptian at 61d. to 7d., and 1,000 Surat at 2id. 3id. per lb. Railway shares were dull. Notwithstanding an absence of speculative deal ings, and a limited demand for home use, colonial produce has commanded firm rates. Still the holders and importers refrain from pressing sales. Coffee has been firm, and good ord native Ceylon has advanced to 465. and 475. Sugar has been steady. Cocoa has been heavy. In rice there is a moderate business doing. Tallow has slightly recovered, and there is an advance in tea owing to the news from China. Cotton has not varied much. In iron there has been a steady rise. There are no later arrivals to-day, and the poli tical advices from the Continent engross almost ex clusively public attention. A sailing ship, the Plymouth Rock, has reached Callao from Melbourne in 39 days. The dates are not later, but this is another instance of what steam could accomplish by the Panama route. Lett's Diaries are now ready for the year 1854, and to mercantile men, at home and abroad, they must prove extremely valuable. The English Stock market has been very firm again, with a fair business doing, but chiefly in connection with the settlement. A large jobber has been declared unable to meet his, liabilities, whether from the fault of principles or engage ments of his own, we are unable to state, although usually, the dealings of such parties are ex clusively in the " house," and as there have been no other defaulters, it may be that his own speculations are the cause. Consols have been 94k 1, and 94-i g for Transfer, and 94,1 #, and since 93i. for Account. The New 31 per Cents. have been done at 95 to 95 2 _, and the 3 per Cents. at 921 to 93g. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 55., and India Bonds 2s. premium. Foreign Securities have been very dull. Spa nish 3 per Cents. are 441, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. 41k. Russian 5 per Cents. have been quoted 1121 to 113. Dutch 24- per Cents. have been at 63g. The Railway Share Mar,ket has been without any material variation, and the business doing is limited. French Shares have been dull. The Gold Mine Shares are quieter. Waller Mine have improved to The Australian Joint-Stock Bank Shares are rather lower. The Land Companies' Shares have been de pressed. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93i 2i 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 944 A New 34 per Cent. Annuities 9si 13 5 India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, id. £l000 £5OO 5 2 p Ditto Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 44i Ditto 4 per Cent ..... Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St 112.4 13 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 441 Dividends on the above:payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 631 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Consols Ditto December Account HALF-PAST TWO. ... 94$ ... 9414 The case of SMITH, Protestant handbill distri butor ; BRENN. AN, Catholic schoolmaster ; and O'CALLAGHAN, Catholic magistrate, bids fair to become one of no small importance. The case, perhaps, which shall settle the legal amount of liberty enjoyed by handbill distributors, and which shall define in that direction the liberties of the Press. To what extent a person may thrust upon another's attention documents which it is not unlawful to print, and circulate by sale or gift, is really a very delicate question. It is not pre tended that SMITH, in "thrusting" a Protestant handbill according to BRENNAN'S version, or in " offering it," according to his own statement, did more than the agents of MOSES and SON are doing every day, or more than every distributor of political tracts as well as religious tracts has done from time immemorial. Of course, the more usual practice is to punish the author OT a publi cation, and not the generally humble agents who distribute them, and it would seem that this is the course which it would have been more manly to pursue in the present instance. The publish ing of SMITH'S handbill is not denied, it is rather gloried in. No witnesses being present, one party says, " He thrust it upon me ;" the other rejoins, "No, I only offered it." Now, setting aside ho ►v very nice the distinction must be between " thrust ing" and " offering," how two perfectly truthful men might differ in assigning a particular act to one or other of these categories, it would certainly need the judicial wisdom of a SoLoMoN to decide between the mutually contradicting witnesses. There was every facility for prosecuting the pub lishers, at least, of the obnoxious handbill, and it must now remain for ever doubtful whether the bill was " thrust" or " offered." THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. But what is thrusting ? The great English authority tells us that it is not only to " push, to move with violence, to drive," but also to " in trude, to obtrude." Plenty 'of work, certainly, is cut out for our Justices of the Peace, if every obtruder of himself or his handbills may be sum moned, and held to bail even in his own recog nisances only. Our houses are intruded upon perpetually with " bills left to be called for," and our walks interrupted by urchins, who inform us (to the serious interruption of our calculations, or pleasant cogitations,) where the cheapest tea and coffee is to be had. There is a well-known and very large society in Paternoster-row (not to speak of one in Lincoln's-inn-fields) which publishes myriads of tracts, designed to be obtruded in every way upon the notice of those for whose enlightenment they are intended. This society once printed a large number of "Mr. WILLIAM WILBER FORCE'S Practical View of Religion," and some one of the "Clapham Sect," probably himself or herself in high life, thought it just the thing to enlighten our graceless or fashionable aristocracy ; accord ingly, some thousand or more, bound in drawing_ room style, were actually sent to the very abodes of the frequenters of ALMACKS. Shortly after, a Duchess contrived to squeeze her carriage and equipage into Paternoster-row, and, descending in great wrath into the shop of the society, inquired how they had dared to send her such a book. The employes and officers meekly denied all know ledge of the act. " Who then had done it ?" Alas, they could not tell. The footman was then ordered to throw the parcel on the counter. They, however, declined to receive it, as they had not sent it—they could not have it thrust upon them because some one had thrust it upon the Duchess, and her Grace had actually to drive oil with WILBERFORCE and her wrath in her carriage, to settle the affair as all such affairs ought to be settled. With the daily demand in each family for shaving papers, pipe lights, hair papers, or other domestic uses, it really seems that Duchesses and BRENNANS need not trouble magistrates and the public with bringing the thrustees of books or of handbills to justice. For ourselves, we gene rally take all that is thrust upon us in this way. aSnuyunotahre'r,justice is so easy that we never think of what would un al l v e a s k s e i n n Mr. O'C ALLAGHAN m th o e re ha t r an ily ou n r o an w g r e a r r . e case of of the offence t o be, thaaptpetahres calcu latedthoancodnhsilildewrasthegist " to disturb BRENNAN'S feelings, a t l l he su ri ch eac t e h , in w g h s ie w h e i r n e make him angry ;" b ecause and to likely to create a breach of virtue of his office he was bound to preserve. B u t here, again, the magistrate certainly treads on doubtful ground. BRENNAN was angry, „ r tainly, but it ought to have been shown that he had reason to be angry. The proprietor of one CABINET CouNcIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer , Graham, Sie James Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. The Duke of Argyll and the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday mornin g from Windsor Castle, in order to attend th e C ounc il. NELSON MEMORIAL FUND.—Messrs. T. and W. at fl PhilipAt Newcastle , o hT f iegiorhynsnp.web,ls eesaenrp.splendid Tnw f te a ghA v a have atl presentedfrigate -built appointment ltpAva senssas N egwe lle e das I,esstroottni brother, Calcutta g grandson, itGhfietorio,faw nhhiai in oC S RC n aaoedpy i e t tao h went out as a cadet two years ago, through the patron age of Captain Shepherd, then chairman of the East India Company, was conveyed to Madras with similar liberality by Messrs. Green, of Blackwall,—both very appropriate contributions to the Nelson Memorial Fund, by the owners of the greatest number of large and fine ships in Great Britain. TICKET OF LEAVE CONVICTS.—Twenty-eight of the convicts serving out their periods of transportation at Woolwich, to which they were sentenced for offences against the laws of this country, have received tickets of leave, or free licenses, to reside in any place they chose in this kingdom, and follow their callings, or any kind of industry for which they may be fitted—twenty from the Defence convict-hulk at the Royal Arsenal, and eight from the Warrior hulk at the Dockyard. Thirty nine convicts have been sent to Woolwich, to make up for the vacancies owing to the liberation of the twenty eight convicts, and other causes. ROBBERY or NOTES AND WATCHES.—lnformation has been received at the various metropolitan and city o p n olic th e e sta r t r i e o m us is , e o s f a of d i‘ a i ri r n s g . Frolubnbkereytt,whNicoh. 2wBa,s Chester square, by the burglars breaking open the area door of au empty house a few doors off, when they crossed the parapets, broke open the attic window, and commenced packing up every valuable article. It is supposed they got disturbed, but they succeeded in taking away nine five pound notes, the numbers of which are 13,509 to 13,517 : two gold watches, one made by APO:the, No. 6,304, tle other by Joli, of Brussels, No. 930, besides a purse c( iaaining 14 sovereigns, and other property with which they succeeded in getting clear off. The police are engaged in investigating the robbery. A reward has been offered for the apprehension of the thieves. The twenty-second season of this society commences at Exeter-hall, this evening, with a performance of Han del's Coronation Anthem, ‘• Zadok the Priest," and Det tingen Te Deum, and Mozart's Mass, No. 12—works which, considaring the time that has elapsed since their performance, may be regarded as novelties. This will be the 298th concert given in the hirge hall by this so cibty. For the ensuing season the committee have arranged to bring forward several works new to the society. Among those which will receive the earliest attention is Beethoven's "Grand Mass in D." The success which at tended the reproduction of Handel's "Samson, "with the masterly additional accompaniments of Mr. Costa, has also led the committee to make arrangements for the early revival of the same composer's "Deborah," a work which, although containing several of the great master's grandest choruses, is comparatively but little known. It is also intended to give a performance of anthems and cathedral music on a scale of completness commensurate with the society's present position. Several new works have been brought under the notice of the committee. Without pledging themselves spe cifically, they intend certainly to produce during the coming season at least one oratorio hitherto unheard in London. The practice of the society being to perform in each year the more popular oratorios, it is precluded from such frequent production of new works as may be expected from other institutions soliciting public patronage with the avowed object of performing music by either exclusively native or other composers. The committee do not wish to be thought insensible to the necessity for occasional pro duction of new works of a high class, but they also desire to draw attention to the objects of the founders of the society, who, in their original prospectus, issued in November, 1832, stated it to be " their desire to establish for the society a reputation of being able to perform the sublime compositions of Handel, and other eminent composers, with that degree of precision and effect which their work entitles them to." The extraordinary fulfilment of this desire must be a source of pridelto all connected with the society, and as it still retains among its officers and members those 'whose zeal and energy have mainly led to such success ful results, it is worth pointing out, as an example of cordial co-operation among amateurs of music worthy of being followed by other associations that the honorary secretary, Mr. Brewer, and the president, Mr. Harrison, continue to hold the offices they took upon themselves at the formation of the society, 21 years since. The concert season, which ended in June, was more than ordinarily successful, while the amount of subscrip tions at present received for the coming year is consid erably in advance of any former period. The general improvement of the society's orchestra and chorus will receive the earnest attention of the com mittee. Satisfied that it can command the services of the most efficient and zealous portion of the amateurs of London, such a system of active superintendence will be enforced as will dispense with the assistance of all who are unable to give that amount of service which the increasing knowledge of the public require from every member of a public orchestra, whether amateur or pro fessional. Arrangements have also been entered into for the weekly occupation of the large hall, for re hearsals, by which ample space and opportunity is se cured for this important object. It is only requisite to add that Mr. Costa continues the conductor, to be assured that all that talent and zeal can do for the society will certainly be effected in this respect. The directors of Exeter Hall have again been strongly urged to take steps for remedying the present danger ous and inconvenient means of entry and egress to and from the large hall. Plans have been submitted to the board for the erection of a spacious additional fire-proof staircase, opening into the minor hall, so that it could be used as a waiting-room. By the falling in of a lease, the directors have now the control of a plot of ground on which this staircase can be built, and as the addi tional rental of the hall furnishes ample funds for the purpose, it is to be hoped that an improvement so much needed will be no longer neglected. It is, however, urged by some members of the board, that as their frequent calls for improvement of the building, mainly proceeds from the .Sacred Harmonic Society, that body must have some exclusive object to gain from their accomplishment, and therefore it is in expedient to accede to them. In this case, however, as it cannot be questioned that the improvement sought is obviously for the general benefit of all occupying or attending the hall, whether for concerts or for public inee tings, such an attempt at argument is utterly un tenable. In drawing attention to the subject, the society desire it should be well understood they have used the best exertions they can to impress upon those who hold con trol over the building the urgent need of alteration. The experience the managers of the society have gained from conducting nearly 300 of the most crowded and best regulated meetings that have been held in Exeter Hall has fully impressed them with a sense of the dan ger and extreme discomfort so patiently submitted to by the public. Should the present opportunity not be taken advantage of, upon the directors of Exeter Hall must rest the responsibility for declining to effect so requisite and loudly called for an improvement. Madame Viardot Garcia will sing at the next concert of the society, on Friday, 25th Nov., sustaining the con tralto part of Micah in Handel's " Samson." Those who had the good fo , tune to witness the thrilling pathos with which the song " Weep Israel, weep." from this oratorio, were given by this lady at the last Birmingham Festival, and also on its introduction at the last Norwich Festival, as a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Duke of Wellington, will receive with plea,ure the announce ment that the entire part of Micah is to have the advan tage of her assistance,--Front u Correspondent. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, 11, 1853. CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. (THIS DAY.) The Commissioners resumed their inquiry this morn ing, at the usual hour, in the chambers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Mr. Pulling, the barrister, and author of a work on the "Laws and Usages of the City," was under examina tion the whole day. Like Mr. Acland, he divided his evi dence into bran ches, but from the hour at which we are com pelled to go to press we can only touch upon the first head, which treated of the City in an historical point of view. It would appear, then, trom the statement of Mr. Pul ling, that before the Conquest, the Anglo-Saxon kings were in the habit of consulting with the Body Politic of the City upon the best means of governing the whole country ; and at that period the City authorities exer cised a direct control over the Crown and Government of England. Most of the Norman sovereigns treated the city with the same respect ; and while William the Conqueror directly confirmed all the usages and customs which the city had previously enjoyed under the Saxons. Many sovereigns during the wars of the Roses, or of York and Lancaster, owed the acquisition or loss of their Crowns to the immediate influence of the corporation of London. From the time of William the Conqueror to the reign of Richard the Second, all the previous charters of the corporation were renewed by the Crown and confirmed by Parliament, while the 9th chapter of Magna Charta, in specific and unmis takeable terms, confirmed the usages, customs, and privileges of the city of London. By these ,privileges the City was made independent almost of the throne ; cer tainly it made the corporation part of the machinery of the government of the whole nation, and the citizens, in consideration of these privileges, were required to make large and absolute grants to the Crown, and to contribute a considerable proportion of the levies made upon the entire country. These rights prevailed in the reign of Henry VII., and even to amitigated degree in subse quent reigns ; but now the rights of the city, so far as the Crown was concerned, were a mere shadow as com pared with former ages. In fact, all that remained of the former privileges, consisted of a few ceremonial forms, such as taking precedence at a coronation, on . which occasions the Lord Mayor claimed to be chief butler of the Sovereign, in the event of there being a coronation banquet ; the right of pre senting petitions at the bar of the Commons, and of re ceiving communications on great State occasions on the illness of a Sovereign or the birth of a Prince, direct from the Prime Minister or the Home Secretary. The rord Mayor, by virtue of his office, was the • only unsworn Privy Councillor in the country, and on the succession of the Sovereign the procla mation was revived by the Lord Mayor at Temple Bar, and issued by him to the City in his civic capacity. All these privileges,' however, were insignificant, as com pared with those which the City enjoyed in bygone ages. Mr. Pulling then proceeded to detail to the Commis sion the rights which the Corporation claimed and exer cised with reference to trade. LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fans.) IN RE HOWLINGS. This bankrupt was described as of Basing, Hunts, miller, and to-day was appointed for his last examina tion. The case was very peculiar, as it had been necessary to enlarge protection from time to time in consequence of the bankrupt after having made up his accounts fall ing into such a state of mental aberration that Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, who had prepared the balance sheet, objecting to his signing, and subsequently it be came necessary to place him under confinement and medical treatment, being now perfectly convalescent, he swore to the truth of the accounts, and passed his examination without opposition. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE RUSSIAN MANIFESTO. The following declaration of war is published in the Journal de St. Petersburg of the 22d October (3d Nov.) : " We, by the grace of God, Nicholas 1., Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias, &c., make known : " By our manifesto of the 14th of June, of the present year, we informed our faithful and well beloved subjects of the motives which made it in cumbent upon us to demand from the Ottoman Porte inviolable guarantees in favour of the sacred rights of the Orthodox Church. " We at the same time announced to them that all our efforts to bring the Porte, by means of amicable persuasion, to sentiments of equity, and to the faithful observance of treaties, had remained fruitless, and that, consequently, we deemed it in dispensable to order our troops to advance into the principalities of the Danube. But, in adopting that measure, we still entertained the hope that the Porte would confess its errors, and would resolve to give satisfaction to our just reclamations. " Our expectations have been deceived. "It is in vain also that the great Powers of Europe have endeavoured by their exhortations to shake the blind obstinacy of the Ottoman Govern ment. It is by a declaration of war, by a proclama tion replete with false accusations against Russia, that it replied to the pacific efforts of Europe, and to our forbearance. Finally, enrolling in the ranks of its army the revolutionists of all countries, the Porte has commenced hostilities on the Danube. Russia is provoked to the combat ; no other means is left them than a recourse to arms to compel the Ottoman Government to respect treaties, and to obtain from it the reparation of the offences by which it responded to our most moderate demands, and to our legitimate solicitude for the defence of the orthodox faith in the East, which is also the religion of the Russian people. " We are firmly convinced that our faithful sub jests will join in the fervent prayers which we ad dress to the Most High, that His hand may deign to bless our arms in the holy and just cause which has at all times found ardent defenders in our pious ancestors. " In to Domino speravi : non confoundar in mter- num.' " Given at Tsarskoe-Selo this twentieth day of the month of October (3d November), of the year of grace 1853, and in the 28th year of our reign. (Signed) " NICOLAS." RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following has been received by Submarine and Electric Telegraph : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 3. " The Turks have taken Cherkedy in Asia. " Yesterday five Russians, war prisoners, arrived. " Two English and two French ships of the line and eight steamers are anchored in the Bosphorus. Twenty-five thousand Turks have crossed at Widdin." The following conditions are insisted on in an ultimatum presented by Omer Pacha to Prince Gortschakoff : " All the strong places in the Principalities to be given into the hands of the Turks immediately ; the complete evacuation of the Principalities as speedily as possible, and a guarantee of all the Powers against similar invasion." By letters from Constantinople we learn that the English and French divisions anchored in the Bosphorus on the 2d, and Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were at Constantinople. . . Hostilities have commenced on the Asiatic bor ders as well as on the Danube. In Asia the Turks have gained advantages. The Journal de St. Petersburg of the Ist of November publishes an imperial manifesto, in which it is said that since Russia has been provoked to war, nothing is left to her but to have recourse to force of arms in order to compel the Ottoman Porte to respect the treaties. The Russian arms must now exact satisfaction for the insults with which Turkey replied to the Czar's most moderate demands and his loyal solicitude for the defence of the Orthodox Church in the East. Advices from St. Petersburgh of the 25th ult. contain some details of the military preparations in Russia. Besides the three corps in the Danubian Principalities and Bessarabia, there is a fourth (moveable) corps in Volhynia and Podolia, and large masses of troops are concentrated in other places. At Krementshuck are eight regilents of Cuirassiers and four regiments of Lancers, and eight regiments of Dragoons are stationed at Char how. Besides these there are numerous ptilks of Cossacks ready to take the field. Large bodies of troops, too, are marching to reinforce the army under Prince Woronzoff. Fresh military levies are being raised in Egypt. The son of Abbas Pacha has been named Minister of War. It appears that no doubt can be entertained of the truth of the account—as regards the chief facts at least—of a battle at Oltenitza between the Turks and the Russians, which was received yesterday, and in which the Turks are stated to have had the advantage. The Moniteur gives the same account, and says it appears to be worthy of credit. Olte nitza is a town of Wallachia, on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the Turkish fortress of Tur tukai, which is situated between Routschouk and Silistria, and eighteen leagues from Bucharest.. The Turks having passed the Danube, the Russians made great efforts to drive them back to the other side, but the Turks succeeded in retaining posses sion of the left bank and of the town of Oltenitza. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the New Prussian Gazette of Berlin, says :—" It is worthy of remark that several Turkish and Wallachian merchants have arrived here to pay their debts. This is a case which several times occurred during the wars of Turkey with a European power. Turks have been seen to come and pay their debts at the risk of their lives in crossing through the enemy's camp. Examples of this have been known at Pesth, at Vienna, and at Trieste." A despatch from Berlin, states that it was ex pected at St. Petersburg that the Emperor would shortly leave for the south. Orders had been sent to Fief for the immediate revision of the last mili tary census. It is said that Reschid Pacha has inquired of M. Bruck whether, in case of a war, the Russians will be allowed to supply the Montenegrins with arms and the materials of war by the port of Cattaro. The official Gazette of the Servian Government contains a decree by which every person capable of bearing arms is ordered to possess himself of a good serviceable rifle. Parties needing the article may obtain it at cost price from the arsenal. The last news from Odessa (to the end of Oc tober) announce that the scarcity of shippin g for carrying away wheat had ceased, 300 vesselshav ing arrived. There was so great a competition amongst the persons furnishing freights that com mon porters were paid from 30fr. to 40fr. a-day. The arrivals of wheat from the Interior were so abundant that the dealers were obliged to convert their private apartments into store, reserving to themselves only an office and a place to sleep in. Every one was in haste to effect his exportations, through an apprehension that a declaration of hos tilities might prevent vessels from leaving the port. EXTENSIVE FAILIIRE.-IN RE HORMERSHAW. This bankrupt had carried •n an extensive business as a woolstapler, in Russell-street, Bermondsey, and to-day was app'inted for the choice of assignees. The preliminary statement by Mr. G. Butler, Basinghall-street, shows—debtor to creditors, 23,1001. ; to ditto holding security, 9,9001. ; profits, 1,2001. ; liabi lities, 3,0001. Creditor—cash and wool, 4,000/. ; pro perty held as security, 13,0001. ; mining shares, 4,0001. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) IMPORTANT TO LANDLORDS AND TENANTS.—COGDON V. ESSEX. This was an action to recover the sum of W., for two quarters' rent of a house. The defendant's solicitor admitted there had been an occupancy, but that the defendant left the house befo r e the Christmas quarter expired, the house being in a very bad state of repair. Plaintiff said that the tenancy was yearly. He ad mitted that he had entered the premises sometime in January to effect repairs ; that was before the second quarter expired. He did not consider he took posses sion, for he only went through an opening through which any one might enter. Proof was given of a payment on account, and the Learned Judge gave judgment for the balance, rejecting the claim for the second quarter. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) BAILER V. MILLS. The plaintiff in this action is a cabriolet proprietor, and the • defendant is a horse dealer, and the action was brought to recover the sum of Si. 17s. on an I 0 U, under the following circumstances :----- The plaintiff stated that in September last he went to Barnet Fair, and purchased a horse for 151., defendant warranting it sound, and to go in harness, and agreed that if it did not suit to return the money on the Mon day following. The animal, by no means, answered the warranty, and accordingly, on the next Monday, he went to Barnet and saw the defendant, who paid him 91. on account, and gave his I 0 U for the remainder, 2s. 6d. being deducted on the return. Several applica tions had been made for payment, which had always been evaded. There was no defence, and a v?rdict was given for the amount claimed. This was the first sitting since the vacation. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY.) CAPTURE OF A BATCH OF GAMBLERS. John Parkins, Herbert Allen, Joseph, Wood, John Sherborne, John Smith, George Brown, John Birch, Thomas Lewis, Win. Stevenson, Arthur Matthewson, Win. Bach, Abraham Lyons, and George Pearson, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being found in a common gaming -house, No. 8, Jermyn-street, fur an unlawful purpose. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for the defendants Superintendent O'Brien, of the C division, produced the warrant from Sir R. Mayne, authorising him to enter the house, No. 8, Jermyn-street, and stated that, about half-past one this morning, he, with Inspector Lester and several constables, went to the house, and he knocked and pushed the outer door in, and passed through that, and found another door, ose by which was the defendant Parkins, who acted as doorkeeper. Witness demanded that door to be opened, and his re quest not being complied with, he directed it to be forced. Parkins then partly opened the door, so that witness with the other officers got in. They then reached another door at the bottom of the stairs, which was a very strong one, lined with iron, and covered with green baize, and having bolts inside, working crossways by means of a handle. That door would not give way, so he directed the side of the stair case to be broken in. While they were doing that, some person called out he would open the door, but he did not open it. After waiting half an hour an aperture sufficiently large was made in the side of the stairs for a man to enter by, and witness went up through that, followed by Inspector Lester and other officers. At the top of the stairs he found another strong door open. That led to a room on the first floor, in which was a billiard table, with balls and cues. A fire was in the room, and underneath the grate he found the remains of paper which appeared to have been recently burnt. The windows were protected by double shutters, secured by strong iron bars. The defendants, who were in the room, were then taken into custody and searched, and a good deal of gold and silver money was found upon them. Witness subsequently searched the upper part of the house, and found the windows all strongly barred. No implements used in gaming were discovered. Mr. Hardwick said this was another case of well founded suspicion, but with not legal evidence to con vict. The defendants must therefore be discharged. PRINCE OF WALES'S YACHT CLUB.--The annual dinner of this highly-respectable aquatic body took place on Wednesday evening at the Freemasons Tavern, when a very large party sat down to a sumptuous repast. Mr. Berncastle, the indefatigable commodore, presided, and after the removal of the cloth, the Queen, the Prince of W . ales, Prince Albert, and other appropriate toasts were given and duly responded to. The commodore and other officers congratulated the club upon the extraordinary progress it had made since its first establishment two years ago. The evening was spent most agreeably, the party not breaking up until a very late hour. We are gratified at being able to state, that Lord Alfred Paget, the noble commodore of the R.T.Y.C., has been elected a member of this club by acclamation. FRANCE. The sympathy for the Turks among the• public, with few exceptions, has increased tenfold in Paris ; and it may be taken as an indication of what the Government feels on the subject that the vendors of the evening papers at some, if not at all the stands, repeatedly announced, and with a loud voice, " Defeat of the Russians ; victory of the Turks." This is contrary to the police regulations, as such cries have been forbidden for the last few years, the only one allowed being the name of the paper. The Russians in Paris persevere in stating that the day is fast approaching for the annihilation of the Turkish armies in Europe and in Asia ; and they speak with as much certainty as if it was al ready a fait accompli. Within a month from the present time, they say, an overwhelming force from Bessarabia will sweep the Turks from the Princi palities like chaff before the wind, and the Otto man Empire itself will be at the mercy of the Czar. It is a curious fact, as indicative of the progress of public feeling in Paris, relative to the Eastern question, that at the Grand Opera, during the re presentation of Guillaume Tell, the audience eagerly seized on some of the allusions scattered through the piece in favour of liberty and inde pendence, and, applying them to the present con test between Russia and Turkey, loudly cheered the Turks ; adding the cry of " A bas les Russos !" on the occasion. The account received yesterday of the victory gained over the Russians led to the demonstration. The Emperor returns to Paris for the anniver sary of the 2d of December, when there:will be a grand reception at the Tuileries. This is the last occasion on which ladies will be admitted to the Imperial Court without the mantemt de la Cour and trains, which are to be de rigeur after the Ist of January. The Court is not to take up its per manent residence at the Tuileries till the end of the year. • M. de la Cour, the present ambassador at Con stantinople, is to replace M. de Maupas at Naples. The diplomatic career of M. de Maupas has been a short one. _ _ Several meetings have been lattly held of lay members of the United Church of Great Britain and Ireland resident in Paris, with the object of obtaining the erection of a church in some measure commensurate with the requirements of the Eng lish resorting here in such numbers, and creditable to the British nation. The trial of the conspirators to assassinate the Emperor is still going on in the Assize Court, at Paris, and the interest with respect to it is as great as ever. Monseigneur Forcade, who has been named Bishop of Basse Terre, was received on Wednesday morning by the Emperor at Saint Cloud, where he took the oath of obedience to the Constitution and. fidelity to the Emperor. His Majesty compli mented the prelate on the services he had already rendered to the cause of religion in distant mis sions, and congratulated himself on being able to give him an opportunity of rendering new services in an important colony, which is worthy of all the interest of his government. The Bishop thanked the Emperor, and expressed the happiness which he felt at being able to continue, in the midst of Frenchmen, and under the kind protection of his Majesty, the functions that he had already filled in the China seas. Monseigneur Forcade and his two vicars-general afterwards had the honour of breakfasting with the Emperor. The Minister of Marine has addressed a circular to the Chambers of Commerce of the different ports, informing them that orders have been given to the commanding officer of the French squadron in the Dardanelles to place a steamer at the dis posal of vessels bound to France with cargoes of corn, and which may require to be taken in tow, in order to expedite their passage through those straits. The confirmation in the Moniteur of the despatch. from Bucharest, produced a further decline in the price of Government securities at the Bourse yes terday. The Three per Cents. opened at 73f. 50c., and fell to 73f. 30c. ; they rallied subsequently, and rose to 73f. 85c., but again declined to 73f. 60c., at which they closed for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,152 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 1,030 f. ; Havre, 492 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 850 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 935 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 895 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 727 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 695 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 585 f.: Great Central, 511 f. 25c. ; Lyons to Ge neva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 690 f. DENMARK. A letter from Copenhagen states that at the last sitting of the Folksthing the Minister of Finance presented a bill having for object to increase, dur ing the present high price of provisions, the sala ries of the employes of the State, which do not exceed 5,250 fr. a-year. This increase varies from. 20 to 25 per cent., according to the amount of the salaries. SPAIN. The Diaro Espanol states that the Marquis de Santa Cruz has refused the office of Vice-President to the Senate. The burial of M. de Mendizabal was to take place on the 6th. His body was em balmed, and lay in state on the 4th and sth in one of the saloons of his house. The body was covered with the mantle worn by the Emperor Don Pedro of Portugal in his last moments, and which his widow had presented to M. de Mendizabal as a testimony of her acknowledgment for the eminent services he had rendered to her illustrious spouse. Several changes are contemplated in the foreign diplomatic appointments. The Marquis de Bena lua, Spanish Ambassador at Berlin, is, it is said, to replace M. Caballero in the Royal Council. Gen. Pavia is shortly to leave Madrid for his post of Captain-General at Manilla. ITALY. Letters from Rome would show that the events which are now passing on the Danube, and which had been anticipated for some time, are not with out their effect on the banks of the Tiber. The breath of battle has roused the blood of the young officers of the army of occupation, and even the veterans participate in the feeling. The prospect of winning distinction, and such honour as is gained. at the cannon's mouth, is sufficiently exciting to account for the sort of impatience manifested in a few of the private letters which are received here. It is said that several applications for permission to witness the operations of the Turkish army have been addressed to the competent authorities. The electoral college of Alessandria has almost unanimously re-elected Advocate Ratazzi, the new Minister of Grace and Justice, to represent that town in the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies. Advices from Modena of the 4th, in the Pied montese Gazette, state that the International Com mittee of the Railroad of Central Italy has con cluded its 7th session, after having settled all the preliminaries for the commencement of the work. A solemn service was celebrated on the 3d, in. the Pauline Chapel at Rome, for the repose of the souls of all deceased Pontiffs. High mass was celebrated by Cardinal Patrizi in the presence of the Pope and the Sacred College. GERMANY. After a Privy Council held by the King of Prussia on Friday last, the newly accredited Mi nistei from the United States to the Prussian. Court, Mr. Vroom, presented his credentials to the King at a special audience ; after which the King and Queen returned to Sans Souci, where. the Court will probably remain till after the Queen's, birthday (the 19th), which will be kept at Potsdam. The Staats Anzeiger contains an order from the Finance Minister for the repeal of the duty on rice till the end of this year. The approaching acces sion of the Steuerverein, in which this duty has also been temporarily repealed, made it necessary for the Zollverein also to take the same step, to prevent duty-free rice being imported from Hanover after the turn of the year without further payment of duty. The Conferences have at length, after several months' work, published the result of their labour. The few alterations that are to be found. in the new tariff are perfectly unimportant. The duties on iron, twist, corn, and manufactured goods remain unchanged. The southern States of the Darmstadt Coalition have continued their op position to the proposals of Prussia most success fully, and have thrown out every liberal proposal for alleviating the burdens on trade and raanufac tures. • The order for convoking the Prussian Chambers (for the 28th inst.) has not yet been published; until this takes place the doubt which exists numerous circles as to whether the late First Chamber, which was only elected for one year, will' be summoned to meet again, will not be cleared up. Members of both houses continue to resign their seats, but as these resignations proceed indifferently from all the various parties in the Chambers, it is difficult to attribute them to other than private motives. New elections are ordered in each case, but it does not appear at present that their results will produce any great change in the physiognomy of the Chambers. The business of the approaching session will be confined as much as possible to mat ters of urgent necessity, and every attempt-will be made to curtail its length. The New Gazette of Prussia says :—" It is sin gular that at the moment of the return of Baron de Prokesch-d'Osten to Frankfort, the Austrian Press should publish articles hostile to Prussia. The Augsburg Gazette of the 3d, and the Post Ampt Gazette of the 4th; contain articles declaring that Prussia is tending to form a Sunderbund, and is making anti-federal efforts. It appears that cer tain plans which were imagined have fallen to the ground, and that gives the explanation of the anger of these journals. At all events, Baron de Prokesch-d'Osten has no great reason to be well pleased with his sojourn at Berlin. It may be re membered that his nomination to the post of Pre sident of the Germanic Diet was not favourably received in Prussia. Great astonishment is felt that Austria, who desires the maintenance of peace, should tolerate such aggressive articles against Prussia." BELGIUM. The Address of the Senate, in reply to the dis course from the throne, was read in the Assembly yesterday. Its discussion will take place at the next sitting. It is almost a paraphrase of the King's speech, but is full of patriotism and devo tion to the person of his Majesty. But few changes have taken place in the conski" tution of the Assembly, the President, Vice-presi dents, Secretaries, &c., being the same as last year . The various departments of finance, war, justio) &c., are being placed upon a permanent footing- AMERICAN PHRASEOLOGY.—It appears that some speculator has conc e i ve d th e id ea o f building a city, 11,1. Wisconsin, and o wn i ng it all himself • an und ertakit6 which will certainly pay when it is successful. The g!,.. 11 ; tleman's adverti semen t c l ose d u p w ith a paragraph 11'. the following :-"The town of Stobbs, and the suf , rounding count r y i s th e most beautiful the God of Natii_%; ever made. The scenery is celestial—divine ; also: t" waggons to sell, and a yoke of steer." The tl er, ar so cq fi; ac Aran Oyu vo Pot" : ele ( 4111 I'l'l% L etv: , I nl vivi i . ad nii EdE t i`:, l a 1 • In la ad VV 4 :