The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES. At six o'clock yesterday morning, the Briti&l and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Judkins, commander, arrived at Liver pool, from New York direct, with 250,000 dollars in specie on freight (the greater part for Havre), 55 passengers, and the usual mails from all parts of the United States and British America, in the charge of Lieutenant J.Grant Raymond, R.N., Admiralty agent. The correspondence respecting the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty, relative to the Nicaragua, had been called for in the Senate by Mr. Clayton. The treaty for an international copyright between Eng land and America, was expected to be ccnfirmed by the Senate. In the course of his speech Mr. Clayton said, that while the Bulwer Treaty was under consider ation, he had held several consultations with Mr. King, and they both agreed that in the treaty there was to be no recognition of any right of Great Bri tain to the domain in Honduras —they both believ ing that Great Britain had no other right there than the right of occupancy for certain purposes under the treaty with Spain. He then contended that this, and nothing else, was recognised by the treaty. He denied that the explanation of the treaty by himself and Sir Henry Bulwer was un known to Gen. Taylor's Cabinet at the time of their exchange, as had been insinuated in the debate in the Senate. He then entered into a historical and geographical examination of the territorial and poli tical boundaries of Central America, and into an elaborate examination of this point as commented upon by the Committee on Foreign relations. He had just concluded on this part of the question, when the Senate went into an Executive session— after which they adjourned. A good deal of dissatisfaction has been expressed that Howell Cobb was not assigned a place in the Cabinet, according to an arrangement between the Whig and Democratic compromisers of Georgia, which assigned Mr. Toombs the Senatorship, and Mr. Cobb, a Cabinet appointment. Uraga had invited Santa Anna to Mexico, and Tampico had also pronounced for him. The pro position made by the Government to restore the old tariff of duties, is resisted by the citizens, who threaten to oppose its execution by an armed force. The Cabinet of the President, the list of which was received by the last steamer, had been con firmed by the Senate. A well-informed writer in Washington says : " There has been a good deal of feeling here during the last few days with reference to the Cabinet ap pointments. Jefferson Davis has been conscien tiously opposed to the compromised acts of 1850, and has persisted in his opposition, with an honest consistency, to the present hour ; some of his more timid friends feared that the very strong endorse ment of the compromise made by the President in his inaugural was designed to force Mr. Davis to decline a Cabinet appointment. A great fire had occurred at New Orleans, in which more than 18,000 bales of cotton were de stroyed, of which the Liverpool, and Royal Liver pool Insurance Companies will have to sustain a loss of 90,000 dollars, as their proportion of the damage. J. C. Bates, Boston, has failed, with liabilities to the extent of 300,000 dolls. Disturbances of a serious nature were threatened between the citizens of San Juan or Greytown, and the Nicaragua Transit Company. The captain of the ship Inez, arrived at New Or leans from Liverpool, reports having fallen in with, in lat. 20 N. lon. 82 W., a vessel bottom up, of about 800 tons—appeared to have been ashore. There was a hole in her bottom, and she was co vered with Muntz metal. Sent a boat alongside, but could find nothing to particularise her, except that she had painted ports, and her shoe was fast ened by cast composition clamps. By way of New Orleans, Galveston (Texas) dates to the 25th and Indianola to the 24th February, have been received. A tremendous gale took place at Galveston on the 22d inst., commencing about 3 a.m., from the N.W., moderating towards the evening, and doing immense damage. When the Arabia sailed, business matters in general were not quite 86 favourable as at the last accounts, and money was decidedly more difficult to obtain. The stock market was weak, and "fancy" stocks had fallen about 5 per cent. in two days. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YOBS, MARCH 9.—The stock and money troubles of Wall-street continue, and the former grew quite seri ous in the forenoon, from the continued stringent calls of the banks on their demand loans. These loans are mostly made subject to call, without an hour's notice, and they are now being used to strengthen the position of the banks with each other, for their daily or weekly settlements. The market for breadstuffs is quiet, and prices rule at very nearly the same rates as at the last advices, West ern canal flour being quoted at 4 dole. 87c. to 5 dole., stea dy ; Genessee wheat, 1 dol. 22c. to 1 dol. 24c. ; In dian corn, round yellow, 64 dol. 66c. well supported ; Indian meal, 3 dol. 25c. to 3 dol. 374 c. The following are the latest quotations in our cotton market :—New Orleans and Mobile, mid fair to fair, 114 c. to 12c. ; Uplands and Florida, 101 c. to 11ic. per lb. The provision market is dull, and prices have a down ward tendency. The rates demanded for freights are rather easier than those last reported. Flour to Liverpool was taken at 25.• 6d., and part to fill up at 2 s. 6 d. ; corn at 71d., and wheat on private terms ; tobacco, 30s. To Havre, bone was taken at Ic. ; cotton at Ic. ; and rice at 8 dole. to 10 dole. Exchange on London was dull, at 109 k to 1091 ; Paris, 5 124 ; Hamburgh, 364 to 361 • Bremen, 80 to 81k. Nsw ORLEANS, March 4.—The sales of cotton to-day -were 8,000 bales, at steady prices ; middling is quoted at Sic. to 9c. The sales of the week are 60,000 bales ; the increase in the receipts at all the southern ports over the same time last year is 539,000 bales. The Hum boldt's news came to hand this afternoon after business hours. 10,000 brls. Ohio flour sold to-ay at 4 dole. 12ie. to 4 dole. 25c. WEST INDIA MAIL The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana, Captain Woolley, with the West India mails, in .charge of Lieutenant Veitch, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived yesterday morning at Southampton. During the homeward voyage of the Parana, she had to contend against strong head winds nearly ,all the way, and a derangement in her machinery detained her a day. The latest dates brought by the Parana are : Chagres, Feb. 23 ; Carthagena, Feb. 26 ; Jamaica, Feb. 27 ; Demerara, Feb. 25 ; Trinidad, Feb. 25 ; 33arbadoes; Feb. 27 ; Grenada, Feb. 26 ; St. Tho alias, March 5 ; Grey Town, Feb. 17. The following is the list of passengers : Mr. and Mrs. Hume and two children, and Mr. H. 'Groom, from Jamaica ; Lieutenant Knight, from Barba does ; Madame Boucande, two children, and female ser vant, from Martinique ; Mr. Begg and Master Garraway, :from Grenada ; General Crookshank, from St. Kitts ; Messrs. Bourne, Perron, Paraud, Comynet, Crave, Le Conte, and Sansome, from Navy Bay ; Mr. Green, from I jarthagena ; Mr. Calcano, from St. Thomas's ; 12 soldiers, 1 women, and 5 children ; 13 shipwrecked seamen. The Parana brings on freight—s372,23s value of silver in bars, $11,138 on merchants' account, :$529,204 value in gold dust and gold bars, .:2161. value in platina, 6141. value in British ooin, 750 1 . value in pearls, 185 serons cochineal, t 92 serons indigo, 15 bales sarsaparilla, 1 box. ran illa, 30 kegs succades, 20 bales bark, 3 bales lwax, 2 bales manna, and 42 packages sundries. STATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S SHlPS.—Great Wes i tern, with inward island mails ; Trent, Gulf of :Mexico ; Dee, Spanish Main ; Medway, Spanish Hain ; Conway, Nassau ; Eagle, Belize. STATIONS OF H. M. Suirs.--Geyser, at Grey 'Town, Bermuda, cruizing off Coast Mosquito ; In mum and Alban, at Jamaica ; Dauntless, of the Coast of Duba ; Vestal, at Havanna ; Devastation, at Belize. On the 27th ultimo the Parana spe barque Protector, from Liverpool, entering Pew Royal. On the Bth instant, the English brig Phcebus ; on the 14th, the Creole and the Success. The Middleton, of Maryport, from Liverpool, foundered on the 21st ultimo, near Carthagena. The crew came home in the Parana. JAMAICA. The dates from this island are to the 27th ult. A proclamation, bearing date the 18th day of :February, has been issued by his Excellency the Governor, promulgating an order received from er Majesty's Privy Council, bearing date the 28th day of December, 1852, consenting to the following act n passed by the Legislature of Jamaica, viz. "'An act for the raising of moneys to he applied to the _lnstruction of free labourers, and for other pur poses ; and " ALI act for appointing Commissioners, and autho rising then to provide for the return passage of cer tain emigrants brought into this island, and for other purposes." His Excellency the Governor has given assent to the Loan Act. The manufacture of sugar will not be to any con siderable extent this season, but it is said that it will be very good. A number of large fields have 'aiot yet been got in. It is the intention of the Assembly to withdraw the Island Treasury notes from circulation, and to substitute others in their stead, a bill for that pur pose having passed through several stages. A Mr. Hague, a reporter for one of the local Pagers,.: has been committed to prison for a breach vt privilege, under - a warrant from the Speaker, and after remaining there some days he was ordered to be released, but the fees of the clerk and ser geant-at-arms are so enormous that Mr. Hague has not the means to liquidate them, and consequently still remains in durance vile. Kingston is healthy, but in some of the provin cial towns small-pox is prevailing. At Savanna-la- Mar many of the most respectable inhabitants are now on their beds of affliction with this fell com plaint ; there were four cases out of town, and one fatal case, on the 18th instant. The prisoners in gaol are also attacked. The paupers in the poor house are, indeed, in a, very bad state, on account of its having been made an hospital. The weather during thQ past fortnight has been fine and dry, no rain having fallen for some time, which is much wanted. THE MEDITERRANEAN. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Bengal, Captain Henry Powell, arrived yester day at Southampton, at four o'clock, and landed mails from the following places and dates, in charge of Lieutenant Stevens, R.N., the Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, March 6th ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar ' 15th. The passengers by the Bengal were :—First cabin, 55 • second, 11 ; children, 12 ; seamen, 22; total, 100—amongst whom are Messrs. Pember ton, Sparkes, and Mercer, from New South Wales. The former of these gentlemen has, perhaps, for the first time on record, circumnavigated the world by steam, having gone out in the Great Britain to Melbourne and Sydney, and returned by the Chusan to Singapore, and thence by the Company's other steamers to Southampton ; Drs. Ross, Thomp son, and Fitzpatrick ; Majors Killoe, Phibbs, and Norgate (Calcutta) ; Capt. Cawell, 3d Dragoons, and Lieut. King, from Bombay ; Major Northey, Hon. A. Legge, from Malta ; Messrs. Ehress &c., from Gibraltar. The freight of the Bengal consists of 16 packages of specie, in value unknown, 402 bales of silk, 152 bales of flax, 46 bags of nuts, 187 bags of wool, 56 elephants' tusks, 50 boxes of oranges, 25 boxes of dates, and 160 packages of general mercha ndise. Stations of her Majesty's Ships.—At Malta, Rear-Admiral Dundas's fleet. At Gibraltar, H.M. steam-ship Furious, and Antelope packet. The Peninsular and Oriental steam-ship Tagus left Gibraltar for Cadiz on the evening of the 14th, with the homeward Peninsular mails. Stations of Vessels of War of Foreign States. At Alexandria, the usual Egyptian fleet. On 14th, 40 miles east of Cape Degatt, passed a squ i are-rigged ship flying a St. George's Ensign, and distinguishing pendant No. 5,480 ; supposed to be a yacht ; she was about 400 tons, and steering E. Ships observed on the voyage.—At noon, on the 11th, 60 miles west of Malta, exchanged colours with the Haddington, and at 10 a.m. on the 12th instant, the Indus, 12 miles west of Gibraltar, or 310 from Malta. The screw steamer Livonio entered Gibraltar Bay on the 15th, whilst the Bengal was lying there, and leave for Liverpool the same day. When off Tariffa, same day, passed an apparently new steamer, showing Austrian colours and steer ing for Gibraltar. The Bengal, on her outward passage, met with favourable weather, and performed the distance to Alexandria in 11 days 4 hours, going an average of 11i- nearly. On her hOmeward passage, she has experienced a succession of strong head winds all the way from Alexandria, and on the 16th, coming up the coast of Portugal, met with a severe gale, flying round from W. to N.W., blowing in the squalls furiously. She behaved uncommonly well, and proved herself a first-rate sea-boat, shipping no water, and going along smoothly. She carried this strong breeze to Finisterre, and after rounding that, they met with hard N.E. and E. gales across the Bay, with squalls of hail, snow, and very cold weather. These head-winds, added to her deten tion at Malta for the Corfu mails, has prolonged her voyage at least two days. But for it she would have been in on Saturday the 19th, corresponding to the 16th of any other month, February having only 28 days. The earliest previous arrival was on the morning of the 17th April last, when the Bentinck arrived with the earliest India mail ever received in London. AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.—At the meet ing of the Australian Gold Mining Company yesterday the report and accounts were adopted. It appeared that Mr. Harding, the general superintendent, had ar rived at Sydney in July last, followed by the machinery in Septem6er. He had since been occupied in seeking an eligible spot for the commencement of operations, but up to the date of the last advices had not been able to select one where the quartz rock was in his opinion rich enough to justify the heavy expense that would be in curred by transporting the machinery into the interior. A district in the south had, however, been pointed out, which he thought of visiting to ascertain its real cha racter and fitness. The 2,000 shares appropriated for the colony had been speedily subscribed, and the parties requested to form a local board had consented to act. Of the general capital of 19,000/., 14,000/. to 15,0001. remained intact, exclusive of the ma chinery, stores, &c., dispatched to Sydney , which had cost about 2,4001. A charter of incorpora tion has been obtained, limiting the responsibility of the shareholders. The chairman (Mr. H. Buckle) explained that, although the directors regretted they could not present a more satisfactory report, they did not consider their prospects discouraging. Mr. Harding's experience in Brazil had probably led him to believe that the ap pearance of the quartz rock veins was not sufficiently encouraging to induce him to erect their machinery ; but it was known from assays of specimens received in this country, particularly in the case of the Peel River district, that very satisfactory results had been obtained, even from those which presented the most unfavourable indications. Instructions would be forwarded to the local board and superintendent to put themselves in communication with the agent of the Peel River Com pany, who would be empowered to negotiat ontem e with them d , if necessary, for a site to carry out the cplate works. Several shareholders considered that the dis cretion of Mr. Harding was entitled to commendation, and the directors having pledged themselves that no new call shall be made until they lay a further state ment before the general body, the usual complimentary votes were passed. ATTACK ON AN EMIGRANT SHIP. —Intelligence has been received at Lloyd's, under date Stanley, Falkland Islands, Jan. 5, of a most daring attack on the ship Por cupine, of Liverpool, Millinger, master, by the Patago nians. It seems that in passing through the Straits of Magellan, on her way to California, the Porcupine grounded. Early next morning sbe was surrounded by numerous canoes, full of natives. The captain, thinking they might be useful in getting the vessel off, allowed some of the principal chiefs to come on deck, when they offered to exchange a copy of " John son's Comprehensive Dictionary," signed on the fly leaf " John Badiam, January, 1851," a Prayer-book, and other articles, evidently belonging to an English ship. The captain, now observing a fleet of canoes approaching nearer, many bearing lighted pine branches, gave e volve f , the crew and passengers, most of whom had revolvers, to arm themselves, and a terrific conflict ensu ed ; the savagesfought deepggle aeratelynd great , and trie slaughter d to burn the ship. After a severe stru they were beaten off, and 300 bags of oats being . thrown ovewererboard, e.titheowshseipll aflnodatHede.nryTßweoy le o , f several others severely wounded. The s hip returned to the Falkland Islands, t e rribly disabled. SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY' There is not the remotest prospect of a dividend in this company as it is now constituted. The balance sheet just issued shows a gross income for the half year of 20,3141., the working expenses being no less than 17,3361. This is exclusive of Government duty, rates, and taxes. The whole balance carried to dividend account is 1,6201., and out of this has to be paid 1,554/. as interest on .de. bentures, and 6,3281. on preference shares. The old balance on hand of 15,4681. is thus reduced 12,253 1 . ; paid bein by thegthus upheld and eldonly byN North -western, r V n, t all o ey th d e iv e id x e t n en d t , of 3,0461. hasßr o w s f n E des ae J htr o aat : hl lEe Paris .— pa A i a assembledi capital laughing gi:eilansl?irakndnecadoyonesitel talking ut r h, e en d. ct Reoy -day. y e a rd.:, thief i y Are , ga vv e h rn A g i t c ee h e detected in the act of robbing a house having cl succeeded in reaching the roof, where it was 3t wasdangerousu to follow The man, who had on a blouse, s hoes, was seen to move about for som e ti me , as withoutfseek ing a window through which to escape, and at last he disappeared altogether. Meanwhile a detachment of soldiers was sent for, and they blocked up all issues from the house ; some firemen were also sent for, who went on the roofs, but they arrived just as the man vanished. The military, firemen, and crowd waited for two hours, and then a commissionaire gave the follow ing letter to the sergeant in command :--" Brave Ser geant,—Do not fatigue your men any longer by making them wait for me ; when you receive this letter I shall be a long way off. In visiting the house next to that in which your men are, you will see how I escaped—no thing was more simple. After having passed from one roof to the other, I opened the window of a chamber, which I found to be nicely furnished. I found in a box placed under the bed, a great coat, and a pair of varnished leather shoes ; and after having put them on, I went away by the porte cochere which the too curious porter left free. I talked a few moments with you, and told you that you would have a good deal of trouble in catch in.- the thief. I said thief, for I confess that having found a 100 f. note, and 100 f. in gold in the trunk with the coat and shoes, I could not resist the temptation of taking them." The statements of this letter having been ascertained to be exact, the soldiers were sent home, and the crowd dispersed. The secret police have commenced OF the man. BLAC KBURN.—The writ for the a strict ilErn E s s e E arc sT h AT af i tl o election of a member for Blackburn in the room of Mr. William Eccles (unseated at the late parliamentary in quiry), was hroecaetivoendeebfay t e h d e u M po a n yo w r eodfoßesldaacy next kburnon Thursday, for the hu drsady o a y i as a t nd we t e h k e h fo o l t l h ow p i a n r g tie d s a h y av fo e r he th en e polling. D nw u e rin in g a ,tt unremitting in their ex ertions to promote the return -of their candidate, and there is every prospect of the con , test being a close one. r ; rrvrriTl l 7/1 0 CT 1 7 11 rY rT T'v THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1853. THE Rit E NCH EMPIRE. ject to establish in a formal manner the solidarity of the European powers with respect to Turkey, and to put an end to the almost ex c l us i ve protec t ora t e , which Ressia had then possessed since 1832, in virtue of the fainous treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi. It is sufficient on this point to quote the solemn declaration which the powers who signed thought fit to make on Sept. 17, 1840, for the execution of the treaty of July 15 :—` The plenipoten tiaries of the courts of Austria, Great Britain, Prussia, and Russia, after h av i ng exc h ange d th e ratifications of the convention concluded on the 15th of July last, have resolved, for the purpose of placing in its real light the disinterestedness which has guided their courts in the conclusion of this act, to declare formally, that, in execu tion of the engagements resulting from the said conven tion by the contracting powers, these powers will not seek for any augmentation of territory, any exclusive influence, any commercial advantage for their subjects beyond what any other nation can obtain equally. The plenipotentiaries of the said courts have resolved to in sert this declaration in the present protocol. The pleni potentiary of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, in rendering a just homage to the probity and disinterestedness of the policy of the allied courts, has formally marked down the declaration contained in the present protocol, and undertakes to transmit it to his court. (Follow the signatures of the plenipotentiaries.)' An aggression against Turkey, emanating from one of the powers who then signed, would not constitute merely an attack on the integrity of the Ottoman Empire : it would also be the flagrant violation of a treaty, which since 1840 binds the various contracting parties. But whatever may be the rumours that have been in circulation for some days back, they do not go the length certainly of admitting, even hypothetically, that Russia desires to tear up vio lently and without preliminary or previous declaration the conventions which bind her to the great powers of Europe, and to attempt enterprises contrary to the letter and the spirit of these conventions. Besides the loyalty, the wisdom, and the interest of Russia are a sure guar antee that it cannot be otherwise. But this all-impor tant consideration is sufficient to cause it to be compre hended that there cannot be question in the present dif ference of anything but a mere personal matter in the relations between Russia and Turkey, and that the matter does not in any way implicate, in any direct or definite manner, general complications, or the rupture, more or less prompt, of the diplomatic acts which sanc tion the integrity and neutrality of the Ottoman Empire as one of the essential conditions of the peace of Europe." The Debats says :—" However offensive for the dignity of the Porte the concessions already made to Austria may be, General Menschikoff is charged to obtain others still more humiliating." In the Assemblee Nationale we find an article which, in some parts, almost amounts to an appro bation of the policy attributed to Russia, and con veys a sort of sneer against the French Government, by insinuating that it makes a mere display of its fleet, without any intention of using it as a coun terpoise in favour of Turkey. The Siecle, after giving from the Moniteur the announcement of the French fleet at Toulon hav ing been ordered to proceed to the Archipelago, says : " The sending of the fleet: to the Archipelago is an indisputable sign that the Eastern question has be brolight by Russia to a grave position —we could wish to say a decisive one, for it is time for Turkey to ac quire, .by the co-operation of her allies, a real indepen dence, and a situation so fixed and so firm as to permit her to apply to the reform of her institutions the forces which she consumes in the arrangement of quarrels of neighbourhood, which she is brought:into one after the other." THE SH ARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. The Moniteur publishes the returns of the re ceipts of the customs and indirect taxes for the last month. They amounted to 9,638,175 fr., being a decrease on the corresponding month of 1852 of 617,544 fr., and an increase on that of 1851 of 801,152 fr. The receipts of the first two months of the year amounted to 18,583,722 fr., being 1,959,344 fr. less than in the corresponding period of 1852, and 1,535,554 fr. more than in 1851. The Phare of Cherbourg says :—" Great ac tivity is being displayed at Loric it in getting her machinery on board the Jean-Bart steam line-of battle ship.. It is said that the Emperor and Em press in their visit to Brittany in the course of the summer, are to embark on board the Jean-Bart, and cruise along the coast, visiting St. Nazaire, and afterwards Nantes. The steam-power of this ves sel is of 450 horses." A letter from Toulon says :—" Great preparations are being made here in the Napoleon, which, it is said, is designated to proceed to Civita-Vecchia to bring the Pope to France. His Holiness, it is said, will arrive in May, for the coronation of the Em peror." it is reported that five of the French cardinals will leave Paris on the 27th of April to meet the Pope, and escort his Holiness into France. He will be received at Toulon by several of the Ministers, whence they will proceed to Avignon, remaining there one day ; thence to Lyons, stopping there three days ; from thence they will go to Paris, and afterwards to Compiegne. Yesterday the Emperor passed in review on the Place du Carrousel; tide 6th and 9th regiments of light infantry, the 51st and 56th regiments of the line, the 7th and 10th artillery, the 7th lancers, and the 6th and 7th regiments of cuirassiers, lof which are on the point of quitting Paris or Ver sailles for other quarters. The infantry was drawn up in the Court of the Tuileries, and the artillery and cavalry in the Place du Carrousel, the former facing the iron railing. The Emperor, followed by a numerous and brilliant staff, made his appearance at one o'clock, and passed in succession in front of all the troops. Prince Jerome and his son, Prince Napoleon, Marshal Magnan 3 and Generals Carre let, Renault, Levasseur, Couraut, and Korte, were in his Majesty's suite, and amongst the persons of distinction present were Generals Mahmoud-Ben- Ayet and Reschid, Envoys of the Bey of Tunis, M. de Persigny, M. Abbatucci, M. de Morny, &c. The Emperor after going through the lines re turned at full speed, and placed himself in front of the Pavillon de l'Horloge. The troops then passed before him, and a certain number of crosses and Medals were distributed. • M. Bouquin de la Souche, a dealer in curiosities, appeared on Saturday before the Tribunal of Cor rectional Police, charged with distributing seditious publications, with having in his possession prohi bited arms, with writing with charcoal on the walls " Vive Henri V.," and with having in his apart ment a copy of verses speaking abusively of the Emperor and the Empress. The accused having been surprised at night in the Rue Louis-le-Grand writing on the wall " Vive Henri V." the police made a visit to his residence, and discovered the prohibited articles. He was condemned to three months imprisonment and 50 fr. fine. The Independant of St. Omer states that a camp for between six and seven thousand troops is about to be formed near that town. . . The Moniteur announces, in its non-official co lumns, that private letters have been received from Constantinople, giving hopes that the complications which have arisen in the affairs of the East will be settled without compromising the good agreement which, as yet, has subsisted amongst the European Powers. The Narvel steamer has been appointed to con vey M. de la Cour to Constantinople, as Ambassa dor of France to the Sublime Porte. That vessel is appointed to leave Marseilles on the 28th of March. The Cologne Gazette of the 20th, after comment ing severely in its leader on the proceedings of Austria and Russia towards Turkey at this moment, concludes as follows : The case of the infernal machine at Versailles is kely to be relinquished from want of evidence. A reconciliation has been effected between Prince Jerome Bonaparte and the Princess Mathilde, who for several weeks have been on bad terms. The Countess of Moutijo, mother of the Empress, is reported to be about to marry the reigning Prince of Messes. The Emperor will present her with a dowry. Dispatches from Cairo state that the Viceroy of Egypt has concluded a loan of 285,0001. with Eng lish capitalists. There was a very heavy decline on the Bourse yesterday in the prices of all securities. Rentes, railways, and other obligations have alike partaken of the depression, which has been of a serious char acter. Bank Stock declined sf. ; the Three per Cents. fell as much as if. below the closing rates of yesterday, both for money and the.account, and the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell if. 10c. for cash, and If. 25c. for the settlement ; the last rates this afternoon being—for the Three per Cents., 78f. 25c. for cash, and 78f. 15c. for the account ; Four and-a-Half per Cents., 102 f. 15c. for money, and 101 f. 75c. for the account ; Bank Stock, 2,695 f. " Will England and France look on quietly ? If so, Turkey must yield and be again weakened. Will Eng land and France oppose the Russian demands ? Then the peace of Europe is threatened. If we are not mis taken, circumstances give considerable weight to the voice of Prussia; and judging rightly of this weight she may—nay, she must—use straightforward and resolute language. She must oppose with all her might whoever by his arrogance may threaten to disturb the peace of Europe ; she must use the language of moderation and conciliation, but not hesitate to threaten with war who ever shows a disposition to break the peace of Europe. Even at this moment, but perhaps not for long, England, powerfully supported by Prussia and France, may be able to save Europe from the universal anarchy which 13 breaking in upon us." The Augsburg Gazette has the following from Constantinople : " The impression produced at Constantinople by Prince Menschikoff is extraordi nary ; the Turks are astonished, and the Greeks enchanted. Crowds of Greeks assemble daily in front of the Russian Embassy, and when the Prince appears he is saluted with cries of enthusiasm, and the Greeks take off their hats, which is very un usual with them except for religious ceremonies." GERMANY. A letter from Bremen, of the 12th, in the Ger man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The budget for 1853 has just appeared. The receipts of 1852 have considerably exceeded what was expected ; and and although, in consequence of extraordinary pay ments, there has been a deficit of 25,000 thalers, the surplus in hand at the end of 1851 remains at 107,000 thalers." A letter from Vienna of March 17, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Minister of Police has just put in force the order published, when General Haynau was attacked in London, against English travellers in Austria. At that period the Lloyd of Trieste made remonstrances on the ground that the line of steamers to Alexandria would be entirely ruined, being almost wholly dependent on English travellers. The order was then withdrawn. It is now certain that the measure will be maintained, but it will only produce the result of causing Eng lish travellers to avoid the Austrian states, and consequently Trieste. Switzerland and Piedmont will be the gainers by the measure. The English have never established themselves in Austria for mere pleasure ; the persons of that nation residing there are engineers, and others connected with fac tories, railways, and industrial establishments. Should the Government send them out of the coun try, it will do the greatest injury to itself, and trade would suffer considerably. It is in the capital that the Anglophobia is most rabid, being nourished by the hatred of servile journals."—Another letter from Vienna, in the same journal, says :—" A pro position is spoken of, which several governments are to make to the Germanic Diet relative to Eng lish passports, and to English travellers in general. This proposition is to be independent of that of Hesse-Darmstadt relative to refugees. This affair is to be regulated by a resolution of the Diet obli gatory in all the states of the Confederation." A letter from Hanover states that all the guns of the ex-German fleet have been purchased by the Hanoverian government for the artillery. The Prussian Gazette of the 18th says :—The centralisation of the high Prussian police, which has been for some time spoken of, has just been realised ; the President of the Berlin police has been invested with the most extended powers. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to the Presidents of the provinces the followilio• rescript "-Recent circumstances have shown the necessity of centralising the general police, and establishing more direct relations between the President of the Police and the Minister of the Interior. For this purpose, the affairs of the superior police have been, with the appro bation of the king, confided to M. de Hinkelden, Presi dent of the Police, under the superior direction of the Minister of the Interior. From this day M. de Hinkel den is authorised by the Minister to issue decrees, and to 'adopt measures which all the police authorities of the kingdom are bound to execute." A letter from Berlin states that in its sitting of the 17th, the plenipotentiaries at the Customs' conference approved without reserve of the acces sion of Hanover and of the Steuerverein to the great association of Northern and Southern Ger many. We learn from Vienna, under date of the 17th, that the Emperor of Austria had resumed his habit of walking on the bastions. It is stated in the same letter that more troops have marched for Lombardy. The Frankfort Gazette des Postes, an organ of the Austrian Government, states that the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and the King of Prussia, are shortly to meet at Vienna, but denies that any political importance is to be attached to that meet ing, or that it is to be regarded as a congress of crowned heads. The centralisation of the Prussian police has been effected. M. de Ilincheldry, chief of the Berlin police, has the control over the entire . country, subject to the Minister of the Interior. TURKEY. Most of the Paris journals of yesterday have articles on the Eastern question. The Constitu tionnel says, " There is reason, up to this time, to be lieve that there is nothing on the part of Russia but an idea of intimidation in order to bring tho differ ent claims to a prompt result, and that on the part of France the measures adopted are only those of prudence taken in case any unforeseen incidents should arise. The integrity of the Ottoman Em pire is in no way called into question ; the discus sion remains on the pacific ground of negotiations, and there is no reason to suppose that ulterior events may arise out of it.' The Pays repeats the expression of its belief that nothing serious will result from the mission of Prince Menschikoff, and shows that the Emperor Nicholas cannot, without dishonour, demand from Turkey concessions and privileges aga,ipst which provision has been made by treaty: rn concluding its remarks, the Pays says : " The treaty of July 16, 1810, had precisely for ob- ITALY. An Imperil decree ordering the abandonment of all prosecutions for high treason, was proclaimed at Mantua amidst the warmest acclamations. The Austrian commandant of the town and fortress of Ancona has issued an order forbidding more than five persons being together in the streets after sunset, and directing that the arrival of tra vellers must be notified to the police an hour after at the latest. The Parlamento of Turin states from Florence, 14th instant, that, in the case of Guerrazzi and others for high treason, the Attorney-General has proposed—imprisonment for life for Guerrazzi, ex provisional chief of the Executive ; 63 months' im prisonment for Romanelli, ex-Minister of Grace and Justice under the provisional Government ; 90 months' imprisonment for Capecchi, an old officer, convicted of having spoken publicly against the Grand Duke ; 11 years and 3 months' imprison ment for Montazio, convicted of high treason com mitted by means of the press ; and 56 months' imprisonment in a house of correction for Dami, ox-President of the Popular Club of Florence, and Pantanelli, Secretary of the Popular Club of Siena. The Deputy Attorney-General, in summing up the case for the prosecution in that portion which had been carried on at Pistoria, but had subsequently been annexed to the prosecution at Florence, pro posed—imprisonment for life for Major Petracchi, 56 months' imprisonment in a house of correction for Cimballi, with five years' surveillance of the police after the expiration of his punishment. Piccini, Agostini, and Lottini are to be set at liberty. The Vienna papers mention that the search or dered by the Piedmontese authorities in the forests on the Lombard frontier, led to the discovery of 3,000 guns and a large quantity of ammunition, secreted by the refugees in case of the success of the attempt at Milan. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 16th, but their contents are without interest. The Chamber of Deputies continued to be occupied with the verification of the electoral returns, and the Senate was not to sit until the 18th. The weather, which for a few days had relaxed in severity, had again become very cold, and the influenza was very prevalent. ASSOCIATED SOCIETIES OF EDINBURGH - UNIVERSITY.— On Friday evening, at a meeting of these societies, Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton was, without a contest, elected their first honorary president. The hon. baronet is ex pected to visit Edinburgh and address the societies in December next. A SCIENTIFIC GOLD-DIGGER.--AMong the passengers by the Falcon, which arrived in the Mersey on Tuesday from Sydney, was Mr. John Calvert, a geologist, who has been 11 years in the Australian colonies. During that time he has made a geological survey of all the mi neral districts in Adelaide, Van Dienien's Land, Sydney, and New Zealand, and he has brought back with him a map of the western goldfields which alone is 30 feet long. He has also a large number of drawings, some of them valuable in a scientific po'nt of view, and others pleas ing and instructive, as giving a sketch of life and man ners at the gold diggings. Mr. Calvert has himself been engaged for eight years in tracing the auriferous veins and in procuring gold. A short time ago he sent home a block of quartz weighing a ton and a-half, and he has brought with him in the Falcon 730 nuggets of the pre cious•thetal. One of the pieces weighs 231 b. of pure gold, and we had the opportunity of seeing a piece weigh ing 1 Ylb., which is considered one of the best specimens, being, in the state in which it was discovered, above the standard. The amount of gold brought home by Mr. Cal vert is about 3301 b. gross, between 701 b. and 801 b. being dross or quartz more or less mixed with the gold. The largest quantity he everobtained in one day was 761 b. weight, which he broke off with his geological hammer in pieces va rying from half-an-ounce to 21b. weight. He' had been led to the spot by auriferous indications, increasing as he came nearer, for a distance of nearly- 40 miles. The quartz vein ran north and south, and was from about 9 to 15 feet in breadth, half-a-mile from where he robbed it of its precious treasure. It stands out in large blocks of from 15 to 20 feet in height, looking in the distance like white houses. This place is distant from Sydney about 215 miles, and a long way fro m any at presen t worked goldfield. During the latter part of his resi dence in Australia, Mr. Calvert had a camp, and three men as assistants, and, properly equipped, he pursued his scientific survey. Among his discoveries, he found diamonds, rubies, and many valuable minerals, in which the Australian colonies abound. We understand that Mr. Calvert will proceed direct to London, where he in tends to get his drawings and maps transferred to can vass, for the purposes of exhibiting them as a panorama of the gold-fields, illustrative of lectures which he in tends to deliver on the origin of gold, and on the'colo nies towards which so many thousands of his fellow countrymen are now turning their attention.—Liverpool Mowry. RAILWAYS. !Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junct Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkeuhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct. Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.... Cork, Blackrock and Passage Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (181. E.& H.) Eastern Counties Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Q.) Do do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Lii.ning. Jur c Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edin. Prth. & Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock _ 'Great Southern and, Western (Ireland) Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.&Southpt. London & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths D0.,£10 Sh.M.&B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Lonaerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln , Do., Man. & Lin. Un (Midland Do. Miming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir.) Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry, WP rrer and itestrevoi , Norfolk IDo., New, Northn. Counties lin North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 Do., a A Deferred Do., i B Guaranteed 'North Staffordshire North Westei a ...... N. & S. Wostrn. Jrnc. Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scot Ash Midland .... walmy & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westu, Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. k Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do Do Do. Oswesti y Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh.River Dun Do. (Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway' Vale of Neath • Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newetl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York k N. Ilidland,-. Closing l'rices Yesterday. 29 - 30 64 - 6j 91 104 7a —6 dad 21 —22 d 3a —2adxd 104 105 63a 64 21 22 18i 19 ... ... 1 • —li pal 8 -- 9 5 5i 3/ 4 121 —l3 rdi - 11 714 —72,ixd, 55 57xd! 74 76xd, 32 35 I 61 63 1 80 81 45 47 123 —l24xd 1 101-108ixd, 90 90 - 7 92 —94 x 13 —13 pi 75 —75 4 i 5 dl - d 161 —x 8 1 - 9ixd .. ...p, 161 -- -- 1041 118 118 2#-3 x i 1 —lipxd 89 —90 i 5 -- 4 d 4. -- Sid 11 -12 l 19 -- 21 29 -- 30 3i -- 3 d 74 -- 7 , 41 43 -- 45 50 -- 52 3h -- 3a 3f i -- BA d 9 -- 10 52 -- 54 2t l 213 d 35 -- 36 , 41 4 d 8 -- iii 3 4p 47i —48 i 100 102 63 65 64 66 70 -= 75 18 -- 20 9 -- 10 14 -- 15 3A -- 8 d 21 -- 22 77 -77 i 36 37 12 -13 A 4 -- 4j 14- 2i 15 - 15 9 - 29 -- 31 -9/ id - iP 68 —69 i 7 —7l d 2 2id 58 59 St. 10 St. St. St. 50 161 St. 20 St. 60 40 25 25 St. St. St. St. 100 181 100 100 all all all 8 all .00 all all 11 100 100 all 1M 64 all 6 174 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all all 6i all 100 all 15 69i 9 PREFERENCE SHIRES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. a Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, Do. 4p. c. Shares , Caledonian £lO rester & Holyheadi I . Guar. 5h per cent. Cork&Bandon 6h p.c. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction E. Ang. (705.) 6 p. c. Do. (£5), 7 per cent. Do. (£7l7s), 7. p ct. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. s. St Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. eta Edinb. Prth.dt Duud Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent Groat Northn. 5 p. a Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. , IGLS outim. &-Westn (Ireland) Eights Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. e.) Great Western, fixed 4i per cent Lan. & York. P. £2O Do., 6 p. e., Sto.k London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. et_ Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St. Do. Convertible, 5 p. c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 P.C. London &S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry & Color. _ i Shares Londndry. & Ennisk . 5hare5........ ..... Manch. , Shef. ,& Lin., Shares, No. 1.... Do., New, £lO ..... Do. ' £6 . . .... . Marypt. & Carl. 4 . p.c. Do. 4i per cent Do Mid. Consol. 8 p.e . St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i percent Norfolk Extension De. Guar. 5. per et Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent North British .... North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. X 15,6 p. c. Do. 1 IShrewsbuiy & Binn. New Guaranteed Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (lin), 3 p. c. Do. 5 per cent. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. S. Yorksh. 4p. a. Guar. Wate-fd. &Kilk. 6p. o. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref Do York & N. Midland, H. & S. Purchase ••• 1166 7= los 106 -- 108 183 -- 193 id par 61 -- 63 31 = as 1 1 15 p 7 - 19 31 -- 126 - g .09 - 111 £9 - 81 - 7i .05 tO7 id ipxd .50 —152 50 = li3 3 1 -• Sil) 10i 11 13 -13 A 8 - 9 IN ni i --ipxd 148 - 149 - i 22 4 4 - 23 p 5i -- - 24 109 - 111 26 - 26 1 -- 1.1) 11 -11. E 17i -- - 1 11) 15 -- 16 par -p, 261 —26 i 20 21 d par, 101 - 103 5 - 54 Par— API FOREIGN. Antwrp. &Rotterda.m Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erqueliu Dijon and Besaupn Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension...... Gt. Indian Peninsul Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref .5 Luxembourg .0 Do. (Railway) 2 Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Medterran, Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest), Northern of France., Do. 20/. 3 p. o. Bds. (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.: Norwegian 'Prnk. Prel Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbour Paris Caen &Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond' Rotten and Havre 1 Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. pref Southern of France Upp c3lndia Scrip West Flanders Do. 5e per a. Pref Western of France 1 West. of Witrarland Now Zealand id 1 -- lt 13 -- 14 lA 2ip 2i -- 2 d 51 -- 64 p 1 -- 14 p -- 2 p 1i — lip 1 -- 71 —7ixin 4 4ixin 1 ---iixin 16 —2 xin P iill u —ll b p 2 2A p 7t - 7i 6 - 7 34/ -35 i 14 -- 15 91 lgi 16ip 40 -41 i 40„ 41 32 -- 32 3i -- 4 p 19 -- 20 P 8i -- 9 3 i 4p ,1 5 par id p ar 91/ 1 p 4 Business done this aay. 7 2 1 A xd 74 5 xd 911 90,i 934 pm 75 1 'lO4 1184 x (I x ii 90 1 a 30 29,i 30g 7 , 1 . i i ;100f 3f 776 i 1,111 1 i Pia 361 5i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid.' RAILWAYS. Leasing OMpanS. Closing Prices Yesterday. 8.1 :tnti Bletchley. Birm. & Oxfd. guarantee.... Do. withontgr Birm. Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbre' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd. Northern an Eastemsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Wyra Do. i %hares. Roystn.&Hit. Do. Sh epth . St Shetßoth.and Goole g. 5 p.c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do IWilts&Somrsi 30 - 31 29A 30 - 31 29 - 30 .04 -106 52A -53.', L5l - 153 32. - 335 .11 - 113 , 55A -56 A 274 - 28. 13 - 14 25A - 26 19 -19 25 - 27 2 1 1 - 05 —lo6xdl 64 - 66 - xil .49 —lsl.xd .48 —lsoxd 1— i d 32i -3.3 i 1103 - 104 London & N. West.' IGLWestn IDo Do D 0..... L. &N. W, Caledon., Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NMd Do IS. Eastern D 0......... 'Norfolk.. D•........ L.& N. W. & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Coint Do D• L. &N.W , &LnSirk Do Gt Northn D 0... Lancash& Yorksh. M. MClean St & Dar 1-igt. Do IGtWestn. Business titis day MINES. 1 all Agtka Fria lOs all Anglo Californian — 4 p 10 2 Australasian d— 1 p 21 i 20 5 Australian . 6 5 R 1 all Australi a n p n na lordillera 4 p i ar - - 5 1 ,1 p 1 . 1 all Australian F reehold, par— 8 4 p 1 all Avo Maria - 4 p 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par 4 p li 1 all British Austrin. Gold 4 .4 p I.A 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 35 241 Brazilian Im p . ( issued 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cniaba 3i - 4 4# A 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p ;3 40 all Cobra Copper 47 —49 5 1 Colonial Gold 2i 2t) p 3 4 i 4 ... 14 Copiapo si —6i St. all CopperMinersof Eng 73 78 25 all Do. Preference 74 8 4 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 4 d 20 all General l7 —l9 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2l —24 p 44 3 all Great Polgooth l5 —l# p 41 1 all Lake Bathurst Liberty 1 all 4 dis— par 4 p 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co 4 i d 4 1 all Mariquita ld par 10 9 Mexican &S. Anaeric 8 84 1 all New Granada 4 4 p 1 all Nouveau Monde ld 1 p 5 1 Port Philip — p 144 1 1 all Qaartz Rock Ad 8 P 50 all Rhymney Iron ...... 15 Do. New 7 8 30 10i Santiago de Cuba - 7:3 1 all South Australian i 4 P 1 4 10 7 Tin Croft ll —l3 284 all United Mexican 6l 7 1 all Waller ... p 1 1 all West Granada — P 1 all West Mariposa Ad i s — R p 1 all Yuba par 1 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 924 - -93 A 934 50 all British N. American .. ... 20 2 Child. Bnk. of India, • Australia, & China 14 —24 p 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — ... ... 4 English Scottish and Australian 2l 2ip 20 71 Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia 4l 5 p 110 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 London Joint Stock ... ... 100 20 Lond. &Westminster ... ... 354 20 2 London Bank of Aus tralia and India 50 221 National of Ireland ... ... 25 all Oriental Bank ' • Corporation. 564 51 51 8 25 6 Do. New — ... 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New — •• • 6 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co 4 die— 4p 25 25 South Australia ... 25 all Union of Australia 76 77 2i Do. New B4 9 iiii 10 Union of London ... ... 40 all Union of Madrid — ... MISCELLANEOUS. ( 100 35 Australian Agrieult 1 101 104 1021 20 6 Austrhisn.Peific.Mail' ... ... 10 6 Austrain. Royal Mail/ ... ... 5 38A Brit. Americo. Land; ... - ... 64 5i 100 32i Canada — ... 5 5 Crystal Palace 1 ... 6} 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France' ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ,.. ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... ... 100 50 General Screw Steam ... ... 20 24 Irish Beetroot Sugar' . ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel •... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land ... ... 20 2i Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ... ... 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. Do. ... ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . --. . 25 25 South Austral. Lan 51 53 53i 2i 1 1 Submar. Telegraph ... ... 5 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation . . - ... 100 28i ,Van Diemen's Land 23i 244 24 3i RAILWAY T.RAFFIO RETURNS. 'LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAL—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 19, 1853 E10,921 711 Corresponding week last year 10,516 8 7 Increase in 1853 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTBEN RAlLWAY.—Traffie re turn for the week ending March 19, 1853 £4,227 16 5 Corresponding week last year 3,776 18 5 £404 19 4 Increase in 1853 £450 18 0 BORDEAUX AND CETTE RAlLWAY.—Yesterday a meet ing of the committee in respect to the Bordeaux and Cette line took place at the London Tavern, at which were pre sent Mr. Ald. Salomons, Mr. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. R. W. Kennard, and Mr. B. B. Williams. The chait was taken by Mr. Ald. Salomons, who gave an account of the visit of the committee to Paris, which had ended in no satisfactory result as to the caution-money, although they had the greatest expectation that the Emperor would REO justice done to the shareholders. After a statement from Mr. Kennard, various resolutions were submitted and adopted, the chief of which was to the effect that the caution money of 10,000,000 f. had been in suspense since 1846, and that the interest on it at four per cent. would amount to three millions more. They, therefore, conceived that it could never be contem plated that the sum of 5i millions of francs khould be a payment in full for this caution money, unless the five millions deducted from the new company be added thereto. Several other resolutions were passed, and a vote of thanks was given to the committee. DETERMINED SUICIDE. -A SUICIDAL NEIGHBOUR- HooD.—Between one and two o'clock on Sunday morn ing, William Thomas Tucker, aged 47, a married man with a large family, residing at 39, Wells-street, Oxford street, returned home, and soon afterwards went to bed a little excited from drink, but without betraying any strangeness of manner. Upon his wife awaking, about eight o'clock, she was horrified at finding him apparently quite dead, and immedLtely gave the alarm, when a medical man attended and pronounced life extinct some time. Near the bed was found a laudanum phial recently emptied, the contents of which deceased had swallowed. No doubt poverty led the unfortunate man to drink, and that induced him to seek a remedy for his troubles in suicide. Mr. Tebbutts, the summoning officer, forwarded information of the melancholy occur rence to the coroner. Singular to say, in the same street, within a brief period, several persons have committed suicide. Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has -signified her JENNY LIND.—It is stated from a credible s ource t h a t de termination to pay another professional visit to this country. She will sing at various places in Germany during the present year, and the following season will appear in opera at London. Afterwards, she will come to the United States, and give operas in all the pri nc i. pl cities, ork remaining here probably t wo or three years. ew Y Paper. NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY. —The results of the meet ing of the North Briti s h R a il way, just held at Edin burgh, have inflicted another check upon the attempted repudiation of the preference shares. Upon the divi dend on these shares being proposed, a poll d manded, but out of th e shareholders present, o was only threee could be found to support the resi s t ance, while 122 were in favour of the payment. As regards proxies, the re sult was less creditable, since, although there was a con siderable majority for sustaining the rights of the pre ference holders, the minority was sufficiently large . t° cause regret among all parties interested in the sta t bl 6 l 9 l . of railway property, the numbers being 875 against Many persons are in the habit of parting t'maturely proxies upon mere general solicitations, without ; Put and it considering the uses to which they may be the unsatis is to be hoped that it is to this reason - compared with factory amount of the proxy majority, their case to be attributed. the personal one, is in the p N Preseuntrarliamentary return OCCUPIERS (IRELAND). -By m. p . , it a pp ears that obtained by Si r R o b ert F er guson, the tot a l num b er o f occu pier in all th e e l ec t ora l divisions in I re land, is 564,144. Dis tributed in provinces t i ll; 2 u ,7oi ; in Munster, 149,803 ; a iued at 6/. and under, • and in trlster, 179,0". 2, - arrative of a Missionto Central Africa, performed in' the years 1850-51, under the orders and at the expense of her Majesty's Government. By the late James Richardson, author of " Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara." 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. It is greatly to be regretted that the author, who has so ably compiled these accounts of wanderings, and given to us the benefit of his travelled experi ence, should have been snatched awa y in th e midst of his labours. The principal object of his expedition being to endeavour to substitute legiti mate commerce for slave traffic, unfortunately i s not yet realised, but it is to be trusted that the exertions of the departed will not have been thrown away, but that some of the many who admire his actions " will go and do likewise." We are in formed in his own words of his motives for his travels : " Since my return from a first tour of exploration in the great Sahara, I had carefully revolved in my mind the possibility of a much greater undertaking—namely, a political and commercial expedition to some of the most important kingdoms of Central Africa. The plan appeared to me feasible, and when I laid it in all its details before her Majesty's Government they deter mined, after mature consideration, to carry it out. Two objects—one principal, but necessarily kept somewhat in the backgroundthe abolition of the slave trade ; one subsidiary and yet important in itself—the promotion of commerce by way of the Great Desert appeared to me, and to the distinguished persons who promoted the undertaking, of sufficient magnitude to justify consider able sacrifices. Much preliminary discussion took place, but the impediments and difficulties were gradually over come, and in the summer of 1849 it was generally known that I was about to proceed by way of Tripoli, the Sahara, and the hitherto unexplored kingdom of Akees, to endeavour to open commercial relations, and con clude treaties with any native power so disposed, but especially with the Sultan of Bornou. It was not thought necessary, however, to surround my mission with any circumstances of diplomatic splendour, and it was still in the character of Yakot—a name already known throughout the greater portion of the route in tended to be traversed—that I proposed to resume my intercourse with the Moors, the Fezznees, the Tibboes, the Tuaricks, and other tribes an d p eop l es o f t h e desert and the countries beyond. " Before commencing the narrative of my journey, it may be as well to introduce a few observations on the commerce at present carried on with the interior by way of Tripoli. There are now four general routes followed by the trading caravans from the Barbary Coast, leading to four different points of that great belt of populous country that stretches across Central Africa—viz., to Wadai, Bornou, Soudan, and Timbuctoo. "Wadai sends to the coast at Beugagi a biennial cara van, accompanied by a large number of slaves. The chief articles are elephants' teeth and ostrich feathers. Dornae sends to the coast, by way of Tezzan, I am sorry to say, chiefly slaves ; but a quantity of ivory is now likewise forwarded by this route. Soudan exports slaves, senna, ivory, wax, indigo, skins, &c., &c. Nearly half of the commerce with this important coun try consists of legitimate objects of trade and barter. Wax began to be sent seventeen years ago, elephants' teeth fifteen, and indigo only four years ago. " Timbuctoo now forwards scarcely anything but gold to the coas k t of Tripoli, together with wax and ivory, but no slaves. The gold is brought by the merchants in diminutive roughly-made rings, which they often carry in little bags concealed in the breasts of their gowns." Language. By C. Marcel, Knt., Leg. Hon. French Consul. 2 vols. Chapman and Ha:11. The mottoes of this work are, " L'etude des lon gues cst la, premiere et la plus indispensable Ile toutes les etudes, and " Les mgthodes sout les maitres (les maitres." The author has endeavoured to impress these ideas on the mind of the reader, and has rightly entitled his work, a " Manuall thinks i considers n th k e s teacher and learner of languages." He this study the most instructi ve o f any, find that the modern languages should precede in o t f he spe po e N c iT h e'rs of ' reeding, should d i a o k n he - s &c , andi es . a close education Latin and Greek. i fa n oni g a. , Ityh i s d o w r f acquisitiont it h i e ng p , ar a to n sf d in what order cultivated. There is one book on " The Three Great Agents of Educa tion" —parents, teachers, and method. The duties and qualifications of the former are set forth, and the importance of their po social positio n en f orced on the attention. The author has entered fully and treats; it in acomplete- and skilful manner. The volumes are likely ' students of a foreign to be of great service to all assis tance to teachers, in showing them into the subject, consequence it is that they should be well fitted for tongue, and an their position. The introductory edu cation in chapter on clea e r ci ly ual of 11-hat general is interesting and instructive. METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—A special Court of Sewers was held yesterday at the Court-house, Greek -street, Soho ; Mr. Jebb in the chair. The other Commissioners present were Mr. G. Baker, Major Daw son, Mr. G. S. Smith, Sir C. Fellowes, Mr. J. Hawk shaw, a nd Mr. T. F. G ibson. The court was summoned for eleven o'clock, from which time till ten minutes to twelve, when it commenced, every person attending on business had to wait, or suffer the consequence of non attendance. The great inconveniences and annoyance arising from the habitual unpunctuality of the commis sioners have long been a subject of well-grounded and general complaint, and now that what it was charitably hoped w.:s an exception has devel3ped into a positive rule, have become a public grievance of the most objec tionable, because of the most easily avoidable, kind. preliminaries The itne h oeeu a t li vrd n eo g i b e en rsuetgrhic;ot nst,hs ioe d df i er s ler p e desoo,sln.e9idmo o f,Th e y hn ;ed the y3a 3t ioionln‘. o ,so r f d loov i rf t e i d a tth r h y eae generalSs m r r f r a c n to d hme Kent, 121. for the Counter's Creek , 1 , 3361 . for the Ranelagh, 951. 10s. for the eastern division of Westminster sewers, 1771. 10s. for the Spitalfields, Sze., level, 8901. for the Regent -street distriet,l,2so,ol.9f9olr. forthe western division of Westminst e e k r sewers, and 9 the Finsbury division. The recommendations were ap ut sewer,en effte. exception—of p 2 t f i t o . n B o i n 3,2621. for ai'l4 5,180 sanctioned,feeoft with b brick along the Hornsey-road (on contribution of three-fourths of such expense) --and in thi s case the proposition was postponed, but not negatived . 20 50 50 100 25 105/1 x d ad 149 ad ad LITERATURE. The history of the holy, Military, Sovereigi of St. John of Jerusalem, or Knights taliers, Knights Templars , Knights of Knights of Malta. By John Taafe, Knight Com mander of the Order, and author of " Adelais." Vols. 111. and IV. Hope and Co. The two first volumes Of this series appeared some months ago—these complete it. Much interesting importantmfaonredmstooharm3t many ht mighty fellowshipknowledge of herean arms, s Ea , ewt which h ingsustained ancient hisonyeovyureear gloryrs a h n el d t d he in v renown. e veneration af Oneteih j on v o a b f l ; y a 1 theseand o o v w l e u r shmo whose is devoted to the knights when at Rhodes, the other des‘s;bes their fortunes at Malta. Their sufferings and calamities were very great at Rhodes. Solyman the Magnificent (as he was termed) completely destroyed the island, as it is recorded :-- " The renowned, splendid, beautiful island of Rhodes, and its ancient and most noble capital, which the order had acquired with so much generosity and boldness, and maintained their state there for 213 years, with mar vellous vigour, liberality, and gentleness, and mighty expenses of iou g ,so ol dh d e : smp a oy n ti d sumn a f ef lo : re ;d r ed lateim w cs i o th Funo an ntrtay infinitude of blood, had now passed away beneath the Paynim's A hwan d na a t m hp , re t or ie d. Grand Master, refused to yield t i o lneO th s.h e i lL n eft s l u s l r t- e ing terms proposed by his conqueror, and his good faith and courage drew down the applause of his haughty opponent, who, to do honour to devoted constancy, raised the imperial diadem a little from his head, a ceremony the Ottoman sovereign uses with none of earthly kings, nor in truth, with any but in naming God or Mahomet f' And he afterwards suffered him and his knighta to depart free of injury. Their troubles were only suspended to be completed at Malta. There the horrors of their fate were beyond bounds. Valetta was the Grand Master at that time, and afterwards had a city built, and " named with his name," in honour of his heroic exploits. Solyman, their old enemy, sent two pashas to overthrow the island, but they were repulsed after repeated attacks, and the loss they sustained was that of thirty thousand men. Solyman letting fall the dispatch containing the awful news, exclaimed, "It is only in my own ha n d th a t m y swor d is invincible." The knights and their followers, with Valetta himself, fixed his head-quarters at Boyo, and sent Colonel ITlas to defend St. Elmo, at a little distance from him, but the Turks cut off all communication between the places, and, finally, they gained a brief victory at St. Elmo thus the high-spirited Val e tt a was compelled to see his followers perish in his sight, he not being strong enough to make a sally in their behalf. But their loss was gloriously avenged in a few days. In the following manner he exerted himself in emergencies : " The Grand Master went to the infirmary where, suin moning into the hall o arms all the wounded who could leave their beds, sun— o Although I too am severely wounded, yet contrive to continue my duty. Other valiant knights and soldiers do the same, though they are almost all wounded men, and none, but are fatigued in the extreme, and deprived of the greater part of their bodily strength, has nevertheless stood unconquered in mind and full of vigour. Too plainly do they see that things are at a crisis, when it is better to end life valiant by fighting with arms in their hands, than basely wait to be mas sacred in hospitals or houses, or undergo torments from most cruel barbarians, firmly resolved not to spare a single soul a them ; and enough were these few words which penetrated like sharp darts into every one, and drawing power from their very weakness, none remained in the hospital except those already in the final agony." The subsequent evil genius that attended the order is traced through succeeding generations, till we reach our own times, and then we leave it in its retirement to dwell on the memory of its past history which belongs to everyhistory of the world. k 1 --... 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