The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-06 00:00:00

314.11KET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) .~.- COEN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were 'very moderately supplied with wheat, in which a full average business was transacted, at an advance in the ra otations of from ls. to, in some instances, 2s. per qr. • I 'leY and malt sold on former terms. There was a fair _ in quiry for oats, at extreme currencies. Beans and peas (vgghiellldagrr. more money; whilst a good business was Nearly the whole of the continent al markets have been r l° ner for wh eat and all other articles of extreme quota prl• In th e U nited States both grain and flour have daced full currencies. t r P to our market, last week, the arrivals of English F 502 ain were ' very moderate. From abroad we received qrs of wheat, 10,840 barley, 19,915 oats, 1,110 beans, ea% 100 tares, 2,0 linseed, 765 rapeseed, 121 Dlll3- tar, seed, 94 sundry see o3 ds, and 4,580 sacks of flour. resb up to thi s morning ' s market, the receipts of wheat, wastwise from Kent, were very limited, but in excellent From Essex, the supply was small, and the vale from the East coast were trifling in the extreme. a 7 f ew samples of eith er re d or w hit e came t o h an d by aur„eaniage ; consequently, the stands were very scantily red• As the a tt en d ance of country buyers was large, mac as the stocks of f ore i gn gra i n a t th e ou t por t s h ave been 1 reduced of late, the demand for all kinds of wheat of brie produc e was 'decidedly brisk, at an advance in the 4.".(38 obtained on Monday last of fully 2s per quarter, and 7bi elea rance was speedily effected. There was improve doi k eu t r ward delivery, at the above amount of ,rhe show of foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary, Tualler th an for some wee k s past. There was an ac 28.etnquiry for a ll ki n d s , and the currencies improved fully Bali quarter from Monday last. Several large parcels of red changed hands for the Yorkshire markets. t , n ioa ti4 l6 Cargoes were in active request, and the quota 9„%improved quite 2s per quarter. _ had scarcely any English barley on show, but the a s i'PPly of foreign was good. Grinding sorts moved off ea d,i l Y, at very full prices. In the value of other kinds ° e usuge took place. Malt, th e at full pricessUpply of which was moderate, sold steadily, Wa ss ll°ll l3 l l we were fairly supplied with oats, the trade Wr a , tt Y, and late rates were fully supported. a• 'tad n improved demand for both English and foreig t , quarter, beans, the prices of which advanced ls. per a rte a and boiling peas were is per quarter dearer, with vte e r . ' 3 ' inquiry Other kinds were quite as dear as last ties imp The fiertx trade was rather active, and American (poli roved in value is per barrel. CURRENCY - P*Ell IMPERIAL MEASURE. wasat— C Essez & Kent, Malt—Chevalier •• •• 61s to 63s Ditto,, Red •• •• new 398 to 45s Oats Y or k s hi re and , 4 „ .. •••• • • .. old 39s 49s Lincolnsh., Feed 16s 91s White new 39s 498 Potato ....•..... 20s 24s itte........ old 413 578 Yonghal and Cork litir&lk and Lin- Black... •—• 153 19s newed, old 391 49s Cork, White .•••• 17s 21s bittO •• 35s 44s Scotch, Feed..... 20s 458 ••283 30s Beans—Tick ..... 359 39s )141•1 V 1 11 ; e , •• •• •• 298 31s Pigeons...... 374 45• — ' ul uang •• • 248 288 Peas—Grey .. ••••• • • • 3 s 3 1 1 s Wan • 3os 323 34• 37s kidAeValler.... ••• 33s 368 White........... 37, 413 —o Rffolk and Nor- Boilers ......... 38s 4 1 8 lir° „Pit •••••• • • • • • . 52s 38s Flour—Town - made ... 39 s 44 s —i• ••_•• • •. 468 53s Suffolk •• •• •••••• 323 3is kt-blkonandW;ire 578 608 Stockta &Norfolk 32s 368 SMITHFIELD. Du r i L o „ , ug the l as t wee k th e i mpor t o f f ore i gn s tock into „ ; °ll amounted to 3,698 head. In the corresponding 1 - 8 5 1 u of 1852, we received 3,675 ; in 1851, 2,9 44 ; in 2,490 ; in 1849, 2,405 ; and in 1848, 3,783, and in 4847 , 3,554 head. Prom IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. B ro , av Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. er shaven 15 . —4 . Sr •- 139 latwel Itarobll -• t.e,Ntrted,r.o.ramgh: .......... 25058 Ni ° • ••• ••• biep. ..... 37 Calves. Pigs, _. 1,078 _. 35 638 ... - 531 ... 55 170 ... - 33 ... - 408 ... 40 52 .. - - 486 2,450 ... 90 ... 601 ... 71 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : 1852 Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1851•• . .... 613 2,368 215 ... 382 ... 28 1Q,,, .......... 3 01 2,162 ... 19 301 212 1 4 , 4 ......... 2 99 1,673 78 333 ... 18 48 .......... 309 1,695 39 274 , .......... 688 2,668 ... 26 ... 451 ... 1. ext„, P. , ow of foreign stock here to-day was seasonably ... " 81 Ve but there was a decided falling off in its general qUality. fr!,0, 14 Our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts up this ea morni were moderatelood an of full t•era6 Weight . The g- ttendanc eof both to g wn , and d country rtYers was numerous, whilst the demand for all breeds of Z e t!ats rul e d s t ea d y, at fully Friday's a dvance in the quo °ikons ~.'which, therefore, we re 2d. per 8 1 bs. above t hose " % tried on this day se'ennight. A few very superior Sco ts sold a t from 4s. Bd. to, in some instances, 4s. 10d. Aer 81 bs• The animals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and fc 4sl bridgeshire amounted to 2,603 Scots and short-horns '°r o, other parts of England, 700 Herefords, runts, De 11°118' &c. ; ad from Scotland, 950 polled Scots, chiefly per rail way. X otwithstanding that the supply of sheep was on the ',ecrea", the demand for that description of stock was in te,tiv.e. However, the primest old Downs, from their Nii7 re itY, sold at full quotations, viz., 4s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. per 1 ,,, ; - , 8 1 but all other breeds, which came to hand in very ..T.,;l l ing condition, moved off slowly, at a decline in value °f 2 d. per 81bs ,irrinie Down . lambs sold steadily, at full currencies ; °'nerwise, the lamb trade was rather heavy, and the cur- Isle of Wig tencies had ht amou down war nted to 280 head . The arrival from the . Calves—the supply of which was moderately good—sold at last week's prices, viz., 4s. to ss. per 8 lbs. We had only a moderate inquiry for pigs, on former terms. Per Slbs to sink the offals. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 Second quality.... 2 6 3 8 Prime large oxen 310 4 2 Mme Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ••• 3 2 3 6 Second qua lity ...3 8 310 Rime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 4 Lambs 4L g TOTAL SUPPLY. 4 009 Beasts.. ...... ........ „ Loa ...... , 557 ,„• •• • • •• • •1510 t/eep and Lambsb ' s Sheep 11 alves •• 4 statement and comparison of the supplies and • prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, June 7, 1852, and this day, Monday, June 6, 1853 . Per 81bs, to sink the offals. June 7, 1852.'June 6, 1853 s. d. s. d. !s. d. s. d 2 ... _ft o rse n . and inferior beasts ... 2 to 2832 to 3 4 • quality • ditto ... 210 3 0 3 6 3 8 Mme cl large oxen •• • 3 2 3 43 10 4 2 ~-%e Scots, &c 3 6 3 B'4 4 4 f 3 fondand inferior sheep 2 8 210 3 2 ..""ad quality ditto .. 111 1.. 3 0 3 2 3 8 310 jme coarse woo ll e d di tto ... 3 4 36 4 0 4 a~~Soutlidown ditto 3 6 3 8 4 6 4 8 4 0 5 0 4 10 6 4 coarsecalves 210 3 6 , 4 0 4 6 i:1 111 e small ditto • 3 8 4 o'4 8 5 0 ir ge ho gs •• • •• • 2 6 3 4 ' 3 4 3 8 eat small porkers •• ••• • •• 3 6 3 83 10 4 4 Beasts._ ••• • ••... 4,375 4,009 Sheep ... ••• "• 28,570 24,000 31 1 9 0 335 31 0 255 and ij r iz s Juno ▪ 9, I.Bsl.—Beasts, 3,832 ; sheep ambs, 28,890; calves, 257; pigs, 13 9 . ealv e lle 289 185 0•—Beasts, 3,385 ; sheep and lambs, 27,200 ; ~.; pigs, 320. rriat-NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. . 811 PPlies of each kind of meat on sale . in to-day's • end wed were very moderate. Generally speaking the de- Per 81bs by the carcase. ileet • s. d. s. d. inferior... 2 10 3 2 rniddr .. 4•\o ing••...3 4 3 6 rtne larg e .3 6 3 8 °. small ....3 10 4 0 ' lar g e ..... ...3 4 3 10 Lambs THE IRISH MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT. ___ • OF SUN. Mr. Monsell presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and would feel obliged by his giving insertion to the following correspondence, which explains the reasons that have induced Messrs. Keogh, Sadleir, and himself to withdraw the resignations which they for warded to Lord Aberdeen on Thursday, the 2d of June. 25, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, June 5. COPY OF LETTER OF MR. MONSELL TO LORD ABERDEEN. 25, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, June, 2, 185 My Lord, - -I was not present in the House of Com mons on Tuesday night, and only learned from the news papers what had passed in the debate. It appears that, in the course of a discussion upon the ecclesiastical revenues of Ireland, Lord John Russell, who is the organ of the Government in the House of Commons, spoke of the Roman Catholic Church in a manner which could not fail to be most offensive to the members of that communion. His lordship described, not individual members of the Roman Catholic Church, but that Church itself "under the direction of its head," as hostile to free institutions and disloyal to civil govern ments, and therefore the qualification which his lordship added to his censure could not apply to any who, like myself, are in deep and thorough unity of sentiment and spirit with that Church and its head. No other Minister expressed dissent from the opinions of his lordship ; they have therefore gone forth as the opinions of the Government ; and of a Government publicly professing such opinions I cannot with honour remain a member. Of the votes given upon the question before the House I do not complain ; but sentiments so thoroughiy hostile to the civil equality of the communion to which I belong I cannot pass by. Acknowledging. therefore, as I am on many accounts bound to do, the great and consistent liberality of your lordship, and of many members of your Government, and the great personal kindness which I have received at your hands and at theirs, I beg respectfully to tender my resignation of the office which your lordship has hitherto thought me worthy to fill.—l am, my lord, your obliged and faithful servant, To the Earl Of Aberdeen. WILLIAM MONSELL. LORD ABERDEEN TO MR. MONSELL, Downing-street, June 3, 1853. My dear Sir,—lt is with much concern that T have received your letter, in which you tender your resigna tion in consequence of the proceedings which took place in the House of Commons on Tuesday last. I have to inform you that, while the vote on that oc casion had the sanction of the Government, the reasons for that vote given by Lord John Russell, and the senti ments of which you complain, are not shared by me nor by many of my colleagues. I wish this to be distinctly understood, as I might otherwise be justly charged with a departure from those feelings which, both in and out of office, I have held and still hold with regard to the Roman Catholic body, and the open avowal of which had appeared to several Roman Catholic gentlemen to justify them in accepting office under the Government. Words spoken in the heat of debate are liable to be misapprehended, and Lord John Russell desires me to say he did not impute want of loyalty to the Roman Catholics, and that he expressly said that political and social equality ought to be maintained. I have made a similar communication to Mr. Keogh and Mr. Sadleir ; and after this explanation I confidently trust that you will not persevere in an intention which would be to me the cause of sincere regret. I have the honour to be, my dear sir, Very truly yours, W. Monsell, Esq. ABERDEEN. MR. MONSELL TO LORD ABERDEEN. 25, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, June 4, 1853. My Lord— I beg to acknowledge, with many thanks, the receipt of your lordship's letter. That letter puts it beyond doubt that the basis upon which I accepted office remains unshaken, and that the sentiments of which I complained are not those of your lordship's Government. It is, indeed, deeply to be lamented that a circumstance should have occurred which required so imperatively the reassertion by your lordship of the principles which you have so long professed ; and I cannot conceal from my self that even the frank and generous consistency with which your lordship has acted on the occasion, may prove insufficient in some quarters to allay apprehensions which have been excited. . . With me, however, it is otherwise. I have trusted, and I do trust, your lordship, as a high-minded states man, resolved to deal justly and liberally with a religious communion which has long suffered from opposite treat ment ; and henceforth, unless I shall learn from your own lips, or from formal acts, that the policy of the Government is changed, I shall accept every fresh diffi culty which attends its course as a fresh reason for offering to your lordship a continuance of the services, humble as they are, which I am capable of rendering. Under these circumstances, I can have no hesitation in acceding to your lordship's wishes by withdrawing my resignation. I am, my lord, Your faithful and obliged servant, To the Earl of Aberdeen. W. MONSELL. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE OUTTA PEROHA COMPANY'S WORKS. A fire of a most destructive character broke out yes terday morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, on the premises of the Gutta Percha Company, in the Wharf road, City-road. The company's premises included an immense warehouse for t he raw material, a tube and wire manufactory, in which the wire for the submarine and subterranean telegraphs was prepared—the ware houses for manufactured goods, with a range of count ing houses over them—three boiler and engine houses —the cleansing and kneading rooms—the rolling mills, and the mechanics' shops, where the whole of the valu able machinery employed on the works has been made. Of this immense range there now remains only the raw material warehouse, the tube manufactory, and the mechanics' shop. The rest of the premises are entirely destroyed, and we regret to add that in them property has been lost to the amount of more than 20,0001. The fire was discovered by the wife of a confidential servant of the company, by name Arthur Granville, who, whilst they were preparing to go to chapel, ob served smoke issuing from the warehouse above the .., boiler rooms. When the workmen, in number between 1 6 300 and 400, where dismissed on Saturday night, every a 310 thing was left perfectly safe. 4 0 4 4 A considerable period elapsed before any engine arrived, •P 8 4 6 4 8 and when at length some did come , before the hose was at- J 5 0 4 10 6 4 10 3 6 4 0 4 6 tached and a supply of water o btained, all ho p e of saving 3 8 4 o'4 8 5 0 any portion of the main building was at an end, and the ',..: 2 6 3 4 3 4 3 8 efforts of the firemen were confined to the salvage ofthose 6 3 83 10 4 4 Parts not ••• ... „ ... 3 yet ignited, and of the adjoining premises, be -4,375 4 009 longing t o Mr. Gorton, a patent fire-wood maker, which, ••• ••• ••• ~. , ~, 28,570 24,000 from the direction the wind carried the flames, were in 319 335 great danger of total destruction. The boiler houses, in . 310 255 the centre one of which the fire seems to have ori g inated, 3.832 ; sheep were situated about the middle of the works, the raw material warehouse and the wire-covering department being on the north, and the cleansin g and kneading rooms and the rolling mills on the south. The wind being north-west the flames were carried directly through the two latter departments, which were speedily gutted, and their contents, inclu din g much valuable mac hinery, destroyed. Moored alongside this portion of the premises were two barges laden with coils of sub marine wire suspended over the sides, in the water, for the purpose of undergoing the testing process. The barges speedily caught fire and burned to the water's edge, but by great exertion very little damage was sus tained by the wire, the coils having been detached from the boats and sunk in the canal. Some idea of the fearful character of the conflagration may be gathered from this fact, that although the Re gent's-canal at this point is 120 feet wide , the zinc mills and a Staffordshire warehouse on the opposite side, caught fire, and were for some time in imminent danger. But the greatest alarm was occasioned for the safety of the Patent Firewood Works, where several stacks ot dry pine wood billets, 60 or 80 feet high, were greatly exposed to the flames. An immense pile of this wood closely adjoined the Gutta Percha Works, and just as the fire was at its height that portion of it nearest the canal ignited. A number of men, however, immediately ascended to the top, and by great exertion succeeded in pushing2a, large portion of the pile over into the canal. The boiler-houses, the kneading and cleansing rooms, the rolling mills, and the warehouses and counting housesS' belonging to the Gutta Percha Company are th Sin oi l hn WOOL. entirely destroyed. It is not yet known whether the teas s, auci l• 7.4, these sales have been fairly attended by books are preserved, but one of Milner's patent safes, Le all foie Lhere has ba le r a spirited competition i n w hich they are contained, remains firmly embedded ko lv r r i l lalitrerl s ' at a slight advance in the quctatioAns in the wall at a height of some 40 feet from the ground. 4 111 111 5A 3 W isi p oii i e :ave ruled steady. The autions close to- The Gutta Percha Company are insured in the York -4 as follows :—Port Philip—Clean sheep's, shire, the Scottish Union, the Imperial and the Royal l s ,hs, i s 1 d ; dmaged. lld to ls lld ; black,lod to ls eci ; Fire Offices. 1 4 e „,' 9 ' to i s Ch a o , to 2s lld • pieces ls 4d to ls 9d ; locks, is o a rt c o o f p d y am of a M ge r d . o S n u e p : e — rintendent Braid ' t'l. -4 to ls - 9'P , ; mixed, ' ls 6cl 'to ls 10d pisscc skin Au , eoxrett h , eep,uB; T h e a od ndw t a o sh .. ed ditto, is 6d o The following . tlae.e. ahee (1 to Bd.i.s hen'9 d d damaec , 1 lO 9 d l t — o lasP‘rd— ' ; ; wood's official rep " Half-past ten a.m. called to a fire at the Gutta tkings, l ; 6 ( 1 to iswashed, is 4d to is 7d ; Percha Company's works, in Wharf-road, City-road. lat , i6d to ls 9d—Launceston Cause of fire unknown.engines that attended were 1 e r ki n di a 8, 1 S 4d tots lid s ; scoured ls 5d to 18 10( 1 ; from the A, B, and D districts of Brigade, one of the k t i •td to 1, 1 0 d. to is 3d—Hobart Town—Clean sheep's, parish, one private, and that of the West of England 2 ,.s sil. 8d s to l C / d i ; handwashed, is 5d to is 9id ; other o ffi ce . The greater part of factory and contents burnt ° ( 1 to ; haridw -8 41 : 1 - - SYdn—Scoured sheep's, is 7d to down ; upper floor of engineers' and mechanics' shops 1, 7 , l k : sd. New ditto, is 7d to 2s 2d ; other kinds, adjoining burned out ; roof off, and lower part damaged p oz ,,', ; and f "'t,w Zealand wools have ranged from 8d t,o by fire and water, and vessels, termed monkey boats', land.% fast week's including East Indian, 6d to 1s 10d in the canal, burned. Insured in the Imperial, Soot ' fr ay, 1 50 imports were 1,359 bales from Port -s:.!)''ret k oretoi, bfrom Hamburgh 1,252 from Adelaide, 786 1 tish Union, Royal Insurance, and the Yorkshire Fire 3 , 4 1. ,, °111 Al e ;_'''',aY•P 1 00 from Trieste 11 from Monte ideo, 1 Offices. GA --e Y 1 3 - "'ria 272 from Buenos' Ayres, 3 770 from " Messrs. Gorton and Co., patent firewood factory._ fron;• G 1 from Melbourne , Ant wer In elbourne, 1,200 from Hobart Town, A great quantity of wood burned in open yard ; roof TPp and 24 from Fayal. ' of stabling slightly damaged by fire, and window glass bla c k e r m SEEDS, broken. Insured in the Hand-in-Hand and County Fire , a and for linseed is v ry . inactive. On the spot, Offices. V o l• On arte a r ucl Calcutta is selli e n at46s,and Bombay 47$ 1 1 " Wenlock-road, the Patent Cooperage Company.— tel t e fe 'rward East India rape is quoted at 45s 6d to 465. , store-how e burned out, roof off, machinery damaged by T ax : l 4l 3ly firm shiPment, only little is doing. Cakes are a paV ialte • , fire, and stock of timber in open yard damaged by fire, )4 h. W 64, • Perh a m, 9 ' &c. Insurance not known. -.tam u •• •... • 4to 1 2 s Carraway .... • • ...... 46s 48s Tiir W hite row n ..:::• 711 1s Coriander .. .. .. .. • ... lls I4s " The London Zinc Mills, Mr. N. Rothschild and Co. 400/figsw......'„_ 599 Hempseed, per quarter 38s 42s —Ba c k g ates and window-frames scorched, roof slightly t ittiapitry e tir sz tyq. , u n .4.7.t.e .. r...... ; 43od 080 9 1 unseeercle,shEinegii.o.w..in.g..... 549 583 damaged, and glass broken, and damaged by water. 9GdN 6d Baltic ...... •• • • 154 : 4484 Vet ' Red .. ••• • • ...' r s 448 Odessa .......... 464 48s Insured ,,ll in the . S tr u p r e i r Offi an C d e. i. essi . • . Moore, manufacturers of fire tv- hi. En g , (cw ,•„Bs 348 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— rortra y ;... .. ":! 483 64s English .. -81Os91 59 out,bricks, tiles, &c.—Back gates and window-frames burned glass broken, and stock slightly damaged by fire efoo t tl / 1 1•"• •• 443 2: R Foreign, per ton 7/10s 91 Os and water. Insurance not known. usw.,.. it e•• • •• s ts 678 RaZeesCal'" TALLOW, pr ton 41118 Si Os •• •• 24s 28 led, New, prlst 21/ Os 141 os Pagden, ironfounder.—Back gates an d has i b ilee At ... t ,,,,, i ° l1 —y last the window-frames burned out, roof damaged, and contents damaged by water and removal. Insurance not known. o . 4 l l aVra r e, 4 very sluggish id" all kinds of tallow " Thomas Hanson, coal merchant.—Back window for ~,11 . 1.1 - C e 'deney• To-d rotate for is ay the market is very inactive spot, quoted at t 4 . 7213: 0 er prices have had a g damaged by fire, and two barges 14 111 . ; 11 asii..regl the g at 46, e a t e h t e c p a i s i h et: r i o s Zs i F: .„,„ 2s 8 frames of stabling of the electric telegraph Fo . ; sco A rc N h ,e e r d. co l n n s s i u d i• e a ra n b ce le u g n u k a n n o t w it n y . wn tallow is very d per 81bs. wire has been saved without receiving the least injury. s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 4 6 4 8 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 3 4 3 8 Small porkers 310 4 4 Suckling calves ..20 0 26 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 25 0 10d to Gs 4d. FOREIGN SUPPLY. d. s. d. s. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 4 4 8 Veal 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 4 5s Od to 6s 4d Oti i . BOROUGH HOP. v aale market continues firm but we have no further aa 11 bale to notice in pfices. ' Last week's imports were — from , 8 from Ostend, 40 bags from Antwerp, and 2 bales 168.41. ..otterdam Mid and East Kent pockets, 120 s to 12 es ;,,, !aid of . Kent, 115 s to 128 s ; and Susses, 1103 to .r'4 cwt. The B OROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. being lem on 6 , ll ,PPlies of potatoes on sale in these markets . tie ronn a ',l7 good, though in very middling condition, the i t ll l 3 o -; : heavy, and prices are drooping. Last week's 4 b rianibro', 'tort Were _? baskets from Havre, 200 bags 41 tons 140 t from Rotterdam, 486 sacks I:orMand 15 tons from ons Dunkirk. Prices as follows— Qsis gents, 120 s to 165 s per ton ; Lincolnshire do., '' s4 to ''lo o l- 2 3 . 0 s Scotch ditto, 100 s to 130 s ; Foreign, ~~. 7 THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, J E 6, 1853. THE UNITED STATES. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPB.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria, Captain Lana, arrived in the Mersey from Halifax and Boston, with 75 passengers, and about $279,000. She brings the following : NEW YORK, MAY 24. . The foreign appointments are—Seymour, Russia; Vroom, Prussia • Medary, Chili ; Trousdale Brazil; Leahie, Sandwich Islands ; Belmont, the Hague. We have two weeks' later advices from California by the arrival of the United States at New Orleans. She came from San Francisco, via Panama, in only 19 days. No news of moment, but California markets dull. Flour firmer. The Falcon, at New Orleans, from Aspinwall, reports $2,300,000 in gold on board the Georgia, for this port. two demands contained in his note of the 7th (19th) of April, and will regard it as a duty to place those docu ments under the eyes of his Government. " But, not having hitherto obtained any reply to the third and most important point, which claims guarantees for the future, arid having been recently instructed to insist with greater farce, in order to arrive at an imme diate solution of the question, which constitutes the principal object of the solicitude of His Majesty the Emperor, the Ambassador is obliged to address himself to-day to his Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs, confining this time his reclamations within the last limits prescribed by superior directions. " The bases of the arrangement he is charged to ob tain remain materially the same. "The Eastern Orthodox worship, its clergy and its possessions, shall enjoy in f u t ure , w ith ou t a ny moles tation, under the ngis of His Majesty the Sultan, the privileges and immunities insured to them ab antiquo, and, in virtue of a principle of high equity, they shall participate in the advantages granted to other Christian worships. "At Jerusalem, the Russian monks and pilgrims shall be assimilated, as respects prerogatives, to those of other foreign nations. " These points, herein summarily indicated, shall form the object of a Sated which will attest the mutual confi dence of the two Governments. " In this act, the objections and difficulties repeatedly expressed by his Excellency Rifaat Pasha and some ?f his colleagues have been taken into consideration, as his Excellency will perceive by the draught of a Sened which the Ambassador has the honour to annex to the present note. " The Ambassador flatters himself with the hope that hereafter the just expectation of his august master will not be deceived ; and that, laying aside all hesitation and all distrust, from which its dignity and its generous sentiments would have to suffer, the Sublime Porte will lose no time in forwarding to the Imperial Ambassador the Sovereign decisions of his Majesty the Sultan, in reply to the present notification. ""It is with that hope the Ambassador requests his Excellency Rifaat Pacha to have the kindness to forward to him that reply on or before the 28th of April (10th of May). He must consider a longer delay as a want of courtesy towards his Government, which would impose upon him the most painful obligations. " The Ambassador of Russia offers to his Excellency the reiterated and sincere assurance of his high considera tion. (Signed) 6 , NI ENSCHISOFF." The following is entitled " Project of Sened, or Convention, proposed between the Ottoman Porte and the Emperor of Russia " " His Majesty the Emperor and Padishah of the Ot tomans and his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, in the common desire of maintaining the stability of the orthodox Greco-Russian worship, professed by the ma jority of their Christian subjects, and of guaranteeing that worship from every encroachment in future, have appointed, viz., TIM. the Emperor of the Ottomans and H.M. the Emperor of All the Russias —, who, after exchanging explanations, have agreed on what follows : " Art. 1. No change shall be made in the rights, pri vileges, and immunities which have been enjoyed, or which are now enjoyed, ab antiquo, by the churches, the pious institutions, and the orthodox clergy, in the states of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, which is pleased to se cure such to them for ever, on the basis of the strict sx!us quo at present existing. " Art. 2. The rights and advantages conceded by the Ottoman Government, or which shall be so conceded in future, to the other Christian religions by treaties, con ventions, or special provisions, shall be considered as appertaining likewise to the orthodox worship. " Art. 3. It being admitted and shown by historical traditions, and by numerous documents, that the ortho dox Greek Church of Jerusalem, that its Patriarchate and the laics, who are subordinate to it, have been from all time, since the epoch of the Caliphs, and under the successive rights of all the Ottoman Emperors, especially protected honoured, and confirmed in their ancient rights and immuni ties, the Sublime Porte, in its solicitude for the con science and the religious convictions of its subjscts of that worship, as also of all the Christians who profess it, and whose piety has been alarmed by divers events, promises to maintain and cause to be respected those rights and those immunities, as well in the city of Jeru salem as without it, without any prejudice to the other native Christian communities, Rayahs or strangers, ad mitted to the adoration of the Holy Sepulchre, and of the other sanctuaries, whether in common with the Greeks or in their separate oratories. " Art. 4. His Majesty the Sultan, now gloriously reigning, having judged it necessary and equitable to corroborate and explain his Sovereign Firman, sealed with the Hatti-Humayun, in the middle period of the moon of Releiul Akhir 1268 (end of January, 0. S., 1852), by his Sovereign Firman of -, and to order in addition, by another Firman, dated -, the repara tion of the great cupola of the Temple of the Holy Se pulchre, these two Firmans shall be textually executed and faithfully observed, in order to maintain for ever the strict status quo of the sanctuaries possessed by the Greeks exclusively, or in common with other religions. " It is agreed that an understanding shall be ulteri orly come to for the settlement of certain points of de tail which have not found a place in the aforementioned Firmans. " Art. 5. The subjects of the Russian Empire, secu lars as well as ecclesiastics, to whom it is permitted, in pursuance of the treaties, to visit the Holy City of Jeru salem, and other places of devotion, having a right to be treated and considered on an equality with the sub jects of the moat favoured nations, and these last, Catho lics as well as Protestants, baying their prelates and their special ecclesiastical establishments, the Sublime Porte binds itself, in case the Imperial Court of Russia demands it, to assign a suitable locality in the city of Jerusalem, or in the environs, for the construction of a church consecrated for the celebration of Divine service by Russian ecclesiastics, and of an hospital for indigent or sick pilgrims, and which foundations shall be under the surveillance of the Consulate-General of Russia, Syria, and Palestine. "Art. 6. It is understood that the present act, occa sioned by exceptional circumstances, affects in nothing any of the stipulations existing betwen the two Courts, and that all the anterior treaties, corroborated by the separate act of the Treaty of Adrianople, maintain all their force and value. "The six articles which precede having been deter mined and concluded, our signature and the seal of our arms have been affixed to the present instrument, which is delivered to the Sublime Porte in exchange for that which is delivered to us by - before-mentioned. "Done at the -, 1853, and of the Hegira. (Signed) " Ambassador-Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias to the Ottoman Porte." From a perusal of the above it will be seen that there was a good deal of exaggeration in what had been originally said with reference to the mission of Prince Menschikoff. That exaggeration, how ever, was occasioned by the extraordinary manner in which the Prince made his entry into Constan tinople, by his deportment at the opening of his mission, and other circumstances. But though there may have been much exaggeration, the ques tion is not the less one of considerable importance, and of no small danger to the Ottoman Empire. If such a convention as that demanded singly by Russia were put forward by all the Powers who signed the Treaty of 1841, its importance would be diminished, inasmuch as the influence of one Power would neutralize that of the other ; but the danger of the immense preponderance that would be given to Russia, alone is regarded as very great indeed. Intelligence from Odessa, of the 22d ult., a date at which the late events at Constantinople were not yet known, states that the concentration of troops continued suspended, and that the governor of the province had transmitted to the syndicate of the merchants a notice of a reassuring character, in the point of view of commercial transactions. The Russian fleet still remained as before at Sebastopol. The officers on leave had received orders to join at once their respective vessels, and the crews were at their full complement. The fleet remained at an chor, not making any evolutions. The official Wiener Zeiztr,g contains the follow ing telegraphic dispatch from Constantinople, dated 231 May: The exchange has risen from 1071 to 118. Prince Menschili off, together with the personnel of the embassy, has left. Notwithstanding the disquietude that prevails in the minds of all parties, the hope that peace will be maintained is held fast. The Porte has given the assur ance that an improved position of the Christian popula tion will be effected under the superintending influence . . „. of the G-reat Powers." The Wanderer quotes the Temesvarer Zeitzng, which latter journal has received a letter from Jassy, of the 2 0 th May, to the effect " that divers indications announce the speedy arrival of Russian troops in the Danubian princip ties. The Russian army is said to have crossed the Pruth ; and preparations are making for their passing over the arm of the Danube, at Ismael, for which purpose, partly at Galatz and partly at Ibraila, 1,000 large and small logs, or trees, had been purchased, evidently intended for the con struction of permanent bridges." The Vienna Presse publishes the following letter from Constantinople, dated 22d May : "The Turks are arming. Omer Pasha is to establish his head-quarters at Sthumla. An on dit wat current, agreeably to which Generals Changarnier and Lamori ciere had made a tender of their services to the Porte, in case of war . " A letter from Smyrna, dated the 18th May, con firms the fact previously reported, that an Imperial firman had been sent by a Turkish officer to the Dardanelles, to allow the English and French fleets to enter the Bosphorous. much injured in consequence of damage done to the mulberry trees. Up to the present there seems no prospect of a change for the better. It would appear that the annexation of Parma and Modena to the Austro-Prussian commercial league has been resolved upon; indeed, the treaty is stated to have been already signed. The con vention with these two States is, however, only stipulated for four years and a half, not for twelve ; and this because the treaty that annexes the duchies of Modena and Parma to the Customs union of Austria is only stipulated for that period, though it obliges the duchies to join any commercial league Austria may contract. Accounts from Rome of the 24th state that his Holiness made an excursion in the French corvette Meteore, to visit San Felice, a small place situated on the coast. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. (From the Times.) The accounts which have reached us down to the present time from the East do not amount to positive or direct evidence that hostilities have be gun, or that measures have been taken to ren der them inevitable ; but, on the other hand, we learn from St. Petersburgh that the refusal of Prince Menschikoff's ultimatum had produced consider able irritation, and there is reason to apprehend that the Emperor of Russia had expressed his determination to insist on the immediate and unconditional acceptance by the Porte of the terms which Prince Menschikoff had been instructed to demand. It was stated, and generally believed in Warsaw, that orders have been given to the 4th corps of the Russian army to proceed by rapid marches to the frontier of Moldavia, so as to reach that position on the 9th of this month, but nothing certain is yet known on this subject. Meanwhile, we cannot doubt that the British Government has been moved by the menacing attitude of Russia, and the evasion of her recent assurances, to take effectual measures, in con junction with the other Powers of Europe, to prevent a violation of the rights of Turkey by the Russian forces, and that the British Ambassador has been empowered to summon the fleet from Malta, in case of necessity, to the Dardanelles. It is also stated that the squadron under Admiral Corry will at once reinforce Admiral Dundas ; and that, however reluctant her Majesty's Government has been to enage in a demonstration of so important a nature, the course pursued by the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh compels us to assume that defensive position which the interests of this country and of Europe prescribe. If the Court of Russia should actually resolve to take up arms on the very insufficient grounds which have been made known to the world, conjecture points strongly to the probability of an invasion of the Danu bian principalities, and in the first instance of Moldavia, from which the Russian province of Bessarabia is sepa rated only by the channel of the Pruth. But, although Russia has ever since the peace of Tilsit openly expressed her desire to possess these provinces, and has re peatedly occupied them, as she did under the conven tion of Balta Liman from 1848 to 1851, neither her protectorate over them nor the present state of those countries at all justifies such an invasion. The nomination of the Hospodars and the internal privileges of these principalities are undoubtedly a matter of compact between Russia and Turkey, and a convention for the sole purpose of defining and establishing their form of government was concluded at Ackerman in 1826, and renewed by a further agreement at Adrianople immediately after the general treaty of peace in 1829. But it is not alleged that the articles of this or any other treaty have been violated by the Porte, and the conditions established on that occasion, and since held inviolate by Turkey, cer tainly furnish no ground for any fresh aggression. On the contrary, the spirit of that convention was the semi independence of the Hospodars and of their administra tion, and "the inviolability of the Moldavian and Wal lachian territory," which was specially provided for, so as to throw the Turks entirely on the right bank of the Danube. An invasion of these principalities would therefore simply be the overthrow of the system estab lished by Russia herself for their government ; and it would still be open to the Porte to treat it or net as an act of hostility against the Turkish do minions. In reality, the provinces north of the Danube have been so effectually wrested from the Porte by the treaties of 1826 and 1829, and by the reiterated Russian occupations, that a fresh invasion of them is of less consequence to Turkey than it is to the general policy of Europe. A. movement that should establish the Russian frontier along the Danube from Orsova to the Black Sea is an event of the utmost con sequence to the Austrian Empire ; it would directly affect the commercial interests of all Germany, and our own commercial rights as determined by the treaty be tween this country and Austria in 1838. When first we drew attention to the affairs of the East, some three or four months ago, before the public had discovered the alarming aspect they were about to assume, we pointed to the fact that by far the largest portion of our own supplies of foreign wheat are shipped in the ports of Turkey and of the Danubian principalities, and are consigned to the Greek houses in this country. On that ground especially the political independence and commercial freedom of those countries are of in terest to ourselves, and Great Britain cannot see them with indifference become part and parcel of the Russian dominions. Still less can Austria allow the entire control of thatriver, which is the main artery of her empire, to pass into the hands of Russia, who might either intercept the whole Danube navigation, or avail herself of the stream to menace all Southern Hungary. Be the relations of Austria to Russia what they may, that is a surrender and a sacrifice which she cannot make without the loss not only of all dignity, but of all security ; and, if there be still a statesman in the coun cils of the young Emperor, he will resist, at all hazards, such a danger. This strong determination to uphold the principles with reference to the Ottoman empire which Russia seems now for the first time openly to set at nought would command the assent of England, Prussia, and France ; and, if ever there was a time when it was urgent for four Powers to set bounds, as in 1840, to the separate policy of the fifth, that occasion has been brought forth by the late pretensions of the Emperor Nicholas. It is an essential condition of such a combination that the German States should take a prominent share in it, and they are deeply interested in identifying the policy of the French Cabinet, as well as the moderating influence of England, with their own ; because, if they suffer themselves to connive at the aggressions of Russia, they will find their own territories on the Rhine or in Italy called upon to supply such compensation as the future policy or ambition of Louis Napoleon may exact. On the other hand, if the Emperor of the French be soli citous, as we believe he is, to obtain something more of the confidence of foreign Powers, he has an admirable opportunity of entering into closer relations with them, and giving them some additional pledges of the attach ment to peace he has hitherto pro:essed. To a ruler in his position, a quadruple alliance of the first States in Europe, with a good cause and a definite object, is of more value than a successful campaign, for it might enable him to shake off the isolation to which he at present stands, which is mortifying to his dignity, ard fatal to his power abroad. The arguments in favour of such a combination are so strong, that if Russia ad vances another step in the career she seems to be pur suing, it will become the last bulwark of general peace. Already we have reason to believe that the representa tives of the three courts in this country have expressed sentiments in entire accordance with each other, and with those of the British Government ; and those senti ments can oily increase in intensity iiith the danger that has excited them. The same concert prevailed at Constantinople between the four Powers, and, while the Porte showed its readiness to accede to any terms not in consistent with its honour, the Ministers of the Four Courts unanimously tapproved its decision on Prince Menschikoff's proposal, and M. de Klezel, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, was deputed by his colleagues to make a last attempt at an amicable arrangement. The separate interposition of one or even two Powers in the capacity of allies of Turkey would not have by any means the same result, and might become the signal of a more alarming rupture, but the joint action of Eu rope is the true sanction of public law and of peace ; and this would not be the first occasion on which its influ ence has been successfully tried. Before the Emperor of Russia takes a decision entirely at variance with his solemn engagements to Turkey, with his positive assur ances and declarations to every European State, and with the principles which have guided him in the best years of his life, he will do well to consider that he has not a single legitimate ground of complaint, much less of war. No treaty has been violated, no vessels have been seized, no subjects maltreated, no claims refused redress, no privileges of the Christian Church infringed. We defy all the arts of the Russian Chancery to extract materials for a tenable manifesto and decla ration of war from the events which have lately oc curred between the two empires, for the question of the Holy Places is, by Prince Menschiko: ' 1 own admission, already settled. Yet on such frivolo :s pre texts as these we are to suppose that the Emperor Nicholas is prepared to sacrifice every tie which unites him to the rest of Europe, to let loose not only war, but those revolutionary passions which follow in the track of war, and to commit an action which will render his name odious in history ! Judgment, good faith, reason, and policy plead against such deeds, and unless the affairs of the world are ruled by ungovernable passion or rapacity, these principles must still prevail. We see no reason to regret the extreme forbearance and moderation hitherto displayed on this question by Great Britain, nor have we shown any disposition hastily to impute the worst motives to one of the greatest Powers of Europe. But it is time to provide against every contingency that may arise, and to show that we are neither deceived nor intimidated by the course which the Russian Government may dare to pursue. Two SUSPECTED SUICIDES.— Yesterday information was forwarded to the various metropolitan police sta tions of a man and woman that were found on Saturday last—male found in the river Thames, off Woolwich, aged 30 years, 5 feet 6 inches in height, middle stature, sandy bushy whiskers, black silk waistcoat, blue striped trousers, Wellington boots, now lying at the dead house at Woolwich. The second e'.-se is that of a fema'e who was found in Gravel-lane Doe:, Wapping, about 20 years of age, 5 feet 2 inches in height, dark brown hair, scar on the right side of the neck, C. W. in blue ink on the right arm, dressed in a blue cotton gown, with dark flowers, brown cotton stockings, side lace-up boots. The body was removed in a shell, and conveyed to St. George's dead-house to be owned and an inquest held, LITERATURE. The Autobiography of a Missionary. By the Rev. P. Fletcher, author of " A Two Years' Residence in Nineveh." 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. Some doubt has been expressed as to the reality of this work—it has been questioned whether it is truth or fiction. B u t it cer t a i n l y appears t o pre sent us with those fortunate chances, those ro mantic episodes, and those very convenient coinci dences which are unhappily chiefly confined to the world of im ag i na ti on. It is not usual for an adopted child to be discovered to be the grandson of his protector, nor in cases of disappointed attachment does the husband of the lady usually die, and the lady happen to m ee t h er former acquaintance in a foreign country. We questi on th e moral of this episode, which is now fortunately disappearing from the pages o f mo d ern romance. The work'', however, is by no means a r oman ti c and foolish tale, devoid of interest ; on the contrary, it pos sesses a great variety of scene, a clever delineation of character and eccentricities, and an impressive and unobtrusive piety. It is not exactly what would be imagined from the title, for though the hero is certainly a missionary, and spends many years in India, the scene of his labours, yet he nar rates this part of his life in a few chapters, which is to be regretted, as it would have proved, without doubt, the most interesting division of the tale. To have described the first dawning of the sublime truth on the benighted Hindoos ; to have detailed the struggles of the minister of Christ against the prejudices of the disciples of Vishnoo and Buddha, against the obstinacy of ignorance and the incredulity of learning, would surely have been a task well fitted for a writer who has not shown himself deficient in power to depict, or in judgment to appreciate, such a recital. Much of the second volume alludes to the poverty of the curates of the English Church. Having lost all their fortune, the missionary and his wife are in great distress. They accept a small curacy in a populous and miserable neighbourhood, but at length are relieved from their difficulties by the intervention of a friend. A. gloomy picture is drawn, but the author finds it difficult to suggest a remedy to the perplexing evil. It is to be trusted, however, that one will shortly be found, when we shall no longer read (as in this work) of an associ ation for providing poor clergymen with second hand clothes. The author's great talent lies in the little incidental sketches of character, to which he gives life and reality. Perhaps to be more concise in his narrative, he has abbreviated the important events, and thus, while we sometimes find a dif fuseness in details, we are astonished by the catas trophes of a lifetime meeting us in a few pages. Notwithstanding these inaccuracies of style, the volumes are interesting and profitable. The high tone of morality which pervades them 18 calculated to elevate and refine. In these days of avarice and self interest, it is refreshing to turn aside from mat ter-of-fact ordinary pursuits and occupations to the quiet halls of the Missionary College, where though the students present the imperfections and inequa lities of human nature, their object is self-sacrifice and their intentions sincere. But the thought arises as we read, just before the Missionary's de parture for India, in a conversation between him and one of his friends about the ignorance and the misery of our poor—Are not the missionaries needed here ? Need they cross the waves to find infidels, to instruct those who have never heard of the great truths of Christianity ? We may say in the words of a celebrated character of the present day, " Can you not spare one missionary from Tahiti for your fellow-countrymen ?" The Nature, Symptoms, and Treatment of Con sumption. By R. P. Cotton, M.D. Churchill. This work does not pretend to the discovery of any remedy for so direful a disease as consumption, but it has the good credit of not introducing any thing speculative. The remarks are all practical, and dictated by sound sense and extensive observa tion. As prevention is allowed to be better than cure, it is certain that if all followed the Dr.'s ad vice many valuable lives might be saved, and the astounding numerals of 71,106 deaths annually from phthisis would cease to be registered ; for, according to this calculation, not much less than one-fifth of the aggregate deaths are from consump tion. It would be desirable information to ascer tain how far the climate of Australia, where so many thousands of our countrymen are gone, is adapted to the cure of this all-devouring malady. Memoirs of a Stomach, written by himself, that all who Eat may Read. With Notes Critical. By a Minister of the Interior. W. E. Painter, Strand. This is a droll, facetious book, and will rank in the category of those favourite byegones—" The Gold-Headed Cane," " The Velvet Cushion," and. " The Complaint of a Left-Handed Member of So ciety." The grievances which a stomach has to complain of are very wittily told, and the members of the medical profession are unsparingly but juptly dealt with. There is a smart dialogue between Homoeopathy and Aeopathy, and both are hit off admirably. Sir James Eyre, who has lately pub lished a book called " The Stomach and its Diffi culties," cuts a somewhat ludicrous figure, as the author states Sir James " has written a book, ostensibly about digestion, but in reality to intro duce what he terms an ' elegant' preparation—the oxide of silver." The little book is a most witty production ; and whatever Sir James may boast of his " elegant " oxide of silver, a caustic dose of nitrate of silver is admirably administered. We only hope it won't turn him blue. Fashionable doctors and fashionable doctrines are held up to the well-deserved ridicule which they so richly merit and de7erve. We advise all lovers of fun, and all who have dyspeptic stomachs, to take one dose of humour from this work ; it is worth 503 fees paid to an M.D., which are often not worth one D.M. The Art Journal.—The three plates of this num ber are all taken from the Vernon Gallery. The first is from Mr. Etty's picture of the " Brides of Venice;" the second is a "Woodland View," by Sir David Wilkie ; and the last, " The Wayworn Tra veller," represents a poor woman arriving at a door at which two women and a child are standing. The selection of sketches of articles in the Dublin Exhi bition is continued, and a great variety of illustra tions given. " Dress, as a Fine Art," by Mrs. Merrifield, proceeds, and several interesting criti cisms of exhibitions of pictures are added. MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES. The Colonial and Asiatic Review will appear next month for the price of one shilling, thus ren dering it easier for many to obtain it. The present number contains an article on the " State of Jamaica," another on " Emigration," in which it is stated that Van Diemen's Land has suffered from the unfair arrangements of Government in converting it into a penal settlement. In order to counteract this evil tendency, it has been deter mined to offer a reward to any capitalist who will settle in that " once flourishing but now neglected colony."—Newton's London Journal and Repertory contains tile usual information concerning new patents in arts, sciences, &c. Scientific notices are also given, and the provisional protections lately granted.—Lawson's Merchant Magazine, Statist and Commercial Review, edited by B. N. Strons berry, F.R.G.S., has the following appropriate motto for its title-page :—" Commerce knits man kind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distributes the gifts of nature, finds work for the poor, adds wealth to the rich, and magni ficence to the great." It presents us with reflec tions on the " Indian Affairs," " American Politics," the " Eastern Question," &e. The Traveller's Library of Longmans', numbers 42 and 43, are on the subject of " Our Coal Fields and our Coal Pits—the People in them and the scenes around them, by a Traveller underground." After giving a description of how the coal is found, what it is composed of, &c. ; of what information the colliers possess, their man ners and customs and religion, the author goes on to tell of how some eminent characters, once being pitmen, have gone down lower, and after ward risen higher, than most other men." The following celebrated characters were associated in early life with mines :—Dr. Hutton, the mathema tician ; W. Huntingdon, the preacher ; the inge nious Ingelby ; and Thomas Bewick, the wood engraver. It will be evident from this brief epitome of the contents that this little work is replete with information and interest.—The Poul try Book contains three most admirably-coloured plates of prize birds, namely, "Black-breasted Red Game," "Black Spanish," and " Grey Don Kings ;" also some accounts of their treatment, &c.—The Ladies' Companion continues Miss Pardoe's tale of " The Race for Gold." " The Woman of the Writers," by Mrs. Cowden Clarke, i s d evo t e d to Richardson. The usual variety of fashions and light literature are included in the contents. —Chambers' s Edinburgh Journal presents its usual features of attraction, and the little Pocket Misccl la:Ly which gives information of the most varied \ description, with tales and verses, for the price of sixpence, has reached th e e i g h teenth volume .—Tlie Rome Companion i s one o f t h ose numerous miscel- Its chief lanies which h ave recently appeared. point is Ainsworth's romance of the " Star Cltana ber."—The Ladies' Portfolio gives us in the third number a beautiful Pattern for embroidery of a violet flower, which forms an excellent match to the roses that bloomed last month in its pages. Patterns for Broderie d L' Anglaise and crotchet are also given, which are very superior and elegant. The beauty and mo d eration of this serial should render e it a favourite with all votaries of the work-table.— A Chronicle of the Reign of Charles IX., by Pros per Mierimee, has been translated byAndrewScoble, which is a series of anecdotes of that Kina.---A. somewhat similar work under the title of Cltarac ter and Anecdotes of Charles 11., has also recently appeared, by the late Charles Barker, M.A. 12 : , e MARKETS. Money abundant, beginning at 6 per cent. Stocks languid, but few changes in price. Sterling ex change in moderate demand at 1091 I. Fair sales of cotton, but no change in quotations. Flour firmer, but sales chiefly for home demand. Provisions a little advanced. Mess pork (best) $l6. No alteration in freights. Middling cotton at Mobile, 9ic. ;at New Orleans, 91c. to 10c. Sales only moderate. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. A decree in the Moniteur of yesterday contains the rules for the execution of the sanitary conven tion concluded between France and various mari time powers. On the occasion of a visit by the Emperor to the new central market, several bouquets were pre sented to him by the women employed there, with warm thanks for the interest he expresses in the welfare of the working classes. Intelligence from Algeria states that the Gover nor-General was still amongst the Beni-Tsi, but that he was about to proceed to Ziama, the ancient Choba of the Romans, the ruins of which are to the west of the Isle of Mansouriah, in the Gulf of Bougia. The column of General M'Mahon was on its March on May 29, at the other side of the Ba bor, with a view, it was thought, to effect a junc tion with the column of the Governor-General. The situation of affairs was considered favourable. Business at the Bourse on Saturday was rather inactive, although prices in general met with a steady support, with a tendency towards still fur ther improvements at the termination of business. The closing prices indicate an advance of 25c. in the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., both for cash and the account ; of 50c. in the Three per Cents. for money, and of 65c. in the same description of stock for the end of the month. A decline of 15c. took place in Bank of France Shares. The final quota tions were :—For cash—Three per Cents., 78f. 90c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 f. 75c. For the account—Three per Cents., 78f. 80c. ; Four-and a- Half per Cents., 101 f. 75c. ; Bank Stock, 2,675 f. In the Railway Share Market there was still greater inactivity in business, and sales generally could only be effected by submitting to a reduction on the previous day's quotations. Closing prices : Northern, 895 f. ; Paris and Orleans, 1,060 f. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 902 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 915 f. ; Paris and Rouen, 1,035 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 752 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 735 f. ; Rouen and Havre, 5001. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 630 f. ; Caen and Cherbourg, 620 f. ; Dijon and Besancon, 530 f. ; Dieppe and Fecamp, 350 f. TURKEY. The following is a translation of the " Notes" that passed between the Russian Ambassador, Prince Menschikoff, and the Porte, on the subject of the Eastern dispute. The first paper is entitled " The Verbal Note communicated by the Ambas sador of Russia to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Porte :" " PERA, APRIL 19, 1853. " His Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affair; in taking cognisance, at his accession to office, of the nego tiations which have taken place, has seen the duplicity of his predecessors ; he must be persuaded how little re gard has been paid to the respect due to the Emperor of Russia, and how great is his magnanimity in offering to the Porte the means of getting out of the embarrassment which the bad faith of its Ministers has placed it in. They (the Ministers) have abused the good faith of their Sovereign in placing him in opposition to his own words, and placing him, as respects his ally and his friend, in a position which neither high decorum nor the Sovereign dignity can admit. " While wishing to be forgetful of the past, and though not demanding by way of reparation anything but the dismissal of a deceitful Minister and the open execution of solemn promises, the Emperor found himself obliged to require solid guarantees for the future. He requires them formal, positive, and securing the inviolability of the worship professed by the majority of the Christian subjects, as well of the Sublime Porte as of Russia, and, in fine, by the Emperor himself. He cannot desire others than those which he shall find henceforth in an in- strument equivalent to a treaty, or a treaty, and inde- pendent of the interpretations of an ill-advised and un scrupulous delegate ( d'un mandataire mud av:se - et peu consciencieux). "The delays which hare been occasioned hitherto in adopting a final decision on the propositions of the Am bassador of Russia oblige him to demand from the Porte a categorical reply, which he cannot await any longer. He demands consequently :-1. An. explicative Firman, the form of which is to be agreed to, concerning the key of the Church of Bethlehem, and the silver star placed on the Altar of the Nativity in the subterranean part of the same Sanctuary ; the possession of the grotto of Gethsemane by the Greeks, with the admission of the Latins to exercise therein their worship, but yet main taining the precedency of the orthodox, and their priority for the celebration of divine service in this Sanctuary ; and, in fine, in what relates to the common possession of the Greeks with the Latins of the gardens of Bethle hem, and the whole according to the basis discussed be tween his Excellency Rifaat Pasha and the Ambassador. " 2. A supreme order for the immediate repair by the Ottoman Government of the cupola of the Temple of the Holy Sepulchre, with the participation of the Greek Patriarch, without the intermeddling of a delegate of any other worship, for the walling up (cloture muree) of the harems having a view on the Sanctuary, and for the de molition of the harems contiguous to the cupola, if the possibility of that demolition be proved. " The Ambassador is charged with obtaining on these points a formal assurance and notification. "3. A Sened, or Convention, for the guarantee of the strict status quo of the privileges of the Catholic Greco- Russian worship, of the Church of the East, and of the Sanctuaries which are found in possession of that wor ship exclusively, or in participation with other rites at Jerusalem. " The Ambassador must repeat, in this place, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, that which he has already had occasion to express to him many times,—that Russia does not demand from the Porte political con cessions ; her desire is to tranquillize the consciences of the devout by the certainty of the maintenance of that which is, and of that which has always been practised thepeahc7einac .mteagst‘ 7th (19th) up to our times. "It is, then, in pursuance of the hostile tendencies which have been manifested for some years past to all which touches Russia that she requires, in the interest of the religious communities of the orthodox worship, an explicative and positive act of the guarantees—an act which would not affect in any degree either the other religions or the relations of the Porte with other Powers. " The Ottoman Cabinet will also please to weigh well in its wisdom the gravity of the offence committed, in comparing it with the moderation of the demands of reparation, and of the guarantees which the sentiment of legitimate defence might have placed in a sense more extensive and more peremptory. " The reply of the Minister of Foreign Affairs will indicate to the Ambassador the ulterior duties which he will have to fulfil, and which will not be otherwise than conformable to the maintenance of the dignity of the Government which he represents, and of the religion which he professes." The second is a " Note !addressed by the Am bassador of Russia to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sublime Porte " PERA, MAY 5. " The under-signed Ambassador of Russia had the honour to address to his Excellency the Minister of Fo reign Affairs of the Sublime Porte a confidential commu nication of the draught of an instrument calculated to offer to the Government of his Majesty the Emperor solid and inviolable guarantees for the future in the inte rest of the Eastern Orthodox Church. "The Ambassador thought that he might expect to meet, on the part of the Government of the Sublime Porte, an anxious desire to renew, on that basis, rela tions of good and cordial amity with Russia. He must confess, with deep regret, that he was shaken in that conviction, with which he had bees inspired from the beginning by the gracious reception of his Majesty the Sultan. " Animated, nevertheless, with that spirit of concilia tion and kindness which distinguishes the policy of his august master, the Ambassador did not reject the pre vious observations made to him by Rifaat Pasha, both as respects the form of the above-mentioned act and the tenor of some of the articles which were to be introduced into it. and distrust between the two Governments, a solemn "As . to the . contents and wording of the articles of that edeytA p lie tn r ffio e t: oa y saebdti t i cr o leatpsi u si:grii siereeatesdeunsunderstandingetliobaonotymtgeeeisidsve demands, rt bhae l ;and ndios tceua seeing osnsfdi othtnoe, with . profound . pain the procrastination of the Ottoman f o n ey a n Aloadit r i , rvnthsn d peoo t i rine h enrtg t i dvgrhl.alo order t teai h ri e e l to of, long form,rpc prevent vod t ef h neatt painfulreat hereafter Ambassadorye treaty. per ai el lnexperience maintainsoentheess t manner. considered o(olgrineVl:sne.deeect:ic u h ridnser.ltiae)osianro r inri feteotesnedismFgftoldh, y the Jerusalemtw o the orders, relative r o e f l a t t h i v e reached the Ambassador. He considers t e accompanying ylty i t s nesg Excellencyteeopie copies the cation to imply a continuation of negotiation as to the first sanctuaries c l e c t m a r Sepulchre, u s h i has ITALY. The Federal Council at Berne has addressed a a spirited exhortation (dringende mahnung) to the cantons, calling upon them to complete their mili tary contingents. General Dufaur has accepted a military command at the request of the military department. Count Karniclu, on leaving Berne, proceeded direct to Vienna. The sum of 1,445 f. has been sent from London for fie Ticinese, who have been expulsed from Lombardy. During the whole month of May the weather was uncommonly rainy, accompanied by severe thunderstorms. The silk crop will, it is feared, be COURT OF COMAION COUNCIL. A. Court was held at one o'clock on Saturday for the purpose of receiving the report of the Navigation Com mittee upon the subject of the Westminster-bridge Bill, now in Parliament. THE PRISON EXPENDITURE. , Alderman SIDNEY gave notice of the following im portant motion : " That it be referred to the Gaol Committee to take into consideration the of eptrheseecnitty7ad to excessive expenditure if any,andwhat, alterations connected with the prisons alterations may judiciously be recommended for adoption ; removeand espetchiealglyoai of t3co N n e si w d g er at i e f arntabetliperacjpuritiicsisaoainbleoetfiaonßu and eidriwcieiwsetlo and to consolidat e them under one ma nagement in connexion with the New Prison at Holloway; and, further, to consider the Several remonstrances pre sented by grand juries to the judges, during the past seve ral years, upon the want of proper accommodation to jurors and witnesses in attendance at the Central Criminal Court, and whether a comprehensive plan for the consoli dation of the prisons and for the construction of more con venient courts, with the necessary provision of a small house of detention for remanded prisoners and for prisoner ■ by day awaiting to be tried, would tend to the improve menttheof pricomfortson d d c i socni p v l e i n n i e e , n te o saving p o u f b t li h c e a d t t t e y n ' s d c i a s n g b u , po a n d the prosecution of offenders." I F e eh d ie ß ona l nws t L nb L yi sFusSt wished Finsbury d t d e falo d ymt in some learn ar s i got o ity m o ten e : whether n f hed M t en, h tt h r e: Bee D re p i atni E p hg hadlrsMshi IMPROVEMENTS J. JERSEYe t v nbEl sE at a r m riu i el o dE kean N de h Le T i e tao s n n h sc O hde a o P ico d u on L o ndp t dla l ca place, affordneti observed s e upon the subject. Sir J. DUKE said there was an error in the report, which stated that the second reading had taken place " last night," that stage of the bill having been deferred till Friday next. Mr. DE JERSEY then asked Sir J. Duke whether he c.);11 - 2. gi7e any information with respect to the City Terminus Bill ? Sir J. DUKE said that the President of the Board of Trade had informed him that the Government could not sanction the bill in its present shape, as they did n o t consider it to be in confo rm ity with the arrangements made in'the year 1845 for the improvement of the city of London. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR was much obliged by the eandid explanation of Sir James Duke, and expressed his belief that the information it conveyed would be received with satisfaction by the citizens of London. THE NEW WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE BILL. Mr. W. Simpson brought up the following report : "We whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Thames Navigation and Port of London Committee, to whom, on the 10th of February last, it was referred to consider the Westminster-bridge Bill, and to report thereon, do certify that your committee have considered the said bill, which purposes to authorise the construction of a bridge in the river Thames at Westminster, and have inspected the plans of the same, deposited according to the standing orders of Parliament, and it appearing to us that the height of the centre arch is not to be less than 25 feet 6 inches above high watermark, we did not propose to recommend your hon. Court to offer any objection to the said bill ; but the promoters of the said bill having since deposited an amended plan of the said new bridge, the height of the centre arch being only 20 above Trinity high watermark, we are of opinion that the erection of a bridge in the river Thames at Westminster, the height of the centre arch being only 20 feet above Trinity high water mark, will be a great obstruction to the navigation of the river ; and your committee therefore recommend that the said bill should be opposed by this hon. Court in the com mittee of the House of Commons, and that a petition should be presented by this hon. Court to the House of Commons against the said bill, and that Mr. Remembrance having by direction of your committee prepared the draught of a petition accordingly, they have approved thereof, and we submit the same to this hon. Court." The report was unanimously agreed to, and a petition founded upon it was adopted and ordered to be presented to Parliament. In answer to a question from Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, The LORD MAYOR said that Sir John Key, the Cham berlain, was ready to resign his gown the moment an alderman was prepared to take the office of senior alderman. The Court then adjourned. CRICKET. ROYAL HORSE GUAILDS v. 13TI LIGHT DRAGOONS. These two distinguished Regiments played on the Barrack-green, at Hounslow, on Friday, the 3d instant. Although the opponents of the Blues' score is' small, there was some excellent cricket. The band of the 13th added to the delight of the match during the afternoon. The following is the score : ROYAL RO:ISE GUAT,DS. First Innings. Second Innings. Corporal Venn,b Chamberlayne 13 b Jenyns, c Allen .... 30 D. Baillie, Esq., b Jay 3l bJay 35 Private Knight, b Jenyns ...... 4 b Doherty, c Hoak._ 6 Lord Stanhope, b Chamberlayne 11 b Jenyns l5 Capt. Hon. G. N. Mlles, b Jay, c Allen ~.., Hutchenson . .... 15 P_..:vate 7'horaimp. b Jay.... 0 'run out,. ".... - 10 Capt. Trelawny, b Jay 0 b Chaznberlayne...... 3 Private Thompson, b Chamber 7ayne 10 run opt. 9 CI- 3tain Baillie, run out 7 not 0ut...... 0 P...:vate Howard, not out I b Doherty, c Montgo- _ mery - 1 Inglis Jones, Esq., run out 4 b Jenyns, c Allen... 6 byes 8, leg b 1, w balls 5, no b 3 Total 123 Total ...,.161 13TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, First Innings. Private Jay, b Venn ll b Venn... Private Hook, b Stanhope 9 not out... Capt. Jenyns, b Venn, s Thomp son 3 b Venn 6 Montgomery, Esq., b Stanhope 7 b Stanhope 0 Col. Doherty, b Venn, c Venn 16 b Venn 6 Captain Good, b Stanhope l2 b Stanhope, c Miller 6 Captain Tremayne, b Venn_ 0 b Stanhope ... 1 Private Allen, b Venn 4 b Venn, s Thompson 2 D. Chamberlayne, b Venn._ 0 b Vcnn, c Jones 0 Hon. M. H. Hutchenson, b Venn, c Trelawny.. 0 a b sent Private Mclnnis, not out.. 0 absent byes 6, wide balls 1 7 byes 2, w balls, 1b 1 4 Second Innings Total 69 Total 22 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK MIS DAY. At Lords—A to Kv.Lto Z of the M.C.C. At Oxford—The Harlequins v. Quidnuncs. At Leeds—Leeds v. Bradford. At Bow—Bow v. Islington Albion. To-MORRow. At Lord's—The above match concluded At Sheffield—The above match resumed. At the Oval-1 he Oval Club v. the Kingston Union. At Southwell—Nottinghamshire Club v. Staffordshire Rangers. WEDNESDAY. At Sheffield—The above match concluded. At Southwell—The above match concluded. At Southgate—Southgate v. Canonbury, At Sevenoaks— Vine Club v. Holmesdale Club. THURSDAY. At Lord's—The M.C.C. and Ground v. University of Cambridge (return match). At Eton—Eton College v. Oxford Harlequins. I. ZINGARI v. RITGBAANS. This match was played at Rugby last week, the "Wan derers" playing under heavy difficulties by the non appearance of all their brethren, when, in consequence of this defection, Rugby absolutely ran away with the match. This was the ultimate score : RUGBZANS. First Innings. Second Innings. T. W. Wills, Esq., b Tredcroft 8 b Mostyn 0 A. Keene, Esq., b Tredcroft,... 10 run out 2O J. Parsons, Esq., b Mostyn i n 0 c and b Mostyn l6 R. Clement, Esq., b Trecic-oif, 1 c Dyke b Mostyn 4O W. J. Kempson, Esq., b Most: i n 49 b Mostyn B5 H. Clifford, Esq., b Mostyn ... 5 b Fiennes 1 B. Helme, Esq., b Trederoi'i, .. 2 c Mostyn b Tredcroft 15 T. Sale, Esq., b Tredcro.:, C. Bowen, Esq., b Most, n 2 not out 22 J. Clarke, Esq., b Tradero:t... 15 run out . 2 W. Bullock, Esq., not out 22 c Tredcroft b Mostyn 16 byes 11, legs 3 wide, 3 . l7 byes 6, wide 12... 18 Total . 135 I Z:NGABI. Total 243 First Innings. Second Innings. Lord Paget, b Sale 5 b Sale . 1 Hon. J. Fiennes, b Sale 5 c Keene, b Wills„ 0 E. Taswell, Esq., c Clarke, b _ _ . - 2 c Clarke, b Sale ...... 11 Sale E se s y q , ., b l b sal w b Wills 0 3 neokt,eoeunte.: ... .. Sale,,,, 3O Wills ........ .......... ... ......... 9 b Wills .................. 16 Hon. W. Cooke, c Clarke, b T EL . o.l l Tr os Ge t di y ic n erorn , it, Esq., Keene.. c Sale, b 30 s Bowen, b Wills ...... 0. Barnes, Esq.,* c Bullock, b Sale .. ........ 0 b Sale .................. A. Graham, Esq.,* b Keene... 14 c Kempson, b Wills.. 12 9 P. H. Dyke, Esq.,* c Cl ement, b Clarke.. ............... ... ..... . 4 b Sale ........... C. Sawyer, Esq.,* not 0ut...... 1 c and b Wills . . .... 1 byes 3, wide 4 ................. 7 lega l, wide 3 4 Total .... . • 64 ........... 80 ... . * These were the " necessitated" men. ... .. The Rughaaans Won by 234 runs. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Gips Queen, a Scotch clipper, o f D undee, Horsman mastery passed up channel this morning, about a league off the Eddystone. Wind light. She was ninety-five days from Melbourne, and forty from the Cape. She has a ton of silver and half a ton of gold on board, with fifteen passengers, all from Melbour ne . N one l an d e d . She has had a b eau tiful passage. THE ROUND HILL, BRIGHTON.—The ninth purchase of land for the Conservative Land Society has just been made at Brighton. The estate is known as the Round Hill, not far from St. Peter's church, at the top of the Steyne, and commands extensive views of the sea, town t o the , and new surrounding promenade aed. both country. ‘o:hh et property o Th L e eßvreilgl ta oond isains closeand t t the short distance from the station, from which the estate can be seen. The Round Hill being within the limits of the borough, gives votes eastern division of the county of Sussex.