The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-27 00:00:00

WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tms DAY _Morning 58 cnin.after 10 Evening 20 min.aft 11 To-Moßitow—Morning 0 min.after 0 i Evening 57 min.aft. 11 THEATRE ROYAL DRI7RY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Duo. 27, Will be performed GWYNNETH VAUGHAN. Characters by Messrs. Belton and Morgan, Miss Featherstone, &c. After which, DELICATE ATTENTIONS. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, H.AYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Dac. 27, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Backstone, and W. Farren ; Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Miss E. Grey. After which, a Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall: Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING. DEC. 27. Will be performed THE LANCERS ; or, The Gentleman's Son, Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon. and D. Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be produced a new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, air. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. • LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestrie. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, Will be performed A BACHELOR OF AETS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After which, an original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by air. Wright and Madame Vestris. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. Rare Christmas Amusements—The Great Attraction of London— " One of the Sights of London"—The Sea of Ice and Marvellous Adelphi Effects in the exciting new Nautical Drama of " THE THIRST OF GOLD," every Evening—A new Grand Fairy Spec tacle, NUMBER NIP. THIS EVENING, DEC. 27, And during the Week, the Popular New Nautical Melo•drama, in five tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE THIRST OF GOL D , or TYIE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLO WER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster , Keeley' Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, Soc. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, &c. ; with an entirely new grand specta cular legendary Ch r istmas piece, in two act=, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointment,' called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, MISS M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; MeFsrs. Paul Redford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Dac. 27, (And during the week), Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal charactera by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. Alter which, a new historico-geographical CIIRIATMAS PAN TOMIME, called HARLEQUIN COLUMBUS; or, The Old World and the New. Harlequin, Mr. F. Moreland; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Rochcz; an:l Columbine, Miss Wyndham. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPIIITHEITRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Grand combination of attraction for the holidays. The only Eques trian Pantomime iu the Metropolis, and the wonderful Performing Elephants. THIS EVENING, Dec. 27, ( Ind during the week.) The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or, THE MAGIC GONG— in which Mr. W. Cooke's wondro is Elephants will appear. Followed by a series of Mr. Wrn. Cooke's matchless scenes of Equestrianism in TIIE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes of this establishment. After which, a New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC PANTOMIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUT FOS'S ,TOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; Or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite. New scenery, dre'ses, decorations. and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings; Columbine, „ Mdl!e. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradnury. A MORNING PERFORMANCE on JAN. 2, commencing at two Juvenile Night on THURSDAY, JAN. 5, when the Comic Panto-, mime will continence the Performance . _ _ .. .............., _ Box-al:co open trom Eleven Mt Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. THE WEATIIEII.—Sum OFFICE, Dcc. 27. THER3fOMETEII, IN TIIE SHADE. 40 —highest since noon vcsterday. 31—lowest this morning and during the night. 35—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'95. WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, and fine, frosty wea,ther• Some slight snow in the night. ~~1=5%J :'y ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1853. Wearisome though the Russo-Turkish question has become, it is nevertheless essential to observe the latest phase in its complication. To do so just now is one of the most irksome and disheart ening duties of the journalist. Irksome and dis heartening—it is, however, we repeat, absolutely and imperatively requisite. It is requisite in order to keep the public through the publicist au courant with the affairs of the day, and in order to acquaint the community with the relative situ ation of the interests of the various states of Christendom. If, with this latter object especially in view, we direct a cursory glance at this mo ment over the European continent, we shall dis cover, in the attitude assumed by England, and France, and Austria, and Prussia, and Russia, and Turkey, extraordinary cause indeed for dis quietude as to the ultimate consequence. In Turkey we discover a Government com pelled to exhaust its resources and its ener gies by supporting an enormous army and a considerable navy on a war footing for the pur pose of withstanding the hostile advance of a neighbouring power, and in the hope of avenging a series of execrable and sanguinary wrongs. In Russia we observe a vast and unwieldy des potism gathering together from all sides—from the shores of the Baltic and of the Caspi an , Fi ns, and Swedes, and Calmucks, and Persians—to support a lawless and ambitious adventurer in the perpetration of one of the most heinous political crimes ever attempted since the dawn of civilisa tion. In Prussia we perceive the least of the princi pal powers of Europe maintaining a balance of policy that may at any instant be allowed to pre ponderate on either side, according as events may render advisable the close, to the right or to the left, of this prolonged equilibrium. In Austria we remark that suspicious tacitur nity as to the rights involved in this protracted discussion, which renders it doubtful whether gratitude for aid in the Hungarian war, or a ter ritorial greed for tidbits like the province of Montenegro, may lead, sooner or later, to the identification of the views entertained in the Cabinets of Vienna and St. Petersburg. In France we discover a powerful and generous race pledged by its thrice-elected ruler to a pacific line of policy—pledged by that noble and mag nanimous declaration of NAPOLEON 111., at Bor den; " 'Empire c'est la paix," that assurance, the sincerity of which the EMPEROR has since then an gloriously vindicated : in France, we see a Nwerful and generous race thus pledged by its Sovrart. ' ll nll--eager to redeem that pledge by its concession s , and yet burning to rebel the audacity of the Russian. A UTOCRAT, and to vindicate the outraged rights of T urkish independence. In England, last and most remarkable we beh o ld one of the mightiest, if s p ec tacle of all, not the mightiest, of the powers on the globe, acting po litical Marplot of chri,tend as the Christendom justify ing the indecision of Prussia, Pandering to the sinister designs of Austria, hanging like a clog on the energy and magnanimity of F rance, desert ing Turkey, and truckling to Russia, assuming the boastful pride of a sham protec tor towards the SULTAN, and all the while trembling before th e ambition and audacity of the AUTOCRAT. A nd all these ills, the fruits of an unprincipled Coali tion ! We have sown the storm and We are reap ing the whirlwind. We have sown Aberdeenism and we are reaping Disgrace. It is the natural consequence of our temerity in consenting a year since to the committal of the destinies of the country to the keeping of a hybrid Whig-Tory-Radical-Conservative Government. Eleven months have elapsed, or nearly elapsed since the beginning of that R usso-Turkish ques tion, which is still in the slow agony of a pro gressive development. And what, let us ask, is the latest change in the kaleidoscopic variations of this deplorable subject of contention ? Why, it is a fitting sequel to our long series of melancholy and craven negotiations. It is this—it is actually as follows this latest information received by way of Vienna, from Constan tinople. That the Austrian Internuncio at the Sublime Porte, communicated to the British, French, and Prussian Ambassadors a despatch, informing them that the SULTAN has consented graciously to send a Plenipotentiary to the Con ferences, provided the Russians evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia—BUT, acids the news, " the Am bassadors of the three Powers have been instructed to urge the SULTAN not to insist on this condition, and to assure him that the integrity of the Turkish empire is to be maintained, and that the Principalities shall be restored as soon as the dispute with Russia shall have been settled !" Was there ever such wretched folly, such despicable timidity, such perverse violation of logic, or such odious disregard to all the nobler dictates of magnanimity ? The SULTAN is urged not to insist upon the Russians evacuating the Principalities, and yet he is to credit the assertion of the Powers that the integrity of the Turkish Empire is to be maintained ! Why, than this, England has lately heard of nothing more contemptible or more preposterous— excepting that miserable little incident of Lord PALMERSTON'S huff with the Cabinet, followed by his withdrawal of his resignation—an incident, the closing absurdity of which, by the way, it is not surprising to find caused a fall in the funds at the Paris Bourse yesterday. No—glose over these events, as we may, through a fear of wounding our national self-esteem, it is impossible to deny that the Russo-Turkish Question from first to last has reflected only infamy upon England —that the passage of the Pruth has been a disgrace to our statesmanship and the Vienna Note a disgrace to our diplomacy—that the mas sacre at Sinope has imprinted a stain upon our banners such as cannot be very readily obliterated, and that for all this lamentable past the people of these islands have reason to be grateful to the imbecility and pusillanimity of the ABERDEEN Government. Considerable alarm has been occasioned among commercial men by the extraordinary facts brought to light during the investigation of the case of Mr. S. L. OPPENHEIM, before Mr. Commissioner FANE, at the Court of Bankruptcy, on Monday last—facts, too, that may exercise a very preju dicial influence on our foreign trade, unless ade quate means be forthwith adopted to redress a serious grievance, for which at present there is not only no sufficient remedy, but where the law itself inflicts the injury on innocent parties. In the case of OPPENHEIM, it appeared that a bill of exchange for 3001. sterling had been discounted by the London and Westminster Bank in the or dinary course of business. This bill purported to have been drawn at Natal in the month of De cember, 1852, and was accepted by him in duo course. It would, if bona fide, which it purported to be, have been, as a foreign bill of exchange, exempted from the operation of the Stamp Laws ; it was therefore drawn on blank paper. During the course of the inquiry, however, it turned out that the bill was not merely accepted, but also drawn, in London, and that, though dated at Natal in December, 1852, it was actually alto gether concocted in Broad-street-buildings, in the City of London, in May, 1853. That there was a flagrant breach of the law none could deny. That there was a gross fraud upon the national revenue was equally palpable. But who were the sufferers ? Not the parties by whom the evasion of duty was planned and carried into execution ; not those who profited by the false pretence, who put in their pockets the duty of which the Inland Revenue had been defrauded. Far from it ! It was the innocent holders, who had given the full and fair value for the security, who had every reason to suppose it genuine and what it was re presented to be. This was unquestionably wrong, but what follows is still more monstrous. Who was the gainer ? The person who, if not the concoctor of the fraud, was at least particeps criminis, and who was permitted not merely to gain Bs. 6d. at the expense of the national ex chequer, but 3001. at the expense of the London and Westminster Bank ! The assertion is startling, but it is true nevertheless. It was at the counting-house of Mr. OPPENHEIM that the bill was drawn and accepted, with his full and perfect knowledge and concurrence. It was through him that it was sent into circulaiton, and it was his estate that profited by the proof of the debt being expunged. There is no principle more generally recognised than that " a man shall not profit by his own wrong," that he shall " be estopped from setting up any unrighteous de fence," or " denying the truth of what he had himself asserted in reference to the transaction." This is a straightforward, honest doctrine, which no Judge would suffer to be even controverted. But in the present instance, although on the face of the document it was stated to have been drawn at Natal, and though the bankrupt, by accepting it, virtually admitted the fact in the most solemn and deliberate manner, he is permitted to deny it subsequently ; and be it recollected, not for the purpose of enabling the Government to recover the unpaid stamp duty, but to enable the acceptor of the bill to exonerate his estate from a just and righteous demand. Can this be right ? Most decidedly not. But it is not merely the injustice Of the law that has excited such serious appre hensions—it is its impolicy ; for its practical operation must be to render all unstamped bills unnegotiable, to prevent the ordinary banking facilities from being afforded to foreign merchants, and thus, by cutting off credit, to inflict a heavy blow and great di scouragement on the tra d e an d c ommerce of the country. The advocates of the present system—for, monstrous and indefensible as it is, it still has advocates among red-tapists, who with a pert sneer tell us that it is ,c necessary for the protec tion of the revenue—may tell us that it is analo gous to a case of forgery, wh ere an i nnocent holder may be mulcted of his property. Th e cases are, however, by no means similar. Under a forgery, the holder canno t, of co urse, recover against the alleged acceptor , but he c an against every bona fide party to the bill, or at least against every person cognisant of the fraud. The bona fide endorser, who had received actual value, or who by his endorsement had given the world to understand that such had been the case, could not set up as a defence that the name of the acceptor, drawer, or of any previous endorser, had been forged. By his signature he had recognised the validity of the document, and would not subsequently be permitted to impeach it. A forgery, in fact, is not by any means so mischievous a transaction, in a legal point of view, as the fictitious statement that a bill has been drawn abroad, for the forgery only would partially, while the enormous statement of the place of drawing would totally, vitiate the docu ment. In a case of forgery, the estate of forger or utterer would be liable, in that of misdescrip tion it would be exonerated. And yet, the wilful and deliberate forger is not merely transported for life, but sent to a penal settlement, while the drawer or acceptor of a fictitious foreign bill may receive—a first-class certificate !I ! But it is not merely a solitary instance of the kind that was brought under notice. The bankrupt merely acknowleged that, during the two years he was in business, he had been a party to similar bills, to the amount of no less than 4,0001., but also deliberately stated —and there is no reason to doubt the truth of the assertion—that it is " a com mon custom with many London houses !" This is, indeed, alarming ! This may well create a profound sensation t Measures should at once THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1853. be taken to devise a remedy for this fearful state 1 of affairs ! We are quite convinced that Mr. OPPENHEIM, or the parties to whom he alluded, had, or have, no intention of defrauding the par ties with whom they bave been or are dealing, but the practice is no less dangerous, and deserves the prompt attention and decided reprehension of a commercial community. We may be " a Nation of Shopkeepers"—we do not deprecate the desig nation ; but if so, it is only the more incumbent on us to remove the blot from the national statute book• with as little delay as possible, to remedy the absurd mistake into which Parliament was be trayed by a Chancellor of the Exchequer, who thought that everything should be subservient to the revenue, and that the only thing to be re garded was the mode by which that revenue could most easily be collected. MONEY MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There was a holiday yesterday in the cotton market at Liverpool. The letters by the Europa steamer from New York have not yet been delivered. The specie on board amounts to 875,000 dollars. The Anna Mary from Sydney brings no later dates, but 3,489 ounces of gold. The Matilda Wattenbach sailing ship which took out the Australian Mail from Liverpool on the 3d inst., has put in to Lisbon dismasted. The accounts via Marseilles by the overland mail represent business as being rather dull, owing to the Hindoo holidays, and the sales of piece goods at Bombay were at low prices compared with the like period of 1852. Money was getting dearer. The China markets were still deranged by the war. The funds have been unsteady—Consols, which were 93/ to 94, being now 941 to for the opening. A fair business is doing, considering this is holiday week. The New 31 per Cents. have been 951 to and the 3 per Cents. 931 to 941. Bank Stock is firm at 220. Exchequer Bills remain at 3s. to 6s. premium. In the Foreign Market . business is extremely inactive, and prices are heavy. Mexican Bonds are 24k, being previous prices. Peruvian Bonds are depressed, being 68k. There is a decline of per cent. in Portuguese Four per Cents., the quo tation being 43, and Dutch Four per Cents. are similarly affected, being 96. No bargains are re corded in Russian or South American Securities. There is very little doing in Railway Shares, but the tendency in particular lines is rather to im prove. Caledonian have risen 10s. to 15s. on Satur day's prices, Lancashire and Yorkshire 55., and most others are a shade better. Midland and North British are scarcely so firm. French shares are steady, and Paris and Strasbourg and Northern of France are rather higher. Gold Mine Shares are wholly neglected, and the Joint Stock Banks are very dull. Australian Agricultural Shares are about 10s. to 15s. lower, and the South Australian have fallen about N. Crystal Palace shares are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From the Official List. ) Business dons. Bank Stock . 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3i 41 New 3+ per Cent. Annuities 9 s+ ti i South Sea Old Annuities 99+ Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 94 3i 4; Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 11500 3 6 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4. per Ceut. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent. 43 Dividends on the above payable - in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ...... HALF-PAST TIVO. Consols for Opening 18th January 941 x d MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. These markets are closed until the 3d of January. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/ 10s ; clover ditto, 4/ 5s to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. A short supply, and a brisk demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 3/ 15s to 5/ 12s ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s; and straw, 1/ 163 to 2/ 5s per load. Supply limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ 10s to 5110 s; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 4s per load. Trade steady. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Dec. 28.--Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ; light breezo, and fine, frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind, E. to N.W. Arrived— Fanny, Callao. FALMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind, N.E.—Arrived —Nurmis, YARMOUTH, Dec. 26,—The Eliza, Onega to London, has arrived in the Roads with damage, and very leaky, having struck on tho bar at Archangel. DEAL, 27.—Wind, N.W., moderate. Arrived—Father Mathew, Quebec. Arrived from the river, and sailed— Merchantman, Port-Philip ; Countess of Zetland, Cape of Good Hope; Jane, Barbadoes ; J. G. Heeksher, New York. COWES, Dec. 26.—Wind, light and variable. Arrived —Thomas Ellah, Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 26.—Wind, E. Arrived Leemo, Akyali, for Schuderm ; Edwin, Now York for Antwerp. PENZANCE.—Arrived—Choice, Cardiff for London, with damage, and one man washed overboard ; leaky. GUERNSEY, Dec. 25.—The Reindeer, of N. Yarmouth, Monte Video for London, struck yesterday on the Sam bule Rock, and soon after sank in 12 to 14 fathoms water —master and mate drowned. An attempt will be made to raise her. CHRISTIANSA.ND, Dec. 12.—The Hammond, of Belfast Memel to Belfast, put in on the sth inst., leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. The Aberdonian, of Aberdeen, Archangel to London (63 days), put in on the 9th inst., leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard. MAuniTius, Nov. s.—The Annie, of Cape Town, and Druid, Hobart Town to Singapore, have been lost in Torres Straits—crew saved. The Candahar, Batavia to London, put in on the 24th Oct., leaky, and is discharging. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind N., moderate; snowing. Arrived—Persian, (s. s.) from the Mediterranean; De mosthenes, Ibraila ; Mercurius, Rotterdam. Off Port—Covenanter ship, and Lisbon brig. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, TUESDAY, 10 A.M. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind N. W. ; tide high water, fine. Arrived Caroline, from Dunkirk ; Deborah, Sines ' • Antonia, Gothenberg ; Margreta, Holbeek ; Olive, Geno a . DEAL, TUESDAY, 9 A.M. Wind N.W., moderate, and cloudy. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.—The weather has been intensely cold since Friday last, and the frost, having again set in with great severity, caused the orna mental water in the various Royal Parks to become again covered with ice. Notwithstanding the precau tions issued by the Royal Humane Society, a great num ber of persons ventured upon the frozen waters, and a number of immersions occurred, owing to the ice giving way. At one time, five lads were under wate r i n St. James's Park ; but from the inquiries made, it is under stood that no life was lost. THE POST-OFFICE AND THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.— Yesterday the employes of the Post-office were privileged by the authorities with a partial holiday. The London district postmen were permitted by the Postmaster- General to finish their town duty for the day, after the noon delivery ; and those in the couitry districts enjoyed, so far as practicable, a short respite. The delivery of letters by the general post, after the arrival of the mid day mails, was also discontinued ; but the evening despatch of the mails, outward, took place as usual ; the correspondence, however, was very scanty, th e heaviest part of it taking place in the newspaper depart ment, in which, as might have been expected, b u t littl e change occurred. There being comparatively but a small number of letters posted in the after part of the day, the sub-sorters of the district office were relieved from the midnight duty. So far as can be learned, this is the first time, during the last quarter of a century, that any such holiday has been given to the hard-worked men in this branch of the public service upon any d a y excepting those of Good Friday and Christmas-day. When those days have hitherto fallen upon the Sabbath day, the business of the office has been carried on as usual. There is every reason to believe that, in conse quence of this important concession on the part of the Postmaster-General being made known on Saturday, a large number of the principals of the various mercantile establishments in the City were induced yesterday to close their establishments._ FEARFUL COLLISION ON LUDGATE-HILL AND PROBABLE Loss or LlFE.—Last night, about nine o'clock, a col lision of a frightful character happened at the foot of Ludgate-hill, of which the following are the particu lars :—lt appears that as one of the cabs belonging to the Eastern Counties Railway was proceeding past St. Paul's Cathedral, the horse attached to the vehicle took fright, and dashed down the hill at a terrific pace. Several persons crossing the road had very narrow escapes, but the cabman managed to keep the affrighted animal clear of passing vehicles until it came to the foot of the hill, where, however, the horse drove against the back of another cab proceeding in the same direction, and the consequence was that the driver of the foremost cab was thrown from his seat, and he pitched upon his head, which was so seri ously injured that the poor fellow's face became covered with blood. He was removed to a surgeon's immedi ately, but it is feared that his injuries will terminate fatally. His cab was likewise greatly broken, and the teeth of the other horse stuck into the back panelling, making an indentation of at least an inch deep. The horse in the hindermost cab was so much injured that it was left lying at the corner of Farringdon-street to be killed. The driver of this vehicle only saved his life by clinging to the Royal Society's fire escape, at the corner of New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; and Harms worth, the conductor of the machine, having the presence of mind to scotch the wheel of the cab, no further mischief happily took place. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Telegraphic advices have been received from Con stantinople of the 15th inst. It is affirmed that the Divan accepts the resumption of negotiations. The allied fleet have not yet entered the Black Sea. Violent tempests had taken place. Eighty mer chant vessels had been lost. The price of corn has risen from 25 to 50 piastres. A number of vessels have been freighted. War has been officially de clared by Persia. The rupture between the Schah and the British representative has been ; notified by him to the consuls. The whole Russian fleet has left Sinope, after having stayed there for two days for repairs. A despatch from M. de Bruck the Austrian Inter nuncio at Constantinople, was on the 20th inst. communicated to the Ambassadors of Great Bri tain, France, and Prussia. The news contained in this document is, on the whole, satisfactory. The Porte will send a Plenipotentiary to the con ferences, provided the Russians evacuate Moldavia and Wallachia. The Ambassadors of the three Powers have been instructed to urge the Sultan not to insist on this condition, and to assure him that the integrity of the Turkish empire is to be maintained, and that the Principalities shall be restored as soon as the dispute with Russia shall have been settled. Other advices from Constantinople inform us that the Turks would consent to no terms unless the Principalities were first evacuated. On the contrary, the Porto seems determined to push on the war, and an expedition was about to sail for Sebastopol. It was also considered very unlikely that the Emperor of Russia, after his late successes, would consent to any negotiation based on the evacuation of the Principalities. The following is from a Copenhagen correspon dent, dated Dec. 19 : " Very strange intelligence arrives from the Rus sian Baltic provinces, which I have no doubt will interest you. The lieval detachment of 4,000 men has gone into winter quarters. Helsingfors is on a military footing. A large man-of war fleet lies close to the fortress, and in the northern harbour are anchored the man-of-war Andreas and three colossal frigates, one of which is the Finnish frigate Olof. In Cronstadt, new and most extensive forti fications are going on. As to Finland generally, a hitherto unheard-of step has been taken. The grena diers will probably be stationed along the coast from Viborg to Helsingfors, and in the north of Finland proclamations have been read in the churches inviting the peasantry to enter the Rus sian army as recruits. But, not content with this, the Russian recruiting agents have made the same slight mistake of meant and taunt, as Russia has already done in so many countries, and have com menced recruiting in those parts of Sweden which lie nearest to the Finnish border. It has been re marked that this latter step is a decided proof that Russia has the most friendly intentions towards its " old ally," Sweden, for otherwise it would not think of filling its ranks with born Swedes. The Gazette de St. Petersboarg contains the fol lowing bulletin, sent by General Prince Beboutoff to the Com.mander in-Chief of the Russian army in the Caucasus, and dated the 3d inst. : " I have already in my last report informed your Highness of the retreat of the Turkish corps from Bayandoury upon Kars on the 25th ult., and of my marching in pursuit on the 25th. I added, that not being able to overtake the enemy, I fell back upon Bask-Shouragel, where I took up my quarters. "On the 30th ult. I was informed that the said Turkish corps rallied before reaching Kara, and, that again concentrated in the vicinity of Subotane, they had formed a camp nea r th e h am l e t o f Bash-Kadyk Lar. I resolved at once upon compelling the enemy to accept battle, with a view to their punishment, by a decisive defeat, for the outrage and robberies perpetrated by the Turks on our territories previous to the commence ment of hostilities. "Early on the let December I advanced against the enemy. My force consisted of one battalion and three companies of the Constantin Nicolajewitsh Grenadiers, three battalions and three companies of the Cesarewitch Carabineers, one battalion of your Highness's Chasseurs ; the Ist and 2d battalion of the Prince of Warsaw In fantry, one battalion of Caucasian Rangers, two compa nies of Caucasian Sappers, the regiment of Wurtemberg Dragoons, the 4th Don Cossacks, one regiment of Cos sacks of the line, three sotnias (hundreds) of detached Cossacks, 21 heavy battery and Ist light battery of the Caucasian Grenadiers, the sth heavy battery of the 21st Brigade of Artillery, the 7th battery of the Don Cos sacks, and one sotnia of mounted militia. "After ascending the heights in front of the hamlet of Ougonzly, I saw the Turkish troops fully prepared for the fight. They marched out from their camp near Bash- Kodyk-Lar, and took up a position on the heights in front of that hamlet, at some little distance from the hamlets of Grazlo and Gamza-Kerial. I advanced immediately to within two gunshot distance from the enemy's lines, when I formed my troops in order of battle, and then marched upon the Turks. My first line, composed of the Ist battalion of your High ness's chasseurs, two battalions of Prince of Warsaw Infantry, and seven heavy batteries under Major-Gene ral Kishinsky, was directed against the centre of the enemy's position. Against the regular cavalry of the Turks, and the numbers of their Kurdish auxiliaries, I pushed at the same height with the first line on the left four squadrons of Wurtemberg Dragoons, four pieces of Cossack artillery, and seven sotnias of Cossacks, under Major-General Raggownt. " In the rear and to the right of our first line I placed en echelon, two squadrons of Wurtemberg Dragoons, four guns ofg,the flying battery, and two sotnias of Cos sacks, under Major-G enera l Prince Tsharichavadze, for on this side our right was threatened by the Kurds and by two regiments of Turkish horse. "My second line consisted of two battalions of the Constantin Nicolajewitsh Grenadiers and two batta lions of the Cesarewitsh Carabineers, under Major- General Prince Mukhranski. The 3d and 4th battalions of the Carabineers, the Ist Light Battery, and the 4th Don Cossacks, formed the reserve. "At noon my first line had taken up its position, and the cannonade commenced on various points. We worked 16 guns, and the Turks worked 20. As the fire of the artillery could only serve to increase the slaughter, I was desirous of terminating it, and my batteries had scarcely opened upon the enemy, when I prepared to dislodge the Turks at the point of the bayonet. " For this purpose I detached from the second line the Cesarewitch Grenadiers, and placed them under Major- General Prince Orbeliani, and the Constantin Nicolaje witqh Grenadiers, under Prince Bagration. These two de tachments were ordered to march to the left of our first line, ascend the heights, and attack the right of the Turkish position. This manoeuvre was most admirably executed. Notwithstanding their obstinate resistance, the Turks were driven back and compelled to give up part of their position. I am sorry to say that Prince Orbeliani received two wounds in the course of this attack. •' In the meantime our cavalry under Major-General Raggowut, pressed closer and closer upon the Turkish horse, and at the charge of the Grenadiers and Carabi neers a column of four squadrons of Dragoons rushed simultaneously upon the enemy's squares, and, sup ported by the Infantry, drove them upon the Turkish left. On this occasion we took 22 guns from the Turks. " While these events were taking place on our left, our artillery was still busy in the centre. Our extreme right, under Major-General Kishinski, was clossly pressed by part of the Turkish horse, and the Turks had, moreover, detached four battalions from their centre, which, posted in a ravine between their position and our first line, opened upon us from that point. But our artillery and infantry repulsed the Turkish horse, and their detachment, which occupied the ravine, fell (upon seeing the advantages gained by our grenadiers and carabineers) back upon their centre, and soon afterwards took to flight. " When the combat commenced we had on our right only certain hordes of Kurds and two regiments of Turkish horse, but when this force deployed, and ad vanced against Prince Tsharichavadze, it was found that the Turkish cavalry was supported by four pieces of artillery and six battalions of foot. This circumstance compelled the Prince to make several attacks against the enemy's infantry and cavalry, in order to remove them from our right. The contest continued to 3 p.m., and terminated on this point likewise with a general rout of the Turkish forces. Our dragoons took two field pieces. "Although the Turkish horse endeavoured to cover the flight of their foot, still we pursued them until late in the evening." We were in total ignorance of the more immediate cause of the catastrophe at Sinope, but the Augsburg Gazette now gives some perfectly satisfactory in formation on the subject. Immediately after the arrival of the Egyption fleet in the Bosphorus it was affirmed at Constantinople that the allied fleets were to enter the Black Sea, and the Porte formed the adventurous project of wresting the Crimea from the Russians. The plan was not long concealed from the Russians, and, in consequence of positive information received, some of the troops originally intended to form part of the army in the Danubian Principalities were sent by General Liiders to the Crimea. The united fleets did not enter the Black Sea, and the Porte, being obliged to relinquish its original plan, resolved to send the materiel of war and the money which had been prepared for the expedition to some Circassian port. The arma ments were kept as secret as possible, and the fleet, —consisting of two squadrons—which was to con vey the artillery, ammunition, &c., to the moun taineers, was placed under the command of Os man Pasha, a resolute man and a good seaman. The latter left on the 11th of November, and at the same time the allied Turco-Egyptian fleet sailed into the Black Sea in order to attract the attention of the Russian admiral, and to mask Osman Pasha's expedition. After cruising during 18 days without seeing a single Russian sail, the Turkish fleet re turned to the Bosphorus under the impression that the fear of meeting the Anglo-French fleet had in duced Prince Menschikoff to remain quiet in the port of Sebastopol. The Russian admiral must, however, have been exactly informed of what was intended, for, without troubling himself about the maim fleet, he had Osman Pasha's raoyements care, fully observed. The latter, by means of his steamers, soon became aware that the enemy was on his traces, and he therefore sought safety in the roads of Sinope. The Russians had, however, resolved to strike a heavy blow, and on the 30th of Novem ber the squadron was destroyed. The news, of course, made a great impression on the war party in the Divan, "but a still greater one on the officers of the French and English fleets. who felt that every ball which had struck the Turkish ships had also morally hit the vessels of the allied fleets, which, almost at the same tim e th a t the catastro phe took place, had got up a m oc k fi g ht f or th e edification of the inhabitants of Constantinople." LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) DISCHARGE OF A BANKRUPT FROM CUSTODY ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCES. An application was made to his Honour to discharge a bankrupt out of custody, being bankrupt on his own petition. His Honour ultimately gave the discharge, on condi tion of the bankrupt entering into his own recognizance in 100/. to appear and surrender in due course. His Honour said it was an unusual application, but the con dition was absolutely necessary to prevent bankrupts from getting their liberty and then absconding. The court would by this process have a control over the bankrupt. An order for discharge was then made out. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.) NUMEROUS CASES OF CRUELTY. George Felton, appeared before Mr. Hardwick, in answer to a summons granted at the instance of Hr. Middleton, secretary to the Royal Society for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals, charging him with driving a horse in an unfit condition. David Watson, one of the society's officers, stated that on the Ist instant he saw the defendant driving a horse and cart in Oxford-street. Under the pad of the saddle was a wound about the size of a crown piece, and a piece of sacking was adhering to it. Another wound was on the horse's back ; and altogether the animal was not in a fit state to work. Fined ss. and costs. Jacob Shell was next charged with a similar offenc , !. Smith, a constable belonging to the society above alluded to, stated that on the 10th instant he was. in Crown-street, Soho, when he saw the defendant driving a horse and cart laden with coals, and on examining the horse's back he found a wound on it about the size of his hand. The horse was also in a very poor condition. Fined 10s. and costs. John, Southam, was fined ss. and costs for the like offence. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 26. The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, walked in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, went out shooting this forenoon, attended by the Earl of Listowel, Lord Alfred Paget, Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Capt. Hon. D. Ros. The Duke and Duchess of Nemours visited her Majesty to-day. The Duke of Newcastle has left town for his seat, Clumber Park, Notts. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes. terday from the Governors of Hong Kong, West Aus tralia, Malta, and Gibraltar, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. THE COURT.--The Royal dramatic performances in the Rubens Room at Windsor Castle will not, we be• lieve, be resumed until after the expiration of the family mourning for the late Queen of Portugal, namely, on the 17th proximo, when the first drama played before her Majesty and the Court circle will be Sir Edward B. Lytton's drama of Money. The Duke of Rutland is surrounded by a family circle at Belvoir Castle, including the Marquis of Granby, Lord and Lady John Manners, Lord George J. Man ners, the Rev. Mr. and Lady Adeliza Norman. His grace will complete his 76th year on the 4th of the en suing month. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and a family circle are passing the holidays at Motcombe House, Dorset. The Countess of Leicester has left town for Holkham Hall, after a brief sejour at Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Rosebery are receiving a family circle at Dalmeny Park, N.B. The nuptials of Lord Lymington with one of the ac complished Ladies Nevill, daughters of the Earl of Abergavenny, is understood to be postponed, on account of the dangerous state of health of his lordship's father, Lord Portsmouth. The Austrian Minister to the French Court, the Che valier Hubner, has returned to town from Brighton, en route to resume his diplomatic duties in Paris. THE LATE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON.—The funeral of the much lamented Countess of Eglntion and Winton took place on Friday afternoon, in the family vault at Kilwining, on which extensive alterations have been made during the week, it being now 36 years since it was last opened. In accordance with the wishes of the deceased lady, the obsequies were conducted with the strictest privacy.—North, British Mail. PRINCE ADAM CZARTORYSICI.—The Polish exiles in London assembled numerously, on the 21st instant, at Sussex Chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, to read the speech of Prince Adam Czartoryski, delivered by his highness at Paris on the 29th ult., and voted to him an address expressive of confidence, respect, and gratitude, for the indefatigable manner, ability, and prudence with which, from his earliest days, and during a long and unblemished career, that illustrious patriot has been watching over the future destinies of Poland. That the general aspect of European politics opens a new field to Polish patriotism cannot be denied ; and that the worthy prince is, by his antecedents, his name, and his position, the national representative in foreign lands of the rights of his country, is also undeniable, The address was signed, on the part of the assembled, by Lieutenant Charles Szulezewski, who occupied the chair on the occasion, and by Mr. N. F. Zaba. THE SUSPENSION OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY IN THE CITY.—The City yesterday, considering the fact of its being "boxing day," presented an appearance which may, perhaps, be denominated "unexampled." Not but that the dense fog which " clothed" the whole of its ancient boundary "as with a garment," during the early part of the forenoon, and the " biting frost" which formed " The fancied landscape on the window panes" of the citizens, most faithfully depicted the severity of the season, but that the hum of the " working bees" in this vast "hive of industry" was tempo rarily hushed by the common consent of the citi zens, and that a day of " rest" from bodily toil, and a day of "recreation" for all parties had been mutually agreed upon. The shops in the leading thoroughfares were closed, and the doors of the warehouses as safely padlocked as they had been the day before, except in one or two instances, which ought not to be nameless, but which, perhaps, it is better at this season of the year that we should make so, seeing that loss, and not profit, was, in most of the cases, the result of the obstinacy of the proprietors to the general will, the parties being compelled eventually to yield, through that mighty force of circumstances," the absence of even "the ghost" of a customer. As a consequence of this general closing —this just tribute of the wealthy " capitalist" to the "rights of labour"—thousands of merry faces might be seen—the industrious of both sexes—all of them wending their way from the "murky city" to the "parks," the " exhibitions," the "galleries," the "firesides " of their friends, and though last, not least, to the "theatres," there to take in, in the company of "laughter-loving in nocence," their fill of "fun and frolic," to remember in such company the "joyousness of the past," and to awake with renewed vigour to the performance of the " duties of the present." DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER A FEMALE. Yesterday considerable excitement was created in the neighbourhood of Chancery-lane, in consequence of a most atrocious attempt to murder a married woman, named M. Willis, aged 59 years, of No. 5, Lee's-build ings, Chancery-lane, and from what can be gleaned, very slight hopes are entertained of the recovery of the per petrator of the horrid deed. It appears, that the in jured female and her husband, William Willis, aged 61 years, a law-writer, had lived very comfortably toge ther ; but from some reason unexplained he, on his re turn home in the morning between two and three o'clock seized a table knife, and rushed to the bed s id e o f hi s wife, and endeavoured to cut her throat ; she struggled violently, when he inflicted a most severe woend in her head. She jumped out of bed, and rushed to the door of the room, and called out "Murder ;" the husband (Willis) immediately seized a razor, and inflicted a fright ful gash on his throat, by which the windpipe and carotid artery were laid bare, but not divided. The landlord and his son, on coming up stairs, found he had jumped into bed and covered himself over with the bed clothes. The police having arrived, he was taken out of bed and conveyed to Canterbury Ward, King's College Hospital, where Mr. George Lawson, the house surgeon, was in immediate attendance, and rendered every assistance, but little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mrs. Willis has suffered most severe injuries in protecting herself against the murderous violence of her husband. There are several rumours as to the real cause of the melancholy occurrence, but the truth can not be ascertained. FRANCE. The Paris papers of yesterday had not arrived when we went to press. We have, however, re ceived the following telegraphic despatch The rumour of Lord Palnierston'sreturn to office caused a fall in the funds. It was mooted in Paris yesterday that the Eng lish and French Governments had now very little hope of a pacific solution of the Eastern question, and that both France and England were about to make preparations for an expedition to the Baltic early in the spring. Sir Charles Napier was to command the English fleet in that sea. The Bourse was heavy yesterday, without much business doing. The Three per Cents. closed at 73f. 75c. for the end of the month, being a fall of 65c. as compared with the closing prices of Satur day. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents., closed at 100 f. 75e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,165 f. ; Rouen, 1,040 ; Havre, 492 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 867 f. 50. ; Paris and Strasbourg, 807 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 905 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 745 f. ; Western of France, 685 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 611 f. 25c. ; Great Central, 515 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 508 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 730 f. TILE COAL TRADE. (From the Daily News.) Coals are frightfully dear and—How can they be cheapened ? becomes an interesting question. Lower freights would be one step towards cheaper coals. Ministers intend (so rumour says) to pro pose to Parliament the opening of our coasting trade to foreign shipping. This is a measure we have repeatedly urged the necessity of ; seeing that whilst our mercantile shipping for the long voyage and for foreign trade generally is rapidly in creasing, no considerable augmentation of coasters is concurrenty in preparation. Any and every addition to our present means of transport coast wise will therefore be welcome. It is indeed quite possible that such a measure may not at first add very largely those means, and there is no fear of the coasting trade of the greatest of all maritime nations getting permanently into any other hands than those of its own people. But, without anti cipating a great influx of foreign vessels to our coasting fleet as a consequence of opening the trade, it may reasonably be expected to have a very considerable effect in improving the efficiency of our coasting vessels, and by that improvement our means of transport will practically be increased. The truth is, that our coasting trade wants a fillip such as competition only can give it. At present it is a monopoly, and the pressure of a little rivalry will in all probability quicken speed iu loading and discharging, and navigating our coasters, improve the seamenlike qualities of their skippers, and pro mote subordination and good conduct amongst the men. Perhaps it will also tend to a more general use of the screw propeller, an end very much to be desiderated. With the best coals now selling in the Coal Ex change at 325. and even 355. a ton, this question of the coasting trade is a matter of very great im portance to London and its millions, for never, we believe were stocks either in private houses or on the retail merchants' wharves so low as they are now. In June last the quotations had fallen to 155., and as the highest point reached in the pre vious winter was only 225., and the price of fuel had for two years before been unusually moderate, people generally were persuaded that coal would remain permanently cheap. Stocks consequently were not renewed, and here, at the commence ment of a severe winter, coal is selling for almost as much as when, some forty years ago, it was charged with 7s. Gd. a ton duty. In 1813 the price of coals, charged with that duty, was 445. a ton ; and in 1830, when it still had a duty of some 4s. to encounter, it was only 275. Gd. a ton ; yet here in 1853 it is quoted, all Government duty having long since been repealed, at 345. Having had coals at 14s. in both March, 1850 and 1851, and at only Gd. a ton more in March, 1852, and having seen them at 15s. in the summer of this year, we' may well shiver at the present cost of fuel. The consumption of coal in London during the last twenty years has gone on very rapidly increasing, and that without much reference to prices; until now, in 1853, we use just double the quantity we did in the year 1833. In the Present year 1853, our consumption of coals will have reached 4,000,000 tons, of which probably railways and canals will have brought upwards of 500,600 tons. The ratio of increased consumption is greater than the ratio of increased population ; for during the last twenty years it has certainly not doubled itself, and the increased con veyance of coal by rail has, there can be little doubt, diminished the area supplied through Lon don, many districts being now served direct instead of from the Thames. With consumption increasing at this rate, even in spite of prices now quite doubled, it is satisfactory to observe that metro politan dependence on the north of England and on shipping as a means of transport is somewhat diminishing ; though as yet the amount of coals brought by railway and canal has had no effect on the value of sea-borne coal. On the other hand, it must be recollected, that the question whether railways can permanently carry coal at a profit is yet undecided ; for though it is true present high prices give them a profit, and a large profit, those prices, it is to be hoped, are only accidental ; arid the effect of the wear and tear of ctal traffic on rail ways has to be ascertained. Nor can it be over looked that, if railways are largely to increase their coal transport, the number of their rails must either be increased, or the traffic will fearfully augment the dangers of railway travelling. Within the last twenty years the coal trade in the north has undergone a perfect revolution. The Tyne has ceased to retain its " coaly" pre-emi nence ; many of the collieries famous in its history have been given up, some exhausted, others un remunerative ; and the IVear and the Tees have become much more important iiivers. The dis covery of coal beneath the magnesian limestone led to the working of much larger mines as well as to the production of much superior fuel, and by means of railways from the Tees a great inland dis trict has been opened up in Auckland, previously a very poor and worthless district. In that period, too, a class of middlemen who bought f rom th e collieries, and sold in London, has been do ne a w a y with, and coals are now almost invariably sent south for the account of the various collieries ; and so the only charges between them and the retail merchants are factorage and the abominable City Tax. Whilst, however, the capacity of Durham to sup ply coals has been greatly developed within that period, new sources of demand have opened on it, in the enormous extension of our steam fleet, in the coke required for railway locomotion, and other mechanical purposes, and in the growing de mand for British coal in foreign countries. Tho example of France seems likely to be followed by Belgium, and perhaps by Germany also ; and though, owing to the obstructions created by an absurd system of retail trade in Paris particularly, the recent change in the French tariff may not greatly increase French consumption of our best household coal, it will lead to a very great demand for manufacturing coal for the purpose of supplying France with British iron. That change will, it is said, create a demand for some 600,000 or 800,000 tons of our iron annually, and as, on an average, it takes three tons of coal to make a ton of iron, the effect on our coal trade must be very considerable. Moreover, on the Yorkshire side of the estuary of the Tees a new and most important iron field is being worked, situate near a small port, which a few years ago was created because of the difficulties of navigating that river up to its old capital Stockton, at a spot called Middlesborough, where there is now a rising town with docks, rail ways, and an important trade, on what, twenty years ago, was a beach, or little more than a fish ing village. Middlesborough is in truth the marvel of the north of England. Ironstone, worth ten years ago Is. 6d. or 2s. a ton royalty, is now doubled or trebled in value ; small needy pro prietors have suddenly (to their own great surprise) become rich men ; furnaces are rising up right and. left ; and there are people who deliberately enter tain the opinion that instead of Middlesborough exporting its 10,000 tons of coal a year, in not many years it will be obliged to import coal to supply its iron works. Time of course alone can show how this will be ; but there can be little doubt that the manufacture of Middlesborough iron will have some of oct on the London coal market, by increasing local consumption. There is, however, abundance of fuel in England to give us a cheap supply ; and nothing will more tend to reduce present prices than increasing the means of transport, and reducing the enormous coal freights now obtained. So if Ministers really do intend to ask Parliament to throw open . our coasting trade, they will do a v-ry sulis:. l )l thng, and one that London, as well as the Coal Tr e, will be very grateful for. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. LIVERPOOL, Mog.DAY. The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Sut hallB* non, arrived in the Mersey this evening al o'clock, with the usual mails from the United'. SI; and British North America.. The Europa. 83 4 from New York on the 14th inst., and hasblosecoit besides the mails, 65 passengers and nearly IL dollars in specie The United States Mail steam-ship Arca' 111 hence, arrived out at New York on the 11th The Brothers Harper, the well-known and M os t sive New York publishers, have suffer ed g severe loss in having their publishing ho uses :ia 7t , city destroyed by fire. The amount of Pr 3 P e h af destroyed is estimated at no less than one and s million dollars. Very unfortunately for thi e P r ' ti prietors the amount of their stock and proPe insured was but to a limited extent. Authentic intelligence has been received ofthetei movements of the filibustering ex pedition that saP,,ea recently from San Francisco. They have suo( ;eetof in capturing the town of La Paz, in the disc ri 'cß Lower California. The proclamation of aao I T public followed the capture. • the A marked improvement had taken place • O r the New York mon e y market since the sailing ' 3 ' or e Baltic, and business in general was decid ed '; active. Stocks, h owever , were flat, and clef( ou 4— in value. The cotton market at New York is re.P°. rted ee s brisk, with a good average amount of 11 11 0 doing. Prices have slightly advanced, as no seen by the following quotations :—New tJ and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 1120. to 121 c- of to lands, I.lc. to 11gc. Decreasing receipts various ports will ‘account for this rise. essA Compared with the same period of last 8,,,, 0 0 the receipts show a decrease of over 40" bales. 0 64 In the market for breadstuffs prices had way, owing to the advices by the previous si 4 7,0 being looked up i on as unfavourable. Thel'altia little disposition to purchase at the foil .006 prices :—Western Canal flour, 6 dols. 62 P , i 3 es see dols. 75c. per barrel barely supported ; G en-I "v.; prime wheat, 1 dol. 72c. to 1 dol. 740. per 6 1 p o Southern wheat, 1 dol. 68c. to 1 dol. 7°,,C6,,, 601bs. ; Indian corn, round and yellow, c 4, 5 .1 0 78c. per bushel, steady ; Indian meal, 4 u• I 4 dols. 12/c. Provisions do not show any change from A-, 4 is , tatious, old mess pork being quoted at 13 g " I° n ef 13i dols. ; prime from 11 dols. to 114 dols. .; 1.1 mess, 14k dols. to 14i dols. ; and nevr dols. Good Western brands of mess beef fo,,''d o ls , dols. to 131- dols. ; more ordinary brands! 1 -' 1 0; to 12i dols. ; State mess, 8 dols. to 1 0 1 5 prime, 5 dols. to 5i dols. ; beef hams, 5t 3 a 0 15.; dols. to 13i dols. ; western, 14 dols. to 15i, . 0 , tr lard, strictly good, Sic. to 10ic. ; keg, J." is 114 c. ; cheese, Ohio, 74c. to *. ; State 81c. to 10c. per lb. 4 1 d r Freights remained much the same as a t b es parture of the last steamer ; the asking rat' e t,tili . ,e l —To London : tobacco, 60s. per hhd. ; turP t— 10' ss. der 2801bs. ; flour, 4s. 9d. per brl ; gra lf " 0 0 1: per bushel ; beef, Bs. per tierce. To Lil t 1 0 1 5 ' flour, 3s. to 3s. 3d. per brl. ; grain, 1 1 ,i' per bushel ; cotton, 3-16 d to id. per lb. ,1R Exchange on London was quoted at 1091 1 ! VI; with but few sales. On Paris, 5.11 i to u' Bremen, 804 to 81. ; Hamburg, 37 to 37i-• TEE MURDER AT ACTON. -• Yesterday a long inquiry, adjourned from s tbo last, was resumed before Mr. Wakley, respect ll 7, bo4 death of Richard Medhurst, aged 14, whose cleaci had been found on the Monday morning preVi C4 ,lW ditch in Irvine-lane, quite naked. The body 141 1 0 in an out-house at the rear of the Goldsmiths' .1-0 presented a very shocking appearance. It 111° 4 0 0 very emaciated state, and there were numerou s ( c lo d) ations upon it, the right eye being blackened Oa - swollen. John Clarke, carman, in the service of Mr. - Acton, said that as he was going down the lai le :b lot side of the Goldsmiths' Arms, he saw the deo ° 0 8 ditch which was about 300 yards from the house' 08 body had no clothes on, nor anything to cover it"' 01 11 1 gave information to the police, and the body wasb r° to the Goldsmiths' Arms. o°l4 George Medhurst, No. 11, Slade's-place, Allewiwll Clerk enwell, identified the deceased as his son. 11 ;0 saw him alive on the 30th October. Witness, 1914 pir son, was in the employment of Mr. Thurtell, cutter, whose manufactory is opposite the lunatic ° J oel Old-street. On the evening of the 30th of October' es l left the factory together, and as witness wanted to toil to the foreman, he sent his son ho me a l one . Writna! ,bi '.o not seen him since till Friday afternoon last, 00 2ietr day, in consequence of information from the 01 ', well Police-station, he went to Acton, and tbevio, found his unfortunate child at the Goldsmith e d (Here the witness was much affected.) When ntlo found that his son did not return on the nigh t ° hit 30th, he made inquiries, and ascertained from a ' f itor named George Jackson, that at a few minu tes ., o l# seven o'clock, the same night, his son was takenlo44 a man in a chaise cart, who welt away with him t Shoreditch. The man came out of a coffee -shop, Poi, sheet, near Bunhill-row, before which the chaf e in which was a black pony, was standiug. 0 1 By the Coroner—My son was a sharp, ste a " He was never out at night. Coroner—Was he in good health, and stout I t yli Witness—Oh, yes, sir. I believe that he has°, a bit of bread to eat since he left home. His °n o te' almost through his skin. He was a very hearty He had no cough. The Coroner observed that the apj the f l r ) earance of , b,g be ceased when first seen would seem to show tha t 00 d been subject to ill usage ; that he had been staff 0 1 confined for some time ; and that in order to P;tbo detection, he had been brought down to MO P 1 state in which he was found. Several cf the Jury--That is our opinion. es io The father added that his son had three - p ea uo leather bag ; and he was told that the roan, vfr- 0 00 tall, stout-made, with a full face, had on a fustijli He had no suspicion of any one having c aul child's death. ; fet bel George Jackson, aged 11 years, living with 11 - 5 , at No. 38, Allen-street, said that he worked Thurtell's, and identified the deceased. W r i ty leo ° with him on the evening of the 30th of October, . e t 10 man asked him, witness, to go with him in big to he wanted a boy to hold his horse. Witness off° or ei go, but deceased said, "I'll g o," an d h e was te ige ae li by the man, who went towards Sho r editch. 1111- 11er i . : a little boy at the time holdin g th e h ors es head' a be' ceived a penny from th e man , w h o sa id he would the same place the next day and call for him. _, tt deb' does not know if the same man was th e re the abo oa John Leigh, aged 13, who also works at tea factory, having corroborated the evidence of ca' t ' two witnesses, stated th a t th e man drove A e liv-e e ist rl t the wood part of whi c h un d er th e body w 8 . 21, sec t green. The sides were m a de of c ane work, a n " w d se sr was a cross-board swinging between the off I 01'2 : : sides. The harness was decent. The may, too, ay; black coat. He was a tall man, with a full face' fainted witness, shortly after he gave his evidence, away, and was attended by a surgeon.) te" Inspector Bickerson said that inquiries had be oe tit of the proprietor of the coffee-shop, 64, Old -etree the man, but he was not known there. 'a tha t il b e Mr. Thomas Francis, surgeon, Acton, Ba l saw the body on Monday, the 19th, when q ua titf° appearance of having been covered with a ia jbe ° ointment. The hands and feet seemed as if th e y_.. c isO tied with a cord. The body was extremely' °T . : O of r and there were sores all over it. There were : .rtot est ral scratches, as if done by some prong ed ja v . , o f O . like a fork. There was a bruise ou the briciVa nose, and the right eye was black, swollen, the !f t , with echymOsed blood. There was no food in the dorP mach or large intestines, and there were 0 me hie spots on the mucous membrane. On the back 0 p osr . were sores as if from lying for some time o f the e tion. On opening the brain, he found conges t dO l vessels, and on opening the chest, he discovers to) left lung to be very extensively diseased. The coroner observed that there was everiL ea : ° ;o hs 0 . believe that a cruel and horrible murder hade.°7ith mitted, or why should the poor boy have 131: 1 7 10 bee f; treatment he had ? It would appear that h confined and starved, and that the disease 0.1. recto e-tiea; had been brought on from the treatment he h. ci on 111w , h It was a case which he thought called u P .. A f o r h e que st the Secretary of State to o ffer a rewar d a jit c overy of the person or person s who had '" a g o body to Acton. Coroner (to Mr. Francis)- Might not a hlo _ eye such as the deceased has rece ived, in hie 0 haustion, produce concussion o f the brain deat h ue ntlf 9 ,0 Witness—lt might produce it, and conseeqdeceased jibe Foreman—Would not te v iolence wtautleli.- 0 been subject to, with the h ill-usage ana 00° - likely to accelerate his death ? be rea Witness —Certainly. one of deliberate murder. The Coroner observed that the Case aPP eil , that op . y slY to t l ll. ° 4 Se r o c o re ; discover the Pe r P o ° d the remarked nio n n, e a j n u d ry they er tart' of State to offer a reward to a r _ rtn i g ht, wished they the eweerreee 0. n i arapopui The inquiry was adjourned for iu the b villg‘" coroner directed that the body should no - 10 26 V BHA all IDc all E a 100 Ea 1 00 :Dc 8i Da ,100 Ea 100 Ed 3i Ed 100 Ed Lo Lo Lo Dc 10 St. St. St. Bt. St. 12 50 16 St. 19 14 50 20 11 3 / 4 10. 86 100 100 12 6i 25 50 20 ft... 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