The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-09 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1854.

LATEST FROM ABROAD.
RVSSIA AND TURKEY.
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A telegraipltio despatfp, dated boastaatinople, Dec.
20, has WI received, which dates that the com-
bined fleets have catered the Black Seh. .

SPAIN.

MT OF THE QUEEN OF
BPALN.

A balogempleia Mesta from Madrid, of Jan. 6,
anonyms draggle lalivery of the Queen of Spain of
• Princes.

AFRICAN MAIL.

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(11T ILICTRIC TILZORAPHa

The Forerunner, Captain Barnwell, arrived at
Plymouth on Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, with
mails, &c., from the Coast of Africa. She left the
Camdroone, Nov. 20th ; Lips, Dec. 6th; Cape Coast
Castle, 7th; Liberia, 13th; Sierra Leone, 20th;
Bathurst, 24th; Home, 24th; Teneriffe, 29th; and
Madeira, the lit of January. Her mails ere bat
small. She brings six passengers, and a full cargo of
palm oil, elephants' tusks, ebony, camwood,
seeds, &c., 2,220 ounces of gold dust, and
two boxes of specie. She has had a very
rough passage home from Teneriffe, has expe-
rienced a succession of gates,:and has shipped
many heavy seas. She has, however, kept her time
throughout, and arrived at Plymouth shout six hours
before the expiry of her mail time. Besides her
mails, she brought seven large boxes of despatches
for the Admiralty.
Amongst the casualties reported by this arrival is
the murder of Mr. Carr, emend master of the Myr-
midon, who had gone on shore at Kalzabae, one of
the Boma islands, to spear fish. He was set upon
by the natives and shot.
The daughter of Commodore Bruce had been
married to Lieutenant Alexander, the ceremony
having been performed by the Rev. Dr. Vidal,
bishop. The bishop and Mrs. Vidal left for England
in the Volcano, in consequence of the state of Mrs.
Vidal's health.

The new King of Lagos had paid a visit of respect
to Commodore Bruce, accompanied by many Abeeo-
kutan Chiefs, but affitirs were, if possible, in a worse
state than stated at the departure of the last mail.
Kcesiki was doing his utmost to subvert the legiti-
mate authority, and was reported to have about
10,000 men behind the town, and threatening to
lattack it. • The Polyphemus and Ferret were at
Lagos, and the Penelope and Teazer at Sierra Leone,
on the 14th of November. Antelope, Myrmidon,
and Britomart had left Sierra Leone for Kanzabac.
The colony was in a prosperous condition.
The Volcano was at Madeira, on her voyage home,
on the Ist intt.

AMERICA.

(BY ILICTOIC TELZORAPN.)
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHI
(PROP MIL OWN CORRESPDXIM

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

This morning the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia,
Captain Lott, arrived in the Mersey with the usual
snails from the United States and British North
Anerica. The Asia sailed from New York on the
28th ult., and has brought besides the mails, about
60 passengers and 350,000 dollars in specie on

freight.
The United States Mail steam-ship Pacific, from
hence, arrived at New York on the 27th alt.

New York had again suffered from a most destruc-
tive tire on the 27th. A gale of wind had swept

across the scene, and tour Iwarehouses, and the anise
Great Republic, White Squall, and Joseph Walker,
bad been destroyed, causing a loss of above a million
dollars, of which about two-thirds was insured.
California dates to the 7th Dec. had been received
by way of New Orleans. The steamer Winfield
Scott had been wrecked and the mails lost. The

passengers, however, were saved.
Business at New York was dull, and stocks de-
pressed, owing to the Pacific's news. Money, how.
ever, continued tolerably plentiful.
The market for breasted was very active, conse-
quent on the news from England, and an advance in
prices bad taken place. Large transactions were
reported at the following figures :—Western Canal
flour, 7 dole. 30c. to 7 dole. 620. per barrel, steady;
Southern wheat, 1 dol. 88e. to I dol. 90c. per bushel;
ditto wheat, 1 dol. 72c. to 1 dol. 74c. per fifilbs.; In-
dian corn, round yellow, 700. to 72c. per bushel,
steady, for new. Stocks of breadstuff, were small,
owing to the ekes of the inland navigation.
Provisions still continued in a languid condition.

The cotton market is reported brisk, with a good
average amount of business doing. Prices have
slightly advanced, as will be seen by the following
quotations :—New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to
fair, 12c. to 121 c. per lb.; Uplands, 11c. to 111 c.
per lb.
Freights had somewhat declined since last report.
Ezchange on London was quoted at 1091 to 1091,
but not well sustained at those figures; Paris, 5.131
to 5.17; Hamburg, 37 to 371; Bremeo, 791 to 80.
At New Orleans, on the 24th, cottod was steady
under the America's advice,. The decrease in the
receipts at all the southern ports had reached 621,000
bales as compared with the same period last year.

-Ten ministers of religion in

Sunderland received, on C nistmareve, a present of I In.
goose oath, from some anonymous donor. Throe of them
had previously resolved a sovereign each from moo an.
'mown friend.—Nsweestle Guardian. One day lately a
rural clergyman, most anxious to testify his approval of
glad aroduet, invited all the children of a national school
to *NC his lady ea the vicarage, and naive from her
gracious band a gift suitable to the Christmas mason. The
children were strictly enjoined to appear in their best robes,
and neat and clean. Accordingly, when the monshig
arrived, they all presented themselves in high impoetatioa,
and each child remived the present of a Ash, of that deo.
eription which did not give satisfaation. Ono of the young
and innocent creators*, violating all the Mande of good
order, cried oat, " Oh! it's only a red heertan I " "
my dear," responded the *salable lady, " it's a Yarmouth
bloater! "—Backe Adentwor. _ _

DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS: On
Saturday afternoon,
_about 3 o'clock, the British and North
American Royal Mail steamship Niagara, Captain John
Leitch, sailed from the Mersey for Boston and Halite:,
with the usual mails for the United States and British pm-
sessions in North America, about 60 passengers, end a gene-
ral cargo of merchandise on freight.
THE OVERLAND ROUTE TO MELBOURNE.—The
distance between London and Melbourne via Dover, Mar-
seilles, Egypt, Ceyloo, King George's Sound, and Adelaide
is 10,765 miles. Reekoaiag the sea voyage to be performed
at the rate of 10 nautical mike an hoar, and allowing for
remeneble stoppages for traaa-shipments or embarking and
disetabarkihg and other purposes at Malta, Alexandria,
Cairo, Sues, Aden, Point de Gall*, King George's Sound,
and Adelaide, the distance between Loudest and Melbourne
could be performed In 46 days 6 boors.
EMIGRATION FROM THE PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON.
During the last year 26 vessels let the port of Southamp-
ton bound for Australia, with governmeat emigrants. The
tonnage of time vessels was 27,702. The number of
emigrants they took out equalled 9,661 statute adults. The
number of passengers which landed at the port of South-
ampton during 1863 from India, China, Australia, Cape of
Good Sam She Levant, Wet Intim, Brasd, liver Plate,
Mama MIMI% Channel Jabs% and Ham, Gamma to
26.046. The limbs of pasionpa os tons" mldok watt
Ismael with *suet wound Tra warn at
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deparien sermaa one lenliesil nab. ran
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• FRANCE.
PARIS, Etownii
The .fl_feroipier certain' a decree -
Bakerd flees, whim& was created, or,
more prettied cormetness, promised
The.Serideare.alm contains the to
tions and eprlatenents in the Legion
The Marquis Target, Ambassador -
a Grand -Officer ; the Chevalier de . Georges,
Minister at thi "Irrisals, to hi a Commander; and
Count Alfieri de Brossard, Secretary of Legation at
Begot', to be a Chevalier.
The compliment paid at this moment to the Mar-
quis Turgot is understood to be a testimony of sym-
pathy in relation to his recent deeL
In the present state of the Eastern question there
is considerable significance in the publication by the
Moniteur of an article from the Austrian Lloyd's,
written in a spirit evidently hostile to France and
England, and affirming that the Emperor of Austria
declared to the Czar at Olmntz, that in case of the
difference between Russia and Turkey leading to
an European war, he would pursue no other policy
than that traced by the general interest of Germany.
The italics are the Moniteur's. This is but the first
of a series of articles from the same journal which
the Monitor proposes to publish, on account, as it
Mys, of the great importance of the part which
Austria is celled upon to play in the affairs of the
East, and of the great influence which the Vienna
Lloyd's exercises upon public opinion in Germany.
It is obvious from this demonstration of the Moniteur
that the French government has small hopes of the
support of Austria after warahnll have been declared.
You will have seen in some of the English journals
of yesterday a confirmation of the intelligence I sent
you three or four days ago, that Louis Napoleon had
met a very peremptory requisition to the court of
Vienna to declare itself unequivocally on one aide or
the other.
The greater part of the German papers that have
fetched Paris te-day declare in the most positive
manner that the Czar unflinchingly adheres to his
ambitions designs.
The Viscountess de Cambronne, widow of the ce-
lebrated general of that name, has just died at
Nantes.
A letter from Eisenach, of Jan. 2, in the Journal
de Franefort, says that tbe Duchess of Orleans had
had a narrow escape on New Year's Day, while
taking an airing in a sledge. Owing
to apart of the
breaking the horses took fright, ran away,
le:niadtre sledge was overturned. The Duchess was
not hurt, but very much frightened, because she has
met with several accidents in travelling within a
very short space of time.

PARIS, EATUADLY EVENING.
The Mositesr of this morning publishes a decree
calling into active service all the young soldiers
available under the second portion of the contingent
of the class of 1862. The number of this force is
variously estimated at 45,000 to 50,000. Although
this decree is substantially an augmentation of the
effective force of the army by 40,000 men, it has not
produced any great sensation. Whatever effect it
might have had upon the Bourse was " discounted"
yesterday ; and after the persistent reports that
100,000 men, and even more, were about to be raised
immediately, this moderate, practical, and, in every
respect prudent measure, is rather a relief to the
public mind than otherwise. At the same time it
is not forgotten that the premature discharge of the
clam; of 1846 was put forward as a reason w
the government could better afford to
thorny on public works. Tho public works
are still to go on, and the anticipated economy will
(to a great extent) not be real' w& All this adds to
the apprehension of a financial crisis, for which cau-
tious observers have long been prepared.
At the Bourse there was a slight re-action after
the panic of yesterday. The re-action has indeed
been greater than appears, from a comparison of the
official quotations; for long after the close of business
yesterday the brokers' offices were crowded with
clients, who offered all kinds of securities at prices
considerably below the lowest of the day. This
morning, however, the newsmongers circulated re-
ports that favourable intelligence had been received
from Constantinople and St. Petersburg. The Sultan,

it was said, was not averse from an armistice. ; and it
was very confidently asserted that the Czar had
expressed himself not disinclined to send a pleni-
potentiary to the Conference, provided Berlin was
fixed as the place of meeting. I have heard nothing
in any quarter worthy of confidence to confirm these
reports, and I believe them to be mere inventions.
Another story of less importance, which whether tree
or not, keeps probability in view, is that M. Kisseled4
who was reported to be going off in a hurry to Brussels.
" on leave of absence," now gives out that he shall at
all events remain till the Czar', answer to the
despatches, sent by M. de Reizet, shall have been re-
ceived. Realisation of the large profits made by the
bears this week had probably more to do with the
rise than any of the above news. The Rente opened
at 70.70, rose to 70.75, and, after declining to 70.15,
closed at 70.80, with a rise of 60c. from yesterday.
The momentary fall was attributed to Console
coming per cent. lower ; but, on reflection, it was
considered that this decline was less than might
have been expected after the heavy fall here. The
railways recovered in great measure from yesterday's
depression, not however to anything like the full
extent. Orleans rose 15f., Northern 12.50, Sires-
bong 12.60, Lyons 15; but Rouen fell 15, Rotten
and Havre 5f., and Dijon to Besancon 20f. Bank of
Pasha fell
11ha Petrie, under the head of "Latest news,"
assess, on account of its great importance, if true, a
report given in several German newspapers that
Proemial*. decided to remain in a position of armed
neutrality, and to place its entire military force on a
war footing as soon as possible.

. reseel
refusal

2,000,00044-_
The National Gazette, of Berlin, sets this down as
a typographical error. Even the paper scheme of,
the army, to which the real effective strength can
never beer a relation of proximity, shows no such
fres es those. The corps of the guards, the corps
the six corps of the aetive army, the first
oar sell =god cavalry of the reserve, and the sew
71=ii all eleven corps, are composed of 366
htewatcy, 460 squadrons of regular and
14 afhvegulac eavalry, and 996 pieces of artillery.
Tams, amain to the written list, the army ready
Is take the field is 488,000 men and 996 pieces of
artillery. The first levy gives 98,000 men, with 192
gime of cannon ; the second levy, 115,000 men and
pieces of artillery. Total, 699,000 men and
1,4011 pieces of artillery. In adding the army des-
tined*, local purposes—that is to say, the army of
Oreabarg, the army of Finland, the army of Sib&
via, which, however, could not spare • man—and
the swerves, which are put down at 315,000 men inl
the returns, we should have in point of fact, an ef-
fective of a million of men with 1,800 guns. Alll
the corps of Cossacks form an army of 93,200 ca-
valry, and 33,000 infantry, with 224 cannon ;
60,000 of them and 110 guns could be employed in
a European war. It will be seen that we are a long
way from two millions.
The Trieste Gazette publishes a letter from Kill-
joys of Dec. 30, stating that the Wallachian pea-
santry have risen in insurrection along the Danube,
from Kalafat to Tamil, extending as far as the
Aluta that they are partly supported by Wallachian
irregulars, and that the Russian minor officials have
been everywhere turned out. The known character
lof the inhabitants of the district mentioned, favour
the credibility of the report, the people of Lesser
Wallachia being not only more strongly attached to
the Porte, but also mote courageous and enterprising
than any other portion of their countrymen.
According to a despatch from Groove of the sth,
published in the Austrian Correspontlens of Friday,
two battalions of Russians, under General Belgarde,
were attacked on the 31st ultimo, at Osestan, by some
Turkish cavalry from Kalafat. The Turks were re-
pulsed, leaving several dead and prisoners behind.

Malta, Dec. 29.

Caradoe arrived at 4 p.m., having left Con-
stantinople on the 25th. She is the bearer of a
despatch which report says is peaceable.
Itetribution, Fury, and Inflexible were, at the re•
quest of the ambassador, sent to Constantinople, to
assist in quelling any riot which might take place in
consequence of the war party going out of the coun-
cil and the peace party becoming strongest.
Agamemnon arrived on the 24th at Besika Bay ;
the London and Queen a few days before.
The marines have been landed for exercise at the
Sultan's valley.
Mr. Milner Gibson has arrived from the lonian
Islas, and proceeds on by France to England.
Colombo (Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer) arrived on the 28th at Malta, and Vectis on
the 29th, and proceeded on at 5 p.m. same day.

BERVIA.

The Augsburg Gazette published • letter about a
month ago, _in which the Prim* of Servia was

declared to have written to the Sultan, stating that
he should preserve a neutral attitude between the
two belligerent parties. The Journal do Constanti-
nople, of Dec. 19, declares this letter to be a
fabrication.

BELGRADE., DEC. 17.—T0-day the official gazette
that appears here, called the Nocine, announced" by
authority," that the best understanding prevails be-
tween the Servian government and the Porte.
The Novine says: "In consequence of a large
Turkish force being collected on the Bosnian
frontier, some malicious reports were set afloat,
to the effect that Servia and its government
had incurred the displeasure of the Sublime
Porte, and that the Turkish troops were destined to
invade the Servian territory." How utterly devoid
such reports are of truth, is evident even from the
missive of the Grand Vizier to the Mushasis Izzet
Pacha, the true contents of which were communi-
cated by the latter to our government. Tho purport
of it may be briefly stated thus, that the troops ft om
Bosnia occupied the Vissegrad fortresses and other
forts along the Servian boundary solely for the pur-
pose of protecting it. We hope, therefore, these false
reports will be now sufficiently refuted. Besides, the
Commandant Izzet Pacha received the command to
assure our Prince and government of the Sublime
Porte's best wishes, and to express the wish that this
favourable regard may be shared by Servia and her
government.
The news that Izzet Pacha, the commandant of
Belgrade, was dead, is now known to have been
without foundation.

absolute siddeltistjir to order every Russian vessel
tqrsturn into& pan port, and in cue of refusal
td employ force. Al no doubt can be entertained of
"" 2/1"IING• the szactitud* of-lbese instructions, a declaration of
a otrnislog the war of Russia against France and England is more
o'• to stook who probable than a speedy race between Russia and
don Des, 27th. Toby..
imfahorargorlin'our The New Peelliio4l747.liiB lately annottued the
K." mobilisation of the Entire Russian army, adding that
at Madrid, n' the mums would enable the Czar to dispose of
e cunt Lumps, 2,000,000 of swim,.
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