The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS
FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 15, 1853.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Debit. Credit.
Notes issued . £28,679,875 GovernmentDebtXll,ols,loo
Other Securizies . 24984,900
Gold Coin Bullion 14,679,875
Silver Bullion . . Nil.

£28,679,875

£28,679,875

BANKING DE2ARTMENT

Proprietors' Ca-

I Gove:nment Sc-

pital .. . . £14,553,000 enrities . . £12,455,161
Rest
Public Deposits 3,700,859 Notes(unemploy-
Other Deposits 12,664,226 I ed)
Seven-day and Silver and Gold
other Bills 1,405,093 Coin

6,012,490

591,599

Total . . £C5,484,339 I Total

. £35,484,339

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING.

Since my last we have been destitute of reliable
news concerning the Eastern difficulties. The
rumours in circulation, which are as opposite as
any two totally different things can be, come prin-
ciplaly from Paris, and occasionally they are fortified
by similar accounts from Vienna. But, on the
whole, they are not worthy of particular, attention,
being mainly started for stock-jobbing purposes, to
which, notwithstanding its strict surveillance,, the
electric telegraph principally contributes.

It will be Tuesday or Wednesday before we can
officially know of the expected rejection, by the
Czar, of the demand that the Russian troops shall
evacuate the Principalities. It will arrive here
first by way of Vienna, and simultaneously with
it we anticipate hearing of a few trifling affairs
upon the Danube. A desultory warfare will spring
up in that quarter; which will last at least until the
now broken off negociations are resumed, or until
the impatience of the rival armies precipitates a
formal trial of strength. It is said that there is
nothing to prevent Omer Pacha from crossing the
Danube if he is inclined, and fighting a battle in
Little Wallachia. But this is doubtful, as he would
be exposed,. in case of non-success, not only to the
inconvenience of having a large river upon his rear,
but of the enemy crossing it in time to place him
between two fires. Ido not, therefore, attach any
credit to this report. The first real contests will
take place in Asia, and a fortnight or three weeks
must elapse, before public curiosity can be gratified
by anything more striking than accounts of the
movements, or supposed movements, of troops and
ships.
Considerable attention was excited a few days
ago in Paris, by a public sale •of Australian wool.
Such an event was never before known to have
occurred •in the French metropolis, and it
has, all at once, thrown our neighbours into a
most charming state of excitement. I believe that
the Australian wools have for some years been
consumed in France ; but the merino manu-
facturers, in order to procure it, had to resort to
London, and to compete for it at the public sales
with English buyers, Of course this exposed them
to some disadvantage. The government then came
to their relief, and reduced the' import duty, from
22 per cent. to 162, on condition that the wool was
imported into France direct from Australia. This
has now been done, and hence, the public sale in
Paris. Two facts are proved by this circumstance—
first, that the French manufacturers' require more
wool than their own country produces, owing to
the rapid development of their commerce ; and
next, that their wants cannot be met by the
ordinary produce of Europe. In these respects,
the Paris sale has considerable significance, and it
is certain, that increased efforts will be made to
obtain regular supplies from Australia.

• A privy council is summoned for Monday. The
day for the meetings of Parliament is to be fixed
at this council; but unless the Eastern question
assumes a threatening aspect again, it is probable,
there will be a still further prorogation.
Business in the city is flat.

TURKEY AND RUSSIA.
Letters from Paris, dated Thursday night, have
come to hand. One correspondent says :—" Some
thing additional has, I am informed, been de-
manded of the French, and, I suppose of the
English government, namely, that the fleets of
both shall cruise in the Blttck Sea, to prevent the
Russians drawing their provisions and stores from
Sebastopol. The demand is occasioned—at least
such is the reason alleged—by the necessary reduc-
tion in the Bosphorus of the Turkish fleet, many of
the ships having been employed as transports for
the troops sent to the army of Abdi Pasha in Asia.
Notwithstanding what has been stated•about send-
ing a corps d'armie to some part of Turkey, I am in-
formed that though such a project may have been
discussed as required by future events, yet that no
resolution on that head had been formed."
In Berlin, it would appear that in respect to the
prospects of war .in the East, there is a new ver-
sion current in some circles, but it is difficult to
ascertain whence it 00 mes, and what value it has.
It is said that after the expiration .of the term
fixed by the Porte for the evacuation of the Princi-
palities, the Turkish government will declare the
country to be at war, and call upon the great
Powers, before hostilities break out, to intervene
in conformity to existing treaties.
As regards the theatre of anticipated warfare, we
learn that 30,000 Russians are immediately to be
conveyed to Redout-kale (in the Russo Circassian
province of Imerethi) within three days. General
Zawadowski, the hetman of the Chernomorski
Cossacks, has reached Anapa (Russian fortress on
tho coast of the Abasses) with 24,000 men. Re-
cent accounts give a decided contradiction to
statements made by the Russian journals of an
affair which is said to have taken place recently in
the Caucasus, and in which the troops of the Czar
are said to have gained signal advantages over the
Caucasian tribes. There has been no serious
engagement in the Caucasus since the early part
of May.
The Russian Minister in Paris has contradicted
in the most absolute manner the statement, that
the Emperor of Russia threatened a war of exter-
mination against Turkey. It would seem, on the
contrary, that his Russian Majesty still affects
great moderation. Whether he is to be believed
or not is a question ; but persons who know his
character, say that it is very improbable that he
would express himself in the way that has been
reported. It was said to-day in the diplomatic
circles, that in two or three days we shall have a
manifesto from the Emperor of Russia, in which
he will repeat his professions in favour of peace,
and express regret that all his efforts at conciliation
have been fruitless.

FRANCE

It was reported in Paris on Thursday, that
several new political arrests had taken place, and,
amongst other names, that of M. Emile de Girardin
has been mentioned. Very little credit, however,
is given to the rumour of the arrest of this gentle-
man, for he has hitherto very carefully avoided
mixing himself up with the movements of the
Republican party.
The Emperor has given a pension of 2,000 francs
a year to the father and mother of the late Lieut.
Bellot.

Thq trial of the 32 persons concerned in the
" conspiracy of the Opera Comique " has been
postponed to the 7th of next month, before the
Court of Assizes of Paris.