The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON:: FRI_DAY Ey_ENING, MARCH 9, 1855.

cause we refuse Polish legions, and Polish inde-
pendence ; refuse to-paralyse the armies of our
enemy, and compel those who long to fight for
us to fight against us. Will this country endure
such murderous Germanising longer Will not
innumerable public meetings demand mercy to our
soldiers, as well as atonement to Poland

MONEY MA RIVET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The Liverpool cotton market ruled quiet
yesterday. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales,
including 6,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maran-
ham at 50. to 71d., 400 Bahia at Gd. to Ggd.,
500 Egyptian at sd. to 81d., 700 Surat at 3d. to
3d., and 40 Sea Islands at ls. to 2s. 9d. per lb.
There was a heavy market for Railway Shares, and
prices declined.
There has been a quiet market this week kr
colonial produce, but prices have been generally
supported. British plantation sugar has met with
a steady inquiry, and Mauritius has ruled firm.
For refined the market has been dull. Plantation
Ceylon coffee has commanded full rates ; native has
ruled dull. Rice has been heavy, and 3d per cwt.
lower. In spices very little has been done, and tea
has remained at about previous rates. Rum is at
lower value, cotton inactive, and saltpetre very
little asked for. Cochineal has gone rather cheaper.
Hemp has been nominally without alteration, and
jute about 20s. per cwt. lower. The tallow market
has been flat, but closes with more firmness.
In referring to sugar, Messrs. Layton, Hulbert,
and Co. state :

" Statistics of this article have undergone material
change, and the stocks, which until lately showed an
increase of 20,000 tons, appear now with an excess of
only 7,481 tons ; this is to be accounted for by the great
scarcity of arrivals ; but the change of wind has brought
vessels freely into dock, and when their cargoes are
taken into stock, the apparent deficiency will be again
adjusted. Notwithstanding the small assortment of sugar
on offer, prices have scarcely rallied, and sales show no
improvement of value, unless for grocery descriptions,
which continue scarce. Mauritius chiefly sold at steady
rates ; good middling and good yellow grocery 345. to
36q. per cwt. 12,000 bags Penang sold privately, and
at auction 6,000 were disposed of at about previous
quotations. Transactions in foreign have been limited.
The quantities of Bengal and Madras are nearly 4,000
tons short of the corresponding period of last year."

The total stock of coffee on the 3d instant was
181,743 cwts.,, against 227,068 cwts. at the same
time last year.
American Securities have been steady, at the
prices subjoined :

Redeem able. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cont. Bonds 1862... 98 99
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1863...106 107
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868...105 106
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 78 80
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...102 103
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 91 92
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bo❑ds) 1858-9-66... 83 84
V irginia 5 per Ceet. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 85 86
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86i 87
Canada 6 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876 .. 10/ 103

LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1815 83
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 18;4... 78
Do. do. do. 1884... 72

RAILROAD BONDS.

Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 68 70
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
ling Bonds) . 1860... 92i 93i
Pennsylvania Central R. Rd. 6p. Cent —1880... 83 90
Now York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage ..1868-1869...100 101
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 81 83

N:York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible ..1871... 74
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
Fund..

.76 78

Accounts from Hamburgh state that large quan-
tities of colonial produce were being forwarded
thence to Russia, where the want of supplies was
greatly felt. As to the Danubian provinces, they
appear to have been completely exhausted by the
late struggle, no stocks of foreign staples being left
even among the dealers in the towns.
According to letters from Holland and the Rhe-
nish provinces, the inundations have been very
destructive, and in Gelderland, Brabant, and
Utrecht thousands of families were suffering in
consequence. At many places on the Rhino, also,
dykes had to be erected to protect the shore.
This is " pay day" in the English Stock market,
and there has beenvery little business doing, either
real or speculative. The differences have been well
met, especially considering the sudden reaction oc-
casioned by the death of the Emperor of Russia.
Consols have been 92f to 931 for Transfer, and 93
to for Account. The " (=tango," therefore,
has rather gone off. This morning the transfer
books are closed for Bank Stock and Reduced 3
per Cent. Annuities. Exchequer Bills are ss. to
95. pnininui, and India Bonds' 14s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been generally nominal.
I`+l,,.xican bring 201 1, being rather better.
The chairman of the committee of Mexican bond-
holders has received th ; following letter from Lord
Wodehouse

LATEST NEWS.

BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7.

We learn from St. Petersburg that the decom-
position of the body of the late Czar is so rapid
as to render impossible any public lying in State.
Various rumours are in circulation as to the
taus es of his death. A deputation of Prussian
militt%ry men will be present at the funeral obse-
quies .at St. Petersburg.

VIENMA. THURSDAY, MARCH 8.

"Yesterday afternoon the first preliminary
conferences took place. Prince Gortschakoff was

not present."

TRIESTE, MARCH 7.

Intelligenee from Constantinople comes down
to the 26th

The Porte has received M. Barozzi, the envoy
of the King of Greece.
It is probable that a Turkish ambassador will
be accredited to the Greek Government.

Letters from Trebizond of the 19th February
announce the arrival of 2,000 Tunisians at

Batoum.

The Kurdish insurrection is almost suppressed.

The Pacha, governor of the province, has re-
stored to their families 17 Circassian children who
had fallen into slavery.

The news from Damascus of the 17th February
states that the Turkish authorities are endeavour-

ing to effect an arrangement with the Arab chiefs,
in order to put down the rebellion more promptly.

The intelligence from Athens is to the 2d of
March. The English troops in Greece were pre-
paring to proceed to Malta to complete the forces
destined for the Crimea. The editor of the
journal Esperanct has been arrested by order of
the Greek Government, for having published an
insulting article concerning the Allied Powers.

According to accounts from Asia, the 'Curds,
increased by the junction of several thousand
Bashi-bazouks, had pillaged and set fire to the
town of Moncb. The courier of the French
Consul at Erzeroum is said to have been mas-
sacred.

A telegraphic despatch from the camp before
Sebastopol, dated the 3d, mentions that since the
24th nothing particular had taken place.
The Emperor has not left Paris as reported.
He will review, on Saturday, two regiments that
are under orders for the Crimea.

_ FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

An imperial decree nominates M. Duvergier,
formerly batonnier of the Order of Advocates, a
member of the Council of State.

A letter from Marseilles of the sth says :—" The
Byzantin arrived here yesterday from Constanti-
nople, with 196 sick. Sixty engineers of the Im-
perial Guard, 114 Sapeurs Pompiers from Paris,
11 foot gendarmes, and 64 military workmen arrived
yesterday, to embark for the East. Seventeen Eng-
lish medical officers also arrived, to embark on board
the Euphrate, for the same destination."

The Mon,iteur de la Flotte contains the follow-
ing letter from Varna, 20th ult. :—" Ottoman
troops continuo to be embarked with the greatest
expedition, and all our vessels are in request for the
purpose. The weather favours this operation. The
Canada has taken from 1,000 to 1,100 Turks for
Eupitoria, and the Orenoque left the other day with
horses and artillery, having besides two merchant
men in tow laden with military stores. The inspector-
general of the telegraphic service arrived hero about
a week ago ; he has caused the works of the Rus-
chuk line to be commenced, and it is expected
that Varna will be connected with that place by
the beginning of April. Meanwhile the English
contractor will sink the submarine cable which is
to connect Varna with the Crimea, and the Walla-
chian Government will finish the road from Bu-
charest to the Danube. Thus there will shortly be
an uninterrupted telegraphic communication be-
tween the Crimea and Vienna, Paris and London."
The Debats contains the following remarks on the
late engagement mentioned in Admiral Brunt's
despatch to the French Government :
" The engagement took place in front of the right at-
tack, that is to say, on the side of the Arsenal, a por-
tion of Sebastopol called, as is known, the Sailors'
town.' At the foot of the plateau is a deep ravine, very
steep at the sides, which descends from the camp of
the English to Careening Bay. This ravine covers the
flank of the naval town to the East, and is the ex-
tremity of the attack of the besiegers to their right.
It will be seen that this right attack is henceforth
to be conducted with all desirable activity. The side
of the Arsenal is the most vulnerable point of Sebes-
topol, or at least that which would exercise the most
influence on the fate of the town. It is to be re-
gretted that the weakness of the English troops did not
permit them to carry on the .works of the right attack
with the necessary celerity. But a French corps of two
divisions is now charged with them. The English
troops remain encamped in their old positions opposite
Inkerman, above the ravine of the aqueduct, on the
left bank of the Tchernaya, observing the enemy, and,
if necessary, protecting the French from attacks from
the outside. Let us ald that, if the English cea-e
to work in the trenches, they do not the less pre-
serve their batteries, where from 80 to 100 large
naval guns will open their fire on a given day, in
conjunction with 150 French guns on the left and
centre, The night attack spoken of by Admiral
Bruat must have taken place on the night of the 22d
ultimo. Prince Menschikoff, on his part, mentions
the night of the 24th, and pretends that the besiegers
were repulsed. It is difficult to reconcile two suchdif-
ferent dates and versions, and we must await more de-
tailed reports. It appears that the affair was a ye,
severe one. However this may be, we must conclude
from this affair that the works and other siege operations
against the Arsenal part of the town are now advancing
with vigiour, and oblige the enemy's garrison to dissemi-
nate forces which it could previously have concentrated
on one front."

BOURSE, IfAllen B.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents. (xd) 94 —f. C.
3 per Cents 6l 90 68f. 85c.
Credit Mobilier 752 50 Roman
Credit Fancier — Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Throes
Piedmontese B7 Home Debt
RAILWAYS—FOR CASH.

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3G
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fr. .
Orleans
eans ... 1,19) Lyone .. fr. C.
- 1035 --
Western 642 50 Rouen -
Cate 598 75 Strasburg .. 825
Mediterranean 928 75 Havre • 555 '—
Northern .... ...... 852 50 Cherburg -

the Duchess, who had previously been deadly pale,
threw herself into the arms of the Queen and
sobbed aloud,"

BELGIUM.
The Ministerial crisis in Belgium continues.
M. .Delfosso had an audience of the King on Mon-
da.y, which lasted an hour and a half. The Hon.
INesident of the Chamber of Representatives de-
e..iined, it is said, In the most absolute manner, the
task of forming a Ministry, and expressed his
regret at the retirement of M. de Brouckere and
his colleagues.
Another member of the Liberal section of the
Chamber has been sent for by the King.

A letter from Berlin states that the opening of
the conference relative to the telegraphic negotia-
tions between Austria and the German States has
been postponed to the 15th May, and that the
conference for the telegraphic relations with France
and Belgium will not commence until the 15th
June.

THE HAGUE, March B.—A general officer is ap-
pointed to convey the condolence and sympathy of
the Court to St. Petersburg. The overflow of
several rivers has occasioned considerable damage.

CAIRO, Feb. 24.—The first half of the 10th
Hussars has arrived at Cairo, on its way to the
Crimea. The horses are in good condition.

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE--(THIS DAY.)

The Committee of Inquiry into the condition of our
Army in the Crimea was resumed this morning at the
usual hour. The public, as on preceding days, crowded
the space allotted to them.
The first witness examined was Mr. Clay, the owner
of some steamers employed by the Government to take
out stores and horses to the Crimea. He left England,
he stated, in the Emperor, in October, and arrived in
Balaklava in December. The state of the harbour was
very filthy. We were not there in the storm. Saw the
transports in the harbour afterwards. Many of them
were considerably damaged. Waited upon Captain
Christie, and represented to him the danger of anchoring
outside the harbour. He took no apparent notice of
this. A quantity of hay was floating in the harbour
which had been drifted in by the gale. There were two
harbour masters, one of whom was Captain Keith, and
they did all in their power to alter the state of things
which existed. Our stores were not landed for some
time after their arrival, and the Nottingham remained in
harbour for as much as three weeks before their cargoes
were discharged. The reason assigned for this was that
there was no person to take them away. Did not-know
exactly whose duty it was to receive these cargoes, or to
whom they were assigned, but he presumed it was the
Commissariat Department. The road from Balaklava
to the camp was in a very bad condition, and was up to
the knees in mud. Many of ' the horses used for
the purpose of conveying stores, provisione and
materials were in a very poor condition, and many
of them died. In the camp there were com-
plaints of deficiency in the supply of provisions,
and of the salt meat sent them. Saw many of the pri-
vates eat it raw, which he undergtood they generally did.
The cavalry horses were in a shockingly pour condition,
and had been kept on such sh forage that they had
eaten the manes and tails from each other's bodies. The
men were dirty and verminous, but they seemed in very
good spirits, and appeared contented in their avocations
of hut.building, putting up tents, and cooking their
soups. .Saw the Scots Greys; the men seemed hardy,
but their horses were also in poor condition. Went
over the Scutari Hospital in December last. The
system of coaling steamers at Constantinople and Bala-
klava was very bad. The Emperor, for instance, re-
quired 300 tons of coal to be put on board, and instead
of that being done in a day, as was the case at Malta,
it was only put on board to the extent of about thirty
tons per day, and 35 tons was considered a good day's
work. The vessel was consequently detained several
days in the operation, and the Government were paying
1001. per day for her use, so that when detained ten days,
as the Emperor had been, it involved a loss of 1,0001. The
Government mode of shipping and transporting horses
was very discreditable. The system pursued at Hull,
where numbers of valuable horses were annually shipped
for the Baltic, was very different. They were shipped on
the ballast anti in bad weather could lie down. A horse
could generally lie down in bad weather, but if he was
unruly the groom could at once " sling" him, and so
render him impotent from doing damage. The Govern-
ment method on the other hand was to " cook"
them up in narrow boxes in which they could not
lie down, and consequently they were upon their legs
if the voyage extended over six weeks. Many horses
were lost owing t 3 this system. Had little doubt that
the cavalry horses in the mina were very much affected
by the way in which they had been taken out. Did not
know whether the horses were insured. Saw some hay
and corn taken out for them. The Emperor was
generally engaged in special service in conveying
the sick, in carrying troops, and things of that sort.
He always discharged his cargo at Balak'ava.
He had conversations with Captain Christie rela-
tive to the transport. service— which was badly
organised. Capt. Christie, however, did not seem to be
up to the mark as to know whae he hal to dn. An
active man would have done much 'better. He had
some very clever clerks_ about him, particularly one of
the name of Pritchard. He had never been in com-
munication with Commissary-General Filder. There
certainly was some confusion between the coinrnis .ariat
and transport officers. The transport service was under
the direction of Captain Christie, and his orders were
necessary before a cargo could be landed. Saw a quan-
tity of offal in the harbour; but he was nnt sufficiently
acquainted with the matter to say that means might
have been adopted for clearing it away. He
should think that if an inducement in the shape
of liberal pay had been held Out to the crew of
vessels lying idle in the harbour, they would have rens
dere i their services willingly in cleaning the harbour.
The town of Balaklava was in a very filthy condition,
and he had no doubt but that this accumulation of dirt
and decomposed matter was . instrumental in generating
disea'e. He saw the Turkish camp when he was at
Balaklava; the men were sickly, and were dying in
largo numbers from fever and cholera—the latter pro-
bably induced by bad food. Some of the horses which
died were buried, but numbers were left about the camp.
Those which remained were as well treated as they could
be. Some-of the houses at Balaklava were inhabited. Mr.
Commissary Mackenzie lived in one and Lord Raglan
had another. He attributed the confused state of the
transport service entirely to the want of labour and some
system of superintendence, and he was sure it might all
have been remedied by some alteration and a small out-
lay of money. He did not know Admiral Boxer who was
in charge at Constantinople, but the accounts he heard of
him were not at all favourahle, and he was described
as being a most disagreeable person to have
anything to do with. If the various authorities at Ba-
laklava, the harbour-master, Captain Christie, or some
of the naval authorities there, had consulted with one or
two intellieent captains of the transport service, as to
some arrangements for cleaning the harbour, it night
have•lesen done in a week. 'He did not know Mr. Com-
ini,sary-General Filder. It was a matter of complaint
amongst the captains of the transport vessels that they
were detained in the harbour for days without being able
to obtain orders. He knew of one case in which a vessel
laden with hay was waiting for orders before she could
discharge it, whilst there were great complaints of want
of forage for the artillery horses in the camp. Visited
Kaimiesh Bay, but was not acquainted with any of the
harbour arrangements there. The Emperor was char-
tered for the transport of Lord Raglan's and officers'
staff of horses, at the rate of 6501. per week. The vessel
required very little fitting up for the accommodation
for this purpose. The Messrs. Wigram bad a Go-
vernment contract for conveying horses, but he
thought the Hull plan was far superior to their
mode. He recommended to Captain Milne the advan-
tages of the Hull plan, but instructions were not re-
ceived to the effect that the Emperor might take the
horses out in the mode he had referred to till she was on
the eve of departure. The transports, when he was at
Balaklava, were anchored across the harbour—which be-
thought was as good a way as any other. As to coaling
vessels at Balaklava, he thought a corps of men
might have been organised at Malta for the purpose
of coaling steamers. Coaling was effected at the
latter place entirely by manual labour, and good
arrangement. He did not offer any suggestions to Capt.
Christie with regard to clearing out the cargoes of ships,
more especially because he did not afford him any oppor-
tunity of doing so ; nor did he at all encourage him,
otherwise he (witness) would have been very happy to
have rendered him any assistance. He had seen the
Transport Board, and be had hopes of the improve-
ments he bad mentioned being adopted. It was
not by any means too late, as there were no
doubt many more horses to be sent out. The Em-
peror took out about 60 horses, 12 of which
belonged to Lord Raglan, and he was aware of no
casualty to any of them in the voyage. In fact, Lord
Raglan's groom told him that his lordship's horses were
as fresh as the day they were shipped at Woolwich.
The Rev. E. G. Parker, chaplain of the Ist Division
of the Army, was the next witness.
(LEFT BITTING.)

SOUTH-EASTERN.--The directors intend to declare a
dividend of 10s. per 301. stock (loss income tax), being
at the rate of 3/. Gs. Sd. per cent. per annum, at the
ensuing half•yearly !pectin, on the 15th instant.
CASUALTY.—SamueI (Prussian barque), for Jamaica,
left Gravesend yesterday morning in tow, and in the
Lower Hope she got in contact with a collier brig at
anchor, and soon after filled and sank in ✓ fathoms
water.

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The Belgian Monitcur announces that the Court will
go into mourning for a month from tho 6th on the occa-
sion of the death of the Emperor of Russia.
It is not intended to send the 32-pounder guns from
Woolwich to Liverpool. They are to be put on board
screw-steamers at the Royal Arsenal, and the steamers
will proceed direct to the Crimea.
ANOTHER FIRE AND Loss OF LlFE.—Yesterday,
shortly before noon, another serious fire broke out on
the premises of Mr. Rouse, known as the Farringdon
Market Eel Pie House, Farringclon-street, City. The
fire extended itself so rapidly as to cut off the retreat of 2
young *omen in the upper part of the house, one of
whom, in desperation, threw herself from the Window
into the street, killing herself upon the spot. The pro-
perty was much daUlaifed.

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