The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

ITALY.

Rolm, April 2.—The state of the Bank still
occupies the painful attention of commercial
classes here ; and Prince Rospigliosi, Count
Pianciani, and Don Vincenzo Cllonna, have
been deputed by the shareholders to throw
themselves at the Pope's feet, and implore a
prorogation of the term granted for the withdraw-
ing of their surplus paper from circulation, so as
to enable the bank to resume its discount opera-
tions, and relieve the merchants of the state from
the merciless claws of usurers. It is doubtful
whether his Holiness will consent to this measure,
although he is stated to be less averse to the sepa-
ration of the Branch Bank of Bologna, and the re-
formation of the Bank Statute.

A letter from Hamburg in the Independance
Beige, asserts that the Allies will find in Finland
100,000 Russian troops, under the command of
general De Berg, ready to oppose them, and that a
force still more considerable will operate, under
the command of General De Sievers, against any
attempt at disembarkation at Courland and
Livonia.

A letter from Kaliseh, in the Austrian Gazette,
says :—" Different journals have announced that
some troops belonging to the 2d and 3d corps of
infantry have entered the Crimea, and aro stationed
near Perekop, under the command of General
Paniutin. We can affirm that two divisions of the
2d corps of infantry have not quitted Poland or
Volhynia, and that General Paniutin has still his
head-quarters at Lublin. There is only one of the
divisions (the sixth) of this pneral in the South.
Another division, the 7th, is in Bessarabia, under
the command of General Us;:hakoff."

A letter from Athens of the 28th, in the Pays,
says :—" M. Barozzi, the Greek Commissioner at
Constantinople, has obtained great advantages for
his country In the treaty which has just been con-
cluded. Greece will have no indemnity to pay ;
she o')tains a treaty of commerce completely fa-
vourable to her interests ; she is placed on the
footinc, of the most favoured nations, and conse-
quontly acquires a right to try, by her representa-
tives, such Greeks as are guilty of crimes in the
states of the Sultan. Gen. Spirio Milos appeared
for the first time yesterday before the committee
of inquiry of the Chamber of Deputies. The re-
sult of this first interrogatory is not known. He
is still kept in the most solitary confinement."

THE STRATFORD DE LEDCLIFFE USUR-
PATION IN TURKEY.

[The following is Lord Stratford do Itedcliffe's
circular to the English consuls in the Levant, com-
mented on in the first leading article in the Dai y
News of this day.]

Therapia, Nov. 20, 1854.

Sir,—Within the last few months four important
measures emanating from the Turkish Government, and
calculated, if enforced with suitable energy, to produce
a large amount of benefit to this empire, either by their
immeiiate or by their eventual consequences, have been
communicated by command of the Porte to her Majesty's
embassy.
By the first of these measures a signal improvement
has been introduced into the procedure of criminal
juesdiction throughout the Ottoman Empire. New
securities have been given to the protection of inno-
cence, and for the discovery of guilt, in trials of that de-
scription, and above all the testimony of witnesses, to
whatever class of the Sultan's subjects they may belong,
has been thereby placed on a footing of perfect equality.

The second is directed against the disorders and acts
of cruel violence but too frequently perpetrated by irre-
gular soldiers in the Porte's service, or by unemployed
individuals, abandoned to the indulgence of their pas-
sions, and addicted to plunder and sanguinary crime.
The third has established the removal of every kind of
restriction attached of late to the free exportation of grain
from the ports of Turkey.
The fourth, and not the least beneficial, is a complete
interdiction of the traffic in slaves from Georgia and Cir-
cassia.

As her Majesty's Government have taken a deep
inter* t in the adoption of these measures, they can-
not but feel an earnest desire to have them carried
seriously and permanently into effect, to the end that
their salutary results may be thoroughly realised, not
only for purposes of general humanity, but also for the
welfare and improvement of an empire whose preserva-
tion in a right spirit is now the leading principle of
European policy.
To the accomplishment of this grand abject I con-
ceive that your watchful attention, and the exercise of
your unbiassed influence, may be essentially conducive.
The Turkish authorities, on whom, in the first in-
stance, devolves the faithful enforcement of the mea-
sures in question, have some traditional prejudices to
overcome, and many adverse interests to withstand in
the execution of their duty. At a distance from the
seat of government they naturally stand in need of
support, admonition, and encouragement ; nor, in the
present most intimate and cordial state of our relations'
with Turkey, can aids of this kind descend to them from 1
a better source than from you and your colleagues else-
where, animated, as, no doubt, you are by the spirit of
that alliance which holds the two countries together in
close co-operative union. I ought, however, to remind
you that the most friendly interference in those matters
which immediately concern the internal affairs of the
empire require to be conducted with prudence and a
just respect for the rights cf sovereign or of local juris•
diction. Your vigilance may be exercised, your advice
may be given, the language of remonstrance even may
be used, without transgressing the limits cf propriety ;
and, in case of failure, your representeion4 to the Go-
vernment at home and also to the embassy here, will
afford that prospect of redress which, though more dis-
tant, may not, on that account, be of less certain effect.
Copies of the firmaus, instructions, and notes relating,
to the four measures respectively 'are enclosed here-
with, as well in the original Turkish, as in English cr
French translation.
They would have been sent to you at an earlier
period, had not some obstacles, difficult to remove in a
moment, been occasioned by incidents on which it is not
neJeesary to dwell.
Although the measures themselves are already.known
to you and to the public at large, the present circular
will reach you at a time when some experience of their
w rking will enable you to wet at once with practical
judgment and efficacy in furtherance of their enforce-
ment.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE.

DEATIE Of JOHN PENNEFATHER, ESQ.—It is with
great regret we announce the death of this lamented
gentlemen—the last surviving son (we believe) of Baron
Pennefather. The sad event took place on Sunday
evening, after a few days' illness. Mr. Pennefather at-
tended as crown prosecutor at the Tipperary assizes,
where he caught typhus fever, which, from the first, was
considered of the most malignant type, and under the
effects of which his strength became utterly prostrated.
—Dublin Evening Mail.
MAILS FOR SIERRA LEONE.—The following notice
was issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz.
" Mails for Sierra Leone and Ascension will be made up
for transmission from Devonport by her Majesty's
steamer Teazer ; and all letters addressed to be sent by
the Teazer will be so forwarded. Letters sent in these
mails will be liable to the packet rates of postage, viz.,
ls. per half-ounce, which must be paid in advance.
Newspapers will be conveyed free of charge." The
Teazer is appointed to sail from Devonport on the 12th
instant.

ROYAL SOCIETY OP LITERATURE.—Professor Christmas
delivered yesterday another of his lectures on the "Do-
mestic Life of our Ancestors." He confined his obser-
vations to the amusements of our forefathers. The
Anglo-Roman period—the Anglo-Saxon period—the
early English period, were in turn brought before the
audience. Athletic sports, sedentary gatnes, and espe-
cially games of chance, were illustrated by anecdotes
from the chroniclers and biographers. The lecture con-
sisted necessarily of isolated fact., which cannot be
brought together in the limits which are prescribed to
us by the exigencies of a daily journal. It is sufficient
to say that the lecture met with the usual approbation
from the audience. _ _ _

THE CABINET OF TITLES.—The public dissatisfaction
with the lordly character of the Palmerston Administra-
tion deepens every day. Title or family influence seems
to be the only merit which his lordship recognises. In
excluding men of merit from important situations in his
Government, unless', in addition to their administrative
capacity, integrity, and character, they can procure the
exercise of oligarchical influence in their favour, Lord
Palmerston is playing a perilous game. The people of
this country possess the attribute of patience in a remark-
able degree, and they have proved that they do so by the
generous, perhaps too generous, forbearance they have
displayed in reference to the composition of the Palmer.
ston Cabinet. But it may be well to remind the Pre-
mier that there are limits to the national endurance ;
and these limits, if we do not grievously mistake the
signs of the times, have been reached. If the noble lord
persists in setting at defiance public opinion in reference
to the oligarchical constitution of his Government, he
may do something more than jeopardise the interests of
the very class on whom he is lavishing his official favours.
He ma 7 discover that he himself has incurred a respon-
sioilhy ot thu gravity ot which he tittle dicattis at pit'
sent. We, at any rate, cannot contemplate, without
mat uneasiness, the state of feeling which is so manifest
in the populu zit 1 M this very moment..- Morning
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Alll
COMMEB( T.A L Ir T /LLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocK.

The cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday,
closed firm, and compared with last week's prices
of American are 1-16 d. per lb. dearer. The sales
were estimated at 8,000 bales (2,000 of which
were for export and on speculation), comprising
100 Bahia at 6id., 200 Egyptian at 5d to 71d., 700
Surat at aid. to 4d., and 150 Sea Islands at 10d.
to 2s. 10c1. per lb. The Railway Share Market
was steady. .

The amount of tonnage built last year in the
United Kingdom and the Colonies was 320,869
tons, against 359,788 tons in 1854.

Subjoined is an account of the tonnage of vessels
owned at the end of last year and 1853 by England
and her colonies, and of the number of persons
employed :

Dec., 1853. Dec., 1854.
Tonnage. Men. Tonr age. Men.
England 3,150,653 152,184 3,365,330 162,423
Scotland
Ireland 259,364 14,083 262,377 13,262
Isles of Guern-

sey, Jersey,
and Man... 61,046 5,701 64,065 5,911
British Plan- . _ _

tattoos 734,218 52,365 794,520 55,860

Total 4,764,422 253,896 5,043,270 266,491

Yesterday afternoon the rates for bills of ex-
change drawn here upon the principal continental
cities were firmer. Paris, 90 days, 25 42/ to 45 ;
Amsterdam, 11 191 to 12 ± ; Hamburg, 13 8 to 81 ;
Frankfort, 119 to 1191; and Trieste, 12 38 to 42.
The English Stock market is heavy, and the
settlement of the account has given a fair supply
of Consols, no large amount being taken up for
investment, although money is so cheap out of
doors and there is a contango of about ± per cent.,
equal to 3 per cent. per annum. Consols have
been 92 for transfer, and 92-g. 2 for the 10th of
May. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 103. premium.
Bank Stock is firm at 211/. The Honourable East
India Company lends upon Stock at 21 per cent.
South Sea Stock is at 118.

Foreign Stocks are very dull, but generally well
supported. Mexican, however, is flat at 21k.
Brazilian New 41-- per Cents. are marked 941.
Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 37, and the
New Deferred at 18k. Turkish Bonds are 76i
to 77. Dutch 21 per Cents. have risen to 63. -
. The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 612-- to 7 ; Mexi-
can, 21k to 21g ; Peruvian, 691 to 701; ditto Three
per Cents., 49 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
12 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 181 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36/ to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 58 to stl ;
ditto Passive, 4k to 4.
There is an absence of anxiety in the market for
Railway Shares, and the quotations are in several
cases weaker. The Canadian and Indian under-
takings are steady.
Mines are dull, but United Mexican maintain
their value. The Joint Stock Banks are inactive,
and in the miscellaneous shares there is very little
to notice, except the heaviness of Royal Mail Stedm
Co.'s Shares.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
(Prom, the Officust Lilt. ,

liu•iness done

&Ink Stook ......
2114
3 per Cent. ltcduced Annuities 914 90k li
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92s / 2
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
New 2 per Cent. Annuities 774
Long AilnUitie3, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ,34
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jaia.,lB6o 4.
India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO l4
South Sea Stock ... 118
Consols ?or Account, 10th May 92i a /
Exchequer Bills, 2id.
21000 . , lO 7 10
.... _

2,500 lO 7 10
&Lail lO 7 10 7
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 32 per Cent. 991
Ditto 1E59, ~

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 94}
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B2l
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
',lexicon 3 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto for the Account 37
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. IS
rarkish Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto Small
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Datch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gail-- 63
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certitleates
Ditto for the Account 9li 2 }
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 92 i
Ditto, May A comint ... ...... ..