The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1853.

curred, Russia must have been a considerable
gainer by procrastination. If the SULTAN dis-
regarded the insidious advice of his pretended
friends, and plunged into hostilities without
their assent or sanction, there would have
been a pretext for bespeaking their co-
operation--,or, at all events, of obtaining
their neutrality, when he could deal with the
PORTE single-handed—a matter which might not,
however, be so very easy as the AUTOCRAT sup-
poses. If, on the other hand, ABD-UL-MEDJID,
under the directions of the French and English
Ambassadors, remained quiescent, and his subjects
could be exasperated to such an extent as to take
measures for the removal of the Sluggard from
the throne, the French and English fleets might
be called in to protect the SULTAN ; and under the
name of protection, to crush the power of the
empire. In fact, under the pretext of putting
down the insurrection, to repeat the grave mis-
take of Navarino, and save the armies of NICHOLAS
the formidable resistance they might otherwise
have to encounter--or if neither of these re-
sults followed—if the SULTAN obeyed the precepts
of the Diplomatists, and the troops remained in-
active, then the season for active operations in
the Black Sea or the Baltic having gone by,
NICHOLAS might despise the threats of the Mari-
time Powers, and carry out his objects without
let or hindrance ; or, at all events, remain in
occupation, consuming the resources of Turkey,
who, like a person burning a candle at both ends,
would have to support at the same time its own
and its adversary's troops.

The Dispatch of Count NESSELRODE to which
we have alluded is but another move in the too-
palpable game. It professes to contain the reasons
for rejecting the trifling modifications claimed by
Turkey and sanctioned by the Conference in the
original Note—unfairly transmitted to St. Pe-
tersburgh (although not chiefly delivered)
before the views of the party officially in-
terested with respect thereto was ascertained
—when the other European Powers so
completely and unwarrantably ignored the exist-
ence of the PORTE. On such a matter we cannot
feel surprised that Russia should take the hint,
and follow in the same direction. Russia has done
so accordingly, and assumed a fine appearance of
virtuous indignation (unparalleled since the pro-
test of the wolf against the insolent audacity
of the lamb) at the notion of the Porte
pretending to have any voice in the matter,
or daring to suggest any alteration, however
trivial or unimportant ; for, as the veteran diplo-
matist remarks, in a fine spirit of special plead-
ing—" Either the alterations which the Porte
requires are important, in which case it is very
simple that we refuse to accede to them, or they
are unimportant, and then the question arises,
Why should the Porte unnecessarily make its ac-
ceptance dependent on them?"
The whole Dispatch is filled with similar falla-
cies, and it is plain that the Russian must have
formed a very contemptible estimate of the French
and English diplomatists, if he thinks that they
can be gulled by such specious sophistries. It is
more probable that he supposes their previous ac-
quiescence may be ascribed to cowardice, and that
it is scarcely necessary to veil his designs under
the most flimsy covering. He may, however, be
mistaken ; a more becoming and honourable course
may be entered on even at the eleventh hour. If
Lord JOHN RUSSELL be mindful of his own words
spoken even within the present week—if he show
that he indeed believes that " peace without
honour is no longer peace—that it becomes but a
truce, a precarious truce, to be denounced by others
when when they think fit"—England may no
longer have to lament its departed honour, its de-
plorable degradation, and Russia may at length
bitterly expiate its insolent and unwarrantable
assumption.

It seldom happens nowadays that
" Languid Johnny glows to glorious John."

Nevertheless it so happened on Monday, the 19th
inst., at Greenock, when the Noble Lord the
Member for the City of London responded to the
complimentary address of the local Provost,
Council, and Magistrates. Wonderful to relate,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL then, most unexpectedly,
illustrated the accuracy of Sir BULWER LYTTON'S
epigrammatic description. Then—when least an-
ticipated—while the orator was indulging his
hearers, it seemed, with nothing better than
political platitudes relieved by familiar turns of
speech and hackneyed quotations—suddenly and
unexpectedly

-" the steam was on,
And languid Johnny glowed to glorious John !"
It was a transformation reminding us of the time
when CHARLES GREY was considered the pattern of
Reformers, when JOHN RUSSELL was regarded as
the preux chevalier among the more liberal-minded
patricians, when HENRY BROUGHAM was making
his triumphal progress through England, uniting
in his own person the contagious enthusiasm of
the demagogue with the judicial dignity of the
Lord High Chancellor. It was a change doubly
welcome to those who cherish that memorable
epoch in their remembrance, because of its being
a change as total and as abrupt as, in many re-
spects, it must still be allowed to have been inex-
plicable. It occurred between an allusion to the
oft-repeated line of the poet descriptive of a
traveller wandering in a mountainous district,
where

" Hills peer o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise :"
and a reference to a yet more oft-repeated toast at
our political banquets—" The cause of Civil and
Religious Liberty all over the World !" Could it
possibly be one of the last flashes of the lamp in
the socket ? Let us hope it was a luminous out-
burst of that "wonted fire" not to pass away with
such lamentable evanescence. Let us hope this
—even in spite of the Noble Lord's declaration
at the outset of his speech on Monday last to the
men of Greenock, when he observed, with regard
to the future, " / may take but for a short time
any further part in the deliberations of Parlia-
ment." At any rate, if such be really Lord JOHN
RUSSELL'S anticipation, he is determined apparently
to disappear from the arena of the Commons with
something of the nobler glory won by him in his
earlier struggles as a political gladiator. He is
resolved, it would appear, to make us forget, if
possible, his shortcomings during some time past
y the utterance of language worthier of his more
Youthful reputation. It was obvious, of course,
that the rem
arks here alluded to as having been
made on Monday at Greenock by Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL had especial reference to the conduct to be
pursued by England
Noble
in the now deplorable com-
plication of the Eastern difficulty. Hence the
importance of the
upon this subject, at this
of the British ouse of
Lord's. observations.
The words delivered
good seed broad-
cast They have only
juncture, by the Leader
Commons, ought to be sown like
over the United Kingdom.
they might
to be scattered thus over "the length and breadth
of the land" to yield an abundantyrehaamrvoesft
respect
g up into a host armed
patriotic sentiments. At atnheemelasersgieende
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such as ofm might have 'Lye been
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lips nowadays. Let us examine
worthy as we
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minutely—these noble words— ,
ELL
have declared them to be of Lord JOHN RUSSELL
as he was a quarter of a century gone by, and
therefore eminently worthy of the tongue of a
true-born and brave-hearted English Statesman.
Having spoken at some length of various matters
of importance affecting the labours of internal
legislation, the Noble Lord thus addressed himself
to the Burghers of Greenock...." It is likewise 19,

be considered," he said, " and I trust none of us
forget it (let us hope so despite the Earl of ABER-
DEEN!), that this country holds an important po-
sition among the nations of the world—(cheers)—
that not once, but many times, she bas stood for-
ward to resist oppression, to maintain the inde-
pendence of -weaker nations, to preserve to the
general family of nations that freedom, that power
of governing themselves of which others have
sought to deprive them. (Cheers.)" An in-
spiritingillplaubdeitpse.rce“ivledtrulesdt
Noble Lord, " will
preearm,,b,leeo,nawtninhduiclehoduidtthewer
thatto bolder
character,"
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not be forgotten, will not be abandoned by a
people which is now stronger in means, which is
more populous and wealthy than it ever has been
at any former period. (Loud cheers.) This,
then, you will agree with me, is not the period to
abandon any of those duties towards the world,
towards the whole of mankind, which Great
Britain has hitherto performed. (Increased cheer-
ing.) Let us perform them, if possible, by our
moral influence—let us perform them, if possible,
while we maintain the inestimable blessings of
peace. But, while we endeavour to maintain
peace, I certainly should be the last to forget
that if peace cannot be maintained with
honour, it is no longer peace (loud and
enthusiastic cheers, thrice repeated)--it becomes
then, as I have said, no longer peace, but a truce
—a precarious truce—to be denounced by others
whenever they may think fit—whenever they may
think that an opportunity has occurred to enforce
by arms their unjust demands either upon us or
upon our allies. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
r trust that so long as I can bear any part in the
public councils of this kingdom, such will be my
sentiments and such my conduct. (Great cheering.)
Happy I am to find that you have done me the
honour to signify your agreement with me in these
sentiments." At which the cheering of the audi-
tors, according to the report, is described as having
been enthusiastic. And no marvel, we take it, for
the language thus employed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL
was such as could not but awaken a sympathetic
vibration in the heartstrings of a throng of Eng-
lishmen. Therefore have we here quoted these
words in extenso, and without a wish for their
abbreviation. Henceforth let them be borne par-
ticularly in the popular remembrance. Let them
not be forgotten in connection with all the anoma-
lies every day rendered apparent in the proceed-
ings of the Coalition Government. Let them not
be overlooked throughout the changing phases of
our confused and vacillating negotiations. They
come to the public hearing, it must be admitted,
with rather startling effect at the moment when
the Prime Minister of England is confidentially
closetted by the hour with the Russian Ambassa-
dor. They scarcely tally with the obsequiousness
of the Vienna Note to the arrogant ambition of
II the CZAR. They hardly agree in tone with the
latest recommendations forwarded on the part of
the Four Powers to Constantinople. Nevertheless
they are bold, and therefore they are welcome—
doubly welcome, after so much official timidity and
ministerial mystification.
Couple with the language employed by the
Leader of the British House of Commons at Gree-
nock the intelligence bruited about in reference to
the Austrian Government ! Couple the words of Lord
JOHN RUSSELL with the news from Vienna, and con-
jecture whether or not a crisis has really arrived in
the progress of negotiation between the opposing
powers at St. Petersburg and Constantinople !
The meeting arranged for the 23d inst., at 01-
tniitz, between the Emperor NICHOLAS and the
Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH, might have prepared
the public for the announcement now made, that
Austria has summarily withdrawn from the Euro-
pean Conference. The duplicity of the Cabinet
of the CZAR might have satisfied us that before
long the world would be startled by a kindred
duplicity on the part of the Viennese Govern-
ment. The truth has now transpired. Prussia
all along has taken a merely nominal share in
these negotiations. England and France may
consider themselves, therefore, as abandoned by
the rest of the so-called allies of Turkey : and
upon those two great Powers, consequently, de-
volves the responsibility of bringing matters, one
way or another, to a conclusion. Everything
indicates, in fact, that the retrograde policy of
the " dear and excellent," the under-secretary
of M. Gurzor, the sympathiser with the Orleanists,
and the truckler to his Imperial Majesty the
Russian AUTOCRAT can no longer be hoped to
prove, as might once in an evil hour have been
anticipated, triumphant. Turkey is resolved upon
maintaining at all hazard the inalienable rights
of her independence. The SULTAN has avowed
his determination not to succumb before the
threats of his haughty neighbour any more than
to fall a victim to the treachery of the more faith-
less among his reputed defenders. His Highness
REDsCHID PACHA still holds with vigour the reigns
of the Foreign Department at Constantinople.
Lord PALMER.STON still exercises an appreciable
influence over the minds of his Ministerial col-
leagues, as well as, generally speaking, over the
hearts of his fellow-countrymen. M. DROUYN
DE 1' HUYS is still the energetic representative of
the vigorous foreign policy of the Tuileries. NA-
POLEON 111., with all his anxiety to fulfil the pre-
dictions made by him upon a notable occasion at
Bordeaux, and to prove that, in truth, "1' Empire
c'est la pair," is not exactly the man to dice the
honour of France away for the spurious boon of a
merely temporary and make-shift pacification.
Precisely at this juncture, the Leader of the
British House of Commons rouses himself from
his long torpor, and proclaims to the country from
Greenock, that " this is not the period to aban-
don any of those duties towards the world, towards
the whole of mankind, which Great Britain has
hitherto performed ;"—having previously defined
as among those duties the maintenance of the in-
dependence of weaker nations, and the resistance
on all sides of oppression. Are not these circum-
stances, let us ask ourselves, then, significant
If they are not prophetic of the downfall of the
despicable policy of the Aberdeenites, there has
been added to the guilt of turpitude the folly of
vain-glorious boasting—to the infamy of a
wretched weakness the ignominy of a miserable
braggadocio.

While the Directors of the Bank of England
are exerting themselves to the utmost of their
power to make money dear and scarce—while
there is a species of panic on the Stock Exchange
—while the organ of the nioneyocracy is declaring
that " the natural augmentation of prices which
occurs has the salutary effect of compelling men
to content themselves with less food, because they
can afford to buy less"—while, in fact, the em-
ployers of labour throughout the entire country
are placed in a position of the greatest difficulty,
the labourers themselves are putting forward
demands which cannot be conceded without posi-
tive ruin to their employers, who are thus
placed between two fires, and even more cer-
tainly and more speedily to themselves and
families. It is indeed difficult to conceive
such suicidal folly on the part of those who have
been for some time past in the enjoyment of
unwonted comforts, who have had money in their
pockets and an abundance of wholesome food upon
their tables, who have been certain of " a fair
day's wages for a fair day's labour," when every
man able and willing to work could obtain full
occupation at remunerative rates. This happy
state of affairs was, however, too good to last ;
and while it is asserted by capitalists and Bank
Directors, on the one side, the misguided indi-
viduals, whose condition has been so greatly
ameliorated, and who are really the most deeply
interested in supporting their employers against
the difficulties to which they are exposed by the
withdrawal of the facilities for obtaining pecuni-
ary
the ot hi
se opponents,r.
and vigorously assailing the victims, on
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accommineoldaanteihonol' aret playing the game of their
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selves well-disposed menthe
scoun-
drels, who endeavour to dupes of worthless scoun-
o think that intelligent
wtoellb- should suffer
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workmen in order that
struggles which they occasion--
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ntamed in idle-
the contests which they provoke. It almost seems

to be the lot of our artisans and operatives, that
whenever they have continued for a few months
in the enjoyment of comparative comforts, they
should become the prey of these designing
wretches, who, under one specious pretext or an-
other, make away with the money which, properly
applied, might become the foundation of future
independence, and who, while professing to be
their disinterested (!) friends, speedily prove them-
selves, beyond the possibility of doubt, to be their
most determined enemies. " Save me from my
friends" is a wise aspiration, for a mistaken friend
who, while actuated by the best motives, gives
injudicious al vice, is more dangerous than an open
foe ; but a false and deceitful villain, who, under
the guise of friendship, wilfully offers erroneous
counsels for his own selfish purposes, is the most
dangerous " reptile' that can be encountered in
the pas Page through life.
We have recently seen many strikes of different
trades and classes in the metropolis for the pur-
pose of obtaining higher wages from their em-
ployers. The spirit has extended, and is extend-
inloyegirtsself, and it appears that the operatives of
Manchester and the surrounding districts have
been infected with the virus, and have joined in
demands which, from the advance required, has
been termed the ten per cent. movement. These
demands have been general in their nature, have
applied to kind-hearted, liberal, and indulgent
employers as well as to others who have
not hitherto evinced much consideration for
the welfare and happiness of their " hands."
Thus, the Messrs. CHRISTIE of Fairfield, who
paid the very highest scale of wages, and
who, of their own free-will, had made other
liberal concessions, such as reducing the hours of
work without any corresponding diminution in the
earnings of their employees, were attacked, although
no just ground of complaint could be preferred
against them.
This agitation at Messrs. CHRISTIE'S has fortu-
nately subsided. A quiet interview, at which the
malcontents were invited to explain the nature
and extent of their alleged grievances, was suffi-
cient to terminate the disputes between the mas-
ters and operatives of that well-conducted esta-
blishment. But, unfortunately, a discontented
spirit prevails in other mills, and there is reason
to fear that results very injurious to the manufac-
turers, and still more so to the hands, may follow
if the movement be not arrested in sufficient
time. Before these ruinous consequences arise—
before families, now contented and happy, are re-
duced to misery and compelled to endure the most
pinching privations—we would address a few
words of remonstrance to those who are stimulated
by interested individuals to proceedings destruc-
tive of their own welfare and happiness. We trust
that they may not be misapplied, for Englishmen
and Englishwomen are reasoning and reasonable
beings, who will not plunge recklessly or blind-
folded into a serious encounter without maturely'
weighing the probable cost, and ascertaining that
the victory (if achieved) may not be too dearly
purchased.
In the first place, we would point out that the
preliminary resolution on which the entire move-
ment is based is without any adequate founda-
tion, and consequently that the entire proceedings
being based on a false assumption, should forth-
with terminate. It was resolved that " consider-
ing the present state of prosperity, the operatives
were justified in striking for a ten per cent. ad-
vance !' The present state of prosperity ! Do
they know, or do they understand the nature of
the impending danger ? Is it " prosperity" to
the employers of labour, to have money so dear
that 4+, per cent. is the minimum rate of interest
charged by the National Establishment, a rate
that will be materially enhanced by the provincial
bankers and money-dealers, that there is the pro-
bability of even a further rise, although the rate
is at present 12 1-3 d per cent. higher than it was
previous to the 25th October, 1847, when it was
deemed essential to sanction the virtual suspension
of the Bank Charter Act, and to apply to Parlia-
ment for an indemnity for so doing ? Is it " pro-
sperity" to have a monetary screw most strin-
gently applied in every quarter throughout the
length and breadth of the land, to have the most
vigorous and energetic exertions going on to re-
duce the quality and enhance the prior of the
circulating medium—the very life-blood of indus-
try—so as to create a paralysis among the pro-
ducing classes ? Is it " prosperity" to have the
entire profits absorbed by capitalists for the use of
their money—to have all the honey taken from
the bees and delivered over to the drones, the
national hive ? If these things be so, then there
may be some foundation for the movement ; but
if not, then it should forthwith terminate, and
the misguided men should forthwith discard their
insidious and dangerous advisers.

But supposing that they should succeed to the
full extent of their demands—that an occurrence
so very unlikely as the complete and unequivocal
triumph of labour over capital should take place,
that, in fact, there was a general advance of ten
per cent. on wages throughout the entire king-
dom—that the misery and suffering that must
necessarily be endured by the great majority of
those engaged in the strike during the cessation of
labour were forgotten—how long do they suppose
the new state of affairs could last ? How long
would they enjoy the fruits of their triumph ?
Barely until existing contracts had been completed
—until the employers were enabled to dispense
with the services of their conquerors, and to
close their mills until starvation would reduce the
manly operatives to submission. With an ad-
vance of 10 per cent. they could no longer com-
pete with the foreigner—they could not carry on
their business with a profit, or even without seri-
ous loss. They might live for a time on the
remnant of capital, but what would be the fate
of their unlucky victors ? With their miserable
families around them, and enduring all
the hor strorasrovinfthge most bitter poverty, they would
have too much cause to curse their betrayers, and
too late to proclaim their dearly-acquired know-
ledge of the great truths that the interests of
employers and workmen are one and indivisible,
and that however much the former may be
damaged by a strike, the injury to the latter will
be more considerable, even though the movement
be attended with unexpected success.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUBT.

(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron Martin and Justice Crompton.)
MANSLAUGHTER.—Patrick Sullivan, aged 38, de-
scribed as a labourer, was indicted for feloniously killing
and slaying William Stone Gampton.
The prisoner pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Caarteen appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
O'Brien defended the prisoner.
Tho deceased was in his lifetime an officer of the Cus-
toms, residing in Bermondsey, and the prisoner was a
dock labourer. On the 11th of last April the deceased
was on duty aboard ship in the neighbourhood of his own
home, and ongoing ashore he was charged by the prisoner
with having stolen a cloak, and with baying contraband
goods in his possession. This charge the prisoner made
to the superior custom-house officer of the Bermondsey
district ; and at the time that he made the charge he said
the deceased had taken a friend of his named Jetrey Wil-
kinson for smuggling, and he was determined to be re-
venged upon him for it. The deceased denied the charge,
but his superior officer said it was one of so serious a
nature that it must be further investigated, and accord-
ingly the three, namely, the prisoner, the deceased, and
the district officer, left Bermondsey for the purpose of
proceeding to the Thames Police Court. On the way
thither the prisoner became very violent in his man-
ner, and at length knocked the deceased down. The
deceased fell with terrible force, the back of his
head striking the kerb stone, and while he was lying
insensible upon the ground the prisoner kicked
him about the head with great brutality, and
then took to his heels. He was, however, pursued, and
eventually given into the charge of the police for the as-
sault. Deceased was very much injured, but not so
much as to prevent his attending before the police magis-
trate, and convicting the prisoner, who was fined 40s.
for the assault. The prisoner abandoned his charge of
robbery and smuggling, which he had made against the
deceased, as it was only a drunken conception, and the
deceased returned to his duty as an officer of the Customs.
The injuries, however, which he received in the fall,
affected his intellect, and on the Ist of July, he became
a confirmed lunatic, when be was removed to St. Luke's
Hospital. There he got much worse, and ultimately, on
the 17th of August, he died of a malady which the medi-
cal men of the hospital were of opinion had been super-
induced by the wounds he received on the head during
his conflict with the prisoner.
Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the defence, and
contended that the evidence was not sufficient to justify
the conviction of his client.

Mr. Justice Crompton then summed up, and
The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Court sentenced the prisoner to four months im,
prisonment, with hard labour.

NEW COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THEICHARGE OF RAPE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN.

In the case of Henry Hamilton, described in the
calendar as surgeon, aged 36, and committed by Mr.
Hall, the magistrate of Bo w-street, for an alleged rape upon
Elizabeth Brown, who sought his advice as a patient, the
grand jury ignored the bill for the capital offence, and
returned one for a misdemeanour, and the defendant was
admitted to bail, himself in 5001., and two good securi-
ties each in 2001., to take his trial at the ensuing sessions.

THIRD COURT.
(Before the Common Sergeant.)
ROBBERIES BY A LODGING-HOUSE KEEPER.
Mary Smith, alias Chapman, alias Howard, aged 30,
spinster, a very respectable looking woman, pleaded
guilty to several indictments charging her with having
stolen a quantity of articles, consisting of table linen,
hearth-rug, several waistcoats, a pair of trousers, and
other things, the property of James Ward, Samuel
Bradley, and others. The prisoner had, it appeared,
kept a house and let lodgings, and, taking advantage
of the absence of the lodgers, had plundered their apart-
ments ; and when the robberies were discovered the
prisoner laid it to the servants, some of whom were dis-
charged.

The Common Sergeant said her case was a very bad
one, and sentenced her to be imprisoned for 8 months,
and kept to hard labour.
The constable said that he had an immense number
of pawnbroker's duplicates relating to property which
had been stolen from other lodgers, and he wanted to
know what was to be done with them.

The Common Sergeant said they must be given up to
the parties they belonged to.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY).

DOG STEALING.—Henry Holborn, a dog fancier, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Hardwick, charged with
having stolen a spaniel dog, the property of Mrs. Louisa
Cooke, of No. 9, Woodstock-road, Shepherd's-bush.
It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix,
accompanied by her maid servant, who carried the dog
in question in her arms, went into a tavern, in Queen-
street, Golden-square, for the purpose of seeing the land-
lord, and, while they were standing at the bar, defend-
ant came in and claimed the dog as his property. This
was denied, when the defendant seized hold of the dog,
and forcibly took it from the servant. Prosecutrix at
once called a police-constable and gave him in charge.
The prisoner, in defence, said the dog was his, and
he had the fellow one to it at the present time. The
aog which prosecutrix claimed as hers was stolen from
him three weeks ago.
Mr. Hardwick said defendant, instead of forcibly
taking possession of the dog, should have asked the lady
for her address, and of whom she purchased the dog.
The case at present was full of suspicion, and he (Mr.
Hardwick) should remand him till Saturday next. In
the meantime the constable was directed to communi-
cate with Mr. Bishop, of Bond-street, who, from his
experience of the dog-stealing fraternity, would no
doubt be enabled to identify the defendant as one of
that gang.

THE MAYORALTY AND SHRIEVALTY.—There is a great
deal of talk in the City about "a stir" upon the day of
the swearing in of the new sheriffs, as well as of an agi-
tation on the day of election of a Lord Mayor for the
ensuing year.

„
PLEASURE TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.—The schooner-yacht
Wyvern, the property of the Duke of Marlborough sailed
from Portsmouth on Tuesday evening for Australia,
having Lord George Churchill, son of the Duke, on
board, who goes out to the gold regions on a trip of
pleasure.

PRINCELY Al lINIFICENCE. —At a meeting of the Liver-
pool Town Council yesterday, the Mayor (Samuel
Holme, Esq.) stated that William Brown, Esq., M.P.
for South Lancashire, had offered to present the town
with a sum of 6,0001. for the ereotion of a building for a
public library.

THE SPIRIT TRADE. —ln consequence of two very
short vintages, the price of French brandy has consi-
derably advanced, so much so as to be found too expen-
sive to use for the purpose of fortifying low wines from
the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere, with a view to
their marketable improvement, as has hitherto been the
practice of the trade.
MAYNOOTH COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.—The first
meeting of the commissioners to inquire into the state
and management of Maynooth College was held on
Tuesday at the Castle. There were present—The Earl
of Harrowby, chairman ; Chief Baron Pigot, Dr. Long-
field, Dr. Twiss, and Mr. James O'Farrell. The acting
secretaries were—Mr. H. West and Mr. John O'Hagan.
LARGE CHERRLES.—Mr. Moses, the large fruiterer,
of Gracechurch-street, had the honour, a short time
since, of presenting a basket of cherries to her Majesty.
The fruit altogether was a great curiosity, exquisite in
flavour, and 25 of them weighed a pound and a half.
FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SIR C. ADAM AT GREEN-
WICH.—The funeral of Admiral Sir C. Adam, K.C.8.,
Governor of Greenwich Hospital, took place yesterday
at noon, in the burial-ground belonging to the Royal
Hospital. The ceremony was divested of all pomp, and,
with the exception of the several officers of the institu•
tion, the only persons forming the procession were the
immediate relatives of the deceased. Admiral Sir Wm.
Parker, who is stated to have received the appointment
to the vacant post, was, however, in attendance. The
sword and hat of the deceased were placed on the coffin,
and, although it was expected the bands of the hospital
school would play a suitable march, nothing of the kind
was attempted. The funeral service was read in an
impressive manner by the senior chaplain, the Rev. J.
K. Goldney. Many of the old pensioners appeared
much affected as the procession passed along. The de-
ceased was very highly esteemed by the officers and
men.

PUBLIC SALE OF THE VICARAGE OF nENDON.—Yes-
terda,y morning Mr. Alderman Farebrother attended at
Garraway's for the purpose of disposing, by auction, of
the "valuable advowson, perpetual patronage of, and
right of presentation to the vicarage of Hendon," de-
scribed as being delightfully situate, adjoining to Lord
Tenterden's park, six miles from London. The bidding
was brisk up to 8,4001., but at that sum it suddenly
stopped, and for 8,400/. the perpetual patronage and
right of presentation to the vicarage of Hendon (popu-
lation about 4,000) was knocked down. It appeared
from the conditions of sale that at one time the cele-
brated David Garrick was patron of the living.
READING FAlR.—This, which is the first of the great
autumn fairs in the county of Berks, took place yester-
day. The attendance of all classes interested was very nu-
merous. The supply of live stock of all kinds for graz-
ing purposes was much less than usual. Nevertheless,
there was evidently an attempt on the part of the buyers
to lower prices, but the sellers being firm, and the
demand so great, the existing high prices were easily
obtained, and in some instances a considerable advance
was realized for both cattle, sheep, and pigs ; the great
quantity of aftermath, and the promising appearance of
that important crop for winter feeding, the turnip, ma-
terially assisted in keeping up both prices and demand.
The supply of milking and in-calf cows was less than
in former years ; those offered were readily sold at high
prices. In the horse fair there was a good supply of
useful cart-horses and colts ; the attendance of buyers
was numerous, horses sold freely athigh pries, and cart-
colts were bought up quickly by the farmers at prices
varying from 18 up to 40 guineas each, according to
age and quality, very few remaining unsold. Altogether
this was a good selling fair, and many dealers who at-
tended for the purpose of buying on speculation were
precluded from doing so, the range of prices for live
stock of all kinds being such as to deter them from lay-
ing out their money.
LINLITHGOW TRIBUTE TO ROYALTY.--It is stated that
the palace authorities at Linlithgow hoisted the Turkish
ensign on the palace, on the occasion of the Queen
passing the ancient burgh by the railway for Balmoral.
The reason assigned for doing so was that all the other
flags had disappeared at the tine ; and that conse-
quently there was no design in the deed.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

On Tuesday the Emperor held a grand review
of troops on the plain of Satory.
The Emperor arrived at the camp of Satory at
half-past two o'clock, and commanded the troops
throughout a variety of manceuvres. The artillery
and cavalry formed the centre, and the infantry
the wings. The right wing was under the com-
mand of Marshal Magnan, the left of Gen. Levas-
seur, and the cavalry of Gen. Korte. The Empress,
who arrived in an open carriage, with the Duchess
d'Albe by her side, and followed by other carriages
containing the ladies of the Court, took up her sta-
tion near the hippodrome lately erected by the
troops. The manceuvres commenced by an attack
on the centre, which gave way under the protection
of a fire of artillery. When the movement of retreat
had ceased, the cavalry made a charge on the attack-
ing party, forcing it to retreat in turn. At the same
time the infantry, formed into oblique squares and
kept up a sustained fire, whilst the cavalry regained
the position which it had occupied before the
charge. The enemy then made a movement on
the right wing, and the troops there were forced
to change their front to oppose them. After seve-
ral manceuvres on this side, the cavalry made an-
other charge, and the enemy were in the end alto-
gether beaten off. The whole of the manceuvres
were executed with great accuracy and spirit, and
in
to
three all had ceased the troops were formed
three sides of a square, the carriages of the Em-
press and of the Court, and a considerable crowd
of spectators, occupying the fourth side. The Em-
peror then proceeded into the centre of the square,
accompaniel by a numerous staff and a consider-
able number of foreign officers, Austrian, English,
Piedmontese, and Dutch. The Emperor, having
on his right Prince Napoleon and on his left Gene-
ral Prince Jablonowski of the Austrian service,
then delivered the following address to the
troops :

" Officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers !
—At the moment when the camp of Satory is about to
be raised, I desire to testify to you my entire satisfac-
tion. The three divisions which have in succession
occupied it have manifested that discipline and confra-
ternity, and that love for the profession of arms which
keep up the military spirit so necessary for a great
nation. In fact, who is it that in difficult times has
supported empires, if not these assemblages of armed
men taken from the people, broken into discipline,
animated with the sentiment of duty, and who pre-
serve, in the midst of peace, when generally egotism
and interest in the end enervate everything, that de-
votedness to the country founded on self-denial, and
that love of glory which is founded on a contempt for
riches. That it is which has always made armies the
sanctuary of honour, and consequently, as long as
peace continues, there exists a community of sentiments,
I may even say a sort of esprit de corps, between us
and foreign armies. We love and esteem those per-
sons who, in their own countries, feel and act as we do ;
and as long as political events do not turn them into
enemies, we are happy to greet them as comrades and
as brothers. Receive, my friends, with my encomiums
for your good conduct, my thanks for the marks of
attachment which you have given to me and the
Empress. Reckon on my affection ; and be certain of
this—that next to the honour of having been three times
elected by a whole nation, nothing can afford me greater
pride than to command such men as you."

These words excited the greatest enthusiasm, and
were followed by the long-repeated cries of " Vive
l'Empereur ! vive l'lmporatrice !" The Emperor
then distributed the cross or the military medal to
several of the -troops whose conduct appeared to
merit the distinction. The troops filed off before
their Majesties with loud acclamations, and the
proceedings terminated. The Empress then with-
drew, and the Emperor gave a collation to all the
officers near Marshal Magnan's tent. In front of
the tent was to be seen a colossal bust of the Em-
peror, made in twelve hours by M. Itoubaud, a
pupil of Pradier. At six o'clock, the Emperor
returned to Saint Cloud amidst loud acclamations.

The Moniteur contains an imperial decree ap-
proving of certain modifications in the statues of
the St. Germain Railway Company.
The Minister of the Interior has given a first
warning to the Echo Agricolc for having in spite
of friendly intimations to the contrary, published,
particularly on the 15th and 18th of the present
month, articles on the subject of food which were
calculated to excite alarm and to produce a facti-
tious rise in corn.

The Bourse opened heavily yesterday, and the
Three per Cents. were first called at 76f. 80c. It
was subsequently reported that the Bank of France
was about to lend 100,000,000 f. in specie to the
Bank of England. The report produced a favour-
able impression, and the Three per Cents, rose to
77f. 20c. They finally closed at 76f. 95c. for the
end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
closed at 101 f. 85c. ; Orleans Railway shares,
1,240 f. ; Rouen, 1,066 f. ; Havre, 520 f. ; Great
Northern, 865 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 948 f. 75c. ;
,Paris and Lyons, 923 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Medi-
terranean, 770 f. ; Western of France, 737 f. 50c. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 616 f. 35c. ; Great Central,
530 f.: Lyons to Geneva, 527 f. 50c. ; Shares of the
Bank of Credit Mobilier, 787 f. 50c.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
WARLIKE NEWS.
The Lloyd's steamer has arrived at Trieste with
news from Constantinople to the 12th September.
A deputation from the Ulemas, the united body of
lawyers, priests, and men of letters, had waited on
the Sultan, and given him the alternative of de-
claring war or abdicating his throne ; requiring
his answer at the Feast of Bairam. The greatest
excitement still prevails among the people.
The service of the Russian post at Constanti-
nople is suspended, and the postmaster has gone to
Odessa.
The Bey of Tunis has informed the Porte that
his contingent is ready to take the field. Steamers
are about to be sent for these troops to reinforce
the garrison of Constantinople.
Izzett Pasha, late Governor of Tripoli, has been
appointed to the Governorship of Belgrade, with
orders to depart at once and assume the functions
of his office.
The Sultan has issued a decree ordering the Bank
of Constantinople to commence its operations.
Duz, the Director of the Mint, has demanded a
last delay until the 13th of next month. The
foreign capitalists have refused their credit to the
Bank. They wish to treat with the government
or to obtain its direct guarantee.
We yesterday published at length the dispatch of
Count Nesselrode m reply to the modifications of
the Porte to the Vienna note. The Debats says :
" Independently of this dispatch, M. de Nesselrode
has addressed to M. de Meyendorff a special note, in
which the modifications themselves are discussed
point by point. We have not received any more
precise information as to the contents of that note.
As to the dispatch of M. de Nesselrode, M. de
Meyendorff has been charged to read it to M. de
Buol, and to leave him a copy of it. Our Vienna
correspondent informs us that the dispatch was to
be transmitted to the representatives of Russia at
Paris, London, and Berlin, who were to read it to
the Ministers of the three Governments, but with-
out leaving them a copy." After giving the ana-
lysis of the note, the Debats adds :—" Our corres-
pondents at Vienna inform us that M. de Buol,
immediately after the receipt of the dispatch from
M. de Nesselrode, had a conference with the French,
English, and Prussian ministers, to whom he com-
municated it, and that, after a long discussion, it
was resolved on urging the government of the Sul-
tan to decide on withdrawing the modifications, and
accepting purely and simply the note of Vienna. A
courier was in consequence sent off to Constanti-
nople on the 12th, carrying the last instructions of
the Austrian Government to M. de Bruck."
A telegraphic dispatch has been received from
Vienna, announcing the important fact, that
Austria declares that circumstances no longer per-
mit that power to act unitedly with the other great
powers. Instructions have been forwarded to M.
de Bruck that he may assure the Sublime Porte
that he must accept the first note without modifi-
cations.
We find the following under date of Vienna the
19th in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort. It is
evidently another version, and perhaps a more cor-
rect one, of the account of the procedings of the
Conference of Vienna given in the private tele-
graph dispatch from that city, dated the 20th
" A proposition was made at the Conference of
Ambassadors to send a collective note to Constan-
tinople to calm the uneasiness of the Ottoman.
Porte. This proposition was rejected. The Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, Count Buol de Schauen-
stein, declared that M. de Bruck was charged to
obtain from the Divan the pure and simple accep-
tance of the note. Prussia united with Austria
on this occasion. The French and English Ambas-
sadors
declared on their side that the essential
point was to insist energeticallyof
matedCiatonih withoutsotantinople
on the adoption of the project
modification, and that they had received instruc-
tions to that effect."
It is thought that the Conference will not re-
sume its activity until after having ascertained the
intentions of the Porte.
The following fact, says the Constitutioit nel,has
been communicated to us, and we find it confirmed
by letters both from Constantinople and Schumla.
A European physician, who arrived some months
back at Constantinople, obtained by dint of solici-
tation the direction of the military hospital of
Schumla. It appears that Omer Pacha s)on per-
ceived that this person kept up mysterious relations
with Russian spies, and in consequence lie kept on
his guard. Soon after, being warned that there

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was an intention to poison him, he feigned to be
indisposed, and sent for the medical man in clues"
tion to attend him. This person, after examining
the patient, went out to prepare a calming
potion,
which, on his return, he presented to Omer Paella
to drink. The general-in-chief of the Turkish
army requested the physician to taste it first him:
self, and as the other refuwed to do so, he forced
him to drink the whole of it in his presence.
Seeing that the physician then wanted to hurl
out, he forced him to remain in the tent, in order
that he might judge of the effect of the potion.
At the end of some hours the physician died front
poison. We publish the fact such as it is related to
us in our private letters.
The Princess Belgiosa, who, it will be recollected',
whilst travelling in the East, was attacked and
stabbed by a discharged servant, is stated to have
died of her wounds in the Turkish capital.
Letters from Semlin, 17th, announce that a
number of vessels laden with corn had sailed for
Vienna, for the supply of the entrepots of Pesth
and Raab.
A letter from Constantinople, of the Bth instant,
says, an address to the Ministers was in circulati?n
for the purpose of approval and for signatures. 11'
demanded war, and in unmistakeable terms, or
"an honourable peace." The letter concludes
with these words :—" If an immediate solution d°
not take place, there is no knowing what mayhappen, for the popular excitement is at its
height. The people are beginning to reason ; they
examine the acts of the Government with attention
and judgment, and they know perfectly who are
the patriotic Ministers and who are not.
The writer adds, that it was believed that a oer"
tam misunderstanding existed between the repre;
sentatives of the Powers at Constantinople ; that
the French Ministers threw the blame of the de;
lay which has occurred on Lord Stratford de Rea"
cliffe, that Lord Stratford thought M. de Bruck
alone blameable, and that M. de Bruck in bill
turned round on Redschid Pasha, and maintained
that this last was the cause of all. It appears, 94"
cording to the same authority, that a corres',
pondence was going on between M. de la Cour
Lord Stratford, which would not be made public
unless in the event of the publication of the diplo-
matic documents in their complete form. It was,
said that the French Minister still maintains that
if the fleets had entered the Dardanelles, and gone
to Constantinople, at the time he proposed it, so
those events would not have taken place.