The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, IBSU.

MARKET HEWS DAY.)

AMERICA.

CORN EXCHANGE.

A full average business was transacted in wheat in most
of the country markets held of Saturday, at, in some in-
was in short supply, and steady request,
stances, an advance of from is 23 per quarter. Barley
on higher terms.
Oats and flour commanded mor money ; whilst the value
of beans and peas was well supported.
The latest advices from the United States are to the
effect that flour and grain were in but moderate request,
on former terms. The French markets have become less
active, and prices have a downward tendency. The demand
for wheat in the Baltic and Black Sea ports has been ex-
tensive.

ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.

By the steam-ship Africa,
which arrived at Liver-
pool yesterday (Sunday), we have advices from
New York to the 24th ult. She has brought 92
passengers, but no specie. •
The Royal Mail steamer Arabia arrived at New
York on the 23d, after a fine run of 9 days, 22
hours, and 30 minutes mean time from Liverpool.
The United States' steamer Pacific, which sailed
from Liverpool three days before the Arabia, ar-
rived at New York .11 hours • after her, having, on
the fifth day out, broken her main shaft.
The screw-steamer. Glasgow arrived at New York
on the 23d ult. from the Clyde.
The deaths in New York for the week ending the
20th ult. were 969, •of which upwards of 400 were
caused by the extreme heat:
The
.fever at New Orleans and several other
places in the Southern States was hourly on the
increase. - The deaths at New Orleans on the '2lst
from it were 270, and for the week 1,350, and from
other causes 230. It had also broken out at Balti-
more and Cumberland ; at Natchez, with a popu-
lation of only 5,000, the deaths had been upwards
of 300 from the sauce cause.'
The Washington correspondent of the New
York _Herald, writing on the23d, says :

Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English
grain were very moderate. The imports from abroad
amounted to 25,684 quarters of wheat, 7,350 41-ley, 21,365
oats, 4,272 beans, 13,055 linseed, 355 rapeseed, 22 mustard
seed 1,765 sundry seeds, 210 casks and 8,163 barrels of
flour.

Fresh up to this morning's market, the arrivals of wheat,
coastwise from Gravesend, Kent, were moderate, and in
fair average condition. Amoncrst the supply were 700
quarters of new. From the Easet coast, the receipts were
small ; and those by land carriage from the Midland
Counties were trifling. The show of samples of both red
and white was very moderate ; nevertheless, the demand,
owing, in some measure, to the refusal of the French Go-
vernment to allow any advance in the value of bread in
Paris during the first fortnight of the present month, was
in a sluggish state, and sales propprogressed at prices about
equal to those of Monday last. Fora forward delivery only
a limited business was transacted.
We were fairly supplied with foreign •wheat. Good
Baltic parcels were steady, and the turn dearer. In all
other kinds a moderate business was transacted, at late
rates.

"The mission to Constantinople was filled to-d 4 by
the appointment of the lion. Carroll Spence, of Mary-
laud, vice Mr. Marsh, removed. Mr. Sanders' commis-
sion as Consul of London Was forwarded to him to-day
by mail. The mission to France is yet unfulfilled, nor
is it decided who will get it. All announcements to
the contrary are mere gossip."

Floating cargoes from the westward sold at full quota-
tions. The arrival continues small.
Very little English barley was on offer, and the supply
of foreign was by no means large. The trade ruled active,
at an advance of ls. per quarter.
Malt sold briskly, and the quotations were is to 2s per
quarter above last week's currency.
We were fairly supplied with oats; the inquiry for
which ruled active, at a rise of is per quarter.
There was an improved sale for beans, at ls. per quar-
ter more money. Peas moved off readily, and must be
quoted is per quarter higher.
New rye was held at from 34s to 38s per quarter. In-
dian corn was firm.

A contemplated insurrection of the slaves in
Nottoway County, Virginia, had been discovered
and suppressed. They intended murdering all the
white inhabitants of the place. _ _

An extensive lire broke out in the Pearl-street-
house, New York, on the 23d ult., which destroyed
$200,000-;worth of property.

The flour trade was steady, and the top prices of Eng-
lish was 60s per 2801bs. Fine American realised 31s per
barrel.

Her Majesty's steam-er Devastation had captured
the fishing schooner Starlight, but telegraphic ac-
counts state that she had been released on pay-
ment of costs and and a promise from the captain
that he would not fish within the British bounuary
. auain
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CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.

Wheat—Essex dit YPit.
Red .• •• new 50- to 57s
itt0............ old 50s 57s
to, wiate new 50s 61,,
Ditto old 543 GBs
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 45s 55s
Ditto new • . 41, s)s
itre--Old • . • • • • • .. 00s 00s
Now ... - • .... 31s .13s
11.) ay—Grinding..... sss 318
Ifaltlng ......... 'Ss 38s
Chevalier.... ... 33s 40s
dalt—Suffolk and N0r-
f01k............ 5Gs 62s
,rown . • • • 50, 57s
ogston and Ware Gls 658

(Oats
•• •• 67s to 67s
iOatS Yorkshire and

Lincolnsb., Feed 20s "4
potato .•• . • • .... 24s 28s
roughs! and Cork
• . 17s 22s

Cork, White .•• —20 s

The steamer Northern Light had arrived at New
York with advices from San Francisco to the let
ult., and 1,124,95 l dole. in gold dust on freight.
The West India mail-steamer Trent was at Navy-
bay on the 15th ult. The California papers recoru
the capture and decapitation of the celebrated
robber chief Joaquin, together with several of his
' followers. The wheat crops in must parts of Cali-
fornia were suffering from rust, winch it was said
would make the yield 25 per cent. less than it
would otherwise have been. The ship Mango
which had been burnt to the water's edge in San
Francisco bay, lost about 40,000 dols. _Murders
were still very rife throughout California. Two
persons had heen hung at Calavera—one for mur-
der and the other fur horse-stealing. Lynch law
had also become pretty general. New gold dig-
gings had been discovered at Port Oxford, on the
Umpqua River. Five persons had taken I,ooodols.
per day out for several days. Provisions were
very dear, pork selling for 45c. per pound. Gold
had also been discovered in large quantities at
Santa Cruz, near the San Lorenza Creek. The San
Francisco market was animated, and, in the face of
very heavy importation of every description of
merchandise, there had been a reaction in almost
every branch of trade.

Scotch, Feed. •• • • '23, Vis
It awn—Tick 37, 41s

Pigeons 3B 46s
Peas—Grey 34. 37s
Maple 3,5, 38s,
...34 4ls

floilers .........408
F'hur—Town-made... hss 6(18
Suffolk ........ 41s 41s
atookta Ye,orlo F 40s 46s

SMITHFIELD.

During the last week the import of foreign stock into
London amounted to 11,226 head. In tho corresponding
period of 1852, we received 11,967; in 1851, 11,480; in
1850, 8,778 ; in 1849, 5,769 ; and in 1848, 7,925; and in
1847, 6,928 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WERE.
From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Elarlingen 250 ... 1,455 ... 114 217 ... 843
Tonningen 517 ... 255 ... 14
Flamburgh 9 ... 1,131
Rotterdam 641 ... 3,263
Bromvershaven ... 164
Dordt 32 110 ... 40

.. -
... 43$

.. -
23

Anisterdam
Antwerp
Bremen
Dunkirk

1,174

226

Total_ 1,728 -. 7,558

.. 196

882

The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :

Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs.
1852 1,493 ... 8,799 713 ... 652 ... 310
1851 1,948 7,643 ... 604 648 641
1850 1,500 6,500 ... 450 ... 352 ... 70
1849 1,200 4,000 ... 50 ... 450 69
1848 1,350 5,850 150 ... 525 50
To•day's market was somewhat extensively supplied with
foreign stock, the general quality of which was very in-
ferior. However, a good clearance was effected.
Notwithstanding that the supply of beasts was large,
there was an evident improvement in the beef trade,
caused by the large number of both town and country
buyers in attendance. The primest Scots were, however,
very scarce. That breed moved off briskly, at an advance
in the quotations of 2d per 81bs, 4s 6d per 81bs having
been realise& Prime large oxen were rather dearer; and
the value of all other breeds was well supported.
From the northern grazing districts we received 1,800
short horns ; from other parts of England, 800 Herefords,
runts, Devons, short horns, &o. ; and from Scotland, 140
horned and polled Scots.
For the time of year the numbers of sheep were limited,
andiwe observed a falling off in their general condition.
The mutton trade was very firm, and a good clearance was
effected at fully last Monday's advance in prices. The
best old Downs sold at 5s 2d per bibs.

Port-au-Prince advices of the 2d of August state
that the yellow fever still prevailed there. All was
quiet in the island.
The reception of favourable news from Europe
had given a better tone to the New York stock
market. Erie Shares rose 11 to l ; Reading Rail-
road, 2 ; Long Island, l ; and Michigan Railroad,
1.

The demand for money was greater than the sup-
ply. Exchange on London, 1081 to 109- ; Paris, 5
131 to 5 16i ; Amsterdam, 40/ to 41-i • Frank-
fort, 40i to 40i ; Bremen, 781 to 794 ; :Antwerp,
5 16i to 5 17k.
There had been a quiet but regular demand for
cotton, with daily sales of about 900 bales.
No material change had taken place in bread-
stuffs. Both wheat and flour were in good de-
mand, at former prices. Indian corn without
change. Scotch pig-iron was selling at 34 dols. to
34 dols. 50c., six months'. Freights to London.
—Tobacco, 275. to 30s. per hogshead • flour, 2s.
9d. to 3s. per barrel ; measurement goods, 20s. to
30s. per ton.

We were very moderately supplied with lambs, which
moved off slowly at a decline of 2d per 81bs. Prices ranged
from 4s 6d to 5s 6d per 81bs.
Calves, the supply of which was great, met a dull sale,
at from 2d to 4d per 81bs less money. The top figure was
4s 8d per Blbs.
We had a steady inquiry for pigs, at extreme currencies.

TITJ7 EASTERN QUESTION.

(From the Morning Post.)

. .
The telegraph from Vienna will, we trust, in-
, form us in a few days that the Emperor of Russia
has accepted the modifications proposed by the
Turkish Government in the Vienna note. These
modifications, though by no means indispensable
to the true interpretation of the note, are certainly,
useful and proper in giving to it additional clear-
ness, and there can be no doubt but that the
Czar can have no good grounds for rejecting them.
It is certainly true that Russia consented, with
considerable reluctance, to the settlement proposed
by the Four Powers, which she declared was "dis-
advantageous" to herself. It is true that, with the
feeling of having submitted to a disadvantageous
settlement in the first instance, and then having
yielded, as she did, to further modifications, she
may, upon a third proposal, pettishly and abruptly
reject it. That is possible, but it would not be sa-
gacious, nor is it probable. If, then, pettishness
do not govern the councils of Russia, and reason
have her due sway, the Czar can allege no good
motive for the rejection of the modifications—th..y
make the note more clear—there can be no misol lief
in that if he be honest in his dealingsaud intentions.
If he do not like the clearness of the note, as it now
stands modified, he must state the reason why, and
that reason can only be that, if there were a loop-
hole for subterfuge, he could take advantage of
Turkey. He will hardly say this, and, not saying
it, what else can he advance ?
Our readers will have seen, from the note which
we republished on Friday in contrast with the ulti-
matum of Prince Menschikoff, that, as we have
always stated, the wide and unpassable gulph that
lies between the two propositions is this—that,
whilst the one is equivalent to an engagement, the
other is not, and that, whilst Prince Menschikoff's
note cannot be signed without a sacrifice of sove-
reign authority and national independence, the
Vienna note amounts to no more than a courteous
and free diplomatic communication of certain de-
terminations arrived at by the Sultan.
It is not needful to enter into elaborate argument
respecting the five modifications proposed by the
Turkish Goirernment. They speak for themselves.
They are simple. Their object is elucidation • their
effect improvement. There is but one which, by
possibility, can give rise to serious objection at
St. Petersburg. That one is the fifth. Whereas
the Vienna note states that the Sultan will
allow the Greek worship to participate "in the
advantages conceded to other Christians by con-
vention or special agreement "—the modification
of the Divan allows the participation only " in
the advantages accorded, and which may be ac-
corded to other Christian communities, Ottoman
"subjects." Now, the Turkish Government alleges
with great reason and truth, that if the wording
of the Vienna note were to be preserved, Russia
could at once claim all the advantages which were
conceded to Austria towards the close of the last
century by the treaty of Sistova. The chief privi-
lege was the right of representation of the griev-
ances of Catholics through the Austrian Ambassa-
dor. An equal right of representation would then
be claimed by Russia on behalf of the Greeks.
Now, in the case of Austria, it mattered little, be-
cause the number the Catholics is small, but the
Greeks amount to some eleven millions. It may
be urged, however, that the right of representation
On the ono hand does not involve the necessity of
concession on the other. But when a great power
like Russia is entitled to make authoritative repre-
sentations
to weaker Power, they are likely to
prove effectual, and apt to lead to consequences
dangerous in the highest degree to the indepen-
dence or the weaker Power, and its sovereignty
over its subjects.
It is therefore well that the term " convention
or special agreement " has been excluded by the
Divan from the note. Nothing could be farther
from the wish of the Great Powers than that Rus-
sia should obtain any such advantage ; and the
excision of the words referred to renders it impos-
sible that by any twisting she should endeavour to
avail herself of the concessions of the convention
of Sistova. In such an endeavour, and in such
subterfuge, she would have been discountenanced
by the great Powers, but still complications more
or less awkward might have arisen. The matter
is plain • and if the intentions of the Czar be
straightforward, he will at once adopt the modifi-
cations proposed.
The question has now arrived at so simple a posi-
tion that it is impossible to doubt a speedy and
pacific solution. If, however, the Emperor of
Russia attempts to annul the modifications, he will
find his mistake if he think that they do not meet
with the support of the great Powers. Turkey has
advanced no more than she has the most just right
to claim. Her rights will be steadily supported.

( From the Morning Herald.)

Whatever pains may be taken by the organs of
Government, either here or on the Continent, to
represent the Turkish question as settled, it is not
so. The readers of the Herald will acquit us of
having for one moment lent ourselves to this delu-
sion. We do not profess to be able wholly to pe-
netrate the secrecy with which almost everything
connected with these matters is, we must say,
successfully shrouded; but are safe in advising our
readers not to pay the slightest attention to the
statements which every day are representing—as
they have been representing for the last month—
• the question as at an end.
On the contrary, we believe it to be at this mo-
ment the subject of the gravest and most serious
complications. Whether these will be disentangled
without a rupture of the peace of Europe no man
living can undertake to say. Never before, in the
history of the world, were negotiations involving
the dearest interests of nations carried on in such
utter concealment from the public eye, and such
utter disregard of public opinion. Lord Aberdeen
has spent the last fortnight in writing dispatches
upon the subject. He had been permitted, at
least until the last few days, to " make to himself
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness " by
writing off uncontrolled the honour and credit of
England to that Russian despotism to which body
and soul he is given up—at least whatever miser-
able remnant of the latter he still retains.

Yesterday one of the indiscreet Ministerial
organs—the Sunday Times—announced a series
of Ministerial movements (slightly corroborated in
the Court Cire4lar), which we rather suspect other
similarly favoured journals were requested not to
notice. From this source the public were apprised
of the significant fact, that during the last week
long and close consultations between the Ministers
now in town took place ; that on Thursday a
special message was dispatched to Lord John
Russell, to summon him to the distracted councils
as his colleagues ; and that returning to town upon
this summons, he left his Scottish retirement ex-
actly as he had reached it. Saturday he is said
to have passed in consultation with the Premier
and Lords Palmerston and Clarendon, and the
result of their deliberations and discussions was
the dispatch of a messenger to the Queen. -
Of what may have passed in this British Divan
(we have done, we presume, with Cabinet Councils
along with Parliamentary Government) we know
just as much as we do of what took place in the
Turkish. Nevertheless, it is not very difficult to
, guess that there was one absorbing topic in the
deliberations of both—and it needs, after all,
no very great exercise of sagacity to infer
that the deliberations of the other members of the
Government were not marked by peculiar smooth-
ness when they led to the unusual, if not uncon-
stitutional, step of summoning specially to the
Premier one member of the Cabinet, and that one
holding no office, but at the same time the one
who, with Lord Palmerston, had solemnly pledged
himself to the Parliament and the people of Eng-
land, that the liberties of Europe should not after
the prorogation of Parliament be flung at the feet
of the Russian Autocrat.
We believe, in a word, that the time has come
when the issue between the English and Russian
sections of the 'Cabinet cannot much longer be
postponed. If Lord John Russell and Lord Pal-
merston redeem the pledges which they have so
publicly and unequivocally given, they will not and
they cannot be very long the colleagues of Lord
Aberdeen.

Deeply persuaded as we are that, by our assent
to the note suggested by the conference of Vienna,
British honour has been tarnished and British
faith brought in question, we believe that there is
still an opportunity for our retrieving. All the
efforts of the conspirators who are plotting the be-
trayal of Turkey have not been able to conceal the
fact that the Porte has refused to accept that note.
The modifications it has proposed are before the
world. Elsewhere we have calmly and deliberately
analysed them. We have shown that they involve,
in fact, the whole question originally in dispute.
That question is just as far from a diplomatic settle-
ment as when the differences lay between the ulti-
matum of Prince Menschikoff and the note of
Redschid Pacha. These alterations refuse every-
thing which was denied to the demands of Men-
schikoff. We may briefly recapitulate the effect
which, elsewhere, we have more fully explained.
The note, then, of the conference at Vienna has
been altered in five particulars by the Porte. Two
of these alterations are merely the substitution of
one word for another ; in one instance, by applying
the word. " communication" instead of " represen-
tation," to the diplomatic statements of Prince
Menschikoff; in another, by adopting the phrase
of " making known" to the Emperor, instead of
" declaring," the latter being the word which the
Russian diplomatist had used to imply engagement..
The effect of these alterations, apparently slight