The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-04 00:00:00

WHITE V. ROBINSON.

The plaintiff in this case is an accountant, and sought
to recover the sum of 6/. for preparing a balance-sheet,
on which defendant passed his examination and obtained
his certificate from the Court of Bankruptcy.
Mr. Keightley appeared as attorney for the plaintiff,
and called his (Mr. K's.) clerk, who proved the retainer,
and the plaintiff himself, who swore distinctly that he
had never been paid, defendant having made generally
excuses as to inability. Defendant, however, on the
contrary, distinctly contradicted this evidence.
The jury retired for a short time, and then gave a ver-
dict for the amount claimed.

The letters from St. Petersburgh reach to the 27th ult.,
and are remarkably pacific in their tone, the Turkish
question being treated as if it were virtually settled.
There had been a fair amount of general business, which
would have been still greater but for the want of ship-
ping. A further rise had taken place in freight, the
rates for which were now double those that prevailed at
the same period of last year. The market for public
securities was firm, and the rate of exchange was again
slightly higher, the quotation being 38d. to 9-16.
VIENNA.—The mercantile advices from Vienna state
that the rate of exchange had become less unfavourable,
owing to large draughts by M. Rothschild on Frankfort
and London, which were thought to be connected with
a loan in silver understood to be in negotiation. This
circumstance has, therefore, been one of those which
have aggravated the recent demands for specie. At the
same time, however, it was considered to show great
confidence that the Turkish question will be adjusted,
Money was temporarily in great demand owing to the
nperations in question, but there was extreme depression
in all departments of trade and a general falling off in
the quantities of goods for consumption.
HOBART TOWN.—Hobart Town papers have been re:
ceived to the 3d of April. The rates for labour continue d
to be maintained, and a meeting of the Government
clerks had taken place to bring under consideration the
pecuniary disadvantages of their position. Business was
generally active. Wool was firm at prices ranging from
10d. to ls. 4d. per lb., and oil from 451. to 671. per tor
Victoria gold was selling at 3/. 17s. 3d. per ounce, a d
Fingal gold at 3/. 12s.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.

There is not much on the Eastern question in
the Paris journals. The Constitutionnel alludes to
it only incidentally in refuting something that the
Union had said relative to the affair of the Holy
Places. The Pays begins an article by observing
that although honour and some political considera-
tions render it right for France to concur in au en-
deavour to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman
empire, her material interests lie in another part of
the world ; and then the Pays quotes from some
official documents to show the importance of
giving greatness and durability to the colony of
Algeria. The Union remarks on the extraordi-
nary fact of four propositions from different sources
having been submitted to the Emperor of Rus-
sia, and thihks that the affair would have had
a better chance of reaching a pacific solution if
the mode of proceeding had teen more direct
and simple. The Sieele persists in calling for energy
and decision on the part of France and England,
and repeats the expression of its opinion that if a
bold front had been opposed to the Emperor of
Russia in the first instance, he would, ere this,
have been brought to reason. The Assemblee Na-
tionale has a long article on the war against the
Birmans, in which it indulges in insinuations
against the English, even to the extent of stating
that they do not hesitate to take assassins into their
pay in order to get rid of their enemies. It is sur-
prising with what tenacity the party of which the
Assemblee Nationale is the organ persists in its
calumnies on the English nation. The Debats has
another article calling for the abolition of the slid-
ing- scale as regards the corn trade.
On Tuesday the Emperor gave a private audience
to the Marquis de Viluma, who delivered his letters
of credence as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the Queen of Spain and of the
Duke of Parma. Count de Hatzfeldt, the Prus-
sian minister, and M. Firmin Rogier, the Belgian
minister, also had audiences of his Majesty, the
former to deliver the reply of his Sovereign to the
letters of recal of Baron Burignot de Varennes,
and the latter to deliver the reply of the King of
the Belgians to the letters of recal of M. His de
Butenval.

The Emperor, on the proposition of the Minister
of War, has appointed M. de Guiroye, military in-
tendant of the section of reserve, to the functions
of mayor of Algiers, and has promoted M. Lechene,
ex-mayor of Algiers, to the rank of officer in the
Legion of Honour.
We read in the Moniteur

" The Minister of Marine has just received from the
French Consul-General in England interesting details as
to the movement of French navigation in the port of
London, during the second quarter of 1853. In that
period there entered 98 French vessels, measuring toge-
ther 6,119 tons, and having 548 men, being an increase
on the corresponding quarter of 1852, of 14 vessels, and
1,014 tons ; 5 vessels have participated in the benefit of
the new navigation law, and have imported into Eng-
land, from France, either American or French produce
(wine and brandy). Some vessels have been char-
tered by English houses for the conveyance of pas-
sengers, and our Consul-General on this subject
expresses an opinion that, under existing circum-
stances, such of our ships as are fit for that service
might get engagements in England on very advantageous
conditions. Our flag has already made itself known on
this subject, and one of the first ship-owners in London,
who has chartered two vessels of Bordeaux (the Pondi-
cherry and the Jessore), has spoken in the highest terms
as to the excellent condition of these vessels. The Don
Juan, of the same port, has also recently obtained at
Bristol the approbation of competent men. Our cap-
tains of merchant vessels, who, before the new naviga-
tion law had no opportunity of visiting England, have
been perfectly well appreciated since they have been
put in relation with the shipowners and merchants on
the other side the Strait."

At the Bourse yesterday, the market for public
securities has experienced a reaction, amounting to
a panic, and Rentes have fallen considerably. At
the close of business, the following were the quo-
tations with a downward tendency :—For cash—
Three per Cents., 77f. 60c. ; Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. 102 f. 90c. For the account : Three per
Cents., 77f. 75c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
102 f. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 2,820 f. Amidst the
fluctuations that have taken place in shares lately,
the shares of the Bank of Credit Foncier have con-
tinued, and were yesterday, steady at 740 f. Credit
Mobilier shares have declined 17f., closing at 8101.
50c. The market for Railway shares has fared no
better than that for Public Securities. The fall in
the principal lines is heavy, amounting to in the
Northerns, 16f. ; Paris and Orleans, 16f. ; Paris
and Strasbourg, 21f. ; and Paris and Lyons, 16f.
The closing prices are :—Northerns, 856 f. 25c. ;
Paris and Orleans, 1,151 f. 50c. ; Paris and Stras-
bourg, 912 f. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 918 f.