The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-19 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, DEC. 17.
The Queen and Prince walked out early yesterday
morning.
The Royal children also took their usual exercise.

DEO. 18.

Lord de Tabley and Colonel Wylde arrived at Osborne
yesterday on their return from Lisbon, with letters from
the King-Regent of Portugal to the Queen and Prince,
and had. the honour of dining with her Majesty.

Mr. John Wood, chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Sir Charles Wood arrived in town on Saturday morn-
ing from his seat Hickleten-ball, near Doncaster.
Earl Granville returned to town on Saturday.
Despatches from the Governor of Australia and the
Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria were reeeived on Satur-
day at the Colonial-office.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on
Saturday, and concluded the bearing of an appeal from
the Court of Arches, "Bettington v. Bettington."
Their lordships also heard an appeal from the Prero-
gative Court, " Campbell v. Corley."

of the prisoner, a disavowal of the acts of its agents,
THE NEW TURKISH LOAN.—Namik Pasha, who has and satisfaction for the alleged outrage. After a careful
been charged with a financial mission from the Porte, consideration of the case, I came to the conclusion that
has arrived in London. His object is to contract a loan Koszta was seized without legal authority at Smyrna ;
without delay, and during the two or three weeks he that he was wrongfully detained on board of the Aus-
has spent in Paris the necessary preliminaries were trian brig of war ; that at the time of his seizure he was
arranged. The amount was fixed at 2,200,0001. ster- clothed with the nationality of the United States; and
ling, and the Credit Mobilier, having first obtained the that the acts of our officers, under the circumstances of
consent of the French Government, without which, the case, were justifiable, and their conduct has been
according to their statutes, they cannot enter into any fully approved by me, and a compliance with the several
foreign loan, had agreed to open the necessary subscrip- demands of the Emperor of Austria has been declined.
tion for one half, or 1,100,0001., upon Condition that For a more full account of this transaction and my
the other half should be taken in London. This my views in regard to it, I refer to the correspondence
proposition was agreed to by a house of high stand- between the Charge d'Affaires of Austria and the Secre-
ing here, and everything was therefore ready tary of State, which is herewith transmitted. The
for its immediate introduction, the price con- principles and policy therein maintained on the part of
templated being such as might be likely to prove the United States will, whenever a proper occasion
satisfactory, and to compensate for the peculiar circum- occurs, be applied and enforced.
stances that have recently impaired the credit of the The condition of China at this time renders it pro-
Turkish Government. At the eleventh hour, however, bable that some important changes will occur in that
the entire negotiation is said to have been broken off vast empire which will lead to a more unrestricted inter-
from a cause the least probable of any that could have course with it. The commissioner to that country, who
been conjectured. It is understood that upon the En- has been recently appointed, is instructed to avail him-
voy being requested to produce his powers, including self of all occasiallis to open and extend our commercial
the Imperial finnan, the absence of which was the relations, not only with the empire of China, but with
groundwork of all the events in connexion with the other Asiatic nations.
former loan, that damaged so irreparably the financial In 1852 an expedition was sent to Japan, under the
reputation of Turkey, they were not forthcoming in any command of Commodore Perry, for the purpose of open-
shape such as would afford a guarantee against the ing commercial intercourse with that empire. Intelli-
recurrence of similar difficulties. Under these circum- Bence has been received of his arrival there, and of his
stances, even if the arrangements should again be taken having made known to the Emperor of Japan the object
up, it is to be assumed some time must elapse before of his visit ; but it is not yet ascertained how far the
they can be in a shape to submit to the public,—Times., Emperor will be disposed to abandon his restrictive