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THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1854

ter, the Ministers' Money is a tax utterly out of
keeping with the intelligence and temper of the
I age. Taxes like these are mere ecclesiastical
blisters ; they may not seriously injure the suf-
ferer, but they keep up an intolerable irritation.
None of us like tax-paying ; and the only miti-
gation of the evil is, that we believe its objects to
be on the Whole good, and that we receive an
ample return in the general security and order ;
but in these clerical taxes it is just the reverse
we receive nothing in return, but are taxed to
teach doctrines we disapprove. The Roman Ca-
tholic or the Dissenter could live in peace and
charity with his State Church neighbour, they
would shake hands cordially as they returned from
their respective Divine services ; but when the
Churchman, in addition to his 600,0001. in
Ireland, and 6,000,0001. in England, per annum
of national property, demands from the man who
pays for his own worship a personal payment in
addition, human nature must be greatly altered
if it dues not provoke a quarrel. All such anti-
social nuisances must be cleared away.

MONE 1 lIKE T

AND

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS

THE WAR IN THE EAST.
OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF A STATE OF
SIEGE IN RUSSIA.
The Moniteur of yesterday, under the date of
St. Petersburg, March the 7th, gives copies of five
official documents declaring various parts of the
Russian dominions to be in a state of siege. Each
document is in the form of an Imperial ukase, dated
March the sth.
The first states that, under present circum-
stances, his Majesty thinks it necessary to declare
the Government of Ekatherinowsla and the arron-
dissement of Taganrog to be in a state of siege, and
places those localities under the order of the Gene-
ral of cavalry M. Khomouloff, with the privileges
granted by the regulations issued on the sth of
December, 1846.
' The second ukase declares St. Petersburg to be
in a state of siege, and places the Government
under the authority of the Grand Duke, heir to the
throne, Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and
Grenadiers, with the prerogatives accorded to the
Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
By the third ukase, the Government of Esthonia
and Livonia are placed in a state of siege ; Esthonia
to be under the orders of General Aide-de-Camp
Berg, and Livonia under those of the Aide-de-
Camp General Prince of Italy, Count Suwarotr-
Kiminsky, Military Governor of Riga.
The next ukase declares the Government of
Archangel to be in a state of siege, under the
orders of Vice-Admiral Boel, military Governor of
the place.
By the sth ukase, the kingdom of Poland, and
the governments of Courland, Ko wno,
Grodno, Volyhnia, and Podolia are declared to
be in a state of siege. The ukase also states that
the Government of Bessarabia, and that part of
the Government of Cherson, situated on the right
bank of the Bug, which were declared to be in a
state of siege by the ukase of the 19th of Novem-
ber, 1853, are to be now in a similar position ; and
that all these places are to be under the authority
of Field-Marshal General Prince of Warsaw, Count
Paskew:tch d'Erivan, Commander-in-Chief of the
active army.
The ukase, in addition, states that the Emperor
ordains that the government of Podolia, the part
of the government of Cherson, situated on the right
bank of the Bug, and the province of Bessarabia
shall at the same time be placed under the autho-
rity of Aide-de-camp General Prince Gortschitkoff,
commander of the troops of the 3,1, 4th, and sth
corps of infantry, who is to have the prerogatives
granted the commanders of detached corps by the
ukase of December 5, 1846.
The ukase then provides that the kingdom of
Poland and the governments of Courland, Kowno,
Volhynia, and Grodno, during the absence of the
Field-Marshal, shall be wider the authority of
General Aide-de-Camp Count Itudiger, and that
Aide-de-Camp General Baron Osten-Sacken shall
retain in Bessarabia and in the government of
Cherson the powers granted to the commanders
of detached corps by the ukase of November 19,
1853.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cottot at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at between 4,000 and 5,000 bales, all to
the trade. The marlet continued tame but steady,
with prices of all kiids in favour of buyers. The
sales comprised 240 Pernam and Maranham, at
63d. to 71d., 500 B4hia at 6id., 100 Egyptian at
6d. to 70., 400 kurat at 3fd. to 4d., 40 Sea
Island at ls. ld. tc Is. 3d. per lb., and the re-
mainder American. Railway Shares were dull.
Colonial produce ias been duller this week, and
less firmness has beta evinced by holders. Coffee,
sugar, spices, and rive are all lower, and the supply
has increased. Tot' has been held at above the
market prices, tailor has been firm, and hemp at
full prices.
The tenour of an commercial advices by the
steamer Sydney, fron Australia, is stated to be un-
satisfactory, but we lave as yet no details, the only
information received being obtained indirectly by
the arrival of the Great Western steamer from St.
Vincent. The datcs from Melbourne are the 17th
Dec., and from Sydney about the 7th, and it is
probable these will reach us to-morrow or Monday,
as the Sydney steamer was to leave St. Vincent
on the 4th instant, two days after the Great
Western, which called at various places after leav-
ing that place. It is reported that the Melbourne
markets were greatly overstocked, and that sales
were increasingly dificull, but that land maintained
its price, because thE cheapness of imports left the
miner greater disposable means for its purchase.
The details of the marke s must, however, be
awaited, ere we can state with any degree of confi-
dence what has occurred, although it is easy enough
to understand what will probably take place, viz.
pressure and failures before a healthy tone is re •
stored. One circumstance, however, should not
be lost sight of as affording hope of the reaction
being sensibly mitigated, if it be not arrested.
There has been such a decided advance in the
prices of many articles in Europe, since shipments
of them were made to Melbourne, that they could
not be replaced now upon the terms at which they
were originally invoiced.
Advices from Cologne state that a quantity of
arms manufactured in Belgium had been received
there for transmission to Russia. The police
stopped them in transitu, but appear subsequently
to have allowed them to be sent away.
The Van Diemen's Land Company, at their
meeting just held, have declared a dividend of
10s. per share.
The English Stock Market has been rather
heavy, and with scarcely a bargain on speculation.
The fact of 300,0001. having been withdrawn from
the Bank of England yesterday, making about a
millidn and a half within a few days, is suffi-
cient to deter operations for a rise, as money
is decidedly tighter, and the whole amount
withdrawn has been forwarded to Paris. The
arrangement by which a deposit of 10 per cent.
to be made upon subscribing for thi loan, is at-
tracting, and temporarily locking up considerably
more than will ultimately be needed for the first
instalment, and representations have been made to
induce a relaxation of this regulation, though, we
apprehend, without much chance of success. Con-
sols have been 90 to 91 for transfer, and 904 to
9073. for April. Exchequer Bills are Bs. to 11s.
prem. Bank Stock is firm, at 221.
The current prices for the Jamaica mines, not
officially quoted, are as follows :—Metcalfe, to
premium ; Sue River, discount to par ; Port
Royal, if to premium.
Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Rus-
sian Five per Cents. are firm at 90. Spanish Threes
have been done at 37*. Dutch Four per Cents.
are 862. Austrian Bonds realise 76, and Bras
Tian 98.

The Russian journals, of the 6th, publish an
Imperial ordinance thus conceived :--" All the
Bulgarians who may present themselves at our ad-
vanced posts shall be received in our Bulgarian
colonies subject to the approbation of the Bulga-
rian communes, and under the responsibility of a
member of the commune who may show himself
worthy of the confidence. The Bulgarians who
may not be received in the communes shall be sent
into the interior of Russia."
A letter from Constantinople, of March
5, says : The ground is still covered with
snow in the Asiatic provinces. The Russians are
assembling a large force there, but the Turks have
been not only re-organised, but reinforced.
Abd-el-Kader has contributed 6,000 francs, at
Broussa, towards the expenses of the war.
The combined fleets are detained at Beycos by
the tempestuous weather. The Fury and the
Vauban returned on the 2d, the authorities at Se-
bastopol having refused to receive the despatches
of which they were the bearers.
The following is dated Beyrouth, the 20th ult.:--
" Last week a considerable number of volunteers
from Palestine passed through this place. The
Emir of the Druses of the Libanus received orders
to assemble 10,000 volunteers ; but as he has been
able to get together only 400, the Government au-
thorities have refused to alvance him funds until
the full number is forthcoming. Orders have been
received frnn Constantinople to send the volun-
teers to Erzeroum. It would seem that the Porte
has no great confidence in the assurances of peace
made by Persia."
Several reserved parks of artillery have left
Poland for the Danube. The frontier towns of the
kingdom of Poland are completely without regular
troops ; they contain only veterans and C0,5,,,1cg
TUc troops Which have marched are to take up a
position in the government of Lubin, between the
Vistula and the Bug. They will probably be sent
towards the Danube.
A letter from Vicuna, of the 11th, says :—Sonie
journals again speak of hopes of peace. They have
said that Russia has sent a new proposition of ar-
rangement in reply to that brought by Count
Orloff, and that that proposition of arrangement
has been accepted by the conference of Vienna as
the basis of ulterior negotiations. The truth of
the affair is simply this : At a conference herd on
the sth, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
ambassadors declared that new negotiations for
peace could not be entered on except on condition
of Russia first evacuating the Danubian Princi-
palities, and re-establishing the status quo ante
!nitwit ; but, that the Emperor of Russia, having
refused to make that concession, the reply of his
Majesty would be duly enregistered.
Rumour was in circulation at Vienna, on the
11th, that troubles had broken out in Servia, but
no credence was attached to it. It is certain, how-
ever, that Russian officers, disguised as Greek
priests, have been arrested in Servia and Albania.
Austria will not, it is said, tolerate any revolu-
tionary attempt, but will put it down at once by
force. A rumour prevailed that Austria had made
a separate treaty with England and France on the
Eastern question. It is not generally known that,
at the moment when the Cabinets of France and
England sent their ultimatum to the Emperor
Nicholas, the Austrian Cabinet sent them a note
inviting them to replace the sword in the scabbard,
but at the same time declaring that, in case hos-
tilities should burst out, Austria, having in view
only the point or right, would assume the attitude
which her interests might suggest. No one doubts
that the reply of the Czar will be unfavourable.
A letter from Berlin, of the 13th, mentions that
Lieutenant-Colonel de Mauteuffel was to go to
Munich that evening on his mission to the Em-
peror of Austria. The mission to St. Petersburgh
had, it was said, been abandoned.
The police at Cologne seized, on the 12th, 16
waggons laden with arms coming from Liege.
They are said to have been intended for Russia,
and were to be followed by other supplies.
The following note has been published by the
Austrian Government relative to the suspension of
the Lloyd of Vienna :

The Railway Share Market has been duller, and
prices have been about i to 4 per cent, in favour of
buyers. The French lines, also, are in less de-
mand.

Gold Mines are nominal, and Banks steady,
Canada Land Shares are at very full rates.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES,
(From the Official List.

R 4
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities . RlaainP
,„ 9O 1 90 On
3 1 ,
i 1
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
... shut 90
Ditto 30 Years, Expire stb Jan., 1860 5 1-16
Bank Stock for Account 221
Consols for Account 18th April 9Ol i
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
21000
.... .
£5OO
8 1
Small
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Austrian Bonds, 5 por Cent........
',raszilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9B
Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent .
%lexicon 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, t 822, 5 per Cent. X St 9O
oiLi.ul.ll per tent..Aoi
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 37i
Disn.ten.is on the shove payable in Lon,ton.
Dutch Exchange, 2; per Cent. 12 Guil —
Ditto for the Account 56
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates.. ..
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols 9oi 1
Ditto April Account. 9Ol i

Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester
day from the Governor of Gibraltar. Despatches were
sent yesterday to the Governors of the West India
Island 3.
Sir Charles 'Wood, President of the Board of Control,
and Lady Mary Wood, received the following distin-
guished party at dinner on Wednesday, at their resi-
dence in Chesham-place :—His Excellency the Danish
Minister, the Archbishop of York, and the Hon. Mrs.
Musgrave, the Duchess of Inverness, the Marquis of
Breadalbane, the Earl of Zetland, Viscount Goderich,
M.P., Lady Dalmeny, Lord Charles Russell, the Right
Hon. Sir George and Lady Grey, Mr. Harcourt, and
Frances Countess of Waldegra,ve, the Hon. Mrs. Charles
Grey, and Mr. Granville Vernon.
ARRIVAL OF TROOPS AT MALTA.—The Himalaya,
with the 93d Highlanders and two companies of Rifles ;
the Emu, with the 33d Infantry; the Vulcan, with the
2nd battalion of Rifle Brigade ; and the Manilla, with
the Grenadier Guards, have arrived at Malta.
LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.—At a special general
meeting of the London County Bank yesterday the reso-
lution adopted in 1841 for reducing the nominal capital
of the company from 2,000,0001. to 1,000.0001., and the
number of shares from 40,000 to 20,000, was unani-
mously rescinded.
ABD-EL KADER.—The Journal d' Indre-et-Loir pub-
lishes the following letter, addressed by Abd-el-Kader to
the Mayor of Amboise, in answer to a letter from the
[atter, announcing the completion of the monument
erected over the grave of some Arabs who died during
their captivity :
" Praise to the one God ! To our excellent and well-
beloved friend, M. Trouve, Mayor of Amboise. I salute
you, as well as all my friends re-iding in your town. May
the peace of God be with you. I received your letter,
dated the 6th December last, in which you announced to
me that, according to the orders given by my illustrious
liberator, our august Emperor Napoleon 111., the works
are terminated. I thank you for announcing this news to
me, and I shall therefore be always grateful towards the
august Emperor.—Salutation.
AI3D-EL-KADER BEN MAHLEDDINE.
" 18th of the Dptnaz-el-Ouet, 1270 (Feb. 15.)
THE CHOLERA AT GLASGOW.—ChoIera is again pre-
valent at Glasgow. Oh Saturday there were 10 deaths
from it in the city parish, and 5 in the barony parish ;
on Sunday 16 in the former, and 11 in the latter ; on
Monday 10 in the former, and 6 in the latter ; and on
Tuesday 14 in the city parish.
SINGULAR INDIVIDUAL—We have to record the death
of a rather singular individual in Forgue, one who has
lived long in the esteem of a wide circle of acquaint-
ances. and one whom many will lament. We refer to
Janet Spence or Milne, Monelie, Forgue, who departed
this life on the 12th February, aged 84. For the last 60
years she has practised as a midwife, and in the course of
her practice she has, as nearly as can be known from the
register she kept, ushered into the world the almost in-
credible number of 2,400 children. Janet was a most
successful practitioner, and always a welcome guest in
the halls of the great, or at the humble board of the
cottar.—Aberdeen Journal.
DEATHS FROM WANT.—During the week, no less than
three women have died in the metropolis from want of
food and consequent exhaustion. One was the wife
of a tailor, living at 29, Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-
street ; another, the widow of a soldier, living at 6,
Tash-court, Gray's Inn-lane ; and the third, a woman
who was taken from Holborn-buildings to the London
Fever Hospital, in the belief that she had a fever. The
medical authorities of that establishment, however, soon
put the matter in the right light. The poor creature
expired, not from fever, but poverty and want.
ROBBERY AT A BONDED WAREHOUSE.—Yesterday
morning a robbery was discovered to have been effected
on Chester Quay, Lower Thames-street, which has re-
stilted in the suspension of two officers of the Customs
and the private watchman employed on the premises.
The police are deputed by the Board and the proprietors
of the warehouse to adopt the most energetic measures
for the apprehension of the thieves. On the previous
evening a number of cases of brandy were landed at
Chester Quay, but in consequence of it being after
hours, the stores were locked, and they were left in
charge of two tidewaiters and the private watchman.
Yesterday morning, on the arrival of the wharfinger, it
was ascertained that one of the cases had been removed
from one extremity of the quay to the other; and on
further examination it was found that several bottles had
been abstracted. The wharfinger having made inquiries,
which were answered in an unsatisfactory manner, called
in the police to investigate the affair, and gave immedi-
ate information of the occurrence to the Comptroller,
who at once issued orders for the suspension of the
officers

" The Lloyd in an article signed E. W. speaks of the
letter of the Emperor of Russia in ironical ay d con-
temptuous terms, which are incompatible with the
maintenance of order, and it woulc: be unworthy of the
Imperial Government to suffer a public document of a
Sovere►gn to he discussed in that form and in so im-
proper a manner. The direction of the police has in
consequence received orders to suspend the journal
for eight d rys, a previous warning nut Leaving produced
any effect."

GREEK INSURRECTION.
A letter from Athens, of the 3d March in the
Augsburg Gazette, says :
"The French anti English ambassadors have had a
private audience with his Majesty, and communicated
their instructions to him. They have assured the King
of the sincere sympathies of their Governments for Greece,
and have represented to him the high importance of
Greece taking no part in the insurrectional movement of
the Christians in Turkey. The two Governments pro-
, mice assistance and support to the Government in the
event of the insurgents, after failing in their enterprise,
seeking to foment disturbances in Greece. The King
replied that his Government, out of regard to the friendly
relations which exist with Turkey, had observed the
strictest neutrality, but that he possessed no legal means
of preventing private individuals from flying to the as-
sistance of their co-religionists beyond his frnntiers, and
the wore so as the majority of them had friends and re-
latives among them. The King thanked the ambassa-
dors for the eagerness evinced by their Government to
render him assistance in case of need, but expressed his
hope that no such necessity would occur. French and
English steamers are continually arriving, and some of
them remain at the Pirieus at the disposal of the
bassadors." am-

THE BALTIC FLEET.
A telegraphic despatch, from Copenhagen, dated
March 14, and received via Hamburg, states, that
several sail of the English fleet had been signalled.
A frigate had come to anchor before the city.
The Hamburg Correspondent has the following
from Copenhagen :—" The English announce that
their Baltic flet has six months' provisions on
board and is accompanied by 30 vessels laden with
coal. The neutral powers cannot but feel pleased
at this, as the fleets obtaining supplies in their
ports would only give rise to collisions and re-
prisals."
A letter flora Copeztha, eit of the jOth ,ays :
" The Danish flotilla will put to sea in the spring ;1
it is composed of 12 vessels of war, carryin to-
gether 250 gum and 2,182 men. The liog lger

ERRATIJIL—In our first article on Wednesday, in the
last line of the first paragraph, the omissi,,n of the Ivor I
" dewed" made us represent the superstitious hordes of
Russia as " blinded by the light of the Word of God."
[lt should have read, " whom he has blinded by his
priesthood and denied the light of the Werd of God."J

Danske is nearly completed ; it is also said that
the new frigate Nacade is to be got ready for sea.
The pilots have received orders not to take charge
of any foreign vessels of war beyond their respec-
tive stations."

COMBAT AT IBRAILA.
A correspondent of the Morning Chronicle writes
from Ibrail on March 2d :
" I hasten to bring to your knowledge the details of
a combat of some importance, which took place last
night on the right bank of the Danube, at a short
distance above Ibraila, and in the direction of Galatz,
where the Turks have erected a battery to prevent the
Russian flotilla corning up as far as this.
" The commander of the said flotilla received yester-
day the order at Galatz to proceed immediately to our
port with munitions of war, which he had been to fetch
from Reni.

To facilitate the passage in front of the Turkish bat-
tery, General Engelhardt ordered it to be attacked by
land, and for this purpose sent a battalion of infantry in
two large kerlatchs (flat-bottoMed boats), which, cross-
ing the Danube, landed troops a short distance beyond
the said Turkish battery, which they hoped to surprise
and put in the impossibility of acting against the flotilla.
" The Turks, although not prepared for such an at-
tack, were, however, informed in time by their advance
outposts to enable them to point two guns so as to bear up-
on the battalion which was endeavouring to make its way
through the reeds and blocks of ice with which the ground
it had to get over is covered. At half-past two in the
morning the Turks opened their fire, to which the Rus-
sians repled, first by platoon firing, then, in consequence
of the nature of the ground, awl the intention of
the Russians to surround the battery, the firing ex-
tended to different points. At last it came to a hand-to-
hand fight, wit' sword and bayonet ; a desperdte strug-
gle ensued, which lasted for m ,re than an hour, when
the Russians retreated and re-embarked ; they embarked
just in time to eampe a small squadron of cavalry which
had hurried up from Matschin to aupport the bat-
tery. Ten minutes later, and they would have all
been made prisoners. During this time the two
steamers and six gun-boats succee.led iu reaching the
interior of the port without damage. To judge by, my
own eyes, the loss of the Russians was considerable ;
three officers killed, one captain mortally wounded ;
more than 40 men were left upon the field of battle, 13
made prisoners, and some 50 wounded, who have been
sent to the hospitals.
"The grand attack is fixed for the let (13th) March.
Will they be ready then ? That is the question. For
although new troops arrive daily, those here will not
suffice for a coup de main.
"Prince Gortschakoff left the evening before last, re-
turning to Bucharest. Before his departure he gave
orders to the local authorities to prepare quarters for
his aides-de-carnp. It is said that the Prince will be
present at the grand attack preparing against Matschin.
"Already the public establishments, as welt as the
best houses in the town, are converted into hospitals ;
nevertheless, a new order for 1,400 beds has been
issued,"

FRANCE.

It appears that the object of the council held on
Wednesday morning at the Tuileries was to receive
a communication of despatches from the French
ambassador in London, in which he intimates the
opinion of the English Cabinet on the subject of the
recent explanations given by Prussia on the subject
of her neutrality, and the new proposition made by
that power for the resumption ofnegotiations between
the Western Powers and Russia. According to one
version, the English Cabinet is not disposed to look
upon these propositions as serious, or as likely to
lead to a pacific solution. It therefore thinks that
there is no occasion for the two Cabinets to occupy
themselves with the propositions, but that they
should consider them as non avenues ; at the same
time taking care to avoid anything that could
give offence to Prussia or Austria, or to push
them at the present moment to a declaration
of their sentiments ; it being quite sufficient
that they should be left in their present ambiguous
position till the progress of events shall have forced
them to declare themselves one way or other. The
English Government declares that the only thing
to be done at present is to hasten the embarkation
of the troops for Constantinople, and the despatch
of the third squadron to the Baltic. The opinions
of the English Cabinet were fully approved of, and
were not opposed even by the members of the
Cabinet who were for a long time considered the
peace party.
Notwithstanding the conviction which all people
must feel that matters have now gone too far for
either party to recede, there are a few sanguine
persons in Paris who still entertain a faint
hope of a pacific solution. It is stated in ano-
ther quarter likely to be well-informed that
the Emperor Nicholas has at length taken
the alarm at finding himself deserted by all
the Powers of Europe, and that he now no
longer conceals his anxiety for a settlement of the
affair in any way which could at all be considered
honourable to him. He has even been known to
express his determination not to be prevented by
the commencement of hostilities from continuing
to negotiate for peace, and to declare that in the
nil th,s re-var ,s4.* vle-sr. .0v.,;• I;
overtures. In short, he still perseveres in his pro
fessions of moderation, hoping thereby to detach
the German Powers from the English and French
alliance, and perhaps still to create distrust be-
tween England and France themselves. It appears
that one of the most active agents of the Czar—a
personage who has recently left Paris—has written
a letter, in which a belief is expressed that since the
origin of the affair there never was a better chance
of the success of negotiations than now. The ob-
ject of such communications is evident. No one
knows better than the writer that the same terms
which were offered before cannot be accepted now;
but still the old game will be played, of pretending
that the Czar is willing to accept reasonable terms
—the terms proposed by the allies themselves—but
being rejected, that war is forced upon the Czar.
The world has been too long the victim of these
professions to be duped by them any longer.
For several days past it has been stated that the
question of the suppression of the existing journals
in Paris and the departments, with some excep-
tions, was actually discussed in the CJuncil of
Ministers. Besides the mlfoniteur, two journals
only would be allowed for Paris, and one for each
of the departments. This proposition was thrown
out by a small minority, and one version is, that
the Emperor, who presided at the Council, gave
no opinion, hile another is that he opposed it.
The subscriptions for the new loan are on so ex-
tensive a scale, that it is now calculated that instead
of ten millions sterling, the amount of money ten-
dered will reach to fully forty millions.
The French fleet, being occupied in the Mediter-
ranean in transporting troops to the East, will for
the present be only represented in the Baltic by
the Austerlitz. At a later period the squadron of
Admiral Parseval Deschenes will enter that sea to
join the fleet of Admiral Napier.
The Gazette de Flandre has received a warning
from the Prefect of the Nord, for publishing an
article which is considered to have been written in
a spirit evidently hostile to the great and patriotic
manifestations of public opinion.
The accounts from Algiers, of the 10th instant,
state that the preparations for the expedition to the
Rim were prosecuted with the utmost activity.
Nothing can exceed the enthusiasm of the popula-
tion, both native and European. Subscriptions were
being organised in the city for the purpose of giving
a farewell entertainment to the division of the expe-
ditionary army. A pinch party, described as truly
fabulous, was to be offered to the army and navy.
The Arabs joined with much alacrity in those mani-
festations, which took place under the patronage of
the Governor-General and the Rear-Admiral com-
manding the naval department. It is astonishing
with what interest the different phases of the
Eastern question were followed in Algeria, and
with what bursts of patriotism the colonists and
the army hailed the rupture with Russia. The na-
tives, and even
the tribes most remote from the
coast, were thoroughly acquainted with the thou-
sand incideuta of the Turco-Russian difference,
with the attitude of the Christian Powers, and the
question debated at Constantinople. The European
of the interior
population Was not so well informed
in that respect as the Arabs. The contingent to
be supplied by the arin,,
of Africa for the expedi.
tionary eorPs will exceed 10,000 men.
Little or no business was done on the Bourse
yesterdal. The Three per Cents. opened at 66f.
to 66f. 45c.
20c., TOO , and closed at 66f. 30c. for the
end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.
at 92f. 20c. ; Orleatia Railway shares, 1,097 f. 50c, ;
Rouen, 870 f.; HaVre, 447 f. 50e. ; Great Northern
740 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 722 f. 50c. ; ditto, lljew
shares, 560 f. ; P
- aris and Lyons, 817 f. 50c. ; Lyons
to the Mediterranean 680 f, ; estern of France,
580 f. ; Bordeatlx and Cette, 530 f."; Great Central
of Vance, 430 f. ; Lyons to Geneva, 443 f. 750. ;
Shases of the ,sank of Credit Mobilier, 572 f. 50c.

SPAIN. -
The Herad() of the 11th, says that the military
commission, under General Prim, charged to report
on the war in the East, is to return to Constanti-
nople at the end of this month or the beginning of
April, and is to proceed at once to the Danube.
The same journal states that the Government
will shortly publish in the Gazette, the measures
taken for causing the productions of 'Spanish agri-
culture and industry to figure with aavantage in
the approaching Grand Exhibition of Vance.
The editor of the Tribuizo had beep condemned
to six months' imprisonment for the publication of
a seditious article.
M. laturitz was expected. on the 20th. The
Queen of spgin had presented a magnificent horse
to General link.
The Three Per Cents. were dela, at 35 ; the New
Three per tents,, at 18!, • the pebt of the first-
class, at iii; and that of the 4)04 at 411.