The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

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. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) MAR., MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
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COVENT GARDEN. BRITISH RAILWAYS.
The demand for both fruit and vegetables were tolerably
firm, at our quotations. Closing Priem Business done
ri FBI:Tr.-Pine apples, English, 3s Od to 6s Oct each ; Shr. raid RAILWAYS. yesterday. this day.
long' reP° t ditto colonial, is 03 to is 3d each ; hot-house grapes,
ality- of th 3, 2s Od to ss; foreign ditto, 8d to is 6d per lb ; apples, - I
St. 100 ,Aberdeen ............. 205 - 21
4s to 8s per bush.; pears, ls to 3s per dozen ; lemons,
y con stroa.v 1,
20 85 Amog. Nottng. Bost.
flt Ole ls Oti to 2s-; oranges, 3s 6d to 8s per 100 ; almonds, - 54 5,1 prey, -, „f is 3s perlb.;.Barcelona nuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nets, 115 s to & Eastn. June.
the m slib " 1203 per 1001bs.; chesnuts, 8s to 20s per bushel ; filberts, 50 all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - •••
city • The 95s to 110 s per 100 lbs • walnuts, 8d to Is 6d per 100 ; 14 all Birinng. Wolverh. &
10
(ab°llt peaches, is to 5s ; nectarines, 2s to 7s ; apricots, is to Stour Valley ..... .... 9 -
etres ~„ .
31 28 Birkenhd. Lanesh. &
3s per dozen ; figs, is to 2s per dozen • damsons, 2s 6d to. 1.2 - 10 d
les, .ana 1'
Cheshire Junct......
3s 6d per half sieve • melons, is to 3s Od' each.
A the VEGETABLES.-Cabbages, 9d to is Od ; Brussels sprouts, 275 all ,Do. Chesh. & Birk.,
17
revel 1 18 6d to 2s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 4d to 6d each ; !
-/ 0 £5O & £25 Cons.... i. _ 41
22 18i Do., £20... •••••• ••• ••: 2
had aoc - greens, is 6cl to 3s Od per doz. bunches; red cabbages, 2s to
+ the2s 30 Blyth & Tyne original
wart an
_.,,,," 5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, , 80s to 1608 per ton ;
i £25 (iss. at £45).... -•- •
a the c••
turnips, 2s Oct to 3s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to 6s Od per dozen 96 - 98
a
last bunches ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6cl each ; celery, 9d to St. 100 !Bristol & Exeter...... 561 _57 57 4
azzini:'S is 6d per bundle ; spinach, is 6d to 2s Od per sieve ; St. 100 ,Calsdonian..... ...... .. 2
onions, 6s Od. to 108 Od per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s 50 all Chester & Holyhead
11464
de M: 111138,5„; per doz. • leeks, ld to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to Bd. • 50 all ,Cork and Bandon....
s°' garlic, 6if to 8d per lb ; endive, 2s 2d to 3s Od per score':
passed
~,,.
... - ...
20 all :Cork, Black. & Pass. •- - •••
20 10 'Cornwall
small salad, 2d to 3d perpunnet; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od
ate aw 11°P;i;
per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d to is 6d per pottle• parsley,
al Ant Al; 3s Od to 3s 6d per dozen bunches ; beet, 'is Od to 2550
a 4115 Di
puubuldinee&EßeertlfhasatAJubilecr: 45,, - 46
dcen Junction - 85
due to the bi 6d. per dozen ; cabbage lettuces, 6d to 8d per score ;
-
aples •Oa hands • artichokes, 3s to 5s per dozen ; sorrel, 6d to is 25 all Do. New ..... ......... •••...
per half sieve.
25 all East Anglian (£25 L.
'
&E.& L. & D.) 5l - 5i 5a
;. an r %ire NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 18 all ,Do., (£lB E. & 11.) 4 41 4 4
der-ha v" Turkeys, 4s 6d to 9s ; Geese, 4s 6d to 6s 6d each ; Ducks 20 all 'Eastern Counties l3 - 134 134
, • pie' 2s Od to 2s 9d; tame Rabbits, lOd to is 6d ; wild ditto, 8d St. 100 EasternUnion,A.stk 43 - ,15
la in .
to is 6cl; Pigeons, 5d to Bd. each; roasting Pigs, Os to Os 03 St, 100 'Do., do. 8............ ''
31 - '' 32 i
abed/ 3 ee' each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Od to 9s Od ; ditto Chickens, Os Od 25 85 Do.NewA(lateThirds) •-•- • •
to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od per couple; St. 100 East Lancashire ...
Capons, 3s to 5s Od. : Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d per couple ; St. 'lOO 'Edinburgh &Glasgow 61 63
hid/ Pheasants, 3s 6cl to 3s 9d; Partridges, is 3d to is 93; Hares, 10 35 Edinb. and Peebles ••• - •••
8 int( )11_4 2s 6d to 3s 6d; Leverets, 3s Od to 5s Od; Woodcocks, 2s 6d St. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dunde 22 - 24
ssia i 10°"e to 3s 6d; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d; Snipes, 9d to is 6d; Teal 10 1 ,Forthand ClydeJunc. ••• •••
P
rto. of 6cl to 9cl; wild Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od. ; Widgeons, 93 to St. 100 :Glasgow &S. Weston. ... - •• •
ae del i
ice 0 is Od; and Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, 9s 03 to St. 100 :Great Northern Stk. 86 - 87 85-i
10s Od; French ditto, 6s Od to 7s Od per 120 ; Ostend fresh St. 100 'Do., A. Stock .. .. 60 - 62
ia, as 19180 With batter lls 6d to 12s 6d, and English 123 to 14s per 12 lbs. St. 100 IDo., B. Stock ..... '2O - 131 130
nectioi o ~,e
St. 100 !Gt. Sth.&West.(lre., 102 - 103
r's BILLINGSGATE.B3 81 844 3
;tier an Cdr
Turbots, 2s Mto 15s • Brills, is Oct to 4s each ; Salmon St. 100 'Greet Western
k.ustrii fey, Trout, is to is 4d per lb; 'Cod Fish, 2s Od to lOs 03 ; Soles, 12 11 !leash South-Eastern
..,•,,•• - 1.
50 1 all Lancaster &Carlisle. 88 - 90
the quo be 6d to is 6cl per pair • Eels, 6d to Os per lb ; Lobsters, is t
e eitt (Cr d 3s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, is to 6s Od per doz.; 1631 113 Do., Thirds. .......
61715 --__ 126.274 pi
674 i i pm
St. 100 Lancasn. &Yorkshir,
-ra, 0° Doreys, is Od to 7s; Mullets, is to 3s 03 each ; Common
11....1V 0, Me Oysters, 10s Od to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Oct to 50s 03 per 195 175 Do., Fifths ...........• 6i -64 d 11
ed. the I t v".,,i,
bsh; Mackerel, 35s to 00s per 100 ; Smelts, Isocl to 3s pr doz.; 14 114 Do., Wet. Riding Un. •• • - ... d
aof a o ',A,Yr'er, Skate, 6d, to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6cl to 2s 6d per gallo,- 50 all Leeds Northern l3i -14 14
aich 1 °3olf Bloaters, 5s Od to lOs Od per 103 • Fresh Herrings, 5s 03 20 all Liv.Crsby.&Soutbpt •.• - .••
lA all London & Blackwell 8$ - 8i 81
vailinq ;velf to Os 03 per 100 ; Haddocks, 4s 'to 8s per doz. ; Plaice,
exert 4d to is each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace ; Tench, 2s Oil 10 85 Loud. Tilb.& Sthend. 1 -2 p
to Os Od per brace ; Gurnets, 4d to is Oct each ; Halibut, 3 100 Lond.Bright. &S.Cst. 97 - 98 97
,aceS 6d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2d. to 5d Der lb. ; Prawns, 2s 03 to st. 100 London &N. Western 103 - 1034 103 i
ce hol R` the 4s 03 per ib. ; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 20 12 Do. Fifths l- Ip
ia. 131 04 6cl per lb.; Pike 6d per lb. - l 0 1 D0.,16/.Sh.,M&B 0 # - 4 P
125 25 Do. Eighths - - •••
nia act
tee" BREAD.
St 100 London &S. Western 76 7
lost fa 3 If. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are frons 12 -118 d
France noir lid to 115 d; of household ditto, 93 to 105 d per 41b loaf. •50' 424 Do., £5O
10 34 Do., £40....... ...... .. 11 - 9 d
Prus: lia ,of NEWPORT. 25 all Lucndrry&Coleraine ••• - •••
e
Beef from 3s -0d to 4s Od.; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ••• - •••
the OPtil
Ladies of tile veal, 3s Bd. to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s 03 to 5s Od per Sibs. St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 225 - 231 234 4
WHITECHAPEL. 8i 44 Do., Man. &Lin. Un. ••• - -d
bees. 1158,00 Beef, from 2s 3d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s 03 to 4s 6d ; St. 100 Midland . -63 i 63i
eto fAir" Veal, 3s 63 to 4s 6d; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 103 per 81bs. by St. 100 Do. Birraing.& Derby 35 - 37
the carcase. 50 474 Midland G.West.(lr.) ... - ...
HIDES AND SKINS. 25 lq Do. 5 Shares OOO - 0.0
RBON1; Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 253 to 24d; 641 b to 721 b, 2id 100 ail Newcastle &Carlisle ... - ...
to 03; 721 b to 801 b, 2id to 3d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 343 ; St. 100 Newmarket 54 - 56
ited re: T ; 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 343; 961 b to 1011 b, 353 to 4d ; 1041 b 64 5 Do, Bury Extensions 4d - par
a 0 c4Ol
to 1121 b 4d to 483. Horse hides, 6s Od to Os Od; calf skins, 25 175 Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. 4i -44 d
znours lo A
light, 2s Od 3s 6d; ditto, full, 6s Od Os Od; polled 50 7?', Newry & Enniskillen 24 - 2a
g fact+ loro sheep, 5s 9d to 7s 33; Kents, 5s 3d to 6s 3d; Half-breds, 20 all Newry Warrenpoint
On We'' 411 5s 3d to 6s 3d ; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s 9d. & Rostrevor 6 - 8
h-y, fora i lt4 HAY MARKETS. St. 100 Norfolk - 54
50 34 Northn. Counties Un 3$ -35 d
urs, an° oti SMITHPJELD. Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 51 12s ; clover St. 100- North British 3O - 31 31
ippoint ctioto ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ lOs ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. 16 16 North Devon, No 1.. 8 - 10
on the •01 A full average sugply, and a sluggish demand. 16 115 Do., No. 2.. ..... ...... ... - ...
prineeS;
.toi CUMBERLAND.-Meadow hay, 21 12s to 51 15s; clover 8 all Dc., 5 A Deferred ... 1 - 24 2
h, the 040 ditto, 41 Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, it 15s to 21 3s per load. 8 8 Do., 5 B Guaranteed 65 -76
one ,V
Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. 50 all North L0nd0n........ 51 ...
to 1130 63
6dt ito
I a WHITECHAPEL.-Meadow hay, 21 Se to Si 12s ; clover 10 1.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hemp-
-4 If ditto,6/-10
20 174 North Staffordshire.. 5i sad
s ; and straw, 1/ 14s to 2/ 2s per load. stead, and City Jn.. ... - •• •
riage arllo6 Trade rather dull.
stood at y 20 all North Western........ 8 - 85
Lours
10 10 N. &S. Westrn. June. par - 2 p
as, ;1
parttnefu °VI LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS _DAY.) 10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester - - •••
the mere ‘'4 .
St. 100 Oxford Worcester &
and so l
LONDON, Nov. 26.--Wind this day at noon, N.N.W. ; Wolverhampton 3B - 39 39
4
d adYse,ii light breeze, and dull, hazy weather. 20 2.2 Portsmouth ••• - •••
04 Yr i
a, the , DOVER, Nov. 25.-Wind, S. to S.S.W. Off Port- st, 100 Scottish Central - 91. 91
Helene, from Rio Janeiro, for Hamburgh. St. 100 Scottish Midland_ - 57
)theracer nod PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 35.-Wind, N.E. to N.N.W. Ar- St. 103 Shrewsbury & Birmg 6O - 62 615
he adva rived-Cuba, from Porto Rico, for London. St. 100 Do., L. & N. Wostn
)f which ty OFF TORBAY.-Asia, from Bahia ; Talisman, Quebec, Guaranteed Stock 55 - 60
'i
Be too .1 for Hull ; Eugenie, Shanghai. 10 10 Shrewsby. & Herold. 2 -15 dis
PLYMOUTH, Nov. 25.--Wind, S.W. Arrived-Clydes-
d bent '0
dale, from Quebec. 263 all Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. Min.) , 15 - 17
both hli MILFORD, Nov. 25.-The Carara, from Pembrey to 13 all Do. Halves, d.o.
/both
dig ° , London, is leaky, having struck on the ban-Arrived- 20 all Do. Oswestry - 13
.01, Ellen, from St. Mary's, N.S. • Rapid, Wilmington; Fa- 20 65 Shropshire Union 3 - 3fid
vomit°, Pembrey, for Yarmouth, with damage from con- . Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
"
iur good(
tact with the Laura, of Bedeford. paid up at per cent. ... - ...
10 16 -- 18
bled BEAUMARIS, Nov. 25.-Wind, S. Arrived-Infanta, 50 all South Devon
I to be ' rod from Quebec. St. 100 South Ea5tern......... 614 - 625
ea to (I°oo FALMOUTH, Nov. 25.-The Tenth of October, Ham- 50 all South Wales. ..... 34 35 31
burgh to Mahon, was fallen in with on the 10th inst., in 20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 4 •-- 2
ia the
lat. 41 N., 12 W., waterlogged, and crew taken off by the 20 5 D 0....................... 3 - 4
ne 1103515 , ?
Dapper, arrived here.-Arrived-Isabella and Jane, from 20 2.2 Staines,Wok,,&Wok.
... - ...
nit one. i
oolei Pernam'buco ; Bella Lemegna, Porto Novo. 25 all Stockton & Darling.. 27 - 30
ito seer WARKWORTH, Nov. 25.-The Robert Nicol, of Perth, Hi Stockton & liartlepl. . - ...
..
aison. 400 Riga to London, got on Boulmer Rocks yesterday, and is St. 100 Taff Vale ... - ..•
a firm 4)1 leaky ; she will be lightened ; and should the weather be 10 8 Do. £lO shades - ...
persoi 001 favourable at the spring tides, she is expected off. St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 - ...
the sal. 01:spi . PENZANCE, Nov. 24.-It blew an extremely severe gale 25 20 Thames Haven Dock
acoeilit
_I here all last night. The Torry and Josephine, of and from and Railway 2i 3i
gyred tho Iv Nantes for Cardiff, came ashore and went to pieces ; four 20 17 Vale of Neath • 155 - 16
Led for tnni men drowned. 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 5 - 7
that in t.);s YARMOUTH, Nov. 25.-The Cordelia, of Teignmouth, 50 all Waterford&Limeriek ... - ...
Poole to Newcastle, has been assisted in here leaky, having 20 14 West Cornwall 8 - •9
84
lestion 9 S
been on Hasborough Sand. •• ...
1 West End of London
i WMO,O WATERFORD, Nov. 21. -Wind, W. by S. Arrived- - and Crystal Palace ... - ...
3de Isl.l3rtiotl Industry, from Quebec. 20 all West London - ...
the rOOOP CORK, Nov. 21.-Wind, W. Arrived-Minerva, from 10 51s. Wmbled on &Croydon ... - ...
Newfoundland. St. 100 York Newctl. &BerW. 65 - 66
acid,-*".l
25 20 Do. Extensions Si - 84.1 114
I re°3;7lo (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 25 115 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4 35ct
lee daY A.. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, 10.30 A.M. St. 100 York &N. Midland 485 - 495 495 4
. „
Wind S.W., moderate, and fine.
ke saiclCA% Arrived-Paquebot de Cayenne, from Nantes ; City of FOREIGN.
rra,tulate ;0 Edinburgh, Calcutta; Assimenia, Ibrail.
idelity 0 Arrived at Beaumaris-Jane Tudor, from Quebec, for 10 6 Antwrp & Rotterdam 2 Id'
Con way. 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 14 - 14
ion to PaY' QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 24. 20 8 Beziersto Graissessac 25 - lid
W ind S.W. ... ... Central of Italy . - ...
1, he vfrreSe JAY Arrived-Reliance, from Alexandria ; Cornelia, Liver- 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 13 - 15
ant.
_,,---,.01, pool, for Gibraltar. Sailed-Calpe, Achille, and Robert 175 all Demerara - ... .
>s de.LN°P. tlrg Matthews, for London. 20 10 Dijon and Beenon 25 - 3 p
CI; (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 143
lambor
es° CUSTOMS RETURN. 20 all East Indian
GRAVESEND, SATURDAY, 10.45 A.M. 20 2 Do. Extension 34 -44?xn x new
P- i p
pit Viol*? Wind W.N.W., cloudy; tide one hour's ebb. 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 -14 p
) retail° Arrived-Eclipse, from Guernsey; Tiger (s.), Hamburg; 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 25 -3 p
P anther (s.), Ostend. ... 10 Gd. Trunk. o: Canada
klid,-'
0 burg
ore Sailed-Wilberforce (s.), for Hamburg ; Moselle, Ham- 20 8 Gt. Shrs. and Bonds l5-1d ip n 8
6i 1
Central of France i - 4 xin
' .
204 204 sheestn. of Canada byes „,,A, DEAL, SATURDAY, 9.30 A.M.
11 - 113
k to r' Pi Wind-W.N.W., light, and cloudy. es
... ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... -
de ...
,y 011 he Passed-Ysabel 11., from Spain, for London ; Bellon,
... ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 ... - ...
Duke . from Cephalonia, for London ; Adjuster, from New York,
205 104 Hamilton & Toronto ...
for London ; Sir George Pollock from Singapore, for Lon-
rn. to Irls,
- •.•
'tor the don don ; John Bull, from Montreal, for London - Koh-i-noor, ICO all Do. 6 per cent
40 IS from Calcutta, for London ; America, from 'Calcutta, for 20 5 Lake Count. & Basle ... - ..•
nap e London ; Quito, from Colombo, for London ; St. Abbe,
5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5
ft. pre.- )ostpoll from China, for London; lonia, from Smyrna, for London ; per cen
111 - 114 i
~std )1 Albert, from Baltimore, for Bremen. 20 15 Luexembourg
4
3ord r Anchored-John Ritson, from Java, for London. 74
10 10 Do. (Railway) 7 - 7 4
5
ito ' Put back-The Bato, for Hobart Town ; John Brooks, 5 2Do l4 - 2 2
5 3 Do. (Canal) li - 24 2/
he is- .0 , for Tobago.
10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. 4d - p 5
20 12 Lyons & Mediterran. ••• - ...
rked 30 of
THE WINE DUTIES.-Mr. Oliveira, M.P., accompa- i -i4pxn x new
t for 04,,f,
a 7, nied by several influential friends, went to Paris yester- 32305
21091 Mmaadrira-a.s
Antonia
tpone
_,4 I day, for the purpose of conferring with the best-informed 10 10 Do. New ... - •••
]aillbc'r"„'o, persons in the French capital upon the various points 20 2 Melbourne Dk. &Ry ••• - ...
the PP'Oef involved in this inquiry. They will then proceed to 20 all Namur & Liege (with
It Off
.1 Bordeaux for the purpose of obtaining similar informs- interest Bl -• 01 94 9
On tion in that city. 20 all Do. (ex interest)
hat the r MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.- GENERAL POST-OFFICE, 16 all Northern of France 341 - 344 341
•vtglid
ag gl.ndr,l
The --Al Nov., 1853.-The next mails for Australia will be for-
warded by the Matilda Wattenbach clipper ship, the 20 all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds
[fmy.B.&Ams.Shii.) ... -
...
x 3
. ' owners of which have entered into a contract for that 10 all NorwegianTruk. Prof 74 - 84xd
we 01.11,c," '. 20 10 Paris and Lyons 164 - lqp
that em A purpose with the Postmaster-General. This vessel is 40 40 Do. bonds - ...
is a:,f I appointed to be despatched from Liverpool on the 20 all Paris and Orleans ... - ...
morning of the 4th of December next, and all letters and 20 all Paris and Rouen 4l -43
ucce!6oo° newspapers for South Australia, Victoria, New South 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 321 33 xdxn 33 xd an
lur pet .
i° • Wales, and Van Diemen's Land, reaching Liverpool 20 4 ParisCaen&Cherbrg. 2- 4 p
°• ' previous to her departure, and not addressed to be sent 104 104 Quebec & Richmond id - par
sof °oil/ 20 all Rouen and Havre
en by any other vessel, will be forwarded by the Matilda
e bee° A Wattenbach. The packet rates of postage will be 20 9 Royal Danish par - 1 p
0 chargeable on letters transmitted by the Matilda Wat- 5 2 Royal Swedish 1- 4 3
ton elk/ tenbach, but no charge will be made upon newspapers. 20 all Sambre and Meuse 95 - 10 94 4
Ail AV
e '-`- v The mails to be conveyed by this packet will be made 10 6 'Do. 55 per cent. pref. - ...
...
th
20 2 S.E. of France id - 4par
up in London on the evening of the 3d of December, 20 6 Southern of France 2 - 4 p
E'rieeelatf;
The V and at Liverpool on the morning of the 4th of Decem- 20 6 St.Andrews&Quebec ... - ...
AO Je ber. Those postmasters whose instructions direct them 20 2s. Upper India Scrip ~. ...
...
rtlesQol to send their letters to Li--
verpool by cross post, will of 81 all West Flanders 44 -54 5
thetrsi; tv course forward the correspondence intended for those 20 10 Do. 55 per c, Pref
i mails in the same manner. 20 10 Western of France._ 71
.....
13
-81 p
Prei EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL,--A discovery has
lt: 4
.West. of Switzerland 14
)r, dil 20 2 Wiesbaden "I, been made during the past week that a forgery was cow-
20 3.2 ,Zealan4 ......34 -31 d
all 110
sift oil Mr
n.
? witted on the Borough Bank of this town by Mr. W.
he
M'Curtin, of the firm of .111"Curtin and Riley, merchants,
,he „
f 14' tir Mathew-street, so far back as October last. Mr. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Y 0,
Sim Paid' RAnmAys.
Clari" M'Curtin carried on an extensive trade, and until
Leasing Closing Prices Business
OP the discovery of the forgery to which we allude was Compans. yesterday, this day.
n ...01' supposed to be possessed of considerable means. It _
oftow p - ----- - -.--
to me would appear that on the 18th October last, a bill
50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W.
' •sa s
ie a.• •er of 1,5401., drawn by Mr. M'Curtin and purporting Bletchley... •- ---
'o. i 8 Willie to be accepted by Sir David Roache, of Limerick, St. 100 Buckghamah. L. &N.W. 101 - 103 1025
, 1
..4,4
3 Val W..- 011 0 , who is extensively engaged in flour and corn ope- 50 all Clydesdale Je. Caledon... ... - ..,
lelting
the 00i,
rations in the south of Ireland, was cashed at St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr.
year e 1 i 6p. cent .... Gt.Northn 143 - 146
, 0001 ~40 the Borough Bank. The bank officials had not the
25 all Gla,s. Barr, & Caldonian,
201 ecw I slightest suspicion that the acceptance was a forgery
Neils. Direct.
i the 0 ri° ... - .
until, on the presentation of the bill, Sir David Roache
25 all Do. New Do.
duet II 0 repudiated it, and denied having any knowledge of the . - ...
25 all Glstn&Dn.Er. Gt.:Vesta. 30 - 32
TB SA. party by whom it was drawn. It was accordingly 100 all Hstlpl. Dk. dr Yk. New.
T...- „,,,,, 000 returned protested, and then the fact that a forgery had Railway & Berw..
... _
...
ate iy..01r.,,0 been committed by Mr. M'Curtin was clearly established. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 - 110
an The matter was then placed in the hands of the police 25 all Do. i Shares Do 54 - 55
a 11261 - 271
Tbe Y'rifefof authorities, but up to the present Mr. M'Curtin sue- 12/ all Do. I Shares. Do
ceeded in luding their vigilance. It is suspected that 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern l3l - 145
25 - 26
1 of 31
des 0043 similar other forgeries will now be discovered to have 20 all Do. Preference Do
rye cltlA some
s p• been committed by Mr. M'Curtin, some of whose private St. 100 Lowestoft gr.
y,,e, ,if
4 per cent... Norfolk - ...
:agora APre: friends are also likely to be heavy losers on his account.
~,..0 o,' joi SOUTH SEA STOOK.-It is understood that, upon the
u its °Pair representation of some of the influential holders of the Baton Ln.&N.W.
St. 100 Do. 6 per et... Do ..... .___ - - -
Or - b. .0 &Mi • dld 21 - 3
111 tett aa i,4 South Sea Stock, the directors have expressed their 54 all
MatlockMaanli3ch.. .
50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton &
8n e 0 Willingness to advance, as soon as practicable after the
carus er t 1 Redcar . Darlingt. ... - -
to L'le eti Sth of January next, to such of the proprietors as may 100 all
'sea Bret 0 choose to apply, the sum of 100/. upon every 1001. 50 all Northern and
Midld.Bra.dfd. Midland 99 - 101
OP Ili South Sea Stock, until the period when the act shall be Easternsp.c. E. Count 6O - 62
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11.14" oiej,°' Passed, enabling the Court to make a final distribution 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do .•. - •••
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SPORTING NOTES.

RECENT DOINGS.

TEE EASTERN QUESTION.

The Newton Meeting was remarkable for no novel
or striking incident. It was celebrated amidst a drench-
ing rain, which damped the spirits and diminished the
sporting ardour of the spectators. Labyrinth was the
favourite for the Steeple Chase, and he won with the
utmost ease. On making for home, Ringleader " looked
all over the winner." At the lane he was far a-head,
and he cleared the "obstacles" there without mishap,
but on charging the next fence, which was comparatively
small, he slipped and fell. He got up again, and after
staggering fur a few yards he dropped down dead ! The
other events were too unimportant, and the interest
attached to them too local to require comment. Owing
to the large number of horses in the neighbourhood,
a second day's sport was " got up ;" its character is
" more easily imagined than described."
Mr. John Armstrong, the trainer, has complained
dolefully of the remarks which were made in The Eun,
and the weekly sporting papers, respecting the " Shunt-
ing Affair at Shrewsbury." His explanation of the
matter is as follows :
"At Newmarket Second October Meeting Shunting ran
in a Selling Race ; she was restive at the post, threw her-
self down, and lost eight or ten lengths start, but the com-
pany she ran in was so very very bad, that she got up and
won.

MEETING AT GLASGOW.

On Wednesday night a public meeting of the citizens of
Glasgow, called by the Lord Provost, agreeably to a requi-
sition numerously signed, was held in the City-hall, for the
purpose of considering the aggressive policy of Russia, and
agreeing to resolutions thereon. The large hall was crowded
to the doors, not fewer than 3,000 persons being present.
Councillor Moir was called to the chair, and among the
gentlemen on the platform were observed—Bailie Macgre-
gor; Councillors Cooper, M'Adam, and Taylor; Mr. D.
Urquhart, late M.P. for Stafford ; Mr. W. Davidson, of
Ruchill ; Mr. Perry, Mr. G. Ross, Mr. R. Buchanan, &c.
The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting in expla-
nation of its object, and in the course of his remarks took
occasion to denounce the policy of the Emperor of Russia,
No
l were cause
and expressed his determination to exert every legitimate
influence in his power to urge her Majesty's Government to
aid
ht heannounced,
of the
andoppressed.
the following letter from M.
Letters of apology from Sir Charles Napier and Professor
Kossuth was read :--
"21, Alpha-road, Regent's-park, London, Nov. 21.
" Dear Sir,-1 have the pleasure to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter of November the 18th, inviting me, on
behalf of a committee on the Eastern question, to attend a
ugreortnerioyftcligdirection
meeting at Glasgow, on Wednesday next, in favour of
Turkey, in her just, gallant, and glorious resistance to an
insolent encroachment upon her independence and territo-
rial integrity.
" That cause, sir, is highly deserving, not only of the
warmest sympathies of every just,honest, and ppright man,
but also particularly of the most energetic cp-operation of
the people of Great Britain at large,' and .of every exertion
*se of British
any irresolution, or half resafttion, that, respect, must
be followed by consequences misaltievouvto the world, but
of its
;cosnosmtituucthiosnoa,lthtflu
to nobody more than to Great Britain herself.
" Thera is a haughty affectation in some qaarters, sir,
which would like to place any possible British assistance
to Turkey in the light of mere generous favour to the Sul-
tan ; and still that is not the case. Private individuals
may act from sympathy—Governments never do. It is
important to rectify that affectation of generosity, because
it does harm to Turkey by placing her in the unbecoming
situation of a protected State. No, Sir ; if Great Britain
would assist Turkey, it would do so, not from generosity,
but from the necessity of taking care of her own future
and her own interests. It is England's future which is at
stake in the East, not less than that of Turkey. The
chief principle to be decided there by force of arms is
`the sovereign independence of every nation to manage
its own domestic concerns.' That principle, violated
already in Poland, then in Moldo-Wallachia and then in
Hungary—always by Russia and her accomplices—is now
intended to be finally overthrown in the East, and,
that done, no nation can further deem herself indepen-
dent. Moreover, it is that balance of power by which
European artifice has replaced the rule of right and of
law which is at stake in the East. Russia, successful in
her encroachment upon Turkish independence, either
by direct conquest or by a hypocritical treaty—more
deleterious than oven a direct conquest could be—and the
despotic Czar of oppressed Russia will be the master of the
world, at least of Europe and of Asia. America may yet
for a while resist, until her turn shall come ; but you cer-
tainly cannot, being, as you are, vulnerable both in Europe
and in Asia. The position of a first-rate Power is not an
absolute but a relative one. A first-rate Power is that
which is second to none. Permit Russia to take hold of a
direct or indirect dominion over Turkey, and she will at
once have gained such a preponderance over and above
every European Power, that in comparison to her you
needs will have lost your position of a first-rate Power,
and must become dependent on the good pleasure of the
omnipotent Czar, at least in some of those political, social,
and commercial relations upon the compound of which
your position of a first-rate Power is based.
"Britons, do you like to lose that position ? If not, do
mind in time the Oriental question ; your own future is
there trembling in the scales, and your own battle is fought
on the battle-fields of Turkey.
" I would like, sir, to take up, point by point, the con-
sideration of each of your material interests, and feel con-
fident of fully establishing that assertion. But neither
time nor occasion permits, and, therefore, speaking to in-
telligent Britons, I will only say that each of your mate-
rial interests, from your political standing in the great
family of nations, to your Indian concerns, where—and
let that word well be minded while there is yet time to
mind it—all the millions of your Mahommedan subjects
recognise the Sultan of Constantinople as their religious
chief—down to the very price of your daily bread, is in-
volved in the struggle between Turkey and her enemies.
"Mind, while it is yet time to mind it, was my word;
and, in fact, as no living man on earth can feel more deeply
interested in the success of Turkey than I myself do—as
well by national concerns as by a personal gratitude—l
have great pleasure in seeing that there is a general dis-
position in public opinion here to mind that cause. But,
unfortunately, I see great hesitation about the practical
course to be taken to that effect.

"At Shrewsbury Autumn Meeting she ran in a Selling
Race, and again turned restive ; indeed, she would not go
near her horses, and got off so badly that she never had a
chance in the race. This could be seen by any one, the
starting-post being a very short distance from the betting-
ring. Her • owner had previously arranged that I should
back her for him and myself. I had only executed a part
of the commission when I saw what had taken place at the
starting-post, and many others had seen as well as myself.
Hence Captain Little's offer of 100 to 10, and the City
Listman's offer of 100 to 3.
(Signed) " JOHN ARMSTRONG."
Whether this explanation will be deemed satisfactory
remains to be seen. I give it for what it is worth. The
proceedings connected with the race were sufficiently
suspicious to justify the severe comments which were
made.

Mr. I. Coyle, who was convicted before the county
magistrates at Chichester for an attempt to pick pockets
at the Goodwood races, has been set at liberty, Lord
Palmerston "feeling warranted, under the circumstances,
in advising her Majesty to authorise the prisoner's
release." Mr. Coyle is either a very lucky, or a much
persecuted man. The circumstances attending his arrest
and imprisonment should be thoroughly investigated by
the proper authorities.
Some gentlemen "well known in the city" are actively
employed in establishing a steeplechase meeting at
Waltham Abbey. The first gathering will take place
there on Wednesday next. The ground has been judi-
ciously selected by Mr. H. Littler, one of the prime pro-
moters of the affair.
November 26. A FRESH MAN.

" That hesitation, sir, is caused by the constant exertion
of some mismanagers of public opinion to lower the great
question at issue into the miserable proportions of a per-
sonal dispute between the Czar and the Sultan. Thus they
have, until now, succeeded in checking public opinion to
arrive at an energy which is commensurate to the impor-
tance of the case, since it never can be roused to full activity
but by the highest motives of national interests.
" Those mismanagers of public opinion speak to you con-
stantly of the honourable endeavours of your Government
for maintaining the blessings of European peace. Why,
sir, the time has come for pronouncing it in the most
emphatic manner, that it is a bitter sarcasm and hypocrisy
to designate the misrule of violence with the name of
' order, and to style the suppression of nations ' peace.' If
such a condition be the aim, sir, for which the influential
exertions of Great Britain are to be used, then let Great
Britain at least conserve the merit of frankness, if it has
resolved upon forfeiting its reputation of liberality.
" Those misman gers of public opinion go further, sir ;
they consider the presence of your fleet in the Bosphorus
taut a means of enforcing some possible trumpery adjust.
ment of the quarrel. Why, sir, is it not the most ridiculous
ignorance to believe that the Turkish question, or rather
the European question involved therein, can be disposed of
by some miserable adjustment, which leaves right, inter-
national law, and popular liberties in Europe oppressed,
and the field of Russia open, to become yet the master of
the world, by renewing the war at a more favourable op-
portunity ? If really such be the destination of the pre-
sence of your fleet in the Bosphorus, then, I profess, it
would be better for Turkey to see the wooden walls of
England steering back to Portsmouth.
" If the British men-of-war would sink or capture the
Russian fleet and bombard Sebastopol, and land a Turkish
army at Odessa, and secure the line of communication for
the Turks, that would be an assistance, sir. But the pas-
sive presence of your fleet before Constantinople is only an
embarrassment to Turkey, a check to her energies, an im-
pediment to her making use of those means of defence
which every political consideration points out to her as the
most availing and the most essential. It is, in fact, nothing
else than the practical assurance that, in case of success,
Turkey should be prevented from reaping such fruits of
her victories as would finally settle the great Oriental
question, open for more than a century ; and in case of
defeat, to make her die— not like a hero, by a glorious
death, but to pine away in consumption, brought on her by
slowly but certainly killing diplomatic negotiations.
"The fallacies of this false situation are resulting from
the want of sufficient reflection upon the real nature of the
struggle between Turkey and Russia. The Holy Shrines,
the Greek Church, the asylum afforded to Hungarian and
Polish exiles, the wounded personal dignity of the Czar,
and the petty considerations of a similar kind, have nothing
in the world to do with the pending contest ; and therefore
no arrangements upon such petty grounds can settle it.
The real motive of the contest is the necessary consequence
of the position of Russia, and of all that agglomeration of
events which were heaped up in the lapse of more than
150 years.

"Prophecy in political matters, sir, is nothing else but
a sound appreciation of the logical chain between causes
and results. It is, therefore, not from any ostentation of
political foresight, but only from a wish to show the cor-
rectness of my statement, that I beg leave to refer you to
the collection of my speeches in the United States, recently
edited by my friend Professor Newman. There you will
find that, more than 18 months ago, I have not only fore-
told that a war between Turkey and Russia is inevitable
—that it will be the next war in Europe ; but likewise I
have foretold that that conflict must happen in a very
short time, probably this year, because, the conflict being
inevitable, Russia must hasten to bring it about, or else
Turkey has so much grown already in strength in 24 years
that every day's delay would weaken the chances of Rus-
sia's success.
"If the citizens of Glasgow desire to understand as well
the real issue of the pending contest, as also the grounds
which enabled me to foretell its early outbreak, let them
meal to their memory the so-called political will of Peter
the Great, of which I beg leave to inclose a copy, though
in French.
" Be that document an authentic one, or be it a post facto
record of history, you will find therein the nature of the
Russian contest explained. The whole matter may bo
ge ienitthheer bwyay con-
quering
treaties, re-
sumed in these few words :—Russia, being a great conti-
nental Power, must desire to become likewise a great mari-
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Turkish a predominance,
empire. This is the question at issue. But no
man can doubt that if Russia, in addition to her continen-
tal strength, grows likewise a great maritime Power,
n only become,
really the mistress of the world, and even the greatest of
the other European Powers will soon see itself reduced to
that position in which now Austria stands to Russia.
Moreover, nobody can doubt that any patching up of the
present question, without raising a real barrier to the
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much as if Great Britain would• have tried to enlist the
magnanimous Czar' himself against himself. Austria,
though England and France, or whatever Power on earth
may promise to back her against Russia, can in no case
dare to offend her master, the Czar, for this simple reason,
because a single word of the Czar would raise all the Slavo-
nic populations of the Austrian empire to punish Francis
Joseph for his ingratitude. Besides, let me quote a pas-
sage from my speech at Syracuse, New York :
" As to my nation, I declare solemnly, that should we
be left forsaken and alone to fight once more the battle of
deliverance for the world, we will rather choose to be Rus-
sians than remain subject to the House of Austria—rather
submit to the open manly force of the Czar than to the
heart-revolting perjury of the Hapsburgs—rather to be
ruled directly by the master than submit to the shame of
being ruled by his underling. The fetters of force may be
broken once, but the affection of a mortally offended people
to a perjurious dynasty can never be restored. Russia
we hate with inconceivable hatred, but the House of Haps-
burg we hate and despise.'
" Believe me, dear Sir, that such is the condition of the
so-called Austrian empire, and that such being its condi-
tion every effort to detach Austria from her subjection to
Russia could never save her, but would give only the sor-
rowful satisfaction to English mispolicy of having, together
with the House of Austria, buried the liberties and na-
tional independence of nations worthy of a better fate, and
without the independent existence of whom the great ques-
tione Pettln
as your own future and all of your interests require it to
b
" It appears that, though not avowed openly, the sha-
dows of these events are fluttering before the eyes of your
statesmen, Hence it comes that, despairing a a sincere
seedid.4l4 now in the East can never be settled finally

and active union with Austria in the present struggle, they
quench their fears with another idea, not less absurd than
the first has been ; they endeavour to persuade themselves
that though Austria may not be possibly induced to side
with the Great Western Powers against Russia she will at
least remain neutral. And yet, an impartial neutrality of
Austria is, from her very position to Russia, equally im-
possible, as would equally be her siding with Turkey.
More yet, sir, that neutrality does not actually exist any
longer.
" It is scarcely nine months ago since Omer Pasha, at
the head of only 30,000 men, was marching against Monte-
negro to check a revolt which was stirred up by Russia,
and Austria immediately despatched an envoy extraordi-
nary to Constantinople to inform the Sultan peremptorily
that she could not allow such a large force (!) to be concen-
trated so near to the Austrian frontiers ; that, therefore,
it must be withdrawn, or else Austria would consider it a
legitimate cause of war.
" And what is it that the same Austria does now`? She
has concentrated 90,000 men in the immediate neighbour-
hood, on the north-western frontiers of Turkey ; and has
she given any satisfactory guarantee of her neutrality,
accompanied with such a threatening attitude? No, sir.
Mere words !—empty words—words of that dynasty which
has never yet held sacred even an oath. And even these
empty words pledged her only conditionally—saying, in so
far as her interest will permit her to remain neutral.
Have Great Britain and France guaranteed an impartial neu-
trality of Austria ? No, sir, they have not ; they cannot,
and they dare not do it; therefore, what is the result? The
result is, that the Turkish Government was forced, in con-
,
temptation of the hostile attitude of Austria, to garrison the
fortresses of Servia on a war footing, and to keep idle an
army of observation in Bosnia. By this necessity 50,000
men have been abstracted from the active army of Omer
Pasha, and that is positively so much as if Austria had sent
50,000 men as a reinforcement to the head quarters of Prince
Gortschakoff. Nay, it is worse. Since the sending of such
an auxiliary force would have relieved the Turkish Govern-
ment from the difficulties of an absurd diplomatic conve-
nience, preventing her until now of making use of the heroic
willingness of the Hungarian nation to afford such aid as
soon would have made Austria unable either to harm
Turkey or help the Czar ; whereas, by her false neu-
trality, she abstracted such a force from the entire
Turkish army as her open hostilities could not abstract.
Therefore, please to tell me, sir, are those diplomatic en-
deavours of Great Britain backed even by a parade of:your
fleet up to the Bosphorus' which had no other result and
no other aim but to uphold this position, of any assist-
ance to the Turkish Empire ? No, sir, it is no as ;
it is worse than indifference. It is the n try of a guest
who, with his very presence, absorbs the eindependence of
the houseowner.
" Fortunately, the force of events has so far favoured
justice and right that there can be no more harm done by
professing it openly ; that the Turkish Empire can neither
in its present struggle have a more valuable ally than the
Hungarian nation, nor its future can get any better gua-
rantee than the restoration of Polish nationality and Hun-
garian independence.
" Without this Turkey will always have to fear in
the present struggle that Austria might at such a moment
throw dostin the mask of her false neutrality, when the
Turks, though victorious, will be worn out by their very
victories. It is not for the first time that Austria will
have played such a foul play. In 1737, in that Turkish-
Russian war which ended with the treaty of Belgrade, it
was Austria who took upon herself to act as mediator
between the belligerent parties. Bnt while she was
mediating at Niemeroff, she, Austria, the mediator, con-
centrated her armies, upon the intelligence that Marshal
Munich had taken Oczakoff, and Marshal Lasey advanced
in Crimea, just as she does now, and attacked Turkey on
the whole line, from Bosnia up to Wallachia ; alleging
that the treaty, concluded between Austria and Russia in
1720, and confirmed] in 1732, obliges her not only to aid
Russia in any war against Turkey, but, should Turkey be
the aggressor, even to declare a direct war against the
Sultan.

" You are well aware, sir, that from the time of the
wolf and the lamb, whoever is willing to commit violence
is never at a loss to pervert truth. You are aware that
the Czar, in his manifesto of November 1, declares bare-
facedly, even now, that Turkey is the aggressor in the pre-
sent struggle. And that treaty of 1726 is still ready for
use ; it may be taken out at will from among the diplo-
matic rubbish. Since the spirit of the treaty has been con-
firmed by the so-called Holy Alliance, and that alliance
has, in its turn, again been confirmed just now at Sans-
souci, in Prussia, after the Imperial conferences at Olmutz,
and has still more forcibly been confirmed by the Russian
intervention in the Hungarian war, which, from an ally
and possibly a rival, converted the Emperor of Austria
into an obedient servant of the Czar.
"No, sir, no imaginable diplomatic adjustment can
settle the Oriental question, unless it does raise a barrier
between Turkey and her ambitious neighbours. As long
as Austria is depending upon the Czar she will always be
in danger of the independence of Turkey in the interest of
the Czar. On the contrary, if we imagine her—a strange
imagination indeed—independent and strong she will always
threaten Turkey in her own interest. Austria, if deemed a
first-rate Power, reckons it to be her inherited policy to
speculate upon the partition of the Turkish empire as well
as the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. The Czar is pushed by
the wish of becoming a great maritime Power, while Aus-
tria is pushed in the same direction by mightier reasons
yet than those of an inherited ambition. Be it that
she loses hold of Italy—which sooner or later is inevitable
—be it that Prussia gains an ascendancy over her in Ger-
many—in any possible emergency, she looks for compen-
sation only to the Turkish Empire. Moreover, after all
that occurred in 1849, Austria can never be sure of her
dominion over Hungary as long as in her immediate
neighbourhood there exists a Power which, in the case of
a conflict—possibly delayed, yet unavoidable—must be-
come a ready support to Hungarian nationality in all the
future, as it has been in all the past, against Austria.
" Upon these considerations, I may now with confidence
claim a verdict on the question—` What is the policy con-
venient to Great Britain's honour, and preremptorily re-
quired by her interests ?' It is, sir, the avoiding of half
resolutions, and of half measures before all. Either an open
and active share in the hostilities against Russia, liy land
and by sea, or a peremptory demand on Austria to put an
end to her ambiguous foul play, and to define clearly her
position either as au ally of Russia or of Turkey. But in
no case is it such a policy which, aiming at absurdities,
only prevents Turkey availing herself of such legitimate
means of self-defence as circumstances dictate, and the
loss of which no aid of far distant Great Britain can com-
pensate. _

I - "It would have given me a real pleasure to attend the
meeting to which you were so kind as to invite me, both
from the interest I take in the cause you are supporting,
and from getting an opportunity to express publicly my
grateful feeling for the sympathy which I myself and my
exiled countrymen have found witfi the generous hearts of
the citizens of Glasgow. My only excuse for not appear-
ing is, that just at the present moment, I can perhaps
serve the cause which you advocate more effectually than
by taking part in public meetings, whatever their import-
ance may be. Please to accept this apology, and believe
me, dear sir, your obedient servant,
"R. Buchanan, Esq., Glasgow."

" L. KOSSUTH.

Mr. BucHerreii announced that he had called on Mr.
Hastie, M.P., and requested him to attend the meeting,
but he had declined, on the ground that we had nothing to
do with this question. It was in the hands of the Govern-
ment, and any interference upon our part was only calcu-
lated to do harm. (Hisses.)
Mr. BUCHANAN, editor of the.&ntinel, !moved the first
resolution, which was as follows ;.PL I

"That the series of Russian aggressions, of which the
invasion of the Danubian provinces is the last in the chain,
exhibits so fixed a purpose on the part of the northern
Autocrat to domineer over the rest of Europe, and to ex-
tinguish, wherever possible, national independence and
political freedom, that the present invasion of the Turk-
ish territory is a direct carrying out of his traditional
policy, and an attack upon the trade and commerce of thisec
n
country, as well as an act of retaliation for the asylum
(11
protection so nobly offered by the Sultan to Kossuth an
his brave compatriots, disguised though ite
of the may be by
Greeka
impudent pretext of protecting the rights
Church in the Ottoman States ; and that, considering these
circumstances, as well as the territorial and political in-
terests of the other European nations, this meeting is of
opinion that the power of the Czar for present as well as
for future mischief should be broken by the vigorous as-
sistance and co-operation of the great Western Powers with
Turkey, in her gallant and so far successful resistance to
I her haughty and insolent foe."
Mr. Buchanan congratulated the meeting on the splen-
dour of the demonstration, indicating as it did that the
hearts of the people of Glasgow are sound on this great
question. He proceeded to show the probable effects of
Russian aggression towards the West, detailed the means
by which that State had extended her territory, and called
upon the Government of this country now to lend effective
aid to crumple up the gigantic northern Power. One
guarantee for peace should be the resurrection of Poland—
(cheers)—the restoration of stolen lands to Turkey, and if
these and other just demands be not made, revolutionise
the territory of the Autocrat. (Cheers.)
Councillor M'AnAm seconded the resolution, which was
carried by acclamation.
Mr. T. BROWN moved the second resolution :
" That this meeting is of opinion, in order that the war
now raging in the Danubian provinces may be brought to
a prompt and satisfactory conclusion with the least detri-
ment to the political interests as well as the trade and
commerce of Europe, that our Government should render
immediate and effective material aid to Turkey; and fur-
ther, inasmuch as secret diplomacy has hitherto prevented
the legitimate and healthy action of public opinion upon
British Ministers in dealing with foreign questions, that,
in future, publicity should be given, from time to time, to
all matters of the foreign department of State affecting the
character and honour of this country in its relations with
other nations and peoples."
Mr. POOLE seconded the resolution.
Mr. URQUHART, who was received with applause, vela.,
in support of the second resolution. He said, this was no
the first opportunity he had had of addressing a Glasgow
t
audience., He commenced his public labours in this city, and
these were of the most arduous character, chiefly because
of the want of that enthusiasm which had now been
`awakened, and for which we were indebted at the present
moment to the Czar of Russia. He regarded the invitation
which he had received to attend this meeting as n
a submitted
tion of those views and opinions which he 4 incovifinntatioan.
l here by
14 years ago. At that time he was repudiated
many as a man of one idea—they all knewdthodatiindetah,aitt
idea
the Czar of Muscovy—and what was included
w, o
had
pre.
had been laid before them by the gentolem n
read extracts from
ceded him. Mr. Urquhart proceeded to
a memorial to our Government,
adopted he had himself
d by the citizens of
drawn up, and which was °P
Glasgow in public meeting assembled, in the year 1836, re-
Glasgow of Russia. To that
monstrating against the oPPress that they were pre-
remonstrance the Government rep
pared to resist the oppression
0„, complained of, but 17 years
had elapsed,
by incaanpdaooitury aexiianpoesac
of the memorial referred to,
was that we had been be-
trayeditive and direct treason. A
few years after the adoption
nted, signed by 30,000 of the
citizens of Glasgow,
another petition was presented, the Government with criine,
and it was read
extenso in both houses of Parliament
hut to that petition no further attention was paid, and he'
found that every. statement in it was this day confirmed
rY
in our own experience. A gentleman present had referred
and the resolution stated that Tur-
key't() the fall of Hung a,
should be supported by the force of arms. Why,
the
fact was that England had attacked every State and every
principle, but she had never been found attacking Russia.
he appealed to the testimony of Kossuth on the matter in
question. He (Mr. Urquhart) had pointed out to him
falsehoods in the blue-books—statements framed for the
purpose of disguising the truth, to prevent the English
nation from knowing that its Government were serving
the purposes of Russia. Kossuth had never ceased to
imply that Hungary owed its fall to the secresy with
which our diplomacy is conducted. They were met to
consider what steps should be adopted to frustrate the
" aggressive policy of Russia," and they felt themselves
equal to that enterprise. (Loud cheers.) This could
not be effected without some great mental effort.
All the means which had been put into operation hitherto
had proved futile, and something new must be found. It
was true that public paootiDgs could only act through Go-