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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1853.

MISS MITFORD, AUTHOR OF " OUR VILLAGE."
On Thursday next, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 215.,
The Second and Cheaper Edition of
RECOLLECTIONS of the LITERARY LIFE
of MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.
•
Author of " Our Village."
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That on GOOD FRIDAY the
Trains will run as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail,
from Paddington to Bristol, at 10.15 a.m.,; and from Bristol to Pad-
edngton at 8.35 a.m., calling at the usual stations.
Return Tickets issued on Thursday. the 24th March, and on Good
Friday, will be available for the return journey on either of those
days, or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th hist. . .

ground whatever for believing that this mission
has any other definite object besides the restora-
tion of the privileges of the Greek Church in the
Holy Land to the state they were in before M.
de Lavalette took it into his head to meddle
with them • and this question interests and
affects Turkey only in so far as she has allowed
herself to be alternately and inconsistently swayed
by the rival influence of France and Russia on be-
half of their respective churches. The possessions
which the Greek Church in the East has held from
time immemorial, involve rights which it is impos-
sible for the Emperor of Russia to surrender to the
Latin Church and to France, and he is bound by
the public opinion of his empire, as well as by the
fanaticism of his clergy, to maintain that ancient
position. But he has already signified that he does
not seek to render those rights exclusive, and it is '
impossible to suppose that the Russian Govern-
ment would seize this subject, of all others, to
fasten a fresh degradation on Turkey, to pick a
quarrel with France, and to run the risk of posi-
tive hostilities between two of the great Powers.
It is true that M. de Lavalette put forward exor-
bitant pretensions, and strained his influence to
such an excess, that he contributed to bring about
the reaction in the Turkish Government which has
already proved so calamitous to the empire. But
M. de Lavalette is recalled, and, with all the zeal
professed for the Ottoman
Empire by some of the
French and English Ministers, neither of those
countries is efficiently represented at Constanti-
nople at the present crisis, although its approach
has long been distinctly foreseen.
The real evil against which both France and
Russia would do well to guard themselves and their
agents is the attempt to interfere single-handed in
these affairs, which have never been conducted
with temper and disinterestedness except when
they have been regulated by the collective action
of the great Powers. If one State interferes in de-
fence of its peculiar claims, another opposes them ;
and a very insignificant dispute sets fleets and
armies in motion. That is the chief danger in what
is termed " The Eastern question," and we are
persuaded that nothing which can happen to the
Ottoman Empire with the cognizance of all the
principal Governments of Europe is so dangerous
to the general peace as any isolated attempt to
wring concessions from its weakness, or even to
support by extraneous force its declining authority.
Although therefore we should rejoice to see this
country exert its usual temperate influence in the
general consideration of these arduous questions,
we hope that it will be no party to hasty expedi-
tions, the consequences and results of which it is
impossible to foresee. Our policy is, at present;
to abstain.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, held
a levee at Whitehall to-day, and it was attended by the
following officers :
Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, K.C.B.
Rear-Admiral David Price, and Rear-Admiral Sir John
Hill, Kt.

For further partiCular; see handbills, which may be obtained at
the stations, or at any of the offices of the Company.
Paddington Station, 16th March, 1553.

THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
of 1853.
(In Connexion with the Royal Dublin Society.)
In consequence of Thursday, the sth of May, being Ascension Day,
the Opening of the Exhibition will be Postponed until THURSDAY,
the 12th of May next.
Season Tickets can be procured at the Fxhibition Office, No. 3,
Upper Merrion•street, on and after Monday, the 21st instant, be-
tween the hours of Eleven and Four.
Gentlemen's Tickets ........... £2 2 0
Ladies' 1 1 0
By order of the General Committee,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Offices -3, Upper Menlo:in-street, Dublin, March 12, 1853.;

Captains—George William Conway Courtenay (1828),
.Robert Lambert Baynes (1828), Henry J. Codrington, C.B.
(1836), Julius James Farmer Newell (1838), Francis Price
Blackwood (1838), George Elliot (1840), Thomas Hender-
son (1840), John Robb (1841), Harry Eyres (1841), John
Coghlan Fitzgerald (1841), Hastings R. Yelverton (1843),
Sir George Graham Otway (1846), Edward John Carpenter
(1846), Charles Edmunds (1848), John Moore (1848),
Richard Douglas (1851), George Sumner Hand (1852), and
John Hills (1853). _ _

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY, No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.

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fall due on the ith of April next, that the same must be PAID
within thirty days from that date.
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4 which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to
members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the society as
members, on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge their pro-
posals at the office on or before that day.
This society, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates the
whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for whole term of life, as members of the society.
For the year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per
cent. has been declared on the premiums of all members of five
years' standing and upwards.
RICHARD HE A.THFIELD, Superintendent.
Princes-street, Bank, March 4,1853.

Commanders—.-Grove George Wodehouse (1844), Arthur
Davies (1846), and William G. Luard (1850).
Lieutenants—Richard E. Bullen (1833), Thomas B.
Christopher (1841), John J. Kennedy (1841), Francis J.
Diggins (1842), Alexander Anderson (1842), Hon. 0. W.
Lambart (1844), George W. Towsey (1846), and John Hill.
The Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, First Lord, and Mr.
Bernal Osborne, First Secretary, now occupy their official
residences at Whitehall.

HANWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
Persons *Ming to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above-
'tamed Institution, which contains about 1,100 Inmates, with Meat,
Fleur, Malt, Hops, Oatmeal, Peas, Hay, Straw, Oats, Butter, Cheese,
and Bacon, for Six Calendar Months, from the Ist April next,
are requested to deliver sealed tenders addressed "To the Com-
mittee of Visitors," to the Storekeeper, at the Asylum, at Hauwell,
by Half past Eleven o'clock on Thursday, the 24th instant, and be
in attendance there at Twelve o'clock.
Blank forms in which the Tenders must be made may be obtained,
and the form. of Contract may be seen, either by application here,
or at the Asylum.
_ .

The Committee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or
any of the Tenders.

Dated this 12th of March, 1853.
CHARLES WRIGHT, Cleck to the ♦isitors.
Sessions-house, Clerkenviell.

(From the Morning Post.)

The Eastern question has once more assumed, as
we had anticipated that it must, an appearance
most important to our political relations with the
great Powers, if not imminently threatening to the
peace of Europe. The menacing circumstances
which we have already described as having arisen
at Constantinople. out of the vindictive aggression
against the Porte of her formidable neighbours have
placed the sense of right and justice—perfectly con-
current, as it happily is—of this country and of
France in direct opposition to the apparent objects
and actual proceedings of Russia, with which the
intentions and ends of the Viennese Cabinet are,
of course, intimately connected.
The ultimatum with which Prince Menschikoff
has followed up the enforced resignation of the
Turkish Minister has driven even the sufferance of
the Turk to appeal to the protection of England
and France—a protection which, under inviolable
guarantees, that Power has an undoubted right to
demand, and which this country and France are
under an undoubted obligation not to withhold. The
immediate effect of this appeal our readers have been
already informed was a summons from the Queen's
representative at Constantinople to the British fleet
in the Mediterranean. Ad m ralDundas, however, ac-
cording to the last advices, hadnot left Malta; but,
on the other hand, the French fleet at Toulon was
under orders ; and so complete and cordial is
known to be the understanding on this question
between ourselves and France, that there can be
no doubt that whatever course may be taken will
be pursued in perfect unison by the two Powers.
It is clear, therefore, from the manifest tendency
and open acts of Russia, coupled with the equally
manifest resolution of our own Government and
that of our ally to maintain the balance of power
and the integrity of treaties, that the immense re-
sponbility of maintaining tranquillity rests at this
moment on the moderation and sagacity of that
remarkable man to whom it cannot be denied that
Europe has on former occasions been deeply in-
debted for the preservation of peace and order. It
is important at such a moment to remember, that
the Emperor Nicholas has hitherto displayed, in
the management of that gigantic power with which
he is charged, an appreciation so profound and so
just of his duties and of the rights of other Powers,
that it is difficult to conceive his deliberately per-
sisting in the course on which he has unhappily
been provoked or tempted to enter against a State
of which he is bound, in common with ourselves
and the other parties to the Convention of 1841, to
respect the integrity and honour.
The importance, politically and commercially, of
maintaining the just rights of the Porte has lately
been fully discussed in this journal, and can scarcely
need further proof. But of the aggressive and am-
bitious policy of the northern powers, we regret to
observe that every movement on their part brings
some additional evidence. The course of the Aus-
trian Cabinet in the matter of Montenegro, and
the threatening proceedings with which it gave
weight to Count von Leiningen's mission, were
subjects of regret and uneasiness, which the subse-
quent measures of Russia have raised to a crisis of
real and well-founded alarm.

It is, indeed, impossible to disguise the fact that,
unless the Emperor Nicholas be content to modify
the terms which he has demanded of the Porte, or
to renounce the hostile means by which he has
threatened to enforce them, the most serious con-
sequences may be apprehended. The main hope
that he will do so rests on the firm good sense and
temper which have hitherto guided his councils.
On the other hand are to be considered the strong
temptation which the brilliant prize of Constanti-
nople has always presented to Russia, combined
with the extreme soreness well known to have been
excited by the serious checks lately sustained by
Russian influence at the Porte on the questions of
the refugees within the Turkish frontier, and of
the guardianship of the Holy Places.
As regards the policy of Vienna, and the influ-
ence which that Court may possibly exercise on the
question, we have less warrant for expecting a fair
and moderate course, and liave unfortunately been
called on to notice strong symptoms not only in
the East, but in other quarters of Europe, of a
most aggravated injustice of principle. The treat-
ment of the unhappy Ticinese, though not a matte t►
for direct interference on our part, is one which no
country, guided by the common principles of hu-
manity, can observe with indifference. It is surely
monstrous that this mass of industrious people,
long settled as they have been in Lombardy, should
be forcibly expelled, and driven to ruin and starva-
tion, for no alleged offence but that of belonging to
a [State, which, without having exhibited the
slightest hostility to Austria, has offended that ab-
solute and exclusive Power merely by daring to
preserve the dignity of the Swiss frontier and the
rights of Switzerland as a refuge.
Among the Italian States the short-sighted
tyranny and bigotted influence of Austria have
produced results which force themselves continually
upon our observation, and excite unceasing appre-
hension for the tranquillity of that most unhappy
and ill-used land. To Sardinia, the hope and
stronghold of constitutional Government among
Italians, and therefore the dread and horror of
Zienna, the conduct of the latter Power has been
of a nature to call forth a warm and earnest re-
monstrance from this country. We trust that the
effects of that remonstrance may be not less bene-
ficial than Lord John Russell permits himself to
expect ; but the fact of its having been necessary
adds one to the many proofs that the councils of
the Austrian Empire are directed by an influence
of a most fatal and dangerous blindness.

One great lesson and one good result we think it
certain must be drawn from the present juncture
in our foreign relations, whatever may be its issue,
and h
Pallialllnc ReiWt importance of maintain-
ing our at
cordialis
with France, and the true
that is
a
and absolute identity of the interests of the two
countries (the best security for national friendship),
as opposed to the league of the Northern Powers.

CLERGY RESERVES (CANANDA).--According to a,
returns to the House of Commons, obtained by Sir W.
Molesworth (printed on Friday), the payments out of the
revenue of the United Kingdom to religious sects in Canada
since 1840 were 48,1911.25. The amount voted was :
In 1841, £4,340 18s. Gd. In 1847, £4,190 18s. Gd.
1842, 4,340 18s. Gd. 1848, 4,190 188. Gd.
1843, 4,190 18s. Gd. 1849, 4,190 18s. Gd.
1844, 4,190 18s. Gd. 1850, 4,190 18s. Gd.
1845, 4,190 18s. 6d. 1851, 2,990 18s. Gd.
18,40,.. 4,190 18s. 6d. 1852, 2,990 18s. 6d.
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The Spiteful steam-sloop is to be juryrigged and sen
to Woolwich, where she will receive new boilers.

The crow of the steam-frigate Valorous, 16, Captain
C. M. Buckle, were inspected on Wednesday by the
Commander-in-Chief, and were paid wages to-day. The
ship is ready for sea.
Strong winds from the eastward have prevailed
for some days past. On Thursday morning, at 11
o'clock, the brig Madonna, of Liverpool, Captain
Boase, with sugar, from Bahia for Gothenburg, was
caught in a squall off Portland, and dismasted.
Twenty miles south-south-east of the Start she was
fallen in with by two French fishing boats, which '
brought her safely into the Sound. On Friday, at 3
a.m., the barque Jessie, Captain Bird, of North Shields,
from the Mediterranean with linseed, for Hull, was run
into off the Start by a trawl sloop, which carried away
five of her stancheons, bulwarks, rail, &c. The Jessie
came to this port. The sloop was seen after the colli-
sion.

Tho emigrant ship Albemarle, 704 tons, Captain I. F.
Trivett, 'belonging to Scarborough, with 21 cabin and
178 intermediate passengers from London, and 54i in-
termediate from Plymouth, sailed yesterday with a fair
wind for Port Philip and Sydney. She took with her
111 bags of newspapers, originally placed on board the
steam-ship Australian.

The mils landed on Wednesday from the Royal Aus-
tralian Mail Company's steam-ship Sydney consisted of
146 packages and boxes, and weighed 4 tons 15 cwt. 51b.
The dimensions of her Majesty's screw steam-ship St.
Jean d'Acre, of 101 guns, and 600-horse power, to be
launched on Wednesday next, are—

Ft. in.

Length from fore part of figure to after part of
taffrail ... 273 0
Depth from upper part of figure to lower part of
false keel ...
Ditto
Length for tonnage
Breadth, extreme
Ditto, for tonnage
Ditto, for moulded
Depth in hold

taffrail ...

52 0
56 6
202 5
55 4
54 6
53 8
24 5
Tons.
3200

(itew measurement; 2084

(old measurement:

Mr. Charles Besley, chief clerk in the storekeeper's
office in this yard, has been this day superannuated on a
pension of 3301. per annum, that being his present rate
of salary. Mr. Besley has been above 50 years as clerk
in the dockyard.
The Spiteful, steam-sloop, is ordered to Woolwich for
repair of her boilers.

NEW ELECTRIC FLOATING LIGHT.—In our journal of
the 3d inst. we noticed the principle of this new and
valuable patent, of so much importance to mariners.
On that occasion the gutta-percha tubing was not suffi-
ciently strong to bear the pressure of the gas ; since that
period some larger and stronger tubing has been made,
and the scientific inventor, Captain Sherringham, as-
sisted by the talented Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of the
Royal Marine Artillery, have brought it most success-
fully to bear. The light has been shown off Hollings-
worth Rooms, South Beach, the last two nights, and
proved beyond all doubt that, whether for 2 or 20 miles,
it is equally effective, and can be lighted and extinguished
at pleasure.

WOOLWICH, MARCH 19.
APPOINTMENTS.

Master Joseph Chegwyn (1838) to the Queen, 116,
at Devonport.

Clerks.--Edward J. Giles (1850) to the Edinburgh,
58, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; F. F. Miller to the
Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth.
The Tyne storeship, Master-Commander Peter Wel-
lington, left Woolwich at an early hour this morning for
the islands of Ascension and Rio.

A casting took place to-day at 2 p.m., at the foundry
at Woolwich dockyard, of a brass screw propeller for the
Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth.
The quantity of metal required for the casting was about
11 tons, and the time occupied in running it first into
an iron pot made for the purpose, and subsequently into
the screw propeller mould, was about 20 minutes. The
iron pot was expressly made for being used when large
castings` take place, and is so constructed that there is
very little chance of serious accidents occuring, as has
been the case in some foundries, through some of the
boiling metal falling on the men. Lieutenant-Colonel.
M'Adam, Lieutenant-Colonel Bury, and several of the
officers of Royal Marines, Dr. Burns, Mr. Atherton,
chief engineer, Mr. Macdonal, master attendant, Mr.
Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, and several of
the officers of the yard, were present to witness the cast-
ing, and were much gratified by the excellent manner in
which the men were enabled, by the working gear, to
gradually turn up the iron pot, containing 11 tons of
fluid metal, and pour it into the mould, while the pot
was suspended by a powerful crane, without the slightest
apprehension of danger should any of the men with-
draw from the gear, as it would remain safely in the
position in which it was left until they again proceeded
with the operation. The screw was cast 18 feet in dia-
meter, but it will be reduced when finished to about 16
feet, and the weight to about eight tons.

MALTA, MARCH 14, 7 A.M.
At the early hour of three o'clock this morning the
Wasp steam-frigate arrived very unexpectedly from Con-
stantinople, bearing dispatches of primary importance.
They are said to have reference to the visit of Prince
Mentschikoff, late from the Russian Court, and his non-
reception by the Sultan to an audience.

The outward Indian mails from Southampton, per
Indus, arrived at three p.m. yesterday, and those by the
Euxine, from Marseilles, at one o'clock a.m. this morn-
ing. They will be forwarded to Alexandria at 10 to-day,
and mails to Corfu also at 10, by the Triton.
The Caradoc is ordered to Marseilles with dispatches
from Constantinople for the Foreign Minister. She will
sail as soon as her steam is up.

COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE ON STAPLETON.-It
will be rememberd that a court-martial was held on
board H.M.S. Impregnable, guard-ship at this port, on
the 3d inst. for the trial of Francis Stapleton, boatswain's
mate of H.M. steam-ship Vulture, on a charge of con-
temptuous conduct towards Lieut. Mansell of that ship,
and for having also knocked down John Ashpole, a
sentry on board the same ship. The defendant, who it
seemed was in a state of intoxication at the time he com-
mitted these very serious offences, admitted his guilt and
threNv himself on the mercy of the court, who sentenced
him to be disrated, to receive thirty-six lashes with a
cat-o'-nine tails, to be imprisoned in the county gaol at
Exeter for twelve calendar months, and then to be
discharged in disgrace from her Majesty's service.
The press has been almost unanimous in condemning the
sentence as being much too severe for the offences taking
the circumstances under which they were committed into
consideration, in which opinion the Lords of the Admi-
ralty appear fully to concur, for on perusing the evidence
given at the trial they ordered that the sentence should
be mitigated by a reduction in the period of imprison-
ment to three months, at the end of which time Staple-
ton is to be discharged but not with disgrace. Had the
sentence been carried out, he would have been prevented
ever again entering the service, and have lost all his ser-
vitude. On the expiration of his imprisonment he will,
however, now be received into her Majesty's employ-
ment on board ship should he desire it, and his servitude
will count as before.—Devonport Independent.