The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-15 00:00:00

THE REVENUES OF BUgSfA.

A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :
e
ficit i
itsintlre
theS State
coatermevmenenuceenslert of the
,an,dparticwualar,rliy,
in 'tje customs,The
deficit
very considerable ; the Gevernmeat, hewever, will not
allow a word to be published on the subject, nor of the
great efforts which the country is making for carrying
on the war. Outwardly, the greatest satisfaction is
apparent one who can see behind the scenes is
tredte ; butperce anyive d that the truth is very different. When,
in circles interested in the matter, it is related what
has ebeen done for the families of the persons killed
in the war, in private it is remarked that all that would
not have boon necessary had Russia given up her plans
of conquest and directed her attention to interior im-
provements. That was, in particular, said when it was
known that the Emperor had given 5,000 silver roubles
to the widow of Admiral Korniloff, that her sons were
received into the corps of pages, and that a grand monu-
ment was to be erected to the deceased on a bastion to
which his name was to be given."
The Lloyd of Vienna of the 9th, says :—" The
nussia,.l Ambassador, Primo Gc;rtschaknfi; has had
an audience of the Archduke Albert. According
to present arrangements, Baron. de Hess will leave
the capital in the middle of this month for his
head-quarters,"

L T.E BATUBE.

The• Curate of Overton. 3 vols. Hurst and

Blackett.

This book is only suited .to a particular class of
readers ;it is of the controversial species. It is
seldom that such works can be rendered attractive,
and, in the one before us, there is too much bitter
personal feeling demonstrated for the carrying out
of a public object. It would have been more effec-
tive, for instance, if the curate had only carried on
his endeavours for the cause of his religion and in
the service of his Church, instead of being solely
actuated by jealousy and revenge. Whether or not
the readers approve of his views and doctrines
they would have more respect and confidence in a
person who was straightforward. Besides these
drawbacks, too many horrors are introduced, and
too many plots and conspiracies appear, to be alto-
gether natural or probable. If a more simple and.
concise arrangement had been adopted the author
would have effected his object better, and have
more clearly explained his meaning. The parts
of the story which do not bear affinity to theolo-
gical subjects are pleasing. Florence, the sister
of the heroine, is a graceful, unaffected being,
who imparts some degree of cheerfulness and viva-
city to the scene. A great deal of ingenuity is
displayed in the last part of the story, when Con-
stance and Isabel contrive to escape from the con-
vent. Constance was a very weak and vacillating
character ; she brought all her troubles on herself
by her indecision and want of self-control. The
same may be said of Edith, who died in a very
melancholy manner. If they had displayed any
consistency on either side they would not have been
molested, but no one could be expected to. pay de-
ference to those who were led away so easily, and.
then instantly repented of what they had done. It
is not such a proof of the powers of the class to
to which the curate of Overton belonged when the
only persons shown to be converted were two in-
experienced maidens, who had no stability of mind
or superiority of intellect. The danger would
have been imminent if the learned, the influential,
or the mighty, had been perverted from their faith ;
but we are not told that any such converts were
made. From a motive of private revenge the
work was begun and carried on. This work is very
likely to be read by many on account of its peculiar
style and purpose ; and those who are pleased by
the mysterious, and attracted by the terrible in
romance, will find in its pages ample scope for the
indulgence of their tastes and predilections.

Painting and Celebrated Pail4ers. Edited by

Lady- Jervis. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett.

This work is net to be regarded as a criticism On
the various schods, or a comparison of different
epochs of art, or even a disquisition on the relative
merits of the great masters. It is not intended for
the consideration of the connoisseur or the instruc-
tion of the artist, 'but, simply as a companion and
guide to the ignorant. and uninitiated, to afford
them some idea of the lives and styles of the chief
masters. The absence of 'such a work having been
felt by the editress to be a • great disadvantage in
visiting some of our numerous picture galleries
she was desirous of supplying the deficiency. What
she considered to be wanting was an account of our
picture • galleries and numerous private collec-
tions introduced into a history of the progress
of painting; that the reader might be able to make
constant reference. io the list, and by this means
become -acquainted with the extent of our pictorial
possessions which she considers underrated. The
number and variety of the names in the index are
indeed surprising, and sufficiently answer the ac-
cusation that the English do not appreciate the
dine arts. At the conclusion of the life of each
painter a list is also given of his chief works in this
country. The work thus certainly attains what the
preface asserts to be its chief object. The somewhat
complicated nature of its authorship will be best
explained by the following passage :

" That something more was wanted—a book that should
be a popular history of the art, with a continual reference
to the works in England that so fully illustrate it—l felt
as much as any one who has entered any of our numerous
private galleries, with a limited knowledge of painting,
and an almost unlimited ignorance of painters. To write
such a work, I wanted both thno and ability ; still, with
every fresh visit to a good collection, the necessity pre-
sented itself more urgently; and I could not resist an incli-
nation, created by the non-appearance, of those better
qualified for the task, to attempt something, however un-
pretending, in this shape.

" Whig. I was hesitating, a French work fell into my
hands, which, on the first glanoe, appeared likely to lighten
the labour of composition, the thought of which had kept
a powerful restraint on my zeal. A translation was decided
on, to which I merely intended to append brief notices of
the principal paintings in this country ; but as it proceeded,
so many sins of omission and commission presented them-
selves—errors even that Horace Walpole had corrected in
Felibien—that extensive alterationi and additions became
inevitable. When completed, there could be no question.
that M. Valentin would not acknowleelge it as a transla-
tion, nor could, I conscientiously put it forward as original.
All I could do, under the circumstances, was to mark by
brackets the more considerable additions—independently
of which, however, I think it necessary to state, that the
expressions have been frequently modified, and the text
otherwise altered,. in accordance with what is believed to
be better authority."

The work commences with a sketch of antique art,
which, though necessarily its information cannot
be entirely depended on, furnishes us with many
interesting anecdotes of the early Greek
painters. The well-known story/of the competi-
tion of Zeuxis and Parrbasius is here related.
The early progress of art was much dis-
couraged by the political revolutions and civil
wars. In the seventh century the ascendancy of
the Iconoclasts proved nearly fltal to the fine arts.
From these early ages we come to the history of
the Florentine school, which includes the immorta, .
names of Cimabue, Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, and
Michael Angelo. The Italian schools necessarily
occupy a position commensurate with their im-
portance. The work, it should be observed, is de-
voted enlely to a review of the foreign schools, com-
mencing with the earliest demonstrations of ancient
art in Assyria, and concluding with the most recent
efforts of modern art in France. It is to be re-
gretted that our great English artiste are not in-
cluded, as they would have rendered the work
complete. The following observation is evidently
correct, though its singularity is striking :
" One of the most remarkable peculiarities in the history
of painting is a fitness for long aid tedium studies in
art, often apparently inherited by several generations of
the same name. There is scarcely a school which does not
present at least one example of this. France can boast of
the Vernets, who have for more than a century been in
possession of the highest eminence in different styles ;
Venice, of the Bellini, whom we have already mentioned ;
and Bologna, of the Caracci, who have acquired a well-
merited celebrity from the immense influence the family
exercised over their epoch."
All who are ignorant of the history and character
of the great artists will find these volumes afford
them a concise and succinct history of painting and
painters, and an extended knowledge of the works
of art at present in this .country.

The Earl De Grey arrived in St. James's-square yes-
terday from ,Earl,Cowper's, Wingllam Lodge, Ramsgate,
ea route to Wrest Park,- Bedfordshire,
The Earl and Countess of Derby are entertaining a
few select f. fends at'Knowsley Hall, near Present, Lan-
cashire. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, en route
from Gordon Castle, N. 8., to the south, are expected to
visit the noble ex-Premier at Knowsley, ea route to
Goodwood for the winter.
The dollars brought by the last West India steamer
were sold yesterday at 60d. per ounce, this price being
the same as that obtained for the previous arrivals.
Bar silver has been disposed of at 61.4 d., or an advance
of hd. upon the last price.
Dr. Logan (with the Maharajah Daleep Singh) was
presented to the Queen at an audience, and was knighted.
The Hon. Charles A. Murray left the Castle this
afternoon for London.
Baion Brunnow has just passed through Berlin on his
way to St. Petersburg. whether he has been summoned
from Brussels.

His Majesty the King of Prussia has conferred the
cross of the Red Eagle upon the editor of the Vienna
Soldaten Iri eund.

The Prussian war-steamers Nix and Salamander have
coaled at Elsinore, on their way to the naval station
lately purchased from Hanover, where a civil administra-
tion is to be immediately established.
DEPARTURE OF THE GUARDS.—It is now understood
that the detachments of the Grenadier and Fusilier
Guards, under orders for the Crimea, will embark on
board the Adelaide, at Portsmouth, on Saturday.
PROVISIONS AND STORES FOR THE ARMY IN THE
CRlMEA.—Yesterday, the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty took up vessels for the conveyance forth-
with of 1,500 tons of provisions to the army in the
Crimea and at Constantinople ; 900 tons of previsions
for the royal navy are to be sent to Malta, and 120 tons
to Gibraltar ; as also, 19 heavy pieces of ordnance, and
25 tons of ordnance stores. Their lordships also took
up a number of fast steamers for the conveyance of
stores and ammunition to the army in the Crimea.
THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS IN FRANCS.—It has fre-
quently been decided by the French courts that a mar-
ried woman cannot contract a theatrical engagement
without the express or tacit authorisation of her husband.
On Saturday the question was raised before the Presi-
dent of the Civil Tribunal, sitting in chambers, whether
or not a married woman can become a dramatic author
without such consent. Madame Roger de Beauvoir,
of the Theatre Francais, is sepa-
rated formerlyfro
m bur .husband. Some time ago she wrote a
piece in one act, called " Entre Deux Aire," which was
Recentlyaccepted by the Theatre des Varietes. it was
put in rehearsal. Thereupon M. Roger de Beauvoir
gave a formal notice that he would not allow the rehear-
sals 0.-continue. Mme. Boger de Beauvoir accordingly
on Saturday applied to a judge in chambers for autho-
risation to continue the rehearsals in spite of her hus-
band's opposition. M. Roger de Beauvoir, on the
contrary, demanded that they should be positively for-
bidden until a full court should decide whether or not
he Lasthe power to prevent Lis wife from becGrfii,ig
dramatic author. The president decided that, as re-
hearsals are not the same thing as a performance, they
may be continued, until the opinion of the court can be
obtained on the main queation.,7 .

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Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 604
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates

MONEY MARK ET

MIMEROIAL INTELLIGENCE%

CITY, Two o'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at from 6,000 to 7,000 bales, including
500 American taken for export. The market closed
flatly, with prices of all kinds tending downwards.
The sales comprised 130 Pernam and Maranham
at 6d. to 6id., 600 Egyptian at sid. to Btd., 800
Surat at 3id. to 4d., and the remainder American.
Railway Shares continue very depressed.
The public sales of wool have closed, and the
prices are above those of August by about 5 per
cent. There have been 59,471 bales of all sorts
put up.
Three or four largo firms at Bergen, in Norway,
have suspended payment.
Still the condition of the corn trade excites at-
tention and solicitude, nor need we feel surprised
at this when we look at the high prices current.
The prospects of a supply from the United States
are undoubtedly more satisfactory, although it is
positively affirmed at the same time that the grain,
having to come from the interior, will only be
brought forward under the stimulus of high prices.
The Bankers' Circular, in an article upon this sub-
ject, has the following remarks :
"It has been said that large purchases have been made
abroad for future delivery ; but we very much doubt
whether any considerable quantity can reach the English
markets before the early part of the coming spring. If we
had been at peace with Russia, we should probably have
received as much from that quarter as in 1853 ; but the
war, in addition to the consumption of old stocks on hand,
and the diminished supplies from other countries which
have hitherto supplied us with considerable quantities,
constitutes the principal obstacle to any material reduc-
tion in the price of wheat on this side of Christmas.
Calculations have been made by per,ons who have gone
so far as to state that largo quantities will be exported to
this country from France and Belgium ; but such estimates
appear to be wholly destitute of any accurate kndwledge
of the result of the last harvest in those countries. There
is, however, one fact by no moans of an insignificant cha-
racter, which may be deduced from the contradictory esti-
mates which appear in print upon this vital subject, that
we are still without the statistical information necessary to
come to any accurate conclusion about the agricultural pro-
duce of the country. The following extract from the circu-
lar of Messrs. Sturge, of Birmingham, of November, shows
that their opinions upon supplies and prices are almost
identical with those which we have expressed since the
termination of harvest :

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St.
193

" ' Since the commencement of last month we have had
a further advance of from 16s. tolBs. per quarter oa wheat
making fully 265. per quarter upon the lowest price since
harvest. This has occurred not only with an almost entire
absence of speculation oki_the part of every one connected
with the trade, but wit larger delivery than usual from
the growers. It is very ilatural that such high prices, im-
mediately after a very -tand productive harvest, should
create surprise and even diecOntent in the minds of those
who do not examine closely cause and effect.
" `The average price of wheat iu 1849, 50, 51, and 52
was 41s. ld. per quarter, and had not the deficient harvest
of 1853 exhausted the old stocks, the crop of this year
would, supposing peace had continued, have justified an
expectation of a return to these prices, bat so little old
wheat remained in any of the consuming countries of
Europe, that, under any circumstances, the price would
probably not have ranged below 50s. during the ensuing
:winter. The war with Russia has, however, placed us
in an entirely new position with regard to the supplies
of foreign wheat. If France and the United States had
as much to spare this year as in some former seasons, this
might not have so soon been felt by the people of England ;
but as the stocks in these countries were quite as much
exhausted as oar own, and their crops not so abundant,
the former has imported from this country, and the latter
will not send us even a limited supply, except at high
prices. The sudden cessation of all imports from our chief
source of supply has therefore rendered us at once almost
entirely dependent upon our home growth.' "

A/ 261

St.
25
25
50

It should be stated in qualification of any uneasi-
ness that may be felt, that the estimate of high
authorities leads to more favourable conclusions
than would have otherwise been entertained. Mr.
Caird estimates our wheat crop at 16,i50,000 qrs.,
and the annual consumption of the United Kingdom
being only 18,000,000 qrs., there is no great quan-
tity needed. The bareness of old stocks, he never-
theless thinks, will cause prices to rule compara-
tively high, although the country is in a much
safer position in regard to its supply than at this
tome last year.

The Committee of Spanish American Bondholders
received this morning letters from Mr. Giro, their
special commissioner at Buenos Ayres, dated Sept.
30th, and Oct. 3d, from which it appears that no
answer had then been given to the letter of the
British Consul on the subject of the Foreign Debt.
The Bank of Buenos Ayres is to have a new orga-
nisation, so as to make its action and operation in-
dependent of the Government, in discussing which,
in the Legislative Chamber, the Finance Minister
incidentally alluded to the Foreign Debt, stating
that he would soon lay before the chamber the
correspondence that had taken place on this matter,
and that it would become necessary to think
about it.

St.
10
St.
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This is "pay day" in the English Stock Market,
and the quotations are affected still by the settle-
ment, being-very depressed. The account appears
to have been decidedly bullish, and the absence of
real buyers, with an increased demand for money
among the speculators and dealers, has, in conjunc-
. tion with the suspense concerning our position at
Sebastopol, had temporarily a greater effect than
might havebeenothervrisethe case. Consols have been
92k to 92A for transfer, and 92k to 92g for account,
the 'present rates being about 924 The " con-
tango" is about f per cent. Generally the dif-
ferences are being well met. The New Three per
Cents, have been 90i to 91k, Exchequer Bills are
3s to 75., and India Bonds 9a. to 12s. premium.
In foreign securities the transactions have been
mostly at lower values. Grenada have been at 15,
Equador at 3f, Mexican at 21k, and Peruvian at
65 to 66 for the Four-and-a-Half per Cents., and
at 47 for the Three per Cents ; Spanish New De-
ferred Stock has realised 18i ; Turkish Scrip hs.s
been at 4 to 4i discount for money, and at 31. to
4 discount for account ; Dutch Four per Centn.
have been 90A.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign.
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i to 5i ; Mexi-
can, 21.11 to 21i ; Peruvian, 65 to 67 ; ditto,
3 per Cents., 46 to 48 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97.; ditto,
4i per Cents., 84 to 86 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18 to 18g ; ditto, 3 per Cents., 37i to 38 ; ditto,
Certificates, 5i to 51 ; ditto, Passive, 4i to 5.
The Railway Share Market has been flatter, the
account being in course of adjustment. Shares
have been carried over either without charge or at
a small rate of interest. The North Western have
declined about per cent., and. the Midland,
South-Eastern, and one or two others in the same
proportion. Caledonian are higher, and Great
Northern very good. The Foreign lines have been
dull at barely previous rates.
Mines are lower, especially Waller, the Joint
Stock Banks aro in favour of buyers, and also the
Land and Crystal Palace Shares.

20
20
50
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1.71
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100
20
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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
(Frond, the Official List. )

Business done
&per Cont. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cont. Consols Annuities 92g i 4 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
India Bonds, £lOOO .
Ditto, under £lOOO l2
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 2id.
£l.000
1100
&nal,
Ditto 1859, „

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1i per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 65 6 7
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lBi
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent .... ...... 88i i
Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 4ifid
Ditto for the Account 3i 4 3 41 d
Dividends on the above payable in London.
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TII_FLEE 0 CLOCIC
Consols 92 i
Ditto, A coon nt ............ .... .....

PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 1 per mille discount (according to the last tariff),
which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Ad. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.141.
and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being
25.07 i, it follows that gold is about 0.28 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Ham-
burg, the price of gold is 4241 per mark, which, at the
English Mint price of Si. 17s. 10id. per ounce for stan-
dard gold, gives an exchange of 13.4 i ; and, the ex-
change at Hamburg on London at short being 13.8 a, it
follows that gold is 0.59 per cent. dearer in Hamburg
than in London.
Tux SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOOIETT.—We have been
much gratified at learning that the Emperor of Austria,
in consideration of the services rendered to Austrian
seamen by the Seamen's Hospital for all Nations, has
been pleased to present to the society, through the
Consul-General in Loudon, a donation of one hundred
Pounds. This assistance is described as being peculiarly
acceptable at the present time, as the greatly enhanced
cost of provisions, the large increase in the average
number of patients, and the expense of maintaining a
separate ship for cholera patients, have caused a heavy
excess of expenditure over income. The recant altera-
tions in the Meren,ntlie Marine Lill' having,,deprived this
nval uabl e inititutinn already of no less than 1,150/. per
annum, and provided for an additional loss of 5501. per
annume after 1857, the committee are obliged to seek for
more extended support from the public to enable them
to rcarry on the beneyolent designs of the charity.

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