The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-07 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT,
(Before Mr. Baron Martin.)
4"ll3hus
THE BELGIAN GIRL'S CASE.
a
s Harrison, aged 30, described in the calendar
docicb agent, and Alex ceder Desaux, were placed in the
de"le charged with having conspired to procure the
meat of Alice Leroy.
aoAdil.„.l)4rrY was fur the prosecution, and Mr. Metcalfe
Ballantine were fcr the defendants.
be "LI% ATetealf, for Desaux, demanded his' client should
tried by
soh, a *mixed jury of half foreigners, and after
—e slight +liscussion it was allowed, and he was ordered
"_e atand down, and the case of Harrison, alias Fiestel,
waa
P neeeded with.
qTlic prisoner is a dull-looking, sallow complexioned
dt,eZan, about 5 feet 7 inches, and was respectably
ed in a brown paletot.
Court was not particularly crowded. it not being
44;13' generally known when the trial would come.cni,
elieriff °ne being admitted without an order from the
1,1,11'. Parry stated the- case for the jury. The
ttldscner stood indicted 'for a misdemeanour, in
femmeeuring to procure the prostitution of a young
of rN, and the indictinent,was framed under the Bishop
as Oxford's Act. There was a second charge for an
v'ault, and false imprisonment. The first indictment
ton:4, under the 12th and 13th of Vic., cap. 76, which
ro;fe it a misdemeanour to conspire to obtain the defile-
sei its" 411 a girl under 21 years of age. The learned coun-
ATen went through the evidence detailing the charge.
coi'"ce..Lerny was then called, and entered into arti-
)..);4+n as to her arrival In London, and her treatment at
arbcih.terrace, Vauxhall-bridge-road, all of which are
ready familiar to the public.
znerit!other witness was. then examined who proved that
to m
th
nre 4nd women were continually in the habit of coining
c hoe for immoral purposes.
it u Martin interfered, and said that it appeared to
that the prisoner must be liable to conviction for
dr,"l3lng disorderly house, and as there !night be some
doubt whether any of the other counts equhl be supported
tiZ thought it would be better at once to put an end to the
filßtinn• inquiry.
eicounsel concurring,
for The earned judge sentenced Harrison to be imprisoned
sa,,,!wn Years, and Deaux having pleaded guilty to the
ost;.:!! couat, Was ordered to enter into recogn isances to
jor "P for judgment when called for.
The learned
_gse remarked •it would be as well if he left England.
au said such was his intention.

„, \-iittAT NORTHERN” RAMP/Al.—Notwithstanding the
ti?'l.siderable increase of traffic on this line, it is said the
„?Iclend for the ensuing half year, owing to the renewal
'''' debentures at much higher rates' of interest, will not
red.zeeecl the rate of 34 per cent. per annum.
OTTINGHAM TRADE.—We have little alteration to
1.,"t under existing circumstances either in lace or
.0,4 .
i„, crY husiness-; although in the former more buoyancy.
rAmyceainly experienced, chiefly from the fact of the
tirieans purchasing— hut without any speculative
wenh,tiiiitBiiecit
ev(lielPcy, awl exclusively and cautiously for the sup-
zlae wants. The beet news we have are
the fav,:mralle reports from Australia,
to 41/ ccinpletely exempt hosiery from the glut supposed
a are::ltt,a colonial market. This cannot bnt impart
iiiti. " wqlxitllus to cur tr3..le...riVottingetartaltir (kw.

THE TREATY IVITII TURKBY.

SHARE MARKETS.

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The following is in substance the treaty just
concluded between the Sovereigns of England,
France, and Turkey :
Whereas her Majesty the Queen of the United King.
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the
Emperor of the French, have been invited by his Highness
the Sultan to assist in repelling the attack which has
been made by his M,jesty the Emperor of all the
Hussies upon the territory of the Sublime Ottoman
Porte—an attack, where by the integrity of the Otto-
man Empire and the independence of the throne lef the
Sultan are menaced, and whereas their Majestes are per-
fectly convinced that the existence of the Ottoman Em-
pire in its present territorial circumscription is essential
r the balance of power between the states of Europe, and
whereas they have accordingly agreed to grant to the Sul-
tan the assistance he has required to this end ; it has
seemed fitting to their Royal and Imperial Majesties afore-
said, as likewise to his Highness the Sultan, to conclude a
treaty, in order to certify their views in accordance with
the foregoing, and to define the way and manner in which
their Royal and Imperial Majesties aforesaid will afford
a sistance to his Highness.
For this purpose their Royal and Imperial Majesties
aforesaid, and his Highness the Sultan, have name i as
their plenipotentinries (here follow the names of the English
and French ambassadors and that of the Turkish Minister
for Foreign Affairs), who, having mutually exchaoged
their credentials that were found to be in due form, have
agreed to the following articles :
Art.. 1. Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain anti Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor
of the French. having already at the request of his High-
ness the Sultan, given orders t•, Wrong divisions of their
naval forces to repair to Constantinople to protect the terri-
tory and the flag of the Sublime Ottoman Porte, as circum-
stances should require, their said Majesties engage, by this
present treaty, to co-operate to a still wider extent with his
Highness the Sultan the defence of the Ottoman territory
in Europe and Asia against the Russian attack, by supply-
ing such a number of their land forces as may seem neces-
sary for attain ng this object. Their Royal and Imperial
Majesties will despatch forthwith these land troops to such
point or points of the Ottoman territory that shall appear
eligible, and his Highness the Sultan engages that the
British and French land troops which shall be sent in
suehwise for the defence of the Ottoman territory shall
meet with the same friendly reception, and be treated with
the same consideration, as the British and French naval
forces that have been sojourning for some time past in the
Turkish waters.

IPsld.!,

(THIS D'AY.)

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
this day. -

Bnaineis dons
this day.

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Art. 2. The high contracting parties collectively engage
to communicate mutually to each other, without loss of
time, every and any proposition that may be received by
them, directly or indirectly, on the part of the Emperor
of Russia, respecting the cessation of hostilities, whether
a truce or peace, and his Highness the Sultan engages
moreover to conclude no armistice, and to enter into no
negotiations for peace, as ikewise to entertain no prelimi-
naries of peace with the Emperor of Russia, without the
knowledge and consent of the remaining high contracting
parties.
Art. 3. So soon as the object of the present treaty shall
have been attained by the conclusion of a treaty of peace,
her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the
French, shall forthwith adopt measures for the prompt
withdrawal of their forces by land and sea, ouch as shall
have been employed for attaining the object of the present
treaty, and all the fortresses or positions on the Ottoman
territory that shall have been provisionally occupied by the
tore, s of England and France shall be restored to the au-
thorities of the Sublime Octom•in Porte within * * *
days, to be reckoned from the exchanges of the ratifications
of the treaty by which the present war shall hate been
ended.

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Art. 4. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the rati-
fi,ntions shall be exchanged, as soon as this can be effected,
within the spice of * * * weeks, reckoned from the
(lay of signing.
In virtue whereof, &o.

MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.)

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34
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7d 5

6 - 8
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31. 30;

CORN EXCHANGE.

Notwithstanding that our market to-day was very
moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the
demand for that grain, owing to the comparatively thin
attendance of 'buyers, and the large quantity of foreign
wheat on offer, was in a very inactive state, and to have
effected large sales, luwer rates must have been sub-
mitted to.

50 - 54
par Ap

Li 18

Foreign wheat, the imports of which have exceeded
20,000 quarters, sold slowly, at barely Monday's currency.
There was very little inquiry for floating cargoes, the
value of which was barely supp rted.
The show of English barley was good— of foreign limited.
Sales progressed slowly, at Monday's prices.

There Was a moderate sale for Malt: on former terms.

17t
all
10
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The oat trade was less active, but we have no change to
notice iu prices.
Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly, at Monday's currency.

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Flour.
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QE.NERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
F.,r the week ended April 7, 18,4 male up from the Returns of ti'e
Inipeafirs in the different Cities and Towus in Ingiand and W
Der imperial Quarter.
WHEAT. B4SI.EY . OATS. I EYE. BEANS. PEAS.
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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 7, 1854.

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Paris and Rouen...

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Paris and Strasbourp
ParisCaen & Cherbrg.
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40 all i3ritish Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
50 all British N. A uierical
25 5 Jhartd. Bank of Asia d
20 •,.! !hrtd. Buk. of 'mint,
Australia, & Chin,. 1. ld
100 25 :oloiiial
100 20 oininercial of Loud
20 12 Scottish an -
Australian 5 4 d
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Australia 3 2d 15
50 20 London and County ...
50 10 London Joint Stock —
100 20 & Westminster
100 35 National Provincia]
of England • •
20 10 Do. New
50 i 2 ,latioital of Ireland.
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25 all niental Bank 01
Corporation 45 47 46
25 5 ,)o. Now •• •
100 25 Provincial of Ireland
10 all Do. New
5 1 loyal Australn. Bkg
& Gold Imp Co
25 all louth Australia 36 38
25 all Jnion of Australia.. 62 64
2 00. New 6 7
50 10 Union of London •
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25 17. tustralian Agricult. 37) 38 371
20 14 kustralsn.Pcilic.Ma.i. 144 14 15
10 8 .ustrain. Royal Mai • ... 2
10 4 Berlin Water Works
50 40 kit. American Land
5 1 kit. & Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co :..
100 32i ,Janada 75 80
5 5- :rystal Palace • 611 61
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20 3 eastern Steam •• •••
25 20 ElectritTelegraph(A) 16 18
25 all Do. (B)
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20 18 ;eneral Screw Steam
20 7. Irish Beetroot Sugar
20 10. Nlagdalena St. Navig.
1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel
10 3 Netherlands Land 1 3
2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter
Steam Navigat. Co.
1 all N. B. Australasihn — 1
1 Do. New —
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5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Miurl. 1 d4l
50 all Peninsular & Orieutal 534]
50 35 Do. Do. 35
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100 60 loyal Mail Steam
1 all Scot. Austral. Invest 1/ 2i
25 25 South Austral.Lanu 34
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, April 7.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W. ;
light breeze, and hazy.
PORTSMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Selfs-
taendigheden, Pernambuco; Medway (s), Southampton,
and sailed with troops.
POOLE, April 6.—Wind, W. Sailed—Delia, Quebec ;
Corregio. do.
FALMOUTH, April 6.—Wind variable. Arrived—lduna,
Afalta ; Rapid, do., for Dunkirk. Sailed—Feronia,
Quebec.
KINGSTOWN, April 6.—Arrived—Princess, St. John,
N. B.

CORK, April s.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mensageiro,
Vianna. Sailed—Santa. Maria, Vienna.
SHIELDS, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Victoria,
Terranova; Wilberforce, Carthagena.
PLYMOUTH, April 6.—Wind, N. Arrifed—Despatch,
Figueira.
WEXFORD, April s.—Wind, W.
Quebec ; Joven Clandio, Cadiz.
QUEENSTOWN, April s.—Wind, S. by W. Arrived—
Scott, Mauritius; Hannah Thornton, Baltimore; Ludwig
and Elise, Odessa. Sailed—Arethnea, En) Janeiro. Off
Port—Arrived—Earl of Harewood, Callao, and proceeded
for Inverness ; Helen Lindsay, Callao, and proceeded for
Antwerp.
STROMNESS, April 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Auckland,
Sunderland, for Quebec; Freeland, Newcastle, for Cuba,
with loss of boats, stauncheons, sails, arc.
HULL, April 6.—Wind, W. Arrived—Minister Thor-
becke (s), Zenolle ; Swanland (s), Rotterdam ; Norfolk (s),
do. Sailed—Thomas, Montreal ; Fergus, Quebec ; Queen
Victoria, do. ; Josephine, Gothenburg.
HARWIciI, April 6.—Wind, W.S. W. Sailed --Vesta,
Hamburg; Hebe, Altona ; Liebe, do. ; Genius, Buxte-
hude ; Gloria Deo, do.
PORTHCAWL, April s.—The Thabella, of Alnwick, from
Cardiff to Liverpool, went on- shore on the Skirwether
sands this morning, but ame off on the flood and went
down in deep water ; crew saved.
ABERDEEN, April s.—The Margaret and Jane, off and
from Peterhead, which went ashore on the rocks, March
30, has been got off and put in here.
ELSINORF, April 3.-11.M.5. Conflict arrived here in
the morning of lst April, and proceeded. The windbound
ships from the Baltic sailed in the morning of Ist April.
The arrivals from the North Sea have gone on: Wind,
•W.S.W., moderate.
STETTIN, April 3.—The English Fleet was fallen in with
near Rugen Island, by the Geiser (s), and here yesterday
from Copenhagen.
STRALSUND, April I.—The guns of the English Fleet
were heard yesterday at the Pilot Station, Barhceft.
CROOKHAVEN, April 4.—A long-boat 17 feet in length,
and 66 feet beam, painted black, with a white streak out-
side, and black bottom, and lead-colour on top inside,
marked inside of stern, " John Rodgers," " Fidd" or
" Todd," has been picked up, off Mizenhead, by the Kate
Dawson pilot boat.
AMSTERDAM, April 5. —A. name-board, with Emma
painted in large white letters upon' t, has been found in
the North Sea.
STOCKHOLM, March 4.—The navigation is now open.
CHERBOURG, April 4.—The French ships Mazeppa and
Mercure, both from Honduras to London, arrived in this
roadstead Ist April, and came into harbour yesterday to
repair damages. It will perhaps be necessary to discharge
their cargoes.
ROTTERDAM, April s.—The Ivanhoe (s. a.), from Leith,
which was ashore near Game yesterday, but was subse-
quently got off and into port, and discharged her cargo
with but trifling damage.
A barque, apparently British, and of about 600 tons,
with painted ports, waterlogged and abandoned, with two
houses with conical roofs, one fore the other aft, bulwarks
carried away and boats gone, was passed 20th March, in
lat. 50 N., long. 57 W., by the Woodcock, arrived in the
river.
The American Lass sailed from St. John's, Newfound-
land, for Oporto, Jan. 19, and has not since been heard of.

Sailed—Brothers,

(By ELSCTRIC TELEGRAM.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday, 10.30'a.ra.
Wind, ; fresh breeze, and fine.
Arrived—Ottawa (s), Portland; Norval, Paraiba.

THE DISTURBANCE'S ON BOARD HER
MAJESTY'S SHIP CUMBERLAND.

From our accurate acquaintance with the circum-
stances connected with the disturbances on board the
Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour, it would be pro-
productive of the greatest possible mischief to the best
interests of the naval service of this great country, if the
extraordinary and incorrect account that appeared yes-
terday morning in the columns of a contemporary were
allowed to pass uncontradicted. We, therefore, append
the following statement from our Portsmouth corres-
pondent :
PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. —The ‘Tinies, under the
heading of their naval news, states that Sir Thomas John
Cochrane endeavoured to address the crew, &c., but was
met with murmurs of "Leave, leave, leave," &c., and
could not continue his address. We beg to give this state-
ment a flat contradiction. We were on board before the
ship let go her anchor, and did not leave her until the pro-
ceedings had concluded and the above officer had departed.
Sir Thomas Cochrane did not address, nor did he attempt
to address, the ship's company at any time. One of the
Lords of the Admiralty, Rear-Admiral Berkeley, did ad-
dress the crew, every word of which address appeared in
this day's Herald,i and we repeat that that address was re•
ceived with the utmost respect and attention. What fol-
lowed we will give with the same accuracy as we did the
address of the gallant admiral. Everything went right until
the crew were piped to dinner, but during this period the
villauous crimps obtained admission into the ship through
the lower deck ports, and by their agency deleterious
liquors and poison were administered to the men in
copious draughts and doses, the effects of which were
such that when at one they were piped to their duty
a spirit of insubordination manifested itself in a most un-
mistakeable manner. Shots were rolled abbut the deck, the
mess things broken, and the crew refused todo their duty.
The Marines were got instantly under arms, and prompt
and successful measures were resorted to to quell the muti-
nous conduct of the drunken and misguided crew. Three
of the ringleaders were brought from the Cumberland and
placed on board the Victory. Nothing of this sort would
have occurred but for the introduction of the land sharks
—crimps and bumboat people. They, to suit their own
designs of plundering poor Jack, instilled the poison into
his mind that it had been ordered that the crew were to
have a fortnight's leave. They told them that they were
no men if they did not insist upon their " rights," quot•
ing Penelope, Desperate, &c. Of course those wretches
would have had every farthing out of the poor fellows'
pay during the fortnight; but when they found them-
selves balked of their prey, after Admiral Berkeley's
address, they set to work and created that evil which
was likely to cause most serious mischief. We are pleased
to state, however, that the men have come to their
senses and are heartily ashamed of their disgrace-
ful conduct. They have -returned to their duty,
and the ringleaders have been sent to their own ship this
morning to be dealt with according to their deserts. The
ship will be paid advance on Friday morning, and sail on
Saturday for the Baltic. She has taken on board a twelve-
irionth's stores. We only trust that an order will be issued
never more to permit the crimps to go alongside, and that
whatever is sent on board shall pass through the hands of
the officer in command. The Cumberlands are a good and
well-disciplined crew ; they love and respect their officers,
and but for the designing and disappointed vagabonds that
tempted the men to forget for the moment their discipline
and their duty, this unfortunate and totally unexpected
occurrence never would have happened, nor will such ever
happen again; if the sailors' pest' is kept out of the ship."
We niay remark that, we believe, we have the credit
of being the friend of the seamen. We have advocated
their just claims to good treatment, fair consideration,
and adequate pay. We believe that there is no class of
men in the world who make greater sacrifices for their
.rountry, and who are more willing and anxious to keep
faith with the Crown -•. but we must warn them
against evil counsels and influences that have led to
such outrages of discipline as have occurred on
board the Cumberland. A bargain is a bargain all the
world over. Seamen well know what is expected of
them when they enter the Royal navy ; they are not
trapped or kidnapped into the service, they take their
ratings with their eyes open to the duties required of
them, and they are aware that on an emergency they
are bound to sacrifice every other consideration in the
world to their duty to the country. They understand
this arrangement, and if they are disappointed in their
natural expectations of leave or discharge, why they
must take it out of the Russians who have caused their
detention. Their officers are in the same boat with
them, endure the same privations, the same detention,
the same absence from their friends and connections ;
and the seamen know well what is their duty on such
occasions. Such outrages, therefore, are a disgrace 'to
their intelligence, and tend to alienate from them those
friends to their class who have been working hard for
their advancement and improvement in every station
and in every position which a man-of-war's man occupies.
We trust that we shall not have to reproach the seamen
of the fleet with any more unseemly outbreaks that re-
flect anything but credit on the class.
We are quite sure that it is only for the moment that
they are led away by false representations, and become
the tools of designing, scoundrels, and that they will
return to their duty as they return to their senses ; but
when they consider that this temporary disruption of
discipline produces more disastrous consequences than
the fire of an enemy, we trust that the steady men of
the ships' companies will carefully watch any growing
disposition to be led into mischief by evil promptings, or
by the maddening influence of intoxicating draughts of
Portsmouth " blue ruin," and will take prompt mea. •
sures to prevent their shipmates from falling into griev-
ous error.
In the case of the Cumberland, cause and effect are
clearly traceable. There was no time for concert, pre-
paration, or co-operation. It was a stupid, senseless,
outbreak—a drunken effervescence, the consequences
of which we know are as astounding to the men them-
selves as to their officers and the public. The men
of the Cumberland knew that they could not, like the
men of the Thetis, Penelope, and other ships that were
not ready for active service, be allowed a fortnight's
leave ; and we will stake our reputation, knowing the
esprit of this fine ship's company,' that i lit had so hap-
pened that the Cumberland was not in a fit condition to
proceed to sea, there is not a man Jack of the lot who
would not have voluuteered for any ship that was ready,
arid only wanted a crew to start for the Baltic within 24
hours. We are satisfied that they are not a.whit behind
the Neptune's crew in ardsur and devotion to the ser-
vice on which they are proceeding ; and the country
may depend upon it that if they get an opportunity, the
fire of the Cumberland, or the dai•h of her boarding par-
ties, will deservedly obliterate all recollection of this
"silly rumpus" at Spithead.—Morning Herald.

TUREISH REFORM.-RELIGIOUS RAPACITY.

(BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9 a.m.
Wind, W., tide two hours ebb, light, and fine.
Arrived—Venice, Charente ; Margaret, Dunkirk ; John
George, Bombay ; Paquita, Bivdesella; Balbina, Porto
Rico ; Prosperitas, Drobak; John Ball (s), Hamburg.
Saile—Maria Hay, Geelong.
DEAL, Friday, 9.14 a.m.

Wind, N.N.W., very light. _
Passed—Charles Ferdinand, from Callao for London ;
Lord Stanley, from Shields for Garrucha ; Triton, from
Loudon, for Oporto; Herder, from London for- Sydney;
Hendrik Margaretta Kort, from London for St. Croix ;
Dionysia, from London for Swansea; Prince Edwarti,
from London for Cuba.
Anchored—Morayshire, from London for Malta.
Sailed—,:\Tew Express, Cambola, Briton's Pride, CaZa.
OtieDs .u. 5 l'ziacro plegt, thefoi 044ti0.
-

When we stated yesterday that the changes now in-
troduced in the Ottoman empire by the influence of the
Powers witich have allied themselves for its defence
amount to a revolution in its social condition, we did
not foresee the very striking confirmation of this re-
mark which reached us a few hours later by the tele-
graph. We are informed by a communication from
Constantinople, dated the 27th of March, that the pos-
sessions of the mosques are to be declared the pro-
perty of the State, and that the refusal of the Sheik-
ul-Islam to consent to this measure was the cause
of his deposition. If this statement be correct,
it is beyond all comparison the most important re-
solution taken by the Turkish Government since
the destruction of the Janissaries, for it is a measure
from which Sultan Mahtnoud himself recoiled, though
he had often contemplated it as one of the most essential
conditions of the regeneration of the empire. In fact, a
measure so contrary to the prejudices of the- Mussul-
mans and the interests of the Ulemas could hardly have
been attempted with any chance of safety to the Sultan
or his Ministers unless he had the support of a consi-
derable force in the immediate neighbourhood of the
capital ; and even now we shall not be surprised to
learn that a coup d'etat of this description has been fol-
lowed by agitation and excitement among the Mussul-
man population.
The mosques and religious foundations of the Ottoman
empire form important spiritual corporations, exercising
an independent, legal, and theocratical power in the
State. The Ulemas, or masters of the law and the
Koran, are the sole possessors of the vast wealth be-
longing to these foundations, and at the same time, as
the expounders of the faith and fundamental laws of
Islam, they enjoy an authority to which the highest
powers in the State have been compelled to bow. The
insecurity of property under an arbitrary Government
and many other causes have induced Turkish land-
owners from generation to generation to assign over
the fee simple of their estates to the mosques, reserving
oniy the usufruct to themselves and their direct male
descendants. Land thus held by the mosques or religions
corporations became vacoof, or, as it is termed in India,
wukf,' and is held for ever in inortmain. Such lands have
hitherto been exempt from taxation and personal con-
fiscation, and this tenure has so increased and extended
by the mere influence of duration and security in an
empire where all other property is fluctuating and
insecure, that fully three-quarters of the soil of the
Turkish dominions are said to be held in this manner.
To dispossess these powerful corporations of landed
property which they have held for centuries by the two-
fold bond of legal usage and religious veneration—to
resume the direct authority of the Sultan over so large a
portion of the lands of the empire, one-third of which
was allotted to the mosques by Mahomet the Conqueror—
and to defy the whole power which the Ulemas and re-
ligious orders may be able to put fdrth in defence of
their vested rights, is certainly one of the boldest mea-
sures ever taken in a great emergency. _ _

But we entertain no doubt that this resumption of
lands is an indispensable preliminary to the real reform
and progress of the country. Sooner or later in its
history, every Christian State haq undergone it, and
the vast possessions which the superstition or the rapa-
city of former ages placed in the hands of the church
have been restored to the common uses of society.
The social revolution which is being effected in Tur-
key by the emancipation of the Christians, and the
establishment of a principle of equality between all
races and religions of the empire, led by an inevitable
consequence to the abolition of the exclusive supremacy
which the Mussulmans have hitherto exercised over the
largest portion of the soil, except in the Archipelago
and in the provinces from which they are excluded by
treaty. And, although changes of this !law° are never
accomplished without the dangers and sufferings inse-
parable from revolutions, the future strength and inde-
pendence of Turkey depend On the introduction of a
system totally distinct from that which has reduced so
magnificent an empire to the verge of dissolution,.....,
Times.

FLINTSRIRE. —We have to record the demise of
Edward Lloyd, first Baron Mostyn, who expired on
Monday last, at Pengwern, county of Flint, aged 85.
He is succeeded by his son, Edward Mostyn Lloyd
'
Mostyn, M.P. for Flint. This gentleman may be re-
membered as having been the purchaser of the stud
belonging to Lord George Bentincic, upon that noble-
man retiring from the turf in 1847. A vacancy is
created in the representation of Flint by Mr. Mortyn'3
-els fatioh to the pzet4e. •• •

llRlrk_ql PROVIDENT LIFE AND FIRE
.L.S.SURANCE COMPANY.

Yesterday the annual general meeting of the directors
and policy holders in this society was held at the com-
pany's offices, 4, Chatham-place, Blackfriars.
Among the gentlemen present we observed E. Ward
Jackson, Esq., the Rev. John Wood, John Britten,
Esq., James C. Brown, Esq., William Burchett, Esq.,
Richard Field, Esq., W. Fitch, Esq., Joseph Gimson,
Esq., Capt. Thomas Malkin, Edward Martin, Esq.,
John B. Muscharnp, Esq., Capt. W. Robertson, Josiah
Stokes, Esq., H. Brinsley Sheridan, Esq., A. Webber,
Esq., Thomas Wilson, Esq., W. G. Grady, Esq., M.D.,
W. Harding, Esq., Henry Empson, Esq., and a great
many other highly influential gentlemen.
The chair was filled' by Capt. Thomas Malkin.
The advertisement announcing the meeting having
been read, Mr. Sheridan, the manager of the society,
then read the following report :
" The directors have great pleasure in meeting the
shareholders and policy-holders of the company at the close
of a year resulting in so much pros-Perity, and in being en-
abled to lay before them a balance sheet so favourable to
their interests. The directors feel that they need hardly
remind the shareholders of their last meeting, or the many
difficulties which surrounded and beset the company at
that time, and which have subsequently serionslyretarded
their progress—they are gratified. at being now in a posi-
tion to state, that by continued and unceasing exertion,
extreme caution, and care, and the very efficient assistance
rendered by the newly elected directors and officers, they
have succeeded in placing the British Provident upon the
list of first-class stable offices of the day. In the Life De-
partment, during the past year, 643 proposals have been
made to the company, covering risks to the extent of
147,1351. Os. 93. ; of these 438 have been accepted, and
the company's policies issued for them effecting assurances
m.
for 79,0681. Bs. 10d, up- which the yearly ° income is
2,7481. 94. ld. ; la the directors deemed it advisable to
decline, and 98 are now under consideration. The compa-
rison with the company's last report, therefore stands
thus :—Last meeting of the shareholders—Proposals com-
pleted, 37 • amount, 11,1601 6s. 103. ; policies issued, 27 ;
amount, 7:536/. 12s. 10d. ; premiums received, 158/. Os. rte..
income, 2511. 14s. sd. Present meeting of the share-
holders—Proposals completed, 643; amount, 147,8351. Os.
93. ; policies issued, 438 ; amount, 79,0681. Bs. 103. ;
premiums received, 1,748/, 125.103. ; income, 2,7481.9 x, id.;
being an increase of 411 in the number of policies issued,
71,531/. 16s, in the sum assured, 1,5901. 12s. ss. in the
premium received, and 2,496/. 14s. Bd. in the income.
With reference to the Fire Department, the directors have
to report, that considering it was not prudent for a young
office to entail noon itself the heavy responsibility attend-
ing fire risks, they have made arrangements with a safe
and highly respectable office for the re-insurance of that
portion of their business, and that, therefore, the company
stands under no liability in this branch, whilst, on the
contrary, the profit derivable therefrom, is 51. per cent.
upon the premiums, and 2 per cent, upon the duty.
The directors have also to congratulate the shareholders
and themselves upon their not having sustained a single loss
in the life department, and only two small ones in the fire,
amounting to the sum of 641. ss. 4.1., which were, however,
reinsured, and, consequentiy, no charge upon the funds of
the company. It will be seen, by the bal inca sheet, that
the directors have made great efforts, since the last meet-
ing, to diminish the risk which is attendant upon each in-
dividual shareholder in young companie4, by increasing
the propri•-•tary body—the large sum of 47,2701. of the
capital of the company, after reacting cancelled and for-
feited s.lares, now being subscribed for, and by gentlemen
of known position and wealth, which they look upon with
much gratification, inasmuch as it is a means of giving
confidence to the country in the safety and stability of the
institution. The directors have to report that, within. the
past year, they have succeeded in appointing nearly 300
active and influential agents in the principal towns and
cities of the United Kingdom; and, as they consider this
the principal source of the company's business, they would
urge upon the shareholders the exercise of their influence,
on this behalf, with their provincial relatives and friends.
Pursuant to the terms of the deed of settlement, the three fol-
lowing directors retire this year ; but, being eligible, present
themselves for re-election, viz., William Fitch, Esq.,
Josiah Stokes, Esq., and dwar Martin, Esq. And, in
reporting this, the directors feel that they have only to
draw the attention of the shareholders to the book of direc-
tors' attendance now before them to ensure their re-elec-
tion, as it is the best proof that can be afforded of the un-
remitting zeal of those gentlemen in their behalf ; but, at
the same time, it is the directors duty to report that, under
the provisions of, the deed, it is competent for the share-
holders to elect, in lieu of any one or snore retiring directors
or auditors, any gentleman duly qualified, and who has given
due notice in accordance with the provisions of such deed.
The retiring auditors who present themselves for re-election
are Alex. Webber, and Thos.Wilson, Esqs.. The directors
feel that they cannot close their report in a more satisfac-
tory manner than by advising the shareholders they are in
a position to give notice that dividend warrants upon the
paid-up capital, after the rate of Si. per cent. per annum,
will be issued for the past year on and after the Ist of May
ensuing.

The CHAIRMAN, on rising, said that in the month of
May, 1852, they held their first meeting. They were
then in a state of great anxiety and doubt. They were
among the shoals and shallows, but they bad heard the
report, and that in itself was the best proof of the
success and position attained by the society. The direc-
tors owed much to the gentlemen that had been added
to the direction. They were all men of wealth, and it
would be a source of confidence to the smaller share-
holders, because it would be self-evident to them that
the affairs of the society would be well looked after, espe-
cially as the great shareholders would look after their
own. To Mr. John Sheridan, their talented manager,
they owed a deep debt, and he felt assured the longer he
was with them the more would they appreciate his great
abilities. He would not trespass further on the time of
the meeting, but move that the report and balance sheet
be received and adopted. (Cheers.)

• - •
Mr. WEBBEti had very great pleasure in seconding
the proposition of their worthy chairman. It would be
useless to detain them with any lengthened remarks on
life assurance, yet he would remark, ea passant, that their
scope was illimitable. It was a source of great gratification
to him to perceive by the report that not one life policy
had fallen in, as also the statement of figures contained in
the balance sheet. To show the necessity of a proper
extension of life assurance, he would mention that toe
late Justice Talfourd had effected a policy or assurance
on his life only within the last year for 5,0001. He need
not adduce another fact to make the people generally
estimate properly its value. Very few new offices, and
rarely any of the old ones, could present such a report
as that they had had the pleasure of hearing read that
day by their manager—it augured greatly for their future
success. With such a manager and such a direction
as they possessed, they were sure to prosper. Of this
he' was sure that no money could be better laid out than
that to effect an assurance, and sure he also was that
such an outlay would never bring repentance. (Loud
cheers.) He had very great pleasure in seconding the
motion of the chairman.

The CHATRBIAN then put the resolution, that the re-
port and balance sheet be received and adopted, and de-
clared the motion carried unanimously.
Mr. OBRE said it had fallen to him to move the re-
election of the retiring directors. He performed his
duty with great satisfaction, and as ground for that
satisfaction he need only refer to the report just read.
Mr. EursoN begged leave to second to motion of Mr.
Obre.

The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet-
ing,and declared it carried nem, dis.

—Mr. JACKSON then rose to move the re-election of
the auditors and in doing so, entered at length into the
benefits of life assurance, the success,that had attended
the transactions of the society, compared to ~thers, and
also to the gratifying fact, that they had not had a
single elairn for the past year. He thought the auditors
were deserving of their highest thanks, for the manner
in .which they had gone over the multifarious accounts
of the society. (Loud cheers )
Mr. BARNETT said it was a source of pleasure to him
to second the resolution that had been moved by the
previous speaker. He thought they were exceedingly
fortunate to possess so talented a manager as Mr.
Sheridan. He as young, but he was sound-headed
and stout-hearted. (Loud cheers.) The speaker then
made a very pleasing allusion to the name of the society,
and resumed his seat.

The CHAIRMAN having put the motion from the chair,
declare it carried, as in the preceding case, unanimously.
Mr. WILSON, on behalf of his brother auditors, re-
turned thanks. He had intended that one of his col-
leagues should have spoken to the resolution, but so
great was the pleasure he felt that he could not resist
rising to return them thanks for the honour conferred.
Mr. J. GIMSON then moved that Mr. J. Britten, jun.,
be added to the list of auditors. (Cheers.)
Mr. MuscaAmP begged leave to second the nomination.
The CHAIRMAN put the resolution to the meeting, and
declared it carried.

Mr. J. BRITTEN briefly returned thanks.
Mr. H. B. SHERIDAN said- he had very greatld move
gratifi-
cation in complying with the request that be would
compli-
ment
a vote of thanks to the directors. The highest
t .
deserved. ph-
ment he could pay them he was sure richly
Mr. T. WILSON seconded the proposition.
The resolution was then put by the CHAIRMAN, and
having been carried amidAstnlotubde
partcheerso,
Mr. BRITTEN rose, amsf
his
honourable
colleagues, begged sincerely
ocr.e
to thank the assembly for
the honour they. had r
lo
on h
edirectors: It was
their constant andanon cn
fed
rry
greatest endeavour, at all times,
,
to further the interests of their flourishing and prosper-
ous society._ (Cheers.)
Mr. FITCH said the motion he had to submit to the
meeting, was one he was sure would be cordially received,
it was that the best thanks of this meeting be given to
John Sheridan, Esq., their manager, and the other offi-
cers. (Cheers.) Their funds were in the highest state
of prosperity, and everything was highly satisfactory.
The resolution was seconded by Mr. STOKES, and on
being put to the meeting, it was passed amidst the loudest
applause.
Mr. SHERIDAN said he felt deeply the honour that had
been conferred on himself and his colleagues. It was
their highest ambition that their society should stand
forth among the most successful and flourishing life as-
surance offices. (Cheers.) He could assure them that
no exertion on his part should be wanting to attain that
result. He begged once more to thank them for the
honour they had conferred. (cheers.)
Mr. STOKES moved a vote of thanks to the medical
officers, Messrs. Grady and Harding, for the care taken
by them in the selection of lives for their policies. The
gratifying fact, that no claim had arisen during the
past year fully proved that they exercised the greatest
care in the selection of parties to effect assurances.
_ _

Mr. MARTIN seconded the vote of thanks to the medi
cal officers.

thanks of the meeting to the auditors, and also that 1 0
guineas be presented to each of them. (Cheers.)
Mr. BURCHETT had much pleasure in seconding the
proposition of Mr. Brown.
The resolution was put to the meeting and carried
unanimously.

The CIIAIRMAIT, having put it to the meeting, declared
it carried.
Mr. GRADT returned thanks for the honour done to
the medical officers.

31-r. H. B. SHERIDAN said he bad a resolution to pro-
pose, and a 3 it had rather a novel addition he would read
it ; it was " That the best thanks of this meeting be
given to the chairman, and that he be chairman for the
year ensuing."•

Mr. ROB-ERTS said they must not forget their agents,
he therefore begged a vote of thanks to them.
The t49tion haviog been seconded by Mr. SE-Iv , was
put fropi, the, and carded unanimocely.
114 _pm. Q.-allowed a molutios coiaroxig t'ao

The motiiin having been seconded, Mr. SHERIDAN put
it to the meeting, and declared it carried enthusiastically.
The CHAIRMAN then briefly, but effectively, returned
thanks, and the proceedings terminated. •

TEE EARL 017 ELGIN AND KINCARDINE,
K.T., GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA.

Few families-in tlislpeera.ge of this country can claim
a more illustrious descent than *that of the name which
immediately recalls all the historical associations con-
nected with Bannockburn and brave Douglas, " Wallace
wight and Bruce the bold." The distinguished nobleman
who has governed Canada with such ability and success
for the last seven or eight years, is lineally descended
from the Royal Bruces who confer such lustre on the
chivalric era of Scottish history ; nor is his family with-
out honourable mention in a later period of his country's
annals. We find that Edward Bruce, of Blairhall, was
one of the commissioners appointed to witness the nup-
tials of the unfortunate Mary Stuart with the Dauphin
of France, afterwards Francis 1., in 1558 ; and that his
second son, Edward, of Kinloss, was accredited by
James VI. to the court of Queen Elizabeth, to congra-
tulate her Majesty upon the timely frustration of the
designs of the rash and misguided Earl of Essex against'
her royal person and authority. On his return from this
mission, he was created Baron Bruce, of Kinloss, in the
county of Elgin, as the reward of his services in further-
ing the views of JaMes upon the English crown ; and.
when those. services brought forth their fruit, he was
nominated of the Privy Council, and appointed Master
of the Rolls for life. Thomas, the third baron, was
created Earl of Elgin in 1683 ; and in 1747 the earldom
devolved to the Earl of Kincardine, descended from the
third son of the • above-mentioned Edward Bruce, of
Blairhall. The two titles, thus united, descended to his
second son, who was the father of the present earl, and
the nobleman so' well known by his connection with the
Elgin marbles.
This accomplished nobleman filled several important
extra-
ordinary in diplomatic appointments, and, while ambassador extra-
Turkey, formed the design of collecting and
transporting to England the invaluable remains of Gre-
cian art (chiefly consisting of decorations from the Par-
thenon) now in the British Musem, and known as the
Elgin marblee._ It was his original intention to have
merely taken casts of these ; but, observing how rapid
was their demolition by the Mussulman soldiery, who
repaired their rude-built houses and fortresses with frag-
ments' beyond all price as beyond all praise, while the
English travelling spoliators brought home fingers and
toes as relics of their acquisitive barbarism, miscalled
taste, his lordship applied to the Porte for permission to
possess them, This was with considerab'e difficulty ob-
tained ; for though the Ottoman Government disdained
the sculptured treasures themselves, they had all the
oriental's suspicion of the motives of strangers who
wished to transport them to such a distance as England,
and at an expense necessarily so immense. At last
about 80 cases were removed, and arrived in this coun-
try in 1812, where they met with a reception contrasting
most strangely with the regard they have since attained
in the estimation of every one. A prodigious outcry
was raised about the imputed profanity and Vandalism
of their removal by those who did not reflect that it
was the oniy means of preserving them. Byron, then
in the noon of his popularity, lent the support of his
satiric genius to those who regarded Lord Elgin
as a modern Alaric ; and in the " English Bards,"
the second Canto of " Childe Harold," and more
especially in " The Curse of Minerva," lavished
every epithet of vituperation on the despoiler of the
monuments of Greek genius, the present premier, the
Earl of Aberdeen, coming in for a large share of. the
noble bard's censoriousness, which, of course, was echoed
and exaggerated by hundreds who had not a particle of
the poet's philo-Attic indignation to justify the clamour,
and still less of his ability to render its manifestation en-
durable to gods, men, or the columns of a newspaper.
From this, and other causes of a like kind, and
..
at-
tempts, somewhat too successful, made to under-rate
them by certain pseudo-savans who laid down the law
on such matters at the time, the Elgin marbles were
comparatively neglected by all but a discerning few,
who, from the first moment, appreciated what must be
their ultimate influence on the taste of a nation fortu-
nate enough to possess them. It was not until 1816,
t se's a committee having been appointed to consider their
merits, and pronouncing favoueably, Parliament voted
35,000/. for their plirchase, which large sum, neverthe-
less, left Lord Elgin a loser to a considerable amount,
after all the mortification their neglect had caused him.
He lived long enough, however (1841), to witness the
full and enthusiastic recognition of the value of the boon
he had conferred upon his country and upon civilisation
in general ; for it is impossible to exaggerate the effect
the immortal acquisitions that bear his name have had.
upon the intellect of the age. The memory of the con-
tentions connected with the marbles has been lately re-
called by the appearance of the " Autobiography of
Hayden, whose highest boast to his last hour, was that
he was' among the first, as he ever continued among the
most zealous, panegyrists of those unparalleled produc-
tions, maintaining that the noble lord who brought them
here was infinitely the greatest benefactor that art had
ever known in England since the Restoration.
The present earl was born in Park-lane in 1811, and
educated at Christchurch College, Oxford, where he at-
tained the first class in classics in 1832, and subsequently
became a fellow of Merton College. In 1841 he mar-
ried Elizabeth Mary. only child of L. C. Bruce, Esq.,
of Roseisle, Stirlingshire ; and in the course of the same
year was elected to represent Southampton in Parlia-
ment.- He very soon gave evidence of a degree of ability
which won for him the confidence of the then existing
cabinet. In November of the same year his father died,
upon which he succeeded to the family honours ; and in
March, 1842, he was appointed to the governorship of
Jamaica, which he held for four years, conducting the
affairs of the island during a period of unusual difficulty
with equal satisfaction to the planters and to the Go-
vernment at home. In August, 1846, he resigned the
government of Jamaica, and in the following month
was appointed Governor-General of Canada, with a
salary of 7,0001. per annum. The manner iu which he
set himself to administer the affairs of the colony
speedily acquired for him the esteem and confidence of
all classes of Canadians. Since then Canada has rapidly
recovered from the effects of party antagonism, and
steadily progressed towards the high degree of pros-
perity which she at present enjoys. The zeal and ability
which Lord Eilgin .has displayed in promoting every
measure calculated to benefit the people cannot be too
highly commended, while his moderation and impar-
tiality have won for him the respect and admiration of
all parties, whether in the colony, the mother country,
or the neighbouring republic of the United States.
In the company assembled on Thursday night, an un- _
precedented aggregate of diverse colonial opinion, or at
least what once was such, found in Lord Elgin a com-
mon focus of unison. Every gradation of sentiment on
such subjects was fully represented, from the practice
of high-handed executive, symbolised in Sir F. B. Head,
to the theory of responsibility to the commonalty, em-
bodied in the patriarchal father of the House of Com-
mons; the member for Montrose. Probably in this
juste ezi/ice principle never
blending of extremes the
received so remarkable a tribute, and, it is needless to
add, that it has seldom been so deserved. The two
parties into which: the colony, like the mother country
at the same period, was divided, rendered Lord Elgin's
commencement Canada a position of much difficulty ;
but heacld in
addressed himself with so much firmness, pru-
dence, and consistency to the redress of real grievances
and the resolute discountenance of unreal ones, that
confidence
Supervened upon mutual distrust
and provocation.
The colonists of all classes, like the
asembiaspeedily
at Thursdays
edTlursday's dinner, recognising in the man
a knowledge of what was right and a determination to
parsec it, invested him with a moral support which en-
abled him to effect a large amount of good considering
the condition of the province preceding, and for some
while after his accession to office. Not that his rule
was unaccompanied by any disturbing, or even alarming
incidents. On the contrary, there were many such,
calculated in the highest degree to test the promptitude
and sagacity of a statesman ; and Lord Elgin's fertility
of resource was found equal to every emergency. For
instance, it has occurred to few viceroys to be publicly
assaulted in their capital by' the party expressing
extreme loyalty,. their Parliament expelled by a
mob, and the Senate House set on fire. Such,
however it will be recollected, was the case at Montreal
about this time ,five years. Happily, not only is the
recurrence of such scenes an impossibility at the present
day ' - but the feelings in which these excesses arose, and
which were resented with corresponding acrimony on the
other side, have passed away ; and making moderate
allowance for the diversity of opinion that must always
exist where there is freedonl of discussion and a free
press to give it unrestricted publicity, there cannot be.
a more united, as there is certainly not a more loyal,
community than that which owns allegiance to Queen
Victoria in her provinces of Canada, and of North.
America generally. The degree in which this result ig
attributable to the Earl of Elgin it would not be eagbt:
exaggerate ; but significant proof of its extent will
found in the circumstance,' that though the noble lord
had already been governor-general longer than any la one
te
of his predecessors, with a single exception (
Lord Dalhousie, father of the Governor-General of India),
the Canadians srejeice in his return far more than in
be nomi-
the appointment of any individual
whocould
in a colony ; and in a peculiar degree as affecting the_
rsted. Novelty, charming everywhere, is especially so
perconnel- of the administrative machine ; for it implies,
if not exactly variety of system, at least change of face,
and fer-
ia:al
tt
ihe es c
hs
iecquu
suche n t pcienagnet
°cue raesToonissi. a 1 ,
Tf ehsee a,
Canadians
are
r al
ds ;pabruttiatlhteoy'tlaierse quite willing to forego such e stimulants as any people in the
plea-
sure for the sake of retaining their present governor as
long as he can make it agreeable to remain amongst
them, which, for their sake at least, it is to be hoped,
he will long continue to do, though doubtless he is
destined, in the course of events, for still higher duties.

The General Commanding-in• Chief, Visnonnt Har
dingo, gave a sumptuous banquet last evening, in Great
Stanhope-street, to General Lord Raglan, Commander.
in-Chief of the expeditionary army to the East.
The Idarquia and Marchioness of Londonderry, who
have arrived in town from Irel.ltd, and have been stay.
ing Geor,e'o 770te1, take t:,,E6e,5213n cf their
az4;1;) 04ethcapiazo, geOr maata