The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16. 1854.

LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1854.

According to the Moniteur, no answer has yet
been received, or can even for some few days more
be expected, from the Emperor NICHOLAS, in reply
to the admirable and dignified letter addressed to
his MAJESTY by the Emperor NAPOLEON 111.
According to the Patrie, that letter had already
produced in Paris a "prodigious impression"—it
being added by that organ of public opinion in
France, that the country recognises that its senti-
ments have been therein described by its SovE-
REION "in language which reaches• the highest
elevation." It is true. In those words of eulo-
gium there is no extravagance. Compare the
letter of the Emperor NAPOLEON to the CZAR with
the last proposals emanating from the Sublime
Porte, for the acceptance or refusal of the Rus-
sian Government. It will then be at once per-
ceived that the latter is less resolute in tone, and
less bold in exacting from Russia those conditions
which have come at last to be recognised even by
the Aberdeenites to be the essential preliminaries
to a pacification. Let it be observed especially that
the French EMPEROR is as explicit as possible
in his definition of those preliminaries. His
MAJESTY is, above all, particular in insisting
that, prior to the resignation of the command of
the Black Sea by the combined squadrons of
France and England, tile Russian troops shall
have abandoned the Principalities. Having put
this significant query to the AUTOCRAT—" Should
your MAJESTY be as desirous as myself of a
pacific conclusion, what would be more simple
than to declare that an armistice shall, now be
signed, that things shall resume their diplomatic
course, that all hostilities shall cease, and that the
belligerent Powers shall retire from the places to
which by the motives of war they have been sum-
moned ?"—NAPOLEON 111. adds, " Thus the
the Russian troops would abandon the Principa-
lities, and our squadrons the Black Sea"—" Ainsi
les troupes rums abandonneraient les Principautes,
et nos escadres la Mer-Noire." Implying, by the
former sentence the stoppage of bloodshed both in
Asia and Europe, on the Danube and in the Cau-
easus--the revival (possibly) of the.two or three
times disrupted Vienna Conference—the with-
drawal of the Muscovite armaments into Bessa-
rabia, and of the combined fleets through the
Bosphorus and the Dardanelles—the return of
731 Baratow to London, of • M.. pg ICisszLErr
to Paris, of
Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR and of Gene' al
DE CASTELBAJAC to St. Petersburg. Implying by
the latter sentence the necessityof Moldu- Wallachia
being evacuated by the Russian army before the
combined maritime armaments of France and Eng-
land retire across the Sea of Marmora into the
waters of the Mediterranean. Atnther passage in
this remarkable letter from the French EMPEROR
to the Russian AUTOCRAT—the passage immedi-
ately following that last quoted—is especially de-
serving our attention. NAp
oLsort 111. therein
observes to the Czan—cc
.our MAJESTY, prefer-
ring to treat directly with Turkey, might appoint
an Ambassador, who would negotiate with a Pleni-
potentiary of the SULTAN, 3 convention which
might be submitted to a conference of the Four
Powers-- [mark that !]—une convention qui serait
sounuise a la conference des quatre Puissances." An
important supplementary condition to thelast Turk-
ishpropositions. Those propositions only stipulated
in reference to these suggested negotiations
directly and exclusively between Russian and
Turkish Plenipotentiaries, that they should be con-
ducted in the presence of the Four Powers, that
is to say, to the cognisance of their representa-
tives. NAPOLEON'S letter goes further than this
as we have seen—requiring the Convention such
as might have been thus arranged between Russia
4114 1--4314e7) to aga_qugutly sulga:VA to Go

Four Powers for their approval in solemn Confer-
ence. Finally—let the last paragraph in that
notable document be particularly borne just now
in the popular remembrance : the paragraph fol-
lowing that remarkable assurance—" Let your
MAJESTY adopt this plan upon which the QUEEN
of England and myself are perfectly agreed,
and tranquillity will be established and
the world satisfied"—adding--" But if from
a motive difficult to understand, your MAJESTY
should refuse this proposal, then France as well
as England will be compelled to leave to the
fate of arms and ,the chances of war _that which
might now be decided by reason and justice."
What is that paragraph ? It is conceived in the
dignified words subjoined—" Let not your MA-
JESTY think that the least animosity can enter my
heart ; it experiences no other sentiments than
those expressed by your MAJESTY yourself in your
letter of the 17th of January, 1853, in which you
addressed me thus—' Our relations ought to be
sincerely amicable, based, as they are, upon the
same intentions—those intentions, the mainte-
nance of order, the love of peace, respect for
treaties, and reciprocal good feeling.' This
' programme," adds the Emperor NAPOLEON, "is
worthy of the Sovereign who traced it, and I do
not hesitate to affirm that I remain faithful to it
—et je n'hesite pas raffirmer, suis reste fidele."
An assertion the truth of which is indisputable,
and in the dignified utterance of which NAPOLEON
may at heart exult—constituting, as it does,
the verification of his own memorable programme
in that one epigrammati3 sentence delivered on a
notable occasion at Bordeaux—" l'Empire c'est
la Paix"—a declaration once so derided and re-
viled, but of which at this moment all Europe
recognises the fulfilment. For, if war should now
actually ensue, it will be a war precipitated
by Russia, and not by France or by Engla,ud, a
war brought about in spite of the cordially allied
councils of Vlcroßre. and NAPOLEON,- the result
of one man's evil ambition, the fruit of the
hereditary policy of the House of Romanoff since
the days of PETER THE GREAT, the consequence
of that passion for yet more extended dominions
which, ever since his accession to the throne of
all the Russias, has concentrated the hopes of the
Emperor NICHOLAS upon his one grand and absorb-
ing project, that of the gradual dismemberment
of Turkey, leading to the ultimate seizure of
Constantinople.

A subject of the utmost importance to the
community, and closely connected with the duo
administration of justice, was on Tuesday evening
brought under the consideration of the House of
°minions by Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE, who obtained
leave to introduce a bill for the appointment of a
public prosecutor.

The Hon. and Learned Gentleman clearly and
distinctly pointed out the itnpolicy and injustice of
allowing the machinery of justice to be put into
motion by private individuals, and permitting the
punishment of malefactors to depend in a great
degree on the feelings of the party injured, or, in
other words, on the " animosity, caprice, or re-
venge of the individual." In some instances
persons, although deeply and seriously injured,
were unwilling, and in others unable, to carry on
efficiently the necessary. proceedings. In others
again there was an exhibition of spite and vindic-
tiveness, that clearly indicated that the prosecutor
was actuated by private malice rather than a zeal
for public justice. Here offenders escaped with
impunity—there again innocent persons were
persecuted with the most unrelenting animosity,
and subjected to the most serious injury. Accord-
ing to the theory of the law, the offence against
the individual was merged in that against the
community. The prosecution was carried on in
the name of the SOVEREIGN for the breach of the
public peace, but it was not conducted by the
SOVEREIGN thr,_ugh her responsible officers. No
—the QUEEN disregarded one of her most im-
portant functions, by delegating to a person, pos-
sibly of slender means and great inexperience,
the vindication of the majesty of the law. To
the loss previously sustained, tl'e injury previ-
ously inflicted on purse or person, was added the
expense of bringing the offender to justice. The
fees for counsel and other money must be advanced,
in the first instance, by the party at any amount
of inconvenience, unless he contrived to find
a speculative attorney willing to take it up on the
chance of eventually obtaining payment to the
country. In such cases, it is not the most effi-
cient man that is selected. The prosecutor natu-
rally chooses his own solicitor, who, although
well skilled in ordinarylaw suits, and perfectly com-
petent to conduct any matter in the Civil Courts,
may have had no experience whatever before the
criminal tribunals. The solicitor, in turn, bestows
the brief on his favourite at the bar, who is re-
tained, possibly, because he is a good special
pleader, or what is termed a " black-letter lawyer,"
or, not improbably, because he is connected
by blood or marriage with some member of the
firm to which the prosecution is entrusted. Any-
thing, in fact, is looked to rather than the quali-
fications of the counsel. Thus, we too frequently
find a prosecution of vast importance, involving.
the nicest legal questions, conducted by an incom-
petent counsel, instructed by an incompetent
attorney. Need we wonder that, with "the blind
thus le tding the blind," the proceedings should
terminate in the acquittal of prisoners, respecting
whose guilt no rational doubt could be entertained,
and the law being brought into contempt and dis-
repute. It is true that prosecutions are often
conducted very efficiently, but it is a perfect lot-
tery whether it will be so or not ; and the doubt-
ful chance operates as the greatest incentive to
crime. Besides, the employment of private prose-
cutors opens a door for compromises very preju-
dicial to the best interests of society. It is more
agreeable to the person to whom the QUEEN has
delegated her privilege and her duty to obtain
ample compensation for the injury sustained', and
the expenses incurred than to punish the offender.
Thus, then, there may be (and too often is) a
failure of justice ; and even when everything has
been efficiently and honestly conducted, the punish-
ment of thecriminal is looked upon as an act of pri-
vate vengeance, rather than of public justice, and,
in place of feeling detestation for the crime, men
only smile at the folly of the criminal for not
making all straight with the prosecutor.
Why, again we ask, should the expense, or any
part of the expense, of the prosecution be suffered
to fall on the party injured? In return for his
contributions to the national exchequer, and the
surrender of a portion of his liberty, the State
undertakes to protect him in the enjoyment of his
remaining rights. If he be injured in person or
property, the State should act as the avenger, and
should bear the entire cost. What he gives up
should be regarded as the premium of assurance,
and should cover the entire loss. But this is not
so. We all recollect how a highly respectable
tradesman, who was plundered to a large amount
by a gang of swindlers, had his losses increased
by many hundreds of pounds in bringing the
criminals to justice, and honourably and patrioti-
cally refusing to receive the full restitution and
ample compensation that was tendered. The case
of that deeply injured, though deserving indi-
vidual, should alone be sufficient to insure the
appointment so urgently required and loudly
demanded.

Again, we should get rid of the malicious pro-
secutions which are occasionally brought forward,
and which lead to subsequent actions in the
Common Law Courts. There should be no such
thing as a malicious prosecution possible. Nor
would there, if every accusation should be closely
sifted and thoroughly investigated, in the first
instance, by a public functionary of skill and ex-
perience, who would ascertain the chances of a
conviction, and also whether the public interests
required that the law should be put in motion.
We should not then see bills sent before a grand
jury, not for a bona fide purpose, but with the
iutQut of u4tortillg cr

unfair advantage from the defendant. All these
nefarious transactions would be for ever abolished
under a judicious and well-devised system of '
public prosecutions.
Mr. PHILLIMORE'S measure possesses another
incalculable advantage. It does justice in every
particular to the accused. It enables prisoners to
obtain witnesses at the public expense, where
they are themselves unable to pay for their at-
tendance. It was dreadful to hear prisoners when
called on for their defence declaring that there
were persons who could establish their innocence
had they the means of procuring their presence.
Although this excuse was frequently- untenable, it
might be true, and an unpleasant feeling was ex-
cited in the mind of every listener. To prevent
the possibility of a job, or of uselessly and unne-
cessarily calling persons whose evidence was of no
real importance, Mr. PHILLIMORE suggests that
the allowance or disallowance of these expenses
should remain optional with the presiding Judge—
a precaution that will render any abuse absolutely
impossible.
The Attorney-General accepted the measure in
an excellent spirit ; announcing that the Govern-
ment felt that the principle of appointing a public
prosecutor ought to be adopted. This acknow-
ledgment insures the success of the bill, or some
similar measure. Of course it will now remain
with the law officers of the Crown to carry out
the principle. We cannot conclude without con-
gratulating Mr. PHILLIMORE on his success, by
which he has entitled himself to the thanks and
gratitude of the community ; removing the re-
proach that "England is the only country in the
civilised world without a public prosecutor," and
carrying out an important change in the law—a
change which we ourselves, in common with all
earnest legal reformers, have urgently demanded
for many bygone years.

For two things, at least, we, as Reformers,
thank Lord JOHN RUSSELL—first, and perhaps
first in importance, because he proclaimed before
all Europe, to the semi-barbarian monarch of its
Eastern serfs, that a war with him was by no
means so alarming a thing as to, hinder our atten-
tion to any domestic business whatever. We
have never been less pleased with Mr. DISRAELI,
and his noble chief in the other house, than when
they wished the British Government to pause, as
if •in . fear of Russia, in the work they were so
deeply pledged to. Nor have we of late ever been
better pleased with Lord JOHN than when, like
an old Roman, or why should we not say like a
true-hearted member of the English aristocracy,
he said before all Europe—We can attend to Russia
as fully as she richly deserves, but feel quite at
ease in proceeding with our gravest domestic
business also. The opening of his Lordship's
Reform speech is really the most dignified mani-
festo which can follow Baron Baurrow to Darm-
stadt ; and we have no doubt he will very
promptly transmit it to his half-demented master.
We repeat emphatically, that on this occasion we
were proud of our member for London, and the
Leader of our B ouse of Commons. And next,
we thank Lord JOHN for all and every extension
of the franchise, and, for what is indeed the very
condition of its possibility, for all the disfranchise-
ment on which he has ventured.

The disfranchisement of boroughs is, as in 1832,
both total and partial. Nineteen boroughs, hav-
ing less than 300 voters, are to lose their single
member ; but 33 other boroughs, having less than
500 voters, being bimembral, will retain one
member after the amputation of the other. Sixty-
two seats are thus left for re-distribution, making,
with those at present vacant, 66 in all. The
re-distribution is as follows :—Counties or divi-
sions of counties having .a population of more than
100,000, are to have three instead of two mem-4
bars. The West Riding of Yorkshire and South
Lancashire are to be subdivided ; and each divi-
sion being on the three member scale, and 38 of the
counties on the same scale also, there will be in
all 46 new county members. Nine towns of
above 100,000 inhabitants will also have oue
member each added to their present two members.
The Inns of Law are to have two ; London Uni-
versity one ; Kensington and Chelsea one ; three
new borough constituencies one each, and the
Scotch Universities three—making, in all, the 66.

Of the franchise there are several extensions.
All persons are to vote in the place in which they
reside, whether in the county or is a borough,
who are 101. householders ; also all persons re-
ceiving a salary (not weekly wages) of 1001.
a-year ; all who have had 501. for three years in a
Savings-bank, or who receive 10/. a-year from
dividends in the Funds, Bank Stock, or India
Stock,' and all who pay 40s. a-year Income Tax ;
we may add, all persons whom the rate-paying
clauses have disfranchised hitherto, since these
odious clauses are to be utterly abolished. The Bo-
rough Franchise is to be lowered to a 61. rateable
value, with the municipal requisition of three
years' residence, which will require that the as-
sessment throughout the kingdom be made on a
uniform principle. A person residing in a 101.
house is to be able to claim a vote after one year's
residence. The old Freemen are to be suffered to
die out ; none are to acquire qualification on that
ground after the lapse of two years. These pro-
posals, with the anti-bribery measures already
brought forward, and a second bill on Monday
night to render vacating a seat on taking office
under the Crown unnecessary, are the programme
of Ministerial Reform.

Our readers will know how much it falls short
of our wishes ; but our wishes were not the mea-
sure of our expectations, and we feel bound to
advise all Reformers to take what is offered them,
and to take it in good part too. Though the
extension of the suffrage is not all we could ask,
though the towns get but 14 of the members
which the towns have lost, and though free voting
is not yet made the sequel of Free Trade, the
Bill contains far too much good to be classed even
in thought with the last offer of Lord JOHN, and
is much more worthy to be called a second Re-
form Bill. In 1832 it would have aroused
almost as much enthusiasm as that measure did ;
and it is only because we have learned so much
from that measure itself that we do not look
upon it as a very liberal offer. The disfranchise-
ment, and even the rpartial disfranchisement, of
the small boroughs is worth accepting for its own
sake. It is of the highest importance to confirm
by a second decision the principle that pocket
boroughs are alien to the British Constitution.
We defer further remarks for the present—
though we cannot but add here, 'at once, that so
enormous a change in our whole system of repre-
sentation as that which would accompany the
accordance of one member out of three to the
minority among the larger proposed constituen-
cies, requires on all hands the most-serious and
deliberate, though, at the same time, of course,
the most impartial consideration.

SUDDEN DEATH OP CAPTAIN OLWEE. OP THE 30TH
REGIMENT.—By intelligence received yesterday from
Gibraltar, we hear of the death of Captain C. D. Oliver,
of the 30th Regiment, who died suddenly of disease of
the heart at Tangier, whence he had gone for a few days
on leave of absence. It is hoped that Lieut. Bayly, the
adjutant of the regiment, will at last succeed to the
vacant company, more particularly as he has been pur-
chased over so often. Captain Oliver was held in the
highest esteem by his brother officers, and his sudden
decease is sincerely deplored by the whole regiment.

PURCHASE OF BULLION.-It is stated, in a Parliamen•
tary paper just issued, that the aggregate of the sums
advanced from the Consolidated Fund in each year since
1837, for the purchase of bullion for coinage, has been
4,518,0291. 19s. 4d. The amount in each varies very
much without any apparent reasons to be assigned. Dur-
ing the year just passed the amount was 508,0291. 19s.
4d. ; the largest amount, with the exception of the years
1844 and 1845, in which the amounts were respectively
550,000/. and 850,0001., in 1851 the amount was 150,000/.,
and in 1852 100,0001.
MEDICAL APPOINTHENTS.-Mr. Henry Thompson, of
Wimpole-street, Cavendish-street, has just been elected
surgeon to the St. Marylebone Infirmary, in the vacancy
occasioned by the decease of Mr. Stafford. Mr. J. L.
Lizars has been appointed student in human and com-
parative anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons. So
severe was the competition for this appointment that the
council awarded to Mr. R. H. Silvester a copy of the
valuable catalogue of the Hunterian Collection, with the
following inscription in each volume :—" Presented to
Henry Robert Silvester, M.R.C.S., of Clapham, by the
president and council urt'ie Royal College of Surgeons
of England, in consideration o. the merit of his dissec-
tions when a candidate for the appointment of student in
human and comparative =away atilt) colloge.—.Bigued :
J. LITro, Prebideve."

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at from 7,000 to 8,000 bales, of
which 2,000 American were taken on speculation.
The market closed firmly. Surat /t per lb., and
American 1-16th per lb. higher. Brazil and Egyp-
tian unchanged. The sales comprised 100 Pernam
and Maranham, at bid. to 7d. ; 150 Egyptian, at
6d. to 94d. ; 500 Surat, at 3d. to 41d. ; 50 Sea
Island at 2s. 5d., and the remainder all American.
Railway Shares were. dull.

The St. John, New Brunswick, and Liverpool
line of packet ships, consisting of eight vessels,
have landed thirteen cargoes of goods at St. John
since February last. The proprietors of the line
have now made arrangements for the construction
of two first-class iron screw steam-ships, of 1,600
tons each, one to be launched in April, and the
other in May next, and to be placed on the
Liverpool line. These steamers are to be barque
rigged, worked by engines of from 350 to 400
horse power, and will cost 250,000 dollars. They
will each cross the Atlantic once a month, touch-
ing at St. John's, Newfoundland, on every trip.
It is supposed that the Legislature of New Bruns-
wick will make the proprietors a grant of 50,000
dollars per annum for ten years, to aid in the esta-
blishment of this line of steamers, and compensate
them for carrying the mails.
The following is the report of the directors of the
Northern and Eastern Railway Company, pre-
sented to the half-yearly meeting of this day
" The directors have to report t• the proprietors, that
the dividend on the respective shares of this company for
the half-year ending the 31st of December last, will be-
come payable on and after Saturday, the 25th inst., and
will be as follows, viz.:—On shares guaranteed 5 per
cent. per annum, It. ss. Od. each ; on shares guaranteed
6 per cent. per annuls, 1/. 10s. Od. each, less property
tax."

The report was passed unanimously.
The demand for American Securities has been
steady this week, as we are informed by Messrs.
Bell, Son, and Co. United States Sixes are quoted
109 to 110 ; Pennsylvania. Fives, 841 to 851 ;
Maryland Sterling Bonds, 94 to 96 ; Michigan
Central 8 per Cents., 101 to 103, and New York
and Erie Third Mortgage, 88 to 89.
The Stock Market has undergone but little varia-
tion, and business is comparatively quiet, as far as
speculation is concerned. Consols have been 91i ft
for transfer, but not higher than 911 g for March
16, establishing a " baccadation" of per cent.
The scarcity of stock is therefore still the feature.
The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 92i to 931, and the Three per Cents. 91i to
92k. Bank Stock has been 216, and since 2171.
East India Stock is at 232 to 235. Exchequer
Bills have been at 18s. to 215., and India Bonds
at 7s. premium. The payment of the "diffe-
rences" is proceeding satisfactorily.
Foreign securities have been very dull. Mexican
Bonds are quoted 24 for the account, after having
been done at 25 and 251 for money ; Spanish New
Deferred Stock is at 191 ; Venezuela Bonds are
28i ; Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 61 to A.
The English Railways are steady for the most
part, with moderate transactions. Great Northern
have been 10s. to V. better. York and North
Midland are scarcely so good. Midland and Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire are dull. French shares are
merely nominal. Luxemburgh have not altered.
The last week's railway receipts ascertained up
to this day are in round figures as under :

Great Western

YACHTSMEN FOR THE NAVY.

As many able-bodied seamen as can be procured
are wanted for the service of the navy at the pre-
sent crisis, and we are endeavouring, as well as we
can, to make up the deficiency by parading our
pensioners for coast-guard duty, and by inviting
the assistance of as many landsmen as are willing
to join, and try the event of a brush with the Rus-
sians. We think, however, we can point out a
source which seems to have been overlooked, from
which a large body of prime seamen may be readily
procured. The men of whom we speak are among the
smartest and ablest seamen afloat—we speak of our
yachtsmen. Supposing the owners of yachts were
either to determine upon layin; up their yachts for
this summer, or, better still, were to retain but a small
portion of their crews, as many for each yacht as
might serve for the nucleus of a fresh crew, they
would be rendering essential service to the State.
Nothing would be a simpler matter, if we may
judge from what we know to be passing at the
present moment in the public service, than to
train up inexperienced seamen to a point which
would render them fully competent for performing
any service that yachtowners might require
of them. If this counsel should be found adapted
to the circumstances of the time, we can have
no doubt that the Queen will be the first to set
an example to her subjects by the sacrifice of her
pleasure to the public good. Every yacht-
owner will be eager to follow the example of the
Sovereign in so patriotic a course, or, at least,
all will be ashamed not to follow it. We be-
lieve we are not overstating the case when we
say that some thousand seamen would be rendered
available for the navy, who will have a strong in-
ducement to keep aloof from the service if they see
a prospect before them of obtaining an engagement
with a yachtowner two months hence. The point
may fairly be left to the consideration of those who
are accustomed to go down to the sea in yachts.
We are very confident that it is only neces.ary the
point should be brought under their notice, in order
that they themselves may reflect if they cannot by
act or sacrifice promote the public service. The
mere butterflies of the Yacht Club may, perhaps,
manage to do without their regattas for one year--
those gentlemen who engage in such pursuits in a
more energetic spirit may yet contrive to have their
annual cruise, with positive benefit to the public
service.—Times.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.)
ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 5 A.M.

By the steamer Atlantic we have advices from
New York to the 4th inst. She has brought 55
passengers, and 1,000 dollars in specie on freight.
The news by this arrival is almost entirely devoid
of interest.

From Washington we learn that no business of
importance had been transacted in either House of
Assembly. The Nebraska Bill was still under dis-
cussion.

The New York Herald states that no less than 11
vessels were fitting out in d ifnrent parts of Cuba for
the coast of Africa for slavers ; also that seven ves-
sels bad sailod within six weeks from Baltimore,
Boston, and New York with the direct „intention
of being employed as slavers.
The New York Stock-market was a little firmer.
Erie Railroad shares range from 79 to 79A- ; Hud-
son River, 68 to 681 ; Stounington, 66 to 661 ;
and Reading, 73i to 73g.
Money without change. •
Foreign exchange inactive. Bills on London,
1081 to 109 k ; Paris, 5 17i to 520 ; Amsterdam,
411 to 41i ; Hamburg, 36 to 3G/.
Cotton in fair demand, and prices well sustained.
Flour had declined 10c. to 12c. per barrel.
Very little doing in wheat, both holders and
buyers waiting the Arabia's advices.

Indian corn had declined from 3c. to sc. per
bushel.

Provisions unchanged.
3,000 tons Scotch pig iron bad been sold at $37
to $3B for six months.

Freight to London.—Wheat, 151 d. per bushel ;
flour, 4s. 9d. per barrel. Naval stures, 55. per
2801bs. ; measurement, 30s. to 355. ; and heavy
goods, 455. to 555. per ton.