The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-25 00:00:00

TURKEY.

The Paris Union says--" We are assured that
the Tura_-_2sh Ambassador has received, by way of
Belgrade, the most recent dispatches from Con-
stantinople. The Sultan is said to have accepted
the conditions of Prince Menschikoff, which are
represented in the dispatch to have been less severe
and less imperative than had been stated. It re-
mains to be known, with respect to the interest
represented by France, what these conditions are."
It is said, however, that the Union has been mis-
informed.
The rumour that the Russians had entered
Bucharest is said to have been warranted on some-
thing like authority, for the gentleman who is re-
presented to have declared that he had knowledge
of the fact, fills an important official situation in
connection with Russian interests. The report re-
quires to be still further confirmed before it can be
relied on.

We read in the Moniteur—" The Presse, on the
authority of a Marseilles journal, has stated that
the French squadron had receiyed orders to get
ready for sea two days before the publication of the
note inserted on Sunday last in the Moniteur.
These journals are mistaken ; the order alluded to
did not leave Paris until the evening of Saturday,
and did not reach Toulon until Sunday morning.
In thirty-six hours after the receipt of the dispatch
the squadron had put out to sea."
General Menschikoff, son of the Admiral, who is
now acting as Envoy Extraordinary of the Czar at
Constantinople, is at present at Paris.
Lord Stratford de Redeliffe passed through Frank-
fort on the 21st, in his progress to Constantinople,
via Dresden and Vienna.

IMPORTANT CASE.—A case was determined in the
Lord Mayor's Court last Friday, involving a question of
great commercial importance. An American gentleman
bought for cash a circular letter of credit from a mer-
cantile firm in the city, addressed to their agents on
the continent, and this document authorised the vari-
ous houses to whom it was addressed to honour his
draughts. Shortly afterwards, a house at the West-
end, which bad some disputed accounts with him,
lodged an attachment with the London firm on
the funds which they had thus received for the sale
of the letter, upon the plea that the transaction
was a simple deposit, and that the money so attached
still belonged to the person who had paid it to them,
and that they, the garnishees or issuers of the credit, in-
curred no responsibility until they came under accep-
tance. It was also contended that after the attachment
was lodged, the garnishees could not accept and pay the
defendant's bills, except in their own wrong. The gar-
nishees on the other hand, maintained that the sum
handed' that
it the purchase money for the letter of
credit ; that it was as complete a sale as if the article
brought had been goods; that there is no essential diffe-
rence between giving an acceptance at once for the
amount and an engagement to accept and pay whenever
called upon, and hence that the mosey ceased to be
the accredited party's directly he received the garnishees'
engagement in exchange. Three points were submitted
by the recorder to the jury, all of which were decided in
favour of the garnishees, but the only one of any public
interest was the finding by the jury that the money passed
absolutely to the garnishees in exchange for their credit ;
that it simultaneously ceased to be the defendants', and
consequently was not attachable. This result is very satis-
factory, since, if the suit had gone the other way, it
would then be held that the article acquired, and the
money paid for it both remained the property of the pur-
chaser ; that an engagement to accept and pny is only
binding if a subsequent claimant does not step in ; and
that a person who fancies he has a demand can, by a
simple affidavit of debt, make the issuers of the credit
break their engagement to the accredited party. Under
circumstances of this kind, moreover, a traveller might
find himself at the other end of Europe with his funds
suddenly cut off, through the agency of a court which
takes no cognisance of the justice or injustice of the claim.
The decision, in short, harmonises with the practice of
bankers, who issue these documents. Any other inter-
pretation would put an end to such credits, since no one
abroad would advance upon them. It would also tend
to lessen travelling, as people would have to carry all
their money about with them, exposed to the chances of

loss or robbery.
THE MAILS AND THE WEATHER.—The guards who
arrived yesterday morning at the General Post-office,
St. Martin's-le-Grand, with the inland mails, stated that
there had been some heavy falls of snow in the eastern
and'northern counties during the last few days and
nights, so that the country in many parts is covered
several feet with snow, and the strong E. and N.B.
winds which have prevailed had caused it to drift from
the hills into the low lands, thereby doing much damage
to agricultural property and cattle, which were obliged
to be safely closed up for protection from the severity of
the weather. A number of men are employed in the
different districts in clearing away the snow from the
main roads and from off the different railway lines ; not-
withstanding which, several of the mail trains have
been obliged to have extra engines to prevent delay in
their arrival in town. In consequence of the strong
northerly wind yesterday, the French and other foreign
mails did not arrive until very late in the day. There
has also been a very heavy fall of snow for several days
at Boulogne, Calais, Dunkerque, and the northern de-
partments. ' Inßelgium, Holland, and Germapy the
weather has changed to be very severe ; and it is feared,
should it continue, that the different canals and rivers
will again be frozen over, which will cause a great in-
terruption to the navigation and commerce.
ALARMING FIRE NEAR THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—OOII-
- alarm prevailed in London yesterday morning,
owing to a report being currently circulated that a fire
had broken out in the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham.
It turned out upon inquiry, that one of the newly-
erected houses, situated in Eliza-place, Dartmouth,
Park-vale, had taken fire, the reflection from which cast
such a lurid glare over the Palace, as to lead many to
suppose that the Exhibition building
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attended, followed by the Southwark-bridge-road
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gade engine and firemen. By the time the firemen ar-
r. ved,, the house, which consisted only of six rooms, was
wrapped in a general blaze. Fortunately an abundant
supply of water was procured from the Lambeth Com-
pany's mains, from which the West of Englandfirenmnetnil
went to work ; but the fire was not extinguished
the house was totally destroyed. The origin of the fire
is unknown.- The -owner Of the'pfe-mises was Mr. Lad-
stone, of the Old Bailey, and, unfortunately, he was not
insured for a single penny.