The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1854

twenty more voters to the franchise, can talk of
" suffrage extension," and " equal distribution,"
but there can be no shuffling with the Ballot. It
must be yea or nay. In a word, as we have
always maintained, it is the clear and definite
test between the thorough-going and the sham or
timid Reformer.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMATE INTELLIGENCE.

CITY; TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
estimated at 5,000 bales, all to the trade. The
market closed heavily with American at sid. to
6id., ad. per lb. lower. The sales comprised 4,000
American, 100 Bahia at oga. to ow., 100 Egyptian
at 6d. to 60., and 500 Surat at 31d. to 4id. per lb.
Railway Shares were rather flat.
Colonial produce has met with a fair inquiry
during the week, apart from speculation dealing.
Sugar has supported previous prices. Native
Ceylon coffee has been in demand. Plantation
rather lower, and tea dull. A good business has
been done in rice. Saltpetre has advanced ls. to
2s. per cwt., and rum is at enhanced values.
Tallow which had risen to 645., has declined again
to 635. Hemp and flax are dearer.
A report has been issued by the managers
officially appointed in the year 1851 to examine
into the affairs of the Monmouthshire and Gla-
morganshire Banking Company, which suspended
payment in October of that year. To a certain
extent this is satisfactory. Those shareholders
who have paid the full amount of their 601. call
will, probably, not be called upon for any further
sum. At the time of the suspension the paid-up
capital amounted to 220,6391. ; and the whole of
this was lost, besides 800,0001. being owed. A
composition of 15s. in the pound was accepted by
the creditors, ss. being paid down, and the rest in
.two years. We may point to this winding-up as
perhaps the most satisfactory on record. In two
years all the creditors who accepted the composition
will have been satisfied, and 83,0571. will have
been gained to shareholders, besides a reduc-
tion in the other liabilities of about 149,7931.
A great saving is said to have resulted from
the operation of the Winding-up Act, and this
is a favourable reason why that act should be sim-
plified and improved and rendered more compre-
hensive. We are aware of a large number of in-
stances in which great expense has been incurred
without anything like a satisfactory result.
At the time of the Great Britain's arrival at
Liverpool from her first Australian voyage, we
ventured an opinion that if rigged similar to the
other steamers running to the southern colonies, she
would not be behind any of those, the modern built
vessels, in sailing capabilities. This opinion, of
course, involved the inference that our builders had
not succeeded in any sailing improvement upon
this pioneer ship, which was " laid down" by Pat-
terson 16 years since. The intelligence brought by
the sailing ship Hurricane more than bears out our
apparently sanguine expectations. In confirma-
tion we make comparisons with the outward voy-
ages of the Sydney, Argo, and Victoria. The
Great Britain runs from Liverpool to Melbourne
in 65 days, including her detention at St. Vincent's.
Her engine power in ratio to tonnage is as 1 to 7.
The Sydney (this vessel's arrival in Australia is
also reported in the letters per Hurricane) runs from
the Lizard to Adelaide in 69 days ; to this must be
added 36 hours sailing difference between the
Lizard and Liverpool, also 60 hours sailing dif-
ference between Adelaide and Melbourne, making
the relative passage 73 days, or 8 days in favour
of the Great Britain. To this must be added the
fact that the Sydney has an engine power in ratio
to tonnage of 2t09,0r 1 to 42. The Argo runs
from Southampton to Melbourne in 64 days ; to
this must be added 24 hottrs sailing difference be-
tween Southampton and Liverpool, making the
relative passage 65 days, or the same as the Great
Britain, but the fact of the latter ship having been
detained at St. Vincent must be taken into the
comparison, and the engine power of the Argo in
ratio to tonnage is as Ito 6. The Victoria is the
only screw steam-ship that has made relatively as
good a pdssage as the Great Britain ; but then,
she has an engine power in ratio to tonnage as 1 to
4 ; while, as we have already stated, the Great
Britain's is only Ito 7. We are equally confident
that Capt. Mathews will not disappoint us with
the homeward run of this noble specimen of marine
architecture.

The Doctor of the Stepney Union has come
forward for the purpose of vindicating, or, if that
be not possible, of extenuating his conduct with
respect to poor Mrs. al.'s, whose unfortunate case
was last week referred to in The Sun. We re-
joice to find one of the " Parochal" officials so
sensitive with regard to a character for " huma-
nity," as to deem it worth his while to put forward
any defence whatsoever on such a point. From
recent cases that have been brought to light in
Marylebone and elsewhere, it would almost seem
as if the imputation of possessing compassionate
feelings would have been strenuously repudiated
as disqualifying the possessors from taking any
part in the administration of the so-called "re-
lief" to the obstinate paupers. It augurs well,
however, to find " the Doctor" thinking differ-
ently, and striving to explain away matters which
he candidly acknowledges make " his conduct ap-
pear in an unfavourable light." But still, we can-
not perceive that his communication in any de-
gree alters the nature of the case, nor can it
induce us to withdraw, or even to qualify a single
observation which we have already published in
reference thereto.
And first, as to "the Doctor" personally. We
are willing to make every just and fair allowance
for the excessive labour—we might even use a
stronger expression—imposed on the medical
officers of the different Poor-Law Unions, not
only in the metropolis, but throughout the entire
country, and that, too, for very scanty and inade-
quate remuneration. They are compelled to be
up at all hours, night and day, to take their
meals at irregular times, and to submit to be dis-
turbed just when, worn out with fatigue, they
have sunk into refreshing sleep, or when, ex-
hausted with hunger, they have the smoking
joints before them. Not a single hour of the
twenty-four can be called their own for purposes
either of rest or recreation. For this excessive
toil, far more onerous than that which falls to the
lot of— the handicraftsman, or even the modern
Helots, the bricklayers' labourer, they receive
very small salaries—" an extensive practice," as
808 SAWYER styles it, but little more. Besides
these public duties, so onerous and vexatious in
their nature, " the Doctor," if he chooses to
maintain the rank and position of a gentleman,
must strive to obtain " private practice." It is
to that he must chiefly look for his own "comfort,"
if it be not a positive prostitution of the term to use
it in reference to one so fearfully overworked—and
for the maintenance of his family in a respectable
position, and the education and advancement in
life of his children. Can we, then, feel surprised
if they pass hastily the different patients who
claim their gratuitous advice, or say that they
can be fairly censured if guilty of any trivial
degree of negligence—for anything, in short, less
than direct and positive cruelty of conduct. We
are willing then to give "the Doctor of Stepney
Union" credit for all these extenuating circum-
stances, to allow that, having once recommended
what he conceived to be the best mode of relief,
he did not trouble his head about the compliance
of the sufferers, supposing that starvation would
speedily do its work, and drive the miserable suf-
ferers into the house, for admission to which he
had given an order.
We have thus, we conceive, fully and fairly
stated the alleviating circumstances that may be
relied on by the Learned Gentleman, and though
they unquestionably mitigate the reproaches that
should otherwise be heaped upon him, they do
not justify his conduct. Why, we ask,
when he found the parties so firmly de-
termined not to go into the workhouse did
he refuse to give any other species of assist-
ance or relief ? That reluctance to go within the
walls—to consent to the total separation, enforced
by man's ordinances, between those " whom GOD
had joined together," is by no means discreditable.
It is a feeling that ought to be cultivated rather
than discountenanced. Many would perish rather
than take that last step, or enter the abode where
" even hope is left behind." The majority would
infinitely prefer the shelter and the comforts of I
the establishment ; but, as we have already stated,
" the great principle of out-door relief is to give
the paupers exactly what they don't want." Poor
WALSH, in the season when he could not work,
desired admittance to Marylebone workhouse. He
was refused, and obtained the scanty out-door
relief that would have gladdened the heart of
JOHN ELLIS ; for, be it remembered that ELLIS
was no regular pauper. He was known to be
" civil, industrious, and well-conducted," quali-
ties that ought to have insured something better
than workhouse fare. With a very trifling as-
sistance he could have earned his own livelihood

BRITISH MlNES.—Transactions this day have
been conducted on a very limited vale. The fol-
lowinc, have been dealt in :—East Russells, 61
~ ;
Great6Tregune Consols, 31- i- ; Unys, 11 ; Sortridge
Consols, 255. 305.; Wheal Edward, 21 3 ; Polti-
mores, 1 / ; Britannias, i i ; Molland, 1 ; WhealW
re-4.ys, 30s. 355.; Greatllugos, 1 1i ; Treweather,
The English Securities have been buoyant again,
Consols having realised 91 and 91i, but being now
9014. The fluctuation just at present arises mainly
from the " ins and outs" of the speculators, who
may have bought lower or sold higher a few days
since. New 3/- per Cents, have been 92 to 94.,
and the Three per Cents. 91i to i-. Exchequer
Bills are 9s. to 12s. premium, an improvement of
is. Nothing has been done in Bank Stock.
The foreign stock market is better, and with an
increased business doing. Mexican bonds are
quoted 221 to 23/ ; Spanish 3 per Cents., after
being 401, have declined to 39k, and the Deferred
191. Dutch 24 per Cents. have been quoted 61 to
i, and the 4 per Cents. 911 to 921.
The railway market is livelier, and the quota-
tions have advanced. The improvement in the
principal lines is about 1 per cent., but there is
now again a slight reaction. French shares have
been quiet, at ss. to 10s. advance.
The Land Companies' shares have been rather
higher, and the Banks firm, but inactive. The
Union is about 10s. better. The Gold Mines are
quiet.

and that of the unfortunate companion of his cares,
and he would not become a permanent burden on the

The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not
officially quoted were as follows :—Jamaica, par to
prem. ; Metcalfe, #to #- prem. ; Sue,River, dis-
count to par ; Port Royal, to prem.

poor-rates, or give up the hope of resuming his
independence. He must have expressed that feel-
ing to " the Doctor," for that gentleman speaks
of his "clue/ obstinacy." Does he not think that
the phrase might be more suitably applied in
another quarter, or that it would also fit the man
who, knowing that the party would not enter the

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES
(Prom the Official List.)

Business done.
per Cent. Red aced Annuities
3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 91,1 1 i 9513' iT / 1 90
New 3, per Cent. Annuities 924 i a 2 ,I a
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16
India Bonds, £lOOO . .. ...
Ditto, under £lOOO par.
South Sea Old Annuities lOOl4
Consols for Account 15th Feb. 9l 90/ 1 90:i
Exchequer Bills, ld.
21000 .
Small..

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workhouse, abstained from any inquiry for three
- -

consecutive weeks, and that although he witnessed
the utter and desperate destitution of the miser-
able pair. Surely he might have ordered some-
thing better than " a loaf and a little oatmeal,"
which was all that they received during the 21
days. " The Doctor," who declares that "he is
always foremost in mitigating, as far as lies in his
power, human distress, wherever he finds it," kept
aloof from them, and made no inquiry as to their
fate, which he must have seen to .be impending,
if they remained firm in refusing to go into the
house. Were there no medical comforts which
he might have ordered Y Nothing which he could
have done to alleviate their fearful distress ?
And yet, disregarding the beam in his own
eye, he speaks of " the cruel obstinacy" of the
husband in refusing to go into the house,
while he cannot perceive that he has become
liable to blame of any kind in refusing to give re-
lief in any form in which it would be accepted.
We do not, however, despair of " the Doctor."
He has not deliberately hardened his heart, and
therefore we have still hope that he may profit
by the painful lesson he has received, and see
that there may "be much obstinacy" on his own

M. ll 9 12 p
3

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Danish Bonds, 1525, 3 per Cent B2
Ditto 5 per Cent ....., ....
........ .
........
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent.
Russian Bords, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lO5l 64 654
Ditto 44 per Cent 9l 89
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4O 4 39
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 194
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Dividetris on the above payable In London.
Belgian .Bonds 44 per Cent. ex. 25 fr
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 613 1
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . ..
Ditto Bonds

Consols
Ditto February Account

THREE O'CLOCK.
90$ i
......

DEATH OF SIR RALPH LOPES, BART, M.P.—We
regret to state that Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., one of the
members of the southern division of the county of Devon,
died, on the night of the 24th, at his seat at Moristowe,
near Plymouth. The worthy baronet had been in a
weak state of health for many months past, and his
death was not unexpected. Several names have already
been mentioned for the vacancy in the representation of
the county, but none so positively as to warrant publicity
at present. The deceased Baronet is succeeded in the
title by his eldest son, now Sir Massey Lopes, born in
in 1818. A second son survives, who is a barrister-at-

part as well as that of persons for whom he may
be required to prescribe. Above all, that he may
consider the circumstances of each case, and apply
suitable relief ; not giving to each " exactly what
he did not want !" Thus he will deservedly ob-
tain a character for humanity, and find other
persons besides himself to declare that " the

Doctor is always foremost in mitigating, so far as
lies in his power, human distress, wherever he
finds it !"

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—From Van Diemen's Land
the dates are to the 19th of October. A subscription
list has been filled for 10,000/. as a reward to any per-
son who should discover an attractive gold field. The
Fingal deposits still yielded small amounts, but what
waq wanted was a field that might compete with those
of Victoria.

CABINET CouNcIL.—A Cabinet Council was held
yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, Downing-
street. The Ministers present were the Earl of
Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lans-
downe, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke
of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Duke of Newcastle, the 'Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the
Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Moles-
worth. The Council sat two hours and a half.
The address in the House of Commons will be moved
by Viscount Castlerosse, and seconded by Mr. Thomson
Hankey, jun.

PORT PHILIP.—The letters and papers from Por
Philip, by the Hurricane, reach to the end of October,
and are about a fortnight later than those previously re-
ceived. Their contents are satisfactory, both as regards
the supply of gold, which was coming in freely from
the mines, and the general state of the import markets,
prices in a large majority of cases being still remune-
rative. The last advices from England had been brought
by the Great Britain, which had made the passage in
65 days, but her number of letters was not large. She
was to sail on her return passage on the 3d of Decem-
ber, and may therefore, perhaps, be expected in the
course of a fortnight. The mismanagement of the ocean
postal service by the home authorities was still an angry
topic with all classes.

F. J. Shirley, Esq., Mrs. Shirley, and suite left
Loughfea Castle, their magnificent seat, near Carrick-
rnacross, on Wednesday, for Eatington Park, in War-
wickshire, after diffusing food, raiment, and fuel to the
poor with the most liberal hand during the last six
months.

MIDDLE TEMPLE, Jan. 26.--BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.-
The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called to
the degree of the Utter Bar, by the Honourable Society
of the Middle Temple :—William Lowndes Yates, Esq.,
8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge ; John Bower Brown,
Esq., of Woodthorpe Hall, near Sheffield ; Joseph
Kaye, Esq., 8.A., Merton College, Oxford ; Thomas
Pacey Keene, Esq., Christ's College, Cambridge; Joseph
Wigg, Esq. ; and William Frederick Laxton, Esq.,
GRAY'S-INN, Jan. 26.—At a pension of the Hon.
Society of Gray's-inn, holden this day, William Lang-
ford, Esq., L.L.S. (honours first class from council of
Legal Eucation), James Wynne, Esq., M.A., and
Jonas Levy, Esq., were called to the degree of barrister-
at-law.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.—Yesterday,
by direction of the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital,
Messrs. Pullen and Son disposed of, by auction, the
extensive premises known as the Chest House, which
is situated on the esplanade at the west end, adjoining
the pier. It is intended to remove the building, in
order to widen the area, which will be formed into an
extensive lawn. Very considerable improvements have
been lately carried out at the hospital. A new iron
railing has been erected in the front facing the river,
and the domes over the two towers have been regilt,
the ground has had pipes laid down in it for the pur-
pose of draining the water from the surface, and new
gravel walks have also been formed, to which the pub-
lie, as well as the pensioners, will be admitted. Va-
rious other improvements are in contemplon.

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, 43,000 troops of the line and 24,000 men in gar-
rison. These last are invalids.
„_
The news that the Russian Government had an-
RUSSIA AND TURKEY. nounced its intention to search all vessels flavi-
,
The Assembles Nationale says :—" The gating the Black Sea under neutral flags is thus
answer of ; communicated by the Austrian naval authori-
the Emperor of Russia to the notification of the , ties
entry of the fleets into the Black Sea has arrived 1 " The Imperial Russian Minister of Finances having
in Paris. Several versions are in circulation as to I learned that some persons have taken undue advantage
the contents of the despatches received at the Rus-
-1 of the ' free navigation' accorded to neutral flags during
the war, and have supplied the hostile army with arms,
sian Embassy. According to the rumours most ammunition, and other materials of war, considers it a
accredited, we have reason to believe that the entry , duty to put a stop to such enterprises for the future. It
of the fleets is not considered as a casus belli ; but I is therefore declared that ships so laden or containing
I any other objects, which according to international law
the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has asked the West- I
can be considered war contraband, will be seized by the
ern Powers to be pleased to define the nature of Russian vessels of war, and without regard to the neu-
the action which they intend exercising in the Black twr
11 a t
it may,l flag
it will be confiscated."
Sea. On the reply which will be given at Paris
and London appears at present to depend the con-
tinuation of the diplomatic relations between Rus- FRANCE.
sia and the Western powers. We ought not and The Moniteur of this morning publishes a report
cannot prejudge anything on the point." of the Minister of Finances on the financial results
The following important communication is from of the year 1853. The receipts and expenditure
St. Petersburg, dated the 18th : are nearly balanced. The deficit will not exceed
"Although the lower classes express the greatest joy four millions of francs.
at the news of the victories gained by the Russians over The Paris correspondent of the Times, writing
the Turks, the upper classes are discouraged by the ob- yesterday evening, says :
stinate resistance made by the latter, and by the bravery "I mentioned yesterday that the Russian Mini-
which they display. The news of the entrance of the ster had an interview with M. Drouyn de Lhuys,
combined fleets into the Black Sea has naturally in- fox the purpose of demanding explanations relative
creased that feeling of discouragement, for the sending to the entry of the French fleet into the Black
of troops on the coast of Asia Minor has thus become Sea—a question which, I presume, has been asked
impossible. The Emperor himself is irritated to the
highest degree against those who instigated him to a in London with reference to the English squad-
rupture with Turkey, and gave him a false idea of the von. M. Drouyn de Lhuys might well have
feelings of the inhabitants of the Danubian Princi- expressed surprise at such a demand
parities and the Christians of Turkey ; in fact, who that the object of that
inmovement had seeing
d been
persuaded the Czar that the entrance of a Russian army fully and clearly explained the despatch which
into the principalities would lead to a general rising of announced the fact itself. For any other explana-
the Rajahs. It has been several times feared that tions that might be required, M. Drouyn de Lhuys
the Czar would have an attack of apoplexy. To this said that he should first take the orders of his Sove-
must be added that circumstances compel the Czar to reign. This, I believe, was the answer given by M.
tolerate the persons whom he would prefer sending into de Nesselrode when the note of M. de Reizet was
Siberia than to keep near him. He has nowhere any communicated to him. I understand that M. Kisse-
sincere ally. A war of several years would exhaust a leff again saw the Minister for Foreign Affairs yes-
country where men do not abound; it would be necessary
to open the reserve funds, and to seize on the capital of terday, and the answer was, that the Emperor had
the establishments of credit for objects which cannot be =Qt yet taken his determination respecting any
attained for want of that moral energy without which it further explanations. It is stated, and I have
is impossible to establish a Greek papacy. The entrance reason to believe correctly, that the despatches
'of the combined fleets into the Black Sea has not been received by M. de Kisseleff touch on several
followed by a declaration of war, and MM. de Kisseleff points, the principal of which is, of course, the
and de Brunow have only received orders to demand presence of the combined fleets in the Euxine.
from the Cabinets of France and England a written The Emperor of Russia is forbearing enough not to
declaration as to the means which they calculate on consider it as a case of war, and he believes, or
employing to prevent a rencontre between the Russian affects to believe, that the English and French
and Turkish naval forces, and the blockade of Turk- fleets have only quitted their anchorage in the Bos-
ish ports. The two ambassadors have besides re-
ceived instructions not to demand their passports except phorus, not by way of menace, but to act as me-
in the event of the Russian fleet being interfered with diators between the Turkish and Russian navies,
perform the humane duty of pacificators, and
in its movements from one port of the empire to another. to p.
We also learn that the Austrian Cabinet has received possibly that Admirals Hamelin and Dundas are
the communication that Count Orloff would arrive at in reality a volunteer deputation of the Peace Con-
' Vienna on a confidential mission from the Emperor and gress. He of course has not the least idea that
would afterwards proceed to the Courts of Paris, Berlin, these gallant officers would, under anycii-cumstances,
and London. It is said that this mission has for object imitate the pacificators at an Irish fair, where,
a pacific arrangement with the Four Great Powers for when the combatants did not listen to reason, they
the solution of the question. A reply to the propositions were knocked dowii on both sides. It is chiefly to
which have arrived here from Vienna, containing the ease his conscience on that point that explanations
offers of the Ottoman Porte for the conclusion of peace, are demanded. A delicate allusion is also made, so
has not been yet given. It will not be sent until after
the question of peace or war between Russia and the runs my information, to the trifling 'affair' of
Western Powers shall be decided on." Sinope, which was the immediate cause of the
Another letter from St. Petersburg, the same entry of the squadrons ; and it is not unworthy date, and in the same journal, gives a rather diffe- of attention that his Imperial Majesty gives whatno doubt he considers a very fair explanation of
rent account of the opinion expressed by the upper
classes. It says :
that incident ; he protests that lie had no idea of
"Since the entrance of the combined fleets into the profit by the defenceless condition of the Turkish
Black Sea, public opinion seems more irritated than be-
stop that he was justified in preventing the
fore. Our: squadron at Sinope, but acted under the impres-
Russian newspaper, the Son of the Country and
the Wiessuck, both organs of the Court, contain articles Turkish fleet from carrying succour of any kind
in prose and verse against France, England, and all
Sovereign to the rebels on ;Russian territory,
authority. It is also intimated that
, and against his
Europe. These articles speak of Holy Russia, of the
Czar, who is believing and wise, and of the victorious issue perhaps, with the view of preventing any mistake,
of the conflict into which he has entered for the Orthodox a paragraph, how concise he does not care, in the
Church. In Russia everything that resembles western Moniteur, expressive of the neutrality of France,
civilisation, every one who conceives the slightest doubt would be very agreeable—but it is indispensable
that Russian power is almighty, or who opposes the that the word, neutrality, shall be printed with its
execution of its gigantic plans, is ailed Antichrist. Not- complete allowance of syllables and letters. These
withstanding all that, the energetic conduct of the are, I hear, the points on which an explanation is
western powers has caused a desire for an arrangement, requested, and on them it was that a reference had
which would not cost too much to the national pride to to be made to the Emperor of the French. A
be entertained. All that is asked is, that Russia may
come to an understanding with the Ottoman Porte with- Cabinet Council was held yesterday, no doubt for
out any mediator."
the purpose of coming to a determination as to
A postcript to this letter says :
whether any answer should be given, and what are
"We are assured that the Emperor of Russia has the explanations that ought to be given.
given orders to Prince Menschikoff to act in the Black "It is certain that on the fact of the Russian Am-
Sea, as if the combined fleets were still in the Bosphorus. bassador not having demanded his passports, as the
Orders have also been sent to Odessa to continue the result of his conference with the Minister of Foreign
warlike preparation." Affairs, are founded hopes that an amicable arrange-
A telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, of ment is not yet beyond the limit of probability,
the 12th, states that the Trebizond steamer, which and that the firm attitude of England
and France
reached Constantinople on the 10th, left the sailing is at last giving the Czar serious cause of alarm. It
vessels, under Admirals Dundas and Hamelin, at I is said that the disposition now shown by Austria
Sinope ; and the steamers under Admirals Barbier is very favourable, and if such be the case he might
de Tinan and Lyons, advancing towards Batoum. well pause. But it cannot be concealed that those
When the Retribution joined the fleet she reported who indulge in these hopes are very few indeed,
only five ships of the line at Sebastopol. and the opinion most generally entertained is, that
Prince Woronzow's resignation had not been this new move of the Czar is of a piece with his
accepted.
policy throughout. From the very commencement
Another despatch from Constantinople, of the of the quarrel Russia has never hesitated to give
16th inst., state that the combined fleets had made assurances of her pacific disposition ; to reject with
sail in the direction of Varna. The Russians are indignation the ideas of aggrandisement imputed
cruising off Kaffa (Theodosia), not far from the to her, while at the same time she has not discon.-
straits which connect the Black Sea with the Sea tinued for a single day her preparations for war.
of Azoff.
Her object, it is believed, is only to gain time to
There is a report that Kars had been taken by complete these preparations, to concentrate all her
the Russians.
force, to overrun even more than she has done the
The Journal de St. Fetersbourgh of the 16th con- Principalities, and to enclose them in such a grasp
tains the following official reports : as cannot be loosened,- to pass the Danube in irre-
" Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff relates, sistible numbers, and force Turkey, when alone,
under date of the 23d ult., that for the purpose of more and at its last gasp, to consent to treat directly
closely hemming in the Turks who occupy Kalafat, with her, while the Powers are still receiving her
Aide-de-Camp General Count Aurep d'Elmpt received notes, and the Ambassadors are referring to St.
orders to advance with a part of our troops tautened at
Krajowa. On this occasion a battalion of the regiment Petersburg. I have reason to believe- that thereara very serious apprehensions that Turkey will be
of infantry at Tobolsk, with two pieces of cannon, and
forced to that alternative,r and I know that in Con-
some Cossacks, which, under the command of Colonel de
Baumgarten, commanding the regiment, formed the ad-
stantinople such is the result anticipated."
vanced guard of the detachment, occupied the village of
The answer of-Russia,
to the .declaration of ,y Pance
on-
s the Paris corres
Fr
Tchetati. At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 19th ult.,
dent of the Chronicle,
the Turkish cavalry, to the number of 1,500 to 2,000 men, and England, with respect to the entry of the com-
appeared before that village, andattacked our battalion at bined fleets into the Black Sea, is at last known.
four different times, but were repulsed each time by the It appears that it arrived in London on the 22d
musketry and grape of our troops, and obliged to retire on inst., in order that it might, in the first instance,
Gounia andMolda wit,afterlosing, according to the account be communicated to the English Government. M.
of the inhabitants, 60 men in killed and wounded. On de Kisseleff, to whom the same despatch had been
our side, Ensign Soudschilovsky was slightly wounded transmitted, was instructed to wait for the answer
in the arm. On th other points of the Danube nothing to be given to M. de Brunow, before communi-
took place between the 6th and the 23d ult.
eating the document to M. Drouyn de Lhuys.
"The Commandant-in-Chief of the Corps of the Cau-
casus Russian note expresses the astonishment felt
casus announces, under date of the 14th December, that
by the Emperor Nicholas on learning that orders
our position on the Turkish frontier is strongly guaran-
teed by our victories of the 6th, 14th, and 19th Novem- had been sent to the combined fleets to enter the
ber. According to accounts received at Tiflis the Black Sea ; and declares that, before giving a for-
Turkish corps beaten on the heights of Baschkadyk. mal answer to the declaration to that effect, he
Lar, was connhanded not by the Seraskier Abdi-Pacha, considers it necessary to have some categorical ex-
but by Reis-Akhmet-Pacha. After the affair of the 2d planations as to the attitude to be assumed by the
November, at Bazandouri, the former was inclined to fleets. He requires to know if France and England
avoid a decisive battle with us ; but, having met with a were about to abandon their neutrality ; or,
if on
spirit of insubordination among the Pachas under his the contrary, they were about to become parties to
orders, he retired to Kars. Reis-Akhmet-Pacha, who the war carried on by Turkey against succeeded him, accepted the battle, and by h Russia. On
is presump- these points the Emperor demans peremptory and
November."
tion exposed the Turkish troops to the defeat of the 19th
categorical answers.
We have a more detailed account of the passage The movements of M. de Kisseleff have become
of the Danube :—Very early in the morning of the events of public importance. Not only did he at-
tend the ball at the Tuileries on Monday, but he 12th General Engelhardt, with 2,000 men, crossed
attended the reception at the Princess Mathilde's
the Danube from Galatz in boats, and after Navin gon Wednesday, and is to dine to-day with the Em-
burned down the bushes on the island and bank of peror and Empress. But, notwithstanding this,
the river, and set two Turkish villages on fire, he
proceeded to throw up entrenchments. Towards the I understand that he holds himself in readiness to
leave Paris on short notice. Since Wednesday, M.
evening the approach of a Turkish corps was an-
flounced, de Kisseleff has begun to speak of a trip which he
ounced, but up to eight o'clock no hostilities had
taken place.
was credibly related that when the Turks has some intention of making to Belgium, during
It
which he will leave the affairs of his mission under
the care of M. Balabine and M. Tolstoi.
showed themselves, the Russians went on board Letters have been received from the Balearic
their vessels and returned to Galatz. Operations
Islands, which state that an American war-steamer
of any magnitude are impossible near the spot where
has put into Mahon, on board of which is the am-
and is landed, as the soil is naturally boggy,
bassador extraordinary of the United States, now
and is just now little better than a morass. On the
Bth June, 1828, the Russians crossed the river on his way to Constantinople.
lower down at a place in Bessarabia, called Satunovo, The Moniteur announces that, in obedience to
almost opposite Isaktschi, but if the Turks had then orders sent to the prefects by the Minister of the
I
behaved half as well as they do now, the attempt
must have signally failed. A handful of Cossacks the departmental archives previous to 1790.
urse,
and Japers crossed, and some unaccountable panic The Emperor has granted, from his rivy
a sum of 3,000 f. to the Abbe Daras, director p
of the
seized the Turks, for a corps of 10,000.0 r 12,000
Institute of the Deaf and Dumb at Soissoils, for
of a church.
cavalry, which was posted near the spot, fled with-
the
out striking a blow. The 3d Russian corps then
occupied the Dobrudscha. The Fremden Blatt By imperial decree dated the 25th a resolution,
of the municipal commission of Paris to the effect
assures us that telegraphic advices have been re-
ceived of the Russians having crossed the river that a sum of 2,500,000 f. shall be allowed for the
active receipts to pay a part of what is called the ac
at Silistria, and occupied that place. This is mere
‘4 contingent personnel Mobilier de 1854," is ap-
nonsense. Silistria lies on a high hill and is very
strongly fortified. On the 12th, 8,000 foot, 2,000 The Bourse was firm yesterday, with .a further
proved of.
horse, and six batteries of the largest calibre
from Germany being considered favourable by the
The Odessa correspondent of the Wanderer, who
crossed from Widdin to Kalafat. Omar Pasha is rise on Wednesday's quotations, the latest news
at Widdin.
speculators. The Three per Cents. opened
at
is generally extremely well informed, wrote on
, 70f. 35e. fell to 70f., rose again to 70f. 50c., and
12th that the first point at which the fleets were to the i closed at 70f. 40e. for the end of the month. The
,
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 98f. 5c.;
touch was Sinope. Troops were continually march- Orleans Railway shares, 1,062 f. 5 ; Rouen)
certain that the Danube would be passed at that
ing through towards Braila, and it was considered 1 1
oe.
940 f. ; Havre, 437 f. 50c ; Great Northern, 755 -
spot or somewhere in the neighbourhood. For some ;Paris and Strasburg, 740 f. ;Paris and Lyons, 840 f.;
days such tremendous quantities of beams, spars, fay- , Lyons to the Mediterranean, 655 f. ; Western of
tines, and artillery have been forwarded, that
it m
no s- France, 555 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 550 f. ;
Shares Great
!
longer admitted of a doubt that the most important Central, 455 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 450 f. ; 1
operations were to be undertaken towards the lower of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 655 f.
end of the Danube. The news from St. Peters-
burg was anything but re-assuring, the command-
SPAIN.
ing officers having received orders to proceed 1 The Madrid Gazette of the 21st contains several
with all possible energy. The only chance of re- decrees opening supplementary credits
creditsreditsto amount
eolVlunit-
storing peace is that the Porte may send a Pleni- I nister of Marine andl War—these
potentiary direct to St. Petersburg, for nothing altogether to about 7
less will satisfy the Emperor. The armaments I Another decree recognises the Supreme Tribunals
throughout the whole Empire surpass all belief." of War and Marine.
Trade was brisk, but the English and French ships Several of the members of the Tribunal who
were evidently
in a hurry to be off. Perfectly voted against the Government
in the Senate have
credible advices of the 11th from St. Petersburg been excluded from it, and General Villa Camps confirm the report of a new emission emission of has been chosen President, and General Espeleia,
Bank notes to the amount of 60,000,000 silver Vice-president.
roubles. The organisation of all the reserve bat- The Epoca says that the placing on the retired
talions has been ordered. We learn from Warsaw list of Generals San Miguel, Chacon, Ros de Olano,
that on the 6th a part of the infantry corps, under Serrano, Manzano' Messina, and Zabala, which had
General Paniutin, received orders to march. The been shortly expected, had been postponed.
strength of the army of occupation in Poland is The Diario says that the pay of captains-gene-