The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,TUEsDAY, JANUARY 12, 1841.

consequent on the repeal, in cases where leases
have been entered into under the faith that the
present law would be continued. We honour the
British agriculturists, we detest the cupidity of
the owners of rent and rent charges, and while
we think the League should do all it can to re-
assure the former, and encourage them to make
common cause with the manufacturer, as they have
a common interest, in order to get rid of the Corn-
law, it should go on boldly, setting the latter at de-
fiance, for their sole object in keeping up this law
is to enrich themselves at the expense of others.
Nor have the farmers been so prosperous since
the Corn-laws were enacted, as to make it a diffi-
cult task to persuade them that it is disgraceful, as
well as disadvantageous, to be the instruments for
levying a tax of 275. per quarter on the food of
the labourer, in order to hand it over to the receivers
of rent and rent charges.
We have no doubt the League and the active
agents it employs will work these points well on
the spot, and convince both the farmers and the
saddlers' ironmongers that they cannot possibly lose
by the change. They have powerful reasons for
exerting themselves. If the election of Walsall
be carried against the League, it may give up all
hope of repeal this year; if the League can carry
the election, there is good reason to believe that the
Ministers would then feel themselves constrained
to undertake at least a modification of the law. Re-
pealers throughout the kingdom, as well as at
Walsall, you are all on trial, and your reputation is
at stake !

The following extract from the Monmouthshire
Merlin sets at rest all the speculations on the sub-
ject of the treatment of Mr. FROST. It is what
might be expected, and is 119 otherwise than credit-
able to the authorities::—

JOHN FROST.—A letter has this week been received
by the family of John Frost, in Newport, dated
Port Arthur, 4th July, in which he gives a de-
tail of his voyage from the Cape of Good
Hope, whence he dated his former letter, to Ho-
bart Town, and from thence to Port Arthur. The
contents of this letter, which we have from the best autho-
rity, will serve to set aside the contradictory speculations
of the London papers. Frost states that, on reaching
Hobart Town, on the 30th of June, he was given to
understand that some ameliorating arrangement had
been determined on respecting him, Williams, and
Jones—that they were not to experience the rigours
of a penal settlement. Without being allowed to
land, they were sent from Hobart Town to Port
Arthur, where they arrived on the 4th of July, and were
brought to the office of the Commandant, where the rules
for their future government were read to them. These
rules Frost describes as stringent, but nevertheless such
as he shall be able to comply with. He states that
there was a marked distinction made between himself
and his companions and the other convicts—that while
the latter were sent off to the hard occupations to
which convicts are consigned, they were employed at
less onerous toils, that Frost was taken into the office of
the Commandant, that Williams was employed in a
subordinate, though not a laborious capacity, on the
public works, and that Jones was appointed to a convict
school. The letter appears to have been written in a
spirit of hope and exhiliration, but no allusion is made
to the extension of a free pardon, which the Standard
has assumed.

We feel absolutely ashamed on being again
compelled to advert to the conduct of the Earl of

CARDIGAN. The history of the 11th Hussars for
the last twelvemonth is a disgrace to the Govern-
ment, and indeed to the people of this country.
The system of oppression and insult so ruthlessly
persevered in by the Commanding Officer, the hu-
miliating submission of brave men to his tyrannical
orders and caprices, the apathy of the Commander-
in. Chief to the indignities inflicted on gentlemen
placed under his protection, and the tardy, forced,
and equivocal censure of acts, any one of which
would have ruined an officer without aristocratical
patronage, are, we believe, unequalled in the most
despotic Government on earth, and can no longer
be endured in a free country like this. If Lord
CARDIGAN is not removed from the army be-
fore the meeting of Parliament, the representa-
tives of the people will be compelled to adopt
resolutions which will be productive of other
results than cashiering his Lordship, or even
dismissing Lord HILL. Enormous taxes are
raised for supporting an efficient army, and
while operations are hampered in India, but
more especially on the coast of China, for want of
troops, we have at home one regiment at least
(how many more, we know not) which is totally
unfit for service, because Lord HILL persists in
subjecting it to the misrule of a commanding officer
already removed from another for misconduct, by
an order of WILLIAM THE FOURTH. Lord
CARDIGAN is comparatively not to blame. He is
spell-bound, like those unfortunate persons in high
life who are addicted by nature to thieving, and
whom no exposure, no disgrace or punishment, can
wean from their low and pilfering habits. The
punishment, therefore, must fall on Lord HILL
and the Government, who allow an incorrigible
offender to debase and disgrace the British army.
Let any man read the account in another
part of The Sun relative to the last act of

the Noble Earl, and deny that the time
is fully come for his second removal.
Dr. SANDHAM is a medical officer of long
standing, has been in India, we believe, for many
years, and is an honour to his profession ; yet, after
every endeavour to suit his conduct to the temper
of his Commanding Officer and avoid a quarrel, he
has been at last compelled to remonstrate, and ask
a temporary relief from the galling bondage. If
this last fit of extravagance does not open the eyes
of Lord HILL, we have no doubt it will convince
Prince ALBERT that he and Lord CARDIGAN

cannot remain in the same regiment. , It appears
that on Friday the Lieutenant-Colonel had a short
interview with his Royal Highness at Windsor, the
result of which will probably transpire in a few
days. Let us hope, for the sake of the army, that
the result will be such as every man of honour and
independent spirit anticipates.

Among the mass_of private intelligence from China
brought by the overland mail, were a number of let-
ters addressed to commercial establishments and indi-
viduals, which only.now begin to be communicated
to the newspapers, and which represent, we regret
to find, the success of Admiral EL LIOT'S expe-
dition to the mouth of the Peiho, as likely to be
less successful than the first accounts led us to
believe. In a word, they represent the Gallant
Admiral as bamboozled by the Emperor of
CHINA, who is said to be as wily a diplotna-
list as LIN himself. The verbal concessions
made to the Admiral, are stated to have had
no other object than to remove the British
fleet from a position in which it could dictate
terms to the Celestial Government, and where its
very appearance for any length of time would open
the eyes of the Chinese to the weakness of the
tyranny which oppresses and enslaves them. We
ourselves stated that any retrograde movement of
the British forces, before due satisfaction was ob-
tained, would be attributed to fear, and the follow-
ing Imperial Edict, forwarded to Canton, after the
conference with the Admiral at the mouth of the
PofEthßelA,Lth
mE.D.InCoTt.
.the 20th year of
Peiho, proves that we were not in the least mistaken :
" On the 9th"dlaMy
Taouk wang, (Oct. 4, 1840), the Governor of Canto-II
opened the following despatch from the Privy Council:—
" On the 22d day of the 9th moon (Sept. 17), the fol.
lowing Imperial Edict was received
" Lately, because the English barbarians came to
Teensin, and presented a document of complaint ; ar d I,
perceiving that its style was respectful and 01)r:client craving, with the utmost degree of earnestness, for the'
bestowal of Imperial favour and kindness, it wa• right
me to order Keshen to prepare, with tke greate
at atten for
tion
and care, a perspicuous edict, forbidding a
,e English to
cause any disturbance or confusion, but to allow them to
go to Canton, and there to knock heads, and state their
complaints, and if really any just causes, Aif complaint
ce..

Feared, the said great Minister should certainly in their
behalf make and transmit a report, and beg for the Impe-
rial favour.

" It is authenticated that formerly Keshen reported,
saying that the said barbarians heard and received the Im-
perial instructions and commands.
Now the whole of the English squadron have already
moved their helms, and returned to the southward, after
having made a report, saying that along the whole coast
hostilities should cease on both sides, and that they dared
not produce causes of disturbance ; but if they were at-
tacked, then their power and strength would make it diffi-
cult for them to restrain from returning the blow ; and
one-half of the Tinghae troops also may bs first with-
drawn.'

The said barbarians, for their former disobedient and
disorderly conduct, which, although it has been caused by
excitement, is deserving of that indignation which sets
the hair on end, and raises the cap from the head—ought
to have been immediately exterminated had they conti-
nued it

" At present, Treenchou, in Fuhkecn, Taepoo, in Che-
keang, l'aoushan and Sungming in Kcangsoe, all seaport
towns, have successively, with their thundering cannon, at-
tacked the barbarian ships, and crushed their daring spirit ;
and the said foreigners having already assented, or ex-
pressed their desire, to come and represent their complaints
and beg for imperial favour certainly the causes of what
has passed must be searched to the bottom.
" To-day I have directed Keshen to assume the rank
and power of an imperial envoy, and to travel post-haste to
Canton, to inquire into and manage the circumstance* of
the business; after his arrival there, he must certainly
manage and settle everything securely.
" Yet I am apprehensive that the Governors and Lieut.-
Governors of the maritive provinces may be ignorant of
the present state of circumstances. I, therefore, espe-
cially order E Lepoo, &c., to send five a hundred leading
proclamation that all may accordingly obey, and that it
may be seen at all important passes; and that they may
acknowledge the same in fending and warding off. If one or
more sails of those barbarians' ships are anchored at sea,
it is not necessary to open fire upon them ; but it is of im-
portance to keep a strict guard, and not :o be the first to
attack ; but the severest and most secret arrangements must
be established ; there must not be the least appearance of
disorder or remissness ; this is of the utmost importance.
I order that to.dAy Keshen's original document, with
the English barbarian's rough draft (takaou, not a respect.
ful term) with the said barbarian's reply, be copied and
sent to E Lepoo to be by him examined, and let these or-
ders be forwarded at the rate of 1500 a day, that all may
know them."

Here the Chinese arrogance is more offensive than
ever. The EMPEROR makes the performance of
the Ko-Tou, or nine prostrations before the
yellow screen, the preliminary step on the pat t of
the English to any negotiation. The very Com-
missioners who arc to examine their claims are
commanded to treat them as a race of barbarian
tributaries, not as conquerors, and to regard
their resistance to the former Imperial edicts
relative to the opium trade, as deserving
of death. It is not imperial justice which
they are made to demand, but imperial
clemency which they are represented as
having most humbly implored. The EM-
PEROR also states that Admiral ELLIOT
had consented to withdraw half the Bri-
tish force from the Island of Chusan a
statement which it would be highly derogatory to
the talents and character of the humblest officer
attached to the expedition to suppose contained a
syllable of truth. Still we begin to be rather ap-
prehensive that the expedition has not realized time
hopes which we had a right to expect from it.
But as we hourly await the appearance of the offi-
cial despatches, we shall conclude for the present
with the following extract from a letter from Chu-
san, which contains matter enough for grave con-
sideration on the part of Lord PALMERSTON, and
the people of England :

CHUSAN, SEPT. 39

Here we arc, regularly taken in. After coming all this
distance with an ample force to arrange the existing dis.
putes between the British and the Imperial Governments,
we are referred back to the local Government of Canton,
and old Lin, who the Emperor admits has deceived him,
is to be judge of his own cause, and again allowed to
transmit his version of the affair to the Court of Pekin, so
that between Lin and Pin (the former stumbling-
blocks) the references of the worthy Commissioner
to the Emperor, and those of the Admiral to Lord
Auckland, we bid fair to remain here until orders
from home requiring the abandonment of such ab-
surd half measures shall arrive. The negociations at Can-
ton will, as in every othcr•instancc of Chinese diplomacy,
be conducted on their parts with every sort of dissimulation
and evasion. Procrastination is one of their chief cards
—Talleyrand himself would scarcely be a match for either
of the Imperial statesmen, much less our sincere, candid,
straightforward Admiral who we fear will be weathered
upon by his Celestial Majesty. The ruse of getting the
expedition to remove from the vicinity of the coast during
the north-east monsoon is excellent. The cunning
rascals know very well that whilst it continues
—4. e., from October until March, no sailing-
vessels could again return here, so that, except-
ing the steamers, they would remain unmolested
by us in this locality until next summer. You
will have all sorts of accounts home respecting our won•.
derful success, but, depend upon it, the payment for the
opium, and the resumption of trade, are as distant as ever,
and should even the bait take of our accepting, Lantao for
Chucan, the consequence will be a mere return to the an-
noyances and extortions so long suffered by us from the
local Government of Canton ; Lord Palmerston would in
less than 12 months be obliged to send a less compliant officer
to the:mouth of the Peiho, with orders more stringent than
those which, from the fact of our being so easily jockeyed,
appear to have influenced the Admiral. None of us could
imagine that, after all the expense incurred for obtaining
redress from the Imperial Government, the affair would
end in our being referred to the cause of the dispute (the
local Government of Canton) for satisfaction. All will
laugh at us, and the result, so say those amongst the shore-
going men who know the Chinese character thoroughly,
will be a vexatious failure : this, when we really had an op-
portunity of obtaining a proper and dignified position, is
most discouraging.

Lisbon papers of the 4th instant have been re-
ceived by express from Falmouth. On the 2d
Majestyordinary Queen Donna MARIA,
lary session of the Cortes.
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She appeared in excellent health, and was escorted
to the hall of the Cortes by a squadron of the 2d
Lancers and some companies of Municipal Guards.
The senators in attendance were few in number
—not more than two-thirds of those required
to constitute a Legislative Assembly having
arrived in the capital. The QUEEN was warmly
greeted, and having taken her seat on the Throne,
read in a clear and audible voice the following
speech :

" Gentlemen,—During the brief interval that has elapsed
, since the closing of the last extraordinary session and this
day, on which you arc again called together by the funda-
mental law of the monarchy, an unexpected and most
serious political occurrence has placed my Government in
a situation to require more than ever the convocation of
the national representatives, in whose patriotism and wis-
dom both I and they fully confide.
" It is painful to me to have to announce to you that the
Government of her Catholic Majesty has, in reference to
the question of the navigation of the Douro, presented an
unjust demand, to which it was not possible for me to ac-
cede, and which has given ground for serious fears of an
intention to break the alliance and friendship which, to
their mutual advantage, have subsisted between the two
nations.

" I have found myself, therefore, under the necessity cf
taking such measures as circumstances demanded, in order,
in any case that might arise, to maintain inviolate the Con-
stitution of the State, and preserve the dignity of the
Crown and national independence, in the hope that we
may succeed in removing unjust suspicions, and put an end
to a misunderstanding which, without foundation, has been
created,

--7-I.fittho face of such an occurrence, my Government
could not but communicate, as it effectively did, to the
Government of her Britannic Majesty the state of this
affair, in order to claim, Whehiever it might he 11cCC9
nary, the fulfilment of the treaties of alliance between
the two Crowns. And, in order to prove the tair.
ness of our proceedings, my Government subsequently
declared that it would accept the mediation of her
Brßamie Majesty, if
the Spanish Government on its
part would also accept it. I considered it, however, indis-
pensable to have recourse at once to the extraordinary
means which the constitution of the State affords to G)-
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" The efforts which this occurrence has rendered in.
dispensable hare unfortunately impeded the definite orga.
nization of our financial system, which demands ro much
the attention of the Coital, and which I th, retort) re-
commend still more earnestly to your utmost solicitude.
" It is proper, too, that the ChAmbers occupy them—
selves with the discussion of our commercial relations with
different countries ; and my Government will soon lay be-
fore you the Treaty which has been made with the United
States of America.
" In the interior of the kingdom public order has been
Maintained, and the labours necessary for the execution of
the organic laws voted by you in the last session arc pro-
ceeding.
" In the ultramarine provinces industry is beginning to
revive. My Government will, at a suitable opportunity,
propose to you such measures as it may deem most expe-
dient for the benefit:of that interesting portion of the mo-
narchy.
" The manifestation of public spirit throughout the
whole kingdom has been such as was to be expected from
the Portuguese nation, which will ever preserve the glo-
rious name transmitted to it by our forefathers.
" The session is opened."
It affords us pleasure to learn that notwithstand-

ing the base efforts of a popular faction lin Portu-
gal to create in the hearts of the Portuguese a feel-
ing of hatred and distrust of this country, when
the repose of the Peninsula was threatened it was to
England that the Portuguese Government first
looked for a friendly mediator. That the Spanish
Government, after the proofs it has had of the dis-
interested friendship of Great Britain, should have
offered to leave the question of the navigation of
the Douro to British arbitration, would hare oc-
casioned
us no surprise whatever. Nothing would
have seemed more natural—more a mere matter of
course. But the case is different when we find that
the first proposal for such arbitration came from
Portugal. But independently of the confidence
which this offer o❑ the part of Portugal proves it
to repose in the good faith of England, it argues a
disposition on the part of the Portuguese Govern-
ment to arrange the navigation of the Douro on a
liberal footing. It is already well known to the
Cabinet of Lisbon that England cannot support
the view which Portugal has taken upon this
question. More than once has it been intimated to
the Portuguese Ministry that the British Cabinet
disapproved of the selfish and illiberal proceedings
of the Cortes, with respect to the Douro 4aviga-
tion. We may therefore conclude, with a high
degree of probability, that the Portuguese Govern-
ment not only wishes to settle the Douro question
amicably, but that it desires that the final arrange-
ment shall be on as liberal a footing as a commer-
cial country like England shall judge to be mu-
tually beneficial to the commercial and agricultural
interests of Portugal and Spain.
The Portuguese Government has resolved to
perform a tardy act of justice towards the British
officers who served in the Portuguese army from
the French invasion to 1820. Their arrears of
pensions, amounting to 320,0001. sterling, are to
be paid in ten four-monthly instalments.
The following is the latest shipping intellitrence :
Arrived on the Ist instant, the Trinculo, British brig of
war, from Madeira and Gibraltar. The brig Homer, of
Sunderland, J. H. Nixon, master, from Odessa in 111
days, and Malta in 59, bound to London, laden with wheat,
put in, being very leaky, and short of provisions, is yet
under quarantine, and will probably, after receiving pra-
tique, be obliged to discharge her cargo. The Iberia steam-
packet, from London and Falmouth, with the mail of the
26th ult. On the 2d the Tagus steam-packet, from Gib-
raltar and Cadiz. A rumour prevailed at the former port
that the British ships, Bellerophon, of the line, Pique and
Castor frigates, and Zebra brig, had (without date) en-
countered a heavy gale of wind off the coast of Syria, the
titter being entirely lost, with three of her crew ; the line
of battle ship was obliged to throw her guns overboard, the
Castor rolled her masts over the side, and the Piqpe sus-
tined the loss of mainmast and bowsprit. Sailed on the
2d, the Iberia, for Cadiz and Gibraltar.
Foreign ships of war in the Tagus--Trinculo, British ;
La Coquette corvette, French ; Brandy wine, United
States; and Marie Louise schooner, Belgian.

The Paris Journals of Friday have been re-
ceived, but those of Saturday are still in arrear,
owing to the stormy state of the weather in the
Channel. All the news in these papers will be
found under the head " France" in another part of
77w Sun.

The latest arrivals from Madrid are to the Ist
instant. On the 31st, the Duchess of VICTo aIA
entered the capital escorted by forty horsemen.
The pres 3, both Ministerial and Opposition was
crying out for a war with Portugal. Six steamers
of 400 horse power were ordered by the Spanish
Government to be built at Passages. The capital
was tranquil. Fives 28 for cash.

We received last night the French papers of
Saturday. The news brought by them is not im-
portant. On Friday the Chamber of Deputies
met, and after a brief discussion on a Bill rela-
tive to judicial sales of property, broke up, as,
on a division, it was found there was not a suffi-
cient number of Members present to form a
House. The Journals, in general, are very mo-
derate in their tone, and are occupied chiefly with
articles relative to Spain, the late accounts of our
operations on the coast of China, and the re-
ported collision between a vessel belonging to the East
India Company and a ship belonging to Bordeaux,
to which they attach much importance. Despatches
had been received from Marshal VALLEE, dated
Algiers, Dec. 22, but they contain no news of
importance. The colony was said to be perfectly
travquil. In the Court of Assize at Paris, M.
THORE, author of a work entitled " The Truth
on Democracy," was condemned to one year's im-
prisonment, and a fine of 1,000 francs. The fol-
lowing are the only extracts worth quoting
_ _

The Messager of Friday evening says that the
French Government had received news from Alexandria
of the 24th ; from Beyrout, of the 7th ; and from D t-
manus, of the Bth of December. At the latter date
Ibrahim Pacha was at Damascus. On the Ist, the
troops from Adana, Aleppo, and other places, had re-
joined him, making his army amount to 40,000 men,
of which 20,000 were regular troops. On the 24th of
November an Emir of the Mutualis having endea-
voured, at the head of a corps of 4,000 men, to excite
a rebellion in the Haurao, Ibrahim Pacha attacked and
destroyed them. The prisoners were all massacred.
The desertion from the Egyptian army was diminished,
but Ibrahim had been forsaken by another chief of the
Druses, who heretofore had rendered him great service.
Letters from Spain, of the 3d instant, boast of the
tranquillity of the capital, and the favourable commence-
ment of the year. The priest Perez de Arellano, who
exercised, up to December 31, the functions of Apos-
tolical Nuncio, though destitute of sufficient authority,
had been ordered to leave the capital by the Duke of
Victoria. A squadron of twenty horse was appointed
to escort him to the frontiers. The documents to this
effect are published in the Madrid Gazette of the Ist.
ARMING OF RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA.—The Deutsche
Blatt says, according to letters from Warsaw of De-
cember 20, that a Russian army of 120,000 men, with
420 pieces of cannon, is to be collected on the left bank
of the Vistula by the first days of May. It is to be
under the command of Generals Krentz, Rudioger,
Prince Sokobocoski, and Kajzacof.
Under date Berlin, December 22, the Gazette of
Eberfeld says that orders have been given to put all the
Prussian fortresses, even those of the north and cast,
iu a state of defence.

IRON STEAMER.—The iron steamer mentioned
in the following account, taken from an American paper,
is one of the largest iron steam-vessels afloat, her dimen-
sions being► about 170 feet long, and 28 feet beam. She
was built by Mr. John Laird, of North Birkenhead, for A.
Pope, Esq., of Mobile ; and from her light draft of water
and speed, is particularly well adapted for the Mobile
river.—" Iron Steamer.—The new Iron steamer, W. W.
Fry, was ready to sail from Louisville on the 12th inst.
for Mobile, touching at New Orleans. The Louisville
Journal says of her, We can assure the citizens of Al-
barna, that they will have in her the noblest steam craft
ever launched in American waters. Her hull is entirely
of iron, and is divided into four water-tight Compart-
ments. The iron ribs arc nine inches thick, and the outer
iron covering half an inch. She is superbly finished, ap-
pointed, and furnished. Her berths are unrivalled mat-
tresses of curled hair. On a trial run she showed that she
possesses great speed.'"—Liverpool Albion.
TII E PRESIDENT'S AIESSAGE.—ThiS dOCII-
Ment Itas not yet reached England, the strong easterly winds
which have so long prevailed preventing the packet ship
Sheffield, which is expected to bring it, firm, working up
Channel. If neither the Sheffield nor the Toronto, ex-
iceted eft Portsmouth, should arrive on or before Thurs.
,lay, the Royal mail steamer Caledonia, which was to leave
Boston on the Ist instant, and which will be due at this
port on Thursday night or Friday morning, will most cer-
tainly bring copies of the message, and three weeks' news
besides...-Livelpool Albion.
THE AGGREGATE NIEETING OF IRISH It E-
-11',EMERS.—We publish this morning a portion of the sig.
,iatutes attached to the requisition for the Great Reform
Meeting of the 15:h. As a rranifestaton of strength and
determination, of energy and public spirit, on the part of
the Irish Reformers, it far exceeds anyth'ng of the sort we
ever recollect to have seen in print. In every respect it is a
most important document, end not the less so because of
it; pledging the requisitionists to continued exertion until
the rights of the Irish people having been completely vin-
dicated and triu-npliantly achieved.—Dublin Freeman.
[To this requisition we find affixed the names of 34 Peers,
one Bishop (Twain), the son of a Noble Marquis, 11
Hon,urables, one of the Tory family of Trench ; one
Roman Catholic Bishop and 9 Bishops, 20 Baronets, 2
Counts (de Salis and d'Alton), 49 Menthe's of Parlia-
ment, 42 Deputy-Lieutenants of counties, and some thou-
sands of names of gentlemen of station, property, and in-
telligence throughout every part of the sister country. The
whole list occupies nearly six columns of the Dublin
papers, presenting such an array of names as no public do-
cutnent hitherto signed in Ireland could boast of.]
An instance of the severity of the weather at
sea, was afforded by a flock of wid geese being seen, on
Monday morning, as far inland as the top of Muirton
Locks. They alighted on a turnip field, and one of their
number PM 11110t...171Vellted$ COuriAr.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, MONDAY EVENING.
It is satisfactory to notice in the latest accounts from
Turkey, the marked symptoms of improvement that
have begun to show themselves in the general commerce
of the Sultan's dominions, since the successful termi-
nation of the war in Syria. The Foreign trade of Con-
stantinople is expected to become particularly active,
and the shipments of produce to and from Trieste,
which bad dwindled down a year sines to a very low
ebb, have already become more considerable. The
mercantile interests feel mote confidence in the stabi-
lity of the Ottoman Government, and are gratified at
its improved standing in the scale of nations.
The consumption of Tea in London is already in-
creasing.

The acceptance of the agency of the United States
Bank by Messrs. Morrison and Shaw seems to have
given much satisfaction in the city.
The Funds closed heavily this afternoon. Consols
for Money and Account at 89,1 ; Exchequer Bills at
9s. to 11s. pren.iurn ; India Bonds at Bs. discount ; and
the Reduced Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 98}
to India Stock was firm at 246 to '247.
The news received to-day from Lisbon, to the effect
that the Queen, in her opening speech to the Cortes,
had expressed her willingness to accept the media-
tion of Great Britain, had but little influence on the
market value of Portuguese Stock, the New Five per
Cents, being dull at 32 to it, and the Three per Cents.
at 20. Spanish Active Bonds were also heavy, at
at about 24 to which is a trifle lower than on Sa-
turday. The Passive Stock was at q- ; Mexican
Stock was at 281, and Colombian at 24 to 23a these
prices showing a slight reduction.
The Railway Shares were not quite so buoyant to-
day, and to effect sales lower quotations were taken.

(From The Sun of Last Night )
We have a very late delivery of letters and papers this
morning, owing to the roads being heavy.
LIVERPOOL. COTTON MARKET, JAN. 9.—The sales to-
day are 4,000 bags, of which 150 Bahia at 87id.; 10 Ma-
ranham 61d. 81.1.; 50 Egyptians told. 121 d.: 300 Surat
5d., and the remainder American, at steady rates.
Sunday, no arrivals from New York.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JANUARY 9.
We have had a fair amount of business doing to-day at
steady prices, and the market closes firmly. Manchester
and Leedi 82 ; Ildves 31 to 311; ill-nicheFter and Bir-
mingham, 26 ; do. Extension 3 to ;_q ; Edinburgh and
Glasgow, 29.7“ Hull and Selby, 441 ; Eastern Counties
Debentures 5 13-16; North Midland, 83 to 85 ; Halves,
.
41 to 42; Midland Counties, 82 to 84 ; Quarters, 151
to 16 ; London and Birmingham, 173 to 175 : Soutb
Western 59 to 591; Manchester and Salford Bank, MI,

Accounts in the French Papers from Marmorizza (Asia
Minor), of the 18th December, state that the English
fleet and Austrian squadron have been for several days
past assembled in these roads, to the number of thirteen
English ships, two frigates (Austrian), with several
smaller vessels. Commodore Napier arrived on the Bth
with six ship.;, and was on board the Powerful. He was
saluted by the different ships. Several transports sailed
yesterday fur Beyrout with Turkish troops on board, and
on the 14th the Crescent sailed for the same destination
with several Austrian officers. It is said that 300 sub-
officers of the same nation are to embark at Trieste.
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday's
date.

BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, Jan. B.—The prices received
from Paris of the sth inst. were lower, and our National
Funds did not maintain the high prices of yesterday, all of
them lowered, the Actions of the Society of Commerce
excepted ; they were much sought after, opened at 158, and
remained at 1581 159 after the closing of the Bourse.
Some sales of Ardoin's Spanish caused them to fall
per cent. ; they remained at 22i after the close ; Cou-
pons, 18,1.
A report prevailed in the Bourse of Amsterdam that his
Majesty Frederick William, to facilitate the financial ne-
gociationa still pending between Belgium and Holland,
had resumed his personal pretentions on our country. Tbk
report is also in circulation at the Hague.
A letter from Frankfort of the 4th January, in the Grt
zettc of Cologne, gives a positive denial to all that tilt
French Journals state on the pretended project of an a!
liance between Russia and France, and that the said alli•
ante, says the letter, will not frighten the German State.
as well as England.

Accounts from Constantinople state that when the Ad
miral perceived that the Circassians were taking the for
tress of Ghcicngik, he opened on them a terrible fire, bu
all his efforts could not prevent the fall of thitplace. The,
remains now only the fortress of Anapa to be taken, whirl'
the Circassians arc on the point of attacking.
A letter of the 31st December states as positive that
Mehemet Ali hai obtained the hereditary Pachalic of
Egypt. The decision of the Divan was about the 17th of
December.

Consols, which left off on Saturday at 85g4 fur the Ac-
count, are rather flat at present, and may be quoted at
891 ; Reduced, 90k ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 pram. ;
Bank Stock, 1631 1641 ; India Stock, 244 246.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is heavy, left off
on Saturday at 241 a, at present 244-; Deferred, 121 k-;
Passive, 6k ; Portuguese same as they left :off, 321;
Three per Cents., 1.02 ; Brazilian, 70} 711 Colombian
same, 231 24 ; Mexican same, 284 29 ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents. 508 ; Five per Cents. 98:1 4.
-
SHARES.—Great Western, 28 29 prem. ; New, 13 14
prem. ; London and Brighton, ; Blackwall,
44 34 dis. ; Birmingham, 83 85 prem. ; Southampton,
58 59 per shire ; Croydon, 124- per share ; Green4ich,
8 9 per share; Manchester and Birmingham, 15 13 dis. ;
South-Eastern and Dover, 14,1 14 dis.

The Lisbon mails have arrived, by which we learn that
the Cortes was opened on the 2d inst. with a speech from
her:Majesty in person, which exclusively relates to the Douro
question, and i❑ which her Majesty leaves the abova ques-
tion to the mediation of her Britannic Mjesty. It also
appears that the Portuguese Government his come to the
resolution of paying the pensions due to the British offi-
cers who served in the Portugese army during the Penin-
sular war up to the year 1820, amounting to 320,0001.
sterling, in 10 four monthly ins!alments
Exchange upon London at 30 days' sight, 52 to 53 per
milrei.

The above mail was brought by the Tagus steam-packet.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Great Western
Ditto New
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and South Western 3B - .. to
' North Midland, (New)
York and North Midland
iNtrivEs.
Real Del Monte, Registered ... 63} —
Ditto Unregistered
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 9.
3 per Cent. Consols
Three and Half Stock 974 Grand Canal Stock ...... ...
Ditto Reduced ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent,., 87L
Ditto New, 1830
3. per Cent. Debs. - i Royal Canal Stock
To the present time the British Market is heavy, and
Consols may be quoted at 89. a ;12- for the opening. Little has
been doing in the course of the morning. Reduced, 90 ;
Ex-
chequer Bills, lower, 11 9 premium ; Bank Stock, 1641 ;
India Steck, 246 247, better.
In the Foreign Market very little business, except in
Spanish Active, which may be quoted at 24+ -il ; Mexican,
281 ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 20, have been 201 ; in
the Five per Cents. nothing done; Dutch Two. and-a-
Half per Cents. .50+ ; Five per Cents., nothing done. '
Ia the Share Market very little doing, all are Lower.
Great Western, 92 ; Ditto, New, 62i ; Ditto, Fifths, 10 ;
London and Brighton, 434 ; London and South Western,
57i ; North Midland, 40 ; York and North Midland, 71.
No further arrivals to the present hour.
CLOSING PRICES.
_BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red 894 Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 894 Ditto Old Annuities
3 per Cent Red........ 984 Ditto New Annuities ,
New 31- per Cent .. ... 97L Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2,0 9pm
New 5 per Cent ... ...... Ditto .500/ 9pm
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small l2 pin
Jan. 1860. l3 1-16 Bank Stock for Acct ... 164
Oct 1859 — India Stock for Acct -...—
Jan. 1860 ... -
FOREIGN FUNDS.
A ustrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. 62A
Belgian, 5 per cent 9Bi Ditto, New Ditto.....
Brazilian Bonds ....
BuenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent....
Chilian, 6 per cunt
Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 24,i
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred
Danish, 3 per cent..... French,s per cent... —f. —e,
Greek, 1825, spereent. Exchange —f. —c,
Mexican, 5 per cent.... 286 French,3 per cent —f, —e,
Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 21- per cent 5Ol
Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. Ditto, .5 per cent..... 95'4
SHARES. ~.4

Eastern Counties Railway Debs. (2 paid) 5i
Great Western Railway (65 paid) 94
Ditto New Shares (50 paid) .., . ••• 63i
Ditto Fifths( 4 paid) lO
London and Brighton Railway (50 paid)
London and Blackwall Railway (22k pd) 181
London and South Western Railway .....-- 575
London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) 124
North Midland Railway (iOO paid) —
Ditto New Shares (40 paid)
South Eastern and Dover (28 paid )...
York and North Midland Railway (50 pd) 71

We hear that Mr. Justice Coleridge's last cir-
cuit is likely to come before Parliament—we shall not,
therefore, add another word, save the expression of a hope
that some reiormation of the system :sill be attempted.--
Wcsterit Time 3.

Sir Fraueis Burdett intends leaving town early
in the week for Stowe, in order to be present at the annual
Conservative festival, which takes place at Buckingham
on the 13th. The Earl of Orkney and several distin-
guished persons are expected at Stowe during the week.
There will be a grand Conservative ball at the Town Hall
on the ]sth.

A CUMBERLAND PlE.—Many a cockney eye
has, era now, gaz,d with astonishment on the wonders of
what the Cumberland bard has so graphically described as
a " top stan'ing pie ;" but few of them have looked upon
one of such rare dimensions anti exquisite workmanship as
that which a few days ago was placed upon the table of the
Chief Tithe Commissioner, as a present from some of his
many kind-hearted Cumberland friends. It weighed six
stones, was two yards and a quarter in circumference; and
contained two geese, two turkeys, two hares, a brace of
partridges, a brace of grouse, a brace of black game, a
pheasant, two tongues, and several smaller birds, berdes
all the seasoning and other provocatives to an appetite.
The gift was accompanied by an Address, "To William
Blamire, Esq., Honorary President of the Inglewood Agri- •
cultural Sooiety.".. Carlisle Journal,

MORNiNG EDITION

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince
Albert took the diversion of coursing this morning in iii
Home Park and Slopes, attended by Lord Afire
Paget, Colonel Bouverie, and Dr. Pretorius.
Prince George of Cambridge, the Earl of Errol.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Lady Fano'
Cowper will arrive this evening on a visit to her Ma-
jesty. The Earl of Uxbridge will have the honour of
dining with the Royal party at the Castle in the evening•
The Rev. Dr. Short and Sir James Clark left the
Castle this morning.
Her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent have not left
the Castle to-day owing to the unfavourable state of tit°
cather.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
left Cambridge (louse at five o'clock yesterday after'
noon on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle.
His Excellency Chekib Effendi, the Turkish Ambit/.
sador arrived at Bryanston-square, on Saturday more'
ing, from Paris, by way of Dover.
Mr. MeHiss had an interview with Lord John Roe
sell vestßrday, at the Colonial-office.
The- Postmaster-General had an interview with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Marquis of Normanby returned to town 101 l
evening from Brighton.
Despatches from Major-General Napier, Governor
of the Cope of Good Hope, were received yesterday st
the Colonial-office.