The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, IV D V v‘r MA y 1 56.

a rising and adventurous nation. An honour .b;e '
peace Why, it hasn't to leave out honour, the
petty merit of being cheap. That's what sort of
a peace it is ! Aye, or no. Will you illumi-
nate your dwellings for it on the 29th ?
that blessed day when a debauched Prince, who
took French bribes, and also, when king, let a Dutch
fleet into the Thames to menace with its thunders
the metropolis of our island home, crept into an
oak tree to save himself from the risk of being sus-
pended from its branches, as he even then deserved.
We can imagine the indignant*" No !" with which
the question will be met by all true-hearted Eng-
lishmen in the metropolis and elsewhere. Let
the Government celebrate its own triumph, at the
people's cost in life, limb, and money, and the
triumph of its back-stair rulers, if it likes. We
have nothing to rejoice for, not even the cessation
for a time of the contemplation of war. Illumi-
nate—not we I

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MARSEILLES, WEDN'ESDAY, MAY 21, 7.35 A. m.
The Euphrate has arrived with advices from

Constantinople of the 12th, and from the Crimea

of the 10th inst.

Despatches leave at 9 a.m.

The English steamers City of Manchester and
Vigo, and the transports Sumroo and Titan, have

arrived with troops from the Crimea.

The Simois, which left Constantinople on th
Bth, and which met with an accident, has als,

come in.

The despatches which she brought left at 9

a.m.

Advices from Sebastopol, of the Gth, state that
the rith, 62d, and 63d Regiments had embarked.

VIENNA, MAY 19.

Intelligence from Constantinople of the 10th
states that a convention has been entered into

between the Porte and the Western Powers by

which the troops of these latter are not to corn

pleteiy evacuate the Ottoman territory before a
period of six months.

BERLIN, MAY 19.

Certain now measures, which threaten the ne-
gotiation of fox eign securities at the Bourse, have
produced considerable sensation. General Wil.

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COMMILCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLocrc.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
heavily, and there was little or no change to re-
port. Americans under 54d. per lb. are the quali-
ties most pressed for sale. The transactions were
estimated between 3,000 and 4,000 bales, 500 of
which were taken for export. The sales comprise
100 Bahia, 61(1. to 7d.; and 500 Surat, 44d. tl sd.
per lb. The Railway Share Market closed buoy-
ly, and a large business was transaced at full
prices, at the current rates of Monday.
The weekly trade report from Antwerp states
bat business has been remarkably steady, and
transactions to a fair amount concluded in the chief
Articles imported. The public sales of cotton dur-
mg the week ranged from 43c. to 693. per -1 kilo.
for mixed sorts, among which were 150 bales
Louisiana ; good ordinary realised 31c. to 32c. ;
niddling,„ 34c. to 35e ; and good middling, 35ic.
to 36e. per 1 kilo. The imports comprised 2,756
bales New Orleans, and 656 New Yoik. The
market for coffee was quiet, with sales of 1,200
bags St. Domingo in first hands. The arrival of
the mail from Rio Janeiro gave great satisfaction,
out prices made no advance at the close of the
week. Batavia sorts were in demand at 35ie. to
364 c., for St. Domingo 331 c. to 34c: ; Brazil 253.
0 26c., and ditto superior quality 28c. to 31c. per
aalf kilo. Tame arrivals from Holland included
1,163 bags. In wool there was a rise in quota-
ions, and the imports comprised 1,508 bales Buenos
Ayres, 92 ditto Monte Video, and 79 bales Eng-
and, and 235 bales La Plata, which were sold at
:Advanced prices.

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