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

TIDE Ci 15, 1,, 0 DON, WEDNESDAY EVEN 1' r'T MA Y 21 , 185 6.

a rising and adventurous nation. Au hououra6-le

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 !

After all that has been circulated on the sub-
ject of a Secret Treaty, it now appears that there
has been nothing of the kind. Lord PALMERSTON
last night declared that the only treaty concluded
was that which had been laid on the table. This
is very satisfactory, although we confess that we
should have been better pleased if the Premier
had met with a simple negative the question of the
Marquis of GRANBY. We must, however, recollect
that the Noble Lord is an Irish Peer ; he may,
therefore, have followed the precedent supplied by
an Irish witness who, in reply to what he considered
an impertinent and improper interrogatory, said,
" By the virtue of my oath I did not, and whether
I had done so or not I would give the same an-
swer !" Lord PALMERSTON declared that if there
had been a Secret Treaty he should be excused from
making it public, and contrived to excite a laugh
from the "waiters on PROVIDENCE" at the expense
of honest JOSEPH HUME, who was not living to de-
Lud himself--either by denyin,g, or explaining
away, the amusing anecdote. We shall say no-
thing respecting the good taste of the allusion.
That is a point on which every man may judge for
himself. But it is gratifying to know that we
are not privately boun.l to Austria, to even a
greater extent than that contained in the separate
Treaty of the 15th April.

Mr. DISRAELI, in his speech on the Budget,
showed how far our representatives had gone in
entering into such a contract, and the effect which
it must have on the minds of the people of Eu-
rope—and more especially of Italy. Whether
the effect will be all that has been supposed ;
whether it may be to rivet the chains of
Austrian despotism on Italy, and paralyse
the exertions of our brive and faithful Sar
dinian Adios, may be doubted ; but certainly
it is calculated to proluce such results, and, in
whatever point of view it ruly be regarded, must
be considered as a peculiarly infelicitous and un-
toward result of the secret diplo,nacy so strenu-
ously insisted on by the friends of the Coburg-
German influence, now so prevalent in every de-
partment of the State.

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MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, 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 the
Bth, and which met with an accident, has also

come in.

The despatches which she brought left at 0

a.m.

Advices from Sebastopol, of the 6th, state that
;he 17th, 62d, and 631 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 com-
pletely evacuate the Ottoman territory before a
period of six months.

BERLIN, MAY 19.

Cartain new measures, which threaten the ne-
ptiation of foreign securities at the Bourse, have
produced considerable sensation. General Wil-
liams has arrived at St. Petersburg, and -will
shortly return to England. Workmen are still

employed on the fortifications of Revel. At
Archangel, the sailors of the fleet of S.•bastopol
were received with enthusiasm by the people.

HAMBURG, MAY 19.

The MiniAter Burkall ia to accompany the Em-

peror of Russia to Warsaw. It is expected in

Poland. that there will be a general amnesty, that

the University will be re-established, and instrue-
tbn in the Polish language permitted, and that a
Polish guard of 8,000 men will be formed.

FR A.NCE.

PARIS, TUESDAY.

The Mouiteur publishes the official return of the
customs revenue for the month of April, which
amounted to 14,039,172 f., being a decrease of
1,437,006 f. as compared with the corresponding
mouth of last year. The articles contained in this
return which show the greatest decrease are coffee,
290,401 f. ; raw cotton, 292,259 f. ; wool, 361,711 f.;
foreign sugar, 791,015 f. ; sundries, 44,9561. Those
which have increased the most are French colonial
sugar, 384,023 f.; pepper, 85,965 f.; lead, 37, 711 f.;
bar iron, 91;816f. ; cocoa, 13,634 f.
A Paris letter, in the Independarve Beige,
says ;—" The Empress has definitively decided on
carrying into execution a most useful idea. A de-
cree will shortly appear in the Moniteur, declaring
the creches (asylums for young children) to he
public establishments, and assimilating them to
the regulations of hospitals. The Empress thus
enlarges the circle of charitable influence of which
she is the originatress and the centre. She is
already the protectress of establishments for the
education of children, of maternity, of the deaf
and dumb, and of the bliad institutions ; and now
she will likewise be patroness of the creches."
BOURSE, May 20.—The following were the last
quotations :

fr. I.

End of Month.
75 55

4i per Cents 94
3 per Cents 75 20
New Loan 75 50
Bank Shares 4,000 Roman
Credit Itobilier 1,977 51 A.ustrian
Belzian Fire 5........ 97 Spanish Threo3
Piedmontese (5). Rome Debt ......

RAILWAYS-IMB WIWI,

fr c. fr. 0
Of!ost.s - Western 985
Northotn
A' editerranoan ...xd 1,700 Grand Central
C.,:t te

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COTTNIZILCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, Two o'CLoos.
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:AmericansaLiverpoolpnbrdeetswheeceier between
worn3td:tsoseoaornl
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The
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gsoh,ene closedsstooow quali-
tieserroee.
re-
port.soe Estimated
which were taken for export. The sales comprise
100 Bahia, 60. to 7d.; and 500 Surat, 4kd. ta sd.
per lb. The Railway Share Market closed buoy-
antly, and a large business was tratisaced at full
prices, at the current rates of Monday.
The weekly trade report from Antwerp states
that business has been remarkably steady, and
transactiona to a fair amount concluded in the chief
articles imported. The public sales of cotton dur-
ing; the week ranged from 43e. to 69. i. per !, kilo.
for mixed sorts, among which were 151 bales
Louisiana ; good ordinary realised 31c. to 32c. ;
middling, 34c. to 35c ; and good middling, 35ic.
to 36c. per . kilo. The imports comprised 2,756
bales New Orleans, and 656 New Yolk. 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,
but prices made no advance at the close of the
week. Batavia sorts were in demand at 35ic. to
361 c., for St. Domingo 331 c. to 34c. ; Brazil 25e.
to 26c., and ditto superior quality 28c. to 31c. per
half kilo. Tire arrivals from Holland included
1,163 bags. In wool there was a rise in quota-
tions, and the imports comprised 1,508 bales Buenos
Ayres, 92 ditto Monte Video, and 79 bales Eng-
land, and 235 bales La Plata, which were sold at
advanced prices.
A new company, called the " Fibre and Paper
Manufacturing Company, (limited)" is in course of
formation, and the promoters are confident of the
ultimate success of the project, if the capital re-
ed, viz., 10:1),OCO! , is subscribed.
At the adjourned Court of the proprietors of
East India Stock held this day, Lieutenant-Colonel
Sykes in the chair, the resolution for the grant of
5,0001_ a year to the Earl of Dalhousie, late Go-
vernor General of India, agreed to at tho last
meeting, was again submitted for confirmation.
The feeling of opposition was but faintly displayed
on this occasion, so that, after a few observations
fig,n Mr. Twining, the Chairman, Mr. Lewin, and
Mr. Jones, the original motion was carried with
only four dissentients, and the Court adjourned.
The Money Market is now rather easier than for
some time past, but no quotable decline has taken
place in the rates charged for the negotiation of
commercial paper. Tee demand, however, is less
active, and the supply has been augminted by the
surplus deposits sont into Messrs. Rothschild with
app:ica.tious for allotments in the New Loan having
been returned.

The recent improvement iu Consols Lai tempted
a few sellers, whose operations have checked the
upward t ndency in prices. Yesterday a reaction
of to per cent. occurred owing to a pressure of
stock upon the market, but although some sales have
again been effected this morning no further decline
of importance has taken place in the quotations.
Consols for money are 94 4-, and for account they
opened at 9q and have since been 941 *. The
New Scrip is 1' premium. The New 3 per Cents.
are 93;g- Z, and the Reduced 927, to 93. Bank
Stock is firm at 214 to 215. The March Exchequer
Bills are 2s. discount to ls. premium, and the June
ditto have risen to 4s. and is. discount.

The Foreign Stcck Market is very quiet, and the
Turkish Securities during the morning were en-
tirely neglected. Spanish 3 per Cents. have risen
about 4 per cent., viz., to 461 1, and the New De-
ferred are 25i. Russian 4A per Cents. are 95, and
Sarilinian Bonds 94k. Egivelor are SR. Peruvian
41 per Cents. remain at 77-1, and Mexican rule
steady at 23l
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 71 ; Mexi-
can, 23 ; Peruvian, 77 9 ; Ditto 3 per Cents.,
54 6 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 59 52 ; Russian 5
per Cents., 104 6 ; Ditto 4i per Cents., 94 9G ;
Spanish 3 per Cents., 452 461 ; Ditto Deferred,
251 •, Ditto Certificates, 51- 6; Ditto Passive, 7t.
In Railway Shares there is a general decline of
about 55., but in some cases it is rather more. This
downward tendency has been produced by the re-
actionary movement in the Funds. The foreign,
as well as the East Indian and Canadian lines, are
also flatter.

Mines, banks, and miscellaneous shares are quiet.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES.

( From the Oficiat

done.
Bank Stock
utut. Reduced tumultle
3 per Cent Consols ..... . OIA f I d
low 3 p Cont. knnnities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan 1860... 3 3-16
Ditto 3'i Years, expire sth April, 1885... 17 3-16
rndi3 Stock
Culla Bonds, £lOOO ,
Ditto, ;miler k; lOW
Account

1 s'4 13-
Consol Scrip
S ~.enotiaer ifiiA, 34d. Alnrch. June.
0000. .
1.,500 — i 1 d
qm.‘ll — par
Ditto Bonds, ISSS, 3i per Cent.. 9'Ql i
Ditto, 159
PRICgS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent........
Ditto Account .
quador 60,e1s
Mexican 3 per Cent
Ditto Account '
Peruvian Bon Is 4.1,, per Cent
Ditto Account
aussiao Ponds, 7r.22, £ St., 5 per Cont —
Ditto 13 por Cent.
S tdinian iWn,,e, 5 per Cent. . ........
Sprin isi Itouds, 3 per Cent —
Ditto Account - l6l i
Ditto t.: ew t 'derma, 3 per Cero.
Ditto Account
' tit k i,l-, •,nni,, ,i per cent 985 ii
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont.
Ditto Account lO !I I
Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent . ..... —
Ditto Account -29 k
~41,1,• Al' L , ,tittly, ,trti, to •,,,,:o•

.. -
.. 77 9

3eigittn, 2A per G,nt., cx. 25 francs
sato 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs 951
Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders
Ditto Account
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols for Money 94
Ditto Account (June 4)

SLIGO ELECTION COMMITTEE.—This committee me
for the first time yesterday, Mr. Butt in the chair. Mr,
E. James, Q.O , Mr. M J. O'Connell, and Mr. C. Lewis
appeared for the petitioner, Mr. T. P. Semen, ; Mr.
Slade, Q.C., and Mr, Huddleston for Mr. Wynne, the
sitting member. Mr. O'Connell, in the absence of Mr.
E. Janes, opened the case, and, after hearing two or
three witnesses, the committee adjourned till this day.
ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISD (LADY) IN 1556 —A
surprising change has come over the domestic habitudes
of our fair countrywomen. The ladies of the 'United
ingdotti, tip to a recent period, dedicated themselves,
with a pilgrim-like earnestneSS, to hnitting, netting,
spinning, and the various mysteries of the t eta', It
was deemed the most striking mark of attention to word
a set of shirts for a brother or other near relative. The
outfitter has now rendered all such employment on the
part of the female branches of a family completely super-
fluoue, and a lady find it for the most part unnecessary
to "ply the busy needle" in order to provide Geed/ with
various requisitions. Home work is manifestly on the
decline ; and this is a matter of congratulation, for an
improvement in the health of families is a certain conse-
quence. Let us hope:that a oomplete revolution is oc-
curring in these matters, and that health and solid edu-
cation will take the place of sedentary waste of t•titte and
intellect. And if this applies to families resident here)
how much more important is it in connection with those
who are proceeding to India or the C intieent. Messrs.
Jay appear to have foreseen the requirements of the
coming age, and have, eitti much judgment, fitted up
one of the tine-t wale:moles in London, at their Spen-
'alia, 246, Regent street, for the furnishing of ladies'
ready•made linen—awl the utelerlo has already been
most successful. f orning Berald.
SOUND AND UNSOUND MANAGEMENT. --The public
attentien having reoent!y been Called to certain disclo-
sures made with respect to the condition of acme of the
newly-establi-hed assurance companies, there is cons.-
derahte daneer that the cenclusien will be arrived at that
what is really an exceptional case applied generally to
such iestittnions as are of recent origin, end thus mate-
rial injustice may be done to the interests of those so-
cieties whose operations are prudently and honestly con-
ducted Avert from any fraeduleet dealing, it is our
cenvietien that the unefable position of the companies
we allude to has mainly arisen from that eaeerness to
attra,et busine-s which is exhibited by the fallaoious eye-
tern of ton frequent di-tributione of profits--a fatal bar-
rier, in our opinion, to the attainment of perfect security
or lasting proseerity. It is not our wish to draw invi-
dious distinctions, but we propose as a matter of justice
to call attention, as opportunity is afforded us, to tho
healthy progress of such of the modern offices as in our
opinion deserve the support of the pubic. We have,
for instance, recently seen Force pavticulars respecting
the " Sovereign" Life Office, which shows, in an unusual
degree, Ve result of a sound system of management.
That society has, during the last ten years, received
90.000/. for effecting assurances upon upwards of 2,000
lives, only 51 of whom have fallen in, requiring the com-
paratively small sum of 14,8581. to discharge the obliga-
tions thereby created. These figures show that the
greatest care has been taken in the selection of the lives,
and evidence the fact, that as only one-sixth of the trete
iniutes paid have been required to meet claims, the
fends of the office must be considerably augtrented.
From other statements we have reason to believe that
the potation of.this office .is of the eou, (lest• eteesseter,
and may be safely resorted to by those who.wish to take
the precaution no prudent man now neglects..-Globe,
May 9.

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