The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-13 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Austrian, Gazette e 'ins the following oh-
m servations on the reply made by Count de Cavour
to the note of Count de Buol :—"lt is evident from
different journals of Europe that the reply of Count
de Cavour has bad a certain success among the gen-
tlemen of the press. We can understand this, for
the reply is t 3 the note of Count de Buol what a
brilliant article in a journal is to a serious political
manifesto, which seeks l- as to make fine phrases
than to point out an existing evil. When the French
Government complained in the Congress of Paris of
the excesses of the Belg:an press, the complaints only
applied to the Opposition journals. But the situation
of the Sardinian press towards Austria is qu:te dif-
ferent. The invectives ma le use of in Sardinia
against Austria do not appear only in the opposi-
tion and republican journals, but in the organs
which represent the Government in its internal dis-
cussions, and which receive at least some intima-
tions on foreign questions. This part of the Sar-
dinian press is not absolutely independent, and
Count de Cavour cannot, as regards th'sejournals,
refer to the freedom of the press which exists in
Belgium. The note of Count de Buol was not ad-
dressed to the Cabinet of Turin for the purpose of
bringing about any change in the law on tie Sar-
dinian press, but to show the Government of that
country that the source of the poison was well
known. The Sardinian reply has thf-refore skil-
fully turned the question, by reminding Austria
that she has a right to prosecute the journals be-
fore the Sardinian trlbunals. Austria neither
seeks toprosecute nor to have punishments inflicted
on journalists; but she makes her complaints be-
, fore the tribunal of 'he European Governments and
of all impartial men, against thosa who are, we will
not say, the authors of disorder, but who' favour
it by not exercising their influence over these
organs, in order to make them assume a more
supportable demeanour towards a neighbouring
country. What Count de Cavour says of the
Austrian journals is incorrect. It is iu the first
place wrong to think that the Austrian press is
completely deprived of any free wilt., The Go-
vernment only exercises a negative irfluence over
it, and that
press is as independent for the mani-
festation
be
sthat o f
permittedany other country.
in
s
no
of Sardinia as a ( Austria to
represent
rs t doubtlessothe
it
would ideasi
g
*Alger for the
repo
s- of Italy, or to attack the rights of Sardinia
,over Genoa, or to excite the consem tves of Italy
to a plot against the Sardinian Governme it. When I ,
title Austrian jouruale have at times made use of

bitter exptessions against Sardinia, it has been from
he indis visa; -le necessity of act.ns in self-defence.
The ..A.nstran tress does t of wrt,e a systematic war
against tie Sardinian consti uti 41, nor in general
again Et her policy, when tie latt::r does n,t inter-
fere wi h Austrian affairs. But one would Le de-
void of every pateotic s-ntiment to coolly suppott
the torrent of abase wh;ch constAntly rushing
from Sardinia over tie Emperor and the country!
unlc.sitwere to be with the coldness of contempt."

MONEY MARKET

AND
COIVIMKRCIPT, INTELLIGENOM

CITY, Two o'Cereex.
Letts from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday manifested a dull and heavy ap-
pearance, and prices are without any meter:al
alteration. The sales were estimated at from 5,003
t 3 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken on specu-
lation, The Railway Shire Market closed steadily,
4121(1 Prices slightly advanced.
public sales of Foreign and Colonial Wool
Which will terminate on the 17th inst., are progress-
ing_ very firmly, the enhanced prices realised at the
rnimencement of the series being fully maintained,
leAPt for some of the inferior descriptions of Cape,
ich are ld. to I,la. per lb. cheaper. The atten-
dance of buyers is still favourable, but it is noticed
that
1. the representatives of several foreign houses,
'laving, no doubt, supplied their wants, have de-
Parted,
In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets
is week there has been very little animation, and
,T
_°44l purchases have been principally confined to
immediate wants. Sugar has been rather firmer,
but the quantity disposed of by public auction has
been small. For coffee the' e has been very little
inquiry, but no particular alteration in prices has
occurred. The public sales of tea held yesterday
Went off quietly, the dealers being desirous of
Perusing their letters by the overland mail before
extending their operations. Rice has been steady.
Cocoa at higher prices, and rum quiet, at previous
values. Saltpetre has been inactive, and cochineal
rather lower. Tallow has ruled rather firmer, and
realises full rates.
It is now ascertained that all the gold by the
Mermaid and Blackwall has been taken for the
Continent. Even this supply has not proved suf-
ficient to satisfy the immediate demand, and
a further sum of 5,0007. was withdrawn from
the Bank yesterday. Most of the gold by
the Blackwell was secured for the Bank
of France, and as purchases of silver are
being prosecuted the drain from this side is ex-
pectad to go on as rapidly as before. About 10,0001.
as been announced from Sydney this morning by
the Wooloomooloo, which has arrived in
eighty-three days, and further supplies are
expected in the course of the next fort-
night. Unless large remittances soon come in
and remain here, it is evident that the stock of
Precious metals in the Bank of England must ma-
terially diminish. The Return to be published this
evening is expected to show a decline, but net to
any great extent. The Bank of France monthly
statement, published in an other column, is considered
encouraging, as it shows an increase in the bullion
and a decrease in the discounts and advances. Still
it appears that the authorities are compelled to ob-
tain assistance from this country through purchases
of gold, which, combined with the demand for
giver, necessarily lead to a heavy exportation from
this side.
At the special meeting of the East Kent Rail-
'way Company to-day, Sir John Tylden in the chair,
a resolution was pawed for raising 233,3331. on de-
bentures, notexceediug 5 per cent. per annum.
The annual meeting of the Van Diemen's Land
Company is just terminated. The report was, on
the whole, satisfactory, showing an inert ase of land
sales, and that a new settlement was being planned
Out under favourable prospects. It appeared from
the accounts that a balance of 2,9861. was at
bankers. A dividend of 10e. per share was declared
at the end of 1856. The report was adopted.
No alteration of importance has occurred in the
English Stock Market to-day, and the prices have
remained at their previous range. A few opera-
tions have been effected, but they were not of a
nature to influence values. The expectation that
the Bank of England return to be published this
.the
will prove unfavourable tends to depress
-,bue market, but it is the general position of mone-
tary affairs which has most weight with the opera-
tors. Consols have been 931 # for money and
93i for the account. The 5 per Cents. have been
dealt in at 1143/4. Exchequer Bills are par to 3s.
premium and the Bonds 981.
The transactions in the Foreign Stock Market
have been of a very limited character, but in most
instances at fully former quotations. Peruvian
ti per Cents. 781 T 1, Spanish 3 per Cents. 41.
Mexican were firm at 221, and Turkish 6 per Cents.
improved to 97i.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7 ; Mexi-
can 221 23 ; Peruvian, 41 per Cents , 78 80 ;
ditto Three per Cents., 55 57 ; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 45 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; do,
per cents., 97 99; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 41
ditto New Deferred, 241 5 ; Ditto Certificates,
; Ditto Passive, 5i 6.
Messrs. D. Bell, Son, arid Co., report that there
has been increased activity in the market for Ame-
rican Securities during the past week. A fair de-
mand has existed for State stocks, and a fresh bu-
siness has been done in the favourite railway
bonds :

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1%8...105i 106
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1.868-105i 106
Alabama 5 per Cent..... ... 78 80
STATE SECURITIES.
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds)...
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds).
Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk.
1841-1871... 40 42
Bonds
Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 80 81
Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 82i 83
Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 84 86
LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77
RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage,
not Convertible 1875... 911 921
Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 87 89
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
Bonds 1860...108 110
Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid.... 32 33 p
Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860...
Do. do. do. 1869... 91. 93
NOW York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93 95
New York Central 6 per Cent., not
Convertible 1883... 80 82
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage 1883... 85 87
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 80 82
N. York and Erie 7 por Cent. Sinking
Fund 1875... 83 85
Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... 9'.
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. ist M0rt.1880... 89 CO
The Railway Share Market, this morning has
exhibited increased heaviness, and a depreciation
in values to the extent of fully to per cent. has
Wien place on most of the chief linPs, more par-
ticularly in Great Northern, the decline on which
is about 1/. 10s. Brighton have receded 55., South-
Western ss. Midland ss. North-E tstern (Ber-
wick) ss. to 10s. North-Eastain York ss. Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, ss. ; and South-
Easern 10s. Very li'tle business has been done
in the Foreign and Colonial undertakings.
Paris and Lyons declined ss. Sambre and
Meuse, Lombardo-Venetian and Great Western of
Canada were dealt in at yesterday's quo'atione.
In Mining Shares the only transaction reported
on the Stock Exchange has been in United Mexi-
can at 4i.
Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous are very in-
active. City Bank have fallen 11 108. ; Ottoman
Bank, ss. to 10s. ; and Union of Australia, ss.
Canada Land Shares have im proved 2.

... 89 91
...101 102

BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —MIS DAY.
( Iron) the Official List:) .

I notneso done

Bulk Stock Shut
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93s
3 per Cent. Console Annuities 93 1 a i
5 per Cent. Annuities. 1146
I idle Bonds, £lOOO
Consols for Account ...... .. 931
E &chequer Bills, 26(1.
• par
£lOOO .......... ...... ......
£5OO .......................................... par*
Smell ................. .. ...................... pa
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cont. ..........
98
Ditto. 1659 ............ ...
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY.
urenada New Active, 21 per Cent......... 22k
Mexican 3 .... 22 3i
Ditto Accountp e r . Cent
.. ............................................ ........... ‘,.
.: i
t, 8
Per twia• n Bonds 46 per Cent .................. 716 1 1
Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent....
Ditto, 46 per Cent. . , . 981 1 X
ll'ani'll Bowie. •3 •per C....t: .........
Ditto Account , en ................ 4l 6
Ditto New Defe ..
.
Turkith Pontlz. 6 rredl3 Per Con ..........23
Ditto
DAtevicrat ...,t1; .......................... 97 i a
per cent , i
° above payable in Lonlc n.
Consols, toone THREE (Y CLOCK.
Ditto A Y ............
. wouut (4 . ................. 93k $
Prn 8) ................ 93i i
Tii-

_.ie late arrivals of Australian gold were delivered
yesterday, and nearly the whole was purchased on ac-
count of the Bank of France. The remainder scarcely
sufficed for the general wants of the market, and about
5,0001. was taken from the Bank. Tan AMERICAN lilans.—Southampton,
—The United States' mail stearoship Wednesday,A a Lines, I
arrived in the river last night from Have
and sailed
hence for New York at noon to-day, with the English,
French, and German mails. She takes out 90 passen-
gers from Havre, and 14 from Southampton ; $132,000
in specie, value about 26,400/. E t erlin g, from Havre ;
1,356 Spanish doubloons, wine 4,7001., from So than
ton ; and 475 tons of general cargo. The Fulton, Capt.
Wotton, beLnging to the same line, is due at this port
rom New York on the 18th inst.
SECRET SERVICE.—The estimate for "secret service"
for the current year is 32,000/., and 10,0001. is to be
TOW " on account."

CONFIDENCE IN THEGOVERMENT,

MEETING THIS' DAY.
A large and influential meeting of the electors of the
City of London, cornpri&ng merchant-, bankers, traders,
and others, was hell this afternoon at the Guildhall—
' the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presiding—" to take
into consideration the decision recently come to by the
House of Commons', relative to the affairs at Canton,
and to express its high confidence in her Majesty's
Government."
Long before two o'clock, the hour for commencing
the business of the meeting, the ball was densely crowded.
The interval between the assembling of the electors
and the commencement of the business of the meeting
was devoted to the usual ebulitions of popular feeling on
such occasions as these. The names of the favourites on
the popular side of the question were loudly cheered,
whilst those on the opposite side were received with
groans, hisses, and other unmistakeable tokens of dis-
approbation. The whole being interspersed with a
variety of songs of liberty, the Marseiflaise Hymn
being the favourite, the strains of which rever-
berated through the vaulted ball, to the surprise and
astonishment of those sober guardians of the building
—Gog and Magog.
At two o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived, and was
loudly cheered. He was accompanied by Messrs.
Raikes, Currie (candidate), J. Dillon, Crawford (candi-
date), Serjeant Ballantine, W. J. Hall, Deputy Dakin,
Oliveira, E l win James, Q.C., Sheriff Keats, Alderman
Wire, Whitehurat, Alderman Sir J. Duke, M.P. (can-
didate), and other gentlemen of influence.
The LORD MAYOR, in opening the business of the
meeting, said that he had called it at the request of 800
electors of the C►ty. Recalled on them to give all an im-
partial hearing. The reading of the object of the meet.
ing was received with mingled expressions of approval
and disapprobation.
The following is the resolution to be submitted to the
meeting by Mr. Raikes Currie, seconded by Mr.
Dillon :

" That Lord Palmerston having undertaken the Go-
vernment of this country under circumstances of ex-
treme difficulty, and in the crisis of a great war which
he successfully carried to the issue of an honourable
peace is entitled to the thanks of the country, and hav-
ing by an adverse vote of the House of Commons been,
in fact, censured for hie policy in reference to the pro-
ceedings at Canton—this meeting feels called upon to
express its conviction that from the position of affairs
in China and the past proceedings there, no other course
was fairly open to a British statesman, or was compati-
ble with safety to the property and lives of our fell.m-
countrymen in that quarter, and with the honour and
dignity of the nation."
There was a great diversity of opinion amongst those
present, especially to the expressions used by the various
speakers relative to the peace lately concluded being an
honourable one, that the country was in a Inirishing
condition, and supporting the present Government.
To this resolution the following amendment was
submitted to the meeting by Mr. MORLEY :
"That this meeting detests Bureauacy, which is con-
tinental despotism, of which Sir George Grey, the Home
Secretary, is the director. That this system has been
acted on by Lord Palmerston's Government, and is
closely connected with, and dependent on, the Episcopal
church of the land ; and because this church is the rallying
point for jobbing corruptiouists and centralising tyrants,
increases taxation, and is one of the causes of the pre-
sent awful state of society. This meeting declares its
belief that it is the bounden duty of every one to
exert all constitutional means to sever the Church from
the State, and will vote for no man at the ensuing elec-
tion that will not.give this pledge."
The resolution was adopted by a very large majority,
the amendment having be n previously negatived.
The fel!owir,g questions to ask candidates were exten-
sively circulated in the ba 1 by the movers of the amend-
ment :

"1. Will you, by all constitutional means, as with
your vote in Parliament, try to sever the union between
Church and State, compelling each denomination to
support its own place of worship and institution ?
2. Will you immediately insist on 100 Inspectors to
be sent out, throughout Great Britain, by and under
the authority of the charity commissioners, to ► xAmine,
on the spot, into all the property left for charitable or edu-
catioual purposes, and where no injury would be dune,
support one general act to apply the real amount to the
general education of the country, on the principle of civil
equity, making the Bible, without note or comment, the
standard school-book—purely as week-day schools--
neither extemporising on theology or a catechism to be
taught ?
3. Will you support a bill to enforce one uniform
Weight and Measure throughout Great Britain, and
give powers to a person defrauded, either in weight,
measure, or adulteration, to summon the person cfl•:nd-
irg before a magistrate, without the intervention of a
third party ?
4. Will you support an alteration of the law of debtor
and creditor, supporting the poor but honest debtor, and
punishing the rogues, with such men as the directors of
certain banks?

5. Will you restore to Englishmen local self-govern-
ment, substituting supervi,ion, with corrective powers,
to appeal t the County
.Court of the district against
improper or fraudulent accounts ? Other irregularities
by appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench.
6. Will you insist on non-interference in the affairs of
foreign countries, insisting that the Foreign Minister
shall exert the moral influence of this country in favour
of civil and religious liberty, to its utmost limit ?
7. Will you vote for a measure limiting the duration
of Parliament to three years, retaining nomination, and
addressing the constituencies as at present ? The votes to
be taken by voters' papers, as for Poor Law Guardians
8. Will you carry out free trade measures, entering
into a British league, for our colonies, and trading with
foreigners on the principle of reciprocity !