The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-30 00:00:00

FINANCES OF TURKEY.

The following is a statement of the finances of
Turkey :

EXPEXD TURK. Piastres.
Civil List of the Sultan ...... J Imperial 1_ 120,000,000
Pensions granted by the Sultan. Treasury j 25,003,000

145,001,000
War
Ordnance . 25,099,100
Navy
Justice 10,000,000
Public worship and education 24,000,000
Agriculture and püblic works
Police 6,000,000
Foreign affairs
Interior
Finance
Interest of debts contracted in the country, 30,000,000

7C,0,000,000

Or about 6,500,000/. sterling.
REVENUE.

Tithes
House tax, and military subvention paid by
the non-Mussulmen
Custom-house 15J,000,000
Evkap, or pious foundations :administered by

..... 100,000,00
t 0,000,000

the Government
Domains, mines, salt fisheries

79,3,000,000

Or about equal on paper.

Besides these there are the tributes of Egypt,
Tunis, Wallachia, Moldavia, and Servia—iu all
about 50,000,000 of piastres, or about 450,0001.,
which are employed to pay the interests of the
debts contracted in Europe.

Sporting Intelligence.

TATTERSALL'S.-THIIRSDAT.

The outlays were in trifling sums, and it was with dif-
ficulty we were enabled to compile the following scanty
list of quotations :

CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Mr. H. Hi Itovrthorpe (offered)
30 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Schiedam
33 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Vengeance (t nodal)
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Jackson's Lady Tatton (taker)
1000 to 10 agat Mr. J. Parker's Alice (taker)

Two THOUSAND GUINEAS.
9 to 2 agst Mr. Howard's Schiedam (offered)
7to 1 apt Baron Rothschild's Sydney (-aken)
10 to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Lanabourn (taken)
DEBBY.
20 to 1 agst Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurci's Zuyder
Zee (taken)
20 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's M.D. (taken)
40 to 1 agst Lord Londesborougb's Kent (taken)
450 to 10 agst Lord Clifden's colt by Surplice—
Rue Devils taken)
1000 to 15 agst Mr. J. Davidson's sweet William
(taken)

OUNDLE STEEPLECHASES.--Owing to the continuance
of the frost these Steeplechases have been pastpned
sine die.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Jan. 31—Wind this day at noon W.—with

PORTSMOUTH, Jam. 29.—Wiud N. to N.E.—Sailed
lI.M.Str. Dragon, for Plymouth. _ _

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 28.—Wind N.—Off the port—
Ardiracraig, from Liverpool, for Calcutta.

CARDIFF, Jan. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Alblamer-
waned, for Sydney, N.S.W.
MILFORD, Jan. 29.—Wind
ton, from Bristol, for Cardigan, from colli,ion with a brig
in the harbour.

SUNDERLAND, Jan. 29.--sailed—John, for Mel-
bourne.

ILFIVICOMBE, Jan. 29.—The Splash, hence for Bide-
ford, has been got off the rocks.

Blum', Jan: 29.—The Bremen ship Meteor and
Northern Queen sailed from New York on the sth and 21th
Nov. last respectively, both bound for this port, and have
not since be heard of. _ _

itamsGATE, Jau. 29.—The Portuguese brig Leopo:dino is
leaky, having strained by the brig Superior, of Gothen-
burg, listing over on her when the water was being let out
of the harbour.

LONDONDERRY, Jan. 28.-- The Alchymist, from Alex-
andria, which drove on shore in Port rush harbour on the
20th inst., was got off yesterday after partly di,charging.
The principal leak has been stopped, and she makes only
four inches water per hour.
ILTORING, Jan. 23.—The Gesine, of and from Skive, for
Leith, was stranded off Lokken last night ; crew saved.
EMDEN, Jan. 27.—The Rensina, lire° to London,
which was fallen in with derelict, in the ice off the \Vesser
Ems, has been brought in here without much damage.

(PEII ELEOT;;ICI TFLEGBAPTt.)
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Wind S.S.W.

Sailed—Linda, for Pernambuco ; August and Victor,
Sierra Leone; Amity, Seville; Ella A. Clark, New
Orleans.

TM:MOWN, Jan. 23.
Wind N.
Arrived.—Cambria, from Alexandria.
Sailed—Arthur, for Lisbon.

REBUILDINC4 OF WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE.—Last night a
public meeting was held at the Vestry-hall, Kennington-
green, for the purpose of petitioning parliament respect-
ing Westminster-bridge. The time appointed for the
meeting was 6 o'clock, but there were not a dozen per-
sons present. At half-past 6 o'clock there were not
more than 20 in the hall. Mr. Knight wished to know
by whom the meeting had been called. Mr. Roffey, the
vestry clerk, said the vestry had directed the meeting to
be held, in order that leaseholders and tradesmen affected
by the proposed alteration of the site might attend and
express their opinions. It was resolved to adjourn the
meeting for a month.
The Bavarian Government makes known to the public
that no foreign paper money excepting Austrian bank-
notes, will be accepted at the different treasuries of the
State.
LL.tNELLY RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the half yearly
general meeting of the shareholders in this company was
hold at the London Tavern—Mr. J. Biddulph in the
chair. The report, which was of an encouraging nature,
stated that the profit made upon the whole year appli-
cable to dividends, after paying interest on the deben-
tures, was 4,370/. 18s. 11d., of which the dividends
payable on the Five per Cent. Preference Shares ab-
sorbed 1,7801. 2e., leaving 2,590/. lls. 11d, for the
ordinary shares. The report was unanimously adopted,
and a motion was proposed and agreed to declaring a
dividend of 11. per share on the original shares of the
company.
SURREY GARDENS.—MR. THACKERAY'S LECTURES.—
On Wednesday night Mr. Thackeray recommenced his
series of lectures " On the Four George's," at the Surrey.
gardens. The directors acted wisely in securing the consent
of Mr. Thackeray to deliverthese lectures, as we are sure
nothing less popular and intellectual would bring
together in the present season sueh an tudi•
ence as assembled in the Music-ball last night.
Apart from the impressive manner, the brilliant style of
the lecturer, and perhaps the pervading love of scandal
and satire, which add to the fascination of these lectures,
we believe that their general truthfulness and Watteau-
like correctness of detail form the real basis of their
popularity.
ELECTION OF A PROCTOR IN CONVOCATION.—There
was a meeting of beneficed clergymen of the diocess of
Oxford at St. Mary's Church, Oxford, yesterday, to elect
a Proctor in the Lower House of Convocation in the
place of the late ProfeesorHussey. The Bishop of Oxford
presided, and there was a large attendance of clergy.
Mr. Lloyd, one of the Bishop s chaplains, was elected.
THE DETECTIVE POLICE AND THE ELECTRIC TELE-
GRAPE.— On Monday a telegraphic massage was received
by Superintendent Clough, of the Liverpool detective
police, from the superintendent of ponce at the Tower
station, London, informing him that a young man,
named Charles Mendoza, had decamped from London,
and taken with him three valuable diamond rings—one
a diamond hoop, another a large emerald set, in diamonds,
and the other pearl and diamonds. They were of the
value respectively of 101., 20/., and 401. He took also
a gold watch chain and other appendages, valued at up-
wards of 50/. On Tuesday, Carlisle, the detective officer,
met the absconder on the Waterloo-road, Liverpool, and
knowing him from the description arrested him. The
jewellery, it may be stated, Mendoza's sister alleges he
stole from her, as it is at her instance be has been ar-
rested. Carlisle found upon him a first-class passenger
ticket for New York, by the Albert Gallatin, in which
he was about to sail from Liverpool. His arrest was at
once telegraphed to London, and on Wednesday a re•
turn message came requesting his transmission to Lon-
don, whither he was sent the same day, in custody of
1 an officer.