Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14

on the Sunday the 25h there does NOT appear to-
Lord Pamerston to be any good reason why the pubc
service of the country should be stayed and npeded by
HOLIDAY in the Government Offices Monday, the 26tk
December when there will be religious observances to
attend TO-"
His Lordshp does seem to have an idea that Christ
mas day is universally regarded holyday feas. and
Festivals and that there millions of protesting chris
ans who do not keep the day with any particular reli
gous obseryances Though the Government officials viii
thus lose their hoyday through the decision of the er
chief Of the Home Department the mercantile and trad
ing public will generally observe the day as strict holy
day
We have really no heart to enter upon survey Of the
Eastern question 1t is every hour becoming more COM
pcated The Persans have already been brought into ON
alliance with Russia, thus opening road to India ON
that side, at the least, furnishing enemy to the
at present victorious Turks in Asia We would that Eng
land should maintain peace price short of dshonor
but in this dull December weather. and after reading al
most every London paper Of the day. overcome
either by the heavy atmosphere the depressing and
direfuly forbodng articles of the newspapers that
left for England to take but war; for
peace purchased any price could not be enduring
without complete recastng of the political drama
At length something like official accounts of the fight
at Sinope have been received 1t appears that
Turkish frgaes destroyed blythe Russians and that
Russian ship and two Russian frigates had been
tied The result although very disastrous to the Turks,
is not nearly much first reported. The loss
of the Turks in the engagement the borders Turk
Armenia is also reduced from FIVE thousand to one
thousand and this last is Vienna statement But
admitting it, it is much than counterbalaneed By
| Turkish victories in that quarter.
The price Of wheat in Mark-ane has advanced nearly
5s the quarter during the week The price wheat
is 63s to 76s per quarter and of white wheat 7ls
S3s Attention is again called to the duty Of ls
quarter levied upon all imported grain Although this
to be trae yet its effects important II is
calculated that for shilling quarter grain may be
ried two hundred miles; or, in other words rise in
price of Is the quarter enables ship to sail two hun
dred miles further in search of market The Is.
duty, therefore, limits the market far as ships can
| supply it, by radius Of two hundred miles This is
important consideration, that the wants of the
Continent causing higher prices there and under the
| certainty that our own crops very short
Notwithstanding unfavorable and the disjont-
ed condition of the Government, the English stock mar
ke has, during the last three days. absolutely advanced
The that the English and French had entered
the Black Sea- and the recollection that the Car had
stated that their doing would be regarded decla
ration Of has made the money market decidedly less
! firm this morning l..
we nnu the loHoWlng extraordinary news from Aus
tralia in Bristol paper, addressed Joseph Abraham
Esq, of that city:
"HoBARr-TowN, SEPTEMBER s, 1853.-Knowng how
deeply interesting respecting Australia be
to youI write to inform you of great discovery that
has again been made the Geelong side, about six
miles from the They have been digging very Deep
and have table Of gold hundred feet from the
surface apparently inexhaustble. All tell you re-
specng it is, that the peoples minds partly turned
from the immense discovery Every tub full of earth they
raise from these holes contains pounds weight of gold
The they dig the inexhaustibe it appears At
Geelong umult has broken out amongst the diggers
The Government has sent up all the military quel the
disturbances and the marines of her Majestys ship
Electra mounting guard the treasury and sailors
of the above steamer Of mount sentry the banks
The military from Van Dieman's Land about to be
dispatched to Melbourne to aid the military already
there. Goodness only knows how all this will end.
"HoBARr-TowN SEPT. 5.-By the steamer from Gee
long this day find that gold quarry has been dscov-
erned Geelong 100 to 1870 feet from the surface Of
the earth, putting all other dggngs in the shade Eigh-
teen thousand have been taken in three days
by few persons, and one person has got lump weigh
ing 100 pounds in one solid piece. This is exaggera-
| ton and the greatest excitement prevails"
i DECEMBER 23.--ihe of this morning is porten-
tous of the coming storm The Cabinet Council safe FIVE
hours and half yesterday Nothing is known of their
exception Of course of Lord PALMERsToN although it
has yet been officially stated that his resignation has
| been accepted.
London Stock E1change.-Consos94 94s 945 Bank Stock
219 to 220.
Paris Bourse, latest ycsterday-Three per cents TAI
6Oc; Four-and-ahalfs l0lf 30c.; Bank Shares 1920.