The Express. — London, England, 1856-02-13 00:00:00

RELM to ef tbo INDARRAISBED.—Mr. MAllMAtl i ri==i l dMr awl Miaow a ut fer Os lan er . irfiSMOD. la Norden le SiaM t""atr on OW lia 101•• or lON et Urser PLKSON sod rnaittr i e• Own so. ether proooediess. sad r•srdurt lb* Mime gm Ars, wrist...at impriosamml, to mirror' ihe Mils lk wag b. paid by Usrla fte exprots. 400hreesseasts latindeil;;l:ll,7llZl=7•=s limbs paper, nut be et the Olio, 10, Beeverle4resh Tye *Week se the dme pellleades. HIGH WATIE AT LONDON BRIDGI. Tia DAT-51111111 1 / 1 4, kb. els Altorwo. 7 11. Na. Toikaaaew—Moralas. 7k. Na .Alta a% M. IThi. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. THE motion of Mr. LATER") CO Thursday next will open the whole question of the Crimean Tragedy, and we earnestly hope that Mr. LATAID will be more logical and discreet than he usually is, and that the Government will be honest and outspoken. The cue is pre-eminently simple, and requires only . . . . _ _ to bs plainly stated in ord.; to b; understood. &wady fourteen mouths ago tke country rang with an agony of lamentation over the miseries of oar gallant army. Naked and toilworn, famished and thirsty, wasted by the sword and scourged by the pestilence, that army, victorious amid calamity, had become the ob ject of our keenest pity and of our most passionate prayers. From the Quastr upon the throne to the lowest commoner of the realm then was a mania of charity. The Palucu despatched fur cloaks for his regi ment; noblemen and noblewomen contributed for the offoers—wines, liqueurs, and monster pasties ; for the comma men—tobacco, porter, sad brandy. Multi tudes stripped the clothes hone their backs for bandages and linen for the sick. Storehouses were crammed to overflowing with comforts destined for the Crimea, and vessels were dessaaded in vain to convey them thither. Indeed, such was the acenmelation of stores when they arrived at their destination, that there was neither room to land them nor room to stow them away after they were landed. The state of things was deplorable. And to the people of Eng land it was doubly galling, for, priding themselves upon their practical capacities, they appeared to the world as incompetent administrators. The vein but ill-fated Doke of NEWCASTLE was swept away In the torrent of public discontent. Lord PALMER STON'S foolhardy attempt to play WAT TYLER, and his offer to conduct the investigation into the sauedalous failure of our war system, was laughed to moors. The House of Commons itself undertook the inquiry, and under the auspices of Mr. ROEBUCK it established the fact of suffering but failed to reach the cause. Meanwhile, Sir JOHN WNZILL and CulonelTommat were, by command of the Government, isvestigaiing on the spot the origin of these &eaters. Their first Report, affecting the Coninsimariat, was in the hands of the Government lest Jane : their second Report, affecting the Quartermaster, bears date January, 1838. This Report the Government cannot be permitted to ignore, for the men who wrote it were appointed by themselves, and as yet its accuracy stands unite,- peached. It is indeed a memorable document. Un less the Conetaissioaers laboured under some miracu lous hallucination they have laid their finger upon the mainspring of all the disasters of the winter of 1864-63. Even according to Mr. FREDERICK Pm, the Commissioners Inculpate the conduct of Sir RICHARD AIM and of the Ron. ALEXANDER GORDON. who occupied the .me Aim of Quartermaster-General and Depety-Quirtenerne. ter-Gesesel in the Crimea which tiey . no; ceoupy at the Horse Guards. The various individuals whose professional conduct is stigmatised in the Report are mow preparing their defence. It is only jest that we shield bear their defame. Till that de►eaee is published we swerve ear judgment. Nor are we the less disposed to pur sue this coarse by the fact that we have observed at least one case in which we regret to say one of oar contemporaries, in its eagerness to rapport the aware* of a oorrespeadout, bee, we fear, done swat justice to the widows. of the Qearter areater -General. The lamas= of incapacity we will sot repast in detail : they have Ghostly appeared is them columns. Nevertheless, it may be remem bered that is the December sad Janasry of that fatal winter the misery of the troops was at its height. Bat how shall we epitomise that dreary mese ? Oa that bleak and barren promontory the men lay en mad, with nothing over or wider them exempt a blanket ce a greatcoat, often demehed with =Ware. And yet at that very time, of the 10,000 rags in store —which before the sad of January had ineressed to 51,000—.51y 800 were issued: while, of 26,000 blanket., not one was Ward. Though 11,000 great. outs lay is store at Balaklays, cad 9,000 at fieatari, the. was still a scarcity throughout the army. Battalioas were dying of nervy, while 90,000 pomade of limejaies—the specific for that dissaas—was Is store at Balaklava : members of wretched men were *Meted with morbutio gams usable to est the lionit—bakera ovens, sad Soar in abundasee, sad yet no breed. Thousands of plisse of porter lay at Varna for a whole year, whilst the troops were drinking ditch water. The cavalry eased fearfully ; sad yet the bores* might have been sheltered sailed, for there were materials for banding f sad if hay mad cora amid not be brought to the bombe, the herein might have bleu take* to the hay sad cora. They were at lest takes, bet many of them were so weak that they fell down and died free mere weakens epee the red No ems knew his duties. The Commandeft-la- 1 Chid was apathetic', or too good-satared. The Quartarniseter-General was *boreal of the supplies at his disposal, or bad lost his head. The people of Ragland and the Ministry justified a scarcity. There was, in tact, altandaaffe. The fats of TANTALUS was realimd : Tatala a labels siting hdiset4 e %Pea Manias. The terrible fictions of mythology were trau tined to Weal life. If the Report speaks tree, Sir RICHARD AUDIT aid the Hoe. ALICE /ND= GORDON iseeegod the eternities of the Infantry, whilst the Earls of LIMAN and CARDIGAN did the eau elks far the Cavalry. For them their delinqueseise my Lord CARDI GAN baa been Stied is the streets of London. due. rated by the hands of the Qum herself, sad made Inspeetor-General of Cavalry ; the Earl of Luca', who threatened to pet as akar seder arrest for proposing to teed the hones, he. got a regiment I Bin RICHARD AIRRY la IC.C3 said the Hoe. ALIXANIaI Gossett is C.B. ; aid these two hones sow emery the is.. position at the Horn thuds ter which they were feud iseesepetest to the Crimea. How different has bees the fate of these hey hosam3pathista from that of the luckless metramor who bad the Waimea' to pick up by mere saddest - a dead lamb in a true of ezallest fodder. The Haase of Lords, os hearing the story, was moved to It. depths. The Minister of War sat by tele graph to demand the urns of the mute; sad the ~- THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13. 1856. despatch, like BELMAR'S letter, was intently spread forth on the altar of popular indignatkpo. But whatever may be said of the' inferior ora in the Horse Guards, there is one man who ought sot to escape, sod that is the "Conimander-ispacief— Viscount litmitteoe.. Itdiu leng been notoeions that however gallant he may be In the field, be has not the shadow of faculty for administration. The purity of his appointments is by no means sbcertained, and the selections have hitherto proved mast unfortunate. To go no further than this, Lord HARDINOE knew Lord RAGLAN well. However fitted that nobleman may have been to do the diplomatic part of a general's duty, he was clearly utterly incompetent as a general in the field. Lord HARDINOE therefore ought to bevels sisted on his surrounding himself with a most efficient staff. And the chief care should have been bestowed on :a good Quartermaster General. Nerottoe had his BERTHIER. BLUCHER his ONIIIHINAU, WELLING TON his Sir OROROE MURRAT, NET his JOMINI— Lord RAGLAN his Sir Riontito AIIIT. The Duke of WELLINGTON would have no incom petent officer about him. He made Colonel Goz- DON, who was sent out to him by the Horse Guards, return to England; he refused to keep Sir HUDSON Lows, and he put another officer over the head of Lord CATHCART in 1815. Neither Lord Rumex nor Lord HARDINGE did anything of the sort; and mail Lord HAIDINGE retires from the Horse Guards no reformation in our system need be looked foe. Lord HARDINOI, perhaps, thinks that the storm will blow over—that the people of England having vented their anger are prepared to sit silent. Children cry themselves to sleep—judicious Oakley. look on whilst jealous wives exhaust themselves in hysteria fits—maniaas confined in padded rooms dash themselves to repose. But the British public are neither children, women, nor maniacs. Let not the Commander-in-Chisi presume too mush upon human patience. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (not act owx cenustsvotainv.) • TVIISDAY I‘IIXLWO. • Bares Brunow, the Austen plenipotentiary, lett thrtsbearg for Pails, this "sorting b; the 11 o'clock express train. He is expected in Paris at 10 this evening. His servants and carriages arrived this morning. Baron Brunow will make a sort of tri umphal entry into the Faubourg Bt. Honore. The hotel of the Russian embassy, where the upholsterers have just tloished their work is already illuminated, the gates are thrown wide open, and liveried lacqoeys lounge about the courts, which have been for two years deserted. [We learn by a telegraphic despatch that Baron Brunow reached the Embassy last night at the time indicated by our correepoedent.) Lord Clarendon, Coant de Boot. and Count Cavou r are all expected on the 16th, and Count Orloff about the 18th or 19th. The Dtqtata persists in averting that the condi tions upon which the Allies meant to insist under the head of the Fifth Point ware made known to Russia before the acceptance by that power of the Austrian ultimatum, bat it betrays a want of oonfidence in its own assertion, by proceeding to argue strenuously on behalf of its Russian clients, that the Allies must be very moderate in their requisitions, unless they would incur the imputation of bad faith, sad bring the ne goti.tions to a fruitless issue. _ The Constiluitonnel has an article by M. Grimier de Cassagnsc, in which it in proved that the present high price of all the neoessaries of life, is a sign of the prosperity and wealth of the country. It has been said of old time, that dearness was synonymous with scarcity, and cheapness with plenty—mai, now arena dump 10w4 cula. The 801111111 ►as been extremely animated through out the day. The Rents rose 50c. for cash, and 80r. for account, closing at 731 r. and 73fr. 766. Credit Mobilise rose 16fr. Bank of France fell 7fr. 60a Austrian railways were io great demand, and rose 131 r. Many French railways roes from 10fr. to 15fr. The commission of which M. Stourm, Councillor of State is president, appointed by government to consider the prepositions for the establishment of transatlantic lines of packets, has drawn up • aeries of questions to be answered by the companies. It will be a work of some time to prepare the answers, sod it is not expected that say decision can be come to for the next three months. It has been intimated, I am told, that the following rutes of speed will be stipulated for as a minimum :—for the New York line, ilj knots an hoar; for the Brasile, 8h; and , for the French Antilles, 10/. General Martimprey, the chief of Marshal Pelis sier's staff, who bad come to Paris to sit in the Council of War, bee left for the Crimes Prince Csartoryski and General Count &world had a private audience of the Emperor yesterdaj• General Zamoyski is going to Constantinople to take the command of a regiment of Turkish Cossacks. (11011 AX PARIS, Pal. 11. Baron von Beebaeb, not aa yet baying been deco rated with the Cross of the Legion of Hamer, has made op his mind to be somplesou in some o her way. It is tte cu t observed by every rise invited to the To le n«, to appear tu culottes reardre, black silk storkiage sad at *a. The Bison alms permverel, daring the carnival jest espind, I. ■abisg his appearance at the impute' court dressed in pastaleoas sad wearing boots. Count de Moray the other day said to a muter, who wee talklsg a'. et meigestioa, "Allem dam, more cher, you area 30.000 raison, (reed Imam) pour is pas damn veto destinies ?" Daisy, de Lhays, is order to °MAL the meeptiaos of his resigaatios as siestor, wrote to the ►ighest quarter —ao r.tly. To Minister Yield—De reply. To t►e Pre. skint of the Ilsairo—ao reply. To some ot►sr csatlemea ►oldie' ►ieh sitastiose—so reply. At last he wrote So t►e Biala'? of FULIMOIN, nqeseting him to email his ammo sad snout of salary le the lists of his departmeat. His wish was immediately 'implied with. Bat this Drools de Lheye has aa !atom of his owe of sham ►alt a RODa sad he may play the Cate it he likes acw sad t►se. THE OVERLAND MAIL. , —.— We have reeeived oar advises 1. awtioip►tion of the Overlaed Mail. The dates sen : Calcutta, Jaw 8; Bombay; Jae. 16. The following is from the summary of the Bombay limes of Jan. 18: " On the last day of the year a notification was issued by the Governor-General, intimating that, as the Smiths' insurrection was at an end, the troops engaged in its suppression would return to can tonments ; and this disturbance now quieted, leaves us without a single outrage to chronicle during the fortnight. Neither from Brirmah nor from our north-west frontier hays we either intelli gence of past disturbance or rumours of coming war, and the Nisam's dominions themselves appear to have passed a fortnight in a state of entire tranquillity. Throughout the length and breadth of India profound pesos reigns supreme. _ _ _ " Arrangements for the annexation of Oude appear to be advancing quietly and auspiciously. The Governor-Oeneral has ordered that all furloughs should be stopped, so as to have oar army in a state of the utmost efficiency in the event of their services being required. " From Burnish the only intelligence is au account of a terrible conflagration, which devastated Ran goon on the 10th of December. The origin of the lire is not known; it broke out near the jail, and in a few hours destroyed some eighteen brick warehouses, 180 timber houses, and about 300 bamboo dwelling plates. The commissioner and his assistants exerted themselves to the utmost, but the natives did not stir. Water was not to be procured in sufficient quantities, and a considerable amount of plunder was carried off. The loss, estimated at 160,0001., will fall on the European houses, to whom the native mer chants are largely indebted. " Ihe Queen steamer left Bombay for Aden three days since, for a cruise in the lower part of the Red Bea, with a view of settling some disputes near Jeddah. _ tt The, Governor-General hes just declined aooept log a public entertainment from the Bengal Club on the wore of bad health. He retires from India, as formerly intimated, on the let of March. His suc cessor, Lord Canning, is understood at the present date to be on his way from Suez to Bombay, he is expected here ten days hence, and will spend a week at the Western Presidency. Lord Elphinstone is to return to Bombay to-morrow for hie six weeks tour in Gozerat and Hattiswar, and he will take op his residence at Parell. Sir William Gomm, Commander is Chief of India, is on his way down to Bombay through Slade. He will bs succeeded by General Anson about the Ist of next month, and will not until then quit the limits of his command. The new Commander-in-Chief will receive the re duced allowances of ten thousand a year in place of twenty thousand hitherto enjoyed. " There is a greater demand for money in the mar ket, and the Banks have raised their rates of inte rest. Government and other securities have further declined. The import market is still very dull, al though sales have been extensive at reduced prices; freights have fallen." Abdesis hersbjee. Bdaljoo, sad others, ssy cs. 16,000 to 20,000. TM Europeans wiU of 000110 eons' in fjr a share of the Wen, if not the prinsipal share ; the smaller traders ea will as the surateents who were burnt out being their debtors to a largo Omitting hosts of hats of rnasUer trading shops or stable keepers, there were destroyed 14 'ergs peeks go lowns, 100 pitch houses, god 100 bunko houses. Ooly one or two lives were reported to he lost.—iloadrat Airwomen. Vie eouri. The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Backinsbes Pesos. Baron de Hockachild, the Swedish end Norwegian Miaister, accompanied by Count Chutes Bstastjetes, Chamberlain of his Majesty the King of Sweden sad Mossy, bad ea sadists of bee Majesty. The Earl of Clarendon, K 0., the 0....'. Praimeral See•etary of State foe Foreign affairs, pressated hb Bacallency sad the Coast de Bjornatjerna,wbo were stadactsd by her Majesty's Master of the Cetemotua. The Boa. John Dense Stith, bar Majesty's Easy Bs traordiaary sad Kleist', Pleeirteatisry to the King of Hanover, was presented to the Hawn at ea audience, by the Earl of Clareadon, on missies to his post. The Earl of Clarendon bad en audience of her Majwty. The Queen wee attended by Earl &man, Lord la Waiting, sad Mr. Ormsby Gore, Gloom in Wafting. Pence Albert rode on horseback yesterday moralag, attended by his Equerry la Waltiag. Her Majesty sad t►e Prince, attended by Major-Hawse! Levert* sad Captain Da Plat, visited the Denham of Olsoester, at Gletweater-home, I■ the afternoon. The Queen sad Prams Albert t 000sred the Olympia Theatre with their presence la the evening. The royal snit' aomisted of the Coasts. of Dusts, Bon. Bela rice Byes, How Mary Ballast, Earl Barren, 11 ajw-Oeseral Bonwrie, sad Captain Da Plat. The Comatose of Desert has seeceeded the Dashes of Wellington as the Ledy in Welds'. Earl Soweto arid Mr. K. Ormsby Gore have shaved Lord Dailerin mad Sir Ed ward Bowater as the Lord sad (room In Wait ni to her Mao ty. A degratstiea from the "Railway Pi oprie:or.' Aiso -J. - tiro had as laterview ernh toe Demeanor of the Es eesquer yesterday, it his otheiil whiaraes la Domani genet, apoa the @Mit ct eta redretiea of t4e step es rad. *ar posies The &plastics consisted of Mr. Wiliam Melia. (ebitram), Mr. R Orr, Mr. J. E. Via*, Mr. J. D. I:Winn, Mr. J. Hodson, Mr. J. Singel, Mr. T. T. gi, Mr. Kin h. 11, sad other *salaries. • oeputation, toseining of Vinton Tornagtoa, Sir J. D. &phrase:wet, Mears. Gsrud, J.lly, Hay Cameros, J. 1. Michelin*, aad Dr. from a soaraittee appointed by a pastel waiting of parties leterseted is Lb* CASSUSC t oa if a railway ma Cellos, had aaistovitw with tksßigbt Hoe. H. L'aboseheo, at tes Colosial-ollos, yesterday. • &potation bon the Usity Pro lasariae• Assoistion bad an Interview with the Costollor of the Bschswear yuttr4ay. Ta• &Fistulae masa/tad or Troa-Adisual Sir Watkia Owe. P.ll (ehairnas), Dr. H. Lloyd, alt. A. F. Jackass. sad Mr. Thomas H. Baylis (directors), Mr. This. Tarn (solicitor), sad Mr. 0. I. Penoes ( emu"). Dr. Nib had as isterview neerday with err Get rp Grey at the Hreer-sliee, a posits his instal repast Despatches were receivrid at the Calosial-elles yesterday fon the Gannon el the North Asir rim provisos. TM Judicial Committee of the Peery CW•Sid let yester day in the Conseil Clanks. Jadpsest was gins by the Chases.lor et the Dolby of Contrail la the appeal Goa the Adn nay Coen. " Isatesen v. Carr" Ow Jaws). The noes! toe !angel, " Hosissilass Modwrjaa v. Ones. eausdo Ho, past beard, was easelasted, and judpseet gives by eir William Mole. Au appeal fras Malta, Friziose v. Taglisfaro ' " was part hord. Tke Lords roast were Use Chaserllor of the Dually if Coraw.ll &r J. Patting'', 84 Wa. Mauls, sad Sir Seward Ryas. Tlae Comatose of Farnham dig at Laugagtoa aa Buda', I. her 90th year. The Marehiesess Dowager of Londonderry lass kft Rubinson Bead kr Wyayard Park, where the Uri sad Collates Vase lave arrivrd oa a risk. The Cantatas a/ Westmoreland and ray Rom Pita ►an strived at the Itsaawist awe Hotel, from Drightee._ Tb. Visoosatses Bbringten gave birth to a nos se Beads, kat, at ths Gamily 'sat, Culla HUJ, Dane dike. Lady Benstord has lilt Paris foe her eni'—.. at Vassals,. Mr. billhooks has strived I. &tong)los, hos rhos; W. and Lady Angneta KiMoak', la tin aorta. A (oasty orist;t rib is is s prognseivs star of feematies la Oslerdeldro, s, the tellowtag pulsars k see tensed themselves late s eomatttoe, aideted by the Rem C. nor" r sesterry, eia., the Sr. Z. C. Leloh, Rea. W. Firer ; A. hire. Esq.; C. D.X.rehas, 1•14 ; J. P sessas. The ILraii says 1- 0 A roam having boon pur red, apnea. Umiak the median of t. rehab, prow, that the Bea. Bromley Berkeley was le be bresikt forward Or the 'sooty et 1111/14kees at the twit eked's, we b••• authority t. Neu that web is set the test Kr. Berkeley Wish to preens kimelf far the salreges of hie Wow Misdestals is the wasters divines el Oloseersesehlre." Os Monday, as the Deanery, Carlisle, the wife et tb. Very Boy. the Dose of Ca hie, grore birth to • desibler. OMNI LAII2 11011 IT'S essorns.) WaITIKALL. Pas. 9.—The Qum hie bass pleased to direst n pataat t • be panel melee Ow Sus Seel, ha pawing the miry of a Boroaet it the Udisd Lew Moo et Ciroat Bekaa and tweed aaseLleaddeat Medal Sir Jobs Fos Berpoyar, G.C. 8., sad se eke Mks sato of kis body, lawfully bagottoe. WHISRHALL, Pas. 9.—The Qom has bees pleased N wow the Ray. Themes Petunias Sproule to tiro Rat ter, el &iv Olives, in the borough of ssetkwak , In tit* wears of aoneti, sod Ikons of Wishobestai , the some veld by t signerint of the Ron. bad Roo. Arthur 0.. e l Dover. Foasicia•Omca, Flla. O.—The Queen has bora pleerod the tto 6 ep ppm,* sblie of Pers. ol Me. Renal Koala! se Costal is Lau don Ise BT. Jailash PALACZ, Fla 7.—The Qom has tam i haw, en the rei.ounteedation of the Ykild•Marobel Caminanliap.ia-Chief, is epeeist Captain Angsatue bond Bates, late 31at Rattan*. ono af her Rolfairs Hoseiw able Carps of Gentlanaba-al -rasa, tin Liesteneet-Colasal haws, ileeesied. Sr, Jain'. PALACE, 1 1 126 8.--The Dab, of OM bridrb hoe bees phone' le oppoiat Memos Riassises, 2.4 , Paargeos-liloer Scars Fusilier Owls, is be wpm so kit Royal Bighans. Cat:ma-onm. Faa 12.—Meatheee retemed to men la aisoczt Pudenda. Foh.9. Roebotrat e fildlip Seq., to Ste Ike Ha reeesto Jo silent Ma b ee. abeam* essef Ibeeled of Illowarn of be Ilejosep's Mare • WA 11,111krbeigh, Afro Id ak, bookseller owl la Maks" la the teem of the Itiebe Zoe. Mereloy, am km sinews the dime of elaweit bar Illefeeep's now of Scapa,, ir.C.est7 of Wepeapadadrresapsew. of Latbastw, sad., to do nom of she Woe* (osee noel" sailed Vanessa Dakymple) the kr stooped th e *Zoe of Seaweed of In Moppity's a sear if Nosteredoe. Fob. is, thdr.tway of Corbrdge, doe Bight Host. Horatio Wand*, Maims of Arta, in the ream of the e = Roa. Haag Chrsibere, desehmed. Colonel Lebedeff, editor of the lava& Raw, Is 'Meg et at S it. Petersburg "MN of ketone surto ern ws's& PIEDMONT. The Pimp*le of Tigris devotes a leader to the con sideration of the practical results of the present war, declaring that Austria is the chief galore ea the case now etas& It mays: " Austria undoeitally gains hansenss advantages, if not territory, on the Danube. It is also certain that she increases bar Maumee in the Bast. In • word, she galas all that Ramis loses. Now, it is evident that every secession of strength to Austria is • matter of @scions misoodasse to Piedmont I and, atter all the latter has dome, can Lord Pahassulme wish to be more Austrian than Lord Castlereagh P Or can the government of Napoleon aspire to display more deference to Austria than Louis XVIIL sad the Duke of Richelieu r Considerable excitement wee tweeted at the sitting of the 9th of the Piedmont... Chamber of Deputies, by Oa proems of Gees& de la Marmara, who wee fondly ciwersd, and fee several minium earroanded by a dew crowd of Formal friends eager to speak to Ida. The bashing of the day was unimportant. The Berlin 749, which has many titles to speak oc behalf of the Premien goverment, said, on the 9th :—" It is still immix whether Prises will, or wi•l not, take part in the conferenees which are to apes at Paris on the 21st of this swath. Prussia hesitate@ to wept the Ave propositions, with all the obaigatiose they email, lest mime should become booed by theme in ode of the felon of negotiations. At the sere time it is certain that se peace will be flaally coseluded to which Prussia is sot a party." VIENNA, Paz 11. Coast Bud will leave for Paris to-morrow. Prises dertehakofflua taken o villa am Ilehatebruo for the geoner. The impress has jut entered cm the sixth south of her prepasey. Tits NortUrn 800, whlok nbsista by the especial fausr of the Russian court, puta forward as article os the expected peace. The following is an extract : If Clod rut u pow, we diall lake Measles, of It to provide Ruda with nlorays. If every beds" prtprletor would isnot eve salver maths per anion fir rani of bb serfs la railway stank, I. is *boa the years tba sun dos sited tuna 'lsom sill'oso at sorb wooed smut to 660 name of nine mains. Au es sumo assmst ! Lee the weesbuts, toe, slow a radium to persbne sup, ase tbo set lef minim" bowies the sea-nests will speedily opproei& waspleticw. Ruda will *ea be we lieu Halm teat sew is at rant. It now, lakes twenty-tin bean to get to Yeasaw, a die t 0... of 007 mots) at the nano speed wo doll tasyst bon IS Petenbrag a illnplaseopel (2,081 ant.), ad to Astresbait (2,071 mite) is four days. and got Si Issas is taw tbled rf ay. lis us wash of the artessemies reapestrac tho emus arras of nurriusrliee, but oast a delight It will be, wheel oat t raw weeps al taw esmileisos of war sea he talus has ono spot es swam almost Mks the wke. to a spas ussasse by tb. messy Ihr lausace, suppose's we shield On bore any escudos , . All this mood will lo 15... but we must solo the be/Wasp. "elute Wholesale am arearly pesulteol to 'coalesce nada, sod that is ell we west. Tbs cud Wart! Aaseiseas will terdlelly seat so aspplylng ea wish *UM eligfiller. slid sanihaw MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. OMIULLTITA BT DIATI IN LWDIA MCI VII DSVAZTOBB OP TUB MAIL OIL TUB 21D JAN., 18Sti. Bengal—Llentenent F. Termer, 29M Regiment N.!., et Bombay, on tte 14 b in•lart. Lienteeani-Coloual F. C •.entry, 6th Light Ceviirr, at aes, on tie 25th December, 1866. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. DONUT. JAN. IL We have no change to report in oar ninety market daday the lortaight. further than that mosey le in greater demand. and the Melo bine relied their TWO of Interest 1 per sent It la demotic* poise* bather riie may take place NM • •iiribir decline ham takes pate ha geeemmeat sad ether meta lo the impart market thew Yno The lionele hem the Wirier bare not at all bees lent ask abaeM toe Wee have ben link pokes nohow! woe meets Wee bins Weal bpvtimohshewt.asbeesbeenhYw, The Wow of may mrMttaa ot grey gm& hate Iseilataly lowered. met of slis Niger haw be Me easht war. rYei weft are equi owl Mewed pm& paean: NM oniy be &weed a f ar = peter. 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MIN YratttlYatd la brink dimod‘ sol marl whets Dedicated. .abash the ides has readimell, dedlase. Ise Beams Wei hes* seleelas at le. IA is SA par ossiall. Wein the week us bra lea I brae Woad= la ear asisal the dean/ kr = la seek is partielly I. bat thess his het 11a dregs Is prima sl. thee. 111118111111 ken Oa mime ere mere Ileveen , liens swim la pail= If Om sada the ashram of au Meg man esatime r /man Mil with the progress of Mama al as maw ambit la tar tram hay*" related. The Maly a alistaiorassaanolialser hi Um Bazar la Jam se ma% oat sea eiot Mariassrea Orb, gime la the Bazar, war the alms seleadra. isles of MONO mall Mose* of ti the Make ups. doom • raspoOla of Oto IWO of Bengal hews arse nalemiehla. thot •MO4 at tbs rale Be fa pa eat pas masa opo Os wood Mak at la MO a Os far Os past lialf.par hes dslierel=l". we WM% Os MO Malted ad the lailet ilr asedar masa without altirellae. dim Pow par Cleft Win wad a Sults to fo, red Ossepaefo 'war pa Ora at OA is apa eat dissatutt. Thu aew Thus Noah& iltdr oar nMs Be fwLa pa cat. itiessaat. AA regain Joba Oak Mopeds,' shaft WO has hal so drop et warepreau Ida Os maple ef Oak alleadol ammo wash les doom aft% flu SAO NM wadi to ße seem sashay. of the lot dolled diddled Be la Oa Thuneasn,-111, ram on arca antlemed enslave. the 1111 4 1 = 1. 1 as elaisested quei r es sa f i fr. to fr. Deement 11111 e . to te. I Tening d. to to lad. Oa Chas ere beffle not had at ay tranala, tat the rate wa s* SI pee Wale. leseanee.—Derted Its ennent yea Irw enneganaste et dee kw loft am pina lea tre anis ad Lama a a la ed" sad a a anent stamp et ether alas sede at pear rasa Theassa ter the dement dna Is a ftrepeee as& oft hes ads& At pawn staleils Is gas Ism man ea deeesed. nod es dials se pears lap legi In teas Wait lash mar essieense as raies. The paha ales see pespeeden selhaterily. ly pads asienet Idle labs= Ikea tMedieldel bag C. le K. aid L %/410 meal . Masa at la 17‘ lateshar la data 1a1f144 THE GREAT MIRE AT RANGOON. Aa eye witness of the late Eire at Rangoon has hemmed as with the felkrelner sesiout : Os blendity, Dee. 10, the ery ed fire wee beard through the usu. sad in e short Mu the lakelotsate ertuded in numbers to alums the eel leirstiew, sad the Chrletlea pot ties of them to assist is eadesuariag to extinguish ft.• fin bed prey ()Italy bwisea eat fa the neighbourhood of the goal, destroyieg about 100 huts, him alike the authorities Iliad seared, returned, whoa tbe very seam of the oily, the nits e f the yelesble sad extmelve astir* trade of Raagoon, we &missend to he is jeopardy, is eonsequece of a fin bevies broken oat hameeletely is the rear of this side sad is the &ratite of whisk the wind itafortautely we blowiag at the time. The Are hod mowed the 100 het rood dividieg the Meresatileusue from the for impenteat locality la widish tbe Are *Ousted sad was ereepieg a to the packs ;Users' of the Yepal mereheats, stored with piece p ads sad other vileaWe much. pain. Is Is.. than en bur the An had seised it the temporary reef of bamboos sad sus of the first pucka godows, sad op' ealy alternative wu to whdeawrar to rue Its watests ; se- feettuately, ho rover, them wee bet little sieletseee available. Th. few Never aim sad the uthorldits, civil and emilitary, die all in their sower la malMiag so dreg oat plus loots, to ; bat this proved uslme. SS SS Ilse nomad se Tepidly that the On goad% apturafte is vales hudress of abeemasda sf tepee. wen alleleltiodb deseregied whore they Wass dapaelleg. Tbe tbeeseole sf Ilbseeese peewee die played thee owl Ibillikeesee. Mt M peiles mum d seta Mot as thirpleellielbsa MpasMeltsM ef ;osprey. neural sf tbe peens wee ought la Awe est of aerating valuable.. flesh wee the Modleleat yeetostive erraartmeate that es. menu lastemoss sere obioneil of reeks, tasselling mosey sad valuables hem Dm buds of tbese tadeseuriag to mu them, sad utopias with impanity. A Are eagles wee brought hem the Shwa-yard, sad I worked by the sea of the Nth, but it wee aseltem Ina there Wu little or so water. _ The e nwtstwits of this esisaity will be absolutely velem to the tnde, sad especially to settee trade of =.• with few ea s, Newly the whole of the oe -le4 enterprisisit Mogul lambasts us tter bash es" *skis speedy teller of woe Wad or sibs : is afforded Asa. Prop sty is *optimal of SO lesser raps. booboos deelsoyed. Tbe elNif sedum, miss oppessisaatioa se the MINIM of low sesisised by dors Is es Sanwa : Ars MEW Ws Dimes. I lees; Aga Teske* libiesjok 1 W. s Ibrabis. ss. 00,000 s lisdolee Suds esti Ilirosist s MPS Iffirlads Jaftk, lisljespdepff. AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES. (11LOX 0111 NEW YORK, Jan. 29. Congress is not yet organised. Much as may be said on the subject, it is doubtless true that the chief reason why no Speaker hal been chosen is because the country reposes no confidence whatever in the President or his cabinet. Other reasons are mixed up with these; as, for example, the difference of opinion that exists between the Know-Nothings of the south and a part of the Know-Nothings of the north; end then there are three parties in Congress that wish to maintain their identity and consolidate all their forces preparatory to the next presidential election. First, the Democratic party, which is to send its representatives from every state of the Union to Cincinnati next June, to nominate a candidate for the presidency. Second, the Republican sr Free-Soil party, which will be represented at Pittsburg, Penn sylvania, on Washiogton's birth-day, Feb. 22 ; and lastly, the National Know-Nothings. whose delegates will meet on that same birthday, Feb. 22, in Phila delphia. These parties are now represented in Con gress, and they will do their best to take care of the interests of the various combinations of men which they represent. It is a strange, and perhaps an unprecedented spectacle, which now presents itself to the American people—that 234 members of Con ' gress, in the Lower House, should meet and ballot 128 times on three men, each the champion of his party, without making one inch of progress in two months. At first blush the impression would be that it wss a very resolute body of men ; that every man there had an indi viduality—a conscience—a law. And yet there does not seem to be a single man who comes out from that triangular line of antagonism with qualities great enough to dissolve the chaotic mass, and speak that magic word which will crystallise the national sentiment upon a great leader. From the beginning I have expressed the opinion that Banks, of Massachusetts, would be the Speaker. I think ►im the greatest man in Congress. Ho has led his column up fifty days in succession —unbroken, unterrified. Mr. Buchanan, who has been anxious now for some months to return home to enter the field ae the De mocratic candidate for the Presidency, is reported to have succeeded at last in getting his successor ap pointed, ex-Vice•President Dallas. Mr. Dallas is a courtly gentleman, of ripe learning and large expe rience in public affairs. A better man could not have been found. It is said he has accepted the plans, and will sail in a short time. I am enabled to communicate to you what I deem to be an important item of news, which has not yet been made public in the United States, but as to the truth ot which I have no doubt. It is to the effect that the Russian Minister at Washington has from the beginning of the war with Russia been clothed with authority to offer to our Government every in ducement for the negotiation of • treaty of alliance between Russia and the United States. His offers have bees courteously declined, but solely upon the that the United States would not feel justi lerriand making such a treaty with Russia, unless in view of a war between us and England. Coincident with the last instructions that were sent to Mr. Buchanan, a bearer of despatches left for Si. Petersburg, and these despatches it is absolutely within my knowledge were of such a nature as to give satisfaction to the court of St. Petersburg. The bet step the United States would take in preparing for a war with England would be the ratification of as alliance with Russia. We have a rumour that Spain is about to join the Western Powers, and the consideration that the Allies offer to her is the pre servation of Cuba. The Allies made this offer put 'about one year too late. The people of the United States are now upon another track. Filibusterism is now drifting towards Central America. Nobody any longer thinks of Cuba ; the very name seems to have been forgotten. There has been more printed in the American newspapers about Nicaragua during the last thirty days than there has been printed about Cuba for the last twelve months. No attempt will be made now to disturb Cuba 11111011111 we have a quarrel with Spain. The only point of col lision between as and Europe at the present time, or in the immediate future, seems to be where we touch England at Oreytown. It is certainly a long die tacos to travel for each nation to hunt op a pretext, or an occssioa for a fight. We have recent intelligence from Japan, which goes to show that our treaty with that country is not worth a groat, and that we are entitled to no trading privileges whatever under it, as they inter pret it. A fleet of twelve sail of American whalers that visited Slouch to get supplies were treated in a barbarous manner—all supplies were refuted. They went to /Nevada under the protection ot what they deemed to be a sacred treaty, which secured to them at least the privilege of purchasing stores if they at once continued their voyage. They asked for these supplies, and proposed to pay for them. They were not allowed to land except under threats, and the officers in attempting to enforce them appear to have failed: but the crews of the ships helped themselves to what they wanted, pay s ing the pries that the merchants and hucksters asked for their goods. A scuffle took place, and some of the Japanese were shot. We had been informed that two ports and ten miles around them were open to all Americans, and that ships in distress and shipwrecked American seamen would be kindly treated, and sent back to their country, wherever they might be found under the dominion of the =of Japan. The impression is, that Com- Perry did not accomplish much by the sego- Widen of that treaty; and the impression mow is, after still more inhospitable treatment than cur seeming men have met with before, that we have sit easount to settle with Japan ; and lam informed that some members of Congress have waited upon the President of the United State', to ascertain whether he has given this subject his attention, and in case he has not, something will be done by Congress to "overhaul" the matter. The northern partof this continent is wrapped is • winding sheet of snow, from six inehm to forty feet deep. A new storm of unmitigated severity has swept along oar west from Halifax to Texas during the last forty-eight hours. It travelled 3,000 mike in that direction, and in a due lies towards the west it his buried the continent beyond the lines of the telegte* Only twice during the present century has sash a mass of snow and ice rested upon the surface of this continent within the temperate sons. Nearly all channels of intercourse are stopped, travel is interrupted in every direction, the coast has been strewed with wrecks. And yet, on the whole, it wiU be a fine winter for America ; be cause when a great body of snow falls to the earth and remains there foe a considerable length of time, the earth is kept warm. The great staple crops of America—lndian corn, wheat, rye, Ike.—come out wish greater richness and abundaoce after snowy winters. The frost does not penetrate so deep, and ilit dissolves somewhat late in the winter we feel assifideat of an early spring, which promises always a fruitful harvest. New York and all its environs exhibit at the present moment an Arctic picture of wow and ice. None but the mightiest steam•tugs that can be built now attempt to move through these Arctic regions. Englishmen, Russians, Spaniard', Californianrall are shivering in the hoar frost. No. body but New Yorkers venture out of doors, except under the spur of necessity. Your latitude is far north of ours, but no Englishman who has spent his life in the British Islands can have any conception of the winter that ha. now poured down upon us Arctic desolation. The Yakima arrived at MariniLiu this sprain,. with Mikes hea Coustrattrople of the 40, tad from the Crimea of toe 2ad. ♦ Cautaatkople letter of the 4th says : " • Ise teak plass us Saturday. ia the barracks arestard by a deleeheent of the lick Ilealteh Dragesau No Has was lea. TM buildiag, with the arms mad lotostsmasets ft esatatred, was Melly destroyed." HOLSTEIN AND THE BALTIC. (MOM ova OWN C0111.18tONDIN7.) KIEL, Pas. 9. Although the Kin of Denmark has annulled the votes of the Holstein Diet on the subject of their petition to him for a more just recognition of the pri vileges of the duchy, on account of their having in that matter exceeded their legitimate powers, he can. not obstruct their resolution to arraign M. von licheele for the abuse of his authority as minister for the duchy ; and that process; will, I am assured, be pressed forward with as much promptitude and energy as the formalities which must be observed will permit. The Diet have given the necessary in structions on the subject, and the cantle will be heard in open court, when the accused will be called upon personally to plead. It is not to be denied that the pacific turn which has taken place in European politics will, to a certain extent, restrain the zeal with which Holstein had taken up this question ; but there nevertheless appears tole) a settled purpose on the part of the leading men of the province to have their connexion with Denmark now put upon a more just and equitable looting. The arrangements made by the great powers of Europe in 1850 with referenoe to this question may be enforced for a time, but they will assuredly never be respected by a people conscious of their rights. They did not throw off their allegiance at a period of great excitement, when the example of other nations might have afforded them an excuse for doing so, and when their Prince had been betrayed into a violation of their privileges ; but they will acknowledge no tie to con nect them with Denmark beyond the reign of the male branch of the present dynasty, and they will be converted into willing subjects of a vassal of Russia, nor forced to submit to be for ever de barred from sharing in the common destinies of Ger many, with which, and not with Denmark, all their associations and sympathies harmonise. The people of Holstein feel that recent events have contributed to render their coun'ry and cause better known than they have heretofore been in England; and they have this consolation, that, whatever may be their destiny, the interests of Great Britain will not allow them at any time to be sacrificed to Russia. The frost which came so unexpectedly upon us last week has u suddenly disappeared, and a south-west gale has completely dispersed the ice and melted the snow, so that we have now quite the aspect of spring, and the communications with Russia are again entirely free and uninterrupted. A vessel arrived here two days ago from Libau, with a cargo of Rus sian produce ; and the captain reports that the im ports there had been eo great that it was no longer possible to sell the cargoes from the ship's side, and that it was no easy matter to obtain storage for the great accumulation of goods which had been received there; while the prices of imports had in ernisequence so greatly taller', and those of exports so much advanced, that the proepec's of profit had most materially diminished. So far as stopping the supplies of warlike stores to Russia, a renewal of the blockade would now be almost unnecessary; but from the great preparations at this moment making by Russia in fitting out some of her largest and best eater frigates, it is very desirable that the vessels sent to the Baltic before an armistice is arranged should be of a class lolly qualified to cope with those of Russia now ready for sea, otherwise some dis aster may occur, the consequences ot which no op. portunity might now be afforded to counteract. Of the loss of the Polyphemus you must already know. Nobody here can conceive what could be the induce ment to send her to the west coast ot Jutland, where there could be no possible occasion for her services. All regret the catastrophe, on account of Commander Warren, who was well know n and much esteemed here. When on halt•pay he served as &volunteer with his brother, Captain Warren, of 'he Cressy. PORTUGAL (Paoli OUR OWN LISBON, Fira.:S. The weather has changed for the better, and the floods which had overspread the country are gradually subsiding. The impressions of Dom Pedro V. respecting his kingdom appear to be tolerably accurate. The other day, when visiting the Santarem &dingy works, the conversation turned on the expediency of stopping them. His Majesty said that if such projects were not now prosecuted in Portugal, it would be tanta mount to eraaing her from the map of Europe. The commercial community will rejoice to hear that the British, French, and American Ministers have addressed strong remonstrances to the Portu guese government on account of the conduct of the Board of Health respecting ships sailing under their flags being placed in quarantine. The Me of the British Minister is the steamer Pert, the merits of which are **Tiane to the million. The American Minister writes about the Colchis, a vessel which put in from New Orleans. The Board of Health's last communication with th►t port was some 12 months ago, when it wee suspected; as a matter of course they "tried back," and started from the last advice; the Colchis was therefore anchored in quarantine, and came in collision with another vessel, for which damage the American Minister claims compensation. The case of the French Minister is still worse. The brig George put in from Monte Video. She had two men on board whose limbs had been broken through a fall from aloft. When the health boat came alongside, the matter was mentioned, and siedical aid asked for, but the ship was at once or dered to ride quarantine, and was cut off from com munication. The captain afterwards sent a strong remonstrance to the authorities, showing that the men required hospital treatment, and that he could not answer for the conesquences. A reply was given that a medical officer should be sent to report apes the case, but for two days he never made his appear ance; and when he did, he ordered the men to be brought on deck. This be was told could not be done, and he was desired to step below. Then, as my information goes, he passed the report, admit. Ling the ship to pratique, without seeing the men at all. If this be true, the spirit of quarantine legisla tion cannot be pushed much further, and no comment upon these cases is required—they speak for them selves. The Portaguese steamer Donna Maria 11. has sailed for Brasile. The French war steamer Croiseur has *eil•d. and the French steamer Bretagne has left for Nantes. The Madrid has arrived from the month. The screw steamer Minho hu sailed for Liver. pool. The screw steamer Milan has arrived here from Naples en route for Liverpool. She is placed in quarantino. TURKEY. One of the Paris papers publishes a letter from Constantinople of the 31st ult., offering an explana tion of the intended visit of the Sultan to Lord Strat ford de Radcliffe: On the 29th Lord Red . c i l l iff t e he atlen ta b b. lete w t h a . g eo ra us ad o rtnn t : c at la tatilh i l is tEnaee a g sk ile ed sp.' lo eum r " f bawe r d om l t i t - , b e F th or e te ta ia k f o a f vo d rr th il' e g C l b h ris e coa tis; to?elatione of Turkey. On leaving the diaper table the eraferenete held a attar, and oostasued together until • late hour at night. The grand council has approved of all the concessions made by the mioiatere, ad the Salmis has promiaed his auction One article oeuy out of the 21 gave rue to any serious observations on the pert of the Milli9(1111. sad bee not yet been dually adopted. It is one which alp regards tem Turk% who will be by it legally prmitted to chases Pleb relight sad embrace Christiaaity. Oblations wore wade le that mune, bet the English ambassador a loalaed Sou, sad sopeweed blast( he smell a way se to hays &admen ate what he was resolved to have. The clarion. p7ared on this ground, may be attended with serious cones earners, sad no one an eon now say positively how it will be settled. The c inference, in fact. broke up without toning to any eoncluston on the twat. The nr , nisterw, feeling disaathiled at the in which Lord Stratfoed de Radcliffe treated them at the c nference, La I nearly made e p their mind nt tto attend the (mei bail 'hid' was 110 take place in the naming of the 31st at the H. gliab en ! buoy. The noble lord, he,ng icfaincd of their Sanitise. et once devised a means of daunting it, sod that was to ha lere the Salton to h - moor the P.* wilt his presets.. At coedit ply, hie lordeb p went to the palace on the eam of the Milt, witboat mit% any of the ministers ° o f f b 2 iatest:os. He foetid the Selran alone, end st owe invited Ida Mahone, alleging in suppmt of his rcqurst that the Es. peror of the Fee ch had had, bees present at • ball giver by Lord Cowley at Pair. The Sultan, taken thee unaware% could not refuse, and a be will h. present for the first limo al ;:i s t eet h ,v3pat al be l b it h amvi si t i te n o l . s i t c e .A : f.t e e t rt a ht C h . h4i t s cry ppri Cas . i d ,...t t o t ii ;m h hothe i i e s ti hi ;e hban or msl ae t4. l gives by the French aorbamador in a few days. As Keg hob emissary, named Hamilton, who, it Is rid. played an importast pert in the lee disturbances is the nosey a Trip ill, lass jut bora 'net el. Papers were &sad on Ids erli.ete prove that be was is constant eerreeposdeace with the »bele. ! 4