The Express. — London, England, 1856-02-15 00:00:00

remonstrances against unnecessary warfare are ad dressed to them. We are convinced that share holden are very reluctant parties to these ruinous cantata. Railway proprietors are strongly impressed with a feeling that headlong osspetition means ruin to all engaged in it, and that remunerative results can not be expected unless a fair interchange of traffic, mutually beneficial working agreements, and general cordiality of arrangements, be adopted. Were the various matters in dispute referred to the decision of a jury of shareholders selected in equal pro portions from the proprietaries of the competing companies, we will venture to assert that little delay would occur in the restoration of friendly relations, and that peace could oy similar means be rendered permanent. If shareholders be amicably disposed, as we firmly believe they are, how coma it lira the directors elected by them are not guided by the same principle P The answer is, that railway directory, lawyers, and many of the chief officials, find their individual interests best promoted by war with neighbouring companies. The lawyers, especially, are constantly reaping a rich harvest from this reck less system. We see the result in the monstrous fact that English railways have been mulcted of the enor mous sum of 14,088,1101 in legal, parliamentary, and other kindled expenses. The Report before us states that the aggregate amount spent by the Louden and North Western Company alone foe law, parliamentary, and engineering charges, is no less than 1,638,5181., the total capital being 33,159,9821. Of this 1,838,5181., 1,384,9261. forms a permanent charge against capital, whilst only 253,692!. has been de frayed out of revenue. If internecine struggles between the rival companies are to continue, the shareholders will do well to ask themselves where this lavish and unproductive expenditure is to end P The proportion of half-yearly profits consumed io atonement for this spirit of litigation must annually increase. Could we hops that all future law and similar charges will be met oat of revenue—a rule which shareholders ought to insist shall be estab lished—the periodical meetings would exercise some check upon the pugnacious propensities of directors, and all parties would be made more acutely sensible of the coat et hostilities. If shareholders have any regard for their property, they will make a firm stand upon this point, and signify emphati cally their wish for peace. The revival, even since the issue of this Repeat, of a determined contest between the Great Northern, on the one part, and the London and North Western, Midland, and Manchester and Sheffield Companies, on the other, proves that the spirit of their administrators remain, as bellicose as ever. We commend these matters to the earnest consideration of shareholders at large. The recently formed Railway Proprietors' Association might do great good by collecting in am kens the strength of shareholders who wish to see the entire traffic ar rangements of the kingdom conducted upon fair and amioable principles. _ _ When, lasted of thoroughly sifting the work log expenses, the Committee step aside to bewail the rates and taxes to which railways are sub ject, and even to complain of the salutary and just law which gives passengers compensation for accidents, they are promoting the views of the rail way oligarchy which has so long thriven upon share holders' substance. The recommendation that the whole railway interest should unite to procure a repeal of these " exactions* is impracticable. Nor would say permanent advantage accrue to shareholders from their assumption of an attitude antagonistic to the interests of the public Even were a parliamentary combi nation of railway companies to succeed, at the cost of the community at large, in freeing this property from a portion of the existing taxation, the immediate pecuniary benefit would never reach the pockets of shareholder' until admi nistrative reform was attained. Instead of endea vouring to start proprietors in a hunt after this Will o'-the-Wisp, the Committee should endeavour to cos contrite their efforts upon the eradication of abuts In management. To adopt a sentence from the Re port—at by substituting, wherever there is the °ppm.- tufty, the principles of union in internal relations for those of discord ; by complete openness and clear ness in all somata and statements to shareholders ; by strict and vigilant economy within and without; by inculcating everywhere the principle, that as railways are commercial undertakings they must be conducted with •view to profit, and that everything _ _ naremanerative must be discarded "—by these mean, aad them alone, can railway property be raised to it. legitimate position as an investment, and publio Goa. Memos re-inspired. Had the Committal, as practical bedtime men, adhered throughout to them mad resommendatioas, we should have regarded their Report with unqualilled satidaetion. NEW LOAN, AND FUNDING OF EXCHEQUER BILLS. The following announcement from the Treasury hes been this monist communicated to the Stock lizoltange: " Dirwalag-slalst, Tbsesday Evesist, Feb.l4, 1866. 61 Oentletain,—l request that yon will make it known in the venal manner that on Monday next, the 16th instant, at 1 o'clock, Lord Palmerston and I will be ready to me any pathos. who may be willing to menet he a lose he the public service, is mew that we may afford them information ea to the amount of the loan and the time and manner of the bidding. ii Lord Palmerston and I will at the came time eentinunicate to the gentlemen present the cos& dime upon which we shall be prepaid to receive ears for fending a portion of the Exchequer-bills now estate/ding. a I hope it will be atemenient to re to mast them gentlemen at the Treasury at the hoar named. " I am, Gentlemen, " Tome obedient servant, (Signed) " G. C. LEWIS. "To the °oversee and Deputy-Oovernee of the hank of England." It is runsoired that the Hon. and Rev. Montego* Villiers will probably be the sew Bishop of Carlisle. Mandisater Guardian (T►is da)). The Bail of Clarendon has fired his departure for Paris, to attend the Conference in that capital. foe to-marrow scorning. The noble earl departs at an early hour, so that he ay reach Path the cams evening. Several of the Winches of the Wagon left tows yesterday fee Paris. COLONIAL SERVICE lilt !HE ALIT.--(Free a Cerra poedeat.) —As *sodas lopeshiog the keliage whisk mast in the Butisk army es this quest oe w.s lately related lb, as officer of rash, who 1 at !Smolt *eat Sweaty yam la c* Biel *vies. Takao to a carafe of artillery (I), the see it • great eraser, or ceases basher, with meek rec laim**, liodoesee, yosai " *aver," as he is colloid by those who know his seigia, :snorkel that " Coloaiel m ales wee devilish soloor, sad as sea seer weak who meld avoid it, to each plum I" This meg ratios*, who bed, all kis military awn, bees It Is the Remo Artinery, sad as ea *JONA at home, woo, however, weeir relay promoted to • company Is sae of ear rest shake, whore the Adleisat-Camotal Nosed Ss to roo med lostaaty, sad where, It le to be Sped. he wiairessia anti " ell the seassas• Is kaesked est elf Ids." Yegtorday, at a One of Cosmos Cowell. Alder ' ma Rusaphiny was matimuely tbeted governor, aid Depot, Tinnily Opploy-iwooreor, of tbo Isih &tasty. VD, Court. Madame Mosurns, the Turkish Ambeasedreas, was presented to the Qum, at aa audleeee yesterday, b 7 the Cowden of Clarendon. Prince Albeit role ea bombs& yesterday morning, attended by Captain Da Plat. Tim Priam vietted the Dacheas of Cambridge to the aitereeen, et her residence in 81. Janseer.palarie, end also visited the Duke of Cambridge. The Prism of Wiles and Priam Alfred, attended by Mr. Gibbs, visited the Exhibition of the Photographic Society in Pall-mall East. Her Majesty and Priam Albeit honoured the Priames's Theatre with their prance in the evening, weeded by the Countess of Doerr, the Hoe. Beatrice Bing, the Hee. Mary Halos'', Earl Poznan, Major-Desual Sammie, and Captain Du Plat. A deputstioa, coasistiag of the BAT. J. Keeling, Pre sident of the Wesleyan Coafereses ; Mr. R. Young, Mr. J. Rattesbury, Mr. C. Westlake, Mr. Joe. Weed, Mr. Robert Newsteed, Mr. C. Heyde., Mr. John Smith, Mr. G. B. Macdonald, Dr. /Imams, Mr. W. Arthur, M.A. ; Mete s. W. M. Harvard, J. ha Brett (Wesley.. Normal Inaltation, Berea/my-road), John C. Leppingon, John Mama, W. M. Heaths!, T. Weaklier, Junes Hohy, P. B. Hall, J. Lidgett, F. Lyeett, John V , ()MU' Walker, Edmund Pomo, William Williams, Fred. lagoldby, sad the Rey. Dr. Rule, bad an interview with IVisettuat Palmerston, yesterday, to re patent the effects to be apprehended to the Wesleyan Cot ✓reffltiollll sad schcok frau the menus proposed by Sir Joshua Wonky. Mr. Nether iel Solomon, ez-member of the Legislative Conseil, Lit. Helens, had as interview with Mr. Besmear? Ltbouchme, yesterday, at the Colonial-once. A deputation from the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Parma, Me. Pthington, Mr. Harebell, Mr. Charles Parkes, and Mr. Thorp, bad an interview with tie Right Hon. R. Lowe yes terday, at the sena( the Board of Trade. _ . ♦ deputat:os from the Council of the Both ty of Arls, cossistiog of Mr. Willis. Aware, M.P., the Rev. Dr Booth, F.A.S., Colossi Sykes, F.R.8., Mr. G. F. Woos, F.s 8., Mr. Wieliwett%, aid Mr. Le Neve Fodor, M.A., had an interview with the Lord President of the Privy Comma yesterday, to request that the Committee of Ceased ea Education won't afford to mechanics' Sett totes and ether wink, i• *Sou with the Boairty of Arts the ease privileges in spud to the purchase of bo As sad apparatus es are now motel to school,. _ _ Bir Godfrey J. Ttoalle aad le Conte Metaza bad inter views yraWrday with Mr. Elelletary Labineehenn Deepatobee dram the Govercors a Vino:layer's Island end Gibraltar were received yesterday at the Colonial office. ME EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1858. IMIMNI•••..._ r 'be expreggl. _ - - --- —-- -. logiullimele biesiel tar "The 'WA. Ihubspipst. set is a ih• Oil" IS. by Teo Aka ea the 116 'trailing's. MON WATII AT LONDON IBRIDON. Ter Day—likeular. P. Ilha---Aftsmice. 9%. Na. Tomearior—ileulas. ICIi. 13 a.........M1u50m111. 100. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15. The Report just published by the Committee of Camßation of the London and North Western Rsllway Company deserves the earnest attention of all railway proprietors. As the designation of the Committee implies, their liquids* and recommenda tions were not to be of a trenchant charade?. The title of " Committee of Investigation " would have sounded much too revolutionary, and thus the gen tlemen elected were duly instructed that no radical meseures were expected from than. They were to set la perfect harmony with the Board, and on no account to be betrayed into any coarse of action calculated to wound the susceptibilities of the directors and their subordinates. When the complaisance of shareholders is carried to this length, the Committee would have been extremely eccentric and ill humoured had they enforced a really stringent scrutiny. The Report is very ten derly worded. Scarcely a single allusion derogatory tothe " Powers that be" will be found in it: Never thelese, it contains much valuable matter, sad furnishes additional proof of the benefit that must result from say action and investigation entered upon by shareholders. The old abuses which we have so frequently denounced are not boldly dragged to light and condemned by the Committee; bat, whilst avoidiag this hazardous navigation, they express their thorough concurrence in the necessity of nommen of reform. 0 ur readers have probably not for gotten a certain disquieting table which we published co the 30th November last, setting forth, amongst other particulars, the rapid increase in the Company'. aggregate capital, and the steady falling off in the dividends, despite a constantly augmenting revenue. The Committee are evidently seriously alarmed as to the consequences of a persistence in this thriftless policy. The comparative beldame of their language in alluding to this matter is highly satisfactory: Your cassettes c inset bet look with the greatest 'ppm_ basica ova the large ategmcotatiess of capital which bath been, sad still are, is progress; on this point the serouste sptak far themselves, Wig the time is imam whoa a Seal mead mast be made. The shareholder may be wend that asgsmatatios of espital mans, generally, diminution of dividends. • • • • • • If breathes for pro- Metioa, and lines tor purposes, irrespective of their set neeipta, mast cal be estestaimd—if reareaten other ;ampules, on terms similar to easy already sass- Monet by act of puliamest, are still to be the elder the day, London and North WWI ra stock will graisally drift to a pantheist dismount, and fat that Meese (it say sale Aire be) man be co terms of preferease to the sew propeletere. It is, therefore, with mach satistattios that year issminittee dad ea entire othearrence, ea the part of the board, Is thine view• ; sad they hare to report • • • • • that the hmrd has, starlit, the last year, applauded a ethaniltises whom 'peelsl duty it is to welsh aid cheek the expos. dilate of say capital cot previously, sad specially, sem t coed by Ike prieton. It is a greet pity that the Directors' "perfect cox currenoe in these 'lewd " did not date from an earlier period. From the last sentence of the passage we have quoted it might naturally be inferred that capital has previously been expended without the •auction of the proprietors. The halflearly meeting on the 22nd ins:. will do well to ensure this important object by definitively adopting the resole bon recommended by the Committee—via.: That so edditioa whatever be made ti the capital atria ditite of the employ, without ha beteg priniewily seas timid by a vote ef a glans' alsetlag; sad that the Mortise of the mad kalflestly mai el the dirictirs skill act be setsidered es tiring this maids* dale so guarantees or ether liabilities be sedistakes without the iike timeline ef, sad with like hence te, the shatehotism Whilst freely animating apes the gamed details of the company's policy, the committes have lent themselves to an extraordinary ouriseime—they have not in:tinted any inquiry whatever into the expenses of managemeat. Ia no other branch of railway bad ness is there such a Sad for esonomiesl improvement as in this department. Had a Committee of Investiga tion been appointed, instead of this "Committee of Coseihatioa* (ea we hare heard it termed), a strict en amisatioa into the details of working would have been considered the slartimpertant of it. duties. The Report admits that the Committee had fall power to eater upon this adios of the inquiry, and that "it is rialto dear that so mesas of increasing a dividend are more legitimate than those which arise from im proved smasgemeat and moony.* Yet they hate contested themselves with a report drawn op by a subcommittee of the Bosr.l of Directors. Probably name useful information may be coatained in the report of this sub- ennialttee. We have no mean, 11111/11•11r. of gaugiog its vane, issemach ft it is sonsidered " coaddential." In oar °purism the Committee of Coosaltatioa have bees guilty of a dareliotioa of duty is this matter. Upon the most important baldest of inquiry their proceediop are showa to be a mere farce, andees and resultlem. The peoprieton will regret that, when bestirring themselves to appoint a Caw mittee, they did sot arm it with faller pewees, and direst those powen to a wider sphere of action. With reference to the %gabbles ef the Underlaid North Western with other companies, we regret to lad that the Report, whilst prefessiog pacific dispo. skins, socoareges the Board to maintain an attitude of hostility. Recently the North Staffordshire Rail way proprietors, aasembled in public meeting, ex pressed their indignation at what they stigmatised as the dishonesty of the London and North Western Company, and authorised legal preserdiap against' it. The Committee ef Coesaltatioa of the London and North Western Company new say they "hare rely to repress their approval of the coarse being takes by the Board in resisting the demands of that company, and to lean the matter 11 their hands.* Again, as regards the struggle with the Great Western Company, the Committee take oars to record their belief that the resistance of the Loudon sod North Western Board to the views of the Great Western in the north is hope rutin and iseritable." Alluding scut to the war with the Great Northern Company, the Report makes I the following remarks, which are couched la the ease eafriesdly spirit : . Onatiy as slay (the Committee) men the temporary .rill hkely t, molt kola emapiptitios 1. wh eh the loooroolot me missed. they tool that the samative me ena melled so adopt those 111010111 , 14 is order to some as Pet. meanie sad lair Warms el the proprietors. We have sot the least doubt that at their respective meetings DOW approaching the Boards of the Smears patsies sow conteading—Leadea sad North Wasters, Great Western, Midland, sad Great Northers —will severally sake a great parade of coaciliatary Uses, sad inveigh bitterly against the safeiraess a n d _ _ —.. apidity of that; satagoolito, - Mated reeriadaeliss seem plurally to be the policy of director, whew HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO EXETER HALL. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have elgaided their intuition of honourirg Easter Hall with their press en this evening to witame the per formates of Mr. Cates oratorio of " Them will be upwards of moan haadred instrnmental tad vocal performer,. Her 11.kety and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be attended by the Cuantees of Dieu', How. Maly Bulteel, Hon. Beatrice Byog; Eul of Boars, lord la waiting ; R. Ormsby Oore, Beg , groma i 4 waiting; Major-Oaneral Soutane, Capt. de La Plats, &0., te. The Earl of Eglinton entertained a select circle, at &near. last svenioi, in St. Jameee-agoare. The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have arrived in town, from baiting the Doke and Dachas of Sutherland. at Trentham. The Earl of Erroll left town on Toesday, to join hie resistant at Aidarahott. TN Camillo remains in towa with Mr. lad Lady Agnes Doff. The Eul anclC;ntow of Verolant leave town to day,tor G4rE aabasy, H. ta The Doke of Cleveland has left St. James's open for Rtby Castle, Durham, where the noble duke sod &Mien sad Lady Augusta Paulen will remain mat Rester, and thee remove to town for tie season. Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, commanding the Haw ladiaa Madam, Ulric Wed (wys oho Dais) from his command. It is manta that the Map has beam Sum at elto phial offlow's owl lel citation. Lady Adelaide Cadogan gave birth to a daughter at Beath Medley street, yesterday. The Countess Craven gave a soiree ddlUellif last slight, at the family eureka to Charles.erett. The fal lowlag members of the Corps D.rio not'que scandal tte rimes:—His Breelleary the Ambassador of Frame and Cowman de Pi nigay, ►is Baralleary the Premiss Minister, his &allow tte Borlialea Meister, his Errol. law the Portage** Kinkier, hia Erallesay the Ne.her land, lliaktor, his Ilmelloney the Danish Minister and Madame d'Orholm, his lizeelleney the &sea Midair, the Doc de Cadirmume Gramma, Costa Jamectrt, Count Ohctok, Covet Leak Ciotti, to. . _ A concert will be aim at the Crystal Palace to siorrtm by the cospeays bud, assisted by Mr (horn Collies sad Mies Palmer. a rosisiag yeast vocalist. A■ Oa rrisestal attains& is to weds to the oteent-rosis se tble oesadoe. THE SULTAN AT LORD BEDCLIIFFE'S BALL. A letter from Constantinople, is La Press*, gives the following amount of the late visit of the Sultan to the ial mutual gives by Lord Stratford de Red a &: Tiwarde 9 °Vet& in the evening his Majesty% arrival ww nage knows by the diteberge of the artillery width the aweigh hive iatrodseed hitt their !amass at Galata- Steal la the entre of Pate. The Salt La was fall of affabi lity tor every ens, although mutters had transpired which might have ridded his temper. At ow =moat alien the Sales root, as he did mete t at 011311, to enjoy the Wiliest comp fail before his eyes. he saw a Dent h pees Were the invade a hkh he sent led. At In he believed he had bib e his a veritable religions Mos salsa., but the beating ef the dervish loan undeeeived him. sad the Suites 'laid, knitted hie brew. Atother sedum 'Muted his smallest and plowed IVin se little. It was that if 'he Salton &lima in the haven historisal sys tem., sadiron by the toorsspeadeat of a Idled.. JoursaL It would have been is better tree to have abstained frAmi sash disguises is a bell at whisk the Bahia wee to he pri me. I weal sake the sane remark as to the enema of a Tarkislt tidy, worn ►y a wag who Laced at some steps &sea ids Mai lay. Ike Bekaa tassainsd bat a shot doe —as hoar at the woo. /limy ladies w.n presanhad to the Sultan Abdul Medj id ; .sang them t►e Vissomatess Steadied de Bede iffo and her davghten, este of wham were the oesteme of Quota Miss both ; the ladies sad daughters of the DiVomatte Ceps, sad ON Frenchmen ealy, Clem& fissaime, who looked chanaing fa aat leedid Greek ace mine. HI. Ifejsety see versed sally with Loed Stratford de Beklife, M. Timms. eel, sad K. do Yr Awash. The Fritsch Ambassador men pie I lb. lest Vase next Nth* imperial chair. The Selma were, for the last time, t►. Onad Cordes of t►e Lariats of lioneer. Tao Ambassador tf Frame. coefd mot sena'. babied la this mutts. O. Thursday M. Trommeel gam astims is his colleges. sad the chief Turkish sealm:ties, that his Impels' Majesty would tumour with his peereet• s sonde on the folewleg Monday (tbe 4th). From that mement the *eatery was landed by workmen, end the admires sad galleries were severed with velvet sad dowers. M. Tbmareeel was kept for a time to his bed by 6 Weir Cary less of .site, sem sos ig only appear for elect ties, to t►e male; to maim Ilia Majesty. The guard of the Balsam sh•ted tie envies et Me paters with the French troops ben► esti& std b. Tee Balms wee reseived la the Osbert ashes of the embassy, sad then lift I. mist is the grand pllery et a essatil dame .sad a paths. Ks engem' tasty gay sal happy to Bed himself et melt a Mr. Os his right wa s M. Theammel sad EA= Pasha, hie lest side-dm:seep, kneed, a pupil of ems set eft, who weed as intsrpretes; .4gl en the left, Lcrd &debts asd M. de Pelmet, Asm. dengemea a the Beglie't embassy. flaa &Alas was ;itassaily gneiss.. B.agb 69 as neat* wbiob had ►.t see etalr, ba noshed seeding, eel eased Asko to le brought fee all lite bike of the illphostle ewes. elating le tab, kW seat aat4 all do Wks wen yaws* sett' d. LONDON 0121111 AL 030111011 COMPANT.--Tillik roseipts wiek Italia' the 9th Fabling 1856.4.688!, Oa. Bd. Averse bomb's. 94 oaslitises trickles daily, WO. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. The Insispendance Beige publishes the text of a despatch, addressed on the 7th of this month by M. de Manteuffel, the Prussian President of Council sad Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Count Arnim, representative of that power at Vienna, in reply to the communication made on the 23rd ult. to the Cabinet of Berlin, by Count George Baterhazy, in the name of Count Buol, of the propositions which Austria has since submitted to the Germanic Diet, relative to the new phase into which the affairs of the But have entered. The document is as follows : DESPATCH OF N. DE MANI EUFFEL TO COUNT ARNIM, AT VIENNA. BERLIN, Fin. 6,1866. My despatch of the 26th of January wai a read; In your Zicelleaoy's bands, when I received the conununicat:on on the 26th, through Count Esterhasy, of the subjoined Austrian despatch ofJsanary 26. The anima of this document—the declaration which Austria intrude making to the Diet—ban naturally been the object of our serious consideration. If the Cabinet of Vienna. before satil,rg it, had concerted with se, we should per haps have been in a position to point out sash modification ea desirsbie, and we could cot at first sight have decided in the negative the question as to whether it would not be better to adjourn fora time the communication to the Diet Howersr, this consideration has not pravett uo from approaching the &ethos otos made of the Imp trial Cabinet with t►e sincere dealt*, of which we have given to many profs, to see It roofirmed by a resolution of the Diet giving Vitalu to the union of Germany nod the two great Powers, In so fu u such resolution is in Lasmcny with the dignity and true Interests of the German Confederation. We are convicced that our Gentian allies mega's. as we do, and with sisters satisfaction, that the prclimiaaries ac cepted by the belligerent Powers form a ntwly acquired ►asis for an early peace.: Lhave already declared in my de spatch of the 26th of Jimmy, that Prussia to her t linens. of Earopeen Power is ready t> adopt this basis is the acquisition of which it has the sea viction of having contributed her share is the in tense of European peace, there where the decision ought to same; to adopt it, I say, in a m aaaaa so as not to leave it to be farther adjourned and oompromisted,—to adopt it by the ec-sigoaten of the preliminaries, sad by partisipation in the asgotietions connected thetswi , h, if invited by the tot:- netted Powers. Prussia, in takicg this politica u a European Power, is fully cogniaut of its duties as a Girona Power, u well towards the whole of the Oesfederatios as towards its Der mas' allies individually. It is to be supposed, then, as to the latter, thst they also will be dies end to recognise the basis acquired by the resat of all the:interested powers, as a guarantee of as approaching peace, and protecting the inte rests of Clisrresoy, and thst they will also be dieposed to sop port tti, basis so far se they are able, in their @hareem, as memben of the German Confederation, and to form an sabiassoA jedgmect opt. the points which may become the ohject of civerging views eni grztensior s, and which may re tad or even again pot is question the closing of the cegotistions. The Imperial Cabinet recognises with, that a proper res r entities of the Confederation itself in the negotiations would be for it a peculiarly appropriate mea sure. and, sonsequntly, desire:4e in the rural interest. The Ambev • ler of the King to the Diet will be directed to p.otionsoe himself in the sous of tl e reading obser vations in the committee to %high Count Reabbug pro pene to remit the declaration of Austria, and we confi dently hope that he will be thus cut in the way of to-ope rating efficaciously is ►ringing about very soon a unani mous nullities of th, Diet. It will be seen from the above that Prussia accepts the five propositions ; and that she urges tbe Confede ration to adopt them also, provided it obtains a special representation at the Conferences. A Berlin correspondent of the Independence gives the following ea an intermediary proposition, attri buted to Bavaria, which; the Germania Diet is likely to adopt :—" The Confederation adopts the wadi time proposed by Austria, reserving its judgment upon the details of Article Five, yet to be deter mined." The Journal de St. Peterebourg of the 7th an nounces that Count Esterhazy had s private audience of the Emperor Alexander on Feb. 8. This is the first audience that has been granted to this diplomatist since his return from Austria. We read in Le Cameos., under date of Tiflis, Jan. 5, that a solemnity of an unprecedented character took place in that city on Lltristmas.eve. On that occasion 100 brae guns taken from Kan were brought into the town, drawn by artillery hones and accompanied by artillerymen. " This, convoy," says the Russian journal, "of so eminently a warlike aspect, extended to a distance of a verst and a•haU, and was preceded by a standard, also taken from the enemy." The guns have since been placed in Alex ander's square. VIENNA, TZUZSDAY. Weems an seder consideration for re-establish ing the Civic Gaud. It will amnia& of infantry, artillery, and earthy corps. The conduct of the Italian bishop. in taking undue advantage of the Conandat has given rile to new negotiations with Bowe. THE RUSSIAN (mow otrx owx BERLIN, TRIMIDAT. Coast Orloff arrived this sassing, said Waves to morrow for Paris. Intelligence from St. Petembitrg presages impoa taut personal champs in the higher administrative departments. The removal of the Minister of the Interior and Mist of Police is spoken of. (raox ova owx HAMBURG, Tumulus% The King of Sweden has appointed the hereditary Prince to be Viceroy of Norway. SPAIN. MADRID. 71.. 13. The Gaulle publishes a project of the goveynement, which establishes an indirect contribution, equiva lent to the denier', upon articles of consuniptioa. Than is a great stir moos capitalists, in ones quays of the Olga:tad= of the Northern Railway. Tranquillity is sews,. The Corriere Mercantile of Cloaca stater that ne gotiations, promising a speedy and satisfactory hone, have bees entered into by the Piedmoetese Govern. meet with the bonne of MM. Rothschild, of Paris, for establishment of a Credit Mobilkr Bank. The capital is to be fixed at 24,000,000 fr.„ divided into 96,000 share@ of Mfr. seek et white 32,000 are to be takes by MIL Retheridid. 32,000 by the Cu. del Oeve mereie of Tads, widely is to be tesseltensed into • Beak et Credit Mobilise, and 31,000 by the Aare- Mars of that establishment, who are to exchange their old shares at par fee the maw ogee. The whole capital is to be paid ap at owe. A company has beta Harvard at Turk with a ca pital of 20,000,0001 E for the selosiendea of the biked of Sardinia, sad ban aught 00,000 hectares (200,000 awes) of crows leads there ler that purpose. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. 1 The Manileur of thin day publishes the monthly returns of the Bank of France to yesterday, Thurs. day, Feb. 14. We give the moat important items, with the corresponding figures of last month, at. regard: Feb. Jan. Coin sad bullion, Paris 94,789,695 .... 81,184,345 Ditto ditto branch banks Bills discounted, Paris 227,030,032 .... 235,735,409 Ditto branch banks Notes in circulation, Paris Ditto ►ranch banks Treasury deposits Private deposits, Par:s 107,067,115 .... 106 806,255 Ditto branch banks 01.0 K Ora OWN CORRYSTONDWITI PARIS, THURSDAY Evaxixo. Several members of Lord Clarendon's suite have arrived to-day at the Hotel du Louvre. Baron Brunow and suits went to the Opera last night. Count Buol WY to have arrived at Strasbourg to day, and he is expected in Puis this evening or to morrow. The Austrian Plenipotentiary is accom panied by Count de Furstemberg. Count Cavour, according to a telegraphic despatch, most have reached Lyons this morning, mid wee to proceed to Paris immediately. Aali•Paoha left Constantinople the day before yesterday, and it is not thought possi ble that he can arrive before the 22nd. The ConsWulionnel says: " Authentic information enables us to affirm that Feb. 23 is fixed as the day for the opening of the Conferences for regulating the terms of peace (pour le regkment de la paix), the Grand Vizier Aali Pacha not being able to reach Paris before the 21st or 22nd." The Vienna correspondent of the Constiettlionnel, whose communications have been frequently heralded to the world in that journal with the usurance that he is not only a very learnt d diplomatist, but a states• man of great experience and highs tending, lays it down dogmatically today that the approaching assemblage of plenipotentiaries will be a Conference and not a Congres.. But however mach attention this autho rity may deserve, it must not ba forgotten that the Moniteur (I cannot think unadvisedly) has already characterised the meeting as a " Congress." The . . Cbristilulionnei seems to think that the solemn gathering which will only be a Conference at first will develop itself into a Congress afterwards. "It is possible, and even probable, that the Conferences which are to be held in Paris may, at a later period, assume the character and bearing of a real Congress, as, peace being signed, and Prussia having 'oboe quently given her adhesion to it, the European concert will be happily re-established." So that according to this the arm chairs which I spoke of yesterday as ha,. iog probably been ordered for Prussia, are, at all events, likely to be wanted very shortly. The correspond ent, proceeding in the same order of ideas, says:— " The opinion expressed by several journals that the plenipotentiaries who ate shout to meet i■ Paris will have to decide on the admission of Prussia in the settlements fur peace is founded on the fact of the idea of the Congress being confounded with that of Diplomatic Conferences." There is, however, a re port in Paris this evening, which had a favourable effect upon the Bourse, that Prussia has made over tures, and agreed to accept the Austrian propoei does, "so as to be admitted to the Conferences at Paris." A Constantinople letter of Feb. 5 states that when the Sultan went to Lord de Rcdcliffd 'a ball, the Am busador took the opportunity of nicking up his quarrel with several of the Ministers, who were ne cesrardy in attendance on his Majesty. The Bourn hu been extremely firm. The Rents rose 30c., closing at 73f r. 35c. Credit liobilier rose Mr. The railways were all higher, the rise gene rally being about 2fr. 500. Lyons and Mediterranean rose 10fr. The Gault, da rAngoumois, a journal of the de partment of the Deus Charentcs, hes received a warning for reproducing the erects of M. Albert de Broglie in the Correspondent, which was the occa sion of a .arniog to the Assembles a few days ago. THE UNITED STATES. (7101 t Ott SPICZAL NRW YORK, FEB. 2. I do not know but we shall in America at last go mad on the subject of popular education. The most stupendous preparations are being made jut at this season for this purpose. Ira so obscure a corner of one of our daily papers of yis'erdey that it was only with difficulty I found it cur, is an allu sion to a fact which, it it had occurred in London, would have filled the whole British empire with astonishment. The Common School system of the city of New York is under the supreme control of a Board of Education elected by the people, and there is absolutely no limit to the amount of money which they may expend for the education of the people. They have only to make their estimates, and the Commissioners of Taxes add it to tho bilL The tax payers must pay It. Some years ago, when the authority of this board was limited to a certain amount, the city peti tioned the legislature of the State to grant them the authority to tax themselves as much as they pleased for education. This year, in consequentce, the board expends considerably more than a million of dollars. The system of education reaches all classer, and affords facili ties to all. This year there will be expended a quarter of • million of dollars for evening schools. The sums voted last year were 460,000 dollars for the payment of the salaries of teachers and janitors in the ward schools to the support of the Free Academy, the most complete institution of learning in Americo, 40.000 dollars ; for the normal schools, where teachers are educated, 10,000 dollars; extra appropriation for the evening schools, 35,000 dollars ; for the expenses of ward schools, aside from salaries, 75,000 dollars ; for purchases of supplies, stationery, &c., 73,000 dollars. The B.rpress has recently contained many interesting articles on the subject of popular education in England ; hut even your boldest projectors of new systems would find themselves entirely behind the age in America. For in every ward we erect a spacious and massive edifies for the education of the children of the people. The most competent men and women an employed u teachers—the libraries ere crowded with books, and everything necessary to a coursed education, from its simplest elements up to its highest departments of academic learning, is provided for at the public ex pense. There are several hundreds of the ragged newsboys of New York city that frequent these schools every night. L.boariog men and women by the thawed enjoy the same privileges, and improve them. At the top of the whole system steads the Free Academy, where the very highest standard of scholarship is nobly sod efficiently maintained. Those boys who make the greatest prLfici.ney in tf e ward school.' can gra ! duets and enter this head college; and thus they may continue their education through the most thorough coarse for 15 years, and come out the most complete men in the country—never having expended one Idollarfor books, education, or statiotery—or, in fact, for the whole nediriel of education. Men like Wil liam B. Astor are taxed, of coarse, many thousand dollars every year for this system ; but they pay it oheerfally, and always awe to increase the an I for property is Ainslie' rises in vales just in proportion as her people in crease to knowledge and intelligence. I have heard • man in the Board of Bduoation—a men of great wealth, who could not write his own name until he was forty years old—epeak three hours in favour of raisin ea extra million of dollars the next year to educate the people of the city ; and of that talks fifteen thousand would have come from hie own pocket by a direct tax. The Mr. Astor Wheel I have mentioned above, whose father left half-a-million of dollars for a great library in this city, which is now in full operation —a free library for the poorest and wealthiest applicant—quietly announced to the managing committee of that institution the other evening that Lo had tkought it desirable to enlarge the idea which hie father had in regard to that library, end offered a donation of up wards of one hundred thousand dollars for the pre sent year. And yet we are so insensible to any claim for credit we may put forth in these matters, that facts like these are crowded into the corners of newspapers in solid minion type ! This is the spirit of America. It is a foregone coaclasion with us that a country is not worth living in where the people are ignorant. We educate our people as a matter of habit ; precisely as Russia trains soldiers, so we train men. I have made as close an eeumate as I could from my observation and investigations during the last twenty year., and I think that the people of the United States expend every year in the cause of popular education (leaving out all the colleges and universities.), either by tax or donation, not less than two hundred millions of dollars; and that is four times as much as the entire expense of carrying on tho government. I have made a similar estimate of the amount which England taxes herself, or voluntarily gives, every year to educate her people in the two kiigdome, and I think where Great Britain expends one dollar we expend from four to five hundred dollars. I may be wide of the mark, but I should be greatly obliged to anybody who will show me my mistake. A STORY OF THE LATE MARSHAL PAMIR- IVITSCIL The Journal du Laird contains the following:— " Mer hid Paskiewiteb, who tae just died at Wanaw, allowed an annul pension of 200 rouble, (800 fr.) to an cud female residieg in the Runde Fut one Montmartre. The origin of this liberality is re• her entice.. In 1814 this female, named Adele P—, was a very pretty untie of nine teen, who performed the ihsracten of '<sang girls at the Venetia. On the 16th of July of that year the foreign sovereigas ;who occupied Paris had a grand religious ceremony performed in the Place de le Cancerde by way el thanksgiving for the neves of their aron. The sovereign. witnessed it from the lalcony of the Hotel de la Marine, and as rhii f of the Holy Alliance, Alexander of ItusCa , c:upied the seat of honour. Ruskin troope, 80 OCO in number, sue/Lanceted this raised C• 111140 which en. ported the alter where the arehiregodrite officiated. The diversity of uni forms, the dimes, the milit ery bands, the rain u s of artillery. the chan iog of the clergy, and die presence of the love reigns formed a canoes spect.eles, to which the Parisians, and par:acute rly the nasals rumen of them. flocked, many of them designating the foreigners as 7/0/ mei ides ennenia At the head of a guard or honour eioupying the clued° wu pieced Major-10 . I Parkiewitaca, and brine fatigued by tae lergth of the ceremony, he was amusing himeell with lookiog through an (pc:legless at the persons standing about. Suddenly he observed Adele P—, whom he had noticed at the th.a'rr, vainly endeavour ing to get into the refund umlaute. He immediately descended from the raised platform on which he had been standing, and spoke a few etude to an officer. end is a few minutes after the chsrenicg actress was writ paced in the front row and replied by a granotts smile to a wave of the hand of the general. Just after, the p!relii,in on which he had been a minute or two before stenuiug gave way he nuth the weight of the persons on it, and led with a tre mendous crash. A number of persons, among whom were several superior officers, were either killed or wounded. But for the appeatance of the young arf.sfc, General Paskiewitsch would probably ii eve been among the sufferer,. In the evening he paid • visit to Mile P—, and gave her • haro.l.ona brilliant as a mark of gratitude for being the means cf probehly saving his hie. He was also in a measure indebted to her fo: his advancement in life arid his fortune, far his adventure having come to the eats of Alexander, that mooarcti was persuaded that • man favoured in such • manner by his lucky star was predestined t r great t him s, and he confided to im an iap aunt command. The stars continued t r be pea -1 titii.us to he general, who o red to chance mare than to his talents his rapid accession to honours and dignities. But a contrary lat. attended Adele P—, tar whilst the gourd was rising in the world, the actress bad been seized . with illness, and was ultimately cum;c::ed to qva the j theatre. She was deserted by those who bed before smiled on her, and was at length reduced to {Min distress. A last gleam of hope remained to her. Flo n her humble dwell ing she wrote a letter to 111,ribal Paskiewitsch, nonindieg him of the it ore face, which, she said, had p !baps long escaped hie ',collection. In a at o t time, at e received a letter indexing au order 03 a banker in Paris for 100 roubles, with a promise that a similar sum should be re mitted to her every six months, and this promise was faith fully performed. The death of the Marsh.) might perhaps have again thrown her into discreet, had tit, not preceded her benefactor to the tomb. She died soddenly a few mutts ago." NAVAL AND MILITARY. LAND TRANSPORT. The subjoined circular memorandum has been issued to onion cocamandO g tettnnentt and depot, at &me : e Gator It, Feb 12,1556. The Field Marehal Command ntg in Chief baring, in coot muoiration with t►e Secretary of B:ate for War, decided lapin tha importance of providing efficient non-commit owned uffic , re for the load trantport err a, and the Secre tary of State barley authorised the rates of pay specified Ia the eta gin (regimental sergeant m j tr, 5.. per diem; troop sergeant major, es ; rergeant 3. ; besides the usual field allowances and free r Awns al owed by goveroment to this corp.) tr tech thoroughly efficiect men as may volunteer for the pulp tee, le pleased to d r:ct. TI at the er marauding officers of Artillery, Cat air., cud Infantry call immediately upon the: non-coma isdoced c &ten and men to volunteer, tresasikting descriptive retina of such as may come forward, to its Adjutant-General. The f , rmation of an secant Land Trausport Corps II of parser o.ont in pittance, and commending officers are strictly el joined not to accept the service' of any but steady, intelfige, t, and trustworthy men, el hough the io.s of such may occasion temporary regimental inconvenient •. By 0011101 and, G. A.:WMTILInALL, Adjutant-General. ADYIIIALFV, FIB. 14.—ArratatraaNre —Commander J. O. Brektord (18121, to be inept etieg commoner of the eoo.t guard; Surgeon' J. P. Paton to be agent tor rick and wounded • cameo at Greenook ; C. Crandall (1802), to the Rodney, 90, at Portsmouth; B. C. Russell (late). to the Piaster, 6, screw gem Val vowel; and B. Amok M.D. (11t6), to the t aorlon to el/ steam gun WYO. A...latent Surgeons A. haltray. M.D. (1651) confirmed to tho Nankin. SO, East highs Station; J. Floss, Y.D. (184 r), to the Royal Albert, 121, mew aeon chip. of 5 , 042 , yawn power, Medltetrturean mallow; sad H. H. Bath, L.D. (1t4 , ), to the Royal WiLlaim, 120. guard &livid sedleseust Ilet. Ihmiad Mohr Limn to tee Vincent, 102, guard ship of ordi- WasPeIFWG.BI2I. aglargintC. U L Baker, to the Vulture, 6, paddle.wbeel Mom Mg"of 411 bar.. power, at Devonport. Acting MOD G. W. Bloom. tt tte t string. A kadialat Surgeon L. A. Whce to the Wirird, 6, brig, at Dolt; a. weinass to Plymouth lion Ital ; B A. Low to the Royal WilOoa W. J.lkader to the Rodney; W. Raines to the Conotteror. 160, mew altenacdrip of 800.boree power, at Devrnport ; and C. W. Normand to tbiltegiborse,l2, screw mortar slop of 20U hone•power, at Deronport Naval Ca:eta-3.1. Way sad C. C. F. Fitzgerald to the Royal George, 120, mew UMW. ship, of 40u hor.e.power, at Sliteraess. THE ERICSSON. Yesterday, about the middle of the thy, a large peddle-wheal at aunt, with tie American fee flying, was espied coming up Southampton Water, having in tow a large anael, apparently Dutch. As no Americas steamer was due, sow. surprise was waeiftwed. She was sow. however, made oar, by her three flutneir, to he the Means (the swains as which t'm reasons experiment was mask ha the United Stases if propelling •.hp ny het sir). It sp =that the Meknes was lowan fres New York to About 100 milts beyoad the Scilly Islet, in ht. 49.34 N., los. 8.67 W., s':e fail in with a Dutch brig, with her masts wad rigging seriously damaged, and with a signal of distlese lying. Captains Ltwb , r, coranseder of the Memos, inunediatlly went to her assistance, and at the regent et the townie a red the mew of the Detainee, took them es beard the Enelade. Alt. r this was dose Captain Limber, seeing that the brig was in the track cf ships pan ; in S. and fro, determined su vuttlieg tor to prevent her dWing damage by eallisien at eight. Os in w et port to his, however, by his officers, that the brig sound and set making mach water, he resolved upon attempting to ten het hate a me English pen, so u to Bare the ship and cargo, • very valuable on , . The commander of the Encores wool I have t ken his p ise into Plyteont`i, but tits • either was so tli'cit that he could net make th• land, sad be was °Miami ts dreg the brig. •h rh was 2.50 tom hu , then, to Sautheantott, a Matinee of 340 man. of his officers and soar of his men were is CSarge of her while in tow. while th• Dutch crew and c t an, e.. oi to g earth t r un were oa heard tie @teapot. Ihe name o' the bog is Maria Anse; her th inmander's name is Diet. She was land Ir as Lowtoo to Smyrna, three wicks o t. and laden wit', wit es, &pinta, cables, and The ship and ergo are said t be • Doti nearly 20.0001. 'llse Er!cwou left Sopthampt ma lot Eaves Ia t night. Meon. Crook., and Co., the Ames c.a th 4 npieg urn t..t & nth in titer , took t barge et the prise es tehalf of C.pttla looter. LITRIPOOL EMIGRANT SHIPS.—Tho Stamm, Cap• Ws Tar!a-, be:ouster to Messrs. Polk epos sad Wilson, eit Liverpool, 'shish essl-d frost the Ale,vey as Moe 20th et 0 ttb r with the Berta- h evokes of the 25.11 of November, ia lat. 218 S.. Ise. 30.37 W., sad palesayees all well AOCIMINT TO AN IRISU STEAMER—TIN OISIARShip Eaniskilleo, Captai■ Jobneton, which maid fess the limey es the 11th is.t.at for Loadoaderry, tea *ashes* ea the reek Dear Rah Naoshold Head. Isle of Kan, cm the is... night, is a for. eh• woe hacked off immediately sad t Ate& late Benny. No liter lest.