The Express. — London, England, 1856-02-06 00:00:00

rw RELIEF to di* 1111BARRAURPr-Mr. Ll.Tervi ble ierk=o swimsi .. VT= IM Gen l ra irs'iraco kit V .. MI Mbar mew ow kg 1/ gibe Oxpreoo. Almlmmo labialed t tits Ilips•VlANlsa gii pope. rma bs at the Cl a emo. 10. loriorb. by Tv. eemob Gs the ay pollbeilb NIOR WATU AT LONDON INIDON. Taw DAT—lientss. 116 na-...--W.terasse. ft. Ile. U.sseacrw—Minag. th. 46 m........J.ti0nmen. SL. 31a, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, PEER UARY 6. A Itram Meetieg is to be bold this evening, with Sir James Doke as ehairman," to consider the neces sity sod advantage of establishing a central Metro polite& Market ea the site of Smithfield, and to pre vent the attempted removal of the existing markets to a distant suburb, by which the cost of food would be greatly increased to the whole body of 00111111111 ff The saceseity of the establishment of a central Metro pathos Market is non-existent. The advantage of it would be shown simply In an augnientatioa of the re issues of theeity. The nuisance to the public would be intolerable. Any one accustomed to enter the City hose the West-end daily knows how diMealt it is to make a transit through the evergerged streets which radiate from Newgate-market and the bay market in Smithfield as centres. Lon strings of @arts, at met or in motion, lie* the approsolora to both them marts, while an army of hatchets, graziers, aid ether per interested in the sale or purchased meat or vegetables appose a resolute resistance to tie gator tussle foot-passenger. The aelghbourhood has I always bees I. this 'codifies. Two hundred and forty years ago, we are told by an aid writer that I " Smithfield was paved all over, and the mid die part sequestered into a very fair and civill walk, and railed about with strong rails to defend the place from ariaoyanee and daager, as well hem carts as from all meaner of cattle, because it was to beresher that it might prove a fairs and pass able market-place, by rumen that Newest* Market, Chealpside, Leadenhall, and Oricschurch-street were ameseserreeily pestered fedi the sotimarinolsk Owosso end muifipacity of markafoilso.• Bat the " an imaginable increase and multiplicity of market hike," had risen to ouch a pitch in two hundred and forty years that flatithAeld booms at last a far greater nuisance than the markets it was in tended to relieve, sad we have been obliged to abolish it. The avenues to it on market days were choked up, the beasts were subjected to terrible cruelties, the lives of passengers endangered, and the air tainted with ofiessive smells of all kinds. This askew*, alter long years of indignant resew obsess, we have succeeded in removing ; and It is this Reissue in an aggravated form which a party in the City wishes to restore. A great asetropolitaa meat market as the site cf Smithfield would be the loess to which innumerable streams of outs from every pert of the metropolis and its suburbs would law. We are at our wit's end eves now, to know what messares to adopt for there:pose dewing the passage of travellers through the City. We are widening mew streets, pulling dews otters, cutting roads through property of enermeas value, and proposing sew bridges—all to enable is to get over little more than a mile of road in shoat the IMO time that an express train takes to transport es over twenty. Bat the evils which we now feel so straggly are threat need to be increased by the melees development of a new trade, which will bring hundreds of carts and veggies into the already choked-up thoroughfares, Market arta and French omnibuses will to each a sane imeaspolhe the roadway for half a mile toned Bt. Peers ; sad cattle-dealers, butchers, and farmers will take solid pessimism of the footway, to the utter amiesisa of portly pathway' in the way to their slaw, sad asthma& old ladies wheezing toward the Beak et Enema for their dividends. We are mites to know the argliasab by which it is proposed to support the plea of restoring a diesarded nuisance, sod throwing dirt upon so Act of Par Dermot which it took years of hard fighting to gain. Report whisper that the Quantum of the Excamarza has allowed himself to be pneneded by the _eloquence of the iaterested parties, and that be esercisee a goalie pressure open the Cbairnisa of the Metropolitan Board of Wake. In obedienee to this, Mr. Thymus takes the urtraordisary measure of eicalaiog the opinions of the ambers of the Board privately epos the subject. It is &dealt to inagiae what the advoriatse of the re-introduction of the asi nine, cam say, except that as the (Sty hos ones had a central sachet, it ought still to have am If they are allowed the basalt of this strange reason, there will be so grounds for Wining to allow it in other ewe. Bring back to the My all its old filth. Lot BRIM'S description be coos use true : Ns. hoot on puts the strain hi m& Sow. AM ►sot theft umplisimllll OM USW I. ; Fads a all ►ses sod Wow ism to toll W►st swot they sailed lion lor *dr *hit lei moll. Slopyos sss► tonna dusts ho mil Moo. Non anithioltt to Be. Potshot's shape do* moo, Awl ta ►opo soodlosose join% et thsow-lill this. Poll from the Otodelt pots to Bothers 'dip; Ilessplog bon ►stsius' stalk, gong, got; owl Woe, Domed yuppies, Wok*, sprats, all droosiod is nod, Dad est., sad tosoir Wm mos tumbling dos the And. The GI has bean pestilential from rho time "bon 'AMON compisimed of bang asarly poimmod at Bt. Paul's Cross by the exhalations from graveyards; sad why disturb nab a oats of this's? Abolish your Boards of Health ; away with medical akar" I lot the trades of boas.burning, catgut making, lag mitt* flourish ; show a trader respect for Imams' yards, sad refuse valiantly to 'assume year lowa smoke. All then are legitimate objects to aspire altar by sea who wish to class one the lamp of the pose halktilled City, although they sound liks delirious ravisp in ths 'south' of those who still profess to believe is the 'Sony of same sort it unitary principle. For the purposes of easing the trail@ through the City, sad avoiding the secesoardy produced by storing in a contracted spot vast quantities of Waist matter, seam of it in a stets col partial decomposition, it is absolutely necessary to distribute your markets. The advertisement of the mootiag to bo held to day at the London Ooffn-hosso, Ladgats.hiU, mosins, rattler gratuitously, that those who are adverse to a groat antral meat market wish to Freon the existing markets to a *dinned sabarle Thera io so aseessity for ibis. Places user the ter► mini of the several railways would be admirably adaNed kr such establishments. All thus sitar does ars important esonegb to have markets sf their owe, sad mould be able to support them. Hoer the "soot et lead to onsumers of all classes" would, ss it is stated is the advertisement, "be greatly armed," it le diecoult to messin. Carriage Is on of the enemata of prig% sad it the dim- THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1856. tease bees which meat is to be rowed is lameasi, the resat costs ken and will be said be Isms. We want just as loamy markets se the metropolis can sustain, and souse& By Wig yaw wage cover a large lace, you obtda Tee -1 tiled., and diminish the pewee the pion wining from decomposition. Another 'sweetest advantage is that of cheapness. The desperate seaspelition for houses situated in the few great markets is such that rents rise to sn enormous height. The hatcher. in these markets, having a prastical monopoly, are able to recover a portion of their expenditure by sizing what may be so br called a sumopoly-prioe on their meat. A miserable hoses in Newgate Market is worth two hundred ' pounds a-year. It is quite evident that the trade most be ressanemtiv• which will support rents like this. We shoald bs way to see the parties who advcioate the C.sotral Meat Market successful, as it would tend to create a belief that the City is not so earnest in its dears for progress ma might be imagined from some of their late undertakiegs. The citizens have, within the last few years, dew much to show that the :Weals so unsparingly bestowed upon their ancestor is not applicable to them. They will do much to weaken this favourable opinion, if they, for the sake of pounds, shillings, and penes, give up • magiii&eat open spat*, invaluable for sanitary and ornamental purposes. gOe Court. WINDSOR, Fla. 5. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. The Qewn sad Prins* walked is the Boas-park this asraise. The yousgrr Primer's took a carriage drive. Her Majesty sad Priam Albert cad tha Royal Family paned this WOWS( at Frogeore-boase, wham the Dashes ot East per a dalldmia's tell. The tellowiag ladies sad goalless= bed the beams of belag tavited:—The Priam Edward at eau Weimar, the Dasher of Weillsgtos, Ilea dim mil Madame Via di Weyer sad taallyatord Dania. Gemara' Beaverie, &r Edward Bowater, this Hoe. His Hyag, the Hos. Mies Daiwa, the Dem of Wiadeor, Lady Cecelia" sad Mies Ha:Mares, °Woad litddalph, Cimeral sad Mrs sad Mks Grey, Calmed sad Mrs. Phipps tad lends, WNW sad Lady Emily &yams sad Copula Da Plat, Coloul sad Lady Mary Heed sad tastily, Mr. sad Lady 11. Labottelsero sad tastily, Lord Talkies , . dim. Mr Daum, Lard Hummers, Mr. Fitawillima, sea., Mt. Piistrilliam, Jim., Dr. Barker, Mr. Gibbs, Lord Hood, Sir George, Lady, aad Mist Casper, Mr. Ramsey Casper, Mc. Amos, Kr. Plater, the Dab of Bt. Albees, Captain Berm= (Coldstream Guards), Lady Fumy Howard, boraces de ape*, sod the Has. May Baynes it. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Fomigu-ollos. It was attended by Vincent Palmerston, th. Martinis of Lansdowne, Earl One. Mlle, dm Earl of Harrowby, Sir Gimp Gray, t►e Earl of Clarendon, Lord Penman, that Maa.r►lcr of the Isobequer, Sir Charles Wood, dm Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Doke of Argyll. Ths council eat two bolus. ♦ deputation leen tin Board of Works fee tin It Manes distriet bad ea laterriow yesterday with the Bight Boa. W. Cowper, President of tke Gessral Beard el Bealtb, at ids ease, Wititsikall. The deputed's nonsistad if Mews Neek Shand, Greenwood, awake sad Robert Wee, sad Henry Clerk. The Jaitidal Oravaittse of tie Privy COSS4IIII at yester day, sad roared the hula, it as appeal friar Maim. 41 NagsWeisel Una v. Nolaroja Chatty " (part bawd). (ham kat alit I's Gaults.) LORD CEAILDIRLAIIei-OFFICS, Fix s.—Notice ia hereby aim tbet bet Mejeoy will held levees et li. Jeatee's Pelee* es the tellewieg dip, et 3 e'eleeit:—Wed weedey. its Nth kat.; Wedweedey, the 97th het. ; Wed weedey, thil Lltli et Kush weal. BUCILIZIONAN PALM. lAN. So. —The this day plowed to oyster As bow et kolektbood sere Neer Bosom Mazesll, Bog, Beetsloy el Primo el Wok. Woad. BT. Imus's PALACE, JAIL 23.—The Qom boo bele yisesed, ea the essemetise •f the RIOS Hee. Lad Poky, is gypsies Charlie "Award Hares, Esq.. late sap We 23M liesitiors, see M Mr Majesty's Hoe. Corp. el MM Ric*, Mimi The Archbishop of Canterbury hu, under the authority at the sot of the 13th sad 14th peon of ►er 11114sety's reign, shorter 94, appointed the Bight Hen. Sperver Rena° Walpole to be a Char* Estates Ce.oi► User, la the pleas of the Right Hoe. Hemp Goalbany deneased. Her Majesty has boa phased to easier a barn assay spa Liasamaat-O•aarel &r J. Dams, I.C.D. The Mavis of assrisseds, is eoloosl of tbs Gal way saint* gay* a read eatertaiassat ta the taws of that miaow, at Aldenbote, test main. The °awns Graavill• bas cards oat foe a rt asks enWadassday size. Bir Williae and . add Knighton have loft Jaistessinet, ler tielr seat, sear Beath stalotte• Sir Williams aad Lady Wonky sad family bays left Rimeles Eseal, Is take up 664 reeideass is Port leal-pisse. Mr. Lassahos has bass melactiod for Tama' 'Mhos* sippeatiss. Mr. Riley, the roverminent eandidatt, hes been elided to the imam la the reprosou'atisa Newesetk - spa-Trio mend by Mr. Bleekett's rstiresseat. Mr . Hart, o Await, obtained a majority la the &hew et Made. bat Mensal to go te the poU. A late smith' of the *Medal Gatette of Madrid menhas two "sear" echoes paragraphs. no Ara is : " The Canoe= de Meatije his gives s MU is Miaow of the maivenory if the marriage of Me august &ashlar with the Emperor Nephew 111, end of the hlrth-lay ef bee older Assessor, the Dubose de Alba; it woe like a NM cf the Arabia. Nights' llotatehmearjeed was worthy of the peevelbtal reedier et the saber et these two jamb af the brat* seistrinsy." TM semi Is se idiom Mr. Disamead„ ettosill to the Ilegthis ealossy, gave, In his saloons o leh eights op, a very swims Sete, whisk woo sa lami/A by the AY of the seelety of Madrid. Mr. Dna mad himself dewed seas Miens with fleaseita Piga, mad tbe ram sad befilly with whisk he .mewed our wised doom were peen, admired. Rh sgility, Is porthole', nes holly renntbable toe s sw et dandy Alblea," RAILWAY ACCIDENT& This =Min ei Mars was hossa of the sashes eel eaten of the essideets whisk bays ..wand es an the rellwage epee for tel. is Emend sad Wales, ileedesd sad Inked tespeethely, from the let of hay to the 31st of Desesiber, 11156. Fres this totem It moue that ens goner wee Wed, set 294 Wired ben amen beyond their errs sestrel. la the earresgeediss half of 1864, the lesests were 9 killed sad 680 Waved. Mews penes@ IMO Mud awl 16 Injured miss I. their ewe Illienesdeit or west et swiss, se assize 16 tilled wed 12 Injured is ; 1864. Then wee reetestre makes a Mel of 18 killed ' awl 219 Weed, es molest 24 killed and 271 Waved is 1864. Ta. sereuite of oeursalso es osstresters were killed, sad 20 Wend free nee horsed their owe estrei, se *gent 20 killed sod 87 Wand Is 1864, arldle 33 were killed sod 33 lobed, ewes to their owe seseedest or west of seethe, es open 37 halal sad 11 Jujus' Is 1864. Twomey mew wore Wed sod 4 Weed through mules at lewd ereselage ; thee was 3 esielde, sad 2 genies Idlled eel 1 elated free seiseeilsearee seem. The greed Mesh wen—hr lashed esd Wales, 116 billed sod 224 *wed ; for ilestlesd, $ killed eel 86 Wowed ; f * Iw had, II billed end 6 biased, sakes together 138 keel sod 286 Injured, se osalest 123 killed sad 834 Wind le 1866. The Meath of r dieter opted es the 81st Deseeber, NM, was 6,218 -Iles is legleed sad Wabte. 1,087 is See lead, OM 961 In Imbed, makes together 8.293 mike, we mast 6,064 Me the eeereepoodles half of UK LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE OONFEEENOEB. Although the news that Prank would be szeluded from he Conferences is confirmed by the of list of the plenipotentiaries given in the Mortitevr, in trigues on behalf of Prussia ars still going on, and this Faye says that in PAPS of any change in the pre med situation, the Prussian representatives would be M. d'Alvensleben, who sat in the Drtsden Confer ences of 1851, and M. do Savigny, the Prussian Minister at Carskuhe. To complete the programme l it is added that M. Balsa, Under-Secretary of State I. the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, would accompany the plenipotentiaries. Tien is souse expectation that the Conferences say be opened in Park as early as the 16th. It is acarious a:seldom that M. de Boorvieney, Coast Baal, and Priaos Gortchakoff, commenced their diplomatic career together, as attaches, at Lon don, now thirty years ago. M. Boorcineney accom panied M. Chateenbriand to oor mart. _ Yesterday's Le Nerd bas a keg artiele upon " the neeessities and advantages of pesos," the writer can didly confessing that Russia has much more to gain by peace than by a continuance of hostilities. The Berlin correspondent of the MON journal exposes the mistake of describing the late article in the Journal do BC Petersbourg upon the Austrian propositions as a diplomatic circular. No document of the latter kind haa been issued. THE EAST. MARSEILLES, TUMIDLY. The Eaphrate has just arrived, with datse from Constaadnople t. the 28th. The Sardinian Ankhaseador had an audience of the Balt= prior to biasing for Turin. M. Alphonse d. Retbashild has also had a private sadism* of the Bulbul; he is going, it is said, to Jernealess. The Sheik islanrhas protested against the resolu tions taken is favour of the Christiana. General Vivian has had 2,000 horses purchased at Bucharest for the Anglo-Turkish Contiogent. Amounts from Sebastopol to the 22nd state that the am of the acceptance of the Austrian proposi tions by Bemis wee at first disbelieved, hut when doubt we. oo longer possible it caused a feeling of complete stupefaction. General &seine succeeds General Levaillent in the command of the god Corps. . . Marshal P6lissier had been ieforneed that the Russians proposed to attack the advanced division in the Valley of Baidar, and hoped to surprise it. To oppose this movesent, eight divisions were kept under arse during the whole night. Trade at Katsina is suffering severely. The ex am el 'applies hes caused a great redaction in prices and led to several failures. Oa Zia. 21 several warshasess was wasamed by Its. Am:oasts have bees received from Kutch to the 20th, bit they are without interest. Cora is &Wag in Greece. TURKEY. Letters from Constantioople of Jan. 24 state that the Grand Vizier, Atli-Pei:ha had been to the Im perial Palace es the two days preceding, to lay be fore the Balton the scheme of reform in favour of the Christian rays,, which had been agreed to in the senferenoss lately held on the subject. The Sultan, it is said, warmly approved the measure, and pro seised his royal assent as son as it should have received the adhesion of the Grand Council. The seenicil had been ocavoked for the 24th, to deliberate en this hnportaat question. It appears that the re forme proposed by the repressetativee of France, England, and Autria, and granted without contest by the Grand Vizier and the Minister for Foreign Affairs. seastitate an entire new code in favour of the raps, and establish their emancipation is a legal neuter. Nothing included in the Fourth Point • f the Vimina Oanferensee las been left out, and more even hes bees granted to the rays,. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PION Otri OWN PAWS. TUMMY EVININO. TM Bourse wee seraewhat affected today by the note la the ifeedieur, from widish it results that Precis will bare no part is the Coebnmes. It was reported that the ferthooseing But of Frame returns will M the reverse of favourable. The Route was heavy thavughost the day, sad sloped at yesterday's prise for seek sad with a fall of 25e. far assonat. Credit Mobilise fell 21r. 100. Railways were dull, but two or Wee principal lines dosed 10tr. higher. Austrians were is less favour than they have been of late, sad fell Kr. 75e. I axe happy to say, as I believe, ea good ground., that the Austrian intrigues twidiag topless Piedmont on a seeredary footing is the Cadman' bare not enesseded. Tb. Lag of Be:dials had too mods ems at the ;dignity of the noble outdate be repro sesta, sad et their fast due, resulting from the pert they have played in the war, to semi the position which it was wished to swigs to biw. Ido sot know how it happens that the list of plenipoten tiaries given ia this day's Mesideur, which words in all other respects with the one previously published by several journal,, does not sentsia the name of Coast Omar as a esadjetor of the Marquis &Anvils ; bat I as ne►ertheless assured that the ultimata at gee dew intended to be made is the Conlereness Wines Sardiais sea " eseendary power " sad the other parties will not be maintained. ITALY. 0111011 OM NAPLES . X. The director of some mind& institution :AN had Ire costly the obligation of shaming a secceseor to the head of some loathed d e t, who had died. H e presented himself to hie esty,and stated the facts; the director urea req to make the choice, as being best acquainted with the merits of the person. It was humbly declined; bat, oo being premed to do so, the director made hie choice, sea me the name to the Moister of the Interior, at the mine time showing several works which had been written by the potlemac selected, is proof of hie worthiness. The minister reported the choice in the highest quarter, sod described the merits of the person choose. "An author f' was the exclamation : *we will sot have him I" and he was accordingly rejested. The above anecdote well illuotrates the esseig pogroms which may be expected to he isoderie the Two Sicilian coder existing anfiesseem Themeelthee is nor eau be any meetsl development hare ; lot would be contrary to the wishes sod esesiedses et the rakes, and esbniesive st Its loseeie at ipeseesieset which it is wished se m_piesele hwr The addrenele fir WIEN Teelpie, hest British visite.* sued issidesiems Ile selleat se ties asehaem is NW *samba fee slap tem. met will be pow seated he a hey err tee. Theessir ego is still se tow re se m sad baleen Se gal yet kw'st sad yet sash l ra MUM I interundonal law is net tales sp. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (FROM 01:11t SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP, ezturnorou JAN. 22. The enemy opened a heavy fire late on the evening of the 20th inst., about 10 p.m., from some sew bat teries on that part of the Mackenzie ridge which walls in to the northward the Tchernaya valley. A large quantity of shell and solid shot were thrown in a direction toward the Fediukine heights and the position at Traktir. Most of the shells burst in the air, and some at a very great elevation. Although the sky was partially clouded at the time, and a light mist lay on the muiaos of the ground, the moon I exerted considerable power, and objects for some dis tance round were readily distinguished. The firing attracted considerable attention, and it was at first supposed to be connected with some attack en the extreme right. The swampy state of the greater part of the Tchernaya valley precluded the idea of the advance of the enemy in that direction. The explanation now given is, that the Russians, either by planting firmly in the ground some dismounted guns, as formerly done in the siege opera tions of Sebastopol, or by the use of mortars more powerful than those hitherto employed, were seeking to reach the French encampments across the valley. If this were the object, the attempt was a failure, for, as before mentioned, moat of the shells exploded before they reached the ground ; and neither they nor the shot were projected far enough Ito fall on the Fediukiee ridge, or to touch the out pats at Traktir. At the same time that the firing ' was going on from the Mackenzie ridge, the Russian batteries on the heights above the Inkermann valley fired with more than their usual activity. Some of the works on the north aide also sent an occasional shot or shell into the ruins of Sebastopol and its suburbs. The shelling from the Mackenzie heights continued rather heavy for about an hour, and then subsided into a dropping fire at distant intervals. Detachments from each division in front have been misted to proceed to Kezatch to aunt in building wharves, and in theconstructionototherpublic works. It is also said that some of the Army Works Corps have been ordered toßatoum, to act under the orders of Royal Engineers, in making roads and bridges. These movements indicate preparations for quitting oar present position, retaining only the lines of Kamiesch and Lazatob, and that it is intended for a part of the British force to operate in Asia Minor. This agrees with general expectation on the subject in this army. On the other hand, our allies have only jest completed some batteries connected with their position near the Tehernaye, and have lately com menced another work to defend their lines in that direction. At Balsklava, too, huts for the Engineers' and Quartermaster-General's departments are still being erected. No certain information has yet trans-, pied respecting the future movements of any por tion of the armies in the Crimea; and although, I from time to time, very positive statements are made respecting the destination of this or that corps d'armee, or division, they appear to be derived from surmise, or the observation of such circumstances as I have mentioned above, and for the most part are as strenuously contradicted in one direction as they are maintained in another. The horses, camp furniture, and property of Colonel M'Mardo, Director-General of the Land Transport Corps, at present on sick leave of absence, were geld yesterday morning. He is not expected to return to the Crimea: it is feared his health is so broken that he will not spin be able to assume the duties of a directorship requiring so much activity and exertion es that which be has lately vacated. Colonel Wetherall, who at present holds the appoint ment, has gained a high opinion among the centre of the department, who are acting under his dim don. The improved appearases of the animals in the several divisions, and the increased care exhi bited in the transport establishments, testify to better management or supervision somewhere. A weekly horse-fair, for the convenience of Ofikefi, has been established in a central situation between the Bazaar in rear of the Fourth Division known as "Little Eadikoi," or "The English Batas'," to distinguish it from the French Bazaar on the Woroozoff-road, end the iron ham A place, to be celled "The Corner," has been set apart for these sales, a sergeant appointed se auctioneer, and the other arrangements completed and rake printed. The Bret sale is to take place to-morrow ; the plan is in tended to meet a want which has been extensively felt io the camp, both by Akers leaving the field and desiring to part with hones or baggage-animals, and new comers wishing to purchase them. The situation is well cheese. The main military road from Balsklava to the front paste close to it, and is here intersected by two other ro ils: on the one hand, leading to lokermann, en the other, towards the English and French headquarters. The railroad also divides here, to branch towards the Engineers' camp on the left, and the Woronzoff road, near the Light Division, on the right. The weather has continued mild. Southerly and westerly winds have prevailed slow the last mail left. Yesterday afternoon and during last night a coasider hie quantity of rain fell, producing its usual effects oa the wade and peculiar rand of the plateau. DESTRUCTION OF DOCKS AT (mot • CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JAN. 22. Os Friday aftermath at about 6 o'clock, our engi neers blew up moot samesehdly the bottom of the west dock, which was one foot under water, by means of eight *bargee of 181 lbs. of powder each. Unfoetuaststy they were not so successful the fol lowing day, for out of the eaves eherges plaited in the east paw between the entrances to the east and centre docker only fear went off; Mr. Dean's elec tric wires having got disarranged by the French explosion of half the entrance or lock just previously. The seven charges in the pier consisted of three on each side of 400 lbs. of powder each and one at the knob of 800 lbs. The three charges that missed were the last mentioned, and two on the right side of the pier. The French demoli tion of we half the entrance, both sides and bottom, wee most complete and perfect. In the sides were twelve ohs, gee of 600 lb.. of powder, and at bottom, under 18 test of water, one charge of 2,000 lbs. When this tut exploded, it cast a volume of water 30 feet up into the air. Tomorrow oar allies are to complete the demoli tion of their half portion of the docks, by blowing up the treat half of the mimes and the right half aide of the basic. The Kaglish are plug to have two more explosions, if everything m sessonstal, to complete their half peruse. Ilis Stet is to consist of the right side et the east desk and basin as fee ea the abeam to meet the Numb, sad the second to le mode up of the two sides of time west desk with Weser. pier, and the left skis of entre deck. The 800Jb. charge and two IN lb.. dunes that missed fire oa Saturday may be Seed at say sassest; I dee% therefore, include them in the two great explodes, to come. The Cameauaderda-titiet was present on Saturday. but was to late on Friday to witness the destructions. There ma be se desk that we ran the powder meek mole See tee Yeomanry than the French. Oar heed engineers amidst' no science is displayed if a single tome is hurled toany slight dietetics. The French segieeere appear to be of opinion, that as the old Russian powder is sot of meek vale., it may jest as well be used as net. The coesequence is that their demolitions ewe mesh owe violent, and appear to the ignorant mach sore complete. It may be a fault on their part, but it is a good fault. The whole of our three docks are 40ft. wide at bottom and 29ft. deep. The went dock is the shortest of the three, being oily 233 feet long at top, whilst the centre dock is 238 feet, and the suit dock 238 feet. The entrance gate to this last dock, which with immense labour was taken to pieces, still lies inside the dockyard wall. If England is proud of this trophy, which happens to have been the only gate of our three not riddled by our round shot or shell, no time should be lost in getting it conveyed to Baleklava and shipped home, for its weight is about 60 tone. The French have at last succeeded in getting up their dock gate, and they will, of course, convey it, like their portion of the shot and guns, to within the strong lines of amiesch. THE TRADE IN OF WAR. HAMBURG, Pia. 3. After a short but severe winter, the frost has now disappeared, and the bustle of commerce has again recommenced in this city. It is not of the numerous cargoes of coffee and sugar that I wish now to speak. I feel it my . duty as an Englishman once more to call the attention of your readers to the fact of the Oen taut cargoes of contraband of war with which we continue to be supplied, arriving in the Elbe without let or hindrance, although a few days ago the arrival of a British war steamer at Cuxhaven was an nounced. To enable your readers to judge for themselves of the very large quantities of lead, saltpetre, and sul phur imported at Hamburg during the lut few days, I subjoin the following list of ships and cargoes, taken from our official import lists : Union, Hasoverian schooner, Captain Jansen, from Trieste, 248 chests of sulphur. Bernadotte, Swedish brig, Captain Westerberg, from Messina, 600,000 lbe. of sulphur. Aida Catharida, Dutch !pallier, Captain Van der Wal, fuss Terranova, 2,100 centers (est.) sulphur. Margaretha Ala paha. Dutch senior, Copula loosens, from (breast', 1,447 canters sulphur. Eagle, British barque, Colamas master, from Catania, 5,337 caatsrs sulphur. Paulus, Hol alai& *chooser, Captats Montreal, from ManeiHes, 897 chests sulphur. Sylphide. Danisa schooner, Captain Ash% from Malaga, 200 pigs of lead. Frisklie, Hamburg barque. Captain Thomann, from Iquique, 2,388 bags of saltpetre. Trio, Holstein berg, Captain Jot amen, from Malaga ' 200 pigs of lead. Blies American barque, Pike master, from New York, 2,203 hiss of saltpetre. Hunks, Datil brig, Captain Leeches, from Triton, 939 chests of sulphur. Tri ton, Norwegian brig, Caraiti Notwig, from Oirpati, 3,000 stanuure sulphur. Lucy, British brig, Hanlon muter, from Girgenti, 3,660 canters sulphur. JObILISDIS. Holstein brig, Captais C. von Hirers, from Palermo, 160 canton sulphur. Prime Geom. Swedish barque, Captain lasses from Iquique, 6,168 bags of salti etre. Faulk e, British solemn, Jaime= master, from Lasts, 3,384 cantars sulphur. • • - - . Thus, in less than a week we have received no less than eleven cargoes of sulphur, three of saltpetre, and two of lead, and I regret to add that several of them were brought in British vessels. It is no secret here that the newly appointed resi dent minister of the Hanse Towns, Mr. Alfred Rucker, experienced a very cool reception on the part of Lord Clarendon, who even upbraided him with this city's breach of neutrality in permitting such a flagrant abuse of the privileges of free trade as the open eye tens pursued by the Hamburg merchants of sending the raw materials for the manufacture of gunpowder —sulphur and saltpetre—together with lead, in such large quantities to Russia. It is also stated here that his lordship even went so far as to hint at a threat of stopping this trade in contraband of war effectually, by a blockade of the Elbe. This woad certainly be the sleet way to do it, by cutting off the supplies, and co time should be lost in taking such a decided step. lied Lord Clarendon sent three or four ships of war to the mouth of the Elbe immediately, they might have seised, or, at all events., detained the above sixteen cargoes, which are now half-way on their road to Rums. HOLSTEIN. (IZON 0171 OWN COII2IIPONDENT.) KIEL, Fee. 2. Affairs here begin to assume as aspect so serious that, notwithstanding the importance of the affairs now occupying attention in England, it is siessasary you should be informed of their actual condition. The arrangement which wee made for the purpose ef terminating the state of hostility in which ties Duchies of Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark was found to be in 1849, had not the effect which wee inteaded of removing the antipathies which each en.l tertained towards the ether, but rather the reverse, for while the Danes considered that they had their obtained an advantage, they allowed no opportunity to escape by which they could hope to display th superiority and power, while the other, feeling that they were oppressed, only submitted to the yoke ea til circumstances should arise which might give them an opportunity of throwing it off. The war between the Western rowers and Russia has deferred this much-longed- for (open ss mat ion of their hopes,and they have at last become so impatient that they can scarcely be induced longer to bear the burden. They thought that, as the great powers of Europe were fully coca pied with their own affairs, they would have the &IMO of trying their strength singlehanded with Denmark. and at believing that peace would inter• ewe, they contemplated a manifestation of their visa and feelings at the meeting of their national Diet Lt helm at this times, which the change in the posture of European affairs has not been sufficient to compel them to forego. At the first meeting of the Diet accordingly they refused to allow M. Van Scheele, the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, who is also minister for Holstein, to take any part is their del.herations, and they then proceeded to ca. eider as to addressing the King foe the purpose of obtaining a more jut recognition of their rights and privileges. The royal commissiocer who is appointed to attend at these sittings at once stated that ash a discussion woe beyond their powers, and then left the assembly ; bat they nevertheless proceeded in the coarse they had adopted, and the motion arne carried by a large majority, • committee being duly appointed to carry out the Ow oat of the Diet. The royal authority hay ing thus been set at defiance, they did sot halt is their mantes. They proceeded to give a statemat of their grievance, with regard to the unconstitu tional sets of the ministry in the arbitrary removal of judges, the compulsory introduction of Danish currency, &c., in direct violation of previous ar rangements. to which they attached so mach importance that an impeachment of M. Van Scheele, for an abuse of power and unooestitutional exercise of authority in his functions, was carried by 41 to 8; and the same will in due course be prosecuted before the High Court of Appeal of Holstein, which holds itssittinp in this town, es men as the requisite for malities are completed; unless, in the meantime, a prorogation should take place. This, however, would probably only be adding fuel to the fitme already kindled. The subject engrosses the attention of all claws here, and those who last week could only speak of their profits and advantages, as neutrals, arising out of their trade with Russia, or of the benefits they expected to derive from the return of the Brithh fiat to this anchorage, can now only think of their posi tion as Hastriners, and of the consequence, of the renewed collision with Denmark, which all anticipate. A telegraphic despatch from Hamburg inferses that the King of IA nark has annulled by royal rescript the deliberations sod Totes referred to is the preeeg letter. The Bing has also refused to re ceive any address. CPS= m OWN 11880 W, Van 1. The weather for the lest three days showed signs of an alteration foe the better, and people were unanimous in their hope that the improvement might continue, but this morning the rein again descends as asstaL Seldom has the Carnival yam so dell an I aspect. Bechar Fonts still delays the presentation of his measures to the Cortes. ?deny are of opinion that the Minister of Finance will have to escouoter a goodly array of opponents, who will be strengthened by the growing distrust in the propriety of placing I to many of the public works in the bards of the Credit Mobility, who, by the way, have now sent their engineer, M. Vatier, to investigate the various prolate for which they are in treaty. The prosecu tion of the enterprise for the supply of Lisbon with water has sot been given, as wan anticipated, to the English company remanded by Mr. Medikott, bat 'to their opponents, the Portuguese eompsny, who offer a greater supply of the useful element there are, however, many doubt. respecting their ability to carry out the contract. The King of Portugal sends by this packet a pre sent to her Britannic Majesty, which by 101111) is said to be a bust or other article of vertu. The French war atesmer Camelien has arrived from Rochefort : the steam transport Edina has bailed for the East. In port, H.M.S. St. Geurge. The following are the quotations in foreign ex. changes this packet :—London, 30 days, 541; 60 days, 544; 90 days, 54/, with paper over and very little money ; Hamburg, 3 months, 481; Amsterdam, 3 months, 434; Genoa, 3 months, 518; Paris, 100 days, 520; and very little doing on any of the above places. The stock market is also exceedingly dull, and prices may be considered nominal. Three per Cent. Inscriptions are quoted from 41 to 414; Bank of Portugal shares, fro., 4 per cent. die. to 4 per cent. premium; Bank of Oporto shares, from 15 to 17 per cent. premium; Bank of Lisbon notes, 4 per cent. discount. THE COLLISION AND FOUNDERING OF THE SHIP JOSEPHINE WILLIS. IN TEE CHANNEL. This shocking catastrophe created the most painful interest along the coast, the moment the intelli gence was made known at Ranutgate, Margate, Folkestone, and the other places in the vicinity of the Downs. Crowds of bona made off to the spot where the ii.-fated Josephine Willis was reported to be on her beam-ends for the twofold object of saving life and property, but on reaching the ' place it was discovered she bad gone down about nine miles B.S.W, of Folkestone, and her topgallant yude were just above water. The sea for several miles round were scoured by the boats, in the hope that come of the unfor tunate creatures might be found floating on some span or hencoops, but none were to be observed. Yesterday, ens of the partners of Messrs. Willie and Co., the brokers, with Captain Reese (who is connected with the owners, Messrs. Fletcher,, of Limehouse), and the chief officer of the ship, went out in a steam tug to the spot where the 1 wreck wag, and several divers went down, and carefully eitamthed it. We understand they found it to be a total wreck. So great wee the damage dune ky the steamer, that very litt'e doubt is entertained of any pmt on of her valuable argot being recovered. The Mangtrton steamer—the vessel that ran into the Josephine Willis— remains at Hanagatr. She las been seised, under Admi re ty warrant, for the less of the ship. Tte scene on hoard the v.s►el, jest before she careened over on her starboard side and went down, is described by the survivors to have been truly horrible. Coot' canton the unfortunate matter, it should be °barred, was beiow the gets making out his course on a th.rt be bad on the cabin tvble, the chief officer, Mr, Clayton, having charge of the ' , tech on deck. Willi4a Orindle, seaman, woo at the wt eel, sad two bok-out men (John Sheen acid another mat.) were ferreted. Skeen, is his deposition. before the Recceer of Drat, at Rio:Tete, states that the ship was ping about 6 knots at the time, on the post tack, the wind being 9.E. (and not E N.H., as to ported). Seeing a steamer approaching, le notified the same to the mate, who immediately called out to the man at the wheel to put her helm a-startnerl. The mate at the same tame shouted to the steamer, but no attic* win taken. The steamer coiitinued her course, and in less than the umlautee the collision took place. Captain /touchier, of the steamer Meagerton, in hie report of the occurrence to Lloyd's agent at Deal, admits Olathe observed the Josephine Willis apparently starboard her helm, he (Capt. Boothia) baying just previously put his helm hard-a port, and before there was time to reverse the engines the vessels met, the ship striking them on the port bow, and the steamer striking the ship abaft the rigging on the stetbcatd side. In the cabin, along with the captain, were Mr. Ale■sada Janie (the surgeon, who at the time was convening with Ma on the superiority of the chart before him, and the pro bability of the ship making St. Catherine's Point by five o'clock the neat morning), and Mr. Andrews; the other pentagon being rather en-sick, hitting retired to their cabins. Hearing the t. rrible crash, the captain rushed art oa deck. His first order was to round the pumps, and on the steamer backing our, which might have occurred some eight or ten minutes afterwards, be called to the man at the helm to keep her due ntrtb. The helm was put up, but by this time alte:was careening over, and she a (islet not steer. The lood•deck win crowded with the passenger, and the (spin% seeing that the ship was foundering, tea them to throw the hencoop overboard and toad on to them. All the tons were gone; they were capable of holding all handy, but they were seat adrift with only a few p opts in them. The last that was seen of the captain—if the passerger cook speaks correctly —was after the ship had fallen over on be: beam-sods, with her top-gallant yards in the water. He warn then clinging to a hencoop in the water, together with two females. The first boat that left the ship contained early Mr. Henry Ray, his wife, a szterage passenger, named Catherine May, the s►ip Nugent. Mr. Jarvis, and three eon• men. The boat stove is lowering, and would have rank bat for the surgeon pulling off his oat and thrusting it into the hole la the bottom. Bsversl of the crew sent lowered the pinnace and the life boat, but, ere the pace Hagen had time to get into them, they were ant away. They were all shortly picked up ►y t►e steamer. One of the new states net he thinks there were at that time about 60 people collected on the side of the shit.. Ae yet the list of awe drowned Cabot be aererately made ip. As far, however, ne can be gleaned, the number to Wilma 60 and 70. CORONER'S INQUEST ON THREE OF THE SUFFERERS. FOLKESTONE, TUESDAY EVENING. At ten o'clock tkW morals', Mr. Eat, the borough coroner, opened an inquiry at the Gailelta!l, touching the death of George flonamen, aged 19, seamen, a male pas• Hager and a boy (I IMMO sot kacwr), who perished in the wreck of the Joeephine Willis. The lad was appatendy between seven sod eight yews of ego, and his right leg bad been amputated just above the hem. The proceed ibis excited the greatest possib:e interest Mr. Irons attended to wstch the evidence for the Marine De partment of the Board of Trade. After the jury bed viewed t►e bodies, the folletebti evidesee wee gone into. Easter Clayton, chief deur cf the Josephine Willis, wee the first w.tares examined. He said—at 8 p.m. on Sunday • light was reported ahead. I went forward, and saw it, and thee returned to the pro;. I watched the light then from the lee side of the joup. It was a white light I soon afterwards saw the red light lower down, and shortly afterwards the green light, by which 1 knew toot the vessel shoed was • steamer. I then put the helm &starboard. While standing ore the poop, I kept her rein light open. In about three minutes altar I bad pat the helm a starboard, the steamer struck es jest before the main rigging on the starboard I aide. She came bow upon as Soe was • screw staamsr. Jest u the steamer was striking Ili, the sputa of the Josephine Willis came rn deck, and took the summand, and I obeyed his orders. Wteo we found the steamer wise nearing yr, twe or Wei men forward and I from the poop hailed her se loud ea we were able, but the steamer mast have ported ler helm, cr I believe we should have gone dear of her. We all did the beet we could to vet the boats down, to endeavour to ease t w yeemsgen. We had tzar boats. The starboard boat wee moue i• lowering, but some genus were taken is her to the ereenter. The hie but wee capable of taking forty per ilous in her, bet there was no time to get this fete her, am tau missies after being wrack the easel heeled over to the port aide. By the Coroaer—l think Mr. and Mrs. Ray were taken is the starboard boat. Mont of the passengers bed turned in. We had about slaty-01x passengers sad • crew of forty. Camerae—Did rho ansamiar remain by the ship ? Wilmer—SP buried semen Slit at the ship and went mem Mem& belt • mile. After ate bad be... as her beam owl* I get up satin the rigging sad • host come and took mere. T amity-Ate alexpthirr were taken me booed the eteamev—ebitfly the crew. 1 know there were eve Du angers. One boat came from the steamer. The life-hut conveyed some peausgers. Yost of the pentagon wen below—they comprised men, women, and ebodres. By the jury—l kept the steamer's grt en llot opec, but whew they potted they shut it out ague. jut before she wreck us. (The witness &putted t, hr lahnurior from the •ffmta of the miff/Mogi be experienced on the wreck before takes off. Joha Meta, a seaman on board the lorephir c Willie, wail seat called. 9n Susday eveairg, about 10 misatil past six, I west on the topgallant forecastle, on the 'n tl out I ba4 my orders from the boatswain. The • e ether was fines and we lure going at tie rate of about six kivite. We bad braced ear yards in. The wind was S S.E. About twenty co mi u n i e d t t ea o ou r a k e i u tt r o. ter .. te l eig d h a t I no S k re . t : r a wha l t ig eo ht a urt e s ad he , and Megrim, bat I saw the Folkestone Pier head light. I should say we were six or suss miles rff. Cannot say how it bore. Whim 1 first saw the white light it was right ahead. I reported it to the. thief mate, who came refereed. The emceed mate Glowed him if two or throe must.. I soon afterwards sew the green light, sad time the red light, end . I knew it them to be a *tamer. She was approactuag us rapidly,