The Express. — London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17. 1855. puties were owned, till the middle of April. The oonfereetre which met here in November last is composed of representatives from the following states—Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Hanover, Parma, Modena, and Frankfort. The reason of the adjourn ment is obviously the resignation of Herr von Baum gartner as finance minister, and the present interreg num in that department. .The proposals hitherto made by Austria were confined to the discovery of a coin of gold which should be common to all, ana thus be used in all international money transactions. But although the commissioners saw the advantages likely to arias from the introduction of such • gold coin, they appeared to be more in favour of a enter currency as less liable to great fluctuations, and pro posed to adopt a silver coin answering the above de scription. But therein lies the difficulty. The system of coins in the different countries run in such eccentric courses that it will be next to impossible to unite them ; for whilst Prussia and the north of Germany have their thalers and grosehene, Austria has the florins and swainigers, Bavaria and the Rhine reckon by the light Bonne and krentsers, and the Italians keep their accounts in lire and soldi. Travellers know from experience the difficulty of changing one into thoother, and will therefore readily understand the difficulty of solving the problem of a universal coin common to all. Indeed, it is generally believed that the only way is to make concessions on' all sides, throw up all existing coins, and boldly introduce the most perfect system, theoretically and practically, known in the world-- : the French decimal system. The Austrian steam corvette Elisabeth, Captain Wissiak, just arrived at Trieste, has brought a valu able present from the British government to ours, consisting of eleven nautical works and eighty-six portfolios of maps and sea charts, published by the Hydrographio Board, for the use of the Austrian navy. They are more particularly connected with the intricate navigation of the Baltic, the Black Bea, and the Sea of Awff. THE CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES. ST. PETERSBURG, Pas. 6. The convention between Russia and the United States, defining the rights of neutrals in war, signed at Washington on the 10th (22nd) July, 1864, is now published, and runs as follows : "Art. 1. The high contracting parties recognise as hating and unalterable the following principles : "a. That free ships make free goods, that is, that goods and merchandise the property of the citizens or subjects of one of the belligerents are free from capture and confiscation in neutral ships, contra hand of N sr alone excepted. "b. That neutral property on board an enemy's ship is not subject to confiscation, if lawful mer chandise. . . " They bind themselves to apply these principles' to the trade and navigation of all states and nations who may be willing on their parts to acknowledge and recognise the same as lasting and unalterable. " Art. 2. The high contracting Powers reserve to themselves the coming to a nearer understanding as to the application and extension of the principles con tained in Art. 1, but declare expressly that they form the basis of the principles governing their actions in regard to the rights of neutrals in war. Art. 3. It is agreed that all nations who may, by a formal declaration, express their readiness to acknowledge these principles shall be at liberty to join in this treaty, and enjoy all the rights and pri vileges resulting from it. "Art. 4. This present convention shall be ratified by the Emperor of all the Rosier and the President of the United States of America, and the ratifications exchanged at Washington within ten months from this date, or sooner if possible. "Done at Washington it duplicate, July 22, 1854. (Signed) "E. STOECKL. " W. L. idanar." Calm i COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. CLIMB AT KM PIM, at WILMA= arras TI WWI= AID • Wat 11•1 ;VIT. =ITN N. CHUBB AND AIM= 16. out MID Kr. 111.. Cbaab.rs aa;l67LashSppeared for the plaintiff; sad Kr. H. James and Kr. Hawkins were counsel for the dohs/data. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Captain Aaron Smith, to recover the sum of 600/. from the defen dants, Masan. Chubb and Deane, solicitors, for alleged negligence on their part, in not having properly investi gated certain title.deede, whereby the plaintiff bad sus tained pecuniary loss to the amount claimed. From the evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff, sup ported by his own testimony, it appeared that he employed the defendant. as his solicitors to Inver Ugric, title-deeds which created a charge on pro perty in the possession of a prow since bankrupt, whereby the plaintiff had 'slide(' the loss complained of. For the defense it wan proved that the plaintiff had not given the deeds in question to the defendants for the par posel of having the title investigated, but for the express purpose of having them engrossed. The evidence was of the most conflieting character. Lord Campbell, in summing up, said it was for the jury to say whether they entertained any doubt of a sufficient answer having been given by the defendents to this action. It was clear that attorniee were bound to cronies reason able care and attention in the investigation of title deeds, and in fact of all matters inducted to their care ; but the question was, were the defendants employed as attorneys to intectigate the title ? It appeared that the copies of the deeds were drawn up before the defen dants were employed to investigate them. They were merely given to them for the purpose of having them engrossed. The plaintiff's evidence had been contradicted, both by evidence, which was certainly entitled to weighty consideration, and documents. The learned judge was proceeding with his summing up, when The jury, who throughout the trial had shown unmis takeable ups of a desire to put an end to the case, said they did not know if they . might interrupt his lordship, but they had been long of opinion that there should be a verdict for the defendants. _ _ _ Lord Campbell—l entirely concur in that verdict, and I think that the plaintiff has made a most nefarious attempt to defraud the defendants., motioned shelling in the same direction for several hoursonemingly wider the impression that the form, the bugle woods of which they had no doubt heard, had taken op a position there. The shells were chiefly discharged from the works around the Ma• lakhoff Tower, or rather the ruined remains of that structure. Varioss were the rumours as to the cause of the sudden turn out of the French troops. The prevail'ng , idea seemed to be that information bad bee n received 'of a further reinforcement approaching to enter the city by the lokermann valley, and that a determina tion bed been owns to to dispute their passage. lam inclined to believe, however, that, u one of the French Amu suspected, it was tuts fumed *Jerk, by order of General Baguet, for the double purpose of exercising the activity of the troops, and secertain iog the time it would occupy to bring the men and guns of his division, encamped a considerable dis tance, off, to the front of the new works which the French ars now occupying on the right attack. The following appointments and changes have aken place Moos my last communication : Major-General H. W. Barnard, hisjor•General Lord Rokeby, Captain W. Barnard, A.D.O , and Csptain the Hoe. W. Weffiselay, A.D.C.,joined on the 30th of January. Major-Genegal Lead Mashy has been appointed to take command et the Brigade of Guards ; Major-General Bar nard ts eemosad the let brigade of the 3rd Division. Cap tain Platisa c 42ad Highlander, is appointed Brigade- Majee dee Highland Brigade at Balsklava, vise Brevet LiesemesbOalonel the Hon. R. Rolls. Lieutenant-Colonel Fewalkieneetneked, late of the 67th Regiment, is appointed Commeinfiest of the Military Hospital at Smyrna. Major H. thaidi. Deputy Assistant Quarterinuter General, is to ore ss Assistant Adjutant General to the 4th Divides@ until remise seders. Sergeant J. M'Queen, promoted from the Scots Fusilier Guards to be Swigs, is appointed Adjutant to tbe tik Foot, subject to emdemation from England. The following pasts' twain have been issued : Hesdquartsesledsrs Sebastopol, Jan. 31,1866. The Commander of the Fens@ mum that the Generals of Division will be so geed ea te essonala end report how the mega, of each of do Nessus under their orders is carried ea. It is is the highest degree desirable that the system of messing established by her Mejesty's Regulations should be reverted to, where the regiments are in possession of camp kettles; and the Commander of the Forces desires that, as required by the Regulations an officer should inspect the mean, and en that the provisions are properly cooked. No. 2. The Commissary-General will be pleased to give notice to the Commissaries of Livisions when supplies of lime juice end vegetables are received for issue. Lime juice will be issued and mixed as follow, :-6 pints of lime juice, 8 pints of rum, 18 pints of water, and 411 0. of sugar, for 100 men. General officer, will be pleased to make arrangementito ensure that the lime juice is properly mixed in these pro portions, nader the superintendence of an officer, previous to issue. No. 3. General officers commanding divisions will give the most stringent orders to officers on duty in the trenches and elsewhere, that no person whatever, except naval and military officers, seamen or soldiers, general end staff all ow, shall be permitted to visit any part of the trenches or batteries, or to approach or loiter about any of the pickets, without a pus signed by the assistant adjutant-le I. Similar vigilance must be observed in the neighbourhood of the camps, and any suspicious persons must be sent under escort to the head-quarters of the nearest division, when he will be examined by a staff officer, and if necessary forwarded thence to head-quarters. GERMANY. PRUSSIA. PONDEXT 07 TEI DAILY Nlllll. BERLIN, Fin. 13. A Vienna paper (the Wanderer) trumpets forth to die world, with the would-be appearance of semi idol authority, that Prussia has concluded a sepa rate convention with England and France; that the treaty was signed at Paris on the Bth inst.; and that the arrangement had met with the sanction of Austria. The Wanderer must have been wandering again, and, in the coarse of his peregrinations, caught another canard d /a Tartars, for the story is totally denied by the official organ, the Prussian Correspoluksz. I admit that this is only a negative proof after all that the Wanderer is wrong, for we have seen on more than one occasion that the Prussian Correspondens has denied things that sub sequently turned out to have been correct, so that the inference to be drawn from the above is one of three things--either the whole statement is a mye tiflcation of the Vienna paper (which, by the bye, is a distinguished fabricator of spurious intelligence from the seat of war), or else the news is true, but it does not suit Prussia at this moment to have it made public, and least of all through the Vienna press ; or, thirdly, that the intelligence is premature. A very short time will show which of these three positions is the right one. A new arrangement has been made with the French government for facilitating the transit of goods and passengers' luggage from and to the Zoll verein in the ports of Havre, Nantes, Dieppe, Bou logne, and Dunkirk, where they will no longer be liable to be searched, but may be sent direct from the ship to the railway station, or vice versa'. Some officials belonging to the Royal Telegraph office here were some time ago convicted of an abuse of confidence, in communicating to certain persons with whom they were in league such information as to permit them to operate with great success on the Stock Exchange. In consequence of something which has since transpired, two more bankers (by name Meyer and Goldberg, according to Voss' Jour nal) were yesterday arrested as implicated in the nefarious transaction, and their account-books and (MOW NZ papers seized. Several new lines of telegraphs are ordered to be completed, and the government bas just purchased 3,000 cwt. of iron wire, which is to be tinned over, this processbeing said to preserve the wire from the influence of the atmosphere. The Minister of State, von Ladenberg, is so dan gerously ill that great fears are entertained for his life. The following mysterious h is going the round of the papers. It is ated the Hag Feb. 5: _ _ - - - . " The report of a murder said to have been cam. mitted here by a person of very high rank, already begins to leak out beyond the walls of our city, and finds its way into the foreign press. Our papers here have not dared to say a word on the subject, but the fact has become undisputed, although the doer of the deed is never spoken of by name without the greatest caution. The unhappy act resulted in the death of one of the aides-de-camp of General B—t, and those who are initiated into the secrets of the court here will not be surprised to hear that a lady is the cause of it. A similar case happened about six years ago, in the year 1849, and spread the greatest consternation throughout all Holland. The victim then was not an aide-de-eamp, but an official of the highest rank, whose only fault in the matter was his wish to interpose as mediator in a quarrel which appears greatl7 to resemble the present one, and in which he lost his life. The most strict silence was preserved, par ordre du mufti, and it is likely that in this case, as in the former one, silence will spread her veil over the affair, once more to screen the illustrious Don Juan from publicity." It is asserted here, on good authority, that the mission of Privy Councillor Niebuhr to the Hague is connected with the above mysterious affair. AUSTRIA. 07 TDB DAILY 1111111.) VIENNA, FEB. 11. In a former letter I hinted at the possibility of a partial char in the cabinet of Austria. Since it has been known here that Lord'Palmerston has succeeded in forming a ministry (a piece of intelligence which - - renal - shake PROM the LONDON GAZETTRlVidayareb 16. WAR.-91FICS.yra : J 6. Bella Fanner Outdo.—To be length and Meet/nth* without par thme—Lionethent Godfrey Wentworth Bethreout, from the 71st Foot ; Liethweat Henrl Dade lirsitien from Moretti Foot. let Irgleenet of Foot.—Ooorp WlMea Tbowspesn, Bout., to be reign, whinge herders ; John Hutto Brow. to be odpesse, vies prenthei. 4th teet.—Te be withal goinse—Rdward Baweboot, $t ;rAbu Jam aL lnee.—LlouleuntH.J. le be cereals, whited per. dime, the Dot. greed gado J. Dorton. to be Uthethent. without putelnot. the ; lbelp H. C. Mort. fie bo Sew term. erithwereureheon the Dab% Ore prossolisa MOB 116 Jamas% lOW hes beesamolled+ o. llwgeoet John Moan= he be =without webs" end yin lithdr urs =etee ; BOwerd Week ont..te awe% without 14th rest—lhotterisk !rusk Well, gent. to te =dem without purther. 1186 reirh—Prancia George Holmes, gent., to be ensign, without perobse. Nod Foot—Cob:on Berg cant Jobe Luke O'Connor, tobe eteignorith. set purchare. Urd Foot.—Lleutenant W. U. Parry tube captain, without purchase, vice Burke, deceased • Ensign D. Donovan to be lieutenant, with out parcbue, vice P erry; hasten F. A. Ball to be lieutenant, Util e: D e:rebus, vice Donovan, it hose prosiotioa bu been cancelled J. H. Caseptivll, from the ittb Foot, to be lieutenant, with out purchase. 34th Yet.—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieutenent Spencer Ley °naves, from the tith Northampton Militia; Julius Dyson Laurie, gent. llth root.—Algoreon Henry BeHeld, gent, to be ensign, without por. Seth Foo thole t.—Chuke Prichard , gent., to be ensign, without purchare. - William Wood to be amigo, without pur. - - ohs" antlieklutent, tics Drysdale, pr.motet. 49th Foot—Lieutenant W. Earle to he captain, by parching, Tloe Breast Lieutenant Colonel Browne, who mit en . . 62nd Foot—Lieutenant Graham Hai to be captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Maul°, who retiree ; Assailant Burgeon Dudley Hanley, ica, from the 6taff, to be targets, vice Langley. pro moted on the 8 off. Ord Foot—Frederick Harris Dawes Veith, gent., to be ensign, with out purchase.. 68th Foot. -Harry Milligan, gent, to be maim without purcbaae. 71at boot—Edward W illiav Dense, gent, to be enrign, without pur chase. btth Foot—Ensign H. Waring, from the 111th Foot, to be ensign, h witout purchase. • . . . 90th Foot.—Henry Bingham, gent., to be ensign, without purchase. 93rd Foot.—Lieutenant W. Wiieen, to be adjutant, vice Dawson, presaged. Ind Wed India Regiment.—Lteutenant George Warms Cary, from half pay, RUM Brigade, to be lieutenant, vice Eaton, appointed to the Seth Foot ; Ersign Robert bourne to be lieutenant, by pur chase, vies Cary, who retires ; John Robert Thommin, lint., to be e= sa ht purchase, Mos Bourne. St. t.—Ensign J. S. Helps to be lieutenant, without purehaes,7trawedi appointed adjutant. LAND T RANSPORT CORPS. _ _ To be Quartermaste7OFtbTeaWns.--Ebariesiliiison. gent. To be Quartermasters of Brigades.—Ltentenant D. B. Ogilvy, .20th Madras Native Infantry; Miles Monekton, gent.; Bernard Henry O'Reilly. gent.; Bergeant-MaJoe Henry Iletiorrery, Royal Artil. lery ; C. V. Trotter Trotter, gent.; Henry Miller, gent.; Thomas Voiles, gent.; F. W. Dowse, gent.; Robert Godber; Ittc.bard Bren nan; Thomas Downie. !STAPP. Brevet Colonel Richard arenves, half pay =Walled, to to deputy quartermaster general tattle forces serving in Ireland, vice Gough, promoted; Lieutenant Colonel Alfred H. Horaford, half pay un attached, to be lieutenant colonel of a provisional depot battalion. BRY.VET: Captain Joseph Edward AddieM7,halliny 97th Foot, deputy amistant add Want general, to be major in the army. HOSPITAL STAFF. To be Deputy Inspectors General of Ho.pitals.—Staff Surgeon of the First Clue Jobs Collis Carter, M.D.; Staff Surgeon of the First Class J<hn Richardson ; Staff Surgeon of the First Clam John Mil ler, M.D.; Staff Surgeon of the First Chas Richard Dowse. To be Staff Surgeons of the Fir 4 Claw —Surgeon William Leslie Langley, M.D., from the 62nd Foot; Staff Surgeon of the Second rime Edward John Burton, M.D. To be Staff Surgeon of the Second Clus.—Meistant Staff Surgeon Michael Allen Jane, vice Burton, promoted. To be Amlatant Surgeon to the num.—Acting Assistant Surgeon Thomu Mines, ♦foe Jane, promoted; Acting Assistant Surgeon William Edgeworth Lynch, vim Ilan*, promoted. MEMORANDA. The removal of Ensign 0. Joy front the 59th to the 39th Regiment, 48 stated in the " Gazette" of 2nd of February, 1835, has been can celled. The removal of Ensign Milford from the 73rd to the 20th Regiment, as stated in the " Gazette" of the 2nd February, 1835, bas been ' cancelled. The appointment of Sergeant-Major John Lee to en naive, in the 17th Foot, on the 24th January, 1853, has been canoelled. She promotion of Ensign Turner, of the 60th Foot. to a lieutenancy in that regiment, dated 9th February, 1855, has been cancelled. The appointment of Major W. E. Evans and Captain W. Mayne, to the Land Transport turps, to bear date 25th January, 1855, in lieu of 9th February, 1855, as stated fa the "Gaulle" of the latter date. The appointment of Lieutenant Edward Harnett to the I lth Unseen to beer date the 14th, in lieu of the 2911 i December, 1854, but seek auto-date la not to carry wt. h It back pay. MALTA In the Gazette of the 6th February, 1833.—F0r Brevet Major Henry Atwell Lake, of the Madras Artillery, to have the local rank of Lieutenant Cslonel in Turkey, read Brevet Major Henry Atwell Lake, of the Madras Engineers, Ike. For Captain Charles John Strange, of the Royal Artillery, to be Major in the Army, mut Captain Henry Sands Strange, &e. ADMIRALTY, Fan. 14. Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Fitim Al em Owen has beers ap pointed to receive a pension of 15‘1. a year, as provided for In her Majesty's Order in Council, of 25th June, 1651, vacant by the de *err of Vice-Admiral Brian Hodgson ; and the name of Vice- Admiral Owen has been removed to the reserved tuff-y.7 Bet accordingly; and in oonsequence of thin removal the following pro motions, dated the Ith instant, have taken place: Rear Admiral of the Red Myrtle) , Hall Dixon, to be Vice Admiral of the Blue; Rear Admiral of the White Francis Erskine Lock to be Rear-Ad. mirel of the led; Rear Admiral of the Blue William Fanshawe Martin, to be Rear Admiral of the White; Captain Sir Richard Grant, Osptsin Honourable George Frederic Hotham, Captain Sir John Harriet Dundee, Bart., to be Rear Admiral* on the Reserved List; Captain Robert Lambert Baynes, C. 8., to be Bear Admiral or the Blue. ADMIRALTY, Fn. Is. Royal Marinea—Captaln and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Peter Brame. No'ioth to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice E. Wright, deceased ; First Lieutenant and Quartermaster William Edward Farmer to be Cap. lain, sloe Nolloth, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Jebn Richard Maatall to be Pest Lieutenant, vice Farmer, promoted. WHITEHALL. 1.3. 14. The Qom has been pleased to dirMat letters patent to be under the great seal, granting the dignity of a Baronet of the aired 1 Kingdom of Gnat Britain and Ireland unto Samuel Morton Peto, of Somerleytonthall, in the county of Suffolk, and of Kennugton Palace. cadet's, in the countief Middlesex, Esq., and to the heirs male of hiv bxly lawfully begotten. The Queen has been pleased to grant the office of her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Scotland, to Edward Francis Maitland, Keg., advocate, in the room of Thomas Mackenzie, Erq., appointed one of the Lords of Session in Scotland. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Stone, gent., to be lieutenant in the Artillery Company of Undon, for the term of live years from the date hereof. DOWNING-STREET, Fez. 14. The Queen has also been pleased toappofnt E. E. Rushworth, Esq., to be President end Senior Member of the Council of the Island et Montserrat; William Henry Doyle, Fag., to be a member of the Ene eunve Council of the Bahama hands; and CharlesAuguatuaßeekeley, EN., to be a member of the Council of the Island of St. V''tcent. BT. JAMES'S PALACE, Pm. IL The Duke of Cambridge baa been pleased to appoint Lieut.-Colonel Charle lyrwhitt, Sons Fusilier Guards, and Major Henry C'lfton, to be His Royal Highness' Equerries. CROWN OFFICE, Fin. 1& Members returned to aerie in the present Pediment. Borough of New Windsor. Sameon Ricardo, of Titneas Perk, in the county of Berke., Eno., ii the room of Charles Wellesley (commonly called Lord Charlie Welk: ley), who has accepted toe office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Litropholme. County of Wilts.—southern Division. The Right Hon. ridney Herbert, of Wilton.house, in the saldoounty of Wilts., one of leer hisjeet)'s ?final* Secretaries of state. Matrons Inoue and ETTOM Bore, Old Broad-street. City, mer chants, to surrender March 2 at I i, and April 5 at 12, at Basingball ttreet. Bola., Lawrence and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; ulf. Essig., Johnson, Basinghall-atreet. Wiursu Gamow, Sudbury, Suffolk, innkeeper, March 2 at 111, and April 5 at I, at Basinchailatreet. Solo, Cooper and Hodgson, Neruk.m•bulidinga, Gray's-ino ; off. 'mtg., Coleman-atreet buildings. Vanua Bases, Lilypot-lane, St. Martin's-le-Grand, merchant, Feb. 27 and March $0 at 2, at Baringhall-stmet. Lawranoe and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; oF. Lee, Aldermanbury. Gamine Coupe. RoLlll4 Doveroaurt, Yams, grocer, Feb. 23 at 1, anti April 6 at 12, at Basinghall-atreeL Bola., Cree and Son, Vera- lam-badinga, Gray's-inn, and Lawrance, Ipswich ; cff. mans.. Pennell, Guildhall-chambers. WILLIAM HILDILL and Macu TRAIT RATMOMD, SherbOttlllelAMe,aty, merchants, March 2 and April tat 12, at Bashighall-attest. Sob" Laurance and Co., Old Jewry-chambers; off. amis., Nichoiwas MS. 'Metall-street. WILLIAM MOWS", Ostlmatreet, Whitechapel, licensed victgalkir. Feb. 24 and April 7, at 12, at Basingliall.treet. Soli., Mar tineau and Bead, Verulam-huildinga, Gray's-Ina; off. &wig., Pen• Dell, Guildhall-chambera. Taoism COLLLMOWO.D Kra, Hann-place, Chelaaa, and Bartholomew lane, City, dealer in rat way stares, Feb. 23 at I I, and Mama 110 at 11, at Baaingliall-street. tioL, Wakes. Hvegerford-strest a Strand ; wig., Cannon, Aldermanbury. Tereus WiLusw Maims, Minories„ City, and Brixton, Surrey, chemist, March 6 at i I, and April 3 at 12, at Basinghall-atreet. Sol., Scott, Ludgate-street, City ; off. swig., Bum/laid, BaaingliMl - IA wee it:MMINIL Portland-road, Notting-MIL builder, Feb. 27 at 11, and March 24 at 1, at Basinghall-atreet. Sol., Kushbury,Berricy street, Strand; off. mate., Graham, Coleman-Areet. Tnowss True, Wood-street, Cheapside, warehouseman, deader, March 7 at 2, and April 3 at I, at Basingtiall-street. Meters. Linklata , disc-lane, City ; off. twig., Stamiteld, Baringhall street. Braman Snows, Rushall, Staffordshire, Boa burner, March 3 and 17, at 12, at Birmingham Court. Bola, Barnett and Marlow, Walsall, and James, Birmingham; off. wig, Christie, Birming ham. WILLIAM JOMNSTOMIL Birmingham, miller, March 3 and 17, at 12, at Birmingham Court etas, Motteram and Knight, Biiiningham; off. amig., Bittleatoo, Birmingham. WiLuais Itssansw, Liverpool, licensed victualler, March 1 and 22, at 11, at Uverposl Court. dol., Dodd, Liverpool ; off. aaaig., Bird, Liverpool. Prraa Wall), Han ington, Cumberland, alkali manntactnrcr, Feb. 23 at 1, and March 29 at 11, at Newcastle.upon-lyne Court. Bola., )(MTS. Caliter t Ne7pullr:upon .: Tync„ , and Belt and Co., Bow- EIIWAID COMM PITTS and EMMY= Ham= buildings. aty, and lEDWAILD FTYTA, Jan , latoutta. merehanta-3 dies( 114., Feb. 19, and say s ub sequen t Monday, at com mi e 4 ~ Aldermasbury. Camitita Borrow, Holborn-bare, City, operMbe chemist-Ind o y 2e., rtb. 19, and any subsequent Monday, at Unpin's, Aiaramb. bury. TwOILWS lone HOLLOWAY, 5A114 , 1117, rope manufacturer -1M db.*, la , Feb. 19, and any subsequent Monday, at Carman's', mg.. manbury. lona boom, Nottingham, grooer —2nd dlr. of 61., Feb. 19, and t, subsequent Monday*, at Harries, Nottingham. Joule (Marione and Rosser WIOLET, LeletWer, CIUTICIA—Iii 411.4 Is 4d-, Feb. 19, sod two subsequent Mondays, at Mantes, Not. Unglues. JOHN lit C/INALL, Nottingham, grocer —1 it dlr. of Jr., Yoga 19, two aubmquent Monua)e, at Barris's, Nottingham. DIVIDENDS. Much 13. E . Snow, plign.street, tit Giles's, tea dealer-18mb ts; J. Holston and C. Hobson, Waltham Abbey, Faux, and F.nftekl, mid„ diesel, stone mums-March 9. J. Hussey, Poole, hu m d rum , March 9. D. Macleod, Ealing, Middlesex - March 9. T. W i lco, gm ' Holborn, money acrivenet-March 9. H. Ileylyn ( estate), Coleman-street, City, and Old Ford, Middlesex, dyer= 9. J. Breton, King Edward-road, Hackney, and King Wridaraetrast. Qty, insurance broker-alarth 9. J. T. Merrick, lierelord.row, Weak bourne-grove, builder-MarchMitchell, Line-street, City, merchant-March 9. E. Butt, Newmann-place dgware-road, has. man-March 9. E. bl. Carey, Livrrpool, merchant -March 9. A, Mathd and 9. Moore, Liverpool, merchants-March 8. C. Terry, Istr• nangham, cut nail manufacturer-March 8. H. S. Parker, Mem* haul, licensed victualk r. CERTIFICATES to be granted, miler cause be shown to the iioattq on the day of meeting. March 9. G. Hardin, Highatreet, Stoke Newington, linendraper-. March 10. B. Osler. Grange-road, Bermondsey, leather true , March 9. J. Lough, Great Queen-street, Ltuoln's-inn.ticida and J. Limebeer, St. Jammstreet, boot m furs-March 9. It. Th St yund.aueet.road, Clerkenwell, linendr.per -Muth 9. a. IL Cox. (aspirate estate). High-street, Kenairgton, corn merchant-Ms/49, W. Tinsman, jou. (separate estate), high-street, Keddiwtm„. tnq dealer-March 13. It. Jackson, Lombard-street, City, shipowner_ March 15. T. Cardwell, Park-terrace, Hammersmith, March 13. B. Batley, Kingoland-road, corn dealer-. March 13. J. Lamarton and J. Galaworthy, Queen's.road, Peckham builders.- March 13. J. Thompson, jun., Terrace, liniahtabrals'e &emu-. March 13 . E. S now, High-street, Rt. Giles, tea dealer - Ma rch 13 . W. Weston, admen. street, boot and shun agent-March 13. J. 8. Mw. cer, Bath, carpenter-March 16. 6. Sprod, Bristol, cabinet Ma rch 19. 19. W. H. Sanders, Pontypsul, Monmouthshire, grour.. Match 14. R. Danbury, Over Dar wen. Lancashire, innkeeper-um* 12. J. Cartmell, Liverpool, boot maker-March 20. J. Harnatra., Loughborough, Leiceatershire. PARTNEJWHIPS DISSOLVED, James TeMillan and John 31• Mill ,n, Swansea, Glamorised**. drapers-J. IL Mason and G. Walker, Blaydon, Durham, earshot* manufacturers-Z. B. Houghton and J. B. Houghton, Liverucl, ens, misetun agents-B. Marsden, N. Marsden, and D. Collingt) Mum. I,ancasidre, cotton manufacturers-J. Hovel and C. Bones, New Bond street, and Toronto, Canada, tailors-W, Smith lad J. Oath. mite, Snow.hill, City, and Stockholm, Sweden, gas englestr•-t Taylor and J. Dobson, Fall Barn, near Ftawtenstall , unesseire, Maas mums -J. Scott and J. H. Sayer, Monk Wearmouth Shore, Durham, chemists-G. Crothall aid C. Taylor, Minster, Isle of Thant, brisk. layers-J. Tootell, W. Walsh, 4. Walsh, T. Crook, R. Addkco, 0,144..14 and 4. Treason, Morley, Lancashire, grocers-J. K. J. wood and W. Carter St. Leonard'oonfies, Sursen, builders-P. Dootson and C. Waite, Rumworth, Lancashire, trickraskra-z Woodger and E. Woodger, Regent-street, and Newcastle-14,310'm Bah curers--J. Walker, men., J. Walker, Jun., and E. 8. Waif. Preston, Lancashire, cotton apii OPT!, so tar as r egar d s J . Walker-, sen.-R. Bell and C. J. Corbett, Gracecharch , treet, City, architects- J. H. Chamberlain and B. Tabberer, Birmingham, arehltects-IF, Manning and R. Manning, Great Masaingham, Norfolk, farmers-C. Haley and J. Haley . , Bradrord and Shipley, York,hlre, Maas (madam -11. Crossley . and H. C. Freeman, Wienoreetreet. Cavendish-mom% hair dee,aers-J. C. Smith and W. Yore*, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, surgeons-J. Iredale, E. Iredale, and E. smith, Golcar, Yorkshks, woollen scribblers-R. Atkins and J. C. S. Atkiar, Regent-street, upholsterers-W. Brock and C. Brock, Can fee tanners -T. Y. Meyrick and J. R. Yeah, Wolverhampton, Ile em: shire, architects-H. Bennet and T. Edmunds, Huntley, Stafford. shire, brarafounders-H. J. Barnes and W. Meredith, pia., Kingrwin. ford, Staffordshire, scythe manufactivers-A. L Gabbs and H.Hophe. Union.court, City, merchants-U. J. Bunting and T. Warner, Nardi. amps n, boot manufacturers-W. Lambert and W. H. 408,111i:it, Yorkshire, surgeons - H. Barrett and N. Clough, Bradlee' Yortahlrn, painters-T. Smith, Boston, and C. Smith, Skirbeek, Lincolnshire, builders-H, It. Hoot', .1. 0. Hobson and J. Hook, Sheffield, stays grate manutacturera - C. E. Briggs aid B. Briggs, Ittigata, Surrey, builders-J. Lang and E. Hewett, Cheltenham, Imendrepen-J, Yonne) and C. Mouncey, Salford, Lancashire, timber merchants-8 Howe, J. Shaw, jun., and G. show, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton wup manufacturers, so far al regards G. Shaw-T. Whaley, . Welton J. Cowper, E. Cowper, Mary Dinning, Joseph Dinning. Jane Dinning, W. Dinning, A. W. Dinning, John Dinning, P. H. Hall, 0.8. Hair, and M. Baty, Groatington, Northumberland, lead =era. COURT OF COMMON PLEAI3.-FEB. 16. crrraxes AT PM PAR% IN LONDON.-117011 CHM /lITTIOI JIATIL OCKEDILL IP. TAW DIMON'S LAND CONNANT.—PON PZITURI 07 1111.113211. This was an action to recover the value of 200 shares in the Van Diemen's Land Company, which, according to the plaintiff's 034110, had been improperly declared forfeited by the directors. Mr. Montague Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Barstow appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. &Ijssel Bytes and Mr. Bramwell, Q.O ,for the defendants. The plaintiff was formerly a partner in the house of Cockerel', Larpent, and Co., which stopped payment in 1847, and he had likewise been the holder of 200 shares in the Van Diemen's Land Company. In March, 1861, the company declared these 200 shares forfeited, in consequence of calls not having been paid. Subsequently Mr. Bursley Palmer, who was a friend of Mr. Cockerell'a, and was also interested in the management of the affairs of the firm, made some inquiries, and ascertained that the shares bad been forfeited. He then communioated:with:Ms. Cockerell's solicitors, and they tendered the amount of the calls, 8291., and claimed the shares, on the 11th January, 1853, at which time the 200 shares were worth 4,0001. This demand, how ever, was not complied with, and therefore the present action was brought to recover the sake of the shares on the 11th January, 1863, and also 3001. for interest. The principal question raised for consideration was, whether the company had given the proper notice in ac cordance with their act to the plaintiff, before they declared his shares forfeited. It appeared that a notice bad been posted:on the door of the office of Mews. Cockers!!, Ler pent, and Co., in Austin-friar,, to the effect that all message' and papers were to be sent to Mr. Colman, of Coleman strut, and that when the clerk went to serve the notice of forfeiture at Austin-friars, he saw the notice on the doors, and be accordingly took his notice to Mr. Colman. That gentleman forwarded it to Mr. Noble—one of the partners in the house—unopened, and the plaintiff, who war abroad at the time, never got the notice at all. At the suggestion of his lordship a verdict was entered for the plaintiff for 3,0001., subject to the opinion of the court upon a special was. THE POLICE COURTS. GOILDHALL.—A cabman, in the employ of Mr. Hsieh, • cab proprietor, was summoned before Alderman Kennedy, for using abusive language, &c. It a ppeared that the pri soner's cab had been hired by Mrs. Brenkston, of 39, Old Change, who, on alightiog, gave him 6d. over his fare, on account of the seventy of the weather. Prisoner asked for more, and because he could not obtain it, used very abusive and insulting language.—Alderman Kennedy said it was an old saying, that if you want a little abuse from a cabman /onz b us a tgive himild.nnderhis fare ; but if you want some you mast give him 6d more than his fare. al should inflict a Sae of 20s. for each offence, or 14 days' imprisonment. Sourawann.—Abigail Stag was charged with mali ciously cutting the throat of Catherine Lyons.—Margaret M'Carthy, in the employ of Messrs. Josephs, the furriers, of Swan-street, and Cole-strut, deposed that the prisoner and the injured female were at work in the same room with the witness, and bad words; and the prisoner, who had a knife in her hand, threatened to use it.—Margaret Holland said :I am in the employ of Mears. Joseph', and I heard the prisoner threaten Catherine Lyons yesterday morning at work. She said if it was not for the work she would have stabbed her then. She then had the knife in her hand. At seven o'clock in the evening Lyons left the factory, and shortly after the prisoner lett. I went outside the old shop, and I saw them quirrelling together, and the prisoner drew her knife across the throat of Catherine Lyons, who rushed into the warehouse with her throat cut. — The prisoner interrupted the witnesses, and said—l was in a passion; I had taken my knife to the grinders, and Catharine Lyons followed me and abused me ; she tore my bonnet, and in the sniffle, I am sorry to eay, I cut her with my knife. I did not do it intentionally.—The Magistrate remanded the prisoner.—The injured young woman, under proper eau, is likely to recover. LAMBETH.— Mrs . Sarah Ellis, Elizabeth Ellis, and Robert Caron Ellis, the son of the first named prisoner, all respect able-looking person., were Saltily examined and committed for trial charged with stealing 301. in Bank of England notes, from the person of Mr. John Fuzsard, horse dealer, under circumstances which have already appeared in the Daily News. TitAltlB.-11r. Ingham received a letter, of which the following is a copy, with the enclosure to which it refers : " Finsbury, Feb. 15, 1855.—Messrs. and Co., with compliments, beg to enclose Cl. for the relief of pour appli cants, as they regret to see in the Duly News that the funds of the poor-box are exhausted, while the distress is so ' urgent. Be pleased to acknowledge this under the initials K. " T. T." has also sent 61. to replenish the Poor-box. MARKET& Z;U&VeS neat r' SUGAR.—The avenge price of sugar, the produce of the British possestions in America, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 13th day of February, 1855, is 20s. sld. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 21s. 2d. Sugar, the produce of the Ent Indies, 225. 32.1. The average price of the three foregoing descriptions of sugar, jointly, is 20s. 9ld. BRISTOL, FEN. le, Buonn.—The continued prevalence of easterly winds keep out supplies, and the assortment at market is most inddierent and limited in amount. The transactions of the weak comprise about 600 hhds. and tierces West India and 3,600 bones of yellow Havannabs, the former at prices ranging from 295. to 345. 6d., and the latter chiefly at 36i., which quotations establish an advance of fully le. to ls. 6d. per cwt. from the late lowest point of the market. Refiners' produce has been freely dealt in this week, and prices are well supported. The stock of rum being nearly all now in second hands we are without transactions to report. CORN.—C•smsta7OIID, Fis.l6.—T here was a fair supply of wheat at market to-day, and a decline of Is. to 2s. per qr. had to be submitted to before a cl could be made; red, 655. to 725. ; white, 731. to 78s. ; extra, 791. Barley, • good supply, but mostly secondary quality ; the best was taken at last week's rates, but inferior was difficult to sell at Is. decline ; 30s. to 33.. ; extra, 345. Beane an increased supply and dull sale at Is. LiNcour, Fin. 16.—We had a good 'how of wheat to day, with • limited demand. Farmer , would not, however, submit to more than 2s. decline. when a small business was done at:_that declire. Barley very dull at about former rates. Very few oats offering. For beans and pees no demand. Wheat, red, 68a. to 71s. ; white, 745. to 775. Bar ley, 28s. to 325. DEATHS. Lo Jit late fteond Drink. out at • moment's notice, day or night, been known ere that Lord• Palmerston has succeeded The Carnival has commenced this afternoon with I HIDES.-Laanannaxn, Fee. 16. - 66Ihe to 641 he 'TT= WAN), tun tngtoa cuenoenusa, mean manufacturer, reo. Zs t•••• --, - -0- 7,__• ----- . ,--"-• --0--- --- - • ' '' at 1 and March 29 at 11, at New tlau -Tyne Court. Sole., Blake LA to t he won *aunty. as a general attack by the Runtime was announced to in forming a ministry (a piece of intelligence which the usual senatorial procession down the Corso. It 30. to 30.; 641 b.. to nitss., 30.; 121bs. to SOlbe. M. MTLTII. Cbater, Newcastle-nom-Tyne, and P" Bell and Co., Bow- be not improbable. Arrangements were at once was received by many a sagacious shake of the was expected that the government would have to 31d. ; bOlbe. to 881bs., 31d. to 4d. 881 b. OR t to 96th. . , 4d. to churchyard ; ff. wig., lisker, Newcastlempon-Tyne. d. to 41d. Horse hides, 6. 6d. Calf DEATHS. made for the return of the troops. Silence was no head on the pat of our high aristocrats), the allowed revellers in these annual saturnalia to haveBANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. BRQWNIL-Feb. 13, at Braintree Vicarage, In sure and cert iin hope Skins lieht. 2. . to 31. • lull, 51. 6d. 40. ; 961 b .. to 1041 be., 41 Feb. 15. Joann Damao. and Jamas Hamer , Westbury, Wiltshire, of a glorious immortality, Mary lioema, eldest daughter ,I the kW , longer observed, but on the contrary the bugles of chances of a modification of the cabinet here are resumed the use of masks this year, as has been Estaxinens - 'T.-Sheep skins, polled, ss. 94. to 75.; woollen manufacturers . John Dena Browne. every battalion, and the band of the 7th Regiment, greater than ever. Count Buol-Schauenstein will in permitted in other parts of Italy, but the Papal K ent . and half-bre d ., be. Od. to iie. 94 • D owns, 4to 6,. . , s. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. • BUCHANAN.-Fsb. 14, W. C. Buchanan, Esq., of Upper Booth• sent forth their martial notes with apparently un- all probability retire from the office for Foreign police apparently fears that some leaven of disorder AT PUETTfiaIoOTAICLT. wick-Weft, Hyde-park, aged 60. COALS.-LoND,N, Firs • 16.-Longribge's West Hart- 3. C. Wade, Efittco-street, Chelsea, Whitemnith-T. F. Shillam, usual vigour as a challenge of defiance to the Rug- Affairs, and be succeeded by Baron von Bruck, may be still lurking amongst the Romans, and has ley , 23,. New Tanfield, as , Redheugh Main Trade sians. 'll,e sounds must have been distinctly audible hitherto internuncio at Constantinople. But it must ordered that no one shall come abroad with any other 1 • W a lk er ; P • 20s. .6d . Walls End Ben ~ s. , P ri mrose, . ; and Greet Dover street Newington, manufasturer of collars-W. B. Boat. BURROWES.-Feb. 13, at Ntiegbam-place, Regent'e.prak, DZIUAII Trader, man , Great D ov er -stract, Newington, tailor-W. Smith, Crisp-street, Walters, relict of the late J e t ! . burrowee, Esq., aged 00. in the batteries around the Round Tower, and in the not be expected that such an arrangement would face than his own. Brown, 23.. ; Walls End Barton, 255. ; Walls End Het- coulee-J . surgeon-P. Great W‘indsisulrl.,-street,b6wit.d.learteeele,atraobeo-.4 CHAPMAN.-Feb.l4, at iligbbury. park, Elizabeth, relict of the late A Chapman, Eat., formerly ANI.. for Whitby, aged 64. Admiralty-yard and Barracks. No response came at involve a change in the system hitherto pursued by I omitted mentioning that in the English marriage burn, 225, ; 'Walls End Riddell, 255. ; Walls End Het- Bath-street, Newgatastrect, and a:won-term" New North-road, the time however, and the French force returned Austria in her foreign policy. On the contrary, it which was celebrated last Tuesday in the under- ton, 295. ; Walls End Camop. 28,. 6d. ; Walls End Trim- manufacturer of portemonnales -J. Billings, Greenwich, Kent, seem. ccrrnenow.-Feb. 13, at te im pole.street, Ann Sophia, cided don Hartlepool, 295. ; Walls End Tees Trader, 28 .. 61. tary to the New mares Mining and Smelting Company-H. Durant, daughter of the late C. Clitherow, Ent., of Bird'aplace, Herm with the same alacrity as it had advanced ; the in- may be fairly assumed that it would be carried out ground basilica of Bt. Peter's by the Pope's special Arlington-square, Islington. eater - O. W. Pipe, Pitt-street, Old spiriting sounds of the bugles at the head of each with the greatest vjgour, and lead to a decided rup- dispensation, the finger of St. Peter, a most esteemed - Kent-road, rob master-J. Cummings, Maidenhead, Berkshire, ur LOWTIIEIL-Feb. IS, at Brutonistrect, Capt. A. Lowther, womd 'roydon, Surrey- .1. Batt Mel eI. regiment aiding the men in their march. Those tare with Russia, against which power the baron relic, was placed on the altar, to be kissed by all the FIBE.-On Thursday night a mill, in Miller-street,street and Edmonton. Bukileeer, currier -A. Goodey, Salisbury. POti ELL.-Feb. 15, at Eaton.rquare, J. IL Powell, Est., of • Dna. Zonaves are certainly in appearance the veqembodi- entertains great animosi4, and he is a man of ener. catholic. present; and Monsignor Talbot afterwards Manchester, caught fire. The water in nearly ell the mains street, Old BL Pancras, baker. stose-pwk, Suffolk, aged 611. s h t o r lsterer-C. W. T. Craw, t. . 7 , yw 808 . 0 . f the non. Col. Lowther, a red 34 ment of martial vigour and energy. getio and decided character. stated that he considered it incumbent to render the was (roses, and property to the value of about 3,6001. was DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDP. ROBL-F e b. 13, at Watarloacreteent, Dover, W. G. Rose, req., Shortly after the French troops had left, the Raw The conferences held on the subject of effecting a ceremony of marriage as religiously imposing spas- destroyed. This makes the sixteenth Ike in seven and mixes the total loss about 10,0001. days, Mawr& roma Ngervon, Dover-street, Piceedilly, milliner-3rd aged ys, dm. of 40., Feb. 19, and any subsequent. Monday, at Canaan's, • sians commenced throwing shells in the direction of reform in the monetary system, and assimilating it sible, now that there was an effort throughout Aldermanbury. BANDON RAILWAY.-Return of traffic the ground they had for the short time occupied : to those of other stafes, have been adjourned, otter Europe to degrade it to the observpnce of a mere for CORK AND Feb.Marnon Lopez, Fene.burch.street, City, and Oxford, cigar mer- put and published by WILLIAM R inn Hates, of No. 8, L Weed the week ending lO, 1665, 2841. 2.: bd. Traffic chant - le ate . of lid., Cab. 19, sad my subsequent Meaday, at In be (My of Loudon, Printer. at the Oaks. in Lombard but they came too late to do any harm . The enemy hither* fruitless attempts to find a basis on which civil contract . for oorregending week lest year, 1671. Its. Od. Canaan's, Aklermasburp. Btreei,ba the product of Whitefriera-baremar.Bmkravr 17 . 144 • • I 1 • ITALY. (111011 Tan CipABIP0111)1XT OP TEN /Alla wawa.) ROME, FEB. 10. The national debt of the Roman States amounts in round numbers to 73,000,000 seudi (15,000,0001.), almost entirely contracted since the reign of Pius VII., periodical loans having been a favourite re source of the late Pope's administration, as they have become a chronic disease with that of the pre sent pontiff. As this annual and growing necessity for pecuniary . supplies, beyond what are afforded by the state income, must have a limit somewhere, the holders of government securities oast an occa sional and calculating glance towards the church property, which they consider as a sort of moral gua rantee for the payment of such perpetually recurring loans —am, if the ecclesiastical government intends to continue in power, it must maintain its monetary engagements, which will be arithmetically impos sible for it to do at its present rate of expenditure, without selling or mortgaging a portion of the church lands ere very long. The value of this property, according to the census taken some years ago, at a very low estimation, would be 80,000,000 Bondi, about sufficient to cover the national debt, and forming a resource which certainly few other indebted Euro pean states can boast of ; but the real value cannot be less than double that snip, so that capitalists ap parently consider themselvel safe in advancing a few more millions to support the decorum of St. Peter's chair ; and the never-failing Rothschild is again in treaty for 3,000,000 scudi, to be supplied forthwith. It is rumoured that Rothschild and Torlonia are going to establish a discount bank, which will be a mortal blow to the privileged bank of the state, already sufficiently ruined by Count Philip Auto . :idles disastrous administration. A strong effort is , about to be made by the shareholders of the latter establishment, at the general meeting in March, to oust the obnoxious governor Antonelli, who at pre sent clings to his seat as tenaciously as the Old Man , of the Sea did to Sindbacl's shoulders. It will then be decided whether the bank resumes its operations, or liquidates and disaolves. Some scandal has been produced in the commer : dal world by the protestation of a bill for 70,000 seudi, signed by the Minister of Finance ; but ember regiment' which would ruin all the bankers in Lom bard4treet are looked on with sovereign indifference by this insouciant government. . 1 Volunteers for the British foreign levies continue to present themselves at the British consulate, and frequently come from places at some distance, on the erroneous supposition that they will be imm ediately enlisted. Great is their disappointment on disco ' Tering that the consul has no instructions to that effect. The French have hitherto profited by the military aspirations of such as have been willing to serve in their foreign legion, and letters have been received from some Romans in ' that corps who have taken part in the ac tioos in the Crimea; but, owing to a lingering re membrance of the French invasion in 1849, the dis banded soldiers, who then crossed bayonets with Oudinot's troops, have still too much antipathy to' the banners of France to wish to serve under them, and would infinitely prefer those of England. Six more French hospital surgeons are on the point of leaving Home, their services being more required now in the Easti than by the diminished garrison here. _ _ The Swiss colonel of Artillery, Ellger, has been appointed, with the rank of brigadier-general, to the command of the second military diviston of the Ito• man army, with head-quarters at Ancona. The Carnival has commenced this afternoon with the naval senatorial procession down the Corso. It the means of Her them. has, therefore, worn i 'them as long d as yin h g e could. Some more careful sol diers, by frequent rubbing and attention, have con trived to keep their woollen clothing tolerably free from this pest ; but, judging from report, none have bees enabled to keep themselves wholly free front it. The French and Ottoman sol diers, both of whom are remarkably clean in their personal attire, do not appear to wear woollen under clothing, but oaten. They may be seen along the side of every stream, especially the Zouavee, at all hours, scrubbing and rubbing away, with their arms up to the elbows in soapsuds. They take down their washing utensils, light a fire on the spot, boil water, and set to work in an artistic manner, and really do not only clean, but blanch, the articles on which they devote their soap and exertions. It was at one time proposed to set apart one or two houses in Balakiava • for the purpose of washing and drying such things as could not be properly done by the soldiers in camp, and that the soldiers wives, many of whom have been brought of late from Varna and elsewhere to the Crimea, should be employed in this useful occu pation. But the suggestion has never been carried into effect. The officers, since the arrival of their bag gage, and having had many other opportunities of obtaining sufficient changes of clothing, have not been subjected to the inconveniences the soldiers have had to endure in respect to cleanliness. The opening of the fire from the new batteries, looked for from day to day, has not yet commenced, nor is it probable that it will take place for another week. Since the French troops, however, have taken the position on the extreme right, many guns have been already mounted. Our old 5-gun battery, which was so effective against the Round Tower at the commencement of the bombardment, but from which the Lancaster and other gone have been long since removed, is fast changing its aspect. It had been ptrmitted to fall completely into decay, and was merely used for the protection of a picket. It is now being converted into a strong redoubt, and sue allies have given it the name of "La Victede Should the siege continue, their engineers intend it commence from it a regular series of approaches along the slope of the spur, in opposition to the Rus sian works to the west of Careening Bay. The tiring from the Russian batteries, and also from the French advanced works on the left, has been very energetic. There have been several sorties, which have of course been repulsed, and there is no doubt with much severer lose to the enemy than to our allies. On the night of the 31st of January, however, in consequence of a company . becoming surrounded, the French suffered severely in the officers and men of the party repelling the attack ; but they executed severe vengeance on the assailing party subsequently, driving them back to the very walls of the town. There does not appear to be any want of shells or ammunition on the side of the enemy, as was suspected a short time since. On the 28th inst. an immense waggon train was observed approaching toward Sebastopol by the northern coast road. Cart after cart came on, in fegelar succession, plainly visible where the cad winds round the top and aide of the mountain to descend into the Belbec valley. So in succession they disappeared front view. The same convoy appeared after a time on the summit of the heights rising from the north shore of thelgreaCharbour of Sebastopol, near the entrenchments of the large Star Fort. The waggons were then divided into two lines, one descending toward the shore below the fort, and form ing up on a comparatively level space of ground into regular rows; the other line proceeding in an easterly direction by a road which winds along the slope of the hill toward the ravine in which the navy baking houses form prominent objects of view. The waggons were a government train, not country' arable, for they were uniform in shape and colour, and evidently aubetantial springed vehicles, each co• vered by a hood, and drawn by two horses, on one of which the driver sat en postilion. Various computations were made as to their number, the lowest being 800, the highest raising the figure to 2,000. Whether troops or provisions were conveyed by these carts could not be determined. A rumour is prevailing in camp that the two sow of the Emperor who were present at the battle of Inkermann have returned, and that they had brought with them a considerable increase to the force of the garrison. A flag which has been flying the last day or two from the summit of a fort on the north shore of the har bour, nearly opposite to Fort St. Nicholas, is said to be the imperial standard of Russia. One manifest ad vantage to the Russian force from thearrivalof thecon voy above alluded to will be, the large number of horses thus placed at the disposal of the commander-in chief for artillery or other purposes, should the reports respecting the great mortality in the Russian bat tery and cavalry horses be true. It has been assorted lately, on the faith of the statements of deserters, that no serious attack could be possibly made against our position, for the enemy bad no longer enough to bring up his guns. It was said that his artillery bermes have suffered more than ours from the wet and exposure, and failure in the supply of forage; and the mortality, especially in the batteries which were on the opposite side of the Tchernaya valley, has been excessive. A few nights since, however, two horses which had escaped from the Russian side, and were captured near the Oran kov ravine, were found to be stout and in excellent condition—a fact which threw a doubt over the statements alluded to above. Sending back weak horses with the empty waggons, and selecting the stronger horses from among the recent arrivals, is a feasible plan enough ; but there is considerable reason for doubting whether the Russian horses have been so reduced in number or condition as has been represented. Yesterday morning, Feb. 1, about seven o'clock, a general stir was excited in the right of the British camp by the rapid advance of a French division from the direction of the house known as the Telegraph House, on the Woronzoff-road. They came along at their usual rapid pace, marching in quarter distance column, bayonets fi xed, with no sound but that which always accom pan its a rapidly moving mow of t coops an d the suppressed buzz of many voices in short earnest conversation—noencumbrances, nothing but their arms and atuinunition,and all w ith countenances expressive of determination and satisfaction at the prospect of an active encounter with the enemy. Two batteries of artillery accompanied the division, which consisted of a force of about ten thougand men. All the horses, both those drawing the guns and the chargers of the mounted officers, were stout and in excellent condition. General Bosquet, with a numerous staff and cortege of Chasseurs d'Afrique, was in command. Part of the force consisting of the 2nd Regiment of Zanaves and the 7th Regiment of the Line passed along the broad ravine which separates the first and second brigades of the Light Division, and wheeling round formed up in columns on the slope of the bill in front of the first brigade. The artillery and other infantry troops crossed the ravine high up, near the Ottoman encamp. went, and passing through the camp of the first brigade between the tents of, the 23rd Fusiliers and 33rd Regiment, arrived at the same position about the same time as the troops which had marched by way of the ravine. A halt then took place while the general rode forward to an eminence on the ridge in front. He remained there a short time engaged in observation, and then rode down toward the work which used to be known as the 5-gun battery, and which is now being converted into a strong redoubt by the French who now occupy this position. General Bosquet was not long away, and on his return announced that the services of the troops were not then required, but that they were to hold themselves in readiness to turn out at a moment's notice, day or night, as a general attack by the Russians was announced to SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE ARRIVED. AN*CICIA-at Gravesend, February 15, from Jiee‘ duaosto-st Gravesend, February 16, from Waft Cur or LONDON-at Gravesend, February 15, from .I.lwildet Coasecona--at Gravesend, February 16, from Buems Apo Dater-at Gravesend, February 16, from G Dulness-at Gravesend, February 16, from ..... ....M = bewares Lams—at Gravesend, February IS. from.. 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