The Express. — London, England, 1855-01-20 00:00:00

FROM the LONDON O. Jore. 19. WHITEHALL, JAIL 17. Th. Q11'4,5148 bees Owed to appoint Gems Wok, En., Advocate, to be Sherif of t h e Bbitee or Iliterifelon of NON sad Croatarty, to the room of Thaws Kaduna*, WAR-OFFICB, JAN. 19. Sib Regiment of Crepe. Osards.—Vistorioary Sagan Stephan Price Coastant, from the ink Light jobs cry surgeon, vice eagle, appols&M it led Drag , rons. Ind Magoons.—Veterisary Surpcm TossPeriadsr Gaga% from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be yeterioary ocattorim, Vice Jet, sppointed to the Ist Lite Gouda. Bth Dreg oons.—Liestaimat Richard Hoary Canto to be captain, by purchase, vise Vela Strong, who retires; Cor set Archer Fisch Dawson to be Besteaast, by punkas', vies Curie. To be Corsets by pnrobsee. Alfred Thompaso, pat, vita Ds t• Edward Piot*. B.singarten, goat., vias=griedoontotaid. Btls Light Dragoons. To be Lieutesaats, witbou=ssee. Coast Robert Poore, Cowl Georg* Olowass await WiWam Museenden. 12th Licht Dregooar—Paystestar Joanne Gestalts. Hamil ton Holmes, from the 16th Light Dispose, to he pay master, vice Walsh'', who 16th Light Dragoons—Faymastlizerißreisey Towsly Walsh*, from th e 12th Light Dragoon, to he permits, vise Holmes, wbo • ash Light Dragoon.-- a gtter Raymosd Ndes, gest., tobe cornet, by purchase, vice Royston. gramegaL Grosadier Regiment of Foot Guariss-I=llntitli, pet., to be ensign and lieusinast, witleat Coldstream Goards.—Captela ad Brood Molar the MB. *arable W. G. Boyle, Sala the illat Foot, to be Bests nut and captain, by pinion, Nice Lord Daskellis, peo mated. To hi Liautoaants sad Captains wittiest pureitese. Captain John Augustus Cottony, from the 410th Feet t Cap tabs Healy Fitehardisp Bukeley Masse s MO the 21st Feet. To be Resigns sad Lieutenants midmost perebese. Captain Henry J. Begot Lace , from the Set is iiKIR tut, vies Tower, promoted ; Captain W. Aisir, from the let Somerset Militia, vice Lad F. Lessem Gower, deceased ; Wiliam Frederick Isclast beiC= gest, vice Chorine, killed la sake; Slegistoe Maiatearing, gent., vies Fremeatle, pressited. Soots Fusilier Gaards.--Goiwg• Willie= Rags, gest , to be • amigo sod lieutenant without perelmes. Ist Regiment of Foot.— He* William Little Stewart to be major, by wahine, vise Maier, appointed to a depot battalion ; Lieutesant B. T. St. L. licOwiris to bo captain, by purchase, vie* Stewart. 4th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Anthony Trevor to be capseis • by purchase, vies Balgay who retires; Ensign Josses Constable, from the 18th loot, to be liontesaat, without purchase, vice Canoe% whose promotion has bees cosailled ; Charles Thomas Wilson, gout, to be amigo, without purchase. 9th Foot.—Essign W. H. Rainsfocd, trots the 16th Foot, to be lieutenant, without purchase; Arthur Worthisese, goat., to be ensign, without purchase. 14th Foot.—Andrew Alfred Li Merarier, goat., to be suldju without patches.. Mk Foot. —Lieutenant Charles Lidless to be captain, by webs's, Mee Massey, who retiree; John Henry to be susige, by purchase, vice O'Neil. pro 21st Foot.—Thomas Brace Hanes, gest., to be midge, by pause, vies Clay, whose apposstinest has bees Cla• 211th Foot—Hairy Theckerray, gest., to be midge, with out purchase. 30th Foot—Charles James Palmer Clarkin, gest., to be amigo, by purchase ; Richard Gnavillo Deese, gent., to be ensign, without purchase. 38th Foot.—Ensign Walter Hume, has the 76th Foot, to be ensign, without porch's*. 42nd Foot —Francis Edward Henry Fercohanos, gest., to be ensign, without purchase. 47th Foot.—Lieetesaut Henry Oem, from the Ist Warwick Militia, to be mita, without perching. dietki Foot. —nether Ferdinand Platt, gent., to be assign, without purchase. - - 60th Foot.—Charles Frederick Young, gent., to be swigs, without purchase, vies Lce, promoted. 1 64th Foot.—Captain George Cumming Miller to be major, by purchase, vice Smili, who retiree. 65th Foot—Lientenaitt William Bandon to be peptide, witboat marches*, TWO Warren, deosesed • Lieutenant 1 James Heaney to be captain, without pu'rehase, vice Barestoo, whose promotion, on the 29th December, 1864, has bees cancelled; Ensign , Francis Williams to be lieu tenant, without purchase, vies Hannay ; Ensign William Edward Nunn, from the 16th Foot, to be lieutenant, without purchase. 67th Foot.—Lieutenant Arthur Maxwell Earle to be cap tain, without purchase, vita Hague, whose promotion, " the 29th December, 1864, has been cancelled; Bailin John Risen Gooch Maeartney to be lieutenant, without purchase, vies Hague, died of his wounds; Beeigulleetk Haviland Chanter, from the tat Devon Militia, to be en sign, without pur ehw, vies Mecartecy, promoted. net Foot— Ensign Elbert Hutton to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice Burnside, promoted in the 21st Foot. 83rd Foat—John Richard Ratusbottons, gent., to be swigs, without purchase, vie.. Benyon, promoted. 66th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Horner Paget tobe captain, by purehase, vice C , who retires; Stephen Weston Bent, gent., to be ensign, by purchase. 77th Foot.—Ensign John Marsh Simpson, from the 73rd Foot, to be lieutenant, without purchase. 79th Foot.—Ensign John Edward Allen, from the 92nd Foot, to be liestenset, without purchase; Lieutenant Richard Bina Roland Bedford, from the 2nd Warmish Militia, to be ensign, without purchase, vim M'Donald, promoted. Slat Foot.—Ensign Walter Musgrave, from the Cape Mounted Bitterne!' to be lieutenant, without purchase, vim Trent, appoint ed! el the 33rd Foot. is any 88ed Foot.—Captain Edward Steele to be m i ce , without punkas*, vice Brevet Lieutenant Colossi who retires upon full pay; Lieutenant William JIM to be captain, without purchase, vice Steele ; Illsolip Jelin William Htteltisson to be lieutenant, without penises', vies Molony. 84th Foot.—Lieutenant Walter C. B. Snow to be eagisin, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Bridge, demmeed ; Ensign Thomas Goodrich' Peacocks to be lieutenant, without purchase, vise Snow. 90th Foot.—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Germs Stanford Deverill to be lieutenant colonel, without purchase, vise Bld, who retires upon full pay; Captain William P. Purnell to be major, without purchase, vice Detrain. Rifle Brigade —Frederic Carl Playas, gent., to be ensign, by purchase. To be Ensigns, without purchase. Christopher Rice Bayard Nichol, gent. ; Frederick Edward Sotheby gent. ; Richard Borough, gent. 3rd West India Regiment—Francis Shinnies gent., to be ensign, without purchase, vice Bruce, dia miseed by the sentence of a general court martial. BREVET. _ Colonel James Robertson Cranford, of the Grenadier Guards, about to be employed on a Special Service, to have the local rank of Brigadier General while so em ployed Colonel Lord William Paulet, having been appointed by Field Marshal Lord Raglan to the command at Sudan, and the general superiotendeace of that station and the establishments in the Dardanelles, to have the local rank of Brigadier General in Turkey. The following promotions to take place in succeed= to Colonel Craufurd, Royal Artillery, promoted to be Maior General on the 28th November, 1854 : Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Charlton Smith, unattached, to be colonel in the army; Major James H. Trevelyan, unattached, to be lieutenant colonel in the army; Cap taus Charles Erskine Ford, of the Royal Engineers, to be major in the army. The following promotions to take place in sueassalem to Colonel Gordon, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be Major General on the 28th November, 1854: Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Crumble, of the Coldstream Guards, to be colonel in the army; Major C. Edward Michell, 66th Foot, to be lieutenant-colonel in the army ; Captain U. A. Turner, Royal Artillery, to be moles in the army. The following promotion, to tike place in sucusakm to Colonel Dundee, of the Royal Artillery, promoted to be Major General on the 28th November, 1854: Lieutenant Colonel William Rados Faber, 3.s i tlF ri Ne e be colonel in the army ; Major W. Twistleton La a the Ceylon Regiment, to be lieutenant co ft army; Captain Janos William Graves unatteriftde *Meer of the pensioners, to be major in the atop The following promotions to take place in OOO~E to Colonel Aire', promoted to be major glued IS BM Dumber, 1854: Lieutenant Colonel John Ouvock, 81at Foot e analin quartermaster K lin Ceylon, to be seing*i the army; Major Richard D. Kelly, 34th Fee % PIM Mefta sant colonel in the army ; Captain ISMS niiieb 11th Foot, to be major in the army. The followiegmotions to take place in afteftift to )derer General pro D. Jones, of the Royal Artillery, ginned upon the Retired List on the 6th January, 1855: Colonel Francis Rawdon Chisoey, of the Royal Artiliery to be major general in the army ; Lieutenant Edmund W. W. Passy, of the Depot Battalion at Ter may, to be olonel in the amy ; Major Arthur C. Geed mouth, 34 t h Foot, to be lieutenant colonel in the army ; Captain Henry Collette, 67th Foot, to be major in the army ; Lieutenant Coleasl Frederick Eld, retired full- Day, 90th Foot, and Brevet Lieutassat Colonel Henry Francis Alaelie, retired fall pay. 83rd Foot, to be colonels in the army, the rank beir g wily honorary ; Lieutenant Henry Lansdowne Thompson, of the 68th &Mgt' Native Infantry, employed one mein's, serene in Turkey, to have the bowl rank of captain while so employed. HOSPITAL STAFF. Astatine Staff Bailees Edward Wiliam Bawtree, 11.D.,te be sad surgeon of the Led clue. 11 Z 1 101ANDITX. Major General Henry Dwyer, Major it half-pay unat tached, has been pennined to retire from the ser vice by the sale of his commission. The same of Captain Edward Herbert Maxwell, of the 88th Feet, having been erroneously inserted 10 the Net of elan promoted to the brevet rank of miler, lathe ,0 Gs , setts of the 12th December, 1864, etch jicomotiom has accordingly been cancelled. TM Int Christie. mme et s M Foot, is" ltesteime," sod A A e, . 11.11 0 1 ay mod. . ' The Oksheiss some el the molts' 10 the . WAN Toot MI IM art Dosesiber, 18M, h 8, Jen*" sad 1 8 . lonise se no promellM tautele= 0. J. Weboley to • °m essy, iilllllo " la the 20th Fe d l. so stated Ia the 88 Geselee • et 1810:losamber, 1114 Me bent sm. DEPUTY LIEUTENANT& Immix. Woke Ds Pre Alezaader, Erg, Thaws Yawl. 147 IT'ZiGis, &I. DeN1111111 . 32. Iliassar , WYATT, TINNY Dan" ard DAM= &MUM AMMO. Histineslieri, Larainstos, &haw piste maadasturart, to au reoles ha. llf st li. sad 14/1111 10 it 11. at Butnittall-alsed. Sul. COMM fttiltanistrost ; it. sods" Stundeld, Dielnitran• slyest. WILMIII 011Iiii% OM . Ostlmeishienet. Strand. and Tbornblll =V=*Wm =ha. 111 st 1. aid Harsh • at 19, at we, end Hsrk. 011116.40011. Ca:n atant 9/1. as a ima 1 1.16 1bad a l e rfsst• illbeill""st. meth Wader Jas. "l aw s. libusli al. Ist tist. a r taes• • Ilssimplen•bseiltss ; a& limas lam Alva. 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Sas. le at 1, sad Hank •at 111. et lailssldastrest. Sok, awl Harwood, Wendarddont. ilwrinrwine taut ; at ma. Leo, Alder- CalablarligUribmstlett. Me" est& Psalm, hb. lat 11, sod stAn iu t asimpi = . tellsisest Id. Um% Wit. abslsawseme ; WI neuessirremt. Timm Axiom ?YAM ontarkz= i r losoL ast. Fib. lat I, mai Monk e a et id. Prates, Haw lacerlstrast; et awls., nand% Ilsaistsk. swot Torus Lowau. Sass, ea. and Wawa Hu" Ina Imam Jo:. 27 sad Pal SI, at I% at Itirablem mil = SeL. Saldira. Stratailtsai ; at Mira% llosinstais. Wan graman. 9selon-spos-11 liaalMMa ama; Fa. I add at It at ;wade l se Court at Iry 999119 7 9 , mil, 019911 11 . I■4llAl Ismansi, Ueda. MIIIIIIIIIIII mbir, Feb. 9 and Mira 9, at 11, st bob Overt. Bois, Dentins salet. Hay, Leda; of wale., I,ll7ts i sit sa mobsesei llaadallsr sal Mits. liar. Jan. 91 end Fels 31, at IS, at Osint. SA. WM, Itswerstsr; WI swes.llatartass. lawsaa beam owl leaae lgamdiel ibieasa Modastar, ablinda LI. limn, Feb. 9 sad 11. et 13, at tiradierim Overt. SelsOlale sad Co.. laseltelea; ea wit. Pea.lizadiatea Ames Ems sod Swim hums. Iliresel. ii...L 7.6. 1 sea 1 1 . at 111. at Nambabit Ow& lola .nia Medley IluaktiM Oa awl& Ilimemis. lirashuar. Jaw tearmemo, Illeftier. mit bar AM 11/ =II Tab. 11, at It, st liseabalar Olart. isi. !role. es; et semis., Reser, Ilimisesor. 114111111 MOT ANIIHWID. Jan. H. Ansanan Orman. Omit Abastsew, OoodmantAdds L 17Theillegrionalion—al Lawarlireamar est, Ash moues • -u. r. mom% Bees.. oreAc Yorww leirwilowl. owl UMW wWwows. ma minter—O.Woniiiiwo. ay. bilaw—T. Di,* Cole. Wiest Nwils, Owed _ WO inwohliwor—A. Name. sat tos•stroet. 11~11111411i. elli= d rlelol-0. T. Brown. Elrootsby's- vollor—Cr. Cur wa.warierillsk Wi nsiw-11. ralors. Weot-orztra worth, ga.kaw al Ilw lksver leissisit Ouders—O. W. Diky, Ihrwar.l.o.lll4. =IWSAiIDENDS. OWNS WUILLAII. BiNNII4I/1•14 Siaddrun.rood. drawc—ht ellv. et b_...N., ha.ll. nal ow odowpowt Tuesday, at l'eA. I Pistol-MA di sad edger. ars der. d IL. Jar el. •+ sehrouset Tuesday, at Dresher* aisbilllstroa. Jeer Senna* leasitwes.d, lass r, sneer-Ist dr. rd as. 3d., Jan. 11, sad say selesuusat Terry, at Illasiere. Driaghall. wrest. Joss MOM Neer s, ?overeat, 11orMdr. Drape`-SM dm. of Sid.. Jar 14, sad ars subsequar Wednerays, at irds. Al 'enambeey. FL= Caeraas, Disy.astert, suerant -Sad dr. et led...lhe. 13, sad Ores labomprat 111eireday a. at Lerh.Arerresetril. lour Carew w Itannap Omen, Groat et. Detsre.ClW.hishes -ith and lad dr. d Jas. 34, aid thrse seeseper Weise. days, at los% Alreseutbury. 1)1V1DINDIL Feb. 9. 0. IL 11,019. IDeriery-per )Idl, Wig," Great Sesseitheisk Lion OsMieCity. .N -Fee. S. J. WAIN 9 11 . 1 1 / 8 /e , peer - MD R Z. item Seldwiestr, Warrior* issalnowt-Talb. S. Mr Warr. Jareestemet, Myra& 11111111•11111.11.-146. L L Chem eldre, ear 11•10-10. If. T. Darer i ttet ib t i N= In 3 di -Pei. 111. J. r t m. Lerester, wanted yrs sorese.- J. Ides brukeDe. IL J. Ms, Warped, gre=LlT. ripe* Glassoed, Dridgerke. Dw burner-Feb.li J. ew i re di keeda sw, Lausedre, kearracegve. CIATIFICATIII tow rem erre berms %t he summary est lee efiesell9S. ?do IL W. risk" marsh. c= 4 2 : z. MeNtiVir ere resehmet rib. 9. T. J. Werkq sege meelerwar- Pr. 9. W. Were. Jsbrersel. 9. O. Irma* Lag lledrg, surseer-Fse. IL D. Ur pere. Oarte Ilememith. row, Pdheterset, Derr rapes* battler- ?do IL W. I. Devi., Ilanelaseer O. D. Arm" Ilkatshere. worrier run -P IL G. liede awl J. Tollersall. 11bIlewdl leetes. Law seirre, nem nreelmants-1 , 41.9. J.Paery. Ildeserd.Cheddra, esting.beee kessoe-IPeb. la. W. Cestater, HMls* Taber* ter Weer -Feb. It W. Or glowed* lersdkr, Totirdet. stag row tostwer-Feb. 19. Z. mn, Wereessur. reser nanuanirs W. bile. Dmielarretrest,cr.sad H. Diarbrie.rak.dl. le•lrk nessarsions-11. Mae, bari 9. D. Dres. wed O. Dire, Leeds. Taliets. diss-D. Wiwi and W. Daelwail, Uwe pad ewe desless-leme ermalt Osekree. Saar Orkaws, and Ma y a IL O Seterp =s4 Deest.sayme. dr am szs i re L Fale j k . Wary, Csad . errs, so he es rapids& J. Wary-9.llreps, J. Tear. jar., N. Cropper, sad J. B. tr Dory, Mt lemur* se he r ressedeL M arra Tra . emidesdered T. , leye sl. essisese-J. B • sad W. tirrer. Il Perry arlawar. mere Insteesre r umbrdla edele-W. Wes s 1 w 11. Were. J .P. Itsetked. Tarr" rieliee-11. Oined. L COI, sed . arawidt, jar tsedre. egelealhed dwell% is Oa se Z. Cirbele-11. Mesa sod B. sass. alisroud, dr reswelswelsestler Jewett MI ids Jewett. Ired ="hatelsed reedeser-J. Owner sad A. Wrier, It. Issunese brehm-R. Oar* O. Pesdret. J. . lbw; . lassaidn. erten der W N. . Iredlard. Terbdir. yireter-W.Gars l 2:s. ere* am ere ersdrels-Seerms lib sod J. Mr. Deere. beer rrulae tsrses-J. T. Lie seIN. Graread. Illaudesers. dwhee-T. P. liars sedW. Ihres.lllsueestie nads_ tree-aubearm. L !beetle, M. Thmill. w J. Obelld9. Todeldra, sot brie rsaubstusees. se kr se lure& J. lDade, J. Dads, sed J. M. eissisibe. IWO* Toreddre. ober relen-O. H. Ihres, J. Lam. awl O. IL D. Ilhades, asoossr• sad Ours. dardloweet. Qty. selserys--T. earns,* W. rera, mud J. leransa, Itutelesest sod luddrehil. Tafel** moire rows• testarers, so tat rag:. eaderes. 1111111131111MATIONS. ere Teta, Rehr reirepse. Jar IS, at the Crow Isle 1111 d. be* larva Parrs; Derr lbw* wed dealer, Feb. 1, st the Gee. way raw Ir. Derr lesser. WILT tug Mum* lersdbiests, starch manufacturer, Jr. 10, at Dowell sad Ly Demo 1111sergb. Herr Aree, li, riser werehant, Jan. 29, at the New kip dotal, Leith. GREAT FI3IO--This morning a fire, of a most direr troos chansim, end attended with the destruction of se veral thousand mewls worth of property, broke out in the extensive manuaisturing premises belonging to Mr. Wm. Barr, cabinet-maker and timber merchant, carrying on business in the Chertain-road, Bboreditch. The discovery was made by l'elise-allesr Nicholu, of the 0 division. Owing to the peat quastity of stock cor..the premises, cow Meting of reams sea other dry timbers, the conflagration tpresd with same tbs. ttsaal rapidity, firing in succession the whole of the ms stored stock as well as the men's tools. Fri= theses the lames extended to the timber in she open yard. The engines of the punish, wend of the London Brigade, and that of the West of England Insur ance Company, were soon on the spot. A plentiful supply of water was quickly obtained, hot it was found inadequate to supply so many engines as were required to subdue the large body of It., which continued to spread ; and when this account was written (nearly three o'clock) the fire we. far from being extinguished, and property valued at some thousand pounds sterling bad been either destroyed OT 000,iderably damaged by the action of the fire. As to the came of the misfortune, not the least information meld be obtained. It is underst ood that the sufferer was in ! stared. -- CONN:IMR! PRE-PAYMENT OP LETTERS, SIC, TOR TYR TRANSPORT EISILTICIR IN TIIRMIT.—(.semi Post-oak*, January, 1856.—1 n order to facilitate u far as possible, the transmission of letters and newspapen ad dressed to the oaten, armee, and other persona employed on board transport air engaged in her Majesty's eerelem in Tu.key and the Mask Sea, special mails will in farm* be made up at Otis aims be such correspondenoe on every Monday and Friday arming, and forwarded viz }'tames, and by the Flea* Mediterranean packets, to tt poss. master of Mc s forces in Turkey. The following are the sambaed B r tish and French rats. oui postage which will be elargsabe so, letters so addressed Net en. °coding os., 10.; ma sessieding I oz., 2a.; IN snowing f as., 31. ; act saisselieg 1 oz., 4a. ; not sue eding 1} Si.; not esseellmy 1, ea, Se; and so on., one shilling being chargeable fee every additional Tinter; of so ouzo,. The above MN 11146101110 must be mid in advance, er the lotion will be wised and returned to the, sedum New. PM*** will be HAM • postageo f 7d .tack, whisk mast alio be paid in *dames. WOOLLENS POI TUE NAVY: —no G o vernment orders for supplying the DST] Witt, woollens were lined um' Wedsisday. Smut of masubcturers andmer chants in Leeds and district here been successful in their tandem • . 14,y gviriterG i JANUARY 20, NEWSPAPER & return of simpers - stamps j.., 1 13110 d gives the.oileviaS Malin; - • • Quartor• 119,191 'MAU, 'MAW . ▪ 303,000 111,0 . . 10 Karlin Pee . 106,000 MAO Misdate. . 101,600 WWI I Express . . 177,133 198,389 Globe . . . 176,000 196,011 San . . . 168,000 192,001 Standard . . 103,006 104.000 I land Waren oar' only rouse him at laterals to splenstio retorts Ii words. His continuance at the head of oaks as the Alf Minister of the Crown strikes the national energy with a dead palsy. A statesman "steady to execute, fearless to plan is -- iident and director of her MAJzrrrs councils--a mat who will shake himself (ma Anis- all mere formal transactors of business, from all men careless of results, and will fill up the favancies with capable statesmen, regardless of the rank or clam from which he takes them—Daily News. trbe Court. WINDSOR, JAx. 19. the dialler party yesterday Included the Duchess of Ko nt, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lady Panay Howard, B are p o os de Booth, Sir JIM'S and Lady Graham, and Mr. °Lb.'s& Her iLajesty's Private Band war in attendance after dinner. The Queen end Prime wallod in the grounds adjoining the Castle this morning. The Duchess of Kest, attended hy Lady Fanny Howard and Mr George Cooper, arrived in town yesterday mora hsg her reddens', Frogwore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, Piccadilly, and in She afternoon left Clarence House, St. James's, oa her recurs.' to !repute. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. It wu attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Claren don, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Harbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. The Committee on Education of the Lords of her Ms- j may's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting yester day morning at the Privy Council Oilice. Present :—The lord President, the Hake of Argyll, Earl Granville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. A deputation from the Bton Local Board of Health had an interview yesterday with the President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Mr. John CleaveXchairman of the board), and Meurs. Hughes, Wyborne, Stepheason, Levies, and Thum wood, attended by Mr. J. H. Webber, their sarveyar and inspector of nuisances. A deputation of Committees of Persons connected with Gas, Water, and Railway Companies, also had an inter view yesterday with Sir B. Hall, at his office, Whitehall, with respect to the interpretation of the 88th section of the Public Health Act. The deputation escalated of Messrs. J. Timpeon, W. Tits, J. Fisher, W. James, and A. Bell, attended by Mr. George R. Burnell, C.E., secretary. Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday evening, for his seat, Broadlands, Hants. Lady Molesworth has returned to town from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands. TWA EXPRESS, SATI34). • ::rE RETITIN OF NEWS] lare i • ME& 1•••••-.- - • the erprtos. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Ilsoal Skidoo et ..Tho Uprose." sestalniag th• same (maize. "Chootete is polling every Tuesday sad Friday night, fa Woe kr pod. deorlimouttolalmild ter a les• Ispeere." Load= Events' papa, taut be at the 011ee. 10. Booverirotroot, by Two deb& oa the bp of pobiloolioa. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ths D..—llorning, E►. Et. Animism, EL 41k. Tamansow—llonlas. 4h. 9m..... Aitaraooe. th. 13m. LONDON. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. LATEST NEWS FROM ABROAD 1 Amounts from the Crimea to the 10th state that nothing remarkable had conned sines the sortie on the Stk.—Daily News. PARIS BOURSE. PARIS, Fall)* y. Closing prices:—Three per Cent. Renter, for money, 68.65 ; for amount, 68.65; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., for money, 94.75. Bank Shares, 2,930. The French funds show an unfavourable reaction, closing Ito f, per cent. lower than yesterday.—Daily News. OUR PRIME MINISTER. TH3 first requisite in a Prime Minister is a de termination to be obeyed. If, when he gives order. to a subordinate, he allows himself to be put off with arguments 'bowing that they are impossible or diffi cult of performance, and withdraws them for the sake of a quiet life, he is unfit for his office. An easy, good.natured man, who allows those under him to take their own way—to obey only when it snits their inclination or preconceived notions—never can asoomplish anything. This is a position which can set be disputed. Now, what is the meaning of all the attempts that are being made to shift the blame of the inefficient management of the war from the Cabinet on to the shoulders of their gene eels, admirals, and other agents ? These attempts are, if well founded, neither more nor less than a ondission that Ministers allow their subordinates to take their os n way, to criticise the instruc tions they receive, and to carry them into effect or leave them unexecuted, as suits their humour. This is to confess that the head of the Government lacks the instinct of command. An opportunity will soon be afforded, supposing no change to take place in the Cabinet arrange ments, of judging whether our present PREMIER is muter in his own house. When Mr. Prro's suggestion respecting a navvy corps for Bala klava was adopted, it is to be presumed that ear present Panties was convinced of the utility and importance of constructing a railway there. Will he or will he not insist upon its being rigorously and effectively carried on ? An occasional arrespondent, whose communication from the Crimea we published yesterday, says : " If the corps of civil engineers, navvies, &c., meet with fair play they will is very useful; but one of the leading Royal En gineers said the other day, We don't want any of your Fox and HENDERSON'S people here, for we can do very well without them.' I doubt if the innova tion is approved in higher quarters. I trust it will he carried out in spite of opposition." Professional prejudice and professional jealousy are already bris tling up. preparing to resist an innovation in military operations. Unless the orders sent out by the Minis ter of the War Department to the Commander-in- Chief to avail himself of the services of the navvy corps, and to promote its labours effectively, are couched in the most precise and imperative terms, Aare high in command, but animated by the spirit of a mere drill sergeant, will take care that the scheme proves abortive. If it fail, the blame must not be allowed to rest with the pedantic martinets who are the immediate cause, but with those in authority over them, who allow them to have their way, to the detriment of the public service. Nor will the blame even be allowed to rest with Ministers who are heads of departments; it is the business of the PREMIER to see that resolutions adopted by the Cabinet Council are promptly and efficaciously put in execution. If he cannot or will not do this, it is clear that the wrong man presides in the Cabinet Council; that—to borrow an illustration from mili tary matters—a mere General of Division has by mistake been appointed Commander-in-Chief. At all times, but more especially when a nation is en gaged in war, the first, the indispensable, qualification for a Premier is the talent to command. The nation is in earnest about the war; that the Government and Parliament may be assured of. The people will no longer tolerate the dallying which has characterised its first stages. And they will look to the head of the Government as responsible for all sins of omission as well as of commission. So long as the Duke of NEWCASTLE—We mean HORACE WAL POLE'S and tittotierr's Duke of NEWCASTLE—Was Awed to play with the last war in which this essfatry was engaged under GEORGE 11., everything meat wrong. From the moment that the first Wuzzaw Prrr assumed the conduct of the war victory trode rapidly on the heels of victory. This age understands these men better than their contem poraries did. NEWCASTLE was not altogether the fool that his sayings and doings made peopb think him, and Lord CHATHAM was cast exactly the great statesman mea gave him audit for being. But the Duke of NM. aestera had no earnest will, and Pm' had • dreskiikalag spirit, utterly intolerant of opposition. The kat Pin would no more admit the word "impossible" to be English than the first Nerourfar would admit that it was French. And it was this genius for command that carried him triamphantly through all that he undertook as a War Minister. The flighty, imaginative policy of PITT would no more be tolerated in our day, than the arrogant, domineering tone of language. But his active enter prise and his unshaken will, which were obscured by therattendant vices, are needed at this moment. No man of common sense believes that Lord ABERDEEN THE Pateas.—Yesterday hundreds of persons as. deliberately intends to betray his country; but few ambled by the side of the anal is et. Jinn's Park for era of his friends can deny that ha is incapable of i mid sliding, but the ice was not of a strength sail conceiving the neoestity there is at this moment for I clout, and the park-koeliors restrained the most Montano's extensive combination' and vigorous action, and that , from risking their Rees. It is expected that to•day the ice the reproaches showered upon him for his apathy will be strong enough for skating. Despatches were sent last evening from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North American Colonies, and also for the Governon of Ceylon and Hong-Kong. We understand that it is the intention of her ?d!jesp , to ona . 4er . t h e vacant Blue Ribbon upon the Bari of Sir James and Lady Graham left the Admiralty on Thursday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Speaker of the House of Commons and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre have arrived in Riton-square from Richfield House, Hartford-bridge, near Strathfieldsaye. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Margaret de Burgh have arrived in Carlton•terrace from,Portumaa Castle, Galway. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst and the Hon. Miss Copley have arrived in George-street, Hanover-square, from Dover. The noble and ble ex•Lerd Chancellor has nearly recovered from his late indisposition, and it is now understood that his lordship will be able to attend his parlia mentary duties in the House of Lords when parliament meets on Tuesday next. We are happy to state that Mr. Philip Pussy is gradually improving in health, although yet unable to re turn from his brother's residence at Christ Church, Oxford, to Paw Reuse. The Earl of Kintore presided on Friday, the 12th inst., at a meeting of the Inverury Institute, which consists of refreshment and reading rooms, with a library. The noble earl (says the Glasgow Commonwealth) delivered an excellent and suitable address on the design and value of such an institute, intimating that if properly supported by the inhabitants of I ry, he contemplated the erection ultimately of an establishment on a larger male, with the addition of baths. _ _ • _ _ _ _ _ -------- -- ------- The Prince de Monaco, Duke do Valentiziois, has arrived at Marseilles. On the Bth inst. about 300 members and friends of St. Philip's Church, Bethnal-green, assembled in the large school-room adjoining, to commemorate the first anniver sary of Mr. T. B. Taylor's official engagement amongst them. The chair was occupied by the Bev. J. Trevi't, in cumbent. After several appropriate pieces had been sung and a few excellent addresses delivered, a very beautiful timepiece (value 10 guineas) was presented to Mr. Taylor as a testimonial of the rupees and esteem entertained for him by members of St. Philip's, and by those with whom he had so energetically and successfully laboured for years past. THE LEGION OF HONOUR. The following letter (says the Daily Nees) is a striking illustration of one advantage which might be derived from the institution of an order analogous to the Legion of Honour. It is at the same time a delightfulAistration of the chivalrous spirit which animated French and English armies when they were opposed to each other—we hope and believe for the last time. TO TIP ZDITOIL OP TIM DAILY NOWT. Sta,—l have read this day your sketch with reference to the Legion of Honour of Ffirlolll. Permit me to mention a circumstance relative to the use made of that order, every way honourable to the French. After the Battle of Salamaaes I was in chug* of the hospital at Coimbra, in Portugal, where about fifteen hundred sick and wounded primmer' of war were admitted. They received the same attention ea our men—they had a, Mir men all that their cases required, whether food, vim- Serb, or medicines. Tears after,l was accidentally recognised in Pia by one of these ci-despowt prisoners—which led to an applieatiou by the French government, I. our government,. to en ow me to accept the Cross of the Logien of Honour—which was granted. It is to be regretted that in this country so such ogee exists. When any si oar sinker wounded fell into the hands of the French, they resolved from the French medical staff the same Mistrals tesatment which the French sick and wounded reee'oed at Coimbra. Yet oar government has no means to tank their grateful sense for the favour con limed on their Ism fortunate countrymen but money tilliebialsrch a sato mold not be offered 'without offence. I am, Bcc., D. DIACLOIJOHLEN, MIX, Member of the Legion of Jan. 344 Breton4treet, TSB CIVIL SERVICE. Mr. John Milton, Second Class Clerk, and Messrs. Alfred Hiner and John Ginseeppi, Third Clain Clerks in the Wer-offioe. Whitehall, have been selected as Commisaionen to illlllliill into and report the daty of the Purveyors' Department at the Hospitals at Bala wen and SentarL Mr. E. Fanning has been ap pointed Postmaster of Woreester. Mr. Turner has been appointed Postmaster of Brentwood. Mr. King has been appointed a Third Clue Clerk in the office of the Charity Commissionen for England and Wales. enwrons.—Several new clerkships are about to be created in the Samisen' Ocoee, Custom-house, London ; in the gilt of the bads of the Treasury. Mr. T. M. Matthews has been appointed Clerk to the Comptroller of Accounts, Si. Katherine Docks, London. Mr. W. M. Fi s hes h as bee n ' appointed Clerk to the Solicitor's Of in Loads h .....o se a ' Service Goma& .`r - ftt NA PAL MILITARY. ADMIRALTY', lAN. 19..--PBollo.lloN.—Commander G. Hancock (1860), promoted to the rank of Captain. AiToutemanTs.—Contntand.qta E. H. S. LollaiNt ( 1863 ), to the lispiigle, 12, sloop, at Cuba; sad F. H. 'Witt, to i the Spiteful, 6, paddia-wkati ate. 111 iMP et Ile kW"' paean atilistne. - - _ - _ ilartir D. Crates (1338), to bp Wag AMottliat at Malta Yard. Mutar's Assistant B. P. Huishintn, td lie Himalaya, wow; status ship, at Portsmouth. BRING OF THE MILITIA FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN. PORTSMOUTH, JAx.l9. Two of the Militia regiments quartered in this _ _ garrison—the Royal Wiltshire and the let Royal Lan cashire—hays received orders to commence taking the names of volunteers for foreign service. This has accord ingly been done, and has been carried on yesterday and to day with great success. Lientenant-Colonel Lord Methuen, commanding the drat named, and Colonel Talbot, the latter regiment, severally addressed their men yesterday after noon, and explained to them the nature of the system to be adopted. The Wiltshire Regiment were assembled in the barrack square, with as colours, oCciers, &e., in the mane, when laud Methuen addressed tke men as follows: " Men of the Royal Wiltshire Militia, —On several mar sloes I have bad to address you in complimentary terms relative to your conduct and appearance doer the regiment has been reaped—firstly on my own account, secondly en that of the inspecting officers who mw you whesat Devises, thirdly on behalf of the general commanding the district, then for his Royal Highness Priem Albert, and lastly by command of her Majesty herself. I was meth pleated with the spirit with which you started with me from DM vises ; and I have now to call upon such as are wiling to volunteer with me for the Mediterranean. Remembeirthat I do not come before you is the character of a recruiting sergeant. I shall gain nothing by your going ; on the on. trary, no man will suffer greater inconvenience by volun teering than I myself. I leave behind me a wife and family and my property ; but I call on you, as Wiltshire men, for the sake of your God, your Queen, and your country, to rally round the standard of your Queen and the colours of your country. But before any of you volunteer, let me clearly explain to you the terms of the contract into which I am anxious yen should enter. The greater number of you have three years to serve : government wishes to extend this term to flue years, and that during such period of the dye years as your services may be required you should serve in the Mediterranean. A bounty of Si. will be given to cask man for so doing : 21. will bis paid to you at ones, • third 11. will be applied to furnishing you with asesemariee for your equipment ; and the remaining 51. will be paid to you at the rate of it. per annum for the five years you serve. Each volunteer will have a week's leave trent his regiment, for the purpose of seeing his friends, and I shall be happy is give each man something from my own private purse towards his travelling expenses home and back. Remember, you have the word and honour of an English gentleman th it nothing more is required of you than garrison duty in the Mediterranean. Your station will be Corfu. I have spent four years of my life there, and I enure you it is one of the finest climates in the world. One of the proudest days of my existence will be that on which I have the honour to lead the Royal Wiltshire Militia from their own country for the purpose of assisting in defending the liberties of Europe. And now, said his lordship, I call on the officers of the regiment who are wil ling to join me to step forward." The whole of the officers of the regiment at once stepped to the trent. Lord Methuen then used the earne language to the ser geants of the regiment. The whole of this clue of officers also came to the front without exception. His lordship then said he thought it unnecessary to say more than that he wished them to give three cheers for the Queen. This au done most enthusiastically, after which three hearty ones were given for the noble lord. As we have already stated, there is this afternoon every probability that the Wilts and Lancashire regiments will supply a larger number of men for foreign service than will be required to make up their required strength. The same readiness to enter for foreign service was displayed by the officers and men of the Lancashire regiment on Colonel Clifton making the appeal to them, as by the Wiltshire. The regiments will consist of 6 companies, having 90 men to the company, the total number of each being made up to 600 by staff, &c. A new enlistment will be required for the men. In the cue of those militia regiments which cannot supply the full strength, provisional battalions will be formed, the strength being completed from other regi ments. It is probable that this alternative will have to be resorted to in but very few hinnies.. WOOLWICH, JAN. 19. The Cochrane, No. 171, screw steam transport, and the Peninsula, No. 127, screw steam transport, have both arrived at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to receive en board a large quantity of stores, and will also embark a great number of packages sent from the Tower to be put board these transports for conveyance to the Crimea. . . . . Advice' have been received at Woolwich that the Ca midis, a powerful screw steamer, had left Liverpool on the 17th for Woolwich, to embark several of the field batteries now ready for embarkation to the seat of war in the East. DUBLIN, Lam. 19. The service companies of the 66th (West Essex) Regiment, just landed at Cork from Bermuda, arrived in Dublin yesterday by special train, and occupied quarters in the Royal Barracks, whets the depot has been some time waiting their arrival This regiment has been abroad nearly 10 years, having embarked for Gibraltar in 1846. The division eonsists of 17 etacere,with 642 non-commis cloned officers rank and file. The depot of the 26th (Ca meronian) Regiment arrived at Belfast on the 17th instant, per steam vessel, from Whitehaven, disembarked, and occupied barracks in Belfast. The following are the num• hers disembarked :-2 subalterns, 7 sergeants, 1 drummer, and 103 rank and file. The depot of the 9aid Highlanders, under the command of Brevet Lieut.-Col. Lockhart, em barked at Belfast on tho 17th instant, on board the Stork, steam vessel, for Glasgow, en route to Edinburgh. The newly-formei depot battalion at Mullitigar consists of the depots of the 14th, 62nd, and Nth Regiments. TILE MILITANT KNIGHTS OT WreDSOß.—lhe gevemmeat have commanded that a full inquiry into the ease and skims of the Military Enightssball be immediately instituted. A few days since the Military Knights re. wind an official notification from the Sahcitor of her Ma jesty's Treasury, Mr. Reynolds, that he bad been eon mended by the HOMO Secretary, Tisoonat Fitments:a, to instruct the Attorney-General forthwith to file an Worm- tion ex officio on behalf of the " Militaty Knights of Windsor versus the Dean and Chapter of Windsor," for the purpose of investigating the power and control ener gised by the chapter, as trustees of the royal charity left by the royal (minden for the support and maintenance of the Military Knights, and also for ascertaining why the chapter has not strictly complied with the will and primary object of the royal sad benevolent founder, as laid down in the chapters of Edward 111., Edward VI., and Queen Captain Thomas Russell, late Commander of H.M. Inman Himalaya, boa been ordered to the Black Sea, to take command of the Oriental Company's steamer Simla, in order to relieve Captain Brooks. The latter officer is the commodore of the Oriental Company . ' fleet, and hu been in the Black Sea throughout the recent season of trial. Capt. Hassell ia intimately acquainted with the Black Sea, having commanded a steamer for years along the southern coast of the Buzine between Constankinople, Sammons, and Trebi sonde. CITY or LONDON MILITIA.—At a meeting of the ooramissien, held on Tuesday last, the 20th of February next was fixed for the assembling of the regiment forming the loyal London Militia, for permanent duty, and they are tamest at 10 o'clock in the morning, at the Artillery. =tatrasbury. The Queen's warrant was for the em et the whole regiment, and not a part of it as was suggested by Lord Pahnentoo at the last meeting. Capt. Hall, the adjutant, was appointed paymaster, but no one was appointed quartermastk r, and the colonel was to inquire against the next meeting. Messrs. Boeanquet were ap pointed bankers and agents. There were several vacant commissions, but the commissioners declined tilling them up until they should see what number of men mastered for permanent duty. The meeting then adjourned. Summonses have been issued for the whole of the officers, nda-commissioned oMeers, and privates belonging to the 3rd or Royal Westminster Regiment of Light In fantry Middlesex Id Uitia, Colonel Vumount Chelsea, M.P., to muster on the Bth of February, at the head-quarters, Turnham-greeri, to he embodied for permanent duty. The total number of regular transports new in the employ of government is 181; sue -third nt the number is Ipropelled by steam power ; they have, altogether, be mu surstosnt of about 114,600 toss, THE WAR. Th e ,ci-devant Soldier's Friend of Vienna, which h u jut to ken the name of the Military Gazette, t a d has ;eceived from Odessa the following' account of the t h e t„d um ins. of which towards li um i a are well known, movement of the Rushin g i n the Crimea : Is order to prevent a coup de main against Parektv, ea division of General p em iet, the brigad e o f General pima, gel, and four regiments of si'tagoons, were detached ea th e 18th ult. towards Armgansk, and took oP I Position on the road which commands the isthmus. Tits light division et Kuhns ' under General Korff, was still holding its winter quarters nesrEnpatoria,its bead-rinarters being at Saki. m a 61st regiment of Cossacka of the Don had joined it,antlin ee , troops will in the early part of Jasunry, it is said, comfit en offensive movement against Eupatorls. In the m Y time, in order to secure the communications with Perek w reinforcements are being brought up from Odessa. TM I total biros now at Perekop, in cavalry and infantry, moms to 50,000 men. The Bth division, which arrived at Baittski. get at on the 28th December, was immediately after reviewed b y 4 . isneral Osten-Backen, who complimented it on its inn a r ene ,,, ranee, and said—. You have come by order of you august sovereign to maintain the glory of your ancestors sat the hon our of Russia, our sacred country, my children. It is mum , -wary for me to tell you that the eyes of your Mm., re i gn, ne , cell as those of your follow-c , untryrnen, ere ea defenders of the word of Joins Chri s t, our a ,. re are among you many whom I hav e a l rea d y vicar.ye: m th i s he ‘ I commen d e d 6 „ . .t fields of battle in Persia, Poland, and Han. gary i Femme) er the past, and continue to behave as In. comes breve Re. Inane. The moment will soon finite when hat rtnimael; adieu. " atate, on the authority of eibe :, e pe e : ee ll te ydas th pe e e , n t e h m at y th i e en ee d isi ee b til lia:. 1 line 'between Constantinople you will leave no captivity. Until t. The French] . lidly. A number of stations • , th w e i fo h rm no e r r th ci e t r y n w an ill d be w p estint la re d but they wets cm . ployed in the service of me le an t d te nt ß rs o e f i c r :a Le t l h e , g e w r h a a e p a r b e in direct comma:lit:alio', Europe, is proceeding ra t 14th, its the Zeit of and of houses for person.. :: r ie ea l t in ly e d w ain ere sg b ei lil b t y as a far rece n . , a 1 :. B g d al i e v . ris They are, hog. Count Buol oa the ever, being rebuilt. A letter from Vienna, of the not made the Berlin, says: The French ambassador presented to 11th a note from M. IYrowyn de Limp, otttioifiitth in pee. cies terms the interpretistinn of the four, 'vim*, in a F: each point of view. Lord Westmorelsod yest erdey presented a similar note on the part of his governmen t. Prinee 00't. chakoff pays almost daily visits to our Minh tar a Foreign Affairs. As, however, our government has slightest interruption of ins military prepares 'lone, we are without any confirmation of the pacific hopes whisk have recently sprung up. The conveyance of alum inion and troops continues with the greatest activity. h 'is Majesty personally inspects the military convoys which lea ye for the north-cut, however late or however early may b e the hoer of their departure. A NEW BOND OF UNION BETWEEN ENG. LAND AND THE UNITED STATES. The following letter from our special correspon dent in Anatolia will, we trust, produce its proper effects upon that section of the American public which is disposed to fraternise with the Czar. The Russian talk about an invasion of India is mere nonsense: but the Russian attack upon the American missionaries in Persia is a fait accoynpli. MOSUL, DEC. 4. A caravan has come in from Persia, which brings me a letter from Tabriz, con taiu ing t wo or three paragraphs that merit notice. My correspondent, who is intimately acquainted with M. Khanikoff, the Russian Consul at Tabriz, mentions that this gentleman has apprised his of a proposed invasion of India ( !) by 500,000 easeacks,whoare to be concentrated during the present winter on the Arrac. The Russian, says my in ferment, talks very grandly about the project, and boasts of the ascertained readiness of the Shah to 'take part with the Czar, notwithstanding the oppoe iog influence of the Prime Minister, whose prep dices, as I mentioned in a former letter from Tabriz, are strongly pro-Englisu. Thanks to the diplomatic imbecility of oar own chargé, Russian influence has culminated at Teheran, whilst ours has fallen pro portionately low ; and, but for his Grand Vizier, the King would, months ago, have committed himself to a Muscovite alliance. Onr new minister, Mr. Murray, now on his way to Persia, will not reach his post a day too soon, nor before his energies and diplomatic ability are required to regain for Eng land the influence she has lost ; for, though the Shah himself would dearly pay for it in the end, his throwing himself into the present war on the Russian side would add not a little to the Asiatic difficulties of the allies when the war is carried hither in the coming spring. In connexion with a former letter from Persia, in which I referred to the valuable and successful edu cational labours oft he American missionaries amongst the Nestorian of and around Oroomiab, it may . be worth while to mention a recent result of Russian influence, communicated in my correspondent's let ter, which will very seriously affect thec philan thropic labourers. For some time past it had been well known that these enlightening achievements of the missionaries were jealously watched by the Rus sian agents, who looked upon them with no favouring eye. In more than one case the Russian Consul at Tabriz had used his influence with the Prince Gover nor to their injury ; and they were not blow to confess to myself that but for the energetic protection of Mr. Stevens, our own Consul, they must long ago have been compelled to withdraw from the field of their labours. This jealousy has now borne fruit in a more serious result than they have yet had to contend. against. A few days before the date of my correspon dent's letter a firman bad been received by the Prince Governor of Tabriz, which restricts missionary exertion to limits that amount to virtual suppression. As it is aimed against, and expressly mentions, the French Lawarist missionaries as well as the Americans, there is no ground for suspecting that the former were in any way instrumental in procuring this in tolennt order ; and all parties affected by it agree in attributing it to the Russian minister. M.Khanikoff does not hesitate to confess that his chief has bad a Anger in its procurement, and makes no attempt to conceal his own gratification at the issuing of so illiberal an edict. After stating that it has been re presented to the King that the " priests and bishops of the Christian faith send teachers to every part to make converts of the children, and teach freedom." this new order repeats that the firman of 1257 (Hegira). which forbids proselytising, is still in force, and directs that " the priests of America and France shall give an iltizine (bond) not to send teachers into the villages, and that a man be appointed to see that no books or papers contrary to the regulations of the country, or in any way opposed to the religion of the native Christians, be printed. Also that the Americans open no schools in other places ; that only 150 children be under tuition at a time; that no more than 30 schools be auvwhere esta blished; and that no precepts of, or 'books in any way relatin t to, freedom, be taught." As this anti. educational decree—so utterly subversive of the con cessions in favour of religious toleration procured by Colonel Shiel a few years ago—had not yet been officially communicated to our embassy at Teheran, and consequently not to our consul at Tabriz—under whose protection the Americans are—it had not, of course, taken effect; and it may be hoped, therefore, that Mr. Murray may . yet be in time to protest against and ups 4 t so intolerant a measure. Mr. Stevens, now consul at Teheran, will be able to place before him the facts of what the missionaries have done for both the religious and social improvement of the Nestorian. in a light which can hardly fail to enlist the hearty and energetic exercise of his influ ence on their behalf.—Doily Nam. FLIGHT OF POLES FROM THE RUSSIAN CONSCRIPTION. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following, dated from the Oder, Jan. 15 : The persecution of the Polish fugitives who crossed into Prussia with the view of escaping the Russian conscription, is being carried on unrelentingly by the authorities of the former state. Count von Westarp, a provincial judge in the southern part of Upper Silesia, guys directions on the 11th ult. to the subordinate official; of his district to arrest 89 individuals, advertised as conscript deserters by Russia, and on ascertaining their identity to deliver them up forth with to the Russian authorities in Poland. That even the Poorest cluses in Poland continue to dread and loathe the Runie:a military i•ervice, is shown by the circumstance that all t'de 39 individuals in question, except two of them who ale Jews, are merely day labourers, poor workmen, and household ' servan , .. Their age lies between 18 and 25 I Iyears, and they all worked for their living, before they took to flight, in the districts called Miechovitr, Slopnik, Olkuos, Saadoraiers, Opatov p and coposynski, I^ - • dn..' Ni ge