The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

-----••••••••••••••■=0- ILONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—NOTICE for MARCH, 11355. The train leaving London for Birmingham at 7.30 a.m. will be discontinued. for Bliswert The train leaving Nort hani P lan h at 9.45 a.m., and Blisworth for Northampton at 10.10 a.m. will be discentinued. The train leaving Birnaingham for London at 1.0 pan. will be di sco ntinued. m. for Rugby The train leaving Birm in g ham at 2.30 p. w ill leave it 1.16, and be continued to London in connection with the 7.30 am. train from Liverpool. The train leaving Wolverton for Leighton at 9.10 am., and the return train from Leighton to Wolverton at 10.35 a.m. will be dis continued. - The t ra in leaving Birmi ng ham on Sundays for Liverpool and Man- Chester at 10.15 a.m. will be discontinued . The train leaving Liverpool and Blanchester at 11.15 am. for Bir mingham on Sundays will be discontinued . The train leaving Manchester at 10.20 a.m. for Leeds will be dis continued. The train leav i n g Leeds at 11 . 0 a.m. for Manchester will be dis 'continued. neap consul enc,o of the above , there are various alterations on the b r anch lines, for which see Time Bills. By order, MARK HUISH. General Manazer's Office, Easton Station, Feb., 1855. DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— lteduc.•d Prices as usual. TIII3 EVENING, FEB. 27. Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. RETNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. To cenclude with VIE WRITING ON THE SHUTTERS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. BuekstOne. Tills EVENING, FEB. 27, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs Tilbury, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers, and Buckstene ; Mrs. Griffiths, ors. C. White, Misses E. Chaplin and E. Woulds, Mrs. Poynter. After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To conclude with a new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. OnlaLcs SEAN. THIS EVENING, Fan. 27, Will ba presented the : original adaptation of Cl5Elllll* Delavigne's Historisal Play. antitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr: C. Xe.an. After which will bd produced a liew Grand Christmas PantemiMe. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD ; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Saline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo apd Columbine, Miss De.shorough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veer's. THIS EVENING, FHB. 27, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. PrincipaLcharacter Sy mt. C. Mathews• . 'To be followed by (7th time) a new Comic Drama, called TOO WWII OF A GOOD THING. After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. I3ox-office open from 10 until 6, Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directreas, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEB. 27, • - Will be performed a new and erlginal Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. -TO be followed by THE - UNKNOWN AND THE RAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Redford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Fss. 27, Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DTI tAF AND THE KING OF TIIE GOLD MINES. Characters b Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. limier the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS. After which. the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with the popular Barletta. OUR =BELLY. Principal character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, M. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The BATTLE of B ALAK LAVA and of INKER MANN, aided, by a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA, which this week reaches its 115th representation 1 The addition embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, and also those tremendous hand-in-hand encounters which characterised the above engagements. After which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Box-of ice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. Acting Manger, 5 r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian, Director Mr. W. Cocky, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOIS. 'NTS DAT —Morning 49 min.aftez 10 Evening 32 min.aft. 11 To-loamy -Morning 0 min.after 0 Evening 13 inin.aft. 12 VIZ WEATHER.—Scnq Orval, Feb. 27. TIEILHOMETEB, IN THE SNADH 41—highest sine• noon yesterday. 38—!owest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'81. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull, rainy weather. 7 c bi . Li) , LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1855. The Ministerial arrangements have not as yet been completed. It is true that new writs have been moved for the city of London, for the boroughs of Radnor and Halifax, and for Forfar shire, in consequence of the acceptance of office by their late representatives. But notwithstand ing the existence of many rumours, we have no conclusive evidence as to any further appointments from members of the House of Commons. Lord STANLEY of Alderley (formerly Lord EDDISBURY) has been nominated President of the Board of Trade, in the place of Mr. CARDWELL, who, as we had anticipated, steadily resisting all the blandishments by which he was tested, shared the fate of his Peelite companions. . The claims of the aristocracy have certainly not been slighted by the New Premier in the arrange ments aboie referred to. We have one Member of the House of Lords, two Lords by courtesy, and two Baronets, each of whom happens to be brother-in-law to an Earl ; a fact that, in each instance, apparently constitutes the chief claim to high office. As yet untitled merit has not been appreciated, and, although we are far from thinking that a title should constitute any impediment to the promotion of a man otherwise duly qualified, it still seems rather strange that all the five prizes should have fallen to persons thus distinguished and so closely connected with the nobility by birth or marriage ! Mr. FREDERICK Pm, it appears, after all, is t Undertake the duties of Under-Secretary for ; the War Department, an office which it was gene rally believe& would have been offered to the ' Hon. Gentleman the Member forAylesbury, whose • peculiar information on Eastern subjects and ex ttaordinary energy indicated him as the best man feT the office. It was necessary, however, that 'fliers should be a "Comedy of Errors" to introduce the • ; — ~w4terialDßOMlO and, therefore, the young gettl*s.n Whose red - -tapi st propensities are so notorious, wa s nitcla-forked from an office, with the duties wh ereof he had some acquaintance, having eerved a brief app x ` e 0 • 46 614, into one for which he was especially ustfi,t e d by di s po sition as well as education; while Mr. L A x 4 .1 4, whose name in connection with the. War- office reverberated th r oughout the leng th an d breadth of the land— as loudly, indeed, as some few weeks s i nce did that o f Lord PALMERSTON—WaB quietly di sposed of the offer of the Colonial Under Secretaryship, as offer which it is almost needless to say he unhe s i_ tatingly rejected. Having thus made the worst possible arrange ment for the War-office, lot us see what has been done for the Colonial Department. Sir GEo. GREY, who had for some months been Secretary, has been removed to the Home Office. His suc cessor, Mr. S. HERBERT, held office for some ten or twelve days, when he joined in the Peelite " Estampede," * and rushed wildly off, fleeing from some unknown but no less dreaded danger. tr.- - - t ; .1,4111"; *. A panic that occasionally seizes horses in South 4 74fA s Azastica.—See " The Scalp Hunters," by Capt. Mayne 64 ri pt c 1.5010itld. t t , A " >, l'4 ' 11, 4 - • , . .'. - r f , ";,t t .":..:F.1 Now, a Noble Lord, of unquestionable efficiency, has accepted the office, but he is otherwise en gaged ; and while he is closely occupied in Paris, Berlin, or Vienna, he cannot be supposed to bestow much time or attention on the other important interests committed to his charge. It would then in the absence of the head of the department be essential that the Under-Secretary should have some knowledge of the routine of its duties. But, alas, there is no Under-Secretary responsible to Parliament ! The young gentleman who lately held it with what might in some quarters possibly be termed " commendable ambition," but which is likely to receive a more homely and far less flattering appellation from the community at large, abandoned the position where he might possibly be useful for one in which, according to all human probability, he must be very much the reverse. It would appear as if Peelite management had been so very successful in the conduct of the War that it could not be dis pensed with, that one who would derive his inspira tion from " the good and excellent" Earl should be sought for at any sacrifice. As to the n omination of Sir CHARLES WOOD to the head of the Admiralty, we can only say that the " derisive cheers" with which the announce ment was received in the House of Commons will be echoed from all parts of the country. Even the strongest Government would be mate rially damaged by such an appointment. When a man of energy, and genius, and determination is imperatively required Sir CHARLES WOOD (!) is presented to the country as the pilot to weather the storm, to retrieve the mismanagement that has already been so grievously complained of. There are few, indeed, who, whatever may be their aristocratic or red-tapist predilections, will not feel that this is indeed " too lout 1 "—that it is an insult to our navy and to the country. We have already expressed our views respecting the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. He must certainly be a bold man to accept such an office at such a time and with such desperate up-hill work to encounter. Should he prove himself equal to the magnitude of the emergency we shall be very agreeably sur prised. We cannot, however, discover anything to warrant a reasonable anticipation that such will be the case. With such critics as Mr. Drs- RA.ELI and Mr. GLADSTONE watching at either side he incurs no trifling danger. " Incidit in Scyllam dum vult evitare Charybdin." If he strive to conciliate the Oxford Pet," he must anticipate the sledge-hammer assaults of the Backs champion, while his situation will be but little better if he reverse the operatien. His chances with either would be something like that specified by a China orange to all Lombard-street. Lord DuNcs..N's, although a minor appointment, is one that will be received with general approval. The labours of the Noble Lord for the abolition of the Window-tax and the improvement of the Woods and Forests, merit a much higher reward than a Junior Lordship of the Treasury. We cannot conclude our notice of the new writs issued without alluding to one that was ordered with deep sorrow by men of all parties. Tke "veteran reformer," honest, faithful, and energetic JOSEPH HUMS has left a vacancy which it will indeed be difficult to fill up. He was, indeed, one who struggled boldly and manfully, not for his own personal aggrandisement, but for the common weal. The reformer of every abuse the , abater of every political nuisance —he Not only laboured incessantly, but with an almost unparalleled amount of moral courage, he braved the sneers and ridicule of the pert officials and time-serving waiters on PROVIDENCE. At first waging single-handed war against the Hydra of corruption he enlisted many promising recruits, and became the founder of an important and influential party. He laboured in his vocation to the very last. He died in the ser vice of his country, and if ever a private indivi dual merited a public funeral or other indication of national respect and honour, JOSEPH HUME was the man. Peace to his manes. He has left a blank which it will, indeed, be difficult to fill. We don't know but that, for most practical pur poses, the best thing Lord JOHN RUSSELL could do would be to turn his back on Vienna, and hasten home to enter on the duties of the Colonial-office. The Congress of Vienna, we grow more and more convinced, is a miserable farce—and the only good we see likely to come of its being played out, is the satisfaction of the scruples of parties too little national in sentiment and feeling to be deserving of much consideration. We are booked for a terrible and decisive struggle, and please HEAVEN we will win. By all accounts, and in entire keeping with the practice of Russian diplomacy, while the agents of the CZAR glibly talk of peace, and the un- English party in this country quack in sympa thetic accord—that potentate is straining every nerve to increase the effective force at his dis posal, and the result is, that but a short period will elapse ere Russia is armed to the teeth, and presents a succession of lines behind lines of bristling bayonets. Regret cannot but be a faint term to express the feeling with which the pre ' sent state of things must be regarded by those who have had a due appreciation of the nature of the contest on which we have entered from the first, and whose painful lot it has been to witness opportunity after opportunity foolishly permitted to pass by unrecognised and unimproved. The aid we had a right to anticipate from a cordial appeal to oppressed nationalities is daily becoming more mid more problematical. If we turn to the Caucasus we find the mountaineers of Circassia grumbling and dissatisfied, with an ill-timed, however otherwise desirable, interfer ence with a traffic consecrated in their eyes by the custom of centuries. If we turn to Poland and Finland, what do we find? Why more dis astrous still—for the evil will shortly be beyond remedy—the CZAR draining the best blood, the youthful, ardent, patriotic blood of those countries into his ranks, there to mix and to be lost in the puddle of his Muscovite hordes. To dream of Sweden and Denmark aiding us who have dis played so little capacity to avail ourselves of the most palpable advantages, is ridiculous in the ex treme. Small States love the right as well as large ones, but they are trained to respect strength, management and fertility of resources, and cannot afford to be sentimental. We have lost a noble army, wasted an entire campaign, and cast away every special advantage in our power. That is the history of the present War. Was ever a great nation sacrificed after a fashion like this, by nincompoops of rulers like my Lord ABERDEEN and his followers ? Driven into a war whi c h • might have been averted for the N s v t e 0 f e w i e n h i a t v , e a t n a d k e w n e e t bound years. mearsa.ke When gingerly and Pedantically as if it were a matter within the scope of diplomacy, and not a st rugg l e in which the fate of Europe for the nex t century we hesit a t e t sa y—is at stake. And all this comes of what?- oWhy, t its well-being—its very civilisati on , of not effecting needful reform when w e h a d n the opportunity. Nothingbas cost this country more than its easy-going indifference to abuses that have not sensibly galled large masses. Had the work of reform gone on subsequent to the passing of the Reform Bill as it ought, there had been no op portunity afforded at the present time to an aris tocratic clique to fatten on the mismanagement of our army—merit, and not favour, would have raised us commanders, and these would have been worthy of us, and no Minister would have dared to throw away, as Lord ABERDEEN has done (sup posing the War could not have been averted), the aid of nationalities capable of being, and willing to become, and that beyond dispute, our mist effective allies. Let us never more call an abuse little, or hesitate to deal with it, because relatively it may be so. It is part of a great whole, which has cost us dear. TEE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO THE CRIMEA. The following is from a letter from Paris, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : Lord John Russell left Paris for Brussels on Saturday evening, and will, no doubt, continue his journey from that place to Vienna. I have already alluded to the con- 1 versation which the noble lord had with the Emperor ' relative to his Majesty's departure for the Crimea, and the remarks attributed to him ; but I am assured that he ex pressed himself after an interview in a manner that left no doubt of his conviction that the Emperor would persist in his project, less from any reply given to those remarks than from the manner in which they were listened to. , Colonel de Beville, one of the Imperial aides-de-camp, was expected to leave this day for Marseilles. Of 4 the postponement, or the prosecution of the journey, nothing certain can be said more than what was stated yesterday and the day before. The Em peror appears to keep his mind to himself so far as his Anal resolution is concerned. The Ministers are quite as uncertain as any one en the matter, though they seem to have made up their minds for the worst ; , and the Moniteur still maintains an ominous and per plexing silence. Evidently they take it for granted that the Emperor will realise his project, and their anxiety is directed to convincing the representatives of foreign Governments that they must not consider the. journey as an indication of there being no chance for peace, or as a complication the more in a question which is quite embarrassing enough already. • On a recent occasion tho Minis ter of one of the States whose adhesion to the alliance of the Western Powers would be very desirable, had an ' interview with M. Drouyn de l'Huys, in order to under stand clearly what he skould say to his Government. He reminded the French Minister that on a previous occasion he had informed his Government that neither France nor England would offer any impediment! to an honourable peace, but he considered the departure of the Emperor for the Crimea would in fact create that obstacle. The Minister for Foreign Affairs assured him that he was mistaken, that the Emperor merely desired to visit the army, but that his presence at the camp would not hasten by a single day the assault, nor would it occasion the spendingef a single additional pound of powder ; that the project itself .had long floated in the mind of the Em peror, .but that at the moment he was speaking it was only. an intention, a l'etat de resolution, which might or might not be carried into effect ; but that, even if it were; it was by no means to be considered an act of war. M. Drouyn de l'Huys then drew forth the circular letter which he bad addressed to his agents at foreign Ceurts, containing instructions as to the re ply they were to give in the event of their being asked for explanations, and he fully authorized the Minister to write to his Government in the same sense. THE SUN, LONDON, T'CrESDAi" EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1855. SIR RICHARD MACDONNELL, C.B. We have great pleasure in stating that the Queen has ' conferred the honour of knighthood on the newly-ap pointed Governor of South Australia. Sir Richard Macdonnell has earned this mark of approbation by many years of active and able service. In 1842 he was sent to the Western Coast of Africa as Chief Justice of the Gambia, and held that office for about five years, during which he became thoroughly conversant with the interests and feelings of the colonists, mid was then made Governor in 1847. This position he retained for five years more, although nearly all his European con temporaries fell victims to the malignity of the climate, and although he was himself attacked some fifteen or twenty times by the terrible African fever. He visited in person the tribes in the interior of the country, where no white man had penetrated before, and managed to conciliate the native princes and conclude treaties with them. The occasional violation of these he punished by some vigorous military expeditions, and thus established enlarged and securer commercial intercourse for the colony. In 1852 he was made a Companion of the Bath, and then appointed successively Governor of St. Lucia and of St. Vincent. The latter post he filled till his recent promotion, and in it he earned a character for those qualities that eminently conciliate personal regard, ' as well as for abilities of a very high order. Sir Richard Macdonnell is the son of the Provost of the Dublin University. His departure for Australia will take place almost immediately. TIIE SORTIE OF JAN. 31. The lnvalide Russe publishes a report in which Prince Monschikoff writes, under date Feb. 4, that in the night of Jan. 31 a sortie was made from Sebastopol against the right of the French trenches. The Russian detachment, consisting of 330 men, led by the naval lieutenant Biruleff, approached the sheltered position of the French, attacked the occupants with the bayonet, and expelled them. "Notwithstanding the cross fire of musketry and grape kept up from th• French and English batteries, Lieutenant Biruleff pre cipitated himself six times on the nearest trenches, and inflicted so much loss upon the enemy that one of them was filled with the dead bodies of French soldiers. Our party made three officers and seven men prisoners. On our side we had Ensign Semeneky and three men killed, and 34 wounded, among whom is one of the best known of our brave fellows, Koschka, the sail Or." In his report General o.teu-Sacken speaks in the highest terms of the skill and valour of Lieut. Biruleff, " who has now led four sorties with remarkable success." Such is the Russian account of this affair. It is need less to say that it differs widely from that which we have published from French sources. COURT CIRCULAR. The Privy Council appointed to be held by the Queen yesterday was postponed until to-morrow (Wednesday). The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday afternoon, at her residence, Gloucester House. _ _ _ _ _ Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty had a dinner party at Buckingham Palace in the evening. The company included the Hanoverian Minister and Countess Helene Kleiman segge, the Austrian Miuister and Countess Colloredo, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Eg linton, the Earl of Desart, Lady De Tabley, Lard and Lady Foley, and Vice-Admiral Sir George and Lady Seymour. A meeting of Ministers was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign office, Downing-street, which was pre sided over by Viscount Pal►xerston. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of Cam berwell parish had an interview yesterday with the Pre sident of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Green away and Beattie, Dr. Webster, and Messrs. Barruck, Waterlow, and Irvine. We regret to learn that the Duchess of Leinster's late attack was of an apopletic character. She is now some what revived, but still far from convalescent. The Earl of Glengall is still at Bretby Park, where his lordship has remained since Christmas. The noble earl continues in a very weak state, and is not expected in town at present. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Hugh Percy arrived at the Earl of Beverley's mansion in Portman-square yes terday, from the Crimea. The gallant officer has been through the whole of the campaign, and was wounded both at the Alma and at Inkerman. In the former action he was shot through the arm, and at Inkerman he sustained a severe wound on the temple, apparently from a flintstone. Colonel Percy leaves town to-morrow for Torquay, where the earl of Beverley has been staying since Christmas. DEATH OF LORD KENYON.—We regret to announce the demise of this nobleman, who expired at his seat, Gredington Hall, in Flintshire, on Sunday last, at the venerable age of 78. The deceased lord was son of the first baron, who was a distinguished judge, and filled the office of Chi e f Ju s tice of the Queen's Bench in 1788. He succeeded his father in 1802, and is succeeded by his son, the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon (now third Baron Kenyon). ACCIDENT TO THE BISHOP OF DURHAM.—An accident happened to the Bishop of Durham last week at Auck land Castle, which has since confined the venerable pre late to his room. His lordship was standing before the fire in his library in the castle, when it is supposed he was seized with a fainting fit, to which it appears be is rather liable. He fell forward against the grate, by which he was burnt, though not severely. At his lord ship's advanced age the shock sustained by his system is causing some anxiety to his friends. His condition is described by the local papers as precarious. MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE.—The Committee ap pointed to inquire into the Condition of the Array before Sebastopol assembled yesterday afternoon, and unani mously elected Mr. Roebuck as chairman. The com mittee, on its rising, had not decided whether the public shoeld be admitted during the inquiry. MULES FOR THE CRIMEA.—A clerk from the War office has been ordered to Sinope, to superintend the outlay of 50,0001. for the purchase of mules. THE GUARDS.—The fourth contingent of the Brigade of Guards for the British expeditionary force will not leave London for the East until Thursday. Colonel Daniell, of the Coldstream Guards, has pre sented the regimental library in Portman-street barracks with 500 ♦olumes of choice works. _ Admiral Nachimoff has just received from the Czar the order of the White Eagle, as a reward for his ser vices at Sebastopol. .. .3.~ - LATEST NEWS. -4 ..-____ THE CRIMEA. —•nom-- MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, FEB. 27. The Sinai, which left Constantinople on the 19th inst., has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 5 a.m. Advioes dated Balaklava, 17th Feb., state that the Russians have disappeared from Baidar. They energetically defend the north side. 14,000 French have marched on Inkerman. The thermometer varies from 36 to 72 deg. The country is very dry. Lord Lucan has left. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 26. Authentic intelligence has been received here that the state of the British camp at Balaklava is improving. The ships took part in the battle at Eupatoria on the 17th instant. Official intelligence has been received here of the departure of Lord John Russell from Paris for Vienna, via Berlin and Dresden. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 25th Feb., says : "An Austrian circular despatch has been issued, dated 17th February. It declares that the rigo rous execution of the Frankfort Diet relative to the preparations of war of the Federal army, is a 'que stion of honour' for the States of the Confe deration. "At the same time the circular criticises the pounds of the Dietal resolution, and endeavours to prove that the demand of Prussia, that the Federal contingents should be held exclusively upon the territory of the Confederation, at the disposal of the Federal Assembly, is impracti cable." We have received the following from Paris : PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 26. Colonel d'Olberg, aide-de-camp of General de Wedell, arrived at Paris on Sunday evening from Berlin. Satisfactory letters were received here on Sun day evening from General Niel, in the Crimea. EATOUM, FEB. 1. A body of Georgian militia (Asian) attacked at the camp at Laghoe, yesterday, a post confided to 800 Bashi-Bazouks. The Russians were driven back with considerable loss. BERLIN, FEB. 24. The negotiation with France still remains with out result. The parties, it is believed, thoroughly understand each other. Prussia wants to enter the new Conferences in the interest of Russia. The Czar is exceedingly anxious on this head. But Prussia would enter the Conference in vain if she took upon herself any positive engagement to act against Russia. M. Drouyn de l'Huys has held very decided, although conciliatory, language to General Wedell, and the issue of the negotia tions will not be long delayed. VIENNA, FEB. 23. Lord Sblin.ltusstll is expected here on Tuesday or Wednesday. It is not thought that the nego tiations will be long protracted, unless England and France declare themselves ready to give up the objects for which they have taken up arms. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to the Marquis d'Au tonini, the Neapolitan Minister, who delivered a letter from his sovereign, notifying , the birth of the Princess Maria Theresa Ferdi panda, daughter of the Count de Trapani. His Majesty also granted a private audience to the Marquis Pes de Villa-Marina, Sardinian Minister, who delivered three letters from his sovereign, notifying the birth of the Duke of Genoa, the l i death of Queen-Mother Maria Theresa, and the death of the reigning Queen, Maria Adelaide. General Niel, who was sent on a mission to the Crimea by the Emperor, arrived at Toulon last evening, and is expected in Paris to-night or to morrow morning. The Moniteut de l' Armee contains a report to the Emperor from Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, recommending the augmentation in the Imperial Guard, which has been already spoken of in the journals, for the purpose of sending a large body 'of these select troops to the Crimea. An Imperial decree approves of the augmentation spoken of. The Moniteur publishes decrees, whereby Col. Ochsenbein, chief of the Military Department in Switzerland, has been named general of brigade au titre etranger, and charged with the organisation and command of the second foreign legion ; and the ' two following officers are named colonels au titre etranger :—Major Meyer, to the Ist regiment of the second foreign legion, and Major de Granet ' Lacroix de Chab r i e r e to the 2d regiment of the same legion. M. Gehret, ex colonel in the ser vice of the Swiss Confederation, is also appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Ist regiment of the 2d legion. An Imperial decree authorises the Marquis de Barville, formerly Lieutenant of the Orleans Cuirassiers, Count Depestre, Chef d'Escadron on half-pay, and M. Trcestler, formerly brigadier in the Royal Guard, to wear the decoration of Knight of the Legion of Honour. A note appended to the decree states that these three persons had been no minated to that honour by an ordonnance of Charles X., dated Rambouillet, Aug. 1, 1830. A letter from Marseilles of the 25th says : " General de Sparre yesterday passed in review, on the Conn Bonaparte, the various regiments ordered to the Crimea. They were in all about 1,200 men, and their appearance and high spirits were alike subject of reniark. A great portion of these men left to-day in the Cannel for Constan tinople." BOURSE, FEB. 26.--CIOSINCt PRICES. Cask. fr. C. End of Month. , q per Cents 95 50 95f. 500. 3 per Cents 66 40 66 40 Credit Mobilier 733 75 Roman Credit Fonder 537 50 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes — riedmontese B4 Home Debt 3oi RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. C. ft. C. Orleans 1,172 50 Lyons .. . 1020 Western 665 Rouen Cede 595 Strasburg . Mediterranean 9OO HaTre 555 Northern RUSSIA. Advices from Warsaw, of the 16th, are filled with accounts of the immense deliveries of provisions at the Polish fortresses. Vast magazines, we are told, are formed at Ostrolenka. The writers mention, with undisguised admiration, the great quantities of spirituous liquor which the care of the Czar has provided for his soldiery, and which are daily con veyed to the central depots. From this it is in ferredthat Poland is expected to become the theatre of a great war. General Dekn, inspector of for tresses, reports that the three lines of defence, ex tending from Cronstadt to the Vistula, ar3 in a complete and effective state. The Universal German Gazette contains news from the Baltic, which states that great activity is displayed in the Russian ports in the construction of gun-boats. The Russian fleet, it is stated, con tained 250 of these boats last year, and now 100 others are to be added to that number. Each is to be armed with one gun of 68 and four of 32. The part which is in the water is lined with iron. The Russian fleet of the Baltic, properly so called, consists of 30 ships of the line, 9 frigates, .8 brigs, and 10 steamers. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 22d, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says : " Prince Gortschakoff on Tuesday last delnikticled - audience from the Emperor for the purpose of giving, in the name of the Emperor of Russia, explanations on the new manifesto of the Czar. The Prince declared that the sovereign had been constrained to take that step by the extension, more and more considerable, of the coali tion against Russia, and that the calling out of the whole forces of the empire was only a measure of defence neces sitated by the warlike preparations of the West. This measure, added Prince Gortschakeff, was not intended to exercise any influence on the conferences for peace, the Czar being disposed, now as before, to treat with the Western Powers on the basis of the four points. The Emperor Francis-Joseph did not, we are assured, consider this explanation satisfactory, and he frankly stated to Prince Gortschakoff that the proceeding of the Czar inspired him with less confidence from the fact that up to the present moment, no other power has had re course to measures of such gravity. In a word, the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia has produced a very unfavourable impression in our official circles ; and it is asserted that our Emperor will not leave without reply this demonstration of the Czar." ITALY. ROME, Feb. 20.—1 t is confidently asserted that Cardinal Antonelli has at last resigned, and that the Pope has accepted his resignation. Several mo tives are adduced for this step on the part of his emi nence, who, it is supposed, would net have resorted to it if he had seen a tolerable chance of keeping in power much longer. The pretext alleged by him is stated to be the determination of his Holiness to divide the multifarious offices hitherto concentrated in the person of Cardinal Antonelli, and to have two secretaries of state, one for foreign and the other for home affairs, as during the reign of the late Pope. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st contain no news of much interest. The Gazette publishes addresses of devotedness to the Government from the civil and military authorities ; also a report from the Governor of the province of Madrid, stating that the spirit of the population is excellent, and that they will pay their taxes without delay. The Courrier de l'Eure states that an ameliora tion has taken place in the state of M. Dupont (de l'Eure), and it is thought he may recover from his present illness. - A letter from Honolulu of December 20, in the Moniteur, announces the death of the King of the Sandwich Islands, Kamehameha 111., on the 15th, at the age of 42. He is succeeded by his nephew, Prince Lioliho, who has taken the title of Kame hameha IV. ANIERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY, Six p.m. The United States mail steam-ship Union has just arrived with the American mails. _ She brings advices from New York to the 10th instant. There is no news of 'political importance to notice. _ _ The New York cotton market was unsettled, in consequence of foreign news. In flour the foreign news exercised no influence on prices, the export demand being light. The state of the weather is reported as unfavourable to the trade. In freights the enga2,-ereents for Liverpool were light, and included about 100 bales of cotton at 3s. 6d. per bale, and 500 boxes of bacon at 17s. 6d. No engagements to London. No change in rates to Havre and Marseilles. The iron market was steady. The provision market was firmer, and many kinds in fair demand, realising somewhat higher prices. Ix Philadelphia the money market was un changed. Stocks dull. In the cotton market at New Orleans prices were unchanged. Demand active at previous rates. The steam-ship Atlantic arrived at New York at six o'clock on the evening of the Bth inst. She remained at Sandy Hook that evening, being un able to proceed. further on account of a snow storm. AUSTRALIA: PLYMOUTH, MONDAY. Plantagenet, of London, Captain Pollock, ar rived here to-day, from Sydney 130 days, having left Sydney Oct. 16, touched at St. Helena Dec. 23. She brings 15 adults and 11 . children pas-, sengers, and a full cargo of wool, oil, tallnw, hides, horns, and bones. She has also a quantity Of gold ; value not known, said to be about 12,000 ounces. She put in here short of provisions, and will sail again as soon as it clears. She landed a mail here and most of her passen gers. Her crew were engaged at 101. per month. he passengers report labour to be at a high pre mium still at Sydney. Female servants refuse to take service under a guinea per week, 16s. given. For flour 261. per ton. Brandy and rum on the decline. Geneva not much in demand. London gin much in demand. Lowndes' old Tom, 17s. to 17s. 6d. ; Booth's about the same price. Beer in demand ; Allsop's still maintains its superiority ; prices, 81. 10s. to 91. Wine not over brisk; sherries sellinc , at fair prices, and first-class red wine in de mand.' Drapery and slops, prices anything but satisfactory. Tobacco market overstocked. NEW SOUTH WALES. Gold, 3/. 17s. to 3/. 17s. Gd. per ounce ; Ovens, 4/. to 41. ls. ; Port Philip, 4/. to 4/. Os. Gd. per ounce. GEN. CAN.ROB4RT'S GENgRAL ORDER, General Canrobert issued the following order of the day, dated the 4th, relative to the sortie of the 31st ult.:-- "I have again felicitations to address to the besieging corps, several detachments of which have shown the most remarkable energy in repulsing a large Russian column, which attacked the right of our works in the night of the 31st ult. The principal attack of the enemy was resisted by the company of picked men of the 7th regiment of the line, the 2d and 3d companies of the Ist battalion of the 42d of the line, the detachments of the 21st, 39th, and 47th of the line, and 9th battalion of rifles and by a detachment of engineers (4th company, 2d battalion, and 3d regiment). Two charges with the bayonet were successively made by the 42d, which I specially compliment on the vigour displayed by it in the action, and I take pleasure in specially mentioning Col. Sencier, commanding the attacks of the right, and General de Failly, in the trenches. In the midst of the affair the following have distinguished themselves—M. Sarlat, chief of the battalion of engineers, an intrepid soldier, and a distinguished engineer, whose loss we have to deplore and for whom I express legitimate regrets ; CaptainFourcade, of the engineers, seriously wounded ; Captain Remy, of the 42d, who has died of his wounds ; Captain Rousseau, of the picked company ; and Lieut. Wouillmot, of the same company." The order concludes by mentioning some othe r officers and soldiers who distinguished themselv es, and by conferring a number of promotions and de, corations. THE GENERAL ARMING IN RUSSIA. The Invalide Russe publishes the regulation prepared by the Directing Senate, and ratified by the Czar, for the organisation of the " Imperial Mobile Militia," as the new corps decreed in the recent manifesto is to be called. The ordinance is divided into 9 sections and 97 paragraphs, and in the original fills 7 folio columns. The first clause of the document declares that the corps is raised for temporary service, in defence of the faith, the throne, and the fatherland. It is enacted that exemptions fßom military service hitherto per mitted shall not apply in the present case, but that whoever is liable to the capitation tax, or its equivalent, shall be liable to be called upon to serve in this corps. Merchants, Jews, and foreign co lonists, who have been encouraged to settle in Russia, and received grants of land from the Crown, are ex cepted. The corps will be divided into battalions or drnschines, each consisting of four companies. Each druschine is to be commanded by a staff officer, and to have four captains and a staff captain, 1,000 sub officers and soldiers, and 18 musicians. In order to hasten the formation of the corps, a gubernial militia committee is to be formed in every government, and within 14 days after receipt of the manifesto the nobles are to assemble and appoint the rendezvous of the several battalions, and make arrangements for their supply and equipment. To meet the expenses of the new corps, special "voluntary" subscriptions are to be made, for which the committees will open lists, and to which all persons are summoned to contribute. The subjects of the Emperor are abjured by their love of their country to make sacrifices corresponding to the occa sion, and it is announced that the names and subscrip tions of all persons will be published. The nobles, as soon as they have deliberated according to the directions foregoing, are to repair to their several localities, and exert themselves in forwarding the enrolment. The soldiers must not be younger than 20, nor older than 45 years of age. In the formation of companies, inhabitants of the same village are to be kept together as far as possible. Those who have no fire-arms of their own are to be furnished with a mus ket and bayonet. The employment of the militia is to be at the pleasure of the Czar, and upon the termination of the war all persons serving in the corps will be al lowed to go back to their homes. Should any fall in battle, their families will receive a certificate absolving them from obligation to furnish a recruit at the next levy. Mr. Layard, M.P., has invited his constituents to meet him to-morrow, at the County Hall, Aylesbury, as he "desires to explain his views and express his opinions upon the state of public affairs at this ij33 portant crisis," TIIE NEWSPAPER STAMP BILL. A bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the stamp duties on newspapers, the printing and publishing of news papers, and registration and giving securities in connection therewith, and the regulation of the duties of postage on printed papers. Note.—The words printed in italics are proposed to be in- serted in Committee.] Whereas it is expedient to repeal the stamp duties on newspapers and the acts relating to the printing and pub lishing of newspapers; and it is also expedient to make fur ther regulation of the duties of postage in respect of printed papers transmitted by post : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temposal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : I. From and after the time appointed for the commence- ment of this act the stamp duties now payable in the United Kingdom on newspapers, and also the several acts and parts of acts specified in the schedule hereto annexed relating to the printing and publishing of newpapers, shall be and the same are hereby repealed, save and except with re pea to .any duty or arrears of duty which at the time aforesaid shall have accrued or been incurred, or with respect to any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any offence before that time committed ; all which duty and ar rears of duty, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and punishments shall and may respectively be sued or prosecuted for, re covered, obtained, and inflicted by the same ways and means and in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. 11. And for further regulating the duties on postage on printed papers : Any printed book or printed paper and any packet of printed books or printed papers posted iu any town or place within the United Kingdom, on which there shall be affixed on the outside thereof a postage stamp or stamps de noting the rate of postage herein-after specified in that be half, or which shall be duly inclosed in a cover stamped, or on which a stamp or stamps shall be affixed on the outside thereof for denoting such rate of postage, shall be transmitted by the post between any places within the United Kingdom free from any further rate or charge of postage. 111. The rate of postage to be paid for every transmission by post of every such printed book or printed paper, if posted singly, or for any packet of such books or papers, and to be denoted by a stamp or stamps affixed thereon, or by such stamped cover as aforesaid, shall be as follows ; that is to say, For any weight of such book, paper, or packet, not exceed ing four ounces, the rate of one penny. If exceeding four ounces, then at and after the rate of one penny for every four ounces of the weight thereof. _ _ And for any fractional part of four ounces over the first four ounces, or over any multiple of that quantity in weight, the additional rate of one penny. IV. Provided always, that any printed work or printed paper not exceeding six ounces in weight, printed and pub lished in the United Kingdom on paper stamped with such appropriated die as herein-after mentioned for denoting the rate of one penny, if not exceeding four ounces in weight, or a rate of one penny halfpenny if exceeding that weight, shall from time to time, when and so often as the same shall be posted within the period of seven days from the day of the date of the publication thereof, be transmitted and re-transmitted by the post between any place In the United Kingdom (except by the post of e. post town addressed to a person within the limits of such towns or its suburbs), free from any further rate or charge of postage, bid under and subject nevertheless to the terms and conditions following ; that is to say, such work or paper shall be printed on not more than two - sheets or pieces of paper forming one publication ; one of which sheets or pieces of paper shall be stamped with an appropriated die denoting the said postage rate ; and on the top of every page of such work or paper there shall be printed the title thereof and the date of publication ; and such work or paper at the time when the same shall be posted shall be folded in such manner that the whole of the stamp denoting the postage rate shall be exposed to view, and be distinctly visible on the outside thereof ; also no such work or paper shall be printed on pasteboard or cardboard, or on two or more pieces or thicknesses of paper pasted together, nor shall any pasteboard, cardboard, or such pasted paper be trans mitted by post with any such work or paper, either as a back or cover thereto or otherwise. And whereas under the acts relating to the stamp duties on newspapers repealed by this act British newspapers con taining a superficies of letter press not exceeding two thou sand two 'hundred and ninety-five inches on one side of the paper on which the same are respectively printed are chargeable with the stamp duty of one penny only, and are entitled by law to free transmission by the post, and it may happen that under this act such news papers when transmitted by the post will be chargeable with the postage rate of one penny halfpenny by reason of their ex ceeding respectively the weight of four ounces, and it, is ex pedient to afford relief with respect to such newspapers now existing : Be it enacted, That during the period of ten years from the passing of this act any British newspaper existing before the first day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and which is now existing, and the whole impression of which has hitherto been duly stamped, and which shall be hereafter printed and pub lished on paper stamped with sueh appropriated die as afore said for denoting the postage rate of one penny, and the letterpress of which shall not exceed the dimensions afore said, shall be transmitted and re-transmitted by the post, notwithstanding that the weight thereof may exceed four ounces, but under and subject to the terms and conditions aforesaid in other respects. VI. The rates and duties by this act directed or authorised to be charged for the transmission by post of printed works, books, and papers shall be denoted by postage stamps to be provided or impressed by or under the direction of the Com missioners of Inland Revenue. VII. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue at the request and expense of the proprietor or printer of any printed work or paper shall cause a proper die or proper dies to be pre pared under thAir slireetions for stamping the paper whereon suiih work ,or paper is intended to be 'printed, to denote the rate of postage by this act charged for the transmission and re-transmission of the same by post ; and the said com missioners shall also cause to be prepared a new die for the like purpose from time to time when and as they shall think necessary ; and the reasonable costs and expenses of preparing such dies as shall be from time to time defrayed by the proprietor or printer of such work or paper, and be paid to such person as the said commissioners shall appoint, before any paper shall be stamped with any such die ; and every such die shall be appropriated to the particular work or paper, by having the title or some part of the title thereof expressed on such die in such convenient manner and form as the said commissioners shall deem proper. VIII. It shall be lawful for any person at whose request and expense any such appropriated die as aforesaid shall have been prepared to send to the commissioners of Inland Revenue, or to such officer as they shall appoint or direct in that behalf, any quantity of paper to be stamped with such appropriated die, and upon payment to the proper officer of the full amount of the stamps required to be impressed on such paper, the said commissioners or their proper officer shall cause the same to be stamped accordingly : provided always, that during the period of ten years from the passing of this act there shall be allowed in respect of such appropriated stamps as afore said for any newspaper existing in Ireland before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and which is now existing, and the whole impression of which has hitherto been duly stamped, and which shall hereafter be printed and published in Ireland, only a discount after the rate of twenty-five patinds per centum on any sum of ten pounds or upwards of the amount of such appropriated stamps purchased At one time. IX. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think fit, to use for the stamping of such paper, under this act, any appropriated die provided under any former act for denoting the stamp duties charge able on newspapers, in any case where such die shall be appli cable and proper for the stamping of paper under this act for the same publication for which such die was originally pro ♦ided. X. And whereas certain treaties and arrangements have been made and entered into by and between her Majesty's Government and certain foreign and colonial Governments for regulating the transmission of British newspapers abroad ; and it is expedient to make provision for enabling her I.la jesty's PoOmaster-General to secure for such newspapers re spectively the privileges and advantages of such treaties and arrangements : be it therefore enacted, that, upon the Post master-General being satisfied that any printed publication is a newspaper, or entitled to the privileges of a newspaper, within the meaning of such treaties and arrangements as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the proprietor or printer of such newspaper or publication, if he shall think fit, to regis ter the same at the General Post-office in London, is such form and with such particulars relating to the same, and sub ject to the payment of such fees, not exceeding five shil lings respectively, as well on registration as afterwards periodically for being continued on the register, as the Postmaster-General, with consent of the Commissioners of the Treasury, shall from time to time direct or require in that behalf; and thereupon such newspaper, being printed on paper duly stamped with an appropriate die under the pro visions of this act, shall be entitled to all the privileges and advantages secured to newspapers by any such treaties and arrangements as aforesaid. XI. The forty-second section of an act passed in the ses sion of British Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of her present ➢Bajesty's reign, chapter ninety-six, and so much of the seventy-first section of the same Act as defines the meaning of the term " British newspapers," shall be and - the same is hereby repealed. XII. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, by warrant under their, hands, to allow any printed book, printed newspaper (British, colonial, or foreign), or other printed publication or papers, to be trans mitted by the post between places in the United Kingdom, or between the United Kingdom and her Majesty's colonies or foreign countries, or between any ports or places beyond the sea (whether through the United Kingdom or not), either free of postage or subject to such rates of postage as the Commissioners of the Treasury or the Pistmaster-General, with their consent, shall from time to time think fit. XIII. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury at any time or times hereafter, by warrant under their hands, to make and issue such orders, regula tions, conditions, and restrictions as they shall deem to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of regulating the re ceipt, transmission, and delivery by post of newspapers and other printed works, books, or papers, under the provisions of this act, or for preventing or detecting frauds or abuses in relation thereto, and for giving effect to the purposes of this act; and it shall also be lawful for the said last-men tioned commissioners from time to time to rescind or revoke all or any such warrants, orders, regulations, conditions, and restrictions, and to make and issue any new ones in lieu thereof. _ XIV. All British newspapers and other printed works, books, and papers sent by post otherwise than in conformity with the terms, conditions, and regulations established by or under the authority of this act shall be chargeable with the like rates of postage as if the same were letters transmitted by the post : Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners .of her Majesty's Treasury, by warrant under their hands, to authorise her Majesty's Postmaster-General to charge the same with any such less rate of postage as to him shall seem fit. XV: All powers, provisions, clauses, regulations, direc tions, fines, forfeitures, pains, and penalties now in force, contained in or imposed by any former act or acts, for the regulation of the duties of postage or for purposes relating to the Post-office, or referred to or mentioned in any such act or acts, or incorporated therewith, shall (so far as the same may be applicable and may be consistent with the provisions of this act), in all cases not hereby ex pressly provided for, be of full force anti effect with respect to the stamps to be provided under this act, and to the paper on which the same shall be impressed or to which the same shall be affixed, and to the rates and duties by this act made payable, and also to all newspapers and other printed works, books, and papers to be transmitted by post under the provisions of this act, and to any warrant, order, consent, or authority of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury which shall be issued or given under or by virtue of this Act, and shall be observed, applied, enforced, and put in execution for collecting, securing, and accounting for the said rates and duties, and for preventing, detecting, and punishing all frauds, forgeries, and other of fences relating thereto, and to the transmission by post of such newspapers or other printed works, books, or papers, and for giving effect to the purposes of this act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if such ••••••••••1111•11.111rummeMOIMmomisel powers, provisions, clauses, regulations, and directionsloi' forfeitures, pains, and penalties had been herein repeal74,l specially enacted with reference to the said last-mon%) stamps and rates or duties, and to the transmission eery to, newspapers, and other printed works, books, and p al spectively. XVI. All pecuniary penalties imposed under or of this apt Or any other act or acts e lating te 11! duties of postage, or to the Post-office, shall bo r e n t o: for the use of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, bY'u" tion or complaint before one or more J ustice or Justic:o, the Peace having jurisdiction where the offence shal l t i r e f l pt mitted, in the manner provided by the act p as3el in year of ker Majesty's reign chapter thirty-six. . XVII. The followin term ' s and expressions used °let, shall have the several herein after tot °_, is unless such interpretations are repugnant to the subj or • inconsistent with the context in which tkel P riu found ; (that is to say,) the terms " pri nted bookd or O ro.l paper," " priuted work or printed pap er," books and printed papers," shall includ e all pr inted P, ig t. tions and printed newspapers, British , Colonial, or F 13 ; 1 0 and the term " British newspapers" shall be doete ed a ford newspapers published in the United Kingdom ; an , „ e l, , the purposes of this act the islands of Guernse3 r, " c • - d e io derney, Sark, and the Isle of Man shall respsetively to be par tof the United ingdom XVIII. This act shall K commence and take e ff , e lftyP day of one thousand eight h dred on'rl ----- ,Dp o'o, , THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ACT - , , 0 ft0-, An act passed in the sixtieth year of themn $ p 0 :; George the Third, chapter nine°o,,,,'' passed in the first year of the reign of his late 3.1. , te 0 w William the Fourth, chapter seventy-three, as ci io i b ' provisions of the said first-mentioned act. An act passed in the session of Parliament hold enos sixth and seventh years of the reign of the said Pg , the Fourth, chapter seventy-six. f PO I; So much of an act passed in the Session 0 herpr e,„ holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of a ge`, Majesty's reign, chapter sixtv-three, contain ed b ' i d , (0 1 three thereof, as relates to the stamp - atiitY charge°. Aer newspaper or any supplement to a newspaper. .A 1,1,0' And the whole of another act passed in the sal" tioned session of Parliament, chapter seventy-00' D-RURY-LANE TEINAW. • .. k !„ A A Last evening, Meyerbeer's latest, a n e 9 yes pe „ e,, ti ss ing, best composition, L'Etoile Da Nord , jott st ;os here with greatly deserved success. For the ocite' f r months this opera has been creating inn i. cb .. a s abroad, and in Berlin, in particular, - s un " .. e f o° , l 'o l thusiasm that the King bestowed the hood upon its composer. The operas of that peculiar description that dense, the most extensive and highest order, Nerd is no exception to the general rti dreads the production of his operas state more than does Meyerbeer. Tb' was the cause why Mr. Gye, of the Ro; did not succeed in making it his chief merit of introducing it has therefore .18. 1 Mr. Smith, and everything within the been cone, In order to put it on the worthy the distinguished composer. alloyed pleasure to add that L'Etoile II ti auother laurel to the well-earned wrea l most talented and enterprising Man guided the destiny of " Old Drury." opera is written by Scribe , and is ye , l opera of Peter le Grand. The first SC 4 Finland, where we ace introduced to P. working in one of the ship-yards of that pl We here discover that, while so ensPl° desperately in love with a beautiful sutler girl named Catherine. re' Catherine to abstain from drinking, , vow some short time ; hilt the beo having been proposed, he cannot rest' and during the drinking of the wine- Catherine reproves his want of firmne ss , tion; and he, to prove his firmness, r , Pri" that he intends leaving the place for Pi D eot , a o r ' the army of the Czar. Just at this 1n . ,%/e, E` P n a de j te , - , Calmucks make an irruption in the I ni :codt ,:sllt ly . ger threatens Peter again changes his ' her tie' r se e mines to stay as long as danger lasts. C a be t fr o l conceal her emotion at his leaving, enu.,,,to s ,' E toc ° ,3, her permission to again alter his d e ternnc,,,oilv,ei f e himself with his adze, and retires peorn,i' l ;seV o s to , forth should danger be imminent. ' The ‘ 1 ,, 3 ,, and Catherine, who is also a native of t. - 0 0!",•,, ing donned • the veil of a sybil, sing,. l3 o r") vourite airs so sweetly that she leads tu e lage, and thus saves it from destruct ion. 30Ptte Peter congratulates her upon her heroisubiot for the army. At this point of the P to brother, George, is about to be marrieci for t he'',t9 pretty Muscovite, and all is in readiness 661 0 /0 when a message arrives informing va" pr. os tv f , brother is chosen as one of the rec ruits• rili sc it)l i on happiness of her broth er b e i n g interfi wedding is about to take place, Cattierl of a boy, and enters the army as her The departure o f C at h er i ne and the terminates the first act. In the secon' in the Russian camp. Durin the ti the army she has become acquainted to assassinate the Czar, and having be er outside a tent which has been erecte ( she thinking she can recognise the through a crevice makes the diseoverf that he is caressing a couple of vivr by this discovery she became instils( to leave the spot when-so cominsw officer. Forgetting herself, she Ps He immediately arrests her and tate: cer in the ca m p. Here Ga ' c l b s corol herself --nnwn, but Peter bas recognise her. Thinking she is rea If_ is led her to be sh o t, an d C a therine instant death. Th ere is, how ever, appearance of the young recruit that e e i k and as his reason returns, he feels was Catherine whom he has condemn immediately orders the execution to s , errs °' moment he receives a letter from L a th e o'ool only knows him as a captain, in whi9 ll Ig o it t fere plot that is laid against his life, and a: the conspirators. Immediately at o° oo °t written the letter, and while t oo e ffeet s d loading, she escapes by jumpi n g sb ° ,lse te git ll and although fired at by the soldier) t his 4 1 escape. The anguish of the Czar O tte r 0 1 , 0 0 extreme, but his mind turns to th e k ie fortb , , o serkt in which his perilous position is 8 .! . t he 1', 0 0. 9 : 4 !, the moment that he is surrounded by o hle"ijir,r and is being solicited to join the tresl the 0° 0 0 4 .,d he appeals to the national feeling c i A ll „IP Poi Glares himself in his true character, 0 1 j o ge r / 0 1! cure. The third act takes place at the ot iotoroie at Moscow, where we find Peter la iil o sisg o ) 15 , 4 , 0 loss of his much-loved Catherine. 111 „ P. 10 1 ° , 1 3 0 '1e5 corridor he hears a voice that falls fe! t - „, 1 Att e ; lh e , and; summoning one of his favou rl i - j be ° ol liF i 4 hears from him that in early days be 00 ,0 f ° 0 1 1 1 0 0,, pauion of Catherine, and, having b e° ,l, o 0 11 0 09 C 9, her history, he had placed her under no iig_ ie t r f°, The Czar is overjoyed to hear this, b ut ood' o , no bounds when he discovers that On, r oso f vf rine has experienced has bereft he r,oi win go' o ti o f t. 71 is decided upon, and as she is alwart4;bo home, the Czar invites the whole o f " the 1 00 1; 0 1 1 from Wyburg, and, aided by scenerke, o‘ l ; incidents of the first act pass before u ro sosper ends in the restoration of Catherine t ° Der ge fr e h having placed the Imperial diadem en Pir o Or e IV 0 1 AP duces her to his Court as his r 13" t. l i#6 "ei acting of Mademoiselle Jenny n ifice ll o o ingly beautiful, and her singing Inag - o el i ciste?, e t io li t s possesses a voice of great s weetne sn ,,i e s ° oS 6 ',,c); ° tt' capable of surmounting the intr ieg- sf b er ges ° , t „sli Nothing could exceed the brilliancY vo rv e e r tier part in the flute trio—it Was a , h e ,t1)!V merit, and created quite a furore--"'" r ,i t o , t ip. o p i a ing taken with the greatest ease ltn n 'is p rie i r e from last night, we have no hesitationy iru b is I : e , s ia : no r range of her voice embraces three OP o e e 'fo r be H. Drayton is deserving of great Pr%st t, eo of f iat of the di ffi cult part of Peter. ge„ ; s iscs i „, tl p l s ts o 9l 0,1 great taste and feeling, he met the e 1 , 1 10 0 1 poser menially, and the e ff ect o n :, 0 0; ° 0 0 0 ° n o el Mr. Miranda also deserves nninli e P l saf t(l ies, :tit! have no doubt we shall meet "k, ;1 orc' e a es,",' more important parts. Mrs-, - ; the and sang her part delightillt il ev our remarks l e t,p4oWto ," 10 11 , the corps de ba, and last, thogibt, lob nr et/ s ib' painter., The house was crowde u ip ;for many years it has not fallen to og r . )0 1 cAt ilea 0 0 1 .1 ; 0 0 gelled to stand four hours aud oil ,t AP,:ska r •V ° Theatre. The principal artistes we'l"ea termination of the opera, and re nel Sr. S e ts t which they were so justly entitled• Tee oP bow his thanks upon the sta .. e • sti el decided hit. 1/ 113° 41 HAYM / ARKET ati g i ",4 l „, o r ot ib t, t h t 0;6 Senora Perea Nena made 1 1 ,e r _ n ed fi me pSe ll ;serbr 4 season last night, and was wri - ' - engt' e s P r 'bo t. c ov diality. The furore that her fie P 0 0 06 in London bids far to be exceed ° t nighto to ce . The two new ballets produced oudieo fectly successful, and everythiaCited satisfaction of a crowded and awls STRAND T ib ' i f' O' ed 6 10 ° V P (I Last evening a new far ce, e lhe plot stes " was produced at this theatre. The piece d te most laughably worked outs lies'S;) "hit." PllVsci tube?' le' r , 00,1 1 A 0 1J; • 'ALTERATION OF THE , s eibe morning an alteration took P', a tire the i n a for t itig, l3 4 o / of the London Police. In`f n be ' re lielo or s ; ) 0 1 on day duty for four hours, _, fe el? . fe te,"S . 3 0 and then commence their sec . onu th ' e 01gt , 5 0 14 ing them more relief than by d ot of 'nog a for rg ° I b f having every other day a duty 0 13 " Of A ° night of fi cers will be placed eo lo st, • c io l tr t ir nine hours, as heretofore. sue dor tbe 00 ) THE LATE FRosT.,—On the i c e In the o s s l e p , „{ personi were standing on a out of . . Or ~e 1 )`„) Cutts, a large salmon le. Ptl ent , lbody.!foot; o r ,e 0,4 very much to their astonishw 0 0e. j!" their no small delight, clos:_!secusee,eoo, scarcely say that he was ,..7 ee tive nob s. ,- JP , from again getting back to i ootit e s it,/ of 0 , a fine plump fish, and we . g u ten t e ) 11 Chronicle. The reti re th CAVAN ELECTION.-- _i ne d oil' e Young being now an ascerts%. 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