The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-08 00:00:00

01 h 0 p ope , ;11 t° A f e " V e 10 %! too, fan-a cb cc, n o Ps d of '-,, 10 hi A T - .Ltf ANY) e°3IAIERCIAL .TNTELLIOE:tk CE. Th e (Try, TW 0 O'CLOCK 90i et, cotton iqle , b ut n market at Liverpool yesterday was d %Ites n mu Prices of American rose id. per lb., an (011,4 7 , 1 1 ate The sales amounted to 8,000 bales, eillati o ` e ," 1,590 were for exp, -, rt, and 1,000 on spe !id. t - ,: l 4, ir i l elading 110 Pernam and Mar,nliam at 'ltrz t t,, - ,.',V., 450 Egyptian at 51d. to Nd., 1,000 Ptrib - " rh '-xl. to 31d., 40 Sea. Islands at ls. to 2s. 11p w ..7, •uhe Railway Share Market closed with an F r o tendency. 1;4 11 1 the c ircumstance that the Admirals in the fre e f B 'n llave declared the mouths of the Danube Gr ge n na block a d e, the hope is entertained. that B atatzuPplies of corn will be brought away from 4 Pal i i an d Ibrail a , as no l ess t h an 80 s hi ps, litart, l e r of loadin g on the average a b out 1,500 te r'il v , -8 e ach, w ere at t h ose p l aces w h en ti n l et - ti ll cer written w hi c h h ave been a dd resse d to a , h re e e • Itb" i°BB es of the Shropshire Banking Company, l'illr,!!tematic frauds of two of their late officials i ". 1 6 1 4,, More than double the original capital, tiara 1 , '" 9O /., and it is fortunate that the directors 'tei t ': ° ved so wealthy as to provide the regai- Ni a ns for carrying on the busin-ss of the com es theuet.i the proprietors at large contribute up:)n it kti; la ac of shares, Si. paid conning as 81. It kee, ei ' ct ery to l earn t h at some property h as b een hiitid f rom the d e li nquents , o th erw i se t h e l oss „111 the be i en greater. S er e ,lisp Stock Market business has been L 't pet' a nti the s e ttl emen t o f th e accoun t h as Zile rsi ed usively occupied the attention of the , t „'ret t 1 The charge for " carrying over" has ! Zto i f t and 5-1 G per cont. Consols opened at 1 itt q • er transfer and have since been as low as! litie h d li t e the April prices, which were 93 1 i, have I:44t h ° 9 2 ;to 93. The settlement . of the Ok li aa , ao doubt chiefly occasioned this, but a k 4 ii i il 111 the funds, and an adverse . altera- Ira "" exchanges at Vienna, is advised by li ther e Pli , f r°M Vienna, and acts upon our market, It ; isa Akier-nap.prehension that some unfavourable 1 14, 0 e at is known there. The manifesto of i;,t1 15 za r) however, might be sufficie . nt to.ex hl; reaction after the previous rise, since 1 14 2 here is not that the document reads hl tid —L ' e • Many contend, however, that it WL, lb c‘rev,:te been highly indiscreet in the Czar, 01/r - rs all ,nY be his feelings, to depart from a tone t,l t . t ad secure popularity with his own sub ripektilaq render the Allies less exacting in their 1 ,14 4 I _ . The largest sale of Consols this morn- : C,kpoillea 20 ,030/. 5 by a broker who usually 0 b,"•lis news. The Reduced Three per ! ii, ll ti ll C r ? been 92i to 933. Bank Stock has , I•tte be as 216, and since at 2141. Exchequer uB. to B s., 'and Inflia Bonds 10s. to 13s. Isvig t . Q , 4 1 .,,,th e ."'°°ks are rather heavy, but with prices , VPPo r t 44l ° as yesterday. The Turkish , Bonds 8, Oki b a d at 79 and 79g. Mexican Stock is at ; citw4-eraviatt at 70i 3 ex. dividend. Equad.or 1 044 ° 1, 1111 3 i, and Grenada Deferred at N-. 18 have been 851. Spanish New Deferred. it ` O l . O l lO . Ill ik, ll/tlll ,, g are the nominal prices of foreign . 1 k r ,mi t o ' f , e a rlada Deferred Bonds, 5 to . 6 ; Mexi- 1 1 c4t 4 ` 1 ,,1 . ; Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three 1111 1,.. ) 1 , 6 u to Si; Portuguese Four per Cents., ,re ' i ir 's ll nsian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ; % 4 1\4: 4114- a-lialf per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Vita ....! Deferred, 18 to 18A ; ditto Three thrati ( L"°i to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5; ttlt4 it he .e .o to 41. Gray I, 4 "lrectors of the Luxembourg Railway ike:q . bt -a 're Wisely recommended that the pay -4-i.,-. liheArest out of capital should be disc . on . - 1 1R tOrinciple is so objectionable that it is 1(. 4 tl i ' sYstem was nut long since aban ktoLOeilistance of the shareholders them , ' 414 Subject, the new directors report . 1:14_ 44 %!, 44 41 tis , lii h ro kl ._, 1 ,„ be second exceptional point or item of 4, °t b eg respectfully to protest against its 44,-Ibt, Zton, i4 tted. It is evident that t e he t unexpended 1 44 4 tir il , s 7.tlay. will bo barely sie n . if they are k pi t t eB , t, w t;:l4,3Ztt e and . stock the railway , a'nd it would 4 11 4 "Mit to continue a payment out of capital for 11 : 44 2a ce : 4 4t, *ill ~.. all bo required to be expended on 1 / 4 V t0 „,. 1.-8 0 i we therefore earnestly recommend . you ,4s t qt of ', °l3 , authorising the board to discontinue k , 1ii tr .7 4 31, 'Merest on the °hares, and to take such egtis t 4eedful—if any are needful—to legalise Ilit_tli kl e e e L t °f the interest on the land . i.r o o r u o n b a l s i -. t o b e -luny, stands on rry__di d ffe i r s en ca " i f only be t i 7 th e ' and it must b l7e l e'''to u 'N ' a7our at no distant . 1 44 ,1 411. nish e P u l o f t r h t e hat purpose, without coutinu pital account. N 41 . 8 1 bg .. e . r t° p u res s s on o the ca N 4 "eek ar e in'sroun railwad figures a y receips under ts ascertained up . ' q lv v c , eB ter o 1855. . 1854. £21,729 £19,690 Wefgere ................... 43,767 49,519 • stern..... rt t . 4 ) i - . l B O ,, , 4_ )0 9 0 2 1 1 0 1,7 ,0 4 0 2 . ( 1 14 :4 P h (; ; .. ; 22,822 24,877 ist, 5er a...... ..... .. 12,011 13,058 kett . t,„ 11 hern 9,948 9,7 . 6 ‘, 3 , th il t: t 4 er n n d ..... ..... sI .. ill; 1 1 9991 78 1 1 9 3 ;00 6 3 ' P i th }Nil * ..... , _.0.... iot t i tril l , J Share market has been quiet, but %IA 4 ° o : 4 l ,tions fairly maintained on the whole. N kiti',4,4,„'t are held steadily, and the Scinde i: c . 'bre ;` k 1Nl e ";148 high as ito premium. t~Jltkaia ° Ppe r eark Mine Shares are rather flat. oi i , ,t s ,!ti A,,, rta. There have been one or two 11 krt er ' ) tq l ' ll , 4 Fria. t: l l4 l3 ,, e i ci of - ' 3,ank Shares are very quiet. The tter"tar '''L 4 , 11 , u 1a have been dealt in atdiscount. th Oriental Steam are about 10s. Nk itt rtrx h -- , „---) T 111.6 DAY AT ONE O'CLO I / 4 1 K. t o tt l i k k to_ z toni the °pita Lig. ) N t EU 411 C 9S done Il t ! . c i ........ . .... ... 216 14! l isq t Co Z e l d Aa1n .. 1 . 11 . t . i .... .......... ' g 1 93k, 2 8 L • 0 4 — 8 AnUla'tiOS 93A 24 k t g. 44l4 tg t vknniiiti o ' s e o ll' eare 'zPiro sth Jan., 1860 11;1:i 41' ) Lpiro 10th 0ct.,1859 4 3-16 1 1 , 11 44 ? i , O OO .. 4 th;: tiler t 4le ' l ° o o ........ .......... ' tine_ 11,,,°1111t, April 4 0 ~. " 3 1 2ict. 44 ......................... ........................ ;41i!ttk!fii;i. .................................... ~ 5 8 ?t (18 P 5, 3i per Cent. — 80 o i ,, . 459 ,4°ItEIGIN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO ,Tic.. Vila ; , ...... , *44 . -uoiorred .......... 6 1444.3110,;01:•11..t... - . (-1 . ,)a '''llo t i( lB, 4 per Ce nt. 1 } ‘.. 44 0 4 (11 i 15 :i ' 5 1 , (1' C t. l ii, „ k f per Cent 4i i M I R ei red., per Cent IBA tp 4.4 , ~, per cent 44 14 44 ; c i; .. ..... ........... . .......... on the above payable in London. 1 ) th. 0 4 HALF-PAST TWO. ;7_ .............. . .................... 92i Accnnnt ) Pro Oti t"-- Southaripton March 7.—The Penin ki ll° } 2ojet t n i ta L l . Company's March Madrid,. l Capt. i '."Pg afternoon with the usual mat s for k lit ,‘, 4l 14 h 4-debon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. She has 100, 4 , 4 Oa r i tolass passengers, five second, and ens , 1 5: 4 0/" 0 , 4 e ight specie value ' 43, 431/. 7s. 6(l.—viz., I.i: t kiti'vvoi. • Lisbon 17,8011. 7.. 6d.; and Cadiz, 1,4k, ) , 4 Q1,4,11111' general ' cargo. The Indus, Captain Iti,J4l V.lldia and China mails, is hourly expected. Company's steam-ship Avon will leave 0, itan mails on the 9th inst. The Great Itp4,,,Ctll.ll,With the homeward portion of these mails loi t Z 4 Ot k i n h i .,e - United States' mail steam-ship Wash t‘tll4ll,,fortt,„FpL ~',avendy, is expected on Saturday with 11 141 7 American mails. N, , lt h :ltic t o , t&TEI OF CAPTAIN JOHNSON, SUPERIN- Y 4 " 4 4y i h ',.. ll bON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yti ;'ormation was transmitted to the Euston tlikhe a ppalling accident at the Warrington sta- O' sep e e r Y l ° ll 3 day (Tuesday), by which Captain i ttit t litt4,klet ._ ll:lt endent of pplice on the line for the last rti tna :Tith a frightful death. It appeared that Vr the trws deceased had been engaged superin k4:44erbaanns,it of a troop of Artillery from Lon yip '4 11e4 - l l ' , where they were to start for the Viq i toll 4 pat as the train was starting from the I VS k ite w a i;Tn, the deceased endeavoured to regain kide fel ;le it was in motion ; when, missing N t tili Left 4 °' 4 'll between the platform and the tbo te r -) th °r e the latter could be brought to a hapless man was crushed in an awful It Varf io W as speedily extricated, but only to sur vaaccident a f ew minutes . C a pt a i n J o h n - Nbcht s spect e d, not on l y b y a l arge c i rc l e "tit Y I t % 1 who " re 8 and acquaintances, but also by tik . s ) 4 i tt 4tbh, "e was connected in his official ett). 4 to e e n- the Illte shire Artillery Militia ar 1?,14, e b tarri s , P n at Woolwich yesterday to "take deb,N a ; tra k for the regiment, and three companies ,to arrive to-day, and the remainder on h• dark t, 'eve the East Kent Militia, under orders Lliet 41 1 r l ‘talts en Os t ilt NAIN ry. It o g AT BRIGHTON. —On the Ist instant, tli t s t kt 4 th e ,urere were digging foundations for the %klerier, atllersieept new building on the Round fill • y ,vati v „ r goton, belonging to the members of • q ltOr m -14 and Society, they discovered an urn, 1 1 , 1 te d tonia"ll Pottery. On ' being examined it was pt 4i e Ap h i t 14 boes, which had been burnt before be -414t lushes' The urn stands nine inches high, and ~pQe A " 1 0 r° "• No lid could be found, but that nged to the urn i s cer t a in, from the fact to "e br vi ew :l, hinge, i n goo d preservation, was kCILI e out Some Roman antiquities were not Nptil.at t,' _, ll the immediate neighbourhood. It f9r,...er1"! character of the land that a Roman ezisted in the locality. SLEARE MARKETS. CkfilB DAY.) RAILWAYS. RAILWAY/. ALordeen. tloubg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... Be' fast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh 'tour Valley Brkenhil. Lanesh Cheshire Juliet Do. Chest. dz kirk £59 R.-ad t 25 Do., £29... tlytli &Tyro origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen and Car di gan oThester di Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, ArPaa, Cornwall (. - Ticfr junction Juld )(Sr. Dundee Perth diA • !)c•. New..... 11M/i t 4 .t0L:1 ••• ••• • . B St,el, iio., New A. ".ast Lancashire . ;?,dinburklitt(This..!. , s , Edna,. and Peebles , Prti, Dundee girth & Clyde Jun Furness Do. Extension (illasgow &S. %Vest. treat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock. Stli. &West.(lre. I=rent Western D•• Stour Val. Rai: Gua. Stk.. 1,811 ' l / 4 )11t11- Easter, .Pll ea Ster & Carlis Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds... Lan cash. andYorksi ,Do., t' ifths t)3., Wst. Riding Up Liv. Crshy.&Southpt 'London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 'Loncl. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D °JO/. Sh., M&B Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £40.. [Juan drry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef & Linelt Do. Shame No. Do., Man. & Lin. Un. Midland .o.Birmng. &Dcrb:s Ilidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Newmkt.BuryExten. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd. Newry & Enniskiller Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk Nortlin.CountiesUn North British North Devon, No. 1. Do., No. 2 1 )0., : 1 . 2 A Deferred Do., B Guarant.ed N. Eastern—Berwicl; Do. do. Extension D,,.d0. ILN,E, Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. Now £lO N. &S. Wstrn. ,Ilamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western.< & S. Westrn, June, Nuneaton, llluckle3. and Leicester Oxford, Woreestor,b Wolverhampton !'ortsmouth I:!cttisli Central ._. Scottish Midland ;tirewsby. es Floral ihrepshire Union s'ontli Devon -loath Eastern.. •iontli Wales Yrksh. dz Ri v. Pm )o taines,\Vok. itockton Darli ;Lc -;1:tou ez I [aril* `afl . Vale , o. £lO shares. )o. Pref., No. 1 rhuncs Haven Doe! , and, Railway Vale of WAerf 1. & Kirk enn: voter ford dr. Limeri Wcst Cornvy-a,l Vest End of Lcndou and Crystal Pala co.. West L0nd0n.......... WiTubledn & Croydon Closing Prices yesterd9.y. 204 -21 i 41 - 5 8-83 13 -12 i 16 - 17 71 6:-1( 8) - 91 6t - 64 12i - 3 - 2 5; --- 6 -- 15 - 11 29 n 20 --- 22 72 -- 74 57 2d -- par 21 21 70 - 90 --- 91 72 - 74 1?8 40 ')2 65 - 651 58 60 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 7 77 • 77& 009 .... •••6 8A 98 - 100 100 —100 i i d d 851 86 8 71 61 24i 24i -76 - 86 39 -69 A 40 - 11 9 la 24 49 - 51 3i 34 29 ... 30 8 10 i 6i 7i 73 - 71 7 GAd 4.} 3i 12#-12; 49i 50i 49 LO d par 1 id t 1 4f• 54 -- 64 1 d par 30 - 31 99 - 101 64 - E:6 :11; - 48 13 14 60i 61 18. -• 29 4 - 2 2 - 1 3 - 41 6 17 - 4i 23 - • 5 - 6i 6 - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp& Rotterdam Belgian Eas tn. June. Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda , and Central I udia.Scrip Central of Italy Demerara .. Dijon and i3e.a.ncon.. Dutch Ithenisb Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian Do. Ey". - ension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do, do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is. , Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Elamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Con3t. & Basle Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (witl interest) Do. (ea interest) Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.lato Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 35 p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... 'arisCaen &Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre royal Danish Royal Swedish :timbre and Meuse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref southern of France it. Andrew's and Quebec (A). Welt Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland, Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STO Australasia 11 British Colonial Bank and Loan Company al British N. American 5 Cihartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins 5 Colonial 0 Commercial of Loud S English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 Ditto New London and County LO London Joint Stock lO Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22', National of Ireland all New South Wales all Oriental Bank of CorpoNtion . 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... all South Australia all Union of Australia 2: Do. New 1.0 T.Tttiou of London ,„, 8 - lg 3/ - par h P . ....... ••• S G T - 6 - 7 1i 2 - - 2p os "''' ... Is -- • e• r• ''''' ••• 18 ''. ... -- ...d la 2 iP par ip 38 21 3 17i 171 96 - 08 95 - 97 100 - 102 92 94 2 d par 97 100 (H ... - P li - 2 p 4 d par li lb ••• ... ••, G 1 -7, = 34 I.IA -- 12 -- 9 1 21 -- 22ip 47 - 49 40 - 42 pro 21 22 ld p ar 2+ lid 7+ 8# ••• -- ••• ... - pm 3i - 61 -.. 74P1 ..• ..... • M 'IK BANKS. 81 -- 83 rd - --7 d 24 21 21 22 d il, ... - A - i 6 39 - 41 3s -- 40 64 6 6 7 - 9 In Bnatness done this day. 50 all .),0 all it. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 it, 'OO :t. .10 it. 110 ;t. M '4i L 6 4 1 , 4) .94 all IA all it. 100 ;t. 100 !X/ 16 0 5 L 2 21 it 100 50 422 40 34 25 all 5 all M. 100 15 all 28 41 ;t. 100 ft. 100 ;5 1 224 6: 5 !F 24 :U all ;t. 1100 ;t. 100 . .6 all L 6 all 8 all 8 all ;t. ;00 ;5 20 !:5 13 t.lloo 10 all .0 3 k ;0 t7i !O all .0 all .0 I ,t . I • rtff. o 8 st. st. ;0. .41 all St. 100 M. IL 14, >o 1, 2 ?5 .1. t 0 9 ;t. I 1 2j GU all 'SO All 1 .0 1s all .0 141 s, .0 I all 5 I 3 7i all n 14 !O all ;0 10 K) all ?,0 10 )0 all 0 all 5 15 ;5 all 10 I all 10 all 0 10 5 all 5 1 4 1 all NI all 101 all ni all )0 all ;o 11 5 all 12 16} ;0 10 31A LO 911 !O all 43 all 0 all CI I all 01 all ;0 10 °,O all . 0 ,0 20 5 3 ?.0 all 10 all 0 I 16 8i all LO all /0 16 /0 14 6 all 20 tin 40 al 1 40 I al 50 a] 25 1 20 ! 100 21 100 2; 20 1: 774 i i 99i .00,1 100 i 100 5 .1 i 86 i 69i i I 73i 4 3i 49i 50 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1855. LINES LEASED :tT FIXED RENTALS. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Leasing closing Prima Business iihr• Paid. RAILWAYS . • C ompans. yesterday. this day. 50 all Bedford and London & Bletehley N. West ... •.. St. 100 Buckghamsb. L.&N.W ' 5 97 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc Caledon 7 99 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. Un. Sud. and Hal. E. C••••• ••• "• St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cont. Gt.Nrtbn. 134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. & Caldonlan. Neils. Direct ••• ••• St. all Do. New...... Do 25 all Glstr.dt Dn.Fi Gt. ITesLI 100 all !frtlpl. Die. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N M 103 105 25 all Do. 1 Sham. Do. 12 all Do. - 4 Shares. Do 12i all Lon.&Greenm S. Easton 12i 134 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 22 —24 10 all Lon., Til., & S Peto &Co. 10.1 ni S. [OO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per ct. ...... 5i all ',ranch.. Bxtu L.& N. W and gatloel. & 74idld 2g -2i 50 all Aiddloihro' & 'Raton 4 Redear ..... Darliugt. 101 all Itidld.Bradf l Midland. i O 92 50 all Niorthern an Casternsp. E. Count. 57 59 0 all to. ti per et.. Do 50 .1' in. Fixelsp, Do 25 all Prest. & Wyr. L. &N.W &I.nkVit „ all Do. Shares Do St. liko :toys - in.& Hit. ltNortlu 130 133 1311 25 18i Sltef.Roth en Lancasl , 4 Gool eg. 5 p.c. Yorksh. 12 9 S. Staffordsb, .11.MClear , 2i -- 2ti 50 all WearValleyto itockt. 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all 1)o Do 3l 32 St. 100 Wilts&gomrst (4tWestn 9l MITTEE --(THIS DAY.) MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. ( From the Daily Neies of this day.) The inquiry was resumed at 12 o'clock to-day, and the space allotted to the public was again crowded. General Bentinck was recalled, but his re-examination had reference to matters on which he touched yesterday, and did not disclose any additional facts of particular in terest. He mentioned, however, that the tools of the pio neers_ were inferior, and that some of the clothiag of the Guards was bad and was not sent out. Mr. Roebuck's Committee is not regarded with very friendly sentiments in high quarters. Nothing would afford greater pleasure to influential persons who have lately held, or who still continue to hold office, than a plausible pretext for interrupting its inquiries. And, if common fame say true, there lack not among its mem bers some who are by no means indisposed to lend their assistance towards furnishing such a pretext. It, there fore, behoves the members who are honestly anxious to push on the inquiry till some practically useful result is obtained, to b . :. wary in their proceedings. _ Mr. Vaux, surgeon of the Harbinger, was then called— He stated that the Harbinger, belonging to the General Screw Navigation Company, was chartered by the Govern ment as a transport. On the 24th November, the vessel was despatched in a hurry to Constantinople for vege tables. On opening some of the bags of vegetables he found that they were in a state of decay. They were sup plied through the commissariat by contract. These were condemned, and others were supplied. They arrived in the Crimea in two days, when they reported their arrival to C.tpt. and he represented it to the commis sary. They anchored "fore and aft" of the harbour — that was north and south—ancl began to discharge their cargo in about five days. A great part of it when discharged was bad. The vegetables, of course, were of a perishable nature. They were a fort night in discharging their cargo. Other vessels were a a much longer time. Whilst there he observed the condi- The people of England have demanded the inquiry, not for the purpose of exposing the folly or culpability of individuals, and inflicting an unprofitable vengeance upon them, but for the purpose of ascertaining the causes of the suffering to which our soldiers have been sub jected, with a view to devise means for averting the re currence of similar calamities. Perhops it was scarcely necessary to this end to waste three whole days in try ing to establish the fact that the troops have suffered very much, and suffered mainly from defective arrange ments. So much has been admitted even by that favou rite of fortune (or of the Horse Guards), General Bentinck, who yesterday endeavoured to paint everything en beau, and at last contrived to wriggle for the time out of the embarrassing cross-examination of Mr. Layard on the courtly plea that he wished to attend the Queen's levee. General Bentinck admitted that typhus and fever prevailed among his men ; and they were too weak to carry their own knapsacks ; that only half the number of medical officers were attached to his brigade that ought to have been ; that the troops were not properly supplied with medicines ; that he l e ft the Crimea before the bad weather set in, but that even by that time the clothing of the men was worn out, and no fresh supplies bad been received ; that the wint er clothing for the soldiers was at Constantinople by the end of August, but did not reach Balaklava till December ; and so forth. The accounts of the suffer ings of the troops, and of the inadequate provisions made for their sustenance, comfort., and health, given by Mr. Dundas, General Evans, Captain Wriotesley, and others, are still stronger. It is established—indeed, it has never been denied—that our troops have been sub jected to great and unnecessary suffering, and that the system, more than any individuals, is to blame. For this the history of the Peninsular campaigns ought to have prepared us. During the last two or three years Wel lington took the control of the entire commissariat and conveyance arrangements into his own hands. This could only be because he found the homeadministration incom. petent to the charge, although the country had then been twenty years at war. There was no inconvenient Parliament in those days, and yet the administrative Go vernment was as inefficient as now. Forty years have made no change in its inefficiency. It is the system that is to blame, and if Mr. Roebuck's committee really de sires to make itself of any use—the only way in which it can conciliate that popular support which is required to uphold it against the ill-will and machinations of men in office and their tools—it will, without further loss of time, set to work in a business-like manner to trace the evils in the Crimea to the fountain-head in the home ad ministration. tiou of the horses, which was very distressing, as the poor creatures seemed almost starving. Ho also saw the sol diers, and they were very ragged and dirty. As to the in valids, they were very much emaciated and low. The sick sent on board the Harbinger for passage home had beds or mattresses to lie upon, and they only lost six coming home. Application was made at Balaklava for sago and such light food for the invalids, but th.ere was nothing but rice to be got. The effect of eating unwholesome food in such a cli mate as the Crimea, if repeated, would certainly result in diarrhoea. There was a great scarcity of horses, and even officers could not obtain them, although the Jason was in harbour with a cargo of 500 horses, and the captain had made repeated applications to get rat of them. Ho did not know who had charge of the hospital at Constantinople. They were there about nine days, taking in cargo. Ad miral Boxer had chaise of the ,harbottr. They had great difficulty in loading the ship, iu consequence of the bad state of the weather. He did not know how much the Government were paying for the Harbinger per day. During the time she was engaged as a transport vessel she was not at sea more than one-third of her time. She left England laden with powder, shot, shell, and a heavy siege train. On her second trip from England she had gold for the commissariat and powder, but he did not think she had a full cargo. She returned from Scutari laden with sick. They were placed at Balaklava by the harbour master. At all events he supposed so. The way the cargo was landed was by means of a catamaran or kind of raft. Mr. Filder was in charge of the commissariat at Balaklava at that time. Before a vessel could be unloaded order s wou ld have to come from him an d Ca p tain Christie, who would repeat them to the commander of the skip. Whi lst the Harbinger was in harbour she was used for a p or ti on of the time as a flag-ship for C a p tain Christie and staff. When the soldiers came on board to fetch vegetables there were some receipts given, but after a while the vegetables scurvy became quite bad, and he recommended that the cargo should be discharged to preser v e the health o f th e vessel. These receipts were not always passed ; som e ti mes y on impeded board his in soldiers would come and take what th e y lik ed. There was no depot for hay at Balaklava when h e was there. In bad weather the town was dreadfully dirty and conmuddy,segu consequence. . the T transportshere wore no were case verys ofscu much vessel. That was a malady likely to arise from the use of salt food. Knowing the locality, he should say that it would be most unhealthy when the warm weather com menced, in consequence of the improper burial -ground, the absence of tides in the sea, and the filthy condition of the hem& He thought the diseases most likely to super vene were typhus fever and cholera. Applications made to the Commissary for were proper food for the sick on board the Harbinger, but without effect, and their constitutions suffered in consequence. The order to enter the harbou r was co nveyed to them by Capt. Christie's Flag-lieutenant. The vessel lay close in shore. He presumed that the vegetables which were taken from the ship reached the camp. He counted on one oc casion 45 transport-ships in the harbour. On the day of the storm he should say there were many wore than 25 in harbour. Capt. Christie was on beard before the vege tables were discharged, and must have known the state of the vegetables. Representations to the effect that they were getting decayed was sent to the commissary over and over again. PREFERENCE SHAKES. 99 - 101 90 - 92 kberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c.... Blyth and Tyne 10per c. pref. (issd. at 500 Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. ' , hares ... Caledonian £lO 'fester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ( - Jork &Bandons /p.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 ' Do. New 6 p. c. St. Eastern Union, Gar per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 10. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p.ets East and West York shire June. Fifths EdinbPrth.&Dundu 4 per cont. Glasgow & S.Westerr Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom... Do. 4/ p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. pm... ..., G t.N. of Scot. 1 st Prei Gt. Southn.&Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pril. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do, con. red. 41 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.e. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Cnester 8 p. c.F.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm, Gua. Stk. Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... London and Brighter, Guaranteed 5 p. c .. Do. Pref., 5 p. e. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Lon. &N. \V., Coy. dz. Nuneaton 5 p. et... London & S. Western Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color i Shares Lowly. & Ennis. i Sh 'tan., Shef., & Lin., New, £lO Do. £6 ‘farypt.& Carl. 4 p 0 no. 41 per cent Do 'did. Consol.6 p.c.St \ .)0. Consul. Bristol & firm. ti per eent..,.133 Do. Pref. 4 per cent 1 g \'orfolk Debenture .. 4 Do. Praf. 4 p. c. Stock , S 5 Do. 5 p.c. Ext 1 103 Do. 56 per et. prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British 'I. E. Porw, 4 p.c. P Do, do. do Do. Leeds 6 p.c '.Y 0.1 Do. do. Quarters 48 Do. York 1 - 1 . & ' 4 . PI , r. North Staffordshire )xford, Worcester, & Wolv , rh. £l5, 6 n.c. 'toot. Cent. ,New Pret' iouth Devon D , .. fixed, 41 per cent, 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d., 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c. l Do. do. 44 p. e I 4. Yorksh.4p.e.Guar3 Stockton and Dar- 1 lington, 5 per cent. Do. do. do.' Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 92 6i 97 - 99 5 - 6 ;- i 1 124 - 13 The valuable practical speech delivered by Sir Joseph Paxton, on Monday last, in the Committee on the Ord nance Estimates, may indicate to the committee the manner in which they ought to go to work. Mr. Mon sell had claimed great credit for Government, on account of the energy with which they have set about the con struction of the camp at Aldershot. Sir Joseph, by a simple business estimate of the time and labour that will be required to complete the works, and of the time al lowed in the Government tenders, demonstrated that Government really does not understand the business it has taken in hand, and is consequently incompetent to execute it. Now, with regard to the Crimea, it is clear that the troops have been decimated by disease ; it is clear that food, medicine, clothing, shelter from the weather, were not supplied to them, and hence the dis ease. Government will, of course, make an ostentatious parade of the stores of fond, medicine, clothing, comforts, and huts, which they have collected and transmitted to the East. But let each of their spacious vague state ments be examined in detail after the Paxton fashion. Let the committee begin, for example, with the huts, and inquire when they were ordered ?—when they were shipped ?—to whom were the manifests of the ships in which they were embarked transmitted with orders to receive and forward them ?—who was charged with the land transport and the erection of the huts ?—and so en. Let a similar course of inquiry be instituted with regard to the winter clothing of the trbops, the medical stoles, the provisions, the "green coffee" and other "comforts." Let the time when each article was ordered be ascer tained, and what care was taken to insure its timely arrival at its proper destination. Let the progress of each article be traced from the warehouses of the con tractors to its ultimate destination—or to Varna or the bottom of the Black Sea, or wherever it was last heard of. If a close, searching, well-directed, minute inquiry ~f this kind is instituted with regard to every article for which the country has paid, and for want of which our soldiers have perished, a case of gross ignorance, care lessness, or jobbing, will be established ageenst every de partment of the home administration, for which the coun t, y, after -all that has been sail on the subject, is not pre pared. If the committee honestly take up this line, they cannot fail to prove the deficiencies of the home depart ments—where the real source of all the evils complained of is to be sought—and to indicate measures for their amend ment. If they institute such an inquiry as is here re commended, confine themselves strictly to it, and follow it up from day to day, they will, on the one hand, escape all danger of exciting the susceptibilities of our Allies—the buggaboo with which Government seeks to scare them from inquiry—and will enlist all the business feeling, of the country on their side. Tuey will thus strengthen themselves for promoting useful and neces sary reforms of our administrative system in a tempe rate spirit, and with perfect sa!ety. If they do not honestly and steadily follow out this course, they will furnish a pretext for their own dissolution ; will help to conceal, not to expose, abuses ; and will leave the people no alternative but to seek for redress by more rough and more dangerous means. 60 - 65 116 - 118 , 110 - 112 101 - 103 i - 4p 6 -- 6 95 -- 97 87 -- 81 88 -- 90 10 -10 i 164 -- 17 104 11 70 -- 72 18/ -- 191 9i -- 9B 14 -- 14 i id 133 - 135 ••• ..•.. N. 2i - 3 p (LEFT SITTING.) 12.} -12 i - gP FIRE AND LOSS OF FOUR LIVES. (Tirls' DAY.) This morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, a fire broke out in the house of Mr. Henry Lawford, architect and designer, No. 2, Ciipstone-street, Portland-road, Mary lebene, which was not subdued before four lives had been sacrificed, and others injured. The house in eine.— tiou was in the joint occupation. of five "families, the members of which were suundiy sleeping, when the con stable on duty first perceived the indication of fire, and immediately raised an alarm. Before, however, he could awaken the inmates, the flames had taken possession o f the staircase, and made escape impossible ; under these circumstances the inmates made for the windows, threw up the sashes, and commenced calling loudly for help. In a few minutes the Royal Society's Escape, at the Portland-road, came to their assistance, but the heat was so intense, and the smoke £0 strong, that every person in the house was nearly suffocated. The engines of the L'ndon Fire Brigade from Wells-street, King-street, and Crown-street ,quickly arrived, and with a plentiful supply of water got t , .) w.rk in an admirabl, manner under the direction of Mr. Paul Gerard and Mr. G. Staples. The Royal Society's conductor at once ascended his machine, and succeeded in rescuing Mrs. Sheas and Mrs. Baker from the secoad floor windows. He again ascended to the third floor, when he was met with a sheet of fire, and was compelled to make a pre cipitate retreat, to prevent being b urn t t o d e ath. Mr. Lawford and Mrs. Whitaker, first floor, being rescued by , with two children on the jumping out. As soon as the ruins were sufficiently cool, Me ssrs . G erar d an d St a pl es , the firemen, went in search of the persons who were known to have perished, when the remains of Miss Kelso were found burnt to a cinder on the third floor front, and the remains of Mrs. Hayward and two of her daughters, also burnt to a cinder, on the third floor back. Shells having been procured from Marylebone workhouse the bodies were removed there, and information forwarded to Mr. Wakley, the coroner, of the melancholy occur rence. The following is Mr. James Braidwood's official 135 lid 4 87 105 101 - 103 90 - 92 3 - 3h •• ••• id 109 - 111 13 14 par 23 - 24 ( From the Morning Herald of this day.) We see that the active and stirring men of Newcastle upon-Tyne, who were the first of the townsmen of England to see through the enormous fraud of the Coalition dealings between Turkey and Russia, are de termined not to slack their hand because the sign of the 14 Z. ri. ••• ••• par -- ip 21 firm has been changed, and a new set of directors have put their names to the programme. The men of Newcastle are quite right—there is no change in the policy or the conduct of the war. The envoy of the new Palmerston Government—he who clung to Aberdeen to the very last moment that ho could, consistently with not entirely losing his Whig following —has been sent to Vienna to conduct the negotiations for peace, with the aid of the very men who concocted the Vienna note for the purpose of selling their ally to the Russians. Surely the same men will do the same thing again. What the Vienna Conference meets for we are at a loss to divine, unless it be to give fresh opportunities of " neglect and delay," and again play over the tragic farce of postponing the preparations for war—waiting oppor tunity, as we pointed out a hundred times over, in the vain hope that protocols would make cannon unnecessary. MINES. 1 all Agua Fria i ... i i i 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s. all A nglo Californian 20 6 Australian 1 —] 1 1 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - ..• 1 all Australian Freehold. ... ... 1 all Ave Maria —-- 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) / i 50 all Blxuarvon Iron and Coal _ 4 6 5/ 20 13.5 British Iron 4l 51 35 251 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 2l 21 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiaba 11 2 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 29 —3l 1 1 Carsons's Creek i i 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica 1 id 40 all Cobra Copper 47 49 471 5 1 Colonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 43 48 25 all Do. Pref. 71 p. cent. 1d 1 p ... 16 Copiapo . . 17 —l9 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 1 2 2 / Fortuna id par 20 all General l4l 161 1 all Gt.NuggotVeinßeg. 1 4 all Great Polgooth .. ... ... 1 all Liberty - - ••• 3 all Linares. 7l 8 5 1 Lusitanian id id 1 all Ka.riquita i i 1 all Now Granada d I 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co . 1 all Nouveau Monde i 20 all Poutgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 16 5 1 Port Philip it a 1 all Quartz Rock . --- ••• 50 all Ithymney Iron l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 111 Santiago de Cuba 3l 4 1 all South Australian..... par ip 10 71 Tin Croft ...... ..... .... 1 2 28i all United Mexican 3 31 3/ i 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 30 31 30i 20 ... Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 all Aufezaln. Royal Mail ... . . 10 51 Berlin Water Works 3 21c1 50 40 Brit. American Land 60 65 5 1 Brit. 4 Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. ... .. 100 321 Canada 118 126 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July lO7l 1081 1081 5 all Crystal Palace 3 31 31 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... ... 1 1 Duston Iron Ore ... -.-.. . 20 5 Eastern Steam 25 22 ElectricTelegraph(A) 141 151 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. ... .. 15 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. ... ..: 20 all General Screw Steam ... ... 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 10 all Meditera.n. Elec. Tel. ... . 10 9 Mexican&S.A.mericn 6} 6i 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel 10 5 Netherlands Land.... I ii 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. C0..,, ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... 1 1 20 121 NAIL o f EuropeS team ... _ ... b all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mind. 2/ -- 3 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 56 58 581 8 50 all Do. Do. ... ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co l/ 2 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest li li 1 1 Ditto New I $ 25 all South AustrahLand 35 36 1 all Submar. Telegraph / 1 1 all Do. Rwistered 20 5 Trost ds Loan Co. of il --• i Upper Canada ... . ... 11 100'281 YALI Diorama a lant:l 122 --; 13i report : Mr. Henry Lawford, statione r No. 2, Clipstone street, Portland-road, shop and parlour burnt out, stair case destroyed, roof off, four lives lost—insured in Sun. No. 1, Mr. John French, upholsterer, considerably damaged. Mr. Henry Roberts, tailor, damaged by fire and water. Even Lord J. Russell must be aware that neither he nor any one - else will be permitted by the people of this country to make peace as long as one stone of Sebas topol rests upon another, or so long as the Ru,sian fltg waves upon the men-of-war now sheltered by its batteries. The supremacy of the world is now at stake upon the events which may take place in the Crimea within the, next three months, for Russia, if she gives up her arsenal and " permanent menace" in the Black Sea, sinks back at once into a mere Asiatic power ; and if France and Eng land consent to her retaining possession of it in its pre sent condition of harbour and fortress they must prepare to fight over again the battle, probably separatJy, which they are now waging conjointly. Russia, let her rulers be whom they may, cannot make peace upon any terms that would sacrifice it, and were any English Minister base enough to allow of its continued existence the oldest men in Britain might ex pect to live long enough to see the scaffold once more erected on Tower-hill. We would point out to the meetings which we have no doubt will spring up at the summons of the men of Newcastle, that the great basis upon which they rested their hopes of punishment for the past, and remedy for the future, misconduct of the war and sacrifice of our armies, is in process of decay already, short as its exist ence has been. Mr. Roebuck's committee is not succeeding. Lord Palmerston has taken his measures well, and as he could not kill it, he has poisoned its constitution. He has adopted the plan which worked so well in Ireland daring the prevalence of the murder-system, and has placed Government " hooteaters " among the jury, with the consent of their liberal, or weak chairman ; while the flippant shallowness of Mr. Layard, who should be in the witness-box, and not en the inquest, is overlaying the proceedings by long-winded examinations as to de tails, when he should be examining into facts and causes. Take as an example the state of the cavalry. It is conceded that the horses were starved. Surely the next _ _ questions would, or rather should be, why, and by whom? Then it would come out that they were moved by a cer tain staff officer 7 miles from their forage, in spite of the remonstrances of the commissary, and kept there till they died at their picket-posts, with no food but 31 lb. of musky barley per diem, laid on the ground or mud before them, because there were no nose-bags. These facts might be easily brought out, and it ought to be the duty of the committee to ascertain by whom they were done. But no ; the examining members and the Government papers—Globe and Mopping Post—think it of more con sequence to ascertain if the horses really did cat one another's tails. Now, seeing that the horses were starved, we do not think this fact of any very great im portance ; but as it lies been raised, we shall take the liberty of setting it at rest by quoting the letter of one of the best officers in the Light Brigade, daf ed at the time the remnant that was left were permitted to get down to Bpi:O.:lava, if they could—Dec. 10 : " This small portion (3,',1b. of oats), which did not gene rally reach us till after dark, was obliged to be put upon the mud before the poor brutes, and the half of it was generally lost. There they stayed till the horses eat the hair off each other's tails ; and when a horse dropped dead in the lines the other horses would eat the hair off each of the dead horse's sides. I have seen them do this fifty times." Perhaps, after this, the Morning Post will acknow ledge that horses may, as it facetiously calls it, turn carniverous. Surely the object of the committee should be to ascer tain by whom these things were done. k Take another example. Sir De Lacy Ems fian in MABKET NE WS -(THIS DAY.) RANGE. CORN E.X.O GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 8, 11c1 ----, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. 1 EYE, * BEANS. I PEAS. 68s 6i 30s lld 25s 31 ; 413 101 425 21 i 393 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. 1 BARLEY. OATS. I Ryz. 1 BEANS. 1 PEAS. 1 69s lid 81s 10d 255 lid ? 4 25 8d 43s 5d 40s lld QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 89,402; Barley, 75,101 ; Oats, 18,755 ; Rye, 83; Beans, 7,425; Peas, 1,847 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—A fair average business was transacted, at full, prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 45 Gd ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March 7.—The supply of stock in to-day's market was only moderate, and the general demand ruled firm on rather higher terms. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s lod ; p. e6akt.o td er 811 a Mutton, 3s •od to 53 Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 4 s 10d ; P or k , 3 s 4d to 4s 4d per 8 1 bs, to sin k the offal s. ROMFORD, March 7. — To - day's market was firra as fol lows :—Beef, from 3s 4 d to 4 s 8 d ; Mutton, 3s 6d 10d• V Q o u a a l r , te 3 r s ol B d d S t t o ore 4s Pi B g d s, ; 2POsortko,2s3ss d e HAY MARKETS. / 15s ; clover 9s per load. SUITSFIELD.--31eaclow hay, 21 14s to G 15a Od ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 11 3s to 1/ 8s per load. 1 4s; clover A c fa u l si l BavßearLaAgeismsu.p_plymaeanddoarislhuagyg,is2hl demand t a o nd i ditto, 3/ Os to 51 12s ; and straw, 114 s to 1/ Trade steady. WRITECHAPEL.—MeacIow hay, 2/ 15s ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 17s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ lOs per load. A dull trade. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March S.—Wind and weather this clay at noon, N.E.; moderate breeze, and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, March 7.--Wind, S.E. Arrived—Brant, from Batavia ; Odessa, Demerara. Off Port —Matilda Wattenbach, from Calcutta. FALMOUTH, March 7.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Ceres ' from Rio Janeiro, for Hamburg'', with loss o f th ree b oats decks swept, and one man washed overboard, having been struck by a heavy sea; Rowallan, Aux Cayes; Duchess of Leinster, Jacmol. MILFORD, March 7.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Mysore, from Newport, for Constantinople, with decks swept, one man washed overboard, and three disabled. TORBAY, March 7.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Lebanon, from Harbor Grace, with damage from stress of weather. SWANSEA, March 6.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—Anna, for Balaklava. GUERNSEY, March G.—Wind, N. Sailed--Adelaide, for Havaunah. YanuouTu.—Sailed—Ariel, for Melbourne. LETIII, March 7.—Arrived—Bucephalus, from Callao. Sailed—Tyrer, for Valparaiso ; Lane, St. John's, N.B. QUEENSTOWN, March G.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived— Alfred, from the Mauritius ; Elgin, Honduras; Warrior, Newport, for St. Thomas', leaky. WATERFORD, March 6.--Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Ilermine M. Elizabeth, from Batavia. DUBLIN, March 7.—The Eleanor, of Workington, struck on the Kesh Bank this morning, and foundered crew picked up by the Ocean (0.). The Wellington, of Whitehaven, has foundered, aft er striking ; crew saved. COPENHAGEN, March I.—The Mathilda, Cornelia, and Aurora, with wheat—the Fanoe and Margaretha, with barley—all for Leith ; the Irene and Maria, with wheat, for London—are lying at Borvieg, 911 amount of the ioO, his evidence that a thousand men could have made a road in ten days, and that the army was destroyed for the want of it ; but no member of this sapient committee thought proper to ask whose duty it was to make the road, or to see that it was made. These are the matters of fact which should engage their attention, and these are the lapses which it will be the duty of the forth coming meetings of the towns to consider and deal with. The Times has now at last found what were the real and original causes of the destruction of our army, every one of which we denounced at the proper time, and every one of which was bolstered up by our contempo rary as trifling or of no importance. In vain we pointed out, in Ap r il an d M ay last, t h a t a b o dy o f infantry landed on a bare sea coast, without artillery, with very little cavalry, without a commissariat, baggage train, medical ambulance, or cattle for the conveyance of any of these, even if they possessed them—however it might be considered fit for garrison duty, could never be viewed as or act in the character of an army. All remon strance against these things was called in those days "croaking," but bitterly have our unfortunate soldiers paid for our advice being under -rated. Our contemporary now talks a great deal of nonsense about the misfortunes cf the army being occasioned by the want of a scientific staff, but although we yield to Ilona in the wish for the proper training of our staff officers, we must insist that it was want of common sense, if not deliberate error, which occasioned all our misfortunes. What scientific knowledge was necessary to order 30,000 or 40,000 pairs of boots and a sufficiency of warm clothing to be shipped from England at the end of August or beginning of September, when the expedi tion to the Crimea was determined on ? Surely common sense might have told even the Duke of Newcastle that wherever the army wintered these things would be wanted. Common sense might have told the Govern ment at home that reinforce,lents would be required if the war was to be carried on, and that an army of re serve should be stationed in the Mediterranean ; and yet the Coalition sent no reinforcements till November, and then sent the unfortunate men to perish in their summer clothing, while Lord Palmerston, for fear the supplies of troops, which were evidently necessary, should be a t the dispos a l of Government, obstinately and peremptorily refused to embody the These are a few of the things which Mr. Roebuck's committee should investigate, and these are the matters which the forthcoming meetings mast insist shall be probed to the very bottom. TILE ART-UNION OF GLARGOTV. Yesterday afternoon we availed ourselves of the polite invitation of Mr. Kidson to inspect, at 121, Pall-mall, the prize paintings to be distributed amongst the mem bers of the Art-Union of Glasgow, in July next. They consist, at present, of one hundred and eleven pictures, the majority of which are painted in oil colours, and some of them are perfect gems of art. As most of the plc tures have been publicly exhibited we are not called upon to enter into the merits or demerits of them, and we shall here only refer to a few of the most strik ing amongst them. First and foremost then the eye of the visitor is attracted by a painting by Sant, entitled " Watching the Combat ;" it consists of three Saxon maidens watching from an aperture in the rocks the struggle going on between their countrymen and the Danish invaders. The picture, although in an unfinished state, is an exceedingly beautiful one, though there are portions to which we object. We have no doubt but that an opportunity will occur to enable us to pronounce judgment on it in a finished state. " Musi dore," by Frost, is one of his most exquisite productions; and " Sunset," by Branwhite, is another fine painting. The rays of the declining sun passing through the clump of trees to the left seem actually to warm you as you gaze upon them. "Au Irish Cabin Door," by Dean, is a perfect picture. "Mending Tapestry," by D. Pasmore, is remarkable for the filling up of the back ground, but it will be greatly improved when the extreme whiteness of the maiden's dress is mellowed down by time. " Flowers," by Miss Moutrie, also deserves special commendation, and the frame only dispels the delusion that they are not reality. We were informed that the collection is still incom plete, as a number of pictures from Edinburgh are still expected. The exhibition will open to the public to morrow, and to those who visit it we drop the hint that the subscription list is still open. Like the Art-Union of London, the subscription is one guinea, which can be paid in the room ; or at the office of Mr. G. Grant, 66, Gracechureh-street, City. DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, Last evening we were favoured with a private view of this exhibition on its removal from Piccadilly to No. 4, Coventry-street. To the numerous preparations and models for which the museum is celebrated others have been added, reflecting great credit on the 1 berality aid skill,of the proprietor. Some of the models are highly artistic productions, and the entire exhibition is arranged in a satisfactory manner. Lectures will be delivered, we understand, as usual, by Dr. Sexton, whose ability as a lecturer is generally recognised. To the student of anatomy, of physiology and ethnology, to the men tiers of the medical profession and others, a visit to the museum cannot fail to be highly interestin g and I in structive. ELLCIION INTELLIGENCE. ATHLONE. DUBLIN, Wednesday.—This day-Mr. Keogh, who Lai accepted the office of Attorney-Gereral for WAS re-elected for Athlone. Mr. Keogh was proposed 1.1 the Catholic Bishop of ElpLin. DUDLEY. The election for this borough, appointed by the re turning officer to tile place yesterday, has been post poned till to-day (Thursday). The ir.fluence of Lord Ward, which is considered paramount, has prevailed,. and all opposing candidates are understood to have with drawn, _RAILWAY TRAFEIC _RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 25,11855 £17,917 4 3 Corresponding week last year 18,762 5 3 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 4, 1855 £4,038 14 2 Corresponding week last year 3,880 2 6 Inerexxo in 1856... ... £l5B 11 8 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—Traftio re turn for the week ending March 4,:1.855 £17,923 7 6 Corresponding week last year 19,003 11 10 C LASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 3,4,1855 £4,922 9 10 Corresponding week last year 4,821 12 4 lucreaso in 1555.. £lOO 17 6 THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND NUISANCES REMOVAL BlLLS.—Yesterday an influential and numerously at tended public meeting of manufacturers and others was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate•street, to con cert such steps as might be deemed advisable to oppose the objectionable clauses of the Public Health Bill, 1855, and Nuisances Removal Bill, now before Parliament. THE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR THE COALWHIPPERS.—The committee, who received subscriptions for the coalwhip pers of the port of London during the frost, request us, on the part of the men, to return thanks to the bankers, brewers, and others, who so liberally contributed to alle viate the sufferings of nearly 6,000 persons. The sum of 786/. 15s. 6d. was subscribed. This money was promptly distributed, under the direction of the commtttee, in bread, meat, coals, Sec., and ls. eack to 1,333 men. THE CHANNEL MAIL SERVICE.—The following steam packets now carry the mails between Dover, Calais, and Ostend :—Empress (L'lmperatrice), 303 tons, 100-horse power, new vessel; Queen (La Reine), 30S tons,loo-horse power, new vessel; Ondine, 280 tons, 70-horse power ; Violet, 300 tons, 128 horse power ; Onyx, 300 tons, I'2l-horse power ; Dover, 260 tons, 108-horse power. The two first are new vessels, and have made the most rapid passages. The Empress brought Lord Clarendon from Boulogne to Dover on Sunday last in 1 hour and 41 minutes ; the Queen took the mail and 40 passengers to Calais on Monday night in 85 minutes. These two vessels run between Dover and Calais, making one pas sage to and from daily. The Onyx and Violet run be tween Dover and Ostend alternate weeks. The Dover and Ostend mail service is performed only thrice a week by the English packets ; the Belgian Government steamers run the alternate days ; but an offer has been lately made to the Belgians to absorb their poition of the service into the English end French mail service to ar o o /. i p d e e r vth an a - t under the same managemen t, b y which it is estimated i t i h u e m. Bel g T i h a e n s a r w ra e n u g l d e m s a e v n e ts fr o o f m th 6 e o c o o o mp 1. n 3y,0 provide one steam-paoket shall be kept always ready at Calais, and one always ready at Doter, for immediate special service. VALUE OF GROUND IN THE CITY.—Some Eland in Finch-lane, opposite the Australasian Bank, recently let on a building lease by the Merchant Taylors Company, produced about 151. a foot as ground-rent, the depth being about 70 feet. The new buildings on the south side of Cornhill, recently erected by Messrs. Savory and the County Fire-office, are subject to a ground-rent of 1,200/. per annum. The frontage is about 54 feet, and the depth about SO feet, and, calculating as in former cases, the cost per acre amounts to 470,000/. Again— the block of buildings called "Royal Exchange-build ings," occupying an area of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet, produces a gross rental of 10,0001. a year. Travelling westward to New Cannon-street, a piece of 1" d oppo site the triangular plot adjoining St. Paul' about 4,500 feet superficial, has been let Paul's, containing c a on g t r a o i u ni n n d g . rent of 1,550/. a year, which, at 30 years produces about 460,000/. an acre. To eel') thermpurchase, al i however, we must go back to the plot of ground at the north-east corner of Threadneedle-street and Finch-lane, belonging to Mr. Alderman Moon, the present Lord Mayor, which report says has been recently let at a ground -rent of 1,000/. per annum. The superficial area of this piece is about 1,600 feet, and calculating the ground-rent at 30 years' purchase, we find its value is at the rate of 840,000/. per acre ! Mach has been written about the value of the triangular plot of land between New Cannon-street and St. Paul's. The area of this plot is 6,270 feet, and we understand a positive offer has been made to take it at a ground-rent of 2,000/. a-year, which produce, at 30 years' purchase, the sum named (60,000/.) being at the rate of 420,000/. an acre. We need scarcely give any additional examples to prove the enormous value to which land in the city of London has arriTed.—ne Builder, St. 20 St. "tr 98 661 5 10 St. St. 5 all all all 100 all 26i 131 20 16 St. St. 12i 101 all all (i 100 100 all 104 1 100 - 1.0(3 100 100 100 100 :00 100 20 20 20 25 all all all all 41} 401 1 pm pm 1031 1021 901 1091 131 TIIE NEGOTIATIONS AT VIENNA.. A letter from Vienna of the 3d, in the Constitv i i; tionnel, says : _ " Baron de Bourqueney, it is known, received nearly a week back his full powers for the con• ferences about to open. The Emperor Napoleon has not adjoined to him any other plenipotentiary. Austria and Great Britain had, however, expressed the desire to have one named, if only as a. matter of form, inasmuch as the other great powers were t• be represented in the Congress each by two pleni potentiaries. But as soon A it was understood how flattering such an exception was for Baron de Bourqueney, and that it was made by the express order of his Sovereign, every one hastened to al)• plaud it. The instructions which accompany the powers sent to Baron de Bourqueney are, it i$ stated from Paris, precisely the same as those of Lord John Russell. The Cabinets of France and England have desired to prove thereby once more their perfect understandin g in everything that con cerns the arrangements for peace, not only as re gards principles, but also as to questions of detail. These instructions are, it is said, very simple. They leave to the conscientious appreciation of the French and English plenipotentiaries to ascertain and decide whether or not Russia is animated with the sincere desire to effect an honourable and solid peace. It is not necessary to state that the protocol of the 28th December last, setting forth the interpretation of the four guarantees, is to solve as a touchstone for ascertaining the sincerity of the pacific protestations of Russia. If the plenipotentiaries of the - Western Powers acquire the conviction that Russian diplo macy desires to elude the guarantees exacted by the allies of 2d December, they are to cut short an idle discussion and declare the negotiations closed. It was this second alternative which before the death of the Emperor Nicholas appeared the most probable, to which Lord Palmerston recently alluded, when he said in the House of Commons that the absence of Lord John Russell would not be of long duration. The Cabinet of Berlin having neither adhered to the treaty of 2d December, nor even accepted the protocol of 28th December, as proposed by the Cabinet of the Tuileries, to pre pare the way for its entrance into the Congress, the instructions of the English and French Plenipoten tiaries set forth that the conferences shall open apart from and without the co-operation of Prus sia,' France and England being firmly resolved not to accord to that Power any participation in the regulations of peace ' until it shall have placed itself, with respect to the four guarantees, on the same line as the parties to the treaty of alliance of the 2d December.' This declaration was, it is said, made to General Wedell, by order of the Emperor of the French, in such peremptory terms, that the general deemed it indispensable to go to Berlin to inform King Frederick William of the veritable state of things." DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS. (From the Assemblee Nationale.) The sensation produced by the death of the Em peror Nicholas has been immense. In stating this fact we wish to explain the meaning of it. Must we admit this impression which has, been so gene ral and so deep to be a kind of barbarous joy at witnessing the fall of a formidable enemy 7 Such an interpretation would be insulting to the country. France has more generosity in her character ; she has been frequently engaged in struggles against formidable adversaries, and she has never been seen animated by sentiments which would be so little worthy of her character. - In combating her enemies she has always known how to render them justice, and her energy has never lessened her sense of equity. There is Rot, therefore, in the deep sensa tion produced by the death of the Emperor Nicholas any explosion of hateful passion ; it is explained by a very different feeling—a sincere desire for peace. When the Emperor Nicholas was seen to disappear so suddenly from the political stage, it was thought that with him would fall the principal obstacle to a general pacification, so much did he appear to be the only cause of the great conflict which now disturbs Europe. The hope of peace has been suddenly awakened with extraordinary vivacity, as might have been seen by what occured at the Bourse on the day when this great news took Paris by surprise. On this occasion, the Bourse has been really the mirror of public opinion, and there is nothing asto nishing in it. Formerly that building was a theatre reserved to a small number of speculators, and to som • high financial powers; now it is open to every one. France is no longer oWy a landed proprietor; she is a holder of public stock. Every one finds himself interested in the public funds, and their movements at certain hours are the faithful indications of pub lic opinion. By the great and suthle a rise of Satur day last, a unanimous feeling was manifested— namely, the desire and the hope of peace. • This sentiment was everywhere visible. The event of the 2,1 March, the death of the Emperor Nicholas, has brought to light what was in men's minds. statesmen, political parties, manufacturers, trades ' men, fund holders, workmen—all with the same frankness, raised a cry of hope and desire f 'r peace. How far will that unanimous expectation be satis fied or deceived ? But if some obstacles to peace seem to disappear, do not others arise in their place ? Under what conditions will the new Emperor, Alexander the Second, find himself placed as much towards his own people as towards • Europe ? Can or will the Powers engaged in this great conflict with Russia relax anything in the rigour of their original conditions ? We do not pre tend by conjectures to anticipate the knowledge of facts ; we only wish at present to point out pre cisely the true meaning and the moral part of tho 'deep emotion which has been caused throughout Europe by the death of the Emperor Nicholas, an event which at the same time terminates one phase of the Eastern question and commences another. (From the Union.) Tho reign whi c h h as j us t commence d mo difi es without transforming, softens without completely removing, the situation of Russia towards Europe. It allows us to see chances of pacification which did not before exist, but it would bo a strange illusion to believe in great facilities for peace in presence of the serious obstacles which exist, as, for instance, the question of Sebastopol. Europo knows it as well as we do, and it is for that reason that the journals which are supposed to best express the ideas of the great Cabinets are far from sharing in the hopes at first conceived in the less official world of speculation. As to the feelings of the German powers we shall not speak of them. Their policy, which before was not very clear, does not appear to be now much plainer in consequence of the death of the Emperor Nicholas. However this may be, they are about to have an opportunity of expressing their views in the conferences of Vienna. Until then we shall not prejudge the question, but shall wait patiently, without giving way to conjectures, which may be only so many acts of rashness. PLYMOUTH, March 7.—The Conqueror, new screw steam-ship, of 100 guns, and 800 horse-power, is to be launched at this port the first spring tides in May. ANOTHER STEAM-BOAT COLLISION AT BRISTOL.—. BRISTOL (PILL), March 6.—A collision took place in Kingroad to-day with the Queen and—steamers. The former, from Hayle, arrived this morning, and, owing to a dense fog, was brought to anchor there ; the latter, coming from Newport (and which should also have been, detained), ran into the Queen, striking her amidships, and nearly cut her down to the water's edge ; the -- also sustained extensive damage, but above water. The passengers describe the shook as terrific, though no material accident occurred to any one beyond the fright. Both steamers have proceeded to the basin. No vessel or steamer was able to be taken from the basin this morning, owing to the fog. THE RUMOUR OF AN APPROACHING DISSOLUTION.—+ —ln consequence of the mysterious rumours in circulae tion at the Clubs and elsewhere, implying that the Go vernment were greatly embarrassed by Mr. Roebuck's committee of inquiry, and contemplated dissolution, several of the supporters of Lord Palmerston insisted seriously on some information as to the facts. In answer to these inquiries, we understand that Mr. Hayter, Se cretary to the Treasury, leas, with all but his official au thority, protested, first, that the Government entertain no apprehensions as to the disclosures of witnesses be fore the committee of inquiry ; and, secondly, that the Emperor of the French has trade no representation in regard to that committee. With respect to the continued vacancies in several of the subordinate appointments, the assurance is conveyed that there is no difficulty on the part of the Government in filling them up, and that the delay has arisen from the desire of Lord _Palmerston to await the return of Lord John Russell from Vienna before compl e ti n g these arrangements.-2lforning di d. vertiser. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT DOENFORD, OF GREENWICa is dead, having been only 53 yenta the officer, during which time he commanded Thresher, HosmAri.—This gallant veteran, a lieu a te c n o r nn t l o is f s l io B l o lo 2 s, gun lA.-, from 1307 till . the peace, and . was engaged during that time on a variety of services in the Channel and North Sea, particularly in 1809, when he engaged a division of the Boulogne flotilla nearly 40 in number, for seven hours, sinking three, driving six of the number on shore and seventeen into Boulogne. He was also in the Walcheren exeedition. This officer's services, and the neglect with which ho has been treated, afford a remark. able contrast to the late promotions of the Chads and Blomfields and Co., and say very little for the argument in favour of army promotion being assimilated to that in the navy. If Lieutenant Dornford had been in the army, instead of the navy, he would have been a general officer, despite the " purchase system." And if certain naval officers who have served in the Baltic and Black Seas during the last 12 months had been in the army (some in command), they also would havebeen promoted notwithstanding the " purchase system." The death of Lieutenant Dornford gives a resident officer's appoint! _ I meat to Admiralty patronage. bat the h a in th° pen ts t of 110 164 _, a to' such 14 18 9, '4?inalic° .d — ecr ie l f Ist NA steaf ith e vessel, i re jll9 r a re, 1 Th r i l ,er Onf Co ley 1.40° •tioa )10 1 ou* le Kni t ot , ow s t asjl : l :4 Pr t be ,to ' toe $50,;41 65 if 13 f 61 3 2j