The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-16 00:00:00

TIRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— •AIL' Hawed Prices as usual. ! THIS EVENING, Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. REINOLDSON, of Me3-crbeer's Gnutd Opera, VETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. llenri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake; Mrs Henri Drayton, Miss Johnsen, Miss R. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny B*nr• T 9 conclude with THE ARTFTL DODGE. THRA.TRE ROYAL lIAYMARICET. tTader the management of Mr. Buck Stone. THIS EVENING. WW be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Buckatone and 3163 E. Chaplin. After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be followed by TILE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To which will be added the new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called TIM GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TLIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Itianagement of Mr. CRAatEs KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the Qriginal adaptation of Casimir Delarigne's faiS°rical BAY. entitled LOUIS Tilt: ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (:nth time) a new Farce. entitled A GAME OF ROMPS Trine:pal characters by Mezarss Har;ey, and Chester ; Mrs Winstanley, Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leelcrcq, Daly, and Ternan. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. rnder the Management of Madame Veetria. Tlll3 EVENING, Will be performed TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY. To to lollswel by A COZY COUPLE. To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called TOl MUCH OF A GOOD THING. Principal characters by Mr. Roxby and Mrs. F. Mathews. t , x - ofEce epee from 10 until G. Bala agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Al,croft, 15, Now-Bent-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrms, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a nmv and original Drama, preceded by a Pro. love, and called JANET PRIDE. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with THE FETE OF NATIONS. RIYAL Or:n(1'10 THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. 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. Alter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters Mr. F. Robson, ,M ay s Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, bliss m ar g i n., giss Bromieys , and 3frs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed OUR NELLY. Principal character, by Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, MIDAS. Midas, Mr. Ba'ford. Followed by TWE MARRIED BACHELOR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Last time but one. The BATTLES of BALAKLAVA, INKER KANN, and the ALMA To conclude with the SCENES In the CIRCLE, and the wonderful performance of Herr Endersohn, named Fil-de-Fer, with l'Entree du Clown a la Francaise. -MONDAY next, the Complimentary Benefit of Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. Timour the Tartar, novel scenes in the Arena, an Herr Endersohn's performance. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manger. Dr. W. H. Cooke, Equestrian, Director, Yr. W. Cooke, Jun. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD TIIEATRE, SHOREDITCII. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass. This Magnificent Theatre, unilvalled in splendour, In elegance, and harmony of effect, capable of containing 5,000 persons, is open every evening. alias GLYSi, the popular Shalopearfan Actress, will appear every evening (Wednesday excepted) in her unrivalled personation of CLEOPATRA. ANTONY by Mr. Henry Marston, of hadlers Wel!a Theatre. The scenery. dresses, and appolutnaents, from the best authorities, are gorgeous and appropriate. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan D* —Morningl2 inin.after 12 I Evening 43 win.aft. 12 T.,- Mornme 10 niii,.efter 1 1 Evenini; 36 tuin.aft.. 1 Tint WEATHER.--Srat OMCB. March. 16. THERMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE 47 highest sinco noon yesterday. 41-lowest this morning and dating the night. 52—this day, at noon. RABOMETSB, 29'67. WIND, N.W.—Fia, with fair Weather. ti~ y~S~; 1 "..,... 5 1 111 . 4- 4;,, i 5,,,,/ :',-it;',--. " I ) LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCII 16, 1855. Whatever may be thought of Lord Lt CAN . capacity as a general, there can b-;" no doubt that he makes an admirable witness. His testimony is clear, distiriel,.and unequivocal, bearing the impress of truth in every sentence, and perfectly conclusive to every disinterested and uppreju diced mind. He has not in any degree alluded to the points at issue between himself and Lord Rsocis ! These must form the subject of another iuvesti . 4ation, which, although refused by the gorse Guards, cannot be denied to the Noble Earl when the fitting time has arrived, and Lord RAGLAN is in attendance in this country to sup port the grave accusations he has preferred—a circumstance which, for the sake of our suffering army in the Crimea, cannot long be postponed. The conduct of LOrd RAGLAN during action was also carefully avoided. But on other matters, scarcely less important in a commander, a degree of careless indifference and apathy was displayed, which proved the noble Field-Marshal utterly un- fitted for the position into whi . ch he was pitch forked, and which occasions the utmost astonish ment as to the grounds on which he was originally appointed ; or why, having been appointed, he has been allowed to retain 3 situation for which he is clearly incompetent. We long since declared that the triumphs of the Noble Lord had been with the pen, not with the sword. His services Lad been iu the bureau rather than in the field. He generally acted as " secretary" wherever he chanced to be engaged; and, although he lost an arm at Waterloo, it could Scarcely be asserted that he had experience suffi cient to qualify bins for the supreme command of an army so circumstanced as that in the Crimea. He showed himself thoroughly versed in the principles of " red-tapinn." He was always ready with an assurance that any matter which could not be "pooh-poohed," and thus got rid of, was "under consideration." That was all the satisfaction which Lord LtiCAN or any other gene ral could obtain, however urgent the subject of complaint. The cavalry General pointed out the inconvenienee and impoliey of imposing harass ing duties on the cavalcy, which occasioned the loss of many horses_(each worth rcil. sterling), in a merely pecuniary point of view, but under the Peculiar circnnastances, of the case perfectly hi valuable. T ilese 'night !lave been saved by the purchase of ba ggaZe ponies, which would have cost 61. or eaelt, and cavalry of which would have done th e alry I work of funi horses. But, in accordance with the penny_ wi se - and-pound-foolish policy that prevailed from the beginning, the obvious precau ti o n was neglected, an d behold the deplo rable result —the loss of no less than seven or eight hundred trained and valuable 1 101 ,„ 5 This matter was strongly represented to Lord RAIIIAN. Lord LL - CAN, who found it advi sa bl e • to put his communt 'cation in writing, address e d a letter to the Adjutant-General on the subject, i„ which he complained of the cave • lry being employed on business so foreign to their proper duties, and pointed out the serious mortality that had already occurred among the horses of the division in con sequence thereof. To this letter no answer was returned i Indeed, a tolerably thick folio borl was produced full .of similar complaints, which seldom produced redress. He proposed to Lord R AGL AN to form •a _ transport corps entirely separate from the commissariat. He was ;thanked for this suggestion, which was L° tinder the consideration of the English Govern inon A . s i m il ar suggestion as to the formation .44 an ambulance cops like to that of the Fronch - 1 ,41/so "under the consideration of the Govern -134/4-t!r). fal the iloQe§ 4Q4 _ t,r2- articles of great importance were constantly corn ing into Balaklava, and as constallPY sent back again, and " kept running backwards and for wards between the different ports." But why multiply instances ? Why repeat the numerous cases of mismanagement ? Suffi cient has been established (even without re ferring to the weakness of the position selected, which was, in fact, in one part incapable of de fence, and which entailed almost superhuman labour on our men) to prove the inefficiency of Lord RAGLAN. Why, then, wo ask—and the 1 country will repeat the interrogatory—was he ever appointed ? Was it because he was the younger son of a Duke, or that he had, for thirty-nine years, been at home, without the op portunity of seeing any description of military service ? It is, indeed, difficult to account for his nomination on any rational principle, and equally hard to explain his continuance in the command. Is it to Lord HARDINGES, or to any ltiddeii, although potent, influence that he has been retained ? The nation demands a clear and explicit answer to this simple i n terrogatory. It must be returned. The Premier, the War Minis ter, and indeed every member of the Cabinet, is responsible for the evils . that have arisen, and may hereafter in consequence of the injudicious appointment. Let any of them attempt to show what he has done to exempt him from the censure he has merited for his numerous acts of omission. As yet we are ignorant of any defence that can be put forward. Should any be attempted we shall hear it impar tially, but we fear that it cannot alter the im pressions arrived at, not without regret or without due deliberation. We earnestly hope that the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, introduced on Tuesday evening, and to which we alluded in our impression of yes terday, may receive the fair and 'impartial consi deration which its importance so imperatively demands. The House of Commons has repeatedly sanctioned the principle of the measure—has de cided that the last and one of the most vexatious infringements of the civil and religious liberty of the subject should be obliterated from the national statute-book. But hitherto in vain. Prejudice' and bigotry has still prevailed ; and a law which, not being respected, is frequently disregarded, and that by "persons of religious and moral character "—" exemplary members of society"— is retained in all its virulence. Point after point has been abandoned by the opponents of the mea sure. They no longer venture to assert that there is any divine prohibition against such marriages. The ridiculous argument founded on the 18th Leviticus, and which clearly affected such marriages only during the lifetime of the first wife, has been given up. It is only surprising that one so weak and futile, which rendered the opposite view of the case perfectly irresistible, should ever have been put forward. It is therefore now confessedly only on the grounds of " inconvenience" and of ecclesiastical authority that such marriages can.be interfered with. Now, on the first point, the preponderance of testimony—the "weight of evidence"—is alto ' gether in favour of these connexions. We know that in other countries where they are recognised and sanctioned—that is to say, in every Protestant country in Europe and America—they aro lookt d on as peculiarly eligible, as affording the best prospects for the •rphans who, deprived of a mother's care, must be placed under female pro tection of some kind. And naturally so, for surely a mother's sister, one previously attached to the children, would be more likely to treat them with tender consideration than a perfect stranger, who would regard them solely as the rivals of her own offspring, and treat them with the proverbial harshness of a stepmother. Betides, on the question of inconvenience we must consider the effect produced by beholding many inestimable persons deliberately disregarding the law of the laud, and retaining their position in society, and reputations unblemished and un assailed. If public opinion were in favour of the obnoxious law such could not be the case. It is, therefore, manifest that the moral feeling of the community is opposed to the restriction, and the only victims whereof are the innocent children, who, without any fault of their own, might pos sibly be deprived of their birth-rights—the inheri tames that should have descended from their • ancestors. The only obstacle is a canon of doubtful autho rity, which a large proportion of the members of the Established Church . , clerical and lay, repudiate. Why, we ask, should the consciences of Dissenters be bound by such a regulation ? The days of penal laws and tests have long since been abolished. A man can no longer be persecuted for conscience sake. Nor can he be mulcted in heavy penalties because he does not choose to attend public wor ship in the Parish Church. We profess to extend the most perfect toleration to all shades and ♦arieties of religious opinions, and yet the law restricts a person on the tenderest and dearest paint, in a matter on which the kappiuess of his life may depend, because, forsooth, some members of the Church of England consider it contrary to one of the tenets of their Church Their position cannot be in any degree compro mised by the alteration. They will not be re quired to marry tke sister of a deceased wife be cause they might be at liberty to do so if they think proper. They are subjected to no compul sion ; but they should be prepared to accord to others the perfect freedom of opinion which they claim for themselves. Let then every friend of civil and religious liberty exert himself at this emergency to strike off these remaining shackles: The chief difficulty to be encountered is the apathy and indifference of many who, although they think the alteration proper, do not think it ne cessary to exert themselves respecting a m a tt er i n which they do not feel themselves to be personally concerned. Let them be aroused from their apathy, and called on to vote one way or the other, and we venture to assert that the obnoxious law would be repealed by a decided and over whelming majority. A little exertion now will remove a blot on the national escutcheon, and remedy a grievance which presses severely on a numerous, influential, and meritorious body of persons. Ladies have their foibles, divines their failiigs philosophers their weaknesses, Members of Parlia ment their moments of faith in themselves, why then of their own 2 should we deny to railway shareholders pec cadilloesthem the privileges to. vain.dchwhevye,ryabboodvye else all, d l e a n y y s angry ? Do it who m ay , we claim (or at a ll events l who are free traders not countenance such exercises), that of bain ,, moral s : the farthest a in nleasti r c ommercialof restrictionmatters we can go is to suggest that shareholders should not be angry without cause, nor be blindly angry, and when they have cause, shall not be more angry than the occasion warrants. This we tak e to be reasonable and praiseworthy. The half-yearly meeting of the South-Eastern Railway company, which took .place yesterday at tIN ;'ic.lgo Z9tol ) ;„gAlcl, - ., was, it afpwal THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 16, 1855 attended by a large number of proprietors—a fact creditable to them, in so far as it indicates an interest in the management of their affairs ; but it was characterised by an itr e noise, and confusion very far from creditable to parties in their position. Whatever grievances there may be—aud we are far from denying that there are grievances, far from asserting that a less dividend than the last is not provocative of indignation, when the diminution is supposed to arise from mismanagement—still a little more moderation than was displayed on this occasion would re dound more to the praise of their discretion. Tt is not our intention to touch on the disputed points for some time mooted among the company. We have expressed au opinion on them already ; but we have great pleasure in calling attention to the redeeming feature in the character of ti meeting, viz. the cordial reception the late chair mar, Mr. JAMES 31.1eGREGon, experienced, and the vote of thanks so cordially offered to him by the great majority of the proprietors present. It was a tribute of esteem and a mark of confidence in every respect merited. For ten long years this public-spirited gentleman had managed the affairs of the company with a zeal and art ability of a rare order, and greatly to its interest, and on this occasion was seen the reward in part of the straight forward line of conduct he in his integrity pur sued. Though dissevered from the office of chair man by an untoward difference of opinion, and though the passions of the meeting were greatly excited, his merits and services were honourably remembered by . the majority ; and he could, with out creating a doubt of his sincerity, give expres sion to the unabated interest he felt in the pro sperity of the company, and his ardent desire that it might be based on enduring foundations. In his retirement Mr. MAcanEGon may console himself with the reflection that as time passes on his services will be still better appreciated, and a vote of confidence may before long be passed to him without one dissentient. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MA UCH 15. The Caire has arrived. She left Constanti nople on the Ist, four days before the Ganges. The Ville de Bordeaux has left for Smyrna to day, with forty of the English hospita staff on board. The earthquake at Broussa, Lad damaged 100 mosques. The number of victims was 200, and not 2,000 as at first stated. Several shocks were felt at Constantinople on the 28th ult. and the Ist inst., but no damage was done. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDA Y. The Caire, which left Constantinople on the Ist, has been delayed by bad weather, and is still expeeed. The Ganges, which left on the sth, has already arrived. Preparations aro being made at Constantinople for the visit of Napoleon 11/. The Journal de Constantinaple gives details •f a fight which took place on the 23d Feb. before Sebastopol. A battalion of Zouaves carried by assault the plateau of the Malakhoff Tower, spiked eighteen guns, and drove the enemy out of their trenches, retiring ultimately before a body of 8,000. Russians. In this heroic struggle 380 French were put hers de combat. General Monet was wounded in both arms. The Presse cf Constantinople estimates the Russian loss at 1,000, and reduces the French loss to 250. Some journals say that General Monet received five slight wounds while dispersing a Russian column, which attempted to cut off his retreat. Count Zameisky organises at Schumla a second regiment of Ottoman Cossacks, in whick Poles will be incorporated. The railway from Balaklava to Sebastopol will be finished by March 15. M. Lesseps, who had visited Constantinople in order to obtain authority to open the Suez Canal, has returned to Alexandria. VIENNA, THURSDAY. The first meeting of the Congress took place this day. There were present one French, two Ottoman, two English, and two Austrian Pleni potentiaries. The discussion on the general prin ciples of the basis of the negotiation terminated satisfactorily. Intelligence had arrived at Constantinople from the Crimea up to the Bth instant. Nothing im portant up to that date had occurred. General Forey had been recalled to France. Lord Stratford de Rodeliffe was seriously in disposed. The intelligence of the death of the Emperor Nicholas 'mused great sensation at Constantinople. A new decree respecting the Tanzimat had ap appeared. THE HAGUE, 14TH. Interpellations have been addressed to the Government in the Second Chamber as to whe ther the contingent of Limbourg would leave the territory of the kingdom before the order of mobilisation' is given by the Diet. The Mi nister of War replied in the negative. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (Front, a &cowl, Editbn of tlte Morning Herald.) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, FBB. 27. It is supposed that the enemy have received re inforcements to-day. While I write there is tre mendous cheering going forward among the garri son of Sebastopol, and a Fargo brightlight is di3tinctly visible over the heights near Mackenzie's F arm , another in the direction of Tchourgoum. It can hardly be that they meditate a sortie, or they would make less noise. MARCH 1. The cheering in Sebastopol continued through out the whole of last night, and was accompanied by the ringing of church bells in some parts of the town ; but beyond this clatter the enemy made no demonstration. At one time, when the shouting extended along the lino of batteries, our men steed to their arms and manned their guns, expecting an immediate attack, but after a few minutes th e alarm passed off, though the shouting continued some time. Two long 32-pounders were brought up to the Inkernian batteries by the French this morning, and last night an order was issued to the cavalry that their horses were to be employed in carrying up shot and shell. The prudence of this order is more than doubtful, as our cavalry horses are now only just "getting round" the effects of the winter, and heavy traffic will soon throw them all back again. Besides a very large proportion of what are called the " effective" survivors of the winter have got the mange, and in other respects are far from being in a condition to carry up heavy burthens to the front. Yesterday, when the order came, there way , an official inspection to ascertain the number of horses which the two brigades of cavalry could turn out for this work, and according to the inspection the four regiments composing the light brigade have under 70 serviceable animals. To this small number the 13th Light Dragoons only contribute three. The heavy cavalry have but twice as many horses as the light, in consequence of their never having remained in camp on the heights, where all the light cavalry horses starved. But neither light or heavy are fit for carrying up shot to the trenches. Captain Brandling's troop of horse artillery has also been ordered to furnish horses fur this duty. Now Brandling's troop has perhaps suffered le:is in horses than any other one out here, but it now only mus tors 58 horses instead of 210. If these 58 venerable relics are used in the shot and shell line, what be comes of the battery ? IVlAlicif 2. Every one still seems confident as to the results which will attend our re-opened fire. It is intended to concentrate the fire of certain batteries upon one or two weak points in the enemy's defences until the guns in them have beet dismounted, and the abbattis round them destroyed. To effect this each long gun will fire 100 rounds of shot and shell per day, and each mortar 50 rounds of shell every 12 hours. The mortars will fire all through the night to prevent the enemy repairing the damages which have been caused during the clay's bombard ment—the long guns will only fire during the day light. Fie]dpieces, small howitzers, and cohorns will be used in our most advanced works for the destruction of the stockades and abbattis. Storm ing parties will be told off to attack each battery as soon as sil ence d. With the new batteries lately thrown up th e E ng li s h will open fire with about 100 guns and the French with nearly 2 00. The 10th or guns, of March are spoken of as the dates on which it is most probable we shall re-commence our attack. THE CRIMEA. A letter, dated Constantinople, March 1, says "The delay which took place in the distribution of the letters by the last mail Irons the Crimea did not allow me to send you an account of a feat of arms which took place on the night between the 23d and 24th of Feb ruary. For some time it was known that the Russians were erecting important works of counter-attack near the Malakhoff Tower, towards which the French lines were gradually approachin ,, nearer and nearer. As these works were likely to embarrass the French miners and disturb the plans of the Allies, it was resolved to de stroy them. To this effect a portion of the 3d Division, under the order of General Monet, advanced during the night of the 23d, and attacked the Russians in their en trenchments. The Russians, much superior in numbers, made a valiant defence ; but, notwithstanding their resistance, and the fire of the batteries and vessels in the port which bore upon the battle ground, they were driven out of their positions and the works destroyed. This it appears was the sole object of this nocturnal expedition, " - t Jaa ° -. 1 ? 4 6 91 r4tio,u tiat . _ _ could be swept easily by the guns of the port. The French returned after accomplishing their object, but not without considerable loss, estimated at 100 killed aPd 300 wounded. Among the former there were seven or eight officers, and some 20 officers wounded. General Monet himself had the thumb of his right hand shot off, and received a shot in his arm. The loss of the Russians, which must have been considerable could not be ascertained," , n_ , RUSSIA. --- The .Ruseian, Invalid has the following relative to tho affair of the so-called redoubt. It is a some what extended version of the first telegraghic huh letii of " victory" : " Prince Mensehikoff reports that on the night of the 21st-22d February we erected a redoubt before the left flank of our fortifications at Sebastopol, upon tht flank of Mount Sapun, which forms the right side of the Dockyard-creek, in order to create new impediments to the progress of the besiegrri' works. This operation was effected ro rapidly that the enemy could off , T no opposition, and did not open a fire of mus ketry against our rifles until daybreak, althon7h be had remained under arms the whole night Two days later, in the night of,the 24th-25th, he attacked the redoubt with a strong force, but was brilliantly driven back by the regiments of Volnynia and Selinginsk, the former, 27th line, belonging to the sth, and the latter, 21st line, to the 4th corps, under General Cbrustscheff, formerly col one l of the 27th. According to the stattnnents of prisoner., the enemy lost 600 killed and woun and among the. na 34u Z , ,uaves. We had sixty-seven kit.rd, of whom seven were subaltern officers, and 205 woun led or contused. During the last few days the enemy's siege operations have been insignificant. They have abandoned their mining works. Since the strong reconnaissance made by Lieutenant-General Chruleff on the 17th against Eupatoria, nothing of moment has oecurred in that neighbourhood." FRAN CE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Intelligence was received this morning in Paris that the bombardment of Sebastopol was being carried on with the utmost vigour. It appears that a new description of rocket has been used with the most perfect success—so much so that many portions of the town had been burned down by their intervention ; and when the despatch left there were many other houses still burning. It is further stated that several Russian officers had de serted over to the French camp, and their descrip tion of the sufferings of the besieged is appalling. The news of the Emperor's death had reached Se bastopol on the 6th. There has been a stupid story afloat as to the dying instructions of the Czar Nicholas to his eldest son, exhorting hien to make peace on any terms. It is so absurd, and bears the impress of falsehood so palpably upon its face, that lam almost ashamed to mention it. The Mon,iteur extracts from the Frankfort Jour nal the following communication from Vienna : " The Emperor Francis Joseph has sent the Archduke William to St. Petersburg to present his compliments of condolence to the Empress-Mother and the new Emperor, and to felicitate his Majesty Alexander 11. on his acces sion to the throne. " These, however, are merely the acts of etiquette usual between princes, and by no means a proof of any modifi cation of policy on the part of the Court of Vienna. Its political programme is still that fixed by its adhesion to the bases of peace agreed to on the Bth of August by the Western Powers, and also by the conclusion of the treaty of alliance of the 2d December. It is to defend the im mutable interests of Austria and Germany, the most sacred principles of right and European equilibrium, that .A.ustrie, at great expense, long since took sword in hand, and stands armed and ready. " It would be superfluous to prove that there can be no thought of the conclusion of peace till some thing decisive bas occurred in the Crimea. If it should be in favour of Russia, and that Power should then wish either to withdraw her former concessions or modify them so as to render them illusory, the duty of Austria would be that of energetic opposition to such purposes." BOURSE, MA r Ca 15.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month 4 per Cents. (xd) 94 95 95f. — c . 3 per Cents 69 8') 70f. 150. Credit Mobilier 765 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B9 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASIL fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 650 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 940 Havre 560 Northern - AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARGO. PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning.—The Argo, Captain Hyde, beonging to the General &mew Company, ar rive d at six o'clock last evening, not being able to pro• ceed up the channel in consequence of stress of weather. She lett Sydney January 2d, and Port-Philip 7th. As far as Cape Horn she had moderate weather, and then had a baffling and light wind to the line. Sae reached St. Vincent February 27. The voyage from Port-Phi lip to St. Vincent occupied two days less than former voyage. She remained at St. Vincent four days, and left March 3d. Had bad weather to longitude 40. She had been under weigh 59 days, 8 hours, and 30 minutes, the time of the voyage being 63 days 13 hours. The Argo brings a mail which was landed here from Sydney. She has gold dust, 5,553 ounces, valued at 22,2121. From Port Philip, 70,665 ouuces, valued at 282,6601. ; specie and j e w e ll e ry, 6,0411. S e . Bd., making a total of 310,9131. ss. Bd. She has also 138 cases of goods for the Paris Exhibition. . . The Argo brings 85 passengers, including the Lord Bishop of Melbourne and Mrs. Perry. The British ship of war, Calliope, the steamers Acheron and Torch, were at Sydney. The Electra, Fansome, and Lily, were at Port Philip. The Lily was to leave in a few days for England. At St. Vincent, the brig Industrious. Barque Pre mier, sailed March 1, for Barbadoes. The barque Clare mont sailed for Savannah. The American steamer, River Bird, from New York for China, was coaling. Tno barque Robert Bright, from S xansea, arrived March Ist, and the brig John Hillman, from the same port, on the 2d. The royal steam-ship Great Western, from Brazils, arrived on 3d. The Argo , spoke, February 3d, American ship Atlas, off Cape Horn, 99 days from RAltiruore ; on the 4th, Hamburg brig Mina, lat. 55.9 S., lon. 58.5, from Chines, Islands, for Pernambuco ; on the 13th, the American sailer Monmouth, in lat. 26.43, lon. 31.55 west ; and the British ship Merse, in same latitude, frim London to Australia. Oa the 21st the British barque Elizabeth Archer, from Liverpool to Callao, 59 days out. Thirteen invalided soldiers were sent off by express train to-day, and 113 more will be sent up to-morrow. A late edition of the Melbourne Morning Herald, of Deceinbc-r 11, supplies intelligence from Ballarat to De cember 10. The examination of the prisoners made dur ing the recent disorders had been continued for several days, and numbers had been released. Others had bee.; committed ; a few for high treason, some for sedition. Among the latter, Mr. Seehamp of the Bendigo Times. On the 9th, martial law gave place to the ordinary civil government. Before retiring from the c , nutnand, Sir Robert Nickle offered a reward of 580/, for the capture of Venn, one of the insurgent leaders, dead or alive, provided it were made before the cessation of martial law. Sir Robert had made himself popular at the dig- 1 gings, and many who saw the proclamation law with pain were sorry when it was discontinued. " There appears to be no doubt," says the correspondent of the journal quoted, " that the insurgents we-re the first to fire on the 3d, and if so, heavy as their punish went has been, they brought it on themselves ; but the feeling relative to the conduct of at least some of the mounted police remains unchanged." Ou the 3th a meeting was held at Bath's Hotel, to petition for a general amnesty. It was said that the Right Rev. Dr. Goold, who had arrived at Ballarat, was the bearer of an amended set of rules fir the administration of the gold-fields. These rules, which had the sanction of the Government, the bishop was about to submit to the diggers. There was a report, but it was thought an un grounded one, that Venn, the insurgent digger, at the head of a considerable force, had erected a stockade in Warancheps Forest. The-following is a correct state meat of the casualties on the part of the troops in the late encounter :-40th Regiment; Captain Wyse, se verely wounded (but progressing favourably) ; two rank and file killed, four severely wounded. 12th Regiment; Lieut. Paul, severely wounded in the hip ; one rank and file killed, five ditto wounded. Mounted police ; one trooper wounded. The General Screw Company's steamer Natal has been chartered fora war trauspoit by the French Government. She left Southampton yesterday for Toulon. Belgium is still without a ministry. 31. de Theux, leader of the conservatives in the Chamber, was to have an audience of the King on Wednesday. Letters from Stuttgard state that the First Chamber had voted unanimously the amount of three millions de manded by the Government as the extraordinary war credit required, but rejected by 19 votes to 10 the decla ration passed by the Lower Chamber that Wurtemberg'‘ policy required the most intimate adhesion to Austria. The Minister von Linden said that the 6-frman Diet had long since thrown aside its neutrality and openly joined Austria. The BERNAL COLLECTION.—The sale of yesterday was carried on at the mansion, No. 93, Eaton-square ; the objects disposed of were miniatures, chiefly French. Very good prices were realised. The most important " lots" were those of Charles IX. and Henry 11. of France, painted by Janet, bought by Messrs. Colnaghi for the sums of 155 and 205 guineas respectively. The competition for this day's ohjecti in no way-resembled that which manifested itself on certain other occaiions in connexion with this memorable sale : to judge, how. ever, from the marked peculiarity of many of the sub jects which remain to be disposed of, further displays of eager competition may be anticipated. The sale of mediaeval works in metal takes place to-day at the ace lion rooms in King-street, where the sale will be con tinued throughout the month—with the ex. eAion of next Saturday; when some pictures from the collection oit4io Duli9 ' 4 4 IN Wicti LYCEUM THEATRE. Last night a one-act bagatelle, entitled An, Episode in the Life of a Cozy Couple, was performed here for the first time. In the present instance we are told that the farce is not a translation from the French, but that it is an original one. The great weight of the piece falls in this instance to Mr. Frank Matthews ; and to his act ing►, although Mr. C. Mathews acquitted himself with his usual ability, the success of the piece is to be ascribed. The plot is very simple. It is as follows :—A certain Mr. Dormouse, twenty years ago, was the comrade of Tom Russelton, a rest!ess, devil-may-care sort of fellow, who, to use his own expression, has travelled all over the world. Since that time Dormouse bad married and has been enjoying the comforts of rural felicity ; but this state of connubial bliss is interrupted by the arrival of Tom, who expresses surprise at the slow way in which Dormouse is passing away his time. He brings back to his recollection the ►many happy days they have spent together at Paris, Madrid, Rome, and other places, and Dormouse is so elated with Tom's description that he determines to accompany Tom on a Tour of pleasure, if he can obtain the consent of Mrs. D. Tom undertakes to obtain it ; but, his better feelings being worked upon by the tender manner of the lady he determines to rsuade Dormouse to abandon his intention. After a great deal of trouble and by feelingly, placing before Dormouse the miseries of illness uncheered by the presence and affection of a wife Dormouse foregoes his intention; and, further, he succeeds in inducing Tom Rus selton to stop at home, and share with them the innocent. pleasures and delights of retirement. The acting of Mr and Mrs. Frank Matthews, as Mr. and Mrs. Dormouse, as perfect, and the honours of the piece may be just'y said to belong to them. It wants a little compressing, and when that has been done.it will add greatly to the success of the " episode." ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The benefit of Mr. W. Cooke next Monday will, without doubt, be the "great night" of the season. Iu the days of Ducrow the lessee's benefit used to be so, sad we see no grounds why Mr. Oooke's should be an exception to the general rule.. On the score of attraction, he has put forth one of the best bills we have ' seen for a long time, the great; feature being the revival of the splendid spectacle of the Tartar in all its original znagnitictnee. To this will be added the• performances of the wonderiul elephant--, and the eve, new and pleasing "scenes in the arena." If ever !m -eager deserved wed at the hauls of his patrons, that manager is Mr. W. Coako, for r.o man has laboured mere assiduously to please the tastes and gratify the eyes of the Im'cbitnes Of the wer:d-renowned " Astley's Amphitheatre" than he kas done. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spetb, and Sir. George Couper, left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, for her residence, Fromore, near Windsor. The Earl and Countess of Effingham and family ar rived in Eaton-place, yesterday, from the Grange, York shire, where they have been staying since Decemb er last. The family are expected to remain in town for the seasen. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam left Belgrave square, on Wednesday, for Deal Castle, Kent. It is uncertain when the earl and her ladyship will return to London. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury have returned to town, for the season, from Heron Court, Christ church. The Earl and Countess Cawdor had a select dinner party, on Wednesday, at their. mansion in South Audley street. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth were among the guests at Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston's dinner party on Wednesday evening. Lady Ashburton left Bath House, on Wednesday, for the Grange, Hampshire. liter ladyship is expected to return t 3 town to-morrow. Lord Ashburton remains in town. The Chief Seeretary for Ireland (the Right Hen. Ed ward Horscnan) entertained a party of Irish representa tives at dinner, on Wednesday last, at his residence on Richmond-terrace. The Emma has arrived from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 25th Oct., but is not known to have any gold on freight. The departure of the Iberia with the Peninsular mails has been postponed until Tuesday, 20th instant. Accouats from Corsica state that at least sixty bodies, no doul,t the fearful produce of the wreck of the S6mil - hzvo been cast on shore there. The body of Captain Jugan, her commander, is the only one that has been identifie,l. After 'entente had been passed on Madlie. Doudet, an order arrived for her being taken to a house of deten tion ; and instead of being remitted to Dr. Pinel's maison de &Lai, where she had been for some time on account of the state of her health, she was conveyed to the prison of St. Lazare. On hearing the order, she merely said, " I expected it." MADAME TLISSAUD'ES EXHIBITION.—The figure of the late Emperor of Russia is at present one of the greatest sources of curiosity and interest in this popular esta blishment, as appears by the crowd of visitors who throng round the modern war group, of which he makes one of the principal objects, or at this time perhaps the chief one, having so lately departed from the scenes of con flict of his own seeking. The likeness is most excellent, and is highly creditable to the artists employed. GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT LTICAB'S WHARF.—Yes terday morning, about 5 o'clock,-a terrible fire broke out in an extensive granary and wharf belonging to Mr. Glendinning, termed Lllcas's Wharf, and upon the rope ' and ship's sail works belonging to Mr. Hall, both being situated on Bermondsey-wall, and occupying there a i large space of ground. Other premises in the neighbour bo, containing inflammable materials, were also in volved in the flames, which extended very rapidly, and in spite of the continued efforts made to arrest their prc• gress the damage done was very considerable. STAR CLUB.—The second meeting of this club for the present session was held on Wednesday last, at Fenton's Hotel, when there were present—the Princes Gholam Mohamed and Feroze Shah, his Excellency the American Minister, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Oliveira, M.P. ; Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. ; Mr. Kershaw, M.P. ; Mr. Hastie, M.P. ; Sir James Anderson, M.P. ; Mr. Cowan, M.P. ; Mr. Lee, M.P. ; Mr. Barnes, M.P. ; Mr. Wickham, M.P. ; Dr. M‘L ean ; R ev. Geo. Jepson, M.A. ; Grant, Colonel Starr, Mr. Gyll, Sir Cusack Roney, and Sir Thomas Roberts, Bart. Mr. Oliveira, presided. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL Thurrday„—The parting address of Lord Ravensworth was published this morning. The liberal party hare failed to induce Mr. James Wilson to contest the seat, and have accordingly started a requisition to Thomas Brockletank, Esq., one of the largest shipowners in Liverpool, which has been numerously and respectably signed. It is doubtful, however, whether tfley will ob tain Oat gentleman's consent. Mr. Brocklebank is well-known and highly respected hero, and from his general local and commercial knowledge would no doUbt ably represent this borough. The Tories, however, are quite sanguine of being able to return Sir S. George &mil= by a large majority. From Frankfort we learn that although a month bad elapsed since the order was given for Kriegsbereitscbaft, and the different States were ordered to report themselves ready in a fortnight, only the following Governments had done so :—A.uatria, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemburg, Holstein, . Anhalt, Schwartzburg, Lichtenstein, ,7 i. aill i m m h cr erg-Lipp fi e, t Reuse : tite Lip ou. r:t a ld a e t : and 4:24 , sot t e y s et se b-"u"r•,,rwit'Ad-t•-• aboutfeut Hanover' Electoral Hem Olden• een 0 tlAwfaves d _ DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR thSBORNE. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning for Osborne, Isle of Wight, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Thine° Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and also by the Prince of Leiniegen. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Boc verie, Caiitain Du Plat, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended to their carriage by the Marquis of Breadal bane, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount Torrington, Sir Frederick Stovin, Major-General Wylde. Her Majesty and the Prince and the Royal party left Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before 10 o'clock, in six of the Queen's carriages, fr the private station at Vauxhall, and proceeded to Go?port, by a special train on the South-Wester:► Railway. PORTSMOUTH, MAEcH 15. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal family arrived at this port thin morninz, en route to Osborne, at 12 o'clock. Her Majesty wLis re ceived by the Lieutenant-Governor of tt:e G orison, Major-Genera; Breton ; Pear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dmidas, C B , Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet ; Rear-Admiral Martin, Sverintetident of this Ettiek3ard ; Caitain-Superintendent Smith, Captain the J. D<notan, Captain Crispin, the flag and staff offi f the naval and military chiefs, wit' a guard o: honour front the Royal Marines. On al riving in Clarence yarl, the R , yal standard was saluted by the Victor , ' and other ships in harbour, which were dressed out colours, their crews manning the rigging, and loudly cheering her Majesty as she passed them. The Fairy, Royal yacht, being alongside the jetty, her Majesty immediately embarked, and proceeded to Osborne, where she arrived at 1.15 I). TR. In going out of harbour, the Royal standard on board the Fairy was saluted by the garrison, and subsequently by the fleet at Spithead assembling for the Baltic, which, dressed in colours and with yards manned, presented a magnificent spectacle. ROYAL PRESENT TO THE INVALIDS. CHATHAM, MARCH 15.—The commandant, Colonel Eden, of the garrison, at Chatham, received by yester day's train a large box, containing upwards of 150 volumes of books, which was forwarded to him by desire of her most gracious Majesty. Enclosed was a letter written by Colonel Phipps, expressing her Majesty's wish, and observing, that the Queen, on her recent visit to Chatham, was so perfectly satisfied with the inter nal arrangements of the hospitals, and was so truly gratified with the demeanour of the invalids, and who appeared so happy under all their afflictions, that the enclosed present of books was for the poor soldiers in hospital at the supplementary building, Brompton Bar racks. The whole of the books are beautifully bound, and are of the most interesting kind. The Queen has also sent some drawing paper, pencils, india lubber, and other articles used for drawing, for the sole use of Private William Cunningham, 7th Fusiliers, an inmate of the hospital, and who is slightly wounded in the foot and leg, and who at the time of her Majesty's visit to the wards was amusing himself sketching, which at tracted her Majesty's attention. He then produced some of his sketches, which he had made in the Cri mea., and the Queen was so pleased with them that she requested the commandant to apply fur them fer her. This was done, and the sketches were forwarded for her Majesty's acceptance, and the present thus sent down was an acknowledgment of the Royal favour. This noble and kind act of her Majesty is duly appre ciated by these poor fellows, and any inconvenience or discomfort which they have experienced at the seat of war in the East has been amply repa'd by their Sove reign, whose friendly and generous warmth of feeling to wards them will never be forgotten by those now suffer ing in health and with loss of limbs. The commandant has given directions for the whole of the books to have the name of the Queen and the rriture of the gift written in them. THE SARDINIAN ARMY. The following are the rules of promotion in the Sar dinian army -- "No one can be promoted to any rank who cannot prove himself qualified to fill the post, except for extra ordinary actions of merit, or from the impossibility to provide otherwise in presence of the enemy. "All privates mu--t serve one year before they can be made corporals ; corporals two years before they are male`under officers' (a rank equal to quarterwaster seri!ants and quartermaster corporals). "No one can be appointed sub-lieutenant who has not completed his 18th year, who has not served o years as under officer. in a corps of the army, or passed through the military college. "Then sub-lieutenants must serve one year, lieutenants two years (and pass an examination Biter a year of study at the College of Ivrea), captains four years, rna,Frrs three year, and lieutenant-colonels two years, ben re obtaining promotion to the rank above, except is tone of war, when the pi-rinds required are reduced one-half. "In eae corps in the service one-third of the sub licutenantcies are given to under off.cers (subject to an exarniration), and two-thirds to cadets from the !nib to,ry college, but a tenth of the whole is reserved for special cases of merit in eub-officers or curporalswho are not obliged to pass examinations. . _ `'The army is recruited by men drawn for the militai y levy, or those who er.rol themselves voluntarily. Ail citizens are subject to the law for the levy, but persons who have been condemned to forced labour or to im prisonment from certain crimes are excluded from the military service, and cannot on any plea be admitted into the army. " In ordinary times men are called upon to serve when in their 21st year, but in case of emergency they may be called upon sooner. The term of service in peace is reckoned at five years under arms, and seven en leave.' NAVAL AND MILITARY nrrozigi This evening, mails fro her Majesty's tary forces in Turkey, the Piraeus (G' and the Black Sea will be made up Marseilles, thence to be conveyed 1)1 - their destination. Senders of letters Are. have them specially addressed " }loop/telt intended for persons at that place, otbc be forwarded to the army in the Crimes. the Black Sea. All letters for soldiers any of the above-mentioned places 11 1, - otherwise they will be detained at ofliee the rn office, and opened by the proper return them to the writers. Rear-Admiral Baynes struck his Beg c 6/ Centaur yesterday at Portsmouth, and Wei ll is presumed, until his proper flag-ship E-k, 21, Captain Birch, whose yesterday, is ordered into harbour to be Blenheim, 60, Captain lia,!l, a d j u st il he r Portsmouth harbour yesterday, tile fleet at Spithiad thif day. The have to be docked to remedy her defectt; 17, Commander Polle n , returned to Sp it! The Ruby arid Pelter, new screw genhua% yesterday off Spith ea d t o prove their Mr. Miller, th e c hi e f ass i s tant to the - Engineer of Portsm ou th d oc kvarl, one of them to make th e exper returned into harbor r. The principal att dockyard departments now seem ceet red Watt, 91, Hastings, 60, Pembroke, 60, tion, 23. These are b e ing progressed ii(u arid wbe Pos,ible. The Gr , Lan, 6, pa,idle-wheel.slr der Cra., ford. strained into barlpinr docked. Tne De., seam transport, arrive u ti yesterday with machinery for the pew BI- Walter Maurice, bin- d-transport, arrived at terilay, and will go , into Portsmouth receive a deiachinent of about 150 ruenor' ment for conveyance to Bermuda. Tbeee not embark, in all probability, until early the vessel having sustained s ome danragef from the Thames, which will requir e 4 Cruiser, 15, Commander the Hon. Go' at Spithead yesterday and joined the fieet' L The screw steam,•hip Exmouth, 90, C a P; n o, M. Pelham, an.l the steam-frigate Mag.... a t el tain Fisher, left Plymouth Sound row" — mouth. The Sirdinian-iron seavr steamer vernment hired transport Victoria BO Pittalago, put into Plymouth Sound 3 , in a very leaky state, having injured down Channel by running on shore of n The General Screw Steam Navig eb ligi transport Crceius will embark this roa n ' and 647 non-commissioned- officers and: Wiltshire Militia for Coda. The office . 2 l nant-Colonel the Right H on . L or d :WT. °., Royal Horse Guards and the 71st lllgmi fantry • Major William Heathcote, the 59th Foot • Captains John E. Pro*in the 67th), Frederick B re t on , John . Captain the 51st Foot), John L. Reid, Jones (late Captain in the 52d F00t) 1... , 01 ; d „.",., son ; Lieutenants Daviti- Archer, Iviu," ward G. Goble, Bartholom ew Alston . , A",, k and Arthur G. Moultr ee (l a t e o f the 63 " . Ensigns Frederick D. Smart, George Pinkett, Arthur Wyndham, Robert Thos. E. Pinkett ; Adjuvant Capt. (ate Captain in the 50th Regiment); En ign E. Paton (late of the 42d Highlaa John F. Nichol 3 rAsslit4TiCSurgeon following officers and men remain In t Major W. C. Grove (late of the 20th - C. R. Skeete (late of the 19th Regime- Diekenson (late of the 15th), an d W. the 50th) ; Lieutenants N. W. Sloper, H. L. Hunt ('ate of the 67th), and J° ll° sign F. A. Somerset, and 171 men. Two ships—viz., the Wellesley and th e n in the Thames on Wednesday, with the * t i t and the troops disembarked the following end, and proceeded to Chatham orris° The strength of the corps consisted of 2 - lji tenants, 3 ensign., 2 assistant-surg!"u g ', 2 drummers, anf 222 rank and file, being ° , n 4, mand of Maj r Edward Hill. The is expected to arrive at the end of the week, Bride of the Sea. The 96th left Calcutta 0e 7th of December last. Major E. W. S°° "t also arrived at Chatham. The regiment° tachments from Chatham in 1841. sbiP The General Screw C om p an y' s Mea n ! ' " I s Southampton ye-terday morning for Ad' has been chartered by the French Gnye r , ° .„4 purpose of conveying stores, Bce., to the any other otlier use which it may be deemed 1 11 ploy her in upon her arrival at that port. The following ships have been ; en gaged er 44,o rally a- regular transpo r t s : —City of Abe nd No. 202 Ormalie steamer, No. 203 ; ‘i,T 00 r steamer, No 204 ; William Aldhatn steamer's Hansa steamer, No. 206 ; Germania store , " Progress steamer, No. 208. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander IT intended to proceed for service in the 1 34 '., her comm :nder recently distinguished bi d Sebastopol. First-Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Pe al the Woolwich division of R o y a l Marines, ' mote I to be Captain, and appointed to ibe!,, rice Varlo, r e ti re d on h a lf pay, from ill hu r t A great number of recruits continue wich tor the Royal Arollery. /Trap,- joined at heal-quarters this week. rni siw The War-Office has ordered an ene f ', - formed at Ehorncliff e , near F o lk es tone, l e 4 1 „ the Foreign Legion ; th e groun d t' be ° 1,303 of the old encampment whi c h ex ited frog , The total number of t ro op s o f the lino renivitil Militia regiments i n I re l an d f rom o rris° ceed to the Crimea is 13,600. A PPOINTM E he Lieutenants—G eorge M . B a lf ou r to e, Godfrey Taylor, recently serving in t he ,be the Pembroke; R o b er t 111 . •Gillson t° George E. Barnes to the Hastings. Paymasters—James R. Andrews to be Rear-Admiral Baynes, third in cororna ncl e ; e oo fleet ; Charles S. Gil es , from the IoP e ", Hastings ; Thomas M. Ramege, to the It Giles; Hery Coope, from the Archer to the • to p Richard Curgenven, t o th e A rc h er , vice Cliege4* Masters—Efmund P. Cole, recently se r e , o _e Horatio, to the Nept une ; H enr y D. 13 , re ur lier • Coastguard to th e Ho rat i o , v i ce C o le; e" -- et"' label r, to the Archer. t the /1' Clerk in Clia-g! George J. b. Andrew s ° eve Second Masttr s —Ed war d L. B. Willialeld, Neptune to the T eazer ; R. D . C on ner, t°, re eel" vice Williams ; Thomas Oyler, from the Alban steamer. w Clerk Ricl.ard B. 11. Ratcliffe, to the - t ee • Clerks' Assistant-:—Thomas Pullinger, t° eee eet* Humphrey Brett, t o th e D u k e o f Welly' got"hoW" Midshipman Hon. G. F. Fitzclarence t°„ t ee e , Yesterday orders were issued to tlise u t io l trit Leering- from the dept companies of the J ° 0 1.0 0 7 . merits, the,service companies of which el i te th e ' have been placed under orders to proceee hi ' t eellee o war—viz., the 10th Foot, 29th (let , 14 , — P ell , pee . Royal Rifle Regiment, and the 75th ' F O °,"; it above-mentioned regimente is to be inelee ° o e_v, to 1,600 bayonets, forming two bettrii 'fl ee 'ereci l ' r i each, and recruiting parties have been cuseeetsw manufacturing and agriceltural districts e° kete tears. itOF et / In addition to th e or di nary perc ussion v ie which the various regiments of eni b o died l l l oo plied, each corps when doing permanent i r e ea will be furnished with 12 Minid.rifles for Pre ree rtlie. Yesterday three of the largest parties O f , in number) for the regiment in the Cr i t e e 'pb e ei ti , been attested simultanerrusly for some t erustered and inspect, d at the r ecr !Weft der; street, Weetruinerer, and then taken I° e it After having been duly a tt es t e d ea ch ree f " - Tee sovereign as part of the bounty m oireP cior the y mentioned recruits are chit fl enlisted n° ter° a rtions of an order in Council, limiting th e ev, merit to two years, for tee cavalry, In e c i it; t b fQr eance corps in her Majestyei service el t , e „een India Company's troops ; but it is net t° A 7gilert erestlit to enlist persons for the Roya l • PP-- 1 44 ,..A A short a period of service. ri - Lieutenat , t-General Sir Thomas -- e° fo c ' e - e r„ K.C.H., who tried en the 11th lest., at eV': &W e e: was colonel of the 80th Legenent. f iee eeb e i V e King's coleur of the 233 at the siege el .6 A th'' 1807. He accompanied his- regiment o ° ,lol Pie thence to the %Vest Indies, awl viag , 11° , 01 11 to,„, Eli capture of Mertinique. He proceed e '5411 rice, and theece to Portugal in 18 1 'e si j e lph ot e pointed to the staff of the Arijutant-Ge 00.000 was in the field at the battles of Satan] jselh Madrid and the Retie( siege the of • PP;fIY (where he was wo un d e d in the bead O r'ee Nivelle, the actions of the 11th, I.9Alir comber, 1813, before Bayonne' Niveh and Toulouse. On the escape of Napa ;of fletwas appointed aide-decamp to Lord I Marquis of Londonderry), and served of 1815 with him at the head-quarter' anti Russian armies. He bad receiver with eight clasps. He entered the ar lieutenant in 1806, a captain in 1813, lieutenant-colonel in 1819, a colonel major-general in 1846. Messrs. Courtney and Stephens, of n i Tuesday the Government orders for the huts and stables for the camp about to Curragh of Kildare. The work is to bt days from Wednesday last, and if cone period a proportionate premium will bt contractors have commenced operations will speedily have in their employment men, of whom 450 are to be carpenters. 40,00' that the contract will amount to MILITIA. A recruiting party o f the Northumbi?l fantry Militia, under Captain Adamson, up f.,r recruits for some days past in Tyne, and with considerable success, v' come in pretty freely. The strength 01 present is, exclusive of officers, between There is some talk of erecting tenipor' the Worcester Militia, the system of found not only inccmpatible with the military discipline, but very prejudicial' morals of the men. They expect soon off to Aldershott. 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A . : e luded b 6lQl' 0 IN It !LAO' sa il 1 / 4 qt W b l t° l3 sew ▪ c°o,lll-r7::::11- 0 ; 0 Ilk:1k .:. - li al e ""-Pri itj V% s i 6 , 414 '•e ,. )2 , 1 ,Li te t , th e agisti t uPwarditiele It ie e a l' 4 11‘, e ae at r. 1.4141.431. f ro ,. )01. i' 1 4414 1 L ' e • - --R, th p o ,. . f .iffht liii. /tl"..l'lle' heriaea 'llotlet tO4 V,ippe_eex Net beenem.npet IltV.°l4:l-, sit IsTeicos'iopet, I tit t: t i ll Dart, . m ast . NI ~ 08 0 . VOllleteerl,,eot e' ip li Ir om . If tho reglPio. Lth il t i Li 13 50 0 *Parocks Pt , i' l , 4 l 4l o , 4 l t let rl rai ‘V i a B E racy bl it hilit 4 t tt ;NOP t o t : f billetivflow 01 ii o , al a roaiti,t' el : a tb _I ~ atid . 1 -4 v, ~- 1 t o not to 00_1v — ido l " wa ge nii garde(a` to be Jul 0 h e t 41 b goo , 14;4 ihe ii, tb , ' i d /44arn o to ? k4,ll.o:otte„ti'e s yipir !' • , Ill it ia li it by c o - - s Ptell e 4 t rl '- o I'v - -- MEXICAN AFFAIRS. In the last advices from Mexico it was mentioned that M. Olsagarre, the Finance Minister, and tho only man in the Government upon the honesty of whose inten tions the slightest reliance could be placed, had re signed his appointment. Previously to this step he had • arranged the materials of a memoir on the re scurces of the country, Ablela he had submitted to the supreme authority, and a copy of which has just been received. It had excited a very favourable feel ing among all respectable persons in Mexico ; but the fact of M. Olsa4.;arre having found his views in compatible with the possibility of his continuing in the Cabinet deprives them of the cheering features they would have presented if there had been a hope of their being tolerated by Santa Anna and his unscrupulous, favourites. The main feature of the plan of his financial reform is the admiseion of 20 per cent. of the domestic bonds in payment of all duties and imposts, with tilt double object of relieving trade, of gradually exthiguist ing the domestic debt. lie intimates that if after some time 20 per cent. should be fund too little, the propor tion might be iiter,ased to 30 or even 40 per cent. He also propoes to commit the collection of the revee tie, at a certain fixed percentage, to a fiscal board elected by the different classes of society —a measure too likely to stop peculation to have any chance of being enter- tained. The data on which his calculwions as regards the revenue are based ieler to the twelvein , eth from th e ht of July. 1853, to the Ist of July, 1854, aitd are summed up as follows : Duties and imposts collected at tho maritime Cumtoin-lion;es Ditto in the interior Direct taxes Stamps, &c. $9,011,010 6,304,532 1,298 21 , 9 950,0..0 Gross Deduct 8 per cent. for charges of collection $17,r.61, -41 1,405,107 Net Tobacco monopoly Post-office Cards Tolls Mints $16,158,731 • 735,000 72,435 .2 ~ 360 . 45J,0 • Total The expenditure he estimates as follows :-- Annual charge on foreign debts : Bonded debt of $51,208,250, con. tracted in London, 3 per cent interest 51,536,247 London agency and charge of re mittances . 63,29 Diplomatic Convention Creditors.:— Eng!ish $5,141,401 07-3 per cent. interest, awl dper cent. sinking fund Spanish, $5,802,662 01-3 per cent, interest, and 5 per cent. sinking fund French (?) per estimate Army and navy Civil service.. Roads and public works..._. 464,687 464,?1:3 200,000 5!,733,366 10,00,),000 3,000,000 1,000,000 Total 516,733,366 Which leaves an apparent surplus of $785,762 to meet extraordinary expenses. One of the tables furnished by M. Olsagarre, which gives in detail the amounts of import and export duties collected at each Custom-house, enables a calculation to be made of the produce of the revenues assigned to the British bondholders for the twelve months ending the Ist of July, 1854. During that period the import duties amounted to $5,800,542, the export duties in the Gulf to $794,289, and the ex port duties in the Pacific to $88,932 ; and, as the por tion assigned to the foreign debt is, on the first item 25 per cent., on the second 5 per cent., and on the third 75 per cent., the aggregate produce is about ' $1,573,000--that is to say, more than enough to pay the annual interest on the debt, $1,536,247, and to pro 'vide the expenses of the Mexican agency here. The charges of remittance are payable out of the general revenues. The bondholders, however, according to the last report of the committee, seem to Lave got only about one-half of all this. Thus it appears the Mexican Government are allowed with impunity to lay hands on a fund which has by law become British property, and which is in the very act of collection separated and throughout kept quite distinct from the rest of the revenue. The new fast steamer building for the South-Western Steam Packet Company, to run between Southampton and .Havre, is nearly completed. She is to be called The Allies. It is intended that she shall mak e t h e p „. sap fkkvii port to it dap 4Qlyv. 1,604,r ~516