The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-16 00:00:00

~~~..~,~ •,; rdA H K E T - 'lf it'l 4.151) '"? CI 1' ELI 7 _EN , : p• lo CITY, TNti 0 o'CLOCK. iliet i i:"4 market at Lives pool yesterday was b:itBtead3- generally-; ; the sales amounted to „ g (200 of which were for export), corn ,',4)e" American at irregular prices, 300 a i ThOe t , s l(l. to 81--d., 500 Surat at 31 to 41d., 4 41 % ' a Island at ls. to ls. Bd. per lb. Railway nO~ui ruled Sltei 4 Produce has been purchased to a more !tit i o qte ut thi s week. In sugar very little has t aut leo I;but pr i ces of most descriptions have 1 1 11 ' and P or t o Rico has ruled at high values. 14 11 1 / 4 4 4. b een steady, though quiet for native, 'lp otl t i° l l Ceyl on h as b een wea k er. Sp i ces Spi ed much i nqu i re d f or, an d r i ce has tIN in so mewhat firmer quotations. Th e C litibli e tea , have defer re d th e i r o p era ti ons till N N - ' la te% which take place to-day. The klotrei rul ing for r um h ave checked dealings ; 1 .4 at 414 NI prices, and indigo at auction ha Ar s 4 44 adthough i o , adv ance on the bett er kinds, sbayLBc)rts have declined 2d. to 4d. r,er lb. Teo heavy, b u t R uss i an h emp rat h er Of has fluctuated, owing to the view ki t Probable amoun t o f future supplies. > 4 kt : ll Sep e , l ° sales of colonial and, foreign wool 11 01;'Y e sterday even i ng, aw l h ave b een go -B,,theiZtt id: to ld. p er lb. decline compared pt ' peidries. ,`' 4i fsrpiZ M i ng statistics have been publi s h e d 11}'"t4 th regard to th e t o t a l production !its 185 4 ib 4 Country, since its discovery to the p 4 1140. 841 1,, The yi e ld prev i ous l y to the year Ak the ' e d to h ave b een 6 3,913,376 dollars, I' 41 44 1 43 , eats of the steamers show that in ft trp q i e . n cl '54, 187,896,800 dollars in gold 1. 4 4,4 1 , 1) PM from San Francisco. To these 4 ,e't about 6,433,197 dollars for deposits 4aptiliZoifor eoinaze at the branch mint, 41 4 0t ..,' and 40,000,000 dollars, the pro , tip„"' h eld in the hands of passengers op n r Years. These items make a total otb at q 28 ' 245 ,373 doll ars . N o accoun t i s Bt6 statement of th e amoun t o f um:mine d or ' a 4(1 8 of th ose engaged in mining ope -41/14R with agents or bankers, and the I )6 h oac i t a rd is esti ma t e d a t f u ll y 3 ,000,000 ; er important omission also is the otm, inay have l e ft b y sa ili ng vesse l s ; :there is a n i ncom pletentriss in tlfe:-. 1 / 4 ilzrorn these and li otlwr.eauses, ilsay,ar9 k4l4',,()Wing the proxinlate.:: yierd.cif . gold. all' Ch ina, Manilla,- Calcu `exported and 11:. fat 853,000 dollars were exported 01%, rtittiot Inf or dOe mation has been rece i ve d o f ' by fire, this morning, in th e S ou th- OtaiT•ti °f t he General Screw Company's d~ r At the present moment this Ibi e ,l)ti bt , —e d Peculiarly unfortunate, large : i kkil' t %° roach wanted. if) ' ft: of the Stock Exchange decided ^ 4 tl l •L-100 4 eta upon a renewed application t u at they could not entertain the 1 '44 t hem. for quoting th e D omes ti c il s(1 ): 1 / 44 — ` ethe.efficial list, as the P eruv i an Cot'fhe ii i r , L ,tins quotation a condition for 1 41:1 g fund on the foreign debt. ti, ll 9, l4 litt 4 nent to be inferred, however, ', 4l 4,_biei ns e r Consented to withdraw this "° B lt " has always stated he could not ibeit 0,11. ti,„, — ; b uge Committ ee wou ld consent reli e 7 1,41 _The would simply entertain 4ttilatter of usage and courtesy, 41414N:he latent coerceion which her e 7 ° 4, th k : lid we have no doubt would " 4 v° 4 41 the h ., t he home stock shall not be i ° ,, ill ek: a lbler desired. We should 1 44 0 11 ,, ' 6 ton 0g Ayres Bonds to keep it hp d " the Exchange, and with good th44tericoitt:::aerreeseti3thereon being regularly teceivea're valuable than the foreign , anything. kbl derot h eavy, and w ith l ess d o i ng. iph o, esi/aVa't estimates for 1855-6 hay iaa ki ll . "fa that altogether between LglB- 141°148 sterling more will be needed . 0 ° ,1 1 ; 5, and probably, with the extra te r n rrellient the exeess will be nearly 4 z lincreased taxation already laid 11 ' ally in operation during last k tiv. At el . a u portion of this, and borrow -1,41 a l'ith,,tleeorted to for the remainder. ai l a ci ' Consols have been 901 to 2- 50 , _ ,I ) tt t „ ix Zetx 6 i . 1 I for Account. Exchequer 1 4,, t ° Os. and East India Bonds en step ll , el 3 per Cents, hav e b een N the fo at,211,1144 90i- to Bank Stock . r eeeci ed reiB.a mark 0 214. • Saybeing e s Turkish Bond s h ave far a. Itue, 4 I, a - to Spanish Stock is kat ua 0 81 een at 86. Russian 5 401, roxibcan Stock is at 21, and toll tit ch 4 per Cents. are 92i to kN re g th. ( 4 , , a acla b nominal prices of foreign Ntt ;•p. efe rred Bonds, 5t06;.) er • Oto a vi an, 70 to 71 • ditto Three to 5l p %4 ortuguese Four per Cents., iL ki d-4.1 1 i lv e per Cents., 99 to 101 ; stDefer 41f Crp Cents., 88 to 90 ; l ik . ; 36 4) 3 ed ) 1 71 to 171; ditto Three ty l! 4t o 641; ditto Certificates, 41 to 41; 4"e Ik‘ t ,lll iat are Without much change. 41 , e' but rather t en d u p war d s . k,tstp heal. sad T 3, and also Great Northern, and,' ll xernbourg. 4 re ' o lonial Mi nes aro nom i na l ; 4 4 44: 4 1- et ; and Crystal Palace about t , ' a n Royal Mail are a shade DAY AT ONE O't)14( the OS • I List. 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Ar 041 - 7 ---• ---- - - Ni , :l 4 kr : N : ~.,( 4' ° 4 4 in the Commissariat Staff tk t l,, 4 l iig 4 kry. Ge neral T. Ramsay to be Corn ', / 't:Lkity, c I ,ii i k tt t llp t t ' A i ' Fit ti : Ti ta r, r 3 .,. °lll , G. lll e i n %Pa r rT-Gen era l W. Drake to k Alj k 'hißt . \ ''"l'lrn iFR a a • y i l ,l, tsd 4 t4 l , t I llt• e n rn r11 F , 3 7 -General E. de Fon tiAl,4,ttirill c 0,, ,,,, tr. lia•y-General. Will . 0 / c 4 i l), 4,, tl tsd:tk i ttary.G: rier .Y a - 1 6 :eneral J. t ! , A - General R. Uniacke to I t A44 i °4lt:;°°4llie s li a e : l" t i p ktA ti Ntry_ 3 - General R. Gardiner to iri Y. l ttip. ii t-c o _ . G e neral hitk(t,te,ki,t:flary.alennssary-General F. Watt to be 1 1ii :IAli?''tli t' :: e nink, n i e , rai • kOL,'lt k ,,'Fiar y _ u ' a ".Y - Gerieral W. Power to t TA Cr, L - C o , eneral l' i 't, i l t i b. `44 l - tnli s '"n3is. . 'Aar -ar Y - Creneral It Coming to 1\ ' 11 4 4 nt.0 Y - Oen era l . • I;:‘4ltiliiiiti, ora,rlrllnlissary-Gener^l V. Hawkins t .ty.,,t'„t4l.lt.o:BlrY-General. " ":,,:a4t'attl, igs,"rtnsin.Gissary-General T. Geunn to \ tt ri 4 0 041 eneral. '• ktt,. ,‘ i:, t. ',?,ll)l4 . 3 , na lesalry - General C . 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(110 for• coo • diob elle jol the to * 0 I , e ror o ir ba 69 , 1 80; are jer le bild ' 8 O a Of unti e "F e r • far b e his b . 41°11. aci , n3 C°l : ll deor Feb' . 0 01 o o° l6 'o re 11P ;60. t I pOr be 133 g o tor e the 6,r for of [orfil. tY ,orti' l r OO 81/ c r e go of orb 00 1 tbS t off DC ° SO k ffl 0 0 6 riCl 94 'olr h l4t h the fibre at rbe ll : f 13% 0, ro , ' lip V. Of sto a o pe pris e 0 0 sz e 0 36 .0erf. a rti itsi t• the 0 1 110 „ d e srA ro , ;WO cf 01l Vic f e d i e It avo3er°l SIiARE MARKETS'. a hi. a DAY.) ItM LWA VS. RAILWAY:, (liming Prices yesterday Buinnea done this day. A nibg. Nottog. Bost Eastn. Bolf.tst St. liallyrae , n:. Wolverh. 'tour Vallq Lanest,. o.eslnt•e Jut wt. . Cheat.. nod 42,25 ..C2O Myth kTy - nvirigina £25 (issd. at 1:45, Bristol an'. Exeter... Calerlonblu. latunr.rthen anti Car • di.;, , an elester & Holyhead Cork a. , ml Bandon Cork, Black, &Pas, Cornwall Cricir Junction Dnhi t&Belfast.Tuue, D andee Prntinlabe . leen Junction..... Do. New East Anglian....... Eastern Counties , Eastern Union s A Stock . B Stock Do., New A. E:i.FA Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgov Ediob. and Peebles... Ediu. & Dundee & Clyde June., Furness. Do. Extension........ Glasu-ow &S. Western =rent Northern . Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &We7t.(lre , Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk Erisli :i.outh-Eastert, f Ancaster Carl icic Do., Thirds 'Do. New Thirds,.,.. Lancash. and Yorks;. Do., L. Wst. Riding Tin biv.ershy..&Southpt. London & Firg its, .n•i N. We ti ;o. FifthF, ....,..., )0.10/. Ni&B 1)o. Eighths Lol3l'loll £5, I)o., £49 .. !, thfutlrry4 Colerain , i,ndurirry. Ennlsl: vi:i.neb.Siit,f.ez, ooif Do. j Shares, No. Lu. [lb Nfidiami Birmn g. & Derb G. `Vest. {lre. ) 0 . Half Shares Noveastle & Car Newmkt.Bury Exteu. Nwpt.Aberg. &Lid , qewry & Fuuiskillati Newry Warreupoini and Rostrevor....„. Norfolk Niortliu.Connties ITli north British,,,. North Devon, No. I Jo., No. 2 43., 6 A Deferred . Do., A B Guaranty cd N. Eastern—Berwick 1)o. do. Extension Do.do. C.N.E. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York INT orth London .... Do. New £lO . &S. Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., ' , lora Staffordshire., lorth Western.,...,• & S. WestrnJune, `i AD eaten, Hinckley and Leicester.. ..... . )xford, Woreester,& Wolverhampton .'ortsmouth : icottisli Central 'Scottish Midland ihrowsby. dr. Fierefd iltropshire Union youth Devon oath Eastern iouth Wales 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dnr Do :tames, Wok. SLWoli Stockton t DarliTh; itc. - :kton 6t [fartlapi raft' Vale no. £lO shares Do. Prof., No. 1. rhrtmos Haven Dool, and Ittilway - Vale of Neath Virateifl. & Kilkenny 'VaterforcldsLimeri,l 'West Cornwall vilest End of London and Crystal Palace West London.. Witnbledn & Croydon ~~~•I 20 - 'el 4 - 43 Si -- t 12 - 11 - 93 - 95 61 - 611 12. - 3 - 2 6 - 7 13A - 14 11 - 29 19 - 21 72 74 57 2d par 19,1 70 - 72 88 -8) 69 - 71 126 128 90 - 65 60 - 62 4 - 78 7 - 9 1 7 - 9: 3 , 1 4 - - 5 I .. ...a 7i - 8i 97 - 100.1 $d - 1 - id 85 - 86 8 7 1 1 7i —6B ••• ••• . • 224 23. 7i - 6il 69 41 - 43 par li - 50 - 52 3I 28 ... 29 8 • 10 6; 7•. 74i 751 6A -- 6 d 41 -- 34 12/ -12 i 51 -- 52 51 -- 53 par -- Ad ir 43 4R 6 6 d—!P 30 - 32 00 - 102 63 - 65 45 - 47 I2i 131 58i 581 29 - 30 - 40 - 3i - 24 - 5 - 6 - 7 FOREIGN. - 6R 1 - 4 - par i p p 2 —2l d 31i 32 54 6i 1 1 1 a iP 9• • •• if par 4p par ip 23 ,24 2g —2. i 17. - 18 94 - 961 95 97 99 101 93 95 2 d par 97 -- 1001 - (lig - lip lid 4 d 61 - 71 331 - 338 12 -12 i gi -- 9? 203 - 20ip ;16 48 39 40 • ro 22 P —22 i ld par 2 7i 8 d ••• -- ••• ... - pm 8i -_- ? :1 1 6 - 7 PI iii = iiii BANKS. 81 -- 83 i'd : f'd 2a -- lad 20a -21 a 38 39 33 - 35 37A -39 A AutwL;,.pdr.Rott.,.rdam !Belgian Eactu. June. IBeziers toGraissessae! Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and iloancon Dntel! Tilzenish Eastern of France Do. New Least Indian Do. Extension Do. 4 A p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do 1 Gd. Tk of Cana,d , A is Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fianc , • Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. We s tona of Camid hares Do. Lids., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '7 6 , P. ' 6 O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 P.C. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran vladras ,Do. New %taria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (wit], Interest) Do. (ex interest) "Toi: nern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char- leroi and Erquolines guar. 3A p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1851 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy.B.&Ams.Slis.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen ParisCaen 64 Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse , Do. 5. : 1 , p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do fiA per c. Prof.., Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOP A .ii,tralaSiti, British Colonial Bank and Loan Company BritAk N. American Chartd, Bank of Asia. Chrtd. Buk, of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Loud English Scottish and Australian Loncl. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County.. London Joint Stock.. !Aid. & Westminster National Provincial of England IDo. New 'National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Pcr.rril A n . Plc fr. & void imp C 0.... .th . A.uptrr;:ia Uui t , ii,t Do. Now Union of London „ 25 St. 20 St 2Ed 20 20 10 10 20i 100 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 69i 1271 65 41 741 a 84 972 8 6 991 10(1 74 13i 121 82i 2 39 -65 x rt. TFIE SUN, LoN 00N. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16 1855: PREFERENCE SHARES. ; LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Aberdeen I Do. N 0.2, 7 a. Myth anti:Ty - no 10 per c. pre!. (issd.al;soo & Ex. 4 p. e. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian .1:10 . ¶. ester & Holyhead Guar. 5A per cont._ Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &13a,ndon5 D undee Perth &Aber-I ' Teen Junction Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 - 90 - 92 COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SECOND COURT. MR. ROEBUCK'S RESOLUTION. ( From the Times of this day.) Among all the political changes effected or in progress there is one thing that remains still unchanged, and that the House of Commons will immediately have to deal with. Mr. Roebuck's resolution having been car riedforgotten or evaded.countryev r e n k i known on be hind e3n: in nt by dh et the House bck la i sg e s ta t e nt largest :pn anti-Ministerial r n i b t te i Ti - A shsu l ei d i er r hel , iescaiittecroaii fatse r, j hi e no i t i gri ty i inquiry ro e yn v as there will r t hn h ue n t '. br b l e ew simple,anipobise'tjopinion, satisfactory thlWhat 7hba straightforward, etits t o tt a lo' i t e i e e g h d c o t o o n o :e e n s b t t we r dt c ho y a o u t u i et r s w e, itlh wl oti large—the:: appointment of an impartial committee, with the tirgellt recommendation to inquire to some practical and imme diate effect. The particular points on which the system hal broken down are only too flagrant. Indeed, there is a spirit of impudence in the failure which dares public opinion to do its worst. It is possible, however, that the same who resisted Mr. Roebuck's motion the other night will do so again, either because it matters not to inquire into the shortcomings of dead men, as the ex- Premier and the ex-Secretary at War may now be con sidered, or that some other course will answer the pur pose much better. Nothing is more natural than that Lord Palmerston, beginning an Administretion in troublous times, and having hi s h ands full of work, should desire to be relieved et a committee of inquiry, taking up everybody's time, and throwing the whole administration of war into a sort of twilight existence, between what it has been and what it is to be. Un happily, there is too much to be said against inquiries of a political colour. There is, for example, the cele brated Ceylon affair, which was permitted to draggle on through two sessions, and was eventually con cluded by every member of the committee voting true to his party, and the chairman deciding by a casting vote. In the present instance, indeed, the decision will not signify much, as it is rather a full exposure of the system that is wanted. That once made, there are so many thousands of persons of all classes deeply, and now painfully interested, in our military system, that we rather look t o th e d ec i s i on out o f doors than in doors, and snob a preeee - eteot compel re - spite of e. nment opposition and the House of Lozee. Yet there is something to be said against proceeding by a Parliamentary committee of inquiry when we know beforehand what its answer will be. If Government, therefore, has .the wisdom and grace to propose a mixed commission of Lords and Commons, or any other really effective substitute for a committee, this will, at all events, be a very natural mode of escape from a present perplexity, and the threatener] farce ail merely partisan report. To such a compromise - we shall feel no great objection, particularly as it is just possible the mixed commission might -consist of men better adapted for the purpose than a committee of the House of Commons, composed either of second rata men or of men too much occupied with the duties of office. But an inquiry there ought to be, and an inquiry there assuredly will be. Old gentlemen, and young gentlemen who have consorted with old gentlemen till they are themselves even older and stupider, may talk as thee like of the capture of Badajoz or the retreat from Burgos ; but the country never will believe that it was the "regular thing" that a magnificent army should perish for want of food, clothing, covering, fuel, and other "shop goods," within s i x m il es of a port crowded with our ships full of these very things. It will insist on knowing the reason why some forty thou sand men successfully landed, and scarcely out of reach of our ships, from that day till they mi serably perished, or miserably survive, were con demned to all the tortures of Tantalus for seve ral months —to hunger within reach of food, and to freeze or rot within sight of clothing, covering, and fuel. Every town, every village, will demand in quiry, for the blood of these victims crieth from the ground. That inquiry, to be effectual and fair, must embrace the whole of the management of the war, if only because everybody and every class concerned in it is now throwing the responsibility on the rest of the system. At home they talk of Lord Raglan and the Staff; in the Crimea of the departments at home. Nay, at the very time when we hear a rumour that inquiry is to be stifled altogether, if possible, it also reaches us— from no sufficient source, indeed— that Lord Raglan and Generals Airey, Estcourt, and Lucan are already re called. The news is only too good to be true, but the bare existence of such a rumour shows how much the responsibility of these miseries rents, in common opinion, on the command in the Crimea, and how much justice demands that no man, no office, no institution, shall be spared at home. The inquiry, indeed, must, in the na ture of things, include whet has been done in the Cri mea ; but every neglect, every absurd order, every mis carriage of supplies, every case of official stupidity, must be traced to its origin, in the official instructions, in the appointment of the officers, in the origin of the evil, to be found only at home. Inquiry is the only engine by which a people too proud and too free to tolerate the effective simplicity of despotism can obtain anything like a good management of their affairs. This is only what has been said a thousand times before—" Public opinion, or a despot." But public opinion cannot exist without inquiry ; and whatever resists inquiry, and claims the privilege of not being known or understood, is, in fact, a despotism, so far as it goes, and may go very far. The manner of the inquiry is, indeed, a minor affair. The tribunal that will do its work the best must be preferred. To us it seems so serious, so portentous a matter, that inquiry should be resisted, and that an immense national calamity should still claim a certain privileged and inviolable character, that we are sure —such is our trust in the good sense and the resolution of the Iffiritieh' people—tho choice lies between an inquiry of the usual constitutional character now, and one of the very un usual, and possibly unconstitutional character, before long. The results of a refusal are too plain. In the first instance, that refusal may or may not be submitted to with some show of patience ; but it will be felt to be due, and the people will hold Government and the Legis lature deep in its debt. Only too soon there will in evitably be new disasters, the results of the same system, the same management, and the same thoroughly indo lent, selfish, crabbed, unaccommodating spirit. Every fresh disaster will renew the demand for inquiry, and suggest new forms and orders of a more searching, radi cal, not to say revolutionary character. Indeed, that is the long and the short of it. It is not the Duke of Newcastle, or Lord Raglan, or a few military gentlemen, who are the subject of this inquiry ; it is not merely the army or departments at home ; it is not only the oondact and administration of the war,—nay, it is not a Go vernment, nor is it even a House of Commons. It is the British constitution that is under trial. It is on trial not before the British people alone, but before the whole world. Everywhere is it spoken against. It is the jest alike of our enemies and our Allies. Every Englishman who shows himself abroad is regarded as the representative of political stupidity and pretence. What is the value, they ask, of a constitution that can do nothing, and which is no sooner fairly tried in the common field of war than its best men are found pretenders to titles and professional rank they have no real claim to, and whose whole system is a miserable counterfeit ? That is the talk of camps and of capitals, and every day these reproaches are endured we sink so much lower in the opinion of the world, and lose all solid strength in the great con tests of humanity. Will the nation be content thus to give up the prize we have struggled for so long, and which we fondly thought we had secured—that of being foremost among Vie free, and all-powerful, not only in the field, nor yet on the ocean, which we call our own, but in the grander and nobler sphere of the free mind of man St. 20 St. 15 6 . : 9.i (Sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Wightinan and a Common Jury.) 93 - FALSE IMPRISONMENT-GLEEN 0. FIIITCHINSON. This was an action to recover damages for false im pri6onntent. .•• .... • Mr. Sergeant Thomas and Mr. Sleigh were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Wonllett and Mr. 111‘Donald were for the defendant. 5i - 6. - 1 121 - 13 The defendaet pleaded not guilty, and that he bad Just reason fur having given the plaintiff in charge. The proceedings arose out of the plaintiff baying been given into custody by the defendant, a solicitor in Earaa,rd's Inn, under these circumstances :—Plaintiff bad been a baker at Wisbeach, and came up to town to carry on business in partnership with a man named Bays, who, after some negotia tion, paid over about 801. Bays became bank rupt, and a person named Tyler, who is clerk to defend ant, after the bankruptcy, gave plaintiff into custody for having stolen 47 sacks of wheat. Upon this charge the defendant was locked up in the station all night, and, upon being taken before the magistrate, was, at the request of the defendant, remanded for a week, and at the end of that time was dis e'harged ; upon which the defendant again gave him into custody for stealing a horse, and also embezzling 261. upon this charge. The magistrate at the South ,wark Police-court, where the charge was preferred, held the defendant to answer the charge at the Surrey Ses sions, where the grand jury ignored the bill upon which ::these proceedings were commenced. The case was proceeding, when we went to press. Do. New 6 r . c. St Eastern Union, Gar. per cent Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 10/. Debeutr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. cts East and \Vest York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &D uncle:e l 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do, 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. e. prem.... Do. 4 p. c.... _ - 115 - 117 1109 - 111 101 - 103 Do. 5 p. c. 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I.c. P Do. do. do S 7 - SD 104 - 108 101 - 1024 90 - 92 3 - Do. Leeds 6 p.e ' Yo.ll Do. 00. Qusrte . ..s 40 . & - r North Stanyds..l7re , Woreeser,&: wolvesi%4'ls, 6 ! ) .e.! scot. Cent. , Ne w 'iouth Devon ••. ti 112 - 114 D. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Readini Ann.) of Li O. 6d.. S Wales Gua. 4p. C. Do. do. 4 p. e.... .• 3.Yorksh.4p.e.GuarE Stockton and Dar- 12 14 sa par 23 - 24 i =fi ' lington, 5 per cent, Do. do. do ilockton and Ha. - rtie: l pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 18561 ... • ... par -- ip (From the Morning Post of this day.) The House of Commons, by a majority so large and unusual as one hundred and fifty-seven, has appointed a committee of inquiry upon the conduct of the war and the state of the army engaged in the campaign in the East. In the usual course of business the next stage in the proceedings would be the nomination of members to be charged with its prosecution. That would be the first and immediate step which routine would suggest on the re-assembling of the house to-day. Will it, or ought it, to be taken? Whether it ought, depends upon the answer which that majority of the house who gave its voice with the ayes would truly return to the question, whether that vote was bona fide intended to involve an inquiry in the form, and under the conditions, apparent on the face of the motion : whether it will, depends upon Parliamentary chances, which we may consider when we have satisfactorily answered the first question which we have proposed for solution. Upon that point we feel no hesitation. We feel no difficulty in at once reply ing in the negative ; and we refer with entire confidence to the speeches delivered by men of all parties in support of the view which we take of the intention and of the feeling of the house. There is, in point of fact, no doubt that the resolution appointing a committee of inquiry, whatever might have been the individual idea of Mr. Roebuck, was regarded by the entire remainder of those who took part in the discussion, and the division, by the minority as well as the majority, simply and exclusively, as a vote of censure upon the late Government, noTkin ally upon that Government as a whole, but directed truly and practically, personally and exceptionally, against Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle. The motion has answered its real purpose. We may say the whole of its real purpose. In obedience to the spirit of the resolution, which was the result of its affir mation, those two Ministers have been removed from the councils of the Crown, and the Cabinet, in the direc tion of which they have so palpaby failed, has been re modelled—Lord Panmure replacing the one, and Lord Palmerston the other. There remains, therefore, no purpose to pursue, and no object to seek, the attainment of which could, as far as we can see, be in any degree assisted by cairting the resolution of the house to any farther conclusion, unless, indeed; Parliament and the country are dissatisfied in liminc with the Cabinet which Lord Palmerston has franked, and desire, by a vote of anticipatory censure, as it were, to stop them before they can so much as put their foot over the threshold of the departments of Government. We cannot believe that the house will commit itself in the face of the country by as act so egregious and so un reasonable, or that it will, as a body, take upon itself the responsibility of stopping hastily and peremptorily the progress of that high and important policy which the now Government has so promptly and decidedly ini tiated, and of standing in the way of the completion of the measures so vigorously adopted for giving it imme diate action and instant effect. We do not believe that the House of Commons will be so unwise, F 9 incon.=i c'. t.o. 0 - '‘ the cr,r,t r'-' .. .~::..• 1) ~.~ 1):v - e.uy fththilT ho,r gyvtaloutiit 01 toe country at this critical moment ; al though, bearing in mind the feeling that was exhibited, and the language that was used, dazing the exiiiteuce pf MINES. 1 all Asua Fr , a I 1 all Anglo Aus Li a. Go7d 103. all Anglo Californian 20 6 Australian. 1 all Australian Cordillera ... - 1 all Australian Freehold. ... 1 all Ave Maria ••. 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) A 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 4 6 35 25i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 1 2} 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 1 I 20 15 Do: St. John Del Rey 28 —3O 1 Carsons's CITA — 1 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica * ?Id 40 all Cobra Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 43 50 25 all Do. Pref. 7a p, cent par 2 p ... 16 Copiapo l7 19 5 all English and Austin _ Copper Smeltg (16 1 —2 ' 2 Fortuna — *d 20 all General l4B 168 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 4 all Great Polgooth ••• ••• 1 all Liberty • . ••• 3 all Linares 5 1 Lusitaniau gd 1 all Nfariquita • g 1 all New Granada 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 14 15 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all ithymney Iron 2l —3 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 11i Santiago de Cuba , 4 1 all South Australian _ 10 78 fin Croft 1 2 288 all United Mexican 1 all W2Pel• 1 all West Mariposa.• 1 12s. Wortking Mining of Australia ••• ..• 1 all Yuba. •• ••• DESTRUCTION OF THE STE AM-SHIP MAUI?ITIUS BY FIRE. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The fine steam-ship, belonging to the General Screw Navigation Company, which was under going repairs in the large graving docks at this port previous to her again entering upon her duties in connexion with the Government transport ser• vice, was this morning totally destroyed by fire. About 5 o'clock a flare of light was seen issuing from the locality of the engine -room by one or two persons who happened to be near the ship, and im mediately fin alarm was raised for the purpose of disturbing those on board, and likewise to procure assistance to at once prevent a serious conflagra tion. No sooner, however, were the men made ac quainted with the fact than all, with the exception of one, at once deserted the vessel. For some little time the fire appeared to confine itself to the centre of the ship, but before it was possi ble to procure the assistance of engines or other means to subdue the flames, the vessel seemed al most enveloped, symptoms of fire exhibiting itself nearly the whole range of the ship. Some slight attempts were made by one or two persons to save the boats and moveable gear, but hardly a man connected with the ship appeared willing to render tke slightest assistance. The fire raged most rapidly, and it hav ing become known that about cwt. of gunpowder remained on board, a terrific explosion was of course expected. As quickly as possible water was let into the dock, the plugs from the bottom of the ship drawn, and up to this time (8 o'clock) the powder still remained. The cause of this lamentable occurrence, and the exact origin of the fire, is, we are sorry to add, firmly believed to be the work of an incendiary, it being known that great dissatisfaction and ill-feel ing has been exhibited by the seamen connected with the Mauritius since her return to this port from Portsmouth. SOUTHAMPTON, 10.30 A.M. The magazines of the Mauritius, containing about a quarter of a ton of powder, h ave just exploded, sending up fragments of the burning wreck a great distance into the air. Fortunately no da mage has been done of any consequence either to the dock, or to the ships surrounding. Great numbers of persons have crowded th e docks to witness the spectacle, and, although the vessel was surrounded at the time of the explosion, we believe no injury was inflicted. The Mauritius may now be said to be totally de stroyed. Her bows remain but slightly injured, bat before the fire can be got under there is Eta. doubt that the entire ship, gear and all connected with her will be consumed or rendered almost valueless. THE A RMY , ESTIMATES.—The army estimates for the financial year ending the 31st of March, 1856, amount to 13,721,1581., being an increase of 6,553,672/, upon the estimate for the present year. There being a de crease of 35,0001. in non-effective services, the increase under the head - of effective is 6,589,0011. The effective services will cost 11,764,9211., of which 7,316,0001. is for the maintenance of the army (deducting the troops "11 0 (191 for f-7ti.ff ,fl - 1 , .f.r5, 153,0001. for ::.ItyA:syluui auci iiiberuian School, 88,0001. for volunteer corps, and 8,813,0004 for the militia. ( From the Daily News of this day. ) Is h tr. Roebuck to have bis committee ? Is the in quiry into the management of the war, voted by a ma jority of mere than 2tol of the House of Commons, to go on ? These are among the first questions that the countr y will expect to have answered by the Parliament which reassembles this day, Either•-such inquiry is necessi try and proper, or it is not. If it is necessary and proper. . the House of Commons, by allowing it to drop, betray their constituents. If it is not necessary and proper now, it cannot have been so two weeks ago, and the v ,vl ;e which dissolved a Cabinet and has kept public i nu 3 ue .", in abeyance, must have been a recklessly fac tiot monstration. Honour a bl e mem b ers have placed ‘ elek theal l' -es on the horns o f thi s dilemma —how they are s'e torei.v is their concern. objection to the prosecution of inquiry which is m 0 ,4 4 - ,aeisted upon is, that it will be—inconvenient ! nient to whom? All culprits and delinquents, who are i, a danger of having their misd ee d s expose d to the light tit " day, feel inquiry a very i nconven i ent t hi ng; but is their •onvenience to be consult e d, t o th e detri ment 4 . of the 4*. anmon weal ? Some i nconven i ence t o th e public there Oa v be ; but nothi ng i n compar i son to t h e benefit that is C. 4 be derived from a searching investiga tion. It is clear .'hat our Admi n i s t ra ti ve Gov.eranient, civil and military,. ,bas got into a lamentably inefficient condition. Refor.r is caocessary, and the only legitimate instrument of refer to is the great Council of the Nation —Parliament. But bow can Parliament reform our ad ministrative Governmant, jf it does not begin by ascer taining where the defects lie f To set to work to amend the machinery - of executive gc.Ternment without previous inquiry, would be to run. the ria , k of altering the sound parts, and leavina the rotten untouched. Mr, Sidney Kerbert spoke very sensibly yesterday, at the nomination fo.r South Wilts. En congratulated the country on the ee.,eeePi". of Lord Palmerston to the r,aao:ership. lie oteigratuiatae !t L aaa th e of Lord John Russell to conduct the negotiAtions, at Vienna. Upon anothert blessing for which the country is at least equally thankfUl Mr. Sidney Herbert forgot to congratulate it—the removal of the Duke of New castle and himself from the War-office. Mr, Sidney Herbert went on to remark that the only way to obtain an honourable and satisfactory peace was to carry on the war with vigour ; and that in order to do this it would be necessary to make considerable imprevernente in our system of military afitninietration. There is no thing, it is true, very novel or' etriking in such remarks, but they are an agreeable corrective to the puling tone in which Mr. Sampson Ilicaado—who, like his great namesake, appears to have an eye to the gatea of the Treasure House—addressed the electors of Wimiser. The peace -at-any-price language cf . Mr, Ricardo was it deed rather ominous in the mouth of the chosen of the electors o f Windsor—a borough in whi c h th e I Court is all-powerful; and the more resolute tone of Mr. Sidney Herbert was no more than was required to do away with its-bad effect. The language of Mr. Sid ney Herbert is an apt illustration of the advantage to be gained by bringing Ministers occasionally into contac with large constituencies. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) To-night we may presume that Lord Palmerston will give to the House of Commons a statement of the neg otiations which ended i n pl ac i ng hi m at t h e head o the Aberdeen Cabinet. We may possibly expect—and no doubt the country will expect— that statement to throw some light upon the refusal of the noble viscount to act with Lord Derby. The fact of the refusal is all that the country yet knows. The motive, and, indeed, the mode, of that refusal is left to Lord Pearnerston himself to explain. It is just possible that Lord Palmerston may dismiss the `whole question in one of those brief and apparently careless narratives in which he knows so well how to deal lightly with unpleasant topics. Nevertheless, the noble lord must feel that he has a step of deep responsi bility in assuming the . guidande Qf the councils of Eng land in the present crisis, and one that demands from him. a statement suited to its importance. It will not, we apprehend, be very easy for the Pre mier to explain upon what principle a Ministry con demned by the House of Commons, and resigning on the very grounl of that condemnation, iu a few days afterwards returned to office substantially unchanged. This is the course which Lord Palmerston has to justify. It must never be forgotten that to-night the /louse of Commons wilt see arrayed upon the Treasury benches the very same Ministers whom, a fortnight ago, that hours by an overwhelming majority condemned. The juggle of Lord Palmerston's premiership, for it is nothing more, has not altered the cbaracteror even improved the composition of the Cabinet. The exclusion of Lord John Russell has done much more to weaken the Ministry than any changes that have been made have improved it ; and, unhappily, the appointment of Mr. Frederick Peel to the office into which he has been thrust establishes beyond doubt that the old influences still control both the Cabinet and the Premier. When to this we add the reported rejection of Lord Shaftesi'mry—a report, let us say, which obtains almost universal credence—it is impossible not to see that at present, at least, Lord Palmerston is not the master of the Cabine t ; but has simply succeeded to the place, and with it to the policy, of Lord Aberdeen. The first test of the noble lord will be the course he will take upou Mr. Roebuck's motion. It he ask of the house to rescind the rasolation appointing a committee of inquiry it will ho in so Canny words a confession that the Ministry now in office regard that vote as one le velled against themselves. It will, no doubt, make all things plain and consistent. ft will be the acknowledg ment that the Aberdeen Ministry retain place in defiance of that vote, and appeal to the House of Commons to complete the triumph of that Ministry by retracting the obnoxious resolution. From Mr. Roebuck the country will also expe c t to nightihe avowal that he intends to redeem the pledge which he has given, that he would really prosecute the inquiry to which he has irretrievably committed the honour and dignity of th'e Efouse of Commons. We do not doubt the courage and integrity of the member for Sheffield ; and therefore we feel Confident that he will to-night fix an early day for the nomination of his com mittee. It will then be seen whether Lord Palmerston is so bound up with the Aberdeen faction that he will attempt to screen them from justice by asking the House of Commons to abandon an inquiry which they have already voted to be necessary for the public safety. A few hours must tell us all this. It is, in truth, use less to anticipate the interest of the proceedings of this evening by speculation which twelve hours hence may be proved erroneous. We shall, we confess, await with anxiety the inauguration of Lord Palmerston in his new position as Premier; and from the pro cee di ngs o f t hi s ' evening'we shall, we doubt not, be able to augur much, both as to the character of his Administration and the probable chances of its perrnanecue and success. THE OCTOGENARIANS OF THE ARMY. (From the Tines of this clay.) All that we of know of our present Government be yond its personnel, which bears so striking a resemblance to the last, is that it is pledged above all things to cal duet the war with vigour, and to neglect no measures likely to coarliaite to its success. For the announce ment of its measures we must wait until this evening ; but, ho those measures what they may, their vigour di pends upon the men to whom they are intrusted, and those men we have now before us. Strong measures in weak hands are like the club of Hercules in the hand of Oniphale, less terrible than ridiculous, and vigour re quires vigorous men as well as valiant intention. The attention of the public has been lately roused to the meaner in which Governments are formed. A nation inexpressibly anxious for the existence of its only army is watching the way, while the privileged few who have a voice in such things put together the machine of Go vernment. On the present experiment more is undoubt edly at stake than the mere formation of a Ministry. All of those who make government their business are on their trial. Oversights and errors might on other occasions he mercifully dealt with, but now no excuse will he listened to for neglecting to put the best man into the highest office, and regarding the claims of wealth orfamily above those of merit or capacity. Closely following on the ill advised and unpopul a r a pp o i n t men t of Mr. Peel to the Under-Secretaryship of War, we have to notice the elevation of Sir Francis Baring to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster. We ought not to be un grateful to Sir Francis, for to the chronic deficit in which he contrived to involve us we owe the advent of Sir Robert Peel to power, and the consequent triumph of Free Trade. Yet even this service did nct prevent him from being set aside when the most distinguished men of the Free Trade party formed a coalition in 1852, and the country cannot but regard his return to office as a proof that the intellectual standard of the present Go vernment falls below that even of the last. If we turn from the appointments of Mr. Peel and Sir Francis Baring to matters more immediately relating to the war, we find equal reason for complaint. As we find in civil appointments a certain leaning to feebleness and mediocrity, so in military commands we find an equal tendency to a most extravagant appreciation of senility. On the 9th of May, 1854, her Majesty issued a commis sion to Lord Harding, Lord Grey, Lord Panmin re, Lord Seaton, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and others, reciting that she thought it expedient, looking at the advanced age of the great majority of the officers now in the upper ranks of her army, to inquire into the modes of promotion and retirement, with a view to the greater efficiency of the service. We find in the report Lord Raglan stating that, with the exception of Lord Lyne doch and Sir Thomas Picton, we bail no General officers in command in the late war above 40 years of age. The Duke of Wellington was a Major-General at 33, the Marquis of Anglesey at 34, Lord Dalhousie at 38, Lord Strafford at 30, Lord Hill at 33, Lord Beresfora at 39, Sir George Murray at 40, Lord Comberniere et 31, Lord Londonderry at 32. We have not space to insert the arguments by which the commission proved the necessity of choosing commanders from an age in which mental or bodily vigour are not yet entire. The commissioners state the principle. Let the ap pointment of Lord Seaton, one of these very commis sioners, to the command of the army in Ireland in his eightieth year, show how those three of them who are members of the Government—Lord Panrnure, Lord Hardinge, and Mr. Sidney Herbert—apply it. Our army is reduced to a mere skeletos ; we have but a fee: • 4 :tri,r,o- in Trolluti. .;(1 raw and hive I,e,,ides called out the Irish Militia., and sir the training of 'these local and regular forces the most ceaseless care and activity are required. To discharge these onerous duties, at a tipo, too, when the c ' d i fficulty" ,'difficulty" which ensued upon the resignation of Lori-ilberdeen, we shall not be surprised if an attempt i s i4d, aby dportion of the majority who affirmed Mr. Itoebti A.'s motion to induce upon the house an impres sion th at tilt) , are committed to the immediate pursuit of the ; nquiry, and that they are bound by the vote which they have recorded to fit up and set to work, withou t a moment's delay, the unmanageable and slowly revolyr ag machinery of a committee. J .y ;Z _ y '4 ~j4 5 10 bt. St. 5 all all all V 2,6 10 20 12i' 25 20 pm pm 12i Irl. I\lll DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English whett has been re. • ceivcd up to our market this week, coastwise and by land carriage. The show of samples here to-day was triflino. ; yet, owing to the difficulties of nav i gat i on, the demand for all cinds was very inactive. In prices scarcely any change look place. For foreign wheat, the show of which was moderate, there was very little inquiry, on former terms. Importers enerally were firm. Malting barley was scarce, and quite as dear as on Mon thly. Grinding and distilling sorts were heavy. The malt trade was dull, on former terms. -- 1 - V e had a steady demand for oats, and fine corn was rather dear. Beans, peas, and flour commanded very little attention. ARKIVALS TIM WEEK. Barley. Malt. Oats. 1,350 1,180 1,970 7 . ,.., , .. . 150 =4:-- ''. 4i43.) Z.. '' :English :Irish kbroign Wheat. 1,110 Flour. 430 - 620 I 420 SMITHFIELD. Although the supply of 'beasts was very moderate, the .demand for all kinds ruled heavy, at Monday's prices. 'There was a slow sale for sheep, but wo have no change to notice in their value. The show was rather on the increase. Calves, though in but moderate supply, were very dull, and Gd. per 81bs lower. - In pigs, scarcely any business was doing. filch cows sold heavily, at from W. to 191. each, in cluding their small calf. Per Sibs to sink tho orals. s. d. s. d.) s. d. a d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6)PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Second quality.... 3 8 4 2iLarge crse. calv es 4 0 4 8 .Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime small d 0... 410 5 4 Prime Scots, Sic. 4 8 4 10 t L , arge hogs 3 0 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 Situall porkers 4 2 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 21Suc:Eling calves.. 24 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wiled. 4 4 4 BQuarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. 33e asts ameP •••• ....••• 3,450 calves • • • • • •..• 87 Pigs•••••••••••• Beasts•• ..•• •• . 90 Sheep .. •................. Calves.••• •• •• •• •• •. 44 NEWGATE AND The 'trade ruled heavy, at supported. LEADENHALL. Id prices Were with difficulty Por Blbs by the caeca a. s. d. s. d: Beef, interior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 G 8 8 Do., prime largo 3 10 4 0 1),0., do. small 4 2 4 4 "Pork, largo 3 0 3 I. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 0 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., primp 4 0 4 2 Veal 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 4 4 BOROUGH HOP. The imports of foreign hops this week are 110 bales from Ostend. Fine hops are very scarce, and quite as dear as last week. Other kinds, owing to the large quantities of foreign on offer, are very dull. Mid and East Kent pockets, 14; Os to 2110 a; Weald of Kent ditto, 141 to 161; 5111134.7 L ditto, 141 Os to 151; Yearlings ditto, 91 to 121; American ditto (in bond), 71 to 9/ per cwt. COLONIAL. &MAR.—There has been a dull but steady market for British Plantation this week. Barbadoes sold publicly at 36s to 37s 6d for good yellow, at 32s Gd to 35s 6d for low to mid, and at 28s Gd for foots. East India—Mauritius for distilling purposes has been ix some request. and 'brown brought 24s 6d to 30s Gd, yellow 31s to 35s 6d, and fettling 36s per cwt. Bengal realised 37s to 37s 6d, for white Benares mid to good, and 35s to 36s for damp. Of Bengal there have been no public sales. Foreign—Porto Riad, owing to the soarcitr of grocery sorts, has com manded hi g h ra t e k, viz. 38s to 40s for good an d fi n e b r i g ht' yellow gr ocer y, 34 s G d 37s 6d for low mid and mid, 32s be 37s for grey, and 30s 7d to 32s for brown. Good brown Bahia went at 308 per owt privately. Yellow Savannah sold at 30s to 335, yellow low to fine at 32s to 37s 6d, and florettes were taken in at 37s 6d to 395. Manilla mid to good clayed brought 30s to 3156 d per cwt. COFFEE—There has been less doing ix Plantation Cey lon, and tits prices have ruled heavy. At auction f fine ord *Mall brought 52s to 545, low mid and mid pale greyish 551 to 58s, good colory 643 ord to good ord brownish 45 s t 4 a 4 .85, triage 42s to 50 s , and ' peaberry 53s to 60s per cwt. Xative Ceylon has been steady at 45s 6cl to 46s 6d for ord tr-, good ord. At auction good and hne ord went at 3d to 6d decline, viz., at 48s 6d per cwt. In foreign the dealings have been very small. RlCE—There has been a good inquiry, and rather firmer prices have been current. Bengal mid to good has realised 13s Gd to 15s, low mid white afloat went at 13s landed. SPICES—The market has been very quiet. Calicut gin ger, at auction, sold to a limited extent at 29s for mall, and at 37s for fair. _ _ -- We:l)eefing; have been deferred till th e pu b l i c sales and the prices, therefore , have been almo s t nominal. commence, _ _ Rum—The high rates asked have checked business. SALTPETRE —Bengal has been h e ld f or full values, ord 144 per eent being takenin publicly at 225. Bombay ord and low brownish realised lOs 6d per cwt for 17.1 to 124 per cent refraction. TALLow—P.Y.C. is firm, at 56s 6d per cwt en the spot. GREEN FRUlT —Several cargoes of oranges have been received from tho Azores, three of which, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at an advance of 2s to 3s per box. The continued easterly wind keep the market bare of stock. More enquiry exists for nuts. - Seville sours ad vanced 5s per chest. Lemons without alteration. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 16.—Wind and weather this day at noon, light easterly breeze, and sharp frost. Dui ing the night and this morning the Thermometer has registered 18 degrees of frost. FALMOUTH, Fob. 15.—The Feronia (b arque ) , o f t hi s port, has received damage , and makes w a t er. GRIMSBY, Feb. 15.—Arrived—Harriet, from Shields, LfoirLirino:ortklE,nDisAleakyFeb. s; Jessie Ann, d o ., f or Lowertoft, leaky. DROGHEDA, on the South Bull, and must dis charge part of cargo to be got off; crew saved. O F F QUEENSTOWN. - Blanche, from Savannah, for Liverpool. CADIZ, Feb. t.—The Icarus, of Liverpool, from Cardiff to Gibraltar, was driven on shore at Conel during a severe gale at S.S.W., on the night of the 4th inst. ; master and and three men saved; the master's wife and five men drowned. The gale continues, with a tremendous sea running, and it is feared both vessel and cargo will be totally lost. The late amateur performance at the St. Jitlll."l3'l3 Theatre, in aid of the Crimean Army Fund, has had- a very successful result in every way, thanks to the ener getic exertions of Messrs. Arcedeckne and Markwell, who acted admirably—not only upo* the stage, but in their capacities as honorary secretaries, with such effect that the sum of 671. 18s. 4d. has been handesE over to the committee of the fund. MANAGEMENT OF THE WAlL—lmmense and costly stores have been provided and sent out from this coun try, but, somehow or other, they either reach their des tination too late, or do not reach it all. It is notorious that a great number of beds having to be forwarded to the hospital at Scutari, a number of packages, u nc l a i med by any one, were found kicking about on the pier at Southampton, which, when examined, were discovered to contain the legs of those beds which bad been shipped off some weeks before in a vessel from the Thames. Now where such incidents are the rule, not the excep tion, there must be something very rotten in the system which produces them.' Let us know what the cause of this rottenness is. Is it that men have been placed in high office who do not know how to select proper agents or to keep th em t o wor k when appointed! Is it th at the choice of agents by men in high office is hampe re d, and patron age di rec t e d into improper channels by dis honest influ ences ? A re Ministers in the habit of app o i nt . ing inco m p e t en t agen t s on the recommendation of mem bers of P ar li amen t w h o vo t e for them? and are me m b ers of agen Parliament norder in the t o bribe h electors? abit of re recommending thoyg n u ninecrompetent s 0 s the dependents and parasites of noble or influential fanailieS, placed in snug berths under Government without in quiry as to their capacity to discharge their duties ? The trial of the Mannings has not been forgotten. It appeared on that trial that the murdered man --a silly and vicious f e ll ow —h a d been made an officer i n the Customs because he professed himself a convert from th e Romish Ch urc h ; an d t h a t hi s murderer had nearly gotten a simila r a pp o i n t ment , b ecause he married th e ex -wait ing wo man o f a d uc h ess. W e have all heard bo w dock yard appoi n t men t s h ave b een jobbed in return f ur votes at elections. H ave pr i va t e patronage of unwo r th y o b. jests, and p o liti ca l j o bb ery , b een allowed equal we i ght in higher appointments connected with the management of the army ? These, and questions like these, the country is det erm i ne d t o h ave deliberately asked and explicitly answered ; and for this purpose it will insist upon the bona fide appointment of the committee which was moved for by Mr. Roebuck and granted by the House of Commons. Let Ministers endeavour to qu as h the committee and burke the inquiry at their peril. Let rr: , nl l )ers of the Frotm3 •?f Commons. Who I)n.ye vqed for 1 ;'0, " t•irit tic , ;ll ' t • Lit,A L goud Kul lu bawl.. p.rd. 0011 1 ry iii bleat court of appeal in this ease--is in no wood to be trifled 7ith.-7.0c0i/y Nom 1331 it is above all things necessary, if we _ever are to have Generals, to accustom younger hands Co the truncheon of command, we rouse from. the repoe which his honoured age demands a veterau who contmariied -the crack regiment of the Peninsular war befOre either of the Generals to whom the Emperor Napoleon is con tented to intrust the welfare of his great army in the Crimea were born.. It is irksome to speak in any other terms than those of respect of this time-honoured relic of another age ; but the shame must fall upon those who drag Lord Seaton from well-earned repose and dignified retirement into the turmoil of active life. In the place of Sir De Lacy Evans, Lord Panmure has appointed the late Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth, General Sleep son, to command the Second Division, an officer of whose private character we would speak with every re spect, but who is 64 years of age, of feeble health and constitution, and, in a word, a perfectly fit comrade for the two other Generals of Division we have just de spatched to the Crimea. In the East Indies we find. General Somerset, who entered the service the same year as General Simpson, the year 1811, appointed to , high command. Judging by these appointments, and by the maintenance of every existing incapacity in its. present place, we fear we must look elsewhere for Minis terial vigour. Let us, then, tarn to the Medical Department. It is presided over by Dr. Andrew Smith— a gentleman en feebled by age, and rendered irritable andnervere to a. degree hardly compatible with the effective transaction of business by long exposure to a tropical climate and the diseases which those climates produce. A faint rumour prevailed some days ago that this gentleman had been relieved from duties which he has exercised in a manner so little to the advantage of our unfortunate army ; but the rumour died away, and Dr. Andrew Smith sits as fast as ever. Dr. Lawson rules at Scutari, and Dr. Hall, thou g h re p rove d i n a General Order, still presides at Balaklava. But we have learnt something from their proceedings. We have cline to distrust the efficiency of the Medical Department, and, as we have not vigour enough to reform it, we have, according to the present practice, called in the aid of volunteers to reps'r the (deficiency of the regular service. We are preparing the hospital at Smyrna, and, in order that that hospital may be indeed a place of refuge for the sick and wounded, we are about place it under the calt of civilians. The Incase- sigorous one, but e-" are 7 The no„al at Smyrna, ~ cmate,l a hots climate and a half-civilised country, is to be placed : under the care of a medical gentleman 6S years of age I When we add that Admiral Boxer, " that anarch old," who has left. everything intrusted to him at Constantis cople in utter confusion, has been sent to Balaklava, ac order, if possible, to add another disturbing element to that hopelese chaos, we have said enough to show to what manlier of men it is that the lives of our fellow subjects, the honour of our arms, the safety of our homes —nay, the very existence of our country, are • intrusted. It is vain for us to appeal to those who do these things against such cruel and wanton squandering of the best resources of the nation. Were they not in fatuated by a long comae of power, which only shifted from one portion of their own narrow class to another, they would scarcely have chosen this moment at least for the exhibition of such wanton and short-sighted sel fishness, The instinct of self-preservation would have taught them better, but we solemnly ask the people of , England whether they will suffer their countrymen to be thus sacrificed at the shrine of cruel apathy or help. less incapacity, and whether they will permit in these our days scandals and abuses to disgrace and ruin the public service from which the Tory .Ministry of 50 years ago turned away with disgust, and which the iron Duke of Wellington, for a time at least, effectually trampled out and extinguished ? LITERATUBE. The Moslem and the Christian. 3 vols. Surat and Blackett. This work is translated from the Eastern original, which is from the pen of Sadyk Pasha. It appeared under the title of Kirdjali, which is the name of its hero, who is not a fictitious character, but one of those individuals that may be found in almost every history. Half hero and half bandit, his. name forms one of those favourite topics for songs and legend that Robin Hood or Rob Roy have' supplied in their own countries. The most extra ordinary tales of his valour, his daring, his won derful exploits and hair-breadth escapes are re lated, but the author avers that whatever is told of him in these volumes is merely a narrative of facts, collected among people who had personally. known him. The scene is laid in those Danubiant Principalities which have lately been the scene of such stirring events ; but of course, from the epoch of the narrative, no reference is made to present occurrences. It describes the revolt of the Ser vians under Milosch, and the endeavours of the Wallachs to throw off the Turkish domir.:on, and establish their independence. It forms an exciting narrative, and sustains the_reader's interest. It is. certainly impartial, for several Mussulmans appear to equal advantage with the Christians. The heroine, Sarah Michaels, is the daughter of a powerful Seraskier, and becomes the bride of Kira: jali. Many extraordinary adventures occur to , them, and the reader regrets when ho arrives at the conclusion theta should be so tragical, though,, according to the author's assertion, it agrees with the facts. The work is translated and revised by Colonel Lech Szyrma, who has already edited several similar works. fe affixes an interesting sketch of the writer's life. Sadyk Pasha at this moment occupies a prominent position in the Turk ish army on the Danube, being the commander, of the Turkish Cossacks. This corps consists of Chris ! f t r iari m s s ; e w rl h ing who are the debarred, army by Thisth the I p a r w oh o i f b tha itice !Coran ,how ever, Sadyk P as h a persuaded the Porte to! Abs.°. gate, and the re g i men t having distin gu i s h e d it se l f a second is now being formed. They consist. of Bulgarians and other Christian volunteers from= Servia and Wallachia; their officers aro chiefly Poles. On their banner is the Crescent and the Cross, signifying that, in fighting for the Porte, they also fight for their own religious liberty, which the Sultan has guaranteed throughout his empire. Sadyk Pasha is a Pole by birth, and first distinguished himself in the Polish insurrection. He subsequently resided in France, where he pub lished several works, and where he became ac quainted with Prince Adam Czartoryski, who sent him as his confidential agent to Constantinople. Here he succeeded well on his mission, and through his agency Servia was preserved in loyalty to the Porte, which so enraged the Russians that their ambassador demanded his extradition as the Czar's subject. No resource was left him but to embrace Islamism, or fly. He chose the first, and adopted the name of Sadyk Pasha, his former name having been Czaykowski. Copious notes are ap pended to each of the volumes, and whether from the intrinsic merit of the work, or from the inte rest attaching to the life of the author, or from the attention which those countries have lately excited, the lover of Oriental romance will not fail to be attracted and entertained. The Warltawk ; a Tale ,of the Sea. By Claudius Armstrong, author of the "Two Midshipmen." 3 vols. Newby. This is an interesting stor.v ; the plot is exceed ingly complicated, and at first rather difficult to understand ; but as the narrative proceeds the attention is riveted by the gre,At skill and inge nuity displayed in the events. The nautical por tion of the work, above all, exhibits remarkable ability, and shows that the author is well. acquainted with the subject of which lie treats. The last part of the third volume especially deserves notice, and the description of the race at sea between the cap tors and deliverers of the heroine, the beautiful Aleen, is intensely interesting and exciting. By a skilful manoeuvre the pirates had possessed them selves of the boat belonging to their pursuers, and thus gained a great advantage. However, not withstanding all these drawbacks, Gerald Gran ville contrived to come up with them, as they reached a Dutch sloop belonging to one of their number; and although th e t urn o f affa i rs was most threatening he leaped on board, followed by his brave companions. Considering the period at which these incidents are supposed to have oc curred, Fnurret(ili,ey ar e not andtheliamwplersosbale o state of exaggerates. Some exist- of f lto t y o f scenes, personages, an d g h e e th c e hact r ar av e a rs rie a grap hi ca lly described, t a n d events is given to the reader. Most probably th e story will entertain many from its talent and spirit. Sr. VALENTINE'S DAY AT THE POST-orriog..--The total number of letters posted during St. Valentine's Day and stamped at the London district office, amounted to the unprecedented number of 240,900, or a quarter of a million within one hundred, and this in the " London District" alone. Besides these there were about 10,000 " bye" letters and 100,000 at least destined for the pro vinces and places beyond sea, which were transferred to th© Inland Department. The grand total, therefore, reached 350,000. It is estimated that of this number, at least 1 40,000 were sacrificed to the fame of St. Valen tine, as about 100,000 is now the February daily ave rage. Taking the number posted on Valentine's Day and stamped at the Post-office during the day, as for warded to the reporter by the authorities, at 240,900 letters,stioa fv we gather In therefrom making the of? following= th o, 50a2musi reamsng et o paper would he used up ; thea averaging the price of each one of the , ;the Was laid one upon postagecostof theolt otho v eo a o l 2 en a4to ti , n ,ta es do. would be 2,3331. 6s. Bd. ;0 would realise 1,0041.3. 4d. ; the height to whi c h a p i le pimsirg the a dozen to the e i g h th of an incb, thew -1 d other reach, a c at h , the su rate of ' opened, 1 would be 209 feet 2 inches, or 7 feet 2 inches hi g h er th an the Monument at Fish-street-hillii the allowing w-hole of B ; w i t n h c o l m ies w' w .-° id u t ibl h e to xt e e a n c d h, li t i o a a l t e t miles and 243 yards, of 86i yards, nearly as far as from London to Dover by the South-Eastern line of railway. PRICE OF SILVER.-111e dollars brought by the last west jadra steamer have been disposed of at 60jd. per eu,,ee, being Id above the price realised for the previous arrival, although transactions to a limited extent took pla3e at a higher rate at the end of the month. The bar silver has been sold at 614 d. per ounce, being a de. cline of id, tikllF . 7 4 : : 1 .7. : k *-' , r 7 i;' -7 77" - all 3 b 17. al] al] 1 all 16A 10 :313 2i B 49 i a all