The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-13 00:00:00

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ETS. is still sat; 0 i t la e l ' ur stLl i n th rg cA) ? in° eit ' eu ,;AA "r of S tW ,i l tole ° 1•fol 1 b t u t a. ° /° o6 lk urr 00 f 11 the rth or i te , 31. 1 ", ss. ibb°ll' is r boa , pe oi o l boi crIP I 97i ;$ 08 ! ) ; es 978 : IA , ; og 55 ael ' Tur flAD l°. dif 701'. 45 , 200 ,?perioro 13'roo° 2,5 0° I° , l 10, 00 60PA,‘ 40 0 8 /, J.(l is t °f r o" rr iss. 1004 11 05 ° l O 16 11 1 150 ifrOr ti 941 - 02 1 * 11 9 " - kr polo 0 9 . re 9 ,00 ergo . tit • 0 too. 0 r at tA ll iji 17 0 1,5 -.13°11115i .13°11115i 3! 1071 j g 0 6 :11%,0 --roil 7 .01 ' P g• 4. ) cerl' '; 11 0 1 / 4 1. ,:to rj er 0 00ll te to te ;', C'tj' ooz e , 1 1 DI Di, voi 0 39 00 1 a til d , 0 0 til t it A) "y, r 3e S° to* J art tO• 01 0 5 1 , Isti . tic( t er , . 0 6- 4 / •th vi A , a e Ac e. or co' aer i e ttberBJof ;1.0 i11,,111. .j • 0 0 , e6 t; ber of plfii (I' it sio rit:J af e id 7 d q , ; ji ti $ :105? Je I r 111 1; II LOP y 610 or. 10 A r e per r e t oti o pej leg '7le, 10 61 e COdio xi , ta 'O. o p wiG4 UM ; 3 0tu'. - 0 ; n oth l 1 11 `0 es. y # r e be ' u t if , cas e / 1 4 ce• ,0 e°lll v°' jar/ t O l/ 1 7 bot' fs 0 cc; be ill, 09 y fre cerr O r P 4 01 , 0 1/ . :ent , je e1105,,150 r tb e j,to s 'ter be for e t° f' t fo r tl o4oQ' ° i ° , l fo t o i i j ) pAll 0 ce, o f rif 10,7,0 l e g'' o fo e t l i et% f sty lidPtill 9 oon - pe o e y to gbli tbo. 8 ye , orp "134 1 /. 43 1 tb tosts l . t o )0° j to 0 I , / „Jo, A! e' 14 0 , 11 :b P i g i Pi ) * I) rt° Cf9;9 l n or j 7 , 0 0 , e$ - o ve 3sl 0, AI --- vry A it is._ _v.. 00i atM. CR CIAL AND INT ELL IGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCIc: Ili w " butrk e , no parti cu l ar a lt era ti on in the cotton to 0 11 at Liverpool yesterday. The sales amounted bales. h alal es. comprising 350 Pernam and Maran -I,4dLuid. to 7id ., 400 Egyptian at 6d. to 7d., tli eD 7 Surat at 2,;:d. to 4d. Tile operators in lettr e 4 aY'Share M ar k et were prepar i ng f or th e Iral "t n of the account and very li tt l e b us i ness t7tie iconsequence. eend: „ N ' a rY import an t quest i on as t o th e future Bea a of the block a d e i n t h e B a lti c an d Bl a ck ' nga ges attenti on , no t a l one among th e er -I,6Bllet,ileonnected in with the Russian trade, but like iewellin,a,}lcointnercial and monetary circles, and it fo ral T, t hat Lord P almerston should b e ear l y in that e ' ° I the extraordinary unanimity of opinion kit Prevai l B ) and o f th e expec t a ti on th a t th e pre arid ( i ve rninent will act with much more vigour Dear_ h 0 104 than its predecessor. It would ay, t aTM ' - 47 ` ev er4 if report be true, that there . is yet re; " 4lffer enee of opinion in the Cabinet with t • t ° one very material branch of the subject iktrs;;(lloii.idirect trade. That this ought to be are t here ll °l impartial person can doubt, but_ that Ned, r r 4 , Ls° difficulties in the way may be con % dfida. The sliliffilng policy of Prussia prevents t6 e o ßto,..' rin g her an enemy, though we may fail to Cahi . ll 'ree a friend. The Whig section of the ofst cro lle n l i /Ire b elieve, are convinced of the necessity . Ge rm aa .."l g the introduction of Russian staples via but one or two of the Peelites are not 44 for extremities, and wish to avoid, as che e k p o ssible, r ecourse t o th e on ly effectual illeterohibitory duties, whatever vessel brings Pa rt 411 P, &c., to our shore, or whatever I NA el3reeB from. If this hesitation lasts much l iiidel f oll t he part of the section to which we a - eel:: he be the fair province of the House of / 1) 31°11 8 to bring the matter to an issue. There 14 1 611° cabinet question involved where some of i the reildi„ Ministers are for one line of action and )41144lltaie4inder f or another ; and a little w h o l esome dis ciu ) With the advantage of Parliamentary 14 to °I; W ill put the matter in stich a light (I t th e • Prove that, while we neglect to v cut titit i t , Pecuniary resources of our enem., 1'4 48 7 vain the lives of our brave forces. ' That littl e ,t ill even now " trimming" is shown by d a Vice3""instance mentioned in this morning's a l entl p „ it a ppears that since the war Russia has lea 'ea quantities of the prodnce of her copper tiol ia - ,,L ter ° B 3 the frontier to be forwarded to va the t rta from the port of Libau. At this time l a , gaz ioes are full of the article, and ships had Tliooell therewith and were preparing to leave. ilittrfalls'shoiall Government, however, has suddenly h 11IQ4 that t° prevent their departure on t . tlO Az c °Pper is one of the articles which Irtr l ' i t % h ave declared to be contraband of foQ n .41 all probability the metal was destinei. „ 14 ,k)th ° 1 11 ,, (14 ed France, and one may reasonably_ elleZ' or e4 whether the sudden inspiration of or on : 4r eani - ers is due to antagonism towards thattCt°llTonent ? At any rate it is singular l L IP°II th e dra t exhibition of energy should recoil iie1)10-1'llittries that established the regulation. -1 -440 f the Russian ports in a stricter way 111'1 4° le llget i nvolved in the slightest doubt. one 4.titotion of the Russian Company, the ter t i th oldest associations trading with r „ 14}4t Z 1 ,, e3 of the Czar, received at Po l i h ri t " 44 tei 1 ,1 4? Yesterday such assurances from ve. °ll , as are quite conclusive on this jet C6 r 131,,'arbour of Russia, whether in the vr - c h iE the of 7 S, will be strictly watched and ( 3 4 re, T r i i el q impeded. Certain shipowners,. t s , la4 t week entered into speculative to take the risk of the blockade by , ‘ , l ' ke - 13 --e 'r *vessels with the first " open water ' C h l 3 tiir e c i a all arP look out, and the arrival of their e cr aft give as much satisfaction as did 10 4 1 4 ; -- ." of four Russian prizes to Captain E. NL - "Il the Thames yesterday, laden with hemp, 4t e; br ick; &c. Such, we are informed, is the 11111 12 1illa tiola to cripple o ur enenu r inthee tnsneim ng 11 01 , 4 ; the injury :r) th at no cons id er ation of arising, either to our own trade, or to the il i te t4 of our Allies, will be allowed for a moment it iat ec i?cne. Thus it ha•; been, or will bniiiti li'tlile4‘°%Yeden, that her coasting vessels will be ca pture in conveying grain from Russia to t h. f414 t 4 4%. 4 : 1 , M. ° 11 c , h the inhabitants of ,ie . latter "" 4 ' l i, t 'll - et7 ll "° exposed to great privations in con e B • hiall l ack S e brit , j i ,. ° l l en for t V" 4 tts have hitherto been left par but- l ' lB Year t C llo clvantage . of our poor classes, tea u . 7 the n a the y likewise will be strictl y b y e closed, l at ;:greg s on t li i. tibe river produce will feprermit beill and I,r he neutral account, and Eng • sta.t. an te also we assume, ships-of-war %ge fronttoed to prevent Russia deriving advan cad°Pted • be e P e rraission. This course is stated to .4 :'t 1111 , ( leferen ce to Austria, and will also —re a : 1 1 11 ' 4 3 Wallachia, and Turkey, which re. In therket for their grain. t :ne, o n funds there has been a better ; l i_te illE1:18 realising 90 7 to 91i for transfer, and i fl rday :I,'.°r account. The rumours current yes -4to - " t the defeat of the Turks at Eupatoria nbaid ed appoint- Co a , and Lord John Russell's 'cnit gr er ; biro. Plenipotentiary to the Vienna %. I T °, affords satisfaction. Exchequer Bills 41119 4.1 t ' o °4 . premium. The New 3 per Cents. 1, P ot . ° A. '4 ' Securities dull. Spanish Threes begi n d 1 . are Portuguese 5 per 14 /14 e a t 111 at 364 to 4. .D 4r i l e t, 3 l , 9 , t° • Russian 4'> per Cents. bring >t he f olio . per C en t s . are a t 9N. •-..- wl ng are th e nom i na l prices of foreign 21) 7 torellada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi ot It 211.. p • titt< eruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three a ut o (.) ?gusto to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., F our- i to o • Five per Cents., 100 to 102 ; etu L , Iv and-a -Half per Cents., 88 to 90 ; ' Defer re d, 17:4 to 18f,- ; ditto Three ~ 744 Pal klt ? a Git to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4± to 4 4 ti v re.t , to 44, utetti,;',,,,hares are nearly- all rather higher, and I!b a l• k hki h •l :it of the account proceeds favourably. 11, to La, heavy. Banks nominal. Crystallse high, and British American Land 414 4 4 o 'w • or • , Da THIS DAY AT ONE O'CL( I* 0 irony, the (*mat List.) tt e r Oe c hs 'ltod zeed A ~. Bu'dnees done t it -v 3 i t: . 004ws Annuities 914 I 90,1 14 Ilf. k il t tr e ' llt • Annuities :aoti, Expir e sth Jan., 18E:0 . 4 5-16 ,; • t 4) ; 411 , Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 . 3-10 t _ e l l for A %aors,, Expire sth Jan., 1860, 9 , 1 i,• 4 ~,q.4,7;11-1111Biat:Ith. March ............... .............. • 9 6 6 11.klittot 11°14;;1858., per Cent. ‘1 1 " ? 1809, ° • ONE FO REIGN FUNDS AT ONlil O'CLO ;K. "It e x (n it's, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 • tt,,:pitit 110 * all over due Coupons 39i j 9 thoi 4 4 per C ent .884 ps " a sli 11„, ° P 1 s. 5 Per C en t. B6 %teh d lxr Cent 3 6 .1 Aii t 73:eh an - a '- e 8 an the above payable in Londe!, • i tier c __l4 Pr 9ent. 12 Gull Ceertifleatos lIALIf-PA ST TWO. 91 1 8 914 M..... . tto ..... m . M .... .arch A can't. vihott.ace the death of Tice-A nun, '4ll° -411 Vi c A' nn %T. HoDGSON. 1 e tp• l4 --,l___ _ .___ d . 1 Brian n e H re o g d re g t so t n o , 4:::,..1 ..ctiir4d2atatilisoffseat in Cumberland ummbheisrl7asntdboyneaWr,eadr,n_t_r_dh:giyd -4 11 1 , ,,,,, ri-trv. officer was al on the reserved . fl, ._ 1474" list, anir nfl'at: He . v‘ ood-service Q . 4.1,, ar. Ti lp receipt of will ,g roinote Captain Sir . b tl t to the r ns vacancy ..i , i Pension rt t tl i . c, k'eri l ov , ank of, Rear-ALtnna : _ , Nr Dp ed i4O kJ-E..Sin %V. EusT.c.,..- Ailotllernr.m il e , l t i l a e s . 4 04 ~ al the roll of our rniht try commandersnthe 3,1, Ititlt'4,,trtt.l),:t:::lifisilli oissne (11(}:itni " E g " i'lle d a t offi l k v 'e e r r , v '‘.i) advanced d'c d o age. . l l ll e s It i3li tt r ltel of ,sex,ininortllc.• ' were . rendered dortc . „7 t% . lte 413:1 Wexford ' s most successfully. 1798, where b . e . acted at Rev, hnn . i, I tm ...n ! , 1 „ , y . and other places, kf q 'n ' 1.4 sei,,ied " i on • foreignE ' a d l u s4 ty ioo a k nd pa s t r in ed t the tkt4,ll;e4aitlci,_'S'.eilY, aat7 : s tla C k:r a ;:t g : . ar , :ld other e l apin 47 , -t nig t hat Period of the tear—including he izi., 4 _ 'et s 'the G 3, , as a military man, events l‘.lh'il t°llce ,:ed _ ns. _ nYrneue, where, lie commanded N3_Cli,t,4 : 8 ILI e . r i able assistan ce. Funtes d'On or —w,. as at t1: 141 e.? 4 , a, u f, -blr tan taqu es at . t of th e, _:., Lae capture of Madrid, Burgos, wounded, and ° l' hi t _ ryrenees, where be was severely and the hat a gold . . 144(11 4.1 " "lees he received the order of K.C.8., 14% 0, 'T 6 wai.' Medal, and three clasps. In 1842 he be -4.. t hA t th e :' 41 of the 2d battalion of the 60th Rifles, now 1 3 (isal of the General Commanding-in-chief. l'N ---,,, ~~ SiIAY-e MARKETS. (Tlit DAY.) 11,AI LWA VS. IClcsing Prices I yeterct.y BEISIIIO.B done this day. 'hr. PaNI ;st. 100 1?, 5.1-2 0 all 3 all 1. 1 29i :7;'..d all !2 19 15 30 ;t. 100 4. 100 .0 21s. 50 an 50 all 20 all 20 16 10 1 50 4 25 I all ;5 1 all it. LOO !O all it too St. 100 25 Si St. 100 St. 100 10 ; all St. 100 10 1 50 all 20 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St, 'OO St. ..J0 St. 100 St. 100 .2 I all 14F, 64 4 . it: 100 .9i all .4 ftj 'A) all .lil all it. 100 ;t. 100 ;0 16 0 .26 2,? it lei/ i 0 42? Ai .34 ;Fi all 15 all 15 all 2E -4 it. 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RA 11.WA78. Aberdeen.. .......... Ambg. liottng. Dos; and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenlid. Lanesh Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O and £25 CAI , . Do., Z 2,0 Blyth &Tyn) origins. .4;25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian Cannartiten and Car dig an Chester & Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & PaA , C.:rn wall erica' Junction 1) übl i n &I ;elfas tJ D - andee Per th. &A WI (loon JuPction Do. Now :mot fan iiau.. . Enztorn Countios ..... 2aBtern Union, A Stock ....... B Stock Do., Now A. .. Lancashire Edinburgh & I :litsg; o,4 Edinb. and Peebles Edin. PAL & Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. A r eEtUrl , Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Fasters Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorks; Do., Fifths - Wst. Riding Lin Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Load. Bright & S.Cst Loud, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. M&B„, Do. Eighths London and S. West!! Do., £si) Do., £4O. Lncludrry& Col orain Lndndrry. & Ennisk Manch.Shef.& Linelp Do. h Shares, No. I & Un Midland o. Birmng, &Derlo3 Midi& G. West. (I re: Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlish , Newrokt.Bury Exton. Nwpt. Aberg. Newry & Enniskiller gewry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Nortlin.Counties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., B Guarante«l N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO g.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western. 1. & S. Westrn.Junc. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ )xford, Worcester.. lirolverharo pton oortsmoutb -4‘.;,,ttisli Central , 3cottishMidlaral ihrewsby. Iterefd 4hropshire Union .. South Devon - 4e ath 41astern ,outh Wales . 4 . Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5.i nes, Wok. &W0)- gtockton sz. Darlin ,ktort di Hart; op; •`.. cr.. vale £lO shares. )o. Pref., No. 1 Manias Haven Doel and R way VI;le of Neatli... .Vaterfl. Zs,r, 1c z: vaterford&Limeri , 'Vest C0rnw:01....... Eud of Londol and Crystal Palace. .Vest Loudon Winibledn&Croydol FOR. Antwerp& Rotterdam' Belgian EaAn. June., E!eziers to Grais2e:caaL I;olubay,Daroda,ana Central Imlia.Seril , Central of Italy Demerara - Nola au l ne,aucon )utch Rhenish: Eastern of France Do. Mew East Indian De. Extension . Do. 41 p. c. Eds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Canad.tA is Do. St. Lawrenee Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '6.3 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc,; Gt. Indian Poninsult, Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 D.. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option linillton & Toronto 1)o. 6 per.crnt. Lake Contt. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Moditerran Madras Do. New Uaria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dt Liege (witl interest). .. Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D o .201. Shs.late Char.! leroi and Erquelines guar. 3 p. e. & red. at 22d, dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c (finy.B.& Ams. Shs.) o rwegianTrunlaref IParis and Lyons )itto Bonds Paris and Orloans Paris and Rouen— ?arisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen andilavre Royal Danish Royal Swedish - 3ambre and Meuse all all 16 Do. 5i p. cent. Pref.l southern of France.. it. Andrew's and Quebec (A) ..... West Flanders Do 61 per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland Wi esbadon Zealand JOINT-S' :11 Nustralasia ll British Colonial Bank and Loan Company li Britis:li N. American 5 Chart& rank of Asia 2 Clirtl. 131,11. of India, Australia, & China Coion;al C, l ommercial of Loud 8 English `'sottish and is-astral an 11 Lon,l. 011ait. Bk. of I Amiralio. 5 IDitto New Lomion and County ) Lon•lon Joint Stock 0 Loud. & Weaminstei INatioul Provincial of England 10 New.. 2. 1 ; filtioTaal of Ireland 31 ,Now South Wales Orient Banll. of Corporation 15 Provincial of Ireland dlDo. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co dl south Australia fl Union of Australia Non 10 Union of Loudon 'no 20 5 E 20 20i' 100 20 .•• ..'-. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING; FEBRUARY 18, 1855: _DRURY-LANE THEATRE. LAW INTELLIGENCE,--(THIS DAY). LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPECIAL MISSION TO VIENNA. Last evening a capital farce, entitled Writing on the Shutters, was produced here with unequivocal success. The plot is simple, and may be described in a few words. The pretty daughter of the host of the Fly and Flower Pot having fallen desperately in love with a young medical student, named Harry Sparkle, is persuaded by the disciple of .zEsculapius to elope. Immediately the flight of Miss Bung is discovered her father and a busy body of the neighbourhood commence pursuit. Jack Corker, the officious person abovementioned, makes the first mistake, by capturing a young officer, Captain Loveduck, who, from his juvenile and effeminate ap pearance, Corker believes to be the runaway daughter in disguise, After the discovery of the mistake the scene changes, and we are introduced to the levers, who having arrived in London, and on the eve of the wedding, are strolling in one of the delightful walks in the Re gent's-park, hi company with the companion in flight of the publican's daughter, Letty. All things having been arranged, the lovers depart for the purpose of tying the hy nit nerd knot, and Letty remains in the park, where the is soon after accosted by Corker, who has also arrived in London. We here find out that there is a strong love between Corker and Letty, who give vent to their feelings in a capital duet, which was rapturously en cored, at the termination of which Corker tells Letty how thi❑gs stand owing to the lovers' flight. They are afterwards discovered, after having tied the knot, by the ialignant father at the Hotel de l'Ettl. The anger of the father is soon appeased, and the whole terminate•, as farces have done fur the last fifty years, to the satis faction of everybody. We should have mentioned that all the parties having speculated "a little" in horse-racing at an office opposite the hotel, are anxiously waiting the result of the race. After having obtained forgiveness of Farley Bung's father, they are all congratulating each other on their respective success, when an announcement appears on the shutters of the office from which the little fortune was to be drawn that the owner had "gone to the diggin's to got the money"—hence the name of the farce. The acting of Mr. G. Wild as Corker, of Mr. Linghain as Sparkle, and Miss Arden and Miss Love as Letty and Fanny Bung, was capital. They all acted up to each other, and at parts where the piece was weak these artistes brought their respective talents to bear on those particular points, and all went off trippingly. The farce was announced for repetition every evening. The house was fully and fashionably attended. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH• ;sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) ( From the Times of this day. ) We have reason to believe that Lord John Rus sell has accepted the duties of British Plenipoten tiary in the conferences and negotiations about to open at Vienna, and that his lordship will proceed in a very few days to that destination. It is further stated that Mr. Hammond, a gentleman who fills with great ability the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and who is consequently thoroughly acquainted with the diplomatic relations of this country, will accompany the mission ; so that Great Britain will be represented at this con ference by a Minister of State who till within the last few days has taken part in all the delibera tions of the Cabinet on the present war, and also by a gentleman who is equally well versed in all the official details of these important transactions. HOPE V. AGUADO. The case for the plaintiff having closed yesterday, The Attorney-General this morning addressed the jury at great length for the defence, and related to them the history of the proceedings which had taken place in Chancery in the case of Hope v. Hope. He then com plained of the manner in which Sir F. Thesiger had opened the case, leaving it in doubt as to whether the object of these proceedings was to obtain substantial damages, or merely to get a verdict for the purpose of giving the plaintiff a locus stancli in the House of Lords. Sir F. Thesiger said that be did state clearly that it was with the latter view. Lord Campbell said there could be no doubt that the object of the proceedings was simply to ascertain whether adultery had been committed or not. It is evident that since the memorable occasion on which Lord Castlereagh, being at that time himself the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, quitted England to join the Plenipotentiaries of the Allied Powers at Chatillon and afterwards at Vienna, no negotiation has been opened in Europe of more mo mentous consequences to the honour of England and the interests of the world than that in which we are about to engage ; and on every account we think there is great reason for satisfaction at the selection of Lord John Russell as an Envoy. It will be for the advantage of Lord John himself to withdraw for a while in the public service from that arena of party politics in which some of his late appearances have been so unfortunate for his own reputation. To be the representative of the Crown in a confer ence of empires, the object of which is to restore security and peace to the East, to re-establish the authority of international law, and to provide gua rantees against future aggressions, is a post of the highest rank ; and, although we have recently had occasion to express an unqualified opinion on the conduct pursued by Lord John Russell in Parlia ment, we cannot but rejoice that an opportunity should be afforded him of regaining by services of another kind the consideration of the country. Nor could a man have been selected for this duty more qualified than Lord John Russell to produce a powerful impression upon the representatives of foreign States with whom he will have to confer. The choice of a Minister who has for many years filled so prominent a place in the Government and the Parliament of this country, and whose name is The Attorney-General then continued his address, commenting with much force upon the discrepancies in the evidence. He stated he should be prepared with witnesses to prove beyond all question that the allega tions which the other aide had attempted to make out were utterly false and without foundation. For instance, some of the witnesses bad spoken to the circumstance of Mrs. Hope having been seen swimming in the sea in company with the Count. Now, it would be distinctly shown that, so far from such being at all probable, Mrs. Hope could not swim. The learned Attorney-General concluded his address by observing that, after they had heard the evidence, he bad no doubt they would find a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins then proceeded to call wit nesses, the first of whom was under examination when our reporter left. The case, it is expected, will not terminate until tc• morrow. DEATH OF J. H. 'VIVIAN, ESQ., M.P. Tbis gentleman died at his residence, Singleton, near Swansea, on the evening of Saturday last, in his 72d year. rue deceased was the second son of John Vivian, Esq., of Truro, and brother of the first Lord Vivian (better known as Sir Hussey Vivian), and consequently the uncle of the present baron. He has represented Swansea and its contributory boroughs, Neath, Abera von, Kenog, and Loughor, since their enfranchisement under the Reform. Bill in 1832. So popular was the hon. gentleman among the electors, that no serious opposi tion was ever offered to him, and he has always been returned without a contest. He was the head of the firm of Vivian and Sons, the extensive copper smelters. In politics Mr. Vivian was a moderate liberal. When the Whigs were in office he generally voted with the ministry, but went farther than them by supporting the ballot and ono or two other measures. "No man," writes a correspondent, "was ever held in higher esteem, for kis private virtues, even by those who differed from him in politics. His liberality in the munificent support accorded by him to all the local charities as well as other: undertakings, was pro verbial throughout the county of Glamorgan. A meet ing of the Tuwn Council has been called for Monday, with the view of agreeing to an address of condolence to the family." Mr. Hussey Vivian, the deceased gentleman's eldest son, is the 14M. P. for Truro. The future representative of the borough has, as yet, scarcely been talked of. No candidate has been announced, but it is believed that a requisition will be presented to L. L. Dillwyn, Eaq., whose father L. W. Dillwyn, Esq., of Sketty Hall, formerly represented the county, asking him to come forward. Should that gentleman, who is a de cided liberal, comply, it is probable he will b e e l ec t e d unopposed.; if, otherwise, he would secure a large majority. familiarly known to every Part of Europe, is an unequivocal proof of the earnest desiro of the British Government to bring these negotiations to a satisfactory and successful conclusion. It will not for a moment be supposed that Lord John Russell would have been chosen for such an em ployment, if it had been intended to waste the time in diplomatic formalities. No man in this country has expressed himself with more energy than Lord J. Russell as to the necessity of this contest, as to the value of the cause at stake, and as to the duty of carrying on the struggle with vigour. Indeed, the motive assigned by him for his abrupt secession from the late Cabinet was mainly that he had not sufficient confidence in the mode in which the war had been and would be carried on. As a Plenipo- tentiary engaged in the discussion of terms of peace, Lord J. Russell, therefore, runs no risk of being suspected of an undue propensity to relinquish the just objects of the war ; and, indeed, the party in this country who push those objects to their fur- thest limit are the same politicians who still profess their adherence to Lord J. Russell as their lender. In the ordinary or extraordinary diplomatic tran sactions which have taken place at Vienna in the last eighteen months Lord Westmoreland has shown no want of zeal in the public service, and no Minister could have done more than he has done to repair the differences and re move the irritation which had unhappily affected our relations with the Austrian Government ; but, on an occasion like the present, the co-opera tion and direction of a statesman who is well ac quainted with the feelings, the objects, and the resources of this country, and who speaks with the direct authority of the Government to which he till recently belonged, are of infinitely more value than the skill of the most experienced diplomatist. For this reason it will doubtless be felt by our allies, but more especially by the Cabinet of Vienna, that the mission of Lord John Russell to that Court at this moment is the highest compliment the British Government is able to pay to the con tinental. Powers. We have no doubt that the time is coming, and probably is already come, when very different views will be taken of the policy of the Austrian Government from those which were long EARL CARDIGAN AT NORTHAMPTON. The Northampton Herald has an account of a triumphal entry made into that town on Thursday by the Earl of Cardigan, and a report also of the noble earl's sp eec h i n reply to an address presented i to him by the corporation. The speech was of a similar cnaracter to that delivered at the Mansion-house. Alluding to a passage in the address in which he was congratulated . upon his return derive frombut a t it, the I must sallle to England, he said, "No do u bt it most agreeable to mix with one's relatives and friends in the countr y , and time,w with one's_ neig hbours inhpbloeuarssurel the a county, say that, had it not been for circumstances, arising partly from ill-health, over which I had no control, I should not have deemed it my duty to leave the seat of war at this time, although, perhaps, my remaining there would have been almost useless, for I had nothing left to command. (Rear, hear.) I still think that, unless some such reasons as I am about to assign can be urged —incapacity arising from ill-health amongst the number —every general officer is bound to remain with the army as long as there is an army to command—(cheers)—and I am prepared to kay further, that if my services are again required, they shall be perfectly available. (Loud cheering.) . In 'the meantime I 'have been prOmoted to a situation—lnspector-General of Cavalry—in •which I hope to be able to render considerable service to the army by repairing the losses and restoring the dilapi dated condition of the cavalry—being, in short, en trusted with the preparation of cavalry recruits for the army." (Cheers.) Respecting the fatal "order" he re marked " though I do not pretend to more sentimen tality than other men, it seemed to me at the time, and still seems, that the loss was so certain and serious, and the advantage - to be gained by the attack so slight, as to make it matter of deep regret that the order was given (Hear, hear.) I received the order, however to attack, and although I should not have thought of making such an attack without orders, and although I differed in opinion as to the propriety of the order, I promptly obeyed it." (Loud cheering.) professed and encouraged by a party in this cow): try to which Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell once belonged. The greatest proof of this change, which has happily taken place in Vienna as well as in London, is that the nomination of Lord Palmerston to the post of Prime Minister, which would have spread terror through some parts of Europe a few years ago, has now been hailed with _marked satisfaction by the Austrian Government ; and, on the other hand, that the first act of Lord Palmerston's administration is to send Lord John Russell to Vienna for the purpose of eulti*ating the most friendly relations with that Court. In point of fact, such a measure can more easily be taken by Lord Palmerston as head of her Majesty's Government than it could have been by Lord Aberdeen, whom it was the fashion to stigmatise as he friend of of Austria. The effect of this mission— the effect of Lord Palmerston's appearance at the head of affairs—must be to give a more decisive turn to the course of events, whether for peace or for war. On both sides there is a determination to negotiate as if peace were within our grasp, but at the same time to prepare for war as if war were inevitable. The season is approaching when the near encounter of hostile forces, the menacing atti tude, not only of enemies, but of allies and confe derates, and the obligations of the treaty of the 2d of December must terminate the state of suspense in which the winter months have left us. The re sult of the Vienna conferences between the Allied Powers and the Russian Plenipotentiary must be to determine speedily whether peace be possible, or, if it be not possible, to what extent and by what means the war is to be carried on. On both these piestiOns Lord John Russell may speak with autho rity at Vienna in the name of the British Govern ment, and may speak with authority on his return from Vienna to the Parliament at home. We have no doubt that he will speak there with proper national spirit, and here with prudence and know ledge of the case ; and we regard it as a fortunate circumstance that, at a time when he is unavoid ably removed from public affairs at home, be should be enabled to render a considerable service to the country abroad. THE SORTIE OF THE 19th-GENERAL GANROBERT'S ORDER. General Canrobert has published the following order of the day on the sortio of the Russians at Sebastopol, on the 19th ult. : " In the night of the 19th the enemyattacked ourparal lels in two paces. At the left the attack was resisted by the 2d battalion of the 2d Regiment of the F oreign Le gion, vigorously commanded by the Chef de Battailon L'lleviller. The impetuosity of the attack, favoured by the bad weather, failed in presence of the energy displayed by the Grenadier:, the Ist company, the light company, and the sth company. Captains Arnoux and Rousseau, Lieutenants Chave and Saussier, Sergeant Devals, and privates Hogelucht, Seignaud, Rischard, and Deglin oonducted themselves with great bravery, and the flag of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Legion figared with honour in this brilliant combat. At the right, it is once more the 46th which I find encountering the enemy with its accustomed energy, O n th e or d e r of the officer in c ommand, Captain Th omas, the 2d b a tt a li on L o t th e 46th impetuously att ac k ed the assa il an t s , an d d ro ve thorn a long way back, Captain Dufour, Sub-Lieutenant Combeaud, Privates Autexier, Coumel, Bruscan, Ma rines, Benezet, and Boyer displayed the most creditable resolution." ( Prom the Daily News of this day.) Lord John Russell goes to Vienna on a special mission, with a view to carry on negotiations for Accompanying the 'preceding order is an an nouncement that Captain Thomas has been pro moted to the rank of Chef de Bataillon of the 7 4 th; that Lieutenant Saus s i er, S u b-Li eu tenant Com beaud and Private —ogelucht have been nominated TT members medal has been conferred on six of the above-named privates, as we ll as on a c orporal named Collin, o f the of Honour ; and that the Engineers, who, being ac cidentally in the trench es , f oug ht b rave ly with the of Legionth e3d 46th. peace. Since the declaration of the Czar, that he was fNjVo l ur igoonitnnouttssris:eeenhl Russell. w as rrt n Te e onh g fae o eE t i i .hne a gda ti bl o ati n uthu s dea:nl on the basis of the inevitable,stoentrusted in ohn whichti to Lord i t s ooruredr assuring that the man agemen t o f th ese negotia tions,differences with Russia have been talked of at the English embassy in Vienna has been such as would have awakened serious fears for the honour of Eng land had their management devolved on our resi dent Minister there. The reasons assigned by Lord John for quitting the Aberdeen Cabinet—the cau tious and reluctant manner in which - he gave his assent to the Austrian treaty—and the whole tenour of his political life, afford a guarantee that, in these renewed negotiations, the honour and inte rests of England will be safe in his hands. Again, the acceptance of this mission by Lord John, and the i equest of Lord Palmerston that he would undertake it, are strong proofs of the sin cerity of the professions of mutual cordiality and confidence publicly made by these two statesmen. From their continued good understanding and co operation the country will look for satisfactory results. Our own opinion As to the probable results of the negotiations about to be opened at Vienna re mains unchanged. We may, however, congratu late the country that they are to be conducted by a trustworthy Minister. At the same time it may be allowed us to remind' the new Premier that th e people will look with impatience for the resump tion of active hostilities in the Crimea as soon as the season permits. and may bring with them their By a decision of the French Minister of War, Russian officers, prisoners .of war, are allowed to choose ile staying at the Earl of Ches terfield's, residence they please in 26 departments. They are The Earl of Glengall is, we are happy to say, rsco venlig from the severe attack of indisposition with which by a decree of the 17th wr s: se p iz a e r d ol sc e, h to orderlies. l P i e r s i E . terfield's, Bretby-Park. his lords:i n p e ult. has extended to Algeria the permission granted to every Fren c h man who has reached the age of 17 to enlist in the army. The Emperor of the French SUICIDE OF THE PROPRIETOR OF OUTER'S HOTEL. Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, Coroner.for the City of West minster, held an inquest at the Charing-cross Hospital 1 touching the death of Mr. Charles Proctor, the proprie tor of Oliver's Hotel, Westminster -road, who committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in Smith's Rifle Gallery, 399, Strand, on Saturday last. The jury having heard the evidence, returned - a verdict that the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. CONTRACTS FOR SMALL ARMS._Some returns relative to small arms ordered by the Board of Ordnance since the Ist of January, 1853, were issued yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Mintz' M.P. It appears that in London the amount of orders for small arms in the years 1853 and 1851 was about 289,872, in round numbers, besides an unlimited order for " backsights" in June and July, 1854. These small arms included all sorts of miscel laneous articles, such as ball, rammere, ribs for pistols, revolvers, bullet-moulds, powthrflasks, cones,bbolt, serest's, hammers, triggers, swivels, swords, bowie knives, WWI-1)1111 CIICS, turnscrow s , gun -b arre l s, &c. Toe largest orders were for braes jags, percussion- cap, muzzle -stoppers, and backsights. Thera were a's.) or lered t , be set up in Lon lon, during the same period, 23,3C0 muskets, rifle pattern and rifled, and 1,000 Viet3ria carbines, of which arms 8,089 bad been accepted at the date of the return. There is also a long list of einsile.i. ema il arms ordered at .Birmingham hi 1843 and 1844, including a large number of nipples for p-rcussion arms, brass jags, service-nipple, muskets (ol .577 bore), rifle m uskets of the same bore, locks ai, bayonets for the s ame, c arbines of v a rious k i nds, swords (new patt. rn cavalr y) , sights for rifles, and rifle muskets. Toe number of rifl e muskets ordered appears to have been between 90,000 and 10 0,000, and the num ber of : various swords at least 22,000. But there are no grand , totals given in this re turn, and the carious items, its - stead of being combined under separate heads, are scat tered over the list according to the date of the order, without any attempt at clauification. ARCHDEACON DENISON'S C A SE. —Thero is no truth in the statement which has appeared in some of the papers, that the proceedings against Archdeacon Deni son have been abandoned. Some delay has taken place in prosecutin , the natter , b ut it has been occasioned by a desire to ' o btain from the ecclesiastical lawyers an opinioA as to the hest manner of proceeding in reference to the report which ha 3 been ina le t the Archbishop of Cantethury by the commissioner to whom the pre liminary i n v,sti,a , ,ion was elitrusted. The New Philharmonic Society las announced that its first concert will take place in Exeer Hall on Wed nesday next, the 1. ,. . 4 &1 of February, under the patronage of her l‘fajesty. The proceeds me to be given in aid of the funds of the Asylum for Idiot, Tao Lord Mayor and Sheriffs have signified their it.tention cf being. pre sent, and a poi tion of the ball in front of the orchestra has been appropriated to their use and those of their suite. The Grand Choral Work in Cof Cheruhini will performed for the first time in this country. Bcethe ven's Grand Symphony in A, and overtures by Men delssohn and Weber, will also be given. Herr Ernst's name is announced a; solo violinist. The orchestra and chorus will consist of nearly 500 performers. The friends of the asylum are strenuously exerting them selves in order to render the performance beneficial to the funds of the charity. • TILE DEBATE IN THE PIED lONTESE CHAMBER ON THE WAR. The war against Russia is reacting, as it was evident it must do, upon the internal affairs of State after State in Europe. In Piedmont, erewhile alive but to one influence, that of the priesthood, the war in the Crimea so absorbs the attention of the public that the Pope's dread Monitore is for the time unheeded, while in the Legislature the war is th e su bj ec t o f t h e mos t an i ma t e d discussions that have taken place there since the conclusion of peace with Austria. Our detailed report of these debates is brought down to the Bth inst. ; their termination in the ad o pti on o f th e t rea ty by a considerable majority, 101 against GO, has, how ever, been already announced by telegraph. On the Gth the debate was resumed by M. Sineo, who argued that the Government should save its soldiers for the cause of Italy, and while waiting the moment for their employment devote all its attention and all its means to the development of the resources of the king dom. Count Cavour, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, then spoke amid the deepest silence. He stated that towards the end of November insti notions were sent to Mr. Hud son, the English envoy at TerM, by the English Govern ment, to sound the Sardinian Government as to whether it would adhere to the treaty of the 10th of April, or place a body of troops at its disposal. By some acci dent these instructions were delayed on the road, having gone first to Marseilles, then to other parts of Italy, and they did not reach Turin till the 12th of December. At the same time official despatches were received from the Governments of England and Fiance, instructing their respective ambassadors formally to invite the King of Sardinia to adhere to the treaty. The Government re plied that it never would have consented to place a body of troops at th e di sposa l o f E ng l an d, b u t th a t it was in ,lined to treat for adhering to the treaty of April. This ed to th e m ilit ary and financial convention actually under di-,cnssion. Count Cavour then read an extract from a letter written by Lord Clarendon on the 31st of Jan. to Mr. Hudson, to show the friendly feeling entertained for Sardinia in England. The extract is as follows : " Dear Sir,—l shall always remember with pleasure that my last act in this office will have been to put my signature to the ratifications of the treaty with Sardinia, a treaty which I think will prove of very essential ad vantage to both countries—to ours by providing us with a fine body of troops, and to Sardinia by raising her in the scale of nations, and by placing her iu a position to which the Sovereign, the Parliament, and the people of that country have acquired a just right. You may assure Count Cavour that the treaty is popular in this country in all the great towns, I may say oven villages ; popular to a degree of which he can scarcely form an idea, with a people which generally takes very little in terest in the affairs of foreign states. There exists in the length and breadth o f E ng l an d s o much admiration for the wisdom and courage displayed by Sardinia under ' difficult circumstances, so much sympathy for its success ful efforts in establishing rational liberty, that any mea sure of a nature to draw closer the bonds between the two countries is received with a sentiment bordering upon enthusiasm." The reading of the above letter created considerable sensation. Count Cavour then pointed out the danger that would arise for Sardinia and the rest of Italy if Russia were allowed to have a preponderance in the East and become master of the Mediterranean. Russ a, he showed, once master of Constantinople, would soon be master of the Mediterranean. The Black Sea would be a Russian lake, and, with a nation with a population of 70,000,000 inhabitants, would become the greatest naval arsenal of the world—an arsenal against which perhaps all the other maritime powers could not pre vail. The Black Sea having become Russian by the closing of the Bosphorus, the keys of which would be in the hands of the Autocrat, would be nothing else than the roadsted of Sebastopol enlarged into gigantic proportions. Perhaps some one might say " And what matters the lordship of the Mediterrauean I It does not belong to Italy, it does not belong to Sardinia, it is in the possession of England and of France; instead of two masters the Mediterranean will have three." I cannot suppose that such sentiments will find an echo in this Chamber ; it would be tantamount to a renunciation of the aspirations of the future. Count Cavour then pointed out how the moral interests of Italy would suffer by a preponderance of the influence of Russia iu the councils of Europe. He said—ln concluding the treaty with the Western Powers, the King's Government merely fulfilled a duty to the country. It obeyed no other inspiration, and no foreign government exercised the least pressure over its decisions. The Government adhered to the Anglo-French convention of the 10th of April, 1854, be cause it conceived such a course to be conducive to the real interests of the country, otherwise he would not have signed it. Considering the obvious justice of the cause embraced by England and France, it was impossible to hesitate an instant between neutrality and alliance. The supremacy of Russia in the Mediterranean would ulti mat2ly prove prejudicial t 3 the material interests of Piedmont. Wby had Piedmont been able to overcome nuinercus obstacles and consolidate her political insti tutions l Because she was invariably supported by the opinion of the world. Had we preferred neutrality (he exclaimed) we should have forfeited that favour, and ail the enlightened men of England, France, and Germany would have certainly condemned us. By joining the alliance and participating in the war, we no doubt ex pose ourselves to risks and national sacrifices ; but was a grand enterprise ever realised without some sacrifice? Our finances are far from being in so desperate a condi tion as certain persons are plea ed to assert. The unfa vourable find prejudicial re;ults which may accrue from the alliance for our maritime interests are greatly exag gerated. The situation of our trade cannot be modified by the war, whioh has already entailed severe losses upon it, and the merchants of Genoa merely anticipated the views of the Government, and actually declared war against Russia, by placing their vessels at the disposal of England and France for the conveyance of arms and sol diers destined to act against the Russian army. As for the Sardinian troops they are indignant at the thought of be jug assimilated to mercenaries. Our Government not only did not apply for subsidies, but would have refused them if they had been offered. The unanimous praise be stowed on the treaty by the most illustrious liberals in Rome, Florence, and Milan sufficiently proves the alliance to be favourable to Italy ; and as to our con tract with Austria, I will only say that Austria has placed herself among the defenders of civilisation, and that we did not seek her alliance. The conspiracies and dark intrigues of factions have destroyed Italy in the esteem of Europe. We must now convince Europa that Italy possesses that political good sense which renders liberty practicable, and that in Italy valour keeps pace with reason. The Parliament and population of Pied mont have demonstrated the first of these truths, and the other will be proved by the alliance and the conduct of our army. In terminating his discourse, Count Cavour addressed himself to reply to the criticisms of Count Revel upon the conduct of the Government during the last three years, and complained that in his speech his opponent had alluded to what had transpired in confidential inter course. The terms in which he did so appeared to wound the susceptibilities of the leader of the Right, for on the same evening Count Revel sent in to the president of the chamber the resignation of his membership. On the following day the president read the letter in the chamber. The count stated therein that he could not continue to sit in the chamber, because the president had not called Count Cavuur to order on the previous evening. M. tuoacompagnie observed that he had not done so because he found nothing worthy of blame in the minis ter's speech. Count Cavour begged that the chamber would not ac cept Count Revel's resignation. The chamber decided that the resignation should not be received. The debate was then resumed. M. Cabella, speaking against the treaty as a desertion of the Italian policy in augurated in IS4B, was of opinion that the Governments of France and England had, in inviting Sardinia to ad here to this treaty, been acting at the suggestion of Austria. Count Cavour said that, on the contrary, it was in the middle of December last that those Governments Asked permission of the Sardinian Government to coiumuni catelto Austria the fact of negotiations at Turin. With respect to the portion of Sardinian subjects which had been referred to, he said that M. Drouyn de l'Huys had given the agents of France instructions to protect Sar dinian commerce on the River Plate and in the Pacific. In the sitting of the chamber on the Sth, Count Revel withdrew the resignation which he tendered on the pre vious day in consequence of his altercation with Count Cavour. In making the announcement he said the unanimous vote of the house, refusing to accept his resignation, had deeply moved him. He received it as a mark of the esteem of his colleagues, and their con- , fidence in the rectitude of his intentions. If he had been permitted to finish the sentence which Count Ca your interrupted, he would have said that he did not consider the conversation which he was blamed for re peating a private one. Upon this Count Cavour with drew his expressions, and the incident terminated. The debate on the treaty was resumed by M. Correnti, who spoke in favour of it, although he was of opinion there was much to be said on b o th sides. Ho thought that substantially the present war was one of civilisa tion against barbarism. There were but three practical courses of policy. There was the sensual policy—that of the ancient peoples who undcrstoed what they wanted themselves, but did not extend their views either to foreign countries or to the future. There was the em pirical policy —that which succeeded the middle ages, a policy of weight and measure, which marshalled nati o n s by a inerchaut' e scales. And then there was the policy of equilibrium, which was the policy of the present day ; and in default of a hater it was de , ,itable to act up to that. As to the true policy of principles and peoples, the most they could do in it.; favour was to defend civili cation as much as they could The speaker concluded with seine severe remarks addressed to Austria. I\l. MENAPREA, a member for the Savoy, saw much that was objectionable both in the treaty and the military convention. He observed that Piedmont took upon her- Fell the obligation to furnish a definite number of soldiers, while the other contracting parties were bound by no reciprocal engagement. The contingent which Pied mont was to send to the Crimea appeared to him very large, in proportion to the French and English armies. A Sardinian general was to have the command ; but would this general have a deliberative voice in mil whatitcry councils ? Had the house sufficiently considered they were undertaking when they promised to hl _ in furnish and keep up an army of 15,00 0 men . The y nmr n t ta a i n n2do annual ud barelylcontinoe,enstuflioefe to 10,000 maintainm e , t h l u ie t ir th a is rm h y e mai i of the Crimea at the full complement stipulated. In the French camp there was a loss of 60 per cent, per annum in killed, wounded, and sick. They could not erect ADELPHI ThEATEE. After a long sleep of upwards of twenty years Auber's Le Dieu et la Bayadere was last night revived at the Adelphi Theatre. When we last had the pleasure of witnessing this delightful ballet opera, it was at Drury lane, when under the lesseeship of Captain Polhill, the celebrated Mr. Wood sustaining the part of the Un known, Mdle. Duvernay, that of the Bayadere, Mdle. Augusta, Fatima, and Miss Betts, Ninka. After such a long repose, we think it necessary for the rising gene ration " to explain, in as few words as possible, the plot of Le Dieu et la Bayadere. The story of the play turns upon a Hindoo legend of a deity banished from Heaven, and doomed for a certain time to wander on earth until some offence to a higher power is forgiven. The doom of the Unknown is to wander on earth until he has wooed and won a devoted heart, and with this object in view he directs his steps towards Cashmere, where he arrives and wins the affections of one of the bayaderes, Zoloe, the beloved of the Chief Judge. The Unknown having freely expressed himself upon the cruelty of the Grand Vizier, a decree is issued dooming the rebellious subject to death ; and just as all things are going on as the most ardent lover could wish, the captain and his guard ar rive at the gates of the palace of the Chief Judge, where Zoloe had been dancing ; and to avoid the guard, Zoloe contrives to secret her lover in her palanquin, on which he is borne to her cottage. The Unknown, however, proves to a degree ungrateful for the noble ant of Zoloe, and his attentions to Fatima are sufficient to arouse the jealousy of Zoloe. At this moment the guard arrives, the Unknown escapes, but his lover, whose participation in his escape has been discovered, is condemned to be burnt at the stake. The fire is ignited, and the doom of Zoloe appears certain, when the Unknown appears, as Brahma, and carries off La Bayade're to the regions of bliss. We shall dismiss the musical characters in a few words. Miss Woolgar did all she possibly could as the Unknown, and Paul Bedford certainly did for the Judge. Time was when Paul could sing the music of the most eminent composers, but now the style he seems to like the best is the "Jolly nose' school. The part of Zoloe, the bayaddre, beautifully given by Mdlle. Mara,quita ; her pantomime was unmistakeable, and her dancing exquisite. The celebrated shawl-dance was well executed by the corps de ballet, and elicited loud applause. The piece has been alunrably " mounted ;" and the finale—the ascent of Brahma—was gorgeous in the extreme. This admirable revival, in coujunction with the successful drama of Janet Pride, will render any other novelty unnecessary for months to come. The house was, of course, crowded, Who ever knew the Adelphi otherwise I Waal EXETER HALL. A fashionable and crowded audience bore, testimony last evening to the high estimation in which Mrs. Fanny Kembly's readings generally, and of that most exquisite of dramatic fantasies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, in particular, are deservedly held. Nothing finer of the kind than this lady's rendering of the play as a whole has it fallen to our lot to hear. No stronger proof of its excellence could well be adduced than the fact that the accompanying music of Mendelssohn never menaced the supremacy of the poet, or did more than serve as an adjunct to the illusion. The last, it may be said, in kin and kind of an illustrious family, whose histrionic triumphs are imperishably associated with the palmiest era of the British stage, Mrs. Fanny Kemble will ever present herself with irresistible claims to public favour, evoking, as she does, in the minds of playgoers a host of cherished recollections. And when to these must be added the possession of a cultivated mind, a genial ap preciation of the text, and well•disciplined dramatic powers of a high order steel extensive range, there need be no hesitation in saying that her suc cess on this occasion was such as no living artiste could surpass. If , then, she fails in doing full justice to the Midsummer's Night's Dream, it may reasonably be supposed it is because no single indi vidual can do otherwise. Let the reader but conceive the difficulty of rendering, as it were, at one and the same time, the tripping gaiety and sportive malice of Puck, the exacting jealousy and lordly good-nature of Oberon, the charming waywardness of the lovely Titania, and the ineffable conceit And whimsical humour of , ‘Bully Buttons " the weaver, together with the less in dividualised characters of the remainder of the dramatis re) some, and the need there is of rounding with a true midsummer haze the entire Dream—and the wonder will be that so much was achieved, rather than that the performance fell short of what an exigent imagination could desire. For our own part, the impression left on us by the reading is such that we anticipate with the greatest pleasure another opportunity of enjoying so great a dramatic treat ; and we trust it will not be long, whether at Exeter Hall or elsewhere, before it is afforded us. The incidental music, as might be expected, suf fered nothing under the direction of Mr. Benedict ; but, on the contrary, told with great effect, and appeared to give more than usual pleasure to the audience. The " Wedding March," that most spirited and jubilant of marches, was warmly encored, and the efforts of the vocal performers apparently gave great satisfaction. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.--MISS GLYN'S READINGS. —Miss Glyn read Macbeth last night, to a very nume rous audience, at the Polytechnic Institution. Her in terpretation of the play was such as to give intense de light to her auditors. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Messrs. Grieve and Telbiu ara sedulously following the progress of the war. 13alaklava, was the last previous stage, and yesterday they advanced as far as the affair of Inkerman, which furnishes four new scenes full of life and action, and well worthy to follow the ether illustrations of the conflict in the Crimea. Another new picture, likewise exhibited for the first time yesterday, represents the storm in the Black Sea that occurred last November. This picture, grand and effective in itself, is rendered more so by the dioramic effects of lightning and by the scenic arrange ment of the foreground rockF, which are attached to a rattzo medium. The whole of the ra.)ney taken yester ' day aftt.rnoon wasdevoted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin to the Patriotic Fund. SOCIETE FRINCAISE DE BIENFAIS,\NCE.---Among the many charit role institutions for which London is re markable there is none that can have stronger interest fur the British public than that the name of which ap pears at the head of this notice. The Frerch and Eng lish nations, after having been for maly centuries en gaged in fierce riva'ry 'dm one against the other, have recently come to a better sense of the duties of their high mission as civiii3crs cf the world, and now wage as brothers in arms a stern war against great enemy. To such a connection charity cannot appeal in vain, aed therefore we . were by no means sur prised to find that at the Lail given yesterday evening, at the Hanover - square Rooms, in aid of the Socidtd de Bienfa6ance, the British public showed, by a numerous and brilliant attendance, their sense of the services of our gallant Allies in the Eastern war. This soc i e ty, founded in 1342 by the late gifted Count D'Orsay, un der the patronage of the then French Ambassador, Count St. Aulaire, has been the means of reieving hun dreds of deserving Frenchmen, whom political or other causes had driven t') take refuge amongat us. 69 91 66i 99 86 x d 1001 i 69 8 9i 59 i GI 1 2i a i 20 39 38 x al that their own losses would be less. Coming to the financial question, be would say that France, which pos sessed an excellent military organisation, had found her• self taken by surprise in this war. What should they do ? Hundreds of horses and several carriages would be requirei for a single battery. Why had the ministry given them no estimate, even approximately, of the ex pense ? The debate was going on when the post lett. ZETE CONDUCT OF THE TVAR. (From the Times of this day.) A. noble Roman once received the thanks of the Senate because, at a disastrous crisis, he had not des paired of his country. Neither do we despair of our country. Yet we confess that our faith in the star of Old England Is just now very much tried. It is very true that when England is thoroughly convinced that au opinion, or a party, or a Government, is false, or rotten, or unserviceable, it rises and shakes itself with considerable energy ; but, that done, the sluggish na ture of the animal returns, and it acquiesces without a murmur in some new infliction. So little ha 3 it wended itself so.netimes by its most frantic efforts of self-vindi cation that its last stite seems worse than its first. In all seriousness are we bound to be particularly hopeful, sanguine, exulting, and so forth, at our new ministerial prospects ? Certainly there is a change ; the firm has re appeared with a new head, and the faulty department has been simplified and invigorated. What dias passed, too, may operate as a caution for the future. Butdismissing all comparisons with the past, and leaving Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle in that retirement which we doubt not they aro ready to enjoy, let us count and con over our men. The real difficulty, as stated by Lord Grey, and as solved by all the Governments of Europe except our own, is the position of the War Minister in the Cabinet. Shall we ever put all our strength into the war till the Premier and the War Minister are one ? 'Will any War Minister ever throw himself fairly into the contest so long as he feels that he may be snubbed and checked, for little or for much,—in fact, so long as he feels his hands tied, and his arms without their full swing ? But now for the War Department itself. Lord Pan mure has always shown administrative power, in a cer tain routine, under the iron age of the Duke. Some thing more is wanted, for we have to make reforms and administer them at once. If any Minister starts with the feeling that there has been a great deal of nonsense talked about reform, about the faulty organisation of the army, about aristocratic influence, and that it is safer just now to resist than to give way to such cries —in fact, that the British public is the enemy we have most to fear, and not the Czar & then we confidently pre. diet, and most earnestly desire, a speedy and unpleasant termination to his reign, for every day of it will be so much loss to the honour and influx of his country. This may or may not be Lord Panmure'e feeling, but unfor tunately nobody can assure us that it is not. We must add, with a feeling of anxiety almost approaching to consternation as we think of it, that his lordship is liable to fits of the gout that entirely disable him front business for weeks together. As this disorder is well known to be brought on by hard work or anxiety, it is too possible that at the very time when a War Minister is most wanted we shall find ourselves practically with out one altogether—nay, worse than without one, as the War Minister and his office may be in bed together, leaving the whole world, that is the whole British world, but unfortunately not the Russians, to wait till he is about again. With this casualty always in pros pee', it becomes a very important question who is to be Under-Secretary of War ? Mr. Layard had been desig. nated by report for this office, but we believe he is thought rather too good a man for it—that is, too much of a reformer, and with too strong impressions of what ought to be done. It is with something like dis may that we find it stated by two respectable and gene rally well-informed contemporaries that Mr. Frederick Peel is to hold this most responsible office. With an illustrious name, and with every advantage, this gentle. man has not yet shown a capacity for anything but the merest desk-work. Possibly an office which gave more scope for his powers would elicit hidden virtue ; but England cannot afford experiments that cost thousands of men and millions of money to ascertain whether a man is more of a man than he has hitherto shown him self. At all events, "a war to the knife " with Russia is not the proper occasion for risking our all on the pos. Bible inspirations of a known mediocrity. With this future before us, let us look to the present. We are told " it is confidently hoped the First Lord of the Admiralty will be well enough to resume his Parliamentary duties by the end of the week." If we remember right, this paragraph is periodical, and may be stereotyped for use. With two immense fleets sail ing about in the presence of the enemy, and not in the best passible concert with the other arm of the service, besides smaller squadrons and odd frigates scattered about nobody knows where all over the world, and with, the evident necessity of an entirely new 'class of ships, batteries, and gun-boats, it is far from re-assuring to find that Sir James Graham may, perhaps, be out of bed sometime before sprint. But, proceeding to another appointment, we presume that the office of Commander in-Chief in Ireland is not an absolute sinecure. It is true that the army in Ireland is left very low, but on that account it may require the better handling, and the man selected to succeed Sir Edward Blakeney is Lord Seaton, now in his 80th year. The example, at least, of octogenarian appointments is bad. We proceed. One of the most serious disasters of this war has been officially ascribed to the " misconception " of ast order, and nothing is so necessary to war a the full possession of the senses. Yet Lord Rokeby, lately sent out to command a division, is sail t be "as deaf as a post." Admiral Boxer, having been found incompetent at Constantinople, has been ap pointed to command at Balaklava—that is to say, at the very port in the whole world where it is now of moat importance for us to have a man of first-rate ability. Ile made chaos out of order in the Bosphorus,—he is appointed to make order out of chaos at Balaklava. For our part, we frankly confess ourselves rather alarmed at the perpetuation of this class of appoint. ments. We are engaged in a death struggle with a Titan whose growth exceeds anything in history, and which, indeed, has sprung into a gigantic empire withi n the memory of living men. It is all youth and spirit, miles ahead of us, tied by no precedents, bound to no class, hampered by no constitution,scarcely even softened by the sentiment of nationality. Itis amero conspiracy on the largest possible scale for the conquest of the world, with a real autocrat at its head. Its discipline, its tactics, its artillery, its devices, are all of the newest, and hitherto it seems to have got the advantage over us, and to have won even the substantial fruits of our very victories. Against this formidable Power, that threatens and im pends over modern civilisation and the liberty of the Old World, we summon to office octogenarians with one foot in the grave, valetudinarians, " martyrs to thegout," and various other terrible disorders—the blind, the deaf, and the lame ; the sons of great men ; and, in a word, everybody except men of undoubted ability, with no ro• commendation but ther talents and services. There is no doubt that there exists exactly the same variety of materials in the British and Russian services, but, un fortunately, there is as little doubt that we select what the Russian Government rejects, and reject what they select. They put aside the officer who shows the smal lest unfitness, and degrade for what we should consider a very venial error. Everybody serves with the full knowledge that the Emperor's eye is upon him, aea neither merit nor delinquency, achievemest nor failure, will pass unnoticed or unremembered. With such a sys tem we must not pretend to cope, so long as we refuse to employ the very best men we can find in the whole of the British empire, in whatever service, under what ever name, and in whatever; field of action they have woo their reputation ; and, we will add, whatever their ori gin, their politics, or their friends. Perhaps there are inconveniences in such a course. Be it so. But let U. choose either one thing or another. Let us not expect to be conquerors in the field, and mere partisans, jobbers, or tuft-hunters at home. MAJ NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. ditto. m nrII 3I F o r: Lt o 51 1315631d0w a n d hay str a w,2l 1 1 5 1 s 4 t g o t . 41 1 1 1 51 0 0 s d p ; er clo lo v ad er . supply limited and trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ ISs to 41175; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ lls per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at f u ll q u o t a ti ons. WHITKCHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 14s; clover ditto, 31 Os to 5/ lfis ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 11 103 per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL. TEA. — There is rather more activity, and common Congou has been in request at 94d. to 93d. per lb. The public su sales tn— .azefaanirtiouinnqculryeciforet.hisets2otfohrihnostnie use, and this rates are steady. The quantity taken from the East and West India Docks last week, for home consumption, was 1,446 hhds, 240 tierces, and 260 brls. The stock in these places is--9,056 hhds, 1,710 tierces, and 1,212 brls. COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but plantation is at full prices. GINGER.—At auction 141 cases, 105 bags, Cochin partly, sold at 29s to 40s for small to mid bold. RlCE.—This article is more wanted, and prices tend u pwards. RUM. — Attention has been absorbed by the taking of the Government contract for 122,000 dollars. There ware taken for home consumption from the above-named esta• blishments 269 puns., and the stock is 5,192 puns. and 17 hhds. There were exported 11$ puns. and 1 hhd. COTTON.—There is very little inquiry. SALTPETRE.—PIicesare high, and there have beenmo: rate purchases. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is firmer, being 5 7s to 575 Gd per on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) Feb l3 —Winl a'l'vdithwaeatli lighter f t a l l l l i s 0 f d clay 0 : , t , LONDON . • ni°Tibere4Zlnbtvreeebzeeen 10 degrees of frost dui ins a n , ( , ) , , i n h , a N td .E fi i . . o,3 ; t. the night. RAm6GArE, Feb. 12.—The Mary and Sarah, from Shields to Bordeaux, which get on the Goodwin Sands on the 27th ult., was as:A.,ted off and into here, and requires some 7 epairs to her bottom. rORTSMOETiI, Fcl). 1 2.—Wind, E.X.E. Arrivel— H.M.S. Nankin, from the eastward. Sailed—Amazon, fur New York. COW ES, Feb. 12.—Wind, E. Arrived—Steadfast, from Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed— Solent (s), for the Brazils. PLYMOUTH, Feb. E.N.E. Arrived—Can.. dace (s), from the Coast of Africa, on freight 2,000 oz. of gold. THE TEA TRADE, Feb. 12.—The deliveries in Londe' made up for the week were 651,1561 b., being a decreses as compared with the preceding ;statement. 20 20 33i 10 20