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O:WU 1f.4:4tt4 E.—Leisatie, Mr. E. T. Smith.- licau.nd Prlcea a 3 usual.— A 31orning Performance every Wo4oooday, ac Two o'clock. THIS EVENING. F . °l 3 . 24, Will be rerfo:med DOVES IN A CAGE. Aftar which, THE WRITING ON THE SHI:TPERS. To conclude with the Pantomime cf JACK AND JILL. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Ruekstone. THIS EVENING. FEB. 24. Will be performed GUY 11 iIf.NERING. Henry Bertram, Mr. G. Tedder; Meg Merrilees, Miss Cushman. Followed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE ‘ ,.. 11° ,PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl wlao Lost her Sheep. Little ""„„. 'reel), Miss L. Thompson ; harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Pantaloon, Yr. W. Babies; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columb,ne, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kmatr. THIS EVENING, Fan. 24, Will be performed the Comedy of 7HE LANCERS. Principal characters by Mees at. Meadows, Ryder, Melon, Everett, and I , avld Fisher; Mrs. Winetanley, Mrs. W. Lucy, Leclercq. Misses Daly, and C. After which will be nroduced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-P.EMID; or, The Great Bashaw. harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. Hullne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough.. TUEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectrass, Madame Celeste. TIIIS EVE NTNG, FEE. 24, Will be performed a new and orig!nal Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET ri:ETEL. To be followed by 'I HE UNK23 . OWN AND BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Iledfor-sl and G. Lee ; Misses Woo:gar and Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita sand l3enoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Managq r, Mr. A. Wigan. TIiI3 EVENT NG. FEB.n 24, - Wlll be presented the new OHM . dletta, called TIT FOR TAT, in which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wig: at, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRU) AY. Aster which, a new Fairy Exta•avaganta. entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING 011. THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr, F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and VLrs. Fitzallan. ASTLEY'S ROICAY,". A3IPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mannner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS 'EVENING, 107th time, the BATTLE of the ALMA ! to which will shortly be added, the Battles of Balakiari and of Inkermau. After which, the Brilliant'. SCENES of EQUITATION In the CIRCLE. To conclude with (the la.st wee k ) the Grand Comic Pantomime called GULLIVER and tt Le LILLIPUTIANS; or, Harlequin and Britannia. B o x..ofnee open from E !even till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manger. It Ir. W. A. eooke. Equestrian Director W. Conke, ROYAL STRAND TILEA.TRE. Under the direction of Miss Itebecat Isaacs. T [HS EVENING Will Le r Pr allned the popular Burletta, OUR NELLY. Principal character, Silas Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAWN. To conclude with HMI/ LIFE BELO W STAIRS. HIG/I WATER AT LOV:DON BRIDGE. Tim D A , —Morning 4 min.efter 7 Evening 23 min.aft. 7 Ts-lioaaow—...,lorning 0 min.after 8 Evening 38 min.aft. 8 WEATHER.—gar, Own, Feb. 24. THEEMOMETEB, I 2 THE SLIDE 39—highest since noon ye,fterday. 36—'owest this morning and during the ntght. 41—this day, at noon. BARON zrza, 30'03. WIND, S.S.V.—Light, with fine shining weather and strong thaw. t ek-stA-4-14: - - )1111, LONDON, FAA.TURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1855. Well, " the deserted" trio have offered their explanations. The House of Commons patiently listened to the complaints put forward by those who considered that it was not only the duty of their fellow representatives to stultify themselves, by rescinding the vote previously carried by an overwhelming majority of more than two to one, but of their Ministerial colleagues, to run counter alike to House and country in order to gratify their untenable demand. Sir JAMES GRAHAM has branded tho remaining members of the Cabinet as the deserters, because nine or ton did not submit to three or four, and Messrs. GLADSTONE and HERBERT assumed a similar position. They wanted, in fact, to he supreme in the Cabinet--to reduce the pre sent Premier into a mere cypher, like the good and excellent ABERDELM, who, while denominated First Lord of the Tr - Jasury, cared little in what manner or by wlion the duties of the situation were discharged --who only sought the name of power, while ho delegated its exercise to younger and more vigorous hands. In this they were dis appointe4. Lord PALMERSTON felt that Ile had already sufficiently fled in the face of public opinion by the formation of a Government so identical in every respect with that which had just been censured and dis mißsed from office, that even a microscopic exami nation could not detect the slightest distinction ; a Government that professed to be impressed with the same opinions, and resolved to persist in the same policy, as its cashiered predecessors. He could not go further, he could not do more, than inti mate a desire that the inquiry should be post poned or allowed to remain in the hands of Government. When the unpalatable nature of the alternative was so plainly perceptible— when it must have been obvious that it would have been a suicidal policy to have staked the existence of the modified Cabinet on a determined opposition to the formation of the proposed com mittee, the PREMIER yielded, and had every reason to anticipate that those who had so re cently agreed to hold office under him would have exhibited equal deference to the popular voice. They, however, thought differently, and hence the speedy destruction of the PALMERSTON Cabinet ; and the elaborate explanations of the three gentlemen, who, notwithstanding the pos session of great oratorical powers, totally failed in the attempted self-justification, or in inducing the House to believe that they had acted fairly toWards their colleagues ; or were undeserving, the appellation which they had so indignantly' rqudiated. It was not alleged by any of the Right Honour able Gentlemen that, before giving in their adhe sl°ll to.. Lord PALMERSTON'S Government, they' 1114 made any stipulation, or even inquiry, as to the Course to be adopted in reference to the . imPeliding Committee.lMr. GLADSTONE went even further —for, i prmerful and n an e x pl ana ti on , e li c it e d b y the brilliant speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the member for Bucks, he distinctly declared that "it Was never made the subject of stipulation at all." What shadow of excuse, then, had they, or any of them, for assuming that the inquiry would be resi • sted, even at the expense of another humiliating defeat, an o th er stinging censure? Had they really resolved not to submit to the demand of the House they should have clearly and explicitly stated their intention, and afforded Lord PALMERSTON the option either of declining the task of forming an Administration, or of striving to make it p6r feet in the first instance, when all the re-ele:ltions might have been got over at the same time. This point alone is sufficient to decide the verdict of the House and country on their con duct. They have attempted to rest the decisi v o vote of the 29th January ou distinct grounds—tha,t many of its supporters regat . ded it merely as a vote of censure, and supported it for that purpose, with out any desire to have the investigation carried out. Without assenting to this proposition, or ._admitting that a matter is to be taken, by a s pecies of P ar li amen t ar y fi c tio n , in. any other than - 9 or dinary and common-sense meaning of its term s , we may ask, Does it justify the notion that the demand of the House for a change of A d nistra,ti on _ the effect of a vote of censure, or no confidence, could be satisfied by the substi tution of the younger for the elder DROMED— that so slight a shuffling of the cards could content the People. No. Were it really solely meant as "no confidence" in the Government, it could scarcely be supposed that the shuffling of the pack and trifling change of position of two Members would have reversed, the prevalent opinion. The ex-First Lord of the Admiralty- dis covered an additional and, if well founded., most cogent reason against proceeding with the inves tigation. It might, forsooth, offend the Et nperor NAPOLEON, imperil our amicable relations - with our faithful and highly-prized Allies—the 'French People. And who is it that has made this dis covery ? The Lord of NETHERBY, the Member for Carlisle, who made on the husti) 7.gs a speech pregnant with the most scur.rilous, wanton, and uncalled-for vituperation against the august personage about whom he is now so I Lender. If Louts NAPOLEON had that littleness of mind, that pettiness of purpose, which the Right Hon. Baronet so unwarrantably assumes, his (WI/ ap pointment, and that of Sir CHARLES WOOD, who, ou the hustings at Halifax, committed a s imilar offence against good feeling, would bait been fatal to the Alliance. Sir JAMES GRA 1113 f is certainly the last man who should put forward such an argument. We have heard the ostensible reasons for the abandonment of office. We fear, howei •er, that there was something left unsaid that t might truly have been put forward ; that it% might have been stated that the Peelite Member s of the late Cabinet were not willing to serve under any but a Peelite Premier, and that the earliest op portunity was taken of aiming a decisive, or what was intended to be a decisive, blow at the PAL MERSTON Government, with the view to the speedy return of the dissentients, with GLADSTONE in the much-coveted position of First Lord of the Trea sury and the undisputed ascendancy of "Pee Lim." Although we heard the explanations cf the retiring Members of the Government ha t night, we know nothing of the intentions of the remain ing Members of the Cabinet. It is tr ue that Lord PALMFRSTON declared that "until they find that they have lost the confidence of Par liament and the country, and that the LI ation is disappointed with and condemns them ii,stead of being disposed to support them, they w)11 exert themselves to the utmost, and would not fly from the posts where the confidence of the Crown had placed them." This is all very well—vbut it is unquestionably rather vague, and the nation wants something more than a piece of declamation, however smoothly worded. Some degree of in formation ought to be afforded as to the progress made in filling up the gaps occasioned by the se cession of so many influential members of the Government. A new edition of " Who's Who," in February, 1855, would be peculiarly valuable at the present crisis. : It is said that negotiations are going forward to secure the assistance of Mr. CARDWELL, who seems to have been promoted to the situation of "indispensable," vice GLADSTONE, superseded; that the cashiered ABERDEEN is conducting the negotia tions to induce the Right Hon. Gentleman to withdraw his refusal to the proposition. already made by the Premier: It is also doubtful - whether Lord CANNING can be induced to remain as the only Peelite in the Cabinet—" left blooming alone." The ex-Premier is said to be exceedingly ,desirous that the leaven of Peelism should remain in order to afford a loop-hole for the return of those who have " taken the bit between their mouths and bolted." And Lord PAL MERSTON is nibbling at the insidious bait. If he desire, indeed, to retain—we should nailer say, regain—the confidence of the nation, which has already been seriously, if not irretrievably, compromised, ho will break up the connection and shako off the entire lot ! It would be well to be assured that he is not negotiating with Mr. BRIGHT-that we are not to have the accession of that Honourable Gentleman ' to a seat in the Cabinet, as a demonstration that Lord PALMERSTON is. not more disposed to seek for " peace at any price" or on any conditions even than his good and excellent predecessor himself. The Member for Manchester certainly assumed airs of extraordinary self-importance. He sprung forward to catch the Speaker's eye the moment that Sir JAMES GRAHAM sat down, as if he too had " explanations" to offer, a defence to put forward, or at least sup port to tender to the unexpected convert to Peace principles. Lord PALMERSTON appeared to regard the matter in this point of view. He went out of his way to allay the apprehensions of the Hon ourable Member—to assure him that there was no change in the conditions laid down by the late Government, indicating pretty clearly the nature of the instructions given to Lord JOHN RUSSELL in his mission to Vienna. It was not for this that the Noble Viscount was selected from his late colleagues ; nor is this the course that will induce the House or the country to yield unhesitating confidence to any Administration he may please to nominate. If he wish to obtain such support he must display greater energy and determination than he has as yet evinced—must prove that he is possessed of the qualities for which the country gave him credit. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. PROMOTIONS. Second Masters—E. Swain (1847) and R. C. Dyer (1848) promoted to the rank of masters. APPOINTMENTS. Commanders—A. C. Gordon (1853) to the Bulldog, 6, paddle-wheel steam-ship, of 500-horse power, for par ticular service ; H. C. Glyn to the Hecate, 6, paddle wheel steam-sloop, of 240-horse power, at Woolwich ; and T. D. A. Furtescuo (1854) to the Barracouta, 0, paddlewheel steam sloop, of 300-horse power, East India station. Master's Attendant—W. H. Parker to the Recruit. CAPTAIN CRAIGIE'S SUCCESSOR. Captain Sydney Dacres, R.N., is appointed Admiralty Superintendent of the Southampton packet station, in the room of Captain Craigie, appointed President of tho Transport Board. THE OTTOMAN CONTINGENT. Officers of the Honourable East India Company's army who are desirous of service with the Ottoman contingent will be pleased to present themselves at the India House, between the hours of 11 a.ni. and 1 p.m., on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday next, when an officer duly empowered to consider their claims will give them a meeting. (Signed) G. C. MUNDY. War Department, Feb. 24, 1855. tleckQinueg.ham.P hold a Privy Council on Monday next. at The en will DEATH OP Palace statesman and dipllo6n"ixßtT,l;l:ie'lls"Bir. . at the advance 1 n'at--- Thursday —e ' - '°n ( az° of 84 A party of 35 invalids• of the consisting of inert who had f either at Alma or Inkenti —This veteran at Brighton, Scots Fusilier Ginn] , anought and been wounded 1 Q ue en, at three o'clock yeeter w d ele ii4ected by the Grand Hall of Bucicingliampa ace. aY alternoon, iii 0 EWA RDS FOR DISTINGUISEFE D S ERVICRS Major Thomas , o f t he Grenadi er Guards, ii the R as S rergece iveant -- a n annuity of 20 !., with 24 . p er diem , in _ed avian! for his distinguished services at Inkermair, where, is conju nct i on with Private Lee , he saved the rigirnental col ours . The latter has been advanced to the rank of sergeant, with a similar pecuniary reward. THE BREAD .RIOTS.—The accounts publrahed yester. day by some of our con t e mporaries were very highly coloured. Last night, about eight o'clock, an immense number of men paraded the Calecionian-r , ead levying contributions. The police interfered with s UCCOgi. Up to two o'clock all was quiet to-day. • ~~. NE NUN. - k oignoic EVBNING, MC NIOIsrEY MARKET LATEST NEWS. AND CODCMERCIAL INTELLIG.E.NCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The cotton marketat Liverpool yesterday closed tamely. About 6,0)0 bales were sold, including 1,000 for export. The market for Railway Shares was very dull, withoat any particular alteration in prices. The further changes in the Ministry encourage the expectation that the half-and-half blockade system will be speedily terminated, and our enemy dealt with in the way most effectual for crippling his resources. The fallacies of Mr. Cardwell have been freely commented upon by the Baltic mer chants, and the following observations of Messrs. Smith and Charles serve to show the view taken:— "Mr. Collier's long-expected motion on the Russian trade was broaght forward by him in the House of Commons on Tuesday last. The object of the resolution, of which he on a former occasion gave notice, was to prohibit the overland traffic. For reasons assigned by him he now coined himself to a request for certain statistics, which was wanted as A matter of course. A debate of the deepest interest, however, ensued ; and it is, we think, impossible to peruse the masterly speeches of Mr. Collier and Mr. Mitchell without being convinced that by far the shortest if not the only mode of bringing the war, with all its horrors, to a close, is to pro hibit the trade with Russia. Mr. Cardwell's reply was for the most part occupied with an able expositionof the prin tiiples of political economy, but it was altogether beside the question as to whether or not the prohibition of the trade is calculated to bring the war to a close. He did, however, attempt to grapple with the details furnished by Mr. Collier and Mr. Mitchell; but in doing so he confounded arrivals here with purchases and payments in Russia—a fallacy which, in one sentence, Mr. Collier exposed, utterly demolishing the superstructure he had erected upon it. We sincerely regret, with Mr, Mitchell, that the learned member for Plymouth should not have persisted with his resolution, convinced as we are that he would have had a large majority—a conviction which was materially strengthened yesterday by the leading articles of two of our most influential journals, one of whom speaks of the present state of things as grossly inconsistent and flagrantly dishonest ;' the other of the Prussia neutrality as fradulent, permitting as it did the smuggling of Russian produce through her dominions.' One great principle at least the debate in question has elicited and established, viz. That a neutral is not justified "in creating and facilitating a now branch of trade' (e. g. in the case of Prussia, the overland traffic) for the purpose of benefiting one of the belligerent states, and thwarting the restrictive measures of the other' (e. g., our blockade). To exaggerage the importance of this truth is impossible, nor will it be suffered to lie dor mant by the people of England. It demonstrates that we have all along dealt too leniently with Prussia, permitting her to violate an international law : it places in the hands of the British Minister Plenipotentiary au irresistible argument for compelling Prussia to re linquish the overland trade ; it furnishes that country with a reason for so doing, which, with the Czar, must be un swerable ; and, finally, to him who would send capital to Russia for a supply of goods, it is a most significant intima tion that the key has been discovered wherewith the Russo- Prussian frontier may, at any moment, be locked. The sub ject may, then, be thus briefly summed up. It has been proved that the trade of Russia has virtually sustained no injury by our blockade, in consequence of the traffic being allowed to pass through the Prussian dominions. It has been proved that, to bring the war to a close, the trade of Russia must be prohibited. It has been proved that there exists au international law of which the Allies can avail themselves to compel Prussia to close her frostier against Russian produce. It follows that if the Allies do not avail themselves of this law they will be answerable for the lives which will be - sacrificed by such prolongation of the war as might have been avoided by their insisting on the law being observed. But such a supposition is almost inconceivable. We may, therefore, conclude that this stipulation will be in sisted on in the negotiations with Prussia. If sho refuse, it is a casus belli, and the trade will be stopped by our block ading her ports; if she consent, the trade will be stopped by herself." The position of the Bank of England remained comparatively steady during the week to the 17th instant, and, in the absence of an increased de mand for money, and with the exchanges compa ratively favourable, the sum of the precious metals was augmented. The amount to the credit of the Government was decidedly larger, but, unless means be taken to replenish the Treasury, the out lay will rapidly absorb the receipts, and leave a much smaller balance than usual towards the close of the quarter and prior to the payment of the dividends. Compared with the previous week the changes are as follows : Active circulation. £19,246,155 Decrease 281,820 Bullion Increase Rest Increase Public Deposita Increase Other Deposits Increase 3,290 4,898,602 434,733 10,174,871 127,555 Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Increase 894,885 63,806 11,538,227 20,425 14,584,340 17,351 7,067,075 531,635 The foreign excianges were very firm yesterday afternoon. Bills at 90 days on 'Paris wer© taken at 25 30 to 35, OD Amsterdam at 11 171 to 18, on Hamburg at 13 6 to 61, and on Trieste at 12 50 to 13. The bar silver by La Plata has been sold at 'ss. Ekd. per ounce. The supplementary estimates brought forward within the last mouth do nut appear to be all in cluded in the totals for 1854-5, and if this be the case, the expenditure for the present year end ing April next will be larger - than would appear. The supplementary estimates for army, navy, and ordnance were 9,481,0651., and it would be desirable to know if this all stands in the account as regards the year to April, 1856. There is no present ambiguity, though future supplementary estimates may occa sion an addition. The totals for 1855-6 are these— Army £,13,721,158 Navy Ordnance Tralisport • 5,181,465 £37,427,003 This is about twenty millions more than during time of peace, the transport item being, in fact, newly- created ; and for the ensuing year a revenue of about seventy millions will be requisite to esta blish an equilibrium with the outlay. There is scarcely any business doing in the English Funds, but the quotations are firm, the reported repulse of the Russians by Omer Pasha's army having a good effect. Consols have been 91, to -1 for transfer, aid 91k to 1 for account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 91 to 3,, and the Reduced 911 to g. Exchequer Bills continue at Gs. to 93., and India Bonds at 15s. premium. Bank Stock for account is 214. Foreign Securities hare been quite neglected, but are firm in price. The Spanish Certificates have been quoted 41. Turkish Bonds are firm at 752 to 76. Dutch 2i per Cents. bring 64. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 21 to 211 ; Peruvian, 70 to 71; ditto Three per Cents., 50 to 51 ; Port uguese Four per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 171 to 18 ; ditto Three per Cents., 3G to 36i • ditto Certificates, 4i to 5; ditto Passive, 41 t o 4i. The Railway Share Market, has been rather looking up, although the transactions have been on a limited scale. Caledonian, North-Western, and South-Western are higher. Foreign shares are quiet. East Indian are rather higher. In tke Colonial and other mining shares there is nothing doing, and the Banks and Land Com panies' are also dull. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE CYCLo,:,•. (From the Orseiesl List. j Business done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll g 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 3 por Cent. Annuities Ladia Bonds, £lOOO ......... Ditto, under £lOOO l5 Bank Stock for Account 214 Consols for Account, Bth March 9ll i Exchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 Small 4 7 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3} por Cent. 9 93 Ditto 1859, ,P PRICE OF FOREIGN - FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4l p o Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account 751 G Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 6la I'll 7 o O'CLOCK'. C msols 9l k Ditto, March Account RESIGNATION OF LORD CANNING.—We yesterday stated that' Lord Canning was hesitating as to whether he ought not to follow the example of his Pealite friends—Mr. Glad stone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and Sir James Graham, and resign his office of Postinastar-General, and his seat in the Cabinet. We have now to announce that his Lordship has tendered. his resignation. We are also informed that Mr. Frederick Peel and Lord Elcho are koverAlly likely to resign their situations. W e congratulate Lord Palmerston, and the country alike, on the complete purgation from Peelism which his Cabinet is undergoing. —Morning Advertiser. -• RECALL OF LORD JOHN—RU;iSELT,.—It was last night not only affirmed, but believed in the best-informed (par te , 7 - s, that Lord John Russell had been recalled from Vi Anna. The reason assigned for his Lordship's recall was, that - ' his presence was necessary in London, to whip up and drill the Whigs, so as that they should bo able to give an effective :support to Lord Palmetston's Administration. As our 'Ambassador, Lord Westmoreland, still remains at Ariegna, the recall of Lard aalan: will not interfere, in any way, with the negotiations for peace. .31 - orning Advertises.. Mn. JOIIN CARDEN, OF BARNANF.—According to a local journal, the statements respecting the broken health of Mr. Carden have been fully confirmed by medical investigation. SCARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Pald. RAILWAYB. (Closing Prices ycbterday. Business dons this day. . 25 St. 20 St. 25 3 1 2i, 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 15 20 20 50 10 5 20 20 20 100 204 100 20 8 10. 20 20 100 815 20 50 20 25 toc , l too too 100 1.00- 17? all all 1 al} 1418, 191 - 20 4 - 44 8 - 9 13 - 12± I 6 - 17 6tl 93 - 95 61 - 62 10 12 16} 10 31i 211 - - 13 ... --- ... 3 --- 2 6 - 7 - 14;!,, 114 -11 t, 29 - 31 20 - 22 72 74 55 57 2d par 194 20 70 - 72 88 3 / 4 - 893 70 - 72 i 26 - 128 90 - 92 , 65 - 653 60 - 62 . 741 74 5i - 6 ...C. 7 8h 96 98 991 1004 1 id I - 851 86 8 7 1 1 7 i 63, 23 23 7 a 681 ; - 69 41 43 Par P ll 9 50 - 52 3i 34 28 ... 29 8 10 1/ -1/ (.;; 73. y 6A,1 / —3/ 12/ 12/ F.O par Ad 43 4$ 5t 61 4d— 4 p _JOINT-STOI all all 24 10, Australasia Britik h Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and AUstralian Load; Chart. Bk. oi 29 - 31 99 - 101 64 - 66 45 - 47 12i 136 sgl 59 29 - 30 3 - 3A 16 17 3; - 4 23 - 25 - GA G - 7 Australia Ditto New London, and County Loudon Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New - 1 - 4 - 3 par A 24 - 21 • 321 -32 i &A -6; 141 - 1p 62 i 1 161 par 4P par— pp 12 i i 13 2i - 3 - 1 7 -17 i 95 - 97 95 •- 97 99 - 101 92 - 94' 2 d par 97 -- 100 1 .. dis : lip ljd i d 6i - 7 iia = 3iß 12 - 12 ". ". -- 9A 20a 20Ip 39 41 .. 22 223 ld par 21 8 ••• .... ••• ••• -. pm ••• -- •• 3 i - •3i - i• I iii BANKS. 80 -- 82 ••• --- ••• ld—id 2i —21 d 193 20 id in 36 38 National of Ireland.. New South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland 'O. I Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp C 0.... czonth Australia Union a AnstrAlia , Do. New Union of Loudon 13i if 31 - 36 36 - 38 741 i 1004 100 86. j 6 69 4 9 33 -- 40 63 65 7 a 591 8/ 29§ i 21i i 6 1 ' . ~- .~ ~: SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From the Times of this day.) The House of Commons ought to feel very much flattered. Never did any body hear so many compliments as were lavished upon it by three of its own members last night. Those three members had to explain how it was they found in the singular position of quitting the public service rather than acquiesce in the decision of the house twice in a fort night. Something like humility might have become the occasion, for when the house had come to its decision by a majority of two to one there was some presumption, not only that the house would stand to its own act, but also that the act was a good one. It wouldappear, however, that the house has lost character both for sense and for consistency with its own servants, for they are surprised to find it as coatuma. diens and obstinate as ever. They tell it gravely, that its decision, virtually unanimous, was unconstitutional; that it was the duty of Government, not of Parliament, to inquire; that it was playing into the hands of the enemy and damag ing our alliances ; that it had caused an absurd and improper resolution avowedly only as a stalking-horse for the censure and overthrow of the existing Administration ;. that, like one of the monsters of mythology, it was merely ravening for a victim or two, and ought to be satisfied for the present with the two " blameless" statesmen thrown into its maw. All this was very delightful for the House of Commons to listen td from its own spoilt children. A Cabinet that presented so nearly identical a composition as that which had retreated before the just indignation of the house stood on tender ground. It had, indeed, to explain. Last night, how ever, we were told that it rested with the house of Com mons to apologise and repent. It was the real offender. Somebody had to do penance, but it was not the Ministers who presented themselves once more in the face of a recent censure, but the censurers themselves. As there was no con.. siderable change in the intervals of the new Government, we• naturally concluded that it had at least renounced the worst. part of its identity—its resistance to the desire of the house, whieb would have rendered it, a new administration ; but these gentlemen expected . the house to change rather than themielves ; and as they find themselves once more mistaken, they have yielded to the rebuke which themselves have provoked. All that the public will see in this special pleading is an elaborate attempt to make the judge change places with the accused. If the House of Commons will only be so good as to give_ up inquiry on a vague promise of amendment, that will remove the very unpleasant stigma under which certain gentlemen find themselves. This is worth something, so no kind of appeal, however extravagant, is omitted. The Houae, we are told, has not the right to inquire. Who then has that right, and why are constitutional governments to be denied a privilege amply used by the autocratic ? But it is feared we shall endanger our alliance with the French if we tell all. If anything is to damage the character of the French, or to wound their vanity, it is these dark hints that they have somehow caused our misfortunes, and that but for them we should have avoided the disasters hitherto ascribed to simple bad management. The Frence have different views on the subject of blockade from ourselves, a different military or ganisation, a different staff, a different commissariat, and a different system of siege operations from our own, but on no point that we aro aware of have these differences affected the condition of our own forces, nor need they enter into the inquiry. What, then, is the position of the House of Commons, and what has it dwindled to, if it is not to begin inquiry till the war is over and there is a general oblivion of follies and crimes ? If all it has to do is to vote away the public money, twenty or thirty millions a-day; as it is doing just now, it may as well at once abdicate its func tions, and permit the tax-gather to be the only medium be tween the Government and the people. The estimates which it is taking on trust, as well as the votes for past expendi ture, are something portentous, offering the most ridiculous contrast to the work done for the money. If that money had been properly applied every private soldier in the Crimea would be living at least as comfortably as a gentleman with an independent income of 3001. a-year and a good club. Ho ought to have at least as good a roof over his head, as good a bed to lie on, as good a wardrobe, as good a breakfast and dinner, with a much better amount of medical care, in the event of anything happening to him. We_ ask to inquire how is it that the man who is the special object of this enormous expenditure and these delicate attentions rots in a puddle or a ditch, homeless, half-naked, famished, with the clouds for his canopy and the mud for his bed, 'reckless, and almost forgotten; and the gentlemen af fected by the inquiry, and some who should know better than to join them, get up and talk by the hour feeble stuff about the British constitution, the French alliance, the secrets of war, the interruption of, public business, and the hope that those things will not occur again ! Why, this inconvenient, dangerous, unconstitutional, trea-. sellable demand for inquiry, has already done more for the reform of our War Administration than has been done since the year 1815. It is very true that a Government can work more quietly and more effectually than a committee, and, what is more, Government, under fear of a committee, is working more quietly and effectually. Every day is now bringing us the gratifying announcement of some change in the right direction, which would have cost any minister his place ten years ago. But while there is the greatest anxiety to make the army as efficient as possible, every day brings aho to light some blun der, some omission, some difficulty fatal to success. Mr. Drummond, for example, says that in the new transport ser vice just organised and sent out the harness was forgotten. Our own correspondent in the Crimea writes that the boots lately sent out are of such bad material, so ill-made, and so much too small as to be already useless. The other day Lord Palmerston excused the destruction of our cavalry by famine on the ground that twenty days' forage was lost by the storm of the 14th of November. That was known in this country by the 30th of that month at . the, latest, and it would have been easy to convey any quantity of forage to Balaklava by January 10, at all events ; but Lord Raglan, writing on February 10, that is a month after, says " Fokage is our only want, and this arises chiefly from the Commissary-General not receiving from England the supplies of hay upon which he had reckoned." Let it be observed who are the men who would bribe Parliament off its old functions of inqUiry with their own promises of reform. Sir James Graham has been a political chief and a professed reformer, alternately in office and opposition, for twenty-five years. ' Mnr, Sidney Herbert has been thirteen years i❑ office, part of it Secretary at War, and therefore as well acquainted with 'our military expenditure as most people. Mr. Gladstoae has also has been very long in office, and all last year, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, had, under him the Commissariat and Transport services, which last Lord Pali mure emphatically asserts to have been no shadow, but to have had a substantive existence." Now, if a Government con d reform its own administration, if it,conld dispense with the authority, the researches, and the direct action of the house, and if it had 'the hearty desire which these three men claim for themselves, whir have not these reforms been done long ago ? Why (lid the late Administration present itself to Parliament last December with the reforms which their own melancholy experience had taught nein were necessary? But, in fact, they have sunk under -the- difficulties of administra tive reform. They avow theMselves _beaten. All that they can do is to defy the House of Commons to get to the root of the matter, and to pronounce the inquiry an im mense sham." Nay, the inquiry's not the only imposture, in their opinion. They do not even believe the truth of our dis asters. They set aside the concurrent evidence of ten thou sand letters, and refuSe to believe that of a noble British army scarce a third remains in the Crimea. Except whore another season was avowed, we should certainly think it unfair to ascribe the votes of members on the "late division to any other than an earncst, desire to get at the root of this hideous mismanagement. This is the universal feeling of the country, and when Lord Palmerston says that_ the country has taken up this aspect of the question from the house, that is only true in so far as the country had the feeling already. In fact, the country will know all about it, and that in time to do some good. Its painful curiosity is best expressed in a phrase with which Sir James Graham has supplied us. We hear that a British army has all but perished through want of food, clothing, and, shelter, six miles from a port filled with our ships, and we want " to know the reason why." . The Englishwoman hears that her husband or her son has perished from destitution, while all the wealth of England was being poured out for his aid, and she wants "to know the reason why." Fathers and mothers of noble or gentle birth hear that their gallant sons, in spite of clothing and comforts sent in vain after them, have died the death of a vagrant, famished, diseased, frostbitten, wasted away, and they want "to know the reason why." The House of Commons votes away millions upon millions, and sees huge sums down iu the estimates for great-coats and other warm clothing, food, fuel, stationery, medical stores, porter, roasted coffee, and such comforts, of which only a few dribblets have reached our perishing countrymen, and it wants " to know the reason why." It is too clear that the House of Commons will not learn " the reason why" from the ex-Ministers who addressed it last night, nor from any Government inquiry. The House of Commons alone can elicit "the reason why," and we enter tain no doubt that it will do so. If it fail to do se, the country will not hesitate to ask " the reason why" from the House of Commons itself. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS AT EUPATORIA. BUCHAREST, FRIDAY. A messenger who left Eupatoria on the 17th Feb., and performed the journey from Varna to Bucharest in 2G hours, brings the following despatch : EIIPATORIA, FEB. 17. The Russians attacked Eupatoria this morning. They were commanded by Liprandi ; and their numbers were 20,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. They commenced the attack an hour before day break, and had with them 70 guns. The conflict lasted three hours. The assault was signally repulsed. The steamers threw shells among the assailants. The Russians have 500 men hors de combat, tho Turks 150. Omer Pacha commanded in person. Selim Pacha was killed. Vast masses of cavalry and artillery are now as- sembled round Eupatoria. VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 23. It is related in this city to-night that a Russian attack on Eupatoria has been repulsed. This news requires confirmation. BERLIN, FRIDAY. Last evening, the special committee of the Se cond Chamber voted the war-credit by a large majority. The committee proposes—first, an address to the King, which, according to their sketch, is to express their dread of isolation, and the conviction of a policy based on that idea is the only guaran tee for the future of Prussia. Secondly, a rejection of the prolonged credit de manded by the Government. This second proposition was adopted by a coali tion of the Right and Left Extremes against the Moderate party. VIENNA, SATURDAY, 9 A.M. According to the local papers, the Russian Ge neral Mansuroff, who has recently— arrived at Brussels, is the bearer of the cession of the Russian possessions in North America to the United States for $30,000,000. M. de Titoff is expected here from Stuttgart on the 28th. ODESSA, FEB. 15. It is true that some small French mines have been destroyed by means of counter-mines, but with great loss of life on the part of the Russians. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. Lord John Russell leaves Paris to-morrow morn. ing for Berlin, on his way to Vienna. His lord ship, yesterday had an interview with the Ein. perm:. It is said that the Imperial Guard has received orders to prepare for foreign service, as well as several squadrons of the Guides. M. Thiers has met with a serious accident. ' Of the Emperor's departure not so Much is now said as for the last few days. But though people do not speak so much of the departure, it is not because they have ceased to believe in it, and con demn it. The latest accounts are that his Majesty is as resolute as ever, and that in answer to re monstrances made only yesterday by a diplomatic person, he observed, "Your arguments and your objections are precisely the same as those offered by the Ministers, but the army is suffering, and it is my duty to be with it." The only thing now doubtful is as to the day of his departure ; some affirm that lie leaves on Monday, others fix a pe riod more distant. All the journals are forbidden to publish the speech of Berryer at the Academy. • The Presse had previously struck off 5,000 copies of the first half. The speech contains an allusion to the degradhtiou of the - Roman people under the Lower Empire, and this is supposed to be the key to the unexpected blow. The Siecle is seized for an article by Eugene Sue, describing an orgio at the Maison Doree as a type of the luxury officially called prosperity, calling it Belshazzar's Feast, and demanding when shall we read " Mene, Tekel, Upharsin ?" The Toulonnais states that in a short time 25 guu-boats will be completed, and 20 of them will be supplied with steam-engines of 150-horse power. At the late reception of M. Berryer at the French Academy, it was remarked that M. Thiers and Count Mole were absent. M. Thiers has had his arm broken . in two . places by a fall, and Count Mole has for some days been confined to his house by indisposition. BOURSE, FEB. 23.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash, fr. c. - End of Mouth. 41 per Cents 95 50 - 95f. 80c. 3 per Cents 66 80 66 70 Credit Mobilier 738 75 Roman CriNlit Fonder 737 50 Austrian Belgian Fives .. .. .. .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese L B3 50 Home Debt • RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans l,lBO Lyons .. . 1025 Western 670 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 902 50 Havre 560 Northern A letter from Berlin, 20th, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" No doubt any longer exists, even in the circles the most hostile to an alliance with the Western Powers, that the treaty between them and Prussia is on the point of being concluded. Letters from Athens, of the 16th, mention that M. Jaimis, the Government candidate, has been elected president by the Chamber of Deputies. Accounts from Trezibond speak of great discon tent among the Circassians at the firman abolishing the trade in slaves, and that they intend to pro claim their independence. THE PENINSITLA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 23. The steam-ship Madrid, of the Peninsular and. Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Captain Neil Cook, with the usual Peninsular mail, in, charge of Lieutenant Charlton, R.N., Admiralty Agent, arrived this 23d d a y of February. Her dates of sailing were :—Gibraltar, Feb. 16,, 6.25 p.m.; Cadiz, 17th, 10.30 a.m.; Lisbon, 19th, OM p.m.; Vigo, 26th, 6.05 p.m. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. This afternoon the United States mail steam-. ship Pacific, Capt. E. Nye, arrived in the Mersey from the United States and British North America. She sailed from New' York on the Bth instant, having been detained by a snow storm. Her pas-, sage has been very severe. She has brought, be sides the mails, 40 passengers, and half a million dollars in specie on freight. MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA. General Post-office, Feb., 1855. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany being unable at present to resume the conveyance of the mails for Australia, via Singapore, the Postmas ter-General bas made a contract with the owner of the sailing vessel Blue Jacket, to convey the mails of March next round the Cape of Good Hope. The " Blue Jacket" is appointed to sail from Liver pool on the 4th March next, and all letters and newspapers for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Van Diemen's Land, posted in London up to the evening of the 3d March, or posted or re ceived in Liverpool up to the morning of the 4th March, and not addressed to be sent by any other vessel, will be forwarded by the "Blue Jacket." The packet rates of postage will be chargeable on let. te', but newspapers will not be liable to any postage. Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to forward letters t) Liverpool by cross post, will send in the same manner, on the present occasion, letters posted at their offices, addressed to A ustraiin. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mi n i ng J ourna l o f a l . The weekly reports of - the Mining. Share Market might e day.) almost be stereotyped, " the same as before," such is the absence of " interesting disco Teries," or of " exciting fe atures," either in the mines or iu tho spirit of speculation. a mvva,intnheorlitsomuounsaeytisifnaie The young mines, however, still keep up their periodical calls, Which, in many cases, are so ill responded to, that" it, would be bekter-tossogApeiattons altogothertha.n4o (won in. n t :s rY Cannot be made and those share holders who pay up p romptly complain loudly of the injustice The weather, also, of others being allowed to r ema i n so long in arroar. is now crippli ng operations at the mines, - - - - Aberdeen. Ambg. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. Wolverh. & AStour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lanesh. Clieshire Junet Do. Cheab. & Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £20... ►:lyth Sr, 'Fyn orig,ina £25 (issd. at .£l5. Bristol and Exeter, Caledoni an Carmarthen an Car Chester Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, 4i, Pass Cornwall en Junction Dublin &Bel castJunc, Dundee Perth&Aber ,teen •Junction Do. Yew St Allglian, Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A . . Stock r>o., B Stock Do., Now A East Lancashire Edinburgh & Gla.sgoi4 Mint). and Peebles Rd in. Prit. & Dundee & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow & S. WesterL treat Northern „ Do., A.. Stock Do., B. Stock I at. Sth. &Wef...t.(lre ) !Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk. . (rich Sontli-Flastern. Lancaster & Carlisle Do. ' Thirds Do. New Thirds__ Ls.neash. andYorksi- Do., Fifths Dl., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Crsby.ikSouthpt London & Black wal Lond. Bright Sr S.Cst Lond. awl N. Wean Do. Fifths Do.lo/.511.,31&8.... Do. Eighths bandon and S. `Vesta Do., £5O 1) 0., £4O I,ndlidrry& Color:tint Ludndrry. & Ennisk. ‘taneh.Shei.Sz, Limb Do. Shares, No. ' ►o., Man. & Lin. Un 'midland &Derb3 ',MM. G. West. (Ire, ) )o. - Half Shares 'ieaveastle & Carlisle Nrewmkt-Bury Este!) Nrwpt.Aberg. & Hrfi '{ewry & Enniskillet )le;trry Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor lorfoik , Tortlin.Conuties Un 'Torn British orth Devon, No. 1 )0., No. 2 )0., A A Deferred.. Do., i B Guaranteed 1 .Ea Eastern—:l: )o. do. Extension , D odo. o.Leds ePrnwricel Do. York \Forth London Do. Now £10...... Nr.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., Vortl. Staffordsltiro,. 'Tor th Western..,,,,, V. & S. Westrn. June Vuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. ,brford, Worcester,S; fVolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central l icottish Midland. ;hrelvsby. dr Herefil ihropshire Union iouth Devon iontl. Eastern -South Wales . 4. Yrksh. 6t Riv. Dui 1)0 ai n es , &Wei. . 2 1tockton k Davila 4 t(. - 21tton dr I lartlep! "aff Vale )o. £1) s hales. )o.• Pref., No. 1.... rhain , ..s Haven Doe' and ftftilway Vq.le of Neritil.., ,Vatertl. Vaterford&Linierid West Cornwall Vest End of London t. 11,1 Crystal Palace West London Croydop FOREIGN. A ntwerp,iz Rotterdam Reigiaii Basta. June Ilezi ors to Graissessae lkonbay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon.. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible no. do. do., '59, do (Id. Tk of CanadAA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Ct. Central of Franc.; Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad • Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Ifiamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c. prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Meditorran Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur dz Liege (witl interest) - Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and ErquelineE guar. 3$ p. c. & red.l at 22y. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 ' DO. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs4 NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris mid Rouen ParisCaen Qc Cheriri: Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Mouse Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 3outhern of France it. Andrew's and, Quebec (A) West Flanders..,, Do 5a per c. Prof_ Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand OUR ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. To rectify the various and daily mis-statements that are put forth on the state of the army in the Crimea would be an endless task. Now and then, however, some striking misrepresentation appears to which it is impossible to permit uncontradicted circulation. Such was the assertion that, on the Ist of January, Lord Raglan had barely fourteen thousand men capable of being brought into the field. E ven a l oss num b er was mentioned . Bntwhat was the fact ? We are enabled to state, on authority to whi c h we challenge contradiction, that en the day specified the total number of our army before Sebastopol was thirty eight thousand seven hundred and thirty-two men of all arms, from whom must be deducted for sick (absent and present) thirteen thousand nine hundrei and fifteen and one hundred and ninety-six for pri soners i n th e hands of the enemy, and the number actually available for duty will be found to have been twenty-four thousand six hundred and twenty-one Men, or upwards of ten thousand more than was publicly, but most falsely, stated—and this ex clusive of the Naval Brigade.—Morning Post. LLOYD'S SILLPPINGI-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 24.--Wind and weather this day a t noon S.W. ; light breeze, and fine we a th er . I t i s thawing steadily. There has been only 6 dogs. of frost during the night. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 23 . —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived— Madrid (s), from Gibraltar, &o. , FALMOUTH, Feb, 23 . —Wind, N. The upward bound were preparing to sail at 10 a.m. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 2 3.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Tartar, from Honduras. Sai!ed—A fleet of the outward bound. DARTMOUTH, Feb. 23.—The Zoe (barque), of Exeter, from Cardiff to Smyrna, foundered in the Bay of Biscay, 20th inst. ; the craw landed here, except one man, who was drowned. HULL, Feb. 23.--Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—Venerable, for Greenland. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGIIAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind, S. Arrived—British Quoon, from Constantinople. Off Port—Western Empire, from Now York. QUEENSTOWN, Feb.. 3. Arrived—Clansa, from St. Doming o ; Ilaensta, Ha 2 ytk; Sarah Milledge, Savannah • Syphertn, Callao ; Saghalien, Foo Chow F oo; Lord Seaton, Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.57 A.M.. Wind, W. • tide, hours' ebb ; cloudy. Arrived, 23d—Wilbeforce (s.), from Ostend. Arrived, 24th—Panther (s.), from Boulogne ; Rhine (s.), Ostend. - DEAL, Saturday, 9.25 a.m. Wind, W. ; Via arrivals. Advices from Pesth announce the death of Count Joseph Teleky, which took place on the 16th inst. A few due before the event he was engaged in writing his historical work on the Era of the Hunyadee. o.l''P? CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 6d per score i 121. to 16/. ; b u t c h ers ' ca l ves, 6d t o 0(1 1 0 1,ssVti, calves 00s to 00s each. Sheep, 6d. to 600 Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 40s to 6 ,t, 41 25s to 35s ; small , Os to UOs. Hough Pork carcases from 88 6d to 9s Od per score. INVERNESS.-11W. 90. 6611 r CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 64e Od " - t oe' pli t ley, chevalier, 28 s Od t o 29 s 0(1 • ditto COn 3 • J • , 27s Od. Oats, 26s Od to 27s Od. re' MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 238 eu ia "" 1 ( 1: 1 0 4 'is second, 00s Od. to Os Od; barleymeel , n i . ° 0 0 40, peasemeal, 17s 6d to Os 0(1; bran, per et° l3 ,aso u Vi' Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Od to 568 Od ; 2d "! . 01 )0 1 e• IP, 00s Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 14 - I t a l itedi to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od to 00s Id ; peasemeal, is 8d to Os Oil; i s ,b" 3s 6d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s 9d w"- BRISTOL SUGAR—Fgs• 2.3 ‘0 1/4 109 Owing to the scanty s u ppli es offering, ties.loroffit in raw sugars has been small. Refiners' g""joilli and prices weaker. In rums th ere i s little to. sales have only amounted to a small parcel o r immediate wants. ET.—rEB. 23._ ...M I " s.' ,he close of tlo a d, li e ' II wA" s ' i atior 01 Phalle W. Hartley l9B' d. O , west 1{ ...••••••''':::' Carr's Hartley l9 6 Hetten .......... Hol y well Howard's West Hartley Iletton LYong Long ridge's Wst Hartley ....... Netherton Walker Primrose ....... - 18 0 °Nvi) . 19 19 6 6 cPininneiner ............... BANK OF ENGLAND' es, cros , An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sthl7lct‘ves.,' • the Week ending on Saturday the 17th dal 01 V, "07 • ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 004:" • ht.' Notes issued .. 26,313,230 Government de- 1 07 Other securities •tl' •ilioo Gold coin and /„. silver ballio n '' • ( 4 0 ' MAltSfam•" COAL MARK/ Prices of Coal per ton at t' 6,313,230 Dated the 221 day of Feb.. 1851 Government Sea cil 01 (Includg•D ealQ 14 .110 Annuity) •• •• ~." 1 , 01, Other sec urltte S • Notes •• • •• et •..c.oll. Gold and silv p c Sk CO ( . MARSIIALL, PRICE OF SUGAR. T lo s :lli j c ;`', The average price of Brown or Muse ° , ArIOCIO, puled from the returns made in the we" It e" Feb., 1855, is 21s lid per hundredw el PlD °ll the duties of Customs paid or payable there portation thereof into Great Britain. :PARTMENT. vssro „ . COURSE OF 'EXCHANGE.- - ' .•• o . " Amsterdam 11 16U Gibraltar •• • ' ..,• • „•', Ditto, three months .. 11 18 I L eg horn •• •• •• Rotterdam . ..... 11 18 yi Genoa •• • • • •; „ Antwerp .............. 25 30 I Milan ••• • • • Brussels ........ 25 30 I Venice. •• • ' ~.* lO4 Ilambargh .......... 13 6% Naples •• " • Pari5........ .. • • .25 12% Messina • • ~ • Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon • • darseiLes • 25 35 Oporto •• • ." Itourdeaux • Hi° Jafleir ° ;; . .. ";, , Es ankfort•on - Maine •• .. 118 k Buenos AYr o ss,f f 4 Reran •• • • , New Fork , • • ,',7,1 1, ,51,; Vienna.......... 12 0 , PhiladelPhl_a, 0 Trieste.... Or P' 13° •• •• .... 12 0 parczs 0 ;0, Petersburg ............ 35 Foreign G„F' h t 00 i 4 Madrid ............... 49% P or t ug al ' O O 0 Cadiz ........ • lareelona „ „....... !',wrt. , bar' Seville.... C: Silver IA The dividends have Les; advert iseL lug litive tt s : a; debentures. The agents of .P f th 'l llOll t' f ment have published the tic t u h l s 0 e r , 0 , e 3 dovearsl7o 1 55 ' n ot; , celled under the proress of the t t ti bah e r aee n t a att l rehrn d eed e a b re t er . , 1 p T o n h e Mexican h o lders Bonds the os i a c t i r s , e c e i; e b 5 r ; i p ea t to o d th d e ur 3 i o ng th w o h f i j ch u these cl3ill' Kent sol,einther",, [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's ENT.] Efollow ne a ' y's Oi---g r ii i A le it e r . the most Effective Remedies for Wounustft'e! tbat.oli, f)rd of Dallinamene, county of Leitrim , 05' 7 ' p ii r, e j to Professor Holloway, dated Feb. B t l , l 'nn /14 1 cel ) J. Moran, farmer, in the parish a 0 '; ; 116 : 1 ' ' ;'''; gored to death by his own bull, vi ll - er- t h bei r - Ill 'ho 4) some very severe wounds, and fronlL -,,, to b e ' ` - 4 , a l‘ p i pearance there was no disposition in 0,.. e " t i00 , OLI tried various remedies without an e ll- 8 t fl'y ea Y 0 0 0" di ever, at his suggestion, Holloway's - i 600 s t a r were, used, which in a very short tirns, to , o m o every wound.—Sold by all medicine ven t o d ' _........... fessor Holloway's Establishments, 244) P. . l'.- ' / and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. BIRTIIS. OF A SON. t., On the 22d i ns t., a t 29, Clifton-roaap " the wife of Walter Aldzidge, Esq• 1 9° OP A DAUGHTS—.„ w 1 On the 22d inst., at Stratford - P- Isce ' Beadon, Esq. MARRIED. Newi ti q r ie, ° deao o llleg n mh t ta h enr e , 22d inst., at St. Mary's, SOk e -tratiel e ort l° 2' /. chOolsn,-r, cube . ' jo' t g liz o 2 l 2 ld l soninato.,f John Nichols, ogulef;,, oEfsp.i,eroref AGnlotumpneestKerisstllifrrisnlelr s S o t u ra , n E d t , g to ., oCfhLiastmiabneatia.second daughter / 41 (In 'Aq stits s! P kibi Oh t kt. l .k „ 0, heZ,e,46j"4.: 4t 4 thctst On 1 411 0 "1 CI, 41 a z a 4 i t ) l N t lh a t is 14, 131 1 . 44 84 '411 ;';4 4 o' i; 1 1 04:44 . 1 li t or , • i t , --... ,-;° 0010 , ' " at ''ll . lc - ..w."0 to rth ' ,-il, f c ont . OPP ICIA L DESPATCH "'WM F' Itg r 'r. Au tl/e, . MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. "...,... IkP (From last Night's Gazette.) 11 4 °"110 WAR-DEPARTMENT , FEB. 23. b oil ..- 13 for the Lord Panmnre has this day received a despot° ~, , inousi, enclosures, of which the following are copies, ..:,' , ortiZ t Dreiser i t his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, by Field , o 3 -' ' it, :.bjekt 1 , Lord Raglan, G.C.B. 10, 1 k ndlll4l l lll°l Before Sebastopol, Feb. , ~,,), • ttaaii a a n r c io My Lord Duke,— I have nothing material or il,c l ', to report to your Grace since I addressed you on t_ci ) There was rain yesterday and the day before , o f .. I .it tal course of last night there was a considerable Ni ce ' 0 0 , I ' l'eb• 2 which remains on the ground ; but it does not f o the country is again saturated with wet. .ll. I.) 0 ; It is reported from the front that grea t aetivl t Y l It t I„ in the town and harbour of Sebastopol. boa , ,i,y Porietora Large convoys of apparently sick men ivere ° 4 1 . ita i EN F.: I be moving out of the place, and numerous carts, '` , l e , Aliijo i 1° the ir horse, to be coming in. , 1 ,.. iitet,etirs no The enemy appear to be breaking up hulks ic,:lwi senal Creek, and to be using the material for P Ito the ( lu and chevanx de frise at the battery "du Met." 0 w ort ), B, ' We are proceeding with the armament of the a ttioo. the i ight. ve 0 I gidge The health of the troops continues to imPr ° i , fiv slight degree. They are amply supplied with O r ' , ,1)0\-,- 1 4.1 . - '' ing and with provisions. Forage is our only want, and this arises c higil d f i r li a : k i : ti -- - . l;a re „ . l Commissary-General not receiving from EDP ° tthil t 7 les het plies of hay upon which he has reckoned. ~, 8,1ct,54, t o r` I incloie the return of casualties to the Blb ' 115 0,!- \1 1 1 1 11 , ''ne , • I have, &c., His Grace.the Duke of Newcastle, SO-, 4 " 4 " ','N ) ' 11 :' at ta,,.,ttior . i t ,en,... ' Enclosure 1. To , h a j,-1,,,, RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM ,5r,,,F1 •1 4 ; ,; t w r ieet FEBRUARY, 1855, INGLUSI•v' ( jel 0: 11 rt G i 18th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, r e° t k 44, ' or 19th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded 1 / 4 ' Pr o W c'r , d. 62d Regiment-1 rank and file wounded 010; 1.7, lOtibl i r ' , ; at 90th Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded Total-4 rank and file, wounded lo otO N I 1 t e b e e . , , a „ r : i ' l l J. B. BUCKNALL Eli '4..,' ta ', ol arg . Adj utant . Gene Q 1 44 4 ;' crrE -- ' 4 4 i„ ss gl ' Lii 0 -. th e Enclosure 2. A lai '' N it „ 4, tle NOMINAL RETURN OF NON-C`-',;; T nriD d otzilw A 4 y l ' OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WO l -T ri — On' ''. - THE STH TO BTH FEBRUARY, Ilie."' 1 %... WOUNDED. 1 ' 10 ... 1 . 1 rid ge FEB. 6TH 18th Regiment of Foot . 11 Private William Brown-, slighwe ' ),(1 11. 62d Regiment of Foot ‘, I t -l u re- 0 1.p ° , Private William Swift, slight bt t 'teir ett ; FEB. 7TH. i, ell c or , e , e 19th Regiment of Foot.• if k t blt 4 lthiZ Private John Kearney, B " er° ' t k , N i '" de OtE S reek I 90th Regiment of Font. L uc _,,,,T, 0 ,,111,, : 0t t a,r4), „: 8 ,,° , Private Thomas Young, siiguieo l )" llloi%ii - , ;t . J. B. BUCKNALL rf.i . ‘7, , i t ' k r ,,dtt, a Adjutant-Gero"" >k . o rt 'l to' ' , :—----- t(ll l 4 , t e u r r e , ha COUNTRY MARK 11 '''' Y k lO c e , T Ate- e l V r om , 01.4 q int, v ; : LIVERPOOL--FEE. 23 ',„ a ciig ° , d oro,'/ : 'gerit e The grain market continues in the same ';', illi' "P" '"lt, i -el often reported of late, and at our exch o l,oo;,i.ll. .N,' the transactions were upon a roost restric t° , f II P' - ' quantity of Indian corn for Irish account l''' A •tY . A %! CI, • S ...-- jg ft. o t littlri i:rr ii WAKEFIELD—FEB. ' 23 ' I bil' ill ' Pr t 4,,14A 14.1 9. 1 Wheat is held for last week's pricees.,,O; o' l 'oo' tk, l ' -, R ut limited. Barley a slew sale, at last wecit, '° ,, J) t r iP i, ' 4 11 5-40 7c1 is per qr. lower. Oats and shelling stone' i ',A, ''.• . korli 4 '30 '„ " 'll t i sa e; EXETER—FEB. 21. no ted '.' a 1 0 .' 0 ~/ F, c. lIR COBN.—In our market wheat may be cl°', / , ),„01 ~.,) j it. l4, ,Es to 9s 3d. Malting barley, 4s Od to 4s 60:1; : 1 ~, i t : 4 x , - "' Od to 3s fit. Oats, 35 Od to 3s 6d. Ve -115 ' ,fu c t lr 51° tAt 4 : 4 °- CL, WiLOPuertas.,.....t F O i s o O o d , 5 t 2 0 8 6 0 0 d s Od. to do °`!.. 0 1 01 ll 'q'"kt Od per sack. 53s Od ; seta ' I ~‘ \::: 0 , 111 sil it io CATTLE.--Pp;ms. 'hoof iA. RA v.., allnro ; - .. lirvi.. vi BANKING DEI Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rost .......... • ..... 3,335,840 Public deposits (in chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4.893,602 Other deposits ...... 10,174,871 Seven Day and other 113111.3 •• :• .• •• 894,885 £33,857 • 198 Dated the 22d day of Feb., 185 fr upv ° LONDON : Printed and Published bY The o s"."—foce, c of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at MW Sa ' the :U/ LU the Precinct of tne oas ia . Saturday, e 4 •g - --------------- 0 4 0 • D I B L , , I tro fr° viseou— e' On o. od . i ß tlie 21st inst. at Brighton, the 0. pe e p ~ nged 84. G e org ° , toi l itP • Oa the 14th inst ,at Clifton, the Re'f• t palvi t, ( . 1 On the 221 inst., James BakerjAcgoVaian-11treecotill' Islingtcn, and 2, King's Arins-ya , d , aged 83. linlePtffil. I s ' On the 20th inst. , a t 22, .A.l laide-road, , t ,,ge , e lifo ( ° f EncrIADM the P Ur. Wm. Kemrster, of the Bank 0 lwoelc , Iv . ' On the 15th inst., at Liston RectorY! -..-' ..., „ Lista Wallace, for 54 years rector of the W on" ___ l e, _ --- - _, yOVijA