The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-27 00:00:00

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAT.—NOTICE for MARCH, 1855. The train leaving London for Birmingham at 7.30 a.m. will be discontinued. The train leaving Northampton for Blisworth at 9.45 a.m., and. Ellsworth for Northampton at 10.10 a.m. will be discentinued. The train leaving Birmingham for London at 1.0 p.m. will be discontinued. In, for Rugby wi ll leave The train leaving Birmingha m at 2.20 p. at 1.15, and be continued to London in connection with the 7.30 a.m. train from Liverpool. hton at 9.1 0 a.m ., and the return train from Leighton to Wolverton at 10.35 a.m. will be dis continued. The train leaving B i rm i ng ham on Sundays f or Liverpool and Man chester at 10.15 a.m. will be discontinued. The train leaving Liverpool and Manchester at 11.15 a.m. for Bir mingham on Sundays will be discontinued . The train leaving Manchester at 10.20 a.m. for Leeds will be dis continued The train leaving Leeds at 11.0 a.m. f or Manchester will be dis continued. In consequence of the above, there are various alterations on the branch lines, for which see Time Bills. By order, MARK HUISH. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, Fob., 1855. DRIJRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual. THIS EVENING, FEB. 27, Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. RETNOLDSON, of Neyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. To cenclude with THE WRITING ON VIZ SHUTTERS. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, FEE. 27, Will be performed MARRIED LIFE. Characters by Messrs Tilbury. Howe, W. Farren, It( gers, and Buckstene ; Mrs. Griffiths, Mrs. C. White. 3lisses E. Chaplin and E. Woulds, Mrs. Poynter. After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BM L-FIGHTER. To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To conclude with a new Pallet by the Spanish Dancer', called THE GALICIN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management ofl!lr. CUARLES Knelt. THIS EVENINZG, FEB. 27, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Pistorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELETENTEL Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-11EAliD ; or, The Great Bashaw Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; C,lown, Mr. Huline; Pantalpen, Mr. Paulo and Columbine, Miss Dejnorough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of :\ladame Vestris. THI3 F.VENING, FEa. 27, Will be v,erferrne.l AGGV.A.VATING SAlt. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. To be Followe) by (7th time) a new Comic Drama, called TO) MUCH OF A 00oD THINU. After which will he produce) the new and original Fairy rxtra vaganza, erritled PRIN - CE PIiETTYPET sad THE BUTTEAFLY. Pox-office open from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Al!croft, 15. New-IZon3-street. THEATRF. ROYAL ADELRIIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetrets, Ittedinme Celeste, 'THIS EVENT:Z (7 , FEB. 27, ----- • win be performed a n , w and original Drama, preceded by a Pro• log ue, and call, d 3:\\l:T 1' RETJE. Tu be fol owed t y 1 KNO WS A`:D 7IIE 11A.Y ADE= Charvterg by blessrq• I'. Bed Cord and G Lee; Nis=es 11oolgar an Keeley, and•Mdilea. Maraqiiita and Benoni. ROYAL. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Mar.ager, Mr. A. Wigan. EVKNING, FEB. 27, in Will he presented the nexvComedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss 31askell will appear. Followed by A MICKY FRI OAY. Aler which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DW FAN I) TUE KING OF TILE GOLD MINES. Characters by Al , . F. Itobseno Mks Julia St. Geo - gc, Miss E. Ormondc, bliss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STICAND THEATRE. Unlcr the direction of Miss Rebecca. Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS. After which, the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with the popular Barletta, OUR NELLY. Principal Character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPITIVIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The BATTLE of BALAKLAYA and of INKERVANN, aided, by a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA, which this week reaches its 115th reprecentation The addition embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry , a nd also those tremendous hand-in-hand encounters which characterised the above engagements. After which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of SCENES m the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Was. Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W, West. Acting Manger, r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian. Director Mr. W. Cake, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON ETCIDGz. Tuns DAT —]horning 49 rain.nitel 10 I Evening 32 Tnin.aft 11 To- Aonitow —Taorning 0 min.after 0 Evening 13 minalt. ' THE WEATHER.—Strx 0/17101, Feb. 27. THERMOMETER, IN THE SNARE 44—highest since noon yesterday. 38—!owest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. __ __ BAAOMETER, 29 . 81. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull, rainy weather. ~SLVe Now, a Noble Lord, of unquestionable efficiency, has accepted the office, but he is otherwise en gaged ; and while he is closely occupied in Paris, Berlin, or Vienna, he cannot be supposed to bestow much time or attention on the other important interests committed to his charge. It would then in the absence of the head of the department btu essential that the Under-Secretary should have some knowledge of the routine of its duties. But, alas, there is no Under-Secretary responsible to Parliament ! The young gentleman who lately held it with what might in some quarters possibly be termed " commendable ambition," but which is likely to receive a more homely and far less flattering appellation from the community at large, abandoned the position where he might possibly be useful for one in which, according to all human probability, lie must be very much the reverse. It would appear as if Peelite management had been so very successful in the conduct of the War that it could not be dis pensed with, that one who would derive his inspira tion from " the good and excellent" Earl should be sought for at any sacrifice. As to the nomination of Sir CHARLES WOOD to the head of the Admiralty, we can only say that the " derisive cheers" with which the announce ment was received in the House of Commons will be echoed from all parts of the country. Even the strongest Government would be mate rially damaged by such an appointment. When a man of energy, and genius, and determination is imperatively required. Sir CHARLES WOOD (!) is presented to the country as the pilot to weather the storm, to retrieve the mismanagement that has already been so grievously complained of. There are few, indeed, who, whatever may be their aristocratic or rea-tapist predilections, will not feel that this is indeed " too bad ! "—that it is an insult to our navy and to the country. We have already expressed our views respecting the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. He must certainly be - a bold man to accept such an office at such a time and with such desperate up-hill work to encounter. Should he prove himself equal to the magnitude of the emergency we shall be very agreeably sur prised. We cannot, however, discover anything to warrant a reasonable anticipation that such ,fill h the case. With such critics as Mr. Drs- Rem and Mr. GLADSTONE watching at either side he incurs no trifling danger. "Incidit in Scyllam, dam, yule evitare Cliarybd in." If he strive to conciliate the " Oxford Pet," l must anticipate the sledge-hammer assaults of tl. , Bucks champion, while his situation will be but little better if he reverse the operation. His chances with either would be something like that specified by a China orange to all Lombard-street. Lord DUNCAN'S, although a minor appointment, is one that will be received with general approval. The labours of the Noble Lord for the abolition of the Window-tax and the improvement of the Woods and Forests, merit a much higher reward ,than a Junior Lordship of the Treasury. We cannot conclude our notice of the new writs issued without alluding to one that was ordered with deep sorrow by men of all parties. Tho "veteran reformer," honest, faithful, and energetic JOSEPH HumE has left a vacancy which it will indeed be difficult to fill up. He was, indeed, one who struggled boldly and manfully, not for his own personal aggrandisement, but for the common weal. The reformer of every abuse the abater of every political nuisance —he not only laboured incessantly, but with an almost unparalleled amount of moral courage, he braved the sneers and ridicule of the pert officials and time-serving waiters on PROVIDENCE. At first waging single-handed war against the Hydra of corruption he enlisted many promising recruits, and became the founder of an important and influential party. He laboured in his vocation to the very last. Ho died in the ser vice of his country, and if ever a private indivi dual merited a public funeral or other indication of national respect and honour, JOSEPH Hiznat was the man. Peace to his manes. He has left a blank which it will, indeed, be difficult to fill. We don't know but that, for most practical pur poses, the best thing Lord JOHN RUSSELL could do would be to turn his back on:Vienna, and hasten home to enter on the duties of the Colonial-office, The Congress of Vienna, we grow more and more convinced, is a miserable farce—and the only good we see likely to come of its being played oat, is ;he satisfaction of the scruples of parties too little national in sentiment and feeling to be deserving of much consideration. We are booked for a terrible and decisive struggle, and please HEAvEN we will wilt. By all accounts, and in entire keeping with the practice of Russian diplomacy, while the agents of the CZAR. glibly talk of peace, and the un- English party in this country quack in sympa- thctic accord—that potentate is straining every nerve to increase the effective force at his dis- posal, and the result is, that but a short p3riod will elapse ere Russia is armed to the teoth, and presents a succession of lines behind linos of bristling bayonets. Regret cannot but be a - faint term to express the feeling with which the pre sent state of things must bo regarded by those who have had a due appreciation of the nature of the contest on which we have entered from the first, and whose painful lot it has been to witness opportunity after opportunity foolishly permitted to pass by unrecognised and unimproved. The aid we had a right to anticipate from a cordial appeal to oppressed nationalities is daily becoming more and more problematical. If we turn to the Caucasus we find the mountaineers o Circassia grumbling and dissatisfied, with an ill-timed, however otherwise desirable, interfer ence with a traffic consecrated in their eyes by the custom of centuries. If we turn to Poland and Finland, what do we find ? Why more dis astrous still—for the evil will shortly be beyond remedy—the CZAR draining the best blood, the youthful, ardent, patriotic blood of those countries into his ranks, there to mix and to be lost in the puddle of his Muscovite hordes. To dream of Sweden and Denmark aiding us who have dis played so little capacity to avail ourselves of the most palpable advantages, is ridiculous in the ex treme. Small States love the right as well as large ones, but they are trained to respect strength, management and fertility of resources, mild cannot afford to be sentimental. We have lost a noblo army, wasted an entire ea I ) l Pa*, and cast away every special ;„i'vant,,, in Our 'Power. Th a t i s the hi s tory of the pr esen t War. W an ever a. fashion great nation sacrificed after a like this, by nincompoops of rulers like my Lord AnEutte,„, ana nincompoops - his followers T Driven into a war which ni g h t hair® been averted for years. When we were in u ~_ , and were bound to make the most of it, we have taken, it up as g i n gerly and pedantically as if a wer e a matt e: w ithin the scope of di p lomac y , and not a struggl e which t he fate of Europe for the text centu ' n — it s well -being — it s ver y civilisation, we hesit a t e not to say—is at stake. And all this comes of what? Why, of not effect* needful reform when we had the opportunity. Nothinghas cost this country more than its easyloin indifference to abuses that have O , 1. i ' ~ 1 r •~J LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1855. The Ministerial arrangements have not as yet been completed. It is true that new writs have been moved for the city of London, for the boroughs of Radnor and Halifax, and for Forfar shire, in consequence of the acceptance of office by their late representatives. But notwithstand ing the existence of many rumours, we have no conclusive evidence as to any further appointments from members of the House of Commons. Lord STANLEY of Alderley (formerly Lord EDDISBUILY) has been nominated President of the Board of Trade, in the place of Mr. CARDWELL, who, as we had anticipated, steadily resisting all the blandishments by which he was tested, shared the fate of his Peelite companions. The claims of the aristocracy have certainly not been slighted by the New Premier in the arrange ments above referred to. We have one Member of the House of Lords, two Lords by courtesy, and two Baronets, each of whom happens to be brother-in-law to an Earl ; a fact that, in each instance, apparently constitutes the chief claim to high office. As yet untitled merit has not been appreciated, and, although we are far from thinking that a title should constitute any impediment to the promotion of a man otherwise duly qualified, it still seems rather strange that all the five prizes should have fallen to persons thus distinguished and so closely connected with the nobility by birth or marriage ! Mr. FREDERICK PEEL, it appears, after all, is to undertake the duties of Under-Secretary for the War Department, an office which it was gene believed would have been offered to the Boa. Gentleman the Member for Aylesbury, whose r information on Eastern subjects and ex tra"ai."l7 energy indicated him as the best man for the oftl ee . It was necessary, however, that there slaouidb e k " Comedy of Errors" to introduce the Ministerial. - 13„ 741 0; and, therefore, the young g entleman, whos e re d.. t , • Piet propensities are so notorious, was pitch-forked from an office, with the duties whereof he had some acquaintance, having se rved a brief apprenticeship, into One for which li e was especia ll y unfitted bydispo sitlon a s we ll LAYARD, whose na m as educatio n ; while Mr. connec ti o n with the War - office rev erberated throughout the length and breadth of the land as loudly, indeed , as s ome few weeks since did that qu ietly disposed of by of Lord PALMERSTON—was the offer of the Colonial Under Secretaryship, an offer which it is almost needless to say he unhesi tatingly rejected. Having thus made the worst possible arrange ment for the War-office, lot us see what has been done for the Colonial Department. Sir GEO. GREY, who had for some months been Secretary, has been removed to the Home Office. His sue ' censor, Mr. S. HERBERT, held office for some ten or twelve days, when he joined in the Peelite " Estampede," * and rushed wildly off, fleeing from some unknown but no less dreaded danger. panic that occasionally seizes horses in South America, --S ee "The Scalp Hunters, by Capt. Mayne Reid, THE SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY Q 7, 1855. not sensibly galled large masses. Rad the work of reform gone on subsequent to the passing of the Reform Bill as it ought, there had been no op portunity afforded at the present time to an aris tocratic clique to fatten on the mismanagement of our army—merit, and not favour, would have raised us commanders, and these would have been worthy of us, and no Minister would have dared to throw away, as Lord ABERDEEN has done (sup posing the War could not have been averted), the aid of nationalities capable of being, and willing to become, and that beyond dispute, our most effective allies. Let us never more call an abuse little, or hesitate to deal with it, because relatively it may be so. It is part of a great whole, which has cost us dear. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S VISIT TO THE CRIMEA. The following is from a letter from Paris, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : Lord John Russell left Paris for Brussels on Saturday evening, and will, no doubt, continue his journey from that place to Vienna. I have already alluded to the con versation which the noble lord had with the Emperor relative to his Majesty's departure for the Crimea, and the remarks attributed to him ; but I am assured that he ex pressed himself after an interview in a manner that left no doubt of his conviction that the Emperor would persist in his project, less from any reply given to those remarks than from the manner in which they were listened to. Colonel do Beville, one of the Imperial aides-de-camp, was expected to leave this day for Marseilles. Of the postponement, or the prosecution of the journey, nothing certain can be said more than what was stated yesterday and the day before. The Em peror appears to keep his mind to himself so far as his final resolution is concerned. The Ministers are quite as unctrtitin as any one en the matter, though they seem to have made up their minds for the worst ; and the Moniteur still maintains an ominous and per plexing silence. Evidently they take it for granted that the Emperor will realise his project, and their anxiety is directed to convincing the representatives of foreign Governments that they must not consider the journey as an indication of there being no chance for peace, or as a complication the more in a question which is quite embarrassing enough already. On a recent occasion the Minis ter of one of the States whose adhesion to the alliance cf the ‘Vestern Powers would be very desirable, had an interview with M. Dr.myn de in order to under stand clearly what he :honk' say to his Government. He einin.led the French Minister at on a previous occasion he had informed his Government that neither France nor England would offer any impediments to an honourable peace, but he considered the departure of the Emperor for the Crimea would in fact create that obstacle. The Minister for Foreign Affairs assured him that he was ini , taken, that the Emperor merely desired to visit the army, but that his presence at the camp would not hasten by a single day the assault, nor would it occasion the spending of a single additional pound of powder ; that the project itself had long floated in the mind of the Em peror, but that at the moment he was speaking it wa' only an intention, 'a l'etat de resolution, which might or might not be carried into• effect; but that, even if it were, it was by no means to be considered an act of war. M. Drouyn de Mays then drew forth the circalar letter which he had addressed to his agents at foreign Courts, containing instructions as to the re ply they were to give in the event of their being asked for explanations, and ho fully authorized the Minister to write to his Government in the same sense. SILL RICIIARD MACDONNELL, C.B. We "aye great pleasure in stating that the Queen has conferred the honour of knighthood on the newly-ap pointed Governor of South Australia. Sir Richard Macdonnell has earned this mark of approbation by many years of active and able service. In 1842 he was sent to the Western Coast of Africa as Chief Justice of the Gambia, and held that office for about five years, during which he became thoroughly conversant with the interests and feelings of the colonists, and was then made Governor in 1847. This position he retained f( , r five years more, although nearly all his European con temporaries fell victims to the malignity of the climate, and although he was himself attacked some fifteen or twenty times by the terrible African fever. He visited in person the tribes in the interior of the country, where no white man had penetrated before, and managed to conciliate the native princes and conclude treaties with them. The occasional violation of these he punished by some vigorous military expeditions, and thus established enlarged and securer commercial intercourse for the colony. In 1852 he was made a Companion of the Bath, and then appointed successively Governor of St. Lucia and of St. Vincent. The latter post he filled till his recent promotion, and in it he earned a character for those qualities that eminently conciliate personal regard, as wall as for abilities of a very high order. Sir Richard Macdonnell is the son of the Provost of the Dublin University. His departure for Australia will take place almost immediately. THE SORTIE OF JAN. 31. The Ryalide Russe publishes a report in which Prince Menschikoff writes, under date Feb. 4, that in the night of Jan. 31 a sortie was made from Sebastopol against the right of the French trenches. The Russian detachment, consisting of 330 men, led by the naval lieutenant Biruleff, approached the sheltered position of the French, attacked the occupants with the bayonet, and expelled them. "Notwithstanding the cross fire of musketry and grape kept up from the French and English batteries, Lieutenant Biruleff pre cipitated himself six times on the nearest trenches, and inflicted so much loss upon the enemy that one of theta was filled with the dead bodies of French soldiers. Our party made three officers and seven men prisoners. On our side we had Ensign Semeneky and three men killed, and 34 wounded, among whom is one of the best known of our brave fellows, Koschka, the sailor." In his report General Osten-Sacken speaks in the highest terms of tie skill and valour of Lieut. Birnleff, " who has now led four sorties with remarkable success." Such is the Russian account of this affair. It is need less to say tiat it differs widely from that which we have published from French sources. COURT. CIRCULAR. The Privy Council appointed to be held by the Queen yesterday was postponed until to-morrow (Wednesday). The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by Lord Alfred Paget and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday afternoon, at her residence, Gloucester House. Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty had a dinner party at Buckingbarc Palace in the . evening. The company included the Hanoverian Minister arid Countess Helene Kleiman sea,e, the Austrian Minister and Countess C o lloredo, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Eg,- linton, the Earl of Desert, Lady De Tapley, Lord and Lady Foley, and Tice-Admiral Sir George and Lady Seymour. A meeting of Ministers was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign office, Downing-street, which was pre sided over by Viscount Palmerston. A deputation from the Board of Guardians of Cam berwell parish bad an interview yesterday with the Pre sident of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Green away and Beattie, Dr. Webster, and Messrs. Barrack, Waterlow, and Irvine. We regret to learn that the Duchess of Leinster's late attack was of an apopletic character. She is now some what revived, but still far from convalescent. The Earl of Glengall is still at Bretby Park, where his lordship has remained since Christmas. The noble earl continues in a very weak state, and is not expected in town at present. Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Hugh Percy arrived at the Earl of Beverley's mansion in Portman-square yes terday, from the Crimea. The gallant officer has been through the whole of the campaign, and was wounded both at the Alma and at Inkerman. In the former action he was shot through the arm, and at Inkerman he sustained a severe wound on the temple, apparently from a fiintstone. Colonel Percy leaves town to-morrow for Torquay, where the earl of Beverley has been staying since Christmas. DEATH OF LORD KENTON.—We regret to announce the demise of this nobleman, who e/pired at his seat, Gredington Hall, in Flintehire, on Sunday last, at the venerable age of 78. The deceased lord was son of the first baron, who was a distinguished judge and filled the office of Chief Justice of th e Q ueen ' s Bench in 1788. He succeeded his father in 1802, and is turoned6d by his son, the Hon. Lloyd Kenyon (now third Baron Kenyon). happened to the Bishop of Dur ACCIDENT TO THE BIISHOP OF DURHAM,—An accident Auck landll-7.na last week at Castle, which has ::lnce confined the venerable pre late to his r( rves. His lordship was standing before the fire Lis library in the Castle ) when it is supposed he was seleed with A fainting fit, to which it appears he is rather liable. He fell forward against the grate, by which he was burnt; though not severely. At his lord ship's advanced age the shook sustained by his system is causing some anxiety to his friends. His condition is described by the local papers as precarious. MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEIL—The Committee ap pointed to inquire into the Condition of the Army before Sebastopol assembled yesterday afternoon, and unani mously cleated Mr. Itoebuck as chairman. The com mitttO, on its rising, bad not decided whether the publ ic should be admitted during the inquiry. MULES FOR THE CRIMEA.—A clerk from the War office has been ordered to Sinops, to superintend the outlay of 50,0001. for the purchase f mules. THE GUARDS.—The fourth contingent of the Brigade of Guards for the British expeditionary force will not leave London for the East until Thursday. Admiral 500 m al voku a rn e e h a iin of choice r has just works. received from the Czar Colonel Daniell, of the Coldstream Guards, has pre sented the reg imental library in Portman-street barracks the order o f the White Eagle, as a reward for his ser• vices At E.61118.6t01301, , ;( -r.~ it ~.. 1 LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, FEB. 27. The Sinai, which left Constantinople on the 19th inst., has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 5 a.m. Advices dated Balaklava, 17th Feb., state that the Russians have disappeared from Baidar. They energetically defend the north side. 14,000 French have marched on Inkerman. The thermometer varies from 36 to 72 deg, The country is very dry. Lord Lucan has left. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING, FEB. 26. Authentic intelligence has been received here hat the state of the British camp at Balaklave. is improving. The ships took part in the battle at Eupatoria on the lith instant. Official intelligence has been received here of he departure of Lord John Russell from Paris for Vienna, via Berlin and Dresden. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, 25th Feb., says : "An Austrian circular despatch has been issued, dated 17th February. It declares that the rigo rous execution of the Frankfort Diet relative to the preparations of war of the Federal army, is a 'que scion of honour' for the States of the Confe- aeration. " At the same time the circular criticises the grounds of the Dietal resolution, and endeavours to prove that the demand of Pr ussia, that the Federal contingents should be held exclusively upon the territory of tho Confederation, at the disposal of the Federal Assembly, is impracti- cable." Wo have received the following from Paris : PARIS, MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 26. Colonel d'Olberg, aide-de-camp of General de Wedell, arrived_ at Pails on Sunday evening from Berlin. Satisfactory letters were received here on Sun- day evening from General Niel, in the Crimea. BATOUM, FEB. 1. A body of Georgian militia (Asian) attacked at the camp at Laghoe, yesterday, a post confided to 800 Bashi-Bazouks. The Russians were driven back with considerable loss. BERLIN, FEB. 24. The negotiation with France still remains with out result. The parties, it is believed, thoroughly understand each other. Prussia wants to enter :he new Conferences in the interest of Russia. The Czar is exceedingly anxious on this head. But Prussia would enter the Conference in vain if she took upon herself any positive engagement to act against Russia. M. Drouyn de I'Huys has held very decided, although conciliatory, language to General Wedell, and the issue of the negotia tions will not be long delayed. VIENNA, FEB. 23. Lord John Russell is expected here on Tuesday or Wednesday. It is not thought that the nego tiations will be long protracted, unless England and France declare themselreg ready to give up the objects for which they have taken up arms. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to the Marquis d'Autonini, the Neapolitan Minister, who delivered a letter from his sovereign, notifying the birth of the Princess Maria Theresa Ferdi nanda, daughter of the Count de Trapani. His Majesty also granted a private audience to the Marquis Pes de Villa-Marina, Sardinian Minister, who delivered three letters from his sovereign, notifying the birth of the Duke of Genoa, the death of the Queen-Mother Maria Theresa, and the death of the reigning Queen, Maria Adelaide. General Niel, who was sent on a mission to the Crimea by the Emperor, an ived. at Toulon last evening, and is expected in Paris to-night or to morrow morning. The Moniteto de l' Armk contains a report to the Emperor from Marsh al Valliant, Minister of War, recommending the augmentation in the Imperial Guard, which has been already spoken of in the journals, for the purpose of sending a large body of these select troops to the Crimea. An Imperial decree approves of the augmentation spoken of. The Moniteur publishes decrees, whereby Col. Ochsenbein, chief of the Military Department in Switzerland, has been named general of brigade au titre etranger, and charged with the organisation and command of the second foreign legion ; and the two following officers are named colonels au titre 6tranger :—Major Meyer, to the Ist regiment of the second foreign legion, and Major de Granot Lacroix de Chabriere to the 2d regiment of the same legion. M. Gehret, ex colonel in the ser vice of the Swiss Confederation, is also appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the Ist regiment of the 2d legion. An Imperial decree authorises the Marquis do Bar ville, formerly Lieutenant of the Orleans Cuirassiers, Count Depestre, Chef d'Escadron on half-pay, and M. Trcestler, formerly brigadier in the Royal Guard, to wear the decoration of Knight of the Legion. of Honour. A note appended to the decree states that these three persons had been no minated to that honour by an ordonnance of Charles X., dated Rambouillet, Aug. 1, 1830. A letter from Marseilles of the 25th says . : " General de Sparre yesterday passed in 7iview, on the Coure Bonaparte, the various regiments ordered to the Crimea. They were in all about 1,200 men, and their appearance and high spirits were alike subject of remark. A great portion of these men left to-day in the Carmel for Constan tinople." BOURSE, FEB. 26.—CLOSING PRICES. Cask. End of Month. li per Cents 95 50 95f. 50c. 3 per Cents 66 40 66 40 Credit Mobilier 733 75 Roman Credit Poncier 537 50 Austrian . Belgian Fives — --- Spanjah Threes...... Piedmontese. ..... RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. fr. c. Orleans 50 LYons lO2O Weetetu • 665 Rotten • • 1010 ---, Cette • 5 95 Strabbut • •• 806 25 Mediterraheen 1.4... 900 flail() 555 Northern R USSIA.. Advices from Warsaw, of the 16th, are filled with accounts of the immense deliveries of provisions at the Polish fortresses. Vast magazines, we are told, are formed at Ostrolenka. The writers mention, with undisguised admiration, the great quantities of spirituous liquor which the care of the Czar has provided for his soldiery, and which are daily con veyed to the central depots. Front this it is in ferred that Poland is expected to become the theatre of a great war. General Dekn, inspector of for tresses, reports that the three lines of defence, ex tending from Cronstadt to the Vistula, are in a complete and effective state. The Universal German Gazette contains news from the Baltic, which states that great activity is displayed in the Russian ports in the construction of gun-boats. The Russian fleet, it is stated, con tained 250 of these boats last year, and now 100 others are to be added to that number. Each is to be armed with one gun of 68 and four of 32. The part which is in the water is lined with iron. The Russian fleet of the Bahia', properly so called, consists of 30 ships of the line, 9 frigates, 8 brigs, and 10 steamers. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 22d, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says " Prince Gortschakoff on Tuesday lad demanded an ; , ~ . audience from the Emperor for the purpose of giving, in the name of the Emperor of Russia, explanations on the new manifesto of the Czar. The Prince declared that the sovereign had been constrained to take that step by the extension, more and more considerable, of the coali tion against Russia, and that the calling out of the whole forces of the empire was only a measure of defence neces sitated by the warlike preparations of the West. This measure, added Prince Gortschakoff, was not intended to exercise any influence on the conferences for peace, the Czar being disposed, now as before, to treat with the Western Powers on the basis of the four points. The Emper©r Francis-Joseph did not, we are assured, consider this explanation satisfactory, and he frankly stated to Prince Gortschakoff tleat the proceeding of the Czar inspired him with less confidence from the fact that up to the present moment, no other power has had re course to measures of such gravity. In a word, the manifesto of the Emperor of Russia has produced a very unfavourable impression in our official circles ; and it is asserted that our Emperor will not leave without reply this demonstration of the Czar." ITALY. ROME, Feb. 20.—1 t is confidently asserted that Cardinal Antonelli has at last resigned, and that the Pope has accepted his resignation. Several mo tives are adduced for this step on the part of his emi nence, who, it is supposed, would net have resorted to it if he had seen a tolerable chance of keeping in power much longer. The pretext alleged by him is stated to be the determination of his Holiness to divide the multifarious offices hitherto concentrated in the person of Cardinal Antonelli, and to have two secretaries of state, one for foreign and the other for home affairs, as during the reign of the 1 1 late Pope. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 21st contain no news of much interest. The Gazette publishes addresses of devotedness to the Government from the civil and military authorities ; also a report from the Governor of the province of Madrid, statinc , that the spirit of the population is excellent, and that they will pay their taxes without delay. The Courrier de l'Eure states that an ameliora tion has taken place in the state of M. Dupont (de l'Eure), and it is thought he may recover from his present illness. A letter from Honolulu of December 20, in the Moniteur, announces tiTh death of the King of the Sandwich Islands, Kamehameha 111., on the 15th, at the age of 42. Ha is succeeded by his nephew, Prince LioHilo, who has taken the title of Kame hameha IV. • • ,'Atinrs'7%,""‘-'^ = " ' • ", - :•~•• ,s AST AHP BILL. powers, provisions, clauses regulations, an d directions, fines': forfeitures, pains, and penalties had been herein repealed anct ® specially enacted with reference to the said last-mentiol A bill to alter and amend the laws relating to the stamp stamps and ra tes or duties, and to the transmiss ion of such duties on newspapers, the printing and publishing of new: - newspapers, and other printed works, books, and Pap ers re papers, and registration and giving securities in connection spectively. therewith, and the regulation of the duties of postage on XVI. All pecuniary penalties impo sed under or by virtu! printed papers. of this act or any other act or acts relating to a n y rates [Note. —The words printed in italics are proposed to be in- duties of postage, or to the Post-office, s hall be recoveraho' serted in Committee.] for the use of her Majesty, her heirs or successors, by Wenn:: Whereas it is expedient to repeal the stamp duties on i tiou or complaint before one or more Justice or Justices mf newspapers and the acts relating to the printing and pub- the Peace having jurisdiction where the offence shall be c9r k lisping of newspapers ; and it is also expedient to make fur- mitted, in the manner provided by the act p assed in the a ther regulation of the duties of postage in.respect of printed year of her Majesty's . ; reign, chapter thirty-six. t papers transmitted by post :Be it therefore enacted by the XVII. The following terms and expressions used in this ac Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and shall have the several interpretations herein-after set f F t . J E I consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, unless such interpretations are repugnant to the subject matt!. in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of or inconsistent with the context in which they raaY:2 the same, as follows : found ; (that is to say,) the terms " printed b oo k or priedublic. I. From and after the time appointed for the commence- paper," " printed work or printed paper," and " ment of this act the stamp duties now payable in the United books and printed papers," shall include all printed p% Kingdom on newspapers, and also the several acts aid parts tions and printed newspapers, British, Colonial, or Foren! of acts specified in the schedule hereto annexed relatiai and the term British newspapers" s hall be deemed to 1111: to the printing and publishing of newpapers, shall be and newspapers published in the United Kingdom ; and for the same are hereby repealed, save and except with re- the purposes of this act the islands of Guer nse y , JeYs e' u ., des pest to any duty or arrears of duty which at the derney, Sark , and the Is l e of Man shall respectively bw time aforesaid shall have accrued or been incurred, or with to be part of the United Kingdom. on th e respect to any fine, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment for any XVIII. This act shall commence and take effect offence before that time committed ; all which duty and ar- day of one thousand eight hundred and AftYl' rears of duty, fines, penalties, forfeitures, and punishments shall and may respectively be sued or prosecuted for, re covered, obtained, and inflicted by the same ways and means and in the same manner as if this act had not been passed. 11. And for further regulating the duties on postage on printed papers : Any printed book or printed paper and any packet of printed books or printed papers posted in auy town or place within the United Kingdom, on which there shall be affixed on the outside thereof a postage stamp or stamps de noting the rate of postage herein-after specified in that be half, or which shall be duly inclosed in a cover stamped, or on which a stamp or stamps shall be affixed on the outside thereof for denoting such rate of postage, shall be transmitted by the post between any places within the United Kingdom free from any further rate or charge of postage. . 111. The rate of postage to be paid for every transmission by post. of every such printed book or printed paper, if posted singly, or for any packet of such books or papers, and to be denoted by a stamp or stamps affixed thereon, or by such stamped cover as aforesaid, shall be as follows ; that is to say, For any weight of such book, paper, or packet, not exceed- THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THIS ACT REFE An act passed in the sixtieth year of the reign of Sing George the Third, chapter nine ; and so much of 04; passed in the first year of the reign of his late Afajeett the William the Fourth, chapter seventy - three , as extends provisions of th sad first-entiond act. An act passede i in the session ofe Parliament holden lull sixth and seventh years of the reign of the said King Wiu'" — the Fourth, chapter seventy-six. So much of an act passed in the Session of Parliam en t holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth ye ars of her Prestio, Majesty's reign, chapter sixty-three, contained in s ec o f three thereof, es relates to the stamp duty chargeable en newspaper or any suplement t a newspaper. And the whole of another act passed in the Bald last timed session of Parliament, chapter seventy-one. ing four ounces, the rate of one penny. If exceeding four ounces, then at and after the rate of one penny for every four ounces of the weight thereof. And for any fractional part of four ounces over the first four ounces, or over any multiple of that quantity in weight, the additional rate of one penny. IV. Provided always, that any printed work or printed paper not exceeding six ounces in weight, printed and pub lishcd in the United Kingdom on paper stamped with such appropriated die as herein-after mentioned for denoting the rate of one penny, if not exceeding four ounces in weight, or a rate of one penny halfpenny if exceeding that weight, shall from time to time, when and so often as the same shall be posted within the period of seven days from the day of the date of the publication thereof, be transmitted and re-transmitted by the post between any places in the United Kingdom (except by the post of a post town addressed to a person within the limits of such towns or its suburbs), free from any further rate or charge of postage, but under and subject nevertheless to the terms and conditions , following ; that is to say, such work or paper shall be printed ou not more than two sheets or pieces of paper forming one publication ; one of which sheets or pieces of paper shall be stamped with an appropriated die denoting the said postage rate ; and on the top of every page of such work or paper ~ t here shall be printed the title thereof and the date 'ckf Publleation ; and such work or paper at the time when the same shall be poited 6shall be folded in such manner that' the whole of the stanaP slOnOttisg the postage rate shall be exposed to view, and be distinctly visible on the outside thereof ; also no such work or paper shag be printed on pasteboard or cardboard, or on two or more pieces or thicknesses of paper pasted together, nor shall any pasteboard, cardboard, or such pasted paper be trans mitted by post with any such work or paper, either as a back or cover thereto or otherwise. And whereas under the acts relating to the stamp duties on newspapers repealed by this act British newspapers con taining a superficics of letter press not exceeding two thou sand two hundred and ninety-five inches on one side of the paper on which the same are respectively printed are chargeable with the stamp duty of one penny only, and are entitled by law to free transmission by the post, and it may happen that under this act such news papers when transmitted by the post will be chargeable with the postage rate of one penny halfpenny by reason of their ex ceeding respectively the weight of four ounces, and it is ex pedient to afford relief with respect to such newspapers now existing : Be it enacted, That during the period of ten years from the passing of this act any British newspaper existing before the first day of January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and which is now existing, and the whole impression of which has hitherto been duly stamped, and which shall be hereafter printed and pub lished on paper stamped with such appropriated die as afore said for denoting the postage rate of one penny, and the letterpress of which shall not exceed the dimensions afore said, shall be transmitted and re-transmitted by the post, notwithstanding that the weight thereof may exceed four ounces, but under and subject to the terms and conditions aforesaid in other respects. VI. The rates and duties by this act directed or authorised to be charged for the transmission by post of printed works, books, and papers shall be denoted by postage stamps to be provided or impressed by or under the direction of the Com missioners of Inland Revenue. VII. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue at the request and expense of the proprietor or printer of any printed work or paper shall cause a proper die or proper dies to be pre pared under their directions for stamping the paper whereon such work or paper is intended to be printed, to denote the rate of postage by this act charged for the transmission and re-transmission of the same by post ; and the said com missioners shall also cause to be prepared a new die for the like purpose from time to time when and as they shall think necessary ; and the reasonable costs and expenses of preparing such dies as shall be from time to time defrayed by the proprietor or printer of such work or paper, and be paid to such person as the said commissioners shall appoint, before any paper shall be stamped with any such die ; and every such die shall be appropriated to the particular work or paper, by having the title or some part of the title thereof expressed on such die in such convenient manner and form as the said commissioners shall deem proper. VIII. It shall be lawful for any person at whose request and expense any such appropriated die as aforesaid shall have been prepared to send to the commissioners of Inland Revenue, or to such officer as they shall appoint or direct in that behalf, any quantity of paper to be stamped with such appropriated die, and upon payment to the proper officer of the full amount of the stamps required to be impressed on such paper, the said commissioners or their proper officer shall cause the same to be stamped accordingly : provided always, that during the period of ten years from the passing of this act there shall be allowed in respect of such appropriated stamps as afore said for any newspaper existing in Ireland before the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and which is now existing, and the whole impression of which has hitherto been duly stamped, and which shall hereafter be printed and published in Ireland, only a discount after the rate of twenty-five pounds per centum on any sum of ten pounds or upwards of the amount of such appropriated stamps purchased at one time. IX. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners, if they shall think fit, to use for the stamping of such paper, under this act, any appropriated die provided under any former act for denoting the stamp duties charge able on newspapers, in any case where such die shall be appli cable and proper for the stamping of paper under this act for the same publication for which such die was originally pro vided. X. And whereas certain treaties and arrangements have been made and entered into by and between her Majesty's Government and certain foreign and colonial Governments for regulating the transmission of British newspapers abroad ; and it is expedient to make provision for enabling her Ma jesty's Postmaster-General to secure for such newspapers re spectively the privileges and advantages of such treaties and arrangements : be it therefore enacted, that, upon the Post master-General being satisfied that any printed publication is a newspaper, or entitled to the privileges of a newspaper, within the meaning of such treaties and arrangements as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the proprietor or printer of such newspaper or publication, if he shall think fit, to regis ter the same at the General Post-office in London, in such form and with such particulars relating to the same, and sub ject to the payment of such fees, not exceeding five shil lings respectively, as well on registration as afterwards periodically for being continued on the register, as the Postmaster-General, with consent of the Commissioners of the Treasury, shall from time to time direct or require in that behalf; and thereupon such newspaper, being printed on paper duly stamped with an appropriate die under the pro visions of this act, shall be entitled to, all the privileges and advantages secured to newspapers by any such treaties and arrangements as aforesaid. XI. The forty-second section of an act passed in the ses sion of British Parliament holden in the third and fourth years of her present Majesty's reign, chapter ninety-six, and so much of the seVentysfirst section of the same act as defines the meaning of the term " British newspapers," shall be and the same is hereby repealed. XII. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury, by warrant under their hands, to allow any printed book, printed newspaper (British, colonial, or foreign), or other printed publication or papers, to be trans mitted by the post between places in the United Kingdom, or between the United Kingdom and her Majesty's colonies or foreign countries, or between any ports or places beyond the sea (whether through the United Kingdom or not), either free of postage or subject to such rates of postage as the Commissioners of the Treasury or the Postmaster-General, with their consent, shall from time to time think fit. XIIL It shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury at any time or times hereafter, by warrant wader their hands, to ma ke and issue such orders, regula tions, conditions, and restrictions as they shall deem to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of regulating the re ceipt, transmission, and delivery by post of newspapers and other printed works, books, or papers, under the provisions of this act, or for preventing or detecting frauds or abuses in relation thereto, and for giving effect to the purposes of this act; and it shall also be lawful for the said last-men tioned conittiiNSidriets from time to time to rescind or revoke all or any such warrants, orders, regulations, conditions, and res trictions, and to make and issue any new ones in lieu thereof. XIV, All British newspapers and other printed works, books, and papers sent by post otherwise than in cairformity with the terms, contlitione, and regulations establishell by or under the authority of this act shall be chargeable with the like rates of postage as if the same Were letters transmitted by the post : Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, by warrant under their hands, to authorise her Majesty's Postmaster-General to charge the same with any such less rate of postage as to him shall seem fit. XV. All powers, provisions, clauses, regulations, (Erec tions, fines, forfeitures, pains, and penalties now in force, contained in or - imposed by any former act or acts, for the regulation of the duties of postage or for purposes relating to the Post-office, or referred to or mentioned in any such act or acts, or incorporated therewith, shall (so far as the same may be applicable and may be consistent with the provisions of this act), in all cases not hereby ex pressly provided for, be of full force and effect with respect to the stamps to be provided under this act, and to the paper on which the same shall be impressed or to which the same shall be affixed, and to the rates and duties by this act made payable, and also to all newspapers and ether printed works, books, and papers to be transmitted by post under the provisions of this act, and to any warrant, order, consent, or authority of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury which shall be issued or given under or by virtue of this Act, and shall be observed, applied, enforced, and put in execution for collectink, securing, and accounting for the said rates and duties, and for preventing, detecting, and punishing all frauds, forgeries, and other of fences relating thereto, and to the transmission by post of such newspapers or other printed works, books, or papers, and for giving effect to the purposes of this act, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes al if such ;~., . ~' y~,..i AMERICA. SOUTIIIMPTOIN.T, MONDAY, Six p.m. The United States mail steam-ship Union has ust arrived with the American mails. She brings °Ay - ices from New York to the 10th instant. . There is no news of political importance to notico. The New York cotton market was unsettled, in consequence of foreign news. In flour the foreign news exercised no influence on prices, the expert demand being light. The state of the weather is reported as unfavourable to the trade. _ _ In freights the engagerrents for Liverpool were light, and included about 100 bales of cotton at 3s, Gd. per bale, and. 500 boxes of bacon at 17s. Gd. No engagements to London. No change in rates to Havro and Marseilles. The iron market was steady. The provision market was firmer, and many kinds in fair demand, realising somewhat higher prices. In Philadelphia the money market was un changed. Stocks dull. In the cotton market at New Orleans prices were unchanged. Demand active at previous rates. The steam-ship Atlantic arrived at New York at Fix o'clock on the evening of the Bth inst. She remained at Sandy Hook that evening, being un able to proceed further on account of a snow storm. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, MONDAY, Plantagenet, of London, Captain Pollock, ar rived here to-day, from Sydney 130 days, having left Sydney Oct. 16, touched at St. Helena Dec.. 23. She brings 15 adults and 11 children pas sengers, and a full cargo of wool, oil, tallow, hides, horns, and bones. She has also a quantity f gold ; value not known, said to be about 12,000 ounces. She put in here short of provisions, and will sail again as soon as it clears. She landed a mail here and mast of her passen gers. Her crew were engaged at 10/. per month. The passengers report labour to be at a high pre mium still at Sydney. Female servants refuse to take service under a guinea per week, 16s. given. For flour 261. per ton. Brandy and rum on the decline. Geneva not much in demand. London gin much in demand. Lowndes' old Tom, 178. to 17s. 6d. ; Booth's about the same price. Beer in demand ; Allsop's still maintains its superiority ; prices, Si. 10s. to 9/. Wine not over brisk; sherries While , - at fair prices, and first - class red wine in de mand.' Drapery and slops, prices anything but , satisfactory. Tobacco market overstocked. NEW SOUTH WALES. Gold, 3/. 17s. to 31. 17s. 6d. per ounce ; Ovens, 4/. to 4/. ls. ; Port Philip, 4/. to 41. Os. 6d. per ounce. GEN. CANROBERT'S GENERAL ORDER. General Canrobert issued the following order of the day, dated the 4th, relative to the sortie of the 31st ult. : " I have again felicitations to address to the besieging corps, several detachments of which have shown the most remarkable energy in repulsing a large Russian column, which attacked the right of our works in the night of the 31st ult. The principal attack of the enemy was resisted by the company of picked men of the 7th regiment of the line, the 2d and 3d companies of the let battalion of the 42d of the line, the detachments of the 21st, 39th, and 47th of the line, and 9th battalion of rifles and by a detachment of engineers (4th company, 2d battalion, and 3d regiment). Two charges with the bayonet were successively made by the 42d, which I specially compliment on the vigour displayed by it in the action, and I take pleasure in specially mentioning Col. Sencier, commanding the attacks of the right, and General de Failly, in the trenches. In the midst of the affair the following have distinguished themselves— M. Sarlat, chief of the battalion of engineers, an intrepid soldier, and a distinguished e n g ineer, whose loss we have to deplore and for whom I express legitimate regrets ; Captain Fourcade, of the engineers, seriously wounded ; Captain Remy, of the 42d, who has died of his wounds ; Captain Rousseau, of the picked company ; and Lieut. Wouillniot, of the same company." The order concludes by mentioning some othe r officers and soldiers who distinguished themselv es, and by conferring a number of promotions and de. corations. THE GENERAL ARMING IN IirSSIA. The Invalide Russe publishes the regulation prepared by the Directing Senate, and ratified by the Czar, for the organisation of the " Imperial Mobile Militia," as the new corps decreed in the recent manifesto is to be called. The ordinance is divided into 9 sections and 97 paragraphs, and in the original fills 7 folio columns. The first clause of tke document declares that the corps is raised for temporary service, in defence of the faith, the throne, and the fatherland. It is enacted that exemptions from military service hitherto per mitted shall not apply in the present case, but that whoever is liable to the capitation tax, or its equivalent, shall be liable to be called upon to serve in this corps. Merchants, Jews, and foreign co lonists; who have been encouraged to settle in Russia, and received grants of land from the Crown, are ex cepted.. The corps will be divided into battalions or druschthes, each consisting of four companies. Each druschine is to be eommanded by a staff officer, and to, have four captains and a staff captain, 1,000 sub dfficera and doldiers, acid 18 musicians, In order to hasten the formation of the corps, ii gubernial militia committee is to be formed in every government, and within 14 days after receipt of the manifesto the nobles are to assemble and appoint the rendezvous of the several battalions, and make arrangements for their supply and equipment. To meet the expenses of the new corps, special " voluntary" subscriptions are to be made, for which the committees will open lists, and to which all persons are summoned to contribute. The subjects of the emperor are abjured by their love of their country to make sacrifices corresponding to the occa sion, and it is announced that the names and subscrip tions of all persons will be published. The nobles, as soon as they have deliberated according to the directions foregoing, are to repair to their several localities, and exert themselves in forwarding the enrolment. The soldiers must not be younger than 20, nor older than 45 years of age. Ia the formation of companies, inhabitants of the same village are to be kept together as far as possible. Those who have no fire-arms of their own are to be furnished with a inus ket and bayonet. The employment of the militia is to be at the pleasure of the Czar, and upon the termination of the war all persons serving in the carps will be al lowed to go back to their homes. Should any fall in battle, their families will receive a cert i ficate absolving them from obligation to furnish a recruit at the next levy. --- Mr. Layard, M.P., has invited his constituents to meet him to-morrow, at the County Hall, Aylesbury, as he "desires to explain his views and express his opinions upon the state of public affairs at this important crisis." • ; • . ..r ~~~ ------ 2.'11 E NEW; DRURY-LANE THEATRE• Last evening, Meyerbeer's latest, and, to ou r thi e nk: ing, best composition, L'Etoile Du N ord, was Preduie here with greatly deserved success. For th e last We s, months this opera has been creating much exciteraec.:: abroad, and in Berlin, in particular such wa s the iit , thusiasea that the King bestowed the ' Order of xi3, l g,r. hood upon its composer. The operas of MeYer bee- s of of that peculiar description that demands resource pt the most extensive and highest order, and ilit a L her le Nerd is no exception to the general rule. N O co.-Pws dreads the production of his operas in an ~D3Piesr, state more than does Meyerbeer. This fads laek„•:, was the cause why Mr. Gye, of the Royal Italisevfe,ao, did not succeed in making it his chief attraction. t of merit of introducing it has therefore fallen to the 10 Mr. Smith, and everything within the powe r of 01113,„fier been cone, in order to put it on the stage in a Ice-vs worthy the distinguished composer. It affords alloyed pleasure to add that L'Etoile Du Nerd l'fi b f t he another laurel to the well-earned wreath of one,eeves most talented and enterprising managers tha " of guided the destiny of " Old Drury." The libretto * the opera is written by Scribe, and is very similar, t° , B is opera of Peter le Grand. The first act takes Pl e- b e es Finlasid, where we axe introduced to Peter,,Wbo 13115 es ter' worizing in one of the ship-yardn of that place a,sia carP e f :aea We here discover thet,.while9sose4loyed, be h es ,,,s'sg desperately in loveCwith a :15eaatiful bew" m i,ed sutler girl named Cather s ress: l'etersjiak r c pt hi° Catherine to abstain, from d inking, and big t e oi r Ss° vow some short time ; :,but. the' health Ce'L e tlo° , having been proposed, he cannot resist theterur o ter°' and during the drinking of the wine Catherine 'olio. Catherine reproves his want of firmness and de ter t sei'''‘ tion, and he, to prove his firmness, Peter tells ti'', e risf that he intends leaving the place r ever and eij n i l s the army of the Czar. Just at this momenta ,c -,,, d 0" Calinucks make an irruption in the village,. an;jeter" ger threatens Peter again changes his mind, a°"110311; mines to stay as long as danger lasts. Catherine ea° eves conceal her emotion at his leaving, and having r e e gra° lief permission to again alter his determination, 11 e aro e himself with his adze, and retires, promising on t° , l if° 3 ' forth should danger be imminent. The C a lrouck s % pc" and Catherine, who is also a native of the titre, e ii i e ing donned the veil of a sybil, sings one 0' the ea vourite airs so sweetly that she leads them from vi ti s; lage, and thus saves it from destruction. 5 1,1, e re desPa Peter congratulates her upon her heroism, an°,su - s her o " for the army. At this point of the plot v°, no ss brother, George, is about to be married to Prl' ar siitf pretty Muscovite, and all is in readiness for the 01 .0 ) 3 ,. 6 when a message arrives informing Catherine eye b ye brother is chosen as one of the recruits. To Pr;°," • his happiness of her brother being interfered withJ s " - sete e ", wedding is about to take place, Catherine a ssurse'," oto" - ; of a boy, and enters the army as her brother's sT'soeorg; The departure of Catherine and the marriage:o'a 01 terminates the first act. In the second we find t in the Russian camp. During the time she has r i sa e j the army she has become acquainted with a e s ° o lj oess to assassinate the Czar, and having been plase' o tase r , e s, outside a tent which has been erected for ten, she thinking she can recog nise the voice 01 Ites's,s3 through a crevice makes the discover y that it - to eit l " e e that he is caressing a couple o f vivandieres ; a refs e , by this discovery she became iesubordinate a° su p bf er' et , to leave the spot when so commanded heroi'sooo officer. Forgetting herself, she slaps Of e b . s lOre tb He immediately arrests her and takes hesisuipts to car in the camp. Here Catheri ne t o o intoxicate herself known, but Peter has become to° ord' o , recognise her. Thinking she is realll. a reerth a s a prim) lye her to be shot, and Catt...5..-ia led forta ie instant death. There is, howeve r, somet oY rete,, appearance of the young recruit that has strue and as his reason returns, he feeLs conyinc jositisPis ' was Catherine whom he has condemned to de'it ° 'At o % immediately orders the execution to be s tayed 00 moment he receives a letter from Caterini,_nfers ' o f only knows him as a captain, in which he plot that is laid against his life, and also tlrerive• 'O3 t he conspirators. Immediately after Catil oie rs te r, written the letter, and while the 6e hi, o l Def loading, she escapes by jumping into the o' and although fired at by the soldiery shel 4; , o oS• ele escape. The anguish of the Czar at this ," - a o the y tol extreme, but his mind turns to the letter j o co , in which his perilous position is set - forth , a ng is• A t i o the moment that he is surrounded by the c e- o pi r Jo' and is being solicited to join the treasonable cidier°' he appeals to the national feeling of the 13 , e i sscl e v° clares himself in his true character, and-al l tD e , cure. The third act takes place at the le's o v• er, saP at Moscow, where we find Peter lasstee ti lthr ° " loss of his much-lo a ved Catherine. In paseat i , corridor he hears voice that falls familia r e ; diso t ' fr o of, and, summoning one of his favourite at' oh° ~11 " hears from him that in early days he had h e i e o iliar ei sio' panion of Catherine, and, having become ' I/ o f ir!,o o# her history, he had placed her under the cs re sso il le : The Czar is overjoyed to hear this, but his ":„ 0 01 no bounds when he discovers that the shoc ig i c, till rifle has experienced has bereft her of teas e f b c : i ; e 4 is decided upon, and as she is always talking.° home, the Czar invites the whole of the 1 10/ from Wyburg, and, aided by scenery, th e The i fl it o incidents of the first act Tsass before ber . ends in the restoration of Catherine to reasil'ilat having placed the Imperial diadem on be,,, r ins te°;se le df duces her to his Court as his future 0 ,;. s ,„o l °„,i acting of Mademoiselle Jenny Baur 3 ' r" nt• o°' gr . ingly beautiful, and her singing magnific i e o rat, e r possesses a voice of great sweetness ail" aieJ t ai° l3 ,,e , capable of surmounting the intricacies ° r e sec ,c lao ot , Nothing could exceed the brilliancy of b., 8 .110 0 C , g ivi tier part in the flute trio—it was a wary" et Pfssotso ment, and created quite a furore —the I R . t iotot. ing taken with the greatest ease imagic e ptiejtof; from last night, we have no hesitation is s c a re so e if . at' range of her voice embraces three octaves) 1,.1.1. h ie o as H. Drayton is deserving of great praise i° o o to g t i l e c o d, of the difficult part of Peter. He sang i oeo ° ,, si ct ts/ great taste and feeling, he met the diffiaehoplot",o,l ar poser mentally, and the effect was a _rosakna / 11 ,1 . Mr. Miranda also deserves conameaeo 0°: ro°' have no doubt we shall meet with 01 IP' t o, N• Pr e l e hes more important parts. Mrs. .ss• s ad ass and sang her part delightfully ; " r aot ,10' oar remarks by complimenting the c' ies sh 4 , e the corps de ballet, and last, though Otifosati,, be sso painter. The house was crowded to se lot,orit many years it has not fallen to our h a lf i° fo r ks t ° pelled to stand four hours and a 11 ,1 Theatre. The principal artistes were al ba t !foc▪ i ;it-" termination of the opera, and recei_n° s which they were so justly entitled. 3 0% „ e 0 ' bow his thanks upon the stage. The e t' decided hit. ) 1,0 0 .e tbc C HAYMARKET 2 1 A-.••• -- so tad - t 00 •1„. Senora Perea Nena made her ar: i s aith o lf s c r t os t : season last night, and was welcolnes.aget° 0 0 4 diality. The furore that her first else he r ▪ bo , e ,O r in London bids far to be exceeded 'V t . & Inas 'The two new ballets produced last slir o if fectly successful, and everything bred pa& satisfaction of a crowded and A 2 , _I!, 1 ,0 STRAND pie' DIV • i ppl . :leol Last evening a new farce, °otitis 's lot I°lll o ° was produced at this theatre. s-" e s a ae most laughably worked out. Th e p i " hit." Sea Te o O l f a f : 0 ALTERATION OF THE CI TY P°L• • I, reg .- al l o g mornin an alteration took pia. of the London Police. In fo i t: re e ti b e e e b e in d o e ure fer ; i fl e ;ti 94:: on day duty for four hours, d s o ur ate 10. "- and then commence their secon the obi 8 / 0 bo g 0 4 leg them more relief than IV Jni°,.vbt, 4,1 10 11 1 ti c 'a Id; having every other day a long i r s ' i i l t y for ..6 o l t he night officers will be nine hours, as heretofore. __ As , la_ v i s ai li 0 , THZ LATE FROST. —.On liDtalc-010 tie /3 0 0 0 ' ro e; persons were standing 011 the oat ef ti'at the 01 Cutts, a large salmon leaped see s (e ve" placed o very much to their astonishmeuvat their, ..ife their no small delight, el° se , e cur a ' lo ot' f f o leP i s b, and w ci g h - eci sb° ol ll , n t SO', 0 5 1: his " tile 30/ 1 * ,1 01/ scarcely say that he wag at once • el e Irons again getting back to . a fine plump of Chronicle. `The rot the b ba 0 CAVAN ELECTION. to Lord. 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