The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON OFFICES City-72, Old Broad-street (six doors from the Royal Exchange.) West End-7, Charing-cross (opposite the statue.) Direct Communication by underground wires with the principal Towns of the Kingdom. i nc l u ding delivery, and a ddress not Charge for Twenty Words , counted : ••• . . . TotiverPool, Office , 2 Exchange-buildings 2s. 6d. „ Manchester, „ Exchange-arcade ..... . ...... .••• • • 1 „ . .............. Carlisle, „ 22, E n g lish-street ~ Birmingham „ 101, New-street .. ...... .. ls. Od. ~ Scotland —Glasgow, Office, 18, Exchangequare .. • • .. • • Greenock, ~ Cathcart -square. • 4s. Od. ~, ~ t Dumfries, „ High-street 7, Irela'nd —Dublin, „ 23, College-green • • .. M. Od. Belfast, „1. Donegal - st reet ,i, 9, Cork, „ Pembroke -street 7s. 6d. Queenstown, „ Th e Q uay} PP it EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretar7. ty " DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduced prices as usual.—A Morning Performance every Wednesday. at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, FEB. 18, vriu be performed DOVES IN A CAGE. After Which, TOUCH AND TAKE. To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary, traditionary, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary and fantastic domestic grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin King Mustard and the Four and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordinai y properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The choregraphic arrangements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. The whole of the designs, models. and sketches furnished from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past bag been personally supervising their execution. The novel grotesque burlesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard , and the whole arranged and produced under the immediate superin tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in tho Christmas Bill of Fare : —The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains of Dulness.—Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of Melancholy), Messrs. E. V. Dent, E. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. V. Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Diabolicals in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss Alder ; Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original " Cook's Oracle," and the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &c.), Miss Rosina Collins. The receipt given to snake a good pantomime, and its con coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by Sunrise), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves. Sing a song of Sixpence, " Pocket full of rye, " Four-and-twenty blackbirds, "Baked in a pie."—Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, &c.), afterwards Harlequin, M. Milano ; Jill (the heroine of the adventure, in love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mdlle. Bolen° ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Clifford, Gower, Johnson, Love, Lents, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Quince, &c. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charles, Bine, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes. Emily Barnes, Richardson, Ellza Richard. son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Ulla Ellis, Rosa H ar rison, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chenley, Marti/fey, St. Clare, Evans, John Levines, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Coryphees. The Will and the Way—the Talismanic Fiapence—The Change. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodle Loodle, &c. The Reading of the Will— "Jill must not a husband take, Till she a pie can make and bake." Interior of Jill's Cottage (by Moonlight).-Coal, Mr. Nobbs; Bundle of Wood, Mr. Halfpenny; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr. Leathertongue Dutch Oven, Mynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pin, Mr. Smoothpaste ; Gridiron, Mr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim ; Soyer's Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King Mustard.-King Mustard (afterwards Clown), Harry Boleno ; the Empress Vinegar (afterwards Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (Sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky Ind Mr. Sneezums ; Sweet Oil, Miss Florence; Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum ; Harvey's Sauce (attendant in waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army of Zests, Messrs. Indian Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Bloaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c. ; Horse Radish (from the King's stable), by a Racing Nag. Grand Review-Ter rifle Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relishes-Great Progress of Jlll in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutnee in the Province of Pickles (by Sunset).-Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles), Mr. Fiery Fact w s ; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, &c.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli. Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of he Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight).-Salt Rock (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind Moleno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt- Treachery of Vinegar -Upsetting the Pall above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Magical Union of the Sweets and Sours, and a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbines, Mdlle. Bo'eno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, Mt. Cole; Sprite. Herr Willikind Moleno; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance in London for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairdresser's Shop.-Hairdresser, Mons. Pomade ; Publican, Mr. Billy Williams ; Customers, Messrs. Rednob, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker ant, Baron Nicholson, and Tern Steed; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman Al, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of the Great Rugged Russian Bear-How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rather old, turns out somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb-A Don-e Cossack -Pure Circassian Cream-How one Sham 11l makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great hoar -Russian Attachment to Grease--Clown Cuts his Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it a la Soyer-The Great Moustache Move ment-A Close Shave -Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole-Sudden Rise In Porter-An M.T..M. P.-A Patten Lock at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A Mill, a Argh t, a Regular Row, and Station-house for Two. ;rest American Baby Show.-Arrival of the Infantry-Sudden Squall-Ma's upon the Eve of Battle-General Attack-Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings-The Prettiest Baby in the World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child-The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver 011-Clown's Great Prize Baby -Fresh Arrival of 300 more Babies-The Judge Confounded - Great Uproar-An Unwelcome Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party and Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-office, and Pursell's Msettit Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cornhni.-- . . Up miss ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"-A Ho'ster for one and a Lobster for two-A Mussulman and a Man for a Muscle-Duty and Custom -A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake- First Edition and Second Edition-Left Out for Want of Room- Press of the Privilege and. Privileges or the Press- . Oh, what a row, arumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr. Crusty ; Fishmonger, Mr. Scales; Master Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. Typo and Chapel : Editor, Mr. Cutemdown Critic, Cutemup; Pas sengers, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Strutalong, Lounge, Loiter, and Walk about; Boardman, Mr. Bobaday. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of Somerset-house.-Here we are-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Tear- High Prices and Low Prices-Manchester Stuff- Eng lish Comforters-Stocks on Hand and Handsome Rocks-Ford's Eureka Shirts--Reform in the Civil List and ITne'vil Treatment of the Clerks-Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Helyday at Somerset-house --Hosier, Mr. Stocken ; Shoprnan. Mr. Early bird ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.-Chef de Cuisine, Mons. Soyer; Kitehenmalds, Misses Pasteaway and Drippingsell ; Guardsman, Corporal Lonzshanks ; Policeman, Sergeant Podger. Cupboard Lovers -Soyer's Last Soup - Where's the Knives and Forks ?-Boiled and Unbolted Lob sters-Headless Swains-Lobster Patty and Gillet Soup-Clown Gone all to Pot-Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Mangled-Clown and Pantaloon In a Stew-A Regular Broil 'Thou comest in such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak to thee (Soper, or rather Shakspeare)-Teo Many Cooks Spell the (Clown's) Broth-The scene finishes in a very spirited manner. A n Illuminated Page of the History of England.-Grand Allegorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the Allied Forces. Young Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the docible bands of the English and French. "God save the Queen," " natant pour la Syrie," and " Rule Britannia." Daughter of the Regiment, Miss Rebecca Collins, in which character l int will st% the spirited patriotic effusion, published in .. Blackw s Magazl ne for December, and written by Corporal John B rown , of the Grena dier Guards, when the men got some drink for the first time at Be -, klava, Sept. 28th Come all you gallant British hearts that love the red and blue, And drink the health of those brave lads who made the Russians rue. Then fill the glass, and let it pass, three times three, and one more, For the twent.eth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four." Vestibule of the Temple of Victory. The Tribute of England to the Brave Patriots. Distribution of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and F Metric Scenic Climax, with Revolving Columns and Variegated Illuminations. Terrific Flight of the Italian Brothers. The whole scene presenting a coup d'ceil never before witnessed on the English -stage. Admission :-Stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 43.; second price, 25.; upper circle, 35.; second price, Is. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; second price, Is.; .ower gallery, Is.; second price, rd.; upper gallery, 6d.; private boxes, 10s. ext, 155., 215., and upwards. Doors open at half-past 6, performance at 7 o'clock. Half-price at 9 o'clock. The box-office open daily, from 11 till 5 o'clock, under the direction of Mr. Edward Chatterton. Notice.-The following pieces are approved and In preparation, and will shortly be produced : -The Grand Christmas Pantomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. ; a Drama, by Dion Bourci cault, Esq, ; Two Dramas, by A. Hartle, Esq. ; an Adaptation from lifeyerbeer's Opera, L'Etoile du Nord, with new scenery, properties, and effects ; to he succeeded by an English version (by Mr. Reynold aon) of Glitek's Iphigenia in Tauride. The Grand Historical Egyp- Ilan Drama, many months in preparation, will also shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL UAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Euekstone TITER EVENING, FEB. 10, Will be performed GUY MANNERIN G Yellowed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 11n-PEEP: or, l!arlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little ro-Peep, Miss L. Thompson; Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby; Columbine, Mini M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S T fIEATRE, OXFORD-ST BEET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Fee. 10, To be followed by THE RIVALS. Principal characters by Messrs. w. Lacy, Harley, Meadows, J. Vininz, H. Mellon, Addison, and Everett ; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, and Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING, Faa. 10, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. Altar which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. To be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Rox-office open from 10 until G. Bole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Alleroft, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Pr°T e rle toT, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. Will be .'"c tegue, and called THIS EVENING, FE n. 10 , I'rtnea, s. n • l Drama, preceded by a Pro- To be followed bj4 ew and original y . NewNET PRIDE. After which, BO New Grand DIVERTISSEMENT. 3A FI n, TRAVELLERS. DE To which will be added BELLE. •-e Farce entitled THE RAILWAY OLYMPIC THEATRE. ROYAL Lessee and ma nager, m, , and , I. I tesns t i T eil will EVENING, i Eß . , Wigan. 10, appear. Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT v ,,, _ Which gessrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan Alter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza i"ti DWARF AND TILE KING OF THE GOLD IstlNEr YELLOW ifr F Robson, Miss Julia St. George, mi, E. Or Characters by • •F. ton Mi ss Bromley, and Mr s. Fitzallan. elide, Miss Mars . To conclude with A WIFE'S JOURNAL. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaac!. THIS EVENING Wut be performed the popular Ba rletta, OUR NELLY. Principal character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new Operatic Burlesq ue, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with the Farce of the THREE PAIR OF LOVERS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mana:er, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, 97th Representation of the glorious Spectacle, the BATTLE of th e ALMA, the tremendous success of which has placed it among the wonderful phenomena of the day. After which, the unique SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. s, tr . I ...3itilliam Cooke. .. --, 7-,., ~ •"," T 9 conclude with the Equestrian Comic Pantomime of GULLIVER e'tzi .i : ',, .„..; C:Vta,itie LILLIPUTIANS ; or, Harlequin and Britannia. jiff , 3: - -"l'i• • ' , Mice open from Eleven till Four . Stage Manager, Mr. W. _' :,.„.,,, j '. clting Manger, air. W. H. COOke, Equestriats Director, Al • - •- . 7.7. , ' -I 'c , ,,, 1 r,., ~_ kg, Rui. ;,.. k ~.‘,,.,,, 1k. , -4.- ~,, - -14 - ' - • '&l4-1....., 4.1 5 4,:. , ..i1x.r .- --5 41- ' „:,,, .... k .-7,4,. .\--e 1. ti. '*-# . -0- - - -siikiVel-rikgo THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1855. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. C l ue DAY —Morning 51 min s after 6 1 E v ening 12 inin.a ft . 7 To-lonnow—Morning 38 min.after 7 1 Evening 9 min.aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—Sts arms, Feb. 10. TdEEMOMETER, IN TUN SHADE. 33—highest since noon yesterday. 25—lowest this morning and during . the night. 32 —this day, it noon. BAROMETER, 29'92. WIND, N.E.—Fresh, with bitter, but lie, frosty, sun. shiny weather. Last night was the coldest this season. class journals have committed an unpardonable sin ; they have honestly censured the incapacity of aristocratic officials and officers, and now, doubtless, if abolishing the penny stamp would destroy them altogether, Lord Joan would give the casting vote for it if he had it. We must acknowledge, however, that the tone of reprehen sion in thi House of Lords was quite different; it was rather an appeal for forbearance on behalf of a new Ministry, and was indeed coupled with similar appeals to the various sections of poli ticians in both Houses of Parliament. In the old doctrine of transmigration, a con demned soul, retaining its conscious identity, passed into an appropriate body. The rapacious conqueror became a tiger, the glutton a swine, and so forth. What are we to say of the late Mi nisterial transmigration. A limb or two has dropped, and another been added, and what was the ABERDEEN Ministry has been thus transformed into the PALMERSTON Ministry. Is this punishment, or reward ? The latter of course Parliamentary condemnation seems, therefore, capable of authorising the condemned to re-enter life in a nobler shape. They die an ABERDEEN Cabinet, and re-appear a PALMERSTON Cabinet. But what is the forbearance required t Few, or none of them, are infant statesmen now ; they have learned to walk; they can bear a brush with out endangering their erect position. But the difficulties to be overcome, the disasters to be re trieved, are appalling. True, and, but for the ribald Press, they - would have bevu nn: appalling still—nay, we believe that, but for the fear of the Press, no Administration would have the courage is face them, or to attempt a remedy. The Press has driven from office only the two, who, by the confession of Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself, were, together, incompetent to the conduct of the War. The Press has done the fullest justice both to the " indifference" of Lord ABERDEEN, and to the " industry" of the Duke of NEWCASTLE. It will do similar justice to the Transformed Cabinet. If the Avatar of Whigs and Peelites, as the PALMERSTON Government, come forth with the attributes and deeds required by the present juncture, the Press and the country will hail their advent. The English Press, indeed, is powerless against any Ministry who do the work of the na tion. What would be the circulation and the in fluence of the ablest journal which stood convicted of slander, calumny, and falsifying information to incriminate this man or that man at the present crisis ? We would say to the PALMERSTON Cabinet, first, do not vainly attempt to serve two masters. No man can serve both German Princes and the English People. Their objects are so totally diverse. The German despots hereditary, not elected despots, and the English electors, are in perfect antagonism. Pliancy to the wishes of German Courts, however disguised the manage ment, is detected at once by our native common sense, and all England loathes it. Could PA LIWZRSTON desert his position of " net being the Minister of Austria, we may add of Saxe ,Coburg—but of England," he would excite even more indignation than ABIIR DEEN. In his case the nation would regard them selves as cheated. He would close his days with that most degraded of characters in the eyes of Englishmen—a turncoat for Court favour. The country will look for quite an un-German No mercy whatever for Russia, and not much for the State which differs as little from it in policy as in name ; no longer declining the aid of the brave Poles ; ao more hesitation to avow that a free Poland is an essential to an honourable peace ; no further parleying with Austria, but a demand for deeds as well as Protocols and Notes. Such a contrast to late proceedings would alone be wor thy of what England expects from Lord PALatza gTON. Next in the more immediately pressing matter; —let the press have to record something done, and done promptly. Let it be seen that we have a CROMWELL at the War-office, who can write as of old—" I am willing to show you the forms of respect, but I mean to have this business done." Let the first official who turns away business sent him because "it is not in his department" bo forthwith cashiered ; whoever does not get " done" what is ordered of him, let him be told that his department is the streets, and not any branch of a War office. Let every proved incompetent man, and there must be many such, be walked off at once, and without compensation—let him think it, indeed, a favour that he is not the subject of a Coroner's verdict. It is, however, astonishing what one strong will would soon effect. The great body of understrappers would be converted into new men in 48 hours. Patriotic tradesmen would b 3 received with bows and inquiries, and thankful acceptance of their offers of service, as soon as it was known that instant dismissal was the penalty of official superciliousness and lazi ness. But, above all, let Lord PALMERSTON and Lord PANMURE beware of covering aristocratical blunders and incompetency. Nothing can save their order in England from utter prostration but the knife. Boards of nephews, brothers-in-law, and the like, must be thoroughly weeded. Men of business heads and habits must come in. England has them in abundance. An honest Government has ample means to find and test them, aid it must do it. Ministers have now a week to themselves for work. Let them do it ; and in another week or fortnight, the Crimea, and Vienna, and Berlin also, will begin to feel the difference, and the Press will have to commend, not to forbear. Where is Mr. FITZROY ? It is high time that the reformer of cab abuses should direct his atten tion to omnibuses. If the fares of one are to be regulated according to time and distance, why should there be a total absence of control over the other ? Why should the omnibus pro prietors be at liberty to alter their charges at their mere will and pleasure from three pence or fourpenco to sixpence, nineponce, or a shilling, without let or hindrance, and what is still worse without the slightest intimation of the increased fare until the victim is fairly within the vehicle, and compelled to pay a charge which he never contemplated, and which ho can badly afford. At present it is impossible to know before hand what you may bo required to pay for even the shortest distances. If you adopt the precau tion of questioning the conductor,and, after stopping the machine, refuse to comply with the extortion, you are subjected to gross impertinence, or, lathe most favourable case, to a very unpleasant alter cation. Now this might all be avoided, by fixing an average maximum mileage rate, and making stringent regulations, that every change from the faresordinarilycharged should bedietinctly marked ou the outside of each vehicle, and should be men tioned by the conductor to each passsenger previous to taking him up. By this means the constant changes which aro made sources of great imposi tion and annoyance would be avoided. At pre sent we find a slight fall of snow made a pretext for more than doubling the fares and increasing the charge from fourpence to ninepence, or even a shilling. We have seen more exacted from a single passenger for a seat in an omnibus than two of the number might have procured a eab for for the same distance. The omnibus proprietors do not serve their own interests by this conduct. They render the public suspicious and distrustful, and unwilling to make arrangements to avail themselves of the accommodation of these 'vehicles, for no one on leaving his house can tell to what ex tortion he may be subjected, the fares of one day giving no clue to what may be de manded the following day. This is the more vexatious, as thousands and tens of thousands of persons reside at considerable distances from their places of business, depending on these carriages for the mode of conveyance —a confidence which now seems to be misplaced. They are now appealing to public opinion for a reduction of some of the burdens to which they are subjected, more especially the licenses and mileage duty. Let them have every fair play. But when demanding a favour they must come into Court with clean hands, and show that their conduct has been such as to merit the concession they ask for. We would give every indulgence to those who act fairly towards the public ; and it is but justice to say that there are some who have made no alteration. We regret, however, to add that the majority have disentitled 1 themselves to any consideration. Again, we ask, where is Mr. FITZROY ? We want some energetic reformer to grapple with this serious grievance. It would not be difficult to provide a suitable remedy. ARRIVAL OF THE CRCESUS AT PLYMOUTH. PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING. The hired screw steam-transport Crcesns, from Portsmouth, with troops for the Crimea, entered Plymouth Sound at 7 o'clock this morning. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 9. The ban d of the 94th Regiment played (luring dinner yesterday, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely and the Equerries in waiting, drove out in a sledge this morning. Lord and Lady Blantyre were unavoidably prevented obeying her Majesty's commands yesterday, by the death of a near relative of Lord Blantyre. Meetings of the Oxford University Commission have been held at 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on Tuesday, Wednesday, aid Thursday, during this week. The commissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ripen, Mr. Jus tice Coleridge, the Dean of Wells, aid Sir J.W. Awdry, with the Secretaries, Mr. Goldwin Smith and the Rev. S. W. Wayte. The first Cabinet Council of the new Ministry was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing street. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Panmure, the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Sir Charles Wood, Sir William Moleswerth, and Viscount Canning. The Council sat three hours. Lord Paninure attended yesterday at the office of the Department of War, in Whitehall-gardens, and trans acted business as the Queen's Principal Secretary of St‘te for War. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey attended yesterday at the Home-office, and transacted business as her Ma jesty's Principal secretary of State for the Home De. partment. We have much satisfaction in stating that her Ma jesty's Government, in appreciation of Mr. Peto's ser vices, and more especially of his recent disinterested and patriotic conduct in retiring from the representation of Nerwioh to carry out the construction of the railway from Balftklaya, originated by the Duke of Newcastle, has recommended him to the Queen for a baronetcy, which honour will be immediately conferred upon him. rm.:rem-lure T.ORD (.0 TIME A Dlurce • VvT. llasath of Sir James Graham is slowly improving, but it will be sone days before the right hon, baronet will be able to resume his active duties. Lord Panmure attended yesterday at the office of the Department of War, in Whitehall-gardens, and trans. acted business as the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for War. We regret to announce the premature demise, at Sydney, on the 20th of October last, of Lord Frederic Montagu, third son of the Duke of Manchester. His lordship bad just attained his 26th year. Lord and Lady Blantyre were prevented from wait ing on her Majesty at Windsor on Thursday, by the death of a near relative of Lord Blantyre. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey attended yesterday at the Home-office, and transacted business as her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment. - La ly Yeah) Buller has returned to Lupton House, South Devon, from a tour of visits in the provinces. Sir John Yarde Buller has resumed his duties at Devon port, as Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant of the South Devon Militia. Yesterday Lord and Lady Montenle received at dinner, in Park-street, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, Mr. Wrightson, M.P., and Mrs. Wrightson, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taylor, Mr. De Vere, M.P., and a select party. The New Philharmonic Society has announced that its first concert will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in Exeter Hall, under the patronage of her Majesty. The mastership of the Billericay Free Scheel has become vacant. It is in the gift of trustees. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 13th inst. for the conveyance of various stores to Gibraltar, Corfu, Gambia, Simon's B a y, T r ' ncoma l ee, H ong K ong , Mel bourne, Accra Roads, Valparaiso, and Malta. The Staats-Anzeiger contains again a long list of Rus sian civil and military officers, on whom the King has conferred different classes of the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle. JOSEPH HUME, ESQ., M.P.—We are concerned to know that the member for Montrose is confined to the house by very severe indisposition. This alone could have prevented the hon. member from taking a part in the discussion on army reform—a subject to which he has given so much attention, and on which his practical experience would have been so useful. Accor go di l n d g ctooianaMgeintdurreitnugrnt,hjeupstasistsuyaeed,r it appearsir AN that T. the amounted to 4,152,1831., of which 562,5721. was in half sovereigns; that the silver coinage was 140,4801., of which 15,0411. was in florins ; and that the copper coinage was 61,5381. Tun "QUEEN'S ENEMIES."—Th e announ cement yes terday morning that a proclamation had been ordered to be issued "against holding intercourse with the Qneen's enemies" caused a sudden rise in the markets for Russian produce. Tallow has advanced 2s. to 2s. 6d. per cwt., and holders of hemp are unwilling to sell. DUBLIN, Friday Morning.—A severe ono a-storm fell last night. The southern mails are 12 hours due. The English packets have duly arrived. The Duchess of Leinster is considered out of danger. In the corn mar ket there is no change. liecranass on INSANITY.—In the City of London— without any increase of population—the number of lunatio poor has doubled within the memory of some of the guardians ; and the cause has baffled their inquiries. Some are inclined to attribute this dreadful visitation to excess of eagerness and strife in commercial pursuit, or in mental exertion • others, to diet, and some partially to the eff ec t s o f railway travelling. NOXIOUS TRADE3.—The attentiion of the public in general, and of the Board of Health in particular, may well be directed to section of 61 Buildings Act, providing, as this section does, ter the total suppression of an existing noxious trade. It sets forth that two-thirds of the inhabitants of any parish may at any time procure the removal of any noxious trade by purchase and com pensation for same—expense of so doing being levied as a rate on such parish or part of parish, or borne by the memorialists,—Builder. EMBEZZLEMENT AT LIVERPOOL —At the Liverpool Borough Sessions, on Wednesday, John B. Donaldson, formerly a collector at the Mercury office, pleaded guilty to a charge of em bezzlement of various sums of money s r t e a c t e eci ive t d ha f t oirlisthdefici the proprietors r was upwards of 1 , 000 /. Theietors of that journal. It wa s Recorder sentenced him to five years penal servitude. On hearing the sentence of the Court, the prisoner spasmodically seized the rail in front of the bar, and, with much bitterness of feeling, exclaimed " Mercy ! mercy ! oh, mercy !" and had to be removed from the bar. APOTHECARIES HALL.—The following gentlemen passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificate s to p ractise, on Thur,day the Bth of February :—Edward Cooper Willis, Fitzwilliam-strut, Cambridge ; John Betham, Lincoln ; Jaanes Richard Alexand(r Douglas, Stony Stratford ; an 1 William Burton, Ch a tham, Kent. MANNING THE NAVY.- T t is understood that a por tion of the Volunteer Coast Guard are to be called out and embodied, and that inducements in the shape of bounty will be held out to them, as well as seamen generally to join her Majesty's service, in order to efficiently man the fleet of the gun-boats, mortar ves sels, and floating batteries for the spring campaign in the Baltic. The number of men in her Majesty's naval service will be increased to 70,000. The Water men's Company, agreeably to the terms of their charter, have made the necessary arrangements for a ballot to furnish 2,500 men iu three drafts for her Majesty's ser- Tito. LATEST NEWS. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the following, dated Trieste, Saturday morning : The steamer Australia arived to-day at 7.1 i a.m., in 112 hours, from Alexandria. The India and China mails left Alexandria on the sth February, with advices from Calcutta to the 10th January ; Madras, 14th January ; Bombay, 17th January ; Shanghai, sth Decem. ber ; Hong Kong, 19th December. The Burmese Envoy has demanded the restitu- tion of Pegu, which has been peremptorily refused. The Khan of Kokan has been permitted to borrow native officers to drill his troops against the Russians. There has been some fighting in the Persian Gulf between the Arabs and the Persians. At Bombay money is scarce, and the import market overstocked. A monetary crisis is con sidered probable at Calcutta. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. Op. At Canton matters are still threatening and trade quite depressed. Exchange at Canton 4s. 9d. ; Shanghai, Gs. G-id. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, SATURDAY MORNING. Tho local papers assert that 60,000 Russians are concentrated on the Pruth. The head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff are to bo removed from Kischeneff to Odessa. The Russian division has been forced to retire for want of water from the neighbourhood of Eupatoria. Since the frosty weather has set in there has been a great want of water at Perekop, but there are abundant supplies of provisions. The Grand Duke Miohael is better. Prince Menschikoff is suffering from old wounds received in 1828. The Russians are preparing to attack the posi tions of the Allies on all points. The Sultan is unwell. VIENNA, FRIDAY, FES. 9. Intelligence from Bucharest announces that Prince Stirbey had assembled the Divan to vote an extraordinary sum from the Wallachian Ex chequer to assist the Sultan in the prosecution of the war. The allied Consuls had urged the adoption of this measure, which it was thought would meet with success. Accounts from Constantinople, of the Ist Feb ruary, state that the latest attitude of Persia had given some anxiety. France and England are reported to have despatched an ultimatum to that Power. MADRID, FEB. 7. To-day M. Madoz, Minister of Finance, pro posed in the Cortes the sale of the property of the communes and of the state (in addition to that of tho ulergy) against inalienable Throe per Cent. Bonds. FRANCE. We have received the Moniteur of yesterday. It : ays :-- " The auxiliary corps which the kingdom of Sardinia is about to send to the East will consist of four brigades of infantry of the line, two bat talions of Rifles, two regiments of cavalry, four batteries of artillery, and a company of carabineers. " The four brigades of infantry will be the Bri gade of Sardinian Grenadiers, formerly Brigade of the Guards, considered a corps d'elite, the Pied mont Brigade, the Pignerol Brigade,' and the Aosta Brigade. _ "The Rifles (called in Piedmont ' Berlaglieri), formed on the model of the Chasseurs de Vin cennes, are well armed, - and first-rate marksmen. "The cavalry regiments, which are preparing to leave, are very remarkable. Their horses, of the mountain breed, chiefly from the island of Sar dinia, are very hardy and are easily fed. One-half of the men are armed with lances. " The artillery is very efficient, and the baggage train well organised. " The greatest enthusiasm is shown by the troops selected for the expedition, and officers of every branch of the service eagerly seek the honour of joining it." Under the heading " Frankfort" the same paper publishes the following : "In the sitting of the 3d inst., the German Diet adopted the proposition to place the principal contingents on a war footing, so that they may be ready to take the field within a fortnight after the order has been given. " The total strength of Austria, without the gendarmerie, the naval forces, and the depots, is - 650,000 men, of which 5-7ths may be easily em ' ployed against Russia, while. the two remaining 7ths would suffice to maintain tranquillity in Italy and keep within bounds any Russian or Pansla vonic outburst in Servia or Montenegro. Russia, at the outside, cannot oppose more than 250,000 men to the Austrians in Galicia, the Bukowina, and the Danubian Principalities, as she is obliged at the same time to wage war in Asia and in the Crimea, and has to protect Odessa, Finland, aid the Baltic provinces. A ball was given at the Palace of the Tuileries last night. It was very much crowded, and the display of uniforms was considerable and varied. Queen Maria Christina and the Duke of Rianzares were present. The former were seated on the right of the Emperor and the Empress on his left. The fact of a ball being given at the present moment when our armies are in such a state of sniff)r ing, is much criticised. But while it is true that the pre sent season is not one for rejoicing, it ought not to be forgotten that Paris is a city which depends for much of its prosperity on such festivities. The Court is naturally expected to take the lead and set the example, and were it not to do so the mur murs and discontent of the numerous classes who depend for their living on these things would be very great. Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P., leaves Paris this even ing for Marseilles, and will probably extend his journey to Malta. This object is to organize a regular service of transports for the sick for the Crimea direct to Marseilles, and to establish hos pitals along the coast. He has had more than one interview with the Minister of Marine and Minister of Foreign Affairs, who approved highly of his plans, and have promised to give all the assistance in their power. It is said that General Niel, who was lately sent to the Crimea, will, after a general inspection, re turn to make a report to the Emperor. M. Soule, late minister plenipotentiary of the United States at the Court of Madrid, arrived at Bayonne on the evening of the sth, and left the next morning for Bordeaux. BOURSE, FEB. 9.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 95 75 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 67 75 67 70 Credit Mobilier 790 Roman Credit Eoneier 550 Austrian Belgian Fives 92i— Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 75 Homo Debt 82 82 35. RAILWAYS—POE CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,177 50 Lyons . 1035 50 Western 672 50 Rouen - 611 25 Strasburg Mediterranean 926 25 Havr© 565 Northern tions to the north and east of the camp of the Allies, and which communicates with Sebastopol, though wTi difficulty ; of detached divisions in the environs of Bakshi-Serai and Simpheropol which may be concentrat ed in a few hours, so as to oppose to the besiegers a mass of 100,000 men; of a corps of from 25,000 to 30,000 men fortified in the positions of the Alma, is order to close the roa d t o S e b astopol against mer Pacha, and to cut off all communications by land with the Allied army ; and, lastly, of about 50,000 men who are encamped at the entrance of the Isthmus to protect Perekop, observe Eupatoria, keep up the communications of Prince Menschikoff with Rnssia, and be ready to go wherever they may be required. It has been stated that the Russians make use of lassoes to catch our soldiers. But they employ the rope in another manner also : two strong Cossacks, holding one by each end, lie flat on the ground at a spot where the besiegers will have to pass in repulsing a sortie. As soon as they :see French or English soldiers arrive in pursuit of Rus sians, they raise the rope and cause them to f5ll. On those the Russians then make an offensive return, and the unfortunate soldiers aro sometimes killed or made prisoners. Such a trick is fitter for savages than for disciplined soldiers ; and it excites our contempt and in dignation against those who make use of it." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest of the 25th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says--" All the Turkish troops who were in Moldavia and at Ibraila, under the orders of Sadyk P ac h a and of Ahmed ' Pacha, have left within the last eight or ten days to recross the river at Goura Yalomitza, and proceed, one part to Silistria and the Dobrudscha l and the other to Varna. Baron de Mensebach, consul-general of Prussia in the Principalities, has just arrived here from Berlin. It is believed that he will forthwith resume official relations with the Wallachian Go vernment ; he put an end to them during the Russian occupation, on account of some arbitrary acts committed by the Russian authorities against Prussian subjects. M. Tastu, consul of France in Moldavia, has arrived from Jassy, to act as consul general of Franco, in the room of M. Ponjade, who has left for Constantinople and Paris." `s m Zit - di , • A l t v r. , • LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1855. The Ministerial difficulty has been disposed of for the time being, and both Houses of Parliament have adjourned until Friday, the 16th inst., in order to give time for the re-election of the two Members of the Cabinet whose changes of position render appeals to their respective constituencies indispensable. The time thus practically lost, at a period when every moment is of the greatest consequence, may be taken from Tuesday last until Friday next—or nearly a working fort night. Surely the ordinary business of the country might have been transacted during this time, on the understanding that there would be no serious discussions until the return to the House of the new Premier and Secretary of State. Mr. CARD • WELL might have introduced his new measure on the Law of Partnership. Some of the legal re forms postponed from last year, and which will, doubtless, be proceeded with, might also have made some progress, or even if there were no Ministerial topic ripe for discussion, or even explanation, the time thus wantonly sacrificed would have enabled many independent members to have disposed of questions of considerable interest and importance to the community in general. But all these ad vantages have been relinquished without even a remonstrance from any side of either House. Tn truth, Noble Lords and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen as anxiously grasp at any plausible excuse for a holiday, as if they were schoolboys, striving to evade the performanCe of very irksome tasks which they would gladly sconce whenever practicable. In the present instance there has merely been a substitution of offices. The Cabinet is to all intents and purposes the same, its policy unaltered, save that we may probably look fora greater display of vigour, decision, and energy. The explanation has already been given in the House of Lords. Ns vacancy is to be filled up in that branch of the Legislature, which will confer a seat on an influential and leading member of the Cabinet, who, for the time being, is unable to explain his views. There was, therefore, not the shadow of an excuse for the protracted adjournment of their Lordships' House. In the House of Commons much could have been effected during the absence of Lord PAL MERSTON and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT. Surely their colleagues, who still retain their seats—the new Home Secretary, for it appears that Mr. HER BERT goes to the Colonies and Sir GEORGE GREY resumes his old place at the Home-office, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the President of the India Board, the Chief Commissioner of Woods, to say nothing of all the Ministers holding offices but without seats in the Cabinet—might be entrusted to con duct public business for a week or teu days without the personal superintendence of their chief, and his colleague, the Colonial Secretary. And what in to be gone through for this highly prejudicial delay must be endured ? Appeals must be made to publio opinion at Tiver ton ! and South Wilts! It must be ascertained whether the late members have forfeited the con fidence of their respective constituents by the changes to which they have assented. This is easily discovered. Indeed there is not the slightest chance even of a contest in either place. At Tiverton the committee unanimously agreed that there is not the slightest necessity for the attend ance of the new Premier. They have, and very properly, relieved his Lordship of every particle of trouble, so that the election will be reduced to a mere form. A similar course might be adopted at South Wilts without the slightest risk to the new Secretary of State. Thus we see that all the delay might be avoided without the slightest injury to any constitutional principle. But whence the necessity for any new election, or the seats being vacated ? Sir GEORGE GARY does not vacate his, although moved from the Colonial to the Home-office ! Why should Lord PALMERSTON for going from the Home-office to the Treasury, or Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT for becoming Secretary for the Colonies in place of Secretary at War ? They both previously held seats in the Cabinet, and, although there is a for mal, there is no substantial, difference between their cases and that of Sir GEORGE GREY. Either, then, his seat should also have been vacated, or the others should have remained without altera tion. It is, no doubt, a salutary precaution that the constituencies should have full opportunities of pronouncing on the co7duct of any representative who, for the first time, accepts office under the Crown. But, in any subsequent alteration, the ordeal is as unnecessary as it would be in the case of a naval or military officer who obtained legitimate promotion in his profession. If a per- SOII be once a placeman he is subjected to the influence of the Crown as much as if he held any other office. We have alluded to this matter, trusting that a very serious annoyance and inconvenience may be avoided for the future. In any case, the vacancy should not occur for one or two months after the appointment, to give ample time for any expla nations that might be required, and which it would be only fair to the new official to give him the opportunity of making. The Press was never certainly conducted with greater decorum, on the whole, than at the pre sent day, yet it is taken to task with a - virulence in some quarters, worthy of the times of SID MOVTH and the Six Acts. A great statesman could lower himself to bespatter it with opprobrious but pointless epithets—that is simply to abuse, in language indicating plenty of in the indi vidual using it—but striking no part of the mark at which lie aimed. `Yo certainly were pained, for his own sake, to hear a noble lord talk of the "ribald Press ;" the truth being that Holywell velearQya,perhtiaornacotfert,hethpartososnwhihicaht Street Was no t th e o bj ect o f hi s wra th, b u t tk a t suchis z o r f oun d a alone "firs li t e has refused hitherto to abolish the Newspaper Stamp ! H e was afraid of injuring thereby the object of his Present abase l .ra so long The London Daily Press was " first-class" with h as that p r etext would servo for p reventing tbe crea f tion of c h ea p newspapers, and the free eireulatdo politi cal knowledge among thc low er clarsses ; but noivtht Mr. GLADSTONE and Lord STANLEY h ave doomed a his much-loved penny stamp to annihilation, and proved themselves he artier educationists t han Lord JOHN - RUSSELL, forthwith the very same journals become the " ribald Press 1" The first- .•11.11 THE CRIMEA. A letter from Constantinople of the 29th ult., in the Courrier de Lyon, says :-- "The Russian army in the Crimea has just received large reinforcements. It now consists of—the garrison cf Sebastopol, supposed to be 20,000 strong ; of the army of observation, which occupies Tory strong posi• RUSSIA. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following tele graphic despatch : " WARSAW, FEB. 8. " Generals Labinzoff and Plautise have been ordered to advance immediately with the troops under their or ders, so as to be able to keep up a closer observation of the Austrian troops on the frontier. The cavalry of the Guard has been ordered to take up quarters at Useilug in the spring (on the Bug north of Lemberg). An en camped army is to bo formed at Lowicz, near the rail way between Warsaw and Kaliseh." SPAIN. The first symptoms of agitation have already begun in the north of Spain, and though not of importance in themselves yet, coinciding as they do with what has been said of the Carlist plans, and occurring while the central Government is still so unsettled, they show that there are parties willing and ready to take advantage of the first favourable opportunity for the attainment of their ends. While Carlism is menacing in the north, the finances exhausted and credit almost completelyde stroyed, and thousands of the working classes de pending on the alms of the municipalities of large towns for their daily bread, these ardent patriots of the Spanish Convention are discussing and defining the rightsof manand the sovereignty of the people. Private accounts from Pampeluna speak of the arrest of some non-commissioned officers and of offi cers who are on the retired list in that city, on the charge of an attempt to seduce the soldiers from their allegiance to the cause of Count Montemolin. Letters from San Sebastian do not speak of much apprehension felt for the province of Guipuz coa, of which it is the capital. It was in that pro vince particularly that the civil war was felt most reverely, and it is very doubtful whether its in habitants are desirous of reviving it. Great pro gress leas been made there within the last seven or eight years. Its villages, hitherto so secluded and almost inaccessible, have been thrown open by means of roads, along which a stream of traffic is now flowing. Manufactories have been built, which have propagated laborious habits among a popula tion which was always remarkable for its Jove of industry, and tastes have been acquired which are only consistent with tranquillity. " Though no immediate danger is apprehended," says a letter, "yet it has been considered necessary to augment the number of Miqueletes to 300 for this pro vince." The Miqueletes are a military corps en rolled and paid by the province for the protection of the highways. The following is from a letter from Bayonne, dated the 7th inst.:-- "The 14 Carlistq, taken on the frontier, were ar rested at the request, and on U..) indication, of the Spanish Consul in that city. The gendarmes marched all night, and surprised them at Freak of day next morning. Commander Oscariz, however, had time before he was apprehended, to swallow a paper, which wai believed to contain an order from General Elio to enter Navarre. The five chiefs arrested are—Comman der Oscariz (better known by the name of So.turnina) ; Captain Ugaldo ; Lieutenants Yzurro and Ybarragola ; and Ensign Yahar." A letter from Cracow, of the 2d, says :—"General Count Schlick, who commands the 4th corps d'armtle in Gallicia, returned to his post yesterday, and has this day passed the troops in review. The supplies collected for the army are immense. The little town of Dukh, in ono of the defiles of the Carpathian Mountains, is one of the principal depots—all its houses, in fact, have been turned into corn stores." Letters from Copenhagen of the 30th of January state that the whiter had set in with great severity. On tho 29th the thermometer was 14 degs. below freezing point. The communications with the main land suffered delay from the great accumu lation of ice in the Great. Belt. The Suabian Mercury of the 4th, under its Frankfort head, says—"We can confirm, from good authority, the news given by some of the journals in the north of Germany, that Prussra, in conse quence of present circumstances, intends mobilising her 4th and Gth corps d'arinee (Saxony and Silesia), as well as the first ban of the Landwehr, making in all about 120,000 men." The German Journal of Frankfort states, from Wiesbaden of the sth, that preparations for war had commenced in the Duchy of Nassau. A fourth battery of artillery was being formed composed of 12-pounders. An order has already been given for the purchase of the 50 horses necessary for this battery. The Suabian. Mercury of the 6th says :—" We learn that preparations are being made in Wur temburg for placing the army on a war footing, and that a considerable uumber of horses are to be purchased. It is said also that the administrative •fcers •f the army, whcse services will be required in the event of a mobilisation, have been already designated. The I eipsic Gazette contains a letter from Vienna of the 4th, which says :—The Turkish Ambassador had a conference yesterday morning with Count Buol, and informed him that ho had received from Constantinople the necessary powers for taking part in the intended conferences ; ulterior instruc tionss,re to be sent from the Porte bya special commis sioner, who is to take part in tho negotiations. The Turkish ambassador also announced that the Porte would send a military plenipotentiary. The rumour runs that Achmet nothy Paella, com mander-in-second of the guard, is spoken of as the person for the purpose." A letter from Constantinople of the 28th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says :—" The banker Bal tazzi, who had fallen into disgrace, has been sum moned by Reschid Pacha to give his advice on the project of raising a loan in the empire in the same way as those of France and Austria. Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe has given a farewell dinner in honour of Baron Bruck." A letter from Vienna of the 4th inst., in the German, Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin, will, it is said, remain here longer than was at first intended, and take part in the conferences which are to commence next week at Count Buol's office on the subject of the eventualities of the war. Some persons consider the sudden return of Count Esterhazy as a demonstration of the Cabinet of Vienna against Prussia, and think that he will not return again to his post ; but we are of opinion that this is going rather too far, as Count d'Arnim, the Prussian Ambassador, has not quitted Vienna, as ho would have done, had Austria acted in a de cidedly unfriendly manner." FIRE AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday morning a large warehouse, behind the Albion Hotel, Manchester, partly occupied by J. W. Wood and Co., makers-up and partly by Fairbrother and Wood, embroiderors, was discovered to be on firs, and though Mr. Rose was soon in attend ance with the fire brigade of the town and several en gines, nearly an hour had elapsed before the flames were fairly got under. The damage is estimated at 1,5001., which is covered by insurances. ANTWERP, Feb. B.—Since the 3d the frost had dis appeared, and there was a prospect of the navigation of the river being again soon open for sailing vessels, but, to-day, after a considerable fall of snow, the wind has again come round. to the N.E., bringing with this change a renewed wintry appearance. Steam vessels alone obtain pilots. IMPORTANT SALE OF Nll5 PICTURES. 400 We have experienced more than ord inar y grat in inspecting a,-number of first-class English Pa i _ : l ch o by some of the most eminent moder n masters, 0.°;50, now on view at the gallery of Messrs. Foster Ito°ol Pall-mall, and which are intended for public 8 0 ,4 that firm on Thursday next. Twenty o f these Pt ch, , formed a portion of the collection of Charles Bir ne of Edgbaston, near Birmingham—a well noisseur and liberal patron of the fin e arts-° o - minder being part of another pr operty ; h nt ,' o . o o l together, they constitute quite a cabin et of these to tio schools of Brit'sh modera art, the talented reprel ell j t3 ol of which have earned for themselv es so Osler'''. enduring a celebrity. Whilst there is scarcely a science 10°1°1111°1: the exercise of so great a degree of mental refuti4 and at the same time affords such a n unliniited.nvo for the indulgence of inclination, or Wl' . t i e d choice of subjects, as well as of Pec cii : ari c ,,ll o style in their treatment, as that of Poi ct f' re si o is, probably, none with regard to which tg. so much diversity of taste and opinion on th e p i : in t! admirers. It is therefore not to be wondered v't'foi present day, when we can boast of so many aAltfelt standard and unquestionable merit in its trar is. ,it, ys i ments—each distinguished by some leading trs,t each illuming the path in which he treads--ts• should command a particular -reference. Ileth„:001°., Con, then, to which we allude, ' there is aroll„ . 1) - 40 4 the gratification of these individual prejudices, 110100 be so termed ; whilst, at the same time, th cs6 :fill ° des crbe', no predilections of the nature we have cover many works which present attraction/at:tol' eminent order, and which are stamped ifit h t:0 1 , 1 characteristics that have established the Prc' e of those by whops they were produced- ~ fhe cl?' Without pretending to notice the slui° - j e 6 1110 19 ponent parts of this recherche collectioet *rooo,oider; criticise—which, where so much excellerice.Boll)ci' would be quite an act of supererogation'ir,eit s ee P: , endeavour to convey an idea of 01 013 ; Amongst the pictures belonging to gr. P .. 11 - . 1 1 it t o nificent composition by Maclise, 104 0 1-1 4 1 f r: hibited at the Royal Academy in 18 '""A; r e lPi' Saxon King in the Danish Camp," nently. This is undoubtedly one of the cm , " 0 0 0 a the great historical painter. Its cenc e Pleig uili ; much grandeur, the sto. y it embodies is I ce : - f or y yet powerfully told, and the whole, frog , 41 , 6 0 0 1 indolence of Guthrum, the wanton grouP P O l e a is surrounded, the watchful ye t seifT °Bs- ted 2. 1 Alfred, and the knots of riotous and intoPc°:at ti o by whom the tent is surrounded, to the beauty of the spot itself, affords food for ettav the eye can almost never tiro. Inde ed lose knows etoloi knows whether most to admire the ro atell , l- 0 0 Y power of the artist, or the vast amount 0 ' f irj devoted labour, both in detail and a ccogo f it)! has bestowed upon it. Than there is a e r gri d ° ll landscape by F. Danby, A.R.A., his AN; story of Peleus—a rare production- 111 %7 0 4 i glowing pencil ; a charming beau M c° ll lipped, rosy-checked, roguish-looking `` po • in the wood, by W. P. Frith, ; roP humorous, Hogarth-like studies from iti velPe ,0 1 Webster, R.A., called "Beating for : 11 ;0$ 1 was originally painted for Mr. F. R. L en ' g a ' ee # o , J. Linnel's truthful rustic scenes, ° the Wood ;" a bright, sunny marine Qs° ciole.i or Bay," by Sir A. Calcott, ; and w-I,ofrolllll " Fleur-de-lis," by Etty, exhibited at the 0 demy in 1818, a sweet specimen of his !JO'', and genius in the delineation of female gr ° : 1Y There are also characteristic pictures fr°:, of Sir E. Landseer, the late J. Collet; P -' l 4 late J. M. W. Turner, R.A., W. elfeo nti Stanfield, R.A., J. R. Herbert, R.A" I 1 , 1 07; 0 , wJ. B. Pyne, and G. Lance ; and f ri11 1 ; of Sir David Wilkie's life-like stories "The First Ear-ring," and P au l d e la 1 3 ° 13 ; "oil of the World," from which the well by Blanchard was taken. Amongst the 6 1 , ;8 . part of the collection ar e three marine 1.-11 k; Cooke, A.R.A., a Shaksperian A.R.A.., "The Quarrel Between D o rothe a 'V) —an admirable picture—a pair of river Se.'o,ll Lee, R.A. ; two of Frank Stone's plesi4., " The Lattice," by Etty, and admired o ° o l oo 6 I Cooper, A.R.A., David Ro berts, R.A., );04? cott, Faed, J. D. Harding , T. Creswielgtlo o Leslie, R.A., J. w a nt, W. Muller, and C1. 0 ,,b1i 0 The collection, we may ald, will bo op°° three days prior to the sale. ~...el e°.. I. —--- - _ -- 10 .01,. 1 THE " PEN AND ili . ' . f t itle ° if -.------- 'ate i f j Under this suggestive and a ppraP il n f a, n e :d i f lished to-day (Saturday) " number on e - w ee 0." trated family weekly newspaper, of tbe ,:eral 3 9, form as the Examiner ; and its first i f' fo e l l* ,/' the public, judging from the specime n ~e e; rl .o 9 : o ; j, is alike creditable to its projectors, i' g b ...4 , publisher, is a decidedly successful on e. 'icor being, in the pointed a n d h um orous line c* 'lf if - a h a ppy work, ~ i p Which not e'en critics criticise. otiglof We presume all works of that description prri, exempted from such a test of judg inel3t d ° ffe 4 , though there can be little doubt but that `-tedur day the merits or d emer it s o f a journal s r ! v , i f) / decided by the stand ar d o f public estitaAjt: the latter case there can be no doubt be.bighl "Pen and Pencil " will at once tak e 11 0 0 amongst the periodicals of the week. 1 15 , 2 ings in the present number are as exq u isif Y o i as woodcuts can possibly be --inclee°' 't to mention nothing else than that t he s os l4 / artists engaged upon it are the /defer& If ie flie rantee the superiority of this departmeit' I, on the first page, which is after Sir Thom o od tri f: f i celebrated picture of " The Sisters," is bef ell . , r ., The other illustrations, particularly those,folitri incidents of the war, are full of spirit and fi gr oi a l/i f, the literary contents the public will of ° ion( best judges ; but we may notice, as a , toYA novel feature, that a page is devote,' II ji r article for young people, which / re ', 04/, instruction with amusement. There is al ge " o 4: pithily told narrative, after the typo of thoseifitteil hold Words." As re g ard s w h a t is techn ica i , l 'bli t i the "getting up" of the paper, it speal‘sliii/ publisher, Mr. J. Clayton, Crane-coort r aid is an excellent specimen of noveP e t h e e , ino # o , ' printing. An advertisement, indicatiotr e r eo objects of the undertaking, appears at' etP- ~.f......... .... , ' ,ire ' Till LORD MAYOR'S BAIN 1— v- j i° THE BALTIC .FEEIP J r • Ai ---...—. The fellowing letter has bees addresse cl . Ati porary : ..,, eor 46 " i i, Sir, —ln your account of the Lord -g".% o r,i, ) it appears his lordship was pleased to P - ;t h wI,,S; Navy and the Baltic Service," coupling:l,4S or", the names of Sir Charles Napier and 4 - I ',,r l OW R.N. Let us know, sir, in what M7boi d ,cl high honour was responded to. Would ii i' yri'v that the late Commander-in-Chief of the v 5 ,K 40 411 , 1 not one werd to say in its favour, but, on ;le i jo cast a stigma, both en officers and me n 't, o o l ol! served ? He says, " The fleet was yell t , d 0 1. 47 and worse disciplined." Does he WO ,; o leigir o f Willie believe that was a reason why he i r ,: f il i b o i ll,l l the ships iato battle ? If such as unwer r t le l / 1 0 intended, I feel certain the indignation 0 the 0 i vice will be so great as to make the .0,0„, 4 , 1„/ never dare look a British seaman in the ial•po i , ev,,,0 fleet was not badly manned, some of th e 13l eJtir cellent crews, and all of them had crews f f r .ifir d$ the average of those in our ships last 1"" ile?* our most brilliant actions. A . 0.9 13 , 0 As for the discipline of the ships, that L' . ;" re; et" the captains. And, I venture to ;ay, a, f or e ye efficient, and well-qualified set of officer' :jale',o o . 4 found in the navy ; indeed, I heard an ge r) , th e 0 of holding a high command, and know do gel' for. his high professional acquirements fO4-ntAls 14 bearing) remark, that the selection of c i a Li alr ti r ;(0 1 so, Baltic fleet reflected great credit on the .IS-L" - ,eips ; or are the men to whom the discipline of t he s ilo S i;cli i jii trusted—men who required no bonsbes,loo4 l ei 0 sharpen their sense of honour, •r theirs'l'34 01' f 0 what was due to the country who Pla c 1 1 ).37 lir' ships in their trast.—l have the honour to A f 1` obedient servant, Ili T iC irir A CAPTAIN OF TAB ..--- f 0 1) .,; f, / A Government commission is now sittiogosfavior to inquire into the blunders of the wa r ° I ic e /fr f v u ic tu e, re a . nd T t h o e d c e o v in is m e t is h s e io b n es h t as plln for such m i s :th a "I days. ai .i l ev lo lk The steam-ship Telegraph, Ca tainJa cksen ri 1 3 ' 1 0;4 Liverpool, yesterday, for Con P t . oPl e Wj fi -- c ntri via Portsmouth. She had on Btanboardin aboot sariat drivers. At Portsmouthbe e ,iri er* and• whicha number ahe wi l of lpr additionaloceed didirect t c o t l; o m ee t n sn h i i e s s sistaetraiii:to.:wc.irt;, : I t f lo c PORTUGUESE CONTINGENT.-.--A r"° °ti t. r I P - ort ligs :o 3eljg arrangement is likely to be made wi t ' A r ri 'a ---*. ci 14 ; that ogous to that litely concluded with Sarurnitev, 05)60 she rhould furnish a cont ceive in return a loan of one or twig?' e n 1 33 i t 1 l : v l4 at the good reputation of Sardinia for tti and the deplorable disgrace into wbic is ' plunged herself by her periodical coo las c„O o - 0 00 0 . would be no similarity, however, in the 01 01; Portsmouth, Jan. 8. •_: _ . 4, 1 ,1 th t ee e