The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-19 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. P rolarletor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Faa. 19, Logue, and be ~.-• an eZ",,r , nad a new and orlginal Drama, Preceded by a Pro- To JANET PRIDE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BAYADERE. Characters by biessra. r ' Redford awl G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and Mdllea. la L___"wta and Ilenoni. ROYAL otYlarlc THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING', FEB. 19, Which Will Messrs. FF. tßobhson, he presened te n ew A. Witedietta, call ed TIT FOR TAT, in and Miss Maskell will appear. gan F o llowed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. A ler which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TUX YELLOW D THE LING OF THE GOLD MINES. DWARF A- Nurniond, Miss MisE. s Characters by 3{,.. Hobson, iss Julia St. George, aid Mrs. Fitgallan. Marston, Miss Bromley, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. tinier the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVE=NING Will b,icrtlzmed the popular Burietta, OUR NELLY. Principa character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After which, a new. Operat i c Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BIZAVE. To conclude with MOH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPEUTHEA Lessee and :limner, 3fr. Win. Cooke. TIIIS EVENING, 104th time, the BATTLE • of the ALMA ! to which will iiliOrtly be added, the Battles of Bslaklava and of Inkerinan. After which, the Brilliant SCENES of EQUITATION in the CIECLE. To conclude with (the last week) the Grand Comic Pantomime called GULLIVER and the LILLIPUTIANS; or, Harlequin and Britannia. On FRIDAY, a FREE BENEFIT in aid of the " Time" Fund for the Relief of the Sick and wounded Soldiers. l;ox••otlec open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. vfmt, Acting At A n, t r, 31 tt , El Cooke. Ellfittiall Dirnctor, us. NY. Cocke, put. TUE WEATHER.—Sum Orrto", Feb. 18. TEERMOMETEB, IN THE SHADE. 30 highest since noon yesterday. 21—lowest this morning and tiering the night. 30 —this day, at noon. BAROMETEB, 30'12. WIND, E. to S.E.—Light, with fine frosty and ■nn shiny weather. This is the coldest day yet, and all the world are crowding to the Parke. FEBRUARY 19. 32 —highest since noon yesterday. 21—lowest this morning and during the night. 34 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.05—falling. WIND, S.E.—Light, with cloudy weather indicative of a change. On Wednesday last the thermometer was at 11 on Blackheath. •- 'IA - ' ufficient to induce the proprietors of respectable journals to continue their registration at the Stamp-office, and a certain stamp on their en tire issue, a matter of considerable importance, if regarded only in a statistical point of view. We have already pointed out the absurdity of taking four ounces as the starting point. Why, we ask, might not the graduated scale commence at two ounces for one half-penny, if that half penny were paid by means of a recognised stamp ; and why should not some little additional time be given to newspapers for posting, so as to give the latest intelligence without extra charge ? These are questions deserving of serious con sideration, which cannot be lightly or contu maciously negatived. The object of a judicious Minister should be to encourage rather than re tard the circulation of the best class of journals— to remove local prejudices as far as prac ticable. This, however, is not the case under the present measure, which therefore must be mate rially modified before it is suffered to pass into a law. MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. LONDON OFFICES. City-72, Old Broad-street (six doors from the Royal Evchange.) West End-7, Charing-cross (opposite the statue.) Direct Communication by underground wires with the principa, Towns of the Kingdom. Charge for Twenty Words , inc ludin g delivery, an d address not counted : .... To Liverpool, Office, 2 Exchange -buildings ••.. • • .... 2s. 6d. ~Manchester, „ Exchange-arcade ............ • • • • • „ Carlisle, „ 22, English-street ............... •. • ~ Birmingham „ 101, New-street .• ~ Scotland —Glasgow, Office, 18, Exchange-square.. • ..... •• PP Greenock, „ Cathcart-square.. •........ • • 14.1. Od. Dumfries „ High-street ................ :: Irefind —DuUlin, ' „ 23, College-green • • Belfast, „1, Donegal-street ........ ” r em broke•street .• Cork, „ •• , Queenstown, The quay } EDWARD B. BRIGHT, Secretary. DRIJRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduce Tw o d Pri o ces as . usual.— A Morning Performance every W e dnesday. at 'clock THIS EVENING, FEB. 19, Win be presented THE LADY OF LYONS. Principal charac ters by Mr. T. Mead, Belton, A. lounge, Hall, and Worrell; Misses Marriott, Johnson, and Mrs. Selby. To be followed by the entirely original, extraordhiary, 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 Moist , . Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The sxtraordinai 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 has 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 the Christmas Bill of Fare : —The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains of Dulness.—Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halliard. 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, Fame, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Can. Good Humour, Miss Alder ; Llghtheart .and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original " C ook's Oracle," and the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &a.), Miss Roalna Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, and its con coction accordingly. Cottage ~ 3 t* 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 ple."—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. Boleno ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Clifford, Gower, Johnson, Love, Limbs, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Quinc e, &c. Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charles, Kine, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richard son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Lille Ellis, Rosa H a rrison, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chenley, Martiney, St. Clare, Evens, John Levines, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Coryphies. The Will and the Way—the Talismanic Sixpence—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, Ecc. 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 Weed, 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 snd 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_ areat Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutsue in the Province of Pickles (by Sunset).—Chutnie (Chief of the Pickles), Mr. Fiery Facies ; 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 Pail 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. Bolcno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, Mr. Cole ; Sprite. Herr 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, Sinockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed ; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman Al, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of tho Great Rugged Russian Bear—How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rather old, turns out somewhat crusty—A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb—A Cpssack—Pure Circassian Cream—How_yne Sham 11l makes all well—The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar —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—Clod chows 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 *gilt, a Regular Row, and Station-house for Two. Great 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 Werld—A Model Baby and a Spirit Child—The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil—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 Biscuit Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cornhill.—" Cp rouse ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"—A Bolster for one and a Lobster for two—A Museulman and a Man for a Muscle—Duty and Castom —A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake— First Edititn and Second Edition—Left Out for Want of Room— Press of the Privilege and Privileges of the Press —" Oh, what a row, a rumpus, 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, Strutalorg, Lounge, Loiter, and Walk about; Boareiman, Mr. Bobaday. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of Somerset-horse.—Here we are—Merry Christman and a Happy New Year —High Prices and Low Prices—Manchester Stuff—Ene lish Comforters—Stocks on Hand and Handsome Stocks—Ford's Eureka Shirts--Reform in the Civil List and Uncivil Treatment of the Clerks—Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Holyday at Somerset-house.--Hosier, Mr. Stocken ; Shopfnan, Mr. Early lutrd ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.—Chef de Cuisine, Mons. Soyer ; Kiteltemnalds, Misses Basteaway and Drippingsell ; Guardsman, Corporal Longshanks ; 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 Giblet 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. An Illuminated Page of the History of England.—Grand Allegorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the Allied Forces. Young Juliien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the doable bands of the English and French. "God save the Queen," " Partant pour la eyrie," and "Pule Britannia." Daughter of the Regiment, Miss Rebecca Collins, in which character she will sina the spirited patriotic effusion, published in "Blackwood's Magazine" for December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena dier Guards, when the men get some drink for the first time at Balaklava, Sept. 28th : " Come all vou 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 twen.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 Flectrie 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, 45.; second price, 25.; upper circle, 3s. ; second price, la. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; second price, is.; .ower gallery, Is.; second price, 6d.; upper gallery, 6d.; private boxes, 10s. 6d., 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 Bowel eault, Esq.; Two Dramas, by A. Harris, Esq. ; an Adaptation from efeyerbeer's Opera, L'Etoile du Word, with new scenery, properties, and effects; to be succeeded by an English version (by Mr. Reynold son) of Black's Iphigenia in Tauride. The Grand Historical Egyp tian Drama, many months in preparation, will also shortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL ILAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. FEB. 19, Will be performed the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman ; Juliet, Miss Swanhorough. Fc flowed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 80-PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl Who Lost her Sheep. Little 80-Peep, Miss L. Thompson ; Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby; ColumWne, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, FEE. 19, Will be presented Le original adaptation of Casimir Inelayigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS TIIE ELEVEINTIL. Principal character by Mr. C. Kea*. After *filch will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Ilarlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. ring DAy —Morning 44 min.after 3 I Evening 4 min.aft. 4 To-Mossow Morning 26 niin.after 4 1 Evening 46 lain. aft. 4 ROTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Manavment of :Madame Vestrls. THIS EVENING, FEB. 19, Will be perfonvred AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. After 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. Box-office open from 10 until G. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Adlersft, 15, New-Bond-street. ' / t 'k.r . tt . - THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1855. THE ENGLISHWOMAN IN RUSSIA. This day, 4th thousand, with Woodcuts, post Svo., 10s. 6d., TEN YEARS in RUSSIA. By AN ENGLISHWOMAN. John Murray, Albemarle-street. THE CAMPAIGN IN THE CRIMEA. THE THIRD EDITION of the QUARTERLY REVIEW, for JANUARY, is NOW READY. John Murray, Albemarle•street. LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1851. Will Lord PALMERSTON continue to resist in quiry? Should he do so, his term of office will be of brief duration ; and the Premier of whom suck sanguine hopes were once entertained will become as unpopular as he had at one time been popular. He should not forget that one of the great causes of public respect and admiration for his character and conduct was that he was sup posed to be the unflinching opponent of all un constitutional influences. His manly principle, that "nations have no cousins," was hailed with delight throughout' the length and breadth of the land, and at once placed him in the com manding situation which he has since occupied. Has he, however, become a convert to " Ger manism t" Is he now ready to truckle to that which he formerly zealously and energetically re sisted. If so, let him bid "a long farewell to all his greatness." The admiration of the people will not long survive the qualities the possession whereof commanded and insured it. It is said that the real objection of the Noble Viscount to the investigation is Rot so much as to what may be elicited respecting the civil as the military departments. He wants to screen the Horse Guards ! to prevent the purification of that Augean stable ! to avert the exposure of the secret machinery by which the wires are pulled in the background. It is not merely Lord HARD/NGB that is to be exoner ated. A great deal may slip out before an independent and resolute committee, which, it is plausibly asserted, he desires to keep private. Hence his attempt to induce the House of Com mons to stultify itself by rescinding the resolution carried by such an overwhelming majority, and to permit the inquiry into the conduct of the elder Dromio to remain in the hands of the twin brother. This, however, will not be tolerated, either by the House or country. The inquiry must go on ! Nay, more, it must be carried on in a bona fide manner, and all matters relating to the conduct of the War, and more especially the proceedings of the Horse Guards, subjected to a stiiot and searching scrutiny. A stubborn resistance would be fatal to the " reburnished. Administration." It would elicit a storm of indignation throughout the entire country, of which it would be impossi ble to predict all the results. One, at least, would be the ignominious expulsion from office of Lord PALMERSTON and his colleagues ; and should the threat of a dissolution be verified —should an appeal to the nation be made —it could not come under circumstances more favourable to the advocates of inquiry— more injurious to those who endeavour to prevent full publicity. We trust, then, that Lord PA.L MRESTON may, ere it be too late, avoid this dan gerous error, and that he will not inaugurate his accession to office by a signal and decisive defeat, and that on a question where the sympathies of the entire community will be against him, and all those by whom he may be abetted in the impolitic attempt. This evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer will explain his new plan relating to journalism to the House of Commons. He apparently tenders a valuable boon to newspaper proprietors, but a slight examination will show that the benefit is not wholly unalloyed, and that be is, in fact, to a great extent, merely changing the source of revenue, hoping to receive very nearly as much from the Post-office as he surrenders under the head of stamps. The arguments of the Right Hon. Gentleman are certainly plausible. He says—" I repeal one of the taxes on knowledge. I give up the news paper stamp, which has hitherto produced scene I f 350,0001. per annum, and any person may now at any time publish an unstamped sheet containing the latest intelligence, with comments thereon, &c., without incurring penalties, or being respon sible for any breach of the fiscal regulations." So far good. But, unfortunately, he does not stop there, but proceeds to take away all the postal facilities so long enjoyed by public jour nals. The existence of " the Fourth Estate" is to be practically ignored ; for the Right Hon. Gentleman is as incapable of recognising any dis tinction between newspapers and books or other printed matter, as between the precarious, fluctu ating, and hardly-acquired wages of industry and the dividends of the fundholder or the rents of the landed proprietor. The point to be avoided is the definition of a public journal. Mr. GLAD STONE desires to get rid of the vexata picestio " What is a newspaper ?" and therefore includes every description of printed matter in the same category. Formerly books weighing less than a pound were transmitted through post under cer tain regulations, at a uniform charge of sixpence. Henceforward the charge is to be one penny for every four ounces or fractional part of four ounces--a course which a morning contemporary felicitously remarks will convert the Post-office into a parcels delivery company, doing an exten sive trade at a rate which cannot prove remu nerative, and which will render the position of a letter-carrier anything but a sinecure. Considering the generally-received opinions 'respecting the value of the national Press, we really think that some slight indulgence may be 41 1lown, and that there would not be such exceed ing difficulty in still allowing newspapers known g r i e s t t a r i a n t i o i s a o m a e t t t h r e i i S n t g a m p p r - v ffi i l c e e g e te s r . a o s t h south, orwi se, by to re There surely may as well be the difference between newspapers and other printed papers as between written and Printed matter, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer may fairly be asked to reduce all communications to the uniform rate of one penny for four ounces, against which Mr. ROWLAND a point may well protest, as it would make the Post -office a source of loss rather than of profit to the country. The trifling privileges accorded might still be The inclemency of the weather at the present time very naturally suggests increased considera tion for the welfare of what is left of our gallant army in the East. Knowing what sufferings they have undergone, and aware of the depressing influence of long-continued privation and expo sure on the constitutions of the strongest, we can not, as the bitter cold catches our breath and sets our ears a tingling, but wonder how they bear s'l^ l ' wmther- and ejaculate somethincr likes n prayer for their deliverance. The little suffer ings and inconveniences we experience, protected though we are against exposure and with the com forts of home in prospect in ease of illness, render us more sensitively alive than we otherwise would be to the condition of those who, with the strong est claims on public consideration, have to stand for hours is the freezing cold of the trenches to their arms or on piceinet. /fothing can be more natural, nor more laudable, than sympathy like this. What we have to urge we are happy to think need not interfere with its indulgence. Our fel low-countrymen, wherever they are, and of what ever calling they may be, have, in the hour of distress, an irrefragable claim on our considera tion. The gallant soldier, however heroic, and especially attractive of attention from the pride and pomp of war, the perilous nature of his call ing, and the important issue at stake in the con flict in which he is engaged, does not require ex clusive consideration, and he would be the last to claim it. He knows the race to which he be longs, the privations they have to undergo, their fortitude, their endurance, and, above all, their honest pride—that pride that, as it were, defies fate, and will not humble itself to the workhouse —too well for that. As our readers know, for several weeks past we have had, with but little intermission, down right winter weather in the metropolis-.-storm after storm of snow, sleet, biting- winds, and the intensest frost known for years, the thermo meter actually having sunk, on one occasion, twenty-three degrees below freezing point. During this period, we would ask, what has been the condition of our artisans and the labouring classes generally ! Of course there are certain trades which cannot be pursued during the slight est frost, and these where the amount of pay during the other portions of the year may suffice, with management, to keep the artisan in tolerable comfort till the spring sets in. Painters, brick -Iwyvr., Ana., may be numbered , in this ul. aq though we fear the requisite forethought and self denial is too frequently wanting to admit of a confident belief in the well-doing of all. The classes of artisans and labourers to whose condition we are more especially desirous to call attention are those generally able to find work all the year through, and who there fore are not prepared against an exceptional year. Among these are watermen, lightermen, coal and corn porters, labourers on the docks and wharves, and every class of persons employed in loading, unloading, or navigating craft on the Thames— the greatest commercial river in the world. The number of these now thrown out of employment must be very large, and their necessities very great, for we are afraid they have net been able to " lay up against a rainy day." Here is an ample field for the benevolent. In numbers of these men the hatred of parish relief, and, above all, of the workhouse, is intense ; they would die sooner than have recourse to either. Men like these and their families are just the sort of people who should least willingly be let die. Their manly pride should speak strongly and effec tually in their favour. They are the very objects for private benevolence ; and if the reader has an odd half-crown in his pocket, and knows any deserving individual or family of this sort, let him as unostentatiously as possible transmit it, and repeat the process as soon as he can. Has he any woollen or linen the worse for wear. He cannot part with it in charity better than at the present time. Let him consult his better half, and between them they may succeed in earning that choice reward, the blessing of the high-spirited and industrious poor. Above all, lot him not wait to be asked, Or play the Lord •r Lady Bountiful. One half of a good deed is in the way of doing it, and a train of good things may follow from an act of charity considerately done. While, however, appealing to private benevo lence we would by no means exclude combined effort. The necessity for relief we are disposed to believe is great and wide-spread. Besides the classes named, those engaged in agriculture are out of employment, and many others it is needless to specify. Combination may effect in the way of relief what, without it, would be impossible ; all, therefore, we would urge is, combine or not com bine, whatever you may bestow, let the feeliags of the industrious poor be respected. To be an ob ject of charity is not necessarily to be an object of contempt. The bands of society are, it should be remembered, not so strong as to warrant the neglect of any means whereby they may be strengthened, and, among such means, a kindly consideration shown for the working man in his hour of trial is a very effective one, but only can be so when the object feels himself respected. THE SARDINIAN ARMY. The Sardinian army in time of peace is reckoned at 41,647 soldiers ; that is to say :—., Men. 10 brigades of Infantry of the Line 26,470 10 battalions of Rifles 10 regiments of Cavalry 3 regiments of Artillery 4,162 1 battalion of Suppers and Miners 1 waggon-train corps 464 1 battalion of Chasseurs Francs 644 41,647 To which must be added Gens•d'armes 3,904 Making in all 45,5M In time of peace the Gens-d'armes, or Carabi neers as they aro called hero, are employed as police, but in war they form a Royal body guard, and in that capacity a portion Boma with King Charles A.ltl4{oin the last war. SMALL ARMS COMMITTEE, WOOLWICH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a foreigner, I had an impression, very gene rally entertained amongst my countrymen, that I should experience delays and difficulites in laying my invention before this committee. On the contrary, my application, which was for the trial of a revolving rifle on a new principle, was not only attended to promptly, but its merits examined with in terest. The result, I regret to add, was unsuccessful ; but having received every attention from the Secretary and Board that any person could reasonably expect, I wish, through your impartial journal, to make known to foreigners in general that if their inventions have merit the gentlemen composing the committee are both capable and willing to appreciate, and, if practicable, to adopt diem.—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, H. GE UHART. 5, New-road, Whitechapel, Feb. 17. LORDS RAGLAN AND LUCAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE !SUN. SIR,—As you were pleased to notice in your paper of yesterday a letter which I addressed to the editor of the United Service Magazine, with reference to the manner in which so many brave men of our light cavalry had been sacrificed at Balaklava, I am desirous of explaining that, although Lord Raglan cannot escape from the re sponsibility of having issued the original order for that charge, Lord Lucian cannot be altogether absolved from blame as regards the mode of its execution, having had one of two alternatives —either its execution in teto, or not at all. That is to say, that he should have advanced himself with the whole of the cavalry as ordered, or waited a few minutes until he reported to Lord Raglan the unaccountable error into which he had fallenjn iesu ing such an order under the impression that the enemy were in full retreat. But Lord Lucan did neither the one nor the other when be sent only one lerigade to per form a duty which be had himself been ordered to exe cute with the whole of the cavalry. If this principle of subdividing orders is adopted as an improvement in modem warfare, it must lead to in terminable confusion —as Lord Cardigan, acting on this might have detackea -..• .1 hi Wig.a., and his next in command in like manner might subdivide his force, which would certainly have the advantage, in this case, of diminishing the amount of sacrifice of the lives of our regimental officers and soldiers, though not of adding to the professional reputation of our general officers. I have thought it necessary to trouble yon with these few lines of explanation, as I find that Mr. H. Berkeley has given notice of his intention to bring the subject before the House of Commons on Thursday next. The more, therefore, the facts of the case are exposed in their proper light, the greater the chance of justice and of the adoption of such precautionary measures as may provide in future against catastrophes of a similar nature, and such sufferings and privations as our troops have lately undergone in the Crimea, owing to the most unpardon able incapacity and mismanagement.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, J. S. LILLIE. Pall-mall, Feb. 17. corn CIICULAR. Lord Pannture had an audience of the Queen on Su• tnrday at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Cambridge ♦isited her Majesty. The Royal family took their usual exercise in the gar den of the Palace. The Royal dinner party in the evening included the United States Minis;er and Miss Lane, the Earl and Countess of Clareidcn, Viscount Hardinge, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Major the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, Major-General Simpson, and Major- General Wylie. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine Service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and . Very Rev, the Dean of Wiadsor offi ciated. A Cabinet Council was held, on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by - Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lord Panraure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir Jame■ Graham, Sir Ckarles Wood, Vis count Canning, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat four hours. The Cathedral Commission met at No. 1, New-street, Spring-gardens, on Friday. The commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford, M.P., the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hen. and Rev. H. M. Villiers, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, and the Rev. Canon Selwyn. A deputation consisting of the Rev. T. I. Mills, Mr. J. Platt, the Mayor of Oldham, Mr. Alderman Worth ington, Mr. E. A. Wright, Mr, George Barlaad, and Mr. Henry Radcliffe, accompanied by Mr. Heywood, M.P.,. Mr. Brown, M.P., and Mr. Cheetkam, M.P., had an interview with Sir George Grey on Friday at Lho - 11"... .£6... Despatches for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were sent on Saturday from the Colonial-office. Her Majesty will give a splendid entertainment •n Friday next at Backingham Palace, to him Royal High- Ness the Duke of Cambridge, General Sir de Lacy E ranm, the Earl •f Cardigan, to., on their return from serving with the British army in the Crimea. LORD JOIIN RussELL.—Lord John Ragmen is much better ; the cold under which his lordship has been suf fering is grainally leaving him, and the noble lord at present adheres to his intention of taking his departure on his important diplomatic mission to-morrow. The Right Fliin. Henry Fitzroy's successor, as Under Secretary of State for the Home Department, is not yet named, and the right hon. gentleman continues to act at the Home-office. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston had a nume rous dinner party on Saturday evening, at their new mansion in Piccadilly (formerly the residence of the late Mr. Beaumont). The Duke of Cambridge honoured the Premier and his lady with his company. In the evening, the Viscountess had a very numerous assembly, amounting to about 400. The house still contains all the fine specimens of ancieht and modern art collected by the late Mr. Beaumont. TSB ADMIRALTY,--Rear-Admiral Henry Eden, ap pointed to succeed the Hen. Admiral Dundas at the Admiralty Board, will enter on his duties next week. The following were the only naval appointments made at the Admiralty yesterday :—Jas. M. Hillyer, clerk to the Agamemnon George Gann, surgeon, to the Phoe nix ; Simard Osbo rn e, comma nder, to the Veativius.— Sunday Times. TYE FORBIGI , T-OFFICP.—A special courier was sent off late on Friday night with de-patches from the Earl of Clarendon to his Excellency Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, at Constantinople, and from Lord Paranure, the Secre tary at War, for Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, in the Crimea. We regret to learn over work and the incle mency of the weather in the East have rendered several of the Queen's Cabinet messengers unable to fulfil their duties, and that the ordinary staff of the Foreign Secre tary's messengers have been called on to officiate on those distant journeys.—Sunday Times. THE SPEAKER'S SSCCND PANLIAIIIINTART DINNER.— The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his second Parliamen tary dinner en Saturday, Feb. 17, when the following noblemen and gentlemen were present :—Theßiglet Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Stanley, Right Hox. Lord Naas, Right Hon. Visceunt Newport, Right Hon. C. Forester, Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, Right Hon. J. W. Henley, Right Hon. B. A. Christopher, Right Hon. Mr. Beresford, Right Hon. Sir John Trollop; Hon. H. T. Liddell, non. Captain Dnncetnbe, R.N., General Sir Geo. Berkeley, K.C.8., Captain Sir Thomas Herbert, R.N., K.C.8., Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Colonel Knox, Mr. Bateson, Mr. Stafford, Colonel Duane, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. Knightley, the Rev. Mr. Gamier, and the Secretary. The following gentlemen were pre vented from attending :—Theo Marquis of Granby, Right Hon. George Bankes, and Right Hon. Joseph Napier. DEATH OP LADY COLIAIRXE.—WO regret to announce the demise of Lady Colborne, widow of the late peer, whom she has survived only a few months. Her lady ship expired on Saturday morning, shortly before six o'clock, at her house ix Hill-street, Berkeley-square, after a short illness. The deceased lady was eldest . daughter of the late Right Hon. Thomas Steele, and was married to the late Lord Colborne, brother of Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart., in June, 1813, and leaves issue three married daughters. We regret to record lithe death of Captain Arthur Lowther, second sen of Col. the Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther, M.P., and the late Lady Eleanor Lowther, who di e d on Thursday last, at his father's residence, in Bruton -street, in the prime of manhood, being in his 35th year. He was brother of Capt. Henry Lowther, M.P., and the families of the Earl of Lonedale Lady Frederi c k Bentinck, Lord and Lady W. Powlett, ; Lady Annie Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck, &0., are placed in mourning by the distressing event. SIR CIIRLIS NAPIEE AND THN BALTIC FLIZT.— Sir Charles Napier has , addressed the following letter to a contemporary :—"I :think lit would have been only common Justice to publish my reply to Captain Elliett's remarks on my saying, in my speech at the Mansion house that the Baltic fleet was very badly manned, and worse disciplined.' Everybody but Captain Elliott knew very well the Baltio fleet was badly manned. I never wish to see a fleet sent to sea in such a state again. When we first sailed half the men could hardly ge aloft, and every sailor knows the meaning of want of discipline, which is, simply, that men get hastily together cannot be in a state of discipline, and every officer is not possessed of :the transcendent abilities of Cept. Elliott,. who can discipline his ship by simply hoisting his pen. neat. So muck use has been made of that expression that I beg at once to say, no reflection was intended en the officers ; en the contrary, if there had not been the greatest exertion en the part of the captains and officers, and willing obedience on the part of the men, the fleet never could have returned to England in the state ii was ; and, had that fleet had as opportunity, I will answer for it that it would have given a good account of its opponents. Depending on the gunnery of that fleet, I had no fear of leaying Admiral Martin at Nargen with a third of the force of the Rusaian feet when I was at Bomarsund, nor did I fear to lie in Baro Sound with a third of their force or at Nargen with half ; and there was nothing to beer Ituatiaus landing at Swetborg, bad they thtleram LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DIY, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) M'GEACH V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN BAILIVA.Y. This was an action to recover dareagea for injuries re ceived in a collision which took place during February, 1854, upon this line of railway._ . . Mr. Serjeant Byles was for the defendant, and Mr, Serjeant Wilkins appeared for the company. The company had paid 400/. into court as satisfaction for the injuries done. _ _ It appeared that the plaintiff was traveller to Messrs. Foster, of Wood-street, Cheapside, at a saiary, including his expenses, of somewhat over 5001. yearly. He resided at Birmingham. Upon the 22d of February in the past year he was passenger between Birmingham and Man chester, and when in or near the tunnel by Crewe the car riage in which the plaintiff was ran into a luggage train, and the result was that plaintiff was thrown forward with such violence as to cause such serious injuries to his chest that up to the present time he had been unable to attend to business, and was still serlou , ly invalided. He bad, since that period, been compelled by his medical ad visers to travel by short stages to various watering places, besides having undergone, a number of times, the painful operation of being cupped upon the chest to relieve the injuries caused by the pressure created there. He had also paid above 1501. for nursing and medical attendance alone. The jury had not assessed the damages when this ed: tion went to press. THE EMPEROR'S VISIT TO SEBASTO.POL, A letter received from Paris this morning con tains the following : General Niel will have an interview with the Em peror Napoleon immediately on his arrival in Paris, and that interview may have much influence on the Empe ,.—'. If it hn clear that the works are so far advanced as to enable the Generals to fix the day for the assault, nothing is more likely than that the Emperor would desire to witness it. In the meantime every preparation is made. An officer of the Palace has left for Marseilles, and -may it is thought extend his jour ney still further, perhaps to the Crimea. The Cents- Gardes are all equipped and ready, and it is said that 3,500 of the Imperial Guard are to proceed thither to augment the force already before the walls of Sebas topol. With all this, no one can positively affirm either the date of the departure, or even the fact itself ; and this ignorance, real or affected, only stops short with the Emperor. Tie affirmative was maintained last night in the saloons of a lady of very high rank, who is, or ought to be, in a position to know how matters really are, and again by another person known to have been high in the favour and confidence of the Emperor, but who deplores such a resolution, and has tried to dissuade him from it ; and, last though not least, a distin guished and successful patriot, occupying a high official position, is said on the strength of it to have sold largely on the Bourse for two or three days ' past in the anticipation of a fall in public securities. All this, however, does not prevent a slight remnant of incredulity on the subject, particularly with reference to the Crimea ; and the generality of people would not be taken by surprise if after all it should be towards a northern direction that the Imperial eagle meant to take his flight. Should the Emperor change his mind there would be nothing strange in the fact of a paragraph in some of the Ministerial pipers stating that there never was any truth in it. It will not have been the less true for all that. THE TREATY BET TEEN FRANCE AND P.RUSSIA. We extract the following from a letter received from Paris this morning, dated Sunday : " Colonel de Olberg, Aide-de-Camp of General Baron de Wedell, who had been sent to Berlin to take the King's orders, returned to Paris yesterday, and there is now but little doubt that the result of the negotiation will be satisfactory to all parties. I mentioned in a previous letter the assurance given me, on the authority of pe rsons genera lly we ll in formed, that the Treaty of France with Prussia was to be signed last night. I cannot, at this moment, state positively whether it was so signed, but I have reason to believe that matters are so far advanced that it may be considered as quite arranged ; and that, if the signatures have not as yet been affixed, they will shortly be se. Yesterday, M. Drouyn de Lhays and General de Wedell came to a full, and, I am assured, a final agreement OR every point of the treaty, subject to the approval of the King of Prussia, and in official quarters it is considered as an affair concluded, as there is no probability that the King will disavow the negoti ator to whom full powers were given. M. Drouyn de Lhuys informed the Prussian Envoy that he spokein the name ofEngland and France, as the two Governments had come to a perfect understanding with each other as to the line of conduct to be observed with respect to Prussia. I also learn this morning that M. de Hatz feld, M. de Wedell, and M. Hubner had an audience with the Emperor, and from this it is inferred that the treaty is actually signed ; but though considering the fact to be very probable, I bare no positive as urance on the point. I have to add to, or rather correct, a passage in my letter of yesterday respecting the treaty itself. From what I now learn it is far more favourable than was supposed. Indeed, if I may believe my inform ants, it is very nearly the same as the treaty of the 2d De cember with Austria ; the second clause relative to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia being alone omitted. Prussia undertakes, in case the re-establishment of general peace should not be secured within a determined peried, to deliberate immediately with her Allies upon effectual means for attaining the object of their alliance. " It appears that M d'Usedom, whoee mission was so unsuccessful in England, has been in Paris for some days past. Though not exactly incognito, he yet has abstained from showing himself in public. He has Rot been either at the Minister's or at the Tuileries. If he has had any mission it is surmised that it was principally for the purpose of prompting General de Wedell, who, however, has had no need of such aid. M. de Wedell is now lather a favourite. There is military frankness of manner about him with which it seems those who had to transact busi ness with him have been much taken. There was certainly small disposition on the part of the Govern ment to treat with him in the beginning, and, as you may remember, but little expectation of any thing being done through his agency. He has, however, grown upon their esteem, and unless some new caprice on the part of the King undo what has been done, the negotiation with the Prussian Envoy niay, I think, be considered as brought to a successful termination." LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. 19.—Wind and weather this day at noon, moderate breezo from E.N.E., and fine, clear, frosty weather. The Thermometer indicated early this morning 27 degs. of frost, the Mercury having fallen to 5 degs. In some parts of the country it has been 6 (legs. below Zero, making 38 degs. of frost. This has been the severest winter since 1814. The fairway between and below the bridge is very narrow, and the sides are now a fine sheet of unbroken ice of considerable thickness. Business at the wharves and docks, &c., may be considered as almost en tirely suspended. SOUTHEND, Feb. 17.—A one-masted vessel is sunk in 4 fathoms, near the Nore Buoy, and is supposed to have been run down. _ _ ItaLDoN, Feb. 17.—Part of a vessel's stern, ca rve d, ap . parently Dutch, also a seaman's Fhest, have b een p i c k e d up. The river is full of ice, and everything is blocked up for boar or five miles down. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 18.—Wind, E. by N. Arrived— Robert M. Sloman, from Now York, far Antwerp; Basilisk, North Sea. Sailed—Pandora, for Balaklava.— The Zicer, from Havre to Hartlepool, arrived hero, had been on shore on the Boulder. HARWICH, Feb. 18.—The Triton (brig), of and from Cowes, is aground on the beach point. The John Duff (schooner), of Macduff, grounded on the Pye Sand, and was assisted eff very very leaky. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 17.—Wiad, E.N.E. Arrived—Mer chantman, from Calcutta. Daring the violent gale of yes terday the D'Auvergne (ship), of Jersey, parted both cables, and drove athwart the hawse of the Hilda (brig), of Newcastle ; the latter lost bowsprit, &c., and the former damaged her bulwarks, &a., and went on the western bank, where she beat heavily. The Nimrod (schooner), of Bristol, after striking on the western bank, was run on the mad. LIMERICK, Feb. 17.—The European (s. s.), for London, went on shore en Cooper's Rock, near Tarbert, last even ing, came off very_ leaky, and was run on the mud ; she will dis Charge. DuNxiitx, Feb. 17.—The Fame, from Grangemouth, is en shore west of the harbour ; the ice prevents the ap proach of any lighter. TIRCRIMA, Jan. 19.—The Eaglet, of Penzance, struck upon a sunken rock, Jan. 14, and bilged ; the greater part of materials saved, and sold. DiDIBRAISA, Jan. 25.—The Lotus (barque), nearly loaded with sugar and ram, for London, was destroyed by fire on the night of January 22. The ordinary force of tke Bavarian army is 70,000 in fantry and 6,600 cavalry. The Countess de Chambord left Parma on the Bth for Modena, on a visit to her brother. A strong shock of an earthquake was felt at Callao on the 6th instant, doing, however, very little damago.i , In Tuscany seventy Mazzinists hay* been appre hended. In the Pontifical States several political arrests have likewise been made. In consequence of the departure from Russia of foreign engineers and workmen several manufacturing establish ments in that country have sent agents to Kcenigsberg to procure workmen by offering very high rate■ of wages. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—We under stand the Earl of Munster is en tie eve of leading to the hymeneal altar Miss Erskine, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Kennedy Erskine and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburton. SELECT SEATING, CURLING, &c.—ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. —The beautiful sheet of water in, these gardens has been frequented during the last week by a number of gentlemen, adepts in the art of curling and skating. The sons of "Auld Scotia" have mustered in great force. THE DISASTERS IN THE CRIMEA..—A public meeting, convened by the Mayor, is to be held in Birmingham, on Thursday next, to memorialise the Legielatare on the necessity of prosecuting the inquiry into the causes of the disasters in the Crimea,' and on the system of ap pointments in the array and navy.ll * This date is evidently wrong. The sortie must have taken place after the 3d, down to which day we have let ters from our correspondent before Sebastopol, in which no mantle* is made of any such affair. Perhaps the sth is the propergate. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, SUNDAY, FEB. 18. Advices from Constantinople of the Bth inst. announce that the Russians made a sortie on the night of theist inst.* against the English lines on the Tchernaya side. The English, supported by a French brigade, had already repulsed the Russians, when General Bosquet came up to their assistance. General Liprandi, with 30,000 men, has re sumed his position on the heights of Balaklava. Both sides were preparing for a general action. The forces of the Allies amount to 115,000 men. General Guyon arrived at the camp before Se. bastopol on the sth. The condition of the English Lad greatly inr proved. They bad huts, warm clothing, and provisions in abundance. The weather was still very fine. General Osten-Sacken was preparing to attack Eupatoria with 40,000 men ; no fears were enter• tained for the result. The Divan had deliberated upon the demand of England to take 15,000 Turks into her pay. Generals Pelissier and Rivet left Co*stantinople on the 6th for the Crimea. It is asserted that M. Drouyn de l'Huys and General de Wedell came to an agreement yester day (sont tombes d'accord) as regards the different points of the treaty with Prussia, which may be regarded as concluded. It is the same as tho treaty of the 2d of De. cember, with the omission of the second article, relating to the Danubian Principalities. The following telegraphic despatches have been received at Marseilles : MARSEILLES, SUNDAY, FEB. 18. The Hydaspes, which left Constantinople on the Bth, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 11 p.m, last night. Many thousand beds were being prepared a Constantinople, in the expectation of the assaul on Sebastopol. Sir George Brown arrived at Constantinople on the sth. BERLIN, SUNDAY. The Journal de St. Petersbourg contains the Czar's manifesto respecting a general arming. The Czar says that he had endeavoured to up hold the rights of Christendom in the East with out a contest, and had therefore consented to negotiations, bnt that the hostile armaments of other States had obliged him to increase his means of defence ; and that, trusting in the grace o: God and the love of hie people, he had corn• manded the general organisation throughout the oouutry of the militia. VIENNA, SUNDAY, FEB. 18. The Austrian Correspcnderiee denies the Berlin report that Austria had opened negotiations for a loan of 15 million pounds sterling, with the gua- ranted of England. The Presse contains intelligence from St. Pe. tersburg up to the Bth, which states that nothing important had occurred. VIENNA, FEB. 15. The arrival of Baron Bruck is expected with much eagerness, as it is generally believed that it would be the signal for important changes, affect ing not only Austria but Europe. The position of the new Minister in the Cabinet is as yet un decided, and will be the turning point in the crisis. FRANCE. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing note : " FRANKFORT, Feb. 15.—Since the resolution of the Diet, on the Bth of this month, ordering the federal con tingents to be placed on a war footing, Germany enjoys a kind of truce. This calm is however more apparent than real. Every one feels the inadequacy of the pre scribed measure. The Diet, in its sitting of this day, has adopted the proposition submitted to it by the mi litary committee, that of inviting all the Governments individually to acquaint it with the situation of their re spective contingents, with respect t o th e e ff ec ti ve s t rengt h of each, and its ordnance, as likewise concerning the arrangements entered into for the formation of the mixed corps." 'the Moniteur also gives prominence to an article from the Journal de Frankfort on the sub ject of the contingent co-operation of a French army corps with that of Austria. This is the first time the subject has been mentioned in the official organ of the French Government. If the Emperor leaves Paris, under all circum stances it will be only to inspect the works, and return immediately. The new screw steamer La Bretagne has been launched successfully at Brest. This steamer will be mounted with 130 guns, and is of 1,200-horse power. General L'Heureux has been appointed by Im perial decree to the command of the sub-divison of Vaucluse, in place of General Potier, called to other functions. General Delesme, member of the coinmittee of fortifications at Paris, has been nomi nated to the command of the engineers of the first corps d'armee of the East, vice Gan. Tripier. The Constitutionnel expresses its unreserved opinion, which, coming from a semi-official quarter, is of importance, that Prussia is on the eve of giving in its adhesion at length to the Western alliance. Having pointed out the fact so often dwelt upon that it can have no separate interests in the great conflict now going on against Russia from these of England, France, and Austria, the Constitutionnel congratulates Prussia itself on breaking down the barrier which it had erected with its own hands between itself and the other great powers of Europe, and Europe generally, on the prospect of peace held out by this abandonment of the policy of neutrality and isolation by the Court of Berlin. THE CRIMEA. --- The new Constantinople journal, the Presse d'Orient, of the sth, gives the following "A considerable portion of the troops of Lord Raglan have approached Balaklava, where it will form a corps of reserve with the Imperial Guard. The batteries on the right, except those of the Malakoff tower, which are occupied by the French, will continue to be manned by the English artillery. Fourteen wooden barracks have been put up. The health of the army continue■ to improve under the influence of milder weather. The fleets con tinue to keep up an active 100k -out on the entrance to Sebastopol. Several conferences have lately taken place between Admirals Bruat and Lyons. The English fleet here now reckons seven magnificent screw line-of-battle ships. No letters have hitherto given any account of an interview which is said to have taken place between General Canrobert and General Osten-Sacken. General Canrobert has made numerous promotions in the army. The Turkish corps d'artnele at the camp has been rein forced by some thousand, of men, sent from Constanti nople to fill up the• blank■ made by sickness and death. This corps is divided among the French and English camps, but principally at the latter, and up to this time it has merited the highest praise for the patience with which the men have endured the privationLA fatigues to which they have been subjected." SAX,ONY. The Journal de Dresde publishes he inst ill . ° ..f t'aci i se t nt out by the Saxon Cabinet to the Minis,' Saxony at - Vienna and bearing the d, relative to the vote of the Diet 01 Saxon Cabinet declares that thong) to conform most scrupulously to the the Diet, and will hold its continge, called out at any time, within froi. days from the time that notice may that effect, still it does not by any m l / 4 the Cabinet of Vienna that an atta , prehended from Russia on the Austria] the entrance of Russian troops on tl ritory ought not, it thinks, to be co, volving the idea of hostilities, sine( tainly be to u n d u ly res t r ict the defer sian territory and to expose it to gm any attempt made to prevent the RI from counteracting the movementi of the enemy as night be in the v sia, and evidently intended to a( The fact of Russia having accepted unreservedly, is, the Saxon Cabinet sive as to the earnest desire of that peace. Hence the military preparati the Diet, though not by any means carri tent that Austria had proposed, seem carried entirely too far, though at thi Saxon contingent will be ready wile' may require it. A letter from Muxich of the 11th teur, says :—" The King yesterday nance for completing the federal Bavaria, and the Government wil l proceed to make the necessary per' in order to place the cavalry and arl footing." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Feb. 14.—The Gazette lishes the convention concluded wi t o ph ment for the management of the tei e e' here and St. Petersburg, which is nor' instance of the Prussi ans , a l so o pened privafb persons. State despatches bf of all others, and are forwarded grate come those connected with the tecli the telegraphs themselves ; and law those forwarded by the public at 131.4 ber of State and other official despaf last year by the 16 existing lines 4 Prussia was, in the course of last ye' number of private despatches, howl ing the same time, 100,000, and brol nue of 260,000 thalers,. of which 5° net profit over and above the expert; them. The whole outlay for the 11 1848-54 amounted to 1,106,307 thal net profit is now nearly 10 per cam of the gratuitous forwarding of St' In former years, up to 1852, the w' telegraphs caused an annual loss of 74,000 thalers to the Government. A letter from Berlin, dated 15th _Frankfort Journal, says : " Our Government has replied to . spatch of the 14th January. The Council addressed a despatch on the the Prussian Ambassador at Vienna , commends Count Arnim not to accept the propositions of the Austrian despa , his regret at the step takea by the and adds—• " His Majesty the King perists in that the guarantees of the safety and the members of the German Confedera l be augmented by private promises endangered by any means of seduction Another letter says : • "It is believed here that the Eng will shortly take measures to prevent with Russia, and conseqnently the gr` being made to import into, and export much Merchandise as possible before takes place. " Commerce has taken a most extrao)-„ ment at Tilsit, Memel, and Konigsberg. 61 1 1 1 We read in the Ormstitutionnov: .cOP "The Cologne Gazette, in its corresP at opll l t v 00 6 '00 .1 stantinople, mentions the circulation ,",er i ; Galata of Russian proclansationq, in wm l- $6 0 :,:t0 r e j , 4 made to Sclavonic sentunsats. It ' 9 .0 0 ;0 , a ts Russia appears to have in view, and she 7 0 1 0 0 0 : 0 f to cause the same part to be played M o ps lately done by Greece. These anon?" point out Austria as being the most of the Sclavonians." A letter from Vienna, .of the - Count Reventlow-Critninil, a 1) ,411 who had had an audience of the previous day, left in the evening r way to Constantinople on a mission A letter f rom D armsta dt, of the in a fortnight at the utmost the 11 be ready to furnish its contingent. number of horses have been Pll- ce very few more are required to number. p 9 1,0 It is known that the French trii°.°llo,:tor are to be reduced to 3,000, and at to 500. Those of Austria in the Pr i or"' also to be reduced to about the same A Paris letter in the independa 4 ik r i r t e ° states that reports have been currou t , d iy" peror intended to go to the Crimea, .2 0 5,,a are unfounded. It says als© that 11 ported that his Majesty intended to c e f ▪o▪ r expedition of the Rhine in the even tD P necessary, but it throws some doubts e tion likewise. re • • The Cracow C uts i n some measu - 0 4, 5 1 report of portions of the Russian c lii9 i o o j , been ordered to f a ll b ac k th re e orb tllirot from the Austrian frontier. It 11 1 %10 4i 0 derable bodies are dislocated behin u f os w " c e ' i li f li Warthe, but that the mo s t nuul e— fill e ".l, concentrated behind the Vistula d to t itr l i plain to see that Rus s i a is reserg e b a rif t ei strictly defensive system, appuyed ° w ith' It is also very plain to see that " thits,,d Pr til l true, is infinitely m or e p o litical - tie The Austrian a ff air at Frankfort is ti ___,___,....s-- f f,' THE WEST INDIA -A) /01,1 _ . T p Ld p ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SEL .- $ r i. 0 1 3 ' YMOVI I d al tic' - .0 T O 0 The Royal West India CompauZ r %ller , AP steamer La Plata, Commander Yr - r a fNIO lir this port yesterday, on her homeltr, A .0014 4 ,r, coals, and through stress of wea t ',.,loo 0 Santa Martha, Jan. 24th ; Denier e l, I l t i gena, 25th ; Barbadoes, 27th ; Jailiielli•, 4 l l / tinique, 28th ; St. Kitt's, 29th.; , o , F jo "PrO Porto Rico, Feb. 2d ; and St. Th ol l, - 0 01")30 She brings 34 passengers, among /TO+ 0 1 ; Colonel Ellis, and the Hon. Mr. an d 0' er ieP h Hume. r tgi b rilf.b• Her cargo consists of 264 bales 1 ,00 6 ,0 00 ditto sarsaparilla, 96 packages Ye li o 0 1 Pi cases of succades, and 164 packag e l l os i ' j The full value of speci e b r ought o steamer amounts to 623,497 dollar 4 :,/ p or Position of the comn's steare, e ,'" V . ~ The Clyde, Capt. Woolward, P"' se Spanish Main. , 0 a a 0 ,. 0 1411 The Dee, Capt. Woolcot, on the ,-0 0 The Conway, Capt. Valler , St. i r d s t Ir OP The Derwent, Captain Reeks, P'‘ no 3 M S Islands. 0. I The Teviot, Captain Sawyer, Si iIO P Jamaica. The Wye, Captain Leeds, St. 0 0 or To° 0 naaica. it aicA , The Prince, Captain Bridges, Ja i 0 duras. attimgo t , The Eagle was at St. Thomas's' loef l idecid By the arrival of La Plata vy B o o - 0 0 , rebellion at New Grenada is now 1 1 .-o,,,tecif end, Bogata having been re-take u „ MY" I meat forces. Peace is now partial' , " OO trade from the interior resumed. n6O A The Panama Rail Way was to be °A , in, out on the 29th of January last. par 0' Trade at Greytown - very dull. 60 01s i ea It was currently reported at „ a tioil e O f one half of the French troops my . t eo Island would be recalled to Frau ce t 'St. t e eii ° The number of cholera cases ,t he epl f i e November last exceeds 4,500. I. W I / subsided. an d V°l ll f e d #1 La Plata lost, on her lic'rem! r o od floe ? gx peri svie re .5 i,0 03 0 of her crew of fever. She weather on the passage. Her Ina l L yan ce ! c od Plymouth, on Saturday, for cee•vV e pro' -by rail ; and, after coaling, 2 Southampton. cl Antigua' r°ll o l H.M.S. Calypso v232t ... 0 , ----------- ooferrea t he 064431 The King of Bavaria has just c mic bel c; t be Cross of the Order DE Merit of St•_ siden t ? ' co el' Count de Schramm, senator and Pr' ter° 'cle tie, vif er; 'c le mittee of intairry. c th• 60 0 J -The , ,,,, S. , le 0 0 SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.-- _ j oi i, . yo , . edge pany's steam-boat, %Yonder, Captautlo o il ievi e g with the Jersey and Guernsey 1 0 . 5 0 1 ;b e se ° t oe: „, ili i this morning, at fi ve o'clock, hs 3 "_: - : us ual _ 00 01, 0 0; her voyage nine hours beyond uv whi l e , .c' st ory' Wonder had shipped heavy Seas 0119 oiic ,..bollVl „tf bet b ie re Channel, bulv cldivb °%. bulwark, sad damaged her pa - ,i a a rk n d o, fore - cabin in a w s 4 k Y y 1 i I ; e n' r t s,j d ad j Pa r ‘' , , fe d e " 4 c l b e irelriutch 8 22 h 4 ' 4 4 " 'o:4l.tc the lulu , — „ date of Jo 1 1 . 1fre al Dec. 9. a gh it is dell 144 at 1 le order gilliki ll,Ales ant read,' t°,4ll4,;,Arst: an seven t°„7l%,' Id ,y. l i e g iven It tolay sll leans agree InNe corii tack is to be 't h te of PS: 1 an troops: ~ A rnan s the Turk'sh t, des, 4 011Sideled k4' Ti CO it WO/deli kAtht a i r. _ _ i ~,,, ... ence of the:ro li:t y wi at dangertAtolkly zee„oi tussian ge l3 ,° ) 4 1 4th tle Ber is of such tT„', ,kl,4er 4w vicinity. of 1` kitlea 441 tot the 10. 0 tt. rt ' i b r the four P°:4l, 11;01ex? 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