The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-20 00:00:00

--+~..- - S(r. E, T. . 1 7.44iiih. , Reduced Prices as usual.— A Morning Performance every Wednesday. at Two o'cl , .3ck. THI3 EVENING, FEB. 20, Will be performed THE HUNCHBACK. Characters by Mr. T. Meal, Be:Ion, A. Younge, Hall, awi Worrell; Misses Marriott and Mt's. Selby: . ''• • - To conclude with the Pantomime of JACK AND JILL. THEATEZ ROYAL HAYALARRET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatono TIII3 EVENING, FEB. 20, Will be Performed GUY MA NNERING Henry Bertram, Mr. G. Tedder; Meg Merrileee, Miss Cushman. Fcllowed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 80-PEEP ; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost he r Sheep. Little 80-peep, Miss L. Thompson ; Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Ceam.rs KEAN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 20, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled. HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. C arm ack : Clown, Mr. Hullne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL LTCELIM THEATRE. Under the Sranagement of Madame Veztris. TUB EVENING, FEB 20, Will ba perfnmed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathew& After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra• vaganza, entitled PI:INCE PItETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY, To be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Box-ollice open from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrels, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Fax. 20, Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. To be fol'owed by THE UNKNOWN AND 7HE BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and Mdllee. Maraquita and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Faa. 20, _ - Will be presented the new Contedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Itesirs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and MIA Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. tiler which. a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr, F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, 105th time, the BATTLE of the ALMA ! to which will shortly be added, the Battles of Balakiava and of Inkermac After which, the Brilliant SCENES of EQUITATION In the CIRCLE. • 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 " Thnee " Fund for the Relief of the Sick and wounded Soldiers. Box-office open from Eleveli till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manger, r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. RUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDG rf- Tmg Lev —Morning 26 min.after 4 Evening 46 main.aft. 4 To-Ifoaaow Morning 6 min.after 5 ' Evening 24 min.eft. VIE WEATHER.—Sing Omni. Feb. 20. THZEMONETZ3, IN THZ SNIDE, 36—highest since noon yesterday. 27 —lowest this morning and during the night, 31—this day, at noon. BABOHNTEB, 29'77. WIND, N.E.—Light, with fine sunshiny frosty weather. ~~~~ . ~~~~ e t T, LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1855. Committee or commission ? That is the ques tion —one, too, of no ordinary importance, for on the decision will depend the estimate which the nation may form of the energy, independence, and manliness of its representatives—of the amount of confidence that may be reposed in the Commons House of Parliament I That inquiry is essential is now admitted on every side. Even the Ministers who in other offices considered it not merely unnecessary, but unconstitutional, have entirely changed their mind; and ask for the more rapid action that may possibly attend a Government commission. If, however, the pro ceedings of an independent and fairly-appointed committee are slow they are unquestionably sure ; and the nation has some reason to hope that the evidence elicited will not be garbled or mutilated —that even if the inferences be inaccurate or unconnected, the facts from which they are de duced will at least be correctly given, so that every unprejudiced man may be enabled to draw Ms own conclusions on correct data. If, then, the nature of the contemplated investigation were still doubtful —if there had been no. deliberate decision on the point that the reputation and character of the representative branch of the Legislature would not be seriously compromised by any with drawal from the position it solemnly and delibe rately assumed, with full notice that in so doing it was passing a vote of censure, or, at least, of a total want of - confidence not only in individual members of the Cabinet, but in the entire Govern ment—we should still insist on a Pailiamentary inquiry as the only one likely to prove effectual or to bring forth adequate fruits in due season. When, however, we look to all the peculiar cir cumstances of the case—when we consider the disgrace that would fall on those whom we desire to respect, by abandoning their well-considered and just decision, our astonishment is increased at the hardihood of the Minister who could de mand, and the servility and degradation of those who could concede, a humiliation in every respect so deplorable. Then, indeed, would the body which we have been accustomed to regard as the " first society ef gentlemen in the world " change its designation, and become, instead, the laughing stock of Europe. The Whig panacea for all grievances has un fortunately become too notorious to excite any degree of enthusiasm in the country—to enkindle even a gleam of hope in the heart of the veriest tyro. Whenever it was necessary to make things pleasant for a time—to get rid of a well-founded torrent of popular indignation, or shelve an incon venient question to a more convenient period—a Commission was appointed. Some three or more gentlemen, thoroughly versed in " red-tapism," and clamouring for a participation in " the loaves and fishes" were selected. A couple of secret chaps were added as Secretary and Assis tant-Secretary, and then the subject was quietly in terred until a monument was constructed in the shape ofa volumin9us bluebook, which recorded the names and virtues of the deceased, but could not restore the Slightest degree of the long-suspended vitality. The wishes of those who appointed the Commis sion were paramount, and no inconvenient matter was suffered to ooze out by the discreet officials. The TADPOLES ofija. T iLmas, et hoc genus wrote, were accustomed to regard the appointment not merely as getting - rid for a tim e of an inconvenient was o f but, what in their eyes to p ic, greater im portance, a means of lessening the amount of competition among the would-be Government ouvriers, filling the gaping mouths of som e h ungry expectants, and thus reducing the number of the " waiters on PROVIDENCE." Under existing •circumstances, it is the duty o f Government to act, not to talk—to determine, rather than investigate. It not "sayings," but " doings," that are required. The present rather than the future must be looked to. Immediate energetic action is required. But still that will not dispense with the necessity of the Parlia mentary investigation. The two must proceed paripassu. The Prime Minister, representing the Executive, must 'act, but that should be done without any attempted evasion of his responsibi lity. Parliament. must investigate, but not by delegation of its powers to others. If Lord RAGLAN be incompetent, it is for the Minister to recall him, and substitute a more efficient General in his place—not to send a kind of hybrid animal to watch, report, and " recommend." If General SIMPSON be better calculated to bring the War to a satisfactory conclusion than Lord RAGLAN, by all means endow him with ample p owe rs and unfettered authority. But why should we keep a general merely to control and direct a gang of scavengers, when the real authority has passed from him. History tells 113 that the Sicilian tyrant, when deposed from his high condition, be came a pedagogue, because still there was the semblance of authority to console him in his fall. But surely Lord RAGLAN does not require such a break to his fall. It would be far better for the respectable old gentleman to return to the Ord nance Department and resume the pen, with which he was so f am ili ar, an d i n w i e ldi ng which no errors co u ld b e i n fli c t e d , no overs ights de plored. The guardians of the public purse last night unhesitatingly accepted the bill drawn by her MAJESTY'S Government. The full number of men demanded was at once granted, and the trifling amount of 7,353,804/. voted for the ne cessary expenditure, without a single dissentient voice. No niggardliness of disposition, no undue economy, can therefore be charged against the British nation. There has been no undue cutting down of estimates—not the slightest symptom of parsimony. There is therefore the less excuse for any failure on the part of the Executive when everything that can be wished for is dealt forth with such profuse and unsparing liberality. Surely we have a right to look for efficiency and utility on the part of the various officials whose labours are so generously remu nerated. It may be expected that they will at length think it consistent with their positions to meet their paymasters—the public—with civility, and to expedite every reasonable application, in place of snubbing the applicants. It is no longer desirable that the various depart ments should become mere machines, that cannot be influenced by any exigencies—that they should look only to form to the total neglect of substance—that they should eschew the possession of anything approximating to mind or reasoning power. We have, however, seen some deplorable in stances of the untoward consequences of the total absence of a directing will ; and the iron despotism of routine. It was at one timefelicitously remarked that "established rules were admirable servants, but most despotic and tyrannical masters ;" and even that despotism may be rendered more intolerable, that tyranny more grinding, by the hauteur and insolence of those charged with their administra tion. When profound contempt is palpably manifested in the curtness of the written replies and the indifference and apathy of the verbal communications, no independent man will subject himself to such contumelious treatment, or come unnecessarily into contact with those who seem to pride themselves on the total avoidance of every thing approaching to gentlemanly feeling. The case of the " green coffee," which was so long and wantonly served out to the troops in the Crimea, and which furnishes a striking illus tration of the system in operation, not merely in one but in many departments, was last night alluded to. The explanation given on the sub ject by Mr. WILSON only places the grie vance in a stronger light, and aggravated the misconduct of those justly responsible for the evil. It appeared that unroasted coffee was pre ferred by the troops ;in the Kafir war as more convenient to carry, and in better condition. Ergo, it should be sent in the same way to the Crimea, where the partieshad no conveniences either for roasting or grinding, and where, in fact, it became worse thiin useless, merely tantalising the men, who saw a valuable addition to their com forts lost by the misconduct of the parties whose duty it was to look after their comforts. Some excuse might be made if the evil were corrected immediately on discovery, but, in place of that, many valuable months passed away without alteration or improvement, and it was not until late in December that any coffee fit for use was sent off ; although "My Lords " were not, even at the last moment, " aware" of there being any deficiency. There must, then, be a complete and searching reform in all these departments—a reform recommended by independent Members of Parliament, and not by persons thoroughly imbued with the objectionable spirit, and prejudiced in favour of every red tapist form and practice. The present system of purchasing commissions in the army totters to its fall. The results of its operation during the present War have been so disastrous that everywhere public feeling is excited against it. Go to what quarter you will and lie sure you'll find it—alone or in con nection with the sufferings of the army before Se bastopol—the subject of animadversion. If you ride in a metropolitan omnibus the chances are ten to one you have to listen to its condemnation. If you resort to "mine inn" the subject of conversation is sure, before long, to be the same. If you travel you may make up your mind to listen to Jeremiads against its advocates and those who have beuefitted by it ; and if you rest, stay in what town you may, you will find the subject still uppermost, and the feeling the same. Not only in this manner, however, but also in a more indisputable one, is expression being given to the universal feeling. In many of our pro vincial towns public meetings are either being announced or are in contemplation on the sub ject. Foremost among these we may mention Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of the most public spirited towns in the icingdom. There a requisi tion, signed by a large number of the most re spectable and influential citizens, begging the Mayor to call a public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough to consider the system in queStion, has been immediately re sponded to by his Worship, and on Thursday next, we doubt not, it will be shown, as it can be beyond dispute, that the system is what the re quisitionists describe it to be—" injurious to the service, paralysing in its effects, and un just to the private soldier." The example thus set cannot be too extensively imitated. Every where public feeling should have a similar ex pression, and be followed, as we suppose it will, at Newcastle by petitions to Parliament. The system is too bad to admit of a successful de fence, but it suits a powerful class too well to be given up because of its condemnation. It must be swept away. Commissions must hereafter ebe come the l eg i t i mate reward of military knowledge, zeal, and good conduct, and then we shall have (Accra mo re generally substantial worthy stimuluso u t• soldiers, th an and offer to bot h fame alone to emulation, whether in patient en durance and readiness of resource at all times, or in intelligent bravery in the shock of battle. VETE SUNI ION:I3_Oy, L TTY)3NDAY__NVENINCI., PRA RYIAItY to 1888; MONF.VN MA IIKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCK. The Liverpool cotton market closed yesterday with a heavy appearance. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, including 100 Pernam and Maranham at 61d. to 7d., 70 Bahia at sid. to 70., 300 Egyptian at sid. to 7d., 700 Surat at 31d. to 3id., and 50 Sea Island at ls. 2d. to ls. Bd. per lb. Railway Shares tended upwards, but there was a limited business doing. The motion of Mr. Collier upon the subject of the Russian trade comes on this evening, and is looked forward to with considerable interest by the merchants in the Russian trade, whose interests are most seriously affected by the half-and-half policy hitherto pursued, and who feel that a vigorous pro secution of the war would soonest restore peace. As is pointed out by Messrs: Smith and Charles, the total suspension of the export trade of the Czar's dominions would speedily impoverish his exchequer to a degree that must contribute to the restoration of peace. With five millions of Customs' revenue gone, and with the people deprived of a sale for their produce, and the manufacturing establish ments of raw staples for their consumption, the distress must continually increase, and this with the withdrawal of the agricultural population for military service will grievously aggravate. By an inflexible blockade, and all possible hindrances to the indirect or transit trade of Russia, the rate of exchange would be forced down to a point that would compel the exportation of gold, the paper currency being no avail, a yard beyond the frontiers. An official return relative to the debt of the United States completed to Jan. 2, 1855, gives some interesting particulars. On the Ist of July, 1852, it was estimated that $29,550,000 of United States stock was held by citizens of foreign coun tries, since which date half-yearly redemptions have been made in the aggregate of $10,550,000, leaving on the Ist; January, 1855, $19,000,000 in the hands of foreigners. For interest on this last named sum an annual payment of about $1,100,000 will be required. This is still outstanding, 1,500 dollars of the loan of 1843. The amount of the public debt on the Ist July, 1854, was 47,180,506 dollars, and 5,301,675 dollars' worth having since been cancelled the entire debt at the present time is 41,878,831 dollars. Since the 4th of March, 1853, 27,250,556 dollars have been redeemed. The steamer Lancefield, for the Cape of Good Hope, is detained. Letters will be in time if posted on Thursday next. The Euxine, with the remainder of the Indian mail, may be expected to-morrow. Letters for Australia by the post-office packet Blue Jacket, must be posted in London on the evening of the 3d proximo. Business in the English Stock Market is very quiet, and prices have varied but little. Consols have realised 901 to 91 for transfer, and 91 to for account. The New Three per Cents. have been quoted 91i to 91/, and the Reduced 91f to 91g. Exchequer Bills are 6s. to 95., and India Bonds at 12s. premium. Foreign Stocks are inactive, and there is very little alteration in the prices. Mexican Bonds, however, are lower, being 20a to 20k. Turkish are steady at 75a, and Chilian 6 per Cents. at 103. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are 1014, and the Spanish Committee's Certificate is 41. Dutch 24 per Cents. are 614, and the 4 per Cents. 924. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 201 to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; ditto Three per Cents., 49 to 51 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 17i to 18 ; ditto Three per Cents., 36 to 36k; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41. The Mariquita Mining Company made its re turns for November last from the Marmato Mine, 12,339 dollars, at a cost of 11,553 dollars. The prospects of the mine were improving. The Santa Ana Mine yielded 313 tons of rough ere in November. There was a great want of firewood. There is heaviness in the prices of Railway Shares, and the dealings are of a limited character. As compared with the highest rates of yesterday there is in several instances a decline varying from 103. to 15s. per share. The Colonial lines are more in request, and the quotations are tolerably well maintained, but the Foreign attract very little attention. Mining Shares are dull, but Copiapo are at full rates. The Joint-stock Banks are mostly heavy, the London Chartered of Australia have declined 10s., and also the Oriental, but the Union of Australia are almost 10s. better. In the miscel laneous undertakings there has been but little doing. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONIC O'CLOC i , (From the o*i:a List. ) Bn4iness done 3 per Cent. Rednoed Annuitl.... ... 911 5 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l 9O _ Vew 3 per Cent. Annuities New 21 per Cent. Annuities 761 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1810 -16 11 Dittc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 3-16 - ndia Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account, Bth March Exchequer Bills, 24d. 41000 Ditto Advertised PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOc.)E . Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOll Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent.. ...... vfoxicau 3 per Cont. Ditto for the Account 2Ol 13 Spanish Committee Cor;:. of Coup. not fun 4:l p el Carkish Bonds, 6 per cent 758 Dividends on the above payable in London . Mitch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates ..... HALP•PAST TWO. C meole 9oi 1. Ditto, March Acoqunt 20 10 50 25 812 E 25 50 St. 60 20 20 10 10 20 20 50 10 5 20 20 20 20 20 .00 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) 1100 HAY MARKETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 4/ 15s Od ; clover lido, 3/ 3s to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices. CIIMBEIMAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 41 15s ; clover ditto, 3/ N to 5/ 12s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade firm. WHITHOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 26153 to 4! 14s; clover ditto, 31 5s to 5/ 17s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ lOs par load. Supply limited and trade arm. COLONIAL. 100 I TEA—The public sales a re i n p rogress , consequently 100 100 there are but few transactions privately. SUGAR—Business has been checked by the high prices 20) asked. Refined brown lumps have realised 42., 6d, and ,„,„ grocery 43s to 49s per c w t. Th ere were t a k en f or home Luu consumption last week, from the East and West India 20 Docks, 1,465 hhds , 184 tierces, 279 brls. and the stock is u 764 hhds, 1,526 tierces, and 897 brls. Yellow Havannah is 32s to 365, and c l a y e d M an ill a 2 7s to 28s. 20 COFFEE—The market is qu i e t , an d P lantation without 20 change. Nativ e goo d or d i s 4 6s io 46s 6d per cwt. 20 RICE - There is a f a i r d eman d , b ut holders ask advanced 20 quotations. White Bengal afloat is 13s 6d to 14e. 33i Rum—Last week 9 p uns were l an d ed at the East and 10 West India Dock s ; th ere were taken for home consump- 20 tion 173 puns, 3 hhds, and 109 puns 2 hhds were exported. The stock at these e s t a bli s h ments is 4,919 puns, 12 hhds. 20 COTTON—FuII rates asked, b u t very li ttle is done. 16 SALTPETRE—The mark e t i s fi rmer. 20 TALLOW—This article is dull, and prices tend downward. P.Y.C. is quoted 56s to 56s 3d per cwt on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y. ) 1 20 LONDON, Feb. 20.—Wind and weather this day at noon, moderate breeze from N.E., and fine, clear, frosty weather. The frost has not been so intense since yesterday afternoon as for days past, and the Thermometer registers only 13 degs. of frost during the night. • PORTBMOUTII, Feb. 19.—Wind, E. Arrived—Constitu tion, from Rio Janeiro, for Bremen. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 19.—Wind, E. Sailed—Harvest Home, for Sydney, N.S.W. COWES, Feb. 19.—Wind, E.S.E. Sailed—Augusta, for Hobart Town. 20 40 20 20 20 10 20 20 IlenwicEr, Feb. 19.—The Jas. Duff (schooner), of Mac duff, on shore on the Pye Sand, was assisted' off with 7 feet of water in her hold, and was run on the mud; cargo discharging. WELLS, Feb. 19.--The Sunbeam (brig), from Newcastle to Carthagena, is on share off Blakeney. The Diana, of Dordt, is on shore at Burnham, and will become a wreck. BLYTII, Feb. 18.—The Bedside, from Calais, got on Blyth Sands, 25th ult., has been got off leaky, and much damaged. SHIELDS, Feb. 19.—A wreck, supposed to be laden with deals, waterlogged, dismasted,and abandoned, with "Janet and Mary, of Leith," apparently on her stern, was passed on the 15th inst. SUNDERLAND, Feb. 19.—The Ann and Isabella, of Dundee, has put back considerably damaged, having been aground. PENZANCE, Fob. 17.—The Jonge Duryf, from Trieste to Rotterdam, arrived here, reports having spoken, Feb. 6, off Scilly, with the Revenue, from Liverpool t o N ew Or leans, which reported that the ship was leaky, and that the master and mate were deranged ; she offered them assist ance, which was declined, as they wore making for Scilly, distant a few miles, and only required to know the lati tilde and longitude. YoUGHAL, Feb. 19.—TEe Irene, of Belfast, is stranded 50 in the bay. 5O QUEENSTOWN, Feb. la—The Choice (barque), from 100 Alexandria, has been driven on shore at Ballycotton; the 100 east gale has moderated, and hopes aro entertained of her being got off. 20 A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Walton, Vincy, and Co., whose failure in the Australia and Cape trade, with liabilities for about 40,0001. took place on the 29th ult., was held yesterday, when, after the con,ideration of a statement prepared by Messrs. Q otu a ri i e lt vn e rt r ai , ulcs ß i tpe a aa l l l m ; ise a r n d Co., it was agreed that the est a t e should b e woun d up un d er i nspection. The e gold shipmentsTaogffuo rsamount specie Alexandria, b o y n y o 5a9 the Pe o ni l n . r 1 0 1 f h a r w a i n o dh STIARE MARJtETS. (/* Fat 3 D A Y.) RAIL,y9I.YB. paa . i RAILWAY/. 100 Aberdeen ....... 8i Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct all Belfast & Ballymena all Binning. Wolvorh. 29i B3tour Valley ...... irkenhd. Lancah. & Cheshire Junet all Do. Chosh. Li Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 19 Do., £20........... ... 30 Blyth & Tyns origina £25 (issd. at £45 . 100 Bristol and Exeter.. . 100 Caledonian. 21s. Cann.arthen and Car digan . all Chester .& Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pas , 16 Cornwall 1i Crieff Junction 45 Dubliu&BelfastJunc all Dundee Porthdabei deen Junction ..... . all Do. New 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 8i Do., New A 100 East Lancashiro 100 Edinburgh& Glaser:. all Edinb. and Peebles 100 Edin. Pith & Dundee 1 Forth & Clyde June. all Furness all Do. Extension..... ... 100 Glasgow St S. Wes e ; 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock...., 100 Do., B. Stock _..03 Gt. Sth. &Weat.(lre., 160 Great Western. 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlis 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. Now Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorkel all Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst.RidingUo all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 5 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 24 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 42D Do., £5O 34 • Do. £4O all Lndildrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Vanch.Slief.& Linclu all Do. Shares, No. 1 44 00., Man. & Len. Un 1 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derb3 all Midld. G. West. (Ire. ) 22.' 2 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle ' Newmkt.BuryExten 21 c. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd $ Newry StEnniskiller all Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor. 100 Norfolk 3 Nortlin.Connties 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all 00., ti A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 00 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension .. 13 Dodo. G.N.E. Perch. all Do. Leeds 00 Do. York all North London all Do. New £lO 3:1, N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn !North Staffordshire all orth Western all N. &S. Wostrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 8 Portsmouth .00 3cottisk Central 00 Scottish Midland all .hrewsby. 4 Horofd 00 3hropshire Union ell south Devon )0 3'onth Eastern 11 south Wales 13 Yrksh. & Riv. Du, 5 Do.. 12 itaines, Wok. &Wci.J a 1 itockton & Darlin 16! ;tc.lkton & WO Taff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. LOO Do. Pref., No. 214 Thames aven Doe and Railway all Vale of Neath. all %listed , I. & Kilkenn , all Waterford&Limeri I 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace ali West London 141 s. Wimbledn & Croydon all Autwerpdatotterdam 3i Belgian Eastn. June.' 10 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India„Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon and Besancon.. 10 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New - all East Indian 10 Do. Extension all Do. 41 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, do 15 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is , all Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. ... : all Do. Cert. of Dobai , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. e., do. 10 Gt. Central of Pilisee all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. 12 Great Luxemboug Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations all Gt. Westernof Canado Shares ....... . ... all Do. Bds., payable'a, with option till '55.. all Do. do., ' 62 , P. 's6 all Do. do., '7 6 , P. all De. do., '73, without option .............. all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 por cent. ... 11 Lake Cond. & 'j ai & all Lucca dg Pistoja 5 p.c prof 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran: 163 Niadras 10 Do. New. 31i Maria Antonia all Do. do. New ........ all Namur & Liege (witl, interest) ... all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do .20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliner guar. 33 p. c. & red. at 2214. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bdr (fmy. B. & Ams. She. ) all tgorwegianTrankPref 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans., all Paris and Rouen.- 10 ParisCaen & Chorbrg. all Rouen and Havre,.,,, 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Manse_ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. 14 iouthern of Franoe 1 Andrew's and Quebee(X) all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. 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KrEL, Feb. 16.—1 n a former despatch I men tioned that they are now preparing large quantities of provisions at Hamburg for delivery to the Eng lish Government, in consequence of agreements entered into for that purpose some time ago. I am now informed that similar arrangements are in progress at Dantzic, where large contracts for pork have been made. In this case it is likewise to be hoped that the Government will so manage as to have the provisions, after a sufficient inspection, delivered to the navy at that port, so that the delay as well as the expense of transport to and from England may be avoided. It is further mentioned from Dantzic, that what I had anticipated as probable as to the bringing to that and other Prussian or neutral ports the pro duce of Russia, which would otherwise have been sent to the Imperial ports of the Black Sea, is likely to be realised sooner than I expected. Offers aro already made to sell them on contract a consi derable quantity of wheat of that kind which has hithethrbeen well known in the markets of the Mediterranean and of Europe generally as "Polish Odessa ;" and although for obvious reasons it may not now be so designated, there can be no doubt, from samples and otherwise, that the origin and quantity is the same. If the supplies from this source are to be confined to that article, neither England nor France might perhaps object to their finding their way to their ports, even although the proceeds might go to replenish the treasury of the enemy ; but if grain can so easily get its destination altered, in consequence 'of the blockade of the Black Sea ports, there can be no doubt that other articles which they may not be disposed to regard with equal in dulgence may have their route as conveniently changed. Prussia has recently given evidence of her power to prohibit the exportation of articles from her dominions which have passed in transitu through her territory. Shipments of Russian copper, intended for England, have been stopped as being " contraband of war." I am told that inducements are held out by those interested in the recently opened railway i r roja Flensburg to Tonning (which was construct4:oo,ras Messrs. Peto and Co., to wh om it h as been leas,_-:.T to have recourse to that conveyance for goods from the Baltic to the North Sea, and which, if successful, may tend to increase the revenue hitherto enjoyed by Denmark from that source, and thus render negotiations more certain. There has been another heavy fall of snow, and two mail 6 are due from England. FRANCE. The following is au extract of a letter received from Paris this morning : "Is the Emperor really going to the Crimea ?" "Has Count Fialin dePersigny succeeded in divert ing the Imperial mind from that unmeaning project ?" "Is his Majesty going, or is he not ?" These are the questions asked by every one you meet, high and low, gentle and simple, rich and poor ; and what ever be the difference of views that may exist on other points among these different classes, on this there is but one opinion —that of strong condemna tion. Some may disbelieve the fact, but all are unanimous in reprobating it. Neither as the Soverei g n of a nation, as a statesman ; or as a General, is theze any pretext for such a journey. If the Emperor's presence with the army on the field of battle, where the fate of an empire was to be decided, was likely to add to the chances of victory, from the prestige of his name, one could understand the generous impetuo sity, or the high resolve which prompted the ad venture. But the siege of Sebastopol is rather an affair of engineering ; who can say that it will not be taken before he arrives ? Who can assure us that even the magic of his presence may fail in reducing that formidable stronghold ? If' the mo ment of the attack be near at hand, the troops will not mount the breach with less daring than they stormed the heights of Alina, Balaklava, and Inker man, where no Emperor was present. His glory can not be increased by - his being merely an eye-witness; and the consequences even to him might be pregnant with evil in case of discomfiture. By witnessing from some distant height the capture of Sebastopol, the Emperor can hardly believe that he will be reckoned among the great Generals of the age, and his pre sence will not give more force to his Government at home, or impart to it more prestige abroad, than if ho received the news of the success of his arms without stirring from the Tuileries. It is, however, still uncertain whether his Majesty will persist in what profane Republicans would call a " wild-goose chase," but to which others, out of regard for Imperial dignity, give the more modified terms of a " swan-hunt." I am told, and I hope it is true, that since yesterday the ques tion has, if anything, rather lost than gained ground, and it is Whispered that, iu a letter from a great personage in England, the matter is amicably discussed, but strongly disapproved. It is hoped that a good effect will be produced by it. In the meantime the Ministers themselves, or certainly some of them, continue in rather an amusing state of perplexity. They cannot say whether the Emperor will or will not go. They fervently pray for the latter ; and they trust to the chapter of acci dents, or to some superior influence in their favour. A. journey to Vienna; to Berlin, to the shores or the waters of the Baltic, would not be much minded ; bit that distant and mysterious region of the Crimea inspires misgivings, and makes the spirit, whether it will or no, apprehensive or pro phetic of evil. All that can be said is that though the journey is as much talked of as ever, yet there still lingers a slight hope that it will not take place. An aide-de-camp of M. de Wedell left Paris for Berlin yesterday. It is believed be is the bearer of the Treaty with Prussia, to be submitted to his Majesty. With regard to its signature I have learned nothing new of a positive kind. But I may again repeat that it is considered in official quarters as an affair definitively arranged and concluded ; and it is not considered probable that, all vacillating as ho has proved himself, the King will disavow the work of his confidential agent. BOURSE, FEB. 19 . -CLOSING PRICES Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4,3 per Cents 94 75 91f. 65c. 3 per Cents 65 75 65 85 Credit Mobilier.., 742 50 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes Piedmontose B3 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans . 1,165 -- Lyons lOl7 50 Western... ' a 0 -- Rouen Cette - Strasbu: 802 trg _ 50 Mediterranean Northern A letter from Helsingborn (Finland), in the German Journal of Frankfort, states that General de Berg, the new governor of the province, arrived at the above named place on the Ist. The arma ments were being proceeded with most actively throughout Finland. The Danube reports from Kars, of the 26th De cember, that Schamyl had intercepted a convoy of 1,500 Turkish prisoners, whom the Russians were carrying off into the interior. A letter from Berlin of the 16th, in the Consti tutionnel, says :----" The Prince of Prussia was taken ill yesterday, and his departure for the Rhenish provinces is again delayed." DEPARTURE OF LORD JOHN _RUSSEL. c/ Lord John Russel l, accom panied by daugh ter, left London by the South East ern Railwa thi s morning at ten m inutes p ast ei g ht, via Calai s , on his mission to Vienna. The noble lord ap peared in excellent health and spirits. LATEST NEWS. ATTACK ON EUPATORIA .-........-..-.0. -.....-.-.., Letters from Constantinople, reached London last night at a late hour. allies at Eupatoria, but without success. VIENNA, TUESDAY, 9 A.ll Baron Prokesch ig to be the Austrian Specia here. East : "The British Infantry only have been with batteries." WARSAW, FEB. VT, forced loan. The Moniteur of yesterday contains the fo] lowing : CONSTANTT.NOPLE, FEB. 8, The news from the Crimea is highly satisfac tory. The weather continued favourable. The siege works were nearly finished, and it was posi tively ascertained that the number of the rein- forcements received by the enemy had been greatly exaggerated. The fine weather here continues ; the winds are southerly and all the vessels that were in the Dardanelles are coming up. The Breslaw and Inflexible have arrived here from Algiers, after a passage of eleven days. The Louis XIV., coming from Toulon, was two days before them. The temperature is exceedingly mild. VARNA, FEB. 12. Ismail Paella loaves to-day for the Crimea with a contingent of Ottoman troops. The Russians have tried in vain to disturb tl,e Allies at Eupatoria. The position of the Turks is made stronger every day. Tho Post Gazette of Frankfort publishes a letter from Posen (misdated) Feb. 17, in which we read, " The rumour runs in military circles that orders to assume the offensive have been received from St. Petersburg. However this may be, the army of Poland has again been set in motion within the last few days, and the troops previously withdrawn from the frontiers of Gallicia are again marching towards the south. The main army seems as if it were about to take up its position on the right bank of the Vistula, along the fron tiers of Gallicia and the Bukowina. Ou this side there will only remain a corps of 30,000 men at the central point of Czentochau." THE TURKISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. VARNA, FEE. 7. Omer Pasha goes to-day, at four o'clock in the afternoon. 9 P.M. Omer Pasha is just now embarking, amid the glare of blue lights. He is going with Colonel Sim mons and Colonel Le Dieu on board the Colombo, which will sail in about two hours. The departure of the Marshal took place sooner than was expected. Orders were given very suddenly. It is commonly attributed to the illness of Terpik Pasha at Eupa toria that OmerPasha has accelerated his departure. Mahlis Pasha (Prince Stourdza) remains at Varna as Omer Pasha's Lieutenant, which seems to me rather strange, as he is the Chef d'Etat Major. He has attached to himself for the service of em barkation Murad Effendi (Major Wiorzbicky) and three other officers belonging to the staff. Mashir Pasha (Sir S. Lakeman) has the direction of the embarkation of cavalry at Bourgas. Yesterday a large quantity of wires for the tele graph with the Crimea was landed here, so that we may now soon expect to have a direct com munication established between the seat of war and France and England. Unofficial intelligence from the Russian positions in the Crimea seldom reaches the west. The Vienna and Berlin papers, nevertheless, favoured by the settlement of Germans in Russia, are occasionally able to publish a letter, throwing light upon the situation of the enemy. The Ost. Deutsche Post of Vienna publishes two such communications. The first, from St. Petersburg, is to the following effect : The situation of the Allied armies in the Crimea is not so bad as the English journals affirm. Their effective amounts to 120,800 men—French, English, and Turks. The victualling of this force becomes easier every day. The French in particular, who feral the most numerous portion of the army, are amply provisioned in every re spect. The Allies have collected in the Crimea the finest war materiel ever seen. This is the reason why we at St. Petersburg are so anxious about the fate of Sebasto pol, notwithstanding the confidence so ostentatiously displayed. The Emperor is much irritated against the officers of the staff, who declared last year that the dis embarkation of more than 40,000 men in the Crimea was impossible ; and hence it was deemed sufficient to aug ment the army by a third. It has been raised to 100,000 men now, and possesses an excellent body of cavalry ; but a large portion of the latter has been necessarily withdrawn, on account of the scarcity of fodder and the great difficulties in the way of the commissariat—diffi culties which prevent a larger number cf troops being sent thither. From Simpheropol to Sebastopol the way lies across salt steppes devoid of vegetation, and you are obliged to carry water with you for man and beast. Nearly 7,000 draught horses have already died along that route, and they now use oxen instead. It is, there fore' impossible to suppo r t an a r my i n th e C r i mea , un l ess one has the sea ; and if the Allies succeed in cutting off the communications of the Russian army by land, albeit for a very short period, the fate of Sebastopol will be soon decided. They are making unheard-of efforts for the spring campaign, and every day we expect extraordinary mea sures. Ns one desires a peace prejudicial to Russia, and mere especially because the war is considered over all the empire as a holy one. They will cheerfully give up to Austria the protectorate of the Principalities, because they feel sure of getting back again before long, provided Russia's power remain intact. We consider the free navigation of the Danube a mere verbal order, with which Russia will willingly comply. The main point is the domination of the Black Sea. This domination was the first cause of the war, and it will be defended to the very last. The Black Sea lost, all is lost ; but the Black Sea saved, all is saved. Such is the rallying cry of Rus sian policy. The Ost. Deutsche Zeitung publishes au Odessa letter with news from Sebastopol, which, although only of the 23d ult., is interesting on account of its source. On the 22d the Russian generals held a council of war, at which General Osten-Sacken'e proposition for keeping on the defensive met with the warmest opposition. He urged that it was more advantageous to remain on the defensive, since the Allies were so strongly intrenehed as to render a successful attack almost impossible, and that they would Lie therefore forced to take the offensive themselves. Admiral Stansikovitch now commands in Sebastopol. The frost has carried off a great many victims. --- It is stated that sixty men of the Greek Sciavonie volunteer legion had been frozen to death while on the march to Perekop, andlliel;t brigade of the Grenadier Guards which were also marching to Nicolaief, and which are to be at Sebastopol by the end of the month, have also met with heavy losi. They complain a good deal at Sebastopol of the way in which the troops are lodged. Although it had been long known beforehand what number of troops of the Bth, We learn from private letters that General Osten- Sacken bad attacked the position of our Turkish Commissioner at the Congress about to be held The following has been received from the drawn from the siege lines. British Artillerymen and sailors still servo the guns in the -English An imperial ukase has appeared, decreeing a All landed property is to pay fifteen silver roubles per acre. Fresh contributions of provisions are also ordered, four times larger than at first. ~r THE ART-UNION OF GLASGOW. Amongst the numerous institutions of this nature which have of late years sprung up in different parts of the country, and which have been po beneficial and rue ful in promoting a refined and cultivated taste for the fine arts amongst the community at large, few have been more successful than the Art-Union of Glasgow. The rapid prosperity which has attended it since its estab lishment, as evidenced by the present large number of its subscribers, is one of the best proofs which can be ad diced of the energy and ability with which its manage ment has been conducted, and this gratifying result is, doubtless, in no small degree attributable to the high class of works which the committee have selected for dis tribution to its members from year to year. We have before us a specimen of the engraving, to a copy of which every subicriber of one guinea for the current year will be en titled, and we have much pleasure in drawing attention to it, 113 a tangible corroboration of the justice of the frregoing remark. The work is after the celebrated painting by W. P. Frith, R.A., "Corning of Age in the Olden Time," and is from the burin of F. Hon, which is of itself a sufficient guarantee of its excellence. Besides being of the best quality of line engraving, the print is, we believe, one of the largest and most valuable ever issued by any art-union. In addition to this, subscribers have for every guinea they have placed on the list a chance of obtaining at the annual meetint , in Juiy a painting, statuette, a fae-sinule chromo-lithographic copy after J. Gilberl, or some other work of art. These are very tempting inducements to become connected with the society, and for the assistance of such as may feel disposed to enrol their names as members, wo may state that subscriptions will be received by the hon. secreta ries in London, Mr. John Watkins, 34, Parliament. street ; and Mr. Geo. Grant, ,66, Graceehurch-street. THE WEATHER IN EDINBURGIL—The frost continues, and with increased severity. On Sunday morning the thermometer was in t own at 15 d egrees F a h ren h e i t , in the Horticultural Gardens 5 degrees, at Beachwood 44 decrees, and at Craigiehall only 1 degree above zero. FOREIGN. IeaRBUNZ . I4 Coligifll,2lllll. 0011 111 We understand that yesterday and Sunda,' rte . members of the Government had interviews andilig sponder.ce with Mr. Roebuck, with the view of inu ti the hon. gentleman to abandon his purpose of propos i l the committee of inquiry into the affairs o f the C llr of which he had given notice for Thursday. Til e T O we hear, is a compromise between the MinistrY member for Sheffield ; and, if we are correctly i_nf°ilro the nature of that compromise is this, —that the .311 u; will not oppose the appointment of the committee, !To vided Mr. Roebuck allows them to name seven ar m „ Lis eight members. The member for Sheffield 1201.4 are told, assented to the proposal. A.I I , th erefore, o depend on the composition of the committee; 12'It a pd must confess th a t we d e not expect a full, fearless, searching inqui r y f rom a n y committee which 01 be nominated by Ministers.—Morning Advertiser. THE MARQUIS OF CLANRIC JBDE MRS. HANDCOCK. The following letter has been addressed tr the edit : of the Daily News :-- o 0 Sir, —I have seen the article in your in'Prelicbss' Tuesday last upon a late trial in the Irish Court of the eery, professing to give " a plain unvarnished 0 18 3 d ap Handcock family." The substance of it, so far as not terns me, is almost entirely untrue ; and whe n , re . the statement yo u g i ve h as not been contraoi e rus id e ' ought to know and t o a dd th a t as I was n ot d bos party in the cause, I cou ld no t, e ven if I wenmotel anticipated such calumnies, or have appeared bi to refute them. N e ith er was I, n or could I be, ani e - • to the compromise by which the suit is ended. r ota The main alleg a ti on , upon w hi c h the atoll' r i fi een o upon the authority o f th e I r i s h Att o rney-aen e _ n " oB of to rest is, that in th e y ear 1841, "in nnnseqw-70 1sTili suspicion of too gre a t i n ti mac y between Le r : pi* cards and Mrs. Hand coc k, a se paration te e .'"holli and Mr. Handcock went to France." Thi ° li 9l :4o9 oP and notoriously fal se , an d I canno t learn b ', a par tempt was made to su s t a i n suc h a stateme nt croon! w el t of be , title of evidence. In f ac t, it i s perfectly that Mrs. Handcock l e ft h er h us b an d on Aoc° ll 2f o rgror a conduct with her French maid, who then WO9 bir lived openly with hi m un til hi s d ea th. nis o w a pe,; pily concealed from the daughters, and Mice,. in her diary attributes the separation t o l~9 p 0 tiers of persons in h er father's employme n ,_ th d i teseri, davit was not, as y ou sa y it was, inaccurate ia lfr 01" this matter. It state s th a t I saw M r . and cock in ... ne , %12;r0n of 180. .Fid, .thavingfar,. tiler f1 0p ,...,/m. BLISSii7I did hot s ee either?. nitsi; after their separation, which took PIO?: alig n vak of 1841, while I was still abroad. All this OZ. - it r b e uc t out of the Irish Court of Chancery. MY 9 ' °ll , ever, was not made to explain or defeno or opDd : in any respect, but it was made upon the b vet; tion of one of the litigants, that I should ii mony to facts within my own knowledge, li l ar statements sworn to by the opposite Parv,denee,r o k been "heard and b e li eve d." If no o ther 'L I eo isted to show that M r . H an d coc k enterta in- 00 1 U' suspicion as is attribut e d t o hi m , hi s own ee n - nr dsr I met him in Pa r i s an d i n hi s l as t illness se"' _t proof of it. 0 1 10 That a man, when t o ld th a t an o ld accilia - o d whcse hospitality he had freuent partakeef 0 11 , cl whom he had enjoyed field sports was dyiag to ein f decent attention or companios, should visit th i :" s ciia; and should advise him to remove to the beat in v. , reach, to consult an eminent physician, to e! t bst clergyman of the p ar i s h, an d to see his ebil e l o ye o r s man should do this w ith ou t a b ase d e sign, g ee the comprehension of the Irish Atter:W (s° ,7,le. is not to have occurred t o th e wr it er o f your s v i I, however, do not wonder th a t when 1 ae te- ,ete: Mr. Handcock, his daughters, who had knowa,lo7; (heir childhood, s h ou ld recur to me for ai d t - e rfir,A, And whenever I was so ca ll e d upon , lily .I ...„%itne was uniformly not i n f ur th erance o f, but in PPP — . 0 0 the views of M rs . H an d coc k, who deter:n:lo secure for herself, i n an y way she could, each of her daughters after their deatns. r i el l ° 44 o S the f al knew her well are aware, that she was high against me for aiding Miss Handcock to w e ' s !here' o f wh-reby she left to her mother in ursuance -0014, ai:d her deceased sister's wishes. P lO,OO O /. , itl e re ta her entire property. When the youngest dalig b u er ole o s municated to me her intention to convey se d to her mother, I prevented her from executing vi atr A , to that effect which should not contain the revocation thereupon i nser t e d, an d I delayed y" was r . M Por tion of any such d ee d f or some mo nths. - for ewo ney, Mrs. Ha n d coc k' s l a t e so li c it or , 'lO r .. aware of this. These seem to be the ro t % upon which I have been fals accuse d ~- f n i ine„ fled. There are other minoro e i y nts, quite which you relate upon the authority of ta; s onr ney-General ; yet no Ore 011 than ought to be the Ir and circulating scandals and calumnies " m isl a i n A e tt u o g r i n 't ey t - e Ge b n e er rn at4l4 believed," or founded upon inferemees wroagkr from testamentary disposition of property. OAT' Of . I have to request you to g i ve th e sam e P I pt' this letter whi c h y ou gave to y our ar ti c le. -4 honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, 0 0 crassi o Loughrea, Feb. 16, 1855. COURT CIRCIILA • p r il The Queen and Prince Albert, with tb r p;fliir• 1 1° rag a, Alice, drove out in a e Hoe. Mary sk-yinour, the g Hon. Ye g 36 , 1 " a ,,p Cap Lord Alfred Paget followed in a s econd sie l ( 'b" . the Hon. D. de Ros attelded on horgebt cic ,f, v , 9, egfir ,„ 6 4 Prince Albert visited the Wellington ' 3- 11 ° 00 day for the purpose of seeing some of the Wn t h i s Vol of the Grenadier Guards, of which regicnt cruee s ibe Highness is colonel, lately returned frotn t"' • Of i neetTr 0 , 1 The Prince afterwards presided at a Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund, b : atial l or Palace at Westminster. His Royal Ilighne B lo , pri by the Equerry in Waiting, arrived at three n'y tb ,, A mho. commissioners presetit were Earl Grey, or Vis of Derby, the Earl of Hard w i c k e , Lord Ser n !be i ll i g o s Colchester, Lord Se a t on , L or d S t. LeonarAß: Hon. H. Lowry Corry, the Right 11 °D* r . fle" l g• Smith, the Right H on . Si r J . Pakington, sir Ross, Mr. J. Ball, M.P,, Mr. T. Baring, Ili Hubbard, and Mr. Boyle Roche. Captain E. G. Fishbourne, R.N., and CAP' Lefroy, R.A., secretaries, attended. The meeting broke up at 20 minutes before A report will be shortly prepared for publicatio 'The Queen had a dinner party in the even i company included Prince Nicholas of Nrisga ° ' tuguese Minister (Count de Lavradio), Earl GI Caroline Barrington, VIBCO'Int and Viscountesh Lord and Lady Wodehouse, Lord Seatoet George Lennox. The band of the Coldstream Guards was in ll' in the Palace during dinner. The Marquis and Marchioness of London , expected to arrive at their residence, in Chesla to-day, from Ireland. Viscount and Viscountess Combermere have to Combermere Abbey until after Easter. THE TRANSPORT BOARD.—The new Traaar i will be composed of a naval officer se chairael.' merchant captain and an arm o ffi cer as cor e°3: Sir John F or b es h as resign ed the apPeintn2o Oil civil hospit a l a t S myrna. fox The Gover nment not i ce has b een issued or ..,h renewal of the E xc h equer -bi lls dated in Aut" -. f• are to be sent in on or before the 23th inst. The amount of specie brought by the l A r sP steamer yesterday i s 125 , 00 01., of which74,°U°o off and 51,0001. gold.col & J. BARNSTAPLE ELECTlON.—Y es t er d a y the ge lle 0:0 / :r • mittee of elections met at three o'clock, and of for the following ho n . mem b ers to try the merit , mi lli, of tition against the late return for Barnstapltior M. Butt (chairman), Sir John Hanmer, "' 0 ,005'0 Blandford, Lord Lovaine, and Mr. Danbg 561Colc.fe' M. COPPOCK AND THE TREASURY.-1 41. ;,; 0 ne visits to the Treasery have of late been s usP_ d ,R - of „Di quent ; and his appearance there is as oixrie7 o o If tion storms as the appearance of the peicre, l : o f e . ,,t physical storms. A dissolution in the mia s "„ o re; tb . f which has been so mismanaged that erer;y 06 %, 0 .4 1) i tel strained to set the nation right again in the e " P'er world, appears indeed sufficiently incretlible.- 000 0d1 r ie temper of the old P ar li ament h as b econitt sod oar wayward that L or d P a l mers t on may find: it 114/flogit try his chance with a new one. Besides, 1-4711011,gtie stop can scarcely b e sa id t o h ave a personal 'f)le°-000' the existing House of Commons, and a gen!. bi°, l .oPg whilst he is P r e m i er w ill b e pretty sure to gi v- tlye' f ele The likelihood of an early dissolution is sande ° 0 0 0 0 to make it incumb en t on t h e indepeedeell is h e t it 4 throughout the count r y t o b e on t h e alert. r isk L oy to incur a little ex t r a t rou bl e even with the : being thrown away than to be caught napping. 391, News. , i r THE MEDICAL COMM ISSION FOR THE —A , Ao d J -11te ai Sutherland ( no t D r . S out h wood Smith, as s,"-peA tr day), and D r . G av i n proceed on ThursdaY ooPoi• Marseilles, to th e E as t, b e i ng t h e two mean the sioners app o i n t e d—th e f ormer to superioten tary arrangements at B a l a kl ava , th e latter e tsiss fee e n te i They will be accompanied by the third o lli o seri ll ig e Mr. Robert Rawlinson, civil engineer, long e< bee of with the late Board of Health, and favour au ditie ti jo by his elaborate reports en the hygienic eueciollf_ea many of the principal towns in England, e s b P e 0 00 6 Po the north. The sphere of his duties will 1 " t w boleor to any one locality, but will extend over °le en 449 A de' of our operations, including Smyrna as 1 . 1 c hieeY b i e b stantinople and the Crimea ; and he or I v o r .1:1 12 ° b vote himself to the organisation of the the his brother commissioners will require ‘c : t he sor b pitals and elsewhere, as well also as _ t erai iii h r • visi,,n o f ever ythi ng connecte d with n a he 0o e• • called the lay or non-medical ser vices Of s his of sioners. M r . R aw li nsen w ill ta k e with him s e cret 0 jor. oei tete retary Mr. Taylor a younger brother But a of the present Board of Health, Mr. Toin cf r 3t i h : t , officer of that department proceeds to th e n M r ,. has any member of it the least connectio n ~ea t ab.. • wine!' u less any control over, the commission, te a witi_ l , o9 t toed against all interference, and is hue s _ d e em l' ho t fullest powers to carry out whatever it ullYerstrOd conducive to the public interests. It is u n " heing al t be the corporate authorities of Liverpool, u on 0 to, have readily consented to place at th e ta 8--f ee B4 , commission a large portion of their eluding t t o h w e n o , ffi so ce t r h c a h t a a rg b e r d i g w a d i t e h o t f h s e k i r i e le m ea d o ni c a s_ l v!ef.„oligslieros4-0 s a d w hether - the necessary apparatus under his control Du' , in Expected to be at work wherever needed, our. camp, the harbour, or the vicinage of the /tor . 4 "41 1,] )o 'o ► it h pis ;ion. 1 " l ing. for • t.b l vdtl ; , ref' ; , COO lk to t s ol \Ni t tto itte l/d*Vg° r pi • - 11 ailOrP 1 14 4 e t e re' „I.‘ lo „t „ t f kit ) • \`s) i iisrso 411 tek I ki n ° l 4l 8d 14 4 14 °I to to il% I and .r