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Per annum on the sum assured, or 46 per cent. on the Premiums n y sum not excee ling 10,0001. may he assured on one Life. "din Th e Corporation bears the co s t o f P o li cy S tamps an d M ed i cal Fees, requires no entrance-money. The Assured are subject to no expense but the Premium. No extra charge is made for service in the militia within the United Kingdom. LOANS are granted on Life Policies to their full values. NviT„bis Corporation affords all th e advantages of modern practice, a Lt , the stability of an offi c e s af e ly cons tit u t e d un d er R oyal Charter ,•,: kl ,Pecial Acts of Parliament, and tested by the experi ence o f - 'arly a century and a half. There is but one older life office in Sailstexice. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. HIGHAIf, Actuary and Secretary. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ' That he 2 . 1101 f tS PRNN of Kirton-in-Lindsey, in the County of CordWahi , r, ha ' th ' , by deed dated the 12th day of March, in ue Year 1855, and m a de b e t ween th e sa id Th omas Penn, of the first Part, Riamin Curd:ill, of Kirton-in-Linds.ey. aforesaid, Draper !11. Grocer and Redshaw Spr ne, of the same place, Stationer, of the 'eeond part, and the se eral other rerson,3 whose names and se , ds _are hereunto subscribed and set, being respe tively creditors of or r aur rties for the sa id Th omas P enn, o f the third part, conveyed and eigned all his real and personal estate and effects to the said Ben• "'in undall and Redshaw Spring, in trust, for the equal benefit of an t , „ s . ”e creditors of the said Thomas Penn. The said deed was .luiy I•2'et,uted by the said Thom ti Penn and Redshaw Spring, on the said day of March instant, and by the said Beniamin Cundall fia 1 3th day of March instant, such exe'utions bein,t• respectively 'e in 'l•Lindseythe pres esaence of, and attested by, Joseph Howlett, of Kirton , aforid, Solicitor. March, 1855 • RATHBONE-PLA6E, OXFORD-STREET._ „4,,,, SHARES in the GLOBE and ALBION I N sITR ASCE 011- e h : T ES , ---To he sOLD, pursuant to an order of the High Court of ,1 0 , 11e .orY, made in the causes " Jones v. Jones," and "Jones v. thv os"' with the approbation of the Vice-Chancellor, sir John Stuart, Aalodge to whose C our t th e sa id causes are at t ac h e d . on T OUR,- , the 12th day of April, 1855, at One o'clock precisely, at the thcoon Mart, Bartholomew-lane, London, by Mr. George Pr!ckett, Person appointed by the said Judge, One-fourth Part or Share, i h d (by the direction of the parties entitled thereto) the remaining L r :e:fourth Parts or Shares (making together thc. entirety) of the ForeH AtES.UAGES, Nos. and 2.llathbone-nlace, Ox street, ondon, (No. 1 having a frontage to Oxford-street), held 'ni.r a term which will expire WI the 24th day of Julie, 1864, at an 21i 7 r e grotind-rent of 201., and yielding together an improved rent of Per an o eel I. num. Also, 15 SHARES in the GLOBE ENSURANC thANY and 2 SHARES in the ALBION LIFE OFFICE—in -.r ) 0t t Lot one will consist of the above-mentioned households ; n w e o of the Globe Shares: and lot three of the Albion Shares. s P t o re n e d t o d n , l ' o a f rticul ars Messrs. nd , . conditions of sale may be had (gratis), in Kingsford and Dorman. solicitors, No. 23, E•sex- N e .2l Str and ; Messrs Wilson and Jeanneret. solicitors. No. 11, '"lnh. Strand; and Of tessrs. ScAt, Taliourdin, and Shaw, soli citors,l,,, N o 11, Lincoln' s . inn -Fi e W s ; and in the country, of M essrs. vi7hl,n,..and Fielding, so li c i tors, D over; M essrs. Whitlow. Ra , ford, and la nwy Soli itors, Manchester; and Messrs. Sutcliffe and Shaw, k heitors ,„„ Carlisle; and also of the Auction ee , a t N o. 34 , South `oPton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; and at the place of sale. ALFRED HALL, Chief Clerk. CONTRACT FOR WINE, SOAP, AND COCOA. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 28th March, 1855. 'TIRE Commissioners for E xecu ti ng th e Office of „,, _ Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great B r it a i n 17. 1 , _ Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, he 14, April next, at One o'clock, they will he ready to treat wth oe T Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and Yerin -6 int ono her Articles Majesty' : s Victualling Stores at D e ptf or d, th e 4"`erlnentid , viz. Gallons. When to be delivered. /Yl Marsala ...... 2,001 Half of each in 3 weeks. Port BnAp Tons. - weeks afterwards, or etlicA •• • • ...... .. •• • • ...... 50 %PA. earlier If preferred by the 100 party tendering. en.- T h _era may be made for the wh o l e or an y p or ti on of the Arti c l es . dara";tr Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten there," opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part as: at only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of , ri c i entra e , ing for any, and a' so unlimfted power ef selection. Derti r , e , / rine and cocoa to be exempted from the Customs Dupes, and tendering are to state where they are respectively lying. (n ot 4 Ples of the wine (not less than 2 bottles of each); of the soap l ess th _ a bar), and of the cocoa (not less than 2 lbs.), must be 1 ;f ea by the parties tendering. ar e r : samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted trti st 'lnested to be taken away by them immediately after the con s have been decided. el t a° tender will be, received unless made on the printed form pro tqa7for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application . at at t;al °ee, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service -an , ' or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. Packet co nditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten- N at s ten be seen at tile office, and at verpool and lre st3 , 6l ' Xe, der will be received after one on en the day of age lit ,', and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an Its t he 'T lii behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, edit ed t r o Tilt of the offer received from each person will be communi '‘re "2n 3 and his proposed sureties in writing. and tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty ,: and ts el ' in the left-hand corner the womis, "Tenderfor also be dellvere4 at Sosserset House. to It AVESEND STAR The t'l l: o t l PACKETS. er at call at the Greenhithe and Purileet Piers. "ekets Call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting; TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. .~ i g 5. 2 e; 8 3 S ir der 3 1 / 2 • 4 a to .2-w u .0 to at„. Time t v C4ll 4l -- ct„ll:rter from Fenchurch-street gtation to all parts of London of an hour. "Wlon -1 -- WIT &BF BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the ft 1- Win;. Trains from - the Fencharch-street Station. D yg. Sump/LYS. ch "ci; Fen-rt, t 2,? E • -4 % 5 , church 3it V . p i 0 Street, 3 '. 8 , 3 —.-- 5 11 5 , • ; I I It, or fro _ Fore Cabin, t.tiuol4 le. 2d 4 gra',,,,,,llravesend and London •••••• •• • 04 041, GraveseLd oa. 'tlveenand Blackwell or Woolwlah . and Intermediate Piers.. • i Nree ..I‘IOIOETS elve Months 5..05.; Sut Months, board u t , .; . 6d. .. lbarl ,ontbs 2/ w b had of ' the Collectors on board h Os.; to e )fri etB4 °r N; Arch 31. 1355. • Monk, Terrace • Pier Gravesend. Tilt , v , 'kat ,„.ultxT I NFIRMITIES OF YOUTH. 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This is rendered necessary in consequence of the construction of an additional sewer on the south side of the market and consequent deep drainage into the same from the market area, in order that future arrangements may be made for converting the manure and staling from the cattle to agricultural purposes ; the erection of a por tion of the intended meat-market ; the largely increased. size of the two taverns on the north side of the market, to contain 50 bed-rooms each, and 12 shops, with apartments attached thereto; the adoption of stone instead of cement for the external cornices, and other portions of the several. buildings ; and the great rise, since the date of the report,, in the cost of every description of materials and labour, particularly of iron, of which a vast quantity has been used at the market in the execution of the works. I beg also to remark, that in the erection of the taverns, to contain 50 bed-rooms each, advantage has been taken of ilks oppor tunity thereby given for the formation of the 12 shops in the front portion of those buildings, with a basement be neath and a room over each, by which I submit that a large rental on the additional outlay for the taverns will be realised; the tenants of the public-houses having saso agreed to pay additional rental for the stabling, &c., to be erected according to their respective requirements. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, "J. B. BUNNING, Architect.' Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—The question before the Cowl.; to-day is a serious one, and requires grave consideration.. We have not yet the power to spend 350,000/., not have we done so, but before our works are completed we shall require all that sum. There are circumstances; over which we have no control whatever, and, althougl we may form our estimate and opinion according to tlx e prices of the day, 12 months afterwards will place thos matters in a very different position, and such has bee the case precisely with the question we are now conside r ing. One of the contractors to a vary large, though 314.10 the largest amount, states that in his contract he buts used 7,500,000 bricks, and that the additional pike .o/E those bricks from the time that the architect made htifi report in April, 1853, up to May, 1854, amounted to 2,001/. ; the additional price on 25,000 yards of Baud and gravel, at only ls. a-yard increase, makes 1,3001:; on 8,122 yards of lime make 1121. ; the additional pri‘cee of the drain-pipes alone was 25 percent., making 1,270/4 on 1,620 squares of slates make 560/. ; increase of priesvi on 1,100 tons o f i ron , 2,4751 .; 1,653 loads of timber, aft 1/. per load, make 1,6531. ; and in burning the clay for • the purpose of a foundation for the roads and the mar, ket area there were 11,000 tons of coal consumed, the+ increase in the price of freight at that time being very-. considerable, and amounting to 4,4001. There were. 116 tons of lead, at an expense of 5801., and the in— crease in the p r i ce o f labour upon 67,900/. is 6,7901. , 10 per cent. on stone and freight, 2,0001. ; and various:' other incidental matters, which the contractor does:: not enumerate, amounting to 4,000/. ; and in his cos-- tract, without the 4,400/. which he loses himself,: there is a positive increase in the price of materials and . s • labour in the construction of the market of 24,000/4 He also states that, in addition to the works which he-s has contracted for, there are other contracts amount ing to 150,0001. Something like 50,0001. has been in curred in the expenses of the market in consequence c if the large rise in the price both of materials and labour We have been increasing the works, so that they wi 11 produce a larger revenue than was originally conten 1- plated ; and if that is to be done I apprehend the Coui will see tat the money laid out will be rather an a , !- vantage than otherwise. (Hear.) Mr. Taylor conclude 6. by moving—. "That the report be received, and that it be referroe4 to the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee to consida-. how the money may be raised for the purposes required.", Mr. Deputy BOWER entered into various details con -1 netted with the market, for the purpose of showing not: only that it was too large for its contemplated object, but that faith had not been kept with the corporation, by reason of nearly double the original estimate Navin;; already been spent in the execution of the works, and concluded by moving as an amendment— " That the report be referred back to the committe , e,. with instructions to report at what sum beyond the eel-. ginal estimate of 343,0001. the new market can be put ix. a working condition, not exceeding 10,0001." After some discussion the amendment was put and lost Mr. Deputy DAKIN said that the question before tb e Court was a constitutional one, and he demanded a di , vision, when there appeared— For the amendment ........................ 11 Againstit .................................... 40 Majority against the amendment... —22 Mr. Deputy DAKIN then moved as a further amend-. ment that the following words be added to the original.... motion ; "That it be an instruction to the Markets Improve- I ment Committee in future not to incur any further ex pense in connection with the New Cattle-market with- s out previously reporting to this Court and obtaining their assent th ere t o. " Mr. Ross seconded the amendment, which was lost. Mr. Deputy DAKIN again demanded a division, when. there appeared -For the amendment 2l Against it 31 Majority against the amendment —lO Mr. BL ES then moved as a further amendment the.' addition of the following words to the original motion : " That it be an instruction to the committee to enter. into no expenses beyond the sum of 80,0001. now granted to them." Mr. Deputy LOTT seconded the amendment, which..i was put and lost. Oa a division being called for the numbers were— AFor the aznendment gainst it Majority against the amendment —6 The original motion was then put and carried, and.; the Court adjourned. LONDON, 'TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1855. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. DEPARTURE OF THE BALTIC FLEET. (Fionz the Times of this day. ) This afternoon the shores of the Solent will witness one of those spectacles in which England is once more at home. A portion of the fleet, consisting of more than thirty vessels of war, and including a dozen sail of the line, will start to occupy the Baltic, to blockade every inlet and port of the Czar, and if possible find some vulnerable point of his triple granite and iron. At any time the sight of so many huge machines, sent out with the message to kill and destroy, may well subdue the most frivolous. Even a naval review, with its mi mic thunders, and its programme of triumphs, becomes a scene of horror exactly in proportion as we realise its true import. What we may see to-day, however, is ambitiously and industriously grander, sterner, grimmer, more real, and more deadly, than any like spectacle on on these or any seas. The Baltic fleet of this year is in all respects much stronger than the last ; it has more steam power, more guns, a new class of gun-boats and floating batteries, adapted for creeks and shoals, and, what more than anything marks a resolution to do something—a now commander. Sir Charles Napier has ceased to command the Baltic fleet, not from any deficiency in skill, in courage, or temper, but simply because he did less than the British people expected to see done. We have ourselves been ever ready to do justice to his actual achievements, which are not to ,be denied or depreciated ; but, when we send out the finest fleet in the world, we naturally expect it to do more than shut in a third-rate naval power, and assist an army to destroy an unfinished fort. The new com mander, Admiral Dundas, has before him the services of Admiral Napier, and, whatever his instructions, if any e _use - pdgrAtoratinka Admirat Napier. irhe does not accomplish more, he will certainly find himself next November under orders to lower his flag, with small prospect of ever hoisting it again. Such is the mission of the fleet the Queen sends thisAay on its fatal errand. It is to at- I tempt more, to run more risk, to follow further and closer, to care rather less for losing ships and men, and rather more for inflicting losses and disgraces on the enemy. In a word, the force is stronger and the duty more terrible than last year; and if the scene to-day should attract a smaller crowd of gazers than last year, they will doubtless see it less as a holiday spectacle, and more as an operation of war. We certainly had wished that after last year's experi ence we should have less of such floating castles as the Duke of Wellington and the Royal George, and rather more of the gun-boats and other small craft, on which we must mainly rely in our offensive operations. For forty years we have been introducing a new power into naval warfare, and by its aid, together with continual improve ments in gunnery, we have brought the old man-of-war to a perfection that Nelson never imagined. We have given it twice the size, twice the weight of metal, and infinitely more manageableness and security, Could we suppose one of Nelson's fleets developed by a law of its oss n, to grow, 'to become more active, powerful, and docile ; to arrive at a sort of intelligence, volition, and harmonious action, till it could defy the storm and hie ast the current, bent and resolved on its way, faithful to its mission, and not to be denied by any vulgar element, there we have the fleet that this day leaves our shores. Yet in this pride and might seems to consist the very weakness of our naval under takings. The British man-of-war has been developed rather by an internal law than by any law of adap tation, It is, indeed, the grandest work of human hands. but it does not answer its purpose, if it has not actually outgrown it. Without inquiry, and as a matter of course, we have been making our ships larger and larger, when inquiry might have suggested that they should bo smaller and smaller. Were it, indeed, the waves alone we had to deal with, could we fight out every quarrel on the wide ocean, had we always to chase huge fleets from one hemisphere .to another, and fight over again for ever, as in the old mythology, every bat tle ever fought with American frigate or Spanish three decker, there is no doubt as to the excellence of the type we seem to have adopted. But the actual state of things is far otherwise. Like some strong impetuous animal, we seem to miss our object by running ahead of it. We have to deal with shallovi waters and granite walls, and find ourselves too gigantic fur the petty warfare, and, giants though we are, we are so far baffled. No doubt we have improved on last year ; but, unless there is a large supply of the smaller craft, adapted for the shallow waters of the Baltic, we shall only reiterate an inglorious campaign with even less glory than before. For anything we know, the departure of the Baltic fleet may be an annual ceremony for many a year to come. - Up to this time everything indicates a very pro tracted war. At the chief point of collision there is on both sides an indefinite power of reinforcements and sup plies, and we go on pouring in men and material for ever without decisive issue. But, if our army is thwarted by earthworks, our navy is not less at fault with granite, and, whether by sea or by land, the same endless warfare is before us„till genius or accident shall suggest some so lution. Therefore it is that we still urge the necessity of adapting onr means of warfare to the nature of the war. Great men have always been remarkable for adapting the means to the end. To do so politically argues a singleness and straightness of aim, a disregard of minor objects, and a contempt of mere material, never found in the common order of minds, however accom plished. No doubt, it does cost a painful effort to con demn a majestic structure to vulgar uses, to break to pieces the work of one's own industry and skill, to ac knowledge a life half wasted, and a thousand oppor tunities thrown away ; but, if experience should estab lish that our magnificent ships are little better than use less lumber, or, at best, huge storeships, floating bar racks, and naval depots, we hope and trust that no false thrift or professional pride will interfere to save them from their proper fate. Let them be kept in their place, but let us not multiply them, or attempt to use them, simply because we have them, where they do not answer the purpose. Die First Lord of the Admiralty has not given us any very recent account of the peculiar prepa rations made f the Baltic warfare. If they are on a scale for the occasion, and if from under the shadow of our huge three-deckers tleete of gun-boats and batteries are ready to start and penetrate every frith and fiord of the Baltic, well and good—we stand corrected. But, as a dozen boats here, and half-a-dozen there, are all the public have heard of, it is not amiss to urge preparations that may still be in time for this season, and may pro bably be wanted the next. LORD RAGLAN'S DESPATCHES. (From the Daily News of this day.) The nonchalance of Lord Raglan's despatches is, we will be bound to say, unprecedented in the annals of war. He not long ago began one of them by telling the Minister of War he had "really nothing to report." And in that of the 20th of March, which we publish to day, he says of the affair of the 17th, between the Rus sians and French—" Considerable loss must have been sustained by our Allies, I fear, as well as by the enemy." Tlitee days after the action took place, Lord Raglan can only fear that our Alli e s h a d suff,red considerable loss : it would have been too much trouble to ascertain whether they had or not. Ministers complain that the newspapers publish letters calculated to , produce mis chievous impressions on the public mind. Can anything produce a more mischievous impression than the lackadaisical communications of the Commander-in- Chief. Good-natured souls, who are reluctant to find fault with any one, especially with any one in place, try to extenuate the faults of Lord Raglan's correspondence by alleging that, along with the slip-shod epistles which appear in the Gazette, he mu--t transmit others which enter more into detail, but which Ministers deem it inexpedient to pub lish. If Ministers deem it. inexpedient to publish the whole of Lord Raglan's correspondence—if they select for publication certain portions that may safely be in trusted to the profane vulgar—then sure:y, were it only to save Lord Raglan's character, they ought to select portions which can better bear the tight. It is not the curtness of the letters, or their awkward phraseology, that is complained of. A man may be a good general and a desperately bad writer. If Lord Raglan would do, the public would forgive his being unable to tell what he bad done. It is the heartlessness which his poco curante epistles appear to indicate that excites indigna nation. There is scarcely a family circle in England— from the peer's to the pauper's—but has to bewail a member reft from it by the scandalous mismangement in the Crimea ; and yet Lord Raglan writes as if he had, not one compunctious visiting—as if ;:his soul were as serene and untroubled as it might be bad he no more serious oversight to reproach himself with than a revoke at whist. True, he has plenty to keep him in countenance. All the directors of the war—himself included—act as he writes. Dr. Andrew Smith confesses, with edifying im perturbability, that his signature is affixed to dbcuments of the contents of which he had no knowledge. Dr. Menzies cannot tell whether he was under Dr. Cumming or Dr. Cumming under him. Mr. Ward, purveyor, is found to be inefficient from age ; hut the old dotard grumbled at being sent back to England, and Lord Raglan, "good-naturedly," allowed him to remain., How that word " good-nature" is misused l It might be " go9d-natured" in so far as Mr. Ward was concerned, but wag it good-natured to our gallant soldiers, who were dying of inanition in the trenches, or tossing in feverish agony on their pallets in the hospital! And without condescending to notice the crowd of minor pococuranti, is there not our Premier himself ? Lord Palmerston is astonished that there should be ex citement and indignation in the country. " Have we," he asks, " been worsted in battle ?" No ; but, far worse than that, our army for months was dying off piecemeal, in face of an enemy who only assailed it to b e re p u l se d with disgrace. Our resources ar3 infinitely greater than those of the foe—our men are braver than his ; and yet • at one time our army was visibly wasting aw a y th roug h the mismanagement tof our rulers and com man d ers. This is a deeper disgrace than losing many battles but Lord Palmerston feels it not--he jokes at the expense of those who feel it. It is this frivolity of our rulers, and of those ,whom they employ, that is the most galling part of what we h a ve at present to endure. The nation is high of heart and earnest of purpose; its mean, are great, and it is w illi n g to exhaust them all for the attainment of the great object it has in view; our soldiers are the bravest of the brave —ardent in assault, dogged in sustaining attacks, patient and unmurmuring under privations. But the levity, the want of earnest purpose, in high places spoils all. We might address our rulers in the words of Cowper : There is a public mischief in your mirth, • It plagues your country ; folly, such as yours, Graced with a sword, but worthier of a fan, Has made what enemies could ne'er have done, Our arch of Empire, steadfast but for you, A mutilated structure, soon to fall. From beginning to end the war in which we are en gaged has been conducted in a manner disgraceful to the English Government, and to the country which has tole rated such a Government. It was undertaken under the pretext of upholding the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire. First a few troops was sent to 'Malta, with many sighs and prayers that they might not need to proceed further. Then they were sent out to Gallipoli, Scutari, &c., to protect Constantinople, as if the Russians, in possession of the Principalities, were irresistible, and nothing more could be looked for than to keep the capital o-it of their clutches. When the Turks had beaten the Russians on the Danube, our rulers took heart of grace and advanced to Varna, where our soldiers were kept dying of the rot like sheep in ill-drained pastures. Then came the start to the Crimea, in the vain hope to take Sebastopol by surprise, and wind up the campaign with a dashing affair. And now they are at their wits'-ends : afraid to carry on the war—afraid to back out of it. They are coaxing Austria and Russia to agree to a settlement which will enable them to face the matter out with bold words in Parliament. From first to last they have not been in earnest about any thing but keeping their plac es , a n d p rov idi ng f or as many of their kith and kin as possible. England may become a laughing 7 stoek -ill the . eyes of ske:wo r bi ; th 4, 4,0- ► cj ustrter.day -find t Nem' still' en titled to dratv their salaries ? This comfortable prospect makes them endure with heroic imperturbability all the suffer ing and all the shame that has befallen the nation. And if the nation tolerates them and their frivolity much longer, it will deser ve th e worst consequences that can come from having such a Government inflicted on it. DROUYN DE L'HUYS'S MISSION TO VIENNA. ( From the Morning Chronicle of this day.) The British public, with that shrewd instinct which seldom errs, have come to the conclusion that M. Drouyn de l'Huys is gone to Vienna to act as a kind of prompter or fly-flapper to Lord J. Russell. Whether our excellent and sententious Plenipotentiary went away in haste with imperfect instructions, and only a general impression that his presence would " set things to rights"— or whether the Viennese atmosphere and the adulation of Emperors and Princes have enervated that " pluck" which is the noble lord's boasted characteristic —the result appears to be that his proceedings hitherto have not given satisfaction either to his own compatriots or to our Allies. When Lord John Russell was nominated to this important mission, his political character and an tecedents weighed in fixing the choice. Our na tional honour, it was sa id, would be safe in the keeping of a statesman whose speeches and political acts breathed even an exaggerated patriotism, and who had so courageously dtfen led his present chief when assailed by a continental coalition. How ruthlessly he sacrificed him, some yearand a-half afterwards, was, it is true, forgotten ! it was stoutly m a i n t a i ne d th at Lord John Russell would prove neither "an - Austrian 'Minister" nor "a Russian Minieter," but a single minded plenipotentiary, going to Vienna rather as a representative of the feeling of his countrymen, and as a kind of demonstration, than as a mere nego tiator ! Somehow or other these hopes hitherto have been singularly disappointed. The noble lord is famous for his fits and starts of patriotism and libe ralism ; for his extreme public spirit while in Opposi tion, or when in need of political capital, and his sudden collapses when the immediate necessity is over. Something of this kind seems to have happened to him on the present occasion ; and the people are beginning to grumble. It is bad enough, they say, that our gi gantic Colonial Empire should be left without a Minis ter to guide its policy o r t o a tt en d t o it s a ff a i rs ; b ut to be douly deprived —to have this great department of State neglected, and, at the same time, to find our Ple nipotentiary contravening the Public Will and neglect ing the National Interests—is a little too bad. Men ask—What are the motives that might influence Lord John Russell at the present moment to lean to wards the accomplishment of a dishonourable, or at least an inadequate, peace ? It is certainly very remarkable that the noble lord, who had so flourished the warlike trump before his departure, should have subsided so sig nally almost immediately on his arrival at Vienna ! He certainly was not sent there to effect a compromise. Mischief enough had been done by the proclamation of our pretended military weakness, without our being committed to undignified concessions on some maudlin cry for "peace." The suicidal exposures —exaggera tions, though founded on fact—of the state of our army in the Crimea might have been neutralised by contradic tions, but how get over such a confirmatory confession as the abandonment of the siege of Sebastopol ? Pleni potentiary ho was, but not to misinterpret the national will or tarnish the national honour. Therefore, and deeply revolving these things, the public naturally ask, why it is that England is so badly represented at Vienna, as that the exact reverse of the wishes of all classes has found its way into diplomatic propositions made in her name ? It is , singular ' that the publi c discontent at the attitude assumed by the British representatives at Vienna should have f o ll owe d so c l ose l y on the detec tion of certain political and Parliamentary intrigues here in London. A man who has passed his life in the House of Commons always lives there in the spirit, even if he be away in the body. Lord John Russell, too has for some time past seen the Leadership of the Whig party slipping from his grasp—nay, the very party itself was not long since in danger of dwindling away—of being absorbed. Lord Palmerston was assuredly quizzed by the late Sir Robert Peel when he twitted him with being a "pure Oil Whig ! " We strongly suspect that Lord John Russell looks upon his newly reconciled colleague as little better than an interloper and usurper. What, then, can be more natural than that the noble lord, while " walking arm in arm with Prince Gortschakoff on the glacis," or assisting with becoming gravity at that solemnly farcical Conference Board at Vienna, should have one eye on Down ing -street, or St. James's-square, or Grosvenor-gate, or the t Speaker's chair? Now, he might think to himself, is the chance of restoration for the " great Whig party," or never. A menaced Coalition, on a cry for " peace," might destroy so tempting au opportunity I Heavy taxes, stagnation of trade, a more than Panic war, are strong arguments for peace, in the long run, with a commercial people, who had been taught to believe in a political millennium and universal free trade. What more natural than that Lord John Russell—who, of course, gets the English papers, and is keenly alive to what is going on at home—should detect the growing conspiracy against resuscitated e t ase of provoke Co mmons, m a . Whiggism ? It- is net difficult to suppose him cursing in his heart that war policy which mcooanliet,ion, which wouldwithan apduvsetirseasviodteeoinnee ore thinm the revived House Whig party, and bar himself from the renewed leader ship of the Hour of Commons, the expected reward of his magnanimous consent to serve under Lord Pal merston ! . If, however, Lord John Russell be disposed to huddle up a peace as quickly as possible—whether for such reasons as these, or for others less personal and more patriotic—all men concerned are not of his mind. It is not very flattering to the pride of this country the posi tion in which England stands towards Franc e . In an ill-starred moment, Lord Palmerston babbled of "judi cious bottle -holding !" He little anticipated the day when he would—whether he liked it or no—have a "bottle-holder" himself! We can imagine the Emperor shrink snen . n d East ern Napoleon mingling a little malice with his public spirit lv genius a ssthoo settle ° du in performing this fu nctio n. It is bad enough that the military renown of E n g l and should pale beside that of France, and that the governmental coun try Chief e o a f, theile iFrenchprosperity i s t h y o raisedualuddhgalvoery. B u t his o tcboiuenk -1 i the the Chosen h Eoa that our " Palmerston , our man of "vigour" , p ar excel lence—he, too, er whose question—to become dwarfed in the proportions o f hi s f ame by ,and ,this monopolising Monarch — this inscrut a bl e . man of glowing words and stersterlingdeeds, who not only excels the talk ing statesman in eloquence, but ca very think name that alonehe caps s eloquenc e by action ! Three years ago, who would have dared to prophesy that the reputation of Lord Palmerston would so soon have yielded place to the superior energy rectitude of the personage, to whom, then t and ex tended his patronage was deemed almost o have magnani mous condescension ? Yet such is unhappily a at the present day. The people of England the case so much more confidence in- Napoleon have now the Third than they have in the statesman whom they dicta tor, that when the Tories wish to chose as a create confusion for factious pus embroil matters and it worth their while to throw out insinuations they only -think the former, passing over the latter insinuations against insig nificant l as if he were Monsieur Drouyn de l'Buys did amuse himself, or to talk d' not come here to di p l omaticplatitudes Ministerial trio who were with the Cabinet to treat with him. speci a llyTheE selected from the Emperor of the French never wastes time or opportunity ' Minister here, b e f ore despatching h'Sending hi s F ore i gn the flagging energy o f th e British him Vienna t o spur a strong m easure , b u t, if a ll reports be Plenipotentiary, was strong than n ecessar y. Thi s much is iear—th a t s i nce true, not mor e e the French St a t esman ' s v i s i t a more decided per ceptible in hi g h quar t ers . It h as oven to ne is his missio n h as so f ar b een successful, transpired th a t that the peaceful aspirations of L or d John Russell have been .officially frustrated, and that our " man of • vigour" has assented to an ultimatum which Russia, in her arrogance, is likely to reject with disdain. THE CONDUCT OF THII WAR. From the Morning Herald of yesterday. ) Everything which is now Passing serves to convince us, that Lord Palmerston is faithfully carrying out his pledge to Sir James Graham, that lie would continue to persevere in the policy of Lord Aberdeen. Notwith standing the failure of that policy, and the disastroua consequences which it has entailed upon the country, the present Ministry refuse to learn the lesson which it teaches ; they are walking in the same footsteps, and we have a confident opinion that they will lead to the same end. The grand principle respecting the war by which Lord Aberdeen and his colleagues were guided was this : To trust to the success of negotiations, and in that trust to neglect adequate preparations for the war. With pitiable imbecility Lord Aberdeen boasted of having " clung to the hope of peace with desperate tenacity ;" he suc ceeded in inspiring his colleagues with the same base less expectations, so that Lord Palmerston, at Perth, did not hesitate to proclaim his strong conviction that peace would be maintained ; and Mr. Gladstone brought forward a peace budget, and absolutely contracted for the return of the few troops which the Duke of New castle ventured to send as far as Malta. The British Cabinet actually fancied that this, paltry demonstration would be amply sufficient to 'deter the Czar from the pursuit of objects on the attainment of which his own heart and the hearts of his predecessors had been set for upwards of a century ! The consequences of all this management are too deeply engraved on the minds of our readers to require here any description from us ; and could we bring ourselves to believe that our present rulers had learnt wisdom from dear-bought experience, fearful and calamitous as that experience has been, at any rate the nation would have gained something, and would not be exposed to the like again. But, as we have more than once observed, wise men profit by past errors, but fools live only to repeat them. So are we much mistaken if the event does not bear us out in our opinion that Lord Palmerston's Administra tion is only repeating the very same error which has made Lord Aberdeen's Ministry a byword and a scorn amongst the nations. The Ministers- are 'now trusting exclusively to the success of their negotiations at Vienna, whilst they are neglecting the necessary preparations for an adequate and successful prosecution of the war. The fall of Sebastopol by bombardment and assault is an event of which no one knowing anything of the actual state of affairs in the Crimea has the slightest ex pectation. It is well ascertained, that, however much the physical condition of the allied armies may have improved, however much their position may have been strengthend, however much their numbers may have been increased, and their means of offensive attack multiplied, in all these matters the Russians have made as great progress as the allies; but in the two most important. the two last, they have very greatly surpassed us. If our means of attack have been doubled, their means of resistance have been made at least five times more effec tive than they were at the commencement. The rela tive strength of the beligerent parties at Sebastopol has been changed greatly to the advantage of its defenders. In this state of things all hope of speedily taking the place by assault is abandoned by every reasonable man. Moreover, it is well known that if even such an attempt were to prove successful, no real step would be gained, but a fearful sacrifice of human life would be incurred, and the allies would only seize an untenable position. The south side of Sebastopol cannot be held while the north, which commands it, and which bristles with its hundreds of cannon, is in the possession of the enemy. There remains, therefore, but ono course, if Sebastopol is to be subdued—it can only be done by investment, and by blockading the fortress ley sea and land, and so starving out the garrison. Now, inve-tment can only he accomplished by means of a campaign in the Crimea ; beating the Russian armies in the field ; fighting over again such battles as the Alma, and storming the other heights which interpose between Sebastopol and the level country about Eupatoria. For this sort of campaign we are well convinced this country is not making any adequate preparation. We, moreover, believe we should not be very far from the truth if we said that it is not making any adequate pre parations for any kind of campaign. The old system of "starving the war" prevails. Go where we will we hear nothing but well-authenticated stories of neglect orconfu sion. Converse with any military man, or the relations or friends of any officer, and you hear the same story—" My friend," one acquaintance tells you, " who is in such and such a regiment, was to have sailed some six weeks ago ; the regiment had received its orders for embarkation ; they do not know for what cause, but they are not gone." Another tells you, "My brother received orders to start for the Crimea two months ago ; he sailed yes terday, but in the interval between his first orders and his actual departure he received counter orders ; then fresh orders and counter orders again, and now he is gone at last ; but what can all these changes mean ?" All this must, we are confident, be familiar to our readers ; but we ask can any reasonable man think that all this infirmity of purpose in our military arrangements will enable this nation successfully to cope with the might of Russia ? Look at the militia—owing to Lord Palmerston's bungling, maybe to his design—little more than one-third of the force voted is embodied ; and of that force, owing to an attempt on the part of the Government to break faith, more than one-third have laid down their arms, and refused to serve any longer. Then, again, look at the Ordnance. A ball of pecu liar construction, calculated to be to the Artillery what the Mini 6 rifle is to the soldiers, is discovered, and proved, by experiments on their own ground, to be what it pretends to be. How does that board, which num ' bers amongst its members the Papist Mr. Monsell— how, we ask, does that board deal with this invaluable invention ? Why; instead of appropriating it with eagerness it discourages the inventor, and rejects his offers. Then again we would ask—when were the ten ders for the ambulance conveyances sent in ? Was it not at least seven months ago ? When was the contract signed —was it not little more than seven days ago ? The Times politely invites Lord Raglan and General Canro bert to commence active operations in the field, and urges them not to delay them till the Russian reinforce ments arrive. We do not pretend to affirm what means the French general may have fer conducting such opera tions, but this we know, that if he attempt them he must attempt, them alone ; for as was the case at Varna, so is now the case at Sebastopol--oar army has not the means of moving ! It is indeed worse off now in those matters than it was then. "It was not," as Lord Panmure told the House of Lords on the 23d of February, "till it was a-certained, beyond the possibility of doubt, that the army would have to winter in the Crimea," that any steps were taken by Lord Aberdeen's Government to pro vide for that contingency. And now we suppose that no will be taken to reduce Sebastopol, in the only way it can now be, reduced, until " it is ascertained, be yond the possibility of doubt," that the Russians will aot have peace on any, terms. Thus, ample time will be afforded to the Russians to make every elevated spot ofground a fortress, and every height an entrenched camp, within 50 miles of Sebastopol. The truth, we believe to be, that at this very moment, the Ministry have asked the welfare of the country on the success of the negotiations at Vienna. All their actions indicate it but too plainly, Their preparations are not such as if they really contemplated the continuance of the war. The budget is postponed •till after Easter. The holidays are nearly double their usual length. It seems evident that the!, hope by the time of their ending that the main difficalties at Vienna will be got over, and that they will be able to meet Parliament with a positive assurance of peace ; meanwhile, should rumours of their probable concessions creep out, they are saved from inconvenient questions as well as from inconvenient motions. We expect at their hands an insecure and inglorious pea Ce. No ;we are wrong ;we honestly confess we do not expect peace ; but we shall be agreeable surprised if it turn out that they have not sought "to obtain it by offering unsafe and dishonourable terms ; and whatever reliance we may have on the loyaute of the French Emperor, still he can hardly be ,expected to stand out singly against the urgent pressing of his ally to concede. His intended visit to this coun try is curiously timed. Is it not meant to occupy the public mind, and to withdraw its attention from too close an analysis of the accepted terms of peace, which the Ministers dread will not Satisfy the reasonable ex pectations of the nation. We shrewdly suspect that we have here penetrated the secret views of our readers. Will they be able to carry them out ? 'We much doubt it —we incline to think that the more they concede to Russia at Vienna, the more evidently they expose their own want of confi dence in their strength, the less likely will the Russian plenipotentiaries be to accept their terms. We do not believe that the spirit of Nicholas is extinguished in Muscovite councils. The more humble, therefore, we are in our conduct and language at Vienna, the more inclined 'will Russia be to fulfil her designs, and carry out successfully that policy which the Sovereigns of the House of Romanoff have never ceased to pursue, and have accumulated the most gigantic preparations to realise. If Russia be resolved at all events to carry on the war, then no terms, however degrading, which can be Offered to her, will be of any avail. But if, on the other hand, she be really desirous of peace, then will she accept such terms as can be conceded with honour and safety, provided they are firmly maintained. But if the Allies betray any undue desire to terminate the contest by unexpected and unworthy concessions, then will such timid policy only serve as a temptation to Russia to persevere, to shuffle eut of what she may have already conceded, and at last to insist on such terms as even our Ministers will not dare to concede. If, unhappily, these views should turn out to be too correct, then will these Ministers repeat the very same blunder whereby they first involved us in war. Want of firmness in the original negotiations drifted us into war, and it is much to be feared that want of firmness_ us may now be equally the cause of its prolongatih will the truth.of the proverb have a frea s t h feds live but exemplifica tion, " wise men profit by their errors, b. to repeat them." THE CIVIL SERVANTS OF VIE PUBLIC. (From the _Derbyshire Courier.) Mr. Lindsay, the member for Tynemouth, is well known as an enterprising and successful man of busi ness. As any man is worth listening to when he speaks of what he understands, so even were Lindsay a less authority than be undoubtedly is on the subject of ships and shipping, his opinion on the administrative system of the Transport Service would be deserving of the best attention of Parliament and the country. He calculates that the aggregate tonnage of steamers engaged by 'Go vernment for the transport service amounts to .150,000 tone, and that of sailing vessels to 100,00 tons, amount, IPRICE SD. ing altogether to 250,000 tons ; which Mr. Lindsay ob serves "must be admitted to be an enormous transport fleet." Of the "profligate extravagance, slovenliness in the employment of vessels, and confusion and mismanage ment in their departure from and arrivals in port," men tion has been made by competent authority in the House of Lords, and abundant evidence has been adduced in the committee of inquiry. Mr. Lindsay , therefo re , h as " no h es i tat i on in saying that out of th e 8,000,0001. which have been voted for the transport service, 2,000,0001. at least have been to tally lost through unnecessary delay." Leaving the country to accept the apological explana tion of Sir James Graham on this expenditure or not, as they see fit, we proceed to what Mr. Lindsay calls an illustration "in a plain way" of the " administrative system" of the Government offices. After giving an instance in which the delay of obtaining the settlement of a small account was so vexatious that he preferred losing it altogether, he prodeeds with a further "illus. tration," which is equally amusing and instructive : " There was another account—he did not remember in which particular department, but he thought it was in the Admiralty —.for upwards of 2,0001. The account was rendered, and for six weeks it was not passed. The loss of interest on 2,0001. for six weeks was a considera tion, so he determined one morning, instead of coming in early to business, to wait for Government hours, and to get to the Admiralty by half-past ten. It was a fine summer morning, and after a good deal of jostling, for no one knew him — , sand if they had, perhaps they would not have cared--he got into a room in which were three desks, and at one of the desks was a gentleman, seemingly very much at his ease, for he sat on an easy chair, with his leg cocked over the arm of another easy chair, whistling to himself the tune of Peter Dick,' keeping time to it on the desk with a ruler. (Laughter.) He walked up to the• gentleman and said, Can you tell me anything of this account ?' His reply was, `No ; I can't say. I don't know anything about it. It has not some to me yet.' Whil e spea ki ng to him, in walked anaher gentleman, who should have been the oc cupier of one of the empty desks, with his hat cocked on one side and a gold headed cane in his hand. (Laughter.) He did not object to gentlemen cocking their hats on one side, or carrying gold headed canes, if they would attend to their business. (Hear, hear.) Itiald.ressing the gen tleman who was whistling * Peter Dick,' the new ar rival said, 'l'm off by the eleven o'clock boat to Gravesend. I don't suppose I shall be back before four. You'll keep me all right.' (Loud laughter.) The gentleman who had come in then departed, and his whistling friend then said that, perhaps, the account was in his charge. Upon that he replied, 'I hope, then, when it reaches you you will not be going down to Graves end ;' and to that observation having received rather an impertinent answer, with which it was not necessary to trouble the house, he left the office ; but as he did so, he could not help saying to himself, I hope the time may come when I shall be able to assist in rooting out these Peter Dicks—(a laugh)—who waste so much treasure, and who have aided in bringing so much disgrace upon the country.' (Hear.) But what w a s the original source whence these evils had arisen ? It was the existing sys tem of patronage which created these Peter Dicks, and there were too many of them, both high and low ; but the time had arrived when such men must be rooted out. The country wanted, and it would insist upon having competent men employed in their places. fie, as a man of business, felt no hesitation in saying that there were at the present moment many men engaged in Government offices in the receipt of salaries varying- from 801. to 5001. a-year, who not only dig- no real service to the country, but to pay whom, without allowing them to go near the offices to which they were attached, would cause a great saving of the public money." Our own experience of the character and conduct of Government officials entirely acc3r Is with that of Mr. Lindsay. Peter Dick is a, " representative man," the type of a cla's. Every one who has had the misfortune to have had business to transact at the public offices of the country is acquainted with Petei' Dick. We per fectly well remember encountering, such an official gentleman "one fine summer morning," with his hat on his head, white kid gloves on his hands, and a very long official pen between his fingers, and whose ignorant incapacity could only be exceeded by his most offensive insolence. The end of our Peter Dick was, that he absconded with a large sum of the public money, and we question if the country after all did not gain by the loss. But what lies at the root of this evil? Mr. Lindsay tells us " It was the existing system of patronage which created these Peter Dicks. Let the public remember that these civil servants of the public are not self- elected. It is the Heads of Departments, who, in the exercise of a system of corruption and jobbing, fill our public offices with incompetent officials. Like master like man. It is thus that incompetent and incapable Heads of De partments have filled our Government offices with incompetent and incapable clerks and secretaries. The abuses of our civil service have been less looked into than other abuses, because they have pressed less upon the great body of the public. Merchants, contractors, and all men of business who have had transactions with public offices, have long groaned under the system. The mismanagement of the war has laid bare the enormous evils of the whole concern. The Right Honourable Peter Dick, with all the long line of first and second cousins, and the cousins of his political friends and partisans, must be "rooted out.," The English method of reform is never to redress a grievance till it has become intolerable. This is the case with our civil service. We have allowed the evil to re main in full force, till it has eventuated in a " war mis management" which has sacrificed money by the million, and human life by the thousand. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public business. • VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OP THE DRENCH. The LORD MAYOR on taking the chair said,—Before the business of the day commences, I feel it my duty in compliment to this Court to state that I have had se veral applications made to me by members for permission to place notices on the paper of business relative to the approaching visit of the Emperor of the French to this country. I thought it unwise that such notices should appear at present, more especially as I am to have corn_ municatien to-day with the authorities, after which it will be necessary to consider the prudence and desirable. ness of their being put on the paper or not. (Hear, hear.) Having had several notices of motion handed to me by members of the Court, I thought it right to men tion the subject—a subject of the deepest interest —re lating as it does to the visit to this country of the ruler of a great and powerful people —our brave and gallant allies. (Cheers.) THE FAST-DAY. On the motion of Alderman KENNEDY it was agreed, —"That the thanks of this Court are due to the Right Rev, the Bishop of London for the sermon he delivered to this Court in St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday, the 21st ult., and that his lordship (the Lord Mayor) be re quested to have the same printed." CITY OF LONDON CEMETERY. Deputy PEACOCK, chairman of the Commission of Sewers, moved the Court,—" To authorise and direct the Commissioners of Sewers of the city of London, as En:, Burial Board of the said city, to defray out of the consolidated rate, or moneys to be charged on such rate, a sum not exceeding 25,0001., in addition to the sum of 50,0001. agreed to by this Court on the 13th of October, 1853, to defray all the expenses necessary for providing and laying out the said cemetery and building the ne cessary chapels therein, and the other expenses connected therewith." Agreed to. THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE-MARKET. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR (the chairman of the Markets Im provement Committee)' brought up the following report:— " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, of your Markets Improvement Committee, to whom it bra been referred to curry into execution the act, of the 14th and 15th Vic., cap. 01., for establishing a new metropolitan cattle-market, and also our reports from time to time pre sented with plans and estimates of works, and for raising the necessary funds, do certify that we have proceeded therein, and having made the necessary arrangements for the due performance of the laborious and extensive under taking which this corporation has engaged to effect, we have carefully watched the progress of the works in course of execution, under the more immediate superintendence and direction of the city architect. " It will be obvious that in an affair of such magnitude as the formation of a cattle-market for the supply of this vast metropolis, with the necessary conveniences in connec tion with it, many unforseen circumstances would probably arise in the progress of the undertaking which would sug gest extension of the original design ' • both for increasing the accommodation and for s ec u r i n g future revenue. had in the contend has been the almost unprecedented rise in chief obstacle with which your committee have . h to d at not • h may be fairly reckoned of the works, a rise which price of both labour and materials since the commencement less than from 25 to 30 per cont. which circumstances " Thsextension of the arran gements Commissioners of requirement by the . consequent on the . k t should be drained to felt it have induced have been the formation a te " d to , your committee carcase o o f f t dhoeere i drainage, o f Metropolis Sewers that t , h o e rt m io a n i ohf e the north-east, meat-mar market, which having been . . .. after due consideration west, as originally i n . b tended, the Governmentthe e re ction instead of aofi the s suggested t t eei advisable to aUt y h o O u ri r tl c o o 9 m , will ill be moreearry readily on the the erect,-etth of e c onstruction Parliament, t h business of em arke t , . architect, hereto annexed, taverns for the the further accommodation of persons attendiao. ket, and stabling, at the request of the tenants.° mat es` as soon as possible the probable The particulars of the foregoing whichexplained your committee y c o t m h e n a r i e t p t : o r t o f directedthe hivi t required to perfect the to make for the pur pose of ascertaining eh your committee feel hnicehomWpliletUed, unequalled in this or any market and its appurtenances, whi assn am o assured w of ill ' b o e n , ey wh w e from the report that the arehitectestimates otri: a o p u p n e t a ry rs . the expense of completing the works at the sum of 80,0001., the your oour coimmou.nt already authorised by this hon. powers to raise in addition Court, and committee feel that the thesen:ittee therefore apply for the neces saryyfaocutroic7odcitoiuorntalwifluind(ei se.m it t n doing, v s e o rysati . to be inedozesd that a considerable portion of the fully expect used as . a l il a ground purcha o ir t a y g e e t 0 r been l3th erw otherwise , y appropriated , our c o a m m i n i fromitt committee lug it to 2 I to realise a large amount of income by adapt such. purposes as will materially conduce to the THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. GOTHENBURG, March 24.—Frost set in again the com- !, mencement of this week, and the frost has varied from 2 deg. to 4 dek., and even . as low as 8 deg. Several vessels were seen off Nidingen, within these few days, the water being open, but full of drift ice. The harbours on the coast are all frozen up. LYSEKIHL, March 22.—The outer coast is free of ice to-day as far as the entrance to the harbour, and the ice in the Fiord is getting very weak. WARBHRG, March 22.—Thera is open water to-day as., far as . the fortress, and vessels can get in here, }hut only with an east will • 'STOCKHOLM, March 23.—The sold has increased since, , the 20th, with wind at N.,. and some snow., Yesterday morning the thermometer stood at 101 degs. below 0. ; last evening 8 degs. ; this morning, 7f degs., and p.m., , degs., cold. Th e i ce on the Ma !are and in the Schee ran is still very strong, and there are at present no hopes.. of a speedy opening of the navigation. MEMEL, March 27.—Weather fine. Wind light at W.N.W., 4 degs. to 5 degs. frost at night ; 17 feet Eng lish on the bar. 28th. Weather fine. Wind light at S.E., and calm. DIRSCILIU, March 28.—The ice broke up last night ; water rising. On the banks of Dirschau there are ice- I barge 30 feet high._ SwiNzmiJNDE, March 28..—The prevalence of north- ; east winds has filled the whole of the bay off this har• t hour with ice, and the port, for the present, is unap• proachable fur vessels inward bound. The ice on , the r river, as far as Stettin, is still firm, but the Oder ahoy( r Stettin is open and navigable. ELsiNomg, March 27.—N0 material alteration in th' state of the ice in the Sound or neighbourhood has takes t place since the 24th March. HATA, March the exception of some re - 3 mains of icebergs the coast is free, and only in the Muld ber Bay is there any ice. The state of the' ice in the Fjord is unaltered. Wrc ON FOHB, March 29.—The fairway towards the small•deep was to•day free of ice as far as was visible, but on the shallows and the opposite coast northwards there is a great deal of ice. March 27.—The harbour and fairway .have been cleared of ice for some days. MR. iziLLCAOFIS CON( ERT. ccouristcoemrt,i.tathbanis he called it, "a eor,Ly4cseum Theatre. It 1 Last night, according to his afeev:rftoirvatanicsacewtretbe the most t e r " m vocal and instrum ental iic agwirldarst.,:d. among cu l , u g r i t i f uh c t a ae l l g p, a recherche now in ' , mons banquet of more abundant than The programoae contained • • London, with a host of other; some sixty pieces • f , some of whom never heard o f bef • we me. The • pieces were m general of a popular and familiar kind, ca able of P being per formedd wi thout any trouble of preparation, an d calcu late to e plea se a mis cellaneous audience. The great fa. vourite, as usual ballads, on such. occasions, was Mr. Sims Reeves, \silo s pretty Jane / _ "The Pilgrim of L ove , ,, "My en thusiasm, &c., were received with obstreperous Nexten to him, Madame Anna Thillon had the ballad warme s t rece p tion , particularly i n h er " pussy - cat " so long a standing dish at Jullie n ' s concerts. Madam e Cl ara Novello things, , among other thi sang a new MS. song, "The Vivandiere," by Mr. Frank Mori, a very pretty 'thing, which she gave with great spirit and effect. Miss Rebecca Isaacs—always a favourite-- Fang several ballads delightfully ' • but "Let the bright Seraphim" i s ou t o f her wily. A now duet, "Come, let us away," by Mr. Edward Loder, an elegant composi tion, was gracefully sung by the Misses Brougham, two very agreeable and rising young singer F. Herr Formes "sang the air, "Pour fuir son souvenir," from the Etoile du Nord, in a manner which showed that he will give it great effect when he conies to sing it on the boards of the Royal Italian Opera ; but, like all the music of this , opera, it is essentially dramatic, and not fitted for a con cert. A number of instrumental solos were performed by Ernst, Richardson, Lazarus, Mdlle. Louise Chris tine, Case, Distin, and others, all of a showy and popu- ', lar character. It is almost unnecessary to add—for it . is always the case at these concerts of Mr. Allcroft's— i that every part of the theatre was crowded ; and very ' deservedly, for there are no concerts at which so grea' ; a vari e ty of good music can be heard on such eas3 f terms. -if . V :,-- a 9" ,) 47 0 146 efl is '4cti , de fli SO •