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DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.- .liedued Prices as usual. T 11,14 015113TG, Will be performed an aaaptatfOn, , written ex.prossly for this Theatre by Mr. REINOLDSOX, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, :L'ETt)ILF. DU NORD. xe conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. • Under the management of Mr. Buekstone THIS EVEI 4 /ING, IVI , I be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR LOVE. P cipal characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Buckstone, and E. VI:- Hers ; Miss E. Charlin, Mrs Griffiths, and Mrs. Poynter. After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To conclude with a new Pallet by the Spanish Dancer?, called THE GALICIXN FETE.I ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CIIARI.F.s KEAN. THIS EVENING, 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. CormaA ; Clown, Mr. Huline ;Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss De.sborough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. trader the Management of Madame Yeah'ls. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Principal Character by Mr. C. Mathews. To be followed by (10th time) a new Comic Drama, called TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Extra vaganza, entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. Box-office open from 10 until 6. ' Solo agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS E+ENING, Will be perlbrmed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE EAYADERE. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, and bidlles. Maraqudta and Dehonl. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATER. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the now Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, 1 Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A .LUCKY FRIDAY. Attar wialch, 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. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of MissEebecca Isaacs. THIS- EVENING Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS. After which, the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO TUE To conclude with the popular Barletta, OUR ' , TELLY. Principal Character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. ASTLEY'S .ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The BATTLE of BALAKLAVA and of INK ER MANN, added, by a Third Act, to the successful Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA, which this week reaches its 116th representation ! The addition embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, and also those tremendous hand-ln-hand encountets which characterised the above engagements. After which, and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Win. Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Wrest. Acting Stan er, ri r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian . Director Mr. W. Cot,ke, jun. MICH WATER AT LONDON LF.IDG E. Tom DAT —Morning 42 min.aftez 12 Evening 7 min.e.ft. 1 To-'lo3lnow - Morning 28 min.after 1 ' Evening 48 tninatft. 1 TEE WEATHER.—Sun Orrin, March. 1. Tassmommrs, IN TEE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'63. WIND, variable from W. to IV - S.W.—Fine sunshiny weather. gi)g !err : 4-oPCl% 4,7t ylik:' §A4 441 LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1855. Aristocracy is doubly answerable for the ruin of our noble army ; and we must have yet an other committee of inquiry. Its Commissariat blun ders, ludicrous in number and kind but for their fatal consequences, stand visibly prominent as the proximate cause. Die an army must which could not get food enough to eat, clothes to wear, huts in winter to shelter them, fresh meat to keep off the scurvy, and roasted coffee as a cheering stimu lant ; and die horses must with neither corn nor hay for their food, nor even horse-cloths, not to say stables, to protect them. But the commis sariat is not all, nor the disputed questions of ge neralship. The country must not forget other delinquencies quite as grave. There is some dan ger lest the proximate causes of Balaklava horrors should absorb the indignation of the country. We charge the late Cabinet with crimes against the army and the nation greater in reality than all our Commissariat failures ; greater because not less fatal, and committed knowingly and inten tionally. We fully acquit the Duke of NEW CASTLE, on the other hand, of anything but in competency to oust, or force to obedience, a swarm of obstructive or idle officials ; he assuredly did not mean to starve our men. Nor did his chief mean anything particular in adhering to military routine, and in not taking on himself to subvert with a stroke of his pen the system of half a century, trusting to Parliamentary indem nity for resolutely promoting merit and efficiency, and letting wealth and connexion take its chance with the rest. Far otherwise i 3 it with aristocratic foreign policy. In that, what they did they meant to do. It was the designed policy of Lord ABERDEEN and his colleagues, which has sent more English sol diers to the hospitals or to their graves than tlte deadly seven miles from Balaklava to the camp. That murderous foreign policy, we use the epi thet advisedly, will be continued under pure Whiggism, and with renovated strength unless the nation interferes. We may safely leave Mr. Roe- BUCK now to his patriotic task; he will do it, and do it as becomes Mr. ROEBUCK. Let the nation now attack the master culprit. Let another committee investigate the secret, or shall we say dark, work which Lord CLARENDON' has done for the Cabinet and . the Coburgs. There is a field for inquiry here which imperatively calls for the most unsparing scrutiny. It may be hard to c ° lll ° at the truth. Mia:isters will clamour more loudly ;Aga i nst a Parliamentary Committee to rummage •I tg 4l l,..Plo'naatic papers than oven against the one for setutinising another branch of the Executive. But it is even more needed. Why should Lord CLARENDP N , on behalf of Court and Cabinet, be alloWed to do work which will not bear the light ? We have wanted no negotiations with that deadly enemy to liberty, Austria, which all England and the world might not know. It has become the fashion to bepraise Lord CL AREN _ no:.•;'s Austrian achievements so loudly that one may well believe the noise has keen raised to bully down investigation by anticipation. We have not a word to say personally against that truly excellent nobleman, but hi 3 secret public policy is the policy. of his Cabinet and his order, and we arraign it by its results as the cause, and the curse, and the bane of the War. It was our foreign policy which waited on Austria till everything was too late--too late to de &are war—too late to send our navy into the Black Sea and our troops to the Danube—too late, above all, to sail for the Crimea. There was in ieed y l. most scandalous deference to Russia, ;,,wftgir ..., open acts of aggression on her part, ' I P - , l4 etiling .to, the same result ; but the base .1;: -. 1‘,Isgstlibt',Iffier Austrian procrastination, and sub t )Atri I an purposes—this has been I*°Z,T con4nAek.l4wai • e---nhy, down to this very hour. been the cause of it all ? We reply, Coburgism—Coburgism, finding a prompt conductor of its instinctive impulses in the leaning of Whig and Peelite Ministers to Austrian abso lutism, and to Austrian domination over the lands of KOSSUTH and MAZZINI. The Coburgs are bound up with Austria, and not unconnected with Russia, too. The Coburgs dread another 1848, and Austria could not survive it. To cut the Austrian connection—to leave her to her self, and all the other bantams who crow and strut under her protection and that of Russia—to shift for themselves also—why, it might be the precursor of nations obtain ing their liberty or their political rights, and of the little Dukes, &c., &c., &c., who now furnish wives or husbands for the Sovereigns of other and more important kingdoms, to think them selves well off if they occupied the social position of our Chairmen of Quarter Sessions. From all this has resulted that unpardonable sin of our foreign counsels, the rejection of Polish aid. That policy reeks with English blood. We refused to attack Russia in what is now confessed to be her weakest point, and left her legions at liberty for the Crimea. We refused the aid of seventeen millions of a brave people, the just ene mies of Russia, and were made to bid for a legion of mercenaries instead. We even refused the Porte, our ally, leave to raise a Polish legion in his own defence at the penalty of forfeiting our aid! We refused a volunteer band of Poles to attract from Sebastopol their fellow-countrymen who are made to serve the guns against us—a band prepared to head the assault of that vainly beleaguered fortress. We repeat that torrents of English blood have flowed already because Poland has been spurned ; and more will yet flow. A merciless Polish conscription has swelled the army of Russia this winter, and the men who might have been rising in our defence are practising the Minie rifle or forced into the artillery, which are soon to furnish more orphans and widows for our ebarity. The Commissariat has slain its thou sands ; but aristocracy, Coburg, and Austrian contempt of Poland has slain its ton thousands. But for this the Commissariat would have had but little time to starve our troops. Poles, if invited, from the first, would hate placed Sebas. topol in our hands, before Balaklava, Inkerman, the seven miles, th• too late supplies, and the un regulated harbour had sacrificed our men. We have only to add that we see no symptoms under the new Whig Ministry of a better policy. The country itself must speak out. It must tell the Ministry that one Poland is worth ten Aus trias. It must demand that we strike a blow through Poland by employing our Baltic fleet to land an army at Riga ; that we invite Louis NAPOLEON to furnish men, and we will do our part with ships ; that we will have the Polish flag hoisted, and Poles substituted for mercenaries. Above all, that we shall hold them guilty of the blood of our soldiers if they delay any longer to save that blood by justice to Poland. Mr. LAYARD, in his address to his constituents at Aylesbury, made some very important state ments. He fully confirms, from personal know ledge be it remembered, Lord SHAFTESBURY'S statements early in the present contest, that the real cause of the CZAR'S attempt upon Turkey was the liberal course pursued by the SULTAN towards his Christian population, and fear lest, as their liberties increased he should lose all chance of possessing himself of the rich provinces he had BO long coveted. Another statement, made with the conviction that he should "hold it to his dying day," was that a bold front at first would have saved us from war altogether, but that the Peelites in the Cabinet were quite opposed to Lord PALMERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL regarding Russian do mination ; and that, therefore, to Lord ABER DERN, and the clique who have now left office, we owe all the sufferings at home and in the Crimea incident to the War. Let Messrs. COBDEN and BRIGHT know now whom they are to attack, and let them remember that even now it is the poltroonery which cla mours for peace, and the least possible demands which will prolong the War, the bloodshed, and the waste of money. Another statement is that Mr. LAYARD was only last Friday offered by Lord PALMERSTON the Under-Secretaryship of War—that he accepted it, but that it was withdrawn for important reasons, and he was offered the same post in re gard to the Colonies. Mr. LAYARD most properly declined that as he had done the Ordnance, be cause he was not particularly acquainted with those matters. For the other post Mr. LAYARD was the one man whom the nation wanted. What could bo the important reasons? Was Mr. F. PEEL of such importance, a man utterly unac quainted with the department, and without a single gift of nature to qualify him for it ? We cannot comprehend the infatuation which leaves out of his proper place the man who assuredly would have seen the nation's business done. The present system of promotion in the Army will this evening bo brought under the considera tion of the House of Commons. It has long since baen decisively and unequivocally condemned by the people ; it only requires that the popular branch of the Legislature should adopt a similar view to lead to a speedy and vast amelioration. The question, and none will deny its vital im portance, lies in a nutshell. It is—" By what means can we render our troops most efficient and obtain the highest qualifications, not only in officers, but also in soldiers I" This is the impor tant problem to be answered ; and, although 53:130 differences of opinion may exist as to the most eligible mode of attaining the object, there can be but litae, if any, doubt that the prevailing prac tice is, in every respect, the worst that could pos sibly be adapted—that any alteration must be an improvement. Far be it from us to assert that we have no many highly meritorious and distinguished officers, who have paid heavily for every step ; who, per haps, could not be surpassed by any men in the performance of their arduous duties. It is not, however,,in consequence, but rather in spite, of these. baneful regulations that such men have proved their worth. They would have suet eeded under any system. The true military spirit—the chivalric disposition that induces a man to relin (Dish the enjoyment cf inglorious case, and "to seek the bubble reputation even at the cannon's mouth," would still exist, and prompt the aspi rant to enter on a course of honourable competi tion, and meet th e without excep tion—not merely th ose who possess the accidents of b;rth or money. Really useful men, whose a b a i f i t e y r , of wouldbeing not be ser vices were worth seeking poii jostled deterred because of the on the course by plebeian opponents. Oa the co ntrary, it would o nl y stimulate them to more active exertion, rendering them even more com petent to meet any emergency. There is, perhaps, no other service in the world where "venality" i 3 openly tolerated—where a situation, - carrying with it the discharge of ardu ous and responsible duties, can be openly bought or sold. It would be laughed to scorn in {T. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1855. any other country in the civilised world, and iu any other department in the Bri tish service the mere attempt would be re garded as a high crime and misdemeanour. What would be said if the qualification for the Judicial Bench was the possession and readiness to hand over some 20,0001. or 30,000/. ? Would equal confidence then be reposed in the justice and impartiality of the Learned Judges of the land ? Far from it. It would naturally be thought that the men who purchased would be disposed to turn their opportunities to the best advantage, and to seek the most speedy and efficacious means of recouping themselves the money that they had previously disbursed. In the naval, engineer, and military departments, as well as in the East India Company's service, the practice is utterly ignored ; while in the "civil de partments" the offer of money for promotion would be regarded as a total disqualification, if it did not lead to the prosecution of the party by whom it was tendered. Why, then, should it bo tole rated in a single branch. Similar effects would in each case follow from similar causes. If it be justifiable in one case, it should bo in all. If, on the other hand, the system works well in the army, why should it not be extended to all branches of the public service ? But it is not merely in relation to officers that the matter must be regarded : we must also consider its influence on the private soldiers. If promotion were invariably bestowed on merit, if any deserving man might hope to rise, a far bet ter class of recruits would come forward—men sufficiently educated to hold the commissions they might possibly earn, and who would have the strongest motive to good conduct a motive far more powerful than the "fear" of punishment. Educate—don't flog the soldier. Once convince him that the unexceptionable discharge of duty will be properly recognised, and you at once dis pose of the vexata quccstio of military punishments. The " cat " may be abolished, the military prison and the black hole rarely resorted to—even extra drills, or parading so many hours per diem, in heavy marching order, will scarcely be wanting. Love is always a more powerful instrument than fear, and, as we have stated, the hope of reward than the dread of punish ment. There are many RICHARD DOUBLEDICKS in the British Army, and many more would enter if it were once credited that unflinching bravery, and invariable steadiness and good conduct, would lead to the promotion of the party. Even if the system of purchasing commis sions produced better officers than that of promo tion by merit, it should still be abolished for the mke of the effect on the private soldier. We earnestly invite attention to the letter from " Medcits," which will be found in ano ther part of our impression. The gallant officer, who writes from the camp before Sebastopol, and who has, therefore, had the best possible opportunities of forming an accurate judgment on the subject, traces a considerable portion of the mortality that has thinned our ranks to four causes—namely, Ist. "Insufficient shelter when off duty." 2d. "Irregularity in the rationing." 3d. " Want of clothing." And 4th. " Almost incessant duty and consequent exposure." The latter cause, as he justly remarks, arises from the three former; for it is the num ber of men who have been placed hors de combat, and disqualified for duty, that has occasioned such intolerable demands on those still competent to mount guard. The Quartermaster-General's and Commissariat Departments are those mainly responsible for these deplorable evils. The delinquents must, however, speedily be visited with retribu tive justice. They cannot hope to escape with importunity from the consequences of the fearful calamities they have occasioned by their apathy and indifference. It is not necessary to impute more direct criminality, for " the ne glect of an appointed duty, whereby a fellow creature meets his death," renders the offender liable to a conviction for manslaughter. How much greater, then, is the guilt of those to whose culpable carelessness the deaths, not of two or three, but of hundreds, aye, thousands, of their country men may be directly traced, and the suffer ings and broken health of a still larger number, to say nothing of the lamentable conse quences of their misconduct on the honour and interests of the entire nation ? Verily they have much occasion for, and most assuredly they shall meet with suitable recompense, whether for good or evil, the results of the, pending investigation will tell. ARRIVAL OF LORD LUCAN. DOVER, THURSDAY MORNIXQ. Lord Lucan has just arrived from the Crimea, and has proceeded to London by the 9.15 train. SUN-OFFICE, lIALF-PAST Two. The Earl of Lucan and aide-de-camp arrived in London this day by the 1.15 p.m. train of the South-Eastern Railway from Dover. He has the appearance of hard toil and thought. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS IN THE NAVY. A numerously-attended and influential meet:ng of the students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital was held yester day at the Albion Hate!, Alderpgate•street, when the following resolutions were unanimously carried, besides several others : " That this meeting views with deep regret the want of sufficient medical aid in the naval service that in the opinion of this meeting such want is owing to the present Admiralty- regulations, so unj act to the assistant-surgeons, and so derogatory to the medical profession. "Though unwilling to throw any obstacle in the way of supplying that deficiency, this meeting resolves not to ec cept employment under the Admiralty while such regula tions continue in force." THE SPEAKER'S LEVEES. The Right Hon. the Speaker will hold his levees at 89, Eaton-square, at ten o'clock p.m., on the evenings of Saturday, March 10, and Saturday, March 17. The Marquis of Winchester has arrived in town from Am port House, near Andover, Hants. The Countess Colloredo has issued cards for an as sembly at Chandos House, on Wednesday next. Her ladyship's afturnoon receptions have ceased for the pre sent. The Marquis - and Marchioness of Cholmondeley will arrive at their mansion, on Carlton-house-terrace, this day, from Cholmondelry Castle. The Marquis of Aile‘sbury arrived in tilrosrenor-square on Thursday 13,4, from Tottenham Park, Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Wilton, and Lady Catherine Grey Egerton, and Viscount Grey de Wilton, leave town this morning for Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. Lady EiisabAh De Roe remains in town. THE HoN. W. 0. STANLEY, M.P.— We are sorry to Ip.ar that our honourane member has been confined at PeLrhos from a Lad attack of ague, which has pre vented his being in London at the present period.— Clecqer Chronicle. The Earl and Count:so of Abcrgavenny are entertain ing a distinguished circle of friends at Eridge Castle. Ti:e noble earl and co antess shortly go to Birling Manor fur some weeks, and are not expected to return to town until May. The Marquis and Machioness of Breadalbane, who are at present at Taymouth Castle, return to London for the sensor, on Wednesday next. His lordship's esta- Lii3hinent hay been for some days in Park-lane, preparing for tie reception of the family.—Edinburgh, Courant. SOCIETY OF ARTS.—A paper was read nt the rooms of this society last might by Professor John Wilson, , on the Iron. Industry of the United States. Earl Granville was in the chair. CIIAIITERRD BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. —Yesterday the first ordinary general meeting of the sharcholJers of this company' was held at their offices, at i t'Le L:tiSieonethh2aiSre. The r e e , p7;r T t„ . A w l h e i x e . h lr h li a t s ch a e l l r b Eeady, appeared a li°ue in The Sun, was agreed to. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Co* and Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, General De la Marmora, Couvrander in-Chief of the Sardinian Contingent with the Allied Armies, was presented to her Majesty at an audience by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cue., K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. The General was accompanied by the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Minister. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone had an audience, and delivered to her Majesty the seal of Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir James Graham bad an audience on resigning office a 3 First Lord of the Admiralty. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert had an audience, and delivered to the Queen the seal of office of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. _ _ kr. Richard Graves Mac Donnell, C. 8., Governor-in- Chief of South Australia, was presented to the Queen by Sir George Grey, one of her Majesty's Principal Secre taries of State, when the Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon him. The Privy Council was attended by his Royal High ness Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Sir G. G rey, Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Earl of Carlisle, Sir Charles Wood, Sir W. Molesworth, Viscount Canning, Earl Spencer, Duke of Wellington, the Marquis of Abercorn, and Lord Ernest Bruce (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). Ha Majesty in Council Was pleased to declare the Right Hon. George, Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord- Lieutenant of Treland. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., was, by command of her Majesty, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the seal of Chancellor of the Exche quer was by the Queen delivered to the right hon. baronet. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Montagu, Earl of Abingdon, to he Lord- Lieutenant of Berkshire, his lordship took the custo mary oaths. BY command of the Queen, a proclamation was ordered to be issued, appointing Wednesday, the 21st inst., to to be observed as a Day of Fast and Humiliation. An amended warrant was sanctioned at the Council, appointing Mr. Charles John Tottenham, M.P., instead of Mr. Charles Ponsonby Tottenham, M.P., to be Sheriff for Merionethshire for the present year. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Sir Charles Wood had an audience of her Majesty and kissed hands on being appointed First Lord of the Ad ralty. The Right Hon. E. Vernon Smith had an audience of the Queen, and kissed hands on being appointed Presi dent of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India. The Queen gave audiences to Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, and Lord Panmure. _ _ Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household, Lord Seaton, Gold Stick in Waiting, Earl Somers, Lerd in Waiting, and Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting. TSB ONLY EFFECTUAL MATERIAL GUARANTEE. LATEST SEWS. THE CRIMEA. THE ATTACK ON EUPATORIA. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. The attack on Eupatoria on the lith was a erious affair. The Russians, with 80 guns, made several vigorous attacks. They left 428 men on the field, and carried of many wounded. The Turks lost 80 killed. Selim Pasha, the Egyptian Commander, was killed, and one of the Turkish generals wounded. The Russians bivouacked during a bitterly cold night on the ivay to Simpheropol,' or, rather, on the way to Sak. PARIS, THURSDAY, 8.30 A.M. The Moniteur confirms the news of the defeat of the Russians at Eupatoria on the ri'th of February. The Vienna Presse publishes advices from Con stantinople of the 19th of February to the follow ing effect : A Russian corps has appeared in the vicinity of Balaklava. General Niel returns to the camp. General Williams reorganises the camp at Kars. Another detachment of Turkish cavalry has been sent from Varna. An official article in the Oest. Corresponclem; says that a general basis has already been formed for securing the, integrity of Turkey, for preyent ing the future encroachments of individual Powers, and for maintaining the privileges of all the Christian :subjects of the Porte without interfering with the rights of the Sultan. After observing that the negotiations for peace being under favourable auspices, the Oest. COr7C spondenz announces the proximate arrival of one of the most distinguished statesmen of Turkey, of M. de Titdff, and of Lord John Russell. It adds, that Baron de Bourqueney, the French Ambas sador, enjoys the full confidence of his Sovereign, and is, moreover, so well versed in Oriental affairs that lie k; not likely to have an Adlatus. It also , announces that Baron Prokesch will attend the conferences. The Awstri(fm Correspondz, in announcing the expect:thou of Lord John Russell's arrival to morrow, expresses sanguine hopes of peace. The nows from Balaklava in camp states that the navvies on board the Australia had been guilty of a serious riot and insubordination. VIENNA, MARCH 1. Baron Jo Bruck is expected here to-morrow. The Co.ngress will be opened in four days' time. The Poste will be represented by a distinguished dignitary besides Arif Effendi. Mons. de Titoff and Prince Gortscbakoff will represent Russia in the Congress ; Lord John Russell and the Earl of Westmoreland, England ; but M. de Bourqueney alone as yet represents France. For Austria M. do Buol and Baren do Prokesch- forced. In the account given a few days since of the strength of the Austrian army no mention was made of the 16 regiments of gees d'armes, which aro composed of the elite of the Austrian army. It may be observed that General von Kempen has brought the corps to the very highest state of efficiency. Such incorrect reports have been in circulation relative to the conspiracy in Northern Italy that the Official Gazette of Verona has considered it ne cessary to declare that no one has been arrested in that city on account of political agitation. The lately discovered conspiracy was confined to Lom bardy and the Roman " legations." Agreeably to the wish recently expressed by his Majesty the Emperor, the wealthier classes make donations to the poor. Some of the bankers of this city have already contributed very considerable sums. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You have ably and consistently advocated the restoratiun of Poland as at once an act of justice and a check upon Russia. But it is not enough ; and, besides, Austria will hardly consent. It leaves the North and the Muscovite—the victim and prey—still next to each other, to continue the pests of Europe, as they have been for two hundred years. There is only one way to crush at once, and for ever, the designs of Russia and Turkey--separate them. Give to Austria that oblong tract of land composed of Bes sarabia and Moldavia. This will be ample compensation to Austria for what she must resign if Poland be re stored. It will interpose a strong, band between the prey and his victim, and thus efi . .ctually protect the latter. It will give Austria a line cf coast on the Black Sea, render her a naval power, and put an end to Rus sian predominance in that sea. With a powerful Poland in the Baltic, and Austria interposing between P,ussia, and Turkey in the Back Sea, there may be some prospect of peace for Europe. This there never will be so long as Russia adjoins Turkey. —Yours, &c. P. Q. R. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, February 11, 1855. SIR,—As the chief causes of the immense amount of sickness with which our small force serving in the Cri mea has of late been visited are still unfortunately in existence ' you may possibly find a corner in your jour nal fur afew remarks on the subject. It cannot be con tended that the disease is in any great degree attribut able to the climate, ter the temperature on the whole may be considered to Lave been remarkably equable. During the month of December the thermometer was seldom belom 40 deg. Fahrenheit in the tents, and often above 50 deg. Fahrenheit ; on one occasion only was it observed as low as 25 deg. Fahrenheit. There was rain on 14 days, but not in greater proportion than in some of the western parts of England. From the lot to the 14th of January there was much snow, and occasionally the cold was intense. Once the thermometer went down to 10 deg. Fahrenheit. After this there were nearly three weeks of comparatively fine mild weather. I am, therefore, disposed to consider amongst the chief causes of disease— IST. INSUFFICIENT SHELTER WHEN OFF DUTY. This has been for a long time most obvious to every body ; but, up to this 11th day of February, we have only been able to obtain one wooden hut in the —th Regiment. The tents now occupied by the men have nearly all been in use since April last, and many of them are quite worn out, pervious to water everywhere, and cannot be closed for want of proper fastenings.. The men return from a fatiguing day's duty in the trenches, cold and wet through, an I find the floors of the tents in which they have to sleep were puddle, a couple of wet blankets answering for bed and bedding. Osten will appear. All Powers thus testify an earnest desire to re store peace. Full justice has been done to military honour on all sides. A satisfactory basis for ne gotiations is now established, and the Congress will commence under promising auspices. Correspondence from Constantineplo of the 19th states that serious riots had taken place in Aleppo. A Russian corps had re-appeared before Bala klava on the 13th. Sickness was still causing ravages in the armies.. Fresh reinforcements were daily arriving there. COPENHAGEN, FEB. 28. To-day, the Landstbing passed on the third reading the bill for effecting an alteration in the fundamental law. The Finance Minister brought in a bill for an extension of the English railroad to Jutland. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. , The Emperor set out to-day at one o'clock, for the camp at St. Omer. It is said that he will return in two days. A hundred of his Majesty's horses were to arrive at Lyons yesterday, as well as a strong detachment of the Imperial Guard. The lioniteur of yesterday (Wednesday) con tains no official intelligence of interest. The figure-head •of the Semillante and the log book of that frigate have been washed ashore near Cape Bonifacie. Only one corpse of the many hundreds that perished has been discovered. The French budget of 1856 has just been pre sented to the Legislative Corps. The receipts and expenditure of the coming year are as follow : "The budget of receipts of 1856 amounts, according to calculation, to 1,602,066,972 E, or about 36 millions more than that of 1855. This increase is obtained, not withstanding a rather larger diminution in the extraor dinary receipts arising torn railway undertakings, re. ceipts which exceeded 37 millioni in 1855, and which, according to the calculations of 1353, SCE rcely reach 8 millions. "The principal causes of this increase are :-1. The calculation of the produce of the indirect contributions 2. The new r esource arising from the authorisation to sell forats of the State to the amount of 15 millions ; and 3, from again raising to the tariff laid down by the law of 22 Frimaire An 7, certain registration dues which were reduced in 1850. "The budget of expenses for the year 185 G amounts, according to the estimates of the Government, to 1 . 5 97,926,486 fr.—that is, to a sum greater by 35,000,000 fr. than the estimates of the year 1855. The augmentation of expenses in the department of War, and in those of Finance and the Intezior, are the prin cipal causes of this increase." 2D. IRREGULARITY IN THE RATIONING. From about the middle of November there have been many days on which a short allowance of meat and bis cuit has been issued. Occasionally there was no sugar and no rum, and no rice at all until lately, a most im portant article of diet when bowel affections are preva lent. A timely distribution of lime juice as a ration was recommended v.,s far back as November ; it might have been obtained from the navy, and would have prevented the development of scorbutus, which is now found to accompany nearly every form of disease. Hundreds az e falling victims to scurvy, and lime juice has only been issued by the Commissariat Department three tines! as yet. The deaths in the -th Regiment during the quar ter ending 31st of December, 1854, amounted to 40, and nearly ail from cholera. From the Ist to 31st of the single month of January, and when there was no cholera, there were 53 deaths, so prevalent is the scorbutic taint amongst the men. With regard to fuel, charcoal has hitherto been given out in such ludicrously small propurtions (saturated with water, of which it has been ascertained to have absorbed its own weight, reducing the ration of fuel to exactly one half) that the men, however tired they way be, are obliged to exercise themselves for an additional hour or so in looking for the roots of trees or bits of stick for the purpose of cooking their scanty fare. 3D. WANT OF CLOTHING. It was not until after the chief burst of cholera at the end of November that a limited supply of warm clothing was distributed ; at that time the men were literally in rags swarming with vermin ; the boots in many in stances weless, and the so-called great-coats threadbare. I regret to say there are yet many deficiencies to be remedied in the way of clothing. 4TH. ALMOST INCESSANT DUTY AND CONSEQUENT EXPOSURE. This cause may be said to arise in some measure out of the three, biforementioned ; for had the recent arrivals from Englivid been properly cared for from the first, death and dLease would not have neutralised the relief these might have afforded, and thus the duties would not now be more frequent and severe than at the commencement of the sieg,e. New, it is admitted on all sides that the Eiekness and nearly all our troubles and misfortunes hinge upon the above extremelyEimportaat "four points ;" and, as this is the case, it may be naturally asked what departments are responsible for 'inadequate clielter, wart of proper food, and want of c'otking ? Duties are unavoidable, and need not be further ationded to. Impartial persons might turn to the Quartirmaster-General s and Commissariat Departments ; and I firmly believe that, bad the Wooden houses been available in reasonable time, and fresh pro visions and lime juice plentiful, the British force would have been at this moment in. excellent working con dition, If, therefore, tie CAUSES of disease have not received all the attention they merit, it is to be hoped that the exertions of the medical offi ce rs (the " working men," at lean) to meet the numerous difficulties with which they have to contend will be justly appreciated.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, MLDICUS. STRAND THEATRE. The new piece, entitled Our r City _Fiends, was repeated last evening with increased success. Miss Beaumont introduced fur the first time a new song, entitled, " I love, but I must not say who," with much success. The song, which is the composition of a gentleman named Farmer, was rapturously encored, and promises well for his future productions. The ballad, wh)..cli is of the Alex ander Lee school, is exceedingly pretty, and the com poser is under groat obligation to Miss Beaumont fur the manner in which she executed it. It promises to Leeonae a general favourite, and in a short time it will be found its the music portfolios of every lady in the metropolis. The liberality with which Miss Rebecca. Isaacs is conducting the management cf this pretty little theatre deserves the encouragement of the playgoing world of Londor. Her acting in the character of Alonzo the Brave continues to draw crowded houses. We understand that a new camcdietta will be produced on Monday fast, entitlea The Fills ye Lass, :u which Miss Reb‘::cLo. Isaacs wiil sustain the principal character. THE ROYAL MEDICAL COLLEGE. — The third annual festival of the "Medical Benevolent College" (hencefor ward to be styled, in accordance with the gracious per mission of her Majesty, the "Royal Medical College") was celebrated yesterday evening at the London Tavern. Although the number of gusts was upwards of 200, the party was unusually select, consisting, for the most part, of the clerical and medical professions. ~'~""~ PIEDMONT. In its sitting of the 23d, the Chamber of Depu ties at Turin having resumed the debate on the Convents Suppression Bill, rejected the amend ment of M. Robecchi, tending to the total sup pression of all convents, an amendment which had been opposed by the President of the Council, the Minister of Justice, and the reporter of the com mittee, on the ground that the bill went far enough as it stood. The discussion of the articles was to be continued on the following day. The naval expedition against the pirates in the Persian Gulf has been successful. Lord Daihousie's reply has been ,received with the highest distinction by Dost Mahomed. The Bank of Bengal has raised its discount to 10 per cent. India money scarce. Trade dull now. Exchange in Calcutta, 2.0 k. In China the civil war rages as fiercely as ever. Trade at Canton almost stopped. At Shanghai teas have been active ; a slight riEo in silks. Much business done. Exchange at Canton, 4.8 ; Shanghai, 6.7. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The Valetta arrived at 8 o'clock a.m., with the above mails. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 25.—The number of the °ester retchische Zeitung, which is conducted by the per sons who formerly published the Lloyd, appeared this morning, and some passages in its leaders de serve the attention of your readers. Its well known author is of opinion that Russin.wiil be defeated intim field cf diplomacy rather than on the field of battle. In a military point of view Russia still holds her own, but the severe diplomatic defeats which. she has suffered cannot but make her most desirous to conclude peace. After an allusion to the position occupied by Russia two years ago, the Vienna writer says—" Hur moral power is every where so entirely broken. that there is not a State in the world which dare declare that it approves of her policy." According to ono of the Vienna correspondents of the Augsburg ,Gazette, the manifesto relative to the general !levy in Russia led to several military conferences, at which Generals Letang and Craufurd were present. As the organisation of the Russian militia cannot be completed in less than 8 or 10 months, the Austrian army will not now be refia- HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28. Count van Lynden and Baron von Hardenbroek will leave shortly for Japan on a special mission, bearer of presents from the King of Holland to the Emperor of Japan. RUSSIA. AND THE BALTIC. Letters from Riga and Revel, down to the 19th inst., state that the severity of the winter had put a stop to all commercial transactions. If the frost continued with equal intensity for a few days longer, it was very possible that goods might be conveyed from shore to shore across the ice through out the whole extent of the Gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. In pursuance of orders received from St. Peters burg by General de Berg, commanding in chief in Finland, a notice had been issued inviting contrac tors to send in tenders for the supply of immense quantities of all kinds of provisions for the use of the army to be assembled in that province. These supplies are to be delivered at the various storehouses lately established in different parts of the country. The Government has been particularly employed for some time past on mat ters connected with the victualling depart ment, and vast magazines have been organised in all parts of the empire that can possibly be involved in the war, where large quantities of grain, salt meat, spirits, &c., have been accumu lated. The greatest activity is now shown in pro visioning every fortified place on both sides of the Gulf. Abo, Sweaborg, Helsingfors, and the other towns that may have to stand a siege either by sea or land, are being victualled for eighteen months ; and the contractors are expressly bound to deliver their supplies by the 10th of March. The Grand Duke Constantine has made several rounds of inspection to the various naval arsenals throughout the month of February. Orders have been issuedfor the rendezvous, at places appointed, of all the marine battalions organised last year for the coast defence of the two Gulfs. They were to be inspected by the Grand Duke on the Ist of March, and then to be distributed among the gun boats, for service in which they were specially destined. General Geroffski, commanding in the province of Orenburg, has been entrusted by the Emperor with the organization of the Bashkir cavalry, of which mention has been recently made. These horsemen, brought from the most remote parts of the empire, were armed in 1812 only with bows and arrows ; but they are now all supplied with rifles and sabres, and have been regularly drilled by officers sent among them for that purpose. Two regimen is of them have already been inspected by the Emperor in their route through St. Peters burg ; ten others are said to be expected there, and it is thought that the number can be still fur .ther extended. A Copenhagen journal announces, under the date Of " Flensburg, Feb. 24," that an English agent has been there for the purpose of arranging with the municipal and railway authorities the necessary measures for making that port the point of communication between England and her fleet in the Baltic. A horse tramway will be laid down to the port, so as to afford every-facility for loading and unloading ; and then all supplies for the Eng lish fleet will be conveyed by the Tonning-Flens burg Railway. THE OVERLAND MAIL. TRIESTE, WEDNESDAY. The steamer Calcutta arrived at half-past six o'clock a.m., in 128 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 21. The India and China mails leave Alexandria this day, with intelligence from Calcutta, Jan. 22 ; Bombay, 31 ; Shanghai, 1 ; Canton, 13 ; Hong Kon g ,a 15 • Singapore, 22. - - THE RIVER PLATE AND BRAZILS. The Royal Mail screw steam-ship, La Plata, Captain Le Faun, arrivod in the Mersey yesterday. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, Dec. 12 ; Monte Video, 15; Rio Janeiro, Jan. 1 ; Bahia, 9 ; Per nambuco, 24 ; St. Vincent, Feb. 8; Madeira, 16 ; and Lisbon, 20. She brought no specie or dia monds. Her dates from the Brazilian ports are anti cipated. _ General Urquiza has accepted the terms pro posed by the Buenos Ayrean government, and had bound himself not to interfere further in the affairs of Buenos Ayres. One of the citizens of Buenos Ayres (Senor Cullen) had been named governor of Santa Fe. The Buenos Ayrean market was free of English manufactures. Hides and tallow were scarce, but wool was arriving more plentifully. Freight to England ; Hides, 30s. ; dry do., 70s. ; tallow, 30s. to 355. per ton. To the Channel (for orders), dry hides, 755. to 80s. ; tallow, 255. ; and hair 355. per ton. Exchange on London, 655. to 655. 6d. France, 81/. From Paraguay we learn that a large Brazilian force was marching on the frontier. Her Majesty's ship Rifleman was at Buenos Ayres. The Warrior Queen, and Eleanor Thomp son, from Liverpool, John and Urania, from Lon don, and Commerce, from Glasgow, at Buenos Ayres. At Monte Video, a Brazilian squadron of war steamers was in the course of formation. The new Ministry were carrying on without any change in their measures. Trade in imports bad been exceedingly dull for some time, but an im provement in the entries of produce was appparent prior to the departure of the La Plata's- advises. Freights were very low ; wool, 205., and tallow 30s. to 355. per ton to the Channel. It was generally expected at Rio Janeiro that the quarrel between that state and Paraguay would be settled without an appeal to arms. No news of interest from Madeira, St. Vincent, or Lisbon. ST. MARTIN'S BALL. Mendelssohn's magnificent Oratorio of St. Paul was performed at St. Martin's Hall, last evening, under the direction of Mr. John Hullah. Some disappointment was felt at the non-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, who were to have taken the principal parts, but were prevented by indisposition. Theirplaces were supplied by Mrs. Endersotm and Mr. Herherte, who kindly undertook the parts at a very short notice, and acquitted themselves very creditably. The other per formers' were Miss Palmer and Mr. Thomas. The former obtained a unanimous encore in the beautiful contralto solo "But the Lord is mindful of His own," and Mr. Herberte obtained a similar complim'ent in the air "Be thou faithful unto death." The chorus, which consisted of the members of Mr. Hullah's First Upper Singing School, was very effective. The beautiful chorus at the conclusion of the first part was much applauded. The hall was crowded, and, notwithstanding the gene ral regret at the absence of the chief performers, the ()ratedo appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the numerous audienca. We congratulate Mr. Hullah on his successful per formance, which may fairly be said to have eclipsed the Exeter-hall societies. COMRSING.—Tba Ashdown Coursing Meeting will take place on the 6th inst. and following days. The drawing to take place at the George Inn, Lambourn, on the sth. A piece of plate added will amount from 601. to 1001. The entrance fee is GI. 10s.—M. 3 1 PGEORGE, Judge. TiziE LATE AUXILIARY LEGION IN SPAlN.—Yesterday, at noon, a deputation, appointed by a public meeting from the soldieri of the late British Auxiliary Legion in Spain, presented Lieutenant-G eneral Sir De Lacy Evans. M.P., with an address upon his return from the expedi tionary army in the Crimea. Before reading the address, he would say that the soldiers of the Legion never stood so well in public estimation as at the present time, which . they were certain was the result of achievements of the bon. and gallant general. The sergeant then read an address, which was elegantly engrossed upon parchaleM. CRIMINAL COUfiT.-(THIS DO) OLD COURT. (B2fore Mr. Baron Williams.) p George Daniel North, 18, gardener, Was iudiete`o setting fire to a chapel, the property ofiTames Wbat Bosanquet. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted. r1 1 : 1 It appeared that the prisoner had been i n the se of the prosecutor, who is a gentleman of some Pr ° P e eo at Enfield, and the chapel in question w as a Pri vat ' a ies upon the estate. The prisoner lived in the iMpleld'a', neighbourhood. At about half-past seven ogee evening of the 26th of January a fire was found bil,Ply in ei the chapel. Mr: Bosanquet was the fir st person O'ty to the fire; and he, observing some footprints i° go snow, desired some men upon the estate to Pr° Y°t eei ,t for r e interfering with tliet . n. and directions givApprehend the risoner, en to was taken at about tw hundred yards from tn Upon the prisoner being taken to where the footpll% were his boots were taken off prints made (1 Thej police were then to and snow near to them, and they were found to or tel fe o r % The prisoner had shortly before asked some lucifer match, w hi c h h e said he wanted 0 light ing l' n the with. The chap e l was qu it e d e stroyed ; a nd , IlP° „d workmen removin g th e ru i ns a fterwards they 0°- lace d place had been fired by means of some hassocks P beneath the stairs and then set fire to. The case was proceeding when we went to Pre° NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) - ~,;,;00, Joseph, Davis, 28, a police constable of t hel4 1 1 1 J ut was indicted for feloniou s ly u ttering a f °r g eci I'l the sum of 51,, with intent to defraud. The prisoner pleaded guilty. .The circumstances o f th e f ra ud were these :,e prisoner, whist in the police force, bad written v ir ' j ; $ . letter to Captain Hayn e s, R.N , as if it 0 198 ' io e pe i rson named Harris, who had formerly e vice as purser, and the result was that th e sent back word to the supposed Harris that if te woal' i call upon his (the captain's) agent in Londet t he; receive 51. to relieve his distress. The Pr is° fori lll wrote n another letter stating that Harris w ea ,,,:0 38 l a d that he, Harris, who purported to be the ; Pl ° etter, wished the money to be paid to the be' q ' r p e 'isoD f letter the prisoner took and received the Wed ' the subsequently was absent from the force, an d t-e od b being found out, suspicion fell upon the Pr ie°ll .ab a e was subsequently apprehended. Iforsford ss l rt f e o f ur letters relating to frauds of similar e which he traced to be in prison er's a baud 113 5 e/.. The Recorder sentenced hi m to six years' Pg tude. MARKET NEWS-MILS PA pclJ a o f olg e lh NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Each 4d ; " slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Cd to 4s soo d 38 Od to 4s 4d ; Ve a l, 3 3 10d t o 4 s 8d ; Fork' , a f et °4 :, per 81bs, by the carcase. k i n u p - ollo wr ' SOUTHALL, Feb. 28.—The supply of esc li 0 1 4 was moderate, and the trade ruled stea d /P 0 to ' hg —Beef, from 38 4d to 48 8d ; Mutton , 3 18 06 fo r Veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; P or k, 2 2 4d t o 4 s 4( 1 r the offals. at 0 ;p ROMFORD, Feb. 28.—We had A s teaaoe c ' f beasts, on rather hi g h er t erms . I n the, , c e. 1;6 4, ; (1 '! kinds of stock sc arce ly any c h ange took la 5' 3s 2d to 4s 10d ; M u tt on , 3 s 6et o 5s Oa ; ° 48 10d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs. CP S Pigs, 20s to 25s each. MEAT MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. OS ; SMITEIFTELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 -i ditto, 3/ 03 to 5! 16 9 ; an d s t raw , 1/ 33 to A full average supply and a sluggish donuani 0 0 f ; V CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2! 189 W ON r t ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 4s t ( ' 60' Both hay and st raw so ld s l ow l y, a t our (I'lo' 34i IP! if WHITECUAPEL.—Meadow hay 2/ 15 0 "" i i ditto, 3/ Os to 6: O s; an d s t raw ; ,_ 11 as Trade dull. pr rs i) 4l ‘ ) LLOYD'S SHIPPING-41i-- Et LONDON, March I . —Wind and westee'„ clot' noon, S.W. ; moderate breeze, with I: o7° ' ° '' mild weather. a tV Arr . V - pt 0e PLYMOUTH, Feb. 28,—Wind, N.W. P from•Auckland, with 20,0001. in specie. FALMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind, netto, from Batavia, for Bremen. ii , e ss ve b.t PENZANCE, Feb. 27.—Wind, S. W. T he he a' s se from Trinidad to London, was (Toke n ' lat. 47 N., 23 W., leaky, and short of Prc' vl plied by the Hauer, arr i ve d here.. w Arr i v e.l- - v A O NEWPORT, Feb. 28.—Win„,c 1 ,: nrca ; ; Eliza, Le I:w Sarah. from Leith, for St- Sailed—Aun Louisa for St. Thomacvs. SweNerta. Feb. 28 —Wind, N. •• • I tOgil Nicholson, ?rem C SALCOMBE, Feb. 28.—The Ann, don, went on shore between this place c iao during a dense fog this morning, and is W e come a total wreck, there being a heavy sea O. A Tived--' rJ from Fain: 3 5 1 111 ' 0 Dr (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH , ) LIVERPOOL, Thursde , sir pss s ite Wind, W. w•ssra Arrived—Eagle, from Singapore ;' 1 ,. 1 0; Britannia, from New Orleans ; Minho, Mauritius; Owea Potter, Calcutta. r 1 0/1 QUEENSTO ' Wind, S. . n: SO * . 7 Arrived—Parsee and Is a b e ll a , f ro m Cal 'AV" Manilla ; Charles Brownhill, Baltimore; Michael's. 11.60 41 S i d . (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITIS H TEL-- lis - 1° . 0 61' GRAVESEND, l, :; ,r,da , e O i l Wind, S.W. ; tide, three hours' flood ;t e n Da ° Arrived, Feb. 28—M agg i e , f rom Can o , Michael's; Arao, G uernsey; P en dinus t. P ..fri irrot; Sailed—City o f L on d on ( s .), f o r OIL" - opt , Guernsey. 9. 0 DEAL, Thursday' Wind, S.W. ; fresh, with rain. • rr ) Passed yesterday—Je une M a thilde, frolnvsl:oo.r;rit'i, for London ; Robina Mitchel, Calcutta, for bu rg ;,11 Passed—Edward, f rom Callao, for 1 15132 are m or Calcutta ; Lismoyn e , d o . ; Cl au dia, De C.sl London. tbe Anchored— f or Wm. Watson, from London , ‘6 , Good Hope. IVI • Sailed—Minerva, Camerton, Caroline, an with several others—all for London. O tt ° , CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.--A t 1 : f 1 9 1 10 - 0, (1 : Commissioners held yesterday, Mr. DeP u 'itbe",;l the chair, a communication was read frotn„sforye,i tee of Trade of the Privy Council to the '''' o fe r i e%": Guildhall, stating the wish of the Freen ll ,,,tiO4 ,r , to have exhibited a t th e approac hi n g int e ; lr ,g bition at Paris sec ti ons or mo d e l s illustre" - j A rPt t cipal works required for public health i° loo o s ,llte e and inviting th e a tt en ti on o f t h e co relnit. icsLioc subject. After some discussion the engin e :or Cf •ed to ascertain what the metropolitall,; e - reo P ,"o were doing in the matter, and report " pv erA,', r l , , for plaints of the state of the gas lamps in i ,%f the city ware made, and Mr. Darr, the n"„4 o ' h oi",," e re directed to summon the gas' company conlr c er 0 0 5 neglect. The report of the medical n' r eoe great amount of sickness, arising from th e . o toll4to weather, by which complaints of the resP . ,, l iiclo, pr , 0 had been aggravated, but stated that tberdf,':tion „to' weather would, it was hoped, permit senTe„" tb° 50' be more successfully carried out. •A- 'f e e t appointed to wait upon Sir B. Hall to son ode visions of the Nuisances Removal and 9 ,r & be' t ie tion Bill and the Public Health Bill. al ti at u then adjourned. I , CONVICTION UNDER THE Por.ta Act 0 0, 1 ,4 county petty xiessions, held a R oc hester, n 'orto , ' O O James Richard Groves, alias Betjamin - 131 d, tO j o ili e man, residing at G reenw i c h, was charg t h direction of the Trinity-house Board the 17th or November last, unlawinik°, l duties of a pilot, by t a ki ng c h a r ge of 317thii l ho ot certain vessel on th e r i ver Th a mes v" AS j!" licensed pilot. The vessel in question o n tb e i o j el' f( bertaz, and was going down the Thaw ° ri d llll3 ° l s if question. 'The d e f en d ar t was i n charge , a n ee ,1) pi piloting the ship, in spite of the remonstOloice •gularly licensed pilot, who promised `' t ° pile ample of him." This pilot deposed thus tbs 1 0 1 01 , . g ae n the vessel was driving close to ano tlier ' v er, Do - driving at the time, and, as he easy the el°,%bow, i s / o r out, "Let go the anchor." Defendan'enoe;,(l/ " Hold on the anchor," and the cons ec i u 1. vessel came in contact with the other vessoecolp;, deponent) ordered the main and to be tl i c , r 0 0t7, 01 0 4 ,1 fore the collision, but the defendant sTlN' oe feeu fe lti t i on." The crew always obeyed him. The i , oe . , convicted of the offence, and fined th° t veiit• 201., or, in default, 3 m o n ths' in 3 Pr isl2l3 Eastern Gazate. etc h e 0 TIO THE LATH MARYLEBONE ELECTION.'" sos a dinner took place at the Free d j o to commemorate the recent enn tes l3 o ll, ' l O 5 bone, and to entertain Mr. Jacob c oif c lOO, successful candidate. Mr. H. Farre l ?, tb s l3 O A d, Mr. Bell's central committee, t' 3 „, e . sir 61%e'd and was supported by Sir R. Ped 4 , 161- '' s ;;, fl ue l io is ls p , M.P. ; Mr. dames Bell, M.P. ; oval R.A. ; Mr. G. R. Ward, b ß ee .A n patriotic to vas having " - d le p . osil " t lif l3o l.l3° A i eti e Cooper preposed tbe toast of the eveninr_nd rel o ft, Mr. Jacob Bell, which was duly honour4 bo it t o i e, to.—Mr. J. J. Stephens then propnsedCn O ld ili/tj etas Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart., '‘L P '' • of it)c A Oti representative, and staunch support:rt.:loo, stitt,ooo government —Si r B. Hall, in returnin.,his coPsst ire this was the first time that he had met , v!) since his acceptance of office. — T he Ch o l e r r t " The Hou se of Commons and Sir g rat et 3O R. Peel, in reply, said that it wa3 no 5 I,t o roe cs 4t A te to him to find the influence which 3 g re c ` ar o th ef t , 0 5 ,0 0 in the recollections of the people. H e ,- it wand, Of, honour to his friend Mr. Bell. ll°, ' a up on c ' t Sir er that he had voted against the inclui r l io . frie r ' f 0 0 1 0 0 ground that bad actuated his r4ht „ iv ed Hall ; and attributed a the evils colnPr i , ii borJ o than h the o miserableanything system of else.—Severaldebaoutcilleer( 0 . ° II posed, including "The Ladies " a nd the company eepapted at a late hour. taat Lo n g pet C : t 0 ladi a 30 tt bitt o °ll de, , s ole' der 'zeli e Ac e F=eb call i' , loP l , o ll er zi t ei•ii(;;; k titt o b,,to td , , e t . 4-4 r ,jY•o Bo Ret f ° Las th e t' l ;v.(l te , tt to leh a i ber --- ) ll*.\\‘- ~, , ~ 1 - ~'~ ~~ Ar.re bitt . o u.