The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-05 00:00:00

,~ r ~ j'i ~F~. ~ ~ 1 Piimmemeirgrnompriermr.w.-7- ------ ,uriIIY;LANE.-I.ae, 7 Mx. E. T. .13.11111.. 1.1 Reduced Prices as usual. - THIS EVENING. Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly tbr this Tkeetre by Mr. RETNOLDIJOX, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, VRTOILE DU NOED. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake ; Mrs Heart Drayton, Miss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny Baur. To Conclude with THE WATERMAN. Mr. Miranda, Miss ANAL THEATRE ROYAL HAYMA.RXET. Uadsr the management of Mr. Buckstone. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performel the Comedy of A CURE FOR LOVE. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Buckatone. and E. Vil liers ; Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. Poynter. Attar wbiell a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-TIGHTER. To De followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the original adaptatioa of Casimir Delavigne's V istorical Play, entitled LOUIS TIIE ELEVENTH. Principal •Ilaracter by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. tntitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Ilashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. lialine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Mlse Desborough. ROYAL Lyczrat TILEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestria. THIS EVENING, Wlil Leperfonned THE COMICAL COUNT.CSS. Principal cha ?Wert by Mr. C. Mathews and Miss Talbot. To be followel by TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY. To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called TO3 MUCH OF ♦ GOOD THING. Principal characters by Mr. Roxby and Mrs. F. Mathews. Box-olflce open from 10 itutll G. 8010 tout for Private Boxes, sr. Alleroft, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed A new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logos, and called JANET PRIDE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND TUE BAYADERE. Characters by Messrs; P. Bedford and O. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and Keeley, And Mdlles. diaraquita and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Masser, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, will be presented the new Comedletta, called TIT FOR TAT, in Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan. and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. P. Robson, Mi ss J u li a S t. George, Miss E. Ormonde , Miss Mufti'', Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Veber the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Followed by THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE Supported by Mr. J. Radford, Miss R. Isaacs, Miss F. Beaumont, &C. After which. the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with the new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS ASTLEY'S ROyIL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Attraction Extraordinary ! Three Great Battles in one Spectacle ! those of BALAKLAVA. and INKERMANN being now aided (by the introduction of a Third Act) to the BATTLE 01 the ALMA, which this week reaches its 120th refireseutation • To conclude with NovelliCEMES in the CIRCLE, introducing (first time) Herr Johann Endersohn, le FLI-de-Yer, and the Entree du Clown a la Francaise. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. X. West. Acting Manger, Ii r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian: Director, Itx. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nub DAY —Morning 8 min.efter 3 Evening 22 min.aft. To-licsaßcw Morni43s siin.after 3 Evening GO vain.e.ft. 3 THE WICATHFdt.-Bu. Orium, March. 4. THIRNOMIETZE, IN THE SNIDE. 53—highest sinco noon yesterday. 37—!owest this morning and during the night. to—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 67. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, and fine weather. MAICH 5. 62—highest since noon yesterday. 39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. BANomrrica, 29 , 0, WIND, S.S.W.-Light breeze, with fine sunshiny wea• ther. su n. VA) t LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1855. This evening the Newspaper Postage and Stamp Duties Bill stands on the orders for a second reading. A full explanation will be given as to its details. We may, of course, hope to leant the reasons for some provisions which appear difficult to understand, and which have achieved the unhappy distinction of displeasing all parties. The Leviathan indignantly rejects all the sops flung out for its acceptance, and roars majestically in its cage because the measure is not framed solely to meet its requirements, and because the existence of any other journal is for a moment recognised. It is not con tented with a more than lion's share of the advantages, and a ten years exemption from the disadvantages. No ; it will have all or nothing ; and woe betide those who venture to cross its path while its wrath is so fearfully excited. On the ether hand, other jouinals, 'of all varieties and shades of political opinion, naturally feel indignant that their just demands are disregarded, solely because they may chance to be displeasing to their big brother— vto, if it possesses a giant's strength, is disposed to render every particle thereof available, and to make the most despotic use of its power and in ilnenco. As we have already stated, the ques tion affecting as it does the future welfare and prosperity of that which has not inappropriately been termed,the " Fourth Estate"—should not be lightly or flippantly disposetl'of, but should receive the mature and attentive consideration which the importance of the subject so impera tively demands. The measure now before the House pur ports to be a concession alike to Jour nalism and to public opinion. We fear, how ever, that its practical effect will be very different from that which it is alleged will follow, and that after a brief experience it will prove any thing but a valuable boon either to the press or to the community. We have always found that the juggling and shuffling of. Financial Ministers Were anything but auspicious. Their pretended gifts were as formidable as those of the ancient Greeks, and should be as strictly scrutinised before acceptance. If a tat is to be levied it sig nifies little by what title or under what pretext Ais imposed. If " the rose by any other name vial smell as sweet," the charge will, under any 4 ellitinati on , prove as onerous and oppressive. If the a taxap on publication is to be avoided, another and h eavier burde n . should not be substituted in its place. The great mistake into alr whielt the late Chancel lor of the Exchequ er trayed was occasioned, byr Ihimself to be be betw:n desire to sweep away the distinctions other printed matter. Public •.wspapers and Journal s mole especially those printed at short 'intervals' had a right to expect some facilities not afforded; to the community at large. As we already p o i nted out, it is a matter of immense importance to the 9 , 0 i n.: munity at large to be enabled to receive the latest intelligence, and therefore recognised journals should be received without additional charge up to the latest hour. They might easily be received until seven o'clock without the demand of an extra halfpenny, a matter which presses very heavily on those disposed to give the fullest information to their subscribers. There is, however, to be no concession in point of time, and that relating to weight proceeds on a wrong principle. If it be right that four ounces of any description of printed matter should be transmitted by pest for one penny, it surely could Mot be objected to if a duly registered publication of two ounces were sent for one halfpenny, with uimilai charge for every fractional part of that weight. That would be but a trifling concession and the fact of registration, and the various points`• incidental thereto, would be an ample equivalent for the boon, for that which indeed would be something for which we might be thankful. In another part of our impression will be found the resolutions adopted at a recent meeting of newspaper proprietors. It will be seen that the feeling was strongly opposed to the change, and many cogent reasons were adduced in favour of the propositions then adopted. We confess that we cannot quite agree in all that has been put forward. For instance, in stating that " the bill proposes to remove all the securities against libel or offences against public order and morality," they go too far, and weaken the effect of a very strong argument. The libel laws would still remain in operation, reckless and unscrupulous publications could still be repressed, although great difficulty would be experienced and much litigation oc casioned. . . . Let us meet the question fairly. We shrink not from any just competition. It would be for the public benefit that the best article should be obtained at the cheapest rate. But it is not, there fore, indispensable that. everything should be so regulated as to suit a single journal—..nor, so as to make local publications essential. Weight should be fairly paid for. If there were no limitation the post would shortly break down—the additional labour could not be executed without an enor mous increase of expenditure ; but some privileges, such as those above alluded to, might reasonably be conferred, so as to hold out inducements for enterprise and capital. The extra weight de manded by the Times is not for the general, but for its own exclusive benefit. At least eight out of the sixteen pages of which it so loudly boasts, are composed, not of news in which the public have any interest, but of adver tisements, largely paid for, and which would fully repay a special postage stamp, and which possess no claim superior to any other description of printed matter. Its appeal, then, in that respect is just as preposterous as its fallacious assertions some years since as to the small amount of profit on each copy, when it debited itself with the paper on which the advertisements appeared, but abstaine . 1 from crediting the price paid for their insertion. All we now ask in reference to the present bill is that the matter should receive the attention it deserves, and not be recklessly slurred. over, in the erroneous supposition that it will be regarded as a boon either by journalists or the community at large. It was impossible at first, and is almost impos sible yet, to realise the fact that our great antagonist is dead. He has so long been closely present to our most frequent and soul-stirring thoughts that it resembles losing some one with whom we have been in constant association. It will long seem as if we must meet him where he has been wont to appear. It Ut NICHOLAS has passes from us for ever. We shall need no more to take account of his personal qualities in our political calcula ' tions. His imperious and stubborn will, his in satiable ambition, his personal courage, his fanaticism (due chiefly, perhaps, to his success in arousing it in his subjects)—these exist no more; they may and probably will, be wanting in his announced successor. Till Friday evening we all felt that, politically speaking, a mighty and unbending Satanic spirit ruled from St. Peters burg to Sebastopol, from Warsaw to the wall of China ; that it could make its will and its infu riate energy felt in the armies of the Baltic, of Poland, of tho Danube, of the Crimea, and of Asia. The Czar NICHOLAS was the omnipresent dread of every Russian general and every private soldier, while his approval and rewards were their ever-animating hope. But " the god of the Russians " was a mortal god. While lie lived the symbols of his presence and his commands were an ark in their camp ; they have left a coffin in their place. The awful void can hardly be filled up. It is rarely indeed that an ALEXANDER the GREAT succeeds a PHILIP, or that a GUSTAVUS AnoLnirs leaves generals like those whom he had trained. Time alone can re veal the future ; but certain it is that the intense concentration of all the bad Muscovite and Tartar qualities which made NICHOLAS in his sixth do code the demon of Europe can hardly exist in another CZAR. No, it is gone, gone for ever, and by degrees we shall realise fully the magni tude of the fact. We must, however, frankly confess our fears. Russia appears now to be wholly wanting in great miuds—alas, we are equally deficient ! NESSEL RODE is still left to outwit, if that were necessary, our leading statesmen, and in diplomacy, all secret as it is, we are no match for even ordinary Russians. But the truth is, we hare so men worthy of the crisis. Suppose ALEXANDER in con formity with his presumed character inclines strongly to peace, we have now at Vienna a states man who, as an aristocrat, and as a Whig esp - cially, is a mere hand-to-mouth politician. Perhaps he dares not leave Sebastopol as it is, but to quitting the Crimea and anything else we fear. he would easily consent. All the stolen territories of course he would leave to a peace making young CZAR. Circassia ho would consign to its ruthless enemies ; Persia would remain bereft of provinces which form part of the Russian high road to India ; Ismail and Bessarabia must be left to obstruct the mouths of the Danube ; Poland, of course, would continue under barbarian rule, as a military road against Europe for the next mad CZAR ; and Finland must still render Sweden subservient to Russia. luderenity to Turkey, France, and England, for the cost of the War, would bo out of the question. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is fond of denouncing the narrow-minded policy of the " Man chester School." We fear his own is quite as narrow. The key to Manchester policy is cotton and trade. The key to Lord JOHN'S, aristocracy and hereditary despotism. The former is at least a policy for the many, the latter a policy for the privileged or the tyrant few. One aims to fill the purses of the community— the other to glut unrighteous dynastic ambition. We think Lord JOHN is certainly now, if over, too small for his place. Never probably will an opportunity occur again like the present for undoing the misdeeds of the Holy Alliance, and recasting on na tional principles the wickedly spoiled map of Europe. We are now at war ; we have the means of compulsion on a vast scale. Prussi a w i th her Rhenish provinces, Austria with her L oua b ardy and Hungary, dare not oppose the ' will of th e Western Powers - and Rua da, is de prived of th e man whose indomitable energy made something out of her com mon _ p i ace goierals. She will now be comparativel y paralysed. Wu do not believe her Muscovites could be induced to f ig h t for Poland as they did for Moscow. With the aid of the Allies it would be easy to wrest Poland for over from its oppressors, and to circumscribe Muscovite barbarism within its natural limits. But no ; we have as our Plenipotentiary now One of the Ministers who married ou r Soverei g n to a petty German Prince, and one w ho has Ger manised ever since in all his foreign policy ; who would not even protest against the political murder of the noble Hungarians, who afforded no aid to Sicily, or to Lom bardy, and who sneers at Poland, because he stood silent by and saw her absorbed twenty years ago. Such is our representative at Vienna. He is, too, just the man our aristocracy want there. They have brought their order into a dreadful plight by the War. With some noble exceptions, their sympathies are not with sup pressed nationalities, but with the tyrants ; he can vamp them up a peace which will serve their j domestic purpose, and gratify their interest in foreign despots also. Well, we expect the issue will be a paltry peace, at the very moment when we might push a successful and holy war ; and the down-trodden nations must yet bide their time till the hand which has just smitten their most savage oppressor shall bid them arise, and shall raise up noble-minded and real States men to fulfil its behests ! Mr. P. A. TAYLOR expressed, we are confident, the sense of the nation in the motion which the illheriff declined to put at the close of the election on Saturday. The nation does expect in any peace which may be concluded adequate "material guarantees" from Russia. It will hold Ministers responsible for not using their present military advantage. The soul of the War is gone. The Young CZAR, and the Russian generals can never make head against the Allies, even if the former desires it. We have armies to contend with who have lost their general, and to whom he was an object of worship ; the worship both of fear and hope. Now is the time to secure our selves against Russia, both in India and Europe. We hope the hint will not be lost on Lord .41112• T Russnr.L. A nother "material guarantee," and a most im portant one, is the Indemnity. Turkey, France, and England ought to be indemnified in full. Nothing less should be listened to. Let Bassist bear a heavier national debt for her antitaational wars—let her finances be crippled, and not rise. It would be infamous if we made a weak Power like China pay us for the war against her, and lot off an aggressor ten thou sand times more guilty. Mr. CORNEWALL LEWIS must include the Russian indemnity in his future calculations, and Lord PALMERSSON must gua rantee it to him, or it will be an everlasting dis grace both to the country.and to them. TER nu ON 11 A =IMO' fA2f ATt Ft is, MI: THE LATE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.. The Prussian Moni(eur publishes the following details respecting the death of the late Emperor Nicholas. The despatches which follow were ad dressed to Berlin by Lieut.-Colonel Count Munster, Adjutant in the service of the King of Prussia : ST. PETERSBURG, March 1, 1.25 A.M. " The state of the Emperor became much worse yes terday evening. The following is the medical bulletin " Yesterday violent fever manifested itself with in flammation of the lungs. The fever lasted during the whole night and prevented sleep. The ejections continue without obstacle. A sight attack of gout is observable.! " I must add that the debility of the august invalid has greatly increased, and that, at least, in the opinion of the physicians, the state of his Majesty is most cri tical. I will forward another despatch to-day, and beg of you to communicate the present to Duke George at Strelitz." " "Si. PETERSBURG, March 1, 4.40 A. 14. " The state of his Majesty has not improved in any respect this morning. I will send a third despatch. Her Majesty the Empress has had some palpitations of the heart, but is otherwise well. I beg of you to send this intelligence to Schwerin, Strelitz, and the Hague." A ST. PETERSBURG, March 1, 9.30 p.m. " The state of his Majesty the Emperor grew eon Hider al.ly worse during the day. The ejections take place with difficulty, and give indication that the lungs also are touched. Atrophy of the lungs is feared. Dr. Carrell is very much alarmed. At the request of the physicians the Grand Duke heir apparent has requested the Emperor to receive the sacraments. The Empress is well. I will send another despatch to•day." " ST. PETERSBURG, March 1, 10 p.m. "The Emperor has declined receiving the last sacra ments at present. The ceremony is adjourned till to morrow morning. The Emperor only sees the Empress and the Grand Duke heir-apparent. The Empress is aware of the danger, and begs me to inform his Majesty the King tlitreof, and to communicate it also to h. r august relations and to Strelitz." " ST. PETERSBURG, WINTER PALACE, "March 2,1 a.m. " The Emperor has calmly received the communica tion from Dr. Mandt that atrophy c,f the lungs is possi ble. He simply observed, When shall Ibe paralysed ? ' The physician could not give a precise answer. The Em peror then said to Dr. Carell, When shall I choke r The Emperor ha 3 taken the last sacraments, he has taken leave of his wife and children, whom he blessed sepa rately, as also his grandchildren, in a firm voice, in full possession of his intellect, perfectly calm, and with great presence of mind. The pulse is still strong, but musk has already been administered. The Empress keeps up, and shows resignation." It was currently reported yesterday evening, in some of the West End Clubs, that the Emperor of the French is expected to arrive in London en Friday. DEATH OP THE EARL STANHOPE.—We have to re cord with deep regret the death of the above•named earl, who expired on Friday last at his seat, Chevening, Kent, at the advanced age of 74. His lordship was nephew of the celebrated William Pitt, and keeper of the records of the Tower of Dublin. The deceased nobleman, who attained the peerage on the 15th of De cember, 1816, will be succeeded by hie son, Viscount Mahon. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Orien tal steamer Euxiue amount to 225,9621., of which 23,3861. is gold for Ceylon, Hongkong, and Singapore, and 197,5761. silver for Bombay, Madras, Singapore, Hongkong, Canton, and Shanghai. The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to about 700,0001. The exports, including the above, have been about 350,0001. . DOVER, SUNDAY.—Lord Clarendon arrived from Bou logne, per special steam-packet, and left by special train for London at 12.26 p.m. CALEDONIAN AND DUMBARTONSHIRE RAILWAY.—At the half-yearly meeting of this company on Wednesday a dividend of 4 per cent. was declared. GLASOOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAT.—The re port of the directors recommends a dividend of 31 per cent. A balance of nearly 3,0001. will be carried for ward. F.COTTISH CENTRAL DIVIDEND.—We understand that at the approaching meeting the Scottish Central direc' Ors will recommend a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum Tins LAW OF DEBTOR AND OREDITOR.—A recent de cision by one of the judges in the superior courts is caus ing much discussion in Manchester, on the law of debtor and creditor, as it now stands, and was on Wednesday last the subject of long consideration by the directors of the Manchester Commercial Association. They ulti mately adjourned the subject for a fortnight, when it will be resumed. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY—EXETER HALL.—Men delssohn's St. Paul will be again performed for the last time on Friday next, the 9th inst., Madame Clara No velle, Mrs. Lockey, Mrs. Sims Reeves and Mr. Weiss, principal vocalists. DUBLIN, Saturday Evening.—Mr. William Keogh, our new,Attorney-General, was sworn into office yesterday. It is thought that there will be no attempt at opposition to his re-election for Athlone ; and it is quite evident that the new Irish appointments have excited a general feeling of satisfaction throughout the country. THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBOROI7GIT LIOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during the month of February were as follows :-2,910 persons on the public days, and admitted free ; 347 persons on the stu dents' days, and admitted as students on the payment of 6d. each, besides the registered students of the classes and schools. THE AMERICAN MOILS.—The Royal Mail Steam ship Africa, Captain Harrison, sailed from the Mersey, on Saturday forenoon, for Boston and Halifax, with tiler usual mails, 132 passengers, and a full cargo •f merchan dise on freight. THE ILL3iPSHIRE MILITIA.—The chief part of the offi cers of the Hampshire Militia have offered themselves for service in the Mediterranean. They consist of one rnajor and seventeen captains and subalterns. Although it is highly popular among the officers generally, yet it met, we have been informed, with much opposition froi those in authority. PaoattEss OF TRADE.—The declared ♦alue of the ex ports, for the month ending sth Feb , was 6,464,796/. ; for the corresponding month of last year the value was 6,692,542/. ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS.—The concert of the New Philuarmonie Society, given last month at Exeter Hal!, for the especial benefit of this admirable charity, and which was patronised by her Majesty and a distinguished circle of the nobility and gentry, with the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, realised a profit to the institution o nearly 501. .. LICENSING THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—On Saturday the licensing magistrates, at their meeting at Croydon, granted a spirit license to Messrs. Staples for the Crystal Palace. In support of the application evidence was given bhyadAbl r e . e : Grove, taken h fo e r s r e e c f r r e e t s a h r m y , refreshments. . that 1,200,000 had been ad mitted to the pal ace s i nce i ta open i ng, and that 51,000/. , HAYMARKET THEATRE. The furore excited by the re-appearance of the Queen of Spanish dancers, the incomparable Perea Nena, in creases nightly. The Gallician pas, which she executes with Senor Diaz, is one of those terpsichorean tales of court ship that every foreign country can supply, but the ren dering of it by the bewitching Neua is quite unique. The companions of Perea are far superior to those who last year appeared with her, and each one appears to have her peculiar step, which, in a great measure, pre vents the attention of the observer being wholly engrossed by one artiste. The Haymarket is now looked upon as one of the " Lions of London." ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, The indefatigable manager, Mr. W, Cooke, has added another act to his justly celebrated Battle of Alma. We have now "The Charge at Balaklava " and " The Battle of Inkerman." Both tableaux are highly effective, and add greatly to the attractions of the piece. The whole resources of the establishment are brought into requisi tion, and an effect—which could only be witnessed at Astley's—is producel of the grandest possible! descrip tion. The taste and libera!ity of Mr. Cooke, we are glad to see, are duly appreciated. 80E.4L _ITALIAN OPERA. Rumour says that the Royal Italian Opera will re open on the 10th of April ; that Madlle. Fanny Ney, prima donna of the Royal Opera of Berlin, will appear early in the season, probably inlierdi's " Il Trovatore," and in conjunction with Madame Viardot Garcia, whose performance of the contralto part in that opera has re cently made a great sensation in Paris. We also hear ,that Mad Sophie Cruvelli is re-en gaged for one mouth ; that there are to be no less thaw three tenors, the most celehzated on the Italian stage, namely Mario, Tamberlik, and Gardoni ; Fanny Cerito, Angiolinaßosio, Carl Formes, Borghi Mamo, a contralto, of great celebrity in Italy and France, and Meyerbeer's " L'Etoile du Nord," most powerfully cast, and put upon the stage with extraordinary splendour, are likewise pro mised by the above-mentioned authority. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SDN. SIR,--I shall esteem it a great favour if you will kindly insert in your widely circulated journal that, hav ing enlisted the number of men (upwards of 400) required from the London district, I am ordered to beat up the eastern counties, and my head-quarters will be at Nor. with, in Norfolk, where I shall be most happy to receive all candidates for the Laud Transport Corps. I deem it necessary to make this publicly known, to prevent numerous applicants incurring the expense of coming to London under the idea that I shall be here to receive them.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, WILLIAM MAYNE, Captain and Recruiting Officer, Land Transport Corps. 14, Warwick-street, Charing-cross, March 5. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge, and attended by the Viscountess Canning, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Major-General Bouverie, Capt. Du Plat, Major-General the Hon. C. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel Wood, C. 8., Assistant Ad jutant-General, and Major Clifton, Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge, proceeded at half-past 9 o'clock on Satur day morning, escorted by a detachment of carbineers, to the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and thence by North Kent Railway to Sttood, where her Majesty was met by Colonel Eden, and the heads of the medical and other departments. Au address Wag presented to the Queen by the Mayor and Corporation of Rochester. Her Majesty and the Prince, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Duke of Cambridge, attended by the General Commanding in Chief and the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, then proceeded to Fort Pitt,.and subsequently to the Invalid Depot, where her Majesty visited the wards occupied by the wounded and invalided min lately returned from the Crimea, inquir ing into the cases of the different patients. Her Ma jesty visited 450 sick and wounded men. Her Majesty, with the Royal party, then returned to the S• , rood Station, and arrived at Buckingham Palace about thres o'clock in the afternoon. An address was presented to the Queen at Fort Pitt, from the Court Leet of the Borough of Chatham. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening ; the company included Prince Ernest of Leiaingen, the Sar dinian Minister, Marquis d'Azeglio, General Della Marmora, the Marquis aid Marchioness of A.bercorn, and the Ladies Harriett and Louisa Hamilton, the Earl Cardigan, tke Earl of 'Elgin, Lord Pantnure, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord and Lady Overstone, and General Vivian, The Duchess of Kent and Prince Ernest of Leiuingen are staying at Buckingham Palace, on a visit to the Queen. The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the lion. Mary Bulteel have succeeded the Hon. Matilda Paget and the lion. Mary Seymour in their duties as the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen ; Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the. Princess Alice, with the ladies and gentlemen of the Culla and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace ; the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi ciated. The Duchess of Cambridge ani the Princess Mary visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Buckingham Palace. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Lord Paninure, the Right Him. Vernon Smith, Sir William Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. The Earl of Clarendon was not pre sent, having left town at eight o'clock in the morning for Boulogne to visit the Emperor of the French. The council sat three house. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur (lay morning for New Radnor. A deputation of inhabitants from a portion of the new road from St. Pancras Church to Hamilton-place had an interview on Saturday with the President of the General Board of Health at his office, Whitehall. The deputa tion consisted of Messrs. Kemp, Fuller, Kirkham, Whi,son, and Strong. Despatches were received from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal yesterday at the Colonial office. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerstou gave the third of a brilliant series of entertainments on Saturday night, at their residence in Piccadilly. There was a select dinner ,party of about 20, and a numerous evening assembly, given by her ladyship to several hundreds of the nobility and gentry, including the Commander-in- Chief of the Sardinian contingent, General Della Marmora. _ THE SPEAKER'S DINNEIL—Tbe Right Honourable the Speaker's fourth Parliamentary dinner took place on Saturday last, on which occasion the following gentle men were present' Monck, Viscount Ebring ton, Lord Hen 6 Cholinondeley, the Right Hon. Sir Wm. Somerville, Bart., the Right Hen. Henry Corry, Sir James East, Bart., Mr. Bowyer, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. M. T. Smith, Mr. Edward Egerton, Mr. Roundel' Palmer, Mr. Layard, Mr. Pigott, Mr. Bon ham Carter, Mr. Portal, Mr. Samuel Whitbread, Mr. Compton, Mr. Wrightson, Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Thornely, Mr. Beaumont Coles, Admiral Walcott, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Miles, Mr. Sergeant Shoe, Mr. Cairns, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Melina. The following gentle men were prevented being present :—Mr. Francis Scully, through indisposition ; and Mr. Keating, absent from town. The Rev. Mr. Garnier and the secretary were present. An accident happened to the Earl of Antrim, at Glenarm Castle, on Tuesday evening, the 27th ult., by which his lordship's thigh was fractured. The Bishop of Durham is progressing favourably to wards recovery from his late accident. His Excellency Herr Von Usedom arrived on Friday afternoon at Hake's Lord Warden Hotel, Dover, from Calais, and proceeded to London by train at 7.30. BERLIN, Feb. 27.—Apartments have been taken for Lord Jelin Russell and his suite at the Hotel de Russie, while the Russian Plenipotentiary to the Vienna Con ferences, Councillor Von Titoff, is staying at the British Hotel, a circumstance that fills our witlings with ad- miration at the delicacy of this diplomatic courtesy. The Court of Directors of the East India Company have invited a distinguished party to meet at dinner, on Saturday next, at the London Tavern, Major-General Vivian and the officers of the Turkish contingent, about to take their departure for the East. MM. Scribe and Legeuvis comedy, Bataille de Dames has been translated into -Italian, and has been given with success at Padua under the title of Battaglia di Donne. A new opera by Maestro Sanelli, Gusmano it Prode, has been rather unfortuuate at Mantua—no mention whatever is made of the singers. Mr. Mitchell is daily expected in Paris, with a view to making engagements fur a brief season of French plays at his theatre (St. James's). Mlle. Rachel will perform for a month at Mr. Mitchell's before her departure for America. The cJmmittee of the Theatre Francais has accepted a comedietta in two acts, from the pen of M. Octave .Feuillet, in which Mmes. Allan and Fix, with Ros,gnier :and Delauuey are to take the principal parts. An Italian operatic troupe is now singing at Odegsa, Ej •,e principal :rtistes being Mmes. Gordosa, Ferravilla, ai d MM. Zaceni, C,umnaranno and Solieri. The last op .era was "Linda," which, it seems, went off swim- ngly. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXIIIDITION.—Two new and hi gbly-interesting figures have lately been added to the war group in the large room of this establishment. The portrait models represent Marshal St. Arnaud and Prince Menschikoff. Both figures are considered good L :LienesseP, and are certainly of a popular character--the firs t from the fact of his having died in the execution of Isis duty, and the other for his obstinate defence of his ition. We pnderstand several figures are in prepara aon, and will soon be ready for public iaspectioe. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, MONDAY, AIARCII 5, 8 A.M. The Emperor returned to Paris at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. The ratifications of the treaty of alliance be tween France, England, and Sardinia were ex changed yesterday at 1 o'clock. VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING. Lord John Russell and suite arrived here this evening at 8 o'clock. The Archduke William has set out for St. Petersburg with the condolence of the Emperor of Austria with the Empress of Russia. M. de Bruck has arrived here. Prince Gortschakofi; it is said, has received tc day, by telegraph, the extract of a new Russian manifesto of a pacific nature. This requires confirmation. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY EVENING, MARCH 4. The Byzantine merchant steamer, which left Constantinople on the 22d ult., has arrived. She brings the report that the allied Generals had decided to attack the Russians under General Liprandi, and then to invest Sebastopol. The mail steamer Lougsor, which left Constan tinople on the 23d ult., and is due, has not arrived. TURIN, MARCH 4. The treaty of alliance between Sardinia, France, and England was ratified to-day. The Official Gazette publishes a manifesto of the Government relative to the accession. The Senate has voted the convention respecting the loan by 63 votes against 27. VIENNA, SATURDAY EVENLNG. The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas, which was known here at 9 o'clock last night, has produced an immense sensation. The confinement of the Empress of Austria is daily expected. , Tkere is a vague rumour that the Russians have attacked Balaklava, but nothing is known of such an occurrence in official circles. The whole garrison of Constantinople, tho re serves, and the convalescents have left for the Crimea. It is said that the Flagstaff Battery has been nearly destroyed by the French mines. SUNDAY MORNING. The Archduke William, the personal friend of the new Emperor of Russia, goes to-day with an autograph letter from the Emperor of Austria to the Emperor Alexander. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz contains an article praising the high qualities of the late Emperor Nicholas, and expressing a confident hope that the Emperor Alexander will complete the work of peace begun by his father. WARSAW, MARCH 1. The divisions of grenadiers have received orders to leave Warsaw for Agustowo and the province of Samogitie. They will be roplaced by irregular troops. MADRID, MARCH 2. The Government has decided that no oath shal be taken to the Constitution. A loan is cons:- sidered as indispensable. The crops appear in very good condition. We have received from Berlin, Vienna, and the Hague, a number of telegraphic despatches re peating, with some additional circumstances, the important intelligence published' on Saturday. The most important fact to be recorded is, how ever, the undispoLied succession of the Grand Duke Alexander to the throne of his father. The oath was to be administered to the garrison of St. Petersburg on Saturday. FRANCE. PARIS, SAIURDAY EVENING. The first diplomatic person who received the intelligence of the death of the Emperor Nicholas was M. de Hatzfeldt, the Prussian Ambassador, to whom it was sent by M. de Manteuffel. It reached him about six o'clock last evening. After some deliberation, M. de Hatzfeldt transmitted a copy of the despatch to the Empress, who lost no time in sending it to the Emperor at Boulogne. At a later hour M. arouyn de l'ituys assembled his colleagues and communicated the important news he had received. _ _ The Minister of Marine has addressed the fal lowing circular to all the commanders-in-chief of the French nayalTorces and to the captains of ships of war at sea : " Sardinia, by a treaty signed on the 26th ult., having acceded to the trt aty of alliance concluded on the 10th of April, 1854, bet ween France and Great Britain for the protection of the Ottoman empire, now finds herself at war with Russia. You will consequently have to extend in future to the Sazdinian navy the support aad kind offices you are bound to render the French and English navies, and when you chance to meet ships of war of his Majesty the King of Sardinia you will concert measures and establish with their commanders the same relations of intimacy as with the col nmanders of the ships of war of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. Please to , acknowledge the receipt of this circular. - " TIIICODOII Ducos." Since the news of tht Emperor's death, orders have been despatched to , General Canrobert to press on the siege of Seb.astopc ,1 with the utmost vigour. Of the departure of the emperor Napoleon for the Crimean nothing what° . ver can be said more than has been already. Eve,rything continues in the same state of prepara,tion. Since the coup d'atat of 1851 nothing has pro duced such a markeet effect upon the public mind as the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The streets ring with his name, and people openly express their rejoicing as they walk along. Whether rightly or otherwise, a very few days will pro bably show— but at all events in fact—the present war was gene rally attributed to the turbulent ambition of the late Czar personally. It is the general impression that his son Alexander (the new Emperor) was dia metrically opposed to his father's policy, and is sin cerely desirous of peace. .Anxious fears ivere enter tained this morning lest the regular order of succes sion should be set aside In favour of tile GIL-and Duke Constantine, who is at the head of the ultra war party. But when it became known that a telegra phic despatch dated Berlin this day, announced from St. Petersburg that Prince Alexander had been proclaimed Emperor, and had bnen waited upon by all the official aut norities the public confi dence knew no bounds. Prubsia, it was said at once by politicians, must now necessarily join the Western alliance, and the way for a speedy and happy termination of the "V.;enna conferences is completely smoothed. The twdesmen one and all look upon the event as a provi . dential occurrence just in time for the Great Exhit )ition. It is noticed that some of the accounts speak of apoplexy, aria others as a paralyais of the lungs as tho cause of death, and many peoole openly insin uate that the Czar Nicholas has died the natural death of the Emperors of all the Bussiam--that is to say, that lie has been murdered. It i.t known for certain that he had a severe attack of bronchitis at the beginning of February, a.nd that ho made himself much worse by going out on hors !back when the weather was intensely cold. The intelligence created an immense sensation this morning at the Pc,tite Bourse, and Threes went up to 73. At the Optining of the Bourse they were - - done at 72fr., 71fr. 600. ; after many variations they closed at 71fr. 85c. A. letter from Boulogne, dated yesterday, says : When the Emperor visited on his way here the regiments in the camp of Helfaut, near St. Oiler, the weather was frightful, the rain falling in tor rents. His Majesty was received with loud accla mations by the men. He would not, however, allow the soldiers to take arms. After breakfast, the Emperor, in a private carriag e, followed by another carriage, left without esco rt for Boulogne, where he arrived at half-past five." The greatest activity at this moment prevails in the offices of the Ministry. Orders have been given in all parts of France to form battalions of war ; and they are already being executed in all the divisions. General Ochsenbein, who is charged with the organisation and command of the second foreign legion, has arrived at Besancon. The Messager of Tahiti contains a long recital of disturbances which bad broken out at Raiatea, one of the islands adjacent to the seat of the French Protectorate. M. Dupont de l'Eure died this morning at Rouge Perrere. He will be buried to-morrow. M. La martine, M. Goudchaux, and M. Cremieux, pro ceed by this night's train to Rouge Perrere, to fol low their old friend and colleague to his last home. BOURSE, MA"CH 3.—CLOSING PRICKS. Cash. ft. c. End of Month. Lq per Cents 99 40 99f. 50c. 3 per Cents 7l. 30 71f. 50c. Credit Mobilier 792 50 Roman Credit Fonder — Austrian - Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish. Threes . Piedmontese —* Home Debt — RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,212 50 Lyons ., ... 1065 Western 6BO Rouen Cette GIS Strasburg . . . Bl2 50 Mediterranean 945 Havre — Northern AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March I..—The Oesterreischiselbe Cor respondenz, of yesterday evening, contained an official article on the subject of the approaching Peace Congress. It is evidently intended to pro duce a tranquillising effect on the public, and the object would perhaps have been attained if any mention had been made of Prussia. The article in question is as follows : _ . " In a few days the representatives of the Powers im mediately concerned in the conflict in the East, or con cernediin it by means of conditional treaties, will meet in Vienna to begin the negotiations for peace. It is to be expected that one of the most distinguished Turkish dignitaries will be sent by the Porte to act during the Congress as Special Commissioner, with Arif Effendi, the Ambassador at the Imperial Royal Court. The Privy Councillor, M. de Titoff, who formerly represented Russia at Constantinople, will assist the Russian Minis ter Prince Gortschakoff. Great Britain sends Lord John Russell, a man of high birth, and a states man distinguished for his experience in State affairs, and his Parliamentary influence. Together with the Right lion. Earl of Westmoreland, the experienced dip lomatist, who has for some years represented his Sove reign the Queen at the Imperial Court, Lord J. Russell will speak in the name of England. Baron de Bourqueney the representative of France at the Imperial Court, so for tunately unites in himself the two desiderata in a per son sharing in the negotiations, he enjoys the perfect confidence of his Sovereign, and has an accurate know ledge of the political affairs of the East, that it seems less necessary that the Power he represents should send any other Plenipotentiary. " Count von Buol-Schauenstein, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and of the Imperial House, who will take the lead in the negotiations as the first Plenipotentiary of Austria, will have Baron von Prokesch-Osten, who has great experience in Eastern matters, as his adlatus. "The appointment of such distinguished and prominent statesmen to act as Plenipotentiaries at the approaching negotiations for peace proves the serious intention of the Powers concerned to put an end, if possible, to the war in the East, and togive to the whole of Europe what is so ardently wished for—asolidpeace. Enough has been done for the military honour of all parties. A general basis has been gained for the settlement of various important points, claims, and re'ations which, during a series of years, have either actually been disputed, or have menaced to lead to conflicts ; a general basis has been found, which swill insure the independence and integrity of Turkey, and the privileges of all the Chris tian subjects of the Porte, without interfering with the sovereignty of the Sultan, and wi:l prevent any future encroachments on the part of single Powers. We acknowledge that the final issue if the approaching ne gotiations—as is the case with everything undertaken by man—lies in the hand of God alone, but the negotia tions for the restoration of peace begin under favourable circumstances, and this will encourage the statesmen concerned in them to set about their great work with earnestness and candour, so that they may, with the blessing of Almighty God, bring matters to a happy con clusion in the way intended by their illustrious Sove reigns, and for the welfare of ail the European nations." A letter in the Portafoglio Maltese says : "Travellers arriving' from the Caucasus state that the famous Naib Mohammed Emir Effendi is in Abesch, and keeping up a very active cor respondence with Schamyl. The plan of the two mountain chiefs for the next campaign will be to invade the Crimea on the side of Anapa and the Sea of Azoff, and thus to co-operate with the Allies in driving the armies of the Czar from the Peninsula." Precedin g letters had announced the com mencement of hostilities between Persia and the Itnaum of Muscat, and that the Persians bad laid siege to the fortress of Minder Abbas, which the Iniaum's troops were preparing to de fend with vigour. The present mail from India brought by the Valetta states that after a desperate struggle, the fortress fell into the power of the Persian troops. This check has not, however, dispirited the Imaun, who was, when the last ac counts left, assembling his troops for the purpose of retaking the place. Advice!' from Constantinople of the 223 ultimo state that the mortality at Scutari Hospital was diminishing. The Parma Gazette publishes a decree for a levy of 500 men in the Duchies of Parma and Piacenza. A.Carlsrube journal of the 28th ult. says :—" The Jesuits have been definitively expelled from Fri burg." A letter from Rome, of the 24th ult., states that although Cardinal Ant onelli's resignation is certain nothing official had up to that date appeared on the subject. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. (BY ELECTRIC TELFORAPII.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Captain Woyley, with the above mails, we have dates from Vera Cruz to Feb. 5 ; Havannalt, 10th ; Jamaica, 11th ; Trinidad, 9th ; Barbadoes, 11th ; St. Thomas, 18th. The Atrato brings 47 passengers, and on freight $1,655,539 in specie, of which $1,206,474 is from the Gulf of Mexico, 1,8261. value in British coin, pearls, &c., and a cargo of old copper, ginger, tobacco, &c. The Parana, with the outward mails of the 2d ult., had not arrived at St. Thomas when tb• Atrato left. The Royal Mail steam-ship Teviot had been ashore five days in Kingston Harbour, but she came off on the 2d ult., without suffering injury. At St. Thomas there were a few deaths from yellow fever, reported principally among the shipping. The accounts from Acapulco state that Santa Anna's election was progressing rapidly. The Liberal or Alvarez party were still in arms, and more than 1,000 troops of Santa Anna's army had deserted to them. Santa Anna's war steamers were lying idle for want of crews. The Panama Railroad was opened, but owing to the late heavy rains great •damage had been done to the line. The bridge across the Chagres river was partially carried away by the force ,of the waters which had accumulated in consequence of the rains. The bark Gypsey, from Kingston, bound to Swansea, with copper ore, was totally wrecked on the Fish Keys on the 25th December. Subscriptions towards the Patriotic Fund were coming in slowly at Jamaica. At Jamaica business was exceedingly dull, caused in part by a large supply of ground provisions, and partly by the high rates which ruled for importa tion. Exchange.-60 days, li per cent. premium. THE PACIFIC. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING. We have no news from the Pacific, owing to the steamer with the mails, specie, &c., not having arrived at Panama when the Royal Mail steam-ship Clyde sailed from Navy Bay, although she waited two days after her usual time of departure. ARRIVAL OF THE COLOSSUS. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PLYMOUTH, MONDAY MORNING. Tier Alrjesty's screw steam-ship Colossus, 80, Captain Robert S. Robinson, from the West Indies, arrived in Plymouth Sound lass evening. r ii i i g s h s t ariction, and ge as Secretary the most hon. baronet vas :net byt oco of the members of the city toto, ° 1300 boil eon, GeorPanied by the architect, Mr. "0ri0114,0.111, aouy%fs.luism,te:tinideteFtaxhtyEapoelnrGiteostteehrsrersaeyentdo p h he a il ivsiirnwg satisfactionti inpec 0c epadouradt the f ;', 0 : 1, , 11 having had all the arrangettleni;coicoOl.ti T oration wv rile 404 forocious cli°l 40 1 0 Tweed r 31e, of Bed Lodge rano) nes" W g Zltie • 4 ' ) at l 'lt% k 4 A; 4 4 . -4 , I 1 %. r hhoe ta ' , 4l 4e 0c,44 l ' ': c 'ha 44:1 ._ ~ . ARMY BEFORE SEBASIWOZ a, - 43 ~,, MITTEE. --4.---- PUBLIC INQUIRY, 0:: u() to a L The members of this committe e assemble d 12 o'clock to-day, and remained sitting ' , t • grad 00404 for upwards of an hour, the int.lo A with 1 derstood being occupied by a dien l6 ' 6 ,: ° it tte c T, llit ed to l a c whether the general pub li cs ebon y ; 1 00 (s ited o f ,:. mated. In the meanwhile, - a number r; 2 00 fer ex , ” A t al ) Q rort) had congregated in the corridor ra i n ' to Wir e ( i: i ll jat at entrance to the committee-room, &Nu 0 0 Th,, cid in , 6 ell "rollowi n - anxiety for admission was manifested areolig;o: the expiration of the period alluded to All 0,,,, to by Ifessr Coe was sent outside, to the effect that the P i ," 11 )e i iti first ser, be allowed to enter, and the door ws ° ,„9. lit° elltai o lait, a] thrown open. The space appropriated to P il : g ) l ip, - 1,3, 8 36r i l e ll e was not however by any means crowded du r i . t ,'", 8 8 v an e ceeding.. .. si d e o l` e :llancl 8, 01 1 ` ti 'htat ' The whole of the members of the esn l s . v l ', 40, 647 , 35,7. present, namely, Mr. Roebuck, chairman; -,. 1, , 0: J ":i The title ington, Lord Seymour, General Peel, o' r s t %i'lla buycndai Mr. Layard, Colonel Lindsay, Mr• . r4ll ' . t t , 4 6 ,:ts h i l Q a i r ia e ' t e r e s il!u ' ston, Mr. Ellice, and Mr. Dim:amend. s 6 a"' c °l Y Mr. Dundas, M.P , was the first witoe' .A 0 4 ke y e it and was giving his . evidenc e when this ail I , ° , kl e ' ' .4l .rsed p i sent. ...____,r............• ,ej0 1 , 124, t 4 i t i 1 1 , i1 : . :/: 3 Cl il d e lt 6u e a Y pe c . THE PARIS PRESS O.IV TO D t re' s a ri l l The Patrie says T :- 11° CZAR. Th e • ° 'Peen —_,.....a s h i ,„,_ Bator A L e on yon] ne i $ l 4 14 tely AeW . PthoeNliVtCii system but czatahlr,the Emperor Nicholas di sa p r -° 1 1 4 ' kill' 13° ticed i p n e o l t iey me e r i ely a nant of late—the old Russian part/ ,` l prin e Ilei ro Wi th th - ,:i either in Russia or in Europe: t p h a e rt/ Per3n .,- ; ; PP o iji elitl N4liae retur l uu .l av to ii : . w 6 4' ..'t ea o a f 1 854: ander, the new Emperor, was opPes e " of conquest entertained by his fatherlot 4 ~,,h a r itaine, he inclined to pacific ideas. ifebelorgs _t ° p r ig' L i tilt q e heavi Young Russia ; wile his younger brot s l i 3 .7; o ol Zfia mail,er stantine, represents the opposite partY• . ~, of 0 e ,,,,.: ,„, l il ta IM hopefora completemodificationinthers". 0 0 0 2 0 4 - nlorrov of St. Petersburg under the new reign - , - ta bl 'e,rme ace ° ll nt which would imply the proximate it e 'siebl L 'itg e n g rlet peate. Further, the death of the EP er°l. ven ° 0 4 7 , il l - prised, - t l . ) tii 4. the chain which bound Prussia, ors all ° It • power back from the Western allisocell'o,g) k iirl 'etei , , e t h sahilaams no a s abandoned Government a c n e d rt o a n i d t , gob 3 , ~,,' t 0.. rsom,,,, Governments of Western Europe. - tr ,,,,, 5 0n• . %.' '4l' deli After so many fruitless efforts on th e r i bf 6‘).° be the results of the death of the .` l 4' - ' of" 1" ' k''euff ell -es ' haansitd,ilifwnaitislhsueramcaoekmtehincegobweiinhoferreasiotiopor,ol,:t; ttil3/40(.3..4,:i443e,iae1ad IrN.vl ti:. tfohris the e en d t i c ffl om cu e l s ti a es s awshoilatiohnavperdloiode,,,-01011 h itt l Peeiall Europe during the last two years.. . .1 I l id :rf sb - 4-(1 : 84teel l cl ThisTh The _P ev r e e n s t se co sa m y i s n t th e Y .d oft? 7 N 'ltte e r t lY gTuddenly culties which agitate Europe i sy s ,ii i i h ' en i e 7t lllri i, iori 6 ,,, l ' i ts ji° great effect upon the existing On n ,P"i r ,,,"• L I e t r , -11(1ill g solution or an additional difficog; n it o "' Or r - eived 44 elis was speak so soon that we need indult ° - jectures. _ ...„40 , 0 f' , k ie °f t ho t (1 ,_,,0 „ tl,_ T . , rc CRYSTAL PALACE.—The success t he .',.', ° ,0 0 ',, ~c eft to be the t( 4 ,4? 1 suit htahaefereesetalbibl induced i r s a , h r n establishment directors ai o ri i f eae a ht ie n er e at w ot s ev r ie lo ti f 9: i t u oi tie - e 0 1 1 : ro s e ito c i a t e : ' i j e s 0 o f , 0 0. 6 2 ; p r . Il e Z i 3 a e r , with. The artistic and scientific 10)1 '; ' 10 1°1 „ t- 0 1 % 7° 10 11.1 ti ) 0r, dolls for the use of the company ' s staff WAl f t 'if e "''' of the new library. The extension ° eat ;1 6 0 l'i,' tyre, .raelaillg plan has called forth large donation' ',et"' 4 , dad th t?ll,44itti iiti a , Il st. l and R. Chambers and other publisLerh .04 ~ ,4 'k 4 r ,.' and ; promises of support from man y distill° 7 . kJ': 1 2 ; 'low ..e.i., education. e ven Rig i, ta t e - at a ROYAL .INSTITETION —0 Fridel -, 0040F,( 1 114 iro, gill t house delivered a lecture . on the 00 0 5' o il l'e' . gine ° The action of charcoal, when t employe d bee l 4i 4l ' t. ) ail d (I. r, has, in de t r h e e tee o d p . inio T n he of Der.SteriboneOreli eif io o:Y. .-- t4 i tite l lertli s e i m - misun p ecu li ar pror - ,041 p ~'. t °rei n , stance posseses, of absorbing mart/ 61 . 41 00, 6 4 : 0 ,e. ; 1 4 1. ,,,, 11 1iti 'ii vapours and gasses, is the cause of its,'"„ r ie'' br ' s t' ' t „ e d " „ 4 41 41 f,„ -- 4 and in proportion to the quantity ilu',, - bic 113 k!,,, ,, ' ;,,' -c- :' Ir 1 ,.., °- , 0 - :. increased for sanitary purposes.- absorb c f' i 'i' d t h ., 4 1.4, 14 1 3 - , ° charcoal, when fresh made will s„orld'Y ti i , 4 t, s - e , ,,..cii' inches of am•eoniacal gas, fifty-five d,'",', its '' 1 1a; i tli; 11(13 h gen, or between nine and ten t 113 3" 1 lt. ' I,, e ts ,„; 0 1 ;' 1 / 4 ,, k4 ee al oxygen. " i., bf ' ....4 , ~ THE CONTEMPLATED WAR Nigigrfry 0111 4 1 1 d 4 1 h 'b lla i a RIDING. —An influential meeting, _„„n °l3 e ri ti ii i :o,; per \'' ' 4 '1.. :) : - issued Aese from the West Riding Rafe''' . , i terfr li 'l ,- Ct e:f t ''' t l 9 to iation, was held at Nornianton le 0 0 1 ,,y li ...h e ~8. a re consider the propriety of holding g o 0 06 i. Leek ' 0 11 46 4 county meeting with reference to 0, 6 W , t , 9 4 ; 4 ' L tat3 2n7 8: 0r 41 nistration of the army. F ranc is Carndrootia ( , j , sel2 o - t -en, as chairman of the association, presid°%,.o lLr o i i l t o 21i ingot those present was decidedly inin°,ii," ( A c e (' dit t ' 43 ,-.) 'do meetings—either town or c ounty ree e '" siv 0' iih, ° $0 It pression to the opinbu of the public 06, 0 0 1 144i,1 i °, 1 .1r- a , of the war, and the necessity of reran:ll.Al 011V,' 4 1 , 1 ' 0,, A,.. 'N ew. tration of our military affairs, but it'o,,,il' , 44 )1:;,'• I3G 1 the present, owing to the-general der - 00' i, . 15 " he 'sive vails, was not a time when the publics 0 ,04 :t::tjain,,d'o together in any su ffi cient number to t o o „ i ll '44 :,.... ay tin, and after conversational discuss,ipa .. kt we c odjwou.rnediutLhse._chsaoirummanAmbperion: e i nir t sif bitt: 110) . t." 4 i-4 1 ' 4 / 1 (171. 4 T Hz ung A l l t hi. aidgessinaLeedsLatbl./,, ~, , tiq, klld i i ,A l sular and Oriental Comp y' -. stedur - siv V tam John Weeks, left this b morn b iff e logr 01 t) t i t il , tl. ! and So At t,lioxemboi 14, 4 41 Z ...stern ( China, and Mediterranean mails. 3 i i t9 : paslengers, of whom 49 are first-P5",,',V4.fr 1 , 1 1 4 ,,,,ki r : nd , C are Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlop, Pr' 3005'114 N -4 ' , l:f " Q " Dr. and Mrs. Thou • xo t 1) 164 ktt, tl3 ' ' Me di Thompson, Lieuten e it, l i t,„%tei. She Cooper, Dr. Grant, Lieutenant Jor c ' lD ,rhe Pi l sj° 4 14 5 tirp t l ittt' " ue Touche, R.N., and Captain Dru . r olti P C. o " 11 % 4 < ritr11,... freight 222,984/. in specie , and 3 c , e`275.- - 0 ,1 i 1 izti l,t tr, I) c; —total 226,2621.—f0r India, the Str A ' it i s ,l, C.Plioth Itia;mtati,ili a very full general cargo. The 3 11 bu r jb fr,, r te\t‘4 , ll •l 'art,i: will convey the Peninsular raails .. ,,,0 0 ` h i e s glk i , ~•'l a ,,- -1 ' 1q1,k 5 41' .. United States' mail steam-ship v,, 115 :4 00 ,," ''', blit e ',')ad:Ate C i avendy, from New York, with t,,'"„ . 1 0 ',.:0 ,1 , , I'6' 4 ot -t ' l ,. s due off Cowes rn the 10th inst. ',„"ipell,,, scaresatl her f Soy, with the homeward portion oft t""'Driic, h., at has Mails is expected about the 7th ins woo i P- .. " •'' 'at ' a `ite 14 sta I C:)m , pany s stmm-ship Atrato, Cart airl ( icf ,° , hav e - lt r ,- 1 ( yet arrived with the West India, s' e „ - t ,e(l. A 1(,4. ' O ll mails. She is, however, hourly err ',O, Ctiab,l" ll ba c MARYLEBONE VESTRY.—EXTBA°II‘,OOIhh " 1 444 alg_ c OF PAUPERISM . — Mr. Gil:MeV/ell, tb e r op i :;o l4 ,o o o to, ` 4 l r i -41- li the weekly return of paup ers on- 8141 / 4 10' 14 6/ ta t '' a l• -144 that the number of in the fr a '• ge , " t a 'cl 3' f at while the out-door ppoersoronnsubard 1 IS i ctk,' 4' •,,l f „ I ( I' tlll 1 4 41 crease of nearly 5,000 on the out•da °r- ,i i sP o f vir d tb.„, 11(3 two weeks. The guardians and direct e %ii i i. o 4i t' -- ' 4 ' to grant them the sum of 5001. on i c :te 4 A , NI iri Several members of the vestry can j ul fo l t e fitO, .(t'' Psi. extraordinary increase in the oureo - e ; t ~1 r ), k - „,. b P e o r la h n a d d , abegeunarldairagnelyininecarplgnationo.Ptbere4,°' e l Ist t ' l,-- t.' . il •ed 309 new applications for a pe r el e ie d f.s ll ;: 6 o ° : li t o fl Itl''"1 11-. e°l3 e ~... 1, .2,- -r ce l k) t 0 4 the guardians was directed to be i' 66 " 1- 0 I. ee ' A S('' si 415 1 a 4 uit . way, and the subject then dropr.,.,`,ed ,„ 1,.. 1 4 te,q, ter i i " The' suspension of Messrs. T . -, 4 4, 1 - , ..ec and Co., an old ad respectab le e f f 6 s i g " ill Prli ,J r°i i"!‘ ki ii,j(j' iller 13 trade, with liabilities for 90,000/e 1 0 0 , .riollit , 101 l .." morning. It is understood that thei r ..I ,''' s• I ,'iP i i i ii'f, o every allowance for contingencies, R" if ti fey r A ti i o ), uitb, e * '''' pound, and that, from the quartec6 to 0 1 ,0 , iOl O4 ikt o ; fall, the event is not likely to les"„hoe, tor t ,o l. i t tle t :' Ols • culties. A. large speculation ill Is - te r, ° ci f ~, ). tiiii il Ito d have been the sole cause of the cli s3 v s e s 0 ,,e1P (;,';' ,.. tt.,% 131 4,1 -- the house having previously alWdi s i f ) 3 ,,' be ,1, 1 '4 411 : 1: 4 all great prudence and steadiness. A pi vl: oi l t e j 0 . f 1,,, , -011,1, CIVIL HOSPITAL AT SMYRNAP'''S t ie ; o f sr e l f `', L bi t l ' s _i4 - ; ) ,,,,, w 15. ceeding to Smyrna, to perform the e, 17 1 '1 . ' 54 —ll Hospital about to be established tm -- Un - , iti l o 3, - ,liik l a „Per Church of St. George the gartY,lo ' l3c ti r r i 3 ', n r S i l l ti, 14 11 i t :on: Friday, at three o'clock, to receice APos,t,l‹,ll 4$ li t :i i t43 bz•:'ds Lord's Supper, previous to their ' b o tP - 0 0 0 -0 1.- 0 .. tow ] lowing day . They were address e k d 0/06t4stle,"lio°, 4 j.,k 1 ' 411 1, ( ; t t Wm. Short, from Coll. iii ., _ 14. `':,„o b riP g ":;tn l‘ t it , 0, tit i l e ~I k o4 li ie present. They go out under the s',' o°,' )1 1 ° . ' 1 ,10' 0 e ,,. - Itt., )k " : '/' tb tilCnosOhTseoa3xtH:epEi, explain aasoNinunwrtEgv NEW f o tLnhuteoNpASactr.Ti parish ofrat hi t s o . ....t 1 0 oi v ..„ , u ,: o w : g - essettPiitil yet e s ei o l' ell s l if t o • I ~f i i i 0, 4k711,N :: : f ar? ; 4 11,, 1 0,11 1 , a in ud th a e m H e o n u d se th o e f L L 11 0 1 : 0 8 , s c " il i a :o 1 i 0 u " il ttZ l eha ll 4 nor It •is to enable the Lord Channe lic rte ° :0 ~i 4 to empower the committee of e- i r IA 'fr . er i° C Alai binding on issue or remainder di e i;r f ile 1 0 13 r icf.l, Di g MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL. who' rill'if . ,... i CO', rd, 1 ' foremanCatherne Rebecca Howard, 'got t'ljoi'f , i r.,-, had y years been stipporters ``the i tedij . , - '-'l'• freehold property knows for:Ali:lA:be to l jorii, 9 i 1 „ . 41,„ in Eastcheap, has been devised LI lb s s ce t t ,;) ,a, Vl , i, vernors of the Middlesex liosPitn.,,,errig.fico,46' htAII‘O•NI time the revenue of a valuable Fr-ioiesi' t fj or e 6 . -0 of the revels of Falstaff and iliit„feohlel. lit i ,A P s 1/ subservient to supporting one 0 "" d P W " . 1) 0 f' Nte,.411 charities for the relief of the sick °gr. . 1° p. jo i (4t t t)ri,:`lszt . GOVERNMENT A.PPOINTMENTS. cleri>;001;)!if l t, Vit e t :' l is appointed Acting First.class od ,cls ttb r il/ Vi jt : M'Kerlie is appointed Acting See°,4o,o,;:io,,siPro. 6) * ' i I' t ? V I 1 ' Accountant-General's War De.,,,P 3 h , ii r i l `bo J 0 . . 1 0; , , IIL . ai 4 l. ralty at Somerset-house. lawaif/'-- 1 . 1 ~,,t° , . t•c 1 : - ., ''''' 1 ‘ ; („,"; -11 p c First-class Clerk • Mr. T. ,„ be Y'r, i' ler:i pi \-,,,,.-, Clerk ;_ Mr. W. I:. Anderson. "*" 4 „i s ss -•,, , pr' ,I Oh i t h Mr. W. R Jenkins t o s s S k, Du Prd Dyer to be orld-cla' Nil'. fi r , %Ar ir • ecor; fir. 11. op lit ri, Cuckraft to be Second-class Cle r o ; r k ; /lone i;' H. Riley to be Acting to be Acting Second - class s '''." in o p i j aw „t ir , d', , t .4„ 1 41, Dickson to be Acting Seoev"-:t Solv e- cler' V,/ te'" ''' k • ea- second-cla'ierl‘f hots - ,,P i l'iri sport Branch of the Adrairel t9 •' O ,RO ;de ',IY . Su Charles Champ is appointed fiirsClerk ; ii 0 tj ,ili. M. Barron m en be Second4lo,g, 4 ?Cc' 1 ,6 .fi ti ' ~.k 4 d. Pike to be Acting First-clasw"e•gr. r'. 5 0 - o f ~ cii tri„, 1 k • Ps,' r 0 11 z 4 e<l to be Acting First clue Cle r 4 lig, tr oP e s o , , bti l qr a fi Acting Second-class Clerk ; l aio 'CodtP s i - ~a rim, Acting Second-class Cleric, in A d i eirelY / O. IY „Th 1 0 ears, ' 4 , theoaul house.—Observer, i e n . g_ Department obso.ve,. eLl' it ' i P t re? ' .h OA o f .I,c l i ß , i THE NEW METROPOLITAN t , i i p or ~, turday Sir George Grey, Se cr ,, e t he r l 4e to r 0 0, ).-. e. 41.(1 N (t Home Department, attended ri: ocis for ale, g, ,O # Cattle-market, in Copenhageen-nrt;eieo r fl eAor 0 1 *i to i ts 1 wio'i' 1,k,° ,, making an inspEctioufftef Isrteut`e:,,, 1,0,0_4., ~, y .ive,