The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

.. ,,,_.,,• ,..y.441...., THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING MARCH 1, 1855. DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Redo:A Prices as usual. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. Itzurotnsox, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, LZTOILE DU NORD. To conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKBT. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone THIS EVENING. Wid be performed the Comedy of ♦ CURE FOR LOVE. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Buckstone, and E. Vi:- liers ; Miss E. Chaplin, 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 Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir belavlgne'a Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will he produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; tint Columbine, DlLss Des borough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Uhler the Management of Madame Yestrii. 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 TO) 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. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Alleroft, 15, New-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELP [II. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, R 11l be performed a new and rrlginal Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. - - To be foVowed by THE UNKNOWN' AND 711 E BATA DEBE. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G Lee ; Misses Woolgar ant Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita and Benori. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and I.`fara4er, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will he precented the new enmedietta, call& TIT FOR TAT, Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss .Haskell will appTar. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. A ler which, r. new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled VIP. YELLOW DWARF As TILE KING CF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by `J.. F. tteb.on, Itis Julia F't. Geo - ge, Mist E. Ormonde, Marton, Miss Bromley, And Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND TfLiATRF.. ilnler the directron of Misi Mebeua THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedietta, entaled CITY FRIEN - Dl. After which, the new Operatic lturiesque, entitled, AT.ONZO TT! BRAVE. To conclude with the popular Barletta, OUR NE:.LY. rrinclp: character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. ASTLEk'S AMPIIIIMEATIZE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The RATTLE of B kLAKLAVA ard cf INK 'it \IAN N . , a lded, a Third Act, to the successful Spectacte r the BAT fLE of the A A, which this week reaches its 116th representation ! The addition emhraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, anti also those tre,nendous ban,l-hi-h and encounte: a which cliaractersed the atove engagements. After Mob, and to conelode with, a select and prolong-d Series 01 SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wiu. ooke. 110 x-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Wain. Acting Manger, A r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Direct)r Mr. %V. Co, ke, jun. 131111 WATER AT LONDON BRIDO Tyill DAT —Morning42 znin.lftel 32 1 Evening 7 min.sf'.. I To-loamy -Morning 2$ min.s.fter 1 1 Evening 48 lialri.m.rt. 1 THE WEATHER.—Sun Ornos, March. 1. THIBMONNTBB, IN THB SHADE. 'sl—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this (lay, at noon. BAROMETER, 20'63. WIND, Variable from W. to W.N.W.—Fine sunshiny weather. .f.c-cft) ; 9 ',, 4. 1 ". rs.xllll, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1855. Aristocracy is doubly answerable for the ruin of our, noble army ; and we must have yet an othercommittee 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 bis 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 the 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. Rol.= 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 Come at the truth. Ministers will clamour more loudly against a Parliamentary Committee to run4okage its diplomatic papers than even against the. el m for scrutinising another branch of the Executive. But it is even more needed. Why should Lord CLARENDON, on behalf of Court and Cabinet, be allowed to do work which will not bear the light ? 11,T, h a v© with that deadly ve wanted n o nego ti a ti ons enemy to liberty, Austria, which a ll England and the world mi g h t not know. It has become the fashion to bopraise Lord CLAREN DON'S Austrian achievements so loudly that one may well believe the noise has b een raised. to bully down investigation by anticipation. wo have not a ,vord to say personally against that truly excellent nobleman, but his 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 clare 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 it,.indeed, a most scandalous deference to Russia, even after open acts of aggression on her part, all tending to the same result ; but the base draggling after Austrian procrastination, and sub . serviency to Austrian purposes—this has been continued longer —nay, down to this very hour. what has 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 MAZZIIIII. 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 sel►es 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 a id ! 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 Euglish 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 using in our defence are practising the Minis rifle or forced into the artillery, which aro soon to furnish more orphans and widows for our charity. Tho Commissariat has slain its thou sands ; but aristocracy, Coburg, and Austrian cmtempt of Poland has slain its ten thousands. But for this the Commissariat would have bad but little time to starve our troops. Poles, if invited, from the first, would have placed Seim.- topol in our hands, before Balaklava, "nicer - Man, the seven miles, the too late supplies, anftWe 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 Polane_ 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 Louts 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. A bove 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 so 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 DEEN, 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 systen of promotion in the Army will this evening be brought under the considera tion of the House of Commons. It has long since been 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 ?" This is the impor tant problem to be answered ; and, although some differences of opinion may exist as to the most eligible mode of attaining the object, there can be but lit'rde, if any, doubt that the prevailing prac tice is, in every respect, the worst that could pos sibly be adepted—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 succeeded under any system. The true military spirit—the chivalric disposition that induces a man to relin quish the enjoyment of inglorious ease, 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 honourablo competi tion, and meet the rivalry of all, without excep tion —not merely t h ose who possess the accidents of birth or m oue services were w or th teekiu g 3T. Re a ll y use f u l men, whose after, would not be possibili ty of being jostled deterred because of th e on the course by plebeian oPPonent s . On the contrary, it would only stimulate them to more active exertion, rendering them 017011 more com petent, of service - in emergency. e p e e t rl a i n ai y )s, no ot the world Tiler t e o is m , where 6( ven ality" is 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 any other country in the civilised world, and in 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 20,000/. 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 "eivilcle 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 be tole ' rated in a single branch. Similar effects would in each case follow from similar causes. If it be justifiable in ono case, it should be 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 :et once dis pose of the vexata quastio 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 sake of the effect on the private soldier. We earnestly invite attention to the letter from " Medicus," 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 causcs—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. 1 The Quartermaster-General's and Commissariat Departments are those mainly respon9ible 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 direst criminality, for " the ne glect of an appointed duty, whereby a fellow creature meets his death," renders the offender liable to a convictionfor 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 MOINING. Lord Limn has just arrived from the Crimea, and has proceeded to London by the 9.15 train. SUN-OFFICE, HALF-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. Ho has the appearance of hard toil and thought. ASSISTANT-SURGZONS IN THE NAVY. A numerously-attended and influential meeting of the students of St. Bartholomew's Hospital was held yester day at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate-street, when the following resolutions were unanimously carried, besides several others : "That this mooting views with deep regret the want of sufficient medical aid in the naval servico : that in the opinion of this meeting such want is owing to tho present Admiralty regulations, so unjust to the assistant-surgeons, and so derogatory to the medical profession. _ " Thoughunwilling to throw any obstacle is the way of supplying that deficiency, this meeting resolves not to ac cept employment under the Admiralty whilo su c h 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 Amport House, near Andover, Hants. The Countess Colloredo has issued cards for an as sembly at Chandos House, on Wednesday next. Her ladyship's afternoon receptions have ceased for the pre rent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley will arrive at their mansion, on Carlton-house-terrace, this day, from Cholmondeley Castle. The Marquis of Ailesbury arrived in Grosvenor-square on Thursday last, 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 Elisabeth Dc Ros remains in town. TAE HON. W. O. STANLEY, M.P.— We aro sorry to hear that our honourable member has been confined at Penrhos from a bad attack of ague, which has pre ♦ented his being in London at the present period.— Chester Chronicle. The Earl and Countess of Abergavenny are entertain ing a distinguished circle of friends at Eridge Castle. The noble earl and countess shortly go to Birling Manor for some weeks, and are not expected to return to town until May. The Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, who are at present at Taymouth Castle, return to London for the season, on Wednesday next. His lordship's esta blishment has been for some days io Park-lane, preparing for the reception of the family.—Eclinturyli, Courant. SOCIETY or ARTS.—A paper was read at the rooms of this society last night by Professor John Wilson, F.8.5.E., on the Iron Industry of the United States. Earl Granville was in the chair. nsh ay e trh u eeehs A to n cel T hrd E alea n irlys : Dot the B ret Ah firstNi s Ko' INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. companyordinary _ was . held generalat telal meetingediyroffices,p, p o e f a. e h a.a : t the . South Sea House,--T. Vex Mitchell, E, r chair. The report, which Las all'. in The Sun, Ina agreed to. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. At the Court, General De la Marmora, Commander 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 Cost, 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 had an audience on resigning office as 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. Mr. 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. Grey, Earl of Clarendon, Lrrd 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). Her Majesty in Council was pleased to declare the Right Hon. George, Earl of Carlisle, K.G., Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland. 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 baying been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Montagu, Rtrl of Abingdon, to be Lord- Lieutenant of Berkshire, his lordship took the custo mary oaths. _ _ Ify 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 M. Charles Ponkonby Tottenham, M.P., to be Sheriff for Merionet4shire 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 miralty. The Right Hon. It, Vernon Smith had an audience of the Queen, and kissed bands on being appointed Presi dent of the Board of Control for the Affairs of India. Tile Queen gave attliencis to Viscount Palmerston, Earl Granville, and Lord Panmure. Her Idjesty 17.4 i attended by the Earl of Mulgrave, Trtasurer of the household, Lord Seaton, Gold Stick in Waiting, Earl Simiers, Lord in Waiting, and Colonel the Hun. A. N. Hood, Groom in Waiting. THE ONLY EFFECTUAL MATERIAL GUARANTEE. February. Balaklava. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. THE ATTACK ON EUPATORIA. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY. The attack on Eupatoria on the 17th was a erious affair. The Russians, with 80 guns, made several vigorous attacks. They left 428 men on the field, and carried off many wounded. The Turks lost 80 killed. &lint Pasha, the Egyptian Commander, was killed, and one of the Turkish generals wounded. The Russians bivouacked during a bitterly cold night on the way to Simpheropol, or, rather, on the way to Sak. PARIS, THURSDAY, 8.30 A.K. The Moniteur confirms the news of the defeat of the Russians at Eupatoria, on the 17th of 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 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. Correspondent says that a general basis has already been formed for securing the integrity of Turkey, for ptevent ing the future en croa chm en ts of individual Powers, and for maintaining the privileges of all the Christian suljects . of the Porte without interfering with the rights of the Sultan. After observing that the negotiations for peace being under favourable auspices, the Oest. Cor7e spondem announces the proximate arrival of one of the most distinguished statesmen of Turkey, of M. de Titoff, 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 he .is not likely to have an Adlatus. It also announces that Baron Prckesch will attend the COD feren ces. The Austrian, Corresponden::, in announcing the expectation of Lord John Russell's. arrival to- morrow, expresses sanguine hopes of peace. The news 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 do Bruck is expected here to-morrow. The Congress will be opened in four days' time. The Porte will be represented by a distinguished dignitary besides Arif Effendi. Mons. de Titoff and Prince Gortschakoff 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. de Buol and Baron de Prokesch. 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 Constantinople 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 Landsthing, 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 raid 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 .Moniteur 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 f., 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 f. om railway undertakings, re ceipts which exceeded 37 millions in 1855, and which, according to the calculations of 1856, scarcely reach 3 millions. " lhe principal causes of this increase are :-1. The calculation of the produce of the indirect contributions ; 2. The new resource arising from the authorisation to sell forests 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 1856 amounts, according to the estimates of the Government, to 1 , 59 7,926,486 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 Interior, are the prin cipal causes of this increase." 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 gens d'armes, which are 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. Sits,—You have ably and consistently advocated the restoration 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 hand between the prey and his victim, and thus effectually protect the latter. It will give Austria a line of 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 Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea, there may be some prospect of peace for Europe. This there never will be so bony as Russia adjoins Turkey. —Yours, kc. P. Q. R. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, February 11, 1855. Six,—As the chief causes of the immense amount of sickness with which our small force serring in the Cri mea has of late been visited are still unfortur.ately in existence, you may possibly find a corner in your jour nal for a. few remarks on the subject. It cannot be con tended that the disease is in any great degree attribut able te the climate, for the temperature on the whole may be considered to Lave been remarkably equable. During the month of December the thermometer was seldom below 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 propertion than in some of the western parts of England. From the Ist to the 14th of January there was much snow, and occasionally the cold was intents. Once the thermometer went down to 10 deg. Fahrenheit. After this there were nearly three weeks of Co mparatively 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, and find the floors of the tents in which they have to sleep mere puddle, a couple of wet blankets answering for bed and bedding. 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 det when bowel affections are preva lent. A timely distribution of lime juice as a ration was recommended as 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 are falling victims to scurvy, and lime juice has only been issued by the Commissariat Department three times! as yet. The deaths in the -th Regiment during the quar ter ending 31st of December, 1854, amounted to 40, and nearly all from cholera. From the Ist to 31st of the single month of January, and when there was 910 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 proportions (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 may 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 useless, and the so-called great-coats threadbare. I regret to say there are yet many deficiencies to be remedied in tke way of clothing. 4TI. ALMOST INCESSANT DUTY AND CONSEQUENT EXPOSURE. This cause may be said to arise in some measure out of the three beforementioned ; for had the recent arrivals from England been properly cared for from the first, death and disease 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 siege. New, it is admitted on all sides that the sickness and nearly all our troubles and misfortunes hinge upon the above extreraelyEitnportant "four points ;" and, as this is the case, it may be naturally asked what departments are responsible for inadequate slieltel•,2oaat of proper food, and want of clothing ? Duties are unavoidable, and need not be further attended to. Impartial persons might turn to the Quartermaster-General's and Commissariat Departments ; and I firmly believe that, had the wooden houses been available in reasonable time, and fresh pro ♦isions and lime juice plentiful, the British force would have been at this moment in excellent working con dition. If, therefore, the CAUSES of disease have not received all the attention they merit, it is to be hoped that the exertions of the medical officers (the "working men," at least) to meet the numerous difficulties Ivith which they have to contend will be justly appreciated.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, MEDICUS. STRAND THEATRE. The new piece, entitled 0; Cit?! Friends, was repeated last evening with increased success. Miss Beaumont introduced for the first time a new song, ertitled, " 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, which is of the Alex ander Lee school, is exceedingly pretty, and the com poser is under great obligation to Miss Beaumont for the manner in whicia she executed it. It promises to become a general C.:,vourite, and in a short time it will be found in the razi;e pera . olios of every lady in the metropolis. The liberality with which Miss Rebecca Isaacs is conducting the management of this pretty little theatre deserves the encouragement of the playgoing world of London. Her acting in the character of Alonzo the Bravo continues to draw crowded houses. We understand that a new comedietta will be produced on Monday first, entitled Love in a Village, in which Miss Rebecca Isaacs will sustain the principal character. TILE 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. AlLli,;ug,h the nu,;.!,,r of ww; upward:: 800, tlr party was unusually select, consisting, for the molt part, of the clerical and medical professions, t! 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. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 25.—The - number of the °ester reichtsche 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 - Russia wiil be defeated in the field of 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 Russiatwo years ago, the Vienna writer says—" Her 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 one of the Vienna correspondents of the Augsburg Gazette, the manifesto relative to the general ilevy in Russia led to several military conferences, at which Generals Let an g and Craufurd were- pms , 3nt. A 4 the organisation of the militia cannot , be completed in less than 8 or 10 months, the Austrian army will not now be rein- 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 do Berg, commandi4g 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, 43,7 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 hive to stand a siege either by sea or land, are being victualled for eighteen months ; and the contractors are expreEnly 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 issuedforthe 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 opecially destined. General Geroffski, commanding in the provoce of Orenburg, 'has been entrusted by the Emperor with the organisation of the Bashkir - ca.valry, 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 suppli e d w ith rifles and sabres, and have been regularly drilled by officers sent among them for that purpose. Two regiments 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 or 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 Tanning-Flens burg Railway.. 6. 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 Kong, 15 ; Singapore, 22. The naval expedition against the pirates in the Persian Gulf has been successful. Lord Dalhousie'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 rise in silks. Much business done. Exchange at Canton, 4.81 ; Shanghai, 6.7. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The Valetta arrived at 8 o'clock a.m., with the above mails. THE RIVER PLATE AND BRAZILS. The Royal Mail screw steam-ship, La Plata, Captain Le Fann, 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 bad 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, 811. From Paraguay we learn that a l arge B raz ili an force was marcing 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 Tideo, 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 had 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 advices. 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 Hullab. 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. Their places were supplied by Mrs. Endersohn and Mr. Herbertc, who kindly undertook the parts at a very short notice, and acquitted themselves very creditably. The other per formers were Miss Palmer and Mr. Thoma.. 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 compliment 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 oratorio appeared to give the greatest satisfaction to the numerous audience. We congratulate Mr. Hullah on his successful per formance, which may fairly be said to have eclipsed the Exeter-hall societies. COURSING.—The 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 GO/. to 1001. The entrance fee is 61. 108.—M. 11PGEORGE, Judge. THE LATE AUXILIARY LEGION IN SPAlN.—Yesterday, at noon, a deputation, appointed by a public meeting from the soldiers of the late British Auxiliary Legion in Spain, presented Lieutenaftt-General 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 stool go well in public estimation Rs at the present Nn , - , . they were certain was the re:alit of achievements of the hon. and gallant general. The sergeant • then read an address, which was elegantly engrossed upon parchment. CRIMINAL COURT. -(T1115 3 OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Williams.) George Daniel North, 18, gardener , was indictet setting fire to a chapel, the property of James AP Bosanquet. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Poland prosecuted. sei It appeared that the prisoner had been in the of the prosecutor, who is a gentleman of sonie I°P / at Enfield, and the chapel in question was a, prifste l upon the estate. The prisoner lived in the iningal3 : neighbourhood. At about half-past seven uP° evening of the 26th of January a fire was found barD.:, in the chapel. Mr. Bosanquet was the fir st persons c6ll to the fire ; and he, observing some fo ot p rints i snow, desired some men upon the estate t o Prevent'; one interfering with them. The police were then for and directions given to apprehend th e prisoner/ ; was taken at about two hundred yards front the Upon the prisoner being taken to where the footpl were his boots were taken off and pri nts made io, snow near to them, and they were foun d to ccerel; The prisoner had slit,.rtly before asked some °l3e . c' ; lucifer match, which he so.id he wanted t o light Pt, with. The chapel was quito destroyed ; an d ; IP : 1 j workmen removi ng th e r ai n s afterwards t he y '°"„;''l place had been fi re d by mean s of $OlllO hassocks F' beneath the stairs and then set fire to. west to' re. 55. The case was proceeding when we NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) di oid Joseph Davis, 28, a police constable dale 3 ' k • 11• was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged the sum of Si, with intent to defraud. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The circumstances of the fraud wer e tbese,gi prisoner, whilst in the police force, bad written r",',01 letter to Captain Haynes, R.N., as if i t co lo I r , t person named Harris, who had formerly bee%4o set vice as purser, and the result was that thebe fov sent back word to the supposed Harris that if call upon his (the captain's) agent in Lend°ll:neer tb receive 51. to relieve his distress. Tile Pr's' re ry wrote another letter stating that ilarris icr"- " ls tt , f and that he, Harris, who purported to be t be r r letter, wished the money to be paid to the be3reiis, letter the prisoner took and received the 11 1 ° 13ei ' t ft * I subsequently was absent from the force. 35) " A ` he oPt i being found out, suspicion f e ll upon the P ris°l , e i r d i be was subsequently apprehended. Horsford t r four letters relating to frauds o f a similaf ch° ; : z e of which he traced to be in prisoners bandll D The Recorder sentenc e d hi m t o six year s ' P.-- tude. ------ MABKET NEWB—aIIS - n 4 MEAT MARKETS. O rr NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.— ,_;„d1 40: Each ° r slowly, as follows :—Beef, f rom 3 s ed to 451" 4 ; i i tor 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Pork , 3 ' t: per Sibs, by the carcase. ir; SOUTHALL, Feb. 28.—The supply of each ••• 13 , foidi -vas moderate, and the trade ruled stea„dYl;lo 4 :, c# from 3s 4d to 4s 8d • Mutton, •-' s "gbh' Ves.l, 41 Od to 4s 8d ; Pork, 35 id to 48 4d Pe r - the offals• da re RomFG.tlTh Feb. 28.—We had a steadY •, beasts, on rather higher terms. In the 11 f e, o t , kinds of stock scarcely any change took plact4l,':l o 3s 2d to 4s 10d 2- Mutton, 38 6d to 58 Od ; 0 1 4s 10d ; Pork, 38 ..!.1 to 4s 4d per Blbs. QW' r Pigs, 20s to 25s each. HAY .tifARICETS. Ali SMITHFIELD.—Meadow had; • 11 3 to ditto, 3/ 0.3 to 5/ 16s; and stra; •,- -a, t) A full average supply and a slugghs.‘ dein% 00 p i r CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 21 - 16 . 3 , . 2/ 12s toe ,1158561' ditto, 3/ Os to 5/15s ; and straw, 114 s 14 e joi Both hay and straw sold slowly, at our trim t `' 4 ,' t 5 1d WHITECHAPRL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15 5 t ' ° / Sg to ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os; and st raw , 11 3s " 1 Trade dull. • Ts' • 41.1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(TB - - - P do ' „ LONDON, March I.—Wind and weawv-, ciou j 5, noon, S.W.; moderat e b reeze , w ith ;assi s t" ,tl lOl 5 isaild weather. '0 (1-- PLYMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wiiad, N.W. from Auckland, with 20,0001. in specie. irr i/ 1 " psh FALMOUTH, Feb. 28.—Wind, N. W . • SP l ' netto i from Batavia, for Bremen. rr k b Or PENZANCE, Feb. 27.—Wind, S.W. • e ;t1), ;ia from. Trinidad to London, was spoken 1 :4 0 0, lat. 47 N., 23 W., leaky, and short of 1 0011 C ~ e ctl' r ptied by the Hauer, arrived here._ A „ipo 3- %a01 3, NEWPORT, Feb. 28.—Wind, vv• 14°- ;,' Sarah. from Leith, for St. Thom as ; Sailed—Ann Louisa, for St. Tbo v ."lV-. Arrived -- SWANSEA, Feb. 28.,—Wind, "'" Ni SALCO3fBE, from Feb. m 0-0 -Al2ll ' cholson, Cuba. from l,, d on! Went on bore between. this p iv ied (tulip.; a dense rog - -u...- morning, and is " p . come a total wreck, there being heavy On .? c c E e a 1 n t..h / (PER ELECTRIC TELEGBA TL 0". i ) , .0 ti, li L IVERP OOL, Thnifidal ',, it;F 0° Wind, W. • of ce Arrived—Eagle, from Singapore; Wlzta; Britannia, from New Orleans; Minho, Lis ' b /1 , , Mauritius; Owen Potter, Calcutta. , tr f • „, Rrtfr Wind, S. Arrived—Parsee and Isabella, from Caba ° 'o 4o Manilla; Charles Brownhill, Baltimore; .4 Michael's. o rs. , d , (BY SUBMARINE AND DEMISE TBLE u- -...., A o t 9P c il QUEENST. 0:'.1..•::111 GRAVESEND, ThIITS -- ,.. - 000 . m, Wind, S.W. ; tide, three hours' flood ; l';'; Pe'P' I jo . Arrived, Feb. 28—Maggie, from Cantql, '„ Michael's; Arno, Guern se y ; P en dinns, 0 4710 Sur II Sailed—City of London (s.), for Due Guernsey. 9,31 DEAL, Thursday 0I 0 Wind, S.W. ; fresh, with rain. Si rt I Passed yesterday—Jeune M a thilde, frota i „ e aoeitA for London ; Robin a Mit c h e l, C a lcutta, for lirg ;,di ' Passed—Edward, f rom C a ll ao , for llan'" de rs Calcutta ; Lismoyne, do. ; Claudia, Pe nl " cg s London. Anchored—Wm. W a t son , from London, for the Good Hope. Camerton, IC' S Sailed—Minerva, Caroline, And with several others—all f or London. CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEIVERS. --At II C PO ° Commissioners held yesterday, Mr. D e P titY ths the chair, a communication was read frool,00:0,e! tee of Trade of the Privy Council to the 0 60 .1 4, Guildhall, stating the wish of the Frene ll o po 9 4 to have exhibited at the a pp roac hing je te %ter i p bition at Paris sections or mod e ls illnot .2l / 7 larEiol cipal works required forublic health, l'iuper' p n and inviting the a tt en ti on of the corenlB.„s,. iitiu.r . subject. After some di scuss i on the engin e- 0 0 ' tfil ed to ascertain what the metropolitan f:;aor 01 were doing in the matter, and report t , - 00 1 ,/ fit ( plaints of the state of the gas lamps in lief °le' I the city were made, and Mr. Dace, the e" . 1 0 11 0 ,0 0 : 4 01 directed to summon the gas company 01100,01,f? neglect. The report of the medical o'ooo' 0, 4 4 ° great amount of sickness, arising frog' ti lt ! -are,,o l '' / 0 weather, by which complaints of the rano: , 00 bto \ „ had been aggravated, but stated that thst.Laae,9 weather would, it was hoped, permit salorpii, rihel e y be more successfully carr i e d out. -14-rl.OOO appointed to wait upon Sir B. Hall to 1 7 1,40 visions of the Nuisanc es R emova l an d litov" O. tion Bill and the Public Health Bill. , #` t IA then adjourned. fr g Cl * . . 0 1 ,46 / CONVICTION UNDER THE PILOTA GE ,t , I ,v v . county petty sessions, held at Rochester , L. o - 1 0 1jir 01 James Richard Groves, alias Benjamin s e d L ta, man, residing at Greenwich, was ellsW, t h ' P li d ed ; direction of the Trinity-house Board, r ealt s tl oo the 17th of November last, unlawfully 001,Dbeil o ri duties of a pilot, by taking charge of ° ll itbon' th e I I certain vessel on the river Thames /7 400 - JOl 0 licensed pilot. The vessel in question o,4olteilp bertaz, and was going down the Thames din, ' II question. The defendant was in charge , .. a l3 " ce f o J .' piloting the ship, in spite of the remon st ' - rook e n br A gularly licensed pilot, who promised '' t ° ,bile c)- 1 ''' ample of him." This pilot deposed that w ose i 0 1) 0 11.1 the vessel was driving close to another Te de e,h4a 0; driving at the time, and, as he saw the ( 13 1 7 700 0 ,J ,ui out, "Let go the anchor." Defenclanbeoo.76 Or "Hold on the anchor," and the conset e j, f l z . b o il vessel came in contact with the other ir nw as P7‘0,1 deponent) ordered the mainyard to be t'ootl ia t7 fore the collision, but the defendant se e e gd e feoP - 011 ii on." The crew always obeyed him. The ..Il e f, convicted of the offence, and fined the nin efit• ' 201., or, in default, 3 months' in 3 P rise- SP' Last 0 00 Eastern Gazette. , Lot Ol e o THE. LATE MARYLEBONE ELECTIO,•;OO 401 , a dinner took place at the Freer o , i t s c o 1 to commemorate tho recent contes;tel, ~,t S on ~ bone, and to entertain Mr. J a cob . 1 " c ow - 0: 1 1 1 , successful candidate. Mr. I - -T. Fa rre l th . g. 04, Mr. Bell's central committee, to;,. ; sir Y oe all and was supported by Sir R. Pe el Yl f. Saree e i l lepi M.P. ; Mr. James Bell, M.P. ; N- r ' he t ow - ,of R.A. ; Mr. G. R. Ward, R.A. patriotic toasts having been Cooper proposed the toast of the even le ed n sdre b 17 9 '2 6 i s c ios eld. of, tilberii:pos;eta Mr. Jacob Bell, which was duly lion ° : 4 the herdedv i- if to.—Mr. J. J. Stephens then proPe y ; Li ., old ~ , ,,,i !pi Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.' '.:.,-;. of i ° , 9 id ', i t) representative, and staunch su P P"— thno' ;6 0.. 0 government.—Sir B. Hall, in returning h i s eon _ % t g°,:r this was the first time that be had n iet a: _ no , ae .. „Fr o _ since his acceptance of offiT be Gb t- l o i rt ree ' l 6 oltl ; " The House of Commons and Sir Be rn u a g grAti ot illit o R. Peel, in reply, said that it was no 8 4 n arC° _... tO , to him to find the influence which a gre' oe they' Or Li e ea „a tO e a. in the recollections of the people. f e lt Wl' t he P.. 13 , honour to his friend Mr. Bell. fre...., u pon d Sitl e r that he had voted against the incl l , ll 'i l i on . frie.n of 0 t.',,, ground that had actuated his righ t bon' .divol.. Hall ; and attributed all the e!i 15 „. 7 , , 1 iii sob e t : o tP l 74 _' ! :, , ' ''' ' `...`„. a tOOSt 11 t p t d :O i ny il t d i i l n ili g i 4e l;e —f a e d v i e e r s t i ; t 7d " The p r ess' the company separated at a late hour. ~;_ S Ct , or .. .. tbe;;* kt :s e t 4 " .. kil, ern e, D.Nle k o. id (1 0A;