The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-13 00:00:00

dministrati; bp page. is 11.C.81161Af j oppresslier the °eagle We b lYti oe. t °colors o Soisde,rossibilitl 11115 •s• ex cites 0 setion to s py Ord De,lh on all /li ke . for ' pt kitre ata to the f°r rd urepee n° ' out "stake. A s od g o W t e eCria donr ' get her , ro d ould b e P e. The ell , is, 10 or s, get stalk age bl NOE. oiro garke- obipoe", foi D our*. eat el e re° of ller° ?,* plikee tills ea d . for '1 t o • r 01 11 3% ( I t o thel ° o t fe o b Ardis , 0 0 br liO e f e3 ' a ate 19f fis t i°. to V., P ot 60. per SO 15. 20. apes,„ .s , 1 330ffi l ! th. V, ed i t WI • e igt4 3000 Y;bvirl bt, g o 26 e div• coo t " C )1 ). _ - - , o ld, ' P 3r en P c o fp lit. 10P 4 5 ' 5, 9) 60 P, ce 30 , 3i btv , r , . 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Ncb, :/°l7 important question as to the future L , ,, e, et. the blockade in the Baltic and Black • 4 eti 0, _ t'ltk i t 4 o'ges attention, not alone among the 'per kily collnectecl with the Russian trade, but like . at , di Nil ,',4 commercial and monetary circles, and it , l oN ti " o u a t ,tLord Palmerston should . be early in l'tiito th e e xtraordinary unanimity of opinion ht C al ls, and of the expectation that the pre- NI de:,errnent trill act with much more vigour 141 4,6 44° ' 1 than its predecessor. It would ap- I N dift.eevGr, if report be true, that there is y e t Sect t renee of opinion in the Cabinet with tiz, ' ti ! °lle very ma t er i a l b ranc h o f t h e su bj ect 11_4444c1:if? direct trade. That this ought to he ekti., lalpartial person can doubt, but that Nek "..'3O di fficulties in the way may be con op, Th e is ,'altiki„ - 8411 filing policy of Prussia prevents N t 'lai zio - 1, 1 her an enemy, though we may fail to ; L hait,,, r 4 , as a friend. The Whig section of the 4(.4 14 ° believe, are convinced of the necessity er aliely lt he introdu c ti on o f R uss i an s t ap l es v i a 1 r o e Pared ) 10 i, r it ° ne or two of the Peelites are not o l ti g as po e xtremities, and wish to avoid, as th„ t6l , t !pr o li ti ii , i , hl e) recourse to the only effectual 0110 ) , 1 7 1t °rY duties, whatever vessel brings 10; li teei z Z el5 P, &c., to our shore., or whatever I t t l r oti . t h — "la. If this hesitation lasts much 11 ., :li it win " Part of the section to which we al ,kkoos": he the fair province of the House of ' 4 Le 40 r,"°,bring the matter to an issue. There Vert ( 4 4 uaoinet question involved where some of , 1 4 N ., a Ministers are for one line of action and e k , -aid Cite, With for another ; and a little wholesome , o n 411 the s.dvantage of Parliamentary 41:°, 14 v /ti ll put the matter in such a light . 'ae 5 while w e neglect to cut 14, N eu that, 1'1.2 4 tai tt 111arY resources of our enemy, wo 1/414+14 is the lives of our brave forces. That ire" now " tri mm i ng " i s s h own b y a It':6_Lance mentioned in this morning's ad ltat +:P al.s that since t h e war Russia has ctikkrols:alltaties of the p ro d nce o f h er copper t i part frthe frontier to be forwarded to va tl4:64Ba2izie 411 t he port of Lib au . At thi s ti me ie ttk s e are full of the arti c l e , an d s hi ps h a d tL+.4,344 rewith and wer e p re p aring t o l eave. let • QOVe lik ect to ' l ament, however, has sudde n ly „ il lat en prevent th e i r d eparture on the l it l ' l lifia t i P P" is one of the articles which tk 4 miatre declared to be contraband of ItOlaild Pro bability the metal was destined q t ai ref or ttild P rance, and one may reasonably IN 44 1 dr!) whether the sudden inspiration of t ti, 4 t4 op: atl 'era is due to antagonism towards ti t 4E . l °6°l ' l ? At any rate it is singular f',,}l'lle octtilteZhibition of energy should recoil ~,k 4 ,l °e , fade of that established the regulation. ih t ~404,,0', the Russian ports in a stricter way fa 4,p4t4ti 111volved in the slightest doubt. ii 4l + Z the, (11 , of the Russian Company, 14flit is t ent s Mes t associations trading with 1 ,% 44 . 1 t64 i41, o f the Czar, received at 4 4„ Nati yesterday such assurances from 134 1t' 1 ° , 0 4 as • il i f. 1° er 1 1 ;1 has ,_ are quite conclusive on this th'reoe 4 Ni t 114 : 11 1r of Russia, whether in the b.. e refe rc 6 W 44 46 43 will be strictly watched and 11%42 re' l‘ tt aneded. Certain shipowners, O i l) ll? t e t4 s W eek entered into speculative y ks g ell t-e &r re 8 8; the risk of the blockade by kt' i t ' l lre l i c li 'harp 1; 1 7 With the first " open water " tit -41 ft win s " (34 c out, and the arrival of their id ° f f - lite as much satisfaction as did th 0111. Ilu ' ti e I'4 ' 3 elan prizes to Captain E. ,e) bri cks ales Yesterday, laden with hemp, ‘ 41414 \ ti o o t: 4 ?• S uch, we are informed, is the )A4;11 that tio , c c o rip l. 4 ___ l. ‘kittyst 014.64, eli.ther to ' 1 enemy in the ensuing X il arioito. _..,nelderation of the injury tem our own trade, or to the ,kle , Th _ ll eal Will be allowed fora moment .. L. ' ti * ,,, 1 ' ll lB it has been, or will be int], V I ki b lt. " l 3, that her coasting vessels will . be L i t L i t re in conveying grain from Russia to VilliT'llgh the inhabitants of the latter 114 4 . • ' 4 "Xposed to great privations in con 8k tif A t tlki eftx s o r ts have hitherto been left par ,i l ' b e Y tlZ b t bel i l l taUtage of our poorer classes, 1 11,1 g r tas 04 4 : 1 1, U1a t 4 7 1 %e will be strictly closed, ki4 g 4321 : 1 4 -0 net i i t ) , ° T produce will be permit- Ai ol & fi tati oll lace ai s , 4l account, and . for Eng -I+Lii"re th e 4 to p r ." We assume, ships-of-war V ii tted i:Perrhi,,,;!eot Russia deriving advan- Y llO l4 - t d efer e - ,: i°ll . This course is stated . to 17 1 a w "Lee to Austria, and will also 11/41la thl'24rket' Oaeh• ,Turkey, ' which re ef° Z 1 1 fortheir l a and A-144 0i 8 ish t • , grain. INi t i e„,,, s r eal6;„ lll4 + s there has been a better NY alk,`, acct o Zg 90 i to 01} for transfer, and yN t +lbed,i'" the d",.". The rumcurs current yes itit L„..4ed, and of the Turks at Eupatoria Llttato'cillisto;V4i_Grd John . Russell's appoint i t o Itiaorde " •t upotentiary to the Vienna , tit ° 88, pr eatisfacton. Exchequer Bills B t h e lli % itil3 / 4 1111 . The New 3 per Cents. I +l 4 4 d Miesll 41., alt , are dull. Spanish Threes h"a9 t a ' 3 6i to i. Portuguese 5 per .40, o 4 -,_, \ "t1: 1 04 0 .4 4 p er ' Russian 41 per Cents. bring k;S2will Cents. are at 931. o.kgre tia g 4 are the nominal rices of foreign l lt t +tit ii `' 2D, a Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Alex i +o)so atc;) Peruvian 70 to 7 ; ditto Three l k ii4l. l' o t tlis kah • 61-li Port'uguese Four per Cents., 1 0,2 1 lCi t .'aliti..; „ive per Cents., 100 to 102 ; VV .* 1),..7: Li a1f per Cents., 88 to 90 ; 0 44 ;? 4 i -, err e a , -,,,,, , h , -Li t r to 18i ; ditto Three i t% A ft 'fs t° ui ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 41; i is ltt i ,lty q I to 4,. Vilo I ' 4 ar' bk. ~at of e nearly all rather higher, and \ f t 'S l ,4l beav'bie account proceeds favourably. k t , 44 41 . l„ Yao lii,_ . Banks nominal. Crystal 'Wee% R") and British American L 1 1)„, I, -ote be ",„„._ k%, (.1•,. -.Lis DAT.—CLOSING PRICES. 0 .1 044 (4i44 e Onicial List. : 1,, r le,, ti Business done sti l S k NZ °l l 4 5 _ n!iiti a s .... ......... 9ll i t)i : t oltk, ' 4 l 44 l ll i u tt it e lei 911 4- 4 13 04 , /10 Jan., 1860 . 4 5-16 I li t , o. bk . 4 , tjtVre 10th Oct., 1859 4 3-16 4 VC'S '"go itl•e sth Jan 1860 .. 4 Nch ts N i. '' • % Ik e 1 / 4 N o .4, 411; Marsh 9li i 1 k 4 , 1 :::: N ..„:": ......... 96 bit 3).:::: ‘ 4 l 1 6 e 3 i per Cent k10 1 . (1 -) ~ . S 1.5 pe-IttIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. /\ li e %2 t Cent lOO IklAii4kk 4(14 , ' 4 ' Per Cent . l a illi At eter,,,Per Cent., Con.'lBll -- 101/4ikil lioß i li ' 4o Co n 0 N 'b i t' . Cent P us 88 ' 3 D e -1 Cent.. . tcNisttee j e ? t ell t ... ........... ....:. h. 11 1 1( 5 ) - Aer e - of Coup. not fun 4.1 NkkitOkte.ol,:tnt 14 ;1 6 ' t r, h e e ,..i; ; ° : ; . ;;;; . ;1 . 3i4; . iWELC i to b n. e%I. o tp. , - -ent. 12 Gull tleeit teates..... 'tt, z... ..... THREE O'CLOCK. ta kreil .. .......................... 904 1 0 4 ....,,,.: 4 0 ... ,... t ........._2l i i Nll Op ~ th V 1 012,,.,11 — , ------- !, 1.4- d eath o f HODGSON. —We regret to t i N L Wß,, z i t , t hii :),' Ir .ce-A.chniral Brian Hodgson, Vl' tle t ,! l t efe 4t in Cumberland on Wednesday G isLy z t) ati7e. ~o c er 3e s in his 75th the year, reserved and fl h a a g d . ki, ,, ,,%,,,Thiiti,, , ,,c,ipt of .a a g s oo on d -service pension . of S ki ?4 , Q",_tllt of R a e. , ll e . 3' , will . promote Captain Sir R. Nii , ot ro k t" S iit I cr Admiral. 4, tlii Qe 1 . 01 , • E OBTACE. —Another name has 11tI ti t tt 4i 4 : i tliqi n ' 9 1 our military commanders in the 0 S tt t i t N t c e at i n pliehed officer, who died on the Bth 4,11ef "ex, at a ve; advanced age. His Nt l i wei r 4 of ig)lsotance viere y rendered during the 4,1,441, 'erd "A Wll e h 004 ern, , a li d ~ re e acted at Ross, Ennis 0-Mtlih t't Si r Jed of places, most successfully. 1' Sw l r J4,ll_lll'oll foreign' duty, and served in 4 ' l ' i t 114 111 11Y ' at 6 8 Cra ig. He also took part in the V 4 l; q t't 4 t th 111 kt alahria, and other events which oc ti4: t 1 %,11 Period of the war—including the kli hist:rtleid,r/41,11,ed., where, asa military man, he kh°!t 4 4,, t t ilrit:'.l(s. assistance. Ile commanded yt k t t p yt e t,lsTuurfleues at Fuentes d'Onor—was at lt,+) %le e l eee il r ° of Madrid Buries, and the bat-. ire ' t Ol t ~ e h e 2 where h e was 'severely ounded, and 4:4140ri0 jilieived the order of K.C.8., a gold 001. 1 1 th e 2,1" three clasT, In / 542 he be '94 et tb_ ;..t. eattalion of the 60th Rifles, now " 7 "114 • C ointaAnding-ux . -chief. SILA_FLE AR KETS. (TM 8 DAY.) RAILWAYS itaumiab. IC4mblag Prices 1 this day. Basineva done this day. 'l . lr. r‘, St. 1 , 12 50 I a: 13i I a. 31 I 21 22 I 1! 25 3 10 21 tO a] 50 a] 20 al 20 1( 10 1 50 25 al 25 I a: 20 I 41 Aberdeen.. Ambg. Nottng Bust nand Eastn. Junet... 11 BoHaat & Ballymena. 11 Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley 92 Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshre Junet 11 Do. Chesh. dr Birk., £5O and £25 Cons. 9 Do., £20... 0 Myth & Tyro origins. £25 (isad. at £45 D Bristol and Exeter 3 Caledonian .s. Carmarthen and Car digan 6n Chaster & Holyhead dl Cork and Dindon dl Cork, 13;1-Lek, &Pass L 6 Cornwall 2 Crieff Junction [5 Duhlin&Belfa,stJune 11 DundeePerth&Aber (leen JtuCction 11 Do. New ...... 0 East Anglian dl Eastern Countics..... )O Eastern Union, :A Stock .001 Do., B Stacie , 3j I Do., New A )0 East. 'Lancashire )0 Edinburgh dr. Olasgov, 11 Ediub. and Peebles,. lildin. PrLh tit Dundet 1 .;orth & Clyde June 11 Furness ll Do. Extension..., to 50 I a 20 al St. 1100 Glasgow&S. Wester] Great Northern, Do., A. 5t0ck..... , Stock xt Sth. &West.(lre.; Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish" South-Eastcri, all Lancaster & Cariisit IA Do., Thirds......, 4 Do. Now Thirds. )0 Lancash.aDdliorks , 1 I Do., N .I.i 1) 3 . Wst. 11 Liv:Crsby.&Soutlipt ,11 London & Blackwal Lond. Bright 147, S.Ctst O Lond, and N. 'Weti) 6 Do. Fifths .0 I 5 Do.lo/. _ . Eighths,, St 1.00 I London and S. West", 50 42e Do., 1:50 10 34 Do. , £4O 25 all l ndndrry&Colerain( 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 1011 Ntaneh.Sher.& Linclu 25 all Do. shares, No. : 1; !).).,Man.& Liii. Un St. 100 Aidland .00 St. I 50 25 2: Birynng. & Derby 11 I \Mid. U. West. (trey; '2ll )o„ Ralf Shares 00 ill - Vcweastle & CarHsi,. 6 51 \Tewnlkt.BuryEsten 2r 21.?, Nwpt.Aberg.&lirftl. Et) 8 ''every & Enniskillor 20 all Nrewry Warrenpoini and Rontrevon. 'iorfoik ...... 3 ortl n.Counties Kl Vorth British . dl north Devon, No. 1 dl L/0., No. 11 a A Deferred.,. .11 Do., a B Guaranteed it V. Eastern—Berwick !O do. Extension 3 in.do. G.N. E. Parch. dl Do. Leeds /0 Do. York it North London 11 Do. New XlO V.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn ZO 17i North Staffordshire 20 all Vortli 10 all V. &S. Westrn. June '0 I guneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 'qi ►xford, Worcester,S, Wolverhampton 8 'ortsmouth icottisli Central Y. icottishMidland 1.11 -hrewsby, Es Herefd )0 ;liropshirc Union f 1 :oath Devon N► -loath Eastern..., 11 Routh Wales Yrksh. Cs Riv. Dnr St. 10 16 al 16 a] 8 r St. ti 23 21 25 1: 50 a] 50 I A 2 -taines, Wok. &Wok 6 , - Stockton t Darlin itc-:,kten & Ilartlepi 1( Taff Vale . 9 ')o. £lO ehares Do. Pref., No. 1.... tl Thames Haven Doe} and 11. - tilway 611 Vale of Neath 611 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 611 Naterford&Limeri. 18 West Cornwall 3 Xest End of Londor and Crystal Palace.. Lll West London as. Wimbledn & Croydoi, 20 -- 21 4i - 4i 8i - 9 12 - 11 16i .17 7,1 6flcil 93 - 95 61; -62 j i• 7 ii 3 - 2 6 - 7 134 - 144 11i - 11 29 - 31 19 - 21 73 75 55 57 2d --par 191 2(41 , .. -.". . 70 - 72 1 88i - 89:1 69 - 71 1 127 - 129 1 90 - 92 1 65j - 66 60 - 62 74 - 78 7 - 9D 7 - 97 , .74 74,1, - 5 .1 ~ .-- ...a 78 - 98 -100 .00 - 100 - - i 36 8 71 - 23 - 23 7i - 8i 6 69 ; 41 - 43 par I p 11 9 li 2} 50 - 52 3$ 3 29 .... 30 8 10 1} -- 6i -- 7A 75 76 6A -- 6 1 44 -3; I2i -- 13 52 -- 53 51 -- 53 par -- 3p Ad it 41 , 6 —6; d 30 - 32 99 - 101 63 - 65 8 - 9 45 - 47 21 1 13 534 ~r9 29 - 30 ..• ...-• 3 - 3i !6 17 3 - 44 24- 6 5i - - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Serip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, Do. Extension Do. 4i p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do 1 Gd.Tkof CanadaA.iB 1 Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of F fame, Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations 61t.Westjrn of Canad Shares Do. rids., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O Di. do., '73, without option Fianiilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. Lake Nnat. & Basle' Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran, Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wits interest) Do. (ex interost) Northern of France. D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines! guar. 3R p. c. & red.' at 2211, dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. a Bdp (fmy.B.& Ams. Shs. NorwegianPrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen..... ParisCaen & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). West Flanders Do 54: per c. Pref 5 Western of France West. of Switzerland Ll Wiesbaden a Zealand JOINT-STO Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Loncl. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia Ditto New London and County.. London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Weatminstel INational Provincial of England Do. Nt)Nv National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Austroln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co , South Australia of Do. Now Itiniort of Lenden ~., 6i - 6g 1 - 4 - Par i r 3 9 1 - /f i , ! Si - 6.0 1 - - 1 2 par ip par sp 2$ -- 2 2A -- 24 17i -- 18 94 - 96 95 - 97 99 -- 101 93 95' 2 d purl 97 -- 100 ... die 1 lip 1d - 61 71 33 - 338 12 - 123, ii -9} 20k - 21ip 48 11 4 3 pn) 23 ld par 21 —lid Si ... -- pm 3i _-_-_- i ll 61 - 7.} p ' i•i : l'i BANKS. 81 -- 83 i. -- ••• d—ad 2i -- lid 20} -21 i -- 3P 38 39 33 - 35 874 - 3941 3$ -- 40 65 C 7 7 -- 9 •et St. 10 10 I a st. 11 12 50 14 1 20 al 114, al St. 10 St. 101 20 II St. I It .0 13 , t. H St. St. I C '0 a] -,1) I !0 1 1 1) , I I St. L( St. I LOI 25 .2' GO al 20 a] 50 a] 20 1 20 I a: 10 114 all 10 2e. 100 al 25 25 al 100 I a all 10 all 1 4 al 20 a] 1.00 a: 20 1: 20 1( 20. I`, 20 1( 20 11.: 20 al 16 al 20 al 20 i al 20 1 11 20 1 20 I a] 20 50 50 100 100 99 8i z d 100 i li 8i 6 69 81 91 59 i 2/i / 20 38} x all 40i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, 1855. DRURY-LAATE THEATRE. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S SPECIAL MISSION TO VIENNA. Last evening a capital farce, entitled TVriting on tlee Shutters, was produced here with unequivocal success. The plot is simple, and may be described in a few words. The pretty daughter of the host of the Fly and Flower Pot having fallen desperately in love with a young medical student, named Harry Sparkle, is persuaded by the disciple of 2L'sculapius to elope. Immediately the flight of Miss Bung is discovered her father and a busy body of the neighbourhood commence pursuit. Jack Corker, the officious person abovementioned, makes the first mistake, by capturing a young officer, Captain Loveduck, who, from his juvenile and effeminate ap pearance, Corker believes to be the runaway daughter in disguise, After the discovery of the mistake the scene changes, and we are introduced to the lovers, who having arrived in London, and on the eve of the wedding, are strolling in one of the delightful walks in the /te gent's-park, in company with the companion in flight of the publican's daughter, Letty. All things having been arranged, the lovers depart for the purpose of tying the hymeneal knot, and Letty remains in the park, where she is soon after accosted by Corker, who has also arrived in London. We here find out that there is a strong love between Corker and Letty, who give vent to their feelings in a capital duet, which was rapturously en cored, at the termination of which Corker tells Letty how things stand owing to the lovers' flight. They are afierwards discovered, after having tied the knot, by the indignant father at the Hotel de l'Etd. The anger of the father is soon appeased, and the whole terminates, as farces have done for the last fifty years, to the satis faction of everybody. We should have mentioned that all the parties having speculated "a little" in horse-racing at an office opposite the hotel, are anxiously waiting the result of the race. After having obtained forgiveness of Fanny Bung's father, they aro all congratulating each other on their respective success, when an announcement appears on the shutters of the office from which the little fOrtune was to be drawn that the owner had "gone to the diggin's to got the money"—hence the name of the farce. The acting of Mr. G. Wild as Corker, of Mr. Lingham as Sparkle, and Miss Arden and Miss Love as Letty and Fanny Bung, was capital. They all acted up to each other, and at parts where the piece was weak these artistes brought their respective talents to bear on those particular points, and all went off trippingly. The farce was announced for repetition every evening. The house was fully and fashionably attended. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ( From the Times of this day. ) We have reason to believe that Lord John Rus sell has accepted the duties of British Plenipoten tiary in the conferences and negotiations about to open at Vienna, and that his lordship will proceed in a very few days to that destination. It is further stated that Mr. Hammond, a gentleman who fills with great ability the office of Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and who is consequently thoroughly acquainted with the diplomatic relations of this country, will accompany the mission ; so that Great Britain will be represented at this con ference by a Minister of State who till within the last few days has taken part in all the delibera tions of the Cabinet on the present war, and also by a gentleman who is equally well versed in all the official details of these important transactions. It is evident that since the memorable occasion on which Lord Castlereagh, being at that time himself the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, quitted England to join the Plenipotentiaries of the Allied Powers a t Chatillo n an d a f terwards at Vienna, no negotiation has been opened in Europe of more mo mentous consequence s t o th e h onour of England and theinterests of the world than that in which we are about to engage ; a n d on every account we think there is great reason for satisfaction at the selection of Lord John Russell as an Envoy. It will' be for the advantage of Lord John himself to withdraw for a while in the public service from that arena of party politics in which some of his late appearances have been so unfortunate for his own reputation. To be the representative of the Crown in a confer ence of empires, the object of which is to restore security and peace to the East, to re-establish the authority of international law, and to provide gua rantees against future aggressions, is a post of the highest rank ; aud, although we have recently had occasion to express an unqualified opinion on the conduct pursued by Lord John Russell in Parlia ment, we. cannot but rejoice that an opportunity should be afforded him of regaining by services of another kind the consideration of the country. Nor could a man have been selected for this duty more qualified than Lord John Russell to produce a powerful impression upon the representatives of foreign States with whom he will have to confer. The choice of a Minister who has for Many years filled so prominent a place in the Government and the Parliament of this country, and whose name is familiarly known to every part of Europe, is an unequivocal proof of the earnest desire of the British Government to bring these negotiations to a satisfactory and successful conclusion. It will not for a moment be supposed that Lord John Russell would have been chosen for such an em ipnlodyimp l e n n m t t i t f n h r been s n t N e nd o d a n t o n t waste hi the t s con country r y has expressed himself with more energy than Lord J. Russell as to the necessity of this contest, as to the value of the cause at stake, and as to the duty of carrying on the struggle with vigour. Indeed, the motive assigned by him for his abrupt secession from the late Cabinet was mainly that he had not sufficient confidence in the mode in which the war had been and would be carried on. As a Plenipo tentiary engaged in the discussion of terms of peace, Lord J. Russell, therefore, runs no risk of being suspected of an undue propensity to relinquish the just objects of the war ; and, indeed, the party in this country who push those objects to tiieir fur thest limit are the same politicians who still profess their adherence to Lord J.,Russell as their leader. In the ordinary or extraordinary diplomatic tran sactions which have taken place at Vienna in the last eighteen months Lord Westmoreland has shown no want of zeal in th e p u bli c serv i ce, and no Minister could have done more than he has done to repair the differences and re move the irritation which had unhappily affected our relations with the Austrian Government ; but, on an occasion like the present, the co-opera tion and direction of a statesman who is well ac quainted with the feelings, the objects, and the resources of this country, and who speaks with the direct authority of the Government to which he till recently belonged, are of infinitely more value than the skill of the most experienced diplomatist. For this reason it will doubtless be felt by our allies, but more especially by the Cabinet of Vienna, that the mission of Lord John Russell to that Court at this moment is the highest compliment the British Government is able to pay to the con tinental Powers. We have no doubt that the time is coining, and probably is already come, when very different views will be taken of the policy of the Austrian Government from those which were long professed and encouraged by a party in this coun try to which Lord Palmerston and Lord John Russell once belonged. The greatest proof of this change, which has happily taken place in Vienna as well as in London, is that the nomination of Lord Palmerston to the post of Prime Minister, which would have spread terror through some parts of Europe a few years ago, has now been hailed with marked sati s f ac ti on b y the - Austrian Governifient and, on th e o th er h an d , that the first act of Lord Palmerston's administration is to send Lcird John Russell to Vienna for the purpose of cultivating the most friendly relations with that Court. In point of fact, such a measure can more easily be taken by Lord Palmerston as head of her Majesty's Government than it could have been by Lord Aberdeen, whom it was the fashion to stigmatise as the friend of Austria. The effect of this mission— the effect of Lord Palmerston's appearance at the head of affairs—must be to give a more decisive turn to the course of events, whether for peace or for war. On both sides there is a determination to negotiate as if peace were within our grasp, but at the same time to prepare for war as if war were inevitable. The season is approaching when the near encounter of hostile forces, the menacing atti tude, not only of enemies, but of allies and confe derates, and the obligations of the treaty of the 2d of December must terminate the state of suspense in which the winter months have left us. The re sult of the Vienna conferences between the Allied Powers and the Russian Plenipotentiary must be to determine speedily whether peace be possible, or, if it be not possible, to what extent and by what means the war is to be carried on. On both these questions Lord John Russell may speak with autho rity at Vienna in the name of the British Govern ment, and may speak with authority on his return from Vienna to the Parliament at home. We have no doubt that he will speak there with proper national spirit, and here with prudence and know ledge of the case ; and we regard it as a fortunate circumstance that, at a time when he is unavoid ably removed from public affairs at home, he should be enabled to render a considerable service to the country abroad. (Sittings at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HOPE V. AQUADO. The case for the plaintiff having closed yesterday, The Attorney-General this morning addressed the jury at great length for the defence, and related to them the history of the proceedings which had taken place in Chancery in the case of Hope v. Hope. He then com plained of the manner in which Sir F. Thesiger had opened the case, leaving it in doubt as to whether the object of these proceedings was to obtain substantial damages, or merely to get a verdict fur the purpose of giving the plaintiff a lochs standi in the House of Lords. Sir F. Thesiger said that he did state clearly that it was with the latter view. Lord Campbell said there could be no doubt that the object of the proceedings was simply to ascertain whether adultery had been committed or not. The Attorney-General then continued his address, commenting with much force upon the discrepancies in the evidence. He stated he should be prepared with witnesses to prove beyond all question that the allega tions which the other aide bad attempted to make out were utterly false and without foundation. For instance, some of the witnesses had spoken to the circumstance of Mrs. Hope having been seen swimming in the sea in company with the Count. Now, it would be distinctly shown that, so far from such being at all probable, Mrs. Hope could not swim. The learned Attorney-General concluded his address by observing that, after they had heard the evidence, he hal no doubt they would find a verdict for the defendant. Mr. Serjeant Wilkins then proceeded to call wit nesses, the first of whom was under examination when our reporter left. The case, it is expected, will not terminate until to- morrow. DEATH OF ✓. H. VIVIAN, ESQ., M.P. This gentleman died at his residence, Singleton, near Swansea, on the evening of Saturday last, in his 72d year. Tile deceased was the second son of John Vivian, Esq., of Truro, and brother of the first Lord Vivian (better known as Sir Hussey Vivian), and consequently the uncle of the present baron. He has represented Neath, Abera cLoioiturgibhuort,orsyinbcoerothuegil;seal, franchisement ‘- o, SwanseaK en o a g n , d a i n t t s l under the Reform Bill in 1832. So popular was the hon. gentleman among the electors, that no serious opposi tion was ever offered to him, and he has always been returned without a contest. He was the head of the firm of Vivian and Song, the extensive copper smelters. In politics Mr. Vivian was a moderate liberal. ,When the Whigs were in office he generally voted with the ministry, hut went farther than them by supporting the ballot and one or two other measures. " No man," writes a correspondent, "was ever held in higher esteem, for his private virtues, even by those who differed from him in politics. His liberality in the munificent support accorded by him to all the local charities as well as other undertakings, was pro verbial throughout the county of Glamorgan. A meet ing of the Town Council gas been called for Monday, with the view of agreeing to an address of condolence to the family." Mr. Hussey Vivian, the deceased gentleman's eldest son, is the M.P. for Truro. The future representative of the borough has, as yet, scarcely been talked of. No candidate has been announced, but it is believed that a requisition will be presented to L. L. Dillwyn, Esq., whose father L. IV. Dillwyn, Esq., of Sketty Hall, formerly represented the county, asking him to come forward. Should that gentleman, who is a de cided liberal, comply, it is probable he will be elected unopposed ; if, otherwise, he would secure a large majority. EIRE CARDIGAN AT NORTHAMPTON. The Northampton, Berald has an account of a triumphal entry made into that town on Thursday by the Earl of Cardigan, and a report also of the noble earl's speech in reply to an address presented to him by the corporation. The speech was of a similar character to that delivered at the Mansion-house. Alluding to a passage in the address in which he was congratulated upon his return to England, he said, "No doubt it is most agreeable to mix with one's relatives and friends in the country, and with one's neighbours in the county, but at the same time, whatever pleasure I may derive from it, I must say that, had it not been for circumstances, arising partly from ill-health, over which I had no control, I should not have deemed it my duty to leave the seat of war at this time, although, perhaps, my remaining there would have been almost useless, for I had nothing left to command. (Hear ' hear.) I still think th a t, u n l ess some such reasons as I am about to assign can be urged —incapacity arising from ill-health amongst the number —every general officer is bound to remain with the army as long as there is an army to command—(cheers)—and I am prepared to Cay further ' that if ray services are again required, they sh a ll b e pe rfectly.availablo. (Loud cheering.) Lathe •Ineemtisne• I have been promoted to a situation—lnspector-General of Cavalry —in which hope to be able to render considerable service to the army by repairing the losses and restoring the dilapi dated condition of the cavalry—being, in short, en trusted with the preparation of cavalry recruits for the army." (Cheers.) Respecting the fatal "order" he re marked " though I do not pretend to more sentimen tality than other men, it seemed to me at the time, and still seems, that the loss was so certain and serious, and the advantage to be gained by the attack so slight, as to make it matter of deep regret that the order was given (Hear, hear.) I received the order, however to attack, and although I should not have thought of making such an attack without orders, and although I differed in opinion as to the propriety of the order, I promptly obeyed it." - (Loud cheering.) THE SORTIE OF THE 19th GENZBAL CAN ROBER T'S I"S ORDER. General Canrobert has published the following order of the day on the sortie of - the Russians at Sebastopol, on the 19th ult. : " In the night of the 19th the eneneyattacked our paral lels in two paces. At the left the attack was resisted by the 2d battalion of the 2d Regiment of the F oreign Le gion, vigorously commanded by the Chef de Battailon L'lleviller. The impetuosity of the attack, favoured by the bad weather, failed in presence of the energy displayed An 3 the light comp an y, :;noux and Rouss eau , La b n y i de t u h tt e he en l t e ht n s :co d hm i e a r pv s ae , an and thed lCaptain p a , Sergeant Devals, and privates Hogelucht, Seigeaud, Riscbard, and Deglin the conducted themselves with great bra very , an d t h e fl ag ForeignAt the right, it is onc e Legio n fi g ured w ith more the 46th which I find encounte r i ng th e enemy w i t h its accustomed energy. On the ord er o f the officer in c ommand, Captain Thomas, the 2d battalion of the honouraf the idnthis Regiment i,a, ja ofnt combat. 46th impetuously attacked the assailants, and drove them a long w ay back, Captain Dufour, Sub-Lieutenant Combeaud, Privates Autexier • Cou me l, B ruscan , Ma rines, Benezet, and Boyer displayed the most creditable resolution." (Pron.?, the Daily News of this day.) Lord John Russell goes to Vienna on a special mission, with a view to carry on negotiations for peace. Since the declaration of the Czar, that he was willing to renew negotiations on the basis of the four points, has rendered them inevitable, it is re assuring that the management of these negotia tions, on the part of England, is entrusted to Lord John Russell. The habitual tone in which our differences with Russia have been talked of at the English embassy in Vienna has been such as would have awakened serious fears for the honour of Eng land had their management devolved on our resi dent Minister there. The reasons assigned by Lord John for quitting the Aberdeen Cabinet—the cau sCtohafauepcstsbaPielernfre:deTeci:l3i:aave be en nominated f : Pr . u e l a l h a t s br o a n vel a y 4amtn that Lieutenant ebdc c iee o ntrn order is an an as has been pro b-mgtaileounteonfatnhte C 74 o t m h - ; —onour • and that the military medal has been conferred on six of the beaud and : ueptntah P etnen r yt i arih v i lan s angt Private llogeluch t a s m o e f d th p e rw L a e t g e i s o , Legion named Collin, of the 3d Engineers, who, being ac wcoirthpotrhael cidentally in the trenches, By a decision of the French Mi n i s t er o f W ar, Russian officers, prisoners of war, a re allowed to choose they parole, eypleu and may e in"dePart ments. They are brin g with them their to e b e residencep ripr i soners t r ti orderlies. tious and reluctant manner in which he gave his assent to the Austrian treaty—and the whole tenour of his political life, afford a guarantee that, in these renewed negotiations, the honour and inte rests of England will be safe in his haads. v The to say, re Earl which ebypaerdmeicsresie of the 17th Frenchman who has reached the age of 17on gr an t e d to from 0 a rml theof Gsleevnegrael attackl is, tv we of are indispositionhapp y his lordship was seized while staying at the Earl o f Ches terfield's, Brethy-park. nit. e The ha s Emperore e xtended eodf to ohe AlgeriaFren ch t h to enlist in the army. SUICIDE OF THE PROPRIETOR OF OLIVER'S SOTEL.—$ OTEL.— Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, Coroner for the City of West minster, held an inquest at the. Charing-cross Hospital touching the death of Mr. Charles Proctor, the proprie tor of Oliver's Hotel, Westminster-road, w h o committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in Smith's Rifle Gallery, 399, Strand, on Saturday last. The jury having heard the evidence, returned a 'verdict that the deceased destroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insanity. CONTRACTS FOR SMALL ARMS.—Some returns relative to small arms ordered by the Board of Ordnance since the Ist of January, 1853, were issued yesterday, on the motion of Mr. Muntz, M.P. It appears that in London the amount of orders for small arms in the years 1853 and 1854 was about 289,872, in round numbers, b es id es an unlimited order for "backsights" in June and July, 1854. These small arms included all sorts of miscel laneous articles, such as balls, remitters, ribs for pistols, revolvers, bullet-moulds, powderflasks, cones, bolts, screws, hammers, triggers, swivels, swords, b ow i e .. knives, wad-punches, turnscrews, gun-barrels, &o. The largest orders were for brass jags, percussion caps, muzzle-stoppers, and backsights. There were also ordered to be set up in London, during the same period, 23,300 muskets, rifle pattern and rifled, and 1,000 Victoria carbines, of which arms 8,689 had been accepted at the date of the return. There is also a long list of similar small arms ordered at Birmingham in 1843 and 1844, including a large number of nipple s for percussion ar m s, b rass j a gs, service-nipple, m us k ets (of 477 bore), rifle muskets of the same bore, locks and bayonets for the same, carbines of various kinds, swords (new pattern cavalry), sights for rifles, and rifle muskets. The number of rifle muskets ordered appears to have been between 90,000 and 100,000, and the n um b er o f various swo r ds a t least 22',000. But there are no grand totals given in this return, and the carious items, in stead of being combiE:ed under separate heads, are scat tered over the list according to the date of the order, without my attempt at claptaoAtion. Again, the acceptance of this mission by Lord John, and the z equest of Lord Palmerston that he would undertake it, are strong proofs of the sin cerity of the professions of mutual cordiality and confidence publicly made by these two statesmen. From their continued good understanding and co operation the country will look for satisfactory results. Our own opinion Fa s to the probable results of tho negotiations about to be opened at Vienna re mains unchanged. We may, however, congratu late the country that they are to be conducted by a trustworthy Minister. At the same time it may be allowed us to remind the new Premier that the people will look with impatience for the resump tion of active hostilities in the Crimea u soon as the season permits. ARCHDEACON DENISON'S CASE.—There is no truth in the statement which has appeared in some of the papers, that the proceedings against Archdeacon Deni son have been abandoned. Some delay has taken place in prosecuting the matter, but it has been occa,siosied by a desire to obtain from the e cclesiastical lawyers an opinioa as to the test manner of proceeding in reference to the report which has been made to the Archbishop of Canterbury by the commissioner to whom the pre liminary investigation was entrusted. The New Philharmonic Society has announced that its first concert will take place in Exeter Hall on 'Wed nesday next, the 14th of February, under the patronage of her Majesty. The proceeds are to be given in aid of the funds of the Asylum for Idiots. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs have signified their intention of being pre sent, and a portion of the hall in front of the orchestra has been appropriated to their use and those of their suite. The Grand Choral Work in Cof Cherubini will he performed for the first time in this country. Beetho ven's Grand Symphony in A, and overtures by Men delssohn and Weber, will also be given. Herr Ernst's name is announced as solo violinist. The orchestra and chorus will consist of nearly 500 performers. The friends of the asylum are strenuously exerting them selves in order to render the. performance beneficial to the funds of the charity, TEE DEBATE IN THE PIEDMONTESE CHAMBER ON TEE WAR. Tho war against Russia is reacting, as it was evident it must do, upon the internal affairs of State after State in Europe. In Piedmont, erewhile alive but to One influence; that of the priesthood, the war in the Crimea so absorbs the attention of the public that the Pope's dread Monitors is for the timp unheeded, while in the Legislature the war is the k, , ubject of the most animated discussions that have taken place there since the conclusion of peace with Austria. Our detailed report of these debates is brovslit down to the Sth inst. ; their termination in ?h© adoption of the treaty by a considerable majw2ty, 101 against 60, has, how ever, been already ahßounced by telegraph. On the 6th the debate was resumed by M. Sineo, who argued that the Governmen; should save its soldiers for the cause of Italy, and while wait:sig the moment for their employment devote all fts attention and all its means to the development of the resources of the king dom. Count Cavour, the Minister of Foreign Affairs', then spoke amid the deepest silence. He stated that towards the end of Novembir instiuctions were sent to Mr. Hud eon, the English envoy at Turin, by the English Govern ment, to sound the Sardinian Government as to whether it would adhere to the treaty of the 10th of April, or place a body of troops at its disposal. By some acci dent these instructions were delayed on the road, having gone first to - Marseilles, then to other parts of Italy, and they did not reach Turin till the 12th of December. At the same time official despatches were received from the Governments of England and Fiance, instructing their respective ambassadors formally to invite the king of Sardinia to adhere to the treaty. The Government re r plied that itnever would have consented to place a body of troops et th e di sposal of England, but that it wee in clined to treat for adherin g to the treaty of April. Thi s led t o th e m i l i tary and financial convention actually under di- cussion. Conn t Cevour then read an extract from a letter written by Lord Clarendon on the 31st of Jan. to Mr. Hudson, to show the friendly feeling entertained for Sardinia in England. The extract is as follows : " Dear Sir,—l shall always remember with pleasure that my last act in this office will have been to put my signature to the ratifications of the treaty with Sardinia, a treaty which I think will prove of very essential ad vantage to both countries—to ours by providing us with a fine body of troops, and to Sardinia by raising her in the scale of nations, and by placing her in a position to which the Sovereign, the Parliament, and the people of that country have acquired a just right. You may assure Count Cavour that the treaty is popular in this country in all the g re a t t owns , I may say even villages ; popular to a degree of which he can scarcely form an idea, with a people which generally takes very little in terest in the affnrs of foreign states. There exists in the length and breadth of England so much admiration for the wisdom and courage displayed by Sardinia under difficult circumstances, so much sympathy for its success ful efforts in establishin g rational liberty, that any mea sure of a nature to draw closer the bonds between the two countries is received with a sentiment bordering upon enthusiasm. .The reading of the above letter created considerable sensation. Count Cavour then pointed out the danger that would arise for Sardinia and the rest of Itaiy if Russia were allowed to have a preponderance in the East and become master of the Mediterranean. Russ a, he showed, once master of Constantinople, would soon be master of the Mediterranean. The Black Sea would be a Russian lake, and, with a nation with a population of 70,000,000 inhabitants, would become the greatest naval arsenal of the world—an arsenal against which perhaps all the other maritime powers could not pre vail. The Black Sea having become Russian by the closing of the Bosphorus, the keys of which would be in the hands of the Autocrat, would he nothing else than the roadsted of Sebastopol enlarged into gigantic proportions. Perhaps some one might say "And what matters the lordship of the Mediterranean ? It does not belong to Italy, it does not belong to Sardinia, it is in the possession of England and of France; instead of two masters the Mediterranean will have three." I cannot suppose that such sentiments will find an echo in this Chamber ; it would be tantamount to a renunciation of the aspirations of the future. Count Cavour then pointed out how the moral interests of Italy would suffer by a preponderance of the influence of Russia in the councils of Europe. He said—ln concluding the treaty with the Western Powers, the King's Government merely fulfilled a duty to the country. It obeyed no other inspiration, and no foreign government exercised the least pressure over its decisions. The Government adhered to the Anglo-French convention of the 10th of April, 1854, be cause it conceived such a course to be conducive to the real interests of the country, otherwise be would not have signed it. Considering the cbvious justice of the cause embraced by England and F rance , it was impossible to hesitate an instant between neutrality and alliance. The supremacy of Russia in the Mediterranean would ulti mately prove prejudicial to the material interests of Piedmont. Why had Piedmont been able to overcome numerous obstacles and consolidate her political insti tutions l Besause she was invariably supported by the opinion of the world. Had we preferred neutrality (he exclaimed) we should have forfeited that favour, and all the enlightened men of England, France, and Germany would have certainly condemned us. By joining the alliance and participating in the war, we no doubt ex peso ourselves to risks and national sacrifices ; but was a grand enterprise ever realised without some sacrifice ! Our finances are far from being in so desperate a condi tion as certain persons are pleased to assert. The unfa vourable and prejudicial results which may accrue from the alliance for our maritime interests are greatly exag gerated. The situation of our trade cannot be modified by the war, which has already entailed severe losses upon it, and the merchants of Genoa merely anticipated the views of the Government, and actually declared war against Russia, by placing their vessels at the disposal of England and France for the conveyance of arms and sol diers destined to act against the Russian army. As for the Sardinian troops they are indignant at the thought of be• ing assimilated to mercenaries. Our Government not only did not apply for subsidies, but would have refused them if they had been offered. The unanimous praise be stowed on the treaty by the most illustrious liberals in Rome, Florence, and Milan sufficiently proves the alliance to be favourable to Italy ; and as to our con tract with Austria, I will only say that Austria has placed herself among the defenders of civilisation, and that we did not seek her alliance. The conspiracies and dark intrigues of factions have destroyed Italy in the esteem of Europe. We must now convince Europe that Italy possesses that political good sense which renders liberty practicable, and that in Italy valour keeps pace with reason. The Parliament and population of Pied mont have demonstrated the• first of these truths, and the other will be proved by the alliance and the conduct of our army. In terminating his discourse, Count Cavour addressed himself to reply to the criticisms of Count Revel upon the conduct of the Government during the last three years, and complained that in his speech his opponent had alluded to what had transpired in confidential inter course. The terms in which he did so appeared to wound the susceptibilities of the leader of the Right, for on the same evening Count Revel sent in to the president of the chamber the resigeation of his membership. On the following day the president read the letter in the chamber. The count stated therein that he could not continue to sit in the chamber, because the president had not called Count Cavour to order on the previous evening. M. Buoncompagnie observed that he had not done so because he found nothing worthy of blame in the minis ter's speech. Count Cavour begged that the chamber would not ac cept Count Revel's resignation. The chamber decided that the resignation should not be received. The debate was then resumed. M. Cabella, speaking against the treaty as a desertion of the Italian policy in augurated in 1848, was of opinion that the Governments of France and England had, in inviting Sardinia to ad here to this treaty, been acting at the suggestion of Austria, Count Cavour said that, on the contrary, it was in the middle of December last that those Governments asked permission of the Sardinian Government to communi catets Austria the fact of negotiations at Turin. With respect to the portion of Sardinian subjects which had been referred to, he said that M. Drouyn do l'lluys had given the agents of France instructions to protect Sar dinian commerce on the River Plate and in the Pacific. In the sitting of the chamber on the Bth, Count Revel withdrew the resignation which he tendered on the pre vious day in consequence of his altercation with Count Cavour. In making the announcement he said the unanimous vote of the house, refusing to accept his resignation, had deeply moved him. Ile received it as a mark of the esteem of his colleagues, and their con. fidence in the rectitude of his intentions. If h• had been permitted to finish the sentence which Count Ca your interrupted, he would have said that he did not consider the conversation which he was blamed for re peating a private one. 'Upon this Coant Cavour with drew his expressions, and the incident terminated. The debate on the treaty was resumed by M. Correnti, who spoke in favour of it, although he was of opinion there was much to be said en both s id es . H e thought that substantially the present war was one of civilisa tion against barbarism. There Were but three practical courses of policy. There was the sensual policy—that of the ancient peoples who understood what they wanted themselves, but did not extend their views either to foreign countries or to the future, There was the em• pirical policy—that which succeeded the middle ages, a policy of weight and measure, which ma rshalled nations by a merchant' s sca l es. And then there was the policy of equilibrium, which was the policy of the present day ; and in default of a better it was desirable to act up to that. As to the true policy of principles and peoples, the most they could do in its favour was to defend civili sation as much as they could. The speaker concluded with some severe remarks addressed to Austria. M. MIZZIABREA, a member for the Savoy, saw much that was objectionable both in the treaty aid the military convention. lie observed that Piedmont took upon her self the obligation to furnish a definite number of soldiers, while the other contracting parties were bound by no reciprocal engagement. The contingent which Pied mont was to send to the Crimea appeared to him very large, in proportion to the Preach anti English armies. A Sardinian general was to have the command ; but would this general have a deliberative voice in military councils I Had the house sufficiently considered what they were undertaking when they promised to furnish and keep up an army of 15,000 men. They bad io Pied mont an annual contingent of 10,000 men, but this he maintained would barely suffice to maintain their army of the Crimea at the full complement stipulated. In the Freich camp there was a loss of 60 per cent. per annum l in killed , wounded, RIA Pick. They could not expect 69 128 91j ADELPHI ThEATRB. After a long sleep of upwards of twenty years Auber's Le Dieu et la Bayadere was last night revived at the Adelphi Theatre. When we last had the pleasure of witnessing this delightful ballet opera, it was at Drury lane, when under the lesseeship of Captain Polhill, the celebrated Mr. Wood sustaining the part of the Un known, Mdle. Duvernay, that of the Bayadere, Mdle. Augusta, Fatima, and Miss Betts, Ninka. After such a long repose, we think it necessary for the " rising gene ration " to explain; in as few words as possible, the plot of Le Dieu et la Bayadere. The story of the play turns upon a Hindoo legend of a deity banished from Heaven, and doomed for a certain time to wander on earth until some offence to a higher power is forgiven. The doom of the Unknown is to wander on earth until he has wooed and won a devoted heart, arid with this object in view be directs his steps towards Cashmere, where he arrives and wins the affections of one of the bayaderes, Zoloe, the beloved of the Chief Judge. The Unknown having freely expressed himself upon the cruelty of the Grand Vizier, a decree is issued dooming the rebellious subject to death ; and just as all things are going on as the most ardent lover could wish, the captain and his guard ar rive at the gates of the palace of the 'Chief Judge, where Zoloe had been dancing ; and to avoid the guard, Zoloe contrives to secret her lover in her palanquin, on which be is borne to her cottage. The Unknown, however, proves to a degree ungrateful for the noble act of Zoloe, and his attentions to Fatima are sufficient to arouse the jealousy of Zoloe. At this moment the guard arrives, the Unknown escapes, but his lover, whose participation in his escape has been discovered, is condemned to be burnt at . the stake. The fire is ignited, and the doom of Zoloe appears certain, when the Unknown appears, as Brahma, and carries off La Bayaddre to the regions of bliss. We shall dismiss the musical characters in a few words. Miss Woolgar did all she possibly could as the Unknown, and Paul Bedford certainly did for the Judge. Time was when Paul could sing the music of the most eminent composers, but now the style he seems to like the best is the "Jolly nose" "school. The part of Zoloe, the bayaddre, was beautifully given by Mdlle. Maraquita ; her pantomime was unmistakeable, and her dancing exquisite. The celebrated shawl-dance was- well executed by the corps de ballet, and elicited loud applause. The piece has been admirably "mounted ;" and the finale—the ascent of Brahma—was gorgeous in the extreme. This admirable revival, in conjunction with the successful drama of Janet Pride, will render any other novelty unnecessary for months to come. The house was, of course, crowded. Who ever knew the Adelphi otherwise I EXETER 'TALL. A fashionable and crowded audience bore testimony last evening to the high estimation in which Mrs. Fanny Kemble's readings generally, mid of that most exquisite of dramatic fantasies, A Midsummer Night's Dream, in particular, are deservedly held. Nothing finer of the kind than this lady's rendering of the play as a whole has it fallen to our lot to hear. No stronger proof of its excellence could well be adduced than the fact that the accompanying music of Mendelesehn never menaced the supremacy of the poet, or did more than serve as an adjunct to the illusion. The last, it may be said, in kin and kind of an illustrious family, whose histrionic triumphs are imperishably associated with the palmiest era of the British stage, Mrs. Fanny Kemble will ever present herself with irresistible claims to public favour, evoking, 2,3 she does, in the minds of playgoers a host of cherished recollections. And when to these must be added the possession of a cultivated mind, a genial ap preciation of the text, and well-disciplined dramatic powers of a high order at d extensive range, there need be no hesitation in saying that her suc cess on this occasion was such as no living artiste could surpass. If, then, she fails in doing full justice to the Midsummer's Night's Dream, it may reasonably be supposed it is because no single indi vidual can do otherwise. Let the reader but conceive the difficulty of rendering, as it were, at one and the same time, the tripping gaiety and sportive malice of Puck, the exacting jealousy and lordly good-nature of Oberon, the charming waywardness of the lovely Titania/ and the ineffable conceit and whimsical humour of "Bully Bottom." the weaver, together with the less in dividualised characters of the remainder of the dramatis pez sonw, and the need there is of rounding with a true midsummer haze the entire Dream—and the wonder will be that so much was achieved, rather than that the performance fell short of what an exigent imagination could desire. For our own part, the impression left on us by the reading is such that we anticipate with the greatest pleasure another opportunity of enjoying so great a dramatic treat ; and we trust it will not be long, whether at Exeter Hall or elsewhere, before it is afforded us. The incidental music, as might be expected, suf fered nothing under the direction of Mr. Benedict ; but, on the contrary, told with great effect, and appeared to give more than usual pleasure to the audience. The "Wedding •March," that most spirited and jubilant of marches, was warmly encored, and the efforts of the vocal performers apparently gave great satisfaction. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—MISS GLYN'S READINGS. —Miss Glyn read Macbeth last night, to a very nume rous audience, at the Polytechnic Institution. Her in terpretation of the play was such as to give intense de light to her auditors. - GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—Messrs. Grieve and Telbin are sedulously following the progress of the war. Balaklava was the lass previous stage, and yesterday they advanced as far as the affair of lnkerman, which furnishes four new scenes full of life and action, and well worthy to follow the other illustrations of the conflict in the Crimea. Another new picture, likewise exhibited for the Ent time yesterday, represents the storm in the Black Sea that occurred last November. This picture, grand and effective in itself, is rendered more so by the dioramic effects of lightning and by the scenic arrange. ment of the foreground rocks, which are attached to a gauze medium. The whole of the muney taken yester day afternoon was devoted by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin to the Patriotic Fund. SOCIETE FRANCAISE DE BIENFAISANCR.—Among the many charitable institutions for which London is re markable there is none than can have stronger interest for the British public than that the name of which ap pears at the head of this notice. The French and Eng lish nations, after having boen for many centuries en gaged in fierce rivalry the one against the other, have recently come to a better sense of the duties of their high mission as civilisers of the world, and now wage as brothers in arms a stern war against civilisation's great enemy. To such a connection charity c anno t appeal in vain, and therefore wo were by no means sur prised to find that at the ball given yesterday evening, at the Hanover-square Rooms, in aid of the Socidt6 de Bienfaisance, the British public showed, by a numerous and brilliant attendance, their sense of the services of our gallant Allies in the Eastern war. This society, founded in 1842 by the late gifted Count D'Orsay, un der the patronage of the then French Ambassador, Count St. A.n!a;r has been the means of relieving hun dreds of deserving Frenchmen, whom political or other causes had driyeu to take refuge alnOngrit us. that their own losses would be less. Coming o th e financial question, he would say that France, whieit pos sessed an excellent military organisation, had found her self taken by surprise in this war. What should they do ? Hundreds of horses and several carriages - would be requirel for a single battery. Why had the minis try given them no estimate, even approximately, of the ex pense The debate was going on when the post left. THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR. (From the Times of this day.) A noble Roman once received the thanks of the Senate because, at ei. disastrous crisis, he had not des paired of his country. Neither do we despair of our country. Yet we confess that our faith in the star of Old England Is just now very much tried. It is very true that when Eligdand is thoroughly convinced that an opinion, or a party, or a Government, is false, or rotten, or unserviceablo, i t r i ses and shakes itself with considerable energy ; but, that done, the sluggish na ture of the animal returns, and it acquiesces without a. murmur in some new infliction. So little has it mended itself sometimes by its most frantic efforts of self-vindi cation that its last state seems worse than its first. In all seriousness are we bound to be particularly hopeful, sanguine, exulting, and so forth, at our new ministerial prospects ? Certainly there is a change ; the firm k as re appeared w i t h a now head, and the faulty departmentbas been simplified and invigorated. What has passed, too, may operate as a caution for the future. But dismissing all comparisons with the past, and leaving Lord Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle in that retirement which we doubt not they are ready to enjoy, let ms count and con over our men. The rzal difficulty, as stated by Lord Grey, and as solved by all the Governm en t s of Europe except our own, is the position of the War Minister in the Cabinet. Shall we ever put all our strength into the war till the Premier and the War Minister are one ? Will any War Minister ever throw himself fairly into the contest so long as he feels that he may be snubbed and checked, for little or for much,—in fact, so long as he feels his hands tied, and his arms without their full swing ? But now for the War Department itself. Lord Pan- mure has always shown administrative power, in a cm.• tain routine, under the iron age of the Duke. Some thing more is wanted, for we have to make reforms and administer them at once. If any Minister starts with the feeling that there has been a great deal of nonsense talked about reform, about the faulty organisation of the army, about aristocratic influence, and that it is safer just now to resist than to give way to such cries —in fact, that the British public is the enemy we have most to fear, arid not the Czar, then we confidently pre dict, and most earnestly desire, a speedy and unpleasant termination to his reign, for every day of it will be so much loss to the honour and influx of his country. This may or may not be Lord Paninure'e feeling, but unfor tunately nobody can assure us that it is not. We must aid, with a feeling of anxiety almost approaching to conFternation as we think of it, that his lordship is liable to fits of the gout that entirely disable him front business for weeks together. As this disorder is well known to be brought on by hard work or anxiety, it is too possible that at the very time when a War Minister is most wanted we shall find ourselves practically with 7 out ode altogether —nay, worse than without one, as the War Minister and his office may be in bed together, leaving the whole world, that is the whole British world, but unfortunately not the Russians, to wait till he is about again. With this casualty always in pros pecf, it becomes a very important question who is to be Under-Secretary of War ? Mr. Layard had been desig nated by report for this office, but we believe be is thought rather too good a man for it—that is, too much of a reformer, and with too strong impressions of what ought to be done. It is with something like die= may that we find it stated by two respectable and gene. rally well-inf trmed contemporaries that Mr. Frederick Peel is to hold this most responsible office. With an illustrious name, and with every advantage, this gentle man has not yet shown a capacity for anything but the merest desk-work. Possibly an office which gave more scope for his powers would elicit hidden virtue ; but England cannot afford experiments that cost thousands of men and millions of money to ascertain whether a. man is more of a man than he has hitherto shown him self. At all events, "a war to the knife" with Russia is not the proper occasion for risking our all on the pos sible inspirations of a known mediocrity. With this future before us, let us look to the present. We are told "it is confidently hoped the First Lord of the Admiralty will be well enough to resume his Parliamentary duties by the end of the week." If we remember right, this paragraph is periodical, and may be stereotyped for use. With two immense fleets sail ing about in the presence of the enemy, and not in the best possible conceit with the other arm of the service, besides smaller squadrons and odd frigates scattered about nobody knows where all over the world, and with the evident necessity of an entirely new class of ships, batteries, and gun-boats, it is far from re- assur i ng t o find that Sir James Graham may, perhaps, be out of bed sometime before spring. But, proceeding to another appdutment, we presume that the office of Commander in-Chief in Ireland is not an absolute sinecure. It is true that the army in Ireland is left very low, but on that account it may require the better handling, and the man selected to succeed Sir Edward Blakoney is Lord Seaton, now in his 80th year. The example, at least, of octogenarian appointments is bad. We proceed. One of the most serious disasters of this war has been officially ascribed to the " misconception " of an order, and nothing is so necessary to war as the full possession of the senses. Yet Lord Rokeby, lately sent out to command a division, is said to be "as deaf as a post." Admiral Boxer, having been found incompetent at Constantinople, has been ap pointed to command at Balakla.va—that is to say, at the very port in the whole world where it is now .f most importance for us to have a man of first-rate ability. He made chaos out of order in the Bosphorus,—ke is appointed to make order out of chaos at Balaklava. For our part, we frankly confess ourselves rather alarmed at the perpetuation of this class of appoint ments. We are engaged in a death struggle with a. Titan whose growth exceeds anything in history, and' which, indeed, has sprung into a gigantic empire within the memory of living men. It is all youth and spirit, miles ahead of us, tied by no precedents, bound to no class, hampered by no constitution,scarcely even softened by able sentiment of nationality. It is amere conspiracy on five largest possible scale for the conquest of the world, with a. real autocrat at its head. Its discipline, its tactics, its artillery, its devices, are all of the newest, and hitherto ' it seems to have got the advantage over us, and to have won even the substantial fruits of our very victories. Against this formidable Power, that threatens and im pends over modern civilisation and the liberty of the Old World, we summon to office octogenarians with one foot in the grave, valetudinarians, " mart3Ts to the gout," and various other terrible disorders—the blind, the deaf, and the lame ; the sons of great men ; and, in a word, everybody except men of undoubted ability„ with no re commendation but timer talents and services. There is no doubt that there exists exactly the same variety of materials in the British and Russian services , but, un fortunately, there is as little doubt that we se beet what the Russian Government rejects, and reject what they select. They put aside the officer who shows the smal lest unfitness, and degrade for what we should' consider a very venial error. Everybody serves with the full knowledge that the Emperor's eye is upon l him, arid neither merit nor delinquency, achievement nor failure, ' will pa..s unnoticed or unremembered. With sue it a sys tem we must not pretend to cope, so long as we refuse to employ the very best men we can find in the. whole of the British empire, in whatever service, under •vhat ever name, and in whatever; field of action they have won their reputation ; and, we will add, whatever their ori gin, their politics, or their friends. Perhaps there are iuconveniences in such a course. Be it so. But. let us choose either one thing or another. Let us not expect to be conquerors in the field, and isere partisans, j , )bbers, or tuft-hunters at home. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.), HAY MARKETS. 11 4 to 1/ 108 per load. dit S t M ., IT S FIr O I . EL to D. S - 11 31 - s e il d a o n w d h s a t y r a , w 2l , 16a to , 4/ 150 Od clover Supply limited and trade firm. UIIMEEIILAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18, to 41 ; 17A; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 12s ; and straw, 114 s to 1/ lls per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full quotations. WHITEOHAPZL. — Meadow hay, 26151 to 41 14s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ ; and straw, 11 3s to 11 106 par load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL TEA.—There is rather more activity, and common Congon has been in request at 94d. to 9ed. per lb. The public sales are announced for the 20th inst. SUGAR.—.A. fair inquiry exists for horse use, and the rates are steady. The quantity t a ke a n d fr l 7 2l2 th b e ri E s. ast and West Indi a D oc k s l as t wee k, f or home consumption, Was 1,446 hhds, 240 tierces, and 200 brls. The stock in th ese places is -9,086 hhds, 1,710 tierces, and COFFEE.—The market is quiet, but plantation is at fall prices. GINGER.—At auction 141 cases, 105 bags, Cochin partly, sold at 29s to 40s for small to mid bold. RlCE.—This article is more wanted, and prices tend uds. )11wualwr .—Attention has been absorbed by the taking of the Government contract for 122,000 dollars. There were taken for home consumption from the above-named esta blishments 269 pans., and the stock is 5,192 pes. and 17 hhds. There were exported 118 puns. and 1 hhd. COTTON. — There is very little inquiry. SALTPETRE. —Prices aro high, and there have been mode. rate purchases. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is firmer, being 57s to 57a Gd per cwt. on the spot. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) r this "Mdarweaatnhcel Sarand,ayfriafla LONDON, Feb. 13.—Wind and w hi c h got on the Goodwin Sands on the night. noon,and aNrd.Efr.oB;t.moTdehreart:hbavreeebzese,nwliothd degrees a grees lighto of frost 0 sotf duringsnoNc RAMSCIATE, Feb. 12.—The off into here, and requires and t S h h e ie 2 l 7 d t s h to ni ß t. o , r w de as auLe s , some repairs to her bottor W. PORTS M OUTH, Feb. 2. Ind, E.N.E . A rr i ved— H.M.S. Nan ki n , from the eastward. Sailed—Amazon, for New York. COWES, Feb. 12.—Wind, E. Arrived—Steadfast, from Calcutta. SOUTHAMPTON, Fob. 1 2.—Wind, E.N.E. Sailed-- Solent (s), for the Brazils. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 12.—Wind, E.N.E. Arrived—Can. daco (s), from the C oas t of Africa, on freight 2,000 oz. of gold. TEE TEA. TRADE, Feb. I°.—The deliveries in London made up for the week were 1351,1561 b., being a decreaa• as compared with the preceding 6tAtewent. ~, 6i I