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''ll4*44 4, Vili* TTILL r NO"' RA ?I R. &Id aveveywi.err, Warrant,t good by the makeru, JOgEPII WAIT tN and BROTHERS, Queen's Cutlery Works, She Meld ; and 87, Sloorgate-street, City, London. MAPPIN'S SUPERIOR TABLE KNIVES, as made for the Crystal Palace, Sydenharn ; ban , l7B cPanot possibly become loose : tho blades are all of the very first quality, being their own Sheffield manufacture. Buyers supplied at their London Warehouse, 37, Moofgate-stle:t, City ; and Queen's Cutlery Works, Sheffield. lIRURY-LANE.--Lossoe, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an adaptation, written expres3ly for this Theatre by Mr. RzTrionusoN, of Meyerbeer'a Grand Opera. L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, williams, Bowler. Lefler, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake ; Mrs Henri Drayton. Miss Johnsen, Miss E. Arden, and MdUe. Jenny Baur. To conclude with THE A.RTFIIL DODGE. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bucktone. TUB EVENING. Will be presented THE. SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Backstone and Iriss E. Chaplin. After which a nery Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be followed b,w TIIE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To which will be added the new by the Spanish Dancer?, Called TUE (lALIeItN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING. Will be presented the original adaptation of Cashnir Delavigne's . Historical Flay, entitled LOUIS TILE ELEVENTH. Principal Character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (sth time) a new Farce, entitled A GAME OF ROM PS Principal characters by Messrss Harley, and Chester; Mrs. Wlnstanley, Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and Tetuan. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY. To be followed by A COZY COUPLE. To conclude with the new Comic , Drama, called TOO MUCH OF ♦ GOOD THING. Principal characters by Mr. Roaby and Mrs. F. Mathews. Box-office open from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes. Mr. Aileron. 15, Now-bud-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wilt be perforated a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. _After which. BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with THE FETE OF NATIONS. R')YAL OLYMPIe THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Ilask.ell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. Atter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzaßan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Last time but ens. The BATTLES of BALAKLAVA, INKER MANN, and the ALMA! To conclude with the SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the wonderful performance of Herr Endersohn, named Fil-de-Fer, with l'Entree du Clown a la Francaise. MONDAY next, the Complimentary Benefit of Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. Timour the Tartar, novel scenes in the Arena, and Herr 'Endersohn's performance. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ♦cting Manger, a' r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian, Director, Ilir. W. Cooke, jun. GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, SHOREDITCH. Proprietor, Mr. John Douglass. This Magnificent Theatre, unrivalled in splendour, in elegance, and harmony of effect, capable of containing 5,000 persons, is open every evening. Miss GLYN. the popular Shakspearlan Actress, will appear every evening (Wednesday excepted) in her unrivalled personation of CLEOPATHA. ANTONY by Mr. Henry Marston, of Sadlers Wells Theatre. The scenery, dresses, and appointments, from the best authorities, are gorgeous and appropriate. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine DAT —Morningl2 min.after 12 f Evening 43 nala.aft. 12 To- doelow— Morning 10 inin.after 1 Evening 36 min.aft. 1 TUB WRATHER.—Sms 07110, March. 16. THERMOMETER. IN THE SHADE 47 highest since noon yesterday. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at noon. BANOMETER, 29'67. WIND, N.W.—Fresh, with fair weather. fr t 4 l v i gh , LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1855. Whatever may be thought of Lord LUCAN'S capacity as a general, there can be no doubt that ho makes an admirable witness. His testimony is clear, distinct, and unequivocal, bearing the impress of truth in every sentence, and perfectly conclusive to every disinterested and unpreju diced mind. Ho has not in any degree alluded to the points at issue between himself and Lord RAGLAN ! These must form the subject of another investigation, which, although refused by the Horse Guards, cannot be denied to the Noble Earl when the fitting time has arrived, and Lord RAGLAN is in attendance in this country to sup port the grave accusations he has preferred—a circumstance which, for the sake of our suffering army is the Crimea, cannot long be postponed. The conduct of Lord RAGLAN during action was also carefully avoided. But on other matters, scarcely less important in a commander, a degree of careless indifference 'and apathy was displayed, which proved the noble Field-Marshal utterly un fitted for the position into which he was pitch forked, and which oceasions the utmost astonish ment as to the grounds on which he was originally appointed ; or why, having been appointed, he has been allowed to retain a situation for which he is clearly incompetent. We long since declared that the triumphs of the Noble Lord had been with the pen, not with the sword. His services bad been in the bureau rather than in the field. He generally acted as " secretary" wherever he chanced to be engaged; and, although he lost an arm at Waterloo, it could scarcely be asserted that he had experience suffi cient to qualify him for the supreme command of an army so circumstanced as that in the Crimea. He showed himself thoroughly versed in the principles of " red-tapism." He was always ready with an assurance that any matter which could not be "pooh-poohed," and thus got rid of, was "under consideration.," That was all the satisfaction which Lord LUCAS or any other gene ral could obtain, however urgent the subject of complaint. The cavalry General pointed out the inconvenience and impalicy of imposing harass ing duties on the cavalry, which occasioned the loss of many horses (ea.ch worth 751. sterling), in a v merely p ecun i ar y p i) i tu t o f v i ew , b u t un d er th e lar circumstanev3 of the case perfectly in valuable. These might have been saved by the purchase of baggag q ponies, which would have cost 6/. or 71, each, and one of. . which would have done the work of four cavalr- horses, But, in accordance wit 7 a the penny-wise -and -Pound-foolish policy Mat prevailed froi n the beginning, the obvious precaution was D eeected, an d behold the deplo rable result—the loss of no less than seven or eight hundred trained and valuable florae„ This matter was strongly represented to Lord RAGLAN. Lord la (WAN, who found it advisable to put his communication in writing, addressed a letter to the Adjutiant-General on the subject, in which ho complairted of the cavalry being employed on business so f4oreign to their proper duties, and pointed out the serious mortality that had already occurred among the horses of the division in con sequence the - reel. To this letter no answer was returned ! Indeed, a tolotably thick folio book was produced full of similar complaints, which seldom produced redress. He proposed to Lord RAGLAN to form a transports corps entirely separate from the commissariat. He was thanked for this suggestion, which was ." under the eonsideration of the English Govern raent." A similar suggestion as to the formation • of a►n ambulance corps like to that of the French was also "under the consideration of the Govern ment !" The medicine for the horses and other artiolea of great importance war° constantly com ing into Balaklava, and as constantly sent back again, and " kept running backwards and for wards between the different ports." But why multiply instances?? Why repeat the numerous cases of mismanagement ? Suffi cient has been established (even - without re ferring to the weakness of the position selected, which was, in fact, in one part incapable of de fence, and which entailed almost superhuman labour on our men) to prove the inefficiency of Lord RAGLAN . . Why, then, we ask—and the country will repeat the interrogatory—was he ever appointed ? Was it because he was the younger son of a Duke, or that he had, fur thirty-nine years, been at home, without the op portunity of seeing any description of military service ? It is, indeed, difficult to account for his nomination on any rational principle, and equally hard to explain his continuance in the command. Is it to Lord HARDINGeS 3 or to any hidden, although potent, influence that lie has been retained ? The nation demands a clear and explicit answer to this simple interrogatory. It must be returned. The Premier, the War Minis ter, and indeed every member of the Cabinet, is responsible for the evils that have arisen, an d may hereafter in consequence of the injudicious appointment. Let any of them attempt to show what lie has done to exempt him from the censure he has merited for his numerous acts of omission. As yet we are ignorant of any defence that can be put forward. Should any be attempted we shall hear it impar tially, but we fear that it cannot alter the im pressions arrived at, not without regret or without due deliberation. We earnestly hope that the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, introduced on Tuesday evening, and to which we alluded in our impression of yes terday, may receive the fair and impartial consi deration which its importance so imperatively demands. The House of Commons has repeatedly sanctioned the principle of the measure—has de cided that the last and one of the most vexatious infringements of the civil and religious liberty of the subject should be obliterated from the national statute-book. But hitherto in vain. Prejudice and bigotry has still prevailed ; and a law which, not being respected, is frequently disregarded, and that by " persons of religious and moral character "—" exemplary members of society"— is retained iu all its virulence. Point after point has been abandoned by the opponents of the mea sure. They no longer venture to assert that there is any divine prohibition against such marriages. The ridiculous argument founded on the 18th Leviticus, and which clearly affected such marriages only during the lifetime of the first wife, has been given up. It is only surprising that one so weak and futile, which rendered the opposite view of the case perfectly irresistible, should ever have been put forward. It is therefore now confessedly only on the grounds of " inconvenience" and of ecclesiasti;al authority that such marriages can be interfered with. Now, on the first point, the preponderance of testimony—the "weight of evidence"—is alto gether in favour of these connexions. We know that in other countries where they are recognised and sanctioned—that is to say, in every Protestant country in Europe and America—they are looked on as peculiarly eligible, as affording the best prospects for the •rphans who, deprived of a mother's care, must be placed under female pro tection of some kind. Aud naturally so, for surely a mother's sister, one previously attched to the children, would be more likely treat them with tender consideration than a perfect stranger, who would regard them solely as the rivals of her own offspring, and treat them with the proverbial harshness of a stepmother. Besides, ou the question of inconvenience we must consider the effect produced by beholding many inestimable persons deliberately disregarding the law of the land, and retaining their position in society, and reputations unblemished and un assailed. If public opinion were iu favour of the obnoxious law such could not be the case. It is, therefore, manifest that the moral feeling of the community is opposed to the restriction, and the only victims whereof are the innocent children, who, without any fault of their own, might pos sibly be deprived of their birth-rights—the inheri tances that should have descended from their ancestors. The only obstacle is a canon of doubtful autho rity, which a large proportion of the members of the Established Church, clerical and lay, repudiate. Why, we ask, should the consciences of Dissenters be bound by such a regulation ? The days of penal laws and tests have long since been abolished. A. man Gan no longer be persecuted for conscience sake. Nor can he be mulcted in heavy penalties because he does not choose to attend public wor ship in the Parish church. We profess to extend the most perfect toleration to all shades and varieties of religious opinions, and yet the law restricts a person on the tenderest and dearest point, in a matter on which the happiness of his life may depend, because, forsooth, some members of the Church of England consider it contrary to one of the tenets of their Church ! Their position cannot be in any degree compro mised by the alteration. They will not be re quired to marry the sister of a deceased wife be ' cause they might be at liberty to do so if they think proper. They are subjected to no compul sion ; but they should be prepared to accord to others the perfect freedom of opinion which they claim for themselves. Let then every friend of civil and religious liberty exert himself at this emergency to strike off these remaining shackles. The chief difficulty to be encountered is the apathy and indifference of many who, although they think the alteration proper, do not think it ne cessary to exert themselves respecting a matter in which they do not feel themselves to be personally concerned. Let them be aroused from their apathy, and called on to vote one way or the other, and we venture to assert that the obnoxious law would be repealed by a decided and over whelming majority. A little exertion now will remove a blot on the national escutcheon, and remedy a grievance which presses severely on a numerous, influential, and meritorious body of persons. Ladies have their foibles, divines their failings phl osopbers their weaknesses, M em b ers o f Parlia ment th e i r moments of faith in themselves, why then sh ou l d we deny to railway shareholders pec culilloes of thei r own ? and why, above them the privil eges to which everybody deny ia)!s eiaita ((Jr at all events exereises), that of being ! angry !! Do it who may, w e who are free-traders in commercial matters will not countenance such a measure of restriction in morals : the farthest tee can go is to suggest that shareholders should not be angry without cause, nor bo blindly angry, and when they have cause, shall not be more angry than the occasion warrants. This we take to be rcaionable and praiseworthy. The half-yearly meeting of the South-Eastern Railway Company, which took plane yesterday at the Bridge Hotel, London, was, it appears, TICEI SUN, LONDON, Fri,..70 . A . 1' A VEINING, MARCH la., 1658. attended by a large number of proprietors—a fact creditable to them, in so far as it indicates an interest in the manDgement of their affairs ; but it was characterised by an irregularity, and confusion very far from creditable to parties in their position. Whatever grievances there may be—and we are far from denying that there are grievances, far from asserting that a less dividend than the last is not provocative of indignation, when the diminution is supposed to arise from mismanagement—still a little more moderation than was displayed on this occasion would re dound more to the praise of their discretion. Tt is not our intention to touch on the disputed points for some time mooted among the company. We have expressed an opinion on them already ; but we have great pleasure in calling attention to the redeeming feature in the character of the meeting, viz. the cordial reception the late chairman, Mr. JAMES MAeGREGon, experienced, and the vote of thanks so cordially offered to him by the great majority of the proprietors present. It was a tribute of esteem and a mark of confidence i►► every re3pecb merited. For ten long years this public-spirited gentleman had managed the affairs of the company with a zeal and an ability of a rare order, and greatly to its interest, and on this occasion was seen the reward in part of the straight forward line of conduct he in his integrity pur sued. Though dissevered from the office of chair man by an untoward difference of opinion, and though the passions of the meeting were greatly excited, his merits and services were honourably remembered by the majority ; and he could, with out creating a doubt of his sincerity, give expres sion to the unabated interest he felt in the pro sperity of the company, and his ardent desire that it might be based on enduring foundations. In his retirement Mr. MACGREGOR may console himself with the reflection that as time passes on his services will be still better appreciated, and a vote of confidence may before long be passed to him without ono dissentient. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, Mancll 15. The Cairo has arrived. She left Constanti nople on the Ist, four days before the Ganges. The Ville de Bordeaux has left for Smyrna, to day, with forty of the English hospital staff on board. The earthquake at Broussa had damaged 100 mosques. The number of victims was 200, and not 2,000 as at first stated. Several shocks were felt at Constantinople on the 28th ult. and the Ist init., but no damage was done. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY. The Caire, which left Constantinople on the Ist, has been delayed by bad weather, and is still expected. The Ganges, which left on the tith, has already arrived. Preparations aro being made at Constantinople for the visit of Napoleon 111. The Journal de Constantlitop/o gives details of a fight which took place on the 23d Feb. before Sebastopol. A battalion of Zouaves carried by assault the plateau of the Malakhoff Tower, spiked eighteen guns, and drove the enemy out of their trenches, retiring ultimately before a body of 8,000 Russians. In this heroic struggle 380 French were put hers de combat. General Monet was wounded in both arms. The Presse cf Constantinople estimates the Russian loss at 1,000, and reduces the French loss to 250. Some journals say that General Monet received five slight wounds while dispersing a Russian column, which attempted to cut oil his retreat. Count Zamoisky organises at Schumla a second regiment of Ottoman Cossacks, in which Poles will be incorporated. The railway from Balaklava to Sebastopol will be finished by March 15. M. Lesseps, who had visited Constantinople in order to obtain authority to open the Suez Canal, has returned to Alexandria. VIENNA, THURSDAY. The first meeting of the Congress took place this day. There were present one French, two Ottoman, two English, and two Austrian Pleni potentiaries. The discussion on the general prin ciples of the basis of the negotiation terminated satisfactorily. Intelligence hail arrived at Constantinople from the Crimea up to the Bth instant. Nothing im portant up to thal date had occurred. General Forey bad been recalled to France. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe was seriously in disposed. The intelligelacle of the death of the Emperor Nicholas saused. treat sensation at Constantinople. A new decree respecting the Tanzimat had ap appeared. THE HAGUE, 14Th. Interpellati on have been addressed to the Government in the Second Chamber as to whe- ther the coati °glint of Limbourg would leave the territory of iilke kingdom before the order of mobilisation' it; giYen by the Diet. The Mi nister of War replied in the negative. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (Front a Second 1 .Edition of the Morning Herald.) E IS:GLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, FEB. 27. It is suppose id that the enemy have received re inforcements t - day. While I write there is tre mendous cheer) I]; g going forward among the garri son of Sobastop, ►l, and a large brigh t light is distinctly visible over tiles heights near Mackenzie's Farm, another in the, 'direction of Tchourgoum. It can hardly be that trey meditate a sortie, or they would make less "lois( ►. MARCH 1. The cheerini t in Sebastopol continued through out the whole If last night, and was accompanied by the ringing of church bells in some parts of the town ; but bey. Dud this clatter the enemy made no demonstration. .At one time, when the shouting extended along e line of batteries, our men steod to their arms ma manned their guns, expecting an immediate attacl c, but after a few minutes the alarm passed off, - though the shouting continued some time. Two long 32-p ()Panders were brought up to the Inkerman *inherit Ix by the French this morning, and last night an order was issued to the cavalry that their horsos were to be employed in carrying up shot and shell. The prudence of this order is m ore than doubtful, as our cavalry horses are . sow only just "getting round" the effects of the winter, and heavy traffic will soon 'throw them all back again. Besides a v propcn.ttion of what are called the " effect ive" survivoi s of the winter have got the mange, and in other respects are far from being in a condition to carry . up heavy burthens to the front. Yesterday, wlliem the order came, there was an officii .1 inspection -to ascertain the number of horses w Bich the two Tor igades of cavalry could turn out for t his work, and according to the inspection the four regiments composing the light brigade have uitd 'er 70 services4ble animals. To this small number the 13th Light Dragoons only contribute three. The heavy cavalry have but twice as many horses a 1. the light, in consequence of their never having mained in camp on the heights, where all the light cavalry horses starved. But neither light or heavy •_ are fit for carrying up shot to the trenches. Captain 13randling's troop of horse artillery has also been ord pared to furnish horses for this duty. Now Brandlii ig's troop has perhaps suffered less in horses than an 3 r other ono out hero, but it now only anus tors 58 h tc)rses instead of 210. If these 58 venerable relics are I used in the shot and shell line, what be comes of - the battery ? MARCH 2. Eve: ry tine still seems confident as to the results which i rill attend our re-opened fire. It is intended to con,c, nitrate the fire of certain batteries upon ono or two weak points in the enemy's defences until the gu.c . in them have been dismounted, and the abbatvi 3 round them destroyed. To effect this e acli 10. ag gun will fire 100 rounds of shot and shell p .3r day and each mortar 50 rounds of shell every 12' houl M. The mortars will fire all through the night t• ) prevent the enemy repairing the damages wl Lich l Mare been caused during the day's bombard rut thme long guns will only fire during the day lig Fit. small howitzers, and cohorns will used in our most advanced works for the destr set( of the stockades and abbattis. Storm ing p artie s will be told off to attack each battery as so( ).0 as silenced. With the new batteries lately throe nr up the English will open fire with abo u t 150 .4-un4, and the French with nearly 200. The lOtii or 11th of March are spoken of as the dates on w' hie h it is most probable we shall re-commence our ; ,thick. THE CRIMEA. A letter, dated Constantinople, March 1, says : " delay which took place in the distribution of the loivA r, by the last mail from the Crimea did not allow r , r ep l o send you an account of a feat of arms which took /, tat :a on the night between the 23d and 24th of Feb• us zy. For some time it was known that the Russians of re erecting impor:ant works of counter-attack near t h e At.tlakhoff Tower, towards st hick the R each line gr.tdually approaching nearer and nearer. As to e ie avotks were likely to emnlmrrass the French miners and disturb the plans of the Allies, it was resolved to de str, my them. To this effect a portion of the 3d Division, DU icr the order of General Monet, advanced during the ght of thc.23d, and attacked the Russians in their en- Gt The Russians, much superior in numbers, ade a valiant defence ; but, notwithstanding their re ,istance, and the fire of the batteries and vessels in the pa rt which bore upon the battle ground, they were driven on t of their positions and the works destroyed. This it ap pears was the sole object of this nocturnal expedition, 411 there was no idea of remaining in a pesiOon that could be swept easily by the guns of the port. ,'The French returned after accomplishing their object, but not without considerable loss, estimated at 100 killed and 300 wounded. Among the former there were seven or eight officers, and some 20 officers wounded. General Monet himself had the thumb of his right hand shot off, and received a shot in his arm. The loss of the Russians, which must have been considerable, could not be ascertained." LYCEUM TBEATEE. Last night a one-act bagatelle, entitled Ait Episode in the Life of a Cozy Couple, was performed here for the first time. In the present instance we are told that the farce is not a translation from the French, but that it is an original one. The great weight of the piece falls in this ir.stance to Mr. Frank Matthews ; and to his act ing, although Mr. C. Mathews acquitted himself with his usual ability, the success of the piece is to be ascribed. The plot is very simple, It is as follows :—A certain Mr. Dormouse, twenty years ago, was the comrade of Tom Russelton, a restless, devil-may-care sort of fellow, who, to use his own expression, has travelled all over the world. Since that time Dormouse had married and has been enjoying the comforts of rural felicity ; but this state of connubial bliss is interrupted by the arrival of Toni, who expresses surprise at the slow way in which Dormouse is passing away his time. He brings back to his recollection the many happy days they have spent together at Paris, Madrid, Rome, and other places, and Dormouse is so elated with Tom's description that he determines to accompany Tom on a Tour of pleasure, if he can obtain the consent of Mrs. D. Tom undertakes to obtain it ; but, his better feelings being worked upon by the tender manner of the lady he determines to persuade Dormouse to abandon his intention. After a great deal of trouble and by feelingly, placing before Dormouse the miseries of illness uncheered by the presence and affection of a wife Dormouse foregoes his intention; and, further, he succeeds in inducing Tom Rum- Belton to stop at home, and share with them the innocent pleasures and delights of retirement. The acting of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, as Mr. and Mrs. Dormouse, was perfect, and the honours of the piece may be justly said to belong to them. It wants a little compressing, and when that has been done it will add greatly to the success of the " episode." ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The benefit of Mr. W. Cooke next Monday will, without doubt, be the " great night" of the season. In the days of Ducrovr the lessee's benefit used to be so, and we see no grounds why Mr. Cooke's should be an exception to the general rule. On the score of attraction, he has put forth one of the best bills we have seen for a long time, the great feature being the revival of the splendid spectacle of Ti mom' the Tartar in all its original magnificence. To this will be added the performances of the wonderful elephants, and the ever new and pleasing "scenes in the arena." If ever me nager deserved well at the hands of his patrons, that manager is Mr. W. Cooke, for to man has laboured iner,l assiduously to please the tastes and gratify the eyes of the ktbitues of the world-renowned " Astley's Amphitheatre" than he has done. Her Royal Higliness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Panay Howard, Baroness do Speth, and Sir Ceur:,fe Couper, left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, for her residence, Froginore, near Windsor. Ti - ,e Earl and Countess of Effingham and family ar rived in Eaton-placc, yesterday, from the Grange, York shire, where they have been staying since December last. The family are expected to remain in town for the s,a,non. The Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam left Belgrave square, on Wednesday, for Deal Castle, Kent. It is uncertain when the earl and her ladyship will return to London. The Earl and Countess of Alahnesbury have returned to town, for the season, from Heron Court, Christ church. The Earl and Countess Cawdor had a select dinner paaty, on Wednesday, at their mansion in South Audley street. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth were among the guests at Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston's dinner party on Wednesday evening. Lady Ashburton left Bath House, on Wednesday, fur the Grange, Hampshire. Sher ladyship is expected to return to tuwn to-morrow. Lord Ashburton remains in town. The Chief Seeretary for Ireland (the Right Hon. Ed ward Horswan) entertained a party of Irish representa tives at dinner, on Wednesday last, at his residence on Ricbaiond•terrace. The Etnma has arrived from Sydney, whence she sailed on the 25th Oct., but is not known to have any gold on fr,i4ht. The departure of the Iberia with the Peninsular mails has been postponed until Tuesday, 20th instant. Accounts from Corsica state that at least sixty bodies, no doubt the fearful produce of the wreck of the S4mit lante, have been cast on shore there. The body of Captain Jugan, her commander, is the only one that has been identified. After sentence bad been passed on Madlle. Doudet, an order arrived for her being taken to a house of deten tion ; and instead of being remittal to Dr. Pinel's inaison (is sauté, where she had been for some time on account of the state of her health, she was conveyed to the prison of St. Lazar°. On hearing the order, she merely said, " I expected it." MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.—The figure of the _ late Emperor of Russia is at present one of the greatest sources of curiosity and interest in this popular esta blishment, as appears by the crowd of visitors who throng round the modern war group, of which he makes one of the principal objects, or at this time perhaps the chief one, having so lately departed from the scenes of con flict of his own seeking. The likeness is most excellent, and is highly creditable to the artists employed. GREAT CONFLAGRATION AT LUCAS'S WHARF.—Yes terday morning, about 5 o'clock, a terrible fire broke out in an extensive granary and wharf belonging to Mr. Glendinuing, termed Lucas's Wharf, and upon the rope and ship's sail works belonging to Mr. Hall, both being situated on Bermondsey-wall, and occupying there a large space of ground. Other premises in the neighbour hood, containing inflammable materials, were also in volved in the flames, which extended very rapidly, and in spite of the continued efforts made to arrest their pro• gress the damage done was very considerable. STAR CLUB.—The second meeting of this club for the present session was held on Wednesday last, at Fenton's Hotel, when there were present—the Princes Gholam Mohamed and Feroze Shah, his Excellency the American Minister, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Oliveira, M.P. ; Mr. M'Gregor, M.P. ; Mr. Kershaw, M.P. ; Mr. Hastie, M.P. ; Sir James Anderson, M.P. ; Mr. Cowan, M.P. ; Mr. Lee, M.P. ; Mr. Barnes, M.P. ; Mr. Wickham, M.P. ; Dr. MeLean ; Rev. Geo. Jepson, M.A. ; 3.1 r. Grant, Colonel Starr, Mr. Gyll, Sir Cusack Roney, and Sir Thomas Roberts, Bart. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., presided. REPRESENTATION OF LIVERPOOL LIVERPOOL Thurd ty —The parting address of Lord Ravensworth was published this morning. The liberal party have failed to induce Mr. James Wilson to contest the seat, and have accordingly started a requisition to Thomas Brock:el auk, Esq., one of the largest shipowners in Liverpool, which Las been numerously and respectably signed. is doubtful, however, whether they will ob taM t':at gentleman's consent. Mr. Brocklebank is well-known _and highly respected here, and from his general loc and commercial knowledge would no doubt :ibly represent this borough. The Tui ice, however, are quite sanguine of being able to return Sir S. George 11 by a large majority. From Frankfort we learn that although a month had elapsed since the order was given for Kriegsbereitschadt, and the different States were ordered to repoi t themselves 1 81, e :c a d:II : au l y duost nlititabei Darmstadt. .: fortnight, L—piApraeH o ,u n sßa l s y :ovLv t a l ei i i the following saxclvurt e mb Governments ur g Braden, Holstein, Anhalt, Schwartzburg, Lichtenstein. Hanover, - NV Electoralal Lippe-Waldeck, e c kH, Hesse, H es Olden burg,se and about fifteen of the miner States had not yet reported themselves ready. - RUSSIA. The Russian Invalid has the following relative to the affair of the so-called redoubt. It is a some what extended version of the first telegraghic bul letia of "victory" : " Prince Menschikoff reports that on the night of the 21st-22d February we erected a redoubt before the left flank of our fortifications at Sebastopol, upon the flank of Mount Sapun, which forms the right side of the Dockyard-creek, in ordtr to create new impediments to the progress of the besiegers' works. This operation was effected to rapidly that the enemy could offer no opposition, and did not open a fire of mus ketry against our rifles until daybreak, although be had remained under arms the whole night. Two days later, in the night of the 24th-25th, he attacked the redoubt with a strong force, but was brilliantly driven back by the regiments of Volbynia and Selinginsk, the former, 27th line, belonging to the sth, and the latter, 21st line, to the 4th corps, under General Chrustscheff, formerly colonel of the 27t1i. According to the statements of prisoners, the enemy lost 600 killed and wounde,,,ratid among them 340 Zouaves. We had sixty-seven kited, of whom seven were subaltern officers, and 205 wounded or contused. During the last few days the enemy's. siege operations have been insignificant. They have abandoned their mining works. Since the strong reconnaissance made by Lieutenant-General Chruleff on the 17th against Eupatoria, nothing of moment has occurred in that neighbourhood." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Intelligence was received this morning in Paris that the bombardment of Sebastopol was being carried on with the utmost vigour. It appears that a new description of rocket has been used with the most perfect success—so much 'so that many portions of the town had been burned down by their intervention ; and when the despatch left there were many other houses still burning. It is further stated that several Russian officers had de serted over to the French camp, and their descrip tion of the suffering . ; of the besieged is appalling. The news of the Emperor's death had reached Se bastopol on the 6th. There has been a stupid story afloat as to the dying instructions of the Czar Nicholas to his eldest son, exhorting him to make peace on auy terms. It is so absurd, and bears the impress of falsehood so palpably upon its face, that I am almost ashamed to mention it. The Moniteur extracts from the Frankfort Jour nal the following communication from Vienna " The Emperor Francis Joseph has sent the Archduke William to St. Petersburg to present his compliments of condolence to the Empress-Mother and the new Emperor, and to felicitate his Majesty Alexander 11. on his acces sion to the throne. "These, however, are merely the acts of etiquette usual between princes, and by no means a proof of any modifi cation of policy on the part of the Court of Vienna. Its political programme is still that fixed by its adhesion to the bases of peace agreed to on the Bth of August by the Western Powers, and also by the conclusion of the treaty of alliance of the 2d December. It is to defend the im mutable interests of Austria and Germany, the most sacred principles of right and European equilibrium, that Austria, at great expense, long since took sword in hand, and stands armed and ready. " It would be superfluous to prove that there eau be no thought of the conclusion of peace till some thing decisive has occurred in the Crimea. If it should be in favour of Russia, and that Power should then wish either to withdraw her former concessions or modify them so as to render them illusory, the duty of Austria would be that of energetic opposition to such purposes." BOURSE, MAP.CH 15. CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. per Cents. (x(1) 94 95 95f. C. 3 per Cents 69 8J 70f. The. Credit Atobilier 765 Roman Credit Fonder — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. ft. c. Orleans 1,205 Lyons . ... 1045 Western 650 -- Rouen Cette Mediterranean 940 Havre 560 Northern ...... ...... 860 Cherburg AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARGO. PLYMOUTH, Friday Morning.—The Argo, Captain Hyde, belonging to the General Screw Company, ar rived at six o'clock last evening, not being able to pro ceed up the channel in consequence of stress of weather. She left Sydney January 2d, and Port-Philip 7th. As far as Cape Horn, she had moderate weather, and then had a baffling and light wind to the line. Stie reached St. Vincent February 27. The voyage from Port-Phi lip to St. Vincent occupied two days less than former voyage. She remained at St. Vincent four days, and left March 3d. Had bad weather to longitude 40. She had been under weigh 59 days, 8 hours, and 30 minutes, the time of the voyage being 63 days 13 hours. The Argo brings a mail which was landed here from Sydney. She has geld dust, 5,553 ounces, valued at 22,2121. From Port Philip, 70,665 ounces, valued at 282,6601. ; specie and jewellery, 6,0411. ss. Bd., making a total of 310,9131. Se. Bd. She has also 138 cases of goods for the Pans Exhibition. The Argo brings 85 passengers, including the Lord Bishop of Melbourne and Mrs. Perry. The British ship of war, Calliope, the steamers Acheron and Torch, were at Sydney. The Electra, Farmaie, and Lily, were at Port Philip. The Lily was to leave in a few days for England. At SD. Vincent, the brig Industrious. Barque Pre mier, sailed March 1, for Barbadoes. The barque Clare mont sailed for Savannah. The American steamer, River Bird, from New York for China, was coalin. The barque Robert Bri g ht, f rom S Nan se a , arrived' March ht, and the brig John Hillman, from the same port, on the 2d. The royal steam-ship Great Western, from Brazils, an ived on 3d. The Argo spoke, February 3d, American ship Atlas, off Cape Horn, 99 days from Baltimore ; on the 4th, Ilaniburg brig Mina, lat. 55.9 S., lon. 58.5, from Chinca Islands, for Pernambuco ; on the 13th, the American sailer Monmouth, in lat. 26.43, lon. 31.55 west ; and the British ship Merse, in same latitude, from London to Australia. On the 21st the British barque Elizabeth Archer, from Liverpool to Callao, 59 days out. Thirteen invalided soldiers were sent off by express train to-day, and 113 more will be sent up to-morrow. A late edition of the Melbourne Morning Herald, of December 11, supplies intelligence from Ballarat to De cember 10. The examination of the prisoners made dur ing the recent disorders had been continued for several days, and numbers had been released. Others had been committed ; a few for high treason, some for sedition. Among the latter, Mr. Seebarnp of the Bendigo Times. On the 9th, martial law gave place to the ordinary civil government. Before retiring from the command, Sir Robert Nickle offered a reward of 500/. for the capture of Venn, one of the insurgent leaders, dead or alive, provided it were made before the cessation of martial law. Sir Robert had made himself popular at the dig gings, and many who saw the proclamation law with pain were sorry when it was discontinued. "There appears to be no doubt," says the correspondent of the journal quoted, " that the insurgents were the first to fire on the 3d, and if so, heavy as their punish ment has been, they brought it on themselves ; but the feeling relative to the conduct of at least some of the mounted police remains unchanged." On the Bth a meeting was held at Bath's Hotel, to petition for a general amnesty. It was said that the Right Rev . . Dr. Goold, who had arrived at Ballarat, was the bearer of an amended set of rules for the administration of the gold-fields. These rules, which had the sanction of the Government, the bishop was about to submit to the diggers. There was a report, but it was thought an un grounded one, that Venn, the insurgent digger, at the head of a considerable force, had erected a stockade in Waraucheps Forest. The following is a correct state ment of the casualties on the part of the troops in the late encounter :-40th Regiment ; Captain Wyse, se verely wounded (but progressing favourably) ; t wo rank and file killed, four severely wounded. 12th Regiment; Lieut. Paul, severely wounded in the hip ; one rank and file killed, five ditto wounded. Mounted police ; one trooper wounded. The General Screw Company's steamer Natal has been chartered fora war transport by the Frenoh Government. She left Southampton yesterday for Toulon. Belgium is still without a ministry. M. de Theux, leader of the conservatives in the Chamber, was to have an audience of the King on Wednesday. Letters from Stuttgard state that the First Chamber had voted unanimously the amount of three millions de manded by the Government as the extraordinary war credit required, but rejected by 19 votes to 10 the decla ration passed by the Lower Chamber that Wtutemberg's policy required the most intimate adhesion to Austria. The Min:eter von Linden s &id that the G. rman Diet had long since thrown aside its neutrality and openly joined Austria. The BERNAL COLLECTION.—T. e sale of , yesterday was carried o❑ at the mansion, No. 03, Eaton-square ; the objects disposed of were miniatures, chiefly French. Very good prices were realised. The most itnportant " lots" were those of Charles IX. and Henry 11. of France, painted by Janet, bought by Messrs. Colnaghi for the sums of 155 and 205 guineas respectively. The competition for this day's of in no *ay resembled that which manifested itself on certain other occa , ions in connexion with this memorable sale : to judge, how• ever, from the marked peculiarity of many of the sul.- jects which ranain to be disposed of, further displays of eager competition may be anticipated. The sale of mediaeval works in metal takes place to-day at the auc tion rooms in -King.street, where the sale will be ccn tinued throughout the month—with the extedtion of next Saturday, when some pictures from the collection of the Duke of Argyll will be sold. ' DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE. The Queen and Prince Albert left Buckingham Palace yesterday morning for Osborne, Isle of Wight, accompanied by the Prince of Walfr, the Princess Royal, Pi ince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold, and also by the Prince of Leiningen. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were Lady Churchill, the Hon. Mary Bulteel, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Major-General Bou verie, Captain Du Plat, and Mr. Gibbs. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended to their carriage by the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Listowel, Viscount Torrington, Sir Frederick Stovin, Major-General Wylde. Her Majesty and the Prince and the Royal party left Buckingham Palace at 20 minutes before 10 o'clock, in six of the Queen's carriages, for the private station at Vauxhall, and proceeded to Gosport, by a special train on the South-Western Railway. PORTSMOUTH, MARcii 15 Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal family arrived at this port this morning, en route to Osborne, at 12 o'clock. Her Majesty was re ceived by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Garrison, Major-General Breton ; Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, C 8., Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet ; Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of tins Dockyard ; Captain-Superintendent Smith, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, Captain Crispin, the flag and staff officers of the naval and military chiefs, and a guard of honour from the Royal Marines. Ou arriving in Clarence yarl, the. Royal standard was saluted by the Victory and other ships in harbour, which were dressed out in colours, their crews manning the rigging, and loudly cheering her Majesty as she passed them. The Fairy, Royal yacht, being alongside the jetty, her Majesty immediately embarked, and proceeded to Osboine, where she arrived at 1.15 p.m. In going out of harbour, the Royal standard on board the Fairy was saluted by the garrison, and subsequently by the fleet at Spithead assembling for the Baltic, which, dressed in colours and with yards manned, presented a magnificent spectacle. ROYAL PRESENT TO THE INVALIDS. CHATHAM, MARCH 15.—The commandant, Colonel Eden, of the garrison, at Chatham, received by yester day's train a large box, containing upwards of 150 volumes of books, which was forwarded to him by desire of her most gracious Majesty. Enclosed was a letter written by Colonel Phipps, expressing her Majesty's wish, and observing, that the Queen, on her recent visit to Chatham, was so perfectly satisfied with the inter nal arrangements of the hospitals, and was so truly gratified with the demeanour of the invalids, and who appeared so happy under all their afflictions, that the enclosed present of books was for the poor soldiers in hospital at the supplementary building, Brompton Bar racks. The whole of the books are beautifully bound, and are of the most interesting kind. The Queen has also sent some drawing paper, pencils, india rubber, and other articles used for drawing, for the sole use of Private William Cunningham, 7th Fusiliers, an inmate of the hospital, and who is slightly wounded in the foot and leg, and who at the time of her Majesty's visit to the wards was amusing himself sketching, which at tracted her Majesty's attention. He then produced souse of his sketches, which he had made in the Cri mea, and the Queen was so pleased with them that she requested the commandant to apply fur them for her. This was done, and the sketches were forwarded for her Majesty's acceptance, and the present thus sent down was an acknowledgment of the Royal favour. This noble and kind act of her Majesty is duly appre ciated by these poor fellows, and any inconvenience or discomfort which they have experienced at the seat of war in the East has been amply repaid by their Sove reign, whose friendly and generous warmth of feeling to wards them will never be forgotten by those now suffer ing in health and with loss of limbs. The commandant has given directions for the whole of the books to have the name of the Queen and the nature of the gift written in them. THE SARDINIAN ARMY. The following are the rules of promotion in the Sar dinian army -- "No one can be promoted to any rank who cannot prove himself qualified to fill the post, except for extra ordinary actions of merit, or from the impossibility to provide otherwise in presence of the enemy. "All privates must serve one year before they oan be made corporals ; corporals two years before they are made `under officers' (a rank equal to quartermaster serjeants and quartermaster corporals). "No one can-be appointed sub-lieutenant who has not completed his 18th year, who has not served two years as under officer, in a corps of the army, or passed through the military college. "Then sub-lieutenants must serve one year, lieutenants two years (and pass an examination after a year of study at the College of Ivrea), captains four years, majors three years, and lieutenant-colonels two years, before obtaining promotion to the rank above, except in time of war, when the periods required are reduced one-half. "In each corps in the service one-third of the sub lieutenantcies are given to under officers (subject to an examiration), and two-thirds to cadets from the mili tary college, but a tenth of the whole is reserved for special cases of merit in sub-officers or corporals who are not obliged to pass examinations. "The army is recruited by men drawn for the military levy, or those who enrol themselves voluntarily. Ail citiz-ms are subject to the law for the levy, but persons who have been condemned to forced labour or to im prisonment from certain crimes are excluded from the military service, and cannot on any plea be admitted into the army. " In ordinary times men are called upon to serve when in their 21st year, but in case of emergency they ma 3 be called upon sooner. The term of service in peace is reckoned at five years under arms, and seven on leave.' MEXICAN AFFAIRS. In the last tidvices from Mexico it was mentioned that M. Olsagarre, the Finance Minister, and the only man in the Government upon the honesty of whose inten tions the slightest reliance could be placed, had re signed his appointment. Previously to this step he had arranged the materials of a memoir on the re scurces of the country, which he had submitted to the eupreme authority, and a copy of which has just been received. It had excited a very favourable feel ing among all respectable persons in Mexico ; but the fact of M. Olsagarre having found his views in compatible with the possibility of his continuing in the Cabinet deprives them of the cheering features they would have presented if there had been a hope of their being tolerated by Santa Anna and his unscrupulou favourites. The main feature of the plan of his financial reform is the admission of 20 per cent. of the domestic bonds in payment of all duties and imposts, with the double object of relieving trade, of gradually extinguish ing the domestic debt. Ile intimates that if after some time 20 per cent. should be found too little, the propor tion might be increased to 30 or even 40 per cent. Ile also proposes to commit the collection of the revenue, a. a certain fixed percentage, to a fiscal board elected by the different classes of society—a measure too likely to stop peculation to have any chance of being enter tained. The data on which his calculations as regards the revenue are based refer to the twelvemonth from the Ist of July, 1853, to the Ist of July, 1854, and are summed up as follows _ _ Duties and imposts collected at the maritime Custom-houses Ditto in the interior $9,011,010 6,304,532 1,298,21)9 950,000 Direct taxes Stamps, &c. ... Gross Deduct 8 per cent. for charges of collection 1,405,10' Net Tobacco monopoly Pod-office Cards Tolls Mints $16,158,734 735,000 72,435 2:►,360 • 459,000 73,599 Total The expenditure he estimates as follows : Annual charge on foreign debts : Bonded debt of $51,208,250, con tracted io London, 3 per cent. interest... 51,536,247 London agency and charge of re mittances Diplomatic Convention Creditors : $1,604,516 Eng!ish, $5,541,401 07-3 per cent. interest, and 5 per cent. sinking fund 464,637 Spanish, $5,802,662 04-3 per cent, interest, and 5 per cent. sinking fund 4G4,:213 French (?) per estimate 200,000 Army and navy Civil service.. /loads and public works $2,733,366 10,000,030 3,000,000 1,000,000 Total 516,733,366 Which leaves an apparent surplus of $785,762 to meet extraordinary expenses. One of the tables furnished by M. Olsagarre, which gives in detail the amounts of import and export duties collected at each Custom-house, enables a calculation to be made of the produce of the revenues assigned to the British bondholders for the twelve months ending the Ist of July, 1854. During that period the import duties amounted to $5,800,542, the export duties in the Gulf to $794,289, and the ex port duties in the Pacific to $88,932 ; and, as the por tion assigned to the foreign debt is, on the first item :25 per cent., on the second 5 per cent., and on the third 75 per cent., the aggregate produce is about sl,s73,ooo—that is to say, more than enough to pay the annual intere3t on the debt, $1,536,247,, and to rr-- vide the expenses of the Mexican agency here. The charges of rctnittance are payable out of the general revenues. The bondholders, however, according the lest report of the committee, seem to have got only about one-half of all this. Thus it appears the Mexican Government are allowed with impurity to lay hands on a fund which has by law become British property, and which is in the very act of collection separated and throughout kept quite distinct Irons the rest of the revenue. The new fast steamer building far the South-Western Steam Packet Company, to run between S.mtharnpton and Havre, is nearly completed. She is to be called The Allies. It is intended that she shall make the pas sazo from post to port in rune hours. „ --1.---.mirvem-egs , "~mgrwieffeerefoomiglAP OlSl gin NAVAL AND MILITARY INTBLIN , . fl e es . This eveninee mails for her Majesty's nara i tart' forces in Turkey, the Pirmus (Greece), 6 °40 0 , and the Black Sea will be made up and desea ., tc' k e P • Y) there w Marseilles, thence to be conveyed by Frenc h r tioestl„ i ! Itfoe_re estimate( their destination. Senders of letters are coL . ,e to i, have them specially addressed t , Hospital, y Lte cotton marl( intended for persons at that place, otdierieje e .s be forwarded to the army in the Crimea or tn_ jo ki and ..Market, clue the Black Sea. All, letters for soldiers and 7, P ,,e404 any of the above-mentioned places otherwise the will be detained at *Get; ini . must te-.Y4f LeXport, a . I .nis Perham office, return t a h n e d m k ir Surat at openedtothe writer_. y ite fte proper officers , e • leil 70( ! ) al at ; Rear-Admiral Baynes struck his flag 9 0 rr o otS Centaur yesterday at Portsmouth, and iveritte;,,, ll/ u 1 4 1 , 14 Prices. is presumed, until his proper flag-ship ,l'un colonial ix Esk, 21, Captain Birch, whose leakag e • been yesterday, is ordered into harbour to be does Blenheim, 60, Captain Hall e - adjusted her COo! Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and will be the fleet at Spithead this day. The Orel have - to be docked to remedy her defects. 17, Commander Pullen, returned to Wilk The Ruby and Pelter, new screw gunboats, yesterday off Spithead to prove their ms' Mr. Miller, the chief assistant to the : Engineer of Portsmouth dockyari, went °l l i, one of them to make the experenents, after g • returned into harbour. T ue principal at test dockyard departments now seem centred 00 , Watt, 91, Hastings, 60, Pembroke, 60,11 n. tion, 28. These are being progressed nit' possible. The Grogan, 6, paddle- w heel sloop , der Cranford. steamed into harbour ) 3 °' ducked. The Dee, steam transport, arrived at yeeterday with machinery for the new JOY` Walter Maurice, hired-transport, arrived at terday, and will go into Portsmouth barbeL receive a detachment of about 150 merrof the tent for conveyance to Bermuda. These not embark, in all probability, until ear} the vessel having sustained some darner from the Thames, which will require i d. Cruiser, 15, Commander the Hon. G. P °llll. at Spithead yesterday and joined the fleet.; The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Ca,P" -- M. Pelham, and the steam-frigate Magle'.;_ talk Fisher, left Plymouth Sound yester da y mouth. The Sardinian iron screw steamer and' vernment hired transport Victoria Ear Pittalago, put into Plymouth Sound in a very leaky state, having injured down Channel by runningeeu shore off • The General Screw Steam Navigal transport Crcesus will embark this moron* and 647 non-commissioned officers and reeP r Wiltshire Militia for Corfu. The offic er° nant-Colonel the Right Hon. Lord Methyl Royal Horse Guards and the 71st Iligble'r, fantry ' • Major William A. H ea tbcote, 1 0 4 ; the 59th Foot ; Captains John E. Prosser in the 67th), Frederick Breton, John Captain the 51st Foot), John L. Reid,; Jones (late Captain in the 52d Foot), and' , d son ; Lieutenants David A r ch e r, ward G. Goble, Bartholomew Mahon,- and Arthur G. Moultree (late of the 6 31 ” Ensigns Frederick D. Smart, George Pinkett, Arthur Wyndham, Robert Thos. E. Pinkett ; Adjutant Capt. - (late Captain in the 50th Regiment) ; Ensign E. Paton (late of the 42d Higlilan' John F. Nichols ; Assistant-Surgeon Il i. ; following officers and men rema in wit' Major W. C. Grove (late of the 20th C. R. Skeete (late of the 19th Regime. Dickenson (late of the 15th), and W. the 50th) ; Lieutenants N. W. Sloper 2 l ' H. L. Hunt (late of the 67th), and Jo h n sign F. A. Somerset, and 171 men. Ni Two ships--viz., the Wellesley and theeetbeeme in the Thames on Wednesd a y, with th e yi t and the troops disembarked the followinag—ef Sl end, and proceeded to Chatham garr w7 e y e ejsr l ',o l The strength of the corps c ons i s ted of a " - lOW 0 tenants, 3 ensign, 2 assistant-surgeons, (Kiri 2 drummers, and 222 rank and file, beingteti mand of Maj.'. Edward Hill. The he i 4 expected to arrive at the end of the we v ' n ' s tit i el Bride of the Sea. The 96th left Calcut" - fe liio l 7th of December last. Major E. W. S c° ete" . also arrived at Chatham. The regiment Iee C IS ; tachments from Chatham in 1841; ds The General Screw Company's steallni. r i o ieepe! , Southampton yesterday morning for n" . ..„ * - 04 has been chartered by the French GoT r i S i tog purpose of conveying stores, &c., to the-i?'i e dsu , any other use which it may be deemed. 31 ! ;•• ee '• . ploy her in upon her airival at that por, t ' by trto The following ships have been engag e ' e eeee l ee ralty as regular transports :—City of A..„be'iii l ear No. 202 ; Ormalie steamer, No. 203 ; steamer, No. 204 ; William Aldham steatr e ; 1"t 0 ' Hansa steamer, No. 206 ; Germania steam Progress steamer, No. 208. The Hecate steam-sloop, Commander is intended com mnd t o commander proceed n tforly distinguishedserviceiat h 131 7 " hi°. her Sebastopol. First-Lieutenant Frederick AugustO the Woolwich division of Royal Marines , toted to be Captain, and appointed to the rice Varlo, retired on h a lf pay, f ro m ill "' - A great number of* .;ii continue 00 0 svieh lor the Roy a l Artillery. UP"rcl3( pined at head-quarters this week. The War-office has ordered an end'' farmed at Shorecliffe, near Folkestone, furti'le the Foreign Legion ; the grou nd to beo ce . of the old encampment which existed f - 1i . The total number of troops of the line Militia regiments in Ireland from garrison teed to the Crimea is 13,600. 0 IN it; COSIMERCI remand Could it be of food in State any demand fox ;-Latterly the ,Pose a has been kOt 'United St to the statem 44 4.3 there h as I neket• s limi 4, T 1440 Shares were "re is follows : 1144itili ecl States 6 per "nib " State 6 per R,_ Stat es 6 p()t 114tYlvic St a t e 5 Cl2.ania, 5 r 53,4,4115 5 per htnietts 5 Pel % rt i m :8 1 656 5 ppe p eerr e r r cec C eeenn e x " 4t 4 44 6 pepr Cent. i; • Zolltreal 6 per Cen '4l'i Orleans 6 Per dc Do. d( 4._ le Central 7 7 " 41 1114 7 per C e n lg Bonds) .. aylvania Cent qv York and Er ork and Er Tk and Erie York and Fri v :h oo o n n The feathero( arn e uci capita] bt th e s. warthi f , Money mar' e) although Mem will no ' , entfor th APPOINTMENTS . Lieutenants—George M. Balfour t u ° . Godfrey Taylor, recently serving in til4 the Pembroke ; Robert M. Gillson t ° George E. Barnes to the Hastings. be Paymasters—James R. Audrews t 0 Rear-Admiral Baynes, third in connu * " fleet ; Charles S. Giles, from the Tor Hastings ; Thomas M. Rarnrge, to th e I Giles; Hery Coope, f rom th e Archer to' Richard Curgenven, to the Archer, v ie Masters—Edmu n d P. Cole, receotlio Horatio, to the Neptune ; Henry D• vt Coastguard to the Ho ra ti o , v i c e Cole;• labeer, to the Archer. .0 1to Clerk in Chaige George J. D. AnteollatoOt Second Masters—Edward L. B. td Neptune to the Teazer ; R. D. Conner. the vice Williams ; Thoma s Oyl er , from Alban steamer. I Clerk Richard B. H. Ratcliffe, to t he 1 Clerks' Assistants—Thomas PullinCitolt, Humphrey Brett, to th e D u k e of Vie hl- tofr Midshipman Hon; U. -Fi-Fitzclare o l, oo o Yesterday ord e rs w ere i ssu ed to .k u i t ; full teering from the depot co m p an ies of Pl oy ments, the service companies of whic h have been placed under orders to pi-, t war—viz,, the 10th Foot, 29 t h ditto, ifi- t . Royal Rifle Regiment, and the 75th f e d' above-mentioned regiments is to be i O3° v mil 701 0 2 to 1,600 bayonets, fo rm i ng two battm l oog o each, and recruiting parties have he el/ to.° bt , manufacturing and agricultural districtO A O 0 Leers. . °7 ol i o 0 0 0 ditle 0 In addition to the ordinary per°_, l °- ; ( 4 11 ?"eise" which the various regiments of erobu' - p $ 10,6 06 , 1 (' 1 plied, each corps when doing pernistal;oli t 'l l will be furnished with 12 Minis 6 0 E 1 % 0 - of Yesterday three of the largest Por'c r itne k eslobe in number) for the regiments in the 0 s oo t, pi ds been attested simultaneou s ly for ..clO „,die 0-7,0‘ 4 , mustered and inspect e d at the rectiwle l fere street, Westminster, and then take n 0 ,09 f e A After having been duly attested eou' a el. 4 „.ol!„ sovereign as part of the bounty' . 131 ,; c 1 W o o O l d A ir mentioned recruits are chiefly gni' ly t he S li t , 02, sions of an order in Council, litniti p gi e rsee trici went to two years, for ttie caealT o Oeu ao i doo d fel nance corps in her Majesty's serv .° o - t, lot — oleri India Company's troops ; but it itr 01 01; present to enlist persons for the lb c '•' short a period of service. Fie er e,P Lieutenant-General Sir Thonu. l t see'," K.C.H., who died on the 11th inatl t ° 0 10 0 14 was colonel of the 80th Regireele: of CI k O.; King's colour of the 23d at the sieg - ieot %OP yr, 1807. He accompanied his Tog': wo_e".„toolo thence to the West Indies, ancied eg - 0 0 , 0 0'i capture of Martinique. He pr u-- ; 01 1 ' lip rica, and thence to Portugal in Gene° eN: O ,O pointed to the staff of the Adjutant-,_000,0, A was in the field at the battles of S su ' ef Oat, ' O 4. Madrid and the Retiro, the sieg e koa d), 71Porirt (where he was wounded in the ; 12 , sebes, Nivelle, the actions of the 11th, le' fr etO 15 cember, 1813, before Bayonne, rg r iv leon r t and Toulouse. On the escape of 1 "P:stoo, .0' 0 • 10 9 Ler tb was appointed aide-de,camp to e j ie 00 Marquis of Londonderry), and sac to , of 0 ,6,11 of 1815 with him at the head-V ier _ t he 18 11 '0 and Russian armies. He bad ree e e l in. or to arwo r ea) with eight clasps. He. entered th, Q, opt lieutenant in 1806, a captain in 1 81 12 " e i lieutenant-colonel in 18 19 , a c°l° 07. 0 1 0 major-general in 1846. . 0 0 of Due 0 ,0 oe 6 Messrs. Courtney and Stephens,,, o,4oo.Aiiiii Tuesday the Government orders r to be 1 ",,,te1e . ;; 0 /1, huts and stables for the camp 0) b e ceToti l ' is to ! de t o , Curragh of Kildare. The work oe oc rs o 0 0,0 days from Wednesday last, and A be vii OE d period a proportionate premival vv,1, 1311 0 0 0 .0" coMracters have commenced opera , r' eot of t w i „ 0 1 will speedily have in their eniPlo) Lu titer°. , wen, of whom 450 are to be carpe-, 1,4 that the contract will an___lount to 0 ," too „ OFD MILITIA hee l we Or A reel &ting party of the N , rtr o ni ,lo- e sit ie hio fantry Militia. under Captain Ada! r jo j•Tel ee ri,;o l up f,r recruits' for some CIAP P 3B _ s, yOr rereh 'Fyne, and with considerable s ucce'. of : , ! 0 0. 00 ; conic in pretty freely. The streng t h .e... , e , o bor l i v , 1, 1 1 present is, exclusive of officers, D. There is some talk of erecting .t_r u l' o f bilp„ p e e; the Worcester Militia, the te W ith t ile 1 1 1 0 be°olj found not only incompatible with 6 military discipline, but very Pr Jnoont b 0 11 1 , morals of the men. They e xpect P oll 5 gipS,, $1 off to Aldershott. a ie n e In the biverness, Banff, there are now enrolled 1. 4 . En"' ri g s a e l a u r e n e d l :44etlueovtati s e reelfcz . t d "4clevand k ay ex hpidlhave to }bete ' 3 ' into cii r the borr 4 4Q lea loan 4,33,n0t, Ent The at 4 e gai.s e Englist 11015'.13 the i n , ,:trst h ave bee tisfer, and 1 )t itat kaations i] Indi a S ch equer,, s Bills 1 4 4. . P remit hr ' llB ForE Thrancl. 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