The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-02 00:00:00

HIGH WANE% AT LONDON BEIDOK TRIII DAT —Morning 28 min.after 1 I Eveninr 48 sain.aft. 1 To.loAsoir Morning 5 min.after 2 / Evening 23 Iniu.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Sum 0711CII, March.. 2. THERMOMBTIB, IN THZ SHAWL 154—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 54—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'35—a sudden fall. WIND, S.W.—Fresh breeze, with very mild, sunshiny weather. This day week finished the frost, after 39 days' continn• sum of anew and frost. nRITRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.- 4... 'Leticia:4 Prices as usual. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. RZYNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Beal, Wranda, and Blae Mrs Henri Drayton, Miss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdllke.; Jenny Bear. To conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMABKRT• Under the management of Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENING. Wit be performed the Comedy of A CURE FOR LOVE. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Buckstone, and E. Vll - ; Mice E. Castillo, Mrs• Griffiths, and Mrs. Poynter. After which it new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER. To be followed by TIIE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To conclude with a new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers, called THE GALICIA - N FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIZEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Glum= SEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be 'presented FROM VILLAGE TO tiOURT. Sfe3srs. Har ley, David Fisker, and Cathcart; Misses Murray and Heath. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. To concluda with DEEP AS A POST. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. 'Crider the Management of Madame Veer's. THIS EVENING. Will be performed USED UP. Characters by Measrs. C. Ma thews, Baker, G. Murray, Roxby, and Morris ; Mrs. Hughes, and Miss M. Oliver. . To be followed by (11th time) a new Comic Drama, called TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING. After which will be produced the new and original Fairy Zaire - Vairanza.,entitled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. Box-Once epea Prom 10 until 6. Bole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Alleroft. 15, Now-Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proptietor, Mi. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be. performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. To be followed by THE UNKNOWN &NI) THE BAYADERE. Cbaracters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G Lee Misses Woo:gar ani Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita and Benoni. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, WIN be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Masten will appear. • - Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After 'which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD 3.IINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Uaaer the direction of Mies Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed a new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS. After wtddh. the new Operatic Bluiesque. entitled, ALONZO THE BRAVE. To conclude with the popular Barletta. OUR NELLY. Principal character, miss Rebecca Isaacs. A STLE Y'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The BATTLE of BALAKLAVA and of INKERMANN, added, by Third Act, to the suceessfhl Spectacle, the BATTLE of the ALMA, which .this week reaches its 118th representation 1 The addition embraces the ever-memorable charge of the British Cavalry, and also those tremendous hand-in-hand encounters which chwacterlsed the above engagements. After which. and to conclude with, a select and prolonged Series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. Wm. Cooke. Hort-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Was t - Acting Manger, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. c r : LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCB. 2, 1855. Lord GODERICH'S motion for an address to her MAJESTY, on the subject of promotion is the Army, was last night rejected by a majority of 44, there boitg 158 against, and only 114 in its favour. .The advocates for military reform should not, — however, be discouraged on that account. Few questions have received such respectable sup port on the first occasion of being brought for ward, more especially when an "aged vice" was the _object of attack, and a largo proportion of those whose votes were demanded possessed " a vested interest" in retaining matters in, state quo. Indeed:the discussion and subsequent division may be regarded as conclusive. The stone has been set in motion, which will acquire velocity as it proceeds, until in its irresistible progress it prostrates every impediment, and creates a breach much wider than would have been demanded in the first instance. Concessions that would now be joyfully received will on a future occasion be un • hesitatingly rejected. The " pressure from with out," already sufficiently marked, will become more decided, and a radical change must be effected where a fair modification would now be thank fully accepted. Mr. FREDERICK Pm. was, in virtue of his position, put forward as the champion of the existing abuses. It was possibly in reference to this very subject that he was pitchforked into the situation, for which he certainly possesses no very extraordinary qualifications. Mr. LA YARD had too earnest a feeling as to the necessity of im proving the very foundation of our Military system, of affording hope of promotion to the meritorious officer or soldier, and showing that an efficient person might hope to rise in the service, albeit, without rank or money, to be " the right man" for the supporters of the system. He was therefore deprived of the situation which had but a few days previously been tendered to him, and the fortunate young gentleman taken from the Colonial-office, where he might be useful, and placed in the War-office, with the duties whereof he was wholly unac quainted. In vindication of the appointment, however, he last night put forward his most Pompous platitudes, in order to show the vast ad vantages incidental to the sale and purchase of commissions rather than promotion either by seniority, as in the Engineers and Artillery, or by _ merit, as supposed to be in the Royal Navy. Re also endeavoured to prove that the position of a d eserving non-commissioned officer was by no means improved by promotion. If his arguments could be sustained, then not only has every recent movement of the Horse Guards been in the wrong direction, but we should go back to the old system, and make purchase theonlyor pos sible way of attaining military or even naval civil rank. The Hon. Gentleman should him se l f ec have paid pretty smartly for his Under-S retaiy _ ship, with the chances of further promotion in thelMinfsterial ranks which it holds out. Another argument put forward was as to the Pecuniary results, and the compensation which the: country might be required to pay to those who had purchased their rank, if the system were now altered, and they could no longer dispose of what they had bought. It is unnecessary, how ever, to enter on this point. The most strenuous reformer would not, we believe, hesitate at any expenditure necessary to establish the military system on a sounder l'asis, and to produce the greatest efficiency, not only :amongst the officers, but also in the men, by affording the strongest liiiaulant to zeal, energy, ability, and steadiness. A:N e d; ens may unquestionably be urged against the , invariable promotion by seniority—that re cognises no claim for services, however distin guished, and against that which gives everything not to merit—for that is what is required—but to interest. In the one case, it is peculiarly hard on young and vigorous men to see the way blocked up, and their progress arrested, by senile imbecility, or even mediocrity. On the other hand, it is still harder on hard-working veterans, who have honestly won their rank, to see youths, born after they were in harness, elevated above their heads, simply because they had influential friends. But surely the rule of seniority is better than that of purchase. The former insures a considerable amount of service, the other only the possession of a certain sum, while that nominally for service does not hold out greater advantages to those possessed of interest than that now in operation, and is not, by any means, so unfair to veteran officers. Either of them would be a decided improvement on the purchase system. But why should either be exclusively adopted ? A judicious admixture of both would exactly meet the exigency of the case, making promotion by seniority the rule, with exceptions in favour of every man who fairly merited the privilege. Public opinion would criticise all such appoint ments, and so much the better. If it could not totally prevent jobbery, if it could not insure the advancement of the best man, it would at least prevent any flagrant abuse, and insure the ap pointment of men duly qualified for the duties they were required to discharge. The labours of the Grand Inquest now sitting, under the presidency of Mr. ROEBUCK, would, we are inclined to think, be a good deal facilitated if it were taken for granted that everything at tempted in connection with the War has been set about on the principle of doing it in the worst conceivable way, and in utter recklessness of what might be the consequences. A good deal, doubt less, might be said in favour of the supposition that what was apparently attempted was never designed to be done ; but, as this would be re garded as an extreme view of the matter, it is as well that it should give place to one so moderate as the preceding. If this be not entertained and acted upon, the gentlemen of the Grand Inquest will run a great risk of being bewildered for want of a cue, as blunder after blunder, to use the popular phrase, presses on their attention ; for how else are they to account for so uninterrupted a succession ? A blunder they well know is an event of an excep tional nature ; consequently, if there is little else than apparent blunders, the presumption is ap pearances have proved deceptive, and what seem to be blunders are not so in reality, but the result of design. Passing over the selection of Varna, notoriously an unhealthy locality, as a halting-place—the in vasion of the Crimea and the Siege of Sebastopol, with inadequate forces, at the worst possible period of the year, all of which, by the way, favour the supposition we have humbly hazarded, let us turn to the housing and provisioning of our troops, and see whether the principle has been carried out there. In a country so cold in winter as the Crimea, so fickle at all times, and far removed from this country, the materials for shelter and fire could not, one would think, be procured too near, or with too great regularity and speed. Such, it would appear on our hypothesis, was the opinion of the officials both at home and abroad, for they have most un questionably adopted the very worst modes to secure these desiderata. Within twelve hours' sail of the port of Bala klava an abundance of wood, coal, sheep, cattle, fowl, fruit, vegetables and forage, have been available from the hour of landing to the present moment, and some of these almost at the mere cost of transport. Of course n• advantage has been taken of the fact. Huts, firing, and pro visions must be brought from this country at all risks. Everybody knows the result. Thousands on thousands of our gallant soldiers have fallen victims to the want of adequate shelter and suitable food. Dieted on salt pork and bis cuits, the soldier, fresh from a too-prolonged ex posure to the inclemency of the weather, found in his chilly tent no means of restoring lost heat and wasted strength. Then came dysentery, and other diseases having a like origin, and did their work. Nature, at 12 hours' distance, bountifully offered the means of life and health. Red-tapism, how ever, could not countenance - the notion that Nature could be bountiful out of Great Britain: So' the fruit and vegetables .on the Anatolian shores of the Black Sea were Isuffered to rot, the cattle, sheep, and poultry to increase and mul tiply, the forests to grow still mare rank—and the coal to remain nnwrought. Hubs and firing, long wanting, came, it is true, at las t, but only when they had almost ceased to be wanted. The treatment •f the honer; has closely re sembled that of the men. Forage must be brought them from this country. It wawa sent, but arrived so irregularly that the animals, weakened by ex posure, have died by hundriestils of starvation. Others, again, have died of sheer exhaustion, after working as long as they could_ knee-deep in the muddy roads between the catop and Balaklava. Yet all this while an abundam ce of wood (for stabling), of forage, and of buffaloes, animals best adapted for such work on such 1- oads, was to be had within twelve hours' sail, It is scarcely within the verge of possibility th at this was not known--for it is notorious that n ow and then the barque of some rascally Greek a rrived from the Anatolian shore, laden with fa wls, vegetables, &c., to be sold at the most e: corbitant prices. But why proceed with a subjet :t so revolting ? Justice will not be done, and tb ere is reason to fear the principle we have suggested will practi cally be carried out further. GI 3vernment mean to avail themselves of the resourt es to - which we have called attention, but, accon ling to a writer in Bentley, evidently well acqua .inted with the subject, after the clumsiest fashi' )n. Instead of selecting for head-quarters Tium or Samsun, the points from which alone access to the interior of Asia Minor is tolerably easy, it is understood they have selected Sinope ; the best port, it is true, but having little or no intercouz ie with the in terior. FUNERAL OF THE LATE JOSEPH YI .UHE.—Yesterday morning the remains of this gentles ian were removed from his town house, Bryanston-stis are, Marylebone (to which they had been conveyed In nn Burnley Hall, I . )7special train of the Eastern Conn ties Railway), to Kewisnh of sal the deceased.green Cemetery, ,h ie funeral iarrow- rot ra ,a ngea ts wereccordteinngtothe of a: most unostentatious ch a racter. .a.deputati on of the Court of Alden ien on the subject Grey yesterdaY, Asylum, M. and th of a Lunatic had an intervites , with Sir George consisted of Mr'. tthe Home-office,. The deputation A deputation from tl ( : Alderman Farebrotli r, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, City Remembra icer. Executor raid Trustee Society, consisting of Mr. Josial: (directors),, V .r. George Harris, yesterday at tTi t e 13 13 ' Lad aeneteFe)" "iniedwMwritheiaLtnd and Mr. F. H. Robinson arrived in I iot alord of Trade. Parliamentary agent, ao il e at 2 . o'clock St i zl Q ay uee of n tl i d n e e r s l s e e y nger _P F I , With des imrn War, Yesterday afternoon from Coasts, iti f—atehes from the Commander of - t1 . Crimea for Lord Panrnure, Secretes: f e e f Sta e t r e ce fo s r A deputation of licensed victualle re from Southwark, consisting of Messrs. Foster, Whit e, Harris, G r i mes , and Candelet, had an interview with Si r William Mole:- worth, yesterday, at the office of l'r iblic Works an d Buildings, Whitehall. A deputation on behalf of water aa:ei gas companies, as affected by the Public Health Act , I %mendment Bill, had an interview yesterday with this. President of the General Board at his office, Whitebafil. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Baxter, Shadwill l, Hawkins, and James. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1855. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Allow me, through the medium of your pages, to lay before the public a rather curious fact. It is a singular circuinstarce, that the speech of Cicero on the Manilian Law, delivered 1,921 years ago, should be almost as applicable to the present state of affairs con cerning the uar as it was to that of the period in which it was spoken. A few citations, taken from Guthrie's Cicero, may not be out of place :—"Thus have I laid down the point in question ; but bow you shall deter mine lies in your own breasts. My duty, I think, now leads me speak, first, of the nature, then of the great ness, of the war ; then of a General proper to manage it. Its rature is such as to demand all your resent ment, and to arouse all your courage. That glory, which on all occasions was great, but in the field g reatest, the glory transmitted by your great forefathers into your hands—the safety of your friends and allies, pur chased by the best blood of your ancestors—the surest and fairest revenue of Rome, that revenue which coin. , municates dignity to peace and success to war ;—in short, the fortunes of numbers of citizens, now depend ing upon the protection of you and your generals—are all at stake." Again—" For hitherto your generals have fought on such a footing with this Prince, as to carry off the tro phies of victory, but not victory itself. Lucius Sylla has triumphed, Lucius Marmna has triumphed, over Mithradates. These two were brave men, and accom plished generals, yet their triumphs were such as to leave him, amidst all his defeats and disgraces, in possession of empire." Again—" Romans, beware I beware ! lest, as their transmitting to your hands this extent of empire was glorious for them, your inability to preserve and defend it should be infamous for you ! What ! when the press ing difficulties, the imminent danger of your Allies, call out, are you to bo inactive ?" And again—" A strong and current report had like wise a great impression on the minds of these barbarians, that the hopes of rifling a wealthy and awful temple had brought our army into those territories. Thus a number of powerful nations were roused with a certain jealous indig nation and panic." Asking pardon for the space I have filled up, I have but one more suggestion to make, which is as follows :—As our hereditary statesmen have shown so great an obliviousness of the classical education lavished on them when in an embryo state, both at school and college, let them be placed under the eye of a watchful pedagogue, armed with one of the vine roots our unfortunate soldiers are obliged to scratch from the earth to roast their green coffee berries with, and then let them get the whole of Cicero's speech again by heart. It can do them no harm, and possibly some good. Even the castigations they may receive for mistakes, whilst learning the advice of a man who lived 1921 years ago, will only be what they have richly deserved for past misdeeds, and, in truth, would no doubt be the very best remedy that could be applied to them under any circumstances. ANGLO-SAXON. ARMY REFORM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Should Army Reform be fairly entered upon it will, no doubt, be desirable to borrow several improve ments from our continental neighbours. In the Austrian service it is a rule without exception that before a young man can hold a commission he must have gone through all the matins work of regimental duties. Members of the wealthiest and most aristocratic families have invari ably to - go through this ordeal ; joining their regiments as "cadets," wearing the same uniform as privates, only of finer material ; and discharging the ordinary rank and file duties, though associating and messing with the officers. In this way when at the end of 12 months they obtain an Ensigncy they thoroughly Understand the duties which the men under them have to perform ; they are consequently looked up to, and respected ; while in our service many ignorant and conceited striplings, self sufficient after a short nominal drill, raise feelings of ridicule and contempt ; to say nothing of the possible dire consequence of (heir inefficiency in the field. In carrying out Army Reform, the leading principle ought to be kept in view, that young aristocrats and others, however distasteful it may be to them, must -be taught in their respective regiments to obey before they are allowed to command.—l am, Sir, yours truly, London, March 2, 1855. ALPHA. LATEST NEWS. ILLNESS OF THE EMPEROR OF RUSSI A . BERLIN, FRIDAY, MARCH 2. New s was received here last night that the emperor of Russia is seriously ill. It is added that_ the physicians despair of his recovery. The dinner at Court to-day in honour of Lord John Russell has been deferred. VIENNA, FRIDAY, MARCH 2. Intelligence has been received from Constanti nople up to the 22d February. The last sorties of the Russians had been vic toriously repulsed. The Russians have demolished the Malakoff tower. Information had been received by General Bos quet of an intended attack on Balaklava. Pre parations had been accordingly made to receive the enemy. Baron Koller had been honoured with an audi ence by the Sultan. The raising of the blockade of the Danube has been officially notified. The exportation of corn from the Turkish pro vinces will, it is expected, be prohibited. BERLIN, TKURSDAY, MARCII 1. Lord John Russell arrived in this capital yes terday at noon. In the afternoon he had a long interview with the Minister President Baron von Mantouffel. To-day (Thursday, noon), Lord John Russell had an audience of the King in the presence o. M. Manton ffel. We have received the followiag telegraphic des path from Paris :- 11'1. de Wedell, the Prussian Envoy, left Paris last night for Berlin. He will return to Paris on Tuesday or Wednes day next. BOULOGNE, THURa . DAY, 5 o'clock. The Emperor of the French has this moment arrived at the Imperial Pavillon Hotel from the Camp at St. Omer. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received in Paris : HAMBURG, FEB. 28. The Russians have formed corps of Greek volunteers at Odessa, under the command of Chrysoveris, and carrying at their head the ortho dox standard. They will be employed in the Crimea. The Bulgarian volunteers have been sent to. wards the Danube. TRIES.;TE, FEB. 28. Despatches from Ceyldn, of the Ist, announce that the people of Australia have risen and pro claimed their independence. Some troops, sent to put down the insurrection, had fought some sanguinary engagements. Melbourne was in a state of siege. Something is whispered here, but very cautiously, about a run over to England not being very im probable. Nothing positive is said on the subject, but people would not be surprised if such a thing occurred, as it would be quite characteristic of the Emperor. It was doubted to-day in official quar ters whether the departure for the Crimea would take place before the end of the month. So many dates have been 'fixed that it is , impossible to say anything with certainty. The reports received from General Canrobert con firm what has been said of the state of the French army in the Crimea,. The soldiers are in the highest spirits. They are well fed, and have, ac cording to these reports, their soup regularly twice a day. The English army is also improving ra pidly. The Russians are said to Suffer a great deal. Their biscuit is a compound of black flour and filth. Meat is only to be had at Sebastpol, and the cattle arriving from a great distance, for the useof the garrison, are weak and exhausted, and their flesh nauseous. They have little or no shelter from the inclemency of the weather. The Allies hoped soon to completely invest Sebastopol. BOURSE, MASON I.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 95 75 95f. 25c. 3 per Cents 66 20 - C 6 20 Credit Mobilier 727 50 Roman Credit Fonder 537 50 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese Bl Home Debt 303 RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1,165 Lyons . 1018 Western.... ....... ..... 660 Rouen Cette 592 50 Strasburg Mediterranean 897 50 Havre 555 Northern LORD LUCAN AND LORD RAGLAN. 1 The following is a copy of the letter addressed by Lord Lucan to Lord Raglan complaining of the expression used in Lord Raglan's despatch describing the charge at Balaklava • " Balaklava, Nov. 30, 1854. " My Lord,—ln your lordship's report of the cavalry action of Balaklava of the 25th ult., given in the papers which have just arrived from England, you observe, That from some misconception of the instruction to advance, the Lieutenant• General considered that he was bound to at; tack at all hazards, and he accordingly ordered Lord Cai digan to move forward with the Light Brigade' Surely, my lord, this is a grave charge, and an imputation reflect ing seriously on my professional character. I cannot re main silent. It is, I feel, incumbent on me to state those facts Which I cannot doubt must clear me from what I respectfully submit is altogether unmerited. The cavalry was formed to support an intended movement of the in fantry, when Capt .Nolan, the aide-de-camp of the Quarter master-General, came up to me at speed, and placed in my hands this written instruction : " Lord Raglan wishes the cavalry to advance rapidly to the front, follow the enemy, and try to prevent the enemy carrying away the gnus. Troop of Horse Artillery may accompany. French cavalry is on our left. " `lmmediate. - " R. AIREY.' " After carefully reading this order I hesitated, and urged the uselessness of such an attack and the dangers at tending it. The aide-de-camp, in a most authoritative tone, stated that they were Lord Raglan's orders that the cavalry should attack immediately. I asked him, Where, and what to do ?' as neither enemy nor guns were within sight. He replied, in a most disrespectful but significant manner, pointing to the further end of the valley—' There, my lord, is your enemy; there are your guns.' So distinct in my opinion was pour written instruction, and so posi— tive and urgent wore the orders delivered by the aide-de camp, that I felt it was imperative on me to obey, and I informed Lord Cardigan that he was to advance ; and to the objections he made, and in which I entirely agreed, I replied that the order was from your lordship. Having decided, against my conviction, to make the movement, I did all in my power to render it as little perilous as possible. I formed the brigade in two lines and led to its support two regiments of heavy cavalry, the Scots Greys and Royals, and only halted them when they had reached the spot from which they could protect the retreat of the Light Cavalry in the event of their being pursued by the enemy, and when, having already lost many officers and men by the fire from the batteries and fort, any further advance would have exposed them to destruction. My lord, I considered wt the time—l am still of the same opinion—that I followed the only course open to me. As a Lieutenant-General, doubtles3, I have discretionary power ; but to take upon myself to disobey an order writ ten by my Commander-in-Chief within a few minutes of its delivery, and given from an elevated position com mandiug an entire view of all the batteries and the posi tion of the enemy, would have been nothing less than di rect disobedience of orders, without any other reason than that I preferred my own opinion to that of my General, and, in this instance, must hare exposed me and the cavalry to aspersions against which it might have been difficult to defend ourselves. "It should also bo remembered that the aide-de-camp, well informed of the intentions of his General and the ob jects he had in -view, after first insisting on an immediate charge, then placed himself in front of one of the leading squadrons, where he fell the Zrst victim. " I did not dare se to disobey your lordship, and it is the *pinion of every officer of mak in this army to whom I have shown your instructions that it was not possible for me to do so. " I hope, my lord, that I have stated the facts temper ately and i-n a becoming and respectful manner, as it has been my wish to do. lam confident that it will be your desire to do me justice. I will only ask that your lord ship should kindly give the same publicity to this letter that has been given to your report, as I am sensitively anxious to satisfy my Sovereign, my military superiors, and the public that I have not on this unhappy occasion shown myself undeserving of their confidence or unfitting the command which I hold.—l have the honour to be, &c., "LucAN, " Lieutenant-General, Commanding Cavalry Division. " His Excellency the Commander of the Forces." "TEN THOUSAND A YEAR." MANBY V. CRASTER AND OTHERS NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Feb. 28.—This was an action of ejectment, brought to recover possession of certain properties on the banks of the Tyne, called Long Benton and Walls-end, producing a rental of upwards of 10,0001. a year. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Warren, Q.C., Mr. Temple, Q.C., an d M r . Ad dison appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Watson appeared for the defendant Craster, Mr. Hill for C a l ver ly B ew i c k e, and Mr. Manisty for others, tenants of the properties. Mr. Warren, in stating the case to the jury, besought their patient attention to the facts which he should have to lay before them, and which he should endeavour to establish by evidence as interesting to the public as to the party seeking to recover. The sight of one man en joying another's property was at all times painful, but it was more painful to witness poverty struggling to re cover its own, which was usurped by power and in fluence. The plaintiff was a very poor man who sought to recover many thousands a-year from the defendants, whose character he did not wish to asperse, as they were gentlemen of the highest honour and respectability ; but who, he understood, proposed to take their stand in the present case, and defend their possession, on the ground that possession was nine-tenths o f th e law. And the plaintiff freely admitted that, unless he could show an earlier and better title than the defendants, they must con tinue to enjoy the property concerning which he disputes their title. From the instructions he had received, it would appear that the plaintiff is the heir-at-law of Dame Dorothy Windsor, the lady who was last seized of the properties in question. She was the widow of the Hon. Dixie Windsor, of the Plymouth family, and on her death the defendants' ancestors entered into possession of her estates without a shadow of a title. This was not the first time that this claim bad been asserted as against the trustees of the property, for, on the death of Dorothy Windsor, the person who at that time became entitled to the property, and who was a person of weak intellect, brought his action of cozenage, and recovered a portion of the property as heir-at law ;as to the rest of the pro perty in the county about, which proceedings were at the same time taken, those matters were surrounded by a mystery which none but the dead could disclose effectually. That action, which was settled, had been the subject of much conversation ever since ; it was an action of cozenage, which had since been abolished, and one of the provisions of the statute abo lishing that form of action he understood the defendants would rely on. Unless he were altogether mistaken, it would be proved that the plaintiff was the real owner of these large estates. In the case of "Charter v. Tre velyan" (11 Clarke and Finelly, page 700), Lord Cotten ham said that in case of fraud time was of no avail. Such was the present case, and he should lay before the jury a transaction which took place so long ago as the year 1782, and should ask them whether that tran saction was not a scandalous transaction and a cruel fraud upon a poor and weak-minded man ? The learned counsel here detailed the pedigree of the plaintiff. In the year 1782 the grandfather of the claimant brought his action of cozenage to obtain possession of the town property, and obtained a verdict against Bewicke and Craster at the assizes held at Newcastle, and at the same assizes another action was pending to recover the county property, when an agreement was entered into when the proceedings were stopped, the defendants Bewicke and Craster agreeing to pay 1,5001. to the plain tiff's attorney, named Hervey, and to pay an annuity of 3001. for ever to the then plaintiff, and that in lieu of the many thousands a-year he was entitled to. The annuity of 3001. was an insult, but he never got it, for an aged witness, who was 105 years of age, would state that the claimant was a person of weak intellect, and that after the action he returned to Louth, where he resided, and continued so to do in a hovel in the greatest poverty. The learned counsel then read a copy of a deed bearing date the 10th of September, 1782, made between Robert Bewicke and David Craster, and Stote Manby and the son (who was imbecile), by which it was agreed that a juror should be withdrawn, and the action then pending, that Stote IVla.nby should receive an annuity of 3001., and that 1,5001. should be paid to Stote Manby's attorney. This proceeding could not be stig matised in any other way than as a downright fraud. In the year 1847 a railroad was made through the pro perties, the money for which concession had been paid by the purchasers into the bands of the Accountant. General for want of a legal title in the vendors. - Mr. Watson, on behalf of the defendants, dissented from this assertion. His Lordship interrupted the learned counsel and said the Statute of Limitations was a complete and sufficient bar to the plaintiff's claim, supposing that all the learned counsel had opened was proved or admitted. Mr. Wirren said that he would ask that the jury be allowed terfind a special verdict, under the 184th section of the Common Law Procedure Act, and submitted that the Statute of Limitations only began to run from the time of the discovery of the fraud. His Lordship said that in law the plaintiff had nothing to recover, and that he should nonsuit him, and, that in his discretion, - be should not direct the jury to find a special verdict, as it would be of no use. Mr. Warren said that it would be of great consequence to the plaintiff that the facts he bad mentioned should be found by the jury, for the purpose of their being placed before the Court of Equity, when they went to that court to upset the deed of 1782, and that as it was discretionary with the plaintiff he should not elect to be nonsuited. At the request of the learned counsel, His Lordship asked the jury whether they would con sent to find a special verdict, which ought only to be done by the' direction of the judge when there was some doubtful point of law ? The jury answered that they decidedly would find a special verdict, if their doing so would be of any service to the plaintiff in equity. His Lordship then said that, taking the law from him, the plaintiff was not entitled to recover. He ought to have gone to the Court of Chancery in the first instance, and ought not to have brought his action at law. If he filed his bill in equity forthwith, he could have the evi dence of the aged witness alluded to taken directly, so that he would not be injured by the loss of his evidence. Mr. Warren then said that the plaintiff would consent to be nonsuited. THE COURT OF COMMON COLTNCIL met yesterday, when the committee which bad administered the fund (nearly 7001.) raised for the distressed coal-whippers during the frost, reported that they had relieved 6,000 personF, and given away 6,552 loaves of 41b. each, 7,9341b5. of meat, and 65 tons of coals. A resolution was brought forward, for authorising the City solicitor to apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a quo war rant° to try the question of the rightful preside ncy o f Christ's Hospital, upon which eminent counsel had gi ven an opinion favourable to the corporation. Many mem bers were for maintaining the ancient rights of the City ; others were decidedly against going to law. After much discussion the motion was lost, and ultimately it was re ferred to the committee to take the opinion of the Re corder and some other counsel, and report thexeon. PRUSSIA AND THE WESTERN POWERS The conferences at Paris between the Prussian envoys, General Baron de Wedell and Count Hatz feldt, and M. Drouyn de l'Huys, began on Tues day, at the hotel of the latter. General de Wedell has found it necessary to return to Berlin to re ceive personal instructions from his Prussian Ma jesty, but is expected back again in the shortest possible space of time. Baron d'Usedom has left for London. The Leipziger Zeitung gives us the following version of the conditions under which General von Wedell is authorised to conclude the said treaty at Paris : " 1. No territorial diminution of the Russian empire shall be demanded by the allied powers. "2. All revolutionary elements are to be kept at a distance. "3. With respect to the guarantees to be demanded of Russia, the 'Four Points' established by the Vienna Conferences shall not be exceeded. " 4. With respect to the third of these 'Four Points' (abolition of the Russian supremacy in the Black Sea), only such demands shall be made as Russia, with due regard to her dignity and influence as a great Power, might be enabled to accept. "5. A plenipotentiary on the part of Prussia shall take part in the peace negotiations which are forthwith to be opened at Vienna with Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian plenipotentiary. In the event of these condi tions being agreed to by the Western Powers, Prussia has offered to establish an army of 100,000 men on the eastern frontiers. The mission of Lieutenant-General von Wedell, it is added, was the immediate result of the King of Prussia's own order, and did not emanate directly from the Prussian Ministry. The latter will adopt the consequences of the said mission, if its objects be attained in a satisfactory degree." COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert took a drive in an open carriage and four yesterday afternoon. The Equerries in Waiting, Major-General Bouverie and Captain Du Plat, attended on horseback. Major-General Vivian had an audience of the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace, and was presented to her Majesty by Lord Panmure, Secretary of State for War. . . General Cannon was presented to the Queen at an audience by Lord Panmure, Lord Panmure had an audience of her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback in the forenoon, attended by his Equerry in Waiting. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester last evening at Glocester-house. The Royal suite con sisted of the Viscountess Canning, Major-General Bou verie, And Captain Du Plat. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary also visited the Duchess of Gloucest,-r. Major-General Bouverie and Captain Da Plat have relieved Lord Alfred Paget and Captiin the Hon. de Roe in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince. , Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Sir G. Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, yesterday morning from Frovnore-house. The Committee of Privy Council for Education sat yesterday at the Council-office. Present—EArl Gran ville, Lord President, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Viscount Canning. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign•office, Downing-street, at two o'clock yes terday afternoon. The Ministers present were—Vis ccunt Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir Wm. Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. Lord Panmure joined his colleagues at half•past three o'clock, from attending the Queen, at Buckingham Palace. The Council sat two hours. ROYAL VISIT TO CHATHAIL—Great preparations are being made at the Strood terminus of the North Kent Railway, and several workmen are engaged making considerable alterations, in consequence of information the railway authorities have received that it is the inten tion of her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, with Prince Albert, and other noble personages, to pay a visit to Chatham. The Royal party will leave London on Saturday morning, by railway, from London-Lridge station. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Walewska entertained at dinner, last even ing, at the residence of the French Embassy, Albert gate House, his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau, and a distinguished party. We regret to learn that the Duke of Richmond is confined to his residence at Brighton by an attack of gout. THE RECTORSHIP OF ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY.—Mr. Layard has been elected Lord Rector of the Aberdeen University, by a majority of three out of the four nations over Colonel Sykes. A meeting of the Oxford University Commission was hold at No. 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on Wednesday. The commissioners present were—the Earl of Ellesmere, chairman, the Dean of Wells, and Sir J. W. Awdry, with the secretaries, Mr. Gold win Smith and the Rev. S. W. Wayte. The accounts received yesterday by the St. John del Rey Mining Company from Brazil are stated to show a profit for the month of November of 3,260/., from 6,936 tens of ore. The Australian Mining Company have notified that they have obtained a charter of incorporation with limited liability. Advices from Quebec mention that the firm of Le Mesurier, Tilstone, and Co., an old and large house in the produce and timber trade, have resumed payment, and that the event has produced a very favourable im pression. The business of their connections at Mon treal and upon the Ottawa had not from the first suf fered any interruption. PRUSSIA.. A letter from Berlin, 24th ult., in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, states tbs:t obstacles seem to have lately arisen which retard the conclusion of a separate treaty between Prussia, and the Western Powers. It is even hoped among - the Russia party, it states, that the negotiations w 4,11 completely fail. Another Frankfort journal (the German Journal) says that the National Gazette of Berlin, which was the first to make known the remark s expressed by the president of the council to a committee of the cham ber, attributes to the words a sen se which they did not bear :—" The negotiations 'between the Cabi net of Berlin and those of Paris and London," adds the German Journal, " are stilt :pending, and the counter-project recently propost id by Prussia is under discussion. It is said that the Prussian Cabinet insists on retaining the liberty of acceding or not to the interpretation of the conditions of peace, and of judging of a causus belli ; it will not place itself in a position to be ruled by a decision of the majority, and to be led away by the ideas of another." A letter from Berlin states that the incident which lately took place in the Second Chamber, relative to M. de Potow's assertion concerning indignation in officers, has caused the greatest in the Prussian army. The colonels of the several regiments at Berlin were at first determined to demand satisfaction from M. do Potow, but Gen. Count de Groben has prevented -their undertaking to investigate the affair. FRANCE. - - - - We have received the Monitetor of yesterday. The Moniteur says :- 1 " The Emperor left Paris to day to visit the Camps of Boulogne and St. Ome r. "The absence of his Majesty will be of short duration. " The Emperor arrived at St Omer at half-past 7 in perfect health." The Moniteur also publishes the following : " The Minister of the Marine and the Colonies has received from the Crimea, by way of despatches, the Bucha rest, the two following telegraphic first from Vice-Admiral Bruat, the second from the Commander of the Veloce, zt Eupatoria : " MONTEBEL76O, KAMIESH, FEB. 20. 'On the 17th inst. the town of Eupatoria was attacked, on the eastern side, by 80 pieces of artil lery, six regiments of cavalry, under the orders of General Korff, and 12 regiments of infantry, about 25,000 men, under the orders of General Osten- Sacken. The combat lasted from half-past sin the morning till 10 a.tr. The Russians were vigorously repulsed. Thoir loss is estimated at 500 killed, and the wounded in proportion. The 'Turks had 88 men killed and 250 wounded. They lost 70 horses. Solim Pasha, General of the Egyptian Division,and Colonel R,ustem Bey were killed. Among the French, 4 gunners of the Henri IV., were killed ; 7 more were wounded, 3 of the H enri IV., and 4 of the Marines. The attack of the Russians has not been renewed. The steamers at anchor in the road stead energetically contributed to the defence of the town. I have sent the Brandon and the Me g4o to Eupatoria. Admiral Lye us has sent there a steam-frigate, a steam-corvette, and two gun boats. " ' Vice-Admiral BRUA T.' " c VELOCE, E upATORIA, FEB. 21. Since the affair of the 17th the Russians have not made any now attempt against Eupatoria. To day columns of infantry and trains of waggons were seen leaving the vicinity of the town and taking the direction of Simpheropol. Many villages are still in flames in the neighbourhood of Eupatoria. More guns have been landed and additional forti fications thrown up. The town is in a good state of defence. 6 4 4 DE MONT LOUIS.' " The Emperor reached St. Omer yesterday even ing, at half-past seven, in good health. The Moniteur contains five decrees, confirming nominations to the Legion of Honour made by General Canrobert among officers, sub-officers, and privates of the army of the East. • The Univers says :—" We receive from London a piece of intelligence of considerable importance to the Catholics of England, namely, that the Holy See is about to give a coadjutor to his Emi nence the Cardinal -Archbishop of Westminster. Amongst the Catholics of London, the Rev. Dr. Errington, the worthy prelate who occupies the episcopal See of Plymouth, is generally looked on as having the greatest chance of being selected by the Holy See. The health of Cardinal Wiseman, which we grieve to say is gravely affected, will not permit his eminence to remain any longer without an assistant. The chaplain of the Semillante, whose soutane was washed ashore, was the Abbe Carriere. The troops which were on board were embarked at Toulon on the 11th, but owing to the violence of the wind the vessel was not able to put to sea be fore the 14th ult. In addition to her crew and passengers, the Semillante had on board a number of wooden houses, and a cargo of different descrip tions of g oods, for the army in the Crimea. The storm which caused the melancholy destruction of this frigate appears to have been generally felt throughout the whole of the island of Corsica. The Emperor was to review the troops at St. Omer to-day, and to visit Boulogne to-morrow. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 19th ult., in the National Gazette of Berlin, says :—" The sick and wounded of the Russian army of the Crimea having become too numerous for the ambulances of Simpheropol and Bak-Sehiri, it was found necessary to place 1,520 of them in the colonies of Morotchono, &c. The Councillor Lewkowitsch was charged to effect this removal, and succeeded in induc ing the colonists and persons who had emigrated into the Crimea to receive a certain number of them, in consequence of which he , aid the inhabi tants have received the thanks of the Minister of War. The Jewish colony of Morotchono and the Mennonites of the Government of Ekaterinos law have also received some of the wounded soldiers ; and the Government have just ordered, in return for their kindness in doing co, that the peasants of the domain, who are behind-hand in the payment of their taxes, shall be permitted to pay off the amount due, not in money, but by being employed in public works." The Danube of - Vienna contains a letter from Warsaw, which states that the manifesto of the Czar calling out the militia is not to apply to Po land, nor to the provinces which formerly formed part of that kingdom. Consequently the levy in question is not to take place in the countries on the Austrian frontier, Volhynia, or Podolia. PIEDMONT. In its sitting of the 24th, the Chamber of De puties at Turin voted the first article of the Con vents Suppression Bill, after a twelve days' debate. THE GERMAN FEDERAL ARMY. The German journals furnish information as to the efforts made by the different States to carry out the resolution of the Diet of the Bth inst. At Stutgardt, on the 22d, the Wurtemburg Go vernment laid before the Chambers a demand for a credit of three millions of florins ; and an order had been sent to Mint° make up five regiments of in fantry and three regiments of cavalry to their war establishments. The five or six hundred thousand thalers requi site for the preparations oldered by the Diet appear to cause considerable financial embarrassment at Cassel, where all the resources of the Treasury are so forestalled that the recent requisition for 17,000 thalers for the purchase of horses could not k e met. It is thought that the Elector will personally make advances, to bear interest. The little State of Anhalt Bernburg has de manded 17,000 thalers for the equipment of its contingent. At Hanover a large number of cadets have been promoted, so as to complete the staffs of regiments. At Darmstadt a grand ducal ordinance authorises a compulsory requisition for the horses necessary for the army, in case they are not to be procured by purchase or hire. The Grand Duchy of Baden has addressed an appeal to its medical subjects, offering the rank of full surgeon, with a horse, outfit, and other in ducements, to such of them as may choose to ac cept service for the duration of the war. _ _ _ _ . Thu Bavarian Ministers of War and the Interior tendered their resignations on account of the diffi culties imposed on them by the limited sum voted for the military budget, but have consented to withdraw them provisionally, at the express en treaty of the King. The Grand Duchies of Luxembourg and Nassau have communicated to the Diet, for ratification, a convention between them, by which Luxembourg is to furnish the detachment of cavalry, of about 850 horses, required from Nassau ; which State, on the other hand, is to supply a much larger contin gent of infantry, artillery, and engineers. _ A similar convention is to be concluded between Oldenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, and Lubeck. • In communicating the last Russian manifesto to the Diet, M. de Glinka, the Russian Envoy at Frankfort, accompanied it with a note, in which he urged that the general levy was only a legi timate measure of defence against the aggressive proceeding and alliances of the Western Powers ; that, notwithstanding, the Emperor of Russia con tinued to cherish the most favourable intentions towards the re-establishment of peace ; and that his Majesty awaited calmly and tranquilly the re sult of the negotiations about to be opened at Vienna." The Kreuz Zeitung not long since informed its readers that the greater part of the loan of 500,000,000 florins had already been expended, but the statement is false. That the armaments of Austria have been attended with a tremendous outlay cannot be denied ; but as only 32 5.10 per cent, of the loan had been paid in at the end of the year 1851, it becomes evident that the 'greater part of it cannot already have been spent. The Moniteur de la Flotte says :—" The French fleet in the Black Sea consists at this moment of 24 ships of the line or first-rate frigates. All of them, with the exception of five or six, have the full complement of men fixed by the regulations, and are ready to meet the enemy." Several conferences have recently taken place at Vienna between the Greek Minister, M. Skinas, and Count de Boul, the Turkish Ambassador, Arif Effendi, being almost always present. The Cabinet of Vienna takes a very lively interest in the differ ence between the Porte and Greece, and is most anxious to see it brought to a conclusion. Hopes are entertained that the stops which Baron Koller is authorised by the Austrian Government to take with tho Porte will tend to smooth down difficulties. The Triest. Zeitung has received singular news from Galatz. Although Moldavia forms part of the Turkish territory, it is evidently now considered neutral ground both by Russians and the Aus trians, as the communication between Reni and Galatz is again open. There is nothing of political importance in the Madrid journals of the 24th ult. The Gazette con tains a royal decree which sanctions and promul gates the bill adopted by the Cortes authorising the consolidation of 500,000,000 reals (125,000,000 fr.) of the floating debt into 3 per cent. stock. All the Austrian infantry regiments will he armed with the newly-invented guns by the Ist of March. THE GREAT ENCAMPMENT AT ALDERSHOT.—On Wed nesday a considerable number of excavators left the me tropolis for Aldershot-heath, Hampshire, to construct the roads and footways, and form the foundations of the temporary wooden buildings for the great encampment to be held there. SHIPWRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL—lnformation has been received at Bristol of the total wreck of the barque Avon, Boatman, master, bound from Cuba to Swansea, with a cargo of copper ore. MIDDLESEX COUNTY RATE.—The committee appointed in 1853 by the Middlesex magistrates to prepare a basis for a new rating yesterday made their report. The com mittee propose an addition of 838,6001. to the county rateable value, Making the total rental for rating pur poses 8,592,9281. THE MARCO PoLo.—The celebrated Black Ball ship, Marco Polo, Captain Wild, belonging to Messrs James Baines and Co., left Port Phillip at 7 a.m. on the 4th of December last, and on the voyage experienced a suc cession of light baffling winds as far as New Zealand; from New Zealand to Cape Horn fine strong fair wind ; from Cape Horn to the equator light baffling winds, and did not get into the SE trades until in 14 S, which _she lost again in 2 S. She fell in with the N E trades in SN, and lost them in 18 N. To Liverpool winds very variable and baffling. Made Tuskar on Monday, the 26th. The Marco Polo never reefed topsails till she arrived in Liverpool, so that on the whole her voyage was a very good one, at the time of her arrival she drew 22 feet I water. THE MURDER oF f-ropoi, g ar c l The following details concerning the in M. de Giorgi, at Locarno, are given by the •L' u licano, a Ticinise Government paper. pr i:. " Francesco de Giorgo was devoted t o libera ciples, and as much beloved by the peop le of To! tricts of Locarno and Vallemaggia, as he was b' ' rti j feared by the opposition. On the 20th ult. aP O 0 5r4 men, bearing little flags with the canton ine were, in obedience to an ancient custcustomsV iit yl round of all the coffee-houses of the town. Wbeentel came to the Caffe degli Agostinelli, usually freq e , by the opposition, they were received with .10 language and threats. De Giorgi, on learw !, was going on, immediately proceeded V , t" with no other weapon than his walking•eane' mand satisfaction for the insult offered to the ment party. But he no sooner made his the coffee-house than he was assailed by of twenty persons, headed by an a dvocate ' Franzoni, and his brother, who gave the Sig n, tack by crying :" To arms 7." In an i nst3 ' lights were put out, and De Giorgi fell welt blood, stabbed in nine places. Ile died on, lowing morning, without having been able ;'°., a word. He has left behind him, be,ides father, a widow and seven children. On the sali aggressors, Advocate Franzoni received two wounds. The people, incensed at the mard et whom they loved, flew to arms, and called , vengeance. Fortunately, two Councillors MM. Molta and Rosca , men of great influenctiervi locality, happened to be at Locarno at the powerfully aided the municipality in 5131 crowd, which was hourly increasing by the armed men from the country. Advocate Fr an:. rested, together with upwards of 30 pers °ll ,l 2 % degli Agostinelli was clos e d, and the club, meet there was dissolved. A body of ` 4 " v d ' organised to insure p u bli c tranquillity , e" 23d Giorgi's remains were interred with all and pomp which the town could afford." MARKET NEWS-(T11 1 $ DA CORN EXCHANGE. The present week'• arrival of EogHatt market coastwise, has been only 890 Quar k "'' to-day t'he receiptsi by land carriage weg ke hence, the show of samples was trifling. . 1 ;" • of millers was far from numerous, and oll so business was transacted in h ome grown 01 Monday's currency. The supply of foreign wheat was not lsrgr st and, indeed, most oth er sam pl es were 1181 00 rates; but there was very little disposition chase. Prices were, therefore, unaltered. ,it, We had a very d ull sale for barley and In stationary prices. Oats moved off slowly, on former terms. t d, Beans, peas, and flour were much negl ec i bi, , price of town-made flou r i s now 70 s per 2av ARRIVALS THIS WEIR. os ts. Barley. I Malt. 2 ,5 4 :11. 860 ) 390 LSO liLry* 1 c 0 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF O Brri the lteel °ll For the week ended March 2, 1855, mad e n p fr0n,740"" Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in 1 rvil per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY . OATS. RYE. 3l 69s Id 31s Si 25s 61 , 41s ; I°ll THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAto: O O. 11 11 WHEAT. i BARLEY. OATS. BYE. 11 , 1i k 1 01 0 70s 61 32s 31 26s 3d 433 3d 4. '" fi - T 1 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAz` 0 Wheat, 94,612 ; Barley, 81,722 • Oats, 20,0 41 5,506; Peas, 1 ,181 quarters. Wheat. 893 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 1,740 SMITHFIELD. 111„,e 4 tIP To-day's market was but moderately , 8 , sil o ,o e beasts, both as to number and quality. I°. c ifol i ',e,fr had a very inactive demand, yet Monday s ° o f throit' ot quotations was supported. The numbers limited, yet the mutton t ra d e was heavy ß "bl be o ary prices. The few calves in th e market s v „ °ye' t )' easier terms, the top p r i ce b e i ng ve ry little )111l 81ba. Pigs were very dull, on former terin% e lor moved off heavily, at from 141. to 191. each, 1" small calf. ( 1 Per 81bs to sink the offale• 0 ,1; I I. 1" S. d. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 PriMOSOOtbdOos Second quality.„.3 8 4 2 Large crse- ea lvc 4" 9 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime small d 0... . 3 Prime Scots, die. 4 8 410 L arge hogs '' ' '''' 0 ° ,4 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 S ma ll porkers eb f(4 r Second quality ...3 10 4 2 Suckling ealt;9 o Prime erse.-wlled.4 4 4 8 'Q uar t er old P o w off'" • g TOTAL BIIPPLT. 1 7011 0 •' -'' ' Beasts •..••• • • • • • 1,020 ( Beasts ••• • *. •• " • " Sheep ••• •• • ....... • • 3,200 Shr .•• • • 86 Pigs •• •• •• •••• •• •• 340 Calviu3 .••• •• ••• •••••• veep ..•- Calves..•• " • •'''' 0 1° SI f° LEADE for all 16° 6 $. the carol* do 5 6 , Mutton 10 D o ., tniiidlittle '' ' .3 s Do., Pri , " . " ...15 Vea1....... . ... 3 Pork, small ..... BOROUGH HOP. y ol f t . We hav e no chan to notice in the valvehs ap tge hops. The market generally is in a alti g g ' L- 20 9P week's imports are 71 b a l es f ro m Ostend an d lha to 4 York. Mid and East Kent pockets, 141 gadiii/ per cwt. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 14/ to 16 1 ; ca ri 141 Os to 151. • Yearlings, 9/ to 111; A mer/ bond), 71 to 9/. NEWGA.TE AND We had a very dull sale lows : Per Sibs by a. d. a. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., primo large .3 8 3 10 De , do. small ....4 0 4 4 Furk i large 3 0 3 3 COLONIAL. marlffor P;') SUGAR —There has been a steady oge.pot plantation, but the dealings have not heal l oi,, to •,/ 7 $ does low soft yellow to good pale wt C 0 good small grainy yellow 38s per cwt. F' at gatp if ritius has ruled firm, fine dry refining ts„,nt° R t 6d, good mid to good bright grocery at t-'° 6 3, t" © ,3 c. to mid yellow and grey at 30s 6d to 34.° ioo ti t' brown at 26s 6d to 30s 6d, balck at 24s 6d, ' 30 , 3 low grainy at 32s to 34s 6d, and brown tf, o oft o lt i , 6d. Bengal has been supported ; low raw' 0 " e i lo lowish brought 29s 6d to 32s 6d, and soft br° o iit 1 00 per cwt. Madras went at 27s 6d to 28s for so d at 26s to 26s 61 for low to good brownt. 4 prsrol damp. Foreign—Port o Ri co has gone at "jb to at 39s to 40s for fin e b r i g ht y e llow, at 3 •1,,,,vt,5; low to good grocery, and at 31s to 33s f 0400 1 0) Bahia has been sold at 29s 6d. Clart° o ol,4l, 31s to 31s 6d for mid to good current cl.„d ac s ,fg of yellow Havannah brought 31s to 370, to ' 0 tion, sold at 39s 6d to 41s, florettes at 3 .' s ftef' ll ff low at 31s to 375, and brown at 30s to 3 0 * 0 / 34 / lumps were supported at 428.6 d per nvi t ' COFFEE.—There have been very for o ro 4 1 : . holders, privately, have asked high, r a tf otl l v Ceylon, however, sold heavily at anata° l ` o . aa"..10 to low mid pale greyish, realising 51s t° Jamaica, good ord mixed sold at 46s per ow been quiet but firm. 0 : 0 ;: i v e j RlCE.—There has been rather morel s boA , mid to fine Coringa brought 13s 6d d ocl taken in at auction at 13s 6d. Bengal white sold at 14s 6d to 15s. ics SricEs.Ginger has advanced, Jar a rd Of, ing at 8?s to 9:s. Grenada nutmegs t for small to mid bold brown, and rna ce A °' for pale. Malabar pepper is rather dearoto,t ct Aiof using 4id to 4id. Batavia cassia very w ; 1 1 ., 00 TEA.—The public sales went off he" l : l ;k 4° arrival of the overland mail prices ha 'iv Common congon is now at 9d for cash. 0 , 0 0, 0 3. Rulr.—The market is dull. COTTON.—Very little has been done. prr t to• INDIGO.—The sales have t erm i n ated. and 0 1 4 '9 good request at 2d to 3d pe r lb advance, t c lot' t o t. sold more readily at full r a t es t ow ards - 11 ,,„00 ; 3,• , v ri• COCHINEAL.—Honduras is in more silvers, good ord foxy t o goo d b r i g ht • O t2 ' Bd, and blacks at 3s 9d to 4s. t ref° fo llg tl d SALTPETRE.—BengaI 8} per cent. b. t vately at 24s cash. jot, 111 0 3 TALLOW.-- This article has been hOlitid,pti ° 'lilYg i ef; GREEN' FRUIT.—The change of ° , 4 l ' IN-,' s l° , vi a . arrivals, and mild weather improved gold del' al'; " 1 ' cargoes of oranges, from St. Michael, ~,,sB.,i o t_e't cr°,,;o" Hunt at public sale, went an 2s . : tile Ai tr,cle The accounts from Spain, Lisbon, ono] ° ' o r . to confirm the destruction of a por t oranges, by frost, rain, and stormy wisn i iiet' for nuts. Seville sours ss. per chest I %e'' LLOYD'S SHIPPING_--( 0 0 , 1 ,( 3 ' l t "' ° o/ 1 , LONDON, March 2.—Wind a nd " 4 - „%, noon, S.W. moderate breeze, and • , times. „ fr ° Lt aryr RAMSGATE, March L—The Trave"„, -- 40. Alec,; Rotterdam, has put in with slight da` - ivoKo COWES, Mardi I.—Wind, W. Ar f , i pbalas u , - from Akyab ; Fortunata, Callao L ',,`", i nata. nitz, do. ; Lucia, Laguna.—The -v„," r "Donl. Ao ai the crew of the Grometty, from qr c ao l i -which foundered, Feb. 18, in lat. 4 5 p ;ite,P - „ r ile OFF MARGATE, March I.—Jennyo I' Isabella Hercns, do. - sh), fr° OFF THE WlGHT.—Maria (Dan - if -/ for St. Thomas. ff"l FALMOUTH, March I._Wind, ¢, f A from Monte Video. A Ijr .1 1 0• PORTSMOUTH, March I.—Win."' Th ci o' t erw Emma, from Canton, f or H a mburg- - ; do t (r, London to New York, p u t in he" 11°- ernnat P on the Owers. wo o tl HOLYHEAD, March 2.—The J -01211 00 from New Orleans, f or Liverpool , la and bilged; all hands are on board. 16 11• 11' isG-n-- • (PER ALEcTitic TEL Fo p/ , 91,,. L.TvEltr °° ' lee rs, 01 1 Wind, W.S.W. New Or - its' e reP Arrived—Leahett Storer, fr.° . dria ; V. King, and Tibor, from Marietta, Hayti ; Sarah S a nd A s i , e ;° rnt e l fie d titt 3 °Pr ,4 Off Port—John Melhnish, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Swordfish, for Bala---kh‘ Q v a tisss oo o ' Bir 00 2 0, 1/, users; Wind, S.W. • g ic 11 0 ; Arrived—Fortunate, fr°m-,z- Stier,fl SO' c hoW and Poisia, Callao; Sir C• V °° a) ti , Bahia; Dorisani and nl an Al 7 . sl:i e , AI , 1 ho n (BY SUBMARINE AND F110 0 : 7 1 ; 4 40100 t ,O r GgA vEsEN, , fioo d ittO o rOC I :( Wind, W.S.W. ; -tide, two lour Il tset froT so ; ;• Arrived, March 2- -Eitzah etu a -v a lvartoveoia , Louisa, St. Vincent ; Minev a. _, satr ides, spb. Callao; Grisolda, Cs. icutts j ; on u es : elajeg.Nhootr Nap tune, Demerara ; ;tiny n3P O' Vincent ; Wyban, I...fogadoro_;.f,_ r Diana' , Sailed—Alar (s.), for Dunki ' e.- and London (s.), Paris. DE AL, E 15(131 ' C 10 1° i 1 Cllrain' frota.. o ---" - Wind, W.S.W. ; , strong,Ann , ,„.o l Authored—Dallan it and 0. 3 100, Grecian Queen, Hu og ; London, E per Cent. (: Per C 4 : 1 4 . (Ster 41 ent Per Cent. (Stet]. tko Per Cent. (Sterli Per Cent. Bonds *,Oll l er Cent .O 1,0 IN 3 . .... .. 8 p e do r Cent. 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Of 3dg il 1/4 one a, q wen i:iadbel°@ : t di t51 :; Ft 0 0 1:1 ':eil',lla.ttlid.tweic' firmer twosnicl'l 6 :hi laa t ' e a, sin ce I o rder °f, /1 4 V .; ittg , i eNVS ) has b i a ll i o l : a 3 influence in (... 4. : 1 , 1 , t411 ' gal a ! I d firm ,Co i n flueoc e I° pi , I tl aa t eo " termina. :03f , h os e noci ti ra ' ° lo,. l o l vit sig t,i ,t4l ,: oti, f r o , r , ohfont il iati t t l ,t t l i . siti ii 3 i appsm irlb •mt - Ott The ; c ol° art. 8 use a 35,the 11!1. sr kV•ti ities are and Eranzool l'i c i 4 'Ala l ate , still i e rsou 3 t le , e clt i l ', / , ls eet 37, (Wiry, 4 schi'cil 11 ; 0 0 IN. qa 4'4'411, ' ' a il the 8° Zr li t of e Jerusalc i l : li tti, for t onnag e on nr: 1.4 I / B ,B4o l\rew South 5 D AD' - oth ; and iL Er 4 ,,,„ t for Ore' i_11 111) . 4 " ralia m pc , „boa t ei re itO, 4; 4 th i el ' of vessel , r tere; el as e,', ~ttl , o o, tateinen. X 000 re t o , 11 11/4Z, . I ) it , - G Of h l' oo tieL ' th„ * l3 lilentic 011 1 1 / ,t r v a, • L (kit 'utPrne + whe ats, - NI 3 a t o 11. s e „ 4,, 4 that frei Co t e sa4 "goer or isrgo• t ,r 'r, )1 4 e • A Passer held 5 0 or , 'at I, I ght v b ° a i,:1,140,„ e , Ste lg C • _I tit r No- ti , -- Clone i, i tp+l I °; at the folio ~ 0 Ns, ti ta.t, s. a v '1 1 , 1 4, ea 6 per Per state Cont. I ;80 1 1 ) B ' DSO' ' , ,,, , k P 6 er Cent. 1 so , lis 'i ,, , '• .. . ..... Per Ce: 2 ,0 0 1 ' $ l,ll 414 per Cent. , .. 050 ,„, t , ~ per rent. )..36ur ._ ad ,4,1 5 Th ., kjent. ia ~-, \ !t , (;Lc 31