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

D4 l3 ') as.) 0. 0 was James ;ed. sa . en in th ° _, f some P"r 6 rail a Priii" theinoe7 seven 11 P 0B • Is found ba r : first po p " oetprin ts Iti t to Pr evia were tbeu he prisoner, s front the re the feet. Pal nts 0 1 , 0 481 to c° r 'f o r bole to ligh t "Pi ll and ° PI I they fcnin d hassoCO st to pa* • f the ": forgo' tbest:„; °'" fritteso 440 'it Ca rli b" P o p hat t he 00 that if he don Do he op er Pr ig ve ry T: e write r o f t . ll „ po en . the pro , ,„a}h° o onel• fl 4 r ison.,,,, s r d „ ic or, ' l l a ,aro' 5 101 s) r E ncl if 1°1: 1 3 - .5 " Oa le rk, 3° 0 ki a nd fi l l 1 to eadY,AC 0 per Bib' 30 /"" (140 011 , adf AO olteiP p iacs. 0 6 0 4us,— 101 0 11 060 8, 0a pe t ; and' , 00; to 0 " pit 0,,t0-40100 us a ~,i , A col or. '` . - OA iiog c . 14 0 Of if q* fr 0 e ili' 0 ' ' • W S' .ii Il eir b. /ea viso , a-cif'''. r ive . con aeo, ze, -- _,,i, T ived -- ' LbuoutuPP a do an expe ft on. zaw. Qg ISO t .sit" ot i reat if io , or , 01; _JO ; 16 " n yir sierr o r Dol d abu:4!AP ine c ool for I V .dIO4P • -101N.F.1N.: MA KET A ND V OA/ Air RRQT A L gI,L lEN E. The re CITY, TW 0 o'CLOCK. I4ver Iv* an i nac ti ve market for cotton at 6,oooP°°l yesterday. The sales amounted „ . to ' bal e; includin g 5 dam 00 Pernam and Mara-n -qd ••'' s id• to 61d., 500 E gypt i an at 50. to B ea ') 700 Surat at 3d. to 4d., and 100 ' ha rps lll4l 4 at 9d. to ls. 21-,d. per lb. Railway I were very languid. k g rePorting upon the state of their market, kir k , 4 , , the tt Nair, Greenhow, and Irving, of Man yet el. ) mention that it has been very dull, and , h e as satisfdctory, under circumstances, as could fers,; i Pe k et ed• The demand for textile fabrics suf , e qh e th4t for most other articles, by the war, Or.,_ ll Yers act with frreat caution. A general increase nooks i s taking b her place, and th e recen t f a il ures h ave !; *o t i e4t d the prevalent mistrust. A recourse to 1 0 e v 7 tab g i "short ti me " would, it was feared, become Nopt ie e ) and the fine spinners had already elelver t d tie plan on fo ur d ays o f th e wee k. Th e ere t ie innhas n ecessar il y h a d much to do i n in the heaviness Of the markets ; and in Ii an d other parts the accumulation of goods kII N i t is said, some millions sterling. The ii l Il g r emarks are f rom the c i rcular : to , k a gener d an d Iteiesuraerate the comprehensivevarious sand sense it were idle ,: varied causes which it iSetZ ll 4 , l ength of time—and which continue without on Zl,coti3ll:-.-reeex!•c!sed a most pernicious influence up o , lLwit „ , of the country, and which in combination ' M ) Bth ..'" exceptions, produced a kind of industrial eets iTughout the entire kingdom. It is dueto the end 'I thiS great manufacturing locality, that .a ' ' ' it7 ll et o acti°ll of its local—and so far, metropolitan— ' n— -I,:.iotitio state that, under all the adverse influences, : ;8 1 / 4 4 : th e 11 ) c,;3atinnes so good as it is. In accorda t ' 4 4' e llef and opinions of those most conversant r.' vr,, r.'S itJung characteristics, operations, and iditi lk ‘B,,Zeal and practical condition may be, , con ;ca liv e i i ., 11niip. Tn 4R healthful 'a.s l ig " ition, : ,ittitiptkiaePrirteisefit Comparatively unimpa . ir n ec s tlll loc a li r t e y, y a i n n d rol t fe e r a e n n n ce ot t i c; e oper c c o o n nnected denied at that from the l%l:7eroclat of the month to its close the operations d ritNtiteissleeded what might have been expecte ex. g e l its'"erruptedly the gloom and depression ft V ar e comme n cement have prevailed ; eaures t i l t tkil b t 1.,"? more observable, yet, in face of these, t' B lcf e e , bi b ° ,t l3 of the month will have been found to ki rk e 4 le under all the circumstances.', .N. a i bil lia, from New Zealand, bring accounts ktotter:, arid 2 0,0001. i n spec i e. Z N at. for Australi a b y th e Bl ue J ac k e t w i t h •mktda office Mail, will be sent from London on A, b Y e vening li .g.tiqi• • ~, the re !3 Ish Securities have been improving, i: 4 l4 v . Is more disposition to do business. Con- N e re it ter, againsed 9i to 1 and since 911 g for , b .. lie ' w , for time they have been 91 8 1 - to #. 1 ; 1 ' , isni the Per Cents. have been quoted 911 to 6 4. llerilleed 91/ to R. Exchequer Bills temp .) and India Bonds 11s. to 14s. pm. 71 ) at ei lt a from Vienna that peace wait; still 4„,.Nigli Stec some effect upon the market. Viti t i i .",tocks have ,not been active, but they It o 13 rates generally. Peruvian are quoted Ock ex divid d The Deferred are 50i., t a ,„ II g o , ell . k ti i:44 4 4 Il cie have been heavy again at 20 - 4 - • ' i l i )l lial t 1 per Cent s , h ave rea li se d 94 to 94-i. • A: h elt 2i 311 ds ar e at 84 - , and Turkish at 764. et ti , l e f e ll. Cents. realise 611. 44° -Wil la are the nominal prices of foreign 2 ,'' Qtr„ , ... ht ) o ,, -- 1 to 2 , -a ua Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi o 41 ' 4 4 ' ; Peruvian, 701 to 711- ex d; ditto ~., ditto; t .350 1 .. b " 05 1 . Portuguese Four per Cents., _ 4lB • ~ 4 1 1 %14 14 kt ah 4 ,1411 give per Cents., 96 to 98 ex d ; bet t„: lit t , -4 ' 4 -Ilalf per Cents., 87 to 89 ; dittork,%t Deferred, 17k to 18 ; ditto Three 46 - 7_ 44t ive t . 4) 3 4 ; ditto Certificates, 4i. to 5; toth is '44 'P ee to 4/. gr are eat round e ." railway receipts ascertained up m -` round figures as under .-- S l i weet 1855. 1854. k!lth . s v l pet e er r tt i l ... ..................... £17,750 £l B B, f 1 03 99 kid il top liit ern .. ..................... 4 9 5 '1 2 7 07 5 11,753 111 IN:. ........................ 7,395 9,879 22,709 24,350 11,028 12,590 .49 tt •.. 10,059 9 ,77 5 lir -liat . r . ti ................. ........ 17 004 18,563 t t s e t e a r n ri d .. ii - o . • r • k • ....................... 17,140 18,137 22,892 25,042 : 4 113 6 ,, 4' '%;fa . r . e .. s . ............. .. 22,892 25,042 but ,Ikett-P, 'nearly as before. The foreign lines Oi l 111 • 1 1 ,1 11 1._ tk; ,.. e . loin in t-Z a oCk . Banks there have been a b ilo ;las at previous terms. . The Land and ' -I N eas well as the Mines, have been h 41t era ' tion. qh,,,,_ 'rlti tt , aL 1. 12 1 S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOO . tn., (l?P t 1 OlNci4l Lat. a r.r v,,,,,xt. F rom I , e Buitness done i t. i4.'"at St. ' Z An n ui ties 914 0 .,, atlizit:ett.l, es . 91 i A i l j il t i t(3 ol t )" , ta, l ! tli Ns 4 44t t 0 30 Ireaears, tzle)ii6.th Jan., 6 10th ) 0 1 ct. 60 18 . 59 43-16 ttl?it!:Zi, 43 600 A=re 5.,h Jan., I ' B6o_ ‘I .44:4tfor l e je tloo o ......... 40 ° ,ner tit't , sii;i:iZ:ell ............. 9ll 1,•441L .... I 0. ,i 6.1 1 ......................................... 6 t z le4 ot 1i,............. 9 k4 11°4 ( 1 11 ItIG N PIINDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. _ev,., p,:„Per Cent — ‘lll4sl4ite3l. t , 4 1 per Cent . . 94,i 4 44:LPer i t' i li per .. . oe ...... hiilk Ctkls 7 ..... -. ........ .... 0 1 , peed, Per Cent__ ..... 7k 0 t4 e ) r Per cent -,0144,7cc0unt Per ' 7l '2i Cent. 12 Guil 6l/ 0 )h . HALF-PAST TWO. bi 18 tZ . ••• .. . .. ....91 t ae.. . .. . ................ h A CCO'Jnt9l a ......... "pop rn......... )' ti bq Op VOt i P/R Dr , , diteV D T , 'AE OF CAMBRIDGE AND , ~S% vSKELLIN TO THE WOUNDED A 'Nf l -tra Y 4 0,.3' af . -----...._ t., O.- tsr o ..__ 11 d. 4 4 43C 0un , 4.. , " the Duke of Cambridge, accorn kklt} Pri to ' u unkellin who, it will be recollected, t 4 °f th: e u r by the ItUssians% went to the hospi- A L t tl or, -tb, renadier and Coldstream Guards, R,o- V7pn" estioi n t for . 44 ,oz o 8 er, the purpose of paying a , a it 'lt er W ho were wounded at the battles of i til 1 1 4 th e r ia na ° , 'Upon the arrival of his Royal lokth l Y N o cispital of the Grenadier Guards he was St' a ti o let i, a nel I VD O d and Colonel Bruce, upon 'IV %A ke ha d Initing to about 40, were presented i S tiv 4 tth th ers lost an arm, some had their arms in °h.- , 444 Were supported by crutches. They %p4 l ,tit t ,;° th,,,i.dressed by the Duke of Cambridge, who 1 / 4 _4(1 ) ,, ; 1 4,„. e ai to the period of the battle in which y : vtoZhi lt 4 „ . l when they received their wounds, I,l47teiratleri."4ey remained on the field after they 441 %, %1 1l 4: 4 t r , ili 'S Royal Highness also particularly - v v,„„ .. 11 0 ,,, the ' treatment they received 54 4 e et - Pital at Scutari,how long they were 4,, , t „ ,„_ . 1' 4 .'4 th :' tla o „„ -1 - thorn to Englamd, and what !te ll 01 1 , ip. i i ,xPerienced on their passage while t111 f 4 7, I, ll e Wer e ~,1 11 1 :0 yal Highness also stated that,. t if e i ly t tlkill h :v zi 'd'ea att ro o T d it ttohgeomtothtehemirefae. means of h going t/1 41 4. ! th e ri ll alluded to the gallantry and bravery :IN tof d l'Aeo C,°.ards in the above battles. His Royal ktt.tN k. Itra . 411, 1 g his departure, was loudly cheered 4 11 5 , 1 3. at ?,011:4 Was collected, a similarly vehement , ight % ...Play o f ik loyalty was exhibited. His ‘, L ikN 4 O. q.uarlyclat! received at the hospital of the Zit i ll tli t tl n 4 C aptn s : _b2 . Colonel Drummond, Captain ttll .l it, 4 °,,441. il :''a -blaring, who lost an arm at Alma. A, w i ee e tattn `,', s ll 4 d ber of men were here presented to ge, who put questions to them t *tta 4 Pp e ° those addressed to the Grenadiers. ) , N to k red to Ot t I . s t Ward s t, be much moved at the sympathy ;It, Vai t ' Wm to I,em by his Royal Highness, who, ri g t ,,,,_ e rl h y , 11 ,,D'Y cheered by them. The Fusiliers Niq "N'cl a a. ',.°• -Duke of Cambridge on Friday , i ;, tiattia.t. adernoon several privates of the bri "ltlZii.. V h t o tl e ria : i n b d ° T ll, d been wounded or lost their It Ai t ni i i,., to th in 4 -Diterrnan were brought to town, v 4 `u vO 4 lib. ' "Dutry in the Sultana. They were et,, itt,,_ 4 10 ,- .., a Bur 04001 1 4 th e geon, and were placed in the hos lepti of t e ,d. , f, re girnent of Guards they belonged to 0 7o tib te t i g t e con ` c r u Y e all spoke in the highest terms of of Dr. Fife, the medical officer lit t ir t 4 t4l t: 4 tten ( f t I , l o r i d 191 . T .,. the invalids in the ship, who Qii:,,th c tC! , h a d 0 ' .. ,1;°D. the men hearing that the Duke t4 4 ) 4 !t 4y l 4 ,re gret ,IY just left the hospital,. they ex e,1411.:7 11 4 1 icti ghn ' e rkat they had not arrived in time to 44414/14 , 4 elf.p.„ 88 ' Many of them alluded to his ly , tt ie Nari cod -se 'sion, both at Alma and at Inker tkowir g all tat, while in the heat of the deadly Ina at, on iil , " s te ,.., mender would repeatedly and fi t ,„li t , ...,.................................................... Y, Guards t Steady, Guards !" .4 4 , ----- N l lti t ; ti le q t, e41, 7 -- --- littp,tktt,4tlllreo convictsl Fitols NEWGATE.—John Brown, A i t e 4 4 yet.rdihttrre who escaped from Newgate ki,Fpg,,lste,:erday'7,..'l circa a few days ago, was i k :qt,; 4 o I ,Zat e . 7., l ;ruing in Petticoat-lane, and taken N A ,, t i ll 4 \t, ir l l atritt 70e CAPTAIN remain at large. til ' Dtit t the `-'APTAIN 111`CLuRE.—We are I ki , 1,,, i k b ob e di scovere r of the North-West Pas kt4 ~( N k )a n rlont ;_(,1131Y honoured by his fellow-towns tot,,lltat:t ',,12, l ''' he given to Cant in ATTlnre in Ititl je q 4 1% laf " . ' l , oa .' .. . - , ~. „ d e t ttle ' "'''',-"-' „ tei, oh e ,re y anu gentry V knia t, r ez se nt. The events looked forward 441 9 111 4 interest. SUARE MARKETS. (Thl6 DAY.) RAILWAYS. (lorilrig Prices 2-esterd•sy Bnaine*s done this day. RIILWAYS. Shr. 100 all _OO all 00 Do., Now A EaEt Lancashire , Do. Extension, 100 100 100 100 North Loud on Do. Now 0 N. &S. Wstrn.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn., North StafYordshire.. North Western.,..... N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester........ Oxford, Worcester, 8, Wolverhampton Portsmouth 3cottish Central ~ keottishMidland, ihrewsby. & Herefd Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales . 4. Yrksh. di Riv. Dun Do ;tables, Wok. & Wok Stockton & Darlin ii,c.,ktol di flartlepl Cad' Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Prof., No. 1., nhames Haven Dont and Railway Vale of Neath Watci fl. & enny Waterford &Limeriel West Cornwall West End of Londor and Crystal Palace.. West London , Wimblecin ,SL Croydon Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct Bolfafit & Ballymena. Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley (Aucsii. cS; Cheshire junct Do. Chesil. & £5O and .`c:2s Cony Do *" £2 ,' ... .:* ißlyth ktyroongina £25 (issd. at .£-45 Bristol and Exeter Calodonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holylicad Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall erica" Junction Dubli u&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber Teen Junction Do. New East Anglian..... .. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, ti Stock Do., B. Stock Edinburgh & GlasgoN , Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & T)undee Forth & Clyde June Furness Glasgow Sr, S. Weston Great Northern , Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk.. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle i Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. and York sl Do., Fifths • Do., Wst. Riding (In Liv.Crsby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westu Do. Fifths D0..10/.Sh.,M&B„ Do. Eighths ) London and S. West]) Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndmirry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Eunisk. Vaneh.Shef.& Lincln Do. Shares, No. l Do., gam & Liu. U. Midland )o. Birmng. &Derb G. West. (h r e; ; Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Ne vnnkt.Bury Ex ten. Nwpt.Aberg. & Ilrfd Newry 8' Euniskiller Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Nerthn.Connties Un. North British •ac.••••• North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., 6 B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwiel: DO, do. Extension M.& G.N.E. Purch Do. Leeds Do. York 191 - 201 41 - 4i 84 - 8 13 - 12,i 16 - 17 71 - 6(1, 90 - $ 92 621 -62 i 11 - fi, 3 - 2 6 - 7 133 - 11 11 - 11, 29 -- 31 20 - 22 70 72 55 57 2d par 19 2(4 70 - 72 89 - V 0 70 - 72 126 - 198 88 - ! 0 63 -63 i 60 - 62 70 - 75 5 - 7 5 ••• 7 74} • • 741 7$ Si 96 98 97. E 97 $ id 1 f 83i 84 8 7i 63,1 23 - 23, 7i - 82. 67 - 67 40 -4.! par p 11 9 1 2,f 48 - 50 31 34 28 29 8 10 7 71 - 72 74 4i 4 12 12* 49 49 0 d par id 44 4L'd 5,1 6 1 d par 29 - 31 99 - 101 64 - C 6 45 - 47 12- - 13, 58/ 594 284 -28 i 4 - 2 2 - 1 - 39 • •• '." 3 - 31 '6 17 31 - 4 - '5 51 - 61 • -- • 6 - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerpdatotterdam' Belgian Eastn. June. Beziers to Graissessae Bombay, Baroda, and Ceutral India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian Do. - Ey";ension Do. 43 p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do: do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do : Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central. o' France Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cent. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad,l Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Cont. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and Geneva ilgons & Meditorran Niadras Do. New Niaria Antonia Do. clo. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and Erqueliues guar. 32 p. c. & red. at 229. dui. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. c Bde. (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs ) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bor ds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen ?arisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen s.ndHavre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof Western of France West. 0: Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China' Colouial Commercial of Loncl English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New B oyal Austral n. Bkg Guic,n Of Australia Do. Now Union of London I 6 - 6 1 4 - par - h P — cl 2 -2} 32k —32 a 51 1;r) 11) ~. - ...a 1 1 par ip par Bp 2rl 24 2i 2 1 161 95 97 95 97 99 -- 101 92 94 2 d par 97 100 dis ••• li 2 p • a • ..... • • • id 1 d t i 6- 7 33 - 33 llt - 124 - 93 203 - 20jp ,16 47 39 41 . pm 21 —22 e ld par 21 lid 7i -- 8 ... - pm ... 3i 31 d i 7p iii -18 i BANKS. 80 - 82 I'd= 0 21 2jdl 19 d 1 -- 2N iP 36 38 33 : 35 37 - 39 - • iv 61 - 7 - 9 IN = us 25 S', 20 Bt. 25 r 3/ 13: 1F 20 20 10 10 100 21 20 20 50 20 all 141 s. 10 5 20 20 20 t ; 100 20 20 10 20 20 8i 10 20 20 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA_Y EVENING, MARCH 1, 1855 LINES LEASED AT FIXED ItEITTALs. TIIE SIEGE OF SEBLASTuPOL. Shr Paid. RAnwAYs. Leizing Mains t'rtee# Rnaii ess C om p a ns. yester d ay. this day. 50 all lcdford and London 1 Bletehley N. West. . St. 100 i3uckghamsh. L&N.W. 6 98 St. 100 Clydesdale•Jc ‘'' 2 . l e(ifm.• 7 119 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. . Un. 4 Sud. and E. C........ — St. 100 E. Lincoln gr 6 per cent. rlt•Nrthn. '134 136 St. all Glas. Barr. &!aaldonian Neils. Direct I ••• ••• St. all )o. New...... Do • ••• 25 all 4lstr. (St Dn. F) Gt. Wes 100 all Dk. d Yk. Nen Railway & lei w. 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N M 105 107 25 all Do. 3 Shares:. Do. 12i all !Do. Shares. Do ••• 12i all Lon.&GreenN: l 3. Easter, 121 13/ 12i 20 all I Do. Preference IDo 23 —94 10 all Lon., Til., & S Pcto &Cc 101 11/ St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk ..• St. WO Do. 6 per et. •• 51 all l Alanch. Batn L.&N. W - and Matlocl , & Midld. 2s —2i 50 all Aiddlesbro' & ' - itckton& Redear Darlingt. 10C all Vlidlaud.. 92 94 50 all !Northern an Easternsp.c E. Count. 58 60 50 all Do. 6 per et. J 0... ••• ••• 50 all Do. f , ';xeds D o •.. 25 all Prest. &Wyr. iL. &N.W &LnStYli 12i all Do. Shares. Do — St. iflO Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthr 133 136 25 18 r Shef•Roth.an , Lancash& Gooleg.sp.c Yorksh. „ 12 94 Statlordsh. A.MClean 2a —2 d 50 all WearValleygl itockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt 25 all Do Do 3l 32 St. 100 Wilts/L2omrst AWesty 9O 92 correct in his interpretation of the orders he had con- Veyeyd. Captain Nolan is reported to have replied to he brought, Lord L ucan ' s demand for an explanation of the orders " that Lord Raglan desired the cavalry to attack immediately." His lordship commanded Lord Cardigan to charge, and when that gallant officer re monstrated, he was told that Lord Raglan had given the order to do so. All these facts were stated in the letter referred to from Lord Lucan to Lord Raglan at the close of November. To that letter Lord Lucan re ceived no reply, but he was requested by Lord Raglan to withdraw it, and his lordship refused to do any thing of the kind. Under these circumstances Lord Raglan forwarded the letter to the Duke of Newcastle. On the 12th of February Lord Raglan sent the Earl of Lucan a copy of a despatch from the Duke of Newcastle, dat e d the 26th or 27th of January, in which the Duke ac knowledged the receipt of Lord Raglan's despatch of , the 16th of D ecem b er , con t a i n i ng t h e E ar l o f L ucan ' s letter of November, and stated that he had strength ened himself in the opinion he' held of the danger of any misunderstanding between a Commander-ip- Chief of an army and his General of Cavalry by the advice of Lord Hardinge, and that he had come to the conclusion that the Earl of Luella ought to resign, inasmuch as he would not recall his letter, and that the c on t en t s o f i t had placed his lordship in a po sition which made it desirable on every account that he should be recalled. Lord Hardinge is declared to have based his judgment on the fact of i k ord Lucan's declin ing to recall his letter, and of his lordship's adhering to the construction of the order he received in the sense that it forced him to command the charge of cavalry on the 25th of October, and he therefore recommended the Queen to approve of his lordship's dismissal from his post. In a divisional order last night Lord Lucan takes his farewell of the division, and assures them of his good wishes and of the interest he takes in their future career. He paid a farewell visit to General Canrobert yesterday, but he did not pay his respects to Lord Raglan before he departed. The noble lord has taken a passage in the Jason, which sails to-morrow for Constantinople, and he is accompanied by his son and aide-de-camp, Lord Bing ham. The temporary command of the cavalry devolves upon Major-General Scarlett, Brigadier of the Heavy Cavalry Bri'gade. People in England will no doubt speedily hear the whole facts of this case, and will be enabled to form their opinion of its merits, as it is not probable Lord Lucas will be many days in England before he brings the matter before the House of Peers ; and it is confidently affirmed that his lordship will in all certainty demand a court-martial, should his reception at home be of a character to imply that he has been re called for misconduct. The following is from the special cov:espondent of the Times : CAMP BEFORE SEMI $1:01•OL, Feb. 13. It blew half a gale of wind all nit Olt, and the rain fell tall 2 o'clock p.m. in the day, but the wind was warm and the temperature agreeable. Cho roads are very heavy, and the country is not ea shy traversed. The soil is not so tenacious, however, af: it is when drying up in fine weather after heavy rains. It is then so sticky that the wheels of artillery waggons actually " drag" in it, and the earth accumulates solidly between the spokes. It need not be said with what difficulty men get over the ground on foot. As to the cocditior Lof the horses, it is really pitiable. It is now four or fi , re days that our ca valry and artillery horses have bee n without hay, and that all they have had to cat h as been the ration of barley, and now and then a little chopped straw. The reason of this is simple. No hay has been received by the Commi isariat in harbour ; and yet it is stated that Mr. Filder wrote last September to the authorities at he 'me to state that it would be absolutely nece-sary for th ens to take steps to send out forage for the horses from Eoglaad. What is the result of our mode of doing tsiness ? No hay is in harbour ; the horses are subjec •ed to heavy work, without proper food ; and at a recent board the veteri nary surgeons condemned no less th. to 140 horses out of the Royal Artillery alone ! The diseases of most of these animals—once fine English h orses, the glory and pride of Woolwich holydays were simple ; they were the produce of hard work in carryin c up shot and shell, and of insufficient food. The state of the country has been so bad that even our active and sanguine allies were obliged to leave four guns behind them on the re cent occasion on which they undertook to arm our right attack for us. The mounted staff corps is now r educed to about 2 eflectives. The French workmen, however, Lave made consider able progress with the new batteries on our right. On the left they were exposed to a heap 'y fire from four till half-past four o'clock, and the Russif ►ns blew up another French magazine inside the batter ies. They at once opened fire along their lines with si x tremendous salvos of artillery, and rushed up on their parapets and gave three loud ringing cheers. The da "nage done by the explosion was, lam happy to say, very insignificant, and before the Russians had ceased e +leering the French took their revenge by discharging a tremendous volley of heavy shells, which burst on the w: Ills of the Admiral's house, and silenced for a time thegun .s ix No. 3 Battery at the Flagstaff Fort. The railway progresses very rapidly, and has now reached a point 300 yards from the town. The enemy appears to have abandoned any atte rapt to annoy the workmen, and have not put guns f )n Canrobert's-bill. As soon as the works are completed, a strong party of cavalry will be advanced every nigh t into the plain be fore Balaklava, to prevent the enet ay coming down to injure the rails. _ _ THURSDAY, FEB. 15. Last night the wind increased in force, blowing in strong gusts and squalls, whick tore down tents and the materials for hutting on the heights over Balaklava, and sent tin clattering down the hill. The wind, hot and dry as one of the warm breezes of the tropics, sucked up the moisture of the roads as it passed, an d the tracks of deep mud and the waste of earth and water on which our camp stands are rapidly becoming solid—so rapidly, indeed, that the effect is little short of magical. It much resembles the Mediterranean sirocco. The ther mometer exposed outside my quarters marks no less than 71 deg. The sky is overcast and lurid, but there are no clouds visible—the whole atmosphere is of a slaty grey hue overhead and on the horizon, but objects at a dis tance give well-defined outlines, and are not at all ob scure. The wind is very uncertain in force ; at times the gusts are terrific ; they generally come at intervals of five or six minutes, and vary in strength at each out burst. The general direction of the wind, as far as I can judge, is from the south-south-east to south-west. Under its influence, under the strange change of tempe rature, the bulbous roots, which seem to abound in the soil of the Chersonese, are putting forth shoots with vigour, and crocuses and hyacinths, some in flower, have pushed their bright gr7en leaves above the black surface of the soil, and, by their freshness and vividness of co lour, afford a strong contrast to the sterile aspect of the hoof-betrodden ground. Two spies were found within our lines last night be tween the extreme right and the I lussian camp, and were brought in this morning. The French mortar batteries are v rithin 1,300 metres of the inner batteries of the Russians,,. A sortie of insig nificant strength was made by the garrison last night, and was repulsed, as usual. The Fi •ench lost five men only. The Cossacks on the hills to tale N. E. of Balak lava have nearly disappeared, and there are no indica tions that they intend to reoccupy tl se hills on which it was supposed the enemy were abou t to reconstruct re doubts. There have been two deserti ons from our camps this week. It has been ascertained that the soldier of the Rifle Brigade who deserted soma time ago did not go over to the enemy, but went awa y to Malta in a ship, on board which be concealed himself.. No soldier of that distinguished corps has ever left its ranks to join the enemy since the beginning of the cai npaign. The utmost secrecy is observed mu - pectin our future operation.;,i and much of the nformation one gleans is imparted " in confidence," is of a duisi ous authority, and is generally of a nature to demand concealment. Any time from " this day week" to " the b eg i nn i ng of April " may be taken as the period for the re-opening of our batteries. Strict orders have been issmed that artillery and engineer officers are not to give Information respect ing our works to any one but officers. entitled to demand it, and infantry officers are not alloilved to get any de tails concerning the works and atinatnents. These orders are so stringent that no officer, unless he be known to the sentries, is allowed to go through our lines above Balaklava; and the restriction applies even to xaval officers, and to all officers of regiments not ac tually stationed on the spot. Towards night the violence of the gale abated. The Field-Marshal came down to Balaklava yesterday and visited the various public establishments in the town, and inspected the progress of the railway. There was another sortie last night, which the French repulsed with a loss of 35 killed and wounded and missing. The Russians lost at least as many in their hasty retreat. The works on our right are iu splendid order. The roads have-dried so rapidly as to admit of the passage of artil lery. The railroad is now completed for about 200 yards from the town towards Kadikoi. The division of General Bosquet on our right and in rear of our right flank was reinforced to-day by upwards of 8,000 men, so that it is quite probable tie rumours we hear of a reconnaissance in force being likely to take place in a few days under his command are true, and that the mysterious disappearance of the Russians from our rear will be explained and their present position ascertained. These troops, all of whom are light in fantry, marched along the ridge of the plateau. is heavy marching order at half-past 10 o'clock, and took up their ground on the ridge overlooking the Inkerman valley and the Tchernaya ; they were encamped before half past 12 o'clock, but many of the tents were blown down by the wind. Tho Russians opened a new battery upon them from the opposite heights, but they did no da mage. I believe this battery may be said to have been " unmasked," for I am not aware that its existence had been previously observed. The Russians have thus established three batteries from Inkerman Light east on the heights over the Tchersaya towards the south-east, with the object of annoying our flank, but the distance is to _Aram, and ail their pfr..4. Love inznerto been abortlve. WEDNESDAY, FEE. 14. The great topic of conversation and gossip to-day is the recall of the Earl of Lucan from the com man d of the Cavalry Division. The circumstances under which this unusual exercise of authority has taken place are not very accurately known, except to a few officers to whom Lord Lucan has communicated them, but the prevailing impression among those who are likely to be well inf o rmed, and 'whose opinions carry weight, is certainly to the effect that the step is notjus tifiable on the ground set forth for taking it. As far as I can ascertain the particulars, the facts are as follows : —When Lord Raglan's published despatches respecting the cavalry action at Balaklava reached the camp towards the close of last November, the Earl of Lucan wrote a letter to the Field Marshal commanding the army, in which he objected to the term " misconception of orders" used by Lord Raglan with reference to the of th,Liziat , a 4 the 21 .4th of October. It will be remembered at Lora itava—, in those despatches, stated that the charge was ma d e i n consequence of some misconception of his orders by the Lieutenant-General commanding the Cavalry Division. Lord Lucan is said not only to have objected to the use of the term, but to have set forth at length in his letter the reasons why he felt himself bound to obey the orders tent to him by Lord Raglan, without exercising his discretionary power as commander of the division, which would, he maintains, have amounted to positive disobedience of orders under the circumstances of the caw, and would have subjected himself and the cavalry to very grave suspicions and imputations. As an eye witness of the sceno I may here state my impression that the Russians had succeeded in carrying off our guns out of the Turkish redoubts before Captain Nolan had well left the plateau and got down to the plain where the cavalry were stationed. I remember Captain Nolan stopping a moment to tighten his horse's girths close to a group of officers, and saying to us, " Well, you'll see us going in for a spin at th em at last;" and that just before that zeoment I had b een looking through my glass at the Russians drawing our guns away from the back of the redoubts, and retiring with them towards the rear of their lines. CONDUCT OF THE WAR. MANCHESTER. A meeting was held at Manchester on Tuesday even ing, at the rooms of the Peace society, in Newall's buildings, to consider the general policy and the com mercialand social effects of the present war. The cir cular convening the meeting was signed by Messrs. Geo. Wilson, R. H. Greg, Thomas Thomasson, W. Rawson, Edmund Ashworth, W. B. Watkins, W. Harvey, W. Bickham, and Sir Elkanah Armitage, and, in addition to these gentlemen, about 70 or SO others, several of them large employers of labour, were present. Mr. GEo. WiLsoN, who presided, alluded to the nego tiations at Vienna for the restoration of peace, and said it was incumbent on everyone to aid in establishing it on an honourable and lasting basis. Mr. ROBERT HYDE GREG said that no doubt every man would express himself in favour of a " safe and honourable peace," but very f ew cou ld agree what that meant ; and although the basis of a peace had been agreed upon, he was very sorry to see that we had been very tardy in commencing negotiations ; although the terms had been accepted by Russia, he believed, in perfect good faith. The only point un settled was, as to the extent of diminution of the Russian power in the Black Sea, and it was understood she had freely consented to some. But, as we were not propos ing to dismember the Russian empire, nor to raise up a powerful kingdoin in Poland or Hungary, he did not see how it was possible for Russia to give what was called a " material guarantee," even if she really desired to do so. Mr. T. TEIOMASSON, of Bolton, said, we could not ex pect Russia to negotiate with us in the Crimea, anymore than we should consent ourselves to negotiate with a foe upon our own territory. But the Russians were, never theless, so far from that disposition, that their plenipo tentiary had now been waiting for our negotiator more than a month at Vienna. It was altogether erroneous to suppose that this war Lad come upon us on account of our insufficient military preparations, or because Mr. Cobden had succeeded in reducing our peace establish ment ; for he defied any one to point to a single instance in which Mr. Cobden had been able to do so. Mr. E. ASHWORTII entered into various statistics to show the importance of our commerce with Russia, and argued that the war injured trade by interfering with the money market. Having shown how the price of food had been increased by the war, Mr. Ashworth concluded by expressing a hope that we should be satisfied with the war suceesses already gained, and with having brought the Russian Emperor to be willing to negotiate o n our terms ; and that the thi rs t of England for glory and honour being appeased, we should be willing to hail Lord J. Russell with all the popular acclamation which would attend him if he came home announcing peace. The CEIIIRMA.N said it was not intended to take any action at this meeting beyond preparing the puhlic mind for the conclusion of the negotiations. It had been sug gested that they should meet again on Tuesday evening next. The proceedings thei terminated. The terms of the order which Captain Nolan carried to Lord Lucan from Lord Raglan are well known. " Lord Raglan wishes th e to the front, to follow the enemy, to advance rapidly try to prevent the enemy carrying away the gunsand 'Troop of Horse Artillery may accompany ; French Cavalry is on our left.—lm mediate. " RICHARD AILEY." Now, it may be observed that when this order was given the enemy had actually, or I am m i s t a k en , accom plished a part of that operation which th e cava l r y were ordered to try and prevent, and that they were actually carrying away the guns at th e t i me it was issued ; a fortiori they would have c ompleted the whole or ve r y nearly the whole of the operation before Captain Nolan a could have reached Lord Lucan with the orders in ques tion. But, froea the position of have been impossible, I think the caval r y, it would , for Lord Lucan to see either that the enemy had carried away the guns or where they were carrying to ; nor could he have beheld the masses and dispos''''''' of the Russian guns and infantry, inasmuch as a ridg e of hills of gentle eleva tion ran right in front of him across the va ll e y an d plain, and shielded their position front view. It will be remem bered that the Heavy Brigade charged early in the morn ing and checked the advance of the Russian cavalry, who then retired behind that ridge of hills up on th e i r infan try and cannon, taking with them the English guns from the redoubts, and formingon the flanks of their and battalions below Tchorge un Kamera, where the of valley is contracted by the sides the mountain ranges which compress the Tcheinayeinto t a narrow gorge. There is a pretty general opinion Cavalry Brigade charged the Russiatnl that had the Light cavalry as they re tired, all broken and discomfited by thele severe overthrow utterly, they had met with at the hands oHeavy Brigade, theymight have broken them up have saved our guns ; but the latter and might even u l s , a_rt of this conjec ture is very problematical, for the Rua artillery were then in possession of the redoubts, Lightuld have in. Cavalry. flicted severe loss on our small body o f It is believed, however, that the Lightßrigade should have acted on that occasion; and it is further affirmed follow up its that the Heavy Brigade did not sufficienttysi naoiould, at all success in the first charge, and that chargedre forward events, have been pushed considerably afterwards. When the Heavy Brigad e enemy we had only a handful of infantry on th the the eld— the 93d Highlanders—who were not charged fi Russians at all, for their cavalry never came within i v ci t s u i e o t e , 8 , yards of the place whence issued that rolling fire of 5" ketry. Subsequently, the Duke of Cambridge's d 'nlins advanceds Sir George Cathcart's division, and General Bo division debouched into the plain, and up to the line of redo ubts, where the y halted and n lay d nearly would down. It was expect ed at the time th at there have been an advance made b y us u p on theenemy,to ' drive them out of the valle y , but nothing of the kind I took place, and when Lord Lucan ordered the bri g ad to charge they were no t su pp orted by all)* advan the part of the infantry , and onl y the Scot ch Greys "a on the Royals, and the 9 th troo p of Royal Ho rse Artillr nd y, then commanded by Cap tain Shakes p ea re (as Ma e • - Maude hal been wounded early in the day), were moved up to assist them in thei r des p erate venture . The Heavy Cavalry, in sonic measure, protected and cove re d the retreat of the survivors of the Light Brigade, but Cap tain Shakespeare, with considerable j ud gment, halted his troop when he saw the real position of affairs, and probably saved the guns of his troop by doing so. Had the Light Brigade been supported by a strong body of heavy horse, and b y infantr y and field ar tillery, they would have at os t likely saved our guns, and would very certainly have taken a number of the guns of the enemy, but the success gained by their unequalled bravery was evanescent, as is the success of all cavalry charges—they were unsupported ; every ene knows the result. Lord Lucan finds, it is said, in these circum stances strong grounds of defence in clearing himself from any charge of indiscretion in commanding Lord Cardi gan to carry out Lord Raglan's written orders. He relies on the circumstance that the cavalry were drawn up to support a regular advance of infantry, to show that he had reason to believe the cava'ly would be 'as sieted in their movement by the infantry in the plain, an I he is understood to have urged the fact on Lord is 'ler :'. when he leeHte'.ol 4 e f' . (11i;? the order, ..-,d let:: ilia: no :alter native but to obey, 33 it was but natural to suppose an officer of the Quartermaster -General's staff would be [' 'Y ~";~ TITIE MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—The whole family of mendicants oug,lit to feel deeply indebted to the writer of the first article in Blackwood, who takes up the pen in their cause, and by a variety of arguments and illustrations succeeds in awaking the reader's in terest in a class not generally regarded with much favour. The paper is entitled " The Beggar's Legacy," and narrates the fortunes of the author of the " Journal of Llewellin Penrose," who left the manuscript of that work, and two hundred volumes, to the benefactor who had placed him in the almshouse, where he ended his days. The ac count of this old man is extremely curious, and not th e least remarkable point is the assertion of Mr. West, ILA., that but for the beggar lie would never have been a painter. It appears the unfortunate man had been an art i st, among other occupations, and it was he wh o first showed and explained the camera to Mr. West, an d l ent hi m the " Lives of the Painters," which confi rme d hi s inclination to pursue the art. The introductory comments on the race of beggars are not the least entertai n i ng por ti on. The writer is at great pains to show the advantages of their calling. Ho asserts that one should look on a beggar with confidence and resp ec t, as lie stands apart from the circle of our experiences, and is not one to be known but to be speculated on. He will not go to law ; " though twenty lawyer s pass between him and you he will not engage one against you ; he will not even give you in charge to the policeman. From whom on earth can you expect such privilege of exemption ?" Poets and painters are cited to uphold the beggar's dignity : lie has formed models for the one and subjects of song for the other. Every ballad-lover re members " The Blind Beggar's Daughter of Bethnal-green," which, of course, is alluded to ; but as he turned out to be a De Montfort, with hoards of go ld , t h e argument is perhaps not very logical. One c on f ess i on our author ma k es rather to the disadvantage of his c li en t s —th e f ac t th a t, since the days of Homer, "though revered by men dogs have an antipathy to them." As the canine race are celebrated for being good judges of charac ter, this is not to their credit ; but the writer inge niously suggests that the quarrel arose in the ealy social state, when dogs and beggars were alike ad mitted to feasts, and disputed for the prizes. The charming romance of " Zaidee," which becomes more and more interesting, describes the flight of the heroine from her home and friends, urged by a spirit of self-sacrifice and affection. The sorrow which has come over the happy family at the Grange since the fatal will was discovered, the various forms which the trouble takes, and the ap proaching dispersion of the little home circle, are gracefully and pathetically portrayed, in the writer's most succesful manner. An enter taining paper on " Vagabond Life in Mexico," is a notice of a recent French work, " Scenes de la Vie Mexicaine," w h ose au th or g i ves a graphic description of the extraordinary adven tures and associates he encountered in the New World. According to his account the neighbour hood of Mexico, is the "paradise of robbers." Every ono takes the law into his own hands, and the greatest disregard of human life prevails. This is, unfortunately, a Spanish characteristic. It is with regret that the reader learns at the close of the article that the traveller who escaped so many dangers only survived to meet his death by drowning while crossing the Atlantic. Another article on " Civilisation," brings the correspondent of Eusebius to the conclusion that the unfortunate Census Commission, against which he has taken up arms, "is not only an impertinence, but a mischief." A " Peep at Paris" gives a very attractive descrip tion of the City of the Seine, and takes a view of some of the picture galleries. The writer very nearly becomes a convert to the " enlightened despotism " of our neighbours, and is very much inclined to think " a constitutional Government, like a constitutional walk, a necessary bore." Cer tainly our recent Governments have not been such as to make the French discontented. The " Story of the Campaign" gives a brief sketch of the hos pitals of the Bosphorus. A paper on the recent Ministerial changes concludes the number—those changes which seem to have led us into a charmed circle, only wasting time and expectation with scarcely a step in advance. After an article on the new Government, it is of course necessary to add in a postscript that three of the chief members have resigned. Dublin Unicersity.—" The Dramatic Writers of Ireland" is continued in a third series, and is equally deserving of attention, as on previous oc casions. The present series contains twelve names, among others that of Thomas Sheridan, the father of the great orator of that name. The last men tioned in the list is Oliver Goldsmith. The highest praise is here awarded to him. "An Irishman he was, and Ireland may well be proud of him." It is r.ziaarked that his talents were of a most versa tile description ; ho was alternately a critic, a no velist, an historian, and moral poet, and afterwards a dramatist. An anecdote is mentioned characteristic of his conscientiousness : he had received from a bookseller one hundred guineas for the copy right of the " Deserted Village ;" but upon men tioning the fact to a friend, the latter observed it was a great sum. Goldsmith replied, "ln truth, I think so too, it is nearly five shillings a couplet." He subsequently said that he would return the note, which lie actually did. In conclusion, it is remarked that, "Goldsmith's principal works are now more popular than ever. They charm and fascinate in youth, they please in life's de cline, and are acceptable to all tastes and all humours. Age cannot wither them, nor custom stale their infinite variety. It would be difficult to cull from the aggregate labours of any other general author so large a proportion which bears the undeniable impress of immortality." Some observations are made on the literary " Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington," recently published. Dr. Madden, it is said, has performed his task well, and has brought be fore us a collection of " wit and wisdom" unrivalled in variety, extent, and interest. Lady Blessing ton, with all her brilliancy and glitter, had not an enviable existence. Her own testimony of herself is—" I have drunk the cup of bitterness to the very dregs." " Flights to Fairyland" has for its subject " the Lily of the Valley." It is written in an easy, flowing style ; and, although the idea is not a very original one, of an old beggar woman coming to two sisters, and, on being repulsed by the one and succoured by the other, suddenly trans forming herself into a fairy capable of dealing re wards and punishments, the story is pleasingly narrated. The " Memoirs of James Montgomery," which are commented on, are very interesting, and give some accounts of the poet's young days, iu which the love of literary composition was mani fested at an early period. The " Soldier Surgeon" is deserving of attention, but it is doubtful whether the War-office take the moral intended for them, as announced at the commencement. It is asserted that "we should have as good a medical depart ment, &c., as any in the world if we were only to set the intelligence they contain free to work, un restricted by the incapacity and unchilled by the discouragement of official chiefs. What we desire to inculcate is the eternal truth, that, in the con duct of war, no extent of material develop ment can compensate for the lack of human intelligence, and that this will not work in chains." These remarks are peculiarly appro priate at the present time, when so many la mentable errors and mistakes have occurred in this department, and so many obstacles have been thrust in the way of the surgeons performing their duty. The New Monthly.—The New Monthly opens with an article entitled " Travels in the Crimea," and founded on a recent work, by Dr. Karl Koch, who has published the history of his travels under the title of " Die Krim and Odessa." " The Cha teau de Beaufoy" is the continuation of thestory of " The Elopement" under a different title. It seems to promise a melancholy conclusion. "Our first and Last Winter at Carlsruhe,' by an Old Traveller, gives a description of German life, an d makes the extraordinary assertion that the Germans are deficient in persevering energy —persever ance b e i lag one of the qualities m os t generally ascribed to them ; but, according to this traveller, the tradesman would not relinquish his pipe or j mealtime for the prospect of a fortune. The ' twenty-ninth number of Literary Leaflets contains a criticism on Lord J. Russell's Memorials of Fox, an d remarks upon his adventurous spirit in the department of letters. "A Night on a Whale " is, as its name implies, a vivid and ex citing narrative of the " perils of the seas." " A Chapter of Incidents of the War" gives a few anecdotes of the battles and their attendant cir cumstances. It is stated, in alluding to the ca valry charge at Balaklava, that it was the first action the 17th Lancers had ever been in. Their in signia, it appears, is the appropriate motto of a death's head and cross bones, with "or glory," written underneath. The " Diary of a first Winter in Rome" is this month " intended for those fond of the history of the past," and takes a retrospective view of the ancient histories and heroes. A de scription of " Gambling iu the Eighteenth Cen tury" desc r ib es the uiliversal mania of lotteries, which at one time reached such a ridiculous height. A paper on "-The Regimental System " the number. concludes Co/burn's United Service.—The narrative of the siege of Sebastopol, brought up to the latest period, leads the way. In connection with it will be found a substan4l.ajadetailed description of Sebastopol, drawn up byTa French Staff-officer, by couituatal of the gmliiiror, " Campaigning before Sebasto. PRESTON. On Tuesday night a meeting was convened at the Ex change Assembly Rooms, Preston, " for the purpose of considering the present war, expressing indignation at the infamous mismanag,ement which has been dis played, and demanding a searching revision of our mili tary system, and an unsparing inquiry into the causes which have led to the fearful decimation of one of the finest armies that ever left the shores of England." Two resolutions in accordance with the object of the meeting were agreed to, and a petition to Parliament, embodying the substance of both, was adopted. NOTTINGHAM. A public meeting of the working classes of Notting ham was held on Tuesday evening, the 27th ult., in the Assembly Rooms, Nottingham. Resolutions urging the Government to pursue an inquiry into the cause of the diastrous state of the army, &c., were adopted. CONGLETON. On Monday last a public meeting was called by the Mayor, Mr. Dakin, and held at the Assembly Room, in order to express the opinion of the inhabitants on the neglect of the authorities in providing for the wants of the army, and on the Roebuck inquiry. The Mayor presided, and was supported by Messrs. Wilmot, G. Reade, J. Pearson, Mailabar, Warrington, John Wil son (town clerk), Solly ; Revs, C. W. Arnold and J. Moore, and several others of the principal inhabitants ; and the room was crowded to excess by the working men of the town. NAVAL OFFICERS' WIDOWS' PENSIONS.—The following pensions are granted to widows of naval officers :—Mrs.- Foote, the widow of Captain Foote, who was drowned while in command of the Conflict, in the Baltic last sutr. mer, has been granted a pension of 1301. a year ; while the widow of Captain Giffard, who died from wounds he received when he lost the Tiger, has had a pension of 200'. ayear conferred upon her. Mrs. Carrington, mother of the late Lieut. E. M. 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'l' ,l (-): , i , ;' • . 4 -- ) . .. , .: . :, . •-• . . ''' - : 20 5 Tr st a Loan Co. 01l Upper Canada ... ... 100 28 1 Vali Diemand s Land, 125 —1.3 i 1261 63a i 4 8A 25 1 ..0.61 I pol," a paper pleasantly charged with o b serva ti on and anecdote, by Staff Assistant-Surgeon Charles Richetts, of the Coldstream Guards, appropriately enough follows. From his statement it would appear the French suffer mere from the sorties of the Russians than they are willing to confess. A ' second article is given on " Brigade Movements, Cavalry and Horse Artillery, and a Few Facts re lative to the best system of Breaching, as exempli fied by the experiments carried on at Bassaunne" is concluded. The " Oxus and Transoxama." Some useful information is given respentiag this river and district (the latter better known. as Bokhara), which are now attracting considerable attention in connection with the pre sent war. " Captain Topgallant's Story" really is wonderful, and will give the lovers of the mar vellous and terrible a , s e nsa ti on . A gra phi c and deeplyinteresting review of the Emperor Napo leon's system of field 'artillery, extracted from Sir Howard Douglas's _Naval Gunnery, is " the paper" of the month. The Editor's Portfolio con tains, among other things, a few remarks on the appointment of a new admir.al to the Baltic fleet, which lie describes as impolitic, and a contradiction of the rumour of the command of the Foreign Le gion having been given to Colonel Chesney. Bentley's lifisectlany.—This pleasant serial opens with a conti nua ti on o f H arr i son Ai nsw arth , s excit ing story o f " Th e S pen dth r ift," and gives us another chapter, ofShirley" Aspen Court," by Sh Brooks. From a paper headed " The Resonrces of the Anatolian Shores of th e Bl ac k S ea " we ga th er that tuttliin , 12 hours' sail of the port of Balairaarec is to be found abundance of wood, coal, horsee, cattle, and all sorts of provisions ! ! "The Rus sians at Home" is a notic e of the condition of the lower classes in that country. " Baktchi Sarni and the Tartars of the Crimea" have suggested an ix ' teresting paper, and " The Conduct of the War" affords opportunity for severer but well-merited leinark. " Thomas de Qiincy" is the subj ec t of an elaborate paper by Monkshood, written in a kindly spirit. Among the remaining contributions are " The February Winter," a characteristic paper, by Dudley Costello. " The P arson ' s O a th," a wild story. " The Fairy that I know," a pretty love song, by W. Brailsford, Esq., and "The Czar Nicholas and the French Actress," an improbable one. AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28. The Black Ball clipper Marco Polo has arrived '.rom Port Philip, whence she sailed Dec. 4, at 7 a.m. She brought 208 passengers, 1,000 tons of cargo, including 1,360 bales of wool, 260,0001. specie oa freight, and 40,0001. in the hands of the passen gers. She experienced light weather from the Cape Horn to the Equator, and light baffling trade winds to Liverpool, was low days in the Channel, was off Tuskar Light on the 26th, and was spoken by La . Plata. We take the following from the Melbourne Irgus of the Ist of December : " Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1854. " Never, perhaps, have these colonies seen such an outburst of popular feeling as was exhibited last night on these diggings. In the course of the afternoon of yesterday a detachment of the 40th arrived here from Geelong. At 10 p.m. a squadron of the mounted police arrived from the same place, passing through the main street at a hand-gallop. As they proceeded they were, attacked with sticks and stones by the exasperated dig gers, and some severe injuries were the consequence. The populace were by this time wrought up to an awful pitch of excitement, but it remained for the detachment of the 12th from Melbourne, at 11 p.m., to feel what a wronged and neglected class could be capable of doing, and to what lengths an indignant population could go. On passing the Eureka they were met by a large number of diggers, whe allowed all the waggons containing the soldiers and ammunition to pass, except the last one, which they upset, cutting the traces and beating the sol diers with their own arms, partially smashing the wag gon, and injuring the driver in such a manner that his life is in danger. One drummer boy was shot in the thigh. The return of the wounded is not forthcoming ; but from the number of bullets, sticks, boulders, and other missiles flying about, I have no doubt that very unity accidents occurred. I never wish to paws again through such scenes as I witnessed last night. This state of excitement lasted until this morning. Ev,erything was quiet until two p.m., when the diggers began to as semble on Bakery-hill, according to public notice.. "3 p.m.—About 4,000 assembled to hear the is isue of the Melbourne deputation, and also the report of the Committee of the Reform League. The follownii; were the resolutions :-- " 1 That this meeting views with the hottest indig nation the dating calumny of his Honour the. Acting Chief-Justice, while on the bench, of the brave ar id strug gling sufferers of Clare, Tipperary, Bristol, a, ad other districts, on their endeavours to assert their legitimate rights ; and do hereby give the most unmitigarted and the most emphatic denial to the assertion of his Efonour in stigmatising as riots the persevering and indoseitable struggles for freedom of the brave people of Englaind and Ireland for the last SO years. " '2. That a meeting of the members of the 11,eform League be called at the Adelphi Theatre next Sunday at 2 p.m., to elect a central committee, and that each 50 members of the League have the power to. elect one member for the central committee. " 3. That this meeting, being convinced that the obnoxious license-fee is as imposition and an unjustifia ble tax on free labour, pledges itself to take irannediate steps to abolish the same by at once burning All their licenses. That in the event of any party being arrested for having no licenses, that the united people wild, under all circumstances, defend and protect tkem. " 4. That as the diggers have determined to :pay no more licenses, it is necessary for them to be prop:zed for the contingency ; as it would be utterly inconsistent, after refusing to pay a license, to call in a commissioner for the adjustment of such disputes, and this meeting resolves whenever any patty or parties have a dispute, the parties so disputing sha.ll each appoint one man, the two men thus appointed to call in a third, and these three to decide the case finalt:T. " '5. That this meeting vP, ll not feel bound to pro. tect any man after the 15th of INcernber who shall not be a member of the League by that day. " G. That this meeting protests against the commol practice of bodies of military n2arching into a peaceable district with fixed bayonets, and also Any force, police or otherwise, firing on the people, under any circumstances without the previous reading of the Riot Act, and that if Government officials continue to act thus ,unconstitu tionally, we cannot be responsible for sinrilai• or worse deeds from the people.' " The correspondent of the AI gus maker:: the fol lowing observations upon the meeting " The above were the resolutions. I endem 'Wired to write a report of the proceedings, but I confess it - was im. possible. The scene of excitement and confusion •en the platform precluded the idea of a competent and proper report, and if the honourable speakers do not find . any of their strong remarks or lucid illustrations quoted. ER your paper, the committee must thank themselves: for the manner in which they allowed the meeting to. be con. ducted. I feel I should be compromising both *y own and your position by sending what must necesea Tidy be a garbled statement. I did my utmost, and once was obliged to abandon the platform. " Some thousands of guns and revolvers were fired of at one period of the meeting ; two bonfires of 1 i ceases were made. I had no means of ascertaining the dates of those burnt. Many tickets were issued to thus e who wished to become members of the Reform Levi so. I believe the subscription to be .ss. " Among the casualties of last night was the fling of Day's Pound, and the township ; his house was .burnt, and Providence only saved the lives of his wiry and child. "Thursday, 3 a.m.—l have just heard a report that ORS man of the 12th has died, and that sew tral srs severely wounded, but everything is smothered at the camp." NEW ZEALAND. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28. Tile bark Sabrina, from Auckland, New Zealand, Captain Alexander M‘Lean, October 28, bound to Plymouth for orders, arrived in the Sound this afternoon. She brings 20,000 sovereigns from the Auckland branch of the Union Bank of Australis, a cargo of spars, kowri gum, aid wool, and two cases of New Zealand curiosities; for the Paris Ex hibition. The spars include ?several 80 and 81 feet long, 26 inches square, and containing from nine to ten tons of timber, and part •f the wool is pure Saxon merino. Among her passengers are the ROT. J. Dudley, I‘lr. and Mrs. Dares, and Messrs. Macdonald, E yens, Williams, Watt, Tort, and Robinson. Flour, at Auckland, 33/. ; seconds, 301. ; rota. toes, 151. per ton. Butter, ls. Gd. ; salt ditto, is. 3d. ; beef, 9d. ; pork, Bd. ; Bass's Burton beer, 101. per hhd. ; Wellingt on b oo t s , 31 s . ; masons and bricklayers, 12s. per day ; carpenters, 12s. ; day labourers, 7s. Gd. The Sabrina spoke, January 1, the bark Ham. burg, for Cowes ; January 5, the brig Ocean, fo r Cork ; January 30, the Hamburg brig Cito ; E t na Feb. 14, the ship Beams ; all four from Callao. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—The adjourned inquest on j is ,ph Young, who died from injuries received in the recent accident on the Barton branch of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, took place on Monday at Hull, and was further adjourned to the 18th of April. This is the first fatal accident to any passenger travelling on this company's railway since their opening. It was stated at the inquest by the company's solicitor that since the o p en i ng of their lines the compan y h ave carried 30,000,000 passengers without any fatal accident or serious i n j ury to any passenger trave lli ng; an d th at on the particular branch in question they have rnn 38,900 trains since its opening in 1849, and have carried 611,320 passengers without :my fatal accident previous to the o ne on t h a 14th inst. The whole number of casualties of every kind to these 38,900 trains hag been four, all 3') 10 2s. 16i I 10 la all 62i i 97A 97i i 21 ~~ A ,