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MADAME J M E O NN RN Y GOLDSCIIMIDT-LIND. iING CONCERT. HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS, MONDAY NEXT, FEB. IS, 18 5 6. Mr. 3 , ITTCHELL respectfully announces that Mr. and Madame GOLDSCHMIDT'S FIRST MORNING MISCELLANEOUS CON CERT will take place on MONDAY NEXT, Feb. 18, commencing at Two o'clock. Paoozaume Part I.—Overture, " Jessonda"—Spota ; Air, "Ave Maria," Mr. Swift (Clarionet 01100 Mr. Lazarus) —Chertibini ; Scene," Cm del." and Aria, " Non ;al dir," Madame Jenny Goldschmidt (Don Glovanni)—Mozart : Concerto (D Minor), Pianoforte, Mr. Otto GeldEthmidt—Mendelsohn; Air, " Oh del mio doles ardore," Miss Delby—Stradella ; Duo, " Per placer ells Sloane," Madame Jenny Geldichmidt and Sig. F. Lablache (II Turco in Italia)—Rossini. Part IL—Overture, " Enryinthe "—C. M. von Weber ' • Air, " Quaked° lascisi la Normandin ." M. Jenny Goldschmidt ( R oberto) —Meyerbeer Romanza, " Deserto Colic terra." Mr. Swift (II Tro vatore)—Verdt ; Duo, " La Mere Grande," M. Jenny Goldschmidt and Miss Dolby—Meyerbeer ; Tarantella, Pianoforte Solo. Mr. Otto Goldschmidt—Thalberg ; Songs, "My heart the 'Rotten harp re sembles" (Benedict), and " Invitation to dance " (Daleearlian Me lody), Madame Jenny Goldschmidt ; Wedding March (Midsummer Night's Dream)—'Mendelsohn. Conductor—M. Benedict. Doors open at One; to commence at Two o'clock precisell• Prices of Admission : —seats numbered and reserved), one guinea ; unreserved seats, 10s. 6d. The places will be appropriated according to priority of applica tion ; and no more Tickets will be issued than the Room can conveniently accommodate. Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson. THIS EVRVINCI BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Professor inderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. I own, Mr. Ylexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes; Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown; and Columbine, Miss E. Horns. THEATRE ROYAL, DEUEY•LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICE, After which, EISY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or. Meleqqle Lug Nonsense and the Seven Agea of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. TI AYMAREET. Uhler the Management of :Mr. Buclutons. THIS EVENING. THE BEAUX' ST RAT AGE SC. Followed by ONLY . A HALFPENNY. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FE iST ; or, harlequin and the Genius e the Spring. ROYAL PRITOZSR'S THEATRE. ORPOROATRICIIT. Under the Management of Mr. Cleats , I*&S. THIS EVENING; The Tragedy of UAMLBT. Hamlet by Mr. C. Kean. After which. RAIILEQUINT AVD THE MAID IND THE. MAGPIE ; Or, the Fairy Paradise and Hanky Paaky, tke Enchanter. Hada:min, Mr. Corrnacic: Clown. Mr. Hada° ; Pantaloon, Mt ?alio; and ColunOlne, Miss Caroline Adams. TURATRE ROYAL ADELPRI. Peopristor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directresi, Madams Celeste. TMS EVENING. BETSY BAKER.. . After which. THE BOOTS OF THE HOLLY TREE INN. To be fotltiwe4 by THLT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with JACK AND Tag BE Or STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother 00038 at Ho r Again. mln which Me,. .7. Blind, P. B at Ora, Madame Celeste. Miss Wyndham, and Idled E, Arden will apaear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and ManaTer. Mr. Alfred Wigan. Tins EVRNTNQ. STAY AT HOME. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TI( DEACREET PRINCEgS; n', the Three (Haas Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery. F. Robson, H. Cooper, Mimi Manton, and Visa Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY TUEA.TRE. Lessees, Messrq.Sbapherl and Cresivie.k. THIS EVENING THE SHADOWS OF CRIME. . To conclude with. , A PRINCE OP. P 74.LILLS ; or, Harlevln and lane Shore. SOTAL STRAND TERATRE. 17nder the direction of - Pam. THIS ICVV.WING, TUE ItOMXNTIC WIDOW: Followed by THE PRISONER OF 110 C 11E;LiE ; or, Inns and Outs. After which. PEACE AT ANY PRICE. -To conclude with BLUE JACKETS. Awirrizra ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Limn and,ganager, Mr. Wm. Gob. THIS EVENING, ROOK WOOD: or. TURPIN'S RIDE to - TORE. The last week of that popular Spectacle. After which tho SCENES In the CIRCLE and the performance of the Sagacious and Stupendous Elephants, sue of which ascends from the centre of the stage to an elevation high a'ove the stage, on a narrow ridge not the width of his foot ! To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Rot-0010e open from Woven WI roar.. Stag. Manner. Mr. 11. West. Equestrian Director, Kr. rl. Coots. EMMA ST INTLET'S SEVEI AGES OF WOMAN. Every Evening at S. and on Saturdays at 3. ?roaonneed by the nnanimoul voice of the press. and by nightly inzreasing audiences. to be the Greate3t Artistica' Triumph of the day. SAINT SEARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Reser►cd Chair; 2s. 641. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIO DAY—Morn. 47 min. aft.6—Evening 10 min. aft. 7 Tn-liosnow —Morn. 38 rain. aft. 7—Evening 7 min. aft. 8 THE WENTHER.—Sum OFFICE, FEB. 13. THERMOMETER, IN' THE SHAM - highest since noou - yesterday. 49 -lowest this morning *nd during the night. 51 —this d*v at noon. B.t.nomrrEn, down to 2917, now up to 29 . 83. WIND. S.S.E. to S.E.—Light, with continuous rain and very dull weather. e - *1 e S":""Atktil . t"'"" .4) 4, cs -) ltin • ./ -.... LONDON, NVEDNESDA.V, FEBRUARY 13, 1856 The Right Honourable Gentleman the Member fur the University of Dublin has earned for him self the thanks and gratitude, not only of every Legal Reformer, but of every British citizen. In a speech, characterised by great learning and moderation, he advocated the appointment of "an efficient and responsible department of public justice, with a view to secure the skilful prepara tion and proper structure of Parliamentary bills, and promote the progressive amendment of- the laws of the 'United Kingdom." Tile subject will not take our friends by surprise. We have re peatedly urged the necessity of such an officer, in order to get rid of the, slovenly legislation, dis graceful to Parliament, and calculated to bring the authority of the law into contempt and dis repute. What can be more painful th an t o f in d the venerable and respected judges of the land complaining of the careless manner in which solemn acts of the Imperial Legislature have been framed—of tke difficulty of reconciling confli c t. in; sections of the same statute, and of duly in terpreting the enactments with which every British Slibieet-1 3 4, more, every stranger who pays a pa ssing visit to the United Kingdom—is supposed to be acquainte d ? Surely it ought to be olio of the first duties of Government to provide an adequate remedy for an evil of such extraordinary magnitude—to abate, at the earliest possible mo ment, the great soeial nuisance. We have all witnessed with regret the difficul ties and impediments that obstruct any legal amelier a ti on. Private individuals, however desirous of lending their best assistance is the , important duties, are unable to devote the time and attention requisite to ,the efficient discharge ' of the arduous task ; and 'there is no Minister who can, without a total disregard of his other pressing duties, undertake the enor mous labour. The Lord Chancellor, un questionably the legitimate party, is so completely occupied with his multifarious political and judicial duties tilet, _all that can bo expected at his hands is to give a hasty considera tion to ripe suggestions that may be brought under his notice. It is, indeed, surprising how a man of ordinary physical powers can, at the same time, act as a Cabinet Minister, as Speaker of the here ditary branch of the Legislature, and head of the highest judicial tribunal in the country. How then could he undertake additional work that would require undivided and incessant toil ? It is clearly impossible ! But under the existing system the Lord Chancellor must personally ap prove of every legal measure before it can obtain the sanction of the Government. Thus it is that so many admirable suggestions have proved abortive, and that the efforts for the'rernoyal of acknow ledged grievances have either fallen to the ground or been procrastinated for an almost indefinite time. Mr. NAPIER acts on the principle that it is better ataxia) to seek the root of the evil than to expatiate on the numerous petty details in which amendments are required. The codification of the Civil and Criminal Law—the removal of the numerous obsolete enactments that still encumber the national statute-book—are matters of the most urgent nature. But experience teaches that until the objectionable system that prevents or retards these ameliorations be changed it is vain to expect any comprehensive measure. We must strike at the root of the evil—introduce a radical reform that may possibly prove effectual. The first step is suggested by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and no one can deny that it is in the right direction. A Cabinet Minister able to devote his entire time to the subject, like the head of the Poor-Law Board, or the Board of Health, would unquestionably make speedy progress in the important course. All that is required is that the question should not be shelved, as it may be, from the omission of the words " an efficient and responsible depart ment of public justice." The matter is one on which, although every allowance should be made for the Government, no needless procrastination can be tolerated. By the adoption of the re mainder of Mr. NAPIER'S motion and the practical confession of the grievance, Min,isters have pledged themselves to afford redress, and it should not be too long delayed or postponed. The discussion on the Wensleydale Peerage case, was last night renewed in the House of Lords, and the question was ultimately postponed until Monday next. The views we have already expressed appear to be strengthened and con firmed from what occurred. There are, to say the least of it, strong doubts as to the legality and ♦alidity of the creation. Even supposing the Crown to have full power on its side, it is not a very wise or politic proceeding, to attempt to carry matters with a high hand, and to force a party on the House against the will of a very decided majority of its members, including a majority of the Law Lords. From what fell last night from the Lord Chan cellor and the Lord Chief Justice of England, it is manifest that those high functionaries are com pletely at issue, and that but for the illness of Lord WENSLEYDALE, which prevented him from appearing to claim his seat, according to the exi gency of the writ, a very unseemly collision might have occurred between two branches of the Legislature. Lord CRANKORT; speaking on behalf of the new Peer, declared that he respect fully declined the jurisdiction of the committee— that, in fact, he would not recognise the right of the House to interfere—but would present him self with his patent or'summona, and claim his right to sit ; while, on the other hand, -_Lord CAMPBELL as positively assorted that if he did so, before a Committee of Privileges had an oppor tunity of deliberating, and considering, and of ex ercising its undoubted jurisdiction by inquiring into the matter, "he should move that his Right flomourable friend, who under the, patent would be called Lord WENSLEYDALE, be not admitted into their Lordships' House," This ix, indeed, an untoward state of affairs, one deeply to be lamented by every right-minded man. The Royal prerogative of conferring a title of honour on any deserving subject cannot be dis puted, but when a seat is claimed, the House must, according to the universal rule, be the sole judge of its own privileges. If Lard WENSLEYDALE present the writ of summons only, and the patent be withdrawn, he must be adsuitted. But that course would extend the evil which the limitation for life was intended to avoid. It would give a remainder to heirs general, in place of to the heirs male, of the body. If the patent be presented with the writ, both must be examined concur• rently, and if the one be invalid, the other must entirely fall to the ground. This is the difficulty, and it is one that should be dealt with on every side with temper and mo deration. If there be danger of a collision Par liament should dispose of the question. Tho House of Commons might properly interfere as ar bitrators and we have no doubt that either side would give way in any point where it was thought desirable for the public welfare that they should do so. These are certainly not films for any un due assertion of a doubtful prerogative. The Sabbatarians aro in arms, and fiercely stimulating each other to do battle for the exclu sive possession of the Lord's-day, which they have so selfishly appropriated aid so mercilessly perverted. From a score or more pulpits in the metropolis their choicest orators have toiled and perspired with unwonted exertion. Plethoric incumbents have vied with pliant curates in sound ing the tocsin of war, and both have been out done by the Ministerial Toogoods of dissent. Prophecies have run a hard race with denuncia tions, and brotherly love has stood aside for fear of the pillory or the stocks. To listen to the discourses of these newly-furbished fanatics we can assure the gentle reader was a feat requiring no ordinary firmness of nerve, for if their prowess in the field comes up to their fulminating never did the Crescent send forth more ruthless champions. To hear the Crystal Palace mentioned made you shut your ears to avoid the discord of the crash announcing its fall, and the British Museum made you wish for the moment you were a mummy within its walls. And all this in the LORD'S name for the exclusive possession and p3rversion of the Lord's-day. The movement Gospel. That, • party have not so learned the in their opinion, is glad tidings for the po or , not oppression and debasement. A day devoted to the LORD cannot, in their opinion, but be consecrated by deeds of mercy, and dese crated by acts of oppression. T o sa y th a t they are desirous to rob the poor man o f hi s d ay o f res t, or contemplate his withdrawal from attendance on the ordinances of religion, is a foul ca l umny . While plethoric parsons have been dozing, and Ministerial Toogeods have been consoling the well.to-do elect, they have found time to follow the steps of the laborious artisan, and m a k e themselves acquainted with his manner of life. They have looked into his confined and comfort less home, stood over Lim in his toil, and taken note of his opportunities for mental and physical recreation. They have found him in thousands of instances with no time I:the week through for mental cultivation, save Sunday —the few hours daily, or rather nightly, at his disposal, being necessarily devoted to the recruitment of his phy sical frame. They have discovered with regret that preachers of the Gospel, par excellence, have, in too many instances, won none of his re spect, 'brit have set, in his opinion, no other Gospel than that of hypocrisy and self seeking before him. They have witnessed with grief and pain of heart how from removable causes his day of rest has perforce been devoted to animal, almost to the entire exclusion of moral and mental, recreation. They have gazed on him as he trudged along the footpath, lounged in the pothouse, luxuriated over the glass, or sought other enjoyment anywhere but at home, and have only been gratified by the general orderliness of his demeanour. They have asked, " Why should this be ?" and have cast about for a remedy, and with all the more eagerness knowing how many behind the counter from early dawn to midnight are hardly so well off as be. They have turned east, turned west, turned north, and turned south to discover some means by which the cultivation of his moral and intellectual faculties, along with the recreation of his physical powers, could be in some sort insured, and the result is they found in the British Museum, the National Gal lery, and 'similar institutions, such means at hand institutions specially designed for the purpose, and likely to subserve it, if opened on the Sunday, the only day when they oould be of service. True men are not to be stayed on a mission of mercy: They asked for the key, and shame to tell ! it was refused—re fused, too, in the name of the LORD, who " loveth everything he hath made." The Pharisees of the day were shocked at the notion of an innovation which really breaks the letter of no existing law, and is in perfect harmony with the spirit of the Gospel, and intimidated the cus todons of the key into retaining it. Every successive application was met with contumely and determined resistance, until the thing got beyond a joke, and it became an obvious duty -on the part of all enlightened friends of humanity to join in solemn league against these Pharisees —these whited sepulchres, who, in their love of death, would to all appearance neither suffer the grass to grow, the wind to blow, nor the rivers to flow, any more than the intelligence of the op pressed workman to germinate of a Sunday. Shortly the contending parties will meet, and may AEAVRN defend the right ! The League must triumph, if mercy and common sense are not to be excluded from the Legislature. The Marchioness Dowager of Londonderry has left Holdernesse House for Wynyard Park, where the Earl and Counters Vane have arrived on a visit. The Countess of Westmoreland . and Lady Rose Fane have arrived at the Brunswick House Hotel, from Brighton. The Viscountess Ehrington gave birth to a son on Sunday last, at the family seat, Castle fill, Devonshire. lAdy Baresford has left Paris for her residence at Venal Dec Mr. Milbanke has arrived in Eaton-place, from visit ing Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke, in the north. Rio DE JANEIRO, Jan. 14.—The cholera has sensibly declined in Rio, and the daily mortality from that dis ease is reduced to five or six only. General Sir Colin CamPbell arrived' at Malta on the Ist by the French packet the Thabor, from Marseilles, and proceeded to the East in the same vessel the! day alter. The gallant *general, says the Matto Times, is known to have expressed his opinion to some - friends here that peace would shortly be concluded: OTTOMAN BANS.—A new bank has been announced, to be founded at Constantinople, and to be called the Ottoman Bank, with a capital of 500,0001. in' 201. shares. The board includes Members of leading London banking establishments, and the chairman is Mr. Leyerd, 'M.P. TIPPERARY JOINT-STOCK 13iirs.—The draught" of the above bank have been returned by their' London agents, Messrs. Glyn. This office was establiilied'in'lB3B, with a head office at Clonmel, and branches at ..thy,' Carlow, Carrick-On-Suir, Nenagh, Roscrea, Thurles, ThorCas town, and Tipperary, and has been paying dividends at the rate of 6 per cent. TEMPORARY ESCAPE OF RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—Two Russian prisoners, Carl Tornrouth and Eric Piatila, escaped from Lewes gaol on Thursday, but, intelligence having been sent to the various police stations, they were re-captured at Woolwich on Sunday,. and sent back to their former quarters. COUNTY CRICKET CLUB IN O%FM:ISMM—A county cricket club is in a progressive state of formation, and the foll Owing gentlemen have formed themselves into a committee, assisted by the Hon. C. Fiennes, as secre tary, viz , the Hon. E. C. Leigh, Hon. W. Fiennes, A. Faber, Esq., C..D. Mariham, E;cf.;',T. Esq. ORDNANCE ESTIMATE.—The supplemefitary estimate of the Office 'of Ordnanee for the years 1855.56 was yes terday published. It amounts to 1,346,0231., including the following items—viz., 294,154/: for barrack supplies, 62,3161. for wages, 987,185/. for stores, and 2,3681. for the scientific branch. HOLYHEAD.—The Lords of the Admiralty have deter mined that for the future the graving dock at Holyhead shall not be used for the repair of merchant vessels, but that its use shall be confined to the mail-boats and steamers. This decision materially affects the shipping interest, and to remedy the loss the inhabitants are memorialising for the erection of a gridiron inside the old harbour. Despatches from Turin say that considerable excite ment wa. created at the sitting of the 9th of the Pied - morAose Chamber of Deputies by the presence of General de h Marmora, who was loudly cheered, and fur eevrral minutes surrounded 'by a dense crowd of personal friends eager to speak to him. Tne business of the day was unimpoytant. CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning considerah'e sensation was created in the neighbourhood of Totter . ham-court road, in consequence of the discovery of the body of a fine male cUild in an empty house in Chenies pia ie. There were marks sufficient to lead t r the opinion that it had met with an untimely end. SUDDEN Drum—Yesterday Mr. W. Carter, the Stir ray coroner, received information that Mrs. Mary Ann Darby, the wife of Mr. Darby, the pyrotechnist at her Majesty's Theatre, and late of Vauxhall Gardens, bad died in the following awful manner : On Monday she went down stairs to speak to her daughter, and on her return she complained of a pain in the throat. She vomited some blood, sat down in the chair, and instantly expired. An inquest will be held to-morrow. fcsterday William Horton Sharman, a silversmith, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, at the Clerken well police court, charged with stealing from the works, at 2ti, Harrison-street, Gray's-inn-road, five pieces Of silver, called suspending bars to the Crimean medals, the property of Messrt. Hunt and Roskell, the exten sive silversmiths. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Yesterday Mr. William Pad wick, lord of the manor of Haling, Hants, appeared to a summons at the West minster police-court, charging him with wilful and cor rupt perjury. The court was crowded with persons anxious to hear the proceedings, amongst whom were Lord George Lennox and Admiral Berkeley, who were accommodated with a seat upon the bench. The case lasted some hours, but the facts which led to the charge. and the evidence adduced in connection therewith, were not of public interest. The case was then adjourned till Monday. STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES'S BANKRUPTCY.--A dividend of is. 9d. in the pound is in course of payment under the joint estate, and a further dividend is expected to be paid in Jane next. A dividend of Od. in the pound is also payable under each of the separate estates of Strahan and Para, and of ld. under the separate estate of Bates. MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. — Yesterday (Tuesday), au inquest was held at Swan Vil lage, near West Bromwich, in South Staffordshire, for the purpose of inquiring into the circumstances con nected with the death of a young man, about 25 years of age, named Robert Grubbit, who was found in the canal on Saturday afternoon last with his throat cut, and two large stones in the pockets of his jacket, weigh ing, the one seven and the other two pounds. The in quest was adjourned to enable the police to make fur ther inquiries. The deceased, it appears, came from Norfolk, where he bad a mother living. He was a very steady, well-conducted young man. LOCAL DUES UPON SHIPPING.—At the quarterly meeting of the Bristol Town Council, held yesterday, it was determined to appoint a committee to watch the bill on this subject introduced by Mr. Lowe, Vice-Pre sident of the Board of Trade, and to oppose the mea sere in its various stages, unless a clause be inserted awarding compensation to Bristol for the loss she would suffer by the abolition of the town dues. The case of Bristol is said to be an exceptional one, for, while in other ports the towns draw profit from the docks, the docks there are indebted to the town to the extent of 6,000/. a-year for the maritime interests of the port, over and above the 3,000/. received from the town dues. LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE AND TENDER FOR THE PAM.. or EGYPT.—A fine, and very beautifully-decorated en gine and tender, for the special use of his highness Saidia Pacha, viceroy of Egypt, have just bees com pleted by Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and Co., of the Atlas Works, Oxford-road. The engine is an " express," cal culated to draw 120 tons, on a level, at GO miles an hour. When in working condition, the engine will weigh about 24r3tkoe i n u u p , (t:o iainn Cai r o, which the tender 11 tons. The remarkab!e and very beautif u l d e coratio ns have been done by Mr. Wm. Coke, heraldic paint e r, of Birmingham. The rail waywh cwl we andthey understand n di a ie r rt e sot t a o b : ed be , e u xe int eegag d nd i opens eedd tion s f pu r a o ei from t inAlex andriamg r ca state carriage fQr the Pope.—Manchester Guardian. THE SUN, LONDON, WRDNESDAY EVENING, rEBRUARy 1 456-; • LATEST NEWS: MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, 8.10 A. AL The Vatican has arrived, with advices from Constantinople of the 4th, and from the Crimea of the 2d. Despatches leave at 2 o'clock. A fire took place on Saturday in the barracks occupied by a detachment of the 13th English Dragoons. No lives were lost. The building, with the arms and accoutrements it contained, was totally destroyed. STRASBURG, TUESDAY. Baron Brunow left here this morning for Paris, where he is expected this evening at 10 o'clock. Count Orloff left St. Petersburg on the 9th. He will arrive at Berlin on Wednesday. VIENNA, FEB. 12. Count Buol leave 3 this day for Paris. PARIS, WEDNESDAY, 8.30 A. M. Baron Brunow arrived here last night, at half past 10 o'clock, at the Russian Embassy. THE OVERLAND MAIL. (From the Overland Bombay Times of Jan. 16.) On the last day of the year a notification was issued by the Governor-General intimating that, as the Southal insurrection was at an end, the troops engaged in its suppression would return to cantonments ; and this disturbance now quieted leaves us without a single outrage to chronicle during the fortnight. Neither from Burmah nor our north-west frontiei have we either intelli gence of past disturbance or rumours of coming war, and the Nizam's dominions themselves ap pear to have passed a fortnight in a state of entire tranquillity. Throughout the length and breadth of India profound peace reigns supreme. Arrange ments for the annexation of Oude appear to be ad vancing° quietly and anapitiously. From Burmah the only intelligence is an account of a terrible con flagration which devastated Rangoon on the 10th of December. The origin of the fire is not known, and in a few hours destroyed some 18 brick warehousas, 180 timber houses, and about 300 bamboo dwelling places. The Commis sioner and his assistants exerted themselves to the utmost, but the natives did not stir. Water was not to be procured in sufiicent quantities, and a considerable amoun t o f p l un d er was carr ied off. The loss, esti ma t e d a t 150,000/., w ill f a ll o n the European houses, to whom the native merchants are largely i n d e bt e d. S anc ti on has been given for the construction of one first-class screw steamer in Bombay, at the cost of some 100,0001. or 150,0001.—and this is nob quite so monstrous as the arrangement in its more ex tended form. It is pretended that the new ship is not to be put in commission, but to be kept in readiness in case of war ; in what quarter mis understandings are apprehended does not appear. The frigate, even out of commission, will cost about 30,0001. a year. Within the fortnight we have had one more instance of the anoma lous proceedings in which courts-martial seem at times to rejoice. A Captain Gibbon, of the Madras army, having been dismissal the service, for having introduced as his sister-in-law a cour tesan into a ballroom, and lied on the occasion, the Coininander-in-Chief states that the Court ac quitted him on one point against the evidence—on another it recommended him to mercy on the ground of his having "fallen into error in an unguarded moment," the whole proceeding showing that he' was an inveterate and habi tual 4ansgressor. The recommendation was wisely disregarded, and the name of one most unworthy member of an honourable service'dis appears from the army list; The Governor-Gene ral has just declined accepting a public entertain ment from the Bengal Club, on the score of bad health. He retires from India, as formerly inti mated, on the let of March. His successor, Lord Canning, is understood at the present date to be on his way from Suez-to Bombay ;he is expected here ten days hence. Lord Elphinstone is to return to Bombay to-morrow from his six weeks tour. Sir William Gomm, Commander-in-Chief of India, is on his way down to Bombay through Scinde. Ho will be succeeded by General Anson about the first of next mouth, and will not until then quit the limits of his command. The new Commander in-Chief will receive the reduced allowance of ten thousand a year in place of twenty thousand, hitherto enjoyed. 'There is a greater demand for money in the market, and the banks have raised their rates of interest ; Government and other se curities have further declined. The import mar ket is still very dull, although wiles have been ex tensive at reduced prices ; freights have fallen. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKET, FROM TIE 2D TO THE I.STM JANUARY. We have no change to report in our money market during the, fortnight, further than that money is in greater demand, and the banks have raised their rates of interest 1 per cent. A further decline has taken place in Government and other securities. In the import market, we regret to say, there is n 8 change. • EXPORTS.—In cotton, only an inferior quality is pro- Curable. Accounts front the interior of the coming crop are most favourable, and new supplies are expected in the course of a few weeks. Linseed has declined in price. FREIGUT.—Rates of freight to Great Britain rule much about the same as at our last, 3/. 2s. 6d. per ton for cot ton and other measurement goods ; but oil seeds, of which there is a large quantity offering, 3/. 12a. 6d. to 3/. 15s. per ton. For China Rs. 15 per candy. EXCHANGE on England, for the mail, opened at 2s. 15.16 d. to 2s. Igd., and gradually rose to the following quotations :-2s. 21d. to 2s. 2 9.16 d. for China and first class credit, and 2s. 21d. to 2g. 2id. for document ; and at these rates a fair amount of business was done. On Calcutta, we quote Rs. 101 at sight, and Rs. 99 at 60 days' sight Madras, Rs. 100 and sight, and Rs. 99i at 30 days' sight ; and on China, Rs. 216 at 60 days' sight. CALCUTTA. -1-Front the. Bengal Burkaril of Jan. 8.) The Son that insurrection, after having been fostered by the insufficient steps taken to suppress it, has at last been smothered by the more vigorous measures recently adopted, and the Governor• General has now issued a proclamation announcing the rebellion entirely suppressed, while the Lieut.- Governor has notified that the proclamation whereby martial law was established, and the functions of the ordinary criminal courts of judi cature were suspended within the Sonthal districts, has ceased to have effect. The excitement occasioned among the American merchants by the re-publication in India of the order in Council prohibiting the exportation of saltpetre, except in British bottoms, has ceased, and the American s are . disposed to a dmit the ne cessity, and even the legality, of the measure. The loss sustained by them, however is not very great. COMMERCIAL REPORT. CALCUTTA, JAN. 8. We have not bad sufficient time given to our market to develops the effects of the advices and orders received by the mail, and we have therefore had very little doing in any article as yet. Exchange. —The rates on Europe have continued un altered, the following being now the ruling quo tations : First class credits at six months' sight N. 20. to 2s. 2id. Bank bills; ditto Documenebills. ditto Treasury and Post bills On China we have not beard of any transactions, but the rate nominally is 214 rs. per 100 dole. F aitiowrs.---During the present week large engage ments of rice bare taken place both for London and Liverpool at 4/. 17s. 6d., and a moderate amount of tonnage nf other articles engaged at previous rates. The demand for the shipment of rice to the European conti nent has abated. FRANCE.. PARIS, TUKSDA.Y EVENING. The Conferences will open on Thursday, the 21st, or Saturday, the 23d of February. Count Buol and . Lord Clarendon are expected ou Friday or Saturday next. Count Orloff will be in Paris on the 19th . or 20th. Aali Pacha on the 20th or 21st. Baron Brunow leaves Frankfort to-day. The Moniteur publishes a decree fixing the num ber of men to be furnished by each department to make up the 140,000 called out in 1856 of the class of 1855. The operations of the councils of revi sion are to begin on the 25th inst., and the defini tive lists for each department to be completed by the 15th March, after which the young men called on to serve will be sent to the respective corps to which they are appointed. A decree in the Moniteur, founded on a report from the Minister of War , imposes a special tax of 22,300 f r. on t h e persons I:aving patentes, or licences 'to trade, at Algiers, Oron, Philippeville, and Bona, to defray the expenses of the - BOurie and- . the Chamber of Commerce in the first-named town, and for those of the Chambers of Commerce in the others. BOURSE, Feb. 12.—The following were the clos ing quotations : Cash. ft. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents , 6 —f. —o. 3 per Cents 73 73 75 New Loan 73 35 Bank Shares ... 3,482 50 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,575 Austrian . 88 Belgian Five 5......., 97 Spanish Threes — Piedmontese (5) B9 Home Debt — RAILWAYS-TOR CASH. fr. c. fr. 0. Orleans 1,250 Western... B5O Northern Lyons ....... 1,240 New Ditto Bl5 Mediterranean 1,375 Grand Central 637 50 Lyons Geneva — Teste Cette THE BALTIC. KIEL, Feb. 9.—The frost which came so unex pectedly upon us last week has as suddenly disap peared, and a south-west gale has completely dis persed the ice and melted the snow, so that we have now quite the aspect of spring, and the com munications with Russia are again entirely free and uninterrupted. A vessel arrived here two days ago from Libau, with a cargo of Russian produce • and the captain reports that the impo r t s th ere had been so great that it was no longer possible to sell the cargoes from the ship's side; and that it was no easy matter to obtain storage for the great accumu lation of goods which had been received there ; while the prices of imports had in consequence so greatly fallen, and those of exports so much ad vanced, that the prospects of profit had most materially diminished. So far as stopping the sup plies of warlike stores to Russia, a renewal of the blockade would now be almost unnecessary; but from the great preparations at this moment making by Russia in fitting out some of her largest and best screw frigates, it is very desirable that the vessels sent to the Baltic before an armistice is ar ranged should be of a class fully qualified to cope with those of Russia now ready for sea, otherwise some disaster may occur, the consequences of which no opportunity might now be afforded to coun teract. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg has the follow ing official announcement of the appointment of Prince Gortschakeff to the post left vacant by the death of Prince Paskewitsch "In consequence of the demise of the Marshal Prince of Warsaw, Count Paskewitsch of Erivan, Aide-de- Camp General Prince Gortschakoff 11., member of the Council of the Empire, is appointed Commander-in- Chief of the armies of the West and Centre, and Lieu tenant of the Kingdom of Poland, with all the attri butes and prerogatives belonging to that office." The Invalide has published iu detail the report drawn up by Admiral Glasenapp as to the build and construction of the row gun-boats now build ing in Russia ; in the course of this description we are brought acquainted with the new weapons that the Russians have had made for the purpose of repelling boarding attacks. They are represented as Consisting of an iron lance, about seven feet long, and a mace of cast iron, the massive head of which resembles a pineapple, and like it is beset with a number of obtuse but pointed projections. Each boat is provided with from 30 to 40 lances and from 15 to 20 maces, in the ma nagement of which the Fins are said to possess great skill. From this description these maces would appear to resemble the morgenstern, still in use with the watchmen in Sweden, and with one of which the Marquis of Waterford some 15 years back came inconveniently into close contact. The Northern Bee, which subsists by theespecial favour of the Russian court, puts forward an ar ticle on the expected peace. The following is an extract : " If God grant us peace, we shall take advantage of it to provide Russia with railways. If every landed pro prietor would invest five silver roubles per annum for each of his serfs in railway stock, in less than five years the sum derived from 11 millions of serfs would amount to 550 millions of silver roubles. An enormous amount! Let the merchants, too, show a readiness to purchase, scrip, and the net of railways between the seacoasts' will sp,:edily approach completion. Russia will then be ten times richer than she is at present. It now , takes twenty-two hours to get to Moscow, a distance of , 607 versts ; at the same speed we shall travel from St.. Petersburg to Simpheropol (2,038 versts), and to Astra- i than (2,076 versts) in four days, and get to Kasan on the third day. I do not speak of the advantages re, specting the conveyance of merchandise, but what a; delight it, will be, when our brave troops and the munk tions of war can be taken from one spot to another almost like the wind, to a spot menaced by the enemy. for instant!*, supposing we ehould then have any ene mies. All this can and will be done, but we must make the beginning. Private individuals are already pen; milted to construct roads, and that is all we want. The good North Americans will cordially assist us, supplying us With skilful engineers and machinists." PRU SSIA. A letter from Berlin of the 9th, in the Debats, says:—" It is g enerally rumoured that the Presi dent of the Council, Baron de Mauteuffel, is shortly to proceed to Paris, and the object of his alleged visit has given rise to many conjectures. The Berlin Zeit, which has many titles to speak on behalf of the Prussian Government, said, on the 9th :—" It is still uncertain whether Prussia will, or not, take part in the Conferences which are to open at Paris on the 21st of this month. Prussia hesitates to accept the 5 prepositions, with all the obligations they entail, lest she should become bound by them in case of the failure of negotiations. At the same time it is certain that no peaco will be finally concluded to which Prussia is not a party." It is understood here that the personnel of the Russian Embassy in this capital is soon to be in creased by the addition of a member well versed in the mechanical arts, whose office it shall be to make himself acquainted with every improvement in mechanism and the useful arts as fast as it appears, and report upon it to his Government. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the Bth, in the Cologne Gazette, says—" The rumours respecting the change in the members of the Russian embassy here are not altogether unfounded, for it is certain that Prince Gortscbakoff requested to be sent to another post. Meantime a conga of four weeks has been granted him. The nomination of Aali Puha, as the representative of the Porte at the conferences of Paris is looked upon hero as a concession to Austria, who, through M. de Prokesch, had ad vocated his appointment at Constantinople." PORTUGAL. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 12.—8 y the Royal mail steam-ship Avon, which arrived this morning, we have dates from Lisbon to the Bth inst. The Minho steamer left for Liverpool on the 7th, and the Peninsular packet Madrid was to leave, as usual, on the 9th with the mails for Southampton, calling at Oporto and Vigo. The Milan steamer, from Marseilles for Liverpool, put into Lisbon for coals a few hours before the Avon left. Her Majesty's ship St. George was the only. foreign vessel of war in port. The Avon does not bring any political news of importance from Lis bon. The debate upon the reply to the Throne had commenced in the Deputies, where the Minister of Finance had presented the budget for 1856.57, showing 10.939 contos of revenue, and 12.584 contos of expenditure ; but by adding to the revenue the usual abatements from the Royal allowances and from public salaries the calculated deficit is reduced from 1,655 contos to 355 contos, or about 80,0001. The Minister of Finance had also brought forward his arrangement with the foreign bondholders, and a bill to regulate the trade in grain, allowing free exportation and im portations upon a sliding scale of duties. The agents of corn speculators in Riga and St. Petersburg have been very busy of late in Ham burg with their offers of grain for delivery in the spring at very low prices; but it is observed that they ,decline to agree to the conditions stipulated for by, would-be buyers, viz. :—that should the blockade of the Russian harbours be renewed before the period of delivery comes round (and consequently the delivery be'prevented), the con tract is to become void and null. Count Alexis Feodorowitsch Orloff, who, to gether with Baron Brunew, will represent Russia at the Paris Conferences, is not to be confounded with various other Count Orloffs who have figured in the modern history of . Russia. This Count Alexis Orloff is a member of the Council of the Empire and a General of cavalry. Although the King of -Denmark has annulled the votes of the Holstein Diet on the subject of their petition to him for a more just recognition of the privileges of the duchy, on account of their having in that matter exceeded their legitimate powers, he cannot obstrnct their resolution to ar raign f. von Scheelo for the abuse of his authority as Minister for the Duchy . ; and that process will be pressed with as much promptitude and energy as the formalities which must be observed will permit. A letter from Vienna of the 7th, in the Augs burg Gal:ate, says :—" Austria continues disarming her frontiers nearest Russia. On the sth two special trains brought here from Cracow a number of siege pieces ; yesterday the pontoon materiel arrived. The reduction of the army is being effected without interruption, and at the market of Matzleinsdorf yesterday,.a considerable number of artillery and cavalry horses were sold." THE UNITED STATES. The commercial accounts from the United States yesterday describe an easier condition of the money market and a great increase of confidence with re gard to political relations with England. Securities of most kinds, however, were dull, owing to the decline reported from this side, the news of the submission of Russia not having yet arrived out. A week previously the aspect of foreign affairs had been considered bad, but it had become evident that the attempt to create a war feeling had not been responded to by the public ; and the satisfac tory effect thus caused had been greatly strength ened by a semi-official statement in the Washington Union, that the whole of the reports lately in cir culation as to the intention of the President to adopt an offensive course were wholly without foundation and highly injurious to the commercial interests of the nation. The rate of discount for the best paper had declined to 8 per cent., and there was a tendency to an advance in the rate of ex change, which holds out the prospect that a mode rate resumption of specie remittances to this side may take place in the course of a few weeks. Erie Railroad Stock was at 53?, ; Panama, 1001 ; Reading, 852 ; and Illinois Central Bonds, 811. A long period of severe weather had retarded business, but the importation of Bri tish goods had been comparatively large, and the transactions generally wore of a healthy cha racter. Wheat and flour had experienced a rise equal to about ls. Bd. per quarter. The Governor of Mississippi had issued his message to the Legis lature of that State, recommending tho appropria tion of $200,000 annually for the encouragement of railroads, but saying nothing about its debts either as regards the amount repudiated or the amount acknowledged but not paid. He is accord ingly reminded by the .New York Tribune that, although Mississippi greatly needs railroads, she needs common honesty still more. From Califor nia later advices had been received, but they con tain no intelligence beyond the fact of a continued increase in the gold production. The Mexican ac counts are likewise without anything of much mo ment ; but from Hayti a fall confirmation had been received of the utter rout of the Emperor Souloquo and his army of 30,000 men in their attempt to subjugate the Dominican part of the island. The portion of the expedition headed by the Emperor in person consisted of 18,000 men, a large number of whom turned against him. In his flight he is said to have wandered through woods, and at length to have reached a place about 60 miles from Cape Haytien with only 1,000 followers, having lost arms, ammunition, and provisions of all kinds, as well as 40,0001. in money. It was doubted whether ho would ever regain his power, as in trigues were previously on foot for his deposition. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FEB. 7. HARBOUR OF REFUGE, CARDIGAN BAY. Motion made, and Question put, " That a Select Commit. tee be appointed to inquire into the expediency and practicability of constructing in the most advantageous part of Cardigan Bay a Harbour of Refuge, to afford protection against the injury to commerce, and to avert the harrowing scenes of woe attendant on the frequent shipwrecks which occur in Saint George's Channel, which harbour may be constructed also to serve as ono of defence against invasion. That it be an instruction to the said committee, to inquire into the feasibility of employing the convicts of this country on that work, making their employment remunerative to the country, beneficial to themselves, and at the same time preserving our social condition, the security of which at present is so affected by the retarn to it of ticket-of-leave men." The house divided—Ayes 44; Noes 118.. ATEB-44. - . Barrow, W. Borstal!, T. Rushout, Capt. (I. lientinek, G. Hume, W. Rust, James Bignold, Sir S. King, J. Scott, F. Blakemore, T. 'Mac E voy, E. Sibthorp, Major Boldero, Lt.-Col. ii. G. NPCanti, J. Stracey, 11. Brady, J. Michell, William Stuart, W. Brantley-Moore, J. Morris, D, Tyler, Sir G. Chelsea, Viscount }Tunings, J. It. Vansittart, G. Child, Smith Mundy, W. Walcott, Admiral. Cobbold, J. C. Newdegate, C. Whitmore, 11. Davies, D. North, Col. J. Williams, W. Dunne,Colonei Parker, R. Wynne, W. Greaves, E. Percy, J. Greene, Capt. John Philipps, J. TELLERS. Guinness, lt. S. Pollard-Ureuhart, W. Davies, J. Gwyn, llowel Robertson, P. Lisburne, Earl -- - _ . NOES-11$. Acton, Joseph Gardner, It. Napier, Sir C. A lcock, T. Gladstone, W. O'Brien, J. Atherton, W . Glyn, G. O'Connell, J. Baines, Itt. Ilon. M. Greene, Thomas Oliveira, B. Berkeley, Sir G. Gregson, Samuel Osborne, It. Berkeley. G. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Paget, Lord A. Bethel!, Sir R. Hadfield, George Palmer, Roundel Blackburn, I'. Hall, Sir Benjamin Palmerston, Viscount Bland, L. H. Hankey, T. Patten, Col. Bond, J. Mune, Amite'. Paxton, Sift J. Brand, 11. 11. W. Ilene/cc, Geo. F. Peel, F. Brockleiturst, J. Herbert, S. Phillimore, J. G. Brotherton, J. ileyworth, L. Pilkington J. Bruce, Lord E. Hindley, C. Pritchard, Buckley, Gen. Horstnan, E. Itepton, G. Cardwell. E. Howard, Lord. E. Ricardo, S. Castlerosse, Vis. Hutt, W. Ridley, Georga Clinton, Lord It. Jackson, W. Scholetleld, W. Coct:burn, Sir A. J. E . Keating, 11. Seymour, 11. Collier, B. I'. King, L. Smith, H. Colvile. C. It. Kirk, W. Spooner, it. Cowper, W. Knatcbbull, W. Stafford, A. Craufurd, E. H. J. Knight, F. Sullivan, Michael Crossley, F. Labouchere,P.t.Hon.H Thompson, G. Dent, J. Langton, H. G. Thoruely, T. Dill rvyo,-A, L. Laslett, W. Tomline, G. Druinlanrig, Vie. Lewis, Sir G. C. Villiers, C. Duncan, Viscount Lindsay, W. : Walmsley, Sir J. Duncan, George Lowe, R.: Warner, E. Dunlop, A. Luce, 'l'. Waterpark, Lord Emlyn. Viscount Mackinnon, W. Whitbread, S. Evelyn, W. J. Mangles, it. Wickham, li. Fenwick, li. :Marshall. W. Wilkinson, W. Fergus, John Massey, W. Willcox, B. Ferguson, J. Milligan, R. Wilson, J. Fitzgerald, .T. Mitchell, T. A. Wood, Sir C. Fitzgerald, W. H. S. Monck, VIL Fitzroy, Henry Dlonsell, W. TELLEItiI. Foley, J. H. Mowbray, J. R. Forster, Charles Muntz, G. Hayter, W. Freestun, Colonel Murrough, J. P. Mulgrave, 1 arl of CONTRACTORS' DISQUALIFICATION REMOVAL. Motion made and question put, " That leave be given to bring in a bill to repeal the act 22 Goo. 111., disqualify ing contractors from being elected to, or sitting and voting as members in, the House of Commons." The house divided—Ayes 45, Noes 43. AYES-46. Acton, J. Fenwick, IL Oliveira, B. Atherton, W. Fitz;erald, J. Osborne, It. Baxter, w. Freestun, Col. Otway, A. Berkeley. C. Glyn, G. Paget, Lord A. Beth,:ll, Sir R. Grenfell, Chas. Palmerston. Visct . Bonham-Carter,J. Grey, Sir G. Pollard-Urquhart, W. Itouverie, Hon. E. P. Hayter, W. , Pritchard, J. Brocklehurst, J. Howard, Lord Ridley, 0. Bruce, Lord E. Laslett, W. Shelley, Sir J. Castlerosse, Viscount Lewis, Sir G. C. Steel, J. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Lindsay, W. Wilson, J. Colville, C. IL Lowe, R. Wood, Sir C. Cowper, W. F. Lace, T. Craufurd, E. 11. J. Milligan, R. TELLEES Duncan, Viscount Afulgrave, Earl Duncan, G. Mullings, J. Mitchell, T. Emlyn, Vis. O'Connell, J. Hankey, T. NOES-43. Barrow, W. llorsfall, T. B. Robertson, P. lientinek, G. Hume, W. Scott, F. Blackburn, Peter Kin!, J, J. Sibthorp, Major Bond, J. Liddell, 11. G. Spooner, R. Bramley-Moore, J. Lovaine, Lord Stuart, W. Chid, Smith 3l`Cann, J. Sullivan, Michael Evelyn, W. Montgomery, Sir G. Tyler, Sir G. Fitz Gerald, W. R. S. Mowbray, J. Walcott, Admiral Fitzroy, Hon. H. W. W Mundy, . Whitmore, H. Greene, John Murrough, J. Wickham, 11. W. Greguon, S. Napier, Sir C. Wilkinson. W. Guinness, IL North, Col. J. Williams, W. TELLIES. Gwyn, H. Percy, J. ittart, G. Hadfield, G. Phillimore, J. a. van , N,wdegate, C.Haste, Arehd. Ricardo, S. THE TURKISH LOAN. -- The following statement "of the several sums trans mitted by the Bank of Engla nd to the Sublime Port*, and otherwise paid on behalf of the Turkish Government, under Article IV. of the Convention made last year be tween her Majesty, his Majesty the Emperor of the French, and his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, out of the loan of 5,000,000 l , effected under the provisions of the Act 18th and 19th Vic., e. 99, and of the date when each remittance and other payment was made by the Bank of England," has been made, on the motion of Mr. Disraeli : 1855. A ug 25. Sovereigns delivered to the W a r Department for shipment 31. Ditto ditto If Sept. 8. Ditto ditto ' , 13. Ditto ditto 15. Ditto ditto .... 21. Paid to N. M. Rothschild and Sons, two bills drawn by Otto. man Government, and interest 283,169 6 Oct. 1. Ditto, one bill drawn by Ottoman Government... , . 22. Ditto, ditt o Nov. 20. Sovereigns d e li vered to the War 120,000 0 Department for shipment lOO,OOO 0 „ 23. Ditt o , di tto 100,000 0 Dec. 5. Paid to the African Nteam-ship Company, for the Faith steamer 23,000 0 „ 6. Sovereigns delivered to the War Department for shipment lOO,OOO 0 „ 14. Paid hor Majesty's Paymaster- General, to be applied for the purchase of steam-vessels and coals ~ 22. Sovereigns delivered to the War Department fo r s hip men t lOO,OOO 0 1856. Jaw. 26. Paid the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, for management of the loan ~ 28. Sovereigns delivered to the War Department for shipment .. t..... ~ 29. Paid to the executors of D. lir Witten, for carbines 13,250 0 Feb, 6. Sovereigns delivered to the War Department for shipment lOO,OOO 0 £1,891,919 6 PROFESSORSHIP OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY,MIRISICHAL COLLEGE, ABERDERN.—In consequence of the death, on Sunday last, of the Rev. David Gray, a vacancy has oc curred in this chair. The patronage of it belongs to the Crown. The emoluments amount to about 3001. per annum. Term time lasts for only five months of the year. A ttac'led to the class is a ♦ery fine apparatus. Since the abolition of the stricter tests the appointment may be held by an Episcopalian, or by any other Pro testant Dissenter from the Established Church of Scot land. The professor tnu4t,be not only an experienced experimentalist, but familiar with the modern mathe matice of the theory of physical science. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. (Front the Debats of Yesterday. ) In what sense is article 5 to be understood ? What is the precise object of it—what is its real and practical bearing ? In this respect we are, like every one else, re duced to conjectures, and we cannot give our personal appreciations. It is possible, and it is naliaral, that the French and English Governments, in demanding from Russia general guarantees in the interest of the ba• lance of power in Europe, considered themselves com pelled to stipulate for some particular guarantees in fa vour of those Allies who came at the last to giie their moral co-operation to the Western cause. It may be, for instance, readily conceived that they would not refuse to Sweden the price of an alliance which un der any eventuality must retain in their eyes the cha racter and the value of a friendly act. In this order of ideas, the particular conditions which may be thought proper to add to the general guarantees will be confined, as is generally believed, to interdicting Russia front for tifying the Aland Islands, and rebuilding the fortifica tions of Bomarsund. It appears difficult to imagine that Russia neither demanded nor received some previous explanations as to the meaning of article 6 before she de cided on accepting without reserve the programme of which it forms a part. If this very probable supposition be well founded, the difficulty will he smoothed down, and on the fifth point as on the four others the preliminary agree ment would exist de facto between the powers.. The work of the plenipotentiaries who are about to assemble would be thereby simplified and abridged. The affairs of peace are therefore in a favourable way, and it is nel'e thank God, with us than it will meet with any serious obstacles. Our only regret is to see that on this point there is not a perfect unanimity of views and an entent4 cordiale between France and her Allies. We do not wish to exaggerate the dissent--it is not on the ground work of things, it is only the shades. In England we firmly believe that peace is wished for, only that wish is expressed with more reserve and hesitation than with us. In France peace is desired, in Der land the people resign themselves to it ; it is ac cepted from a feeling of humanity rather than from sentiment, rather than by a warm and spouts• neons impulse. But after all what does it matter if England is ready to sign it I France, to her honour be it said, and the whole world will render her this jug' tice—France, in :declaring war against Russia , never had a desir e o r an i n t ent i on o f crushing her ; she never intended to make a war of hatred and exterminating against her. She never in her ideas of triumph calcu lated on the pleasure of seeing Cronstadt in ruins or St. Petersburg in flames. As she never entered on the war with those savage wishes, she has net in making peace to bear any sad disappointments. THE REV. DR CROLY ON THE NEWSPAPIR. The newspaper, the most influential of all human, works, is the creation of pri n ti ng . It i s th e h ono ur 01 England that in this country it approaches nearest t° excellence, in intellectual vigour, in variety of know' ledge, in extent of information, and in patriotic prin ciple. It has, like all the works of man, occasional iD 2 ' perfections, and perhaps the most prominent are its too minute details of offences against public purity. 13 ,1 there is scarcely a newspaper in this age which "foil,' not have been regarded as a triumph of ability in t h e last. In fact, the newspaper of England is the gr eat practical teacher of the people. Its constant 1 : 1 "' universal teaching alone accounts for the superior intldi ligence of the population. Schools, lecture-rooms, 0 ,, universities, imp or t an t as t h ey a ll are, a l toget h er fi ll behind it in public effect, or find that, to retain their influence, they must follow in its steps. Those step s must now and then turn from the right road, but their native tendency is forward and upward. This intelleo. tual giant always advances, and carries the country with 435., him to a hei g ht w hi c h no o th er country, anc i en t modern, ever attained, or perhaps ever hoped to attain. If in an age of foreign convulsion England has nod"' gone no catastrophe—if in the fall of monarchies she has Preserved her hereditary throne—if in the mingled fidelity and superstition of the Continent, which, l ik e Of mingled fetters and frenzy of a lunatic kospital, hays our day exhibited the lowest humiliation of nature, 1 " has preserved h er f ree d om an d h er re li g i on— l attribute all, under God, to the vigour and intelligence of public investigation, the incessant urgency of appeal to tb e public mind, the living organisation of which, the hear t, is the Press of England. TBEFATALCOLLISIONOFF FOLKESTON E -CENSURE OF BOTH CREWS. The inquiry opened on Tuesday last, before. Mr. E O4 , the Folkestone c o ro n e r , res p ec ti ng th e d ea th o f three °' the unfortunate sufferers in th e w r ec k o f the' Josephil Willie, was resumed yesterday at th e Guildhall of tbi; borough. Mr. Winkworth and Capt. Neagle attendeti on behalf of the owners and underwriters. Mr. Tow 3). for Captain Bour c hi er ; an d M r . O'Sh ea f or th e Linivri" , and London Steam Packet Company. The evidence was almost the sane as given at th e Beal inquiry. The jury, after more than an hour's deliberation, te . turned the following verdict :--" We come to a iiusei . moos conclusion that George Bummers and others oaig e by their deaths in consequence of a collision between the ship Josephine Willis and the steamer Mangertoe, owing to an error in judgment on the part of the chief °filo° of the ship, mistaking the light of the steamer for Den' genoss Light, and etarboarding the helm. We also afir e! that if a proper lo o k ou t h a d b een k ept on b oard o f i steamer, the collision might have been avoided. V" fee l it our duty also to state that there appears to have flea: great want of humanity o n tk e p ar t o f th e crew of o th : ships, hi not sending assi s t ance t o th e passen gers of ship whilst they had it in th e i r p ower t o d o so ; and we believe that, if proper efforts had b een ma de, man] w° r lives would have been saved." HAYMARKEfi THEATRE. A gentleman named Simpson appeared last nipi' vfi se t this theatre in the character of the " Stranger. may fairly say that he played it in a very uapretenal manner, and that, although neither the intonation of voice nor the expression of his countenance greatly I ° . tensifiod the pathos of the part, he seemed welt ac; quainted with th e rou ti ne of stage business that hin° l3 to it. Moreo ver , f rom the handkerchiefs used in ,°„-- pit, we may conclude that there were spectators v 7"; sympathised with hi s m i m i c woes, and from the apPitir which greeted him, when the curtain rose to show PI once more, we may c on j ec t ure t h at hi s talent W O 4° without admirers. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee have made ag° tls6 ! triumphant hit, by th e pro d uct i on of a nes i d ram a e titled "Selfishnes s ; o r , a G u ilt y C onsc i ence, ' wh ich ,"' with Mr. Nelson L ee ' s p an t omime o f "Th e Fo x an d the Grapes," is likely to fill the house for months to cou le ,; The new drama is of a mo s t nove l cons t ru ction, an points a strong moral. A man's conscience apPoar il/ r g . to him whenever he is about to do a b a d action is ce e. tainly new, and affords an opportunity to present nu, 1 , 13 ,,,. rous effec's never before attempted on any stage. piece in itself being intrinsically good renders the succor: so great. The management have spared no expense to keep up their well-earned fame. The various appos,r; ances and disappearances of the Spirit will tend to ado to the reputation of the machinists employed. Tie age' theosis at the conclusion of the drama is adusirabli managed, and is greatly aided by Mr. Oswald Hugbd . electric light. Of Mr. Searle's Wizard we cannot speak too highly ; his changes to the Spirit were rapid in tO extreme. Mr. N. T. Hicks played with skill and judr ment, as did also Mr. W. Travers. Miss Marion LOY acted admirably, as did Mrs. Hugh Campbell and Mr s ' Barnett. In fact th e en ti re company exerted themselvi, to insure its success. The reading public and old PitY: goers will doubtl ess ava il t h emselves of witnessing' t"`" powerful novelty. MARKET NEWS.—(his Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. We have had a very limited quantity of English wue ll 'a on sale to-day in paor condition. There was an in:Trol l inquiry for fine dry qualities, and the best samples W°u,,, have realised rather m ore money th an o f l a t e . Other kill' were quite as dear us on Monday. Over 10,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh t ' hand. Most descriptions ruled steady, at very full prise.. Barley and malt changed hands slowly, at Monday's c l 4" dine in value. Oats were steady, but not dearer. Beans, peas, and flour were in better request, at full ca r ' rencies. Over 8,000 barrels of the latter article W. sr. rived from the 'United States. AHATTALS THIS WITH. - Barley. Malt. I WS. 11°°1. I 750 1,630 40 73 0 3.660 2,960 8290 r .... 1 Wheat. 1,010 inglish .. Irish ... I • roreign } 1 10,250 BOROUGH HOP. There is a steady business doing in all kinds of bop., l it ' fully last week's prices. WHITECHAPEL. We had a very dull trade, as follows :—Beef, from 2183 t to 4s 2d ; mutton, 2s 10d t o 4 s 4d ; vea l, 4 8 ,Od to 5s „4 pork, 38 Od to 4s Ed per 81bs by the carcase. ' JAMAICA.---The New York Sun says the sugar c ro p on the Island of Jamaica this season is 50,000 bill": greater than ever before. This is attributed to A• 11 2,,, mans having taken the management of several of t u ":, largest sugar estates. In working they employ: ",, negroes at so much per day, paying in cash e r ' week. The cash wakes up the best energies of the sable labourers, and gives a new life, never before se en or heard of, to the sugar -making business. Tax WEST INDIA MAIL—The Parana, which left Southampton on the 17th ult. with the West India 0 43 Pacific mails, experienced a succession of gales after 1 10 left that port, which delayed her progress across tb n • Atlantic :and co nsume d h er coa l s . When about 2 51 " miles from the Island of Madeira, her commander , finding that she bad but 600 tons left, which would W 4 be i=uffieitnt to take her to St. Thonaae, ran for Sl,' deira, wh ere h e rep l en i s h e d his stock, and p ro ceedeu on his voyage to St. Thomas on the evening of the tBtb tlt. O FIRE IN THE BrAcsrmarta-RoaD.--YeAerday inOP log a fire broke out on the premises belonging to,Y r i: Okey, black-lead and emery paper manuf a cturer, tv', lington-street, Illackfriars-road. The flames were Dc ) ; extinguished until the drying rooms were nearly bur n of out, and considerable damage done to the lower par t ° the factory by water. The lose wilt fall on the Atlas' and Kent Fire Offices, L. -:._:.~ - is . re ( Wit of Cot 4114 Th, th e Cs' G u Tik pet Lao 20i ih o Ce: a 0. • 1 a a I ti I • • ~,,, ' I t