The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-20 00:00:00

LINDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1856. The hope of the nation now mainly rests on Lord CLARENDON. Much will depend on his clear-sighted ability, but still more on his unbend ing firmness, during the approaching Conferences. If he be true to himself, and fulfil the high pro mise afforded by his antecedents, he may extri cate his country, without much loss of prestige, from the unpleasant position in which it is placed ; but if, on the other hand, he suffers himself to be bamboozled or hoodwinked by the assembled diplomatists, England will be involved in a calamity of no ordinary magnitude, and will sustain irreparable injury to her honour, and to her material and commercial interests. One of the first questions to be ventilated will be the duration of the armistice that has been so improvidently sanctioned. The British Plenipo tentiary has emphatically declared in his place in Parliament that it cannot be too brief. Let him act on that view of the case. Under any circum• stances the truce must be seriously prejudicial to the Allies. Russia will gain on every point. In Asia, in the Crimea, in the Baltic she will be enabled to consolidate and strengthen her positions. At Kars the invading army will be reinforced and obtain the supplies necessary for holding what they have acquired, and, if desirable, of making further demonstrations on the Turkish territory. In the Crimea, too, the chain of positions will be so regulated, as to enable the Russian troops to offer a far more determined opposition to the complete success of the Allies than would have been practicable if the capture of Sebastopol had been vigorously and energetically followed up. Nicolaieff and Khersou will also be rendered more difficult of access. The blots pointed out by the tardy demonstrations against Kinbourn will be effec tually protected, and Cronstadt, and Helsingfors, Sweaborg andßevel, and Riga, and other fortresses on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic, will have every possible addition made to their defences, so as to foil, or at least have a better chance of navies in case of any attack. foiling, the opposing Every hour will be turned to the best advantage by those who are working at home. The Rus sians will b e d eve l o ping their reso urces to the utmost extent, while the Allies will unprofitably consume those which have been conveyed at an enormous expense fully three thousand Files from home. Nor is it in these respects only that Russia will profit by the arrangement, She will obtain the desired opportunity of disposing o f i mmen se now lying idl e , and obtaining stocks of produce in return money drawn from the Bank o f Eng land, thus gaining the sinews of war for herself, while she is laying the foundation for a monetary panic in this country, and perhaps completing the arrangements for a considerable loan at Berlin and-Amsterdam, and some of the friendly German capitals, In addition to these palpable points there will be ample opportunities, if a protracted armistice be agreed en, of obtaining the active support and co-operation of transatlantic Muscovite sym pathisers. The relations between this country and the United States are already sufficiently in volved, and i t is impossible to close our eyes to the om i nou s fast, that av owed hostility to Great THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. IL Anderson. TIM EVENING THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. To be followed by WHAT DO YOU WART? To conclude with VECOSSAIS FRETILLANT. TUKATRE ROYAL, DRt7RY-LASE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVE - ICING, THE GREAT GU TRICK. After which, TARING BY STORM. To n lude with NET DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequi an Ki ng Nonsense and the Seven Ages of M THEATRE ROYAL, 11A,Y3IARRET. Valor the Management of Mr. Buckstons. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Followed by LEND ME FIVE SIIIL'LINGS. Alter which the New Comic ChrLstmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Ilarlegnln and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PIttIICESS*3 I'iIEA.TILE. OXFORD-B,TREET. Under the management of Mr. thusLiu KEG. TIIII EVENING, The Tragedy of HAMLET. Mamlet by Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AD THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE or, the Fairy PaNradisa and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter.; Harlequin, Mr. Cormlck ; Clown, Mr. lialine ; Pantaloon, Mr r a nk) ; and Colurahlne, Miss Caroline Maras. ‘TIZZATRIi: ROYAL ADELPHT. r:oprletor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING. BETTY MARTIN. After whicb. BETSY BAKER. T 6 be fnlowed by THAT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with ACK AND THE BE tN STALK ; or. Harlequin and Mother Gam at How Again. which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madam Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will spear. ROYAL OLYWPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. AUYed Wigan. THIS EVENING, STAY AT HOME. After which will be prxlncrl a New and deubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESS; o-, the Three Glass Distal's. in which Messrs. Emery, F. Rebson, H. Cooper, .Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. Rf,)YA.T. SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Mewl. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING 'TAPPER LANGTON ; or, A Duel to the Death. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PR.1.11.1 - 4; ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ANTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and 7.fanagor. Mr. Win. Cooke. THIC EVENING, First time, a Grand Oriental Equestrian Spectacle, called THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The prlng,ipal character by Ur. W. Cooke, jun. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE and the perrorinance of the Stupendous Elephants, one of which ascends uncontrolled upon a narrow inciined plane from the centre of the ring to an elevation 12 feet stove the stage. To conclude with HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. gr. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA STINLEY3 SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN, Every Evening at S. and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unsningons voice of the press. and by nightly Increasing audiences, to De the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long,-acre. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 2s. ed. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TRIO DAY—Morn. 59 min. aft. I—Evening 19 min. aft. 2 M-Iltoaßow—Morn. 35 min. aft. 2—Evening 63 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER-SuN OFFICE, FEB. 20. THERNOWETER, IN TIM SHADE. 41 -highest since noon yesterday. 37 -lowest this morning and Jur'ng the night. 40 -this day at noon. EknOIIiTITEU, 20'93. WIND. N. to N.N.E. Moderate, with cold, dull, dry weather.l QUARTER TO THREE.—Fine Sunshiny weather, but cold, with fresh breeze and scudding clouds. • 4;77, •il 4 4 ?' . t- 1 4 4 I, •--. o '-:4. - Z 7. 1!:; ;; : -. : . ' 3 ).''-'4' ‘ :\§)1 1 4 , 31, , ~,, ) ~..., THE SUN LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 20, 1856 Britain and a desire to forc3 her into a quarrel 's regarded as a masterly stroke of electioneering t 4 lodes. It requires but a little exertion on the Art of Russia to fan the smouldering fire into a fierce flame, and to give England a far more for saidable opponent than the soi dint " Colossus of td te North," whose vaunted strength has now 134:en fairly tested, and is no longer so extrava g - Intly over-estimated as in former years. Energetic efforts will also be made to weaken tl to entente cordiale that fortunately exists with o it nearest neighbour and natural ally. We b 4 3lieye that all these insidious attempts will be lavailing, but there is no reason why the oppor tunity should be afforded—why we should expose our faithful friends to needless temptation. The initiatory trial of Lord CLARENDON* then %rill be on the question of the armistice, its inci dents and duration. Should he pass through Chem ordeals unscathed, we may accept the auspi cious augury with heartfelt satisfaction. But stould he, when weighed in the diplomatic bal ce, be found wanting, menacing, indeed, will be. the omens that obscure the political horizon, a.nd which presage a protracted occultation of the Star of the Western Empire. The Army Estimates for the forthcoming year, which have just been issued, completely verify the allegation that there will be no relaxation in our preparations for the vigorous maintenance of the War. The total amount for army, ordnance, and commissariat will be 34,998,5001. The sumsrequired last year under these heads amounted to 28,670,4971. The increase is therefore no less than 6,328,0071., or about 23 per cent. ad• dition to the Estimates for the current year. It is true that the whole of this does not apply to future service. In many instances the outlay has already been incurred. But still the provision made will be to a great extent available, and we must, as in every similar case, make up our minds to many retrospective items in the Estimates for the year 1857. The chief matter that first attracts attention is the number of our effective troops. These amount for the coming year to 246,716, being an addition of 30,378, or rather more than 14 per cent. to the number asked for last year. The outlay for obtaining the services of this powerful body is calculated at 10,956,3981., the cost for the addition being 1,611,657/. It will at once be seen that the additional expense is by no means proportioned to the enhanced strength. But so it always is, where the effective force is added without any corresponding increase to the non-effective incumbrances on the list. The next vote is 3,150,1291. for the embodied militia. This is less than the last demand, by 285,599/. It does not, however, prove that the force will be in any degree less efficient. On the contrary, despite the liberal contributions made from this truly national body to the line, we have reason to believe that there will be no deteriora tion whatever. Great expenses for bounties and training, which were indispensable during the present year, will, not be required in that com mencing on the Ist April, although the full effec tive strength of the regiments be maintained intact. It is also right to remember, that a- though the charge is altogether debited to the militia, a considerable portion might fairly be transferred to the line, when the number and value of well-drilled recruits that have volunteered for active service at the seat of war are taken into consideration. We next find 88,0001. for volunteer corps, an item not calling for any particular notice, and 408,5951. for the irmy works corps. A. new and exceedingly useful body, whose pay will be willingly provided by the nation-169,0261. is required for the War Department, in which, as in the Militia, we find increased efficiency with diminished outlay, a matter for which Lord PANMURE is entitled to considerable credit. The next item worthy of particular notice is 514,1411. for Civil Establishments. In this there is an increase of more 'than 20 per cent. (111,8061.) on the estimate of last session. The country will, however, obtain ample value for the extra expenditure in the more nume• rous and far more efficient staff employed both at home and abroad. The wages of artificers will be 915,3011., an increase of 289,3761. ; for clothing, barrack furniture, pro visions, forage, fuel, and lights, 9,886,2611., being 3,682,219/. increase ; while in stores for land and sea service we are required to provide no less than 4,3711,165/: ; and for works and buildings, 2,044,0691., an increase of 656,5691. No complaints will be made of the foregoing charges, which prove that we are not now " statv. ing the War." It is only to be regretted that such efficient and costly preparation should be wasted by the acceptance of terms far beneath. those which we should clearly be enabled to enforce. The amount required also contrasts strangely with the Loan required by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will probably want five times five millions in aid of the annual revenue, and who must, there fore, again make his appearance as a borrower in the Money Market ere many months. have elapsed. The opinions which we yesterday promulgated en the subject of the Laan, have re ceived powerful corroboration from the array of figures which we are now enabled to present to our friends and to the community at large. Among the acknowledged wants of the times is that of duly qualified nurses, available for the labouring population throughout the country when attacked by fever, cholera, or other epide mical diseases ; and how to supply it is a matter interesting, not only to the class in question, but to the entire community, involving as it does considerations of a sanitary and financial as well as of a humane nature. For instance, a working man is overtaken by fever, and, of course, requires the most watchful attendance. Who is there to bestow it but his wife, whose family cares burden her sufficiently already, and who probably knows no more of good nursing than affection teaches her? The result is she overtasks her strength, takes the disease, and possibly communicates it to her chil dren ; and he either dies, or regains strength so slowly, and the common wants are so great, that the whole family are thrown on the parish for a lengthened period. Or, say the wife is first seized, the result is pretty much the same—the patient being no better tended, the danger of infection equally great, and tho husband finally laid off his work for a considerable period, if not for ever. In both these cases, and in the case of a widow supporting he r c hi ldren, nothing can be p more obvious than that prompt attendanc e of a proper description—viz., b y a duly qualified nurse —would go a long way to p revent the above disastro us consequen ces, epidemics b e i ng more manageable at an early stage than is generally believed, and the cure more speedy when then attempted. Such attendance is, however, not to be La'l, and the question is, how is it to be so ? A Com mittee of the Epidemiological Society have, we . find, had the matter ender th e i r ser ious consi- deration, and have come to th e conc l us i on that the want is one whicb auiy readily be met. Cast- , ing their eyes over the 533 unions of England, they find nearly 20,000 able-bodied women within their walls, from whose ranks competent nurses in abundance may be supplied. The question of training is met in this fashion. The Committee propose " that, by an order of the Poor-Law Board, it be made imperative upon the master and matron of each workhouse to put the able bodied females through a systematic training in the kitchen and infirmary ; that when found sufficiently qualified to act as nurses they shall re ceive a certificate of fitness, signed by the medical officer and master ; and that a register of all such qualified nurses, whether residing in or out of the workhouse, shall be open to the public as a means of obtaining nurses." In vindication of this scheme they insist, first, on the necessity of having nurses of the same class as the patients— nurses habituated to their manner of life, thoughts, and feelings, and not exigent in their personal requirements ; second, on the elevating tendency of such employment to the parties selected, and of the emulation excited by the opportunity to be so ; and third, on the great diminution of expen diture it would occasion to the ratepayers. Finally, they appeal to the public for aid, and thereby call on them to form an opinion on the subject. To the formation of this opinion we cannot at present contribute much. To a con siderable extent the scheme seems feasible, but before we can express a decided opinion we must learn what sort of women these able-bodied paupers generally are. Are they in the main, or in such a proportion as will meet the necessities of the case, morally and intellectually fit for the office Y That nurses for labourers should be of a higher class than the labouring may not be desir able ; but that they should possess at least equal moral qualities seems to us to be a sine qua non. The Committee, however, will have opportunity for further inquiry, and, in the meantime, the thorough success of so large and cheap a scheme appears to us so very desirable, that we trust the labours of the committee will not be impeded by the want of contributions of a pecuniary nature. THE LOSS OF THE POLYPHEMUS. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 20. The fallowing intelligence has this day been received from Commander Fred. P. Warren, of life sloop Polyphemus, dated Thisted, 13th Feb..— "I have not been able, up to the present date, to forward to their lordships a correct list of such men as have lost their lives. Eight bodies have, however, been found and interred. Those which have been identified aro the remains of Mr. Her bert, master ; Thos. Maunder, boatswain's mate; Samuel Pearce, boy, Ist class ; John Reynolds, capt. aftgd.; and Henry Forbes, capt. forecastle." PAYMENTS OF DEPOSITS ON THE NEW LOAN. The following Treasury notice has just been communicated to the Stock Exchange : " DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 19, 1856. " Gentlemen,—lt has beea represented to Viscount Palmerston and myself, in reference to the proposals for a loan of 5,000,0001., and a funding of 3,000,0001. of Exchequer-bills, that it would be more convenient if the deposits are fixed at 10 per cent, instead of 20 per cent., as stated in the terms already published. " I have therefore to request that you will cause an intimation to be given at the Stock Ex change, at the opening of business to-morrow, and the deposits to be paid on Tuesday, the 26th inst., will be 10 per cent., and that the additional 10 per cent., making up the first 20 per cent., will be payable as an instalment on Monday, the 3d March. The other instalments x ill remain as originally stated. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obedient, humble servant, "G. C. LEWIS. " The Governor and Mputy-Governor of the Bank of England." In consequence of this announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Messrs. Rothschild have intimated that they will receive a deposit of 10 per cent. instead of 20 per cent. as previously stated. The following notice from Messrs. Rothschild, in viting subscriptions to the new loan and the funding, was communicated yesterday to the Stock Exchange :- 6 ' LOAN FOR FIVE MILLIONS STERLING AND FUNDING THREE MILLIONS OF EXCHEQUER•BILLS "Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons beg to announce to the public that they are ready to receive applications for the proposed loan and funding from parties desirous of participating therein, and will receive the same until Thursday, at 2 o'clock, . _ •` It isnec.:Asary that every application be accompa nied with a, deposit in money of 20 per cent. on the amount thereof ; and if the amount applied for be not alloted the proportion of the deposit will be forth with returned. " All applications will be corisidered as joint applica tions for the loan and funding. N.B. In order to insure correctness in the scrip re ceipts it is requested that applicants for the loan will sign their name or names in full. " New-court, St. Swithin's-lane, Feb. 18." It will be observed frogs this t hat all the applications will be treated as if they were for part of a loan of 8,000,000/. The only difference will be that after the payme%t of the deposit the subscribers will receive two descriptiQ n s of receipt, and that they will have the op tion of paying three-eighths of the amount of their instal menti in Exchequer bills. The Court, it is expected, will return to Windsor Castle, for the Easter vacation, A week earlier than usual—about the 19th proximo —when the Princess Royal will receive the holy rite of confirmation. The Earl of Wilton has been entertaining a distin guished party at Melton Mowbray, The Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Forester, and Lord Gardiner, have been among the guests of the noble earl. Viscountess Palmerston has issued cards for an as sembly on Saturday evening. Major• General Buckley, M.P., and Lady Catherine Buckley have arrived at their residence in South Audle3 street, from New Hall, near Salisbury. The celebrated German poet, Henry Heine, died last night in Paris. - It is stated that important and very serious news from the United States reached Paris last night. Mr. Bright, M.P., is still unable to resume his seat in Parliament in consequence of indisposition arising from an affection of the liver, and bilious attack. Mit. COGAN, M.P.—We learn that Mr. Cogan, M.P., ors the eve of his intended departure for London to re sume his Parliamentary duties was seized with a seven: and renewed attack of illness of a formidable cbaracter.i DEATH OF SIR JOHN STODDART.-Sir John Stoddart, Kt., D.C.L. late Chief Justice of M a lt a , an d ju d ge o f the Admiralty Court of that island, died on the 16th inst. at his residence, Brompton-square. We learn that, in addition to the very liberal money prizes offered by the French Government for Scotch stock exhibited at the coming Paris Show, there will be given with each first prize a gold medal, and with the second and third prizes silver and bronze medals.— Scotsman. Draughts of considerable amount of the Tipperary Joint-stock Bank continue to be returned by their Lon don agents, notwithstanding the recent intimation that the business of the establishment would go on without interruption. The suspension was announced yesterday of Messrs. Cambouroglou Leno and Co., one of the Greek houses engaged in the Danube corn trade. Their difficulties are attributed to the circumstance of many of their car goes being detained in the Danube, and their friends express confident anticipations that the assets cf the firm will be sufficient ultimately to meet all claims in full. Their uncovered liabilities are only about 20,0001. BURFORD'S PANORAMA, LEICESTER-SQUARF. —Her Ma jesty the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, attended by the Hon. Miss Byng, the Hon. niss Bul teel, Major-General Bouverie, and Captain Du Platt, honoured Mr. Burford's new Panorama ' of the Fall and Interior of the City of S e b as t opo l, with a visit on Mon day last, in Leicester-3quare. The Royal party remained nearly an hour, and evinced the deepest interest in the splendid painting and truly national subject. MR. BRIGHT AND THE PRESS.—In his last Manchester speech Mr. Bright said :—" If I were the editor of a newspaper, er a writer for one, if I cou ld not in the columns of that paper state to the people the fair facts, both for and against, that they might know precisely where they were going and what they were doing—if I could not afford to do that I would choose some other Way of earning my bread." The writer in the news- Paper may retort, " If I wore a speaker on the hustings, and I could not state to the people the fair facts, both for and against, that they might know precisely where they were going and what they were doing, 1 would shut iny month fore per. ". —Examiner. the Eastern question. The government of the King, in conformity to the position which it has assumed as a European power, and, which I have pointed out to Count Arnim in my despatch of the 26th ult., explains its views in the document here an nexed, and will bring them forward in the discus sion which is to take place on this question in the Diet, relying with confidence on the assent and support of his German confederates. Prussia has thought it its duty to abstain from any exclusive views on the subject. It has, in the first place, sought the guarantee of the dignity and true in terests of the German nation ; in the second place, it has evinced a sincere desire to co-operate, as much as possible, with the other great German power ; and, lastly, it has thought it its duty to take into consideration, as far as possible, the wishes and views which have been privately dis closed to it by some of the German Governments. You will communicate the annexed despatch to the government to which you have the honour of being accredited, and confidentially urge the views which I have pointed out. You will also let us know if, and to what extent, our hopes of seeing our Ger. man confederates, by their instructions to their re presentatives to the Diet, agree with us for the future as heretofore, are well founded." SARDINIA. SPEECH OF GENERAL LA MARMORA. At the banquet given a few days since to General La Marmora by the senators and deputies of the Sardinian chambers, the general replied as follows to the toast in honour of the Sardinian army : " Gentlemen,--I thank you in the name of the brave army which I have the honour to command, and which may call itself brave, although it has not been given it to register numerous victories. The bravery of the Pied montese army contributed powerfully to the success of the battle of the Tchernaya—that last desperate effort of the enemy to save the great fortress upon which Russia expended so much laboar, and for which it has made such prodigious sacrifices. "Many a time, gentlemen, when our soldiers ran to arms with the almost perfect certainty of meeting the enemy hand to hand, I have gone through the ranks looking in the face of those brave men, and I can assure you that in their eyes and in the expression of their features I read an ardent desire and impatience to be measured against the foe. Chagrin and regret were only seen on their countenances when they returned to pile their arms. "I cannot, gentlemen, resist citing to you here the dying words of the brave General Montevecchte. 'Tell the King,' said he, that I was not unworthy to com mand a brigade. Tell my reg:ment that I carried its uniform when mortally wounded in fighting. Bring me to the affectionate remembrance of my friensls, by telling them that since Almighty God has called me to himself, I thank Him for granting me a death which crowns my life, and fulfils all the military aspirations of my long career.' • "I ana certain, gentlemen, that if peace is made, in spite of the pleasure which our soldiers will have to see their country 'once more, and to embrace their parents and their friends, they will regret abandoning the scene of so many glorious contests without having reaped more :aurels." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Euxine, Captain Joy, with the India, China, and Mediterranean mailg, we have dates from Alexandria, Feb. 6 ; Malta, 10 ; Gibral tar, 16. The Euxine brings 38 passengers, and on freight one package of specie, value not stated, and the usual cargo. The screw steam-ship Pera was at Malta, repair ing the damage to her machinery, when the Euxine left. The mails, however, have been brought on by this arrival. The Pera was to sail for South ampton on the 11th inst. A letter from Vienna of the 14th, in the Gazette de Weser, states :—" There arrived yesterday from Berlin a new Prussian circular of the 9th, which Count Arnim has already communicated to our Cabinet. It is said to relate to the admission of Prussia to the Conferences." A correspondent of the Frurtzburg Gazette says : —" The question relative to the foreign troops who are in Turkey will not be decided until after the definitive conclusion of peace; but it is certain that the Western Powers and Austria are agreed as to the necessity of a prolonged military occupation of the Turkish provinces, without which occupation the contemplated reforms cannot be carried into execution. Austria will consequently keep a gar rison in the Principalities, and the allies will con tinue to occupy Constantinople, Gallipoli, Adri anople, Varna, Trobizond, and Erzeroum. Russia will not take any part in the occupation of the Turkish territory." At the late election for a member of the Execu tive Government in the canton of Zurich, three candidates presented themselves, a Conservative, a Socialist, and a governmental Radical. M. Hagen buck, the last named, gained the day on the sixth ballot. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, FEB. 19. The Gauge has arrived, with advices from Con stantinople of the 11th, and from the Crimea of the 9th inst. Aali Pacha is expected here to-night. He will bring with him the Decree of the Sultan sanction ing the proposed measures relating to Reform. The Porte, it is stated, demanded that the Principalities should remain distinct, but admitting for each of them the establishment of a hereditary Hospodar. The Anglo-German troops have put down the mutiny of the Bashi-Baz , )uks at Sinope. 50,000 kilogrammes of powder were used in blowing up Fort Nicholas. The country was shaken as by an earthquake. The Russian army, as well as those of the Allies, assembled to witness this grand spectacle. The sunken ships of war are about to be de stroyed by submarine galvanic batteries. A Go vernmental communication to the chief officers of the French army speaks of peace as almost certain. From Kertch the intelligence is satisfactory ; the harbour is free from iee. Yenikale on the 6th of February was free from ice, and the cruisers of the Sea of Azoff were again at liberty. MADRID, FEB. 18. From the Ist July next the prepayment of letters will be compulsory. It is said that the Grand Central Company has renounced the idea of tendering for the railway from Madrid to Sara gossa. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Conferences will open on Monday next if the Turkish Envoys should arrive as expected. Count Orloff will be here on the 21st. The Sardi nian Envoys will attend on an equal footing with those of Austria. The Emperor yesterday received the Count de Buol Schauenstein and Count de Cavour, presented by the Ministers of their respective Courts, and Baron de Brunow, who was introduced by the grand master of the ceremonies. Count Walewski was present on the occasion. _ All the plenipotentiaries who have already ar rived in Paris were present last evening at the re c3ption given by Count Walewski. The hon. Minister proposes giving on Saturday evening next, in honour of the opening of the Peace Conferences, fixed for that day, a grand vocal and instrumental concert, to which the elite of the beau monde are invited. The Co2istitutionnel says :—" At one of a serie of experiments in &in.- which have just taken place near Calais, the 'hollow cylindrico-conical balls, fired from 24-pounders, at a distance of 200 metres, against au outer work of the fortifications of Fort Nieulay, penetrated to a depth of nearly five feet into the mason-work, and the explosion of the ball damaged a large piece of the work around it. These experiments have fully satisfied the committee of artillery, and no other kind of shot will be for the present manufactured." BOURSE, Feb. 19.—The following were the closing quotations : Cash. fr. s. End of Month. 4i per Conti . 96 —f. —o. 3 per Cents 73 25 73 75 Now Loan 74 Bank Shares 3,475 Roman Credit M0bi1ier......1,685 Austrian Belgian Five.• 97 Spanish Throes — Piodmontefic (5) Se--- Home Debt .....„- 37i RAILWAYS—ron CASH. fr. a. fr. a. Or/gans ..............1,273 Western 875 Northern Lyons ... 1,250 New Ditto 842 50 Mediterranean 1,400 Grand Central 662 50 Lyons Geneva 765 Test° Cette 7GO A ustrian C0ra....... 000 TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, of the 7th inst., states as follows : " Tho Ministers met yeSterday on the occasion of the departure of Aali Pasha, Plenipotentiary of the Sublime Porte to the Paris Conferences. Aali is to be accompanied, they say, by Afif Bey, Grand Chancellor of the Imperial Divan, and Arif Bey, Membcr of the Bureau of the Amedji. They leave for Paris on Monday. " The latest advices from Smyrna mention that the news favourable to peace has had considerable influence on the prices of corn, which have under gone for some days a fall of from 6 to 7 piasters per kilogramme. The price of flour remains the same." EUPATORIA. Letters from Eupatoria, of the 30th, describe the corps of occupation as in a perfect state of 1 health. The troops are employed in the construc tion of roads, and the appearance of the t own i s much changed. On the 20th the 2d Regiment of Turkish Cavalry had embarked for Yenikale in three English vessels. It was thought that all the Turkish troops were to leave for Asia, but the news of peace will, no doubt, modify these projects. Besides the regular troops there still remain about 500 Bashi-B tzouks. The French have takes 100 Tartar horsemen into their service. They are well disciplined, and will be of much use. Ac cording to the latest accounts Kertch and Kinbourn are perfectly tranquil. A fire broke out at Bala klava, and is supposed to he the act of an incen diary. Several other fires bad already broken out in the same place, but were got under, and this con firms the suspicion that accident is not the sole cause. The most rigorous measures have been adopted to put a atop to these criminal attempts, and the police regulations are applied with much severity in all that concerns the permission of re sidence to strangers. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 12th inst. Under the head of " News from the Crimea," the invalids.Busse publishes the following extract from the journal of military operations of General Luders, Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea "From the 20th of December (Ist of January) to the 14th (26th) January nothing remarkable bad occurred in the Crimea. Our artillery con tinued to fire with success, especially against the enemy's camp on the Fedukhine heights. The allies have fortified Kamiesh Bay ; and on the Bth (20th) of January they commenced two redoubts to cover the Tchernaya road and lodgments near the mountain Salcharnaia-Galovka ; the fire of the artillery and riflemen from the north side retarded those works. On the 12th (24th) of January the enemy's troops attempted to carry a lodgment near the Genoese Tower, but the precision of the fire of our riflemen compelled them to retire. "Some insignificant out-post skirmishes have taken place on our left flank. On the 13th (25th) of January, among others, two companies of the enemy, and a small body of cavalry having left the village of Baga, towards the pass leading by the Baidar valley to the Markouv-road, attacked an outpost epaulement, but after an hour's firing they fell back on Ourkousta. "According to information received from Enpa toria the Turkish cavalry there was very badly off for forage." POLAND. A letter from Warsaw of the 13th says :—" Ge neral Gortsehakoff has entered on the exercise of the important functions to which he has just been appointed. A previous residence of twenty years in Poland as aide-de-camp to the late Marshal has made him fully acquainted with the country, its wants, and its resources.. The general is animated with the best intentions towards Poland, if we may judge from a remark which he is said to have made to a rich manufacturer of the country There are not,' he said, 'any proposed railways or other undertakings of real utility for the country that I shall not be happy to approve of and to support.' " PRUSSIA. The Boersenhalle of Hamburg publishes the fol lowing circular, addressed to the diplomatic agents of Prussia at foreign courts, as adjoined to the de spatch of the 3d addressed by the Cabinet of Berlin to Count Arnim, Prussian ambassador at Vienna, and bearing the same date : " You will receive herewith a copy of the de spatch which I have this day addressed to the King's ambassador at Vienna, and which is likewise intended to serve as a rule of conduct for the repre sentative of Prussia to the Germanic Diet, touch ing the proposition which Austria is to make on RUSSIAN LADIES IN PARIS. There are certain Russian ladies now in Paris, with regard to whose movement the telegraph has been silent, but who are as actively preparing for the coming diplomatic campaign as any of the recognised plenipotentiaries whose arrival on the scene of -action the press has been so careful to chronicle. First on the list comes the notorious Princess Lievon. Next in importance is the Baroness de Seebach, a daughter of Count Nes selrode. This lady has for a political corre spondent at St. Petersburg Madame Zografos (whose maiden designation was Princess Soutzo), the wife of the Greek ambassador. The Princess and Baronness have under their immediate orders the following highly efficient and very experienced staff of feminine iutriguers, viz. : Madame Kalergi, a niece of Nesselrode ; Madame Marazli, a Russian lady, of Greek origin, posses sing large property at Odessa ; Madame illyen dorf, the wife of the Russian Envoy at Berlin; the Princess Ypsilante, a Greek fanariot, under Rus sian protection, and two ladies of the Obreskof family —one of whom is married to a French count, and the other of whom is the wife of Prince Jean Soutzo, a Greek attache at St. Petersburg. However high-sounding the above names may ap pear, some of them have long been on the police list of Russian spies in Paris. The present busi ness of these ladies is to compare notes of all the information they can pick in the many political saloons to which they have access, and to endeavour to ascertain how far the Emperor Napoleon really means to stand fast ,by the conditions which it is presumed England will insist upon, and what ob jections Brunow and Orloff may venture to make in the Conferences, without the risk of breaking off the negotiations, as far at least as France is concerned. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE TIPPERARY JOINT-STOCK BANK. The Dublin papers in their comments upon the suicide of Mr. John Sadleir, attribute the appalling catastrophe to the deranged state of the Tipperary Bank, with the operations of which he bad been long and intimately connected. It is said that the messages transmitted on Saturday, announcing the refusal of the Bark of Ireland to honour the Tip perary draughts, and the failure of the proposed negotiations for advances, produced the despon dency under the fatal influence of which he com mitted the rash act which cut short a life of al most ceaseless energy and indomitable enterprise. When the news reached Dublin the deepest sym pathy was felt and expressed for the tragic end of a man who played so prominent a part in the monetary as well as in the political world, and, as the Freeman's Journal correctly observes, all past hostilities seemed to be forgotten in the deplorable finale. With regard to the actual position of the bank, nothing certain has transpired ; but, accord ing to rumour, there is every reason to apprehend something like a monetary panic —confined, how ever, to a particular district—as the consequence of the present derangement of the Tipperary Bank and its several branches in the south of Ireland. It is stated that a candidate for the representation of the borough of Sligo has already come forward in the person of Mr. L. A. Treston, of the Con naught cireuit, a gentleman whose nameis but little known beyond the circle of his own profes sion. It is also stated that Mr. M'Donagh, Q.C., and Mr. P. Blake, Q.C., are in the field, the former baying left Dublin to canvass the constituency, Mr. M‘Donagh is a native of Sligo, and in politics an advanced Conservative. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotten dam produce-markets state that there had been a dimi nished business, with a slight decline in prices. F ew transactions had occurred in sugar. Sales of coffee had been made at a reduction, and there was less activity in rice and indigo. THE CZAR'S HORSES.—Our Hamburg correspondent, writing on the 17th inst., says : —At the annual horse fair held here last week, the principal purchaser was a stallmeister of the Emperor of Russia, who bought up all the serviceable carriage and riding horses of the better descriptions for the imperial stables at St. Petersburg and Moscow. He states that the usual complement of horses belonging to the Emperor is 1,500, but that, owing to disease and the severe work exacted from them during the last two years, the number has fallen off to nearly one-half. He further states that, if peace is con chided, the ceremony of the coronation of the Czar will be performed at Moscow in the month of May. THE ARMY IN THE EAST-LORD CARDIGAN. APPENDIX. No. 1. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN TO THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT. GENERAL, CAYALRY DIVISION. Balaklava, Nov. 29, 1854. Sir,- - With reference to m y l e tt er o f this date, I have the honour to request that you will submit to the lieute nant-general commanding the division, that as I have a sick certificate from the chief staff surgeon here as to the bad state of my health (which I intend to lay before the medical board), lam anxious to be permitted to be consi dered sick on board ship, and consequently no longer in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade. —I have, &c. (Signed) CARDIGAN, Major-General Commanding Light Cavalry Brigade. No. 2. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL J. DOUGLAS TO THE BRIGADE MAJOR, LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE. - Camp near Sebastopol, Nov. 28, 1854. Sir,—l have the honour to report specially for the in formation of Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, that the horses of the regiment under my command have been with out forage for the last 24 hours, and that for two previous days they were only partially supplied. The horses are in a very weakly state, and much reduced in consequence, and I fear that many will die of starva tion, unless more efficient arrangements be made immedi ately for the regular supply of forage.-1 have, &c., (Signed) J. DOUGLAS, Lieut -Colonel Commanding 11th Hussars. P.S. No supply is expected earlier than this afternoon, and that is uncertain. J. D. No. 3. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM THE MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF CARDIGAN, COMMANDING THE LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE, TO THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL. Camp before Sebastopol. Nov. 16, 1854. I have this day, however, visited the hospitals in camp of the Regiments forming the Light Cavalry Brigade and I am bormd to say that every measure to relieve the dis comfort and sufferings of these men is necessary at the eariiest moment. There are several men of every regiment lying without socks, and most of the sick in boots satu rated with wet ; men labouring under dysentery, diarrhces, fevers, and rheumatism ; complaints all requiring warmth and comfort. I earnestly, therefore, press upon the attention of the lieutenant-general commanding the division, the expe diency of prompt measures beinc , carried into effect for the removal of all the worst cases selec!oi by the staff surgeon on board ship. No. 4. LIEUT. COLONEL C. DOHERTY TO MAJOR•GENERAL THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. Camp near Sebastopol, Nov. 16, 1851. My Lord,—l have the honour to report to your lordship the state of the regiment under my command, with regard to the clothing and equipments. All the men's necessaries are worn out, and as yet we have had no means of procuring others ; their boots and shoes are useless ; the consequence is a dragoon is always wet and cold, and constantly going into hospital. On the 25th of last month, at the action of Balaklava, 80 men lost all their kits, together with the blankets, as their horses were killed under them. Such things as are new in pcssession of the men are in such a bad state as to be perfectly unserviceable. The horse appointments are likewise the same, being so constantly wet and dirty ; they will not bear repair. We have no entrenching tools, in consequence of vi hich the men cannot make themselves comfortable in their tents • neither can they get wood sufficient to make good fires, and get their meals regularly. The horses' nose-bags and picket ropes are from the wet unserviceable, and a great quantity of the corn is lost, and the horses frequently running about the lines gives the dragoon extra and useless trouble, which i❑ wet weather is very injurious to the soldier, and I am afraid if the met do not soon get sufficient warm and good clothing, I shall hardly have a man fit for service. I sincerely hope that your lordship will represent to the proper authorities so that something may soon be done f(.r the comfort of the soldier. I think it my duty to mention those things, as I feel confident that the necessary means will be taken to effect an alteration.—l have, &c., (Signed) CHAS. DOHERTY, Lieut.-Colonel commanding 13th Light Dragoons. No. 5. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DOUGLAS TO MAJOR-GENERAL THE their time they have to go without food, the number and state of their utensils being insufficient. 5. The horses suffer equally with the men for the want of some covering, and nosebags to feed out of, the want Of which - causes the loss of full half their corn. The regiment is without adjutant, quartermaster, or regimental serjeant-major, when the present state of the corps requires the services of those ranks most.—l have,ltc., (Signed) J. C. MORGAN, Captain commanding 17th Lancers. No. 8. MAJOR R. S. SHUTE TO MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL Or CARDIGAN. S.D.O. Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 28, 1854. The first and great object of the general officers cow' mending brigades must and will be to give the men and horses a►l the benefit in their power of the driest spots in the neighbourhood of their encampment. The lieutenant-general wishes it to be perfectly under stood that he relies upon those officers to keep his great object in view ; and it is his order, that without reference to that secondary object, uniformity or appearance of eel; sort, that any commanding officer shall shift his men and horses always at the earliest moment, and to the most snit • able places that shall offer. They will of course communicate their wishes to the brigadiers personally, if possible; but when this cannot be done immediately they are hereby authorised to act o their own accord, at once, informing their brigadiers es soon as possible that they have done so.—By order. (Signed) R. S. SHUTE, Major, Assistant-Adjutant-General. EARL OF CARDIGAN• Before Sebastopol, Nov. 16, MI. My Lord,—l beg to 'report to your lordship the Mate of the regiment under my command ; the clothing and equip ment of both men and horses being in such a bad and in efficient state as to be altogether inadequate to meet our present wants. Having landed in the Crimea on the 17th of September, each dragoon only carried with him a change of things rolled in his blanket •, his valise, containing the remainder, being left on board the steamer. No opportunity having ever offered of replacing or re pairing any part of the dracooos' kits since our arrival from England (since which we have been constantly on the move and exposed), every p or ti on i s now worn ou t n - d e ficient ; the consequence is, that I have now men without either boots or shoes — without shirts or drawers—and very few with stockings ; those that have boots are quite out of repair ; the overalls are nearly iu the same state, and a few weeks will render them unserviceable. The sufferings of the men, frorn&i;;;fficient clothing, is now, therefo►e, very great, especially from being con stantly wet in the feet and legs, the resnit has been a vety great addition to the number of sick ; 36 cases out of our small number having been reported to me yesterday and to-day. _ _ The horses, likewise, cannot be properly fed or dressed ; most of the corn sacks, nose bags, picket ropes, and posts, being worn out and lost in the numerous moves ; and sub sequent to the action at Balaklava on the 25th ult., at which time, when the troops were absent from their lines, a variety of articles of camp equipage and equipments have disappeared. The men have therefore no means of making their tents comfortable, or having their meals regularly, from defici encies in tent pegs, entrenching toots, and means of cut ting wood and drawing water. . On leaving England I brought with me a supply of every thing in the shape of necessaries, together with a bootmaker, boots, and shoes, but no transport being afforded any of the regiments for the smallest article, everything was loft on the beach at Varna on first marching t 3 Devna, with a view of their being sent to Scutari. Whether th ,,, v are now safe and in store there I have no means of ascertaining. In stuctions having hem received by me to land the men's valises the first opportunity, th's I shall do as soon as they can I e obttiine 1 from the Trent steamer ; bit as the sup ply thereby obtained will be but a t smporary assisfanc , , and in no way make no for the want of hoots and shoes, the position of the men will be little alleviat d thereh- . The duties of a dragoon requiring in his lines (now al ways wet and muddy froth the tread of horses) such con stant exposure to the w lather, and entailing great extra wear to his clothing, compare] to the infantry sol linr. I cannot contemplate without dre ul, on the bleak position, the result to the dragoon, unless every man is immediately, suitably to the datiei required of him, suppliel v i h warm ale, sufficient clothing, both outer and und, r, horses, &c., to meet the inclement weather he will be exposed to this winter. Yesterday and to-day, at the parade at daybreak, the men could scam 3lf saddle their horses they were so be numbed with cold ; and this morning those men that had boots, and bad taker them off, could not put them on from chilblains and wet. A few weeks more, under such cir cumstances, will render us quite unfit for service, and I cannot any longer bo responsible for the efficiency of my regiment unless me ms are placed at my disposal suitable to meet-the position in which we are now placed ; and I, therefore, consider it my duty to place the foregoing facts before your lordship with as little delay as possible.—l have, &c , (signed) J. DOUGLAS, Lieut .Col. commanding 11th Hussars. No. 6. MAJOR R. DE SALIS TO MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 16, 1854. My Lord, beg leave to represent to you the state of the regiment and its equipments, that I may not be under the responsibility of not having done so, and in the hope that something may be done. We landed in the Crimea on the 16th of September in patrol order, leaving on board, amongst other things, our valises, second overalls, and stable jackets ; in fact, besides the things they had on the =en only brought with them a change of linen and shoes. These are nearly all worn out, the jackets are opening, and the overalls to tatters. We have no means whatever of repairing anything. The men's valises are on board the Himalaya, which is disabled ; and even the help they would afford ns would not be sufficient, for next week will complete six months since my regiment landed in the East, and since then, as we have been always in the field, or on the move, we have been debarred the opportunity of replacing deficiencies of clothes, shoes, or necessaries from any stores whatever, nor were we able to carry any with us, from the stringent limi tations of baggage. Our horses' nose-bags and corn sacks are completely gone, and we feed even in fine weather with difficulty. We applied for new ones to replace those worn out in August last, but as yet have got none. Our tents were issued to us without proper pegs, nor had we the means of making them. The tents are consequently much damaged, and many of them almost useless. When I consider we are now on the top of a bleak hill, without natural shelter of any sort, and under great diffi culties of procuring a little brushwood for fuel, as our en trenching and other implements are long ago worn out I cannot foresee the end to which we shall be reduced from all the above-mentioned wants, but can only say that a supply of warm under and over clothing, and boots and shoes, and gloves, is absolutely indispensable to the very existence of the men. The muddy work required from the dragoon in wet wea ther about his lines, has in the last three or four days nearly used up our clothing, and a week more of inclemently wet or severe weather would completely make an end of our men in their present denuded state. I shudder to think of it. And I doubt whether, even now, of a very sharp cold morning, many of them would not be quite benumbed by cold before they could get their horses saddled and bridled. I feel quite in helpless amazement of what services may be required of my regiment, and the utterly unprovided state it has been left in to meet so many and trying diffi culties.---I have, &c., (Signed) DE SALTS, Major commanding Bth Hussars. No. 7. CAPTAIN MORGAN TO MAJOR-GENERAL THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 16, 1854. My Lord,—Tho command of the 17th Lancers having devolved on me since the 25th of last month, and as I find the present position of the corps in a tnost deplorable state, I have the honour to acquaint yon with the facts existing, and causing its almost unfitness for service. Most of the men's kits left in the several abips—Simla, Himalaya, Jason, Trent, and transport ship London—the London only having left them, :which by chance were found in an open field some days after. 2. The boots, shoes, and stocks of the men in many cases quite worn out, and their clothing generally so much so, that, having to go about almost barefooted and ill-clothed, the sick list the last two days has increased fearfully, and the few loft to turn out aro so benumbed with cold that they can hardly saddle their horses. 3. The want of tents sufficient in strength and number increases the sufferings of all ranks ; nor has the requisi tion for a sufficient supply yet been attended to. 4. The worn-out state of the camp-kettles and the want Of wood is also a positive calamity to the iron, and half LEOMD STER ELECTION. Yesterday morning the poll opened at 8 o'clock, and the friends of the Conservative and anti-ballot candidate having got their men early together flocked in a body to tbo poll, and at once placed Mr. Hardy in a majority. There were, as far as we can learn, no public breakfasts, and the town was perfectly quiet and orderly through' out the day. There is a story current hero that at ior• mer elections, under the old regime, it was custon3ar t for the candidate to invite the " free and independent' s to breakfast, on which occasion the coffee served was sweetened with sovereigns. If any golden inducement has been applied on the present occasion it must be 11 1 another fa,-hion. At 9 o'clock the poll stood thus : For Mr. Hardy (C.) For Mr. Campbell (L.) 24 By 11 o'clock Mr. Hardy had greatly increased Jul majority, the numbers being— Hardy 124 Campbell 6l At noon Mr. Hardy had polled exactly double the number of votes of his adversary, viz Hardy Campbell 74 - At 1 o'clock the numbers were— Hardy Campbell B4 The poll continued with little variation up to the close, at 4 o'clock, when the numbers stood— Hardy Campbell lOl Majority for Mr. Hardy --78 THE ARMY ESTIMATES FOR 1655-6. The Army Estimates for the year ending the 31st of March, 1857, were issued yesterday. The grand vital amount that will be required fer the financial year ensuing is stated to be 34,998 5041., against the sum of 28.670,4971. in 1855-56, thus exhibiting an increase of 6,328,0071. The sum. of 32.758,289/. is re' quired for the effective, and 2,240,2241. for the non , effective service. The items ere thus distributed :—viz., 10,950,39 81 . for the land forces (246,716 in number) ; 3,150,1291. for the embodied Militia; 88,0001. for volunteer corps; 408,5951. for the Army Works Corps ; 169,0261. for the • War Department ; 22,7911. for " Head•quarters, tart' Departenents"; 514,1411. for civil' establishments; 915,3011. for artificers' wages ; 9,886,261/.. for clothing , barrack-furniture, &a. provisions, forage, fuel, and light ; 4,371,1651. for land and sea stores ; 2,044,06 9 k for works and buildings ; 238,404/. for the educatieela and scientific branches ; 25,4001. for rewards for military'. cervices ; 67,00 e/ for the army pay of general officers; 519,0941. for the pay of reduced or retired officers ; 220,4201. for widows' pensions ; 83,5581. for pensions:. &a., to wounded officers ; 32,0961. for " in-pensions; 1,168,3921. for " out-pensions ;" and 124,2641. for super annuation allowances. Of the sum voted last year, 13,718,6781. was under, the head of " army," 9,990,165/. under " ordnance, and 4,961,6541. under that of " commissariat." AUST.RALASIAN PACIFIC MAIL STEAM. COMPANY. A meeting of this company took place yesterday afternoon, Mr. G. Hibbert in the chair, when the following report was adopted : " The directors have assembled the promoters at the fourth annual general meeting in accordance, with the provisions of the company's deed of settlement. The directors regret exceedingly that the hopes held rant in the report presented to the meeting of proprietors in August last, of closing the concerns of the company, and of making a final return, have not yet been realised. This delay has principally arisen from the unsettled ac counts with the Admiralty, the great difficulty of dis posi,g of the remaining stock of coals at Wel li,igton, and a settlement with the Commission ers of Income Tax, whieh last claim, however, has been paid during the past week. The coals at Auck land have been sold and paid for, but the premises in Aloorgate-street have not been disposed of, notwith• standing the exertions of the directors. The proprie tors, however, may rest assured that the anxiety of the directors to bring the affairs of the company to a final settlement is equal to their own." THE IVIGLITINGALE FUND. We are regnested by the committee of the Nightingale Fund to publish the following latter which they hap• just received from the Crimea : "Head•quarters, Crimea, Feb. 5. "Gmtieman,—By direction of General Sir William Codrington, I have the honour to enclose a copy of the proceedings of a committee in this camp for the purpose of collecting and remitting the subscriptions of the eel diers of this army to the Nightingale Fund. " The subscription has been the result of volnntarf individual offerings, and the amount of 4,] 951 15i. 6d. all eady received, plainly indicates tbe universal feeling of gratitude which exists among tbe troops engaged in the Crimea for the care bestowed upon—the relief ad' ministered to —themselves and their comrades, at the oeriod of their greatest sufferings, by the skilful ar' rangemente, the unwearving constant personal attention of Miq3 Nightinga e ald the other ladies asseciated with her.—l lave the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " ROBERT BLANE, Lieut..C.)l., Military Secretary. "To the Hon. Secretary of the Nightingale Fund." Sporting Intelligence. DERBY SPRING MEETING.—TUESDAY. The Ilarrington Pate. One mile. Little Tom Romeo Nine ran. Won easily. The Scarsdale Stakes. Half a mile Amorous Boy Six-and-Eigbtpence FAve ran. Won by a length. Selling mate of 20 sous. One mile. Little Tom Ida Five ran. The Midland Steeplechase. About three miles and a half. Hopeless Star Odiham Penelope _ Seven ran. Won by a neck. Handicap Hurdle Race. Two miles. Sandboy B lechnut Freedom Nine ran. Won by two lengths. Stamford and Louisa fell. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was vary moderate. For most kinds the demand ruled steady, and Monday's prices wore well supported. The geieral cox diVon of the samples was by no means fine. Foreign wheat, the show of which was tolerably good, moved off slowly, yet the quotations were well supported- Barley and malt came slowly to hand. The demand for most kinds was inactive at the late decline in ♦alue. The oat trade was less active at Monday's quotations. Being, peas, ard. flour sold slowly. In prices however no change took place. Wheat. 1,870 English .. Irish •• .. F orei g n 1 3,310 I 1 1 530 BOROUGH HOP. Fine hops are in fair request at full prices. All other kinds are very dull and drooping. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 33 Od to di 4d ; veal, 4s Od to 5a 4d ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s Ed per Sibs by the carcase. It is stated that, according to competent legal autho rity, no alteration can be made in the arrangement o calls OR the new shares of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, and that the full amount will have to be paid up in the course of the present year. The late ac counts from the colony respecting the position of the establishment are regarded as favourable. MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMEBOE..--A. few days before the departure of Lord Clarendon for Paris the directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce sent a memorial to his lordship, in which they referred to the gross and culpable neglect of the interests of com merce at the Vienna Conference of 1815, and expressed a hope that during the coming negotiations at Paris ad vantage would be taken by his lordship of any opportu nity that might arise to increase the number of outlets for British commerce and promote its interests in any other way. A reply promising most careful considera tion to the suggestion has been received. ARRIVALS THIS WUL Barley. Malt. Oats. 1 Flour. 2,220 I 5,720 590 3,450 —" brls 11 ' 220 140 AA /foul( after e divid e Th, and C has bi 20,00 be ra, No dir ect `Titnel The th q aftern The C omp: India Th e riaitt et Th e (rig U nit. 1 "3'1 h e bi the o h 4 p ew illeludi .. _,. dem az tti pt tt tLie ►teal) Pitni t bitt Ditt • hrk i t 1)41 vc ftt TE I b e ;;; „, 1 P • Ti of t b that of 11 , nietl citto