The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

1, and • 28d. wipe d has 'ls in made riday R the Innis which The nna •d- A prO• iinie- MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, two o'CLocir. Tye Liverpool Cotton Matkot on Saturday cloned , quite as firmly as oix Friday, but there was 11° change in prices. The sales were estimated at 8 1 00 0 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export '1%11,000 on speculation ; including 500 Egyptian 6 1 't 6d. t o gd . ; 200 Surat at 3id. t o 41d. ; an d 50 Sea Isla n d s at D i d to Is, Th e R a il wa y Sh are Mar ket did not exhibit any change of importance. The 'advices from New York report the money market as having been rather easier, although the the charged f or di s counts were still high. During week ending January 24 the value of foreign dry Reeds entered for consumption was 2,472,484 dollars. ti tcoounts from Constantinople announce that the s ? Jan has at last conceded to foreign subjects the 4 1 4 of possessing land in perpetuity, and with th Powers to work out the mineral resources of ° country, on condition that they submit to the local laws regulating the same. This concession l il ?rove most beneficial to Turkey in extending a ; c ultural operations throughout the country, oil the means of introducing all the recent im to°llments in drainage, &c. It will also open up foreign enterprise the magnificent forest lands o = o rc export of timber, and lead to the working a nY coal mines hitherto unworked for want of t t al and experience. - °7 a decree of the 7th instant the French Minis. of Finance is authorised to open an extraor ,74r3' credit of 522,01 9 f. for the payment of inte . '6' 4 % due on the Ist March, on that portion of the : 1 4 loan guaranteed by Erance, and negotiated -4 1833 ''The Bank of France have issued their Yeela balance:sheet, closed on the 31 st of January, .." t i ch exhibits a considerable increase in the trans "i°4B of that establishment. The metallic re ire at th a t d a t e was 290 million francs against • ° Millions in July ; and the amount of notes in the 670 millions. Altogether, the a ff airs of e ' l ink are considered more satisfactory than was ' l Peeted, lAtt There is a very firm matkot for English Stocks, wi th an absence of activity. T he various new jc,, 44;stook companies now before the public are r6i ng a good deal of attention, espec iall y those 44411041 d for banking purposes, as th e p rofits : 4)4 4 made by similar companies hav e re fiJ ';been so unprecedented. The speculators Funds also are desirous of awaiting the com kr:cement of the Paris Conferences, while at the kV than the regular mail from New York is 4 4 1 1°48 4 looked for, although there is now very ° apprehension of a disturbance between this %I ll o titr Y and the - United States. Consols for money kt ueen rather more freely dealt in. They ope ned for b out 9 14 4, but have since risen to 914 ; and liz e _ count the prices have been 91 1 The k tf ; Threes are 924 4, and the Reduced 914 4 4. Stock l ndia uc cluer Bills tend upwards, owing to the easier Z ll o ' 4loll of the discount, market, and to the fact a Portion of them becomes due next month. Foreign Securities are generally without a n y igte ra e tic o in value, but the, dealings are circurn u toe d q. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93, and the ge2i t h. ac teed 1004 I. Russian 44 per Cents. are Portuguese 4 per Cents. 474. Gre- Uef At 64. erred 61. Dutch 2i per Cents. rule dull !Z ile Railway Share Market is dull, but fully ti o ? °l. , t3 Saturday's quotations. A few transac t6;43 have been recorded in the ]foreign under -4;18 at previous rates. Banking, Mining, and the Miscellaneous Shares quiet. le Lli ''re have been dealings for the " coming o ut " b".tiance Bank Shares at 1 to 2 premium, and 'count Bank at 2 and 3 premium. 1 111411 ___ ' ''''-: It --1R FUNDS THIS DAY AT (ONE O'CLOCK. Q l(Frons the Official List.) Per Buenos, done. I D , a nt. Redweed Annuities 94 A i It e k;e - ,nt Consols Annuities 9 ll a i i 14: Der Cent. Annuities ...... ..... , .... t t ,,, Rock 226 "lit ; Account . o It l e 'hoor Bilir, 24d. '4OO ......... .....-......... 6 7 3 . 7353 7 d. f ilun Dittoßonds, lB5B 3i per Cent........... 98 7t ihjeu!itto, 19 ' ......... . ..... 93 .................... ‘ a "`" OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. IM% New Active, 1i per Cent. ....... . . -__ l'Z it to Deferred 6i is". ll lluese Bonds, 5 per Cont., Con. 1841 Ittunleltle 4 per Cent 47i b i ,.! ' Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — 110,„‘2°•4i per Cent ic t t Bolide, 3 per Cent — l'i4 ; Account t: . O 11 Account 6 per cent b t !i , 93 DP . . ° G uaranteed, 4 per Cent " Account lOOl ~_ b lvidenda on the above payable to Lo ndon. " B Xehange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil... 64 QUARTER PAST TWO. ° "Rula Ditto Account 9l i if • LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) ; ta D(ll c. Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. K T ;with rain. Ve.,l3'lStiourti, Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —I - I.M.S. ti b rke r : sr i -%, fr om Constantinople ; Thetis, !Amami, for Ma • 4 54 -ienpatra (e. tpt.), Malta and Gibraltar ; H.M.S. I.,'"tanth uis Woolwich. tro t e T _MOUTH F e b. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ann, di ft i - -11 4 0n, for Genoa, bore up leaky ; Catharine, Car ,or Genoa. %tr ri t s T B EA, h. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Gentoo, for ,Co v ,;"'"no. l'er a "Rs, Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Endora and from Callao ; George Andreas, Laguna, for Ham. ? Qv , 'trii, ‘ "Elr- —Arrived—S. P. Pendleton, from New York, Ic:re, with rudder damago4. 'lttr gn ' II PooL, Feb. 10.—Four flats have arrived with a , ith ex Ocean Rover, reported to have back broken, and it h ', C argo OM Clan Gregor; the latter has 15 feet water ta tld er mold at high water, end lies embedded 6i feet in the Sp with - wooden ends started. fetal II ntRLAND, Feb. 10.—The George Glen, of this port, 44vered on coast on the 7th Feb. ; crow lif a i e n 4 ., The St. Martin of Caen, sunk this morning, after tr,,R In contact with the William Henry, of this port ; " lkied • fro,MttoßouGH, Feb. 10.—The Onderneming, of and Amsterdam, for ewcastle, foundered yesterday off \ ,. o atit of Yorkshire Nola landed here. tYMOUTH, Feb. 10.—Arrived 11.11.'s revenue cutter th i hilto n , with considerable damage, from contact with 4earoni, from Trinidad to London, on the 9th inst. (10„4ISisnH,—Arrived—Mary Jane, from Lon for artlepool, assisted in with masts cut away, P,,7,4 been on her eam ends on the 9th inst. ; Duke ot 1 4 - 1 arid, from Shi b elds, for London, leaky, and with da *°gte to h u ll an d b o wsprit, from contact on the 4 th inst. , tlin schooner Sylph, of Goole. The master's wife, th te, and bo of the latter saved on bard th 5 B Y I I , II has y arrived at Sunderland, with dameag e former ;. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Moining. la,, A ` rg rr6 —i/ a Sylph, ste , mer, from Du blin ; Le Co q , Cher - A. at t S . i kil°,l-- Clyde a nd Mary Ann, for Ne w p ort ; Ar gy ll, Carentan • Unanimity and 'll ford, Sunderland ; steam trans port, Malta. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wi n d s. . Arri Orlemi v B 7—Eastern Queen, from Charlesto n ; Asia, New ailed—Great Britain, for Balaklava ; Harves t Q ueen, ti 17 York ; Ebro, Co ' runna ; Celden Cross, Trie ste ; e liPer, Havanna, ; Shakspeare, New Orleans. "Wind var i a b le. QTJEENSTOWN, Feb. J. c a .,,irriv ed — Excelsior, Resolution, and Hydaspes, from lao ; Ann 'Wilson, Mauritius ; Norma, Honduras ; '```'''). Theresa, Hayti ; Shields, Mauritius. ZY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.25 a.m. W ind S.W. ; tide, five hours' ebb ; weather wet. C o tkrrived Feb. 10—J ames Littlefield, from Calcutta , lintess of Winton, Shanghai • Earl of Durham, Bala. `vra.; Rubicon, Calcutta. DEAL, Monday, 9.11 a.m. mmes. idiig it is r has but le of arket ;er of erag• Wind S.W. ; light. passed —Dispatch, from Manritins, for London. MUSIC IN HYDE-P.IRX ON SUNDATS.—A memorial bag Leen transmitted to Sir B. nail, by the inhabitants 15f Xensi ng t on, p ra ying th a t h e would issue orders for the band to cease playing on Sundays. Sir B. Hall has as f4B ed to comply with the rcsiuest of th e memor i a li s t s , they represent b ut a sma ll minority—viz., 3,919—0 f th e inh a bi tants o f t h e par ish, whi c h contains a popula t t° ? of 120,000 persons. b,,41. Goon REASON.—A grand jury out South ig nore d a a !'l against a h uge negro f o r stealing chickens, and b efore 184 orging him from custody the judge bade him st an d 113 to be reprimanded. He concluded as follows : << y ou 3'Y ' 1 1:11 go now, J o h n ; b u t ( s h a king his fingerat him) l e t e . w aro you ne ver t o ap p ea r here again. John, with brio beaming f r o m hi s big white eyes, and with a 4g r i laci grin, displaying a row of beautiful ivory, replied, 4Ouldn't bin diu time, judge, only do °Q 125t4)14 MQI) r!..1 SHARE MAIMETS. (THIS DA Y.) RAILWAYS. r. IPaid 3t. .2ii F RAlLwers. ..... Anabg. Nottng. Bost and - I.Ca9tn. 'fund . 311 fast & Ballymena. girming. We've - Stour Valley ........ MOaih i. Lancah. Cheshire Junet 00. Cho.h. 4 Birk. £5O and £25 Cone Do., £2O •• Rlyth &Tyne orlgina 425 (iecd. at £45 MAUI and Exeter... Caledonian. Cann. and Cardigan Cheater 4 Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, 4 rase Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cried' Junction D üblin&BelfastJune Dun. P. & Abe , . Jnc East Avglian Eastern Counties East. anion, A SO De., B. Sto6t Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glaegos• Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Dux de , Forth & Clyde Jon 3.1 Furness. Do. Extension ' Glasgow &S. West.— Great N. of Scotind. Great Northern 'Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre. ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gus. Stk [rish South-Eastern It.negster & Carlisle [Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds [.encash. andYorksh Da.. Wet. Riding Un Criny.&Sonthpt London & Blackwell Lond. Bright St S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn. Do., £5O Do. £40.. LnAdrryls Colerain , Lndtarrr. & Ennlak. Manch.Shefdt Li licit Do., Man. At Lin. Un Metropolitan IMidland Do. Birmag. &Derb3 Midld. G. West. (Iro.) Do. }Ulf Shares Newcastle St Carlisle Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd Newry St Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoin' and Rostrovor Norfolk Nortlin.Connties Un North British Nth Devon Rail Dock Stock Do., A Stock no., B Stock Do., B Guarantool N. Eastern—Borwiel Do. do. Extension Do.do.G.N.E.:turch Do. Lo3ds Do. York !North London ..... N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp• stead, and City Jn., ~North Staffordshire , North Western N. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.. OK, Wore.. & Woly, Portgnionth F.loottish Central !ScottishMidland 'Shropshire i)n South Devon South Eastern 'South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dnr Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton Stor...kten & Hartlepl. ;Taff vale . IDo. Prof., No. 1 Irismos Hay. P.& R Ulverstone & Lanus IVale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny IWaterforl&Limeriol !West Cornwall 'West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B IWpst L0nd0n..... :... jWimbledn&Croydol loetng Prices Saturday 25. . 21 4 - 44. ... - _. 7i 7 , 8/ 16 1b• 13 - 14 9 --8 85, 67 55b 66 - •• • . "" • • • •N f. 4 ..• - p.. ••• !.•• • t • 2 -13 i 9f 26 •,..• 30 19 - .21 72 - 73 .52 - 54 9* - 9i 23 - 25 ••• • ••• 82 - , 6i- 7 90 - 51 73 - 75 124 -- 126 103 - 105 554 56i 57 60. ••• 73 - '64 - 64 7ir 81k r 81 61 97 99 1 I.ooi 101 ad parll id psrl 94- 95 3i 2i 3 2 .; ... . m " 4 , 25 id 69 691 40 42 e. .... elm ••• 50 52 29 ... r•• f ••• 75 • 76: 64 6 ' d , 4 3d 14 50 51 8 7ad, 22. 24 104 106 75 77 45 . - 47 it 12, 614. 62i1 70 72 ;iti 2d s 7 . ••• ' .... •• 19 -- 20 3i - 41 4 - 1 •••‘ • •• ••• '. FOREIGN. Antworpdziott. , rdam Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. eon. in Sh . at par till 'O4 Ardennes Belpan F,astn. Juno %tiers to Graiaeomafte Bombay, Baroda, and Central lndia,Serir Do. Dcnicrara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France no. New Last Indian, g. 5 p. a Do. Extenaion D 0.4 12 Do. do. do.. '59. dr... Gee . ong Melbou: le guar. 5 per c nt. . Do., Lon. allot., do. iGd. Thor CanadaA is Do. Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'62 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do Ot. Central of Fran: , Ot. Indian Poninstilf. Great Luxembourg Constituted Shams Do. Do. re-is. forftd. Ut.l.Aleatcrn of Canada shrtroß Do. New.., Do. Bds., pay able's7, with option till 'ss—, Do. do., '62, p.'56.. . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. . Dr,. do., '73, without option ilatnilton & Toronto Do. 6 per oent. Lake Conk , . & Basle Licrre and Tnrnhout Lucca Fist. sp.c. p. Lyons and OCUOTA Lyons ex Moditerran. Niadrar, guar. 4 Is p.c ,Do. New e 0., 5 p. C. Do. 4i p. c. Eton Maria Antonia ~ .• • Do. do. New Namur is Liege Interest) Do. (ox intervat) Northern of Franco D o .201. She Do. 201. 3 p. o Bdr (fmy.B. di A me. She. Nor wog ianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ;Paris and Orleans.... !Rome and Frascati.. ;Royal Danish Royal Swedish I Do. Obligations .... 'Sambre and Mouse Do. 51 p. cent. Pref jSeinde guar. 5 p. o D 0.. . 'Southern of Francs St. Andrew's and' Qnclxic (A) West Flanders Do 5 A por c. Pref W. &N. W. of France 'West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand Ti - Si -- 1 p 1} - .2 3 - 2iti 1/ - I F 3ri -a s h 11. -13 p 21 -21 t 10 - 144 - 10 13S - 67 82 - 86 5 - 5 I 20j -- 203 4f - 51 3 - 31 244 -- 21 -- 3if i 99 -- 100 115 -- 120 115 -- 120 106 IOR 28} - 24 115 - 120 • •• """ •• - Pm 8 - 9j 19 -19 i A - 7 7 9 , 2 3 51 - 51 - 36t -- ST: 12 -= 48i 48; 19 - 20 2i - 2i 2} - 24 9i - 1 -- pm 3i - 4 ii = ii Ja i = foil JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ti :n Anstralmi% 92 -- 100 50 Bunk of Loudon ..... 64 40 all Rd. Col. Bk.kLn, C. 66 50 41 British N. American .*** .25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia p ar p 20 4 Chrtd. Brk. of India, Australia, & China 100 i 50 City .. 66 •-• 70 100 25 Colonial Commercial of Lond ot Ans. Cht l7i .-- 18 100 20 Conune •: : 20 all Eng.Sc 20 1 all Lond. Chin. Bk. of A us tralia . . 20 5 Ditto New 50 20 London and County — 100 50 Lxin. kE. Bilk g. Corp par 2p 50 10 London Joint Stock • 31 100 20 Lond. & Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. Now. ............ • 50 22A National of Ireland ... 20 all New South Wales,— 37 ov 26 all Oriental Bank of Corporation 39 100 25 I'mvincial of Ireland 10 all Do. New llll. 5 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co ... 100 50 1103-3.1 British 25 all Aontli Australia 4O 25 all Onionof Australia.... 70 - 72 71 L 2A Do. New.... - 7 - 8 10 Uaiou 9, London „, Z 8 ... Briefness done this day 1741 111 3t. 100 tOO 61F4 ;0 all all O 18 .0 all 0 8 .0 i 0 45 Z I all 3t. 100 l 2 all i 0 411 Liti 141 165 8 It. 100 3 10 •I'l di all It. 100 It. 100 .0 I ii' 166 >0 all 10 all 1 15 all St. 100 '2. 323. .0 1 st. 100 5I all 3t. 100 50 3i it. 100 t. 100 t. 100 tl all 8 all It. 100 ;5 214 ;5 15 i 0 a:l It. WO it. 100 ,0 31 1p O 17i, !CI all .0 all .0 l Bt. l llo 8 St. 1.00 It. 100 it. 100 0 a'l I 5 JO lea t. 110 t. 10(1 :5 '2 ;0 I all LO I all 5 I all 5 I 3 10 .SII LO all l 0 1 41 LO 1 40 !O 10 5 , 4 8`44 .8 all It all 1 15 0 all 10 I 16 D ttll 5 20 :5 nil 1 all t; 14 4 i %II IA 1 :0 all 5 gli !0 5 i 1•. all 1.0 all D 3 el 20 all t 0 all 81► r.ll Le an >.O is ?.0 all 6 1 all ZO I an THE SON . , LONDON. MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 1856. Lentos Compans London & N. West. L. &N.IV. Calodon 1 E. Un. & E. C Pt.Nrten E. Count Caldonian Do at. Weettl Yk. New. Borw. Y. &N Do. Do . Easton IPoto Co. Norfolk Do IL.&N.W ' ay Midid. Weldon& Darlingt., Midland..' rEn. Conn, Count, Do D 0... L. &N.W Do Gt Nortiin [encash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. hiClean atockt. & Darlingt Do I atWi Costa., Priem Saturday. ii - 96 94 - 98 ... ... ON ..... •• • 104 - 106 - 234 - 246 1071 - 1124 2t 91 - P 3 a ... ...... ... •.. •.. 7i - 8 3 7 - 2jit 31& -82 i 83 - 85 IHASB~S3. .4 85 1 1 12i nusicmss tits (tay. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) EXCHEQUER COURT. :Sittings at Guildhall before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a Continon Jury.) OWEN V. EDLIN. This was an action for money lent. The defendant pleaded first, that he Wai never indebted ; and, secondly, that he had paid the money. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that he is a brass manufacturer, carrying on business in High street, Shadwell, and the defendant a butcher, of the same place. In June, 1851, the defendant applied to the plaintiff to '.sorrow 601. of him, with which to pur chase two live bullocks. Plaintiff advanced the money on defendant's giving him a memorandum and an orkrdue acceptance, and an 1.0. U. of a person named Smith, as collateral security. Smith and Edlin ware friends, arid from an introduction by Edlin of Smith to the plaintiff 'they became ac quainted. The plaintiff purchased the lease of the Ship and Star, Shad well, for 1501., and to pay 461. per annum rent. Smith, who was a coal whipper, agreed to take the house and give 601. per annum rent. An arrange ment was then entered into between them relative to the purchase of the fixtures, out of which the defendant con tended this debt arose, and that Smith was the person liable for the payment of this money. Smith subse quently became a bankrupt, and • was ultimately found in Exeter gaol. The case occupied the court some time in investigating the accounts between the parties, and had not concluded when our despatch left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ;Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice Jervis and a Common Jury.) DALEY V. SIMS AND OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover 2021. 18g. The plaintiff is a merchant of Cork, and the defendants factors and brokers in London. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that in January, 1853, he accepted .two , bills d rawn by th e de fendants for 4041. 13s. 4d. and 4561. 16s. 7d. In August, 1853, he suspended his payments and sent notice to his creditors, the two bills at that time being within a week of coming to maturity. The plaintiff afterwards paid a composition of 13s. 3d. in the pound, Hid. being lin cash and the remainder in staves. The defendants, it appeared, held a quantity of staves be- longing to the plaintiff, and a question arose as to the deposit of the staves and the defendants holding them as factors or not, or whether there was a balance due to the plaintiff over the above amounts of 242/. 18s. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff for that amount. THE WAY TO WINDSOR. (From a Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser.) How is it that every officer of family influence or rank who has not distinguished himself in the Cri mea, or whose conduct has been questionable, or more than questionable, either in the field or any department of tke army, is immediately invited, on his return, to Windsor Castle ? While the ink of Sir John report is scarcely dry ; while Col. Gordon, Assistant Quartermaster-General of our ill-fated army, still lies under the strongest offi cial censure, for incapacity as a soldier and " discre pancy" as an accountant; whils tit is understood that the gallant officer is engaged in preparing a defence of his conduct, he is invited to Windsor Castle, admitted to the highest honours of a subject, and permitted to see his case virtually prejudged 11)37 the Crown. But such is not in this case, the reward of incapacity alone. Colonel Gordon is the son of the Earl of Aberdeen, the imbecile and un happy Cunctator of modern days, whose senile procrastinations and despotic tendencies drifted us into that war by whose conduct England has been actively, as she was before passively, betrayed. Poverty is said to make us acquainted with strange bedfellows—Politics, it would seem, cause a strange mixture of guests at the hospitable board of the Queen of this realm. We congratulate Sir James Scarlett, the hero of the heavy cavalry charge of Balaklava upon his prandial honours. This is not all. Orders are prostituted, until it becomes a disgrace and a compromise for brave and efficient men to receive them at the hands of her who should be the fountain of honour. Again, in the list of those upon whom the three degrees of the Legion of Honour are conferred, there are names not only notorious to the army as those of incapables, but at least, in one instance, something infinitely worse. Admiral Sir C. Napier refused an order. Why did not Sir De Icy Evans and Sir Colin Camp bell follow his example ? Sir James Simpson may be a brave man, for all we know, but he showed himself an unfortunate blunderer in the affair of the Redan. Stern military judgment would apply to him a harsher term. The man who played the game-stroke of the siege, with a handful of raw recruits, is not exactly a fitting person to receive titles and decorations from a grateful country. By such acts as these we are degrading ourselves in the eyes of the world, and bringing contempt upon what is left of an army, of which it may be said that the heroism of the unrecognised and un rewarded in it is only to be rivalled by the unwor thiness of those who have hitherto, with but few exceptions, borne off the rewards. ••••••. DIMIIYISELED PROSPECTS OF PEACE. It will be seen from, the Court Circular, that most unpretending but very important publication in flimsy, that the Cabinet Council, which met on Saturday, sat for the unusually protracted period of nearly four hours. Though the secrets of the Council-chamber are con ventionally presumed to be inviolable, we can state with the greatest confidence-, not only that the subject which chiefly occupied the attention of Ministers was the coining Ounferences in Pais, which are to com mence on Wednesday week, the 20th instant, but that circumstances have just occurred which considerably diminish the probability of such a peace as this country can accept. Russia is already beginning to betray the cloven-foot of insincerity. It is now ascer tained that she is not prepared to concede, either in the Baltic, or the Black Sea, what we deem indispensable. Whether she may, in the end, if she finds she cannot help herself, make a virtue of necessity, we do not, of course, know. But we have no doubt the event will confirm the accuracy of our statement, when we say that she will on no account make those concessions to us regarding the revision of her Asiatic territory, which England regards as one of the most important of all the concessions which we demand from her. The only con cession which Russia appsars willing to make is the re linquishment of the slip of territory in Bessarabia. In these critical circumstances, Lord Palmerston is the only man to whom the country looks with confidence. We need not add, that corresponding to the extent of the popular confidence in the Noble Lord is the measure of his responsibility. We cannot doubt that he is fully alive to the awful responsibilities of his position. — Morning Advertiser. AWFUL DEATH NEAR WATERLOO-BRIDGE.—An acci dent of a somewhat remarkable character, by which an unfortunate man was literally cut to pieces and instantly killed, occurred on Saturday last, on the river Thames, about midway of Waterloo and Blackfriars-bridges. From the inquiries made it appears that a lighterman of the name of Hosier, who resided near Vauxhall-bridge, was out with his barge on the river, and attached to his vessel was a small wherry, which he used to take him ashore when his barge was moored in the centre of the water. Whilst navigating his craft on Saturday, by some means which could not be ascertained, the smaller vessel got adrift, when the unfortunate man made an attempt to regain it by j umpisg off his barge, but it is to be regretted that instead of alightieg into the boat he fell into the river, when just at the moment a sailing barge came alongside of the other vessel and crushed the poor fellow so tightly as to break his collar bone, one of his arms, both thighs, and several ribs, and at the same time the anchor of the sailing barge, which was hanging over the stern, caught the man in tbo lower part of the abdomen, the sharp points or teeth of the anchor penetrated the flesh, and owing to the swift speed the craft was travel ling the body of the man was ripped open, and the bowels and heart completely exposed. A number of watermen and river pollee constables at once put off in their boats, and the unfortunate sufferer was extricated before he had fairly sunk. The mangled body was at once taken ashore, but it is hardly necessary to state that life was quite extinct. The remains were forthwith removed to the deadhouse of Christ Church Workhouse, and given into custody of Kibblewhite, the summoning efficer, who gave the necessary intelligence to Mr. Carter, the coroner, who will forthwith hold an inquest on the body. From what can at present be learned, it ap pears to have been impossible for the men in charge of the sailing vessel to have altered her course in sufficienttime to have prevented the melancholy accident. WILFUL PERJURY TO MAIN A REWARD.--A few weeks since a number of incendiary fires occurred in the neighbourhood of Barnsley. In one of these, wheat stacks of Mr. Hattereley, to the value of nearly 1,0001., were destroyed. After the fire ha I occurred, but not until a reward of 50/. was offered to any person who would give information, two brothers, named Samuel and John Dyson gave information to Superintendent Green that they were coining from Carlton about half-past twelve o'clock on the night of the fire, when they saw a man, named Joseph Marsh, corning from the direction of the staeks at the time the fire broke out, [that they seized him and charged him with setting fire to the stacks, when he admitted the fact, and offered to give them 10/. to say nothing about the matt er . U pon this information Marsh was appre hended, and, upon the evidence of the Dysons, com mitted to take his trial. Circunistancee having arisen to lead to the belief that Marsh had been a victim to the cupidity of the Dysons, and that the charge was made for the purpose of obtaining the reward of 501., a subscription was set on foot, and a fund raised to de fend Marsh at York, and on the cage being heard h was acquitted. On Thursday, at the Barnsley Court house, an information was laid by Marsh against the Dysons for wilful and deliberate perjury. Evidence was adduced showing that Marsh was in bed at the time at which he was said to have been wet by the prisoners. The :bench were of opinion that the pri soners had committed wilful perjury, and committed them for trial at the next York agi 4 ' — ' 3ll "c 4 C 4 'er Citariicos. Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday were firmly supplied with most kinds of wheat, at which only a limited business was transacted on lower terms. Barley ruled dull and cheaper. Oats, , beans, peas, and flour moved off heavily, at drooping currencies. The trade on the continent is exceedingly heavy, and a considerable decline has taken place in the value of all kinds of produce. The arrivals of English gain up to onr market last week were by no means extensive. From abroad we received 4,338 quarters of wheat, 2,570 barley, 7,310 oats, 566 beans, 365 tares, 436 rapeseed, 210 mustard seed, 190 sun dry seeds, and 2,151 sacks of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was small, and in very poor condition. Although the show of sam ples of both red and white was limited, the demand for all kinds ruled far from active, at last Monday's decline on the quotations. So inferior and tender were most of the samples that they were quite unfit for millers' pur poses. At the close of the market the whole of the supply had been disposed of. The supply of foreign wheat was tolerably good. So little business was transacted that the quotations were nominally unaltered. In fioatinz cargoes of grain very few transactions took place. We were fairly supplied with barley, in which only a limited business was passing, i►t is to 2s per quarter be- neath last Monday's prices. The malt trade was very dull, and the quotations ruled is to 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last. The show of oats was' naoierate, and the trade ruled heavy, at is per quarter less money. There was very little inquiry for beans, the prices of which, compared with Monday last, were is to 2s per quarter lower. We had a dill sale for peas, at la to 2s per quarter less money. The flour trade was heavy, at last Monday's decline in price. Malt—Chevalier •• .• 77s to 71s Oats Yorkshire and CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURN Wheat—Essex & Rent, Red .... new 5R4 to 70s Ditt0........ old 68s 804 Ditto, White new 56s 70s Ditt0........ old 67s 631 Norfolk end Lin coln, Red, old 68s `7Ba Ditto new •••••• 5Ss 67. Rye—Old•••• •••••••• 7-)1 Line°lnalt.,Feed 238 258 Potato • 24s 29e Toughs& aadeork 81ack....... 2es 24s New ............ 503 528 Barley—Grinding..... 30s 32s Malting 31t 348 Chevalier.. •• • • 34s 39s Malt—BaffolkandNor folk............ 708 ,, 768 Brown 63s 66s EingitonandWate 74i 765, Cork, Whits 21i 25s Scotch, Feed.— .. . 26s 30e Bouts—Tick •• •• ••••, 341 38s Pigeons ......•• • • 38e 445 Peas—Grey • • • • • • 4.4. '• • 821 3.. s - - Maple .• .• .• 34. 87s White •••• •• 400 44e Boilers •• ........ 448 488 Flour—Town-m 651 678 Suffolk .... 49s 608 Btooktn &Norfolk 498 50, METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The arrivals of foreign stock into London last week were ♦ery moderate—the total supply being oLly 938 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we reoeived 789 ; in 1851, 1,982 ; in 1853, 2,932 in ; 1852, 3,210 ; in 1851, 2,419; and in Isso, 576 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LIST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Oporto Antwerp — Rotterdam l5O ... Flarlingen Nieu Diep 5 ... - ... - ... 77 ... - T0ta1.... 827 .. - ..• ••• 23 ••• ... 23 ... 88 ... Tice yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Boasts. Sheep:• Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 558 ... 107 ... ... 144 ... -- 11454 644 ... 1,362 ... ... 275 ... 1 1853 555 ... 1,988 ... ... 375 ... 21 1852 512 ... 2,151 ... ... 475 ... 2 1851 5Ol ... 1,678 ... .:. 237 ... 33 1850 270 ... 201 ~ ... 95 ... 10 There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, and the supply of Irish was confined to 150 beasts —partly via Liverpool. With home•fed beasts we were tolerably well supplied as to numbers, but the general quality of the arrivals was not to say first-rate. All breeds, arising in some measure, from the depressed state of trade in Newgato and Leaden hall, mot a very dull sale at Friday's decline in price of 2d per albs. The top figure for beef was 4s 6d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,450 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of Eugland, 400 of various breeds; and, from Scotland, 300 Scots. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was but mo derate, both as to number and quality, the mutton trade ruled heavy at 2d per 81bs beneath the prices current on Monday last. The best old Downs sold at 4s 8d per 81bs. The supply of calves was very limited, yet the veal trade ruled heavy at 4tl. per Sibs beneath last Monday's cur rency. The top figure for veal was 5s 8d per 81b s. We had a dull trade for pigs, at barely stationary prices. Per Sibs to sink the ollals. s. d. e. d. e. d. e. d. Inferior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 o;PrimeSonthdown 4 4 4 8 Second quality.. _3 2 3 61Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime largo oxen 3 8 4 qrime small d 0... 5 2. 5 Prime Scots, dm. 44 4 6 i Large bogs 36 4 2 Inferior Sheep ...2 10 3 2 Small porkers ... 4 4 410 3ecoud quality ...3 4 3 8 (Suckling calves-2'2 025 0 ?rime crse.-wlled.3 10 4 2,Quarter old pigs.2l 0 27 0 TOTAL SUPPLI. - FOS MO N SUPPLY • Beasts ...• „....• 4 . 153 I Beaste.... .. •• • • .-.. . 674 Sheep .........• •...23,190. Calves - 69 KU • •• • • ••. • e Sheep .. • • Cakccs.• •••••••••• • • • • • • • • 35 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold iu Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Feb. 11, 1856. Per 81ba, to sink the (Orals. Feb. 12, 1655. Feb.ll, '56. s. d. s. d.'s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... 3lto 3 612 10 to 3 0 Second quality ditto ... ... 3 8 4 2 . 3 '2 3 6 Prime large oxen ... 4 4 4 6,3 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 4 8 4 1011 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 8,2 10 3 2 Second quality ditto 310 4 2,3 4 3 $ Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 4 4 8:3 10 4 2 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 0,4 4 4 & Lambs ... 0 0 0 010 0 0 0 Large coarse calves 4 6 5 2,4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto 5 4 5 10,5 2 5 8 Large hogs 3 0 4 03 6 4 2 seat small porkers 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 410 Beasts... 3,693 4,153 Sheep ... 23,190 Calves._ 67 69 SUPPLIES ON SALK, Fob. 13, 1854.---Beasts, 4,900; shoe' , 22,410; calves, 235; pigs, 310. February 14, 1853.—Beasts, 3,961; sheep, 17,C90; calves, 152 ; pigs, 275. NEW(4ATE AND LEADENIIALL. The supplies of each kind of molt on sale hero are sea sonably geed. The trade generally is heavy, as follows :- - • _ Per Blbs by the careae©. e. d. e. d. Beef, interior 2 8 210 Do., middling 3 3 3 4 Do. prime large 3 ti 3 8 no., do. email 3lO 4 0 Pork, large 3 2 3 10 1 N. (1. w. el. Inferior 2 13 2 10 Do., middling ..... 3 0 3 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 2 Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, small 4 A 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in our market, and prices generally are well supported. The show of samples continues good. Last week's imports were 117 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to GI 10s per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 51 Os ; Sussex, 31 to 4/ 15s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. - - Since Monday last, the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by railway, have been louts extonsive than of late, yet there is a large quantity on offer in these markets to-day. The trade is very inactive, as follows : York Regents, DOB to 109 s ; Kent and Essex, do., 80s to 90,3 ; Scotch do., 70. to SO3 ; do. cups, 55s to 703 ; middlings, 503 to 003; blues, 60s t• 70; Linoolus, 70. to 803 per ton. WOOL. Owing to the approaching publia sales, very little busi ness is doing either in foreign or colonial wool ; prices, however, are very firm. English wool still continues in active request, at fully the late improvement in the quota tions. The imports, last week, were very limited, viz., 35 bales from blegadore, 16 from Ostend, and 13 from llambro' The following are the current ra tes of English dots_l Down tega, is lAd to 1330 ; half-bred hoggets, is 3d ; do. wethers, is id to is 2d ; Kent, fleeces, is 2d to le 21ql; combing skin, lld to is 2d ; Down ewes, is 2d to is 3 1; Leicester fleeces, is to is 14d; flannel wool, is ld to is 2id ; blanket wool, 9d tols ld per lb. SEE Tarnlp,White,per bush. 22 to 25, Swede •• —8 —s Mustard, Brown•• •• .. 12s 20, White, new ••• • .. ss is Tares,Winter, new.... 6s Gd 7s 6d Old.• • • • • •• .• Canary, per quarter •. 634 645 Rya grass • • • • .... 243 30s Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 693 804 White • • 70s 90s Foreign Red... • • 62s 72si White .• •• 703 8 5 3 1 Trefoil, n0w........ • • 403 4651 ;DS• Carraway (new) .• •• .. 425 44s 1 Coriander.. •• •. •• •• 26s 30s llempseed, per quarter 34s 60s Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• —s s Crushing •• •• •• •• 73s 80s Baltic •• ••.•• • .. —3 —r Odessa •••••• •• •• --5 —1 LinvecdCako, pr. ton— ; English • • —.131 Os 137 be Foreign,per ton 121 Os 13' 10s ; Rape Cakes, pr ton 6114 s 71 5 s ; 1 11.apeseed, New, pr qr., 8U 905 TALLOW. We continue to have a ♦ery inactive demand for all kinds of tallow, and prices aro again rather lower. To•day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 58s, and for delivery daring the last three months 52s per cwt. /tough fat, 3s per 81bs. ------ 18 52 . 1853. i 1854. 1855. 1 18.6. —I--- Stock this day ..• •• 5 5 8 4• 0 2 d 1 1 40,3111 ) 35.157 39,065 23,472 Price of Y. C ••• • I 3. 5 s 31° 10 43 4 5 451 d )d 6 6 1 2. 6 4 T "8:110ctl'° 588 800dd Delivery last week • • 2,524 1,816 1,747 2,122 817 Ditto from June I. 80,433 74,727 75,658 58,851 83,010 632 A r rivals last week.. 1,854 2 -05 1,641 717 Ditto from Jtmel •••• 98,179 74,447 90,590 61,916 59,940 Price ar To,,cu ...... 38, 01 45 , 91 64i 91 , 58s 92 56s 61 ------..-- NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL —DISMISSAL OF LIECTEN- ANT BUCK OF TELE FERRET FROM hEa MAJESTY'S SERVICE.—'DEVONFORT, SstvrClay.—A court-martial was held yesterday, and by adjournment to-day, on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable, lying in the H a _ moaze, for the purpose of trying M Lieutenant Edward H. Buck, of her ajesty's ship Ferret, on a charge o f disobedience to the orders of Commanier Leckie. The dismissed fromher Majesty's Court adjudged him to be ;atm RLILWATI; 55} 6 1001 1 62j i 3} 13e 151 4i MISCELLANEOUS. 15 19 Australian Agrionit. 25i 26 5 , IC all Australn. Royal Mail 4 10 all Berlin Water Worka tit. 150 40 Brit. American Land 47 100 324 Canada 127 132 Rt. ;CO C.Go.6p.e.Jan&jal3 1074 bagi St. 100 De. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 103 107 St. 100 Do. 6p. e. Mar be Sept 108 110 6 all Crystal Palace 21 24 2i 5 all Do. P re f e rence 5 54 5 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 13 Eastern Steam • 5 al) En.&Aus Cop S m Co 1 14 25 all Electric Telegraph , 194 204 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 18 all General Screw Steam 171 171 20 10 Irish Beetroot ST.,gal 111 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 10 9 Mexicau&S.Arnericn. 54 51 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fu& 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 1 4 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. BpePissatld 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 1 all N. B. Australasian_ 20 15 Nrth.of EuropeStiaan, 141 1 all Oriental Gas I 14 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " all Peel Br. Ld. & Minrl. 24 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 50 10 Do. New • •• 2 all Portland Iron Co ••• •.. 103 60 Royal Mail Steam „.. 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1 h Ditto New 1 ip 25 all South Austral.land R 54 36 3, Submar. Tel. Scrip — 1 VO all ; Do. Registered 2 13 5 Trust& L.Co.l . l.Can I 100 284 Van Dianaan'• Land! 154 si, ,V t qcOrscolUbTUlT toi k 19i 21 i PRE FE' 1 100 Aberdeen _ 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c 100 Do. Debentures all Birth andTyno leper c. prof. (issd. At 501 100 Brim. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Calodonian £lO all Chos. &Ho. On. 5a pc all Do. do. Prof. No. 2 all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 all Cork ctßandonsap.o all Dun.Prth .dt Aber.J 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6P. c 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex, spc No. ) all Do. No. 2. all Do. New 4 p. c. St. all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 por cont all Do. 101. Debontr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Laneash.6 p.cts all R . , kW. York. J. sths 1 &lin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. 100 M. Prth.&Dun.4p.c all Furness 100 Glas. & S.W. G. 5 P.C 100 Groat Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom... 100 Do. 4a /Lc 7i D 0.5 p.c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. C. pm— • all at.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 100 Gt,. Et. d & W. (Ireland) 11 Do. 4 per o. .Prof. S 6 Gt. W.(8. 2 %;11.Fx5p0 100 Do. con. red. 46 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. C. 100 Do. sp. e. red. prof all Do. do. do. all Do. Birm. Pref. lh all Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S all De. do. 5 p. 0. do 100 Do. Birin. Gna. Stk all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. 1:2( 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock 100 Lon. &Brigli. G.sp.c :, 100 Do. Prof., sp. c. St.l 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c• 100 Do. do. 5 per cent . 100 Lon. &N. W., Cov. A Nuneaton 5 p. et . 100 Loc.& S.W. 7 per ct all Londy. & Color. a Sli. all Londy. & Ennis. a SI) 100 Af.,5.,& L.,New,lC/ 4 Do. X 6 all Marypt .&Carl.4p o all Do. 4a per cont 10a Do 100 Hid. Consol.6 p.o.St 100 Do. Con .11r.B:r. 6p( 100 ,Do. 4a p. c. Pref. 8: all ,Do. Pref. 4ls per con all Do. Si. Prfl. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St all Now., Aber., &c., pr.' r 5 p. c. red. 5 p c. pin. Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4p. c. St ck Do. 5 p.c. Eat Do. 56 per ct. pref.... :Do.Way. Val. 5 p. a ;North British iN. E. Borw, 4 p.c. P JD*. do. do IDo Leods6p.c :No.l iDo. do. Quarters ... Do.Yorkll.& g. Por. North Staffordsthiro.. 'Ox, Wo, kW.1515 pe ,Do R. Prof. 101. Sit. Soot. Cent. ,New Pre , ;South Devon troo. fixed,4 a per cent I S. Eastern (Readitu Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4a per cent Do. Fixed 4a p a sh S. Wales Qua. 4 p, C Do, do. 4a p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. I Stock . &Dar. , 5 p. c. !Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. S p.c. till July 1,'56 Watertd.& Kilk. 6 pc n t I ••••• ... 64 - 64 1116 - 118 108 110 103 - 105 in 0i 10 6.- Rh 89 - 91 7'B - 60 79 - 81 95 • 100 16 - 16, 91 164 70 - 72 18} - 194 - 13A - 14, 31 - 133 ••• ...... ... •• • .""" NO ••• •,•p i . = if 1 111 - 133 - 4 - 4i 4,11 ... .... ••1 ... ... ... 99 - 101 91 - P 3 - 51 1 - 13 - 23 -23 i 95 - 97 91 - ... - .. ••• - • •• 2i lid MINES. lAgna Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold , Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dnchy of:i BlEonar. Iron & Coa,! British Iron Brazilianlrup.(issued at in pm.) Do. Cocacs & Cuiab7 Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cone. Min, Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Prof. 7. p. cent Copiapo . Fortuna Genc2al Gt.NugzetVeinßog Great Polgooth Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares.. Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Nouveau Monde & Le. Min 'Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba... Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian Do. Scrip po. 10 per cent Prof Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. fin Croft ... ..... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa......, Worthing Mining of Australia Ynba - 3 6 Fal 27 - 29 - 66 - 34 37 25 27 21 23 - id 14 16 2# 1 • 4(1 6} 7i - 1 . - i 4 - 19 - 21 6 - 8 4 - 41 .1 --- .. - .. ti - 6 - 4t i - 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all all 90i 90 100 9) THE PE. ►SITIONS. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Constitu tionnel, says :—" The most complete accord exists between the Allies of the 2d Dec. with regard to the stipulations for future peace. I am happy to be able to aunounca ,to you that the fifth basis, which, according to some superficial minds, threatened to become the stumbling-block at the approaching Conferences at Paris, only served as a stronger proof of the perfect understanding which prevails between Austria and the Western Powers on all points involving a cams belli. As a con clusive proof of this, I may mention that the Court of Vienna has admitted, without dis pute, that in the interpretation cf the fifth basis is comprised the obligation of not rebuild ing the fortifications - of Bemarsund, as it was for the interest of the balaneC of power in Europe that the colossus of the north should not be able to exercise a too great pressure on Sweden by means of the Aland Islands. I even think that it is the knowledge of the decision of the Allies of the 2d of December which prevents Prussia from declaring more clearly in favour of the policy of the Western Powers, although it must he admitted that King Frederick William gave his moral co-operation to the Austrian propositions presented for the accept. acce of the Emperor Alexander 11. But while Austria pledges herself to join not only morally but in an active manner in the accomplishment of the work carried on by France and England, the King of Prussia fears being led further than he might wish, should he once go. beyond the limits of diplomatic support. I have several times mentioned to yon that the Emperor Alexander 11. did not completely approve of the conduct adopted, by his plenipotentiaries during the conferences of Vienna, His Majesty would, ,it is said, have preferred seeing them adopt a more con ciliatory line of conduct in their interpretation of the third point, for if Prince GortschaSoff and M. de Titoff, looking more to the spirit of their instruc tions, had admitted the principle of the neutraliza tion of the Black Sea, peace would have be en s i gne d last year. This explai s why neither of these di plomatists has been a touted to represent Russia at the conferences - at ris. The selection of Baron de Brunow is a most favourable omen, for, from the very outset of the - Caitirn complications, the baron, who was then Russian minister at the Court of St. James's, used all his efforts to check his go vernment on the fatal slope down which it after wards hurried. Count Buol will leave thiscapital on the 12th, and reach Paris on the 16th. He takes with him in addition to the aulic councillors, Baron Meyseburg and M. de Kletzl, as already mentioned, M. Buhl, his private secretary, as well as two other gentlemen, one of them being young Baron Werner, nephew of Baron Werner, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who during the absence of Count Buol will di rect the business of the Foreign Office. The elder Werner, who under P r i nce deMetternich occupied an elevated position at the Chancellery of State, is now as it were the pivot OR which it all turns. The Count Buol is the first to admit the useful co operation afforded him by Baron Werner in over coming the numerous difficulties which the French alliance would necessarily "meet with in Austria. No one better than the Count can represent at the conferences of Paris the real policy of the Emperor Francis Joseph, for that policy is his own work." Racing Fixt for 1856. FEBR Lincoln aa 12 Darby iipring l9 rARY. Liverpool Spring nG Nottingham Spring 4 Warwick Spring 10 Salisbury l3 Essex lB AP. Catterick 24 Coventry 24 Northampton 6)(3 Doncaster Spring 1 Thirsk Clinton Park 3 Epson Spring . 10 Durham l4 ' M Newmarket C l4 York Spring oo Malton Nevrmarket F S 23 Chester Spring► 6 Shrewsbury 13 Manchester ... . l4 Bath .20 Epson& 97 Beverley 4 Ascot Heath 10 Hampton lB I Newton lB NOVEN Worcester Autumn ..... 4 Liverpool l2 I Newcastle-on-Tyne 24 Bibury 25 Stockbridge. 2C Winchester 27 4BER. Shrewsbury Autumn _lB Capt. R. Smart, K. 11., captain superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard, has been appointed naval A.D.O to the Queen.—Observer. The Royal Mail Packet Company's boat Vivid, Cap tain Watson, arrived at Dover from Boulogne Pith his Excellency Lord Cowley and suite on board yesterday afternoon. His lordship dined at the Ship Hotel and left for London by the 7.30 p.m. train. QUICK PASSAGE FRO)1 AMERIC4.— Liverpool, Feb. 9. —The ship Dreadnought, Capt. Samuel, arrived to•day after a remarkably quick passage of little more than 14 days, with advices from New York to the 23d ult. THE ROYAL CHART/IR.—Plymouth, Feb. 9.—The repairs of this steamship are nearly completed, and the passengers are ordered to embark to•morrow. She will probably sail for Port Philip on Wednesday. A MAN FOUND IN HYDE PARK WITH HIS HEAD CUT NEARLY OFF.—On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Chas. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, received information of the discovery of the dead body of a man, since identified, lying in Hyde Park with his head nearly cut off. The police, with the coroner's summoning officer, made every inquiry, and they have a'certained the de ceased's name to be George Connerbeare, a mechanic, aged 36 years, living with his wife at No. 215, Bent street, Borough. His wife states that she last saw him on the same morning, when he left his home for the purpose of seeking employment. Mr. Bedford bas issued his warrant for a jury to be summoned to inquire into the cireumstances attending the death.—Sunday Times. THE GREATEST WOKK.—According to Mr. Stevenson the railway lines constructed in our country exceed in length the ten chief rivers in Europe ; and if the Thames and the Mersey be excluded, they undoubtedly carry more goods and passengers than are carried on all these rivers. In the United Stetes there are, according to the latest return, now 23,342 miles of rails, the increase in 1855 having been 3,406 miles, the rails in the States surpassing our rails as much as the rivers of America surpass those of Europe. When to these we add the rails of France, Germany, Belgium, and the other parts of Europe, as well as those of India and Australia, we have no doubt that railways constitute the greatest uniform work ever performed in a few years by the hand of man. All the high roads in Europe made in ancient and modern times, sink into insignifiance, though they were the work of many successive age-, onpared to the great work in rails executed within 27 rare. All the great pyramids, all the vast monuments and extensive walls of antiquity, all the churches and cathedrals of the middle ages, with which all Europe was almost simulta neously dotted, were triviel works compared to the rail ways, with their accompanying telegraphs and multi plied mechanical contrivances, that in a short period have been constrncted, as if by one mind and one will, throughout the civilised world.—Economist. NOVELTY IN BANKRUPTCY.— At the Liverpool Bank ruptcy Court, at the dividend meeting, in re Thomas Walker, formerly proprietor of the Claremont Hotel in that town, Mr. Frodahad, attorney for the assignees, congratulated the creditors on the fact that, through the instrumentality of the Bankruptcy Court, they would not only receive their debts in full, but interest likewise. Mr. Commissioner Perry said there had been several similar cases in that court recently. Walker, the bank rupt, absconded to America some time ago. It was thought be had committed suicide, as the mangled re• mains of a man, supposed to be Walker, were found, soon after he absconded, on one of the local lines of rail way. It has since been ascertained that he went to America. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—Last week a return was issued of the number and nature of the accidents which have occurred on all the railways open for traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, from the Ist of July to the 31st of December, 1355. From this return it appears that seven persons were killed, and 204 injured from causes beyond their own control. In the corresponding half of 1854 the numbers were 9 killed and 259 injured. Eleven persons were killed and 15 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution, as against 15 killed and 12 injured i n 18r4 ~ . There wore passengers making a total of 18 killed i and 219 injured, as against 24 kille d and 271 n jured in 1854. Ten servants o f com p anies or c e " o n t r d " t t h oi " were killed, and 20 injured, from cau d ses b eir an 37 in o j w . ur in ed g own control, as 2 w against killed in and 35 st2o killed in 1854 ; while 32 to their own misconduct or want of cTantion, as against 37 killed and 1 1 inju red in 1854. Twenty persons were killed and 4 injured thraugh crossin . g at level cross ings • there were 3 suicides, and 2 persons killed to t a l s were —for England and Wales , 115 killed and 224 and injured fro m miscellaneous csga6tuoinjured r 1 h; 3 e f3okr grandi lreeei isjured ; for Scotland,Bl.7eki( ; l i ledaid n laanlidd,2Bl6o i k n i i l n ie r d ed a , nd as 6 a in g j ainst . 123 killed and 334 injured in 1854. The length of railway opened on the 31st of December, 1855, was 6,218 miles in England and Wales ' 1,087 in Scotland, and 98 8 in Ireland, making together 8,293 miles, as against 8,0 . 51 ler the corresponding half of 1854. ALARMING OCCURRENCE.—An accident occurred two nights batk to Mdle. Lefebre, of the Opera Comique, which might have been attended with dangerous conse quences. She had d resse d for her part in the Chien du Tardorier, and was on the point of entering on the stage, when, happening to stoop down, the long lace of her cap caught fire, and in a moment her head-dress was in flames. Notwilhstanding the agitation caused by the occurrence, Mdle. Lefebre bad presence of mind enough to slip off (the cap, and then to throw a cloth over her bead and extinguish the flame in the artificial flowers in her hair, which still remained on fire. When the persons of the theatre came to her tashe - s iStance, the disaster w as alr eady at an end, and actress was able to p roceed at Once with he r ,art though /till Wrier 010 1111.1111 Ce of COlllidOrabie e_Fir),9l7l MA L ITERATURE. The North British Review.—M. Tealet's admi rable collection of State Papers, &c., relating to the History of Scotland in the Sixteenth Century, have originated the opening article, which is written in a philosophical spirit, and will bo welcome alike to the archaeologist and the reader of history. The writer points out the effect of the French alliance on the history- and- institutions of Scotland, and glances at its influence on the habits and manners of the Scottish people. On the latter head, after noticing its effect on Scottish architecture, he remarks-- " If you look to the French influence on the for mation of absolute national character, we believe that England imbibed more of it than Scotland. . In the one case it was a family union—an admixture of blood ; in the other it was a mere partnership." As to social h a bit s , h e i s o f op i n i on " it would be a vain task to seek for the effects of French influence on the social habits of the Scots men of the present day ;" and that " a search after the festi,re customs which it may have bequeathed to us would perhaps be more prod uc ti ve. " T he bolding of the great winter festival alike by the French and Scotch on New-year's l day and not at Christmas is noticed, and a similarity in the names of the festival and the rhymes with which it i s cele brated is p o i n t e d ou t. A useful article on " C o l our Blindness," indicates, among other things, the dan gers arising from that defect, and the necessity,for a reform in the system of signalling. Dr. George Wilson's work on the subject has been taken as the groundwork of the article. " Scottish Schools for the Middle Classes" deals boldly and thoughtfully with a subject of much interest to the classes in question. The writer agrees with Professor Blackie in thinking that the reason why provincial schools do not fulfil their duties is because in general they are miserably below their work, and that the Edinburgh schools, though thoroughly up to their work, still cannot fill their places properly, be cause, as he elsewhere expresses himself, " the Professors of the Faculty of Arts in the Scottish Universities are supported in a great measure by poaching on the schools, and are only saved from starvation by making a compact with disgface." The remedies indicated are—imitation of Edin burgh and the better endowment of the Univer sities. "Bunsen's Signs of the Times" is noticed with warm eulogiums ; and " Mettray and Red Hill" supply another contribution to a very pro minent subject. The litterateur and the lover of the drama will peruse with satisfaction a pape r on " Rare Ben Jonson,'' in which interesting parti culars of his life and times are harmoniously com bined. " Recent Sermons" will introduce some readers to three of the more eloquent and able of our modern divines, and add to the estimation in which they were previously held. A paper on " Hotels andLidging-houses," and a review of the "Italian Character and Italian Prospects," make up the list of articles, and will well repay perusal. The Journal of the Royal Agricultural So ciety of England: John 'Murray. The six teenth volume and thirty-sixth number of this invaluable journal, in which the researches of science and the treasures of experience are ably brought to bear on the promotion cf agriculture and the breeding and preservation of stock. In telligent farmers and others interested in the im provement of the soil, who, are not already sub scribers, have but to peruse this volume to be satis fied that it would be to their interest to become so, se suggestive and full of useful information are its contents. A prize essay by Clare Sewell Read, of Barton Hall, Brandon, " On the Farming of Buck inghamshire," opens the volume, and will be read with much interest. It is accompanied by an out line of the geology of that county. Besides the above, papers "On Diseases of Sheep, d5c.," on " The Chemical Changes in the Fermentation of Dung," on the "Autumn GleaUing of Stubbles," "On Agricultural Weeds,' ] and " On the Value o f Artificial Manures," maybe pointed out as worthy of au attentive perusal. The British Workman, and Friend of the Sons of Toil, for 1855. Partridge and Co.---A penny illustrated publication, issued monthly, anti in tended "to promote the health, wealth, and hap piness of the working classes." Among its more striking features are biographical sketches of cele. brated men belonging originally to the working classes ; striking appeals, both to the eye, head, and heart, on the particular vices to which the British workman is exposed ; hints to wives and mothers for, making., home happy and educating their children ; and storiettes forcibly illustrating the benefieial results of sobilety, thrift, diligence, and perseverance. The engravings, which are nu merous, are -fairly executed ; and altogether, though we cannot, concur entirely in the views of the editor, "The British Workman" may be de scribed as a cheap and attractive serial, calculated to be of essential service to the class for which it is designed: - From the first yearly part now before us we gather that the circulation falls short by one-half of what is required to meet the cost of production, and that the editor appeals to the in dustrial community for their further support to enable him to carry out his undertaking. A little effort- on the part of subscribers, he is of opinion, mould meet the necessities of- the case. "Surely it" will be made. I .New View of the Eastern, Question. By the author of "Russian Turkey, or a Greek Empire." Edward Stanford. A second letter to Lord John Russell, on the settlement of the Eastern Question. The writer appeals to his lordship on behalf of the Greek Christians in the East, who, in his opinion, have nothing to hope from France or Austria, the champions of the Latin Church, and endeavours to show that " a Greek Empire, under guarantee of the Western Powers, to be created by the retire ment back to Asia of the Turks," offers the only satisfactory solution of this much-vexed question. THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK TONER. The following letter has been sent to a contempo rary little bird, who has temporary lodgings in one of my loopholes, tells me that my learned neigh• hour, Westminster-hall, has been indulging in jokes at my expense, jokes which, he says, moreover, are of that ponderous nature so well suited to the age of my venerable friend. It is clear my ncik:hbour's eyes are failing, otherwise he (or she ?) would have noticed that none of the stones, or heavy castings, of which _[ am composed, have been raised externally, and it is to be feared that her reasoning and inductive faculties are not so good as they were (in spite of her legal training), or it would have occurred to her that thy clock anti bells would be raised in the same way Its the heavy stones and ponderous ironwork of which I am composed, It is, I fear, impossible for my respectec! neighbour to pay me a visit, otherwise I should be happy to show her (provided her modesty would not be shocked) a large hoisting shaft in my interior, with a steam engine at the top, and should then take the Opportunity of complain ing that she should accuse me of requiring an erection to cost 3,000/. to get in toy furniture, when I myself have not cost a quarter of that aunt in scaffolding for my own completion. I ant sorry to say that my neigh hours generally appear, in default of better occupation, to indulge in come of that amiable twaddle so peculiarly fitted for women of a certain,or, like my venerable friend, a n uncertain age. Pray, sir, protect me from such scandal, and I will promise you a speedy peal in token of my gratitude.—Your mTucihiE-rnaelLigonecdlcariol TONER. servant, Tlig DANGER OF SUING AMBASSADORS. On Saturday at the Bloomsbury County Court, before Mr. D. D. Heath, judge, Henry Hammond, 5 discharged servant, formerly in the establishment of his Excellency the Ambassador from the Emperor of the Brazils s ue d the secretary of the embassy for 21. 10s., for wages al, leged to be due. The plat • tat hav i ng stated his case, a messenger frcira 11 the embassy informed his oneur that he had been dis charged for gross misconduct. The messenger then claimed the privilege allowed to ambassadors and their askedhad lp a iTe di f h b i e m ws e al fs attachs, to which plaintiff demu rre d. b aware i suing g f the the pes T it h i e eu lea i r e ne w d h J in u h dg h e e representative of a foreign power in this country? Plaintiff was not aware of having done wrong, upon which His Honour read to him the act of Parliament, 6 and 7 Anne, wherein it is enacted that if aay party shall sue au ambassador or any attache to any embassy, duly accredited to the court of the sovereign of these realms, the Lord Chancellor has the power to order such plain tiff to be severely whipped. Plaintiff appeared horror-struck at this unexpected piece of legal information, and, amidst mach merriment in court, turned himself round in the witness-box like a tortured eel, looking as though he felt the first scratch of the Chancellor's " cat" on his bade. He then mut tered something in the shape of an apology, when his Honour told him to go about his business, and kindly ordered the hearing fees, amounting to es. 9d., to be re turned to him. aintiff the , money amidg from the Plaintiff, sa o u ip ifi pe c d e, p o a u n t d o e f x co r u e r s t s e t d o receive that se the stat highly ute p of lease Queen the Anne was not put in coree, e. himlf dat tei ruination of the cas and he aany Friday of this learned body was held on last, At their rooms in Somerset House ; Professor Johnson, of Ox papers were read fessor De Morgan, Mr. Whitbread, 111 - p o gu iti p e p e o : d oe i t ) : T A Y. ---- .) and Professor on the advancement of this science, an d Airy, the Astronomer Royal. Various a memoir eulo gistic of a deceased fellow—the late Mr. Sheepshanks. Ox ford, o r i d , O in YA t L b I :e s :a rt : I : The society's gold medal was awarded this year by the council, and yesterday presented to Robert Grant, Esq for his work, entitled " History of Physical Astronomy.:' '' After the election of office-bearers the meeting termi nated, and the raetnbers yardsafterdined t th tit op er a he Pitzia, Hotel. . d—mTiral Aiwaltiletnrs:eptirneg. ;er iol on ch iat of be ind, uof r Or the arch; iary and iced I to ►ol is irers 'Lion sIiRX rovi isker D•day most The 'acted cloth The In >tain- Lnced been merit :.,eeds 3 the much again 73c 744. Dp of etery table a the wplf 100 1001 1241 691 1 76i 6 lle 14 Paid, Bt.' St. St. S 6 10 ' 28i 1 1 1 Z d x d