The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-28 00:00:00

THE SUN LONDON,_ MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 185 6. in the hands of Austria ; finds us all but pledged to, the smallest conceivable demands as the conquering Power. If the pre sent negotiations proceed and eventuate in peace the position is this--Russia weakened as little as possible, Austria rewarded with the occupation of the Principalities, to be made, in all probability, virtually masters of them to the very shores of the Black Sea, Turkey's exchequer impoverished, the Allies fined some two hundred and fifty mil lions, and Russia not required even to reimburse them to the extent of a rouble. To pass over what we repeatedly pointed out as necessary to a permanent peace, what can be traced in all these proceedings but a wish to spare Russia, and to enrich Austria I We believe that unless Eng lishmen interfere, there is a wicked and deep laid plot to make Austria omnipotent in the Principalities, and tints to put Hungary for ever in her hateful clutches. Rather than witness such a consummation better have another 1848, with the guillotining of all the perjured despots. Perhaps, indeed, such bare facedly dynastic diplomacy might precipitate such an event. ence proceeds should be the main object of search. It would be a small triumph to convict our Ambassador at Constantinople of laches in the discharge of his diplomatic duties, a trivial satis faction to discover that the Turkish Government was in part to blame if the great domestic traitor were suffered to remain in concealment, to re issue and spin with safety, at some future oppor tunity, yet more comprehensive meshes for the honour and safety of the nation. The chief cul prit is, we say, the individual mainly to be sought for, and when he is discovered it may not be deemed amiss to band him his passports and dis miss him from the country under the Alien Act, for an alien he most assuredly must be. No con siderations are to be compared with those for the honour and welfare of the nation, and both are seriously endangered so long as opportu nity is afforded for concealment and further trea son to the guilty party. At this moment the country frets with grief and shame for betrayed interests, lost prestige, lost victories, and wasted renown, and a better opportunity than the fall of Kars affords for righting itself and vindicating its old fame, and the cause of liberty and civilisation, which has suffered under its auspices, could not well be afforded unless in prospect of a peace still more disgraceful and injurious. The groans and hisses that filled the ball of the London Ta vern bespeak the growth of a feeling and the awakening of a spirit not to be trifled with, nor yet to be deprecated by any honest admirer of the constitution. Russia is, so far as correspondence, the tele graph, and rumour can be trusted, taking the course which might have been expected. The EMPEROR would appear to have made the final decision by himself, and to have communicated it to his councillors afterwards. His assigned rea son is " not the necessities •f Russia, but the representations of friendly powers in favour of European 'peace." We may reasonably excuse him for publishing the version best adapted to please his people, even if it be, as we think it must be, the very reverse of the truth. The Allies will not object to any re presentations palmed off upon his holy Russians provided they enable him to make the "requisite concessions. The Russian organs of the press, such as Le Nord, doubtless inspired from St. Petersburg, exalt the moderation of Russia ! According to these apologists, nothing can exceed tke magnanimity of Russia, victor at Kars, uncon quered and unconquerable in the Crimea, and in her full vigour, she desires peace indeed in her phil anthropy and regard for European interests, but can quietly await it. She was the first to sug gest terms this time, they were slighted ; terms were offered her, and one condition inserted evi dently to render her acceptance of them impos sible—her magnanimity triumphed over her self concern; she saw that Europe would foolishly believe that she aimed at Constantinople ; she seized this opportunity of giving a convincing proof that the suspicion was a calumny. " Having given this material proof of her good faith, she exclaims -" Do you believe me now" ? Noble Russia, who can distrust her longer ! She has given back a few square miles of the vast territories she has stolen during the last half century rather than run the hazard of losing them all. Yes, we do now believe her to be—very prudent. Of one thing there can be no doubt—she will use every effort to weaken the alliance, to stay hostile preparations, to make the Allies appear in fault should the War be continued, and to concede just so much as shall make the difference between her and her chastisers seem small, while it is really very great. The vast difference, however, between the present conditions and those of last year, and the certainty that those of another year would be tenfold more advantageous both to the world and the Allies, should make our diploma tists cautious. If they break with Russia again, provided they have not intermitted their opera tions, next year will certainly enable them to dic tate very different terms. We shall have no more Baltic parades, and Poland will be no longer given up to the vilest despotisms of Europe. APPROACHING CONFERENCES. We are enabled to state that a Protocol will be signed almost immediately at Vienna by the repre sentatives of England, France, Austria, and Russia, recording the fact of the acceptance of the Austrian proposals by the Cabinet of Russia, and fixing a date for the opening of Conferences upon the basis of those proposals. The Conferences will take place in about three weeks from this time, at Paris. The perfect accord which subsists between France and England on the important and vital questions to be submitted to these Conferences, makes it cer tain that they will be opened under the most fa vourable auspices, and we trust they may issue in the happiest results.—Post. In another part of our impression will be found a brief extract of the Naval Estimates for the ensuing year. It will be seen that the in crease amounts to lae less than 6,000 men and Officers to complete the complements of the gun and mortar boats, and that the extra expense fot: pay and victualling will be 413,0001., to say nothing of the cost of the vessels them selves which are already finished, or are in course of construction. We do not complain of this heavy outlay if it be made for any good pur pose. We have long and urgently demanded that this essential arm of the service should be placed on a proper foundation, so that the War might be carried into the enemy's strongholds, and that our other expenditure should not be wasted in consequence cf a glaring deficiency in an essential portion of our naval armaments. But are we only to have it complied with when too late ? Is " paying the piper" to be the only result ? We trust not. That the tardy display of energy may not have been prc , crastinated until absolutely useless—that we may not find ourselves paying for guns, the boom whereof will never reverberate along the coasts of the Baltic or Euxine. Let the chosen Representatives of the " British People" only do their duty, and ascertain the true state of affairs before they pass a single vote, and this scandal, at least, may be averted from the British name, and this charge saved to the over-burdened tax-payers. Our readers will remember that, awhile back, we drew attention to the claims of " the Com mercial Travellers' Schools" on public countenance and support, and at the same time pointed out their condition, past history, and future prospects. Among those claims are the great obligations the country is under to the body of commercial tra vellers for their unwearied and intelligent exertions in the promotion of commerce, and the exceedingly creditable efforts they had made on behalf of the or phans of deceased members. Wisely extending the area of their appeal, a deputation has very pro perly been sent to Birmingham, and, as will be seen by our report, has been there met in a liberal spirit. Conscious that that great manufacturing town owes much to " commercial men," resolu tions were passed at a public meeting pledging it to assist the cantral board in the augmentation of the building fund, and handsome donations were contributed on the spot with that object. It is to be hoped that the deputation will be equally successful elsewhere, the institution hav ing the strongest claims to be considered a national one, and commending itself powerfully to the benevolent and humane. A gleam of hope appeared in the late communi cations received from Vienna. "In diplomatic circles complaints are made of the inconceivable obstinacy of Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, because he resists the strenuous efforts made to induce Eng land to desist from insisting on Russia's disarming the eastern coast of the Black Sea." If this be true, and if there .be equal obsti nacy on other equally important points, we may hope that Russia will not be able to pare down the conditions to absolute worthlessness. We are disposed to think that if the Allies (parry on their preparations with increased vigour, they will be able to dictate what expositions they please of the Five Proposals. If Russia sees that they are sparing no expense and trouble to conquer the terms they insist on, we can easily believe that she would, with such " magnanimity" as Le Nord attributes to her, rather pay the Allies their past expenses for the War than hazard having to pay for those of another campaign, and probably to lose some good round slices of her stolen terri tories in addition. Boldness in asking and firm ness in maintaining a demand is the only diplomacy whir.,l can vanquish Russian duplicity. The treacherous betrayal of Kars" is not likely to go unavenged. The meeting of the Adminis trative Reform Association at the London Tavern, on Saturday, testifies to that. The day for grumbling has gone by. Action—loud-voiced complaint, and resolute demands for inquiry and redress are now being resorted to. We are Englishmen after all, and owe no allegiance to any house, ducal, royal, or imperial, but to the House of Brunswick—and that conditionally. Baffled we may be ; robbed, insulted, and de graded we may be—but not after so shameless a fashion. It is being sighted, hustled, bonneted, turned round and kicked from behind in the face of the whole world. We can't stand that. The fall of Kars is the crowning infamy of the War ; and when the cause of that disaster is dis covered, the cause of other disasters will in all probability be discovered also. The unseen power that dictated the peremptory orders that the Turkish Contingent should not march to the relief of Kars is doubtless the same that kept the Allied fleets from entering the Euxine while the butchery of Sinope was being perpetrated. The same that left Silistria to its fate, turned a successful general to the right-about, and let the Austrians into the Principalities. That spared Odessa, "squashed" the claims of the Indian service, and sacrificed thousands of our heroes and millions of our money by means of judiciously-selected irresolution, in eompetency, and red-tapisin. That has robbed us of every satisfaction in connection with the War, but pride in the bravery of our troops, and a determination to be no longer humbugged, he public have only to persevere if they would know. Mr. LINDSAY talks of " a secret influence exercised over the executive which," to his regret, "is doing immense mischief, and which is unconstitutional in its character." Are the two one ? The public have but to urge on the inquiry, and the truth will leak out, and then it will be seen whether such monstrous treason is to be harboured, and men like Lord PAL RERSTION and Lord CLARENDON, while constitu tionally responsible, are evermore to be thwarted in their patriotic efforts and aspirations. It may be that blame is attributable elsewhere, but when an all-controlling influence is believed to exist, and those errors are not out of harmony with its bias, the vaster from wheat* th4t Luau,- CAUTION. —MEDICAL ELECTRICITY.— ignominious termination, has been from the very PULVER4ACHER'3 PATENT MEDICAL HYDRO- commencement of the difficulty but a foregone a lawsuit instituted by the inventor aga inst his former agent, M. We can now judge of the motives Meinig, who has been condemned to pay 10,0001 (250,000 francs) 4-• onclus ne damages to the Patentee for the infringement of his rights. They .which led to the sparing of Odessa, and the Rus are again submitted to the public, highly perfected and at a greatly reduced price; thus bringing them within the means of every oae. m • an fortresses in the Baltic and the Gulf of Fin- It is unnecessary to enter Into the merits of this valuable therapeutic invention, the remedial and often instantaneous efticaty of which. in land, and to the infamous desertion of Kars and all cases of rheumatism, paralysis, chronic and functional maladies, is so universally known, being used in all the hospitals and seent;tfl3 of the brave Englishmen who undertook what, we institutions of Europe. Chains for personal use from 4s. 6d. to S!. Chain Batteries for medical practitioners from 11. las. and upwards. fear, was intended to be " the forlorn hope" of ite Can only be obtained at the Inventor's establishment, and at all i LI)- " pointed agents in the country and colonies. defence. There was to be peace at any price and on The public will not confound Pulvermacher's invention with oar tain rings, ribanda, belts, generators, and other pretended Galvarso- any conditions, and nothing that could tend to the Electro apparatus new in circulation. Prospectuses gratis. Documentary proofs remitted on receipt of humiliation or weakening of the AUTOCRAT could four posta in connection with this establishment. ge stamps. be sanctioned by the irresponsible and unconsti- A medical adviser J. L. PULVERMACHER and CO., tutional power that unfortunately controls the IS, Leadenhall-street (opposite the East India Ilonse)- Cabinet, and affects the destinies of Great Britain. It is but too palpable that " dynastic" have greater weight than national considerations ; that the interests and wishes of the people of Great Britain are totally disregarded when they come into collision with these of petty continental States, with whom the English people have, or desire to have, nothing in common—who would not lend the slightest assistance in any emer- THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson. THIS EVENING. WHAT DOES HE WANT ? Frtncipa characters by Professor Anderson and Mr. Leigh Murray (his first appearance). To conclade with the gorgeous ralatOtelEne of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown. Mr. Bo n e; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes; Harlequin, Mr. C. and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. TEIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, BEY DIDDLE DIDDL E or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the ven Ages of Man. gency. Who, then, we repeat, is the traitor ? What is the malign influence that has operated so pre judicially for the cause which we have all so earnestly at heart ? That is a question which can only be answered by the honest and unprejudiced representatives of the English people. They alone can put the proper machinery in motion, and in stitute the inquiries that will eventually elicit the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and teach the criminals, whoever they may be, that the best feelings of the nation are not to be outraged with impunity. It will be their first duty to institute a strict and searching investigation, from which they shall not, and will not, be de terred by any high-sounding phrases or pompous platitudes, to discover who is the real Premier and the bona f ide Foreign Secretary, and to show that there is but one person in the nation—our most gracious and well-beloved QUEEN—who is beyond the reach of the law, or who, in the lan guage of the Constitution, " can do no wrong." Any one else, whether high or low, who assumes the function of a Minister, must be prepared to take with it the full measure of Ministerial re sponsibility. It is said, and with much apparent reason, that France is unwilling to be kept on in a " shillys-hally " manner, without a thorough un derstanding, as to all the eventualities that may arise. With the most honourable determination to carry out every engagement into which it has en tered, there is still a disinclination on the part of the French Government to strain all the mighty resources of their magnificent country without some prospect of a corresponding result. We cannot complain of this very natural feeling, nor do we see why England should spread the Agis of her protection over Powers that have hitherto held aloof from the contest, or distinguished themselves only by a scarcely-disguised sympathy with our opponents, and a disposition to render all assistance practicable without a clear breach of neutrality, and involving themselves in the scrape. What is Prussia or Belgium, or even Saxe-Coburg to England. We do not seek any further relations with FREDERICK WILLIAM, and in the payment of the good round pension which King LEOPOLD enjoys, his claims on English consideration ter ,minate. Let France have the Rhine for her boundary by all means if she desire it ! So long as she is our firm friend and ally any accession of strength or honour to her will be highly accept able to the British people, and no past or future matrimonial arrangements should be permitted to interfere. King LEOPOLD has already received ample compensation at our hands. And what has been our reward ? We have seen the Bel gian Court the hot-bed of intrigues—the head : quarters of Germanism—the publishing office of philo-Muscovite journals ! What has Prussia done ? The answer springs to every British tongue in terms by no means favourable to the good DLICQUOT. Let us, then, be prepared to concede anything that France may require, rather than consent to as ignominious and temporary truce. England has no uncles, no cousins, no eons-in-law, and the fact should be proclaimed, trumpet tongued, by every independent constituency as an instruction to its chosen representatives. Let no peace, no armistice be concluded until Parliament has had the opportunity of discussing and decid ing on its provisions. Little, if any, time can be lost in paying that constitutional tribute of re spect to the true source of legitimate authority in this free country. To Lord PALMERSTON we would address a few words of warning. He is at present the most popular man in the country ; but should he suffer himself to be made a tool for the purpose of patching up a disgraceful peace, that popularity will speedily vanish, and great indeed will be his fall. He may gather experience from the past, may know that he is not a favourite at the Ger man Courts, and if he once relinquish the mighty power lie at present wields he may possibly find that at the last moment he may be thrown over board, and the more yielding GLADSTONE substituted in his place. Let him consider this fully, and remember that if he cast himself on the English people, they will nobly and effectually respond to the appeal. It is said that the Russian signature has not yet been attached to the demands put forward on behalf of the Western Powers. If so, there is 370,-, hope that the ill-omened negotiations may be broken off, and that we may have reason to be I once more deeply thankful for the ill success of 1 our diplomatists. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone: THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled Tim BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND TEIE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius e the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TEILWRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CEtaszts Ka&L TOMORROW EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katharine. Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. After which, A RLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Paley Paradtsa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ; Clown, Mr. Haline ; Pantalooi, Mr Panto; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. 4HI4ATBF ROYAL ADEI:PH I. roprietor, Mr. B. Weinter.—Directrese, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which. URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude wit ACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goole at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland. P. Redford. Madame Celeste. Miss Wynkilsam. and Miss E. Arden will ap>ear. ROYiT, SURREY THEXTRE. Lawn, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswlek. THIS EVENING DEEDS NOT WORDS. To conclude with A PRNCE OF Mini - Ai or, fiarleluin and Jane Sham ROYAL 4TRA.ND ttIEATRK. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. TUTS KV F,ICTING, KATE WYSSLEY. Followetl by THE R'7.):IIANTIC WIDOW. After whicb, A PLAGUE 0' BOTH YOUR HOUSES. To conclude with TL-IE HOLLY TREE INN. ROYAL. OLYUPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfre4 Wigan. THIS EVENING. PERFECTION To te followed by LOTTERY TICKET After which will be produced a New aril d , mhly-moral, though excemively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DiSCREET PRI NTCF.ctS ; o*, the Three Glaiß DistnTi. In which Messrs. Emery. F. Ito'mn, 11. Cooper, Ms; Niarito &II Miss Maskell will appall*. Awrix.rs ROYAL. AMPRITIIKATKE, Lessee and Mainzer, Mr. Wm. Cs-iVe Extraordinary Feat by the Elephants! THIS EVENENO. The Romantic Equidrame called ROOKWOOD; “r, WIN'S, VIDE to YORK. After which the ACrs In tho A RF.NA, introducing Miss Kate Cook, Miss Emily Cooke. Mr. John Cooke, &c. The sagacious Ele p'lants will appear, one of which will execute the incredible feat of ascending upon a narrow board front the centre of the Ring to th top of a high platform on the stage ! To conclude with ITKlti..',Qtlt`g AND ST. GEORCW. P.).7.11 THE DRAGON ; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open trorn Eleven till tour. tma4e Manager. VD. 'W. West. Zgaestrian Director. Mr. sit. c o ok, ian. EMMA. ST ANLEY'i SEVEN AGES OF W 3 MAN, Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unaMmous voice of the press. and by ni.fhtiv increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. smNT MARTI:VA II Long-acre, Area, Is. ; Reserved Chairs, 2s. 6d. HIGFE WATER. AT LONDON' BRTDGE. T !IR DAY—Morn. 35 min. 3.ft. s—Evening 53 min. aft. 5 T.)-IfORROW—Morn. 9 min. aft. 6—Evening 26 min aft. 6 THE WEATHER—Sug OFFICE, JAN. 27. TFIERIONETER, ICI TEE SHADE. 51 highest since noon yesterday. 43 - ow.st tiers morning e.nd daring the night. 16 -this day at noon. BAROMETrAO29•7B. N.N.W.—Light, with line, sunshiny weather. JANUAPY 23. 47 -highest since noon yesterday. 3i—lowest this 1113rniag and during the night. 42—this day at noon. BAROMETER—went up to 2314 ; now 29•75. VINND, W.—Light, with fine, cool weather. HALF-PAST Two.—Wind, W.N.W.—Fresh, with rain. A.„Y_ (e.:04 LONDON, MONDAY, .TANITARY 29, 135 G, ---- It has, we believe, been definitively arranged that the approaching Conference is to be held at Paris, and that the Earl of CLARENDON will act as the representative of England on the important occasion. So far no reasonable objection can be made either to the plats or person. We could not submit to a repetition of the Vienna farce, or subject the British Plenipotentiary to the in trigues and sinister influences to which his prede cessor hal so scandalously yielded, and which would unquestionably be brought to bear on the forthcoming occasion, with what success it is im possible to say. Nor could any other German town hesubstituted. We have alreadysuffered too severely from Germanism in all its varied phases to per wit any further unnecessary truckling thereto. The diplomatic arena could, therefore, only have been fixed on at London or Paris, and we are quite content that a compliment in every way so well merited should be paid to our faithful and effi cient Allies. Besides, Paris is sufficiently near to London to enable the Parliament of the United Ki ng dom to be perfectly acquainted with what is taking place, so as to interfere, in case of necessity, with the proceedings. Had all the political and military proceed ings of the last two years been secretly guided by some petty German Prince in the interest of Russia and Austria they could not have been better devised. The refusal to declare the passage of the Pruth a casus belli, which was the negative but immediate cause of the War; the long delay to employ our navy in earnest, and the consequent destruction of the Turkish fleet ; the treacherous withholding of aid from Silistria, which but for being better supplied with food might have anticipated Kars as a douceur to the amour propre of Russia ; the odious Austrian occupation of the provinces, instead of a pecuniary advance to enable (31 " 1 ' Pluits to engage the Russians in Bes sarabia, while we went to the Crimea ; the in ‘ s t p h a e r i P n n i Odessa,"g p it ie cost Which u s with the battleA us tr i o a f n In h k e e l r p_ I man ; the long neglect of the Sea of Azoff ; and the sending of a fleet to th e B a l t i c unf i tte d f or offensive operations there—what could Bum, and NESSELRODE have asked more for their respective masters if we were to fight at all ? Lord CLAREIsTDON, too, has maintained a high reputation. Next to the Premier, he is the Minister, perhaps, we may say, the statesman, who possesses the highest amount of public confidence —confidence which he has well earned by the vigour, decision, and ability of his proceedings in reference to the late abortive negotiations. Be sides, as Foreign Minister, he is the legitimate exponent of the foreign policy of Great Britain, for which he is responsible alike to the Crown, the Parliament, and the Country. But here, unfortunately, our approbation must end—and everything else connected with the unfortunate transaction can only be regarded with deep regret—unmitigated censure. The nation has been betrayed in a matter of vital importance to its honour and interests. We are hurried into a peace, or rather a temporary truce, which must be exceedingly obnoxious to every true-hearted Englishman. The enormous sacri fices already made, and so cheerfully submitted to by the community, have been rendered fruit less and unavailing. The lives of our gallant brethren have been uselessly forfeited, and count less millions expended, without any permanently beneficial result, and from what now appears Were is but too much reason to foar that the Even the winter and spring were sold to Russia and Austria by the famous Four-point Conference, and though this year has been somewhat better, yet it has left the Russians in the Crimea ; has sent an Admiral to the Baltic with not a teeth of the gun-boats he needed, and one who despaired of naval attacks on stone walls ; and has wound up by leaving to starvation and the Russians the noble defenders of Kars. Throughout both years, too, the Poles, the grand resource of the Allies against Russia, were huffed and converted into enemies and now winter finds ua again ~ a':. l .... Jigutn 3Ltol• - ~ l~j COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The last grand morning performance of the comic pan tomime of "Ye Belle Alliance" took place on Satur day, and attracted a very brilliant audience. The en tertainment went off with unusual eclat. During the run of the pantomime various new tricks and dances have been introduced, which have greatly added to its success. On the three juvenile nights, Flexmore, with a view to please the young folk, in the Balmoral Palace scene introduced one of his pupils, a real little wonder, who, clothed in the "garb of Old Gaul," danced the " Fling" to the infinite delight of the whole house. The applause that followed the conplusion of the dance was so great that Flexmore was compelled to allow his talented pupil to repeat it, and this was done without the least apparent exertion. Fearful of a double encore, the clown caught up the child, and after safely stowing it away in his pocket, the action of the pantomime pro ceeded. At the conclusion of the pantomime, in answer to the repeated calls of the audience, Flexmore and his clever companion, Barnes, the pantaloon, appeared be fore the curtain, to receive the applause of a crowded and delighted audience. On Monday next the Wizard has announced an extraordinary performance, or more pro perly speaking a series of performances. The doors of the theatre will open at tsn o'clock in the morning. HAYMARKET THEATRE. " The Beaux Stratagem" continues to attract good houses." The skill with which it is performed fully warrants its success, and we think Mr. Buckstone's scrub is well worthy the money paid for admission, particularly the scene in which he suggests that Archer should kill the robber because he never saw such a deed done. The rest of the part affords great amuse ment to the audience, while the tricks and the scenery of the pantomime have lost none of their charms for the old and young holiday-makers. THE CHARGE OF SETTING A COTTON MILL ON FIRE AT PRESTON. —Elizabeth Grundy, 14 years of age, was finally examined on Friday, and committed for trial, on a charge of wilfully and maliciously setting fire to the cotton will of Mr. W. Seed, Derby-street, Preston. AUSTRALIA. PLYMOUTH, Sunday.—The Hashmy, Captain John Ross, was off this port yesterday, from Sydney, 7th Oct., and landed a mail and several passen gers in a trawler. She brings an immense quantity of wool and tallow, but only 70 ounces of gold. Spoke the Elizabeth and the Davo, between Cape Horn and the line. The news brought by the Hashmy has been anticipated by former arrivals. REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH.—Mr. Macaulay, the great historian, on the plea •of bad health, has re tired from the representation of Edinburgh. The Edin burgh Whigs have pitched on Mr. Adam Black, the eminent Edinburgh bookseller, as his successor, ; and, although some opposition appears to be offered to Mr. Black, we rather think he will carry the prize. He is acknowledged by all parties to be an amiable and excel lent man ; and he has, through a long and eventfnl life, ever been a most consistent politician. Little, we pre sume, did he think a quarter of a century ago, that he would be called upon by the citizens of Edinburgh to represent them in St. Stephen's; and as little, we pre sume, did Francis Jeffrey, a quarter of a century before that again, dream that he would be one of the represen tatives for Edinburgh, under the Reform Bill.—Qlasgow Gazette. The Piemonte of Turin has an article against peace on the proposed terms couched in as strong, if not stronger, language than any that has been employed by any Eng lish journal. The Piemonte says, Russia knows what she is about, while tne western powers apparently do not. In leaving Russia still mistress of Poland, she will be left with her principal instrument of aggressive force. She will soon recover her strength. The proposed ar rangement is a miserable expedient—a truce and not a peace. In short, the Piemonte concludes (and this is a root which will become celebrated) " we have had a war of dilettanti, and are going to make a shopkeeper'El per. LATEST NE WS. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The Paris correspondent of the illontivg Post (Second Edition), in his letter, dated yesterday, says that Count Buol has not obtained the Rus sian signature to all the demands which the Cabi nets of England and France have thought proper to signify as necessary before opening negotiations. VIENNA, JAN. 26. Russia proposes that the preliminaries of peace shall be signed at Paris. She also expresses a strong desire to conclude peace as speedily as possible. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY. The Hydaspe has arrived with advices from Constantinople of the 17th, and from the Crimea of the 15th inst. There had been heavy snow-storms at Constan tinople, The Conferences on the Principalities are sus pended. Lord Stratford de Rodeliffe declares himself to be without instructions. There is still a. discussion going on about the privilege of the Rayas and a collective Protectorate. It is affirmed that an English, French, and Austrian army will occupy that portion of Northern Turkey, and insure the observance of the treaty. Dervish Paella has left for Paris. The Porte is endeavouring to arrange the Per- sian difference. The English transport Apollo has been wrecked in the Dardanelles.. The captain has blown his brains out. The first conference respecting the rights of the Christians in Turkey was held at Constantinople on the 16th. Omer Pacha is expected. He will go to Trebi zond, thence to Erzeroum, where 20,000 troops are concentrated. The cholera i 3 raging in the Egyptian division, and cold and sickness have compelled it to return to Trobizond. General Williams has left Tiflis for Moscow. The destruction of the docks at Sebastopol still continues. They aro being destroyed peaccineal, as general or simultaneous explosions aro pro. nounced dangerous. The cold continues intense. Health of the troops good. ATHENS, JAN. 18. Great festivities have attended the Governmental reforms. The diplomatic and court intercourse is more satisfactory. A law has been promulgated, increasing by 5 per cent. the duty on Danubian corn imported into Greece. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. A Cabinet messenger passed through Paris to-day from Vienna, bearing important despatches for London. The Italian papers say that the Government of Piedmont has sent notes to London and Paris, ex pressing its views with regard to the propositions for peace. The 1 , 1 oniteur publishes a decree, founded on a proposition of the Minister of War, making one promotion to the rank of Com mander, and three nominations to that of Knight in the Legion of Honour ; also another decree accords 24 military medals, and a third confirms thre e nom i na ti ons to the rank of Knight in the Legion of Honour, made by Marshal Pelissier. The Moniteur reverts to the banquet at the British Embassy, to give the text of the speeches delivered there. The following is the language attributed to his Excellency Count Walewski : " Monseigneur, my lord, and gentlemen,—l am about to propose to you to drink to the English army and navy. Permit me, on this oce9sion, to conceive here a wish, to which I am sure, gentlemen, you will all adhere with the utmost cordiality. May the Eng lish soldiers and seamen be al ways able to fight side by side with the French soldiers and seamen, for the triumph of so just a cause, and with such signal suc cess. May the bonds of fraternity, cemented so glori ously on the fields of battle, never become weakened, but may they perpetuate the alliance that exists so hap pily between the two countrie ,, ." After the toast of his Excellency the Minister for Foreign Affairs, his Excellency Lord Cowley added : "Monseigneur and gentlemen,—Permit me, before we separate, to propose to you this toast also To the re-establishment of Peace.' Ido not fear proposing this toast in the presence of so many military men, for they who know the misfortunes occasioned by war can appre ciate better than any one the happiness of peace. May God grant that the negotiations about to be opened may lead us to a peaco both honourable and enduring. `To the French army and more particularly to the gene rals, officers, and soldiers, to the admirals, naval officers, and seamen, who have taken part in the present war, and who by their bravery, er.ergy, and devotion, have secured success wherever they have been engaged with the enemy. . _ A story is now circulating in diplomatic circles in Paris, which, if it can be accepted as true, explains how it happened that the English Government gave a reluctant consent to the very insufficient Austrian propositions, and why it is that while the war enthusiasm among French officials has alto gether subsided, the English nation feels instinc tively that something is wrong, and expresses its discontent and uneasiness by the voice of the press. It is said, then, that so long ago as the end of last autumn, Austria was pressing the allies to consent to a peace upon terms very much the same as those recentlyaccepted at St. Petersburg. Adraft of these terms was sent to Paris, and was there so far favour ably received that the French Government under took to forward them to London for consideration. The answer from England was a peremptory nega tive. Palmerston's Government then thought that these terms fell far short of what the allies ought to demand, both as the legitimate result of the success of their arms and with a view tosecurity from future aggressions of Russia. On the receipt of this answer, the Emperor Napoleon's Minister for Foreign Affairs forwarded a despatch which rnav he shortly translated as " What next ? and next ?' No attempt was made to..controvert the English arguments as to the insufficiency of the Austrian s uggestions.. The language used in reply was fun of courtesy, friendliness, and even deference. But, i t was pointedly observed, if these Austrian pro positions be not accepted,rce ser a la guerre a l'outrance, the war will assume proportions not contemplated at first, a new understanding must be come to, and the original stipulation that nei ther France nor England was to gain any private advantage as the result of the war must be re-con sidered. England, it-was either said or insinuated, may think the destruction of a rival naval power in the Baltic a sufficient compensation for her sa crifices, but France has no interest in such a con summation, and indeed many Frenchmen think her interest lies the other way. The sum of this communication was that France by no means refused to go on with the war on the scale which would be necessary for the next campaign, but that at this point of the discussion she would be glad to know What she was to get by it, and how far she might calculate upon the support of England in asserting her legitimate claims to consideration whenever peace should be made. The English Cabinet cannot nave been very much surprised at this diplomatic sortie on the part of France, because they must have known that the extension of the French frontier to the Rhine has long been the favourite topic of conversation in every barrack in France, and that the French Emperor could not be expected to go to war with Prussia without look ing for such a result—without dwelling on the dynastic reasons which may naturally be supposed to impel his thoughts in that direction, he would have much ground to insist that he could not sufficiently calculate on the support of his people for a tremendous war unless some tangible result were to be obtained by it. It is certain that a war to regain the old boundaries of the Rhine would be popular in France, and equally certain that the people, while pleased at the "glory " which the army s gained in the Crimea, takes very little interest indeed about the particular reason for fighting in that remote region. However, it ap pears, and it is certainly not to be wondered at, that the agglish Grovonaact, speiag the drift et the French interrogatories, shrunk from taking upon itself the responsibility of entering• into an engagement to support France in an encroachment upon Prussian territory. Instead, therefore, of giving any direct answer to the insinuations con tained in the French despatch, the answer sent from London was that "upon reflection" the English Government would accept the Austrian propositions. It was about this time that the famous peace pamphlet advocating a Congress ap peared in Paris, and ever since the opinion has been industriously inculcated in Europe that France is for peace and England for war. BOURSE, Jan. 26.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. BM of htolth 11 per Cents 94 60 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 6B 90 69 15 New Loan 69 70 Bank Shares 3250 Roman . Credit Mobilier 1445 Austrian .3elgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontesc (5). B6 Home Debt RAILWAYS —roIe CASH. R 4 83i 40 36 ir. c. C Orleans .. l2OO Western 798 75 Northejn . 897 50 -- itrasbneg Lyons . ..... ... .. 1190 New Ditto 782 50 Niediterranean 1325 Grand Central 6OO Lyons Geneva 705 -- Teate . . 630 Cette COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 26. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, the Duke of Cambridge, General Alfonso la Marmora, Lord James Murray, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Sir James Clark, Mrs. Drummond, Captain the Hon. J. Drummond, R.N., Captain Sherard Osblrne, R.N., Count Avet, A.D.C., Col. Tyrwhitt, and Col. Seymour. The Baud of the Grenadier Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards per formed in the Castle. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds adjoin ing the Castle this morning. All the visiting company left the Castle in the fore noon, viz., the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Col. Tyrwhitt), the Princess Gauromma of Coorg, with Mrs. Drummond, General Alfonso la Marnuora, commanding the Sardinian Contingent (attended by his aide-de camp, Count Avet); Captain the Hon. J. Drummond, R.N., Captain Sherard Osborne, R.N., and Colonel Francis Seymour (Scots Fusilier Guards). JAN. 27. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic hou.ehold, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Rev. IT. J. Ellison, Vicar of Windsor, officiated. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The ministers present were Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Claren don, Mr, Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The council sat three hours. The Sardinian Minister had an interview with Vis count Palmerston on Saturday at his official residence in Downing -street. The Committee on Education of the Lords of her Ma jesty's most honourable Privy Council bad a meeting on Saturday at the Council-office. Preient—The Lord President, the Duke of Argyll, Sir G. Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Despatches from the Governors of New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, the Cape of Gaud Hope, and Natal were received on Saturday at the Colo nial-office. On Wednesday next, her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the Royal suite, will leave the Castle for Buckinghain Palace, where the Queen will hold a Privy Council for the purpose of set tling the speech from the throne on the opening of Par liament. At the Council her Majesty will appoint the High Sheriffs for the English and Welsh • counties for the present year. On Thursday the Queen will go in state to the House of Peers, for the purpose of opening the session of Par liwnent ; and after performing the august ceremony her Majety, with Prince Albert and the ladies and gent!e. men in waiting, is expected to leave Buckingham Palace the same afternoon, and return to Windsor Castle. The Duchess of Kent is expected to • remain at Frog more (hiring the visit of the Queen to London, and some of the younger Royal children are expected to remain at Windsor Castle during the absence of her Majesty iu town. The Duke of Cambridge had a dinner party on Satur day evening, at his apartments, in St. James's-palace, in compliment to General Alphonso Della Marmara. There were present to meet the gallant Sardinian Gene. ral, the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Countess Helen Kielmansegge, Field-Marshal Vie count Hardinge, the Marquis d'Azeglio, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, General Sir Harry Jones, Major-Gene ral Sir Richard Airey, Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundas, Colonel Brownino-, Baron Knesebech, in attendance on the Duchess of Cambridge, and the aide-de-camp to General Della Marmora. William Davey Boase, Esq., is appointed to be in spector under the Charity Trust Amendment Act. W. Carpenter Rowe, Esq., Q.C., of the Weatern Cir cuit and the Parliamentary bar, is appointed Chief Jus tice of Ceylon. The ➢Zarchioness of Westmeath has arrived at St. James's Palace, from the south of France. Her lady ship leaves town to-day, for Eiva - ston Castle, Derby shire. The Earl and Countess of Durham arrived at the St. George's Hotel last Thursday, from Ireland, and left on Friday, to pass a few days at Torquay. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington have arrived at the- Hotel Bristol, Paris. LORD ADOLPHUS FITZCLARENCE.—We are gratified to learn that the noble and gallant lord is going en very favourably. His lordship was able to be removed to the drawing-room on Saturday, for the first time, and there received the Duke of Cambridge, Viscount Falkland, the Earl of Erroll, and other relatives. The noble lord is, however, much enfeebled by his illness. The . Derwentivater Record says —" Sir James Graham has been sojourning at the Royal Hotel, Bowness, for a few days. He was accompanied by two of his son,. On Sunday he attended the morning service at the parish church in the village, and in the afternoon, alon g with one of his sons, Captain Graham, who was i n the Black Sea fleet, he enjoyed for a short time the recreation of skating." Sir G. Grey has advised her Majesty to remit the re mainder of the sentence of 12 months' imprisonment passed by Mr. Wilson Overend upon Mr. Jackson, the pawnbroker, of Doncaster, upon the ground that the prisoner had not sufficient time and opportunity allowed him for preparing his defence. On Wednesday last Cardinal Wiseman was elected a member of the Royal Society of Literature. The Comie de Chambord arrived at Modena on the 16th, from Parma. General Martimprey, Chief of the Staff of the French army of the East, left for the Crimea immediately on the closing of the sittings of the Council of War. The Parma Gazette says :—"On the 19th her Royal Highness the reigning Duchess let this city for Mantua, where she is to be joined by her august brother and sister-in-law, the Count and Countess de Chambord, who will accompany her to Vence, where she intends re maining for a few days with her august mother." Mr. Gye,.the lessee of Covent Garden theatre, has already secured the services of Grisi and M trio for the next operatic season. HER MAJESTY'S THEATBE.—Her Majesty's theatre, which has been closed for two seas•ns, is again to he opened for the performance of Italian Opera. Mr. Lumley has engaged the services of Jenny Lind, and th• theatre will he conducted by Mr. Lumley, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Goldschmidt. THE LATE MR- DYCE SOMBRE'S WILL.—On Saturday, in the Prerogative Court, Sir J. Dodson delivered judg ment in the case of Dyce Sombre against Troop Solarol and Princep and the East India Company, touching the validity of the will of the decea.ed gentleman. The learned judge pronounced against the validity of the will and codicil, and condemned the executors and the East India Company in the costs. Administration was de creed to Mrs. D. Sombre. THE `VAR.--We observe that a meeting is proposed to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Westminster, with a view " to protest against the conclusion of any peace not con sistent with the honour and dignity of this country." We are assured that the proposed meeting is entirely free from anything of a party character, and that it is to be attend e d by Whi g s, Tories, and adicals, sinking, for the time, all sectional differences. NEWCASTLE POST-OFFICE.—Mr. Pelle`, who, for some time has been clerk to the surveyor of the eastern district, has been appointed Postmaster of Newcastle on-Tyne. The salary is 6001. a-year. SALE OF RACING STOCK.—Mr. Padwick has disposed of his celebrated mare Virago, for a large sum, to the Earl of Stradbroke, for the stud. Last year, when Virago was put up for sale by Messrs. Tattersall, an offer was made of 800 guineas for the mare, and declined. Mr. Padwick has also sold Little Harry to Mr. Arm strong, of Newmarket, who has purchased the horse for an Austrian nobleman ; and inasmuch as Little Harry has stood severe work up to 7 years old, and has atwa) s in public run honestly and true to his form, we may regret his loss to the country. The whole of Mr. Mare's extensive premises at Newmarket, including the Sub scription Room, has been purchased by Mr. W. Rat cliff; of Newmarket, the contract having, been signed during the' past week by that gentleman and the assignees and mortgagees of the estate.—Bell's Life. THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR PEACE.—We find addi tional reason for believing the statement res p ectin g the progress of the negotiations for peace, which we were enabled to publish in our Saturday's impression, in the Economist. That journal, it is well known, has intimate official relations. In its last Saturdays num. ber we read :—" Lord Palmerston will have the proud satisfaction, after holding office for less than a year, as the fair result of the successes of the war, to present to Parliament a preliminary treaty * of . peace—signed by all the belligerent Govern ments. * As England and France are entirely agreed upon what demands shall be made under the fifth condition as a sine qua non, we regard thet clause as being practically as well defined as the first four. If this view of the case be correct—and we have no reason to doubt it—then the five conditions which we published in our last number as such, without any p re li m i nar y nego will in point of fa ct constitute the preliminary treaty of p ea ce itself, and, tiation, will be signed by all the contracting parties. And there would appear to be no reason why this should not be done before the meeting of Parliament, short as that interval is. Immediately upon the signature of this preliminary treaty, an armistice will take place until a given day to be named." The official relations of the Economist sufficiently account for a certain degree of diplomatic reserve in its expressions. It is suffi ciently clear, however, that it expresses what Lord Pal merston is anxious to accomplish and hopes to socom• plish.—Daily KWh RUSSIA. General Prince dortseliakoff,commanding in the Crimea, arrived at St. Petersburg on the 24th. A letter in the Austrian Correspondence from Odessa, of the 10th, says :=- "The cessation of hostilities in the Crimea has per mitted many superior officers to pass the holidays at this place. Amongst others are Generals Osten-Sacken, Kotzebue, and Liprandi. General Osten-Sacken has been particularly well received, and a patriotic society has presented him with a bomb made of .precious metal, ornamented with various emblems which recall the defence of Sebastopol. ATe Deuiit Wals sung here to celebrate the fall of Kars. The hank of Odessa closed its doors during the holidays, and will not re open them ti I the 14th. In order to satisfy the went of small c. in, a'siy,nats of one silver rouble (us arly 4 francs) have been issued. Cash is still very scarce and bears .a premium of from 7to 8 per cent. Austrian ducats, which are generally worth 2 roubles 98 kopecks, have attained the value of 3 roubles 25 kopecks, as it is the only gold coin that can be sent abroad. Workmen are still employed on the coast batteries, and almost every month some changes are made in their arrangement. It is said that some thousands of soldiers are occupied in construoting redoubts at Nicolaieff, and the construction of floating batteries has been ordered. At Cherson, General Knor ring has demolished the 6 gun battery established at the landing-place, and has built another at the western point of the Quarantine Island. The old citadel of Cherson has been armed, but the walls are nearly in ruins." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Jan. 23.—0 n the 17th Count Newel rode and Count Valentine Esterhazy signed the pr.tocol containing the preliminaries of peace, and on the following day a copy of it was de sp. t Thecl to this city. It is thought that Eng land will display a disinclination to sign the im portant document, unless Austria previously agree t') her interpretation of the fifth proposi tion ; but the Imperial Cabinet declares that it considers the British Government bound in honour to accept the propositions as they now stand. " The original draft of the pioposals," says a well-itiformed Austrian, "was revised and cor rected in London, and therefore it is the fault of the British Cabinet if its wishes and intentions were incompletely expressed in the document which was taken by Count Esterhazy to St. Peters burg." The Cabinet messenger, who is the bearer of the preliminaries of peace, or rather of the pro tocol signed at St. Petersburg on the 17th, is ex pected arrive here to-morro evening or on Friday morning. Sir Hamilton Seymour, M. de BoUr quency, and Prince Gortschakoff have frequent interviews with Count Buol, but the two first mentioned Ministers have not yet conferred with their Russian colleagues. An ukase has just been published at St. Peters burg, opening the frontiers of the Russian empire to all b travellers against whom they have been closed since 1848. Holland, as well as Austria and Prussia, has been very urgent with Russia with a view to peace. Serious doubt is expressed as to the existence of the circular of M. de Nesselrode to which is attri buted an unfavourable interpretation of the accep tance of the Austrian propositions. The Baron de Nothomb, Belgian Minister to the Court of Berlin, has set out on leave of absence for the south of France, for the benefit of his health. The Dresden Journal of the 21st contradicts the rumours of an impending convocation of the Saxon Chambers and of a modification of the organic laws. The Chamber of Deputies of Baden has rejected M. Bissing's motion for a modification of the law on juries, M. de Weelunar, the Minister of Justice, having strenuously defended that institution. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Koenigsberg, which says :—" The merchants of this place who are charged with the despatch of merchandise into Russia have received orders to discontinue doing so, as the re-establishment of peace will re-open the communications by sea. It is evident from this that in Russia Ispace is consi dered assured." AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP CANADA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY EVENING. This evening the Royal Mail steam-ship Canada, Captain W. C. Lang, arrived in the Mersey with the usual mails from the United States and British North America. She sailed from Boston on the 16th inst., and Halifax on the 18th, and has brought 80 passengers, but no specie. On the 17th she passed the America, from hence on the sth inst. The Atlantic, United States mail-steamer, from hence on the 29th ult., had arrived at New York on the 13th inst. The one hundred and eleventh ballot finished the same as the previous, no Speaker having been elected. This took place on the 14th. The follow ing was the result :—Banks, 95 ; Richardson, 64 ; Fuller, 33 ; Pennington, 9 ; necessary for choice, 105. The New York Herald says that nothing less than the immediate removal of Mr. Crampton by. the British Government can prevent the affairs be tween both countries assuming a more important and threatening attitude. It is reported at Washington that England will recede from the Mosquito Protectorate rather than engage in a war with the United States. The California ad vices are to the 20th December. The steam-ships Northern Light and . the Empire City arrived at New York, with two million dol lars in gold. The New York Money-market was easier, and in good request, good paper being done from 9 to 12 per cent., and stocks generally steady. Exchange on London from 1081 to 1081 ; Paris, 5.20. The Cotton-market reported dull. In the Breadstuffs market flour was 124 cents. TEE .RUGELEY P-ISONING aILNES. At an early hour on Friday morning the body of Mr. Jokn Parsons Cook, on the charge of murdering whom Wm. Palmer was first committed for - trial, was exhumed and taken to the Old Church, at Rugeley, in order that Dr. Monckton and Dr. Harland, physicianS, and Mr. Bamford, surgeon, might examine certain portions of the corpse, whi ch were not on the occasion of the first post mortem, examination subjected to that minute inves tigation which it is now thought desirable that they should undergo, and consequently did not pass under the chemical analysis of Dr. Taylor and Dr. Rees, at Guy's Hospital. With as little as possible the medical gentlemen named were ready to commence their unplea sant task. Before, however, they c3mmenced to ope rate upon the body, Mr. Geo. Palmer, solicitor, of Rugeley, a brother of Wm. Palmer, wbo now awaits his trial in Stafford Gaol, not only on the charge of poison ing the unhappy man Cook, but also his deceased wife and brother, gave notice to Inspector Crisp, who bad the superintendence of the exhumation, and in whose c h arge the body was understood to be, that it was his intention to secure, during the post marten in, vestigatian then about to commence, the presence of a medical gentleman from Birmingham, who might at the same time have an opportunity of examining the body in the interests of his imprisoned brother, Mr. Gardner, the solicitor for the prose cution, was al v present, and with Dr. Monckton, Dr. Harland, and Mr. Bamford, made such arrangements as would enable Mr. Geo. Palmer to carry out his inten tions, and secure at the re-examination of the body the attendance of a medical man whose object would be the malting of such an inspection as would tend to the benefit of the accused. The body was left in the Old Olnirch in charge of the police Anita the post mortent examination should be cornpletech-i During the past few days the brother of Mr. Bladed, the brewer's traveller—who about five years ago died at the house of Wm. Palmer after only a few days illness, and under such circumstances as to excite suspicion of foul play on the part of his entertainer—has been in Rugeley making inquiries, with a view to ascertain whether or not his brother's death may be attributed to natural consequences. The authorities, also, in Rugeley are n o t sat i s fi e d th a t no well grounded susp i cion rests upon Wm. Palmer with reference to the death of Bladen ; and they have, there fore, put themselves into commuuioation with tin gm* Seattary ors tho Slatied• ka._- lAA; ~ ,~` 1. 4 ti, 433