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TitE SUN, LONDOIi s , 1 4 40 NDA Y ttIiVENING , FEBRUARY 4, 1856 'ENT-GARDEN. THEATRE ROYAL, COY. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Andersou. TIII3 EVENING, ROB ROY. Principal characters by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeoui Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Flearnore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes ; Harlequin, Mr. C Brown ; and Columbine. Miss E. Horne. THEATRL•' ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIS EVENING, THE EIREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; er, Harlequin Xing Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMA.BEET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX' STRATAGENI. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THI: BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Camas. KEAN. THIS EVENING, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. After whiVa, HARLEQUIN AND 'Mid MAID AND MITI MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Parallsa and Hanky Pawky, no Ench an t er. Harlequin, l'tfr. Corinack ; Clown, Mr. Hullne; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columhine, hflss Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. F:oprletor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. THE BOOTS OF THE HOLLY TREE INN. After which. - URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with JACK AND TFIE BEVS STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother adoo3e at Home Again. In whtch 3feasra. J. Bland, P. Bedlbrd, Madame Celesta, Miag Wyndham, and Misa E. Arden will apaear. ROYAL OLYIIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfrei TIIIII EV'TNING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which will bo produced a New and doubly-moral. though Ilicessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESi ; er, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which dfesgrs. Emor7, F. Robins, IL Cooper, Miss Maratha, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS rVENING THE SHADOWS OF CHIME. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and lane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction at Mr: Puns. VIM - EVENING, 11111LF.QUIN BLACK-EYED SUE ; or, All in the Downs and Davy 1 - ones's Locker. After which, TUE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Followed by THE PRISONER OF 11:0ClIELLE; or, Inns and Outs. To couclude with A PLAQUF. 0' BOTH YOUR HOUSRB ; or, The Double-barrelled Gun Trick. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEATRZ. Lessee and Manacer, Mr. Win. Gots. THIS EVENING, The popular equestrian Spectacle sailed ROORWOOD; or, TUT PIN'S WIDE to YORK. After which the SCENES its the CIRCLE. The wonderful per formance of the Stupendous Sagacious Elephants, whose Instinct and docility have astonished every one. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TIIE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Egamtrian Director. 3fr. •A. Cooke. jun. EMMA STANLEY'S' SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN, Every Evening at 8, arid on Saturdays at 3. ?renounced by the unanimous voice of the press, and by nightl3 In l'easing audiences, to be the Glreatest Artistica' Triumph of thi day. SAINT MARTIN'S LL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Resery,,J Chairs, 23. 6/1. HIGH WATER AT .T;ONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 1R min. aft. 1.! To-Moaßow—Morn. 43 min. aft. 12 —Evening 15 min. aft.l THE WEATHER—SrN OFFICE, FEB. 3. THERMOMETER, If? THE SLUM 39 —htglegt since noon yea terAny. 37 —lowest this morning ax td during the night. 43 —this day st noon_ rsAnoxrwr:rn, 30 . 09. WIND, S.E.—Rather fresh, with fine, cold, frosty, sun shiny weather. FEERTI ma 4. 43—highest since noun yea '.erday. 3a—lowest this morning and daring the night. 44—this day at neon. BartovircßA-30 OS. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather. at • ' 17EZ;4! Z /Ms LONDON, MONDAY, REBRUARY 4, 1856. The cloud lowering in the far west, is assuming larger proportions, and a more ominous aspect. There is, as we base long since indicated when commenting on the truculent missives of Mr. Attorney-General CALEB CiTSRING, imminent dan ger of drifting into internecine War with a na tion speaking the same language, and sprung from the same stock as ourselves--in whose veins there circulates a largo proportion of Anglo-Saxon and Celtic blood. And for what ? Simply that an unpopular Government may strive to obtain a re newed tenure of office, by stimulating and excit ing the worst passions of the worst portion of the community! Wo believe tkat our transatlantic brethren, the respectable and high-minded citi zens of the United States--earnestly and empha tically condemn the unwarrantable attempt. But, unfortunately, in a season o.f popular ebullition, the moderate and judisious portion of the com a:malty are least thought of, while the scum floats to the top, and the opinions of vapeuring bullies and reckless adventurers are more loudly enun ciated than those of thoughtful and prudent men, who, while determined to support the honours of their country to the last drop of their blood and their last dollar, are yet not desirous of forcing a quarrel ou any of their neighbours. It must be perfectly obvious to any calm and unprejudiced person that neither the honour nor interests of the great American Republic are in any degree imperilled in respect of the recruiting question, out of which so much illegitimate capi tal has been sought after. That a mistake was committed we are ready to confess. From the moment that the Foreign Enlistment Bill was ventilated, in deference to an unconstitutional influence, we pointed out the seriou s c onsequences that might arise if the powers granted by Parlia ment were attempted to be carried into practical execution. But we are bound to say that the greatest precautions were taken to avoid afford in, a ny reasonable ground for quarrel to any State of the Union. The instructions to the British representative were perfectly clear and unequivocal, that he . should esp ec i a lly avo id in fringing any municipal law of th e coun t ry t o which he was accredited. We believe that he strictly observed the rules laid down for his guidance, and that there was no violation what ever of the American law. Indeed it is clear that the great rage exhibited is chiefly attri butable to the fact that there is no chance of procuring the legal conviction of any Bri tish agent. There was no enlistment in the United States. All that was done was to afford information to parties seeking for it as to whore they might obtain employment ; and I this certainly falls ne i t h er within the letter nor the spirit of the law. But the American Government complained, and a prompt and ample amende honoicage was made. The cause of remonstrance was at once removed. Even information , was no longer supplied to ap plicants, and an ample apology tendered for any- thing that might have caused the slightest annoy ance to these with whom we were desirous of maintaining the most amicable relations. This was all that gentlemen could concede, and, we will add, all that gentlemen could require. None but paltry cowards would grant more none but vapouring bullies ask more. We have gone to the utmost length of our tether. Those who attempt to cast unnecessary humiliation on others must n.lt be surprised if a large quantity of the dirt which they attempt to fling with wanton hands should ultimately adhere to their own coats. Th• chief cause of regret will be, that the good must participate in the evils necessarily inflicted on the turbulent and reckless minority. Besides the recruiting question, there is another point at issue, that relating to Central America ; or, in other words, the true construction of the CLAYTON-BULWER treaty. We certainly cannot see any ground on which that contended for by the Americas Government can be sustained. It is as violent and strained an interpretation as that put forward by Russia in reference to the Vienna Note, which led to the war With that Power. But confident as we are in the accuracy of our own judgment, we do not seek to force it on others. We have declared ourselves willing to submit to the arbitration of any friendly and impartial power, and to abide by the result. If that pro position, su reasonable and just in every particular, be rejected by the Cabinet at Washington—if it is determined to enforce with the high hand un tenable views, that will not bear the test of strin gent investigation—then wo must, however re luctantly, abide the inevitable result, and enter on a contest, of which it will be impossible to predict the result, and in which both parties must, under the most favourable circumstances, suffer very severely. It is deeply to be regretted that the popular branch of Congress is still in a state of anarchy, and that from the impossibility of agreeing in the choice of a Speaker wo are precluded from hearing the opinions of the chosen representatives of the people. We believe that a considerable por tion of the difficulty would thereby be obviated, for, as we have repeatedly stated, we still have faith in the sound common sense and judgment of the majority of our Transatlantic brethren. Unfor tunately, however, this safety-valve is at present neutralised, and it is thus that the Hannibal Chollops, et hoc genus wrte, are allowed to im peril the best interests of both countries. We are far from desiring a quarrel. We will do every thing to avoid it, consistently with the mainten ance of the national dignity, and that self-respect which uo man or body of men—no individual or State—can forfeit without sinking deeply in the social scale. For that, if compelled to do so, we will once more buckle on our armour, and be prepared for any extremity to which we may be d r i ven . 'While we certainly shall not seek, wo shall in like manner resort to no undue means to avert, a conflict for which we cannot justly or fairly be held responsible. Our motto must then be "Gen defend the right," and the aspiration will be re-echoed throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. So, at length, Colonel TUAR is liberated,—libe rated, for aught Lord PALMERSTON knows, with out indignity,—and liberated out of consideration for the QUEEN, or the QUEEN'S Government, as the reader likes. The case, according to the Noble Lord, was a very complicated one, notwithstand ing that three facts were undeniable : First, that Colonel TURF. was not a deserter from the Hun garian army, but was a deserter, with his whole nation, from the perjured monarch and hrutal Austn... that Colonel Tußn was engaged in the service of Britain, in territory belonging to the Ally for which England was at war. Thirdly, that the Austrians had no right of arrest—no civil rights at all, in the territory of Turkey. Yet could this CALCItAFT Govern ment seize, strip of British uniform, imprison, try, and condemn a patriot and a soldier, and Lord PALMERSTON is very well satisfied that our " distinguished Ally" does not turn hang man again. We certainly are little ob liged to the contemptible Austrians for their politeness to our QUEEN. Had a humble apology been offered for the insult to England and Turkey, and Count CORONINI recalled, we could sot with propriety have resented it longer. however, that Austria has done amounts to the taunt—" There, take the condemned deserter back if you like ; if it's any pleasure to her MA JESTY of England to cheat the gallows she is wel come !" Perhaps, however, Austria is so sunk in her long course of perjury, of bullying the weak, of seizing the defenceless, and of Imperial airs with a bankrupt exchequer, and an army which dare not fight, that she may really think she has done a very gracious thing. She may be unable to discern her cowardice to the individual and her rudeness to her Allies, and suppose that she has acted as frankly and honourably as England would have done. An honest, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. Perhaps, therefore,' as Austria squares confessedly with the latter character, we must take the deed from whence it comes, and suppose that she knew no better. We may perhaps in this latter point of view couple what she meant to be " a polite act" with the peace proposals. She is anxious to alio v what a considerate and friendly mediator we have. We quite understand the friendliness. So steeped is this Government in the basest and most undis guised selfishness that to misunderstand it is impossible. Purely in her own interests she is urgent for peace. She has got a share in the con trol of the mouths of the Danube, the right to be a party to the final Treaty, to go shares in all relations of influence with Turkey, probably to have an armed ship or two in the Black Sea, and a power she never before enjoyed in the Princi patities--and all without cost, and without a bat tle ! She has also nicely balanced her own pol ver with that of Russia and the Allies iu regard to Turkey, should anything happen to the " sick masq." She, in fact, is the only party who has jail led by the War, if we except Prussia's fraudulent commercial gains. The peace in such hocitian.odxssis inevitably an Austrian peace. The most of European nations to Englishmen is i aompted as the mediator. The nation which could , prpetrate the violation of international law, and off, r the insult to England of arresting, trying, ani 1 condemning Colonel TIIRR, and then flinging gallows, is the nation who hip n off to us as a scape tri ~ats us to Four Points for herself, and resists oa r defining a fifth in the interests of Europe. I\ lo doubt had she not hoped to gain our good w ill at a useful time by such rude p o lit eness she w. )uld have gratified herself by hanging the pa triot. Vhilo there can be no doubt of the intentions of -I .ustria, som e cur i ous sugges tions ari se f rom fotio r quarters. We find Russia stipulating that int& omit y shall not be one of the reserved Points wh j , on earth so anxious about it, unless a guilt: v conscience told her it ought to be a point. As 1 re have often shown, both Russia and Aus tz is have already demanded and obtained it iu tl re case of Turkey, of France in 1815, and of Piedmont ; if Austria had a particle of fairness in her, she would tell Russia that on their own prin ciples, and in accordance with their own practice, this was a mere matter of course. The breaker of peace must, of course, pay for its restoration. Russia too confides in the "loyalty and generosity of the Allies not to impose terms which they would deem incompatible with their own honour." Rather ambiguous. If she means incompatible with the honour of nations who have merited no punishment, this is not consistent with the, con fession of guilt implied in asking to be guaran teed from giving indemnity. If the Allies were in her place they ought to think it no more than honourable after such an outrageous offence to give heavy bonds of every kind to keep the peace for all time to come. If she means that they will not dishonourably impose on a vanquished culprit —that they will not sentence to fourteen years' transportation provided seven satisfy the ends of justice ; she may, we are sorry to believe, make herself but too easy about that. If Russia be really desirous of behaving "loyally" herself let her give up everything south of the Kuban, the whole of Bessarabia, and restore to Poland, at least, the constitution agreed to by all the Allies in the Treaty of Vienna, Prussia, it seems, is claiming a place in the Conferences, on the ground of that Treaty. She alleges that the territorial arrangements settled by it in Bessarabia are about to be changed. As she was a party to the prior arrangements, her consent ought to be asked to the alteration. Wo should like that argument to be pressed. If the arrange ments of the Treaty are:not,.to be changed without the consent of the signitaries to it, then let us have a complete re-settlement ; let Cracow return to republican self-government, and be released from the gripe of Austria, and let Poland again choose her own representatives. Miserable justice that, but nevertheless better than continuing and au thorising the gross injustice of entirely incorpo rating the nation with its cruel oppressor. Hitherto England and France have never sanc tioned the last vile deed of 1831. Their pro tests stand on record against it. If Poland be now passed over in silence, a positive sanction will have been given to a piece of wickedness far greater than the passage of the Pruth. If we sacrifice thus much to the COBDENS, the Coburgs, the Austrians, and the German despots, the retribution of some bloody political earthquake will sooner or later rectify the wrongs of Europe. One of the earliest, as it is unquestionably one of the most important, matters tint can be brought under the consideration of Parliament will be the revision of our monetary code, and the substitu tion of a sound and judicious system of currency for that which has already occasioned such serious injury to the industrious classes, and more especi ally to the commercial interests of the country. The Act of 1844 has already virtually expired. It only exists on suffertance, for it will cease and determine at any time, " upon twelve months' notice to be given after the Ist August, 1855." The all-important question should have been discussed and finally arranged last year, so that the notice might have been given at the earliest possible moment. But the Ministerial changes, and espe cially those in the financial department, furnished a plausible excuse for procrastination. We could scarcely expect that Sir G. C. LEWIS would be prepared to grapple with the subject immediately on his accession to office, although he might have obtained valuable assistance from Mr. JAMES WILSON, who has bestowed serious consideration thereon, and is thoroughly acquainted with all its YaFTIOua yhuara. .inere can, however, be no pre text for . evasion daring the session which has this day been inaugurated ; and, whether there be peace or war, tie monetary question must be placed on a sound and durable foundation. The Times itself has admitted that " a re-discus sion of the whole question in Parliament can not be arranged too soon," and there is not a single metropolitan journal, or one entitled to the slightest weight in the provinces, that con tests the propriety of a speedy, and, if practicable, a final arrangement of the vexata questio ! Even "Mercator," or rather Lord OVERSTONE himself, substituting the real for the nom de plume, has, by his recent convulsive and spasmodic efforts, proved that he, too, recognises that his favourite theory is on trial, and that a decisive verdict must be returned during the present session. There cannot be any occasion for further in quiry. All the materials for decisive legislation are already in existence. In 1848 the matter was thoroughly investigated by Select Committees of both Houses. The Report of the Lords' Com mittee very decidedly condemned the Act, while that of the Commons only decided in its favour by a very slender majority, consisting of Sir ROBERT PEEL and his adherents, and of Lord Jons RUSSELL and his followers, and the author of " What Next, and Next I" It was, indeed, Mr. COBDEN who gave, in a Committee intended to be packed, tlae casting ♦ote, and decided in favour of the currency quacks, against the best interests of the nation. We have said " intended to be packed," because the remarkable admission of Sir C. Wool), the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, clearly established that he considered the Government would be very wrong in consenting to any com mittee, of the nature of whose report they were not previously satisfied. We do net profess to quote the exact words, but merely to give the purport and effect of the statement of that unfortunate financier—a statement that occa sioned an extraordinary sensation in Parliament and in the country. Against that Report no less than eleven independent members voted, conceiv ing that " the laws for regulating the issue of Bank notes, payable on demand, aggravated the commercial distress in England in 1847 !" We give the names of those who voted for and against the Report, in order that the community may judge for itself of the weight that should be attached to their views, merely suggesting that a very large proportion of the majority had been com mitted by previously-expressed opinions in favour , of the iniquitous and impolitic enactments on trial. We can use no stronger argument to set aside that erroneous decision than the publication of the names, pro and con, which are as follows AXES. Mr. T. Baring. Lord G. Bentinck. Mr. Spooner. Mr. Herries. Mr. Cayley. Mr. Ald. Thompson. Mr. Hudson. Mr. Hume. Mr. Disraeli. Mr. Glyn. Mr. James Wilson. NOES. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir James Graham. Sir Robert Peel. Lord John Russell. Mr. Cobden. Mr. Beckett. Mr. Gonlburu. Mr. Cardwell. Mr. Labouchero. Mr. J. L. Ricardo. Mr. Thornely. Sir W. Clay. Mr. Home Drummond: Noes, 13. Ayes, 11. We have so frequently expressed our views on the nature of the changes that should be intro duced, and the paramount advantages of a really national One-Pound Note, inconvertible, but re ceivable in payment of all fiscal charges, and every Government demand, that we conceived no possible doubt could exist on the subject. We, however, gladly gave, on Thursday, the opinions of a highly intelligent and clear-headed foreigner on the all• important topic. We need not say how fully we concur with M. NOBILTN64 ) to whom we must ex press our thanks for his valuable co-operation. The Government note, guaranteed not only by all the accumulated and realised wealth of the coun try, but by the thews and sinews of its inhabi tants, and by its tax-paying, as well as its pur chasi.eg power, would be fully equivalent for any convertible paper, or for the bullion itself. As the Times recantly declared " Supposing tis circulation to be required solely for in ternal consumption, no necessity could exist for gold being held against any portion of it. A deposit of Government Stock, or the fact of its being receivable for duties, would at all times keep it from fluctuations in value 1" There could be, as Mr. NOBILINU truly declares, "no necessity for its convertibility, the whole Empire serving for its guarantee." The notes could never be at a discount, nor, as we have repeatedly explained, could there be any danger of a run on the National Bank, in which every citizen would feel himself to be a partner. We earnestly com mend the excellent letter of our correspondent to the attentive consideration of our readers. It is well worthy of perusal. We must, however, for ourselves declare that our respected correspondent is in error in supposing that we have overlooked the distinction between a Government and an ordi divary Bank Note—a reference to our publication, for a long succession of years, will show that we have urgently, and. consistently, and, we believe we may add, indefatigably advocated a Govern ment One-Pound inconvertible note, which, as we believe, would give a circulating medium ade quate to the wants and exigencies of the country, and thus supply a sufficiency of that which has been justly defined as " the life-blood of in dus try." TILE PEACE CONGRESS. The following are the Plenipotentiaries who have been invited by their respective Governments to take part in the Cohgress : France—MM. de Wale wski and de Bourqueney. England—Lords Clarendon and Cowley. Austria—MM. de Buol and Hubner. Turkey—Aali-Pacha and ARlemed-Djemil-Bey. Piedmont--MM. d'Azeglio and Cavour. Russia—AlM. d'Orloff and. iirunow. BANQUET TO LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR P. GRANT. A grand banquet was given at the London Tavern on Saturday evening to Lieutenant-General Sir P. Grant, by the directors of the East India Company, on his ap pointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Madras army. The chair was filled by Mr. M'Naughten. After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, The CHAIRMAN rase to propose the health of Lieu tenant-General Slr P. Grant. Mr. M‘Naughten passed a glowing eulogium upon the gallant gentleman, and said that in the several duties he bad already been called upon to perform he had manifested all those qualities of firmness, impartiality, evennea of temper, and zeal for the public service which were so essentially necessary for the distinguished position which he had been called upon to fulfil. Lieutenant-General Sir P. GRANT, in returning thanks for the high honour that had been conferred upon him, assured the company that his whole energies would be devoted to fulfil the high command to which he had been appointed. He went to India, he said, unfettered by pledge or promise of any kind, and his only thought would be the public service, its efficiency a d well-Leing. The toasts of her Majesty's Ministers was acknow ledged by the Duke of Argyll ; the Houses of Lords and Commons, by Lord Campbell and the Hon. E. Ellice. The brilliant assemblage broke up shortly before eleven. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO THE LESSEE OF D.RURY-LANE THEATRE. The artisans of Drury-lane Theatre, grateful for the spirit with which Mr. E. T. Smith has conducted the business arrangements of his establishment, resolved upon presenting him with a testimonial of their esteem. This was accordingly done on Saturday, when a hand. some silver tankard, bearing the subjoined inscription, 6•43..r4. _a 6cia :--" Pre sented to E. T. Smith, Esq., of the Theatre Royal Drury lane, as a slight testimonial of the sincere respect and esteem entertained for him by the artisans of the theatre." Mr. B. Fairbrother also received a pair of gold spec tacles, of first-rate manufacture, as an acknowledgment of his general services to the employes. These evidences of good feeling from the humbler branches of a great establishment speak loudly in favour sf its internal man agement, and its satisfa3tory conduct ai regards the working members. A Cabinet Council was hold on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alder ley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat three hours and a quarter. It is understood that the appearance of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal in the great world will, for this season, be limited to the palace, it not being thought expedient to apply to Parliament for the sum necessary to maintain a household while she is co young, and it being essential to the dignity of a princess of her rank, if she visited a subject, that her royal highness should be attended by a lady-in-waiting and an equerry of her own.—Court It is uncle, stood that the Earl of Clarendon will be accompanied as plenipotentiary at Paris by Mr. Edmund Hammond, permanent Under-Secretary of State (who, it will be recollected, assisted Lord J. Ru•sell on his mission to Vienna last year), by the Hon. Spencer Pon sonby, and Mr. Thomas Villiers Lester, private and assistant secretaries to the noble earl, and by Mr. Francis W. H. Cavendish, precis writer. Lord Wode house will discharge the duties of the Foreign-office during the temporary absence of the Earl of Clarendon in Paris. TIN AMERICAN MANISTRE.-.-.We regret to state that Mr. Buchanan, the American Minister, felt it his duty to decline the invitation to Lady Palmerston's soirée on Saturday evening, owing to what he conceives personal discourtesy on the part of one of the members cf the Cabinet—not Lord Palmerston—when recently, in the discharge of his duties as American Minister, his Excel lency was engaged in vindicating what he believes to be the honour and rights of his country at this critical juncture.—bl oating Adverti.ser. DEATH OF COMMA.NDER Cara.—COtnalatider Wash ington Carr 0440 died on the 30th ult., in Maddox street, Hanover-square, in the 59th year of his age. At a soirée given iby Count Buol at Vienna, on the 27th ult., the company included Sir Hamilton Seymour, Baron de Bourqueney, Col. Manteuffel, and Prince Gorstchakoff. In the Belgian Chamber of ReprasentativeF, on Fri. day, the Minister of Finance presented a bill granting an annual allowance of 150,000 fr. to the Count de Flandre, second son of King Leopold. Letters from St. Petersburg, of the 25th ult., state that the Grand Duke Cmstantine and the War Party are convinced of the necessity of making peace. EAST INDIA-HOUSE.--On Saturday a Court of Direct tors was held at the East India-house, when Lieuten ant-General Patrick Grant, C. 8., was sworn in Coin• manger-in• Chief of the Company's Forces, and Second Member of Council on the Madras establishment. CASIBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTlON.—Thursday the 7th inst. is the day appointed for the purpose of electing a representative to the vacancy in the representation. The poll will be taken in the Senate-house, on Feb. the 7th, Bth, 9th, and 11th, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four p. in. each day ; and en Tuesday the 12th, from ten o'clock till two p.m. ; and in the evenings of the 7th, ' Stb, 9th, and 11th, from half-past seven to half-past eight, each evening, in the public schools. ROCHESTER ELECTION.—ROCHESTER, Feb. 2.--The writ for the election of a new member in the room of Mr. Villiers was received by the returning oNcer en Friday evening, and he has appointed Thursday next at 12 o'clock for the nomination. This is the longest pe riod allowed by law after the receipt of the writ, but in consequence of next Tuesday and Wednesday being Shrove-Tuesday and Ash-Wednesday, it was thought better, in deference to the cathedral authorities, that the election should not take place on those days. Both the candidates, Mr. Bodkin and Mr. W. Martin, have been busily engaged all day in canvassing the electors. The former gentleman has received a good deal of addi tional support among the people of Rochester on account Of his having declined the office of Assistant-Judge at the Middlesex Sessions, which would have disqualified him from sitting in Parliament, and continued his pre tensions to represent the city of Rochester after the offer was made • and if any credit is given to the stat ements of his fri en d s with regard to the number of promises of support he has receive 4 his election would be certain. The supporters of Mr. Martin are, however, equally sanguine, and there appears to be no doubt that the contest will he a very close one. TAUNTON ELECTION.—The election of a member for this borough, rendered necessary by the Right Hon. H. Labouchere's acceptance of the office of Secretary of State for the Colonies, will take place to-morrow (Tuesday). 'The high bailiff, who is returning officer, has received the writ, and it is understood that the right hon. gentleman will be returned without opposi tion. REPRESENTATION OF LEEDS.--The election will tak• place on Thursday next. Mr. Baines, it is expected, will be elected without opposition. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, FEB. 4, 8.55 A. u, The Indus has arrived, with ahlvices from Con• htantinople of the 24th, and from the Crimea o: the 22d of January. Despatehes leave at '9 a.m. There is little doing in the port of Marseilles, VIENNA, SUNDAY, Prince Gortschakoff, when signing the protocol, asked that Prussia might be invited to take part in the conferences. Count Buol supported this demand. M. de Bourqueney, and Sir Hamilton Seymour, said they must refer to their Governments on that point. BERLIN, SUNDAY, The King of Saxony will not support the unre served adoption of the proposals—the increasing changes of peace will probably modify the hesita- tion of the neutrals. COPENHAGEN, SUNDAY, The Holstein Diet has adopted, by a majority of 40 to 7, a motion for an address embodying the impeachment of the Minister for Holstein ; and, by 41 against 6, a motion for framing a formal accusation against the Minister. The King has refused to receive the address of the Diet. A Royal rescript declares the adoption of Count Reventlow's motion for a responsible Ministry, but prohibits the publication of debates in the Chambers. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EvFsrNo. The Moniteur of to-day, at the head of its in telligence, has the following announcement : " Certain errors ;laving crept into the article of the Moniteur published yesterday (Saturday), we here give the exact text." The corrected article then follows : " Russia has adhered to the five propositions which are to serve as the preliminaries of peace, and which were presented to her acceptance by Austria with the assent of France and England. This un reserved adhesion was announced in a note ad dressed by Count Nesselrode, Chancellor of the Russian Empire, to Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Minister at 3t. Petersburg, and in a despatch com municated to Count Buol by Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Minister at Vienna. The Russian Government, in consequence, proposed the signa ture of a protocol at Vienna, to set forth the ad hesion of the contracting courts to the proposi tions intended to serve as the bases of negotia tion, and to, establish that the plenipotentiaries will have to assemble in three weeks (or sooner if possible), in order to proceed successively to the signature of preliminaries, to the conclusion of an armistice, and to the opening of the gene ral negotiations. The British Government had already expressed a desire that the conferences should be held at Paris, and the Austrian Govern ment having, on its side, eagerly acceded to that suggestion, it is therefore in the French capital that the plenipotentiaries who may be appointed to deliberate on the conditions of peace will assemble. The protocol setting forth the acceptance of all the parties was signed at noon yesterday (Friday) at Vienna, and it was decided that the plenipoten tiaries of the powers who are to take part in the negotiations shall assemble at Paris before the 20th February." The following telegraphic despatches have been received here : VIENNA, Feb. I.—This day, at one o'clock, com menced the drawing-up of the protocols relative to the acceptance of the Austrian propositions. VIENNA, Feb. 1, Evening.—After the signature of the protocol, which toolr rh,o. th. ~ , , n o,usioo of an armistice was decided on in principle. The protocol which has just been signed will be communicated to the Diet of Frankfort. Prince Paskiewitch is dead. MADRID, Feb. I.—ln the Cortes the discussion on the electoral bases is being proceeded with. The Garde contains an article filled with praise of the Duke and Duchess of Montpensier for their charitable acts at Seville. BOURSE, Feb. 2.—The following were the quo. tations Cash. fr. a, End of Month 4i per Cents 96 60 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 7l 90 73 New Loan 72 50 Bank Shares — Roman Cr&lit Mobilier 1570 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Throes Pieklmontes( (5) SS 75 Houle Debt RAILWAYS-10H CASH. Ir. c. fr. o Orlimn!' - Wostera B4O Northern ..... 940 Straabneg Lyons_ ...... 1240 Now Ditto B2O Mediterranoan 1390 Grand Central 640 Lyons Geneva 740 Taste .. . — Cette - Austrian Com. ...... 860 THE MURDER, IN WESTMINSTER. Examination Thi3 Day. The murderer, William Bousfield, was, this morning, placed at the bar of Marlborough Police-court before Mr. Bingham for examination. In consequence of the prisoner haying surrendered himself to the officer on duty at B tw-street station, a great crowd of persons assembled this morning iu front of the station to obtain a glimpse of him. At one time the crowd was so dense that vehicles and pedestrians could but with difficulty pm up and down the street. As soon as it became known that the prisoner would be examined at Marlborough police-station, in which dis trict the tragical occurrences took place, the crowd speedily dispersed. At Marlborough -street a similar crowd had assembled at an early hour, and remained with much pertinacity and evident composure in the cold and fog for several hours, to gratify their curiosity in getting a sight of the wretched man on his arrival and departure from the police-office. During the day the house, the scene of the murders, situate at 4, Portland street, Wardour-street, was visited by thousands of persons. The prisoner arrived at the Court in a cab, about 20 minutes to 1 o'clock, in custody of Inspector Dodd, of the F division, and five policemen, three behind the cab, and one on each side of the driver. The wretched man had to be supported into Court by I3eudle, the deputy-gaoler, and police-constable Silver ton, and was in that weak and exhausted state that he sank into a chair immediately on his getting into the dock. He is a thin man, upwards of 6 feet in height, with a sallow complexion. He has thin features; marked with the small pox, black hair and eyes. He at first sank in a very dejected manner into his seat and appeared unable to give any answer to the questions who and what he was, occasionally passing his hand over his forehead as if to recollect himself. No satisfactory answer could be got from him, and on one occasion he rose from his seat and endeavoured to wrestle with the officers, hut imme diately sat down exhausted, and continued in that posi tion with his eyes on the ground during the examination. The prisoner's left band was bound up in a pocket hand kerchief, and blood was visible about his hands and under his finger nails. Police-constable 68 F, Alfred Fudge, examined by Mr. Ledley, chief clerk, deposed that about a quarter past 7 o'clock yesterday morning he was on duty at Boy: street station. Ho was standing in the passage. The prisoner came to the door, opened it, and walked in. I asked him where he was going, he replied, "I am going in here.' I asked him " what for !" He said, " to give myself up for murdering my wife." I asked him "where he had committed the murder'?" He said "No. 4, Portland-street, Soho." I then took him to Inspector Dodd. I was afterwards ordered to search him. Mr. William Dodd--About seven o'clock on Sunday 'morning the prisoner, William Bousfield, came to Bow street station, and stated to me, " I have killed my wife." I said, "What do you mean—where is she!" The prisoner said, "In the back parlour." I said, " Where do you live f" and he replied, " No. 4, Portland street, by Wardour-street." I ordered the prisoner to be searched, which was done by the last witness. I found a wound on the prisoner's neck covered with blood, and a cut on his left hand, also covered with blood. I sent for the divisional surgeon, who canoe and dressed his wounds. A latch key was found on him, which I took and went in a cab to the prisoner's residence. I opened the front door, went in, broke open the back par lour door, and found on a French bedstead the body of the prisoner's wife, who was said to be 28 years of age. She was lying on her back, with her head on the left side, and bad a large cut in her neck, under the right ear, covered with blood. I sent the last witness, who was with me, for Mr. Hadaway, surgeon, 36, Berwick street, who attended immediately. I also found on the s ame bed the body of a female child about four years old, with her head towards the foot of the bed, and her right knee close to the right shoulder of the woman. Her left leg was hanging down. She had a wound on tL• neck, and was covered with blood. On the other side of the bed I found the dead body of a male child about eight months old, with his head near the wall, and face close to the pillow. The child lay on the right side. There was a wound on the neck which was oovered with blood. I also found on a press bedstead in the same room the body of a female child about six years old. She lay on her left side ; had also a wound in her neck covered with blood. I also found a 5-8 chisel covered with blood, as now produced, on the pillow of the French bedstead, and close to the head of the dead body of the woman. I also found part of the handle of a razor smeared with blood under the left shoulder of die dead body of the woman ; and under the body of the male child I found the blade of the razor also covered with blood. The bed-clothes and beds were saturated with blood, and a great quantity of clotted blood on the beds by the sides of the dead bodies. I also found a quantity of blood on the floor, and spots and smears of blood leading from the beds into the shop. On the key which was in the lock of the shop door I also found blood, and there were marks of blood on the door and door-post as if some person had touched them with hands covered with blood ; it was quite wet at that time. Thera was blood on a slate•book on the counter. I then secured the rooms and returned to Bow-street station and saw the prisoner. I told him that ho was charged with the wilful murder of his wife and three children ; he said, " That's all right." I have since ascertained from the neighbours that they are unable to assign any reaso❑ for the prisoner's act, except that his wife was frequently complaining of his idleness, he having been out of work for the last seven years. Mr. John Jones, father-in-law of the prisoner, de • posed—l live at the prisoner's residence, arid am a car . penter by trade. Tho prisoner occupied, with his wife ' end three children, the parlour and back room. Be sold tobacco, toys, &c. His wife attended to the busi ness, whilst he was out at least three parts of his time doing nothing. Recently he has been engaged at a theatre as a supernumerary, at le. or ls. Gil. a night. • The prisoner and his wife lived on very goad terms till the third child was born, the only unpleasantness being an occasional complaint from the wife that he did not get employment. I last saw the prisoner and his wife together on Saturday morning last, and appeared quite comfortablr with each other. I beard not of a single unpleasantness between them that day. My daughter's name was Sarah ; the eldest child was called Anne; the second, Eliza ; and the boy, Joha William. I bad no idea of what had occurred to them until the police gave me notice. I occupy the rooms on the first floor, and sleep iu the back rc.orri, but I heard no noise of any kind during the night. I put them into tne shop, and have supported them for years. Mr. Balaway, surgeon, deposed to be?ng called to the prisoner's residence yesterday morning, about a quarter-past 7 o'clock. He saw the bodies on the beds, they were all quite dead ; the woman had an incised , wound in the neck, but I made no particular examina tion, the woman being dead ; on the eldest child I found two wounds on the neck, one deep, the other a slight one ; the second daughter had an incision on the left side of the neck, and another below the collar bone ; on the infant I found two incisi o ns on the right side of the neck, and super ficial one by the left ear, I believe these incisions were the immediate cause of the deaths of the female and children, and were such as might have been inflicted by the chisel and razor produced. The wound on the woman was rather jagged ; there were several super ficial wounde on the arm of the woman—two on the right and two on the left arm. Police constable 88 F, Charles', J. Venis, deposed—l had charge of the prisoner. Whilst be was being searched I hold his wrist. MO threw himself forward to strike his head against the mantelpiece, say i ng, " Kill me at o nce out ofthe way, and then, " Fetch a doctor —fetch a doctor to my poor wife." After that the divisional surgeon attended to him. Mary Anne Bennett deposed—l reside in the second floor back of No. 4, Portland -street. I rapped at the prisoners parlour door on Saturday night about half past 12 to ask for some wood, which was one of the articles the prisoeer sold ; the decea.ed woman was in bed with her husband at the time, and replied to her is a most cheerful voice. She desired her husband to get her the wood, bat ho declined. The wife then said that as she should he up at 6 o'clock in the morning she would leave it at her door. This being the whole of the evidence forthcoming to day, the prisoner was asked by Mr. Bingham if he had anything to ray to the charge. Ire replied "I have no thing to say." The prisoner was then remanded. The icquest on the bodies of the unfortunate woman and her children wi I be held to-morrow morning. LONDON AND WORTS-WESTERN RAILWAY.—We un derstand that the half-yearly accounts the 31st De to cernber last bare been made up, and that the balance of net profits will enable the directors to declare a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum, and acid some 40,0001. to the reserve carried over from last Jane account. We also learn that while the receipts have in creased the working expenses bate been reduced. SALAION.—The river Derwent for the last 12 years has not had half so many salmon as have been caught, known and seen, this winter—the oldest kipper catchers having made the roast successful rues on record. Be. tweeu Workington and Coekermouth, the l owness of the wat er p reven ti n g the fish getting into the lake, groups of from 20 to 40 noble salmon have been seen together in the day time, some with th e i r b ac k fi ns out the water.—Carlisle Patriot. THE LATE GOLD ROBREEY.---Mr. John Hall, who was stated to be possessed of considerable property, and who resides at No. 8, Peter-street, Hackney-road, was placed at the her of the Mansion House, on Saturday. charged with having had in his possession on several occasions, at the shop of Messrs. Johnson and Walker, gold refiners, of 11 dersgate-street, 50 ounces of gold, the property of Messrs. Bult and ot h ers, suppose d t o h ave been stolen on i ts transit from London to Paris. After a long examination the presiding alderman ordered Hall to be remanded. Bail to the amount of 1,0004 was taken. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbou;g eontains the fol lowing paragraph, in large type, at the head of its "news of the (lay :" " The intelligence that Russia had accepted the proposals of Austria, relative to the Lases of nego tiations, has produced a profound sensation. At London and Paris it was published officially, and was received everywhere with great joy. Hopes of peace, anticipating the event, have taken, thus to speak, the character of certainties." AUSTRALIA. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 3. By the Shalitnar we have advises from :Melbourne to the 14th of November. She brings 80,000 ounces of geld on freight and 100 passen- gers. The Sussex and Black - wall, from London, and the Queen of the Seas had arrived at Mel bourne. There is no news of importance. The election for a member for the city had ter minated in the defeat of the squatter candidate. Mr. Smith had been elected Mayor of Melbourne for the third time. The new constitution would bo proclaimed on the 23d of November, on which day the Legislature would resume business. In the aflhirs of Tasmania there was no new feature to report. The price of gold at Melbourne was quoted at 3/. 15s. 31 per ounce, with a quiet market. The escorts for the week had brought in 43,712 ounces, and for the year 1,767,000 ounces. Draughts against gold purchased at 1 per cent. ; freight of gold to London, 441 per ounce. The wool-market was n o t - so firm, and only s small quantity changed hands. Tallow unchan ge d. Breadstuffs ruled high ; flour was quoted 50/. per ton, and wheat 17s. to 18s. per bushel. There was an improved demand for labour, and wages were advancing. LEICESTER.--TDB FALL OF KATtS.—A petition to parliament, says the Leicester Mercury, is in cou- , e of signature in this town with reference to the fall c f Kars. THR Fox CLUB.—The first meeting of the Fox Club , this season t oo k p l ace on S atur d ay even ing at Brooks —present, the Earl of Albemarle, Mr. E. A. Sandford, tho Hon. Hamilton Duncan, Viscount Falkland, Mr. 11. F. Stevenson, Lord Jas. Stuart, Lord m Poltiore, the Hon. Chas. S. Cl emen t s , the Earl of Leicester, Mr. A. K. Stephenson, Mr. Frederick Dunda,s, the Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Mr. A. W. Robarts, Col. R. Shaft o Adair, M.P., the Earl of Ilchester, Sir Henry I erguson Davie, Bart., M.P., Lord Cremorne, Viscount Milton, M.P., Earl Fortescue, Lord Saye and Sele, Lord Chas. Fox Russell, the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P, the Hon. Edward Coke, Lord Stafford , &c. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY AT ErSOIr.-0a Tuesday evening a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Epsom was held at the Assembly-rooms of the King's Head Hotel, to receive a deputation from th e executk e comm ittee in explanation of the objects and plans of the society, whose operations are about to be actively ex tended to that district. The d eputation consisted of the Rev. Dr, Worthington, Mr. N. W. Winstanley, and Mr. T. Knox Holmes, members of th e execut i ve com mittee ; Mr. C. E. Lewis, solicitor, and Mr. C. L. Oro neisen, secretary. The meeting was most numerously and influentially attended. In the unexpected absence of Viscount Ranelagh, the chairman of the society, Mr. Knox Holines, who !vas ca ll e d to preside, gave a clear and forcible explanation of the objects and principles of the society. He was followed by the Rev. Dr. Worth ington and Mr. C. E. Lewis, in speeches of considerable length. On the motion of Mr. Everest, seconded by Mr. Andrews, a cordial resolution was passed exprestin the confidence of the mee ti ng i n th e soc i ety, and pro mising active support. It was intimated, in the courso of the proceedings, that early steps would be taken to secure a local purchase of land at Epsom. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) The February sessions of this court commenced this morning before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Right lion, the Recorder, Aldermen Sir Robert Carder!' Carter, and Lawrence, the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriff 4. The first edition of the calendar contains the names ° f 87 prisoners, 3 of whom stand charged with murder, and no fewer than 21 for passing base coin, and tvi° with having in their possession an engraved p l a t e for th e printing of notes purpo r ti ng t o b e th ose o f t h e State and Government of Prussi a . Th e o th er cases are felonie s and misdemeanours of the or di nary c h arac t er . The Recorder, in his ch arge t o th e G ran d Jury, said that with the exception of a f ew ser i ous cases , the cal dar did not appear to pr esen t an y ser i ous amount ofi crime, and the number of p r i soners was a b ou t the I v°' average for the period which had elapsed ein e° the last sittings of the Court. He much regretted to see that there did not seem to be any dirnin° tion of charges against persons for nir e ":: against the coin, and notwithstanding the firin r l o with which the law had b een a d m i n i s t ere d and t ', a severity of th e sentences inflicted in such cases , number of perseni charged at this session with t 1 offence was very heavy, there being no fewer than '2l ' There were two cases of murder to be brought be fore the grand jury. The first that of a young w °13:1 1 1 charged with th e mur d er o f her illegitimate The death it appeared arose from a fractu re of the skull ; but, according to the evidence, might have been the result either of a blow or an S ec . t ' dental fall, and there did no t appear, upon t h e dePtf tions, any proof that the i n j ury h a d b een cause d by prisoner ; so that, under these circumstances, it yr"' be for them to say whether the accused ought to be p ut upon her trial f or w ilf u l mur d er. T hey wou ld be 111 liberty, if they ignored the bill for the murder, to ret i l one for the conc ea l ment o f bi rth. The other ° b ar ge ° murder was of quite a different character, it being a horribly case of assassination, of a most deliberate c h a racte r committed in the open d a y by a young man nelliel ; Westron. There could b e no d ou b t that the ac t committed by the prisoner, and the only question wh ic a could arise would be the state of the prisoner's o in when he committed the a ct. With thi s t h ey w ould e °t have anything t o d o , an d th e i r d uty would b e t o retu r ` l a true bill for murder. The Grand. Jury then retired. The case of Dr. V aug h an , w hi c h h as b een returned to this court fur trial, will, it is understood, 0 01118 ° irst on Friday before the Judges in the Old Court. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Air. Bodkin, and gr. Ci fir fr son will pr osecu t e , an d t h e Attorney-General, 116-1 Ballantino, and Mr. Prideaux for the defence. DEATH OF FIELD-MARSHAL pRINC.6 PASKEWITCII. On Saturday we briefly announced the deat li ., o l Prince Paskowitch, the most distinguished su b i:ip and servant of his Majesty the Emperor of B,"' t bs A long succession of b u ll e ti ns h a d prepa red public for the terminati on o f th e o ld M ars hal 6 ness. The following notice of the principal fe 31 , 4 1/ of his career are t a k en f rom a memoir pu bl i shed the Patric : ~,,,. Ist "Prince Ivan F e d orow it o h P askewitch was Poltava, of a noble and rich family, on the May, 1782 ; he consequent l y died in his 74th Y„' - gr Having entered the corps of pages when very and his acqui rements as a stuient giving e l ' o el quently great promise, he was made a lieuteura oe the guards reemployed aide-de-camp to the e3 P re e Paul, who often hi m on i m portant, - e ja stuns. It was in 1805 that he first saw active serv i ' e r to the field, having been s en t b y th e E mperor A l e xanl t he the assistance of the Emperor of Austria agt in il s f v car French. He had at th a t ti me atta i ned the ran. - d tent. In 1806 he was with the army in Turkey, die long as the expedition lasted (from 1807 to 181 2 ) tinguished himself by his military talents. In tbi ec f Lis paign he was wounded, an d ga i ne d every BOP,' „ pie' promotion at the cost of his blood. One of I °,ol graphers, J. Tolstoy, rel a t es th at h e was sen t on l' e ' io tel missions to Constantinople, especially in 1808, at'd the following event : 1 be On his last diplomatic journey to that caP l- %pie leatned that the T ur k s , w h o l ooked upon h i m A 5 11' intended to assassinate him. The darger we s hoe t t !lenient ; he immediately hired a four-oared % if ° stepped into th e f rai l vesse l , and compelled the " J o mariners who managed it to take hint to Varn s .,, i4c lg thus coasted a shore of one hundred leagues in the Sea, the tempestuous character of which is well 1 ° 13 ; 1 , 1 _1 Several times they were all but but lost during - n ei dreadful passage, but the boat carried Paelewitch e h "-, his fortunes, and reached Varna in safety. At ~„- 11 0 place be succeeded in persuading the Pacha, y. ;:e the military governor there, that peace had bee",,; to eluded, and thus his preserce of mind enabled 11i escape almost thevitabie death." I t i ° By the end of th e campaign aga i nst Turkev-113 to say, in 1 812—Paskewitch was a general. France h a s decided war aga i ns t R uss i a, and the Grand A rrnY' advancing t owar d s t h e R uss i an territory. Being i" e e e d e mend of the 26th di v i s i on o f infantry, which for e '''. 0 , part of the corps un d er th e or d ers of Prince BAgrstl% General Pask ew it c h was present at the battles o f P 34. kofka and Soultenofka, Smolensk, Moskowa, Ase' f o rce In 1813 he comman d e d i n ch i ef the blockading thet of Modlin. When the armi s ti ce was concluded be period, h e l e ft P o l an d and repaired to Bohemia. -lino month of Septemb er he took pa r t i n th e b att l e of , 13,,it and one month after in that of Dresden, where he tie mended the vanguard ; after this he was present t he battle of Leipsic, obtaining there his promotion '"„ill rank of a lieutenant-general. Employed s ubee(iti e ,'" o t at the blockade of Magdeburg, and again later, at 130 of Hamburg, Paskewitch was appointed, in 181 4 , t command of the 21 division of grenadiers, which I '„, - . 1 70 time was in France. At the battle of A:nig-Bur-A u " - had a horse killed under him. On his return to Russia, in 1815, he married 0 Gritoyedoff, a l a d y of noble Tao rank at Moscow , for years after the Emperor made choice of hi m to n e ii e r , pany the Gra n d D u k e Mi chael on his tour throngh r , - t he many, Holland, an d I ta l y. Returning in 1820,' Emperor gav e hi m a di v i s i on of the Imperial Guar"' -71 created him his aide-de-camp general. War having broken out between Russia and r ere . i :e i in 1826, the Emperor Nicholas, in compliance with request of General Yermoloff, who commanded in ef l- 1 1 the army of the Caucasus, sent him General Paelcovili for his second i n c omman d. Th e l atter, leav i ng T! t'a at the head of a small army, advanced on Elisabetp"' meet the enemy, whom he utterly routed and s oon ng; polled to evacuate the provinces be had invaded. Emperor Nicholas on this occasion presented base a sword, the hilt of which was adorned with diamonut and on which was the following inscription—"Te Conqueror of the Persians at Elisabetpol." In the year following, General Paskewitch Yermoloff in the chief command. He penetrated in to the Persian territory, took several fortresses, defeated Prince Abbas hlirza, took possession of Erivan : 411 1 Tauris, and forced, by his rapid successes, the Shah Persia to sue for peace, which was signed on the 19th of Februa r y, 1823 , As a reward for his service the Emperor raised him to the rank of a count of the et' pire, with th e surname of Erivan, and gave him 2' lion of roubles. To the war against Persia succeeded that ag 14 ,1, 11 : Turkey. G enera l P as k ew i tch, on the news of :j declaratio n o f h ost iliti es, prepared to act, and advan ce on Kars, w hi c h was compelled to capitulate after 0 sanguinary assau lt, H e su b sequently capture d t , haltzic, the garrison of which made a desperate defenc e ' Several places in the valley of the Euphrates fell li ke ' wise into the hand s of th e Russians. As soon n° tbe winter season was over General Paskewitch recoar menced operations, and, after obtaining various Ol e ; ceases, entered Erzeroutn ; here be was preparing t o continue his march on Trebizond, when the ne W arrived that peace bad been concluded. The Ernpero r i who, in the course of the c am p a i gn , b a d a l rea dy ben t him the order of St. Andravr, and made him a prel ° , l , of two guns and a flag, named him fi e ld• mars h a l of armies. ROYAL BRITISI BANIC.—The annual general insetivii of the proprietors of the Royal British Bank was held flt the Strand branch to-day--Edward Esdaile, Esq., t" chairman of the board of directors, in the chair-1 1183 a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num , free o f income tax, wag declared. The vacancy i n th e truso" ship bed been filled by the election of Sir James Maths' 801), M.P. The Bulletin de Lois publishes an Imperial decree , promulgating the Convention by which the Ottowr ill Porte and Sardinia h ave acce d ed to the Convention of the 10th May, 1854, relative to the enemy's vessels ear tured by the naval forces of the two nations. We are glad to learn that the progress of Lord Adel' phus Fitzclarence towards recovery is of a nature t° give satisfaction to his medical attendants. The visits of inquiry by members of the aristocray during the pas t week have been very numerous. Madame Georg% Sand)s new comedy, "Comma 11 vows (As you Like it), imitated from Shakspeare," is to be produced at Paris in the course of a few days. According to official reports lying before me, writes a St. Petersburg correspondent of the Cologne Gazette), the army in the Crimea, which Prince Gortschakeff has just handed over to General Luders, is composed as follows :—The 4th, sth, 10th, 11th, 16th, and 17th division of i n f a ntry (24,000 men), the 15th reserve division of infantry (4,000 men), with the appurtenant rifle battalions of artillery and cavalry, the drushines of the 38th and 54th (7,000 men) militia of Kaluga, two regi ments of the 2d brigade of the 6th division of in" fantry (2,000 men), a brigade of the 2d dragoon divisions (two regiments, 1,600 men). In the pc" sitions of Sarabus and Troch-Ablun, the 21 and 3d grenadier division (8,000 choice troops) with artil lery, the half of the 12th division of infantry (2,000 men) with artillery, the 39th, 40th, 41st, and 42d drushines of Kursk (4,000 men). Of ar tillery, 280 field-pieces. The corps of observatios near Kertch, Theodosia, and Eupatoria, are not in' eluded in this computation. fro boi a i (CI