The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-08 00:00:00

his opinion at the time to the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Graham), and his was, " If you refuse the service, I will get somebody else." With the natural feeling of a British Admiral, he (lid not decline ac tive service ; but never did a fleet go to sea in such a state as the Baltic fleet of 1854. In those stormy seas, it was not equal to meet an active enemy. It might be said that he ought not tell this to the house and the country ; but he felt the danger to the honour of the country was so great that it was necessary it should be known to be guarded against it in future. He managed to scramble into the North Sea and the Categat, and it blew a heavy gale of wind ; and, would the house believe it, such was the state of the fleet . that half of the. ships could not furl their sails. Was that a state for a British fleet to be sent to sea in ? Many people had said he was wrong for crying down the navy. He was not doing so, but endeavouring to prevent the recurrence of these evils. At the time of the American war, such was the state of our sloops and war frigates, that they were obliged to go into the American ports because the Admiralty did not man the ships sufficiently. What would have been the state of things if our Baltic fleet had met with an enterprising enemy in the Gulf of Finland ? Let it be remembered that the Russian fleet was 28 sail of the line, besides frigates and steamers, though it never went to sea except for the purpose of afford ing the late Emperor the spectacle of a naval sham fight. So well were the men trained to the guns, and so well in fine weather did they sail in double line, that only one ship — commanded by a Scotchman, Captain Moffat—was able to break through the line, whereupon the Emperor ex claimed, "Bravo, Moffatt !" and he was appointed to the flag of a Rear-Admiral in the Russian service. Now, the last of our Baltic ships manned was the Nile. On the first Sunday the men went to Divine service, the clergymen and officers on the poop, the men were on the quarter-deck. To the captain's astonishment, when the men took off their hats and showed their bald heads, and st the same time putting on spectacles—some of the men positively did not know their captain. He well knew the gallant admiral opposite (Admiral Berkeley) made great exertions to man the fleet, but such trash were they that came to Tower-hill, that two Lords of the Admiralty were sent down to inspect them, anal what were the directions given for the selection of the men by the right hon. taronet opposite (Sir J. Graham)? With regard to selection from this trash, " Don't be too particular." (Laughter.) That was the way in which tb e honour of their country bad been jeopardised. He had suggested that a bounty should be offered, but the snggestion was not attended to, and the fleet was manned in the manner he had described. • The fleet was now, he was happy to say, well manned, but if they wanted good seamen they must offer a bounty. The sol dier received a bounty, but the seamen nut not, and many of the people came aboard without shoes and stockings. If a bounty had been given, that would have gone to clothe them. If money was lavished in this country, as it was, surely they could spare something for seamen, to enable them to be dressed as they ought when they came on board. A seaman bad a pride in himself, and did m Mike to be seen in rags. Restated these thiugs to prevent them occurring again. lie would say something for the coast-guard and the riggers. They came on board well dressed, and entered with zealaud alacrity into the discipline of the service. The fleet never could have been got into the order it was in during the time he had the honour of commandingit, and when it came home, had it not been for the zeal and alacrity of the officers and men on board the ships, and he could not sit down without giving his full !need of praise to the admirals, commanders, and captains of the Baltic fleet, who, by their zeal, and indefatigable exertions, had brought the fleet into that satisfactory state in which the Go vernment had found it ou its return to our shores. The coast guard and riggers proved highly useful. Ho never saw more zeal than whilst he commanded that fleet, and he was glad to see that tile present First Lord of the Admiralty had set ajnst value on the services of Admiral Childs, who had been dis missed without any cause, but who had now an appoiutment in Cork. The First Lord of -the Admiralty had only done an act of justice to the gallant admiral by giving him that ap pointment. He (Sir C. Napier) had said so much then, that it was too late to bring on Lis motion in reference to the Bal rc fleet, and he wonld, therefore, reserve it for to-morrow, on the motion for bringing on the estimates. (Haar, hear.) Mr. OS'BORNE said the hoe. and gallant admiral had, lie believed, In'.,( - 10 the speech which lie had intended to make in moving for his Thitle. eonimitte,e, on that evening. Sir C. NAPIFT. -Ne, no. Mr. OSBORNE ---- tf that - were not so, how was it, he begged leave to ask, ilea Lae gellant admiral gave the house the story of the Nile, with the bald-headed seamen who wore spectacles? (Rear, and a laugh.) Sir C. NAPER- It is true. Mr. OSBCYiNI:—We will see about that presently, and I will read to the house the report of the lion. and gallant ad miral—the report which the hon. and gallant admiral sent to 'the Admiralty - hiniself--9mtr, hearj—respecting the condi tion or this very ship, the Nile ; and then, sir, when the house has beard that report, it will draw its own conclusions. Nor would ho anticipate what these conclusions would be, even suppo:lng all the re,t of the gallant admiral's state ments rest upon the same foundation. Now, sir, he would come to the rep4 - wt, Sir C. NAPI —State the date. OSII . OII,NE said he wonld hand the paper to the hon. and gallant admiral.when he WAS done. Admiral BIRKELET—No, no. (Great langhter.) Mr. OSBORNE—Oh, there is some other matter in it of which the gallant arimral might make an imprudent use. (Oh, oh.) Well, now as to the Nile—let us hear what the report says :—" The Nilo was put in commission on the 6th of February, 1854, and, said the inspector, it was in a very creditable and satisfactory state." (Rear, hear.) Sir C. NAPIER—That did not contradict what he stated respecting the spectacles and bald heads. Mr. OSBORNE.—Was he then to understand the gallant Admiral to say that the inspector would report a ship to be in a very creditable and satisfactory state, the crew of which had bald beads and wore spectacles ! (Great laughter.) Sir C. NAPIER.— What he stated was quite true. (Order, order.) Mr. 03BORNE.--Bet what said the inspector, whose re port the gallant admiral forwarded to the Admiralty ? Sir C. NAPIER.—But what was the date of the inspector's report ! (Order, order.) Mr. OSBORNE.—,Tune, 1854. Sir C. NAPIER.—Fonr months after. Mr. OS EIORNE.—CouId aai efficient crew become bald a"d and need spectacles in four months? (Loud laughter.) He would refer to the Majestic. The report of the gallant ad miral was, that that ship was " fairly manned with a good proportion of gallant men." Then as regarded the St. George. The report of the hon. and gallant admiral in refer ence to that vessel, was as follows :—" The ship's company efficient, and the target-practice go, r.'' He had given three ships, and the motion of the lien, and gallant member was brought forward, he would bring forward other reports of the same character. JR: Ind us desire to go into the question before the house, for he conceived that no answer had been given to the speech of his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty. He would only observe that when a naval officer was at the head of the Admiralty, it gave great dis content to the country, and to the profession itself. The hon. and gallant admiral on the back benches (Admiral Wal cott) had referred to the opinion of the late Mr. Burke in re spect to the navy, he (Mr. Osborne) would also implore the house not to tamper with the navy, which was never in a more efficient state than it was at that moment. (Hear.) Captain SCOBELL replied. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority 171 ,-91 Admiral NAPIER postponer) his motion for a select com mittee to ir;quire into the operations of the Baltic Fleet in 1854, until Thursday, the 14th of February. Mr. ATHERTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relating to the •conveyance of lands for charitable uses. Mr. EWART 'seconded the motion, which, after a few words from Mr. HAIWIELI), was agreed to, and the bill was ac cordingly bronght iu and read 'a first time. DISSENTEP.S' lIIAREIAGES ACT. Mr. A. PELLATT moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill to • amend the provisions of the Marriage Acts Re lating to Dissenters. The bill was read a first time. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Crtanis KW!. TIIIS EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolscy, Mr. C. Kean, After which, ART,EqtyiN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Colum`gne, Miss Caroline Adams. HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICES BILL. en the motion to proceed with the orders of the day, the House of Commons Offices Bill was, after a few words from Sir H. WlLLoconsY and Lord PALMERSTON, to the effect that the Speaker silent(' have a voice in the appointments, read a second time and ordered to he committed. METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. On the motion that this bill pass through committee, Sir J. SHELLEY said his attention had been called, by some of hil constituents, to the circumstance of the Chief Commissioner of Police having signed the orders for keeping regulation and order in the parks, on occasion of the late dis turbances. He thought that such orders should have been signed, not by that official, but by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and that the Chief Commissioner should not act as if he•was a minister of police. Sir G. GREY having explained, The bill passed through committee, and the house resumed. The house then adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock. Naval and Military Intlligence. By the late removals to the Reserved List and pro motions of officers holding appointments the following fall into the patronage of the First Lord of the Admi ralty :—The command-in-chief on the Irish station, vice Rear-Admiral Sir G. R. Sartoritv, promoted ; the captains' pensions of 1501. per annum, "for good and meritorious services," relinquished by Captains Thomas Wren Carter, C.B , Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, and Sir John Rindmarsh, K.II. ; the Commodore Superinten dentship of Chatham dockyard, vacant by the promo tion of Captain Christopher Wyvill to the rank of Rear- Admiral ; and the command of her Majesty:a ship Agamemnon, 91„ vacant by the promotion of Sir Thos. Pasley. A. naval aide-de-campship to the Queen also falls in the promotio n of Captain Wyviil. Admiral Cbada will succeed Si r G.. Sartorius in the command at Cork. The work for the cotnplet i c o o nof the six gun and mortar-boats now in course of construction at Bristol is being pushed forward day andnig n t haws taken into consi- The Lords of the Admiralty deration the services of Commodore superin acefido,:adied have superin tendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolti awarded him the good-service pension. pensions have also been conferred on Captein-sP' L. Massie, Captain Sidney C. nacres, and C`'curca.nd—er. John Shrapnel. The steam-transport Cumberland, with military st ores for Balaklava, left Woolwich on Wedneelay for Green hithe, for the adjeetruent Gf her corepassce. The paddle-wheel steamer De; Master-Commander Pullen, left the outer basin of Woolwich dockyard yes terday morning with a cargo of steam machinery and boilers for ships fitting out at Sheerness. The Coquette, 6, despatch gun-boat, Commander Risk, was yesterday morning taken from the outer basin at Woolwich to the dry deck to undergo a final inspec tion. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Master-Commander Allen, has completed her repairs, and is equipped in the 'most sumptuous style for the peculiar sereicee hi which she is subject to be engaged. The crew of the surveyi ng -vessel Spitfire, Captain Spratt, w ere yes t er d a y morning paid off at Woolwich. The barracks at Ilorfield, near Bristol, are now solely Occupied by the Land Transport Corps, as the artillery hitherto stationed there has been withdrawn to Exeter. On the other side of the Severn, at the Uskside Iron works, the great mortar which burst on board the Growler is undergoing e a process, in order to render it perfectly effective. Preparations are being made at Southampton to re ceive on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, transport No. 25, Captain Cooper, at that port, to - morrow, 684 rank and file of the Swiss Legion, 26 officers, and 1 horse. The Ripon will leave immediately after the embarkation for Smyrna. TIIPIATRE ROYAL A.DELPHT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. THE BOOTS OT THE HOLLY TREE INN. A fter which, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To t.e followed by URGENF PRIVATF. To conclude with SACK AND THE; BE Or STALK ; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Horns Again. iv which Mcssm. J. Bland, P. 1 - isdamo Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apnlr. R )YAT. OLY VPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Mil - 01 Wigan. TILS FSKNING, THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which will be produced a NTaly and dsubly-morAl. though ceisively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET rrzEN'oEg-;; o•, the Three Glavt nistals. Tin which Messrs. Ear's., F. liol)on, 11. Cooper, Misi Marsto - i, ;.." id Miss Mask ell wilt appe-tr. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson. THIS EVENING BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. gleamore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes; Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY.LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which. HEy DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. H tYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, TIIE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FE tST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL SURREY THEa.TRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING THE SHADOWS OF CHIME. To con‘...livle with A PRINCE OF FAILS; or, [farle ittln and lane Shore. r.oYAL STRAND TaF.ATRZ. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. Tlllq EVENING, FIATILEQUIN BLICK-EYED gETF.; or. All in the Downs and Davy Jonce:t Locker. fler wh'eh, THE R.Y.n.VNTIC WIDOW. Followe4 by THE PRISONER OF ROC lIELLE ; or, lans Oats. To- con clnle with .A rLA.a CT 0' BOTH YOUR HOrTF.F, - .1 ; or, The Dotth'e-b3rrelled Gun Tric!z. A sTLErs ROYAL AnP3ITTIZATItt. Leese° and Mann,;or, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Txmnlar arle;trian :Sp?ctacle czlle3 ROOKWOOD; or, TUI: TIN'S RIDE :o YORK. After which the Sc ENES In the CIRCLE. The wonderful per formance of the Stupendous Stgacions Elephants, whose iustinct and docility have astonished every one. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantoin'me called "lIARL ,7 ,QtTEN AND SIT. GEORGE AND TIIE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-o Dice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. V. Cooke, !tin. Ell T.l STA.NTL'EI".3 ST-WENT OF 117).M.1Y, Every Even!mg at 8, [IA on Saturdays at 3. '.ronounetd by the unanimous voce of the presq, and by nightly Ingreasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artisileal Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTI.N'S H LL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Reserved (,'hairs, 24. 6,1. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. TWO' DAY—Morn. 15 min. aft. 3—Evening 37 min.aft. 3 TO-DioßD.Ow—Morn. 57 min. aft. 3—Evening 19 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB 8. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yeginr,TAt.y. 51-11 wast this morning and during; the night. 55—this day at noon. BAROMETER, o'ol WIND, S.W.—Fresh, with dull weather. Heavy rain in the night. rYlr ' ( 114) eyL.7.lz § litAvy -- • = " LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1856. After a very brilliant debate, in which every one of the Law Lords took part, Lord LYND HURST'S motion was last night carried by a ma jority of 33—that is to say, of 26 Peers who were in attendance and heard the arguments, and 7 proxies. It is, therefore, decided that "the letters patent purporting to create Sir JAMES PARSE a Baron of the United Kingdom for life be referred to the Committee for Privileges, with directions to examine and consider the same, and report thereon to the House." This may be eonsiaered almost tantamount to a refusal of the House to concur in the coup d'etat which has been attempted. The majority of the House, who would be entitled to vote on any purely legal question, have already given expression to their views in opposition to tl.e attempt so hastily and recklessly made, and on which it appears that the Law Officers of the Crown have not even been consulted. In opposition to the grant were arrayed the names of LYNDHURST, ST. LEONARDS, CAMPBELL, and BROUGHAM. Of these the three first clearly considered the grant illegal, while Lord BROUGHAM expressed considerable doubt on the law point de claring that, "as to the legality of euch creations, he himself, if at that moment called upon to de cide the question, would be inclined to say that they were legal." He, however, strongly advo cated a stringent and searching investigation, in which the House would have the assistance of able and learned counsel, and the whole of the judges of the land. On the other side the Lord Chancellor seemed perfectly satisfied on the legal question, and cautioned the House against infringing on the prerogative of the Crown. His Lordship wished to postpone the evil day, by waiting until the heir of the new Peer should put forward his claim to a seat in that House, when the entire matter would properly be taken into consideration. This is to a certain extent in accordance with the view expressed in our leading columns of yesterday, to the effect that it was by no means improbable that the Patent to L or d WENSLEYDALE might, notwith standing the limitation for the term of his natural life, convey hereditary rank to the heirs general of his body." It is, however, the more constitu tional and dignified course to meet the danger at its very inception, so that the SOVEREIGN may be made fully aware of the possible consequences of the act. That there is a difaaulty is manifest. We have already pointed out its nature and extent. But the remedy should proceed from Parliament itself— from the united action of the three estates of the realm, rather than from what may possibly turn out to be the unconsti tutional exercise of a supposed prerogative on the part of one branch only of the body. There can be no reasons why a reform bill for the House of Peers should not be introduced as well as for the House of Commons. - The Crown may con sent to the limitation of its unquestionable pre rogative of creating any number of Peers at any time whatio ever ; and a privilege of their Lord ships and if their successors might also bo sur rendered in obedience to the will of the entire Legislature. The Treaties of the Union of Scot land and In Ala nd constitute unexceptionable pre cedents on both points. The matter should, therefore, Dar • m the foundation for a Peer age Reform Bill, which might be adopted with no It , ss benefit than the similar measure relating to the representative branch of the Legieb ture, nearly a quarter of a century ago. There is lm it one other remedy for the acknow ledged evil of the want of Law Lords, which must become far .more • glaring when those who now confer hono)ay and distinction on the House shall be removed in the course of nature to an other world.. The House must consent either to a large and comprehensive measure of reform, or to abandon its :appellate jurisdiction as the Supreme Tribunal of the Empire by which it has hitherto so pertinaciously abided. This, as we have stated, is the sole alternative ! It is ono that legislative wisdom muk t decide on. With the most affec tionate and loyal devotion to our present most gracious artd well-beloved SOVEREIGN, we feel it an act of imperative duty towards the existing and all future generations to resist until after due inquiry any extension of the Royal Preroga tive, which may possibly prove unconstitutional, and would unquestionably form a very dangerous precedent for the future. The House of Commons last night refused, by a majority of 91, to accede to the motion of the Honourable and Gallant Member for Bath for granting a Select Committee to inquire into the Naval Administration, Patronage, Promotions, and Retirements, and the efficiency of the Service in all its grades. We deeply regret this decision, which is certainly opposed to the public opinion strongly in favour of a stringent invasti gation into a matter wherein the abuses have be come painfully notorious. The only 'tangible ground on which the system of promotion by purchase in the Army can be defended is, that it is even less objectionable than the gross instances of partiality and favouritism displayed in the Navy. There the object is not to get " the right man in the right place," or to give honour and rank to the most meritorious candidates, but to those who have the highest amount of Parliamentary influence. We have witnessed the melancholy con sequences. While our sailors and junior officers have displayed the utmost gallantry, and proved themselves the worthy successors of those who fought under NELSON and COLLINGWOOD, there is certainly a lack of enterprise on the part of the leaders. GOD forbid that we should for a mo ment disparage aristocratic sailors, who have so frequently proved themselves true-hearted Eng lishmen ; but they do not in these respects differ from others, and it is indeed a cruel anomaly that while the average time of promotion from the rank of Lieutenant to Post-Cilptain in the fast or aristocratic list should be but 3 years, that of their no less worthy competitors should be ar more than quadruple the time. The country are now deeply interested on the all-important subject of naval and military pro motions. It is not satisfied with the existing system, and it will enforce decid?td reforms despite the red-tapist objections of the political Jack-of all-trades—Sir CH ARLES Noon—who now fills the post of First Lord, without any qualifications to fit him for the arduous and important duties incidental to , that truly national position. Every one who enjoys the privileged memory of an old playgoer—every one who can call to mind the palmy days of the acted drama, "under the consulship of PLamius," as Mr. THACKER-4 Y hath it—whoa LISTON could wink a whole pitfull into convulsions—when RICHARD JONES glittered behind the footlights as the very paragon of coxcombical elegance—when ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON was at once the glory and the despair of Light Comedians ! Every one who remembers, as a thing of yesterday, the flushed and sparkling features of CHARLES KEMBLE as Young Mirable —the tragic rusticity of EMERY as Bob the red wig of Little KNIGHT, and the girlish laughter of Mrs. JORDAN, and MATHEWS the Elder, with his Asmodean limp, and his grotesque splutter, and his laughter-moving shrug of the shoulders ! Every one who recollects the stage as it was in the glorious old days—when, for Panto mime, GRIMA LDI was Clown, and BARNES was Pan taloon, and ELLAR was Harlequin—and for Farce, there was JACK REEVES just stepped freshly upon the boards literally to astonish the natives—and for comedy, there was ABBOTT oven for the minor part of the walking gentleman—and for the loftiest phases of the histrionic art, for the historical, the tragical, the SHAKSPERIAN, there was the won drous genius of EDMUND KEAN, with his single name lighting up the dramatic hemisphere as with a flaming meteor, or a galaxy, or a constel lation ! Every one who can individually call to mind that memorable epoch, when the fortunes of the English stage were at their highest— . -- remembers, vividly and, as a matter of course, remembers, MUNDEN; the inimitable MUNDEN, as Old Dozey ! Remembers his drab overcoat of .innumerable capes and his lanthorn of opaquest horn, remembers his purple nose and his hiccup, his reeling boots and his drooping eyelids, his snuzzling voice and his acquiescent tautology ! How the sleeping, boozing Old CHAR LEY had nothing else to do all through the piece but agree to everything ! Accuse him of being this—" So he was ! So he was !" Charge him with doing that—" So he did ! So he did !" It was all one to him! Tax him with such and such rascals having made off after bribing him—"So they had ! So they had !" The fellow was incorri gible—snoozing and snuffling—consistently ridi culous from first to last in his drovisylioad, his good humour, his dullness, and his monotony. Altogether a knave as Dogberry describes one— " Very tolerable and not to be endured." Well— precisely what JosErtr MuNDEN was as Old Dozey iu " Past Twelve o'Clock, " JOSEPH BROTRERTON is as M.P. for Salford during the happy reign of Vicroßia, upon the great political stage on which the national drama is, at certain seasons, nightly enacted at Westminster. We are all familiar with the part as performed by Mr. BROTUERTON, session after session, to empty benches—the Old Dozey of the House of Commons ! It is the same thing all over again. We know every syllable by heart. So that, through repetition upon repetition, the thing has at length become tedious to the very last degree of tediousness. The latest representation of the old farce of "Past Twelve O'Clock" being as re cently as Tuesday, the sth inst., when Old Dozey was enacted once more in the old, old style by Mrs. BROTHERTON—WO beg pardon, by Mr. BRo- TllERTON—before the usual " beggarly display of empty benches," and amidstthe customary peaLsof laughter. Mr. EWART good-naturedly undertaking the subordi n ate p ar t o f suppor t e r to the veteran comedian. In which capacity, by the way, the lat ter gentleman not inaptly parodied (in allusion to the Speaker the Members and the Clerks of the House of Commons) those lines from the introduc tory book of COWPER'S " Task :"-- "Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk, The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below." But the Member for Dumfries might have con tinued his quotation yet a little further ; changing not one syllable of the poet's reference to the sleep— " Of lazy nurse who snores the sick man dead !" in its application, for the nonce, to the House as the "sick man," and to the " lazy nurse" as re presented by Mrs.—again we beg pardon—Mr. BROTHERTON. Whereat, doubtless (supposing him to have any sense whatever of the felicitous in quotation), we can imagine the member for Salford to have lisped in the words of the Sir Fwedewick Blount of BULWER LYTTON'S "Money" —" That fellow COWPER says vewy odd things !" (adding in an under tone, and with an aside-scowl at his seconder) " Humph !—it is beneath me to quawwell." Finally, however, be it here observed in reference to the old farce of Tuesday evening— the old, old farce of " Past Twelve o'Clock," that our comic Premier revived, in reference to the Old Dozy of the House of Commons, the favou rite pastime of the Nobs in the grand old fogified times under the Consulship of PLANCUS —namely, that of—boxing a Charley ! The member for Salford, in short, was again fairly "shut up" by the agile jocularity of that very nimble joke-master (uncle, through the mother's side we suspect, that is to say, through the sail guinous endowment, of the ancient family of the Stiltstalkings to the " light-in-hand young Bar nacle," the "bright young Barnacle," the " touch and-go young Barnacle " of " Little Darrit ") the gay and perennial PALMERSTON ! LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, FEB. 8. The Austrian communication on the subject of the Five Points accepted by Russia was yesterday presented to the Diet of Frankfort, and was re- ferred to the respective committees without dis- CIISSIOII. PARIS, FRIDAY, Feb. 8, 8.30 A,M. A telegraphic despatch from Atdrid, dated th© 7th inst., announces the commencement of a change in the Cabinet. M. Broil has left the Ministry of Finances, a•ad yesterday M. Francisof. Santa Cruz took the oaths as Minister of Finances. BERLIN, FEB. 6. It is stated that Russia has declared that the participation of Prussia in the conferences is a special question, entirely independent of the sig nature of the preliminaries of peace, and the solution of which may take place at a later period in the course of the conferences. Letters from St. Petersburg state that the re establishment of the episcopal sees, which had been promised to the Pope by the C. 7. tr Nicholas, lrts not yet received the sanction of the Emperor Alexar.der IL From Holstein it is stated that the Emperor' of\ Russia is purchasing horses for his approaching coronation, which is to take place after the con clusion of peace. COPENHAGEN - , Feb. 6.—A conference has taken place between the delegates on the Sound dues. Denmark has made a fresh proposition, asking for 36 millions of thalers, to be divided among those interested. • HAMBURG, Feb. 7.—By royal decree the nil prosecution decreed against the Minister Scheele by the Holstein Diet is to be brought before the Superior Court of Appeal of that D nob y. MADRID, Fel). 6:—Tranquillity has been established. The Government has decided on raising the state of siege of the provinces of Burgos and Aragon. It is thought that this mea sure will also be applied to Catalonia. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Patric of this evening says it is . the inten tion of the Emperor of Russia to visit Paris next May, that is, immediately after his coronation. The Illoniteur publishes a decreo promulgating a convention of extradition just concluded between France and Austria. The 31 oniteur contains decrees appointing one officer, one non-commissioned officer, and three privates to th e rank of knight in ie Legion of Honour, and conferring the military medal on 12 privates. Other decrees confirm one promotion to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, one nomination to the rank of knight, and the grant of military medals, made by Marshal Mission General Ferrey, who commanded a brigade of cavalry in the army of the East, has just arrived at Marseilles by the Euphrate from Constantinople. This officer, son-in-law of Marshal Bugeaud, re turns to France in consequence of his promotion to the rank of general of division. BOURSE, Feb. 7.---The following were the last quotations Cast. ft. e. End, of Month. 4i por Cents. 95 75 —f. —a. 3 per Cents 72 30 72 85 New Loan 73 25 Bank Shares 3,493 Roman Credit 1,555 Austrian Belgian Five.; 97 Spanish Threes Piedmontest (5) B9 • Home Debt .“ RAILWAYS-11VA CASE. 871. 86) 414 33 fr. c, fr. o. Or2oans ~. 1,242 53 Western... 847 50 Yortharn .. 033 Strasburg ... 960 Lyons —.1,240 Now Ditto B2O atediterranoan 1,351 Grand Central 635 Lyons Genova 747 50 Taste Cetto 742 50 Austrian Corn...-. 857 50 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1856, 'MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, although the supply was large. The sales were 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 2,000 were for export. The Railway Share Market was quiet and the quotations were a shade lower. There was rather a dull market for Colonial pro duce this week, and for some staples recent prices have scarcely been supported. Business in WeSt India sugar is almost suspended, and the quota tions are almost nominal. Havannah has been cheaper, and for refined there has been verrlittle inquiry. There has been a steady demand for Ceylon coffee at fully previous prices. Tea has not attracted much attention, and rice has ruled dull. Black pepper has declined, and cloves as-well as Cassia Lignea are alsolower. Saltpetre has tended upwards,•and tallow has been heavy. Accouri is from the hamburg grain market state that the fall in all kinds of grain continues from day to day, and the same has - occurred in all the ports of the Baltic. Many unlucky -- VeCnlators will be completely ruined by the tall in prices. Notwithstanding tlae fall in wheat and rye, which is estimated at about 25 per cent., contracts are not now being - ent er ed i nto by parties. at the reduced prices, for - grain deliverable in the month. of May, at the opening of navigation. The consequence is that purchasers only buy for their immediate wants, expecting a further deCline . in prices before that period. The fall in grain likewise continues in the. prin ciple French grain markets. At Paris the decline in wheat - this week is lf. to if. 50c. for first,quali ties, and from if. 50c. to 21. for other sorts. Rye, also, is difficult of sale, at reduced rates ;,. some lots have been sold. at 33f. and 341... par hectolitre and a half, with a tendency to a further fail. In oath, good sorts are 5-oc. less, and second quali ties lf. At the flour market, yesterday, the fall averaged 2f. per hectolitre. Choice kinds'aro-now 941., and inferior from 87f. per sack. The - factors declared a sale of 769 sacks, at the average price of 891. 65c. per 157 kilogrammes. At Brussels the grain market is more steady, and prices have an upward tendency on account of the supply being smaller than the demand. Wheat was sold yester dayat 33f. per hectolitre. The arrangement of the speculative account hav ing now been completed there is rather more ac tivity in English Securities, and the market presents a Currier appearance. Another operator has been unable to meet his cbfferences, but after the recent , important fluctuation a few casualties, such as have occurred during the last few days, were generally anticipated. The Money Market is rather easier, but not snfficiently sine occasion any reduction in the rates charged for discount,. Consols for transfer` have been dull at 91 to r, and for account the prices are 914 -T T , the advance since yesterday being about 1 . par cent. The New Threes are 92 to and . the Reduced 911 Bank Stock is 2121- to 214. Exchequer Bills are is. higher, being 7s. to 3s. discount. The Foreign Market is again exceedingly quiet, but prices have advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. are fully 1 per cent. higher, being 921 to 932, and the I:per Cents. are as high as 1022,4 .-Spanish 3 per Cents. have ruled heavV, viz., 42r1 •Russian 5 per Cents. are 104 to 105, and Sardinianper CentS. 891.. Dutch and Southi). 5 American Securities are inactive. At the meeting of the bolders, of the Foreign Debt - at Buenos Ayres, held y4sterday, the report. of the committee was adopted. A resolution was also passed to the effect OA- an urgent appeal should be made to the authorities in the Republic for a more liberal allowance.to the Bondholders, in liquidation of the arrears, of interest before memorialising our G over n m e n t upon the subject. The following are the nominal p r i ces o f F ore i gn Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 74 ;Ttlexican, 201 2 ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 pey Cents., 55 50 ;, Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 RusSian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 92 91 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42,2 3j ; ditto Deferred, 23;4 ; ditto Certificates, 4 5 ; ditto Passive, 61 In Railway Shares there is generally a slight improvement, but there is rather less animation. Eastern Counties, North Eastern, and Brighton are higher. The Foreign and Colonial are dull, but steady.- Mines and Banking Shares are rather flatter, bat Peninsular and Oriental Steam are 21. dearer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom. the Ovicial Litt: ) Thi.inasi. done. Bank Stock ... ...... .. . ....,214:12A :3 e cr Cent. Red.:teed Annuities.. 3 per Cent. Consols A.unuithr WA A i New 3 per Cont. Annuities . Long Annuities, expire sth Jan.. 1850, ,„ - - Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, L'S5... .U; 11.10 eGneols for Account Exchequer Bills, 'lip. .i:1000 . ..--, Small 6 2 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS TEM DAY. ilraz!lian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Al,7zican 3 per Cent. • Ditto Account RuLiF.- - ian-Bouds, 5 per Cent., 1822, St lO5 4 Ditto 4 per Ccut 8 .rd inian Ben - Zs, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account , Ip.rosn Bowie, 3 per Cent — Ditto. Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 por Cent. .. Ditto Account • .. Ditto Passive Tnrkio I;onds, (i per cent — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOO/ § 1 1001 Dividends on the above payable in London. TIMEE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto Account, March .... So confident are the Russians of peace that many who hal been hitherto residing at Brussels have already coma to Paris. TOCKTON AND DARLINGTON RAILWAY.—The directors of this company intend to declare on the 15th inst. a dividend on the ordinary :shares of the company at the race of 9 per cent, per annum for the half year ending the 31st of December last. PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—Last evening a party of very clever amateurs assembled their friends together in the little Soho Theatre, to witness the performance of a fi ve act comely and a farce—to wit, "The Rivals," and "Popping the Question." As one among their audience, we had reason to thank them for several bourn passed very pleasantly indeed, hours—let us wilt most unaf fectedly —of genuine enjoyment. It is always (every. body feels it to be so, on the instant) invidious to dis tinguish among the ladies and gentlemen who share upon such occasions in the difficulties inseparable from all such strictly unprofessional histrionic representations. Difficulties no one can possibly in any way even surmise who has not already himself taken part in the fun and frolic of private theatricals. Where all • endeavoured so earnestly to do their best, and in so endeavouring really did their beat so admirably, as unet4stionably did the amateur company who last evening treated their friends to so excellent a representation of "The Rivals," and "Popping the Question," it were superfluous, and hardly less unfair, than superfluous, to particularise. Never theless, it may, perhaps, for once, be allowable to specify the more ingenious portraitures of character noticeable among the performers, there and then partici pating in the labours of this same most agreeable enter tainment. It can scarcely, moreover, be deemed invi dious our so doing, we imagine, when it is borne in mind that the allusions here made to the amateur perform. ance referred to, are so couched as in no way to violate the distinguishing privacy of its general character. Briefly, then, we would venture, in the first place, to particularise the Mrs. Malaprop of the night- as an im personation really remarkable of its kind—something very far indeed above the average of amateur theatricals. The Sir Lucius O'Trigger, too, was excellent, both in regard to brogue and bearing—the brogue net being overdone, and the bearing' i being that cf a dilapidated gentleman, as wellasof an arrant fire-eater. The Captain AbsolUte of the occasion, likewise, appeared to us for the most part well considered throughout, and, here and there, sparkling as ever befits that genuine light comedy hero. Acres, particularly in the toilette-scene, but more particularly still in the great duel-scene, was eminently laughter - moving humorous impersonator of "Fighting Bob," last night being drolly ruetamorphceed, a little later in the evening, into the ridiculously precise and preposterously prim Mr. Prim rose of the after-piece. As to the lady-heroines of the night, not yet enumerated—what shall he said of the Lydia Languish, but that she was, from first to last, charmingly pretty and graceful in her portreithre of the romantic Betrothed of Ensign Beverley? What of the Julia, but that she was as amiably pe,nsive and placidly gentle in that character, as in the role of Miss Winter blossom, (in the farce) she wag- shreivistely shrill and spitefully vixinesh ? What of the vivacious actress, who was the soubrette of both pieces, but that she was a lively, bright-eyed Lucy, and a livelier and brighter eyed Bobbin? The really admirable Mrs; prop being transformed as by a .startling feat of leger demain into an amazingly „comical Miss Eden in " Popping the Question a Mis s D i&n whose mere "make up," by the way, was a source of convulsive laughter, whether as to the combing up or the- looping down of the love-locks, or as to the "moulting "every now and then (so to e xpress i t ) of one or other o those stupendous feathers ! Considerable pains appeared to have been bestowed proportionately upon the rest of the dramatis personce not already speci fied, ,whether in regard to the very arduous charac'er of Sir Anthony Absolute, or to the subordinate parts iu the comedy, such as the finnical gentleman's gentleman Mr. Fag, and the rustic clod-hopping chaw•bacon David, not forgetting the sentimental Faulkland, and the pert little Boy who comes in to be kicked I Again let us speak collectively of the Private Theatricals of yesterday at the Soho Theatre, as of an evening of genuine enjoyment very agreeably remembered, THE AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 8. The mail steamer Retriever arrived this after noon with homeward bound mails. She brings 1,824 oz. of gold, 225 puncheons of palm oil, and a full cargo of African produce. Fernando Po was very unhealthy, but business was brisk. At Lagos things were quiet, and a good business doing—town and shipping healthy. Her Majesty's steamer Hecate had destroyed an American brigan tine named the Chatsworth, of New York ; she was fully equipped for slaves.; the crew escaped. A good deal of dissatisfaction has been shown by the merchants of Accra, owing to the authorities placing a duty on British and French imports. THE COURT.—Preparations are beingmade at Win IF or Castle for the removal of the Court to Buckingham Palace on Monday next. Her Majesty will ren ai:l► in town until the 22d of March, when, al um!, the Curt will return to Windsor Castle for the Easter vacs• tior. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Gen. the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel. Da Plat, visited the site of the Wellington College, near Blackwater, yesterday at noon, to inspect the progress of the works for the building. Tax MAILS.--LIVEIIPOOL, Feb. 7.—The Royal mail (sailing) ship Joseph Tarratt, Captain Hamm, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., took her departure hence this morning for Melbourne, with the mails, a full cargo, and 170 passengers. The next Australian semi-monthly mail will ho despatched in the White Star mail ship Spray of the Ocean; to be followed on the sth proximo, by the mail clipper Champion of the Seas, belonging to the Black Ball line. The James Baines, with mails and later advices from Australia, is daily expected. The British and North American Royal mail steam-ship A.ia, Lott commander, will leave this port for New York on Saturday next, the 9th inst., at DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE.—This Prelate, whose death has been just announced, was the third son of the first Earl of Beverley, and was born in the year 1781. He graduated M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1805, and was consecrated Bishop of Rochester in June, 1827. Iu September following he was translated to the See of Carlisle. The deceased Prelate was also a Prebendary of St. Paul's and Chan cellor of Salisbury. THE CLERKSHIP OP THE COMIONS.—Mr. Wilson's new bill confirms the appointment of Mr. T. Erskine May as Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons, and requires that the clerk assistant and his deputy, the second clerk, shall be hereafter appointed by her Majesty, and be removable from office only upon an address of the "louse to her Majesty for that purpose. PREFERENCE SHA ES. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) _RAILWAYS. ReiLwArs. Closing Prices this day Aberdeen. all A.nibg. Nottng. Boat and Eastn. Junet flelfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley.... eand. Lam:LA' Cheshire Juliet Do. Meth. 4 Birk £5O and £25 Cons Do., . . Tyn or igina, 425 (isad. at 445 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carm. and Cardigav Chester do Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, ix Pass klornwall , Do. A 25 - 27 4 - 41 ••• ti Do. B Crief Junction Duh'in&BelfastJnne. Dun. P. do Abor. Jne. East Anglian Eastern Counties:. East. Onion, A. Si.l 11, St)vo. 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S& R. \l.llverstone & Lanus Vale of Neath Wnterfd. &Hymn , Waterford&Liraeri(,i , 'West Cornwall West End of Londor I and Crystal Palace. Do. A ......... IDo, 8...., IlVost Louden all 3 411 all 'Wimblodn&Croydor FOR kntwerp.t.Rott rdAn. Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes ... ... - 75 -76 61 - 6,1 4 - : 1 8 14 - 15 50 51 ••• ••• ••••• 8 7to! ~• • . 22 - 24 .q 4 Ic6 75 77 .45 47 11 124 61 (12,1 70 72 5 -- 3d 2a -- pa *?5 -- 37 19 20 3i - 44 Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c... Do. Debentures 10 14 3elgian Easitn. Juin. daziers to Graiescesa nombay. I3aroda • an Central India,Berij Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East ladiAn , g. sp. Do. Estemainn.. D 0.4 Do. do. do.. '59, de. Gee'ong Melbowie guar. 5 per c at. Do., Lon. allot., do. Gd. Tk of CanadaA 20 25 25 100 all 20 P.ll 83 mll 14 411 14 'Do. Do. Cert. of lichen. con. into Stk. till '6 Do. Comp. fp. c., do Gt. Central of Franc. Gt. Indian Peninsoal- Great Luxembour, Constituted Share , Do. 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Pref. 71 p. cent. 25 27 ... le Copiapo ....,.... . 21 23 2 1/ Fortuna. 4 Id 20 all Genual l4 —l6 1 all Gt.NnpgetVcinßeg. 4. 0 44 , ail Great Polgooth . . 1 24 5 1 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 . - id 1 all Liberty 4 - i , 8 all Linares 64 7i 7/ 5 14 LUsitanian 4 i l . 1 all ktariquita. ....... 1 all New Granada - D / 1 all Nouveau Monde A 4 20 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min l2 14 5 1 Port Philip — ... 1 all Quartz Rock , it 4 50 all Rhymney Iron l9 21 't 4 15 all Do. New 6 8 1 It 30 13 Santiago de Cuba. -.- 24 31 1 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. '4 44 ; 41 1 all South Australian 1 all /Do. Scrip. 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref ... ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. ... ... 10 ' 9 tin Croft. 281 all United Mexican 34 41 1 all Waller i i 1 all West Mariposa • 1— 4 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 aal Ynhn • ... ~,••• MISCELLANROU b. _ .../ 25 19 Australian A grie , ...lt. 251 26 1 1e all Auslraln. Royal Mai ,„ 10 all Berlin Water Work E . 6i 74 50 40 Brit. American Le.nt' 47 .50 100 324 Canada 127 132 Fit. Irn C.G0.6p.e.-Tan&..;ol 1071 1081 108 47i 91 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 105 107 St. 100 Do. 6p.c. Mar & Sept 108 .tlO 0 all Crystal Palace...—. 24 n 21 5 all Do. Preference 5 51 4. all Crystal Pal. of Franc,. ..„ ~. 1 4 0 uston Iron Ore ... _ 20 13. Eastern Steam 5 all, Eli. dtAus Cop Sm Cc 1 14 25 all glectric Telegraph... 19/ 26.1 , 1 all Cedric Teleg. of Ir. ... 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Celliet ... _ 15 14 (len. Steam Nav;gat. ... ... 27 i 18 all General Screw Stean ... ... 16 t 1 20 10 Trish Beetroot g , ...ga ... -- 20 10 Magdalena St. Novi ~. .. . . 10 all Mediteran. Mee. Tel. 8 •-. in 10 9 Mexican&S.Amcricn 54 51 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue ... 10 5 Netherlands Land • 1 11 .. 10 all Do. Do. S 2 Do. B pePissatld A 4,1 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 18 22 1 all N. P. Australasian_ 1 3 i 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaau ... ... 144 1 all Oriental Gas 1 14 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " ... ... , 6 all Peel Rr. Ld.& Minrl 24 —2/) 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ~. ~. 61 50 10 Do. New... ....... 2 all. Portland Iron Co ... 09 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ... 7 . 91 84 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 —. 14 1 t Ditto New . I 4 1 25 all South Austral — Lang 9 5/ 861 all Sebmar. Tel. Scrip... 4 1 20 alt Do. Registered. 4 A I. 5 Trust& L.Co.U.Can. 100 28.3 Vap Dipmpn'. LP,n , 154 P— 16 j 154 r• - ••• V.Go.6p.c.Jau&July ... ... • A report has been circulated since the failure °t Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., that the firm of Mene o4 Fox, Henderson, and Co. are among their creditorP Or a large amount. It is wholly destitute of foundatios , • VESTRY OF ST. Pa;.TunAs, —Yesterday at the wealth meeting of this vestry. the Rev. T. Dale in the chilli*, the election of the various officers was preceecled with. No new appointments, however, took place, all the old fficials being re-elected by a vote of 67 to 3. A, letter was received from Sir Benjamin Hall, notifying his 1 0- tantion to widen the Gloucester-gate entrance into t.b i , Regent's-park, and requesting the vestry to xnstruck their surveyor to proceed with the work. SO 1411 Au stra l aita 92 - 1 . 4 -------- ---s • 100 50 Bank of London .... 61 66 BIRTHS. 40 all :tn. Col. IskA, Dn. C. .. .3), A SON. 50 all Briti s h N. &moricar ..„ ... 64i 6 .Amen' On the 6th inst. at 3 Residentiar Houses 2 5 hart - A. Bank of Ask: par --•1 P court, the wife o f th e R ev. W . C a l vert. y , , , 5 20 4 Ohrtd. Ba. of India, 4 Australia, & China ... ...d OP A DAUGHTER. 100 50 City .. 6B - • 70 69' 100 25 Colonial .• -- ••• On the 6th i ns t., th e w if e o f A n d re * C a ld eco tt , E sq ., Of 100 20 Commercial of Load ... ... 3 9i Woodford, E ssex . 20 all Eng.qcot.kiknv.Cht l7i —lB MARRIED. 20 i all lend. Mart. Bk. co ' On the sth inst., at the parish church of St. Xicltolag, ' Auctralia... ..... ... Edward Priest Ricards, Esq., of Plasnowyd, Glamorg.an - 20 5 )itto Now 2i -- 1,1 i . shire, .to Harriet Georgina, eldezt daughter of Admiral 50 20 London and County ... - Sir George Tyler, M.P., of Cottrell, in the same county. ~. 100 50 Lna.&E.Buk , .Corp. par 2P 30 1 50 10 London Joint Stock ... DI E D.. 100 20 bond. Li Westminster ... On the 4th inst., at Dublin, the Right lion. Earl of 100 35 National Pro.of Eng ... ••• Listowel, aged 51. 20 10 Do. New ... •-•— -• On the Gth inst., at Clapham-read-place, Kennington/ 50 '22 National of Irelaud.. ... ••• James Harley, Esq., aged 65. ' 20 all New South Walce.... 37 39 On the 4th inst., at Eattlesbrielge, Rettendon, Easel, 25 all ilf cuts' Bank of Richard James Meeson. aged 65. Corporatlon.. ........ 39 41 40 On the 3d inst., on board the Josephined`Wzis 100 25 :rc,vincial of 'v ... ar 'viand ... -- Richard Mohnu, third matzo of of that ill-fated'vea ' 4 ‘' 1 .''' 10 all Do. New ...... .... ..... .« .« ;, , , , son of Mr. John Mohnn of Blackheath, sent, ,-... ' k . ' • 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. .. . --- k '77-- '_, - 7 , ,# :* 100 50 Royal British. ... ... LONDON: Printed and Published by HURL:* YOUNP-0: • 25 all -1 () 1 1 + './ A terallA ...... 38 40 . 25 all ~..raion of Australia... 70 - 72 71. 70•1 li inter at ^ o ile'- . * 4 of No. 112, Strand, Pr , 2ne ~un, Oft4e, No. t ... 2i ;0. Now •••••••• 8,. 7i 84 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in this connt a 50 10 ,UniQ ll 0- London 6, 28 -- 30 M iddlesex, Frida y, Febr uary 8,1856. ' . 100 50 100 100 20 50 ~` se, ;4 ... • ~~5 ~.r ~ ~ ..