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SIXTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 99, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, Loudon. SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who assure on the Participating Scale before June 30th, 15d6, will be entitled to a share of the SIXTH BONUS, sid,h will be declared in the January following. Proposals should be forwarded to the office before June let next. The Thirty-first Annual Report (just issued) can be obtained of the Society's Agents, or of CEO. H. PINCKABD, Resident Secretary. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent - Street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTETS. BLED. Spencer 11./f alpole,3l.P. I Richard Spooner, Xs Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Tansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bongs declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums F. paid. . FERGU.-_ON CAMROUX, Manager. PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, Jeremiah Owen against Richard Shepherd, Charles Lever, Ann Noble, and Charlotte Eliza Owen, the creditors and others having claims against the Estate of TI7IOMAS NOBLE, late of Ebenezer-place, Walworth , in the county of Surrey, Gentleman, deceased, who died in or about the month of November, 1554, are, by their solicitors. on or before the second day of April, 1856, to come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Turin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone-build ings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be perentptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Tuesday, the Eighth day of April, 1856, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, at the said Cham bers . is appeinted for hearing and adjudi cating upon the claims. Dated this 26th day of February. 1856. CUAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. J. and W. ME Plaintiff'Y MOTT, 86 Solicitors Blackfriars•reacl, s. TEIZATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LARE. Lome. Mr. E. T. Smith. for the BENEFIT of Mr. GEORGE WILD. THIS FVENING, DELIOA.TE GROUND. Followed by COURTSHIP AND CONGRETES. 7 o c •n:lado with EMT DIDDLE DIDDLE ; or; garlequin King Nonsense and the seven Ages of Ilan. THEATRE ROYAL. 11XYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS. EVENING, MARRIED LIFE. Followed by SHE LITTLE TREAI7RE. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Alta which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled TUB BUTTERFLY'S BALL AN!) THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PIITICCEFINS TEIgATRE, ouroßD-tiritit trr, Under the Management of Mr. CHAIN UMW. THIS EVENING. THE FIRST PRINTER. After which, RARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the ?airy Paraffin and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Corrnack ; Churn, Wr. Heine ; Pantaloon, Mr redo; and Colnanhine, Miss Caroline Adams. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. FLEXMORE'A BENEFIT. In consequence of Covent Garden Theatre being required for the Italian Opera, Flexmore berg to inform hie pa ron—the Public— that his Benefit will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNE DAY, March 12, and that cards of admission, price Is.. 25., 3e., 45., and 55., may be had at 65, Hercules-Buildings, Lambeth. TIIRATRR ROYAL ADRLPIU. Proprietor, Mr. 11. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste THIS EVENING. BETSY BAKER. To be followed by THAT BLESSED BIBY. To conclude with J A.C7C AND THE BEAN' STALK; or, llarlequin and Mother GOO 36 at Rome Agala. In which Memos. J. Bland, P. Radford, Madam Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Misa E. Arden will appear. ROYAL OLYNPEC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New au denhly-moral, though eigeobrdy old. Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRMCES3 ; e., the Three Glass Distaffs. in which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, sad MiMMaskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd arid Creswiek. THIS EVENING ;arm LANGTON; or, A Duel to the Death. To be followed by THE SAILOR OF FR iiNCE. To conclude with WAITER AT CREMORNE. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. trader the direction of Mr. Payne. TIIIR icvnizniTG. THE MERMIC , IT OF VENICE. After which, ♦ Ba'let Dlvertlssemezit. Followed by Wily-DO 'r SEM MARRY ? A fter which, A Petite Divertissement. To conclude with YILUE JACKETS. AsTLErs ROYAL Lessee and Manater. Mr. Wm. Cooke. Last Week of the Pantomime ! TUTS FVENING, THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FATTITPUL STEED ; In which the rad nality of the her-e, taught and trainel by Mr William Cooke, fIlLs the audience v th delight and wonder. Alter which. the EQUESTRUN EVOLUTIONS in the ARENA. The miraculous ascent of the huge Elephants from the ring to the Stage. To conclude with (the last week) IT AUL c:QUIN AND ST , GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions o Christendom. Boa-orice epees from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, MT, •c West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Title DAY—Morn. 26 min. aft. I—Evening 50 min. aft. 1 T4-Monuow—Morn. 12 min. aft. 2 —Evening 34 min. aft. 2 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 6. THERMOMETER, IN THE. SHADS. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BAROMBTAR-30 23—rising again. WIND, N.N.E., rather fresh, with doll, cold weather. i 1 c-3 - 1 1k/11H( 51 .il rz - ,,,k */(„VS - ---:T3-`..k 4,1. # ‘ -‘ 5, ,,-.4- , 11. - tr -, ..', - . , §nn. LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1856. Some light has at length been thrown on the untoward event that " satisfied the honour of the Russian arms," and inflicted serious injury and indelible disgrace on the cause which the Allied Powers had made such serious sacrifices to main tain. The official " papers relative to the military affairs in Asiatic Turkey, and the defence and capitulation of Kars" have just been published. Authentic data are thus supplied from which every man can forni bis - own judgment as to the causes that led to that deplorable catastrophe, and enabled the Cult to offer something approaching to an equivalent (in the eyes of Asiatic potentates) for the fall of Sebastopol and the other reverses that attended his areas in the Crimea, the Sea of Azeff, and at Kinbourn—which enabled him to maintain at least a portion of his quondam, prestige in the eyes of those whom it was of vit a l import ance to impress with an accurate knowledge of his true position. Tbey are indeed of a truly painful character,, and prove beyond the possibility o f doubt the gross mismanagement and incapacity, or Jornething worse, to which the fall of Kars and the sacrifice of the gallant men by whom it w as so efficiently defended may justly be attributed. It is, of course, impossible within the compass of an ordinary article to d i cuss all the matters contained in a blue book,,containing no less than 356 pages and 300 despatches. It is only pos sible at present to glance at the salient points, and to indicate how the parties chiefly concerned are thereby implicated in these unfortunate pro ceedings. There will, of course, be a complete discussion in Parliament of the entire matter, when the contents of the voluminous addition to the Blue Book literature have been completely di gested, and maturely considered by Honourable Gentlemen. It is to be hoped that the result will be to place the responsibility on those by whom it should fairly be borne, to justify the innocent, and to cast the entire burden on the real offenders. One fact is clearly and unequivocally esta• bliehed. General Wu.Lum and hie devoted cox• panions pass triumphantly through the ordeal. All that w as possible for men to accomplish was eflecte d. They discharged their ardu ous land Cin aportant :duties with ability, fidelity, and zeal, and had their urgent representa tions rec , aived the attention to which they were pre-eminently" entitled, Kars would still remain a Turkish possession, and Russia could offer no set-off against the capture and de struction of Sebastopol. The greatest, most bril liant success that could have been achieved would not have reflected greater honour on General WIL LIAMS than the truly noble stand wlaich he made under most discouraging and adverse circum stances. Had we had men of such sound judg ment and indefatigable energy in other situations, we should not have an inquiry pending into the causes of the serious disasters that occurred to the army before Sebastopol. It is also right to say that the conduct of Lord CLARENDON was much better than had been generally supposed. So far back as the 11th of January, 1855, the Noble Earl remonstrated with Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE on his gross neg ligence, regretting the silence which he, the natural protector of the British Commissioner, observed towards him when "surrounded by robbers and traitors," and requiring the Ambassador to afford all the assistance in his power, so as to have the ortress put in a proper state of defence. We cer tainly cannot complain of any act of commission on the part of the Home Government. Whether they stand 'so clear from sins of omission is another question. It seems to us that there should have been a little more energy of remonstrance on the imperative necessity of forthwith relieving the beleaguered city, and taking care that the money which was lying idle in the Bank of England, and which was absolutely essential, should be promptly de voted to the chief object for which it had been raised. These matters will remain for future consideration. We may also add, that Lord CLARENDON strongly advocated the propriety cf OMER PACH♦ advancing by way of Erzeroum, but he was unfortunately overruled in that respect, and we have witnessed the melancholy result of that grave mistake. Another person, who seems entitled to :treat credit for his conduct, is Mr. BRANT, formerly consul at Etzerouns. This gentleman strenuously and emphatically remonstrated with Lord STRAT FORD on the gross negligence displayed. He said —"I ask your Excellency, is the Kars Army to be allowed to perish ? Is nothing to be done to relieve it ? for all that the Porte has lately done is quite insufficient for the purpose. I have before pointed out that ON[ER PACIEA'S tinily should have keen directed on Kars by wayof Erzeroum, and not on Georgia. And had that been done Kars might long since have been saved. I now fear it must surrender, and to confer honours on its gallant defenders while they are left to perish, is a cruel mockery and an indelible disgrace to the Turkish Government as well as to those of the Allied Powers !" This is the bold and straightforward language befitting an English official, and such as will command the unqualified approbation of the Nation. He also on another occasion attributes all the danger to the apathy of the Porte, and the cowardice and imbecility of SELIM PACEEA ! With these parties our approbation must cease. A very different feeling will be excited respecting Lord STRATFORD, who left fifty•four urgent de spatches of General WILLIAMS unanswered, on the shuffling and evasive pretext that he was anxious " not to occasion disappointment by announcing measures which might or might not be carried into effect !" Would not anything have been better than the total and unbroken silence that must so greatly have discouraged the gallant ap plicant ? While lit , forgot to obtain, or even to ask, from the Turkish Government the recognition which would so materially have strengthened his hands and enlarged his authority. For these matters Lord STRATFORD will have to render a heavy account to the Nation ; and his tardy efforts in a right direction cannot re deem his culpable apathy and indifference, to which much of the evils that followed may b. 3 ascribed. We regret to find that the French authorities did not pull with the English as strongly as could have been desired. There are also just grounds of complaint against, not only the incapacity, but gross corruption exhibited by many Turkish officials, and that led to the strong language used by Lord CLARENDON when speaking of General WILLIAMS as " surrounded by robbers and traitors." All thes3 matters must, however, be brought before Parliament, when the truth will be fully elicited, and every participator in these transac tions treated according to his merits or demerits. JAMES THURGOOD has been found guilty of being accessory to the wilful murder of WILLIAM HALES, and sentenced to death. THURGOOD was a poacher, HALES, a gamekeeper, and the latter dies in virtue of a blood-feud between the two classes as embittered as any between the savage clans of the desert tribes. Murder, whether in Ireland or in England, must he put down at any cost ; society cannot tolerate, cannot well co-exist in a civilised state, with blood revenge ; but, assuredly it has something more to do than merely to convict and execute the murderer. It must first be asked whether the legal provocations to murder are worthy of civilised society ; and if eviction laws and game laws remain in a form which converts men into ruffians, Legislators have much to answer for if they do not modify or repeal them. The " sacred right" of property in land is net, however, - what we wish now to dwell upon, let it be ever so "sacred—and we would only ask, is it civilisation that property in pheasants and hares should be equally sacred? There is a horrible fierceness gendered by the attempt to maintain and enforce the latter right. It is attacked and defended in mortal encounters. Men armed with guns perambulate nocturnally the game preserves of the squire, and poachers, armed with guns, enter them to capture the arti ficially valuable prey. Sheep and pigs are certainly worth much more than pheasants, and we suppose outnumber them, and numerous are the stomachs whiat need and desire the food they would furnish ; even poultry are not very much less valuable than game— yet we of shephe r d s, do n o t rea d o f n i ght encounters swineherds, or poultry keepers, with sheep, and fowl stealers. There is a pecu liarity in the case of game, of which, argue as we will, we cannot alter the f Let. The shepherd is not, like the gamekeeper, the Squire's pet, and the enemy of half the villag e ; and the sheep stealer, on the ether hand, is not commended or concealed by his neighbours. It cannot be era cated from popular feeling, that poaching, per se, is no crime ; and the hungry villagers who wily give evidence willingly against the sheep-stealer, or even the robber of the hen-roost, will screen the poacher if they can. The English peasant understands and respects the rights of property, but he does not believe in the right of pheasants and hares to that venerated designation ; and all the national schools and the magisterial lectures on the subject will fail to convince him. The THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 6, 1856 faith of the Squires, and the faith of all besides, :.re as different cn this point as that of the Mahonamedans of Turkey and their subjected Christian rayahs. New, we take it for granted that these bloody conflicts must be prevented. Society is not to go on having now a poacher, now a gamekeeper, and once in a while the gamekeeper's master killed, to the end of the story. What shall be done ? In some counties the squires have saddled their game less neighbours with the expense of a county police, chiefly to watch the poachers ; and Sir GEORGE GREY would help them to generalise the system. Yet even in those counties which adopt the police, so rooted is the evil that they have not yet got rid of it, and are not likely to do so. There has been no lack of zeal on the part of magistrates—especially those of the clerical order. With evidence—against evidence—on no evidence—poachers are convicted, fined, and imprisoned without mercy. The poacher must be convicted—that is settled ; and on eno occasion, when the evidence would in no way per mit it, a poacher was actually convicted and punished in reality for poaching, nominally for neglecting his parish Church ! Thanks to Lord BROUGHAM, the abuse in this case has brought the remedy. Poachers, however, like the Israelites in Egypt, seem to multiply and grow under all their oppressions. The worst is, that under the unholy inspirations of their calling, they sometimes kill the Egyptians who harass them. What with the original injustice of the Game Laws, and the unrelenting harshness of the Squires in their administration of th.nn, the peasant poacher lives in a state of constant exacerbation with the proprietors and protectors of game. It is painfully true that the poacher is generally about the worst character in the parish. So was the smuggler under high protective duties. The obvious reason in both cases being that something felt as a wrong by the com munity generally was defended by force of arms. Hence the practical impugner of the wrong was driven to become a desperado, yet neither by himself nor his neighbours was he classed with acknowledged felons. A. keg of moonshine and a pheasant were not regarded by the generality of the receivers as stolen goo ls. The men were made bad by the course necessarily adopted to obtain what few shrunk from receiving, provided they felt themselves safe in so doing. It is thus that frequently from comparatively innocent be ginnings the village lad is induced to violate law, but not, as he believes, to violate ri g ht ; and thus by degrees he is trained to a measure of cunning and boldness in outwitting and facing his enemit s to which, but for such influences, he would have remained a stranger. The particular case of the THURGOODS and the unfortunate victim is but the worst form of an evil fostering in every game preserving neigh bourhood. They are manufactories of murderers, and still more abundantly of lesser rural crimi nals. Crimes in the rural districts would be rare indeed but for the training furnished by those badges of the Norman Conquest, the Game Laws. And for what do they exist ? To preserve to landed gentry in a populous and cultivated county the amusements of the jungle, the prairie, and the moor. We admit the right of every man to use his land as he pleases ; but if he be a member of civilised society his pleasure must have the limit of his neighbours' well-being and pleasure. If a man choose to breed rats let him do so, but let him not complain that his neighbours do not care so much for the rats and " the dog Billy," as to give him' special laws for protecting his rats. Yet we have known men, and men of fortune too. who fancied rat hunting more than following the hounds. Tue remedy we believe to be a simple one ; to abolish totally the GanaeLaw s. To enforce the Trespass Laws—but to rely for the preservation of game to those who wish for it, on the moral relations between man and man. A fair and honourable landlord would find no difficulty in preserving on his estate whatever he wished. His tenants are but too ready to gratify him ; and if he had not game preservers in the vast ma jority of the working men, the fault would be 1 - I:.s own. Be this as it may, we cannot afford the landlords game at the cost of monthly murders. Of all that " gorgeous temple " of art—the Covent-garden of imperishable, histrionic, operatic, and scenic renown, c3Asecrated by the awful whis per of a &up°Ns l immortalised by the transcen- dent genius of a KERN and a KEMBLE, festooned and revivified by the classic taste and dramatic power of a MACREADY, hung with the airy webs of enchantment by a TELBIN and a GRIEVE, hushed with the waving light and shadow of a CERITO, stirred to its foundation by the resonant organ and vis cornice of a LABLACRE, and fl )oded as with the music of the spheres by the entrancing notes of a Gil's', a GARCIA, and a PEaSIANI— of all that scene of artistic triumph, with which are associated a myriad of most pleasing reminis cences, nothing is left but the bare walls. From the remotest extremity of the structure the spectatcr looks over the smoking debris within to the blue sky beyond the towering windows of the amphi theatre. Rarely has the work of destruction been accomplished by the " devouring element" more rapidly and completely. The inspiring strains of the National Anthem had just begun to reverberate through the migh y building, and the gaily-attired groups of ma s• queraders reminded by the sound to turn their thoughts homeward, and anticipate in repose the renovation of their jaded energies, when without a moment's warning down came a burning rafter crash on the stage. Hardly more appalling was the appearance of the hand in whose tracery was recorded the fate of the Assyrian King. " Fire ! fire !" exclaimed the temporary lessee in a voice of thunder ; aid " Fire ! fire !" was whispered by a thousand tongues, and might be read in the blanched cheeks of the endangered revellers. Then was seen the triumph of self-possession and order over senseless terror and selfish anxiety. A frightful rush was made towards the doors, and hundreds might have been trampled to death, maimed, or left a prey to the devouring flames, but for the interposition of the police. Promptly taking their stand at the doors, the members of the force present withstood the frantic rush, and by their aspect of resolution, well-timed directions, and steady assurances, restored the thickening crowd to reason, and enabled them to issue in rapid succession and in safety into the streets. It was high time, for the conflagration stole on with remorseless speed. To tony,ues of fire, darting forward and licking the emblazoned pro scenium, succeeded volumes of dense and varie gated smoke and showeis of sparkling embers. In all that vast amphitheatre, and over and under all that vast extent of stage, no human being might now remain and live. Presently the external roof shot forth a stream of fire, and in the radiations of ono mighty blaze the heights of Islington and the hills of Surrey were alike illuminated. Vainly did the active and courageous firemen ply their engines with untiring zeal under the skilful superintendence of their head—out, in every direction, burst the imprisoned demon at once from roof and windows, a fiery throat, with a hundred tongues of flame, threatening all around with destruction. The glorious structure was doomed, and all that remained was to confine the flames to their devoted prey. This, it is gratifying to know, was effected, the blackened and shrivelled fronts of several houses in the narrow adjoining streets testifying to the danger in which they stood. Crash suc• ceeded crash, and in a few hours the interior presented nothing more tangible than hissing embers and curling smoke, while from the hot, blackened, and shrivelled walls protruded tongues of fire, licking in insatiate enjoyment the embedded wood of the window sills. The spec tacle was one that will not readily be forgotten, and that must deeply have impressed a visitor from the provinces. Even Londoners, to whom the associations of the place were powerless, were startled for a short period by it, and that is something ; for to show how enured the metro politan population is to destruction by fire, and how confident in the skill of the firemen, we may state, on reliable authority, that individuals were to be seen in an adjacent court lighting their pipes with the floating embers ! " Covent-garden," the beautiful and the sacred, is destroy ed. We mourn over it, and a host of our countrymen, both at home and abroad, will participate in our regret as over a national loss. So long as the skill of the architect and the re sources of the builder are forthcoming, temples or palaces as splendid may be built, but amid the splendours of another Covent-garden,::wito may resuscitate recollections which warm the chill of age and lend youthful vigour to the mature ? We grieve for so immense a loss of property, and th© hardships which the burning of the theatre will occasion to indus trious thousands. On the other band it is with the deepest satisfaction we record that, so far as has yet been ascertained, there has been no logs cif life, and that the conflagration occurred in a place of assembly so well provided with doors, as to be evacuated in a few minutes. Had this not been the case, and had not the police done their duty as they did, we shudder to think how many homes would this day have been filled with lamentation and woe, and how many bud of promise might have been blasted. Surely this event ought to operate as a warning, and in all places of public resort where the means of egress are inadequate provision should immedi ately be made against so dire a c-alamity. if it not, heavy will be the responsibility of the de faulters. There is something horrible beyond ex pression in the notion of a moiety of an audience being within a few minutes suffocated' and re duced to ashes ! How the firs broke out is still a mystery, so far as the absence of specific informa tion makes it so. The interpretation, however, is not difficult, and may be comprised in the words, " want of care." A conflagration ought rarely to be regarded as involving no blame, and only in cases where the default has been in the past and beyond the ken of the present. The matter, how ever, will be inquired into, and it will probably be shown, to the satisfaction of the veriest bigot, that the destruction of Covent-Garden Theatre was not, as bigots would fain give out, a judgment on profanity and licence, but a judgment on neglect by some petty and un trustworthy official. Again we must revert to those blackened walls, which in the dim moon light seemed to ned frowningly on the august shades of our great tragedians, and answer with a mournful echo the plaint of KEMBLE as the ill-starred Hamlet—the groans of KEAN as the " sooty moor," " who loved not wisely but too well"—and the heart-wrung sigh of StnuaNs as her whose pitiless promptings needed to be , clothed with the " duunest pall of hell"—and so reverting exclaim— " We shall never look on thy like again." CANAL ON THE DANUBE. The bases of the finnan for the construction of a canal from Czernavoda on the Danube to Kostandje on the Black Sea, , are :- 1. The concession is made to a company composed of Rifaat Pasha for Turkey ; Mr. Thomas Wilson, of 20, Glocester-square, London, for England ; Count de Moray, for France ; and Count Breda, for Austria. 2. The company is to be constituted under the appel lation of the Imperial Ottoman Company of the Abdul- Medjid Canal. 3. Tire concession is for 99 years. The Imperial Go vernment will never cease to be the proprietor of the sod ceded to the company, but during the 99 years the latter will hold possession of it without paying any other tax or impost than the tribute mentioned in the 12th article. The Imperial Government gratuitously cedes to the company all the territory requird for the canal, whic' is to follow the course that may seem most advantageous to the engineers of the company. By " territory required for the canal" is understood—the ground for the canal it,elf, for carrying off the superfluous water, for towing,- paths, guard-houses, magazines, and warehouseQ, bridges, and docks, and houses for the emplo y6s. 6. The concession of 99 years dates from the day on which the canal is onened, and when the period for which the grant is made is at an end the canal, bridgeF, quays, docks, basins, sluices, stations, &c,, revert to the Porte, which will have no indemnification to pay. 7. At each extremity of the canal there will be magaz'nes and depots fur corn and merchandise which the Porte, when the concession is at an end, will have to purchase of the company at a price to be settled by ar bitration. It is, however, stipulated that the Porte shall, under no circumstances, pay more than 3,000,000/. sterling. COURT CIRCULAR. Hie Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale also paid a visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Captain the Hon. D. De Ros and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Alice and Helena took a drive in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by. Vi scount Torrington and Captaid the Hon. D. De Roe, went in the evening to the Society of Arts, Adelphi. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence in the evening. In attendance were Lady Churchill, Lord Witte-park, and Major-General Buckley. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family, who are residing at Nice, do not intend to return to this country until the close of the ensuing month. His grace's spacious mansion in Arlington-street (formerly Beaufort-house) is rapidly approaching completion. The Duke of Devonshire is still at Kemp Town, in improved health. Sir Joseph P.aston visited his grace last Saturday, returning to town on Monday. The Duke of Euccleuch, who came to town to attend the recent debates in the House of Lords, has left Mon tagu House for Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh. The Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., has also left Montagu House for a tour of visits. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondeley.have arrived in town for the season, from the family seat, Choltnondeley-castle, Cheshire. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P. and Lady Jane Peel have le ft town on a continental tour until after the Easter holidays. Lady Graham and Miss Graham have arrived in town from Netberby Park, Cumberland. The First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady M. Wood entertained at dinner, at his official residence, la 4 even ing, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister and Madame d'Oxholm, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady Lovaine, Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and Mrs. Cowper, and Capt. Eden, R.N. The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, yesterday, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the following members of the Flou-e of Commons :—Sir John Walsh, Sir William Jolliffe, Sir Joseph Bailey, Str FreJerielt Thesiger, Colonel Harcourt, Colonel North, Colonel Somerset, Colonel Boldero, Colonel Dunne, Captain Bateson, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Henley, Mr. Cole, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Bane Mr. Du Pre, Mr. Whit more, Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Maline, Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Eliot Yorke. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli entertained at dinner yes terday, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate, the following members of the House of Commons :—Lord H. Gordon Lennox, Lord C. Clinton, General the Hon. H. Arbuth not, M. Joliffe, Mr. Farrer Mr. K. King, Mr. Moody, Mr. F. Hume, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Rust, Mr. Goddard, Mr. Gwyn., Mt. Peacoc/6, • Mr. G. Hardy, Mr. Robert son, and Mr. 17, Dayics. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 8 A.M. The Moniteur says that Marshal Pelissier has informed the Minister of War that the resolution passed by the Plenipotentiaries on the 25th of February last, relative to the armistice, which is to extend to the 314 of March, was known in the Crinea on the 28th of February. On the 29th of February, at a conference held at the Traktir-bridge, between the Chiefs of the Staff of the allied armies and General Tutchimeff, delegated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Rus sian army, it was decided that there should be a complete suspension of hostilities. BERLIN, MA,ECH 5. The Konigsberger Zcitung reports from the Crimea, that on the 29th of February delegates from the two belligerent armies met on the so called Stone-bridge to concert measures for carry ing out the armistice, conformably to the resolu tion of the Paris conferences. TRIESTE, MARCH 5. General Vivian is preparing a grand reconnais sance from Kertch, in the direction of Arabat, where the Ruasians have been concentrating a large force. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. From a despatch forwarded by General Pelissier we learn that the fact of the intended armistice was known in the Crimea on the 25th ult. The ,Iloniteur contains the official announce ment of the appointment of the widow of Admiral Bruat to the pest of " Guuvernante des enfants de France." The following is the exposé des motifs of the budget of 1857, presentvd to the Legislative Body yesterday : "Gentlemen,—The Emperor has desired that the budget for the year 1857 should be presented to you at the beginning of your session. We in conse quence submit to your, examination the estimate of receipts and expenses for that year. As you know, gentlemen, the year 1855, which has just terminated, shows a ' large incrkase in the indirect taxes and r3venues. Tires, in spice of three insuf ficient harvests, and in the very midst of the sacri fices of a distant war, France ha,, not in;errupted for an instant the fecund activity of her lab..urs nor the in crease of her internal prosperity. Cairn at home, glorious .broad, henceforth assured of her allia9ces, after being so long isolated in Europe, and confiding in the wisdi.m of the sovereign, she even now gathers the fruit of a policy at once firm and losal, gen,rous and prudent. As a great nati.m which, after the terrible trials and pro longed c , mfiicts Of a revolution, has at last found her path, she has seen the sympathies of the world return to ner, and enjoying under the national dynasty of Napo leon 111. the real arlvantages of the new order she has conquered, she has at the same time resumed without an effort the rank which belongs to ,er amongst the nations of Europe. However, it is to ,trong governments and prudent financiers that it be longs net to estimate too highly the hopes of the future. You will remark, gentlemen, that the estimate of the receipts for the new year has been made with prudent reserve in the law which we now submit to your appro. elation." The Constitutionnel says :—" The plenipoten tiaries of Russia had hitherto only appeared at the Tuileries in plain clothes, for the special reason t►aat, besides the state of war, the accession of Alexander 11. has not yet been notified to the Western Powers. Their presence at the Imperial sitting of Monday in uniform has been generally interpreted in the diplomatic world as a certain in dication of a speedy renewal of official relations be tween the Court of St. Petersburg and those of France and England, and consequently as a mani fest proof of the favourable turn the conferences of Paris are taking." " Another batch of Russian cannon," says the Semaphore •f Marseilles, " have just been landed at the Quai de la Joliette, where they have been the object of great curiosity. Some of the guns which belonged to the Russian vessels are of un usually large calibre. Most of them bear the louble-headed eagle of the Czars, and many show the marks of the balls of the allies. BOURSE, March s.—The following were the last quotations:— Cub. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 96 50 —f. —c. 3per Cents 72 10 72 85 New Loan 73 - Bank Shares 3,450 Roman Iredit fitobilien- 1,58.) Austrian Belgian Fivcv 9l Spanish Threes Piedmontesc (5) t 0 Home Debt RAI LWA YS-TOB CASH. • tr. c. fr. 0 CrMane 1,277 50 Western BB2 50 `forthern - Strasbufg Lyons. ...... ........ 1,260 Now Ditto B2O -- .loditorranean 1,560 Grand Central 645 Lyons Geneva 765 Toste 'lotto The Akhbar of Algiers speaks of a project which would consist in despatching to Algiers, after the conclusion of peace, , three or four divisions of the army of the Crimea. These troops, which would ncrease the strength of the army of occupation, would be kept up in the colony, ready for every +vent, until the complete solution of the Eastern question. Until that time, they would be quartered ►n various points of Algeria, not only to complete the task of pacification, but to make roads, princi pally in Kahylia. These divisions would occupy ECabylia by means of several camps, destined to be the nuclei of so many towns. ----~~- TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 25.—0 n Friday (las 1 . night) we were visited with a storm as violent as it was sud den. For several days before the weather had been very warm, with a slight breeze from the south. On Friday during the day this latter increased con siderably, and began to act on the current in the Bosphorus, making the passage across to Scutari somewhat difficult. The atmosphere was over cast, and of that gloomy kind of grey, half cloud and half mist ; the air felt excessively close and heavy, and the thermometer fell rapidly. This state of things, prognosticating an earthquake or a violent storm, lasted till night, with the only difference that the wind subsided in the evening. But at night, about half-past ten o'clock, all of a sudden a violent gust, the first of a long series, made the houses tremble, tiles, chimneys, and everything which was not strongly fixed fell down in showers into the streets, which were in some places covered will. Shattered window glass. On the Bospboi us and in the Golden Horn the vessel's were driven fl ow their moorings, and running into each other in the greatest confusion. A Greek vessel, laden with spirits and oranges, foundered elm° to Tokhane, -also an American vessel overat Scutari, and another vessel near Kadikoi Point. The Doris, a hut-vessel, lost her mainmast, and the Alma bad her fore bul warks driven. Besides this several others bad minor accidents. No authentic news has as yet come in from the Black Sea or the Sea of Marmora, except of the loss 4'f the Sylph, which struck about 15 miles from Bujukdere. In the Sea of Marmora, 14 vessels are said to be ashore, and four in the Dardanelles. The French mail packet was kept back 24 hours at Gallipoli. The commissaire of the port went on shore to fetch the mail, ' and could not get off on account of the gale, which arose so suddenly. To make the confusion complete, just while the storm was at its greatest violence a fire broke out again at , Stanaboul, in the quarter called Vlanga ; it took place at a house standing isolated in a garden, and formerly a kind of circus devoted to acrobatic and equestrian performances. The building was consumed in 'a short time, but fortunately its iso lated position saved that quarter of the town. AUSTRIA. The decree of the military conscription of the Empire .of Austria for 1856 has boon published. Of the B,ooo' men forming the total, 6,977 fall to the share of Lombardy.* A letter from Kalisch of the 27th Feb., in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" The commanders of the troops stationed in the governments of Lubin and Random, viz., Generals Labinz°ff, Kuscheleff, and Turjeff, have lately gone to Warsaw to pay their respects to General Gortschakoff. The troops under the orders of these generals amount to 30,000 men, not including the garrison of the foitrisa• of Zamosc, composed of troops of ready°. The garrison of Warsaw is at present weak, as compared with its usual number." A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult., in-the Boersenkalle, says :—" For several days past there have been conferences at the hotel of perdu de Werner, who has replaced, ad interim, Count 8001, at which were present SirHanailton Seymour, Viscount!! Serres, and the Turkish Charge, Tan: Bey. The object of these conferences is, we are assured: the memoraudum of pawn do Prokelob on the practical application of the reforms projected in Turkey. Others say, on the contrary, that the occupation of the Principalities by troops of the three powers is the subject at issue, and it is affirmed that Baron de Werner has been charged by Count Buol to elaborate a plan to that effect in conjunction with _the Western Powers and the Porte." . RUSSIA. A letter from Amsterdam of the 3d says :—" A . private letter received from St. Petersburg this day states that the retirement of Count Nesselrode is at length absolutely decided on. He has obtained permission from the. Emperor Alexander to retire as soon as peace is made. The names of several persons are mentioned for the pest thus to he left vacant, the foremost being Baron Meyendotft, Baron. de Brimow, and even Prince Gortschakoff. The iibmination of the last is considered improb able, as he is looked upon as in some measure in disgrace." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 24th, in the Siecle, says :---" A r decree recently issued proves that, in spite of the administrative reforms, there is but little idea of the introduction of a liberal system. This decree states that the Jews who have completed their military service can only fix their residence, in the government in which Jews, in general, establish themselves. Thus, while the other inhitbitants of the empire are completely en franchised by military service, the Jews remain subject to this humiliating restriction." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, March 4.—The Euryalus steam-fri gate, of 51 gnus, Captain G. Ramsay, arrived at Kiel in the course of yesterday, and joined the Ira perieuse, the arrival of which ship has been already reported. SARDINIA. Tun i nr, March 2.—To-day Sir James Hudson, accompanied by General Stanhope and Colonel Read, inspected the 2d regiment of the Anglo 'ltalian Legion at Susa, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel De Horsey. The regiment mustered up wards of 1,000 strong. The men have not yet received, their full-dress clothing, and, therefore, of course did not create such an imposing effect as they otherwise would have done, but their gene ral appearance and steadiness under arms seemed to give great satisfaclion, as did also the cleanly state of the barracks and hospital. The steam-transport Great Britain arrived at Genoa last evening for the conveyance of the Legion to:Matta, and when the intelligence was communicated to-day to the Ist and 2d Regiments that they were, in consequence, to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation, the an nouncement was received with evident pleasure, such as wculd - have caused dismay to those who hetve wasted, their time lately in endeavouring to seduce tb.se men from their duty could they have witnessed it. The Great Britain will probably take about 1,600 of the Ist and 2d regiments in her firi t trip, an.' then return for the remainder and the Thee Corps. The Legion takes its own lent equ - pago, and will be imm diately put under canvass, as there is no spare barrack room at Malta at pre • sent. Unfortunately it has not been pet mit. ed to form a train or transport eorps for. the Legion, as might. ers:ly have been done now when the English Government.has at this moment 530 snub in depot in Turin alone, and which would have proved eminently useful whereever it might go hereafter, and been the means of introducing into the English army a system which has proved so useful and: economical in the Sardinian service. The Sardinian train has lost very few beasts in the Crimea during this winter. General della Marmora sailed yesterday from Genoa in the Sardinian steam-frigate Carlo Alberto, for the Crimea. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 11.30 A.M. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ava, Captain Field, with the India, China, and M,literranean Mails, we hive dates from Alexandria, February 22cl ; Malta, 26th; Gibraltar, March Ist. _ _ 'The Ava brings 81 passengers, and. a full cargo. A NEW ARTFUL RUSSIAN DODGE. Of all the questions to be discussed at the Confer ences, the disarming of Nicolaieff seemed to be the most difficult.. Politicians and stock-jebbers spoke of it as of the only -danger threatening to disturb the peace already grasped by the Exchange ; and even the Emperor Napoleon did not like the pertinacity with which the Eaglish Cabinet insisted upon the question. It was but after a long conversation with Lord Claren don that be 64, carne convinced of the imporLauce and justice of the Englisti koposition, and ordered the in sertion of the famous article of the Siecle into the Moni teur. The Plenipotentiaries met at last, and we hear now that the Russians du not object to the principle of disarming Nicolaieff ; they are willing to declare that it iviould cease for ever to be an arsenal and a war port ; but they do not think tbat it should be necessary to de s:roy the dockyards. On the contrary, they are ready to' beat their swords into ploughshares, and to hand the dockyards over to a commercial company, to ba form. d. at Qdessa under Imperial patro nage, for establishing several lines of steam-packets along the.- shpres of the Black SA Egypt, Greece, S hers Italy, and Southern France. It would be au establishment like the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, or Cunaro's line, —perhaps even without the clause in the charter, that the steamers must, in case of war, be given up to Government for a certain stun; since it is sufficiently clear thatNthe Shipping Company of Odessa would, in fact,- be a Govt riment office, end the steam-packets be cornmasided by retire 3 rival o ffi cers, and the whole concern put under the dir ebion of a re tired admiral. Such a plan admits icarcaly of any objection, for it has an entirely commercial character ; a nilst, on the other hand, it gives back to Russia all the advantages she ever could expect from her late navy at Sebastopol. The naval power of 'the Cz ir in the Euxine was never f6rmidable..for aggressive character ; it was not feared that the "Twelve Apostles" might one day cast anchor in the G •Iden - Horn and bombard Constantinople. Its danger lay in the facility all. irded to the Russians for tratispnrting twenty-five thousand men to any place on the Black Sea within 48 hours, and for supplying the army with.all the stores, transport, and ammunition on a march along the coast. Tne Ship Company of Odessa would not only offer the same advantages to Russia, hut the regular ar rival of the Russian steamers at Salina, Varna, Con stantinople, Smyrna ' and Alexandria on one side, and at Kertch, Anapa, Redut-Kaleh, Batoutn, Trebizand, Sinope, Scutari,- Gallipoli, Athens, Messina, Naples, • and Mar,eiiles on Vie other—would not only break through the articles by which the &sphcrus was closed against the Russians; but would restore the prastige of the Czar all along the coast of the Euxine and the Medi terranean, since nobody could be deceived by the mas querade—Greeks, Turks, and Italians would soon recog nise the revived Russian navy under its commercial disguise. Such is the Russian plan for neutralising the neutralisation of the Black .Sea. It looks as innocent as insidious, and how can England or Turkey object to it: .Cedant .arms togce Whatever was achieved by the gallantry of the araty will be lost by the superior skill of the Rus-ian diplomatists.. As soon as England offered, through Austria, to negotiate, she was already defeated. Had the war been carried on for one year longer, Russia would have sued for peace—but it was neither the intention nor the interest of Napoleon to humble RuSsia.—Morning Advertiser. ...Sandy, the - dog of the Sappers and Miners, who has obtained considerable notoriety for his adventures in the Crimea, was taken yesterday by his owner, Lieutenant George R. Lempriere, Royal Engineers, to Buckingham Palace, as her Majesty the Queen bad previously sent down a letter for the dog to be brought up for her in , spection. CRYSTAL PALACE, March s.—Fivx SHILLING DAT.' —Admissions on payment, 1,077; ditto by season tickets, 269.--Total, 1,846. PROPOSED DINNER TO THE MEMBERS FOR WOL VERHAMPTON. —We understand that arrangements, which had been made for a public dinner to be given to our borough members in. the Easter recess, have been un avoidably set aside by the fact of Mr. Villiers having been called upon to preside over the Crimean Inquiry Commission, in his capacity of Judge Advocate-General. It is felt that the right hon. gentleman could not with propriety attend a political meeting whereat reference to--the. subject of inquiry could scarcely be avoided, until after its termination. We understand the con templated dinner is only postponed, and will probably take pace in the Whitsun week, or on the first conveni ent opportunity. Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE SEA SERPENT IN THE HIGHLANDS.—The vil'age of Leurbost, parish of Lochs, Lewis, is at present the scene of an unusual occurrence. This is no less than the 4ppearaace ire one of the inland fresh water lakes of an animal which from ite great size and dimensions has not a little puzzled our island naturalists. Some suppose him to he a description of the hitherto mythological water kelpie; while others refer it to the minute descriptions of the "sea serpent," which are revived from time to time in newspaper columns. It has been repeatedly seen within the last fortnight by crowds of people, many of whom have come trom the remotest parts of the parish to witness the uncommon sp'ctacle. The animal is de , cribed by some as being in appearance and size like a -" huge peat stack," while others affirm that a " isi : oared boat" could pas. between the huge fins, which 'are occasionally visible. All, however, agree in descrit4g its form as that of the eel ; and we have heard one; 'whose evidence we can rely upon, state that in length he sUpposed it to be about' 40 feet. It is probable that it is no more than a conger eel after all, animals of this description having been caught in High: land lakes wl - i h bave attained a huge size. He is cut. rently teportsd to have swallowed a blanket inadvert ently left on VA bank of the lake by a girl herding cattle. A sPertsman ensconced hie , self With a rifle in the v cinity of the loch during a whole day, hoping to get a allot, but did no execution.—lnverms Courser. LITE RATURE. Prison Discipline._ By _ Captain Maconochi©, R:N., K.H. - T. Harrison. Captain Maconochie, as most of our readers are aware, was formerly superintendent of our penal settlement in Norfolk Island, and distinguished himself in that capacity . by his humane efforts and the exhibition of a more than ordinary capacity aid enlightenment. They will also be aware that, with the resignation of that office, his labours towards the improvement of our convict population have not ceased, but that to him the public are indebted for the4develupment of the principle first enunciated by Archbishop Wl i ately, viz., thattheconvictsbould be detained until by industry and good conduct be has earned his right to be free. They may further be presumed to be acquainted with the fact that he is by many looked up to as our high authority on the matter of Reformatory Prison discipline, and as such his works have been recommended for thoughtful peruial by no less an authority . than the learned and enlightened Recorder of - Birmingham. In the pages before us will be found a summary Of the suggestions of general application that he has at various times offered on this important-subject, in tended and admirably calculated to facilitate the study recommended by Mr. Sill. Among other things worthy of notice is a desire expressed en his part for a discussion on • the expediency of legalising in criminal cases the imposition of task sentences, with or without time sentences, es may be deemed best ; and without insisting on the reasons he adduces for this desire, powerful as they may be, we think his past history, and the more or less proven wisdom of his previous recommenda tions, should insure him the gratification of his wish. The pamphlet cannot be recommended too strongly to general consideration. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North , America in 1796 and 1797. By the late Francis F.R.S. With a Memoir of the Author. Baily, Brothers. The friends and admirers of the late distin guished,savant Will be gratified by the appearance of this volume, accompanied as it is by the memoir of Mr. Baily, drawn up by Sir John Horschell, Bart., at the request of the Royal Astronomical Society, of which Mr. Baily was president, and read at a special meeting of the society held Nov 8, 1844—a memoir of universal interest. The volume shows the author to .have possessed considerable powers of observation quickened bY a zest for scientific inquiry, and presents a picture, however inn erfect, in striking contrast with the present appearance and state of most of the pais he visited. Among the suggestions thrown ont by the deceased tourist is one in connection with the luminosity of the Atlantic and other seas 1 1 night—the phosphorence to which it is owing la all probability, he intimates, arising from the de composition of the finny tribe which have move d and been resolved within their waters. The Theory and Practice of Banking. By Henri Dunning Macleod, Esq., Barrister-at-law. The second and concluding volume of au' mirable work, which is likely to take its place 0 a standard authority on the subjects on which treats, contains an exposition of the theory and practice of banking, and may be described as cow taining all the information necessary for a clea r comprehension of the principles on which banking ought to be conducted, and of the modes in which banking business is transacted in this country. 1 11 addition to this will be found a hardly less mei' torious exposition of the elementary principles of CurrencyjPrices, Credit, and Exchanges, togethe r with a useful appendix—the whole constituting . 5 work which should be in the hands of every polit i cian, merchant, broker, and capitalist in the kin dom, and that withont unnecessary delay. The Journal of Agriculture. The agricultural statistics of the past year un dergo review in the opening paper, and afford the writer the opportunity to congratulate the farmers of Scotland on the patriotic spirit they babe evinced in voluntarily submitting a second tune to the inspection of the public these raining of the result of their skill, enterprise, and labour* and which could not have been obtained with equal accuracy by any other men. This he justlf regards as evidencing the existence of as intelli• gent and public-spirited a body of tenants as are to be found in any country, a healthy tone of feeling subsisting between landlord and tenant, and a confidence in the honour of the Legislature. All interesting paper on the " Culture of Carolina Rice" is ellowed by a- timely article on our modern Town Drainage System, in which the question Of "Is it right or wrong ?" is considered with reference to its connection with agriculture. The answer returned may be gathered from the conclusion, in which, after advising the inbabitants of cities at once to set about conveying refuse matter from the neighbourhood of their homes, so certainly and economically that they will get some return at least for it, the writer remarks " That this can be done there seems no doubt, and that it can be done more certainly, safely, and economically than b 1 the present system of drainage, not a few of our eminent men incline to think." The use of chav coal as a deodoriser is apparently much in favour. Among the remaining contents of the number "The, Farmer's Note-Book," and the "Transactions o f the Highland Society," are not likely to escape the attention of practical men. The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. 131 Thomas Moore, F.L.S. This splendid work progresses admirably under the skilful editorship of Professor Lindley, with i the aid of Mr. Bradbury and his new process " Nature Printing." The part before us, No. Xi•P is illustrated by a specimen of the " Athyriura Felix-fcemina ovatunr,' a beautiful variety of the Lady Fern—another of the " Atbyrium multifidum," the most beautifully symmetrical -- yet monstrous—and graceful permanent varieti, . yet discovered, " The woul d Fern with the tuft" oll' best describe it. A third of the " Atbyr l U Fel ix-foemina crispum," resembling tufts of palid/ —a fourth of the ""Felix-fwriaina depauperatual, arid a fifth of the " Felix-famina dissectum ;" th e last three are ferns, " with a difference" well C& 1 culated to puzzle an amateur. A clear and coneiS° description is given of' each in the letterpress. The Literary Gazette, of Saturday, contains couple of well-executed wood engravings, " Dv° and False Griffins," one from a drawing by Mt. Ruskin, and another from a lithograph. Altoge ther, the appearance of our contemporary is /snail improved, and this improvement is by no mee►ns purchased by a loss of 'critical acumen or vigour en the contrary, the matter before us is quite equivl if not superior to that of its predecessor. Willis's Price Current for March contains some curious archaeological matter, and presents a large and superior catalogue of rare and choice, as Gal l as general and useful works, at apparently reason' able prices, together with current notes of the month. Pewton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences- Contains a useful paper on " The Manufacture, of Alloys or C om binations of M e t a ls," notices °` "Recent Patents" with illustrations as applied to the arts, and other contributions of a scientific nature. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN. EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 6,1856, made up from the Returns of 030 . Inspectors in the differegteities and Towns in England and -or : ale per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 BAILEY. OATS. I EYE. I SHAHS. IrgA 46 ,,di 69i 72 35s 62 23s 92 47s 22 41s 51 391 - THE SIX WEEKS' AvERAGE. WHEAT. EARLEY. 1 OATS. , 1 EIE. BEAM ?" 1. 6 4 72e 9i 375 Od 1 243 bd / 505 4d 43s Id I 4 1 $ QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 112,949 ; Rarfey, 82,391; Oats, 16,607 ; Rye, 154 ; Bea l ' 6,453; Peas: 1.668, Quarter& MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled tolerabi/ firm, as follows :—Beef, from 2e Ed to 4s Od ; Mutton. 41 Od to 4s 2d ; Veal, 4s Gd to 48,10 d; Pork, 3s 4d to 4 ,5 ? per Ellis, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March s. —The supply of fat stock in to-an_ A Y 'S market was but moderate ; nevertheless the gene" — demand ruled heavy, and prices had a downward ten decoy. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4e 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 45 10 2 Veal, 4s Od to 5s Oc.; Pork, 3s 4d to .5 8d per Blbe, to eins• the offal. RoMFORD, March s.—The trade was heavy, as follows : Beef. from lis 4d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d; Veen 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk. 3s 4d to 45 8d per Elbe. Quarter-osi* Store Pigs, 21a to 27s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 414 s to 51 15s; clover 41 10s to 61 15s; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 4s to Si 15s ; clover doz 41 8s to 6t 12s • and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10s per loa A. moderate supp ly, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 414 s to 51 158; ,dope r do., 41 6s to 6/ 158; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s pe r load A fair demand. DEATH OF BUSUBT, THS CItICKETER.—We regre t to announce the death of this excellent. crickete r, which took place last Friday, at his residence at R enfield* His health had been declining for a long time ; and two or three months ago, whilst shooting over the Cheatham preserves, Bushby being gamekeeper to Mrs. Wood, his gun exploded, and dreadfully shattered his hand ; amfl we understand that the shock he sustained b y the ' an d dent was so great that he gradually sank under it, end there seem little doubt that it accelerated his d eath. _'~ _.... ~ ___ p~~s .. ... _ Ihn. ... .. MO The : Friday' a shade change. export Pernarn 6id. to Surat, to ls. 6 quiet. Upon Oartsid , activ e d descript sock 18 blarketE vttnce li about Aceol bent lif Vie ordi Which i 1t is file: dollars, th e clue , Peeted t Vie Con The 1 by Warehol Las pt tobacco 1 355. wer• ra natives. Aar met b en , of duct, will, er Produce Anew there h; the der causel the 412 Bank of of 176f1, tzehan and on : In co With thi tills of tile Jan whole o and as 1 Victorii colloids] thus un fastoril rities at Porsign /tory slc Rath for Put they no hutines Bence c favours to 91 form er 91 1 and the 'la)! is fi dis Cents. India S Fore (1 per C lower t at 1001 Ct3nt, Bonds Cents. 3 per C Active are 7i, A. T , eel`fed debt 01 At t a resol tors g the to] questil the rt tom s , debt. I CO ear. 3 per 8 er )vo •„, Lon Dit India India C rtlP, Excht PEW lanai Dt Chili Di Rani Di t rim Di fdiri Di Rasa Turi, Di Yen 'Au Ps Ka tic ~. ~_