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Stalls can be secured at the box office, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven ant four, with out any extra charge. The Nior,ing Representations take place every Tuesday and -'aturday, at Three o'clock. (N,. 20,11 d.) LONDON. Tit URSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 11, t 856. [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 615. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LATTRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis- Sion One Shilling. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwlrds of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 ,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at a quarter ptst 8 p.m. precisely. admission. One Shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan (gratis). GREAT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Further Reduction of Fares between READING and LONDON.— 'The fares by the trains leaving Reading at 8.18 a.m, 11.5 a.m.. and 7A5 P.m., and Paddington at 11 a.m., 4.45 n m , and 6.15 p.m., and on Sundays from Reading at 8.30 a.m. and 7 p.m , and from Paddington At 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. are now — For the Single Journey, first class, 2s. , second class, Is 3d. For the Double Journey, available on this same or following day, first cla;s. 35., second class, 2s. These tickets will be avalable between Reading and London only, and by the trains above named. Paddington. November 25, 1856. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important ividend and Prgressive Minas will be found in the Fourth Editio D n of BRITISH o MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. 11. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.C., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d.: by post 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REYIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map Of the Bassett district, price Is. " The hook will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little hook."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come tinder our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats " Derby Telegraph. "To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work is of the first importance."—Welshman. "This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it 11, in truth, an excellent guide "—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's O ffices, 117, Bishopsgate-street Within, London: and rellabh infor- Inati^n and advice will be given at any time to those who may re ', vire it. T 0 BE SOLD BY AUCTION, pursuant to an Order of the High court of Chancery, made in a cause of ',avid Logan, plaintiff, and John Stewart and others, defendants, With the approbation of the Honourable the Vice-Chancellor air Richard Torin Kindersley, by Mr Samuel Turner Winstanley, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street. In Liverpool, on WED NESDAY, the 17th day of December, 1856, at two o'clock in the afternoon, an extensive and valuable p'ece of Freehold Building Land, adjoining Vauxhall-road, in Kirkdale, near Liverpool ; an Several pieces of Building Land (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), In and near Sackville-street, Everton. near Liverpool ; and & Freehold Dwelling-house, in Blackfleld•terrace, Kirkdale, and several Dwelling-houses (copyhold of the manor of West Derby), in Sackville-street, Everton. In 12 Lots. Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained gratis from Messrs. Lowndes, B a t e son, and Lowndes, solicitors, Brunswick -street, Liverpool ; Mr. T. K. Has san, solicitor, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, soli citofs, 41, Bedford-row, London ; and of the Auctioneer. And the premises may be seen on application to the tenants. Dated this 26th day of November, 1856. Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, of 41, Bedford-row, London, agents for Messrs. Lowndes, Bateson, and Lowndes, of Liverpool, plaintiff's solicitors. •OTTEACT FOR WHEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 6th December, 1856. ir r niE Commissioners f or E xecu ti ng the Office of A Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 18th 'natant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as May be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling stores at Deptford, . . When to be delivered. Quarters. Half in a fortnight, and the remainder WrIEA.T... ..... .. 2,000 in a fortnight afterwards, or earlier if Tenders may be made for the preferred by the party tendering. whole or any portion of the -Wheat, and their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, When the ten ters are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or Tor such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quan tity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of S election. for Proportional part of the price per bushel of Wheat will be paid . any weight exceeding 60 lbs. per bushel. Samples (not less than 2 quarts), must be produced by the parties t andering. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted Ire requested to be taken away by them Immediately after the con tract has been decided. • No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten- Vox is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on bis behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, a• the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated t I him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Wheat," and Must also be delivered at Somerset House. TO LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERS. These highly esteemed delicacies forwarded to all parts, on receipt of the amount, as under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-oftlce order :- 100 prime 100 especially selected B9. 4d.1 Package included. 50 ditto ... . Send full and plain directions, county, and nearest station. Ad 4ress, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. SALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE an d BURTON ALES. IitaEwERT—BURTON-ON-TRENT. LONDON.. ..... STORES:— . LIVERPOOL MANCHESTER ........ • SHEFFIELD . .. . 12, George-street. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL.. ... DUBLIN EDINBURGH • • GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Ei g ht een G a ll ons an d upwar d s, an d i n B ottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED ! Bold in Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed, 4 t the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage Palo to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115 , High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. APPETITE AND DIG ESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, Soup, Curries, an d Salad, " el all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, 10 d by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to P e Lfxctly digest the food. rhe daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe tlard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fe nc h urch-street, ' L oudon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay k r,al Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilme n and riser enants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. ,„ 14. .8.--To guard against imitations , see that the names o f " LEA "` g i PERRIN'S" arc upon the label and patent cap of tho bottle ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inu-road. Patron—The QUEEN. —Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past month the f o llowing number received the benefits e. this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal 4PRlCation: Week ending 7th November ...... 2,154 Ditto 14th November.. •• .. 2,043 Ditto 21st November.... 1,972 Ditto 28th November ...• .. 2,309 29th and 30th November"... ..... 269 Total in November ...... 8,747 Of Which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Pati en 'he clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the ts. il eavY expenses are inevitably incurred in afforing such eatn ee relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly en d treat the aid e of 'te public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, : 3 ea rly elected from the general list of subscribers, a t th e Ann ual general Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 _ o'clock ( R ev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, hen any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at Ad times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun (Lary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, ,idnohdneAolasterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts Prescoit; rummond and Co. ; B err i es and Co.' 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CHEAP EDITION of LILLIESLEAF ; the Concluding Pas , ages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland, of , imityside, written by herself, in 1 vol , 6s , bound. Hurst aid Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE, SIR BERNARD BURKE'S PEERAGE and B k RON /.:T E fir 1857, New Edition, corrected thromMout from the personal communications of the Nobility, &c will be ready on -aturday, Dec. 13. Hurst and Iltackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Now ready, in 1 vol., with numerous Illustrations by the author, P EN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By THOMAS HOOD. "Few will have seen this book announced without having a wish to welcome it. By his poetry and his prose Thomas Hood the second distinctly announces himselr to be his father's sou."—Athenian. Hurst and tllackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On 13th inst. will be published, in small octavo, JESSIE CAMERON : A Highland Story. By LADY RACHEL 13IITL, R. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF T HE COURSE OF TIME. By ROBERT I'OLLOK, The Designs by Birket Foster, John Tennicl, and John R. Clayton. Engraved by Edmund Evans, Dalziel Broth rs, (:recn, &c. In square octavo, elegantly bound in cloth, price 215., or in morocc•, by liayday, price 355. A POEM. '• Of deep and hallowed impress, full of noble thoughts and graphic conceptions the production of a mind alive to the great relations of being, and the sublime simplicity of our religion."— Professor Wilsau. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and Loudon. NEW WORK BY MR. JOHN WADE. On Friday next, in 1 vol. fcp Bvo., -• IFNGLAND'S GREATNESS ; its Rise and Progress in Government, Laws, Religion, avid Social Life ; Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures ; science, Literature,and the Arts, from the Earliest Period to the Peace of Pails. 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We trust this may not ho the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book zooid find its way Into the hands of those whta suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhma, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Hellen, 219, Regent-street ENGLISHMEN! Will you have " Fair Play," and give your aid to put dow. an unscrupulous monopoly; determined, if possible, "fa,9 aut nefas," to crush a company that will give the Public what they require, viz. :—" Better Omnibus accommodation and a wholesome Competition?" If each Omnibus rider would take, say only two or three shares, they would have the management of the Omnibuses under their own control, and not be the subjects of that Despotic Power which says, " When we have all the Omni buses in our own hands, we will carry out what we have pro mised."—Macnamara and Co., at the Mansion-house. Which, translated, means, " We will reduce the number of Omni buses and increase the fares." If the Parisian Omnibus Companies pay their Shareholders 124 per cent. and 20,0001. a•year to the Government for the monopoly they enjoy, it will answer the purpose of the L. G. O. C. to expend any amount of money and use every means to crush competition and create a similar monopoly in this metropolis —WILL you PERMIT IT ? " Who would be free, himself must strike the blow." METROPOLITAN SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY. " Limited." Shares 11. each, Deposit Offices-15S, Leadenhall-street, City. The Directors of this Company have much pleasure in in forming the Shareholders and the Public, that " Patent Saloon Omnibuses" are being built, and will be placed on those lines of road first where Shareholders require Omnibus accommodation. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares, and a full refutation of the calumnies published against this Com pany, can be obtained at the Offices, and Shareholders are invited to make any inquiry they desire. Office hours, Ten to Five. W. R. POPE, Secretary. THE COMING CONFERENCES. Le Nord has an article explaining the defeat which Russian diplomacy has sustained in th• Bolgrad dispute : "In the beginning of the difficulty, France, w hi c h was impartial, leaned to the Russian inter pretation ; but for the purpose of conciliation sought for a compromise in combination which ap peared to her ought to satisfy all these angry rivals. Sardinia used the same language as France. Prussia never admitted the interpretation of Aus tria and England, which she even severely con demned. Opinions, therefore, were thus divided ; on the one side Turkey, sustained with violence and the must absolute tone by Austria and Eng land, and on the other side Russia, supported with firmness by Prussia, and with more reserve by France and Sardinia. _ _ _ t t r h itso e Congress itself, and formally requested " Russia then proposed to appeale baek hastened assembly. The proposition was equally agreeable to France, Au s t r ia, England, and Turkey to decline the offer of Russia ; Turkey, in guarded and equivocal language ; Austria, by wrapping its refusal in honeyed forms ; and England, with dis dainful and insolent arrogance. The attitude of England covere d t h e wea k ness o f T ur k e y and the hypocrisy of Austria. England placed herself at the head of the resistance, and, at the same time, addressed severe reprimands to the Cabinet of Berlin and the Cabinet of Turin. The latter, how ever, could not do much. We have already men tioned the tone of these representations of a ngland, couched in a style humiliating, and filled with menace for the two Courts. Prussia was firm ; and England, by way of Punishing h er; h as t a k en upon herself t o support Switzerland in the Neuchatel question. Everything, therefore, depended upon France and Sardinia. Under these circumstances, the question is insoluble. The following is thy mode of extrication that has been adopted, th e honour of which is due to the Cabinet of tl ie Tuileries : " That Cabinet explained itself frankly at th e Court of St. Petersburg, and the consequence o f those explanations was, that Russia was far more concerned in the point of honour than in a material or political interest. The Cabinet of the Tuileries, interpreting this language and attitude of Russia, perceived that a decision cif the majority of the plenipotentiaries would relieve the Russian Go vernment of its embarrassment ; and that, while it would only occasion to Russia an unimportant sacrifice, and the necessity of an honourable re treat, it would entail upon Austria and upon Eng laud the obligation of withd raw i ng the armies which occupy the Principalities, and the fleets which occupy the Black Sea. In this point of view, the French Cabinet, in lending itself to the forma tion of a majority against Russia, remained faith ful to its policy, because, without doing a ny essen tial damage to Russia, it put an end to causes which might threaten the peace of Europe. " But how to form beforehand that majority de manded by England as the conditions without which neither she, nor Austria, nor Turkey, would con sent to take part in the new Conferences ? If I am well informed, this has been the subject of an understanding between the Cabinets of Paris and Tut hr. A little negotiation has taken place between these Cabinets. Its object was to deter mine the Cabinet of Turin to follow that of the Tuileries, to hold the same language as that of the Tuileries in the future Conference, and to maintain the same attitude. The Cabinet of Turin yielded. " The3,e, then, who persuade themselws that the Plenipotentiaries of the Seven Powers will assist at the Conference, with liberty of judgment and inde pendence of mind, to pronounce judicially on the interpretation of one or two Articles of the Treaty of Paris, indulge in strange illusions. Teu points, which have been the subject of debate, are no ',V de cided, and decided against Russia by a majority of five votes to two. Russia knows it, and rightly persists in her design of bringing the question be fore the Conference, and of accepting the resolu tions which shall be adopted by the niajority of the Plenipotentiaries. On some future da - s , Russia will have her turn ; to-day it is Engla - e s . In its last stages the discussion presented question of form and a c pies ion r land obtains the substance an,' 4 substance. Eng the form—that is what kihe abandons A willingly it answer well." often does, and she finds for a decision_ a MR. TV. WILLIAM'S AND HIS COASTITUENTS Last night, at the invitation of Mr. Williams, M.P. for Lambeth, a number of his constituents met him at the Lecture-hall, in order to hear from the hoe. gentleman an account of his Parliamentary conduct during the past ses sion. Mr. Williams, on entering the hall, accompanied by many of his leading supporters, was received with loud cheering. Mr. F. DOULTON, who presided, observed that although all the constituents of Mr. Williams might not approve every vote he had given, he was sure they would all feel thankful to their hon. representative for affording them the opportunity of meeting him on that occasion, and of ascertaining his opinions upon the subjects which were likely to be brought before Parliament during the ensuing session, while they were enabled to express their views candidly and openly upon any public questions in which they were interested. Mr. Weemaets said he had invited his constituents to meet him in order that, if they thought fit, they might have an opportunity of demanding any explanation of his conduct as their representative during the last session of Parliament. He might state that he had attended in his place in the House of Commons every day and every night throughout the session, without a single exception. During the last session Parliament had done less than during any session since the passing of the Referee Act to meet the wants and wishes of the people. The session, however, had not been a very short one, for it lasted exactly six months ; but many measures which had led to protracted discussions had been introduced without any real intention on the part of their promoters to enrol them on the sta tute-book. During the early part of the session the Go vernment were occupied e in the negotiations for peace, and as the sympathies of both houses of Parliament, were with them very little busiaess was done; but peace was con cluded on the 3uth of March, before the time when the work of the session ordinarily commenced. The negotia tions, therefore, had not prevented either the Government or individual members of the House of Commons from pro posing important measures of reform; but there had been a disposition to procrastinate and to consume time without effecting these legislative improvements which were de manded by the country. Peace had, undoubtedly, been regarded by all as a most desirable object, and it was a great blessing ; but iu his opinion there WAS great cause for dissatisfaction with the peace which had been obtained lay the sacrifice in two years of 90,000,0001., uud by the sacrifice also of the finest army that bad ever left the shores of Ragland, not in contlict with the enemy, but through the gross and shameful mismanagement of the Ga vernineut at home, and of the officers who had been ap pointed by that Government to command abroad. (Cheers.) He would, however, do her Majesty's Government the jus tice to say, that he believed the decision of the questions which war e the subject of negotiation did not rest entirely with th'Eu, but that the Government of France had much to du with the ahandonment of those important de mands which, in his opinion, ought to have been made conditions of peace. The armies an, fleets of France an., Euieland were nu sooner withdrawn from the territory and coasts of Russia than she repudiated some of the more ha portaut cueditions of the peace. Another Congress was consequently to b e held. Some people were apprehensive that fresh lostilities might take place, but Russia had not money tom to war with—(hear, hear)—and, although tie had no doubt there would be is good deal of talk, he hoped that a settlement would be effected in accordance with the principles 'oreuerly laid down by her ;Majesty's Govern ment. (Cheers.) Some 120 acts had received the assent of the Legisia4ure during the last session, but there were few of them in which his constituents would feel nauchiutereat. Among these acts was one important measure—the Joint Stock ( joinianies Act—which established the principle of limited lieeility, and enabled persons of small capital to embark iubusiness without risking more than the mum they actualy subscribed. (Hear, hear.) Some objectionable ine ,, dd es Vero thrown out, while other objectionable measures were passed, and a great deal of mischief was done by the reje:tion by the House of Lords of important bills which hadeeceived the assent of the House of Commons. Among these was the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill, which was intended to remedy the notorious defects of the House of Lords to a court of appeal. Another measure, relating to a subject ii which the great mass of the industrious classes felt de p interest, was thrown out. The Government brought in a bill for the removal of the National Gallery, upon which enormous sums had been expended, from Tra fidger-squkre to Kensington-gore. (Hear.) Tuat project was prounted by Prince Albeit and his party in the Court —(hear, aid cheers)—it was supported by the Government and all tiler tools, and it was also supported by the Oppo sition, heeled by Mr. Disraeli, and all their tools— (cheers and laughter)—but the independent members were too strong even for that combination, and the bill was thrown out. (Itunswed cheers.) If the bill had teen carried it would ha`e led to au enormous outlay of the public money and to ti e entire exclusion of the great body of the people trim the gallery containing those treasures of art which Nve.e the property of the nation, :or a man would lose neerl• the whole day iu walking frora Lambeth to the proposed ate at Kensington-gore and back again. (Cheers.) Few persnes besides those who kept carriages, or woo could affrd to pay for vehicles, would, therefore, have been enasled to visit the Gallery. Ife was sorry to say that ther e was a strong desire, which was increasing year by year, throng the aristocratic class, to keep the people at as 1;114 a distance from them as possible, and to de prive thsmn of enjoyments to which they were entitled, The Kensington -gore job was one of the grossest of which he had ewer heard. 3'7,000/. had already been spent in the pureease of land, and, although he had made inquiries of the (eovernment, they would not say what further amount ;buy meant to expend. He could, however, as sure hiscoustituents that he would oppose the scheme to the very utmost of his power. (Cheers.) Thu removal of the Gallery was defended on the ground that in Trafalgar square the pictures were injured by smoke ; but experi ments tad been made by Professor Faraday and other eminent rs certainly,. square. uc h , tavn awoke duringt deheenaeitre (Cheers that se ; aansutgmgt portionoli o nt k e. e gr .o a ) r ff e affected f e e dt Househt eh theree year p w i ao c fs and in thee© ; Trai Z aa Lords %ruck out of the Cambridge University Bill a clause insertel in the House of Commons, admitting Dissenters to the Uriversity, and givi ng them important privileges (cries of " Sheme !")—and their lordships also threw out a bill thich h a d passed the House of Commons for admitting Jews to seats in that House. (Hear, hear.) Several im portant clauses were struck out of the Metropolis Local Mtuegeuient Bill in withthe HthoeusLeerodfe,Laomrtelns,dthanedutsh..e Thhade disagreeinguhuncahhbilsreen m rendered the establishment of a police opinion, passed during th e last ,e the Counties an d B oroughs :vsotsotisseiitetotenfioollyrhi objectionable les:vic tl Home Secretary erumeo t the power o force compulsory, fmaking k andn gsuch g conferredre regulations upontihos forthe li the om government of the police as in point of fact gave him the entire control of that force; but the measure encountered so much oppo sition that Sir G. Grey withdrew some of the more objec tionable clauses. He (Mr. Williams) thought this was a movement which ought to be cautiously watched, or they might have such a police as now existed in France, in Aus tria, and in Naples. (Cheers.) After the bill was passed the reason of its proposal became known. The Government was about to concentrate the army, which was now scattered over the country in great camps at Aldershot, Shorncliffe, the Curragh of Kildare, and other places, where, in imita tion of the plan punned by continental despots, the sol diers would be kept entirely from contact with the people. No less than 1,600,000/. had been voted during the last two years for building barracks and huts for the soldiers in those great camps, and it was stated that aceommodatiou was to bo provided at Aldershot for from 30,000 to 40,000 men. A splendid pavilion had been erected for the Queen in the midst of that great camp (laughter) and her Majesty had remained there with her Court for days and nights, entertaining the officers at dinner, and inspecting the soldiers on parade. A few weeks ago he saw an account in the public newspapers of her Majesty having gone down to the Pavilion, and having witnessed in the camp a theatrical performance, the players being officers of the different regiments. This he thought was a novel course to be pursued by a Sovereign of England. Last year upwards of 40,000 men—soldiers of the line and militia, including artillery, cavalry, and infantry—were stationed at Aldershot, and the Government obtained a vote from the House of Commons of 7,300/. to pay the Hampshire and Surrey police for' taking care of these 40,000 soldiers. (Laughter.) It was reported, and he was sorry to say with some foundation, that the Government intended to saddle the country with a much larger army than had formerly been maintained in a time of peace. (A. Veice—" We wont have it.") (Cheers.) That would depend upon the peeple. (Cheers.) It was said that when the late war broke out the army was totally inefficient, and so it was, except with regard to the discipline and bravery of the soldiers, who saved the credit and honour of the country when the officers alone were incapable of clischargiu,; their duty. It was said the army would bo placed in a more efficient state, but ho ventured to assert that if this country should be unfortunate enough to be involved iu war within five years from this time the itimy, as far as the officers were concerned, would be found just as unprepared for war as it was at this moment, and its whole management would fall into incompetent aristocratic hands. After referring to the necessity for a consolidation of the statute law, and the reformation or abolition of the ecclesiastical courts, and complaining of the wasteful expen diture ofpublic money by Governments, Mr. Williams said ' he would only refer to one more subject—the income tax. He had always regarded the assessments of the profits of trades and professions at the same rate with landed property as ur.ju4t, and he had during the latit AtiSio/1 voted for the appointment of a committee to consider whether the tax might not be levied on a principle of greater equality. The income tax was now 16d. in the pound. It was provided that that rate of taxation should be maintained for the financial year after the preliminaries of peace were ex changed. The financial year commenced on sth April; the conditions of peace were signed on the 30th March, but the ratifications were not exchanged till the 21st or 22d April, so that the 16d. income tax was thrown upon the people until 185 g. Now, they must get rid of that tax. He found from official returns that the revenue for the year ending 30th Sept. last was 71,300,i 01. Now, the expenditure for the last year of peace, 1853, was 55,400,0001., which was considerably more than the average of the preceding 20 years, and if the Government would not expend more during the next year, 1857, than they did in 1853, they would have at least a balance of 15,950,0001., so that they would be able to dispense with the 16d. incense tax, which produced 15,94),000/., and still have a balance of 10,00 J/. to spare. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) If, however, Lord Palmerston insisted upon saddling the country with a larger standing army, and thus increasing the expenditure of 1857 beyond that of 1863, he would not deserve the support of the people, and it would depend on the pressure exercised by the people upon Parliament whe ther the noble lord should pursue such a course or not. (Loud cheers.) After thanking the meeting for the kind ness with which they had heard him, Mr. Williams re sumed his seat amid loud cheers. An ELECTOR said that, as the House of Lords had ejected some important clauses of the Metropolis Local Management Bill, he wished to know whether it was not possible to deal with that house as Oliver Cromwell had done —to abolish the house, and send the members to the right about ? (Cheers and laughter.) Mr. WILLIAMS was not aware of any power which would enable his friend to carry out his wishes. He must say, however, that the Lords had shown more obstructive. ness during the last session than on any occasion within his recollecti._e. ; and they had not only thrown out im• portant measures, but they had opposed the undoubted right and prerogative of the Crown with regard to the crea tion of life peers. (Hear, hear.) Dr. Bunter.", observed it was possible that during the ensuing session a demand might be made upon Parliament for a provision for the Princess Royal, on her marriage with the Prince of Prussia. He thought they ought to be very cautious in dealing with regard to such a matter, with a State which had been opposed to this country during the late war. (Loud cheers.) He could not expect a decided answer, but he would like to know what were the views of the hon. member on the subject. Mr. WILLIAMS said he could not, of course, give a dis tinct answer to the question, as he did not kuow what pro position the Government might submit to Parliament. He had heard an amount mentioned which, in his opinion, was perfectly ridiculous. Whenever a proposition was made on the subject they might depend upon it ho would do all he could . to protect the pockets of his constituents, for be thought very little of their money ought to go in the di rection indicated by the gentleman who had put the ques tion. (Cheers and laughter.) In reply to other questions, Mr. WILLIAMS said that the opinions of his constituents were so much divided with regard to the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday that he had felt it his duty to abstain from interfering in the matter. Re approved the proposition of the Board of Works to borrow 4,000,000/. on the security of the rates, to be repaid in 50 years, for carrying out the system of sewerage. Mr. GREY then moved a resolution expressing the satis f iction of the meeting with the public conduct of Mr. Wil liams, and their thanks for his exertions in Parliament, The resolution was seconded by Mr. C. EVANS, sup ported by Mr. MURROUGH, M.P., and adopted. Mr. H. J. SLACK moved and Mr. G. HILL seconded a resolution declaring that the expenditure of the country was wasteful and extravagant, and that if the Government could be forced by the pressure of public opinion to keep the accounts in an honest, intelligible manner, and cause them to be efficiently audited, a saving of many millions a year could be effected, and the income tax might be en tirely removed or very greatly diminished. The resolution was agreed to. On the motion of Mr. GRIEN, a resolution was adopted expressing the opinion of the electors of Lambeth, " that the ensuing session of Parliament will be a favourable time for the Ministers to introduce a bill for extending the elec. tive franchise and the taking of ♦ote by ballot, as well as for a general revision of the taxation of the country and an amendment of the existing commercial laws, which pro• tect the criminal while they punish his victims." The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to th• chairman. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE GOODS STATION Off THL GREAT NORTRERLV RAILWAY. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, the coroner, held an inquest at the Queen's Arms, Caledonian-road, Is- lington, touching the death of a man, named Thomas Billett, a labourer in the potato department of the goods station of the Great Northern Railway, at York-road, King's-cross, who died on Friday last, in the Great Northern Hospital, from the effects of injuries sustained by being jammed between the buffers of two goods trucks, on Tuesday, the 2d inst. After the coroner had heard some preliminary evi dance, he thought that the inquiry assumed 80 important a character, that he despatched the jury, in charge of Mr. Tubbs, the summoning officer, to view the place, and obtain, if possible, a knowledge as to how the acci• dent occurred. The Great Northern Railway Company have a large shed at the goods station, about four hundred feet long and one hundred feet wide, which is appropriated exelu. sively to the unloading and sale of potatoes as a whole sale market. There are four lines of rails upon which the potato trucks run. Crossing the lines diagonally are four turn-tables, upon which the trucks are shifted from one line to another as occasion may require. The acci dent, which occurred in the most singular manner imaginable, happened as follows : There were two trucks upon the turn-tables adjoining each other, one being at rest, and the second swinging round. The de ceased was standing close by looking on between the two waggons, when at the same instant another man, who attends the market as an occasional dealer, came sud denly up to the second turn-table, and the truck, being in the full sweep round, one of its buffers struck him so forcibly as to knock him with considerable violence against the deceased man Billett, which stayed his further progress. Billett, however, receiving the blow unawares and unexpectedly from the other man, was driven against one of the buffers of the first truck, which was in a state of rest, and, before he could recover himself, the second, which was in motion all this time, caught him across the belly, and between the buffers of both trucks he was jammed so severely as to cause death. He was ulti mately removed to the Great Northern Hospital, but his When injuries were the s j o u s r y e v e y r i e s t t h e a d t thehe e station,xpi n r f . e w F d i e a l y d s ; the company's manager in that part of the station, complied with the request of Mr. Tubbs, the summoning officer, and had two trucks placed upon the turn-tables, exactly in the position which they occupied at the time the acci dent to , k place. From this it was easily seen the rails and turn-tables being on the same level as the general floor of the shed, that no precautions in the form of rail or fence would be of the least utility in preventing simi lar accidents in future, whilst such intended safeguards would greatly interfere with and incommode the ordinary commercial business of the market. Upon the return of the jury, the Coroner asked if any, and what, suggestions could be proposed to prevent a recurrence of these accidents ? Some recommended a railing round the turn-tables, whil-t others, entertaining more practical ideas, thought that the danger would be greatly lessened by the adop tion of a lute fixing the time when trucks were to be placed upon the turn-tables, and one of the company's otiicers to stand by and keep persons away until such trucks as were requned to be shifted had passed the lines. One of the jury stated that he had been told on the spot that hundreds of people crowded the sheds (luring market hours, and the turning of the - se trucks still went on amidst the ordinary business, and whi c h ma d e the place extremely dangerous, especially to women. The Coroner said that some day the q ues ti on wou ld be tried in a court of law, by relatives suing for damages in the case of an accident : when a verdict would be given that would cost the company as much in fi ve m i nutes as the expense of protection would in V) years. The jury ultimately found the death to be an acci dental one, and signed a recommendation to the effect, that the railway company should adopt some protection at the turn-tables. The proceedings then terminated. NORWICH YARN COMPANY.—A call of 901. is required to pay off the outstanding liabilities of this company, which failed some years ago. NORWICH STEAM POWER COMPANY.—A petition bas been presented to the Court of Chancery to investigate a nd wind up the affairs of this abortive undertaking. BRITISH AND IRISH GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.— We are glad to learn, from good authority, that the surveys and plans of the proposed railway between Castle Douglas and Portpatrick are completed, and that cou siderable progress has been made in raising the neces sary capital. By a comparatively small additional effort the important object of connecting Great Britain may be attained. C w e it r h tl r i e ra lau il d wa b y y c t o h m e p s a h l t s se in a te p r a e s s s t a e g d e i n its success have liberally agreed to subsidise the undertaking to the ex tent of 220,000/., on the condition, however, that, the rn heeapital'hyupanirivelayte subscription, if not 210,0004 shall be raised full amountttainable, within about a month. Th e m subscribed falls littl e s h ort of two-th i r d s amount er o a u io o tt d o otherwisee already rl itsr of eo a obtainable, y of the required sum of 240,9001., and as the time is limited within which the rematning third must be forth coming, an increase of from 40 to 50 per cent. on the present subscriptions would secure the desired object.— . Belfut Nibs Letter. TDB TREATY OF PARIS. A portion of the following appeared in our impression of yesterday : A document was addressed by the Russian Go• vernment at the latter end of October to all the Powers that signed the Treaty of Paris. It was accompanied by a circular requesting the recon vocation of the Paris Conferences. This memoran dum is an expose of the steps taken by the Cabinet of St. Petersburg with a view to the fulfilment of the Articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty of the 30th of March. It is as follows : "Protocol No. 1, of the 4th of April, ordains that the commissioners who, according to the terms of the 20th Article of the Treaty of Peace, are to proceed to the boundary of the new frontier i❑ Bessarabia, are to meet at Galatz on the 6th of May, to accomplish without delay the mission intrusted to them. "In that same sitting the Russian Plenipotentiaries declared that the Russian authorities would make over, as soon as that operation was terminated, to the Molda vian authorities such portion of territory as, according to the new frontier line, was to be annexed to Moldavia. "Article 20 defines the new frontier : " It will start from the Black . Sea at one kilometre east of the Lake of Bouvna-Sola, will rejoin perpendi cularly the Akermann-road, will follow that road to the Valley of Trajan, will pass south of Bolgrad, will run alongside the River Yalpuck as far as the heights of Saraszika, and will terminate at Katamori, on the Pruth. Above this point the old frontier between the two coun tries remains unchanged.' "In virtue of this same article the delegates of the contracting Powers were called to fix the line in all its details. "It will suffice to real carefully the text of those stipu lations to be convinced that they refer to a boundary on the main land, but that they are not applicable to the state of possession of an island situated in the open sea. "This reflection is also applicable to the discussion raised on the subject of the Isle of Serpents. It is not the text which gave rise to this difficulty ; it arises from its silence. . "In fact, no express stipulation of the treaty has either annexed to Moldavia or adjudged to Turkey that island, in the possession of which Russia incontestably was before the rupture. "New, in matter of right, if there is to be a transfer of any territory from one possessor to another, it is necessary that the Treaty of Peace should authorise this change by a stipulation clearly expressed. Silence neither legitimises abandonment on one part, nor acquisi tion on the other. In this point of view the Russian Cabinet, on the restoration of peace, thought it not only a right but a duty to re-establish on the Isle of Serpents the lighthouse, maintained at its expense before the war, in the general interests of international commerce and navigation. So as to take this administrative measure in perfect regularity, the Russian envoy at Paris was ordered to inquire whether the Isle of Serpents was still occupied either by France or by England. "This preliminary information, acquired in the month of June from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of France and from the English Ambassador, proved with what good faith the Imperial Government aimed at the re establishment of the status quo, while nothing then autho rised the supposition that it would be a subject of dis puts), "Having ascertained that during the operations of the war, and at the time of the signing of the peace, the island had remained unoccupied, the Russian authorities made preparations for relighting the lighthouse, when they were informed that a Turkish detachment had taken possession of the island towards the middle of June with out any act of formality. "This incident occurred even before the delegates of the contracting Powers had terminated their labours of tracing out the frontier line undertaken in execution of Articles 20 and 21 of the treaty. "Even should the interpretation of these articles have given rise to a difference of opinion, that dcubt should, at all events, have been solved by common agreement be tween the contracting Powers. One of them could not on its own authority decide a point of litigation raised as regards a stipulation forming part of a European trans action, which all the Cabinets had signed, and of which they were all witnesses, guarantees, and judges. "Ti.c work of peace being the result of their united efforts, it was also necessary that their united concurrence should insure its faithful execution. " With this conviction the Imperial Cabinet did not hesitate for a moment to express the necessity of reserv ing to a conference assembled at Paris the examination orthe decision of the controversy which arose on the subject of the Isle of Serpents at the end of the month of July. "Instructions sent by order of the Emperor to Baron Brunow, under date of the 4th of August, ordered that Minister to propose to the French Cabinet the immediate meeting of a conference to decide to whom the Isle of Serpents belonged. " In submitting this point of dispute to the Powers that signed the treaty the Imperial Cabinet stated that the inland, which is of no military or political value to Russia, has no other importance than that which results from the maintenance of the lighthouse, which is of indispensable necessity to commerce, especially to that of Odessa ; that the seizure by a single patty, without the consent of the last possessor, does not constitute a legal claim, as the treaty is completely silent on the subject ; finally, that to remedy this mistake it was requisite that the representatives of the contracting Powers should meet, reserving for their decision a ques tion which had not acquired the authority of a thing decided by the acts of the Congress. _ _ _ " this period the opportnileoess of a deliberation in common seemed also to be appreciated by the Cabinjts of Vienna and of London. " While this•plan was the subject of confidential com munications between the different contracting Powers the urgency of an immediate meeting of their represen tatives was evinced by a new incident. It resulted from the difference of opinion between the delegates of the contracting Powers charged with tracing the new Bessa- rabian frontier. "If hitherto their labours had tended towards a satisfactory and prompt conclusion, it is fair to point out the part taken by Russia towards that result. "Whenever the delegates for the settlement of the frontier line came upon a local difficulty, which they could not settle on their own responsibility, an immediate de ciiion, sent by order of the Czar, raised their doubts and rendered their work easy in a perfect spirit of con• ciliation. In support of this truth it will suffice to mention two facts. " According to Art. 20 the nem frontier, starting at one kilometre from the lake of Baurna-Bola, was to rejoin perpendicularly the Akermann road. That line cut in two Lake Hadji-Ibrahim, and left Lake Basiriam entirely to Russia. The inspection of the localities showed the defect of such delimitation. "The Imperial Cabinet allowed its delegates to remedy this inconvenience, so as to include the two lakes in the Moldavian territory. "Again, the 20th Art, made the frontier end at Kata mori, on the Pruth. The text of the treaty did not ex press whether that place was to belong to Russia or to be given to Moldavia. The Imperial Cabinet obviated that difficulty by allowing Katamori to be joined to the Principality. " But more than this. At the Paris Congress the tracing of the new frontier has already been adopted in Conference, when the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of France, and of Great Britain proposed an amendment, according to which the frontier was to terminate at some distance north of Katamori. The Rus-ian Plenipoten tiaries could not consent to that proposition, as the boundary indicated in Article 20 had already received the Emperor's sanction. "Assembled on the spot, the Austrian, French, Eng lish, and Ottoman delegates renewed the amendment which had not been adopted in Conference. The Imperial Cabinet authorised its delegates to adhere to that plan which gives to Moldavia a greater extent of frontier along the Pruth than that prescribed by the text of the treaty. By means of these transactions, freely and frankly consented to by the Imperial Cabinet, the frontier line was completed in more than three-quarters of its whole extent. Only two gaps remained to be filled up. "With this object the commissioners, on the strength of their united labours, drew up and signed on the 30th of August a preliminary convention, giving an account of all points upon which they were agreed, and especially of those which need a final decision on the part of the contracting Powers. " This convention submits to the judgment of the 'Cabinets four alternatives left to their choice. This plan is founded upon a system of compensation so cleverly combined that each of the two parties interested obtains geographically the same surface of ground, whatever may be the alternative selected by the Cabinets. " As regards the first point, the text of the treaty in dicated the river Yalpuck as the frontier line. In its into course, o a a t n a n B, p l o a n c e e b ca e a l ! r e i t! g An th cle e r e na s m k a e , o t f h e Yalpuckr vers , p s the other that of Yalpuckbel. The letter of the treaty implies the former ; the other arm would give a more enlarged frontier to Moldavia. The delegates have re served this question for the solution of the Cabinets. "As regards the second point in dispute, that of the town of Bolgrad, a consideration of good faith seems to determine this question. It is this. When the Con- gress came to discuss and decree in principal the new frontier line, the Russians frankly declared the import ance of not taking away the town of Bolgrad from the Bulgarian colonies of which it is the capital. This ad ministrative consideration , so frankly expressed, received the unanimous votes of all the representatives, given in a spirit of concord and conciliation. Consiluently it was resolved, by common accord, that the frontier line should pass south of Bolgrad, as is clearly and precisely stated in the text of Art. 20. This resolution was not taken on the inspection of maps produced at the Conferences by the plenipotentiaries of Russia. Printed in Russian they might not have appeared sufficiently intelligible, to all the representatives at the Congress. They, there- fore, formed their conclusions from the examination of a map placed at their disposal by the care of the French Government. " This fact is worthy of mention. It shows that if the maps were faulty the responsibility does not rest with the Russian Plenipotentiaries. Moreover, their frank speech had set aside any misunderstanding, They had declared that the town of Bolgrad, which it was important should be preserved to Russia, was the capital of the Bulgaria❑ colonies. " In this avowal there was neither concealment, mis understanding, nor deceit. The Congress, in adhering to the desire expressed by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, performed an act of equity and wisdom. In fact, its de cision upon the question of Bolgrad brought the di'cus sione to a close. Art. 20 was drawn up conformably to the re elution taken at the sitting of the 10th March. The Russian Plenipotentiaries thought right, however, to make a reserve of the approbation of their Court. That approbation was announced by Count Orloff in the sitting of 14th March, Prot. IX. " In this grave deliberation it may be said the una nimity of opinion (accord) of the Plenipotentiaries at the Conference was complete. Doubtless, the Cabi• nets by ratifying the acts of their Plenipotentiaries, had not the intention of questioning or disavowing the spirit of equity and harmony which presided over their labours. "The first motive of dissent arose when the delegates had visited the localities ; they then found that the town of Bolgrad, instead of being situate at some dis tance from lake Yalpuck, as was indicated upon all the maps, touched the northern extremity of the lake. " The position thus ascertained on the spot gave rise to a difference of opinion between the respective dele gates as regarded the crossing of the frontier line en trusted to their care. "The Russian delegates proposed to take as demarca tion limit the valley line (Thalweg), leaving the left shore of the lake to Russia, the right shore to Moldavia. "This combination was deemed inadmissible by the other Commissioners. In their opinion, access to the lake open on the left bank to Russia might engender the fear of the Imperial Government forming a flotilla upon the lake, the presence of which might some day be an impediment to the free navigation of the Danube. "This supposition, we may be allowed to say, did not tally in reality with the nature of the locality. Moreover, if the project of the Russian Commissioners had been admitted all subject of anxiety would have been removed before hand by the express condition, that a single brandwachl (boat) should be allowed for the use of the Russian authorities, to be kept at a fixed station, for the use of the custom and sanitary officers. Such a condi tion would surely have excluded the slightest anxiety respecting the free navigation of the Danube. "Nevertheless the proposal of the Russian delegates met with decided opposition. The French Commissioner, with a view to conciliate conflicting opinions, suggested a new plan—to make a high road (chaltssee) along the shore of the lake, and thus to separate the town of Bol grad from the shores of Lake Yalpuck, with the excep tion of permission to the inhabitants to have access to the borders of the lake for their daily wants. " By this combination the whole lake would remain Moldavian, while the town of Bolgrad, the capital of the colonies, would remain in the possessio❑ of Russia. "The Imperial Cabinet of Russia did not hesitate to give its consent to this proposal, which con ciliated all interests and all mutual considerations, The Austrian, English, and Turkish delegates. were not authorised to adopt this c impro inise. In their opinion the frontier line, instead of passing south of Bolgrad, the capital, as understood by the Congress, and as stated in Art. 20 of the Treaty, ought to be drawn south of the place named Tabak (see map annexed to the preliminary convention of 30th ♦ugust.) A much-to-be-regretted controversy has arisen on this point. _ _ " A few words will suffice to elucidate the question by placing it in its true light. The place called Tabak is not the central point of the administration of the But. garia❑ Colonies. For many years the town of Bolgrad has been the capital. Church, school, government, population, are all concentrated in Bolgrad. Tabak, as all the delegates were able to ascertain, does not, there fore, i❑ any manner respond to the intention avowed openly, in which the Russian Plenipotentiaries asked, and which the other Plenipotentiaries united at the Con gress granted, that Bolgrad should remain in the pos. session of Russia. " This is a simple question of good faith. If the line should be drawn south of Tabak it would be drawn con trary to the spirit and to the letter of the text. Bolgrad would be separated from the colonies, while it was agreed that that town should remain annexed to them. In a word, the treaty of the 30;h March would not be car ried out conformably to the idea which presided over that transaction. "In this state of affairs the Emperor is of opinion that the most honourable part to take is to appeal to the consciences of the Cabinets that signed the Treaty of Paris. " Consequently, by order of his Majesty, the Russian Envoy on a mission extraordinary to bis Majesty the Emperor of the French had the honour of addressing to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, under date of Sept. 19, an official note, reiterating a request for the convocation of a Conference, consisting of the representatives of all the contracting Powers. " Agreeing to this request the Minister of Foreig❑ Affairs, in the name of his Government, has invited the other ,Cabinets to decide by oommon accord all the points which have hitherto remained in suspense. " So as to give to this diplomatic meeting the cha• racter and the merit of a final solution of all the questions in dispute, Count Walewski asked Baron Brunow whether the Court of Russia, participating in this deli beration, was decided to abide by a majority of votes. "To this question, transmitted by telegraph to St. Petersburg, the Imperial Cabinet sent back an imme diate reply in the affirmative... . . " The sentiment of confidence which dictated it is honourable for the cabinet from which that reply ema nates, and for the Powers to which it is addressed. Four of them—France, England, Sardinia, and Turkey —were a short time since engaged in a sanguinary struggle against Russia ; and now the Cabinet of St. Petersburg does not hesitate to trust to the honesty of the votes of those same Powers. In the same manner she seeks those of Austria and Prussia. " All the Cabinets that signed the treaty of Paris have thus been called upon to give a faithful and siecre inter pretation to the engagements contracted in common. " For its part the Court of Russia has the satisfaction of feeling that it facilitated their execution, that it even went beyond the obligations which fell to its lot from the text of the Treaty of Peace. Here is the proof thereof : " The Ottoman Porte expressed the wish that the islands of the delta of the Danube might be placed under her direct authority, instead of being annexed to Mol daria, as arranged by Article 21. The other Powers supported that request. The Court of Russia declared its willingness to adhere to it. " It also showed an equal desire of removing the difficulties which arose on the subject of the state of possession of the Serpents' Island, upon which the Treaty of Paris was silent. This question cannot give rise to any controversy as soon as the representatives of the signing Powers met in conference shall be called upon to give it a final solution by common consent. " The Court of Russia has learnt that the delegates char g ed to trace the Bessarabian frontier have been oc cupied with the importance which the position of Bolgrad might acquire in a military point of view. As soon as this was made known to the Emperor his Majesty deigned to authorise his commissaries to declare that it was not his intention to fortify that town. " Finally, in the expectation of the decisions of the Conference of Paris on the points which remain to be settled to terminate the tracing of the new frontier, the Emperor has given orders to his commissaries that as soon as the labours of the commission are over on the spot itself, the territory which falls to Moldavia is to be immediately made over to the Moldavian authorities, without delay, and oven without waiting for the signing of the final convention.' " Conformably to this order, the boundary line upon which the delegates are agreed by the preliminary con vention of the 30th of August shall be put into execu tion at once. There will only remain two points to be decided—that of the Upper Yalpuck and that of Bol grad. The commissaries await the solution of those two points to complete their work. " Surely it shall not be said that the Cabinets of Eu rope, after having given the blessings of peace to the civilised world by their mutual agreement at the Paris Congress, shall now hesitate to meet again in spite of conciliation and concord for the just settlement of two secondary questions reduced to su simple a matter that two sittings would suffice to settle them ? "All the Cabinets have a common interest in expedit ing this conclusion, so as to do away with the causes which have hitherto contributed to deiay the execution of the Treaty of Paris in more than one of its essential stipulations. "The Danubian Principalities especially eagerly await the moment when their national and independent admi nistration, guaranteed by the contracting Powers, shall receive the final sanction promised to them by the 24th and 21th articles of the Treaty of Paris. Their hopes, founded upon the faith of that European transaction, de serve an equitable consideration. But, for their wishes to be fulfilled, they must be heard, and For them to be expressed freely they must be expressed Without the presence of a foreign army. "This truth, recognised by the Congress, then re nit e t n i o t n a t o i v f e e s T o a f c a u l a l t i t n h g e the o t. contracting tom ce ived a unanimous confirmation by the eagerne anu with Power s '. tory with the shortest s w h h o i w ch ed th t e he re i p n r te e possible delay. A. term of six months was eventually fixed. .‘ Francs and England anticipated that term with a rapidity worthy of remark. 4‘ The First Plenipotentiary of Austria , of the 4th of April, whil e praising in the sitting the belligerent Pow ers in recalling the zeal displayed by their armies, and in than carrying out without delay one of the most im portant stipulations of the Treaty of Peace, announced, on hisrrt, that A us t r i a would withdraw her troops from ticipalities. H e even added ' that as t h at opera tion would n not meet with the saint, difficulties that attended the embarkation ofthe armies in the Crimea with their stores , • might be done more promptly, and that the A • Austrian troops would have evacuated the Principalities before the belligerent armies could have completely evacuated the Ottoman empire.' "According to this declaration, noted down in pro tocol 21, the Vienna Cabinet will doubtless feel the desire to contribute by its vote to accelerate the termi nation of the Frostier Commission ; that it may the more speedily evacuate the Danubian Principalities. The Ottoman Porte, for its part, is directly interested that the additional article of the treaty of the 30th of March, (From the Times.) • It is really wonderful how much that is absurd ' , and how much that is base can be concealed, wrapped up, and overlaid by the pomp of diplomatic diction, and carried off by the authority of a great and powerful Government. The Cabinet of St. Peters burg has presented to Europe a note which they doubtless think calculated to raise their charact.r and estimation. It is couched in language of the most guarded moderation, is of considerable length, is full of professions of the most exuberant good faith, and is altogether so exceedingly decorous, so smooth, and so respectable that one can hardly be lieve that it is prepared in any spirit except that of candour shrinking from misrepresentation, and good faith that shudders at the bare idea of a doubt or a surmise of its sincerity. And yet we venture to say that out of this document itself, with little aid except the very slightest knowledge of geo graphy and the most superficial acquaintance with the history of the last few years, with far less indus try than has been bestowed on the deciphering of ancient inscriptions and the interpretation of doubt ful texts in ancient historians, a meaning might be extracted which would cover Russia with the deep. est disgrace, and leave her diplomacy subject, on its own showing, to the charge of the meanest eva sions and subterfuges, alike disingenuous and superfi cial. Everybody knows that any of the main causes of the war was that Russia, havinc , possession of th e Salina mouth of the Danube, used'herpowerto close up that mouth altogether, and that one of the prin cipal conditions of peace was that Russia should retire entirely from the Danube, and leave it wholly in the possession of Turkey. After the con clusion of peace Russia nevertheless endeavoured to occupy the Isle of Serpents, an attempt in which she was entirely outmanoeuvred and de feated by the English fleet. But now she puts for ward in justification the assertion that there was no express stipulation in the treaty to meet the case of an island, although the possession of that island would have entirely neutralised all the pro visions so earnestly insisted upon with regard to the free navigation of the Danube. Men who in terpret treaties in this manner should do so at the point of the sword, but fur the vanquished thus to seek to elude their obligations is alike futile and discreditable. As for the question of the ratification of the Bessarabian frontier, Russia seems to feel that she is not superfluously strong in moral force, and she accordingly proceeds to take credit for having yielded in matters not worth disputing. On one occasion the frontier line cut a lake in two, but Russia was too generous to squabble about half a lake, and ceded it to Mol davia without a struggle. Ou another occasion doubts were entertained whether the town of Katamori belonged to Moldavia or not. Russia was once more magnanimous, and whatever may be comprehended in the name of Katamori passed for ever into the dominions of KA davia. And here we must stop for a moment to burden our minds of the fulness of respectful admiration. Half a lake and a whole village !—who could believe that a Power capable of such a sur render could nourish guile or deceit, or be capable of even the most justifiable artifice Y We now ap proach the case of Bolgrad at every possible disad vantage. Russia looks down upon us from a pin nacle of moral superiority, and almost persuades us that it is wicked to doubt the intention or interpre tations of so virtuous a Power. The question is, shall the boundary between Moldavia and Russia pass north or south of the town of Bolgrad t We say north, Russia says south, observing in her win ning way, what we heartily agree to, that it is " a question merely of good faith." Russia appeals to good faith, and by the principles of good faith we are content that she should be judged. She declared at the Congress frankly, as she says, or, as we may paraphrase it, with her usual frankness, that it was important not to separate Bolgrad from the Bul garian colonies of Russia, of which it was the capi tal. To this the allies assented, and Russia, iu a spirit of good faith, as she calls it, requires the performance of the agreement and is scandalized that any demur can be made to so reasonable a proposition. We should be scandalized too if we were not informed immediately afterwards by what means the assent of the allies was obtained. It appears from the Russian Note that this assent was obtained by the inspection of maps —maps which Russia herself did not pro vide, but which were provided by the French Go vernment. If the maps were faulty, the fault was none of Russia's. Moreover, her frank declara tion that she meant to keep Bo lgrad, the capital of the Bulgarian colonies, put an end to the possibi lityof cavil. Now, let us see what Russia admits in this very guarded and carefully worded statement. First, she admits that the maps were faulty, and strengthens the admission by protesting against being supposed to be responsible for their produc tion ; next, she states that the fault consisted in this, that the town of Bolgrad, instead of being si tuated at some distance from Lake Yalpuck, a back- water of the Danube, as delineated in the map, actually touched the northern extremity of the lake ; and, thirdly, she does not deny, and by not denying admits, that ahe well aware of this error of the map at the time she made the agreement with the Allies, and used her knowledge to over reach and deceive them. Russia stands upon her agreement that the boundary line should be drawn to the south of 13olgrad, the capital of the Bulga rian colonies, and this agreement she obtained, first by suppressing the truth that Bolgrad, the capital of the Bulgarian colonies, communicates by Lake Yalpuck with the Danube; and, secondly, by the false suggestion that the Bolgrad which was shown on the map is the same B ,igrad which she bargains to retain, instead of being an insignificant village, which, now that its name on the map has answered its purpose, she will not condescend to call by that name, but c ontemptuously desig. nates as a place called Tabak. It was Bolgrad when we were to be induced to draw the boundary line to the south of it ; it is Tabak when we are to ignore its existence, and substitute for it the place it so usefully represented. We cannot stoop to analyse further this most merchant deprived of his positio n in shabby and pitif ul manifesto. Minister s of Stat e ca n, it appears, be g uilt y of fraud s for which an a tt or ney would be struck o ff the rolls, a exc luded from 'Change, or a gentl eman society. Nay more elaborately exp lain the decei t that was' they used, and can then claim the execution of an agreement thus fraudulently obtained in the very the sanction of good faith. 0 ham© and under ne can well imagine M. Brunow or M. Kisseleff descanting on the im portance to Russia of retaining ma p, and showing how far it ng Bolgrad on the was from the waters of the Danube, and how gratuitously vexatious it would be to carry the boundary to the north of it. The device succeeded for the moment, but it was and at once too clumsy insolent to prevail after it had been thoroughly exposed. Our answer to at Russia must be, that if she must practise good faith ; that an g a reement obtained by fraudulent suppression of the true and suggestion of the false is no agreement at all, but a mere t r i c k and circumventio n ; that an agreement implies the concurrence of two wills on the same thing, whereas the Bolgrad that she s p oke of was a different place from the Bolgrad that we spoke of , and different, no t by accident, but by her design and practice. We have already convincingly shown her that we are not to be overpowered by force ; we have now to show he r as convincingly that we will no t be overreached b y artifice. -,...-----..-- THE DOUBLE MURDER AT s BO LT •—O O Tuesday the Manch inter• Guardian of yesterday sa y Lukeand Mrs. Elizabeth White took place —The ester went of Mr. in Bolton-churchyard. The occasion attracted a large concourse able families p e ople, i of the neighbourhood. The funeral service he Rev. C.D. J. Ma rsd e n, the in cumbent, of ncluding many of the more resect.. was read by t assisted by the Rev. J. Simpson, of Thurnscoe. The has as yet been obtained at all likely to lead to two deceased were laid side by side in the same vault. No clue the detection of the murderers. MOLTED/ IRON AND RED-HOT SHOT.—TIIII body cp officers composing the select committee of Woolwich. Avenel a..eietnhled on Tuesday morning at the practising range in the Arsena l marshes, for th e purpose of directing some the mex periments pr)rta ot advantage which then tookto place, tending to le obtain e d by the prove s ubstitution of liquid iron in the uses to which red-hot shot has been hitherto applied. Lord Panmure, who expressed his intention of being present, arrived punc tually at eleven, and took particular interest in the pro secution of the various tests which were carried out. molten t n e u n m ir b o e head, near which were erected some wooden sheds. These latter were occasionally the butt, and were speedily s T h h e e l s e , x o r , of at M a a b rt u in lk 's . ignited by the contact occasioning the sudden explosion of the shell and the expansion of the liquid fire. The result was proved to be considerably more certain and effectual than that produced by hot shot, and the supply furnished with much more readiness and facility from a melting crucible than from the heating furnace. The experiments were ordered to be repeated. and the Convention of the Straits annexed to the general act, shall be carried out to the letter. "France, having been the first to assert the principle ":;,:i)ApEn , of the neutrality of the Black Sea, has the right to ex pect the fulfilment of a stipulation which serves as a baps to Articles 11 and 14 of the Treaty of Peace, "Finally, the Governments and all the nations which have, with confidence, accepted the work of peace as ,a new guarantee given to the firm establishment of generia - /4:; tranquillity would see with surprise and regret that the X; Cabinets which signed and are guarantees of the Treatjt of Paris should not be disposed to come to an under- a standing upon a simple difficulty of detail which Russia has just frankly referred to their decision."