The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two o'CLooK. clNed Liverpool C o tton Market on Saturday li °B quite as firmly as on Friday, but there was ° ellange in p r i ces . Th e sa l es we re estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 were taken for export al(11 :000 on specu l a ti on ; i nc l u di ng 500 E g yp t i an It 6 ( 1 . to Bd. ; 200 S urat a t 31d. t o 41d. ; an d 50 "Sea , Island s a t 91d to ls. Th e R a il way Sh are Mar ket did not exhibit any change of importance. , 4116 advises f rom N ew Y or k repor t th e mone y market as h aving been rather easier, although the rates char ge d f or di scounts were st ill hi g h . During the dt week endi ng J anuar y 24 th e va l ue o f foreign Y Reeds ent ere d f or consump ti on was 2,472,484 t hliars. ee eunts from Constantinople announce that the sultan,, has at l as t conce d e d t o f ore i gn su bjects the riflt of posses s i ng l an d i n p er p e tuity, and with o u th. P o wers to work out the mineral resources of lobatry, o n con diti on th a t th e y submit to the )64 va' regulating the same. This concession P r ove most beneficial to Turkey in extending 447111tural operations throughout the country, p ro be the means of introducing all the recent im to f ealents in drainage, &,*c. It will also open up f or ° , L r eign enterprise the magnificent forest lands o r:e export of timber, and lead to the working 41 , 111 ; 41 1 coal mines hitherto unworked for want of ' 13 44 and experience. te Y a decree of the 7th instant the French Minis d.r of Fina nce i s au thorised to open an extraor iball credit o f 522,019 f. for the payment of inte rat'gi, due on the Ist March, on that portion of the ek loan guaranteed by Erance, and negotiated y. . 4 , 833 . The Bank of France have issued their 1471 balance-sheet, closed on the 31st of January, itii lc h exhibits a considerable increase in the trans bt„°llB of that establishment. The metallic re 81`Ave at th a t d ate was 2 9 0 m illi o n f rancs against ci u I nillions in July ; and the amount of notes in tc t iat i° ll 670 millions. Altogether, the affairs of th, Ba nk are considered more satisfactory than was — Pected, : t he , re is a very firm market for English Stocks, joi„, wit h an absence of activity. The various new 4 1 1 ;:ateck companies now before the public are e en „ rbi ng a good deal of attention, especially those he "rected for banking purposes, as the profits 4 : 4 ° , tIY made by similar companies have re thY been s o unprecedented. The speculators e ° '‘inds also are desirous of awaiting the corn 144lnent of the Paris Conferences, while at the t ime the regular mail from New York is usly looked for, although there is now very o otth e , a PPrehension of a disturbance between this 14 1 ," r Y and the United States. Consols for money 4t e_ een rather more freely dealt in. They opened fut.:mt 9ii I, but have since risen to 91/ ; and ' l4 ceunt th e p r i ces have been 913. The : Threes are 92i 1, and the Reduced 911 etjtidia, Stock is 226, an advance of 2 per cent. tolidu.ettner Bills tend upwards, owing to the easier th at iti° n of the discount market, and to the fact a Porti on o f th em b ecomes d ue nex t mon th. til:r e ign Securities are generally without any t 1,, 4 4 e , ti°11 in value, but the dealings are circum- Gi ar ' Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93, and the 94 : t eed 1004 Russian 41 per Cents. are 114,% , 93 . Portuguese 4 per Cents. 471. Gre at 6 1 4 " e ferred 6i. Dutch 24 per Cents. rule dull t ill T he Rail way Sh are M ar k e t i s d u ll, b u t fully ti o P 4 P°r ts Saturday' s q uotations. A few transac tgis ' l ave been r ec orded in the Foreign under g' at previous rates. atat ing, Mining, and the Misceianeous Shares ec lu jet. 41 Ther e 4l , have been dealings for the " coming out bi le d ance Bank Shares at 1 to 2 premium, and °u nt Bank at 2 and 3 premitim. -1.1 1 FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (swan the Oficsat engine .% done. a Pee C ;(ant.ltedlteed Annnitiae 9 lB i Consols Annsitiec 9ll 1144' Ocr Cent. Annuities VeNn B toek 226 / 14 „ 1 . 6 low Account Wegner Bill,. 24d. b £lOO O . 353 7 d 40 aell 7 3 bitto , ! tt o Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 18 7i 1859 i ItICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, THIS DAY. D il . , l!'ll Bonds , per 3 Cent., 1525 B 3i bitt % ell (), 5 per Cent lO4 3A 1 , „ 4 4 , 1Et New Active, 11 per Cent. - p tilt Deferred on ~,bi tt e iv re Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 4 Ni " 4 per Cent 4i fr t ab Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — kr i l l . t ° 4? Der Cent so nn BolVe 5 per Cent. Tu*ki H o . , _ it , ) , 8, per Cent llit i c"° Account ,'" Rends 6 per cent nt„, A , 931 1)44, iteconnt 93 D Guaranteed 4 per Cent — ue Account ' thlteit zl tit vl ogo, d ian enclson tha above eaYAble In r"'ln"' 24 per Cont., 12 Guil 64 THREE O'CLOCK. 91 T\„ 4o l, money —'OAccount, March 11 L LOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) ; „LO/1 1 , 4O illier7.°N. Feb. 11.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ‘, 1 '014 1811 , with rain elp ll ,ourit,lbd S.W.—Arrived —H.M.S. fr om Constantinople ; Thetis, London, for Ma `Noil -- LeoPatra (s. tpt.), Malta and Gibraltar ; H.M.S. llLT4toanthus, Woolwich. t t i t Ni", ll ,, T ß , Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ann, f o ""uon, for Genoa, bore up leaky; Catharina, C r Genoa. r 4ll "At Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Gentoo, for r eo u ,'"one. fel 4°1,11 C Feb. 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Endora ° allao ; George Andreas, Laguna, for Ham , l.t r ,„ : 11 Poor.„ Feb. 10.—Fou flats have arrived with O c' tt ir , ° coma Rover, reportedgto have,,back broken, and - 4 h e , Orgo ex Clan Gre or; the latter has 15 feet water i kof mold at high water g and lies embedded 61 feet in the t tt:ith wooden ends Aarted. -.1)11 •L Fb 10 Th George Glen, of this port, 01t 1 4., e . ,411veeted on the N.E. coast on the 7th Feb.; crow 4 i6 . , The St. Martin, of Caen, sunk this morning, after tts w ° di contact with the William Henry, of this port ; 1 "0. the Amsterdam, Feb. 10.—The Onderneming. of and 'he t ,,, At osterdam, for Newcastle, foundered yesterday off 7 . 1 ; 414 of Yorkshire ; crew landed here. otil,1'°?3110 OTII, Fab. 10.—Arrived 11.M.'s revenue cutter , with considerable damage, from contact with Gbl r eni, from Trinidad to London, on the 9th inst. t mOo 7RUY, Feb. 10. —A rr i v e d—M ar y J ane . f rom L on - Ayi„ `°, l ' Hartlepool, assisted in with masts cut away, ro t tig been on ber beam suds ou the 9th inst. ; Duke of t tishind. from Shields, for London, leaky, and with da ll'it-brf`i,' hull and bowsprit, from contact on the 4th inst. ; 11 ,4 ”" schooner Sylph, of Goole. The master's wife, t No ° Old boy of the latter saved on board the former ; ""Ph has arrived at Sunderland, with damage. (PBII ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) k Arm, , SOUTH.UIPTON, Monday Mottling. 14 Sylpb , steAmer, from Dublin; Le Coq, Cher tes.klll(l-o,Yde and Mary Ann, for Newport ; Argyll, r er an ; Unanimity and Tyford, Sunderland ; be r ate rna transport, Malta. Find S. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Ar r . °tle,:sed---Eastern Queen, from Charleston; Asia, New '9 1 „. Great Britain, for Balaklava ; Harvest Queen , lie eer pl Great t EbroCorunna ; Gelden Cross, Trieste ; find : a a ria a t :; ' Shakspeare, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 9. Nl trived— Ezuelsior, Resolution, and Hydaspes, from 44Theresa, 11aiyistr'' Mauritius ; Norma, Honduras ; ; Shields, Mauritius. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) Wind GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.25 a.m. krt . tide, five hours'weather wet. qati iv . l "(l, Feb. 1 0—James Littlefield, from Calcutta ; 1 (1 41 ,,' 6 8A of Winton, Shanghai ; Earl of Durham, Bala "; Rubicon, Calcutta. Ind $. W. DEAL, Monday, 9.11 a.m. 1, ; light. 444 eil—Dispatch, from Mauritius, for London. ..----,...„..........---_,.... , T EN , 1 r 104, C .IUSIC IN HTIM-PARX ON SIINDAYS.—A memorial of v "een transmitted to Sir B. Hall, by the inhabitants the', ensington, praying that be would issue orders for r e f u4 nd to cease playing on Sundays. Sir B. Hall has 4, ti t s e cl to comply with the request of the memorialists, tl l , :e3'' represent but a small minority—vi, 3,91U—0f tio Luliabitante of the parish, which contains a popula of 120,000 persons. 14 10 000 REASON.—A grand jury out S out h ignored a tli,," h gair,st a hu ge negro f or stealing chick ens, and before lib - t " a Niug hi m f rom custody the j u d ge b ade him stand kat' be reprim an d e d . H e conc l u d e d as f o ll ows : " You e ) " f° now, John ; but (shaking his finger at him) let d I• wa rn You never to appear here again." Jo_ l3 n,.w ti th 1 : 0 1 , 4 l ilt b.eaming from his big white eyes, and ~ II ; linn, displayin time, of beautiful ivory, rwepilieda lit c . ll diet bin' dins judge, only do conetablii fetch !II ._ __ 1 ~,,.,,--.~-- THE sur4, LOS DON ; MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) EXCHEQUER COURT. (Sittings at Guildhall before Lord Chief Baronllock and a Common Jury.) OWEN V. EDLIN. This was an action for money lent. The defendant pleaded first, that he was never indebted ; and, secondly, that he had paid the . money. It appeared iron the evidence of the plaintiff that be is a brass manufacturer, carrying en business in High street, Shadwell, and the defendant a butcher, of the same place. In June, 1851, the defendant applied to the plaintiff to !sorrow 601. of him, with which to pur chase two live bullocks. Plaintiff advanced the mousy on defendant's giving him a memorandum and an overdue acceptance, and an. 1.0. U. of a person named Smith, as collateral security. Smith and Ed were friends, and from an introduction by Edlin of Smith to the plaintiff they became ac quainted. The plaintiff purchased the lease of the Ship and star, Shad well, for 1501., and to pay 461. per annum rent. Smith, who was a coal whipper, agreed to take the house and give 601. per annum rent. An arrange ment was then entered into between them relative to the purchase of the fixtures, out of which the defendant con tended this debt anise, and that Smith was the person liable for the payment of this money. Smith subse quently became a bankrupt, and was ultimately found in Exeter gaol. The case occupied the court some time in investigating the accounts between the parties, and had not concluded when our despatch left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Justice Jervis and a Common Jury.) DALEY V. SIMS AND OTHERS. This was an action brought to recover 2021. 183. The plaintiff is a merchant of Cork, and the defendants factors and brokers in London. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff that in January, 1853, he accepted two bills drawn by the de fendants for 4041. 13.5. 4d. and 4561. 16i. 7d. In August, 1853, he suspended his payments and sent notice to his creditors, the two bills at that time being within a week of coining to maturity. The plaintiff afterwards paid a composition of 134. 3d. in the pound, 111 d. being in cash and the remainder in staves. The defendants, it appeared, held a quantity of, staves be longing to the plaintiff, and a question arose as to the deposit of the staves and the defendants holding them as factors or not, or whether there was a balance due to the plaintiff over the above amounts of 2021. 18s. A verdict was returned for- the plaintiff fur that amount. TEE WAY TO WINDSOR. (Prom a Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser. ) How is it that every officer cf family influence or rank who has not distinguished himself in the Cri mea, or whose conduct has been questionable, or more than questionable, either in the field or any department of the army, is immediately invited, on his return, to Windsor Castle ? While the ink of Sir John 111‘.Neill's report is scarcely dry ; while Col. Gordon, Assistant Quartermaster-General of our ill•fated army, still lies under the strongest offi bial censure, for incapacity as a soldier and " discre pancy" as an accountant; whilst it is understood that the gallant officer is engaged in preparing a defence of his conduct, he is invited to Windsor Castle, admitted to the highest honours of a subject, and permitted to see his case virtually prejudged by the Crown. Bat such is not in this case, the reward of incapacity alone. Colonel Gordon is the son of the Earl of Aberdeen, the imbecile and un happy Cunctator of modern days, whose senile procrastinations and despotic tendencies drifted us into that war by whose conduct England has been actively, as she was before passively, betrayed. Poverty is said to make us acquainted with strange bedfellows—Politics, it would seem, cause a strange mixture of guests at the hospitable board of the Queen of this realm. We congratulate Sir James Scarlett, the hero of the heavy cavalry charge of Balaklava upon his prandial honours. This is not all. Orders are prostituted, until it becomes a disgrace and a compromise for bravo and efficient men to receive them at the hands of her who should be the fountain of honour. Again, in the list of those upon whom the three degrees of the Legion of Honour are conferred, there are names not only notorious to the army as those of incapables but at least, in one instance, something infinitely worse. Admiral Sir C. Napier refused, an order. Why did not Sir De Lacy Evans and Sir Colin Camp bell follow his example ? Sir James Simpson may be a brave man, for all we know, but he showed himself an Unfortunate blunderer in the affair of the Redan. Stern military judgment would apply to him a harsher term. The man who played the game-stroke of the siege, with a handful of raw recruits, is not exactly a fitting person to receive titles and decorations from a grateful country. By such acts as these we are degrading ourselves in the eyes of the world, said bringing contempt upon what is left of an army, of which it may be said that the heroism of the unrecognised and un rewarded in it is only to be rivalled by the unwor thiness of those who have hitherto, with but few exceptions, borne off the rewards. DIMINISHED PROSPECTS OF PEACE. It will be seen from the Court Circular, that most unpretending but very important publication in flimsy, that the Cabinet Council, which met on Saturday, sat for the unusually protracted period of nearly Li ur hours. Though the secrets of the Council-chamber are con ventionally presumed to he inviolable, we can state with the greatest confidence, not only that the subject. which chiefly occupied the attention of Ministers was the coming Conferences in Paris, which are to com mence on Wednesday week, the .20th instant, but that circumstances have just occurred which considerably diminish the probability of such a peace as this country can accept. Russia is already beginning, to betray the cloven-foot of insincerity. It is now ascer tained that she is not prepared to concede, either in the Baltic, or the Black Sea, what we deem indispensable. Whether she may, in the end, if she finds she cannot help herself, make a virtue of necessity, we do not, of course, know. But we have no doubt tho event will confirm the accuracy of our statement, when we say that she will en no account make those concessions to us regarding the revision of her Asiatic territory, which England regards as one of the most important of all the concessions wi,i3h we demand from her. The only con cession which Russia appears willing to make is the re linquishment of the slip of territory in Bessarabia. In these critical circumstances, Lord Palmerston is the only man to whom the country looks with confidence. We need not add, that corresponding to the extent of the popular confidence in the Noble Lord is the measure of his responsibility. We cannot doubt that he is fully alive to the awful responsibilities of his position.— Morning Advf,Yli6er. AWFUL Dr-ITU NEAR WATERLOO-BRIDGE.--An dent of a somewhat remarkable character, by which an unfortunate man was literally cut to pieces and instantly killed, occurred on Saturday last, on the river Thames, about mid way of Waterloo and Blackfriars-bridges. From the inquiries made it appears that a lighterman of the name of Hosier, who resided near Vauxhall-bridge, was out with his barge on the river, and attached to his vessel was'a small wherry, which he used to take him ashore when his barge was moored in the centre of the water. Whilst navigating his craft on Saturday, by some means which cuu'd not be ascertained, the smaller vessel got adrift, when the unfortunate an made an attempt to regain it by I umpieg off his barge, but it is to be regretted that instead of alighting into the boat he fell into the river, when jut at the moment a sailing barge came alongside of the other vessel and crushed the poor fellow so tightly as to break his collar bone, one of his arms, both thighs, and several ribs, and at the same time the anchor of the sailing barge, which was hanging over the stern, caught the man in the lower part of the abdomen, the sharp points or teeth of the anchor penetrated the flesh, and owing to the swift speed the craft was travel ling the body of the man was ripped open, and the bowels and heart completely exposed. A number of watermen and ricer police constables at once put off in their boats, and the unfortunate sufferer was extricated before he had fairly sunk. The mangled body was at once taken ashore, but it is hardly necessary to state that life was quite extinct. The remains were forthwith removed to the deadhouse of Christ Church Workhouse, and given into custody of Kibblewhite, the summoning effieer, who gave the necessary intelligence to Mr. Carter, the coroner, who will forthwith hold as inquest on the body. From what can at present be learned, it ap pears to have been impossible for the men in charge of the sailing vessel to have altered her course in sufficient time to have prevented the melancholy accident. WILFUL PERJURY TO OBTAIN A REWARD.—A few weeks since a number of incendiary fires occurred in the neighbourhood of Barnsley. In one of these, wheat stacks of Mr. Hattereley, to the value of nearly 1,0001., were destroyed. After the fire ha I o ccurre d, but not until a reward of 501. was offered to any person who would give information, two brothers, named Samuel and John Dyson gave information to Superintendent Green that they were coming from Carlton about half-past twelve o'clock on the night of the fire, when they saw a man, named Joseph Marsh, earning from the direction of the stacks at the time the fire broke out, i:that they seized him and charged him with setting fire to the stacke, when he admitted the fact, and offered to give them 101. to say nothing about the matter. Upon this information Marsh was appre hended, and, upon the evidence of the Dys ons , cora milted to take his trial. Circumstances having arisen to lead to the belief that Marsh had been a victim to the cupidity of the Dysons, and that the charge w as made for the purpose of obtaining the reward of 501., a subscription was set on foot, and a fend raised to de fend _Marsh at York, and on the case being hoard h was acquitted. On Thursday, at the Barnsley Court house, an information was laid by Marsh against the Dysons for wilful and deliberate perjury. Evidence was adduced showing that Marsh was in bed at the time at which he was said to have been met by the prisoners. The :bench were of opinion that the pri soners had committed wilful perjury, and committed them for trial at the put York akeizes.- 11107414/ c r Ourirciimt. NAVAL COURT-MARTIAL—DISMISSAL OF LIEUTEN ANT BUCK, OF TEE FERRET, FROM hER MAJESTY'S SERVICE.—DEVONFORT, Saturday. —A court.inartial was held yesterday, and by adjournment to-day, on board her Majesty's ship Impregnable, lying in the Ha- H. moue, for the purpose of trying Li eu t enan t Ed war d Buck, o f h er M a j es ty's ship F erre t, on a c h arge o f disobedi ence to t h e orders of Commanier Leckie. Th e Court M dj udged him to be dismifised from her Majesty' s or TI MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. The leading country markets held on Saturday wore firmly supplied with most kinds of wheat, at which only a limited business was transacted on lower terms. Barley ruled dull and cheaper. Oats, beans, peas, and flour moved off heavily, at drooping currencies. The trade on the continent is exceedingly heavy, and a considerable decline has taken place in the value of all kinds of produce. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were by no means extensive. From abroad we received 4,338 quarters of wheat, 2,570 barley, 7,310 oats, 566 beans, 365 tares, 436 rapeseed, 210 mustard seed, 190 sun dry seeds, and 2,151 sacks of flour. The quantity of Bnglish wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was small, and in very poor condition. Although the show of sam ples of both red and white was limited, the demand for all kinds ruled far from active, at last Monday's decline on the quotations. So inferior and tender were most of the samples that they were quite unfit for millers' pur poses. At the close of the market the whole of the supply had been disposed of. . The supply of foreign wheat was tolerably good. So little business was transacted that the quotations were nominally unaltered. In floating cargoes of grain very few transactions took place. We wore fairly supplied with buloy, in which only a limited business was paksing, at is to 2s per quarter be neath last Monday's prices. The malt trade was very dull, and the quotations ruled is to 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last. The show of oats was moderate, and the trade ruled heavy, at is per quarter less money. There was very little inquiry for beans, the prices of which, compared with Monday last, were is to 2s per quarter lower. We had a dull sale for peas, at is to 2s per quarter less money. The flour trade was heavy, at last Monday's decline in price. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Estax sc Kent, Red .... new 589 to 703 Ditt0........ old 68s 805 Ditto, White new 56s 708 Ditt0........ old 67s 83s Worfolk and Lin. coln, Red, old 69s 78s Ditto new ...... 541 673 Rya—Old ............ —s —s New ............ 50s 52s'1 Raley—Grinding .• •.. 30t 323 Malting ......... 3is 313 i Chevalier.... . . 34s 39s Malt—Suffolk and Nor 70s 768 6:4s 663 Kingston and Ware 749 763 Matt—Chevalier .... 77s to 7115 [ Oats— Yorkshire and Lineoinsk., Feed 235 25s Potato . ,Youghal and Cork 81ack....... 205 24s Cork. White ... .. 21e 25s Scotch, Feed. .. .. 26s 30s Beans—Tick .•••• •• • • 34s 38s Pigeons 000 0 00 •• •. 38 44, Peas—Grey .......... 32s 3 s White •• •• •• •• •• 40s 44s Boilers ......... 4is 44. Flour—Town-made... 65s 67s Suffolk .......... 49s 50s Btocktn & Norfolk 49s 50s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The arrivals of foreign stock into London last week were very moderate—the total supply being only 933 head. In the oorresponding week in 1355 we received 789 ; in 1851, 1,912 ; in 1853, 2,932 in ; 1852, 3,210 ; in 1851, 2,449; anal in 1350, 576 bead. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WAIL From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Oporto Antwerp ••• etotterdam l5O El i a e r u Dlingieenp 498 N 3 5 ... - ... - ... 77 ... - 6 ... - T0ta1.... 527 ... 23 83 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheop. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 558 ... 107 ... ... 144 m 854 O4l ... 1 , 302 275 1 .853 555 ... 1,988 ... 375 21 .852 552 2,151 475 2 .851 5Ol 1,678 237 33 .850 270 ... 201 95 10 There was a very poor show of foreign stock in to-day's market, and the supply of Irish was confined to 150 beasts —partly via Liverpool. With home-fed beasts we were tolerably well supplied as to numbers, but the general quality of the arrivals was not to say first-rate. All breeds, arising in some measure, from the depres'ed state of trade in Neveglte and Leaden hall, met a very dull sale at Friday's decline in price of 2d per 81bs. The top figure for beef was 4s 61 per Sibs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 2,450 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 403 of various breeds; and, from Scotland, 300 Scots. --- --- Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was but me- Aerate, both as to number and quality, the mutton trade ruled heavy at 2d per 81bs beneath the prices current on Monday last. The best old Downs sold at 4s 8d per Sibs. The supply of calves was very limited, yet the veal trade ruled heavy at 4d. per 81bs beneath last Monday's cur rency. The top figure for veal was 5s 8d per Sib s. We had a dull trade for pigs, at barely stationary prices. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.I s. d. a. d. Ulterior Beasts.... 2 10 to 3 o,PrimeSontlidown 4 4 4 8 Second quality.... 3 2 3 6;Large crse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime large omen 3 8 4 2,Primo small do 5 2 5 8 Prime Scots, dtc. 4 4 4 6 i targe hogs Inferior Sheep 10 3 2 i Small porkers 3econci quality ...3 4 3 8 Suckling calves 22 0 28 0 Prime tree.-wlled.3 10 4 2lQuaxter old pigs 21 0 27 0 TOTAL etrPPLT. roR Ta lIOPPZ-1, Beasts ..•••• .• .......... 4.153 Beasts •.. ...... • • • 674 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb, 12, 1855, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Feb. 11, 1856. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Feb. 12, 1855. Feb. 11,'56. s. d. a. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts „. ...3 1 to 3 0 1 ,2 10 to 3 0 Second quality ditto 3 S 4 2 3 2 3 6 Prima large °ion 4 4 4 0 8 4 2 Prime Scots, die 4 8 4 1011 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep ... 3 4 3 Second quality ditto 310 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 4 4 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 Lambs ... 0 0 8;210 3 2 2,3 4 3 8 8:3 10 4 2 04 4 4 0, , 0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ... ... ... 4 6 5 2 4 4 5 0 Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 5 4 5 10,5 2 5 8 barge hogs ... ... ... ... ... 3 0 4 03 6 4 2 seat small porkers ... ... ... 4 2 4 4:4 4 410 Beast • 3 , 693 4,153 Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 17,40 23,190 Calves... ... ~„ ... ... ... 67 69 Pigs ... ... ... ... ~. ... 420 3CS SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 13, 1854.—Beasts, 4,900; sheol , 22,410; calves, 235; pigs, 310. February 14, 1853.—Beasts, 3,951 ; sheep, 17,690; calves, 152 ; pigs, 275. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of each kind of meat on sale here aro sea sonably good. The trade generally is heavy, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 2 6 210 1 Mutten, Inferior Do., middling 3 3 3 4 f Do., middling.... Do. prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., prime Do , do. small ....3 10 4 0 Veal PJrk, large 3 2 3 10 Pork, small v. d. a. 4. 2 6 2 10 ~3 0 3 4 36 4 2 ~3 10 5 0 ~4 0 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. There is a fair average business doing in our market, and prices generally are well supported. The show of samples continues good. Last week's imports were 117 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 10s to 6/ 108 per cwt; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 5/ Os ; Sussex, 31 to 4/ 15s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last, the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by railway, have been logs extensive than of late, yet there is a large quantity on offer in these markets to-day. The trade is very inactive, as follows : York Regents, 90s to 100 s ; Kent and Essex, do., SOs to 90s ; Scotch do., 70s to 80s ; do. cups, 55s to 70s ; middlings, 50s to 00s; blues, 60s to 70; Lincolns, 70s to 80s per ton. WOOL. Owing to the approaching public sales, very little busi ness is doing either in foreign or colonial wool ; prices, however, are very firm. Engdsh wool still continues in active request, at fully the late improvement in the quota tions. The imports, last week, were very limited, viz.; 35 bales from Mogadore, 16 from Ostend, and 13 from Hambro' The following are the current rates of English wool : Down teg', le lid to is 34d ; half-bred ho; gets, is 2d to is 3d ; do. wethers, le ld to is 2d ; Kent, fleeces, is 2d to is ; combing skin, lld to is 2d ; Down ewes, is 2d to I s 31 ; Leicester fleeces, is to is lid; flannel wool, is ld to is 2id ; blanket wool, 9d tois ld per lb% SEEDS. Tarnip,White, per bush. 22s to 25s Swede .. • • •... • • —3 —s I..fustsrd, .. 12s 21s I/kite, nevi."... Rs its rares,Winter, new.... 6s 6d 78 6d Old— • • • • —s —s Canary, per quarter GM 6 , 4 1 Rye irrus— • • • 243 30s glover, Red Eng. (ewt.) 69s 804 White .......... 73s 00: 1 Foreign Red „...• 62s 724 White.... 701 854 1 ' Trefoil, now.••••••••• 403 4,641 Carraway (new) .• .• 42r 44s Coriander.— ••• • .. 26s 30s Heinpseed•per quarter Me 603 Linseed. Eng• Sowing.. —s s Crushing •• •• 733 80s Baltic •• • ...... --s Odessa • _ s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English • —l3l Os 131 5 5 Foreign,por ton 121 Os 13' 10s Rape Cakes, pr ton 61 141 V5B liapeseed, New, pr qr., as 905 TALLOW. We continue to have a very inactive demand for all kinds of tallow, and prices are again rather lower. To•day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 58s, and for delivery during the last three months 528 per cwt. Rough fat, 3s per 81bs. 1852. 1853. 1854. 1 1855. i 1856. --- ----- r stock this day ....... 51,211 40,348 311.157 i 39,0 - 5 23,472 Price of Y. C .... I 35s 3d to 44s Od 62s 9d —s Od to --..4 Od 3.5 s 01 to 43s 9d 62s 6.1t0 57s 0,1 to 58s Od Delivery last week .. 2,528 1,816 1,747 2,122 817 Ditto from June 1.... 80,433 74,727 j 75,658 l 58,551 83,010 Arrivals last week.. 1,854 305 1,641 717 632 Ditto from Jima.... 98,179 74,447 90,590 61,916 59,940 Price or Toe n • ..•• 38 ,Od 45.9.1 64, 91 j 53s 91 i 56$ 6cl THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Constitu tionnel, says :—" The most complete accord exists between the Allies of the 2d Dec. with regard to the stipulations for future peace. I am happy to be able to announce to you that the fifth basis, which, according to some superficial minds, threatened to become the stumbling-block at the approaching Conferences at Paris, only served as a stronger proof of the perfect understanding whi c h prevails between Austria and the Western Poweit on all points involving a cases WU. As a con clusive proof of this, I may mention that the Court of Vienna has admitted, without dis pute, that in the interpretation cf the fifth basis is comprised the obligation of not rebuild ing the fortifications of Bomarsund, as it was for the interest of the balance of power in Europe that the colossus of the north - should not be able to exercise a too great pressure on Sweden by means of the Aland Islands. I oven think that .it is the knowledge of the decision of the Allies of the 2d of December which prevents Prussia from declaring more clearly in favour of the policy of the Western Powers, although it must be admitted that King Frederick William gave his moral co-operation to the Austrian propositions presented for the accept arce of the Emperor Alexander 11. But while Austria pledges herself to joins not only morally but in an active manner in the accomplishment of- the work carried on by France and England, the King of Prussia fears being led further than he might wish, should he once go beyond the limits of diplomatic support. I have several times mentioned to you that the Emperor Alexander 11. did not completely ap prove o f th e conduct adopted by his plenipotentiarie s during the conferences of Vienna. His Majesty would, it is said, have preferred seeing them adopt a more con ciliatory line of conduct in their interpretation of the third point, for if Prince Gortsohakoff and M. de Titoff, looking more to the spirit of their instruc tions, had admitted the principle of the neutraliza tion of the Black sea, peace would hav e b een s i gne d last year. This explai s why neither of these di plomatists has been a anted to represent Russia at the conferences at aris. The selection of Baron de Brunow is a most favourable omen, for, from the very outset of the Eastern complications, the baron, who was then Russian minister at the Court of St. James's, used all his efforts to check his go vernment on the fatal slope -down which it after wards hurried. Count Buol will leave this capital on the 12th, and reach Paris on the 16th. He takes with him in addition to the aulic councillors, Baron Meyseburg and M. de Kletzl, as already mentioned, M. Buhl, his private secretary, as well as two other gentlemen, one of them being young Baron 'Werner, nephew of Baron Werner, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who during the absence of Count Buol will di rect the business of the Foreign Office. The elder Werner, who under Prince de Meeternich occupied an elevated position at the Chancellery of State, is now as it were the pivot on which it all turns. The Count Buol is the first to admit the useful co operation afforded him by Baron Werner in over coming the numerous difficulties which the French alliance would necessarily meet with in Austria. No one better than the Count can represent at the conferences of Paris the real policy of the Emperor Fraccis Joseph, fur that policy is his own work." SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has bee❑ quiet to-day, and prices about the same as yesterday. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 24 ex div.---South Eastern, 1806 s. 3d.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 81i —London and North Westerns, 1003 I—Dutch Rhe nish, new, 2 p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 9. SIOUX EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been doing a limited business, and in prices there was a little more firmness. Leeds, 81i—Dovers, 18 3-16—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25. BIRMINGHAM, PEB. 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was brisk and the prices generally were advanced. London and North Westerns, 101,1—Great West.rn, 551—Ditto, Bir mingham Guaranteed Stock, 70i —Staffordshire Gas, 96 Birmingham and Derbys, 40—General Steam Navigation Company, 26g. LEEDS. FEB. 9. STOOK EXCHANGL—A pretty fair business to-day. Midlands. 692—TbireIts ' 14I—Berwieks, 1 0 .3.9.—Craven Moors, 18s. 6d.—Shetlields, 24i—Old Gas, 1004. DUBLIN, FEB. 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, 00i 91 — Ditto for Account, 91/ s—New Three per Cont. Stock, 904 91—Royal Bank, 208.—General Mining Company of Trolanol, 2—Dublin and Wicklow (for account), sg. Midland Great Western halves, 24i—Bank Stock. 2 11- - Dundalk and Enniskillen, 11—Royal Hibernian Mining Company, V. shares (11. paid), 3s. 6d.—Waterford and Limerick Railway Debentures, 5001.,5 per cent.; 3 years, 95—City of Dublin Steam Co., 58. QUIC V PASSAGE FROM AMERlCA.—Liverpool, Feb. 9. —The ship Dreadnought, Capt. Samuel, arrived today after a remarkably quick passage of little more than 14 days, with a-lvices from New York to the 23d ult. THE ROYAL CHATITER.—PIymoutb, Feb. 9.—The repairs of this steum•ship are nearly completed, and the passengers are ordered to embark tomorrow. She will probably sail for Port Philip on Wednesday. A MAN FOUND IN HYDE PARE WITH HIS HEAD CUT NEARLY OFF.—On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Chas. Bedford, coroner for 'Westminster, received information of the discovery of the dead body of a man, since identified, 'Wog in Hyde Park with his head nearly cut off. The police, with the coroner's summoning officer, made every inquiry, and they have a , certained the de ceased's name to be George Connerbeare, a mechanic, aged 36 years, living with his wife at No. 215, Kent street, Borough. His wife states that she last saw him on the same morning, when be left his home for the purpose of seeking employment. Mr. Bedford has issued his warrant fora jury to be summoned to inquire into the circumstances attending the death.—Sunday Times. THE GREATEST WORK.—According to Mr. Stevenson the railway lines constructed in our country exceed in length the ten chief rivers in Europe ; and if the Thames and the Mersey be excluded, they undoubtedly carry more goods and passengers than are carried on all these rivers. In the United States there are, according to the latest return, now 23,342 miles of rails, the increase in 1855 having been 3,406 miles, the rails in the States !surpassing our rails as much as the rivers of America surpass those of Europe. When to these we add the rails of France, Germany, Belgium, and the other parts of Europe, as well as those of India and Australia, we have no doubt that railways constitute the greatest uniform work ever performed in a few years by the hand of man. All the high roads in Europe made in ancient and modern times, sink into insigniQance, though they were the work of many successive age', compared to the great work in rails executed within 27 years. All the great pyramids, all the vast monuments and extentive walls of antiquity, all the churches and cathedrals of the middle ages, with which all Europe was almost simulta neously dotted, were trivial , works compared to the rail ways, with their accompanying telegraphs and multi plied mechanical contrivances, that in a short period have been constructed, as if by one mind and one will, throughout the civilised world.—Economist. NOVELTY IN BANKRUPTCY.— At the Liverpool Bank ruptcy Court, at the dividend meeting, in re Thomas Walker, formerly proprietor of the Claremont Hotel in that town, Mr. Frodehad, attorney for tke assigndes, congratulated the creditors on the fact that, through the instrumentality of the Bankruptcy C ,, urt, they would not only receive their debts in full, but interest likewise. Mr. Commissioner Perry said there had been several similar cases in that court recently. Walker, the bank rupt, absconded to America some time ago. It was thought he had committed suicide, as the mangled re• mains of a man, supposed to be Walker, were found, soon after ho absconded, on one of the local lines of rail way. It bas since been ascertained that he went to America. _ . . RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—Last week a return was issued of the number and nature of the accidents which have occurred on all the railways open for traffic in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, f rom t h e or want of Ist of July to the 31st of December, 1855 . From this return it appears that seven persons were killed, and 204 injured from causes beyond their own control. In th e corresponding half of 1854 the numbers were 9 killed and 259 injured. Eleven persons were killed and 15 caution,injured o a w s in a g gai t n o st their killed irown amndiseie2ndinu injured cu in 1854. t There were passengers making a total of 18 kill e d and 219 injured, as against 24 killed end 2 71 injured in 1854. Ten servants of companies or contractor s wore killed, and 20 injured, from causes beyond th eir own control, as against 20 killed and 3 7 injured in 1854 ; while 32 were killed and 35 injured, owing to their own misconduct or want of caution, as against 37 killed and 11 injured in 1854. Twenty persons were killed and 4 injured through crowing at level cross ings ; there were 3 suicides, and 2 persons killed and 1 injured from miscellaneous causes. The grand totals were—for England and Wales, 115 killed and 224 injured ; for Scotland, 8 killed and 56 injured ; for Ire land, 10 killed and G injured ; making together 133 killed and 286 injured, as against 123 killed and 334 injured in 1854. ' The length of railway opened on the 31st of Decemb er , 1855, was 6,218 miles in England and Wales, 1,087 in Sotland, and 988 in Ireland, making together 8,293 miles, as against 8,054 for the corresponding h a lf of 1854. .ALARMING- OCCURBENCE.—An Accident occurred two nights bath to Mdle. Lefebre, of the Opera Comique, which might have been attended with dangerous conse quences. She had dressed for her part in the Chien da Jardinier, and was on the point of entering on the stage, when, happening to stoop down, the long lace of her cap caught fire, and in a moment her head-dress was in flames. Notwithstanding the agitation caused by the occurrence, Mdle. Lefebre had presence of mind enough to slip off !the leap, and then to throw a cloth over her head and extinguish the flame in the artificial flowers in her Bair, which still remained on fire. 'When the persons of the theatre came to her as sistance, the disaster was already at an end, and the actress was able to proceed at once with her part, though otill under the ialuence of conaidelablf emotial L ITERATURE. - - ---4 C.- The North British Review.—M. Tealet's admi rable collection of State Papers, &c., relating to the History of Scotland in the Sixteenth Century, have originated the opening article, which is written in a philosophical spirit, and will be welcome alike to the archaeologist and the reader of history. The writer points out the effect of the French alliance on the history and institutions of Scotland, and glances at its influence on the habits and manners of the Scottish people. On the latter head, after noticing its effect on Scottish architecture, he remarks— " If you look to the French influence on ,the for mation of absolute national character, we believe that England imbibed more of it than Scotland. . . . In the one case it was a family union—an admixture of blood ; in the other it was a mere partnership." As to social habits, he is of opinion " it would be a vain task to seek for the effects of French influence on the social habits of the Scots men of the present day ;" and that " a search after the festive customs which it may have bequeathed to us would perhaps be more productive." The holding of the great winter festival alike by the French and Scotch on New-year's clay and not at Christmas is noticed, and a similarity in the names of the festival and the rhymes with which it is cele brated is pointed out. A useful article on " Colour Blindness," indicates, among other things, the dan gers arising from that defect, and the necessity for a reform in the system of signalling. Dr. George Wilson's work on the subject has been taken as the groundwork of the article. " Scottish Schools fur the Middle Classes" deals boldly and thoughtfully with a subject of much interest to the classes in question. The writer aarees with Professor Blackie in thinking that the reason why provincial schools do not fulfil their duties is because in general they are miserably below their work, and that the Edinburgh schools, though thoroughly up to their work, still cannot fill their places properly, be cause, as he elsewhere expresses himself, " the Professors of the Faculty of Arts in the Scottish Universities are supported in a great measure by poaching on the schools, and are only saved from starvation by making a compact with disgrace." The remedies indicated are—imitation of Edin burgh and the better endowment of the Univer sities. "Bunsen's Signs of the Times" is noticed with warm eulogiums ; and " Mettray and Red Hill" supply another contribution to a very pro minent subject. The litterateur and the lover of the drama will peruse with satisfaction a paper on " Rare Ben Jensen," in which interesting parti culars of his life and times are harmoniously com bined. " Recent Sermons" will introduce some readers to three of the more eloquent and able of our modern divines, and add to the estimation in which they were previously held. A. paper on " Hotels and Lodging-houses," and a review of the "Italian Character- and Italian Prospects," make up the HSI of articles, and will well repay perusal. The Journal of the Royal Agricultural So ciety of England. John Murray.— The six teenth volume and thirty-sixth number of this invaluable journal, in which the researches of science and the treasures of experience are ably brought to bear on the promotion of agriculture and the breeding and preservation of stock. In telligent farmers and others interested in the im provement of the soil, who are not already sub scribers,, have but to peruse this volume to be satis fied that it would be to theirinterest to become so, so suggestive and full of useful information are its contents. A prize essay by Clare Sewell Read, of Barton Hall, Brandon, " On the Farming of Buck inghamshire," opens the volume, and.will be read with much interest. It is accompanied by an out line of the geology of that county. Besides the above, papers "On Diseases of Sheep, &c.," on " The Chemioal Changes in the Fermentation of Dung," on the "Autumn Cleaning of Stubbles," " On Agricultural Weeds," and " On the Value of Artificial Manures," may be pointed out as worthy of an attentive perusal. The British Workman, and Friend of the Sons of Toil, for 1855. Partridge and Co.—A penny illustrated publication, issued monthly, and in tended " to promote tho health, wealth, and hap piness of the working classes." Arnow , its more striking features are biographical sketches of Cele brated men belonging originally to the working classes ; striking appeals, both to the eye, head, and heart, on the particular vices to which the British workman is exposed ; hints to wives and mothers for making home happy and educating their children ; and storiettes forcibly illustrating the beneficial results of sobriety, thrift, diligence, and perseverance. The engravings, which are nu merous, are fairly executed ; and . altogether, though we cannot concur entirely in the views of the editor, " The British Workman" may be de scribed as a cheap and attractive serial, calculated to be of essential service to the class for which it is designed. 'From the first yearly part now before us we gather that the circulation falls short by one-half of what is required to meet the cost of production, and that the editor appeals to the in dustrial community for their further support to enable him to carry out his undertaking. A little effort on the part of subscriber!, ho is of opinion, would meet the necessities of the case. Surely it will be made. - A New View of the Ester Question. By the author of " Russian Turkey, or a Greek Empire." Ed ward Stanford. A second letter to Lord John Russell, on the settlement of the Eastern Question. The writer appeals to his lordship on behalf of the Greek Christians in the East, who, in his opinion, have nothing to hops from France or Austria, the champions of the Latin Church, and endeavours to show that " a Greek Empire, under guarantee of the 'Western Powers, to be created by the retire ment back to Asia of the Turks," offers the only satisfactory solution of this much-vexed question. Spirit of the Public Journals. (Front the Times of this day.) The report of Sir John M'Neill and of Colonel Tulloch has dissipated for ever all doubts and all questions as to the guilt and responsibility for i that awful tragedy which just a year ago was en tering into its fifth act on the shores of the Crimea. The first impulse of public indignation was directed against the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen, audit fell without an effort before , the approach of the storm which it now appears was not all of its raising. The Ministry, we see, had a good defence, but it did not put it forward ; they denied the miseries and calamities the details of which were brought to us by every post, and the country most justly disbelieved their denial. They either knew not that they had a defence or were too magnanimous to avail themselves of it., and so they were swept away before the torrent of popular indignation. Upon the head of the devoted Duke of Newcastle were laid the sins of the whole mismanagement and miscalculation, and he carried them forth with him into the wilderness. Then came the investi gations of the Sebastopol Committee; but' while they were going on another inquiry was being pro secuted, with far greater skill, and under far more advantageous conditions, on the shores of the Cri mea itself. Standing on the very spot, their feet resting on the very graves of the army that had perished, the Queen's Commissioners went pa tiently through every department of the service, examined every officer who had occupied a situation of responsibility, dived deep into the mysteries of accounts and returns, and, as they had investi gated patiently, arrived at clear and irresistible conclusions. From their report it now appears that, although there is no reason to suppose that our War Department was administered with extraordinary talent, vigilance, or foresight, yet the principal blame and responsibility rest with crushing weight upon the military authorities on the spot, whose indolence, inertness, incompetence, and fatuity would have baffled the vigilance of a Carnot and overthrown the combinations of a Napoleon. The result of this report is, that allowing every thing for the labours of a difficult siege ; assuming it to be unavoidable that the. English army should have occupied a position which required double its numbers to maintain ; assuming that it was im possible to make a road which could have kept up the communication by wheeled carriages with Balaklava, still the whole blame of the destruction that ensued is to be laid, not on the Ministry at home—not on that convenient impersonation, " ill fortune," but wholly and solely on the wonderful and inconceivable stupidity and. negligence of those to whose weak and unworthy hands this mighty trust was, in an evil hour, committed. The troops suffered grievously from want of fresh meat, while fresh meat was easily procurable on the southern coast of the Black Sea, and could, unlike other stores, when landed at Balaklava, have been made to carry itself to the place where it was to be con sumed—an inestimable advantage as soon as the road became impassable for carts. Vegetable food might have been obtained with almost equal ease, but was not sought for. The issue of rice, so valu able in diseases which were decimating the army, ceased on the 30th of September. There was still abundance in store, but the Commissary-General did not continue to issue it, because Lord Raglan's order for it was not renewed, and Lord Raglan did not find out till the end of January what stores were available for feeding his army. On the 20th of December 20,000 pounds of limejuice arrived at Balaklava, a specific remedy and almost certain pro phylactic against scurvy. The foresight of the Mi nister of War was, in this respect, most creditable, but scurvy raged with unmitigated severity during the whole of December and January, and it was only in the first week of February that one drop of the limejuice was applied to the service of the army. The scorbutic gums of the sick required soft bread instead of biscuit ; the soldiers willingly gave three shillings for the two-pound loaf. There were bakers, ovens, and flour in abundance, but no bread was made. The soldiers were allowed no fuel, because under totally different circumstances no fuel was allowed in the Peninsula. A hundred and forty seven thousand gallons of porter lay in store at Varna from April, 1854, to April, 1655, and not one drop was given to an army for which it would have been a most acceptable medicine. The road being gone, there was nothing for it but to supply the want of carts by an increase in the number of packhorses ; and these could have been procured, but the Commissariat had no hay to feed them ; and there was.no hay because the Commis sariat had bought 800 tons from an insolvent con tractor, had objected to receive it with an ill-timed fastidiousness, had changed its mind when the sup ply bad been purchased by the French, had ob tained it after a long dispute, and had then been • unable to send it to the Crimea because the hydrau lic presses which were to make it fit for transport were erected at a place 15 miles from that where the hay was made. The stores were absolutely en cumbered with warm clothing of every size and desciiption, but the Quartermaster-General's De partment thought that the pour shivering wretches, who were never dry for months together, needed neither rugs nor blankets, and great-coats, of course, they could not have, though they abounded in Ba laklava, because groat-coats are only issued once in three years 1 The cavalry horses perished for want of the most ordinary care andl recaution, which the two Generals in command of that arm appear systemati cally to have discouraged. The tents were insufli cient,because, together with a large number of stores, the surplus was abandoned at Varua and thought of no more. From these "combined causes the army perished. They starved on salt meat and biscuit when wholesome food was within their reach ; they perished of cold whip clothing in abundance was laid up for them ; poor in the midst of riches, hungry in the midst of plenty, shivering and freezing while possessing the means of warmth and shelter. Who is responsible for these things ? Not the system, not the Government,- nor primarily the Commissariat. This is only an inferior service, and the magnates of the army were firm in deny ing its members any rank or pretension to meet them on terms of equality, though they are not ashamed to throw on them the blame of all their own deficiencies. The responsibility falls with almost undivided weight on the Quartermaster- General's Department, .whose duty, according to Colonel the. Hon. Alex. Gordon, Assistant Quar termaster-General of the Crimea, is to attend -to the extra clothing and all extra stores for the use of the troops, as well as the camp stores issued ac cording to regulation. To this gentleman and Sir Richard Airey we may address the apostrophe of Augustus to Varus—" Give us back our legions." They cannot ; but they have given us back them selves, and those in whose hands army patronage is deposited know how to make much of the gift. The men who destroyed the British army come home from the fields of their exploits to be loaded with royal favour and with honours, and once more to display at our expense those faculties of misma nagement which have already cost us so dear. While hundreds of gallant friends have fought and bled unknown and unrewarded, Sir R. Airey is made a K.C.B. and Quartermaster-General, and Colonel Gordon, only less mischievous because less highly placed, Deputy Quartermaster-General and C. 8., each being rewarded in proportion to the injury he has done to his country. If anything wore wanted to show the absolute necessity of placing the Horse Guards under Parliamentary control, it is that such things can be done without the assent of the Government of the day, and without any respon sibility to Parliament. Thesystem has now reached the very climax of absurdity and iniquity, and when that is the case in this country we know that it has also reached the verge of extinction. (From, the Morning Post.) From the unwonted promptitude with which the Government have introduced their bills, as well as from the alacrity with which the Parliament directs their attention to them, it is evident that we are to have a genuine business session, and that it is not intended to utilise the war as an excuse for putting off things that ought to be done to a more convenient season. - Foremost among the subjects pressed upon the consideration of the House of Commons and her Majesty's Ministers is, as we anticipated, the Bank Charter. Mr. Glyn, the eminent banker, a few nights after the opening o f Parliament, made the first move, by . asking the Government whether they proposed to appoint a committee upon the question—a move which he ollowed up by the presentation, a few days after, an important petition from the Chamber of Com merce at Glasgow, which will probably be printed by the House, and appended to its votes. Since that Mr. Muntz has given notice of a motion that now s tands for to morrow night, which, whenever it comes on, must necessarily bring the whole sub ject of our monetary system under discussion. It is quite clear, in short, that the public mind will not be satisfied without something being done, or un dertaken to be done, with regard Co this pressing and important matter. The question is, what is that something to be, and what, at this moment, can a Minister with prudence attempt ? We are entirely opposed to the appointment of a Parliamentary Committee, and we trust that Lord Palmerston will not let the House induce him to withdraw or nullify the opinion which he has given upon this point. The last committee of the House of Commons which undertook the subject did its work exceedingly ill, and it is not probable that one appointed now would be at all more efficient or useful. But even if it were otherwise—even were there a likelihood of getting fifteen capable men to I deal with the question, the years that have 'lased since the great crisis of 1847, do not, as it appears to us, present such an array of circumstances as to render such an investigation as is applied by the machinery of a committee of Parliament either fitting or desirable. It was quite a different matter in 1847. The crisis of that memorable time was most complicated in its character, and most puzzling in its indications. The whole world were in fact aghast at it : its approach'was unobserved cave by a few sagacious men, and it came like a thief in the night, upon a public intoxicated with an unexampled inflation of credit. The late one, which has led to the explosion of the feelings of distrust and a nx i e t y w hi c h h ave so long been accumulating in the mind of the commercial public, is far more simple and easy of comprehension, having been merely and purely monetary, and iu no degree connected with over-trading or extrava gant speculation. From the very first appearance, too, of its indioations—from the moment that its cloud showed itself above the horizon, no bigger than a man's baud, up to its outburst--this last crisis has been watched by the press and the public with the most anxious attention, and its every symptom and mode of development carefully noted. We do not think that, under these circumstances, we should get much help from a House of Com mons' committee. The main defects of the Bank Charter, and the mischiefs which are constantly being put into activity by them, appear to us to he patent enough, except to those who obstinately shut their eyes. They are, it must be owned, tolerably nume rous, and there is, in addition, a fundamental error which has influenced, more or less, every pro vision in the act. Nevertheless, we should not despair of being able to amend the machine suffi ciently well to enable the mercantile community to get on with it for a short time longer—a measure which, if feasible, would unquestionably be prefer able, under the circumstances of the present year, to knocking the whole thing at Once to pieces and making a fresh one. We suggested some time ago, and we still would advocate the step as an experi ment, theenlargement of the amount of notes which the Bank is empowered toissueupon securities. Such a modification of the act would do something in alleviation of the difficulties which so constantly occur, but still would leave untouched some of the most important of the stumbling-blocks. One of the most serious of these iources of mischief, it ap pears to us, is to be found in those arbitrary and violent fluctuations which are so constantly taking place in the rates of discount, and which produce not only the most extensive influence upon credit, but affect with most ruinous variations the actual and market value of commodities—to such an ex tent, indeed, as, in not a few instances, to involve solvent and respectable firms in positive bank ruptcy. There have been, since 1847, 26 of these oscillations, during which the rate has passed from eight to two per cent., and of these, eight, sliding from three-and-a-half to seven per cent., w ere actually compressed within six months of 1855. It is incontestible that such rapid and extensive tran sitions as these must, and do, create always incon venience, and often violent and ruinous disturb ance in arranged mercantile transactions. It would lie a task of some difficulty to graft an amendment of these practices upon the present sys tem ; but we think it might be done by introducing some improvements into the organisation by which the Bank itself is administered. We do not think, for instance, that the administration of the Bank Charter is properly entrusted to a governor and body of directors chosen by the shareholders, re sponsible only to them, and subject, the one to triennial and the other to annual election. We should prefer that the Governor of the Bank of England should be an officer of the Crown, and we would even be disposed to give to the Crown the nomination, in addition, of a certain proportion of directors. We believe that we should get, by this means, a steadier and more equable administration than we have experienced at -the hands of those who themselves have not only trading interests, but large commercial transactions, personally to attend to, which may fairly be esteemed to have a first claim upon their time and their consideration. With some such modifications as these, it might be worth while to give the Bank Charter a further trial ; but it would be most unwise, in our opinion, to attempt to force the mercantile community to face another autumn and winter with their enter prises subject to an influence which they regard with such anxiety and dread. To launch trade again, indeed, with such a weight attached, would be little more wise than setting a man to swim with a mill-stone round his neck. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO ENCROACH ON II AM" PSTEAD-HEATS. Mr. Nicholay, representative at the Metropolitan Board of Works, called the attention of the Marylebone Vestry on Saturday, for a few minutes, in order to draw their serious consideration to another attempt which was being secretly made to enclose, or at least encroach upon, that lovely spot of politic recreation, Hampstead• heath, an attempt which had been defeated session alter session in Parliament. (Hear.) In order that that dis graceful piece of Vandalism might not be perpetrated, he begged to move the appointment of a committee to watch the bill which had been brought into the House of Lords on the subject, the bill being one for entitling the Court of Chancery to grant power to the owners of property to grant leases, effect rates, or do what they please, with what was technically termed " Settled Estates." (Hear, and great dissatisfaction.) The bill was brought in by the Lor I Chancellor, and it was so framed that both Sir Thomas Wilson, and all proprietors of such estates as Hampstead, could, at a moment's notice, de prive the public of what might be now justly termed their right. (Hear.) It would be a great injustice, both AR regarded the health of the metropolis, nod the peaceful rural delights of the public, who flocked to Hampstead heath as the only place of salubrity and enjoyment in the northern portion of the great city, to deprive them of the heath by encroaching tin and building upon it ; at 41 he hoped the committee would see that no clandestine measure was carried in either. house for that purpose. In conclusion, Mr. Nicholay observed that he would, at the next meeting of the Ctintral Board, bring the sub ject under their notice, in ordet that means might be adopted for securing to the public the right they had en joyed for so lengthened a period. Mr. WINGFIELD seconded the proposition for the ap pointment of a committee. Mr. GRAINGER said that lie was surprised that Sir Thomas Wilson should attempt again, after being de feated session after session, to pusti his most unpopular rights, and he trusted that, for the sake of the public health, and more especially for the poorer inhabitants of the metropolis, that the Government would settle all further disputes by buying up the property, as, at the death of the present lord of the manor, his successor would be entitled to build on the heath, and do what he pleased with the property. (Hear.) Mr. LEWIS, solicitor, endeavoured to show that the whole cry for years past, about Hampstead-heath being encroached upon was a complete bugbear, and that Sir Thomas Wilson was a much ill-used man. He had watched the bill in question, and he could not see that it threatened to interfere with the lungs of London. (Hear, and "Oh.") The bill now brought in by the Go vernment was a Government measure, and not Sir Thomas Wilson's. (Renewed cries of "Oh, oh.") Al tkough he (Mr. Lewis) should support the appointment of a committee, yet he did so with the firm conviction that the bill alluded to had nothing in it by which Hamp stead-heath could he taken away from the public. Atter some farther discussion the motion was carried, and a committee appointed. ALARMING FIRES AND NARROW ESCAPE OF THE INMATES. --42 , r Yesterdayoke ou out in mt the n p i r n e g m , ~aebso of f t i‘ h i a r l . f -Cpast Hunt 'clock, c n k e , bm a a k fi e r r e s 90, Playhouse-yard, Upper Whitecross-street, City. brigadeed, and engines n w ing f rtcomithteho Th - t, fire was caused by the spark of a lighted candle, which, falling upon the bed•furniture, set the room in a ad joining station qui ckly exer tionsgeneral blaze. . T and of the neighbours firemen, the flames were ex tinguished, but not until considerable damage was done to the premises and their contents. Unfortunately the oof t a h t e ten(i sufferer was uninsured. On Saturday last, about 3 o'clock, a fire likewise took place in the premises belonging to Mr. T. Spillman, colour-manufacturer, situate at 28, George's-row. City road. The engines of the parish, and four of the London Brigade, were soon in attendance, when the firemen found that the heat of the flues had set fire to the drying houses on the ground Aoor, and extended from thence to the ground floor and the rooms over. The firemen, by great perseverance, succeeded in eventually extin guishing the flames, but not, however, until the drying houses, ground and first floors, together with their valuable contents, were severely damaged by fire, &c. The building and the fixtures were insured in the Nor wich Union Fire-office, but the contents wore supposed to be not insured. The same morning another fire happened in the pre mises termed the Bridge-house, the property of Mr. F. Hadley, a linen draper, No. 29, Southwark-bridge•road. The discovery was made by one of the initiates shortly after the family had retired to rest. An immediate alarm was given, and the various residents happily succeeded in effecting a safe retreat through the heated smoke. The engines of the West of England office and London bri. gade were remarkably early in arriving, and a plentiful supply of the Southwark and Vauxhall companies water having been immediately procured, the firemen went to work under the diraction of Mr.Hendersen, the foreman of the district and with the aid of the portable en g i nes the fire was exting u i s hed, but not nail the b u ildi n g and its contents were sev erel y dama g ed b y fire, &,' Th e origin c f the outbr eak could not be learned. The police, n° 1 . 1 under Inspectors Moore and Branford, rend eredr great ass istance by keeping the crowd back and preve n ti ng the doors from being forced open. The following bills have just been laid before the Se- nate of Turin :-1. For a new loan of thirty millions of francs ; 2. For empowering Government to open a tun nel through the Col de Menouve, which forms part of the Great Saint Bernard ; 3. For laying a tax on joint•stook companies; and 4, For talking intermit on capital. THE WESTMINSTER CLOCK TO raR. The following letter has been sent to a contempo rary :--Sir,--A little bird, who has temporary lodgin,s in one of my loopholes, tells me that my learned neigh hour, Westminster-hall, has been indulging in jokes at my expense, jokes which, he says, moreover, are of that ponderous nature so well suited to the eget of my venerable friend. It is clear my neighbour's eyes are failing, otherwise he (or she ?) would have noticed that none of the stones, or heavy castings-, of which I am composed, have been raised externally, and it is to be feared that her reasoning and inductive faculties are not so good as they were (in spite of her legal training), or it would have occurred to her that my clock and bells would be raised in the same way as the heavy stones and ponderous ironwork of which I am composed. It is, I fear, impossible for my respected neighbour to pay me a visit, otherwise I should be happy to show her (provided her modesty would not be shocked) a large hoisting shaft in my interior, with a steam engine at the top, and should then take the opportunity of complain ing that she should accuse me of requiring an erection to cost 3,0001. to get in my furniture, when I myself have not cost a quarter of that sum in scaffolding for my own completion: I am sorry to say that my neigh bours generally appear, in default of better occupation, to indulge in souse of that amiable twaddle so peculiarly fitted for women of a certain, or, like my venerable friend, an uncertain age. Pray, sir, protect me from such scandal, and I will promise you a speedy peal in token of my gratitude.—Your much-maligned and obedient servant, THE CLOCK TOWER. THE DANGER OF SUING AMBASSADORS. On Saturday at the Bloomsbury County Court, before Mr. D. D. Heath, judge, Henry Hammond, a discharged servant, formerly in the establishment of his Excellency the Ambassador from the Emperor of the Brazils sued the secretary of the embassy for 21. 10s., for wages al leged to he due. The plaintiff having stated his case, a messenger from the embassy informed his Honour that he had been dis charged for gross misconduct. The messenger then claimed the privilege allowed to ambassadors and their attach 6., to which plaintiff demurred. The learned Judge asked Mtn if he was aware of the position in which he had placed himself by suing the representative of a foreign power in this country? Plaintiff was not aware of having done wrong, upon which His lionour read to him the act of Parliament, 6 and 7 Anne, wherein it is enacted that if any party shall sue an ambassador or any attache to any embassy, duly accredited to the court of the Sovereign of these realms, the Lord Chancellor has the power to order such plain tiff to be severely whipped. Plaintiff appeared horror-struck at this unexpected piece of legal information, and, amidst much merriment in court, turned himself round in the witness-box like a tortured eel, looking as though he felt the first scratch of the Chancellor's " cat" on his back. He then mut tered something in the shape of an apology, when his Honour told him to go about his business, and kindly , ordered the hearing fees, amounting to 6s. 9d., to be.re turned to him. Plaintiff, amid great laughter, skipped out of court to i eceivo the money from the clerk's office, and expressed 12nnself highly pleased at the termination of the case, and that the statute of Queen Anne was not put in force. TOTAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCINTY.—The annual meeting of this learned body was held on Friday last, at their rooms in Somerset House ; Professor Johnson, of Ox ford, in the chair, supported by Admiral Manners, Pro fe.Ftsor Be Morgan, Mr. Whitbread, M.P., and Professor ary, the Astronomer Royal. Various papers were read ( in the advancement of this science, and a memoir eulo ristic of a deceased fellow—the late Mr. Sheepshanks. the society's gold medal was awarded this year by the council, and yesterday presented to Robert Grant, Esq., for his work, entitled "History of Physical Astronomy." After the election of office bearers the meeting tenni ri ated, and the members afterwards dined together atthe luta Rotel. I 8 5 6. )o u-;, ver, 3 on thee the ken All ndo Don 'toy Our bra not r in and 8 of can r or the irds o of se id