The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-01 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson. THIS EVENING. WHAT DOES HE WANT ? Principal characters by Professor Anderson and Mr. Leigh Murray (his fifth appearance). To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes ; Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. THEATRE ROY L, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, MA E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; er, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. 'After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ONLY A lIALFFENNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THE ,\TRE, OXFORD-STREET. - Under the Management of Mr. Cruaras N• THIS EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katharine. Mrs. C. Kean; Illarclinsl W.lscy, Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND TILE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, till Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. TELE:ATM ROYAL ADELPHT. ropriotor, Mr. IS. Webstor.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, lIRGEN r PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with ,JACK AND TUE BEAN RTALK; or, Harlequin and Mother (7003 e at Home Aialn. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss B. Arden will apaear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Zfessrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING DEEDS NOT WORDS. To conclude with A plirmcg OF PF.ARGS ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRIND TIIEATRP. 17nler the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING. KATE WYNSLEY. Followed by TIIE ROMANTIC WIDOW. After which, A PLAGUE 0' BOTEI YOUR lIOUSE3. To conclude with TIE HOLLY TREE INN. ROYAL OLY %INC THEATRE. Lessee and Mana;er, Mr. Alfr3d Wigan. TITI3 EVICNING. STILL WATERS RUI DEEP. After which will ha pri",lw;zl a Now and deathly-moral, though excellively old, lido:lra-natio Fairy Extravaganza, entitled Tar, ONCIRTIV:I7 PRI.N"..IMS;; thl Three x. 1134 Distan. In which Ntagsri. ivr.y. 11,Jb33n, 11. Coopor, 3lisi Mar3tol, Li I His 3 rtfaAell will ap7elr. A tiT LEY'A ROYAL AMP EAT RE. Lessee tuna Mana!_fer. Mr. Wm. Cooke. Extraordinary Feat by the Elephants ! TIM, EVENING, The Romantic Equidrame called ItOOKTOOD; or, TURPIN'S ir - )is to YORK. After which the AC CS in the ARENA, introlucing Misi Kite Cook. Miss Emily Cooke, Mr. Jolm Cooke, &c. Tha sazacious ICe • phants will appear, one, of which wilt execute the increlibie feat of ascending upon a narrow board from the contre of the Ring to the top of a high platform on the stage ! To conclude with if.k.RI,EQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the ?even Champions of Christendom. Rox-orace open from Eleven till Four. titalit'e Manager, Mr. W. Egiestrian Dirador, Ur. Cooke, Inn. EMNIA STANLEY'' SEVEN AGES OF W031.1.N, Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3. ?renounced by the unanimous voice of the press. and by nightly increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S ILtIL, Long-acre. Area, Is.; llcserved Chain., 2s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DAT—Morn. 21 min. aft. B—Evening 0 min. aft. 9 T.)-Moßnovv—Morn. 40 min. aft. 9 —Evening 13 min. aft.lo THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB 1. THERMOMETER, IN' THB SHADE. 41—highest since noon yesterday : —towest this morning and during the night. 4) —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'23. N.W. to W.N.W.—Light, with dull, hazy weather. t' krzf, LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1856. The Royal Speech has been delivered, and de bates have followed in due course. Some infor mation has been obtained, but not to the extent which Parliament and the country had a right to anticipate. We know. that the negotiations are to take place at Paris, and that the honour and interests of Great Britain are to be confided to the charge of the Earl of CLARENDON. We are also told that there shall be no relaxa tion of our naval or military preparations until a satisfactory treaty of peace shall have been concluded. This, however, we fear, is more than can be hoped for under existing circumstances. The mysterious fifth article must indeed be largely developed if the final arrangements are to prove satisfactory to the British nation or conducive to its honour and in torests. In the Upper House, Lord DERBY spoke out boldly and intelligibly on the subject of Kars, and thus gracefully repaired a grave omission in the opening address. A few words of praise and sympathy might well have been bestowed on our gallant countrymen, of whose brilliant exploits and patient endurance we may well be proud, but who were at length obliged to succumb—not to the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, but to the still more unconquerable force of sheer famine. That is truly a question which should raise a blush of shame on the cheek of the Minister, which should cause him to hesitate, and be paralysed, when the subject was alluded to. The cause of this deplorable, and, we regret to be obliged to add, scandalous transaction must be strictly investigated, so that the real criminal or criminals may be discovered, and sub jected to the severe punishment and universal condemnation which ho or they have so greatly deserved. We do not believe that it can be traced to any feeling of paltry jealousy on the part of our august Ally. We fear that the delinquents will be found nearer home, and that England, in vindication of its own character and its own interests, will have to determine on a very summary but decided course in reference to the offenders. We regret, however, to find that Lord DIME; as well as Mr. DISRAELI in the other House, ad " the policy of abstention ;" or, in other vocated words, of refraining from any comments, sugges tions, or observ ations respecting the progress of the negotiations. We confess that we greatly prefer. the manly and straightforward course in whose admirable sp eec h dicated by Mr. RoEBu cK ) Was all that could be desired. The Honourable Gentleman, pointed out that, as the honour and interests of England are in the keeping of the House, it is our imperative duty to watch over the negotiations, and to know every step that is taken,. and every proposition that is made. In his emphatic words, the House must watch care fully and vigilantly over the negotiators and the negotiations of P ar i s . tl The proceedings of yesterday will materially add to the reputation of JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK. He previously stood high in the estimation of his coun trymen. He has greatly elevated his posi tion. He has shown that England can boast of At least one man who will fearlessly utter unwel come truths without demclirg to personal con siderations. It would no doubt have been greatly to Mr. ROEBUCK'S personal advantage if be could conscientiously have maintained silence, and ac quiesced in the arrangements now on the tapis. But he honestly judged and nobly discharged his duty as a high-minded Englishman. He proved beyond the possibility of doubt that we obtain no real guarantee from Russia ; and that the lives of our gallant countrymen, and enormous sums of mo ney, have been uselessly sacrificed. He asked what the country also requires to be informed on. He said—" I want to know if we had another campaign, if we drove Russia out of the Crimea, and if, discarding that pretended liberality which says that we are not going to take any ter ritory from Russia, we were to take the Crimea from her, and erect the Principalities, including Bessarabia, into a kingdom—l ask, if we did that, should we not then have some protection against Russia ?" These spirited interrogatories will reverberate throughout the length and breadth of the land—will be repeated in the palaces of the wealthy, the commodious dwellings of the middle classes, and in the cottages of the great body of the people. They will judge, with JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK, that the War has been brought, or rather has been at tempted to be brought, to a most lame and im potent conclusion, and will visit with just con demnation the parties responsible for the national disgrace. One of our contemporaries has thought proper to make a sharp attack on Mr. ROEBUCK for that which merited the highest applause. We cannot forget the well -merited praise that appeared in the columns of the Times, last year, of Mr. ROE BECK'S efficient and disinterested exertions. He is now the bete noir whom it is striving to crush. But it will fail in the attempt. Wherever high-minded independence and undeviating consistency is respected, the name• of JOHN AR TFIUB, ROEBUCK will be honoured as one of which England may well be proud. Had we but a dozen such men in Parliament, we should expect to see Red-tapeism speedily and completely over thrown, and the nation placed in the position with respect to foreign powers which she has a right to, but does not occupy. We are obviously expected to make peace with Russia, if Russia will only benignantly permit us so to make peace —upon the conditions following. Firstly=lren2ember that !-upon condition, not that the enemy shall indemnify the Allies for the enormous expenditure consequent upon the CZAR'S lawless aggression upon the Principalities, but actually upon condition that the Black Sea shall be "neutralised !" As though Muscovite ambi tion were a sort of political acid in the European system to be neutralised by certain diplomatic alkalies ! Or as though the triumph of the neu trals so far deserved celebration upon the very head and front of the proposed compromis3 as to authorise the coining of a phrase for its more signal perpetuation ! Secondly, we are ex pected to make peace with Russia if Russia will only magnanimouSly permit us upon condition, not that the Crimea shall be re stored to Turkey, not that the Danubian Provinces shall be erected into a kingdom, not that a broader barrier than over shall be reared against the possibility of further en croachments of barbarism from beyond the fron tiers of Bessarabia, but positively—remember this too !—upon condition that a fleet now rotting ingloriously at the bottom of the Euxine shall not be reconstructel for the desolation of another Sinope, anti that the shores of the same waters shall never again bristle with the guns of a refor tified robber-stronghold like Sebastopol ! And so forth—and so forth—the " material guarantees" to be insisted 'tpnrk by tho Western Powers, under the auspices of the guidance of Austrian diplomacy dwindling away, "point " by " point," by nega tive upon negative ! Is this all ? Literally, is this all? Is nothing else than this to bo really gained (when everything is said and done) as the result of the grand contest raging for two years between the barbaric might of Russia aid the war like supremacy looked for as the inevitable con sequence of the glorious and heroic alliance ce mented between the presumed arbitrers of the world the British and Gallic Governments ? Positively we ask again—is this all ? Has the terrible winter campaign of 1854-55 to have no more consolatory pendant than a trumped-up compromise ? Are the tattered banners of France and England, smoke blackened and bloodstained, riddled by ball and bayonet, and emblazoned with the memories of Alma, and Inkerman, and the Redan, and the Malakhoff, to be smoothed into a patchwork tablecloth for the elbows of plenipo tentiaries, or, still worse, to be spread open as a carpet for the feet of neutral Sovereigns t Actu ally, this, and nothing better than this, is fore shadowed at the present moment by more than one sinister prognostication. By the peddling prelimi naries of a discreditable pacification! By the diluted platitudes of what Lord DERBY facetiously desig nated a kind of " water-gruel " Speech from the Throne ! By a first-night's debate in the House of Commons, for the most part so timorous in tone, so subdued in spirit, so hushed, and stut tering, and shamefaced, and blushing, and flus tered, that it might perhaps, after all, be most accurately defined, as the great Scotch critic once upon a time defined the Wilfred of Sir WALTER'S " Rok eby, " in a memorable review in the Edinburgh, namely, as—" that tame rabbit boiled to rags ! " Elsewhere, however, we take occasion in our impression of this evening to carve, deliberately and piecemeal, " that tame rabbit boiled to rags," the WILFRED of the session of 1856, yesterday's discussion in the popular branch of the Legislative Chambers at West minster. The immediate design of these present remarks of ours being almost exclusively devoted to the enforcement of what we conceive to be the paramount duty at this mo mentous crisis in the affairs, not merely of Britain herself, but of Europe generally, the paramount duty and indefeasible right of every patriot Eng lishman ! That of observing, vigilantly observing, every variable and even maybe momentary phase in these now rapidly-approaching negotiations. The duty and the right, be it remarked, not simply of watching, but also of discussing these same negotia tions, as befits the free citizens of a State exquisitely alive to the exigencies of a time like the present, an age of transition as well as an epoch of achieve meat. Otherwise than by the exercise of some such perfectly justifiable watchfulness, England may find herself, when too late, involved in the toils of those wily trick s t ers, who would palter her honour for the bribe of a disgraceful treaty, a'id sully her reputation by the infamy of a shameless compromise. Sa surely,however, as Peace were built up upon any such u ns t a bl e foundations, so surely would the present struggle prove in the end to hare been b u t t h e precursor of one in every way more sanguinary, more disas trous, and mere appalling. Over the smouldering ashes of the War tins hastily buried under the lowering mound of a precipitate pacification might be inscribed in one word its most appro priate epitaph—ltesurg am ! MISS EMMA STANLEY.—"The Seven Ages of Woman" increases nightly in popularity. Miss Emma Stanley has been honoured by a numerous attendance of the highe ,t classes. Her entertainment verifies the old say ing, " What everybody bays must be true," and her per formance has been pronounced by all as the most unique and clever ever offered to the public. LATEST NEWS.I VIENNA, THURSDAY, JAN. 31, 10 A.M. The Turkish Embassy in this city has been em powered to sign the Protocol if necessary. BERLIN, THURSDAY. The Austrian Ambassador, Count Esterhazy, has communicated to the Prussian Cabinet the projected proposal of Austria to the German Diet for its accession to the accepted preliminaries. The Saxon Prime Minister, Debeust, bas ar- rived at Berlin. Our intelligence from Russia is to the effect that, whilst the peace is heartily welcomed at St. Petersburg, the feeling is very different at THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1856. to affirm the acceptance by Rusia of the proposi tions of Austria. Prince Gortschakoff has now r received the despatch of M. de Nesselrode, which states that acceptance and the authorisation to sign the act common to the five Powers, for all the five Powers who were present at the last diplomatic I conferences will take part in it. As soon as the Plenipotentiaries of France, Enghnd, and Turkey shall have received authorisation from their respec tive Governments, they will be cinvoked by M. de Buol, and in the. presence of Pince Gortschakoff he will read to them the note wlich contains the conditions proposed by Austria ; Prince Gorscha koff, on his part, will read the despatch of M. de Nesselrode, and a protocol of these two readings will be drawn up, which will be signed by the five representatives. Prussia and Piedmont will take no part in it, as this protocol be as a comple ment to those of the Conference of Vienna, the last of which bears the date of thi 4th June, 1855. This protocol was to have been signed on the 25th January, but the signature had not taken place on the 27th. Great impatience is felt for the accom plishment of this formality, which is regarded as the first of the preliminaries." BOURSE, Jan, 31.—The following were the quo tations : Ca3h. Pr. e. 4i per Cents : : 45 50 3 per Cents 7O 60 Now Loan 72 5 End of Month. —f. —c. 70 80 Bank Shares 3275 Roman Credit Mobilior 1530 Austrian Bolgian Fivos — Spanish Throes Piedmontese (5) BB 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS—ZOE CASE. fr. c. fr. o. (Minns ... 1237 50 'Western 835 Northern Lyons -...... 1225 Now Ditio BlO hlediterranean 1360 Grand Central 6lO Lyons Geneva 725 Teste - Cate 727 50 Austrian Com. ...... 857 50 PORTUGAL. The steamer Cintra arrived at Liverpool, yester day, with adviees from Lisbon to the 26th iust. The same day, at 5 p.m., she pasSed the Sultan going into Li ion. • Our correspondent writes on' Alio 26th :—The Cortes resumed their sittings on the 19th inst., be ing engaged in the election of councillors. Nothing of public interest had taken place. A bill to extend the period of old coina(Y 6 e will be discussed to-day, when it is expected th e Finance Minister will bring forward his report, and bills respecting contracts and loans for railway construction. Although the heavy gales upon the coast have subsided for the last few days, rain continues to fall in great abundance. The Donna Maria steamer has been linable to take in her cargo, and her de parture for the Brazils is put off to the 6th of February. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Westminster, before Lord Chief• Justice - Campbell and a Special Jury.) GRAVES V. SOIVERDY AND ANOTHER. This was an action for false imprisonment brought under the following circumstances. The plaintiff is a young lady, an assistant in the establishment of Madam Decon, milliner, &c., 11, Bruton-street, Bond-street, and the defendants linen drapers of Regent-street. It ap• peered from the evidence that on the evening of the 16th October last the plaintiff went to the defendants' shop about eight o'clock in the evening, and purchased several small articles amounting to 33.9 d., tendering in payment two half-crowns, which the cashier declared to be bad ; called in a policeraau, and gave her into custody for passing bad money. She was then taken by the policeman, through a crowd of persons who had assembled round the door, down Oxford-street, to the police-station in St. Giles. At the defendants' shop she asserted her innocence, gave her address, the name of the lady in whose employ she was, and also that of her sister, who resided in George street, Hanover-square, whom she re quested might be sent for. The defendants, however, refused to send to the parties named, or make any inquiries as to tne truth of the plaintiff's statements. At the police -station the plaintiff was searched by the female searcher, after being charged with passing bad money. Everything she had on was taken off, and she was compelled to open her mouth to show that she had nothing concealed under her tongue, and the result of the search was the searcher fuund no other coin of a doubtful character, and expressed her opinion that the plaintiff was a re spectable person, and at her request she was placed in a separate cell instead of being locked up with felons and characters of the worst description. The half-crowns were tested and believed to be good, and it subse quently appeared the plaintiff had received them from her sister, who had had quicksilver in her pocket in a paper, some of which had got out, discoloured the coin, caused them to feel smooth, and gave them the appearance complained of. On the following day the plaintiff was brought before Mr. Bingham, at Marlborough-street, and the coins being found to be good she was discharged. Subsequently an apology was published in two cf the morning papers, and the defendants had further offered the young lady 5/., and then 101., as compeiriatio'b but which she re fused. The plaintiff' s case bavi!‘t; been proved, the learned counsel for the defendants ;said their object was to stand right with regard to this transaction, and with out troubling the jury be would consent to take a verdict from his lordship. _ _ The plaintiff; counsel having assented to this course, Lord Campbell said that he did not consider 10/. a sufficient amount of compensation for the wrong done the plaintiff. He thought the defendants had acted very harshly towards her. The defendant was a person who carried respectability in her appearance ; and he must ray that during his experience at the bar and sinus at the bench, be had never seen a witness whose conduct was so unexceptionable in the box as hers. No doubt her demeanour was the saute at the defendants' shop, and the defendant hal done wrong in not sending fur her friends before subject ing her to the indignity of being in custody and searched. The sum of 101. offered by the defendants sinco the com mitment of the action was insufficient, and he gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 207. Accounts from the inhabitants o f th at prov i nce as b e i ng re d uce d Algarve represent two-thirds of to the greatest misery. The rains and storms have stopped the fisheries, inundated lands, and many houses have fallen there in consequence of the wet season and shocks of earthquake. The sufferings upon the banks of the Tagus and other rivers are also very great. We are sorry to report the distressing loss of the Port iruese brig Orient, Captain Faria, out 61 days from Loanda, at daybreak on the 21st., upon a rock called the Guinche, near the Rock of Lisbon. The fog was so intense that the vessel was almost upon the rock it split upon before it was perceived, and only 6of the crew were saved. Those lost include the captain, who was a son of the owner, two passengers, and seven sailors. One of the pas sengers, atter being lodged upon the rock, was washed off again while in the act of kneeling in thankfulness for his short-lived preservation. News has just been received here of the loss of the English brig Standard, Capt. Byrne, from Alexandria, with beans, and last from Cadiz, bound for Cork. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Chief Baron.) DICKER V. JACKSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for unlawfully takinz possession of a butcher's shop, situated in Leonard's square, Hoxton. The transaction dates as far back as 1851. It appears the agreement fur taking the shop had been entirely ht tween the son of the defendant and the plaintiff, and that consequently it was pleaded that whatever respon sibility existed in the case was the responsibility of the defendant's son. It was elicited during the examination of the witnesses acd the defendant, that o❑ April 17th, I'sl, the defendant and his son brought a cart load of meat to the shop in Leonard's-square. Not finding any one in the place, and the shutters only put up loosely, they bad taken them down and placed the meat in the shop. While so occupied, Mr. Dodge, the agent of the plaintiff, who hal charge of the premises, returned, and it was proved that no remonstrance was made by the a;teit to the defendant and his son fur having entered the premises, knowing that to be the day on which possession had been agreed to be taken. The Chief Baron, in a idressing the jury, said it ap peared to him that no real grounds for action for trespass existed in this ' case. The defendant and his son had gone to the shop and had been told by the neighbours that the agent of the plaintiff had gone out t a seek a lodging (knowing that he had to give up pos session to the defendant's son), and had left word for them to take down the shutters and. take possession. The defendant's son being proved to be under age at the time of the transaction was not the point the jery had to consider : it was whether an agreement had been entered into between the plaintiff and defendant. The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict fer the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) BRAY V. CHANDLER. This was an action brougut by the plaintiff to recover damages for having been dismissed from his situation as the agent of the defendant, in the management of an estate in Park-lane, Tottenham. The defendant bald been engaged for; two and a half years, at a salary of 2001. per annum, in the early part of 1853, to look after the erection and letting of certain houses on the estate. On the part of the plaintiff it was contended that he had fuifilied his duties in such a manner as to have greatly enhanced the value of the property, and that no cause existed for his dismissal. Mr. Byles, for the defendant, stated that an agreement bad been en tered into between the plaintiff and defendant, in which it was stipulated that the plaintiff was not to receive any moneys on account of the defendant. He should prove by witnesses that this stipulation had been infringed on in more than one instance, the money so received hav ing been applied by the plaintiff to his own purposes as a part of the salary due to him. He should also prove that the plaintiff had neglected his duties in being ab sent on many occasions during the greater part of several consecutive days, whereby the interests of the defen dant had suffered, and also that the plaintiff had pur chased building materials on account of the defendant, an act also in opposition to the terms of the agreement. [The case had not concluded when we went to press.] METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Meeting This Day. Tbo Commissioners met this day in the Council Cham ber, Guildhall, for the purpose of proceeding with the business on the paper before the board—Mr. John Thwaites in the chair. Mr. Wilkinson took his seat for St. Pancras. Mr. DIFFANuErt wished to put a question relative to a statement made by Mr. Bazelgette, that one-half of the management of the Thame Valley Canal had been under his control, and the remarks that had been made in the newspapers. After a discussion the CHAIRMAN said he was of opi nion that the question to be put to Mr. Bazelgette was one he ought to have an opportunity of answering. A division ultimately took place as to whether Mr. Bazelgette should answer the question. Mr. BAZELGETTE said, in explanation of his statement, what he had said was not that he had sole charge of one half of the Thame Valley Canal, but that he had the charge under Mr. How, another gentleman. The bye-law regulating the width of streets and alleys made by the board on the 25th inst. was then read and confirmed. The bye-law empowering the chairman to pay the contractors as they proceeded out of the funds lodged in the London and Westminster Bank was also con firmed. The board was occupied the remaining portion of its sitting is considering the necessity of appoint ing a solicitor to the board ; a motion by Mr. Davies relative to the appointment of the subordi nate officers of the board ; and another by Mr. Corrie referring to a committee whether it was desirable to proceed to make the sewers and works mentioned in the 35th clause of the act before some changes had been made in the powers of borrowing money, and to report the changes, if any, which they considered necessary. Moscow. The Bask of Odessa has a second time sus pended its cash payments. The works on the new fortifications at St. Petersburg and Cronstadt have already been slackened, and the concentration of troops in the Baltic provinces countermanded. OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, J an. 19.—0 n Wed nesday an armistice was declared till four o'clock in the afternoon, up to which time the Russians and the French amused themselves by walking about in the Tchernaya valley in front of the out posts. They were so near together that they could distinctly see each other's countenances. Since the last mail left the English engineers have blown up the entrance gate to the east dock, and to-day there will, in all probability, be another small explosion. There is little to record during the past week but the various rumours with which the camps have been agitated respecting the chances of a ces sation of hostilities, and the plans of the future campaign in case the negotiations for peace should be unsuccessful. In the meantime, preparations are being made to meet all contingencies. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 21.—The Turkish official world of Stamboul is still in suspense about the Ministry. The. Sultan is said to press very much, especially since the last fortnight, Redschid Pasha to accept office, appealing to his patriotic feelings ; but as ho does not consent to sanction the pro gramme which the latter proposes, the chances of a Redschid Ministry are becoming smaller. The Loan Commission has at last tired out even Turkish official slowness, and is beginning to got into working order, with regular sittings twice a week. The project which has been submitted to the Porte defining the exact position of the Com mission, has, with very small modifications, been accepted. The only point which now remains to be settled is the manner how the funds should be transmitted. The Commission proposed to open it to competi tion on the Exchange, and accept the most favour able offer. Nothing has been decided as yet in this respect. The news from Persia relates almost exclusively to the Herat affair. The official gazette of Teheran, which has been for some time past busy with Herat, has in its last number the report, that Dost Mohamed Khan was marching with an army on Herat in order to expel the Persians from there. According to the Teheran Gazette, he was already one day's marck on the Herat side of Clandahar. How he came there so suddenly is not explained, nor how he got possession of Candahar. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 23d and 24th January. Among the list of promotions published in the Gazette we find the following : " Major-General do Lukasch is appointed mili tary and civil Governor of Tiflis in the place of Lieutenant-General Prince Andronikoff 1., who retires on the plea of ill-health at his own request." Major Budberg is attached to the army in the Caucasus. There are various oth©r appointments of officers to the Caucasus. The Morski Sbernik, a naval magazine published at St. Petersburg, gives in its January number the following narrative of how the Russian fleet in the Pitcific escaped the English eruigAra "As soon as Admiral Zawoiko, the Com mander of Petropaulovski, received orders to de stroy the fortifications of that town, and to pro ceed to the limau of the Amoor, ho made his preparations for evacuating the place, had a passage sawn through the ice in the Bay of Avatsoha, and went to sea on the 17th April, with the corvette Olivouska, the Aurora frigate, and three trans ports, Doina, Irsysk, and Baikal. The squadron counted about 300 souls, including women and chil dren, all inhabitants of Petropaulovski. After a most trying navigation the squadron cast anchor in Castries Bay (51 deg. 27 min. north latitude), and the Admiral placed his ships behind some banks and shallows, so as to prevent their being turned by the enemy. On the 20th of May a frigate, a corvette, and an English brig made their appearance ; the corvette approached and threw some shells against one of the Russian vessels, but the whole enemy's squadron soon went to sea again. "As Admiral Zawoiko had been informed that Cape Lasareff, situate more north, at the mouth of the Amoor, was free from ice, he took advantage of the departure of the English vessels, weighed anchor, and, after a most perilous passage, his vessels reached their destination one by one, be tween the Ist and 6th of July. Batteries were thrown up on the shore, and a few weeks later all the vessels were placed in shelter behind the bars of the Amoor. " During the run from Castries Bay to Cape Lasareff an American vessel, the William Penn, was spoken. She had on board 150 Russians of the crew of the Diana, wrecked, it will be remem bered, on the Japanese coast, and shortly after his arrival at Cape Lasareff Admiral Zawoiko was joined by Admiral Poutiatine ; the latter had made his escape in a very bold and enterprising manner. After the shipwreck of the Diana he conceived the idea of making his crew build a schooner. The under taking succeeded so well that after 10 weeks' hard work, to which the Japanese and their Government gave an assisting hand in providing materials, sails, &c., a vessel of the desired size was launched and named the Khida, after the port where it was con structed. Forty men and seven officers formed the crew of the schooner, which reached Petropaulov ski on the 22d of May. "Finding that place abandoned the Admiral lost no time in leaving Avatscha-bay, which was watched by hostile cruisers, and he succeeded in reaching La Perouso Straits (between the islands of Sagha lien and Fesso). Hero he was nearly surprised one night by a vessel of the enemy, which passed within 700 yards of him. He was given chase, but the Admiral escaped, and continuing his course northwards he joined, as already stated, the rest of the Kamtschatka flotilla at Cape Lasareff. Thence ho proceeded shortly to the Nicholas Station, the chief and well-fortified point of that territorn - and deposited there all the materiel which the squadron had brought front Petropaulovski." The Invalids Busse of the 22d publishes the fol lowing order of the day, addressed by Prince Gort schakoff to the army of the South and to the troops in the Crimea : "Head-quarters, Bakshi-Serai, Jan. 12. " In leaving, by the Emperor's order, for new duties, I bid you farewell, brave comrades ! " I give to my worthy successor an army inured to battles, and which has been for the Czar and the country a defence and a joy. " Your courage and your devotion, brave war riors, will remain graven for ever on my heart. I sincerely return you thanks for the confidence you always reposed in me in the midst of the blood,y and terrible struggle of 1655,—that eternally me morable struggle in which you defended the penin sula of the Crimea against numerous foes, who had in their power means of warfare unique and heretofore unknown in the annals of war." " This order of the day will he read in every company, squadron, sotnia, battery, and body of marines." FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Queen's Speech on opening Parliament is the great topic of interest here for the moment, almost to the exclusion of•anything else. The Ambassadors of the Allies are expected to sign the protocol to-morrow, at Vienna. Official despatches from Constantinople state that the war preparations are carried on with the u`•most activity. Omer Pacha's suggestions have been approved of. The same activity prevails at Stockholm. Sweden will be prepared for offensive operations, if necessary. We read in the Debats :—" Our correspondents transmit us some information as to the form of the document which is to be shortly signed At Vicalna3 RAILWAY TRAFFIC IN 1855. The usual half-yearly meeting, just published, gives the number of passengers conveyed by the railroads in the United Kingdom during the half-year ended the 3Cth of June, 1855, with other miscellaneous informa tion on the subject of railways in general. In England and Wales there were 6,166 miles of rail way open for traffic on the 30th of June last, against 6,112 in 1854. The total number of passengers con veyed by these railroads amounted to 43,286,144 of whom 5,995,1391 were first-class, 15,035,7681 second class, 8,123,096? i third-class, and 14,122,814 " Parlia mentary" passengers, besides 9,325 season tioketholders. The total receipts from these passengers amounted to the sum of 3,563,452/. (including excess fares and tolls), of which sum 1,090,1021. accrued from first-clans travellers, 1,275,6161. from second-class, 333,7191. from third-class, and 774,9521. from Parliamentarians. The total receipts from horscs, carriages, luggage, parcels, and mails amounted to 450,0261., an d th e total receipts frc•ni general merchandise, cattle, and Iniierals to 4,436,9141., making a grand tqcf..ec,eipt frotuall sources of tra ffi c of 8,450,3041. In Scotland there were 1,9,n. miles of lino open on the 30th of June, 1855. On these lines 5,465,422 pas sengers were c.mveyal—viz 667,144 first-classers, 833,5291 second-classers, 719,200 third-classers, and 3.243,289 Parliamentarians. Of season-ticket holders there were 1,960. These travellers yielded a gross total revenue of 325,3481., of which sum the first-class pas sensors contributed 85,0151., the second-class 68,4791. - the third-class 33,2511., and the Parliamentarian 133,0751. The receipts from horses, carriages, and lug gage, &c., amounted to 46,8591., and the receipts from general merchandise to 625,6491. The grand total re ceipts from all sources amounted to 997,8561. In Ireland there were 897 miles of road open on the 30th of June. On these railroads travelled 3,063,584 passengers, including 379,228 of the first- c l ass , 1,231,8654 of the second-claps, 658,702 of the third class, 791,663 Parliamentarians, and 2,1251 season ticket holders. The total receipts from passengers amounted to 249,9371., of which sum the first-classers contributed 57,669/. ; the second-classers, 94,658/. ; the third-classers, 31,3287. ; and the Parliamentary passen gers, 60,4281. The receipts from horses, carriages, lug gage, and mails amounted to 45,553/., and these from general'goods and cattle to 150,3011.; making a grand total revenue from all sources of traffic of 445,6981. A comparative summary shows that in the whole of the united kingdom there were on the 30th of last June 8,115 miles of line open for traffic, against 7,803 miles on the 30th of June, 1854 ; that 51,815,1491 passengers were conveyed thereon, against 50,367,404 in 1854; that the receipts from passengers amounted to 4,125,4871. (exclusive of extra fares), against 4,081,702/. iu 1854 ; and that the receipts from goods and cattle amounted to 5,212,8651., against 4,826,8251. in 1854. The grand total revenue of all roads for the half-year was 9,894,0491., against 9,424,6031. in the corresponding half-year of 1854. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.--LIVERPOOL, Thursday.— The Queen's Speech was received here shortly after two p.m., and has given almost universal satisfaction—especially the portion announcing her Majesty's determination not to relax the naval and military preparations for the ensuing campaign until a satisfactory peace has been concluded. DIVISIONS OF TUE HOUSE.—To insure accuracy and facility in taking divisions, it is requested that every member, whether personally known to the division clerks or not, will give his name distinctly and audibly, as he passes the division desk. LYME REGIS.—TILE FALL OF KARL—The mayor has given notice of a public meeting on Wednesday, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning her Majesty or the House of Commons to grant an in quiry into the circumstances attendant on the fall of the fortress of Kars.---Aerborne Journal. A letter from Toulon, dated Wednesday morning, states that Admiral Tr6houart had arrived there to take the command of the fleet, and had hoisted his flag on board the Fleurus. There are at present 12 ships of the line at anchor in the roads, viz., the Marengo, Prince Jerome, Jupiter, Vleurue, Trident, Delperr6, Navarin, Jemmappes, Hercule, Saffren, Bayard, Jena ; seven frigates, the Uranie, Albatros, Vengeance, Canada, Constitution, Zenobie, Montezum a; an d three sloops, Averne, Eclaireur, Reine Hortense. The ship-of-the line Inflexible had sailed for the Black Sea. Tho ship of-the-line Friedland had been taken into dock. The steam corvette Requin had sailed for Civita Vecchia, with despatches for the General commanding the French troop at Rome. COURT MARTIAL.—By the Royal mail steam-ship Atrato, we learn that a court martial was held at Ber muda some time last month to try Commander Corbett, the master and mate of her Majesty's brig Wolverine, which was wrecked near Greytown, in October. Com modore Kellett, C. 8., was president of the court. After a careful examination of the witnesses &c., Commander Corbett and the master were acquitted, bnt severely reprimanded, and admonished to be more cautious for the future. The mate, wbo - was in charge when the brig got on shore, was dismissed from her Majesty's service. CASUALTIES NT DEATH IN THE ARMIES OF INDIA.— Her Majesty's Troops : Capt. N. P. Geneste, 24th Foot, at Jhelum. Madras : Ensign F. A. Brett, 43d Regi ment N. 1., at Vizsgapatam, on the 3d of December. Bengal :—Lieut. C. A. Daniell, 8:11 Light Cavalry, at Meon Meer, on the 24th of November ; Lieutenant (Brevet Major) J. S. R. Barclay, 3d European Regiment, At Chinsurah, on the 17th of December.—Bombay Times. Since the allied fleet left the Baltic no less than 25 merchant vessels have put into Revel, of which 22 were laden with salt. VIENNA, 30th.—TEe Ost Deutsche Post announces that Austria, in the interest of Germany, will present a pro position to the Germanic Diet, in order that the latter may adopt the points of guarantee which are to serve as the preliminaries of peace, and thus take a serious part in the approaching Conferences. A letter from Berlin, of the 29th, states that Prussia is not disposed to enter into any engagements with a view to taking part in the Paris conferences, bat main tains her right to do so on the ground of the treaties of Vienna. These treaties decided the questio❑ of the ter ritorial arrangement of Europc ; the rectification of the Ottoman territory, however trifling, is a modification of those treaties, and, as such, cannot take place without her, ' COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen went in state yesterday to the House of Peers to open Parliament by a speech from the throne. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince re turned to Buckingham Palace at two minutes before three o'clock, and were received by the Vice• Chambe rlain. The Queen and Princ e Alb er t l e f t B uc ki ng h am P a l ace for Windsor Castle at twenty minutes past four o'clock yesterday afternoon attended by the Duchess of Wel lington, Lord Dufferin, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Sir Edward Bowater, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Colonel F. H. Seymour, and the Master of the Household. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were conducted to their carriage by Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamber lain, and Colonel Francis Seymour, Groom of the Bed chamber to the Prince. A party of Light Dragoons escorted the Queen from Buckingham Palace to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. WINDSOR, JAY. 31. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Lady in Waiting and th e Gentleme n of the suite, arrived at the Castle about a quarter past five o'clock this afternoon, having travelled from London by a special train on the Great Western Railway. The Duchess of Wellington has succeeded Lady Churchill as the Lady in Waiting, and Lord Dufferin has relieved Lord Byron as Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. We have authority for stating that the Speaker of the House of Commons has no present intention of retiring. On the 21st the Pope gave his benediction to the lambs which wore to be afterwards shorn, in order to furnish wool for the pallium, which Rome sends to each of the new bishops. The Queen of Spain has presented a cloak ornamented with garnets, of the value of 200,000 reals, to a statue of the Virgin of Sjrowe, in one o! the churches. A body of the Medical Staff Corps will be mk di ally inspected to-day at the General Hospital Fort Pitt, pre. vious to their being called ou for embarkation. MARKET NEWo.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE: The quantity of English wheat en sale in to-day's mar lot, coastwise and by land-carriage, was veil moderate, nevertheless it was quite equal to the demand, which ruled inactive, at Monday's currency. Over 17,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come fresh to hand, and the supply was rather on the increase. The business doing was very limited, yet no change took place in the quotations. Barley was in mode ate supply and fair request, at full prices. Malt was very dull, but not cheaper. We were well supplied with oats, and all kinds met a dull inquiry, on rather easier terms. Beans, peas, and flour realised Monday's quotations. The imports of the latter article are good. ♦RRIVALS THIS VMS. Barley. I Malt. 3,150 I 3,810 Wheat. 2,030 'Lnc;ll3ll Irish .... Foreign } 17,560 • I I Oats. 2,391 i 11,030 Flour. 720 4,840 I 1320 aka II 920)bils 1 - METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts here, to-day, being considerably on the increase, and in improved condition, the beef trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices re , aised on Monday ci 2d per 81b. We were rather heavily supplied with sheep, which moved off slowly, at 24 per 81bs. less money. The show of calves was limited, and the veal trade ruled active, at 24 per Ms advance. Pigs sold at full prices. Mach cows were dull, at from 141. to 19/. each, including their small calf. _ Per Bibs to sink the offalk.s. , , v- „, , - ~.t s. d. s. d.! • ••., ' if.—d, 'A" ~d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 21PrimeSouthdown.4 4 410 Second quality ~..3 4 3 8 Large crse.cal;itis 4' 16 5 6 Prime large oxen 310 4 4 Prime small d 0.,. 5 -2S 6 2 Prime Scots, 4c. 4 6 4 8 Largo hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 Oman porkers Second quality ...3 6 310 Suckling salvos 22 ci 29 V Prime crse.-wlled.4 0 4 41Quarter old pig.4l'ti3O',J, e ,B U TOTAL OUPPLT. roßziou' ivi'kt;-' Beasts .................. 1,624 Beasts•... • • .......;..... . 190 Sheep ............. .... 5,560 Sheep ..., , ........., .... • 29). Calves .................. 180 Ca1ve5............. ••. .. 110 3 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies were tolerably good, and the trade was less active, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcass. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Reef, interior 2 10 3 2 Mutten, Inferior 2 10 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 1 Do., middling ..... '3 4 3 8 Do. prime large 3 8 3 10 . Do., prime 3 10 4 4 De , de. 5nia11....4 0 4 2 Veal 4 0 5 8 Pork, large... . .. 3 4 4 0) Pork, small 4 2 5 0 WESTMINSTER IMPROVEMPNT COMMISSION. The following letters have been addressed to the editor of the Times : " Sir,--I read with great surprise in your city article of the 24th some observations upon the affairs of the Westminster Improvement Commission, in which my name is introduced. "It is apparent on the face of your statement that the sources from which your information has been de rived are ex parte or unauthorised documents—viz., 14 hill in Chancery, which you are probably not aware is at present unsupported by any proof ; a petition of two bondholders to the Ilome of Lords, which was unsuc cessful ; and a report which you do not appear to • kno or was prepared without any communication with the com missioners or myself, and was immediately rejected by the makrity of the committee of investigation, and withdrawn by the authors of it. It is not, therefore, surprising that serious errors occur in the article of which I complain. Among other things, it is stated that the law costs and other charges have been set down at two sums of 100,082 1 . and 148.8131. ; the fact, however, is that the total amount of law costs ever received or claimed by me or my firm for business transacted for the commission has been 29,509/. 2s. 6d., and no more, of which sum a very large proportion — about one-half—consists of moneY disbursed, the remainder being the total amount of pro lessional charges for the law business transacted during 10 years, including the purchase and conveyance of the Trpt)erty forming Victoria-street and the adjacent im in.OVements, and the obtaining of five acts of Parliament. pTo.one at all acquainted with the nature and extent of such business will doubt the reasonableness of that amount, and from no other source connected with the - commission have I derived any profit or + advantage whatever. "The two sums of 100,0821. and 148,8131. referred to in your article consist chiefly of interest on the mortgage and. bond debts of the commission, and a variety of ol,b.fir payments wholly unconnected with the law de partment ; the amount included therein for law costs heal' to me or my firm is only 28,1681. Bs. 10d., portion of the 29,5091. 2s. 6d. I have already mentioned. `• I entirely deny that I have ever exercised a control forbidden by the provisions of the acts ; this statement is wholly without foundation, as I have never acted otherwise than under the direc ion and authority of the commissioners. With respect to the mortgages which are improperly designated preferential, they were clearly authorise -1 by the acts, and it will be a vain attempt to impeach them. Upon the statements which relate to the amount of bond debt and matters of account I beg to refer to the report of Mr. Croysdill, the eminent public accountant, who investigated the accounts, which were presented to the committee of inquiry in the early part of last year, and I think the suit now pending in: the Court of Chancery will afford the commissioners a, proper opportunity of explaining their proceedings and the general management of the undertaking. "The circumstances which have led to the present position of the bondholders are obvious—via., a capital inadequate to the magnitude of the undertaking, the an' favourable state of the money market at the commence ment and during the progress of the works, and the high value of the property in the line of Victoria-street. "As the statements in the article referred to. if an contradicted, contradicted, are calculated to i n fli c t ser i ous i n jury, trust you will do me the justice to allow this explanation to appear in your columns without delay.--I am , sir, y our obedient servant, "NATHANIEL MASOI4. " Red Lion-bquare s Jan. 29." " Sir,--My attention has been directed to a statement contained in the Times of the 24th inst., in reference to the affairs of the Wesminster Improvement Comm'' sion. ‘ l lt will be apparent to all business men that the object of the commission was analogous to that of railway company, which can only prove remunerativ e when its work has made considerable progress. At first all must be outlay—vi z ., i n th e purc h ase o f land and property, rents, and taxes in respect of property se purchased; Parliamentary and surveyors' fees, payme nts to Commissioners of Sewers ; law, arbitration, and con veyancing expenses ; salaries, wages, assurances, corn' rnissioners' fees, interest on bonds, loans, &c. So far the comparison with a railway holds good ; but then comes a material difference, for, whereas ordinal shares pay no interest till a profitable traffic has arisen, the bones and loans of the commission bore interest within a very short period of its outset, although up to this time no profit l-.as arisen. "The first tangible date given in the statements yott refer to is 1852. Of tho bonds issued prior to the let of April in that year, 200,6001. were then a charge on the commisson, all others of anterior date having been paid off. On the 31st of December. 1854, the total of bonds chargeable had increased to 686,9701., being an augmen tation of 486,3701. A further isoie to the amount of 290,0801. bad, indeed, been made, but moat of these bonds were lodged as collateral security only with mort gagees, who took them as well as priperty, so that when the property is realised the bonds are returnable to the contrniisiom. This last item (290,0801.) must clearly be deducted from the 977,0501. quoted in your statement as the amount of bonds on the 31st December, 1854, inas much as th e commissioners had received no consideration for it, and no part of it had been publicly negotiated. Thus, ag;jost your item of 1,030,5701., the net increase between 1.852 and 1854 was 486,370/.; and the amount in actual ,circulation, instead of being 977,0501., was 686,980/. " The balance-sheet laid before the bondholders at the mootin g wf thu 26th of January, 1855 (quoted the limes of the following day), showed that it means could have been raised to get the ground covered the assets would have more than sufficed to meet all demands. The real cause of the . deplorable stoppage was the int posaility of raising capital sufficient to proceed with the undertaking to the point at which profit could be realised. " The statements you quote also refer to the extraor dinary issue of bonds to Mr. Mackenzie, the builder, without peroper security. It is not for me to defend the act of the. commissioners in this respect, further than to exnress ray own conviction that it arose from an anxiety —I might say over anxiety—to get the property built upon, and from a misplaced confidence in the value of the secu:rities. "I now come to the question of expenses. Your items are, 100,0821. from 1845 to 1852, and 148,813 1 . thence to December, 1854—in all 248,895/. "The .real figures as shown by my balance-sheet are as follows : £ is. d• From 1845 to Ist of April, 1852 From April, 1852, to December, 1854 148,991 16 1 Total 241,52615 7 " The empenses are thus distributed : Bond stain7A Ground re:at, rent, rates, and taxes in re- spect of . properties purchased 14,877 2 4 Comrnissiolners' attendance fees 8,204 17 0 Interest OA bonds and loans, commissions, and discounts ... 127,679 9 11* Law costs,, J?arliamentary fees, surveyors' fees, compensa tion, &c.. P 27,435 9 11 Solicitors to the commission (Bridges„ Mason, and Bridges), debit for the whole period 28,168 8 10 55.603 18 9 Assurances. Wages &lA. .salaries 14,857 4 5 Rent of commissioners' offices, fittings, and fmniture . 2,847 5 2 Payments to Sewers Commissioners, re pairs, Printing, stationery, and miscellanies__ 9,516 3 0 249,757 7 10 D a d uc t, siuount realised on sale of old budding ;materials 5,230 12 3 244,526 15 T * Of this le zm 60,000. consists of commission credited Mr. Mackenzie, th e builder, on bonds handed him in lieu of cash, conditionally, on his paying the amount standing to his debit in cash. " I leave ti e above statement to speak for itself, con fining my rer . tilts to the single item of the charges pre ferred by th solicitors, Messrs. Bridges, Mason, a nd Bridges, f or th e w h o l e 10 years d ur i ng which the' firm bad to trans Let the legal business connected with ob taining five ; tc-ts of Parliament, to manage numerous con veyancing transactions, arid generally to attend to the whole legal rti fairs of the commission. Their costs were 28,188/. 88. 1.0 d., of which, it will be self-evident to the profession, full one moiety consisted of fe es , &0., out of packet.. Mu reover, a great deal of the business was transacted by agency, absorbing a still further propor tion of the ap parent remuneration. " I have i 3 igidly confined myself to facts and figures brought out by my own investigation, the results of which were fully laid before the committee of bond holders ininto diately on their appintment in 1855. My balance-sheet; , with a very detailed cash account, also drawn up by me, was placed by them in the hands of Quilter, Bala.. and Co., the eminent accountants, who repeatedly a.l tended at my offices to examine the books. Thus, inste;i4 l of being ' altogether confused, an d with out verification of any kind , ' as alleged by the Com t lie accounts were fully set forth, an d every plainants, facility was ii,fforded for the most rigid investigation. "H. CROYSDILL, Accountant. " 84, Basil ighall-street." BOROUGH HOP. W© no change to notice in the value of any kind of hops.' The business doing is but moderate, and the show of samples is extensive. The imports this week from the Continent are 83 bales. I , ,fid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 6l 108 per cwt; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 51 Os ; Sussex, 31 Os to 4/ 15s. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been languid and prices have re mained unaltered. Purchasers are waiting the result of the advices" from Chiha per the Overland Mail. Common congon 9id to 9(1 per lb. A large quantity was paid duty on in anticipation of higher rates of duty being im posed. SUGAR.—A very limited business has been done in all descriptions of sugar, at a decline of about 6d per cwt, tho principal operations having been in foreign for exporta tion. Good white Benares brought 465, good find yellow Cossipore 44s to 44s 6d, grainy low white 41s 61 to 42s 6d, Penang mid to good brown 36s 61 to 38s, low to good yel low 39s to 425, grey and white 42s 61 to 43.3 Gd per cwt. Bahia sold vory cheap ; yellow 403, and brown 36s to 39s per cwt. Mauritius sold at previous rates. Savannah, good white, 51s Gd to 52s 6cl ; IoW mid, 49s to 49e 6d ; florettes, 43s to 48s 6d ; ord brown mid yellow, 40s to 41s per cwt. Barbadoes sold at 43s 6d to 45s 6d ; soft grey to fine soft yellow brought 43s Gd to 43s Gd per cwt. No public sales were brought forward yesterday. The refined market has been inactive, but wet lumps and pieces are inquired for. COFFEE.—The demand for plantation Ceylon has been good, and prices were firm, although beta trifling amount of business has been actually transacted ; fine fine ordi nary small to mid bell colory, 58s 61 to 63s ' • triage, 41s to 56s Gd ; peaberry, 61s to 65.3; a few lots of fine quality were taken in at 10s per cwt. Native Ceylon has declined Gd per cwt, fair ordinary realised 51e to Ps 61 per cwt. COCOA.—There has been little demand for this article, and prices have remained altered. RICE.—The market ruled very quiet. The demand being unequal to the supply only a small portion of the quantity offered at public sale wee sold. Bengal good white, 14s to 15s ; Madras middling and good pinky, 13s to 13s 6:1. RUM.—A very dull market has existed for this article, and prices aro without any material alteration. Demerara, 2s 8d to 2s 91 per proof gallon. SPwEs.,—Pepper—The market has been active, and higher prices were obtained for several descriptions ,• Singapore, fair and good sifted sad, P enang 54d, goo d Sumatra Sid to 53(1 per lb, damaged brought 4id to 51 per lb. Ginger—Calcutta ordinary and mid scraped sold for 29s 61 to 30s per cwt. COCHINEAL. -- A large business has been done at a rise of about 1:1 per lb in tho value. Honduras ord to fine silvers 3s 6(1 to 43 2d, blacks 5s to 5s lal, Mexican silver 3s 61, blacks 3s 9(1 to 4s 3d, Teneriffe silver 3s Bcl to 3s 11d, blacks 4s to 4s 4d, and Granada 6(1 to 2s 10d. TALLOW.—The Tallow Market, owing to speculative sales, has rather improved. P.Y.C. on the spot 58s 91 to 59s 3d. REEN FRUIT. —The market is bare of oranges, a cargo from St. Michael, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at 3s. to 4s. per box higher. Stormy weather at the Azores, Lisbon, and Zoville has checked shipments. Nuts of all kinds in bettor demandßrazll, for a higher figure ; chestnuts dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) bozinoN, Feb. I.—Wind thin day at noon, N.W. ; mo• Berate breeze. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Jane and Isabella, for Hong Kong. 31. Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrived —Hope (s. tpt.), from Constantinople; H.M.Str. Reyal George, Sheerness; H. T.S. Hawke, Fal mouth. Sailed—Chalmers (tpt.), Loudon. OFF DUNGENESS.—Ship Hooghly, from Ceylon. CowEd, Jan. 30.—Wind N.—Sailed—Fortitude, for Port-Philip. 31. Wind N.E.—Arrived—Margaretha, from Callao. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Star of Peace, for Sydney, N.S.W. FALMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind N.—Arrived.—Oceana, from Matanzas ; Maitland, Patagonia ; Comet, Buenos Ayres, with loss of bowsprit, &c., boats, sails, &c.; John G. Richardson, Now York, with part of eargo thrown overboard, had been on hor beam ends on the 7th Jan., in 40 N. 41 W. ; Anemone, from Swansea for Smyrna, leaky 31.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lima, for Ajaccia. SCILLY, Jan. 28.—Wind from Jersey, for Pernambuco, with loss of bowsprit. POOLE.—Arrived—Nympb, from Greenspond, strained, very leaky, and a great quantity of oil pumped up, hav ing beon struck by a heavy sea, and thrown upon her beam ends. JERSEY, Jan. 29.—Wind E.—Arrived.—Telegraph, from Archangel. Sailed-- Conque4t, for Pernambuco. SWANSEA, Jan. 30.—Wind E.N.E —Sailed—Anuzado, for Cape de Verde. SIHELD s.—Jan. 31.—Wind N. Sailed—Zephyr, for Trinidad. BOLYBEAD, Jan. 31..—The Cheshire Witch, from Ark low to Liverpool, put in here on the 29th inst., leaky, and Will discharge. The schooner Mary, of Cork, from Southampton to Liverpool, bilged outside the breakwater, New Harbour, on the 29th inst., and is discharging. (FEB ELECTRIC TELEGZIAPTI.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived—South-Western, steamer, from Jersey ; Trial, Swanage. Sailed—Ondine, steamer, for Dublin; Cicely, Sunder land. Wind N. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Arrived— Mercury, from Marsala. Sailed—Cleator, for Varna; Teresina, Naples. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 30. Wind N.E. Sailed—Desdemona, for Havre ; Advice, Antwerp. DUBLIN, Jan. 31. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Harriet, from Quebec. BY BIM/SABINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPI7.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.44 a.m. Wind N.W.; tide, two hours' ebb; fine and frosty. Sailed—Superb, for Charleston ; Heather Bell, Port• land Bay ; Madge, steamer, Constantinople. DEAL, Friday, 9.10 a.m. Wind N.W. ; light. Passed, Jan. 3 1— Ulton ia, from Callao, fo r London • Sir Colin Campbell, Callao , fur Dundee; Elizabeth, Shields, for Malta ; Elise, London, for Newpo r t ; G o d. dess, London, for Trieste. SOUTH AMERICA. —The latest accounts state that in Peru matters were peaceable, but there was every pro. bability of:a revolution in that republic. The constitu tion had not yet been confirmed by the Peruvian Convention. A serious quarrel had occurred between the Executive and the Assembly, owing to the former disputing certain acts of the latter relative to General Castillo. The assembly was sustained, and the Executive being defeated, was obliged to give satisfaction. At the sailing of the steamer friendly relations had been re established between the two powers. The extent of the applications for discount at the Bank of England yesterday were greater than has been known fora long time past. The pressure is understood to have been quite as much in connection with com mercial bills as with the demand for temporary loans on Government securities to enable the large purchases lately made to be carried forward to the next account. In the Stock-Exchange the rate paid for advances on Government securities ranged between 6 and 7 per cent., and the requirements of the day were much increased by the settlement in the foreign market, where the operations in Turkish Bonds and many other descrip tions of stock have lately been of an unusually active character. The approachin 4th of the month, it is stated, will be an ahnost unprecedentedly heavy one, and the preparations for it have doubtless constituted one of the causes of the general demand. SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY.—At a meeting of this company, bold yesterday, Mr. W. H. Dickson presiding, a dividend was declared at the rate of 15 pa cent. per annum, and the report and accounts were adopted. Although it was stated that the detail now presented was more copious than on previous occa sions, the director, were urged and consented to furnish in future a full balance-sheet, showing the resources cf the specific properties belonging to the company. A lengthened discussion took place with regard to manage ment, and it was contended that greater economy might be exercised. Under the recent arrangement of the account the balance to the credit of the reserved fund has been reduced, and now stands at 8,4001. With re spect to the re-organisation of the company, for the pur pose of bringing it within the operation of the Limited Liability Act, a series of resolutions has been prepared, the approval or modification of which is to be hereafter determined. STATE OP TRADE. MANCECES rER, Jan 31.—There is but little change in the market. The demand for yarn continues rather more active than that for cloth, and prices are rather dearer The Germazi buyers are among the most active. In cloth there are ph .nty of purchasers, but business is checked by the diffti!ulty which occurs as to terms. Manufac• tunics are a nxious to realise an advance wh ch will com pensate thet zi for the higher rates they are paying for yarn, whit e buyers hold b ac k as l ong as they can in the bop i of more favourable terms. The produc tion is so n early balanced with the demand that neither buyers nor sellers can command terms. On the whole, hogrever, a fair business has been transacted. At a rimming of the creditors of Mr. Cheetham, manu facturer, of Firwood, it has been agreed to accept 10. in the pound in five yearly instalments of .2=. each. In the meantit le ; the business is to be carried On under the inspection 'of Mr. H. Bury, banker, Mr. John Platt, milchinerna:ker, and Mr. Joseph Simpson, manufacturer. NOTTINCAA3I, Thursday. —The hosiery trade Las this week been very active, with a prospect of c )ntinuanee for some no to come. Operatives arc, c n the whole, well employed. In the lace department trade is not quite so brisk, although, as the seatisou advances, more is beivg done., Yarns are firm, ~~. 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