The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS II ERF_.BY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Rail way Company will be he'rl at the Euston-station, London, on FRI DAY, the 22d day of February, 1856, at Twelve o'clock as noon, for the transaction of the general business of the Company, and also for confirming the directors' declaration of the forfeiture of two 401, shares of the late Grand Junction Railway Company ; one 25/. share, and eight 20/. shares of the late London and Birmingham Rail way Company ; four IC/. A shares, one 10/. B share, and nine 101. C shares of the late Manchester a nd Binning - ham Railway Company ; twelve 30/. shares, and fifty-six 10/. shares of the late Huddersfield and Manchester Railway Company ; five 25/. shares of the late Leeds and Dewsbury Railway Company ; and twenty-four 25/. shares, and one hundred and twenty 12/. 10s. shares of the London and North Western Railway Company. And Notice is Hereby also Given that the Report of the Committee of Consultation appointed at the last half-yearly meeting will be sub mitted to the Shareholders, and resolutions will be proposed in fur therance of the recommendations therein contained. And Notice is llereby Further Given, that a SPECIAL GENE RAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the said- Company will be held at the same place and on the same day, after the termination of a Special Meeting already convened for One o'clock of the same day, at the same place, for the purpose of considering, and, if ap proved, assenting to a proposed agreement between the Company and the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway Company for the use and working, management, maintenance, and repair of and supply of working stock for the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway, and for the collection, taking, and levying of the tolls, rates, and charges thereon ; and the division between the two companies of the receipts arising from the traffic upon the said railway, and for other purposes relating thereto. And also for the purpose of considering, and, if approved, authorising the London and North-Western Railway Company to subscribe towards, and acquire shares, and become shareholders in the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway Company, to an extent to be authorised by the meeting, not exceeding 85,000/. Dated this 6th day of February, 1i56. CIIANDOS, Chairman. ROBT. BENSON, Deputy Chairman. Secretaries. CHAS. BOOTH, CIIA.S. E. STEWART, } Easton Station, London. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, THIS EVENING Douglas Jerrold's Drama of I - SLICE-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Flesmore ; Pantalooii, Mr. Barnes; Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. TTIEATR!: :20VA1, DRURY-LASE. Levee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, HEY ➢IDDLE DIDDLE; or, liarlaquir. King Nonsense and the Secen A;;es of Mna TEIFATRI: 1:1Y AL, IT tYMARKET. Unler the Maea:, , ernent of Mr. Buckstone. TUTS LIT/ENING. TILE LITTLE. TILEASURE. After which the New Comic Chriatma3 Pantomime, entitled THE Flrrt - rF;ltFrx's BALT, AND THE OIZASSIIOPPER'S FEAST; or, llarlerinin and tho Genin3 of the Spring'. ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCF.A.V3 OtiNVID-4TREET. Under the Managoment of ?tr. CaAALEO KELL. TIM; EV FINING. Tbs. Tragedy of HAMLET. H imlet by Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND TFIr. MAGPIE ; or, tho Fairy Paradisa and hanky Panky, the Enchanter. ltarlennin, %fr. cor-n . to'( ; %tr. II iae ; Pantaloon, Mr. rank); and Coittm`gio, Miss Caroline Adams. ruzArrta: ROT A.l, A.DELPfIt. r:Oprietor, Arr. E. Webit,sn—Directreis, Madame CoWAS. THIS I.:YEN - Tyr., TIIE BOOTS OF THE HOLLY TREE INN. .%fter D3;TE' rIC ECONONIY. To te f flowed by URGEN r PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with AN'D TUE BE IN' ST AAA:: or, Harlequin and Mother Goo ;e at IIo:ne Again. In whinb3sra. .T. TII P. Polford, Nfivdanie Celeste, Miss NV,radhatn, and Mist F..lyden will ap.nar. ROYAL OLY‘TP/0 Lessee and Mana7,er, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENTNG. THE JE UOUS WIFE After which will h' prottewl a New and ctqubly-moral, though aKcvsively old, lieloira•nati:.: Fairy Extravaganza, entitled D fSCRE ; 6*, the Three 'Otitis Distaffs. Ti which Messrs. Emery, P. 116 1 )3,,a, 11. Cooper, Miss MarStol, aid Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY TEIFATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING THE SHADOWS OF CRIME. To conclude with A PlittiCr. OF ; or, Tfarlcluin and Jane Shore. ROYAL FSTiIkNI) TUEATRE. Undo: the, direction of Mr. Payne. Tflli EVENING. NAEL.ETTIN lIT.ACK-TrevlTl sue; or. All In the Downs and Davy J311C3'3 Locker. After which, TUE 11.131ANTIC,' WIDOW. Followed by THE PRISONER OF ROCIIELLE; or, Tans and Outs. To conclude with A PLAGUE 0' 130T11 YOUR LIOUSF,S ; or, The Doubie•barrelled Gun Trick. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Leo anl lfanalrer, 'lr. Win. Cooke. Tlf FR EVENING, The popular or, ustrlan Spectacle called ROOKWOOD; or, TIM PIN'S UIDE to YORK, After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. The wonderful per formance of the Stupendous Sagacious Elephants, whose instinct and docility have astonished every one. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. EMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN, Every Evening at 8, .and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voce of the press, and by nightly increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 2s. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. LIN DAT—Morn. 30 min. aft. 2—Evening 53 min. aft. 2 Tn-Mcautow—Morn. 15 min. aft. 3 —Evening 37 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 7. THERMOHETER, IN THE SHADE. 55—hluhest since noon yesterday. 52—lowest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'77. WIND. S.W. by W. to W.S.W.—Rather fresh, with mild, dull weather, and some rain. ‘;'F.i" :-, I ".„ lfle LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1856. The question of life Peerages, and the revival of an alleged right of the Crown, at all times sparingly exercised, and which has fallen into de suetude for DO less than four centuries, has attracted general alteration. The vast importance of the subject which practically implies a funda mental attention in the privileges of the Upper house--a reform of the hereditary branch of the Legislature—is at length recognised, and we have no doubt that the subject will receive the calm and mature consideration which it so earnestly deserves, not only in Parliament, but throughout the , entire country. The motion of which the veteran Lord LYNDIIIMST has given notice for this evening, will unquestionably raise a a n b s t an . tial issue, in which the vexqtce pc ces ti oaes will be fairly stated, and all that vast learning and bril liant talent can effect be brought forward to eluci date the interesting topic. The case of Lord WENSLEYDALE may be re garded, in some respects, as unprecedented. There were incidents peculiar to all the former exercises of the Royal Prerogative which are wanting in the present instance. In the majority of casei—six out of t°n in all—the grants were made with the authority and consent of Parlia ment, and in almost every instance the grantee Was either of the Blood Royal, or already entitled to a seat in the Upper House. Another was to a lady wh o could not, of course, take her seat in the House, and who only obtained personal precedence thereby ; and the only one at all analogous to the present one is that of Lord FAuNHOPE who was created a Baron by letters patent without cagy restriction or limitation for his natural life. It is needless to say that the authority of Parlia ment is unquestionable. It is far higher than thatof any ono of the estates of tte realm only, and therefore THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7. 1856 the authorities relied on may be eliminated by striking six-of the ten cases from the calculation. Two others held hereditary Peerage; and there fore their successors who could put forward any claim to the dignity would, under any circum stances, be entitled to sit and vote at all future times. Another case, that of Lady RI - TERS, con ferred no seat in Parliament, while the only re maining one, that of Lord FAUNHOPE, may, and —if the question had been properly raised before the constitutional tribunal, the House of Lords —would probably have been held to possess the incidents of a Peerage created by writ of summons when no remainder had been at all noticed, but which has been clearly decided to confer a hereditary Peerage on the heirs general of the body of the party, who has once sat in the Upper House. It is, therefore, by no means improbable that the patent to Lord WENSLEYDALE may, not withstanding the limitation for the term of his natural life, convey hereditary rank to the heirs general of his body ; and although the Noble Lord has no son, he has descendants iu the female line, some of whom may be enabled to put forward a claim. Of this point the House itself will be the sole judge. Its decision on a question relat ing to its own dignities will be final and conclu- sive. The question, then, is one which, as it seems to us, should properly be dealt with by Parlia ment itself. As there was a Reform Bill for the House of Commons, there may also be a Reform Bill for the House of Lords. Pre viously existing rights were abrogated by what has justly been termed the modern Magna Charts, -while others have been conferred by the same statute. Besides, by the Treaty of Union with Scotland, the ancient Peerage of that kingdom were deprived of their seats in Parlia ment, and only allow ed to elect sixteen of their number to represent the whole body, and at a dissolution a new election should take place. In like manner in that with Ireland—it was stipu lated and agreed that twenty-eight representative Peers were to be chosen, who should hold their seats for life. In neither of these cases did the seat in the House confer any hereditary privilege, and in the case of Scotland, not even a life one. There are, therefore, indisputable precedents in favour of a certain portion of the Peers abating their privileges, and consenting to become the electors, from whom a chosen body should be selected, who would constitute the members of the Upper House. The Royal Prerogative was also limited in each case. No Scotch Peerage could possibly be created subsequent to the Union, while only one Irish could be. made for three that became extinct in that kingdom. Thus the danger of "swamping the Lords" by an extensive creation of uew Peer, would be averted, and the house, from bein , ,2 composed of the more intelligent and respectable members of the body, would acquire a weight and influence far beyond that which it now pos- SESSCS. It would, of course, be essential to retake some provision for the immediate elevation of mea who bad rendered. important services in the State, the military, legal, diplomatic, or political depart ments. This, however, would be only one of the details of the contemplated PEERAGE REFORM BILL, which for many reasons is very urgently required. The pressing and imperative cause for the ex periment that has been adventured on is the notorious want of Law Lords. The Upper House abides as firmly by its privileges, as the ultimate appellate jurisdiction, as the Commons of being the purseholders of the nation. But there is no Royal road to judicial eminence. The QUEEN may make a Peer, but she cannot confer the dis criminating judgment that would qualify the party to decide between the conflicting opinions of men who had devoted their lives to legal pur suits. Unless means be adopted to procure the services of experienced and duly-qualified parties the jurisdiction would become a farce, which would disgrace rather than confer an honour on those by whom the privilege was resolutely de fended. A governmental system under which the claims of merit were superciliously ignored in appoint ments to office could hardly, with fairness, be expected to hold out any encouragement to honesty and fair dealing to the mercantile coin munity in any transactions with its members for the supply of the wants of the public service. That such expectation was pretty generally enter tained, however, is past dispute, as it is that the folly of so unwarranted an expectation is signally exploded in the Report of Sir JOHN M'NEILL and Colonel TuLnocit on the state of the Crimean Army. There it will be seen that R natine, am bitious to set an apparent economy against a wasteful expenditure, instead of contracting with respectable traders fur serviceable articles of veering apparel at a reasonable price, reck lessly accepted the lowest tenders, and was served accordingly. Not only was the cloth ing inferior to that supplied to the French soldier, but so abominably bad that the credit of our manufacturers, the honour of the country, and the lives of our men were to a large extent sacrificed by it. What foreigner that looked on the rotten garments and soleless shoes but newly supplied to our suffering army, dying by hundreds of exposure, but must have deemed our merchants adventurers, our governors heartless imbeciles, and ourselves short sighted, ungenerous, and cruel ? And yet all the while we regarded ourselves as the greatest nation in the world in manufactures and self-government, and were desirous, of all things, that our brave de fenders should be liberally dealt with. Are we to go on, after this fashion, disregarding the plainest lessons of experience —or shall the humiliations we have experienced in the Crimea stimulate us to enter on a more creditable course ? Surely if the lessons taught us before Sebastopol prove ineffica cious, we would not be persuaded though one rose from the dead ! Let us, in HEAVEN'S name, leave "cheap and nasty" to the slop-sellers, and extravaganc3 to the despot, and offering a fair bargain for the article we want, good govern ment as well as clothing, accept nothing less at any price. The other day we drew attention to the Report of the Royal Free Hospital, presented at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Governors, and subscribers of that admirable institution. In doing se our main object was to hold up the example of the worthy founder for imitation to the benevolent, and more especially to the young. " Rarely" we remarked had it fallen to the lot of a public journalist to present au illustration more striking of what may be achieved by the enter prising spirit and ener ge ti c efforts of a single philanthropist than the institution and career of that hospital afford." Labouri ng under the con viction th a t, however, much mi g h t have been done to meet the wants of suffering humanity in the metropolis, a pressing need existed for the establishment of a hospital to which disease alone should be the title to admission, Dr. MARSDEN, as we took occasion to show, manfully resolved to set about it, confiding in the goodness of his aim, his own exertions ; and the benevolence of the public ; ald the primary result was, he became the founder, and not the least efficient supporter of the hospital in question. What obstacles he had to contend against, what heartaches he had to endure, how often he had to muster fresh courage, and address himself again to his task, how labori ously he strove to interest the benevolent public in his scheme, what pains he took to stimulate all connected with the hospital to renewed exertion —of these things, and others, we know positively nothing, we can but guess at them. What we do know, however, and noticed then, is a grand epi tome of exertion, endurance, and triumph, and testifies to no mean oblations offered up on the altar of humanity. Since the establishment of the hospital, no fewer than 521,493 patients, not only from the metropolis but also from all quarters of the kingdom, including many utterly destitute, many objects of disgust and loathing, many on whom the shadow of death had seemed to darken, and many, though fewest of all, from whom no earthly skill could remove that shadow, have had occasion to bless the name of the benevolent and enterprising founder. It struck us then, and it strikes us still, as a remarkable fact, involving an example worthy of imitation in every walk of life, that to the philanthropic spirit and persistent energy of one man, right-minded enough to have won the confidence, and bold enough to rely on the benevolence of the public, the medical relief of considerably more than half a million of th© population is owing. The man for the public, charitable or political—find him, and the public will follow or support him, while everybody may, to a limited extent, be a leader to somebody else. In thus holding forth the example of Dr. MARSDEN for imitation, and referring to the suc cess of the Royal Free Hospital—whose obvious claims, by the way, on wealthy country residents is well as dwellers in the metropolis, we sin cerely trust, for the credit of provincial philan thropy, will be generously responded to—the reader must acquit us of any invidious intention. That is and was the furthest thing from our thoughts. Who could willingly overlook or seek to depreciate the splendid illustrations of humane feeling which the numerous hospitals scattered throughout the :netropolis afford ? Who that knows anything of the contributions to science which owe their origin to these schools for the education of the youthful tnernbers of the profession ; of the immense indi rect as well as direct services to humanity they have rendered and continue to reader ? Who that, oppressed with the unceasing uproar of the busy crowd hastening along the crowded thoroughfare, each absorbed in his particular business, has turned aside, oppressed with a sense of isolation, and in some less frequented spot has been cheered by the sight of an inscription over some refuge of distress, testifying that the genius of Humanity had its worshippers and ministrants as well as Hammon in the metropolitan wilderness ? Who that, in his peregrinations, has lit on St. Bartholo mew's, Guy's, St. Thomas's, St. George's, the Hiddlesex, the London, the University, King's College, Charing-cross, and other general hospitals —those noble institutions *here the highest scien tific skill is gratuitously available to the victim of accident, and the sufferer from any of the thousand and one dangerous diseases to which the human frame is liable ? Who that has stumbled on the special hospitals for consumption, for small-pox, for fever in its various forms, for cancer, for opthalmia, for de formity—on the asylums for the blind, the deaf and dumb, the insane, lying-in women, the orphan, and, worse than orphan, the female unfortunate, who„ in the bitter anguish of her repentant heart, longs, yet dreads, to be restored to the forfeited home and friends of her childhood ? No one that has a heart to feel and a head to com prehend could overlook or seek to depreciate insti tutions like these. They are among the chief glories of London—the oases in its wilderness, and can not but be remembered with pride ! Oar object will not be frustrated, but the contrary, should this notice lead to the preferment of the claims of other institutions, not invidiously, but by way of appeal, to the sympathies of the bene volent. At the present moment we have reason to apprehend that no help afforded to any of them but is sufficiently needed to be gratefully received ; and we, there fore, earnestly invite our readers to single out whatever institution has especial claims on their notice for the reception of their charitable contri butions, quite satisfied that where merit is re warded, the hospital which has elicited these remarks will not be overlooked. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 6. The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon. The Dachess of Wellington, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel followed in a second car riage. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horse back. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party. Mr. Stewart, Judge of the Admiralty Court in Nova Scotia, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Labou chore yesterday at the Colonial-office. A deputation, with respect to the Thames Marsh Drainage, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon.W. Cooper, at the office of the General Board of Health, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Mr. James MacGregor, M.P., Mr. George Bower, Mr. Ren shaw, Mr. South, the Rev. Mr. Acworth, and Mr. F. Homtray.„ The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday in the Council-chamber. An appeal from Madras (part heard) was resumed " Nagalutchmi Ummal v. Nadaraja Chetty." Despatches for the Governors of the Australian Colo nies were sent last evening from the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday from the Gover nor of Malta. The Duchess of Sutherland has left Stafford House, to join the Duke and family, at Trentham, Stafford shire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford have come to town from visiting the Duke of Marlborough, at Blenheim Palace. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and family are staying at Motcombe-house, Dorsetshiro. The noble marquis and marchioness will not remove to Grosvenor Hotel until Easter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have arrived in Arlington-street from Hatfield-house. The noble marquis and marchioness will shortly give a series of dinner parties. The iViarchioness of Ormonde is among the fashionable residents at St. Leopards-on-Sea. The Earl of Eglinton received a distinguished circle at diuner, last evening, at his mansion in St. James's square. The guests included the Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl and Countess of Desart, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Efardwicke, the Earl of Donoughmore, Lord and Lady Naas, Lord and Lady Cloncurry, Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. Cockerel), &c. The Earl of Vernlam has left town for Gorhambury. His lordship will not come to town for the season until E ester. The Earl and Countess of Elgin have arrived in town, fr )rn their seat in Scotland. The Earl and C )untess Amherst are passing the winter at Knowle Park, near Sevenoaks. The noble earl and countess have liberally relieved the aged and infirm poor in the surrounding villages during the late inclement weather. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby left town yes terday for Torquay, Devon, with the intention of so journing there for a few weeks, and then repair to Grime thorpe, the family seat in Linc)lnahire. Lady Adeliza Manners has quite recovered from her attack of the measles. Her ladyship is still staying with the Duke of Rutland, and the family circle, at Belvoir Castle. A company has been fennel for the construction of a railway between Rome, Ancona, and Bologna, under the direction of M. Escarra. The D.rblin University, it is said, is about to confer the honorary degree of LL.D. upon Sir James Willis and Mr. William Howard Russell, the Timcs corre:- pondent in the Crimea. Mr. Russell was formerly an undergraduate of Dublin, but, we believe, graduated at Caulbridge, • LATEST NEWS. PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. The French Government, last night, forwarded the passports for the two Russian diplomatists who are to attend the Congress. Count Orloff has left the Russian capital for Paris, and- Baron Brunow leaves Frankfort to day. The French Minister, M. de Bourqueney, quits Vienna to-day for France. TRIESTE, FEB. 6. The English are to send their German Legion, as well as other troops, into Asia. OMER PASHA AND HIS ARMY. HEAD-QUARTERS TUE,KISII ARMY, MING RELIA Dec. 20.—Since the abandonment of Seva, on the retreat, Skender Pasha has been desirous to harass the enemy by a cavalry expedition, to bo con ducted upon principles peculiarly his own. He proposed that each man should carry 7 days' pro visions, that there should be no tents, that no pri soners should be take; and that his own wounded should be deserted and left where they fell. His plan was not sanctioned by his superiors, probably because it was contrary to their great principle of passive expectancy ; but, the rear of the camp at and about Chopi having been threatened by a mixed force of Russians and native militia, Skender Pasha was directed to dislodge them. He started on the morning of the 23d, and found four battalions of the enemy, with a few small mountain guns, posted in a neighbouring vil lage. The wooded ground interfering with cavalry operations, he sent to the camp for reinforcements of infantry ; and as soon as these reinforcements arrived, after a short exchange of distant and harm less firing, the enemy prepared to evacuate his posi tion. Skender Pasha ordered a bayonet-charge ; and, having given the word of command, dashed forward alone at full gallop into the very midst of the Russians, and cut his way out again, unharmed, to rejoin his troops. While this act of foolhardi ness was being performed, the advancing Turks encountered a flock of geese, a prize as precious to them as the golden apple to Atalanta. Forget ful of the enemy, they lost all order in pursuit of the feathered booty ; and only returned to their ' ranks when Skender Pasha rode among them, vo ciferating curses and dealing forth blows with a liberal hand. Again the levelled bayonets advanced to the charge, the more fortunate of the soldiers having each a goose struggling under his arm or dangling lifeless from his belt. But, on reaching the village, a number of sheep were found grazing behind the houses, and, with the unfailing instinct of half-filled stomachs, the volley of musketry that should have been reserved for the Muscovs dealt death and destruction among the hapless muttons. Here blows and curses were of no avail. The geese could be carried, the slaughtered sheep could not be left. Thanks, therefore, to the hunger of the soldiers, the Russian and Min - grelian troops made good their retreat ; Skender Pasha having no consolation, except in the burning of the village and in the indiscriminate plunder of everything contained in it. The sheep that escaped the volley were driven into camp, and the victors tasted meat, perhaps not having done so for a fort night. Under a proper system of provisioning they would certainly have done all that was actually accomplished, and would also have inflicted a severe blow upon the enemy, instead of figuring as the chief actors in a scene of disgracel ttl and unparalleled absurdity. On the 261 - 1 intelligence of a skirmish at Sugdidi reached camp from Redout Kaleh. The story is, that a party of native militia attacked and drove in the Turkish outposts, but that the assailants were eventually repulsed with some slaughter. JAN. I.—Omer Pasha has abandoned his inten tion of returning to Chopi. He is having his winter residence constructed near Redout Ks lob. TURKEY. (From the Times Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 28.—As I told you in my last, after the third conference about the fourth point has taken place between the representatives of England, France, and Austria on one hand, and the Grand Vizier, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the other ; the former, acting in concert, drew up a note, in which they embodied the general ideas and principles they wished to propose to the Turkish Government on this subject. Lord Stratford, who had taken the lead in this matter all along, drew up the original docu went, which, after a few alterations from his colleagues, was accepted by them, and in this amended form transmitted to the Porte on the 22d instant. This document, although only containing the ge neral principles which, according to the Ambassa dors, ought to be followed in the amelioration of the condition of the Christians in Turkey, is of con siderable length, and touches on many subjects which do not indeed directly belong to this ques tion, but without the regulation of which it was not thought possible to make any permanent ame lioration. The document begins by saying that the time has come that the Turkish Government, in consi deration of the services rendered to Turkey by the allies, as well as in its own well understood interest, should make those changes in her internal institu tions which on one side might satisfy the wishes of Europe for ameliorating the condition of the non- Mussulman subjects of the Porte, and on the other side set at rest the just claims of so large a portion of the population, consolidate the Turkish empire, and make its further material and social develop ment possible. After this introduction the first point touches on the general principle of equality between Mussul- RAU and non-Mussulman subjects, the security of their persons and property ; it treats likewise of the position of foreigners in Turkey, especially as regards their inability to hold property. The second point concerns the administration of justice. Separate tribunals are proposed for the Mussulmaa and non-Mussulre.an subjects. For mixed cases, where both Mussulman and non-Mus sulman are concerned, a mixed tribunal fairly constituted is recommended, and the right of all non.-Mussulmans to come forward as witnesses de manded. in the original document it was even proposed to appoint a non-Mussulman adlatus to every Mussulman Governor, in order to protect the rights of the non-Mussulman subjects in this respect. Should a diversity of opinion arise between the two it was proposed that the matter should be referred to Constantinople. This point has I hear been given up, after mature consideration, and very wisely too it seems to me, for it would have been in contradiction with another point likewise recommended, namely the ability of non-Mussul man subjects to fill official posts, by which these latter could become themselves Governors. Besides, such a proposition, if carried would throw the whole provincial jurisdiction into the hands of the Council in Constantinople, for it is highly probable that in every case the two Governors would take a contrary view of the disputed question. The next point regaids the police of the Empire on an extended and improved scale. Another, the development of the agricultural, industrial, and commercial resources of the coun try, roads, canals, railroads, imports and exports, regulations of commerce, and finishes with allu sions to th e un d ou bt e d desirability of an improved financial system. Tie next point touches education, schools, ele mentary as well as superior, medical polytech nic, &c. Then comes the right of indiscriminate military enlistment, expressed, however, only in principle. The opinion of tho Porte is demanded as to how she could best combine the application of this prin ciple with the existing military institutions of Turkey. The last point is the removal of the inability of non-Mussulman subjects for civil and military offices. Thus you see nothing has been omitted which can contribute to the objects in view ; on the contrary, many subjects have been touched which have only indirectly reference to it. The propositions about the fourth point have thus grown into the project of a complete social, judicial, political, and military re form, nor could it be expected to be otherwise, for the principle of complete equality, civil and politi cal, of all subjects, alters entirely the bases of all institutions in Turkey. Several conferences have been held at the Porte to discuss the merits of these propositions of the allies, and on the 26th inst., that is, the day beforQ yesterday, a great council was held, in whi c h th e answer to these propositions were considered. I can hear as yet nothing of the nature of this answer, but it is highly probable that the general principles themselves will, under the existing circumstances not be objected to. But whether such sweeping reforms can be carried out at one stroke is another question altogether. They imply a revolution as complete for Turkey as that of '93 in France. If lam well informed even the Ambassadors do not expect complete success, but they seem to have started from the traditional diplomatic maxim to demand a great deal in order to get a little. COVENT-GARDEN. Last evening being Ash-Wednesday, the Wizard of the North gave us a concert, like all his other perform ances and entertainments, on a monstre scale. A mere list of the artists engaged would suffice to show this, but it is so copious that we canaot even make room for a bare enumeration. The programme was in corresponding proportions, for it embraced no fewer than forty-eight items, culled front all classes and schools, and presenting us with no small number of the established favourites of the concert-room and opera. Of course it is quite impossible, with such a programme before us, to go through it in any detail, even if the well-known character of many of the pieces given did not render it a matter of perfect superfluity. Contenting ourselves, there fore, by noticing the generally satisfactory cha racter of the concert, let us select for special consideration a few of what seems to us the gems of the evening. The principal attractions of the concert were unquestionably the appearance of Madame Cara deli amongst us after her long absence, of Madame Ama dei, Lucy Escott, and IL Billet. Madame Caradori has returned to us with powers but little inferior to what they were. She sang the "Casts diva" with great flexi bility and finish of execution, and with considerable ex pression. Lucy Escott gave the "It min Walzer " of Venzano with a dashing facility and a profusion of orna mentation that reminded us of Madame Gassier. Nor was she less successful in Balfe's "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls," which she gave with a natural and appropriate expression that fairly deserved the encore she received. Madame Amadei, who possesses one of the most perfect contralto voices we have over heard, sang the "Brindisi," from " Lucrezia," very fin:ly, although, per haps, with hardly sufficient entrain. But, after all, she was beard to most advantage in a duet with Mr. Hatnil t,n Braham in the second part. Miss Rose Braham's "Where the bee sucks" was distinguished by nice taste ; and the spirit of Mr. Winn's "Sing me the Songs of Old," was not unworthy of the applause which it re ceived. Of a far hiz,hcr order of merit, however, was Mr. Augustus Braham's execution of " La mid Letiza," froat the " f Lombardi." It was distinguished by re inarkahle grace and finish of style, and depth of expres sion. Mr. Geo. Tedder deserves a word of praise for his neat and unobtrusive execution of Ilattott's charming song, " Good bye, Sweetheart." The orchestra was under the able direction of Mr. Lodes and Herr Ans chuez. The concert was both fully and fashionably at tended. THO FATAL COLLISION OF FOLKS- STONE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—We beg to baud you herewith the names of the passengers per the Josephine Willis. We very much fear that of the melancholy list of missing none are now likely to be surviving. We find that the rep.:;rt of a boat having arrived at Dover with 11 persons is incor rect.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, HENRY 11. WILLIS and Co. 3, Crosby-square, Feb. 5. LIST OF THE PASSENGERS SAVED. CHIEF CABIN. Mr. George Andrews Mr. Henry Ray Mr. Ray • SECOND CABIN. Mr. Charles C. Fleming Mr. William Ripley STEERAGE. Mr. Walter Wright Mr. George Homer Mr. William Ford Mr. William W. Wallis Mr. James S. Scott Mr. David Garside Mr. George Sutton Miss Catherine May MISSING. CHIEF CABIN. Mr. Frederick Golding Mr. Stanhope Vickers Mr. "Torbert G. Ray Miss Emma J. Logan Master Andrew H. Logan THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS. SECOND CABIN. Mr. Jn. Hamilton, merchant Mrs. Jane Hamilton, wife Robert Hamilton, dhild Alexander Hamilton, child Mr. Sate. Hamilton, school. STEERAGE. Mr. Henry Davis Mrs. Hannah Davis, wife Miss Rebecca Davis, child Creswell A. Davis, infant Sarah Lamb Elizabeth Lamb William Lloyd Margaret Egan Arthur Lawler Catherine Gibbons Catherine Burke Elizabeth May Sarah Walters Margaret Sharp Caroline Gore John O'Neil Jane O'Neil, wife Ann O'Neil, sister John O'Neil Jane O'Neil James Sutton Harriet Sutton, daughter William Sutton, son Francis Sutton, son Elizabeth Austin • John George Austin, son Henry Gutterson • _Varga. Gutterson, daughter Mary de Kruger, daughter of Gutterson lien. de Kruger, son of Mary Edward de Kruger, do. . Robert de Kruger, do. Frederick do Kruger, do Janede Kruger, daughter do. master Mrs. Sar:sh Hamilton, wife Master W. Hamilton, child Master James Hamilton, do. Master Sam. Hamilton, do. Agnes M. Hamilton, infant Miss Susan Nichols, gover- ness. Mr. Chas. Stuart, merchant Mrs. Hartiet Stuart, wife Mr. Sydney William Beck BODIES FOUND. Mrs. Harriet Sutton Miss M. Parkhouse Miss Agnew Davis Master Asher Davis, leg am putated THE JOSEPH _HUME TESTIMONIAL. In accordance with the wish of the " General Man agement Committee," of which Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., is president, for carrying out the " Hume Testi• monial," a meeting of the trades and the working classes was convened last night at the Mechanics' Coffee-house, Clerken well-green, for the purpose of learning the feel ing of the working classes on the subject of the proposed mark of gratitude to departed worth. The meeting was well attended ; and amongst the delegates present, from all parts of the metropolis, to represeitt the " Trades Association," were Messrs. Horton, Dant, J. Brooke, Davenport, Keith, Dickson, Cross, Wilson, J. Gather cole, J. Wall, Brown, A. Cuckfield, W. Foster, W. Knight, J. Thorne, &c. Mr. WALL, Secretary to the Trades' 6,nd Testimonial Committees, read the minutes of the proceedings which had taken place up to the present time, and which ex hibited a most satisfactory state of things. The sub scription list was being daily augmented, and amongst the sums already down were 101. 10s. fram Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P. ; 101. 10s. from Mr. Williams, M.P. ; 101. from Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P. ; 101. from Dr. Charles Guthrie ; 101. from Mr., Bernal Osborne, M.P. ; 10/. I 10s. from Colonel Sykes ; 10/4frornH. W. Hope, Esq., ex-M.P. ; 101. from Sir James Duke ; 101. from the editor of the Morniny Chronicle; 101. from Mr. Ingram, ditto Illustrated London News, &c. An animated discussion ensued, in which the several speakers commented at great length upon the merits of the late distinguished and unbiassed Reformer ; observ ing, at the same time, that the working classes should give their utmost support towards producing a testi monial of public gratitude worthy of their late repre sentative and champion. Resolutions were accordingly adopted, calling upon the working population to contribute their support and mite towards the object in view ; and it was also re solved that deputations should wait on several liberal and influential members of Parliament calling upon them for their assistance. Other business of a formal character was then gone into, and the meeting, which was most unanimous, ad journed, after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman (Air. Davenport). Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has forwarded a donation of 501. in aid of the funds of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, at Devonport. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND AT NORWICH. —Madame Jenny Goldschmidt-Lind appeared here on Tuesday morning in Handel's oratorio of the Messiah, which was performed before a vast and fashionable audience, in St. Andrew's Hall. The principal vocalists, besides Madame Goldschmidt, were Mdile. Bassano, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Benedict conducted, and the whole performance passed off with great success. Madame Goldschmidt arrived in Norwich nn the pre vious evening, and the streets were lined with persons anxious to catch a glimpse of her features. THE TRADE IN CONTRABAND OF WAR.—HAMBURG, Feb. 3.—Plentiful cargoes, contraband of war, we con tinue to be supplied with, arriving in the Elbe without let or hindrance, although a few days ago the arrival of a British war steamer at Cuxhaven was announced. In less than a week we' have received no less than eleven cargoes of sulphur, three of s dtpetre, and two of lead, and several of them were brought in British vessels. BALL AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—.Last night, avail ing himself of the opportunity of the interval occasioned by ithe closing of the theatre on Ash-Wednesday, the lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, devoted the theatre to a soirJe dansante, given by him to the employes of the theatre. The workmen and their friends bad possession of the stage with an efficient band, While the saloon, elegantly fitted as a ball-room, was reserved for the corps drama ague and a select company. Refreshments were libe rally served, and the night kept up hilariously and har moniously. FOUR LIVES SAVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S FIRE ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning, shortly atter five o'clock, as a policeman of the H division was passing along his heat, his attention was directed to the , premises of Mr. Yates, a boat and shoemaker, No. 250, Whitechapel road, by perceiving smoke in dense bodies issuing from the basement floor. Feelinc , convinced that the pre mises were on fire, the ofecer sprang his rattle, and after some time he succeeded in making the residents, who were in their beds asleep, sensible of their impend ing danger, but not, however, until the smoke was pour ing up the staircase in such dense and suffocating bodies as to prevent the different iymates from descending. Tie proprietor of the building, with his wife and two children, therefore made for one of the upper windows, where they cried out for assistance. At that moment Samuel Wood, the csnductor, arrived with tho Royal Society's fire-escape from the Whitechapel station, and having placed his machine in front of the premises he happily succeeded in bringing down in safety the four occupants. The engines of the parish and London Brigade were pr om p tl y on t he spot, and a P a a n n i firemen water hav ing o good een supplypro procured, the t E h a e s p t arsh Londonengineer Cui to work, and after some time they succeeded in getting the flames subdued, but not until a great quantity of leather was destroyed. The origin of the fire is un known. The sufferer was insured in the Phoenix Fire o:Ree.—About the same time another fire happened in the premises of Mr. J. Janquil, a bread and biscuit baker, carrying on business at No. 85, Chamber-street, Goodman's-fields. It was caused from the heat of the oven, which set fire to the flooring and roof. The en gines of the London Brigade and parish were soon in attendance, and the firemen sue:eaded in extinguishing , the flames, but not until the building which was behind the dwelling-house was much damaged. Mr. Yanquil was insured in the London Fire Office. THE .RUGELEY SUSPECTED SECRET POISUNIIVG CASES. (A COMMUNICATION FROM ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D F It. S., PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AT GUY'S HOSPITAL.) (To the Editor of The Lancet.) Sir,—l have great pleasure in replying to the in quiries contained in y our l ea di ng ar ti c l e o f Jan. 19th. 1. I stated that I had never known antimonial pow der, when given in medicinal doses, (i.e., from five to eight grains at a dose), to produce violent vomiting and purging. I am aware that experience differs on this point ; that some have found this substance inert, while others have found it very active. From some recent experiments on antimonial preparations, I think it not unlikely that the powder may sometimes contain arseniate of lime. Dr. Pereira mentions that in the large dose of half a tea spoonful it, on one occasion, produced violent vomiting, purging, and sweating ; while in still larger doses (120 grains at a dose), prescribed by Dr. Elliotson, it occasioned in some instances only nausea. I have never met with any case in which serious symptoms could be referred to its operation ; and, in the case of Ann Palmer, this medicinal preparation would not account for the antimony found in her body, 2. My statement as to the cause of death was, that the deceased died from the effects of tartar emetic ' and from no other cause. That is the opinion which Dr. Rees and I formed from the result of our examinatior, and from the description of the symptoms under which the deceased laboured during the eight days which preceded her death. It is an opinion which I be lieve is now equally shared by the two medical attendants of the deceased. We are quite prepared to maintain this opinion on the trial, You will excuse me from entering into our reasons for this opinion on the present occasion, as this may form a very fair and proper subject for cross-examination at the trial. Possibly the defence may bo that tartar emetic in small doses is not a poison ; that it cannot, under any circumstances, destroy life, and that it was the very best remedy for the disease (English cholera) under which it was stated the deceased was labouring,. One other point connected with this inquiry may be here •adverted to. The examination of the organs was made fifteen months, not "fifteen weeks," after death. and the viscera examined were as well preserved as I have seen them in many cases of arsenical poisoning. They were in a better state of preservation than the viscera of Walter Palmer, whose body had been buried for a period of three months only, in a leadqa' coffin. The viscera in Ann Palmer's case were in such - a state of preservation as to allow us to form an opinion of their condition. 3. This inquiry refers to the elimination of antimony from the body. According to my experience, antimony . is analogous to arsenic in the rapidity with which it enters into the blood and passes out of the system. These two metals are wholly different in this respect from mer `eury and lead, and probably from copper. I shall be most happy after the trial to furnish you with facts and authorities, as far as I can, in reference to these interest ing points. In aie meantime, as this question may also form a fair subject for cross-examination, a detailed answer to it n a r be for the present reserved. 4. Tho fourth inquiry involves, as you have justly suspected, an error of the press. What I said was to the effect, that if there were symptoms of fever anti monial medicines might be fairly prescribed. In concluding this letter, I would observe that during a quarter of a century, which I have now specially de voted to toxicological inquiries, I have never met with any cases like these suspected cases of poisoning at Rugeley. The mode in which they will affect the per son accused is of minor importance compared with their probable influence on society. I have no hesitation in saying that the futuro security of life in this country will mainly depend on the judge, the jury, and the counsel, who may have to dispose of the charges of murder which have arisen out of these investigations.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED S. TAYLOR, 11. D., F.R.S. St. James's-terrace, Regent's park, Jan., Itis6. TRADE IN RUSSIA. Strong hopes are entertained by the commercial com munity that one result of a resumption of intercourse with Russia will be the removal of the grievous difficul ties to which the British as well as all other foreign merchants resident in that country have hitherto been exposed. Few persons in England are aware of the conditions to which their countrymen carrying on trade at St. Petersburg are forced to submit. Indeed they are such as even to have been pronounced incredible by Russian Minister 4 of State when their full bearing has been described. No Englishman or any other foreigner can commence business in Russia without binding hiMielf to pay annually in advance 1651., and bring ing guarantees for the continuance of this payment, for three years beyond any period at which he may re• linquish his occupation. He is then allowed only to carry on transactions within the walla of any single sea port city he may previously select for his residence, and his operations must be confined to the export of Russian produce on the one-hand, and the sale of foreign produce on the other in wholesale quantities. He is not per mitted to sell in Russia any Russian produce ; and if, therefore, he should happen to have an order from his correspondents countermanded after execution, he has no legal alternative but to ship his purchase away at any sacrifice. One result of this system is to preclude the possibility of his having any transactions with his coun trymen. At the same time, in his dealings with Rus sian subjects he is limited to merchants of the first guild, of whom there are not 150 in St. Petersburg. Moreover, no English merchant, after having paid the dues required from him, is permitted to employ any of his own countrymen without paying similar dues for them. The result is that there are believed not to be more than 10 or 15 English establishments in all Russia. All foreigners are subjected to like prohibi tions, but they fall with especial severity on the Eng lish, because our people are less ready than many others to escape them by parting with their nationality, and taking an oath of allegiance to the Czar. This system has existed ever since 1807, previously to which there were no restrictions, but, although it has been con stantly brought t 3 the attention of the British Govern ment by their consuls and agents, adequate efforts have never been made to obtain an alteration. Possibly at the approaching conferences the European importance of the question will be recognized, and it may be in sisted that the time is come for regulations`mo monstrous to be no longer tolerated.—Times City Article. SERIOUS BOW BETWEEN NAVVIES AND MILITIAMEN. A deal of bad blood has arisen between the navvies employed at the new railway, the waterworks, and the Motherwell ironworks, &c., Hamilton, N. 8., and our militiamen, which has resulted in a good deal of bodily damage and effusion of blood on both sides, and a series of Irish rows, which generally come off on the navvy pay nights, or the following Sundays. On Sabbath night la-t, about 7 p.m., there was a most disgraceful melee of this kind in Church-street, to quell which a numerous armed picket of militiamen was summoned to the scene. A militiaman named Robert Irvine was severely wounded by a blow from a skullcracker, given by a navvy named M'Cunn, who was seized by the other militiamen and , carried shoulder-high to the guard-house, and from thence he was conveyed by our town's officers to' gaol. On Saturday eightdays Serjeant Turnbull had his head cut and some of his teeth knocked in by the same deadly weapon, which is about a font long, made of gutta percha, loaded with lead, and strikes a brain-crushing, knock-down blow. Our officers were in search of another navvy, named M`Gown, who was charged with freely using a skullcracker. One of these weapons is in the possession of the police. It is difficult to explain the cause of the ill-feeling between the navvies and tnilitiamen. Its origin is most likely drink and foul language, the highly-paid navvies taunting the red coats about their dress, fare, poverty, &c., and the quar rel with one is greedily taken up and espoused by the whole, till the melee becomes general , and ev ery navvy considers he is bound by an esprit de corps to regard as an enemy and knock down every redcoat he meets. It will require the greatest vigilance and discretion on the part, of the authorities aed officers of the regiment to prevent some very serious collisions. Where is the whisky got on Sundays ? An example should be made of those public-houses proved to supply it. With so many highly paid-navvies in the town and neighbour hood at this time, should there not be a stronger police force than at present ? On Saturday pay-nights and succeeding Sabbaths, at least, we should have an extra fo rc e ; and as the water, railway, and ironworks are paid on different Saturdays, almost every Saturday is a monthly pay-night, giving rise to gorges of drink, and consequent riotousness.—Glasgow paper. MARKET NEWS. —(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 7, 1856, made up from the Rcturna of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. RAMAT. OATS. RTE, BEANS. ➢IAS, 754 10.1 333 61 1 253 5d 533 2d 41s 51 43s ld THE SIX WEEKS' AvElift.G.Z. WHEAT. I BARLVT, 1 OATS. ) RIE , I BEANS. PEAS. 73s Si 385 6,1 1 26s 33 535 Id 465 M 44 i3d ___ QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST. WEEK. Wheat, 80,338; Bar'sy, 95,314 ; Oats, 19,285 ; Bye, 130 ; Beans, 4,733; Yeas: 1,G68 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATII AND LEADENLIALL.—The trade ruled heavy to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4cl ; Mutton, 3s Od to 49 4.1 ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; Pork, 3s 4cl to 5s Od. por Sibs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 6.—The supplies of ctock in to-day's market were moderate. Generally s peakino ' % the demand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, f ro m 384 d to 4s Fd ; Mutton, 3s 4:1 to 4s 10d; Veal, 4s 4d. to 5s 4a ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od par Blbs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 6.—To-day's market was fairly supplied with stock, which sold slowly, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 2tl to is 10d ; Veal, is 2d to 5s 2d ; Pcrk, 3s 4d to 4s 10t1 per 81bs. Q uar . ter-old Store Pigs, 218 to 29s each. HAY MARKETS. SmunriELD.—Moadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto. 4/ 12s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, 1/, 5s Od to ll Os Od per load. Trade dull. t.3I37tIBEaLAND.--areadow hay, 4/ PS to Si 16s ; clove! do., 4/ 103 to 6/ 14s ; and straw, 11 5s to 1/ 9a per load. A. slow trade. WIIITECIIA.?EL. —Meado w hay, 4/ Ss to 51 15s; clover do., 10s tc 6/ IGs ; and straw, 11 4s to 1Z 9s per Wed. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. THE "INDEPENDANCE BELGL" AND TIE INDEPENDENT BELGIANS. (Front the Morning Advertiser.) Since the acceptance of the Austrian . ullimatunt by the Emperor of Russia, and the change in the tone of the French Press and in the bearing of tho Emperor of the French, the Independance Beige has been peculiarly distinguished by its jeremiads on the Press and People of England, for not em bracing with open arms the propositions for patch ing up A peace. Tho acrimony of its attacks upon the policy of England have only been surpassed by their impertinence —Belgian independence, if the Indepenclanee Beige really represented it, having been established, and being guaranteed, by that very policy and that very country which is defamed and insulted. So far as we know, the Morning Advertiser only had the courage to resent this insolence , the other English journals, more especially the Times, re ceiving the lash with most Christian complaisance, and crying peceavi whilst cudgelled. W e denied the right of this Belgian print to summon Great Britain to its bar, and we denounced the assurance of venal writers, who were not even Belgians/ though prefessino• to'be representatives of Belgian independence, and who were notoriously in the in terest, if not the pay, of Russia as well as France. A little-incident has just occurred, which throw's some light on the Independanec Beige, as well as on the odour in which it is held on the part of its Belgian brethren. At a time when England is snubbed on the .Continent by hack French and German scribes, it is pleasant to see what sort of journal its most active abuser is. Doctor Veron, as everybody knows who knows anything of pharmacy and France, is its Professor Holloway. He married the widow of the great Reguault, the inventor of that immortal paste which has never been known to fail in curing the most incurable ills, and purchased with the paste , or, rather, with its proceeds, a share in the COW' stitutionncl. The Pate Regnault is still,, we trust, his, but the Constitutionnel is not. He worked i 6 at a profit and did not sell it at a loss. He created a scandal, had to defend an action, obtained a ver dict which was another scandal, • and pocketed a handsome premium. He is a somewhat fade and very fat Coryphmus of Bonapartism. Now Dr. Veron, a French Bonapartist and a re" sident in Paris, has, for reasons which he himself best knows, but which others may venture to guess , been endeavouring to purchase out-and-out the Independance Beige ! If London morning and evening journals are in Bonapartist pay, it would pay Bonapartism very well to buy the Independance Beige, an influentia l European organ. The French Press is the French Emperor's, by virtue of the power of suppression, and the Foreign Press bids fair to be his by virtu e of the power of subvention. The bargain got wind in Brussels, and was pet quite so universally approved of as the parties might have desired. It seemed rather too good a joke that the Belgian Independance should n ot only lie conducted by French Bonapartists in Bel" gium, but that it should be exclusively owned 1 1 French Bonapartists out of it. The Observateur, a Liberal paper, publishe d daily in Brussels, took the Indcpendancc Beige t ° task, and demanded how, if it was bought by 're; ron, it could maintain its independent course " How ?"—replied the Independance Beige' " Why, quite as well as ever!" On this, the National cf Brussels justly observed that the simplicity of the Observateur was marvel' long in putting such a question. "The Independance Beige," says the National, "is at one and the same time Russian, Frenc h ' German Spanish, Turkish," everything but Eng ; , lish. " It is right, then, in protesting that, if l should be sold, it would be just as independent in its politics as it was before it was bought. The re cannot be the slightest doubt of it. On this poin t the most timid reader may feel perfectly at eas e ' and, whatever happens, the Independance will cox tinue to be Russian, French, German, Spanis h ' and Turkish, and Spanish, as before. • " The lndepcndance is like a railway, which is always adding a new branch and a fresh line o f traffic. The only sensible alteration in the pendance Beige would be to become Belgian." When the Independance Beige does become 13 .,, gian, it may also, perhaps, become English. T. 1 , 1 ' 11 then the British press and people must put up V7l', its abuse; a cataclysm which, considering all thing *, both may hope to survive. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON*, Feb. 6.—Wind this day at nooro, S. ; fresh breezes and squally. It has blown hard all night. ,;, PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —ltn""a con, from Calcutta; Eglinton (s. tpt.) anal Holyro° (s. tpt.), Constantinople. TORBAY, Feb. 6.—Wind S.W. to a gale' Arrived—Progress (s.s.), from London, for the W.S.W.; SCATTEItY ROADS, Mob. 4.—Arrivocl—Auguatei, Demerara, for London, leaky, loss of bulwarks, 'mails Spli t ' part of cargo (rum) thrown overboard, &c., and crew ai hausted with pumping; had experienced a succesaion ° gales from Jan. 1. PORTHNEGWL, Feb. 6.—The ship Henry Pratt, of N .el7 York, for Liverpool, came on shore this morning during*: heavy gale from W.S.W., masts cut away; crew, W e l ) two men, saved. LEITH, Feb. 6.—A schooner visit down in about 8 T: thorns, at low water, 2 miles below Inch in t , ; gale last night ; nothing has been heard of the fate of " I crew. SOUTHWOLD, Feb. 6.—The Gienmorriston, of and f° l this port, for Middlesborough, is aground on the bar, a n is expected to become a total wreck. DOVER, Feb. 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived —in' dependence, from Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro. COWES, Feb. 6.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Fledal 1.0111 Batavia, for Rotterdam. (rza ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning . Arrived.—Dospatch, (a.), from Guernsey ; Wonder, (a Jersey ; Florida, James, Llangollon, Mathew ThomPs ° '' Adelaide, Newport ; Brilliant, Iris, Friend, Cardir• , Sailed.--Despatch,:(s.), for Jersey; Alliance, (5.),1 101. ' LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning' Wind W.S.W., moderate. Arrived.—Emily, from Tatocorin. It blew a heavy bale last night and early thi s m ornia' from S.S.W. to S.W., with very violent squalls at in ter' vats. The Clangregor, from Calcutta, and the Ocean B° °er ; from Char leston, went on shore near Cr os by P o i n t in v:a gale last night ; ' ~i , the former remains with ru dd er un shiPP' stern-post damaged, and very much shaken; the latter Or mains making a little water. The Columbia, from New York, dragged her anchoro cic i ° the gale last night ; went ashore near Huskisson Wall, and remains, BY fitIBMABINS AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) - ------- - GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.43 3. 0 ' Wind W.S.W., tide two hours' flood, raining. Sailed—Syren, for Natal. DEAL, Thursday, 9.24 0.1 31 * Wind ; strong, thick rain. The Ondin• steam-pac'set landed the mails and passe n ,,, gors here, not being able to land them at Dover cawing vs " the state of the weather. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A GUARDSMAN.—Yesterday John Bargees, a private in the Scots Fusilier Guard s ' was placed. before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-stre et ' charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing five pounds, from the house of Mr. Davis, Ashley-crescen t ' Sexton. Ife was remanded for a week. AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTES OF EXETER, LryCol 4o , , AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGES, OxFoßse—certs ia regulations and ordinances for the amendment of the statutes of the following colleges, viz. :—Exeter C,° l ' lege, Lincoln Colle ge , an d C orpus Ch r i s ti College, ut. ford, made in pursuance of the 17th and 18th Victori a ', c. 81, having been approved of by the Corniniosione r° appointed for the purposes of that act, the sanie h ave been published in the London Gazette, dated Fe'oruarit 6th instant, in conformity with the provisions of the said act, and notice is thereby given that it is las eful f° , f , the bodies or persons respectively mentioned in tl'ie 3D t l section of the said act to petition her Majesty in Conc ei t within one mouth after the said publication agai n° the approbation of the said regulations or ordinance' or any part thereof. ' EAGLE MURDER.—Last week a lad, named iKennetb Macdonald, in the employment of Mr. Cameron, Talli E ' ker, Skye, whose exploits among eagle cliffs we ha ve before had occasion to notice, succeeded in shooting Ova eagles, right and left. What makes the feat e:ctraor cli' nary is that the birds are of different species, otos being a white-tailed or sea eagle, and the other a goldc a eagle. Macdonald discovered them preying up on the carcass of a sheep ; at his approach they rose sininlia; ncously, and while mounting rapidly upwards he fir e ' right and left and brought both the birds down. l ib° sca eagle is a magnificent specimen, perfect inn every point, and measuring no less than 7 feet 3 inches fron 3 tip to tip. The golden eagle was a younger bird ;rt measured 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip.—lnverne ss Courier, I - THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO ASHES.—DRU3IEEILS I9. ? COUNTY LEITRIM, Jan. 30.—Last night the hcusa Michael Kelly was destroyed by fire, and three of hi e children perished in the flames. Kelly and his wife had been at Dramk eeran F a i r , an d re t tirne d h ome a b ou t tell o'clock. An hour or so later in the night, Kelly's wife went to a farm to milk and ladder some cattle, leavirlii. in the hous e h er h us b an d an d five children, the eldest el , whom was not over eleven years of age. When she caw° back in the course of an hour or better, the house W2' on fire ; her husband and the eldest and the youngest child were to be seen ; but the second, third, and fourth could nowhere be found ; they bad fallen a prey to the devouring element. Kelly, who, it must be added, was the worse for drink, had partially undressed himself and went to bed. The children, waiting their mother's re' turn, took a candle to search for cakes in the pockets of their father's coat. The candle ignited some flax in the room, and instantly the whole apartment was in flames' The eldest boy succeeded in rousing up his father. Reif suffocated and bewildered, he carried out the children the youngest remained outside in its cradle, but the ethers unnoticed entered the house again, where tbei were suffocated and caught by the fire, except the eldest, who was dragged out a second time in a state of insensi bility. Everything in the house was completely Con sumed ; bank notes to the value of 171. w er e burned I even the dog and cat did not escape-- Sligo Chronicle. 7 1 fei do