The Sun. — London, England, 1856-04-02 00:00:00

THEATItt ROTAL, DIUTRT-LANIL. tesfee. Mr. K. T. Smith. ' THIS EVENIvQ, IL TROVATORE. • 'leen Itvie vrlth TIE DM:TOUTER OF THE REGIMEN r. TIINA fag ROYAL., 11.,“51.A.1iKET . Vale! the Management of Mr. Back Stone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by EL GAIVIIIVFO; or, The Mexican Goidseeker. widen rE/tr...t NEVA and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, WAND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY. Rgritt. PitnicEss's VELEM:RS, OK 171141. " Management of Mr. CICAILiII MIAs. rang FVENINT4, The fitaloricv Play of L' , olB XI . Louis (Ring of France), by Mr. Charles Kean. Atliisr wtych, Till 'VICTOR VANOTSUED. To conclude with A. PRINCit FOR AN noun. tirkkrfi6 HOTAL ' • proprietor, Mt'. B. Vrebster.---Directresg, MadamiCtgeete. . . . . ' _ TAN EVE,TING, - . • TARTUFFE. To conclude with . JACK AND TTIE BE k' •I'CALIt; or, ifulrqntn and Mothet • Goom at siorne ' • 11 which Me4sys. 3: 1111,*(1, P. - Redford, 'Madame Celeste, Mei' Windham; and & Arden will sonar'. . IC n'Af, OGYttPle TiIEACRE, . X.,,,ssec and Manager. Ifr. A.lfre4 irgaa. EVENING STILL W&TEKS RUN DEEP. After which will. be produced. a New and dosubly-moral. though e icessivoly old, Meledramstic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled T FIE DISCREET PRI V.; ES4 ; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. I i which Messrs. Emory, F. Robson, /1. Cooper, Miss Marston and Miss Maskell will appesr. ROY4.L SIPIREY TFIEkTRE. Lei Wes , Mew rs. chertherl and Cresvect. THI4 EVENTING, Will be Performed a new Drama, entitled BOW WE LIVE IN THE WORLD OF LONDON. Followed by ' TVITPFLEHAUSEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend, . : To c...onclade w:th TtIEr.COBBLEK ANI9 TAILOg A5,11,1 , 1Y• IXPdirti6Af.thl Lessee AO Manater, Mr. Wm Cooke Glerioutinapre.s of nubile approbation! THIS EVENING, The most eitfaorclinar• - and evciting P . x hibttl thativir Tuts reoresented;•;-anT English Steepletliase, with all Its Incidents, than the starting tu,the winning post. , The performances commence w th ARAB OF THE I) , •,'ERT A NI) HIS CITTLFUL sreEt). The acting Ilone, tralpeJ by Mr. Willia - v; Cooke. - Tluht Rope, the likt.sses Dacey. SCENES in the CIRCLF, an!! he Postrran'i Knock • Dram Equestre, with E '(lf, t'l)'4 HARVe.wr om . snit NATION.4.I. mNousn s rEEPLE'aI LSE. Bcur-otllce 'men :rum Eleven all Four. 4tate Manager, Mr. W. West. 4 :on9etrign Dfreetnr, .nt, ROYAL NARYLERONTE TrNATRK. Under tba hritnazernant of . 11r. Eflwird Great suc 'es , of the new management and niele., scenery, 'riff. EVE , ( ednesday, April 2, 1835) the new drams LOST, £30,000, .aunported by Messrs. Stuart, Stirling, Belford, Miss An erton, Morel]. &C. Aft r which, MY)TN AT TIIE SWAN. Mr. Lewis Ball, of the Th atre Royal, Sadler's Wen. To module vvilli tlie new Fatry Spectacle entItIed,FAIRTP'ERI FLOWFA " • • The inimitable Charles Mathews hs*+ been engaged for 5 nights only, and •wlll appear un Vfonday, April 7th, 1856. E NMI ST ANT4ZY'S "S 1 V IGES OF W)MAY." Second Season. ThIR" Tkrto Interta'nmeat has been crywnei by the unaiiiminis ♦oprobafi. nof 1 AL!. TEU LO D'l\' JOURNALS As the stre,test artistical.triump`i of the day. It constitutes an Opera. Come•lr and . V.udeville. With a host of chtr-tet 're to Jorrect Cot- , tames ; and Smug. in - • SIX DIFFERENT LA GUAGES sever attenipted,V 4ny other artiite. • Evenioa verfqrmances on M0n...113 , 5, Tuesdays, Thursdays, an! irldays, at 8. Morning. eeformaneeq on Wednesdays and Satardars at half past two, precisely. Adcalsslon--Chalrs, 3s ; Centre s'eafs, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT .11 U rIN'S lIALL, Long-acre. Tllllll W ATM: AT fin \T')/I\l Trim DAY—Morn. 41 min. aft. 11 —Eviming min. aft 0 Tf"-Ninßiltt , r--Niorn. 12 n‘in. Aft.l2 --Vvoni tg 39 rain aft I'3 THE 'WEA.fiTELL—Sug Of'FieE; APRIL 2. THERMOILSTErt. IN' TI SEIADIL 64 hicrteat films- , noon yestentay. 4r - w-Kt this morning and dar.n,t the right. 61 ¶his 'isv et. noon. BAROMETT,R t —still fulling. WIND, S S.W. to S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine, sum mer weather. •,----;;:x_tr , - , 44- A.... 41,0 LovooN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL" 2. 1856. In the Pelee of Parig, ,18 ' 5k;, there is---NAPo- LEON 111. himself assures , ug—J , ‘ Nothing humili ating to any Power."' NogibigAartiiinting to ay'!" Power ! Goo I GOD ! And is Russia, , after al, at has been-said and done, is Rassia•not to hi in any wiy huiribred--RUslil, whose laWless and unprovoked attaUT-c t pot, her inoffensive neighbour,. Turkey,, originate,d , the whole• of this lalnentab' War, with all its consequent misery, with all wholesale effusion of blood, with all its gigantic and rukous expenditure ? Remembering everything that has occurred during the past.- two years- r -these two awful► years, replete . with '..so much , appalling horror and'wretetteclness--is Rn9Sia to be, after all, in no way humbled ? After the insolent mission o Prince ALMSCHIKOFF to Constantinople. After the wanton violation of the tranquillity ofEntor e by the sudden passage of the Pruth. After the illegal -occupation and the pitiless rat axing of the Dtnubian PHI:36p tlities. After the execrable fusillades sweeping the d)onied streets of J '4SBI and, BuchArest, C)nsiquent upon all this, ifs Russia in no way at all to be humbled ? _I. Russia not-to be hunabled ? After the infatuotis massaere at Sinop-. After the brutal ambuseadt , at liango-17d. After 'he savage discharge of ti guns of 0 tossa upon tits wreck of the bunclering Tiger. After the h - ttlytrouS Cruelties'and indig nities of to the miserable wounded, stretched in agonies ,araOng the,ruins of Inkerua4a and iu the valley of Balaklaya. liorri4sd . hy recollections like these, are we to . be told now, in the spring of 1856, that the glory of the new Peace of Paris consists in the fabt of its not in any way leading to the humiliation of Russia ? Gracions Heaven !--and are we to be so mealy-mouthed about Russia and everything Russian about the CZAR and the CzArt's Government,' about the "honour" (Ye GODS I) of an empire • wiliela from its very foundation has ever opposed sheer brute force, and nothing but sheer brute force, to all the sacred principles, to all the holier in- stincts, to all the inalienable rights, privi_. loges, and immunities of civilisation ? Is every thing to : Ve forgotteu about: those impious and lying proclamations of the late Emperor NICHOLAS; bitheyftblicatien of which so much honest indig nation was provoked throughout the leeith• and breadthof ChristendoM ? Ia nothing at all to be remarked about the hereditary policy of PETUR, miscalled the Great, the . policy geading Czar, after Cza r to the most wholesale and flagrant " robberies of a.tersitorial kind - to the north and to the south, to the Aid and to the west, carrying the modern Goths ai4. , yi p d a ja (the soldiers of the . Houae of ROMANOFF) irCrOSs the • frontiers of Persia and: -of Turl AFl• c ' TS ' ;4 l2i and 0f PO] a nd bringing the of by a :precession of enormous encroachments, now 411'0is side, no;'i . upo - n that., from the far in land and at length - forgotten Duchy of MUicovY, down to, the coasts of the Caspian, and of thesguxine, and of the Utic, and at last al most even down to those of the remote. Mediter ranean f Is the " Will" of PETER. the GAUT (so called)---about whigh we heard so much very re cently—to b e smuggled over noomby tt „ tO be diplomatically hushed up, to be muilled'in peals of what Me, FL'S BALLEY has called " buttered thunder 2" What stiiir i s this, .110/7 ;gin; tha mad ci lhe newspapers, about lac absurd silver gilt inkstand manufactured at a cost of some 11,000 francs—and about an yes lgle quill filagreed with • gold mounting, and decks d for aught we know too with precious stones, for t • signing of the Precious Peace (a pen of state to be preserved as a trophy of rare value by the be dutiful a young Empress Etsosznic)—what miserable trash is all this about the gewgaw quill and ithe jimcrack ink-bottle used in the consummate on of their deplorable Conferences by this high and mighty conclave of soft-speaking, soft-hen rted, soft-headed Pleni potentiaries Tictims :led to the sacrifice have • been .twined and fe.stoomed with gay garlands before now—and so, we suppose, the peoples of 'Western Europe are to be amused, at the moment of the signing of the Precious Peace, with cock and-bull stories about this splendour of the feather and .the standish, by whtich France and England have beeu juggled 'into :1 disgraceful compromise by the wily complicity csf Russia and, the Ger manic Confederation. J3ah ! the folly of this is a vast deal too transparent. It is only surpassed_ by the meanness of the sell'-complacent joy by which the disgrace of Westerai Europe is proclaimed, amidst the exultant clash of church bells and the triumphant .discharge of salvoes of artillery ! • Beyond what has already been said about Russia, we do earnestly .trust and hope that it will'be particularly remarked in this country how those 'despicable neutrals Austria and •_ Prussia have been enabled to come out of the Conferences with flying colours—and to flout them insolently (so to speak) in the face of Christendom. Again, we repeat in their regard what we have said more than once already—They have played their game in the recent War to perfection ! While England and France have been squandering their blood and treasures in the struggle to no purpose whatever—Austria and Prussia Nava been sagaciously husbanding their resources. Prussia indeed has contrived to do more than tois. She has contrived to turn a (we won't say an hontst) penny during the - contest, having as the while, so ,to speak, in many ways undisputed command of the Russian Markets ! Austria, 'on the other hand, like the shrewd attorney in the fable who swal low. d the oyster and gave the shells to the dis- putants has retained possession throughout the War (retains possession at this present moment) of the Moldo- Wallachian provinces, ,about which the whole War sprang into exist- ence originally—permitting the Allies of Tur key to hava anything they like to do with the frontiers of the principalities on the side of Roumelta, and allowing Raesia beni;nare,ly to effect whatever she pleases along the line of their boundaries on the side of Bessarabia 1 And now —regard is bad (both in Frilalee and England) not merely to the ". honour" of Russia, but to the conciliation of these same miserable German neutrals. German l--that, however, we all know is a clue t.) everything woeful ani sinister in these most deplorable transactions ! Up nt the " con siliatury" spirit evioced throughout the recent con ferences by our own. Plenipotentiaries, Lard PAL'. MERSTON himself has spoken very decidedly explicitly in the House of Commons. In pre posterous remarks on Monday evening uttered byway of explanation as to the Peace—remarks made in his usual light comedy style, as if the couduot of the affairs uf a great nation. were really about th..; richest joke in the wide world--the Prime Minis ter, with a parenthetic d "(laugh)" here and there sprinkled up and down his little fribbling speech sy the reporters, said—Listen to what Lord PALMERSTON said on Msnda,y night in the House Hof Commons in reference to this Precious Peace, 0 sensible and manly Eeglishmen ! Listen !-- his condespended to _say among other o know that nothing could exceed the ability with which the British negotiators have performed their arduous and difficult task during these nego tiations. L trd CLARENDON and Lord COWLEY ,nave not only maintained the honour and interest of the country which they represented, but they hare, by their conciliatory conduct, secured the re vect; estce?n, and yood-will of Vim with whom they had to conininniate." Very gratifying indeed— remembering Russia, Austria, and Prussia, remem - bering the solicitUde evinced of Jate in regard to the 4‘ honour" of the °salt and the anxiety recently shown that no Power at. all should feel the pang " humiliation "—about as gratifying as the silver-gilt inkstand and that tom-foolery about de pen made out of an eagle's quill tricked out' with jewels and gold-filigree ! The official announcement of the Treaty of Peace was on Monday night made to the Howe of Coin nuns by the Premier. The information elioiteil was, however; of a . very meagre and unsatisfactory character, adding nothing to what was not pre viously known to every member of the Howe, and, indeed, to every inhabitant of London and he metropblitan counties. With respeCt to the nature of the terms agreed on, Gerd PALMERSTON was. in the position of the needy knife-grinder— " Story, COD' bless yeti, I have none to tell"— And it is only to be regretted that there ff as nut ..40ine• " friend of humanity" in attendance to punidi the wilful suppression ~ of tie tale. It ap- . pears. that the public must smother their very natural anxiety• to know what has been accom plished until the exchange of ratification, which is to take place. within tour weeks at, the outside, but' which it is hoped may be effected withis .three weeks. For that time, at least, we must be coptented "to chew the cud of sweet' and bitter fancy ;" to imagine what has been done, as ,well as what has been left undone, and to make up our minds as to something extremely bad, be fore any authentic or reliable information can be obtained. The general phrases used by Lord PALNEBATON Afford but little foundation for brightanticipation s . Of course it would, under any circumstanees, be stated " that the objects for which the War had teen undertaken had been fully accomplished.” To say otherwise would be to admit that the Wester n 11 4 wers had been defeated, and com pelled t o had sole mn l y alu Wi thdraw, while the work on which they unaccomplished. deliberately entered' remained It would, ,also, , naturally ,be asserted that " th e integ of the Tu r ki s h E Pity and independence npire i m a been secured, so tar as, human arrangements can ('' But 4l , Buthow ? Aye, that's the 'rub t et th t purpose. Ca 'elat . Jiateus Apella, non ej' o , Why the protests-of the Turkish authorities It the difficulties raised on their behalf 43 the final corn pletipn of the Treaty? We fair that it ;/ill-1,41 'discovered , that the SULTAN has profited but littl e by the War, and:that lie lots merely .exchangei one sei dislnt protector for four pat tibi pulling in opposite directions, and all anuining a vex `,tions . right to interfere • in his enicerns. .:ever the maxim " Sive me from my friends" • was applicable„ it_ is so in the present instance, .46 we faar, the Monarch in whose 1)01'0f : the WeStern Powers - so allivalrouily (I). intezfered, will find to his cost'ere many years have elapsed. As the recognised depen.lent of the -..AUTOCEiA.T, he might, by submittini: to all the .demands which the. an or-cupidity of 'his master colld pot 11.):,riaililliiVebtOrr-PerillittetE - :to *ad .ita- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING APRIL 2, 1856 mainder of his life in comp trative, although in glorious, ease. But is it is, with his four task masters playing at cross-purpases, he will be kept in continual hot water, and not permitted to enjoy a quiet hour. Tile matter eventuating to the honour of all parties concerned, the continued cordiality between the Allies, and the high com pliments to the dignity and firmness, as well as to the conciliatory conduct of the British Plenipo tentiaries, were all matters that might have been anticipated. But the nation requires something more than pompous platitudes or vague generali ties, however gracefully delivered. It wants the evidence on which these assertions are funded, that it may be enabled to judge for itself of their accuracy, and have adequate data to qualify it to arrive at correct conclusions. ITEST NEWS. Yang- fze Kiang; the enemy confining himself to the sditilfSecc ion of the province, which, be it ob s-rved, is Can t ig , inus to Kiang Si. On the right, in Kiang Sn, it we may trust reports,disease has gr(a ly enfeebled the garrison of C;tin-keang, whileNanking has failed in an, attempt to succour it; its early re capture would not therefore surprise a tyone. In the centre, places held for ieighteen months have been abandon d by the rebels ; the troops moving south in pursuit. But a large city in the extreme n: r h of the province; and, as , it ware, in rear of the Im perialist army, has been attacked by rebels, styled of Kiang Nan—so particularised, possibly, to dis• tinguish them from local banditti of the same de nomination as. these who infested lin Nan some years ago—who have been troublesome and vic torious in different parts of the province. 'Behind the Yang-tze Kiang, 4peaking with refer ence to Peking, to warts which we assume the tide of insurrection to flow', peace,it is to be feared, is le:s prOabla than ever.. 'Ve heard in August of the Eastern King, Yang's, presence at Hwui chart, in Ngan Hwui ; he was then said to be lead ing 60,000 men' to Kiang Sf. The Gazettes pre sently admit•that the latter province has been in vaded by rebels from Ngaq Hwui • also by . some from Kwang Tung ; by some from Kwang Si, who haver fled throngn Bar Nin itself. Add to this that it is commonly believed that the pirate Ho Aluh, one of the leaders in the'attempt on Canton last wint has pushed through from the east coast of Kwang Tung to join the Nanking insurgents in Kiang Si; while, if thattoops,lloWclosingfroin north and west on Wu chang in Hu Peh, compel those of that province to retreat, they will; it is to be expected, for:a certainty retreat on Kiang-Si. We may indeed err in conclusion in Chinese matters. As if Kiang-Si had not enough to do at home, we read of a detachment of its troops crossing its frontieratuleapturing a town 'in the rebel rear. A body of the Canton rebels paasing west appeared 'in Kwang-Si--some Months since, and seized the city of Sin-chau ; and Kwang-Tung itself, except in the central prefaeture,,where the axe seems to have enforced su7imission, is unquiet in the east, west, and north. In the far west 'of the empire, Kwei Chau has been invaded by the abOriginal Miaou-tz, who dwell on its inner borders ; and in Sz °limn, a scarcity of rice had caused an outbreak in several districts. The Si Fan, western savages, a stand ing sore, had been troubling the frontier, and a very recent rumour has reached us of a misunder standing attend , tl with very eerinus consequences between the ChineSe and Manchu high officials of the province. Tha details pass belief, and for the Present: we withhold them. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, 8.15 A.M. The Borysthene has arrived, with advices from Constantinople of the 25th, and from the Crimes of the 22d ult. She has brought 150 soldiers. Admiral Symonds died on the passage from Malta on board the steamer Nil. The body was landed yesterday evening. The transport Balance is leaving for Kamigsh. BERLIN, MARCH 31, EVENING. M. Von Derheydt, who exercises the functions of President of the Council during the absence of M. de Manteuffel, communicated to the two We protest against this silence as a gross and deliberate insult to the representative or demo cratic system of Government, as being far better suited to the atmosphere of St. Petersburg, of Vienna, or of Berlin, where the expression of the sovereign will is all that is required, than of Lon don, Where the monarchy is supposed to be limited. It-may be essential that the negotia tions should in the first instance be carried on secretly, without each point being canvassed in Parliament ; but to state that the mystery is to be Maintained until everything has been finally and irrevocably concluded, and the United King dom is bound by stipulations on which there was no opportunity afforded for an expression of opi nion by either Rouse, is a monstrous and uncon stitutional delusion, that, should not for a mo ment be tolerated. It may do , very well under the j German models, to which we are rapidly assimilating, but it should not be submitted to by those who arrogate to themselves the proud title of freemen. We trust that some independent member may be found to give ut terance to the general expression of disgust `and indignation at a course so totally oppeefd to the very essence of the representative system. We can easily conceive the grounds on which the agreement for secrecy was entered into. To the absolute and irresponsible Powers represented at the Conferenca it must Wave been a matter of profound indifference when the terms were an nounced to the world. They have no monitors to whom th 4 hold themselves accounietble, and are well aware that peace on any terms, or on any conditions, would be acceptable to their sub jects, but not so in England. It has been more than hinted that the provisions and stipulations will be exceedingly dis , astefat to the British People—that all the sacrifices of men and money so cheerfully submitted to have been made in vain—that we end precie . ely where we begun, with nothing to show for the lives of tens of thou sands of our gallant countrymen, or of tens of millions of pounds sterling wasted in the fruitless enterprise ; that in fact, as we recently staked, out victories and undiminished resources are their own reward—the defeats . of the Czan, the losses of Russia." Now it m-ay be very desirable to let the time slip by until the public indignation has' consumed itself, so that the results of the an nouneement of the real truth may be discounted at a month's date.: Any expression of disappro bation will be met by the reply, "Oh, you do not yet know what has been achieved, wait' for ume little time, and then you will have amp'e makerials for any course you may think proper to ,pursue." It was by a similar policy, equally cue fling and contemptible, that Sir CHARLES WOOD contrived to shelve the monetary question, when the national mind was strongly agitated on the all-important topic. And the same course is now adopted, in order that the general displeasure may be appeased. If the trick succeed it should have {teen a t I,MVMLYa4. iiiktveafignEt rfoatim-i-o-st fully and completely befooled. Chambers the news of the conclusion of peace. Count Tulenbourg and Prince Hohenlohe, in their respective quality of President of the Cham ber of Deputies and President of the Chamber of Nobles, replied to this communication by pointing out the benefits of the pacific policy followed by the King.- . ' Their remarks were received with loud accla. mations. The Imperial Russian Guard has received in• structions to quit Poland, and retire to its usua] quarters. The investigation into the conduct of the ofd. cers of the Russian army is'proceeding with grew severity. The official mgitary paper is filled with sen tences pronounced for various offences against officers stationed in distant parts of the empire. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have'received by extraordinary express, 'in anticipation of the overland mail, our papers from India and Citing, bearing the following dates Calcutta, Feb. 22 ; Bombay, March 5 ;and China, Feb. 15. We subjoin extracts : • • (Pr:oin the Ove r land Bombay Times . of March . 6.) Svg:kr4ur.—qhe arrangements for the adminis tratiou of the affairs of Onde proceed as tranquilly and peaceably as 'if the kingdom annexed a fort night since had been one of the old provinces of the empire, undergoing a' slight transformation in itsorganisatien. The 'selections of the new officials are said to he judicious. There seems no reason to apprehend but that everything will goon smoothly and auspiciously. The Calcutta Gitizon states that the number of soldiers whose'arrears have to-he paid tip amount to 70,000, and the sum due to 48,00,000 rupees. The amount found in the various trea suries of the Ouds kingdom amounts to 28,00,000 rupees, which, according to the balances as entered ia the Treasurer's books, shows a defalcation of 39,00,000 rupees. This alludes to the current Fuzlee year. It is suspected-that the King, Minis-. ter,. .and .Eunuchs have made away with . the & nount, and buried it in secret vaults. A very large treasure, sail to aniount to 150,00,000 rupees, is reported to have been buried . between the 19th and..27th January under some plum trees in the Dili-K ash palace. Gen. Oatratn, it is asserted, has token the hold step of arresting Waji,l Alli Shah radshahi as an a , comp'ice in the sanction of the state frauds. The King's ladies buried almost all their jewels three weeks b,-fore :he annexation. The S ;nthala continue to wander about in the jungles, still alarming the villagers, but abstainine from leels of violence, and it will probably take some time before they finally settle down. Tranquil lity appears to prevail along our north-west fron, tier. A somewhat singular but highly effective easure has been had recourse to, by M,jor Edwardes the Commissioner, to repress violence. In February, 1855, the robber tribe of Bassec-Kitil burst forth upon our villages, and murdered 18 of the people. - Their glen was accessible only by a single path; and iu place of attacking them With' an aria.3,l force the gorge was blockaded, and sup plies of salt and other necessaries cutoff, until they were brought to term , . These were, that they 'should bring six thousand tons of firewood—an Article ia which the country abounded, and which was requ . red by our troops—to the spot where the outrage was committed. The arrangement was assented to; bat the task proved so onerous and irksome that, after being in part performed, pe! wood paid in a fine of money. Thie e-a, refused, it being determined to k a3p them at hard labour, instead, as the punishment that was m , st annoy ing to them, and most likely to prevent . future outrages. Tidings front Burmah continue. satisfactory, .and l r 'found tranqudlity reigus, throughout British Julia. Nothing has -been heard since our last frern the Persian Gulf, but there seems no. reason to appr&iend further Luis ned,rstandiegs with the Si all: Toe reported cap hire o' Herat by the Peisians—an event far from being vet accertained—seerna to have awakened the usual panic in England which' troubles in Central Asia always arouse. It seeins to he for gotten that, were the Russian army at Wrat, t Free Months' march over one of the most difficult r .uFes in the world requires to be effected before the British frontier is attained, and that here ail enemy advancieg from thus west, without guns, commissariat, or organisation, beset on every side by ferocious robber tribes thirsting for plunder, ,woubl encounter a hundred thousand British - The Chinese are now returning from-their trip to the Australian diggings. One batch of them, 114 in numbPr, per general Bl moo, brought on, it is re?orted, no l-!ss,thi , n 12,000 oz.. of gold—about nine pounds troy weight for each man. Another hatch of them had taken passage for Amov from this port a. Artcao lorcha, No. 124, w! , ich was attacked and Pilo hired on the Bth inst. TliP poor fellows lost above $5,000. A third party, of 171, by the. Cornwall, brought 30,0001. 7( r• h of gold. COM IEPCIAL T&TELLIGENC . IMPORT 3. rorrov PIECE' 00hq ^ hirlings. A decline 01 5 qta a p': o n medium kinds. COTTON YARN•—iO > J 14Vd been taken, but lif , tle inquiry exists at present fur this staple. Prices show a COTT.% —Traniactions have Item small. L,. N. —S ocks are liitht. ME rALs. I) on has still further advanced. EXPORTS. TEAS.—Price' are, lower by fully 1 tael. Stock, 188 f a hich 1:30 ate old, and 53 new crop. Sonchong ha{ wet a trifling demand, principally for shipment to tors.nee. Plain orange pekoe, the low prices have enticed buyers, and fully 030 half-cheits have been settled at nre%ions r , tea, say tel 12 to 15. These have been shipped to England and the 'United States. Market bare of really good qualities, and prices of these descriptions have, in con-equence of the pressure for money, ruled very low of SlDS.—There is no change to notice in prices from las' in , nth. SUGAR.—White shows arise of 65 cents on last month's rates ; sales 1000 Decals.' Brown $3.8 ) to $3.90, au vanced 12) to 15 cents. The new crop is expected to be short of list year's pro laciton. EXCHANGE avn'ETTLLTON.—On London, previous to the Chin se New Year, considerable transactions took place, th- ra 9 advancing from - ss.'to ss. 2d., but has again de. dined to Ss. Oid., for first class paper and American credits. East India, Co , ' p ny's Accepted Bills, a few sale ware made at R 122 n Oriental Bank C( rpors f ion, on Loa , :on six months' abut, 4s. 11d. ; on Bombay, days' sight, R. 230'; on Calcutta, three days' sight, R. 228. _ - ATIANGITAT MARKET, FEB 5. IMPORT3.—In cotton and other go,ds tne.re is nothin par, l';el:Lr to notice. FXI'ORTS.—In teas the business in the early part of the . month was consid •rable for till time of year, hollers ,evici inz considerable anxiety to dispose of their stocks at reduced rates ; but on till near approach of the New Year, :none firmness has prevailed, and teamen prefer holding in the expectation of higher rates being offered after the ter initiation of the holidays. , . he salfte,Al riff ratjl. l l: , LA rr , - , 4nlar nag wourable, but the necessities of sole iLuL tets,TA !lAN thy, ne IT approach of their annual settling day, caused them to give way, yet •evedthis has not led to heavy settlements, and our stock is now reduced to. 600 bales. The total ship ments to all parts.is 31,969 bales, against 31,516 last year. FRANCE. . PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. M. Fould, Minister of State, went yesterday to th e Senate to make a cominnnicAtion in the name of the Ernp Tor,. At four o'clo; - 1K the minister WAS introduced Into thesalle with the usual ceremonial, tnd read the folloWing message " Messieurs les S6nateurs - ,—l crime by order of the Emperor to announce t pin that at one o'clock yester day, the pholip - rtrtntiari-s of Frarria, .Au , tria, Grew 116- lain, Prussia, Russie, Sardinia, T urkey affired their s;gna'ure to the trevy which puts an end to t re pre. , I , t war, and which, by settliog the question of the Eas , . establi-hes th- roiroc34 of Earop. on •olid anti durahl bas,s. The nicehane cif the r,:.• - tifl.o , ltion's will take. pl.oe - at Paris in four weeks fir sooner, if it can be efr In inAinz this net a's. known to you, the Emper •• charges me to that.k you for the patriotic co-operati, which you have constant), given him, and which, with the admirable devotedness of the allied ar - nies ;poi fi,rt, I has so I, l wer ully contributel o t4e favourable is,u, th war." ps in the highest c nlition, provided with .every variety of equipment, and resting on their own i-upplies. It, is surely a frightful satire on our .mismanagement to fanny that the natives would rise in favour of the invader. Malcontents in India are without organisation, without leaders, without 'arn24, and without money, and so thoroughful distrustful of each other that half a dozenof them caul l not meet without the convicti.iii that there was a. traitor in the midst of them. The, reports of panic in Lidia, in connection with Persian violence or . Russian machinations, or of military arrangements in progress or in .con templation, -likely to be transmitted by this ar3 without one 'shadow of founda. . This declaration was hailed by unanimous cries o' Vcve ti:mprrear I The Pr sidttht then, in th, llama of the Senate, aelnowledgA the c cnUtini 'Cation which halja t been male by he Minister State. The hoyourable minister afterwards pro ctiede th e ~ -9,nsl,tive B. to make the swift' (1,0 at'on. The. Presid -nt of the Le4islative f3.,dy 4 k,, I,tiliny,idedg 'd 'in the usual .manlier mess ,ge brought by the Mi n i ster of State iu the name of his Atiesiy. ion. Bo tlr h e earlier and the fatter rains seem ii.tve been defective everywhere, and serious, apprehensions of a scarcity—which it is hoped will not amMint famine—are entertained. the advantages of the railway, though not 'yet. a year in operation, seem to be beginning t manifest them selves in the .commerce of Bengal and 0 dcutta, exports having, eiiefly on this account, increased 'considerably within the last six mouths. Large meetings have occurred within the pa3t.fortniglit in henourof the retiring Governor-General, both .at Calcutta and Bombay. At the former, a statue has been'sul vribed for. Lord Dalhousie resigned the rains of Government to Lord Canning on the 29th of February, and will at once leave India, proceediri direct to Stiez. Sir William' Gomm, the lve Commander-in-Chiefin India, arrived yes 7. terday from Kurrachee , and proceeds by _this packet to Eu r ope. As the gallant veteran has only received some hundred thousand pounds. dur ing his five years' sleep la the Himalayas—all of which he is understood to carry home with him By imperial deerees Count Walewslii has been r,ise.l to the raolc : _of Grand Cross of the Lezion of Honour, in conserinenee of the emine t P;Prvii!es which he has rendf.red a,s Minister of Fo, e;go Aff tiri ; and Baron do Bourcoeney to the dig tit) , if Sanator, for his services during the late diplo tnatie negotiati,ns. Lieut.-Col. P. (le Valabregue, of the 3d Cuiras siers, Equerry tolhor Emperor, has been named Colonel of the 6th Hus:ars. The Moniteur con tains decrees pro toting six lieutenant-colonels _in the infantry, artillery, and gendarmerie to the - rank of colonel ; and seven chefs do battaillon and d'escadron to that of ieatenant-colonel. 'rue Emperor has just decided that the soldiers of the class of 1848, who had been kept in the ser vice until the present time in virtue of the recruit ment law of March 21, 1.832, shall be dismissed to their homes. The Minister of War has given orders for this liberation to take place immediately. Constitutionne/ say. ;—" It is stated that, in order to accelerate and regularise the movement of the vessels which will be charged to bring hack to France the persons and the stores of the French army of the East, Admiral Trehouart will remain at Kamiesh on board the Bretagne, line of-battle ship; Rear Admiral Odet-Pellion will be stationed at Constantinople ; and Rear-Admiral Penaud will prioceed to Malta, where his flag will be hoisted on board the Palinure. Capt. Darrieau will have the c.nrnand of the French ships at Messina, and another officer will fill a similar situa tion at BOURSE, April j.. ---The following were the doe- . ing quotations Cask, e; • End of Month, 4i per Cents.... .... 94 —f. O. 3 .p er Cents .......... ... 72 25 72 20 `New L0an....... . . 73 'Bank Shares..... .. 3, 500 -- Roman rfidi t Mohi her. ... , 5 --- Austrian Belgian Fi ves . ... . 9 - 4-- Spanish Threes 44i Tiedmontese(s)...... 94- some Debt 4o i CABH, fr Orleans ..... 1,300 C. -- Western 902 FO Northern ...... ... .:1,000 St ras b u rg Lvons .......... New Ditto. B3i 75 Btediterraneen .. ... 1575 Grand Central Lyons Geneva .4 -- ... 805 Teste .. Cetto ............ 752 50 Austrian Corn. x'l7 50- —it was not to be supposed could afford to pay his pas Sage to the Presidency'!" so the steam frigate Semiramis was despatched for his service some six weeks ago, and has been waiting his plea sure ever since, at a charge of about some seven thousand pounds to th e s tate. Some sad exposUres have just taken place as to the 'delusive nature of the system of education we have of late been par . .suing at. , the Presidency. This measure, which, seemed topromise so much, has from Indian job bery simply, been made the. means of expending some fifty thousand a year on an extravagantly paid and inefficient s u p e rintendence. Our money market is easier than it , has been for some time past, and the•state of trade is very much more en couraging' than' we have been able to report it-for some months back. COMMERCIAL REPORT. (From the B2ngal HUrkaru.) CALCUTTA, FEB. 12. The arrival of intelligence from home by the.telegraph has,been the cause of limited operations both in our itn- Ports and exports. In the former there is no marked im provonept as to prices,, and in the latter, owing to the light stock of the principal articles of, produce, holders have shown some firmness in There has been Do ch ange i n the money market since the departure of the last ma il ; the commodity is nrocurahle fo• . 1 1 pmmos f -. 8 o f trade, bit still dear, conse q e :ton tLe high rates o f i n te res t nviiwained at the ::',auk l: 'of Banba The exchange E:i on their demands. gland has gone up, since the depar ture of the last wail, more particularly on the receipt of news from home on the 16th inst. The present rates may be quoted at 2.2 to 2.24 with credits, and 2.21 to 2.2 d with 'shipping deicuments TLh public .alktis Of Indigo b .ve been extensive, and corn. - Prise in3arly 2,800 chests, chiefly of up-country produce and native Benares. One or two Tirbpot marks still remain for sale ; but it is uncertain when they will . 130 brought forward. There has been no alteration in prices. MONTENEGRO. The ast neutsche Post of Vienna quotes the fol lowing let'er from Montenegro :—" Three commis , 51 hers arrived at atttaro on the 19th March fr• m Mostar,baviog been is .nt by the Paella of Herz govina to hold a - conference with certain delegates from Montenegro, to settle the frontier question, and to agree u p on the indemnities to be paid for acts of violence and reprisals committed last year. Both parties seemed desirous of coming to an un. derstand;ng; :but a new event has just curred, which is likety to prove a serious obstacle ; for the Montenegrins: two days ago murdered eight Turks, on prptence:a pzianging . the inhabitants of Schupa, against whom, the Turks had committed some agta CHINA. • THE REBELLION IN CHINA. • ( ,Prom the China M ail of Feb. 15.) - . On. the rebel left, in xfu Cioyernmen np-." lieatao b 0 iri police - Mimi bi 16.11 plaoes ' north of tho ") of oppre-sion. It is again ruin , oired tnar, Dana° intends to set, out for St. Pecers')Lrg as peace is concluded." PARMA. as soon • A letter fromParma of the 26th ultimo, in the Opinione of Turin, says :—" All letters from Pied mont are (paned here, arid are afterwards sent to their address cloSed with the seal of the military , rnmandant. Arrests still continue ; among them may be mentioned those of Count MA irdi, a mer chant of the name of Gambaro, and Dr. Tebald , . It is rumoured that the military commission tr, discovered a general plot against the government; that several of the p Tsons arrested were provided with forged passp irts, and that he place where such passports were prepared has been discovered.' A letter front'Vienna of the 28th ult., in the .1 eipsie Gazette, 843's :—" The Wallachian Govern meat has demanded from the Vienn t. cabinet a certain number of the rifles of the new form re cently adopted in the Austrian army. The Aus trian Government has in consequence ordered 600 of them to be sent to Wallachia." The Chamber of Nobles of Prussia; in the sitting of the 29th ult., authorised the prosecution of M. de . Rochow and M. de Marwitz, for the recent duel. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin, of the 29th ult., says that M. de Westphalen, Minister of the Inte rior, whose retirement has been . spoken of, has consented to, remain in the cabinet for the present. A letter from Frankfort of the 24th ult., in the .Boersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" The commis sion of the Diet, which has been charged to exa mine the petition of a certain number of editors of journals, relative to the property of telegraphic despatches, has called on all the Governments to give their opinion . on the subject, and t• make pro positions wiiich may serve as the basis of a mea sure to be submitted to the Diet. A letter from Copenhagen of the 23d ult., in the Emancipation of Brussels, says :—" As soon as the health of the Countess Danner shall be re-esta blished, the Xing will quit the capital, and take up his residence first at the Chateau of Fredericks berg, and afterwards, in the month of May, at the Chateau ofJ . tetgerSprits, on the banks of the lssef jord. Thi4 littter chateau has been completely re fitted, and now forms a magnificent residence." THE PZNINSULAR MAILS. SQUTIIA,MPTON, WED i'ESDAY MORNING. By the' Peninsular and (Mental Company's steam ,hip Stilt tn, Cap , ain Cook, we have dates tr , u, Gihr , itai,:March• 24 h ; Cadiz, 25th ; Lisbon, 29th, Oporto and Vigo, 30th. Tie suntan brings' on freight 7001. in specie, and a c.trgo consisting principally of .oranges. . At Lishonxeiange transactions on London were limited to 54i. for three .months ; on Paris little was d ne at 5.19. The stock rhotrtcet was dull. The steam transport Great Western, from South ampt,n, wi 2 th troop's tor • the Cri , nea, arrived at Gribrailar on the 20th ult., having experienced a heavy gale, during which she split and seriously damag,d her rudder h ad. Ot.Ter trampor s had arrived, having encoun is red severe. weather. Exchange on London at 90 days, 501 to 50i IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING, THE IRISH JUDICIAL BENCH. The death of Mr. JustiCe Torrens, announced in The Sun of yesterday, has, for obvious reasons, created a degree of public interest more than com mensurate with the occurrence of an event at any other time of scarcely third-rate importance, even in the eyes of the gossiping quidnuncs of the Irish capital. The learned judge had attained to the ripe ageof .81years, and, although for a long time he had beenar martyr to physical infirmities, there were no recent symptoms to warrant the impres sion that the hour of dissolution was so near at hand. Ile expired at Derrvnoid-lodge, in the county of Lmidonderry, on Saturday evening, after having, in conjunction with Baron Penne father, despatched the business of the North-west Circuit, fio►n its opening at Longford to its close at Londonderry, and was but one day absent from temporary indisposition. The following memoir of the late judge is..condensed from the Pteeman's Journal : Judge Torrens was called to the bar in Michaelmas Term, 1798, and raised to the bench in 1823. Thus be oe years a member of the bar, ar d 33, a hurl - - --- law, having attained only the rank of serge.int ; but th, ii.thmce et his brother, Sir Henry Torrens, who °mu ped a distinguidied position in the army, and was deep in the COnfil±nce of George the Fourth when Prince Regent, secured the elevati•3n of his brother to the bench. JudgifTorrens had far inferior claims to many who bad 1” , - , n passed oVer ; but in those days, as indeed in suc ceeding times, party : and •interest determined judicial prom 't ons instead of experience, ability, and judicial firness. gil lordship, However, was a judge of averag.- merit, and made up. on the bench for the drficiencies arising from professional inexperience while at the bar His intellect was clear, though not very comprehensive. to took common sense views of questions, at d rarely vintured beyond his depth. In the administraion of •••riiiitaal justice; he Vas somewhat severe, panic ctirinv his firgt yeara on the bench, when the nlisttn bed • tate of the country, with oveifi .sing assizes and c - ,staet coo missions, affon'ed scope for a vig.nir net 'alWays ithin the law. In his later years, however. th, tendon, y was corrected, and he tried most ca es fn volving life with a tenderness which Mr. Just'c Perrir. ght a inn re. With regard to his successor, ter ar varnots rini..urs. I 1, 6:aced Attorney Gen -tal wi •refu-e the appointment. Ot c ur-e, the Sol cito Gem-- al would have the right n'.l' refusal after Mr. Atforne 'tad rej cted the tempting lure. We know not wha truth t.nern.. may be in the prevalent ruin ur that Mr Biew*ter, on the 'aith of Home ne cret arrangement wit , the present. Gov.-ruin-nt, w succeed to the vacaevy ‘V e inc ins to 'oelieve that Mr. Firz4erild will be thn cienn- jund jestie4 C eittruvri Rena." Saunders of this morning states that the rumour in legal circles is that the Attorney-General will decline the v:4rant seat, and that the Solicitor-G neraf ;will he the new ju.igo It is further believed that the office of Solicitor-G: ieral is to be offered o Mr. Isaac Butt,'Q.C., and member for Youghal. COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION. Mr. John MK-ulna hating been duly examined, was on Thursday inducted into his Aice in the de partinent ofithe Chief Secretary, Dublin C istle. He son of the late Mr. Thos. 111'K -ulna, Assistant- Under-Secretary. A clelliship in thy- Lunatia-office, Dublin, is vacant by Mr. lk.V.Kciina's appointment. DARING GAROTTE' ROBBERY.—Liverpool, Tuesday Yesterday afternoon, a lady named Mrs. Crowe, while walking on the path from Green lane to West Derby, and had cr, ssed the stile behind Newsham House, be longing to Mr. Girdner, was seized by taro ruffians. Ode of them caught her by the throat and stopped her breath, while the other pulled away from her dress 11 , ,r gold watch, gold chain, locket, and seals, and then ma 'e off. When sufficiently recovered, she gave an alarn, and, being heard by Air. Gardner's butler and coachman (Jones and Young), they, in the most praiseworthy man nr r, pursued the men, and after a run of three rnile , , captured them. They were brought up this morning before the county magistrates, and fully committed for trial. SUICIDE AT HAMPTON-COURT 1 AI,ACE —An inquest was held (on Tuesday, let of April) before Mr. William Thos. Manning, coroner of her Majesty's household and the verg-., and'a jury of yeomen officers of the Queen's Household, at the canteen, Hampton-court Palace bar racks, on the b o dy o f M r. James Neil, late superintend ent of Hampton-court Palace gardens, which office he had held about four years, having been appointed by Lord Seymour, at the time he was Chief Commissioner of the 'Woods and Forests. It appeared from the evi dence of William Hurst and Hannah COX that about 10 o'cli.ck on Sunday last the deceased was found lying on the pavement a ,few feet from the -front door of his apartments in the Palace profusely breeding at the head, and a portion of one of the tiles from the roof by his side. Deceased was only,. partially dressed, and imme diately he was taken tip he expired. The evidence showed - that be,tinust have clarraered through a window on the roof of : his apartment-a, and th en precipitated himself dowixis,height -of upw ar d s of 30 feet on to the stone pavement beneath. It appeared that the deceased was of a very excitable and irritable temperament, and that he bad been in the h-abit souse months since of firing off guns and pistols in the coart-yard of the Palace late at night. On being remonstrated with 'on one occasiiin by the aitneas Hurst for his extraordinary, conduct, he repli d, "D- , n't be alarmed, it's only me." Dr. Jepson, the medical attendant of the deceased, deposed that le hid be-n in the habit of attending hira.for fits of dyspep sia fir about nine months, and that he was under medical treatment for about a week previous to his death. On the Friday .precedog his decease witness was sent for sudd en l y, when he found decease d i n b e d with no-- thing app arently the matter with him, but he complained of great depression. He wes of cpinien that deceased derroyei himself while labouring under an attack ef hypochondria. Witne-S did not thinkthat a post ?nor tent examination would tend to further elucidate the cause of death. Toe coroner and jury -having viewed the spot where the eatastrop' , e ec:urred, a verdict of "tetnporary insanity" vra- returned. The deceased was 38 year s o f a ge ,.and bag left a widow-and three child ren . CRYST A L PALACE. —Return of admissions fo r s i x d a y s ending Satufday, March 29.—Number admitted, in cluding peason-ticket holders, 24.484 ; amount received I; for admissions, 1,0211. 6s. One Shilling Day, Tuesday, April I —4.daiie,iono on payment, 2,196,-; .ditto,-by-pea soil ticketi;' 03; lolalitaitoto, 2,688, C•)RPORATION OF LONDON REFORM BILL. . . Last night, in the House of Commons, • Sir G. Grey brought in the long-expected, bill for the re form .of the corporate system of the City of London. : The provisions of the measure are; for the most part, founded cu the reports of two commissions, made respectively in 1837 and 1853, but occasion ally differ from the recommendations of botli The number of wards in the City will be redueed froth 26; as at preiCut, to 16, and the number of aldermen will 'of course undergo the same diminu tion. The 16 aldermen to be elected for *ix years, instead of. for life, and one-half • of the body to . re- Aire.every three years. Tiie police functions of the aldermen to cease, and to•be vested in stipendiary' Magistrates ; but the civil duties of the magistra,:y to remain with the aldermen. •The Court of-Al dermen, except iu reference to these duties, to be . abolished, arid the busiiiess of it transferred to the Com Mon Council. . . With respect to this latter body, it„ is proposed. That they should contiuue to be elected annually, hut in consequence of the reduction in the number f wands, the nuoWer of common councilmen will be reduced from 232 to 96. Tue qualification for a member to .be the possession of real or personal Property to the amount of 1,0001., or a rAtlng of 30/,di year. The Common Giuncil to be entrtt,ted with. the election of the superior and paid officers of the corporation, such as the lord mayor,, 'sheriffs, ,ind other offiee , ts now al--e , ed by theCouit of Al dermen. R nee within certain limits, a - .d the pos'session of the freedom of the. City to he no longer necessary for the constituents of theCommonCoun - oil. The latter to . elect, as au dit ors , t h ree persons poi.; members of their own body. Any individual competent to be chosen a com mon Cotincilman is to be eligible.as lord mayor, without the .existing necessity of being previously an alderman, or of having served the office of sheriff. The present qualification of slieri4 . to'beabolishcd. The City police is still to remain under the Ma: nagement of the corporation. The right of 'inetage of all grain and other arti cles, landed within what is technically called ." the port of. London," as well as the street tolls, to be abolished. Tue coal duties are to be allowed 'to expire as the mortgages on theta shall be paid off, 'a circutustancl which, iu the case of the eightpenny duty,--the largest—is calculated to take place about the year 1862. Tile Lord Mayor's Court and the Sheriffs' Court are to be amalgamated, and the Recorder to be the judge, instead of being only assessor to the Lord Mayor, as at present. The Conservancy of the Thames will be taken from the corporation, and vested in a board com posed of the First Lord of the. Admiralty, the President of the Board of Trade, one of the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, and the Deputy - Master of the Trinity House. Such are the principal enactments of this import ant bill, which was last night read a 'first tim(., 'and the second reading fixed fur Monday, the 21st instant, • FRIGHTFUL SUICIDE OF A GENTLEHAN—Last night, Aiortly before 11 o'clock, the quiet trrha...itaats of ehl-road, St :Prrey, were thrrwn into a tate of painful qcitein- nt in cinsequeece of the frightful suicide. of a (who is present unknow r ).- soif-destruction 4. truction tinder the irdowing w re h s o p , ec e t u b r i i } i ly i, :i t ir t ees ed, ! l r 4hocking-circunastrne s :—Last night pohee-constarle" 201 K, while on duty in St. Peter's.rcad, Mile end, heart' the report of firearm=, and saw a flash of fira 'Too site the entrant to St. Peter's Churchan,l - clo ha tell ing! to' the•spet he ' - fritrrid the deceased lying upon the giound again.t the iron railing. : The head of the plan . enti/e6 blo wn-to pitc-s by a pistol, which &ceased tilt) in his ttigo t hand.., ,Several portions of the skull, with the hair attached, were lying in the chlitchlyard,. while ther.trlater portion of the .brain and lower jaw are d b: fl ea : a uu t i o a :t t three feet from the holy. Ihe sight wa, of character,- for pi-ces of flash and b'eA were Peattsred on the trees and foot-pavement where the wa, per t retr tted. The deceased !Awed the wl l o ° l l s ill „ rg hi e B i bonth•f The co . ri.-tahle sprnog his rattle,. to nt Curtts and polic,,,,ificAr 14) r-oou the spot, when dee -a:.e.l was placed on a itrete er and conveyed to the wf:rkhouee, where Dr..S'or , y the etherped t,l);tibor)nslyc.,f the police collected the brain a-id tb In to We dead-h o h .inn plate wasl ateandd,ore= ii t l d a nine clout coat, tdazk The deceased ve , t, lav, ndencoloured checked trousers,- h_lack satin t boot e; Tilre'ilecease'd ha. I) . ack -ilk hat, and blu c h er ()imp it will be held eti " vll e _ dr to morso~. ItAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on M .n lay at the office, Gres: , George-s'reet, Westminster; Mr. R. D. Mangles, M.P., in the chair. Mr. HORNE, the secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting, which were c infirmed. Toe report stated that the progress of the works had, under all the circum stances of the case, been satisfactory to the directors. The works now extend almost co. , tinuously from the junction with the Lot don and South-Western Railway at Godahning to Haslemere. Ground has been recently broken also bvyond that. town, and arrangementsfor a consi able length of land at Liss are nearly completed, which will enable the contractor to commence the works in that neighbourhood. It is ex• ected that the first section t.f Ihe line from Gudaltning to Witley Will be ready': for traffic next autumn, and that an arrangement. for 'the working of the traffic conducive to the public interests and satisfactory to the shareholders will hare been made by that time with one of the existing railway companies. The directors remind the shareholder: that ever since the inc , irporation of the company in 1853 circumstances highly adverse to the construction of a new railway have been in operation. There was now, however, a prospect of a favourable chanze, and the directors were prepared to avail themselves of it, in order to press forward the works to as speedy a completion as the extent of im provement in the moneV-niarket would justly warrant. The dir , ctors wish it to be uoderstood that their opinions in respect to the intrinsic character of the undertaking remain nucha-ged; and that its completion a10n0 . ,j4 needed to demonstrate its usefulness to the Governmeni; and to a large population hitherto in-ufficiently supplied with railway accommocktion, or altogether without it, as well as its value to the shareholders. The, reprt of Messrs. Locke and Errioglon, the engineers, states that sit Buriton the tunnel, 480 yards in length, through the chalk, is now finibhed except the faces: At Haelernere some hindrance bas occurred from slips in the embank ment, but now the work is proceeding more rapidly. Considerable progress has been made at Witley. Seven bridges and the requisite culverts for the embankments have been built. Upwards of 500 men and 75 horses are now employed upon the works. The capital account to the 23d of March showed that 103,789/. had been re ceived and 101,945/. expended, leaving a balance of 6,8351. The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on.the recent announcement of peace, and hoped, among other inestimable benefits, they would find the money-market in a more easy position, so as to enable them to raise the requisite capital to push forward the works - with• rigour, and to come earlier into dividends. They were at present in negotiation for terms of arrangement with ez• companies for working th e li ne . Th ey had power t for n juncions frith the South-Ristern line at Sbal ford, an i with the Smth Western at Gedalming, and they b.peri to make terms with one or b o th o f those corq- Rthies which r ould he satisfactrry to, the shararoldeis anti useful to the public and the Government. It was Able the propri.ltors should refrain from asking in discreet questions on the subject, and be thought they had vr - rr roue' , better leave the matter entirely in the hands oft .e directors. Mr. SoLolgioN . ..hnieht they should endeavour to open the line it. thr fir- insta .ce from Havant-to Peterafield. • , Mr. BEST was of opinion that it was the interest of the South-11 eAt-rc Company to wi.rk the line. T•is CHALIMAN explaim-d that they had considered every pain , and Atm, oy an arrangement with -the Sou .h-Woßtern Comriany they :night torn such a junc 7 ,.' . do • ith h S u t -Eaatern line as would save them }tit 'ill day w 20,6001 T rep it wa ur, nimootily a toiled, Mr. E. Robins wa ra-elicted a director, and the allowance to the audi tor v.i- r diced inn 50/. to 251. each per annum. Mr. S iLomos expr se,l iiimself•atiafied with the pro- ceedi of th.- direo er • nd st•ifod that be bad fall con• fi iei.ce in ii e.o. Ifs c clu.led by moving a cordial t th cha rman and directors for their able main, Feint n ot the c •tnpany's affairs, which was carried a onou-lv. Our ,N in aot< owledging the compliment, wished it to o. und,r :cod that he bad not taken the ch tie as chain] an to the CO2I .any ; he merely performed the duties for the presdut, as he was anxi..u , .4 to give then all the assimtanco he could. but his other aroca• o,ns would not admit of his being chairman of the company. The director. bad very difficult - and anxious dutits to p -rform, anti they required the flank and hearty support of the proprietors to enable them to n.trry Out the under iking, in which they were all deep''' . intereFte 1. The meeting then septtated. PARIS AND ORLEANS. The annual general uteeting of this company was held . - in Paris on Saturday. M. Bartholony, the presidenti • took the &lair. The meeting was slso made special for the purpoie of authorising t' e directors to issue additional capital to ,nee t tie cost of the extensions of the railway- now in course of construction, or which this company have,un-,:- .. dertaken to execute ; to pnrcha.e certain freehold pro perties, centrally situate in Paris, fur the purposes of this railway, and of other lines having their termini in Paris; t t form a grand central merchandise station ; to *auction the cession of a porti n of the railway of this company to ,4 the Great Centra' Railway Company ; to ratify the ar rangement made with the Paris and Lyons and the ? Great Central Railway Compani es f or th e j o i n t construe - . tion by all three of a new line from Paris to Lyons by C ntheil. through the Bourbonnais ; and on other special L. bus mess. The Orleans group or railways l 5 perhaps, the most extensiv. m Europe Ender cue management; it compeisti. no less than 2 266 . kilometres (1,416 English miles), of , eh;er 1,277 t ilometres (798 miles) are now in full work ; 898 kilotnn tree remain to be made, and are partially in i course of construction ; it embraces the richest and most • pOrminus regions of the north west, west, south-west, ntre, and south-ea , t of France, radiating from Orleans,, .41 and brings the ports along the whole line of the western coat, from Qii'mper to Bordeaux, into direct cornmunir , ,.. l cati-n with the metropolis. The meeting wa. held in th. spacious hall which forms - part of the central offices of ti e company. It is cap Able of con skin t , 2,000 persons 0 in to the plan adopted by this comf any of giving a jeton (representing six franceY''',. to ouch start:rider present, there is always a full at teada .ce. Upwards of 1,400 shareholders were present .t this meeting. The din-c+ rs' report showed that the balance to the eredit el capital , account was 3,000.000 E (120,0001). T. , - revenue account for the rast year showed that s, very large uw Ass expended in the rel ewal of the. D.rieanent way, the invariable role of this company.' It was explaieed that the company woul -rewire .ids ..f 40 000 - 000 f, on the obligations of the Great • Central Railwa . Coinpany i. r the portions of the rail- - ••••1% ceded to that ciontio.ny ; tat the New Paris and , Ysy would he made by obligations guaranteed . by Al the thr-e c..m , anie j ontly ; and that, in all proe • hat,thry, for, the erike of convenience ; the whole eum • to a •f r thi s branch Pf the expenditure, including the 40,000.090 F, won d b by obliL. ations of one And the imrfitr,e. The preference would be given to the share holders e f the t, nee companies in the distribution of this stock The rovenue ace unt for the year 1855 showed that 57.278 720 f. (2,295 1481.) had been received, ana 30,951,762 f. (1.238,070/ ) expen leasing a net profit • on th , w rid e of 26 426,958 f. (1,057.0781.) Of this sun). 254 875 f. (10,1951.) a a. appropriated to the sinking t , nd to redeem the capital, 12.000 f (4801.) annuity to the original concessionaire; 1,873.906 f. (74.9561.) to the ~ ffierr: and servants of the company. leaving 24,286,176 F. (971,447/ ) for dist.tibuti-n among the shareholders, of which situ 9.000,000 f. (360,0001), being at the rate of 30f. per share, Vl , B p on the Ist of October last, and it w-s now proposed to pay them a further sum of 15,000,000 f. (600,00/ ), being at the rate.of 501. per •viare, leaving a halar,ce for the next siceouot of 286,177% (11,447/ ) The dividend for the year amounted to 80f. per share, rl6 per cent. The report, at.d the stries of resolutions proposed thereon, were adopted unanimously. Messrs. Barry, Cochin, Caihard, - Count Benoit d'Azy, and Dufour, the five directors retiring in rotation and by let, were seve rally r.-elected for five years. The re-election of . the auditors, and a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman And directors closed the proceedings. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on sale in to-day's mai ket. Fur all kinds we had a firm demand, at fully Monday's cutTeney. The general quality of the samples was good. Foreign wheat, the supply of which was tolerably good, was held at very full prices ; but the business doing an it was limited. Floating cargoes were somewhat firmer than last iveek. Bath barley and malt changed hands steadily, at full currencies. The oat trade was rather inactive ; but beans, peas, and flour commanded fully Monday's quotations. AllitrVALO THI WWII. irish •• •• Wheat. I Barley. 6nglish .. . 790 : I 510 Foreign • 1 1 1,160 1 . Malt. I Oata. nos* 1,390 20 510 1,200 '. 5,220 brls BOROUGH HOP. We have a slow trade for most kinds of hops, at full quotations. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat moved eff slowly, as follows ;—Beef from 31 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d • lamb, 5 6 4 to 6s 4 i; veal, 4e Od t o 5 6 Od ; pork, 3d 4d ' to 4s ad pi 8163., by the carcase. A. large and influential committee, composed partly of naval anti mintary officers, particularly clergymen and civilians, has been formed with a view of raising funds ftr the er.ction of a church at Constantinople, as • the most appropriate monument to the memory of those who . fell in the late war, and of gratitude to God for the re , toration of peace. And a public meeting will shortly be held.for the promotion of this object, under the pre sidency of his R. ri , ghnerts the Duke of Cambridge. The Society for the Propagation of the. Gospel has al ready received upwards of 1 000/ in aid of this object. As the law stands, the augmented rate of income tat will continue till the 6th of April, 1858. The increased duty was gra, ted U during the war, and until thee-6th day of April which shall first happen after the expire tion of one year from the ratification of a definitive treaty of peace." This _ratification, it was stated on Monday, will pro'.al.iy he delayed for four weeks4 o : - . - -- ‘ namely, to the 28th. of April. The expiration of en* year from that date Kill fall on the 26th of . April, 1857, and, the duty is consequently to expire on the 6th 0 'April 1858, Which" will bo the first 641.0' - April that will happen afterwards. ..................... Sao ] cow The eesr i ~ ti i o st eadily a for export B, ° o o Am a nd 1,00( Share Ma tlin T e L s h r ev i i : "During b emil in cI~ 48 import: adv ance ( e r wn are barer that many leaC I : 4 . 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