The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-28 00:00:00

THEPOSTMAN'S KNOCK at ASTLEY'S ROY AL AWAIT ELEATRE, This Evening. Crowds rush to witness the accomplished Equestrian Postman at this Theatre, in conseq u ence of the furore created both popu own in an at dins in the provinces by that celebra ted Song, the most h many seasons. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. IL T. Smith. THIS zmuso, THE GIPSEY'S VENGEANCE. supported by Augustus Braham , H. Dra y ton, and Farquharson: Miss Lucy Escott, and Miss Fanny Hadditrt. con :ludo with M ARGUERITE, a Leynd of Love. TREATER ROYAL, RAYMARKET. Maw the Management of Mr. Backston% THIS EVENING, TELE EVIL GENIUS , Followed by EL GA,MRISAINO; or, The Mexican Goldseeker. In which ERE& NIENA aad the Spanish Dancers wfti appear. After which, LEND ME FIVE SIIT.LLINOS To conclude with JOIIN JONES. I{OTM PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OIFORD-STREET, Under the Management of Mr. CHAIM= HZeill. THIS F VENIN O. A WONDERFUL WO3dA.N. After whieb, FAUST AND gAROVERITE. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. vizi:rat ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Ws. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC. ECONOMY. To be followed by • lIRGENr PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude witk JACK AND TEM BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Gioose at Home Again. In which Mesas. J. Bland, P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham. and Miss E. Arden will appear. ROYAL OLYWPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfrett Wigan. THIS EVENING STAY AT HOME. After which will be produced a New and denbly-moral, thongk zeessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled rHE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, IL Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creewiek. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitle& HOW WE LIVE. Followed by TUFIPLEHA.I7SEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend, To conclude with THE COBBLER AliD TAILOR. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Uader the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, THE LOST DIAMONDS. Alter which. GOOD QUEEN 13E834 • To conclude with IT RUNS IN THE F.t.NIILY. ROYAL MARYLEBONE THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. THIS EYE vING, LOST, £30,000. Messrs. Stuart. Belford, Stirling, Carter, Langton; ifessds. An derten, Morell. Mars. Brothers Elliott's wonderful performances. GRAND BALLET. Mamselle Agnes, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FAIRY FERN FLOWER; or, THE GOBLIN MINE. Miss Frauds Hughes, Miss Morel', Mfr. Sanders, Mr. J. Bedford. and 39 Ladles. lioxiliaud Stalls, 24.; Pit, la., Gallery, 6d. ttOY.L.. AMYBILTIIMATB2Z. Lome ax 4 Manager. Mr. Win. Cooke. EasterAttractloirs. Astley's Great Spring Meeting and National Steeplechase. THIS EVENING, THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The acting horse, trainel by Mr William Cooke. A novel series of SCENES in the CIRCLE. New act, the Post man's Knock. First appearance of the Misses Dacey en the DIM)le Tight Rope. New Drame with the ORE 3,T SPRIG MEETING and ENG- Ll4Il NATIONAL STEEPLE:MUSE, on Stage, combined with Ring, introducing Mr. W.Cooke's new racing stad and daring jockeys. in the chase fron► the starting unto the winning post, with other entertainments. Box-office *open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Kqueotrian Director. ;Qr. W. Cooke, inn. EMMA. STANLMY'S "SEVEN AGE 3 OF WOMAN." Vecond Season. This Lyric Entertainment has been crowned by the unanimous approbation of ALL THE LON*DOg JOURNALS As the greatest artistical triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Comedy, and Vaudeville. With a host of characters in Correct Cos• tames ; aid Songs in SIX DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ! Never attempted by:any other artiste. Evening performances on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8. Morning performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays at half•past two, precisely. Admission--Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. MGR WATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY—Morn. 33 min. aft. s—Evening 53 min. aft. 5 Tn4loßßOW—Morn. 15 min. aft. 6—Evening 41 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER—Sux Oman, MARCH 28. THERHOILETEIt, Till'. BaIDE. 50 htgnest since noon yostorclay. 33 ,owast this morning and durinA the eight. 46 -Oats clay at noon. fl A RoMICT wR-29 95. WIND, E.—Fresh, with fine, cold weather. rcti t, /,-1L,,--,w, g4:49- "7,:.., ..- 4 . 4 LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1856. same eP 9 r getic and decided support that was ac corded 0 . a all previous occasions could not be an ticipatei lon the present occasion. It is useless to deny th ,at the chief glory attached to the capture of Sebe .stopol fell to the lot of our gallant Allies. The t a Lking of the Malakhoff was the feature main' ty associated with that great event. That was moo enplished by French troops, while the Eng failed in achieving the minor victory at th a Redan. It is true that a close and earching investigation into all the circumstances connected with the transaction will show that the :English really forfeited no portion of their well established reputation ; that the French soldiers had approached to within a few yards of the foot of the Malakhoff before the signal was given, while the English had to traverse 200 yards across an exposed plain, during which their ranks were mowed down by the deadly and concentrated fire of the Russians. Besides, the Malakhoff, the possession whereof rendered that of Sebastripol itself certain, was the only object really aimed at. The other attacks were merely intended to distract the attention of the Russians the French had time to establish themselves in their positions. This was done ; and it was the attack on the Redan, as well as those of the French in other quarters, that enabled our Allies to retain the fruit of their great victory ; and if the Eng lish failed in one point, it must be re membered that the French did so in no less than three directions. We do not allude to these matters for the purpose of depreciating the efforts of our brave Allies. Far from it. They did all that could be expected from gallant men ; but we wish to vindicate the characters of our owe countrymen from the reproach of failure, because they did not succeed in that which would /ever have been attempted if stand ing per se. But these circumstances will not be taken into consideration. The general impression will be that the triumph belonged exclusively to France ; and that narrow and short-sighted view of the case induced many of our Continental brethren to clamour for peace, in such a manner as materially to assist the views of Austria and of Russia. Some time since, in speaking of the Vienna Conference; the E trl of ELGIN declared that next to the triumph of our arms, the failure of our diplomatists was the greatest blessing that could happen to the country." So it would be on the present occasion, but we fear there is no reasonable chance of so auspicious a termination to the present negotiations. The work was done but too surely. The pride and arrogance of Russia had been abated. She felt how thankful she ought to be in being permitted to evade the condign punishment she had so eminently merited ; that she was in fact obtaining a triumph in sur rendering no substantial portion of territory, and paying no indemnity towards the expenses of the war. She well knew that she would not allow any of her opponents to escape on such singularly easy terms if their positions were reversed, and she had the opportunity of striking a blow that would place Europe ather mercy, and have enabled her to render it in every respect "Cossack." It was not likely, the; that she would contend very ob stinately on mere points of form, when the sub stantial advantages were so greatly on her side, or permit any trifling matter to prevent the peace paramount which has become io be a matter of importance. Nor was Austria less decided in pitching up a treaty. She saw that it would be impossibl e to maintain neutrality much longer—that the tim e had arrived when she should make vows for or against us, and she would draw the sword either for or against Russia. This she was determined to avoid at any sacrifice ! Besides, there is but too much reason to think that Austria will chiefly benefit by the terms agreed on as the basis of the treaty. The ratification of the Russian frontier in the vicinity of the Lower Danube—the stipulations respecting the Prin cipalities—will all ensure advantage to the wily Power that profited by all that was achieved by the blood and treasure of the more generous and high-minded combatants. That every Aus trian effort would be made to accomplish any ar rangement, however discreditable or injurious to the Western Powers, is beyond the possibility of doubt, and no trifling impediment would be suf fered to prevent the attainment of the consum mation so devoutly wished for by the Austrian Court. We do not suppose, that the EMPEROR could thus be misled, but there was an event approach ing that materially changed his views and feelings. The birth of a direct Heir to the Throne, the prospect of founding a dynasty, the objects of his most ardent aspirations were almost within his grasp ; and it is scarcely to be wondered at that he yielded to the influences, and agreed to accept what he would previously have rejected with scorn. The backstairs and unconstitutional influence prevailing in England was also urgent for peace. The Prussian matrimonial alliance could scarcely be solemnised during the continuance of war, par ticularly while Prussia, under the specious garb of neutrality, was rendering powerful assistance to our enemy. The prospects of a Thuringian kingdom could not be materially advanced, nor the assimilation of British institutions to Ger man models. King LEOPOLD desired peace, and therefore the wishes of au overwhelming majority of the English people were set a nought, and a result was brought about which has been well described by a morning con temporary—viz., that "our victories and our un diminished resources are their own reward. The defeats of the CzA.R., and the dissipation of fears which had brooded over Europe, are the losses of Russia !" Even the latter point has not been achieved, for we believe that, in consequence of her too easy escape, while she retains all the means of mischief in her hands, grave apprehen sions may be entertained of the probable conse quences of her insatiable ambition and grasping cupidity. who vindicates its rights abroad—when either are disabled in their respective services. If -we are to be severe, however, on the drunk en wretch who endangers a policeman's life —what are we to say to country squires, and even a grand jury, seeking the life of a rabbit shooter. Our readers will have seen the trial in yesterday's Sun. The man was employed by his master to shoot rab- „bits. A gamekeeper sneaked along in some high grass, we suppose to detect the man in poaching. The man naturally enough thought the grass was moved by a rabbit—shot—and hit—but did not much hurt—a gamekeeper I There was not a sh adow of evidence that the man—or rather lad, D)r he was but nineteen—thought of murder. 'He showed great distress of mind—ran for a doctor, and rendered all possible assistance. The 'fudge, Chief Justice JERVIS, remarked that the grand jury had not the slightest pretence for find ing the bill, but added, ”it is a game county." He further observed, in reply to an observation of the prosecutor about poaching —that " if this was the eject of game preserving, it ought not to be allowed, it was shocking P' The prosecutor was obliged to withdraw the charge ! The game-preserving squires have had their disgrace, but, alas, they have had also their sweet revenge. The poor lad has been in prison for this accident ever since the 9th of Sep tember ! Surely the committing magistrates ought to receive a hint from the Lord Chan cellor, or at least one from the Home Secre tary, on the propriety of indemnifying the young man. Looking at the two cases we have brought together, we ask, who are the guiltier parties-- Squires, who imprison, and Grand Juries, who send to trial, a poor lad—prosecuting him on a charge which should bring him to the gallows— the lad's real and only offence being their fear of his poaching—or, half intoxicated men, who half kill a policeman ? The gentlemen endeavoured to strangle a man lest rabbit shooting might lead to shooting hares and pheasants. .MICHAZL HOGAN broke a policeman's leg for proper interference with his irregularities. What are we to say, too, for the comparative deserts of intixication with game preserving and with beer ? Both are done for excitement, but your game preserver is a very fiend, utterly reckless of all evidence and justice in regard to the poor rustics whom he sus pects of liking game as well as himself. He is cruel and relentless in cool blood ; and, on the bench of what should be justice, coolly cruel, even to imprisonment and death, in behalf of his amusements merely. The criminal through in toxication is always more or less beside himself. It is high time that game-law offences were no longer tried by the game-preserving class, indeed time that these barbarous relics of Norman feudalism ►ere utterly destroyed. Yesterday we had again occasion to narrate a tale of savage assault on a policeman. The offi cer, JAMES CHAPMAN, is in this case disabled for life, will be obliged to walk with a crutch, and must quit his employment at the, very time he was about to be promoted in it. He was, more• over, discharging his duty in the most proper, and even too forbearing, manner. If we de nounce misconduct ou the part of the police like that in Hyde-park, we ought equally to support them to the uttermost in the steady discharge of their duty. MICHAEL HOGAN, the savage who has disabled the officer, was, ac cording to his own account, a ticket-of-leave man, just out of prison with a four or five pounds gra tuity in his pocket; he used it to get partially in toxicated, but must have well known what he was about, being steady enough on his legs and sufficiently collected to attack CHArmAN cunningly and unawares, to raise him from the pavement, and to throw him down violently on it, at the same time giving his leg a severe kick as he fell. CHAPMAN had in consequence to be carried into court, the leg uselessly dangling from his body. His only offence against HOGAN was refusing t© fight with him, and directing him to go home quietly. We need not repeat HOGAN'S defence ; it amounts to loss of consciousness, through drink ing, till the following morning—a plea which would seem to require that he should be deprived at least of the power to lose again his senses through beer, adulterated or unadulterated. Liberty to drink is, in HOGAN'S case, liberty to break the legs of those who do their duty towards him. The matter of consequence is to let men of his class know that intoxication, partial or complete, will he no excuse for the crimes they commit in such a state. ' Society is not to be at the mercy of drunkards. It is well for gentry of that quality to be 'aware that they will be held answerable for all they do, drunk as well as sober. This knowledge may be a salutary check on their worse than brutal appetite ; kit if not the half-drunk man, and this was clearly HOGAN'S state, by no means loses his memory entirely. He can recollect many things on which his heart is set, and it would be desirable for him, if he will sink into partial frenzy, to do so under the dread of heavy respon sibility for violence mingling with his dreamy and excited fancies. There is reason in drunkenness as well as in madness. SHERIDAN, lying in the gutter, to the question, " Who are you V— could answer, " W-I-L-BER-FORCE." It is due to the sober that the remaining reason of the in toxicated should warn them not to commit assault, and possibly murder. For policem en , however, we claim in this case, a 4 we have done in others, the severest vindica tion of law, and the most liberal compensation for Captain SOMERSET was the injury sustained. se nt to prison for beatin g one with a whip, and r i g htly. The policeman carries with him, or should carry, in the discharge of his legitimate duties, the authority of the Sovereign. If he must use force frequently, yet those with whom he has to do should be taught that society ex pects the authority intrusted to him to m ee t with ready submission. We see it stated that there is to be a subscription for CHIPMAN, and his wife and nine children. Except as a testimonial from the public, this ought to be unnecessary. The country is bound to maintain the policeman who fights its battles with the depraved at home, as well as the soldier PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE 2d LIFE GUARDS. The magnificent silver centre, for the mess•table of the officers of the 2d Life Guards, given by the late Marquis of Londonderry, but not completed in the lifetime of his lordship, has been presented by the executors. The plate is of triangular form, each angle of the base occupied by military figures —an officer, a trooper, and a bugleman. The centre is composed of a column enriched with flags, kettle•driums, helmet., swords, trumpets, and ether military trophies, and bearing re lieve of the charge of the Guards at Waterloo, of the names of their battles, and. the inscription, which is as follows : "A Memento of Affection from CSARLES WILLIAM TANS, MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, K.G., G.C.8., &c., Colonel of the 2d Life Guards, To the Regiment. Intended to have been presented June, 1351. Death makes no conquest of this cono aeror • , Fer now he lives in fame though no,c in life." The whole is surmounted by a figure, of B ritannia. The weight of the silver is 560 ounces. and the value 5001. The ornament was designed ar 1 modelled by Alf re d Brown, and manufactured 1r 4 Hunt and Roskell, of Bond-street. It has been inspected by her Majesty and Prince Albert, and %o©s honour to the successors of Storr and Mortimer, We regret to be compelled to add that the A \ THE SUN, LONDON, FRID'AV "kVENINci MARCH 28, I 856. SHILLINCt EXHIBITIONS. A shilling is just now we perceive the open sesame to—we don't kbove how many remarkable public exhibitions. To the picture gallery of the British Institution—to the Portland Gallery hard by the spiked church at Tiangliarn Place—to the collection of the British Artists Society, now on view in Suffolk-street—to Roger Fenton's 350-odd photo graphs taken in the East for the Messrs. Agnew, of Manchester, and for the most part representing scenes and incidents within gun-shot of Sebastopol. Besides these—any one decently clad can for one shilling gain admission to the scientific wonders of the Polytechnic—to the geographical marvels ga thered together under the dome of the Great Globe, erected in Leicester Square, by James Wyld, late M.P. forßodmin—to the various splen dours of the Panopticon with its gigantic organ, its aspiring fountains, its dissolving views and its oxyhydrogeu microscope —to the magical effects pro duced upon all kinds of materials by the society of Photographers—to the wax-work-walhalla -of the late Madame Tussaud's executors—to the fairy-like Crystal Palace, raised by an ingenious wizard of the name of Paxton, among the green fields and sylvan scenery of Sydenham Oue shilling (and no more than one shilling if we so please) inducting , us ad libitum to the polygraphic versatility of that very clever young man, who is literally " a host" in himself, to w it W. S. Woodin—to the Switzer chat, and Rhine gabble, and Parisian patter of that inimitable polyglot lecturer and humorist, Herr, Signor, Monsieur, Albert Smith, long since undisputed monarch of the monarch of mountains, a delightful gehtlernan, whose manifold admirers have " crowned him [as such] long ago"— " On a throne of rock, In a robe of cloud, With a diadem of snow !" A shilling, too—nowadays —will it not enable you to hear the übiquitous Leve ventriloquise himself " before one's werry eyes" as Sam Weller would have it—into a deal box ! or up the chimney! any where, in fact—into places the most impossible, or the most preposterous I Does not anyone very well know that for a shilling— "He or she, M. or N., as the case may be," can feast eyes and ears by the hour, simply by noting the phases passed through by Miss P. Hor ton-that-was, in her protean entertainment at the Royal Gallery of Illustration ? For a shilling, within as brief an interval we can watch Miss Stanley through, one after another, of the Seven Ages of Woman—we can saunter with the pe rennial Burford, round the rails of his flying pano rama—we can accompany Charles Okey all the way to Paris and back, without budging an inch from the Regent's Quadrant—we can go a-Lion-Slaying with the mighty hunter Gordon Cumming, in the far wilds of Africa, chasing not " the wild deer," or "following the roe," but careering down upon the lair of the bison and hippopotami ! A shilling will carry us through all the ghastly, grizzly, lonely, loathsome length of the anatomical museum of Dr. Kahn, attended at the elbow by— (name most appropriate!)—Dr. Sexton, who whis pers a sort of post-mortem clinical prelection upon the subjects under. examination. A shilling again —is it not the visible, tangible, shining, ringing, Pass-word, admitting us within the porch of God' s Temple ?—withi n the Gothic gloom of Westmin ster Abbey, or into the lordly basilica of St. Paul's Cathedral, carrying us, in the latter, if we list, up into the. whispering gallery, or higher still, inside the gilded ball under the gilded cross, or into the throbbing " heart of London," as Bez has called it, the famous Clock Tower, with its swinging monster of a Pendulum. A shilling!-- it is another form assumed by the wishing-carpet of the Arabian Story—it enables us to dive down under the Thames, along the arcades formed by its gas-lit Tunnel, or to flit up far above the smoke and din of the great city, until we are perched close by the mimic pharos of its Monument. It introduces whoever cares to bear the brunt of every imaginable and unimaginable stench collected together into one grand animal-bouquet in the Zoological Gardens, from the dirtiest little vagabond of a monkey up to that sagacious behemoth the elephant, from the villainous ourang-outang, looking for all the world like a brutalised carriCature of humanity, to the leathern hulk of the rhinoceros, and the pig-like Shape of that scal e y b eas t o f an arma dill o. If we don't mind rubbing shoulders with Tonrand Harry in their shirt sleeves, or risking the splitting of the drums of Our ears by close conti guity to the "cat's triumphant call" up in the Gallery of the Gods, there where the ginger pop is flying, and the " fruitage of Seville'.' is • being peeled and sucked abundantly as if tho lives of people in fustian depended upon the suc tion of so much orange-juice —we can, if we so will it, make " the round" of the noblest as well as of the humblest of our. Londor4 theaires—for the small charge (as the BartTmy-Fair.showman had it) of one shilling Laughing - at Backstone in the Hay market, at Wright in the Adelphi, at Mathews in Drury-lave—beholding Kean in his glory at the Princess's, Creswick at the Surrey, and Phelps at Sadler's Wells—wondering at the fitful genius of Robson at the Olympic, at the " blood and thunder," the murders and the blue fire, the broadsword exercise and the comic business, fami liar to every one who happens to be at all ac quainted with the regular legitimate melodrama of your regular legitimate hockly-in-the-hole arena of dramatic wonderment', say the Wictoria, or the City of London, or (until that lamentable fire the other day which appears now almost, so to speak, to have been something like a premonitory symptom of the grander conflagration at Covent-garden) tlle Pavilion ! For a shil ling we can inhale every evening that mingled flavour of sawdust, ammonia, and orange peel which seem to make up the exceedingly suegescive atmosphere of Cooke's Batty' s Ducrow's 'Astley's Royal Amphitheatre ! Nay, more, for this sam3 wonder- working " coin of 'vantage" (if we may be allowed the pun)—we can at any time, according to our own good will and pleasure, in the very act of going from one of those sights to another, or (otherwise to express it) in going from one of their sites to another—travel " for one shilling”—en a cab—the distance of exactly two statute miles. Measuring them out, and cutting them down with a most tine precision, even to the length of a hairs breadth or rather to the width of a barleycorn —and be blackguarded to the roots of our hair by the driver while we are handing over to him one " Bob" (may be in the presence of another) as his sole lawful fare by Act of 'Parliament. Eureka ! The sign manual of the age is found—it is a Shilling ! LATEST NE WS. TREMENDOUS EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN. NEW YORK, MARCH 13, 11 P.M. Japan dates, via California, report that the city of Jeddo was destroyed by an earthquake on the 12th November; 100,000 houses in ruins, and 30,000 lives lost. THE PARIS CONFERENCES. (From second Editio n of the Times of this day. ) • The following is the letter of our Paris corre sponde,nt, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— The Congress met again to-day for "desp a tch of business ;"I presume so at least, as these consecu tive meetings clearly imply a determination to get through the work, and with an industry which does not flag. The question of the admission of Prussia being once arranged, by compromise or some other manner, every one believed that no further difficulty of a serious character remained behind, and that the remaining two or three days would be devoted to the drawing up of the protocols. We all confi dently counted on the Congress concluding its la bours towards the close of the week, and on the official organ of the Government announcing on Sunday, if not on Saturday next, the glad tidings to the 'population of Paris. I believe that more than one Plenipotentiary was in the beginning of the present week of the same opi nion. Various circumstances gave indication of the fact, and a few employes in the Ministerial departments, whO - excel must in caligraphy, re ceived an intimation to be in readiness for special and secret service at an hour's notice. The order not to recommence hostilities without further instructions, which I mentioned yesterday as likely to be transmitted to the Generals, was, I am as sured, sent to the 13altic yesterday. The precaution was necessary, as time is passing away rapidly, and it would be cruel that blood should be flowing at the moment the Plenipotentiaries were in the very act of signing the treaty of peace, though the sig natures might not be affixed for two or three days after the term originally assigned to the armistice. If what is said to-day be correct, the precaution of sending off .in time such an order was properly adopted. It is affirmed, and I have heard it in more than one respectable quarter, that at the sitting of 1 the Congress yesterday other difficulties arose, not of course insurmountable, but sufficient, at all events to retard the moment of a definitive settlement. The nearer the Congre s approaches its end the closer and more secret its proceedings are kept ; nevertheless, it is whispered that the difficulty now before us relates to the question of the Principali ties, on which the Porte is not so yielding as was supposed. The Sultan does not appear to view the change in the administration of these pro vinces in the .same light as we do, and however provoking any new delay may be, I hardly think that we can venture to reproach him, the circum stances not being before us, when we remember that it was the resistance of Turkey which on a former occasion prevented us from accepting an ar rangement which would have been all to the advan tage of the Emperor Nicholas. But whether the ob jections raised by the Porte be well or ill-founded it is not supposed in - some quarters that they can be settled before Monday, or even the middle of next week. My informant, however, only speaks from the impressions produced by what he heard of the sitting of yesterday. Nothing has as ye t transpired of what passed to-day, and after all this tantalising uncertainty it may be brought to a close sooner than is expected. COUET CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MARCH 27. Tlya dinner party, yesterday, included his Majesty tbq King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness tb. Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Belgian Minister (Van de Weyer), Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Soeth, Colonel W. Thornton, Commanding Office r , 24 B atta li on Grenadier Guards ; Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Rieken. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Lucy M. Kerr have snccee'led the Hon. Caroline Cavendish and the Hon. Flora Macdonald, as Maids of Honour in Waiting to her Majesty. Colonel the Hen. N. Hood has succuded Lieut.-Cul. F. Cavendish, as Groom in Waiting. In consequence of the boisterous state of the weather, his Majesty the King of the Belgitts bas been induced to defer hisjourney a day longer, and orders were aceord• ingly sent, last night, to infrlro the various authorities connected with the jonre , ,y. As at present arr,,ige(l, t'ae King leaven Windsor at half-past nine o'clr.ek to-morrow morning. Thu Bishop of Jamaica and the Bishop of Kingston hack an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere, on Wednesday, at the Colonial-office. Dr. Ryerson had an interview yesterday with Mr. Secretary Labouchere. Captain Bates, 45th Regiment, had an interview, on Wednesday, with Mr. Secretary Labouchere. Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of Victoria, South Australia, Vau Diemen's Land, Newfoundland, Nora Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island. The Duke of Newcastle has left Portman-square for Clumber Park, where his grace will remain until the reassembling of Parliament. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton are still staying at Nice, and will not return to England until May. The Marquis of Northampton is at Castle Ashby, surrounded by a select party. The noble marquis comes to town, for the season, the week after next. The Marquis of Exeter arrived in town, yesterday afternoon, from Burghley, near Stamford. Frances Countess Waldegrave and Mr. Harcourt, M.P., are expected in town to-morrow, from Nuneham Park, Oxfordshire. The Earl and Countess of Sandwish are still enter taining company at Hinchinbroke House, Huntingdon shire. 'THE A.MERIOAN MAILS.--LIVERPOOL, Thursday Even ing.—The Collins steam-ship Baltic, Capt. Comstock, is now fully dim, and hourly expected. Her dates from New York will be to the 15th inst. The Cambria, Capt. John Leitch, sails on Saturday for Boston and Halifax with the English mails and passenger.. Letters must be posted here before 10 a.m., with late fees to 11 a.m., and at the landing stage till noon on the 29th inst. EAST INDIA HOUSE.—Some important changes are in contemplation in the Examiner's office, consequent upon the retirement of Mr. Peacock and Mr. Hill, the chief and deputy examiners, and we understand that these duties will devolve upon Mr. J. S. Mill and Mr. F. W. Prideaux, while the assistant exami ners will be Mr. Hawkins, a retired Madras civilian, and at present secretary to the Indian Law Commis sion ; Mr. Bourdillon, for many years in the Ex aminer's department ; Mr. W. Thornton, of the marine branch ; and Mr. J. W. Kaye, the projector of the Calcutta Review, who is spoken of as likely to under take the Public Works Department.—Home News. THE BOARD OF GENERAL OFFICERS.—It was stated yesterday morning, in answer to inquiries at Chelsea Hospital, that the general board of officers, appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lucan, Sir Richard Airey, and Colonel Gordon, will assensble on Saturday next, under the presidency of Sir John Woodford (vice Lord Seaton retired), for the purpose of formally arranging the course of their proceedings, and that they will enter upon the investigation entrusted to them upon an early day next week. The board now consists of Ge , neral Sir John Woodford, Lord Beauchamp, General Rowan, Sir John Bell, General Jonathan Peel, M.P., General Knollys, and Sir John Berkeley. The in quiry will be conducted in the large ball of Chelsea Hospital, and it is understood that the preliminary proceedings on Satuday will be conducted with the strictest privacy. Tau EASTERLY WlNDS.—Letters from Amsterdam state that a singular spectacle now presents itself, which has not been seen for the last half centary ; the Zuyder zee, in consequence of the long continuance of northerly and easterly winds, is almost dry. Between Genemin den, Blockzil, Leminer, Kampen, and Harderwyk the bed of the se a may b e crossed dry -footed, and steamboats and other vessels are everywhere high on the sande. ;y THE LATE THOMAS ATT WOOD. A meeting was held yesterday at Birmingham, con, vened by the mayor (T. R. T. Hodgson, Esq.), for the purpose of devising the hest means of commemorating the public services of the late Mr. Thomas Attwood, the father of political unions. The following extract from the circular issued by his worship explains in terse and graceful sentences his own views -on the subject : "I venture to hope for the co-operation of all parties -and all classes - inthis attempt to do honour to the memory of our late townsman. Whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the policy of the measures he advocated and was instrumental in carrying, there can be no doubt that at a time of great peril to the institutions of the country, and to public liberty, he exercised the immense influence he possessed over the people in such a wise, temperate, and patriotic manner, as to avert anarchy, and, amidst all the political excitement of which he was the centre, to maintain a due respect for law and order. I hope, therefore, -tbat this consideration will induce those who differed with him-in politics to join with those whose opinions he reflected, and who I hope require no stimulus in doing honour to the memory of our illustrious townsman." The MAYOR presided at the meeting, which was at tondo.' by many of Mr. Attwood's old friends, his co . - leagues in the Political Union, and who, not alone for his public spirit and disinteiestedness, but for his kin( 7 - heal t dress and true generosity of nature, held hi name in affectionate remembrance. Amongst the speakers were Mr. Muntz, M.P. ; Mr. John Betts, a veteran re former (who seconded Mr. Attwood's nomination at his first election) ; Mr. William Matthews ; Mr. Alderman Cutler ; Mr. Gorge Edmonds, the Clerk of the Peace, &o. The following resolution was adopted : " That a committee be formed for the purpose of pro moting and convening a meeting of the inhabitants of this borough and the midland districts of the kingdom, for the purpose of deciding upon the character of a suit able memorial to the memory of the late Thomas Att wood, Esq., and that they be empowered to invite the attendance and co-operation of representatives of the people from all the boroughs of England and Wales." An influential committee was appointed to carry ont the above resolution. THE Tuna Or W. PALISER.—The trial of William Palmer will not take place at the April sittings of the Central Criminal Court as is generally supposed. The indictments i❑ the several cases cannot be brought up from Stafford into the Court of Queen's Bench until the 9th of April, and at this point a technical difficulty will occur, preventing their being returned for trial imme diately to the Central Criminal Court. The jurisdiction of this Court is limited by statute to cases occurring within certain counties adjacent to the metropolis, and the power of the jtidos cannot override a statute. Hence the indictments in the Rugeley poisoning cases must re main in the Court of Queen's Bench until after the pass ing of the new bill, introduced for the special purpose of enabling the judges to transmit criminal cases, brought before them from the country by certiorari, either to the assizes of distant counties, or to the Central Criminal Court, at their discretion. It is, therefore, considered as settbd that the trial of Palmer will take place at the F anima; of the Central Criminal Court on the 15th of May. It is also understood that the three Chief Justices will preside on the occasion: THE CRIMEA. (From, the Special Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) FRENCH CAMP, TRAKTIR BRIDGE, MARCH 14. Notwithstanding the armistice, the present has proved a busy week.. On Monday one of the Rus sian brigs, sunk in the creek which divides the French from the English positions in Sebastopol, was blown up under the superintendence of Mr. Thane, and on Friday (this morning) we have had A glorious muster of the allies on the Tchernaya to receive certain Russian authorities at the Traktir Bridge, under a flag of trucep A correspondent— A Special," as they call us here:--must be content,, at present, to, look upon his saddle rather than upon his hut as his li onie ; and yet, after all his labour, he can scarcely hope to satisfy the craving appetite in Eueland for " news from the Crimea." I may state that uow, in reality, the minds of all in camp are but bent upon the Tchernaya. There is certainly a " gene ral order" *naming the Aqueduct (where does it begin or end !) as the " line of neutrality," over which no British officer should pass. Were this literally obeyed, we could never even converse with the Russians, or purchase from them those pretty little crosses and amulets which every man here seems determined to get, by hook or by crook, for his wife, sister, or sweetheart at home. While, this line of neutrality has been laid down for John Bull, the French not, only assemble daily and in throngs, on theleftbankof the Tchernaya, but when I was there on Tuesday last, after posting a despatch ' 1 to you, I saw two Zeuaves and three soldiers of the line standing on the opposite or right bank I The Russians were shaking hands with them. The feeling is, therefore, gaining ground among all who witness such facts, that What is sauce for the goose, is sauce for the gander ;" and, that if the French are permitted- to approach within half a dozen yards of the enemy (to mingle with them may be going too far), the English ally ought to be allowed the same privilege. To-day (Friday) brought a much greater muster on the Tchernaya than on Tuesday. This morn -1 ing found an im mense number of equeatria.us leaving the road to General Vinoy's division on their right, "at the bifork," and taking the left road to the bridge at Traktir, where a flag of truce, a white flag scarcely larger than a ' poket-handkerehief, was flying over a marquee. Leaving Bizot's battery on the right, we soon reached the little bridge of Traktir. On the near side there were two tents (blue and white stripes) ; on the other side a white one, the last . displaying the flag of truce. A French guard was stationed at the marquee where the " white flag" was flying. Behind them, on the further side of the bridge, a few " Red C ossac k s ," were s tati one d on the right of the English spectators ; the " Blue Cossacks," or gendarmerie, were in the centre ; and on the extreme left another group of Cossacks was seen, wearing drab cloaks, their long lances glittering in, the sun; and their horses looking ridiculously small. The ground for the conference on the Anglo-French side of the Bridge was kept by the Zou tves. Marshal Pelissier did not attend, but sent his chief of the staff, General Martinprey. General Codrington, 'Commander of the Forces, was present with a brilliant staff ; and the Sardi nianGeneral in Chief, and suite accompanied them. .After crossing the bridge, the generals entered one of the tents, remained there a short time, and then adjourned to the other, where, it is said, an abun dant supply ofchampagns and ether good things had been prepared for theni. As to what passed at the conference, "this deponent sayeth not." But it was asserted on the ground, that the ratification of the armistice was the real, and indeed only, busi ness of the day; although sonic added that a de mand had been made,, that English ships should, during the armistice, enter .that part of Sbastopol harbour held by the allies- 7 a demand which the Russian general at once negatived. When the conference was over, the allied gene rals with their staff_ escorted the Russians back again over the bridge, and rode eo an outpost ; seine distance within, the right bank of the Teller naya, and then a curious scene occurred. All were anxious to follow, if but to get a nearer view of the Cossacks, and to have a scamper over the forbidden ground. _Several hundred horsemen, full of this idea,'madnfor the bridge. The picquet would not allow them to pass, though nearly all were in full uniform. A wrangle ensued ; still, on carne more and more cavaliers. The bridge was full ; and then on the banks of the river below clouds of mounted officers were continually forming fresh groups. No picquet could hold so many in check. Passez au gue," shouted a French Hussar, close to whom a comrade had been just thrown down, from his horse becom ' ing frightened At the increasing crowd and pressure. " Pdssez au gue." The idea was a good one. So we all Made for the ford, not know ing' whether the report that there was one on the left of the bridge were true or false. In an in stant about 200 horses were in the stream, throw ing up the rapid waters in every direction. here and there some had to swim for a few yards. But we all got over, and then found ourselves brought up by a wall. To turn the left , flank of this was a dangerous manoeuvre, hut one officer succeeded in doing soy and all the rest kept the wall on the left,, and the bridge— we were now below it—on their right. The next thing was to take up a position close to the Cossacks on duty, and to wait the return of the Allies. This was effected, and after General Codrington and all the English,. French, and Sardinian notables had returned over the bridge, we" break ers of the law" followed in the rear, and now found no resistance from the picquet. We can say we havepassed the bridge, at all events, although per haps for the last time. When the horsemen Arst dashed into the stream, the laughter and delight and cheering of the soldiery were intense. It tickled them to see a Zouave picquet outwitted. In the account of the meeting on the Tcher naya given above, I ought to have added that just as the conference was over, a Russian officer, in the face of thousands, ordered a Russian infantry soldier to immediate punishment. A. Cossack dis mounted, and, taking a whip from his girdle, flogged the poor Muscovite most severely. The victim did not flinch, but stood like a statue. Many were the saere nom de Dieu uttered by the indignant French, who witnessed the transaction. MARCH 15. I have only time .before the post closes to an nounce that General Codringym has ordered two more piers to be built near the Diamond Wharf, Balakrava, awl that the French, having completely fortified Kamiesch, are now throwing up four ad ditional redoubts at Kazatch. Is this peace ? And are not:. All French officers ordered to rejoin their regiments in the Crimea ? FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor yesterday presided at a Council of Ministers held at the Tuileries. Accounts received hero confirm the rumour that three English officers and one French had been taken prisoners by the Cossacks near Kertch. Count Cavour has expressed his intention of leaving Paris on Saturday. This is another indica tion that the Treaty of Peace will be signed on or before that day. Mali Pacha is about to give a grand ball, to which he will invite the Emperor. The Meniteur publishes the following circular from the Minister of Justice : "Monsieur le Procnreur General—Malevolence has already on several occasions spread a report that the government contemplated either suppressing, or at least buying back, public and ministerial offices. The Moniteur has given the most energetic contradiction to this perfectly unfounded rumour, and a journal which had propagated it was by my orders proceeded against and condemned in Paris in 1853. I never theless hear that, fcr some time past, endeavours have been made to cause uneasiness to the holders of such situations, by announcing that a bill will shortly be presented having for its object to interfere with the possession of these offices. Nothing is more contrary to the intentions of the Emperor's government. It respects the property of offices as well as every other. and it has never thought of depriving the holders and their families of what constitutes their principal resource. Be pleased to give to this circular all the publicity you may think desirable, and send copies of it to the cham bers of the notaries, avoues, hussiers, and auctioneers of your district. You will please to communicate to me what you have done on the subject.—Accept, &c., " ABBITUCCI." A Paris letter in the Independance of Brussels says :—" All the regiments in garrison in the neigh bourhood of Paris have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for a grand review. It is said that not leiss'than 150,000 men will be assem bled. The troops coming from a distance will be quartered in the villages as far as the Seine-et-Oise, Arrangements are being made for receiving these soldiers for four days at the least. The artillery of the Guard will form four batteries per regiment. It is expected that after the signature of the treaty of peace a camp will, be formed at Chalons-sur- Marne, and it iS certain the Imperial Guard are preparing for an,encampment this year." BOURSE, March 27.—The following were the las quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 41 per Cents...... ~ 93 75 —f. --c. 3 per Cents • 72 . 60 72 80 New Loan 73.10 Bf. 4 uk Shares 2 Roman . 90 Credit '1;580' Austrian Belgian Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) . 94 25 Lome Debt 40 RAILWAYS-I'oB CASH. fr. c. fr. a Orlesns ... 1,300. - Western 9OO Northern , 90, -- Strasburg Lyons _ _1,270 -:-- New Ditto 827 1;0 5101,1iterranean ......1,565 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 797 50 Testa Cette 753 75 Austrian Com...— 912 50 RUSSIA. A St. Petersburg letter of the 18th says : " The Emperor Adexanier is about to make an ex clrion it,t, into Finland to inspect the works which d3rend the coasts, and' to visit the interior of that pro vince. All the military commanders on the coast of the Biltic. the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Bothnia, and the White Sea, have received orders, in consequence of the re-establishment of the blockade, to carry out their instructions for the defence of the ports and coasts, as on previous occasions." The following telegraphic despatch was received in Paris yesterday : " BERLIN, March 27. " The Emperor of Russia has left St. Petersburg for Finland." AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. By the Royal mail steam ship America, Whit man, commander, from Boston and Halifax, whose arrival we announced yesterday, we are in the receipt of our usual advices from New York to the 10th inst., from which we select the follow ing interesting items of intelligence : A message had been received from the President, asking for an appropriation of $300,000 f)r the sup pression of Indian hostilities in Oregon. In the House of Representatives the question of asking for power to send for persons and papers in reference to the Kansas case had been under consi deration, but without any result. A Washington despatch of, the 10th says that Col. Wheeler, thp: United States' Minister at Nica ragua, notwithstanding his perseverance in his en deavour to convince the State Department that he was justifiable in recognising the new Government, has failed to satisfy the Secretary of State of the propriety of his course. Mr. Marcy places little or no , confidence in the testimonials—the signatures which Col. Wheeler has transmitted to him in this connection—justification of the conduct of an offi cer resting, according to usage, more on the officers' statement of facts lan. the endorsement of pri vate individuals. Messrs. Jones and Ferguson, produce commis sion-dealers in New York, had suspended payment. Their liabilities are about $250,000, mostly owing to banks and merchants in the interior of the State. They hate been recently heavy speculators in grain. The steamship Union was announced to leave New York on the 15th instant, for Gibraltar and other Mediterranean ports. A fire had occurred at Washington, by which one fireman was killed and several others were severely injured by the falling of a wall. The damage was estimated at $15,000. In reference to the missing steam-ship Pacific Captain Nye, her late commander, in a letter pub lished in the Now York papers, has given the public to understand that something unusual was not un likely to happen to the machinery of the Pacific, from the fact stated by him that she had a new en gineer for this voyage. In reply to this Samuel Matthews, her chiefengineer, in a letter dated only five days before the Pacific left Liverpool, expresses entire confidence in the engines of the Pacific, and Horatio Allen, the, resident engineer-in-chief of the ,company, in a card published in the New York papers, introducing the letters of Mr. Matthews, wholly removes the insinuations thrown out by Capt. Nye, and puts to rest the suspicions which the statement of her late commander had awakened. At Norfolk an express - train went through - a curve on a bridge, killing three persons and se verely injuring seve ral Others. The train, a f ter t h e accident, took fire, and was totally destroyed. Ac cidents and hists of life have been frequent through out the States. Mr. Edward Everettand Dr. Kane had been re ceived with honour at Richmond by the city go vernment, and President Pierce was expected to attend Mr. Everett's oration. The Commereial•Bank of Chicago had closed its doors. • A bill in the Kentucky Legislature, to establish a patrol on the Ohio river, to prevent the escape of slaves, has been referred to a special committee. Mr, N uttall advocated the bill. He said 100,000 dols. worth of slave property had escaped from the border counties since Christmas. In the Virginia House of Delegates the question of the emancipation of slaves in Virginia was under consideration. One of the speakers maintained that there ought to be no right to emancipate by will, except for meritorious services. He said that this right of emancipation was the right of annihilation, which the law did not recognise. He said a man should enj o y a t his d e ath the largest right to dis pose of his property among the community as he thought proper. He maintained that the right should be withheld, except under the circumstances indicated. , Colonel Garland, the treasurer of New Orleans, had taken flight, having become a defaulter to the extent of $150,000. lie was the originator and president of the Louisiana Savings-bank. The depositors were mostly poor men and women, an immense crowd of whom gathered around the bank when his delinquency became known. He had cut the telegraph wires iu order to facilitate his escape. At Louisville a steam-boat collision had occurred by which 20 persons bad lost their lives. From Toronto we learn that the Legislative Council of Canada has passed to a second reading a bill to permit money to be loaned by all parties, excepting banks, at any rato of interest which way be agreed upon, the said interest to be recoverable in the courts of law. At Portland, New Brunswick, 19 houses had been destroyed by fire, and more than 80 families rendered houseless. The value of the buildings burned is estimated at something over 3,500/., about 1,800/. of which was covered by insurance. Among the houses burned was the ancient resi dence known as the Old Simonds' House, which was the oldest in the p. °wince, having been erected in the year 1764. LATEST VIA HALIFAX. NEW YORK, MARCH 13. European news by the Arabia was published yesterday (Wednesday) at 3 o'clock. Money continues abundant. Fancy stocks quiet. Ster ling exchange, 1091. Cotton has declined lc. ; middling Orleans quoted 10c. ; middling uplands, 9,tc. Flour, Is. to 2s. (York) lower. NEW ORLEANS, MARCH 12. _ . _ Our latest European news is by the Africa. Sales to-day-8,500 bales; middling quoted no., and weak. ARRIVAL OF ,THE BALTIC. LIVe.RPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The Baltic has arrived, with advices from New York to the 15th instant, and $273,661 specie. The City of Edinburgh was passed going into New York. The Arabia had arrived at Boston, and the Ericsson at New York. There are no tidings of the Pacific. There is no political news. Tito Kansas Free State Legislature was organised on. the 4th. The Governor counselled entire obe dience to the Federal authority. Everything was quiet, tbut an outbreak was anticipated at any momen Rifles and• cannon intended for the Free State men had been captured at Lexington. 28,000 bales of cotton had been destroyed by fire at New Orleans. The advices by the Northern Light from Cali fornia were to the 20th ult. She had on freight 272.583 dols. A shock of earthquake was felt at San Francisco on the 15th February. The damage was slight. The markets had slightly improved, and the mines were yielding largely. Money was easier. President Pierce's message had caused a good deal of excitement and a large amount of political speculation at Belize, Honduras. The Legislature had proposed to tax rum and sager. Cochineal and indigo were scarce. The New York money market continued well supplied with capital, and an active business was Laing done at previous rates. The stock market was depressed. Sterling ex change was firm at 9a to 91. , In cotton a further decline of an eighth per cent. had taken pla , e. The market for flour was dull, and declining. In t her articles there was no particular change. Freights remained firm. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. FALMOUTH, Friday.—Arrived, short of supplies, the steam frigate Styx. Landed her mails from Singapore, Cape of Good Hope, and Madeira. She has on board, as ptisoners the crew of the late Russian frigate Diana. The crew of the Frolic brig of war are passengers. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 18.—The mail to England has been delayed on account of the non•arrival of -he mail from the Crimea. This latter must be detained by Vie bad weather ; while I am writing it is still blowing a vaie from the north-east. The Severn, which left this the da before yesterday, had to put back. The gale was so violent that this powerful steamer could not make way against it. Miss Nightingale, who was on board, has again disembarked. THE MURDER AT EXETER.—The case of Mary Week., the young woman who was convicted at the recent assizes for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child at Exeter, and execution stayed in consequence of a jury of matrons having pronounced her "quick with child,"has excited much interest in the city of Exeter, and effnrts are making to obtain a commutation of the sentence. The ;ivy have memorialised her Majesty on the subject, stating they believe that the culprit committed the crime under the influence of Thos. Warren, the principal 'a it ne•s against her, and to whom, it will be remembered,, she w is about to be married ; and that she was labouring under so nisch eec tement and tr.itible at the time that shy was temporarily irresponsible for her actions'. An opi ninn pretty generally prevails in Exeter that the prisoner e ill notbe executed, but that her sentence will be coin muted to transportation or imprisonment for life. ACCIDENT ON TER EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—AII Accirlent occurred 'on the Eastern Counties line on Wed nesday which prevented Pi ince Albert visiting the camp at Coichester on that day, as he intended to have done. It had been telegraphed to the various stations that the Prince would pass down ,the line between 12 and 1 o'clock. Two or threeearriagee of the parliamentary do wn train, howey'r, got off the mile, soon after leaving the Chelmsford station, at that part of the line where the w irks are eeing on for the Royal Agricultural Society's meeting and were dragged some distance, one of them turning over, but fortunately esceped being hurled down the steep emhankment. The pa Benin's were much shaken btr nnne hem seriously hurt. Information of the -mace was sent to London, and the reply was that the Prince's jonreey was in consequence postponed. PRE tDPUL ACCIDENT TO A BOY FROM MACHINERY. —One of the 'mist awful of the many casualties we are called upon to report took place on Thursday morning last, about a quarter past 6 o'clock, at the works of the Ve•srs. Dawes, Bromford. At this time a little boy, 9 years of age only, named Timothy Stanaway, whose parents live at Oldbury, was stationed as usual at the rolls, without his jacket, and put his arms through the spindles or boxes to reach a hammer. In an instant the rapidly-revolving machinery took up his shirt sleeve, drew in his body, which passing twice in and out be tween the rolls, presented a spectacle awful to look upon ; the head was torn from the trunk completely, and the bowels and viscera, rent away, were scattered about. Polie—constable Freeman was sent from the station by Sub-inspector Holland ) , lint the remains had been taken to the poor parents at Oldbury, who have other chil dren, and are labouring people. The first object he no ticed at Stanaway's cottage was the little sufferer's bro. ther, about 13 : be sat in a heap by the fire, in a corner, and took no notice or spoke to any one. He worked at Bromford, and had seen the terrific fate of his little workmate and playmate.-- Wolverhampton Chronicle. DISTURBANCE AT THE COLCHESTER CAAIB.—We regret to announce that a somewhat serious disturbance has tal:en place amongst, a number of soldiers of the militia and line regiments in garrieon, and which it was at one time feared would result in the most disastrous conse quences. It stated that some unpleasant reflections were cast upon the 88th (Connaught Rangers), on their march into the camp, by some of the militiamen, and which speedily raised the ind'gnatinn of the 81tb. In the evening a " row" took place in the street between the BS' b, who were the most pact Irishmen, and the Essex Rifle, when broken heads and bloody noses were the result, and six men of the 88th and three of the Rifles were taken into hospital. Some men of the 11th Regiment sallied forth to the assistance of the - 80th against the Essex Rifles; although the best understand ing had previously existed between them, as many of the Rifles had volunteered to the ranks of the Mb, and a fight took place, which lasted some little time, not withstanding the efforts of Col. Herbert, the adjutant general, and the officers in camp to subdue it. The de liz.tgnents were taken into arrest, and the injured men sent into hospital. The affair has occasioned consider. able excitement in camp, and much talk in the town.— Essex Herald. DESTRUCTION OF A DRUIDICALTEMPLE.—WedeepIyre gret.to learn that the Mild Temple on the estate of Moy ness, in the parish of Auldern, within a gunshot of the ruins of the old castle of Moyness, has been recently in terfered with, and in a short time, if the lord of the manor, the Earl of Cawdor, does not put his veto on the contemplated "improvements," all trace of this, the most complete of the ancient Druidical monuments in the province of Moray, will he obliterated. About ten years ago this venerable temple was in an almost com plete state of preservation. Except n few atepee_which Thad - heen removed from the west side of the great circle, to straighten an arable field, the sacred enclosure ap peared to be entire. The outer circle at that time de scribed a circumference of 200 or 300 feet. At 16 feet distance from this there was an inner circle about 60 feet diameter. 12 stones of large size in the outer circle represented the 12 signs of the zodiac, and 19 larger in the inner—ot which we counted 60 in all—may have pointed to the lunar cycle. On the south side were two immense boulders—one the Cromlech or altar-stone, the other the Logan or rocking-stone. This latter was in the rhomboid shape, broad at top and tapering below. It measured 8 feet, 6 inches along the top 5 by feet, and was fully 3 feet through. weight, computing 8 stone to the cubic foot, could not have been less than from-9 to 10 tons. The lower extremity of this immense stone was laid on the crown of another boulder slightly in dented and deeply sunk in the earth, but PO nicely poised that on the slightest touch with the finger it would vibrate six inches on each side and continue to rock 26 times before steadying, when it always set at rest fairly balanced in the centre. A new house was erected lately for the tenant of the farm, and, building materials being required, the contractor, either ignorant of the value of this interesting and hoary monument, or being enjoined to use these stones in-the fabrie, unfor tunately. commenced the work of demolition by splitting up the rocking stone. Part of it, along with a quantity of other material from the same place, was used in the building, and we learn steps are in prod Tess to clear the place of the remaining boulders !—Forrce Gazette. Durincr the celebration of divine service yesterday morning in the church of St. Eustache, an elegantly dressed young female requested a market woman, who happened to be seated next her, to hold her child for a few minutes whilst she retired. The market woman reany consented, but time wore on, and the yours: woman did not return. The market woman, having waited to the end of the service without seeing anything of her, took the child to the commissary of police. The infant was ascertained to be a male, about a. fortnight old, and remarkably strong ; and the dress be were was a very cqstly one, trimmed with expensive lace. Be neath his dress w , s a paper, on which was written in a female hand, "Circumstances, which I cannot combat, oblige me to abandon my child, but I will claim him some day." The little creature was registered by the name of Joseph Eustache, and sent to the Hospice dee Edens Trouyese.tmognalte, lire 1 8 418coi Thi lire /,, ktivi th e °ertii at ead , Th e , Cents 4qua TI„ ato e k 20 i ki 4 fire fiat] sam on s inn 600 id 1 Was Th tinue *hid Mid good 2( many k b. *t o , Zontr -, 6 ,, Illino, Dot Otor tichi e w • w x y eor. ex, 'w ay ti set 10 3. Sb ef 153., Al Ban: k ' , el Ittdie Co ri /IR Cons )Nz et Ea