The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

SIXTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENER AL l J LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 39, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Loudon. SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who assure on the Participating Scale before June Val, 1856, will be entitled to a share of the SIXTH BONUS, which will be declared in the January following. Proposals should be forwarded to the office before June Ist next. The Thirty-Ent Anneal Report (Just issued) can be obtained of the Society's Agents, or of GEO. 11. PINCKARD, Resident Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT-LANE, :Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, A GAME OF SPECULATION. 3 o conclude with HEY DIDDLE DIDDLII ; et*, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKRT. trader the Management of Mr. Bunketone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by PHE LITTLE TREAURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled sag BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRERT. 'under the 3danagement of Mr. Caw.= KRAL THIS EVENING, THIS FIRST PRINTER. After which, BA.RLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy ParadLsa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Entice ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, MLss Caroline Adams. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. DOTAL LYCEUM THEATRE. FLEIWORE'S BENEFIT. In commune(' of the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre Mr. FLEX LORE bap to inform his patron—the Public—that kia Remit will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNES DAY, March 12, and that cards of admission, price is., 25., 35., 41 1., and Ss., may be had at 66, Hercales-Baildings, Lambeth. TRICAI'RR ROYAL ADELTHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Btadame Colette. THIS EVENING. BETSY BAKER. To be followed by TLIAT BLESSED DIET. To conclude with :LCIC AIM THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother goose at flame Again. In which Mews. J. Bland, P. Bedford, 3fadara Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap,ear. ROYAL OLYAPIG THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. After which will be produced a New and deubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESi ; or, the Three Glass Distal's. in which moors. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING JASPER LANGTON; or, A Dual to the Death. Followed by BROTHER 808. To conclude with PARIS IN 1792. Awn Er g ROYAL AMFMTHEATEXI. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cook.. THIS EVENING, (The Last Week before Easter), THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The horse, whose wonderful performance has been the universal topic of conversation, trained by Mr William Cooke. After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES in the CIRCLE. Also the miraculous and incredible ascent of the Elephant from the ring to the stage. T 3 conclude with a screaming Farce, called ME. AND MRS., WHITE. Box-oStce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, inn. EMMA mixtErs SEVEST AGES OF WOIL Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the Dress, and by increasing patronage, to be the greatest artistical triumph of the day. Evenings at 8, and on Saturdays at three precisely. Stalls Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S NALL, Long-acre. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. T is Dsv-3fern. 16 min. aft. 4—Evening 38 min. aft. 4 Tn-Sfositow—Morn. 37 min. aft. 4—Evening 16 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN Onus, Maisel' 9. THIERNOIINTBR, IN Tan SHAD& 48—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BABoxinrcu-30.28—falling. WIND, W. to W.S.W. —Light, with dull weather. MARCH 10. 46 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 48 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'07. WlND—Westerly in the morning, with a thick murky haze ; now N.N.W., with fine sunshiny weather. 1.1011,0 „_, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1856. It is impossible that the important informa tion recently elicited respecting the untoward events connected with the fall of Kars can be quietly shelved without leading to very decided action. The causes of that deplorable calamity are now palpable—the whole series can be dis tinctly traced—the incapacity and corruption of the Turkish officials—the grave misconduct of the leaders who were desirous of obtaining opportu nities for private peculation and scandalous dissi pation, rather than of discharging the duties confided to their charge, was the primary evil. As we have already stated, had these " robbers and traitors" been in the actual pay of Russia, and seeking to advance her interests, they could not have better played her game. Under the most favo ura bl e c i rcums t ances the task of General WILLIAMS was of a particu larly arduous and delicate character—one that required the most strenuous and unflinching sup port from the British Ambassador and all those connected with the diplomatic service at Constan tinople. It was beyond all things essential that it should be thoroughly understood that his repre sentations would insure the punishment of those who misconducted themselves, and that he had the sanction of the Ottoman Government for the reforms which he might feel it necessary to intro duce. As British Commissioner, it was his especial duty to watch with peculiar vigilance the conduct of those who had tolerated abuses seriously prejudi cial to the great cause for which the Allies had been compelled to eater into the War, and any sup pression of the facts would have been a gross dereliction of duty on his part. It was impera tive on him to tell " the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ;" and, in so doing, he should have enlisted the sympathies of every I true-hearted Englishman on his side. But, unfortunately, he was not indebted to Lord STRATFORD for his appointment. Th e Foreign Secretary was well aware of his high qualifications, and nominated him directly to the post without the intervention of, or even any reference to, Lord STRATFORD. Hence the grievance. Hence the determination, coolly and deliberately formed, not to sustain the obnoxious official. General WILLIAMS reached the scene of his arduous labours. His despatches prove how anxiously ho endeavoured to fulfil tho expecta tions formed by the Government ; but fifty-four despatches, each accompanied by a private letter, were coolly consigned to the recesses of the Am bassador's office—probably unread, certainly unanswered. Even the recognition of the SULTAN'S Government was not obtained. The Ambassador "forgot" to ask for it. His difficulties were thus enormously aggravated, and the delinquents who, under different circum s t anc es, would have licked the dust before his feet, could afford to treat with contumely and insolence the man who had no tangible warranty for the -~- ~ rr authority which he assumed. Well might he have considered that the Army was " doomed to destruction at the Seraskierate" when all his energetic and laudable efforts in the right direc tion were thus dealt with. Nor was it. from parties at Constantinople and in Asia only that he received this injurious treat ment. The anxious desire of 03IER PAC/IA to ren der the muoh-required assistance was counter acted by the Allied Generals in the Crimea. The army that might have rendered suck ines timable service in Asia wad uselessly detained at Eupatoria. The Turkish General demanded a conference, in order that he might obtain the necessary permission to save Kars. But all the French and English officers refused to assent to any withdrawal of troops, and General SIMPSON wrote to Lord STRATFOE.D "to use his powerful influence with the Porte to cause the opinion of the conference to prevail over that of the Pacha." The suggestion came to one ready and willing to give it the utmost force ; and although Lord CLARENDON backed the Pacha, and telegraphed to Lord COWLEY to remonstrate with the French Government, and afterwards to Lord STRATFORD that OMER might go to Kars, the great object was not effected until the fatal and stereotyped " too late" was stamped on the proceeding. The delay in forwarding the proceeds of the Turkish Loan was another formidable impediment in the way of the much-required aid. For that the accursed red-tapist system was mainly respons ible. The notorious rapacity and peculative pro pensities of the Turkish officials, no doubt, re quired great vigilance ; but the precautions taken were such as to deprive the fund of its utility, and to prevent it from becoming available for the objects for which it was obtained. Caution is a very e good thing in its way, but it may be carried too far, and there seems to be no reasonable doubt that such was the case in tke instance under notice. Quite sufficient is disclosed, and that on unques tionable testimony, to justify prompt and imme diate action. We fear that there can be no second opinion as to the conduct of Lord STRATFORD, or the necessity for his instant recall. He has much to answer for, and should have the opportunity of forthwith preparing his defence. Nor should a person lying under such grave accusations, and so serious a bill of indictment, be suffered again to abuse his authority and allow his petulance and iriitibility a gain to conquer every principle of justice and equity. and to overrule the feelings that should have the greatest weight with every statesman and patriot. Lord STRATFORD should not, under any circum stances, be permitted to remain a single day her MAJESTY'S representative at the Sublime Porte. On the great question of National Education which has just occupied the attention of tb• House of Commons it would be a relief indeed to pronounce an unhesitating opinion. Even Lord JOHN RUSSELL, however, with all his natural dog matism, and addressing an assembly which would gladly have accepted any practicable solution of the difficulties of the case, was, for him, quite diffident. The preamble every one grants. Every one would preface a bill with the assertion, that " whereas a lhge portion of her MAJESTY'S juve nile subjects who do attend school receive but a very imperfect education ; and whereas a large portion which might attend, from various causes do not ; and whereas, in some districts, there is a deficiency in school accommodation, be it en acted," ate. But it is in the enacting part of the mattter that all the difficulties arise. There is, first, the previous question to be disposed of, whether, tak ing England as it is, politically, socially, and re ligiously, education is not advancing as rapidly as is compatible with the national habits, opinions, and prejudices. A point by no means so easily disposed of by a candid man as it is by the san guine abettors of some of the plans for national education. Next arises the important inquiry, whether day-school education shall omit direct religious instruction or not. In other words, whether it shall rely upon Sunday-school teachers, ministers of religion, and parents for this, or seek to impart it in the day school. The pro posed modes of effecting the latter are two—to select the book in which nearly all agree, the Bible, to be read without note or comment, and to let each sect teach its own peculiarities in the school partly supported by it ; in neither case permitting compulsory attendance on the religious teaching. When we arrive at the pecuniary part of the question, the grand point of discussion is the com parative advantage of local rates and Government grants. The latter is what we are living under ; the former is unquestionably more English, and more consistent with the genius of a free people. One pleads a short prescription and a large staff of officers already having an inconvenient pecu niary interest in extending the system on which they live ; the other, that it apprqaches mast nearly to the voluntary system, which has been the mainspring of nearly all yet achieved, and would most interest the residents in a locality in the proper expenditure of the money. The difficulty of difficulties still remains—what to do with the class whose parents should send them, but will not. The pauper class are compa ratively in our hands. It is easy to connect at tendance at the parish school with receipt of re lief ; but the quarter of a million children " neither at school nor at work," what are we to do with them ? Persuasion has been largely tried—are we to compel them to learn ? 'Vega bondage, idleness, and parental indifference are the general aspects of the case. Shall parents be finable for not sending their children to some school ? Shall Government open ragged schools in numbers sufficient ? If it makes the attempt can it find the teachers qualified for the task ? one which more than any other of a similar kind requires special tact and some enthusiasm for the object. We have adverted to the principal and well known points on which opinion is so diverse, or on which the difficulties are confessedly so great ; and having done this it seems almost unfair to propose no means of overcoming these difficulties. If indeed we had a theoretical England to deal with the task would be easy enough. We could adapt to it with ease either the secular or religions plans, and support tie Atihools by local rates. But we must take England as it is—with all its sectarian differences, all its aversion to centralisa tion—all its too well-founded distrust of Go - vernment administrative Inspectors and Commis sioners, all its antagonism between the claims of the State Church, and those of Dissenters, whose numbers surpass, but whose wealth and power fall so short of what the Establishment can claim. The Popish element in the Church, Popery itself, and even Unitarianism and infidelity all interfere with the well-fitting of any hoinogeneom arrange . meat. Could we persuade the nation to adopt the principles which we think most important —as. suinin,g that State education is necessary, or ,hat since the appointment of the Committee of Privy Council it is inevitable—we should point to secular education and to local rating as -:.-;~- :. ~.:~ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1856. How much longer are the great Unpaid to be tolerated ? One feature in each case is specially remarkable the presiding magis trate was a clergyman ! Let tho reader tax his recollection, and we are mistaken if he does not find the most glaringly foolish and unmerciful decisions emanating from the unpaid magistracy chiefly attributable to members of the cloth ! A mere aristocrat, or an autocrat squire is bad on the bench, but a theocratic parson is I He would be much better employed, we take it, in clearing his house of French novels, and distributing alms to the poor ! Poor Serjeant BRODIE is not yet out of his troubles. Appointed Inspector of Saddlery at Weedou Barracks by Lord PA NMURE, the revengeful spirit of outraged military caste pursues him with unmitigated rancour. Even the House of Commons must be converted into a theatre for its manifes tation. The subject of " army clothing" is be fore the House. Up starts Colonel DUNNE, and, among other remarks, declares the gallant Serjeant to be untrustworthy. Says so in the ear of the high-spirited Commoners of England; and the only ground he can adduce, on being asked by the Serjeant, is, "You had no business to interfere with officers in a duel ! " Is there no civilian to bring the subject before the House ? Here is a man who, with the prospect of a cold-blooded murder before him, takes effectual measures to pre vent it, and because he has done so, and done so as respectfully as was compatible with manliness, is first driven by persecution out of the service, on, , if we are not mistaken, less than his rightful pay; and, after amends have been made him by the Secretary at War, is pronounced unworthy of his situation, as a preliminary, we suppose, to its being taken from him ! Who is Colonel DUNNE, that he should override the laws of the land, and thus disgracefully aid in the persecution of a man whose worst fault is he has done his duty ? Re tirement on half-pay, or no pay at all, might judiciously, we fancy, be recommended to him. the corner-stones of any national system. Much of the talking against the first is, of course, mere cant, and deserving no answer ; but with a vastly greater number it is the deep-rooted conviction that religion ought to be the guide, and its mo tives the foundation of human action : a convic tion we fully share with them. We believe, however, that all who do not want to use schools as the instruments of sectarianism rather than religion, will soon: open their eyes to the facts of the ease. It is day schools, not boarding schools, which are under discussion—places where children are kept but a few hours each day, in which they do not spend their mornings and even ings, nor their Sundays, unless the room be also used on that day for entirely religious purposes. There is no conflict between the secular and re ligious systems. One does not negative the ether ; •n the contrary, the secular institution is the handmaid of the religious teaching. In Scotland learning to read in a Sunday school was, and we hope still is, unknown. The proposition is that what is paid for by rate or grant should be the secular part of the teaching. Reading, writing, and arithmetic, and we should say even history, geography, and the sciences are strictly or sub stantially worldly studies. Time must be spent in teaching them, and for that time only the secu lar system would pay, leaving the religious tuition to the tens of thousands of willing instructors, from the Sunday-school teacher . upwards to his Grace of CANTERBURY. The preference of local rating to Government grants would seem inherent in Englishmen. At present the Education Committee of Privy Council, or rather its Secretary, is quite irrespons ible. Its administration and its highly salaried inspectors, which Lord JOHN proposes so largely to increase, may be immaculate, but there is no proof of it. There may be the greatest jobbing and favouritism. If so we have no means of knowing it. We only know that the funds they demand are rapidly increasing. The most remark able of Lord JOHN'S resolutions—te place all em ployers of children under the same regulations as manufacturers—would merely remedy a gross in justice to which we have more than once adverted. If the employer of town-children is required to to have them educated up to a certain age, why net the farmei and the landlord also ? It will not be pretended that self-education is most pro bable in rural districts. In our present impression will be found two remarkable, not to say astounding, instances of Justices' justice—the one occurring at the Dorset Intermediate Sessions, and the other at Holt, in Norfolkshire. In the former case, it will be seen, a poor cot tager, named BYLES, his wife and daughter, were charged before the Rev. H. F. YEATMAN and a full bench of Magistrates with stealing two bushels of wheat and a sack, the property of THOMAS HOMER SAUNDERS, at Ower Moigne, on the 18th ult. The prisoners were undefended. From the evidence it appeared that the father and daughter were in the employ of the prosecutor, who allowed the former, as part of his wages, a supply of grist insufficient for the support of hie family. Conscious, doubtless, of this the prose cutor lent a ready ear to an allegation made to him that more grist had been sent by the prisoner to the neighbouring mill than could have been honestly come by. He repaired to the prisoner's cottage, and found in the pantry the wheat ana 1 sack in question. Asking the prisoner's Rife where she got the wheat, she replied, " It is s ome of the lease corn," viz., the grist ref-arred to. Unfortunately for her veracity and honesty, it contained wild oats, which were mixed with the wheat in a field belonging to the prosecutor, but not with the grist al lowed to the male prisoner. On questioning the latter he denied all knowledge of any wheat having been in his cottage, and called the prose cutor's attention to the fact that the grist allow e d him was insufficient, and that, as the prosecutor knew, his wife, ELIZABETH BYLES, had been in the habit of purchasing flour at the mill. On further inquiry the prosecutor ascertained that some five sacks of wheat in all had been conveyed by the daughter in the dusk of evening to the mill for grinding, and these, it appeared, she had received from her mother, who, on being further interro gated, declared she had picked the wheat up after the mows and ricks had been put into the barn—in other words, " gleaned." This may or may not have been the case, but there could be no doubt the wheat and the sack were the prosecutor's pro perty, and ELIZABETH Brus the younger had op portunity to steal them ; while, on the other hand, not a tittle of evidence was forthcoming to im plicate the male prisoner. The result of the trial was, the daughter was acquitted, and the father and mother were alike found guilty of receiving, and sentenced respectively to nine and six months' hard labour l This was on the first, day of the sessions ; on the second the Rev. Chairman urbanely drew the attention of the jury " to one of the most remark able circumstances that during his experience, ex tending over twenty years (good Heavens !), he had yet met with." In brief, the jury having convicted BYLES, and the Court in its unimpeach able wisdom and mercy taking into consideration the notorious fact that every owner of a house ought to know what was in it, haing sentenced him to nine' months hard labour—down came the unconscionable prosecutor on the presiding magi strates with a declaration that in his belief the man was innocent. Under such startling circum stances, the court was desirous, so far as it was able, to reconsider their sentence ; but, careful of its heavy responsibility, would, before altering that sentence, put to the jury " the more or less guilt or innocence of the prisoner." The jury, thus challenged, recommended Joseph Byles to mercy, and his sentence was thereupon commuted to three months' hard labour ! The reader is in credulous ! It is, nevertheless, the fact. The unfortunate man was aware of the wheat and sack being there or he was not. If he was aware he was guilty; if not he was innocent. If he was guilty no extenuating circumstances were forth coming ; if innocent—and the party most inte rested next to himself in the fact, viz., the prose cutor, pronounced him to be so—.he was entitled to nothing short of an acquittal. Yet, after an anomalous reference to the jury, he was on their unwarranted recommendation to mercy resen tenced to three instead of nine months' hard labour ! Hardly less memorable is the Rabbit case at Holt. An honest and poor man, in the exercise of an hitherto undoubted right, is collared on a public heath by a ,gamekeeper, and brought before a bench of magistrates for having poached on his own domains ; in other words, bagged a couplo of his own rabbits. The magistrates meet once, twice, a third time—when, by the aid of a strange justice, they are enabled to come to a decision and convict the prisoner, who is fined a week's wages, and sentenced, in default of payment, to one week's imprisonment ! Yes, in this free country, individuals are to be found entrusted with the administration of justice capable of mingled absurdities anJ atrocities like these. A NIGHT VISIT TO TEE RUINS OF COVENT-GARDEN: BY C. J. S. - - - - In the destruction of this noble temple there is a something theatric when all the hallowed re miniscences and associations of its former grandeur are recognised. A carnival ball was to close a season of novel splendour, and lo ! before the morning dawned the classic pile was a heap of ruins, " And thousands throng'd around the burning dome, Shrunk back appall'd, and trembled for their home ; And blackening ashes and the lonely wall Usurped the Muse's realm, and mark'd her fall." As you enter the once stately and classic edifice, look around, and to the imagination is conjured up the flames of a battle-field, with a ruined city and an encamped army, and all its numerous watch fires ; email volcanoes of ruined rubbish rising up 20 or 30 feet every here and there, with awful chasms intervening; each vo l cano a red and glowing mass, and ever and anon belching forth a stream of lurid flame which the fireman's hose awhile extinguishes, only again to vomit forth increased glare. Listen, and the distant bum of an outside multi tude, with the heavy tramp of feet, speak the similarity of a congregated host of warriors, heightened every now and then by the sound of muffled drums—the falling masses of some heavy atones from above ; view those noble columns standing desolate and just ready to fall— having nothing to support they are themselves support less. See innumerable- smaller columns, Corinthian pillars, solid iron, split asunder and rent int 3 fragments, some standing, lying, leaning in every imaginable po sition —masses of fused iron scattered here and there— charred and burnt beams, rafters and canvas fluttered by the breeze. You cannot stand it long ; you are in haling sulphur and carbon, your feet are hot from the burning debris, and old walls are redolent of caloric, too hot and crumbling to lay hold of ; you turn away o'er come bj' the scene whose "Radiance mocks the ruin it adorns," and sighing, you depart, like Marius after surveying the ruins of Carthage. A RAILWAY CEO - FIOUSE. TO t'IE EDICOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The question of a Railway Club-house in Lon don bas been under notice on more than one occasion. The subject is one of so great interest to those concerned that I am surprised no action has been attempted, although some discussion has taken place. There is no doubt such an establishment would be of great use, not only to railway officials in London but to those in the country whose duties frequently require their presence in town, and who would thus be provided with good accommodation at reasonable charges. As re gards the London officials, they would have the advan tage of s good reading-room, &c., with dinners at mo derate cost, to say nothing of the society of their co temporaries in the service—an association in itself cal culated to prove beneficial to all parties. It appears to me that railway officials would generally be glad to join in such an establishment, the subscrip tions to which must necessarily be made to come within the means of the majority. The situation of the club must be central, in order to accommodate the greatest possible number. The most convenient site for all the metropolitan lines, except the Great Western, would be in Farringdon-street, either at the corner of Skinner-street or Holborn-hill. I trust some practical movement in this matter will soon take place, as I feel assured it is a subject well worthy the consideration of railway managers. If you can aid the cause by giving insertion to this in your next publication, you will confer a favour on your obedient servant, Bth March, 1856. A RAILWAY OFFICIAL. The Queen and Prince Albert will honour the Duchess of Cambridge with their presence at dinner this evening, at her Royal Highness's residence in St. James's Palace. A select circle of the nobility have been commanded to meet the Queen. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and the Ladies Hamilton have arrived in town for the season. The Countess of Malmesbury continues, we regret to learn, in somewhat impaired health. The Earl Granville, Lord President of the C ,uncil, is nearly recovered from his recent severe attack of gout. Viscountess Palmerston has recovered from her recent indisposition. NEW ROMAN CAIROLTiI CHAPEL AT PLYIIOI7TH.—The small chapel in St. Mary-street, Stonehouse, having been long found too limited for the accommodation of the Roman Catholics of these towns and neighbourhood, numbering about three thousand souls, a suitable site has been purchased for the erection of a commodious chapel, near Eldad. Some sensation has been caused among the various Protestant sects by the announce ment of this circumstance, as indicating an increase of Roman Catholics in this neighbourhood, but when it is seen that this sect numbers about three per cent, only of the population, there is not any just ground for.alarm.— Devonport Telegraph. NEW ZEALAND. —We have received a few papers of a later date—to the 9th of November—these contain, however, but scanty 'intelligence. At Auckland the elections, both general and provincial, were over, and are regarded as satisfactory. Mr. Brown has been elected Superintendent of Auckland. A new and simple code of land regulations is said to have been prepared, and, within two months from our last dates, it was ex pected that a considerable quantity of land which had been mirrored and lotted, would be brought into the market in large quantities.—Australian and New Zea land &wife. STATE OF CRIME IN Livsnroon.—The annual report of Capt. Greig, head constable, was lately presented to the Liverpool Town Council. It stated that there was nothing in the state of crime to afford ground for congratulation. There was an increase of 578 in the number of apprehensions, chiefly in naiscellaneous offences. The higher class of offences against the person remained much the same. Twelve perms had been committed upon charges of murder on the coroner's warrant. There was a marked increase in the number of appre hensions for drunkenness, which were 2,041 more than in 1854 ; 103 boys and girls under 10 years of age had been taken into custody by the police ; and 756 boys between the ages of 10 and 15. Moro than half of the work of the police was caused by drunkenness. Capt. Greig, in his report, paid a high tribute to the efficiency and generally excellent conduct and temper of the police. DEATH OF MIL CHARLES SWAIN.—We have to record, with much regret, the death of Mr. Charles Swain, which took place at the early age of thirty, at his father's house, in Tottenham-court-road, on Thursday last. The writings of Mr. Swain were well known to the readers of this journal, though they were published anony mously. None of them, we are sure, have forgotten the able series of articles which appeared from his pen, up wards of twelve months ago, under the heading of " A Glance at the War." These papers were written, not only with great ability, but with a vividness which could scarcely have been surpassed had Mr. Swain been an eye-witness of all he described. Like his father, he identified himself earnestly with the cause of popular progress, in all its varied forms, and contributed much by his articles in the journals of the day to promote the cause of civil and religions liberty. He was a man of great integrity and kindness of heart, as well as of a superior order of intellect, and his early death, through that fell disease, consumption—which did its work in six months—will be greatly regretted by a large num ber of persons beyond the confines of the sorrowing circle.--Morning Advertiser. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, 4.30 r.m. The Alexandre has arrived, with advices from Constantinople of the 28th, and from the Crimea of the 26th of February. There was a financial crisis at Constantinople. The Exchange on London had risen to 137 piastres the pound sterling. An order to suspend hostilities had been sent to Omer Pacha and Selim Pacha. The mouths of the Danube were free from ice, and the boats of the Austrian Lloyd's had recom- menced their service. The construction of barracks continued on both banks of the Bosphorus at Constantinople. The Falcon, an English steamer, chartered by the French Government, has sunk on her way to Smyrna. The crew were saved. The English were planning an encampment in Asia. News from Trebizond, up to the 20th ult., had been received. Omer Pasha had arrived in that city, and Selim Pasha was recalled. BERLIN, MARCH 8. The last accounts from St. Petersburg state that General Williams had left Tiflis for Moscow in recovered health. Beside the steamers that have got out of Cron stadt, it is stated here that three or four Russian cruisers have left Revel and steered towards the coast of Sweden. 'Various changes have been made in the distri bution of the Russian Baltic fleet, so as to equalise the strength of the various squadrons. The last accounts from the Sea of Azoff state that the ice still extended a considerable distance from tit° land, though English gun-boats had made their appelranee in those waters. Letters have been received from Norway an flouncing that the Russians have made good use of the winter in adding to the defences of the White Sea. The bar at the entrance to the Bay of Arch angel has been rendered impracticable for vessels of large size ; and gun and mortar boats of a small draught of water would be exposed to a cross fire from batteries on both shores. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING. The Congress . met on Saturday for the sixth time. The despatches brought by the couriers to Count Orloff on Friday are reported to be entirely favour able to peace. They are said to refer principally to the rectifi cation of the frontier between Turkey and Russia. The Moniteur of to-day contaius the following announcement : " The expectation of peace gives rise to nume rous projects of enterprise. New companies are in course of formation, and every day send in pe titions to the Government. It is the duty of the Government to resist exaggerated hopes and views, which might endanger affairs already un dertaken and injuriously affect credit. The Em peror has decidedithat whatever may be the issue of the negotiations now p3nding the Government will maintain the reserve it has imposed on itself, and that no enterprise entailing any issue of fresh scrip or shares will be authorised during this cur rent year." The Moniteur also publishes bulletins respecting the health of the ex-King of Westphalia. The fol lowing is the latest : • "March 8, 8 o'clock P.M. "The state of H.I.H. the Prince Jerome is very satis i factory ; the improvement is progressive and decided. " BAYER, LE HELLOCO, HIITIN." Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, has received the following letter from the Emperor : " Monsieur le Marechal,—My attention having been directed to the labours of the Councils of Revision, which have such great influence on the good constitu tion of the 'army, I charged General Niel, one of my aides-de-camp, to make researches from the data fur nished to me . by the report on the recruiting of the army sent in every year. It results from this examina tion that even when the annual contingent was only 10,000 men, there were some departments rich in able bodied men, but which, nevertheless, admitted into their contingent as much as 9 per cent. of young men set down as either infirm or too weak to be admitted into the various corps ; that is to say, that the Councils of Revision, by receiving a great number of young men for service, and who were for that reason refused at idle moment of their incorporation, sacrificed for a local interest which it is difficult to explain the interest of the army and of the country, for if these corps accept them they encumber the army with unserviceable men and fill the hospitals, or if they are refused the annual contingent is diminished, and in both cases the Govern is compelled to increase the number of the following year's contingent, and thus render the charge more heavy on the population. It may, moreover, be cal• culated that each man who is refused on reaching the corps and sent back to his family costs the State 250 f. The table annexed to this letter applies to 1854, when the contingent was carried up to 140,000 men ; therefore, the ,number of men refused h av i ng b een 5,694, the Treasury suffered a dead loss of nearly 1,500,000 f. In order to prevent a recurrence of similar abuses, I desire that in the annual report which you will make to me on the recruiting of the army you will specify the departments which have had the fewest men of their contingent refused by the corps and those which have had the most. The classification will stimulate the zeal of the prefects and of the members of the councils of re vision; for it is evident that they will deserve the greater praise as the number of men refused is less. From the returns of 1854 there are most striking differences be tween several departments. In the Orne, for instance, the number of young 'men not examined was only 4 per cent., and, although the department is very poor in re• cruitable population, only one out of 100 was afterwards refused. The council of revision, therefore, did its duty conscientiously. In the Nord, on the contrary, 25 nut of 100 were left unexamined ; and such a gre sit *umber of weak or infirm men were passed that those afterviardi refused amounted to 11 per cent., and among them were nine substitutes, which is still more inexcusable. In the Moselle the operations of the recruitment producel results still more to be regretted. The number of young men unfit for the service comprised in the contingent amounted to more than 14 per cent., and 21 substitutes were pa . ised by the council of revision, although their infirmities were snob that they were refused a few days after, on reaching their corps. According to the annexed table, it was in the departments of the Allier, the °reuse, the Orne, the Saone-et-Loire, and the Haute-Vienne, that she operations were best carried out ; the contrary being the case in those of the Gironde, the Herault, the Moselle, the Nord, and the Seine-et-Oise. I request you to have this letter and the annexed table inserted in the Moniteur, in order that the prefects may be warned that henceforward I shall pay particular attention to the report which you make to me every year on the opera tions of each council of revision. "I pray God, M. 1• Marechal, to have you in His holy keeping. " Given at the Palace of the Tuileries this 7th of March. " NAPOLEON." The following is the letter of the Times' Paris correspondent, dated yesterday, 6 p.m. : I reported in my letter of Friday the improve ment that had taken place in the progress of the Conferences, and that the result of the sittings of Tuesday and Thursday was far more satisfactory than any during the previous week. Such was the opinion entertained in quarters that ought to be well informed, and which was equally expressed by those who desire that peace should be the conclusion of the negotiations as by those to whom a different issue would be more acceptable. A military man of the highest rank, happening to find himself near Count Orloff at one of the many convivial gather ings that have taken place since the commence ment of the Conferences, two days ago, expressed the hope that the Russian Plenipotentiary and his compeers had gone through a good deal of business the day previous. The reply was in the affirmative ; and it was added that matters looked so well at that moment as to justify the expectation that' at the next meeting they would attain a complete and satisfactory termination. The next meeting to which the Russian Plenipotentiary re ferred was that of yesterday ; but I much doubt whether his hopes were realised so entirely as he anticipated. Indeed it was affirmed last night that the meeting of yesterday had not proved so de cidedly satisfactory as the two previous ones, and certainly not so complete as was predicted. Anxious as I am to inform you of the particular topics on which a difference of opinion was perceptible, or to relate the incidents which marked the discussion, I frankly admit that it is out of my power at this moment to do so on any authority which would give weight to my words. The only thing which I can say is, that yesterday was less satisfactory than the previous days of the week which has just expired. I might, to be sure, say that the question of the Christian populations in the Otto man empire, the new institutions proposed to be given to the Danubian Principalities, the demands of England with reference to Asia, and some other interesting, but perhaps secondary questions, have somewhat interfered& with the even flow `sittings the dis cussion which c h arac t er i se d the f i rst two sittings ; but, in this case, I should only repeat either the on dits of the Paris salons, or merely echo the opinions of persons who are not better ac quainted with the subj e ct th an the generality of the public, and who may have reasons of their own for circulating particular versions of what passes. I think, however, I may very safely inform you that on the whole the state of the negotiations has not materially varied from the commencement to the present moment. The chances in favour of a pacific solution have in no wise diminished, nor have those of a contrary nature increased. lam also enabled to add that henceforth matters will go on more speedily than was at first supposed, and that very probably towards the close of the present week we shall be able to form a reasonable opinion as to the definitive result. It is a part of the policy of the Russians to speak of peace as being certainly the issue of the confe rences, and the object evidently is to raise expecta tion so high as to render any other conclusion difficult. Indeed, as it is, the public can hardly think of any other ; and of the many persons with whom one converses on this all-engrossing topic, there are few t indeed who do not confidently expect that a treaty of peace will speedily terminate the labours of the Congress. As to the Emperor of the French himself, it is easy to understand how pleased he would feel if the interesting event of the Empress's accouchement should be preceded by the announcement, of peace. His Majesty is naturally sensitive on every question relating to his dynasty, and he would feel keenly any symptom of coldness at the tidings of the birth of a Prince. All the signs of external rejoicing that could be imagined would be no compensation; and he may apprehend that an event on which he sets so much importance as the birth of an heir might be received with indifference while uncer tainty still hung oper the result of the Conferences. That the proclamation of a treaty of peace should immediately precede, or be concurrent, with the other announcement, would be a triumph indeed ; but it is equally for the interest of England and France that this state of uncertainty should be put an end to, and the wish of this Government to do so is shared, as I have reason to believe, by its allies. At all events, I have the best authority for stating that the progress of the negotiatio ns w ill, f rom thi s d ay forward,' be more rapid than was at first supposed, and it may therefore be fairly inferred that some important questions have already been decided. In the meantime the Plenipotentiaries appear in every society where they are invited, and Count Orloff continues to be, I will not say the admired of all admirers, but certainly the observed of all ob servers. The moment he make his appearance in a salon he is sure to be the centre of a numerous group of both sexes, who scan every feature and watch every expression of his countenance. Com manding in person,he stands without swerving the artillery of the many eyes, many of them brilliant ones, that are pointed at him, and so watchful is the curiosity of the beholders that many of the re ports one finds floating the following day may be traced to inference hastily formed after such a scrutiny. The hero of the moment, whose name awakes associations of so peculiar a kind, bears him self well through the ordeal. His high forehead, from which the iron-gray hair is only half pushed aside, but not carelessly ; the regular and marked features of which sternness seems to be the most prominent characteristic, the long and thick mous tache, and last, not least, the costly diamonds which compose the three stars which decorate his left breast, and which might make the Duke of Brunswick himself grow pale (if anything could produce such an effect), all mark him as the object of curiosity. He seldom smiles, or if he does, his smiles, the moment they appear, hide themselves in the hair of his upper lip, as it ashamed to be seen at play on a countenance cast in so stern a mould. He is perfectly easy in his manner, and, whether his interlocutor be man or woman, is still grimly polite with all. In a certain salon last night it was ob served ".that he and Count Buol, who always, looks maussade, were more than once near each other, but did not speak. I cannot say whether it occurred by design or not, but I know that they had dined together the same evening with the Mi nister of War. At the banquet 60 guests were pre sent, comprising all the Ministers, most of the Diplomatic Corps, and many of the high function aries of the army, and I am not aware that any estrangement was observed then between them. _ RUSSIA. Accounts from Russia confirm the information previously received of the preparations which are being made by the Russian Government, in the event of hostilities being renewed in the spring. According to a St. Petersburg letter, in the Cologne Gazette, steam gun-boats will be added to the flo tilla of row-boats for the defence of the coast, and the admirals who left for Sweaborg are said to have received the most minute instructions for the defence of that fortress. A letter from Odessa of the 22•1 ult., in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" The Greek Legion Nicholas I. arrived here yesterday. Its comman der, Prince Muresi, ranks as a captain in the Russian army. The legion is to be quartered in Bessarabia, and all probably be disbanded at the conclusion of the war. General Count Osten , Sacken started this day for St. Petersburg. The regiments of the guard under General Paniutine are still in the Crimea, and will not return to the north before May, even if peace be concluded. The _ new commandant of the Crimean army has transferred his head-quarters from BakshiBSerai to Sirnpheropol." The Northern Bee, that so lately seemed t o con sider it had received a special mission to flourish its sting threateningly in the face of the foe, has now decidedly received orders to turn its attention to the exhibition of honey. In the mean time, in spite of all the " hum ming" of the Northern. Bee, the preparations for war and for defence are not relaxed ' • the buoys and sea marks ar e b e i ng t a k en up all along the coast • the light houses and beacons are no longer to be lit ; the vessels in Cconstadt are being re leased from the heavy covering of ice and snow in which they have been enveloped during the winter, and the crews are fully occupied for the present in scraping and scrubbing, in painting and holy stoning; this activity is also kept up to the neces sary degree of unremission by the frequent visits of inspection which the Grand Duke Constantine pays them. All the high officers in command in the north are as busily engaged in their prepa rations for defence as though the Allied fleets were already through the Belt. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, March 4.—News there is none, whether political or local. The passage in the speech of the Emperor Na poleon which relates to the Eastern question has not produced a favourable impression here. THE BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 9. By the Royal mail steam-ship Tamar, Captain Bevis, which arrived this moraine", with the Bra zilian and River Plate mails in :barge of Lieut. Purees, R.N., Admiralty agent, wo have dates from Buenos Ayres, Feb. 1 ; Monte Video, Feb. 4 ; Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 14 • Bahia, F e b. 17 ; Pernam buco, Feb. 19 ; St. Vincent, Feb. 27 ; Teneriffe, March 1 ; Madeira, March 3 ; Lisbon, March 5. The Tamar brings 83 passengers, 58 of whom landed at Lisbon. On freight the Tamar brings 2,0001. in specie, 35,0001. in diamonds, and a cargo consisting of 681 serons and 3 casks of cochi neal, 30 barrels of tapioca, 62 serous of ipecacu anha, 10 half-pipes of wine, 1 bale of leather, 2 barrels of coffee, and 113 packages of sundries. During the voyage the Tamar experienced mode rate weather to Lisbon, after which easterly gales to Southampton. News from Buenos Ayres is to theist ult. Latest particulars respecting the Costa invasion state that the invaders have been routed, and that Ramon. Bustos was killed, and Costa, with several others-- including two Englishmen, one named Willis, a lieu tenant of artillery, and ,his adjutant—taken. pri soners. It was further reported that 12 or 14 officers had been secured. The British Packet has published the documents relating to the defeat of Flores, which took place on the 24th of January, and was followed by the invasion of Costa on the 28th of that month, which was effected in spite of the vigilance of steamers and other cruisers at Zarate, where he effected a landing and took the town by surprise, deposing the justice of the peace and naming another in his stead as an act of local sovereignty. By a coincidence somewhat strange he discovered an ample supply of horses, and dar ingly penetrated into the interior, passing the Ca pilla del Senor, and taking undisturbed possession of the Villa de Lujan. At this time, according to the accounts, the force of Costa amounted only to 200 men, partly negroes an partly Spanish Basques. From this place he was disturbed by the approach of Col. Conessa's force, and took a southerly direnti? n l as if for Lobos or Chascomous. Beyond this notbi% is known but the rum oure d news o f hi s d e feat. was said that General Urquiza had declared war against the Buenos Ayreans, but there was 13 ° foundation for the report. Although political affai r ' at Buenos Ayres were som ew h a t unse ttl e d by tad various rumours afloat, commercial matters 1 13 ' during the month remained favourable, and lin t : business had b een d one firm was expected under all circumstances. This, however, has been pou,, ci• pally confined t o manu f ac t ure d goo d s, as it u sually happens that duri ng th e fi rs t mon th o f th e year • tie is done for the int er i or p rov i nces . F or Paraglik, i the principal articl es i n d eman d H ave b e en 0 1e , 3 steamers, guns, ammunition, an d o th er war l , l l ,, ° stores. Prices in general had n o t i m p rove d, and the stocks on hand were too l arge t o ex p ec t suc h a 1.,, ; suit for some time. The money market had be e ic stringent. Exchange on England during the We o • was quoted at 70 and 71; Spanish doubloons, ; 53 At Monte Video the Minister of Goverunc!elj and Foreign Relations had tendered his resignatl °9 ; which was accepted, and the p o rtf o li o h an ded o f ` „ i i in the meantime to the Mi n i s t er o f W ar . 1)3 , r :, feeling ran very high, and th e f or th com i n g c' e v tions were looked forward to with apprehension . Rio dates are to the 14th ult. A disagreemell had taken place between Rear-Admiral Johnst° l l commanding the British sq ua d ron i n S oll ' , Americo, and the Commodore of the United States r station in the same seas. It appears that a Dif be chant steam-vessel arrived at Ri o , from ' is United States, under pretence of taking in CO and carrying au American flag. Rear-Admi x d Johnstone, being inf o r me d th a t th e stranger has on board a great quantity of ammunition, &e.9 1 ‘, 11 11 , that she was a Russian privateer, he, as well as " e , English Charge d'Affairs, demanded from the A 11 3 . 1. rican commodore an explanation of the ruin°,l l , which he described as being entirely false. 111 : 4 , r , meantime the English and French vessels in u . „"', bour made ready to follow the American it? -p a diately she left the Rio waters, it being belie that she was on a cruise to the Pacific, when° ° lt her arrival she would hoist the Russian flag. was afterwards, however, discovered that the 1 .0 sel was not a Russian privateer, and the q uests had a friendly terminati on . Th e c h o l era h a d near l y disappeared from the empire, and there were ° I a few cases of a spasmodic character remaining' MARKETS. „t tit; RIO DE JANElRO.—Busine s s t o a mo d erat e .-- e a Imports and sales have been limited, except in floarl: t a wines, the transactions in whi c h are Im p or t an t. Freig continue dull. Transactions in sugar have been la r g t , Money has been freely inqui re d f or , an d f r eely r 0 ye Exchange has declined. Bilis to some amount bs been negotiated, at 27i to I-7, at 60 and 90 days. l e PERNAM ° BUCO.—Business has bee n on a li m ited 8 both in imports and exports, since our last advic e t , Money has become abu n d an t, f rom 12 t o 14 per ee s v d , Exchange to a great amount had been negotiated, al I The Correspondent of Nuremberg has discoverr that, before the breaking out of the present th England had co mmence d secre t negot i a ti o ns "n o the Porte for the c ess i on o f th e coas t k now n 1111 to the name of Sut or i na , i u th e Ad r i a ti c , i n o rder 0 , establish a large port there for her war steami er But the Austrian G overnmen t was informe d time of what was going on, and Baron de Prolr e , g b t immediately took decisive steps to insure the ri b g be of priority of Austria. " Th ese s t eps ," adds ' the Correspondent, " have b een success f u l, and it. question of c e di ng S u t or i na t o A us t r i a f o r a s " tl able indemnity w ill, it i s sa id, b e se ttl e d betvre" Count Buol and Aali Paella at Paris." THE EMPEROR SOULOOQUE AND 10 DOMINICA.IV - S. , L A PORTO PLATA, FEB. I.—lt is now 12 years V . . 4 state of war has p reva il e d b e t ween th e E mp i re o f 1 11 '' n i and the Dominican Republic. The Haytians, ba vj bi experienced many sev ere d e f ea t s an d di sas t ers bot , r A l sea and land, ultimately consented to a proviel, ' "" • . truce. After a Suspe ns i on of hestilites for 6 yea" ' t i t e longue made overtures to President Santana i° o f month of May last for entering upon negotiatioead„ peace. President Santana, ha v i ng re f erre d t o theme to tion of France and England, Soulouqe sent a missio!)e, Europe. No particulare have transpired of this tnis 3l° ./ but it is certtin that Soulouque, instead of taking a o "ii, further steps for promoti ng th e nego ti a ti ons he had %sr cited, mace vast preparations in the most secret roaa for invading the Dominicans and taking them b. 9 /1 . 30 prise. These preparatio ns u lti ma t e ly rouse d the attest' et of the Freneh and English consuls at Port-an-Pri nc e s l who, on the Bth o f D ec . l as t, not ifi e d to hi s ImPei r Majesty a formal p ro t es t aga i ns t th e i nvas i on o f the , i'q * o , public. This was r es p on d e d to a few hour s a fter by P° loucpie's bold proclamation of invasion. The Dominicans were soon on the alert, and Sotil ° ; quo opened the campaign by crossing the Domi pica frontier with several invading columns on the 18th • Dee., directing their march simultaneously aP s Neyba and San J uan on th e sout h , an d Sant isg" on the north of the island. Several desperate fti gagement=, took place on the 20th, 22d, and of December at Rincon, Cambronal, Neyba, Sra Thorne, and Las Matas, in all of which the Hayti, ( l‘ were routed with considerable l oss , l eav i ng a b o ve Vi o l men dead upon the 64d, and they consequently retreetei to their own territory. Th e di v i s i on th a t had ~E 0 out for Sastiago fled before th e D om i n i cans c ould e° — up with them. Tue Emperor Soulouque, after being so signallY to feated on the south, immediately crossed the country the north, where he soon collected another ar1 1 9, 10 12,000 men at Juana Mend e z. I n th e mean while ' to Dominicans, conceiving the war to be over, begat' if retire to their homes, so that when Solouque sudd e e recrossed the frontier th ere were scarce l y 4 , 000 r" — e j nicans prepared to re s i s t thi s new an d une xPec" attack. However, they met the H a yti ans on th e 24 t h Th i s January, and, alt e r an ac ti on th a t l aste d ne arly whole day, drove th em b ac k i n t o t h e i r own t e rritol; with the loss of their artillery, stores, Sec., leaving a b° 2,000 of their numbe r on th e fi e ld of battle. 0 It is reported that the E m p eror S ou l ouqu e is sa es very critical positio n , a r i s i ng f rom numerous pretee4lo having of late prese n t e d th emse l ves to d ispute w ith his Imperial Crown. Af. George Jones, convi c t e d o f t h e w i lful mur d er 0 f .;tfs Hope, the surgeon o f th e conv i ct hulk at Portsn i" - will be executed at Winchester on the 22d inst. tb ACCIDENT IN THE BRISTOL RIVER.—About a ieis i 'd since the Sabrina steamer, plying between Bristol and Cork, was stranded on Nelson's Point, on her out vt- t ill voyage from the former port. The vessel lay there.jse Thursday, when, with the return of the spring 11 ,,0e she was * floated off, and taken back to Bristol to L " - r e the extent of her damage ascertained. Yesterday 11 ' ° ",, I tl ing the Phoenix steamer, for Dublin, was ran agrooll at the same point, and, if she is not off this day, : 4l o t in all probability, lie there for at least a fortnight, ir a month. Both vessels are the property, or, at le i ' s ; are running under the direction of the Bristol Stli Navigation Company. The injuries sustained .pt the Sabrina are sail to be very slight, Nelson's r ° ,, j r • being, in fact, an accumulation of soft mud. The oc c : b s rence of two accidents, similar in a ll respects , to "to vessels belonging to the same company, would steal 0 . indicate a want of proper care o n th e part o f t h e ir 0° menders and the existence of such a point is hardly Or ditahle to the river authorities. fig rig THE LATE ACCID ENT IN r BRISTOL Rivio.— rr s f Phoenix st amer w as go t off Nelson's-roint osriv's-ss night, and, havi ng susta i ned no material injury' , ' e d proceeded on her voyage to Dublin. It is to be b ° s / r ) that some mark of w a r n i ng w ill now b e p l ace d at "'est) son's.point to prevent a recurrence of such mishall g , have oecurred there t w i ce w ithi n th e space o f a alooe it may be add e d, f or th e cre dit o f th e nav i gat i on °I the port of Bristol, that the Sabrina and the Piscenix ar e so r oily vessels that have got ashore at N e l son ' s -paint ing the last 16 years. lo t _EXHAUSTION OF INDIAN FORESTS.—AImo s t the r i• remaining source of supply of timber within British ter ti tories is Pegu. There are, it is true, considerable fore 9 io , of teak still remaining to the westward, w ithi n Dr. is son's jurisdiction. There are teak " forests" Al s t f , Chota Nagpore, but they belong to quasi l e depeno' so chiefs, whose barbarian dread of European interO s ur to leads them positively to deny the f a ct. Th ere ilia.: II patches &so on the frontier to the north-east ; but these sources are too remote and possibly t o o insigs l o 6 ( cant for a great commerce. Pegu alone r e m a i n s ; a' l lo l, Pegu Dr. M'Clelland's report is by no means bor,, The Burmese Government has overworked the fores ts # be the native squatters have overworked the f or este- -- : bs British Government has indirectly overworked forests ; and this grand source of wealth stands in 11 e v o rather of renovation than of further drainage. —A : ' of Indite. too MR. SHIRLEY BROOKS.—In the course of an elec",se address delivered by this gentleman at Bosto n occurs " I s following passage:—" You will remember that some e a months ago one of the noblest armies eve r despat oo h. from England went forth to the strife in the Crimea• islet° few months later and •12,500 of those g a ll a nt so', the were lying corpses—victims, not to the sw ord O',. a s. enemy, but martyrs to an atrocious system of lila`, ministration—martyrs to the grossest and w i c kedest t° v• that ever was permitted to deal with th e lives of P e g . (Cheers.) Forgive me if I speak more w ar mly and Par' neatly than our brief acquaintance might seem to rant. I have good right to raise my voice against ; he system ;it robbed me of a young brother. When c l b sl excitement of approaching war began to be felt he, a , 00 and energetic young man, was inspired with a resole w _s. to join the army ; and without waiting for advice oi.-017'13 sistance he volunteered into the Rifl e Brigato t W oe s which he resisted all attempts to remove him, and E , A s i e tt with his comrades for the E as t. H e s h are d in the go .tif of the Alma, where he did a so ldi er ' s d u ty, but sh ( s ii. afterwards he was seized w ith th e epidemic of the `'s, mate. Had the m os t or di nar y common•sense atria all ments been made for the sick soldiery, he would, lty human probability, h ave surv i ve d t o ser ve his eou n ssi . o to witness the brilliant ma d ness o f B a laklava, is 80' in the undying glories of the soldiers' battle—lnker ma ! i .: But the accursed system of mismanagement was thesis t_; full play ; there was as yet no Miss Nightingale t o fibs °, our authorities into sense and humanity ; and my ther's young life, like the lives of thousands of yo ur theta,' lives, was cast away : he sleeps by the great Of's; pital of Scutari. A g ai ns t that abominable sys tem British press has, to its everlasting honour, made " ceasing war." MC The e t h h ae sat th at 7,0( port. Maran Egypti per lb. 'knees Acco return; the mo item s N 1 7e, 17 1,637,8 the Ist Were : kilogra 6,082,3 entrepf of Febr 3 ,870,9 2 ,343,9 that th is on tb Lion tra States, ]tot mu 1 855. 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