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his opinion at the time to the right hon. baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir J. Graham), and his was, " If you refuse the service, I will get somebody else." With the natural feeling of a British Admiral, he did not decline ac tive service ; but never did a fleet go to sea in such a state as the Baltic fleet of 1854. In those stormy seas, it was not equal to meet au active enemy. It might be said that he ought not tell this to the house and the country ; but he felt the danger to the honour of the country was so great that it was necessary it should be known to be guarded against it in future. He managed to scramble into the North Sea and the Categat, and it blew a heavy gale of wind ; and, would the house believe it, such was'tho state of the fleet that half of the ships could not furl their sails. Was that a state for a British fleet to be sent to sea in? Many people had said be was wrong for crying down the navy. He was not doing so, but endeavouring to prevent the recurrence of these evils. At the time of the American war, such was the state of our sloops and war frigates, that they were obliged to go into the American ports because the Admiralty did not man the ships sufficiently. What would have been the state of things if our Baltic fleet had met with an enterprising enemy in the Gulf of Finland? Let it be remembered that the Russian fleet was 28 sail of the line, besides frigates and steamers, though it never went to sea except for the purpose of afford ing the late Emperor the spectacle of a naval sham fight. So well were the men trained to the guns, and so well in fine weather did they sail in double line, that only one ship— commanded by a Scotchman, Captain Moffat—was able to break through the line, whereupon the Emperor ex claimed, " Bravo, Moffatt !" and he was appointed to the flag of a Rear-Admiral in the Russian service. Now, the last of our Baltic ships manned was the Nile. On the first Sunday the men went to Divine service, the clergymen and officers on the poop, the men were on the quarter-deck. To the captain's astonishment, when the men took off their hats and showed their bald heads, and at the same time putting on spectacles—some of the men positively did not know their captain. He well knew the gallant admiral opposite (Admiral Berkeley) made great exertions to man the fleet, but such trash were they that came to Tower-hill, that two Lords of the Admiralty were sent down to inspect them, and what were the directions given for the selection of the men by the right hon. baronet opposite (Sir J. Graham)? With regard to selection from this trash; "Don't be too particular." (Laughter.) That-was the way in which the honour of their country had been jeopardised. lie had suggested that a bounty should be offered, butthe suggestion was not attended to, and the fleet was manned in the manner he had described. The fleet was now, he was happy to say, well manned, but if they wanted good seamen they must offer a bounty. The sol dier receiveda bounty, butthe seaman did not, and many of the people came aboard without shoes and stockings. If a bounty had been given, that would have gone to clothe them. If money was lavished in this country, as it was, surely they could spare something for seamen, to enable them to be dressed as they ought when they came on board. A seaman had a pride in himself, and did netlike to be seen in rags. Hestated these things to prevent them occurring again. He would say something for the coast-guard and the riggers. They came on board well dressed, and entered with zeal aid alacrity into the discipline of the service. The fleet never could have been got into the order it was in during the time he had the honour of commanding it, and when it came home, had it not been for the zeal and alacrity of the officers and men onboard the ships, and he could not sit down without giving his full 'need of praise to the admirals, commanders, and captains of the Baltic fleet, who, by their zeal, and indefatigable exertions, had brought the fleet into that satisfactory state in which the Go vernment had found it on its return to onr shores. The coast guard and riggers proved highly useful. He never saw more zeal than whilst he commanded that fleet, and he was glad to see that the present First Lord of the Admiralty had set ajnst value on the services of Admiral Chide, who had been dis missed without any cause, but whet had now an appointment in Cork. The First Lord of the Admiralty had only done an act of justice to the gallant admiral by giving him that ap pointment. - He (Sir C. Napier) had said so much then, that it was toe late to bring on hit motion in reference to the Bal tic fleet, and ho would, therefore, reserve it for to-morrow, on the motion for bringing on the estimates. (Hear, hear.) Mr. OSBORNE said the hon. and gallant admiral 110, he believed, made the speech which he had intended to Nalco in moving for his Baltic committee, on that evening. Sir C. NAPIER—No, no. Mr. OSBORNE—If that were not so, how was it, he begged leave to ask, that the gallant admiral gave the house the story of the Nile, with the bald-headed seamen who wore spectacles? (Hear, and a laugh.) Sir C. NAPIER—It is true. Mr. OSBORNE—We will see about that presently, and I will read to the house the report of the hon. and gallant ad miral—the report which the hon. and gallant admiral sent to the Admiralty himself—(hear, hear) —respecting the condi tion of this very ship, the Nile ; and then, sir, when the house has beard that report, it will draw its own conclusions. Nor would he anticipate what these conclusions would be, even supposing all the rest of the gallant admiral's state ments rest upon the same foundation. Now, sir, he would come to the report. Sir C. NAPIER--State the date. Npir. OSBORNE said ho would hand the paper to the hon. and gallant admiral when he was done. Admiral BERKELEY—No, no. (Great laughter.) Mr. OSBORNE—Oh, there is some other matter in it of which the gallant admiral might make an imprudent use. (Oh, oh.) Well, now as to the Nile—let us hear what the report says :—" The Nile was put in commission on the 6th of February, 1854, and, said the inspector, it was in a very creditable and satisfactory state." (Hear, hear.) Sir C. NAPIER,.—That did not contradict what he stated respecting the spectacles and bald heads. Mr. OSBORNE.—Was he then to understand the gallant admiral to say that the inspector would report a ship to be in a very creditable and satisfactory state, the crew of which had bald heads and wore spectacles ! (Great laughter.) Sir C. NAPIER.--What he stated was quite true. (Order, order.) Mr:OSBORNE.—But what said the inspector, whose re port the gallant admiral forwarded to the Admiralty ? Sir C. NAPIER.—But what was the date of the inspector's report? (Order, order.) Mr. OSBORNE.----June, 1854. Sir C. NAPIER.—Four months after. Mr. OSBORNE.—CouId an efficient crew become bald and and need spectacles in four months? (Loud laughter.) He would refer to the Majestic. The report of the gallant ad miral was, that that ship was " fairly manned with w good proportion of gallant invn." Then as regarded the St. George. The report of the hon. and gallant admiral in refer ence to that vessel, was as follows :—" The ship's company efficient, and the target-practice good." He had given three ships, and the motion of the hon. and gallant member was brought forward, he would bring forward other reports of the same character. He had no desire to go into the question before the house, for lm conceived that no answer had been given to the speech of his right hon. friend the First Lord of the Admiralty. lie would only observe that when a naval officer was at the head of the Admiralty, it gave great dis content to the country, and to the profession itself. The bon, and gallant admiral on the back benches (Admiral Wal cott) had referred to the opinion of the late Mr. Burke in re spect to the navy, he (Mr. Osborne) would also implore the house not to tamper with the navy, which was never in a more efficient state than it was at that moment. (Hear. Captain SCOBELL replied. The house then divided, when the numbers were— For the motion Against it Majority _ _ 171 .-91 Admiral NAPIER postponed his motion for a select corn mittee to ingnire into the operations of the Baltic Fleet in 1854, until Thursday, the 14th of February. Mr. ATHERTON obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend the laws relAtiag to the conveyance of lands for charitable uses. Mr. EIVART seconded the motion, which, after a few words from Mr. lIADFIELD, was nreed to, and the bill was ac cordingly brought in and read a first time. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES ACT. Mr. A. PELLATT moved for and obtained leave to bring in A bill to amend the provisions of the Marriage Acts Re lating to Dissenters. The bill was read a first time. HOUSE OF COMMONS OFFICES BILL. On the motion to proceed with the orders of the day, the House of Commons Offices Bill was, after a few words from Sir H. Wmormusv and Lord PALmEssrox, to the effect that the Speaker should have a voice in the appointments, read a second time and ordered to be committed. METROPOLITAN POLICE BILL. On the motion that this bill pass through committee, Sir J. SHELLEY said his attention had been called, by some of his constituents, to the circumstance of the Chief Commissioner of Police having signed the orders for keeping regulation and order in the parks, on occasion of the late dis turbances. He thought that such orders should have been signed, not by that official, but by the Secretary of State ;or the Home Department, and that the Chief Commissioner should not act as if he was a minister of police. Sir G. GREY having explained, The bill passed through committee, and the house resumed. The house then adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock. Naval and Military Intelligence. By the late removals to the Reserved List and pro motions of officers holding appnintments the following fall into the patronage of the Firrt Lord of the Admi ralty :—The command-in-chief on the Irish station, vice Rear-Admiral Sir G. R. Sartoriu , r, promoted ; the captains' pensions of 1501. per annnm, ‘for good and meritorious services," relinquished by Captains Thomas Wren Carter, C. 8., Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, and Sir John Ifindraarsh, K.H. ; the Commodore Superinten dentshio of Chatham dockyard, vacant by the promo tion of Captain Christopher Wyrill to the rank of Rear- Admiral ; and the command of her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, 91, vacant by the promotion of Sir Thos. Pasley. A naval aide-de•campihip to the Queen also falls in the promotion of Captain W vill. Admiral Chads will succeed Si r G . Sartorins in t he Y command at Cork. The work for the completion of the six gun and mortar-boats now in course of Construction at Bristol is being pushed forward day and night. The Lords of the Admiralty have tak en i nto consi• deration th e serv i ces o f Commodore Sheph erd, superin tendent of her Majesty's dockyard, Woolwich, and have awarded him the good-service pension. Good-service pensions have also been conferred on Captain T. L. Massie, Captain Sidney C. Dacres, and Commander John Shrapnel. The steam-transport Cumberland, with military stores for Balaklava, left Woolwich on Wednesday for Green. hithe, for the adjustment of her compasses. The paddle-wheel steamer Dee, Master-Commander Pullen, left the outer basin of Woolwich dockyard yes ter-Jay rooming with a cargo of steam machinery and boilers for ships fitting out at Sheerne ss . The Coquette, 6, despatch gun-boat, C omman d er Risk, was yesterday morning taken from the outer basin at Woolwich to the dry dock to undergo a final inspec tion. The Admiralty yacht Vivid, Master-Commander Allen, has completed her repairs, and is equipped in the most sumptuous style for the peculiar services in which she ig subject to be engaged. The crew of the surveying-vessel Spitfire, Captain Spratt, were 3esterday morning paid off at WOOI roe barracks at Horfield, near Bristol, are now solely occupied Ly the Land Transport Corps, as the artillery hitherto+ st ationed there ha s b een w i t hd rawn t o E xe ter. On h e other side of the Severn, at the Uskside Iron works, the great mortar h' Growler is undergoing a w b urst on hoard the process, in order to render it perfectly effective. Preparations are being made at Southampton to re ceive on board the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, transport No. 25, Captain Coor, at that port, to-morrow, 68t rank and file of the S wiss Legion, 26 officers, and 1 horse. The itipon will leave immediately after the embariiaticn for Smyrna. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-(IARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson. THIS EVENING BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Princiral character by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Flexmoro ; I•antaloen, Mr. Barnes ; Harlequin, Mh. C Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANZ. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, EIEY RIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King N 011601186 and the Seven Ages of Min.= THEATRE ROYAL, .11 tYMA.REET. Under the Management of Mr. Backatone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE RUTTERFLri BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S YEAST; or, Har lecininandtiie Genius of the Spring. ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., OaroßD-EITR CRT. Under the Management of Mr. Clause Kean. TITS EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ke,thartne, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Woisey, Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Ilnline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. TRRAYRE ROYAL ADRLPRI. Proprietor, Mr. R. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENLNG, THE BOOTS OF THE HOLLY TREE INN. After which. DOME9TIC ECONOMY. To be followed by URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland. P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will alonar. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. THE JEALOUS WIFE. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy' Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESS; e-, the Three Maas Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marstoa, and Miss Maskell will appe sr. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd cud Creswick. THIS EVENINO THE SHADOWS OF CRIME. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND TREATER. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. TIM EVENING. HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE; or. An in the Downs and Davy Jones's I;Ocker. After which, THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Followed by VIE PRISONER OF ROCHELLE ; or, Inns and Outs. To conclude with A PLAGUE 0' BOTH TOUR HOUSES ; or, The Doub!e•barrelled Gan Trick. ♦BTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATR.I. Lemon and Manner, Mr. WM, Cooke. THIS EVENING. The popular equestrian Spectacle calied ROOKWOOD; or, TER PIN'S RIDE to YORK. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. The wonderflil per formance of the Stupendous Sagacious Elephants, whose instinct and docility have astonished every one. To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND RT. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON ; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Zqaestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, Inn, EMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF IV3IfAN, Every Evening at 8. and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the press. and by nightly Increasing audience; to be the Oreateat Artistica' Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 2s. Gd. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAT—Morn. lc min. aft. 3—Evening 37 min. aft. 3 T(‘-bloaitow—Morn. 57 min. aft. 3 —Evening 19 min. aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB 8. THERMOMETER, IN TIIR SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 51-11 west this morning and during the night. 53—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'09. WIND. S.W.—Fresb, with dull weather. Heavy rain ,n the night. e- - ct • • LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1856. After a very brilliant debate, in which •very one of the Law Lord.; took part, Lord LYND BURST'S motion was last night carried by a ma jority of 33—that is to say, of 26 Peers who were in attendance and heard the arguments, and 7 proxies. It is, therefore, decided that "the letters patent purporting to create Sir JAMES PARKE a Baron of the United Kingdom for life he referred to the Committee for Privileges, with 61irections to examine and consider the same, and report thereon to the House." This may be considered almost tantamount to a refusal of the House to concur in the coup d'etat which has been attempted. The majority of the House, who would be entitled to vote on any purely legal question, have already given expression to their views in opposition to the attempt so hastily and recklessly made, and on which it appears that the Law Officers of the Crown have not even been consulted. In opposition to the grant wore arrayed the names of LYNDHURST, ST. LEONA RDS, CAMPBELL, and BROUGHAM. Of these the three first clearly considered the grant illegal, while Lord BROUGHAM expressed considerable doubt on the law point de claring that, "as to the legality of such creations, ho himself, if at that moment called upon to de cide the question, would be inclined to say that they were legal." He, however, strongly advo cated a stringent and searching .investigation, in which the House would have the assistance of able and learned counsel, and the whole of the judges of the land. On the other side the Loid Chancellor seemed perfectly satisfied on the legal question, and cautioned the House against infringing on the prerogative of the Crown. His Lordshis wished to postpone the evil day, by waiting until the heir of the new Peer should put forward his claim to a seat in that House, when the entire matter would properly be taken into consideration. This is to a certain extent in accordance with the view expressed in our leading columns of yesterday, to the effect that it was by no means improbable that the Patent to Lord WENSLEYDALE might, notwith standing the limitation for the term of his natural life, convey hereditary rank to the heirs general of his body." It is, however, the more constitu tional and dignifi e d course to meet th e d anger a t its very inception, so that the SOVEREIGN may be made fully aware of the possible consequences of the act. That there is a difficulty is manifest. W e h ave already poi n t e d out its nat ure and extent. But the r eme d y shoul d proceed from parliament itself from the united action of the three estates of the realm, rather than from What may possibly turn out to be the unconsti tutional exercise of a supposed prerogative on the part of one branch only of the body. There can be no reasons why a reform bill for th© House of Peers should not be introduced as well as for the Muse of Commous. The Crown may con sent to the limitation Of Ita unquestionable pre- There is but on( ► other remedy for the acknow ledged evil of the I rant of Law Lords, which must become far more glaring when those who now confer honour an( I distinction on the House shall be removed in the course of nature to an other world. Thai House must consent either to a large and comproliensive measure of reform, or to abandon its appellate jurisdiction as the Supreme Tribunal of the Empire by which it has hitherto so pertinaciously abided. This, as we have stated, is the sole alternative ! It is one that legislative wisdom must decide on. With the most affec tionate and loyal devotion to our present most gracious and well-beloved SOVEREIGN, we feel it an act of imperative duty towards the existing and all future generations to resist until after duo inquiry any extension of the Royal Preroga tive, which may possibly prove unconstitutional, and would unquestionably form a very dangerous precedent for the future. The House of Commons last night refused, by a majority of 91, to accede to the motion of the Honourable and Gallant Member for Bath for - granting a Select Committee to inquire into the Naval Administration, Patronage, Promotions, and Retirements, and the efficiency of the Service in all its grades. We deeply regret this decision, which is certainly opposed to the public opinion strongly in favour of a stringent investi gation into a matter wherein the abuses have be come painfully notorious. The only tangible ground en which the system of promotion by purchase in the Army can be defended is, that it is even less objectionable than the gross instances of partiality and favouritism displayed in the Navy. There the object is not to get " the right man in the right place," or to give honour and rank to 'the most meritorious candidates, but to those who have the highestamount of Parliamentary influence. We have witnessed the melancholy con sequences. 'While our sailors and junior officers have displayed the utmost gallantry, and proved themselves the worthy successors of those who fought under NELSON and COLLINGWOOD, there is certainly a lack of enterprise on the part of the leaders. GOD forbid that we should for a mo ment disparage aristocratic sailors, who have so frequently proved themselves true-hearted Eng lishmen ; but they do not in these respects differ from others, and it is indeed a cruel anomaly that while the average time of promotion from the rank of Lieutenant to Post-Captain in the fast or aristocratic list should be but 31 years, that of their no less worthy competitors should be ar more than quadruple the time. The country are now deeply interested on the all-important subject of naval and military pro motions. It is not satisfied with the existing system, and it will enforce decided reforms despite the red-tapist objections of the political Jack-of all-trades—Sir CHARLES WOOD—who now fills the post of First Lord, without any qualifications to fit him for the arduous and important duties incidental to that truly national position. Every one who enjoys the privileged memory of an old playgoer —every one who can call to mind the palmy days of the acted drama, "under the consulship of PLaNcus," as Mr. TILACKERAY bath it—when Lim); could wink a whole pitfull into convulsions—when RICHARD JONES glittered behind the footlights as the very paragon of coxcombical elegance—when ROBERT WILLIAM ELLISTON was at once the glory and the despair of Light Comedians ! Every one who remembers, as a thing of yesterday, the flushed and sparkling features of CHARLES KENIBLE as Young Mirable —the tragic rusticity of EMERY as Bob Tike— the red wig of Little KNIGHT, and the girlish laughter of Mrs. JORDAN, and MATHEWS the Elder, with his Asmodean limp, and his grotesque splutter, and his laughter-moving shrug of the shoulders ! Every one who recollects the stage as it was in the glorious old days—when, for Panto mime, GRIMALDI was Clown, and BARNES was Pan taloon, and ELLA?. was Harlequin—and for Farce, there was Jaex REE'SES just stepped freshly upon the boards literally to astonish the natives—and for comedy, there was ABBOTT even for the minor part of the walking gentleman—and for the loftiest phases of the histrionic art, for the historical, the tragical, the SIIAKSPERIAN, there was the won drous genius of EDMUND KEAN, with his single name lighting up the elramatic hemisphere as with a flaming meteor, or a galaxy, or a constel lation ! Every one who can individually call to mind that memorable epoch, .when the fortunes of the English stage were at their highest-- remembers, vividly and, as a matter of course, remembers, MorrnEN, the inimitable MUNDEN, as Old Dozey ! Remembers his drab overcoat of innumerable capes and his lanthorn of opaquest horn, remembers his purpl e nose and his hiccup, his reeling boots and his drooping eyelids, his snuzzling voice and his acquiescent tautology ! How the sleeping, boozing Old CHAR LEY had nothing else to do all through the piece but agree to everything ! Accuse him of being this—" So he was ! So he was !" Charge him with doing that—" So he did ! So he did !" It was all one to him! Tax him with such aid such rascals having made off after bribing him--"So they had ! So they had !" The fellow was incorri gible—snoozing and snuffling—consistently ridi culous from first to last in his drowsyhead, his goad humour, his dullness, and his monotony. Altogether a knave as Dogberry describes one— " Very tolerable and not to be endured." Well— precisely what JOSEPH MUNDEN was as Old Dozey in " Past Twelve o'Clock, " JOSEPH BROTHERTON is as M.P. for Salford during the happy reign of VICTORIA, upon the great political stage on which the national drama is, at certain seasons, nightly enacted at Westminster. We are all familiar with the pars as performed by Mr. BROTHERTON, session after session, to empty benches—the Old Dozey of the House of Commons ! It is the same thing all over again. We know every syllable by heart. So that, through repetition upon repetition, the thing has at length become tedious to the very last degree of tediousness. The latest representation of the old farce of " Past Twelve 0 1 6 lock" being as re cently as Tuesday, the sth inst., when Old Dozey was enacted once more in the old, old style by Mrs. BROTHERTON—We beg pardon, by Mr. BRo- TllERTON—before the usual " beggarly display of empty benches," and amidst-the customary peals of laughter. Mr. EwARr good-naturedly undertaking tho subordinate part of supporter to the veteran c "letlian. In which capacity, by the way, the lat ter gentleman not inaptly parodied (in allusion to she Speaker, the Mon-bars, and the Clerks of the rogative of creal ing any number of Peers at any time whatsoever ; and a privilege of their Lord ships and if thei r successors might also be sur rendered in obed ienco to the will of the entire Legislature. Th 13 Treaties of the Union of Scot land and Ireland constitute unexceptionable pre cedents on bot,) i points. The matter should, therefore, form the foundation for a Peer age Reform Eh 1, which might be adopted with no less benefit than the similar measure relating to the representative branch of the Legislature, :nearly a quarter of a century ago. House of Commons) those lines from the introduc tory book of COWPER'S " Task :" " Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk, The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below." But the Member for Dumfries might have con tinued his quotation yet a little further ; changing not onesyllable of the poet's reference to the sleep— " Of lazy nurse who snores the sick man dead !" in its application, for the nonce, to the House as the " sick man," and to the " lazy nurse" as re presented by Mrs.—again we beg pardon—Mr. BROTHERTON. Whereat, doubtless (supposing him to have any sense whatever of the felicitous in quotation), we can imagine the member for Salford to have lisped in the words of the Sir Fwedewick Blount of BULWER LYTTON'S "Money" —" That fellow COWPER says vewy odd things !" (adding in an under tone, and with an aside-scowl at his seconder) " Humph !—it is beneath me to quawwell." Finally, however, be it here observed in reference to the old farce of Tuesday evening-- the old, old farce of " Past Twelve o'Clock," that our comic Premier revived, in reference to the OM Dozey of the House of Commons, the favou rite pastime of the Nobs in the grand old fogified times under the Consulship of PLANCUS —namely, that of—boxing a Charley ! The member for Salford, in short, was again fairly "shut up" by the agile jocularity of that very nimble joke-master (uncle, through the mother's side we suspect, that is to say, through the san guinous endowment, of the ancient family of the Stiltstalkings to the " light-in-hand young Bar nacle," the " bright young Barnacle," the " touch and-go young Barnacle "of " Little Dorrit ") the gay and perennial PALMERSTON ! THE SU P4 l LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1856. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, FEB. 8. The Austrian communication on the subject of the Five Points accepted by Russia was yesterday presented to the Diet of Frankfort, and was re ferred to the respective committees without dis cussion. PARIS, FRIDAY, Feb. 8, 8.30 A. m. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated the 7th inst., announces the commencement of a change in the Cabinet. M. Bruil has left the Ministry of Finances, and yesterday M. Francisco Santa Cruz took the oaths as Minister of Finances. BERLIN, FEB. 6. It is stated that Russia has deolared that the participation of 'Prussia in the conferences is a special question, entirely independent of the sig nature of the preliminaries of peace, and the solution of which tray tale place at a later period in the course of the conferences. Letters from St. Petersburg state that the re establishment of the episcopal sees, which had been promised to the Pope by the Cz tr Nicholas, has not yet received the sanction of the Emperor Alexander 11. Frona Holstein it is stated that the Emperor of Russia is purchasing horses for his approaching coronation, which is to take place after the con clusion of pea( e. COPENHAGEN, Feb. 6.—A conference has taken place between the delegates on the Sound dues. Denmark has made a fresh proposition, asking for 36 millions of thalers, to be divided among those interested. HAMUURG, Feb. 7.—By royal decree the crimi nal prosecution decreed against the Minister Scheele by the Holstein Diet is to be brought before the Superior Court of Appeal of that Duchy. MADRID, Feb. G.—Tranquillity has been re established. The Government has decided on raising the state of siege of the provinces of Burgos and Aragon. It is thought that this mea sure will also be applied to Catalonia. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Patric of this evening says it is the inten tion of the Emperor of Russia to visit Paris next May, that is, immediately after his coronation. The Monitem publishes a decree promulgating a convention of extradition just concluded between France and Austria. The Moniteur contains decrees appointing one officer, one non-commissioned officer, and three privates to the rank of knight in the Legion of Honour, and conferring the military medal on 12 privates. Other decrees confirm one promotion to the rank of officer in the Legion of Honour, one nomination to the rank of knight, and the grant of 8 military medals, made by Marshal Pelissier. General Ferrey, who commanded a brigade of cavalry in the army of the Els% has just arrived at Marseilles by the Euphrate from Constantinople. This officer, non-in-law of Marshal Bugeaud, re turns to France in consequence of his promotion to the rank of general of division. BOURSE, Feb. 7.—The following wore the last quotations : Cwt. ft. e. End of Month. 4} per Cents 95 73 --f. —O. 3 per Cents 72 30 7 85 Now Loan 73 25 Bank Shares 3,490 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,555 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. 97 Spanish Threes 4l, Piedmonteec (5)...... $9 -- Home Debt BAILWAYS-POR CASE. --_-----fr. c. - (r. O. Orbanne 1,242 50 Western 847 50 Northern Lyons —.1,210 New Ditto B2O Mediterranean .1,385 Grand Central 635 Lyons Geneva ...... 747 50 Teste Cette THE AFRICAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 8. The mail steamer Retriever arrived this after noon with homeward bound mails. She brings 1,824 oz. of gold, 225 puncheons of palm oil, and a full cargo of African produce. Fernando Po was very unhealthy, but business was brisk. At Lagos things were quiet, and a good business doing —town and shipping healthy. Her Majesty's steamer Hecate had destroyed an American brigan tine named the Chatsworth, of New York ; she was fully equipped for slaves ; the crew escaped. A good deal of dissatisfaction has been shown by the merchants of Accra, owing to the authorities placing a duty on British and French imports. THE COURT.—Preparations are beingmade at Windsor Castle for the removal of the Court to Buckingham Palace on Monday next. Her Majesty will remain in town until the 22d of March, when, as usual, the Court will return to Windsor Castle for the Easter Taca tior. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Gen. the Hon. Charles Grey and Colonel Du Plat, visited the site of the Wellington College, near Blackwater, yesterday at noon, to inspect the progress of the works for the building. THE MAIM—LIVERPOOL, Feb. 7.—The Royal mail (sailing) ship Joseph Tarratt, Captain Hamm, belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Co., took ber departure hence this morning for Melbourne, with the mailg, a full cargo , and 170 passengers. Th e ne xt Austr a li an sem..-monthly mail will be despatched in the White Star mil ship Spray of the Ocean ; to be followed on the sth proximo, by the mail clipper Champion of the Seas, belonging to the Black Ball line. The James Baines, with mails and later advices from Australia, is daily expected. The British and North American Royal mail steaut-ship Asia, Lott commander, will leave this port for New York on Saturday next, the 9th inst., at I now]. DEATH OP THE BISHOP or CARLISLE.—This Prelate, whose death. has been just announced, was the third son of the first Earl of Beverley, and was born in the year 1784. He graduated M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1805, and was consecrated Bishop of Rochester i a June, 1827. In September following he was transla led to the See of Carlisle. The deceased Prelate was also a Prebendary of St. Paul's and Chan cellor of Shlisbury. THE CLERKSHIP Or THE COMIONS.-111r. Wilson's new bill t:onfirms the appointment of Mr. T. Erskine May as C Jerk Assistant of the House of Commons, and requires •that the clerk assistant and his deputy, the second cl erk, shall be hereafter appointed by her Majesty, and be removable from office only upon an address 9 f the Louse to her Majesty for that purpose. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE At the meeting of the holders of the Foreign Debt at Buenos Ayres, held yesterday, the report of the committee was adopted. A resolution was also passed to the effect that an urgent appeal should be made to the authorities in the Republic for a more liberal allowance to the Bondholders, in liquidation of the_ arrears of interest before memorialising our Government upon the subject. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6171; Mexican, 20 4 ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per C'ents., 55 56 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 6 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 422 3f ; ditto Deferred, 23;- 4y ; ditto Certificates, 4 1 45 ; ditto Passive, 64 I. In Railway Shares there is generally a slight improvement, but there is rather less animation. Eastern Counties, North Eastern, and Brighton are higher. The Foreign and Colonial are dull, but steady. Mines and Banking, Shares are rather flatter, but Peninsular and Oriental Steam are 2/. dearer. linslnes, done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent:Red:wed Anunitian 3 per Cent. Consols Annuitioo 9ls New 3 per Cent. Annuities 924 2 2 Uonsols for Account Etchcquer Bills, 20. £l000 Small.. .. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC K. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St lO5 4 Sardinian Bons, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Sp ,nisi, Hoods, per Vent Ditto Account Turicin tionds, 6 per cent Ditto Account Ditto New Scrip 4 per Con' lOOl g 21 Dividends on the above payable In London. TWO O'CLOCK. C msolq Ditto Account , .. 594 42/ OLD COURT. At the sitting of the Court this morning the Rev. Dr. Vaughan surrendered to take his trial on three indict ments for having unlawfully and feloniously made false entries in the books registering the deaths at the church of St. Matthew, Brixton. The facts of the case have already appeared in The Sun, and at the time we went to press the jury had not returned their verdict. So confident are the Russians of peace that many who had been hitherto residing at Brussels have already come to Paris. PRIVATE THEATRICALS.—Last evening a party of very clever amateurs assembled their friends together in the little Soho Theatre,;to witness the performance of a five act comely and a farce—to wit, 'The Rivals," and "Popping the Question." As one among their audience, we had reason to thank them for several hours passed very pleasantly indeed, hours—let us add most unaf fectedly —of genuine enjoyment. It is always (every body feels it to be so, on the instant) invidious to dis tinguish among the ladies and gentlemen who share upon such occasions in the difficulties inseparable from all such strictly unprofessional histrionic representations. Difficulties no one can possibly in any way even surmise who has not already himself taken part in the fun and frolic of private theatricals. Where all endeavoured so earnestly to do their best, and in so endeavouring really did their best so admirably, as unquestionably did the amateur company who last evening treated their friends to so excellent a representation of "The Rivals," and "Pepping the Questisn," it were superfluous, and hardly less unfair than superfluous ' to particularise. Never theless, it ma y, p er h aps , for once, be allowable to specify the more ingenious portraitures of character noticeable among the performers, there and then partici pating in the labours of this same most agreeable enter tainment. It can scarcely, moreover, be deemed invi dious our so doing, we imagine, when it is borne in mind that the allusions here made to the amateur perform ance referred to, are so couched as in no way to violate the distinguishing privacy of its general character. Briefly, then, we would venture, in the first place, to particularise the Mrs. Malaprop of the night as an im personation really remarkable of its kind—something very far indeed above the average of amateur theatricals. The Sir Lucius O'Trigger, too, was excellent, both in regard to brogue and bearing—the brogue nct being overdone, and the bearingbeing that of a dilapidated gentleman, a well as ofan arrant fire-eater. The Captain Absolute of the occasion, likewise, appeared to us fur the most part well considered throughout, and, here and there, sparkling as ever befits that genuine light comedy hero. Acres, particularly in the toilette!scene, but more particu'arly still in the- great duel-scene, was eminently laughter- moving jthe humorous impersonator of "Fighting Bob," last night being drolly metamorphosed, a little later in the evening, into the ridiculously precise and preposterously prim Mr. Prim rose of the after-piece. As to the lady-heroines Of the night, not yet enumerated—what shall he said of the Lydia Languish, but that she was, from first to last, charmingly pretty and graceful in her portraiture of the romantic Betrothed of Ensign Beverley ? What of the Julia, but that sbe was as amiably pensive and placidly gentle in that character, as in the role of Miss Winter blossom, (in the farce) she was shrewishly Ebel and spitefully vixinesh ? What efthevibuvatciothuast sheact wasress,whao was the soubrette of both pieces, lively, bright-ey e d Lucy, and a livelier and brigiiter eyed Bobbin ? The really admirable Mrs. Mala prop being transformed as by a startling feat of leger demain into an amazingly comical Miss Biffen in " Pupping the Question a Mice Biffen whose mere "make up," by the way, was a source of convulsive laughter, whether as to the combing up or the looping d o wn of the love-lock s , or as to the "moulting" every now and then (so to express it) of one or other of those stupendous feathers ! Considerable pains appeared to have been bestowed proportionately upon the rest of the dramatis persowe not already speci fied, whether in regard to the very arduous character of Sir Anthony Absolute, or to the subordinate parts in the comedy, such as the finnical gentleman's gentleman Mr. Fag, and the rustic clod-hopping chaw-bacon David, not forgetting the sentimental Faulkland, and the pert little Boy who comes in to be kicked !, Again let us speak collectively of the Private Theatricals of yesterday at the Soho Theatre, as of an evening of genuine enjoyment Very agreeably remembered. CITY, Two o'CLocE. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed firmly, although the supply was large. The sales were 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 2,000 were for export. The Railway Share Market was quiet and the quotations were a shade lower. There was rather a dull market for Colonial pro duce this week, and for some staples recent prices have scarcely been supported. Business in West India sugar is almost suspended, and the quota tions are almost nominal. Havannah has been cheaper, and for refined there has been very little inquiry. There has been a steady demand for Ceylon coffee at fully previous prices. Tea has not attracted much attention, and rice has ruled dull. Black pepper has declined, and cloves as well as Cassia Lignea are alsolower. Saltpetre has tended upwards, and tallow has been heavy. Accounts from the Hamburg grain market state that the fall in all kinds of grain continues from day to day, and the same has occurred in all the ports of the Baltic. Many unlucky speculators will be completely ruined by the fall in prices. Notwithstanding the fall in wheat and rye, which is estimated at about 25 per cent., contracts are not now being entered into by parties at the reduced prices, for grain deliverable in the month of May, at the opening of navigation. The consequence is that purchasers only buy for their immediate wants, expecting a further decline in prices before that period. The fall in grain likewise continues in the prin ciple French grain markets. At Paris the decline in wheat this week is lf. to lf. 50c. for first quali ties, and from if. 50c. to 2f. for other sorts. Rye, also, is difficult of sale, at reduced rates ; some lots have been sold at 33f. and 34f. per hectolitre and a half, with a tendency to a further fall. In oats, good sorts are 50c. less, and second quali ties if. At the flour market, yesterday, the fall averaged 2f. por hectolitre. Choice kinds are now 94f., and inferior from 87f. per sack. The factors declared a sale of 769 sacks, at the average price of 891. 66c. per 157 kilogrammes. At Brussels the grain market is more steady, and prices have au upward tendency on account of the supply being smaller than the demand. Wheat was sold yester day at 33f. per hectolitre. The arrangement of the speculative account hav ing now been completed there is rather more ac tivity in English Securities, and the market presents a firmer appearance. Another operator has been unable to meet his differences, but after the recent important fluctuation a few casualties, such as have occurred during the last few days, were generally anticipated. The Money Market is rather easier, but not sufficiently so to occasion any reduction in the rates charged for discount. Consols f or t rans f er h ave been dull at 91! to 3, and for account the prices are 94 the advance since yesterday being about / per cent. The New Threes are 921 to g, and the Reduced 914 I. Bank Stock is 212,1 to 214. Exchequer Bills are ls. higher, being 7s. to 3s. discount. The Foreign Market is again exceedingly quiet, but prices hare advanced. Turkish 6 per Cents. are fully 1 per cent. higher, being 921 to 93k, and 5 ` the 4 per C en t s . are as high as 1021 c. Spanish 3 si per Cent s . h ave ru l ed heavy, viz., 421. Russian 5 per Cents. are 104 to 105, and Sardinian 5 per St Cents. 891. Dutch and South American Securities St . are inactive. St. BRITISH FUNDS TIIDB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. St. (Prows the oscial Liat.) 25 CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) 120 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) EMLWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday 4 - 4 •o• •••= .. 7i - Si 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 85 - 67 5 5i - 56 12i - ... ll'ald.l RAIL WA I'S. 10., ! ,, xt . erieen........ .... 1 Ambg. Nottng:Bost all B a c u lf d as E t a st st i n ;ll J y u m m e l a t ; all Birming. Wolverh N 29A u S ir t k o e ur th V d a . ll La ey n . c .. B . l 6 . an o C o l . le c sl i i i i e r , e h. Ju di nc ß t irk 19 DT, (, ) , e a 2 n o a . . 1: . . 2 . 5 . . . Cons. . . 1 all Bly x t 2 h s & (i T s y mi n . e a o t ri lin i3 a 100 ,„,, ristol and Exeter „tuu., iCalcdonian. U L , s , 'Qum. and Cardigat a" Chester ts Holyhead. a ll,, Cork and Bandon,. a., 1 „,' Cork, Black, dc Pae. ." 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Worthing Mining of 1 all Ynba --- MISCBLLAN KOMI. .......---- 25 t 9 Australian A grivalt. 254 264, I(' all Al's:Tall-4 Royal Mail 4 — .. 10 all Berli n Water Works 6i 74 f)0 ,0 Brit. American Land 47 50 100 • , 2,' Canada. 127 132 ftt. '0 0. Go.6p.e . Jan &.;ul3 1074 1084 108 i St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb & Aug 108 110 St. 100 Do. 6p. c. Mar & Sept 108 110 o ad Crysta) Palace. ...... . 24 n 24 6 all Do. Preference....... 5 54 4 ail Crystal Pad . of Franc. ... ... 1 4 Duston Iron 0 re ..... ... ... 20 13 Eastern 5team....... ... .. 5 all En.diAus Cop Sin Co 1 14 25 all Electric Telegraph... 194 203 I all Electric Toleg. of Ir. ... • ... 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collie/ ... • - ... 15 1.4 Con. Steam Navnzat. ... ... 18 all General Screw Stean ~„ ... 16 i LO 10 Trish Beetroot Stval ... -.. ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin .., _.. ... 10 all ffediteran. Eicc. Tel 8 10 10 9 Mexican &S. A merlon 54 —5/ 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue ... ... 1.0 5 Netherl an d s Land.... 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 2 Do. 8 p c P i ssat l d 4 5d 100 80 New B. &N.S. Land 18 22 1 all N. P. Australasian i 5 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeSt.san ... .. . 1 all Orie n t a l G as 1 15 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" I) all Peel Rr. lA. & Minrl. 25 25 50 all Peninsular& Oriental ... ... 64 50 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron C 0...,, ... —. ... [33 60 Royal Mail Steam I all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 •-• 14 1 i Ditto New. I- 61 . ?5 0 South Anstral.La n d 354 364 all Submar. Tel. Scrip 5 1 00 all Do. Registered. -- it .'i 5 i Trust& L.Co.U.Can, ... ..... ... LOO 284 Dag Dia.man'a La., 154 - 16 154 . % ... V.Go.6p.c.Jan&July ... . ... A report has been circulated since the failure of Messrs. Scott Russell and Co., that the firm of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co. are among their creditors for a large amount. It is wholly destitute of foundation. VESTRY OF ST.' PANCRAS. —Yesterday at the weekly meeting of this, vestry, the Rev. T. bale in the chair, the election of the various officers was proceeded with. No new appointments, , however, took place, all the old officials being re-elected by a vote of 37 to 3. A letter was received from Sir Benjamin Hall, notifying his in tention to widen the Gloucester-gate entrance into the Regent'. .park, and requesting the vestry to instruct their surveyor to proceed with the work. BIRTHS. A' A SON. On the 6th inst., at 3, Residentiary Houses, Amen' court, the wife of the Rev. W. Calvert. OP A DASOUTER. On the 6th inat., the wife of Andrew Ca'deco% Esq., of Woodford, Essex. MARRIED. On the sth inst., at the parish church of St. Nicholas, Edward Priest Richards, Esq., of Plasnewyd, Glamorgan shire, to Harriet Georgina, eldezt daughter of Admiral Sir George Tyler, M.P., of Cottrell, in the same county. DIED, On the 4th inst., at Dublin, the Right Mon. Earl of Listowel, aged 5 t. On the 6th inst ., at Clapham-road-place, Kennington, Jatnes Harley, Esq., aged 65. On the 4th inst., at Battlesbridge, Rettendon, Essex, Richard James Meeson, aged 65. On the 3d inst., on board the Josephine Willis, Henry Richard Mohun, third mate of that ill-fated vessel, second son of Mr. John Mohuu, of Blackheath, Kent, aged 19. LONDON: Printed and Published by Maw° youllo, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Ne, 112, Strand. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the eventl ifiddlow s FriclAy, ribruPT 8,1856., 541 5t 97t 1004. i 78 74 7i 814 5 41 oi 49i 50 713 70i 10 St 26i 13 3 / 4 20. 100 1 100 100 100 'lOO 100 100 100 100 all too all } 10 di' 76 6 94 / 69} 9 10 i and Cam and Brag 14, j wll LYO: ing j ee4 STOI Th form; Store Pa that Roya Th, a4drt instal Cry NO MEE the be 2 for th theta of Fel the s, G LII damp; The p ; Witho Th, tn. p a It Ch ?e ' . crd Of 4,2 than Guar, V 4) Illqd Unite vsvolik I naY 1 Mier' aft*, AS! and I', Ste tiera T_.yge lkfn tnr,ri 8' 1 1o' Th and Tool tw„ Oci So' -rerft 34 i — CK•A Kgee kii Alt ti OrtTl sand 403,1 Leos "Nu tack aire ter j is tt 'nnrc %vit. 14 1 to — K fa t 4s o'B Ctsl eve eic aro eau are