The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-18 00:00:00

---__ TEI E SII N, TO ARRIVE TILE SAME EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENIN. 0, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which. HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harluin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of eq Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE FEAST; RFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S or, Harlequin and the Genius ef the Spring. To conclude with ONLY A HALFPENNY. kOTAI, PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET. under the Management of Mr. Caaamsa KW!. THIS EVENING, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND nir, MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormaek ; Clown, Mr. Hal inc ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula; and Colurnhine, Miss Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL ADE'LPHL, rreprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After which, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with JACK AND TUE 8EA..4" STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Gooee at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland. P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Mimi E. Arden will ap,ear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRZ. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING PARIS IN 1792. To conclude with k PRINCE OF PEIRLS ; or, Harlequin and Jane shore. ROYAL STRAND TIIZATREI. Under the direction of Mr: Papas. THIS EVENING, THE HOLLY TREE INN. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE; or, All in the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. ROYAL OLYUPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TO OBLIGE BENSON, a which Mews. Emery, F. Robson, Leslie. and Miss F. Ternan will appear. To be followed by TfIF: WELS!I GIRL. After which will be produced a New and dgmbly-moril, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TILE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffi. In which Messrs. Xmery, F. RobiOH, 11. Cooper, Miss Marsto 1, awl Miss Maskell will appear. A3TLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. The Greatest Wonder of (he Day is the Equestrian Comic Panto ime. The Last Morning Performance will be on Saturday, Jan. 19th. THIS EVENING, The Romantic Equidrame called ROOK WOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. • ler which the EQUESTRIAN EXERCISES in the ARENA, the In-,:ration of Mr. W. Cooke, including Master George Cooke. the little 7n,rith, on his playful pony; also, Miss Kate Cooke on her milk white Arab steed. To concluds with a Grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TfIE DRAGON, or the Seven Champion , of Christendom. nn ,, :-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIM! W?TER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Inta DAY—Morn. 42 min. aft. 10—Evening 23 min. aft. 11 rc)-AORROCV—Morn. 0 min. aft. 0 —Evening 0 min. aft.l2 THE WEATHER-SuN OFFICE, JAN. 18. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52 - highest since noon yesterday. 48 -4owest tbio morning and during the night. 53 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.50. Wno,, S.W.—Light, with continued rain. t - LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 185 G. Two words will express the feelings of most people yesterday morning—incredulity and shame. The Times correspondent at Vienna could hardly he credited upbn his telegraphic honour, though it was plighted in the solemn phrase, " This is authentic." It seemed too like a " rousing whirl," and " nail't wi' Scripture !" But when the Morning Post struck in with the assertion, in a third edition, that the Government had received a telegraphic message from Sir H. SEYMOUR— " the Russian Government accept the Austrian Proposals as a basis fur negotiation "—for the moment persons looked at each other exclaiming, "We suppose it must be true." Still it seemed a puzzle. The members of the Stationers' Com pany no doubt turned to their " Frank Moore's Almanack," and if that prophet afforded no satis faction, they at least did not forget the splendid meteor which so recently dazzled spectators on both sides the Channel, and which is described as having combined all the forms of a fiery cannon ball, globe, and ser pent. FRANK MOORE, we are confident, will next year inform us that it was sent to teach the two great Allies that the sword and cannon ball were their only reliance in their contest with the wily Muscovite. The diplomatic meteor of yesterday from St. Petersburg and Vienna was, to say the least, as perplexing to the quid-nuncs as any atmospheric one to the readers of the stars. As we have said, however, incredulity was the first sentiment. Had not Mr. COBDEN (page 40, " What Next—and Next") just told us for cer tain that " every man deserving the name of a given his sanction to the Statesman," who had ultimatum, must have made up his mind to "at least three years' continuance of the War?" Could it be, then, that Russia really had accepted what her apologist proclaims to be an unendurable humiliation ? Moreover, but a day or two before we had been told that she had sent counter proposals, and had positively refused the cession of any territory at the mouths of the Danube—a thing quite probable, as even Ismail itself is included in the cession required by the Vienna Proposals. Besides, the telegraph has now and then told little stockjobbing fibs, and the " European journal" has worked marvels on the Stock Exchange by printing them. Even where the news was credited, however, the universal remark was, " TOO good to be true that 'twill be a peace worth having." Indeed the believers were the most disappointed. If it be true, then we are sold, was a general observation. A more striking confutation of Mr. COBDEN'S repre sentation of his countrym en , as warlike only under the i n fluence of the press or o f after-d i nner not, indeed, have bee n a ff or d e d orators, could than by the tone of yesterday's conversation. The idea that we were to desist from our task in this unfinished state, and with such pre parations to achieve i t object next year, cPP"aseti 'every mind. We nowhere saw rejOiC jag- A prospect of such a peace, as Mr. COBDEN told us we must fight three years to get, was be fore us—add not one hurrah ! No—shame was the prevalent feeling iu propor tion as the news was feared to be truth. Peace, indeed, is a great, a much-longed-for boon—and so i s a " mess of pottage" to a hungry man ; but, thank HEAVEN, we are not yet starved into Selling our birthright. _Kars, perhaps, recurred to ma=y a mind, and with a feeling that English men there, and Turks, held out under every pri- THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENING, JANUARY 18, 1856. vation. rather than suffer a stain on their honour, and c' )uld we sacrifice nothing more to regain and prese /I/ e ours ? Those who had no care for " na tior.alii les " would, perhaps, have thought the present. Proposals passable last winter, and viewed. as saving us another year or more of war; but even they now participated in the common feel ing; tb►ey regarded the advances as ingloriously little, after mach a year of fighting as 1855. They had yield'bd to the natural wish for cheaper bread and easier discounts, both which they imagined the War alone prevented ; but when the fact of a Vienna peace stared them in the face, they blushed for any previous unmanliness, and quailed at the picture which time would paint of their d.oings. A Calico peace for England, and a Kars peace for Russia ! An opportunity to have built the fame of Old England on a renovated Poland, and much besides renovated too—an opportunity which, COBDEN being consul, will certainly never return—and passed by in the interests of Bullionists, Cotton-spinners, and Peelites ! Worse than all—a German, nay, an Austrian Peace ! Hapsburgs the chief gainers by it ! Every yoke on freedom more firmly fixed than ever by the despot executioners ! Austria and Prussia, glutted with the gains we on'y have fought for ; Turkey left impoverished, and not one rouble demanded from the burglar ; Warsaw remaining, as Lord PALMERSTON himself said, " a standing menace to Germany ;" England and France to pay all, and to be repaid nothing ; and the breaker of peace to proclaim that he finished the campaign by starving the army which had beaten him ;—the thoughts of such a peace chilled the hearts yesterday of all however much they wished for peace itself. We question, indeed, its possible stability. Not only on the score of the restlessness of Russian ambition, but of English disappointment also. It has been said that France would never rest till the memory of Waterloo was effaced. That is now done. The great military power has obtained ample satisfaction. NAPOLEON 111. has had his revenge on the most brutal enemy of NAPOLEON I. in 1814. But England has achieved nothing worthy of her rank as a naval power. Should peace be the result of this diplomatic coup de Rat, this transparent piece of dramatic anger and threats on the part of Austria, Englishmen will never feel at ease till they have regained their cha racter. A growing sentiment, that our aristocracy and our German connexions sold us ignomini ously to Russia, will watch for an occasion, and a future Government will be compelled, at a vastly greater cost, to begin again, and to do in earnest what we have done chiefly in pretence. Trumpery German dynasties will not then be allowed to impregnate our Courts and Cabinets with slavish and despotic preferences ; nations will count for something, and the recollection of 1848 abroad, and of 1855-6 here, will recoil on the heads of perfidy, half-heartedness, and incom petency. The general impression, however, is probably the correct one. We have repeatedly pointed out not only the insufficiency of the Proposals in our view, but their vagueness in any point of view. It does not require the skill of a GORTSCHAKOFF to use these bases as a means of paralysing war like preparations and movements, and then to throw them up, when Russia had meantime been doing her utmost. The questions of ship; arsenals, Circa,ssia and Asia, in the Black Sea merely, would furnish six months' debates to Russia if she wished it. For our part, we are thoroughly satisfied that nothing good can come from Vienna, nor any peace be made worth having till we have compelled Russia to sue for it. The Report of the Minister, M. MAGNE, to the EMPEROR on the general financial situation of the French Empire, which appeared in our impression of yesterday—at all times a document of vast im portance—assumes peculiar significance under existing circumstances, It is analogous to the budget of our own Chancellor of the Exchequer, pointing out the nature of the demands that must be provided for, and the prObable revenue that may be expected, or, to use the English term, " the ways and means" for their liquidation. It is, in fact, the foundation for the fiscal and finan cial legislation of the session, which indicates the power of our illustrious Ally to meet the enor mous charges required for the ♦igorous and ener getic maintenance of the War, and compelling our adversary to yield to the irresistible force that may be brought against him by the combined and honourable efforts of united France and England. It is almost needless to say that the Report was framed before there was any reasonable ground for supposing that Russia wenlithave accepted the Austrian Propositions, even as a basis for negotia tion, or that had that acceptance been promul gated it could have made any difference, inas much as until the terms had been finally and defi nitively arranged, no preparation, financial or otherwise, could be in any degree relaxed. We have, however, already treated on the prospects of peace, and the all-important subject is further developed in another column of The Sun, of this day. We shall, therefore, here no further allude to that part of the case, but deal with the matter as if the contest should be waged to the uttermost extremity, and that " a war to the knife" should be carried on. The Report under notice deals very clearly with " the past, the present, and the future" of French finance, with the produce of the new duties already authorised, and the large augmen tation of the sources of revenue previously in operation. It also shows the conditions of the loans already effected, the amounts received on account thereof, and the balances avail able for future operations ; and, moreover, shows, that while the exigencies of the War have been fully and liberally provided for, domestic improvements have gone on without intermission —nay, with even greater activity and efficiency than at any previous period in the national his tory. The sacrifices of the State, combined with a provident and far-seeing policy, have been so judiciously managed, that we find, on the autho rity of an unexceptionable witness, sustained, too, by an array of figures, about which there can be no dispute, that " the sources of national wealth are far from having been diminished, and that, particularly in 1855, commerce and industry have attained a degree of development such as no one could have ventured to foresee oven at the mo at prosperous periods." This must be highly gratifying to the EMPE ROR and his people.. It is the na t ura l resu lt o f the sagacious policy; which clearly perceived that new and unexpected charges were not to be pro vided for by choking up the channels of supply. If industry had heavier burdens to sustain than at any recent period—if every tax-payer was ex pected to contribute his quota to the extraordi nary expenditure, it could only be by affording him increased facilities for exercising his skill, by supplying in abundance "the straw from which the bricks were to be constructed." How different was the course pursued by the ABERDEEN peace at-any-price financier. His obj ec t was a pparently to disgust the nation with war, by enforcing its burdens with stringent severity, and compelling I the industrious classes to meet greatly enhanced ! ~v 2<.vl U.l~ ~;u i.~,:ii.a t,..4 V 1 J. 4 ~.: y.„ fiscal requirements from reduced means. The natural result followed—industry was paralysed —production decreased—and many of those who, under a more judicious policy, might have been the creators and producers of national wealth, were compelled to become unprofitable consumers, and with their helpless families to become the recipients of parochial aid—dependent for a scanty supply of the bare necessaries of existence on the tender mercies of the Union Workhouses in their respective districts. No English Minis ter can state, with honest pride, that "in 1865, commerce and industry have attained a degree of development such as no one could have ventured to foresee, even at the most prosperous periods." But "revenons a nous 711014010 :" we have to deal with the efficiency of the French Govern ment rather than the shortcomings of our own. We find that with respect to the " service of 1854," causes already clearly explained had loaded the budget—apart from the extraordinary requirements of the War and the Navy—with supplementary credits amounting to 120,000, 000 f. (4,800,0001. sterling), and that in May last the general financial statement exhibited a probable excess of expenditure of nearly 100,000,000 f. It is now certain that this deficiency will not reach 70;000,000f., and but for a supplement in order to complete the sums set apart for great public works, over and above the special resources set apart for them, that has risen as high as 72,000,000 f., "the definitive balance between the receipts and the ordinary expenses would show an excess of revenue." So far for the service of 1854, than which the most sanguine statesman could scarcely have anticipated a more auspicious state of of airs, or one more creditable to the financial resources of France, the energies of its intelligent and high minded population, or the statesman-like policy of its Government. With respect to that of 1855, the estimates of which have been affected by a variety of unforeseen circumstances, a supple mentary charge of 120,000,000 francs was im posed on the budget. Of this amount, however, no less than 84,000,000 f. are accounted for in a very satisfactory manner—a part, that of pre miums, amounting to 17,000,000 f., is merely the giving back of duties levied. Another part, that of tobacco and snuff, is not a real expense, but a mere transformation of stock, while the great public works have taken 52,000,000 f. from the ordinary revenue. The effects produced, however, prove, beyond the possibility of doubt, that such an outlay invariably produces a vast increase of other duties, and is not only consistent with, but eminently conducive to, a sound syst em of economy. With respect to the indirect revenue we find that the new duties have yielded 33,000,000 f., while on those previously in operation there has been, " in favour of 1855 an enormous increase of more than 70,000,000 f., which raises to 917,000,000 f., the total yield of the old duties ;" so that not merely has the ground lost in 1846, but that year itself, the most remarkable under the preceding Government, is already surpassed by 100,000,000 f. Passing over other points of comparatively trivial importance, we may briefly refer to the loan operations, on which 1,120,000,000 francs (44,800,000 sterling) have already been realised —that is to say, the loan of 250,000,000 f. has been fully paid up ; of that of 500,000,000 f. 476,000,000 f. had been realised ; and of that of 780,000,000 f. 394,000,000 f., of which 160,000,000 f. have been paid in anticipation ; and a sum of 535,900,000 f. (21,800,0001.) still remains available for the extraordinary require ments of the War of 1856 Well may our faithful Allies be proud of this great result. Well may the Financial Minister congratulate himself and his Imperial Master on the auspicious prospects of the nation—more particularly when he is enabled to state that the floating debt Las been reduced by no less than 121,000,000f.(4,840,0001. sterling) below that of last year. We commend the entire statement to the especial consideration of Sir G. C. LEWIS. It will afford a valuable lesson as to the mode in which the affairs of a mighty nation may be managed, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty, so that extraordinary demands may be met without imposing extraordinary difficulties or privations on the People. We refer to a report, given. in our paper of to-day, on the opening of discussions on the sub ject of Administrative Reform at Manchester, and to the extension of the topics, from which it will be seen that it is by no means so dead in popular appreciation as it has been assumed and denied in some quarters. From what was stated the public may expect that the convenient pass exami nations for the Civil Service must be given up, and competitive examinations substituted. From Mr. HEYWOOD'S statement of his views, the ex tension of competitive examinations from Com missions for the Engineers and Artillery to the whole Army, and the abolition of Patronage as well as Parchase, will soon be demanded from the House of Commons, and Members will not be enabled to evade it beyond the next session. The Marquis of Lansdowne, after attending the Ca- binet Council on Wednesday, left town for Windsor Castle. His Excellency the Ambassador of the Ottoman Porte and Madame Musurus have returned to the Turkish Embassy, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Har rington, at Elverston Castle, Derbyshire. His Excellency the Hon . . P. C. Scarlett, the newly appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Brazil, will leave this country in the course of the en suing month, to enter on his diplomatic functions. The Marquis of Lansdowne, after attending the Cabinet Council on Wednesday, left town for Windsor Castle. His lordship comes to town to-day. The Earl and Countess of Durham are expected to arrive at Lambton Castle next week, from a tour of visits in Ireland. The Earl and Countess of Winchilsea are passing the winter at Haverholme Priory, Lincolnshire. The Countess of Caledon, accompanied by the youth. ful earl and family, have arrived in Carlton House terrace, from Caledon-park, county Tyrone Ireland. Viscountess Hardinge and the Hon. Miss Hardinge arrived in town a few days since, from Penshurst, Kent. Lord and. Lady Abinger are surrounded by a select circle at their seat near Dorking. Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. W. F. Scarlett, recently returned from the Crimea, and the Hon. Mrs. Toler, are staying with the noble lord and her ladyship. Lieut.-General the Hon. Sir James Scarlett arrived in England last week, from the Crimea, on leave of absence. Lord and Lady Feversham hays been entertaining a succession of visitors at Duncombe Park, Yorkshire. We are glad to learn that Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence is now thought to be going on favourably. His lord ship is relieved of gout, and the medical bulletin yester day stated that "Lord Adolphus Fitzclarenoe was con siderably better." Lord Crewe, since his arrival at Crewe Hall, Cheshire, from visiting the Marquis of Lansdowne at Bowood, has been entertaining a succession of visitors. The Bishop of Jamaica, Mr. Mantel!, Chief Justice of the Gambia, and Mr. Thos. Brown, member of Council, Gambia, had interviews with Mr. Secretary Laboucbere yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord Napier, secretary to the British Embassy at Constantinople, accompanied by Lady Napier and family, has arrived in town from the Turkish capital, having obtained leave of absence. The noble lord has been nearly two years principal secretary, and during the whole of that period has been resident at Constan tinople. FUNERAL OF TEE LATE MARQUIS OF AILBSBURT.— The remains of this nobleman were conveyed to the family vault in Great Bedwin Church, Wilts, on Satui day last. The funeral cortege left Tottenham Park I shortly after noon. The mourners were the prose& Marquis, Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Lord Charles Bruce, sons of the deceased peer; Mr. Wentworth, son in-law ; Mr. Bruce, &c. The funeral was conducted ipa i very quiet manner, all pomp being avoided, in accor4- mace with the desire of the deceased. LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, Tif U RSDAY NIGHT. Yesterday, at two o'clock, Count Nesselrode and Count Valentine Esterba:dy signed, at St. Petersburg, a protocol containinl the conditions proposed by the Allies, as the 1:4 .rmulation of the preliminaries of peace. BERLIN, Tnui 0 ;DAY, JAN. 17. It is officially known that in consequence of the attitude of Austria, and her pre asure at St. Peters burg, Russia revoked, on the el rening of the 16th, her resolution of the 12th, an( has accepted the whole of the Allied propositions pure et simple. Conferences at Paris or Brussels are expected shortly. DRESDEN, THui tI3DAY, JAN. 11'. An extra of the Dresdener .Zeitung says that Russia has accepted, without ivserve, the whole of the conditions propounded by. the Allies through the medium of Austria. HAMBUJ EZ G, THURSDAY. By an Imperial decree, datoil the Bth, Prince Gortschakoff is removed from t he command of the army in the Crimea, and Gen.. Luders, hitherto commander of the army of the south, is appointed in his stead. Gen. Kotzebue, hitherto head of the Staff in the Crimea, is appotinted to the com mand of the sth Infantry Corps. TR [ESTE, JAN. 16 . Accounts from Constantinople state that the Generalissimo (Omer Pacha) was concentrating his forces at Usurgette. An English war steamer has received orders to proceed from Sinop.. to Souko um-Kaleh to bring Omer Paella to Constantinople.. The influence of Russia at Teheran, at the date of the latest advices, was increasing in a manner to excite uneasiness. HAMBURG, JAN. 17. English steamers have re-entered the Baltic and captured several Russian traders. MARSEILLES, FRIDAY, JAN. 18, 8 A.M. The Ganges has arrived, with advices from Con stantinople of the 'itb, and from the Crimea of the sth. Despatches leave at 9 a.m. The Superb has gone down in the Black Sea with the whole crew, the captain excepted. [This is not her Majesty's ship Superb, 80, which ap pears by the last Navy List to be laid up in ordi nary at Chatham.] The transport Talavera has gone down in the Sea of Marmora. The crew was saved. At Kertch an attack was expected from the Russians. The Hon. A. C. Murray left Teheran on the 6th of December. TURIN, JAN. 16. The bill for a loan of 30 millions of francs was this day adopted by the Chamber of Deputies by a majority of 109 to 28. NAPLES, JAN. 16. No political amnesty was granted on the 12th. The Government have refused to permit the exportation of grain. ATHENS, JAN. 11. Tke brigands are being actiirely hunted down MADRID, JAN. 10. The Government has announc©d to the Cortes tha nomination of M. Escosura as Minister of the Interior ; of M. Lujan as Minister of Public Works ; and of M. Arias trria as Minister of Justice, THE NEGOTIATIONS. The Debats of yesterday states that M. Nes ge:rode, in his reply (the first) to the Austrian Cabinet, insists repeatedly upon the sincere desire of the Emperor Alexander to restore peace to Europe. " The Emperor," says the Minister, is not seduced by the love of conquest ; he seeks to glorify his reign, not by adding new provinces to Russia, but by developing the germs of its material prosperity. The internal regime of Russia requires profound reforms, without which the Russian nation cannot hope to attain to tke degree of civili srtion which other nations have reached. The Enperor is convinced that his mission consists in inzoduoing amongst his people somo grand social aul civil ameliorations : and he is impatient to commence his work." The Constitutionnel gives the following account of the activity of the German diplomatists at St. Pe.L;ersburg Count Valentine Esterhazy had two or three in teiviews with M. de Nesselrode, with)ut any satin. 'actory result. Since then Count Esterhazy has hal an interview with the Emperor Alexander 11., wl.o said nothing formal respecting the Austrian propositions. He subsequently paid a visit to M. Seniavin, of the Foreign-office, where he met with a very cold reception. Baron de Werther, the Prussian min ister, had meantime arrived at St. Petersburg. H e paid a visit to the Chancellor, who asked him in a br ague manner whether he had come to say a word for the Austrain plenipotentiary, and to support the ridiculous pretensions of Austria. Baron Wer ther replied that he could not support what he was not cognisant of. To Count Esterhazy, whom he visited afterwards, he said that lie had no instruc tions from his Government ou the subject. Baron do Seebach, the Saxon Minister at Paris, arrived at St. Petersburg on the evening of the 29th of December. He went direct to his father in-law's, Count Nesselrode's, where he passed the evening. On the following morning he paid a ' , hit to Count Valentine Esterhazy. On the 31st of December Baron de Seebach was presented to the Emperor. The audience lasted two hours. lam not able to say what passed, but it is certain that after the interview Count Nessel rode modified his tone, and hinted that a compro mise might be effected. The policy of moderation aed conciliation brought by M. de Seebach bas found a powerful supporter in the person of M. de Fonton, who made known that M. de Seebach was not only the faithful organ of the German Courts, but also of public opinion generally throughout Germany. The testimony of M. de Fonton has the more weight with the St. Petersburg Cabinet, as he re sided for many years at,Vienna as councillor of Em bassy, and had just left Hanover at a moment when public opinion in Germany, stirred up by the po lemic caused by the speech of the 15th of Novem ber, pronounced itself energetically against Russia. Passing through Vienna, M. de Fonton there learnt the disposition of Austria towards Russia, and the tenor of the proposals Austria was about to send to St. Petersburg. M. de Fouton gave at Warsaw a faithful account of the state of public opinion in Germany to Prince Paskiewitch, whose secretary be was formerly, and the prince recommended him in his own name, and in virtue of his authority as Field Marshal of the Russian armies, to conjure the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to accept readily any terms of peace that might be me made to it. The adyioe of-M. de Fonton had, therefore, ~ „Sa i double weight with Count Nesselrode, who, after all, with the rest of his Ministry, is anxious to see peace re-established. FRANCE. PARTS, THURSDAY EVENING. We have had a day of great excitement in Paris. The Government caused a notification to be posted up at tho Bourse, a little after 10 o'clock, stating that Russia had accepted the ultimatum of the allies, " pur et simple." The funds rose sfr. as the news was received with the cries of " Five l'Empereur !" whilst every body told his neighbour--" La Russie accepte les propositions !" The original official despatch to the French Go vernment is thus worded : LS MINISTRE DE FRANCE AU MINISTRE DES AFFAIRES ETRANGERES. " Le Comte Esterhazy 6crit aujourd'hui de Pdters bourg quo M. de Nesselrode vient de lui notifier l'accep tation pur et simple des propositions contenues dans l'ultimAturn, lesquelles propositions devront servir de proiliminaires de pair. " Rep a midi of demi, et publii d'apres les ordres de S. Ezc. M. le ministre de l'interieur, le 17 janvier 1856. "Le commissaire de la Bourse, HunAut" (TRANSLATION.) " Count Esterhazy writes to-day from St. Petersburg that M. Nesselrode has just notified the acceptance, pure and simple, of the propositions contained in the ultimatum, which propositions are to serve as the pre liminaries for peace. " Received at half-past 12 o'clock, and published by order of his Excellency the Minister of the Interior. " Jan. 17, 1856." (Signed) " HUBAUT. There is, therefore, no doubt that Russia has accepted the ultimatum, It only remains to be proved if she is sincere and ready honestly to negotiate on the bases which the allies have thought proper to impose. The Parisian evening papers make some brief commente on the hopes of peace. The Presse observes, if it is not peace, we have never appeared to be so near it since the commence ment of hostilities. The Patric thinks with the Debats that the Em peror of Russia is desirous of peace, being con vinced that his Government should rather dedicate its efforts to internal reforms than aggressive wars. BOURSE, Jan. 17.—The following are the last quotations : Cam. ft. e. End of Month. li per Cents 95 —f. - -c. 3 per Cents 67 30 63 25 New Loan 67 90 Bank Shares 3lOO Roman Credit Mobilier 1250 Austrian Belgian Fives 94 Spanish Threes — Piedmontese (5) Bl Home Debt 348 RAILWAYS-I'OR CASH. fr. c. c. Orl.ans Northern Lyons. ........ New Ditto ........... • 780 Mediterranean 1230 Grand Central 547 50 Lyons Geneva 715 Teste. Cette AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The United States mail steam-ship Pacific, Capt. Eldridge, arrived here this morning from New York, with the usual mails, 63 passengers, and $21,000 in specie. She left New York on the sth instant. Capt. Eldrige reports that at 4 p.m. commenced one of the most severe gales from E.S.E. ho had over experienced, it lasting all night and most of the 6th inst., in which he lost his starboard guard board. During the remainder of the voyage easterly winds. The Royal mail-ship Canada, hence on the 22d ult., had not reaohed Halifax at 2 a.m. on the sth inst. In the United States Senate on the 3d inst. the report of the Secretary of the Treasury was pre sented, and 10,500 copies were ordered to be printed. Senator Hale then made a severe attack upon the President's Message, the manner o f it s transmission to Congress, and its author's presi dential aspirations. Mr. Wilson offered a resolu tion calling on the President for information rela tive to the state of affairs in Kansas. The Senate then adjourned till Monday. In the house Mr. Walker offered a resolution declaring Mr. Boyce (dem.), of South Carolina, Speaker. Amendments were severally proposed, substituting the names of Messrs. Banks and Pennington. The resolution was finally tabled by 66 majority. Three additional votes for Speaker were then taken, and on the last and ninetieth trial Mr. Banks still wanted 6 votes of an election. In the New York Senate, on the 4th inst., a bill was presented to amend the general banking law as far as relates to bonds and mortgages as a basis for banking. It is the same as the bill introduced last year providing for a margin of 20 per cent. on mortgagp. deposited by banks. In the Assembly seven additional votes for Speaker were taken with out change in the result. Both branches adjourned till the 7th. An interesting report on the effect of the recipro city treaty between the United States and Canada was made by the Hon. J. Phillips Phenix, at a meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce held on the 3d inst. From this document it appears that the trade between the two countries has quad rupled during the last three years, and is only exceeded by two countries, viz., England and France. Its value is nearly equal to the commerce of the latter. The report recommends Congress to still farther extend the principles of the reciprocity treaty, by admitting other articles of produce free. A. report was also made on the usury laws, in whi c h the Chamber adheres to their formerly expressed opinion in favour of their entire abolition by the State Legislature. The financial statement of the commissioners of Emigration for the year ending December 31, 1855, shows that the total indebtedness of the commis sioners is 63,031 dols ic. During the year 136,233 emigrants have arrived at New York, which is 182,990 less than the number that arrived during the year 1854. The other news by this arrival has been antici pated by the Asia, last arrived. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW Yong, Jan. 5. Exchange.—Prices were nearly the same as before, but the business was limited, contrary to the expecta tions of sellers, who looked for a large demand, fur re mittances of dividends, interest, &c. The market in general closes flatly. We quote bills on London, 7A to 8, 2 per cent. prem. Cotton.—The circular of T. J. Stewart and Co., of this date, says :—"Since the 24th ult. the market has been quiet ; but holders have offered their supplies so sparingly that prices have been well maintained. The sales, up to 31st ultimo were about 700 bales daily ; on that day they rose to 2,200 bales. The amount of business since was, 1,000 bales on Wed nesday, 900 bales on Thursday,and 1,200 yesterday, clos ing very firm at our quotations. In regard to the crop the tone of public sentiment is that, with ordinary navi gation, at the present scale of prices, 3,500,000 bales will be delivered at the ports. The receipts at New Or leans, by mail dates so far, although 261,000 bales i❑ excess of last year, are only from the Mississippi and Ouachita rivers, but little having been received from Red River, which is still unnavigable, except near its mouth, and contains nearly three crops ; nor any from several other important tributaries of the Mississippi. At our last advices many streams in that particular section were falling, so that it will not do to compare the receipts with 1852, when navigation was generally free. From South Carolina and Alabama we have for the past week had advices of heavy rains, and from their volume in the latter state we are satisfied that the rivers are at this moment navigable for the largest class of boats. The amount of cotton still in the fields is re presented as large for the advanced state of the season, and every effort is being made to get it in. In regard to the course of prices we offer no opinion ; public sen timent favours an improvement at present, even with 3,500,000 bales. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Uplands. Florida. Mobile. N. 0.& Tex. Ord. to good 84 to 81 8f to 8A 84 to 8. 8/ to Si Low middling 9 9i 9 91 9 9i 9 9 i Mid., aver, list 9l 9f 9f 91 Mid. even let 9g —9i —9. Good middling,,,, 9/3 91 9i 10 9 10 9,, Ha Middling fair 9 10 none. 104 10i Iq . 11 Fair to good fair 104 101 none. 10 11 1113 12 Flour—The market was heavy, with fair sales, in cluding parcels for export. The sales included about 7,000 to 8,000 barrels, included in which were about 4,000 barrels common State, for export, at 8.25 dols., and also some lots of extra ditto at 8.134 dols. to 8.614 dols. The market closed at about 64c. per barrel lower for common and medium grades. Canadian was sold, to a limited extent, at 8.50 dole, to 10.5 0 dots. for common extra grades. Southern was in moderate demand, with sales of 600 to 800 barrels, at 8.626 dols. to 9.25 dots. for common and choice brands, and at 9.314 dole. to 10.50 dols. St. Petersburg City Mills extra was at 10.26 dols. for Rialto brands ; Galegos and Haxals were at 12.50 dots. Wheat—The market was steady, with moderate sales. Among the transactions were 3,000 bushels Virginia white, at 2.18 dols., and 800 ditto prime Missouri, 8.20 dols., with a small lot . of Tennessee red (common), at 1.90 dols. Corn—The market continued firm, with sales. Among the transactions were 20,000 bushels Western mixed, for export, at 92c., from store, with some lots as high as 94c., delivered. Sales of new yellow and white South ern were made at 80c. to 90c. Freights—To Liverpool, 10,000 bushels corn were en gaged at p. t. ; 1,200 to 1,500 brls flour were engaged at 2s. 9d. to 3s. ; with some cotton at 7-32 d., and dead weight at 325. 6d. To London rates were quite firm, with more offering ; !,000 brls. flour were engaged at 45., and afterwards 4s. 61, was demanded, and 12d. for grain. Among the Turf gostip of the day (says the Brighton Guardian) is that Sir Richard Sutton and one or two young noblemen are raising a letatball dud. THE MURDER IN BEDFORD ROW. LATEST PARTICULARS. It was confidently expected that the proceedings at the coroner's inquest would at once throw light upon the circumstances which, in the light of day and in the open streets of London, have led to the perpetration of so horrid a tragedy. We gather that both the victim and his assassin are natives of Somersetshire ; that the father of the latter committed suicide some four years ago while in an unsound state of mind ; and that he left behind him some property, which was divided be tween the prisoner and his brother. Mr. Waugh was solicitor to the father, and at his death continued to act in that capacity for the sons. It is also stated that the prisoner has been several times in confinement for in sane acts, and that the impression under which he laboured, that the deceased bad acted Un justly towards him, is declared by his brother to be utterly without foundation. He is said to have had so many disputes with Mr. Waugh, and to have in sulted him so grossly on different occasions, theA the latter gave up his business, and was obliged oft one oc; casion to have him bound over to keep the peace before Mr. Corrie, the magistrate. The deceased leaves a widow, two daughters, and a son, who holds an ensigncy in the 2d Surrey Militia, to deplore his melancholy death. Westron appears to have been watching for some time an opportunity to fall upon his victim, for on Tues day morning Mr. Waugh told his chief clerk that the prisoner had been dogging his steps when out with his daughter in the neighbourhood of his residence, at Not ting-hill. As was to have been expected, the event has caused a most painful sensation in the neighbourhood, and during yesterday groups of people were collected in front of the deceased gentleman's house and on the spot where he was shot. THE INQUEST—(This Day). This morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, an inquest was held upon the body of the deceased gentleman, be fore Mr. Wakely, at the Queen's Head Tavern, Theo bald's-road, but on the opening of the proceedings, the room, an extremely small one, became so crowded that it was found absolutely necessary to tVjourn the pro ceedings to the board room of the St. Andrew's work house, Gray's-inn-lane. The first witness called was Mr. Wm. Fisher, of Doughty-street, Mecklenburg -square, who stated that he had seen the body of Mr. Waugh, at 5, Great James street. He formerly had been a partner with him, and was one of deceased's executors. He knew nothing rela tive to the death of deceased save from report. The Coroner asked if any gentleman wished to ask Mr. Fisher any questions, and none having been put, Mr. Erasmus Wren, surgeon, stated that on Wed nesday morning, about a quarter past ten, he was called to the deceased and found him dead. The body was on the pavement in Bedford-street. The shirt and waiscoat of deceased were covered with blood. He bad at first some doubts as to whether the gentleman was dead, but he shortly found he was so, and then a shutter was pro cured, and tea body was taken to his residence in Great -Tames-street. He had examined the body. Externally he noticed a circular wound near the chest, six inches be low the sternum. It was exactly six inches. The wound was a circular orifice sufficiently large to admit the fourth finger. A probe introduced passed down the wound to the depth of four or five inches. The body internally presented the usual appearance of a pistol shot. Blood was extravasated between the skin and breast-bone. Upon elevating the breast bone and ribs blood was found between the breast bone of the lungs and an open ing was traced through the left side of the right ventri cle, right side of the left auricle, and again through the pericardium, but the course was lost in the cellular tissue behind the heart. The wound entered the plural cavity at this point. Some hours elapsed before the farther pro gress of the wound and the ball was discovered in the right groin. The rest of the viscera presented a healthy ap pearance. He was assisted by Robert Cuff, surgeon, Great James-street, also by Dr. Gibson, physician at the London Hospital. He bad not the slightest doubt but that the wound through the heart caused by the bullet (produced) caused the death of Mr. Waugh. The Coroner said he now wanted some witness who saw the shot fired. The officer of the court then called Mr. Thomas Kent Whitefield, clerk to a solicitor re siding in Featherstone-buildings, Holborn, who stated that about half-past 10 a.m. he was walking through Bedford-street, on the south side, going eastward, and observed Mr. Waugh at the end of Gray's-inn-passage, on the opposite side of the street. He was going in the same direction, and about the same time Westron emerged ]land-court, and, crossing towards Bedford-row, stopped by the railings, and, turning his face towards them, fumbled in the right-hand pocket of his coat. He stooped a little in doing this, withdrew something from his pocket, and appeared as if desirous of being unobserved in what he was doing. He concealed something, on withdrawing his hand from the pocket, in the right sleeve of his coat. He then walked to wards Mr. Waugh, whc by this time had reached half way down Bedford-street, and accosting him when within three yards of him, said, "You villain, you've ruined me. Why did you rob me of my property ?" He did not wait for a reply, but immediately discharged the pistol at Mr. Waugh, who uttered loud shrieks, and exclaimed to witness, who rushed up on seeing what had occurred, " Seize him —collar him- hold him ; he has murdered me !" Witness put his hand on the assassin's shoulder to secure him, when he drew and cocked another pistol. Up to this tine Mr. Waugh still stood on his legs. On seeing the pistol witness, having regard for his personal safety, and fearing he might share a similar fate to that of the unfortunate gentleman, drew back. All this occurred in the space of two or three minutes, and the assassin appeared quite cool and collected. When he crossed the street from Hand-court he walked quite calmly until he bad reached his victim. Witness asked him, after he had discharged the pistol, and before any one came up, how he could shoot the poor man. The prisoner replied, "He has robbed me of toy property and ruined me." Witness told him he had now ruined himself, when be said be didn't care—he had done it. He did not attempt to move from the place, bnt looked at Mr. Waugh calmly as he expired. No policeman was within hail, and witness gave the prisoner into the custody of Hutchins, the Bedford row street-keeper. The deformity of his person attracted witness's notice, and his eyes involuntarily fol lowed his movements, which will account for his ob serving so particular;y what occurred ; but there was no time, even had the informant been aware of his inten tion, to prevent the perpetration of the crime. The Coroner—Do you know the name of the man who fired the shot ? Witness—No. lie had a hump on his back. The Coroner—lnspector Checkley, who is the man with a hump on his back ? Inspector Checkley—Oh, that is the prisoner. The Coroner—Save you got him in attendance ? Inspector Checkley—No. The Coroner—Where is he ? Inspector Checkley—ln the House of Detention. The Coroner to witness—Would you know the man if you saw him again ? Mr. Whitefield —Decidedly so. The coroner stated that he had anticipated that the prisoner would not be in attendance, and he had written late last night to the official authorities that the prisoner might be in attendance in charge of an officer, and gua ranteeing that he should be returned to the House of Detention at three o'clock in the afternoon. A juryman said he did not think that they could pro ceed any further without the accused being in atten dance. A Juryman—This evidence has not been given be fore the magistrate at the police-court, and he thought it was but just he should be present, as it was most material that he should hoar all the evidence against him. Inspector Checkley said he thought the letter must have miscarried, or the prisoner would have been in at tendance. He had received no notice from the official authorities relative to the attendance of the prisoner to day up to eleven o'clock last night. But he begged to inform the coroner and the jury that a perfectly clear case had been made out against the man Westron. He had been virtually committed for trial, although he would be brought up again at the Clerken well Police court on Wednesday, as a matter of form. The Coroner—Well, gentlemen, I shall leave it en tirely to you whether this inquiry be adjourned or not. A Juryman--I think it absDlutely necessary that the present inquiry be adjourned, in order that the accused be in attendance. The rest of the jury being of a similar opinion, The Coroner then ordered the inquiry to be adjourned tilt Monday next, at the same time and place. Just as th e C oron er was preparing to leave, a gentle. man applied to him to make a statement, as a false impression had been created abroad by some statements that had appaared in the public newspapers. The Coroner said the application was irregular, but he had no doubt that if any statement was made it would be noticed by the gentlemen of the press present. li e m i g ht, however, hand in the document. Another gentleman here stated that he ootild gua• . - • LL rantee the truth of the statement about to be given by %Ir. Mitchell. The statement was thku handed to Mr, Wakley, an d was as follows : "1, Henry Sadler Mitchell, of 5, Great Prescott-streeto Goodman's fields, vestry clerk of the parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, state that I was on terms of ver y great intimacy with the late Mr. Waugh, with whom I was partner for seven years, expiring in March last. That vas on terms of great intimacy with his family, and iVn during the partnership a constant visitor at his bon" occasionally so since the partnership. That I was wel acquainted with the transactions between the deceased and the prisoner. That the deceased, as the solici tor, and his family, some two or three years 'LP instituted a suit in Chancery, and by his ability and perseverance gained for them an estate worth several thousands of pounds. That attempts were made to sell the property, which were greatly frustrated by the extraordinary conduct of the prisoner, much to the annoyance of some if not of all the rest of the pr!' soner's family. That at length the prisoner was induced to consent to sell his share of the property to some of thest of his family, and Monday last was appointe d for the completion of the transaction, but again owing to the extraordinary conduct of the prisoner, 31. though the money furnished to Mr. Waugh ere s ready before, it could not then be settled. That the deceased had advanced the prisoner moneys on account of his share, and lead throughout the transaction acted with great kindness and forbearance towards him , although he had been greatly provoked by him. That some few weeks ago the prisoner sent the deceased threatening letter, and the deceased brought him be fore a magistrate, but as Mr. Waugh did not press the charge severely against him, the magistrate dis• charged him without compelling him to enter int o his recognisances, his giving an assurance that h e/ would not again annoy Mr. Waugh. That I hall every reason to believe that Mr. Waugh did lo t press the charge against him from motives of kindneef , fearing that if called upon to enter into recognisances be would not be able to find a surety, and would b• lava" cerated, perhaps, for some considerable time. That the statements made by the prisoner when taken int ° custody, that Mr. Waugh had ruined him of cheated him out of his estate, and observations to the same effect are entirely false. I may gel that, if any client was indebted to a solicitor for his exertions, the prisoner was to the int ° Mr, Waugh. That the deceased, besides having 0 extensive business, was possessed of a largo private for tune, and had no motive whatever to keep the prisoner out of one shilling he was entitled to. That I am by duced to make this statement out of respect to th e memory of my departed friend, which may be injured by the statements of the prisoner. I may say, in con elusion, that I know him to have been a good husband' a kind and indulgent father, and a generous and warm' hearted friend." The proceedings then terminated. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORSE• Meeting This Day. ELECTION OF CLERK. The adjourned meeting of the Board was held tb►s morning at Burlington-house, Piccadilly, for the el. c " tion of a clerk to the Board ; Mr. Tkwaites in the chair. The list of the names of the candidates for the situs' tion have already appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN then put the names to the vote, whoa the numbers declared for each candidate were as fol' lows : Mr. Curling Mr. Woolrych Mr. Cook Mr. Wilkinson Mr. Isaacson Mr. Coode Mr. Brown ll Mr. Mundell Mr. Simon Mr. Bayley Mr. PaitisOn • 1 Mr. Church 0 Mr. Gibbons Mr. Lowford Mr. Ferrier 0 Mr. Greene 0 Mr. Power 0 Mr. Manning 0 Mr. Thompson Mr. Chubb Mr. Best 0 Mr. Hare Mr. Johnson The CHAIRMAN announced the resignation of Mr. /' Wilkinson, one of the members of the board for the V I. rish of St. Pancras ; consequently the objection to 14 member of the board offering himself for a paid ofne 6 was got rid of. Mr. IL L. TAYLOR announced to the board that, at * meeting of the Common Council held yesterday, it wa g unanimously agreed to place the council•room a t tb• service of this board for their meetings so long as thei might require it. (Applause.) A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Oil members of the Common Council for their kind offer. The CHAIRMAN said that he had carefully gone throug h the applications for the office of Clerk, and found tbsA out of the 31 candidates, seven of them--Messrs. Stoner' Tabraham, Buckton, Ball, Burt, and Freeth—were n° t , of the legal profession, and that Mr. Wallingt on had withdrawn his name. As the board had decided that the clerk should be of the legal profession, he had re 4 moved their names from the list. A resolution was proposed that the election should be proceeded with by putting the names of the candidate s to the board seriatim, reducing tho number to two. 14-° amendment was proposed that the number should be 20 reducod to 6. On a division the amendment w 0 carried. The list was the❑ reduced to the following gentlemen : —Messrs. Curling, Woolrych, Cook, Wilkinson, Isaac• son, and Coode. A discussion took place whether the candidates should address the board, or their written applications an d tee timonials be read, in the course of which seine stroog remarks were expressed on printed slips h a vi n g boo forwarded to the members, containing extracts from Hansard of speeches delivered in the House of Cou' moos reflecting on the conduct of one of the candidates• It was ultimately resolved that the applications ghoul' be read, and that the candidates also address the board. The applications were then read, and the candidate * addressed the board, Mr. Woolrych being subject to * strict examination relative to the manner in which h e had discharged the duties of clerk to the late con►' mission. The board then proceeded to the election, wh e n th• numbers were for let. 2d. 3d. 4th. sib, Mr. Curling l4 16 15 12 Mr. Ceok Mr. Woolrych Mr. Wilkinson 2l 22 22 21 19 Mr. Isaacson Mr. Coode Mr. Woolrych was unanimously elected clerk. After some routine business the meeting adjourned. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. strong breeze and hazy, with rain. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Sailed—Bute" pbalus (tpt.), for Deptford ; H.M.S. Tiger, Woolwich . Put back—Lisette, for Boston, U.S. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lteginio from London, for Sierra Leone. FALMOUTH, Jan 17.—Wind S.W., strong breezes.—A" rived—Anna Cicilia, from Paraiba; Brazil Packet, Rio; Guilhemina, Pernambuco. COWES, Jan. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mimer aid Antelope, from Callao. PENZANCE, Jan. 16.—The schooner Nais, of Liverpool , was driven on shore yesterday during a heavy gale, and in less than an hour had broken up ; crew saved. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 17.—The Content, of from New' castle, to London, is on shore on the Holm Sand a total wreck ; crew saved. . . _ SUNDERLAND, Jan. 17.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Arc turus and Indus, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 17.—The Artagnon, from Alexandria to this port, which was aground yesterday on the North bank, with loss of mainmast, &c., having been run into by a steamer, has arrived here. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Arrived.— Johanna Eliza, from Buenos Ayres; Aohos, Alexandria ; Fox, John, and Jane, Swansea ; Clara Rose, Arbutus, and Jessie, Newport ; Elizabeth and Mary rope, Cardiff ; South-Western (s), Jersey. Sailed.—Sylph (s), for Dublin. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.W. Ar - riVed..—Beraga, from Islay ; E. Bonsai' and St. Louis, New Orleans ; Harvest Queen, New York ; Lively and Bella Donna, Ale xan d r i a; Mary Sproat and Pearl, Mazagan ; St. Manuel, Earcelora. Off.—Plymouth Rock, from New Orleans; James Wood, Quebec ; Banshee, Halifax ; C.R.C., Naples ; Trento, Alexandria; Acastris, Sicily. Sailed.—Royal Charter, (s.), for Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 16. Wind S.E. Arrived —Mary Ann, Czar, Sir Chas. Napier, William, and Malabar, from Callao ; Carutac, Baltimore ; Monarch, Rio Gr an d e • Lil y d a l s, Prince Edward's Island ; Elliot, Algoa Bay; incle wood, Alexandria ; Clarissa, Palermo : Rance, Calcutta • Wm. Lndevig, F oo - c h o o-feo ; Calliope, Syra ; New England, New York ; Sprengbog, Paraiba ; San Dotningos, Trieste. BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.6 a.m. Wind S.W. ; title, high water ; raining. Arrived, Jan. 17. Agamemnon, from Calcutta ; Eliza, Rio Grande; Royal Shepherdess, Mauritius; St. Lawrence, Bahia; Ocean, Baltimore; JeSfli° M acfarlane, Penang; Jesus, Havanna ; Reliance, South Seas ; Rebecca, Cassa Blanca ; Eskea, Marseilles. Arrived, 18th.—Eugenia, from Nantes ; Pauline, Sava nilla ; Hone'sta, Pernambuco; Juanetta, Bilboa ; Piecae, Havannah ; Mischief, Niee ; Swifteure, Cape of Good DEAL, Friday, 9.30 a.m. Wind S. W. Pasted—Mary Banfield, from Rio Grande, for London. The Comet reports having spoken the barque Reliance, nota Algoa Bay, fyr London, on tho 12th of January, in lat, long. 7 W. ..isavva oi.isz.m.Lawkw.r ,44 3auq= ll44EL utiv MON COMM The Liver very firmly, the favoural Railway SIL business dor upwards of Although nial Produc character do more dispos for sugar ha bave been ingly quiet, currod. Tc Assam kind the dealings and Pimen very dull, Tallow has however, al markets for prices were some article The busines limited, anc If the nego a very marl tion of thes , Messrs. I for America sent quotati follows : United States United 15tetel California 7 p Maryland 5 p Massachnsetti Mississippi Bonds Mississippi 6 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 'Virginia 5 pe 'Virginia 6 pe: &don 6 per Montreal 6 pe New Orleans Illinois Centr not Convor Illinois Cent Bonds Michigan C,er New York Ci New York Con vorti bli New York an go 'law York ar gage N• York and N. York and Fund Panama 7 Pei ling Bonds' Ditto Pennsylvania The Er considerin taken pla the dealir The quo active se yet occur] bla that soon come from 891 i after bein, have 13111 C are 904 a at 89i to and ls. di At the to-day till " That 0 - tvreen M Bondhold Fortes, ti read at t tame heir effect, the requested rities." There 1 Market. 87 for acc has advai Cents. h ruled at Russian and Braz and-a-Ho namely, Thefo' Stooks:- 19i 20i ; Portugu4 Cents., (2 3 per C©. Certifica Rail w. Great Nc Eastern, even hig the Forc undertal Joint higher. Mining BRITIS] 3 per Cen 3 per Co New 3 pc India Bo' 0011B0iF1 E reliec ,1 £5O( %nal Ditto Ditto, PR' Braziliar Ditto Ditto Buenos Danish ] Ditto Equadox Ditto Greek B Mexican Ditto Pato Ditto Ru.ssiau Ditto Ditto Sardinia Spanish Ditto Ditto Ditto Spanish Turkitii Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Dutch Dittc