The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-22 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. 46, Chester-square, Jan. 22, 1856. Leas BUNECAY,—In reply to your letter of yesterday's date, lam happy to tell you that I am not one of your op ponents, and am not going to stand for the University of Cambridge. The facts are simply these :—On Saturday morning I received the very unexpected information that some persons of uonsiderable influence at Cambridge, and elsewhere, wished me to come forward as a candidate. I re plied that if they would bring me a requisition sufficiently weighty to justify my coming forward I would do so. My friends, however, soon found that they were too late in the field; and that such men as yourself —upon whom, perhaps, they might have counted, if you had been applied to in the first instance for me—were already actively engaged on one side or the other. I am, therefore, absolved from any obligation to move further in the matter. Yon will probably be surprised that I should have consented even conditionally to come forward, for I have more work to do than I know how to get through, and there is no one, I ima gine, to whom, personally, a Parliamentary life would be less attractive ; but there are social questions to which, and to the legislation about which, I have of late years given much attention ; and it Seems to toe (perhaps wits the captious ness of a bystander) that these questions are not adequately duscu.ssed in Parliament, and that even the voice of one addi tional person who cares about these might be valuable. I felt it, therefore, to be a duty not to reject such an oppor tunity of becoming a Candidate, whatever presumption there m i ght be in ee ki ng to represent a constituency who may justly demand to have the first men in the country as their Representatives. I am th 'roughly glad, however, that the burden of contest is not upon my shoulders, but on the far stronger and abler ones of Mr. George Denman, to whom I beg to tender my vote. I remain, my dear Sunbury, ever faithfully yours, ARTHUR HELPS. E. H. Sunbury, Esq., Chairman of Mr. Denman's Committee. THEATRE ROYAL, DRETRY.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENLY(, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which, REY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL: HAYMARKET. Under tile Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS ICTENIVG, THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. Alter which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled TILE BUrTERFLI"S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genial of the Spring. To c,n dude with • ONLY A lIALETgNIT.. ROY kr, PRINCEM'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Nader the Mansgeinelit of Hr. Ccuu.i. THIR EVENING', KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Q ieen Katharine. Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean. After which, B .I I II4EQUIN AND THE MUD AND THE MAGPIE ; Or, the retry Paradise and Hanky Peaky, the Enchanter. little:pin. Mr. Cormac%; Clown. Mr. Maine ; Pantaloon, Mr. PVC* ; and Columhine, Wes Caroline Adams. THEATRE ROYAL /DELPHI. Proprtetor, Mt. B. Webster.—Directress, I/Mum Celesta. THIS EVENLVG, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After whicll, URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude wit AOK, AND THE BEAN STALK; or.Harlaqula stul Mather 00034 at Houle Alen. wtiteh 514are..Y. Eland, P. Bad Ford, Madame ("elate. Miss anl 31 Lit E. Arden will ap)ear. ROYAL SURREY 'MEATH:E. Lases. Mcurs. Shepherd and Creswlck. THIS EVENING; PARIS IN 1792. To couclude with A PRIgCE: OF PEARLS: or, Harlequin ant line Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the dlrectfon of Mr: Parns. THIS EVENING, THE HOLLY THEE INN. Followed by A PLAGUE ON ROTH YOUR. HOUSES. ♦lter watch, NOEMIE or..lhe Foster Sisters. To conclude with NOT TO BE DONE. ROYAL OLYSZPIC THRITRE. Lame. and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wlzan, THIS EVICNING, THE JEILOIJS WIFE. Attar {which will be produced a Yew and doubly-moral, though "easlvely old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE utscßp:mr PRINCESA; a`. the Three Glass Distaffs. Ia which Messy. Emery. P. Rebsort,,M. Cower. Miss Marston, au .% Mho Ilaskell will appear. ♦STLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. ' , Lease and Manuel. Mr. Win. Cooke. FIVE GRIND JUVENILE NIGIIPS, by particular desire. THIS EVENING, @rand Equestrian Comic Pantomime, called lIARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND TIIE DRAGON; or, the Seven Cham pions of Christendom. After which the unequalled Exhibition of EVESTRUN ART in the CIRCLE, including' the perforinance of Miss Kate Cook, la leur de l'Arne. The sagacious Elephants will appear. To conclude with the faithful portraiture of one of the most popular Romances ever written called ROOK WOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. Ilox•oOlee open from Veiren till Yotzr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian liirector. M. W. Cook.. ;nu. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T4lll th&T—Mora. 10 min. aft. 2—Evening 31 min. aft. 2 T 1-3101i0Ww—Morti. 32 min. aft. 2—Evening 8 min. aft..", THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 22. THERIfOIIETEII, IN TILE SLIADE. &t -highest since noon yesterday. —inwest this morning and daring the night. 43 —this day at citron. BAROSEErER. 29 . 46—rising. oirrirty, N.Y.E. to N.E. —Light, with dull, cold weather, inclining to :root. Heavy rain last evening. • rjj• It- - LONDON, TUES V JANUARY 22, 1856. If ever there was a time when the welfare and happiness, not only of England but of Europe, required a steady and determined. hand to guide the i'Cig94ll of the State through the shoals and quicksands by which it has been surrounded, its is at this moment. In nautical language, there are "breakers ahead," and it is no ordinary skill and vigilance that will enable us to weather the storm, and to bring the gallant ship, unscathed by the tempest, into a secure haven. We confess that we fear the diplomacy far more than the arms of Tn War, although slbe has many sympa thisers, she has no open and. avowed auxiliary. But she has many active abettors in the Cunacil Chamber—and a variety of mysterious influences all operating in her favour, and conducing to triumphs which she could never achieve by physi cal power. The spirit of " Germanism" which is now, unfortunately, beginning to be but too well underAteod in this country is rampant on her behalf. Every effort has been made, and we fear will still be made, to save her from the penal consequences of her uaconseieutious and piratical. aggressions to secure her from the scrape in. which she has been involved without any real humiliation or loss of power, and without giving any ade qua t e guarantee f or future good con d uct. Russia had beau encouraged by a long course of successful plunder and unexpiated guilt. She WAS also induced to believe that the pear wa s actually ripe for the consummation of one of her most darling schemes —that she had only to stretch forth her baud to seize the coveted possessions of "the Sick Man," to obtain an entry int o Con stantinople and complete control over the Bos phorus and the Darola,nelles. She Was partly mis led by the position .of the Cult's "friend of forty Years' standing," " the dear and excellent ABER bgtN)" at the head". of the British Government. A very serious misapprehension respecting the in fluence of Me. Co HDBN and his broad-brimmed coadjutors wee eriother leading cause of error—. and the presence. of persons in the Cabinet, who had grossly insu heel the Emperor of FRANCE, enhanced the del union. Perhaps there may have been outer calt.p. t , that may be developed at some future time, and wlalch aro not as yet so decidedly dissipated as those to which we have above aimed—whick I Lave persuaded her that she might still. : persevere, with a certainty of eventually, au I under - the most inau spicious circuy Mat Ice; obtaining a means of escape from her • dill"( ;ulties whenever they became ° """ 1 "' Im il 3 g and is resistible. The fertile ming negotiation, or Conference, effere the lay A chanceetf impunity. Should another .tr`77l , campaign be rendered necessary—should the Western Powers show themselves resolved on the vigorous prosecution of the contest—the leviathan malefactor will have to endure a - bitter expiation for her manifold transgressions, and be compelled permanently to renounce the traditional policy in augurated by PETER, and continued by CATHA RINE, by ALEXANDIR, and by NICHOLAS. An avenging NnMnsis might change the tables, and compel her in turn to give material guarantees— not to Austria, in the rectification of her boundary with Turkey on the line of the Danube, but to Europe, in far more stringent and unwelcome conditions. Under existing circumstances she will struggle for her darling projects—will en deavour to retain the power of doing mischief, and to avoid making any reparation for past atrocities. We regret to say that the opportu nity has been most unwisely afforded. For even if she now assume the affectation of frankness, and assent to a fair and liberal interpretation of the Austrian Propositions, she will still have ample reason to rejoice at the undue lenity with which she was treated. But if we are tied down within these exceeding narrow limits. If the Fifth Point, by which the power is reserved of " producing in an European interest special conditions over and above the four guarantees," be not pushed to its legitimate results, we have at least the right to expect that there shall be no yielding on any of the matters which are already to a certain extent at least developed. The first symptom of trickery or special pleading should be the signal for break ing off the negotiations, which should never be renewed until Russia come as the humble suitor for peace, on terms so clear and explicit that there could be no possible doubt or difficulty as to their meaning. We have already seen in terpretations attached to documents which the lowest English pettifogger would be ashamed to support. We have seen a thorough disregard of every honourable understanding ; and, juilging from past antecedents, and from the notorious perversity of the Muscovite disposition, we can not, and we do not, suppose that there will be a more auspicious result in the present instance. There is but one possible chance of there being so. The Allied Powers must carry en the discussion with inflexible firmness—Must not evince the slightest appearance of indecision or yield on even the most trivial point ; but, above and beyond all, must urge the vigorous and energetic conduct =of the War. Not only should gigantic preparations be made, for the time when our successes may be fairly followed up in the Crimea, and against Kherson, Nicolaieff, and Odessa, in Bessarabia and in Asia, in the Baltic, and Finland, Courland, Esthonia, and Livonia—but we must strike wherever and whenever there •is the opportunity. An armistice in any shape or form would be fatal to the interests of the Western Powers. It would induce Russia aye,' and Austria —to back out of all their engagements, and leave the Allies to 'renew hostilities under the most unfavourable circumstances—all their past triumphs being neutralised, and having the arduous work to commence de novo. It is the " unholy thing" that should be avoided with intense horror—which would inevitably sacrifice the reputation of any statesman who under any circumstances listened to the insidious suggestion. We shall not even for a moment insult either the French or English Governments, by the supposition that they or either of them could be' so grievously misled— but as the idea has been thrown out in German -quarters it is right that the voice of public opi nion should at once unequivocally and irrevocably pronounce against the monstrous suggestion. The propriety, not to say the necessity, of offering additional inducements to the militia to enlist in the regular army, and also of removing existing obstacles to such enlistment, was too obvious not to be generally recognised. The volunteer, on enlistment, found, to his great chagrin and permanent disgust, that one-half of the bounty money, on the faith. of receiving which he had enlisted, was withheld in order to supply him with underclothing and other necessaries of the service, and was not slow in communicating his dear-bought experience to others. The con sequence was, those whom the full bounty would have tempted to volunteer were not to be had for one-half, How such a short-sighted and inequitable policy could ever have been adopted might well excite surprise, were it not that errors of equal magnitude were to be found pervading our entire military system, It is consequently a matter for congratulation that Lord PANNE:MK has come to the resolution to do away with this forced contribution, and has secured for the volunteer the fulfilment by the State of the bargain into which it has entered ; so that henceforth the sum of 11. in cash will be handed over to each man when accepted, and the remainder will be credited to his account in th regiment into which he enters. Another hardship—viz., the period in which he had served in the militia counting for nothing en his volunteering into the line—has very pro perly been considered, and it has been ordered that for the future every volunteer abode nineteen years of age is to be allowed to reckon one-half of his militia service after he is eighteen as a part of his service in the line, in order to entitle him " to pension and any other advantages, such as good conduct pay, belonging to the regular army, provided he shall have completed six months' military service." Both of these cessions are likely to work well and to operate as additional inducements to volunteering, however fir they may fall short of what is required. Volunteer ing, we may add, will be permitted into any of the regiments of cavalry, artillery, sappers and miners, foot guards, infantry, and royal marines, where the parties are of the requisite height, and. not under eighteen or over thirty years of age, save in certain cases where, on an application to the Inspecting Field Officer of the district, men between twenty-four and thirty-five years of age nay be enlisted. The minimum height in the ( }wards is to be five feet six inches, in the cavalry fi re feet five and a half inches, and in the infantry of ' the line five feet four inches—by no means hi, rh standards in this country, whatever they ma y be elsewhere ; but then volunteers are wroa ti i from the militia regiments in the propor tion if 25 per cent. of their county establishment ; iu of ler words, the militia establishment for the three kingdoms, which consists of one h undred and tweet T thousand JIM, is expected to contribute thirty tliousaitd volunteers to the regular army! The 'hiducernents offered have not, it must be confe 8 sad, arrived before they were wanted. Sta . to exigencie s now and then come between the n obility, when engaged in soldier playing, a lid t' he indulgence of th e i r pr i va t e incliva,tions. Vtug during the present War the strange anomaly has be g )11 presented of commanding (Aiken of mi litia ra h •imenta doing their utmost to prevent their 'men fr oi n volunteering into the line, "ft was too bad," th e, v . seemed to think, "after they had been at the tram, ble of giving the men a soldierly ap pearance, a n , were beginning to take pride iu commandi ng t hem, for the recruiting scrjeant to ()rule and run a\ way with their best men---`o sery e TWe ...itY0 + ;,t0 .. 14 . .....D . 01f t , TUESTI:A.Y E-VP,NIN'G iAwriii.rtv IP, 1 $ g their country, as they called it"—as if the militia were got up for their diversion, and was not looked to as the beet nursery for the regular army, from whence the trained recruit could alone be obtained. This anomaly, we are happy to state, is to exist no longer. Officers commanding militia regiments are strictly enjoined to afford " every facility to the volunteering of their men ; and in case they should refuse to discharge any private who shall be desirous of volunteering, they will transmit their reasons iu writing for such refusal to the General commanding the dis trict for reference to head-quarters." The resthe- Lical commanders in the force have nothing for it but obedience or resignation. The need for volunteers is too great for Lord PANMUR not to be in earnest, and the ornamental will have to give place to the useful. THE WAR COUNCIL. DOVER, TUESDAY, 6.10 A.M. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General de la Marmora, General Airey, Sir Harry Jones, Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, and Admiral Dundas, arrived at Dover, on their return from the Council of War at Paris, in the Admiralty steam-yacht Vivid, Captain Smithett, at 5 this morning, and proceeded direct to London by the express mail train at 5.36 a.m. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. SIR,—In page 24 of the paper of observations pub lished by the Committee of Investigation of the Eastern Counties Railway, I find myself described, under the head of "Hackney Wick Branches," as engineer to the contractors for those branches, and as having in that capacity suggested the use of a portion of the Eastern Counties line to those contractors for a sum of 2501. I never was engineer to any contractors on this or any other occasion. I was engineer to, the Eastern Counties Railway, and as such I always advised the board of directors for their interests. In the instance referred to they acted on my advice, and the result was that they saved between 3,0001. and 4,0001. Had they not acted as I advised them, they must have incurred the above expense in the purchase of land to appropriate as soil for the execution of these branches, on which there was no excavation whatever. The imputation that these branches were improperly per mitted to be converted into a receptacle for the con tractors' diggings is, therefore, wholly erroneous. I regret that the committee did not apply to me for information on this subject, but have made this inaccu rate representation without evidence from any party concerned. As extensive circulation has been given to the state ment throughout the country, T ask the favour of being permitted to contradict it in your columns.—l have the honour to be, your obedient servant, GEO. P. BIDDER. 24, Great George-street, 'Westminster, January 21, 1856. THE WEATHER IN THE CRIMEA. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE OBSERVATORY, TURKISH CONTINGENT. Corrected Reading of Barometer, 9 a.m. 3 pan. 9 p.m. Attacked Attached Attached Baron]. Baron]. Baroun. Therm. • Therm. Therm. -- Tieg..._ deg ....._—__ ____ _ deg. _— . 30•378 30 3)•433 31 30'388 29 30'498 32 30'470 29 110•502 29 30'367 1 30 518 31'5 30 765 27 30'418 30 30 . 348 31 30 278 29 31'226 29 30'144 32 30 154 29 30'174 31 30'1E4 32 30'184 3 l *5 30'290 30'5 30'270 I , 31 30'328 31 5 --- 30'336 30'2 30•330 I 31 38'866 I 27'4 Thermometer. Direr- Lowest tion of Remarks. 9 a.m 3 p.m. 9 p.m. Tempe- Wind. rature. deg'. deg. deg. deg. 24 .28 25 19 N Overcast 24 23 22 16 N E Cloudy 19'5 26 23 14 N Clear 17 23 18 12'5 8 E Clear 17 27 18 14 Nli Foggy 23.5 25 27 14 N Cloudy 26 27 28 22 N W Foggy; evening, slight thaw 21'5 1 25 . 5/ 23 14'2 / i I ' MeAn The arrangements on the Egyptian railroad give great satisfaction. The railway carriages are very superior, each one cost 4001. The Egyptian Transit Administra tion realised a profit of 75,0001. last year, and the sum is likely to increase when the railway is made use of for the conveyance of Egyptian produce from the in terinr. THE MAlLS.—Liverpool, Jan. 21.—Owing to the te arrangement of the sailings from New York and Boston for this port, consequent on the return to the old system of despatching the Collins' boats bi-monthly and the Cunard steamers weekly, as before the commencement of the war, no mail will be received at this port until Sunday or Monday next, when the Canada, from Boston, will be due. A mail will, however, be brought bythe Ara go, due at Southampton on Wednesday or Thursday. AUSTRALIAN MAILS, vice SINGAPORE.—At Sydney, advertisements have been issued by the Government for tenders for conveyance of the mails between Sydney and Singapore, via Torres Straits, and the contract is to be entered into from month to month. According to the evidence of Captain Towns, the communication pro posed could be accomplished at the expense of 30,0001. per annum, without reckoning the postage. The vote of the legislature is only 25,0001., but we presume if something in excess of that sum should be absolutely necessary it will not be refused by the Government, or grudged by the future Legislature.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette, At a meeting of shareholders of the London and East ern Banking Corporation, yesterday, the directors de clared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. for the half year ending the 31st Dec. last, and notified that the business of the corporation will be removed from their present premises at 36, King William-street, to their new house at 27, Cannon -street, just purchased from the General Screw Steam Navigation Company. ST. KATHARINE'S DOCK COMPANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company took place yesterday, Mr. J. W. Cater in the chair, when a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum was declared, and the report was received as satisfactory. A proposal to increase the distribution to 21 per cent. for the half-year, owing to the development of business, and the large total of the reserve, now 88,8001., although meeting the approval of several of the proprietors, was not generally supported, it being explained both by the chairman and Mr. Glyn that the prospect of competition and other contingencies rendered caution for the present necessary. FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES.—The French flag was re-hoisted on the consular establishment at San Francisco on the 30th of November, the differences with the local government which led the consul lately to strike it having been adjusted. The band of the Ameri can cominedore, Meloine, played French national airs on the occasion, and the flag was also saluted by the commodore with 21 guns. On the following day the French consul dined on board the American frigate. THE LATE SIR W. Mor.Eswonis.—Lady Moles worth, replying to an address of condolence from the tenantry of the late Sir William, observes—" My feeble pen can but inadequately express all I feel—all that is due to him who is taken from us. But another, who, from his great talents and noble nature, is no mean judge, has borne testimony to his sterling worth. Lord Palmerston, in the letter he has addressed to me on the occasion of the sad blow befalling me, made use of the following words For singleness of mind, honesty of purpose, clearness of judgment, faithfulness of conduct, courage in difficulties, and equanimity in success he never was surpassed ; and deeply must any nation lament the premature loss of such a man ; for voids so created are - hot easily replaced.' Such words from such a man prove how justly the kind friends I address have formed their opinion." THE SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY.—We learn that this society has just received from the corporation of the Trinity House a gift of 501., and from the East India Company their annual douation of 251. ; also that it has received notice of a legacy of 1001. left to it by the late Miss Elizabeth Herbet. The value of the service rendered to our marine population by this institution may be judged of by the fact, that on Friday last it dis tributed 5001, among the widows of drowned seamen and fishermen ; and it is only lately that it made a disburse ment of 5001. in one week, to relieve the distre4s caused among mariners and their f am ili es by the fe ar ful ship. wrecks on our coasts in the begiauing of November. MORE ROBBERIES ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL. WAY.—Some short time since this journal announced that a series of robberies had been committed in the carriages of the Great Western Railway Company, by some person or persons unknown, by removing the first class carriage seat completely i • and although a hand some reward w a s o ff ere d b y tha company, the thieves have not yet been discovered ; and last night informa tion was given to the police that, at various times and places, on the same line, a very large number of first class carriage curtains, made of brown silk, bad been stolen. The company, and also Mr. Collard, the superintendent of the railway police, believe that the robberies took place at stations on the line where car riages are kept in reserve. 51. reward is offered for the apprehension of the guilty persons. COFFEE AND EATING- flousE-KEEPEn's Assocwrrox. —The half-yearly meeting of this association was held last evening at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen street--,-Mr. Baker, the president in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting baying been confirmed, Mr. Rogers, the secretary, read the report, which callo-1 attention to the fact that a small debt was due to the treasurer, but the committee considered that by no means discouraging, inasmuch as a sum of 2001. h a d been recently pl a c e d to the society't account at the National Debt-office, which left a trifling balance in hand to meet such emergencies. At the last general meeting t additional pensioners had been placed on the funds—those facts gave sufficient reason for the present balance against the half-yearly audit. The committee also reminded the subscribers and friends of she hitherto prosperous condition of the institution. The present amount of the funds of the society was 3,220/. Bs. 7d., and the committee anticipated that, on the occasion of the annual dinner, which will shortly take place, that amount will be increased. The attention of the meet ing was called to an application for the benefits of the institution on behalf of the widow of an old subscriber. The cowneittee returned thanks for the support given at their late annual ball, which had been a source of profit to the funds, The financial statement showe I the re ceipts to amount to 1041. 9s. Bd. for the past half-year, leaving a balance due to the tre asurer as above-men tioned. Mr. Kirton moved. and Mr. Chislett seconded, the adoption of the report, which was agreed to nem. con. The election of one pensioner then took place, as recommended by the committee. Some other business of a formal nature having been transacted, a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. EXTRAORDINARY DISAPPEARANCE OF A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.---A greattsensation has been created at the Office of Works by the disappearance of one of the prin cipal officials, under very distressing circumstances. It appears that the individual in question left the office on Monday evening about six o'clock, and arrived at home at ten, and left his house again at two o'clock in the morning, from which time to the present no trace of him has been ascertained. A letter was received by his mother without date or address, merely stating that he was well, but without giving any clue to his whereabouts or his reason for absenting himself. From the state ments of his friends, it appears that he has for some time been in a very excited and nervous state, and they are very apprehensive that his mind has become affected On the - same day that he left, a clerk - in ihe Office of Woods and ForeEts, there is every reason to believe, destroyed himself, and this painful occurrence may pro bably hare operated prejudicially on the mind of the gentleman in question, already, perhaps, in a diseased state. As it is, the police throughout the kingdom are using every exertion to find out what has become of him. JENNY LIND AND THE WORKING MEN OF LIVERPOOL. —A. short time ago, during her recent visit to Liver pool, the working men of this town got up a memorial to Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind), in which, after expressing their high ad m i ra ti on o f h er gre at talents, and the pleasure .thjy would experience in hearing them exercised, thef pointed out that, owing to the necessa rily high prices charged for admission to firer concerts, none of the working classes could enjoy the privilege of being delighted, like their richer brethren, by her won derful vocalism. They begged her, theref , re, to consent to give a concert for the wcrking classes solely, at prices which would not debar the most humble from _ . participating in the r i c h t reat o f hearing her "hea ven-born " voice, and they respectfully suggested, in case of her approval of their request, that toe en tertainment should take place in the Concert ball, Lord Nelson-street, as being the peculiar locale of the cheap and popular concerts in this town. The memorial was duly presented, and the fair cantatrice has, with her usual good nature, accorded the boon asked, but conditionally on measures bein: taken to secure the ad mission to the concert of members of the working classes only. Madame Lind also intimated an objection to sing at the Lord Nelson-street hall, and suggested that St. George's -hall might easily be obtained for the purpose. She also expressed a desire that the price of admission should not be lower than 24. GJ. The ar- - - rangement, it is said, isin — c - ourse of being carried out, and the concert will probably take place in a week or two at St. George's -hall. It is to be hoped that those who are not really of the " working classes " will have too much good taste and proper feeling to attempt to take advantage of Madame Goldschmidt's kindness, to the exclusion of those for whom it is very generously intended. —Liverpool Journal. NEW PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS.—A return to an order of the House of Commons was on Saturday published of all new places created and appointments made since the 9th of April, 1848, with the salaries of each, &c. it appears that in England 2,775 appointments have been so created, with salaries amounting to 427.4801. ' • in Scotland 11, w i t h sa l ar i es of 5,8451. ; an d i n I reland 167, with salaries of 54,436/. —making an aggregate tota; for the united kingdom of 487,402/. It should be ob. served that the greater number of the new offices have been in substitution for other offices revised or discon tinued, and that in some cases additions have been made to offices in consequence of the war with Russia. In England the following is the list of some of the offices and departments—vi 7., in the Adjutant-General's office, 2 offices ; in the Admiralty and Naval departments, 43 ; in the Army and Ordnance (Medical Department), 4 ; in the Audit-office, 24 ; in the Board of Trade, 31 ; in the Charity Commission, 34 ; in the Colonial Land and Emigration-office, 24 ; in the Colonial-office, 1 ; in the Gimmander-in-Chiefs office, 2 ; in the Commissariat, 1 ; in the Committee of Council on E lucation, 84 ; in the Customs, 1,054 ; in the Dir ec t ors o f C onv i ct P r i sons, 376 ; in the Foreign-office, 74 ; in the Board of Health, 17 ; in the Home-office, 74 ; in the Inland Revenue, 330 ; in the National Debt-office, 3 ; in the Ordnance, 117 ; in the Post-office, 340 ; in the Stationary-office, 6 ; in the Treasury, 3 ; in the War Department, 27 ; in the War-office, 38 in the Woods and Forests, 10 ; and in the Works and Public Buildings, 54, besides some others, LATEST NEWS. BERLIN, JAN. 20. It is said Hilt before the opening of the Con ferences, the Western Powers will demand from Prussia that she shall adopt the propositions ac cepted by Russia, and guarantee for her co-opera tion in case peace should not result from the Con- fere n ces. The most strenuous efforts will be made by Prussia to obtain a participation in the renewed Couferences. Count Benkendorff will bring the confidential communication from the Czar, consequent on the altered position of affairs. British steamers are narrowly watching all vessels in the Baltic supposed to be laden with arms or munitions of war. A letter has just been received from Vienna, from a well-informed source, stating that Austria is of opinion that Russia has a right to retain all her fortified places on the different coasts of the Black Sea. If such should prove to be the case it is feared that a serious difference of opinion will arise between the allies. Russia, it is said, has been obliged to promise not to have arsenals in the Black Sea, because they would supply her with the means of aggression, but her forts are necessary for the defence of her territory. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY. The Emperor and Empress yesterday received several foreigners of distinction, who were pre sented by the Apostolic Nuncio, the ministers of Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, and M ec kl en b urg - Schwerin. His Excellency the British Ambassador presented to their Majesties Sir William, Lady, and the Misses Clay, General Derville, and Lieut.- Colonel Airey. The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience to M. d'Olozaga, the Spanish Minister, recently re turned to Paris from Spain. The N 1 oniteur contains a decree for organising the artillery of the Imperial Guard. Instructions have been sent by the Minister of War to the generals commanding military divisions and sub-divisions for the distribution of the Eng lish medal in military men of all ranks who have taken part in the campaign of the Crimea, and who are now in France. The following telegraphic despatches have been received in Paris : " MARSEILLES, Jan. 20. —The Jourdain steam-packet has just arrived, with news from Constantinople to the 10th. General Bazine had returned to Sebastopol. The accounts from the Crimea are to the Gth. The cannonade from the northern forts was still kept up. The weather continued very cold. An expedition into Georgia under General Campbell was seriously talked of. General Williams is still at Tiflis." " MARSEILLES, Jan. 2O, Evening.— The accounts from Constantinople state that General Mouravieff, after having destroyed the advanced works of Kars, had left a garrison of 1,000 men in that place, well provisiowid, and ordered the main body of his army to march on Gumri. There are at Trebizond a forca of 15,000 Turks and Egyptians, the greater part of whom are on their way to the relief of Erzeroum. These troops en dure the most severe privations, and more particularly suffer from the bad state of the roads, which are much encumbered with snow. At Kinbourn the sea is frozen to a distance of two leagues ; the gun-boats which are frozen up will, in case of need, act as detached forts round the citadel. The rupture of relations between Persia and England is confirmed. The Shah declined the mediation of France the moment he heard of the fall of Kars. The English Minister, on his side, refused to make any concessions, and has left Teheran with all the English legation. He arrived on the 6th December at at Kious, near Mossoul. The Prince of Servia has dismissed the editor of a Servian journal for having pub lithed an article extracted from the Northern Bee of St. Petersburg." " VIENNA, Jan. 19.—At the Opera, last evening, the Emperor was received with loud demonstrations of joy, ou the occasion of the hopes entertained of peace." BOURSE, Jan. 21.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month 4. per Cents lt4 ---f. -c. 3 per Cents 67 37 67 70 New Loan 6B 10 Bank Shares 3250 Roman Credit Mobilier 1432 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ..... ... ' Spanish Threes Piedmontest (5) RAILWA Yd-1 . 011 CASIL fr. c Urbane llB5 c. Western 7Bi 75 Northern Lyons . Lyons Geneva 7OO -- T,este • • • -- Cate 7OO Austrian C0rn....... 782 50 AUSTRIA. The Austrian Nazette of the 17th says :—" The news of peace was known during the course of last night in the highest circles of the capital. The Emperor announced it himself in the course of the evening at the Court ball. His Majesty spoke of the despatch to Colonel Manteuffet, and testified to him the satisfaction he felt at seeing the last differences which had subsisted between Austria .and Prussia disappear. This morning the English, French, Belgian, Danish, and Hanoverian ambas ' sadors assembled at the residence of Count Buol and had a long conference with him, the object of which is said to have been the conclusion of an ar mistice. Couriers were afterwards sent off to Ber lin, London, and St. Petersburg. Count de Stakel berg, the Russian military plenipotentiary, accom panied by Prince Gortschakoff, had an audience of Count Buol in the course of the morning. The impression produced at Vienna by the Rus sian acceptance was so much the greater that it was unexpected. It is said in diplomatic circles that it was the personal opinion of the Emperor Alex finder which, at a Grand Council held at St. Petersburg, turned the scales in favour of the ac ceptance. The decision of the Emperor of Russia is said to have been partly founded on reports which had reached him on the previous day rela tive to the state of the army. It is said that the Allies will not demand any further territorial con cessions from Russia, or any indemnity for the expenses of the war; and that Russia has received formal assurances on these points. It is also rumoured that the Conferences of Vienna will not be resumed, but that Russia will demand the for mation of a congress, to be held in one of the small German capitals, or in Paris." RUSSIA. The Invalide Russe of the 12th contains a report, announcing that at the beginning of September some sharp skirmishes took place between Schamyl's troops and the Russians, under General Kosloffski, in the Upper Kouban, and that the re sult of them was that the Circassians were de feated. It is stated that at that time Schamyl cer tainly intended to support the operations of Omer Paella, but was prevented by the movements of the Russian general. A. letter from Warsaw of tho 10th, in the Ham burg Correspondent says :—" The arrangements connected with the reforms to be introduced into the kingdom of Poland, which had been suspended in consequence of the illness ofPrince Paskiewitch, have been resumed. It is said that Poland is to be divided into three governments instead of five, the chief towns being Warsaw, Lublin, and Radom. The g )vernors are to unite the civil and military powers, and are to rem a i n subordinate to the Go vernor-General of the Kingdom. The finance department is to depend altogether on that of St. Petersburg." TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 7th, in the Gazette du Midi, says :—" A deputation of Pro testants waited the other day on the M in i s t er of Foreign Affairs, and after thanking hun for the liberty accorded to the exercise of their worship, and for the kindness they have always received from the Turkish authorities, complained that the Turkish government did not allow sufficient facili ties for making proselytes amongst the population, and they demanded that the Sultan should do some thing more for them, namely, issue a proclamation recommending them to his subjects. If this step had only been taken isolatedly by some fanatics it m i ght he laughed at, but it is part of a system which comes from a higher soure3, and the deputation were only simple machines in the matter. As may be supposed, Fund Pacha received them with his ordinary affa bility, but naturally without according them any thing. The order of the Sultan to send young students to Europe has been published, and soon the young men will leave. Divers decrees are being prepared to extend the number of places to which Christians can be admitted. One of them is to admit Christians in common with Turks into the military schools, where they will be fed, clothed, and instructed at the cost of the government, and on leaving will be admitted as officers of the army. To the medical school they have been admitted for some years past, and a great portion of the military surgeons of Turkey are Christians. The scheriff of Mecca, Abdul Mouctalet, who is the cause of the sanguinary disorders which have lately taken place in that holy city, has been di•.missed, and the Scheriff Bin van nominated in his place. This latter was a few days past conducted in great pomp to the Porte to receive investiture. He is said to - possess great influence over the Arabs." KINBOURN. A letter from Kinbourn of the sth instant an nounces the arrival in that fortress of the French General of Artillery Le Bceuf. The General had visited the fortifications of the place and the means of defence afforded by the flotilla, and pronounced the place to be in a condition to repel successfully any attack of the enemy. According to the re port of deserters, an attack was to be made on the 6th. The Russians, they stated, had concentrated 16,000 or 18,000 men at Oczakoff, and had as sembled another corps close to the isthmus of Kinbourn, so as to attack simultaneously on two points. The first was to cross over on the ice, with twenty pieces of artillery, while the other was to attack in front. In the night of the 3d two English armed boats proceeded to reconnoitre the coast of the Isthmus, on the Black Sea side, but after exchanging a ew shots with the Coss tcks, they returned without- having been able to ascer tain the position or force of the enemy. Iu the morning of the sth, General Le Bceuf proceeded in the Milan steamer on a reconnaissance in the same direction, but without discovering any large body of troops. On the 4th the Phlegeton explored the coast of Oczakoff, and perceived no hostile move ment. The garrison and flotilla, however, were on the vive, and well prepared, and determined to give the assailants a warm reception. On the sth a funeral service was celebrated in honour of Admiral Bruat, on board the Vautour, on which the Superior Commander of the Station, M. Paris, had hoisted his flag. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 10th, in the Piemonte of Turin, says :—" In consequence of the late edict of the Cardinal-Vicar for the observance of Sundays and holidays, the police were actively engaged last Sunday in visiting houses where people were suspected of being at work. Some were arrested and fined. Several gentlemen sus pected of having bought something on that day were stopped in the streets and searched to ascer tain the truth. Yesterday two men, convicted of having murdered the turnkey of the prison Delle Terme, suffered the extreme penalty of the law. They were conducted long before daylight to the place of execution in a close carriage surrounded by gendarmes. Count de Rayneval, the French Minister, who has been seriously ill for some days past, is now recovering." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 16th have arrived. In the Cortes on that day, the Royal decrees ap pointing M. de la Escosura, M. Lujan, and M. Arias Luria to the Ministries of the Interior, Public Works, and Justice, were read ; after which the Duke de la Victoria, ascending the tribune, said that the modification in the Cabinet which had just been effected was caused by m o ti ves o f d e li cac y. The Epoca says that the Credit Mobilier Company intends to propose to exe cute the Northern Railway. The accounts of the inundations are deplorable. At Se ville several streets were under water, as well as the environs. The bakers of the city had been unable to make bread, owing to the want of fuel, and the ornamental trees in the promenades had consequently to be cut down and given to them. To preserve order it was necessary to keep strong detachments of the national guard stationed in front of the Town-hall,. and to have strong patrols parading the streets. In the environs of the city considerable hisses of corn had taken place, and several persons had lost thair lives. Owing to the inundations, the last accounts from the city only came down to the 9th, and at that date the Gua dalquivir was still rising. At Cordova also serious disasters have occurred. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 21. The Minho steamer brings letters of the 16th inst. The weather has again become so very stormy that further damage is expected to ships navigating off the coast of Portugal. Public prayers are or dered to be offered in the churches for a cessation of rain, which has already produced much distress. The Peninsular'and Oriental Company's new steamer Pera, with the English mails for Alexan dria, expects to get her machinery made good in time to get away from this port about the 18th inst. The delay of several mails from Spain, attributed to the state of the roads, has given rise to re ports of disturbances in Madrid, which are held to be greatly exaggerated. It is even reported that a republic had been proclaimed, and, although it is not believed, it is satisfactory to say that the Por tuguese seem little likely at present to imitate the Spaniards in any political movement likely to dis turb the Peninsula. The English steamer Arabian has just come into port from Alexandria and Malta for coals, bound for Liverpool, and the French steamer Louise, from Greenock, also for coals, going to Marseilles. An English bark, name as yet unknown, got on shore this morning below Belem Tower, and has just been towed off ; all saved, by a Portuguese steamer-of-war. Foreign Ships-of-War in Port.—Her Majesty's ship St. George, Captain Eyre. French steamers Newton and Gasiendi. THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. The following order has been issued to the army in the Crimea by General Codrington GENERAL AFTER ORDER. Head Quarters, Sebastopol, Jan. 1, 1856. The Commander of the .F,irceg hae received, by order of Field• Marshal Viscount Hardinge, a copy of resolu tions iv/reed to at a public in.etirg in London. They have reference to Miss Nightingale and those ladies who were with her in the hospitals of this army. The resolutions were in substance : " That the noble exertions of Miss Nightingale and her associates in the hospitals of the East, and the in valuable services rendered by th-in to the sick and wounded of the British forces, demand the grateful re cognition of the British people. That, as she does not wish to accept any tribute for her own personal advantage, funds be raised to enable her to e s t a bli s h an i ns tit ut i on for the training, suste nance, and protection of nurses and hospital attendant s . " That all clasps be invited to contribute." Field-Marshal Vj.•count Hardinge has wished that all ranks of the army be afforded the opportunity of contri buting towards this fund. This can easily be done by company officers being requested to read this order to non-commissioned officers and men, and to take upon themselves the honourable trouble of collecting whatever is given by them freely and of their own accord. There would be no value in any such offering from the army were it - not free and spontaneous. Last year, instead of the Christmas we have now passed in abundance, in health, and in ri;rength, we had difficulties, we had sickness, we had sad mortality. It w-as during these days of trial that our wounded and our suffering comrades were helped by the exertions and the devoted earnestness of 11:lisa Nightingale and the ladies who accompanied her. All must have heard, many of this army must have then seen, have known, have benefited by, their kind ness and care in our hospitals ; for they flinched not front their high duty in the midst of sufferings difficult to be relieved, and of pain impossible to prevent. It is to do honour to such disinterested good that we are asked to assist ; and the money will be devoted to the continuance of these benefits to others, by which we ourselves have well profited. The commander of the forces will give to this fund one day's pay, on the 6th January, 1856 ; and generals of divisions and headsof departments will be good enough to facilitate any similar voluntary contributions from officers, non-commissioned officers, anti men. The amount to be general, by division staff, by regiments, and by departments, to be received by paymasters, and notified to the military secretary.—By order. (Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Chief of the Staff. Twelfth-day was appointed for the collectio❑ to be made throughout the whole army. The amounts are to be collected in hard cash, which will be paid into the commissariat chest, and a bill for the money will be given on the Horn-• Treasury. The following committee in the Crimea now re ceives and remits subscriptions to England : M jor-General Lord W. Paulet, C.B. Colonel Wilbraham, C. 3. Staff Surgeon Dr. Hadley. Captain Jasper Hall, A.D.C. Rev. E. Parker. Asst.-Com.-General R. Routh. H. Whiffin, Esq., Ordnance Paymaster. THE BOILER EXPLOSLON AT LEA BROOK.--The in (pest on the bodies of the men, Michael Gannon, Ed wd. Powell, and Win. Hubbard, who were killed by the late explosion of a boiler at Lea Brook, Staffordshire, took place yesterday before Mr. Hinchcliffe, coroner. An ot.her man, James Hickman, has died since the adjourn ment on Wednesday, making 5 deaths from the accident. Mr. Brough, a Government inspector of mines, was pre sent, and questioned the witnesses with a view to elicit the cause of the accident. Among the facts it was stated by a witness that at the time when the boiler exploded there wai a pressure of 351 b. per inch upon it, which the witness said was an extraordinary weight. The inquiry was not concluded when our report was sent a • 14.2 i Wan ; A. R. IRVINE, Acting Staff Surgeon, Ordnance Department, in Charge of Observatory. Kertch, Dec. 29, 1855. COURT CIRCULAR. ENDSOR, JAN. 21. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, acc,.mpanied by the Count of Flanders, went out shooting this morning. Viscount PAlmerston left the Castle in the forenoon, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott took his departure for CUM bridge. _ _ Ills Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, attended by Captain Burnelle, left Windsor by a special train of the South-Western Railway, at 3 o'clock in the after noon, for London, en route for Brussels. The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington left town, yesterday, for Paris. Viscount Palmerston returned to town, yesterday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Viscountess Palmerston went to St. Leonarde-on-Sea on Saturday last, to visit the Viscountess Jocelyn. Her ladyship returns to town at the close of the week. Lady Macdonald was safely delivered of a daughter yesterday, at the family mansion in Berkeley-square. Lieut.-Colonel Edwin Wodebouso, C. 8., Royal Artil lery, has arrived in London from the Crimea. Mr. and Mrs. Hurnby have left Edwards's Private Hotel, in George-street, for the continent. Mr. J. Wilkes has arrived at the same establishment. It was rumoured in Paris yesterday, that 31. de horny will be the Plenipotentiary fur Frince at the coming Conferences, supposing them to be held abroad. M. de 3lorny is, it is said, desirous of peace at any price. M. Fallout will shortly publish his history of the two last Assemblies in France—the Constituent and the Legislative. Mr. S. Warren, Q.C., is to be the Conservative can didate to fill the vacancy at Midhurst, of Mr. Walpole, who retires. Orders have been received at Pembroke-yard fron► the Admiralty to prepare a set of drawings of the Victor Emmanuel (late Repulse) for his Majesty the King of Sardinia. Lieut.-Colonel Edwin Wodehouse, C. 8., Royal Artil lery, has arrived in London from the Crimea. A marriage was celebrated at Kainiesb a few weeks since. Cornelius O'Brier, Esq., ALP. for Cl3re, arrived at Limer ck oa Friday, fro►n t,is beautiful scat at Birehfield, and left for Dublin . The Address in the Commons will be moved by the Hon. G. H. C. Byng, M.P., for Tavistock, and seconded by Mr. W. E. Baxter, M,P. for Montrose. In the Bernese Oberland, especially on the St. Go thard route, the temperature is just now extraordinarily mild. The snow melts and falls in heavy avalanches. It is said that Sir J. Dean Paul and Mr. Strahan, the convict bankers, are busily employed in prison, the for mer at tailoring, and the latter at chairmaking. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny have issued cards for a dinner party on Thursday next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, who have been stayirg for some time at Nice, are now on their way to Rome, where they purpose remaining until the spring. The noble marquis and her ladyship have it in cootemplation to visit the Crimea and Sebastopol be fore returning to England. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday, from the Grove. The funeral of the Hon. Mrs. Villiers took place at Watford at the close of last week. The Earl and Countess of Erroll have arrived in Eaton-place, at the residence of Mr. James Duff, M.P., from Scotland. The Earl of Munster has taken a mansion at Rutland gate. - The Lord President of the Council, Earl Granville, as leader of the Ministerial party in the House of Lords, gives a full-dress banquet on the 30th, to which the fol lowing peers are invited : —The Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Wellingtou, the Marquis of Lansd)wne, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Har rowby, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Bessborough, the Mar quis of Breadalbane, 'Viscount Sydney, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Panmure, Lord Foley, Lord Wodehouse, and the mover and seconder of the address upon the Royal Speech. Viscount Palmerston gives a full-dress Parliamentary banquet on the 30th inst. to the following : —The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir G. Grey, the Right Hon. Henry Lahouehera, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir C. Wood, the Secretary for Ireland, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, Sir Benjamin Hall, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, the Right Hon. the Eirl of Mulgrave, Lord E. Bruce, Lord Alfred Paget, Viscount Duncan, Vis count Drutulanrig, the Hon. H. Brand, Sir Maurice F. Berkeley, the Right Hon. G. H. Hayter, the Attorney- Judge-Ad vocate, General, th e S olicitor-General, the Lord Advocate, the sell, Mr. J. W ilson, and the mover and seconder of the Mr. F. Peel, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Mon address to the Royal Speech. Despatches from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast, were received, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Despatches from the Governors of Australia and Malta were sent, last evening, from the Colonial-office. Mme. Ristori is expected to perform for 10 nights at Vienna in the course of ensuing month. Her return to the f taliens, Paris, mv be looked for early in March. A RUSSIAN VIE TV OF RUSSIA'S SUBMISSION. The Nord publishes the following article : " Will it still be pretended that Russia is the make bate ' of Europe ; that it is Russia that wished for N ear It is scarcely 43 hours since we said that Russia, listen ing to the unanimous wishes of Europe—which, anxious, timid, and foreseeing terrible_calamities in the prolongs' tion of the war implored peace from her—would not turn a deaf ear to that plaintive voice of humanity, sod would make sacrifices with the most noble self-denial. We said so frankly, convinced that we were right, and we have not been deceived. But we should be deceiv ing our readers, and showing ourselves unworthy o f the confidence with which we always sought to inspire them, should we pretend that Russia only accepted the props' sitinns of peace made to her to please Europe. "It is not for us to develope this argument, for it would not satisfy us, and, thank Heaven, we are inde pendent enough to say what we think, Truly, a Power like Russia should never lose sight of the wishes and interests of Europe. She ought to know, at a pinch, hnw to sacrifice her welfare to the happiness of others. But there is a limit to all things, even to generosity, even to self-denial. Who would believe it, even if we state it, that Russia has just sacrificed her interests to those of Europe, and that the has shown herself more European than Russian? Ne one. And we ourselves —we own it—we would not believe it. " We shall therefore be more sincere, and we shall b. the more readily believed when we say that Russia only accepted the propositions made to her because it was her interest to do so, because she ought to do so; and we will say why. " Every impartial, loyal, and just•minded man must own that since the commencement of the war Russia was always desirous of peace, and that it always slipped through her fingers because she was never allowed to conclude it. This time she found herself in more ad• vantageous conditions to obtain her object. After the heroic defence of Sebastopol the efforts of her adverse• ries to seize upon the Crimea failed before the immense obstacles opposed to them by the Russians, and in Asia, where she took the offensive, she achieved a great sue• cess by the capture of Kars. " In this position, and still in her full vigour, Russia could await, yet desire peace. She herself made the first propositions, and when those of the allies reached her through the medium of Austria she did not hesitate t ► accept them, for, with a trifling difference, they were nearly the same which had received her assent at the Vienna conferences. One point only presented itself for the first tune, and seemed to have been purposely in' stilts(' to prevent once more the work of peace. "Already, on her first refusal, which, however, was not a categorical refusal, Austria evinced an inclination to break off her relations with Russia, and to inerease the complications of the war, while at London men ex' ulted at beholding Russia once more fall into the snare. She might, in fact, find the whole of Europe arrayed against her, which the force of circumstances and a coo' plication of insidious engagements would have reduced, even against its will, to that hard extremity. It was here that the real enemies of Russia laid wait for her ; is for this result that England laboured. Russia bog upset their calculations, and she has done well. "But we maintain that it was her duty to do so on another ground, which refers to the future—a word which a great power must never lose sight of in its most grave resolutions. What, is, in fact, the real cause of the war ? What is the motive of this general universal mistrust into which the very friends of Russia have been driven ? The cause is that which all the most solemn de' clarations of Russia have not been able to annul, and which would always have existed as long as no positive and, so to say, material proof has been brought forward to contradict it ; it is the idea that the dream of the am• hition of Russia was the conquest of Constantinople. However absurd, ridiculous, contrary to the most patent facts was such a misconception, nevertheless it was so widely spread—it had struck such deep root in public opinion —that it would always have been an immense and most disadvantageous obstacle to Russia. rl e r ad versaries, therefore, put a syllogism to her, which, al though coming from an enemy, had, nevertheless, A certain value. "If you are sincere (they said) in your protestations not to wish to seize upon Turkey, why not at one blot./ demolish that terrible supposition, which, rightfully or wrongfully, will always be suspended over your bead, bf ceding to the Porte a small tract of land which brings you in nothing, and which is of no possible use to you except for the invasion of the Ottoman empire ? Th°, day upon whi c h you make that material co n c ess ion all Europe will believe that you do not follow the dreams of aggrandisement attributed to you ; it will do more—a will own that it was in error. " Russia has just given this material proof of good faith to Europe, and in giving it she exclaims, 'Do yos believe me now ?' " Russia has therefore destroyed at one blow the im- mense distrust which exists on all sides against her, and the snare about to be again laid for her too great suscep tibility by the hatred of those who regard the present war less as a political than as a national one." BARON bgEBACEI AND THE CZAR. A Paris letter in the Independance Beige con tains the following : A!thoug,h the result M. Seebach had in view in his visit to St. Petersburg is now in a good way of being realised, some details respecting this diplomatist's interview with the Emperor Alexander will not perhaps be uninterest ing._ li. Seebach was extremely intimate with the Empe ror Nicholas, and the Emperor Alexander witnessed when very young the friendship which his father main tamed with that statesman. The latter was received at the palace immediately alter his arrival at St. Petersburg, which city he bad not visited for many years. On seeing him the Emperor exclaimed, " What grave events have passed since we last saw each other !" and then threw himself into his visitor's .artne- His Majesty for some time showed much emotion, arid epuke of his father, his childhood, and of the calmer times when he had known M. Seebach. In k t :eak. iug of his !ather tears ran down his cheeks. But recovering himself with a dignity truly Imperial, he observed, "But we have to speak of more serious matters. Ah, you are not come hoping to weaken me ?" The Emperor then expressed himself with great clear ness upon the reasons which rendered the establishment of peace desirable, but also upon his duties as the sove reign of Russia, and the difficulties and exigencies of the situation. "My noblesse," said he, "are not prepared to bow the head. I do not deceive myself upon the gravity of the events in therCrimea, nor upon the pos sible results of an attack in the - Baltic ; but, believe me, whatever may be the situation, and whatever may be likely to arrive, it is much more difficult for me at this moment to make peace than to continue the war. I en counter in deciding for war ten times less resistgnos amongst my noblesse and my people." CO WES, ISLE OF IVIGIIT.—Jan. 21. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES CASTLE.--The members of the Royal Yacht Squdron have appointed a committee to report to the general meeting of the members in May next, as to the extent to which the castle will have tp be enlarged to suit it for the requirements cf the squadron. G. Bentinck, Esq., E. N. Harvey, Esq., and W. B. Ponsonby, Esq., have, with their architect, Mr. Thos. ITellyer, of Ryde, made a minute survey of the premises for this purpose. We hope that in the extensive additions which must be mad e to the building, its castellated eharacter will be kept up. MORE FREEHOLDERS.—The National Freehold Land Society have this week offered anotlscr of their estatesin the Isle of Wight to their members, in 32 lots, varying in size from halt an acre to 6 acres, 'Twelve have been already taken, containing 21 acres, at a cost of 1,1651. It is situated at Gurnard, about one mile from West Cowes, and commands most extensive and beautiful views. VALUABLE CARGO.—One of the ships now lying in Cowes Roads (the City of Mobile, fro.rn New York to Cowes, for orders) has upwards of 2,000 tons of corn on board. Sh€ measures 1,800 tons, and thaws 22 ft. 6 in. of water. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCIIMLDT-LIND. Madame Jenny Lind sang the sopran'c► part in "Elijah" for the F•ecand tune last night, atril with all that extraordinary power and beauty which we have already described. It is scarcely necessary to add that she was enthusiastically applauded. The con tralto, tenor, and second soprano parts were (entrusted, as on an previous occasion, to Miss Dolby, Mr.: Lockey, and Miss Messent, who discharged their various duties zealously and successfully. The only solo piece rede inanded was the air " 0 ! rest in the Lord," bountifully rendered by Miss Dolby. The other encore was elicited by the trio "Lilt thine eyes," exquisitely sung by Ma dame Jenny Lind, Miss Messent, and Miss Dolby. The part of the Prophet was admirably supported by Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Benedict conducted the orchestra with great skill and energy. The hall was quite full. NORTH LONDON OR UNIVERSITY COLLEGR llosPftAL '—During the past week the committee have received the following generous contributions :—Miss Jane Mor ris, 521, 10s.; Charles Morris, Esq., 1051.; Lewis Cubit, 31/. 10s. ; Francis Morgan, Esq., 211. Loss OF TIMER LIVERPOOL SHIPS. —LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21 —The Horizon, anew American built vessel, belong ing to Messrs. Boulr, English, and Brandon, of this port has become a total wreck on Arklow Bank. She sailed on Thursday last for :New Orleans with a full cargo. On the 18th inst. she struck on the bank, and became it total wreck in a short time. The loss is estimated at 15 ,000/., but it is believed she is insured to her full value in America. The crew escaped. The Mary Green, belonging to the Liverpool and Philadelphia line of packets, was abandoned in a sinking state, on the 6th inst., in lat. 51 N. and long. 17 W. She Railed from this port, on the 23d ult., for Philadelphia with a full cargo. The crew were picked up by the Sacauga, and landed at Falmouth. The schooner Nais, of Liverpool, was lost on the 16th inst. bet ween Penzance and St. Michael's Mount, having encountered severe gales from thesonthward. The crew were saved. lish S some th e m are op teas , Annul The appeal firm, it per terda 3 °Pelle befer, tame] 1031. th e e, The stock, 20 55 ; p Cents. 3 per Certifi The Securi tend er Waste Franc _ 1 4Yon; In 'Very f NRIT tank E 3 , P•r 4. tPer ( t Per C 1, 01,g bat Litt, Indii 1 _ . 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