The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-20 00:00:00

4SI aes the full e Emperor 0' he Paris Con: achod to them )pe was reptej nag of 6 0 1 sidents o f tho nirs, and 811: vereigus. the Congress his colleaga°sl ess have though , as the mouth . dajesty. finding m3' 0 1 in the vault)", joy inspired ; I it has please; by assuting aD a new pledge -wishes and col ;ranted me a 6 1 11 reconciliati°,° up imbued wl istical, and Os; rosperity of ea he Plenipotegil nks to each °, nperor recei4etl f the Diplote Eminence ti 3° l Ijesty, in. t 1 :ongratulatio o accouehementi nee. the Dipleob l 3ted to sew 'mem, thC t 1 the bat 9 : Pi toe. "Cra/diti • id Ittises of ,R* 6 Excellency t' &trod uced stl e : Mate 40- of the Sep 3ti • store ffit tpu eatness and pr' s ved this to Y°' y this greati , of is also a hoPP I iers round Y it, ' the birth of t " ' s de s tinies. empire. wil l ; dm of Heav e ii il tame period, cl o which have b e _,l Africa, fostePoi become one he East and ~t " , other since w, ;bt of each othi and coasts to l e d riches o f it children fel l l, En call to najou'' at is g uide d 1/1 arch of bumoll i t l alator of Euro!'" de spire, the p.a. c i ;et likewise, 4, 03 1. i )ady so endear, j CO ;art by this a_Lomagefol ibellished by .e men ted by o r,-5A it,—The gens d .ren had grail 4 i happy even Vl P o l rely wake r Napoleon, i I ll ' rn created by t l i j j oble in the n of ' Enfan t 'hen an heir l ai 7stem, that ch i ' but heist, d the name f. l• old monatin the privilege„ Light it not to let of the natil i e represontall .0 4 a have expror sa.' rith unan.—z „,,oo t Vimperatrixe' ien been iai,; t, addressed 111 h of the son wb' c has touched 0 1 hope, which. 1 11 a system 0 11 0 general intergyeb lamatwas wil l from reflect i l place and ugd is fate may 1)° , g in Providen c ,', I I see it rest or .: f eircemsteg c7 us since, ag. lf iisfortune a lie eople. Ilist ar j forget. It t ub e never abuse If ynacty hag 00 is faithful to , with the PoP,, his child, wily' preparation, It by electriel:/, Id finally by t y t m the EmPer i t i o I, I hope, I considerab le applause. n been calleuf, s follows oicings calv e ", birth of an fr a c Is happy in e o , respectful co :cession of ro t upon this 91/ : with yictorr, results to Y° 11 ; more strati o; to your wi 9 b cc so many b DPI r, France 00 blessings up on vust Princo Bo i so worthY as mother and ile adding , it : )uld not We" • eti your Mar jo 3n ; it behol le happinesa ° . reserved to improveol el 'it to show its ° self up to . oy 3 in propor ianks to ; and is bell* Council of the is initiatea t ". o ;lf with 0. 1 ' 6 1 0 participot'4 e hope of t" - e st • gentler° • tr Strong le . ,e first ecoPl,:e 3onsecra te t" the cooletd r ; I, and preP, int, thetet °l ll! you have ✓ easy to 0 0 ; h men t of 111 ealth of b. e c cc Roper° I nca jeroloB teuffel, Ff ° ; Minister .0' r o f prus 9l4 ; by the Ems. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCT. CITY, Two O'CLOCK The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With a heavy aspect, and compared with the prices of Friday American descriptions under s:ld. per lb. tended downwards, while from 51,d. -to 61d. all kinds remained firm. Other sorts were unchanged in value. The sales were 7,000 bales, 1,000 for export, comprising 500 Pernam and Maraukam bid. to 7d., 200 Bahia 61d. to . 6i11., 300 Egyptian 6 0. to 7d., 500 Surat 4id. to 4id., and 50 Sea Islands 11d. to is. Bd. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady; and ttanSaetlons were entered Into at the full rates of Tuesday. Letters from Tienna state that the Austrian Government intend taking measures for the regu lation of the navigation on the Lower Danube, and for clearing the deposits which bar the entrances to the river. For the latter purpose they have pur chased a steamer at Constantinople to deepen the bar at the Sulina mouth. It is said also that a Vessel of war with a detachment of marines will be stationed there, to maintain order at the port, and that a port captain will be appointed. The Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation Company also intend carrying their steam service down to the Sulina mouth, and are at present con structing five steam-tugs for transporting grain and merchandise from the Upper to the Lower Danube. During the past year this company had SO steam-vessels and eight tug -boats of a total of 10,026 -horse power, besides 268 lighter and other transport boats, measuring 9,000 tons. The total, therefore, is considerable, and at the present time the company employ in this trade 112 steamers of 11,391-horse power, and 405 iron and other boats, the whole giving an aggregate of 120,000 tins. To these also may be added 40 other boats used for carrying coal and other purposes. Accounts from Algeria furnish the following statement of the debtor and creditor account of the Bank of Algeria :—Total liabilities and assets, 8,629,363 f. ; discounted during the month of Feb., 2,466 bills, amounting to 1,708,603 f. ; received deposits on account of 3,089 depositors to the amount of 2,888,019 f. Accounts from California, by the West India mail, mention that the mines were yielding abun dantly, and the arrivals of gold at San Francisco Were very large. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company's 'vessel, which is to leave Southampton to - day for India, China, (43 . c., has 411,020/. specie on board, chiefly for Bombay and Calcutta. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great 'Western North-Western ,South-Western zrighton Midland south-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Itaneashire and Yorkshire Manchester, Sheffield, an Lincoln Chester and Holyhead Tlristol and Exeter BAst Lancashire North Stafford Taff Vale Adinburgh and Glasgow . G lasgow and Seutb-Western Great Western of Canada 1856. £24,028 5z,320 13,416 10,290 27,869 14,360 11,061 29,684 20,655 8,610 4,830 5,548 5,600 6,612 3,783 5,140 5,683 10,695 1855. £21,501 51,299 11,695 9,710 27,197 12,584 10,514 19,679 18,247 8,370 4,334 5,368 4,800 6,036 8,533 4,535 5,176 5,124 There is a very inanimate market for Public Securities, and the quotations are almost nominal. burin the Easter holidays speculative dealing is _ generally conducted on a limited scale, and the Present instance is no exception. Consols for money have been 921,- I, and for account pa i f . The New Two-and-a-Ralf per Cents. brought 75, and India Stock foraccount is 225 to 227. Consols Scrip is 2i premium. The March Ex chequer Bills are 2s. to ss. premium, and those dated, June are is. discount to ls. premium. In t he latter the income tax will be deducted from t he interest, and hence the difference in the prices Of these securities. The New Scrip is 2g premium, and the Bonds rule at 98i to 98g. Foreign Stocks aro dull, and in some cases heavy ; Turkish 6 per Cents. are 97i to 97L being rather lower. In Spanish Bonds also there is some flat the 3 per Cents. being 45, the New Deferred 24 i to 25, the Passive 7i, and the Committee's Cer tilicates 6. Russian 4 per Cents. have risen per cent., being 93Z. Sardinian Bonds are 93 to 931, and Dutch 21 per Cents. 631. Mexican Stock is 2 4, and Peruvian 41 per Cents. are marked 781. The foll•wing are the nominal prices of Foreign kooks :—Grenada Dsferred Bonds, GI 7k ; Mexi• art Bonds, 20k I; Peruvian, 78 80 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 56 58 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 48 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 102 104 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 01; Spanish 3 per Cents., 441 451 ; ditto -Deferred, 241 25 ; ditto Certificates, 6 6. ; ditto 114 "ive) 7i 7#. The Railway market is somewhat weaker in con- INuence of the inert ness which generally prevails. Great Western, North Western, and one or two O thers are lower, but the Caledonian have slightly 11 !aproved, and Brighton are fully maintained. In t he Foreign shares there is loss activity and firm- Northein of France and Antwerp and Rot terdam, however, are exceptions, being rather 4 ighfir. joint Stock Banking Shares are dull, but steady. Bank of London have risen 1/. Peninsular and Oriental Steam are ss. better. attrusu FUNDS THIS DAY AT @NE O'CLOCK. /From the Ofseita List.) Bwitnes, done. S auk Stock 8 Per Cent. Reduced Annuitie5..... . ........ Shut Per Cont. Consols Antismog 92/ i V eVr 2i per Cent. Annuities 75 " 1 . n 41g. a mi de, £lOOO lO d B ank Stock for Account '2lB C' ""'eta .or Account I tt o di s s.Stockfor Account Cnoi Scrip 2g x 4 xeheci lter Scrip . . 2ll p Exchequer Bills, 2id March. 1 June. £IOOO Ditto, 1859 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. banish. Bonds, 3 !ter Cent., 1825 B6 — 4 'xican 3 per Cent r eruvia n Bonds 4?„. per Cent _ Ditto Account . Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 44 per Cent elsrdini an Bon-3,5, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account 93 i i a Plnish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Passive ti, ?Phnish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6 'trkir.h Bonds, 6 per cent 97s Ditto Account ,, 97i Dividen on the shove ayable in L ondon. D utch Exchange, ds 2i per Cont., p 12 Guilder s 63i TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money ... 92i Ditto Account IIoYAL CREMORNE GARDENS.—The lessee of this Popular place of recreation has determined, notwith tt.anding the unusual early recurrence of Easter, that , 1 " grounds shall be open for promenade on Good Fri 'l% and for amusement on the Monday. We under- St and many alterations and improvements are corn tiler:lced, which are intended to secure increased accorn- U"dation to the public on great occasions, as well as to materially enhance the general appearance of the gard ens. adjoining is improvement confined to th e g ardens. The Ashburnham property, where the Siege of r l e!)aetopol was represented so brilliantly last season, is ei ng altered to render it more in character with the t asteful arra • gemen t of Creinorne, and more available t ▪ the requireinenta of charitable and educational Ilatitutions. FIRE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.—COMidST -11°Ie alarm was created in the High-street of this city Yesterday afternoon by a report that the master's lodg- I rkgs at - University College were on fire, and soon a large l'ornber of persons had congregated. Smoke was seen issuin g from the servants' apartments, and the Univer 4ItY engine was soon in attendance. At first it was V o lewhat difficult to know what was burning ; it w as, °wever, discovered to be some timber that ran into one 1 , 5 f th e kitchen flues, and was consequently not very easy o get a t, for although there was no lack of water, or bands to w or k th e eng i ne , it was a considerable time befor e it Was qu i te ex ti ngu i s hed. The fire we under,tand bas done but trifling damage, nothing equal to that done °Y the water thrown by the engine. it2F 20 5 ?,0 tt 15 SHARE MARKETS. DAY.) RAILW kYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday . .... .:t.,1115-*. 14 o;,t;.:g. i;cur and ' Easte. Junet„ 3c,lfast & 1 dynaA44; Wolverh A Stour Valley " • :lirk Lanesh. Gaeshire Junct , .0. Cheah. de Birk £5O and £25 Cons Do., • 'Myth & Tyra, origin& £25 (issd. at £4l; Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Harm. and o,l,rdigar :.. - lhester ea Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.: Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Cried' Junction....... OublindeßelfastJune. 'thin. P. de Aber. Jne. East Anglian Eastern Counties ps;a3t. Tnion, A Stl be., B. Sta.' , Do., New A East Kent Y' est Lancashire Minh. and Peeble; Edin.Prth fsDuud, P'ortb & Clyde Jon ?unless Do. Extension Glasgow & S. West Great N. of Scotlnd, Great Northern Do., A. Stock , )0., B. Stock . Sth. &West. (Ire Great Western Do, Stour Val. Ra!" Gna. Stk. Irish South-Easter;. Lancaster & Carlish Do., Thirds.. Do. New Thirds Learcash. andYorkst, Fla., Wet. RidingUn ci v. Cron y &So u thnt London & Blackwal 7_,oud. Bright & S.Cst. 'Loud. and N. Westr, leifths Do.IOL 611,,,K& 8. ,C Do. Eighths London andS. Wosti. Do., £5O Do., £4O Ludndrry4 Col °rain. Lndndrrr. & Enni6l- Manch.S!lef.k Lincl i•tu., Man. Az Lin. U o Metropolitan.. ...... IMidland I Po. Birmng. & Midld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Sharer Newcastle & Carlisl; 'Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf: Newry & Enniskillel 'Newry Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor Norfolk ~ Northn.Connties Cu North British ,„ Nth Devon Rai'. Dock Stock Ito., A Stock 'o., B Stock ..... Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. l'uroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London "si.&S.Wstrn.,Ham , stead, and City Jn.. %Lath Staffordshir.. North Western .. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley. and Loicester.. ..... . )r, Wore.. & Wolv. , 'ortsmouth icott:sh Central, Scottish Midiand,, ihropshire Ur ime South Devon south Eastern South Wales Yrksh. de Riv. Dui 10. tt A i nes, VP( &Wog Stockton & Darli atc - .:kten & I.lartlep Paff Vale 1)o. Pref., No. 1 r''lroes Hay. D.& 8.. Ulverstone & Lanes Vale of Noath WaterM. & Kilkenn , Waterford&Limor:el. West Cornwall West End of Londe and Crystal Palasce Do. A ......, . Do. B West London Wimbledn &Croydor 26i 27 4i 4i 154 -14 h 14 - 15 601 i3i - 14, •••• ••• ••••, •4-•• 7i - 8 4 * 14 15 9A 91 33 - 435 7.- 25 73 75 58 -6) '25 - 26 84 - 86 - 7 92 - 93 78 - 80 20 -- 122 04 - 106 61. 62 68 - 5. -- 6A 5 6 83,1 -83 i - 100 101 - 100 —100 A itt psr i i d • par, 93 •N "'"." w. 26 -5.6 A i —. id 71} —71 i 42 44 ••• ..... 11 - 13 50 - 52 3i 3/ , ' 30A 3IA 76. - 77. 6/ -51 t. 4 - 34 15. i - :6 55 56 88 - 90 6 - 5i ioi 27 - 28 'O4 - 106 75 - 77 45 47 13 68 - 69 1 68 - 70 4 - ?, - 36 •• 19 - 20 3i - 4i Gi - 7i FOREIGN. kntworp&ltott rd Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes ';olgiau Kastn. Junt ' Beziera to Gra , saossa• Bombay, Baroda, an neutral Do. f)einersra )utch Rhenish Eastern et France , )u. New Ea;t Indian, g. 5 p. no. D0.41p.c.8ud5.,'57 In. do. do., 'A4, dr,. Gee oug t Melbourne guar. 5 per c ut.. Do., Lon. allot., do. IGd. Tk of CausdaA.v, Do. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till 'El' Do. Copy. 6p. 43., do Gt. Central of Fran , . Gt. Indian Peninsul' Great Luxembourc Constituted Share. Do. Obligationg... • Do. re-is. forftd. Sli. Gt. Western of Cause a Si tarps Do. New Do. Ras., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56.. Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton ,t Torontr i Do. 6 per cent. I I Lake Const. Basi. Liorre and Turnhout Lucca 31. Pist. 5 p. e. p Lyons and Genova Lyons di Mediterran Madras, gear. 4 , !p.c Do. New e 0., 5 p. De. 4i p. c. Eaten Maris. Alltolllll „,. Do. do. Now Namur Ix Liege ( wit) interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D0.20/.Slis Do. M. 3 p, c NIP (fmy.B. & Ain s. SkR. gorwogiauTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ....... Paris and Orleans Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish ...... Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Sciode, guar. 5 p. c Do. Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) west Flo.ndon ...... Do 5A per c. Prof._ W. & N. W. of ' , franc. West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand 8$ 8 par 2 p 3 3i 1 - 1i r I - 1 39 11 - 130 21. 211 - 2L 9d' 15 iC 7; 75 83 - 85 5 1 •-• Gir 21 - 214 61 - 6i 3/ - 34 25 95 2a —213 i) 99 - 100 117 - 122 118 - 123 10T 109 24 -24 i 115 - 120 Ivo 11 12 194 —20 f par p 8 10 2i 3i ai 7 5i :49k 40 11 12 . 8 - 10 49 - 49. ii - 52 16 --- io - . io i :: il "ii - ii .. InXl I : 4 34,E - 35, 19 - 19), hnstralaßia Bank of London )cri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. !tritiih N. American %arta. Bank of A.siv (;hrtd. BA. of India, knstrCia, & China City , ;5 Colonial Commercial of Loud ftg.cot.&A.ue.Cht. Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New bendon and County O l Lud. &E. Enkg. Corp. 0 London Joi , it Stock. O London and Paris.... tO Lora. & Weetnnuste: 15 National Pro.of Eng Do. Now .•• 23 National of Ireland.. ill New South Wales.... 11 Oriental Bank of Corporation 7. l r6vincial of Ireland, 11 lio. Now t Aug Im Cc ;loyal British LI A , ;stralin 11 'Tniou of Anstrnlia , Do- New Uniou cf London 'sal JOINT-STOCR BANRS. 96 8 64 - 66 id -- ip 11 -- id 63 -- 65 SO_ H• 16 '-- 161 - 161 3 - 31 par 2p 25 -- lid •N ~~ ~~• ... .... 1.. 9 43 - 45 ..• -- ..- •h '` .e. 71 - 73 7i 8i Business done this day LOO [OO 61 K. all all 10 all 14 all 14 all 14 all all all all 0 11 100 ; 50 100 51 100 21 100 21 20 n 1 20 I a: 50 21 100 51 50 11 10) 11 100 21 100 3! 20 1 11 100 12; 10 \al 25 10t1 1204 105 44 6:j 4 53 CO 1014 1001 100 76 7# 68 i I 68 9 841 211 611 41 251 101 111 11 20 191 THE SUM LONDON, THURSDAY EITENI744G I MARCH 20. lB5 6. LINES a. 3141) T FIXED KE TA LAI. DIAUNDAY THURSDAY. PLISONERS FOR DEBT. RAIL W A XM, Lzas.a. Comp an C osln. • • Ises yesterday itusin.ssi this ,tv To-day the ceremony of distributing the ancient an , royal charities took pace at the Chapel Royal, White hall. A. remarkable return to an order order of the House of Com mons was deli.ered yesterday, being a statement of the number of persons confined for debt or contempt of court iu the United Kingdom; giving the length of time of lin orisonment, distinguishing those detained fur an indefinite from those remanded by adjudication for a fixed period specifying the amount of debt in each case, and, where practicable, the amount of costs ; also, the age of each pri soner, and whether transferred fr•oM other prisons ; and, where practicable, the terinS of conf:mement in them, and what are the chief impediments to an early release. The returns, which are in the form of tables, cover 39 ;sages. Some of the replies to the question, " What is the rlhief impediment to an early release deserve notice. One man, coniiued in Berks county gaol, owed 131. debt and costs ; he had been in prison 12 weeks, but was waitine to receive the proceeds of sale of some property; the sale had taken place, but the cash was not to be handed over till the expiry of a month. Anbther man, owing 301.. had an annuity of its. per week, but refused to assign oortion over weekly for the benefit of Isis creditors. A person imprisoned in Chester gaol,- owing 57/. debt and costa, and.having been in prison five years, filed his peti tion several years since, but will tint filo his schedule. He states that be will have the suns of 2001, at the death of an aged lady, which interest he will not assign. From the House of Correction, Kuutsforl, a very naive and general answer to the question is forwarded : "The chief impedi ment to a release is the inability of prisoners to pay their debts." At Bothnia a person owing' 1311. has been in pri son two years ; he states that his affairs are in the hands of his attorney, from whom he can get no inforntation. In Devon county prison, a person, whose initials are given as V. 8., and who owes 75/., hiss been in prison 33 years. In a return from Durham cpunty•gaol, the chief impedi ment to the releas6 of E. T. is said to be " Commissioner of the Bankruptcy Court, New4astle upon-Tyne." The governor of- the Somerset county :gaol reports the follow ing case:—" J. H. is 91 years of age, and has been in the gaol 12 months, at the suit of hissown son ; sent by hina apparently to avoid his maintenanee, and that he may be buried at the cost of the county. Application was made to the son, and his friends, to obtain : his release, without ef fect, and the excellent SoCibty in London for Relief of Poor Debtors caused £he necessary documents to be pre pare.l to procure hied isCharge ' through the Insolvent Court: but the wretched old man, knoWing that this ticatment under the gaol regulations is better than he would receive if discharged, reflises to sign his petition, which, nuclei the existing law, is the only other. weans to bring him be fore the court." 94 - 96 94 - yE This year the recipients amounted to 37, the number c , )rre;priding with her 11.1,,j,sity's age. _ _ _ 11 - 13 A procession, c:msistivg of a Yeoman Usher and 1? Yeomen of the Guard One carrying the alms), her Ma jesty's sub-almoner, the secretary and yeoman, th, assistant, and he choristers having been formed, and the clergy and officers having taken their respective seats, the service commenced. 4i ... 4i • 4;•• Exhortation, Confession, Absolution. 41st Psalm (the grand chaunt). First Lesson—St. Matthew xxv., v. 14. First Anthem, 41st Psalm. " Blessad is he that considereth the poor and need•, the Lord shall deliver him in time of trouble." 1/. 15Y. distributed to each woman. To each man shoes and stockings. The second anthem was thou sung, and at its termi nation woollen and linen clothes were distributed. After this ceremony had concluded the third anthem was given, and then the purses containing the Maunday money were distributed to each recipient. Two prayers, composed for the occasion, having been road, the ceremony conclude'''. 16 - 5 12?. - 13 2 23; -24 i 107 i -112 i 2i -2/ 91 es P in 55 57 The Bishop of Oxford, High Almoner, having to attend for the Bishop of London at the Confirmation of the Princess Royal, the Sub-Almoner, Dr. Jelf, officiated for his Grace. 132 - 131 71 - 7 31 .7 201 There was a very full attendance of the clergy, and also of the nobility and gentry en the occasion. 32 - 84 --- 86 Merchant's and Tradesman's Mutual Life Assurance Society. 116- 86' The annual meeting of this society was held this after noon at the society's (pees, Cannon•street ; Mr. S. Haw in the chair. _ Tli MIIITAGER:., (Mr. Thompson) read the report, which was . .cCisid..: , 'llighly -satisfactory. It stated th:A the curr amounted to 642,1471., the number of '::.i;;atid,thkirresent income of the society 20,048/. las; ld. elftiins respect of deaths, , Kith bonus add tons, amounting t04,2q5/.`46. , been discharged. The bonua.u.c.tot recommended averaged upwards of 1 per cent. per annum on the account assured being equal to a cask bonus of nearly 25 per cent, on the amount of premiums paid. The balance. sheet showed the value of claims on the society on 9th March, 1855, 234,9181. 2s. ; balance in favour of the society, 40,978/. .3d.'; value of annuities to the same period, 256,7464.-28. ; and value of securities, 19,150/. Os, 31. THE LATE DUEL AT BERLIN. The Zeit of a...rho publiNhes the following letter: " The unhappy dna in which the Director-General of Police, •M. do Flinck - eldeyAost his life, has given rise to tucreeid:of—nieleiVoleat falsehoods. Reproaches espe cially have been directed against those persons from whom the deceased had to receive commands, accusing them of having approved of the Oriel, in place of preventing it. The undersigned therefore believes it his duty to Lring to the knowledge of the pUblic the facts of which he is cog nisant in this deplorable affair. " On the 28th of February a person not unknown to M. do Rechow, presented himself at the house of the under signed, as if desiring an interview upon a private matter. This person began to speak in most offensive terms of M. do llinckeldey, and pined before the undersigned copies of various papers which ho said emanated .from M. de Rochow, aad which contained ,the grossest insults towards M. do Ilinckebley. The uudersignel isuruediately declared that he could not allow the propagation of such attacks directed against a high functionary with whom he was in personal and amicable relations,and that he believed it his duty to denounce them. It was replied that far from mak ing the least objection, the concealment of the documents in question was the last thing they wished. On the Ist of March the undersigned. infornie4 M. de Hiuckeldey of the facts, and learned from him that • he had already been informed of them from another source, and the manner in which he expressed himself led tp the belief that ho had resolved to dernauct Satisfaction fief these injuries froku the persons concerned.; . . - " Although the - ifirddr4igie4,could scarcely believe that vr this resolution as . seriseglii'he deemed it his duty, never theless, to inform the Kinulit. • His Majesty at once pro nounced himself strongly 14111114 the duel, and ordered the undersigned to collect haste the materials that could throw light upon t . lgf-about an under standing satisfaeW(Yritips. f The undersigned obeyed the orders of .the King .witiOnit a moment's , loss of 'time and with the greatest zeal, and at the wish of 'lris Maj ■ Trnado a journey into Siles*on the night'ofthetth of March, in order to take the clepritions of a person in plicated. Although the undersigked had infornsed.M.•de Hinckeldey of his departure, and pf thewobjeceef his jour ney, the latter showed a fatal - eagerness to proceed with the arraugemerit's for the duel, and surrounded his pro ceedings with a secrecy so absolute that all the efforts made to prevent the denouement were fruitlese. 31. de flinekeldey hid his design from his family and from all around him. An employe of the police is the only person who appears to have been fully acquainted with the pro jected duel, and of the hour at which it would take place. (Signed) " NOERNER, " The Precureur of the King at the Royal City Tribunal. " Berlin, 15th March, 1856." The Cii;iituA,N, after some remarks, proposed the reception and adoption - of the report. Mr. NEVIqI4 secooded the motion, which was car ried urrtainaouslj, • Dr. Bentham, Mn C. Sneevin, and Mr. J. Turnley, the retiring directorl, were re-elected. Two vacancies had occurred by he death of Mr. J. Smith, and the re tirement of Dir,'C.,37, , Toe, which were pulled up by the election of Mr. L. Myer,l, of Leadenhall street, and Mr. J. 13!ack, of the London and Eastern Banking Cor poration, Canon-street. The retiring auuit as, Mr. J. Hall, Mr. B. Hooper, and Mr. H. G. Cooper, were re-elected. After the disposal of other bu,iness the meeting separated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE:—(This Day.) TRE NATIONAL GALLERY-MR. UT WA Y AND MR. WILSON, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN "My lords propose tl appoint a director of the Na tional Gallery, with a salary of 1,0001 per annum, such appointment ta be for a term of five years, but the director to ba eligible for re appointment, which appoint ment, however, may be at any time revoked by the Trea stir y."—Treasury minute, March 27; 1855. Slll,—Yesterday' evening,Mr, ,Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury, stated, - "in.,rOly to Mr. Otway, that 1,977/. was the whoja sum which the Adoration of the Magi' would cost, with the exception of 121. 2e. 2d. paid for its carriale from Paris. All other expenses .v ere paid by the seller." Last autumn, immediately after their appointment to r,he National Gallery, Sir C. Eastlake and the "travel ling agent," Herr Otto Mundler, made a tour of several 4-eeks on the continent. One result of this tour iv the "`• - production under onsideration. Does Mr. Wilson :iman us to-believe that Os "seller" paid also for the " carriage" of Sir-Of Eastlake and Herr Alundler, or of either of them, during their excursion ? If the "goi ter" did not pay for such "carriage," Mr. Wilson's 121. 21. 21, to say nothing of at least eight months' salary to three notoriously incip2ble officers, is not "the whole sum" which the "Adoration of the Magi" has cost, beyond the 1,977/. To another clause of Mr. Otway's question, Mr. Wil- _ con, with swaggering. emphasis, replied, that " what ever difference of opinioit there might be as to the value of the picture, there maid be none, he thought, as to its authenticity, for it 'stood in the position of being, perhaps, the best authenticated picture of the kind in the world." The obvious absurdity and falsity of such an assertion exempt - it from comment, but they remind we of another judgment delivered by Mr. Wilson. On the Ist of last August, on the vote of 17,6961. being put for the National Gallery, Mr. Olway "moved the reduction of that vote by the amount of 300/ , pro posed as the salary of a travelling agent, and 1,1551. 4s. as incidental and travelling expenses for such agent." Who can forget thositesult *Filch Mr. Wilson truculently flung in our faces on hat occasion ? "It is, of course, perfectly useless," said he, " to vote money for the pur- chase of pictures for :the National Gallery unless means are taken to secure valuable pictures whenever they tray be offered for sale. Herr Mundler is the most corn , potent person to discharge the duties of the office. Un doubtedly if any Englishman hal been equally eligible he would have had - a prior claim ; but there is no Esig ' Fishman a match for our German intelligence and know ledge of art. Lord Aberdeen said so, too, before he went out of office." This is substantially, and almost verbatim, what Mr. Wilson said. Yet that very Ger man's connection with the English nation had already been inauguratacl by an attempt to sell us a bedaubed. ins! supposititious Corregio of his own, now, or recently, At Grove's, the fishmonger, in Bond-street. The gods bad decreed that this Aberdeen-Wilson German, "most competent and eligible," Should be lured to Venice. There, in the shape of Toffoli, the "seller," was Nemesis waiting to avenge ue. With regard to Mr. Wilson's stupendous argument, that "in the British Museum there is a print of the Adoration of the Magi,' which was engraved in the year 1640," I might ba:suspected of trifling with your readers were I to do more theu glance at it. Mr. Wilson will fled it but a sorrythelp .towards establishing his grandiloquent dictum, pat "the 'Adoration of the Magi' stands in the position of being the best authenti cated picture of the kitiet in the world." Innumerable are the instances of false attribution by prints. Ono will suffice. The little " Knight in Armour," bequeathed by Mr. Rogers, has been engraved as a Raphael. Are we, therefore, and in the teeth of evidence directly con tradictory is the picture itself, are we to admit that as any reason for attributing it to Raphael ? The information vouchsafed by Mr. Wilson, that Sir C. Eastlake is responsible for the purchase of the " Adoration of the Magi,!! we already possessed ; also that the Fame Sir C,„Xlastitake is strictly responsible for the purchase of thoseXther bad and spurious or doubtful pictures, the mocki'fflolh,tein, the two ".Guides," the "Infant Christ embrac)tg S. John," and the " Su. sauna and the Eldest, ' the "-Pacchierotto," the "A. Durer" portrait, the "Titian Trilente Money," and that three thopeaall,pouteeetb, the sixty items, entitled 14 • 4-MiltiZen C o etion." Of a hese\ hot, the seventeen abortions which hang in the,Chnaletti room are an nornmed as the cream, -•-The remaining forty-three have been condemned as unfit to be seen. It is unaccountable hOw Mr.,Otway, with his expe rience of Mr. Wilson, should laity° beets satisfied with asking so feeble and pointles a question. Had be taken the precaution to consult some one competent to advise him, he might have made his question the means of conveying valuable information„ ( He might here told the Government, and the public, what I now ad visedly state, namely, that oat—leading connoisseurs, both amateurs and professional, ti is man, condemn the , Eastlake, Wornum-Mtin der Paolo Veronese, as an extremely damaged, ;va. originally, bad picture"a9d, consequently !"....*46by of a place in the national : collection ; as not worth for that collec. lion even the last item of "the sum paid for its car iage from Paris"—i. e., twopence; and he might further have told them that our most experienced picture valuers have appraised that picture at barely 2001.—that is to say, if to the 1,9771. paid _to Toffoli, the seller," we add , the " travelling expenses" of Sir C. Eastlake and of •he German "travelling agent," or either, through Italy, to "secure" it—at less than a tenth of the money it has cost the nation.—l remain, sir, yours obediently, NJ. WALTER. 27, Goswell-road, Islington, Alarehls. THE PORTLA44I 6-AiLERY. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SIM Stn,—Raving the line at the Pa Watt Institution, the Poi tland Gallery, and Suffolk-street open to all comers ,leserving of sucks a distinction, it is to be regretted that so many artists persist is reserving their best efforts for toe Royal Academy, when, too often, their contributions are hung in the dark, or ont of these, to the damage of their reputations, and with no possible chance of being marked sold. It is only to this misinterpretation of their own interests, I hope, that I am to attribute a mediocre collection in Pall-Mall, and although a more numerous, yet an inferior class of paintings at this, the second an nual exhibition of 1856. In the British institution we did find three works of importance, and a few admirable characteristic figures, and several cabinet specimens of beauty and merit ; hut in Regent-street Sidney Percy's " Storm gathering on Cadir Idris," No. 38, is the only eminently strikiro ,voik in the gallery. "James Watt," No. 325, by J. E. Lauder, is on far too large a canvas to be saleable, except to some public company. I ceulsl write papers on the first of these, intimate as we are with mountain ' ous scenery and effects, but refrain from saying more than this, that truth of perception, a solemnity of mood, directed by skill of the highest order, could alone have produced so fine a scenic picture. With the exception of E. C. Williams, we discover ne material progress made by other members of this artistic family. Mr. Naish contributes extensively, but the three smallest of his subject., over the fire-place in the middle room, arrest the eye by their extreme delicacy and rosy flesh-like hues, which in his larger works become hot. There is, too, a want of vigour is the pencilling of the latter. This gentleman draws correctly, and always treats his nude subjects modestly. Mr. Pasmore is among the most industrious and sura cessful exhibitors. Mr. Helmer is rather beyond 11 e depth in his large landscapes. His manipulation and inede of treatment require training to the task, for an important picture must be effectively handled, or, if ela borately finished, it must be powerful in contrasts. One of the most extraordinary instances of versatility e.n , l talent combined is to be found in this Gallery. Mr. H. B. Gray contributes the best groups from animal life—No. 435, a finished imitation of flowers ; 82, and three views of scenery—all possessing of their kind merits sufficient to make the representation of three artists ; but I would advisedly whisper to this gentle man, "adopt one style, and prosecute it to excellence." It is remarkable that the new features of promise are supplied to this Exhibition by two Lancashire artists, Mr. Oakes and Mr. Harry Williams, the former known to many for his admirable fidelity in landscape, and the second a much younger man, whose works possess con siderable feeling for picturesque effects, and only re quire more decision of hand to render these acceptable even to the fastidious in art. In conclusion, the collection this year is pleasing, and nothing snore—and in so saying, I pay no compliment to the members of the society. R. W. Bedford and Btet able)* Buckghamsh. Clydosds.l; , J?.. Col. Stour 1 7 y. Sod, and Hal. E. Liu. a. 3 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Giles. 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Norfolk Do L.& N.W &ld. IStekton & En. Coun. E. Count. Do ' L. &11. W Do GtNorthn Ganeash.it Yorksh. C. Brassey 14.11 Clean Stoat. .k Dariiugt ...... 109:001. MANSION-HOUSE. GOLD Ban ROBBERY. —John Hall, of Peter-street, Hackney-road, was again placed at the bar, on remand, charged with having in his possession two bars of gold supposed is have been stolen, the property of Messrs. Bait and Co., bullion dealer?, of Cheapside. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Lewis for the prisoner. It will be remembered that, on the former occasion, evidence was given that the prisoner offered two bars of gold, weighing 50 ounces and worth about 2001., for sale at Messrs. Johnson and Walker's, of Aldersgate•street, and that the gold in question being the property of Messrs. Belt and Co., is supposed to have been stolen in its transit from London to Parts. Mr. Bodkin asked for a further remand, in consequence of his not being able to complete the case against the prisoner. He had other evidence to adduce, but he thought it prudent to withhold it for the present, other wise the ends of justice might be defeated. Mr. Lewis opposed any further remand except on bail. The Lord Mayor, however, remanded the case till to-morrow week, and if not completed then he would admit him to bail. The prisoner was remanded ascordingly. EMBEZZLEMENT.—James Grayland, traveller in the employ of Messrs. Coleman and Co., mustard and starch manufacturers, Canon-street, City, was charged with embezzlement. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner, who had been for some time town traveller to the prosecutors, bad embezzled sums of money at variou times, amounting to upwards of 1,5001., received on their account, and as the case required careful examination, a remand was asked for an d granted. MARKET NEWS.--(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week enact; March 20,1856, made up front the Returns*: the In specters In the different Cities and Towus in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WEILAT. BULLET. OATII. RTC. BEANS. •EAB. 67i 111 36i 31 2.13 2.1 434 21 41s WI: 40s 3d TIIE SIX WEEKS' AYES.A.G.S. WHEAT. BAILEY. t OATS. 1 HIE. IM BEA. I NUB. 365708 41 s 41 1433 10d I 478 4d 41s 101 405 Gil QUAKTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 68,661; Rar1ey,_67,599; Oats, 20,293; Rys,l22 ; Beans, 5,157; Peas, 1.340 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The great annual lamb market was held to-day, instead of Friday, as heretofore. The number of lambs on offer was small for the time of year, and the demand for them was brisk, at from 7s 8d to 8s per 81bs. The show of beasts was moderate, and amongst them were 200 oxen from Spain. The beef trade ruled heavy, and prices were a shade lower than ou Monday. Sheep were in short supply and sluggish request, at barely stationary prices. The few calves in the market sold steadily, at fill quotations. In pigs and wilds cows scarcely any business was transacted. _ Per Blbs to sink tie otals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasta....3 2to 3 4 'Prime Sonthdown 4 8 410 Second quality.... 3 B 3 8 Large crse. calves 5 0 5 Prime large oxen 310 4 6( Primo small do 6 8 0 Prime Scots, clic. 4 2 4 4 i Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 41Small porkers Second quality ...3 t; 3 BSuckling calves 22 0 29 0 Prime erse.-wiled.3 10 4 6, Quarter old pi gs 21 0 27 U Lambs, 7s Sti to Se. TOTAL SUPPLY. I TORSION SUPPLY. Beasts .. •• • • ........ •• • • 640 j 8ea5t5................... 310 1 iheep .•• •• ..•• •• .. •• .• .. 6,900 Sheep .................... CIIVCIS • •••• •• •••• •• •• .. 90 Calve.s.••••• •••••• ....•••. 22 Pigs ••••• •••• •• •••• .• •••• 200 Pits.... ..... .. •••••• •••• .. --- NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. There was a slow trade for each kind of meat, as fol lows : Per Slbs by the carcase. s. d. e. el. 0. d. N. d. Beef, Inferior 210 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling.. ; 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do. prime large.. 3 6 3 8 Do., prime 3 10 4 2 De„ do. small ....3 10 4 2 ; Veal 4 8 5 6 Pork, largo .3 0 9 8 Pork. small 3 la 4 6 Lambs, To to 7a 6d. ME AT MARKETS.. SOUTHALL, Marcial9. —To-day's market was but mode rately supplied with stock, in which about an average bu siness was transacted, as follows ;—Beef, from 3s 2d to 443 4d ; Mutton, :is 2d to 4e 8d ; Lsinb, 7s to is Gd ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 4,1 to is 6,1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, M irchl9.—Wo had a fair demand for stock, at about stationary prices. Beef, front 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 10d ; Lamb, 7s to 7s 8d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d ; Pcrk. 3s 6:1 to 4s 8,1 per 8138. Quartor-old Store Pigs, 22e to 27s each. BOROUGH HOP. Oar market continue% to be very heavily supplied with hops, and over 150 bales have arrivod this week from the continent. Very fine qualities command last week's prices, but inferior kinds are very dull. Mid. and East Kent pocks' a, 3/. to 61. 10a ; Weald of Keats, 3/. to 5/. ; Sussex, 2'. 16s to V. lOs per cwt. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ Os to 5/ 15s; clover do., 4/ 10s to Cl 15s ; and straw, 114 s to 11 8s per load. Trade rather dull. . _ CUMDERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 5/ 15s; clover do., 41 Ss to 64 128 ; and straw, I / 5s to l l 105 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand, WiIITECHAPEL.—Meadow buy, 41 Os to 5/ 155; clover do., 4t 10s to 6/ 15s ; anti straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Ss per load. Supply tolerably good, and trado rather dull. ELECTION OF CHURCHWARDEN FOR THE PARISH OF ST. PAUL, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—A very numerous meeting •f the parishioners of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, and St. Barnabas, Pimlico, was held yesterday evening, at the Pineapple Tavern, Westbourne-street, for the pur pose of taking measures to secure the re-election of Mr. Charles Wester ton, whose name has been so prominently known in connection with the Puseyites of that district, to she office of churchwarden. Resolutions in accord ance with the views of the meeting were unanimously Adopted. THE FORT OF SAY FRA ACISOO. LIVERPOOL, Wednssday. —The following extract from a communication received by an eminent firm in this port from their correspondents in San Francisco, regarding the pilotage and insurance on ships entering and clearing from that port, was posted in the Under writere-rocn to-day : " San Francisco, 'Tau. 26, 1876.. " We would beg to call the atteution of shipowners to the advisability of having a clauso is their policies to the following effect :--- " ' Ship allowed to leave the port of San Francisco with out a pilot, provided she is towed through the Heads and beyond the Milo Rock by one of the regular tow-boats in the harbour.' • • "Our reasons for the above are manifold, and we will give a few of them. "In the first place, the exorbitant charge for pilotage, of eight dollars per foot, with 5 per cent. additional for commissioners' fees, " Secondly.—We do not consider the pilots here more capable than the general run of captains in command of vessels arriving at this port, nor in any way superior to the captains of either of the steam-tugs. " Thirdly.—The eddy tides, both within and outside the Heads, are numerous, and it often happens that in working a ship out that the wind dies away, and the vessel is forced to come to anchor, and there lay for days waiting a wind ; thus adding the additionalC expense of eight dollars per d3y for the pilot when so detaine.t; whereas, by having the aid of a steamer, a vessel is taken beyond all danger, gets a good offing, and proceeds to sea at once. " We will just instance the case of the ship Lahore, Cap tain Tessyman, which vessel wo despatched on the 24th inst. No pilot was taken (the one-half pilotage had to be paid according to law). A splendid steamer, the Under writer, was engaged for 75 ools., to wed the ship full eight miles to sea, against a heavy head-swell, and no wind, in the space of one hour anti a half. Sundry vessels that attempted to get to sea (same day) without the aid of steam were forced to come to anchor, and were detained some days by light and contrary winds. " The half pilotage paid as above on 14l feet, at 4 doll. 50c 560.90 "Steam tug hire 75.00 $135.90 " Now, if no staamor had been taken and the full pilotage paid of "There would have only been a difference of 514.10 to the ship, but with the prospect of not getting to sea for days. " We threw out the foregoing so as to guide shipowners, and leave it to them to judge upon the prudence of insert ing a clause in their policies sufficient to hold the ship harmless in the event of proceeding to sea without a pilot, but in tow of a steamer. " We might add that there is roally no danger when the ship has a steamer. At all eventgi, the capability of a San Francisco pilot does not lessen it in any way." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, March 20.—Wind this day at noon, variable light airs and dull cloudy weath"r. PORTAMOUTH, March 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived.— Clifton (tpt.), from Malta ; Great Tasmanian, (tpt.), do. ; Eagle, (tpt.), Plymouth ; Tartar, (s. tug), Liverpool, with two of H.M. mortar boats in tow. COWES, March 19.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived—Mathild a Camelia, from Callao. JIRSEY, MarchlB.—Sailed—St. Anne, for Pernambuco. SCARBOROUGH, Mai-ch 19.—The schooner Shamrock, from Whitstable to the north, got on the rocks five miles north of this port this morning, and is likely to become a wreck—crew and stores saved. FALMOUTH, March 19.—Wind N.—Arrived—Otto, from Liniq no. PENZANCE, March 18.—Wind N.—Sailed—All the wild bound. HARWICH, March 19.—Wind, S.W.—Sailed—All the windbouud. BEAUMARIS, March 19.—The Alice, of Conway, is on shore at Dulas with slight damage. LOWESTOFT, March 19.—The Grouse, from Ryl, to Sunderland, went on shore here on the 15th inst., and has been sold as she lies, together with her cargo. (FEU 2TACTRIO TELEHRApH.I SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Brannock , Arbutus, Mechanic's Own, and Betsey, Cardiff; Wonder and South Western, steamers, Jersey ; Alliance (s), Havre; Charlotte, Guernsey. Sailed-:-Two Sisters, Nancy. and Constantia, for Sun derland; Oswell, New ; Mary. Poole; Emily Ann, Dublin ; Express (s), Jersey ; Argyll (s), Carentan ; Ata lanta (s), Havre. _ . LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived —Henrys, from Alexandria ; Victor, Ostend ; Enigheclen. Veratero, Granite, and Western Chief, New Orleans; Delta, Havre; Majestic, Santander; Telegraph, Jersey. Sailed—Spartan, for Smyrna ; Victoria, Mobile ; Anna A. Tyng, Havannah ; Princess }toyed, Calcatts ; Standard, Halifax; Lively, Constantinople. QUEENATOWN, March 11. Sailed—Johanna, Barhadoes ; Cambria, Trinidad ; Ber wick Walls, Antwerp; Devonian, Barhadoes ; Josephine, Philadelphia. (BT SUBMARINE AND BRITISEt TRUISNAPN. I GRAVESEN . D, Thursday. 10 a.m. Wind W.N.W. ; tido one hour and a half's flood ; rain• Arrived, March 20.—Chanticleer, (a.), from Bala.klava ; Iron Age, (s.), Gibraltar. Sailed.—Contest, for Calcutta ; App is Gottenborg. DEAL, Thursday, 9.36 a.in. Wind N.N W. ; moderate. gassed.-- Gambia, (s.s.), from Sierra Leone, for London ; Revenge, St. Michael's, L o ndon ; her Majesty's (s.) Doe, Portsmouth Wooly. ich; Audr.moda, Newport; Sawinde, Lisbon ; Po i npier. Brost; Lizzie Gowan, Smyrna; Star, Cardiff; Comet, Bermuda ; Celeritaa, Jamaica ; Excelsior, Corfn ; Brougham, Port Natal; Cyclone, Sydney—all from London. lIER MAJESTY'S TETEATRE.—The rumours relative to the opening of Her Majesty:a Theatre for operatic per formances this reason are wi . thout . the slight es t founda tion. Mr. Balfe knows nothing of his reported appoint ment as musical director. A LETTER FR0:11 RACHEL. The following letter, from the pen of Mdlle. Rachel, appears in the lndependance Beige. It reples to the rumour that she was about to renounce the stage for matritpony, but it wag not, our contemporary says, " intended for publication." The great tragalirnue writes :--- " I have heard many clover people say that it is botier to be maltreated by the pre ss than to subui t to its silence and its neglect. I have, thou, to thank you once more for the notice which you have gi ven me in the . B u t, why, my dear friend, have you occupied yourself for such a length of time with nothing but fancies of marriage which you have iavented iu order to. blame me, and why sus p e ct me again to-day of this inutility ? resEighteenfifty •`I have two sons whom I adore ; I have thirty-two years upon my certificate of birth ; I have fi n ger—l will not say how many au te. of passionate tirades upon the theatres ; hasty journeys to the extent of every land ; Moscow winters : Rated. o treacheiies ; the perfidious sea; the ingrate land—behold things which soon age a little bit of a. woman like me ! But God protects the . brave, and he seems to have created e xpressly for me a little corner unknown to all the geo graphers, where I can forget my fatigues, my paini, my premature old ago ;` * '', and this 'though you fling your villanous canard in the midst of the birds which porch upon my branches, and which sin g the songs of re turn—mice probably, an d th a t of the spring I . " If I had really died i n A mer i ca , you would have been, oh, I'm quite sur e o f it, the first t o devote to we (in a manner worthy of y our genius and heart) one of your warmestfeuitletons. And because I am resuscitated in a miraculous manner, because I hope to shake your hand ..gain like an old friend, you exclaim — ` She lives ! that's well ; and thank God for it. Now, let us tease her!' Thou see y3u setting to work to irritate my too susceptible nerves, and to WAIUSO people at the expense of poor little Rachel I Is it thus you should act with a poor creature who returns very truly from the other worl d? Go, be j ust and kind, and accuse yourself of an inveterate love of teasing, at my poor expense, and then I will pardon you, especially as I hope to see you soon in Paris or in the country. " By Jupiter, it is very genteel of me toact This letter thus , towards you. is certainly not written by a i great a n ds oedienae,' but by a good child, who calls herseLf ' March 11, 1856." " RACHEL." TEE ADMISSION OF PRUSgIA TO TRN CONg.RES6. -~- The Constitutipttuct ofyesterday publishes a let ter 'from its-correspondent at Vienna, dated the 15th, on the subset of tho - admission of Prussia to the Congress. It s:ASs:— t " The invitation which Count Walewski, as organ of the Congress assembled. at 'Paris, has ad dressed to Prussia to take part in the deliberations of the Congress, appears at first glance so unfore seen that we must not be surprised if it gives rise to the most erroneous commentaries mid the most hazardous suppositions. But a succinct account of the facts which induced the Congress of Paris to address that invitation to the Court of Berlin will suffice toteduee the signification and bearin g of it. to its just value. The idea of associating Prussia in the deliberations' of the Congress, in order to. place the definitive treaty of peace under the general guarantee of Europe, was brought forward ly Austria as soon as the Court of St. Petersburg had accepted purely and simply the Austrian ulti matum." Iu proof that Austria did this, the letter quotes an extract from a despatch addressed by Count Buell to Count Etterhazy at Berlin, announcing his in tention of directing the Austrian Ministers at Paris and London to recommend strongly ; to the WeStern Powers the admission of , Prussia,. Ti.lo letter then continues : " Count Boni at the same time pressed the Ca binet of Berlin to fortify the efforts of Austria by declaring immediatelfits own resolution to engage itself to accept nn the same conditions as the other powers the programme approved of by them. In /act, in a despatch, dated Berlin, the 26th January, Baron de Mauteuffel authorised Count Arnim to reply to Count Duel that the Prussian Govern rnent will not heeitate to declare itself ready toeign the preliminaries accepted by Russia, &tile other power invite her to take Fart in determining in C 04111.1011 the basis destined to serve as the conclu sion of peace.' PriiiSia, therefore, it will be seen, whilst demanding that the Western Powers should address to her the invitation to join them, reserved the right of discussing in common the basis destined to serve as the conclusion of peace; that is to say, that she did not take the absolute engagement to support in presence of Russia the interpretation which the allies of the 2d December intended to attach to the fifth point of the preliminaries. The consequence was that the Congress of Paris assem bled on the 25th of February without the Prussian • plenipotentiaries being invited to take part in its deliberations. Austria did not the less persist in representing to the Cabinets of Paris and Loudon that Prussia, by supporting the Austrian proposi tions at St. Petersburg, and by favouring . the last vote of the Diet of Fiankfort (21st February) had efficaciously contributed to the conclusion of peace. After numerous discussions, a sort of middle term was arrived at, by which the entrance to the Euro pean concert was opened to Prussia without the overthrow of the principle firmly proclaimed by . the Cabinets of Paris and LOndon, that to sit in the Congress it was necessary to possesa the title of- a contracting power." . t The letter then calf to mind that in the Confe rences of Vienne , in 1855 it e was' decided that though Prussia could- not be admitted to them "there was nothing to prevent her from according in some form or other to the result of the negotia tioes." It then states that when in the Congress at Paris the matters that could give rise tO a e csnee' MU were settled without the particitettion of Prussia—heeanee she was not a coutraeting power —there was nothing to prevent her froth taking part in. Oe..deiiburatibils; on the modifications of the - treaty of the 13th July, 1841, in which she was a contracting power. The same course was accordingly pursued towards her as was followed t mards France in 1841, after she had been ex cluded from the treaty of 1840 : " As in 1841 Lord * Palmerston, as organ of the conference of London ; addressed to the Court of the Tuileries the invitation to co-operate in the conclu sion of the convention of the 13th July, 1811, so Count \Valewski, as organ of the co / tigress of Paris, has addressed to the Prussian government a similar.- invitation with the.object of modifyiug,,that same convention, in conforrriity with the system of the neutralisation of the Black 'sea Which is .to serve as the basis .of, the realisation of, the third gua rantee. By the fact that Prussia will co-operate in; modifying the convention of the 13th July, 1841, k, she acquires the right of affixing her signature: to the general treaty of peace, inasmuch as the special protocol setting forth the adhesioii . of the Coqd>pf Berlin to the m?difiCations of the preciteil con vention will annelted to the general treaty of be - - held to form .part of it. In this manner Prussia will cover. by her formal guarantee all the other stipulations of the treaty of peace, although she has not participated in their discussion, continiug herself to acceding subse quently to the result of the negotiations of the other power:3. 'Thanks to this happy 4trangement between. Prussia and the allies of the 2d Dec., the European union will be again established, Vaud will become the fundamental basis Of the length and solidity of 'this much-desired peace, which ; • after the most raut)lentie accounts received from Paris, is reallyli ,tthe pointof being-sigued.." THE BLOCKADE IN TIIE BALTIC. Captain Watson's advance squadron left Kiel on the sth inst., and were off Moen Head on the fol lowing morning ; hut, as the wind blew hard from the east, Captain Watson determinellon not wasting coal by forcing the squadron against it. Her Ma • jesty's ship Pylales, 21, Captain D'Eyncourt ; Sampson, 6, Captain Hand ; Fil3oo ommander Pullen ; and Ilarier, li, Comnt . ' itnan, had anchored under Moen Head the nigh:. ePfore, and were compelled to get under way whop: the wind shifted. On the Imperieuse, 51, Cri . pfaiti Watson, C. 8., meeting these ships, they all steamed to the northward, and anchored north-west of Falsterbo Lighthouse, where they remained until the wind Of abated, which it did in about three hours after they anchored, when they all left, and, steering to the eastward, passed Bornholme on Friday niorndtg, reached the south end of Cleland about no* oil which they passed through immense fieldslif loose ice ; continuing on, they passed the south end of Gothland at midnight, arrived at Faro on Satur day morning at 9, and found the inner harbour completely frozen over, and great quantities of loose ice in the outer. On tbe 12th the Euryalus, 51, Capt. Ramsay, C. 8., joined them, last from Kiel ; she arrived in a snowstorm, and anchored near the Imperieuse, and only about 200 yards from her Captain Ramsay was nearly half an hour in cutting his way through the ice in one of his boats to report his arrival. The squadron would weigh in a day or two, and cruise further. AUSTRALIAN SE3LI-MONTHLY MAILS...—. Liverpool, March 19.—The semi-monthly mails for Australia will be despatched from Liverpool for Melbourne on Sunday morning next, the 23d iast., by the White Star Rr , rl mail packet-ship Shalimar. Capt. Brown. The letter-box will close at the Liverpool Post-office on Saturday night: BURNING OF A FRENCH THEATRE. —A fire broke out a few nights ago in the theatre of Bourges (Cher), by which part of it was destroyed. As no performance had taken place since the Sunday previous, the origin of the fire is attended with some mystery. The fire broke out at midnight. At the very commencement the flames might the roof, and all hopes of saving the building were abandoned. Attention was then turned to protecting the offices of the commissariat, the Hotel de Jacqurs Camr, which serves as the Mairie sad the Palaie de Justice, and which are contiguous to the theatre. By the exertions of the firemen, all the books in the dif ftrent offices were speedily removed. All the registers of the Oetroi were, hemmer, destroyed. All that can be co;-jectured as to the origin of the fire is that some lighted coal must have been dropped in the room of the artisteC, or that the lighted aches from a cigar must have fallen, and that the fire had b een smouldering until the time when it broke out. The buildin6 , was insured for necessarylol A ,OO v O g r .r . l , fsn a tru s ßi u tNs i T n .rie f far inferior ns ~,Itermc t iio.:i t . D. Li G h a a i t ig w n a l ) i t c i h . would be P "EIRN:PTIV S: POWERFUL TELESCOFES, OPERA, TiceA ; —Messrs. S. and B . S o l emous enticians, 39, Albemarle.AT: PECEGCTLAAG" SSE:: street, Piccadilly. Observe —apposite the York Hotel. 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