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SIXTII DIVISION OF PROFITS. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Great Rosiell street, Bloomsbury, Loudon. SPECIAL NOTICE. AlPergons who Imre on the Participating Scale before June 10th. 1456, will be entitled to a share of the SIXTH BONUS, which will be declared in the January following. Proposals should be forwarded to the office before June Ist next. The Thirty-first Annual Report (just issued) can be obtained of the Society's Agents. or of OEO. ii. PINCKAPD, Resideat Secretary. MN ETROPOLITX COUNTIES and GEN7LRAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, VT, Regent, Street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. Tarr!'Elm. Rt. Mu. Spencer ll.Walpole,M.P. 1 Richard Spooner, E.q., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. 1 E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life AlWAnee business transacted in all its branckcs. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of prolts averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGI:TiON CAMROUX, Manager. p--______ lIRSUANT to a Decree of the High Cou rt of Chancery, made in a cause. Jeremiah Owen against Richard Shepherd. Charles Lever, Ana Noble, and Charlotte Eliza Owen. the creditors and others h evince claims against the Estate of THOMAS NOBLE, late of Ebenezer-place, Walvrorth, in the county of Surrey, Dentlems.n, deceased, who died in or about the menth of , 1854, are. by their solicitors, on or before the second day November of April, 1156, to Come in and prove their Debts or Claims at the Chambers of the Vio&Chanceller Sir Richard Torin Rindersley, N 0.3, Stone-build lags, Lincoln's-Inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Tuesday, the Eighth day of April, 1156, at Three o'clock in th di e afternoon, at the said Chambers , i s appointed for hearing and adju rating upon the claims. Dated this 26th day of February. 1856. CIIAS. PCGH, Chief Clerk. J. and W. LiEY'NfOrT, 96, Blackfriars-road, Plaintiff's Solicitors. THEATRE ROYAL, E)RDRY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. For the BENEFIT of Mr. GEORGE WILD. THIS FvENING, DELICATE GROUND. Followed by COURTSHIP AND CONGREVES. 'lO c nlado with //CY DIDDLE DIDDLE ; 4r, harlequin Sing Nonsense and the Soren Agee of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Valet the Management of Mr. Bnekstono. THIS EVENING. MARRIED LIFE. Followed by lIHE LITTLE TREAURE. After which. LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Aiter which the New C,ornlc Christmal Pantomime, entitled TILE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S YEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCERS'S TEIEXTRE, OXFORD-STREET. UMW the 31anyement of ?Ir. CuLi.l.sa KEAN. TUB EVENING. THE FIRST PRINTER. After which, ItARLEQMN AND THE MUD AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the /Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Haliao ; Pantaloon, Mr. auto; and CoinnOine, Miss Caroline Adams. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIIEATRS. FLEYWORE'S BENEFIT. In oonseinenc.e of Covent flar.len Theatre being require , ' fbr the Italian Opera. Flexmnre bets to inform hts pa ron—the Public that its Benefit will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNES DIY, March 12, and that cants of admission, price is.. 2.5., 3a., 4g., and Ss., may be had at 4A, Hercules-Buildings, Lambeth. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIT. Proprietor, Mr. a. Rebster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. TUTS EVENING, BETSY BAKER. To be followed by 'IT BLESSED LUCY. To concinde with JACK AND Trig BEtN STALK; or, Trarlequkt and Mother (loops at Mine Artia. In which Meigri. J. TlLind, P. Redford. qadant Celeste. Mi'v , Wyndham. aryllsa E. Arlon will. ap,ear. R) AG OLYN!PIe THEATRE, Lessee and Manver. Mr. Alfred Wigan. THiS EVRWTNG. STITT, WATERS RUN DEEP. Aber which will be prodacci a Nrew and the'rel etoeseively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DtACIIFZ,IT Pitt `TIP:Ai; ; the Three Glass rsiitaTs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Ifarsto t, awl Was Maakell will appear. ROY kr, StrtREY THEATRE. Lessees. Maim. Shepherd and Creswick. TFf IR EVENING JASPER LANGTON ; or, A. Duel to the Death. To he followed by TUE SAILOR OF FRANCE. To conclude with WAITER AT CREMORNR. ItaYAL fATR.A.ND TfintaTß?.. trader the dtrection of Mr: Payne. THIS EVF.VING. THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. After which, A BaUet Divertissement. Followe4 by WHY DDN'r SFIF, MARRY ? After arlltch, A Fetite Divertissement. To conclude wtth BLUM JACKETS. ♦itTLEY'B ROYAL AMPRITIMATSiE, Lease and Manarrer. Mr. Wm. Caoks. Last Week of the Pantomime TSIIR EVF,NING, THE All.&13 OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL ‘TEED; to which the ratimality of the hor.e. taught and traine , l by 11r Williams Cooke, fills the audience w th delight and wonder. After which. the EQUESTRIAN EVOLUTIONS in the ARENA. The miraculous ascent of the haTe Elephants from the ring to the stage. To conclude with (the tact week) FLkIILgQI:IN AND ST. GF,ORIiE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions o Christendom. Box-offee open from Kievan till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W , West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRiDGE. TITS DAY—Morn. 26 min. aft. I—Evening 50 min. aft. 1 76-ifoußow—Morn. 12 min. aft. 2 —Evening 34 min. aft. 2 THE WEATIIEU—SLIN OFFICE, MA cu 6. TlaltitOlfETlNl, IN THIA SHADE. 47—highest wino., noon yesterday. 42 -lowest this morning and dur:.ng the night. 43 —this day at noon. RARMINTIR-30 23—riaing again. WIND, N.N.E., rather fresh, with dull, cold weather. sAI , I. `-*", ~~ ^ ~s panions f Ass triumphantly through the ordeal. All that was possible for men to accomplish was effected. They discharged their ardu otts ;and important ;duties with ability, fidelity, and zeal , and had their urgent representa tions ro the attention to which they were r a - e-eminentlyi entitled, Kars would still rer a Turkish possession, and Russia could of far r,o set-off against the capture and de structio nof Sebastopol. The greatest, most bril liant success that could have been achieved would not ha' re reelected greater honour on General WIL LIAMS than - the truly noble stand which he made under most discouraging and adverse circum stances. Hard we had men of such sound judg ment and indefatigable energy in other situations, we should not. have an inquiry pending into the causes of the serious disasters that occurred to the army before S ebastopol. It is also right to say that the conduct of Lord CLARENDON N ras much better than had been generally sups ,used. So far back as the 11th of January, 185 5, the Noble Earl remonstrat e d w ith Lord STRATFOULD DE REDCLIFFE on his gross neg ligence, regret ling the silence which he, the natural protector of the British Commissioner, observed towards him when "surrounded by robbers and traitors," and requiring the Ambassador to afford all the assistance in his power, so as to have the ortress put in a proper state of defence. We cer tainly cannot complain of any act of commission on the part of the Home Government. Whether they stand so clear from sins of omission is another question. It seems to us that there should have been a little more energy of remonstrance on the imperative necessity of forthwith relieving the beleaguered city, and taking care that the money which was lying idle in the Bank of England, and which was absolutely essential, should be promptly de- I voted to the chief object for which it had been raised. These matters will remain fur future consideration. We may also add, that Lord CLARENDON strongly advocated the propriety of OMER PAcui advancing by way of Erzeroum, but he was unfortunately overruled in that respect, and we have witnessed the melancholy result of that grave mistake. Another person, who seems entitled to rreat credit for his conduct, is Mr. BRANT, formerly consul at Erzeroum. This gentleman strenuously and emphatically remonstrated with Lord STRAT FORD on the gross negligence displayed. He said —" I ask your Excellency, is the Kars Army to be allowed to perish ? Is nothing to be done to relieve it ? for all that the Porte has lately done is quite insufficient for the purpose. I have before pointed out that OMER PADUA'S army should have teen directed on Kars by way of Erzeroum, and not on Georgia. And had that been done Kars might long since have been saved. I now fear it must surrender, and to confer honours on its gallant defenders while they are left to perish, is a cruel mockery and an indelible disgrace to the Turkish Government as well as to those of the Allied Powers !" This is the bold and straightforward language befitting an English official, and such as will command the unqualified approbation of the Nation. He also on another occasion attributes all the danger to the apathy of the Porte, and the cowardice and imbecility of SELIM Paella With these parties our approbation must cease. A. very different feeling will be excited respecting Lord STRATFORD, who left fifty•four urgent de spatches of General Winnrams unanswered, on the shuffling and evasive pretext that he was anxious " not to occasion disappointment by announcing measures which might or might not be carried into effect !" Would not anything have been better than the total and unbroken silence that must so greatly have discouraged the gallant ap plicant ? While he forgot to obtain, or even to ask, from the Turkish Government the recognition which would so materially have strengthened his hands and enlarged his authority. For these matters Lord STRATFORD will have to render a heavy account to the Nation ; and his tardy efforts in a right direction cannot re deem his culpable apathy and indifference, to which much of the evils that followed may l: ascribed. We regret to find that the French authorities did not pull with the English as strongly as could have been desired. There are also just grounds of complaint against, not only the incapacity, but gross corruption exhibited by many Turkish officials, and that led to -the strong language used by Lord CLARENDON when speaking of General WILLIAMS as " surrounded by robbers and traitors." All these matters must, however, be brought before Parliament, when the truth will be fully elicited, and every participator in these transac tions treated according to his merits or demerits. JAMES THURGOOD has been found guilty of being accessory to the wilful murder of WlLLr.tu HALES, and sentenced to death. THURGOOD was a poacher, HALES, a gamekeeper, and the latter dies in virtue of a blood-feud between the two elastics as embittered as any between the savage clans of the desert tribes. Murder, whether in Ireland or in England, must be put down at any cost; society cannot tolerate, cannot well co-exist in a civilised state, with blood revenge ; but, assuredly it has something more to do th , :.n merely to convict and execute the murderer. It must first be asked whether the legal provocations to murder are worthy of civilised society ; and if eviction laws and game laws remain in a form which converts men into ruffians, Legislators have much to answer for if they do not modify or repeal them. The " sacred right" of property in land is not, however, what we wish now to dwell upon, let it be ever so sacred—and we would only ask, is it civilisation that property in pheasants and hares should be equally sacred ? There is a horrible fierceness gendered by the attempt to maintain and enforce the latter right. It is attacked and defended in mortal encounters. Men armed with guns perambulate nocturnally the game preserves of the squire, and poachers, armed with guns, enter them to capture the arti ficially valuable prey. Sheep and pigs are certainly worth much more than pheasants, and we suppose outnumber them, and numerous are the stomachs which need and desire the food they would furnish ; even poultry are not very much less valuable than game— yet we do not read of night encounters of shepherds, swineherds, or poultry keepers, with sheep, and fowl pecu liarity in th e case of garne, stealers. There is a of which, argue as we will, we cannot alter the fret. The shepherd is net, like the gamekeeper, the Squire's pet, and the enemy of half the vill age ; and the sheep stealer, on the other hand, is not commended or concealed by his neighbours. It cannot be erali cated from popular feeling, that poachin g , per s e, is no crime ; and the hungry villagers who will give evidence willingly against the sheep-stealer, or even the robber of the hen-roost, will screen the poacher if they can. The English peasant understands and respects the rights of property, but he does not believe in the right of pheasants and hares to that veDerated designation ; and all ff LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1856. Some light has at length been thrown on the untoward event that " satisfied the honour of the Russian arms," and inflicted serious injury and indelible disgrace on the cause which the Allied Powers had made such serious sacrifices to main tain. The official " papers relative to the military affairs in Asiatic Turkey, and the defence and capitulation of Kara" have just been published. Authentic data are thus supplied from which every man can form his own judgment as to the causes that led to that deplorable catastrophe, and enabled the CZAR to offer something approaching to an equivalent (in the eyes of Asiatic potentates) for the fall of Sebastopol and the other reverses that attended his arms in the Crimea, the Sea of Azoff, and at Kinbouni—which enabled him to maintain at leapt a portion of his quondam prestige in the eyes of those whom it was of vital import ance to impress with an accurate knowledge of his true position. They are indeed of a truly painful character, and prove beyond the possibility o f doubt the gross mismanagement and incapacity, or something worse, to which the fall of Kars and the sacrifice of the gallant men by whom it was eo efficiently defended may justly be attributed. It is, of course, impossible within the compass of an ordinary article to discuss all the matters contained in a blue book,:containing no less than 356 pages and 390 despatches. It is only pos sible at present to glance at the salient points, arid to indicate how the parties chiefly concerned are thereby implicated in there infortuna , te pro ceedings. Thero will, of course, be a complete discussion in Parliament of the entire matter, when the contents of the voluminous addition to the Blue Book literature have been completely di gested, and maturely considered by Honourable Gentlemen. It is to be hoped that the result w ill be to place the responsibility on those by whom it should fairly be borne, to justify the innocent, and to cast the entire burden on the real offenders. One fact is dearly and unequivocally eF,t).- .the national schools ancl.the magisterial lectures bashed. General Wrilacutz and hia cleYotecl cora. on the subjc.t will nil to CQUYiLIO3 him. Tha faith of the Squires, and the faith of all besides, are as different en this point as that of the Mahonarnedans of Turkey and their subjected Christian rayahs. Now, we take it for granted that these bloody conflicts must be prevented. Society is not to go on having now a poacher, now a gamekeeper, and once in a while the gamekeeper's master killed, to the end of the story. What shall be done ? In some counties the squires have saddled their game less neighbours with the expense of a county police, chiefly to watch the poachers ; and Sir GEORGE GREY would help them to generalise the system. Yet even in those counties which adopt the police, so rooted is the evil that they have not yet got rid of it, and are not likely to do so. There has been no lack of zeal on the part of magistrates—especially those of the clerical order. With evidence—against evidence--on no evidence—poachers are convicted, fined, and imprisoned without mercy. The poacher must be convicted—that is settled ; and on one occasion, when the evidence would in no way per mit it, a poacher was actually convicted and punished in reality for poaching, nominally for neglecting his parish Church ! Thanks to Lord BROUGHAM, the abuse in this case has brought the remedy. Poachers, however, like the Israelites in Egypt, seens to multiply and grow under all their oppressions. The worst is, that under the unholy inspirations of their calling, they sometimes kill the Egyptians who harass them. What with the original injustice of the Game Laws, and the unrelenting harshness of the Squires in their administration of th.tm, the peasant poacher lives in a state of constant exacerbation with the proprietors and protectors of game. It is painfully true that the poacher is generally about the worst character in the parish. So was the smuggler under high protective duties. The obvious reason in both cases being that something felt as a wrong by the com munity generally was defended by force of arms. Hence the practical impugner of the wrong was driven to become a desperado, yet neither by himself nor his neighbours was he classed with acknowledged felons. A. keg of moonshine and a pheasant were not regarded by the generality of the receivers as stolen goo Is. The men were made bad by the course necessarily adopted to obtain what few shrunk from receiving, provided they felt themselves safe in so doing. It is thus that frequently from comparatively innocent be ginnings the village lad is induced to violate law, but not, as ho believes, to violate right ; and thus by degrees he is trained to a measure of cunning and boldness in outwitting and facing his enemies to which, but for such influences, he would have remained a stranger. The particular case of the THURGOODS and the unfortunate victim is but the worst form of an evil fostering in every game preserving neigh bourhood. They are manufactories of murderers, and still more abundantly of lesser rural criini- I nals. Crimes in the rural districts would be rare indeed but for the training furnished by those badges of the Norman Conquest, the Game Laws. And for what do they exist ? To preserve to landed gentry in a populous and cultivated ceunty the amusements of the jungle, the prairie, and the moor. We admit the right of every man to use his land as he pleases ; but. if he be a member of civilised society his pleasure must have the limit of his neighbours' well-being and pleasure. If a man choose to breed rats let him do so, but let him not complain that his neighbours do not care so much for the rats and " the deg Billy," as to give him special laws for protecting his rats. Yet we have known men, and men of fortune too, who fancied rat hunting more than following the hounds. The remedy we believe to be a simple one ; to abolish totally theGameLav s. To enforce the Trespass Laws—but to re'y for the preservation of game to those who wish for it, on the moral relations between man and man. A fair and honourable landlord would find no difficulty in preserving on his estate whatever he wished. His tenants are but too ready to gratify him ; and if he had not game preservers in the vast ma jority of the working men, the fault would be h'e own. Be this as it may, we cannot afford the landlords game at the cost of monthly murders. Of all that " gorgeous temple " of art—the Covent-garden of imperishable, histrionic, operatic, and scenic renown, consecrated by the awful whis per of a SIDDON3, immortalised by the transcen dent genius of a KEAN and a KENIBLE, festooned and revivified by the classic taste and dramatic power of a MACREADY, hung with the airy webs of enchantment by a TELBIN and a GRIEVE, hushed with the waving light and shadow of a CERITO, stirred to its foundation by the resonant organ and vis comica of a LABLACFIE, and fl )oded as with the music of the spheres by the entrancing notes of a Cans', a GARCIA., and a PERSIANI— of all that scene of artistic triumph, with which are associated a myriad .of most pleasing reminis cences, nothing- is left but the bare walls. From the remotest extremity of the structure the spectator looks over the smoking debris within to the blue sky beyond the towering windows of the atnphi theatre. Rarely has the work of destruction been accomplished by the " devouring clement" more rapidly and completely. The inspiring strains of the National An 4 hem had just begun to reverberate through the mighty building, and the gaily-attired groups of m.s. queraders reminded by the sound to turn their thoughts homeward, and anticipate in repose the renovation of their jaded energies, when wi'hout a moment's warning down came a burning rafter crash on the stage. Hardly more appalling was the appearance of the hand in whose tracery was recorded the fate of the Assyrian King. " Fire ! fire !" exclaimed the temporary lessee in a voice of thunder ; aid " Fire ! fire !" was whispered by a thousand tongues, and might be read in the blanched cheeks of the endangered revellers. Then was seen the triumph of self-possession and order over senseless terror and selfish anxiety. A frightful rush was made towards the doors, and hundreds might have been trampled to death, maimed, or left a prey to the devouring flames, but for the interposition of the police. Promptly taking their stand at the doors, the members of the force present withstood the frantic rush, and by their aspect of resolution, well-timed directions, and steady assurances, restored the thickening crowd to reason, and enabled them to issue in rapid succession and in safety into the streets. It was high time, for the conflagration stole on with remorseless speed. To tongues of fire, darting forward and licking the emblazoned pro scenium, succeeded volumes of dense and varie gated smoke and showers of sparkling embers. In all that vast amphitheatre, and over and under all that vast extent of stage, no human being might now remain and live. Presently the external roof shot forth a stream of fire, and in the radiations of one mighty blaze the heights of Islington and the hills of Surrey were alike illuminated. Vainly did the active and courageous firemen ply their engines with untiring zeal under the skilful superintendence of their head—out, in every direction, burst the iinpriaoned demon at - once THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING from roof and windows, a fiery throat, with a hundred tongues of flame, threatening all around with destruction. The glorious structure was doomed, and all that remained was to confine the flames to their devoted prey. This, it is gratifying to know, was effected, the blackened and shrivelled fronts of several houses in the narrow adjoining strects testifying to the danger in which they stood. Crash suc• ceeded crash, and in a few hours the interior presented nothing more tangible than hissing embers and curling smoke, while from the hot, blackened, and shrivelled walls protruded tongues of fire, licking in insatiate enjoyment the embedded wood of the window sills. The spec tacle was one that will not readily be forgotten, and that must deeply have impressed a visitor from the provinces. Even Londoners, to whom the associations of the place were powerless, were startled for a short period by it, and that is something ; for to show how enured the metro politan population is to destruction by fire, and how confident in the skill of the firemen, we may state, on reliable authority, that individuals were to be seen in an adjacent court lighting their pipes with the floating embers ! " Covent-garden," the beautiful and the sacred, is destroyed. We mourn over it, and a host of our countrymen, both at home and abroad, will participate in our regret :IS over a national loss. So long as the skill of the architect and the re sources of the builder are forthcoming, temples or palaces as splendid may be built, but amid the splendours of another Covent-garden, - ,who may resuscitate recollections which warm the chill of age and lend youthful vigour to the mature ? We grieve for so immense a loss of property, and the hardships which the burning of the theatre will occasion to indus trious thousands. On the other hand it is with the deepest satisfaction we record that, so far as has yet been ascertained, there has been no 1035 of life, and that the conflagration occurred in a place of assembly so well provided with doors, as to be evacuated in a few minutes. Had this not been the case, and had not the police done their duty as they did, we shudder to think how many homes would this day have been filled with lamentation and woo, and how many bud of promise might have been blasted. Surely this event ought to operate as a warning, and in all places of public resort where the means of egress are inadequate provision should immedi ately be made against so dire a calamity, if it i, not, heavy will be the responsibility of the de faulters. There is something horrible beyond ex pression in the notion of a moiety of an audienci. being within a few minutes suffocated and re duced to ashes ! How the fire broke out is still a mystery, so far as the absence of specific inforrin tion makes it so. The interpretation, however, is not difficult, and may be comprised in the words, " want of care." A conflagration ought rarely to be regarded as involving no blame, and only in cases where the default has been in the past and beyond the ken of the present. The matter, how• ever, will be inquired into, and it will probably be shown, to the satisfaction of the verie-t bigot, that the destruction of Covent-Garden Theatre was not, as bigots would fain give out, a judgment on profanity and licence, but a judgment on neglect by some petty and un trustworthy official. Again we must revert to those blackened walls, which in the dim moon light seemed to nod frowningly on the august altades of our great tragedians, and answer with a mournful echo the plaint of EEMELE as the ill-starred Hamlet—the groans of KEAN as the sooty moor," " who loved not wisely but too well"—and the heart-wrung sigh of SIDDONS her whose pitiless promptings needed to be clothed with the " dunnest pall of her —and so reverting exclaim— " We shall never look on thy like again." CANAL ON THE DANUBE. • The bases of the firman for the construction of a canal from Czernavoda on the Danube to Kostndjc on the Black Sea, are 1. The concession is made to a company composed of Rifaat Pasha for Turkey ; Mr. Thomas Wilson, of 20, Glocester-square, London, for England ; Cuu n t d e Moray, for F rance ; a nd rant Breda ' for Austria. 2. The company is to be constituted under the appel lation of the Imperial Ottoman Compar.y of the Abdul. Merijid Canal. 3. The concession is for 99 years. The Imperial Go vernment will never cease to be the proprietor of the soil ceded to the company, but during the 99 years the latter will hold possession of it without paying any other tax or impost than the tribute mentioned in the 12th article. The Imperial Government gratuitously cedes to tip' company all the territory requir d for the canal, whin is to follow the course that may seem most advantageous to the engineers of the company. By " territory required for the "canal" is understood—•th e ground for the canal itself, for carrying off the superfluous eater, fir towing p stile, guard-houses, magazines, awl warehouses, bridge,, and ,locks, and houses for the emptoygs. 6. The concession of 99 years dates from the day on which the canal id opened, and when the period for which the grant is made is at an end the canal, quays, docks, basins, sluices, etations, 46c , revert to Us Porte, which will have no indemnification to pay. 7. At each extremity of the canal there will be magazines and depots fur corn and merchandise which the POrte, when the concession is at an end, will have to purchase of the company at a price to be settled by ar bitration. It is, however, stipulated that the Porte shall, uuder no circumstances, pay more than 3,000,000'. sterling. COURT CIRCULAR. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumale also paid a visit to her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Captain the Hon. D. Dd Ros and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Alice and Helena took a drive in an open carriage and four. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Vis count Torrington - and Captaid the Hon. D. De Ros, weot in the evening to the Society of Arts, Adelphi. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princese Alice, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with her presence in the evening. In attendance were Lady Churchill, Lord Waterpark, and Major-General Buckley. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and family, who are residing at Nice, do not intend to return to this country until the close of the ensuing month. His grace's spacious mansion in Arlington-street (formerly Beaufort-house) is rapidly approaching completion. The Duke of Devonshire is still at Kemp Town, in improved health. Sir Joseph Paxton visited his grace last Saturday, returning to town on Monday. The Duks of Euccleuch, who came to town to attend the recent debates in the House of Lords, has left Mon tagu House for Dalkeith Palace, near Elinburgh. The Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., has also left Montagu House for a tour of visits. The Marquis acid Marchioness of Cholmondeley have arrived in town for the season, from the family seat, Chohnondeley-castle, Cheshire. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., and Lady Jane Peel have left town on a continental tour until after. the Easter holidays. Lady Graham and Miss Graham have arrived in town from Nei herby Perk, Cumberland. The First Lord of the Admiralty and Lady M. Wood entertained at dinner, at his official residence, last even ing, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Crauworth, his Ex cellency the Danish Minister and Madame d'Oxholm, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady Lovaine, Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., and MN. Cowper, and Capt. Eden, R.N. The Earl of Derby entertained at dinner, yesterday, at his mansion in St. James's-square, the following members of the HoU-e of Commons :—Sir John Walsh, Sir William Jolliffe, Sir Joseph Bailey, Sir Frederick Thesiger, Colonel Harcourt, Colonel North, Colonel Somerset, Colonel Boldero, Colonel Dunne, Captain Bateson,. Mr. Liddell, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Henley, Mr. Cele, Mr. Evelyn, Mr. Bagge, Mr. Du Pre, Mr. Whit more, Mr. Hurefall, Mr. Malins, Mr. Yansittart, Mr. Cubitt, and Mr. Eliot Yorke. The Right Hon. B. Disraeli entertained at dinner yev terciy, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate, the following members of the House of Commons :—Lord H. &orlon Lennox, Lord C. Clinton, General the Hon. R. Arbuth not, M. Joliffe, Mr. Ferrer Mr. K. King, Mr. Moody, Mr. F. Hume, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Rust, Mr. Goddard, Mr. Gwyn , Mr. Peacocke, Dlr. G. hardy, Mr. Robert- Sop; wad Mr. L. Davies. MARCH 6, 1856. LATEST NE WS. PARIS; THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 8 A.M. The Monitevr says that Marshal Pelissier has informed the Minister of War that the resolution passed by the Plenipotentiaries on the 25th of February last, relative to the armistice, which is to extend to the 31st of March, was known in the Crmea on the 28th oPFebruary. On the 29th of February, at a conference held at the Traktir-bridge, between the Chiefs of the Staff of the allied armies and General . Tutchitneff, delegated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Rus sian army, it was decided that there should be a complete suspension of hostilities. BERLIN, MARCH 5. The Konigsberger Zeituity reports from the Crimea, that on the 29th of February delegates from the two belligerent armies met on the so called Stone-bridge to concert measures for carry ing out the armistice, conformably to the resolu tion of the Paris conferences. TRIESTE, Menai' 5. General Vivian is preparing a grand reconnais sance from Kertch, in the direction of Arabat, where the Russians have been concentrating a large force. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. From a despatch forwarded by General Pelissier we learn that the fact of the intended armistice was known in the Crimea on the 25th ult. The M oniteur contains the official announce ment of the appointment of the widow of Admiral Bruat to the post of " Gouvernante des enfants de France." The following is the exposé des motifs of the budget of 1857, presented to the Legislative Body yesterday : "Gentlemen,—The Emperor has desired that the budget for the year 1857 should be presented to you at the beginning of your session. We in conse quence submit to your examination the estimate of receipts and expenses for that year. As you know, gentlemen, the year 1855, which has just terminated, shows a large increase in the indirect taxes and revenues. Thus, in spice of three insuf ficient harvests, and in the very midst of the sacri fices of a distant war, France has not interrupted for an instant the fecund activity of her labours nor the in crease of her internal prosperity. Calm at home, glorious ',broad, henceforth assured of her alliances, after being so long isolated in Europe, and confiding in the wisdi in 4* the sovereign, she even now gathers the fruit of a policy at once firm arid loyal, generous and prudent. As great nati.m which, after the terrible trials and pro longed conflicts of a revolution, has at last found her path, she has seen the sympathies of the world return to her, and enjoyieg under the national dynasty of Napo leon 111. the real advantages of the new order ,he has conquered, she has at the same time resumed without an effort the rank which belongs to , er amongst the nations of Eerope. However, it is to strong governments arid prudent financiers that it be longs net to estivate too highly the hopes of the future. You will remark; gentlemen, that the estimate of the receipts for the new year has been made with prudent reserve in the law which we now submit to your appre• ciation." The Constitutionnel says :—" The plenipoten tiaries of Russia had hitherto only appeared at the Tuileries in plain clothes, for the special reason that, besides the state of war, the accession of Alexander 11. has not yet been notified to the Western Powers. Their presence at the Imperial sitting of Monday in uniform has been generally interpreted in the diplomatic world as a certain in dication of a speedy renewal of official relations be tween the Court of St. Petersburg and those of France andEngiand, and consequently as a mani fest proof of the favourable turn the conferences of Paris are taking!" " Another hatch of Russian cannon," says the Semaphore of Marseilles, " have just been landed at the Quai de la Joliette, where they have been the object of great curiosity. Some of the guns which belonged to the Russian vessels are of un usually large calibre. Most of them bear the .louble-headed eagle of the Czars, and many show the marks of the balls of the allies. BOURSE, March s.—The following were the last quotations : Cash: fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 96 50 —f. —C. 3 per Centa - 6 72 10 72 85 New Loan 73 -- 13a.nk Shares 3,430 Roman iredit Mobilier 1,58') Austrian Belgian Fives 944— Span fah Threes — Piedmontes4- (5) : -0 Home Debt ..... 33 'UMW A TZ—YOR CAEIa. Ir. c. fr. e Jr:leans ... ... 1,277 50 Western BB2 50 gorthein .. 990 - Strasburg wrens, - ,tediterranean 1,560 - Grand Central 645 Lyons Geneva 765 -- Testa ;ette The Akhbar of Algiers speaks of a project which would consist in despatching to Algiers, after the conclusion of peace, three or four divisions of the army of the Crimea. These troops, which would increase the strength of the army of occupation, would be kept up in the colony, ready fur every ,vent, until the complete solution of the Eastern uestion. Until that time, they would he quartered on various points of Algeria, not only to complete Lite task of pacification, but to make roads, princi pally in Kabylia. These divisions would occupy Kabylia by .means of several camps, destined to be the nuclei of so many towns. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Fah. 25 —On Fr iday (last night) we were visited with a storm as violent as it was sud den. For several days before the weather had beers very warm, with a slight breeze from the south. On Friday during the day this latter increased con siderably, and began to act on the current in the Bosphorus, making the passage across to Scutari somewhat difficult. The atmosphere was over cast, and of that gloomy kind of grey, half cloud and half mist ; the air felt excessively close and heavy, and the thermometer fell rapidly. This state of things, prognosticating= an earthquake or a violent storm, lasted till night, with the only difference that the wind subsided in the evening: But at night, about half-past ten o'clock, all of a sudden a violent gust, the first of a long series, made the houses tremble, tiles, chimneys, and everything which was not strongly fixed fell down in showers into the streets, which were in some places covered with shattered window glags. On the Bosphoi us and in the Golden Horn the vessels were driven from their moorings, and running into each other in the greatest confusion. A Greek vessel, laden with spirits and oranges, foundered close to Tokhane, also an American vessel over at Scutari, and another vessel near Kadikoi Point. The Doris, a hut-vesgel, lost her mainmast, and the Alma bad her fore bul warks driven. Besides this several others had minor accidents. No authentic news has as yet come in from the Black Sea or the Sea of Marmora, except of the loss of the Sylph, which struck about 15 miles from Bujukdere. In the Sea of Marmora,l4 vessels are said to be ashore, and four in the Dardanelles. The French mail packet was kept back 24 hours at Gallipoli. The commissaire of the port went on shore to fetch the mail, and could not get off on account of the gale, which arose so suddenly. To make the confusion complete, just while the storm was at its greatest violence a fire broke out again at Stamboul, in 'he quarter called Vlanga; it took place at a house standing isolated in a garden, and formerly a kind of circus devoted to acrobatic and equestrian performances. The building was consumed in a short time, but fortunately its iso lated position saved that quarter of the town. AUSTRIA. The decree of the military conscription of the Empire of Austria for 1856 has been published. Of the 86,000 men forming the total, 6,977 fall to the share of Lombardy. A letter from Kalisch of the 27th Feb., in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" The commanders of the troops stationed in the governments of Lubin and Random, viz., Generals Labinzuff, Kuscheleff, and Tuijeff, have lately gone to Warsaw to pay their respects to General Gortschakoff. The troops under the orders of these generals amount to 30,000 men, not including the garrison of the fortress of Z,tmosc, composed of troops of reserve. ['he garrison of Warsaw is at present weak, as compared with its usual number. A letter from Vienna of the 28th ult., in the Boersenhalle, says :—" For several days past there have been conferences at the hotel of Baron de Werner, who has replaced, ad interim, Count Buol, at which were present Sir Hamilton Seymour, Viscount Serres, and the Turkish Charge, Tan Bey. The object of these conferences is, we are a Duo% act Probed .eared, the raeraoraucluw on the !!ractical application of the reforms projected in Turkey. Others ,ay, on the contrary, that the occupation of the Principalities by troops of the three powers is tile .subjt,ct, at issue, and it is affirmed that Baron d e W e rner ha s been charged by Coutit:Bliol to elaborate a plan to that effect in conjunction with the Western Powers and the Porte." • RUSSIA. A letter from Amsterdam of the 3d says :—" A private letter received from St. Petersburg this day states that the retirement of C 'nut Nesselrode is at length absolutely decided on. He has obtained permission from the Emperor Alexander to retire as soon as peace is made. The names of several persons are mentioned for the post thus to be left vacant, the foremost being Baron Meyendolff, Baron de Brunow, and even Prince Gortschakoff. The nomination of the last is considered improb able, as he is looked upon as in some measure in disgrace." A letter from St. Petersburg of the 24th, in the Siecle, says :—" A decree recently issued proves that, in spite of the administrative reforms, there is but little idea of the introduction of a liberal system. This decree states that the Jews who have completed their military service can only fix their residence in the government in which Jews, in general,. establish themselves. Thus, while the other inhabitants of the empire are completely en franchised by military service, the Jews remain subject to this humiliating restriction." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, March 4.—The Euryalus steam-fri gate, of 51 guns, Captain G. Ramsay, arrived at Kiel in the course of yesterday, and joined the Im perieuse, the arrival of which ship has been already reported. SARDINIA. .March 2.—To-day Sir James Hudson, accompanied by General Stanhope and. Colonel Read, inspected the 2d regiment of the Anglo- Italian Legion at Susa, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel De Horsey. The regiment mustered up wards of 1,000 strong. The men have not yet received their full-dress clothing, and, therefore, of course did not create such an imposing effect as they otherwise would have done, but their gene ral appearance and steadiness under arms seemed to give great satisfaction, as clAl. also the cleanly state of the barracks and hospital. The steam-transport Great Britain arrived at Genoa last evening for the conveyance of the Legion to • Malta, and when the intelligence was communicated to-day to the Ist and 2d Regiments that they were, in consequence, to hold themselves in readiness for immediate embarkation, the an nouncement was received with evident pleasure, such as wculd have caused dismay to those who have wasted their time lately in endeavouring to seduce the se men from their duty could they have witnessed it. The Great Britain will probably take about 1,60 J of the Ist and 2d regiments in her fia t trip, WO then return for the remainder and the R.fle Corps. The Li-gion takes its own tent equ - plgr, and will be min, deately put under canvass, as there is no spare barrack room at Malta at pre sent. Unfortunately. it has not been permit ed to form a train or transport eorps for the Legion, as might etisily have been done now when the English Government has at this moment 530 mulis in depot in Turin alone, and which would have proved eminently useful whereever it might go hereafter, and been ti means of introducing into the English army a system which has proved so useful and economical in the Sardinian service. The Sardinian train has lost very few beasts in the Crimea during this winter. General della, Marmora sailed yesterday from Genoa in the Sardinian steam-frigate Carlo Alberto, fur the Crimea. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, 11.30 •.li. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ava, Captain Field, with the India, China, and Mi-Aiterranean Mails, we have dates from Alexandria, February 22d ; Malta, 26th ; Gibraltar, March The Ava brings 81 passengers, and a full cargo. - - A NEW ARTFUL RUSSIAN DODGE. Of all the questions to be discussed at the Confer ences, the disarming of Nic , laieff seemed to be the most difficult. Poliiciaus and stock-jobbers spoke of it as of the only danger threatening to disturb the peace already grasped by the Exchange ; and even the Emperor Napoleon did nut like the pertinacity with which the English Gibbet insisted upon the question. It was but after a long conversation with Lord Caren .,".n that he becaMe convincei of the importance and justice of the English proposition, nod ordered the in sertion of the furious article of the Siecle into the Moni /cur. The Pieniputentiariee met at last, and we hear now that the Russians do not object to the princi t Ait o disarmirigNicolaieff ; they are willing to decAre that its ould cease for over to be an arsenal an l a war port ; but they do not Munk that it should be necessary to de s roy the dockyards. On the contrary, they are ready to beat their swords into ploughshares, and to hand the cLickyards over to a. commercial company, to be forth d at 0 lessa under Leperial patro nage, for establishing several lines of steam-packets a long the shores of the Bieck Sea, Egypt, Greece, S.O kern Italy, and S.mAiern France. It would au establishment tike the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany, or Cu...aro's lies,—perhaps even without the clause in :the charter, that the steamers naust, in case of war, be given up to Government for a certain sum; since it is sufficiently clear that the Shipping Company of Odessa would, in fact, be a Government office, and the steam-packets be coraia,nded by retire naval officers, and the %chide concern put under the direction of a re tired admiral. _ _ Such a plan admits scarcely of any objection, for it has an entirely cotnizircial character ; whilst, on the other hand, it gives hack to Russia all the advantages she ever could expect from her late navy at Sebastopol. the naval power of the Cz tr in the Euxine was nevtr formidable for aggressive character ; it was not feared that the "Twelve Apostles" might one day cast anchor in the G Idea Urn and bombard Con , tantintroe. Its dancer lay in the facility aff oalrd to the Rusians for trai , portuig twenty-five thousand men to any place on the Black . Sea within 48 hours, and for supplying the army with all the stores, transport, and ammunition on a march along the coast. The Ship Company of Odessa would not only offer the same :advantages to Russia, but the regular ar rival of the Rus-ian steamers at Salina, Varna, Con stantinople, Smyrna and Alexandria on one side, and at liertch, Anapa, Batoum, Trebizond, Sinope, Scutari, Gallipoli, Athens, Me,sina, Naples, and Mar cities on t o other—woW not only break through the articles'by which the B.:splicrus was closed against the Russians, but would restore the prestige of the Czar all along the coast of the Euxine and the Medi terranean, since nobody could be deceived by the mas querade—Greeks, Turks, and Italians would soon recog nise the revived Russian navy under its commercial disguise. Such is the Russia° plan for neutralising the neutralisation of the Black Sea. it looks as innocent as it is insidious, and how can England or Turkey olject to it. Cedant arms toga! Whatever was achieved by the gallantry of the army will be lost by the superior skill of the Rus , ian diplomatists. As soon AR England offered, through Aostria, to negotiate, she was already defeated. Had the war been carried on for one year longer, Russia would have sued for peace—but it was neither the intention nor the interest of Napoleon to humble Russia.—llforning Advertiser. Sandy, the dog of the Sappers and Miners, who has obtained considerable notoriety fur his adventures in the Crimea, was taken yesterday by his owner, Lieutenant George R. Leinpriere, Royal Engineers, to Buckingham Palace, as her Mj-sty the Queen bad previously sent down a letter for the dog to be brought up for her in spection. CRYSTAL PALACE, March 5.-FivE SHILLING DAY. —Admissions on payment, 1,077; ditto by season ticket +, 260.--Total, 1,346. PROPOSED DINNER TO THE MEMBERS FOR WOL vErtgAmpToy.___We under,tand that arrangement?, which had been made for a public dinner to be given to our borough members in the Easter recess, have been Un avoidably set ,aside by the fact of Mr. Villiers having bsen called upon to preside over the Crimean Inquiry Commission, in his capacity of Judge Advocate-General. It is felt that the right hon. gentleman could not with propriety attend a polit►cal meeting whereat reference to the subject of inquiry could scarcely be avoided, until after its termination. We understand the con templated dinner is only postponed, and will probably take Waft in the Whitson week, or on the first conveni ent opportunity.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. THE SEA SERPENT IN THE HIGHLANDS.—The village of Leurbost, parish of Loch's, Lewis, is at present the scene of an unusual occurrence. This is no less Wan the appearance in one of the inland fresh water lakes of an animal which from its great size and dimensions has not a little puzzled our island naturalists. Some suppose him to he a description of the hitherto mythological water kelpie ; while others refer it to the minute descriptions of the "sea serpent," which are revived from time to time in newspaper columns. It has been repeatedly seen within the last fortnight by crowds of people, many of whom have come from the remotest parts of the parish to witness the uncniunion spectacle. The animal is de,cribed by some as being in appearance and sizolike a " huge peat stack," while others affirm that a " six-oared boat" could pass between the huge fins, which are occasionally visible. All, however, agree in describing its form as that of the eel ; and we have heard one, whose evidence we can rely upon, state that in length he supposed it to be about 40 feet. It is Probable that it is no more than a conger eel after all, animals of this description having been caught in High: land lakes will have attained a huge size. He is ctus rently reported to have swallowed a blanket inadvert ently left on ;tbe bank of the lake by a girl herding cattle. A spprtanan ensconced himself with a rifle in the v cinity ofitne loch during a whole day, hoping to get a shot, but did uo ezeciatiou.--Inverna Courier•. LITE RATURE. Prison Discipline. By Captain 31aconoclaie, R.N., K.H. T. Harrison. Captain Maconochie, as most of our readers are aware, was formerly superintendent of our penal .settlement in Norfolk Island, and distinguished himself in that capacity by his humane efforts and the exhibition of a more than ordinary capacity and enlightenment. They will also be aware that, with the resignation of that office, his labours towards the improvement of our convict population have not ceased, but that to him the public are indebted for theidevelopment of the principle first enunciated by Archbishop Wi,ately, viz., that theconvictshould be detained until by industry and good conduct lie has earned his right to be free. They may further be presumed to be acquainted with the fact that he is by many looked up to as our high authority on the matter of Reformatory Prison discipline, and as such his works have been recommended for thoughtful perusal by no less an authority than the learned and enlightened Recorder of Birmingham. In the pages before us will be found a summary of the . suggestions of general application that he has at various- times offered on this important subject, in tended and admirably calculated to facilitate the study recommended by Mr. Hill. Among other things worthy of notice is a de.nre expressed on his part ' for a discussion on the expediency of legalising in criminal cases the imposition of task sentences, with or without time sentences, as may be deemed best ; and without insisting on the reasons he adduces for this desire, powerful as they may be, we think his past history, and the more or less proven wisdom of his previous recommenda tions, should insure him the gratification of his wish. The pamphlet cannot be recommended too strongly to general consideration. Journal of a Tour in Unsettled Parts of North America in 1796 and 1797. By the late Francis • F R.S. With a Memoir of the Author. Thtily, Brutl.ers. The frit-nds and admirers of the late distin guished savant will be gratified by the appearance of this volume, accompanied as it is by the memoir of Mr. Baily, drawn up by Sir John Herschell, Bart., at the request of the Royal Astronomical Society, of which Mr. Baily was president, and read at a special meeting of the society held Nov. 8, 1844—a memoir of universal interest. The volume shows the author to have possessed consideratole - powers of observation quickened by a gest for scientific inquiry, and presents a picture, however itnl erfect, in striking contrast with the present appearance and state of most of the parts tie visited. Among the suggestions thrown out by the deceased tourist is one in connection with' the luminosi►y of the Atlantic and other seas by night—the phosphorence to which it is owing in all probability, he intimates, arising from the de composition of the finny tribe which have moved and been resolved within their waters. The Theory and Practice of Banking. By Henri Dunning Macleod, Esq., Barrister-at-law. = The second and concluding volume of this ad mirable work, which is likely to take its place as a standard authority on the subjects on which it treats, contains an exposition of the theory and practice of banking , and may be described as con taining all the information necessary for a clear_ comprehension of the principles on which banking ought to be conducted, and of the modes in which banking business is transacted in this country. In addition to this will be found a hardly less meri torious exposition of the elementary principles' of CurreneyWrices, Credit, and Exchanges, together with a useful appendix—the whole constituting a work which should be in the hands of every politi cian, merchant, broker, and capitalist in the king'. dom, and that without unnecessary delay. The Journal of Agriculture. The agricultural statistics of the past year un— dergo review in the opening paper, and afford the writer the opportunity to congratulate the farmers of Scotland ou the patriotic spirit they have evinced iu voluntarily submitting a second time to the inspection of the public these returns' of the result of their skill, enterprise, and labour► and which could not have been obtained with equal accuracy by any other men. This he justly , regards as evidencing the existence of as intelli gent and public-spirited a body of tenants as are to be found in any country, a healthy tone of feeling subsisting between landlord and tenant, and a confidence in the honour of the Legislature. As interesting paper on the " Culture of Carolina Rice" is followed by a timely article on our modern Town Drainage Syste:n, in which the question of "Is it right or wrong ?" is considered with reference to its connection with agriculture. The answer returned may be gathered from the conclusion, in which, after advising the inhabitants of cities at once to set about conveying refuse matter from the neighbourhood of their homes, so certainly and economically that they will get some return at least for it, the writer remarks " That this can be done there seems no doubt, and that it can. be done more certainly, safely, and economically than by. the present system of drainage, not a few of our eminent men incline to think." The use of char coal as a deodoriser is apparently much in favour. Among theremaining contents of the number "Tbe Farmer's Note-Book," and the " Transactions of the Highland Society," are not likely to escape the attention of practical men. The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland. 139 Thomas Moore, F.L.S. This splendid work progresses admirably under the skilful editorship of Professor Lindley, with the aid of Mr. Bradbury and his new process of " Nature Printing." The part before us, No. NJ f is illustrated by a specimen of the " A.thyriuto Felix-fcemina ovatum," a beautiful variety of the Lady Fern—another of the " Atbyrium FAX' .multifidurn," the most beautifully symmetrical- -- ' yet monstrous—and graceful permanent variety yet discovered, " The Fern with the tuft" would: hest describe it. A third of the " Athyriura Fel ix-fcenma crispum," resembling tufts of parsley --a fourth of the " Felix-fmreina depatiperatum, arid a fifth of the " Felix-famina dissectum ;" the ,last three are ferns, " with a difference" well cal culated to puzzle an amateur. A clear and concise description is given of each in the letterpress. The Literary Gazette, of Saturday, contains a couple of well-executed wood engravings, ig True and False Griffins," one from a drawing by Mr. Ruskin, and another from a lithograph. Altogir tiler, the appearance of our contemporary is muck improvTd, and this improvement is by no meargl purchased by a loss of critical acumen or vigour on the contrary, the matter before us is quite equx t if not superior to that of its predecessor. Willis's Price Current for March contains senle, curious arclu matter, and presents a large and superior catalogue of rare and choice, as well as general and useful works, at apparently reason' able prices, together with current notes of the month. _Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences. Contains a useful paper on " The Manufacture of Alloys or Combinations of Metals," notices of ,„ " Recent Patents" with illustrations as applied to k the arts, and other ,contributions of a scieptine nature. MARKET NEWS.--(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORE For the week ended March 6,1856, made up from the. Returns of the Inspectors in the diflereat Cities and Towns in England and Wel" per Imperial Quarter. waLAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS.. 69i 74 35s 64 23s 94 47s 24 41s 51 398 6u . THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. t CELTS. 4 RIE. BEANS. I ?EA.', 72e 9J 37e 04 I 248 bd ( fles 4d 430 14 418 u" QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 112,949 ; narley, 82,392 ; Oats, 16.607 ; Rye, 154 ; Baal* 6,453; Peas, 1,668 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled tolerabli firm, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 8 ° Od to 4s 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s 4d to 48 8 d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, March s.—The supply of fat stock into-dal market was but moderate ; nevertheloss, the genera l demand ruled heavy, and prices had a downward ten' dency. Beef, from 3s 2tl to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d Veal, 480 d to 5s OL.; Pork, 3s 4d to .s 8d per Sibs, to ain't the offal. ROMFORD, March s.—The trade was heavy, as follol osf Beef` from 3s id to 4s 6d ; Mutton, is 4d to 4s 10d; Irea/t 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk. 3s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs. Quarter -old Store Pigs, 21.8 to 27s each. . ,i'; HAY MARKETS. 1 :41 SMITLITIELD.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 5/ 15alt d oter do., 4/ 10s to t;/ 158; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Po load. • • Trade steady. , . , , CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to Si 15e; (*tier cio:s 41 is to G Us ' • and straw, 1/ 5s to II D s per loa d ' A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow tury, 414 s to 5/'lss,k, clover du , 41 6s to 6/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 4a to 1/ ge pai load. A lAir demand. .3; , .; DEATLL OF BusußY, THE CRICKETER.-13to *fret to announce the death of this excellent crieketerii , wh ich took plane last Friday, at his residence , at 'aOlfield. His health bad been declining for a long time ; ,Ipi4d two or three months ago, whit shooting over the Cheatham preserves, Bushby being gamekeeper to /vlre: - / Wood, his, gun exploded, and dreadfully shattered .cf; a n d we understand that the shock he sustained, , 10/ 4 . 12.0 acci dent was so great that he gradually sank tind er it, and there seems little doubt that it accelerated, bia death. M,4oioooMbv ' MO co The 1 firmly, Friday's it shade change. export a Pernaiu bid. to Surat, to le. 6d quiet. Upon Gartside iletive d' deleripti Mock is taarketa 'Place in la about Accou went ha: the ordir Which is It ie incri dollars. the clues . Petted tl th e c on f The F b9M.D vrarehou: Itax pui tobacco 1 855. i "►ero rai! kttives. Per metri rs, of : qut. B w ill, ero koduce. A ren ~ 4 i Ted a uebt of] At the resolut to r , giy the term 94eating t he in, toine de debt. The fi atooks:- 2 :li;r - ort ugu Cents., ] 3 Der O esrtifiet In Iti 4 4c1 the eeded 5 18 8. to ; re n l firs qi eller. 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