The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-07 00:00:00

ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Rail way Company will be held at the Euston-station, London, on FRI DAY, the 22d day of February, 1856, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the transaction of the general business of the Company, and also for confirming the directors' declaration of the forfeiture of two 401, shares of the late Grand Junction Railway Company ; one 251. share, and eight 201. shares of the late London and Birmingham Rail way Co:npany ; four 101. A shares, one 101. B share, and nine 101. C shares of the late Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company ; twelve 301. shares, and fifty-six 101. shares of the late Huddersfield and Manchester Railway Company ; five 251. shares of the late Leeds and Dewsbury Railway Company ; and twenty-four 251. shares, and one hundred and twenty 121. 105. shares of the London and North Western Railway Company. And Notice is Hereby also Given that the Report of the Committee of Consultation appointed at the last half-yearly meeting will be sub mitted to the Shareholders, and resolutions will be proposed in fur therance of the recommendations therein contained. And Notice is Hereby Further Given, that a SPECIAL. GENE RAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the said Company will be held at the same place and on the same day, after the termination of a Special Meeting already convened for One o'clock of the same day, at the same place, for the purpose of considering, and. if ap proved, assenting to a proposed agreement between the Company and the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway Company for the use and working, management, maintenance, and repair of and supply of working stock for the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway, and for the collection, taking, and levying of the tolls, rates, and charges thereon ; and the division between the two companies of the receipts arising from the traffic upon the said railway, and for other purposes relating thereto. And also for the purpose of considering. and, if approved, authorising the London and North-Western Railway Company to subscribe towards, and acquire shares, and become shareholders in the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway Company, to an extent to be authorised by the meeting, not exceeding 55,000/. Dated this 6th day of Feb rua yr, 155 i. CII ANDOS. Chairman. RO BT. BENSON, Deputy Chairman, II E NTRY BOOTH, CHAS. E. STEWART, I Secretaries. Easton Station, London. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson. Tal3 EVENING Douglas Jerro'd's Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Professor Anderson. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, Mr. Fleamore ; Pantaloon, Mr. Barnes: Harlequin, Mr. C. Brown; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GREAT GUN TRICK. After which. HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or. Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tinder the Management of Mr. Backatone. THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE TREASURE. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALT, AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S YEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCZ33'3 TFIZATar, OZFORD-STRZET. Under the Management of Mr. Cruet= Klux. THIS EVENING. The Tragedy of HAMLET. HamTet by Mr. C. Kean. After which, QAT:LEWIN AND VIE MUD, AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paraffin and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Ilarleryntn, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. llntine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and ColtimMne, Miss Caroline Adams. TIIICATRPI ROYAL ADFILPRT. P:oprtetor, Mr. B. Webster.—T)lrectregs, Madame Celeste. THIS F:VENING. TIIE BOOTS OF THE HOLLY TREE INN. / After which, DOMES I'IC ECONOMY. To re f pVowed by lIRGE:qr PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conclude with .11. MC AND THE' 131 , 0,N sTA.LIC.; or, Harlequin and Mother Goo , m at Home In which Meisrs. J. 1314n1; P. Bedford. Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss RI Arlen will amar. ROYAL OLYKPIC THEATRE. TII; THE JEALOUS WIFE. Atter which will he produced a New and denbly-moral, though excerdvely old, Melodramatic miry Extravaganza, entitled Tat; Dfsony,ET pEttNrc,.z , 43; o-, the Three Glass Distaffs. la which Messrs. Emery, V. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss MarstoT ss , ) , l Miss Haskell will appeAr. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. TIIIS EVENING THE SHADOWS OF CRISIE. To conclude with A PRINCE OF P ZARL3 ; or, Elarlelutn awl Tana Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATER. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. Ttlli EVF.ITING. MARLEQUIN LITACR-T:YED SCrg ; or, Art in the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. After which, TUE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Followel by TUE PRISONER OF ROCHELLE; or, Inns and Outs. To conclude with A PLAGUE 0' BOTh YOUR [MUSES; or, The Double-barrelled (Mu Trick. AfiTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooks. THT% EVENING, The popular equestrian Spectacle called ROOKWOOD; or, TUR PIN'S KIDE .o YORK. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. The wonderful per formanee of the Stupendous Slgaelous Elephants, whose instinct and docility have astonished every one. To coocluile with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called HARLEQUIN AND gT. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Seven Champions of Christendom. liox-ofllce open from Eleven till roar. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. Jun. MDR STINLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF NV3lf.t.)7, Every Evening at 3, and on Saturdays at 3. ronounced by the unanimlug v&re of the press, and by nightly !hmming audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTINS II ALL, Long-acre. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 2s. 6d. HIGH WATER• AT LONDON BRIDGE. T;IIR DAY—Morn. 30 min. aft. 2—Evening 53 min. aft. 2 Tq-Nfonnow—Morn. 15 min. aft. 3 —Evening 37 min. aft. 3 THE WEATHER-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 7. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM 51—htehest since noon yesterday. 52—bwest this morning and during the night. 56—this day at noon. BAROMETER. 2917. WIND. S.W. by W. to W.S.W.—Rather fresh, with mild, dull weather, and some rain. L 5 A Or . 1 1 111, - any price. The question, then, is one which, as it seems to us, should properly be dealt with by Parlia ment itself. As there was a Reform Bill for the House of Commons, there may also be a Reform Bill for the House of Lords. Pre viously existing rights were abrogated by what has justly been termed the modern Magna Charta, while others have been conferred by the same statute. Besides, by the Treaty of Union with Scotland, the ancient Peerage of that kingdom were deprived of their seats in Parlia ment, and only allowed to elect sixteen of their number to represent the whole body, and at a dissolution a new election should take place. In like manner in that with Ireland—it was stipu lated and agreed that twenty-eight representative Peers were to be chosen, who should hold their seats for life. In neither of these cases did the seat in the House confer any hereditary privilege, and in the case of Scotland, not even a life one. There are, therefore, indisputable precedents in favour of a certain portion of the Peers abating their privileges, and consenting to become the electors, from whom a chosen body should be selected, who would constitute the members of.the Upper House. The Royal Prerogative was also limited in eack case. No Scotch Peerage could possibly be created subsequent to the Union, while only one Irish could be made for three that became extinct in that kingdom. Thus the danger of "swamping the Lords" by an extensive creation of new Peers would be averted, and the house, from being composed of the more intelligent and respectable members of the body, would acquire a weight and influence far beyond that which it now pos- Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. sesses. It would, of course, be essential to make some provision for the immediate elevation of men who had rendered important services in the State, the military, legal, diplomatic, or political depart ments. This, however, would be only one of the details of the contemplated PEERAGE REPORMBILL, which for many reasons is very urgently required. The pressing and imperative cause for the ex periment that has been adventured on is the notorious want of Law Lords. The Upper House abides as firmly by its privileges, as the ultimate appellate jurisdiction, as the Commons of being the purseholders of the nation. But there is no Royal road to judicial eminence. The QUEEN may make a Peer, but she cannot confer the dis criminating judgment that would qualify the party to decide between the conflicting opinions of men who had devoted their lives to legal pur suits. Unless means be adopted to procure the services of experienced and duly-qualified parties the jurisdiction would become a farce, which would disgrace rather than confer an honour on those by whom the privilege was resolutely de fended. A governmental system under which the claims of merit were superciliously ignored in appoint ments to office could hardly, with fairness, be expected to hold out any encouragement to honesty and fair dealing to the mercantile com munity in any transactions with its members for the supply of the wants of the public serviee. That such expectation was pretty generally enter tained, however, is past dispute, as it is that the folly of so unwarranted an expectation is signally exploded in the Report of Sir JOHN IVIWEILL and Colonel TuLLooll on the state of the Crimean Army. There it will be seen that R routine, am bitious to set an apparent economy against a wasteful expenditure, instead of contracting with respectable traders for serviceable articles of veering apparel at a reasonable price, reck lessly accepted the lowest tenders, and was served accordingly. Not only was the cloth ing inferior to that suppliod to the French soldier, but so abominably bad that the credit of our manufacturers, the honour of the country, and the lives of our men were to a large extent sacrificed by it. What fcreigner that looked on the rotten garments an..l soleless shoes but newly supplied to our suffering army, dying by hundreds of exposure, but must have deemed our merchants adventurers, our governors heartless imbeciles, and ourselves short sighted, ungenerous, and cruel ? And yet all the while we regarded ourselves as the greatest nation in the world in manufactures and self-government, and were desirous, of all things, that our brave de fenders should be liberally dealt with. Are we to go on, after this fashion, disregarding the plaines t lessons of experience —or shall the humiliations wo have experienced in the Crimea stimulate us to enter on a more creditable course ? Surely if the lessons taught us before Sebastopol prove ineffica cious, we would not be persuaded though one rose from the dead ! Let us, in HEAVEN'S name, leave "cheap and nasty"- to the slop-sellers, and extravagance to the despot, and offerin a fair bargain for the article we want, good govern-. went as well as clothing, accept nothing lent at The other day we drew attention to the Report of the Royal Free Hospital, presented at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Govern,Jrs, and subscriber s of that admirable institution, In object was to hole., i l k the of the worthy founder for Imitation to doing so our main cAIIY lo the young. t e h x e am be p n le evolent, and more esp e ; rzalen to the lot of " Rarely" we remarked had it a public journalist to present, an illustration more striking of what may be achieved by th e enter prising spirit an d energetic efforts of a single philanthropist Mika the institution and career of that hospital aford." Labouring under the con viction that, however, much might have been done to meet the wants of suffering humanity in the metropolis, a pressing need existed for the establishmont of a hospital to which disease alone should be the title to admission, Dr. MABSDEN, as we took occasion to show, manf u ll y resolved to set about it, confiding in the go o d ness of his aim, hill own exertions, and the benevolenc e 0 the LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1856, The question of life Peerages, and the revival of an alleged right of the Crown, at all times sparingly exercised, and. which has fallen into de suetude for no less than four centuries, has attracted general alteration. The vast importance of the subject which 'practically implies a funda mental attention in the privileges of the Upper House—a reform of the hereditary branch of the Legislature—is at length recognised, and we have no doubt that the subject will receive the calm and mature consideration which it so earnestly deserves, not only in parliament, but throughout the entire country. The motion of which the ♦eteran Lord LYNDHURST has given notice for this evening, will unquestionably raise a substan tial issue, in which the vexatce qucrstiones will be fairly stated, and all tlrat vast learning awl bril liant talent can effect he brought forward to eluci date the interesting topic. The case of Lord WENSLEYDALE may be 'v :larded, in some respects , as unprec e d en t e d. There were incidents peculiar to all the former exercises of the Royal Prerogative w hi ch are wanting in the present instance. In the ma j ority of cases—six out of ten in all—the grants were made with the authority and consent of Parlia ment, and in almost every instance the grantee was either of the Blood Royal, or already entitled to a seat in the Upper House. Another was to a lady who could not, of course, take her seat in the House, and who only obtained personal precedence thereby ; and the only one at all analogous to the present one is that of Lord FAIINHOPE who was created a Baron by letters patent without any restriction , or limitation f or hi, tvgiural life. It is needless to say th a t the authority of Parlia ment is unquestionable. It is far hi g h er tha n thatof any one of the estates of the realm On l y, and therefore THE SUN, LONDON, TIIVRSDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 7, 1856 tv e authorities relied on may be eliminated by st xiking six of the ten cases from the calculation. T wo others held hereditary Peerages, and there f pie their successors who could put forward any clhim to the dignity would, under any circum tnces, be entitled to sit and vote at all future til nes. Another case, that of Lady RI PEAS, con ferred no seat in Parliament, while the only re -133 ainbag one, that of Lord FAUNHOPE, may, and --if the question had been properly raised before tile constitutional tribunal, the House of Lords .—would probably have been held to possess the incidents of a Peerage created by writ of summons when no remainder had been at all noticed, but which has been clearly decided to confer a hereditary Peerage on the heirs general of the body of the party, who has once sat in the Upper House. It is, therefore, by no means improbable that the patent to Lord WENSLEYDALE may, not withstanding the limitation for the term of his natural life, convey hereditary rank to the heirs general of his body ; and although the Noble Lord has no son, he has descendants in the female line, some of whom may be enabled to put forward a claim. Of this point the House itself will be the sole judge. Its decision on a question relat ing to its own dignities will be final and conclu sive. public ; and the primary result was, he became the founder, and not the least efficient supporter of the hospital in question. What obstacles he had to contend against, what heartaches he had to endure, how often he had to muster fresh courage, and address himself again to his task, how labori ously he strove to interest the benevolent public in his scheme, what pains he took to stimulate all connected with the hospital to renewed exertion —of these things, and others, we know positively nothing, we can but guess at them. What we do know, however, and noticed then, is a grand epi tome of exertion, endurance, and triumph, and testifies to no mean oblations offered up on the altar of humanity. Since the establishment of the hospital, no fewer than 521,493 patients, not only from the metropolis but also from all quarters of the kingdom, including many utterly destitute, many objects of disgust and loathing, many on whom the shadow of death had seemed to darken, and many, though - fewest of all, from whom no earthly skill could remove that shadow, have had occasion to bless the name of the benevolent and enterprising founder. It struck us then, and it strikes us still, as a remarkable fact, involving an example worthy of imitation in every walk of life, that to the philanthropic spirit and persistent energy of one man, right-minded enough to have won the confidence, and bold enough to rely on the benevolence of the public, the medical relief of considerably more than half a million of the population is owing. The man for the public, charitable or political---find hint, and the public will follow or support him, while everybody may, to a limited extent, be a leader to somebody else. In thus holding fOrth the example of Dr. MARSDEN for imitation, and referring to the suc cess of the Royal Free Hospital—whose obvious claims, by the way, on wealthy country residents as well as dwellers in the metropolis, we sin cerely trust, for the credit of provincial philan thropy, will be generously responded to—the reader must acquit us of any invidious intention. That is and was the furthest thing from our thoughts. Who could willingly overlook or seek to depreciate the splendid illustrations of humane feeling which the numerous hospitals scattered throughout the metropolis afford ? Who that knows anything of the contributions to science which owe their origin to these schools for the education of the youthful members of the profession ; of the immense indi rect as well as direct services to humanity they have rendered and continue to render ? Who that, oppressed with the unceasing uproar of the busy crowd hastening along the crowded thoroughfare, each absorbed in his particular business, has turned aside, oppressed with a sense of isolation, and in some less frequented spot has been cheered by the sight of an inscription over some refuge of distress, testifying that the genius of Humanity had its worshippers and ministrants as well as Mammon in the metropolitan wilderness ? Who that, in his peregrinations, has lit on St. Bartholo mew's, Guy's, St. Thomas's, St. George's, the Middlesex, the London, the University, King's College, Charing-cross, and other general hospitals —those noble institutions where the highest scien tific skill is gratuitously available to the victim of accident, and the sufferer from any of the thousand and one dangerous diseases to which the human frame is liable ? Who that has stumbled on the special hospitals for consumption, for small-pox, for fever in its various forms, for cancer, for opthahnia, for de formity—on the asylums for the blind, the 1 deaf and dumb, the insane, lying-in women, the orphan, and, worse than orphan, the female unfortunate, who, in the bitter anguish of her repentant heart, longs, yet dreads, to be restored to the forfeited home and friends of her childhood I No one that has a heart to feel and a head to com prehend could overlook or seek to depreciate insti tutions like these. They are among the chief glories of London—the oases in its wilderness, and can not but be remembered with pride l Our object will not be frustrated, blit the contrary, should this notice lead to the prefertnent of the claims of other institutions, not invidiously, but by way of appeal, to the sympathies of the bene volent. At the present moment we have reason to apprehend that no help afforded to any of them but is sufficiently needed to be gratefully received ; and we, there fore, earnestly invite our readers to single out whatever institution has especial claims on their notice for the reception of their charitable contri butions, quite satisfied that where merit is re warded, the hospital which has elicited these remarks will not be overlooked. COVENT-G.4BDEIIN. Last evening being Ash-Wednesday, the Wizard of the North gave us a concert, like all his other perform ances and entertainments, on a monstre scale. A mere list of the artists engaged would suffice to show this, but it is so copious that we cannot even make room for a bare enumeration. The programme was in corresponding proportions, for it embraced no fewer than forty-eight items, culled from all classes and schools, and presenting us with no small number of the established favourites of the concert-room and opera. Of course it is quite impossible, with such a proivamme before us, to go through it in any detail, even if the well-known character of many of the pieces given did not render it a matter of perfect superfluity. Contenting ourselves, there fore, by noticing the generally satisfactory cha racter of the concert, let us select for special consideration a few of what seems to us the gems of the evening. The principal attractions of the concert were unquestionably the appearance of Madame Cara dori amongst us after her long absence, of Madame Ama dei, Lucy Escott, and M. Billet. Madame Caradori has returned to us with powers but little inferior to what they were. She sang the " Casta diva " with great flexi bility and finish of execution, and with considerable ex pression. Lucy Escott gave the "Il mio Walzer " of Venzano with a dashing facility and a profusion of orna mentation that reminded us of Madame Gassier. Nor was she less successful in Belfe's "I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls," which she gave with a natural and appropriate expression that fairly deserved the encore she received. Madame Amadei, who possesses one of the most perfect contralto voices we have ever heard, sang the "Brindisi," from " Lucrezia," very fin :ly, although, per haps, with hardly sufficient entrain. But, after all, she was heard to most advantage in a duet with Mr. Hamil ton Braham in the second part. Miss Rose Braham's " Where the bee sucks" was distinguished by nice taste ; and the spirit of Mr. Winn's " Sing me the Songs of Old," was not unworthy of the applause which it re ceived. Of a far higher order of merit, however, was Mr. Augustus Braham's execution of " La mia Letiza," from the " I Lombardi." It was distinguished by re markable grace and finish of style, and depth of expres 'ion. Mr. Geo. Tedder deserves a word of praise for his neat and unobtrusive execution of Hatton's charming song, "Good bye, Sweetheart." The orchestra was under the able direction of Mr. Loder and Herr Ans chuez. The concert was both fully and fashionably at tended. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, TRIIRSDAY MORNING. The French Government, last night, forwarded the passports for the two Russian diplomatists who are to attend the Congress. Count Orloff has left the Russian capital for Paris, and Baron Brunow leaves Frankfort to day. The French Minister, M. de Bourqueney, quits' Vienna to-day for France. TRIESTE, FEB. 6. The English are to send their German Legion, as well as other troops, into Asia. OMER PASHA. AND HIS ARMY. HEAD-QUARTERS TURKISH ARMY, MINGRELIA, Dec. 29.—Since th e a b an d onmen t o f Seva, on the retreat, Skender Pasha has been desirous to harass the enemy by a cavalry expedition, to be con ducted upon principles peculiarly his own. He proposed that each man should carry 7 days' pro visions, that there should be no tents, that no pri soners should be taken, and that his own wounded should be deserted and left where they fell. His plan was not sanctioned by his superiors,. probably because it was contrary to their great principle of passive expectancy ; but, the rear of the camp at and about Chopi having been threatened by a mixed force of Russians and native militia, Skender Pasha was directed to dislodge them. He started on the morning of the 23d, and found four battalions of the enemy, with a few small mountain guns, posted in a neighbouring vil lage. The wooded ground interfering with cavalry operations, he sent to the camp for reinforcements of infantry ; and as soon as these reinforcements arrived, after a short exchange of distant and harm less firing, the enemy prepared to evacuate his posi tion. Skender Pasha ordered a bayonet-charge ; and, having given the word of command, dashed forward alone at full gallop into the very midst of the Russians, and cut his way out again unharmed, to rejoin his troops. While this act of foolhardi ness was being performed, the advancing Turks encountered a flock of geese, a prize as precious to them as the golden apple to Atalanta. Forget ful of the enemy, they lost all order in pursuit of the feathered booty ; and only returned to their ' ranks when Skender Pasha rode amcmg them, vo ciferatinc, curses and dealing forth blows with a liberal h and. b Again the levelled bayonets advanced to the charge, the more fortunate of the soldiers having each a goose struggling under his- arm or dangling lifeless from his belt. But, on reaching the village, a number of sheep were found grazing behind the houses, and, with the, unfailing instinct of half-filled stomachs, the volley of musketry that should have been reserved for the Muscova dealt death and destruction among the hapless muttons. Here blows and curses were of no avail. The geese could be carried, the slaughtered sheep could not be left. Thanks, therefore, to the hunger of the soldiers, the Russian and Miu grelian troop s ma d e , good their retreat ; Skender Pasha having no consolation, except in the burning of the vill age an d i n the ind iscriminate plunder of everything contained in it. The sheep that escaped the volley were driven into camp, and 'the victors tasted meat, perhaps not having, done so for a fort night. Under a proper system of provisioning they would certainly have done all that was actually accomplished, and would also have inflicted a severe blow upon the enemy, instead of figuring as the chief actors inn scene of disgracefal and unparalleled absurdity. On.the 26th intelligence of a skirmish at Sugdidi reached camp from Redout Kaleh. The story is, that a party of native militia attacked and drove in the Turkish outposts, but that the assailants wore eventually repulsed with some slaughter. JAN. I.—Omer Pasha has abandoned his inten tion of returning to Ohopi.. He is havinc , his winter residence constru c t e d near Redout Kalbeh. TURKEY. (Prosy the Times Correspondent.) CoNsratcruiorna, Jan. 28.—As I told you in my last, after the third conference about the fourth point has taken place between the representatives of England, France, .and Austria on one hand, and the Grand "Vizier, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the other ; the former, acting in concert, drew up a note, in which they embodied the general ideas and principles they wished to propose to the l'urkish Government on this subject. Lord Stratford, who had taken the lead in this matter all along, drew up the original docu went, which, after "a few alterations from his colleagues, was accepted by them, and in this amended form transmitted to the Porte on the 22d instant. This document, although only containing the ge neral principles which, according to the Ambassa dors, ought to be followed in the amelioration of the condition of the Christians in Turkey, is of con siderable length, and touches on many subjects which do not indeed directly belong to this ques tion, but without the regulation of which it was not thought possible to make any permanent eine" lioration. The document begins by saying that the time has come that the Turkish Government, in consi deration of the services rendered to Turkey by the allies, as well as in its own well understood interest, should make those changes in her internal institu tions which on one side might satisfy the wishes of Europe for ameliorating the condition of the non- Mussulman subjects of the Porto, and on the other side set at rest the just claims o f so large a portion of the population, consolidate the Turkish empire, and make its further material and social develop ment possible. After this introduction the first point touches on the general principle of equality between Mussul man and non-Munulman subjects, the security of their persons and property ; it treats likewise of the position of foreigners in Turkey, especially as regards their inability to hold property. The second point concerns the administration of justice. Separate tribunals are proposed for the Mussulman and non-Mussulman subjects. For mixed cases, where both Mussulman and non-Mus sulman are concerned, a mixed tribunal fairly constituted is recommended, and the right of all non-Mussulmans to come forward as witnesses de manded. in the original oc imen d t it was even proposed to appoint a non-Mussulman adlatus to every Mussulrou Governor, in order to protect the rights of the non-Mussulman subjects in this respect. Should a diversity of opinion arise between the two it was proposed that the matter should be referred to Constantinople. This point has I hear been 'given up, after mature consideration, and very wisely too it seems to me, for it would have been in contr a di c ti on with another point likewise recommended, namely the ability of non-Mussul man subjects to fill official posts,by which these latter could become themselves Governors. Besides, such a proposition, if carried would throw the whole provincial jurisdiction into the hands of the Council in -Constantinople, for it is highly probable that it livery case the two Governors would take a go74trary viei of the disputed question. The next point regards the police of the Empire on an extended and improved scale. Another, the' development of the agricultural, industrial ; and commercial resources of the coun try, roads, canals, railroads, imports and exports, regulations of commerce, and finishes with allu sions to th e un d ou bt e d desirability of an improved financial system. The next point touches education, school's, ele meLtary as well as superior, medical polytech nic, & c . Then comes the right of indiscriminate military, enlistment, expressed, however, only in principle. The opinion of the Porte is demanded as to how she could best combine the application of this prin ciple with the existing military institutions of Turkey. The last point is the removal of the inability of non - Mussulman subjects for civil and military offices. Thus you see nothing has been omitted which can contribute to the objects in view ; on the contrary, many subjects have been touched which have only indirectly reference to it. The propositions about the fourth point have thus grown into the project of a complete social, judicial, political, and military re form, nor could it be expected to be otherwise, for the principle of complete equality, civil and politi cal, of all subjects, alters entirely the bases of all institutions in Turkey. Several conferences have been held at the Porte to discuss the merits of these propositions of the allies, and on the 26th inst., that is, the day before yesterday, a great council was held, iu which the answer to 'll es° propositions were considered. I can hear : As yet nothing of the nature of this answer, b at it is highly probable that the general principles themselves will, under the existing circums.tences not be objected to. But whether such sorer 'ping reforms can be carried out at one . stroke i.s another question a lt oge th er . Th e y imply a :1 ec o l u ti on as cSaplete for T ur k e y as that of 93 in :France. If lam well informed even the Ambasse v (tors do not expect complete success, but they see)). t to have started from the traditional diploar tic niaxina to demand a great deal in orclter to get 4 l'attieG COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 6. The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage yesterday afternoon. • The Duchess of Wellirigton, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, and the Hon. Mary Bulteel followed in a second car riage. The Equerries in Waiting attended on horse back. Thera was no addition to the Royaldinner party. -7—, --- Mr. Stewa r t, J u d ge of the Admiralty Court in Nova Scotia, had an interview with Mr. Secretary [Abort chere yesterday at the Colonial -office. A deputation, with respect to the Thames Marsh Drainage, had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. W. Cooper, at the office of the General Board of Health, Whitehall. The deputation consist e d o f M r. James MacG regor , M.P., Mr. George :Bower, Mr. Ren. shaw, Mr. South, the Rev. Mr. Agworth, and Mr. F. Homfray. The Judicial Committee of tile Privy Council sat yes terday in the Council-cham!oer. An appeal from Madras (part heard) was resulned "Nagalutulimi Ummal v. Nadaraja, Chetty." Despatches for the Governors of the Australian Colo nies were sent last evening from the Colonial•office. Despatobr A were received yesterday from the Gover nor of Malta. The Duchess of Sutherland has left Stafford House, to join the Duke and family, at Trentham, Stafford. shire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford have :some g to town from v i s iti ng the Duke of Marlboro Blenheim Palace. ~...h, at The Marquis and Ivfarehioness of Westminster and family are stayir,g at Motcomb^:.bouse Dorsetshire. The noble marquis and marohi ;news will Grosvenor :hotel until East: a. not remove to The I rtarquis and Miarchioness of Salisbury have arrive ° 4 in A r li ng t on - dtreet from Hatfield-house. The nob l ie marquis and marchioness will shortly give a series of dinner parties. The Marchioness of Ormonde is among the fashionable 'residents at St. Leonards-on-Sea. The Earl of Fetinton received a distinguished circle at dinner, last Evening, at hi s mans i on in St. James's square. Tte guests included the Marquis of Salisbury, the Mar l is of Bath, the Earl and Countess of Derby and .Lady Emma Stanley, the Earl and Countess of Ddsart, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Donoughmore, Lord and Lady Naas, Lord and Lady Cloncurry, Sir J. Fergusson, Mr. Cockerel!, &c. The Earl of Verulam has left town for Gorhanibury. His lordship will not come to town for the season until Easter. The Earl and Countess of Elgin have arrived in town, from their seat in Scotland. The Earl and Countess Amherst are passing the winter at Knowle Park, near Sevenoaks. The noble earl and countess have liberally relieved the aged and infirm poor in the surrounding villages during the late inclement weather. Lord and Lady Willoughby de Eresby left town yes terday for Torquay, Devon, with the intention of so journing there for a few weeks, and then repair to Grims thorpe, the family seat in Lincolnshire. Lady Adeliza Manners has quite recovered from her attack of the measles. Her ladyship is still staying with the Duke of Rutland, and the family circle, at Belvoir. Castle. A compa n y h as b een f ormed for the construction of a railway between Rome, Ancona, and Bologna, under the honorary degre e o f LL . D . upon Sir James Willis Mr. William Howard Russell, the Tinto correz pondent in the Crimea. Mr. Russell was formerly an undergraduate of Dublin, but, we believe, graduated at Cambridge, HAY MARKETS. SMITIMIILD.— Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s ; clover ditto. 4/ 12s to 61 15s; and straw, 1/ 5s Od toll 9s Od per load. Trade dull. CIIMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 4/ Rs to 5/ 16s ; clove! do. 4/ 103 to 6/ 1 4 s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 93 per load. A slow trade. WIIITECHA.PEL. — Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 5/ 15s; clover do., 108 to 6/ 16s; and straw. 1/ 4s to 1Z 9s per load. A moderato Supply, and a sluggish demand, THE •FATAL COLLISION OFF FOLKE. ►STONE. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SI7N, SIR,—We beg to hand you herewith the names of the passengers per the Josephine Willis? We very much fear that of the melanchdly list of missing none are now likely to be surviving. We find that the report of a boat having arrived at D wit. with 11 persons is loco r rect.—We are, Sir, your obedient servants, HENRY IL WILLIS and Cc 3, Crosby-square, Feb. 5. --- LIST OF THE PASSENGERS OF THE JOSEPHINE WILLIS. SAVED. CHIEF CABIN. Mr. George Audrewa Mr. Henry Ray Mr. Ray STEERAGE. Mr. Henry Davis Mrs. Hannah Davis, wife Miss Rebecca Davis, child Creswell A. Davis, infant Sarah Lamb Elizabeth Lamb William Lloyd Margaret Egan Arthur Lawler Catherine Gibbons Catherine Burk(?, Elizabeth May Sarah 'Palters;' Margaret Sharp Caroline Goro John O'Neil Jane O'Neil, wife Inn O'Neil, sister 'Jahn O'Neil Jane O'Neil James Sutton. Flarriet Sutton, daughter William Sutton , son Francis Sutton, son Elizabeth Austin John George Austin, son Henry Gutterson Marga. Gutterson, daughter Mary de Kruger, daughter of Gutterson Hen. de Kruger, sen of Mary Edward de Kruger, do. SECOND CABIN. Mr. Charles C. Fleming Mr. William Ripley STEERAGE. Mr. Walter Wright Mr. George Horner Mr. William Ford Mr. William W. Wallis Mr. James S. Scott Mr. David Garside Mr. George Sutton Miss Catherine May MISSING. CHIEF' CABIN. Mr. Frederick Golding Mr. Stanhope Vickers Mr. Herbert G. Ray Miss F►nma J. Logan Master Andrew 11. Logan SECOND CABIN. Mr. Jn. Hamilton, merchant Mrs. Jane Hamilton, wife Robert, Hamilton, child Alexander Hamilton, child Mr. Sam. Hamilton, school master Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, wife Matter W. Hamilton, child Master James Hamilton, de . Master Sam. Hamilton, do. Agnes M. Hamilton, infant Miss Susan Nichols, ;over- Robert do Krug - sr:do. Frederick do Kruger, do Jane de Kruger,daughter do, Mr. Chas. Stuart, merchant Mrs. Hari iet Stuart, wife Mr. Sydney William Beck BODIES FOUND. Mrs. Harriet Sutton Miss M. Parkhouse Miss Agnew Davis Master Asher Davis, loz um putated THE JOSEPH _HUME TESTIMONIAL. In accordance with the wish of the " General Man agement Committee," of which !Jr. J. A. Roebuck, is president, for carrying out the " Hume Testi monial," a meeting of the traqes and the working classes was convened last night at the Mechanics' Coffee-house, Clerkenwell•green, for the purpose of learning the feel ing of the working classes on the subject of the proposed mark of gratitude to departed worth. The meeting was well attended ; and amongst the delegates present, from all parts of the metropolis, to represent the " Trades' Association," were Messrs. Horton, Dunt, J. Brooke, Davenport, Keith, Dickson, Cross, Wilson, J. Gather cote, J. Wall, Brown, A. Cuckfield, W. Foster, W. Knight, J. Thorne, &c. Mr. WALL, Secretary to the Trades' and Testimonial Committees, read the minutes of the proceedings which had taken place up to the present time, and which ex hibited a most satisfactory state of things. The sub scription, list was being daily augmented, and amongst the sums already down were 101. 10s. from Sir B. Hall, Bart., M.P. ; 101. 10s. from Mr. Williams, M.P. ; 10/. from Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P. ; 101. from Dr. Charles Guthrie ; 101. from Mr. Dirnal Osborne, M.P. ; 101. 10s. from Colonel Syk . es ; 101.tfromH. W. Hope, Esq., ex-M.P. ; 10/. from Sir James Duke ; 101. from the editor of the Morniny Chronicle; 101. from Mr. Ingram, ditto Illustrated London News, &,c. An animated discussion ensued, in which the several speakers commented at great length upon the merits of the late distinguished and unbiassed Reformer ; observ intr, at the same time, that the working classes should give their utmost support towards producing a testi monial of public gratitude worthy of their late repre sentative and champion. Resolutions were accordingly adopted, calling upon the working population.to contribute their support and mite towards the object in view ; and it was also re solved that deputations should wait on several liberal and influential members of . Parliament calling upon them for their assistance. Other business of a formal character was then gone into, and the meeting, which was most unanimous, ad journed, after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman (Mr. Davenport). Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmidt has forwarded a donation of 501. in aid of the funds of the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, at Devonport. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND AT NORWICH. —Madame Jenny Goldschmidt-Lind appeared here on Tuesday morning in Handel's oratorio of the Messiah, which was performed before a vast and fashionable audience, in St. Andrew's Hall. The principal vocalists, besides Maclaine Goldschmidt, were Mdlle. Bassano, Mr. Locicey, and Mr. Weiss. Mr. Benedict conducted, and the whole performance passed off with great success. Madame Goldschmidt arrived in Norwich on the pre vious evening, and the streets were lined with persons anxious to catch a glimpse of her features. THE TRADE IN CONTRABAND OF WAR.-11AMBURG, Feb. 3. —Plentiful cargoes, contraband of war, we con tinue to be supplied with, arriving in the Elbe without let or hindrance, although a few days ago the arrival of a British war steamer at Cuxhaven was announced. In less than a week we have received no less than eleven cargoes of sulphur, three of s iltpetre, and two of lead, and several of them were brought in British vessels. BALL AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night, avail ing himself of the opportunity of the interval occasioned by 'the closing of the theatre on Ash-Wednesday, the lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, devoted the theatre to a soirée dansonte, given by him to the employe's of the theatre. The workmen. and their friends had possession of the stage with an efficient band, while the saloon, elegantly fitted as a ball-room, was reserved for the corps drama tique and a select company. Refreshments were libe rally served, and the night kept up hilariously and har moniously. FOUR LIVES SAVED BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY'S FIRE ESCAPE.—Yesterday morning, shortly after five o'clock, as a policeman of the 11 division was passing along his beat, his a tt en ti on was di rec t e d to the premises of M r . Yates, a boat and shoemaker, No. 250, Whitechapel road, by perceiving smoke in dense bodies issuing from the basement floor. Feeling. convinced that the pre mises were on fire, the officer sprang his rattle, mld after some time he succeeded in making the residents, who were in their beds asleep, sensible of their impend ing danger, but not, however, until the smoke was pour ing up the staircase in such dense and suffocatin g bodies as to prevent the different inmates from descending. The proprietor o f the building, with his wife and two children, therefore made for one of the upper windows, where they cried out for assistance. At that moment Samuel Wood, the conductor, arrived with the Royal Society's fire-escape from the Whitechapel station, and having placed his machine in front of the premises he happily succeeded in bringing down in safety the four occupants. The engines of the parish and London Brigade were promptly on the spot, and a good supply of the East London Company's wa t er hay ing been procured, the parish engineer and firemen went to work, and after some time they succeeded in getting the flames subdued, but, not until a great quantity of leather was destroyed. The origin of the fire is un , known. The sufferer was insured in the Phoenix Fire affice.—About the same time another fire happened in th e premises of Mr. J. Janquil, a bread and biscuit baker, carryingkon business at No. 85, Chamber-street, Goodman's-fields. It was caused from the heat of the' oven, which set fire to the flooring and roof. The en gines of the London Brigade and parish were soon in attendance, and the firemen succeeded in. extinguishing the flames, but not until the building which was behind the dweilin.7-house svas much damaged. Mr. Janquil was insured in the London Fire Offioe, THE .RUGELEY SUSPECTED SECRET POISONING CASES. (A COMMUNICATION FROM ALFRED S. TAYLOR, M.D ERA., PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AT GUY'S HOSPITAL.) (To the Editor of The Lancet.) Sir,—l have great pleasure in replying to the in quiries contained in your leading article of Jan. 19th. 1. I stated that I had never known antimonial pow der, when given in medicinal doses, (i.e., from five to eight grains at a dose), to produce violent vomiting and purging. I am aware that experience differs on this point ; that some have found this substance inert, while others have found it very active. From some recent experiments on antimonial preparations, I think it not unlikely that the powder may sometimes contain arseniate of lime. Dr. Pereira mentions that in the large dose of half a tea spoonful it, on one occasion, produced violent vomiting, purging, and sweating; while in still larger doses (120 grains at a dose), prescribed by Dr. Elliotson, it occasioned in some instances only nausea. I have never met with any case in which serious symptoms could be referred to its operation ; and, in the case of Ann Palmer, this medicinal preparation would not account for the antimony found in her body. 2. My statement as to the cause of death was, that the deceased died from the effects of tartar emetic, and from no other cause. That is the opinion which Dr. Rees and I formed from the result of our examination, and from the description of the symptoms under which the deceased laboured during the eight days which preceded her death. It is an opinion which I be- lieve is now equally shared by the two medical attendants of the deceased. We are quite prepared to maintain this opinion on the trial. You will excuse me from entering into our reasons for this opinion on the present occasion, as this may form a very fair and proper subject for cross-examination at the trial. Possibly the defence may be that tartar emetic in small doses is not sepoison ; that it cannot, under any circumstances, destroy life, and that it was the very best remedy for the disease (English cholera) under which it was stated the deceased was labouring. One other point connected with this inquiry may be here adverted to. The examination of the organs was made fifteen months, not " fifteen weeks," after death. and the viscera examined were as well preserved as I have seen them in many cases of arsenical poisoning. They were in a better state of preservation than the ♦iscera of Walter Palmer, whose body bad been buried for a period of three months only, in a leaden coffin. The viscera in Ann Palmer'scase were in such a state of preservation as to allow us to form an opinion of their condition. 3. This inquiry refers to the elimination of antimony from the body. According to my experience, antimony is analogous, to arsenic in the rapidity with which it enters into the blood and passes out of the system. These two metals are whiilty different in this respect from mer cury and lead, and probably from copper. I shall be most happy after the trial to furnish you with facts and authorities, as far as I can, in reference to these interest. ing points. In the meantime, as this question may also form a fair subject for cross-examination, a detailed answer to it us/ be for the present reserved. 4. The fourth inquiry involves, as you have justly suspected, an error of the press. What I said was to the effect, that if there were symptoms of fever anti monial medicines might be fairly prescribed. In concluding this letter, I would observe that during a quarter of a century, which I have now /specially de voted to toxicological inquiries, I have never met with any cases like these suspected cases of poisoning at Rugeley. The mode in which they will affect the per son accused is of minor importance compared with their probable influence on society. I have no hesitation in saying that the future security of life in this country will mainly depend on the judge, the - jury, and the counsel, who may have to dispose of the charges of murder which have arisen out of these investigations.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED S, TAYLOR, M.D., F.R.S. St. James's•terrace, Regent's•park, Jan., 1.856. TRADE IN RUSSIA. Strong hopes are entertained by the commercial com munity that one result of a resumption of intercourse with Russia will be the removal of the grievous difficul ties to which the British as well as all other foreign merchants resident in that country have hitherto been exposed. Few persons in England are aware of the conditions to which their countrymen carrying on trade at St. Petersburg are forced to submit. Indeed they are such as even to have been pronounced incredible by Russian Ministers of State when their full bearing has been described. No Englishman or any other foreigner can commence -business in Russia without binding himself to pay annually in advance 1651., and bring ing guarantees for the continuance of this payment, for three years beyond - any period at which he may re linquish his occupation. He is then allowed only to carry on transactions within the walls of any single sea port city he may previously select for his residence, and his operations must be confined to the export of Russian produce on the one hand, and the sale of foreign produce on the other in wholesale quantities. He is not per mitted to sell in Russia any Russian produce ; and if, therefore, he should happen to have a❑ order from his correspondents countermanded after execution, he has no legal alternative but to ship his purchase away at any sacrifice. One result of this system is to preclude the possibility of his having any transactions with his coml. trymen. At the same time, in his dealings with Rus sian subjects he is limited to merchants of the first guild, of whom there are not 150 in St. Petersburg. Moreover, no English merchant, after having paid the dues reqUired from him, is permitted to employ any of his own countrymen without paying similar dues for them. The result is that there are believed not to he more than 10 or 15 English establishments in all Russia. All foreigners are subjected to like prohibi tions, but they fall with especial severity on the Eng lish, because our people are less ready than many others to escape them by parting with their nationality, and taking an oath of allegiarce to the Czar. This system has existed ever since. 1307, previously to which there were no restrictions, but, although it has been con stantly brought to the attention of the British Govern. ment by their consuls and agents, adequate efforts have never been made to obtain an alteration. Possibly at the approaching conferences the European importance of the question will be recognized, and it may be in sisted that the time is come for regulations so monstrous to be no longer tolerated.—Times City Article. SERIOUS BOW BETWEEN NAVVIES AND MILITIAMEN. A deal of bad blood has arisen between the navvies employed at the new railway, the waterworks, and the Motherwell ironworks, &c., Hamilton, N. 8., and our militiamen, which has resulted in a goo d deal of bodily damage and effusion of blood on both sides, and a series of Irish rows, which generally come off on the navvy pay nights, or the following Sundays. On Sabbath night last, about 7 p.m., there.was a most disgraceful melee of this kind in Church-street, to quell which a numerous armed picket of militiamen was summoned to the scene. A militiaman named Robert Irvine was severely wounded by a biota , from a skullcracker, given by a navvy named M'Cunn, who 'was seized by the other militiamen and carried shoulder-high to the guard-house, and from thence he was conveyed by our town's officers to gaol. On Saturday eightdays Serjeant Turnbull had his head cut and some Of his teeth knocked in by the same deadly weapon, which is about a foot long, made of gutta percha, loaded with lead, and strikes a brain-crushing, knock-down blow. Our officers were in search of another navvy, named M‘Gown, who was charged with freely using a skullcracker. One of these weapons is in the possession of the police. It is difficult to explain the cause of the ill-feeling between th© navvies and militiamen. Its origin is most likely drink and foul language, the highly-paid navvies taunting the red coats about their dress, fare, poverty, &c., and the quar rel with one is greedily taken up and espoused by the whole, till the melee becomes general, and every navvy considers he is bound by an esprit de corps to regard as an enemy and knock down every redcoat he meets. It will require - the greatest vigilance and discretion on the part of the authorities and officers of the r eg i men t to p reve nt some very serious collisions. Wher e i s th e whisky got on Sundays ? An example should be made of those public-houses proved to supply it. With so many highly paid-navvies in the town and neighbour hood at this tirne, should there not be a stronger police force than it present ? On Saturday pay-nights and succeeding Sabbaths, at least, we should have an extra force ; and as the water, railway, and ironworks are paid on different Saturdays, almost every Saturday is a monthly pay-night, giving rise to gorges of drink, and consequent riotousness.—Glasgow paper. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Feb. 7, 1856, made up front the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RYE. 1 BEANS. I PEAS. 75i 104 383 ; 25s 54 53s 2d Cis 51 43s Id `N THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BABIRY. I OATS. RIE. BEANS. PE A S. 76s 61 38s 64 26s 3d 53s Sd 46s 5d 4 48 3d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 80,338; 13ar1ey;\95,314 ; Oats, 19,285 ; Eye, 130; Beans, 4,7 - 3'3; Yeas, 1,668 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade ruled heavy to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 104 to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 44 ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; Pork, 38 ld to 53 Od per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 6.—The supplies of ?lock in to-day's market were moderate. Generally speaking, the demand ruled inactive, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Fd ; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 104 ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4c; ; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 6.—To -day's market was fairly supplied with stock, which sold slowly, at about stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 84 ; Mutton, 3s 24 to 4s 10d ; Veal, 4s 24 to 5s 24 ; Pcrk, 3s 44 to 4510 d per 81bs. Quar ter-old Store Pigs, 21s to Vs each. THE "INDEPENDANCE BELGL" AND TIM INDEPENDENT BELGIANS. (From tite Morning Advertiser.) Since the acceptance of the Austrian ultimatum. by the Emperor of Russia, and the change in the tone of the French Press and in the bearing of the Emperor of the French, the Independance Beige has been peculiarly distinguished by its jeremiads on the Press and People of England, for not em bracing with open arms the propositions for patch ing up a peace. The acrimony of its attacks upon the policy of England have only been surpassed by their impertinence —Belgian independence, if the Independance Beige really represented it, having been established, and being guaranteed, by . that very policy and that very coun t r y w h ic h ig defamed and insulted. So far as we know, the Morning Advertiser only had the courage to resent this insolence, the other English journals, more especially the Times, re ceiving the lash with most Christian complaisance, and crying peccavi whilst cudgelled. We denied the right of this Belgian print to summon Great Britain to its bar, and we denounced the assurance of venal writers, who were not even Belgians, though professing to be representatives of Belgian independence, and who were notoriously in the in terest, if not the pay, of Russia as well as France. A little incident has just occurred, which throws some light on the Independance Beige, as well as on the odour in which it is held on the part of its' Belgian brethren. At a time when England is snubbed on the Continent by hack French and German scribes, it is pleasant to see what sort of journal its most active abuser is. Doctor Veron, as everybody knows who knows anything of pharmacy and France, is its Professor Holloway. He married the widow of the great Reguault, the inventor of that immortal paste which has never been known to fail in curing the most incurable ills, and purchased with the paste, or, rather, with its proceeds, a share in the Con stitutionnet. The Pate Regnault is still, we trust, his, but the Constitutionnel is not. He worked it at a profit and did net sell it at a loss. He created a scandal, had to defend an action, obtained a ver dict which was another scandal, and pocketed a handsome premium. He is a somewhat fade and very fat Coryphreus of Bonapartism. Now ➢r. Veron, a French Bonapartist and a re sident in Paris, has, for reasons which he himself best knows, but which others may venture to guess, been endeavouring to purchase out-and-out the Incievendance Beige! If London morning and evening journals are in Bonapartist pay, it would pay Bonapartism very well to buy the Independance Beige, an influential European organ. The French Press is the French Emperor's, by virtue of the power of suppression, and the Foreign Press bids fair to be his by virtue of the power of subvention. The bargain got wind in Brussels, and was not quite so universally approved of as the parties might have desired. It seemed rather too good a: joke that the Belgian Independance should not only be conducted by French Bonapartists in Bel-, giuna, but that it should be exclusively owned by French Bonapartists out of it. The Observateur, a Liberal paper, published daily in Brussels, took the Independance Beige to task, and demanded how, if it was bought by Ye' ron, it could maintain its independent course ? " flow ?"—replied the Independance Beige " Why, quite' as well as ever!" On this, the National of Brussels justly observed that the simplicity of the Observateur was marvel lous in putting such a question. "The Independance Beige," says the Nalioneit "is at one and the same time Russian, French, German, Spanish, Turkish," everything but Eng ^. • lish It is right, then, in p ro t es ti ng th a t, if nt should be sold, it would be just as independent in its politics as it was before it was bought. There cannot be the slightest doubt of it. On this point the most timid reader may feel perfectly at case , and, whatever happens, the Independance will con tinue to be RuSsian, French, German, Spanish, and Turkish, and Spanish, as before. " The indepcndanCe is like a railway, which it always adding a new branch and a fresh line of traffic. The only sensible alteration in the Inde' pendance Beige would be to become Belgian. " When the Indepoidance Beige d oes b ecom e Be ! -;i gian, it may also, perhaps, become English. Till then th© British press and people must put up with its abuse; a cataclysm which, considering all things; both may hope to survive. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LonnoN, Feb. G.—Wiwi ibis day at noon. S. ; fresh breezes and squally. It has blown hard all night. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Rubi con, from Calcutta; Eglinton (s. tpt.) and Holyrood (s. tpt.), Constantinople. TORBAY, Feb. 6.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W., a gale. -7 - Arrived—Progress (s.s.), from London, for the Crimea. SOATTERY ROADS, Feb. 4.—Arrived—Augusta, from Demerara, for London, leaky, lose of bulwarks, sails split , part of cargo (rum) thrown overbo ar d, & c ., an d cre w ei; bausted with pumping; had experienced a succession ?I gales from Jan. 1. PORTHNEGWL, Feb. 6.—The ship Henry Pratt, of NOW York, for Liverpool, came on shore this morning during heavy gale from W.S.W., masts cut away; crew, except two men, saved. LEITH, Feb. 6.—A schooner wort down in about 8 fa thoms, at low water, 2 miles below Inch Keith, in the gale last night ; nothing has been hoard of the fate of the crew. SOUTHWOLD, Fob. 6.—Tbe Gienmorriston ' of and for this port, for Middlesborou g h, i s agroun d on the bar, and is expected to become a total wreck. DOVER, Feb. 6.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived--.XU dependence, from Antwerp, for Rio Janeiro. Cowxs, Feb. S.S.W.—Arrived—Fleda, from Batavia, for Rotterdam. (PLR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived.—Despatch, (s.), from Guernsey ; Wonder, (s.) , Jersey; Florida, James, Llangollen ' Mathew Th om pson, Adelaide, Newport ; Brilli an t, Iris, Friend, Cardiff. Sailed.—Despatch,;(s.), for Jersey ; Alliance, (s.),HaYre' LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S.W., moderate. Arrived.—Emily, from Tatocorin. It blew a heavy gale last night and early this morning , from S.S.W. to with vory violent squalls at inter vals. The Clangregor, from Calcutta, and the Ocean Rover► from Charleston, went on shore near Crosby Point in the gale last night; the former remains with rudder unshipped stern-post damaged, and very much shaken; the latter re' mains making a little water. '.Cho Columbia, from New York, dragged her anchors is the gale last night ; went ashore near Huskisson Dock Wall, and remains. BT 811BMARINT AND BRITISH TELEGRAPTO GRAVESEND. Thursday, 9.43 a.m. Wind W.S.W., tide two hours' flood, raining. Sailed—Syren, for Natal. DEAL, Thursday, 9.24 a.m. Wind W.S.W. ; strong, thick rain. The Ondine steam•packet landed the snails and passen gers here, not being able to land them at Dover owing to the state of the weather. ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A GUARDSMAN.--yesterday John Burgess, a private in the Scots Fusilier Guards, was placed before Mr. D'Eyncourt, at Worship-street, charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing five pounds, from the house of Mr. Davis, Ashley-crescent, Hoxton. He was remanded for a week. AMENDMENT OF THE STATUTES or EXETER, LINCOLN, AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGES, OXFORD.—Certain regulations and ordinances for the amendment of the statutes of the following colleges, viz. :—Exeter Col lege, Lincoln College, and Corpus Christi College, Ox ford, made in pursuance of the 17th and 18th Victoria, c. 81, having been approved of by the Commissioners appointed for the purposes of that act, the same have been publishe . d in the L 012401 1, Gazette, dated February, 6th instant, in conformity with the provisions of the said act, and notice is thereby given that it is lawful for the bodies or persons respectively mentioned in the 36th section of the said act to petition her Majesty in Council within one month after the said publication aga inst the approbation of the said regulations or ordinances, or any part thereof. EAGLE MURDER.—Last week a lad, named Kenneth Macdonald, in the employment of Mr. Cameron, Tanis ker, Skye, whose exploits among eagle cliffs we have before had occasion to notice, succeeded in shooting two eagles, right and left. What makes the feat extraordi nary is that the birds are of different species, one being a white-tailed Or sea eagle, and the other a golden eagle. Macdonald .discovered them preying upon the carcass of a sheep; at his approach they rose simulta neously, and while mounting rapidly upwards he fired right and left and brought both the birds down. The sea eagle is a magnificent specimen, perfect in every point, and measuring no less than 7 feet 3 inches from tip to tip. The golden eagle was a younger bird; it measured 6 feet 6 inches from tip to tip.--Inverness Courier. THREE CHILDREN BURNED TO ASHES.—DRUDIKEERANt COUNTY LEITRIM, Jan. 30.—Last night the house of Michael Kelly was destroyed by fire, and three of his children p er i s h e d i n th e fl ames. Kelly and his wife had been at Drunikeeran Fair, and returned home about ten o'clock. An hour or so later in the night, Kelly's wife went to a farm to milk and fodder some cattle, leaving in the house her husband and five children, the eldest of whom was not over eleven years of age. When she came back in the course of an hour or better, the house ivae_ on fire ; her husband and the eldest and the youngest child were to be seen ; but the second, third, and fourth could nowhere be found ; they bad fallen a prey to the devouring element, Kelly, who, it must be added, was the worse for drink, had partially undressed himself and went to bed. The children, waiting their mother's re turn, took a candle to search for cakes in the pockets of their father's coat. The candle ignited some flax in the room, and instantly the whole apartment was in flames. The eldest boy succeeded in rousing up his father. Half suffocated and bewildered, he carried out the children ; the youngest remained outside in its cradle, but the others unnoticed entered the house again, where they were suffocated and caught by the fire, except the eldest, who was dragged out a mewed time in a state of inaensi' bility. Everytbba_in the house was completely con sumed ; bank notes to the value of 17/. were burned ; even the dog and cat did not escapeop.Sigo Chronicle. - MI The withol a uPPI!, pally i sales c on spe cans, 100 1 7id. ; Island Mark( than 9 An fished consul Year, ; Crop s , of 18 grown 234,44 194,0,7 LOlll5l a() )000 C O l.lBlll 3 79,1 f decrea return tries, I throng, demon ill ir t / Wiou kone: to 918 to 91), and t 214. disco' . Thy 3 pet ferret dull Iri an Th, Stock 201. ?or tx Cent s , 3 Per Certi fluci and F'or Th to thi ban, witl 13111 tan' 3 Pt p , Nea :Ne m Lon ti • S I 1 2 (