The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson. THIS EVENING BLACK-EYED SUSAN. Principal character by Frofesser Ander3on. To conclude with the gorgeous Pantomime of YE BELLE ALLIANCE. Clown, lir. Fleamore ; rantaioon, Mr. Barnes ; Harlectuin, Mr. Brown ; and Columbine, Miss E. Horne. THEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. TF{IS EVENI7SG, THE GREAT, GUN TRICK. After which, jISY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or. Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, TIAYMARKET. Miter the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BEAUX' STnAT.A.GE N. After which the New Comic Chri3tmae Pantomime, entitled Tag 'BUTTERFLY'S RILL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring• ONLY A HALFPENNY. ROYAL PRINCES 'S TVIATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cnasims THIS EVENTNG , THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. Principal characters ty Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hahne; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columlolne, BilSi Caroline Adams. TELEATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. proprietor, Mr. B. Wob.qter.—Directress, 3fadame Celeste. THIS EVENING, BETSY BAKER. After which, THE BOOTS 07 THE HOLLY TREE INN. To be bllowed by THAT BLESSED BABY. To conclude with JA.EK AND THE BEAN STALK: or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Redford. Madame Celeste. Miss Wyndham. and Miss E. Arden will ap,nar. ROYAL OLY:aPIC THEATRE. Lessee and lVfana;er, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENTNG. STAY AT NOME. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral. though xcesslvely old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TETE DESC;IEET PIIOTCEg3; ‘37, the Three Glass Distaffs. n which Messrs. Emery. F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Maskell will appear. ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. TTITS EVF.NING THE SHADOWS OF CRIME. To conclude with A PRINCE: OF PF-1.1211,3 ; or, llarlevin and /see Shore. /tOTA.L STRAND THEATSP:. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. TE4I3 EVCNING, THE ROMANTIC WIDOW. Followed by THE PRISONER OF ROC HELIX ; or, Inns awl Outs. After which, PEACE AT ANY PRICE. To conclude with BLUE JACKETS. A.BTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Mawr:Tr, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, ROOK WOOD ; or. TURI'IN'S RIDE to YORK. The last week of that popular Spectacle. After which the SCENES In the CIRCLE and the performance of the Segacious and Stupendous Elephants, one of which ascends front the centre of the stage to an elevation high atove the stage, on a narrow ridge not tho width of his foot! To conclude with a grand Equestrian Comic Pantomime called EARL AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON; or, the Raven Champions of Christendom. Box-otlice open front Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Kr. W. Cooke, Jun. ;EMMA. STANLEY'S SEVEN' AGES OF WOMAN, Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3. Pronounced by the unanimous voice of th&press, and by nightly ncreasing audiences. to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the day. SAINT MARTIN'S II XL L, Long-sore. Area, Is. Reserved Chairs, 23. 6d. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRLDGE. TEM DAY—Morn. 23 min. aft. s—Evening 45 min. aft. 5 TO-Monßow—Morn. 5 min. aft. 6 —Evening 25 min. aft. 6 TAE WEA.THER-Sum OFFICE, FEB.IO. TLIERMOISETEE, IN THE SHADE. 58 - highest since noon yeatenl&y. 5) -,owsst this morning and during the night. 55 -this day at noon. BAROMETER. :'o'os. WIND, S.W.—Light, with dull, mild weather. FEBRUARY 11. 57 —highest since noon vesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. RA Romlentß-29 92. WrxD, S.W.—Rather fresh, with rainy weather since ten this morning. j" • - Zr_ :x LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1356, Nothing can be more injurious to the trade and commerce of the country than the present un settled state of the Bank of England, and the doubts respecting the future monetary legislation. In business matters any uncertainty is especially to be deprecated. All the calculations on either side may be completely deranged by the introduc tion of a ne v element, entirely beyond the control of the contracting parties. Each side endeavours to make ample allowance for a state of the money market adverse to his interests, and if that be not possible, is compelled either to decline what might be a favourable adventure, or to enter into a gambling speculation. Let us know the worst, is the general demand. Any thing would be better than protracted doubt and uncertainty. The bullionist organ declares that " a re-discussion of the whole subject can not be arranged too soon ;" and the Monetary Re formers are equally anxious for a settlement of the all•important question. The Bank Charter Act, as we have repeatedly explained, has virtually expired. At any time since August, 1855, the notice which will termi nate the connection might have been given. It may be directed any day, a simple note or resolu tion of the Rouse of Commons being all that is required to give validity to the act. How, then, can men enter into heavy engagements without knowing whether the present law will be main tained in all its stringency ; or, if not, what will be the nature and extent of the alterations, and the probable operation of the substitute ? The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that it is not the intention of the Government, at present, to take any step to put an end to the exclusive privilege, nor do they intend to submit any motion for the appointment of a committee of inquiry. They are neither prepared with any m ew . sare of their own to bring this disreputable and impolitic state of affairs to an end, nor will they do any thing calculated to throw additional light on the subject, ;;O a - .; to enable independent members to take the initiative. An inq u i ry by a packed committee, like that of 1848, a majority of whom were strongly prejudiced in favour of the bill, an d calling witnesses of congenial view, so that the nature of theßeport might be considered " a fore gone conclusion," would be but of little practical utility. But such an investigation as that before the Lords' Committee, which led to the admirable Report to which we have frequently had occasion to refer, would, indeed, be highly beneficial to the country. In the Committee Mr. JAlrEs WILSON voted in favour of Mr. Humes Motion, that " the Act of 1844 had aggravated the distress," and against that pottier' of th e R eport which declared that gi i t was nut expedient to make any alteration in the u as anything since °calmed to change ilese opinions, or to induca that , gentleman to assent to the continuance of that injurious and injudicious law. He proved beyond the possibility of doubt that "no more danger can exist with respect to one-pound notes than those of five pounds," and that the objection thereto was " a mere prejudice, founded upon the adoption of false principles half a century ago ;" and that by the use of one-pound notes to the extent of twenty millions, "which could be issued with the most perfect safety," we should " immediately add to the effective capital of the country, to our stock of commodities—or, which is the same thing, our command over them—just as much as if we dug that amount of bullion out of the centre of Eng and." How, then, can the Hon. Gentleman, holding such opinions, and so clearly perceiving the vast importance to the welfare and prosperity of the nation, of an extensive issue of the smaller deno minations of notes—than which " no better se curity could be offered— no more absolute representative of real capital, or a command over it," acquiesce under the existing circum stances of the country, in shelving this all-impor tant topic. It is au imperative duty which he owes to his fellow-citizens, to give them, if pos sible, what would be equivalent to " Twenty millions of gold dug out of the centre of Eng land." Since he gave expression to these en lightened views, the necessity for a change has been even more strongly manifested than at any previous time. The fluctuations in the rate of interest, and value of money, which Mr. COBDEN declared to be more injurious to the industrious classes than the failures of all the banks of issue that ever suspended payment, have been more violent than ever. Within less than six months the Bank of England raised its minimum rate of discount from 3;- to 7 per cent. What effect had that doubling of the price of money on those who had heavy engagements to meet ? There was no undue speculation or excitement to be checked. Traders were by no means rash or reckless in their proceedings. On the contrary, the fault lay in another direction, and " over-caution" was in many instances justly complained of. What, then, will be the comae of Mr. WILSON ? He can not support the Government in resisting inquiry, and maintaining the Act which only exists on suf ferance, in unabated stringency. The Government only require a little gentle persuasion. Let a general wish be expressed and they will not feel themselves justified in opposing it. Let the Mone tary Reformers exert themselves vigorously and energetically at the present crisis, and they will succeed in obtaining that great desideratum—" a circulating medium adequate to the wants and exigencies of the nation." Mr. COBDEN, if wo remember rightly, has taunted the Allies with wishing to supersede the single protectorate of Russia over Turco-Greek Christians by a triple or quadruple one of their own ; and has, with some point, dilated on the greater danger to Turkish independence of a confederation of protectors. We have not, for our part, felt any predilection for such an arrange ment, and still hope it will not become a formal part of any treaty. It might be again the pre text for mischievous claims to intervention. It would, however, be simply dishonest to represent the combined protectorate of France and Eng land, even if Russia, or still worse, Austria, were allowed to join, to be as dangerous as that of Russia alone. Russia and Austria •nly have treacherous designs on Turkey. The former having filched from her province after province, and the latter doing all she dares, especially in connection with the Adriatic coast. England and France have but the honest intention of strength ening Turkey, by urging upon her a policy which • shall consolidate her population and strength into a lasting bulwark against Russia. It is needless to repeat that a Russian protectorate had but one object, that of employing, the Greek Christians for the subjugation of Turkey to her sway. Everything depends on the mode of action. So far as accounts have reached us yet, it is grati fying to notice the document presented by the Allied representatives. Whatever Mr. COBDEN may say, the very preamhle of it is in marked contrast to the bullying of MENSCHIKOFF, and the passage of the Pruth. It is most courteous to the Turkish Government, and the military deeds of the Allies are not made the ground for threats of coercion, but are referred to as services, with a suggestion of the acknowledgment which will be acceptable. There is, surely, all the difference in the world between threatening Turkey with invasion if she did not accept a foreign protector of her subjects against herseff, and first saving her from the fatal gripe of the aggressor, then asking her to listen to our representations on be half of those in her dominions who profess our faith. As Mr. COBDEN is fond of appealing to " his reading of the New Testament," we may cer tainlyask him whether it be not more Christian to gain the goodwill of Mussulinon by doing them justice and kindness than to coerce by marching soldiers into their territory ? The founders of the Christian faith gained over opponents and despisers by miracles of mercy, and the Allies have first nobly served their religious enemies, and then solicited their gool offices for the Christians subject to their yoke. The dehila may be matter of some difficulty ; not, however, so much more than they would be in a parallel case with Russia or Austria itself. In either country intolerance and persecution—and against fellow-Christians, too—is infinitely more rife than in Turkey. How much is there to choose between Austria's binding herself to the POPE of Rome and the SULTAN'S fanatical faith in MAHOMET ? To us the POPE and MAROMET are about equal impostors ; and the assumptions of the pretended successors of PETER are no less opposed to Christianity than those of the unques tionable successors of the Prophet. It is cer- tainly with a bad grace that the Monarch of the Concordat undertakes to teach A EMIL-EL-11E14J ID religious liberalty. As to Russia, only imagine political and religious reform pressed upon her serfs, or tha attempt made to teach her judges justice ! Why, Pachas themselves are not more corrupt and more relentless for gain's sake than Russian administrators of every grade. This is the t es ti mony o f every trave ll er an d of almost every native too. The grand principle of the equality of Alussnl man and n on - Mussulman subjects, before the law, is now fairly introduced into Turkey. Of course, it will take a long time to bear full fruit ; but where, in Europe, is there such a thing as legal , religious equality ? I s it at St. Pet ers b urg or at Rome, or at Naples, or at Madrid, or in Aus tria, above all ? Is it to be found in the Protes tant States of Germany ? or, to come nearer home, are Catholics in Ireland and Dissenters in England on the same legal footing ? 132 sides all the national wealth being devoted to the aggran disement of one creed, and its Bishops being Peers of the Realm for life, what session of Parliament passes over without one-sided religious legislation, or what week is free from accounts of Episcopal brawls with burial boards, and Rectorial squabbles for Church Ratcs ? We must t h en bo patient, if the disciples of MAEWAIET entertain bigoted and THE sun, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1856. The Right Ron. the Speaker of the House of Com moos gene: his first full-dress Parliamentary dinner, on Saturday evening, at his temporary official residence, in Eaton-square. The following were the guests of the right. hon. gentleman :—The Rt. Hon. Viscount Palmer ston, G.C.8., Right Hon. Eld of Mulgrave ) Right Hon. Mr. T. Baines, Viscount Monck, Viscount Demean, Right Hon. Lord E. Bruce, Right Hon. Sir G. Grey, G.C.8., Right Hon. W. Cowper, Right Hon. Judge Ad vocate, Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart., Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Bart., Right Hon. H. Fitzroy, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Admiral Right Hon. Sir M. F. Berkeley, K.C.8., Hon. H. Brand, the Secretary for Ireland, the Attorney-General for Ireland, the Soli citor-General for Ireland, Mr. G. Berkeley, Mr. Dt Sey mour, Mr. Peel, Mr. Massey, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Wil son. The Secretary and the Rev. Mr. Gamier were present. The following members were prevented : Viscount Drumlanrig, Rt. Hon. E.Bouverie, Right Hon. H. Labonchere, Sir R. Peel, the Attorney-General and Solicitor -General. Yesterday morning his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury preached a sermon at the Church of Saint Mary Woolnorth, Lombard-street, in the presence of the Lord Mayor, 'the sheriffs, the under-sheriffs, W. Cubitt, Esq., the alderman of the ward, and a crowded congregation, in aid of the funds of the ward schools. His Grace selected for his text the following words : "And they brought young children to him that he should touch them," &c. The appeal was liberally re sponded to by those present. The Emperor of Russia has ordered a mourning of nine days in all the kingdom of Poland for Prince Pas kiewitcb. Sir William Temple, her Majesty's Minister at Naples, gave a grand ball, on the 28th ult., which was honoured by the presence of his Sicilian Majesty, some members of the Royal family, and most of the English travellers now in Naples. We believe that the Duke of Wellington has tendered his resignation as Master of the Horse. It will have been observed that his Grace voted in the majority against Government upon Lord Lyndhurst's motion for referring Lord Wensleydale's patent to a Committee of Privileges. It is also said that the Lord Chancellor tendered his resignation upon finding his opinion on the same subject at, variance with those of several among his colleagues. THE CONFERENCES AT PARIS.—The Earl of Clarendon will depart on his mission to the Peace Congress at Paris most probably on Thursday next. The gentlemen who will accompany Lord Clarendon to Paris are—the Hon. Spencer l'onsonby (his lordship's private secre tary), Hon. Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. John Bidwell, Hon. Mr. Vivian, and Mr. Villiers Lister. Lord Cowley's staff will consist of the gentlemen of the Embassy, viz., Hon. Mr. Howard (chief secretary of legation), Mr. Stewart, Mr. Petre Mr. Lytton, Mr. Earle ; Mr. French, Mr. Ford, and his lordship's private secretary, Mr. Attie. Lord Cowley is expected to be in Paris again about the 15th. It is not a-, all unlikely that the Con ferences may open on Monday next. It is also quite possible, if a good disposition be shown on all bands, that a preliminary treaty may be dispensed with, and negotiations may at once be commenced upon a general and definitive treaty of peace. THE BUDGET.—THE WAR ESTIMATES--We are in formed —and have no reason to doubt the accuracy of our information—that Ministers have thought it advi sable that no Budget should be brought forward until the breaking up of the Paris Conferences. If these Conferences should he protracted beyond the usual time, which is early in April, for .renewing the Mutiny Bill, it is. we understand, the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ask for the necessary estimates for a period of three months, instead of, as usual, for the financial year.—Morning Advertiser. DEATH OF GEORGE ARKWRIGHT, ESQ. ' M.P.—lt is with great regret th a t we recor d th e d eat h of Geo. Ark wright, Eel., eldest son of Robert Arkwright, Esq., of Sutton-hall, in this county. Mr. Arkwright bad repre sented the borough of Leominster for many years, and wa a consistent Conservative in politics. In the year 1837 Mr. Ark wright contested the representation of this county against Mr. Evans and Mr. Gisborne, but with out success. The hon. gentleman expired at his resi denee in the Albany on Wednesday morning last. — Derbyshire Courier. On Saturday, at a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, held at Hanover-square, his Impe rial Majesty the Emperor of the French was unani mously elected an honorary member of the association. It was further resolved that a copy of the 16 volumes of the journal of the society, appropriately bound, should be f mwarded to his Imperial Majesty together with the diploma of his appointment. His Majesty, it was stated, had expressed his consent to the proposal which had b ?en made to him to become an honorary member of the society. MR. WILSON OVEREND AND THE WEST RIDING MAUSTRATES —At a numersus meeting of West Riding magistrates, held at D mcaster, on Thursday, a vote of confi lence in Mr. William Overend, respecting his qualification to act as chairman of Quarter Sessions, was unanimously adopted. It was uit mately agreed unani mously that tl is expression of feeling, in the form of a letter, should be conveyed to Mr. Overend. The docu ment was drawn up, and it also contained the expres sioa of a hope that, at the ensuing quarter sessions, held at Sheffield next month, he would accede to 6eirrequest to continue as chairman, to which office they should re elect him. The document was signed by each magis trate present. THE BANK OF ENGLAND.—From a return issued on Saturday it appears that the amount, of Exchequer or Treasury bills purchased by the Bank of England, or on which any sums were lent for the public service daring j the past year 1855, was 12,883,9501., all of which was paid off or disc'. arged, with the exception of 997,4481. The balance of sums remainin g in the bank as unclaimed dividend s amounte d , on the sth of January, 1856, to 136,3801. ; on the 9.h of October, 1855, to 96,5041. ; on the sth of July, is 96,2861. ; and on the stn of April, 1855, to 162,3601. The remainder of the sum was ad vanced to Government. The sum total of unclaimed dividends amounted, on the sth of January, to 991,5821.; and on the sth of July last, to 1,008,5711. During the year it appears that the Chancellor of the Exchequer made several applications to the bank for advances on Exchequer Bills, viz : On the 9th of March, for one of 1,000,000/. ; on the 26th of March. for one of 1,500,0001.; on the 7th of April, for one of 1,000,000/. ; on the 12th of July, for one of 1,000,000/. ; and on the 11th of Oc tober, for one of 1,000,0001. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 9.—The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tay, Capt. Brydges, sailed this afternoon with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, 80 passengers, 72,0001. in specie, 23,800/. value in jewel lery, and a full general cargo. The Avon, Capt. Reeett, with the homeward portion of the Brazilian mails, is expected about the 12th inst. The Magdalena, Captain Abbott, with the West India and Pacific mails, is due at Southampton on the 16th inst. The Plata, Captain G. Wells, is preparing to convey the outward West India and Pacific mails on the 17th inst. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Pero, Captaie Soy, with the heavy portion of the India, China, and Mediterranean mails, is expected to-morrow. The Sultan will convey the next outward mails to the Peninsular ports on the 17th inst. The Madrid, Captain Cook, with the next homeward mails from these ports, is expected about the 14th inst. The United States' mail steam-ship Arago, Captain Lines, sails on Wednesday next for New York, and calls off Cowes, en route from Havre, for the Eng lish passengers and mails. NOVEL PROCESSION IN THE ClTY,—Considerable cu riosity was excited yesterday (Sunday) morning io the immediate vicinity of the Mansion-house, in consequence of the Right Hon.,the Lord Mayor, Alderman Kennedy and Rose, the two Sheriffs, Mr. W. Cubitt, M.l' , and a great number of gentlemen belonging to the Court of Common Council, in their official robes of office, walk ing in precession from the Mansion-house to the church of the united parishes of St. Mary Woolnoth and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw, at the corner of Lombard street, where the civic functionaries met the Most Rev. the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, who had undertaken to preach a sermon on behalf of the Langbourn Ward Charity Schools. The spacious church soon became densely crowded, so much so that, shortly after the commencement of divine service, it was found necessary to close the outer gates of the sacred edifice. His grace delivered a most eloquent and appropriate sermon, in which he advocated the peculiar pressing claims which the schools had upon all friends of Christian instruction. At the close of the service a collection was made, which was liberally responded to by the congregation. THE SOH') TR AGEDY.—A large number of people assembled on Saturday, in Poland-street, Wardour street, Portland-street, and the neighbouring thorough fares in Soho, in consequence of its being known that the mortal remains of Mrs. Bousfield, and her three poor murdered children, were about to be removed for interment in the Brompton Cemetery. Some of the streets were rendered altogether impervious to traffic, notwithstanding the efforts of the police to keep them clear. From about 12 o'clock till 2 it became known that, in order to create as little confusion as possible, the authorities at the workhouse where the bodies had been lying since the occurrence of the dreadful tragedy, had caused them to be removed by the back entrance, open ing from Dufour's-place, where comparatively few people were assembled. There was, however, a large number of persons there, and much sensation was created by the appearance of the four coffins, gradually declining in size, from that of the mother to the one containing the corpse of her innocent babe. The hearse and mourning -coach, containing the relatives of the deceased ,woman, were ac SPORTING NOTES. LIKINGS FOR LINCOLN, The first important legitimate events of the year will be contested at Lincoln on Tuesday and Wednesday. The meeting is likely to prove attractive enough, al though the promise of sport is not very abundant. In framing the conditions of the Handicap Hurdle Race, the officials have committed the great blunder of omitting to fix any penalty for winning horses ; thus Tom Gur ney, Stamford, and General Evans will not have any extra weight to carry for their recent successes. The result of the flat races will materially depend upon the re lative degrees of condition in which the competitors may be sent to the post. Nine horses are nominated for the Trial Stakes ; amongst them figures the name of Fisher man. Should this horse go to the post I shall expect his owner, Mr. T. Parr, to commence the season with suc cess. In his absence Cardsharper may do the trick. Of the youngsters likely to contest the Two-year-old Stake= , , I know nothing. It is much too early in the year to judge of the capability of the " baby" horses. The Cutty Queen, however, has been mentioned to me with favour. Should Eulogist and Prince Plausible start for the Spring Handicap they shall represent my interest. According to recent running the foremost places for the Handicap Hurdle Race ought to he filled by General Evans, Stamford, and Tom Gurney. A report is current that Fordham, the celebrated light weight, has already been specially engaged to ride for Mr. Howard for the Chester Cup. A sporting weekly paper has devoted nearly a column and a half to reminiscences of the late Frank Butler. They are told with much gossipping facility, but the wr►ter has allowed his fancy and imagination to run riot. He gravely states that poor Frank was originally intended for the Church, and that, unlike dross country jockeys, he was for the steeple, but not to ride a race only to get there. This ridiculous statement is, toe, I find, made also in an illustrated paper. Feb. 11. A FRESH MAN. February. companied by a crowd of people in the district, and were met at Bronipton by another crowd, assembled to witness the interment, and many an eye shedding tears as the four bodies were lowered into one grave. PARADIATTA RAILWAY.—The Sydney correspon dent of the Melbourne Argus writes as under :—" The great success which has attended the Paramatta Railway has confirmed the spirit of liberality in which the house are disposed to meet the very comprehensive views of Sir Wm. Denison in connection with this subject. Every thing that has been asked has been voted, with the ex. ception of the 100,0001. modestly demanded for survey and experiments, which has been reduced to 50,0001. But this latter sum is surely quite sufficient for all legi timate purposes for one year. Without a word of objec tion, the necessary funds have been voted for completing the branch line to Liverpool, and for rendering the Ilunte:r River line complete from the wharf at Newcastle (a nest one to be constructed for the purpose), to the town of Maitland, with a branch to Hexham. There is an evident disposition, too, to favour the raising of a large sum by loan for the purpose of at once extending the network of railways' to all the principal towns within a convenient distance from the capital. It is most probable that all measures of this larger kind will be left for the new Ministry and the new Parliament to deal with. But as the general foaling of the country is quite in unison with the present feeling of the house, the elec. tions and the advent of responsible Government' will be scarcely likely to make any chomp is this Zaatter." LATEST NEWS. THE INDIAN MAIL. TRIESTE, SUNDAY, FEB. 10. The steamer Australian arrived here this morning, at nine o'clock, in 113 hours from Alexandria, which place she left on the sth of The Indian mail left Alexandria on the sth of February, with dates from Calcutta of the Bth of January, and Bombay of the 16th•of January. The Sonthal rebellion is over. A great fire took place at Rangoon on the 19th of December, with a loss of 200,000/. The Bank of Bengal has declared a dividend of 20 per cent. Trade is dull, and prices low. The money-market is tight. Public securities have further declined. Exchange at Calcutta, 23. ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 5. An insurrection has broken out at Damanhoor, near Cairo, among the Bedouins on the subject of some recent enrolments of the Militia. Troops have been despatched to put down this movement, which appears serious. THE ARMISTICE. A letter from Vienna of the stb, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" We learn from good authority that the armistice to be concluded at Paris will be for three mouths, with a notice of 15 days for its cessation. The belligerent parties will have the power, during the armistice, of rein forcing their present positions by sending troops and stores. The Allied fleets will consequently reappear in the Baltic in April. One of the great difficulties expected to arise in the Congress will be the occupation of some points of the Turkish territory after the conclusion of peace. The re forms which are now in preparation injure the interests of the Turkish and even of the Greek clergy. Disturbances may arise in the execution of those reforms, and consequently it has been proposed to leave in the Principalities Austrian and Western troops, until the new order of things shall have been completely established. A body of 10,000 men belonging to each Power will be left in the Principalities. It is possible therefore that Russia will not evacuate Kars and Bajazid until the allied troops shall have completely left those provinces." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur contains an imperial decree by which the Senate and the Legislative Corps of France are convoked for March 3, 1856. By another decree General Bosquet is raised to the dignity of a Senator. The Dcbcets of Saturday says :—" Some accounts have reached us relative to the contents of Count Nesselrode's last despatch. M. Nesselrode insists, however, upon the gravity of the conditions ad mitted by the Emperor. He insinuates that the Emperor cannot go any further; that it must not be attempted to take advantage of the reserves contained in the Fifth Article to demand of Russia the abandonment of any other territories than that which results from the rectification of the fron tiers separating Moldavia from Bessarabia ; nor to demand of Russia an indemnity for the expenses of the war. The despatch having been communi cated to M. de Buol by Prince Gortschakoff, the Austrian Minister asked if the declaration of M. Nesselrode were to be understood in the sense that Russia peremptorily refused to engage not to for tify the Aland Isles nor to rebuild the fortifica tions of Bomarsund. To this Prince Gortschakoff :replied that, not wishing to run th© risk of going beyond the Emperor's intentions, he would refer back on the subject to M. Nesselrode. The ex change of these observations present e d no o b s t ac l e to th signature of the protocol." The French papers of to-clay publish the fol lowing telegraphic despatches : MARSEILLES, Feb. 9..--The Carmel has arrived with accounts from Constantinople to the 31st of January. The Russians still remain quiet in their positions, and continue to fire with even more warmth from the northern forts. The Presse d' 0 rient, which announced that the Czar had ordered a suspension of hostilities, was therefore badly in formed. Prussia has not been represented at the conferences relative to the rayah,s, nor has she claimed to be so. The conferences were closed by a grand diplomatic banquet. The question of the Principalities will be resumed as soon as Lord Strat ford de Redeliffe shall have received his instrue.. tions. The Porte admits in principle for Euro peans the right of property, but wishes that the Christians should be liable to taxation, to the con scription, and to all other charges which weigh on the Mussulmans. MARSEILLES, Saturday.—The army of Anatolia has received the provisions_ which have been sent out for it. The disorders of the Bashi-Bazeuks at Sebumla, have been repressed. The news from Asia states that the Bashi-Bur:mks have committed disorders al Sinope. BOURSE, Feb. '9.—The market was rather steady at the close, when prices were as follows : Cash. fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents l6 —l. —c. 3 per Cents 72 40 72 85 New Loan 73 Bank Shares 3,495 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,550 Austrian Belgian Five 5......., 961 Spanish Threes Piedniontes€ (5), - Home Debt 38i selfislit notions about Christians, when the disciples of our common Master cannot refrain from oppres sing their fellow-disciples. The regeneration of Turkey must, in any case, be the work of a long time. The truth is, the Christian population is not, morally, one whit better than the Mahometans. Look at the Greeks, for whom we, with BYRON, were so ready to fight —was ever any portion of the earth cursed with a more venal crew than the Court of Athens ? And throughout Turkey, and the East, what tra veller tells us of any superiority on the part of the Greeks, except in cunning. If Pachas will oppress, the Greeks will cheat—if Greeks are astute, Turks are brave—if the former are liars, the latter are remarkable for chivalrous honour. Both races equally need elevating ; nor is the prospect quite hopeless. Turkey is probably safe from foreign inroad for some little time to come. During that time enterprising men of business from the West will have free access to the whole country. The Franks, and Giaours, will be, and must be, respected by the people they have saved ; and the effect of Western intercourse and commerce must be to modify for good the views and habits of the natives. Give Turkey time, aid keep Russia and Austria at home, and she will gradually, perhaps rapidly, change her social character. One thing even the Greeks themselves must now see—that the Allies are at least friends quite equal to Russia. The latter never proposed any reform so expansive in its principles as what has just been suggested by the Allies to the Porte.. Indeed Russia could not. She would be afraid of rendering the condition of Turkish Greeks envi able to Russian Greeks. It is not to be forgotten that the liberality of the SVLTAN'S reforms was one chief cause of the War. NICHOLA.S dreaded liberty so near his despotism. He went to war, as the Earl of SHAFTESBURY fully proved, to pre vent the contamination of Turkish liberalism from infecting his own subjects. We are gratified to perceive that the Maryle bone Vestry have appointed a committee to watch the " Leases and Sales of Settled Estates Bill" brought in by the Lord Chancellor, and set down for commitment to-morrow. As most of our readers are aware several insidious attempts have been made to obtain powers from Parliament to enclose that picturesque place of public recrea tion, Hampstead Heath—attempts which, owing to the strenuous resistance of the public, have hitherto proved unavailing. By the Bill in ques tion it would appear it is sought to confer on the Court of Chancery the power to enable the owners of property to "grant leases, effect rates, or do what they please with what are technically termed settled estates," so that if the Bill be suffered to pass unaltered the public may be ex cluded at a moment's notice not only from the above Heath, but also from every other place of recreation coming under the same category. This is a danger of too great magnitude to be overlooked, and involves interests too important not to render neglect criminal. We therefore, trust, the example of the vestry will be followed, and the most determined resistance offered to the bill or the provisions conferring such power. Were there more places of recrea tion than are called for by the exigencies of the public health the attempt to limit them might admit of a colourable excuse ; but the very oppo site of this is known by everybody to be the fact. The half-suffocated poor of the smoky metro polis have far too few within reach where they may inhale the pure invigorating breeze and re fresh their exhausted frames, and it were a mon strous outrage to rob them of any of the few they have. Robbed, however, they are likely to be, if the bill is suffered to pass without special provisos to the contrary, for however well dis -1 posed the present Lord Chancellor and Chan cery Judges may be towards th 3 public there is but too much sympathy extant with the rights of property to leave much room for any with the rights of the people. The con tinuance or non-continuance of no place of public recreation shoßld be suffered to depend on the breath of any individual, and by no process should the public be made to suffer. As for Hampstead Heath, there it stands, and stand, it must for the recreation of the sickly masses, even though Go vernment have to purchase it. The sooner all question about the matter is settled, the better. We are not living in times when the alleged rights of great people can prudently be set against the 1 rights of the masses, and vindicated to the latter's wrong. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 9. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of Kent, Prince Earnest or Leiningen, the Belgian Minis- ter and Maclaine Van Weyer, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Mary Seymour, and Sir G. Conper. The band of the Grenadier Guards played during din ner, and afterwards her Majesty's private band. The Qleen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen, rode out on horseback this forenoon. The Hon. Beatrice Byng,, Major-General Bouverie, and Capt. Du Plat attended her Majesty. Tb.e Queen, accom panied by Prince Ernest of Leinin gP.n, drove out in an open carriage in the afternoon, at tended by the Duchess of Wellington and the Hon. Bea trice Byng, Majcr-General Bouverie attended on horse back. The dinner party comprised the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Rcyal, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, Col. the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Sir Jas. Clark, Col. F. H. Sey mour, and Mr. Gibbs. The band of the 2d Life Guards played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. SUNDAY, Feb. 10. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and Prince Ernest of Leiningea, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Di vine Service this morning in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Duchess of Kent was also at the Service. The lien. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi ciated, A Cabinet Council waci held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing•street. The Ministers pre sent were :—Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan cellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Cla rendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, - Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The council sat three hours and a half.. A deputation from the Birmingham Lord's-Day De fence Committee had an interview with Viscount Pal merston on Friday. The deputation consisted of the Hon. and Rev. T. M. Yorke (Rural Dean), Rev. John C. Miller (Rector of St. Martin's), Rev. Dr. Mackenzie, Councillor Manton; Mr. Henry Wright, Mr. E. Heeley, introduced by Mr. R. Spooner, M.P., and Mr. C. N. Newdegate, M.P. Meetings of the Oxford University Commission were held at No. 18, Great Queen-street, Westminster, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Th urs d ay , an d Friday last. The Commissioners present were the Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of Ripon, Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Hon. Edward Twisleton, the Dean of Wells, and Sir John W. Awdry—with the secretaries. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat on Saturday, and heard an appeal from the High Court of Admiralty, " Lawson v. Carr," the "James." The lords present were the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, the Dean of the Arches Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir W. Manic. Her Majesty, on the recommendation of Lord Pal merston, has conferred a pension of 1001. per annum on Mr. S. Lover, well known for his Irish songs:and stories. —Court Journal. On Friday the Directors of the Bank of England re peated their liberality in giving to every clerk in the establishment a bonus of 10/. per cent, on his salary for the past year. THE ALLEGED DOLTDLE MURDER AT PENSHUEST. — We (Maidstone Journal) need hardly say that there was not the slightest truth in this story, and we are informed that the whole was concocted for the purpose of hoaxing a credulous village damsel who is much and romancsa, given to novels DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The last morning performance of the extraordinarily successful pantomime of " Hey Diddle Diddle" is fixed for to-morrow (Tuesday), on which occasion the lessee has, with his usual liberality, invited the veterans of the army who have returned from the Crimea to witness the performance—the medal, so nobly won, exhibited on the breast, will be the only passport required for admission. We anticipate on this occasion a highly-interesting audi ence, for no doubt the generous offer of Mr. Smith will be largely accepted; and so for those who have delayed their visit to Old Drury till the present time a sight is in store that will be long and lastingly remembered. THE CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM FOR SOLDIEb•S' 11'IDeWS. A grand morning concert, under the patronage of her Majesty, and alt the members of the Ro3al Family, will be given to-morrow afternoon, at the A•semhly Rooms, Kingston -on-Thames, in aid of the funds of this institu tion. Some of the illustrious patrons have graciously promised to be prevent on the occasion. A most brilliant programme has been put forth by Miss Birch, Miss Dolby, Messrs. Lockey, Lawler, and Jolly (pianoforte), will assist, and the arrangements will be under the direction of Mr. Surman, of the London Sacred Harmonic Society, from which the chorus will be supplied. W. S. WOODIN'S ENTERTAINMENT, The prestige with which Mr. Woodin's performances were received in this country seems to increase and gather enthusiasm, so far, at least, as the feelings of the public are concerned. His sketches of character are so well known, that it is needless to enter int) detail. Every one knows who has had the pleasure of witnessing his performances (and who in London has not ?) that his delineation of character is unrivalled. The characters he met with while traversing the shores of the beautiful and far-famed Lakes of Windermere, are given with a zest and truthfulness whick imparts to his audience a lively idea of the originals. Not less characteristic are his delineations of rural than they are of London life. For while we have, in the country, and revelling amongst those beautiful scenes, representations of which, in panoramic order. Mr. Woodin passes before his audience, we have at the same time the lights and shades of London life. With the simplicity of the rustic we have the overbearing pre. tensions of the London snob. Even feminine simplicity finds a corner in Mr. Woodin's Carpet Bag. The performance on Saturday evening went off with the greatest éclat, and the attendance was select and re spectable. Perhaps an addition to the attendance might - have been accounted for by the fact, as explained by Mr. Woodin, that it was the one thousandth night of his performance in London—making himself equal to Albert Smith in that respect. The increased attendance showed Mr. Woodin's increasing popularity, and indicates that he will have a long run in London. MUSIC THE SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. —Mr. Costa's Ora• torio, •`EIi," which was produced at the la , t Birming ham Festival, will be performed for the first time in London on Friday next, at Exeter Hall. Madame Goldschmidt takes part in two performances at Birmingham, under the auspices of the Musical Fes tival Committee, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 21st and 221 instant. On the first evening the Creation is to be performed ; on the second, a miscellaneous con cert. M. Benedict is to conduct, and the entire arrange ments assimilate in character to those of the triennial festival. The baud will consist of about 70 performers, and the choruses sustained by 220 voices. The ballot takes place on Wednesday next. On Thursday evening Madame Goldschmidt appeared in a miscellaneous concert in St. Andrew's-hall, Nor wich, before an audience of 2,200 persons. The receipts at her two performances La Norwich last week were 2,4001. The concert given by Madame Goldschmidt at Bris tol on Friday night appears to have been a most suc cessful one. The audience in the room (-ays the Bristol Mercury) numbered over 1,300, and the receipts ex ceeded 9001. Upon proceeding from the Queen's Hotel to the concert, the wheel-chair in which Madame Gold schmidt rode was guarded by police. The presence of the officers, however, did not deter the crowd from pressing round it in the hope of getting a sight of the frit. cantatrice. Madame Goldschmidt did not exactly relish this eager curiosity, and at the close of the concert she sent the chair back empty, and con trived to get into a hackney fly which bad been privided for her at the side-door, and in which she returned to her hotel. POSITION OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE CRIIIIE.4. The following is said to be an exact statement of the disposition of the Russian forces in the Crimea : General Commanding-in-Chief, General Gortschakoff. Chief of the Staff, - General Kotzebue. Corps of Grenadiers-Ist Division towards Eupatoria ; 2d and 3d Division, Simpheropol. 3d Corp, General Souchoganicki-7th on the Morales Plateau ; Reserve Division stationed on the heights of the Belbek ; Btb, Mackenzie Plateau ; 9th, North•side Post-house. 4th Corps, General Osten-Sacken-10th, on the Touzla ; 11th, Ezizola Plateau ; 12th on the Belbek ; 14th, on the Boulganak. Lancers, General Radziwill—Before Eupatoria. Dragoons of General Wrangel—Eupatoria. 2d Division of Dragoons, in the North Steppes. 11th Regiment of Cossacks of the Don—Steppes. One Brigade of Hussars—Boulganak. With militia to each regiment of the line the whole strength is from 105,000 to 120,000. CAMBRID9E UNIVERSITY ELECTION. RETIREMENT OF MR. DENMAN. The election was virtually finished on Saturday even ing. The close of the poll at four o'clock presented the following numbers : Walpole Denman • RAILWAYS-FOR CAM. fr. F. fr. o Orlgans - Western 845 Northern Lyons ..... 3,459 New Ditto.. BO7 .50 Mediterranean 1,380 Grand Central 635 Lyons Geneva 736 25 Tests Cetto TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. U.—The conferences about the Fourth Point have advanced another step, and that a very decisive one. You have heard that a great council was hold at the Grand Vizier's on Saturday, the 26th instant, in which the merits of the propositions submitted by the Ambassadors to the Porte were discussed. They met with a more favourable reception than one could have expected. Even the Ambassadors were quite prepared to be satisfied if they obtained part of what was demanded ; instead of which, not only all the principles laid down fOr the insurance of perfect equality of all the subjects of the Porte, without exception, but likewise all other sugges tions intended to secure the improvement of the internal administration of Turkey, were accepted. The council only reque4ted the ambassadors to reconsider some of the terms contained in the project submitted by them to the Porte which they thought might be offensive to the Sultan. The Grand Vizier and the Minister cf Foreign Af fairs, Fuad Pasha, communicated this decision of the council to the ambassadors on Tuesday last, the 29th inst., in a conference which was held at the British Palace, and which lasted, with a short interruption, from 3 o'clock in the afternoon until 2 o'clock the next morning. The objectionable terms were without much difficulty removed, and the manner discussed in which this important decision should be made known. The first step, I hear, will be an identic diplomaticnote from the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Ambassadors of France and England and the Internuncio of Aus tria, accepting the principles embodied by these latter in their note of the 22d inst. After this formal diplomatic acceptance a firman will be issued containing the principle of perfect equality of all subjects of the Porte, under the form of an explication of the Tanzimat, and the hatti-sherif of Gulhane. A. final council will take place to-mor row at the Grand Vizier's, which will definitively settle all the points. The Loan Commission has come at last to an ar rangement with the Turkish ministry about the man ner of sending out the money from England. With the 400,0001. which has been lately paid down by the commissioners for the payment of arrears to the troops in the provinces the Turkish Government has received in all about 1,500,000/., which includes the 600,000/. paid in advance by the house of Rothschild on account of the loan. As regards the rest of the 5,000,000/., 500,000/. will remain in England to pay for steamers and other things ordered; 2,000,000/., will be sent out in gold ; an 1,000,0001. will be negotiated here by bills of ex change. The house of Rothschild offered, by one of its members, to negotiate this million at 1 per cent. commission, and promised at the same time to keep down the exchange at 140 piastres the pound sterling for a whole year. The proposal, however, was not accepted by the commission. Yesterday a serjeant and seven men of the Ger main Legion, who Were 14 guard of the regimental chest, deserted, taking the chest, containing abou•-u 1,5001., with them. Measures have been, however, taken to dis'z:over and arrest them. *oat., 886 419 Majority for Walpole ... 467 Immediately the afternoon poll dosed, a consultation took place between Mr. Denman and the most influen tial members of his committee, the result of which was that Mr. Denman sent in his resignation to the Vice- Chancellor. After the close of the poll the undergra duates congregated, and proceeded in succession to colleges—behaving in an exceedingly disorderly manner. THE LATE FATAL COLLISION IN THE CHANNEL. — The inquiry which was opened on Friday, at the Queen's Head, Walmer Strand, on the bodies of four of the pas sengers of the ship Josephine Willis, which was run down on Sunday night week by the Mangerton screw steamer, was resumed on Saturday morning. After a protracted investigation, the leading points of which have already appeared in The Sum, the coroner being as sisted by Captain Cannon, R.N. (latc of her Majesty's ship Centaur), the jury returned a verdict of man slaughter against Richard Bourchior, the captain of the Mangerton steamer, who, on the warrant being issued, was found to have left the town. SIIICIDE.—Much regret has been created in the core. mercial circles of Liverpool by the melancholy suicide of a gentleman whose family was regarded with unusual respect in the town. The deceased is Mr. Robt. Mather, formerly one of the most opulent merchants of the port, who for some years past has lived in retirement from business with his brother, Mr. John Mather, a ma g i s . trate of the borough, at the family house in Mount Pleasant. Recently Mr. Robert Mather has been con fined to his house from severe indisposition, which mani fested itself in stubborn attacks of epileptic fits. On Friday night be locked himself in his chamber and com mitted suicide. The jury, at the inquest held on Friday at the house of the deceased, before Mr. Curry, coroner, returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased cut his own throat while labouring under temporary insanity: The deceased, as well 113 his brother, Mr. John Mather, was a bachelor. • AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Feb. 7.—The incubus which weighs on the minds of Austrian politicians is the Russo- French alliance, which they see looming in the dis tance, but the Emperor Napoleon, who must be well-informed of what is passing in the world, cannot think of making Russia his mainstay, the prop of his dynasty. The Russian Court looks on the present ruler of the French as neither more nor less than a fortunate adventurer, and Louis Napoleon cannot be ignorant that Russian Grand Dukes received positive orders from their late father on all occasions to treat the Count do Cham bord as the King of the French, and that they never failed to give him the title of Majesty, and to insist on his taking the place of honour. Count Buol leaves for Paris on Wednesday, the 13th, and little business of importance is likely to be transacted during his absence, as Baron Werner, the Under Secretary of State in the Foreign De partment, has a remarkable disinclination to take any responsibility on his own shoulders. It is re lated that Count Colloredo, the Austrian Minister at the Court of St. James's, will meet Count Buol in Paris. It is rumoured in the city that Baron Prokesch will go frord Constantinople to the French capital, but the report is certainly unfounded. To day Count Rechberg will move in the Bund that that body do formally accede to the propositions of peace, but it is foreseen that Austria will again be defeated by Prussia and the second-rate German States. ITALY. The Opinione of Turin, of the Bth inst., publishes the following report of the sitting in which the Senate voted the loan of 30,000,000 " The President, the Marquis Alfieri, having taken the chair, the discussion immediately commenced. All the Ministers, namely, Messrs Cavour, L anza , D uran d o Deforesta, and Cibrario, attended. " M. Pinelli rose and said—' Even if peace were con cluded, we should hold ourselves prepared for every contingency, for we may not be then at the end of our difficulties. Piedmont —thanks to the treaty of alliance asd the honourable sacrifices she has made—has con solidated her political and moral existence. The bra very and skill of our generals and soldiers shall not prove sterile for us, and we have reason to glory in the popular acclamations which saluted the ancient and renowned banner of Savoy in the two greatest capitals of Europe. (Hear.) As for Italian sympathies who can doubt them, after the demonstrations in our favour on every point of the peninsula, and the donations for our brave soldiers in the Crimea forwarded from all parts of Italy. In future, Piedmont will be better able to repel attacks against her independence and liberty, and to brave any danger that may menace her on the part of a Power which, although a stranger to Italy, nevertheless exercises a very great influence over her domestic affairs. Whatever importance Austria may have acquired by ber last act, she cannot be placed on an equal footing with Piedmont, one of the belligerent parties. England and France will certainly check all further extension of the influence of Austria in Italy, and insure the independ ence and futurity of Piedmont. I vote,in favour of the " None of the Senators having asked to speak for or against the bill, its three articles were put from the eaair and adopted, and the entire bill was afterwards voted by a majority of 50 to 7." In its sitting of the 6th, the Chamber of Deputies adopted the different chapters of the budget of re ceipts for 1856, together with the first four articles of the project of law relative thereto. The discus sion on the fifth and last article was suspended. The Ministry calculated that Abe receipts would amount to 155,745,608 livres, including the 25,000,000 of the loan contracted in England. The General Committee, with the approbation of the Government, fixed the expenses at 157,500,838 livres, reducing the proposed increase on the stamp duty from 1,210,000 to 200,000 'lyres, and aug menting the registry duties by 400,000 livres, the duty on emoluments, by 200,000 livres, and that on succession by 400,000 livres. Mehemed Djamil Bey, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Sublime Port at the Courts of France and Sardinia, arrived at Turin on the sth, and presented his credentials to the King. General Alphonse della Marmora returned to Turin from Paris on the 7th. STATE OF TRADE. HALIFAX, Feb. 9.—With the exception that wool is rather firmer, and that both spinners and manufacturers are asking higher rates, we have no material alteration to note since our last report. There is a better feeling amongst all classes ; and the fall in the pri ce o f provi sions is gene ra lly hailed as a forerunner of a brisker trade. LEEDS, Feb. 9.—ln the coloured cloth balls to-day there was a good attendance of purchasers, and for most varieties of woollens there was an active demand. The inquiry was brisk for tweeds, and noticeably affected the market in that department. In the white cloth ball there was also a good business ,transacted. The price of wool is exciting considerable attention. In the London sales, owing to the increased rates obtain able in the clothing localities, quotations bane advanced id., 'ld., and I.d. per lb., and this advance has been readily conceded by purchasers. Several Government orders for navy cloths, which have come into Leeds during the past fortnight, have sensibly increased the demand for foreign wool ; and there is, also, much inquiry for both clothing and combing purposes. The advent of a secure, honourable, an d a bidi ng peace is now eag er ly h a il e d ; at the same time, it is felt that our important branch of national industry bas not been materially affected by the war. In Halifax there has been no advance obtained in wool, and but little business was done on Saturday ; but the trade of this locality is peculiar, and the quotations of its market do not indicate to the general reader the character of its business. Yarn is firm, and has about an average demand. The same in worsteds. GLASGOW PIG-IRON MARKET, FEB. 9.-- We have again to report our pig-iron market as flat. Warrants at 735. casb, closing sellers at that price. No. 1, C.M.B. at 74d. 6d.; No. 3, at 725. EPISCOPAL FREAK.—Wei learn that the Bishop of Salisbury has refused to consecrate the new cemetery at Blaudford untii the board erects a communion table in the Episcopal chapel ! At a parish meeting on the subject, it has been unanimously resolved not to comply with the request.—Liberator. RIO DE JANEIRO.—Her Majesty's ship Tyne, Master, Commander P. Weliington, arrived on Friday afternoon at Spithead, with the mails from Rio de Janeiro, The Tyne, in lat. 17 49 N., long. 36 27 W., spoke the barque Maggie, of Jersey, Captain Healin, 85 days from Leo choolGo, bound to London, all well ; on the 24th of January, in lat 25 3 N., long. 36 46 W., the Portuguese schooner L'Autriche, 52 days from Rio Grande, bound to London ; on the sth of February, ]at. 48 10 N., long. 10 86 W., the ship Francis Barclay, all well. The Tyne has made a fine passage, out 39 days, and home 43 days. The exchange rose from 27i d. to 28d. on the Tyne' s leaving with the mails. She has expe rienced very bad weather since leaving Terceira, and bas been under storm sails in thick weather, three days in soundings, and passed many ships hove to, having made no land before the light of St. Catherine's on Friday morning, when it was still thick foggy weather he the Channel. FALL OF KARS.--A public meeting of the citizens of Worcester, convened by the mayor, at the instance of the Administrative Reform Association, has been held ; the mayor, Mr. Goodwin, in the chair. Messrs. Ben noch and Moore, from the London society, having addressed the meeting at considerable length, resolutions were unanimously carried, pledging the meeting to support the Administrative Reform Association, and a petition to the House of Commo n s w a s adopted, praying for the abolition of the system of promotion to public offices, and of purchasing commissions in the army, for the abo lition of the establishment -of public competitive exami nations as the test of fitness. A memorial to the Queen was also carried, praying her - Majesty to issue a commis sion to make full inquiries into the Kars affair, which was signed by the mayor on behalf of the meeting. The proceedings were conducted with great order and una nimity, although an opposition bad been anticipated. A vote of thanks was passed to the mayor, and the pro. ceedings were wound up with three cheers for adminis. trative reform and the brave defenders of Xars. LOWERING SHIBA' BOATS AT SEA.—Her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners having instructed Captain Schoruberg, R.N., to test Clifford's plan of lowering in stantly, and entirely disengaging, ships' boats, when laden with the entire crew, the necessary arrangements have been made, and a life-boat of ,the Commodore Perry, 2,000 tons, chartered by the commissioners for the conveyance of emigrants to Australia, duly fitted. The boat weighs 12 cwt., and will be manned by 10 men, and the trails were to take place on the Mersey, at one o'clock this day, under Capt. Schomberg's immediate direction. The late catastrophe off Folkestone shows how much some means of readily effecting the end now sought to he achieved is wanted. A second ship, the Gourelza, is also to be fitted, and the management of the trials from her entrusted to Captain Loan, R.N., the emigration of for London, from which port she will be despatched about the 19th instant. MURDER BY A CONVICT—PORTSSIOUTIII, Feb. S.—This morning a convict named Jones, No. 1,246, stabbed Mr. Charles William Hope, assistant•surgeon on board the Stirling Castle convict invalid hulk in this harbour. The wound was inflicted in the neck by some sharp instru ment not discovered yet, and seems to have divided the jugular vein, causing death in a few minutes. The pri soner seems to have become desperate on the deceased refusing to certify the necessity for his remaining in the lower deck, which is a sort of invalid ward, and wreaked his vengeance on him in the gallery of the chapel, after leaving the surgery when he had been examined. From language which he used afterwards to Mr. Williams, the chief warder, it would seem he intended to murder him also, as he said, " If I cou ld g et at you I'd serve you the same, yon villain !" Mr. Swainson, Admiralty coroner at Portsmouth, summoned an inquest of the most respectable tradesmen at Gosport, of whom the Rev. A. Ewing w a s foreman, this aft ernoon on b oar d the Stirling Castle, which Wad adjourned until Monday. er........ 111( The market rat es , th, wi dry go ( doll am Th e 11 / PlOrt E I °lls ha t4ki i 3 ga a ‘iki e quie i Ther e Alli a Iscouti )14 tril l'e t ,„ l. Con N . ,:p r 0, 4 14 414 3 8 D0 % " 15 (31 6 ,' 44, elo oq b,1 4 4 4 (4)11" o„ 8 bitt tn Wi nd c . I_,tDates, lAri Nketm