The Sun. — London, England, 1856-03-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, THE GIPSEY'S VENGEANCE. Supported by Angn.tus Braham, H. Draytln, and Farquharson ; Miss Lucy Eno% and Miss Fanny Huddart. o owlude with MARGUERITE, a Legend of Love. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. *Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by VL GAMBUiINO ; or, The Mexican Gold Seeker. In which BREA NE NI and the Spanish Dancers will appear. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Chew.= KUL THIS FVENING, THZ CORSICAN BROTHERS. • After which. THE VICTO2 VANQUISHED. To conclude with A PRINCE FOR AN HOUR. TaEATRE ROYAL ADEIXTIT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeats. TIIIS EVENING. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To be followed by URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS. To conialude with JAGS AND THE BE GA N STA Flom° LK; again Harlequin and Mother ge at "In which Merits. J. "Italia, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Hiss 'fry' adharm, and Miss E. Arden will ap?ear. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and 3fanner, Mr. Alfred Wlgas. TIII3 EVENING ST kY AT lIONIE. After which will be produced a New and deribly-moral, though xcessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled TEM DISCREET PRINTCESS; or, the Three Glais etstafri. In w'sich Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Silas Mallon will appals*. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. TIIIT EVENING, Will be performed a new Drama, entitled HOW WE LIVE. Followed by TkIFFLSHA.USEN; or, The Lawyer's Legend. To conclude with THE COBBLER AND TAILOR. fto'l.l.L Ara Atio TEMATEM. ll•tdar the dfreetton of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENTING, THE LOS r DIAMONDS. After which, GOOD QUEEN BESSI To conclude with IT RUSS IN THE FA.NfILY. ROYAL MARYLEBONE TiPiATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Edward Stirling. THIS EVE vISTG, LOST, £30,000, _ . Messrs. Stuart, Belford, SttrUnr, Carter, Langton; Messas An derton, Morel]. Mars., Brothers Blllott's wonderful performances. GRA.ND B %.LLET. Marnselle Agnes, Mr. an I Mrs. Harvey, and Corps de Ballet. Musical Fairy Spectacle, FAIRY FERN FLOWER; or, THE GOBLIN MINE. Mills Francis Ilag`tes, Miss Karen, sir. Sanders, Mr. J. Bedford, and 39 Ladles. Boxes aid Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. , Gallery, 6d. 4IitTLFA'S Ilmomee and Manarea, Mr. Wrn. oftnka Easter Attraotions. Astley's Great Spring Meeting and National Steeplechase. THIS EVENING, THE ARAB OF TIIE DESERT AND TITS FAITIIFI7L STEED. The acting horse, trainel by Mr William Cooke. A noveL series el SCENES to the CIRCLE. New act, the Post man :s Knock. First appearauce of the Misses Dacey on the Dmitle Tight Rope. New Drama with the GRE kT SPRING MEETING and ENG LIAR NA.TIONAL SPEEPLER ksE. on Stage, combined with Ring, intrbdueing Mr. NV. Coolm's new racing stud and daring jockeys, in the chase from the starting unto the winning post, with other entertainments. Box-office open from ElO7O/1 till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director. SIT. W. Cooke, inn. EMMA. STANLZY'S "SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN." iecond Season. This Lyric Eaterta'nment has been crowned by the unaalmous approbation of ALL VIP. LONDON JOURNALS As the greatest artistical triumph of the day. It constitutes an Opera, Ccariedy, and Vaudeville. With a lost of characters in Correct Cos tunles ; aid Songs in SIX DIFFERENT LA.NQUAGES Never attempted by any other artiste. Evening performances on Mon.b.ys, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 8. Morning performanoes on Wednesdays and Satnrdays at half•past two, precisely. - Admission—Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. SAINT AI tit GIN'S lIALL, Long-acre. HIM WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. TFIR DAT—Morn. 15 min. aft. 6—Evening 41. min. aft. 6 To-Moßnovr—Morn. 9 min. aft. 7—Evening 45 min. aft. 7 THE WEITHER—SUN OFFICE, MARDH 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46 - highest since noon yesterday. 40 -lowest this morning and during the night. 42 -this day at noon. BAnoxinzit-30 . 28. WIND, E.S.E.—Fresh, and bitterly cold, with fine, sun shiny weather and clear sky. Last evening very heavy clouds passed to the S.W., and portended rain. b g ,,,..„,,, zi ,,i-„,,.__ , _,::-,,:,, , ,,. , : , , -, ,„,,,.,,.....,,.. alu, LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1856. The Conferences still hang fire. It was confi dently anticipated, on the admission of the Prus sian Plenipotentiaries, that nothing remained but the signatures •f the parties to terms previously arranged; and that the treaty would be definitively completed during the present week, or, at all events, before the conclusion of the existing Armistice. That, however, expires on Monday next, and we are still without authentic intelli gence. It is, however, rumoured that new diffi culties have arisen " sufficient to retard the mo ment of a definitive settlement." It is very pro bable that such may be the case, or why the pro crastination It is better that we should know the worst at once, that the chosen represen tatives of the people, or, on their refusal to act in accordance with the exigencies of the case, the People themselves, may understand the full extent of the. humiliation and damage to which they have been subjected, and may learn to ap preciate the full advantages of secret diplomacy, and its invariable results wherever the honour or interests of Great Britain are involved I As we have already explained, the nature of the new difficulties can only be guessed at. Despite assertions so positively put forward, the secrets or the Conferences have been well kept ; and all that can be done is to balance probabilities, and to judge in accordance with those which present the greatest appearance of truth. Now it is obvious that all was supposed to be arranged on the admission of the representatives of Prussia. Their presence was the only new element imported, and, therefore, the chances are greatly in favour of that presence being the cause of the confusion ; and there are abundant reasons why it should be so. They would naturally be desirous of rescu ing their Sovereign from the degrading position in which he had wilfully and advisedly involved himself. In that attempt they would be certain of the cordial co-operation of Count ORLOFF and Baron BRIINNOW, who are well aware of the highly valuable services rendered by the " Angel of Peace " to his brother-in-law, and his nephew ; and would wish to make a suitable return for value already received. Austria would support the same views. The strengthening of the Im perial dyna s ty, now promising to be consolidated and rendered permanent by the recent birth of a male heir, might hold out an acceptable bait to France ; while the matrimonial alliance, already virtually arranged, would render it highly impro bable that If)rd CLARENDON would persevere in say apposition Which he might have felt 0 his duty to offer in the first instance, after the pre- 1 vailing influence at the British Court had been brought into operation,' and time allowed for the arrival of new secret instructions from Downing street. ' Under these circamstances, and with such reasonable chances of success, it is by no means surprising that Prussia should endeavour to procrastinate and delay the proceedings until she can fully carry out her views and objects, and that such may be the correct solution of the diplo matic problem. Meanwhile, what is to be done respecting the armistice ? If peace were really certain, as alleged, nothing could be more inhuman than to permit any sacrifice of the lives of our men, or even of the enemy, when it could not be produc tive of any beneficial result. But, on the other hand, if any captious difficulties have been raised —if there be a reasonable chance of another diplo matic failure, through the insincerity or duplicity of those with wham we are dealing, not a day, not an hour, should be lost in resuming hostilities, and trusting to the events of the War to justify new demands that will prevent the possibility of the assertion, that " our victories and our undi minished resources" are to be their own (sole) rewards. Much will 'depend on the inflexible firmness and energetic zeal of Lord CLAREN DON, and in proportion as he manifests these indispensible qualifications at the present crisis, so high will his political reputation stand in the estimation of his countrymen. But it will be essential, for reasons already put forward in The Sun, that whenever the proceedings be ter minated in any way, a full and complete publi cation of all the proceedings should be made without any reservation or omission ! It is said that instructions have been trans• witted to our military and naval commanders " not to recommeroe hostilities without further instructions." No positive or authentic announce ment has, however, been made of this highly important circumstance, which, if well founded, should at once be widely circulated. It is obvious that no mystery should be main tained on such a point, wherein not merely generals and admirals, but every officer in either branch of the service, and every civilian through out the length and breadth of the lan•l, must be deeply interested. It is almost needless to say, that such one-sided instructions, where Russia would not be in any degree bound, would be very injuriotg to this country, the people of which are not disposed to place much reliauce on Muscovite honour or integrity when the inte rests of the Czan may be placed in the opposite scale. On the whole, it is a difficult matter to ,lecide correctly. We earnestly hope that Lird CLARENDON may arrive at a conclusion acceptable to the great body of his countrymen, and that there may be no reason to suppose that he has been jockied or outwitted in the matter. But if h be, will Lord PALMERSTON consent and be jockied too ? If so, the German has jockied them both, and they will have their reward, unless the Nation be jockied also. " If it were done when it is done," why, then, the Emperor of AUSTRIA has done it. Austria and Hungary are turned over, bound hand and foot, to the tender mercies of the Concordat, and the foot of the Jesuit is on the neck of the na scent liberty of both countries, while the ex-Go vernor of Hungary perambulates our streets a patriot lecturer, but still a prophet, and cer tainly not so despised a prophet as he was a year back. The prospects of Hungary seem black in deed. Her soil is fruiful ; her people possess the elements of greatness ; there are in her the ma terials of a powerful and independent State ; but what_ are these things to a country when the people are bound in chains ? Glory to the EMPEROR, obedient young cub that ho is—glory to the Archduchess SOPHIA— glory to the Jesuits—glory to the POPE—glory to ourselves—the Concordat is established ; and, of course, our "Statesmen" will be no longer bothered with Hungary. It is net easy to rise with the foot of a Jesuit on your neck and the necks of your children, and so all will henceforth be peace and tranquillity in Hungary. Te Deums then by the hundred, catechisms of passive obedience to the powers that be by the thousand, exorcisms against Liberty by the million. The Red Sea is not deep enough for her—pile Rome on the top of that ! and curse her, again and again, with bell, book, and candle ! If that don't do for her, why then she is immortal. But our " Statesmen" know she is- not, at least, in the hearts of a people. Let her die then out of the Hungarian heart. They will never again bo asked to do what their hearts abhor. Lend aid of any sort to an, or rather this, oppressed people, and routine and aristo cratic incapacity at home are freed from another enemy. Are the people of England content this should be so ? Not all of them, to judge by the follow ing expression in the House of Commons : " Look how the House of Austria is preparing to destroy the Protestantism of Hungary. You may say it is a great way off, and what is it to us ? I tell you it is something to you. It concerns the religion of you all, and all the best interests of England." Alas ! this was not uttered in 1856, but in 1658. It was only quoted the other day iu the present year by a poor exile, almost as shrewd, though not as fortunate, as the original speaker, one OLIVER CROMWELL to wit, who understood English interests better than any Statesman before or after him, and contrived somehow to leave behind him the reputation of having been the greatest and wisest of our rulers. Unfortunately there are no States men like OLIVER now, and the situation of Hun gary is rather worse. There are, however, we are happy to believe, not a few in this country who treasure his words of wisdom as veritable oracles, and cannot look unconcerned on the prospects of Hungary. They know that a free Hungary has some little connection with a free England, and that Hungary in chains is more than a reproach— more than a subject for the sentimentalist—more than a victimisation of a free people ; in short, is a prop gone of their own freedom—a limb lost of their own body. No longer can she nurse resistance to offer it as before against the march of spiritual and despotic domination on the Continent, and the army of freedom is weaker by a powerful ally. Great way as Hun gary is off, they feel her fate to be something to us, something concerning the best interests of Eng land. Strongly intrenched as our liberties are, they feel that there is nothing to spare, associa ting the strange mouthings to be heard in favour of absolutism at home with the gathering might of despotism abroad. And they are right. Li berty is wounded in the wounds of every member, and the fate of Hungary deeply concerns us. Our constitution survives her freedom because we were the stronger of the two, but there is not a despotic ruler in Europe but would delight in our fall. If we cannot help Hungary, if the perjured boy-king, with the aid of Rome, must he suffered to extinguish the last hope of freedom in that country, it behoves us to strengthen the cords of liberty in this country by bringing the popular element into freer action. Let more of the manly intelligence and honest worth of England be brought to bear on the management of her affairs. Let there be a copious supply of un- Gernaanised life blood into the veins of the constitution, and England stand out a more con spicuous example to the nations of the world of what can be achieved by the godlike agency of Freedom. Let that be done, and neither poet nor orator, however piercing be their notes of execration, and however pathetic their words of sympathy, will be able to approximate to the power of that protest—the sound of which will not only vibrate through the courts of the despot awakening apprehension and doubt, but will reach also the ear of the prisoner in the dungeon, and quicken oppressed Europe into life and action. It is not done, it may be when "it is done," and, assured of a generous sympathy, Hungary may, ere long, rise in her might, and, casting to the winds the black robe and the purple, drive her oppressors from her borders, lay at once the foundations of freedom and of national grettness, and lend aid in her turn to the cause of liberty and religion, prostituted as the latter now is to the vilest pur poses. Protestant or not Protestant as she will, let Hungary be but free ! THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY. If one thing more than another can tend to confirm the opinion expressed in the House of Commons, w© believe by Mr. Layard, that this inquiry would be a " sham," it is the uncertainty in which even the initiatory proceedings are shrouded. Many days have been named for the opening ceremony to take place, but when the appointed time came the public were disappointed, and the only shadow of an excuse that could be put forth for the delay was, that General So-and so was ill and could not attend. Enough has already been said of effete Ministers, gouty Generals, and rheumatic civilians, whose age and infirmities prevent them from efficiently discharg ing their duties ; and the Government wishing, one would imagine, to give an impetus to Admi nistrative reform, have, it would appear, in con stituting one of the most important military boards that perhaps aver was formed, stu diously selected men whose age and infir mities prevent them from facing an easterly wind, and thus delay their entering on an inquiry the result of which is anxiously looked for, and which, in justice both to those inculpated and the pub lic, ought as speedily as possible to be brought to a termination, and their guilt or innocence made manifest to the world. We cannot, however, but believe that the Government is in earnest in the matter, but they certainly evince a supineness very reprehensible, and on which the public do not hesitate to express an unfavourable opinion. However, Parliament will re-assemble on Monday, when no doubt the " awkward questions" that will be put to Ministers respecting the delay will cause them to bestir themselves, and that which has for so long a time been a " myth" will become a reality. The public ask if there be any parties in the " background" likely to be incul pated by the inquisition ? Or is it intended to put off the inquiry until the traitorous peace be signed—then butke the Cimmission and dissolve Parliament? Verily, the end is not yet. COUNT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MARo 28. The dinner party, yesterday, included his Majesty the King of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Belgian Minister (Van do Weyer), Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Caroline Barring ton, Baroness de Speth, Sir George Cowper, Colonel de Moerkerke, Captain Prissy, and Dr. Riekeo. Th 3 hand of the 2d Life Guards played daring din ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. The Queen and Prince, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, rode out on horseback this morning, attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Major• General Buckley, and Captain the Hon. D. de Ros. Captain Dane bad an interview with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at• the Colonial-office. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS. According to arrangementg, understood to be final, his Majesty the King of the Belgians and suite were to take leave of her Maiesty and Prince Albert this morning, taking their departure from Windsor Castle at nine o'clock, and proceeding by the South-Western Railway, by Guildford and Reigate, on to the South-Eastern line to Dover, where his Majesty was expected to arrive about one o'clock. His Majesty and suite would remain for about an hour, and afterwards embark, en route for Brussels. His Majesty is expected to arrive at Brussels about half-past five o'clock. ' Mr. A. Scott, the manager, and Mr. Crombie, the secretary, of the South-Western Railway Company, would attend his Majesty from Windsor throughout the journey over that company's line of railway. THE SIJN, LONDON, SATURD'AY EVENING MARCH 29, 156, HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. All sorts of rumours are rife with respect to the re opening of the above time-honoured establishment, but we believe the following to be well founded :—Her Majesty's Theatre will probably be re-opened about the 15th of April, with Meyerbeer's "Le Praphete," in which Madame Viardot Garcia will sustain her cele brated character of Fides, and Signor Salviani, a Lenore robusto of great continental fame, will make his first appearance in England as John of Leyden. We may a-id, that Signor Salviani owes much of his renown to his performance of the Prophet, which throughout the last carnival-season formed the chief attraction at the Pergola Theatre, in Florence. Madame Riccolornini, another continental celebrity, may likewise be looked for in her best character, La Traviata, in Verdi's opera of that name ; and it is probable that Signor Giuglini, a young tenor, whose fresh and sympathetic voice hap recently been much admired in "La Favorita," "I Poritani," &c. &c., at the principal theatres of Italy, will join the new company. As heroine of the ballet (which is to be on a very grand scale), we hear of those established favourites with the London public, Amelia Ferraris and Carolina Rosati ; and it further appears that Mr. Balfe will again hold the important position which he formerly occupied with so much honour to himself, and profit to the management, namely, that of musical- director and conductor. Mr. Balfe bas been absent from England nearly four years, during which period he has made a most successful professional tour through Germany, Italy, and Russia; and his reappear ance will form one of the most interesting features of the approaching season. The chorus is already engaged, and Mr. Balfe is busily occupied in the formation of a first-rate band.—Morning paper. M. KOSSUTH. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—The letter of Mr. Walter Savage Lander, headed " A Plea for M. Kossuth," and your own re marks on it, put me in the disagreeable position of troubling you. Allow me to state in your paper that not only have I had no knowledge of what Mr. W. S. Landor thought fit to do, but I find no words suffi ciently expressive of deep mortification and regret I have felt on reading Mr. Landor's appeal. In doing full justice to the noble generosity of his intentions, I consider his letter extremely injudicious and uncalled for, inasmuch as, whatever be my private circumstances, I am wont to consider them the sacred domain of family life. Act to your remarks on the " itnmorality" of the struggle which it has been my destiny to lead, you must allow me to say thus much in return—that you must be perfectly ignorant of its nature and character, or else you could not think of perverting historical truth to that extent. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, L. KOSSUTH. 3, South-bank, Regent's-park, March 26. LORD DALHOUSIE.—Iirt aro glad (says the Scotsman) to be enabled to quote, for the information of our readers, the following extract from a letter received in EdinbUrgh from Dr. Leckie, the medical attendant of Lord Dalhousie's successor, Lord Canning, dated " Madra., Feb. 15.—Lord Dalhousie lam glad to say, is improving in health; Though still feeble in body, Dr. Grant is not alarmed about his patient now, so that I hope the voyage to England will set his lordship up completely." ADDRESS TO THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.—The mayor and corporation of the borough of New Windsor have just presented an address of congratulation on the birth of the Prince, 'to the Emperor of the French, through his Ambassador. ST. MART-LE-STRAND.—At the vestry of this parish on Thursday evening last, Mr. Paris and Mr. Elliot were elected churchwardens, and Mr. Wild and Mr. Valentine were nominated overseers for the year en su ng._ . PF.ECINCT OF TEE SAVOY. —At the vestry of this precinc', on Friday evening, Mr. Palmer was reelected chapelwarden, and Mr. Reynolds and Mr. Reeves were nclni-sated overseers for the year ensuing. Mr. Yonge as elected vestry-clerk, in the room of Mr. Truwhit' : wh resigned, a:id to vs }a -)m a, v , te of thanks sw , s passed for his able and zealous eerv.o for the long period of twentyleven years, DARING BURGLARY AND CAPTURE OF THE BURGLARS. —Yesterday morning, shortly before three o'clock, a daring burglary was committed at the Effingham Saloon, Whitechapel-road, and three of the burglars were cap tured on the premises by the police. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE LONDON DOCKS. —On Thursday evening Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, held an inquest at the George and Vulture Tavern, St. George's-street, Ratcliffe-highway, respecting the death of Marian Shand, aged 26; who was killed in the London Docks, whilst witnessing the process of working the hydraulic machine, used in raising pon derous weights. The jury returned a verdict of " Ac cidental death." We are informed that Government have accorded a charter to the Ottoman Bank. This step is 'adopted after communication with the Ottoman Government, which grants to the bank the firman requisite 'for the establishment of public undertakings of this nature. THE FARRINGDON-STREET EXTENSION.—The City- Im provement Committee have informed a deputation from the Board of Works for the Holborn district, that it is intended to raise the level of the new street, at the junc tion of New Charles-street, about four feet above its present level, which will render the descent from Charles• street less steep, and the ascent from Vine-street more gradual and easy. THE AUDIT OFFICE AND THE WAR DEPARTMENT.— Thirty-six persons have been transferred from the esta blishment of the Commissioners of Audit to the War Department, thereby reducing the Audit-office to the extent of two inspectors, three senior examiners of the first class, five senior examiners of the second class, nine junior examiners, eight assistant examiners, seven tem porary clerks, and two mess engers.—Civil Service Gazette. ANOTHER CHILD FOUND MURDERED.—Yesterday imam ing, at an early hour, a police-constable of the H division discovered the body of a newly-born male child in a court situate in Heneage-street, Spitalfields. The body was tied up in a piece of black cloth, and there were two bruises on the head and neck, which leaves vcry little doubt but that the deceased bad been inhumanly mur dered. The officer conveyed the body to the churchyard of Spitalfields, where Mr. Thomas Meeres, surgeon, of Brick-lane, examined the body, which had only been born a few hours. Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, will hold an inquest upon the deceased this afternoon. LOWERING SHIP'S BOATS.—The Hooghly, bound for Adelaide—Messrs. Marshall and Eldredge, owners, chartered by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners —deft Gravesend on Thursday. Captain Westbrook, R.N., an old and able officer of the establishment, has been expressly sent by the commissioners in her to test at sea, between this and Plymouth, Clifford's new method for instantly and safely lowering ships' boats when laden with their entire crews. The serious losses of life that have resulted from the want of an efficient remedy, the adoption of which the Passenger Act of October last renders imperative, have led t ) these ex peritne; t t. DINNER TO ADAM BLAcK, ESQ., M.P.—The book sellers of Edinburgh entertained Mr. Black in Barry's Hotel on Tuesday last, at six o'clock. Mr. R. Chambers occupied the chair, and Mr. P. S. Fraser, Proses .of the Bookseller's Society, officiated as croupier. About 50 of the leading publishers and booksellers of this city, along with other members of the profession from .Lon don, Glasgow, Dundee, &e., j ',inert in this well merited demonstration of respect to Mr. Black. Among those present were—Mr. John Murray, Albemarle street ; Mr. W. Allan, Paternoster row ; Mr. Dyer, of Messrs. Long man and Co. ; Mr. W. Chambers, Messrs. C mstable, Boyds, Nelsons, Oliphants, W. H. Lizars, Walker, Me:)zies, Johnstone, Edtnonston, Douglas, Paton, Clark, Mo.claehlan, W. Moffatt, W. F. Watson, and Maclaren •, Mr. Thomas Murray, Glasgow; Messrs. Shaw and Middleton, Dundee ; Dr. Murray, Mr. Jas. Thillantine, Mr. John Duncan, papsrmaker, &c. The good feeling for which " the bade ' has ever been proverbial was fully sustained.—Scotsman. MINING INTELLIGENCE.—The Easter holidays would naturally make business dull, if there were no, other causes of •depression, and- we cannot report extensive transactions this week in any description of mining stock, although there has certainly bees a Letter demand for dividend mines, notwithstanding the prEs uro f. , r money and the fall in the standard for copper. Basset and South Frances have both been more in request, and are with difficulty obtained at quoted prices. Devon Con sole, 390 to 400 ; an improvement has taken place at one of the mines belonging to this company, the 63 fm. level at Wheal Emma being worth 1001. per fin. ; the reserves in this part of the sett are increasing considerably.-- M :n . ng Journal of this day. RIGHTS Or WAY AT KENSINGTON.-Considerable ex citement has recently been manifested in the town of Knsington, in consepence of the stopping up of a foot path opening a way between a large and populous dis trict of the parish and Kensington Gardens. For years the inhabitants had been urging on the Government to concede to them this great public convenience-; and, last year, the Office of Woods, so soon as they got p.rases sion of the grounds, with great consideration for the comfort of the inhabitants, made a footpath across it, and threw it open for the general benefit. The Board of Ordnance, it is now understood, have again acquired possession, and their first act has been to close the fpot path, and to put the Kensington public to great incon venience.—The Builder. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. —No authentic account of the parturition of the Em press of the French has yet been published. - We gather generally that the labour was, somewhat pro tracted, the infant much above the average size, and that the forceps had to be used. It is stated in the pub lic prints that the Empress did not take chloroform, but we have reason to know that this is not correct. After suffering for a considerable period, she begged to have chloroform administered to her ; but M. Dubois, having a strong objection to its employment,only consented to the inhalation of a small quantity. The result, however, was anything but beneficial, great excitemen t and some delirium ensuing. The chloroform was immediately discontinued, but it was some time before its injurious effects had en tirely subsided. As the labour did not progress satis factorily, and as the expulsive pains were evidently in sufficient to effect de'ivery, it was determined, after a consultation, to apply the long forceps. These were used with great dexterity by M. Dubois, with the happy result of completing the labour with safety to the mother and child. The application, of the forceps was attended with the production of a bruise on the face of the infant, but the injury is not at all serious, and is gradually but sensibly diminishing. The "milk fever" supervening has been of the ordinary character of this affection in mothers not nursing their children, and has been pro ductive of no alarm. Happily, all is now well with both the Imperial patients.—Laneet. DEMOLITION OF THE LAST GIBBET.—A day or two ago the last gibbet erected in E. gland was demolished, by the workmen employed by the contractors making the extensive ducks for the North-Eastern Railway Company upon Jarrow Stake, on the Tyne. The person who was gibbetted at that place was Wm. Jobbing, e, pitman; aged 30 years, convicted at the Durham Midsummer Assizes,. of 1832, of being concerned with another pitman, James Armstrong (who absconded and was never apprehended), with murdering Mr. Nicholas Fairies, a magistrate, upon the road to Jarrow, on the Ist of June in thatyear, and was hung that month at Durham. In the summer of 1832 there was a lengthened strike of the pitmen - of Northumberland and Durham. Bitter feelings arose be. t ween masters and men. Many hundreds of the farni:ies of the men ware turned out of their cottages and lived in the lanes and roads in camps for months. The collfries had to be protected by military and an immense number et special constables, and notwithstanding three murders and many outrages were committed upon non-union men, and Mr. Fairies fell a victim to his zeal in endeavouring to main tain the law., At the time of Jobbing's trial an old law had been revived by the Whigs which condemned a murderer to the gibbet. Jobbing was the only person, we believe, gibbetted under that act ; but so great were. the horror and disgust of all parties with the sight ef the body of the poor wretch dangling in chains by the side of a public road, that great gratitude was expressed when the pitmen took it down one dark night, and either sank it in Shields Bar or buried it under the walls of Jarrow Monastery. It is, however, & gratify ing fact, showing the progress of civilisation among. the mining population of those two counties, that though there have been several strikes among them since 1832, none of those strikes have been marked by a repeti tion of the fearful acts of violence of that year. At one of the great meetings of the pitmen held in the spring of 1832 the late Marquis of Londonderry attended on horseback to remonstrate with them. But he had a company of soldiers with him, which 'were in hiding in . the valley. 'This was known to the pit men, and the pitenan that held his horse's head as he spoke bad a loaded pistol up his sleeve, is case the Marquis should wave the soldiers to come up, to blow the Marquis's brains out. Fortunately, the good feel ing and kind heart of the late nobleman prevailed, and that emergency did not arise. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Departmeet.—As - sistant Commissary Genel•al Leonce Routh, has been appointed deputy commissary general ; Mr. David Murray _has been appointed engineer inspector of buildings for the - royal Arsenal, Woolwich, in the room of Colonel Beat son, retired salary 4001. The Dockyards —Mr. William Penfold, first class clerk in Portsmouth Yard, has -been appointed accountant in Woolwich Yard ; -Mr. Richard Walker, pay clerk and book-keeper of the steam fact( ry in Portsmouth Yard, has been appointed first class clerk, and to be chief clerk to the accountant at Woolwich ; Mei R. Chapelen, of Accountant-General's office, Sh 4reet House, has been appointed accountant at PortS neouth. Customs—Mr. Wiliam Barton has been ap pointed a clerk in the Comptrollers General's Office in London ; Mr. Charles Fry has been appointed a clerk in the London Docks ; Mr. William Tothill has been ap pointed a clerk in the long room, London. The East Indies. —Mr. Charles Horne has been appointed to offi ciate as magistrate and eellector of. Bareilly ; Mr. Cud bort Beasley Thornhill has been appointed to officiate as director of public instruction, north-western pro: vinces ; Mr. Charles Chester has been appointed commis sioner in London ; Mr. John Creech has been appointed a tidewaiter of the Allahabael division ; Mr. William Smoult Paterson has been appointed magistrate and collector of Goruckpore ; Mr. Edward Michael Wylly has been appointed to officiate as civil and ses sions judge of Agra. The Cape of Good Hope.—The Hon. William Hope, auditor general, has been appointed a special commissioner for the purpose of inquire ing into the due execution of the instructions of Government in the distribution of land within the divisions of. Queenstown and Victoria. Mr, Charles John Boyle has .been appointed private secre tary to the governor, vice Mr. W. F. Liddle, appointe I resident magistrate Of Alexandria (Oliphant's Hoek): Canada.—Mr. John Fennings Taylor, jun., has be rn appdireted a master-in Chancery, to attend the Legi (la tive Council. Mreugh D. Wilson, of East Gwi.lini; bury, and Mr. ll john O'Brien Scully, of Woodstock; have been appointed landing-waiters and searchers in her Majesty's Customs.—Oivii Service Om* LATEST NEWS. IEJOICINGS AT SEBASTOPOL FOR THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. PARIS, SATURDAY. The Moniteur contains the following despatch 'rom Marechal Pelissier, dated Sebastopol, March 23 " This morning the French, English, and Sar dinian armies and the fleets fired salutes of 101 guns each, in honour of the birth of the Prince Imperial. " During the day the Commanders-in-Chief of the English and Sardinian armies came officially :o offer me their congratulations. " There have been illuminations in the camps, and the- Russians illuminated their line on the .ukerm . an." APPROACHING CONCLUSION OF PEACE. PARIS, FRIDAY. !,- To-day there has been another sitting of the Congres?. It is confidently stated that the Peace will be officially announced on Sunday. The . Atmistioe will probably be prolonged by six weeks, to give time for the ratifications, which will be, exchanged in the first fortnight of next May. ' The treaty will not be known textually until after ratification. The Empress desiring to possess the pen' with which the Peace will have been signed, the Crown Jeweller has been employed in the ornamentation of the quill of an eagle, and with it the plenipo tentiaries will affix their signatures. The review, which is announced for Tuesday next, is considered as a proof that Peace will be proclaimed before the 31st of March. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY, 8.25 A.M. 'the Sinai has arrived, with advices from Con - stantinWe of the 20th, and from the Crimea of the 18th instant. She has brought 80 soldiers. Despatches' . leave. at 9 a.m. The steamer Alma has arrived from Kamieseh with 600 shells and 66 Russian cannon. The steamers European, Persian, Francois Arago, and France leave with troops for Algeria. THE PEACE CONGR I ESS. (From S:econd Edition of the Times of this dad . ) • The following is 4 the letter of our Paris corre spondent, dated yesteriay, 6 p.m.:-- The Conferences are said to have made consi derable progress on Wednesday and yesterday ; and as there is no relaxation in their labours, for the Plenipotentiaries meet to-day, to-morrow,. and Sunday if necessary, we may consider that the moment- for signing the Treaty of Peace is close at hand. No one, perhaps, not even the members of the Congress themselves,' can fix ths ; precise date, unless the accelerated motion of this day brings them to the cer tainty. The difficulty about Prussia, which in terrupted the course of the previous proceedings, has beenrarranged, and, it appears, as satisfacto rily as itossible under the circumstances; and Sardinia, froni whom some slight murmurs may have been heard, has been contented, a very satis factory clause to her, with the nature of which I am unacquainted, having, it is said, been intro-, duced in, the protocols. The Congress will not be too severely censured if it be found neces sary to do business on the Sunday. A work of peace is not unsuited to the Sabbath. IThe opinion to-day among political persons is, that the treaty will be signed to-morrow ; others speak of Sunday, and even of Monday, but beyond that it is not now believed the delay will extVild. On Monday the armistice ex pires, and the order that has been transmitted not to re-commence hostilities till further notice does not by any means imply that every effort will not be exerted to make the conclusion of peace coincide with, : if not precede, that date. MoreoVer, a review, on a grand scale, of the gar rison of Paris by the Emperor is announced for Tuesday. It is a fitting conclusion, and the im posing spectacle may show Rusiia that- if peace be made it is not from want of means to carry on the war. Most people, I repeat, incline ,to the belief that all will be brought to a close to-morrow night—that is; all - that - is indispensable for the treaty, as several matters, neither slight nor of small importance, must stand over for future settle ment. Many - expect that the Moniteur of Sun day will contain the glad tidings. Whether this will be the case I cannot affirm ; but I rather suspect that the announcement to Paris will take place in another fashion. I am told that at the moment it° last signature is affixed to the treaty, a signal la' bo made 'from the Foreign-office, and 100 guns will proclaim the tidings before a single Plenip,etentiary quits the hall of the Conferences. Such a mode of proceeding would prodtice much effect. On Sunday the streets are thronged with people going to or coming from church, or engaged in occupation or amusement, and newsmongers are all abroad et. la chasse des canards. On that day also the Bourse is closed, and a check, giVen to all except the pettiest job bing. I havelio doubt that if the guns of the Invalides announce peace under these Circum stances the joy, would . be great, An English Ca binet Messenger was to have left London the day before yesterday for Copenhgagen ; perhaps' he. is the bearer of instructions to the fleet relative to .the armistice ; and .another leaves London this evening en route for Constantinople. Lord Clar endon it appears is eipeeted at Downing-street on Monday, but he will probably return here again. Some surprise has been manifested in certain political &roles at an' incident to which, perhaps, too much, importance is attached, and the fact that it has not passed unnoticed in high quar ters is the principal if not the only reason for my alluding to it. It is thought rather odd that while the Emperor of the French expresses great confidence in Austria, whose interests, apart from other motives, are or ought to be sufficient guarantee for the sin cerity of her sympathieato the allies, the Ambas sador of the Emperor Francis Joseph should have 'iniiited persons who, however eminent or honourable, are, at ail events, regarded as the chiefs of parties hostile to the French Government and its policy, to meet the members of the Con gress at a late official banquet. Side by side with the Plenipotentiaries , were, it' seems, M. de Fla vigny, the buc de_ :Noailles, 111. Guizot, and others whose sympathies are well known. The fact was mentioned in the Patric an evening or two ago, and I only allude to it because I have reason to believe that,in certain quarters an unpleasant effect has been produced. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Mats speaks of the rumoured difficulties which have delayed the signature of the treaty of. Peace as having arisen from " pretensions raised by Prussia—pretensions to which England op posed insuperable objections to which she finally converted the other powers. This incident, how ever, is not of a nature to cause any uneasiness ; peace is more certain than ever." The 'Patric says,—" Without departing from the reserve which is imposed on us, we think we may announce that the tilting difficulties c f which some fcreign journals have spoken will rot be of any oonsequenCe. The Congress and the sub committee are`actiwely pursuing their labours. It is positively stated that all the es6endal conditions of the treaty of peace have been decided on fur some days past, but that there still remain some points to settle relative to the internal regime of ihe Danubian Principalities. It is, nevertheless, hoped that the signature will take place in the course of this week." From 6,000 to 7,000 troops are to be imme diately embarked for Algeria. The Jacques Arago is to carry out 1,300 ; the Europe, 1,300 ; the France, 1,200; and the Empress, 400. The rest are to be embaiked in smaller vessels. The Moniteur announces that addresses of con gratulation to the Emperor, which continue to pour in from every part of the country, are so numerous that it is impossible fur it to publish the text of them, an,d that it will confine itself to giving the names of the places from which they are sent. " The orders sent to Marseilles," says the Itioniteur, " for the embarkation of a division of infantry for Algeria are for the purpose of its replacing the troops which are to return to France." Bon;Rs; March 28.—The following were the last quotations : - Cash: fr. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 —f. —c. 3 per Coats 73 - - 73 20 New Loan 73 40 Bank Shares 3,500 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,615 Austrian Belgian Fives. .. ... 97i Spanish Threes Piedmontese (5) . 94 25 Home Debt ...... RAILWAYS-TOR CASH. tr. c. fr. c Orbsans 1,310 Western... B9B 75 Northern Lyons ... .... 1,275 -- New Ditto..... B2B 75 Mediterranean - Grand Central Lyons Geneva BOO- Teste Cette .....- 763 Austrian Com. ...... 915 RUSSIA. A letter from Warsaw of the 21st in the Debats says :—" The announcement of the further post ponement of the levy in this country sine die leads many persons to hope that it will not take place at all. It appears that the progress of the negotia tions now going on iu Paris is, in a great measure, the cause : of this indecision on the part of the Go vernment, It follows, as a matter of course, that the:Russian : Government really desires peace, and it wishes for it the. more that the loss of men dur ing the war has been so enormous. It is impos sible to iraagi'me the fosses which the Russian army has suffered during the last three years. Authen tic accounts state that out of the 3G,000 men composing the two divisions of grenadiers sent to the Crimea, only 14,000 arrived there. Serious rumours continue in circulation of a coolness be- ' tween the courts of St. Petersburg and Vienna. The Itaissians; in general, are very dissatisfied with Austria, whom they accuse of having by her policy caused the misfortunes of Russia as much in the war against Turkey as in the negotiations. The influence of Russia over the Sclavonian people ad joining Austria is at present completely null. All the real profit of the Russo-Turkish conflict will, say the Russians, be for Austria, who in 1849 was saved from complete ruin by the magnanirei . ,y of the Emperor Nichola" A letter frOin St. Petersburg of the 19th, in the Hamburg Correspondence, says :—" Accounts from Tiflis state that numerous troops of cavalry are ar riving in the Trans Caucasian provinces. It is said tha,t,this concentration of troops in the neigh bourhood of the Persian frontier has for its object to allow the General-in-Chief of that army to be pre pared for overyeventtiality which may arise in any collision' between the Persian and Afghan troops. No doubt is entertained that a mediation applied for by Persia would receive attention. It is, theref4re ; possible that the battalions of the corps detached from Orenbourg will receive a different destination on arriving in Trans-Caucasia from what was firstinatended." PARMA. A letter froin-Parma, of the 22d, in the Opinione of Turinolays ;—" Since the re-establishment of the stateOf siege upWards of 400 persons have been art ested here.. Among them are Alfred Malvoisi, the son of ala advocate ; Dr. Tebaidi, physician of the prisons ; a brother and sister of the name of Olivieri ' and two clerks of the firm of Albertazzi and Co. A search has been effected by the police at the Royal Printing-office. On the 19th twenty-six prisoners condemned in 1854 for political offence were sent off to Mantua,. Some of the inhabitants of Parma, who had es caped to Placentia have been arrested there and brought back to Parma. Detachments of soldiers are patrolling the streets in every direction. It is said that Berth is likely to recover. The Du chess of Parma has granted a pension to the widow of Count Magawly, lately murdered." The director of the police at Parma has issued a notification to the effect that the state of siege has been re-established on the footing of the decrees of 'Sept. -28, 1849, and Dec. 22, 1851. It further prescribes that no one is to stop, either by day or by - night; at the corners of streets.or lanes. After the first evening bell all groups of more than four persons are to be dispersed. Werkmen are not allowed to be outtafter 9 p.m. without sufficient proof of !absolute necessity. Any persons found writing insulting expressions or threats against the Government on the walls are immediately to be ar rested and given up to the military commandant. Commercial letters from Hamburg speak of the extraordinary number of English merchants: and speculators who ha►e arrived in that port since peace has been considered. certain. They manifest the intention of establishing themselves in different parts of the Russian territory, as soon as the free dom of communications shall have been re-esta blished. It is remarkable that of all the nations of Europe, the" English evince the greatest readi ness to renew relations with Russia. It is also a question of creating a grand Anglo-Russian com pany in ,mares, which, disposing of considerable capital, would solicit the permission of the Impe rial Government to work, on a grand scale, the territorial .and miner al riches of the Russian em ,- pire. AMERICA. f A. summary of the following appeared in our yesterday's edition LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. The United States Mail steam-ship Baltic, Com. stock commander, arrived this morning, with ad. vices from New York; to the 15th inst., $273,661 in specie on freight, and 67 passengers. The Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, hence, ar. rived at Boston on the 14th. The Baltic passed the screw steam-ship Edin burgh, from Glasgow, nine miles from New York. The Kansas Free State Legislature was organised at Topek on the __4th inst. The Governor, in his message, counselled entire obedience to 4he Federal authority. The Legislature was subsequently re moved to Lawrence. Everything was quiet at the last accounts, but an outbreak was anticipated at any moment, Rifles and cannon, intendel for the Free State man, had been captured at Lexington. Governor Shannon was on his way to Lawrence. It was supposed that he would direct the Marshal to arrest the members of the Legislature and State officers for tre:4611. - Messrs. Spofford and Tileston, of Now York, have commenced running a line of steamers from New York to Gibraltar, M3lta, and Trieste. Bulkheads are to be added to all the steamers of the Collins The Ncw York Shipping List says:— " We alluded last-week to the fact that an American ship is now om,tlie warhere from a direct Russian port, potwithstanding the supposed effectual blockade of the Baltic Sea by the - allies. We now learn that the vessel in question is. from Cronstadt, is nearly due, and that two more are now on their way from the sane port. What theitartioes consist of we are not informed, but it is certain that they bring Russian goods," The absconding city treasurer of -New Orleans, Mr. Garland, had been arrested on board of a clipper ship. He had $6OO in his possession. The vessel; which had been placed under arrest, was supposed to have $60,000 dollars on board. The oaptaiu of her had-been - arraigned for having aided and assisted in the escape. Twenty-eight thOusand bales of cotton Lai been destroyed by fire in the lower cotton press at New Orleans. The advicesrecoived by the steam-ship Northern Light from California are to the 20th ult. She had ou freight $272,583 of gold dust. A bhock of earthquake was felt at San Francisco and throughout the State on the 15th ult. The reverberation ; appeared to be from N.E. to S.W., and it is said that not A single building e'caped the shock. The first movement of the earth was very sudden ; the buildings - . swayed to and fro heavily afterwards, awl finally the reverberations were short and rapid. It is reported to have been the most violent shock known in San Francisco since its settlement by the Americans. Much indignation had been felt at the appoint ment of a professional' gambler as 'Marshal of the ' northern district. It was supposed the President h td been imposed ,upon, and strong petitions for his removal had been numerously signed. Toe markets lad slightly improved, and the es were yielding 1 trgely. The subject of railway - communication Was ex- A.it.ng a good deal of attention. The defences of the San Francisco harbour were rapidly being completed, and additional works were about being commenced on Angel island and Lime Point, opposite the fort now building. The points surveyed by the United States' . engineers were the fort on Port Point, to mount 154 guns ; Lime Point, 80 guns ; Black Point, 30 guns ; two batteries on Angel Island, 40 guns ; Alcatraz Island, 50 guns, making in the aggregate 354 guns, with a calibre ranging from 321 b. to 1201 b., .or columbiads, but very few under 641 b. The following are the only additional particu lars published in reference to the earthquake at Jeddo " On the 11th of November, at 10 o'clock p.m., a vipleut earthquake occurred at Jeddo, which destroyed 100,000 dwellings,- 54 temples, and 30,000 inhabitants. Fire broke out at thu same tune in 30 different parts of the city. The earth opened and closed over thousands of buildings with their occupants. The shock was severe at Simoda. Although the distance from Jedclo to Sirnoda is but 60 miles, it appears that 'no o'flcial ac count of the earthquake had been received at the latter place at the time of the sailing of the schooner Page (December 10). The news was obtained through the Dutch interpreter. The Japanese seemed to attach but little importance to the catastrophe. The inhabitants of the portion of the city - destroyed were forewarned. -of the disaster, and many of them escaped. The buildings of Jeddo are chiefly of one stery, and constructed of very light material. The temples of worship, however,, are lofty, and in some instances are constructed.of heavy masonry." The advices from Nicaragua report the seizure by General Walker of all the boats of the Nica ragua Transit Company, the annulling of - their charter, and .tbe granting of a new charter to another Company. The .New York Courier and _Enquirer, referring to Walker's chances in Nicaragua, says " We learn by perfectli trustworthy. private intelli gence, received through a mercantile house in this city, that a eJrnbined movement is about to be made by the Governments of Guatemala, San Salvador, and Costa Rica, ,for the purpose of expel;ing Walker and his Ame rican followers by force from Nicaragua. Guatemala has already raised 3,000 men for that purpose, and they are now in marching order. San Salvador has engaged t ) raise 2,000 and Costa Rica 1,500. It is also stated, by the same reliable authority, that great hostility exists towards Walker among the native population of Nice ragua,- and that a general popular rising against him is inevitable, so soon as active support is rendered by the neighbouring states. These facts, in connexion with • the opposition of the American and English Govern ments, greatly increased, as it must he, by the recent demonstrations of Walker against the Nicaragua Transit Company, whose interests are protected by.the. Clayton- Btilwer treaty, make it very improbable that the Rivas- Walker Government can preserve itself much longer. To all appearance this Filibustering drama has now been played nearly to the end." . Costa Rica had refused to receive the Nicaraguan Envoy. Colonel Kinney bad published a .letter maintaining his right to the territory from which the Government of Nicaragua had banished - him. The coirespondent of the New York Herald, writing from Belize, Honduras; on the 7th ult.*, states that the reading of the Message of President Pierce to Congress caused a good deal of excite,- ment and a very large amount of political specula tion in the colony. England, instead of at all abating her claims or receding from her position in '9 the Bay Islands and Mosquito protectorate, was - quietly strengthening her foothold on the territory. The legislative session lead commenced. The terri tory was officially represented as in a thriving con dition, but in 'reality the mass of the people were wretchedly off for want-of general employment. .It was proposed to tax rum and sugar. Cochineal and indigo were scarce and firm in the market. Our advices from Ilay.annah are to the Bth inst. There is no news. The British war-steamer Buz zard left on the sth, and the Powerful was to leave in a few days on a cruise to the westward. At Toronto, Canada, the Ministry had got over their defeat, and beaten the opposition on a motion to rescind the resolutions of inquiry . into Judge Duval's charge on St. Sylvester's murder. trial. COMMERCIAL. The New York money-market continued well supplied with capital, and an active business was being done at previous rates. The stock market was depressed. Sterling exchange was firm at 9i to In cotton a farther decline of ic. had taken place. The market for flour was dull, and• declining. In other articles there was no particular. change.. Freights remained firm. CAPE OF GOOD hOPE. The commercial aivices recieved yesterday front the' Cape of Good Hope furnish interesting particulates of the, progress. of that colony. Inrprevious letters it• was stated that the export of wool for the year 1855 wag ex to reach 10,000,0001 b. That quantity bas been exceeded tram the port of Algoa Bay alone, whence; however, nearly the whole of the wool produced in the colony is shipped. The excess over the previous year' was 3,700,0001 b., nearly equal to the whole quantity shipped from teat port in 1852. The total value was upwards of 500,000/ , and, supposing existing prices tO' be maintained and peace preserved, the estimate that the value for the present year will not fall far short of 750,0001. Twenty years ago wool scarcely figured as a colonial export in the Custom House returns. Witie' was then the principal article, but it is now of minor portance. There is still, however, a large consumption of it within the colony, and the manufacture of brandy, of a very respectable quality has steadily increased: Notwithstanding the boundless extent of grazing land in South Africa, the colony, it is stated, will never be able' to export large quantitiee of hides, the pasture being too poor and scanty, and the scarcity of water- prOverbial. But to the production of wool there would appear.to be almost no limit. There are still throughout the country large numbers of the fat tailed 'Cape sheep,, which have no wool ; but the sovereignty anci adja cent extensive pasture lands, - considered' by many to be of superior quillity, are.. at .present tenanted .;al , : most exclusively by the : springbok, quagga,. osfriche• wildbeest, and other wild -animal% The -predietions .of those who attempted toJ stem the mania for copper: mining have been fully verified. Indeed the results t)ve proved worse than were anticipated. Pie aocounts. - from Namaqualand are very discouraging, and most' of. the companies have been brought to a deadlock.• Eveia rock that looked greien was pronounced to be rich cop-: per ore, since found in most cases to be valueless. From being a year aro insanely sanguine, there is now the usual danger of the colonists passing to the opposite ex= treme. It is still said to be beyond doubt that'lstart4- qualaod is rich -in copper - .ore, Although it is not to be quarried throughout the district,. as was once supposed: , During the last two years about 3,000. tons of ore have been shipped to England, averaging, it is believed, about 30 per cent. of copper,but nearly the whole of this has been from private arms, whcr.went to work with more caution than the companies. It is believed that a similar quantity will be exported during this year. Mr. Wyley, the. Cape geologist., bad'published his report -of inspection of the so-called goldfields In the •savereigritY; It is in everyrespect unfavourable, and does_not•efface the previous impression that the whole affair Was It de' ception. The Caffres, it appears, remain quiet, bet there it as yet no cor.fidenee that this condition will be permanent, 'With regard to the liquidation of Home, Ealear ' and Co., whose London house failed in January, 1855, for 130,0001,, expectations were' entertained by some persons that they will pay 153. In the • Peund ;* by others the probable dividend is stated - to bp, 10s. 'ln any case the realisation is likely to occupy severs.l.years owing to the debtors to the firm being. country dealers, ' who require time. • - THE RUSE OF A PIED lIIONTEqE SOLDIAIt A letter from the Crimea, published by the Prase d' Or ice, shoWa how a Sardinian soldier contrived to fill his purse on the day of the conference between the Staff of thearmita on the subject of the armistice :--"During the interview of the chiefs of the Staff, some - Zona - vie were seen upon the banks of the Tchernaya with bottles in their hands, making sidhs. to the Russians,invitiag them to come and partake. ,-,. : 14ut how was it to bedontil The,Traktir bridgn was reserved for the passage of the Generals, possibly because it was wished to prevent a crowd at the place where the conference - was ; multitude of officers and Soldiers, nevertheless, ardently wished to cross the river to Ike Rhasians ; a boatman would have made his fortune that day. Every one complained of the tate which kept him on the bank. All of a sudden a strong, healthy Sardinian soldier entered the stream, and offered, fora soli per head to pass to the other side of the Tchernaya any one who would' mount his shOulders. " He was instantly overwhelmed with Orders, and for two whole hours.he remained in the water, transporting the enemy's bank every amateur who presented him self. Oneion 1_ Every one cried out how cheap it- was, and vied with each other. in embarking upon the shoulders. of the intrepid and generous trooper. On touching the opposite bank they tendered_bini their 'warmest thanks, rallying him a little upon &jug - ao much for' eolittlo money. He replied with a •malicious smile, whi ch no one understood, but-which, nevertheless,' bad its sight.' finance, as they very f-oon discovered. "After the interview all who had passed the river upon the soldier's back wished to return,to the left side by the same road. They. called to the aquatic Warrior, and made sins to him to. approach, but he .replisd, laughinz in a most provoking manner, that the waterwae cold, and that he was afraid of the rheumatism. But how are •we to return to the camp they cried inl an excited .manner. - As you have done part of the work, you must finish it.' " I am ready to consent,' repied the-. cunning Piedmontese, 'but if I catch a cough, I wish to have the means of making broth, as I like it. In place of a sou you must pay me a franc.' A na.;versal cry was raised against this increase of price, but be would rot swerve fr, m it. If you find it too dear,' said Le, with resistless argument, ' ford the stream your-e'f. After all, you are not so sensitive-to the cold as I am, and you will find the water good enough.' In brief,.it waShecessary to pay _him what he asked. They treated the matter as pleasantly as tbe,V= could, and in a few moilutns the soldier found himself in possession of a good round sum. Gentleman,'siid• he, v.itildiawilig, 'I have had 63 much water outside, that you'll not think ill of me if I now put si little wino in."! - - 1 ; 1