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fiaas I. itris SUN OFFICE, Sic o'clock. GREECE, Riza Bey, the New Turkish Minister, in lately delivering his letters of credence to King Otto, Iliad° the following speech "Sire,—Called by my august Sovereign the Sultan to renew relations between Greece and Turkey, I cannot too strongly express to your Maje , ty the pleasure I feel at being charged with so honourable a mission. Your Majesty may be assured that in my quality of faithful interpreter of the friendly sentiments of my august toaster towards Greece, all my efforts shall be exerted to preserve that good understanding from any inter ruPtiee, and to strengthen the bonds of friendship which ought to exist between two neighbouring States, united to each other by such numerous interests. I shall never fail, sire, to seize with eagerness on every oppor tunity for pointing out to the Sublime Porte the proofs of friendship between the two countries which the Government of your Majesty, I doubt not, will give me during the course of my mission. Such, sire, are my ar• dent wishes, and I venture to hope that I shall be as sisted iu their accomplishment by the exalted kindness of your Majesty." The King replied,— "The great value which I attach to a good understand ing between Turkey and Greece makes me receive with pleasure the letters by which his Majesty the Sultan accredits you to - me as his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. It is an agreeable circum stance to me that the choice of your august master should have fallen on one who testifies so much zeal in being the faithful interpreter of the friendly feelings of the Sultan towards me, feelings in which I fulls Participate. You may be fully convinced that my Government will eagerly second your efforts in strength ening the relations of amity and good neighbourhood between the two countries." SPORTING NOTES. NOTIONS ABOUT THE HANDICAPS. The most important movement during the last three days has been that which caused the elevation of Yel low Jack to the premiership for the Chester Cup. Not °illy for the Great Cestrian P e,riz but for the Two Thousand and Derby, this horse has been backed wit an earnestness which is unmistakeable. Still, without pre. tending to a knowledge of his owner's intentions concerning him, I am induced to regard the support Which Yellow Jack has received for the Chester Cup with Much suspicion, and shall not be surprised if he be entirely reserved for the Two Thousand and Derby. That the Chester Cup is a stake worth winning is in ccntestible, and a recent trial may have satisfied the Findon party, " bar accidents," Yellow Jack's success IS reduced to a certainty. Acting on the old proverb Which tells us that a " Bird in the hand is worth two the bush," the owner of Yellow Jack' may be in clined to let the horse jeopardise his Derby chance, by t aking a part in the Roodee "Scrimmage." As I have already stated, however, I entertain doubts as to "'bother Yellow Jack will go to Chester. The forfeits which were declared yesterday for the Theater Cup have been placed before the reader. The animals "left in" the Metropolitan are of a some what moderate character. The three which at present Galen."fancy" are Mishap, Lady Florence, and ' Van The " contents" for City and Suburban are satisfactorily numerous. The lot which appears to e to be worthy of notice comprises Wild Huntsman, - "Van, Ellermire, New Brighton, La Yi-Aime,Fisherman, and Bubble. Fly -by-Night has within the last five days encountered considerable opposition for b,,th the Two Thousand and Derby. His backers are evidently not discouraged, and be horse's retrogression has not been very decided. 4 -,,11 suits of rumours are circulated about him, but Scott's Derby horses are never much the worse for being tem porarily "depressed" in the Turf market. Feb. 2. A FRESH MAN. Court of Queen's Bench—(This Day.) (Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief Justice Camp bell and a Special Jury.) FITZMAIIRICE V. BAILEY, BART. The Attorney-General, Mr. Alexander, and Mr. Bad dely, were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Watson and another learned gentleman for the defendant. This was an action for an alleged breach of contract relative to the purchase from the plaintiff, the Hor. Major W. E. Fitztnaurice, the lease of Hamilton House, Kensington -gore. From the great number of witnesses to be examined en both sides the case is likely to occupy the attention of the Court two days. Lord Campbell, at the com mencement of the case, suggested an arbitration, but the defendant declined to accede to it. SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. The following answer has been received by the Committee of Spanish bondholders to a letter ad dressed to the Earl of Clarendon on behalf of their constituents : " Foreign-office, Jan. 31, 1856. " am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac knowledge the receipt of the letter signed by Baron Lionel Rothschild and Mr. Louis Samson, on behalf of the committee of Spanish bondholders, upon the subject of the state of their claims upon the Spanish Govern ment, and request;n4 that instructions may be given to Lord llowden, her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, to !make such representations to that Government as may induce them, without further delay, to reccgni-e the just claims of the bondholders ; and I am to state to you in reply, that instructions will be sent accordingly to her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, and that tho committee may rest assured that no effort on the part of Lord llowden will be wanting to procure justice for the bond laolders.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " WODEIIOUSE. "J. S. Collett, Esq." Naval and Military Intelligence. -.8.- Her Majesty's steam-sloop Ardent, Commander Hor ton, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the Medi terranean with a few naval invalids. She has left for the eastward to be paid off. The whole of the gun-boats in harbour are completing with coals and water from the depots, and several are at the gun wharf, shipping their guns. They will form at the Motherhank on leaving the harbour. The steam-sloop Gcrgon, 6, Commander Crawford, will be ready to go to Spithead iu the early Part of next week. The Charger and Dove steam gun boats arrived yesterday to join the squadron. The Amity, screw stea.rn-transport, No. 177, Captain Hopper, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. The East Anglian screw steam-transport, No. 162, Captain Jay, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. On the 19th ult., off Cape de Gatt, she spoke the brig Endeavour, 49 days from Syra, with a portion of her bulwarks carried away. The East Anglian is in ballast only. The Bahiana screw steam-transport, No. 160, Capt. Green, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Captain Jas. H. Cockburn, left Plymouth on Thursday for the Medi terranean. The screw steam-ship Hogue, 60, Captain Wm. Ram say, having taken her powder and shot on board, left Plymouth on Thursday for Falmouth to relieve the screw steam-ship Hawke, 60; Captain Erasmus Ommanney. The paddle-wheel steam-vesset Sprightly, from Ports mouth, arrived on Thursday at Plymouth, with seamen for ships fitting at that port. The screw steam-ship Nile, 91, Capt. Geo. R. Mundy, was taken out of, the basin dock at Keyham on Tuesday and warped to her hulk preparatory to receiving her crew. The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Capt. W. K. Hall, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, completed tak ing her powder and shot on board at Plymouth on Wed nesday. The screw steam-ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham, flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Richard S. Dundas, is shortly expected at Plymouth from Portsmouth, in order to be docked at Keyham. A very appropriate addition, and one which excites considerable curiosity, has been made to the group of trophies now exposed in the Dial-square at Woolwich Arsenal, and which are awaiting her Majesty's inspec tion—namely, a wooden sentry-box, bearing the arms of Russia, the double-headed eagle over the entrance. Like other articles of that description pertaining to the Rus sian Government, it is conspicuously decorated with the Imperial Russian colours—black and white, in alternate and broadly painted lines. It stands in the background of the enclosed space which is occupied by the trophies. It was taken from Hango, with a number of guns, by Capt. Hall, of her Majesty's ship Blenheim. Mr. W. O'Neill, clerk in the war department atWool wich, has been promoted as clerk in the war depart. ment at the Tower. Mr. Bacon, late of the shipping office, which has been abolished, succeeds t,) Mr. O'Neill's duties as head of the shipping branch of foreign stations. The folllowing appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Lieutenant Louis Geneste, to the Her ring ; Lieutenant Win. Menzies, to the Hasty ; Lieut. Bedford C. Pim. to the Magpie ; Lieutenants John Burgess, F. T. Thomson, and William W. Wright, to the Rodney ; F. R. H. Yorke and E. D. Lane, naval cadets, to the Royal George ; W. G. Best, naval cadet, to the Rodney ; G. R. Roberts, midshipman to the Forth ; Andrew Moffit, surgeon, to the Eurotas ; Hugh Girvin, surgeon, to the Mohawk ; Richard Drury, acting clerk, to the Algiers ; William Rhodes, acting-clerk, to the 'Wellesley ; Byron Stratford, acting-clerk, to the Euro taa.; William Crump, assis.ant-clerk, to the Cuckoo ; Edward A. Phillips, assistant clerk, to the Wellesley ; Frederick W. Williams, to the Diver. The following Paymasters have been promoted :—To the First Class—Patrick O'Connor and William Dyer. To the Second Class—William Wells, George Ramsden, Thomas Pitcock, Charles Richards (a), and Charles A. Thorne. Third Class—Sidney J. Spark, Robert C. Webber, Edward J. Bennett, Thomas Taylor Wise, A Robert A. Cumming, and, George &ambler. The Grert Britain steam-ship is to embark 600 troops at Liverpool, and will immediately sail ler gneenstown to 446 ou Ward draughtir Malta. From the London Gazette or Last Night. At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of January, 1356, present, the Queen's most excellent Ma jesty in Council. Her Majesty iu Council was this day pleased, on a representation of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to ap point the Rev. George Robinson Moncreiff, M.A., to be ono of her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JAN. 30. This day had audience of her Majesty — His Excellency M9iisieur Musurus, to deliver his new credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten tiary from the Sultan ; And Dr. Rucker, Minister Resident from the Hans Towns, to deliver his credentials; To which they were respectively introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Honourable Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of Ceremonies. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 2, 1856 Northamptonshire, slater—J. Munsey, Bedford, shoemaker —L. Morgan, Llantrissent, Glamorganshire, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. L. Dickinson and E. Swithenbank, Bradford, wine merchants—James Lillywhits, John Lilly white, and F. Lillywhite, Princes-street, Caledonian-road, manufacturers of cricketiug goods--E. Hunt and S. Shaw, Manchester, silk brokers —F. C. Holloway and J. Hicks, Grosvenor place, Commercial-road East, linen-drapers—M. L. Par nell and F. Pnekridge, Strand, patent lock manufacturers --W. H. Hill and H. Cooper, Birmingham, wood turners —T. Richardson and J. Cobb, Uttoxeter, attorneys — Frederick Strong, L. 0. Rendtorff, and B. Osenbrug, Manchester, commission agents (so far as regards Bernhard Osenbrug) Richard Lewellin, Christopher Truman, and W. Hitchcock, of Wood-street, Cheapside, Manchester warehousemen (so far as regards R. Lewellin) —H. Ward and W. Hunter, Atherstone, Warwickshire, surgeons—J. Martin and T. Renton, Lewis, millwrights J. Roper and P. Holdsworth, Bradford, Yorkshire, dealers in stone—Sarah Webbor and Amelia Barrett, Brighton, milliners—J. Cartwright and J. Naab, Birmingham, iron founders—l- Jacobs and S. Towers, 46 and 56, Mansell street, Goodman's-fields, looking-glass manufacturers—J. Berwick and W. Gaskill, Manchester, cotton waste dealers —R. Grandy and J. Barnes, Heywood, Lancashire, coal merchants—W. Long and P. Long, Manchester, corners— I. Taylor, J. Taylor, and T. Taylor, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton spinners—M. Thompson and F. Webster, jun., Kendal. Westmoreland, architects —J. M. Mulelly and J. Dunn, Forest-hill, Kent, carpenters. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. H. Mactavish, Glasgow, wino merchant, Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Wm. Waddell, Cumberland, !merchant, Feb. 13, at one at the Elephant Inn, Dumbarton. Jas. Ross, Tain, druggist, Feb. 11, at two, at the inn of Mr. Houston Mackay, Tain. Adam Watt, Glasgow, ironfounder, Feb. 16, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. Wrn. Tait, Dundee, baker (deceased), Feb. 12, at one, at the British Hotel, Dundee. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturth ;NGL IND. 'th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the 2Gth day of Jan., 1856. ATMENT. _ Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities 3,459,9C0 Gold coin and bullion 9,598,880 Sliver bu11i0n........ - £24,173,580 :. 31.4.2.5T1ALL, Chief Cashier. ipAarmENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 12,636,261 Other securities ...... 16,7. s 0,656 Notes . . 4,874.975 Gold and silver coin.. 647,523 £34,909,415 :. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, JAN. 30. - The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Edmond Logan, Eoq., Director of the Geaogical Survey of Canada. I.OREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 31. The Quern blis been pleased to approve of M. Louis Chapslay, as Consul at Melbortrne for the Swiss Confede ration. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, JAN. 30. The Que3n has .been this day pleased to appoint Robert Needham Philips, of the Park, Manchester, Esq., to be Sheriff of the county Palatine of Lancaster, for the year ensuing. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHA.MBER, JAN. 31. Sir William Berkeley Call, of Whiteford, in the County of Cornwall, Baronet, has been appointed Sheriff of the County of Cornwall. WAR DEPARTMENT, FEB. 1. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieut. Wray Har topp, from the Ist Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Brunt, who exchanges. 3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant James Swinburne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Knatchbull, who retires. lst Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph Brunt, from the RGyal Horse Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Hartopp, who exchanges. 4th Light Dragoons—Cornet Roxburgh has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. 9th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon Donald Sinclair Smith, from the 81st Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Bassano, promoted on the Staff. 10th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Henry Alexander to be Captain, by purchase, vice Giveen, who retires. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet H. E. Wood to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Vivian, who retires. Grenadier Guards—Quartermaster John Payne has been permitted to retire upon a military allowance. 2d. Regiment of Foot—George Washington Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice H. P. Phillips, promoted ; George Faulkner Francis Norwood, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Smith, appointed to the 08th Foot. 3d Foot--Lieutenant Leonard Sidebottom to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major John Lewes, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant, 6th October, 1854 ' • En sign Lionel St. Aubin to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sidebottom ; Colour-Serjeant John Cotton to be En eige, without purchase, vice St. Aubin, promoted ; Ensign Johu Cotton to be Adjutant, vice Sidebottom, promoted. 4th Foot—Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel J. J. Hort to be Lieut.- Colonel, without purchase, vice ;sadleir, who retires upon. full-pay ; Capt. A. Rutherfoord to be Major, without pur chase, vice Hort ; Lieut. A. J. Sykes to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Rhtherfoord; Lieut. Hem y John Bower to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major M. H. Dowbiggen, whose Brevet Rank bag been converted into Substantive Rank under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1354 ; Ensign J. J. Martin to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Sykes ; Ensign Joseph Daniel Dickinson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bower. Ensign Wue. Ferrier, from the Renfrew Militia, vice Dickinson, promoted; the Hon. Jamas Wilfrid Hewitt, vice Niartin, promoted. 6th Foot—Lieutenant F. B. Hassard, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Twyford, who exchanges. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Oswald Richards to be Captain, witheet purchase, vice Brevet-Major H. Ralph Browne, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, 6th Oct., 1851; Ensign A. F. Bingham Wright to be Lieutenant, without purchas ,, , vice Richards. 13th Foot—Ensign W. L. Leet to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ' rico Anderson, who retires • William Lawrence Bridges. Gent., to ho Ensign, by purchase, vice Bingham, appointed to te 13th Light Dragoons ; Edward Mortimer Pritchard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lest, promoted. 14th Foot—Ensign Charles Costin to be Lieutenant, with out purchase ; George Leslie Bryce, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Costin. 17th Foot—Lieutenant W. D. Tompson to be Captain, - without purchase, vice Dyer, whose promotion, without purchase, on 14th Dec., 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign F. H. Hartwell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dyer, promoted ; Ensign G. D. Webber to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hartwell, whose promotion, with out purchase, on 9th Nov., 1855, has been cancelled ; En sign John G. King Houghton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, rico Webber, whose promotion, without pur chase, on 11th Dce., 1855, has been cancelled ; Ensign David Seymour, from the 67th Foot, to he Ensign, with out purchase; Lieut. W. H. J. Disbrow() to be Adjutant, vice Dyer, promoted. 24th Foot—Lieutenant W. V. Munnings to be Adjutant, vice Madden, who resigns the Iljtitantcy only. 30th Foot—Ensign A. 'ST. M`Kenzie, from the Antrim Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Allardice, promoted. 36th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Clement Sheriff Townsend Sale, Gent., vice Mahon, promoted ; Lyndhurst Burton Towne, Gent., vice Knapp, appointed to the 63d Font. 30th Foot—Eneugn Gilbert Walter Coventry, from the 2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Vigors, promoted ; the Commission of Assistant-Surgeon A. M. Humphrey has been antedated to 11th May, 1854. 41st Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign Charles William Taltnalge, from the Antrim Militia, vice Pack, promoted ; Ashton Henry Warner, Gent., vice Dixon, promoted ; the Christian names of Ensign Quayle are Mylred Tellet, and not Mylred Tillet, as previously stated. 42d Foot—Ensign Henry Wenlyss Feilden, from the 59th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 44th Foot—Ensign Edward 111`CArroll, to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Richd. Yarde Foley, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase. in succession to Lieut. Hercy, pro moted ; Ensign Francis O'Neill, to lie Adjutant, vice Wood, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. 47th Foot—Ensign Gerald. F. King to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; John Stanley, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice King. 51th loot—Ensign John Stevenson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ramsey, who retires ; Joshua Gladwyn Jebh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stevenson. 55th Foot—Ensign Geo. Pirrie to bo Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Twystlen, promoted. 59th Foot—Henry Wemys.e Feilden, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Cockell, promoted; Telford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Feilden, ap ' pointed to the 424 Foot. 61/th Foot—Wm. Greer Turle, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Morgan, promoted. 67th Foot—David Seymour, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Robertson, promoted; - Lieut. Thomas Dawson, from the Antrim Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. vice Seymour, appointed to the 17th Foot. 6Sth. Foot—Lieut. H. L. Battiszombe to be Captain, without purchase, vice Storer, deceased ; Ensign George Tumor to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Battis combe ; Ensign William Weston Turnor, from the id Stafford Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Turner. 7 , st Foot—John Doulderson, Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Forteacue, promoted, 76th Foot—Lieutenant John Wm. Poole, from half-pay Ceylon Regiment, to beLieutenant, vice White, promoted, without purchase, to an Unattached Company. 77th Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. John Colborne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Win. Rick man, whose Brevet rank has ben converted into kiubstau tive rank, under the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, 18:1; En sign Nathaniel Ford Peach to be Lieutenant, withoutpur- Chase, vice the Hon. John Colborne; Lieutenant Percy Kirk, from the Su,sex Militia, to be Ensign, without pur chase. vice Peach, promoted. 8 et Font—Assistant -Surgeon W. H. Corbett, M.D., from the Stair, to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Smith, ap pointed to the 9th Light Dragoons. 86th Foot—A. It. Chute, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, iu succession to Lieut. Adams, promoted. 89th Foot—The Christian name of Ensign Pott, ap pointed on the Bth January, 1856, is "William," and not " James," as previously stated. l'Oth Foot—Ensign A. R. Chute, from the 86th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase; G. H. Powell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Trencher, promoted. 92.1 Foot—Captain B. hope Johnstone, from the Dumfries Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kilvert, promoted. 97th Foot—Lieutenant B. C. Boothby to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brown, appointed Paymaster of the 95th Foot ; Eciigu W. Fleming to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Boothby ; Henry Grantham Fill. ford, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fleming, promoted. 98th Foot--Lieutenant H. It. Twyford, from the Gth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hassard, who exchanges ; Ensign G. W. Smith, from the 2d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. Rifle Brigade—Serjeant-Major George Rogers to lie Quartermaster, vice Gough, appointed Paymaster. BRITISH GERMAN LEGION. IST JAGER CORPS. To be Lieutenants—Paul - E. Thun - ; Ensign Octavius Braun, vice Goebel, deceased. To be Ensigus—Baron Richard von Reichlin Meldegg; George Roemer, vice Braun ; George C. Bayne, vice Ziscka, deceased ; Edward Grosse. To boSnrgea—Assistant-Surgeon B. Krause, vice deceased. To be Assistant-Surgeon.—Friedrich Ke Ko i e t n e e l' e ke, vice Krause. 2D JAGER. CORPS. To be Captains—Friedrich C. von Hcnnings, Count Carl A. von Lilieustein, Heinrich F. Obslen, Johann W. C. Schneider, Oscar von Kropff, Louis Hartmann, Henry Cooke Lanauze, Ludwig Hanesee, Hugo Schultz, Clemens D. Soest. To be Lieutenants—Friedrich von Zeska, Christian Reichenan, Carl Theodor Rust, Bernhand Folchard Willins, Baron Rudolph von Rosenberg-Lipinski, Her mann Reuter, Oscar Oelschlagel, Friedrich Wettstein, Johann Heinrich Lattner, Otte Berg, Charles L. von Tempsky, Adjutant. To be Eusigns—Robert von Boetticher, Edward A. F. Reach, Wilhelm Adol a p c h on li , o H el e k n e ;y Ju A l l i b u e s rr i F ct latt Victor la' Arthur ßlond, Kenrick Verulam B John Wenborne, John Pr in g le Thom. To be Assistant -Surgeons—Dr. Ferdinand Schutz° and Dr. Franz G. A. Fincke. Ist Light Infantry—Johann reterson to be Lieutenant ; Augnst Patusclika to be Ensign. 2d Light Infantry—Alexander Descoudree to be Lieu tenant ; Friedrich GOldner to be Ensign; Arthur Petersen to be Ensign. 3d Light Infantry—Friedrich Schermbrucker to be Lieutenant ; Edward Virnard to be Ensign ; Lieutenant Reisewitz has been permitted to resign his commission. BRITISH SWISS LEGION. 2D LIGHT INFANTRT. To be Captains—Joseph Schaerr. Count Antoine de Travers. Johann Friedrich Burgd.orfer. To he Lieutenants—Bertold Humor, Joseph Leoni. To be Ensigns—Johann Scherrer, Melchior Matten hereerr, Heinrich Graff, Johann Mattei, Moritz Rodkon. To be Adjutant—Lieutenant George Hitr, WI? be Qurturautor—riainael I ._ To be Assistant-Surgeons.—Edward Hugger, Adolph Burcher, Jacob Kleiner, Joeeph Vogt. To be Dispenser.—Adolbert Udo Seldeopp. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. Regiment.—The promotion of Lieutenant-Col. Sir Coutts Lindsay, Bart., tolbear date 9th Jan., 1855, in lieu of the 18th ult., as previously stated ; Lieutenant War den, let Bengal Grenadiers, to be Captain ; R. Hamiltbn Simpson, Esq., to be Paymaster. vice Ryan, resigned. 2d Rogiment---Brevet-Malor W. H. Beaumont De Hor sey, Grenadier Guards, to be Lieut.-Colonel • Richd. H. Fitzherbert, late Molar, Rifle Brigade , t o be Lieut.-Colonel; ; Capt. Acheson, late 2rl Royal Surrey Militia, to be Captain ; Roht. Deranges, Eeq. ' to be Paymaster. To be Chaplain to the Forces—The Reverend George Lawless, M. A.. UNATTACHED. The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War rant of 6th October, 1851: -Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Caldwell, half-pay unattached ; Brevet-Major G. Skip with, 41st Foot ; Brevet-Major J. Lewes. P.d Foot; Brevet-Major M. H. Dowbiggen, 4th Foot ; Brevet-Major H. R. Browne, 9th Foot; Brevet-Major J. Nason, 49th Foot; Brevet-Major W. Rickman, 77th Foot. HOSPITAL STIFF. Surgeon John Grant, from the Depot Battalion at Win chester, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Kennedy, to be Assistant-Sur geon. To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—Wm.Canniffe, M.D.; Wm. Leiehman ' M.D. ; Jas. Greatorex, Gent . ; Eb enezer John Hatchell, Gent. ; John James Henry, Gent.; James Graham Hildige, M.D.; Augustus Morphew, Gent. Acting Assistant-Surgeon John Goodrich Campbell has been permitted to resign his appointment. To be Deputy Parveyer-in-Chief—Purveyor David Fitz gerald. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel William Sadlier, retired full-pay of the 4th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, the rank being honorary only. To be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army—Brevet-Major John Linton Arabin Simmons, C. 8., Royal Engineers ; Major James Dodington Carmichael, 32€1 Foot. ; Major Carlo Cutajar, of the Royal Malta Fencibles, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel ; Thomas O'Donnel, Gent., to have the temporary rank of Veterinary-Surgeon, while attached to the Land Transport Corps. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Thomas Gleeson, Esq. (late Capt. 90th Foot), to be Paymaster. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Wm. Edward Baxter, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Forfar. Robert Reid, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Sutherland. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Bartholomew Lloyd O'Brien, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Troughton, resigned. sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Anthony Blake Lynch, Gent.., to be Ensign, vice Cruise, resigned ; Mathew Blake, Gent., to be EnSign, vies Bicknell, re sieeed ; Henry John Barker, Gant., to be Ensign. ' 6th Regiment of Royal Lancaster Militia—Ensign Wil liam Begot D'Arcy to be Lieutenant, vice Roche, re signed. Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia— Ensign Charles Bisset Thomson to be Lieutenant, vice Cunuinghame, appointed to a Cornetcy in the 11th Dra goons ; Abraham Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Thomson, promoted. The Essex Rifles-John Cottinehain Wadling, Gent., to be Ensign ; Arthur Thomas Godfrey, Gent., to be Ensign. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—John Arbuth not Goldicutt, Gent., to be Ensign. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Eusign the Hon. Heturan Stapleton to be Lieutenant, vice Jones, ap pointed to the 531 h Foot ; Walter Philip Walahe, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Chayter. Gent., to be Ensign ; Eustace W.Psoxby, Gent., to be Ensign. 31ExtoutiNDUM—Commission cancelled,r23d June, 1855. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Anthony B. Lynch, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Berks Militia—Samuel Harrison, Gout., to be an Ensign, vice Staves, promoted. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—George Collyer, Gent., to be Ensign ; Henry Moody, Gent., to bo Ensign. Cambridgeshire Militia—Ensign Arthur Harris Reeves to be Lieutenant ; Ensign William Philip Newton to be Lieutenant. Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Edward James Tyler, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Clifford, resigned. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Henry Ham mond Spencer, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—The Hon. Edward Cavendish to be Ensign, vice Davies, appointed to the Turkish Contingent. Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Lieutenant William Condie to be Captain, vice Robertson Williamson, re signed. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment odellitia Raymond South Paley, Gent. , to be Ensign, Gold ing, promoted. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia --eßobert Carter, Gent., to be Eusign. 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Ensign Chas. Frederic Allen to be Lieutenant, vice Wood, pro moted ; John Garners Freeman, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Allen, promoted. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazett(; of Dec. 14, 1355,] let or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—Frederick Thos. Tegart, Gent., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. James Lomax, victualler, Warrington, to surrender, Feb. 11 and March 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Marsh and Barratt, Warrington. Samuel Doyley, cotton spinner , Macciesfiehl, Feb. 11 and March 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court Hernamann. official assignee, Manchester; Cunliffes and Bury, Manchester. Joseph Dixon Sewell and Thomas'Pattinson, chemists, N e wcastle-upon-Tyne, Feb. 13 and March 17, at eleven , at the Newcastle•upon.-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Bell. Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard ; Messrs. Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Henry Field, grocer, Staverton-row, Walworth-road, Feb. 12, at half-past two, and March 17', at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed,..vards, official assignee, Sam bro:)k-court ; Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. John Shoollired, tailor, Jerinyn-street, Feb. 12, at two, and March 11, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Cole, Tokenhonse-Yard. Richard Gill and Henry Ede, builders, St. Thomas, Cornwall, Feb. 13 and March 12. at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Gurney and Cowbird, Launceston ; Stoglen, Exeter. Frederick 'Roberts, provision dealer, Wrexham, Feb. 13 and March 11, at Liverpool. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Edgar Crowe, boot and shoe maker, Colchester, Feb. 8, at eleven, and March 15, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Jones, Southampton. buildings. Thomas Iteslington, straw dealer, Birmingham, Feb. 15, and March 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Webb, Birming ham. George Fossey and James Steel, timber merchants, Millwall, Feb. 13, at half-past twelve, and March 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official as signee, GUildhall-chambers ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Size-lane. Charles Williams, tea dealer, formerly of Wilbv-terrace, Mile-end and now of Whitecross Prison, Feb. 8, and March 14, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basing-hall-street ; Marshall, Sion College gardens, London-wall. DECLARED. • A. Elswood, late of Chard, Somersetshire, money scri vener, a div. of 7e. 10,1. in the pound, payable at Queen street, Exeter, on any Tuesday or Friday. J. Bronson, Liverpool, hosier, first div. of ls. GI in the pound, payable at 53, South John-street, Liverpool, on an Wednesday. J. L. kVard, Fullego, Lancashire, cotton spinner, first div. 4s. lid. in the pound , payable at 45, George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, Feb. lb, or any subsequent Tue sday. W. Scales, Whitehall, paper manufacturer, first and final div. of 4s. lid. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. T. Younger, son., Sunderland, builder, first and final div. of Is. Bd. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. J. 0. Holmes and Y. L. Marshall, Sunderland, timber merchants, fourth div. of Is. Bd. in the pound (in addition to 4s. Ojd. in the pound previously declared), also a second div. of 24. 6d. in the pound (in addition to 15c. is the pound previously declared on the separate estate of J. 0. Holmes), payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. T. Lumsden, South Shields, shipbuilder, first div. of 3e Gd. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. T. Adamson and H. H. Bell, Sunderland, curriers, first div. of 9e. Gil. in the pound (on the separate estate of T. Adamson), payable at the office of Mr. T. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne, on any Saturday. G. Newey, Birmingham, grocer, first div. of ss. in the pound, payable at Waterloo street, Birmingham, on any Thursday. T. Wray, Market Woighton, Yorkshire, joiner, a div. of 2s. in the pound, payable at the County Court on and after Feb. 16. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLA.RED. J. Brown, Winchester, carpenter ; Wm. Lister, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields' jewel case maker; F. W. Lister, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, and Southampton - row , Russell-square, j ewe l cas e maker, Feb. 22 ; B. French, St. Mary's-terrace, Walworth-road, stationer, Feb. 25; T. P. Wills. Fortson, Hants, brewer; C. H. P. Rawlings, Mile-end, Hants, timber merchant ; J. Grover, Stra nd, envelo p e maker; Wm. Eeley, Horse path, Oxfordsh ire, butcher, Feb. 22 ; G. Rich, Leigh, Lancashire, joiner, Feb. 25 ; A. P. Dresser, Manchester, machinist; C. Richards, Wrexham, Denbighshire, draper; T. Tattersall, Liverpool, corn merchant, Feb. 22 ; J. Taylor, Ovenden, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, February 26 ; Jonas Smith, Low Moor, Yorkshire, worsted spinner, Feb. 22—J. Bowerman, Tiverton, Devonshire, grocer— J. Brown. Weymouth, Dorsetsbire, leather seller • W. Ball and T. Ball, Totncs, Devonshire, millers ; W. C. Bodley, Exeter, iron founder —Feb. 25. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. W. Thomas, Nos. 19, 20, and 21, Catherine-street, Strand, publisher ; A. Gihson, Lloyd's Coffeehouse, Royal Exchange, underwriter; P. hotel Nor baker, Feb. 22—A. Glen, 221, Piccadilly, hotel keeper, Feb. 26 —J. F. Shallis, St. Alban's, H e refordshire, straw plait dealer, Feb. 23—W. Barker, jun. , Hampstead-road, Ha.- verstock-bill, brewer, Feb. 25—J. Granger, Blackman street, Southwark, lic e nsed victualler, Feb. 22—S. H. Ranford, Lewisham, Kent, livery-stable keeper , Feb. 25 —W. H. Saunders, Cardiff, Glamorganshir e, wine mer chant, Feb. 26—S. Meek, Kendal, Westmoreland, inn keeper ; A. R. Fry, Sunderland, builder, Fob. 22 G. Parsons, Birmingham, brassfounder , Feb. 21—E. V. Blyth and W. H. Goddard, Birmingham, merchants, Feb. 25—H. Cawthorn, Halifax, Yorkshire, druggist, ; J. Mills, New Bank, Yorkshire, ironfounder ; J. Smith, Low Moor, Yorkshire, worsted spinner; John Bapty, Leeds, woollen yarn manufacturer, Feb. 22. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. W. Haines, Bristol, out of business- J. Tucker, Bristol, baker—G. Tyler, Bristol, baker—S. F. Arthur, Bristol, marine store dealer—J. Tranter, Oldbury, Worcestershire, white ash maker—R. Fielder, West Wellow, Wiltshire, shoemaker—T. B. Brindley, Wolverhampton, manager of the Staffordshire Sentinel newspaper—R. Tarver, Cannock, Staffordshire, canal excavator W. Tarver, Cannock, Staffordshire, canal excavator—W. Shirley, Bushbury, near Wolverhampton, out of business—W. Armitstead, Giggleswick, Yorkshire, licensed victualler—A. W. Lees, Ingletcm, Yorkshire, bookkeeper-H, Porter, Ygwellk 1821IIZ DEP. Notes 1 und ........ 24,173,580 £24,173,5 1 0 Dated the 31st day of Jan., 1851 DANEING DE, Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ................ 3,376,632 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 3,264,203 Other deposits ...... 12,871, 5 53 Seven Day and other 844,027 .. £34909,415 Dated the 31st day of Jan., 1851 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Jan. 29, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 27s. 641. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius __ 30 s . 3id. Average of the three foregoing descriptions MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. We were seasonably well supplied, with both fruit and vegetables, and the trade ruled steady, at full prices. FRUT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 68 per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 6s Od to 10s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 28 Od to 3s 6d each; peaches, 2s Od to 6a; nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples, is 6d to 28 Gd per half sieve ; pears, is Od to 3a per dozen ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is lid to ssod per doz.; common plums, Os Oil to Os Od per see; cherries, Od to Od per pound ; lemons, 6 , 1 to is Od per doz ; oranges, 38 to Os per 100 ; fil berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 143 to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; wa lnuts, 8d to 10,1 per 100 ; figs, Os Od to is Gd per doz ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve; currants, Os Od to Os Oct per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLES.—Greens, is 6d to 3s Oct per doz. bunches; cabbages, 10,1 to is 6,1 per dozen; Savoy ditto, is 6d to 2s Od per do. ; brocoli, is 6d to 3s per bundle ; potatoes, 60s to 1053 per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, Os to Os Od per bushel ; French beans, 3s Od to 48 Od per 100 ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 54 to Gd per bunch ; cucumbers, 4s Oct to 6s 0,1 each ; garlic, 6d to Os 8d per pound ; spinach, 4s Od to 5s Ott per sieve ; old onions, 2s 6,1 to 4s per bushel • new ditto, Os to Os per doz. bunches; leeks, 2,1 to dd per bunch ; shallots, Gd to 84 ; horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley, 4d to Gd per bunch ; celery, OS 94 to 18 64 per punch ; endive, is Gd to 480,1 per score ; beet, is Od to 2s per o p h3 a od r k s pe n se i ,r p o s ps , ition O on s se ot 6 d; n to per is l per t d oz o l en s Oct pe r pottle; Oamaelrl al t a t d u s h i a r l o f o s Odievmse is 3d ; cabbage lettuces, Oct to Os 0,1 per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes, 18 to 183 d per do zen hands ; tomatoes, 38 to 4s salad, 2d 2z a d : t i o c per half sieve ; chillies, is to 1s 6(1 per 100 ; Brussels sprouts, 3s Od to 38 Gd per half sieve; capsicums, 18 to 28 per 100 • walnuts pickling, Gd to is per 100 ; cauli flowers, 60 to 10 ' s Oct per doz. ; rhuburb, 1s to is 64 per bundle ; asparagus, 4s to 10s per 100 ; sea kail, is to 3s E.er punnet. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; Geese, 5s 6d to 6s 6d each ; Ducks. 2s 6d to 3s Od ; wild ditto, is 9,1 to 2s Od ; rabbits, is to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 93 each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, 2s 03 to 3s Od • Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3 s 6 d to 4s 6cl ; Hares 3s 0,1 to 4s Oct; Grouse, is 9(1 to 2s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s 04 to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to is Od each ; Roasting Pigs, 4s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 113 6d to 12s 6d, and English 11s Od to 15s 04 per dozen lbs. English Eggs, 10s Od to Hs Od; French ditto,7B 04 to 88 04 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3e 2d to 4s 4d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; pork, 3e 4d to 53 Od per Sibs. . . WHITECILAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 43 4d ' • mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 48 Od to 5s 2d ; pork, 3 s 2d to 43 10d per 81bs by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 38 Od to 20s ; Brills, is Od to 7's each ; Salmon, 2s Od to 3s 6d per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s 6d to lOs each ; Soles, 3d to 11 6d per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Os 6d to 3s Od ; Crabs, iid to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 61 por doz. ; Common Oysters, 168 to 258 ; Natives, 50s to —s per bah ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3801 per doz.; Skate, 6d to Oil per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 6s Od to Os per 100 ; Scotch do., 6d; Sprats, Gs Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 5s to 123 per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, Gel per lb; Prawns, 4s Od to 7s; Mullets, Gd to 38 Od ; Plaice, 44 to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is Gd to Os per dozen. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 104 to 101 ; of household ditto, 8 , 1 to oid. per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, aid to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4(1 to 4id ; 80th to BSlb, 411 to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 40 to 6(1; 961 b to 1041 b, 5(1 to 51(1 ; 104 to 1121 b —d to —3. ; upwards, —d to —(1; Horso hides, 6s Oct to Os Od ; calf skins, !fight,' 2s Od to 3s Od ; ditto, full, is Od to Os 0(1; Polled Sheep, 7s 3d to 9s Od ; Konts, 6s 3(1 to 7s 3d ; Half-broils, 6s 3d to 7s 3d ; Downs, 4s 6d to 50 9.1; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITE(7IF,LD.—MeadOW hay, 415+ to 51134 ; clover ditto. 41 15s to Cl 17s ; and straw, 11 64 Od to 11 lOs Od per A. fair average supply, and a moderate demand. CIIMBEBLAND.—Meadow hay, 41 8s to 61 Os ; clover do., 4i 16s to 61 17s ; and straw. 1/ Cs to 1/ lOs per load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full quotations. WHITNICIIAPEL.—Aidadow hay, 41 5s to Os; clover 4/ 16s to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 101 per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LoNrox, Feb. 2.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; thick and hazy. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. I.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived Amity (s.s. tpt.), East Anglian (e.s. tpt.), and Bahiana (..s. tpt.), from Constantinople; H.M.S. Ardent, Malta; Nemis, Queenstown. PLYMOUTH, Feb. I.—Wind W.S.W..—Arrived—Mark IL front Skieu ; Alert, Stromsoe, for Southampton, to tally dismasted, having been in context the previous day, when off the Start, 12 miles W. by N., with the barque Challenge, of Prince Edward's Island, from London, for Newport. Sailedlying Fish, for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Feb. I.—Wind N.—Arrived—H. Af.M.Str. Rogue, from Plymouth. The James Hackett, from New port, for Gibraltar, with part of cargo thrown overboard, nautical instruments, mast and bowsprit adrift, bore up from lon. 10 W. CARDIFF, Feb. I.—Wind N. — Sailed—Scandia, for Havana ; Argo and Elfis, Constantinople ; Cadiz, Cadiz. BEAUMARIS, Feb. I.—Wind variable.—Sailed Blanch, after repairing and shipping a fresh cargo. WATERFORD, Jon. 3 1 . Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Ville.- nova, for Villanovs. HULL, Feb. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Graf von Rich toren, from Shanghai; Chance, Danzig. Sailed—Mar garotha, for St. Croix; Everhardus, Trieste. PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, Havre ; Star, Guernsey. Sailed Atalanta, steamer, for Havre; Despatch, steamer, Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W. A rr ived—Bonita, from Cear a ; Favourite, Naples. ttiled—Princess Royal, for Para; %t. Lawrence, Africa. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 31. Wind E.S.E. Arrived —Emily , from Trieste John Hunter, Alexan dria ; Fisherman, Catania ; Gratitude, Alexandria. BY SUBDIABINE AND Inman TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND , Saturday,l9.47 a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide, two hours' ebb ; h az y. Arrived—Brilliant, from Guernsey; Naparima, Tri nidad ; Brilliant, Mogador ; Shelburn, Madras; Recruit, Mama. or CONVOCATION.—Yesterday morning both Houses of Convocation met at Westminster ; the Upper House at the Bounty Office, and Nike Lower House in the Jerusalem Chamber. The Archbishop of Canterbury presided in the Upper House. The Bishop of Oxford addressed the house at great length on the subject of a modification of the Church's laws, if it were to continue its labours, and on more frequent communication be tween the bishopaland clergy by meansiof synodal action, and concluded by moving a resolution requesting the Archbishop to direct the Lower House to consider the 'raw in reference to the discipline of the clergy, and to report thereupon on the 15th of April. The Lower Ho use assembled under the presidency of the Dean of Bris,' - 01. A lengthened discussion upon the constitution of Cou,vocation occupied the greater portion of the sit djourued until Tuesday, Apra 15. Aid* IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(YESTERDAY). The LORD CanzionLon took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS. Her Majesty's most gracious reply to the Address was brought up and read as follows : " I thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. I rely with confidence on your cordial co-operation in all measures that I may consider necessary to maintain the honour and dignity of the empire, and to promote the permanent interests and welfare of my people." THE WENSLEYDALE PEERAGE. Lord LYNDHURST gave notice that on Monday next he would state the precise terms of the motion which ho intended to submit on the folio wing Thursday on.qe subject of the recent creation of the Wensleydale peerage. Their lordships than adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to four o'clock. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. On the motion of Mr. BROTHERTON, leave was given to bring in a bill to construct this railway. DARENTH VALLEY RAILWAY. On the motion of the same hon. ➢Zember leave was also given to bring in this bill. COLONIAL BANK BILL. The standing orders were declared to be complied with in this bill. DORSET CENTRAL RAILWAY. Leave was given to bring in this bill. EAST OF FIFE RAILWAY. Leave was also given to bring in this bill. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY. Leave was given to bring in this bill. The standing orders were declared to have been com plied with regard to the following bills :--The Halifax Roads, Stockton New Road and Middlesborough Bridge, Knaresborough Roads, Knaresborough and Patley Bridge Roads, Newton District Roads ; Newton, Dunstable, and Welroyn Railway; Lancaster Gas, South port Water, Glasgow Paving, Banbury Junction Rail way. Leeds Turnpike Road, Lambeth Water, Hey worth Gas, Eastern Union Railway, and a great many other private hills. TICKETS OF LEAVE. Mr. NYSE gave notice that on Monday next he should put a question to her Majesty's Government relative to tickets of leave. HARBOUR OF REFUGE IN CARDIGAN BAY. Mr. L. DAVIES gave notice that, on Tuesday, the 12th instant, he would submit to the house a motion for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the ex pediency and practicability of constructing on the most advantageous part of Cardigan Bay a harbour of refuge, to afford protection against the injury to commerce, and to avert the harrowing scenes attendant on the frequent shipwrecks which occur in St. George's Chan nel ; which harbour may be constructed also to serve as one of defence against invasion ; and that the said committee be at liberty to receive evidence as to the feasibility of employing the convicts of this country on that work, making their employment remunerative to the country, beneficial to themselves, and at the same time preserving our social condition, the security of which at present is so affected by the return to it of the ticket of-leave men. CHURCH RATES. Mr. PACKE gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill to abotigh Church Rates. Mr. M`GUIRE gave notice that on Monday next he should ask a question of her Majesty's Government relative to ministers' money. Sir J. SHELLEY gave notice that on Tuesday the 14th of February he should call the attention of the house to the Irish bench. (Laughter. ) TENANTS COMPENSATION (IRELAND). Mr. V. SCI7LLY asked the First Lord of the Trea sury what were the precise intentions of her Majesty's Ministers with regard to the Tenants' Compensation (Ireland) Bill ; and whether it was intended to intro duce it now as a Government measure, and pass it through its several stages early in the present session. Lord PA.LMERSTON said last session a bill had been brought in with respect to this subject, and difficulties had been met with in quarters the least expected. The encouragement the Government received last year was not such as to induce the Government to propose or take charge of any bill in the present session. MINISTERS' MONEY. Mr. L. KING- asked her Majesty's Ministers what steps had been taken by them to carry out the resolu tion of that house on the 19th day of J une last, that a bill declaring what statutes bad been repealed, expressly or virtually, and what had become obsolete or unneces sary in the present state of society, ought to be forth with prepared. Lord PALMERSTON—The best consideration bad been given to the subject, and if the hon. member thought fit to bring in a bill on the subjeet, the utmost facility would be given to him by the Government. THE GUARDS' MEMORIAL. " ViscountGoDEßlCl - 1 asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether• the attention of the Secretary for War bad been directed to a memorial lately ad dressed by the colonels of the respective regiments of Foot Guards to her Majesty the Queen ; and whether it was the intention of the Government, in consequence of the representations of that memorial, to make any alteration in the warrant regulating promo tion and retirement in the army, dated the 6th day of October, 1854. Mr. F. PEEL said the memorial had received the best attention of the Secretary of State, and he was able to say that there was no prospect of any alteration being made in the warrant of last year in consequence of that memorial. COLONEL TURR. Mr. DUNCOMBE asked the First Lord of the Trea sury whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Go vernment to introduce, during the present session, any bill for the alteration or amendnient of the laws affect ing aliens? (Hear.) And, secondly, whether it was true that the liberation of Colonel Turr by the Austrian Go vernment was correct, and that he was at liberty to return to his employment under the Crown of England? (Hear.) At the same time, probably, the noble lord would have the kindness to state what were the steps taken by her Majesty's Government with reference to this arrest, which he looked upon a* a gross violation of the interna tional law of Turkey, and an insult to this country, as regarded the Crown of England. (Cries of " Order.") The noble lord would give great satisfaction to the people of this country it be would state what had really occurred with reference to Colonel Turr. (Hear, hear.) Mr. ROEBUCK—Perhaps, sir, before the noble lord answers the question, I might be allowed to suggest an observation on it. (Cries of " Order.") I think I ant in order. Mr. DUNCOMBE—Probably the hon. member would wait until he has heard the answer to my question. Lord PALMERSTON said that with regard to the first question he had to state that her Majesty's Go vernment had no intention to propose any law with regard to aliens this session. With regard to Col. Tarr, he had the satisfaction of stating that the result of the communications that had passed between r,England and Austria had been that the Austrian Government had de clared alio was now ready to deliver Col. Tarr up to any authorities her Majesty might authorise to re ceive him. As t•O the communications that had passed between the two rioyernments, the house, he felt cer tain, would be of opin7on that, as the matter was now ' satisfactorily at an end by the liberation of Col. Turr, no object could be gained in going into it. (Hear, hear.) The question was cot altogether so simple a one as his hon. friend appeared to imagine, but on the contrary very complicated from a variety of con flicting circumstances. All he could say was that whilst Austria on the one hand contended for the assertion of rights she deemed she was entitled to demand, on the other hand 'she evinced some disposition to meet the wishes of her Majesty's Goverment consistent with those rights she deemed it right to maintain. Col. Turr was tried by a -nilitary tribunal for desertion from the Austrian army, and convicted of that offence, which transaction Colonel Turr had never denied. That conviction was well known, and the Austrian Government, in deference to the wishes of her Ma jesty's iGovernmevt, ordered h's immediate discharge in the manner in witich he had stated. Mr. ROEBUCK said the emendation he wished to make to the question of the hon. member for Finsbury with respect to the liberation of Colonel Tarr, was to ask whether that gentleman had been disoharged without any indignity being cast on him in consequence of his arrest, because he had heard front the public papers that'such was not the case. (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON reaid that, so far as he was aware, nothing further had occurred than Col. Turr's simple liberation. THE TCTRICIS-13 LOAN. Mr. DISRAELI gave notice that on Monday next he would move for a statement of the several sums trans mitted by the Bank of England to the Sublime Porte, on aceount of the loan of 5,000,000/. guaranteed by the governments of France and England, and also a state ment of the date of each remittance .made by the Bank of England. THE FALL OF ICAVS. Mr. WHITESIDE gave notice that on an early day he would call the attention of the house to the circum stances connected with the fall of Bare. .(Hear.) VIE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACTS. Mr. LOWE gave notice that on Monday next he would move that the acts relating to merchant shipping should be read, and that the house should resolve itself into a committee on the same. JUVENILE REFORMATORIES. The question having been put that the Louse at its rising should adjon.fn until Mondayinext, Sir J. PAKINGTON rose, pursuant to notice, to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department R.bat were the intentions of her Majesty's Government with reopect to the future support and regulation of juvenile reformatories ? He would not detain the house at any length upon that occa sion, when he was aware that be could not address them ex cept by an abuse of the forms of the house—(hear, hear)-- although that abuse was one to which the house itself had repeatedly given its E auction. His object was to Ascertain what were the intentions of her Majesty's Government upon a subject which was at present exciting very considerable interest in the country, and which, in his opinion, required tho Home the careful attention and the decided action of the right honourable gentleman at the head o f Office. He though ofthat the (house and the country were hardly aware the magnitude which that ques tion had assumed within a very shor g when he stated thatt period of time. He believed he was not at all exaggeratin upwards of 30 counties had already either established re formatory institutions, or were engaged in doing so. But lie believed-he was also right in saying that hardly any two of those counties acted in the matter exactly with the same ob jects or exactly ou the same principle. Some of them had raised the necessary sums of money to build very large esta blishments, while others - had appropriated mere cottages for the reception of juvenile offenders. Again, some of them had resolved ou subscribing considerable sums annually for the maintenance of those establishments, while others had made no such provision for the future. . It appeared that iu some counties a strong opinion prevailed, in which he confessed that he shared, that the support of those institutions ought not to be left to the efforts of private charity. (Hear.) He wished further to remind the house, that while those establish- meats were springing up iu every direction, they were springing up without any regulation having been laid down for their government ; and he doubted whether the public were aware of the very large powers which the act passed two years ago had conferred on all the courts of this country . . —not only on the principal courts—not only on the courts of assize and the courts of quarter sessions, but on every court of petty session—on every court in which two justices sat. These latter courts, as well as the superior courts, had the power, without the intervention of a jury, of confining those juvenile criminals for a period of five years; and that largo power was given without any.regulation having been laid down by the Government or by Parliament for the pur pose of providing that due care should be taken of those youthful criminals during the time of their confinement. They were left to the discretion, or the want of discretion, as the case might be, of men who were animated, he ad mitted, by the most admirable motives, but many of whom were enthusiasts, who could hardly be trusted with the duty of carrying out such a system. Then, again, he was not aware that the scanty security taken by Parliament for the proper management of those establishments in requiring a certificate in their favour from a prison inspector—he was not aware that that scanty security was enforced by the Go vernment in a manner th a t cou ld ensure it s full operation. He believed the inspector might recall within a certain time the certificate he may have given. But he wished to know whether the Government had called for any reports with re spect to those establishments. In his opinion it was not only desirable that such reports should be obtained by the Government, but they ought even, he thought, in conse quence of the magnitude which the question had assumed, to be laid before Parliament. The Government at present al lowed ss. a week for each boy confined in these establish ments ; but it was notorious that that sum was insufficient to defray the expenses actually incurred, and it was generally un derstood in the counties anxious for the establishment of juve i nile reformatories, that a sum of 2001. or 300/. a year should be raised by charitable contributions for their maintenance, in addition to the sum obtained from the state. Now he wished to remind the house and the Government that the existence of those establishments involved two most important social questions. It involved the administration of the criminal law, and it involved the care and the training of thousands of young criminals scattered all over the country, and that being the case, it appeared to him that the matter ought not to be left in its present state, but that the Government were bound to extend to it their care and supervision. He thought it was most desirable that the house and the country should know at once whether her Majesty's Ministers intended to propose any further legislation upon that subject during the present session. He believed that legislation with respect to it was necessary, and he wished to know whetherthe Govern ment coincided with him in that belief, and, if so, how far they were disposed to carry it into operation ? (Hear, hear.) Sir G. GREY said that the question to which the right hon. gentleman had directed the attention of the house and of the Government appeared to him to be one of undoubted importance. But before the house committed itself to the opinion that the present law upon the subject ought to be altered, and before the Government could pledge themselves to propose any such alteration, they should bear in mind what had already passed upon the matter. Only two years ago the act had been passed, chiefly through the exertions of the hon. member for Staffordshire (Mr, Adderley), by which the pre sent system of dealing with juvenile offenders had been esta blished, and established avowedly as an experiment. It was then thought desirable that establishments should be created in which juvenile offenders who had gone through a certain amount of penal servitude, should undergs a training having for its object to redeem iem as far as possible from those habits of vice and crime in which their previous lives had been passed. By the act which was passed two years ago, and which recognised the exertions of private benevolence, it was provided that if a prison inspector should report that any building was properly arranged as a juvenile reformatory, a certain sum should be paid by the state for the mainteua ce of the children confined in it. The right hon. gentleman wished to know what was the practical working of the interference of the prison inspectors in that case. In reply to that question, he believed that a detailed re port was made by the inspector, stating the grounds upon which he considered that the particular reformatory school was entitled to Government support, and there had been in stances in which upon the Deport of the inspector the certifi cate had been withheld. Sir J. PAKINGTON wished to know whether any steps would be adopted to prevent the increase of such schools until the general principle upon which they were to be con ducted should be settled. Sir G. GREY observed in reply, that although many such schools were now in 'the course of being established, and various meetings had been held throughout the country in promotion of the reformatory movement, it must be borne in mind that the existing act of Parliament provided for the revocation of the certificate in case they should not be con ducted in a satisfactory manner, or in one that was not conducive to the end intended to be attained. It was clear that there must be a periodical inspection and periodical reports from the Inspectors as to the condition in which those schools were. He agreed with the right hon. gentle man opposite that those reports ought to be laid before Par liament, and would give directions that they should be sub mitted to the house as early as possible ; but Parliament having decided two years ago that this experiment should be tried through the agency of gentlemen actuated by the most benevolent intentions, who had expended a great deal of money with the object of reforming offenders, considering that their efforts had hitherto been attendedwith success, and that they had been instrumental in reclaiming a great many young criminals—not, perhaps, as great a number as that stated by the right hon. gentleman; but which would probably be as great by this time next year—considering also that 25 reformatory schools in Great Britain had been certified under the provisions of the 17th and 18th Vic., sec. 36, in addition to those certified under another act of the same session, he must say it appeared to him that it would be extremely in consistent to interfere with an act that was working upon the whole most beneficially, until some further experience , had been obtained of the effect of its operation. The right hon. gentleman had remarked that some of those schools were very large, while others were small in an equal degree. Undoubtedly such was the case, but as an experiment it was desirable it should be tried in different schools. The object of the inspectors in making an increase was to ascertain whether the rules of such institutions were such as to justify them in the hope that they might be made instrumental in carrying into effect the object which Parliament had in view in passing that particular act. He did not believe that the right hOn. gentleman was correct in stating that some of the schools which had been certified were mere cottages, be cause the employment of such buildings would be inconsistent with the safe detention of the young persons sent to such establishments. In., connection with this subject he noticed that there had been a petition presented that night by the hon. member for Somersetshire, praying that power might be given to county magistrates to unite for the pur pose of establishing reformatory schools, to be supported out of the rates. In his (Sir G. Grey's) opinion such schools, if established, would fail. He did not mean to say that the treatment of children at reformatory schools should be stectly penal; but they must come within the penal enactments of the country, and the Government must frame the regulations under which they were to be conducted. But such a system as that prayed for by that petition would take the manage ment of all reformatory establishments out of the hands of those benevolent individuals to whom he had before referred, and would, thenfore, hardly meet the views of the right hon. baronet opposite. Then again he was by no means satisfied that a permissive power to establish and support such institu tions out of the county rates would be generally exercised. If the right hon. baronet put the question to him, he should say that under such a system, it must be compulsory upon coun ties and boroughs to support those institutions as theydid pri sons and lunatic asylums. What bad been the result of past efforts in that direction ? Two years ago certain gentlemen connected with the county of Middlesex obtained au act for the purpose of establishing a reformatory ; and although the powers of that act were not permissive but compulsory, uo satisfactory steps had yet been taken for its establishment. They were bound by law to establish it within a given time, and a committee of the magistracy had taken measures for its formation ; but though a year and a half had 'elapsed since the act had passed, nothing practical had as yet been done in the matter, while in other counties where no such power existed, suck institutions were much more available. He wished, however, to guard himself from saying that, after the experiment had received a fair trial, the question should be precluded from receiving the earnest consideration of Parliament. He had been asked whether the Government were willing to alter the mode of passing sentence, the act at present prescribing the insertion of the name of a parti cular reformatory establishment to which the boy should be sent. It would be very objectionable, indeed, if there were an unlimited jurisdiction vested in the magistrate, and he were to have the power of ordering a boy convicted in Cornwall to be placed in a reformatory school in Durham. There must be some limit as to the place ; and if, under the present state of the law, the system should become general, he did not anticipate that any inconvenience would arise, inasmuch as a magistrate of Devon would naturally send a boy convicted before him to the Devon reformatory, or if any difficulty arose in consequence of overcrowding, the Se cretary of State had always power to remove the children to such places as he deemed most desirable. He was not pre pared to say) bat no alteration whatever would be made in the law ; but there would be very great objection to repeal altogether the existing qualifications in the act with reference to sending boys to reformatory schools in the county in which they had beef convicted. Mr. MIALL—When you come to consider the question of juvenile reformatory establishments, you find that you have a great number of children to deal with compared with the number of establishments of that description. Only ee n. c rtain isolated cases can be taken in and that only where. su e h tt i ng s titutions exist. There was agai n great difilcultyhmge esta_ proper persons to take the superintendeuceenof tes blishments. He hoped the noble bdrone w t ne w d rendered remeernmedobothireloree that this act would bo meet beneficial, necessary from the fact of transportantraeheatvoiaignflbeneenn away with. It was of the utmost n !rap . By these means they d t h e gulf of sin. Look at minds of young thildren by triad the' un der the sanction of th e would raise many child ren t o i f on. sending The Redhill. That insti tution was Government, for the Govecoinurmiectuetd wa to s i t n ha t t he in h s a t b it i x t c hildren who had b een county of Somerset bad solicited subscriptions for three yeaik in the hope that in that time Government would t a k e t h e ma tter into the i r own hands. Sir S. NORTHCOTE said.that, in connection with this sub ject, he believed the right hon. gentleman who had just poke , w as aware that during the last fortnight a case had occurred which showed the necessity of some alteration i n the present case. A hey was committed in Dorset shire to the Devon Juvenile Reformatory School, after an imprisonment of 14 days. The school authorities commu nicated with the magistrates that hey had no room, steps I t were taken to put him in some of r school, but it was said that he could not be placed in any ther school until he had been admitted into the Devon School to which he had been committed. Lord R. GROSVENOR—The Secretary for the Homo De partment had alluded to the bill brought forward by himself for the establishment of these schools. His right hon. friend was mistaken in thinking that no steps had boon taken to carry out its object. Nothing but the difficulty experienced in obtaining a site had prevented its being in a very favour able state of forwardness. Sir W. JOLLIFFE said there seemed an anomaly in the prison law, that magistrates should sentence children to any school, and that school refuse to receive them. Mr. R. M. MILNES said that if six years ago this bill bad been carried, many thousand would have been saved from a criminal life. Mr. ADDERLEY regretted that such an important sub nt. ject as this should have been brought forward atrhe"wa The act had been most successful in its operatio tha n et s sure no act had been of greater advantage to he Ty. Since that act 25 reformatory schools had been established in this kingdom. There was nothing for the Parliament. to do 'pat to lucre= the grant they ;aye for this object. lie hoped that whatever might be the best plan for the amelioration of the law, the right hon. gentleman the Secretary of State foe the Home Department would take the matter into his serious consideration, and would not bring forward the bill until it had been fully deliberated on. Lord R. CECIL, before the closing of that discussion, wished to call the attention of the Secretary of State to what appeared to him another anomaly in the law. He referred to the sending of boys to prison before sending them to these schools, the object of theschools being to prevent young chil dren being sent to common prisons. Sir G. GREY did not think their should enter into the ques tions which had been asked. THE ADDRESS. On bringing up the report on the Address, Sir J. PAKINGTON said he did not wish to raise any ob jection, or to revive last night's discussion on the Address, for he must say for himself that he most fully concurred in the Address. His object now was to make some remarks to • the house upon one of the pass tees in the Speech from the Throne. He desired to refer the house to that part of her Majesty's Speech where she said that " There are many sub jects connected with internal improrement which I recom mend to your attentive consideration." He could not quite understand why her Majesty's Ministersshould not consider the question of peace and war as of such importance as would justify their passing over those questions of domestic interest. But as the Government had advised her Majesty to refer to those questions of internal improvement, he did not un derstand why they had omitted altogether any reference to the subject which, in his opinion, was of the greatest im portance of all the questions of the present day. B e re ferred to the question of national education. When he ven tured to submit to this house the question of this great mea sure of education—and he expressed a very strong opinion that the present state of education in this country was not satisfactory, and that he thought it was time when a great grant for Government education shoultibe put under the ma nagement and superintendence of a Minister appointed for the office—he pressed this matter very strongly on the at tention of the Government, and wished to call the attention of the noble lord at the head of the Go ernment to the lan guage which was used . by the noble lord the member for London, who was then a Minister of the Government, and who was, therefore, speaking for the Government. The noble lord, after stating his rea•orts for constituting a council of education, said that circumstantes had much changed, and he thought that it would be for the good of the public ser vice that education should have a representative in that house who might be a privy councillor. As to the steps necessary for carrying out this object, the subject should have the earliest attention of the Government. Now I considered this language of the noble lord as being the expression of the views of the Governmeut, and he heard it with very great pleasure. He hoped the Government would feel itself bound by that which the noble toed had spoken. He thought the appointment of a regular department, presided over by a minister, a member of this house, who might be responsible to this house, was one of the most important points in con nection with the great question of education ; and he must say that he felt much disappointment that measures of borne policy had been mentioned, and this one passed over without notice. He would be well pleased to operate with the noble lord as far as their views were alike; but he had yesterday given notice that in the month of March he should move only a resolution, but he thought that no motion of the noble lord's would educate the people. They migh resolve as much and as often as they liked, but let him tell the house that what they wanted, what the country wanted, was an increase of means for this object. But this grant must be under a responsible minister, a member of this house, He felt called upon t o express his hope that the Government would not recede from the intention they hod expressed last year. Sir G. GREY could assure the right hon. gentleman that the omission of the subject in the speech from the Throne did not arise from her Majesty's Government undervaluing the subject. It was not for her Majesty's Government to put anything in the speech unless they were prepared witu mea sures relating to it. As the Government had no such great measures to propose, it would not be well to raise anticipa tions which would only be disappointed. With reference to what had been said as to the superintendence of the distri bution of the funds, he thought that and many other matters of a like nature should be under the control of a minister who could give all information to the house with respect to those matters. THE QUESTION OF PRUSSIAN NEUTRALITY. Mr. BENTINCK rose to call the attention of the house to some observations of the hon. and learned gentleman the member for Sheffield (M. Roebuck) on the previous even ing. He admitted that the eloquence and talent of the hon. End learned gentleman carried great weight throughout the country, and he (Mr. Bentinck) had desired that a much more powerful voice than his had been raised to denounce some of the sentiments uttered by the hon. and learned gen tleman. He did not think such opinions as those expressed by the hon. and learned gentleman ought to be permitted to go forth with the passive consent of the House of C mmons. The hon. and learned gentleman, in a speech more remarkable for its ability than its suavity, was understood to say that our going to war with Russia was influenced by other and more selfish motives than the preservation of Turkeyor the mainte nance of the balance of power in Europe, and that, in his opi nion, this country was unable to cope with ftnssia without the assistance of our gallant ally the Emperor of France. Mr. ROEBUCK—I said exactly the opposite. Mr. BENTINCK said he further understood the hon. and learned gentleman to express his epsilon that, in the event of peace being concluded on the terms of the negotiations, which had been made public, that the results would be that in a certain cumber of years Rusaia would be in possession of Constantinople, and our Indian possessions would be en dangered. He (Mr. Bentinek) must at once express his de cided dissent from these views, and most especially from the latter opinions. (Hear, hear.) He was prepared to pay the fullest tribute of praise to our gallant ally, during the present war, and be referred with pride to those glorious successes which had attended their combined exertions. But he was disposed to think it was not altogether to those glorious suc cesses the present prospect of peace was to be attributed, and be further contended that England unaided by any other Power was able to crush Russia. He had had occasion, during the recess, to address his constituents, and he then stated that the vulnerable part of Russia was her foreign commerce, and yet that no attack had been made to put' a stop to the resources of Russia •in that direction. He con tended that the only way to make Russia feel the blow was to enforce the right of search, and take immediate and decisive steps to put an end to that neutrality which had been so profitably turned into account by Prussia during the war. That speech had found its way into tte newspapers, and since then he had received a variety of communications, from mer cantile and other quarters, in which the writers took the same views he did , and enforced their adoption by very strong arguments. He might especially allude to an article which appeared in a morning organ which was supposed to express the opinions of the noble lord at the head of the Government, and to which consequently official importance might be at tached- The hon. and gallant gentleman then read an ex tract from a morning paper of the 9th of January in the pre sent year. The passage referred to was as follows :—" Rus sia is essentially an agricultural country ; her exports con sist mainly of raw material supplied to manufacturing na tions, and her imports largely of articles of luxury. Her ex port trade, judging from the quotations of her produce in the markets of Memel, Konigsberg, and other places, and from the extraordinary activity exhibited in the yards of the Prussian shipbuilders, we suspect has not been mate rially checked ; and even if the imports have suffered in larger degree, their nature is not such that the want of them will produce ruin, although it may, and probably does, create discontent. An agricultural country is not so capable for ac tive aggression as a commercial one, but it possesses greater ability to maintain dogged resistance. We do not, therefore, look so much to commercial prostration or monetary pressure for the means of bringing Russia to reason as to downright military and naval attack, threatening her territories with ravage, and her splendid cities, her fil() harbours, and her strong places, with destruction. It is fear of military, not commercial, results which will bring Russia to assent to terms that will satisfy the Allied Powers, and secure Europe from a revival of aggression. We may thank au energetic and sagacious Administration that we enter upon the new year with our hands full of every means that can be devised to carry the next campaign to a triumphant issue." The remarks of this journal bad much more weight attached to them than those of any other London paper; and it was worthy of notice that a very ,short time after the leading article appeared from which be bad read au extract to the house, those proposals for peace were made, and Russia had come to a sudden determirration to stop hostilities. He must declare his belief that the determination of the Govern ment to put an effectual stop to Ruesian commerce, and the support which Prussia had given her in developing her trade, had much to do with the acceptance by Russia of the basis of negotiation. Lord J. RUSSELL said—l rise t 6 correct a piece of mis apprehension on the part of the right hon. gentleman the member for Droitwich. The right hon. gentleman seems to suppose that I intend to move certain resolutions, and that should these be adopted and placed upon the books, then no further proceedings shall be taken ; and the right hon. gen tleman having gut that notion into his bead, adds, very justly, that resolutions will not educate the people of this country. But if the right hon. gentleman had reverted both to the ancient precedents of the house, and those of very recent times, he could not but have seen that resolu tions have been very often introduced into this house as pre paratory and introductory measures which have afterwards which might here view of introducing a subjeetto Parliament artl b been adopted by Parliament. It was rather, then, with a after be partly controlled by administxtr d o P u t the subj ec t n The P it i the enactment of Parliament, that I p by what happened in the form of resolutions. I am f ulaa e a r an : a n bi ro d niin e l p ele ap d f right hon. gentleman introdu ced of most able speeen discussion afterwards fol lowededucation an a The right hon for several nights. m ember for Oxfords shire (Mr. Henley) in a most appropriate speech, • ' also e t n io)arliament.cour" ing outthe objections to the bill, threw so many obstacles In hon . gentleman's bill it wou ld h ave occupied every his way that if we had g iven u p the whole session to. the r ight n ight, and scarcely then could this house have succeeded in p a ssing it. If I were to take that course, continuing the discussion from Wednesday to Wednesday, as opportunity might afford, I should belittle more likely than the right hon. gentleman to succeed in legislating on the subject. But if the house should devote, perhaps, two nights to the, die cussion of resolutions and were then to say what general principlei on the subject they would approve of, I think it would then become the business of the Government to take care that measures were prepared on the principles which the house had approved of, and that these measures should pass with as little delay as possible. I will add that I rejoice at the statement which has just been made by my right hon. friend the Secretary for the Home Department. lam very glad that the Government are to make the Lord President of the Council, or some member of the Cabinet, or a Privy Cents vance the eillor, the responsible Minister of Education , with a seat in this house; it is au arrang ement calculated ' to at au who progress of education, an d will give satisfaction , been made in I believe that great progress has ahead concerned themselves with the subject throughtit the coun try.yand the new the country in connection with this subjheetot arrangement propOsed will tend very much to As I rose throe work f work which still remains to be done. ( 01 • t on bringiag up the address the house upon this atilt* to say ' in J eannee• fi ) never re port upon the Address, Dual _b e a llowed _ tig - e d at the a ththee tion with it, that I was vel7 gn i Y aPPears groan • t o me th a t discussion of last evenings s be of-public affai r_ however arduous the situation ma9fang of the House Of COIIIIIIOIIS was there a time when the f was more pleasing tha n at the present t i me. We must ,„,.t negotiations, of which her Majesty h as for the event of the.m, infeemation ; but at the same t . been pleased to give.t nopreparation necessary for the armlet we ought to °— the w ar until these negotiations effectual r are terminated. ean . y i n g on of her, Cons Let m e saY ' fart at Sebastopol which at one tim e wore a tt e nded with so muc h privation, and at another with so much glory, but at all times with the highest qualities of human nature--{cheers)--I do trust that the exertions made in the capture of that fortress will be noticed by us in some regular manner, and that we shall hear before long my noble friendithe First Minister, or some member of the Govern ment, giving notice of his intention to move a vote of thanks on the part of this house in acknondedgment of these exploits. (Hear, hear.) I need not say more. The house have in their mind how great and how noble have been those eatertions ; many of them were splendid, but many °them were performed in the midst of the dark and snowy nights of winter, and can have no other reward than such al inigbt corr tb !WWI