The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-27 00:00:00

specia of ittt !ly gone 'ould be concur •eport of (Rear, hastily by any Ily and 3stances ,te more 3 gover- v gover ecessary ment in oper in- It was sfactory we made Iderman and that erein as I be C %use lat surd a consi- misonerg r the de ' to burn ( Hear.) oiced to he Court r part of ,gate AA probably he kiog the best led gaols ay which where the , e carried iities, the netead of is (Alder• ew years the sum ;her than e and ea red about was no I or wit hen went st of the e ►mount immense 3 arran gi were pro getber o f toter, and a it, both structural ig amend- ed to con- Bpartmeut Newgat', earn frog% ) the plan 3t, which cried, and RHAMP- Ipany was it.• Colonel the adop ,lready NJ' ,he motion be moved of a coin accounts, r relationg rf creating pers, and such other cable them re a future )uld be de rate of a Mt, moved after the -estigation. >r payment •, proposed tpune pay e without ng in a de ued to pre- investigfr .eed to, the act—viz , 'i!son, and nese of the ton ; but Irnoient of eception of ace agret" to they ant "3 that the e works at he founda annexed, m of the heater. A ,urchase of .s between %need that un vf the le Roches' lad shortly continued ieriod sug r late de n arrange' le line, b 7 he purpose :en Strood this policy to effect le to repolt !ed on, but umstanees, complete fter trams to adjourn time they oroprietors rc, and will w of carry it on which of 2/. 10d. Th e per completed, prepared. roving the authorised r, by con raisbam, to In ? and of d also the Doard con- Ann ity ef Kent line• ►ment this and from over the over the I)artfor'd• ,en read a he founds - Bridge at' and I have 13 are now rete ready try, which ate of con perfectly to say; is er entirely aterial ; ' course of ,ed for the pidly pro be appre- n of this summer, the act of 3 with the ham, but , for rea au of en- 6 dividend ind 9 per CTION• as held at .al in the available which t 6• ,d for the am, leav' carried has been le rate of - - ii MONEY MARKET A ND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed Wetly, and compared with Friday's rates prices of American were rather against the buyer. The sales Were estimated at 8,000 to 9,000 bales (of which s ° o American were taken for export, and 1,000 e n Speculation). The sales include 470 Pernam a nd Maranham, at 6d. to 61d. ; 1,500 Surats, 'id. to 4i(1.; and 150 Sea Islands, 101 d. to 2s. 10d. Per lb. CoPmercial advices from France, giving an ac count of the state of trade throughout the country , n ave come to hand. These show that the resolu .,ti°ll of the Bank of France to discount bills a t 90 d ays' sight has produced a beneficial effect 11 1 )0 0 all branches of trade. It is said a'so that the rate of discount will be reduced, l a 8 0011 as the results of the pending nego tiations are ascertained to be favourable. In an ipation of such a result, many large esta blishments have taken measures to facilitate the 4e gotiation of bills received from small traders. In t he event of peace being settled this spring, and the Russian authorities carrying into effect the pro -1)° sod reforms in the tariff, it is expected that t he ,_ 'de of France with Russia will be greatly increa sed. , orrderly all articles of French manufacture paid an e lorbitant duty, and created an enormous contra band trade. Advices from the manufacturers in the provinces are very satisfactory. The prices of I toollen and cotton fabrics have risen, which pur chasers have submitted to, and benefited the manu facturers, who for some time past realised an in ilefteient profit from their sales. At Paris there s not much of importance to remark among the d etail traders. They are all preparing for the sum leiar trade, and ordering accordingly. There are 4180 many agents from the provinces and foreign ceantries purchasing largely, which adds to the 4cti. vity of the manufacturers. The prospectus of another Joint Stock Bank, the "lest Metropolitan," has been issued. The tti c apital required is 300,0001., but power will be ken to increase it to 1,000,0001. if necessary. ,7'king at the large profits recent l y made b y t 'alilar institutions for some time past, the promo :rB appear confident of establishing a successful mdertaking. th in Lombard-street, and at the Bank of England, e demand for discount accommodation has sl ightly diminished, and it is expected that rather eBl er terms will soon prevail. As the various in stalments on the New Loan fall due, howeve r, the re will probably be an occasional return .c ta Pressure ; but some parties are so con exit of a continuance of the comparative ease t c)/v experienced that an early reduction in the a nk minimum is not considered improbable. On th e Stock Exchange money is likewise obtainable at in lower rates, and the charges made for carry it:over speculative accounts in Foreign Stocks the shares are more moderate than at the time of me last settlement. l l\l o material variation has taken place in the t a 4 les of the English Funds, and the transactions a° ° Continued on a limited scale. The market , how ever, has not been quite so buoyant, the sales thet°ck made yesterday having arrested for a time Upward movement that has been apparent dur ing the last few days. Consols for transfer ta re been 91i, and since 91a For the account the y Opened at 911 to 92k, then receded to 91 i 6 4 at present rule at about 91 i to 92. The Scri p l i t r premium. Exchequer Bills are 2s. to 3s. c ount for the March issue, and 2 s. discount to 2 1: premium for the June descriptions. The New per Cents, have been 9 2 1, 93 , and 93 1 , and the educed 92, 921, and 92g. Since the above was written the market has be toel. e 'weaker in consequence, of a renewal of specu qtiVe sales, and Consols are 9l for money, 4114 914 for account. The Scrip 11 a prem. There is more activity in the Foreign market, " f log to the arrangement of the half-monthly ac -1101114. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95 to 951, being per cent. lower, and the Guaranteed are B e4 N7 at 100. Russian 5 per Cents'. are 104 to 105, P a nish 3 per Cents. 43 to 431, and Mexican 20g tGrenada New Active are quoted 20 i to 21. 3 per Cents. at 831, Brazilian Small 1021, o lt , t ° New 1011. Dutch 2 1 per Cents. rule at and the 4 per Cents. 95 to 95i. The following are the nominal prices'of Foreign te 'ka:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 1 7 1; Mexican , 20e ; Peruvian, 79 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 57 ; P ortugu ese 4 per Cents., 47 49 ; Russian 5 per Cen ts., 104 6 ; ditto ‘1 per Cents., 92 94 ; Spanish z Par Cent s ., 42.1- 43 ; ditto Deferred, 231 24 ; ditto Ce rtificates, 41 5 ; Ditto Passive, 6i 1. Ilailway Shares aro dull, and the transactions ent ered into are chiefly in connection with the set tlement. The Foreign lines are firm, but quiet. London and County Bank Shares are 10s. lower. Min ing and and Banking Shares are at nominal rates. lIR, „n ..1311 FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ("Prom the Oftial List. i lingin.. • clone. $ „ 1.2 Cent. Red c ed Annnitios... 9l i 2 8 1, 't Cent Consols Aunxitics .............. 911 1 i ,$ X: 3 per Cont. Annuities ............. . ... 93 i 2i 3 23 L o w 2 i * per Cent. Annuities 77 D itto Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860_ 14 t to 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6 15-16 14 Bonds 1:1 OW 0 , li itto, under 11.000 6 d "R('lm 1 , " , r Account Ditto Scrip 11 i pus Z zohequel Bills, z6cl. March. June. 4100 0 . ............ -...... .......... 2 3 d X5OO 1 Smell Ditto• •• Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cant 9 89 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. ilbazillan Bonds, 5 per Cent. . _ Bat° Small 1023 D Bitto New 5 r Cent., 1529 and 1839 101 t Q at 'isit Bonds, ape Cent., 1825 834 b rellada New Active, 14 per Cent. Il i lxi ml 3 per Cent. . small Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St lOl 5 'l)ftnist, tiolints, 3 per Cent ,„ Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. •tirki th il on d s, 6 per cent 9si 5 3 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ' 1008 k Dividends on the above Payable In London. (I gian, 23 per Cent., ex. 25 francs -- , r .eitto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 frane„s...... 951 `'ltch Exchange, 2t per Cent., 12 Gail ... 634 4 ußto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. C , nsols , money Ditto Account 9la I LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) ii • LLOND With dull ON, F e b. 27 ther. Wind this day at noon , N.N.W. ut, wea (PER ELVOTitln TF,Lie W nRAPTI.) LIVERPOOL, ednesday Morning. ' rind N.W. Arrived—Kangaroo, fiom Varna ; Lyme R e g is, Alex. a ndria • L an " Malta ; William S. Burroughs, Apala BY SUBMARINE ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.44 a.m. Wind W., tide six hours' ebb, fine. -Arrived—Falcon, from Terceira. Siiled—Unity, for Rouen Miispee, Launceston. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.37 a.m Wind W., light. r assed—Priseill, from Qnstown for London Har e q, u in, westward, for Londo n; Juao, London, for Poole. 1 1 . 4 koehored.Halits, from Shields, for Constantinople ' t Majesty's steamer, Euryalus Plymouth. Sail e d — D i spatc h , V anguar d, a nd Kingfisher, with a el ltlY all the outward bound. f , 'NB OFFICE OF COMMON SERGEANT. —The office of - "nteun-seigeant having been cleClared vacant, several candidates for the appointment have appeared in the field. The most prominent of these are Mr. Russell . ur ney, Q. u —., Judge of the City Sheriffs' Court, and S. Ir J. E. Eardley Wilmot, Bart., Judge of the BristolGntY court and Recorder of Warwick. Should Mr. Guney be snccessrul we believe that Mr. Prendergast, a . 0., Will b e a candidate for the office of Judge of e City Sheriffs' Court, vacated by the learned gentle -OA. letter from Bucharest of the 13 th, in the th er man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" It is said at the Hospodars of Wallachia and Moldavia *e • i ll be requested by the Sultan to retain provi sorallY for twelve months more the government the Principalities. An aide-de-camp of the eoultan is expected here with this request. At an s traordinary sitting of the Divan on the 7th, the „„ av erY of the Zizanas (or Bohemian sorb) was ' ll PPrealsed in Wallachia. THE SUN, LONDON-, WEDNESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 47, 1856. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.), RAILWAYS. Paid.' RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day LUU F iinbg. Noting. Boat and Eastn. .Tnnet.„ all 331 fast Ballymena. all dirming. Wolverh Stour Valley 29i '3irk e ihd. Lancia.. d Choshiro Juliet all )o. & Birk. £5O and r 25 Cona 19 Do., £20.... all IRlyth FiTyneoriginn £25 (load. at ,C 4 100 Biistol and Exeter /03 7aledotrian Cann. and Cardigan all •',heater & Holyhead all Jork and Bandon all ';ork, Black, & Pas-, IS , 3ornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 1:1 Ire° 1' Junction...._. 45 DLblindcßelfastJune. all !Inn. P. ts Aber. Jnc. 100 East Auglian all Eastern Counties.. 100 , last. ITniou, A Btl 100 De., B. Stout 84 no., Now A • 10 East Kent 1.00 - :k!tt Lancashire 100 1 Mint u egh ds ()largo, all &limb. and Peebles 100 Edith Prth & Onnde 9 `Forth & Clyde Jun !. all Furness all no. Extension........ 100 : Glasgow &5. West. - • all !Great N. of Scotlnd 1100 }Great Northern 100 A. Stock 1 00 I Do., B. Stock DO ; t. St h. &West.are. 100 !Great Western 14)0 I Do. Stour Val_ Re Gua. Stk all Irish South-Easterr. all !Lancaster & 14 X, Mc, Thirds 8 I Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. and York.!: Do. Wst. aiding Mt all ILiv:Criny.&Southo all !London & Blackwell 100 li,ond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 I Lon& and N. Westr: 16 Do. Fifths 4 D0.101.1.311.,M&8., .0 2Do. Eighths . 10016ondon andS. West: all I Do., £5l, , all Do., £4O. all Lndndrryds Col erain. all Ludlndrr7. & Enn'.sk 100 , kte.ncli.Shef.ki 125.! Do., Mar.. & Lin. Un 1 !Metropolitan 100 !Midland 100 Do. Birrung. &Doe , all Kidld. G. West. (Ire all Do, Half Shares I all 'Newcastle & all Nwpt. Aberg. €1 Newry & Euniskill +i all INewry Warrenpoin• and Rostrevor :100 Korfolk 3 t Nort4.CountiosUn IWO North British Sth Devon Rai' & 100 Deck Stock 100 Do., A Stock all B Stook, all IDo., B Guarantee 100 iN. Eastern—Borwie 211.!Do. do. Extension 15 !Do.do. G.N.E. ?such s 9 Do. Leeds 100 :Do. York 100 I North London 3, lr N.k.S.Wstrn.,Hany stead, and City Jn.. 17i North StatTordshir-.. al. ; North Western. a ll I /. &S. Westrn. June ' 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester.... ... 1)0 )r, Wore.. „tz. 8 't.rta:aonth 100 Ce itral 101; 'Scottish Midland 100 ' inropshire Us a!I South Devon t ionth Eastern 100 booth Wales 1. , Yrksb. Riv. Dtll ! )0 !;) 6 wne.,l l 7ok. kWol 15 a Stockton & Darli 16 tktcn & Einrtlep it. 110 i Patv Vale it. i 10. Pref., No. 1 :2 r'---.Tnes Hay. D.& R. 0 trlverstone & Lance ) all Vnie Neath Z) all Watertl. k Kilkenn 50 41 WaterforlatLlmeri , '. 2 all 'West Cornwall 10 al 'West End of Lomb , : and Crystal Pala's.. 5 all Do. A ~....... 5 3 Do. B. , 0 sit West London 10 all Wimblodn &Croydol LO 4I LO 1 40 !CI 10 5 4, .8 1 4i .8 all all .LU :0 13 10 I 15 :0I 1G 1 M 0 j 9) !O 611 :6 Li 4 •11 :9 11 V. all NO I all 5 Hal !Ii) 5 11* all LO .11 !O all .6 al 0 all 10 all 0 5 :0 "►li 5 all 4 all LO I $.ll 0 1 all I 0 , all 254 2q - •N •• S - 8A 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 87 - E . 9 57 - 57,3 12 : i 3! •N .. M. 4 - 2 8 - 8)5 194 - 13 , - 31 22 - 24 72 - 74 5!. - L 6 fi - !-/; 25 - 26; 85 - 87 6i - 7 951 - 96, 80 82 12 125 106 - ;08 59i 60 73 - 76 6i - 74 6 - 7 82 - 82 7 74 9 98 , 1016 101 j' PI td 91 sj ... ..... ... 241 - 25 - 70i - 71 11 - 43 ... - ... .« - ... : 49 - 3 3,1 29 30 ••• '''. ... 77 -78 6 - 5A4 4 - 3 3 ! - ►s# 52i 533 - 92 ei : 61d 9i - 103 22 - 24 04 106 74 76 16 _Pt I.li - 12). 654 71. 73 4 2 jd -5 37 • •S ... 204 -21 i 3i --- 44 ei - 74 ..• FOREIGN. ‘ritsr,r,,,,V,,,r,t M Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. iu Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes kulgthn Easttu. Junk: lnziers to Oraiss Ts& il,nubay , itaroaa, an nentrtilndia,ScriT Do. t lemerar& Rhenish a:astern of France . .)o. New r.ast Indian, g. 5 p.. Do. D 0.4 p.c.13nd5.,'57 do. do.. d Gee ong 1 r Melbou ne guar. 5 per c ut.. Do., Lon. allot., do. Gd Tk of Canada.A Do. Do. Cert. of Debeu. eon. into Stk., till'6: Comp. 6 p. e.. do Coutral of Fran , ' Gt. Indian Peninsnl Great Tanxembour. Constituted Sharw . Do. Obligations._ Do. re-is. 'orftd. Sh.l Gt.Vtiostern of Canaen sharps } Do. New Do. Ms., payablo's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Dc. do., '73, withon' option tianallton & Torontr Do. 6 por cent. T.Zkr Const. Bad , Liarre and Turnhout Lucca! , Pist. 5 p. c.p ILyons and Ocnova Lyons It Mediterran. adras, guar. 4 p.c Do. New 0., sp. o Po. 4 p. c. Exten Maria A ntonia ....• Do. do. Now Namur fa Liege (will interact) Do. (ex intor,,st) Northern of France Do .20/. Sbs. no. 20 7 . 3 p. c ISds (fmy.B.& Ams. Slut NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds ,Paris and Orleans._ Rome and Frascati.. Royal Danish Royalßwedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5 t p. cent. Prof. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do 'Southern of Franoe St. Andrew's ane Quebec (A). West Flanders Do 5A tier c. Pref W. &N. W. of Franc West, of Switzerland, 'Zealand I Zealand 7i - 1(1 1 p 2 . 1 i 3p 3i d par PB} - 12 - 21 22 - 1) 10) - 9i 14 - 156 72 - 75 RI - F 4 5i - 6 203 - 203 41 - 5 3 - 3i 254 - 46 3i - 3. ' 99 - 100 120 - 125 120 - 125 107 119 25 - 25!„ 120 - 125 .... -- .. 91 - 101 19 - 20 7 , 2 - 3 6 5t - 49 - - 12; ..• •• - g 4n - 50 . 50 - 52 ii -= i*o • • . - ..• = • • i 1 ... ;;.r. per, 3i - 4 iii - 34 ... '-"" iii 7 iii JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ~txe+trnln~ta ~ Bank of London HO. Col. bk.&Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City .... . Colonial Commercial of Loud Eng.gcot.lt Aus.Cht. Loud. Mart. Bk. or Australis ........ Ditto New tendon a.nd County Ln(l.&E. Bnk g. Corp. 1 London Joi , it Stock. London and Paris Loud. & Westminster National Pro. of Eng Do. Now • .. National of Irelaud.. New South Wales,... Oriental Bank of Corporation. !ercvinciai of Ireland Do. Now R Mrs B &Go Im CI Royal British 3onth Australia Union of Australia, Do. Now I Unign o_ London ,z N 4 64 - 66 par 1 p * id 67 -- 69 .. .- ... 16i 174 151 164 4 3d ... -- ••• , par dp IJ. - - par ••• ••••• ego sr* . • 37 - 39 39 - 41 ••• moo ••••• IMM. .4. 0941 = ••• 38 - 40 71 - 72 7a 84 27 ..- 29 Business done this day. .I Pa ‘l. LzuSIR.. Colpan FiAJL VP AYAt Ciollllle this dsy itasia Asti this day. THE ROAD TB - A If ES SPA UK. (From the Times of this day.) Sir G. Grey, iu his character of Home Secretary, has just given us the assurance that nothing is in.- tended but fair play by the appointment of the Se lect Committee to inquire into the best means of opening St. James's-park to the public. Lord Pal merston, as Premier, has ratified this assurance. Sir B. Hall, as Chief JEclile of the Ministry, adds, that not only was it never intended to exclude public traffic from that portion of the park which lies in front of Buckingham Palace, but that at the time the clamour was at the highest against the apparent selfishness of the policy pursued he was actually engaged in the preparation of a plan for admitting the traffic over this very ground. Marvellous in deed are the ways of statesmen, and of all who • dabble in statecraft. The great art seems to be, that a proficient in this noble science should carefully hide that which he ought to reveal, and disclose that which lie should conceal. There was no question here of foreign diplomacy, no Treasury secret, no suggestion which might not with the utmost propriety have been discussed by every cabman in London, and this was jest the occasion selected by Sir Benjamin Hall for dealing in mys teries. He must have been well aware that a perfect storm of execration was gathering round the department over which he presides—nay, that the unpopularity of his supposed measures ex tended even to the Court of his Royal Mistress ; yet still he maintained his dignified reserve. Even when "My dear Shelley" was set up as a corres pondent to "My dear Sir Benjamin,"--just like the timely confidante in an - old French tragedy,— not a syllable of the dread secret was allowed to ooze out. Sir Benjamin explained that he was the victim of circumstances ; that true it was lie was preparing a plan upon the line indicated by his abominable posts, but that he was acting strictly under orders. The blame lay not with him, but with the Home Secretary. Now, upon the supposition that Sir B. Hall was at the mo ment engaged, —equally, of course, by the orders of the Home Secretary—in the prepara tion of another plan such as was preeminently calculated to give satisfaction to the public, was it quite fair to Sir George Grey to hold him up to universal criticism, of a not very flatter ing character, as the complaisant agent of the Court? Nay, we will venture somewhat further than this, and ask, was it *loyal to his Royal Mis tress that Sir Benajamin Hall should have left her subjects for so many months under the erroneous belief that she was opposed to a measure so necessary to the convenience and comfort of the inhabitants of London, when one word from him could have set the rumour at rest for ever ? This may be statecraft after the good old school of King James 1., of wise memory, but it is scarce fitted to the plain dealing and publicity of modern times. After all, this rumour arose not without sufficient cause. Sir Benjamin did not shrink from giving us material guarantees of the policy lie intended to pursue. He commanded his agents to erect a line of landmarks which should indicate the pre cise spot at which he intended to bisect the Park. But, as it appears, each of these posts, like the " tall bully" of the famous distich, "lifted its head and lied." They were only so many beacoas esta blished by the Board of Works to warn intruders off. Wherever else the gardens were to be cut, up, that line at least was sacred. Sir Benjamin Hall, indeed, was all the while busy with his plan for conducting the traffic under the walls of Bucking ham Palace ; which was just all that was wished. Do the readers of Theodore Hook remember that pleasant scene in which the practical joker outwits the retired merchant at Twickenham ? This practical joker—the Sir Benjamin of the tale— is represented as floating down the Thames in a wherry with his companion. They are weary and hot, hungry and thirsty, and they have not where withal to satisfy their hunger or quench their thirst. In this uncomfortable position of affairs they perceive an Alderman and his family enjoying their claret and fruit in a cool dining-room at the end of a beautiful lawn. The question for the two tired boatmen is, how they can obtain an invitation to join the party ? The practical jolter leaps out of the wherry, strikes first the boathook and then the two oars into the ground—just like Sir Benjamin Hall's posts—,.and then he and his companion go through the farce of taking a survey as for au in tended railroad, which is to be driven through the Alderman's grounds, and to shave off 'the pet corner of his conservatory. The two pseudo-sur veyors, of course, soon find themselves at the hoe pitable board imbibing claret and peeling peaches. Now this is just such a trick as Sir Benjamin has been playing the Londoners, always on the suppo sition that the real idea throughout has been to open a road in front of Buckingham Palace to the public. We trust the result may prove that it has been so, and that the=right hon. joker has been mystifying the town for his own private amuse ment, or from some of those abstruse motives which regulate the conduct and inspire the action of such statesmen. There is no very serious objection to the names selected for the committee upon Sir Benjamin's plans. There is one thing, however, which we would strongly impress upon their minds. If their object be to meet the wishes of the public, the public desire -no expensive improve ments or costly undertakings. We don't want a viaduct across the gardens—we don't want a tunnel under the Duke of York—we simply want that the circuit of the Park shall be open to the public, as Birdcage-walk is at the present moment, with access at Spring-gardens, St. James's Palace, and Buckingham and Storey's gates. The dis placement of a few iron gratings, the widening of the passage at Spring-gardens, and the opening of a road across the upper portion of the Parade, would give us all we ask. Don't let the committee be too magnificent. THE PEACE CONFERENCES. (Front the Morning Herald.) The Congress, on whose deliberations depend the issue of peace or war, has held its first sitting, and, as was anticipated, an armistice extending to the 31st of March has been agreed upon by the representatives of the five powers. This truce does not extend to our maritime operations ; so the blockades will not be affected by it. This being so, the conclusion of an armistice looks something like making a virtue of necessity, as during the next six weeks military operations in the Crimea or in Asia must be difficult if not impossible, and the opening of the campaign was not really antici pated before April. However, the determination not to raise the blockades reduces the armistice nearly to a matter of form, but will, it may be hoped, prevent any possibility of an advantage being taken by the enemy of the suspension of hos tilities either in the Baltic or the Black t-'e i. The plenipotentiaries then are fairly at work, and the fate of Europe for the remainder of this century rests with them. If France, England, and Austria are united and resolved, they can effectually repress the advance of Russia ; but if the Allied Powers miss the opportunity now pre sented, ten - years hence Russia will be more for midable than ever ; the damage sustained by the war repaired ; her military character ad vanced ; her influence over the surrounding populations of both continents decidedly in creased. Now is the time, if ever, to reap the reward of two years of toil and bloodshed, and to fix the peace of Europe on a durable basis, so far, at least, as that object can be attained by " mate rial guarantees" extorted from its persistent and. injurious violator. A very few days will now dis close the true intentions of Russia, and we may say also of that power with whom ostensibly has originated the last proposals of peace. If Russia be really sincere the question will not be difficult of adjustment, and she will not hesitate to give the needful proof of her disposition to abate her egre gious protensions, and respect the public law of Europe. If not, the sooner the conferences are broken up the better. There is no intention here or in France, whatever may be the feelings with which the conferences are regarded in either country, to tolerate protracted and fruitless negotiations. We have already stated our opinion that the whole question of peace or war will turn upon the proposal for the emancipation of the Black Sea. Russia is disposed to concede the demands of the allies respecting the Baltic—she will not make any difficulty about the Aland Isles ; but she will strain every nerve to retain her foothold on the margin of the Euxine. It seems almost like a truism to assert that Nicolaieff and Kherson may be come formidable to the independence of Tur key, and as subversive of the freedom of the Black Sea and of the Danube as Sebastopol ; therefore Nicolaieff and Kherson must be given up unreservedly. The Circassian seaboard must be secured from the future grasp of Russia- In short, the liberation of the Black Sea is but a fiction so long as Russia possesses a fort or an ar senal anywhere on its coasts, or on any of the navi gable rivers which flow into it. On this point our Minister must be firm is the resolv e of the nation he represents ; for on the surre nder of this point by Russia we foresee everything depends. The responsibilty which rests upon Lord Claren don can hardly be exaggerated . We are willing to believe he has the honour and interest of his coun try at heart ; let him show that he has, and that he knows how to maintain hi s distinguished position, and to meet and foil the address of Count Orloff, and the more dangerous subtleties of the Austrian Plenipotentiary, to say nothing of other difficulties to •which we need not now - more particularly advert. Let Lord Clarendon take a straightforward, honest, English course, and in any case we shall come out of this affair with credit ; but let him beware of trifling with the earnest sentiment and fixed resolve of the country that has committed all she holds dear to his keeping. THE LAW OF MARRIAGE. - - ---0- ( Proin the Times of this day.) A strange suit, worthy to be ranked among the causes cjlebres of Doctors' Comnions, was heard and determined in the Prerogative Court on Saturday last. Au aged an .l infirm lady, the widow of a Major in the army, died at Brighton in the month of Jan., 1850, at the advanced age of 82 years, leaving behind her an only son, a captain in the Royal Artillery, and having down to the time of her death paired as a widow under the name of Mrs. Major Campbell. The lady was a strict Roman Catholic ' was attended on her death-bed by her Father Confessor, who administered the last sacraments to her as Mrs. Campbell, and after wards performed masses for the repese of her soul under that name. The son was present at her death, and followed her to her grave, and the in scription on her coffin reptesented her as the relict of Major Campbell. It seems that by her father's will her son was entitled to a considerable property upon her death, 'kuLject, however, to the life in terest of her husband, if she left any husband sur viving her. She had also personal property of large amount, to which her sun would be entitled if she died a widow and without a will, but other wise her husband would claim it as his exclusive property in case of her intestacy. After the fune ral her sou and the friends of the family assembled to hear her will read, when the person who was supposed to be her executor stepped forward, an nounced himself as her husband, and, as such, as serted his claim to her papers and property, to the exclusion of the son. The friends repudi a t e d th e claim ; but no will could be found, and a suit for the administration of her property ensued in the Prerogative Court, in which the son was enabled to put the asserted husband on the . proof of his marriage. The case of the asserted husband was, that six months before the death of this aged lady he had taken her in a hired carriage to the office of the Superintending Registrar of the Marylebone dis trict, and in the presence of two witnesses, selected by him, strangers to the deceased, had contracted a marriage with her according to the act of Parlia ment, which was purpos dykept secret for fear of her sou's anger. One of these witnesses was pro duced, anal swore that he was not a stranger to her, but knew the lady, and the signature annexed to the entry in the book of the registrar was sworn to be in her handwriting. It appeared further that her age, her residence, and the name of her father were wrongly entered; but the act of Par liament does not permit a false entry to invalidate the marriage. It was in vain for counsel to con tend that the marriage in itself was grossly impro bable, that the parties never cohabited, never ac knowledged each other as husband and wife ; on the contrary, that the lady always treated the as serted husband as a guest at her house, to the last moment retained the name of Campbell, and never could have deliberately intended to disin herit her only son, in whose arms she died, as it was proved that she expressed her warmest gratitude to a faithful servant who had sum moned her son to her bedside to attend her last moments, and a host of witnesses spoke of her as doating upon her son to the last. The asserted husband•produced himself as a witness in his own cause under the now law of evidence, and sworn solemnly that he was honestly carrying out the deliberate wishes of the mother in endeavouring to deprive the son of his inheritance. The Court felt bound to pronounce that the fact of a marriage solemnised according to the act of Parliament was proved, and that such a marriage was attended with all the consequences of a marriage publicly celebrated in, facie ccecsice, and acknowledged by the parties &trine. their lifetime. The son left the court stripped of his inheritance, saddled with his own heavy expenses, and with part of the costs of his adversary. It may fairly be a question whether such a state of our marriage law is satisfactory, and whether it is not a scandal to a civilised country that the institution of marriage, which was in tended for the .protectiou of the offspring of the wife, should be capable•of being perverted to its ruin. THE VIRTUAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. When, some weeks ago, we began to undeceive the people of this country as to the cordiality of our Ally, and to pledge ourselves for the accuracy of the fact, that a virtual alliance had been entered into between France and Austria, our statements were received with some incredulity. Since then the Times, in its leading articles, has endorsed every word, we said on the subject ; and yesterday its Vienna correspondent., under date of Thursday last, not only does the same, but has furnished some illustrative details, which are full of signifi cance. The first paragraph of his communication is of so much importance, that we feel that it to be cur duty to reproduce it in our columns. " You will, doubtless,' says the Vienna corres pondent of our contemporary, " before this, have learned by the oniteltr that that the Empress of the French has received the order of the Star Cross (Stern-Kreuz Orden), and a letter from the Em press-Mother, Carole, e Augusta, but the official organ will hardly publish the Tinpelial epistle, al though it must have.made an extremely agreeable impression on the Emperor Napoleon. You have frequently been told that the relations between France and Austria were far more intimate than was generally supposed, and the information which will now be given is well calculated to remove all doubt on the subject. When it was settled that Count Buol should go to Paris, his Majesty the Emperor wished to give his brother Monarch some striking proof of the high con sideration in which he held him, and it was thought that this could not be better done than by treating his consort as if she had beets of Imperial or Royal descent. The Stern Kreuz' is only worn by those ladies whose pedigree has during a long series of years been without spot or blemish, and it was re solved that this high order should be presented to the Empress of the French. In order that the im pression produced on the Imperial pair might he the more agreeable, the badge of the order in bril liants was accompanied by a letter from the Em press Caroline Augusta, who is Protectress and Su perior of the Institution, in which it is said that the attention has been shown in order to consolidate the intimate relations already subsisting between the two families.' The other parts of the letter were of little moment, but the passage quoted ap pears most significant, when it is considered that it was written at the express desire of the Emperor Francis Joseph." We can state, from private communications from Paris, in the accuracy of which we place implicit dependence, that Louis Napoleon has so far com mitted himself to Austria—which of course means to Russia also—that it will be with the grsatest difficulty that even the appearance of the alliance with us, can be much longer kept up. He is anxious to avoid an open rupture with England, becauso he knows that it would be ruinous to him in the present position of European affairs ; but i f all be true that is confidently stated, he is destined, ere long, to realise in his painful experience, the truth of the adage—that one cannot, at the same time, both hold with the hounds and run with the hare.—Morning Advertiser. liltrb J iy '/ Vftt k o jo , on L SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. LIVERPOOL RAOES.--(This Day.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SEFTON HA.NDICAP. Mary Little Davie Roddam Eight ran. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. Freetrader Minerva Minos Twenty-one ran. HURDLE RACE. Stamford Freedom Three ran. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(This Day.) The SPEAKER took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock. Several petitions were presented against the County and 13.)rough Police Bill ; ono from Mr. BAINES in favour of it ; and another by Mr. MOIVIMAY, frun the Mayor and Corporation of Durham, in its favour. THE CRIMEAN INQUIRY. Mr. W. 0. STANLEY gave notice that he should tomorrow ask the First Lord of the Treasury if the inquiry to be conducted by the General officers relative to Sir J. M`Neil and Col. Tulloch's report was to be an open or secret one. COUNTY AND BOROUGH POLICE BILL. _ _ In answer to a question from Sir J. WALMSLET, Sir G. GREY said that he intended to postpone the secoud reading of the County and Borough Police Bill frOm Friday to Monday next, but he did not promise to bring it on on that day. CONTRACTORS' DISQUALIFICATION REMOVAL BILL. Mr. MITCHELL having repeated the reasons why he had been induced to introduce this bill, moved for leave to withdraw it in consequence of the notice of mo• tion that had been given by the hon. member for Fins bury, that the bill be read a second time that day six months. Mr. DUNCOMBE said that his objection to this bill was, that it was not such a measure as should be passed by a reformad House of Commons. Every interest was now represented in that house, and in consequence of the passing of the Reform Bill the trade of this country Lad been more fully represented than before, and it might be said that now the counting-house interest and not the lauded interest was in the a-oendaut in that house. He considered that this bill would have had an injurious and prejudicial effect on the public welfare if carried into effect. He had much pleasure in seconding the motion of the mover that it be withdrawn. Mr. WALPOLE was of opinion that it was not de sirable to make any alterations in this law. It was de sirable that every possible source of corruption should be avoided, so that the house might stand well with the country, which he thought it would not do if they re pealed the act that prevented Government contractors from sitting in that house. He thought the law with reference to the contractors for public loans should be altered, and suggested that the Government should in troduce a declaratory measure in reference to it. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was glad to find the hon. member for Brid port had con sented to withdraw the bill, otherwise he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) must have voted against its second reading. He thought that the Parliament which passed this bill had acted wisely in doing so. An attempt to apply the disqualification act to contractors for loans was made for the first time last session, but the solution of the difficulty was clear, because a contractor to a loan was not in reality a contractor, but a negotiator ; and with regard to them it was impossible any undue ad vantage could be given to them by the Government, because the Chancellor of the Exchequer had to come to that house and ask the house to ratify the terms agreed to. He would give the subject his best attention. He thought the decision of the committee last session sufficient on this que , tion; but if it were thought desirable ho should have no objection to introduce a measure to set it at rest. After a few words from Mr. NeriEn and Mr. HAT FIELD, Mr. HENLEY expressed an opinion that he thought contractors to public loans were as liable to corruption as tho ordinary Government contractors. The bill was withdrawn. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE QUALIFICATION BILL. Mr. COLVILLE moved the second reading of this bill. The alterations he proposed to make in the pre sent bill were very small, and the only repeal of an exist ing qualification was that which related to reversionary property. As the law now stood, 1001. a year in laud was required to qualify a gentleman to act as a magis trate, and he proposed to extend that qualification to person. , possessed of 300/. per annum in personal pro perty, and also to persons holding office or who had a pension under the Government or in the East India Company's - service to that amount. This bill proposed to repeal four acts of Parliament referring to this subject. Three of them had become obsolete, and the remaining one was that of George II , under which justices of the peace row qualified. Ile also pro posed to repeal two sections of two other acts of Parlia ment ; one (if which prevented practising attorneys and solicitors from actin? as justices, and the other that which gave County Cuurt Judges power to act as jus tices by ♦irtue of their office. His object, in repealing these acts and clauses was to consolidate the acts relat ing to this aubje.ct. The ieotion having been ac em-idea, Mr. DEED ES opposed the second reading of the bill: This bill was introduced last session but withdrawn, because Ireland objected to be introduced into the bill, and that he thought showed the bill must be very faulty. Ile should not divide the house on the second reading of the bill, but reserve his opposition to certain parts when in committee. Sir GEORGE GREY sa!d that no doubt there were some provisions in tbe hill which were objectionable. The principle of the bill was that of giving a personal property qualification as well as a real property one, and he sax no objection to the second reading. The propo sition of giving a qualification to the holders of salaries or incomes of 3001. a year he thought objectionable, and it might be remedied in committee. M.. VANSITTART opposed the bill on various grounds, especially on the ground that a bill proposing such great and important changes ought to have been introduced by the Government, and not by a private member. - • Mr. K. SEYMEP, supported the bill, and said it appeared from what had been said by the opposers of the bill that they were not aware of the great want of magistrates in various country districts to carry on the ordinary business of petty sessions, and that defect could only be remedied by an alteration of the present qualification. Mr. BASS approved of the principle of the bill. Mr. DUNCOMBE wished to say ore word of this bill, but he was afraid that one word would not be satisfactory to the house, seeing the large number of the "great unpaid" present. (Hear.) The greatest and best alteration that could be made in increasing the number of magistrates would be to give the country a stipendiary magistrate. It often occurred that the "great unpaid" had to decide a case in which they were interested, especially cases of poach ieg. Mr. EWAIIT reminded the house that a property qualification was not required for Scotland. Mr. LASLETT approved of clerical magistrates when other gentlemen could not be found. He supported the bill. Mr. MUNTZ defended the conduct of the "great unpaid," who, he thought, it would be better to retain than appoint a stipendiary magistracy. He thought the former were not open to the charge of partiality. The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on l6th. ANNUITIES BILL. The CHA NCELLO it of the EXCHEQUER said that doubts having been expressed as to the subscribers to loans coming within the Contractor; Disqual►fication Bill, he should in committee on this Lill introduce a clause to meet that doubt, with reference to the subscri bers to the present loan. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. The Consolidated Fund Bill (1,631,0051. jg , 3d.) was read a second time. EXCHEQUER BILLS FUNDING BILL. This bill was read a second time. After some other business, the house adjourned at two o'clock. PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—i new battery is now in course of construction at the dockyard at Pembroke. It is situate at the western side of the establishment, and is ' intended to mount 7 very heavy guns. The contractors are Messrs. Tregenna, who are pushing the works on, so that it will soon be ready for mounting. In consequenci of the great infix caused by the militia, and the nume rous works now in progress, the towns of Pater and Pem broke are quite full, and a vacant house is not to be seen. Between 200 and 300 of the militia now stationed at Pembroke have volunteered frr the line, and will shortly be drafted to the various regiments. PRICE OF GOLD.----The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mills premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.32 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.371 it follows that gold is about 0 . 22 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 k per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5$ and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at short being 13.71, it follows that gold it; 0.75 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 per cent , and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi nally 0.58 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of in terest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmis si.og of gold either way between the two countries. LA IF INTELLIGENCE.—Feb. 26. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) (IN RE GLEN.) This was the certificate meeting in the case o f Adam Glen, of the White Bear Hotel, Piccadilly, formerly a baker, in Regent-street. Mr. Linklater supported ; Mr. Hilleary appeared for several parties. Mr. Metcalfe opposed, and examined the bankrupt as to his betting transactions. He said be bad not been at a race for two or three years. He bad only been once at the Derby for the last four years. He had not ace ce rlins horse in September, 1855. DamaskAhorasgeoc.allDedidnot, to for the Chester Cup five years knowledge, instruct any one to make bets for him. He might 'lyric had a commission for a horse called Escape, but be did not recollect. He might have made bets with Messrs. Butt and Fisher on the Chester Cup, but be did not recollect. Did not know Mr. Abbott, of Jermyn st reet. He would not swear he did not instruct Mr. Abbott to make a bet for bim. He recollected paying a person named Cochrane 18/. ; be did not know what for. He did not know when. Did not know whether he made a bet for or against Wild Dayrell with any one. Did not lose 2501. on Wild Dayrell on the Derby. Did not instruct Mr. Portman to make a bet for him, although he did a great deal for Mr. Portman, as he did for him. A witness named Cochrane was examined, and de poed he made bets for Glen, the bankrupt, aho told him to go toTattersalls and make bets in various amounts with different parties. Witness did so. They were all made on the Saturday before the Chester races. The race was run on the 2d of August ; the bets were in favour of Escape, but Escape did not win. Witness paid some of bankrupt's losses at his request. Mr. Port- man, whose name bad been mentioned, was a gentleman who had betted for himself and also on commission ; that is the custom with setting people. Cross-examined by Mr. Linklater—l am nothing now. I am living by my wits and by betting. I know that the bankrupt once had a commission to bet for several of the aristocracy and gentlemen connected with the turf, Was posted as a defau'ter at Tattersall's. Owed 5;400/. paid 4,2001. out of that. Had been a journeyman baker. Came from Scotland, where I served my apprenticeship. Began betting in London, and won a great deal of money at firit. A default r was a person who ran away, but he stood his ground. Paid all he could of his betting debts. Was now in the habit of going to Tattersall's. The bankrupt told him that the baker's shop in Regent-• street was Lis own, and that it did not belong to the - miller, which was frequently the case. Assisted iar keepin , the bankrupt's books. He owed 1,1001. on the Derby betting. Asked Glen for 7001. which he owed him, and he said he could not pay him. A gent!enaan went away who owed him 1,0001. Airs. Warren, of Brampton, was examined as to some furniture which had been removed from the bankrupVii house in Regent-street to her apartments. She &Ind dered she was entitled to it for accommodating Mr. Glen with 2001. After hearing the respective a ivocates pro and con., who addressed the Court, His Honour reserved judgment. SIIOCKING AND CRUEL MURDERS. - BURIED ALIVE. Yesterday Mr. Wakley held as inquest in the Isling ton Workhouse on a male child, about three weeks ell, who was found barbarously murdered under the follow ing circumstances : It appeared from the evidence of an old woman, named Mary Anne Tyler, who follows the penurious habits of a rag and bone finder, that she was in the Britannia-fields tart Friday, when, on turning over some rubbish on a dust-heap, she took up what she considered was a pitta of_loose rag, but immediately she discovered that she had the arm of the deceased child in her grasp. She instantly ran away, and told a police•constable of whkt she had seen, and upon Police-constable J. Miles, 434 N, hurrying to the spot, he found the unfortunate little creature buried beneath the dust and rubbish. It was dressed in a small baby's cap, a kind of night gown, and a piece of a female's coloured cotton gown. The constable at once conveyed the body to the statien house, and from thence to the dead-house, where it was subsequently seen by dr. Billinghurt, the divisional en, goon. Mr. Henry Biliinghurst stated that he performed the post morts'n examination. The body was that of a fine child, and the organs were all internally in a healthy condition. The heart and lungs were congested, and be had no doubt the child died from suffocation. The child appeared nearly three weeks old, and he was of opinion the congestion of blood was occasioned by ex prsure to the inclemency of the weathcr. There was dirt under the eyelids, showing that the child was placed under the dust alive. (Sensation.) _ _ The Coroner remarked that it was shocking the num t• • of cases of inf..nticide which had come under his noti:e lately. From the appearance of the body in that case, the dirt under the eyelids, &c., he was of opinion the child must have been buried alive. 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Yesterday morning having been appointed for the re examination of Celestrina Sornner, aged 2G, a vocalist, lately residing at Linton-street, Islington, and who stands remanded on the charge of having murdered a girl, aged about 10, name unknown, the avenues of the Clerkcnwell Police-court were crowded to excess by per• sons anxious to obtain a glance at the mar lerese. Large, however, as the crowd was, it was nothing to be com pared to that of Monday, to which day the prisoner was previously remanded ; on which occasion not only the court and passages leading thereto were filled with spec tators, but at one time there must have been nearly a thousand persons outside, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the pavement and road in front of the office could be kept clear. Tee two girls who were as saulted en their way home after leaving the inquest room last week were, fur protection, brought to the court early in the morning, and at the close of the exa mination were taken away, under the care of the police, in a cab. There was, however, no disposition shown to molest them or any of the other witnesses in any way ; aoxl, notwithstanding the large numbers that were pre sent, the greatest good order prevailed. About two o'clock the prisoner was placed in the deck before Mr. Collie, the sitting magistrate, and shb appeared a great deal better than on the last examina tion. Inspector Payne, of the 111 divisicn, attended to watch the case. Mr. Mould, the chief clerk, having read over the evi dence taken on the previous occasion, . Mrs. Julia Harrington was the first witness exa mined. She said—l reside at No. 47 Great INter street, IL ckney-road. I have seen the body of :the child which was found murdered in the cellar at No. 18, Linton-street, Islington. The child went by the name of Celestriva Christmas. She was borne in my house. I was present at the birth of the child, and the prisoner is the mother. The child was born in the month of No vember, 1845. I kept her until Thursday week, when the prisoner came in the evening and took her away, saying that she war going to take it to her sister's, in Murray street. She also said that she had got the girl a place to nurse a little baby. Police-constable Hone, 134 N, said that on Monday week last, after the prisoner was removed from lbe dock into the gaoler's room, at the back of the court, she began speaking about "Hamlet" an i " Richard III." After speaking very particularly of the part of " Eam let," she asked if he had seen Phelps take the part of the tyrant in "Richard III." After that she said it was her poor dead brother's child, and that was why she felt it so much. After ho died she said she bad promised to keep it, and that she pail ss. a week for its support. That money she further stated sl,e paid out of her own earnings, she being a teacher of music. She then said, "I did not like to put the child out to service, for she was not old enough to work. It is no use telling you a lie. I did not know what to do for the best." She was talkinc the whole of the time that she was in the room ; in fact, until she was removed in the van. The prisoner, whose defence was reserved by Mr. Humphreys. jun., wl.o attended for her, was then com mitted to Newgete for trial,- upon the charge of having wilfully murdered Ce/estrina Christmas, aged 10 p.ars. The witnesses having been hound over, the case,. as far as this c. , urt was concerned, terminated. STATE OF ITADE. MANCHESTER, Feb. 26.—The continued firmnesi of the cotton market has corrected a Oisposition which "was beginning to manifest itself on Saturday and yesterday among some of the producers of yarn and cloth to con cede rather easier terms, _and we have consequently a stronger market as regards prices.. Most of the princi pal houses report but a quiet market, but 'say that in all cases this morning manufacturers and Belleit gene rally have demanded and obtained the extreme rates of last Tuesday. Some houses report a fair amount of busi r ess in India shirtings, which wore a good deal neglected last we, k, at soy full prices, but have , lone little in madapoltams and j,econets suited to the E istern mar kets. In fine jacconets„ such as are taken by buyers for Glasgow, theie has been an a?.ti_ve inquiry, which has led to business at full rates. The home trade are quiet, but have operated, nevertheless, more freely than of late. There has been a moderate inquiry 'for some kinds of long-eoths, T-cloths, and print. rs. In printed goods a fair business is also doing at very full rates, and blues are proportionately dearer, in consequence of the recent d s ance in indigo. Spinners report a very firm market, with a better de mand for most kinds of yarn, at an advance of fully dd. per lb. en the rates of Saturday. Some descriptiom; of y: rn have advanced even a little more than this. India numbers, as well as others, have been a little more in request. LETTS, Feb. 26.—The cloth-markets to-lay have been of a quiet but satisfactory character, and for a Tuesday a full avera;ze amount of cloth has changed hands. Prices are tightening, and as stocks are low, a still further ad vance may be expected, as the present rates are scarcely a° . o equal to the augme nted cost of wools and d y e g oods . TM it be known whether that the war will still bee Peace Congress will con thinnue ncuo ehgdht,hitto harbingerab m ise be of pe probable the cloth-markets will remain e as they have been to-d a y. F ew are b o ld certain that we ar e ab ou t t o h ave p eace . e nough es When the question was put among the frequenters of the cloth-halls to-day, " Well, are we to have peace ?" the answer in most cases wa., "It looks like it, tint (with a shrug of the shoulders) let us not be sore." This doubtful position of affairs induces considerable caution on the part of both merchants and manufacturers, and the animation of last and the preceding Saturday's mar kets was chiefly in consequence of the rise in the wool and indigo markets. The latest news from the United States, being of a more peaceful tone thee of late, has been received with satisfaction, and will give confidence to shippers to send more goods to BR-Other Jonathan. The Huddersfield market to-day has been of a fair cbaraoter. New styles in trouserings, doeskins, and black and steel mixtures have sold readily and at good prices. The staple trade of the district is reported to be generally improving, considerably more , work being done than there was a month ago. STATE OF THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH AT GUILD HALL—At the sitting of the Court yesterday morning, Lord Campbell said he had received a letter, of which, for the sake not only of his own health, but for that of the counsel, jury, and witnesses, he felt, it to. be Ye duty to take public notice. The writer stated that he was well acquainted with all the circumstances which c onstituted the nuisance to this and the adjoin ing court, and that to his knowledge the bad smells by which they were assailed proceeded from an ancient cemetery over which the court wo constructed. He stated that there wai anciently a chapel at Guildhall, with a crypt and burial-ground, in which - were de posited the remains of deceased mayors and aldermen of former times, and that the oflensive smells now pro ceeded therefrom. Bis lordship said he made this statement of what had come to his knowledge in the discharge of his public duty, for if the facts were as stated, the lives of all were in danger. It was known that in former times the judge and jury and counsel were sometimes all swept away by the gaol fever ; hut it was to be hoped that nothing of the kind would now occur to produce such a result, and that immediata steps would be tau to =alio an inviry into the subject, 1 ,1 1 5 , ! %ll all 100 100 100 100 20 20 25 20 a II all 100 50 100 100 100 13 9 a i 72 3 241 a 23 6 Si