The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-09 00:00:00

- - - -, , r,u1 bloc -7 T t . , TIPS EVE Yas. 9, . Will be performel THE L tDT OF LY,)Ni. Characters hY ke•srg. G. V. Brovite, Helton,. 3korgan, and Younqe; Uwe Cathcart, bra. Walton. 4, •To conclude with xr,VG HOWMINGTOP ; or,' Harlequin and the ,;ocii; Land of Tox i a,,, , , . • :1e omoki t aiTag'.lll42, itOiCAL, HAYMARKET. D Undo?. the 419111getnent of Mr. Back-stone. • ccjj ~ TEt ,, EVESING. Fag. 9, '-' . performed TM; LADY OF' LYONS. Ctiaracters by tears. Howe, U. Corri, R)gers, Chippendale, George Vandenhorr , and Mies Reynolds. After which, the Grand cructiTHAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THRFE. BEARS; or, Little Silverhair and the V dries. Colo , n , )ine, Miss K. - Brown; ll4rleeite2n, Mr. J. Marshall; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. RIT'IL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 170e.r tho Management of Mr. COMMIS KsArr. TUB EYZNING, Eta. 9, Will be performed THE RIVALS. Characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Meadow,;, J. Vining, Mellon, and Addison ; Mrs. Wlnstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Miss Heath, and Mies C. Leciereq. -lifter which will be presented the new Grand CHRIST NIAS PAN -7'OllOlE, entitled HARLEQUIN ANt) THE MILLER AND Eiti MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin. M.r. Coroaac; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Panta!oon, Mr. l'atVo ; and Columbine, MLss Deibornirzli. LYCEUM TIIEATRE, Under the Management of Madame Vestals. THIS EVENING, FEB. 9, Win be perrorraeA A BACEIELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Nfeagrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Baker; Sliss F. Hughes. After which, t h e original F . gaN w airy Extravaganz a ., UPON kV. vir, 'NIEit.•,, VVE4b, TWO ri ~. mile I ONCE Frincipal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame 1 estris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS' CLATTER. TGRATRE ROYAL GUELPH[ ur, B. Webster.-01rectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Fia 9. Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo.drtima in aye taaleaux, with new scenery', the Set of lc., Sic., new are.as aukappointalents, calla! TI E T WM` OF GOLD; or, THE LOST SHIP Ail) TIE WILD FLOWER NIF.XICO. principal characters by Messrs. B o Webster, Keeler. Paul Belford, o. Selt7Y, Parsede, Mars , Jen, - Zioc.; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Marra!, Ass F. Haskell, ' To be followed by the popular and enCrely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two act., with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appoint men called N NI EI N[P, or THE %m' BRIDB. Principal characters by Siadarne Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss Si. Keeley, Mss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer,-G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENINfi. FEE. 9, Will be perfumed THE FIRS r NIGHT Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wig Undon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton; and Miss Wrsdham. After, which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. A. Wigan. Followed by THE WA.NDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE Bo's Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Dtrectress, Mtss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, FEB. 9, Will be performed 'T WAS / I."Frincipal character by Miss Fanny Reeves. Atte , which, the new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN ANt) KIN 4 NOI'CRACIiEtt ; or, The World , ot Toys. Clown, by he inimitable Flex,more ; lierlequin, Mr. Bologna; - Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Followed by HUNTING A TURTLE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 34.; Pit, Is. 6d; Gallery, 6d.; Private Boxes, 11. I le. 6d., to be nad of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary combination of attraction—The Performing Ele phants, whose wondrous feats ami hitherto unhea-d of incredibl performances now share their nighrty triumphs with their tett ' rival LE SI SAVANT; or, Nimble %tarmozet. He is indee another wonder, for his tricks and exercises are achieved with sue' human-like acticm, that the beholder can readily imagine he i' Watching In a mirror the reflective actions of a man. In addition to these " Zoolozical Stars," the Grand Chines Spectacle (which has reached its iiith niAht). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and the successful and gorgeous Pantomime, fonninz the most novel an 4 unparalleled entertainment ever offered to the public. THIS EVENING, Fats. 9, and during the week, THE WIsE ELEPHANrs or THE EAST, or Tim, Si A_GIC GO CG, in which Mr William Cooke's Mat tless Scenes of the CIRCLE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime o' BILLY BUT roe's JOURNEY TO LIRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladles' Favottrite. nox-ciidee open &an Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. N. Nest. WWI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Hui DAY —Morning 36 min.after 11 Evening 0 min.aft. 0 To. foanow—Morning 12 /Ili n.after 12 I Evening 40 inin.aft. 12 CHIC WHATHER.---Sum OPFMN, FEB. 9. THECHMOWETER, IN THE SHADE, 49 —hichost since noon vesterday. 44 —lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day at noon. BARONETER, 30'09. WIND, N.N.W. to N.W.—Strong breeze, and squally. Morning fine, dry, clear weather—afternoon rain, with a heavy shower of hailstones. . `~ !~l Ault any possible emergency. It is not Ad- - but men to fight that amrier alsrequiredto _ command, we want the thews and sinews, the athletic, experienced tars, who have never failed when their exertions were r quired, an d who went to the fray even more joyously than to the banquet. We may find the officers for one or twenty men-of-war even in a single day, but how long would it take to obtain suitable crews, in whom we could, as of yore, place implicit con fidence ? That is the question to which a speedy answer is imperatively required—the problem, on the due solution whermfAke welfare, the pros perity, nay, more, the safeby,-of the United King dom, at this moment depends. It is, however, essential here to avoid the pos -1 sibility of misconception or deliberate miscon struction. Let it not for a moment be supposed that we are disposed to undervalue the importance, the vital importance, of a wise and judicious selection of leaders ! Far from it ! We are too well aware of the effect produced on seamen by their feelings towards the officers, and more especially the commander-in-chief under whom they are required to serve, when they can re pose implicit confidence on the skill, experience, and, above all, the indomitable gallantry of the Admiral—the quality best expressed by the English term, " pluck." Their exertions will be doubled—aye, quadrupled. They will not hesitate to undertake any task, however arduous, that their leader may direct—for they know that a good officer is chary of the lives of his followers; that he *lll ask nothing which may not be accom plished; that his reputation is too well established to require the sacrifice of any of his men in a hopeless or desperate undertaking. What can be done, they will do, and he will ask no more. Besides, even the humblest seaman looks for the appreciation of a competent judge, and a simple word of approbation from a' good commander will send him to his hammock a proud and happy man, amply remunerated for what he had achieved, and willing again to encounter any per sonal risk or labour for a similar reward. It was that which made the mere name of "NELSON" a tower of strength in the olden time, more valu able than ten additional sail of the line, fully manned and equipped with ten thousand gallant hearts on board. It is that which would make the name of "CHARLIE NAPIER," even at the present day, a guarantee for success. In speaking of Sir C. NAPIER we wish not to undervalue any other officer. But, we believe, that he is unanimously looked). to by the country as the Commander of 1 the Baltic Fleet, just as his glorious cousin, the departed hero of Meannee and Hyderabad, was 1 for the Indian command when the emergency arrived. Such an office is not, under present cir cumstances, to be regarded as a piece of ordinary patronage, or as the reward for political servility. "Deter digniori" may be inscribed on the commission, and those who would now look to any other test but skill and ability would have much to answer for. With such a leader as Sir CliA.B.tits NAPIER, and seconds in command like Rear-A.dmirals CORRY and CHAPS, there would be little, if anything, to be desired. The victory would already be more than half accomplished. But "revenous a noes mouton." We can, as we have stated, obtain the inestimable services of these gallant officers at a moment's notice. The question now to be answered is—What are the means for manning our fleets? It is obvious that we cannot now depend on the barbarous system of impressment that was so freely resorted to in the olden time. It is, at least, the last resource—one which could only be thought of as a matter of necessity, when every other resource had failed, and when through some unaccountable cause everylegimate inducement had proved unavailing, and British sailors had shrunk from encountering an enemy, from maintaining the honour of the Briitish flag, or defending their native land from invasion. Even when that prac tice prevailed—when it was thought right and proper to drag men from their homes to compul sory service, it became a well-known maxim that " one volunteer was worth two pressed men ;" and its truth would be even more powerfully illustrated at the present day. What, then, are we to do to man our fleets— to attract competent and efficient men to our standard, we must remove the grievances of which such repeated"complaints have been made, and offer attractions at least equal, if not superior, to those ifforded in the mercantile marine ; and we must also show the full value of these induce ments, for the object will totally fail unless the parties whom we wish to come forward volun tarily are perfectly aware of the advantages to be derived from eatering into the public service. Tae true way to get good men is to pay them well ; and as we know how much a bounty is looked to by persons of that class, why, we ask, not offer a fair, nay, even a liberal bounty, to ex perienced sailors. The offer of 101., 71., or 51. per head for able seamen, according to skill and qua lifications, in addition to pay and rations, would bring the required number in less than a single month, and even by a judicious distribution of landsmen among tried and competent sailors, we might very speedily obtain efficient crews. ; One vessel in commission might be made the means of getting two, or even three vessels, more pi rticu jdrly steam, vessels, into good working condition. '`are say steam vessels, for it is notoriou4 that it is to steam we inust chiefly look, and steam itself would supply the place of many seamen. We could thus at once double or ! even treble our present force in commission. We have merely indicated the direction of the movement. Of course, other advantages Might and ought to be offered to volunteers. A speedy discharge might safely be promised the moment the pressure was relaxed. Every reasonable in dulgence should liltfrisie`be givens consistent with discipline. The men should not be kept , close tartsoners to gratify the caprice of any Martinet. By attending to these matters promptly and judi ciously we may overcome every difficulty. Of course, if when war was actually proclaimed— when everything was at hazard—the men resisted every reasonable offer, and still unaccountably hung back it might become essential to resort to other and more stringent measures to enforce the observance of an imperative dtity on every citizen. But we cannot believe .that such would be re quired, and they could not for a moment be justi fied until ,every other means had decisively and unequivocally failed, and no rational explanation could be afforded of thetittritOrdinary failure. A congratulatory ‘banquet, it will be observed, was given last evening, to the originator of that humane and rational, agitation which effected last session the repeal of the duty hitherto levied upon Advertisements. It was given at.the Whittington Club--.the distinguished recipient of the honour, the Right Hon. THOMAS MILNER G/BSON, receiving this well-deserved mark of respect and approval from the Association founded for promoting the abrogation of the laws imposing taxes upon knowledge. Assuredly, no recent benefactor of the multitude has more entirely merited . any such evidenCe of popular approbation. No one amongst the practical philanthropists whose labours have been extended over the last few years, and the fruits of whose benevolent energy and generous perseverance are now being enjoyed by the com munity—if we make perhaps two exceptions, namely, th a t o f H ILL , th e or i g i na t or o f th e Penny Postage, an d S MITH, the Inventor of the Screw Propeller. From the ingenious labours of the two note-worthy individuals last mentioned the people of these islands are daily and almost hourly deriving a scarcely calculable series of benefactions. From the achievement of the former (HILL) the blessings of cheap, and secure , and rapid correspondence ; from the achievements of the latter (Small) th'e"blessings of more safe, more speedy, and more economical maritime locomotion. But after those admirable 'improvements, that ac,coinplished in 1853 by Mr. GIBSON must be mentioned in almost equally fervent, and in some respects, we might venture to add with ou t extrav agmee, in yet mere earnest Wor ds of gratitude anti admiration. For we cannot, repeal of as rational observers, regard the the duty on adve r tisements as anythin g less imPortisit, 44tr : jaw Veal arkible than' the, PP! . ~~~ ~ is' LONDON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1854. We are virtually at war ! A war too whicl cannot be a little one ; and which may prove very tedious, expensive, and prejudicial to the best interests of the United Kingdom, unless it be carried on with unbending resolution and un ceasing energy. Whatever may be said or thought as to the propriety of exhausting the means of peace, there can be no second opinion as to the necessity of showing to the AUTOCRAT that Eng land is really in earnest, and that he is grievously mistaken if lie supposes that she can be bulliggtor cajoled into submission to his insolent dictation or connivance with his nefarious projects. Hostilities Can no longer be averted by any amount of strength or display of preparation. We have, akthough unwillingly, been driven into a corner, and fight we must, if we would not become the shame and reproach of all future generations—if we would not forfeit the honour so gallantly won, and nobly maintained by our progenitors throughout all ages, and give our children cause to blush for their degenerate parents. Indeed, putting all higher motives out of the question— disregarding all thoughts of honour, integrity, and glory, as things merely calculated to amuse children of a larger growth, and viewing matters only through an Xs. d. medium, we shall find that the most vigorous and decisive is also the wisest policy ; for the duration and ex pence of the war, as well as the amount of bloodshed and misery thereby occasioned will chiefly, if not altogether, depend on the deter mination and firmness displayed at the very outset. Every shilling applied in the first instance will save pounds at some future period. The speedy destruction of the Russian navy and arsenals will prevent a continuance of bloodshed, and eventually, perhaps, a war of necessity, when every British, subject will be compelled to fight a l'outrance for the protection of his liberty, his religion —nay, even of his very existence. It must be obvious to every man of ordinary experience, who does not regard history merely as a collection of old almanacks, from the perusal whereof neither r ofit nor pleasure can arise— that we must, as f in the olden time, rely on "our wooden walls," on the exertions of that Navy which has never been wanting in the dark hour of trial, but has proved itself adequate to encounter every emergency. We must, once again, look to theßritishfieet as our chief safeguard, asthe means by which, under PROVIDNCE, the belligerent movements may be brought to a speedy and satis factory conclusion. We have no intention of slighting or undervaluing the efforts of the other branchnsf the " United Service." We have no - , doubt that, whenever occasion may arise, the - British army will not merely efficiently, but nobly . ,;discharge its duty ; that our soldiers will prove ' themselves worthy of those who have fought and bled every clime, almost in everyland. But under pre sent circumstances the brunt of the battle must be attained by our seamen. Theirs is at present Post of difficulty and of honour, and th ose who have so well performed their part when the °Peaai°4 .rme . --- nir e d, should no envy their maritime brethren th e glory n ow p tuni ties and of distinction afforileZr It is, then, to our navy we must look at this moment, and every thing re lating to th a t navy is not only of paramount in terest, but even of vital importance during Vie present crisis. The Earl of HARDWICRE, on Tuesday night, brought forward, in the House of Lords, certain grievances to which th e senior officers ' of the navy have been and still Are subjected. The matters touched on by the 'Noble and Gallant Lord are well worthy of attentive considera tion, and, where grievances really exist, o r ample redres,l. But our conce rn at this moment is with the Base, rather than the S ummit .r. • the Pyramid— with the able Seam en , rather . than the Admirals of the Royal Navy. There i s no doubt that at any moment we may fi n d ad _ o 'Daitils and Captains in abundance to whom we ri adfis)-rilay unhesitatingly entrust our honour, aye, and 'claufhour safety. Many on the active list may besuffering O der the infir m iti es i nc idental to advanced age ?st , kal l d increasing infirmity, but still we have an i„aiiiintudant -supply of well-qualified leaders ,f9r, &' SUN. LON D - 6 7. N . ', UIt,SDAY, -EVEN LNG-, FEBR,TTATTY 9 1 4. liminlry to the oomprehensiv , t •Lbolition of the taxes upon. knowledge. It must not be forgotten, however, that other men besides Mr. GinsoN, are, in reference to the subject here specified, as his abettors and auxilia ries, peculiarly deserving of most thankful remem brance. It were ungracious, for examp!e, in this re gard to lose for one moment a ,recollection of the efficient exertions made in the good cause, session after session, by Mr. EWART, as it would be alto gether monstrous to overlook the noble efforts ad ventured upon in a similar direction, and with a kindred object, by men toiling strenuously and assiduously onwards to the goal of indirect national education, outside the walls of the legislative palace at Westminster. Meaning, of course, by these sufficiently explicit al lusions to the admirable endeavours made in London by CHARLES KNIGHT and in Edin burgh by the Brothers CHAMBERS, to place within reach of the poorer classes of the population the inestimable boon of a cheap but wholesome litera ture, nay, more, much more even than that of a classic, and elevating, and eminently instructive literature. It was a curious and beautiful indi cation of the progress which was being made to wards the more effectual development of this sys tem of indirect national education—the appearance of some of the most popular writers of the age, both male and female, as the founders and editorial conductors of really cheap, because at the same time they are really first-class, periodicals. Re ference, it must be obvious, is here made to the issue some few years back of the initial numbers of Household Words, emblazoned on every page with the name of CHARLES DICKENS, and of that sister serial the Journal, which carries in its very title the name of ELIZA COOK as the guarantee of its pervading excellence. Besides these, there are other prominent lalaburers in the same glorious field of intellectual improvement of the popula tion. As must be obvious enough to every one at all familiar with the enterprise displayed of late, year after year, in regard to elementary works, by JOHN CASSELL, and a reference to standard works of a miscellaneous character, published with such munificence and profusion by the re markable firm presided over by GEORGE ROUT LEDGE. It should, moreover, be mentioned as a circumstance commanding, upon this topic, the attention of the journalist, and extorted from the most phlegmatic the tokens of applause, and even of unaffected admiration, that the most eminent publishing houses in this country—the house, for example, of the LONGMANS and the house of MURRAY—have set an example worthy of general imitation, by the issue, one by one, in a cheap form, of a succession of masterly publica tions. Remembering all these things pre serving them, indeed, vividly in our recollection, we cannot but consider it to have been singu larly judicious on the part of the promoters of the festive scene of last evening, at the Whit tington Club, to accord that mark of the popular gratitude and admiration cherished towards the chief of all the enemies of the taxes upon knoW - - ledge within the walls of the Imperial Parliament. -4 4.00 EA R K AND CoMMERGI A L INT E LLIGENG'E. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 American and 1,600 Surat were taiken on speculation. .The market closed steadily at previous rates. The sales comprised 5,750 American, 100 Pernam and Maranham at Rd. to 6,k1., 60 Bahia at aid. to 6d., 50 Egyptian at 6,11, 2,000 Surat at 3d. to 41d., and 100 Sea Island at Is. to 2s. per lb. Rail way Shares were dull. By the ship Ballarat there are advices to the 11th November from Port Philip. Generally, however, the letters are to the 7th. The amount of gold on board is 92,000 ounces, but the general result of the " diggins" during October, as com pared with the like month of 1852, is a falling off in the sums brought down by escort to Melbourne. In October, 1853, the total yield was 109,006 ounces, and in Oct., 1852, 364,172 ounces. The probability is, however, that the bad weather pre vented the miners sending down their gold, for it is known that generally they were doing well. The great falling off is at Mount Alexander. The letters we have seen are very encouraging. Cases of distress among newly-arrived immigrants were no longer heard of. The markets were good for most imported articles, and the stocks at the mines were low. Money was rather tight, but there was generally a healthy state of affairs. A coal district, ten or twelve miles from the sea coast, had been discovered in Victoria. The revenue for the year to Sept. 30, 1853, shows an increase of 142 per cent, over the previous year. The Vimeira with the Postroffice mail had not arrived out. There are Van Diemen's Land papers to the 2d Nov. Subscriptions were being raised to make up the sum of 17,0001., as a reward for a workable gold field. Flour was steady. The Mexican Minister at this Court, his Excel lency Senor Don J. M. de Castillo y Lanzas, has favoured the Committee or Mexican Bondholders with the subjoined very satisfactory communica tion, which accords much better with the opinion which the bondholders have formed of the en lightened views of the present GovernMent of Mexico than the direct advices published in the. papers.of the 4th inst.:-- " I beg to call your attention to a memorandum, stated to be from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders, which appeared in the Times newspaper of Saturday last. In this extract the Minister of Finance in Mexico is reported to have promised ' that as soon as he could dispose of the money which he expects to receive under the treaty with the United States of North America, when concluded, he would make arrangements for the immediate payment of another dividend.' "'That this speech, uttered by his Excellency the Minister of Finance, must have reference solely to the first instalment of the said indemnity, and could n o t - be in tended to express the determination of the Government with respect to the whole amount, I think I may positively affirm of my own knowledge, as in a communication which I have just received from his Serene Highness the Presi dent on the subject, it is stated emphatically that:his first care, after he has succeeded in reducing the national finances to some sort of order, will be directed to the pay ment of the dividends which are overdue, and his best energies devoted, subsequently, to the entire abolition of the debt chairman of the ." Mr. James Capel ha! n r c e o si n g s n e e q d ue h n is ce p o o f sit i i l o l n h a e s alth, Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders. We trust sincerely that a successor equally able and disinterested will be found, and that the Committee will not slacken in their exertions on behalf of the certificated holders. , The English Funds have exhibited greater firm ness, and upon the intelligence received within the last hour, that the negotiations for peace are still progressing at Vienna, Consols have further im proved. The prices were 911 gat the commence ment of business, and are now 92 to 921, money purchases having been made at the highest of these rates. Notwithstanding these accounts about nego tiations, and the strong belief still entertained among our capitalists that peace will be maintained, we may state. upon high authority•that there war can be prevented only by the Emperor of Russia accept ing the Vienna propositions, and the Governments of both England and France are resolved to make no further overtures. On the contrary, if hostili ties proceed far, the favourable terms lately offered would not be reproduced. The New 3i per Cents. have been 93k to g, and the 3 per Cents. 92k to g. Exchequer Bills are 17s. to 20s. premium, con tinuing firm. Consols are now flatter at 911 g. The Foreign Securities have been fairly sup ported, with a moderate business doing. Mexican Bonds have been at. an advance t o 25 and 251, owing to the communication from the Minister in London. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firm at 40 to 404, and the Deferred at 18i. Dutch 4 per Cents. are at 92, after being' 91f. Russiul 5 per Cents. have been done at 104 and 105. Equador Stock is at 4; and Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. are at 97. BRITISH MINES.—A few buyers appeared in the market this day for Alfred Consuls, 241 ; Mollands, Bs. 61. to 9s. ; Tavys, 21 ; Cwin Daren, 15s. to 16s. ; Poltimores, 20s. to 21s. Gd. ; Great Crinnis, 30s. to 355. ; Wryagau State, 17s. Gd. to 20s. ; Sortridge Consols, 15s. to 17s. 61 ; Great Alfred, 30 to 32 ; Wheal Arthur, 30 ; Gills, 2f. The following favourable report was received this morn ing from the Molland mines :—" The lode in the 62 East is 2i feet wide, producing saving work ; the lode standing in the back for the last three or four fathoms behind the end will turn out full one ton of ore per fathom. The 52 East producing good stores of ore, and appears to be opening wider and showing indications of improvement. The stopes in the back of the 42 East will yield one ton to one and a-half ton of good quality ore per fathom." The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted are as follows :—Metcalfe, to premium; Sue River, to discount ; Port Royal, If to premium. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under :-- . 1854. 1853. . Great Western North-Western Brighton 9,849 , 9,091• Midland ............ ................ . South-Eastern. Great Northern Caledonian, and Edin. and Glasgow 13,608 12,478 Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland, Newcas tle and Berwick, Leeds Northern 26,487 23,111 Railway Shares are looking up again, and at the present moment they n►ay be quoted rather higher than in the official list below given, and which is not made up to quite so late an hour as that at which we are now writing. The cause of the rise is the same as has acted upon the English funds. The business done has not been large. York and North Midland and Great Northern have been most buoyant. Freach shares continue extremely 4ull, from paucity o: business. The Gold Mine %area have been quiet at about previous rates. The shares of the Joint Stock Banks have been neglected. There have beet one or two bargains in the Dock Shares, and the .k.ustralian. Land Companies are nominally about the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES, (Prom the Offieial List. 1 fluminP, •nr. I per Cent. Reduced Annuities 924 i 4. 3 Per Cent. Consols Annuities 9l,i 4 21 14 2 1i 'iew 31 per Cent. Annuities 9 34 4 ii i I{ Ma Bonds, .1.110)0 . Consols for Account 15th Feb. 9li 4 24 2 14 2 1i 1 Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO 2500 l7 20 p Small l7 20 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Equador Bonds Grenada Bonds, Deferred , lexiean 3 par Cent. Ditto for the Account 254 1 6 54 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cont. £St lO4 fs4} 5 6. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4O A r Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent.. lBi 194 Ditto Passive (Converted) Spitish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 34 p c DP/Wenls on the shove payable to London. Datch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . .. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 9li 2 Ditto February Account DECLINE IN THE PRICES OF GRAIN IN IRELAND.— Notwithstanding the imminence of a continental war, prices of corn continue to decline in Dublin, and, as the consequence, another fall has taken place in the staple article of food. The tone of the provincial corn notes received harmonizes with that of Dublin. In Limerick, on Tuesday, there was a dull market for all kinds of grain —the supply fair, but the demand exceedingly languid. SOUTH SHROPSHIRE ELECTlON.—Yesterday the elec tion of a knight of the shire for the southern division of Shropshire, rendered vacant by the death of the Hon. R. H. Clive, took place at the Town-hall, Church Stretton. Mr. M. G. Benson nominated, and Mr. Edward Corbett seconded, Mr. Robert Clive (late M.P. for Ludlow), as a fit and proper person to repreient this division of the county in Parliament. No opposition being offered, a show of hands was taken, and the hon. gentleman was declared duly elected. Mr. Clive thanked the electors for the honour conferred upon him, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thank s to the under-sheriff, who conducted the business of the election in the absence of Mr. Slaney, the recently appointed high sheriff. IPSI7TICH MAGISTERIAL REFORM.—A petition to the House of Commons, praying the Legislature to appoint a stipendiary magistrate for ° the town of Ipswich, is in course of signature. i•"' "Iki't • THE I),ZEBY QUEEN'S 11 7- ESTltiN'•; rat), THIS - -(Sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN v. BERESFORD, AND OTHERS. This important case, which has for some month% past created considerable interest in the public mind, having been'specially appointed for this morning, the court was densely crowded, by persons in the expectation of hear ing some extraordinary disclosures, but from the subse quent proCeedings it will be seen they 1 were disap pointed. The defendant, Major W. Beresford, it will be recol lected, was indicted, with nine other persons, for con spiracy. Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., Mr. Slade, Q.C., and Mr. Turner appeared on the part of the prosecution, and Sir F. Thesiger, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Whateley, Q.C., Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clarke appeared for the defendant Major Beresford. The other defendants did not appear, it being understood the indictment was withdrawn as to them. Major Beresford, who appeared very ill, arising from a recentaccident, accompanied by Mr. Forbes M'Kenzie, entered the court on crutches and took his seat in front of Sir F. Thesiger. A host of political friends were also present. Mr. Turner opened the pleadings, and said the de fendant was indicted for conspiring with others wilfully to corrupt the electors of Derby. On the 7th of July the Speaker of the House of Commons issued his pre cept directed to the - Mayor - of Derby, for the elec tion of burgesses to represent the borough in Parlia ment. The first count charged the defendant with wickedly conspiring to procure a corrupt return of members for the borough. In consequence of those practices Mr. Horsfall was returned, but was afterwards unseated by a committee of the House of Commons, and Mr. Bass was elected in conjuotion- with Mr. L. Hey worth. Other counts went on to charge other parties with having been conspiring, but. with regard to them no : case was intended to be preferred. Mr. E. James, Q.C., said the indictment originated with certain'electors of Derby with reference to the pro ceedings of the election of representatives for that borough. A person of the name ,of Morgan, who .held his head-quarters at the County Tavern in Derby, was said to have bribed several electors. The matter had already been investigated by two tribunals, one of them being a committee of the irouse of Commons. At the time of the election, and subsequent to it, certain parties made allegations that Mr. Horsfall had been im properly elected, and they petitioned the house to have the election declared void. Idle and ridiculous rumours were circulated as to the mode in which the election was conducted, , and the indictment was preferred by persons who believed in the truth of these rumours. But from the exposures which had taken place, the per sons preferring the indictment believed that enough had been done to prevent the recurrence of such prac ,tices in future ;; and he was, therefore, instructed to offer no evidence in support of the indictment, and it would, therefore, be their duty to ,return a verdict of Not Guilty. The jury then returned a verdict to that effect. Lord Campbell said the jury, under the above circum stances, would return a verdict of Not Guilty. Sir Frederick Thesiger said he could not allow this matter, notwithstanding the course that had been taken on the part of the prosecutor, to pass without, on the part of Mr. Beresford, denying in the most distinct, impressive, and unequivocal language that he had, either directly or indirectly, had anything to do with the course which had been taken on the part of the prosecution.; and nothing had been done by him or any person on his behalf to prevent the fullest inquiry into the consideration of the whole of this case. On the= contrary, Mr. Beresford was most anxious that the fullest possible investigation should take place ; and it was but justice to Mr. Beresford, and to himself, as his advocate and friend, to, state that no consideration on earth would have prevented him from so doing. Mr. Beresford had come there that day from . a bed of sickness arising from the consequences , of w serious accident ; but he came to the court anxious to meet the charge, for which there was not the slightest foundation. The charge contained , in the indictment had been suspended over Mr. Beresford for many months,, necessarily giving him great uneasiness and anxiety of mind ; and it was only late last night that he had received a communication that it was not intended to adduce any evidence in support, of the charge. With out the explanation he, had made the verdict they had just given would be' the very reverse of a benefit, Mr. James confirmed what had fallen from his learned friend, that the course that had been taken had not arisen from any compromise o❑ the part of either party, but from the fact that it was felt that there was no charge against the defendant. Lord Campbell said, he felt it his duty to say that, under the circu►nstances, it might be supposed that the course pursued was not without suspicion ; but from what had taken place that day in court, he trusted the public mind would be satisfied that no corrupt compro mise had taken place between the partios, and that the fact of no evidence being offered was sufficient to show that there was no ground for the charge that had been made. The jury then retired, and the immense number o persons ,present separated with evident satisfaction at the result. SHERIFFS COURT.--(THIS DAY). (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) BULL V. MAKING. A RIDE TO - THE CAMP AT CHOBILLM.—The plaintiff in this action is an omnibus conductor, and the defen dant is a Licenced Victualler, at the Goose and Gridiron, St. Paul's Church-yard, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 11. 125., for money had and received foi plaintiff's use. The plaintiff did not appear, and it was stated that he had withdrawn the case. Mr. W. H. Garry, solicitor for the defendant, said he had paid the fees of the court to bring the case for hear ing, and had given a brief to Mr. Duncan. Mr. Duncan applied for costs against the plaintiff. He said that although the amount was small, yet the principle was great, and the defendant's reputation had been very unjustly impugned. The facts were that Mr. Making kept a booking-office, and carried on a very extensive business, and during the time that the "camp' was formed at Chobhb.m, a great number of persons booked for Chertsey, &e., and amongst whom were a party of gentlemen ' four originally pro posing, but it was decided that seats should be taken for three, in case of one being unable to go. On the day appointed four went, and by some misunder standing plaintiff did not obtain the fare for the:fourth. It would have been proved in evidence that the plaintiff had been paid for the three who were booked. The learned counsel said that the defendant was exceedingly anxious that the case-should be brought to trial ; but as the plainti ff did not a ppear, all he (Mr. D.) could do was to applyfor coats. He did not apply for costs for himself as counsel in a case of such a small amount, but he hoped the costs would be given for the attorney and witnei-ses. The defendant was only served on the previous evening with a du-4 mm to _produce his books, which he had done, and had to bring witnesses to corroborate the en tries and payments to the plaintiff. His Honour said he could only allow the costs for the Witnesses.' The case was then struck out. ACCIDENT TO THE MARQUIS OF THOMOND.—We are sorry to learn from Bath that the Marquis of Thomond has hall a severe fall and dislocated his shoulder, but, through the skill of his medical attendant, Mr. Wood, the fracture has been reduced, and the noble marquis is doing well. It is gratifying to learn that the noble and gallant officer has recently presented her most gracious Majesty, for the Admiralty House at Portsmouth, three full length valuable portraits by Sir Joshua Reynolds, of King George the Third, King William the Fourth, when Pt ince of Wales, and one of his late Royal High. ness the Duke of York. BULWER'S FAILURES. —Perhaps it may encourage younger writers if I remind them that I was not suc cessful at first in any one line that I attempted. My first attempts at prose composition were refused admittance into a magazine. My first novel was very little read, and it is not included in the general collection of my works. My first poetry was thought detestable—and my first play very narrowly escap d being damned. HARMONIC UNION, EXETER-HALL.—lra , ndel's A cis and Galatea is announced for performance next Monday, when Mozart's accompaniments to this favourite cantata are to be heard for the first time in this country—a no velty of great interest. SOUTH SEA COMPANY., It is understood that the offer of the court of directors of the South Sea Company to purchase the stock of the corporation at 115 has been ac cepted to the extent of about 600,0001. ; and to this cir cumstance, probably, the necessity is to he attributed for their selling a portion of the Government securities recently purchased. PARIS AND VIENNA MONEY MARKET.—The closing accounts from the Paris Bourse this afternoon showed a further slight decline. At Vienna the panic in the money market continues without check, the rate of exchange on London having now advanced to 12.36, while the funds are again rather low. GuANO.-=-It appears that the report of the engineers a ppointed by the Peruvian Government to measure the quantity of guano remaining at Chincha, Islands states the total to be 1 2,376,100 tons of measurement, or 16,601.466 tons of weight. A. previous estimate hsd fixed the amount at 25,000,000 tons, while, according to the recent supposition of the commander of the British squadron in the Pacific, from data furnished to him by Mr. M'lntosh, naval instructor, it did not exceed 8,00,000. LATEST FOI ' 11' . ' 1 4 4 EA V . - RUSSIA AND TURKEY. RESUMPTION OF NEGOTIATIONS. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, yesterday Inoneiwz, and puhlislied ley a cotenip lary, says " :Negotiations fur peace are certainly a tyll going "Count Orloff has again postponed his departure. " The Emperor Napoleon has, in an autograph letter, made a last appeal to the good sense of the Emperor Nicholas." Until that despatch is confirmed by information received from other quarters, little reliance can be placed on the truth of the last paragraph. We think after what has happened, it is highly impro bable that the French Emperor would, under his own baud, sue for peace. We have no doubt, however, that Count Orloff is still endeavouring to re-open negotiations at Vienna. Count Orloff and Baron de Budberg, says a tele• graphic message received to-day, left Vienna oi. Wednesday. The austrian Correspondenz has an - article com. plimentary to the Czar, though letters state tnat the last propositions have been refused. Prospects of peace on other bases were still being held at Vienna. CONSTANTINOPLE. News from 'Constantinople of January the 25th says the fleets having taken in fresh provisions, will re-enter the Black Sea on the 28th. In the mean time three French and three English steam-frigates have sailed to-day for Varna. On the 28th another Turkish convoy, intended to carry men and am munition to Batown,. will sail under the escort of a part of the Turkish fleet and the French and English frigates. Military operations in Asia are suspended. General Baraguay d'Hilliers sets out to-morrow on his tour of military inspection. A vast conspiracy, with the object of raising in insurrection the Greek population on the banks of the Danube, has been discovered. It is believed that many eminent persons at the Court of Athens are concerned in the scheme. A telegraphic despatch dated 5 days later states that the Seraskier and Capudan Pacha have been re moved. Riza Pacha is appointed Seraskier, and Achmed Pacha to be Capudan ANOTHER BATTLE ON THE DANUBE. Accounts received in Paris yesterday state that a sanguinary action had taken place near Giurgevo. with great loss on both sides. Three thousand Turks crossed the Danube, drove in the Russian advanced posts, attacked the town, and then retired. There was also a report at Vienna yesterday that Omer Pacha had crossed the Danube at Oltenitza. The Presse of Vienna, quoting from L'Ami du .'oldat, says : " The consequences of the entrance of the com bined fleets into the Black Sea are already showing themselves. Fourteen thousand men have been landed at Holiburgas, below Varna, from on board transports, which had previously been carefully watched by the Russians ; now, the Turks are completely at liberty in the Euxine. These four teen thousand men are to move upon Varna, and reinforcements from Constantinople and Adri anople are to take the same direction. The Otto man forces, from Pregona to Nicopolis, amount to 18,000 men, over and above a reserve of 36,000 at Sophia. The Russians have 41,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry, and 120 guns, with a reserve of 15,000 men." From Varna, Jan. 20, we learn that Omer Pasha is entirely restored to health. A Wallachian Gene ral, two or three American officers, and several French and Swedish officers, have arrived at his head-quarters to take service in the Ottoman army. Considerable reinforcements are on march from Sofia for Kalafat, where there is already assembled an army of 25,000 men, provided with a numerous and excellent train of artillery. The Oest. Correspondenz announces that while Russia and Turkey were fighting in Great Walla chia, Austria saw no reason for placing a corps on the Turkish frontier ; but now that Lesser Walla chia has become the theatre of war, the Govern ment has resolved to station 25,000 men in the Woywodina for the security of the frontier. The Srbski Dnevnik states that a revolutionary inroad by Milosch, the former Prince of Servia, and a devoted tool of Russia, is apprehended, anti that General Knicanin's corps of 8,000 Servian warriors has been posted at Semendria on the Danube to defend the present Government. A telegraphic communication from Belgrade, of Feb. 4, says the Turkish firmans confirming the rights of Servia have been published. The diplo matic corps was not present. BULGARIA. The following is from an interesting letter of the special correspondent of the Times ; dated Rust chuk, Jan. 5 :-- " In my last I gave some account of the old and new fortifications of this place. I now devote some attention to the not less important subject of the resources whicl, Bulgaria offers for the convenient provisioning of the army assembled here, for the supply of materials for the operations of war, and for those auxiliary department which, if scanty or neglected, paralyse the ablest field command and render nugatory the bravery of the best troops. For this object Rustchuk, the political capital of this large pashalic, and the chief Danubian port of Bulgaria, offers favourable opportunities. In order not to let myself be dragged into generalities beyond my personal observation, I have specially in view the gar• rison of Rustchuk, which consists of seven battalions of Redif, or militia, each 800 strong, 1,000 Arnaut rifle men, 1,200 artillerymen, and 325 bashi bozouks, or irre gular cavalry ; in all, with unenutnerated fractions of other arms, somewhat under 10,000 men. There is no Nizam or infantry of the line here, but these militia men, instead of being half-drilled troops, are fully, trained soldiers, having already completed five years in the line, and serving the second term of seven years in the Redif, which prudent provision for a rainy day i, quite a modern feature in the organisation of the Otto man army, and has proved the chief lever of the respect able force that Turkey has evoked from the plough and the workshop for this great emergency. " Bulgaria has neither the rich pastures of Bosnia nor the sterile soil of Albania and Montenegro, where a small army is beaten and a large one dies of hunger, but it is altogether one of the best provinces of Turkey for general productiveness—in corn as well as in other raw materials of food. The soil on the rivers is good, and fitted fur heavy wheat crops. That of the Dobroudja. or tongue of land between the Danube and the Black Sea, is generally light, but has much rich land in the neighbourhood of the forests that keep up the humidity. It is also a pastoral district, and thousands of Transyl vanian shepherds in peace time bring down their flocks in winter to the warmer and more humid environs of the Black Sea. Altogether the products of Bulgaria re semble those of the Principalities and Southern Russia Rustchuk exports grain largely to ➢latchin, opposite Braila, for transshipment, to England and Constanti• nople. _ "There is, therefore, a great abundance of the two first wants of a commissariat—bread and flesh. Of the former, the soldiers receive 300 dra c h ms per day.—. that is to say, three-fourths of an oke of 400 drachms, or 21 lb., which is even more than many men can con sume ; but the allowanc e of this staff of life is abundant, as, in campaign, other supplies are not so portable, or so certainly to be procured One sees no white bread in the barracks ; it is a good nourishing brown bread, crisp, and pleasant to the taste. Of butchers' meat the soldier receives 80 drachms per day. The mutton is excellent, and is the principal delivery. The soldiers have a great dislike to beef even when it is good, but still more so when it is poor, bony, gristly cattle, not foddered for the market. The beef of this country is fit only for soup. Said Mirza Pasha, being the pro prietor of extensive estates in the Dobroudja, has done a great deal in the introduction of Spanish and other varieties of sheep, both with a view to the flesh and the fleece ; but the fattening of cattle for the butcher is, as yet, unknown in Bulgaria. " Next in importance to bread and flesh is rice, of which the soldier receives 13 drachms daily, except on Sundays and Thursdays, when he receives 80 drachms for a pilaff. It is all brought from Philippopuli in ox waggons over the Balkan, and, although not equal to the reddish Egyptian rice, is of average quality On pilaff days the soldier is allowed an extra supply of butter, and has besides daily vegetables, such as may he procured ; at present the usual vegetables are onions and lentils ; succulent green vegetables, cultivated in gardens, are very scarce, even in summer, notwithstand ing the good soil and abundance of water. The other allowances of soup, oil, candles, wood, and charcoal are individually small, but amply sufficient when clubbed to gether by the messes. " I am happy, therefore, to be able to state that the force here is well provi;ione:l, and the same !nay lie said of all the army of 130,000 under Oinar Pasha, from Widdin to Varna and the Salina mouth of the Danube. From all that I hear, the Turkish troops are far better fed than the Russians across the river, and this physical support, added to the more impetuous br avery o f the Turk, renders the private Ottoman soldier decidedly superior to the Russian. At Oltenitza, the Russian officers were ahead of the infantry, salm, in h; I, tugging on the not overwilling tro-p. On the contrary, the Turkish sandier was like the willing hose that re quired neither whip nor spur, It is in the excellent superior and staff officers, in the admirable cavalry home, and in the native intelligence of the Cossacks, =t!i'at the =real trengtii ( of the Rua army lies, eel' not the imiral or physical vigour of the " i,i.o Tur,sih ~ oldier is B,A much wo7 so dressed and equipped than the Russian as he is better fed. The coat and the two vets which he receives once a, year are Loth of bad cloth and bad y fitted. Instead of being done by o ! ,en c , mtract - , they come out of the Govern' went at Constantinople, and Sllvno, iu Bulgaria. Tue suidier alto receives one fez and of° shirts a-year, which are of fair quality; but the fez certainly a most unsuitable head dress—cold in winter, and exposing the eyes to the glare of both sun and snoly , The want of a cravat is also a great defect. The a lloo" ance of shoes is apparently liberal, being three pair s a-year; but there is no soling, and they are often worn out in six weeks. In order to prevent the soldier front wearing his shoe down at the heel, the heels are hard , and consequently rub out the stocking in a day's tiine. The great *oat and hood, furnished once in three years , are t e be.u, part of the costume ; but altogether one nay say respectfully to the Minister of War, ' Reforra your tailors' bills... . _ " The saddlery is, upon the whole, suited to the purposes wanted ; but the old Turkish bit, which is retained, is too sharp, an d th ere i s a wan t (, that steady support which the English bit glve g to the trot. The consequence is, that there is nothing Oetween a high stepping walk and a gallop—a great de' feet, for it is the steady trot in line, before breaking into gallop, that gives full power to the shock of cavalry in, a charge. Th e cav a l r y sa b res are muc h t oo s h or t and ineffective. The muskets . of the infantry are fair ; the 2.000 Millie rifles excellent. The powder was rather .veak, not from want of a proper prescription, but froin some little peculation in saltpetre at Constantinople ; but Moussa Pacha, the practical Master-General of tho Ordnance, a first-rate officer, has latterly stopped this, and the powder is now manufactured of the proper strength. "The arsenal of Rutschuk I found in full activity, the forge being under the direction of the Demirzi Bashi Emir Ai a, of the army of Roumelia, a skilful working engineer and smith, and all the different departments 0 1 handicraft were characteristic of that segregation of no' tionality and religion in Turkey which is still so decidedly visible, and so unsusceptible of fusion. All the hear/ , mith work was done by Bulgarians in their black sheep' ,kin caps, the light iron work by gipseys, the carpenters .vere all Turks, the sawyers Bulgarians, while the tinmen for the grape canisters were all Jews. I found the greatest ictivity in gun carriages, which w ere a ll o f oa k an d u n' commonly solid ; the first essays in autumn were yell uneven, but through the exertions of the Marange 4 Bush' Hulil Aga, of the army of Roumelia, they are noif :is good as those at Constantinople. This man informed me that eight workmen had made eight new carriages and 70 new wheels in three weeks. No - cannons are ast here, the supply being abundant from Constantino' ole ; the grape shot (11 calibres for howitzers) is cast at Sumakow, and fitted with canister here. To judge froth Russian grape balls picked up at Oltenitza, and shown :ne they are more globular and freer from seams than the Turkish. But, by all accounts, the Russian shrapnel ire complete failures, from some miscalculation or neg' ;igence in the manufacture. -" The behaviour of the garrison is exemplary, evert excess being strictly forbiduen, and the presence of a Turkish army is no longer a terrible scourge to a Turkish population, as it was in the days chronicled by the comparable Von Hammer." KALAFAT. The special military correspondent of the Moriv, ing Chronicle gives, in a letter f rom K a l a f a t o f Jan. 15, some further particulars respecting the battle of Citate, as well as some interesting info!' nation as to the state of things in and about Kala' tat : " The accounts of the battle of Citate sent to you oe the 7th and 9th, it is to be regretted, were incomplete in one particular, viz., that the Turks lost two guns on that occasion. This fact is much to be deplored by their well-washers ; for though, in all truth, the victory wile theirs, yet the fact above-mentioned—added to that of he redoubt being held still by the Russians till after the [lurks retired, and that the Turks did not sleep on the ield of battle—will fully persuade numbers that they were beaten. " The case is shortly this. Achmet Pacha thought to surprise a small detachment, and was in a fair vay of exterminating or making prisoners of the whole of it, when a very large force of RussiatiS came to its assistance. This latter force was beaten ia.ck in great confusion, and with great loss, by ibout half its number of combatants. The Turks sad bivouacked without food during the preceding night and had fought for eight hours, when the Russian rein forcements were sent to the right-about. Both parties cad suffered severely. Under these circumstances, it can be easily imagined that they were in no position to storm the redoubt. It was to be feared, too, that a eight march would give rise to confusiOn ; they there' fore returned to Kalafat in search of food and repose. "The loss of the guns was owing to the misconduct et fhe officer who commanded a portion of the cavalry in the rear of the village, and to that of the officer cony 'landing the battery to which they belonged. The ;round was deep in mud, and the gunners, seeing the three Russian battalions making for the redoubt, hag' tened to go out of their way. A part of the.Russiall infantry advanced against them, and the drivers started ~ff before the guns were limbered up, leaving them to , e quietly taken possession of, and to be transported into the redoubt. The officer commanding the cavalry night have charged them in flank, but he did not. Iliac Rice lacrhymce. "That the lois on the Russian side must have been treat, and that they retired in hot haste, is fully proved by what they left behind them. In the accounts pre viously sent it was mentioned that Russian firelockS were a drug in the market at 25 piastres, and that quan tities of them might be seen carr i e d about the streets ; the guns had returned laden with them. Since then two of the Russian ambulances (waggons for the wounded) were brought into Kalafat, filled with fire locks, of which the writer saw 350 in the pacha's ante room ; probably 1,500 were taken in all. Every officer, nigh and low, had a collection of arms of different natures. Decorations similar to those taken at Oltenitza and those of officers for long service, of the order of St. George or St. Michael, are plentiful. A large number of capital camp-kettles were likewise collected and brought it. "It should have been stated that the Russian force evacuated the redoubt at Citate on the evening of the battle, after having hastily buried their dead-- 30 hastily, that the Wallachs had to do it over again —and that it is now occupied by three squadrons of Turkish cavalry ; so that, but for the unfortunate loss of the two guns—a loss at-the time unknown to nine tenths of the Turkish force—the Russian bulletin manu facturers would require all their proverbial ingenuity to make out a good story in their favour. " Instances of the heroic conduct on the part of the Russian officers are current among the Turks, particu cularly that of one old officer who wore a decoration for long service. He is described as having struck his sole diers with his sword and pushed them with his shoulders, &c., and to have made himself very con spicuous. The Turks, seeing that things would go badly with then if he was allowed to remain in command, levelled at him, and brought him down, and shortly afterwards that part of the Russian force retired. The Turks, too, describe what is not easy to understand, how the Russian officers, being frequently seen similarly employed at the head of their men, had pulled their caps down over their eyes, not, as some of the Turks have asserted, that they did so to hide the danger before them, but more probably to prevent their caps from falling off while making a rush or fighting in a ntaee. " Since the 6th all has been perfectly quiet, both par ties refitting and tending their wounded. Reinforce ments to Kalafat, from Sofia and other places, have been said for the last vekek or two to have been daily expected One regiment of regular cavalry has actually arrived from Loin Palanka, a post a few hours down the Danube. "A thaw which commenced about a week or so back has altered the Turkish position at Kalafat for the bet ter. The branch of the river between the island and the mainland of the left bank is no longer frozen, so that the island, in case of a reverse in the entrenchment, might be well defended against any number of Russians. But Achmet Pacha is more inclined to fight it out to the last in the entrenchment, and therefore takes no particular care of securing a retreat. This is certainly against all the rules of war, and would be considered bad generalship in civilised Europe ; but, perhaps, it is not totally unsuited to the peculiar situation of the Turks. The position at Oltenitza was precisely the same ; had they been beaten out of it, every man must have been lost. It was, perhaps, this feeling that made them stick so stoutly to their parapets, and which gained them the victory ; and in ease of an attack on Kalafat, against whatever odds, there can be no doubt that they will defend the ground to the last inch. " A stupid report has got about, the manufacture of some professional inventor of canards, that the forces at Kalafat are to be increased to some 50,000 or 60,000, and that the Turks intend taking possession of Krajowa. and Little Wallachia generally. This is too absurd an operation to be directed by so clear-headed a general as Omer Pacha. The idea of pending an army across the Danube at the extreme end of the line, and marching at right angles to the bate of operations, having neces sarily denuded it of a considerable force, appeals to our sense of the ridiculous. It would be giving the enemy all the adv antages of concentration, and lending one's-self to be beaten in detail. Besides, numbers are decidedly in favour of the Russians, now that the 3il corps de ai•in:.ce has entered into Wallachia under General Osten-Sacken—the great reason for concentra tion on the pa t of the Turks. "Out of the 600 wounded men at Widdin there have been seven deaths. This appears rather surprising, con sidering the manner in which the medical department is recruited. " fbere is a peculiarity about the wounds of the Turks that is remarkable. The greater part, in a very large pro portion, are wounded low—from the hip downwards. Again, it is stated upon good authority that the Russians killed were struck high up, numbers being hit on the head. Attempt,; have been made to account for those facts Winch are hy no means satisftctory The Rus -BlatlB, it is said, in taking aim, u the method taught to English riflemen, namely, to point the piece downwards, gradually raising it up until the object is covered, and then to pull the trigger and firing on this method, while in a state of great excitement, would throw the bullet low, from the soldier pulling the trigger too soon. The Turks, on the other hand, bring up the piece to a horizontal position at (nice, and fire. Now, it is well kn,.vu that all soldiers tinder excitement tire too high, avid that, consequently, the system adopted by the Rus sians is the best to insure hitting under any cii cum s:ances, more particularly when firing Ma line of smoke, which is about all they saw of their enemies after the DEPARTURE OF BARON BRUNOW. Baron Brunow left town yesterday afternoon, by the 4.30 p.m. express train on the South-Eastern Railway, for Dover. His Excellency was received at the station by Captain Barlow, superintendent of the railway, and Mr. Herbert, the secretary. During the short interval which elapsed between his arrival at London-bridge and the departure of the train, the Baron and the members of his suite were accommodated in the board-room. A carriage was reserved for his Excellency's use, and as he passed up the platform he was received with the respect. ful salutations of the few persons assembled. On reaching Dover, at seven o'clock, the Baron proceeded to Bir mingham's Royal Ship Hotel, where he intended to pass the night, and cross the Channel to Calais by the South- Eastern Company's boat at eleven o'clock this morning. THE ENROLLED NAVAL PENSIONERS. PORTSMOUTa, FEB. 8. An order has been promulgated at this port this after noon, of which the following is a copy " All Greenwich pensioners under 6Q years of age, Do matter how employed or engaged, are directed to at tend at the Pension-office between this day and Satur day next, for the purpose of receiving a printed form to attend on Tuesday, the 14th inst., for inspection by officers from the Admiralty to ascertain their fitness for service. If this notice is not attended to they will be subject to loss of pension. "Feb. 8, 1854." COURT CIRCULAR. I;VINDSOR, FEB. 8. Her M jesty, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, drove to the Cumberland-lodge School this morning, Major-General Buckley was in attendance on horse. back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse. back, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and Lady Alice Egerton have been invited, and are expected to-day. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard Aub6's petition for a prolongation of patent (carding wool). Their lordships also heard Jones's petition for a prolongation of patent (starch). CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle ' the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. THE EARL OF DERBY'S BANQUET.—Yesterday even ing the Earl of Derby gave his fourth Parliamentary banquet this season to a distinguished party of noble men and gentlemen of the 14use of Commons, at his mansion, St. James's-square. The guests included Viscount Galwey, M.P., Viscount Newport, M.P., Lord Hotham, M.P., Lord Ossulston, KR, Lord Alexander Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lord John Manners, M.P., Lord Charles Clinton, M.P., Lord C. Hamilton, M.P., Lord Stanley, M.P., Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P , Right Hon. R. A. Christopher, M.P., Admiral Walcott, M.P., Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert, M.P., General Wyndham, M.P., Hon-Mr. Fellowes, M.P., Hon. W. S. Knox, M.P., Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P., Colonel Bol dero, M.P., Mr. Miles, M.P., Mr. Augustus Stafford, M.P., Mr. Horsey, M.P., Mr. Portal, bl P., M r . flit& yard, M.P., Mr. Franklin, M.P., Mr. Frewen, M.P., Mr. Dodd, M.P., Mr. Knight, M.P., Mr. Duprey, Colonel Taylor, M.P. The venerable and gallant Marquis of Anglesea, in answer to inquiries last evening at Uxbridge House. Burlington-street, was stated to be still improving. The Marquis of Lansdowne entertained a select party at dinner last evening, at Lansdowne House. . The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have arrived in Grosvenor-square from Tottenham Park, near Marlborough, Wilts. The noble' Lard President, the Earl Granville, en tertained at dinner last evening in'BrUton-street, Lord Aberdeen (Premier), the Bishop of OxfOrd (Dr. Wilber force), Lord Glenelg, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, Mr. Geo. Cornewall and Lady Theresa Lewis, Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. Calcraft. The noble lord will continue his Ministerial and private dinner parties until the close of the session. The Lord Broughton and the Hon. Miss Hobhouse, who are staying at Rome, are expected to return to England early in the ensuing month. Sir William Molesworth entertained a select, circle at dinner last evening, in Eaton-square, after which Lady Molesworth received a select party of the haut ton. THE SPANISH SuconsioN.—Letters from Madrid state that the young Princess of Asturias, the only surviving child of the Queen of Spain,. is dangerously ill. Her death would once more open the succession to the Duchess of Montpensier. JENNY LIND. —We regret to find that this lady's in tention of visiting England, and of giving a series of concerts in London and in the provinces, which we announced some weeks since, has been nullified by recent occurrences. A commimication to this effect has been received from her husband, Otto Goldschmidt•.Mtai ca i Transcript CITY of LONDON THEATRE. --MIS well-conducted theatre seems to take the lead of the East end • the houses are nightly crow d e d to w it ness A Struggle for Gold, and Mr. Nelson Lee's own pantomime, certainly one of the best of the season. We hear that Mr. Lee is engaged by Mr. William Cooke to write a drama for his establishment, iu which a most novel effect is to be in troduced. From the stage experience of the author we doubt not of its success. ANOTHER REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD AND COALS.—The bakers of the metropolis have made a further reduction of a halfpenny in the price of the 41h loaf, which can now be obtained at 9d. to 91d., and country bread (unweighed) at 74d. to 3d. per loaf. The retail coal dealers have also lowered their prices from ls. 10d. to 2s. per cwt. to Is. Bd. and Is. 10d. per cwt. The best quality of gas coke van be had at Bd. per bushel, and inferior quality at 7d, per bushel. It is fully expected that before Saturday coals will be reduced in price to is. 6d. per cwt. 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