The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-17 00:00:00

greys through Boulogne, the grateful exclamation burst from him—" Oh, how I love to hear those English Cheers!" For his own land, too, the Em- peror desires peace. " The vine covered hills And gay valleys of France," vexed only by the ploughshare, and vocal with the song of healthful labour, are the happy scenes on which he delights to dwell, ill-exchanged for the desolated lands ape where lurid glory trembles on the grave, and victory summons the vulture to its banquet. His tastes all savour of a different character. To cultivate art—to en courage manufacture—to speed the industry— increase the commerce—supply the wants, and develope the resources of the country. These are amongst his dearest aspirations ; and they are the objects of a blest ambition, the truest and most enduring trophies of a Sovereign. The first Napo leon, indeed, waysd his flag over every capital of the Continent, but ho esteemed it an evanescent triumph, when compared with the code which has immortalised his wisdom, or those marvellous ope rations which have made the Alps his monument. These were the recollections most precious to him in the vicissitude of hisfor tune, and such recollections his successor seems intent upon securing. In all his progresses, you will find each visit attested by some improvement. Evident everywhere, this spirit is naturally most visible in Paris. Pause and look around. What useful works ! what archi tectural wonders ! Here, lanes converted into ter races ! There, alleys transformed into streets — streets of palaces ! The Lou yre almost perfect. The Rue de Rivoli, the finest thoroughfare in Europe. Roads, bridges, statues, churches, tem ples dedicated to the arts, to science, and to indus try ! Edifices everywhere at once mag :uificent and useful. Surely, surely— " These are imperial arts and worthy Kings, Give this spirit scope—give its aspirings but ten sears of peace, and Paris, crowned with all civili sation can bestow, will be at once the fitting me-• tropolis of France, and the refined, enriched, and decorated emblem of her general prosperity. This, in the commencement of a reign is much, but, already he has found time for more. What a lesson of charity and toleration has he taught to some of the worn out, worm-eaten dynasties around him ! While they, the " right divine" men, seal up the Bible and bar the dungeon door upon its readers--nay, more, while they carry their ven geance beyond death, and refuse even a burial to their fellov,T-Christian.s, he respects the consciences of mankind, and has just granted, on their own request, a cemetery to the Mussul-mans. Nor has he forgotten, in another instance, what was equally due to the feelings of his people and the honour of his throne. If " Freedom shrieked when Kosciusko fell," She had a sweet and precious compensation when Napoleon struck off the chains from Abd-el-Kader. The glorious African ! The revived Jugurtha ! Ignoble souls might have seen danger in that deed ; but Napoleon trusted to the honour of a hero. The son of the desert plighted no punic faith. He has justified the confidence of a kindred spirit. But what of these things. All will not cancel the crime of the coup d'etat. This is the plague spot on which every malcontent in Europe fixes, and with good reason too, for it was the blight which blasted all their projects. Another week, and anarchy would have raised the hydra bead again. Another weak, and every subterranean den in Paris would have disgorged again its mon strous brood bequeathed by '92—the orphans of the scaffold and its heirs. The best authority, the courts of law, have demonstrated too clearly that, even still, there are assassins left to clutch the dag ger ; and, on their own vile avowal, awaiting but the signal. The fraternity were on the watch. The baffled outcasts and incendaries of Europe lay crouching for the outburst which, commencing in France, was to involve the Continent in revolution. But, the statesmanship, the secrecy, the spirit, which devised, matured and, just in time, electrified treason with the coup d'etat, saved France, and will never be forgiven. Sup pose the conspiracy had succeeded, what would have been the consequence ? Depend upon it, the evil spirit which the half rebel, half infidel philosophy of the eighteenth century evoked, still lingers, though it lurks. It held the first empire in continual irritation—it detests the second, which has scotched it, for the present. It still survives, though restless, vigilant, ravenous as ever. The blood of Louis XVI. did not satiate it—nor the sacrifice of Charles X., nor the more recent immo lation of the Orleans ynasty. Gorged but for the moment, the horrid monster was recovering its vitality. Tts crest was rising, its coils unfolding, and its mar gaping even for the republic it had generated, when a vigorous arm struck it down, and rescued a people from the death of its em braces. Fran ce is delivered, but who can say when the danger shall re-appear. For full sixty years the demon of _revolution has demanded and de voured its hum, m tribute, and it will never rest while there is anything remaining to demand or to devour. The tru th of this is visible in every page of the half century,. from the regicide mob, dabbling in the blood of Ca net, down in lineal descent to the hereditary worthies who sacked the Tuilleries the other day, and kiied drunk upon the pile of plunder their own ha.uds had kindled. Who shall say the descendants aro degenerate, to whose harpy sires Voltaire taught faith, Mirabeau virtue, and Saint Just, Legendre, an d Robespierre, humanity ? It was the repetition o f such spectacles, sights of horror and of woe, which Napoleon spared Europe. Let them call his energy despotism if they will, the 'question is, did not the times require if--did not necessity demand it ? Despotism in deed! What despotism transcends that of the mob ? France has experienced it—does she wish again to do so ? Would she willingly recall her tyrant rabble crowned with the bonnet rouge—her moun tain clubbists writing their decrees in blood—her guillotine fed from the veins of the wise, the brave, the lea rne d and the noble—her strumpet goddess, dethroning the Almighty! We have seen such portents —may Heaven in its mercy avert their re petition ! Yes, we should have seen it, had Napo leon Louis either failed or faltered. There are Miscreants enough without property or principle, or scruple, panting to unfurl the dynastic standard of the scaffold, the lantern, the poignard, and the torch. Is it in the face of warnings such as these that we are to revert to abstract principles and re fuse to contemplate the dreadful alternative ? Call the Emperor by what name they may, he is the chosen of the people—three times the chosen—chosen, too, after the coup d'etat, and by a majority counting by millions over that of his uncle. A great nation is surely capable of judging for itself. It must be left to do eo. Europe has made the somewhat costly experiment of imposing a Monarch upon Prance. Twelve hundred thousand foreign bayo nets re-erected a dynasty and the nation dug its grave. In that grave six hundred millions of our money lie interred—enough to surmount it with a monument of gold. And now, mylord, having to the best of my ability sketched the character of Napoleon the Third, let us consider our manifest policy respecting him, --the policy which justice and interest equally prescribe. We are on the eve of events which may convulse the world. A mighty despot is bent on realising the ambition of his race, and establishing a universal domination. The first blow—long me ditated—is to be struck at the integrity of our empire. That darling project, cherished from the day when Catherine had " the Road to India" painted on a mile-post, is at length upon the move. Under pretences, false and indefensible, Turkey is assailed—assailed in the first instance—to open a path to India. That this has been the waking dream of Russia for many a day, is placed beyond a doubt by the inestimable revelations of Napoleon the First. "If Paul had lived (said he) you would have lost India before now. An agreement was made between Paul and myself to invade it. I furnished the plan. I was to have sent thirty thousand good troops. He was to send a similar number of the best Russian soldiers, and forty thousand Cossacks. I was to subscribe ten Millions for the purchase of camels, and other requisites, for crossing the desert." cc My troops were to have gone to Warsaw, to be joined by the Russians and the Cossacks, and to have marched from thence to the Caspian Sea, where they would either have embarked or have proceeded by land, according to circumstances." Paul, as we know, was assassinated, but did the project perish with him ? Hear Napoleon again. " In a few years (added he) Russia will have Con stantinople, the greatest part of Turkey, and all Greece. This I hold to be as certain as if it had already taken place. Almost all the cajolling and flattery which Alexander used towards me was to effect this object. Above all the Powers, Russia is most to be feared, especially by you." In the natural couve of things Turkey must fall to Rus sia. The greatest part of the population aro Greeks, who, you may say, are Russians." " The only hy pothesis that France and England may ever be allied with sincerity will be in order to prevent this." How strangely, how curiously prophetic, appear at this moment these conversations of Napoleon, ut tered upwards of thirty years ago ! The alliance does exist, and we have now upon the French throne a monarch capable of appreciating its value to the whole civilised world. For the first time in our history we may confide in the good faith of that alliance. The Bourbons ever had a jealously of England. It was that jealousy which furnished aid to Washington, and transplanted the tree of Liberty to the Boulevards—a solemn retribu tion ! It is that jealousy which at this hour animates a wicked Fusionist press to • (sow dissension, between the countries, by repro- . Me perisca' fortress charac ch had Royal , wants army, His 'or him, cl. His d ample habitu riolated, e victim e in the and ac )ssesses. for aeci- Ting his Ippenecl icientifie )11nel . s,' senting France as having no interest in the Eastern question. This is the retuin for Stowe and Claremont. But the Emperor knows with what affection the Fusionists and their press regard him. He knows with what sincerity they tender him their advice. He knows well they are labour ing at this instant to re-erect a thrice rejected throne upon the ruins of his empire. He will rather hear the voice of his uncle warning him to avert the possible dominion of the Autocrat in the East. " I decided (said Napoleon) against aiding Alexander, because I saw the tremendous weight of power his success would give to Russia." Can there be a doubt of it ? The balance of power utterly destroyed—Russia, mistress of the com merce of the Mediterranean—strengthened in her navy where she most requires it—with Constanti nople in possession and India in prospect, what could stay her ? The united potency of steel and gold would soon give her the world. If France and England are but true to themselves this will be averted, and the world saved.—l have the honour to subscribe myself, my Lord, -your Lordship's &c . &e., d c., A MAN OF THE WORLD. MEETING OF ANHOLDGLO-PE S RUVIAN BOND ER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, —ln the able and ample report of this meeting which appeared in The Sun of Saturday, a bondholder is stated to have said " that he had called at the office of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders to complain of the proposed arrangement, but had been told by Mr. Powles, the secretary, that it, would be useless to inter fere." Now, Mr. Powles, although the secretary of the London Dock Company, is not the secretary of the Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders ; but he is, and has been from the beginning, a prominent member of that com mittee, and for many years the committee-room was under the same roof as his offices. The present secretary of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders is a Mr. Alfred Godfrey, the salaried secretary of the Anglo-Mexican Mint Company, and of the Ango-Mexican Mining Asso ciation, and in each of these companies Mr. J. D. p'owles is a director. Ii seems to me not altogether unimportant at the pre sent true, that the Anglo-Peruvian bondholders should know th, , i above facts, and I therefore take the liberty to request an insertion of this letter in the Sun.—l have the honour ~`co be, Sir, your obedient servant, CHRIS. RICHARDSON. 15, Charles-street, St. James's, Jan. 16. LAW INTE,T4LIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) COURT OiF BANKRUPTCY. APPLICATION FOR DISCHA ROE OUT OF CUSTODY AFTER FOR UNSATISFACTORY AC AN ADJOURN3IENT SINE COIINTS.-IN RE COHEN. This bankrupt formerly carried on business in the Minories as a wholesale clothier,• and his last examina tion was adjourned sine die in Aujust last on the ground that he had not made a full disclosure of 'his estate and effects, and since which time he hau been in custody under a warrant granted to the assignee's for that pur pose. Mr. Lawrance now applied on behalf of the bankrupt for a day to be named that he might pass his last examination on the accounts filed. The learned gentleman said that after very protracted examina tions his Honour had come to the conclusion, that the bankrupt's statement as to a sale of property to his brother, had not been substantiated, and the adjournment sine die took place. Some ques tion arising as to the form of the warrant, the assignees, Messrs. Llewelyn, took the bankrupt in executions as creditors, but the bankrupt's friends had proposed to pay the debt claimed, which would more than cover the amount supposed to have been concealed. Messrs. Llewelyn, who had throughout acted in fact as the trus tees for the creditors, had paid the money to the official assignees. Mr. Lawrance said that the bankrupt was of course bound by what he had stated in his account, yet as he had been severely punished, he trusted the restitution of the property, if that assertion was con firmed, would operate on the Court to grant the appli- cation. Mr. Turner, for the assignees, offering no opposition, His Honour granted the application. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.- (THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. 17.--Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light airs, and dull, cloudy weather. RAMSGATE, Jan. 16.—The Indus, of Dundee, Antwerp to Valparaiso, has got off the Goodwin Sands, after die. charging part of cargo, and has been towed in here leaky. NEWPORT, Jan. 16.- The Clarissa, hence to St. Thomas, put back on the 10th inst. disabled and leaky, having been in contact with a schooner, on the 7th inst. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind, S. to S.W. Arrived— H.M. steamer VoLane. Sailed—Faust, Batavia. FALMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind, variable. Arrived—Sierra Nevadei (supposed), Havana. Sailed—Prince Albert, Ja maica. Off port—Elice and Charlotte, Manzanillo, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 16. The San Francisco (American steamer), new, of about 3,000 tons, supposed from New York to San Francisco, was passed Dec. 26, in lat. 38, long. 69, with decks swept, boats gone, nd completely disabled, but could render no assistance, by the Maria, arrived at Liverpool, N.S. SHIELDS, Jan. 16.—The Happy Return, of Goole, the Conference of Breakwater, both of this port, and the Aurora (barque), Sunderland to Hull, has been got off the Herd Sand. The George, of Whitby, and the Ann Eliza beth, from London. have been got off shore. SUNDERLAND, Jan. 16.—The Jane, Pilot, Helen Cook, and the Samuel, have been got off shore. HULL, Jan. IG.—Wind, S. Edward, from Iquique ; Clio, Miramichi. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 16.--The Viola (brig), of Dundee, struck on the bar on the 11th inst., beat over, got foul of a sunken brig, and drove upon the beach, but has since been towed off. The Sceptre, of Whitby, London to Mid dleborough, drove on the beach near Seaton Carew ; crew saved. _ OFF SWANAGE, Jan. 16.—Mercia, Melbourne. NEwRY, Jan. 16.—The Belle, from St. John's, N. 8., on being berthed inside the basin, ran foul of the Regalia (s.s.), and did some damage. DUNDALK, Jan. 16.—The Mary Elizabeth, of Holyhead on shore on the bar, has apparently received much damage ; the tide flows and ebbs on her. About half of her cargo has been saved. SWANSEA. - -Arrived—A cacia, Coquimbo. JERSEY, Jan. 14.—The Legeira, Bahia to Antwerp, was brought in, 12th inst., with loss of rudder, having struok on the rocks ; fell over on her beam ends, and received much damage ; has since righted ; cargo discharging. PARIS, Jan. 15.—The Helen and Sophia, Shields to Caen, on shore near Havre, has been condemned, towed off, and taken into Havre. GIBRALTAR, Jan. s.—The Orestes, Marianople and Leg horn, for Queenstown, reports having been in company with seven merchant vessels off Cadiz, on the 3d instant, during a heavy gale at S.S.W., and three of them were lost on the coast. HALIFAX, N.S., Jan. 5. —The Charles Kean, New York to Antwerp, put in here 28th ult. very leaky, and must discharge to repair. The Saxony, New York to Antwerp, put in here on the 3d inst. leaky, and must discharge to repair. The Singapore, New York to Antwerp, became water-logged and was abandoned, Dec. 30, in lat. 40, long. 60; crew taken off by the Sylph, and arrived at Liver pool, N.S. NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The New York Packet (Belgian barque), bound to Antwerp, was ran foul of by the ship White Squall, and sustained considerable damage. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 10.30 A. M. Wind, S.W., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Ochtertyre, from Mauritius ; Theodosia, De merara ; Gipsy Queen Terceira ; Petronella, Callao ; R. D. Shepherd, New Orleans ; Petrel, Bay Chaleur ; lowa, New York, having been in collision. Off Port—Teneriffe (s.), from the Levant. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10 A.M. Wind S., moderate, and hazy ; low water. Arrived-16th—Enchantress (s.) from Bordeaux; For tuna, Gravelines ; Marie, ditto. Arrived-17th James and Emma, from Dunkirk ; Sylvia, Earn. Sailed—City of Paris (s), for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday, 9 a.m. _ _ _ Wind, W.S.W., fresh, and hazy. - - Passed—Alexadrine, from New York, for London ; Nautilus, Charente, for London ; Antelope, St. Michael's, for orders. __ ___ ...„........ Anchored—Swan, from London, for Savannah ; Eliza beth, London, for Cardiff ; Naiaden, London, for Cardiff. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been no increase in the supply of foreign, still there are not so many buyers. Yellow Ha vannah, duty paid, is 37s to 395. The quantity of British plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,457 hhds, 110 tierces„l3s barrels. There were taken for home consumption 1,390 hhds, 80 tierces, 348 barrels. The stock in the same places is 5,267 hhds, 903 tierces, 1,113 barrels. Refined has been much wanted for the home trade. Low to fine grocery lumps 46s to 49s per cwt. COFFEE. — Fullprices have been paid for native Ceylon, and plantation Ceylonand, at fi rmer ra t es . RUM.—The quantity has been i n f a i r requ e s t. Mocha has been in more d land e d l as t wee k a t th e E as t an d West India D oc k s taken for home consumptio n waa 194 119 puns 145 hhds. 243 puns 24 hhds. There were puns 26 hhds, and ex ported3,l66 puns 609 hhds. • npkigp:onrted. The stock in the same place is A_ to l g very ilsitwtleendsotial Bengal r offered cent. by refraction,auction, was all taken in— low to fine 141 Ben SALTPETRE.—Of 2,655 bags o 31s 6d to 32s 6d per cwt. TAPIOCA. -200 bags Rio were t T E A. —There — e T re js a a s rt v i e c T AL Low.—The a,dvices from St. Petaet 5d per lb. 26th of Dec. to the 17th Januar y . Ex. girrg are to the to 3-16. No business was doing, and there is no allusion to political affairs. Our market was quiet at the opening on Satur day, but towards the close there was a better el more disposition to buy. To-day the trade has been almost wholly occupied with the arrangement of the promptsost f tallow given off on the second, and but little fresh business e has been done. There has been no tallow offering for "money down to-day," and the settlement of the accounts or indicates, on the part of the receivers, strong anticipation that higher prices will be reached. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 31 5s to Si lOs ; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 3s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 38 to 51 10s ; clover ditto, V, Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 12s to 21 4s per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to Si 10s ; r load. ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 163 to 212 a p e Trade tolerably firm. clover ) E SUN, LONDON, TUtSDAY 17, 1854. SHARE -MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. >t.1.00 'it. lOt► t 5 30 Aberdeen 2, . 7 p. 0 1 lyih & Tyne 10 po et. pref. (iss. at£so ristol & Exeter 4 p cent., stock o. Do., shares aledonian £lO _- , ••• ••• BRITISH RAILWAYS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. ANTICIPATED RECALL OF THE RUS SIAN AMBASSADORS FROM PARIS AND LONDON. Closing Prices yesterday. Basiness done this day. 6 --- fOi 2oi 2Q 43. 5i r H er ol e y e h n o t ad Guar. C h or e lc st r e: B s andou 5 p.c. Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (X 3 10s) 6 per cent Do. 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West Mariposa.., , Worthing Mining a Australia Yuba.. it par 2 d 4 - id 10 ... 11 f g - d 1 = Ild - par # P 31 - 33 9 - 10 44 - 8i - - 7 id 3 - 34 I ____ Id i i dI THE BATTLE OF CITALE. A telegraphic despatch from Orsova, dated Jan. 15, mentions that after the engagement on the 10th inst., between the Turks and the Russians, the for mer retired to KalaNt. It adds that the Russians remained in their position at Citale. The account we published yesterday stated that the Russians had fallen back on Krajova, which is more likely to be correct. We learn by a communication from Bucharest, dated four days prior to the commencement of the battle on the 6th, that General Audrep had marched from that place for Kalafat with 25,000 men, his intention being to attack the position of the Turks at the latter place, and that Prince Gortschakoff had gone in the same direction. The probability, therefore, is, that the Prince was pre sent during the bloody conflict on the 6th and subsequent days, which ended in the total defeat of the Russians with enormous loss. Kalafat is a town of 2,000 houses, is surrounded with walls, has a quarantine, a town hall, a cus tom house, three churches, and a cavalry barracks. It is the chief place of a sub-administrator's dis trict. The redoubts raised by the Turks are of great extent and very strong. They are partly raised on two high hills on the plain of Kalafat, about a mile distant from each other, and have a numerous artillery. All the neighbouring country is dominated by these hills in such a way that no approach to the Danube can be made. In 1828 these hills were occupied and fortified by the Rus sians. Between Widdin and Kalafat the Danube is little less than a mile wide, and the course of it is very rapid. The island in which the Turks are fortified is situated near the left bank ; it is partly covered with wood, and is defended by strong en trenchments in earth, bearing large artillery. Above Widdin the Turks have constructed a new citadel, according to all the rules of art. LORD REDCLIFFE'S MESSAGE TO THE RUSSIANS AT SEBASTOPOL. The following is said to be a literal translation of this document. It is addressed " TO THE GOVERNOR OF SEBASTOPOL." Ccnformably with the orders of my Government, the British squadron, in concert with that of France, is on the point of appearing in the Black Sea. The object of this movement is t o p ro t ect the Ottoman territory from all aggression or hos tile act. I apprise your Excellency thereof with a view to prevent all collision tending to disturb the amicable relations existing between our Govern ments, which I am desirous of preserving, and which, no doubt, your Excellency is equally anxious to maintain. To this end, I should feel happy to learn that your Excellency, animated by these intentions, had deemed it expedient to give the requisite in structions to the Admiral commanding the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, so as to obviate any occur rence calculated to endanger peace. REDCLIFFE. (BARAGUAY D'HILLIERs). The letters of both Ambassadors are precisely in these terms, and with the last word underlined as above. The Retribution has conveyed them to Sebastopol, with a French officer in charge of his own Ambassador's despatch. There are, besides, two prisoners British subjects—the engineers of the Medari Tidjaret and Egyptian steamer, cap tured by the Russians—whose extradition has been formally demanded by our Ambassador. LATEST FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. A conference was held on board the flag-ship previous to the combined fleet entering the Black Sea, and it was finally resolved that the expedition should consist as follows : English.—Britannia, Queen, Bellerophon, Rod ney, Albion, Vengeance, London, Agamemnon (screw), Sanspareil (screw) Terrible, Retribution, Furious, Tiger, Firebrand—steamers. Turks.—Taif, Feizi Bahri, Mecljidi6, Chaaki Chadi, Suru—steamers. These convey ten thousand troops and warlike stores under cover of our ships. French.—Ville de Paris, Friedland, Jena, J4u piter, Jemappes, Henri IV., Charlemagne (screw) ; Gomer, Mogador, Sane, Magellan, Descartes— steamers. A Tartar arrived at Constantinople on the night of the Ist with intelligence of a well-contested and sanguinary action at Kalafat. The date and de tails of the event were not known. It was, how ever, reported. that on the side of the Russians the casualties amounted to five or six thousand men. The Turks also had suffered severely—some two or three thousand killed ; but they had not lost one inch of ground, and bravely maintained their po sition on the left bank against five desperate attacks. , Omer Pacha, with strong reinforcements, was also, according to these accounts, about to proceed in person to the scene of action. There was a report that the Sultan had pardoned the Softas. The delay which took place in the departure of the fleets caused the Greeks of Constantinople to spread the rumour that it was occasioned by a pro test of Austria and Prussia against the entrance ; but it appears that the representatives of those powers had simply demanded explanations from England and France as to their ulterior intentions. The Polish and Hungarian refugees, who had been waiting for months at Constantinople to be em ployed, had. at last been taken into service, and they were sent off to the army of Asia in the Turkish vessels which sailed on the 2d. Three of their chiefs had been created pachas, and nominated generals of brigade. General Klapka, had de clined to go to Asia, saying that he preferred serv ing in Europe. On the occasion of New-Year's-Day, General B. d'Hilliers received the French residents. In a short speech which he addressed to them, he stated several times that France, even in the deci sive act which was about to be accomplished, had peace only in view, as it was indispensable to the development of manufactures and the prosperity of commerce ; that peace was the wish of the Govern ment of the Emperor Napoleon ; and that conse quently all its efforts were directed to that object, and that it did not yet despair of being able to at tain it. M. de Bruck addressed the Austrian re sidents in a less re-assuring spirit ; and Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe did not hold any reception. It had been ascertained that the bad organisation of the army in Asia was the cause of the recent de feats. The army was in such a state that it could notmake any serious resistance on the Turkish fron tier, or to prevent the Russians from going to Erze r•um as in 1829. It was said that th e irregular troops had disappeared, and that Abdi Paella was in custody on the charge of treason. It was rumoured that Batoum had been attacked and taken by the Rus sians, but this was inexact. The Minister of Police, Haireddin Puha, had been nominated. in spector of the armies of Anatolia, with orders to make an investigation into the charges brought against Abdi Pacha, ex-general-in-chief of the army of Kars. Perfect order and a confident assurance of the success of the Turkish cause prevailed at Constantinople ; also that it was firmly believed that the allies of Turkey, though slow to move, would frankly fulfil all the obligations imposed on them. The Press of Vienna says :—" The Ambassador of France has presented to the Sultan, at a private audience, an autograph letter from the Emperor of the French, expressing his deep regret at the affair of Sinope, and renewing his promise to main tain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. The Emperor expresses at the same time a hope that the Czar, now perceiving the reality of the alliance between England and France, will give proof of greater moderation." A Cossack force is being• organised by Sadik Pacha (Tchaikofski), and it is really edifying, and a sign of the times, to see Christians and Moslems fighting under a common standard for freedom. The banner of these troops is half red with a cres cent, and half white with a red cross. To the above account is appended the following paragraph :—" We hear that Lord Palmerston has resigned, and it is hoped by all that lie will return soon to power as Premier or Foreign Seeretaryi This would be, in my opinion, the r eal settlenitchue of the Eastern question, the true solution f nd the problem. The Turks will do his bidding ; it was then i = n a t ls r o e , as Zough for quite another Private letters Of the 11th state thatanC i l c m ou o n st . n n o n t s h e e e a til Viennaof o t r i e te ig i o o f f Drouyn de L' Huys had addressed a circular despatch known at Vienna that the Porte had accepted the pbreoe p n o o s r it d i e o r n e s d o t f o th e e nt C er on t f h e e re ß nc la e , ck th s a e t a, th a e n fi d e t e i t l s at h m ad . the t t6 o r it he t sil inst.r e p whichr e The w e h n ea representatives artei publishedpvre representatives se o n f ta F tii r nv a the /./ four Powers held a new conference to deliberate on all those circumstances. They agreed that the ac ceptance by the Porte of the propositions of the sth D cem bar formed a basis of negotiations which might be followed, and that they should be made the subject of a` direct proposition to the Emperor of Russia. It was consequently agreed that a new protocol should be prepared, which should be signed by the four representatives, and that such protocol should be immediately transmitted to the Imperial Cabinet of St. Petersburg, with the urgent recom mendation of the four Powers. This proceeding proves that the good understanding existing be tween Great Britain, France, Austria, and Prussia was not disturbed by the order given to the com manders of the combined fleets to enter the Black Sea. The same letter states that a recent measure adopted by the Admiral who commands the Rus sian fleet has been misunderstood, and that it is one that has been adopted at all times in similar cir cumstances. It was that officer who spontaneously and in order to avoid any partial checks, gave, the moment he heard of the recent decision adopted at Constantinople, orders to all the ships in the Black Sea to make for the port of Sebastopol, and who in formed all the captains of the maritime places that they must prohibit the Russian merchant ships from going to sea till further orders. Those measures were not, it is said, adopted in consequence of in structions from Vienna, and no argument can be founded on them as to the political designs of Russia. The Constitutionnel of yesterday, says :—" Some journals have spread the report that the under standing established between the Four Powers on the affairs of the East was seriously compromised in consequence of the latter resolutions of France and England. Not only is this report unfounded, but, according to news from Germany, the confer ence of Vienna in a new protocol, signed on the 13th of this month, has recorded unanimously that the answer of the Sublime Porte to the communi cation of the representatives of France, Austria, England, and Prussia, at Constantinople, was com pletely satisfactory, and expressed 'confidence that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg would, on its side, adhere to the basis on which Turkey was ready to treat for the re-establishment of peace." RAILWAYS. Paid 100 1 100 100 all all all all all 100 100 lAberdeen ..... Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons i Do., £2O ........ & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) 'Bristol & Exeter Caledonian. 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Paid RAILWAYS. compans yesterday. this dey. 50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon— 50 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Northn 140 143 141 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. ••• 2; all Do. New Do. 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt•Westn. 30 32 100 all Ilrepl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 111 110 25 all Do. 3 Shares Do 543 553 12A all Do. Shares. Do 27 28 124 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 133 143 20 all Do.Prefereuce Do 243 253 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per et.. Do — 53 all Manch.Bston. Ln.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2 - 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 100 50 all Northern and Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 5 all Do. 6 per ct Do all Do.Fixedsp.c Do . . . 2 , all Prest. &Wyre L. &I% . W &Di& Yk 1 12 Do. 3 Shares. Do — S 100 Royst.n.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 143 140 S.. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do l4O 143 2 , 188 Shef. Roth. & Lancash..l S Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh 12 93 S. Staftordsh., 111rMClean 2 50 all 6 per cent Darling . 25 all ockt 30 31. 30i St. 100' Wilts&Sonirst Gt•Westn 95 97 Dt o . & SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—It transpired yesterday that the Court of the South Sea Company have authorised their brokers to purchase, at the price of 115, the stock held by any proprietor who may wish to realise, instead of waiting for the act of Parliament by which the distribu tion of the funds of the company will be authorised. The step would have afforded satisfaction but for the fact that the price named is considered inadequate ; since, at the general meeting on the sth instant, it was announced that the minimum value of the stock, estimated from the a mount of funds waiting to be divided, was 1161. 13s. 4d. STATE OF TRADE. —The accounts from the seats of trade throughout ,the country for the past week con tinue to show a steady and confident course, almost un disturbed by the food and war questions. At Man chester the market has been quiet, but firm. The Bir mingham market states that, as regards iron goods, there are orders in hand sufficient for three months, and that fresh ones, at present prices, are accepted with the greatest reluctance. A new method for puddling which is alleged to effect a reduction of one-half in be introduced into France, iron uel rt p he ce i e e entsit time eefn seemsand likely eeientl advises kl this town required for the operation. The from Australia received by the va riousirnsseiownherlol Canada and the United States, are described to be bad, the houses, ironmongery, firearms, &c., unrernunerative. The increase f u lly makes up for any temporary reaction in other quarters. At Nottingham and in the woollen districts there has been no alteration, but the tone is good, and the demand fully equal to the production. As regards the linen-markets in Yorkshire there has however, having wtheev ec ro b : n e become been an improvement, while in Ireland they are without change. The flax-spinners of Belfast will continue short time till March. BUSINESS OF THE PORT OF LONDON.—In the general business of the port of London during the past week there has increased activity, The number of ships re portedg 71 over that of the pre vious week. The quantity of gra i n rece ived was not large, the total being 33,338 inward was 233 , bein g quarters, including 17,918 quarters of wheat. Of flour there were reported 34,265 barrels ; of rice, 15,816 bags ; of tea, 33,341 packages ; 35 8 cask s , 7,847 cases, and o 4 f o, casks and 1,326 bags ; and of tallow 2, 584 ca sks. The arrivals of fruit and wine during the week ha ve also be en very large. The num . 1 s u 7 g B a b r, a , g 2 s , ; 18 0 6 f o b ff h e d e s , . 776 ber of ships cleared outwards was 76, being two over the previous week. Of those 20 were in ballast, and 4 for the Australian colonies. DEATH OF THE HON. 3. ROPE W ALLACE, LATE M.P. —This gentleman died on the 7th instant, at Feather stone Castle, Northumberland. Ile was the heir pre sumptive to the peerage of Hopet oun , an d was born in 1807. He married, in 1837, Lady Mary Fran ces Nugent, youngest daughter of the Marquis of Westmeath, by whom he leaves a numerous issue. The deceased, who assumed the name of Wallace, was brother to the late Earl of Hopetou n , who died suddenly in 1843, while leaving the House (3/Lords, and to the Hon. Charles Hope, Governor of the Isle of Man. The present Earl of Hopetoun is in his twenty-fourth year, and is unmarried. Perhaps a more numerous family than this does not exist in the British peerage. The Hon. J. Hope served for some time in the Coldstream or 3d Foot Guards. The estates in Northumberland de scended to Inin by the will of the late Lord Wallace. ALARMING COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Sunday morning last, a serious collision occurred on this line of railway, at the Knaresborough junction, between a coal train and the Edinburgh night express, which left King's-cross station on Saturday evening at 9.15. It appears that a coal train, consisting of engine, break-van,waggons, was just emerging from the K junction to get on the main line, when the Edinburgh express came up at the moment at full speed, and dashed into the mineral and ia re s a b b o o r u o t u g 2 h 4 train with great violence. We are informed that a first class carriage was smashed to pieces, and four passengers seriously injured, but we have not been able to learn their names, or the precise nature of their injuries. A con siderable amount of property was broken, and the driver and stoker had a fortunate escape. Late yesterday I (Monday) evening, we learn that the passengers injured are all doing well. 53 2i i 3 15 48 i 13i 13 82 11 63i 3 1011 102 i 11 12 21t i 48 7i iig /3 all all all all Pm Pm 14 101 i 7 Gi ad FRANCE. The greatest importance, says the Times Paris correspondent in his letter, dated yesterday, con tinues to be attached to the adherence of Austrira to the alliance of the four Powers, even after the 1 entry of the combined fleets into the Black Sea ; and on that fact are founded the hopes that a general war will be avoided, as very few indeed of the many who discus the question think that the Emperor of Russia will persist in his opposition to the rest of Europe, unsupported as he is by any Government. The partisans of Russia do not relax in their efforts to create suspicion and jealousy between France and England. For a long time it was England that meditated aban doning France ; now it is, according to them, the Emperor of the French who is about to yield to the tempting offers of Russia, and quit his ally. They go so far as to say that at this mo meat many thousand copies of a pamphlet, announc ing and explaining the cause of the separation, are already prepared for publication. These and other absurd stories are propagated with a zeal and an energy worthy of a better cause, but, it must be added, without producing conviction in the mind of any one. This is so little the case, that lam assured everything is ready for an expedition should circumstances require it, and those " cir cumstances" would probably be the defeat of the Turks on the Danube, and the passage of the river by the Russians. In spite of these rumours public opinion is to-day more in favour of the maintenance of the peace than for some days past ; and the Em peror himself is said to share in that opinion. On the same subject the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicte writing yesterday says Although it is now known that no news has been received from St. Petersburgh that in any way jus tifies the increased confidence in the re-establish ment of peace, which suddenly seized on the public on Saturday last; there are many who still hope that the Czar will reconsider the matter before plunging the world into all the horrors of war. This hope is founded not so much on any information rceived from St. Petersburgh, as on the more than moderate terms of the negotiation lately agreed to by the Sultan, and on the belief that th e unan i m it y with which the four Powers have recommended the acceptance of those terms to the Czar will not be without its weight. I find, however, that these considerations have not much value among the political men whose judgment on such subjects is most deserving of attention. They still think that the Emperor Nicholas has gone too far to recede, and that after the recent acts and declara tions of the English and French Governments he will be less disposed to yield than before. They consider it probable, to be sure, that in pursuance of that suaviter in mode pOlicy which has hitherto been his rule, he will probably agree to send a plenipotentiary 1 o the conference, who will be empowered to discuss the questions pending with Turkey ; but as it is understood that he still persists in reserving the religious question (which is, in fact, the whole question), and settling" it by direct negotiation with the Porte, it is evident that the affair will be as far from being arranged after the discussions of the conference as it was before. Russia has everything to gain by this temporising policy, and she makes an able use of it. She has still reason to hope that by agreeing to send a plenipotentiary she may delay the active hostility of England and France ; while she on her side will continue to strengthen herself in the po sitions she has already gained, and concentrate the enormous forces at her command, but at present spread over immense territories, in the seat of war. • There was a full Council of Ministers at the Tuileries yesterday (Monday), at which the Empe ror presided. Nothing transpired as to what reso lutions had been adopted, but it was known that the subject under deliberation was the Eastern question, and the question of sending troops at once to Constantinople. In principle it has long since been decided to send an auxiliary force to the Sultan, but the details of the expedition are not yet settled. The price of corn continues to rise in Paris, and in all the departments of France. 'The high price of bread, combined with the stagnation of trade and the inclemency of the season, creates great suffer ing among the people, and it is feared that some disturbances will take place. Several of the manu factories in the provincial towns have partially sus pended their operations, and are only working short time. Judgment was delivered in the Police Court of Paris yesterday in the case of the individuals accused of having formed a secret society for the purpose of overthrowing the Government. Three were ac quitted, and the remainder wore found guilty. Of these 21 had already been found guilty of con spiring for the death of the Emperor, and had been already sentenced by the Court of Assize, conse quently no further sentence was passed on them. Watteau, Furet, Francois, Bratiano, and Alavoine, declared by the Court to have been the founders of the secret society, were sentenced each to impri sonment for five years, and to pay a fine of 500 f. ; 15 others were sentenced each to imprisonment for one year, and to pay a fine of 100 f. The answer of the Emperor of Russia—if it should arrive at all, which is doubtful—cannot be known in Paris before the 20th of January. In the mean time, so far kora the idea of men in official situ ations being of opinion that the Czar7will give way, they think precisely the reverse. It is well known that he is making preparations on the most gigantic scale for the prosecution of the spring campaign, and that his orders to his generals is to cross the Danube, and to carry the war into Bulgaria as speedily as possible. From all this it is evident that the rise in the funds, both in Paris and Vienna, does not proceed from t any real improvement in the position of the Eastern ct that e question ; but simply from th the speculators for the fall know that ea one word from the Czar might bring ruin upon them, and that they are consequently alarmehdaswrileesnolevveedr to ports are spread that his Ma jesty abandon schemes of ambition which threaten him self as well as the rest of the world with years of misfortune an d probable ruin. It is stated tbe that sub b on ers of the the feeling of the French Governmentmem ject of peace or war is this—the Cabinet consider the maintenance of peace is hope less ; and feeling satisfied that d e l ay is injurious to the cause of the Sultan (which is the cause of Europe), while it is profitable to the Czar alone, they are prepared to carry on the war with promp titude and energy. The chief of the State also considers war inevitable ; and he sees it with deep regret, on account of the wide-spread mischief and misery it has created and is creating among the mercantile portion o f hi s subjects. On this ac count, Louis Napoleon would be glad to see an opportunity of settling the question • but as he does not see th a t it would be possible io do so with honour, he also is prepared to join his Ministers in resisting Russia to the utmost. From this it is clear that the attitude of France is precisely what we could wish—showing at the same time modera tion and firm ness . The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the receipts of the direct and indirect taxes for the ' past year. From this account it appears that the receipts for the year from these sources amounted to 846,804,000 f., being an increase of 42,470,000 f., as compared with 1852, and of 108,991,000 f. over 1851. As compared with last year, the increase bears principally on the following heads of re- -agniamo‘Ai venue :—" Registration dues, 18,555, 000 f. ; pre. duce of tobacco sales, 7,972,000 f. ; postage, 2,396,000 f. • duty on manufacture of beetroot sugar, 3,68,000 f. • potable liquors, 3,829 ,Qoof. ; stamp duties, 2,050,000 f. ; salt duties,•2,o7l ;000f. ; corn, 1,170,000 f. ; sugar from the French co lonies, 1,004,000 f. • foreign sugar, 1,362,000 f. A letter from Toulon of the 11th in st. observes that if the writer is to judge from the fact that the Vauban, the Cacique, and several other steam frigates are being fitted for sea with all possible despatch, the last phasis of the Eastern question has arrived. The writer adds, that provisions are prepared for an army of 40,000 men, which co uld be embarked at Toulon without delay. A despatch has been received at Cherbourg com manding the completion as quickly as possible of I the ship of the line Tilsir, of 90 guns. The carpen ters are required to work on Sundays. A further despatch commands an extraordinary levy of seamen in the port. A memorandum has been communicated to the diplomatic corps by the Ott . oman Government, in forming them that, in consequence of the scarcity of gram, all the corn in the provinces of Widdin, Silistria, Scutari, Albania, Bosnia, Erzeromn, and Trebizond is reserved for the use of the Turkish armies in Roumelia and Antolia. A letter from St. Malo says :—" An order has arrived to make a levy of all the seamen of from 20 to 40 years of age, who have not passed through four years of service. The only exception to this measure is to be such men as have been dismissed from the service within the space of a year. It may be conceived that a great dis quietude has been spread through the country at this news. The same will be the case at Granville and in the Bay of St. Brieuc. The Chambers of Commerce are about to make a representation to the Minister of the de plorable state in which all the district of the coasts of France, which is engaged in the cod-fishery at Newfoundland, will be placed, should a sufficient number of men not be reserved for these expedi tions, which constitute the very existence of this part of the country." A letter from St. Valery-sur-Somme, in the Courrier du Havre, states that this measure has spread consternation among the boatmen who carry goods from St. Valery into the interior. They are mostly married men, and with their savings have purchased the boats in which they . carry on their business, and in which they reside with all their families like the mariners of the north. These families, deprived of their chiefs, will be thrown into great distress for want of being able to turn their boats to account during the absence _of their owners in the service. ' The Algiers journals of the 10th contain an account of an engagement between some Arab forces in the service of France, under the orders of Kha lifs Si Hanna, and the forces of the cheriff Moham med ben Abdallah, at some distance from Ouergla, in one of the southern provinces. The result of it was that Mohammed's troops were routed with considerable loss, that he took to flight to the south, and that several of his chiefs and. some of those of the neighbouring tribes made their submission. The Bourse was heavy yesterday in the absence of any political news calculated to influence the speculators. The Three per Cents. opened at 71f. 90c., rose to 72f. 5c., fell subsequently to 71f. 50c., and closed at 71f. 60c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 99f. 50c. Orleans Railway Shares, 1,130 f. ; Rouen, 990 f. ; Havre, 475 f. ; Great Northern, 815 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 767 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 870 f. j; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 712 f. 50c. ; Western of Franc; 625 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 580 f. ; Great Central, 485 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 490 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 675 f. ITALY. A letter from the Papal States of the 7th inst., declares that extreme desolation and consternation prevail in the Romagna, in which the inhabitants live in constant terror of robbers, and dare not quit their houses after night fall. The theatre is deserted at Faenza. Wheat sells at the market of Ravenna at 53f. the sack of 115 litres. The autho rities at Lugo had compelled the farmers to sell their wheat at 20 per cent. less than the market price. The local authorities of Faenza had for bidden the exportation of corn from the district. The consequence is, that the market is closed, and were it not for the markets of Foili and Ravenna the inhabitants of the Romagna would be exposed to die of hunger. AUSTRIA. The rumours which have been circulated of the secession of Austria from co-operation with the other Powers in negotiation, are false. At Vienna on the 12th, an article of the semi-official. Lloyd's was received by the public with great favour. The gist of the article was hostile to Russia. This had produced a great sensation. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th and 11th have arrived. A meeting of deputies and senators of the moderate opposition had been held at the Duke de Sotomayor's, and a committee had been nomi nated for the purpose of devising measures for giving a moral and material support to the press which represents their opinions. The meeting con sisted of only 19 senators and deputie s , me etings of 20 being prohibited. It was asserted that the Mi nister of Grace and Justice intends to resign, but his resignation will, it is said, not caus e a n y modi fication in the policy of the Cabinet. The Queen continued to go on well ; her Majesty had not been informed of the death of her child but had begun to suspect it. Immediately after her recovery, the Mi nisters intended to submit to her measures relative to the press, the electoral and municipal regime, and other important subjects. Her Majesty had given an other 60,000 reals to the charitable establishments of the capital. The Marquis de Turgot had so far re covered that his medical attendants had permitted. him to leave his bed. General Prim was not ex pected at Madrid before the 15th February. Omer Pasha, say these journals, has made him a present of some magnificent Arabian horses. A letter from Madrid of the 9th, says The body of the little Princess will be exposed in the palace, as was that of the Prince of the Asturias, two years ago. It will afterwards be conveyed to the Escurial for burial. Queen Isabella IL does not yet know the loss which she has sustained, and the greatest precaution will be observed in commu nicating it to her. The king appears greatly affected at the death of his daughter. The Queen is going oil as well as can be. A surgeon, who had been summoned from Paris to attend the Marquis de Turgot, has examined the wound, and is about to extract the ball. He does not consider the wound of great gravity, and the Ambassador is going on well." EMIGRATION.—The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for two vessels to carry emigrants to South Australia and Victoria. One, for Adelaide, is to be ready on the 28th et February; the other, for Melbourne, on the 3d of March. THE MARIQUITA MINING COMPANY.—The Mariquita Mining Company have received, by the West India steamer, a remittance for the month of October of 1,467 oz. of gold. THE CONTEMPLATED BREVET.—It appears that the great obstacle to an army brevet is the number of regi mental colonels of the Ordnance corps, of whom there are 40, and a large proportion of which each successive brevet must embrace. How to avoid this hindrance in what at present stops the way of this measure of justice to the army. FALL OF HOUSES. —On Sunday the inhabitants of Hornsey-road were alarmed by the falling of a part of the wall of two old houses near the Hanley Arms. TO t h h e ED ad W m A i ß r D ers ß o u f L t w h E is it c lj el Y eb T ra T° t N ed . li i te t ra w be D orse N r E v ß ed y character are to entertain him at dinner , ap proaching visit to this c ity.—Edinbu rgh, , d uring his Evening Post. AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM PRODUCE-MARKETS.— The weekly revi ews f rom the Amsterdam and Rotter dam produce-markets mention th at prices were supported with firmness , although transacted. not much business has been coffee t h ere was a slight tendency to improvement, the demand for the better descriptions having latterly increased. • The operations in sugar had not been important, but quotations were maintained. Rice had experienced a further advance, owing to the activity of speculators. There was no great variation in the prices of tea. ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state that business was rather more active, but that no important change had occurred in prices. AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the past week show a decrease. They have comprised altogether four vessels—two to Port Phillip with an aggregate burden of 1,318 tons; one to Sydney of 883 tons ; and one to Portland Bay of 396 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 2,597 tons, The rates of freight continue to be maintained with steadiness. ASTLEY'S.—EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.--• It has never been our task (albeit a pleasing one) to re cord a success 'more unqualified than. that which has hailed the performances of the Indian lady and gentleman, the colossal elephants at Astley's. They are certes the most wonderful creatures we ever beheld, and we are bound to award to Mr. William Cooke the credit of having given birth to an epoch in elephantine history. To attempt a description of their leviathan evolutions is superfluous ; they can only be ftilly understood by being seen, and having been seen they can never be forgotten. After the Chinese spectacle, in which their performances are embodied, follows the scenes in the circle, which are of the most classical and chaste description. The grand equestrian equestrian pantomime of Billy Button , or the Ladies ' Fa vourite, is enjoying a triumphant career, and deservedly so. The scenery is new, second to none in the metro polis, and the opening and concluding scenes are gor geous in the extreme ; the tricks, changes, and trans formations are admirably managed, and the fun irresistible from beginning to end. We congratulate Mr. William Cooke on the result of his managerial exertions. ~~ RIR j