The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

HEN RY RUSSELL, the celebrated composer, is engaged by a committee of gentlemen to give his inimi table ENTERTAINMENT, the EMIGRANT'S PROGRESS, THIS DAY, Wednesday, at the Institution, Poplar; and Thursday and Friday, Music gall,— Store-street, Bedford-square. Admission, Is., 25., and 3s. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smth. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8 Will be presented THE HUNCHBACK. Characters by G. V. Brooke, T. Mead, Belton, and Younge; Miss Fanny Cathcart, and Miss Featherstone. To conclude w,th KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, H ar l e quin and the Land of Toys. • THE tTRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET Under the amazement of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING. FIB. S. Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. Elliott Galer, W. Farren, Compton, lt , gers, Howe, Clark, Cord, and Cullenford ; Miss Cushman, Miss Julia barlan ~ and Mrs. L. s. Buckingham. After which, the Grand CHRI4TMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR-; or, Little Silverhair and the F dries. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr, H. Marshall. ROY_VL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the. Management of Mr. CaARLES KEA% TUB KVENING. FEB. 8, Will be peabrmed the Tragedy of HAMLE c.Principal charac ter by Mr. C Kean. After which wilt be presented the new Grand CHRIST MAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARQUIN AN ) THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, Kind Salainandar and the Fai ry of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Corinac:r. ; Clown, 3,f r. Haune; pantaloon, 31r. Pau'o ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEIINi THEATRE. tuder the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENLNG, FEB. 8, will be perfprmeA A BACHELO R OF ARTS. Characters by mathewe, F. Matth ews, gager ; an d Messrs. C. Miss F. Hughes. A ft e r which, the original F a i ry Extravaganza, called ONCE u poig A TIM.E THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Yadarne Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL'ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetre3s, Malame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEB. 8, Will be presented the highly Popular New - Nautical MeloArama in Ave taoleaux, with new scenery, the Sea, of Ice, &c., new dresses and app o i ntments, called THETrIIRSC OF GOLD; or, TEE LOST SHIP AND THE wo - ,D FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Lesley. Pant Bedford, 0. Selby, Parsoße, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, Sec. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta eular•lvendary Chrivinas piece, in two act 4, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and aopoiot!nent4, called NtIVIBErr. NIP, or THE APIRIT Paucipal characters by M Want?. Celeste, Hrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, -Miss NI. M:ss Cuth bert, Miss C. Harding; Messrs. Pant Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE ATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Fan. 8, Will be performed VIE FIRS C NIGIIT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, L rlfe, Linton; Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Mies P. Horton, and Was Wyoldham. After which, THE BE TIGER. Principal characters by Mesers. Alfred Wigan, Lesils, and F. Robson ; and Airs A. Wigan. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lemee, Mr. F. W. Alter , fc.—Directress, M 153 Rebecca Isaacs. TIM EVENING, Fix: 8, Wiil be performed 'T \YAi I. Principal character by IrS3 Fanny Reeves. Atte' which, the new grand Comis Christmas Pantonsims entitled HARLEQUIN AND KIN 4 Nu ; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by he Inimitable Flearnore; ELurlegnin, dir. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Sir. Griffiths ; Colum;,ine, Cloward. Followed by TIUNTING A TURTLE. To conclude with "I LIE OSINIBUS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 1.. 6d; Gallery, Cd.; Private• Boxes, IL tin. 6d., m be had of Mr. Alicruft, 15, New Bond-street. A3T LEY'S E [TROPE'S NATIONAL A NIP lIIT EAT RE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. In answer to numerous apelteations both in town and country, Mr. William Cooke has arranged one more GRAND MORNING RFORII XNCE. to take place on 'THURSDAY NEXT, FEB. 9, commencing at 2 o'clock. Extraordinary co nbinadon oF attraction—me Performing Ele pvi ants, whose wondrous feats and hitherto unhea d of incredible performances now share their nightly triumphs with their ret , te rival LE SI , ;(1: SAVANT ; or, Nimble Niarinozet. He is indeep al other wonder, for his tricks it'd exercises are achieved with sucr h uman-like action, that the bcaolder can rea lily imagine he is w etching In a inirrir the red •ctive acc'ons of a mail. In addition to th cse " Zoalo , ical Stars," the Grand Chines Spectacle (which has r cached Its 50th rd ?ht). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and the sate, sstul a 3,1 gor;•eona Pantomime, for nun; the most novel aol uparalleled entertainment ever utfcred to the public. THIS EVMNG, FEB 8. And doll. y the week, I'HE AF, ELEPHANTS OF '"HE EAST, r THE N s 4k. GO CO, in which ifr. William Cooke's Mat hloss Peerless of the CIWILE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime o' BILLY BUT I'o 'PA .;0111tN&Y £0 1:1:ENLF01.:D ; or, Harlequin and — the Ladies' Favourite. opea troni Eleven till Four. Stags Manager, lir. W. West. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1854. Distracted though our attention may be for a while from the consideration of the latest phases of the Eastern Question, by such discussions within the walls of Parliament as that which last evening in the House of Commons elicited the brilliant and amusing speech of Mr. LUCAS, ana lytical of the failings and corruptibility of the Irish representatives —we inevitably revert im mediately afterwards with redoubled interest to the scrutiny of our foreign correspondence. Such, in truth, is unavoidable. The imminence of war renders us in a manner indifferent to everything else, no matter how attractive in itself, or how much more nearly it may concern the interests of our home population. So far, indeed, things promise little more than a partial so licitude on the part of the general com munity in reference to the promised explana tion of the New Reform Bill on the occasion of the next Monday's sitting of the popular branch of the Legislature. Scarcely one intelligent man in the United Kingdom can, for the life of him, preserve anything like a sustained regard for a matter not directly connected with the probabili ties of a warlike struggle among the great races of Chridtendom. The long-continued strikes which, in the north of England, have so deplorably in terfered with the industrial operations of our manufacturers have failed, except during brief intervals, tp divert the notice of the multitude from the absorbing topic of contemplation—the enormous difficulties affecting the Turkish-Conn ells at Constantinople. The extraordinary rise in the price of provisions, nay, more, even than the dearnesa of bread, the almost unprecedented costli ness of coal during the winter season of 1853-1854, barely in any way diminished the eagerness with which the more economical classes in the three kingdoms have perseveringly looked beyond the circle of our own insular difficulties to those more terrible and disastrous troubles which have more orl essextended their influence from the tgrin Prclvize kl o f M o ld o - Wallachia throughout the va Lions 'Powers of the European Continent. Po pular atte n ti on to the clianges of the Russo-Turk ish difference h aving thug far survived in Great Britain the distracting nature of so many troublous events prior to the reassernblinfr of Parliament, it ca n scarcely with reason be expected that the interest of the coma) . t can ' l .v turned, except as it were momentarily, from the all-engrossing details of the War question, by an y incidents, however ingeniously contrived, by the Ministerialists in the Imperial Legislature. Especially now, at ft juncture of such rernarkahl'e importance, when it appears more than ever prob able that the insensate AUTOCRAT will adventure upon a collision with the combined forces de spatched against him (or, at any rate, for the practical and energetic defence of the Turkish territories) by the French and English Govern merits. When, in token of the decisive cha racter of the rupture between the great nor thern despotism and the two formidable Western Powers, who are his antagonists, M. DE KISSE LEFF has quitted Paris, and M. DE BRUNOW Lon don—leaving the Courts of St. James's and the Tuileries without that last guarantee of the main tenance of peace, the conti • nued presence of the Russian Ambassador. A • juncture, indeed, when the retirement of MM. D E B RUNO W and DE KIS SELEFF from the British and Gallic capitals, has 1 10 wed upby tile Drninni HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAT —ltornine 16 rnin.after 10 I Mvening 57 inin.aft. 10 To.Moitnow—Morning 36 anu.aftei 11 I Evening 0 tniu.aft. 3 THE WEArllrlit.—Scrs °MCA, Fms. 8. TEIERItOrtiErEP,, TN THE SHADE. 56—highest sinee nounrester,l3y. 41—lowest this morning and during the night. 48—this day at noon. BAROHETER, 30'02. WIND, W.—Fresh breeze, and cloudy. e • Az , g ' ‘j- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1854. the taunt of having changed his opinions, when he now hints at the propriety of what he re peatedly arguer against, and which his influence sufficed to throw out. We wish for his sake it had been otherwise, but still we must feel that the exhibition of sound judgment by the Ministerial Leader is " better late thaß never." MONEY MA RKE AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, of which 500 American and 500 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly. Prices of American, sd. to 6'd., were a shade against the buyer. The sales c omprised 4,000 American, 20 Bahia, at 6d., 300 Egyptian at 64d. to 11d., 1,500 Surat at 2id. to 4d., and 60 Sea Island at Is. to 2s. per lb. Rail way Shares were fiat at per cent. lower. The public tea sales are going off very flatly. The following is an account of the indigo auc tions, as furnished by Messrs. H. W. Jewsbury and Co. : " The Quarterly Sales commenced yesterday, consisting of 14,402 Chests (including, 5,410 chests of old goods, bought in at, or withdrawn from former sales, and 1,282 chests in second hands), comprising the following, viz. :- 7,806 chests Bengal, Oude, &c. ; 2,308 Madras ; 2,356 Kurpah ; 124 Bimlipatam ; 7 Salem ; 57 Calcutta Fig ; 23 Pondicheerry ; 219 withdrawn, not printed, and not ready for inspection; 220 lots warehouse sweepings (in small boxes) ; 1,282 chests various (in second hands). Total, 14,402. " The qualities of the Bengal are about three-fourths middling and ordinary, and one-fourth good and fine ; the Madras one-fourth middling, with a small proportion of good and fine, and three-fourths ordinary ; the Kurpah three-fourths middling and ordinary, and one-fourth good and fine ; the Oude two-thirds ordinary, and one-third middling and good ; the Bimhpatam middling and ordinary. "The sales opened with a parcel of fine , Ben,gal, which was withdrawn (after trying a few lots) at fully previous rates, after this, a parcel of good middling Bengal passed, and about one-third sold at a reduction of 2d. to 441. per lb. on October prices ; consequently some parcels of mid dling Kurpah and Madras were offered, a few of the' former selling at about previous rates, but the latter were mostly bought in at rather lower prices. "There was only a moderate attendance of both foreign and home buyers, and the sales have opened without ani mation. "We quote fine shipping qualities par to 2d. per lb. lower; defective ditto, 2d. to 4d. per lb. lowe r ; Kurpah,par to 3d. l ower ; and Madras 2d. to 4d. lower. "939 chests have passed to-day; of which 139 were with drawn, 337 bought in, and 413 sold. " The following are the highest and lowest prices : Bengal ls. Od. to 6s. 10d. Madras ls. 6d. to 3s. 2d., Kur pah 2s. 3d. t o 4 s . ld., Pondicherry ls. Od. to ls. 2d., Sweep ings Is. 10d. to 2s. Od. per lb." The United States Emigration returns give the total arrivals during 1853, at 334,870 persons, which, as compared with those of the previous year, show a material falling off. Of these, 113,164 were Irish, 119,475 Germans, 27,039 English, and 6,462 Scotch. Of the total, 50,321 were placed to the item of citizens. Canadian advices received yesterday, state that the arrivals of shipping at the port of Quebec in 1853, comprised 536,034 tons, being an increase over those of the previous year of 81,932 tons, The copper mines of Lake Superior have proved highly favourable. The bank circulation of Canada is estimated at 20,000,060 dollars. The lumber business during the winter has been very brisk, the shipbuilders being busy. The Nova Scotia Legislature was to meet on the 26th ult. for the despatch of business. Some statistics have been compiled of the rail ways in the United States, from which it appears that the number of railroads is 390 ; the miles in operation were 17,811; miles in course of construc tion 12,898, and the cost was 503,588,038 dollars. The price of bar silver is ss. 18d. per ounce. Yesterday the dollars per Orinoco were sold at 55., an advance of id., but the bar silver has not yet been disposed of. The gold by the Mohawk has been melted and taken for exportation, and more than half of the specie by the Europa has already been taken for the Continent. Bills of exchange upon the principal C on ti nen t a l cities were quoted rather lower yesterday after noon. Paris being 25 27i to 30, Amsterdam 11 151 to 16, Hambusgh 13 44 to 4i, and Trieste 13 10 to 20. There are rumours that the negotiations between the London and North Western and Great West ern Railway Companies are not proceeding in a way that promises a satisfactory termination, and some parties are blaming the latter company for this. Not being sufficiently acquainted with the facts, we are unable, of course, to state whether the assertion that the Great Western Company will not allow its rival to penetrate into Wales, while it desires itself to get to Liverpool, be correct. The Submarine Electric Telegraph Company declared this day a dividend for the half-year, at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. The report of the Cork and Bandon Railway Company was adopted this day, excepting the por tion alluding to the raising of a further preference capital for completing the works. The English funds have been more variable, and Consols upon money purchases made rose to 91 and 92k, and are now down again to 91/ The market is kept up principally by the large Bear account open, as Just now there is less inclination to invest, the conviction growing stronger that war is inevitable, and upon a large scale, while the neutrality of Austria and Prussia is felt by many to be almost a success on the part of Count Orloff. Exchequer Bills are rising, a proof of the amount of surplus niehey awaiting more permanent invest meht, should affairs become settled. Bank Stock is firm at 216 k. In Foreign Stocks there has been some recovery from yesterday's depression. Russian Bonds are up about 1 to 11 per cent,, the 5 per Cents. being 104 to 1051, and the 4k per Cents. 89 to 90. Mexi can Stock has been at 241 to 254. Sardinian Bonds have realised 84 Spanish Deferred Stock is quoted 19k, and Venezuela 28 to 1. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at 92 to 1. BRITISH MINES. —Transactions limited, and market dull, with the exception of a few inquiries for Alfred Consols, Millands, Sortridge Consols, Kilbrickens, Hingston Downs, and Taus. The current pric es f or the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted are as follows : Jamaica, k to g premium ; Metcalfe, to premium; Sue River, discount to par; Port" Royal, g to g premium. The Railway Market has improved compared with the lowest rates of yesterday, in consequence of the rally in Consols, and there is a moderate business doing in the principal' lines. Generally the Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton and York, and North Midland are in most request. French shares have been neglected, but are firm. In Gold Mines there aro but few transactions, and prices keep m uc h as b e f ore . The Joint - Stock Bank Shares have been very quiet, and the Land Companies' are nominal. BRIII BII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bas i iness done. Bank Stock .. ........ ............ ................ 2 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 924 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Ol4 2h lh i h Now 3/ per Cent. Annuities 9 33 i L on g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1360 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 India Bonds, 4:1000 .. Ditto, under £lOOO lO p Consols for Account 15th Feb. 92 1h Exchequer Bills, id. £IOOO £5OO 2O 17 p Small 2O 17 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent ••• . ........... .....• lOO 1 Mexican 3 pe r C en t Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lO4 51 Ditto 4} per Cent B9 Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Bsa Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4O Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9h Venezuela Bonds, 3h per Cont. •..... ••• ••• 28 a Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgianlßonds 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil 6l Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifteates HALF-PAST Tl7O. Consols Ditto February Account . 91 LONDON AND Aouill4EsTEaN LlTEiit o ß r y n i e r iy § s e o i , Elsi o i Tine IN STITUTION.—This the first, the institqc • wa' 3 . s t in ddh4oticin` with ,the great so for the Mental .cuitlite their employ, and we are glad to find that, notwithstand ing some drawbaCks, it still, holds .it ground, and that 9 . 46,T4mbsii ~ theridselieS bf the advantages it Offers, among which, we may mention, riid an evening school, mechanical and free-hand drawing and niiitual instruction classes, weekly lectures, and a well-i4e4pdin rare Ofion dri tlfiqA,vottinFyi in the week. From the report lately presented to' 'alt." ii.T.Aittal meeting, it appears that the number of members has decteascd, in ,co,iiefilieued Of which th 3 vocal arid instrumental i z .i!. :1 ,: ;5 9 . , 14 . 4,M v e cri discontinued ; but this unfortunat e s t a t e of thinnerMtrittuteel to the want of adequate accommodation, and it is gratifying to find that the directors of the railway, in pursuance of a promise formerly made, have apportioned the corn- Pltil3r' Portion of Dehrient Iloose for the purposes of the institution, which is expected to belreadyfor occupation in about a month ; and, in addition, have increased their annual subscription from 30/. to 501. This act of libe rality on the part of the directors, and this proof of their desire to promote the interests of their cmploy6es,will no doubt be duly appreciated, and we hope the managers of - the institution will no longer have to complain of the want of adequate support. The honorary secretary, :Mr. Macaulay, who with praiseworthy readiness offered :his service,:: in that capacity when solicited to do so by ±LLtlic_ thanks of_the body of LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Debats, of yesterday, after announcing the departure of M. de Kisseleff for Paris, says— " According to the news from Vienna, the mis sion of Count Orloff to the Emperor of Austria must be considered as at an end. Count Orloff was the bearer to Vienna of a counter-proposition from the Emperor of Russia in answer to the last proposition of the Conference of Vienna. That counter-proposition had been judged unacceptable. The representatives of the Four Powers at Vienna had drawn up and signed a protest to that effect, which was to be sent to St. Peters burgh, and in which it was declared that the last offers of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg were not, of a nature to be sent to Constantinople. Count Orloff had besides made a second proposition— that of forming a league of neutrality between Austria, Prussia, and the Powers of the German Confederation. The Cabinet of Austria had, it is said, replied that it was impossible for them to bind themselves to neutrality. Count Orloff has, there fore, failed in the two objects of his mission." Baron de Budberg, the Russian Minister to the Court of Berlin, arrived at Vienna on Monday evening. Count Orloff was expected to leave for St. Peters burg on Wednesday. Foreseeing the same rebuff at Berlin, he will refrain from visiting that capital. In Paris and other capitals on the continent there seems to be a strong belief that the mission of the Count has not been quite so unsuccessful as represented. It is said, "La mission officielle, du Comte Orloff, a echou6e, mais sa, mission veritable a reussie ;" and many assert that the telegraphic despatches from Vienna, announcing his 't utter *failure," werefounded on reports artfully circulated on purpose to mislead. Whatever may have been the ostensible and de clared object of his mission, it is abundantly clear that he was not sent seriously to ask Austria to provoke the hostility of France and England by abandoning the outward semblance of neutrality. He was charged, on the contrary, to assure himself of that neutrality, to neutralise the efforts of the Western Powers to bring Austria over to their side, and to come to an understanding as to a course of combined action with her in certain con tingencies. These are the points upon which, it is said, Count Orloff has entirely succeeded. The Indepen'dance Belge affirms that Orloff was not in structed to ask Austria to join Russia in the war now, but to maintain a strict neutrality, and to rely upon Russia for assistance in case of an out break in Hungary or elsewhere. The Union, alluding to ,the repetition by the Patrie of the common report that Orloff had failed, says—" This assertion of the Patrie is supported by no autho rity." The other legitimist, and consequently Austro-Russian journal, the Assernblee, says— " Until proof to the contrary, we cannot but be lieve that the German Powers will be neutral" — meaning, as it is evident from the context, that they will not, as has been affirmed, unite with France and England in making war upon Russia. Letters from Vienna of the 4th report that the Austrian cabinet will not at present bind itself either to Russia or the West, but adheres still to its earlier principle, " not to take part iu the strife so long as the interests of the empire itself are not endangered." The New Prussian Gazette, a good authority on Russian affairs, asserts that, notwithstanding all that has passed, and in view of the non-acceptance of the second Vienna project, France and England have sent another peace proposal to St. Petersburg. According to the dates given by the paper quoted, the messenger should have reached the Russian capital at the commencement of this present .week. It is certain, however, says the Gazette, that the Emperor has' declared, by Count Orloff, that he will insist on the acceptance, by Turkey, of the engagements inscribed in the first Vienna note. According to a letter from St. Petersburgh of the 29th ult., published in the National Gazette of Berlin, the war party was losing ground th ere , and Count Nesselrode had resumed his former influence, There was a rumour that the Emperor of Russia had sent an autograph letter to the Queen of Eng land full of professions of a desire for peace. It was said that the Emperor had written to General Werewkin, ordering him, as a means of preventing an attack on Tiflis by Schamyl, to march against the Tschetschna. It was thought that the Emperor, who is fully aware of the position in which he is placed, would endeavour to avoid a general conflagration, if he could only preserve his honour and his rights. An Imperial ukase confirms the summoning to arms of all the reserves, as well as the soldiers on furlough. Advices from Constantinople, of the 27th ult., state that the combined fleets were still at Beycos. Six ships again convoyed a Turkish steamer, with troops, into the Black Sea. The Russian fleet was at Sebastopol. The above was received in Paris yesterday, but the despatch also stated that the fleets had quitted Bey - cos for the purpose of cruising before Sebastopol- These last important words were omitted. Besides this, the despatch speaks of the arrival at Constan tinople of a Russian officer and ex-consul, without mentioning the reason of their arrival ; but it ap pears (the despatch adds) that they had been made prisoners in consequence of the discovery of a Greek conspiracy at Widdin. The Flyvcposten of Copenhagen of the 2d states that England, France, Russia, and the German powers have signified their approbation of the neutrality of Denmark and Sweden. The Oest. Correspondenz announces that 25,000 men have been sent to the Banat. Several of the German journals have stated that General Benkendorff, military attache of the Rus sian Embassy of Berlin, had quitted that city on a mission to the King of the Belgians. A Berlin letter of the 4th in the German Journal of Frank fort says there is no truth in this statement. It is said that the Servian Government, yielding to the suggestion of M. de Popoff, Secretary of the Russian Consulate at Belgrade, will refuse to ac cept the two firmans of the Sultan, unless Russia gives her consent. From Constantinople we learn that half the wounded sailors brought from Sinope have died of their wounds. Osif Bey is revising the former treaties between Russia and the Porte. Lord Dudley Stuart left for England on the 25th. It cannot be said that much progress is making towards the formation of a Polish legion. A good many Polish officers have joined the army in Asia, but separately. _ _ A communication from Orsova of the 29th Jan. says that on the 27th General Aurep joined the left wing of the corps between Radovan and 'Cala , fat, and on the 28th led the onward movement of the Russians. They occupied without opposition two of the villages at the side of the morass which extended from Kalafat almost to Cetate. On the same day an engagement of outposts took place at Bagleisoki, The Russian siege train, which on the 27th' was at Radovan, was on the 28th transferred id Isokoroja, One despatch characterises this Russian move ment as a mere reconnaissance, and announces that the troops had been again withdrawn. A lotte* from Bucharest in the Constitutionnel says : "Malevolent persons have spread the calumny that horrible massacres were committed by the Turks at Turnoul on the 18th. This is what took place :—Some Bulgarians having been pointed out as Russian spies, 2,000 Albanese and other inhabi tants of N . icopolis passed the Dan u be to inflict a just chastisement on the traitors. After having defeated the Russian garrison, which consisted of 200 Cossacks and 600 infantry, they sacked four or five houses belonging to the persons indicated and afterwards recrossed the Danube." The aspect of Sinope is described as deplorable —the Turkish town a shapeless heap of ruins, the shore still littered plentifully with wrecks and heaps of bodies; so scantily covered with sand that the French and English sailors have been obliged to dig trenches and bury them properly. A huge anchor lying high and dry on a hi ll 300 feet high and 1,000 feet from the sca fearfully records the A._frtritirt tact shin_ • wh le. vette on the stocks, which escaped all damage during and after the action, forms a strange con trast with all this havoc and ruin. THE RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE PRIN CIPALITIES. The following is an official statement of the Resiian troops in the Principalities :- I.—Tnoors BELONGING TO THE 3D CORPS D'ARMEE, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL OSTEN SACKEN. Bth Division of Infantry, under the command of General Silvan, four regiments of 3,600 men 14,400 9th Division of Infantry, Genera! Samarin, four regiments of 3,600 men 14,400 Bth and 9th Brigades of Foot Artillery, General Halman, 8 batteries of 12 pieces, and 20 men per piece (96 guns) 3d Division of Light Cavalry, 2 batteries of 8 pieces, General Grotelheim, 4 regiments of 960 men 3,840 3d Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 guns, and 18 men per gun (16 guns) A Battalion of Chasseurs A Battalion of Sappers and Pontooniers 4 Regiments of Cossacks (720 each) 2,880 Effective force of General Osten-Sacken's corps ...39,388 2.-TROOPS BELONGING TO THE 4TH CORPS D'ARMEE, COM- HANDED BY GENERAL DANNENBERG. 10th Division of Infantry, General Semenoff, 4 re giments of 3,600 men each 14,400 11th Division of Infantry, General Pawloff, 2 regi ments of 3,700 men, and 2 of 2,700 12,800 12th Division of Infantry, General Liprandi, 4 re giments of 3,700 men 10th, 11th, and 12th Brigades of Foot Artillery, General Sixtel, 12 batteries of 12 guns, and 20 men per gun (144 guns) 4th Division. of Light Cavalry, General Nerod, Ist 4 regiments of 960 men 4th Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 pieces, and 18 men each (16 guns) 2BB 1 Battalion of Chasseurs 9OO 1 Battalion of Sappers and Pontooniers 960 8 Regiments of Cossacks, 800 men each 6,400 1 Brigade of Artillery of Cossacks of the Don, 2 batteries of 8 pieces, anti 18 men each (16 guns) 2BB Total of 4th corps d'armie 57,956 3.-TROOPS BELONGING TO THE STH CORPS D'ARMEE COM- HAMILTON SEYMOUR and of General DE CASTEL BAJAC from their diplomatic position at the Im perial Court of St. Petersburg. Simultaneously, moreover, with these movements on the part of the ordinary representatives of the three Sovereigns NAPOLEON, VICTORIA, and NicaoLAs----we observe evidence of the complete failure of the designs attempted to be forced by the CZAR upon the chief Germanic Councils .of Potsdam and Schoennbrunn. •It appears, no doubt, that neither Prussia nor Austria are ; prepared to take au active part with France and England in the struggle about to commence with Russia, in vindication of the cause of Turkish independence. But at the worst the two principal Powers of the Confedera tion appear to be resolved, at all hazard, to reject the notion of abetting the CZAR, directly or in directly, in the pursuance of his aggressions, and in the development of his designs upon the pos sible seizure of Constantinople. Pre-occupied by their paramount interest in the phases of this vari able difficulty—a difficulty involving the probabi lities of a terrible conflict between the chief of the great races of the European portion of Chris tendom, in championship on the one side of Bar barism, and on the other of Civilisation—thb people of England have literally at this moment neither leisure nor inclination to attend otherwise than cursorily to any extraneous matters, whether those latter claim their regard either within or without the walls of the Imperial Parliament. "But here the constable interposed with the constitutional principle, ' Words be blowed,' ob serving that words were but spoon meat for babes and sucklizgs, and that oaths were the food for strong men !" . There are many persons deeply impressed with that feeling, on whom the mantle of the constitutional constable appears to have descended with double power. These men appa rently think the appeal to the DEITY on every tii vial occasion is one of the chief safeguards of the nation, thegreat palladium of British freedom. No opportunity for enforcing new obligations should be neglected —no matter how frequently they had previously been swallowed ; the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjuration should be gulped down on every accession to office, or acceptance of a trust conferred by an independent constituency. And yet the Legislature must have considered such political swearing of but slight efficacy. It must have supposed that the effect was speedily obliterated from the frequent, and, we cannot help thinking, " vain" repetitions which it enforced. If " familiarity breeds contempt," what must be the feeling of those who have passed through the same formula at least a dozen times during their lives. It seems to us to be directly opposed to Scripture to enforce these constantly recurring, although useless, appeals to the DEITY. We can not see how they can be reconciled with the First Commandment, and even a Pagan writer has strongly condemned the practice, laying down as an inviolable rule— " Aec Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus." Why, we ask, is it necessary to swear that we will " be faithful, and bear true allegiance to her Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA ?" Does her title to the Throne rest on a foundation so slender and so unsubstantial as to derive additional validity from the form ? If there were any claimant to the Sovereignty of these realms—if any man im pugned her right, then there might be some plau sible pretext for maintaining the form, an unob jectionable one, it is true, but perfectly useless ! For what can be the necessity or even theuse of swear ing to that which is a matter of universal assent against which nobody ventures even to express an opinion or insinuate a doubt. If disaffection and disloyalty extensively prevailed, then there might be some reason for wishing parties appointed to situations of honour or emolument to take the oath of allegiance, although even in such cases, it would be of little value, for any person capable of plotting against, or conspiring to dethrone, the SOVEREIGN—in other words, of being guilty of high treason— would scarcely be deterred by the fact that he had taken once, or even a dozen times, the oath of allegiance. Indeed, the more frequently he had sworn the more slender would be the hold on his conscience. A man who, while fiscal oaths were in vogue, once swore against any improper or illegal act, might have some slight feeling as to the necessity of its observance ; but a person to whom it was an every-day form speedily lost the perception, and totally disregarded -the oath. Indeed we believe that any person of experience and judgment would bear willing testimony to the inefficiency and demoralising tendency of oaths frequently admin istered. But whatever may be thought on the propriety or expediency of abolishing political swearing altogether, there can be no real difference of opinion as to the matters which must be superero gatory. What possible benefit can be obtained from making persons swear against the title of the descendants of the PRETENDER, when it is notorious that there are no such persons in existence. As well might we abjure all allegiance and obedience to " old King Cole," or any other mythic personage. It is, to say the best of it, an idle mockery, an obvious absurdity. At first, when the terms of the oath were altered to suit the facts of the case, there might be some slight foundation on which to " build an argument." But that is all removed, and the oath of abju ration should be numbered with byegone things, as well as the matters to which it owed its origin. •At present its only effect is to point out to persons not versed in historical lore that the title of her MAJESTY'S progenitors to the Throne of Great Britain was once questioned. The oath of supremacy is, however, still worse ; that of abjuration is simply ridiculous ; but thrl other is positively wrong—it makes man that which is positi ve ly un t rue . Ca, ft b e Carr .swrear affirmed with a n y p re t ens i ons to accur_ acy that the POPE hath no spi r it ua l jurisclict ; ..on within the se realms, when we fi n d s i x or F fellow-subjects acknowled „,even million s o f our shops, his authority, when Bishops, and th ese Prelates we see him a,ppointi , , g obeyed by the Roman Catholic s o f t h e U nited Kingdom—a i - 0, and recognised by the State itself. Surely, :nen, it is time to abolish that which place every Protestant Minister and Member of ei.::ner House of Parliament in such a delicate position, and which may place a dangerous argu ment in the mouths of ill-conditioned per sons. We say " Protestant" emphatically, fox the Roman Catholics, against whom the enact ment was framed, are exempted, and, much to their amusement, it is the Protestant members who are making wry faces at the bitter pill they are forced to take. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had a very easy Pointing- out the absurdityand folly of these oaths. His argument would, however, have bee stronger had h e p ro p ose d th e to+ - - -afar of the gr i evance, the abateme. ..4 L removal sance. A s it is, he sup- ..at of the nui - . e plies his a d versa ri es PLeasure is neithe with formid a bl e wen ..pons, showing th a t hi s Relief Bill 'more nor l ess than the Jewish ,1 an o th er for 5 :1 in--that its entire effi cacy, likd that of a lady's epistle, lies in the post= . scrlpt,—the omission of th e form, " on the tr'u'e urged in th t of this our columns faith of a Christian." The point have been so frequently argumet that it would be ridiculous to repeat them. We do not see that the Rouse of Lords are likely merely as an in to change their six times expressed opinion, and we should regard the present movement inn device for killing time a sort of safety valve for letting off the super fluous steam, were it not for the implied pledges that, if the hereditary legislators continued obdu rate, the popular representatives would take the matter into their own hands, as they ought to have done long ago. But, when this is the case, surely it would have been better to have taken the opinion of the Lords in the first instance, and to have the many valuable hours that will probably be wasted in passing the measure through its various eines in the C T 0121Man.q___ ,nr il _ . MANDED BY GENERAL LUDERS 15th Division of Infantry, General Marin, 4 regi ments of 3,700 mon 14,800 15th Brigade of Foot Artillery, General Meyer Ist, 4 batteries of 12 guns, and 20 men to each (48 - guns) sth Division of Light Cavalry, General Fischbach, 4 regiments of 960 men each 3,840 sth Brigade of Light Artillery, 2 batteries of 8 guns, and 18 men to each (16 guns) ••• 2BB 1 Battalion of Chasseurs 930 1 Battalion of Sappers and Pontooniers 950 4 Regiments of Cossacks of the Don, 800 mon each 3,200 Total of 3d corps 4.—SIEGE ARTILLERY. 3 Brigades of Artillery of large calibre, 6 batteries of 12 guns, and 24 men to each (72 guns) . .. 1,738 3 Squadrons of mounted Gendarmerie 360 Each regiment of Infantry has 80 carts with three horses, with guides Each battery and each regiment of cavalry reckons 25 carts, in all 4,000 horses About 1,800 horses for the conveyance of the bag gage of officers 5. -TRANSPORTS, 5,826 3,500 caiszons'of gunpowder, having,llo,Bso horses 3,850 300 carts and pontoons, 930 horses Officers and non-commissioned officers employed in the different chancelleries, &c 3OO 6.—TROOPS nl BESSABABIA. 4,480 3d Division of the Army : 7th Division of Infantry, General Onsctahoff, 4 regiments of 3,000 - men each 7th Brigade of Field Artillery, 4 batteries of 12 guns, and of 20 men each gun (48 cannon) 2 Regiments of Cossacks, of 72') men each 1,440 sth Division of the Army : 14th Division of Infan try, General Moller, 2 regiments of 3,70) men each 7,400 14th Brigade of Foot Artillery, 4 batteries of 12 guns, and 20 men per gun (18 cannon) 960 2 Regiments of Cossacks, 800 men each 1,600 26,760 The Russian army consequently amounts at - the present moment, both in the principalities, and in Bessarabia, to a total force of 156,328 men, and 520 cannon, of witich 72 are of large calibre. FRANCE. The Moniteur of to-day (Wednesday) announces the departure of M. de Kisseleff, and has com menced the publication of the French documents. The French Ambassador at St. Petersburg Count de Castelbajac, has been recalled. It was on the sth inst. that the Western Powers signed and despatched to St. Petersburg the pro tocol containing their answer to the refusal of Russia to agree to the propositions of the Vienna conference. We stated yesterday that the French Atlantic squadron which is stationed at Brest, had received orders to put to sea immediately. The order was received at Brest on the 3d instant. It is confi dently stated that this squadron is to proceed to Toulon, to Algiers, and to Civita Vecchia, for the purpose of embarking the troops which are to form the expeditionary column about to proceed to Constantinople. The provisions for the expedition have already been.contracted for. A duel was fought in the Bois do Boulogne yes terday, between the Prince Roger de Beaufremont and the Count do Ludres. The duel was fought with small swords. The Count de Ludres received a severe wound in the chest, but his life is not considered in danger. It being pretty accurately ascertained that, in case of emergency, such as the Russians menacing to extend their operations by land against Turkey, England and France will send a force to her assis tance, the question now arises as to the mode of conveying that force, or the route it would take. A plan has been mentioned which, it is said in Paris, originated in the highest quarter, has been approved on military authority, and not rejected by the English Government. The plan is, that the division to be sent to the. East shall consist of from 70,000 to 80,000 men ; 50,000 or 60,000 to be furnished by France, 15,000 or 20,000 by England. - Of the French contingent, 25,000 or 30,000 men, selected in the manner I have on a former occasion mentioned, indigenous troops, or of men well hardened to the climate, are to proceed from Africa ; the remainder from the army in France. The body thus composed will be transported to Civita Vecchia, and march overland to Ancona. if Austria permit them to land in one of her ports in the Adriatic, so much the better ; if not, they w ill dis e mbark in a Turkish port lower down, then march to Servia, and then to wherever their services may be required, or would be most availahle. With the Austrians in Italy, where so much fermentation exists at this • moment, with Hungary discontented on one hand and Lom bardy on the other, the political consequences of such a move would, undoubtedly be very great. The rumour has circulated for several days past that a part of the English force intended for the East would pass through France to the Mediterra nean by way of Paris. Any English regiment that would pass through Paris would be received with welcome, if not enthusiasm, by the people. Of those who are most ardent in favour of the Turks, and most desirous that the first blow shall be such a one as shall bring the war to as speedy a conclusion as possible, is the Emperor's cousin, Prince Napoleon (Jerome). Ho is for no half mea sures,convinced. as he is that an insufficient force or a hesitating policy would only prolong the evil. In case of war the Prince would probably receive a command, and win his spurs on the Danube. Ge neral Prim had a long interview with him and gave full details of all he saw during his sojourn in the ca mp of Omer Pasha. The Spanish General's praises of that Commander are of the. warmest, as also of the Turkish soldiers. It is said that the Prince ' in the conrse of his interview with the Kin of the King/ elgians expressed to his Majesty the satisfaction of his cousin the Emperor of the French that a more friendly feeling had lately grown up between the Belgian and French Governments. The Prince is said to have added that, as hostilities were prob able between France and Russia, the Emperor Napoleon wished to be assured of the attitude which Belgium would assume in such an emer gency ; that his Belgian Majesty had at his dis posal 100,000 troops, and in the event (improb able though it be) of Prussia taking part with Russia, 50,000 Belgians might be sent to the Prussian frontier ; that the Emperor did not wish any force to be sent to the French frontier, but that the force in question should guard the Prussian. To that proposition it is added that the King assented. With respect to the fortresses along the French line, the wish was expressed that they shoul d be in part reduced, and to that also his Majesty is said to have assented. The Prince suggested that, a s King Leopold was a constitutional king, it would be necessary to have the sanction of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to th e ar rangement. T ile Minister was sent for, and was given to the proposed arrange his approval ment. Such, it is stated, on very fair authority, was the object of Prince Napoleon's mission, as also its result. • However strange it may appear, after all that has taken -place, it is still a fact that au opinion is expressed by persons of the best authority that the Emperor of Russia will yet make concessions, and Oat the single and slight chance of peace is not lost. It is said that the despatches sent out by th e Caradoc which left Marseilles on the 4th, point out in the clearest manner the line of conduct to be pursued by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and Gene ral Baraguay d'Hilliers. The Emperor and Empress visited the Theatre . is Monday evenina. The erformauces by M. Scribe, called Mon Etoile. M. Bressant made his debut in the former piece. Prince Jerome has purchased a piece of ground at Havre, and workmen have already commenced preparations for building a house on it for the sum mer residence of his Imperial Highness. The Moniteur publishes the account of the operations of the Bank of France in 1853, pre sented by Count d'Argout, the governor, to the general assembly of the shareholders held on the 26th ult. It commences by expressing regret at the death of M. Odier, censeur for thirty-four years, and of M. Halphen, one of the regents. It then makes the following observations " Various circumstances influenced, in a marked man ner, the operations of the establishment. Never at any period was the activity of trade, manufactures, public works, and speculations of all kinds greater than in 1853, especially during the first nine months of the year; hence the transactions of the Bank were unusually important. The insufficiency of the harvest caused numerous purchases of corn .to be made abroad; hence, a reduction in the metallic reserves has been occasioned. The constant increase in the importation of gold has considerably modified the nature of the metallic circulation of France. Formerly this circulation consisted almost exclusively of pieces of silver ; but at present, in the reserves of the Central Bank, and in the collections made at Paris, gold domi nates. The fixity of the relative value of the two metals has undergone a certain alteration." This is followed by a report from the censors of the Bank testifying to the order and regularity with which all the operations were conducted, and to the fidelity with hick the standing regulations were observed. This report also gives a detailed account of the expenses of the year : in it losses figure for 220,000 f. and increase of salaries for 194,300 f. The Moniteur publishes a return of the receipts of the railways, from which it appears that in 1853 they were 165,503,450 E, whilst in 1852 they were only 132,490,239 f.—an increase of more than 33,000,000 f. And this increase is not, it says, owing solely to the opening of new lines, but arises principally from an augmentation of traffic ; thus, for example, the average receipt per kilometre was 41 304-1000ths francs in 1853, whereas in the pre ceding year it was only 35 712-1000ths francs, which gives an increase of 15.66 per cent. The Algiers journals publish the following letter from the Emperor to the Governor-General of Algeria in return for the 'congratulations sent to their Majesties by the letter on the occasion of the New Year :-- " Monsieur le Gouverneur-G4n4ral —Notwithstanding the distance at which you are removed, - you do not,. I know, allow any opportunity to escape of manifesting to me the sentiments with which you are animated. It is therefore with great pleasure that the Empress and my hell have received your congratulations on the new year. We thank you sincerely for them. As the interpreter of the brave army of Africa, of the functionaries, and of the colonists, I beg you also to be mine towards them ; tell them how much I appreciate their courage, their labours, and their sacrifices ; how happy I should be were circumstances one day to permit me to go and personally express to them all my satisfaction. May 1854 consolidate the work which has been already strengthened in 1853. lam pleased to be able to share with you in this hope, and doubtless your skilful admi nistration will have powerfully contributed to it. For this, Monsieur le Gouverneur-General, may God have you in his holy keeping. " NAPOLEON. Palace of the Tuileries, Jan. 15." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 7. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes terday. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. _ Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove out this afternoon in an open pony phaeton. The equerries in waiting attended on horseback. Mr. Grenfell, M.P., Mr. Bond Cabbell, M.P., with the deputation from the Military Knights of Windsor, consisting of Colonel Sir J. M. Doyle, K.C.8., Colonel Fitzgibbon, Major Clarke, Captain M‘Dermott, and Captain Hollingsworth, with Mr. Phillip Hayward, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Home-office, in regard to the evidence required in support of their case and claims pending and at issue in each house of Parliament. A deputation from the Central Farmers Club, on the corn averages, bad au interview with the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, yesterday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Sir John Shelley, M.P Mr. W. Fisher Hobbs (chairman of the club) ,Messrs. Paine, Pile, Reeves, and Spearing, from Hampshire ; Messrs. Body, Coote, Dawes, and Wood, from Sussex ; Messrs. Cressingham, Stenning, and Wood, from Surrey; Mr. Ambrose, from Essex ; Mr. Burt, from Dorset shire ; Mr. Grainger from Cambridgeshire ; Mr. Skel ton, from, Lincolnshire ; Mr. Harryman, from Kent ; and Mr. Corbet, secretary of the club. A deputation from tlie Protestant Dissenting De: puties of the three denominations had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, on the abolition of church sates ; the Dissenters' Marriage Acts Amendment Bill ; and the Places of Religion Worship Registration Biil. The deputation consisted of Mr. S. Morton Peto, M.P., Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P., Mr. T. Pewtress, Mr. B. Hanbury, Mr. W. Beddome, Mr. C. Clarke, Mr. Josiah Cornier, Mr. B. Cooke, Mr. Joseph East, Mr. W. Gower, Mr. J. K. Kilpin, Mr : J. R. Mills, Mr. C. Reed, Mr. Terrell, and the secretary, and were accom panied by the Rev. G. Smith and Mr. Rice Hopkins, as representatives of the Congregational Union on the Dissenters' Marriage Acts Amendment Bill. The de putation were supported by the following members of Parliament :—Mr. Thomas Barnes, Mr. Cheeth'm, Sir William Clay, Mr. Frank Crossley, Mr. G. Hadfield, Mr. L. Heyworth, Mr. Alderman Kershaw, Mr. R. Milligan, and Mr. Pilkington. A deputation from Southwark, consisting of Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. J. Thwaites, Mr. Pocock, and Mr. H. Bowditoii, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings, in Whitehall-place. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. The Lords present were the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and _Turner, and Sir Edward Ryan. An appeal from Bengal, the East India Com pany v. Nawab Jaffur Hossein, was resumed, and was again adjourned. COMMERWAL PROGRESS OP WEST CANADA. IMPORT DUTIES COLLECTED AT TORONTO, CANADA WEST, FROM 1840 to 1853, INCLUSIVE. 1840 1841........ 1842 8,390 3 3 1843 17,401 3 8 1844 1845 22,212 7 8 1846 33,533 16 2 1847 32,658 7 5 1848 '1849 52,336 11 1 1850 90,367 0 11 1851 94,330 5 3 1852 93,303 19 1 1853 156,026 10 1 An increase of over 3,000 per cent, in the short space of thirteen years.—Toronto Leader. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE MORNING MAILS. In consequence of the numerous complaints that have been made to the Right Hon. Viscount Canning, the Post master-General, from parties who have experienced much delay in the delivery of their letters in the country by the morning mail trains, the Post-office authorities have deemed it necessary to issue the following important, notice as regards the time of posting letters and news papers at the receiving -houses in the metropolis and vicinity, to be forwarded the next morning by the early morning mails, which will not only save much delay, }lout disappointment t o th ose th ey are a dd resse d to in The country, if strictly adhered to. A general notion prevails, that all letters put into the boxes at the receiving -houses very early the same morning, will be forwarded to their destination by the mail express trains, and thus are the delays complained of occasioned by themselves, and not Post-office, or railway compani es . The public should be informed that all letters or news papers intended to be sent off by the morning mails must be posted at the receiving -houses the previous evening, before 10 o'clock, or they will not get off until the usual hour of departure the next evening, as the boxes through out the metropoli s are c l eare d a t 10 p.m. Letters and newspapers for the north and north-western counties, Scotland, &c., can be posted at the branch-offices, Charing cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough, the same morning, viz., newspapers, 6.45 a.m., letters 715 a.m. At the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, and the branch-office, Lombard-street, the boxes for newspapers will close at 7 a.m., and for letters at 7.45 a.m., w hi c h i n eludes all the different towns and places transmitted by the. mail trains of the North-western Railway (Euston square) and the Great Northern Direct (King's-cross). To all other parts of England, Wales, and Ireland, the letter boxes will be open at the above offices for news papers until 7 a.m., and for letters until 8 a.m. At the General Post-office and the Branch-office, in Lombard street, for newspapers until 7.45 am., and for letters until 8.30 a.m. There are upwards of 350 post towns in England and Wales, to which letters and newspapers can ho forwarded by the morning mails. To Scotland, Ireland, Prawn, and all Countries vid Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the Mediter ranean, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Austria, the whole of Germany, Russia, Poland, Greece, Turkey, &c. The public are respectfully requested to pay strict at tention to the time of posting their letters and newspapers for the morning mails. The Duke of Buccleuch and the Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., have arrived at Montagu House, from Dalkeith Palace. The Marchioness of Ormonde and infant daughter are going on favourably, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gladstone) will give his first Cabinet dinner for the season on Wednes day, the 15th inst., in Downing -street. • Viscountess Palmerston will hold her second assembly on Saturday next, in Carlton-gardens ; previous to which the no'ule Secretary for the Home Department will enter tain some of the foreigr, corps diplontetique at dinner. The British Mir.:ister, his Excellency Sir Hamilton and Lady, Sev - inour, family, and suite, are shortly ex pected to return to this country from St. Petersburg, - it is understood, bean recalled, in conjunction with. General Castelbaiao, the Fretick Ambassador. Sir Ulamilton has been Ambassador at the Court df the Erzperor since the translation of his Excellency Lord Bloomfield to Berlin. ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MARMON-MM.—The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained last evening, in the Egyptian Hall, Mansion-ho use , at dinner, a select party. Covers wer e l a id f or 120 , and amongst the com pany were—His Highness Meer Jafur Alee, 111irsa Ally, Ackbar Khan, Mr. Acton Ayrton, Archibald Hastie, Esq., M.P., Apsley Pellat, Esq., M.P., James Ker-. shaw, Esq., M.P., Rear-Admiral Collier, Captain Inglefield, R.N., Captain and Mrs. Shea, Sir John and Lady Hansler, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Wire and Mrs. Wire, the Rev. Dr. Vivian and Mrs. Vivian, the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Mortimer, Rev. Mr. Moon, the Lord Mayor's chaplain; Dr. and Mrs. Langinore, Mr. and Mrs. R. Chamberlain, Mr. and Mrs. Salt, Mr. and Mrs, Hossack, Mr. and Mrs. Cabe, Mr. and Mrs. Ch an d os Pole, Mr. and Mrs. Tudor,r. and Mrs. Wicking, the Rev. J. Letts and Mrs. Letts, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Tapling, Mrs. Honiball, Mr. Palmer, Mr. A Robins, the Rev. T. Gregory, lir. JmarmeasnTdhoAtnirpss.onE, dtri.satnodn, Mr. Mrs.Fi T nn . er Ts ley, M r . PLllipps, Deputy and Mrs. Peacock, M• rison, Mr. Deputy z o t and Mrs. Dakin Airs. Conder, Mr. Depu y ' and Mrs Ashby Mr. Thorp, Mr. r. Deputy Samuel Thorp, 1.- • Waterlow and A u c 11 ,r l e r w s H A ! r r Mr • • mar?. Murrell, Mr . and Mrs. L a D nd aw A s l o r n s : . and Mrs. Fry, Mr. Ford Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Tay lor, Mr. Hopgood, Mr. Warren, Mr. and Mrs. Mat thews, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, Mr. Donald Nicol, &c. EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION. —The Council of the Society of Arts have determined to hold an educational exhibition in the month of Juno, of the present year, when the conferences of the representatives of its various affiliated institutions, now amounting to 335 in number, will take place. The council have already , • " 1. -- g lit the Affairs and for the aid of her Majesty's Secretaries "!, orate for Foreign plectaft off' the fithools of primary inatructiMi V 4, tto with the view of obtaining litpartineats o f P u bli c Instructit* fit ,ttane, Holland, Prussia, Switzerland apacia, dud at Washington ) New Yorky MassitchllsitO, mens of every article antimiioed be used in the diffe rent classes of schools itcognised by each State ), as well of the writing ) drawing, needlework, pitted tion papers. &c., done in the schOolS. Tile co.ibcil fitiv" - b also asked to be furnished *iih Copies of the codes of public instruetiobt in force in each country, and they promise to publish, at the time of the exhibition, an English synopsis of the whole. Letters have also been addressed to the large educational bodies and Co•Oetti ment ,departments dealing with this subjetti tlalrhltig their co-operation in the undertaking, THE RAILWAY BRIDGE PADDINGTON,.—This bridge, which forms the high road for the great omnibus and general traffic to Bayswater, And whioh has been entirely closed for some time, :o enable the Great Western Rail way Company to raise the arohes sufficiently to allow the passing of the trains to and from the new terminus, has now been re-opened for the traffic, to the great conve nience of the vast number of public vehicles of all Linds which in the meantime have. been stahi..h.-- SPAIN. The Marquis de Camporeal, a grandee of Spain, has been nominated second in command of the hal berdiers in the room of General Sanz, appointed Captain-General of Galicia. The Queen took a drive on the 28th for the first time since her confinement. Her Majesty was in an open carriage and was accompanied by the King. The Duke of Parma reached Barcelona on the 28th ult. The Stock Exchange was not opened on the 2d, that day being the holiday of the Purification. General Dulce, who has been appointed Director General of Cavalry, is the officer who, in 1844,) at the head of some halberdiers, bravely defended the palace of the Queen when invaded by the revolted. troops. The accounts from the provinces are satisfactory. It appears certain that General Jose de la Con cha has sent in his resignation to the Minister of War, who has referred it to the Supreme Tribunal of War. The affair of General O'Donnell has also been re ferred to the same court. ITALY. The Parlament() of Turin mentions a report that the French garrison at Rome is to be raised to 30,000 men, and that quantities of grain are being purchased by the military administration. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from Milan, that 30,000 Croatins are expected in Lom bardy, and that all the fortresses are receiving pro visions. The silk trade is said to be dull there, on account of the scarcity of capital. We learn from the Genoa papers, of the 3d, that a Dutch squadron, consisting of the Prins Van Orange frigate, 50, Captain Stoll, having Rear- Admital Burcius on board, the Doggers Bank, 60, Capt. Dexmit, and the brig Zechone, 12, have arrived in that port. The Univers quotes a letter from Rome of the 31st ult., giving an account of the execution there of three men, convicted of having been engaged in the massacre of the priests at Sans Calisto during the Roman revolution. The letter states that they died as infidels, and that on their way to the gallows they never ceased blaspheming acraiiist God, the church, and the priesthood. The Univers reminds its readers that twelve dead bodies were found at San Calisto after the massacre, but that many more had been no doubt previously thrown into the Tiber. SEIE.RTFP COURT.-(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Ogle, Q C.) LAMBS V. TOPPING. IMPORTANT QUESTION ON A WARRANT OF ATTORNEY AND GUARANTEE. This was an action to recover the sum of 30L. oil a guarantee. - Mr. Dodd, for the plaintiff, stated that the guarantee had been given in consideration of legal proceedings •be ing stayed against a person named Smee. The original debt was 711., and defendant undertook to pay, in - the event of Smee not paying the instalments, under a war rant of attorney which he had executed. Three instal ments were now due, and defendant had not taken any notice of fepeated applications for payment. Mr. Dodd then put in the guarantee and a copy of the warrant of attorney. His Honour said the warrant of attorney ought to to have been produced. Mr. Dodd submitted that the copy was sufficient, as there was no one on the other side to raise an objection. The action was brought on the guarantee—the expense of getting the original warrant of attorney out of the office in which it was filed, would be somewhat consider. able. The copy was then admitted in evidence, and the de fendant's signature to the guarantee _proved. With respect to the latter,. his Honour asked why, it was not stamped, if the defendant had been present ? Mr. Dodd said it was merely a written undertaking to pay the debt of another. His Honour said it would be better not to discuss the question. Judgment was given for the amount claimed. THE AUSTRALASIAN AND PACIFIC ROYAL MAIL COM. PANT.— SOUTHAMPTON, TEJESDAY.—The Emeu, the first new steam scre w-ship in con nect i on with the company, arrived in dock to-day. She is a fine vessel of 1,660 tons burthen and 350-horse power. Her length is 277 feet, depth 28 feet, and be am 37. She is built by the Messrs. Napier, of Glasgow, and left the Clyde on Sun day morning at nine o'clock, and after steaming against a strong S. W. wind, arrived off the Needles at half-past ten this morning. During her passage she was detained three hours by heated bearings, thereby completing one o f the quickest runs from the Clyde to Southampton on record. During the time the Emeu was labouring under her many unfortunate disadvantages she effected a speed at the rate of 10 and 10i knots per hour ; and upon reaching the Channel, Where she had a fair wind, she completed in two hours and thirty-six minutes a distance of 32i knots. Her chief saloon is very tastefully and substantially furnished, and measures a length of 63 feet, whilst her fore saloon, which is 58 feet long, is fitted with every comfort and convenience which a passenger could wish for. She is intended to ply, in connection with the ships of the Royal Mail Company, which leave this port for the West Indies on the 2d and 17th of each month, between Panama, New Zealand, and Australia, and will leave on the 2d March for the purpose of taking up her station at the first-named place. It is computed by this arrangement that Australia will be brought within fifty days communication of England, or fourteen days less time than the quickest passage on record be tween the two countries is stated to have been made. She is commanded by Captain Stamp. Five other vessels are fitting out, and will shortly arrive. PASSENGER TRAFFIC BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENG LAND.—The following table, from returns just ',jade up, shows the number of passengers from and to England arriving at and departing from the ports of Boulogne and Calais in the past year, as compared with 1852 : 1853.. 1852.. Boulogne. Calais. Total. 95,236 ... 67,9 l 4 ... 163,150 87,820 ... 56,121 ... 143,941 Increase in the year 7,416 ... 11,793 ... 19,209 IMMENSE DIAMOND —One of the largest diamonds known was deposited yesterday at the Bank of England by a London house, to whom it was consigned from Rio Janeiro. Its weight is 254 carats,•and its estimated value according to the scale 280,0001. 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