The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-11 00:00:00

WYCOMBE R A ILWAY.— NOTICE Is Linkkair GIVEN that the next GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this Company will be held, pursuant to the Act of Parliament. at the King's Arms Hotel, Bridge street, In the City of Westminster, on MONDAY, the 27th day of February instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of tran sacting the ordinary business of the Company. By order, W. H. WILSON, Secretary. Office of the Company, 3, Park-street, Westminster, February 8, 1854. NEWMARKET RAILWAY.—Notice is Hereby Given, That the next ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate - street, London, at one o'clock p.m. precisely, for the transaction of the Ordi nary business of the Company ; and, If necessary, to consider and authorise the Directors to make further working arrangements for a limited period with the Eastern Counties Railway. Notice is Hereby Further Given, That the Register of Transfers will be closed from the 20th to the 27th instant, both days inclusive. By order, G. W. BROWN, Secretary. Company's Offices, 117, Cheapside, 11th February, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LAVE• Lessee, Mr. E. T. Sm;th. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be performed A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS. Cha racters by Mr. G. V. Brooke, Messrs. Mead, Younge, Belton, and Sidney; Miss Cathcart, Miss Walton, &c. To conclude with KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the L'►nd of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET *Cadet the management of Mr. Bnekstone, THIS EVENING, FKB. 11, Will be performed a new comic drama, called RANELAGH. Characters by Messrs. Vandenhoff, W. Farren, and Bu c k s t one ; Miss Miss Reynolds, and Mrs. Fitzwilliam. After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS; or, Little Silverhair And the Fsiries. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Flarlequin, Mr. J. Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. Marshall ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Dir. Cakaus THIS EVENING, FED. 11, Will b e performed THE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, H. Mellon, a nd D. Fisher ; Mrs. Winstariley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be presented the new Grand CHRIST WAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN* AND THE MILLER AND gib MEN; or, Xing Salamander and the Falry of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestria. THIS EVENING. FEB. 11, - W ill be Performed A BACHELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathew s, F. matthews, and Baker ; Miss F. Hughes. After which, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Roxby and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetress, Madame Celeste, THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama in live tanleaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, VIE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Mr. Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Faß. 11, Will be performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. ♦tter which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. A. Wigan, Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. 60) Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs, THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, Will be performed 'T WAS I. Principal character by Mls3 Fanny Reeves. After which, the new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Fiexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Grifllths ; Columbine, Miss Cloward. Followed by HUNTING A TURTLE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, Is. 6d ; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 6d., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary combination of attraction—The Performing Ele phants, whose wondrous feats and hitherto unheard of incredible performances now share their nightly triumphs with their petite rival LE SINGE SAVANT; or, Nimble Marmozet. Fie is indeep another wonder, for his tricks and exercises are achieved with such human-like action, that the beholder can readily imagine he is watching In a mirror the reflective actions of a man. In addition to these" Zoological Stars," the Grand Chinese Spectacle (which has reached its 54th night). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and the successful and gorgeous Pantomime, forming the most novel and unparalleled entertainment ever offered to the public. THIS EVENING, FEB. 11, AS daring the week, THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST, or THE MAGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's Matchless Scenes of the CIRCLE, and the Grand Comic Pantomime of BILLY BUTTON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Lad es' Favourite. tsoz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LOND, SON BRIDG Tme DAT —Morning 4 min.after 1 Evening 27 min.aft. 1 To-Moaaow—Morning 47 min.a ft er 1 , Evening 6 min.aft. 2 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICS, FEB. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 46 —highest since noon yesterday. 39 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'35—still rising. WIND, N. to N.N.W.—Light breeze, and cold, dry weather. Ti)t un ei2-i* " -,.4t/ LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1854, Saith the Earl of ABERDEEN, Prime Minister of England, though an octogenarian—" I for one deny that war is inevitable. . . . I do not aban don the hope of peace. . . . Please GOD, no effort shall be spared on my part to preserve it." Re markable words, uttered not in 1853, but in 1854—not eleven months ago, but last evening in the House of Lords, on the 10th of February. Uttered while the people of this country still have in remembrance the failure, again and yet again, of the Vienna Conference. Uttered with the blue book still damp from the press, half-thumbed, in the hands of our legislators, both elected and here ditary—the blue book, recounting the whole of those egregious blunders of modern diplomacy which have illustrated the melancholy history, extending back from the massacre at Sinope to the silver star at Bethlehem ! No wonder the Earl of DERBY intimated his belief, yesterday, that no one participated in the hope still cherished by the First Lord of the Treasury —no, not one single individual among the vast masses of the popula tion. It is tolerably well certain by this time, that within a comparatively brief period Ministers will come down to the House of Commons for the purpose of demanding pecuniary aid from the votes of the assembled representatives. An assur ance that such a step would sooner or later be taken was given to the country, it will not be forgotten, at the close of the second paragraph of her MAJESTY'S Gracious Speech from the Throne, a paragraph ending with this candid and resolute avowal—" I think it requisite to make a further augmentation of my Naval and Military Forces, with the view of supporting my repre sentations." Later on, moreover, her MA JESTY'S Speech added, with considerable signi ficance, in the sentence addressed exclusively to the Gentlemen of the House of Commons—" The estimates of the year will be laid before you, and I trust- you will find that, consistently with, the exigencies of the public service at this juncture, they have been framed with a due regard to eco , n_omy." Nevertheless, with th ese expl i c i t declarations fresh in our memory from the lips of the SOVEREIGN, the Premier avows that war is not inevitable, that peace may still be regarded as within the scope of anticipation, and that for his part he shall spare no effort that may lead to its preservation. Fatuity such as this in a First Minister of the Crown was, per haps, never before surpassed, or possibly even paralleled in the annals of Constitutional Govern ment. With the R uss i an Ambassador M. DE B RUNO W, recalled fro m th e Court of St. James's, and the Russian Ambassador, M. DE KISSELEFF recalled from the Court o f the Tuileries ' —with the British Minister, Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR, and the French Minister, General DE CA STBLBAJAC, instructed to take their departure forthwith from the Court of the Russian AUTOCRAT • at St. Petersburg—with the diplomatic relations thus manifestly interrupted, with the combined fleets in the Black Sea, and the probability at almost any moment of our hearing accounts of a naval action in the direction of Batoum, or o f Varna, or even of Sebastopol—the Earl of ABER DEEN insists that war isnot even now inevitable ; that • peace maystill be secured; and that, "please GOD," he shall spare no effort on his part to promote it ! All the while actiTe measures are being adopted on both sides of the British Channel to prepare the two countries allied in the vindication of Turkish independence for any emergency that may result from still pending occurrences--to prepare them, that is to say, in a sort of supplementary manner, for already neither France nor England were perhaps ever before in so marvellous a state of warlike preparation. Evidences of these yet further precautionary measures may be recognised at once both in the military and in the maritime departments of the Allied Governments. Looking nearer home than our Gallic neighbours, and to the latest of these signs of a tardy vigour of determination, we observe the orders trans mitted from the Horse Guards, on Thursday even ing, to the Infantry Barracks at Windsor, direct ing 350 rank and file of the 2d Battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards to hold themselves in readi ness to embark within the course of another week for Constantinople. We point to this in cident as to another indication that, even in the view of Ministers themselves, War is becoming every day more manifestly inevitable, whatever was babbled yesterday in the House of Lords by the nominal leader of the Admi nistration. However much it has become ine vitable to all appearance —war does not interrupt in Paris the magnificent building improvements there being carried out by the munificence of the Imperial Government any more than amongst ourselves the project of Parliamentary Reform is postponed, thanks to the conscientious re solution of some of the abler members of the Coalition. Precisely thus are matters situated in regard to the internal condition of France and England, and in reference to their external relations with the more formidable among the great Powers of Christendom. And precisely at this juncture does the " travelled Thane " war ble, with bucolic sweetness, about the blessings of peace in the midst of the din of this domestic activity and of these warlike preparations. Fri volity may lead some kindred Aberdeenite, next, to perform a sword dance on the edge of the crater of Vesuvius. Bad it not been for the providential discoveries of the mineral wealth in California and Australia, and the vast amount of bullion that came to our shores from the recently discovered gold fields, we should long since have obtained a thorough and efficient reform in our monetary laws. The disastrous effects of that iniquitous code had been too clearly ascertained in 1847 to permit any doubt to remain on the subject. It was seen that the Act of 1844 had natu rally led to the panic of 1847, and that it would, in due course, produce other and still more calamitous results, the evil in creasing in intensity on each successive visita tion. Houses of unblemished credit and unques tionable solvency were unable to find means of meeting their engagements, not from want of property, but from the deficiency of the mere re presentative and measure of value. The Bank itself could lend Government Stock, but it could not spare its own, notes.(!) Even persons who had imported a large quantity of silver were unable to obtain advances thereon, because the Bank held the full proportion of silver which it was enabled to take credit for under its charter, and consequently that which would have been, to all intents and purposes, as valuable as gold for the purpose of preserving the convertibility of the Bank note (if that was the great desideratum) was necessarily rejected, its owners subjected to great expense and inconvenience, and the best in terests of the nation endangered through the ex portation of the specie. Nothing but the virtual suspension of the Act, by the celebrated letter of the 25th October, saved the country. The efficacy of the remedy at once established the character of the disease, if any doubt could previously have existed on the subject ; and but for the cunning and " dodgery" of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir CHARLES Woon, and the co operation of the packed Committee of investiga tion, the existing law would have been repealed or greatly modified. Public attention was, how ever, for a time diverted from the subject until, as we have shown, the influx of bullion from the auriferous lands afforded opportunities for largely increasing the circulation, without infringing on the provisions of the Act of 1844. But for that abundant supply we should have been ruined had we not reformed the law. As it was, the impolitic enactments neutralised the value of the discoveries, and prevented the full development of the national industry. We have again had a species of monetary panic, which the golden returns from Australia, arriving opportunely at the moment when they were most urgently required, have alone pre vented from being as disastrous as that of October, 1847, and we now find the minimum rate of discount in Threadneedle-street 5 per cent. on unexceptionable paper, and the circulation greatly diminished, while the prices of all the necessaries of life are enormously increased. Thus at the very moment that there is a necessity for additional monetary accommodation we find it materially curtailed. Attention is therefore once more directed to the subject, and we shall be greatly disappointed if an agitation do not speedily arise which will enforce judicious altera tions in the Act. These are said to be the days of "unrestricted competition." Why, we ask, should not the competition be extended to banking as well as to other trades ? Why should we not have a free trade in money as well as in money's worth ? These are questions to which straight forward and explicit replies must be returned.— Free Trade in money—unrestricted banking is worth a struggle. The bankers themselves feel the difficulties in which they are placed as well as their customers. They find it almost impossible to avoid incurring fines for over issues, and they justly complain of not being permitted to increase their circulation, although the excess beyond the "fixed issues" should be secured by the most ample gua rantees, either in the shape of Government securities or even the deposit of bullion in their cellars, as al lowed to the Bank of England and the English and Scotch banks. This is indeed a grievance which re quires speedy redress, even if the convertibility of the bank note should still be considered an indispens able condition—a grievance on which we shall have something more to say ere the session be very far advanced. But, meanwhile, there is one point which we cannot refrain from touching on, although briefly, at the moment. The bullionist organ, the great advocate of the Act of 1844, the Times itself, has acknowledges that there is a matter connected with he working of the law which requires amend. - - ment. It declares that " there - is no reason to believe that the sum which was adopted in 1844, an that at which the direct paper cur iency of the country might be safely fixed, was at all too high ;" and confesses that " the abstrac- tion of VOO,OOO/. from this amount has created a vacancy which has been, filled up with gold tha might otherwise be employed for foreign payments." It adds—" This is a circumstance not intended, and which should be remedied forthwith !" This is an important admission from such a quarter. It clearly proves the injurious consequences of the useless deposit of bullion that " might otherwise be employed in our breign trade." It, in fact, surrenders the entire question, unless prepared to assert that the sum arbitrarily fixed on ten years since was adopted on some infallible principle, so that no change of circumstances could justify an altera- tion. Surely all that the most determined bullionist could require would be ample security for the paper issued, and its convertibility on demand. It may be a question in what form that security should be given ; but, after the admission - - above referred to, there can be no difference as to the propriety of liberating as much gold as practi cable, so that, in place of being locked up uselessly and unproductively, it may be made available " for foreign payments." It will become an important question to decide how far a really national note, based not only on the entire pro perty of the nation, but on the industry of the people, should become the circulating medium, at least for home transactions, so that all the bullion would become available for our foreign trade. It is impossible to over-estimate the importance of this topic. If the national note were adopted, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1854. there would be no panics, no " runs upon banks" for gold. We would all be bound to support that credit. It would be our interest to do so ; and, as in the Scotch banks, it would be done. This, however, is not the case with the Bank of Eng land note, still less with that of any other joint stock or private establishment. We have had sufficient inquiry into the matter. It is time that the seeds thus sown should produce ample fruits. THE DEPARTURE OF THE RUSSIAN MINISTER. was at once carried into execution, and provinces of the Sultan, containing 4,000,000 of his subects,: were invaded in time of profound peace by Russian forces; that the territory of the Sultan has since been occupied as a conquered country, the Russian Government thus violating the status quo of Europe, oontradicting the intentions proclaimed by the great Powers of Europe in 1840 and 1841, and stamping Russia as the disturber of the general peace. " Not content with this aggression, which at first was an nounced as a temporary occupation and as a material pledge, held only until the demands of Russia upon the Porte should be satisfied, the Emperor of Russia has prepared great armies at vast expense, apparently with the object of crossing the Danube, and attempting the conquest of Constantinople. " Nor is it to be overlooked, frequently as I have urged the topic, that no injury to the Christian subj ec t s o f th e Porte afforded even a pretext for such acts. On the con trary, with the introduction of new laws for their protection, their own gradual progress in wealth, and by general advance in the arts of peace, the condition of the Christians was manifestly improving. _ _ The following correspondence, forming Part 111. of the Blue Books lately presented to Parliament, was laid on the table of both Houses last night : (No. 1.) " COUNT NESSELRODE TO BARON BRIJNOW.---(COMIIIINI CATED TO THE EARL 01 , CLARENDON BY BARON BRUNOW, JAN. 23). (Translation.) " St. Petersburgh, Jan. 4 (16), 1854. " The representatives of England and France have verbally announced to me the resolution adopted by their two Govern ments to cause their combined fleets to enter the Black Sea with the view of securing the ports and coast of Turkey from an attack on our side. The reason assigned for this determi nation was the attack on the Turkish squadron at Sinope—a naval operation which the two Cabinets represent as a gratuitous aggression. It is not without painful surprise that I have heard it thus characterised, when it is no torious that the Turkish squadron, commanded by Osman Pasha, left the Bosphorus freighted with arms, money, ammunition, and troops for disembarcation, destined for our Circassian coasts ; consequently with the intention of giving greater extension to the operations, equally aggressive, which have already stained with blood the Rus sian territory in Asia. That squadron bad doubtless not left its anchorage in the Bosphorus in order to station itself at Sinope. What it had sought there was, not a maritime station, but a temporary shelter. Ought we patiently to allow it afterwards to execute its hostile purpose ? Because in Wallachia, which is Turkish territory, we have declared our intention of waiting for the attack of the Ottoman forces, are we obliged equally to wait for it on our own coasts ? Are we to suppose that, in the opinion of the Powers, in a war which we have not wished for, and which has been de clared against us, the privilege of acting offensively belongs to Turkey alone, and that when certain of being immediately and suddenly attacked, we have precluded ourselves from the right of preventing it ? " If I have rightly understood the sense of the declrations which have been made to me, and specifically what was said to me by the English representative, it would be the inten tion of the two Powers to prevent the recurrence of a disaster resembling that at Sinope, and to establish henceforth a species of naval armistice, preventing any attack on our part upon the Turkish ports or flag, but taking care, on the other hand, that the Turkish squadron should not commit any upon the Russian ships and territory. " It is essential, M. le Baron, that this point should be clearly established. Assuredly it is the least that the two Cabinets can do in order to divest, at least in appearance, the cause of the entrance of their fleets into the Black Sea of the character of flagrant -hostility against us ; for to allow the Turks to attack, while assuming to prohibit us from doing ea, would be to take an active part in a war which they have not yet declared against us. It is only to be regretted that the two Powers, if they were desirous of preventing such collisions, had not, from the commencement of the contest, put a stop to the mari time expeditions directed by the Turks against our Asiatic coasts _expeditions of which the conflict at Sinope has been only a necessary consequence--or, still more, that they had not prevented the Turks from declaring war against us ; for, from the time that they allowed them to declare it and to wage it against us, in Asia as well as in Europe, the event which has occurred could not altogether be excluded from their anticipations. But, if they considered as contrary to the independence of the Porte the pretension entirely to interdict it from engaging in hostilities, we ask how that of allowing it henceforth to undertake hostilities only to a cer tain extant would be more consistent with the idea which they entertain of that same independence ? As for ourselves, it is impossible for us to look upon such a resolution in any other light than as a violence offered to our bel ligerent rights. The Emperor, therefore, finds himsell obliged solemnly to protest against the declaration which has been addressed to him, and can in no wise admit its legality. " Ile will await, in order to decide upon the course that he shall adopt, the manner in which that declaration shall have been carried into execution by the Admirals of the two fleets, and the attitude which their vessels shall take with re gard to our own. " All the serious events that have since arisen—the deplor able effusion of human blood, the oppression of the people of the Principalities, the aggression upon the Russian territory in Asia, the disaster at Siuope, and the entrance of the com bined fleets into the Black Sea, are the direct consequences of the unprovoked conduct of the Russian Government ; and if unhappily a chance encounter should produce a collision from which a general conflagration should arise, the Emperor of Russia will in vain attempt to throw off a responsibility which will attach to him, who in time of profound peace first in vaded the territory of his unoffending, neighbour. " You will read and give a copy of this despatch to Count Nesselrode. " I am, &c., " CLARENDON." (Translation.) " London, Jan. 23 (Feb. 4). " The undersigned, Ste., has had the honour to receive the note which his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon, &e., ad dressed to him on the 31st of January. " It does not satisfy the conditions of fair reciprocity on which the undersigned was ordered to insist in the name of his Court in his note of the 13th (25th) January. " That communication, if it had been appreciated as it de served to be, would have had the effect, on the one hand, of confining the calamaties of war within limits which could be accepted by the two belligerent parties, while, on the other hand, it offered to Great Britain a fresh proof of his Majesty the Emperor's sincere desire to remove from his relations with her every cause of misunderstanding. " The undersigned regrets that the spirit of good will which dictated that proceeding should not have met with in tentions equally conciliatory. Thenceforth, his line of con duct was traced out for him by a deep souse of respect for the dignity of the Sovereign whom he has the honour to repre sent. " Faithful to his duties, he cannot admit that her Britannic Majesty's Government at peace with Russia, should assume to impede the freedom of the communications which the Imperial marine is directed to keep up between the Rus sian ports, while Turkish ships convey troops from one Otto man port to another under the protection of the English squadron. " This distinction being contrary to the rules of public law, as well as to the consideration mutually observed between friendly Powers, the undersigned is thereby placed under the impossibility of continuing to exereise his functions so long as her Britannic Majesty's Government shall have not resumed towards Russia an attitude conformable to the rela tions of good understanding and friendship which have so happily subsisted up to the present time between the two countries. " The more value the undersigned attached to the main tenance of those relations, the more he regrets the obligation under which he labours to suspend them. " He has the honour to notify to the Earl of Clarendon, &c., that he is about to leave London, accompanied by the members of the Embassy, and to proceed to Germany until further orders. " The undersigned, (Sze. " BRUNOW." (No. 6.) " THE EARL OF CLARK:TDON TO SIR G. H. SEYMOUR. " Foreign-office, Feb. 7, 1854. " Sir,—On the evening of the 4th inst. Baron Brunow placed in my hands a note, the copy of which is herewith enclosed,* announcing that the diplomatic relations between this country and Russia were suspended, and that he was about to leave England with the members of the Russian mis sion. You will, therefore, immediately on the receipt of this despatch, inform Count Nesselrode that you are instructed to withdraw from St. Petersburg, together with every member of her Majesty's mission. _ _ " He cannot but regret to see the peace with England and France, which he has never been desirous of interrupt ing, put in jeopardy by this fresh extension given to a sys tem of pressure which the two maritime Powers have deemed it their duty to adopt towards him, and which, advancing step by step, involving each time more and more his dignity as well as their own, at the same time that it encouraged the Porte to push matters to extremities, has ended by bringing affairs in the East to their actual state of tension. At the present moment a mere chance is sufficient to bring about a collision from which a general conflagration would ensue, and the Emperor disclaims beforehand the re sponsibility of the first step which shall have given the signal for it. " You will return to England, and avoid all unnecessary delay in quitting the Russian dominions. " Similar instructions will this day be addresed to M. de Castelbajac by the French Government. " I am, &c., " CLAREND ON." * No. 5. " Your Excellency will read and give a copy of this de. spatch to the English Cabinet. DRURY LANE THEATRE. "Receive, d;c.—, " NESSELRODE, The nightly performances of Mr. G. V. Brooke still con. (No. 2.) "BARON BRUNOW TO TOR EARL OF CLARENDON.— (RECEIVED JAN. 25). (Translation.) " London, Jan. 13 (25), 1854. " The undersigned, &c., has received orders to have an explanation, and to come to an understanding with his Ex cellency the Earl of Clarendon, &c., as to the precise meaning of a communication which the English Minister at St. Peters burg has just made verbally to the Chancellor of the Empire. " If it was caused by the wish to avert the contingency of a collision between the Russian and Ottoman naval forces, that result could only be effected by the observance of a principle of just reciprocity. " For this purpose it would be requisite, in the first in stance, that it should bo expressly understood that the Ottoman squadron should refrain from all aggression on the Russian flag and country on the coast of Europe and of Asia. tinue to attract crowded audiences to Drury Lane, and the enthusiastic greetings which he invariably receives argue that the public appreciation of him has in no way diminished. Since our notice of the first night of his re-engagement, when he appeared in the tragedy of Brutus, he has since undertaken the principal characters in The Stranger, the Lady of Lyons, the Hunchback, and other plays, in each exhibiting that man liness and vigour of acting, with that impressive utterence which mark his representations with an originality of their own, and render them acceptable to the great mass of theatre goers. A very considerable accession to the receipts of the treasury will no doubt be the result of this gentleman's brief engagement, prior to his departure for America; and whatever it may be, it cannot be too large for the deserts of the most persevering and enterprising lessee—the good genius who has achieved that which a short time ago, was considered to yield to nothing in the difficulties of its accomplishment—the resto ration of the fortunes of a theatre which had been the ruin of so many. " Under this condition equal security would be obtained or the Ottoman Rag and coast. "In the second place, in case the Turkish ships should be allowed to continue without impediment to keep up communi cations between one Ottoman port and another for the transport of provisions, ammunition, and troops, it would be necessary that the same condition should be secured to the ships of the Imperial marine for freely keeping up communication between one Russian port and another on the coast of Europe and Asia. The day performances of the pantomime on Wednesday have all been well attendedoome thousands of juveniles who other wise would not have been able to witness this excellent coinic production, having availed themselves of these two o'clock representations. The final one takes place on Wednesday, the 15th instant, on which occasion it is announced that the Erser Children, whose impersonations in tragedy, comedy, and farce, have elicited loud praise elsewhere, will appear in the come detta, The Four Mowbrays. "These arrangements, thus agreed upon and strictly exe cuted, would have the effect of suspending, in fact, hostilities at sea between the belligerent parties " The undersigned has the honour to request his Excellency the Earl of Clarendon to have the goodness to inforin him in reply to this note, if the intentions of her Britannic Majesty's Government are in accordance with those of the Imperial Ca binet as to the principles of perfect reciprocity established by the present communication. " The undersigned, &e. " BRUNOW.' (No. 3.) " THE EARL OF CLARENDON TO BARON BRUNOW. " Foreign-office, Jan. 31, 1854. " The undersigned, &c., has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of a note dated 25th inst., from Baron Brunow, &c., stating that he had been ordered to inquire of the under signed the precise meaning of a verbal communication recently made by her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburg to the Chancellor of the Empire. Baron Brunow adverts to cer tain arrangements which, being agreed upon, and strictly ex ecuted, would suspend hostilities by sea between the bellige rent parties; and he requests that the undersigned will inform him whether the intentions of her Majesty's Government are in accordance with those of the Imperial Cabinet upon the principles of perfect reciprocity established in the note of Baron Brunow. " In replying to Baron Brunow, the undersigned thinks it right to state that the communication made by Sir 11. Sey mour was to the following effect; that her Majesty's fleet had been scut to Constantinople, not for the purpose of attacking Russia, but with the firm inteqtion to defend Turkey, and her Majesty's Government would, therefore, have been well pleased if the necessity for thus employing the fleet had not arisen ; but that the destruction of a Turkish fleet anchored peaceably in a Turkish harbour, proved that the conciliatory dispositions of her Majesty's Government, and the notice of their intentions given iu au amicable spirit on the 27th of October to Count Nesselrode, had been mistaken or disre garded, and that her Majesty's Government had determined to take measures to guard against the recurrence of disasters such as those of which Siuope had been the theatre. That her Majesty's ships therefore, and those of the Emperor of the French, would enter the Black Sea, and require every Russian ship-of-war which they might meet to return to a Russian port, and that if the summons were not attended to it would be enforced ; but that her Majesty's Government, being not less anxious than they were before to effect a peaceful settle ment of difficulties, would take measures for preventing any aggressive operation by sea on the part of the Turkish fleet against Russian territory. " The undersigned has thus stated the terms of the com munication vnbally made by her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburg, fa order to prevent misunderstanding, and it can hardly be necessary for him to inform Baron Brunow that they will be strictly adhered to. The undersigned at the same time begs to add that the maintenance of friendly relations with Russia is earnestly desired by her Majesty's Government, whose best efforts will continue to be exerted to secure a just and honourable solution of the diderences between Russia and the Porte ; but a duty has been im posed upon her Majesty's Government by Russia from the performance of which they will not shrink. Turkey is the aggrieved and the weaker Power, ; a portion of her territory has boon forcibly occupied and retained, while military preparations upon a scale of the greatest magnitude are made by Russia ; and in defending Turkey from the im minent danger that threatens her, her Majesty's Govern ment uphold that fundamental principle of European policy involved in the maintenance of the Ottoman Empire that has been repeatedly proclaimed by the five great Powers of Europe. " The extent to which this defence may be carried, and the nature of the operations it may entail, must depend on the course which may be pursued by Russia; but her Majesty's Government indulge a hope that peace may yet be negotiated upon the reasonable terms proposed by the Porto for the ac ceptance of Russia, and in the case of that acceptance an armistice, both by sea and land, would stop the effusion of blood, and put an end to embarrassment regarding naval operations, and differences which now endanger the general peace of Europe might then be speedily terminated. " The undersigned, tSte. " CLARENDON." (No. 4.) "'NE EARL OF CLARENDON TO SIR Cr. H. SE4IfOrR. - _ " Foreign-office, Jan. 31, 1854. , " Sir,—l herewith enclose the copy of a note addressed to mo by Baron Brunow, together with the copy of my answer.* " I enclose also the copy -f a despatcht from Count Nessel rode which Baron Brunow, by orders of his Government, placed in my hands, the purport of which is so extraordinary that I am compelled to desire you to communicate to the Chancellor the impression that it has produced on her Ma jesty's Government. "This despatch ends by saying, hasard suffit au j our d' hui pour produire tine collision d'ou naitrait une conflragra tion generale, et l'Empereur repousse d'avance la responsa bilite de l'initiative qui en aura donne le signal.' H ence it would seem that the Russian Government has entirely for gotten the origin of this unhappy quarrel. They would seem to have forgotten that, so soon as the only cause of difference between Russia and the Porte had been satisfactorily termi nated, Prince Menschikoff required, in peremptory terms, the assent of the Sultan to a certain large and new interpretation of the treaty of Kainardji ; that upon the offer of the Turkish Government to substitute other conciliatory assurances for those proposed by Prince Menschikoff, the Russian Ambas sador at once quitted Constantinople ; that immediately after wards Count Nesselrode required the Porto, within the space of eight days, to send hack, signed, the note which the Sultan had previously declared it would be fatal to his independence to accept, under a throat that if his Highness did not com ply, Russian armies would occupy the principalities of Molda via and Wallachia ; that when the Sultan refused to submit, un der compulsion, to so degrading a demand, the previous threat * Nos. 2 and S. t No L LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. Despatches from St. Petersburgh of the Ist February have been received. The excitement was very great. The War Party was very enthusiastic ; and the Peace Party very anxious. Nothing transpired of what passed in official circles. The Emperor was suffering from an attack of bile, accompanied with fever. The presence of gout was also suspected. ___ Advices from Vienna of the 6th announce the mobi• lisation of a corps of 25,000 men on the frontier of Lesser Wallachia. "The Emperor," says the Austrian State Gazette, "considering his duties of a good neighbour to the bel ligerents, had not thought it right to increase his army in this direction, so long as the struggle between Turkey and Russia was confined to Greater Wallachia, but now that the contest has extended itself into Lesser Walla chia and the Austrian frontier, the Emperor, who watches without ceasing over the interest of his States, and who wishes to preserve them from invasion from the West, has thought it right to place this force on a war footing A portion of the garrison of Vienna will march to put this resolution into effect." The Vienna conference met once more on Friday, the 3d inst., for the purpose of taking into consideration the answer of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to the peace project forwarded hence to that city on the 13th ult. The following protocol was drawn up on this occasion : —"The four Powers declare that the tenor of the said answer of the Russian Cabinet is highly unsatisfactory, and by no means adapted for transmission to the Sub lime Porte." It is reported that his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, in addressing the corps of officers belonging to the regi ment Prince of Warsaw, previovs to their recent depar ture for the Servian frontier, said :—"No consideration less than the violation of the Austrian territory shall in duce me to abandon the ssrictest neutrality in the pre sent conflict between Russia and Turkey." It is asserted that the Austrian Government proposes to send Prince Windischgratz on a mission to St. Peters burg to explain its motives for refusing to accept the propositions of Count Orloff. THE DANUBE. According to the latest letters from Krajova, the bad weather had alone prevented the Russians from attack ing Kalafat. The investing army has made a movement in advance, but active operations will not begin before March, when the bridges for crossing the Danube will be ready. Telegraphic despatches from Vienna mention a san guinary engagement, which it is said took place at Giurgevo on Sunday last, the sth inst., in which both sides suffered severe loss. The Turks, it is said, crossed the Danube in number 3,000, drove in the outposts, and attempted to take the town. In the end they withdrew across the Danube. The Patric says that a Turkish detachment having passed the Danube in th e n i g ht, d es t roye d t h e tete de pont of the Sereth, between Galatz and Ibraila, which was defended by two thousand Russians. The combat was fierce, and the Russians, who were inferior in numbers, were compelled to abandon the position. The Turks destroyed the enemy's large new barracks. The following telegraphic despatches have been re ceived to-day : " BELGRADE, JAN. 3.—A serious fight took place at Tojana on the 29th ult., which was attended with great loss on both sides. The Turks retreated to Kalafat. " BUCHAREST, JAN. 6.—Almostidaily attempts have been made by the Turks to cross the Danube at Giur gevo and Oltenitza since the 15th ult., but without success. " GALATZ, JAN. 2.—The Turks made reconnoitring expeditions from Matschin and Isatchka with steamers and gunboats against Ibraila and Reni. A sharp firing ensued on both sides. The Turks ultimately retired." A telegraphic despatch from Vienna last night, says : " Attacks are to be continued on Giurgevo and Oltenitza till a firm footing is secured. " The Turkish and Egyptian officers taken at Sinope have been liberated, aud.have arrived here on their way home to Trieste. " With the consent of the Porte, the firmans were not read at Belgrade on the 3d. The Wanderer learns from Krajova that at the express order of the Emperor General Schilders had been sent to Wallachia to examine into the circumstances connected with the battles of the 6th and 10th of January, "and to make such changes as might appear necessary." It is now clear that the future operations against Kalafat will be undertaken from Boleschti rather than from Radovan, although this last place, which is a most important position at the end of a spur of the Carpa thians, will be strongly garrisoned. Radovan is neither a town nor a village, but merely an inn with a few huts, situated on the last rising ground on the road from Kra jova to Kalafat. It is supposed that this spot is very strongly fortified, but nothing positive is known on the subject, as the Russians permit no one to approach it. Any attack on Radovan would probably fail, and cer tainly be attended with a very great loss of life. Three Russian regiments, one of which is the Chasseur Regi ment Odessa, have been so cut up that they must be completely reorganised before they can again take the field. The Russian head-quarters in Little Wallachia were on the 27th removed to Boleschti, the hard frost which had set in on the preceding day having made it possible Lu loatime operations. Up to the 27th the Russian corps had formed a semicircle, the extent of which was about 35 English miles, around the Turkish position at Kalafat. Early in the morning of the 28th there was a general advance on the part of the Russians, and in the evening of the same day the right wing had Citale about seven English miles in its rear. The centre met with considerable resistance, but when the infantry came up the Turks retired to their intrenchments ; the left wing had taken a position in the neighbourhood of Boleschti. The general attack on Kalafat must now depend on the state of the weather alone, as all the troops which are to be employed in this perilous enterprise are on the spot. It is hardly probable that the Turkish force at Kalafat will for any length of time be able to make head against the Russians, who have now 41,000 foot, 12,000 horse, 3,000 sappers and miners, and 120 guns in Little Wallachia. The reserve at Slatina- is to amount to 15,000 men. General Schilders is to have the whole and sole direction of the projected passage of the Danube, " but there will be hardly any change in the supreme command of the troops." The Kalisch correspondent of the Lloyd at length con• fesses that Russia is preparing for a great war. The raising of the reserve battalions, the hurrying to and fro of the officers charged with their organisation, and the continual visits of the inspecting generals are proofs that Russia is providing most seriously and energetically for all contingencies. We are told that, although the advancing reinforcements have much to suffer from the bad state of the roads, the day is not far distant when Russia will assume the offensive " and deal her enemy a fearful blow." The Russian writer, when speaking of General Schilders, says it is not difficult to guess what the future functions of that officer will be, when it is recollected that he is the chief of the engineering depart ment of the whole Russian army. Letters of the 26th. from St. Petersburg, plainly show that the confidence of the war party is much shaken. The mission of Count Orloff had greatly excited the curiosity of the public, and it was whispered " Russia was about to attempt to barricade herself by means of an alliance with Germany." The idea that the very flower of the Russian fleet is at the mercy of the Western barbarians weighs heavily on the minds of Russian patriots. CONSTANTINOPLE. The following is from Constantinople of Jan. 30 : " Two French and two English steamers, under Ad. miral Barbier de Tinan, have put to sea. " Achmet Pacha is appointed commander on the Georgian frontier. " The had feeling caused by the return of the fleets is entirely dissipated." Mehemet Ali Pasha, who has quitted the War-office to give way to Riza Pasha, is at the head of the war party, and has been throughout opposed to any comprb mise with Russia, or, in fact, to any arrangement until the fortune of war be first tried ; and he has ever urged defending the Ottoman empire to the very last extremity. He is the brother-in-law of the Sultan, and, though he has many times dissented from his Highness, and been often in disgrace from the boldness and frankness of his character, he has not ceased to preserve considerable influence over him, owing to his devotedness. Riza Pasha, his successor, was long the favourite of the Sultan Mahmoud. He had been for years the enemy of Redschid Pasha, and they have more than once succeeded in overthrowing each other in turn. Riza is not of the very bellicose character of Mehemet, who is, indeed, military ardour personified. He was named Grand Admiral after the disaster of Sinope—a post which he occupied till his present nomination, if the despatches announce truly. Some apprehensions are entertained that this nomina tion may portend some new changes in the Cabinet not of a national character ; but the greatest fear is lest Halil Pasha, who is described as thoroughly Russian, be named to the post of Grand Admiral ; vacant by the ap pointment of Riza Pasha. Halil Pasha is also brother in-law of the Sultan, but is a widower. General Baraguay d'Hilliers had chosen a piece of ground at Silivri, on the borders of the Sea of Marmora, for a camp to be occupied by the troops expected from France. This auxiliary corps will be able in this position to oppose any army marching on Constantinople after having turned the Balkans. SERVIA. The statement in some of the German journals that the firmans of the Sultan respecting Servia had been publicly promulgated at Belgrade was incorrect. We learn from Vienna that the Prince of Servia, had re solved to consult the Austrian Government before he should come to a decision, and had for this purpose sent to Vienna the Senator Jankowitch, who arrived there on the 3d. It was known, however, that the majority of the Senate of Servia had approved of the firmans, and that the Prince would have declared himself in the same way if the Russian Consul-General had not said that if he did this without the consent of Russia he must expect disastrous consequences. In this difficulty th e Prince had resolved to be guided by Austria, and to set Russia at defiance if the Austrian cabinet approved of the decision of the Senate. FRANCE. The Journal des Debats announces that the Govern- ment has refused the numerous offers that have been made to it for effecting a loan, and has concluded an arrangement with the Bank of France, which has placed at its disposal a sum of 60,000,000 f, The Bulletin des Lois publishes an Imperial decree, authorising the finance Minister to raise the Treasury Bonds in circulation to 250 millions, instead of 150 rail' lions, fixed in the Budget of 1854. The squadron under the command of Admiral Brag" which sailed from Brest on the 6th, is composed of the following ships of the line and steam-frigates :—Th e Montebello, carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Brost, commander-in-chief ; the Duguesclin, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Charner ; the Austerlitz, the Hercule; and the Jean Bart ; the steam-frigates Pomona an d Caffarelli, and the steam.corvette Roland. It appears that two persons of some note have nom' mitted suicide within the last three or four days, in C OO. sequence of losses at the Bourse, and two persons ha" fled the country, owing to the same cause. Their lessee are said to be to an enormous amount. Several of the Russian residents in Paris are, as migh t have been expected, extremely discontented with the order from the Czar to leave. Many who have been living here for years, occupied in commercial or induct' trial pursuits, give expression to their discontent in no very measured terms. Quit, however, they must, 001 say, or else all that belongs to them in Russia will be confiscated the moment the delay allowed them expires. In their confidential conversations several Russians speak of their master quite as strongly as his worst en ern ies. The French Government continues its preparations for the struggle with great activity and perseverance. Tt is known that the expeditionary army will consist of 40,000 French troops and 10,000 English. The En' peror was desirous to give his directions personally to the generals who will be placed in command of ths expedition, and for that purpose Generals Pelissier and 11`111ahon ware summoned lately to Paris. The EDI' peror was particularly pleased with the former of these, generals, and to hi m h as b een g i ven t h e care not only of the selection of the troops in Algiers, but the organisso tion of the army, and the care of its embarkation and disembarkation. It is now expected that the Duke and Duchess of Brabant will probably arrive in the course of next week. It will certainly be a proud day for Louis Napoleon when he receives the grandson of Louis Philippe as his guest at the Tuileries. - Lord Dudley Stuart has returned from Turkey. rie arrived in Paris on Wednesday evening, and imtne' diately afterwards paid a visit to Prince Czartoryskl. He was to leave Paris for London yesterday. The Paris papers of yesterday had not reached W when we went to press. By telegraph we learn that thi Bourse was firm yesterday, in the absence of all political reports. There was not, however, much business trans• acted. The Three per Cents. closed at 68f. 900. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 90e. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,0671 , 50c. ; Ropen, 895 f. ; Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern, 742 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 723 f. 75c. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 652 f. 50c. ; Western of France, 577 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette. 542 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 440 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 445 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Cr6dit Mubilier, 627 f. 50c. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase Rest £22,557,115 208,730 16,226,683 3,469 3,349,523 Increaselo,l29 Public Deposits 2,121,718 Decrease 393,666 Other Deposits Decrease 877,308 Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease 57,573 Government Securities 12,537,716 Decrease 695,000 Other Securities 13,570,465 Decrease 418,157 Notes unemployed 6,966,505 Decrease 202,135 In the rates for bills of exchange upon the prin cipal continental cities, there was yesterday after noon no change, and very little business was done. Paris was taken at 25, 271 to 30 for 90 clays' paper ; Hamburg at 13, 4i to 4 ; and Trieste at 13, 10 to 20. All the bar silver brought by the steamer Ori noco has been sold, it was stated, by Messrs. Hag gard and Pixley, at ss. Igd. per ounce, for ship ment to the Continent. Tenders are called for by the government vic tualling department for steamers--number not specified—to convey troops to Malta, the parties tendering to victual the ship. The Overland Mail has arrived at Marseilles and the letters will be here on Monday. The amount of gold coin exported direct from London during the week, ending to-day, is 6,000 ounces, and of silver 345,154 ounces, all to the Continent. The English Stock Market has been very quiet, but prices are comparatively firm. The de claration of Lord Aberdeen that even now he does not consider war inevitable, has not found favour in the City because of its manifest tendency to give the Czar an impression of indeci sion and vacillation on our part. Consols have been 91i to I. The New 3k per Cents, have been 93i. to i, and the 3 per Cents. 92k to f. Bank Stock is firm at 217, and India Stock at 230. South Sea Stock is quiet at 115. Exchequer Bills keep at 17s. to 20s. premium. Foreign Stocks are steady. Russian Fives, 1041 to 105 ; and the 44 per Cents. 891 to 90. Mexican Bonds are 25,1 to I ; Dutch 4 per Cents., 92 to i. BRITISH MINES.—A little activity was apparent this day, and shares at the following prices : Alfred Consols, 24i 25 ; Sortridge, i A ; Mollands, A ; Tavys, 2i 3 ; Great Baddern, 20s. ; Great Crinnis, 30s. to 355. ; Gills, 2 ; Great Alfred, 30 32 ; West Providence, 37 38 ; Poltrimores, par ; Hingstou Downs, 12 13 ; Kilbrickens, 325. 6d. ; Wheal Unys, 101 11 ; Tremollett Downs, #i ; Trelawney, 36 37 ; Britannia, 3 ; Cwm Darens, i ; Devon Kapenda, 20s. to 235. ; Wheal Zion, 2i 3i ; Great Tregune, 3i i. There has not been much doing in the English Railway Market, but the quotations are generally firm. There havo been transactions in the Mid land, Caledonian, Great Western, and York and North Midland. The other lines have been merely nominal. French shares have not been much dealt in. The Gold Mines are rather heavy, and Agua Fria have not been so good. The shares of the Joint Stock Banks have been firmer. The Australian Land Companies' shares are much the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, (From the Official List.) Bank Stock . Business done. .. 217 i per Cent. Reduced Annuities __. 92i 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 9l i i Now 3f per Cent. Annuities 93, i New 2i per Cent. Annuities . . 79 India Stock South Sea Stock Consols for Account 15th Feb. 9li i Exchequer Bills, ld. £IOOO PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 984 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Groek Bonds, Red 11exican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 p er C en t. £ 8t loli 5 Ditto li por Cent 9O 89i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2i por Cent. 12 Gull — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... . TWO O'CLOCK. .... 91A ... 91i i Consols Ditto February Account , The Duke and Duchess of Atholl have left Dunkeld House, Perthshire, for the south. The Duke of Hamilton has left St. James's-place for Hamilton Palace. Her grace (Princess Marie of Baden) and youthful family are still staying in London. Their graces are not expected to take possession of Beaufort House, Arlington-street, which the duke lately purchased, till Easter. Field Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, we have the pleasure to state, was considered last evening to be much better. The Earl of Derby will give his fifth Parliamentary banquet this evening, in St. James's square. The Earl of Aberdeen entertains a select circle of peers to dinner this evening, at Argyll House. The Earl of Powis and Liegtenant-Colonel Percy Herbert have arrived in Berkeley-square, from Powis Castle. The Earl of Cardigan leaves Deene Park to-day, where his lordship has been entertaining a party with the sports of the field, for Portman-square. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clemen tina Villiers return to Berkeley-square on Saturday next, for the season. Viscount Palmerston has cards out for a dinner this evening. The Lord Chancellor gives the next Cabinet dinner on Wednesday next, at his lordship's maAsion, Upper Brook -street. SOHO THEATRE. —Last evening we attended this pretty little theatre, for the purpose of witnessing the perform. ance of the part of Shylock, in the Merchant of Ve n i ce , by Mr. H. Nicholls, a gentleman favourably known from his " Readings from Shakspere." We confess our curiosity was much excited ; and when we thought of the dearth of really genuine actors, and from the known ability of the gentleman, our wishes towards him were most favourable. Labouring under the disadvantages o f a halting amateur company, the efforts of Mr. Nicholls were highly successful. In the conception of the pa r t he avoided the usual conventionalities; there was no point making, and the result was a beautifully even perform. anoe. The richness of voice and stage tact of the gen tleman are well known to most of our readers, therefore we need say nothing on that head. Of the Portia of Miss Wade we must speak in terms of the highest praise; we augur a brilliant future for this talented young lady. At the conclusion of the play Mr. Nicholls, in answer to loud calls, appeared before the curtain, leading in Miss Wade, and between them shared the deserved applause of a crowded and fashionable audience. SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—Great improvements have lately been made by this company on their line in the neighbourhood of Exeter. It will be remembered that during the last winter several landslips took place between Dawlish and Teignmonth, about ten miles from Exeter. For some time past large bodies of men have been en gaged in sloping off the cliffs at those points where they were considered most dangerous. It is therefore impro bable that any similar accidents will again occur. Much damage has also heretofore been caused by the washing of the sea over the line. This will now in a great mea sure be prevented by the building of an additional sea wall. Double lines of rails have likewise been laid down from Newton Abbot to Totnes, which includes one of the principal inclines on the line. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. There was a good demand for cotton at Liverpool yesterday. Sales 8,000 bales, including 2,000 for export and on speculation. The market closed steady. Railway Shares were firmer. The statement of the Bank of England made up for the week to the 4th inst. is interesting in some of the changes which it presents, and especially in regard to the lowness of the public deposits. Un doubtedly the recent heavy disbursements to meet the claims of those who have declined to convert, the quarterly dividends, and last, butnot least, the arming of the warlike forces of the country, have combined to drain the Government of its money ; nor must we any longer hope to see large balances held, or a surplus for the reduction of the Na tional Debt. The revenue receipts will ra pidly melt away before a costly war expenditure, and nothing but increased taxation and new loans can maintain a respectable balance. The reduction in the amount of the other deposits is rather opposed to the view that money is getting easier ; but it frequently happens that parties draw upon their own resources ere they seek discount accommodation, and consequently this feature may be observable for some time, viz., a reduction of deposits and securities. The loans upon Government securities had been paid, or otherwise the bank must have been a seller of part of what it holds for its own business purposes— not altogether unlikely on the eve of war. The bullion account stood much the same. Compared with the previous week, the alterations are as fol lows : SIR R. PEEL'S STATUE. The committee intrusted with the erection of this statue met yesterday in front of the Royal Exchange to view the model of the pedestal and statue as put up on one of the sites suggested, nearly in front of the Mansion-house. The Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England, Sir P. Laurie, Alderman and Sheriff Wire, Mr. Tite, Mr. Behnes (the sculptor), Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Morris, and several other gentlemen attended. The model is a full-sized pedestal in wood of the exact dimen sions and colour of the permanent granite pedestal, with the shape of the statue cut in wood and placed upon it. The general feeling appeared to be opposed to the site upon which the experiment was made, as being too large for such a crowded situation, and as interfering with the statue of the Duke of Wellington and the fine portico of the Exchange be hind it. Some of the Commissioners of Sewers also attended, and, after a discussion, it was resolved to request Mr. Tite and Mr. Behnes to erect the model at the west of Cheapside about a fortnight hence, for an inspection of that site, as sug gested at the Court of Sewers, and Mr. Sheriff Wire imme diately obtained the consent of the commission to the second experiment. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAM-SHIP MENAI. CALM/4, Fob. 10.—A very serious accident occurred off this port last night, about nine o'clock, to the General • Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Menai, Captain Pashley, plying between London and Calais. It had been blowing a gale all the evening, and a very heavy sea was running near the mouth of the harbour when the Menai ap proached. The vessel's stem had just been pointed to enter the harbour when a tremendous sea struck her with terrific violence, causing the ship to deviate from her course, and in juring the rudder to such an extent as to render the vessel alto gether unmanageable. The captain at once endeavoured to bring up, but before he could do so the ship was unfortunately driven ashore, immediately at the back of the west pier, and close to Fort Rouge, the scene of Stanfield's celebrated pic ture of " The Wreeckers." The disaster was observed by several persons who had been watching the approach of the ship from the shore, and when the vessel struck the ground the greatest alarm prevailed for the safety of the passengers and crew, every sea making a clean breach over her as she lay embedded in the sand. Bluelights having been fired from the ship, and other signals of distress exhibited, every exer tion was immediately made by the harbour authorities and others, under the superintendence of M. le Capitaine Pollett, to get the lifeboats afloat, but, owing to the violence of the gale, and the heavy surf running, this was a work of great difficulty. Among the earliest at the scene of danger were the officers and crew of her Majesty's mail-packet Vivid, Captain Smithett, with a supply of life lines and buoys. One of the lifeboats, having been at length launched, pulled towards the stranded vessel, but, owing to the heavy sea, it was found impossible to attempt to land ' the passengers. Fortunately, it was nearly high water when the accident occurred, and after due consideration it was deemed more prudent to leave every ono on board until the tide ebbed. About one o'clock this morning the ship was left high and dry on the beach, and the passengers, 21 in number, were safely landed and conveyed into the town. At the same time, preparations were made for unshipping the cargo, and it is hoped, if the weather moderates, the vessel may yet be got off without much damage. At present it is blowing a strong gale from the north, with a heavy sea in shore, and, as little progress has been made in lightening the ship, nothing has yet been done towards floating her. Had the accident happened at low water instead of at flood tide, there can be very little doubt the ship would have gone to pieces in the course of the night. No blame whatever is at tached to Captain Pashley, who exhibited great presence of mind, and did everything in his power under the trying cir cumstances in which he was placed. Among the passengers on board the Menai wore several young ladies returning from England to school in Francs. The gale blew with such vio lence throughout the night that the Vivid mail-packet did not leave the harbour until 8 o'clock this morning, instead o at midnight. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The Market continues in a quiet state, for speculative shares ; but a good amount of business has been transacted in dividend mines amongst the large dealers ; and the orders for this description of stock from among the general public are becoming more extended. In the Bullion Market, —Mexican and South American dol lart, ss. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. lid. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 78s. M. per oz. Columbian doubloons, 775. 6d per oz. Although there has been scarcely any increase of business in the Gold Mining share market this week, the tone has been firmer, and prices have in some instances slightly improved ; the chief feature has been in Agua Fria shares, which touched to 1, prem., but quickly relapsed : the shares of this com pany are, however, still in leading favour. Anglo-Califor nians have slightly rallied, and are now a shade better, though, as we have previously stated, no marked amelioration in these stocks will take place until actual returns are made ; and, although the absence of information is to be deprecated, yet at present with regard to these associations it would ap pear to have a salutary effect—as it may be remarked that on the receipt of a favourable report from the local agents, a depression invariably takes place in the shares ; the continued delays, the number of excuses coming perpetually to baud, have in a great measure caused 6e public to lose con fidence in this description of securities, and which can only be reassured by the arrival of the precious metal. The interest which for some time has been felt with regard to gold in England has somewhat diminished in intensity. ITALY. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 6th inst. announces that at 5 a.m. on the sth, the Duchess of Genoa was safely delivered of a Prince, who received the names of Thomas Albert Victor. He was to be held at the bap tismal font by the King and the Queen-Dowager, Maria Theresa. The Archbishop orGenoa christened the new• born Prince on the 6th in the private chapel of the Palace of the Duke of Genoa. SPAIN. The Herald° of the 4th says :—" The head-nurse from Segovia who was to have given the breast to the princess whom the Queen has just lost, received from the Queen before her return home a present of 3,000 piastres (15,000 f.) and several articles of dress. She is also to have a pension for life of several thousand reals. The under-nurse has received 1,000 piastres and other pre sents, and is to have a pension of half the amount of that of the head-nurse." A telegraphic communication dated Feb. 6, says that General Joseph Concha has escaped from Barcelona. A democratic club has been di4covered, and 14 persons have been arrested gagrante deticto. DENMARK. The last-arrived number of the new Russian news paper published at Bucharest, and entitled the Walla chian Moniteur, contains a general order by Prince• Gortschakoff, enacting : That all the male Populations from 18 to 40 years of age, married or unmarried, and of whatever profes sion, may be required by the generals, colonels, or chefs de corps, to render compulsory service, (robots), to the Russian army. _ That horse's, oxen, and all other draught cattle bey sides waggons, maykin like manner be taken for the same use ; and lastly, _ _ That all the' barks, boats, and barges, found on the Danube may be taken at any moment for the Russian service. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNING. The United States mail steam-steam Washington ar rived off Cowes this morning, on her way to Bremen. She brigs dates from New York to the 28th ult. The steam-ship Atlantic arrived oct on the 27th. This steamer brings little news of importance. The Gadsden treaty had again been discussed in the Cabinet, but no decision had yet been arrived at as to whether it should be submitted to the Senate or not. The town of Tripula, on the Mississippi, was destroyed by firo, together with 8,000 bales of cotton, on the 26th ultimo. In the New York stock market quotations for the leading fancy stocks were lower, but transactions were limited. Flour was in good demand at irregular but decidedly firmer rates. 15,000 barrels were sold on the 27th, at prices ranging from $94 to $lO4. Rye flour and corn meal were held at prices above the views of buyers. Wheat was somewhat unsettled. Rye and oats in lively request. Cern ad vanced 5 to 7 cents. per bushel, with sales of 70,000 bushels. Cotton irregular. Sales on 27th, 2,000 bales. Freights firmer, and with higher rates demanded to Liverpool. The quotations to Liverpool were—flour, 4s. 6d. to ss. per barrel ; grain, 14d. per bushel. In iron, Scotch pig was steady at $4O. Provisions brisk and dearer. Exchange on London dull. The New York 'Jerald states that the Congress of New Granada has levied a tax of 10 per cent, on the estimated profits of all vessels arriving at or departing from Aspin wall. The riotous proceedings at Erie still continued. The correspondence relative to the mission of the Pop's Nuncio had been presented to the Senate, and showed that the visit of this functionary to the United States was not of a diplomatic character. A despatch from New Orleans announces the arrival there on the 25th ult. of the steamship United States, with the Californian mails and specie of the Ist January. Advices from Mexico to the 7th inst. state that there was much excitement at Chihuahua and Sonora, in con sequence of the new treaty with the United States. The Mexican Ministry was still incomplete. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA• MENT. Yesterday the following bills were declared by the examiners to have complied with the standing orders : Torquay Railway—London, Tilbury, and Southend-- Selkirk and Galashiels Railway—Eastern Counties (sta tion enlargement and Wisbech branch)—Potteries, Bid dulph, and Congleton Railway—Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway—Westminster Terminus Railway —Midland Great Western of Ireland—Newcastle and Carlisle Railway. The bills of the Great Southern and Western Railway (Ireland) and of the Irish South-Eastern Railway were declared " not " to have complied. The following miscellaneous bills were passed :—Ennis and Shannon Navigation and Reclamation of Land-- Bolton Improvement—Lanark Police and Improvement —Oxford Poor-rate Amendment—Bideford Roads— Camden-town Cemetery Appropriation—lpswich Corpo. ration Waterworks—Stockton and Middlesborough Water Company Darlingt ,n Local Board of Health. Darenth Valley Railway.—There was no appearance in this case when called on. WEST-END AND CRYSTAL PALACE RAILWAY. This company has entered into an agree men t w ith t h e Brighton Company, as stated in their last half-yearly s report, by which the former company are to receive a rental of 8,000 per annum for the use of the line for their through traffic only, and therefore exclusive of in. termediate Crystal Palace and South Eastern traffic. The cost of constructing the line, as estim a t e d b y M essrs Bidder and Fulton, the engineers, is 400,0001. therefore this sum is equivalent to a gu arantee of 2 per cent. per annum. Besides this the B r i g h ton Company agree to work the West-end line at the rate of 42 per cent. upon. the receipt ; the charge made by the Eastern Counties for working the Eastern Union being 47i per cent. The works are to be commenced in the spring, and it is calculated the line will be open in about eighteen months and when completed could afford accommodation to passengers going to the Crystal Palace, Brighton, Dover, &c,, and the Continent, from the Waterloo and Vauxhall stations, and also the proposed station at Chelsea New Bridge. SOUTH EASTR. The permission obtained by the E dire N ctors of this com pany for the Cu stoms examination of the Paris mail pas sengers luggage at London-bridge station instead of Dover has been attended with complete success, and cannot be too generally known to continental travellers. Since the Ist of October last, when the new Custom house was opened, and the system of direct registration of luggage was o rgan i se d, no l ess t h an 3,628 pieces of luggage, belon g i ng to 1,785 passengers, have been con veyed, under the company's charge, direct from Paris to London, relieving the passengers from the necessity of superintendin g the embarkation and disembarkation of their luggage in dark nights, and, what is of greater im portance, enabling them to go on at once from Dover to to London by the mail train, which the examination at Dover previously rendered frequently impossible. All is now so well arranged, that the passengers from Paris by the 7.30 p.m. night mail train have only to obtain a registered ticket for their luggage in Paris at starting, and on their arrival at the London-bridge station at 7.45 a.m. they find their luggage in the Custom-house on the platform, waiting to be submitted to the Custom-house officers for examination. It is to be hoped that this excellent system will soon be extended to the other direct trains. ihr. 27i 22 25 25 25 18 20 st. 10 St. 10 St. 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. St. St. 10 26-1 13i 20 20 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 St 2( St 1: