The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-09 00:00:00

SOUTHAUSTRALIAN COPPER MINING COMPANY. the Committee of Management have to Inform the Shareholders that they have received a despatch from Mr. F. W. Basset, the' Company's en7tri2er, bearing date " Adelaide, the 3d Dec. 1853,' confirmin; the favourable report on the Comnany's property previ- Ouily received from him under date the 2:ttt September. The Committee are, however, dmirons of conferring with the shareholders as to steps necessary fhr the vigorous prosecution of the work, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN' that 3 GENER MEETING of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bisho,)sgate.street, London, TO-MORROW (FRI DAY), the 10th March inst., at one o'clock p.m. precisely, for the purpose of receiving a report from the Committee, and of taking all such steps thereon as the meeting may determine. And notice is hereby further given, that a Special General Meet ing of the Inareholders will be held at the same place, at half-past 1 o'clock p.m. precisely, on the same day, for the purpose of confirming the alterations and amendm silts In the cost-book rules and regula tions of the Company, agreed to at the special general me-eting of the shareholders held on the 13th day of July, 1853. JOSEPH THOMPSON, Chairman and Purser, pro tern. 17, Graceehtirch-street, London, March 9, 1854. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY. LANE. _ . Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. The Last Week but Three of Mr. G. V. BROOKE'S Engagement previous to his sailing for California and Australia. THIS EVENING. MARCO 9, in consequence of the great enthusiasm evinced yesterday at the masterly performance of the eminent Actor Mr. G. V. Brooke. as VERGINIUS, that beautiful Play will be repeatel. Virginius, Mr. G. V. Brooke. T 4 be followed by a new Farce, call ;d MY CO)K AND HOUSE KEEPER. TREATRE ROYAL, lIAYM ‘.RICET. Under the management of Mr. guckstoue. THIS EVENING, MAC 9, ' Will be performed a new comic drama, called Characters by Messrs. VALI lenhoff, W. Farren, Buckstone, Tilbury, and Rogers; Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Sce. To be followed by THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Character by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and Buckstone; Mrs, Fitzwilliam, Ilss E. Grey, lice. To conclude with MRS. WRITE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Clients KEAN. THIS EVENING, MAR CH 9 , Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. Atter which will be presented the new Grand CHRIST HAS PAN TOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE HILLER AND His A L EN; or, Kin; Salamander and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack; Clown, Hr. llnline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Colamblne, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Maser' 9, • Will be performed A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews. To be followed by A CHARMING WIDOW. After which, the orbrinal Fairy ExtraviurAnza, called ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Characters by Messrs. Roxby, F. Matthews, and Bland; Madame Vestris, Misses St. George, Eslanton, Mason, Martindale, Ellis, Walham, and Foote. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Principal character by Mr. Charles Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Meacu 9, Will be presented ties highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama In five tAbleaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, &c. To conclude with THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray. Parselle, and Keeley ; Mrs. L. Murray, Misses Woolgar, Fanny Maskell. and Laidlaw, and Mrs. Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Mum 9, Will be performed TO OBLIGE BENSON. StippOrted by Messrs. Emery, Robson, and Leslie; Mrs. Stirling ant Miss Wyndham. After which, THE BENGAL TIGER. Principal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, and F. Robson ; and Mrs. Wigan and Miss Marston. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, 1 - 13zwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs THIS EVENLNG, Maacst 9, Will be performed THE HEART OF AN IRISHKXN. Princi pal characters by Messrs. G. Hodson, Herbert, and Miss Noel, Followed by the ANONYMOUS LETTER. After which, THE WATERMAN. The principal character by Miss G. Hodson. To conclude with THE CORICONIAN BROTHERS. Paddy and Tim Mulligan (the Brothers), Mr. G. Hodson. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, is. 6cl; Gallery, Gd. ; Private Boxes, V. Its. Gd., to be had of Mr. Alleroft, 13, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. THIS EVENING, MAisca 9, And during the week, will be presented the new, grand, and romantic spectacle entitled THE ATOODNIA N'S HORSE; or, The Elise Knight—the Woodman's Horse by the pet steed, Beauty, expressly trained by Mr. William Cooke. After which, Scenes of the ARENA. To conclude with the Domestic Drama of THE WHITE FARM. liox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stare Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM Di —Morning 22 min.after 9 Evening 6 min.aft. 10 I To-Mmutow—Morni ng 51 m i n . a ft er 10 Evening 32 min.:dr. 11 TILE WEATHER.-8u s Onion, MARCH 9. THERNIOXIITIra, IN THE SHADE. 56 —highest since noon yesterday. 52 —lowest this morning and during tha night. 60 —this day at noon. BAROffETER, 30 . 37. WIND, W.—Fresh breeze, and very fine, warm, sun shiny weather. A very great change since Tuesday. .`ras A i 1 {r[~+~ ^ M~ T ~~~a~, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1854. THE BALTIC FLEET. We understand that such is the determination of the Government to proceed without an instant's further delay in the warlike demonstrations of the allies of Turkey against Russia, that it is no longer intended that the Baltic Fleet shall moor in the Downs—but that orders have already been transmitted for it to proceed forthwith to its destination. The secret of this alteration in the general arrangements in regard to the Fleet, may be discovered, we believe, in the fact that in dications of the early approach of spring have already become perceptible even in those north ern regions—the snows an-I ice at Revel having begun to give way under the influence in dicated by an appreciable rise .iu the thermo meter. There are tokens, moreover, of the solici tude of the CZAR. to concentrate his maritime forces in the Baltic at as early a period as possible, with a view to the protection of Cronatadt, and through Cronstadt, of l course, of St. Petersburgh. England, however, is at last awakened in earnest to the necessity of prompt and energetic action--..as manifest now very markedly in this sudden and peremptory order for the Baltic Fleet to hasten without any further delay northwards. Remember, also, with this—that Sir CHARLES NA.PI ER has promised, directly he gets his fleet into the Baltic, to declare war against the Russian .A.,.nrocaa.r ! And remember, likewise, that that promise of the naval commander-in-chief of the expedition was fol lowed by an assurance from the First Lord of the Admiralty that Sir CHARLES NA PIER had his entire Permission so to declare war, or, in other words, that he had the permission of her Britannic MAJESTY'S Government ! Wherefore- is it not manifest that we are really now in earnest witnessing the beginning of the end ? " W ith Admiral NAPIER in the Baltic, there will be hot work.- enough, we promise him, for the Russian AUTOCRAT. Everything is still simply in preparation in re gard to this long-threatened war with Russia— nothing as yet actually commenced. Nothing p a rtaking of the ch aracter even of a the fighting has preliminar skirmish. inHitherto, fact y been entirely reitricted to the 'Turks and Mus covites. Possibly the ad v ,, en of Spring will effeet a decided change in this particular—bring ing the French. and English among the number of the belligerents. As indications that at atthleent:tiot great countries of Western Europe are really iu earnest in this determination to maintain, -at all hazard and all cost, the integrity of the Turkish Empire, there may now be accepted as decisive, the munificent sums voted, vitliout one dissentient voice, by both L - 3gislatures, and placed unconditionally by them at the disposal of their respective Governments. Au enormous loan of 950,003,090 francs, namely, of about 10,000,0001. sterling, we find decided. upon at once by the tepresentatives of the French multitude, and decided , upon b y them, . ``- taoFeover—how l—ananimlusly ! Nay, with such • - unahimity and with such fervour, that the whole • - ti aTY:' - of them, headed by their President, pro :. • teed .iorthwith to the Tuileries, for the purpose 4 of laying their instant de c i s i on b e f or e the SOVE , RgIG 4 . It has been equally manifest in the Eng lish House of Commons that no difficulty what- Iladvai4 ,v, i ~~ ever will be in the way of securing immediate funds, with a view to the energetic carrying on of the war against the Russian A.UTOCRAT. In somuch has this alacrity on the part of our repre sentatives been manifested, that hunireda of thousands of pounds have been summarily voted, while a member has been taking off his great coat and walking to his accustomed seat, accord ing to the graphic statement of the Leader of the Opposition. Again, such is this readiness on the part of the Commons to afford Ministers the wherewithal to pursue their policy in support of Turkey, and in opposition to Russia, that scarcely any qualms are felt in accepting a Bud get that proposes the doubling of the. Income Tax in the first moiety of the Financial Year, with a proviso from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that fresh supplies or additional grants may be required before the next twelve months shall have elapsed, nay before the present session of Parlia ment shall have terminated. These particulars cannot fail to speak trumpet-tongued to the CzAR, and, indeed, for that matter to the whole of Chris tendom. They will indicate with sufficient clear ness the resolve of France and England to support Turkey in her present position, not partially or negligently, but immediately and to the very ut termost. It is this resolve which has increased the military forces of England from what it was at this time last year by no less than 50,000 men. It is this which is conducting from 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers from our own shores, and from 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers (at the lowest compu tation) from the shores of our neighbour's territory across the Channel, in the direction of Constanti nople. It is this which has at last placed the combined fleets under Admirals DUNDAS and HA MELIN in such a position that they may, when the signal is at last given for the actual commence ment of hostilities, take part the more effec tually in the vindication, by force of arms, of the outraged rights of the Sublime Porte—thereby repelling not only the assailant of Turkish inde pendence, but the enemy of civilisation. Added to all which testimonies of the energetic opposi tion prepared against Russia simultaneously by France and England, there is that magnificent Baltic Fleet now on the eve of proceeding north wards under the command of Sir CHARLES NAPIZR. Could anything be more indicative than that Fleet of the determination of England to proceed against the Russian AUTOCRAT ener getically and thoroughly ? Consider for an in unchanging syst em of management, more than any other matt( w. We would mo st earnestly and emphatically im press these views* on the proprietors of South- Eastern Railway S'tc , ck. The crisis of their fate has indeed arrived ; and if they be not true to themselves on the trial that is rapidly ap proaching, they will inflict an amount of injury onL their mak,rnificent property, which years of steady industi7, of wise and judicious management, may be inadequate to repair. Let them, therefore, avoid caprice or levity—let them consider the debt of gratitude they owe to those who have faithfully aad efficiently discharged their arduous duties with credit to themselves and advantage to their constituents ; and let them also reflect that the sin of " ingratitude" is more heinous than that of " witchcraft," and " sharper than a serpent's tooth." It is time, then, that a decisive step vrem taken to restore the lost unani mity of the Board Room, and to obtain an ex pression of opinion so distinct and unequivocal that it may restore peace, and cause —"the aspiring blood of Lancaster" to should be given to the world simply and thus epitomised. They had to be introduced under auspices correspondingly calculated to excite general amazement. The intelligence of this grim victory of the Russians, and of the ghastly defeat of the Turkish forces, was said to have been conveyed imme diately, on its arrival, from the Foreign-office to Buckingham Palace, where the Royal carriages were detained, during upwards of three-quarters of an hour, while the QUEEN was pondering over the astounding news before going to the little theatre in the Haymarket ! An ex amination of the country required to be tra versed by the " special messenger," who was said to have brought this information, " direct from the seat of war," and to have " travelled with the utmost expedition"—proves that the transmission of the news in the manner intimated would have been altogether incredible, even under the most favourable conjunction of circumstances. Supposing the intelligence had been transmitted through Scullin to Vienna, and thence onwards by telegraph, it must have arrived much earlier. Supposing, on the other hand, it had been conveyed, as intimated, by special mes senger, it must have reached us much later. Fixed on the horns of the dilemma of that inevi table alternative, the statement contains in itself its own audible refutatjon. "Sink' to the ground." An able admonition, cmtaining sound and ex cellent instruction, li'as just been addressed to the proprietors, by one possessed of much pain fully-acquired experience, and with judgment sufficient to mature and bring to perfection the fruits of that experience. The admirable address of Lord TORRINGTON tc the South-Eastern pro prietors, which will be fc'und in another part of this day's impression, red' uires no appeal on our part to insure attentive pal-usal, and mature and deliberate consideration. .A.part from the respect due to the noble writer, as a large proprietor, having a very considerable st,%ke in the concern, Lord TORRINGTON possesses peculiar claims, which entitle him to a patient hearing'', and which in contestably prove that he is not speaking " with out the book," or on a matter respecting which he is so profoundly ignorant as to be unable " to give any opinion on the point in dispute !" For many years Lord TORRINGTON acts d as one of the Directors of the Compauyl—not as - if he con sidered that the hereditary honours, woo. by the brilliant actions of his distinguished ancestor, entitled him to dispense with exertion, to Assume the ornamental rather than useful part in the transaction. Far from it. He laboured inde fatigably and judiciously, as if his future fortunes depended on the suffrages of his constituents, and the reputation for business habits which he might achieve in their service. Nor were his exertions misapplied. One of the most honourable, as it was one of the most graceful and becoming testimonials that could be offered to a public man, was bestowed on the Noble Lord, and that without a single dissentient voice. The admirers of art who flocked to see the beautiful production of Messrs. HUNT and ROSICELL'S skill, who ex amined the splendid service, may form some no tion of the value of the efforts the appreciation of which produced so magnificent a tribute. Lord TORRINGTON, on receiving it, and that, too, under circumstances which enhanced, nay, made sink into comparative insignificance, the splendour, beauty, and intrinsic worth of the gorgeous gift, must have been of a strangely constituted tempera ment if an undying feeling of affectionate regard did not arise toward those with whom he had been thus gracefully connected. Every thought and sentiment must prompt him to render beneficial service, and bestow wholesome and salutary advice on those who, though now only his fellow-shareholders, were formerly his grateful clients, and that independently of his own interest in the Company ; and, as we have shown, he has had abundant opportunities and possesses every qualification essential for a faithful and competent counsellor. It is difficult to select any portion of a docu ment, all of which merits the most careful perusal, on which to hang a comment. The Noble Vis count speaks far more powerfully and convincingly for himself than we could do on his behalf. Our part is merely to entreat perusal of his arguments. Anything further would be almost as supereroga tory as the attempt to " Cast a perfume on the violet." It is sincerely to be regretted that at a juncture like the present, a juncture of such remarkable and supreme importance, misstatements so enormous as the one here mentioned should be fabricated, for the purpose, it would seem, of enhancing the general agitation and bewilderment. It almost induces one for the moment to hesitate between the charge of " credulity" or " connivance," adopting the alliterative alternative of the Right Hon. Gentle man the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. What is yet more deeply to be regretted in re gard to the extraordinary rumour referred to as having been published yesterday afternoon by one of our morning contemporaries, is the indecorous circumstance of its having been directly associated with the name of the SoVEREICN. stant the extraordinary promptitude with which it has been suddenly called into existence ; and remember at the same time its magnitude as a naval armament worthy of maintaining our mari time reputation. It should especially be borne in mind in reference to the origin and character of this magnificent fleet now about to be conducted by Sir CHARLES NAPIER into the Baltic, that its crew consists not of pressed men, but of VOLUNTEERS. That notable difference between the sailors of England as they were formerly, and as they are nowadays, was referred to on Tuesday evening on the' occasion of the Banquet at the Reform Club, and referred, moreover, with an easily comprehensible and allowable exultation by the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty. Referred to, we mean, when, after avowing in regard to Sir CHARLES NAPIER as the guest of the evening, and Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet—" He possesses my entire con fidence, and I rejoice in having had the oppor tunity on this great occasion to commend him to the choice of my SOVEREIGN "—Sir JAMES GRAHAM, observed, " The selection, I believe, is approved by the country ; it is approved by the profession ; and although the propelling power of the fleets may be changed, though naval tactics may be altered, as lie goes forth the commander, not of a pressed body of men, but of volunteers in her MAJESTY'S service—though all these old plans may be changed, yet there is one thing that is unchanged—the gallantry and the power of com mand of my Honourable Friend." What is, moreover, scarcely less creditable to the present Board of Admiralty, presided over by Sir JAMES GRAHAM, scarcely less creditable we venture to say than its regard for the advantages of the screw as a means of propulsion to the vessels of the fleet, or than its substitution of volunteers for pressed men in the complicated scheme of its general organisation, is that ample and general scope allowed to the discretion of the gallant Admiral entrusted with the guidance of the Baltic Fleet, in his responsible position as its Commander-in-chief. Through some inadvertence, there was au omission in that part of our yesterday's impression containing a re port of the speech made at the banquet given by the Reform Club to Sir CHARLES NAPIER—an omis sion of the gallant Admiral's earnest and well merited tribute to the mingled sagacity and cour tesy displayed towards him in this particular by llf, then, we add a few brief sentences, it is not in the hope of lending additional weight to these opinions. The unfortunate di vision in the direction that has taken place, and which has been so painfully and so strikingly exemplified by the opposition circulars issued by the " minority," who appa rently oppose every act of their fellows, too surely and unanswerably prove the imperative necessity of a clear and unequivocal demonstration on the part of the shareholders. These pernicious and perilous divisions in the controlling authority must be healed—aye, even at the expense of the excision of the diseased portion. One party or the other must be called on to retire from the Board-room. One side or the other must give way. Lord TORRINGTON clearly indicates which should be retained. He points out the grounds on which the new candidates hope to gain the " most sweet voices" of the proprietors. Two of the number at least have no former services to appeal to indeed, they have not been so very long connected with the Company or interested in its welfare to warrant very great faith in the disinterestedness of their motives. Their names, as we are told, on un exceptionable authority, did not appear on the list of shareholders of last year, and the qualifi cations must have been acquired at a strangely significant period, just when the publication of the first protest pointed out the unfortunate dif ferences prevailing in the Board-room. This was certainly a strange coincidence, leading to the inference that these Gentlemen looked to their own private and personal advantage rather than that of the shareholders, or of the district through which the line runs, and the convenience whereof they could have no object in advancing. It is far from being ourwish to slight or underrate the pretensions of the gentry from the manufacturing districts, who appear to have extracted a leaf from the " Saxe-Gotha" Al manac, and to be prepared to come forward to govern anybody wanting a direction on the short est notice, and the slightest solicitation. They do not even send forth the northern cry " Wha wants me ?" but rush forward uncalled for and unwished for. They may be excellent men of business, well qualified to manage thelines in their localities, with the exigencies of which they have had opportuni ties of becoming acquainted. But they candidly and honestly confes that they know nothing of the wants of the districts into which they seek to intrude themselves, and that " they are not able to give any opinion on the point in dispute !" although that point is the solo foundation for their unprovoked and wanton ag gression. Let the shareholders consider these matters. Those who are desirous of maintaining a permanent connection with the company, who think that the public convenience is to be regarded, and the full traffic--goods and passengers —to be completely developed, should bestir themselves to give a death-blow to the hopes of mere specula tors, who may at any moment dispose of their shares, and would thereby cease to have the slightest care for advancing the interests of the Garden of England, or making the South-Eastern Line the medium through which the communica tion with the entire Continent of Europe should be carried on. the members of her MAJESTY'S Government. Sir CIIA.ELES NAPIER said—" We have now a fleet well advanced—l do not say the fleet is yet in perfect order—but which, I believe, considering the officers that have been appointed, very soon will be. And here I have to thank the First Lord of the Admiralty that he has seldom —no, I ought not to say seldom—that he has never refused me the appointment of a single officer that I have asked of him"—an assurance which was at once, naturally enough, welcomed by a,eclamations. The AUTOCRAT must now recognise the fact, that both France and England are resolved upon withstanding, by the most energetic m oans, his ' lawless and daring encroachments. He must re cognise this through the enthusiasm and unanimity with which enormous sums of money have been voted by the Legislature of both countries to place "the sinews of war'' at once at the almost unlimited disposal of their respective Governments. Besides which, there are other significant circumstances in connection with the expeditionary forces sent against Russia by-France and England—circumstances sig nificant of the ardour with which the CROWN and the nation, both of France and of England, have united at this juncture in defence not only of Turkish independence, but also, and in a particu lar manner, of our common civilisation. The fat, for example, that both tsxmies are to be accompanied by a Prince of the Blood—the Eng lish army, conducted by Lord RAGLAN, being accompanied by H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE —the French army, conducted by Marshal ST. ARNAUD, being accompanied byH.I.H. the Prince NAPOLEON. Russia, in short, is about to be op posed by the CROWN and the People of France and of England, by the whole of the mighty force of the united French and British Governments. " A House divided against itself cannot stand !" We have the highest authority for this principle, which the experience of a long succession of ages has fully confirmed. Where there is a cordial concurrence of sentiment among the parties en gaged in a common undertaking—where, waiving all minor differences, they co-operate together zealously and energetically, they have conquered the chief impediment that retards success, and entered on the highway leading to prosperity. The principle is the same whether applied to a kingdom, a public company, or a family ; indeed of any number of persons associated together for any purpose whatsoever. The great master of human nature, to whom all the intri cacies and phases of the mind were familiar—the most profound philosopher of any age or country, speaks with too painful accuracy of the fatal con sequences of " Civil dissension, with its vip'rous tooth, That gnaws the bowels of the common weal." The extraordinary and extravagant report transcribed in our impression of yesterday from the columns of a morning contemporary—a ru mour the accuracy of which, as must have been observed from the note appended to it by our selves, we at once discredited—cannot but de mand from the journalist at least some passing words of regret and reprehension. The fallacy of the statement put forward could not but be at once apparent on its serious examination. This, moreover, in spite of its being so very daringly circumstantial. The assertions advanced were nothing leas titan announcements of the massacre of an army of 30,000 men—of the capture of a gigantic and formidable entrenchment—and of the advance of the triumphant barbarians, who were said to be the conquerors, directly upon the capital of Censtantinople. It was not enough, moreover, that declarations so astounding as these And, indeed, it may safely be asserted of any society where there are internal disputes that it contains the elements of its future destruction, and that at no distant date. It is for the lovers of order, for those who desire to preserve their property unimpaired in value, to put down the insnrrectionary spirit with a strong hand on its ilr3t appearance, and to prevent the inter necine conflicts that must prove, if not destructive, at least highly prejudicial to the stability, the prosperity, the gradual develop merit, and steady but certain progress of any uu dertakiug, o f any kind or descr i pt i on whatsoever, but 11131 3 esp ec i a ll y those connected with the great trunk linos of railway —the arteries that dissemi nate the life-blood of industry throughout the length and breadth of the land, and which require a unity of thought and action, a consistent and TEM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1854. EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE. A contemporary, who for some time past has not favoured the public with any very great amount of news, but who has been rather remarkable for his energy in epithets addressed to sundry and all of her Majesty's Ministers, yesterday suddenly astoni shed the town by an official revelation. "We are enabled to state," said the Morning Herald— "That a special mes3enger, who travelled with the utmost expedition direct from the seat of war, arrived last evening at the Foreign-office with despatches of the very last importance. These were immediately for warded to her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace, The Queen was just leaving for the theatre, but, in conse quence, detained the loyal carriages for upwards of three quarters of an hour." Only fancy ! the royal carriages detained three quarters of an hour. Here must be news, indeed. Our contemporary continues— "Vrotn what we can gather, we fear that a dreadful reverse has overtaken the Turkish arms, being no less than the capture, by the Russian army, of Kalafat, the key and the chief position of the Sultan's forces on the Danube, and we understand that almost a total mas sacre of its defenders took place." Here's news ! exclusive information of the massa cre of 30,000 Turks, the defenders of Kalafat. It is unlucky, however, that the Herald does not pos sess copies of Mr. Wyld's maps, or neglects to refer to them. Thence he might learn that Kalafat is but some one hundred and fifty miles, not twenty four hours' journey, from Semlin ; and the file of the _Herald would inform him that from Sendin to Vienna, and thence to London, there exists tele graphic communication, so that were Kalafat taken we should infallibly receive the news within some forty-eight hours, whereas this "special messenger' from the seat of war must have taken many days to perform his journey. The news of the fall of Kalafat seems to have completely bewildered our contemporary, for he proceeds to say— " Unless checked by the extraordinary interposition of Providence, the hordes of the Autocrat may be at this moment on the high road to, if not in actual possession of, Constantinople." We will not attribute to the Herald, whose sen timents on the subject are well known, any sudden conversion to Romanism or Greek orthodoxy, which might be inferred from the tone of expectation in which he speaks of an " extraordinary interposi tion," at a time when the feats of our Lady and two warriors, at the battle of Alexandropol, must be so vivid in his recollection. We will rather as sume that his extraordinary expression, " extraor dinary interposition," results from a sudden and extraordinary knowledge of the fact of the interpo sition of the well-defended chain of the Balkan mountains between the Danube and Constantinople, and we, therefore, feel bound to suppose that he attributes as little value to his supposition that the " hordes of the Autocrat may be at this moment in possession of Constantinople," as we do to the rest of his intelligence. Curiously enough, however after so many blun ders in so short a spa ce , th e herald adds— "There is and can now be no mistake." Really there's nothing like being satisfied with yourself. This must be a great comfort to our contemporary. Pleased with himself, he is kindly in feeling towards his enemies, and of one whom ho has hitherto treated, when in his wildest humour, as " a noble dotard," he now predicates— " This news has even brought Lord Aberdeen to his senses." Lord Aberdeen must be very much obliged to the " news," and to the Herald especially, for pub lishing its excellent effects. Our contemporary concludes by observirg, in regard to the noble earl, that— " Henceforth he must admit that nothing but war to the knife against the Czar can atone for the atrocities he has committed." After so many assertions of facts, about which " there can be no mistake," we are at last left in doubt as to whether the atrocities for which war to the knife is to atone have been committed by Lord Aberdeen or the Czar. This great problem may be perhaps solved by the next " special courier." Morning Post. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 American, taken for export and on speculation. The market closed steadily at previous rates. Railway Shares were dull, at lower prices. Accounts from Berlin, taking for their authority late St. Petersburg letters, state that the vessels loading with grain in the Black Sea and Sea of Azoff, when the prohibition was issued, will be allowed to leave. Accounts from Stettin notice the withdrawal of the Russian steamer \Vladimir from the postal ser vice between that place and St. Petersburg. The Wladimir is to be taken up for war purposes. The Special Committee of Shareholders, ap pointed to inquire into the affairs of the Austra lian Consols Company, have requested the directors to postpone the meeting for a week. It is said that advantageous arrangements are expected. In the absence of late, political news of impor tance, the English Stock Market is governed prin cipally by the state of the account and the desir e to await the taking of the French loan, to which our capitalists will willingly subscribe. Business is exceedingly dull. Consols have been 91 and 91k, and since 907 ; for Transfer, and , 90 7 ; to 91 for Account. Exchequer Bills are 12s. to 16s. pre mium. Bank Stock is shut. , Foreign Securities have been as inactive as our own Stocks, and not subject to much fluctuation. The Spanish 3 per Cents. have been quoted 36 to and the New Deferred 17-1 to 18. Russian 5 per Cents. have been maintained at 88i to 90, and, under circumstances, are exceedingly firm. Mexi can Bonds are still depressed at 241. Peruvian are quiet at 62. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been at 85i to I. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted, are as follows :—Metcalfe, dis count to par ; Sue River, / discount to par ; Port Royal, to --" 8 -‘ premium. BRITISH MINES.—The market is very dull. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : North-Western South-Western Brighton 1854. 1853. £49,319 £43,386 11,742 9,352 10,295 7,982 Midland South- Eastern..... 13,058 10,217 Great Northern 18,762 12,352 Caledonian, and Edits, and Glasgow , 14,226 11,931 Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,003 18,133 The English Railway Market is much duller, and with scarcely any change in prices. French Shares are steady. East Indian are flat. The Gold Mine Shares have been quiet, as well as the Banks and Mines. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official Lust.) _ Business done. • Bank Stock ....... ...... ......... ..... shut i per Cent. Reduced Annuities shut 91/ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91,/ 903 1 1i New 3,1 per Cent. Annuities 92/ / 31- 0 New 2i per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 shut Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1800 5 India Bonds, £3OOO — Ditto ' under £lOOO 4 p Consols for Account 16th March Exchequer Bills, ld. £lOOO ... l6 12 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 75 Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Quit~ Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St BB, 90 Ditto 4A per Cent B3 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 36 i Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7f 18 Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent. 12 Gu11..... 56 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates HALP•PAST TWO. Consols 9ok 1i Ditto March Account 9ok 1 1.4 , W,K-LANB.THEATRE. ~~ 17, The moruiig performance yesterday at this theatre, in aid of the wives and.children of the British soldiers sent as an expeditionary force to the East, received all the encouragement which such a benevolent object de served, the house being not only crowded to overflowing, but graced by the attendance of a most brilliant com pany. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, and the Sheriffs, - came in state, and a stage-box, on the Royal side, was fitted up for their especial use. It pro jected some two or three feet upon the stage, under a canopy of crimson and gold, the front was embellished with the City arms ; producing altogether a very rich and appropriate ensemble. An - illustrious and distinguished company filled a suite of boxes, decorated in a similar manner, extending into the dress circle. In the course of the morning the Duchess of Cambridge and the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge, attended by the Baron Kese beck, entered the house, and were immediately recognised by the audience ; who applauded the Royal visitors with prolonged enthusiasm. Among the company who occu pied seats in the immediate vicinity of their Royal High nesses were the Countess of Derby, Lady Stanley, the Countess of Lanesborough, the Duchess of Inverness, the Countess of Essex, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, Lady Palmerston, Lady Shaftesbury, the Duchess of Montrose, the Countess of Donoughmoro, and other fashionable personages. The decorations of the theatre were not confined to the state boxes. From the upper tier sprung a profusion of the national flags of France, Turkey, and England, the effect of which was extremely pleasing, and symbulised the sentiment of the "demon stration" very hat . ly- Prior to the - ,- )mencement of the performance— which consist- , the tragedy of Virginius —" God save the Quc, d "Rule Britannia," were sung by Madame Fa Stabbach, Mrs. Newton Fred sham, Miss Miss Poole, Mr. Heriri Drayton, and otht r who kindly volunteered their services in furtherance of an undertaking so inhe rently suggestive of public sympathy. The band of the Royal Household Cavalry supported the vocalists, and with what result may easily be guessed. The Anthem was redemanded with great vehemence by the specta tors, whose loyalty, never at a feeble point when par ticular circumstances evoke it, naturally rose on this occasion to the highest pitch, the military character of the tableau , n the stage lending its aid in enforcing the exhilarative grandeur of the national paean. It is not necessary to do more than remark that the tragedy was played with great care by the actors. Mr. Brooke exerted himself with his customary success, and he was applauded with the zeal which he never fails - to awaken. We can but hope, in conclusion,, that, the object so benevolently proposed by Mr. Smith las' been realised to his expectation. It is but due to 'him and fe his compeny to say, that while the former granted the use of the theatre, the latter gave their services .gratui-. tously. Under favour of these liberal remissions, a con siderable amount of . money, no doubt, has: beeti,ob. tained. SECOND TROUGIITS ARE BEST. All the world knows that the Standard is simply a second or evening edition of the Morning Herald. They are the Siamese twins of English journalism ; their minds united as indissolubly as the bodies of their Oriental prototypes. Well, this unity in duality was yesterday compelled to divide itself and go to buffets—a phenomenon which astounded Lon don no less than a fistic " set-to" between Ching and. Sing would have done. The Herald, in the course of the forenoon, published a wondrous story about the.arrival of "a special messenger," " direct from the seat of war," with " despatches of the very last importance," which were immediately for warded to Buckingham. House, and had the tre mendous effect of detaining her Majesty " for upwards of three-quarters of an hour" from the Opera. These despatches contained, according to the _Herald, news of the " capture, by the Russian army, of Kalafat." A few hours later the " alter ego" of the Herald had to repeat this circumstan tial—romance ; but cool reflection had in the mean time showed it the absurdity of the story. The manner in which the Herald No. 11. contrives to repeat the nonsense of the Standard No. 1., with the least possible amount of damage to its own reputa tion for common sense or pain to its " better half," may serve as a model for all husbands or wives when compelled, in like manner to hint deli cately to their respective " nearests and dearests," that they have been making fools of themselves. " The .Herald," says the Standard—that is, says Mathews in one character of his Monopologue of Mathews in another character of the same enter tainment—" is usually cautious as well as vigilant in its communications, but we cannot help thinking , 1 that much doubt attaches to the communication to which we refer. In the first place the disastrous intelligence is said to have been brought by a special messenger, and to have arrived last night. Now, no messenger can travel so fast as the electric telegraph, and through the latter medium we are in possession of intelligence from Vienna of yes terday's date, and at that time nothing was known in the Austrian capital of even a collision between the Turkish and Russian forces, much less of a battle and massacre which could not be the work of a few hours or even a few days." How Sing must have winced as Ching gave him that shock from the wire of the electric telegraph ! What cou rage is displayed in the administration of such a public self-rebuke for gobe moucherie We were expatiating a few days ago upon the blunders occa sioned by the inconsiderate haste of the young electric telegraph : what are we to expect when newspapers take into their service couriers who can outride the electric spark and deliver messages in less time than the telegraph ? The luckless Herald must hive been misled by that sad wag Puck, who boasts that he can " put a girdle round the gloloc " in no time ; or Ariel, who tells her master that she will perform his multitudinous and difficult behests " before you can cry come and go." Yes ; it is tho 1 delicate but tricksy Ariel that has been at work. Thii"" harmlesgiairy " has led the Herald, character of the confiding Stephano, and the Stan dard, in the character of the sceptical Trinculo, into a horsepond, and the latter protests that at the consequences his " nose is in great indignation." The scepticism of the Standard is of some hours later date than the credulity of the Herald. This proves that second thoughts are best, even when lapse of time may give reason to suspect that the latter are after-dinner thoughts.—Daily News THE BALTIC FLEET.-SIR C. NAPIER. It was yesterday resolved that the Baltic Fleet shall sail from Spithead, for its destination, on Sunday next. It is fervently to be hoped, that no further delay, in the sailing of the fleet, will take place ; for it ought to have quitted our shores be fore this time. While its commander, Sir Charles Napier, was yesterday at her Majesty's Levee, a communication was brought to him by a special messenger from Sir James Graham, marked " Con fidential and Urgent." No sooner did Sir Charles cast his eye over the contents, than he precipitately quitted the Palace, and hastened to the Admiralty. —Morning Advertiser. EAST INDIA HOUSE DIRECTORS. — The election at the East India-house took place yesterday, at which the Court of Directors decided upon 15 members of their body that are to remain in office under the law requir ing their number of 30 to be reduced to 15. The choice fell upon Messrs. Ellice, Oliphant, Mills, Smith. Bayley, Mangles, Prinsep, Eastwick, Sykes, Sir H. Willock, Sir J. W. Hogg; Shepherd, Melville, Astell, and Macnagh. ten. The directors not re-elected were—Sir J. L. Lush ington, Sir R. Campbell, Messrs. Wigrana, Masterman, Muspratt, Shank, Cotton, Plowden, Dent, Moore, Mar joribanks, and Whiteman. Three seats had previously been vacated by the death of Sir R. Jenkins 'and the retirement of Messrs. Loch and Alexander. RATES OF EXCHANGE.—The quotations from the Paris Bourse yesterday indicated a renewed tendency to depression. From Vianna and Amsterdam they were rather less unfavourable, The St. Petersburg letters are to the 28th of February, at which date the rate of exchange was 87d., showing a decline of more than 2 per cent. from the previous quotation. No prohibition. however, had yet been issued against the exportat;on of gold. The rate of exchange at Paris is still adverse, and gold is now being transmitted from London to the extent of about 100,0001. a day. BRITISH SUBJECTS IN RUSSIA.—The number of British subjects resident or travelling in Russia on the night of the recent census of Great Britain Nvas two thousand seven h undred and eighty-three, (2,783), Choltire'e Rauits of the Cow, SALISBURY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVALS. BIENNIAL STAKES.—C. by Collingwood out of Farella, Namur, f. by Lanercost out of Nun Appleton, c. by Robert de Gorham out of Wilderness. Run at four. BELFAST STEEPLECHASE.—HercuIes, Paleface, Laura, Kitten, Steam-engine, Prince, Lola Montes. All the others expected. FOR OTHER RACES.—Lina, Surprise, Little Harry, Woodyeates, Marella, Mayfly, Oulston, Pantheon, Dan Cupid, Narcissus, Mouser, c. by Cowl out of Arkam Lass, Cheshire Marquis, Scorpion, Cardinal Wise man . Woodford, St. Spiro, Noisette, and Sir George are expected. ENTRY FOR THE QUEEN'S PLATE.—Defiance, 4 yrs ; Little Harry, 5 yrs ; Vixen, 3 yrs ; Orestes, 4 yrs ; St. Spiro, 3 yrs ; The Queen's Own, 3 yrs ; Trifle, 5 yrs ; Ireland's Eye, 4 yrs ; Pantomime, 4 yrs ; Bridesmaid, 3 yrs ; Woodyeates, 3 yrs ; St. George, 3 yrs. Three miles. Run to-morrow. The City Bowl did not fill, but is re-opened. LATEST BETTING. . BELFAST STEEPLECHASE. 20 to 6 agst Laura (taken). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(TIIIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE MORRIS. -This case, which was noticed in yesterday's Sun, was resumed to-day. _ Mr. Bagley, for the assignees, applied for further accounts, as a cash-book had been lost or mislaid. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said he could not object to an adjournment, as the accounts were very intricate, and it might be necessary to give further ac counts, although the greatest care had been taken by Messrs. Robinson and Knowles, the accountants, but the materials were not complete. His Honour said the better way would be to adjourn the case, and for the assignees to deliver requisitions for the bankrupt to answer and file further accounts if necessary. • Mr. Turner, for creditors, opposed on a question arising out of an assignment of the Sohan Gas Works, but the case had not concluded at the time the report' left. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) WHARF CHARGES.-BARRY AND ANOTHER v. HEINEMAN. The plaintiffs are wharfingers, and defendant is a mer chant in the city' and the action was brought to recover charges on goods under the following circumstances. It appeared by the evidence that the goods had been deposited with the plaintiffs by Messrs. Northcote and Co., who had given an order for inspection, which was presented by defendant, who looked over the goods. It was, therefore, contended that ho was liable to pay the charges. The plaintiff's witness, however, admitted that it was customary for the charges to be paid by the importers, but in many instances they were paid by the broker or merchant. In this case the order to view, in addition to the general form, had the words "he paying the charges "—those words had been erased with a pen, but Messrs. Northcote and Co. had not put their initials to it. His Honour said, that if the plaintiffs had entertained any doubt, they ought to have sent to Messrs. North cote, but it appeared that they acted upon the orders as it now stood. They had not made out any case to take this out of the customary rule, and judgment must be for defendant. His Honour asked defendant if he received the order in the state it was from Northcote and Co. Defender replied that he had it from a third party. His Honour said that,the defendant was not in error, and would be allowed the costs of his attendance. A VERY AWKWARD MISTAKE.-HATCH V. HOTSON. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 4/. 155., for folding and binding numbers of Hotson's Rail way Time Tables. The defence was that the plaintiff had misfolded 143- wards of seven hundred of the October numbers, and in some there was a total omission of four pages—the consequence was that they were returned on his hands— indeed it had done him a serious injury and many of the customers would not sell them, and the sale had de creased from 10,000 to 8,000, the advertisements had been affected ; he did not examine the books and it was next to impossible to look through each. His Honour said the difficulty was the retaining the books. Defendant said that he was not aware of the error till they were returned as useless. The plaintiff would have been entitled to Is. for the books if they had been pro perly folded. He (defendant) had charged plaintiff with the value of the books which had been spoiled. His Honour said that the defendant ought to have pleaded a set-off; as it was, he must pay, deducting the 78. Defendant said be should bring an action. A RAILWAY EXCURSION GRATIS. In a case otherwise of no importance, the defendant had been brought up from Liverpool, and obtained a a verdict with all the costs of coming up to town and back. MARKET NEWS-(TSIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended March 9, 1854, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Waler, per Imperial Quarter. WFIEAT. I BARLEY. OATS. I Rye. I BEANS. PEAS. 785 31 37s 01 27s 0: 47s 21 45s 101 48s 5d LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. THE WAR IN THE EAST. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, March 8, says :—" Reports are current that the Russsiano are withdrawing from Kalafat. "Field-Marshal Paskiewitch has been named generalissimo of the army on the Danube. " The Archduke Albert will be the commander in-chief of the Austrian corps on the south-eastern frontier." Another telegraphic despatch brings news frolu Constantinople up to Feb. 26 : " The fleets were lying at Beycos. " The Pacha at Galata had been deposed at the instance of the Austrian internuncio. " Samos intends to declare its independence. " A French ship of war has been sent there." From Trebizond, Feb. 19th, we learn that a divi sion of the Russian fleet was at Sakum Kaleh. GREEK INSURRECTION. The following, dated March Ist, has lately been received from Athens : "Insurrection is suddenly extending in Thes saly. General Kanyos has joined the insurgents. " The English and French Ambassadors have had a long audience with the King. " Sir J. Church has been appointed General. "The citadel of Arta has been taken by assault. " The Turks have been beaten in several en counters with insurgents. "Prevesa still held out." THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE, WIIEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. 803 10,1 40s 4d 27s 2d 493 2d 4.8 Id 503 7d . . DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. , WHEAT. I BARLEY. I OATS. - RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. Is Od is Od Is Od Is Od is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 61,890; Barley, 58,579; Oats, 21,253; Rye, 210; Beans, 5,309; Peas, 1,650 quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s to 5/ 5s ; clover ditto, 3/ 15s to 6/ 09 ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CIIIIBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 5s ; clover ditto, 31,15 s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 3s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 4/ Os to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 16s to 2/ 2s per load. Trade rather dull. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The demand for each kind of meat ruled steady, at the following quotations : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, MARCH B.—The general demand was in a sluggish state to-day, and prices were barely supported, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 53 01 ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per Blbs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, MARCH B.—Our market is dull, and the prices have a downward tendency. The following are the quotations :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od. to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Sibs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 27s each. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, March 9.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W.; moderate breeze, and cloudy. PLYMOUTH, March B.—Wind, S.S.W. Sailed—Trafal gar, for Adelaide, S.A. ; H.M.S. Pique, East Indies. FALMOUTH, March B.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Ju dith; from Batavia, and sailed for Altona. WEYMOUTH Roios.—Arrived from Rio Janeiro. SUNDERLAND, March B.—Sailed--- Violet and lutropid, for Greenland. CARDIFF, March B.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Princess Louisa, for New York ; Preciosa, Santander. , SWANSEA, March S.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Pearl, from St,. Jago de Cuba. NEWPORT, March. B.—Arrived —lsca, from New York ; Savannah and Stirling, from London, both for Havannah , Carl Mmel, Plymouth, for St. Thomas ; Emanuel Boutcher, Liverpool, for Grenada. Sailed—Pathfinder, for St. Thomas. LIMERICK, March 7.—The Albion (sloop), of this port, got on shore, and received damage. The Lady Saltoun, of this port, is on shore on rocks, S.W. part of the Island of Bressa, but is expected off when the weather becomes favourable. The Anna, of and from Christiansand, has been wrecked on the Island of Linga ; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday, 10.30 a.m. Wind, W.S.W. ; fresh breeze, and squally. Arrived—Simoon, from Colombo ; King Alfred, St. Michaels; Rosamond, Callao ; and the Portuguese schooner Rapido. Off Port—The ships Hornet and Romeo. Wind, S.W. QUEENSTOWI4, March 7. Arrived—Raven, from Constantinople ; Glenmore and Electric, Mauritius ; Express, Odessa ; Robert, Vienn a; Ell en, Odessa. Sally, Sappho ; N i arch 8 The Rob er t K e ll y was passed afloat DUBLI tO-day, n M w o tof . 10 or 12 fishing smacks. The steam-tug have been sent to her assistance. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.10 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide, 1 hours' ebb ; fine. Arrived, Bth—Menerus, from Shanghai; Gnilderstim, Rotterdam ; Carlinda, Cherbourg ;' Baron Osy (s), Ant werp ; Patrick Henry, New York. Sailed—John S co tt, f or Dem e rara ; Sea Nymph, Hobart Town; Rajah of Sarawak, Hong Kong. DEAL, Thursday, 9.17 a.m. Wind, W. ; light, and foggy. Passed—Prince of Wales, from Liverpool, for London ; Robertson ' Alexandria, from for London ; Von Vincke, from. Philadelphia; Sarah Maria, from Leghorn; St. Croix, from westward, for London. Anchored—Antie 'risen, from Amsterdam, for Trieste; Theiline, Amsterdam, for Oporto ; John Thomas, from London, for Poole. A schooner, name unknown, got on shore on the rocks of the South Foreland at 11 o'clock last night, and floated off on the flowing water and proceeded. RAILWAY ComrsioN..7on Monday, about noon, a passenger train, from Liverpool to Manchest er , w h en near Wigan, ran into a coal train. Thre e passengers were cut and bruised about the forehead, but rio serious result followed. No blame was due to the driver of the passenger train, a thick fog preventing him from dis cerning the coal train as it emerged from a siding he was approaching. POLICY OF RUSSIA. The Times correspondent writes under date of yesterday :—However ill or well founded their fears, it is certain that the Government are not quite at their ease, on account of the hesitation of Prussia with respect to the Eastern question, and particularly the ultimatum addressed by England and France to Russia. Austria, it is said, will sign the ultimatum, the, notice to Russia to quit the Danubian Principalities, on condition that Prussia signs it with .her, but Prussia, whether influenced by feelings of attachment to Russia: arising from family connexion, or out of the old jealousy to her great rival, hesitates, and doubts, and pauses, " willing to wound, but yet afraid to strike." The events that will take place soon after the opening of the campaign on the Danube, or wherever the allied forces will first face the aggressors, may put an end to that hesitation one way or the other ; but for the present it pro duces a most unpleasant effect, which is visible ill the changed tone, and even discouragement, of of ficial people, and the corresponding joy of those who have predicted the disappointment of the allies of Turkey. lam led to believe that in a d a y or two something positive will be known, and the next authentic information from Berlin is looked forward to with much impatience. You must not believe ' however, that the French, Government are on that account the less resolved to maintain the bold attitude they have assumed. That manly feeling pervades the whole Legislative Corps, and the language addressed by the Emperor Louis Napoleon to .the Deputies has been responded to as it ought. On the same subject, the Paris correspondent of the Morning Chronicle says :—A telegraphic des patch has been received here this morning, which announces, on the faith of the CorrP,spondance Prussienne, an event which has for some time past been expected, that the King of Prussia has declared his intention to remain neutral in the struggle about to commence between Russia and the Allied Powers. The accounts received from Ger many add that it is supposed that Austria will assume a similar attidude, and they found their belief in the fact, of which there appears to be no doubt, that Austria has refused to job in the treaty of alliance entered into between France, England and Turkey, declaring at the same time that she wishes to remain quite at liberty to adopt any plan she may consider advisable in the course of events. I understand, however, on the very best authority, that both the French and English Governments are perfectly satisfied with the attitude assumed by Austria, and that they feel certain that in declining to join the treaty, her refusal does not proceed from good will towards the Czar, or from disapprobation of the p o li c y pursued by the Western Powers. In fact, the position of Austria is a very delicate one, and the course which she seems to r e s erve t o herself appears to be that of an armed mediator, determined to step in, and to put an end to hostilities as soon as the opportunity offers. The latest accounts from Constantinople state that the Ottoman Government has at last given the necessary authority for the formation of foreign legions. At the present moment General Wysocki is organising a Polish legion at Constantinople of 2,000 men. A letter from Hamburgh, of the 4th says : " The fear of war has seized in a very marked manner on Russian shipowners. The journals are filled with advertisements for the sale of Russian vessels. The English Government has concluded with certain Hull' garian and Polish contractors a contract for the deliver,' of 2,000 pigs for the supply of the British fleet. The Secretary of Legation of the Russian embassy at Copes" hagen passed through here yesterday on his way to Asia, where he is to act as aide-de-camp to Prince Woronzoff. Lately a number of horses purchased for the French Government, have passed through thie place." The Wallachian, Monitor publishes a decree of the Russian General-in-Chief, to the effect of giving a forced currency, in Wallachia and Moldavia, to Russian paper money. Merchants and other per sons, who should refuse to receive that paper, ar°, to be considered as in a state of rebelli on , and punished in the most severe and rigorous manner. Letters from the frontiers of Poland of the 22d ult., state that General Count de Pahlen had re' viewed all the cavalry regiments about to leave for the Danubian army. They are to proceed thither by easy journeys, and were not expected to reach the Pruth before the beginning of May. • There had been of late a great movement of troops in the neighbourhood of Warsaw. Letters from Vienna of the sth contains gence from the Danube of the 28th ultimo. Na great engagement had occurred, but minor encouet" ers weae becoming both more frequent and mor° serious. From Galatz we learn that the Turku had succeeded in erecting a battery above Matschicip although the Russians had done their best to hinder them. The right bank iwthat neighbonr hood is now in a good state of defence, and the, Turks are able to keep up a con ti nuous an d damaging cannonade on the Russian battery at Ibraila. The Russian s had been making repeatsu• excursions in the neighbourhood of Tultsoka, with t the object of destroying the batteries which tb° Turks had raised at the mouths of the small river° on the right bank of the Danube. These expedt tions had uniformly failed. Both Russians and Turks had accumulated large quantities of mats' rials for bridges. FRANCE. Marshal de St. Arnaud, the new commander 1 1 chief of the French expedition to Turkey; has had a very serious relapse, but he still insists on pro ceeding without delay to that country. In the event of his being so much disabled as not to as sume the command, his place will be taken by General Baraguay d'Hilliers, who though removed from the post of ambassador to the Porte, w ill n ot, for the present, return to France. Twelve steamers are in course of armament at Toulon, and in a few day will be ready to sail Trio' , the troops destined for the East. The first division will leave on the 20th inst., an d the second on the 15th of April. It is said that Prince Napoleon will not go first to Constantinople, but to the Greek frontiers. -ri_ a ° w ill take with him a num erous corps o f Chassela' of Vincennes. The Semaphore de Marseille, of the 6th inst. , announces the arri va l i n t h at city of General Moor e with 40 English officers, on their way to the East. The Legislative Body met on Tuesday a t Viv i ° o'clock, M. Bill au lt i n the c h a i r. Th e proceecv ings were exceedingly brief, the only busingo° done being the adoption of the bill tending to 8' sure to the widows and children of authors, NT; posers, and arsists, a right of property in the works of th e d ecease d, and the withdrawal of tilv i bill present e d l as t session relative to the care 1 :1 foundlin g children. The President announo!"; that the budget was ready, and would shortly V' presented. The proceedings then terminated. The report of the resignation of M. de MaDO ul fel, and the tenour of the manifesto of the EIDP e_ e. ror of Austria; produced a fall on the Boar% The Three per Cents. opened at 66f. 45c., r ho closed at 66f. 15c. for the end of the month. . 111 , Four-and-a-Half per 'Cents. closed at 93f. 70 0. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,077 f. 50c. ; Rouen, 85 5 t ' 1.14 Havre, 445 f. ; Great Northern, 728 f. 750. ; 1 " 1 : 8 f. and Strasburg, 710 f. ; ditto, New Shares, su „:, 75e. ; Paris and Lyons, 805 f. ; Lyons to the 3/1,?_(-11, terranean, 665 f. ; Western of France, 577 f. 50 „ 0 : Bordeaux and Cette, 530 f. ; Great Central , 4301• I. Lyons and Geneva, 440 f. ; Shares of the Ba nk Credit Mobilier, 573 f. 75c. ___ -:•