The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

Just ready, price 6d., NAPOLEON THE THIRD. By A MAN OF TUE WORLD. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. TEEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. TIIIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will be presented PA.ITLI LIZAHR9 ; or, The Ladrone's Datch tr. Characters by Messrs. G. Bennett, G. Wild, Lee, Belton, and T. Mead; and Miss Featherstone. To conclude with KING HUIEMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and the Land of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, and But,kstone ; hlrs.Fitswilliara, Miss E. Grey, Ike. After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR; ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, 3E33 M. Brown ; IDrlequln, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Jae. 21, Will be performed TIIE LANCERS; or, The Gentleman's Son. Principal characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Everett, 11. Mellon, and D. Fisher; Mrs. Whistailley, Miss Daly, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which will be presented the new Grand C EIRIST MAS PAN TOMIME, entitled 11.1.KLEQUI AN VIE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Sslamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Cormac ; Clown, M. Hahne; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough.r LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame VestriS. THIS EVENDM, JAN. 21, wi ll be performed F. BACHELOR OF ARTS. Ch arac t ers by w on . C. Mathews, Matthews, and Baker; Miss F. Hughes. After W hich, the original Fairy Extravaganza, called ONCE A TIME THERE WERE TWO KINGS. Principal cha racters by Mr. Wright and Madame Vestris. TO conclude with PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAIL 21. ___ Will be presented the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama, In five tableau, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., Hew 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, 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Haskell, &c. To be followed by the popular and entirely New Grand Specta- Cnlar legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding ; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Taw. 21. Will be performed THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Lindon, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, F. Robson, Morton, and Galli ; Mes dames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, &c. Followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Role Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcroft.—Directress, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, JAN. 21, Will be performed LA SONNAMBULA. To be followed by THE IRISH TUTOR. Afte• which, a new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. entitled HARLEQUIN AND KING NUTCRACKER; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by the inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Columbine, Miss Goward. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 3i. ; Pitt, Is.; Gallery, 6d. ; Private Boxes, ii. Is., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Crowded Houses nightly greet the Grand Spectacle, the Wondrous Performing Elephants, and the most gorgeous and successful Panto- Mime of the Season. TIIIS EVENING, JAN. 21, To commence with the Grand Chinese Spectacle, THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST, or THE MAGIC GONG, in which Mr. William Cooke's extraordinary Trained Elephants appear. Followed by a li,che'•ehe Routine of Scenes of Equestrianism in TilE ARENA, supported by the Elite of Europe's Equestrian Artistes. Concluding with Mr. W. Cooke's immensely successful COMIC PANTO KIM. written expressly for this Thestre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY WC rOVB .iOtTIOTEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, Harlequin and the Ladles' Favourite. New scenery, dresses, decorations, and appointments, magnificent Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. H. Hemmings; Columbine, Mdlle. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowas, Mr. C. Adams and Mr. Croueste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bralbury. Roc.ofnce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAY —Morning 17 min.after E I Livening 39 min.aft. 6 To-Moaaow— Morning 2 min.after 7 Evening 28 min.aft. T THE WEATHER.--Burt 01 , 710111, JAN. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 45—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'33—risen three points. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with fine, mild, and clear weather. r ) ( t` ( 1 4 -4 c —41111.118 f~,'~, ` LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1854 Everything justified us in regarding with sus picion the nature of the instructions transmitted from Downing -street to Admiral DIINDAS, for the guidance of his conduct in the direction of the naval armament under his command immediately on emerging from the Bosphorus. Everything, we repeat, might have justified us in regarding those mysterious instructions without confidence in their sufficiency under the perilous circum stances of the moment as the utterance of a power ful and independent Government. The whole of the deplorable antecedents of the Coalition in reference to this Eastern difficulty, could not do otherwise than prepare the mind of an intelligent and im partial observer for some further and crowning evidence of that same miserable pusillanimity which has been the bane of British diplomacy ever since the advent to power of the present Admini stration. Nevertheless, with the Ministerial blun ders of the past indelibly imprinted on our me mory, we threw aside for once our very reasonable doubts as to their energy, their capacity, and even their integrity, and yielded them the full adv an tage of the credit redounding to them as a Cabi net, for the last and most decisive (apparently) of their proceedings as opposed to the Russian AUTOCRAT. The combined fleets had at last en tered the Black Sea—that was unquestionable. The instructions with which they had proceeded on wards into the Euxine in the depth of winter from their Beycos anchorage could only yet awhile, of course, be vaguely conjectured. Patience must still further be exercised beforethe precise nature of the orders transmitted from Paris and London could be learnt with anything like accuracy or authentic explicitness. Meanwhile, we were prepared to waive the suspicions - which were inevitably pro voked by the bygone shortcomings of the Western Allies of Turkey. We accorded to Ministers the benefit of every generous con jecture that could be built upon the simple fact of the combined fleets having at length actu ally emerged from their prolonged seclusion in the Bosphorus. Well—the requisite interval has elapsed--tbe mystery is solved—the instructions forwarded to Admirals DUNDAS and lIA.MELIN are known, known in all their more important par . titulars. And are they, let us now ask—worthy of the mighty Powers, capable, when once cor dially united (as at present)) of ruling the destinies of Christendom Are they calculated by their display of energy to redeem the character of the Coalition ? Are they in any respect befitting a military power like France, or a mari time power like England ? Let it be decided by an examinatio n of those instructions one by one as they are now categorically acknowledged. Firstly, then, be it remarked, that the combined fleets are ordered on entering the Black Sea to flalute the Russian ships -of-war ! Secondly, to restrict their movements to conduct Turkish vessels to the ports of Turkey, and afterwards to cruise off the coasts off the Ottoman Empire ! ! Thirdly, . to avoid sedulously anything like a collision, an d to prevent the same, if 'possible, be tween the belligerents ! ! ! Fourthly, to keep as far as practicable from the coasts of the Rus sian territories ! ! ! ! Fifthly, if a ttacked by the Russians, 0 act on the defensive I ! ! ! Now consider these orders again piecemeal. Firstly, the combined fleets are ordered to salute the Russian vessels on entering the Euxine—to salute them observe—after the inhuman massacre (con trary to the habits of civilised countries) at Si nope ! Secondly, they are to restrict themselves in their movements to the service of conducting Turkish vessels to the Turkish ports that may happen to be their destination, and afterwards to cruising leisurely off the coast of Turkey—and this after the reiterated promise of " support" to the SULTAN against the military and maritime aggressions of his autocratic assailant ! Thirdly, they are to avoid collision and to prevent the same between the belligerents—though we are not in formed how these two opposite instructions are to be viewed as in any way reconcileable ! Fourthly, they are not to approach the Russian shores ; and fifthly, if attacked by the Russians, they are to act on the defensive—indications, both of them, of timidity in the estimation of a semi barbarous race like the Muscovites, sufficient alone to urge them on to bolder and more in sensate acts of aggression than any upon which they have yet recently adventured. Assuredly it cannot be regarded as vapour ing, if we ask—Are these instructions worthy of being transmitted to that heroic navy which has inherited the glory of NELSON and COLLING WOOD ? Are they instructions honourable to England ? Are they creditable to the Coalition Government ? No—as we have protested against the protracting from month to month, until nearly a whole year has elapsed, of a series of weak and abortive negotiations, so we cannot find it in our heart or in our conscience to do otherwise than protest as loudly, as clearly, and as energetically against the timorous attitude in which our mari time force has been ordered at last to emerge from the shelter of its long anchorage in the Bosphorus. It is not by such measures that the evil of war has ever been guarded against effectually. It is not thus that it has ever been warded off, even for a season. It is rather by acts and hesitating words thus feeble, and a policy thus miserably pusillanimous, that wars have been originated, precipitated, and pro longed. The concessions made of late the wrongly so called Peace Party, have been too numerous, as may be found before long, by their disastrous consequences. Painfully convinced of this, we await with redoubled solicitude the now happily near reassembling of the English Parlia ment. Coals are now 50s. per ton ! This, too, is the price charged by first-class houses to large con sumers, while the smaller fry for whom a club is a considerable investment, and who, generally speaking, are compelled to content themselves with half or quarter that quantity, pay from 2s. l Od. to 3s. per cwt., or from 2/. 16s. Bd. to 31. per ton. This is a truly deplorable state of affairs. What must be the condition of the very poor while thus practically debarred at this season of the year from one of the chief comforts, if not the chief necessary, of life. But it is said that we have not seen the worst yet. That it is not im- , possible —nay, scarcely improbable—that higher rates may yet be demanded, and that the metro polis may be left in darkness from the gas co m panies being unable to perform their contracts, and to keep up the necessary supplies to the different burners. It is more than hinted that the present extravagant charges have been partially occa sioned by the competition of some of the companies, whose stocks being exhausted, and none of the coal ordinarily used for their purposes being obtainable, were obliged to purchase house coals in the general mar ket. Freights to London have already reached 135., and it is asserted that in some instances higher rates have been demanded and actually paid, and that there is still an urgent demand for means of conveyance to meet the urgent and rapidly increasing demand. We believe that there is but too much founda tion for these assertions, and we are quite willing to give the metropolitan coal merchants, who have been accused of being the chief agents in pro ducing the famine prices above referred to, the full benefit of these several matters, all of which are calculated materially to enhance prices. But we would at the same time suggest that they are not alone sufficient to explain the full prices now charged, and that, after making ample allowance for the increased wages paid to the miners in con sequence of the strike, the additional profits de manded by the owners of collieries, who put into their own pockets as much, if not more, than the amount of the extra wages paid to the miners—the extra freights paid to the shipowners, and all other outgoings—there is still a large margin for which no reasonable explanation has been afforded ; and which, whether justly or un justly, we shall not without due inquiry venture to assert, is ascribed to the mysterious operations of the coal factors and coal merchants of the me tropolis. There are several elements to be taken into the calculation—some fixed and others variable, but beyond all these, as we have stated, there is some thing apparently inexplicable, of which no account has been given, and which it can be shown arises after the arrival of the goods in the river ready for delivery into the barges of the dealers. There is thus, the royalty to the owner of the mine, and the wages to the miner. These, we believe, have both been doubled, and that ls. 6d. is in each case demanded and paid, where 9d. was previously considered sufficient. But, after all these charges, only account for ls. Gd. out of the 30s. addition to the former charges, or 5 per cent. on the amount. We believe that there has been no alteration in the other charges pre liminary to the delivery of the coals at Newcastle ; but to " make assurance doubly sure," let us sup- I pose that there has been a similar addition to all the variable charges, and that the same made coals 2. 6d. per ton dearer on shipboard in New castle harbour. For all these matters there is no remedy but increased competition, which will bring new capital into a field where there is rea son to believe that such enormous profits can be realised. Next comes the question of freight, and in that there has been an enormous addition. As we have shown, 13s. per ton. is required in place of 6. Gd. or 75., which last year was deemed satis factory. Here there is a sudden jump of say Gs., which is partly ascribed to the additional wages required by seamen, and partly to the ex traordinary dangers incidental to the coast navigation. There is unquestionably some reason for the former, but it only accounts for a very small portion of the addition. The extra wages would be covered by ls. per ton out of the 6s. demanded. And the perils of the navi gation, th oug h we regret to say th e y have n o t been di m i n i shed, have not been emhanced during the p as t year, and that element may safely be elimi nated from the calculation. There are abundant reasons for creating harbours of refuge on the north-eastern coast, and for throwing the coasting trade open to general competitiom, and also for inducing the different railway companies to enter into arrangements for developing the coal traffic, and conveying much larger quantities to the me tropolis than heretofore has been •customary. But still, with all the disadvantages above referred to, we can only account for Bs. Gd., or Os. per ton of the increase. The civic tax re Tuains the same, and we have not heard of any addition to the rates for transferring the cargoes - from the vessels to the wharves of the dealers. Butt he actual increase is more than three times es., and how is the differ ence to be accounted for ? The m o ney is not anni hilated or flung into the sea. I t goes into some body's pocket, and who is the act nal gainer is the problem to be solved. The coal-dealers are suspected, and it would be materially for their advantage to free themselves, if possible, f rom the grave imi )utation. At all events, the matter is of sufficiei it importance to • warrant, nay, more, to demand, a stringent and searching investigation. At present rates, assum ing that 4,000,000 tons of coal only are consumed in the metropolis—the cost price amounts to no less than 10,000,000 sterling, for 4,000,000 whereof there is no satisfactory explanation, ex cept that it goes to swell the profits of coal factors and coal merchants. Something, then, must speedily be done to satisfy the people who have been compelled to endure great privations in con sequence of the almost prohibitory prices of that article of primary necessity. ~~:. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1854. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, J. 20. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The following visitors left the Castle this afternoon : —The French Ambassador and Countess Walewska, the Earl and Countess De La Warr and Lady Arabella West, Lord Ernest Bruce, the Right Hon. Spencer and Mrs. Walpole, and Major-General Wetherall. Lord Rivers has succeeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting to her Majesty. Sir Duncan M'Dougall had an interview with Vis count Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Charles Napier had an interview with the noble viscount on Thursday. The Commissioners for inquiring into the State of the Corporation of the city of London met yesterday in the Privy Council-office. Present—the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. Despatches were sent from the Colonial-office yester day to the Governors of the North American Provinces. DEPARTURE OF THE HIMALAYA. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, January 20.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Hima laya, Captain A. Kellock, sailed this afternoon for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, taking out the East India, China, and Mediterranean [mails. She has 90 passengers, specie (chiefly in silver for India, &c.), valued at 160,0001. sterling, and a large and valuable cargo. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, a large number of people crowded the docks to witness the first departure of this gigantic steamer. She was handled with the greatest ease, being in charge of Mr. James Bowyer, a first-class pilot of this port. At 3.30 p.m. the steam-tender left the Himalaya outside Calshot Castle, where she was steering for the Needles at the rate of at least 12 knots against a strong headwind- The topgallantyards had been sent on deck, and the topgallantmasts struck to make all snug for the dirty weather and adverse wind evidently likely by all ap pearances to be encountered in the Channel. During her short stay in Southampton Docks the Himalaya has been visited by a great number of persons. She was thrown open to the public by order of Captain Engledue, the company's superintendent, the admission fee being 6d. only—the proceeds being handed to the committee of the South Hants Infirmary. In this way the large sum of 140/. has been obtained, and will prove a welcome addition to the funds of this excellent and useful institution. The experimental voyage of the Himalaya will be watched with consider able interest, and there is no doubt her performance will in every respect justify the expectations formed by scientific authorities, from the result of the trial trips hitherto undertaken. uNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. 20. REPRESENTATION OF THE UNIVERSITY. The committee for promoting the election of Sir Wil liam Heathcote has received this day the following accessions :—The Principal of New Inn Hall (Dr. Wellesley), the Hon. E. Lascelles, Fellow of All Souls' ; the Rev. T. Chaffers, Vice-Principal and Tutor of Brasenose ; the Rev. T. Shadforth, Tutor and late Fel low of University ; the Rev. G. W. Kitchen, Student and Tutor of Christ Church, together with four or five others. It is still uncertain whether any opposition will be offered to Sir William's return. A deputation yesterday waited on Sir John Pakington with an invitation to him to become a candidate for the vacant seat. This morning intelligence reached Oxford thathe had declined the offer to bring him forward. An invitation has, it is believed, been now sent to Dr. Travers Twigs, who is at present in London. Dr. Twiss's answer is not yet (half-past seven o'clock) known in Oxford. The Laudian Professor of Arabic (Mr. Reay) will re sume his lecture, at the Clarendon, on Wednesday, the Ist of February at 3 o'clock. The University sermons will be preached to-morrow in the morning by the Rev. Dr. Jacobson, Regius Pro fessor of Divinity, and Canon of Christ Church, at Christ Church ; and in the afternoon by the Rev. James Fraser, M.A., Fellow of Oriel, at St. Mary's. The sermon on Wednesday (St. Paul's-day), will be preached by the Rev. J. B. Hughes, M.A., of Magdalen College. We are requested to state that Trinity College meets on the 28th, not on the 21st inst. THE PRESTON STRIKE. PRESTON, JAN. 20. At a meeting of nearly twenty thousand people, held yesterday afternoon, a manifesto of great length was unani mously adopted, detailing a number of facts connected with the past and present position of the ten per cent. movement. " We" (says the manifesto) " adopt this course, because we wish to place before the world a plain unvarnished statement of what we have done to bring this unhappy affair to a settlement, and also the course our opponents have taken to mislead the public, by false averages and mystification of proposals, with a view to destroy the generous sympathy of the public, and to decoy the operatives from the path of duty." The " manifesto" then replies very minutely to the statements in Messrs. Sharpies and Mr. Hollins' circu lars ' • and, in conclusion, says : " Who has been the aggressor ? They have been foolish enough to say that we are. We ask, who closed their mills to starve us into an abandonment of the legi timate use of our own money ? Who proposed to reduce our wages ten per cent. ? The associated masters of Preston. We are defending a right, guaranteed by act of Parliament in the first instance, and in the second, we are defending the only property we possess—our labour—from the aggression of capital. "We feel, assembled here, beneath the anopy of heaven, at this inclement season, that the world's eye is upon us ; and the consciousness that our cause is based upon justice prompts us to ask its minutest scru tiny. It is no child's play we are engaged in ; we are struggling, not for our own wages only, but for our children's after us ; and we feel, too, that we are strug gling for the rights and interests of labour throughout the world. "We have been branded with imbecility. We are de termined the brand shall never disgrace the brow off our offspring ; that future generations shall not curse but bless us for the result of this contest. But whilst we are thus determined, we are still, as we have ever been from the first, willing to adopt any course calculated to lead to a fair and equitable adjustment." The document is signeo..by Mr. Cowell. Earl Granville, as Lord President, will give his annual official banquet to the Ministers, the great Officers of State, and the Clerks of Council, when the roll of Sheriffs for the ensuing year will be arranged, on Satur day next, in Bruton-street. The Earl of Jersey was sufficiently well on Thursday to take a carriage drive, for the first time, at Middleton Park, since his late severe indisposition. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from a visit to Earl Fitzhardinge, at Berkeley Castle, where a select party of noblemen and gentlemen are enjoying the sports of the field. The Earl of Lonsdale has left Carlton-terrace, for his hunting lodge, in Herts, for a few days. Sir Charles Morgan, Bart., M.P., and family, have been placed in mourning by the demise of the hon. baronet's heir-apparent, Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq., who died at the early age of 25. The deceased gentle man was heir to one of the largest fortunes in the Principality. The Marquis of Lansdowne leaves Bowood for Lans down House, on Wednesday. Lord Shelburne arrived in town on Thursday from Bowood. Lord Crewe has left Hill-street for Crewe Hall, Nantwich, until the meeting of Parliament. Lord and Lady Mary Brackley have arrived in Gros venor-street, from Burwood Park. The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma Stanley returned to St. James's-square, yesterday, from a visit to the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House. BARON BnuNow.—lt was generally reported yester day that Baron Brunow, the Russian Ambassador, regarded his departure from this country in a few days at farthest, as a matter of certainty, in consequence of an open rupture between Russia and England. What ever may be the feeling in this country towards Russia, all those with whom his Excellency are on habits of intimacy will, on personal grounds, much regret his quitting England ; for, during the long period in which he has filled the post of Ambassador for the Court of St. Petersburg, his courteous deportment, and the high sense of honour he has ever shown, have won the friend ship and inspired the respect of all with whom his Ex cellency has come in contact. Among the contributiOns received this week for the relief of distress in Dundalk, are 401. each from Lord Clermont, George Bowyer, Esq., M.P., and the Earl of Roden. A munificent manufacturer in Leicester has under taken to provide underclothing—shirts, stockings, and drawers, for a thousand Turkish soldiers. Count Fane de Salis, high sheriff of the county of Armagh, has given the Primate, Dr. Cullen, the munifi cent contribution of 1001. towards the completion of the Catholic cathedral, Armagh.—Dub/in Freeman. MONEY MARKET AND COMMEi?CIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 1,000 for ex port and on speculation. The market closed firmly. Railway shares were dull. In another column will be found the particulars of a new undertaking, the Port-Tennant Patent Steam Fuel and Coal Company. The rapid in crease in the consumption of • prepared fuel offers an excellent opening to any parties possessing the means of accomplishing the principal desiderater, viz.:-1. Freedom from spontaneous combustion ; 2. Economy of space in stowage ; 3. Less waste, either by friction or decomposition ; 4. Saving in the wear of boilers and fire bars. The promoters of the Port-Tennant Company claim to have ob tained a patent which effectually meets this case, and estimate their profit at is. 3d. per tou. The return of the Bank of England for the week to the 14th inst., shows important changes con trasted with the previous statement. The pay ment of dissentients to the conversion, and of divi dends, occasioned an immense decrease in the public deposits, and led to a large increase in the private balances. The sum of the Government securities being so materially curtailed, it is pre sumed the Chancellor of the Exchequer paid off part of the advance obtained from the Bank, but those who borrowed upon stock while the transfer books were closed also refunded, and the same cause explains the material reduction in the dis counts. The bullion account looks well, compared with the former week. The changes are as fol lows : Active circulation Increase Bullion £21,940,825 592,625 . 16,069,132 Rest Increase Increase 238,060 3,295,813 47,919 Public Deposits 3,213,993 Decrease 5,078,000 Other Deposits Increase 1,395,858 Seven-Day and other Bills Increase 17,270 Government Securijes 13,644,025 Decrease 1,189,274 Other Securities 14,663,295 Decreace 2,073,114 Notes u nen , Yoyed 7,443,015 Decrease 357,585 In the Bankers' Circular we find some very elaborate statements upon the " commercial inte rests of Europe under war." We especially acqui esce in the justice of the remarks as to the direct advantage which France derives from keeping friends with England. We will not assert that no better motive should guide her, or that we, like wise, have not an important stake, politically speaking at any rate ; but the following observa tions of the editor precisely explain what is meant : " This is not a time when the public mind should be blinded tothe manoeuvres that are practised to divide France and England on these points ; nor should any political scheme be allowed to convert the affair between Turkey and Russia into a reason for breaking up an alliance with the present Govern ment of France. It is perfectly clear that the Princes of the Bourbon family are staking their future political existence on the chances of another revolution. It is equally certain that they are aiming at some alliance with a power, by whose aid they can overthrow the Napoleon dynasty. The goal of their ambition, therefore, can only be reached by bloodshed and anarchy, and by renew ing those scenes of horror which have so frequently been witnessed in the French capital. It is not improbable that the party desirous of changing the relative position of England and France in a poli tical point of view would endeavour also to strike a blow at English commerce at the same time. But our commercial relations with that country are such, that the chief weight would fall on France alone. For to no country is she indebted for her successful commerce so much as to England. In 1849 her credits upon this country amounted to 209,000,000 f., while her debits amounted only to 60,000,000 f. ; or, in other words, France imported from England in that year to the value of about 2,000,0001., and exported 8,360,0001. And of 12 of the principal countries trading with France, England stands the highest. While Russia has been proposed as an ally of France, the relative commercial position of the two coun tries may be contrasted with some interest. The follow statement shows the extent of the ex ports from France : _ _ 1849. 1851. Exports from France to England £8,360,000 11,720,000 Exports from France to Russia.. 760,000 The navigation of France with this country, is no less indicative of the importance of French com merce with England, taking the countries as they stand in order. What has France, then, to gain by an alliance with Russia, or by rejecting the friendship of England ? The answer is found in the facts we have enumerated, for it may be seen that with this country, the United States and Belgium, she carries on half the annual value of her commerce." Bills of Exchange upon the principal continental cities were drawn here yesterday afternoon at full rates generally, Trieste being as high as 12 25 and 35 ; and Paris, 90 days, 25 27 to 30. Amster dam was at 11 15i to 16, and Hamburgh 13 4 to 4-k. -- - Messrs. Haggard and Pixley quote bar silver ss. 11d. and dollars 4s. Hid.. All the gold per Mercia from Port Philip has been taken for exporta tion to the Continent. There was a dividend of 91. per share declared yesterday by the Devon Great Consols Company out of profits realised in September and October last ; and the balance after payment thereof was, in bills and cash, 20,6041. The amount of silver exported from London during the week ending Thursday, was 71,200 ounces, and of gold 3,805 o unces. The f b o y llo i‘r. wiingj.psai..tLicaurilaers:_of„ Inquiries for s h ares the market ar e fur nishedto-day have been limited, and there is great iinac tivity. The f o ll ow i ng have been dealt in :—Tre lawnley;,s4aOrt4rlid;geAclforends., 1Co41.; Mollaud, ;26 26} ; North Dam sel,Tassan Lead, i ; Arundell United, 265. to 30s. ; Treleigh Cons., 30s. to 355. ; Angarracks, 15s. to 1/. ; East / I Russell, 661 ; Wh ea l S a rah, 1 ; Mollands, Sart ridge Cons., and Trelawneys, are most in favour. The English Funds have been rather fluctuating again, Consols, which were 92, being now 91 . For account the quotations are 911 i. Bank Stock is worth 216 to 217-i. India Stock i s wea k at 238. Exchequer Bills are at 7 s . t o 10 s . pre mium. South Sea Stock has improved to 115 and 116. There is a moderate business doing in Foreign Stocks, but prices are heavy. Buenos Ayres Bonds are 1 per cent. lower, being 60, and Mexican are weaker at 238 Peruvian Bonds have given way about 1 per cent., viz., to 661. Russian Five per Cents, have receded to 1081 to 108 g. Spanish Three per Cents. are depressed, being 41k, and the New Deferred 20k. Venezuela Bonds are 27±, and Austrian Five per Cents. are quoted 72. There is rather an improved tone in the R a il wa y Share Market, but dealings are limited. Bristol and Exeter have risen 58., and South-Western, 108. The other lines are mostly very firm. French lines are supported. There is not much doing in Gold Mi ne s h ares, and prices are without variation. Joint Stock Bank shares are neglected. The Australian Agricultural share s are a b out 10s. flatter, but the Peel River are steady. IiBRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE' O'CLOCK. (Pram the Official List.) Business done. Bank Stock .. ...., ...... ........• 217 i 16 i per Cont. Reduced Annuities 924 2 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 9 14 i 2 1i Nov 31 per Cent. Annuities 93s 3 Gong Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 , 5 3-16 India tock South ,ea Stock Consols forlAccount 15th Feb. 92 li i Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 £5OO lO p Small lO p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 6O :Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St, lOBl 8 i Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4l Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent........,, 2O Venezuela Bonds, 3# per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Gu. 2. ...... 72 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols 9li i Ditto February Account •, • 9ll LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. IMPORTANT FROM ST. PETE RSBURGH. Advices of the 14th from St. Petersburgh, re ceived.to-day by telegraph, state that " the Minis ters of France and England communicated, on the 12th instant, to the Russian Government the Notes of their respective Governments, announcing the entrance of tha fleets into the Black Sea, and the course of policy now determined on by the Western Powers. " Count Nesselrode made no comment save that he must take the orders of his Imperial master." It was said that the Emperor of Russia had de_ I termined on giving a very decided reply to the French and English note. This reply will be sent through the Czar's Ambassadors at London and Paris. There was every reason to believe that the Em peror had already rejected the Vienna proposals as quite incompatible with his dignity. MORE FIGHTING ON THE DANUBE. A despatch from Bucharest, Jan. 15, says, Prince Gortschakoff starts to-morrow with his whole staff for Little Wallachia, to superintend a grand attack on Kalafat. On the 12th inst. General Bogushewski repulsed, after a short fight, an attempt of the Turks to cross over to the left bank of the Danube by Kalarash with 2,000 men. On the 12th instant, at 2 a.m., 1,200 Russian Infantry, 200 Cossacks, and 700 Moldavian work men went over in boats taken in tow by the man of-war steamer Pruth, from Galatz to - the Turkish side, fired a Turkish inn situate there, and began to clear the island before Galatz of the trees and rushes. Up to 12 a.m. the Turks had made no attack on the landing party. Aiother despatch from Vienna this morning says : " The Russians at Giurgevo are preparing to cross the Danube and attack Rustchuck. " The Russians attacked Matchin on the 13th. " Fighting continues. " Prince Gortschakoff is at Krajova." A telegraphic despatch of the sth from Constan tinople confirms those which have already been received from Vienna, announcing the entry of the allied fleets into the Black Sea. The following is the text of the despatch " Yesterday morning, at daybreak, the com bined fleets entered the Black Sea, leaving at their old anchorage the Arethusa and three steamers. " The Turkish fleet has not yet sailed, but six Turkish steamers, carying 6,000 troops for disem barcation, besides artillery and ammunition, have followed the fleets, which are bound for the Asiatic coast." A communication from Malta, dated Jan. 14, says that the steamers Sidon and Vesuvius left there on the 11th and 12th for Constantinople. The Euxine had not yet arrived from England. It was again asserted at Malta that the Shah of Persia had concluded an alliance, offensive and defensive, with Russia, and that the English and Turkish envoys had, in consequence, quitted Te heran. Persia is said to be collecting three armies ; —one is to operate in Georgia, under the orders of Prince Woronzoff ; the second is to attack the Pashalic of Bagdad ; while the third is to take a position on the coast of the Persian Gulf to prevent the landing of the English. Russia will defray the expenses of the war. This intelligence is probably only another version of that which has been already proved to be un founded. The Governor of Beyrout had despatched all his disposable troops, together with a corps of 1,200 volunteers, to Aleppo, which is believed to be threatened. Letters from Constantinople of the sth inst. state that preparations are being made to construct fortifications round that city, which will render it one of the strongest capitals in Europe. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 16th says :—" It is affirmed positively that the Russian troops before Kalafat are 30,000 strong. Prince Gortschakoff intends establishing his head quarters at Pogana on the Danube. The Croastadt Gazette of the 9th announces that after the affair of Matschin, the Turks advanced to the Danube, where they established batteries. The Russians, it says, are about a quarter of a mile's distance from Braila, and the fire from the Turkish batteries can reach them. .Combats, it adds, have taken place in the vicinity of Braila, but the details were not known. The same journal states that before the combats of the Gth, 7th, and Bth Jan., there were several others in which the Turks had displayed heroic bravery." Private letters from Erzeroum, dated 11th De cember, describe a disastrous state of things. The civil Governor of the Province, Xarif Pasha, re turned the day before, bringing three battalions of Redifs with him. He rallied the Ardahan division, sent back four battalions to Kars, and sent men all over the country to collect fugitives. But the bulk of the Ardahan division is dispersed ; guns, baggage, and ammunition lost, and the Russian army has complete possession of Georgia. Ali Pasha (Ferik) has arrived under arrest. Ho was the first to run, and was provident enough to carry off his own baggage and the military el; est. Badda and some fugitives overtook him, upon which he was so furious at their s aying th a t th ey h a d f o ll owe d his example in deserting, that he shot two men at once. Near Gumri the Russians, with 15,000 men, attacked the Turks, 25,000 strong, regulars, Redifs, and Bashi Bozouks. After some firing, the centres under Achmet Pasha, and right wing, under Hassein Pasha, ran away to Kars ; but the left wing, under Veli Pasha, stood firm, and only his gallantry prevented the whole army surren dering to the Russians. The Turks are said to have lost lost all their artillery, 24 pieces. : 3The Russians took up their quarters in the neigh bouring villages and the gallant Veli Pasha re mained at the villageclose by the field. There may be some 25,000. men now at Kars, but they are a de moralized rabble. The Russians are not likely to advance, but will probably retire to Gumri, as the snow is now too deep for active operations. The Turkish army has so little coherence that it may not improbably disband. Schamyl is said to have about 60,000 men, and to be marching upon Tiflis, where the Russian gar rison consists of but 2,000 men. A letter from Kalisch, of the 14th, says :—" The greater number of the soldiers, who, having served 10 •r 12 years in the permanent army, had' on plausible motives obtained a provisional furlough, have received an order enjoining them to repair without delay to their respective depots. It is be lieved that the Emperor of Russia will make an appeal to the different classes of the State for ex traordinary pecuniary contributions." AUTHENTIC NEWS FROM ST. PETERSBURGH. ( From the Press.) - - - - We lay before our readers the note of a conver sation very recently held at Gartschina, between his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia and an individual of distinction, whose character is not only a guarantee for the authenticity of the mem orandum, but for the absence of any exaggeration or false colouring in its expressions. We give it simply as an important historical document, with out identifying ourselves with the views which it conveys. _____ NOTE. " The Emperor repeated that, if there were war, he hoped that the English people would understand that it was not a war against Russian aggression, but a war brought about by the vacillating and in sincere conduct of the English Ministry. " He asserted that there was no power more in terested in keeping the status quo of the Tug kish dominions than Russia ; that lie was in possession of Constantinople 20 years ago ; that he might then have kept it against the world, or permanently re mained at the request of the late Sultan, which was urged on him, but that he quitted it for the reasons expressed in his letter to Count Orloff, and for other reasons of high policy. " He said all that Russia required was FREE NAVIGATION, and so long as the Dardanelles were held by a power not strong enough to refuse this free navigation to Russia, he was content, and preferred the present disposition of territory to any possible change ; that had he wished to seize Constantinople he could have done so with the g reatest ease when P r i nce Menschikoff left the or te. The seizure of Constantinople, the occu pation of the Dardanelles, and the overthrow of the Sultan would have been an affair of a few days. That his merely crossing the Pruth proved to all who understood this question that he did not seek territorial aggrandisment. " That all this was very well understood at Paris, and very well understood by Lord Aberdeen, who had acted throughout this business without moral courage. " The Emperor said that since 1848, the religious element had become predominant in politics ; that the emancipation of the Roman Catholic Church in Germany which then occurred had greatly pro moted this ; that the state of the Greek Church rendered his interposition in Turkey a necessity. "He added that the religious relations of the subjects of the Porte with various foreign powers had always been recognised by European states men, that they had been encouraged, and by no one more than by Lord Aberdeen in former days, who perceived in these circumstances the solution of many difficulties. "The writer, in reply to an inquiry, understood the Emperor distinctly to state that the ultimatum of Menschikoff had not been disapproved of in London, but that the English Ministry, having been informed that it would probably be accepted by the Porte, bad recognised it as a satisfactory settlement. " The Emperor dwelt upon the inconsistency both of the English and the French Governments. England, he said, had herself devised the terms of settlement at Vienna, and when he cordially gave his adhesion to them receded from her own pro positions. The plea , founded on the Nesselrode in terpretation he treated with great contempt. • He said it was placing the plea of an advocate in equilibre with the decision of a Court. " The Emperor said that England appeared to have two Goverments. Things were _agreed to in London or Vienna, and the same things objected to at Constantinople. Lord Westmoreland signs a note at Vienna sent out from St. James's ; Lord Redcliffe recommends the Porte to disavow the same document ! " The Emperor spoke of the victory of Sinope, and of the absurdity, when the Porte had declared war against him, of his not acting upon the aggres sive. He treated the statement that he had offered to act only on the defensive with derision ; and with reference to a passw ; e in a private letter from Paris, that such an assurance had been given by his Majesty to the French Minister at the Court of St. Petersburgh—viz., General Castelbojac, his Majesty observed that when the news of the victory of Sinope arrived, this same General Castelbejac had addressed him a letter beginning something in this vein—' As a Christian and a soldier, permit me, sire, to congratulate your Imperial Majesty on the glorious victory obtained by your Majesty's fleet.' The Emperor was so pleased with this letter from the French Minister that he invited the Gene ral to Gartschina, and held much conversation with him, and the enthusiasm of the French General suffered no diminution. The Emperor entered into some details on this head, which the writer of this note, is not at liberty to mention ; all that is here stated he asked, and obtained, per mission to make public. ' So much for my contract, with General Castelbejac, added the Emperor, one of the numerous romances invented to cloak the imbecility of governments.'* " The Emperor then recurred to the aspect of war at some length. He said, that far from desir ing war a year ago, he was not even prepared for it. He was now prepared, and would act as became his personal honour and the greatness of Russia. It was the war, he frequently repeated, of incapa cities, brought on by men who were timid, and, accusing others freely of duplicity, were themselves deficient in everything that was straightforward. He did not believe that England, with a bour geois' parliament, could carry on a war with glory. France, he frequently repeated, had been drawn into a mess which she did not desire. The Russians had beaten all with whom they had been pitted— Frederick the Great—Napoleon. " The manner of his Imperial Majesty through out this interview was temperate, rational and frank ; affable with becoming dignity, and free from any of that excitement or wilfulness imputed to him in many journals." * When this conversation took place the circular of M. Drouyn de l'Huys had not reached St. Petersburgh. FRANCE. It was stated yesterday in Paris that in the event of a declaration of war a loan would be effected in London and Paris, under the joint guarantee of England and France, to the amount of 400,000,000 f., to be issued at 78, as the middle term between the present price of the French Three per Cents, and the English Consols, with 4f. profit to the bankers. The proceeds to be applied to the expenses of the war ; and the joint engagement of England and France would be regardd as an additional pledge of the alliance which subsists between them. It is affirmed that the despatch noticed as hav ing been received by M. Kisseleff did not contain, as was rumoured, a declaration of war, but a notice of a forthcoming reply of M. de Nessel rode to the last circular despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. At the same time there appeals no doubt of orders having been received for M. de Kisseleff to be ready to leave without delay when the mo ment should arrive for the breaking off of friendly relations ; and in the present state of affairs such an event may be expected from one moment to another. The policy of the Emperor of Russia is said to be to avoid being the first to declare war, and the instructions to his Admirals in the Black Sea are that the French and English fleets are to have an occasion of opening hostilities previous to the formal declaration of war. The first blow he wishes to come from the allies. The Minister of the Interior has addressed a cir cular to the Prefects, informing them that the Emperor has just opened a credit of 2,000,000 f. from the budget of the Interior to be divided amongst the various institutions in France for affording immediate relief to the poor, and recom mending them to provide at once for the proper distribution of such sums as are allowed to the communes placed under their jurisdiction. A decree - in the M oniteur authorises the Bakers' Bank of Paris, which commenced its operations on the 16th, to contract a loan of the amount of 24 millions of francs. The Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen has entered the convent of the Dames du Sacre-Coeur at Kinnsheins, in Alsace, to pass the remainder of her life there. The Bourse opened heavily yesterday, and the Three per Cents., first quoted at 69f. 30c., fell to 69f. 25c. A report circulated subsequently, that the combined fleets had returned to Beycos Bay in consequence of bad weather, brought the Three per Cents. up to 69f. 85c. They closed at 69f. 70c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 98f. 25c.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,085 f.; Rouen, 965 f.; Havre, 460 f.; Great North ern, 775 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 740 f.; Paris and Lyons, 842 f. 50c.; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 675 f.; Western of France, 600 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 565 f.; Great Central, 472 f. 50c.; Lyons and Geneva, 480 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 640 f. SPAIN. We learn from the Madrid journals of the 20th that the opposition senators and deputies were en gaged in signing their address to the Quen against the system of government lately carried on. The mortal remains of the deceased princess had been interred at the Escuriel with the usual ceremonial. The _Herald() says that there is no truth in a report which was current that the garrison of Madrid was about to be reinforced. The Espana says :—" As Queen Maria Christina was yesterday passing along the Calle de Alcala, she met a priest carrying the sacrament to a poor sick man. Her Majesty immediately got out of her carriage, made the priest enter it, and followed the vehicle with a wax candle in her hand through the dirty streets to the sick man's residen ce ; after which she proceeded on foot to the parish church." The 15th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. ITALY. - - The Piedmontese Gazette says that Bishop Salz mana, lately promoted to the see of Soleure, has refused his signature to the address of thanks to the Archbishop of Frieburg, which has already been signed by several hi g h di gn i tar i es o f t h e Catholic Church. The Archduke Maximilian, of Este, uncle of the Duke of Modena, arrived at Milan on the 12th, and left for Modena on the same day. The Opinione of Turin, of the 13th, contains an account of a riot which took place in the market place between Austrian and Tuscan soldiers. GERMANY. The German Journal of Frankfort of the 18th says :—" The Marquis de Tallenay, Ambassador of France to the Germanic Confederation, has handed to the President, by order of his Government, a note containing the text of the circular of M. Drouyn de Lhuys of the 30th ult. He also handed to the President a note from M. Drouyn de Lhuys for the Germanic Diet, containing the assurance of the most friendly sentiments of the Emperor of the French towards the States of the Germanic Con federation. PRUSSIA. The Oldenburg Diet has ratified the treaty for ceding the port of Jande to the Prussian Govern ment. DENMARK AND SWEDEN. The _Hamburg Currespintdent, under date of Co penhagen, 14th, says :—" Yesterday the Minister of Foreign Affairs handed to the two President's, in w 1 order that it might be communicated to the mem bers of the two Chambers, the declaration of neu trality which had been communicated to the Euro pean cabinets. It is said to be perfectly in con formity with the version given of it by the hide pendance of Brussels." The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the following from Berlin, 17th :—" We learn from a source on which reliance can be placed, that the Cabinets of France and England, after having de manded from the Courts of Stockholm and Copen hagen particular information as to the treaty of neutrality, made no objection to it, as the treaty leaves sufficient liberty of action'to the belligerent parties. It would, nevertheless, appear that France and England wish to open negotiations with the two Scandinavian States, in order to in duce them to make special concessions to them. It is said in the diplomatic circles that immediately after the opening of Parliament, the British Min ister proposes to communicate to the two Houses the explanations given by Sweden and De nm ark." MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The demand for good dividend shares still continues; but speculative shares, with few exceptions, are very flat, and are likely to continue so, until a few *discoveries are made, and throw a little life into the market. War has its influence upon the markets generally, and deters many from buying shares, although it is thought that the price of metals must rise considerably. At Wheal Basset, the Guskus lode has been cut rich 50 fms. further east than the principal workings ; and a cross-cut is being driven which may ere long intersect two other lodes ; the shares have risen to 7001., and no sellers. In the Bullion Market,—Mexican and South American dollars, 4s, Hid. per oz. Bar Gold, 775. 9d. p er oz. standard. Spanish Doubloons, 78s. 6d. per o z . ; Co lumbian Doubloons, 775. 6d. ; English Silver, ss. 6d. per oz. - The Gold Mining Shares this week have been almost totally devoid of movement. Prices have shown a droop' ing tendency, in sympathy with the other departments of the Stock Exchange, and the absence of demands; but there has been no important variation in prices. Agua Fria shares still form a general exception to the market, being comparatively steady. The advices both from California and Australia are of the most encourar ing nature as regards individual labour ; but where co' billed action is brought into play there are no rsults. In the year 1853 the United States Mint received from California gold to the value of 11,130,0001. i the total amount since 1848 being 42,520,0001., oo an average about 8,000,0001. per annum ; and although upwards of 1,000,0001. of British capital has been ek pended in the proposed development of California gold mines, not a single return has been made ; and in lie° of dividends, excuses have been forwarded from time to time ; public confidence is so shaken in these invest . ments that nothing but the returns of actual results from the scene of operations will bring the market ink a healthy state. Although not actually culpable, the late disclosures of the several companies, through the instrumentality of Mr. Guedalla, has show'' , that in nearly every instance directors exhibited great ignorance and recklessness. At th e l as t a d v i ces the prime of gold at Port Philip was 31. 16s. per ounce. The Ballarat gold fields, near Geelong, still continue increas' ing in productiveness. From Sept., 1852, to Dec., 1852, Ballarat yielded 149,081 ozs. ; from Jan. 1853, to Sept., 1853, 150,589 ozs. ; . yield for 12 months , 299,670 ozs. This sum of gold, estimated ar3/. lbs. 6d• per ounce, gives 1,161,2321. 10s. as the produce o f the Geelong gold-fields for the last 12 months. In Miscellaneous Shares, the market has been steady; but showing a slight decline. TEE AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following account is gathered from a New York paper of December 27 :•—• Dr. Kane, who sailed from this port, on the 29th e! May, in the Advance, fitted out by Mr. Grinnell, touche d at St. John's, Newfoundland, for recruits, and left there on the 16th of June. No despatches 'have since beau received from him ; but it is ascertained that he was °,, t Upernavick, on the east s id e o f B a ffi n ' s Bay, on the 11P) of July. Captain Inglefield, of the propeller PhceniSl who arrived there three days afterwards, states that 01 Advance, of which Dr. Kane is the commander, ba d sailed northward with an open sea, and that there wad no doubt she had gone through Melville's Bay, one °, the most dreaded parts of the navigation, withow difficulty. Despatches will no doubt, therefore, be OA received from Dr. Kane by way of Denmark. - Orr; navick is in latitude 73 de g ., an d c onstit u t es th e in° ° ,, northerly settlement in Greenl a nd, a pa r t o f th e Dante" dominions. The expedition had the friendly aid of tb B King of Denmark, who directed that every possible facility should be extended to it on the part of his sub' j ects. The Advance, instead of cruising along th e c oast o f Greenland, and turning thence westward to reach Lior e caster Sound, will attempt to make a passage into th Polar Seas thrtugh Smith's Sound, which was so t explored by Captain Inglefield last year (he went latitude 78i) as to satisfy him that a complete openiee existed. :No navigator had previously proceeded S e far north in the same di rect i on. Smith's Sound, 1t1( the point reached by him, was thirty-six and a 11 ' .. miles wide • from which the land bore north- 05 on one side and north-east on the other, with e a navigable sea. The testimony of many of tP t Arctic navigato r s i s very conc l us i ve on the P°il3c, that an open sea e x i s t s b e y on d th a t latitude. I,e,' this open sea Sir Joh n F ran kl in unquestionably saheeci, and it is probable that his vessels lie embedded in is in some of the bays which border upon it. Recent ef. peditions have facilities with which he was unprovide" besides that, he is probably at a distance not a dmittil the risk, of very extensive f oo t j ourne y s , h av ing' ships or depots to fall back upon. The Advance, well supplied with food and w ith b oa t s , an d s l e d ges str e gether superior to those formerly used,• and suits for very long expeditions on land. The evidence P i ; sented by Captain M'Clure an d man y o th ers , as to t,,„ quantity of food supplied by th ose reg i ons , i s ver y cone; sive to show that an expedition locked up in ice as his, may subsist for years. R enewe d con fid ence h as b ee n 1 0 parted to all those wh o are f am ili ar w i t h A rct i c discove,,ll as to the probabilities of Sir J. Franklin's safety. chances of his being discovered are also increased. Tneg are now engaged in this service the Advance, alresi; mentioned, fitted ou t b y M r. Grinnell, of New Yell'. and Mr. Peabody, of London, and which is probably siwo ing in the open sea seen by Capt. Inglefield, along I .b edge of its numerous bays ; Sir E. Belcher, with his el and propeller, who was in W e lli ng t on I n l et on the 2`',o of July last, on his retu rn t o B eec h ey I s l and, there:,, wait further orders from his Government, who, it is i : 0 petted, will give him orde rs t o con ti nue th e searc h ; Captain Kellett, with his ship and propeller, at Melvill e to Island. The latter has sent out a s l e d ge ex p e dition 0 the N.W., the most promising course for explorers o ji search of Franklin, should he ever have touched at . 0 on the northern shores of Melville's Island. Capt D, M'Clure's ship, imbedded in the ice, ma y be The verted into a store ship to aid f u t ur e ex p e diti ons . •'• ig North Star store ship lies at Beechey Island. Thera,alalsoP b, a store ship at Point Barrow, on th e nort h ' west coast of North America. Captain C . ollinson v . prosecuting the search in that direction. The propeu,, Isabel is now at Valparaiso, whence she will In teed next spring through Behring's Straits to eon, westward, first along the coast of Asia, in the hope a getting round the pack ic e w hi c h has always' been fi l et north of Behring's Strait s , i n t erce pti ng th e open v15,,,A which has been seen b e hi n d. Thi s expe di tion was fil''' o f out by the private means o f L a dy F ran kli n. Par t the American exploring expedition, under the col:0 33 1 0 of Commander Ringgold, cons i s ti ng of five ves ee ,i will undoubtedly aid in thi s o bj ect. This fleet Nvel., - ,01 the Cape of Good Hop e b y th e l ast accounts retc h in Sept. Some of the vessels will attempt to pass thr o 7, o Behring's Straits. Th e prope l ler Phcenix which 13:j Capt. M'Clure'sd es p a t c h es t o E ng l and, has been order by the British Government to leave England in spring, bound for the Arctic regions, by Spitzbkgen ° „, o t Nova Zembla. The activity th us i m p ar t e d t o this gyp ) humane object gives confidence that it will eventuate success. It is much to be regretted that the distribution o f the history of the first voyage of Dr. Kane, pr e p a red I ', him, has been delayed by the fire at Messrs. HarpeTZ These enterprising publishers, who saved a few coP e. " are now engaged in the publication of a new edit lo which will be ready for distribution in five or six vie°/‘°' COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWA , ' Yesterday morning (Friday) the Edinburgh exP re leaving London at 9 . 15 on Thursday ev en i ng ra n in to n , minera l train at Welwyn, near H a tfi e ld . The Pe'eseoc' gers were a little shaken, but no ser i ous damag e to curr ed, except to the trucks o f th e coa l tra i n. if ! layer was killed near the Hitchin st-'ton, on Thursue;g by stepping on the wrong lino when the train a pproaching. 4 iot STRIKES IN YOR KSHIRE.—We regret to learn "rrb" there now exist several strikes in Yorkshire. :i e c ~, linen bleachers o f B arnsley and neighbourhood str— on Tuesday last, for shorter hours and an advanc e d wages. The c o lli ers o f Crigglestone remain out, /,• those of Ad wa lt on and Birstal are threatening to stfjfie3l At Keighley, the weavers, after a long and Pa lo r turn-out, have resume d t h e i r work at. their f ° e r ":l‘ wages. A. deputation f rom P res t on h as this ~„ of visited Leeds to elicit sympathy and aid on beila,,, er i the operatives of that district. They had not encouraging success. WOOL SALES.—The next series of colonial W OOl 53 4 have been announced to commence on the 9th ° f c ot bruary. The quantity at p resen t i n fi rs t hands 19 3 ,40 35,000 bales, but the total of c o l on i a l woo l s to be p ° expected to reach 40,000, la . o t A MONSTER NUISANCE.—Some days ago a, coMP — f l 0 was lodged with the sanatory co m m itt ee o f St. Pa.,, Pc ,, I P of a nuisance said to exist on the premises of Mr. naturalist, Camden-cott ages . Th e p ro p e r funeti on / was immeately desatched to inspect the prev 3i9 n e ce Upon examination it p was ascertained that the n ui te complained of was i n th e shape of the carcass of aria`oo elephant, which died lately in the Tower, and whi7 t l i e been entrusted to M r . L aw t o prepare for one 0 " . national museums. The removal of the perishable P° tion of the animal put an end to the nuisance. TOP DEATH OP A CELEBRATED CONVICT.—Died , day last, in the gaol of Armagh, Robert John thorn Cochran. Cochran, it will be recollected, "of tried at the last Spring Assizes—first, on a elly' re aty bigamy ; and secondly, for perjury. 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