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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE, Lessee, 3lr. E. T. SIII th. THIS EVENING, FEB. 10, Will be performed THE STRANGER. Characters by Mr. G. V. Brooke, A. Younge, and Belton; Miss Featherst.me, Mrs. Vickery. To conclude w.th KING HUMMINGTOP ; or, Harlequin and tke Lind of Toys. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatone, THIS EVENING, FEB. 10, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. Elliott Galer, W. Farren, Compton, Rogers, Howe, Clark, Corti, and CaHanford; Miss Cushman, Miss Jalia Harland, and Mrs. L. S. Buckingham. After which. the Grand CHRI4TMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEAR;; or, Little Silverhair and the Fifties. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall; Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall. ROY tr. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, FEB. 10, Will be performed THE CORiICAN 'MONTE-RS. Principal haracter by Mr C. Kean. After which will be presented the new Grand CURIATNIAS PAN IGMINIE, entitled HARLEQUIN AN • TILE ,tILLER AND BIS MEN; or, King Sadynandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr. Corm ie( ; Clown, Kr• Ilulino; Pantaloon, Mr. I'au'o; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. LYCEUM TILEATRE. Under the '3fanagement of Madame TeEtris. TIM EVENING, FZ.B• 10, Will be performer A BACIIELOR OF ARTS. Characters by Messrs. C. Matlie.vs, F. Matthews. and Baker; 31139 F. Hughes. After which, the original FaLrY Extrava4anza, canal ONCE UPON' A TIIIK MERV: WEititl TWO Principal cha racters by Mr.Roxby and Madame Vestris. To conclude with PATTER VERSUS rLATTER. kTRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Web.ter.—Directress, M a d ame Celeste. THIS EVENING, FEB. 10, the highly Popular New Nautical Melo-drama Will be presonted tit dye taoleatia, with new scenery, the Set of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments. called TEIL T aro r OF GOLD; or, THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paal Bedford, Madame Celeste, &e. To be followed by the popul ar and entirely New Orand Specta caw- legendary Christmas piece, la two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appolntnient, called NUMBE it NIP, or THI SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Mr. Paul Bedford, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, &c. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Fail. 10, Will be Perfwinel TR FIRS C NIG [IT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Franks, Harwood Cooper, and Vincent ; Miss P. Horton, and miss Wyndham. After which, TILE BENGIL TIGER. Principal characters by ]feasts• Alfred Wigan, Usti., and F. Robson ; and sirs A. Wigan, Followed by THE W kNDERING MINSTREL. STRAND THEATRE. Sol) Lessee, Mr. F. W. Allcrift..—Directress, 31133 Rebecca Isaacs, THIS EVENING, FEB 10, WU be performed 'T I. Principal character by Miss Fanny Reeves. Afte , which, the new grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled HARLEQUIN AND KIN+ NUI'CRACKER ; or, The World of Toys. Clown, by he inimitable Flexmore ; Harlequin, Mr. Bologna ; Pantaloon, Mr. Griffiths ; Cola nbine, Miss Goward. Followed by HUNTING A TURTLE. To conclude with THE OMNIBUS. Stalls, 55.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, ls. (id; Gallery, 64.; Private Boxes, 11. I Is. 64., to be had of Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. ASTLEY'S EUROPE',3 NATIONAL AMPHITEIEA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary combination of attraction—The Performing Ele phants, whose wondrous feats ant hitherto unhea , cl of incredible performances now share their nightly triumphs with their petite rival LE 3IIG S k VINT ; or, Nimble Nfarmoz,t. He is indeep another wonder, for his tricks aid exercises are achieved with such human-like action, that the beholder can res. - lily imagine he is watching in a mirror the- red •ctive actions of a man. In addition to these " Zoolotical stars," the Grand Chinese Spectacle (which has reached its 51th uLiht). The inimitable Scenes of the Arena, and the :vice sstnl a r l gorgeous Pantomi•ne, for ning the most novel ani unparalleled entertainment ever offered to the public. TIM; EVENING, FEB. 10, and during the week, TILE WI , E ELEPII OF THE EAST, or THE MA 441 GO'U, in which r William Cooke's Mat?hless Peenes of the CIRCLE, ami the Grand Comic Pantomime or BILLY BCC 1'0%1'74 .30URNE Y . TO BRENTFOR ; or, Harlequin and the L. e,s' Favourite. ps 'Jr.-wilco open from Eleven till Four. Sta;3 Manager, Mr. IV, Writ. ti 1011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Morning 12 min.after 12 I Evening 40 min.aft. 12 ro-Nicnutow— Morning 4 rnin.after 1 Evening 27 min.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Sox O?F►re, Fn. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 47 —highest since noon yesterday. 36 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30''3. WIND, N.N.W.—Fresh breeze, and fine, cold, sunshiny weather. k, 11 (L), -'ll3l LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1854. " What are we to do to man our fleets—to attract competent and efficient men to our stan dard ?" We repeat the interrogatory which we yesterday put forward, and which is, par excel lence, the question of the day—the point to which public attention is most closely directed at this moment. The Government appears to he at length awakened to a sense of its importance, and are taking measures to provide some of the addi tional seamen required, and for whose expenses votes will speedily beasked from the popular branch of the Legislature. On this part of the case we would impress upon our rulers the necessity of a wise and judicious liberality. Nothing could be more pre judicial to the best interests of the nation during the emergency than that which would indeed be a "penny-wise and pound foolish policy." For every shining saved (!) by undue parsimony, in the first instance, a pound, aye, probably many pounds, would subsequently be required. Let us, then, not raise barely the number of men that on a close calculation may be supposed to be wanting in the first instance. Although we have no earthly doubt as to the issue of the contest, when the English and French fleets are arrayed side by side, and in the same gloriouscause, it would still be a dangerous error to undervalue our opponents. If we only consider the effect of a decided preponderance of power in diminishing bloodshed, and preserving the lives of our fellow-men, we are convinced that no person of ordinary humanity—not even the most strenu ous and decided advocate of the Peace Society-- would wish to save a few paltry pounds at the expense of a heavy sacrifice of human life, not only of our own fellow-3ubjects, but even of our opponents. It is too notorious to require argu ment, that the most sanguinary encounters are those where the parties are most equally matched. Ira such cases the battle will be prolonged to the last moment. There will still be the lingering hope of retrieving any mischance and changing the fortunes of the day. For very shame sake the commander would refuse to strike until the destruction of his men warranted sub mission, and the blood of the killed and wounded had flowed in sufficient quantities to vindicate his character from the imputation of cowardice. But it would be otherwise where there was an over whelming force engaged, against which it would be hopeless to contend. In such case the triumph Would be achieved, and the objects of the expedi tion accomplished without the destruction of human life. Let not the massacre at Sinope ba adduced as an. example to the contrary. It was the Russian power that -there predoininated, and, thank GOD, there_is a difference between Russian • and English seamen. We, at least, have not for gotten the precepts of our own NELSON. The -va nquished enemy would still _be treated as a blether; and in place of firing on those no longer capabl e of defending themselves, the B r iti s h tar n every would atr a i nerve, and encounter the most appalling dangers, to rescue those against whom, while resisting, he had been hurling destruction but a few mi wites before. Every consideration of prudent economy, of national security, of Christian. charity, and. earnest humanity, require us to supply our naval force in such abund anceas to preve n t the iss u e from remaining . i a single momen t in suspense. Let us afford an „pp/ 0 mouse to the Russian Admiral to yield, without the sacrifice of his unfortunate followers. This, can only be done by having seamen in sufficient numbers, skilful, experienced, energetic seamen---true British tars--in Whom implicit r e - Why not ha ve ten, fiance caa be placed. aye, or twenty thousand more than may be requ i red? We have in every other respect ample materiel o f war, stately vessels and tried officers. But the deficiency is in the most important, and the l east expensive, but yet, strange to say, the m ost neglected item. A small proportion of the money squandered in the dockyards, or in the non-effective branches of the service, would maintain a splendid body of experienced seamen, ready for service at a moment's notice and in any emergency—a body that walla act as a nucleus for further levies if 1 required ; for one well-disciplined seaman would speedily qualify two landsmen to act efficiently by his side. But, unfortunately, it was not for such men that half-pay was provided. They had not Parliamentary influence sufficient. A grea t I I imp rovement in this respect has unquestionably I been effected by the recent regulations as to " continuous service," where the parties enter for ten years. But that, although a move in the right direction, does not proceed far enough to achieve the great desideratum--the speedy and effective manning of our fleets. There is a great demand for seamen, and com petent men are too well acquainted with their real value to be easily bamboozled. It is no use for "my Lords" to think that they can get at the blind side of Jack, or persuade an A. B. (or able seaman) that 2/. is. 4d. per calendar month is better than 4/. or 5/. in the merchant service. That may serve as an interesting narrative for the I marines ; but, unfortunately, the blue jackets are unduly sceptical. They must be satisfied as to the advantages they are about to receive before we shall find them voluntarily flocking to enrol themselves in our vessels ; and we may be well assured that it is not to one only that they look, or on which full information must be afforded to those whom we desire to be come volunteers. The first question a genuine blue-jacket asks, and to which he justly attaches paramount im portance, is, " Under whom am I to serve ?" The characters of the different captains are closely canvassed and well known at the different out ports. Nay, more, the tempers and dispositions of the different officers—of all, in fact, who can exercise a material influence over the comforts of the crew. Sailors like a strict disciplinarian, one who is himself a thoroughgoing seaman, who knows every matter connected with the manage ment of the ship, and does not require a dry nurse (in the shape of a veteran officer of superior standing and knowledge, but inferior in rank) at his elbow. Such a person will appreciate good men, and a word of approbation is eagerly sought for. With such a person, too, they know that they have every possible guarantee for the safety, and, what they think of at least equal importance, the honour of the vessel ; for every true-hearted sailor speedily comes to love " the old ship"—to cherish with affectionate regard every timber. Look to the esprit du corps, the pride which every one of the crews of the old " Agamemnon," the "Victory," the "Bellerophon"—and, indeed, of all the well-known fighting men-of-war— took in their vessels and their officers, and we can judge of the kind of spirit which it is desirable to infuse into the breasts of our sailors. But they detest a martinet—one who delights in the cat, who is unduly querulous, finding fault without adequate, or frequently without any, cause, and interfering with the liberty of the men on every tangible opportunity. Such persons they avoid with a holy horror. No temptations will induce them voluntarily to take service under an unpopu lar captain. Let them know the commander-in chief, whose character will materially influence that of his inferior officers, and also the vessels in which they are to be employed, and a great point will be achieved. In such case (if other matters be satisfactory) it will not be difficult to find plenty of volunteers for the ser vice. We can venture to prophesy, without laying claim to any extraordinary powers of vaticination, that there will be no necessity for impressment. Among these, other matters, pay and bounty, assume prominent positions. We have already pointed out the advantages of a bounty, varying according to circumstances, and the state of the market (say from 51. to 101., we may assume 71. 10s. as an average). Jack likes a little money in hind to leave with the dear ones at home, pay debts, obtain an outfit, aye, or expend in a spree. A bounty of 101. in hand would be more efficacious in procuring volunteers than an addi tion of 11. per month to the regular pay, and, we need not add, far less expensive to the country. One hundred and fifty thousand pounds thus applied would procure twenty thousand good men l i in a month ; and surely there never was a morel judicious expenditure of money, or one more in accordance with due economy. Why, double the amount might without difficulty be lopped off the dockyard expenditure. That terrible circle of fire is every moment be coming narrower, which our diplomatic experi mentalists have been so long foolishly attempting to square by a protracted series of negotiations: the necessity of War ! Scarcely any uncertainty now remains as to the close of this pacific corres pondence, carried on for eleven mouths, between the Russiln AUTOCRAT and the mediators in be half of Turkey, the four allied European Govern ments. Wherefore, discussion having proved fruitless of any of those good results which were expected from the first, by the more sanguine among the lookers-on—action has become inevitable. That diplomacy has actually exhausted its last ener gies in thus vainly endeavouring to ward off the dangers of a general war—must be at length suf ficiently obvious, now that M. DE BRUNOW has at last quitted London, and that M. DE KISSELEFF has at length taken his departure froin Paris, and that Count ORLOFF is really, in spite of every counterstatement, at this moment on his road back from Vienna to St. Petersburg. So that of the close of these pacific efforts to patch up a reconciliation, we have literally a threefold testimony. It is whispered, however, that Count ORLOFF returns to his Imperial Master not so entirely dissatisfied with the result of his mission as might be conjectured—elated, in fact, with having secured something like a tangible pledge, or a substantial guarantee, that a strict course of neutrality will be pursued in the event of a struggle on the part of Russia against the formi dable armaments of France and England--a strict course of neutrality on the part of the two principal Powers of the Germanic Confederation. However this may be, we all know that " playing fast and loose" is about the aptest phrase to be employed in allusion to the hereditary policy of the Hapsburg Dynasty, while the present genera tion at least cannot easily forget the reasons given for suspicion as to his future conduct by the past career of the reigning Prince of the House of Brandenburgh. Nothing but duplicity has hitherto marked the proceedings of Russia throughout the whole of these recent transactions in regard to the contest for and against Turkish independence. Little else can be looked for from either Austria or Prussia—so long as FREDERICK WILLIAM continues to hold the sceptre of the Great FREDERICK, and so long as FRANCIS JOSEPH preserves in his councils the remembrance of those evil influences which were the strings of his pup pet-predecessor FERDINAND. Whatever may have been the amount of the success or failure which has followed the temporary appearance of Count ORLOFF at Vienna—there cannot at least be any doubt whatever now as to the direction of the path lying plainly open at this moment to the French and English Governments. The path of honour ! implying in that term the absolute and imperative necessity of the two great Powers of Western Europe employing no half measures, after their prolonged hesitation, in vindicating the rights of the Turkish Sove reignty, and in maintaining the integrity of the Turkish dominions. How ? The means are manifest—as manifest, indeed, as the duty itself is apparent. There is the powerful naval arma ment already despatched to the vicinity of the seat of war beyond the waters of Constantinople. There is the augury of a formidable fleet to be sent out early in the approaching sp r in g f rom this country to the Baltic—there to second the blow dealt against the arch-enemy in a to tally opposite quarter by the combined fleets in the Black Sea. By means of a Baltic fleet we might effectually deprive the Russian AUTOCRAT of one of the principal advantages ac cruing to him from the neutrality of the two great Powers of Germany. As yet, however, attention should be almost exclusively paid to the capabili ties for instant action presented to France and England by the presence at this juncture in the Black Sea of a combined maritime force, against which it would be preposterous for the CZAR to oppose all the men-of-war he could bring toge ther. Already have done the combined. fleets in that sea good service to Turkey by enabling Iher vessels to convey to Batoum, in perfect safety, a most necessary supply of troops and ammunition. It is expected that a similar advantage will be afforded to the Ottoman Power in the direction of Varna, on the next excursion taken by Admirals DUNDAS and HAMELIN from their pleasant anchor age in the Bosphorus. Immediately bolder acts than these shall be adventured upon, we shall look not so much either to the right or left as straight onwards across the Black Sea to the Crimea, not so much for a resolute move ment towards Batoum or - Varna as towards a much more important point, the site of Sebasto pol. In which event troops, whether of France or England, or of both, might be readily landed in the Bay of Theodosia, and in the Gulf of Kar kimet—thereby completely cutting off the retreat of the Russians from the Crimea, without the necessity of our effecting an entrance into the Sea of Azof, through the Straits of Kerch. Such are among our anticipations, or rather we might say our aspirations—now, when war has become more than ever imminent ; and when, although war has become more imminent, the cordial alliance of France and England constitutes a substantial guarantee of the ultimate peace of Christendom, and of the inevitable triumph, in the end, of the holy cause of Civilisation. LONDON AND PROVINCIAL MEDICAL DIRECTORY for 1854. JOHN CHURCHILL. The ninth annual edition of this Directory presents the same features and excellencies which have for a long period secured for it the approbation and liberal patron age of the medical profession. It contains a great amount of information, invaluable to the members of this profession, in addition to the register of all qualified practitioners throughout the kingdom ; and as regards the public generally, the work is not without its use, as it affords a saf e gu ar d aga i ns t i mpu d ent pretenders. Among the improvements in the present edition, is the re-introduction, in accordance with the wishes of many subscribers, of the Poor Law Li s t o f M e di ca l Offi cers, which has been compiled from the most authentic returns. The obituary of medical men, since the last publication, is continued, long memoirs being-, in several instances, given of the more important individuals. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1854 , MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 8,000 bales, of which 500 Americ an and 1,000 Surat were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly with but little alteration in prices. The sales comprised 5,500 American, 400 Pernam and Maranham at 60. to 7d., 600 Egyptian at 61-d. to Bd., 1,500 Surat at 3d. to 4d. and 80 Sea Island at laid. to is. Bd. per lb. Rail way Shares were dull at lower prices. Colonial produce duringthe week has been taken to a moderate extent for the principal articles, and prices have in some cases slightly declined. The sales of both sugar and coffee have been limited and the latter has been cheaper. Rice has declined, cocoa is firm, and spices have been at full values. Not much has been done in saltpetre, and the prices asked have checked purchases. Holders of rum are firm, and hemp is steady but quieter. Iron has been at previous currencies. Tallow has fluctuated, but is now firmer again. Tea is rather dearer and cotton has been dull. The public sales of Colonial wool have commenced to a fair attendance of buyers, and prices rule much the same as at last series. The progress of New South Wales is well illus trated in the following statement made in the Legislative Council by one of its members : " As a signal proof of the vast increase in the con sumption of articles of customs and excise, he would mention that the estimated revenue for 1852, was, from customs, 165,000/. ; from spirits distilled in the colony, 6,000/. ; whilst the actual revenue was, from customs, 217,0211. ss. 6d. ; from spirits distilled in the colony, 18,211/. For 1853, the customs were estimated at 255,2871. Bs.; the colonial spirit duties at 18,0001. For 1854, the customs were estimated at 341,000/. ; the colonial spirit duties at 30,0001. Now, having these actual and estimated results of these branches of revenue in view, when he was considering the gold-fields question, he (\lr. Holroyd), had lately moved for a return of customs and colonial spirit duties, to a few of which he would invite the careful attention of the House. It must be borne in mind that in August last, the new and reduced tariff of New South Wales came into operation, and that some parties feared that the general revenue would suffer from the large decrease in customs' duties. But what was the actual state of the case ? The returns showed that, under the old tariff; from the Ist of August, 1851, to the 31st July, 1852, when it was repealed, the duties of customs amounted to 198,3871. 3s. 9d. Whilst, from the Ist of August, 1852, to the 31st ofJuly, 1853, under the new tariff; with its reduced rates; but with the extraordinary impetus given to our import trade by the increase of population seeking our golden shores, the amount received was 288,0571. Os. 6d., showinganinereaseofB9,669/. 16s. 9d. Thereturn further showed that from the Ist of August last to the 10th day of the present month the duties amounted to 41,2431. 165., whilst in all August and September, 1851, the amount collected was only 24,9091. 17s. 6d. In August last the duties exceeded by 4,6151. 15s. the gross amount taken in the corresponding months of the two previous years. Again, in the duties p a id on colonial distilled spirits a large increase was exhibited. From the Ist of August, 1851, to the 31st July, 1852, the amount was 11,278/. 4s. 6d., whilst from the Ist of August, 1852, to the 31st July, 1853, the duties had increased to 25,2691. 15s. 4d. showing an i ncreas e i n this one item of revenue o f 1:3,9911. 10s. 10d. These statistics proved that the consumption of articles which yielded the largest item in the revenue was rapidly in creasing from quarter to quarter, from year to year ; and he felt satisfied that whatever deficiency would be shown next year in the item of the gold license fees, it would be amply made up in the increase of customs and excise duties." The total quantity of Crown lands sold from January last to the 17th of September, realised 145,4591. ; whilst this material branch of revenue, which had dwindled down in 1843 to 5,3111., had not increased in 1851, the year of our golden discoveries, to a larger amount than 64,425/. The Brazilian mail is telegraphed as having ar rived, the dates being Buenos Ayres, D ec . 31, an d Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 10. The commercial markets were rather dull, and in the Argentine provinces there was still an unsettled state of political affairs. The steamer Cleopatra arrived at Rio on the 20th Dec., from Adelaide. She was coaling, and would leave for Liverpool on the Ist of January last. The Indian and Australian mails by the Over land route left Alexandria on the 4th inst., and the letters will be here next Monday. The dates are—Calcutta, Jan. 4 ; Sydney, Nov. 26 ; Mel bourne, Nov. 29 ; and Adelaide, Dec. 3. The Great Britain is now hourly expected. A notice has just been issued from the depart ment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, inviting tenders for seven or eight good coppered ships of 500 to 700 tons, new measurement, to be employed for four months certain, or longer if required, in the con veyance of cavalry. The point of departure and the destination are not mentioned. The English Stock market has been very firm again this morning, without any great ac ti v it y . The foreign politic a l intelligence does not add any thing important to our previous ne s, but as we draw towards the settlement of the account there is likely to be a greater scarcity of stock, unless some very adverse event occurs. The value of Consols has been 91 to 92i for transfer, and 911 to 92it for account. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been 94, and since 93g. to 1. There appears to be a doubt whether the French Government has yet arranged to borrow more than 2 or 3 millions sterling through the medium of Treasury bills. Exchequer Bills are 17s. to 20s. premium. Foreign Stocks have been very quiet, and prices have undergone no essential change. Sardinian stock has realised 85k. Russian Five per Cents. have been at 105. Spanish Threes are dull at 40, and the Deferred at 19. Mexican are 25/ BRITISH MINES.—A fair business is doing to day in the following shares at steady prices : Alfred Consols, 24i 25 ; Sortridge, 1 ; Glills, 1i 2 ; Mollands, Bs. 1 ; Balnoon, 3 ; Wheal Alfred, 31 32 ; Wheal Harriet, 1; Cwm Darens, 14s. 6d. 15s. 6d. ; Tavy Consols, 31 4 ; North Pool, 200 ; West Damsel, 195 ; N. Wheal Trelawney, 361 371. The current prices for the Jamaica Mines not officially quoted are as follows : Jamaica, to premium ; Metcalfe, to premium; Sue River, discount to par ; Port Royal, I- to premium. In the Gold Mine Shares there is nothing doing. Railway Shares are still tending upwards, and especially Great Northern, Caledonian, and Brighton. The French lines are inactive. The shares of the Australian Agricultural Com. pany have advanced 10s. to IL per share. Joini Stock Banks are about the same. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( Prom the Official List. ) Business done. ; per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92 3 per Cent. Consols A nnu iti es 9lk 4 1i 2 New 34 per Cent. Annuities 94 3 $ i 4 a Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5 India Bonds, £lOOO . Consols for Account 15th F e b. 92g p li 2 1B Exchequer Bills, id. 17 20 p 17 20 p Small l7 P PRICE OP FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Slexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 2sg i f Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lO5 Ditto 4i per Cent 9l 90i Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent B5, Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 4() Spanish Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9 i THRICE O'CLOCK. 91i i 914 fi Consols Ditto February Account RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. KELLY'S BIRMINGHAM DIRECTORY. No better proof of the correctness and value of this work can be adduced than the simple fact that the materials have been collected and arranged by the same gentlemen who are engaged in the preparation of that great masterpiece among guides of this description, " The London Post-office Directory"— and that the extensive resources of Messrs. Kelly's printing establishment have been employed in its publication. It may be well, how ever, to mention some of the most prominent features of the Directory. It is confined not alone to Birmingham, but extends its ramifications over the entire counties of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire, and the information it contains is corrected up to the period of its issue to the public. The first few leaves are occu. pied with an alphabetical list of all the towns, villages, and hamlets in the three counties, with a reference to the page in which they are to be found, and, on turning over, we perceive the most ample details are given of each, embracing a brief sketch of its nature and history, with the names of the gentry, tradesmen, &c. Then there is a general alpha bet Court directory, as well as a trades' directory for the three counties, the latter being divided under the heads of different trades and businesses. The directory for that great hive of industry—Birmingham —is kept distinctly by itself, and is placed at the end of the volume. Its plan of arrangement is precisely the same as that adopted in larger works we have mentioned, and it there fore presents the same facilities for ascertaining the names and residences, &c., of individuals. The book is em bellished with excellent maps of the counties, corrected, as we are informed, up to the latest period ; and the plan of Birmingham, as originally published, by the Society for the Diffusion of U sefu 1 Knowledge. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FEB. 9. The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess o Kent, the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere, and Lady Alice Egerton, the Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Mr. Gibbs. _.. The band of the Ist Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and performed the following pieces : March, "Sultan" Donizetti. Overture, " Fest" Lortzing. Medley (Irish) Walzer, "Dew-drop" D'Albert. Introduction and Chorus, Op " Zayre" of Cobourg. Galop, "Signal" Leider. Her Majesty's private band afterwards was in attend• ance, and played the following selection : Overture, "Le Disc d'Olorne" Auber. Selection, "Nachtlager" Fest Marsch "Tannha.user aul Wartburg" Wagner. .Romance Adagio and Polonaise Wittermann. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home park this morning. Mr. J. E. Jones has had the honour of several sittings for his bust of Prince Albert. ___ The following have b een invited and are expected this afternoon--The Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, the Hon. C. A. Murray, and the Rev. Professor Sedgwiek (of Cam bridge). Lord Portman has been prevented by indisposition from waiting upon her Majesty to-day. Mr. John Wood, chairman of the board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday ; Sir John Young had also an in terview with the right hon. gentleman, at his official residence 'n Downing-street. The Cathedral Commission had a meeting yesterday, at their offices, in Parliament-street. Present—The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the Earl of Harrowby, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Patteson, the Rev. Dr. Hook, the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, the Hon. and Rev. H. Montagu Villiers, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev . . Richard Jones (Secretary ) Mr. Lawrence Oliphant had an interview with Vis count Palmerston yesterday at the Home-office. Despatches were received aLthe Colonial-office yester day from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday and commenced hearing an appeal from Bombay, " Musadee Mahomed Cazum Sherazee v. Murza Ally Mahomed Shoostry." The case was adjourned. The Lords present were Mr. Baron Parke, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE.—To day being the 14th anniversary of the marriage of her gracious Majesty, the usual demonstrations of loyalty was observed in the different parishes throughout the metropolis. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert, ac companied by the whole of the youthful royal family, will arrive at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday next from Windsor Castle. The Russian Princess Lieven, so many years one of the leaders of the haut ton in the French capital, and relict of the former minister of that title at our court, has just arrived at Brussels (Hotel de Bellevue), where other Russian families have arrived, or are expected, to wait the course of events. We understand that the late ministers of the Emperor at the British and French courts (Baron Brunow and M. Kisseleff), with the per. sonnel of their legations, have also arrived in the Belgian capital, to await the arrival of instructions from the Emperor's chancellor, Count Nesselrode. The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire House for Kemp Town, until the close of the month. The Marquis of Salisbury has returned to Hatfield House, from Arlington -street. The family will come to London for the season the midd!e of the next month. The Earl Spencer has left St. James's-place for Althorp Park. His lordship will return to town on Monday to receive her Majesty on her arrival the next day from Windsor Castle. The Earl of Euston, M.P., has left the Duke of Graf ton's, Clarges-street, for Wakefield Lodge, Northamp tonshire. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring and family have arrived in Belgrave-square, from Stratton Park, Hants. Sin J. TYRELL, BART.—The health of Sir John Tyrell, M.P., has much improved of late; but the hon. baronet is not yet prepared to enter on his Parliamentary duties. He has in consequence paired off with Mr. Vivian till the beginning of March. DINNER AT THE MANSION•HOUSE TO MR. LAYARD. --The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a splendid entertainment last evening, in the Egyptian-hall, in honour of Austin Henry Layard, Esq., D.C.L. and M.P., after receiving the freedom of the City of London, and a select party to meet them. Amongst the invited guests were— George Sandars Esq., M.P., Crawshay Bailey, Esq , M.P., Edward Ball, Esq., M.P., Captain Lynch, R.N., Mr. Alderman Farebrother and Miss Farebrother, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Salomons, Sir John Key, Bart., and Miss Key, the Rev. Dr. Croly, the Rev. Dr. Moore and Mrs. Moore, the Rev. Daniel Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, the Rev. J. Saunders, the Rev. James Cohen, the Rev. G. Harvey Martin, Dr. Sparks, Dr. Marsden, Mr. K. Chamberlin, Mr. and Mrs Craigie, Mr. IVakeley, Mr. Fenn, Mr. Richard Hewitt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Candy, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Turnley, Mr. William Simpson, Mr. John Wood, Mr. Henley Smith, Mr. F. Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Cater, Mr. and Mrs. Block. Mr. and Mrs. S. Sidney, Mr. T. Smith, Mr. Odell, Mr. Deputy Pewtress, Mr. Deputy and Mrs. Lott, Mr. Deputy Larkin, Mr. Deputy and Miss Cork, Mr. Deputy and Mrs. Lake, Mr. Fair bairn, Mr, R. N. Philipps, Mr. and Mrs. Hartridge, Mr. and Mrs. Tress, Mr. T. Hill, Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Osmond, Mr. and Mrs. Buck nall, Mr. and Mrs. Whiteside, Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. Woodward, Mr. and Mrs. De Jersey, , Mr. Eastty, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Whethatn, Mr. and Mrs. Warton, Mr. and Mrs. Forster, Mr. and Mrs. Cox, &c. RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIA, MENT. Yesterday the examiners of the house declared the following bills to have complied with the standing orders : —Lancashire and Yorkshire (Middleton branch) ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick (for construction of docks) ; Eastern Union Railway (Woodbridge extension) ; Shrewsbury and Chester (lease or sale to London and North - Western) ; London, Brighton, and South Coast ; Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford (sale or lease to London and North-Western) ; Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction (powers to sell or lease) ; Down patrick, Belfast, and Dublin. On the South Midland Union Railway Bill being called on, the examiners were informed that it was " aban doned." The requirements of the standing orders were de clared " not" complied with in the case of the Bally mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, and Portrush Junction (Nos. 1 and 2). South Sea Company.—The standing orders were de clared complied with in the case of this company's bill, for power to the company to divide their capital stock, assets, and property, to enter into arrangements with proprietors, and to undertake the administration of pri vate trusts. The other hills passed were—Paisley Waterworks, Sunderland and South Shields Waterworks, S wansea Harbour, Hereford Improvement, Bury Port, Cardiff Gas, and Manchester Improvement. LONDON AND NORTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Th e ac counts of the past half-year have been made up, and show a dividend at the rate of 51. per cent., with a balance of 85,0001. to be carried to the credit of the next half-year. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN. SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 5, 1854 £2,822 12 7 Corresponding week last year 2,732 11 94 THE OVERLAND MAIL TRIESTE, FEB. 9. The steamer Calcutta arrived at one o'clock p.m in 120 hours from Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 4.—The India mail leaves this day for London, with advices from Calcutta to Jan. 4 ; Madras, Jan. 11 ; Ningpo, Dec. 3 ; Shanghai, Dec. 17 ; Amoy, Dec. 24 ; Hong Kong, Dec. 27 ; Singapore, Jan. 14 ; Bombay, Jan. 14 ; Burmah, Dec. 26 ; Sidney, Nov. 26 ; Melbourne, Nov. 29 ; Adelaide, Dec. 3. The steamer sent up the Persian Gulf for intel ligence had not returned to Bombay. Captain Latter, the Deputy Commissioner at Prome, has been assassinated. The steamer Medusa has been lost between Prome and Meaday. A Dacoit chief had assembled 5,000 men near Fonghro. The garrisonsat Moulmein and Matabar have been apprehensive of attacks. The Governor-General arrived at Rangoon on the 14th of December, and left for Promo. Madras is threatened with famine. The rains and crops have failed. There have been grain riots in Mellore, and there will be a great loss of revenue. The Nizams are dominant in Abada State, and the country is overrun by predatory hordes. The north-west frontier ie tranquil. Trade in India has improved. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ld. CHlNA.—Canton and Ningp• remain quiet ; matters have resumed their usual course at Amoy. A large portion of Shanghai has been burned down by the Imperialists. A portion of the rebel forces had proceeded northward, and had taken Teen-thin, about eighty miles from Pekin. In China, trade was dull. Exchange at Hong Kon g , 5 ; Canton, 5 2 ; Shanghai, 6 4. The Emperor of Japan is dead, and the Court goes into mourning for the year, during which no embassies can be received. AUSTRALIA.—The colonial Government at Sydney has been officially informed that on the 24th of September Admiral des Pointes, French com mander in the Pacific, landed at Balade, in New Caledonia, and took possession of that island and its dependents in the name of the French Emperor. THE BRAZILS. ARRIVAL OF THE LUSITANIA. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 8 A.3L By the steamer Lusitania we have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 31st Dec. ; Montevideo to the 2d Jan. ; Rio Janeiro to the 10th ; Bahia to the 14th ; Pernambuco to the 16th ; St. Vincent to the 22d ; and Lisbon to the 4th of February. The fine new paddle steamer Argentina, belong • ing to the same company as the Lusitania, had been lost in the River Plate. The Lusitania has brought several passengers, and three parcels of diamonds, value unknown. The steamer Braziliera arrived at Bahia on the 14th of January, in 20 days from Liverpool. The ship Sobraon, from Liverpool, for San Francisco, had put into Bahia for water. The United States frigate Constitution was at St. Vincent's, with a slaver they had captured. From Lisbon there is no news of importance. The following vessels of war were in the Tagus —Arrogant, Valorous, Prince Regent, Duke of Wellington, Amphion, Tribune, Imperieuse, De sperate, and Odin, all English ; and the French] steamer Newton. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Iberia ar rived at Lisbon on the 2d, and sailed for Gibraltar on the 3d inst. From Montevideo and Buenos Ayres we learn that the political state of affairs in the Oriental Republic had not experienced any material altera tion since the sailing of the last steamer. General Flores continued his exertions to suppress the dis affected party, and several skirmishes of trifling importance had occurred during the month, in one of which Colonel Borez, a chief belonging to the latter party, was killed. The demand for manufactured goods had been very slack for some time, and until tranquility was restored little improvement could be expected. Produce was scarce, and prices high. Exchange in Montevideo, 41 to 41k. The accounts from Buenos Ayres are in general satisfactory, but the differences with the provinces remained in static quo. General Urquiza had been elected Constitutional President of the 13 Provinces. Exchange, 665. 3d. From Rio Janeiro there was no particular news. Freights to the Channel, 80s. to 85s. ; Liverpool and London, 60s. to 70s. per ton. Exchange, 28d. The Royal mail steamer Thames arrived at Rio on the 6th, after a passage of 28 days. From Bahia we learn that the weather was un usually wet, and sugars were coming in very slowly. Freights to the Channel, 80s. to 85s. ; Liverpool, 60s. ; and L on d on , 70 s . per ton. Excange, 271. From Pernambuco we learn that sugars were coming in more freely. Cotton nominal. Freights to Channel, 05s. ; Mediterranean, 115 s. to 117 s. 6d. per ton. Exchange firm at 28d. HOW TO TAKE SEBASTOPOL. A " Traveller" suggests that if we may escort Ottoman troops from one Turkish town upon the Black Sea to another, in the present relations of the Porte with Russia, we are fully entitled to in tercept the transport of Russian troops between. two Russian towns. If it is right that we should as sist Turkey in her warlike arrangements, it is equally clear that we should impede like arrangements on the part of Russia, otherwise we are simply encouraging fighting and keeping up the spirits of the weaker party, while we are at peace with both—a line of policy utterly indefensible. If this is the case, then, it is difficult to perceive why our fleets are at this moment lying in Beycos Bay, instead of cruising off the roads of Sebas topol. If we can give orders to the Russian fleet at all, surely we may see that they obey them, more especially when it is of the most vital importance that they should do so. It is evidently a primary object to intercept all communication between Odessa and Sebastopol ; it will make all the difference to our blue jackets a month hence, whether that for tress be garrisoned by ten thousand or by fifty thousand men. In all probability the garrison has been considerably increased within the last few months, but to stop at once a ll f urt h er communica tion withl the mainland by sea and force it round by way of the Isthmus of Perecop would be of in calculable advantage, while it would involve upon the Emperor the disagreeable necessity of taking the initiative, or, in other words, commencing the war in downright earnest—a responsibility which, in spite of all his bluster, he seems somewhat re luctant to incur. Upon the same principle, if we may convoy troops to Georgia, why may we not ferry them across to the Crimea ? The time has surely arrived when that mountain. ' ous peninsula - may be occupied by a Turkish army. With the Russian fleet safely cooped up in Sebastopol, and the only troops which could op pose them retained within its walls for the defence of the fort, there would be nothing whatever to prevent Ottoman soldiers from landing in the mag nificent and capacious bay of Theodosia, and occu pying the entire Tauric Peninsula ; a whole army might disembark at Theodosia before intelligence could possibly be conveyed to Sebastopol, a dis tance of 120 miles. The intervening country is composed of successive ranges of calcareous cliffs, the highest point of which exceeds 5,000 feet ; the features of the country are bold iu the extreme, and the history of those wars which have already at former periods devastated the Crimea prove how well adapted for defence are its narrow gorges and inaccessible fortresses. Theodosia lies at the ex treme eastern point of the limestone ridge, which is here easily turned, and thou the undulating steppe stretches away to the capital of the Crimea, Simpheropol. Here, however, th ere are no t roops regularly stationed. The distance from Simphe ropol to Sebastopol is 40 miles. Immediately to the south of Simpheropol and parallel with the coast runs the first range, of cliffs, beyond which an extensive and luxuriant valley is bounded on the south by a still higher range. The only entrances to this vale, now thickly inhabited by a Mahometan population, are through gorges sometimes so narrow that the bed of a stream forms the only pathway. A magnificent road leads along the southern shore at the base of the second range ; but this would not he available for Russian troops so long as a powerful fleet was cruising off the coast, commanding it at every corner, and threatening with instant destruction a line of noblemen's chateaux, picturesquely perched upon every available promontory. It would be, therefore, a saf e route for an invading army. It a strong body of Ottoman troops, in health and con dition (after only a two days' passage across the Black Sea), aided by an entire population in revolt, and supported by an invincible squadron, after hav ing possessed themselves of the undefended crags of the Crimea and its luxuriant valleys, could not reduce the wretched garrison of Sebastopol in a few days, the Emperor may be right in supposing that he will ultimately conquer the allied fleets and armies of Europe ; and while we waste the p rec i ous weeks in waiting for " the initiative," we certainly cannot wonder that he indulges in a delusion which our present conduct only serves to foster. DESTRUCTION OF A GLASGOW COTTON MILL. —OR Saturday morning tho Oakbank spinning factory, near Glasgow, was burnt to the ground, nothing being saved, with the exception of a couple of stories at one of the ends. Three hundred workers will be thrown idle by the disaster. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. RUSSIA AND TURKEY, - - According to a telegraphic message from Vienna, dated Wednesday evening, Count Orloff left the capital at nine o'clock that morning, " taking with him the positive assurance that Austria and Prussia will remain neutral." So it appears that all the telegraphic despatches so industriously transmitted to London and Paris announcing the determina tion of Austria and Prussia to take part with the Western Powers against Russia were untrue, and that the rumour we thought it right to mention the other day, of Count Orloff having completely succeeded in his mission, is now confirmed. We use the word " completely,' because there can be no doubt that the Czar desired, or rather expected, nothing more than a pledge of neutrality by these two European powers. A telegraphic despatch received from Vienna to day, and dated yesterday evening, states that Arif Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador, inquired of the Austrian Government respecting the formation of • an army on the Turkish frontier. The reply of Count Buol was assurances of good will and neutrality, and that it was only a precau tionary measure against Turkey. Further telegraphic despatches from Constanti- nople of the 29th confirm the news of a change in the Turkish cabinet. A new one, which is favour able to a compromise with Russia, has been formed. Mehemed Ali Pasha, the Sultan's brother-in-law, and head of the war party has been replaced by Riza Pasha. A telegraphic despatch, dated a day later, says that one English and one French steamer had started on a cruise in the Black Sea. The Turkish admiral was preparing an expedition of troops and ammunition for the army in Asia. English and French ships were to accompany the same on the 30th. The Banshee had arrived with despatches for the English Ambassador. Klapka and others have become Mahomedans. English influence at Teheran was understood to be increasing. A communication from Constantinople of Jan. 25, says the French steam corvette Prometheus returned that day from Varna, upon which Ad miral Hamelin immediately called together a coun cil of his captains, a step which was also taken by Admiral Dundas. The result of this council was, that all the larger steamers of both fleets were ordered to con voy a number of Turkish transports, which were first to carry reinforcements to Varna, and thence to proceed to Batoum. This convoy was to leave on the 28th. The fact is confirmed that the officers embarked on board the Retribution had succeeded in making a plan of Sebastopol. A draught of the plan had even been published and sold at Constantinople, and copies sent to France and England. The return of the fleets had given rise to un pleasant but most unfounded rumours at Constan tinople, which were industriously circulated by the Russian faction—such as "dissensions between the Admirals," &c. The arrest at Widdiu of a Greek priest, named Athanasius, has led to the discovery of a conspiracy organised by a secret society in concert with Russia. The arrest of that Muscovite emissary led to that of Baron (Elsner, a Russian officer ; of Emmanuel Bollanos, of Chiriacos and Dimitrios Constandinos, father and son (Chiriacos Constandinos, a Greek officer, was aide-de-camp of Marco Botzaris), and likewise Karaiaiscakis and Metanas. The latter, as well as Baron (Elsner, paid frequent visits to a Greek named Manakis. The Turkish police, di rected by Aarif Pasha, very fortunately discovered the accomplices in this conspiracy, which ex tended to Bulgaria, Janina, Saloni ca , S myrna, an d the principal islands in the Archipelago. Important letters had been seized, and prove that there are 44 persons in Constantinople seriously implicated, of whom four are Russian officers, and one of them was formerly Russian Postmaster-General in the Levant. A letter from Vienna dated Feb. 7, states that on the sth a smart affair took place near Giurgevo between tho Turks and Russians. The loss on either side was considerable. It appears that 3,000 Turks crossed the Danube, routed the Russian out posts, and attacked the town, after which they retired. From Bucharest, Jan. 31, we learn that Prince Stourza has gone to Constantinople. He has offered 200,000 ducats, and has been made a Pacha by the Porte. General Liprandi has superseded General Aurep in Lesser Wallachia. Prince Gortschakoff has declined the services volunteered by Prince Milosh. A communication from Widdin, of Feb. 3, says that Omer Pasha is suffering from typhus fever. Baron Alexander de Meyendorff, lieutenant in the Imperial Guard (son of his Excellency the Russian ambassador at Vienna, has left Vienna for Bucharest. It is rumoured that he carries de spatches with him for Prince Gortschakoff, the contents of which treat of the feasibility of an armistice. Letters received in Paris from the Danubian Principalities give a deplorable picture of the misery which exists among the agricultural popu lation, who are torn by the invaders from their homes in order to transport troops, build barracks, and to perform other forced duties. The distress of this portion of the Wallachian population is so great that they emigrate in masses into the Aus trian and Turkish provinces, or take up arms to resist the outrages of which they are made the victims. According to General Schilders' report to the Russian Embassy, the army of occupation is in a pitiable condition, the original corps being 35,00 G men weaker than - when it crossed the Pruth. in July last. Private letters from Varna, of the 20th ult., mention that about 50 English officers, amateurs, had visited that place within the last two or three months from Shumla, and most of them speak in favourable terms of the Turkish army. One of these letters contains the following passage :—" You have heard ere this of the victory of the Turks at Citate, near Kalafat. Here at last you have a battle en plein. champ, so that it is not merely be hind parapets that they can beat the Russians. The true account of the Russians lost in killed and wounded is between 2,500 and 3,000; and of the Turks, 300 killed and 700 wounded." On the 12th a Wallachian General, with two or three American officers, arrived at Shumla, to take service with the Turks, since which several French and Sardinian officers have joined head-quarters as instructors of cavalry and infantry. It appears that the affair of Citate has created so much joy, and imparted such a feeling of superiority among the Turkish troops, that they are now confident that one Turk is able to beat three Russians. Let us hope that this may be realised when they next come to blows. It is said that on that occasion the Russian artillery was miserably served. It appears that reinforce ments from Sofia were expected at Kalafat, where there were already 25,000 men of all arms, and up wards of 60 guns. " The Turks at the battle of Citate," says the letter, " w ere su dd enly attacked in rear by a corps of about 7,000, and with admir able steadiness and coolness changed front to th e rear and beat the Russians." At Citate Ismail Pasha, Commander-in -Chief, was wounded in the left arm ; and his horse was killed under him. Mustapha Pasha, General of Division, received a slight wound under his left breast ; his horse was wounded in seve ral places with musket-balls. Osman Pasha, Ge neral of Cavalry, and Colonel Abdullah Bey were also wounded ; Osman Pasha was wounded in the knee. Hussein Bey was wounded in the side with a musket ball; 12 other officers were wounded more or less severely. In reward for their brilliant conduct, Ismail Pasha, Commander in -Chief, Ahmet Pasha, and Mustapha Pacha, had received the decoration of Medjidie of the 2d class. Osman Pasha rece i ve d a sa b re w ith a go ld hilt. Ismail Pasha, Brigadier-General of Cavalry, re ceived a sabre with a gold hilt, and the decora tion of Medjidie of the 4th class. Colonels . Omer Bey, H a dji H usse i n B ey, an d C o l one l Hussein Bey, of the Itedifs, received the decoration of the Med jidie of the 4th c l ass . Abdullah Bey received a sabre with a gold hilt. Twelve other officers re ceived sabres or decorations. RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE DANUBE. The Journal de Bf. Petersbourg of the 20th of January quotes the following from the Invalide Busse, as the latest news from the Danube : "According to the latest reports from the Aide-de- Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, from the 3d to the Bth of January, no warlike movement of importance had during that time taken place in the two Danubian Principalities, throughout the whole extent of the river Danube. " On the 3d of January, near Rustchuk, the Turks disembarked a battalion of their regular infantry upon the left bank of the river, The appearance of three Russian companies, with two pieces of cannon, and thei decisive movement toward the Turks, however, corn pelled the latter to beat .a retreat, and to re-embark to the right bank of the river. Since that period the Turks have made two attempts to effect a passage, but were compelled by the Russia❑ infantry and artillery to aban don the design. " Some detachments of Turks have also shown them selves near Turna and Zimnitsa, but as soon as the Rus sian reserved troops arrived to support the advanced lines of the Cossacks, the Turks were also compelled to repass the Danube at those points. " From the Turkish frontier of the Trans-Caucasian provinces the news is as follows : "Aide-de-Camp General Prince Woronzow announces that, from the 24th of December to the 4th of January, all was tranquil upon the Russian frontier of Asia, ie the direction of Gouriel, Akhaltzik, and Alexandropol. "It appears, however, that in the Government of Erivan, a party of Kurds, 50 in number, w ho bad detached themselves from the corps of Bayazett, at' tacked the Armenian village of Alikilip, but they were made to pay dearly for the attempt. Attacked by the Russian Cossacks and militia, under the command of Captain Vlassoff, the Kurds were put to flight, and i: 1 the encounter left 30 dead upon the field, and three pri soners in the hands of the Russians. The Russians had one Cossack and two militiamen wounded." The Austrian corps of observation, which is being formed at Scullin and the Servian frontier, Will consist of the 10th army corps. The greater part of the same is already stationed in the Banat. The reinforcements which are.now being sent thither con sist of the regiment Prince of Warsaw, a battalion of rifles, and a regiment of lancers, now lying at Baden, near Vienna. Others will shortly follow. These troops are being sent via Pesth, Solnok, and Seo.edin by railway ; th ence t o Temesvar,&c. They will be commanded by General Coronini. FRANCE. The Atlantic squadron under the command of Admiral Bruat sailed from Brest on the 6th inst., and proceeds to Africa, to take on board a first division of 10,000 men, who have been already or ganised by General Pelissier. These troops are no doubt destined for the East. It is very currently stated that General Ferre, son-in-law of the late Marshal Bugeaud, is to be appointed Commander in-Chief of the cavalry of the expedition intended for the East. Private letters from Lorient describe the extra ordinary activity going on in that arsenal. The ordinary artisans of the establishment have been for weeks past kept at work many hours beyond their usual time, and all the carpenters and workers in wood of the place are additionally employed night and day in making cases to contain projectiles called boulets asphyxiants—hollow balls filled with a com position which stifles those among whom it falls. Its powers are said to be of the most destructive kind. It is stated that the Bank of France has just de cided on making an advance of 60,000,000 f. to the Government on Treasury Bonds, renewable each month. The Credit Mobilier, it seems, had pro posed a loan of 200,000,000 f., but it is said that that establishment has been informed by the Minis ter of Finance that the Treasury had no occasion for a loan. The Moniteur announces in the following brief terms the departure of M. Kisseleff :—" The Minis ter of Russia left Paris on Monday." M. de Kisseleff, on leaving Paris, was accom panied by all the personnel of the Legation. There now only remains at Paris the Consul-General Ebeling, charged with civil and commercial affairs. The Paris papers of yesterday had not reached us at the hour of going to press. By telegraph we learn that the Bourse was more firm yesterday than on Wednesday, the spe culators still clinging to the hope that the Emperor of Austria will induce the Czar to accept the ar rangement proposed by the Conference of Vienna. The Three per Cents. closed at 68f. 75c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 97f. 75c. ; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,065 f. ; Rouen, 900 f. ; Havre, 440 f. ; Great Northern, 740 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 722 f. 50c. ; ditto, New, 565 f. ; Western of France, 575 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 540 f. ; Great Central, 437 f. 50c. ; Lyons and Geneva, 440 f. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 622 f. 50c. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 3d contain nothing important. _ The Queen, on the day before, attended the singing of a Te Deum, at the church of Atocha, on the occasion of the anniversary of her escape from assassination in 1852. The King accompanied her Majesty, and the Gazette says that she was warmly and respectfully received by the people assembled in the streets. The Espana states that General BoadellaTcap tain-general of Lerida, has been deprived of his command. The Clamor Public° of the 3d was seized by the police. _ - A letter from a Ministerial source says :—" More calm and moderation have been remarked amongst the members of the Opposition, since the removal from Madrid of three or four of their chiefs. The rumour has been spread of an approaching dissolu tion of the two Chambers, but it has not the least foundation." The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid on Feb. 4, at 37. ITALY. From Turin, under date of 2d inst., we learn that the armaments were being continued in Pied mont with great energy. DENMARK AND SWEDEN. The Swedish declaration of neutrality, which has been published subsequently to that of Denmark, is almost identical with the latter as regards pro visions and text, but exhibits this deviation—that, while Denmark only closes the harbour of Chris tiansoe, on the island of Bornholm (where the , Danish state prison is), to the vessels of the bel ligerent Powers, Sweden and Norway close the ports of Stockholm and Christiania, Herten, Carl scrona, Carlstein, and Slitoe. This slight devia tion, however, innocent as it appears, makes a material difference between the two, for the har bours just mentioned are almost the only ports in the vicinity of the probable future scene of action that are accessible to vessels of a deep draught of water. This denial of access to a few specific ports to both parties, apparently, is virtually a prohibi tion of access to the whole coast for the combined fleets, and for them alone. The Russian fleet can not put out to sea till after the vernal equinox is past, when the ice is thawed and the storms are over, while the combined fleets must take up their position in the Baltic long before the fair weather comes, to be ready to welcome the Russians when they commence their summer navigation. The last-mentioned Barbour, Slitoe, or Slitohamm, on the island of Gothland, is precisely the spot of all others to station a squadron of observation for the purpose of intercepting the Croustadt fleet as it leaves the Bay of Finland. The same may be said of the harbour of Cappelmann, as regards observ ing the Guf of Bothnia. This declaration of the neutrality of the Scandi navian Powers has been hailed with gratification in England as a sign of opposition to Russia; and doubtless, so far as it renders the repetition of the " untoward events" of 1801 and 1807 unnecessary, it is a subject of congratulation ; but, if our fleets pass the Sound by virtue of this declaration of neutrality, we are bound by its provisions, which we should not be if we forced the passage. If England and France recognise the recent Scandi navian declaration of neutrality, they will be in a worse position in case of war than if Denmark had sided with Russia and closed the Sound. There are negotiations going on now between Copenhagen and Stockholm for the promulgation of a series of quarantine regulations, which will have for their effect the exclusion of vessels of war from harbours not specified in the declaration s of neutrality above alluded to. This is the trick that Russia has al ready playing at the m ou th of fthsucceeded the panlihe so ca , andi p ts ita a l p l y pl i i n cation here is clearly of Russian paternity, Neither the Swedish nor the Danish nation is too well disposed towards Russia, but the Governments of the two coun tries are, and this whole declaration of neutrality —coming as it did at a season when it was of no consequence to any Power for maritime pur poses—was intended to -be only the first link in a chain of neutralities, which the firmness of Austria and Prussia alone has within the last few days prevented from being extended round the neck of Germany. The neutrality of Denmark is a nonentity if England and France do not recognis e it, ' and choose to p ass th e S oun d . Denmark s Only chance of it s b e i ng respecte d l ay in the h ope of Prussia being prevailed on to join the three Scandinavian kingdoms in the character of a Baltic Power ; but Prussia has thought fit to hold back. Holstein which contains th e impor tant Balti c harbour of Kiel, while it belongs to Denmark as a ducal fief, is at the same time an in tegral part of the German Bund, and Denmark cannot undertake implicitly for the neutrality of that harbour until the Baud has spoken. This has not taken place and will not ; but the King of Denmark was prepared, as Duke of Holstein and Lauenburg, to instruct his representative at Frank fort to support any motion there for any active declarative declaration of neutrality. With almost no exception, the public press of Norway and Sweden looks cn the " armed neu trality" and the " joint operations at sea" as inevi tably involving them in war, and that, too, on the side of Russia, which they pronounce to be opposed to their political and, historical Pyzapati*N.., - -.: ....... THE . Imm( Clarend last mos minister been se lish en leave t Bell's to be MAR. 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