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Ce P.artljetu thin SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1856 THE Conference must terminate in a very fe days; and, as the moment of dissolution draws near, public anxiety necessarily becomes greater. The war and peace parties wait the final issue with equal impatience, and whichever side is doomed to disappointment, its anguish will be intolerable. And since we hear so much about " the balance Of "power," there can be no impropriety in looking a little to the strength of belligerent factions. Our Paris correspondent has reason to believe that Lord CLARENDON is not satisfied with the terms of the coming treaty ; that Sardinia is even more displeased; and Turkey perfectly outrageous. Their assent to the conditions have been given to counterbalance the understanding, and extraordinary friend ch had lately been shown by the represen tatives of France and Russia for each other. If all ship, whi this should prove to be true, what is to become of the Peace party? The war aide will have new and rather promising ground to start on, if the Power which is to be saved rejects the proposals for her deliverance ! Turkey may be too weak to offer any formidable resistance. Her friends may be vastly too strong for her. But will the question—the Alpha and Omega of the diplomatic scheming of P-- be settled by any tl ng short nnn+liv•Tr ; of a plain, matter-of-fact recognition, and establishment of that policy for which the Western Powers have been contending in the East ? If the Conference does secure this—setting aside those conditions which we ought to enforce to compensate us in some measure for the war—it merely brings us back to where we were before a drop of blood was shed, or a shilling spent on armies and fleets. Such terms would indeed be peace•at-any-price. But is Europe prepared to go back to the old status-quo Can England, with the Eastern sore open, disband her army, lay up her fleets in ordinary, and return to a peace level ? If not, can she bear the taxation of warfare in the midst of universal tranquillity ? Those who would propose such a thing are not our friends, and those who consent to them take a responsibility upon them selves which no man of moderate intelligence would like to share. A country may do much when excited by battles, and led on by victories. No nation has done more mischief to others and themselves, under these alluring circumstances, than the English. But where shall we find a ministry who will, first, conclude a peace and then ask the people of these realms to keep up military and naval war establishments ? Can this be the position in which the Congress is to leave the PALMERSTON Cabinet? or what are we to obtain by abandoning Turkey ? If we are doomed to the former, the Ministry will have chained us to an impossibility, which will destroy their political reputation and official, life. Obloquy and appo plexy will, assuredly, convey them off the stage. If we submit to the overthrow of the Ottoman power, our military prestige will be irretrievably lost, and our national honour for ever damned. Such things cannot be meant. No set of British Statesmen would fly from desolation to death. In this instance the gulf is too wide, and, we trust, their faith too strong What, then, is the great aim and under-plot of this Conference ? Many clear-headed and ex perienced politicians, who admire LOUIS NAPOLEON more than any ruler on the Continent, have trembled for the fate of the Bonapartist dynasty in this war. They saw that if the most perfect success did not attend any military exploits, in which the name of NAPOLEON was engaged, a thousand uses would be made of it by his national and political enemies. And as it would take a long list of great triumphs, and national gains, to make up what would be considered a moderately satisfactory statistic, in this era of figures, they shuddered at the thought of any thing bordering on short - comings. Now if we take the catalogue of thi s d ea dl y strugg le, what shall we find ? Battles and s i eges which was brilliant because they were bloody —glorious because they were victorious —ever memorable because they have left debt behind which will never be wiped away ! This is the credit side o f t h e war ledger. The debits stand pretty nearly in this condition :—To compensation for the expenditure of 100,000,000/., and the loss of 60,000 to 70,000 heroic soldiers—nil. To material guarantees for the future observance, by Russia, of the foregoing conditions of peace : about 10, and not more than 15 ounces of waste foolscap paper. To money in hand to meet future contingencies, and to keep Russia out of Bessarabia, Asia Minor, Georgia, &c., and Austria out of the Principali ties—nil. Verily tho friends of the Emperor NAPOLEON may well tremble and shudder at such a winding up of the affairs of one of the most frightful wars ever witnessed. They will say, "there was des- " peration in entering upon war, desperation in " continuing any longer"—but we fear there will be fatal desperation in abandoning it, except on conditions which will render its recur rence within the number of years required to establish, consolidate, and render a European dynasty habitual to a people. The Emperor NAPOLEON may have seen accumulating dangers in the continuance of the contest, and may have decided on its abandonment, nolens volens. Can Russia, in that case, have borrowed the peculiar faculty of the boa constrictor, and having licked his Majesty over, is only waiting for an opportu nity to gratify her Bourbonist or Legitimist appe tite? Have the Russian conferees used the saliva, while the imp infatuation was " holding up the mirror to nature" ? Is the Russo-Turkish struggle to be abandoned for a war of succession, in which the Bonapartists are to fight in the ranks of the open enemies to the throne of a NAPOLEON? If a BONAPARTE becomes the ally of Russia it must be as a slave, and not as the Emperor of the French ; when, if he should not find his way to a veritable Siberia, he would be banished to a political Kamstchatka. Such degradation cannot be reserved for immortal France ! An alliance with, or a snivel ling friendship for, Russia cannot be at the root of what is said to be going on in the circle of intrigue Can it then be a real and hearty desire for peace at-any-price which pervades the Congress ? Should it be so, we shall soon discover it in the liberality of the concessions actually made, But the Conference is not to bring the entire negotiations to a close. The representatives are to settle the "general terms." A committee is to be left to arrange the " details." Another armistice will, therefore, be acceded to, 'or else peace must be proclaimed before the details which are to give full effect to its conditions are finally, or half adjusted ! Here is another complexity—how to escape a monstrous folly, or not go on with a great and dreaded war ! Poor diplomacy !it was for thee that " Triptolemus strewed plenty from his cart divine." Thy disciples are to be pitied, and sorrow awaits those who do not look for woe in the failure of thy little machinations, or in the success of . thy great designs. As for ourselves, we measure diplomatic asservations by the most arbitrary rules of contrariety and incredulity. It may be a weakness, but it is one of the failures which time and experience strengthen ; and we may be pardoned if we say, should the Conference arrive at a pacific solution, and tell us the condi tions now before the world will secure peace on an enduring basis, that we believe nothing of the kind. A treaty patched up for personal, party, and other equally contemptible purposes, will not give peace to nations, each seeking great material ends, and political ascendancy. It is a paltry hushing of the waves which will rush on until they find their level, and are made to yield to some superior and unmistakeable force ! EPOCHS will occur in which a multitude of con_ ditions conspire to alter the current of events, fill men with new ideas, and give _birth to purer and warmer desires. These changes show themselves in the political atmosphere first, and in their st incipiency. Novelties, if they come clothed in the white and unspotted mantle of popular virtue, are, however, viewed as gliosts,and an hobgoblin catcher is presently found to go forth to slay the unwelcome spirit. How repeat edly the present generation have witnessed these things. They have seen such farces re-enacted once in every five or six years, but without sue' cess at the finale—the laying of the spirit. Nature will rule—will admit no human dictation nearer tilrone—no penaJnt near tier slave to her own laws, she makes vassals of the human race. The earth can find no pleasure in incessant motion—the tides in endless hurrying to and fro—the star in keeping interminable watch over this planet and the heavens. No ! They are the slaves of conditions over which they have no power, and they yield obedience to the law that rules. The pigmy man alone rebels. Fortunately for our race they are only a few who refuse submission, and pooh ! pooh ! at inevitability ! The multitude adapt themselves to the changed circumstances which surround them, The few never ! The one see war, pestilence, and famine before they reach the homestead. The latter must be dragged out, and have the sad realities of those scourges brought under their noses before they believe in their existence, much less think of providing against their inflictions. Who will say that all this has not been most painfully and undeniably exem plified within the last ten years ? The multitude saw famine coming on the land. The few believed not. The million saw pestilence approaching. The few remained inert —motion. less. The peoples of Europe saw war advancing with gigantic strides. The few were blind, deaf, and dumb, until the sword was drawn, and thou sands were slain. Who were the few ? We leave history to answer the question. It is enough for our purpose to know that that party—the few who will not bend must break. That they who will not now bend must be rent asunder, and scattered to the political winds and waves, appears inevitable. They must either submit to the changes which take place in the conditions of nations, or they must disappear from that stage on which their altered circumstances have to be met. But then the specious politician says, " While we admit all this " to be true, be good enough to tell us how it is to "be done ?" In answer to this numerous ways have been suggested. Some have said this pro gression of the age must be arrested. Others apparently delighted at the nation's growth in wealth and enlightenment have replied, lot me and my supporters into office, to promote them. A third have declared for a medium course, and asked to be allowed to assume the reins of govern ment, in order to show us a reformed Utopia. Lastly, the constitutionalist, full of patriotism, fired with a true love of moral progression, despising clap traps, loathing that nepotism which plants whole generations and pedigrees down to the hundredth cousins, thrice removed, upon the public purse, asking nothing for himself, and reminds all his opponents, that their country has a Constitu tion, and a constituency which ought to be respected ! Men of the latter stamp are not often to be met with in these days. But, there is a strong feeling growing up in this country, in favour of the creation of a stanch Constitutional party, who will tell Mr. RENEGADE and Master TWADDLE that the empire is in a much worse condition than she looks, and that it is time to deal with realities, and lay aside all fears of phantoms. If such a party should be formed, it looks very much as if Lord STANLEY of Alderley would be one of its foremost members. There is a highly national and moral tone in the noble Lord's recent speeches. But there can be no lack of men equal to the work of protecting our civil liberties, social welfare, and Constitutional institution s from the immolating hands of professional Ref 0 rmers Whigs, and Tories. There is something more for THE VOETHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, MARCH 22,18643, MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL, LIVERPOOL, FRTDAY EVENING To-day being Good Friday, no transactions have taken place in Stocks and Shares, nor has any list of prices been published. BANK OP ENGLAND RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to thOct 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for tho Week ending March 15, 1856. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Debit. Credit. Notes issued .. £24,378,095 Government Debt Other securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin and Bullion Credit. Government se . £14,553,000 curities £11,451,006 3,805,380 Other securities 19,285,028 5,506,124 Notes 5,884,865 12,650,535 Gold and silver coin ... 756,330 £24,378,095 BANKING DEPARTMENT. 9,903,095 £24 : 378,095 Debit. Proprietors' ca pital Rest . Public deposits Other „ Seven day, and other bills.. 650,470 Total .... £37,271,369 I Total ... £37,271,369 The foregoing Bank Returns show the following results, when compared with those of the preceding week:—Notes issued, decrease 6,5251; bullion in both departments, increase 3,1551; rest, increase 12,8101; public deposits, increase 1,129,9381; other deposits, decrease 634,5491; seven days and other bills, decrease 21,5891. On the credit side, govern ment securities remain the same as last quoted ; other securities have increased 356.6851. Notes unemployed, increase, 120,2451. Actual circulation, 18,493,2301; decrease, 126,7701. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. public men to think about besides who is to be in or out of office, and the means by which the tran sition is to be brought about. Existing parties have adopted certain theories as the cardinal points of their official compass ; and should any one of them prove to be false and delusive, it is not until the State has been wrecked that their fatal mistakes, will be found out. Their present stock-in-trade is the subversion of the rights of property—they have a Select Committee at this moment sitting to consider how spoliation can be " made easy"—a princely contempt for local self-government, as witnessed in the Boroughs and Counties Police Bill, which is to take the ancient control of the civil force out of the hands of local authorities—Centralisation, on a most com prehensive scale in all other matters for which local communities are taxed, as instanced iu the increasing desire to create Government boards with inquisitorial functions—a determined opposition to inquiry into the workings of great economic institutions, as shown in the case of Mr. MuNTz's motion for a committee to inquire only, into our banking and currency laws, to see whether they were susceptible of amendment or improve ment—a marked recklessness about the education of the people, as proved by their leaving bills for that purpose to be brought iu by abjured friends, and strenuous oppositionists—a fixed desire to be at peace, or continue war, j ust as Russia pleases, as indicated in the proceedings of the Conference. We could go further with the miscellaneous cargo of what the world will call " prudential " and enlightened Government." But we regard the patience of the reader. The blanks we have left may be filled up by going to the Dissenting Chapel, where church rates are talked of—to our prisons and hulks where the blighted fruit of protracted neglect may be seen hanging from the tree of life, and bearing down all its branches to the dust—and by walking through our courts and alleys where the unemployed industry of the land is pining under the agonies of usury. Such a stock of mourning, bought at so high a price, must make bankrupts of its owners, and pass, like all other unprofitable and perishable wares, under the hammer " at an awful " sacrifice"—in addition to which we shall hear the well known exclamation coming from every man's lips, " sold for an old song," very shortly. There is nothing else for it, unless, indeed, the Ministerial tree—the " used up" stumps of every imaginable party—bend to the voice of the nation, or the public yield to the blasts of legislative self-will. Should neither one or the other bow in good time, what a glorious oppor tunity for the " coming man" to make his debut. The thoughts of such things must be to Lord DERBY like the cry of hounds to an old hunter, after a feed of dry corn. Had the opening presented itself when the noble earl first ran for the Downing -street plate, or the Ministerial cup. we should have felt disposed to have backed him; but, as it is, the odds are too long, by at least a thousand to one. Who then is to form and lead a great and purely Constitutional, Moral, and National party ? This problem, the North must solve. Here we have the population who suffer most by political weakness and obstinacy, and the wealth which is most to be cared for—industry and trade without which, England would be a loathsome waste. THE COURT CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCESS 1101 UL. The ceremonial of the confirmation of the Princess Royal took place on Thursday morning in her Majesty's private chapel at Windsor Castle. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Almoner ; the Bishop of Chester, clerk of the Queen ; the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, deputy clerk of the closet in waiting ; and the Rev. H. J. Ellison, vicar cf Windsor, took their scats within the rails of the cora minion table shortly before twelve o'clock. The ministers and other company invited to witness the ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-room at a quarter before twelve o'clock ; the ladies and gentlemen in waiting on the Queen and the royal family assem bling in the corridor. The company were then conducted to seats in the chapel. About twelve o'clock the Princess Royal entered the chapel with her father, the prince consort, who placed her in a chair in front of the communion table. The Queen and the King of the Belgians followed, together with the rest of the royal and illustrious personages. The King of the Belgians, the godfather of the Prin cess Royal, was conducted to a seat near the Princess, under the pulpit, and in a line with the King were the Duchess of Kent, godmother of the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Prince Ernest of Leningen, and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe. The Queen was seated opposite to the King of the Belgians ; while Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and the Princess Louisa, occupied seats opposite the other members of the Royal Family. The great officers of State, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting took their seats immediately behind the Royal Family. The remainder of the company invited were placed in pews on either side of the chapel. The Princess Royal wore a rich white silk glace gown, with five flounces pinked, the body richly trimmed with white ribbon and Mechlin lace. The King of the Belgians, the Prince Consort, and the Duke of Cambridge, appeared in the Windsor uniform, and each wore the riband, Badge, and Star of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Gentlemen of the Queen's and the Prince Con sort's households wore the Windsor uniform, the mem bers of Orders of Knighthood wearing their respective insignia, The ceremony commenced by a hymn, sung by the gentlemen and boys of the Royal Chapel of St. George . Mr. W. G. Cnsins, the organist of her Majesty's Private Chapel, presided at the organ. The Bishop of Oxford read the Preface, and the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony, and concluded the service, the Princess kneeling before his Grace. The Archbishop, at the close, delivered an exhortation, and part of the 268th hymn was then sung by the choir. The ceremony being ended, the Queen and the King of the Belgians, the Princess Royal and the Prince Consort, with the Royal Family, quitted the Chapel, and entered the Green Drawing-room, where her Majesty received the congratulations of the distinguished com pany present. Luncheon was served to the Royal Family in the White-room, and to the general company in the Dining- The Duchess o f Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge took leave of the Queen and the Prince in the afternoon, the Duchess and the Princess Mary proceeded to Kew, and the Duke returned to London. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, also took leave and quitted the Castle. The Ministers, Officers cf State, and other visitors in vited to attend the ceremony, took their departure. The dinner party in the evening included the King of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, and Col. de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and Dr. Ricken (in attendance on the King of the Belgiansi) THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC A despatch dated Hamburgh the 20th inst., an nounced that Commodore Watson had declared all the Russian ports in the Baltic, to be in a state of blockade. The English frigate Amphion, after having met with a violent storm in the Belt, went ashore on a sand bank. She was got off by the Sampson, and arrived in Kiel without further accideni. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse to-day closed at the following quotations :—Four and a half per Cents., 94f ; Three per Cents., 72f 45c. AMERICA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 21. The American packet-ship Arago has just arrived, bringing news to the date of the Bth inst. Exchange was firm at full rates. The cotton market was heavy, at a reduction in price of id on the last quotations. In the provision market prices were lower. Freight remained firm, with a fair business. AU S THALIA. The Lightning, Captain Enright, belonging to the Black Ball line, arrived off Cork, from Mel bourne, yesterday (Good Friday) morning, at 11 50. The Lightning left Melbourne on the 28th of December last. The ships Admiral, Sussex, and Blackwall, advertised to sail from Melbourne for London on the Ist, the Bth, and the 13th Dec. respectively— the last date being fifteen days anterior to the departure of the Lightning—have not yet appeared among the announcements of arrivals at London. FRANCE Owing to postal arrangements affecting yester day's holiday, we were, at the hour of going to press, without our usual Paris correspondence. in reference to the invitation issued by the Em peror to exiled Frenchmen, we find his Majesty has caused a return to be laid before him specifying the numbers and condition of the individuals still kept in Algeria or abroad in consequence of politi. cal measures. Through the events of June, 1848, eleven thousand persons were condemned, under the Republic, to be transported to Algeria ; through the clemency of the President, only three hundred and six remain in Africa. In December, 1851, eleven thousand two hundred and one individuals had to be transported or banished ; the pardons granted by the Emperor have reduced the number of these to 1058. On the occasion of the birth of the Imperial Prince his Majesty has decided that leave to return to France should be granted to all those who shall declare that they loyally submit to the government which the nation has given to itself, and who shall engage their honour to respect its laws. This generous appeal was made at the inauguration of the empire; the Emperor has ordered its repetition. There will no longer remain aloof from their native soil any save those who shall obstinately persist in a refusal to recognise the national will and the monarchy it has founded. THE FRENCH EMPRESS AND THE IMPERIAL PRINCE. The Moniteur of Thursday contains a bulletin, signed by the medical attendants of the Empress, stating, with reference to the lacteal fever, that " all proceeds regularly." The health of the Imperial infant is said, on the same authority, to be excellent. Advices from Constantinople state that on Tues day last, on receipt of the news, the sea and land batteries of the French and the Allies saluted the birth of the French Prince. The ships in the Bosphorous were dressed in honour of the occasion. PRINCE JEROME The last bulletin concerning Prince Jerome represents his progress towards convalescence as continuing. EXPECTED CONCLUSION OF PEACE An expectation prevails in certain quarters, that the treaty of peace will be signed on Saturday (this day). The act of signature will be a mere matter of form, for everything shows that peace is already restored. An order was passed by the Cabinet, at the meeting held on Wednesday last, to discontinue enlistment and the embarkation of troops.—Daily News. THE LONDON GAZETTE B ANKRUPTS.—Joux JULIUS STULZ ER, Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, late of Guildford-street, ship owner and merchant. WILLIAM TURING CURTIS , Great St. Helens, City, merchant and commission agent. JOHN COLE FOURDRINIER, late of Bush-lane, paper maker, potato dealer, and discount agent. JOHN PROUT , Sutton, Cheshire, silk manufacturer. SAMUEL SHEEN, Norwood, Surrey, victualler, ROBERT CLARKE, miller, Liverpool. ED WARD POWELL , Newtown, grocer and provision dealer. JOHN SMITH, Manchester, tobacconist. ELDON DAVIS, Oxford-street, cabinet manufacturer. PETER HEWITT, Ossett Common, Yorkshire, worsted spinner. JOSEPH MARSDEN, Derby, ironfounder. RICHARD NIC [JOLSON, Southampton-court, Holborn, carpet bag maker. JOAN PHILLIPS VESEY, Exeter, hatter and hosier. BIRKENHEAD DOCKEL—The estimated parliamentary expense of Mr. Hartley, the engineer, for altering, improving, and completing these docks, is £680,000. THE %A :num.—Yesterday was beautifully bright and warm, and the country districts looked very well after the refreshing rains which fell at intervals for the two or three previous days. The field operations are advancing with rapidity, and an early and abundant harvest may be expected THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. Camp before Sebastopol, March 3 I have more than - once had to remark that there is a much larger proportion of sickness in the Land Transport Corps than in the rest of the army. The mortality of the army has been 4 per cent, and of the army including the Land Transport Corps 5 per cent, or thereabouts. It is evident that, owing to the nature of their duties, the Land Trans port men are likely to be less healthy at this season than the soldiers of infantry regiments. The Land Transport men have constant and hard work, and no matter how bitter the cold, how heavy the rain, it must be done, for the supply of the army depends upon it. They are particularly liable to frost-bite when harnessing, driving, and riding, and often wet through for hours together, or plunged to their knees in mud while extricating their carts from some piece of deep ground. Strong, hardy men are required to bear up against such exposures and fatigue. Unfortunately, little pains appear to have been taken to secure such. Mere lads, of weakly con stitution, are doing work which would tax the strength and powers of endurance of robust adults --attempting to do it, for most of them soon sicken under the effort. Considering the short time that has elapsed since the new organization of the corps commenced, great progress has certainly been made, and can have been achieved only by zealous and constant exertion on the part of Colonel Wetherall and his officers. Ac counts from Kertch, from trustworthy and im partial sources, are highly satisfactory. Healthy as this army has been during the winter, the Turkish Contingent has far surpassed it in that important particular, and this is attributed mainly to the great sobriety of the men. During the last three months of 1855 there were but 02 deaths in the Contingent, which is upwards of 16,000 men strong, exclusively of the cavalry, and of the depots on the Bosphorus. This year scurvy has appeared among the Turks, attributable to an insufficient supply of vegetables, lime juice, &c., but, although widely spread, it is not severe, and measures were promptly taken on the discovery of its existence to give the men the sort of food the deficiency of which had brought it on. Among the British troops at Kertch there has been no scurvy. The Contingent's hospitals are very good, and the Turks have the most perfect confidence in their English doctors—a confidence dating from last summer, when the cholera was among them at Bujukdere camp. The soldiers of the Contingent are generally large, muscular, robust men; their temperance is remarkable. They are contented, docile, and seem to like their officers. Notwithstanding all the calumnies that have been propagated against the Turkish Contingent, its generals and its officers, there can be no question that the experiment, as far as it has yet gone, has been completely successful. And there can hardly be a doubt that if they had to take the field these 16,000 Turks, well led, would fight as gallantly as did their countrymen at Silistria and at Kars. Including English officers of the Contingent, clerks, servants, the detachment of the 10th Hussars, &c., there is a Protestant congregation at Kertch of about 500 souls. Service is per formed in the oft-mentioned building, which was a ladies school, and is now a cavalry barrack. By way of experiment, it was once performed in the Kertch Cathedral. The Russian priest' s permission was asked, and he made not the slightest difficulty, and attended himself, as did a large number of the inhabitants, to witness the service. The good understanding between the Eng lish chaplain and the Russian priest was perfect, and when the former left, about a month ago, the latter presented him with a bell, having both their names inscribed on it, which now swings in the little wooden belfry of the church of the Second Div ision, where its owner does duty. These are pleas ing and humanizing incidents in the history of a war, which abounds in bloody and desperate epi i It is with the sincerest regret that I record the death of a most amiable young man and gallant officer—Major George Ranken, of the Royal En gineers--who was killed in the zealous discharge of his duty, at the explosion of the White Buildings on Thursday evening last. The accident occurred at the south-western corner of the edifice, and has been related to me as follows :—A. mine having failed to explode, and some minutes having elapsed, Major Rankin sent his men to a distance, and himself entered the place to renew the train, scattering louse putvtiut over it. From the poaitiou in which his corpse was found, it is supposed that he had completed his perilous task, and was about getting through a window when the explosion took place, and the building fell in. His arm was broken, and there were injuries to the skull and spine, which must have occasioned instant death. The Army Works Corps men dug for his body until midnight on hursday ; they were then relieved by Sappers. The body was not extricated until half past eight o'clock on Friday morning, The unfortunate officer was buried yesterday, with military honors. at the Engineers' Cemetery, Left Attack. Major Ranken, commanded the ladder party in the attack on the Redan. He was a most promising officer, a great favourite with his comrades, and his loss is deplored by all who knew him. If peace be now definitively made, Major Ranken will, perhaps, have the melancholy distinction of being the last Englishman killed in the Crimea. The last Frenchman killed here, up to this date, fell in a duel. Two French officers, who have gone through the whole war unwounded, ciwarrelled the other day and fought with sabres ; one was killed, and the other was so badly hurt that he is not expected to live. Colonels Wetherall and Mackenzie are about to proceed to England. Their departure is understood to be occasioned by the discussion to which Sir John M‘Neill's report has given rise. March 7.—The week has been as eventless as the weather has been detestable. Sunday was so bright and pleasant a day that people forgot last year's experience, flattered themselves winter had departed, and formed pleasant projects of rides to Baidar and Urkusta, of rambles to the Tchernaya to talk to the Russians, of wanderings in French Sebastopol, All these small Crimean castles quickly crumbled. The heavy rain on Monday made most abominable roads on Tuesday; then round went the wind, and down went the quick silver, snow fell in abundance, and at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning the thermometer stood at 12° Fahrenheit, It is difficult to estimate the exact depth of snow on this elevated plateau, because the wind drifts it, but there cannot have been less than 12 inches, and in some places men sank up to their thighs; and the snow continued to fall at intervals during the whole of Wednesday, agreeably varied by sharp hail. The camp presented the same old winter picture, dingy huts and gray tents rising out of the dazzlingly white surface. The wind was at times so violent that it seemed miraculous the tents and huts should resist, and not be swept away and unroofed; and the rain fell in torrents. Great dismay in the Crimean Jockey Club ; spring meetings postponed sine die. The customary duties of the camp became more toilsome than usual. Fatigue parties slipped and staggered through the deep greasy clay under the load of the daily rations. Cornmissariat officers and others having quill-work to do shut themselves in their quarters and toiled at states and accounts. Leaks, previously unsuspected, revealed them selves under the pressure of the deluge ; there was much swabbing of hut floors, and horses shook their ears and looked dismal as the heavy drops oozed through the ill -j ointed stable roofs and soaked through their blankets. For that day, at least, the general order prohibiting gossip with the Russians across the Tchernaya was unnecessary. On Sunday and Monday there had been considerable intercourse of that kind, knives and pipes were bought as relics of the Crimean campaign, and coin of the respective countries were enclosed in balls of earth and ex changed across the river. Indeed, there was every appearance that, if a stop was not put to the growing amity, Cossacks would be coming over to dine in camp, and English paying visits to the North Forts, or Mackenzie plateau. To-day there is another- change in this inconstant climate. All last night the wind howled furiously, and the rain fell in torrents. Towards the morning the wind again shifted ; the rain became snow, and the plateau is once more white. It is now about noon ; the thermometer stands at 220, but the frost has not lasted long enough to form more than a thin, crisp upper crust, through which tha foot sinks into fathomless mud. It is quite pos sible that to-morrow may bring us balmy breezesa! a brilliant sun, and rivers of mud for roads. Suen, are Crimean caprices. A large number et. boxes, containing voluntary contributions of books, games, &c., intended for the instruction and amusement of this army, have lately been received from England. They include a vast collection of excellent and valuable books, and, thanks to the generous donors, every division has. now a good and daily-increasing library. Through the exertions of Miss Nightingale a considerable quantity of school materials—such as mans and ~ slates—has been supplied to the schools ; bu t it fa desirable that well-meaning p erso ns in Engl an should reflect as to the probable utility of w hat they send out. Some of the boxes recently recei ve ,. have been filled with the most inconceivable run bish, fit only to be burnt. 10 p.m —Last night's gale seems generally con sidered, by persons who have been out here sin e ' the first landing in the Crimea, as violent as "Y_ that has been experienced s i nc e the disast rou s tempest of the 14th of Nove m be r , 1851. It is d be feared that we shall shortly h ear of wrecks an misfortunes at sea. A cattle-ship came irate Balaklava to-day with half its cargo dead, fro m t pitching and rolling of the vessel. The u ° , ° , ) „ o broke away and fractured the ca pt a in's leg in i yd places. The latest report is that the -rt" o 1. and Fourth Divi s i ons are t o move de' % ' to Inkermann a n d th e T c h erna ya to rel ieve the French, who suffer greatly from sickl ies l The mortality in the French army i s ., „l i b to amount to 170 men a-day, and, altl i u„*"„ - d, the exact number cannot be positively ascertiln e there is strong reason to believe that the au ° : n. statement is near the truth. lam assured that l e. three days 570 men died. There may be exagg of ration in this, but it is certain that the numbe r ., sick is very large, and that the F r ench Control. s , sariat is badly off. This severe and fickle wea tl e ; must be trying to an army which is chiefly • 11 1 ) canvas, and as I believe, insufficiently rationed' March B.—We have had a bitt er cold night: e r ne the earth is iron-bound w ith f ros t. The mail "-„ on Thursday has not yet arrived.—Times Correa -- dent. The correspondent of the Daily News give s tli n e e following amusing anecdote :—A curious ge e to occurred the same day between some of. the ' a u, belligerents, near to Inkermann. As is well kno sv „ s the valley of the Tchernaya at this spot beeoltr very contracted, the c liff s w hi c h fl an k it on ei t + 7 o side being within rifl e s h o t o f eac h o th e r. 011 ,, * a Saturday the usual d ro p p i ng fi re h a d eease`; ° he the part of the Russian r ifl emen , b u t 'none 0 ' 1 ",,d Russians came out of their ambuscades or elleu:if themselves outside their works. It seemed sere they had received orders not to fire, but. lot doubtful whether the French h a d rec eived et a be d instructions. On Sunday, h owever , th e y aPprn e a cie freely, and, in common with the French an"Zoli English officers and so ldi ers w h o had grad of collected together at thi s p ar t, l e d by a d esr? having a near inspection o f th e caves and eur us g i Pcle, dwelling places in the cliff s on th e Ruseia n : h l ich assembled on the banks of th e sma ll river "" sfi d divided them. Mutual salutations took Pla ee ' cle to establish a fraternisati on , as f ar as the obe,t3ers which flowed between them w ou ld permits e c g , ed• and tobacco were t osse d across an d i n terehl"t er e This was not sufficient, and various atteraPts de e p, made to cross the r i ver ; b u t th e wa ter was rise to and they all ended i n f a il ures , w hi c h gave r; hit amusement on both sides. At last the Russi an' °d upon an expedient. They felled a high tre e ',... s ry projecting it acros s th e wa t er , f orme d a teinP ° eo t bridge, The invitati on was acce pt e d. Over g e ed French and E ng li s h, an d no thi ng could e% e ir the civility of their l a t e an t agon i s t s , but now " the friendly entertainers. They showed than ro . Rock chapel, the iron balcony of b P eell jetting from th e f ace o f th e c liff, had oft" i-c es, an object of cur i os it y , an d h ewn hollow Pa ers i which, instead of being simple chambers or init excavations, proved to be s p ac i ousu ndergron" A fo barr racks. There was also soup, raki, or the Pip e s d e r such as desired th em , an d it i s ass erted that 1111 ,, te ci the influence o f thi s su dd en f r i e ndship, as s '© t or by the ra ki, th ere were more thanol3',,sy two instances of soldiers not finding their.....o back to their camps f or man y hours after the ti;u when they first c r o ss ed th e river. Some Thi ss t iv, officers were present who spoke French fine ° 41 cliteuess the Frenc h and received with p ch tw ot. few English officers who were near the O s ! This meeting took place before the ge ne ' order appeared confining all persons within diet camp from going beyond the outposts, an o r ; t i which will, o f course, i n t errup t any further.vi 9 ,,; o to the Inkermanu chapel and caves. The 637„f -writer, under date of the Bth instant., come lt s . cates a painful incident. He says :—On IVed°. e d day afternoon, the Ist Royals, near Kamara, l3l l l La one of their offices, Captain Turner. lie ha d w ihe nine years in the service, and was the soil of ed late General Tu rner , w ho at one time comeellero the Cork district in Ireland. Four of his b r°t have been in the artillery, one of them 10 died of cholera when Master of the gii rs se et Dublin, j us t a f ter h av i ng rece i v ed a P re bet from the Queen for his services during bo cif first visit to Ireland in August, 1842. Th e dun of Captain Turner was carried on an artillerYcfbi carria ge d rawn b y e i g h t h orses, b e i ng preced e s ea his company ; the Grenadier 4, as a firing Par t L' t bet followed by all the officers of his regiment , t . °6 '.fli e with Brigadier-G enera l H orn , C. 8., andst 3 ' o .' n ,pos' . effect of the proc ess i on i n th e snow was mos t i " -- 0 /13i 6 mg. I cannot help relating the circumstanee'v,e, Do death. On returning to England on sick leave siic was informed that he could no t .possiblY ll boae ° months, so he determined to leave h is ea raP' in the Crimea. Previous to leaving th e br idet on horseback, last Saturday, for Trakt ir ; 0 ,1 3 1 to be present as a spectator of the negeeia t f a bow spoke to Lieutenant White, of his reginle ll 3, o ° his private affairs, in view of a sudden dencree A ' returning to his camp he tumbled off hi rer ttti was carried into the hut of a Sardinian aliuorite there died of aneurism of the heart. A fa of t he camp rumour now is that two divisions ec fo r army, under Sir Colin Campbell, will erab a c i o re„ Canada the moment peace is officially df,-,ortil," with Russia, The Highland, and Third or tie Divisions are likely to be the ones seleoteut right glad will they be to have a look:, a 60111/ Yankees with Sir Colin Campbell as th e ' • mander-in-Chief. THE SHIP EUROPA In the Admiralty Court, Dublin, on Virednes'elrfez: Taylor, on behalf of Joan de Freitas, of the Islan. ca r t ceira, moved for a fi at against the Europa an d 11 : t P r sd in a cause of a derelict salvage. The affidavits ', e g o I t ' . ; that about the end of last January the Europ a covered in distress about 30 miles off Tercexra,Ao.upd: boarded by the crews of boats belonging to VT 4I Freitas, who found her a derelict and abandon eu ' lar o4 st et found by these people there were three on the starboard side of the Europa, near re edge, which would, in all probability, na ll b s o les, W- itt founder; but the salvors, having secured these,Y i an ° ' enabled to bring the vessel, with her cargo o '..,,,` ti tho s 'it l e safety to the harbour of Angra. The vessel vic'y ff oel;, the meritorious exertions of the sal vo r s . brengTo - e peril of imminent destruction int o secur ity, a n r,,u tlO r u ' l bs and cargo being unrepresented a t A ngr a, the 0- ol ig. - t he there sent her to Cork, in o r d er th a t h e r vain,: ea e realised, the owners sec ure d i n th e i r proPe.t . '" te ' claims of the sailors ascertained and ade, her Os salvors accordingly manned her, and brougu'te(l._ 600 , Angra, and her arrival a t C or k was d a ily exP e„ I•Ah value of the ship and cargo was estimated at The application was granted. wa The baggage of Si:E. Lyons, which was ° II 11 1 1741-je ; Carados at Marseilles, has arrived from C °°starl is t° and was landed on Saturday, from which iL %.. _ of T a H n it ew M s is pa E p ß e t r zs a co n F d inferred that he is not to return to the Black °e'", cow; p o s O i N t e E r insert t i l / b il e 9 °t ' r of a girl you love with a man old enough ' to father—he is rich and you ar other theta h T oc ehAnr legislature x epoe o of t p t the s c oc u lhd n i el L ods o rrt n e s np . K.— ill b_ _ _ o e d lors over thirty , b :1 13 e r p a r s c b ee n i 0 finiecBorstic gazette of Sweden LW dollars worth of age—five to e ye e n n re tuc o k f y, imposind was founded in property, ad va l ore m , t he Europe 5 • ', official It gollaarst a:lid:o3sc° HUMAN NtLo Fis.--13eing 0011,7 16 a 4 p 4 :rs du in rin n g ort t h he ern re the, tai, Christina, the daughter Gustavus- d 1 hos of A o p • n '" Ili' and theterruptio 9 pte present year is, without, in ton hundred and eleventh anniversary.— w as '' Oa geneer. ..-- , n , Coit s. „ r• REJOICINGS FOR THE FRENCH PRINCE -.-" , go's."' ill Monday a feu de j of was fired at the stores °I 'bolts' of Murphy and Son, of this city, provision mee .-- ee honour France, and the tri-coloured flag was hoisted gisl9 tiers tliP o u ; of the newly-born heir to the imperial t il t r o ° co li r having been declared contractors to memorate the event—the firm inuestion, we un v teo' f a large e r ter., provisions by the French government. --Cork PP