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TUB ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES Is TWO GUINEAS PER ANNUM. Rort4trn 'Amer WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1856 " Savz me from myself " must be the last cry of the suicide, and it is a desire which must be often felt by those who direct the machinery of State. In matters of Government the slightest misconception the most trifling adventure, or least anomaly, may throw the whole into diso r d er , or b r i ng a ll t o a stand still.. Here, there, is an amount of responsi bility which no man would take upon himself unless he was moved by an unconquerable desire to do good to his country, or an almost super natural ambition to rank above the greatest mortals of his times. But whether the incentive to the attainment of dominant power be the virtue patriotism, or the more sordid love of distinction, the same dangers have to be encountered, and the same obstacles overcome. Thrones cannot be ascended without incurring all the risks which have attended the footsteps of kings. Passing from the great affairs of State, which require incessant vigilance to the minor matters of detail, there is a labyrinth of complexities to be regarded which few can understand. What a superhuman burden must, therefore, be resting on an absolute ruler ! We have an illustration of this in the France of to-day. A great and costly war has, in reality, been to the French little more than an " episode." No nation has ever made such enormous sacrifices with so small a share of suffering. Their triumphs in the field are only to be equalled by the successes which are promised to their diplomacy in adjusting the terms of peace. They have spent millions, and are to gain billions. The world's repose is not only to be secured to the present generation, but a degree of universal tranquillity guaranteed, which bids fair to remove that excitement which appears essential to the increase of the human family, and nip posterity in the shell. Such mighty things cannot possibly be thwarted by passing incidents and every-day trifles. And yet we hear from Paris that " the state •of the " Bourse greatly alarms the Government, and i t has this day ordered that, iu the " hope of checking the continued fall, " shares of companies not legally author ised, shall not be allowed to be quoted." To this our intelligence of Saturday added: —" The Berlin Moniteur, contains an order " addressed to the Committee of the Stock " Exchange, by the Minister of Commerce, " forbidding brokers to buy or sell shares in " foreign undertakings, where the same are not "fully paid up, Brokers disregarding this injunc " tion will forfeit their privileges." What influence these measures will have on the monied c l asses of France and Prussia, it would be difficult to divine. They show us, however, that the Joint Stock system, to which England is so deeply indebted for her extraordi nary growth in wealth and greatness within the last thirty years, is not understood, or is utterly despised by those who attempt to check or discard it. Politically, a direct attack on the civil rights THE and social interests of thd French and Prussian stock exchange brokers and dealers may be of no importance. But these men are only the agents of the public who are the holders of the proscribed securities. Where buying and selling has been allowed, any sudden interdiction of a common custom must fall heavily on the whole community, and on the few who live by a commission on the amount bought and sold. France and Prussia will, therefore, suffer, and not the stock and share brokers on the Paris Bourse, or the Berli❑ Stock Exchange. Pro hibiting the quoting of shares in public companies, which are " not legally uthorised," or which are " not " fully paid up," is simply saying that the millions which have been invested in undertakings which have no legal authorisation, and those who have not, from prudential motives, or from the depressed state of the money market in their respective countries, called up the last shilling of their capi tal, shall be abandoned, or left to be dealt in, con trary to law. This might serve as a precedent to England in monetary operations of a political or an anti-national character. It may also tend to greater caution in embarking capital in foreign securities of any kind. But how are Continental States to advance and keep pace with England and other countries if they have not the same licence that is allowed to others, to develope their natural and general resources ? The most trifling retrograde move ment in civilisation must destroy our competitors, while it shows us at the same time the extraordinary import of those littlest matters of State policy to which we have already alluded to in this article. We see, in fact, in this resolve of the French Government more embarrassment to the future of her Imperial ruler, than in all the other probable events which are looming in the distance. The course which has been pursued was sug gested, it is to be presumed, to meet a crying emergency—probably the continued absorption of gold, which large importations of that metal cannot satisfy, or adverse rates of Exchange which leave no profit on its import, cannot check. This appears to be the only phenomena which can account_for the " continued fall " in the value of the public securities of France. But this must arise, as we pointed out some days ago, from the growing desire of the French people to hoard specie. This may be indicative of a decline of public confidence in the present regime, popular discontent at the sudden abandonment of the war, and the ambiguous nature of the proposals which were to form the of bases peace. But Stock Exchange restrictions, such as those adopted by the Government, remove the evil so much dreaded ? We say, emphatically, no ! The Austrian propo sals, and the secret conference, have disgusted all classes of Frenchmen and Englishmen; and French stocks of every description have fallen, and will continue to fall, owing to the increased desire of the public generally to sell out and hoard specie, in order to be prepared for a crisis which they apprehend is close at hand. Yet this is not a financial crisis. It is political in its essence, and can only be averted by a change of policy, and the adoption of measures far different to that of resorting to prohibitive laws, whicb, if they are to have any effect at all, must reduce thousands to beggary. A less practical result could scarcely be thought of where a national calamity is to be stayed. The pressure on the Money Market in England, and throughout Europe, caused by arbitrary monetary legislation, may have brought upon France the difficulty which produced the state of alarm in which the EMPEROR and his Government are said to be. And as that pressure is not likely to become less until confidence in the policy of rulers is restored, we cannot see what is to be the final upshot of the growing complexity. Of this, however, we are quite satisfied, that the more governments interfere hastily with public stock, and other markets, the greater their embarrassments will become—the more anxious English, and other foreign holders of securities will be to sell out, until that which was unavoidable, and would have cured itself, is fanned into a flame, or an intoler able panic. France, with an estimated income for the current year of 71,250,0001.. and with an estimated expenditure of 70,625,0001., leaving a surplus of 625,0001. at the conclusion of peace, is financially sound, and unprecedently rich in fiscal resources; and if any crisis should overtake her on the Bourse, it will be because her Government is too anxious for that welfare which is not to be attained out of the natural course. The French will sell their beds and the clothes off their backs, and hoard the proceeds, when they lose confidence in the wisdom or patriotism of their Government; and it is well now to know that the policy which will relieve the people of their alarm, will be found equally efficacious in allaying the distressing perturbations of the Emperor and his advisers. THE COURT WINDSOR, March 24.—The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park this morning. A Cabinet Council was held on Monday at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, and the Duke of Argyll. The Council sat two hours. REPORTED DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE,— Rumours which were current in London on Mon day that the preparations for the return home of the Marquis of Dal housie from his Indian gove-nment have been frustrated by the lamented death of that nobleman. Previous accounts had informed us that the late Governor-general, worn out with long disease and the exhausting duties of his high station, had fallen into a melancholy state of weakness and sufEring, to which, according to the latest tidings, it would appear that he had finally succumbed. The new admini strator of our Indian Empire, Viscount Canning, reached Calcutta, we believe, before the decease of his able prede. cessor.—Morning Chronicld. DEATH OF MR. NEELD, M.P., F.S.A., F.L.S.—This gentleman died on Monday, at his residence, in Grosvenor square. The deceased had represented Chippenham, Wilt shire, on the Conservative interest, since 1830. He was brother-in-la w to Captain Boldero, the other member for the borough, and brother to the honourable member for Cricklade. He was married, in 1831, to Lady .Caroline Mary, the eldest daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Earl of Shaftesbury THE BOARD OF GENERAL OFFICERS. The inquiry into the conduct of Lords Cardigan, and Lucan, and others, which was to have been opened formally yesterday morning before the Commission of General officers, has again been postponed. From inquiries made yesterday it has been ascertained that no day has been named for the commence. ment of the proceedings. The reason assigned for the delay is the continued illness of Lord Seaton, the intended president of the board. Previous to the Easter recess, the pupils at th e se l ect s chool of the Misses Barry, Saint Anne Street, were examined before a respectable company of ladies and gentle men, and from the manner in which the answering was given, it ;proved the great care bestowed on them by the principals of the academy. Prizes were distributed, and the examination passed off to the entire satisfaction of every one present. There has been very little change . in the Share Market to day. At the opening prices were steady, and remained so throughout the day, with Sheffield Stock in good demand. Prices closed as under :—Aberdeen, 134 135. Chester and Birkenhead, 154 15i. Caledonian, 301 301. Chester and Holyhead, 141 141 Eastern Coun ties, 98 91. East Lancashire, 183 183. Great Northern, 23 234. Ditto A 94 10. Great Western, 63 635. Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 844 843. Liverpool, Crosby, and South port, 151 16. London and North Western Stock, 100 1004. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 274 273. Ditto Preference, 11 3 11 1 . Ditto New 6 per cent. Pref., 8 3p. Midland Stock, 714 72. North British, 8 85. North Staffordshire, 61 531. South Eastern and Dover, 20 9-16 203. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194 19,3. York and North Midland, 273 271. Leeds Capital Stock, 151 16. Dutch Rhenish, 13-16 3p. Ditto New Shares, 24 23p. Great Western of Canada, 251- 25%. Ditto New Shares, 25 2%p. Ditto 2nd issue, 25 24p. Great Luxembourg, 7% 74d. The Grain trade continues heavy, and at the Exchange this morning wheat was sold at a decline of 4d. per bushel, and flour from ls. to 2s. per barrel and sack. Whilst Indian corn was from 2s. 6d to 3i. per quarter lower. In the Manchester Market there has been a fair amount of business done, and prices have bees steady for all kinds of goods, and particularly Yarns, closing firm. The committee of Ecuador bondholders have issued the following circular :—" Notice is hereby given, that an agreement has been made between this Committee and the Ecuatorian Commission of Agency, No. 11, Austin Friars, whereby the said Commission undertakes henceforward the func tions which devolved upon the Ecuador Committee. by virtue of resolutions passed at the special general meeting of Columbian bondholders, held at the London Tavern, on the 15th of March, 1852, when the Ecuador Committee was constituted. By operation of the settlement of the Ecuatorian Debt now in progress, the certificates of sub scription to the Ecuador Committee, at the rate of ls. per 1001. Columbian Bond, have acquired a specified reference to the Pro visional Bonds or Land Warrants, issued in part payment of the commuted Debt of Ecuador, in the proportion of 1001. Provisional Bond or Land Warrant for 1,2501. in Columbian Bonds ; so that a sum of 12s Od represented by Certificates of the Ecuador Committee, appertains to each 1001. Provisional Bond or Land Warrant. Moreover, a further sum of 7s 6d per lOW. Provisional Bond or Land Wsrrant has been appropriated, and is to be expended by the Ecuatorian Commission of Agency in the Survey of Lands, and in the prosecution of other measures analogous to those originally contemplated by the Ecuador Committee. Con sequently, and in pursuance of the agreement above referred to, on and after Friday, 18th April next, every Provisional Bond or Land Warrant for 1001., on being presented at the Ecuatorian Commission of Agency, together with Certificates of the Ecuador Committee issued in respect of 1,2501. Columbian Bonds, i. e. 12s. 6d., will be registered and stamped as a Privileged Bond, in respect of which the sum of 11. has been paid up The said 11. will be credited as a con tribution towards the money capital of any company or companies formed by or under the auspices of the Commission of Ecuatorian Agency. And to the bonds so registered and stamped will appertain the privileges and rights of pre-emption recited upon the certificates of the Ecuador Committee ; that is to say, they will be receivable, at the option of holders for the time being, towards constituting the capital stock of such company or companies, formed as aforesaid, for the acquisition of lands and other properties; for the working of public grants and concessions ; for the development of the mineral and other natural resources of the Ecutorian territories, or for other objects of profitable enterprise available to companies privileged under decree of the Ecua torian government, dated 24th September, 1852 Business throughout the Stock Exchange is singularly inanimate, but prices, on the whole, are steadily supported. The Funds were slightly flatter to-day, but the reduction finally established did not amount to 4 per cent as compared with the closing quotations of yesterday. The quotations stood at 922- to 92* The Discount Market remained flat to-day, but a more active demand for money was experienced in the Stock Exchange, where 6 per cent could be obtained on short loans on government securities. This demand arises from the preparations for meeting the instalment on the new loan on Saturday next. At Paris to-day the 3 per cent Rentes closed slightly lower than yesterday. The 190,0001 in gold brought in by the Admiral and Lightning was in hand to-day and a portion of it was sent into the bank. The gold by the Emma is not yet deliverable. The ship Brilliant, from iGeelong passed Port Philip Heads on the 26th of December for London, with 15,426 ounces of gold on freight, worth 61,700/. A committee of the Royal Swedish Railway Company announces that in consequence of the unavoidable delay in communicating with Sweden, the meeting of shareholders to be held on the 27th inst„ is post poned until the 25th of April, by which time the Swedish directors of the company will have arrived in London. Since the date of the last report we have had heavy arrivals of tonnage, and business had been more active, but there is still very little disposition to charter until the results of the Conference are officially known, although peace is so confidently anticipated. Most people are with holding operations until the results are actually known. A few Russian houses have commenced taking up tonnage, but at present very little has been done. Outward freights to Australia con tinue much depressed. Goods offer very slowly, and the vessels on the birth load with difficulty, Shipments of fine goods have been made at 30s. per ton. The Railway Share Market to-day though very inactive, was well supported. The closing prices of the day were thus quoted : Caledonian, 694 704 Eastern Counties, 9 946 9 11-16. East Lancashire, 734 744. Great Northern, 934 94. Do. Class A, 79 80. Great Western, 624 63. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 844 84g. London and North Western, 1004 1004. Manchester Shef field, and Lincolnshire, 27 274 Midland Stock, 714 724. North British, 32 33. South Eastern and Dover, 684 69. York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 764 774. York and North Midland, 55 554. The subjoined are the closing quotations of the Foreign Exchanges : Amsterdam short, 11 19 to 12 04. Do., 3 months, 12 21 to 12 21. Rotterdam, do. 12 24 to 12 24. Antwerp do., 25 60 to 25 65. Brussels, do., 25 60 to 25 65. Hamburg do, 13 111 to 13 114. Paris, short, 25 37 to 25 45. Do , three months, 25 80 to 25 85. Marseilles, do, 25 80 t o 25 85. Frankfort, do., 1214 to 1214. Vienna, do. 110 28 to 110 32. Trieste, do., 110 30 to 110 35. Petersburg, 36k to 361. Madrid, do., 494 to 494. LONDON GAZETTE, BANKRUPTS. — THOMAS &din{ and ELIJAH HEAFIRLD, Stainsby-terrace Poplar, dealer. GEORGE WM. K NIGHT , St. Andrew's road, Limehouse, builder. BENJAMIN WOOD, Sheffield, boiler maker. BENJAMIN COOPER, Home Selwood, Somersetshire, clothier. WM. SHIPHAN, Man chester, baker and flour dealer. THOMAS JOHN COOMBE, Portsea, Southampton, baker and grocer. WM. ASHTON, Sloane-street, Chelsea, chemist, druggist, and surgeon dentist. SAMUEL GREENWOOD, Bishop Wem mouth, Durham, engine builder. JOHN BEST, South Shields, Durham, spirit and porter merchant. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—A few days ago a collier boy, whilst riding on an underground railway train of five coal waggons, in a coal pit belonging to Messrs. Knowles and Stott, at Kersley, near Bolton, was strangled under singular circumstances. He lay upon the last waggon of the train, tho bottom of which was formed of laths of wood, with interstices between them of some inches wide. He wore a comforter round his neck, the ends of which got through one of the interstices, and which wrapping round one of the axles of the waggon, drew his head firmly down upon the bottom of the carriage, and there strangled him. The train was drawn by a pony, which stopped with its load on nearing the bottom of the shaft, and the unfortunate youth was found quite dead. At an inquest held on Saturday, the jury found a verdict of accidental death. iiiIMES.-LIVERPOOL 2 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1846. MORTHERN MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market to-day has been quiet but steady, and with an ample supply prices remained without change. The sales amounted to 6000 bales, and include 1000 for speculation and export. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE PEACE CONGRESS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. There has been another meeting of . the Pleni potentiaries in Congress held to-clay. TURKEY We have despatches from Marseilles dated yesterday, with news from Constantinople to the date of the 17th inst. There was a report spread that the Porte would decline to embody the reforms decreed by the Sultan in the last issued Hatti Hamagomn, on the general treaty about to be concluded at Paris, and that the Ottoman Government desired, besides, that certain important questions should be first discussed at Constantinople. General De La Mai mora had quited Constan.ti nople for the Crimea on the 14th inst. THE WAR IN ASIA We have intelligence from Trebizonde to the date of the 13th inst. ; from which we learn that the army under Omar Pacha was to proceed to Erzeroum. Mr. Murray, late the British Minister at the Court of Persia was still at Treabi. --iii.,-._- THE ANGLO-ITALIAN CONTINGENT The Anglo-Italian troops, comprising the second regiment of the legion, quited Genoa on the 20th inst. in an English vessel bound to Malta. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING The transactions on the Bourse closed to-day at the subjoined quotations :—Four and a Half per Cents., 94f 10c. Three per Cents, 72f. 70c. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Conference held a new sitting to-day; but, from what I hear in a quarter likely to be well informed, it has not yet been able to come to an understanding on the precise terms of the treaty of peace. No doubt, however, is entertained that all difficulties will be removed, so as to enable the treaty to be signed before the end of the month. In addition to the conditions which it is already known have been imposed on Russia, namely —the destruction of Sebastopol, the trans formation of Nicolaieff into a commer cial port, the neutralisation of the Black Sea, the abandonment of the protectorate of the Danubian Principalities, the giving up of a slice of territory on the Danube, and the non fortification of the Aland Islands; she has, it is said, been made to consent to attempt no pro tectorship over the Christian populations of Turkey, except such as is exercised jointly by other powers, and to admit that the sending of a single soldier across the Pruth by her, shall be a cams belli. No more bulletins about the Empress, her child, or Prince Jerome, are to be published —a proof that those high and mighty personages are going on well. Now that peace is close at hand it would have seemed natural, from the impetuous character of the French, for traders to have launched wildly into speculation, but, on the contrary, they are displaying great reserve both in Paris and in the provinces, both manufacturers and retailers. To avoid all risk, they prefer waiting until peace shall be really signed, sealed, and delivered ; they are also anxious to see a reduction in the rate of discount of bills adopted. The general belief is that when peace shall become consolidated, the trade of France with foreign countries will take a development, of which, some years back, it would have been considered madness even to have dreamt. The grand affair of the establishment of steam communication with America, which has been long talked of, has not yet been decided, the government being unwilling to see an enterprise of so much importance started in the present state of the Bourse. The prices of wheat are firmer ; they fell on receipt of the telegraphic despatch from Naples, announcing that the government had allowed the export of meat, but recovered when the precise nature of the measure became known. A letter from Constantinople, of the 13th, says that what delayed the conclusion of the armistice in the Crimea was, that the English wanted to take their vessels into the bay, and that the Russians would not consent unless they were allowed to send the vessels of war they still have to Odessa ; a thing of which Marshal Pelissier would not hear speak. ___ - The Wallachians and Moldavians resident at Paris have presented a petition to Count Walewski, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, for presenta tion to the Congress, praying that the two pro vinces may be united. I omitted to mention yesterday that Parma had been declared in a state of siege, in consequence of two new political assassinations, one of an advo cate named Brodi, the other of Count Giovanni. These crimes had plunged the city and country into consternation• According to the Independance of Brussels, the Congress, before separating, will occupy itself with the state of Italy, if not officially, at least officieusement,—Piedmont having demanded that Austria shall remove the sequestration of the property of the Lombard refugees who have been naturalised Piedmontese, and England and France supporting her. The same journal says that the question of withdrawing the French and Austrian troops from the German States isalso to be brought forward. It appears, from a letter from Nioolaieff, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, which is almost a semi official authority, that the removal of the naval and other stores from that place has commenced. This certainly looks as if it were intended to destroy the place. A wholesale reduction is about to be made in the Austrian arna3 ; it is to be, it appears, not inferior to 200,000 men. A French newspaper, to be called the Messager, and which is destined to defend Russian interests, is about to be established at Berlin. ROYAL COLOSSEUM.—The Easter novelties, produced by the enterprising p r op r i e t or , M r . H eat h, have attracted unusually large audiences, who seem highly delighted with the extraordinary and interesting performance. The vocalists are pleasing, and beside the concert there are other entertainments—so varied as to keen up a:succession of interest during the entire evening. We do not wonder at the patronage bestowed on this popular place of public amusement. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON FACTORY.—On Mon day night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out in Mr. Threlfall's mill, Regent Road, Manchester, which resulted in the total destruction of the building, and in considerable damage to the surrounding premises. It appeared to have occurred in one of the upper storys, for in less than an hour, the roof fell in, and, as each succeeding floor gave way, fuel seemed to be added to the conflagration. The fire had obtained such a mastery, that all attempts to arrest its progress in the building in which it originated was hopeless, and therefore the efforts of the fire brigade, when they reached the scene of destruction, were directed to save the adjoining properties. At the time we write the mill itself was one mass of ruins, and the fire blazed away fiercely, consuming what yet remained, of the combustible contents of the building. It had also extended to other parts of Mr. Threlfall's premises, to which a row of cot tages stands in dangerous Proximity. The destruction of machinery and material must be very considerable, and a large number of hands will be thrown idle. The bright glare which the fire spread ,0 the sky excited general alarm, and attracted immense crowis of spectators. The sight of the burning building was imposing in the extreme; and was a spectacle which one might have viewed with interest, were it not a catastrophe deplorable in proportion to its grandeur. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE• AUSTRIA We are in receipt of advices from Vienna to the date of the 21st instant. One o f the Vienna papers says that everything concerning the navigation of the Danube has been definitively regulated in the congress at Paris, not withstanding the apprehensions entertained of discussions arising on the subject between Austria and the belligerent Powers. A letter in the Mercure de Souabe intimates that the diplomatic despatches between Austria and Sardinia are not yet arranged, but that the media tion of the Emperor of the French is likely to effect a happy adjustment. Another letter from Vienna, in the Bourse Gazette of Berlin, says— We learn from a good source that the tension which existed in the relations between Russia and Austria had disappeared at the moment at which it became known to the public. It is certain that the wishes expressed by the Cabinet of Vienna, for the suppression of obstacles to the commerce of the two countries have been favourably received, and we do not believe that we deceive ourselves in saying that important reforms iwill soon be accom plished. A letter from Vienna, of the 20th, in the Corriere Italiano, says:— It is stated that as soon as the news of the birth of the Prince Imperial of France arrived in Vienna, M. de Bala bini, who replaces for the moment Prince Gortschakoff as representative of Russia, went to Viscount de Serves, the representative of France, and presented him his congra tulations. PRUSSIA The new Prussian Gazette of Saturday publishes the following :—" There have been circulated during the last few days through the post, letters secretly printed, containing an exposé of the robbery of the Potsdam despatches. We have only to repeat that which we have said so often, viz., that we can but desire to see the whole affair completely explained, and that those who have been robbed, General de Gerlach and Cabinet Councillor Niebuhr, have taken all the necessary steps to bring about a judicial inquiry." om other sources we learn that this expose is in the form of a report of a functionary to the Pre sident of his court. The affair revived by the issue of this document—is creating much sensation in Berlin, it being the common report that one of the King's Ministers has had some share in employ ing or rewarding the men who have violated the sanctity of their masters' correspondence. If the account of the transaction current at Berlin be cor rect, some of the King's advisers have thought right to employ the vilest of mankind in discover ing the secrets of persons who may in some sense be called their colleagues —M. Niebuhr and Gerlach being among a small knot of men, who, under the names of chamberlains and adjutants, report on the measures of the accredited advisers, have sight of all documents, and are said to sway the royal purpose „according to their own views. One of the papers stolen was the copy of a report sent to General Gerlach by a spy who had been em ployed to observe and record " all the Prince of Prussia's sayings and doings while on a tour of military inspection, and was full of the most odious incriminations of his Royal Highness." There were also private communications from Count Munster, at St. Petersburg, to General Gerlach. ♦ RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 16th inst., publishes an account, taken from a maritime maga zine, of an attack made on the 3rd of October, 1855, by an English squadron, on the east coast of Siberia. The English squadron consisted of the Sibyl, Encounter, and Hornet. The Invalids Busse announces that the Emperor, having been informed that the battalions which were sent from the division of the depot of the 6th corps d'armee, in 1855, to complete the troops in the Crimea, were not properly armed, and were unfit to continue their march, published an order of the day on the subject on the 12th. In that document the Emperor severely censures -1, General Marine, who commands the depot; and 2, General Von Brine, the chief of the staff of all the reserve and depots. The Tribunal of War, after having decided the degree of culpability and participation in the defective equipment of the said bat talions, of the persons in command of the depot division of the sixth corps d'armee, will sentence them to the punishment prescribed by the law. This announcement has produced a considerable sensation in this city. For some time past remarkable changes have been going on in the Russian army. Not only will the uncom fortable helmets make way for the French kepi but the coats will be supplanted by the poloukaf tan, a sort of frock imitated from the French. As much in the arms as in the general regulations the Russian army is at present being organised after the plan of that of Napoleon I. Turning to the lighter matters, I can give you some details of the first visit of the Imperial family to the Grand Theatre since the death of the late Emperor. It was on the sth of March, and the piece represented was Il Trovatore. All the places were occupied by the higher classes, and the foreign ministers were to be seen in the boxes. The Emperor, accom panied by the Empress, entered the state box at ten minutes past eight. On the arrival of the Emperor, loud cheers were raised, and they con tinued until the national hymn, " Bosehe chrani Zara " (God protect the Czar ! ) was struck up by the orchestra. When the hymn ,vas terminated, the hurrahs recommenced, and did not cease until after the rising of the curtain. The imperial family remained to the end of the performances at midnight. On rising to leave, the Emperor bowed to the audience, and was greeted with loud cheers." The Austrian Gazette announces the death and burial at .Warsaw of General Popoff, Hetman of the Don Cossacks. THE BALTIC, KIEL, MARCH 21 The Sampson left this morning to join the squadron under Captain Watson, off Nargen, as the renewal of the blockade had been officially annotnaced, and it was requisite to have an efficient force for its maintenance throughout that part of the Gulf of Finland where the navigation is now open. The Amphion has not sustained any injury from having taken the ground, and she too will proceed to the same destination in a few days, after she has taken on board a supply of coals. The Danish government, in the expectation of the English fleet soon making its appearance here, have sent their steam corvette Thor to act as guard-ship while they may remain at this anchor age. She arrived here this morning, when the captain lost no time in paying his respects to Capt. Chads on board of the Amphion. PARMA The Opinione of Turin gives the following details, dated the 18th, respecting the late murder at Parma : "It is asserted that several days previous M. Bordi had been warned of his fate by an anonymous letter, just as Count Magawly had been. He expired last night, a few hours after receiving the wound. These assassi nations are committed with unparalleled audacity. Bordi was followed by an orderly, and yet the assassin struck his blow without giving the latter time either to arrest him, or even to recognise him. It is said that the assassins have marked out those for their victims who pronounced sentence of death upon the ringleaders of the insurrection of July 22, 1854. It may be recollected that that sentence was executed without admitting any petition for pardon. Commandant Luuati was president of the tribunal, and he was mur dered • Gobbi, the public prosecutor in the same case, soon after received a wound, of which he recovered with difficulty ; and now it has been Auditor Bordi's turn. He has left a widow with seven children, the eldest of whom is scarcely turned fourteen. Rumour says that M. Lom bardini, the minister, is to be the next victim, and that he has received intimation of his fate. These crimes spread consternation throughout the country, and every one deplores that the government should be unable to un ravel this mystery of blood." The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 21st, mentions a rumour, according to which Count Giovanni, President of the Criminal Commission, has also fallen a victim to assassination, a stiletto having been east at him at a dis tance of five paces. It is added that in consequence of this last attempt, the Austrians had caused the gates of of the city to be closed, and had proceeded to arrest en 17144.11. THE PENINSULAR MAILS• SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's st eal ': ship Tagus, Captain John W e eks, arrived he. this morning at nine o'clock. Her dates are Gibraltar, March 15 March _l6 ; Lisbon, March 19 ; Oporto, jAlarcil 20; and Vigo, March 21. ~,-.1.; The freight of the Tagus consists of five 9 ve ages specie of the value of £1,535 cases eggs ; nine casks wine ; 346 boxes orang e ., twenty-eight bags chesnuts ; twenty cases da te ' and twenty-five packages sundry merchandise' ng, The Tagus brings forty-four passengers , ati l , ci ds whom is his Excellency Senhor Don Antonio i PortliP Cunha Santo Maria, Ambassador from to the King of Sweden. • , n ee. She brings no political news of impel: al- 0 Heavy rains had fallen at Lisbon, which bad the ; twenty- s much injury to agricultural operations in valley of the Santarem. ~, ea On her homeward voyage the Tagus expe r ' : e-c t it freSh breezes and fine weather. On the 14 instant, she passed the steam transport Bili :1 1 1 1 ; steering W.N.W., and on the instant , " la r exchanged colours, off Vianna, . _.. .. _ wi 2 t o h th the peniou and Oriental Company's steam-ship Sultan• COMMERCIAL. ll the LISBON, March 18.—In fo r ei gn exchanges. • 1 exception of those on London, the re h as been nom aterl° 4 4 alteration, On that place the rate fell from 55 t° ° ttel at 90 days, and left off with money over at the lat e r rate. The following are th e quo t a ti ons f or this Pa h c :, - g , London. 30 days, 541- ; ditto, 90 days, 54 3 - z • at 3 months, 498 • Amsterdam, at 3 monihs, 517 43i; ;;Paris, 100 days, 519; Genoa, at 3 months , The dividend on Governm en t S ecur iti es h a s been a nd nounced for the half year ending 30th of June nex t ; and nounced 42• the rate for coupons, ex divid e nd, i s q uo t e d f r om 4 1 s t ,•e• Seatßank of Portugal shares ar e f rom p ar t o o ne per ce,in e st mium, a dividend having been declared for the (ro ta ending 31st December last ; B an k o f Op or t o shares ar e to 17 per cent p. HER MAJESTY'S remium SHIPS AT GIBRALTAR. --The 00069 ck and the Ariel. AT LisaoN.—The h. h the Sailed from Gibraltar ßlen for eim the Crimea, on the 1 " l 'stb, steam transports Norman an d E ar l of Durham; on th e ' d f it the steam transport Sarah Sands. Arrived from Eeg lan Gibraltar, 15th, the steam transport Hydaspes. DEATH OF SIR HENRY poTTINGE , „ t at We regret to announce the decease of Lien te , the General Sir Henry Pottinger, who died at Malta tl'aet 18th instant, in the 67th year of his age. The late 13 a iv rv a ge went to India as a cadet in 1804, and at an earj tho' attracted the attention of the civil and militarY,,lair rities there by his energ y, i n f ormat i on, an d re ady % r ail istrative powers. Duri ng hi s l ong so j ourn i n that el"" tib lic he was employed in almost every branch of the P e d of service. So high was th e o pi n i on at th a t time for eras' his talents by Lord A uc kl an d, th e G over nor-t-g e i do p that when that noblem an was ra i se d t o the E ar 1 1839; and General Keane to a Barony, in December Aen eral after the Affghanista n campaign, Mai"-:-tolten Pottinger was raised t o th e b aronetage , as -servic" ,, of the appreciation f e lt i n E ng l an d o f the f his which he had rendered i n th e discharge t.,,clanu, difficult duties. Sir Henry P o tti nger re t ur ned in 140, havincr established a deservedly high rep 0 0 ands Lion it cannot Q be a jmatter of surprise that he fon: ye ar difficulty in obtaining further employment. In t f or the 1840, as is generally k nown , diff erences con nected t biS most part with the opium trade, broke out betwe en ea rlf country and the Emperor of China. AccordinglY, e rect ment 1841, Sir Henry was selected by her Majesty's' g° ndered ment to discharge the office of a mediator, and was „?Lister to proceed to China as Envoy Extraordinary and A",`," t ters Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of adjusting the nr er at in dispute. He joined Admiral Sir William Pa r gi l a teli Bombay about the end of June in that year, ina me -a — r itis b after the surrender of the city of Canton to the . the forces under General, now Lord Gough, supported bi d Sif fleet under the late Sir H. de Fleming Senhouse an s sos' Gordon Bremer ; and he arrived off Canton in the e ar ns tris towards the end of the following month. At the , s „,de time he was gazetted Superintendent of the British „' s to in China. Whatever may be the opinion entertaineo„liaa the policy of our war with China, it is certain that u ct io became the field on which the diplomatic ability e b t le cl. late Sir H. Pottinger was most fully and fairly exhi f v n i f ees The military and naval operations of the British „"iel , at Amoy were well supported by the arts of diplolm, - , T er and the genius and far-sightedness of Sir Henry Pottillal contributed in no slight degree to bring to a suee e : ,, s e - se• issue our protracted hostilities with the crafty Cb l— are The result of these operations, as all our reader s 000 aware, was to throw open a commerce w ith 330. 0 u t he natives, and the terms of the treaty with wh ich give ,s war was concluded in 1842 " were such as the universal satisfaction, not merely on account ° from palpable and self - evident benefits arising from free trade with such an extended population, but alO ece at , the strong precautions that have been taken to 1 0 ) 1 1 1e 6ts abuses." It is not too much t o s ay th a t, if the ``b Gou gh under the former category are mainly due to Lord i n allY and Sir W. Parker, th ose un d er th e l a t ter are Prilly er ld to be ascribed to the s kill an d f ore th oug ht of Sir ache d Pottinger. As soon as the news of this treaty, r e w ith England Sir Henry was rewarded for his serviccee the Grand Cross of th e O r d er o f th e Bath ; b ,,d e r•ja 4 subsequently appointed G overnor an d Coin rat , / : Chief of the island of H ong k ong, w hi c h post u e ye ar, from April, 1843, to the spring of the followi a g be 0 5 when he returned to England. In May, 1844 ' a P er" sworn a member of the Privy Council, and a v ote sion of £1,500 a year was settled upon hio n l l he Wag of the House o f C ommons. I n September, 15 "',1 to t"" again chosen for acti ve serv i ce, b e i ng a ppointe" o ssio a Governorship of the Cape of Good Hope, In Et° with to Sir Peregrine M a itl an d, an d discharged that * 2 7; riou' great add r e ss an d energy t h roug h a very trouhle" b r: th ° until September, 1847, w h en h e was re lieved / In i present General Sir Harry G. W. Smith, G.C.B. e ;, s, he went again to I n di a , t h e scene of his early seg o f held the post of Govern or and Commander-in - e ute h - flan 19 Presidency of Madra s , un til the year 1854, whe n 801°te returned to England. I n November, 1851, he wa s r r to the local rank of Lieutenant General in India. The French Minister of War is at present engilHalal effecting a complete codification of all the military en n laws and regulations. gso. e • Mr. Kershaw, M.P. for Stockport, has g! tve ioe to the building fund of the M ec h an ics' Inst' t " that town. a ctieg 1133eSaglitr i.: t rt i:biletia"s i 0 POST -OFFICE FRATTDS.—The county istrat es solo ° for the Bath di v i s i on o f S omerset g d gal f , were :g age d for . 11 st time on Saturday in investigating charges Preft r i fe font% the keepers of two post receiving offices, by -1 " 1 " ease t: the Inspector-general of the Post-office. . a T r w aga e i s n r s h t an Sa re r c a e h ivi C n o g rp o , ffic w e, ho at acted as post-mistress Stoles letters were found concealed in her hou n se e committed for trial. The next case was aga,'"%llsge Kelson, keeper of the receiving office in the / l o g 01 Twerton, near Bath, who was charged wit h US e postage stamps. She was fined £1 and costs- u c crO li - i t o CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.—Yesterday te met held an inquest on the body of Patrick Brady, W °° „ .r ed Rr g t i death under the following circumstances. It aPP e tti - e d A"ii on Thursday last the deceased, and a ruan v a s c otla n ; v i Moore, were at work at Mr. King's, Hare-plac e ' ° ore I ' n - a road, when some altercation took place between ° al s t .: a youth named Reece. Moore took up a piee s ,. ° „d f c y e n ; ' I. flung it at Reece, but it unfortunately struck P r- ii ,;u th e head, and inflicted such injuries that he died, ° ,7 ane ti s Moore was in custody on a charge of manslate‘'3'n'oer jury found a verdict to that effect, and the P ris " committed for trial. bo a the CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the eoN ne ni r e d fo.lowing inquests :—On the body of a child,. II:, rece h ' n 'o Jane Blundell, who died in consequence of inl ur n — n the 'jai by being burned. Verdict, accidental death. --- 0 r t of a man, named Edward Evans, who was killed °, v reP et , by falling from the Shalimar between a steamboat, vertilio of which appeared in our paper of yesterdaY• lo , a o h o, accidental death.—On the body of Mary I rarrac ther Cli the that was suffocated in bed ; and also on e li d ° o ol ....- named John A. Bryring, whose death was Pr°,.al deaf five same manner. Verdict (in both cases), accidea' aged On the body of a child, named John Buchan3°.,,va years, who died in consequence, of injuries reel" clothes catching fire. Verdict, accidental d e ath. Itg rsoT i We read in the Gazette Auttieldenne—",(tike placend next the ceremony of the washing of feet will „„ e ror the Palace of Ho burg. Their majesties the Awrtbeir.,:ive Empress, in presence of the court, will, w. " and t.. d3 18 hands, pc dorm this ablution on twelve old Me l ' t he re i fi er, old women, who will be dressed in the fashion °f at a din o , ages ; after which their Majesties will essig lio e• d a served to the old people in the salons of the tot, s li ble t, dinner will consist of four select dishes with t i e go, , b is certain quantity of the best wino poured into a . veg ir bearing an inscription which will recall the sou voitu rg memorable day. On being conducted to the a lio ° will receive thirty pieces of silver money." o f 10 in The so-called " Missions" of the followers Do Loyola (Jesuits) and Liguorius (Redemptoristas).en_Jhaver.lo, a vogue at Vienna. Not long since Count Co cu t ts Liguorian or Redemptorist priest, while p rey d th at en church in the suburb of Josephstadt, a verr . e vivg toed, crucified Saviour made a mistake when, after n ri ur the vinegar, he said finished." " 13 Y . _y v o c i62c ness," said the preacher, elevating the c! - e.„ ° too sufferings of the Saviour are prolonged, and e cease when you.cease to sin. Now, here on t o r t s h v e co l g r e ay a solemn vow never to sin again." A part do f av to gatioo, which was almost exclusively cornr se t a repeated aloud after the priest, "We 5° 1613, edifi es si'l no more ;" but many persons left the sacrea disgust.