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Few things c contest in our hu n, inter 1 in view fatal to the attainment of the en Plenipotentiaries have met, not to propose terms but to discuss cert had b ain " which Europe to believe had been previously accepted, and required little more than being thrown into shape, and ratified in the usual way en led ever, that these are all antoms, and hat their preliminary popular accepta Count ORLOFF, Dint" at the onset taking t and after con Prep arE he naval arsenal and lification," to instcAd commences fessin a ti to consent to the dem defences of Nicolaieff, sought a consist in an engagement, on the part of Russia, not to build large vessels of war in that place, and asked for a" rectification" of the proposed Russian frontier in Bessarabia, which his rivals were nct prepared - to receive or object to, owing :to their want of topographical knowledge Ranges of hills were d of, which th© Russian 'envoy declared did' not exist. And at this critical juncture it was rumoured, in high circles, that Lord CLARENDON was about to leave Paris for London, to get his petty difference with Lord C ettled, or to communicate to hi what has really taken place in the to the first state- rd CLARENDON Irceiy h and onerous Should he return red that it is fox The colleagues Peace Congress went, we can capable of abandoning post on so frivolous a nc to London, we may rest follow the exan ans fail to sec been produced agreed to; and tho entire asi oncess 3oming into time must i men I simple et pi sort. She ho follow her example. St the Principalities which reasons far more weighty and important Russians find that they may never again require a fleet of large ships in the Black Sea, and whilst refuse to consent to the demolition of awl say nothing whatever about kale, Kertch, and Taganrog, they in iier Yen Odeisa, ask to be alloN to eons and ether repeated treat with t 1 to r interference does appear that tt uct as many gun-boats are about to be all she rejected 1 to be reliable, as extr and havint Austria, and mate on the Paris Bourse restoration of pea court c peace The exclusic )ermitted to [I without the it certainly of negotiation Russia refuses this is likely Torts have beer a belie certain that, in mit she looks on h( 1 strength, and will c tby by the protrac of Prussia from the Conference, and the announcement that that power would of Austria, should the negocia- are changes which have nce the Austrian proposals were since they very materially change of affairs, we need not be sur- manded. Prussia sees increased )osition; and Russian diplomatists mi how Austria can escape lision with the Turks in the ans. in Italy e that 3 complexity of affairs in ntinued, th rupture Prussia will not be Ft, neutrality which enables a nows as well as Prussia, that ality are numbered. He ha 11 Sta a JOSE PH, and when own •by ih sition of Austria thrt Etterial strength, by aal spiritual power, 'with t that come Western 1 of affairs w himsel a to talk oy, instead " modifica- Austrian accepted— What is Europe to infer from all told t this? It cannot be possible thit Russia contem plates making fools of the Allles? Nothing of the gain ti •compromise Prussia may trian army in 'e than words to remove, and she hears I ready for war, and declari g that she is : will follow ion of dollars a Council of She has the steps of t already obtained an armistice, but we are not suffered to know anything it contains, officially. The constitution of the Conference is the essence California yield them ti s a lin w hich to the in that the inter of Russianistn, and its terms may be equally despotic and perfidious. We are left to fight our enemy in the dark. We are left to rely on idle rumours, or designing fabrications, when all should be open and above board, that the interest of the Citizen, and the lives of our gallant soldiers, might be guarded with equal vigilance and discretion. All we can believe is that which emanates from the ordinary sources of information, and that which we can see with our own eyes. If we draw en - env - tons conclusions under such circumstances, the fault is nut ours. The people of England and France aro burning with anxiety to hear what is going on behind the State curtain—and while they are not suffered to know what - advances havebeen advices from A from America. they can only draw such external surface of the diplo- matic world justifies. This, we say, is a most lamen table condition to be in at such a momentous period ; for the more we dive into the actual position of the three great autocratic Powers, the less reason we have to believe that the labours of he Conferpri,o will lead to the re-establishment of our readers )uld is essupo 1 s tea(' fas y fixed )osed to transpire with rega of the Congress and in the )f Europe !e received from the United a timely set off The commerce bodings of war pective of the adjustment of the balance of trade. England must be, the market for their bullion, as well as for their cotton and breadstuff's. It is a part of our system, first to lower the value of gold all over the world, and then to bid the highest price for it; and until we adopt some other principle, gold must flow to us, thouh ; when we get it we cannot secure its retention. It would be impossible, however, to form'any estimate of what the bullion traffic between the States and Great' Britain' will be three or four year to suppose that the Atlantic ports can go on receiving a rail- precious, metal from Ind keep it in their banks where it rould turn. It cannot be absorbed by There ev wants of a nation, beyond he S o, any more than es of the public It must be trade, either as money or as a com -todity. .and with the. increase which is taking place in its production, it cannot be denied id England, and I that we are no* launching into a new era ; and veen free and commercial to far less serious revul la are constantly taking expo , se w place, when the' supply' 'of " the precious metals bear no proportion whatever to the demand. We may see occasionally 'fe‘v American packets arriving without a bullion freight, as we have in terrup- become less fre pent, and the quantity shipped will show a pro y,ressive increase every /year. These are indeed )n mt encouraging prospects, at a moment when the military despots and lawless invaders of Europe have succeeded in dragging us into war, and are still endeavouring to entangle us in probably still more bloody turmoils, with. no less designing and wicked Courts. Happily, the commercial ilia are as encouraging as those e. official returns of the imports and exports of Melbourne had reached the highest pinnacle of commercial prosperity, and showed an excess of no less than 2,281,8891. of shipments over imports. Gold was arriving from the diggings in astounding quantities, destitution had disappeared, employment was general, and the coming harvest promised to be bountiful. All this augurs well for our traders and industrious millions ; and while we continue to draw from the circle of peace and such encouragement, we have little to fear from the demons of war. Trade must quickly revive when we find our principal customers growing so rapidly, and exhibiting such unmistake able proofs of stability. Our American trade must become unusually brisk, and that with Australia will probably exceed anything we have before wit nessed. Fabulously high prices cannot be looked forward to in either-country; but to the man ,who seeks simply a fair commercial profit, a large busi. ness is opening, in which, if he employ ordinary discretion, he can scarcely be disappointed. As fir General PEARCP., and the American war party, they have to overcome, and pervert the good sense of the people of the States awl this, country before we need give ourselves the least concern about their predilections in favour of " hostilities Commtrcial ca THIS DAY i, Corn I fAgNgTT, 13 t One rMEAI NETT, 1 st One o'clock, change, 13, Ex t in I NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL9 TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1856 MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY 'EVENING The Liverpool Cotton Market has been very firm to-day, and an active demand has prevailed. The total sales amount to l 2,000 bales, and include 4,000 Tor apeculation and export. Prices have been well maintained. The Liyerpool Share Market has been strong to day upon the improvement in Consols, but the buying orders have been altogether speculative. The market closed firm at the following quotations —Aberdeen,l3k 13k. Chester and Birkenhead, 141 141., Caledonian, 29 . 29,'. Chester and Holyhead, 12i 13. Eastern Counties, 06 98. East Lancashire, 177 18k. Great Northern, 23 23k Ditto A. Shares, 91 10. Great Western, 61-1 , 6 . 11 -Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 83* 831. Liverpool Crosby, and Southport, 1 North Western Stock, 100 Id and Lincoln, 2.17 2 ~ • _ ,Ditto New 6 y the 3 - Sidland Stock, 701 701 5 154- I- 100; London and Manchester, Sheffiel 111 Ditto Preferone( North StaffOrdshit and Dovc r, _2oi 201 19i 191, South Eastern stle, end Bi- Leed York and Nortl ock, 16 16.1- Dutch Rhenis ,v Shares, 2/ 24 p. Great Western ,25 13-16 25 15-16. Do New 3f 3 p. Great Luxembourg, 91, 91 d Capital St Ditto Ne . of Can?da The official return. of the. Exports of Specie from the port of London, for the week ending ThurSday last, is—gold coin to Belgium, 560 OZ4. ; silver ditto to Belgium, 300 oz.; silver bars to Hamburg, 13,400. Accounts from Chili mention that a new tr'aty of amity, commerce, and navigation has been formed between that country and the United States. ercial advises from Havre state that trade is remarkably brisk at that port. The demand for cotton . continues good, and the market is regularly supplied ; prices are consequently without much variation, but firm. The lowest qualities of New Orleans are given at 82f. to 87f. per 50 kilos., and very ordinary sorts realise 92f. The sales of all kinds during the. past week amounted to 13,152 bales ; the arrivals, 7,758 bales; and• the stock on hand up to Feb. 29 was 70,011 bales. The quan tity arrived from the United States during the two months of the present year was 53,302 bales, against 40.000 last year. Wool was in demand ; 140 bales Buenos Ayres sold at lf. 25c. to 2f. l sc. per kilo., and 26 Australian at 4f 75c. to 6f. 25c. per kilo. By telegraph from Batavia, by way of Trieste, later advises have come to hand. The demand for coffee in that market is greater than has been for some time, and prices are rising. At the public sales 30,000 piculs were disposed of at an average of 30a florins (Dutch) per piculs The markets in sugar were better supplied, and prices firm At Louravaya 10,000 piculs of No. 16 realised 15kf1., 11,000 piculs at 15141., and 36.000 piculs 13 to 14fl. At Samarang 4.703 piculs averaged' 15ifi , and 10,000 at 15fl. Rice was falling in price, in conse quence of the supply exceeding the demand, and indigo was in request at 3651 per box. The English Funds have risen per cent to-day upon the statement that the preliminaries of peace have been signed. The closing prices were quoted at 91 11-16.t0 91 13-16. The large amounts of specie, and the important fall in corn, also con tributed to induce a more confident feeling. '1 he substance of the Emperor's speech did not reach the city until after business hours this evening. To day the first instalment of 10 per cent, making 20 per cent paid, fell due upon the new loan. Not. withstanding the demand for this purpose, and the preparations for to-morrow, the 4th of the month, there was no pressure in the Money Market. In the Stock Exchange the current rate for short loans upon government securities was about five per cent. At Paris, to-day. the t_ h rca per Cent. Rentes opened at a great advance, but a re-action subsequently took place. As compared with the closing quotations of Saturday, the account price shows a rise of per cent., whilst the money price exhibits scarcely any variation This would indicate a preponderance of speculative purchases followed by some realisation on the publication of the Emperors speech Owing to the former appearance of the foreign Exchanges, ttlitl Li) tlit- tllttiltllsbod rvirtiromontg of the Bank of France, it is thought that a considerable portion of gold by the Jame§ Baines, and Persian, led here; The amounting to 460,000 1 be 1.4,4 n every department. Great Western Stock to less than c...)1 per 'cent. The following _ arc tile 0i .sin _quotations : Caledonian; 571 58,1 Eastern Counties, 91. East Lancashire, 71 72. Great Northern. 93 931 Ditto A., 78, 79 Great Western, 611 611. LancaShire and Yorkshire 82 831 London and North Western, 100 1001: Manchester, Sttef field, and Lincolnshire. 241 25 •Midland Stock, 70i 70-Z. North British, 30 1 4 31. South Eastern and Dover, 661 York, Newcastle, and Berwick; 76 77. York and - North Midland, 52 52i. ST. ANNE'S DISPENVOLY AND EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, 9, Rosz-nar..—New patients entered on the books last week, viz., Ist March : —Relieved at the institution, 136 ; relieved at their own dwellings, 76; total, 262. Visitors, Messrs. E. Watts and T. Kirk. Hon. secretary and treasurer, Joseph Kitchen, Esq. FRAUDS OF THE LATE MR. SADLETR, M. P..—lt was cur rently reported in Manchester, on S sturday, that a highly respected firm in the iron trade there won't he a sufferer to the extent of £25,000 by the forgeries and frauds of Mr. Sadlier. It was also reported that a firm in the neighbour hood of Manchester had been under the necessity of calling their creditors together in consequence of losses occasioned in the same way; but the amount in this case did not . transpire. LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY. Week ending. Ist March, 1856.—Admitted : In-patients, 31; out-patients : 5 ; casuals during the week, 6. Discharged. In-patients, cured, 18 ; relieve ii, and at own request, 5 ; made out patients, 10; irregular, 0; dead, 0. Remain in the house, 168. House visitors : William Carson and Charles Freer, Esqrs., Physician and surgeon for the ensuing week : Dr. Vose and Mr. Halton. House surgeon : Mr. G. B. Hal ford. Junior house surgeon : Mr. Cecil Webster. Chaplain : Rev. H. J. Garrod, B.A. Robert Hutchison, treasurer. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICA L SOCIETY.—The usual fortnightly meeting of this society took place in the Royal Institution, Collegiate-street, at half-past seven o'clock last night. Mr. M'Andrew occupied the choir. Mr. John Grainger and Mr. J. Danson were admitted members. The paper for the evening was a very interesting essay, by Mr. T. C. Archer, upon the Natural Products of the Grami naeete. A short conversation followed upon the paper, which was the only bosiness of the evening, and the society adjourned at eight o'clock. 41- Though the official forms are' not complete, we believe , there is no doubt that Mr. Panizzi will succeed Sir Henry Ellis as principal librarian to the British Museum.— Athenaeum. FRENCH REnsroacescsisTs.—Orders - have beea sent to Marseilles to prepare shipping to convey 10,000 infantry and a battery of artillery to the Crimea, to replace the troops that have returned to France. THE MaxrEN MURDER.—The six persons charged with being concerned in the murder of Dorothy Bewicke, at Matfen, Northumberland, on the 21st October last, were tried before Mr. Juatce Willes, on. Friday last, at New castle, and acquitted. NEW' PEERAGE.—It is rumoured that Richard Pem berton Milnes, Esq., of Fryston Hall, will shortly be made a peer. It is understood that a peerage was offared to him some time ago by Lord Palmerston, but that it was then declined, owing to Mr. Milnes entertaining opinions on public questions at variance; with the government. This difficulty. however, it is now stated, has been over come.—Yorkshire Gazette. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS IN. THE CRIMEA.—The expected execution of the soldier convicted of murder has not taken place. It is suppose d that General Codrineton has referred•the case of the unhappy criminal for decision to the Home Government ; and in the 13..11er of many, as well from the youth of thy; prisoner, as from consideration of the general good cor. , luct of the army. and the stigma which would attach, though undeservedly, to the regiment to which the man happened to belong, a commutation of the sentence of death is not unlikely t•I take place. Trtg COLD SHOULDER!' —A gallant colontl, lately serving in the Crimea, and whese evidence figures very prominently in the report of Sir John M Neill and Colonel Tulloch, attended her 31 .sty's late levee attired according to the strict uniform of his rank. Beingof tall stature, it appeared to certain scrutinising eyes that the length of the skirt exceeded by some inches the regulation size, and as he was clearly doomed to the " culd shoulder," he received a letter from the Adjutant general the following day, acquainting hi m with the high displeasure of a certain exalted personage at his presemed outrage upon the new tunic. The Colonel attended forth With at the Horse Guards, and on submitting the coa t to the test of examina tion, it was found to be of the exact proportions. Nothing was said about the gallant Colonel's coat-tails when he led his regiment to the charge so gallantly at Balaklava.— UsitedGrvios adWar• t difficulties between the 1 CieSl ,ted " a )ositive American Senate, preparing to leave trongly of both countries is of dispute having or this countrl )se who have mmercial H :elligenee we an Continent, we have in THE COURT Bucttiwoulat PALACE —SATUAD&Y, MARCH I. At thre e o'clock to-day, about forty of the wounded Guards of the ~.nnnr3i a °L.A. Fusiliers, were he palaca. The command- Highneis Pri Royal,, Prince Alfred the inspection with t and conclud( of Guards The ( the seri naiors, were Her Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess old English fare wa quarter past ten o'cloc ness the Prine Princc xnd the rest of tt ,n hour in the g must peace general prosp wealth, are to MONDAY, M us all s urces of h m fort. Trade Albert, with Ycrk than it is no sooner Prince Al tive at becomes ac As Canada rises, the m exalted and happy. W( in Liverpool service in the ecomes more ommerce has its homesteads beyond t: lespotism and le one-half of scenes of bloodshed ; and tha the world may be struggling t barbarism and desolatiOn, that with the other, free nations Inge the fruits of their labour and ecessaries and comforts they so much secure those r require While Russia is driving pil s, and forming marine stockades to close up her harbours, and would fain see the Euxinc dried up, and the rivers of FATAL ACCIDENT occasions g members Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr. Watson. . Prit Arthur, and commenced lrenadiers, then to the Coldstreams 'cots Fu 3i , or Taira Regiment ueen inquired the particulars of each Many of the sohliers had lost limbs, and one had been struck by a ball which entered the eye and passed out behind the ear. Her Majesty addressed a few words to each of the men. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the ved to them In the morning, at a ity and his Royal High the Princess Royal and palace to see the new purchas e , collection of pictures in the e remained about n v.turned to the palace. In seen o and th —.tog her Majesty had a dinner party, the company comprised Count Colloredo, the Austrian Minister, th e Dowager Lady Cowley, Lord and Lady John Russell, G en . Sir Hew Rose, the Earl of Harrowby, Lady Churchill, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl of Elgin, the Earl and rcial growth, its Countess of Mulgrave, Lord and Lady Poltimore, and Capt. Codrington, R.N. 1 . 3. —Yesterday h er Majesty and Prince Nike of Wale, the. Princess Rlyal, d - the Princess Alice, attended divine ate Chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Ron. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated *- APPALLING MURDER IN IRELAND.-011 Friday last at eleven o'clock in the day, as Thaddeus Callaghan, Esq , of No. 3, Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin, and of Ballinruaun, in the county of Galway, was returning from his tenants house to his own cottage, on the estate of Ballinruaun, he was met by some persons who murdered him in a most cruel and brutal manner. The entire forehead of the unfortunate gentleman was beaten in from temple to temple, both his eyes were knocked out, the right eye ball being buried in an immense gash in his cheek. The Correspondent of the Evening Mail of last night, on whose authority this sad intelligence rests, is silent as to the supposed cause of this diabolical murder. JOIXT STOCK COMPANIES.—A deputation from Liver pool on the Joint Suck Company Act, consisting of Messrs. Torr and Bushell, had an interview with the Right lion. R. Lowe on Saturday, at the office of the board of trade. The deputation was accompanied by Mr. Brown. M. P., Mr. Bramley-Moore, M. P., ani Mr. J. C. Ewart, M. P. —On Sunday night, a boy named Th , mpson was accidentally drowned in one of the docks. He was only eight years of age.—Yesterday, a man named Jam s Shannon fell into the hold of a ship in one of the docks, and received such injuries that he died soon afterwards. Inquests will be held in both these cases, this We understand that the last of a gratuitous course of lectures to working men, a b:ch Mr. llarens, of the Inde pendent Chapel, Tor eth-park, has been delivering in the Cr,mmon-hill in Hackies hey, is ann,)inted for this evening The subject is attractive—" The Working gin rising in the Wotld." The previous lectures have afforded much s .tisfaction to the audiences assembled on the several THE • SPEAKF,It'S BANQUET —The Right Hon. the Speaker gave his fourth parliamentary dinner on Saturday evening last, when the folowing gentlemen were among guests:hie Sir E. Perry, Sir J. Paxton, Mr. W. Ewart, Mr. J. C. Ewart, Mr. Hindley, anti Mr Brotheiton. The prevented from attending : General G.C.8., Right Hon. Milner Gibson, DR. SIPBALD'S SHIP COMMUNICtTOR.—We observe, by an advertisement in this day's Non-rims/1 TIMES that Dr. Sibbald is now ready to supply his ingenious contrivance named as above. Some weeks ago we referred to the nature and object of the doctor's invention, and then took occasion to recommend it to the attention of nautical men. Since that time, we learn that it has been tried repeatedly on the river and on the Channel, with complete success; and we are informed that the members of the Mersey Royal Yacht Club approve highly of the invention. It has also been exhibited at the Polytechnic Institution, and there met with general approbation. From everything we can learn, the invention is worthy of general adoption. o'clock Danube blotted out front among Europe, the American Legislature is relaxing its tariffs, rendering arterial streams navigable, preparing to cut canals to unite another ocean with und to remove from trade those embargoes which time has shown to be unnecessary and impolitic. The States have been the first to discover that our principles of Free Trad are sound, and to reciprocate the advantages they have derived meessions to the have been slow to acknow ledge the boon, but they now come forward to reduce their import duty on all goods made, in whole or part, of wool, silk, cotton, hemp, flax, &c, to thirty per cent, and admit wool, dyestuffi, raw silk, and all raw materials free. Such changes as these affecting trade, are sufficient of themselves. not only to restore the commercial world's corn- from our confidence of both countries, but to give an incalculable impetus to the intercourse already established between them. The free admission of all raw materials will extend, as a matter of course, to our mineral products; and we need scarcely say that the reduction proposed in favour of woollen, silk, cotton, and hemp manufactures, will benefit us more than any other country. With regard to the increased production of gold in America, we may also add that we enjoy its advan tages far more than any other people in Europe. The States must send out their raw products for a century yet to come , and their bullion is as much one of those products as corn or cotton. And as their stores of the precious metal increase, we shall find it pouring in upon us, totally irres- OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR. PARIS, MONDAY, MARCH 3 _To-day his Majesty, the Emperor of the French, opened the Session of the Corps Lefislatif, with the usual splendid ceremonials. The Emperor commenced his inaugural speech from the throne by a retrospective review of recent events His Majesty adverted to the visits paid to France, by the Queen of England and by the King of Sardinia, and in eloquent terms eulogised the last mentioned sovereign for the course he had taken in embracing the cause of the Allies without casting one look behind him. Emperor of His Majesty next adverted to the Russia, whom he described as the heir of a situation which he had not contributed to bring about ; and, tis Majesty added, the Emperor Alexander appear- ed to be animated by a sincere desire for peace said his Alajesi however deliberately at objects, is only an episode. byideas, and my strength, are ever turned towards undertaken the arts of peacE His Majesty remarked th the Plenipotentiaries at Powers were at present assembled, and lit with them to hal brot r conferences a spirit of cquity anA moderation which afforded ape for favourable reason t lief Let r to those r prepared, if nece sary, t :I anew, or to extend .the hand of friiM have combatted, with loya J. those whom WE His MAjestY concluded t throne in these words :—" N ech from the , ver happens let us busy ourselves with all means calculated to augment the strength and wealth of France. Let us, if possible, draw closer the alliance formed by a community of glory and sacrifices, and of which peace will make the reciprocal advantages still more palpable. Finally in this solemn moment let us rest our trust in God, to the end that He may guide our efforts in the direction most conducive to the interests of humanity and civilization." FRANCE 4- (raoz oua OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, ScrNDAY EVEN) NG The Corps Legislatif is to be opened to-morrow, with the usual ceremony. The speech of the Emperor is a great su'2ject: of anxiety, but as his Majesty writes it himself, and as he will naturally preserve the privilege of altering it up to the last moment, nobody knows exactly what it will con tain. It will, however, probably, from all I hear, be very reserved. I have not been able to obtain to-day any new details on which I think it safe to rely, with regard to what has taken place in the Conferences but to-morrow I shall perhaps be more fortunate. You are, thus far, I say it with coofi lence, better informed than most—l bad almOst written any— of your . contemporaries. London or provincial.. But though I have nothing poehively new to communiestp, I must not neglect to inform you that the opinion gains ground in the highest. political circles that the Conferences are not pro greasing as favourably as the partizans of peace could wish. The difficulties which arose in the first sitting have not been arranged, and on dit that new ones have presented themselves. E 11 about Bomarsund and Kars, with respect to which it has been alleged so often that Russia was ready to yield everything, it appears that the understand ing is the reverse of complete; Russia objecting strongly to bind herself not to fortify the Aland Isles, and insisting on having some compensation for giving up Kars: • _ _ I am told that of all the people who' surround the Emperor, the Prince Napoleon, and. Marshal Vail hint (Minister of war), arc loudest in their advocacy of a continuance of the war. Buth represent that Russia in spite of her defeats is really not one whit damaged in prestige or real power; and that if peace be made with her now, she will re-corn me;nce the war at the first favourable onportunity Both say that the Imperial dynasty will be terribly unpopularised in France if it makes a peace Ivithwit obtaining great political results, or a cession of territory. or at the very least, an immense pecuni• aril indemnity for war expenses. But though both ontinued, they the 3ed that .t le war ht. to b are a differ as to the theatre t Prinee boldly advocates the x Linn of Poland the Marshal,would prefer to auttelc - Prassia in the hope of rc-alising that , irearn of all Frenchmen—the annexation of " the left be, of. the Rhine" tc Fritnee. The accounts from Paissia continue to be the reverse of peaceable. In 'Adition to what she is doing in Finland and the Gulf of Finland, we learn to-day that she is about to make a new levy of 23 men in 1000 in all the empire. and that she has notified that Poland must supply her with a vast number of horses in April. The telegraph informs us that the Ottoman Porte has authorised the export of wheat to the ports of the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and the Archipelago. In Paris, trade during the past week has not undergone any change,—the people are still wait ing to see the turn the Conferences will take. At Lyons the order for silk, and at Mulhouse for cotton goads are so numerous that a rise in prises has taken place. It is said that the Imperial baby, who is .shortly expected, if a prince, will have the title of the King of Algeria conferred upon him. As .a specimen of the extent to which the French press is acquainted with Foreign politics, it may be stated that several - of the journals, reading in the American papers that , Mr. Banks, the new President of the Chamber of representatives, was a " black republican," supposed he. was a,.neffro, and wrote eloquent articles about a negro president of nlegislature ! Aletter from Rome mentions an affair which will make some noise—the public burning, by a set of worthless fellows, of Bibles distributed there by an American gentleman. The atrocious deed was, no doubt, done on the instigation of priests. PARIS, SATURDAY EVENING The Constitutionnet says, no doubt . on good authority :—" We believe that • the allies of the 2nd December have informed the Russian plenipo• tentiaries that at the expiration of. the armistice, concluded to the 31st March, no prolongation will be concluded. The preliminaries of peace, containing the cases belli, must, then, be accepted before that date by Russia." The same journal says that the, assertion of a Russian journal, Le NOnl of Brussels, that Count Orloff, on the open ing of the Conferences, made a speech explaining what Russia meant to do, was only a reply to the speech which .Count Walewski delivered. Of this fact, however, you are already aware. The Constitutionnel says, moreover, that the speech of the French Minister of Foreign Affairs was " firm in spirit, but conciliatory in -lang,uage, and responded admirably to the situation." Of this fact, too, I have already informed you. The Assemblee Nationale, the fusionist organ. pretends to know that Russia will yield what is asked of her about Nieolaieff and B,,marsund, and that England will not make any demands calcu lated to form an obstacle to peace; hut this journal is so given to fibbing, when it suits its purpose, that there is no believing it. A • service has been celebrated in the Russian Greek Chapel, for the repose of the soul of the Emperor Nicholas. It was attended by Cou n t Orloff and Baron Brunow, by H I ff.' Princess ,Mathille, and by an Equerry of the Emperor, and by the Prussian, Neapolit;!n. and Greek Ambassa dors.. The. preSence of an Imperial Princess and Equerry has givenri that.set to !; . I (: ) n l l i ' l e i m ca a l r i k n s ip ; o l ,t u a t nc h e l offieial circles it is staid must be attached to it. It is noticed that the Austrian Minister was not present. LA'Z'ES INTELLIGENCE- THE CONFERENCES PARIS, MONDAY EvEtowi. To-morrow the Plenipotentiaries of the Ol'eat Powers will re-assemble in conference and Yew -I'lw their deliberations THE CAMPAIGN IN ASIA, Despatches dated Marseilles, yesterday, announ ce -that information had reached that city from G'4l stantinople, to the eft'et that Omer Paoli° remained at Redout-KAle The British Cemmauders were pushing forward the preparations for an expedition into Asia, posing such a step to be ultimately resolved 11 1 3°11. They were at the same time enrolling workilldll' ie intention of sending them to 'rrebi°Jrille with tl The Ottoman cossaques, who still co ntinue d t° be addicted to looseness of discipline, were $t St:hum IE „„ a With reference to the weather, it was tioent:w-e that the cold was intense Other news from the Crimea corroborates the intelligence that Fort St. Paul had already b ee° butrantine Furt hadbee° Lid Lila undermined and lowu up shortly. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS IN THE BALTIC berg, the 3rd inst.f ‘145 By advises dated Kouigs earn from St. Petersburg that pursuant to 611 order received from the Grand Admiral o t • Empire, the Minister of Marine and the Aduiltdll had taken measures to withdraw all znari6uv3 signals, such as beacons and buoys, and to put the lights from all the lighthouses and 84'1 points on the Russian coasts of the Bahia GREECE Despatches from Athens, of the date of the 21‘11 ult., announces the formation of the new G ree ; We learn that M. Rizo Reugrabe ha been named Minister of Foreign Affairs ; ana Ministry M. Skalesteres was to be Minister of Justice in o'3 place of M. Putlis who had resigned. The Ministers selected by King O t ho are ITO' d to be favourable to the Western Powers. THE FRENCH FUNDS PARIS, MONDAY Evlolo' At the close of business on the Bourse. to'' 41/' the Three per Cents. were quoted at 73f,300 OPENING THE DANISH COUNCIL' • The opening of the session of the SIIPIeI3I Council of the kingdom of Denmark, took P l ' l° : fit , Copenhagen on the Ist inst , with the usual 11` 1 - I°l The hereditary Prince and the Court accompanied . the Kiug, who made on the occasion a t His 111.ijesty expressed his satisfaction • •0 holding assembled around him the delegates . 4 11e every part of the kingdom. He hoped Ella t " t 14 result of the assembly would be to eetneo' a 1 at ,re trengthen the bonds which unite the d'"' parts of the monarchy, the unity o 1 ,vhicil oe a shield against danger from without, L it til : same time that it would assure free dale°. v liner thanking the Ahniga t, d tlJ t'Or e _ the King express !lope that Provide n ce w ou ld con tinue toy °6° o ll - "s• of war. The °l34e meat at home the mantenance of peat the country from the or • led with the announcement that 00 i mp taut project would be brought forward ill t he Pin _ essi ov sent session, but that an extraordinary would be convoked shortly ...................-.......-..- THE PEACE ( NFERENCES . 9' . 4 Referringto the announcement made by the 31° Yarl~ of yesterday, that, at the meeting of the Congress P` m o Saturday last, the plenipotentiaries signed the po rous' caries of peace, the Globe of last night publishes th e :of t ° lug explanatory statement :—" It is perhaps new 10 intimate that this act is but the formal consetlt le ,t ° P re :, Russian acceptance of the peace propositions. I V - o l Pt' positions have been, by the signatures of the P - De aries, converted into preliminaries of peace.' b een ° erroneous to suppose that the propositions have " t e ti e re t ° yet developed in detail, and it would be Pre°36l-0408° infer that the Russian signature of the Pre it° , l ltio lle implies an agreement with the particular interPre' of the Allies." 3.' e vP WIDOW OP THE LATE JOS E PH ITAYDs.---The P: 0 .1° .00 .£25 per annum, which was granted to the ist ol ` 11) Haydn, previously:to his death, has been best° ten, his unfortunate widow. ing 1 0 " The Money-order O ffi ce in the Crimea 19 tie ,„, 10 , e to o sively used by the soldiers. In the first tw o ",,, ,e velt , ing Saturday, February, 9, 1,030 I t orers wereAoo o ' the total amount of these being within a rifle of ,ton e to The Emperor of Austria, "desiring to t ° t he services which Baron de Rothschild has rend of State,' has conferred upon him the decorat e tit ° Secon 1 Class of the Iron Crown. bec li d i rel FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSIO , .-13recon 11 3 _, - Whim - f, i tA' scene of a terrible explo,,ion of fire-damp. bY " a nd ' men were unhappily killed. The rnelancho l Y occurrence took place at the Ysgnbor well it e g la vibe consequence of the deceased m en go in g in candle. 0 . Joe th i y ro e „,ce; CuAMnra COMMERCE.—The usual 11 1 ° ° "1:,..q . •:11 3 ' of the council Was h ltt yererday, John Torr. ' . 1„.5:* it) president, in the club.. Atter the ' routine Al , e been disposed of, Mr. Kelly moved, and " seconded, that Mr. James Aspinall Tobin e A e v oite" 1 ' 0; director, in the room of Mr. Ittmilton resion eu :„Aie 4 , r e(' carried unanimously. Toe J )'nt-stock wr roewire and the Mercantile Law Atnendment Bills e - 0,0, A to the committee on commercial law, to whTfirior•f„,ed referred several commurtleations ou the i ek te letter from the Foreign Office, on the Monte v I t , gat of 1t545, was referred to the special conitni tlee structions for reply. - -01°,10 FATAL DUEL.—The Messager du Midi relate g pro li A e m ail . i of. limy since, NI. Cohen, a yo- -- - • r. - 1 1 ° lowing :—A short .ing . h engineer whom construction et E wio n at g is l ao is tr h aa c i lo al in li liw p ,z a hay n t y 4 c ae h a : i r p l e an: l et. ;l to lirier`i:l3l4 Todlell2st the guests invited was a nephe w -- 'fo"' ,,r is' N'n, the celebrated Russian e the close engine the ow tard when of the evening, po,itics came en . writ ' l tt:' M. Cohen supported the cause of the r. 0 1 0 0 pArticularly that of France, ant 31. Tod1(4),:,001,i0 rally that of Russia. - The discussion at los t ,'," irg heir violent that young Todteben, completely ; 1;:f re temper, ex , laiired, `You are !lathing hot a vile re f . l 1, , man! " And you are a vile Clssack !" wa s , I LI 1 1 °',po " I. defy you to support your opinions swev; ~- lifo,„ i 0 said the nephew of the general. " I aeeeP t I° ' 0, f ) O 1 ‘ death 1" replied M. their (4fla,therkst: Cohen. Seconds were c h;t: i it teej meeting arranged fo.• the following morning , I r' 40 1 ' li f t ' place accordingly. Toll were tlie we piing cilli i , D eo 01 at the second shot M. ien was str„ck ill t • d ht ego and exPiced instantly. M. Cohen had his Or t oots' broken. Ile was carried to the bouse of hi s ~011. where he remains a prisoner air parole until hie '''