The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-09 00:00:00

MARCH 9, 1855,
THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,

D—
-IkURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.--
Bedaced Prices as usual.

THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this
Thu h.° by Mr. REYNOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera,
VETOILE DU,NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton,
Williams, BoWler, Leffler, D. Beal, Miranda, and Blake ; Mrs
Henri Draytod,llllss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlie. Jenny

Baur. - -
To conclude:olth A DAY AT AN INN. Principal characters
by Mr. George Wild and Miss Johnson.
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IiHEITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Duda the management of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Comedy of A. CURE FOR LOVE.
E. }lin_
IPal characters by Messrs. Chippenda.le, Buckstone, and VII-
Men ; Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Griffiths, and Mrs. Poynter.
After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER.
To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
To which will be added the ne Ballet by the Spanish Dancers,
etalled THE GALICIAN FETE.w
To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented from VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs Harley. David Fisher, mid Cathcart; Misses
Murray. Heath, and Vivash.
After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime.
entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great. Bashaw.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Ham; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ;
and Columbine, Miss Desborough.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Yates.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed A NICE FIRM. Mr. !Amite; Mr. Charles
Mathews.

To be followei by TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY.
To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called TOO MUCH OF
A GOOD THING. Principal characters by Mr. Roxby and Mrs.
F. Mathews.
Box-office open from 10 until 6.

Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileron, 15, New-Bend-street

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue, and called JANET PRIDE.
Alter which, BETTY M ARTIN.
To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BAYADERE
Characters by Messrs. P. Redford and G Lee; Misses Woolgar ani
Keeley, and Mdlles. Mantquita and Benoni.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manscer, Mr. A. Wigan.
Tim EVENING.

Will he presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, it,
which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.
Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY.
Artsr which, a new Fairy Extrwaganza, entitled VIE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE KING CF THE GOLD MINES. Characters
by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia Pt. Geo"ge, Miss E. Ormonde, M:s
Marston, Miss Broml..y, and Sirs. Fitzallats.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,

Unler the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

THIS EVE NING
Will be perbrmed THE m'ARRIED BACHELOR.
Followed by THE VILLAGE NIGNTING ALE Supported by
?Jr. J. Raiford, Miss.lt. Isaacs, Miss F. Beaumont, &c.
After which, the new Operatic Burlesque, entitled, ALONZO TUT_
BRAVE.
To conclude with► the new Comedietta, entitled CITY FRIENDS

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPTIMIEATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.

THIS EVENING,
Attraction Extraordinary! Three Great Batt!es in one Spectacle !
thosl of BALAKLAVA and INK t.; R MANN being now aided (by the
introduction of a Third Act) to the BATTLE of the ALMA, which
this week reaches its 12 Ith representation !
To conclude with Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, introducin?
(first time) Herr Johann Endersohn, le Fll-de-Fer, and the Entree
du Clown a la Francaise.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manger. le'r. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tim DST —Morning 4 min.after 5 Evening 22 min.aft. 5
To..\ min.after 5 Evening 59 min.aft. 5

TUB *WRATHSR.—Sus Orrcc•s, March. 9.
TEZBNONETER, IN TEN SHADE.
46—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the reght.
41—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.12.
WIND, N.E.—Light breeze, with sunshine and some
slight snow.

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wildered as to the best mode of obtaining the
funds necessary to meet our increased expenditure
and to supply the deplorable deficiency in the
national exchequer. If he desire to occupy an
independent position, to act in accordance with
his conscientious convictions, he has an arduous
task to accomplish, and should not be hurried or
rudely disturbed on matters for which there is no
peculiar urgency. If, on the other hand, he is
contented to act as a mere " warming-pan" for
Mr. GLADSTONE, a " locum, tenons," who is will-
ing to act as deputy until it suits the other,
to resume the situation he voluntarily abandoned
—if his only desire is to provide a rechauffee of
what had already been dished up by the financial
chef, then the matter may go on. But, if on
on the contrary, Sir G. C. Lewis aspires
to a more honourable as well as a more
arduous position, he should be allowed
every reasonable opportunity to master the diffi-
cult subject. Under such circumstances, and tc
obviate as speedily as possible the inconvenience
of suspense, let him without any delay announce
the adjournment of the bill, not for a week or
fortnight, but until next session. More important
measures have been postponed "on account of
the War," and we venture to say that by so doing
he will not occasion any considerable disappoint-
ment either to newspaper proprietors or to the
community at large.

All honour to Manchester at last. Its rea

sentiments are those of the nation, and in the
expression of its sentiments it is in advance of

the nation. It has often been so on domestic
questions—it is so now on the great foreign ques-

tion of the hour. Lord JOHN RUSSELL is accus-
tomed to deride the narrow views of the eloquent
cotton representative of Manchester. If, however,
he will trouble himself to read the report of the
meeting recently held there on the Polish ques
tion, ho will perceive that that narrowness way
not learned by Mr. BRIGHT from his constituency ;
indeed he will learn that some of Manchester's
first men entertain views far more noble and com-
prehensive than those which he himself has advo-
cated, and, we fear, still advocates. Every meet-
ing there for peace crotchets—every meeting for
gilding the crimes of the Gnu, and blackening the vir-
tues of the Allies has been a private or class meet-
ing—but a crowded meeting in the Town Hall,
at which opposition was invited and promised a
fair English hearing, a most admirable petition to
both Houses of Parliament was unanimously
carried.

We refer to the petition with pleasure and
pride, embodying, as it does, in the most con-
densed yet perspicuous form, the arguments which
we have repeatedly and earnestly pressed upon
our readers. With hardly inferior interest do
we regard the masterly and manly speech of Dr.
VAUGHAN, an author second to none in the vast
extent of his .historical and general knowledge, in
the independence and vigour of his judgment,
and in the sobriety of his views. The manner in
which be demonstrated the inevitableness, the
justice, and the solid -advantages of the War,
could not but command the hearty assent of the
large assembly, or of any other impartial assembly.
The cotton weavers of Manchester, like the clo-
thiers of Leeds, are, as we now see, men of tho-
rough English hearts. They are not yet frightened
by Mr. BRIGHT'S counting-house calculations, or
his threats of citizen-shooting. When the Dr.
urged the obvious and imperative necessity of a
fifth point—" And that the ancient Kingdom of
Poland be restored tom- ver true csnd proper istde.

pendence "—and, again, when he appealed to them
to bear with patience the sacrifices requisite to

such a worthy termination of the War—when he

exclaimed, "Patience, my noble-hearted country-
men ! The stout in heart know how to wait as
well as to work, how to endure as well as to dare,
to hope in the dark day as well as how to be sober
in the bright one. Let us cast away the last
taint of the sordid, the selfish, the servile, the
fearful.! Let us count that we live only as we
live, to be just, and generous and noble ! "—on
both occasions the spacious room rung with loud
and continued cheers.

Manchester, then, like Bridgewater, Bath, and

a fast-increasing list of places, has done her duty.
Our Whig Plenipotentiary at Vienna, the Mi-
nister who connived at NICHOLAS'S digesting and
assimilating Poland, as previous English Ministers
had connived at the partition, can now have no
pretext for ignoring Poland at the Vienna Confer-
ence. NICHOLAS has been excused, by Quakers

and others, because he only followed, it was said,
the wishes of his barbarous Tartar serfs ; much
more reasonably may Lord JonN plead the wishes
of his highly civilised and educated free country-
men. Lord JOHN, however, and the other Lords of
the lordly Cabinet, well kno w that all England would
exult as one man if he laid it down as an esseatial
of peace that Poland be reconstituted. Our
rulers know that there is no mistake possible here.
Nowhere throughout the country has the name of
Poland been mentioned without the heartiest wel-
come. Will our Cabinet serve England or Saxe
Coburg ? That is the question.. Sincerely do we
wish that they would try a dissolution. We be-
lieve the Coburgs would turn pale before the host
of members who would be returned pledged to
demand justice to Poland, as the barrier of Free-
dom against Czardom. The Government may be
very anxious to get rid of the Sebastopol Com-
mittee, but a dissolution would assuredly bring
them a house which would not burke the Polish
question.

We have more than once charged the blood of
our soldiers on those who refuse to enlist and to
use a Polish legion under the Polish colours—
who sought mercenaries they could not get—and
refused patriots who proffered their aid. Now,
here is a well-vouched-for fact ; it ought to come
before Mr. ROEBUCK ; it was furnished in a pri-
vate letter from a highly intelligent officer in the
camp to a correspondent, who dares. not, for the
officer's sake, divulge his name. Eight or Lame
thousand Poles in the garrison of Sebastopol
offered to desert en, masse, and to serve any-
where, on being allowed to hoist their national
flag and to recruit amongst their own country-
men. The Allied commanders rejected the offer !
These Poles, driven thus to despair, have been
the most forward in every murderous sortie !
This is natural ; it was predicted by the author of
the letter to the Emperor of FRANCE, supposed to
Le M. PERSIGNY. It has been predicted by every
writer on the Polish question. Rejected by the
Western Powers, despairing of aid from those to
whom their freedom would bo the best and cheap-
est safeguard agai
the Poles will be futurenstaddneed Russian m
aggression,
maddened m
into the
enemies of the civilised
freedom which they now
long to defend. Let the widows and orphans,
and bereaved relatives and friends of our soldiers
weigh these facts. The blood
of your slain was
shed because Polish aid was
and thereby
turned against us. Poles were rejected because
we waited on Austria ; we waited on Austria be-
.lause we are right royally wedded to Germany,
and must consult supposed German interests.
Thousands have bled, and many more thousands
arc clad in mourning, primarily because our
Court and Cabinet Germanise, proximately- be-

cause we refuse Polish legions, and Polish inde-
pendence ; refuse to paralyse the armies of our
enemy, and compel those who long to fight for
us to fight against us. Will this country endure
such murderous Germanising longer ? Will not
innumerable public meetings demand mercy to our
soldiers, as well as atonement to Poland ?

IONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.

The Liverpool cotton market ruled quiet
yesterday. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales,
including 6,000 American, 400 Pernam and Maran-
ham at sid. to Id., 400 Bahia at 6d. to 61d.,
500 Egyptian at sd. to Bd., 700 Surat at 3d. to
31d., and 40 Sea Islands at Is. to 2s. 9d. per lb.
There was a heavy market for Railway Shares, and
prices declined.
There has been a quiet market this week for
colonial produce, but prices have been generally
supported. British plantation sugar has met with
a steady inquiry, and Mauritius has ruled firm.
For refined the market has been dull. Plantation
Ceylon coffee has commanded full rates ; native has
ruled dull. Rice has been heavy, and 3d per cwt.
lower, In spices very little has been done, and tea
has remained at about previous rates. Rum is at
lower value, cotton inactive, and saltpetre very
little asked for. Cochineal has gone rather cheaper.
Hemp has been nominally without alteration, and
jute about 20s. per cwt. lower. The tallow market
has been flat, but closes with more firmness.
In referring to sugar, Messrs. Layton, Hulbert,
and Co. state
" Statistics of this article have undergone material
change, and the stocks, which until lately showed an
increase of 20,000 tons, appear now with an excess of
only 7,481 tons ; this is to be accounted for by the great
scarcity of arrivals ; but the change of wind has brought
vessels freely into dock, and when their cargoes are
taken into stock, the apparent deficiency will be again
adjusted. Notwithstanding the small assortment of sugar
on offer, prices have scarcely rallied, and sales show no
improvement of value, unless for grocery descriptions,
which continue scarce. Mauritius chiefly sold at steady
rates ; good middling and good yellow grocery 345. to
365. per cwt. 12,000 bags Penang sold privately, and
at auction 6,000 were disposed of at about previous
quotations. Transactions in foreign have been limited.
The quantities of Rmgal and Madras are nearly 4,000
tons short of the corresponding period of last year."
The total stock of coffee on the 3d instant was
181,743 cwts,, against 227,068 cwts. at the same
time last year.
American Securities have been steady, at the
• prices subjoined :

Redeemable. Per Cent.
united States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1862... 98 99
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 107
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock 1867-1868...105 106
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent ... 78 80
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...102 103
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 91 92
Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 18589-66... 83 81
irginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 85 86
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 86A 87.
Canada 6 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876,.. 101 103

LOANS OF CITIES.
Montreal 6 per Cent 1857-1865... 83
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1874... 78
Do. do. do. 1884... 72
RAILROAD BONDS.
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875... 68 70
Panama. 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster-
ling Bonds) lB6o— 92i 93;
Pennsylvania Central It. Rd. 6p. Cent 1880... 88 90
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort.
gage lB6B-1869...100 101
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort-
gage ...1883... 81. 83
N. York and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible ..1871... 74
N. York and Erie 7 per Cant. Sinking
Fund

.76 78

Accounts from Hamburgh state that large quan-
tities of colonial produce were being forwarded
thence to Russia, where the want of supplies was
greatly felt. As to the Danubian provinces, they
appear to have been completely exhausted by the
late struggle, no stocks of foreign staples being left
even among the dealers in the towns.
According to letters from Holland and the Rhe-
nish provinces, the inundations have been very
destructive, and in Gelderland, Brabant, and
Utrecht thousands of families were suffering in
consequence. At many places on the Rhine, also,
dykes had to be erected to protect the shore.
This is " pay day" in the English Stock market,
and there has beenvery little business doing, either
real or speculative. The differences have been well
met; especially considering the sudden reaction oc-
casioned by the death of the Emperor of Russia.
Consols have been 92f to 931 for Transfer, and 93
to for Account. The " contango," therefore,
has rather gone off. This morning the transfer
books are closed for Bank Stock and Reduced 3
per Cent. Annuities. Exchequer Bills are ss. to
9s. premium, and India Bonds 14s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been generally nominal.
Mexican bring 201 I, being rather better.
The chairman of the committee of Mexican bond-
holders has received th 3 following letter from Lord
Woiehouse

(Copy.)
" Foreign-office, March 5, 1855.
" Sir, —I am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac-
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th ult., and
to state to you in reply, for tike information of the com-
mittee of Mexican bondholders, that in answer to the re-
presentations which Mr. Doyle, her Majesty's Minister
at Mexico, was instructed to make in behalf of the
British holders of Mexican Bonds, the Mexican Mi-
nister of Finance has stated that, notwithstanding the
great demands whieh have been made on the resources
of the republic, in consequence of continued revo-
lutionary movements, he trusts that, by scrupulously
respecting the fund which has been assigned to the
bondholders, it will not only be sufficient for the pay-
ment of future dividends, but that a surplus will
remain, out of which the arrears due to the bondholders
may be paid.—l am, sir, your most obedient, humble
servant, (Signed) " WODEILOUSE.
" Charles M‘Garel, Esq., 27, Gresham-street."

The agents of the bondholders at Mazatlan write,
under date of the 14th January last, that they in.
tended to ship 40,000 dols., by her Majesty's ship
Virago, for the dividend fund.
The Turkish Bonds have been firm at 79i to
Funds have been received here for the payment of
the April dividends. Dutch 4 per Cents. have
realised 94k.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 201 to 20i ; Peruvian, 70 to 71 ; ditto Three
per Cents., 50 to 51; Portuguese Four per Cents.,
42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 ;
ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ;
Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 18-a ; ditto Three
per Cents., 36/ to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ;
ditto . Passive, 4 to 41
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There is a flat market for most of the English
Railway Shares, the lowest prices of yesterday
being, in many instances, current. The North-
Western, South-Western, and one or two others,
however, are firm. The Indian and Canadian
lines continue to attract attention, and they are
mostly steady. Scinde are premium. In the
Foreign there are very few dealings.
The Mines are dull and the Joint Stock Banks
also, but in the miscellaneous there are an average
number of transactions.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOJK.
(From the Official List.)
, Business dons
[halt Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities Shut 93 2i-
-3 per Cont. Console Annuities -
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
__......

India Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO l4
Consols ;or Account, April 93 i
Exchequer Bills, 2i d.
21000 ..., 8 5 9
Small '
_ _ _

Exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. —
Ditto 1859, ~
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 2Ol
rtirkish Bonds, 6 per cent 79
Ditto for the Account 79
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Guil.
Ditto 4 DOT Cent. Certifieates
HALP•PAST TWO.
Cmsols 93 i
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...
Ditto. April Account

THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE BALTIC FLEET.
—Rear-Admiral the ion. R. S. Dundas, C. 8., will
hoist his flag at Portsmouth on Monday next, as Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet. The Duke of Wel-
lington, 131, screw, Captain Caldwell, has been ordered
from Plymouth to Portsmouth to take the gallant ad•
miral's flag.
CABINET COUNCIL.—The Ministers, including those
just elected by their respective constituencies, will as-
semble to-morrow afternoon iu council, at the Foreign-
offi ce.

His Grace the Duke of Leeds has arrived at the
ellrendou Hotel, from Hornby Castle, Ca,tterick, York-

shire.

We are gratified to learn that the health of the Duke
of Devonshire has very materially improved during the
last month. His grace is still at Kemp Town.
The Marquis of Downehire has arrived in Hanover-
square from Hillsborough Castle, en, route to East
Hempstead Park, Berks.
TRIBUTE TO LADY BLAKENEY.—The ladies of Dublin
aErie iakeenr4urtha
afiteisdtimbyonik,aulhosfcrtithiteiiornrets•p)
epotroasnedntes%teimly
on her departure from Ireland.

LATEST NEWS.

BERLIN, WEDNESDAY, MAROH 'T.

We learn from St. Petersburg that the decom-
position of the body of the late Czar is so rapid
as to render impossible any public lying in State.
Various rumours are in circulation as to the
causes of his death. A deputation of Prussian
military men will be present at the funeral obse-
quies at St. Petersburg.

VIENMA. THI7RSD.A.Y, MARCH 8.

" Yesterday afternoon the first preliminary
conferences took place. Prince Gortschakoff was

not present."

TRIESTE, MARCH 7.

Intelligence from Constantinople comes down
to the 26th ult.

The Porte has received M. Barozzi, the envoy
of the King of Greece.

It is probable that a Turkish ambassador will
be accredited to the Greek Government.

Letters from Trebizond of the 19th February

announce the arrival ,of 2,000 Tunisians at

Batoum.

The Kurdish insurrection is almost suppressed.

The Paella, governor of the province, has re-
stored to their families 17 Circassian children who

had fallen into slavery.

The uewss from Damascus of the lith February

states that the Turkish authorities are endeavour-

ing to effect an arrangement with the Arab chiefs,
in order to put down the rebellion more promptly.

The intelligence from Athens is to the 2d of
March. The English troops in Greece were pre•-
paring to proceed to Malta to complete the forces
destined for the Crimea. The editor of the
journal Esperance has been arrested by order or
the Greek Government, for having published nu
insulting article concerning the Allied Powers.

According to accounts from Asia, the Kurds,
increased by the junction of several thousand
Bashi-bazouks, had pillaged and set fire to the
town of Monch. The courier of the French
Consul at Erzerourn is said to have been mas-
sacred.

A telegraphic despatch from the camp before
Sebastopol, dated the 3d, mentions that since the
24th nothing particular had taken place.
The Emperor has not left Paris as reported.
He will review, on Saturday, two regiments that
are under orders for the Crimea.

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.

An imperial decree nominates M. Duvergier,
formerly batonnier of the Order of Advocates, a
member of the Council of State.

A letter from Marseilles of the sth says :—" The
Byzantin arrived here yesterday from Constanti-
nople, with 196 sick. Sixty engineers of the Im-
perial Guard, 114 Sapeurs Pompiers from Paris,
11 foot gendarmes, and 64 military workmen arrived
yesterday, to embark for the East. Seventeen Eng-
lish medical officers abuearrived, to embark on board
the Euphrate, for the same destination."
The Moniteur de la Flotte contains the follow-
ing letter from Varna, 20th ult. :—" Ottoman
troops continue to be embarked with the greatest
expedition, and all our vessels are in request for the
purpose. The weather favours this operation. The
Canada has taken from 1,000 to 1,100 Turks for
Eupatoria, and the Orenoque left the other day with
horses and artillery, having besides two merchant
men in tow laden with military stores. The inspector-
general of the telegraphic service arrived here about
a week ago ; he has caused the works of the Rus-
chuk line to be commenced, and it is expected
that Varna will be ceinected with that place by
the beginning of April Meanwhile the English
contractor will sink the submarine cable which is
to connect Varna with he Crimea, and the Walla-
chian Government will, finish the road from Bu-
charest to the Danube. Thus there will shortly be
an uninterrupted telegraphic communication be-
tween the Crimea and Vienna, Paris and London."
The Debats contains the following remarks on the
late engagement mentioned in Admiral Bruat's
despatch to the Frenci Government "
The engagement took place in front of the right at-
tack, that is to say, on the side of the Arsenal, a por-
tion of Sebastopol called, as is known, ' the Sailors'
town.' At the foot of the plateau is a deep ravine, very
steep at the sides, which descends from the camp of
the English to Careening Bay. This ravine covers the
flank of the naval town to the East, and is the ex-
tremity of the attack of the besiegers to their right.
It will be seen that this right attack is henceforth
to be conducted with all desirable activity. The side
of the Arsenal is the most vulnerable point of Sebas-
topol, or at least that which would exercise the most
influence en the fate of the town. It is to be re-
gretted that the weakness of the English troops did not
permit them to carry on the works of the right attack
with the necessary celerity. But a French corps of two
divisions is now charged with them. The English
troops remain encamped in their old positions opposite
Inkerrnan, above the ravine of the aqueduct, on the
left bank of the Tchernaya, observing the enemy, and,
if necessary, protecting the French from attacks 'from
the outside. Let us add that, if the English cease
to work in the trenches, they do not the leas pre-
serve their batteries, where from 80 to 100 large
naval guns will open their fire on a given day, in
conjunction with 150 French guns on the left and
centre. The night attack spoken of by Admiral
Bruat must have taken place on the night of the 22d
ultimo. Prince Menschikeff, on his part, mentions
the night of the 24th, and pretends that the besiegers
were repulsed. It is difficult to reconcile two such dif-
ferent dates and versions, and we must await more de-
tailed reports. It appears that the affair was a very
severe one. However this may be, we must conclude
from this affair that the works and other siege operations
against the Arsenal part of the town are now advancing
with vigiour, and oblige the enemy's garrison to dissemi-
nate forces which it could previously have concentrated
on one front."

BOURSE, MARcu B.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents. (xd) 94 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 6l 90 68f. 85c.
Credit Mobilier 752 50 Roman
Credit Foncier — Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes
Piedmontese B7 Home Debt

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tho Duchess, who had previously been deadly pale,
threw herself into the arms of the Queen and
sobbed aloud."

BELGIUM.

The Ministerial crisis in Belgium continues.
M. Delfosse had an audience of the King on Mon-
day, which lasted an hour and a half. The Hon.
President of the Chamber of Representatives de-
clined, it is said, In the most absolute manner: the
task of forming a Ministry, and expressed his
regret at the retirement of M. de Brouckere and
his 'colleagues.

Another member of the Liberal section of the
chamber has been sent for by the King.

A letter from Berlin states that the opening; of
the conference relative to the telegraphic negotia-
tions between Austria and the German States has
been postponed to the 15th May, and that the
conference for the telegraphic relations with France
and Belgium will not commence until the /sth
June.

THE HAGUE, March B.—A general officer is ap-
plinted to convey the condolence and sympathy of
'die Court to St. Petersburg. The overflow of
several rivers has occasioned considerable damage.

CAIRO, Feb. 24.—The first half of the 10th
Hussars has arrived at Cairo, on its way to the
Crimea. The horses are in good condition.

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COMIC

MITTEE--(THIS DAY.)

The Committee of Inquiry into the condition of our
Army in the Crimea was resumed this morning at the
usual hour. The public, as on preceding days, crowded
the space allotted to them.
The first witness, examined was Mr. Clay, the owner
of some steamers employed by the Government to take
out stores ane. horses to the Crimea. He left England,
he stated, in the Emperor, in October, and arrived in
Balaklave. in December. The state of the harbour was
very fil4.lly. We were not there in the storm. Saw the
trans-poits in the harbour afterwards. Many of then►
were considerably damaged. Waited upon Captain
Christie, and represented to him the danger of anchoring
outside the harbour. He took no apparent notice of
this. A quantity of hay was floating in the harbour
which bad been drifted in by the gale. There were two
harbour masters, one of whom was Captain Keitb, and
they did all in their power to alter the state of things
which existed. Our stores were not landed for some
time after their arrival, and the Cottingham remained in
harbour for as much as three weeks before their cargoes
were discharged. The reason assigned for this was that
there was no person to take them away. Did not know
exactly whose duty it was to receive these cargoes, or to
whom they were assigned, but he presumed it was the
Commissariat Department. The road from Balaklava
to the camp was in a very bad condition, and was up to
the knees in mud. Many of the horses used for
the purpose of conveying stores, provision', and
materials were in a very poor condition, and many
of them died. In the camp there were com-
plaints of deficiency in the supply of provisions,
and of the salt meat sent them. Saw many of the pri.
vates eat it raw, which he understood they generally did.
The cavalry horses were in a shockingly poor condition,
and had been kept on such short forage that they bad
eaten the manes and tails from each other's bodies. The
men were dirty and verminous, but they seemed in very
good spirits, and appeared contented in their avocations
of but•buildieg, putting up tents, and cnokieg their
soups. Saw the Scots Greys ; the men seemed hardy,
but their horses were also in poor condition. Went
over the Scutari Hospital in December last. The
system of coaling steamers at Constantinople and Bala-
klava was -very bad. The Emperor, for instance, re-
quired 300 tons of coal to be put on board, and instead
of that being done i❑ a day, as was the case at Malta,
it was only put on board to the extent of about thirty
tons per day, and 35 tons was considered a good day's
work. The vessel was consequently detained several
days in the operation, and the Government were paying
1001. per day for her use, so that when detained ten days,
as the Emperor had been, it involved a loss of 1,0001. The
Government mode of shipping and transporting horses
was very discreditable, such as the system pursued at
Hull, where a large number of valuable horses are an-
nually shipped for the Baltic. They were shipped on
the ballast and in bad weather could lie down. A horse
could generally lie down in bad weather, but if he was
unruly the groom could at once " sling" him, and so
render him impotent from doing damage. The Govern-
ment method on the other hand was to " cook"
them up in narrow boxes in which they could not
lie down, and consequently they were upon their legs
if the ♦oyage extended over six weeks. 'Many horses
were lost owing to this system. Had little doubt that
the cavalry horses in the camp were very much affected
by the way in which they bad- been taken out. -Did not
know whether the horses were insured. Saw some hay
and corn taken out for them. The Emperor was
generally engaged in special service in conveying
the sick, in carrying troops, a.nd things of that sort.
He always discharged his cargo at Balaklava.
He had conversations with Captain 'Christie rela-
tive to the transport service which was badly
organised. Capt. Christie, however, did not seem to be
up to the mark as to know what he had to do. An
active man would have done much better. He had
some very clever clerks about him, particularly one of
the name of Pritchard. He had never been in com-
munication with Commissary-General Filder. There
certainly was some confusion between the commissariat
and transport officers. The transport service was under
the direction of Captain Christie, and his orders were
necessary before a cargo could be landed. Saw a quan-
tity of offal in the harbour ; but he was not sufficiently
acquainted with the matter to say that means might
have been adopted for clearing it away. He
should think that if an inducement in the shape
of liberal pay had been held out to the crew of
vessels lying idle in the harbour, they would have ren-
dered their services willingly in cleansing the harbour.
The town of Balaklava was in a very filthy condition,
and he had no doubt but that this accumulation of dirt

'and decomposed matter was instrumental in generating
disease. He saw the Turkish camp when he was at
Balaklava ; the men were sickly, and were dying in
large numbers from fever and cholera—the latter pro-
bably induced by bad food. Some of the horses which
died were buried, but numbers were left about the camp.
Those which remained were as well treated as they could
be. Some of the houses at Balaklava were inhabited: Mr.
Commissary Mackenzie lived in one and Lord Raglan
had another. He attributed the confused state of the
transport service entirely to the want of labour and some
system of superintendence, and he was sure it might all
have been remedied by some alteration and a small out-
lay of money. He did not know Admiral Boxer who was
in charge at Constantinople, but the accounts he heard of
him were not at all favourable, and he was described
as being a most disagreeable person to have
anything to do with. If the various authorities at Ba-
laklava, the harbour-master, Captain Christie, or some
of the naval authorities there, had consulted with one or
two intelligent captains of the transport service, as to
some arrangements for cleaning the harbour, it might
have been done in a week. He did not know Mr. Com-
missary-General Filder. It was a matter of complaint
amongst the captains of the transport vessels that they
were detained in the harbour for days without being able
to obtain orders. He knew of one case in which a vessel
laden with hay was waiting for orders before she could
discharge it, whilst there were great complaints of want
of forage for the artillery horses in the camp. Visited
Kaimiesh Bay, but was not acquainted with any of the
harbour arrangements there. The Emperor was char-
tered for the transport of Lord Raglan's and officers'
'staff of horses, at the rate of 6501. per week. The vessel
required very little fitting up for the accommodation
for this purpose. The Messrs. Wigram bad a Go-
vernment contract for conveying horses, but he
thought the Hull plan was far superior to their
mode. He recommended to Captain Milne the advan-
tages of the Hull plan, but instructions were not re-
ceived to the effect that the Emperor might take the
horses out in the mode he had referred to till she was on
the eve of departure. The transports, when he was at
Balaklava, were anchored across the harbour—which he
thought was as good a way as any other. As to coaling
vessels at Balaklava, he thought a corps of men
might have been organised at Malta for the purpose
of coaling steamers. Coaling was effected at the
latter place entirely by manual labour, and good
arrangement. He did not offer any suggestions to Capt.
Christie with regard to clearing out the cargoes of ships,
more especially because he did not afford him any oppor•
tunity of doing so ; nor did he at all encourage him,
otherwise he (witness) would have been very happy to
have rendered him any assistance. He had seen the
Transport Board, and he had hopes of the improve-
ments he had mentioned being adopted. It was
not by any means too late, as there were no
doubt many more horses to be sent out. The Em-
peror took out about 60 horses, 12 of which
belonged to Lord Raglan, and be was aware of no
casualty to any of them in the voyage. In fact, Lord
Raglan's groom told him that his lordship's horses were
as fresh as the day they were shipped at Woolwich.
The Rev. E. G. Parker, chaplain of the Ist Division
of the Army, was the next witness.