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London, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

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DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W.

CODRINGTON.

(Front the Gaztits of this Evening. )
WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 18.

Lord Panmure has this day received a Despatch and
its Enclosures, of which. ;the following are copies, ad-
dressed to his Lordship by General Sir William Cod-
rington,

Sebastopol, Dec. 4, 1855.

My Lord,—The enemy continue to fire occasionally,
and sometimes heavily, on. parts of the town. They must
have expended a considerak le quantity of valuable ammu-
nition without causing 'au any loss or inconvenience.
The enclosed Casualty Return is the first of the sort I
have had occasion to report to your Lordship.
It may seem unimportant to refer to the state of roads
and weather here, but their condition affects the essen-
tial communications and cvell-being of the army. The
winter broke upon us suddenly on the 26th and 27th
with snow, and has varied with gales and rain ; and a
very deep state of the ground hag damaged all commu-
nications.

Constant presence of labourers and constant attention
are requisite, and are being given to the road, which,
from a peculiarity of soil mud condition, was worked into
holes, but which is and will continua to be of the greatest
service to the army and its supplies.
I have, Szo.,
W. J. CODRINGTON,
General Commanding.
P.S.—I beg leave a'.so to forward the weekly report
of Dr. Hall, the principal Medical Officer, by which your
lordship will perceive that the general state of health of
he army continues favourable.
W. J. CODRINGTON,
General Commanding.

The Lord Panmure, &c.

Enclosiire 1.

NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON THE
IST DECEMBER, 1855.
7th Foot-1 officer wounded, by bursting of a shell in
Sebastopol.
W. L. PAKENFIAM, Adjutant-General.

(Enclosure 2.)..

NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON lwr

DECEMBER.
WOUNDED.
DEC. 1.
7th Foot—Captain Lord It. Browne, slightly, by burst-
,ng of a shell in Sebastopol.
W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant-General.

(Enclosure 3.)

Head-quarters Camp, Crimea, Dec. 4.
Sir,—l am glad to be able to point out a continuance
of the favourable state of health of the army.
The weather has been boisterous, wet, cold, and
changeable, which has occasioned an increase of catarrhal
affections, and added some cases of catarrhal ophthalmia
to our list ; but the admissions under this head have de-
creased nearly one-half during the present week, and it
is to be hoped by care and removal of those labouring
under the complaint to the monastery that the disease
will not extend.

There has been a decrease in the number of admis-
sions from fever, but an increase of mortality, confined
chiefly to the Land Transport Corps, as 14 out of the
19 deaths that occurred during the week took place in
that branch of the service alone. This corps has a
heavier sick list than any division of the Army, which
is not to be wondered at, as many of the Europeans
have recently arrived in the country, and are not yet
acclimated, and the natives bear fatigue, and the vicissi-
tudes of weather, like that which we now have, but ill.
The following show the ratios of sickness and morta-
lity during the week :

per cent.
The admissions to strength have been ... 2.01
Deaths to strength .. 0.07
Exclusive of Land Transport
Sick to well
Exclusive of wounds and injuries
J. HALL,
Inspector• General of Hospitals.
General Sir William CodriEgton, K.C.8.,
Commanding•in•Chief.

DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS.

(Front this Night's Gazette.)
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14.

Despatches, of which the following are copies, have
been received from Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart.,
G.C.8., Commander•in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and
vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea :

Royal Albert, Kazatch Bay, Dec. 1, 1855.
Sir,—l request that you will lay before the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty the enclosed copy of a
letter from Captain Sherard Osborn, of the Vesuvius,
dated the 24th ult., informing me that, a 3 the formation
of ice bad commenced in the Sea of Azoff, and as he had
been informed by both 111'. Gopcevitcb, the Austrian
merchant, charged with the shipment of corn in Austrian
vessels, and by the Runian authorities at Mariaupol,
that all chance of neutral vessels obtaining cargoes this
year was at an end, he had withdrawn to Kertch with
the squadron under his orders, after assuring himself
that no merchant vessels remained in that sea.

I have so frequently had occasion to bring the merits
of Captain Osborn under your lordships' notice, that it
is perhaps unnecessary, on the present occasion, that I
should say more than that he has maintained his high
character up to the close of the service upon which he
was employed for six months, and he brings under my
favourable notice the gallant and zealous support he has
received, from first to last, from the officers and men
under his orders.—l am,
(Signed) EDMUND LYONS.
Read-Admiral and Commander in-Chief.
To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London,

Vesuvius, off Kertcb, Nov. 24.
Sir, —Being now, in accordance with your instruc-
tions, on my read to rejoin your flag, I have the honour
to report the close of operations in the Sea of Azoff, and
the proceedings of the squadron in that sea subsequent
to my last letter, dated off Ghei-k, 7th Nov. On the
7th I received your instructions, with notices relative to
neutrals quitting the Sea of Azoff on the 20th Nov.
The weather became most severe, and I could only
succeed in serving the notices upon the authorities on
shore at Mariaupol.
But on the Bth Nov. the shipping anchored off Ma-
ria,npol were duly warned, and on the 9th those off
Taganrog likewise.
A gale of extreme violence from the eastward blew
continually from that date until the 18th Nov. I then
immediately served a notice upon the neutral shipping
in Berdiansk,
There, from Mr. Gopcovitch, as well as previously at
Taganrog and Mariaupol, we learnt that the Russian
authorities had kept the neutrals in quarantine ever
since their arrival, and that the likelihood of cargoes
being procured was almost at an end.
A. Russian officer at Mariaupol laughed at the idea of
the neutrals believing they would get wheat this year,
and told Commander Kennedy, whom I sent in there
with a flag of truce, that the neutrals must stay the
winter.
Under these circumstances, looking to your wishes
and instructions upon the subject, it became a cause of
great anxiety for me lest, by the sudden commencement
of winter, or intentionally, the neutral vessels should
fail to quit the sea on the 20th November, 1855.
I, therefore, as the ice bad begun to make and the
temperature to fall rapidly after the 13th, despatched all
the squadron to Kertch except the Ardent, Snake, and
Clinker, and with them proceeded up the Gulf of Azoff.
We arrived off Mariaupol on the 19th and found all
the neutrals had sailed for Kertch, and on the 20th I
sighted Taganrog and found the roads empty, all the
vessels that were there having likewise left.
The ice already extended on either hand some miles
from the shore, the Don appeared to be frozen, and
boeveryurh
o o
d indicationwa s a
ppofarwenit.
winter having set in in that neigh-
At Mariaupol the river or harbour was frozen, and
much ice lined the coast as far down as Thelosarai Light-
house ; the temperature at midday as low as 29 deg.
Fahrenheit.
From thence I separated the squadron so as to ex-
amine the whole coast from Glienitch to Enikale Light-
house, most minutely, and not a single boat of the small-
est description was to be seen.
In surrendering into your bands the prominent posi-
tion in which you have been pleased to employ me for
the last five months, that of Senior Officer of a detached
squadron, allow me, sir, to express, most respectfully,
my deep sense of the honour you conferred upon me,
and the grateful recollection of the unvarying kindness,
confidence, and consideration I have experienced at your
hands ; without it I feel I never should, as I trust I
I have, succeeded in carrying out your views and instruc-

tions.
Next to that let me again remind you that my anxiety
to execute your pima has Mr be= AA easy task,

supported as I hare over been by the f,:fllanl_ and znio7 8
ext-rtions of every officer and man sErving in this squad-
ron ; I know not how sufficiently to express my appro-
bation of their conduct.

And it is rot the INFs pleasing part of my duty to
assure you of the. kindly co-op-ration I have ever re-
ceived from the ofßc.rs of the Frciach Navy ....Trying in
Vie Sea of Az,tY. Among those more especially known
to me, I feel justified in mentioning Lieutenant Clone,
commanding the Bra-I(bn ; Lient/maot La Juehette,
Felton ; and Lieutemint Vi&d, of the Caton.—l have,
(Signed) S. OSIIORN.
itear.Adroiral Sir Adinnn,l Lyons, Bart ,
&c., &c., &c , G.C.B.

LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 15.
The Queen bas been pleasod to approve of Mr. Albert
Pillsbury as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for tneUniteci
States of Amorica.

IVAR-OFFICE., DEC.
BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
quent upon the death of the following officers :—General
Sir John Brown, died Nov. 1G; Major-General F. Mark-
ham, Nov. 21; Lieutenant-General James Lindsay, Dec.s.
Colonel John Cox, hAlf-pay unattached, to be Major-
General ; Lieutenant-Colmiel Frederick Paul Haines, half-
pay unattached, to be Colonel ; Major William Clarke,
half-pay unattached to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Captain
William Radcliffe, 84th Foot, to be Major.

COMMISSIONS S [GNED BY LORD.-LIEUTENANTS.
Royal North Lincoln Militia— Walter Stewart Brown,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Mason, appointed Ensign &W.
Foot ; William Longstaffe, j nun, Gent., to be Lieutenant,
vice McDakin, appointed Ensign, 42d Foot ; Charles Key-
worth, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, resigned;
Messing Thomas Laxton, Gent.,to be Lieutenant, viceßar-
ton, appointed Ensign, 14th Foot ; Robert Henry Owston,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brown, promoted.
7Gth or Inverness-shire, &c., Highland Light Infantry
Militia.—The Hon. Simon Fraser to bo Lieut.-Colonel,
vice Thomas Gordon, Esq., deceased.
East Kent Militia.—Lieut. Duncan Invorarity to be
Captain, vice George, deceased ; George Ross Soden,
Gent., to be Ensign.
let or Royal East Middlesex Militia.—William Vovers,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stone, promoted.
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Rifle Mi-
litia.—Alexander Thom, A.M. M.R.C.S.L., to be Sur-
geon, vice James Wiehart, resigned.
Worcestershire Militia.—Boddam Castle, Gent., to be
Lieutenant, vice Vale, promoted.
Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia.—Francis MaaNaghton
Leslie, Gent., to ho Ensign.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.

INDIVIDUAL'S SHARE OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY, WHEN

CLAIMABLE UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY.
Department of the Accountant-General,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 18.

Notice is hereby given, Navy Agents and all other
persons interested threin, that no share or shares of any
prize money, bounty, salvage, or other moneys payable
and distributable to and amongst the of and crews of
her Majesty's ships and vessels of war, will be paid nuder
any power of attorney, now or hereafter, executed by
any two or more of the officers and crows of any of her
Majesty's ships and vessels of war, unless the persons who
shall have executed the said power are the executors or ad-
ministrators of some deceased person entitled in distribu-
tion.

The above-mentioned regulations, established by the
Lords of the Admiralty for the purpose of preventing an
individual's share of prize or other moue; s, as aforesaid,
being paid in distribution under a power of attorney made
by two or more persons, having been referred to her Ma-
jesty in Council, in accordance with the directions con-
tained in the Act of the 17th of Victoria, cap. 19, see. 13,
her Majesty was pleased to approve and give her sanction
to the same by her Order in Council, bearing date on the
7th December, 1855.
Agents and others claiming to receive, by virtue of a
power of attorney, the share of prize or other moneys of
any individual entitled in distribution, are hereby in-
formed that payment will be refused unless such power of
attorney shall have been executed by that individual
alone, or by the executors or administrators of some de-
ceased person entitled in distribution ; in conformity with
the existing practice, now sanctioned by her Majesty in
Council.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
East Indies —Light at Singapore.
The Government of India has given notice that, on the
17th of March last, a fixed light was shown on the Govern-
ment Hill Flagstaff at Singapore.
Tho light is bright ; it is placed at an elevation of 226
feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear
weather at a distance of about six miles.
It stands in lat. 1 deg. 16 min. 15 sec. N., long. 103 deg.
51 ruin. 15 Rea East of Greenwich, according to the Ad-
miralty Charts.
Raffles Light on Coney Island.
Although no official information has been received re-
specting it, the mariner is cautioned that there is every
reason to believe that a fixed bright light, named Raffles
Light, is ettablished on Coney Island, near the western
entrance of the main strait of Singapore. The light should
be visible in clear weather a distance of 12 miles, except in
the quarter from N.W. by W. round northerly to E.N.E.
By command of their Lordships.
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographio Office, Admiralty, London,
21st Nov.' 1855.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Indian Ocean, No. 748 a. ; Singapore Strait, Sheet, No.
2,403 ; China Sea, No. 1,270 ; also Horsburgh's East India
Directory, Vol. 2, p. 271, (7th Ed.) ; and East India Light-
house List, Nos. 52 and 53.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
United States of America.

The United States Lighthouse Board has issued the fol-
lowing notices ;
Fog Bell at Fig Island Lighthouse, Savannah River.
A fog bell has been placed in the lighthouse on Fig
Island, in the Savannah River, Georgia, which will be
bounded in foggy weather.
Vessels wishing to know the position of the Fig Island
Light in a fog will sound their bells or steam-whistles,
when they will be answered by the tolling of the Fog Bell.
Buoys for Cape Romain Shoals and Bar at Bull Bay.
A first-class Nun Buoy, painted with white and black
perpendicular stripes, and a black flag on staff, has been
placed in 15 feet water at low tide, in the Slue Channel,
Cape Remain Shoals; Capoßomain Light bearing W.N.W.
N. ; north point of Cape Island, N.Vg .by N. This
Buoy must be passed close-to on either side. Courses from
the Buoy out of the Slue Channel S.W. by W. and N.B.
by E.
Also a second class Can Buoy, painted with black and
white perpendicular stripes, in three fathoms water, at
low tide, off the bar at Bull Bay. Bull Bay Light,
W.N.W.; south point Racoon Key, N.N.W. aW. This
Buoy must be passed closed-to on either side.
Bell Boat off Charleston Bar, South Carolina.
An iron Bell Boat, painted with black and white per-
pendicular stripes has been placed outside of Charleston
(South Carolina) main ship bar, in five and a quarter
fathoms water at low tide ; Charleston Main Light in
range, bearing N.W. northerly ; Rattlesnake Shoal light
vessel', N.E. by N. ; Sullivan's Island outer beacon, N. by
W. IW. Length of mooring chain, 32 fathoms.
The bell is mounted on a mast, and rung by the action
of the sea.
Masters of vessels, pilots, and fishermen, ars particularly
requested to report at the Custom-house, or Lighthouse
Inspector's Office, should they see anything wrong with
this boat.
[All courses and bearings aro magnetic.]
By command of their Lordships,
JOHN WASHINGTON, Hydrograpber.
Hydrographer Office, Admiralty, London,
23d Nov., 1555.

These Notices affect the Admiralty Chart :—North
America, East Coast, Sheetl7, No. 270.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Mediterranean Sea.—Light at Cents—Coast of Africa.
The Spanish Government has given notice that on the
lit of December next a light will be established on the
summit of the hill named Cerro de los Mosqueros, on Al-
mina Point, at Ceuta, on the North Coast of Africa, at the
eastern entrance of the Strait of Gibraltar.
Tho light will be a bright first-class, revolving once a
minute. It is placed et an elevation of 476 English feet
above the level of the sea, and will be visible in clear
weather at the distance of 27 miles.
The lighting apparatus is catadioptric of the first order,
of the system of Fresnel. The tower stands in lat. 35° 53'
44" N., long. 5° 17' 12" West of Greenwich.
By command of their Lordships.
JOEIN WABILINGTON, Hydrographer.
Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London,
22d Nov., 1855.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :
Mediterranean, No. 2158 • Gibraltar to Alicante, No.
1186 ; Ceuta, No. 252; dibraltar Strait, No. 142. Also
Mediterranean Lighthouse List (edition 1855), No. 216.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Mediterranean Sea.- - Harbour Light at Nice.
The Captain of the Port at Nice has given notice that
ou the Ist July a now Light, to replace the former Light.
was established at the extremity of the outer mole of the
harbour of Nice, in the Gulf of Genoa.
The light is a fixed bright light, varied by rod flashes
every half minute. It is placed at an elevation of 80 Eng-
lish feet above the level of the sea, and will be visible in
clear weather at a distance of about 12 miles.
The lighting apparatus is catadioptric; and of the fourth
order of the system of Fresnel.
On rights when the entrance to
cannot the harbour. is rendered
dangerous on account of the heavy swell, the light ill be
extinguishhd, in order to signify
that vessel at
such times enter the harbour, but must seeke shelter at
Villa Franca on the East or Antibes to the West, accord-
ing to the direction of thend.
By command of their lordships,
J. WAsHrsaTo llydrographer.
Hydrographic-office, Admiralty, Nov. 24.
Ad iralt Char+ •
IT s the following m y .8 .
This notice a ect
2158 ; Cape Roux to Monaco, No.
Mediterranean, Palamos to Ventimiglia,
152 • Villa FranoNso: Nov. 153;
No.'1182; Mediterranean Lighthouse List (ed. 1855),
No. 60."
____......,

BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Robert John England and Thomas Augustus Garrard,
druggists, Bristol.
BANKRUPTS.

Samuel Belcher, hatter, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, to sur-
render Jan. 1, at one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-
court ; Crafter, Blackfriars-road.
Benjamin Hainsworth, common brewer, Liverpool, Jan.
7 and 21, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor-
gan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dibb, Atkinson, and
Piper, Leeds ; Frodsham, Liverpool.
Francis Bake Webster, blanket manufacturer, Heck-
mondwike, Yorkshire, Dec. 28 and Feb. 1, at eleven, at
the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds;
Iveson, Heckmondwike ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
Charles Robert Thompion, wine merchant, Old Broad-
street, Jan. 2, at two, and Jan. 29, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Lawrarce,
Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers.
Nicholas Andrews and Thomas Andrews, ironmongers,
Gateshead, Durham, Jan. 4 and 25, at half-past 12, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as-
signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; T. and W. Chafer, New-
castle-upon-Ty no ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-TYne•
Thomas H. Taylor, cabinetmaker, Birmingham,
Dec: 31,
at half-past ten, and Jan. 21, at bulf-Past
twelve, at the
Districtßirmingham Court. Christie, official assignee,
Birmingham ; Chaplin, Richards, and Stubbin, Birming-
ham.
Joolatilk James Petty, grocer, 8i1d9111.-Staff---911151Airei Jan,

4 and 25, at the Birmingham District' Court. Bittleston,
asi:gnee, Birmingham ; Waterhouse, BiLton ;
JameB, B; r.iugham.
Robert trge Webb, drarer, Stafford, Dee. 31 and Jar.
91, at bait-past ten, at the Birmingham Distriot Court.
B..ttl:•ston. offie:al assignee, Birmingham ; Pinehard and
S!lelton, Wolverhonpton ; Hodgson and Alien, Binning.
ham.

Wm. Pearce Liliicrapp, furrier,Davies-street, Berkeley-
squa:c, Del. 29 at half-past eleven, and Feb. G. at
twelve, at. the C>urt of Bankruptcy. Nicbulaon, official
as;igneo, Dn.singhall street; Davies, SW', and Campbell,
War w ick -Arcot, Itegcn'- Arc et.
Waliaan Cooper, bailder, Nouhead, Pet-1119m, Dec. 24,
aal Feb.. 6, at eleven, nt the Court of Bankruptcy.
:Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Minet and
S-nitb, New Broad-btreet.
Jeremiah Challenger Wocster, fancy catinet manufac-
turer, Long-lane, West Smithfidl, Dec. 29, at half-past
eleven, and Feb. 2, a.t twelve, at the Court a Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee,
B
Na)l,:r, and Robing, TolcenhotrasseifygabJ,l.lsitelnecelt on;.

SCOTCH SEQITESTRATIONS.
Sklnucr, Notman, and Co., ruerehants, Glasgow, Dec.
23, at two, at the G!nbe hotel, Glasgow.
David Brown Watson, coach Proprietor, Glasgow, Dec.
98, at one, at the Globe HAel, Glasgow..

COURSE OF Nal-MANGE.— S DAY.
msterdran ........... 1I 174, Gibraltar
Ditto, three months .. 1 Legtorn 3O 15
Rotterdam ............ 11 19\ Genoa •...... 23 SO
Antwerp ................50 Milan •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Brussels 25 50 I Venice • •
tiamburgh .• .• ••.• • • • • 13 914 Naples .• •• •**• •• 44 !4
Altana ...• •• • • •• ••• • • • Palermo •• • •
Paris..
Ditto, three months .. 25 72 Lisbon ...... ...•
Maneilles ........ 25 721 Oporto • • 53%
Bour.leaux .. • • ........ Rio Janeiro...... • • ....
Frankfort-on Maine • 119 X Buenos Ayres.... • • ....
Berlin ................ Now York,6o days' sight
Vienna • • .... i 1 14 Philadelphia •• . ...
Trieste •• •• 11 16 PRICES OF RIILLICN, PEES

Petersburg ............
5/
ad rid • •
• • • • • • • •
• • • •
Cadiz ........•• ....
Barcelona •• •• .• .• •• ••
•• •• •• •• •••••••

34? Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17
49 ':, Portugal Gold Ccin .. 0 0 0
4914 Mexican Dollars .... 0 Q 0
f New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
- I Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.)

The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty this afternoon :

COMMANDER.
J. F. C. Hamilton to the Calcutta.

LIELTENAti T.

G. W. Carter to the Ariel.

NAVAL CADETS.
J. R. H. Yorke, to the Colossus.
C. S. W. Willis, to the Duke of Wellington.

THE PEACE RUMOURS.

The following is from the Times' (Second Edi-
tion) Paris- correspondent's letter, dated yesterday,
6 p.m.:—
"The difference which existed between the
French and English Governments relative to the
conditions on which they would make peace with
Russia are, as I mentioned in a previous letter, ter-
minated, and the propositions which Count Valen-
tine Esterhazy will have to communicate to M. de
Nesselrode are such as are considered accept-
able by England and France. I cannot
state in a positive manner what was the
real gro end of difference ; whether, as
sonic say, it referred to a "material guarantee" of
permaThart character, or .to a war indemnity ;
but it is not doubtful that for some time the Eng-
lish Cabinet, or a portion of it, was unwilling to
accept a settlement on the terms which this Go-
vernment deemed sufficient. It is, however, cer-
tain that the difference, such as it was, has now
disappeared. The person who lam told was the
principal promoter of the arrangement in question
is one who has not as yet, I believe, been mentioned
in this part of the affair—namely, the King of Sar-
dinia. Such at least is said in one or two political
circles. The arguments he used turned on the
difference between England and France—the one
insular, the other continental, and the greater fa-
cility for the former to stand out for conditions of
a more ample kind than would satisfy this country.
I mention the fact of this Royal intervention as it
circulates in the quarter I refer to, and I refrain
from entering into particulars, as these are hardly
guaranteed by sufficient authority.
My letter of yesterday informed you of the
mission entrusted by his Government to Count
Esterhazy. It would be useless to speculate, or
even to hazard a conjecture, on the result. The
most experienced, the best informed, and the most
clear-sighted men are divided in opinion ; but the
majority incline to the belief that Russia will not
accept the propositions of which the Count is the
bearer, and if she persevere in the determination
expressed not many weeks since, I fear that
opinion will prove to be correct. Austria is not
the first that has, after a certain interval of time,
made renewed attempts towards an arrangement.
It is not long since Baron Wertber, the Prussian
Minister at St. Petersburg, had a long and ani-
mated conversation with M. de Nesselrode on the
same subject, and, though the representative of
such a Sovereign as Prussia is blessed with, spoke,
it is said, with surprising boldness. The
temerity of a friend, an associate, if not of an ac-
complice, is pardonable when it does not go beyond
words, and M. de Nesselrode listened with patience
to the end. When Baron Werther had exhausted
all his own rhetoric, as well as the borrowed elo-
quence of his master, M. de Nesselrode replied,
' Russia will not accept such conditions ; Russia
will never treat while there is a single foreign
soldier on her territory !' Baron Wertber again
pressed the subject ; he dwelt on the danger of
a change of policy among the German States
of the second order ; spoke feelingly of the
visit of the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers to

Paris ; of the impression made upon them by the
Emperor and his Minister for Foreign Affairs ; of
the effect throughout Germany of the Emperor's
speech at the Paris Exhibition ; in a word, he
made use of every topic likely to touch the mind

or heart of the Ifussian, but the reply was still the
same, and M. de Werther retired from the con-
ference unsuccessful. This, I presume, will be
denied in the Russian organs in Prussia or Bel-
gium, as was the mission of M. de Munster, or
the anxious impatience with which M. Stackel-
berg's return to Vienna was expected. I have it,
however, front too good an authority to have much
doubt of its general correctness.
To this unwonted liveliness of Prussia is attribut-
able, perhaps, the rather unexpected intervention
of stria. We know how nervous Austria is at
any supremacy obtained by her rival ; and as
Prussia, uneasy at what was going on in the
north, had ventured to be courageous, Austria
decided on going beyond her. It was in that
temper she made the overtures to M. do Bour-
queney which were submitted to the French and
English Governments, which have been made
the subject of seine discussion between them,
which are now adopted by them, and which will
soon be brought before Count Xesselrode. On
the question of any previous understanding be-
tween Austria and Russia much doubt is enter-
tained. But we may venture to put the question
whether Austria would press on Russia proposi-
tions slae does know will not be accepted, either
wholly or in part., or will submit to the same rebuff
encountered by Prussia ? M. de Buol has had
conferences with Prince Gertschakoff on the point,
and I have reason to believe that the language
used at them was such as, from any other Power,
could only be followed, in case of failure, by acts
of vigour. Whether she will do
„these acts is an-
other question.
It is believed at Vienna and elsewhere that
France is more desirous of peace than England,
and this desire, perhaps too clearly and too often
manifested, may add to the obstinacy of Russia,
and produce its effect on Austria. France has, no
doubt, great resources at her command to carry on
the war, but her Government would act wisely not
to appear to seize with eagerness the first chance
that presents itself making peace.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

EAY MARKETS.

SMITHIPIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 5s to 6/ 03 clover ditto,
4115 s to 61 15s ; and straw, 11 4s Od to 1/ 103 Od per load.
Trade sturdy.
01111BEBLAND.—lioadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ 6s cloveT do.,
4/ 153 to 6; 153 ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 104 per load.
Both hay and straw ruled steady, at full quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 4s to 6/ Os; clover
do., 41 15s to 7/ Os ; and straw, 11 4a to 1/ 103 per load.
A slow trade.

TEA.—The
Commonrket
choansg
firm. ma
COLONIAL
ruled da.nd prices have
SUGAR.—There have been no transactions of any impor-
obueiernealsist.eedad9sl
tame to report, prices remaining much the same as last
week.
COFFEE.—The market has been steady and previous
rates were fully supported in the few transactions that
took place.
RICE.—The demand for this article has been dull and
prices were barely maintained.
Rum. —There has Leen a firmer market in consequence
,000
of the Government having taken 2[5 gallons for the
contract, and prices ranged from 2s 11,i,d to 3s 2'.d per proof
i gallon.
TALLOW.—There Las been but little variation to note
in the tallow market for the last few days' A consider-
able amount of speculative business has been
at price chiefly in favour of buyers. At, transacted,
heaviness was exhibited, and snore dispositionz't°r period a
sell on the part of holders. The closing evinced to
683 to 67e 9d for delivery ; Jan quotations arc—
u
645; June, 6:'s 9;1_,. on the spot, ary to March, 07s ; April,
683; sh,(,i., 693 ; South American, 6Th 3d. Australian beef,
65s 6d per cwt.

Owinz to the final instalment of 10 per rent. ou the
English loan of 16,000,0001. being payable to-day, there
was a very active demand for money at the Bank of
England yesterday, In the general di;count market
the tendency win rather towards ease. The amount of
the instalment will, it is miderstJod, be limited to about
1,000,000/., payments to the extent of 600,C001. having
been made in Anticipation.