The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-27 00:00:00

After whicll,

The m aterials which they had. before them when
they so strictly investigated the objectionable
transactions are not now available, or, at least,
cannot ;be produced without great delay. Their
1 inquil y was conducted on the spot, with a super-
abund '.ante of creditable witnesses, capable of
givini ; full information on every point on which
it wat t required. They had every element neces-
sary i .o arrive at a fair conclusion ; and a further
investigation on any preliminary stages, and more
espec Tally on inferior data, is practically impeach-
ing ft te accuracy of the con cl usions at which they con-
scientiously arrived ! Who will, under such circum-
stawces, be willing to act as Royal Commissioners
wilt. it titled personages—or, as the sailors term it,
" Clentlemen with handles to their names "—are
COD cerned ? It must be manifest, from the course
, nor adopted, that unless they are prepared to
cool; the evidence, and to make things pleasantsto
" the accused under any circumstances, however in-
auspicious, they had better avoid the invidious
task.

HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter.
Rade:pin, Mr. Cormaek Clown, Mr. Hatine ; Pantaloon, Mr.
Panto; and Colam`►ine, Miss Caroline Adams.

rarevo ROYAL ADZLPHII.
Proprietor, Mr. *. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVE .VING,
BETSY BAKER.
To be followed by
THAT BLESSED BABY.

To conclude with

JACK AND THE BE tNT STALK or, Harlequin and Mother

Gonie at Home Again.
In which sfeasr4..T. Bland, P. Bedford, Madam Celeste, Hiss
Wyndham, 4113 Miss .E. Arden will spear.

RaYAL OGYAPIC TFIEATRE.
Lessee and Mauller. Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING,

ST IY AT HOME.

After whteh will he proda,:e.l a yew and d,tthly-ntnral. though
e teeeelvely old, Sfelodrarnatle Fairy Extravaganza, entitled

Tll DISCIZE:F. r Pit( NT.I EA ; o-, the Toree
In which Mesari. Erne,y, F. Robson, H. Cooper, 1111.si Margo 1,
and Mtn .34a.skell will appe

ROY t.T. SIT'LREY TrIE.kTRE.

Lessees, Mes!rs. Shepherd and Creswlck.
THIS P;VF.I.TINd

lASPETZ LANGTON ; or, A Duel to ths Death.

• To conc.lntle with
A PRINCE OF P RA JMA ; or. !I trlevin ant Lute :Riots.

at) Y 41r siA IP rti fRN

Under the direction cf Mr. Payne.

EVENING.

PEACE AT ANY PRICE.

Folowcd by
TEIE InMANIE! WED° 4".

Aria WI::,,
L CHALE T.

To conclude with
BLUE JACKETS.

AwrLzrs ROYAL AMPFLITIMATRZ.
Lessee and Manazer. Mr. Wm. Cooke.

Idl n!, -TUC EVEgING,
EkirKpliilCcatitin'ot the perfect docility of the horse, In ac' ons
closely allied to reason. in a new Grand Or,ental Equestrian Spectacle,
called THE ARAI; OF -TM: I) KAF.ItT 1113 FAITHFUL
STEED. The bone trained by Mr. W. Cooke.
Arte* whin,. the DELINE AT roNs of EQUESTRIAN ART In the
ARENA. •
To cenclwie with A Iitf,cOTTINT ANO RT. GEORGE AND THE
DRAIION; or, the Sevin Cha.mpioiii of Chrlitendem.
The Performance of the Majestic Eepliants will take place during
the Evening, and the ascent train the ring .to the stage.

Box-office open from Maven till Your. Ate,Te 311arteqer. Mr. IN
West. itorlestrian Director. Sir. W. Cooke. Inn.

EM MA. STXN,TLEY'A sr.vzl MITA OF W-3,4 \N,

Every Evening at R. and ort Saturdsys at 3.
Pronounced by the unanimous voice of the press. and by nlqialv
incxessing audiences. to be the Greatest Artistica' Triumph of the
day.

Stalls, 3s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is.
SAINT "MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn. 32 min. aft. s—Evening 43 min. aft. 5
o 1111,0 W--14orn. 3 min. aft. 6—Evening 21 min. aft. 6

Orprem, FEB 27.
„ „ .THEBNONETEB, IN Tar, SHADE.

FAi —highest since noon yesterday.
50 —sweat this morning and darlng the night.
52 —this day at noon.

flArtomETr2.-7,0 47—rising.
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constructed and laid before the Committee. The
first embraces alterations which would give 1.20
separate cells, at a cast of 10,0001., and in the
opinion of the Committee, if carried out, would
enable the Governor to establish a degree of
separation and supervision which would be almost,
if not altogether, unobjectionable. The second
boldly grapples with the evils complained of, and
proposes the entire demolition of the Courts and
of the gaol, and the re-construction of the former, and
of such portion of the latter as will suffice for the
custody of prisoners while the trials are going on
—with this exceptioc, doing away with Newgate
altogether. The cost of carrying out this plan is
estimated at 87,0001., against which is to be set
the sum of 9,0001., being the value of land set
free by the alteration. The third plan may be
described as subsidiary to the second, and pro-
vides such addition to the Holloway Prison as
will enable it to receive the prisoners now kept
in Newgate. Of these plans the first has met
with the approbation of the majority of
the Court of Aldermen, and this much may
be said in its favour, it may hereafter be
merged in the larger ono. It wilt admit of rea-
sonable doubt, however, whether in this instance
the wisdom has not been with the minority, and
in their advocacy of the larger plan they have
not merely shown a better appreciation of
the absolute necessities of the case, but
also a more prudent regard for real economy.
The plan of the majority is on the face of it ex-
tremely defective, and if carried out will shortly
have to be merged in that which has been rejected.
The heart of a crowded metropolis is no place for
a prison.

We have had already two stringent inves-
tigations. The Committee of the House of Com-
mons seriously inculpated the parties on whom
the inquiry has been nominally directed. It
was attempted to get rid of the effect of this
severe censure, and a Royal Commission was
appointed. But the additional chance thus
afforded did not turn up favourably for the ac-
cused. The high-minded and honourable men
selected not only corroborated and confirmed the
former Report, but materially strengthened its most
serious features. The first chance being un-
favourable, another stake of " double or quits,"
as a morning contemporary correctly terms it, was
proposed ; and shoulsi that again prove adverse
—should the veteram officers nominated refuse to
blemish their high reputations by casting their
own characters into the breach a fourth
trial, iu the shape of a Court-martial, must take
place before the national justice can be adequately
vindicated.
The result cannot be satisfactory under any
circumstances. The manifest object is to
screen the accused. But when it is considered
that the inquiry will be conducted with
closed doors—that no grounds for the decision
can be produced to the anxious public—that any
judgment must totally fail, other parties will be
inculpated. The veteran Generals, if they lend
themselves to this plan, or suffer themselves to
fall blindfold into the snare so unfairly spread in
their way, will be the sufferers. But under
any circumstance the sinister influence that
pervades alike the Cabinet and the Horse
Guards, which is omnipotent at Downing-street
and Whitehall will be at once brought into unto-
ward notice, and the cup of public indignation,
already full to the brim, may possibly overflow at
the unequivocal testimony of the deplorable effects
of " Germanism," in matters iu which the honour
and welfare of the United Kingdom arc so deeply
in volved.

The Spanish proverb, "Prisons are never beau-
tiful," conveys a sentiment worthy of an English
origin, and certainly finds no exception in New-
gate. Rugged, grimy, and frowning, its pon-
derous architecture is but too suggestive of the
glorious days of GEORGE the THIRD, when the
gallows ran a hard race at decimation with gaol
fever, to excite nowadays much admiration. It
is a Structure of the past, in keeping with it, but
quite out of harmony with the present, where
those who enter, generally speaking, are not called
upon to leave hope behind. .
Stone walls, however, not unfrequently outlive
institutions as well as individuals, and a rugged
exterior is sometimes compensated for by the excel-
lence or internal arrangements. To this commenda-
tion even, as appears from the Report of the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into its state,
Newgato has no claims. Rugged and depressing
al is its exterior, within little is to be found
worthy of anything but unqualified censure.
Prisoners, it is true, are better fed, and have
more comforts than they used to have, thaulo
to the advancing humanity of the times ;
but this praise is hardly less applicable to dog-,
kennels, while in the matter of discipline it will
at least admit of doubt whether kennel manage-
ment does not bear away the palm. It is no
exaggeration, but an admitted anl certainly a ;le•
plorable fact, that the central prison.of the me-
tropolis is to this day without a system—not that
no system applicable to a great city prison has been
discovered, but that Newgate as it stands will not
admit of one.

The appointment of the " Crimean Commis
sion," as it has been termed, will not pass alto-
("ether sub sitottio. Not only has the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman the Member for
Sheffield already given notice that he will, on
Friday next, move the following resolution :
" That to appoint a Committee of Genera
Officers to report upon the Report of Sir JOHN
M'lsTeti. and Colonel TULLOCIt, is to su'ustitute an
inefficient for a very efficient means of iuvestiga
Lion, and riat such appointment will tend to
strengthen an opinion already prevalent, that thf
real purpose of such proceeding is to shelter in-
competence, and excuse the misconduct of those
by whom various departments of our army have
been subjected to the command of proved inca-
pacity ;" but the Right Honourable Baronet the
Member for Droitwitch has announced his inten-
tion of proposing an amendment, which, although
different in terms, is equally condemnatory of the
conduct of the Government in striving to shield
the accused parties from the consequences of their
alleged misconduct. The resolution to be proposed
by Sir Jonic PAKINOTON is in the following terms:
"That, in the opinion a this House, the Reports
of Sir 'Tone: M‘Near, and Colonel TtiLLOCH ought
to have bean submitted to the Commander-in-
Chief before they were presented to Parliament,
whereby her MAJESTY'S Government might have
avoided the objectionable proceeding of appoint-
ing a commission to inquire, without equal or
adequate means of information, into the conclu-
sions at which another commission had arrived ;
and, while,this House laments the indication thus
given of a want of concert and co-operation
between the offices of the Secretary of State for
War and the Commander. in-Chief, which cannot
be interrupted without serious injury to the public
service, it also observed with regret the preina-
titre appointment to posts of importance in this
country, while the inquiry of the Commissioners
was still in progress, of offilers whose conduct is
impugned by the said reports."
Let Ministers choose between the two. It will
be at best a disagreeable alternative. Either
horn of the dilemma will be peculiarly painful.
But they can scarcely hope to escape with impu-
nity, when the Members on both sides of the
Rouse are determined to question the policy and
juWce of theiroproceedings.
The new Commission is neither more nor less
than a reversing of the ordinary course. It is
placing the quondam, Judges on trial, and chang-
ing the accused into Crown prosecutors. Sir
jonzr WNEIL and Colonel TULLOCK, who dis-
charged the arduous duty entrusted to their
charge with such zeal and impartiality, who have
won golden opinions from all classes of her Mt.
JEZrei Zubjicts) 81 11OW 7irtully invaded,

The following extract from the Report will
show the state of affairs within its walls :—" Its
present structural condition is such as to render
any satisfactory classification of the prisoners alto-
;ether a hopeless task, and the carrying out of
►ny well-considered plan of discip!ine an utter im-
possibility. No satisfactory separation can, in
its present condition, be effected, because of the
Insufficient number of cells, and no satisfactory
supervision is practicable with anything lac) the
present number of officers. We Ixdieve that as
much as could be done, in reference to those great
desiderata, is done ; but until some very import-
ant alteration is made in the physic's structure of
the interior of the budding, Neivgate must con
tinue to be a standing reproach to the city
of London. The want of proper supervision,
aid its impossibility in the present state of
the gaol, is, must he, a source of constant
anxiety to the Governor, if only on account of
the safe custody of the prisoners. Groups of
half-a-dozen or more being locked up together for
many long hours, without the presence of an
officer, they naturally discuss the chances of
escape. It is well known_:that last year three
prisoners got away by breaking out of the gaol,
and within this very month an attempt was
made during one night to escape by breaking
through the wall, of one of the yards. The num-
ber there confined together was five, three of
whom were old offenders ; the other two are sup-
posed to have been unwilling, inactive observers.
They cleared away the brickwork by raking out.
the joints of mortar with a long nail, but their
progress was checked by the solid massive masonry
of the exterior face of the wall, and the next day
the imperfectly concealed operation was discovered
by the officer. It need hardly be stated that no mis-
chief of this sortcould possibly have been attempted
at Holloway." In other words, the supplementary
Newgate, which, though under the same authori ties,
has for years presented a striking contrast—a
system being in operation there, and the keeper
looking after the prisoners, instead of, as at New-
gate, the prisoners looking after the keeper ! To
crown all, the Old Bailey—the C.antral Criminal
Court--is constructed on such a plan that, accord
ing to Alderman SIDNEY, " during the last few
years several prosecutions have been abandoned,
and the summary jurisdiction of magistrates asked
for, rather than parties should be put to the in-
convenience and annoyance of mixing with the
persons who loitered about the Central Criminal
Court. In fact there was no• proper accommoda-
tion for either prosecutors or witnesses." A pretty
state of things truly. Justice is sad to be blind,
----so she is turned into a bagnio, and surrounded
bJ rogues and vagabonds at large ! • •

The " Treaty Map," just published by WYLD,
furnishes a most clear and startling view of the
acquisitions obtained from neighbouring States by
the Colossus of the North, through a career of
encroachment unequalled since the days of the
wholesale pirates of the Seven Hills. By "Treaties'
Sweden was on four several occasions mulcted •of
her extensive possessions on the coasts of the
Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. By " treaties "
Persia gave up territory exceeding the area of the
whole of England ; China was deprived of tracts of
enormous extent ; Poland, like the victim in the
jaws of the merciless boa, was graduallyabsorbed in
the insatiable maw of Muscovite ambition ; and
the several items of plunder of which the Otto-
man Empire was in like manner, front time to
time despoiled, are collectively equal to the entire
of the Spanish Peninsula. This system of gigan-
tic robbery has been iu unremitting operation,
growing with its growth, and strengthening with
its strength, for upwards of a century, and the
experience of the last very few years his thoroughly
satisfied the world that Russia was finally bent on
making a grand and long-meditated coup on Con-
stantinople, and thereby becoming absolute mis-
tress of the Black Sea, and developing her preda-
tory propensities on the waters and coasts of the
Mediterranean.

There is now another Treaty on the tapis, in I
which Russia is no longer in the ascendant,
whereon she cannot enforce her ukases with the
high hand, or compel her victims to submit to
any terms she may think proper to dictate,
however unpalatable or injurious. The tables
have indeed been co►npletely turned, and
the people anxiously look forward to the use
that may be made of the golden opportunity.
The "Treaty nap" shows the, very moderate extent
of our demands. Th 9 line
.running through Bess-
arabia, and taking back scarcely a third of the ter-
ritory plund.4red from Turkey in 1812, indicates the
full exten tof the retribution demanded from Russia.
She is required t) disgorge no other portion of
her enormous plunder, and that is not for the
benefit of the sufferer, but of Austria, who has
stood by, backing Russia until she saw a fitting
occasion for bonefitting herself at the expense of
both parties. Is this what the spirit of German-
ism has done for Europe, arid for England, when
such things may be effected without danger and
almost without remonstrance 3

CABINET COUNCiL.—A. Cabinet Co._-acil was held
yes.
ter:lay afternoon at the Foreign e.jtfice, Downing-street.
Viscount Palmerston, the
The ministers present were
Lord Chancellor, Earl the Marquis of Lane-
downe, the Earl of rAts.rrowby, Sir George Grey, Mr.
Secretary Labo
~chore,lord Panmure, the Chancellor
d the Exc',,,quer, Sir Charles Wool, the Right Hon.
Vernon. Smith, L)rd Stanley of Alderley, the Right
11`.,ci. M. r. Baines, and the Duke of Argyll. The
Council sat two hours.

The Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Con-
sort have signified their intention to dine with his
119yal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on Friday
next, at the Royal Duke's residence, St. James's Palace.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians intends to leave
Brussels toe week a!ter next, in order to visit her Ma-
jesty and his Itlyal Highness Prince Albert. It is said
that his Majssty's soj.mrn will not exceed six days.
M. Latnartine is said to be revidng for the press a
new volume of poems entitled " Des lOusions."
HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS, REGENT'S-PA.ltlt.--Yesterday inm Ring, .thor tly
fdter ten o'clock. per Majesty, accompanied by her
Royal ilig;hnen the Princess Rqrs,l, and Princess Mice,
attended by the C,mnteis of Des lA, Msjor.General
Bouveri, and Captain Dix Plat, visited the Royal Z.m-
logical. Gar:ions, •Regent's•pa,A. The Qieen was re-
ceived by the ma:la:ling directors and professors, and
conducted over the gardens. Tian royal party remained
a very considerable time.

THE WEST MARIPOSA. COMPANY. —At a meeting of
this company, heta yesterday, it was nnolved to acnept
the proposal e` the dieect to return 4s. 61. par share
out of the remaining a4sots of the undertaking.
Tga RECTORSHIP OF MAR/SCHAL COLLEGE. —We
learn that le ten; have been received from the Duke of
bir.mcastle and from the Lori Advocate declining to be
nominated for the rectorship of Marisa& Cullege.—
Abe:riven Iler(ir,d •

NEW tl-OINT•STOCK, BAN/C.—The prospectus has been
issued,%r another iiint-stock b tick, to he called the West
Metropolitan, with a capital of 300,0001., in 1001.
shares. Lord Torrington is the chairman, and it is pro.
pas,:cl to undertake the business of army and navy agency
43 a distinet department.
Ttrz GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—At the
tialf.yearly meeting of this, company, held yesterday, a
dividend was declared of 14 per share (or at the rate
of 10 per cent, per annum), together with the usual
annual bonus 01 2s. 01. per share, both free of income-
tax.

HAYMARKET THEATRE. —Mr. Bucketone announces
the present week to he the last of his excellent Christ-
mas Pantomime of "The Butterfly's Ball and the Grass-
hopper's Feast," Saturday next being the 631 and last
time of its representation. A new and original comedy
from the pen of B Lyles Bernard, Esq., is in rehearsal,
and is to be produced next week ; while preparations
for novelty at Easter are in.active progress. Her Ma-
jesty and Prince Albert on their visit to this theatre on
Friday last, to witness "The Little Treasure," were
graciously pleased to express their satisfaction in the
warmest terms. That still popular and well-acted
comedy is performed to night for the eightieth time.
A CAUTION TO SHIPPERS.—At the Liverpool Police-
court on Monday, Dasiel Rry.4 drysalte-, South
John-street, was euminoned by Inspector Hassell, for
having sent to the ship Ada, lying in St. George's Dock,
20 casks, containing bottles of muriatic acid, without
having labelled the same, and given notice to the Dock-
master, thereby rendering himself liable to a fine of 201.
Mr. Rae said he had verbally communicated the fact to
Mr. Purnell, the Docktnaster. In consideration of this
the mitigated penalty of ss. was inflicted.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT-OARED RACE.—It
has now been finally settled that this event shall take
place on Saturday, the 15th of March, and as it is high
water on that day at a very early hour, it will be, in all I
probability, rowed down from Mortlake to Putney.
New BISHOP OF CARLISLE.—Whitehall, Feb. 25,
1856.—The Queen has been pleased to order a congi%
d'aire to pass the great Seal, empowering the Dean and
i Chapter of the Cathedral Caurch of Carlisle to elect a
bishop of that see, the same being void by the death of
Dr. Hugh Percy, late bishop thereof ; and her Majesty
has also been pleased to recommend the Rev. Henry
Montagu Villiers, M.A., to be elected by the said dean
and chapter. Bishop of the said see of Carlisle.
ALDERSHOTT CAMP.—A bill, introduced by Lord Pal-
merston and Mr. Mansell, extinguishes certain rights of
way over certain roads and paths in the parishes of Al.derehott, Yateley, and Farnham, which have heretofore
bean common lands, situate near Aldersbott Camp. The
bill excepts the turnpike-road from Fariaham toßagshot,
and that from the village of Aldershott-to the said turn-'j
pike-road, at a distance of 300 feet ses2th ef the th; rd
. .
milutgiag fromFarah.= to 13splaut.

To remedy tie evils throe plaus have bon

THE SUN, LONDQN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, rEBRUARY 27, 1856,

LATEST NEWS.

LARGE ISSUE OF TREASURY BILLS.

BERLIN, FEB. 25.

An 'lmperial (Russian) ukase has ordered the
immediate issue of Treasury bills, in seven series,
amounting, in the aggregate, to 21,000,000
roubles.

A. Cabinet courier has arrived with despatches
for Count Orloff at Paris. It is said that Russia
consents to what is demanded relative to the
islands of Aland and Ktrs.

The Post Ampt Gazette contains the follow-
ing letter from Vienna, of the 231 :—" Ac-
counts from Batoum state that the British
Government has taken steps to exchange General
Williams and the other English officers wh•
were made prisoners at Kars. An English
steamer has been at Batouna for the last three
weeks, awaiting letters from the general, to whom
the captain on his arrivaPhad sent both letters
and baggage from England. But the last news
from Tiflis only ga to the 20th January, the com-
munications being cut off by the extreme rigour
of the winter. Accounts from Kamiesh state that
General Luders has recalled all the superior staff-
officers who were on leave at Odessa. There are
not more than 42,000 men at Nicolaieff, Perekop,
and Cherson. The fortifications at Nicolaieff and
along the river have been _continued during the
winter with great activity. The military stations
in the Crimea have again received provisions for
three months."

THE WAR IN ASIA.
EBZEROUM, JAN. 29.
A French merchant has just arrived here from
Tiflis, by the way of Alexandropol and Kars. It
appears certain that the Russians are preparing to
invest our city in the spring. They are already
occupied in disciplining the Armenian and Georgian
levies. The regular army of the Caucasus consists
at present of about 80,000 men. Of these 10,000
are in Tiflis, 10,000 are stationed so as to serve as
a protection against Schamyl, 10,000 watch the
ar ny of Omer Pacha, and the remaining 50,000
are close to our frontier, under the command of
General Mouravieff In addition to these forces
they will have in the spring 20,000 new troops,
more or less disciplined.
We hear at last that we are to have here an Eng-
lish army of 30,000 foot and 10,000 horse. It is
reported that this force will be under the command
of Sir Colin Campbell. .It is tolerably certain that
the Egyptian troops to be sent here will amount to
30,000 men.

We hear that for some days past strong Russian
detachments were seen in the neighbourhood of
Olte, sixtcen hours' journey dijttnt from here.
Their intentisn is, perhaps, to get possessiwi of the
stores of corn in the district.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
Tho Plenipotentiaries did not meet to-day.
They will meet to-morrow (Wednesday), at 1
o'clock.

Wo hear Russia will make a stand in the Confe-
rences about the Greek Church not being affected
by the proposed reforms in Turkey. .
Prince Jerome Napoleon yesterday received the
Grand Vizier Aali Paella and Count Orloff. The
former was presented by the Turkish Ambassador.
Prince Jerome also rec,ived the Baron do Mandor-
strorn, the new Swedish Minister.
The Constitutionnel gives the following parti-
culars relative to the proceedings of the congress :
"According to diplomatic u-eiges, and following the
precedent of the conferences of Vienna,. the sitting com•
menced by- the .nerninetion of Count Walewski as
president. The verification of the powers of the
plenipotentiaries having next been duly gone through,
the president delivered an address, in which he briefly
eummedriplhe object of the meeting, and pointed out the
order in which the deliberations were to proceed. All the
Plenipotentiaries pledged their wor is to observe the
most profound secrecy on the subject of the diecusAons.
M. Benedetti, director of the . political division at the
Department of Foreign Affairs, has been appointed by
the French Governmeht to draw up the protocol of the
Conferences, and is assisted by a sub-director of the
same section, On Thursday fait the Plenipotentiaries
of the Allied Powem exclusive of those of Russia, hal a
preparatory sitting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
in order to agree as tl their attitude and the langnAge
to be held towarde the -PlenipOtehtiaries on all the prin-
cipal questioett. It was in order to be present at this
preparatory titting that _Ale Turkish Ambassador re-
turned in trash haste ti Paris, instt:ad of 'waiting at
for the arrival of Aali.Paclia,."
Tue liebat,4, on the same subject, says
"The Plenip ,tentiaries have tAen rank to the right
and left of the President in the order estahli-hed by the
regu`ations of the C.ingress of Vienna. These regula-
tions allowed two-forms of precedence ; one according
to the alphabetical order of the names of the Powers re-
presented, and the other according to the order in which
the Plenipotentiaries were presented to the Sovereign.
It is the latter form which has been adopted on the pre-
sent occasion, and according to it the places to the right
of Count Walewski are occupied by Lire' Clarendon,
Count Buol, Count de Cavour, Ciionnt Orloff, and Aali
Pacha ; and the places on .the left by Lord Cowley,
Baron Hubner, the Marquis Pes de Vi latnarina, Baron
de Bruoow, and Mehetned-Djenail Bey."
A decree in the Moniteur promotes Colonel C.
Muidebled, of the sth Legion of Gendarmry, to
the rank of Commander in the Legion of Honour.
Other decrees make four promotions to the rank of
Officer, and 34 appointments to that of Knight iu
the same order, and confers 69 military medals on
different officers, sub-officers, and privates of the
Imperial Guard.
The Moniteur publishes the official return of the
customs revenue for the month of January, which
amounted to 11,105,280 fr., showing a decrease of
1,396,786 fr. on the corresponding month of 1805,
and an increase of 2,074,184 fr. on that of 1854.
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BOURSE, Feb. 26.—The following were the closing
quotations .

the peace,, as the measure best calculated for set-
tling all the questions of real importanco to thole
Powers. The final miult of this congtess would
be the establishment of a new international balance
of power, in harmony with the changes which have
taken place during the last forty years."
The Augsburg Gazette states, from Vienna, that
the mortgage bank annexed to the national bank
is about to he re-organised by the Minister of
Finance. Hitherto the mortgage bank was only
accessible to great landholders ; the minister now
proposes to render it available to the smaller ones_
also.

PORTUGAL.
LissoN, Feb. 19.—The finance committee pur-
sue their deliberation upon the measures of Sr.
Dontes ; but, judging from the tone assumed by
the organs of the Opposition, it seems unlikely that
there will ho any substantial hostility shown to the
more important clauses of the Minister's report.
A meeting has been held by the Portuguese
bondholders in this city, who appear to think them-
selves entitled to he placed upon the same footing
as the foreign holders of government stock.
The other day the Duke of Saldanha and the
Count Thomas found themselves face to face in the
Chamber of Peers, which by the way was the first
meeting in the public arena since the overthrow of
the Cabral adinmistiation. Thomas seized the op-
portunity to animadvert upon certain expressions
the duke is said to have used at the time of the poli-
tical changes, in which ho, the count, was accused
of serious speculations. Of course the house listened
with bated breath to the wordy warfare of two such
leading men in their first parliamentary encounter,
and it was thought that the old Duke's reply was
quite worthy of his soldier-like reputation, for, in-
stead of withdrawing the imputation, he very po-
litely strengthened it by adding that he meant it
strictly in a personal sense, and not as applying to
the administration of the,ex-Minister: This would
seem to establish guerre a l'outrance between the
two statesmen.

In Port—Her Majesty's ship Glatton (floating-
battery) and St. George, steam-transport Europa.
The Igniz de Castro (s.s) has arrived from Glas-
gow ; the Cintra (s.s.) has sailed for Liverpool.

A. letter from Cattaro of the sth, in the German
Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The discontent in
Montenegro is increasing. The taxes are being
collected with great rigour. The Prince has,
moreover, sold the property of the convents, which
has produced a bad effect. The Prince has
excited anger by having offended a Montene-
grin chief awl deprived him of an hereditary em-
ployment."

RUSSIAN PREP..4RATIONS FOR PEACE!

The following letter has been received in Paris
from Stockholm, dated Feb. 12 :

" Public opinion throughout Europe seems to have
undergone such a sudden and unaccountable change that
you probably will be surprised to hear that there is one
remote corner of the globe where some doubts are still
entertained concerning the sincerity of Russia, some ap-
prehension still felt that peace on any conditions may
not be for the future advantage of the civilised world.
We see the press of Frarce and Austria veer round from
doubt to the utinest confidence, frorn animosity of the
bitterest character to feelings little short of admiration
and gratitude for
.the Emperor Alexander ; but we cold-
blood, d northerns ara more difficult of persuasion.
"«'e see usany questions mooted, none resolved ;
many great interests at stike, none really secured. Is
the acceptance of the Four Points the only resn!t, of this
ereat war r Are the ar-enals of Kherson and Nicolaieff
to reinan nunuol steel ? Is the Russian Government still
to oppress. tl.e Circassian tribes, and. to command the
high road to India ?
"These questions are daily put by our press, and I
would fain address them to you. I say nothing about
our own peeition, which I have so often explAined to
you ; it is now clear 'that the Scandinavian question has
bt e i ca,t aside as a superfluous weight in the general
steeplechase after peace, but it may interest you to hear
something of the giant works now carrying on at Cron-
stadt.

Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
44 per Cents. 96 -- —f. —c.
i per t Cans
73 15 73 40

New Loan 74
Bank- Shares 3,460 Roman
t.:re,iit Mohilier 1,5(i A.;idtrian
Belgian Five 5........ 9(3 - Spanish Threes 42
Piedmontest (5)

" You are pr ,bably aware that by next spring the
Ru3sian steam ii-et will coacist of 13 line•of-battle ships
and tri,tates, 14 corvettes, and 70 gun-beats, which for-
inidabl, force may ride secure behind an impassable bar-
rier, and defy the united ca.vies of 'he world, thanks to
the fir ifications planned by Admiral Schanz, at which
:',0,000 men are now working under his direction. This
formidable work consi,,ts in a triple. row of piles right
scr•)ss the Golf of Finland, about six ini'es from Criin-
i.tadt, and should the ice be strong this spring it may be
finished this year. This maritime bulwark, 12 miles
across, will have but few openings, which can bo easily
closed or defended in time of need, and not a boat can
be imperilled let the attacking force be ever so strong.
' " Are theso symptinns of an exhausted nation, sin-
' cerely anxious for a durable peaoe ?"

FUNERAL. OF THE LATE DUKE OF
0 RFOLK.

- The remains of this nobleman were consigned to the
family vault of ae Howards, in the private cl-la:m1 at-
tached to the parish chore!) of Arundel, yesterday morn-
irez. The funeral was of a simple charaCter, the mourners
following the corpse on fo.,t from the castle to the church;
bot the presence of alarge body of the tenantry, coup!ed
with the member; of the coeporatiOn, and indeed the
whole population of the hor iugh combine l to give the
ceremonial an imposing effect. The body was removed
on Monday night into the crypt of the castle, where it
' remained until 11 o'clock yesterday morning, at which
hour the burial had been appointed to take p'ace. The
Coffin, being very -massive, was placed upon a plain
funeral car, drawn by two black horses richly capari-
soned. The procession was headed by the members of
the late DUAO'S household walking two and two. After
them cams the pursuivants and officers of the Herald's
College, viz.:—

Rouge Croix, J. R. Plane,e, Esq

Blue Mantle, 11. Di. Lane, Esq

Porteull!s, G. W. Cullen, Esq.

Six Heralds.

Somerset, IV. Courthone, Esq. WM.-Igor, G. R. H rrison, Esq.
York, U. IV King, Esq. Richmond, C. 11. Gibbon,
Lancaster, A. W. Woodr, Fcq Chester, IV. A. Blount, Esq.

A l'ltyile of Feathers.

Norroy, Kin; of A rms, P. Laurie, Esq., 14earinz the Coronet and
Ea.-1 Marshal's Bmton on a erlms n velvet cush;on.
Ga ter, sir Charles Young.

Pall Bearers.

The Coffin,

Tall Bearers.

Fart of Carnarvon Containing the Body of Eivl or Suffolk
Lord Petre Tne Deceased. Earl of Effingham
Sir Edmun I Lyons Covered with a black velvet Lord Stafford
Mr P. 110 d Pall, ornamented with Mr Ti. Howard
of Corley. Heraldtc Escw,heons, au I of Greystoke.
borne upon a Car, drawn by two horses.
Chief Mourne,,
The Dultl of Norfolk, leaf itg his infant sea, the
Earl of Annviei and Surrey.
Lord Edward Fitzalan Howard, M.P.
Lord George Manners, %1. t' Lord Foley.
The Marquis of Westminster.
Mr. Bickerton Lyons.
lion. Robert Careen Hon. A. J. Ashky
Fr. John Abel Smith, M.P. Mr. W. S'oane Stanley
Sir George Pechell, Bart., M.P. Colonel Wyndham
Mr. Prime Mr. R. W. Grey, M.P.
Sir Jelin Riceland Right Hon. James Parker
Captain Appleby, R.N. Mr. W. K. Gratwicke
Mr. Sanctuary Mr. T. Evans
The Rev. Thomas 7,fedland, U.D., Vicar of Ste} nine.
Tl:e Rev. M. A. Tierney. his Grace's Itoma.n Catholic Chaplain.
Dr. Steadman of Arundel.
Dr. Kingsley. Private Physi.ian.
Mr. M. Ellison. Mr. J. Musket. Mr. T. Bonlface.
Mr. Dendy, Secret try to the hitt, Duke.
Mr. Charles Few, jun., Family So'icitor.
The mourners were followed by the Dune's favourite
charger, caparisoned and led by two grooms, and then
came the tenantry, two and two, to the number of about
50, all wearing scarfs aed hatbands.
On emerging from the courtyard of the castle the fune-
ral cortege was met by the Mayor and corporation of
Arundel in their robes of office, who fell in between the
inembers of the Duke's household and the officers of
Herald's College, and preceded the body through that
portion of the borough lying between the gates of the
castle and the church, whiCh was thronged by a multi-
tude of spectatere.
At the entrance of the church the body was received
by the Rev. G. A. F. Hart, Chaplain-in-Ordinary to the
Queen and vicar of Arundel, by whom the service for the
burial of the dead wee impressively read—the body
meantime renting upon a bier in the centre aisle of the
chore!), with the pursuivants and heralds on either side,
and Garter at the feet of the corpse. At the proper
pf ried the coffin was removed into the Fttzelan Chapel
situated behind the altar of the church, and lowered into
the family vault. At the close of the religious service
Garter pronounced the style and titles of the deceased
Duke, and deposited in the grave the wands which had
been broken by the controller and master of the Duke's
household ; after which the present Duke and his bro-
ther descended into the vault for a few moments. On
the return rf the mourners to the castle the inhabitants
of the borough were admitted into the chapel without
restriction, and many hundreds of persons availed them-
selves of the opportunity of inspecting the vault, within
which are cleooeited the renew.. of very
many of the
deceased Duke's predecessors. The ceremony pa,,sed off
without an incident to mar its solemn effect, and the
whole arrangements reflected much credit on the firm to
whom their direction had been intrusted—Messrs.
Morant and Boyd, of New Bond-street.