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and London. A change for the better wae spparest wnhin the past few days. ‘At Liverpool the cotton market bas been very dull Mreughout the week; but change of weather was bring- mg up shipping. The current rates were scarcely ‘ower, but fair had been reduced 3d. per Ib. Bread- ‘uffe bad farther declined slightly. The Manchester ‘Meade was very dull. @onsols continued unchanged. The bullion ia bank ‘wee increasing, and money was rather more abundant, Shere was s romor that the Bank of England would geon Teducy the rate of diseount, but it is doubtful, penne itnceanste. Dee Our London Correspondence. Lonvow, Friday, Feb. 23, 1855. Another Ministerial Crisis—Final Withdrawal of the Peelites—Roebuck’s Committee—The Vacancies—Pan- mure Makes a False Move-The Crimea—Something Goming—Russia, Here we are, in another ministerial crisis! If Roe- Duck were a Turk, he might fancy that he was born for wo other purpose than to upset ministries. Having Dowled down the majority of the ministerial nine pins, Dy hie motion for a committee of inquiry into the mis. ‘tmsnagement of the war, the appointment of the com. ‘mittee in question has knocked down the three Peelite ‘pias that remained standing. It was hoped—aad perhaps 34 would have been as well had it been so—that the with- @rawal of Lord Aberdeen, the Duke of Newcastle, and ‘Merd John, would have rendered the committee no longer mecessary, and that the energies of the new government @euld be employed in doing something, instead of ex- amining what has mot been done by their predecessors. De mortwis nil nisi conum— When bad men die, the good bemoan ’em. Weeems, moreover, that some such compromise was ‘wnderstood; but when it came to the scratch, public opinion (this time, I think, wrong) was not to be baulked ‘ef an inquest and post mortem examination of the de- funct ministers; and, consequently, Messrs, Sidney Her: bert, Gladstone, Sir James Graham and Mr. Cardwell have resigned, ‘‘from an honorable feeling to their late weleagues.”’ in otner wuide, if uey wes avmtly vom potent men, they have sacrificed their country to a per- gens! feeling, at a momentous crisis. Such conduct would be (granting the competency) high treason to the Queen and people. When Lord Polmerstom announced it last night, Dimraeli did not lose the opportunity of slashing at the Peolites. There is, however, little chance of the Derby- Sten coming in. ‘The vacancies have not yet been filled up; but as Pal- Mwerston has now an open field, he will probably put in hie wn men. Sir Charles Wood is mentioned for the Admi- gadty, and Mr. Lowe Barnes, Cornwall Lewis, and othere, Mor the other vacancies. It is believed Palmerston will announce the filling up this evening. You will probably seceive a list by telegraph. Lerd Panmure, the Minister of War, made an obser. vation the other night which is likely to make him uy- popular. He said if volunteers could not be found for the army, compulsion would be resorted to. Palmerston explained last night, that the War Minister only referred to the militia, where the ballot exists legally. Lord Pan- woure has made a mistake, Every mail from the East brings news which leads to ‘the supposition that a great battle will shortly be fought Bear Sebastopol. The Russians have returned in great Zorce to their old quarters, the heights of Balaklava. ‘The allies are now 115,000 strong. ‘The political world has been chiefly occupied this week with the intended visit of Louis Napoleon to the Crimea. He has been solicited not to take this step, as his ab- sence from Paris might be the signal for machinations ageinst his authority. Every preparation has been ‘wade for bis journey. The Empress is to accompany ‘him to Constantinople. He will have his Cent Gardes and mom ebundred additional suite of horse and foot. Tt ia still hoped he will yet be induced to relinquish the den, Lord John Russell has started for Vienna, via Paris. He bad a long interview on Wednesday with Drouyn de VHuys, They say he will visit Berlin before going to Vienna. The treaty between Prussia and the Western Powers is mill pending, Tuscany has joined the alliance of France and England. Naples holds out for Russia, Every preparation is beg made for a strict blockade #1 the Baltic ports. The Emperor of Russia has issued anew manifesto, @alling to arms the whole militia of nis empire. It is 4m the usual semi-blasphemous langusge. God, he says, ‘who reads all hearts, knows my pure intentions and ‘will assist me; at the same time I think it advisable to eal out the militia. &c.—alwava » naranhrasa or Uliver ‘Gromwell’s word: ‘Read your Bible, boys—but keep our powder dry.” There has been very fierce fighting between the Rus- iene and French in the trenches. The French are now Yo near the town that the Russians make desperate efforts to destroy their works, They succeeded in blow- fog up a French mine the other day. The French are shell- img the town with thirteen inch mortars. Various changes have been made in the staff. Aney Yatcourt and Bourgoyne come back, and Major-Generaj Simpson has been appointed chief of the staff in the Brimes. It is reported that Lord Raglan has resigned, ‘but I do not credit it. There is a vague notion that we areon the eve of some great cveat—a victory or 9 catastrophe. This is the coldest winter we have had since 1813, ‘The Thames is frozen over, and all navigation stopped, ‘Whilst I am writing the snow is coming down in dense Makes, but the cold is less. Many thousands of the work- dmg classes have been thrown out of employment. Se- ‘Yious resulte are feared. Gangs of workmen have en- Yered the shops in the suburbs of London, and com- polled the bakers and butchers to give them bread and meat, and even money. A row is expected to-night in ‘tbe borough. P.8. ust hear that Palmerston, if hard pushed by ‘the epposition, will demand a dissolution ofjParliament, anid appeal to the people. Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, Feb. 19, 1855. « More Last Words about Mr. Souli—Preparations for War and Negotiations for Peace—Attitudes of the European Powers—Projected Visit of the Emperor Napoleonto the Orimea—Last Week of the Carnival—Monster Balls at Be Hotel de Ville—Festivitics, IMuminations, and a Coronation, all Depending on an If, £e. ‘The Presse has rectified its first statement of the lan- guage of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the session of the Cortes on the 10th inst., relative to the @eparture of Mr. Souls. Mr. Luzurriaga did not say, as wae represented, that ‘ the dismissal of that diplomatist was a preliminary satisfaction accorded to Spain.” Ths Pree may not have erred in presuming that such a pre- sentation of the case would not be likely to flatter “Ame- rican pride.’’ The words of the Minister were, “The United States government resolved on the 15th of Jamna- Fy last, to replace its representativeat Madrid. Govern- ment has since ordered anew examination of all the questions pending with the United States, to the end of deciding speedily upon what is just.”’ He concluded by expressing hopes of s prompt conclusion of all differ ences between the two governments. Several Freach journals persist in speaking of the ‘recall’ of Mr. ‘Soule as indienting a disavowal by the American govern ment of the policy which it had been supposed to have secommended tp ita late representative in Madrid. ‘Turning, then, from the Western question, big with ‘war, which fora moment threatened the horizon, the political quidnuncs of Burope are absorbed again on ths Fastern question, with the silver lining of peace in its Jeaden cloud of war. The journals of France and Eng- dand, as well as of Germany, continue, as usual, to,blow beth hot and cold in the same breath. You are at once atunned by cries of ‘‘Feace | Peace |’ and by the din o ‘arms. Lord Palmerston promises that the war into b pursued with redoubled activity aud” vigor, and, at the game time, that his late colleague, Lori John Russell, { Qe pass through Paris aad Berlin to Vienna, where fresh negotiations for peace are to be attempted under cir that will join them, against by ordering an extraordinary Yevy throughout her vast dominions, hss seemed to chal them anew to the conflict, Belgium has siga:fied ‘her unchanged disposition to maintaio her new ty. ‘The King A Holland, who, if report speaks true, shot, Ruseia, who, in her tura, Jast week, a lover of hia mistress, having surprised the eet couple at one of their rendezvous, is too busy with his di mestic quarrels to intermeddle at present quarrel in which the nations of Europs be involved. It remains to be seen if a @reah expedition to the Baltic, including « hundred g@teamers from Ragland ern allies the hearts diately within the “cold shad ef the North. Cortain flags of Italy, and perhaps of the Peninsula, may with more likelihood wave together with those of the augmented forces of the Western aRies. Butin what direction will the heir of the ‘Napoleon lead the imperial eagles and their ag in the ‘aj campaiga,’’ a* rumor begins to call it? Rumor has undertaken herself « tuon, by sproading, within the last ponitive assertions relative to the proj ‘dhe Ewpesor for the Crimea. The correspondent moi the most | rture of of the } the 22d or 26th as the date of his departure, and adda that he will be accompanied by Prince Napoleon, and, as far as Constantinople, by the Ex) herself. shall believe Dame Rumor when the shall have been announced in the Moniteur. But even if that official journal should announce that been the public at least been ing to the news which he parture of the will , the plans of the Emperor, whatever these may be. bs Meanwhile, the closing week of Carnival is tempting the Parisians to forget, as much as possible, war and ru- mors of war, the tedious negotiations for peace, the inclemency of the weather, lecline at the Bourse, an he rise in house rent, in fuel and in food. Strauss’ unrivalled band, not content with its ordinary Saturday night triumphs, rhted, last night, a more select and elegantly dressed audience than usual, who were willing to pay twiceas much mo- ney for half the fon weekly offered at the Grand Opers. The display of toilets and nde at the annual Artiste’ ball, at the Opera Comique, could scarcely have been surpassed at ines ball at the Tuileries, if that had taken place, and the display of beauty was more than equal to that of any official ball thie wiater. But all balls whatever, must hide their diminished heads, in comparison to the second monster ball last Raturday night, at the Hotel de Ville. The decorations, igeluding the marvellous imitation of the Cascade at St. @loud, were nearly the same as at the first ball. But accommodations had been made for two thousand more guests than had previously been admitted, to admire the magnificent scale on which the city of Paris can do the honors of hospitality. Nearly ten thousand tickets of invitation were issued, thirty tickets only falling to the whare of the American legation, and even these, by a strange accident, not havi a ee distributed there. The meena trom the Prefect carried the long list out of which the thirty names were to be relected, to the residence of Mr. Mason, instead of the office of the legation. Mr. Mason is bappily recovering from his re- ceat iluess, Dut a slight sick turn prevented him from ane he messenger, who, it is said, without tating the trouble to go to the Jegation, made the selection him- self, more or less at random, and thus relieved both Mr. Mason and Mr. Piatt of the responsibility of disappoint. ing all but thirty of the crowa of applicants. Perhaps M. Haussmann, the prefect, will be more liberal with bis invitations to American guests, when he gives his groat balls in May and October, to each of which twenty or thirty thousand are to be invited, in honor of the Exhi- bition of 185: The Hot Ville will be the centre of more splendid festivities than ever. Notre Dame, perhaps, will witness the coronation of the Emperor, and all Paris will be illu- minated if Napoleon Ill. returns from hie fret campaign, after hi taken Sebastopol, the conqueror of the Cri- mea. reat and brilliant possibilities hang on that Tittle word, iff a FIGARO. Panis, Feb. 22, 1855. Lowis Napoleon’s Projected Visit to the Crimea—Disap- proval by the English and Austrian Governments of the Emperor's Project—Flourishing Financial State- ment of the French @overnment—Prussia Inclining to the Coalition—Ball in Commemoration of Washington's Birthday, cc. Napoleon the Third will go to Sebastopol! The statement that Louis Napoleon has decided upon proceeding to the Crimea, has for several days past been the gossip of the saloons, but no one was inclined to attach any serious importance to it. It was known that, about a fortnight azo, Napoleon, at one of his Cabinet councils, had in a cursory manner broached the subject, but that, on be- ing assailed by a torrent of the most incontrovertible arguments from every one present, he had appeared to have totally dismissed the thought from his mind. But a week afterwards the same council was astounded to find, from a casual observation, that the project, so far from being laid aside, had since been greatly strength- ened, and that which seemed at first only a passing idea was really the result of # long train of mental reflec, tions, Again the whole pack of wise men opened out upon him, and again, with his usual smile of gentle ob- stinacy, ho seemed to cede to their arguments. The next morning, however, there appeared, in unusually large type, a long article in the Moniteur, in which a species of identity betwixt the characters of William Pitt, the son of the great Chatham, and Napo- Jeon the Third, was established. Now, the former was only enabled to conduct a gigantic war by the dictatorial influence he had acquired in the tribune, and such he proved to be in a great State emergency. 80 would the cescendant of the Emperor be to France. The ua- initiated, on reading about two columns of thi journal ordinarily so curt in its reflections, be: ly puzaled: when the following day it was , jcer from thie palace had set out for Mar that ae wl was ordered to be in readiness; thi of the uard were desired to prepare ever. f the Imperial Guard deni prep 4 thing immediately for foreign service. The funds took alarm; the people, like children in leadi a to pont at the threatened absence of ti Rhee maby of the organs of public opinion, who wero known to be unfavorable to his regime, became the loudest amonget the remonstrants, and at this very moment there is the strongest possible agitation thought of losing one whom at least h few years ago, was la Lord Brougham once immortalized in # pamp! phatically “ nullity? Immediately after the document I have just now referred to appeared, the financial statement for the year, presenting ccrtainly a picture of internal prosperi- ty which, considering all France has gone through siaze 1848—the immense works she has taken in hand, and the ‘igantic scale of warfare she in Fad ngh to enter opon— is one of the most remarkable State papers on record. A more touching mode of showing the excellence of her present system of government could not have been de- vised, though in practice It possibly bad not the effect desired. If people became uucomfortable at the idea of a temporary loss of the services of a man who the head and front and heart and life of all thei tutions, now that this additional proof of bis wire ad- ministration lay before them, they began to think what would be their situation should this temporary separa. tion prove unhappily eternal, and one of those iron mes- sengers of death that forever seem to fall at Sebasto- Pol, like the Egyptian bail which dealt. such destruction ‘0 every living thing in the country of Pharaoh, should suddenly translate the ‘nephew of my uncle” to an other world. As yot the Monifeur has preserved the strictest silence on this subject, and if there be one fact more indisputable than another, it is that, whether he will go or not, is only known to one living mau—tbat is, the Emperor himself, Lorl Jobn Russell, en route to’ the Conference at Vienna, was with him several hours yesterday, and, I hapen to know, expressed his entire disapproval of the project. He re- ogee to his Majesty that great as would be the in- uence of his presence ata critical moment like ‘he pre- sent at Sebastopol, and important as might be the ra- sult, the stake he gave in the hazard of his life was in- comparably too large—that should he fall, there was absolutely no security for the firmness of the coalitioa— that the whole policy was bound up io his person, aad that should such a triumph be reserved for the Emperor ot Russia, the prophecy of his great ancestor would in all probability be speedily verified, and Europe becoms Cossack. The Emperor listened, as is his wont, aod the impression on Lord John’s mind is that his argamaats have prevailed; but those who know Napoleon batter say that when once he begins to think aloud, the stronger the arguments against his views aod the more unanswerable they. seom, the more tenacious.y is he ever found to hold tothem. The Austr svernment are said to have made representations to thi selfect. The Km- peror’s silence is so absolute on the subject, that when once tre thoughts within him grow too big for convesl ment and escape his lips, all the process of rat, in done, In his own way the matter has » weighed and digested; he Las exwausted his powers up oa it, and to argue with him afterwards is to dispute with the midvay sun os the heaving sva, Even if so disposed, it way be doubted whether he has tne wer to cefend the position he has mentally takea uy. y some innate logical process he has arrived at it, aad that insufficient. It is aot dificult to perceive throagh what gradations he may have arrived a+ saca a deter- mination. As to personal casualty, his knowa prinsi- ples of fatalism induce him to pat ruch @ contingency on one side, as unworthy of consideration. HH trusts in histar. Nothing but ill fate hitherto has atteate! the exertions of his allies; and owing to their parliamen tary squabbles, he believes that no timely wid cam be derived from them; he sees they have absolutely no generals, no troops, no uoity of council, On his owa side he has a devoted soldiery, whom he has endeared by @ thousand acts of kindnass, sympatny, wal gane- rous reward; but it begins to be understood that Genoral Canrobert, an admirably instracted officer as he is, is rather overweighted by the immense responsibility which rests on his shoulders; he has never before nad & sole command—never before been brought in jaxtaps sition with anything approaching to an enterprise on which the fate of the world depends. Woo can overrate the fmportance to such aman, deeply learned ia every scientific detail of his art, of the presence of one who woul relieve him from all responsibility without enaan- erin his prestige, or touching @ singie leaf of nis laurels! ¢ military eervice, too, 18 precisely thatin wnich Napo leon has most acquired proficieucy, aud where bis ssusies have borne frui:. The artillery has been bis passion trom his shildhood. Thea if he win—if, wi his eye, his soldiers, fired with enthusiasm, soul! rash to the aauit and sweep all before them, what a dazzling po sition will he not have secured himself in thy natwu he now holdain the hollow of bis hand—what « brilliaat ill he not have obtained! Oa the ons that nation so admirably muaipulated wulated that he can leave it to itself while ne ré three thousnd miles away from its shores—on the other will be ory on which geacral after gens ral, in both France Fagland, have written the word “Tmapossible,”’ I begin to have @ strong guepicion his Majesty will go. The Prassian envoys to the Courts of the Tuileries aud St. James have agreed for thoir government to do all If to do against Russia, in ies once more, case the Czar should inv or order his army to att @ Austrian terr tory, or go back from bis acceptation, through Priace ete chakof, his ambassador at Vienna, of the four conditions of the memorandum of + b De sem vor last, taken and interpreted as they wi en to form the basis of peace. But it is not positively known, a though it ie shre edly coujectured, what is the fartier official the EP A afew days Count d’01 who is attached to Ge- ’s mission, has left Paris a second time for The coining of the sew Pleces having t! arf the Emperor, is procteding with t activity im seven mints of Paris. Itis calculated that by the end of the year 1856, all the old copper coin will have ba eaonnsca ne — Lgosred ae procession which annually attends the gras, undismayed by the weather, has been busily nila ing the city, w th its cortege of Roman victors, knignts, crusscers, musketeers, Turks, Persians and noblemen of the era of Louis X1V., all personated by butchers, has been paying visits to the English, American and Danish embasries, and all the various ministerial hotels, to the igs amusement of a very numerous class of persons Paris, whom nothing is too trivialto amuse Ni dave inaugurated the solemn seas en the beuf gras must cede before the fish and les oafs de Paguss. Im the midst of this sombre darkness but one ray of light reminds the festive world of departed Jo: that is—a grand ball 1o night at Herz’s rooms, commemoration of the Father of America’s Indepeudence. which is spoken of a8 about to be cne of the most brilliant of the Te THE WAR IN EUROPE. The Emperor of the French seems determined to pro ceed to the Crimea, to ree, in person, what is golag on; and no doubt would, if he could, time his visit so as to ‘be present at the fall ef Sebastopol. England and Austria have advised him to stay at home. His absence, it is said, would not, in any case, exceed thirty days. Russia has declared war on Sardinia, It is stated— but on the faith of obscure correspondence—that Tus- capy has joined the Western alliance, Naples has not. There is nothing whatever new from the Danube. Lord Raglan is said to have resigned, to avoid recall. The Earl of Lucan and some other officers have been invited to resign. SEVERE BATTLE AT EUPATORIA. ‘THE RUSSIANS DEFEATED BY THE TURKS-~DEATH OF SELIM PASHA—OFFIOIAL ACCOUNTS. Affaira before Sebastopol are unchanged. A battle bas been fought at Eupatoria. On Feb. 17th, General Liprandi, with a force about equal to, or perhaps a few thousand superior to the Turks, attacked them, and after four hours firing retired beyond the range of th: sbells from the English ships, the Turks not pursuing. Omer Pasha commanded, We have the following accounts of the action :-~ On February 17th the Russians who, uader General Liprandi, bad been for some time collecting around Eu- patoria, attacked the Turks with a strong force. Omer Pacha, who had arrived by sea from Varna a few days before, took the command of the Turks in person, and after four hours fighting, the Russians drew off to a distance of four miles, ‘The following are the telegraphic despatches that brought the intelligence to France and England:— Bucuarsst, Feb. 23, 1855. A mesrenger, who left Eupatoria on the 17th Febraary, and performed the journey from Varna to Bucharest in twenty-six hours, brings the following despatch from Eupatoria:— Evpatorta, Feb. 17, 1855. The Russians attacked Eupatoris this morning. They ‘were commanded by Liprandi; and their numbers were 20,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry. They commenced the attack an hour before daybresk, and had with them guns. The conflict lasted three hours. The was signally repulsed. The steamers throw shells among the assailants. The Russians have 500 men hors du combat, the Turks 15 Omer Pacha commanded in person. Selim Pacha, the Terptian, was killed, Vast masses of cavalry and ar- tillery are now assembled round Eupstoria, The following is the account from the Pacis Moniteur: A telegraphic despatch from Bucharest anncunces that on Saturday, the 17th inst., at 6o0’clock in the morning, the Russians, to the number of 40,000, under the orders of Gen. Liprandi, attacked Eupatoria, and after a contest of four hours they were vigorously re- pulsed with considerable los: the Turks, under the command of Omer Pasha. The Turks had 15 killed and 85 wounded. Suleyman Pasha was killed. ‘A battery served by the French lost four men. The following is the Foglish official account:— Loypon, Feb, 25—10 P, M. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the editor ot the 7imes, and begs to transmit a copy of a tele- ‘rapbic despatch which bas been received from Lord aglan through the British agent at Bucharest:— Brrory Senastoror, Feb. 18, 1855. A force, said to be 40.000, of Russians, with a large number of guns, attacked Eupatoria at daylight on t 17th, and was repulsed with loss by Omer Pasha. The Turkish loss is said to be inconsiderable, but Selim Pasha, commanding the Egyptian brigade, was killed. be British men of war, under the Hon. Cap- tain Hastings, covered both flanks with great effect. The action terminated at 104. M, when the Russians 1 other despatches, purporting to and elsewhere, but or contain sin a different shape. in the possession of Greek firms in England tend to encourage the opinion that the im- ee of the battle is over estimated in the public ‘accounts. PROBABILITIES AND MOVEMENTS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, The Paris correspondent of the London Chronicle, writing on 26th ultimo, gives the following version of a ortion of General Niel’s repurt to the Emperor on the future siege operations :—A change is to be made in the mode of attack. Hitherto the principal points of attack by the besiegers have been the southeastern portion of the exterior linaof defence of Sebastopol, the Quaran- tine fort and the Flagstaff bastion. had been resolv- ed that the direction of the attack shall be changed. The feel point of attack chosen by General Niel is Fort islakoff. Four batteries are to be erecied at the dis- tance of 600 metres from that bastion, which will com- pletely unite the French and Engiish works, and enable ‘them to concentrate an overwhelming fore ainet the place and render it untenable. It is calcula! t these works will be completed at the 10th ot March,or, inal- lowing for accidents of weather and unforeseen delays, at all events by the 20th. By that time the allied forces will be [od prohag to open a fire, which, it is to be hoped, will be decisive. with no less than 400 heavy guns. As to the Emperor’s journey, and to the part he is t6 take in the operations of the siege, the following is the cal- culation :—In leaving Paris onthe 7th, and proceeding direct to Toulon, it is sup he will be able to reach Constantizople Gu the lath or 15th, and Kameisch by the 17th, or at allevents by the 18th. By that time the works will be ready, or nearly so, and it is conseqaentl: believed that the formidable and irresistible attack whic! is tn preparation will be made in hia presence. Admiral Broat telegraphed, under date Februsry 13, that the works of the besiegers go on slowly, in conse- quence of the bad weather. The Russians were forti- ying their right, and getting new guns into position on the quarantine side. The Cunard steamer Arabia, at Malta, in 63 hours from Constantinople, reports, of the 14th ultimo, that some thousand Russians, who accompanied the Archduke Michael to Seba-topol, had been frozen to death. Correspondence from the camp, of February 6 and 7, states that the snow had almost ‘aleappested, time, and the thermometer, about noon, reached 62 deg. Fuel for cooking was still scarce, indeed. almost wan'ing A kind of low fever ther prevale rt The Provost: Marshal had all his energies at work uders who bad murjered and Continual skirmishes took place between the French and Rassians, The Rus- sians, in sinking & countermine, bad come iato the gallery of a French mine, and blown it up, killing the French officer of engineers, and some of hismen Next day the French took their revenge by opening a masked battery of grape upon a Rassian sortie party, killiog and wounding 200 to 300. ‘Tbe railway “ navvies”’ (labo- rers) are busy breaking groiad. Russian deserters re- port that ther- is abundance of provisioas and atnmuni- tuon within Sebastopol. but the troops are in went of “raki’? During the night of kevraury 8 « tre- trndons cannonade wan mate along the whole of the Russian lines, bat no attack. February 10th. (Latest advices by letter.) Nothing worth re porting On that dsy—the l0:th—Lord Raglan tele: gracbs that large convoys, apparently of sick men, were moving out of Sebastopol, an? equally large convoys of supplies were moving in. The dasleas withia the city appeared to be breaking up hulks im the Arsenal and using the materials for platforms and chevauz-de-frises, at tbe battery Du Mat. The British were proceediug with the armament of their works. The health of the army was better. Forage was the chief want On the 12th General Pelissier telegraphed to Paris that no successful attempt could be made on Sebastopol for ® month tocome On the same date Menschikoff telegraphed be St. Petersburg the explosion of the French mone, as above mentiones, and adds: ‘At night detachments of volunteers continually harass the enemy in their trenches, and, by obliging tnem to beat to arms, com- pel them to suspend tueir works.”” ‘Orders have reached Constantinople to prepare hos ts} hes immediately for 6.000 men, from which it is inferred that an assault is to be made on Sebastopol. The Britieh otry only are withirawa fram the siege lines rtiliery and sailors remain in charge of their batter With respect to the actual nam ers of the British army before Sebastopol the Lond: the follosing summary, and pledges ners of the tatement The erand total ot the army in the Bast was, Feb- 6 mning Post given Mf to the sorrect- Of the And sick at Scutari..... Making a totat of sick There were missing There were on cow And there were present a Thus composea— Officers. . Total... And this w point which cannot be adjusted between the Prassian cabinet aud those of Paria and London, This tive force before Sebastopol was, icking | February, in round numbers, 26,000 men, an tative of which is at which will have the ‘The following is the fiveet ‘i the Imperial is of which » summary has alread; We, by the Grace of Nicholas I, Aucrat of All the Russias, ke., make knowo— Our faithful and beloved subjects know how much we desire to obtain, without recourse to the force of arms, without @ greater effusion of blood, the ohject which we have had constantly in view—that of the rights of our co- reli ‘ongt Wa im general of all the Christians in the Haat. it desire is also known to all those who have followed with attention and impar- tiality the progress of events,as well as the invariable ea. dency of our acts. We have been and will still remain strangers to any other mainspring of action, to any other view 1n matter of faith or conscience. Even now, true to those principles which we have adopted, we have an- nounced our consent to the opening of negotiations with the Western Powers, who, with the Ottoman Porte, have fornied a hostile a'liance against us. We think that we areentitled to the rame sincerity on their part, to the same disinterestedn f intentions, and we do not lose the hope of*obtaining the re-establishment of peace, s0 much ¢esired, and so precious for the whole of Christia- Bity. Nevertnel in the prosence of the forces which they array against us, and of the other preparations to contend with us, preparations which, despite the mearures taken Toe the open of ne- tiations, are not discontinued, but, on the contrary, laily assume er dimensions, we are constrained, on our ride, to think of measures to increase the means which God has given us to defend our country, to op- a firm and powerful barrier to all attempts hosti 0 bat yied to all projects that menace its safety and its reatness. by ‘vhis, the first of our duties, we accomplish. and in- yokirg the support of the Most High, with entire faith in his grace, with full confidence in the love of our sub- jects, aiimated like ourselves with the same sentiment of devotion for our faith, for the orthodox church, and for our beloved country, we address this new appeal to all classes of our subjects, ordaining:— ‘The formation of & general uilitia of the Empire. ‘The measures relative to the formation and organiza- tion of this militia have been examined and confirmed by us, and are embodied in detail in eee regulations; Sey ‘will be everywhere carried out with punctuality and zeal. More than once Russia has been menaced, and has undergone sad ard cruel trials: but she always found her salvation in her humble faith in Providence, and in the close and indissoluble bonds which unite the mo- narch with his subjects, his devoted children. be so again to-day. May the Almighty, who reads every h who biesses pure intentions, grant us his as- sistance. Given at St. Petersburg the 29th day of January of the Jyear of Grance, 1855, and in the in of our reign, NICHOLAS. RUSSIA AND SARDINIA. ‘We have received the following telegraphic despatch from Berlin:= Brrun, Feb, 25, 1865. Advices from St. Petersburg, of the 17th, state that Count Nesselrode has issued a circular despatch, ex- pressing the Emperor’s disapprobation of the conduct of Sardinia. War is declared against Sardinia. Notice has been mm to Sardinian vessels to leave the Russian ports. wore eal has been withdrawn from the Sardinian nsuls. ‘ * Ke Russian agents at Genoa and Nice have been re- called. The property of Sardinian subjects has been placed under the protection of the laws, PRUSSIA. The committee of the Second Chamber at Berlin has resolved to propose a vote of wantof confidence in the ministerial policy. TURKEY. DIPLOMATIC MOVEMENTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE—DE- PARTURE OF THE MINISTER TO VIENEA. The Paris Moniteur publishes the following from the Journal de Constantinople of the 12th of miei = On Thursday last Baron de Bruck, the Austrian In- ternuncio, accompanied by the members of his legation, poeeten to the Imperial ce of Tcheragan, where he ad a farewell audience of his Majeaty the Sultan. The Interpuncio expressed his regrets to his Majesty at leaving a post where be had experienced so much kind- ness and i bee thy at the hands of the sovereign of the empire an bis government; and the Sultan, havin, expressed his it satisfaction at the cistinguish manner in which he had fulfilled his mission under all circumstances, charged him to express to his master how happy he’felt, at the good relations which existed between the two States, and that he was penetrated with gratitude for the it services he renders with so much loyalty to th cause which he and his allies defend against Ri ia. The reception given to the Internuncio by his Majest; was most courteous. The Minister of Foreign ‘Altair and the introducer of the ambassadors were present at this audience. On the same day Baron de Bruck paid visits to the Ministers of the Porte and to the other Ambassadors, who all expressed their regret at eink by his depar- ture, a diplematist and a colleng ith whom 1 were all on excellent terms, based upon profound esteem for his rare intelligence and noble character. ‘The diploma and insignia of the decoration of the Im- rial Order of ¥edjidic, first class, which his Imperial jajesty the Sultan hes deigned to canfer upon him, was to be forwarded to him during the day. Riza Bey, who left on Monday for the Ottoman Em- basay at Vienna as Councillor, is appoirted to the Paris embasry in the same capacity- Se Effendi, First Secretary of the Ottoman Em- Vienna, is appointed to the same post at Paris. Omer Effendi, Second Secretary of the Ottoman Em- bassy at Vienna, also goes to Paria in the same capacity. LATEST DE3PATCHES. Panis, Sunday, Feb. 25, 1865. The Emperor's d are is Hated to be fixed for the 7th of March, but it is still hoped that he may give up the idea, Mowpay, Feb. 26, 1855, Rentes closed 95 50, 66 50. KonINGsnere, . 26, 1855. The Journal de St. Petersburg contains an imperial ukase, dated 21st, declaring in a state of siege the gov- ernments of Woronsch Kursk and Tchernigow, and places them under the orders of Gortschakoff, com- mander of the south army. A telegraphic despatch bas been received announce! the loss of the French vessel La Semilanhe, with 400 sic! and wounded from the East, off Bonifacio. Distress of the Workingmen in England. SERIOUS RIOTS AT LIVERPOOL—ATTACK ON THE MARKETS — CAPTURE OF ,PRISONEAS — REPORTS FROM BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER — QUIET RESTORED. Destitution in England had almost reached its height. From the combined causes of an unusually severe winter, unusually dear prices for all descrip- tions of pro da total stagnation of trade, th ‘oor are in a deplorable state. Many thousand labore fave been for weeks without food, excepting the sup- plies of charity. In Liverpool the times have been peculiarly severe. in consequence of the frost having stopped th ‘ten- sive building works, and from the continu easterly winds having prevented the arrival of Ai shippping. The absence of shipping alone deprived neatly 6,000 dock laborers and porters of work, and of all descriptions of laborers there were not fewer than 18,000 men destitute of employment. Considering tue number of helpless women and children dependent on these men, this preeenta a terrible amount cf suffer- ing. Our correspondent describes it as pitiable to see hundreds of poor fellows idling around the Exchange in bg of obtaining a ‘chance job.’? Consider- able liberality had been displayed by’ the citizens, and avout £3,000 were subscribed. Relief stores were opened in various parts of the town, and tickets, entitling the bearer to bread and coals, were freely distributed. The conduct of the unemployed was, almost without excep- tion, peaceable and praiseworthy, although want was so great that instances had occurred where men actually fainted from hunger, and fell on the street. The bulk of these really industrious classes bore up bravely, in the hope ot an early return to labor. However, on Tuesday, the 20th, great agitation was observable in the Scotlan Road, ove of the lowest and most disreputable quarters of the town, By degrees the excitement sweiled into the dimensions of a riot. Bands of the disconted marched out into various parts of the town, and caused the greatest consternation to the citizens. ‘The stores along the principal thoroughfares were immetiately closed— the jewellers and silver+mitha first, next the cutlers end gunsmiths, and finally the entire trade of tie town, was susprnded. There bands of marauders varied in number from fifty to nearly 1,000, but contained a considerable proportion of women and lads. They seemed to have no hort of organization, nor any definite object im view, At orst they rushed tumultuously into the bakers’ sbops, twenty or thirty of. which were stormed and plundered. They also demanied and received money from various otber storekeepers. An attack was mate on St Jobn’s market, but the gates were closed, and the police beat off the besiegers. To- wares evening the town resumed ite wonted appearance. An extra force of special constables was sworn in, and & number of the ordinary police were armed and mount- ed. Sixty prisoners were taken, and were summarily sentenced by the police courts to terms of hard labor, varying from a week to three months Next éay, Wednesday the 2ist, the distrbances were Terumed. same scenes again occurred, the provi- sion shops were attacked; tne police made succersfal skirmisher, and captured many of the rioters. The stores were closed during part of the day, but from the report of our correepondent, wlio took occasion person- itness the riots, tl wan s precaution quite ry. The police were ai es more than a lor the mob, Since the 21 had remained vuiet, disturbances, but on a smaller scale, took place in London. Bands of men and boys levied contri butions on the storekeepers, till the interference of the lice stopped the enterprise. i The repert from Manchester is less unfavorable than from Liverpool, but it shows distress. The severe frost bad closed the canals, and thé workmen, dep»ndent on trafic, were compelled to apply to the worthouse. Some bundred railway porters had been discharged, from lack of work, The sills are beginning to work on ‘short timo.”? At Brmiogham the siate of the poor is very distress- ine, Nie thoatvod worliaen are out of employment in the towa of Birmingham alone, and a proportionate Eng- Progrers of the Movement in Snanoawhen te Ministers. r (From the ene Times, hing 23.) 'e are wearied of ex; ‘every- thivg decisive. Meanwhile there are things etton will wait as little as time and tide, The people of England are tired of ‘waiting forever, and are venting thelr im. atience in public meetings, Marylebone, \verpoo! Birmingham and other boroughs are’ passing strenaeud resolutions in favor of cater activity abroad and administrative reform at fe » Only let our statesmen dle a few weeks more, let the war go on @ little on the old system of no fight ut some 1,500 dean or diseased every week, f= a grevionial toot ings, now aoe than Chg ui po to ire new ai import as where men are in earnest and it what they say. These safety val are called, of the British constitution ‘are apt to. fall into desuetude, and almost contempt, so long as Parliament seems to be doing ite duty; when it fails they come into pay, and astonis! iticlans, Nay, let Pariiament, let binets beware! t if we should see tne rise of league for military reform? Should the war cost the country 50,000 men and £50,000,000 every year, without results, without honor, but with much injury to com- merce and increasing distress to the community, we ave ¢ +, and @ much more danger- unconstitutional one than its ee. type. If there 1s the least ssnpicion that the war is not carried on as well as it should be, and that the interests and honor ot the country are eacrifited to the mainte- nance of a vicious military system, it will answer the purpose of the mercantile elasses to tax themselves to any amount for the maintenance of a political agitation. ‘This would bring the commonalty into direct collision with the prerogative, and we can only say that we trust we may not see it in our time. Mr. Roebuck’s amended committee appears to be fairly constituted. It contains men of b , men of ex. perience, men of intuitive ity, and several of very stroag opinions. Indeed, we know not what a reformer could bave to say against it, seein; 00 reasonable being would insist'on @ perfectly one-sided tribunal, What government has to dois obvious, It has to beat — idious adel been wie House of Commons has up an agains low, we to sy; t this is what Lord Palmerston has to ind With’ istry now all his own, eereecey, homogeneous, more remarkable, indeed, for banks coherence than soval ability, it is very hard if he cannot fore a committee, the very nature of which is ‘> contain dis- cordant materials that cannot pull easily together. So, while itis Cetip teed usual complement of twenty thou- sand questions, let him set to work at once, proposing and carrying out the reforms which it is slowly arriy- e@ consideration wo cannot forbear from pressing just now, when it may be appreciated, and while there is still the opportunity. Any war, and especially this war, in always apt to get ahead of our arrangementa by its ing scene and conditions. a twelvemonth, we have already go ie through the fol- lowing phases in rapid succession :—Peace, defensive operations, declared war, landing at Gallipoli, at Varna, @ reconnoissance and preparations fora campaign in Bulgaria; a coast warfare at Odessa and the Asiatic forts; an illegal blockade of the Black Sea, and subse- quently ® blockade of the Danube; » landing and (eld operations in the Crimes; demonstrations on the north side ap@ then on the south side of Sebastopol, with a view to &@urprise; a si bombardment, an attask by sea, an attempted bi le without complete in- vestment, the defence of our own position against overpowering numbers; two battles in the field, bote under very unusual circumstances, and now a continual standing under arms in the expectation of an attack, while the primary affair, the assault on Sebastepol, is still indefinitely deferred. In every stage of the affair ave been behind hand, and are not now ready for the work we undertook to accomplish just five months ago. Nay, it is more than four months since we fully realized the nature of the operation before us, and could reckon up on our fingers, 80 as to say, all the things neeessay to success: and we are not prepared yet; we have not yet got up our depots of provisions, our sige guus, cur ammunition, our huts—anything, in jfact, requisite for the task. Now, if wo are so fear- fully behind hand in the most fixed and calculable part of our work, when we can see months before us, how can we expect to be always propared for the half-dozen new and unexpected changes which the war may very likely go through this year? How are we prep’ for a war in the interior—for 0 tions in the mouths of the Davube—co-operation with the Caucasian tribes—an at- tack on Odersa—the yd management of the Turkish and Sardinian troops in our pay—a war of gunboats in the Baitic—all these phases indefinitely varied by new casualties, new pestilen new conditions of every kind? Without an imm ration, vigor of forethought, and jo to sa crifice everything to efficiency, we shall never keep up with successive ¢1 cies, each one more pulden, more formidable, and larger in its demands than the last. Lords Palmerston and Panmure must far outstri the Committee of Inquiry, if they would keep. up with the war; and if they do, they need not fear their eleven Parliamentary inquisitors. The} Re-Constructed Cabinet of Ei How it Assumed its Present Shape. (From the London Times, Feb. 26. } The process by which Lord Palmerston’s administra- tion has assumed its erage shape is so extremely a'n- ular that we bardly know in what lan; to describe e means employed or the object att . Viewed as a whole, the complicated political transactions which commenced with d John Russell’s abrupt ation of office in Lord Aberdeen’s Cabinet on the 23d of Janu- bo es end with Lord Johm Rusesell’s acceptance of a subordinate pcsition in Lord Palmerston’s Cabinet on the 23d of February, are not calculated to raise the character of public men, or to command the confidence of the country. In substanes, the effect of these changes has n to reject what former political combinations had absorl absorb what they had rejected—to destroy whatever had been done in the last two yeara towards the reconstruction of “the liberal panty on a more enlarged basis, and to throw back the highest offices in the te into the exclusive circle of Brookes’s. Lord John Russell himself, who is the harlequin of this panto. mime, passes with astonishing alacrity through his pos. tures and transformations—now up, mow down, at one moment everything, at another no’ until he ends in the grotesque combination of » Minister Plenipoten- tiary at a European Congress and the Colonial hengerhat athome. It is evident that to those who regard questions with no eyes but those of eri the end of there perturbations has been attained by the expulsion or witbdrawal from the Cabinet of those elements which differed in seme di frum the pure traditions and the personal connexions of the whig families; but we are not satisfied that the country andthe House of Commons will be dis to regard In #0 favorable a light the re- sults of a change of government which has still the only of a successful intrigue. On general grounde, and as far asthe practical im- provement of the government is concerned, Lord Pal- merston han thus far been fortunate, for circumstances have enabled him to overrule the pretensions of a rival, and to relieve the government from the men whose re: putation had suffered most severely from the misman- ogementof the war. Lord Jobn Russell is harmless, and may even be useful upon his return to England, in the post of Colonial Secretary; and, although no one will dis- ute the high abilities of the four Ministera who have Fane retired, the universal unpopularity ‘and suspicion which attached to their conduct and opinions render their departure a matter of small regret. Mr. Gladstone and his friends appear not yet to have learnt the political truth that no party can exist for any useful purpose in this country, whatever may be the Urilliant talents of its members, unless it rests upon e broad distinctions of opinion which pervade and represents some of the great elements of public opin Under these circumstances, Lord Palmerston has en- deavored to extract the materials of a government from the remains of the whig party, with some addition of men new to the ranks of official like, * Upon the whole, we must wait till we are more accu- rately acquainted with the composition and views of the ne’ ministration—for such it virtaally ie—! ewe determine the degree of confidence it may appear to us to deserve. If the management of its affairs in Parlia- ment docs not show a far higher degree of julgment and ability than Lord Palmerston has ye: displayed in the office of chief minister and lender of the House of Commons, and {f the members who may now be intro- duced into the government are not better qualified than they have yet proved to meet an emergency of extraordi- pary dificulty, both at home and abroad, we can prog- nosticate no long duration for such a cabinet. Proceedings in the English Parliament. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATIONS. In the House of Commons, on the 23d of February, on the motien of Lord Patsurstox to poftpone the first order of the day, Sir J GRawam rose and said that, according to estab- lished urage, and in accordance with a salutary practice having cessed to be one of the confidential servants of be crown, he thought it a daty meambent upon him to tate the reasons which had induced him to take that step, and he deemed this the best opportunity. With reference to the motion of Mr. Roebuck, he observed that the government had now adopted it, and the House was about to consider an amended list of eleven names, discussed between the mover and the minister, with a view of appointing a fair committer, But if the execu- tive government bad made up its mind that a committee of this kind should be appointed, he regretted not to flad upon it any member of her Majesty’s government, enter- taining, av he did, a strong opinion that, if this inquiry wan to be prosecuted, there would be a great advanta, jn having a minister of the crown present at it. Bat he objected altogether to the appointment of @ select com- mitte?, as peculiarly dangerous at the present moment: Alter a few remarks from Mr. Briorr, Mr. & Hennser trasted that, in the peculiar situation in which be stood, the House would allow him to ex- plain the reasons of the course taken in leavi the present government, The positien he held diffe somewhat from that held by Sir J. Graham and Mr. Gladstone, baving been connected with one of the war departments, and therefore implic: in the censure passed by the House upon the management of thone de- partments, ote of censure, therefore, the motion wae now valueless; as an inquiry, it would be a mere bry EEE Ei 't honorable friends ha’ it, vent they cr Samashres. bound fe. parses being com as lam, duty pointed to the path they have taken, thet, by that path they not eniy in ine best ner gave effect to their own o; Sod waif duty to the country. I feel ‘teat regret two years, and of whom! can say bar they eae wat there prevailed among wu ce and baron! y in respect to the great q now pending for action and decision, there pear ference of opinion om the great rang Hed ‘upon by the j Meer On the other I that, atthe when it was her Majesty’ to command form govern ment, it was impossible either that I, or thoze with whom I was about to act, could have shut our eyes to the fact that there was this committee, which the House of Commons had determined should sit, and the sppoint: tof which we must be prepared to meet. I stated former occasion the objections to the course, which the House, nevertheless, by a large majority, de- termined to purane. Those objections, to a certain de- still prevail , but when I had to consider what wae @ real nature of the course which this House had fol- lowed, it was impossible not to see that, when this ques- tion was originally proposed, the great majority which affirmed the motion of my honorable and learned friend, the member for Sheffieli, actei upon two separate and distinct motives. The great proportion of those wha affirmed the resolution, did so because they thought. that an inquiry ought to take place ; but, unquestionae bly, there was another portion who, as has been stated by my ae honorable friends, supported the motion because ny Oonaiaree that it was a vote of no con. fidence in government then in power. Well, the motion was carried. We resigned our offices, t un- doubtedly thought, when I should bave had an oppor- tunity of stating to the House the various cl ime provements and adminirtrative reforms which we were prepared to effect, and of describing the inquiries which: we were ourselves oblate into the mischances that ‘had taken place, that this House might have been dis- posed, for a time at least, to defor the nomination v: the committee, and to wait and the result of our chi sand abide the issue of our iaquiries. But ¥ cer ly never would bave undertaken the task—nor, I am sure, would my nob! 4 right hon. friends have joined me in undertaking it—if we had intended to stake the continuance of our exertions upon the ques- tion whether this House would adbere to or would with- drawj from its own yote—(hear)—and we should have deemed it unworthy of us, and only trifling with the Sovereign and the country, if we had predetermined im ourown minds to abandon our posts, if the House ould refuse to rescind its resolution. No doubt there my, be inconveniences and evils eng this inquiry, but I think it would be a greater evil that this coun! should, in consequence of personai differences, by reason of the fragmentary division of parties, pest to the world the lamentable spectacle of inabi- ity, for a month or six weeks, to find any set of public men who could offer themselves to the country as @ gor ernment and undertake the conduct of public affairs.’ (Hear, hear.) And at what period would such a specta- cle have been presented? Why, at a crisis when we were carrying on agreat and arduous war, and when we were engaged in the most important tiations —at a time, when, on the one band, energy and vigor, in the conduct of the war were pre-eminently demi and, om the ovner, a spirit of conciliation and moderation might be required in conducting the negotiations for peace. I think, therefore, that the course which we followed wag the one that it was our duty to pursue, (hear, hear,} and tbat, if we had abandoned our poste in such am emergency, if we bad set our opinions against the deli- berate judgment of the nation, if we had undertaken the in ae alg seating. the ay came resend) I o entire pe of this count attempt- ing to prevent the oie we should pave been wanting in the performance of our duty. [pe ae have been asked by the honorable member for - chester whether we intend to stand by the proj sitions for peace which have seen settled by the cabinet which existed before the House came to its vote for an inquiry, and which have since been concurred im by the cabinet as it has been recently reconstituted, Sir, most undoubtedly ».edo sbide by those propositions— itosed hear)—most unquestionably the instructions un- jer which my noble friend (Lord John Russell) ia now proceeding to Vienna are founded upon the resolutions to which my bon. friends who have retired from this bench were parties, and when we sked whether we ere prepared to negotiate in good faith, my answer is, that we are prepared to negotiate in good faith,and that it ‘we were not so prepared we should not only be unworthy of holding the offices we fill, but unAt to be members of this great assembly. (Hear, hear.) Weare as anxious as any men can be to be enabled upon terms consistent with future safety of bar and with the atteun- ment of those objects for which the war was begun, te put an end tothe conflict by an honorable treaty of peace. But, I think, if er an over eager for peace we were to conclude what would more properly be characterized as but an insincere and ollow truce—if we were to consent to terms which would in existence, in all its for tdde, the same source of by we were compelied to embark on this arduous struggle, in- stead of deserving the thanks of the country we should deserve ite severest censure, aA hould have be- trayed the trust imposed upon us, bject bave laid the foundation for great future c i (Hear, }, then, is the line which her tap ee so" ment mere ioe cools We have felt our duty at a moment of great emergency—when other pers: ns who bad an opportunity aforde’ them of forming a ‘nment were unable to do so—when the question put to us was whether the country should be left any longer ina state, 1 may sy, of , or if we would undertake the task of conducting its we have undertaken this task, we intend to it honestly and ee If peace is to be obtained upon terms consistent with the future security of Europe, it will nct be our fault should it unhappily not be so ob- tained. Shculd it unluckily happen that the abilities of my nobie friend, (Lord J. Ruse ul) and the sincere desire of the government to put a period to the war upon just ible conditions, should fail, it will then be our i and eu duty to prosecute the war with the that may be ne- cessary to bring it toa successful tion, and in that case lam persuaded that we shall not ap) in vain to the genereus support of Parliament. are the grounds upon which we bave undertaken the duties im- ed on us; and if, on the other hand, this House and the country should thiuk that we have not properly per- formed duties, and if any other government can present itself which would be more acceptable to Parlia- ment and the country, then no f ‘of personal am- bition, no paltry love of power, would induce us to ling ‘to the offices we hold longer than we can do so wit advantage to the country and creat to ourselves. Bat until we shall find that we have lost the confidence of Parlisment and the country, (cheers,) and that the na- tion is disappointed with us and condemns us, inatead of Ddeing disposed to support us—so long as we have the support of public opinion—the House may depend it, we sball exert ourselves to the utmost, and we nail not fly from the posts in which the coniidence of the Crown h ed us. (Cheers ) @ few woads from Mr. Mr. Munrz, the motion reed to. rf (8 UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN: In the House of Commons on 22d of February, Mr. Ricarpo asked the First Lord of the Treasury whether he would Jay on the table all correspondence between the government and the United States on the subject of interpational arrangements in time of war? Lord PaLMERsTon said it would not be desirable to lay the correspondence on the table, as, when it commen different views were entertained by the two governments, but it had ended in complete accordance between the two governments, and he was happy to say that the re~ between them were now as frtendly as the best: it either country could desire. THE COLONIES AND THE WAR. Mr. AppERLEY wished to the Firet Lord of tho Treasury whether Mr. Rankin, a member of the Cana- dian Parliament, had made an offer to her Majesty te raise and equip 1,000 men to join the army in the East: and if so, what’ answer had been given to him; a1 whether ber Maje d offered commissions to colo- nists who raised regim nse; and airo whether it was the intention of her Majest; government to propose that any grateful acknow! ment should be made, on t of Parli sympathy and patriotism evinced by va Jarge sums of money towards th t wart Rey had no recollection of any such communi- cation as that referred to in the first ition of the Je gentleman. With regard to the seeond ques- tion, he had been in correspohdenc wit! eo Goveroors va Scotia, and, as these communica- not lke to state the pro exact position in which t tier now steod. With re spect to the third ee here could be no objection to a resolution on the part of this House with regard to he granta from local Legislatures of the colon! the private subscriptions of colovists towards the Patri- otic Fund. The money, however, was still comiog in, ond any resolution whicli the House might now would be imperfect. With regard to patriotic grants, he bad slready. in communications to the povernors, expressed bir conviction that the liberality tnd generosity of the colonics wore fully appreciated by he Crown, and thet he Bed ao doubt it would be also a8 uily appreciated by the Parliament and people of thie ountey, (Hear, hear.) BRITISH TRADE WITH CHINA. Mr. Liddell asked the First Lord of the Ireasury whe- ther instructions bad been sent, or were intended to be sent, to her Majesty’s Superintendent of Trade in China, to cancel the bonds taken on British trade at Shanghas between the 9th of February and the 12th of July, 1854; whether instructions ha been given, or were intended to be given, to ber Majenty’s Superintendent of Trade in China, to interdict the interference of the consular courts in Chios, in reference to all the bonds and securi- ties taken on British trade since th pulsion of th imperial custom’s autborities from Shanghae by the i surgents in 1863; whether, when disputes of a pecu- ature, and patti | questions of international rose between Fritish subjects and the Chinese au'horities, it was intended that such questions stould be decide’ by the British in China. or referred home to be de by the nment, and whether her Majesty taken, or intend to take, acy meas: the imperial government of China formity of practice In the leeying and eo! enstoms duties at all the p rts in China open to foreign im accordance with tresty wtipulations: or whether be in terference ta tho collection of the Chinese reven-e Maving the settlement, of duties to be arranged between the native Chinese meg-