The Pembrokeshire Herald and General Advertiser

British Oftickhs FOR THE Turkish Szrtvicii Military officers who have ofl red themselves, and have been noted at the war department, for service with the Tnikish army, or with irregular levies attached to th*- Briti-h army during the present war. are req tested tocom- municate their present addresses to that department with- out de'av.—War Department, Feb. 17. 1855. The fore- going nolificatinn dt)u')tl--s, ;ipi)lies to the execution of the new military convention just made bet wer n Jtlie British Grerr.meot and the S'tblime Port-, empowering the former to raise a military force, not exceeding 2i),()00 men, from amongst the subject* of the Sultan, to be employed in con- junction wi'h the armies of the East. 01 the conven- tion the OlAserver (if Monday ays St.-ii-a h,-tv- alro-afly b en taken, and officers despatched to the Turkish pro- vinces to raise 1-0,000 men. This force is to be levied, armed, clothed, fed, and paid by England, and entirely under her command It will consist of two divisions of infantarv, t a corresponding force of cavalry and artil lety, and will pro'»^b!y be em loved in Asia at th- opening if the campaign. It is not intended to interfere with the peculiar discipline of sO many of this contingent as shall happen to he Mussulman, who will probitdy be <ind r the command of regimental officers of their own faith and country. Nn doubt many foreign officers and men will be incorpora'ed wi'li this legion, and it i.% tiot iii,likely that many Christian subjects of the Sultan will b" found fighting in its ranks. Tile chief direction, however will he entrusted to British or foreign officers of experience, selected her,- for the highest commands. Government are desirous to obtain for this service experienced officers who are not a herwise employed. It is understood that arrnngement* are in progress by which officers who have served in the East India Company's service will be eriable to join the corps on better conditions than hitherto. Cabal Against Lord Palmerston.—We have ad- verted in our first leading article, to a particohr d .nger to which the new Administration of Lord Palmerston is expos- ed. But that is not its only peril. It is in jeop-ir ly from another and altogether different source. Lord Palmerston has to contend with foes within the Ca'iinet as w. 11 as from enemies without. A cabal has already been formed against him by some of his colleBgues. I f he be not on his guard, he will fall a victim to the Peelite members of hi, Administration. We do not speak without bonk. We will even go so far as to sav that the leading Peeliteg—a term which, as we before remarked, is synonymous with Puspyitps-had ult..rior views of their own, when they agreed to join his Government. And those views were only streng thetied and still more fondly cherished, when they were de- f a'ed in their efforts to force upon him Lord Aberdeen as President of the Council, and Mr. C *rd well for some other seat in the Cabinet. Their feeling of hostility to the nob!" lord has now as<u ned the character of a determination to be revenged for their discomfiture. They now aim at wrestling the rein* of power from the new Premier, ami placing them in the hands of Mr. Gladstone. Strange ms this aiiiio i,ic,,ne.,t may appear, it is true. Mr. Gladstone h is lonu heen ambtti uis of the Premiership, and he thinks the time has arrived for his attaining that grand obj -(-t I fit his ambition. Her Majesty has tried all the other lead- ers of paities, and they have iaiied to form an A (ministra- tion. And if the heels of Lord Palmerston can in any way be only tripped op, or he be induced to resign, instead of waiting to be ejected from the Premiership, the Peelites re- gard the advent of Mr. Gladstone to the office of Fir«» M mister ot the Crown, ItS an absolute certainty. We only record a tact, for the truth of which we can vouch, when we state that the Right Hon. Gentleman's most intimate friends in the University of Oxford regard his almost imme- diate accession to the Premiership, as being as much a nut- ter of certainty, as if it were already an accomplished fact. It is right we should add, that a n 'b)e lord is the prime mover in the cabal which has for it" object the ejpc- tion of Lord Palmerston from the Premiership, and the substitution of M r. Gladstone. We could enter more into details,but we do no' think it expedient do so, id the present position ot affair*.—Morning Advertiser. Semi-oeficul Anvhu^cpmbnts—Lord John Russell, at the earliest moment that his health permits, will proceed upon his mission, accompanied llv Mr. Hammond, and other gentlemen from the foreign office. We may s ate that it was Mr Hammond's father, and not his grantflather, who accompanied the similar missitfti from this tommy to Prussia in 1796. The Right Honotirab'e H Fitz'oy re- signs the office of Under-Secretary for the Home D part- ment. th? duties of which he ti-s ere-iitabiv diachareed during the last two years. N" appointment in h" place has vet been m "de, nor h., any sue essor lien named to Mr Pe") all C donial Under-Secretary. We und-rstand' that the changes about to take place in the War Departments will have the effect of causing coniuWable alteration in the Ordnance, involving the abolition of some of the higher offices. Pending this arrangement, it is not probable that the clerkship of the Ordnance, vacated by Mr Monself, will be filled up. Sir Francis Baring has been appointed to the Chancellorship of the Duchy of L-mcaster, in succession to Lord Granville. The Secretaryship to the Board of Con- trol is not yet filled np, Lord Goderich having declined the otfice. The profusion..) character and standing of the Hon Richard S. Dtmdas, C. B. who ha* just been appointed com- mander-in-Chief ot the Baltic fleet, afford ground for the happiest anticipations of the result. He i* about the youngest admiral on the li t, being in his 54th year, and consequently could not have participated in any of the actions of the last great European war but in the opera- tions in which he has been engaged in China he exhibited ■tn amount of daring and judgment that called forth the warmest eulogy from their commanders. He subsequently had charge of a squadron in the Mediterranean and, we Pelieve, on all occasions kept up the best feeling with those serving under his command. Rear-Adm:ral Michael Sey- mour, the second in command, was flag-captain to Sir Charles Ntpi- r, and h s last year's experience in the Baltic will not be his least qu-ditica'ion for the office. Itear- Admira! Robert L. Hayner; will be the thud in rommind, and Captain Peih on is likely to be captain of the fleet. A Sottr)Fit's Tiv(, WISHES. —In a letter received the D her day at 1 p«witch from a gallant lellow in the Crimen, ,) her d.,y ;il lp4w;tt,.h froin, the writer -aid he hnd hn: two "i,b..1I in the world the one hat Lord H • g-an would order the storming of Schasiopo). io th-it the job might lie soon finished.: the other that his mother would unit him six penny pa^ta^e stamps.

ROMANCE IN IRISH HIGH LIFE^ f/on/frock r. D'licour. otherwise TV Rurnh. — "f"his cise 'irs'. came t^pfo^e li- Dublin Court Chancery on the 2ttly of January hist. Th- arguments occupied seyoral days, and wa, ,:i f*rad- i Mirn-nert. ill the h"p\, nfa c ;mpromi,p, The matter ha- heeu finally settled bv -grlf,-em,,n,. We give a summary of the case whit h has long -been the subject of whispered in q iiry and insinuation in London, as well as Dublin, It • > i gin ate* in a ill dispute. rh" Attorney General and S")ic"nr Gp"era! appeared for tile pelitionpr. nncl Ytr Henry 'lartley, Q.C.. and "Ir Fran, is Fitzgerald, Q.C., for thi respondent, Mr John Stratford Handcock, as heir at law to VI iss Honoria Handcock, files a bill ill Chancery to 81" •side a deed and other instruments executed in favour of Mrs Catherine Joseph Handbook, nea Kelly, the young lady's mother. According to the strange, wild story relati d hy the Attorney General, Mr Handcock, no v deceased, was a gentleman of considerable property in the Coun'v (If Gilwav and in December, 1824. he married Mi«=Elizi J .sephine Kelly, a great beauty, an • also a verv ambitions and designing woman. The estates, after a life us", were settled on the children in tail, with a jointure of X7110 a year lor the widow. Mr Handcock's friends were averse tn the marriagu. hnt it took place, and three d mghters wert the issue. Fro," 1828 to 184-1) there were no further chil- dren. In this latter year, in consequence of a suepici in of too great an intimacy between Lord Clanricirde and Mrs Hand, ock, thi-re was a separation, and Mr Handcock went to France. I I Ortoher of Ih'l.' ,ar \Irs Ha'lIlcock IV,¡; said to have been the guest of Lord Clanricad.. at Portumna Ca-t e. The affi 1 iv;t of the Nnb'e Marq less, h o «ever states that it w.s imposs'ble for him to have g-"en Mr- Handcock during that year, as he passed the winte in Rn-- sia. A d> ed of separation was executed in July, '841, and inthesitne year, when Mrs Handcock was on the conti- nent, and after she had be*n a twelvemonth senarnted from her husband, sli- uave birth to an infant, the present res- pondent. In 1842 Handeock returned a dviog -nan to England, and took np his abode in Michael's It Bro np- ton. LOlli C!a"ricarde is represented a* having prevailed upon lii,Ti to -ic,pt bi-% g,,n,i otfic He n>c .ncd-d the husband and father, a "ew day* before his dea-h in 181*3, to hi# (lis arded wi^e and deserted children. Th Attorney General pr oceeded with bis statement in the following words —" A notice had been served on the respondent in f'is cause to produce a diarv which the » ld.t ''aaghter, Jose plnne. appeared to have kept, nnd he (the Attorney Gene- ra') had examined it, and any hing more t niching han the account so given by that yount; h"dy of the miser ible scenes she then witn»?». d, he never heard. The f-t'»er in th" custody of a spy in the pay of Mrs Ha^dco.-k, her object being to acquire the custody of those children and he contro' of their fo> nines. It whs known that Mr Handcock had snadt" a will hy which hit brother in law war. to have been en'rusted with tile most delicate office of protecting hi-- childr n, and this sp3> was plac d about him, and, I ke per so's in hts conditi m, he endeav. med to betray the prison •ie was emp'oyed to !)■ tray a <1 th- person who e-npl .ye his object bema toobtam a will for Howevn, the daughter was bro-iilht to th" father by Lord Clanricarde. rrom day to day, nntil his aff •ctinns were aroused and h'.s anger weakened and he "18 prevailed upon to a 'd to his will in July, by which the unhappy gentleman ip pointed the wife he ha.1 discarded th" uoardi in of hi" thre laughters. He was attended by Lord CI at" icard-'s lam lv physician, who was pledged to secresv his b other, :hea fore, had much diffi in learning a here h. a arrived only after he had breathed his T f'leri:v man who attended him describes it a* a most fright ul bed. In July, 18t:i, he di»»d. Io Autru.t the widow wa appointed guardian of the children, and Lord Clanrcarde o the property. The widow h ,d th. n £ 7 0 year j .i uur but his Lordship, the guardian of the prop rty, male her an .-w:.nce of all .avance of £ l.5'i0 a year; and the Court, a.thg on the security of this 1I,lf'm'ln 01 high rank, gran ed her d man- sion and demesne rent free, and £ /HH) io furnish it. He (the Attorney General) could state positively that during the time they resided in this mansion a more abject state of misery than those young ladies were k. pf in be hardly re inemhered ever it; have read of. He c >uld not but app- hend that their early and premature deaths were owing to the manner in which they w re treated, and he trust, d it. find they were not so treated designedly. During this time •he hoy ca'Ied John Ddai our, but who went by the name of John de Burgh, was living in the house. Inste id of being frl.,¡te. the unhappy daughter? w..r. this hoy was in- dulged in eieiy possinlj manner and, indeed, it appeared in tl", evidence that they ( he daughters) were obliged to perform even services for him and it would seem that greater cruelty was never practised by a gaoler towards his prisoners in the worst of time* than thi, unnatural mother displayed towards her daughters, especially when- ever they thwarted this young "adopted" of hers. On one occasion, said the, l.-arned Attorney General, she drove a va v a lawyer who visited her on behalt of the eldest, hy an outrageous scene, in the course of which she feigned illness, threw h-trse|f nn the ground, and accused her daugh- ter of immoral conduct, vith th most revolting allusions to fhp consequences f'( that cond.nct. In 184i the daughters Mary Anne and Josephine execu'ed disentailing deeds, the grantee in both being Lord ClanricarJe. In 1849 Mary Anne, the eldest rUughter. died, shortly after coming of ag- leaving her mother £ 10,0 '0. I he property then be- came vested in the younger daughters, Josephine and Ho- noria, who executed di-entailing deeds in February, 1851, to Lord Cl.nric irde. In that month Josephine's end was approaching. She made a will, which was drawn by Lord CUnricarde, bv which she left £ 10, 00 to her mother, to he paid o > the marriage of her sister and it, the event of her sister dying without issue before her mother. Iter landed estate was to he sold, and the proceeds given to her mother absolutely. In June, 1851, Josephine also died. In 1853 the last daughter, Honoria. conveyed ail her propertv in trust tu Lord Claniicar Ie, subject to an appointment to her- self for life, and afterwards to her mother, her heirs and assigns; but after the execution of these deeds she never had possession of them in rea'i'y or substance. In addition to these deeds the mother obtained Irom her sick daughter on ihe brink of thp grave a bond for In the mean- time the mother sickened herself, and died before htr daugh- ter, in the latter pu t of 1853 the daughter dying on the 12th of December of that year, intestate. The mother, who comp'aioed so much of her poverty during life as to be obliged to deny her daughters the merest necessaries, leaves to John Dclacour £ 20.()J0, and to Honoria £ 50. Del icotir clauned the chief part ot the Handcock estates: under the vaiooa deeds, &c., executed by the diughters; the peti- tioner claimed as heir at law to Honoria. The executors under the will of Josephine opposed, as did the brother of Mrs Handcock. The agreement i< that the deeds and will shall be cancelled the pt t tioner Handcock is to g-t the estates, and he is to pay £ 2 -,000 to the respondent Del«( our 00 his coining of afe, and in the meantime pavins 4 per cent, on the IImonnt, The respondent is now nearly 14 ¡ year* of age, and in the event of his dying before he reache- 21, the petitioner will not have to pay the £ 20.000, but will have the estates free of any charge creat'd in this matter save the payment of the interest. On Monday this agree ment was confirmed by the Lord Chancellor, who observed on the occasion :—'• I have no wish to set myselt against what has been doing, but I have asked these questions with a view to satisfy my own tnind as to what would be the Lest course to pursue and I have n«w no hesitation in saying that yoti have done the best thing that could he do ie 'or the minor. 1 think th's arrangement is for his benefit, mil the minor. 1 think th's arrangement is for his benefit, mil may now mention that my decree would have been less favourable to his inieresfs."

PROB\BI.E FATB OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.-An ad- ditional '.leiim of light has been cast over the probable fate of the Franklin expedition by an Esquimaux, Mastitukwi' who accompanied Dr. Rae's party, a 'd "ho hp.s been for many years a member of the We«Ieyan congregation at Roseville, in Hudson's R iy. Dr. Rae has always rousi 'er"d this native highly efficient and trustworthy. On his return to Roseville the Esquimaux stated that "he wintered with his party in a snllw house, whe-e they had six weeks' con- stant night. In March last (lS5t) they started on the ice tf) thp norlh, and were 37 d lys on their northern journey They were 100 miles beyond the region by the E-qnimaux, but still found the track* of the inti-k ox. Sr. John Franklin and Ins party are dead bnt, perhaps, one i two of the hipm may still be alive, and amongst tbe Esqui- maux Sir John's watch, ali in pi ces. with fiis silver «poons, knives, and forks were found. The ship was a great Godsend to these peoole, and they now all have goo1 sledges, spears, canoes. &< of oak wood. Dr. ltt- and his party did not gee any of the remains of Sir John and hi- nirtv but the F q'limaux informed liini that Sir John 'va found dead, with his blanket over him, and his gun by hi- side. The p'obibility is, that it is not more than two i three years since the party i.erished by hunger." Su h ar the words of M istituk in's narraiive, *s detailed to th: Rev. T. IIurlburt, of R Seville .Vli-sion, Hud-on's B iy. qev. T. of It %ville Nli-Ftion, B,,y. They are entitled to credence because the narrator is a na tiv- of the country, acquainted with the language, and conhi have had no obj-ct in making a talse s-ateinent. The various implements made of oak which were seen in it,, Esquimaux encampment, prove that they must have had access to at leatt one ot the ships of the missing expedition — Athenaeum. THIS SEA SERPENT AGAIN. —The following description of "the great sea serpent" is given by Captain Charles S Hirhardsnn. ot the brig Abeona, as seen on the 4th of Sep- tember, 18-54. lat. 38 S., lonll. 13 E., on the recent voyage of that vessel trom Liverpool to China, from the official log of tin Captain Sept. 4. at five p.m., light winds and smooth Wi-ter; obseived broken water on the larboard quarter, about three ship lengths' distance, when presently the head and part of the body of an enormous Bea irorster appeared about 30 feet above wa'er in an angle of about 60. His head was long and itarro- eyes not discernable. From t'le top of his snout, about 12 feet each side of the head, was a white streak, about a foot in width, which I supposed to be his mouth, which he kept shut. About six feet from the termination of the white streak (or i-w) there was a pro- tuberance on hit hack like agonall water cask. His body at the surface of the water was about the size round of the long boat. Underneath his jaws there was a qu mtity of slack skin, like unto the pouch of a pelican, It was of a lighter colour than the rest of his body, which appeared quite black, and free from any description of hairs or bristles, being quite smoo h. He appeared about 180 feet long, as near is could be judged. The water broke in several places along his body, which I think mn.t be canted by similar protuberances to the one behind his h. ad. He was visible aboat J.5 min- utes, during which time he went under water three times, slopping about a tninute each time. He kept moving his head from side to side, making not a straight but a serpen- tine course through the water-just keeping way Willi the vessel. From the position in which he lay in the water, and being so close, I have not ihe slightest hesitation in saying ilut it was the celebrated great sea serpent seen by Her Majesty's steamer DceJalus, in 1819 or 1850, between the C<pe of Good Hope and St. Helena. The Court of Assize at Munich was lately occupied with trying a band of robbers, who had for some time back bpen conimittinga great number of robberiee and several murders. These men !ived altogether in the Gil Bias style, in a yast cavern in the F.chillibinj;t..r Forellt, the entrance to which was concealed by old trunks of trees. Two-and-twenty steep steps led to the chamber below, five in nnmber, two ot which were twenty feet long by nine wide. In the kitchen was placed a vast fireplace, the chimney of which issued in the midst of a thic* clump of trees, and through precaution, fire wa* only lighted there at night. The robbers had also their stables and storehouses all underground, and at the end "f a long corridor there was even found a sort of slaughter-house, were they killed the animals which they require for food. The Court condemned five of the accus- ed to death, and the others to imprisionmenf. Messra. Cooke and Austin, proprietors of the Mai/htone JournttI,sued Mr, Wildes, Deputy Clerk ofthe Peace. Kent, to recover damages for a libel, in a report to the Quarter Sessions, imputing to them that they had at ernpted to extort a considerable sum of money from the county justices by misrepresentations. Verdict for plaintiffs, damages £30. EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—A sobject for Barnum to enlarge upon occurred in Tewkesbury a few days since A Coehin-China hen, in the possession of Mr. Oeo'ge Bishop, performed a remarkable freak of nature, hy ¡:yil);: an egg weighing seven ounc s, and measuring eight and three quarter inches in eirenmference which on beini: opened, was found to contain a fli-e yolk, with its modicum "t white, and also another egs of the usual tm-, ,t!J a per- fect shell.

INDIA. Despatches have now reached u.; the dates from Bombay bring to ihe 17th Jan. We condense as follows from the Bombay Times:- Our Indian annals for the past fifteen days hnve no? been without their interest. A battle has heen fought at Runder \bhas between the Arabs and Persians, in which tilt. lit er were successful. A Persian force of 12.000 horsemen, with six guns and two mortars, appeared before Bunder A,it),t, ;n the beginning of December, and shelled the ptac- for two lay* and night* on the third day the garrison, consisting of 1.700 men, met the Persians at the gates, and an engage- ment took place which lasted for several hours. The Arab ""rc I' overpowered by numbers, took to their boats and n 'd to the man-of-war belonging to the Itoaum of Muscat The Arabs lost in killed and wounded about 1,400, whilst the Persians lost about 4.000. Our little fleet in the Persian Gulf hall had some employ- ment against an Arab piratical chief, with two thousand followers. The attack was made in 12 boils, containing an irmamenf of about 300 men antf bays, eight guns—t-vo 'wplve and six three-pounders — and one rocket bo=i\ The Arabs fought well, and several of the seamen were w-utid *d, but none of them severely. • The water was very slnllow. Hid several of the heavier boats were aground during the whole time of the action. After havi.ig heen shelled ami well peppered with canister shot, the Chief sent a flig o' •ruce. with an intifnation that he would deliver up th bungalow, wlpch w;:s immediately burned tipou »he snot. The pira'»* must hav" siis»mn«>d a loss of upwards of 100 kill-,d -Fid wouti-el. Th,ex d i(,n seems to i,aret)e-,) w« II olanne.i and admirably executed; r.ot a single life having b en lost. We learn trom Cabnl th"t thp Hararah distrir t is the scene of disturbinces. The people had risen to the number of 4,000. Reinforcements were sønt to Sirdar Mahomed \r<lan Khan, consisting of a regiment of loot 2.000 Per- s an anf A ^uan hors*, an f two gun*. A r*b lli< n against lie A n er ha- also occurred in Svb irjh in in Tc.okii.tan. R'inloreements have been also sent to that place. A nnblic m-*eiiiig in a'd of ibe Patriotic F m l was heH in the Town Mall on the 3.1 instint. at which the Righ: II n. Lord Elphinstooe prestd >tl. Tie ni-eting was tho "I num. rous and the "'00' enthusiastic: ever witnessed I,, flnmbav. The patriarchal Pars-ee Knight Sir Jamse'je •leejeehhov, was present at th* meeting; 1111,1 the pait he in it was one of interesting feature* of the occasion. L Ifrl Fdphinstme in'roduced Mr Sorahj f Jcos gi, who read i,is father's address to the meeting all a Idn. which possess s I P'.nili ir v due, o. profes.iug an .-xiression of tl<< sen'iment* not onlv of Sir J im<eij-e, \"11 of tbe m .st re- ff -ctios portion of the Pa'*ec ro n-miHity. I.) i alluding f Her Majesty's taking the l ad in thi* great ben voien movent nt, he stid; —" I c* .not refiain •'rom eulogising o ir r o I, Sovereign. Reiigi us Sovereigns ar- scattered it i 't-rvals along the cen'tir es of the world's his', ry, 1 ke a-g-U' vi- ts few an I far h tw-en.' In all "•'« dr-H'y S n-fth OR w iy they anoeai* like fiv • or *»X light- hou s a'I is miuv housanl m es >f coast. Bur. my Lord, t'l ■ if'eitcst atl "i n • v On ear.'h I- b :-SA*d with the bevt t vo H -r nnpeal to u* o this occasion i» t., .) r with the *0-« :—" Tl theca'I Of our G amus s »ver:«ign, Htid to the 4|| o U n-i i'r, the f»H.* ,,lv Jj r(j ,AI|j c„ri|j.y t so <1. J» r ■» toi ieljec I s'lb-cr jvinii o., tb«» occasion was ",0;»O ■■ upees a .d that h h-r.* >nus 2..VV) L t it b- re numbered th til- «ub c-iptior. of t ie G".vermr-Gene-al f Ind-a was oo'V 3 '.hi >. and tint ot tile Governors Oi aflil 2 Tha G ver ior-G nerif is about to pr n eed to the Nei'- -herrius. The Governors of Madras and Bombay are at the sent of rheir respective governments. Sir '5o nm ts at resent on a tour o! u.Spe. tion in t 'e Pu jauh The fi st division r.f Her Majesty's Mtti Hussars le t B.m- buy tor Suez on the lOth instant, ■»;» will be followed in a'.out a fortnight by the remainder of the regiment. The P ititi%,iiir iirirl Ori.-witil Co!,ip.,iny*, ;it (I I'"kit/ are stated to be taken up in addition to th- Precursor to convey troops to and fro !ro.n Bombay to S.iez • the latter vessel1, now getting ready for sei, and is expected round fro'll CRlcllta in the course of a week. The Burmese Envoys have returned from Rangoon. The Renunl Hurkara says that their parting interview with the Governor-General afforded a remarkable scene. The account say*:— Aftpra li:tle of the usual complimentary language had passed that is stereotyped for State interviews. the Bur mese Envoy proclaimed, that he had come hv co nm„„d the Km,, of Avatojeek restitution of the whole of the cap- tured provinces t>i Burmnh Such a startling climax to the conv rsation filled the Commissioner with amazement. Her- was an issue to the Embassy ot which no one had ever remotely dreamt. We are in.ormed that despite this unforeseen'explosion the Governor-Genera! stood calm and collected, and at once desired Major Phayre to make the following reply, or words t'> this ettt-ct: — '•Tdlt/vmthaia, lone, as the sunshines in the heavens the ISntish flag shall wave over thoss possessions If the Hurmese are capable of being'embarrassed we should imagine they must h*ve been so on rece'vino-his reply: after which, the interview. we are intorllwd. was brought to a speedy termination. Among other things the Ambassador suggested that it was not well to make war on the present King that the reigning King had not been fllr enemy; and that it was the hst King who had created the war. To which he was informed in reply. that it is not against the person of one King or anotner that the Bri':§h have been engaged, but against a country ihat has provoked hOtlllltlfMu 1 The Calcutta correspondent of the Morning Herald savs that at the St.te ball which preceded the depanur. of the Ambassadors, the Rajah of Putteala was asked how he liked the boglish ladies; to which be replied, «• My heart does not incline towards them." The Burmese Amha^dor and hi* suite sat ill dignified silence on the snfas during the evening, looking on with perfect indifference.

THE WEATHER. The intense frost that has prevailed for more than a week has for the most part frnz-n up the Thames above the bridge and produced almost an entire stoppage of navigation; the steamboats have ceased running for several days. b'< low bridge great quantities of ice float up and down witli th, tidr. Many 01 the ren between the Custom-house and the Pool are set fast; also many vessels lying in-shore- The masses of floating ice increa«e in thickness every tide* and al hough no apparent mischief has been done by it drifting against the vessels, it is apprehended that. in the event of a continuation of the intensity of the frost, much havoc t.. the shipping will inevitably occur. All the vessels and barges lying- in Regent's Canal Do< k< .re fmz-n in. and the basins of the RidS and West India Docks, as also the docks on the opposite side of the river, are cohered with thick ice, and sev. ral 01 tha ships are fast. DlJrlng ill- last eight or nine days we have had 10 an I I I degrees ot frost at night, and 6 and 7 degrees in the diy, with, for the most part. clear weather and bright sunshine. Snow con- tiiiues, however, to fall at intervals. In the south or France the cold continues severe. In some districts the olive and fig trees are represented as having suffered considerab'v- ° A letter from Pa lerborn, at Westphalia, of the 6th says; -"In the 'n-nory of man so mi, I, snow has not fallen in this neighb .urhood. On tho railway near Rplln- hausen two tr-ins, one with pis-engers and the other with goods, were absolutely burie I in th- snow, and W two days .500 men have been had a: work in digging them out Con- veyances are now eff-eted ny m-*ans of sledges Th. st am service between the port of KH and Copen- hagen being t..to.r.)p-e.i,an) the Grand Belt filled with pieces ot ice, which render th- navigation daoger.nis th-* post-office despatches are conveyed in Si„,l| hoals lately invented, winch can be either imp iled in the water wi.th na s or over the solid ic* T >• letters are en elosel m air tijht bags male of In.liq rul>bj». At Vienna there h is heen so much cllosv- 11,it the train.4 have ceas-d ruit-.iiiff. The t-Ugranhic communication be- tween Bucharest, KronffUdr, and Vienna. SPORTS ON TIIE ICE. The rigour of 1C1 alun winter lias, it wo ,ld seem induced tast • for Canadian sports on the ice. Independent o» the grace In' p-nonnances of rh,. Sk iiiug* rtoh on the ..rnamenta' wrors of th- seV.T:,| IHrk-, we ii,v- hIlI -leiglii'.g will, all its g'y accompaniments of ging'ing bells nd colon < d tr.ipp.ttgs. The coldest night -xp-ri«iiced in the metropnlh during he present winter was Tuesd iy the 13th, wh. the 'her- uioin.ter in llyde.park 1..11 io 13 degrees bein 19 below Ireezing. and 3 degrees lower than it was on S iturday night last. Oil W, dnesday, fit consequence, the ice was in a fine condition, and, oil the Serpentine, was ";X inches thick. It was computed that no lewer than 20,000 persons if-s- po-ted themselves with safety on the ice it, this pHrk, while some thousands of the n ubility and gentry |lfls*ed in their carriages along the roads tin the north side of the rivr. On a sudden Captain Wheatley, of Her Majesty's FOflt Guards, drove a splendidly appointed sledge upon the ice. The horse was decoiated with crimson trapping*, and had i number of bells fastened to its heal, whilst the front of the sledge was also provided with loud rinsing bells. The gallant Captain having applied the whip gently to the horse, it began to move grHcefully over the ice, and when it had made a fair start, it dashed along at the rate of fourteen to fifteen miles an hour. The gav appearance of the apparatus, and the sound of the belli as the animal glided over the ice led many thousand spectators to follow the vehicle, but owing to the great speed at which the hor,e lirnc-de,l veyy few persons were able to keep near the sledge, and no accident in consequence took place. Another novel scene was presented on the Serpentine, a larae Esquiman* dog being harnessed to another sledge, which conveyed pernons over the ice at a certain sum per head. The manner in which this was accomplished was by first putting the traveller into the sledge, when it was left ill charg • of some one who kept hold of it until the owner had got about the distance of half a mile aw.-iyj when, upon the sound of his whis Ie the dog would dash along at full speed, causing both sliders and skaters to rush out of his way. During one of the journeys the dog dashed over a high heap of r,nc)-.v wh-eh had been swept up to allow a smooth surface ttlr the skaters, when the vehicle overturned, and dropped the occupant in the mio lle ot the snow, to thegreat amusement of the l.x-kers-on. Several skating matches look place during the day between some of the heavy dragoons and a number ofeiviliails. Two Dutchmen al.-o skated lor a heavy sum. hut it would be difficult to say who was the winner. Fortunaiely, notwithstanding the great excitement on the ice, no accident took place during the day. Several mem- bers of the Skating Club, and a number el elegantly- die:-scd laJ'es, greatly amused the speitators by their graceful evolutions in forming quultilles on the ice, and cutting out figu-es of different descriptions. The Long Water in Kensingion Garden", had about 3,000 sliders and skaters, including many members ot tha club; amongst the latter were the Rev. Mr Crate, the Rev. Er Antrobus, the Rev, Mr Page, Mr treelock, and Mr Collyer. The ice in St. James's Park was so crowded that skating in places was impossible. Many persons were thrown down and sustained severe headcuts. The ice in Regent's Park was also much crowded, but no accident ot a serious nature took place. The number of persons who amused themselves upon this ice during Wed- nesday is e»tima-ed at between 12,000 and 13,0(10.

The papers are mistaken in assigning to General Simpson the command of a division in the Crimea. General Simpson will exercise no mili-ary command whatever in the field. His appointment is a new one. He wi.) be Chief of the Staff in ihf Quartermaster-Generals and Adjutant-General's Departments, which he is empowered to alter and reform, witti the concurrence of the Coinmuider in-Chief, who will be relieved from much ot the surveillance so obviously needed in these departm-nts, and enahted i" apply hiun>elf uiore closely to his military rondin t in the field. The service compapies of the following three militia regiir.ents, the Wiltshire, Lancashire, and Stafford, have volunteered f'r ikuy in the British possessions abroad, and are under orders :or Corfu. Twelve more regiments o militia are nearly ready lor garrison duty in Gibraltar and Corfu. By these mi-aiis fi teen regi.nents n| tht line, well■ -ea»rv ed and dri led, will be available for immediate ser- vice at the seat of war.

AGRICULTURE. PERUVIAN OR SKINLESS B E P. E. ( From The Sin.— V few w<*eks back we drew attention to the cre.-it pro-hiciveoes* and good properties of this parly, «kinless. and heavy variety ,if barley, crinpared «ith the common kinds tri cultivation. We g e-.v haH ;tn acre of it !ast sea son by the common process of cropping at ope bushel of seed per acre, which planted too thick, ar11 consrq-»»ntl\ resulted with hut partial success. We also grew on another smaller portion of land from single graini nt one foot apirt squ ire, and not exceeding three pints of seed ppr ncre, <nd and the result of this was not one plant failed to nr«dnc«> 20 ears, and most of them 30, averaging not less than 70 perfect grains in each p:1r, or 1.750 told, ofeourso. 1 75"1 times as much pet acre ns was sown, viz .>.2.r>0 pints, or 82 bushe's 1 q nrt. In drawing further uttenti.in to the merits of this prolific and heavy harJpy, we beg your indul- gence to add, if yonr time and space adii.it, as e-rrol-nr-itiv,, of your former statement of it, and for the furtherance of agricultural pursuits, the following testimonial communica- tion, which ive have received from opp of our northern correspondents, who states that it is grown pretty freely in Scotland. To he candid, however, it may be fair j'xt tn an 1 prolificcy in the ear of the Peruvian BerP, the common barley, though or less vohn, surpasses it in tillenng. and a .ir-ater bulk may he obtained, if ample space and time are allowed for t to grow, it being a larger and coarser er-'in. A few rparc ago we sirew on onestnh 8" perfect ears of com- mon barley 2,40 t h>H. w'-ir-h was received from us with thankfulness l«y the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Maldon, Esses. HARDY AND SON, S pd growers. TO THE ^DTTOn OP THE .A Br!!t DREV Jot'R\f,. Sm.—In attempting to improve the cereal produce of any district of country hy tbe introduction of hitherto -in- known or uncultivated varieti-s of grain, it will bcfn-tnd tliat numerous obstacles lie io the way. And unless it can lie satisfactorily shown by a co'lectinn offsets illustrative of the greater productiv. ness oi th 'se species, and the uses to which they can he applied, the difficulty is incr»as«d still -nor, A few years ago we had inr a t-uHion re-direced to tht; is now known a* "Peruvian nr Skinless Bere;" and •rum ohsprv-itioiis and experiment* since made, we are so convinced of its pro luctivness and adaptability to our •mrhern soil and climata, and of its superiority to the n'lpl kind cultiviti d for either milling or malting purposes, that, .virh your kindness, we shall lay b-f 'r'* your reader* the !Cti we hav- ascertained re^ardinar it. With the view of rendering this necess rily short sketch as complete as pos- sible, it may be prop-r, to describe its Specific Char.»ctku and Histohy.—Ear two and a half to three inches long, six-r"wfd.rft:))rtr: nuuib r of g.-ains in each ear Varying from six'v rn seventy-two; uraiti*, oointed -.r angular, and naked; awns uoright, ahoot threi- a id a half inches long, adht ring to the under nnlea or hu k. Introduced by tbe Karl of L ms-dale, io 1849. a ^rien-1 ol I¡i, Lt1r;1sl¡ip's w'ho hal \own" IIlIt an<i s..t'll'd ill P,'r\l h,"V;1I1Z 'Vill suit hiin over a qu ntitv of it. In 1850, Messrs. Lee. of M im n-rsmi'h, obtai ed th-*produce, and dis'r'hut.ed it ovei t'i, -nii,.tr 'v i,. r.al! q la i-s bnt an ie-a] characters we fi if i' precisely i lentical with th.- Hitrdfwn qi/mno hex is- tichu»i of P o e,«or Law, as described in hi* '• Elements o) I'racocal A.<r culture. 1-th ed.. p. :H7 It i* al<" ex tctly .i'lIihr III ki'I" of B"re nh'ai'll''¡ fr.).n ,h.' CaliI' nr r;Õ Hope, about thirty five years a; a: d cuhivated in this .r tintry for several season*, which, enough, during the first year of its cuhiv'tion, whet: the t;rain was rip- dropt the a vn; but in the second year i. became quite per- gist nr on the palea: or busk, and that chancer r afterwards retiii ed perm niently. I' correpo- ds also to the Siberian Barley, described in Mil'erV Gardeners' Dictionary. introduced in :7lifl, bit t.egb curi Irom pome unaccountable cause. It must be <!i tioguished, however, from a lour- rowed naked liere or B >rley, which is inferior in sev. ral essential P itits. Pit-)I)UCTIvF.QF.I'hf-prodtice on the E-trl of Lonsdale's farm was enormous b-ing at the rate of 10 qu triers to the acre, and the weight of the grain 6' Hbs per bushel. It wa* grown on very light land, of a black nature, anil highly farmed. Several airiculuirists in this neighb nrhood have a'so given us satisfactory evidence on this point. Arthur Harvey, F.~q., of Killygreig. writes us that on the 17th of March, 18o 1. he hulan imperial acre sown tio-vii, bto ideas', witfl one and one third bushels; bat a severe snow t >rm falbng during night, previous t<> i's bein« pronerlj* lnrrowed in. it remained comparatively unprntei-ted for nearly three weeks, and he hli-ves lifl* more than the h ilf ot the keeif sown grew. Notwithstanding this. bow. ver. the produce turii"d out to f" three and a half quarter of marketable grain, weighn g 58lbs per bushel." Th- date of reading was 10th of September. I it ref,!reti(-e to i his %I r. I I;ii-ev, furtli- r writes, "that the bere tillered beau ifnlly. with fi ,e strong straw, standing nearly as high as llofietotm o.-s, which gr-w beside .(, not a stalk falling. Many plants I counted wj,h 14 full heads, of 72 picKles each, on a sing e stool. On ri farm in the Bu. han district, three imperial acres were so*n dow;i last season, with eight bushels, which produced a total return of t v nteeii and a half quar e's. we ahiiig rtlllbs per bushej^. Mr. Black, faet.tr .t Ellon C tall aNo t -«ted its s;ip»ri-;r pro hie: v ne-s, by having it grown in 1850, on different farms on the Ellon estafps; and last season laid down a Scotch acre wiih lout bushels, which real'Zed a produced of ten quarters, weighing fully 59ihs pur bushel. Usu in Malting.—Before making any experiment with it as a malting grain, we considered it advisable to obtain from the Commissioners of Inland Revenue a declaration respecting the duty leviable, in order that maltster* missht be relieved of individual responsibility or risk. Our c*nm- mil .ication was at once attended to, and produced the fol- lowing satisfactory document:— Inland Revenue. Somerset House, London D -cember 18. 1852. GfnUeTtpn,—I am directed to acquaint you that the Board have very fully considered the question which you have brought under their notice, of t'thpratfof duty at which malt made from the Peruvian grain—samples of which you forwarded for their inspection—should be charged; and that they are of opinion, founded on the reports of com- petent persons, that the grain in question is a species ot here, or biffg, and thit malt made from it in Scotland and Ireland will be chargeable only with the lower rate of duty. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. CUYTON FRFELISG. Messrs. Benjamin Reid and Co., Aberdeen. Since receiving this communication, we have had the malting properties of the here very satisfactorily tested through the assistance of Mr. Eddie, brewpr. of Virginia Street. In conducting this experiment, Mr. Eddie was very anxious to prove, more immt"dia.ely for his own satisfaction", whether in the use of Peruvian bere tor malting purposes tl}('r!' \vlluld follow allY arlvanl 'It I' over the common kind. Accordingly, lu employed four bushels of malt of tair ave- rage quality, weighing -tollis per bushel, made rom cotn^ion here. Th" extract, obfainett when examined ata temperature "ffill degrees, was 184 gallons of 21 lbs density, according to Allen's thermometer. Mr. Eldie then employed, with similar accuracy of maninuMinn, an equal hulk of malt made from Peruvian bere. This malt weighed, however, 441 ba per bushel, and the extract obtained, when examined at a tem- perature of 611 degrees, was precisely 181. gallons 01 261"" density. Thr relative value therefoie of the Perm-van bere over th" common inrbr -wing purposes, as calculated from the difference arising out of epkcii extract, is as 21 to 26, or fully 16 per cent. But, supposing weight lor weight in place o' bulk lor hulk of c.ch kind of malt had been employed, a difference of fully 6 percent, would hava still resulted io favour of the Peruvian b-*re. Again, if tbe Peruvian malt had heen used m distillation, its superiority would have b-en still more apearent. As ev.-ry 100 It .110,5 01 wurts of j ol'.s density gives one gallon of proof spirits, the extr ct obtained from the Peruvian inalt. being 184 !l,.lIoll8 nf 2611, density, would give 9 17-32 Is gallan*, or at the rite of fully two and one third gallons of proof spirits for every bushel of tt.ah. At a distiller ha* a short pro-ess >.( malting, and wo i d em >loy a large quantity at a time, he would no doubt increase materially the amount of eX'ract; and hence we understate ihe value of Pauvi it bere for distilling purposes rather than over-tare it. Mr. Eld e assures its that the malt is excellent; ami his affirmation i« attested hy other practical judges, who h ve express d to 1111 their willingness to purchase there from the faun, when it is offered in suffi- cit-nt qiianti y.and ai a marketable p. ice. We bri .g forward on- other additional pruot out of many. The original ex- porter of the grain, having estahHshed a brewery in Peru, tried its malting propei tie* there, and, finding it good lor that purpose, is now no longer under the necessity of im- pot-fiig fro n E 'Silan I. a* he had dtlierto done. Usu IN Milling.—-Several iust'inces ;,r" known to us of its having produced superior quality of meal, with a more i pr fi ahle return in q lantity than the common kind. In 1851, Mr. Harvey, of T'f-lgreig, milled half a quarter against half a quarter ot other btrley, and fount! the Peruvian to turn out. weight for weight, more meal. At Ferry hill Mills a qitmti y was also r-e-i.tly milled. In this case, if yielded qit i of x eilent meal 92 55 per cent waste, 7'45 p- r cent. Of pot barley, 64 per ceiit dust, 36 ,.er cent. It) "Mitipr't Gardener's Dn tmnary it is describiog a* yielding 60'6 per cent, of flour equal to London second-; 3'l3of a coar»er sort; and 9*1 percent, of bran superior to wheat. The flour made j excellent bread, bt-th by itself a> d when mixed with • heaten fl tur, and was mere retentive of moisture than wbeaten bread. GrnbrMJ REMARKS.—It will be gathered from some of the preceding statements that afrout three bushelsof seed are amply sufficient to sow an imperial acre. We may slate, as the ri-f-ult of experience, that, if sown too quickly, not merely will the straw lie diminished in huik, but the grain produce wdl also suffer proportionately in weight and qti,n- tity. In regard to the 1110,1. and time of sowing, the usual medods adopted in sowing common bere or barley may be followed with every con fid-nee It has 1.1" found in most cases to ripen rather earlier than either 01 the lat'er. In harvest time it should be well look- tl to, and not allowed to get too ripe before being cut dewn, as ihestriw, otherwise abundant and good, might become sligritiy brittle, and there- fore of less v «lue. In directing public attention to this grain, we have only further to remark that, from the unifo mly consistent report* J we have had of its superior productiveness, from tbe little tiouhle it gives in threshing di-ss ng, fro, its value if used for feeding, and from its having heen proved by actual experiment to be well ndap'e lor all purposes fo wh < h bere or bailey are usually applied, we have no doubt, if ac- cepted by the agriculturists of this qu .rter, it will prove itselfa valuable cereal auxiliar3*. Mr. Harvey, of Tillgreig, whose agncultiral exp, riencc is extensive, and wh->se opinion is therefore valuable, wriies to us the other day thus favour- ably of ir: "In respect of produce of this, a* tri-d against other barley, I have, both in 1851 and IS52, a larger pro- portion to the acre of Pernviar, than of other barley, in quarters. I have a weight per bushel extra I have equal bulk ol straw; my grass otters oetter where it grew; 11 has been earlier; it does not shake more readily, though, the awns being very brittle, it is easily divested of lhem when fully ripe, and which may cause the careless observer to think it is apt to shed its seeds. It is not apt to lodge, and it is less trouble in dressing, when brought into the mill, requiring no hummelling," We beg to thank you for the space yon have afforded us in your paper, and remain, your faithful servants, BJCN. RKID AND CO. Aberdeen, 94, Union Street, March 14, 1853.

THE CONJUROR AND THE EGGS.— Busco, the conjuror, when in Bristol, passed througii the High-street marker, and seeing a woman with a basket of < ggs, inquired how she sold them, and on being told a penny halfpenny each, he said he would take one to see if it was good, and paid for it. He then broke it before the waman, and out dropped a sovereign, as she supposed. Being thus fortunate, he bought another, and broke it, when another sovereign fell out. Tbe egg-dealer looked amazed. I] e then said I will tik, ill the eggs, "but the woman shrewdly said" No, no and away she went to Nicholas steps, where she sat down and began to break egg after egg, but no sovereigns lell out she then became atarined for the loss of her eggs, and even ,hed tears. The next day the conjuror met the Dame without eggs, ami finding how much she had grieved for the lots of her capital in Trade, he gave her hidf-a-crown to consnlo her. Both the Great Britain and Calcutta steamers encountered immense masses of ice whilst crossing the a* Ian tic, durirg their last voyage from Australia.

REVIEW OF THE CORV TRADE- [From the O-werver ] The decline of Wheat the previous wepk had a similar effect on the of thp farmers to that experienced at ■■very sudden reduction im price since last htrvesf. checking the The supplies l.tst Monday nt Mark-lane wre short froth alJ the near t(iiintie.. and had it not been a change in the weather fide, s would most probably have been higher. town millers took off the par- cels 11.t ahont the rates of the previous week, but did not buy with any anxiety some of them hav'ng received several cargoes among the rrcent deliveries of Foreign, did movant anr. and t!}pqno wi" nnt hI' in th,' m:ukf'l !lntil Ihpy Itavl' worked up their impor'atioos The prevalence of north- easterly winds may nav. brought in nearly all the vessels from the Baltic ind north »f Hnrope. and the imports are now likfdy fo he 0! ver3' trivial character until Spring ship- ments can be made. The sales effected were in limited quintities, and the prices obtained were about the same as thos of the previous week for all useful qualities, p'rticil- larly for old D -n'it'c and Rostock, whi. h are in littilt-d com- pass, the principal imports hpin;! of last year's growth.— The weekly average was 70s. lid. on .03,879 qrs., against f!S<. 91. on 64,203 qrs. the previous week the correspond- ing one of the past ve -r was 8'2". Rd. on 7,í!!)R art. The deliveries of Barley thi* week have increased, and price* IHvpQ!ight1r given wiv for most descriptions, with no anxify on the part of nny to get into stock. The maMers continue to fillll a most limited demand for the manufactured article, and although much less than in ordi- nary seasons have been made, prices rather r cede than otherwise. The more we advance in the season the more confirmed is the opinion that no advantage will result to the revenue from the war tax on Barley, and it appears pretty evident that the farmers will have this to pay. the differ- ence in the viltie of the raw at tide being about the dime as the in.-re-i-e in the duty. Tiler" have been a few imports recentlv from Denmark, but as the stock of this description was exhausted, it has met a steady'a'e to the distillers at tolera'dv good nrices. From the south or Europe no ar- rivals taken I)Iace, and our prices give no encourage- ment tn impo-ter* to make purchases of either Egyptian or Salonican, the only sorts which have lat'er!y been shipped, and not yet aniveil. Some of our dealers have bought the low qualities of English for grinding purposes, but there are no stocks in the of the factors.The weekly average was .'52*. 2d. on 94.250 qr* against 22*. 2d. on 83.228 qr". the past year s was 41. 81. on 89.78'1> qt*. There were very short arrivals of English coastwise, as well as of Scotch, at Ma-k-lane nil Monday, bnt a liberal quantity w R in from Ireia"d. a id somewhat large itni,titt. <d Foreign. Tr-de wa* steady, a about the rate* of Fr day, I 1 i- some at about 6d. per qr. decline, a'tribu- -able to tfie which hail then set in; and the 0I"f9 -w-r- evide,.tiv w-tchiti!z the rkf-t Ti,.n,,wb. t a! iti the hope of getting into stock. on_ lower terms,'•■e!«re the Vegse's recently arrived could he cleared. On ednesdav •lie fresh arrivals of every despriplion weie very short, and a shi't of wind to the north east gave indications of a return of winter. A better demand was experienced, and prices were firmly supported, n,ne of the large buyers taking riff lib- ral quantity. On Thursday it scarcely ceased to snow all d IV. a-'d or", of the heaviest falls experienced during 'he season took place; and on Ftidav we appeared in the rigours of winter once more, 1 his strengthened the tone ot (he m rket. good Corn realised 6d. per qr. ad v.nc. with an up- ward tendency, as the ei.tire a^riva's only amounted to 530 q-s.at.d 'her.- is no prospei t of any Foreign supplies, beyond a few straggling ships, until spring shipments can he made. The consumption will he verv large, b >th in town and throughout the agricultural dis'ricts. so long as tbe present riforou* weather lasts.—The weekly »v.T«i;e was 2d*. If. on If? 8 7 qr< against 26s. 8d. oil 18 54* qrs the previous week; the corresponding one of the past year was 27 s. on 2&.I39 qrs. The deliveries of B«*an* have latterly increased, and prices have slightly given way for the best qualities, and rather more for inferior new. There have be-11 impops of Iv/yp tian. either at thii- pott or at Liverpool and Olasgow the onsumption is well kept tip. but no descrintion of buyer takes beyond the q lan'itv wanted for immediate u»e. a id thus not so many ire wanted a* wli-n prices are lower, and the dealers are disposed to hold stocks without anv fear of losing by them The factors hav scarcely anv on hand, and the principal qu ntity here may he considered with tlie dealers and «pl'itei*. There doe* not seem much prospect of any material variation in pricf* '"r the \>r,nt. — The weekly average was 41-s. 21. "ti 5 759 qrs., against 44s. fi I. 00 4.280 qrs. the previous week 'h" corresponding one of the past year was 4R.. 3 1. "6.2 >9 qrs. Pea* have continued te, sell aod the n«na] demand d 'es not appear when the weather becomes s ven., a' is tll» c/tsp in sharp a winter genert'ly: it is difficult to acconn' tor this, as prices are about \11. lower ,han at teis lime last year, and b -ing at war with a powerful nation, it midht be ex- pected that a considerable quantity w -til i be regularly taken for the navy tbe contracts re. few and lar be- tween," and there has la terlv b-en an .ircnmtra'iiin of Foreign, although the English gn "Ii steadi'y whim anproved !lr"( ;>rs. H-'g »:» nples and infer.or hili" aT" th- tnos' and these are tbe most to II. o- I'll-* weekly average was 43-. 0:1 1,811 qrs..ag^i st 41s 8d o 1,489 qrs the nrevmus week the corresponding one of tbe pn<t year was 52s (id on 2.12.) qrs. The'^ransactions in Fnreign grain with the no-ther port* of Europe are all ;.t iln end, on account of the severity of the weather, and there is 110 immediate prospect of business being entered into lor this country; ai, p irti s will wa,t for spring shipments before they nuke n-* purcha-e*; me ntime the prices will he watched carefully, ^nd sh >uld any decline take place during the winter months, the most courageous of i importers might be induced to take a lew cargoes of p. irne qualities of Wheat. The imports on the east coast have fallen off this week, and there are many vessels out Irom the north of Europe. north of Europe. In France the tendency of both Wheat and Flour has been downw irds, although the supplies are not large. Nothing worthy of notice has taken place in the Dutch or Belgian markets. By advices from New York, lake navigation had recently been opeii'-d, nwinsr to tbe mildness of th- weather on the the 23rd, the receipts were so plentiful of Finn- RIIln he fully npto the demand for home consumption; a decline of 5 c. per barrel was submitted to on the best brands of Flour. Prices were, however, still too high to remunerate any purchaser by shipping to Kngland. The supply of Wheat was limited, and no material change occurred in the value of any des- cription. Indian Corn has receded 6d. p"r bushel.

INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH THE WAR. Letters from the frontier of Poland rt,te that the recent dislocation of troop* in that kingdom is a*ciibed to a change of the plan of detence. It is believed that the object of the Russian commander is to make the right hvik of :ht" Vis- tula, between Lublin. Zamosc, Wicprz, and the Vistula, and be* ween Warsaw and Brzecs, the theatre of the war. The leading features of the military convention concluded between Franee and Austria, by Field-Marshal von Hess allll General de Lefang, are It'" follows :—France und- rtakes to send an army, fixed for the present at 80,00-) tnen, to Austria, to cover the rear and flank of the latter's army of operation in Gallicia. The a, my will march in two column<< of 40.00 > men each, and by differ* nt routes. The first will proceed through Switzerland 11011 the Tyrol, the second through Piedmont and Lomhardv. The two corps will meet and join their rnrn's in Bohemia and Moravia. All Austrian Gen-ral and Civil Commissioner will he attached to the headquarters of the French Commander-in-Chief, in the same way as General Letang is attached to Field-Marshal H ess. Notwithstanding the severity of the winter at Warsaw, the new works for sfr mgthening the citad-l are carried on with spirit, although the thermometer • t 20 deg. Reaumur below the freezing point; and as of course everything is IroZ 'ii, the mortar is m tde with boiling water, the inhahi- fants having to furnish it—a cauldron from each house every day. The official Onxetta di Verona has just announcad that the Sardinian fl ig is not likely to flint- r alone in the camp of the allies. Another Italian State may tfive its colours :o the wind." The flag of Tuscany is supposed to be pointe-t to. Whenever, alter the taking of Sebastopol, our operations carry us inland, it will frequently happen that some of the divisions mu*t encamp at a considerabh distance from springs of water. Would not a lew miles of guttapercha tubing and a suction pump, to be worked by tv,, IiLc horses, for each division, lighten the soldier's labours, and contribute to nr..inote health and cleanliness? By direct nrdet of the Emperor of Russia Prince Pa-kie- witch has forbidden the export no brandy and oth-r spirituous liquors to Austria. The Government Commission has pub. lished the order. The Post Office for the forces at Balaklava is still wofully deficient. Letters are tolerably safe, but louti and angry are the complaints of the loss of newsp ipeis. This grievance most remain until more assistance is given to the officers in charge. The loss ol newsrapers is unavoidable so long as soldiers, sergeants, and sailors are taken a* sorters. Seve.al oiffcers of the Third Division have ot late com- menced making stone huts, and for the purpose of erecting these huts, it was found necessary to dig a foiindaiion. The foundation for the first house W 's dug, and the stones col- lected and pil. d up accordiiii; to the rule* of i>riuiitive iiiasonrv and to tlie satisfaction of a)) parlies concerned. Their plea- sure, or dismay, howtv^r, wa* g,pat when, upon breaking the ground for the second and third hut, the digger* opened the flood gates of two springs of excellent water, which al once ove flaA-ed the tieiic'i, and inundated ihe cmp. The Warsaw correspond- tit of ihr- .Inurmil de Fiancfort writes, ihat it will be n' xt to impossible f >t ihe Czar to If vy a war contribution, as the r.-siistre-o 01 the proprietois of land have been all but cut off by the prohibition to export grain. Deprived of their ii.Hurd market, the corn produc r* h"Y., been compelled to sell their corn for the use of the army at prices far belo v i s value. The Allies are seeking to unite all the secondary state* of the Continent in a general European co.liuou against Russia, and tile work is making steady progress. The majoiily of the States of the Germanic Confederation are making arrangements for putting their cnniingenries on a war footing Their number of ho!*e isnearK ewrywht re completed. In II nover and the Duchy of Nassau Ihl" recruits are ordered to join their respective corps in the course of lie pre-ent u.o..th. It is expected that Hanover will prohibit the exportation of horse*. The supply of charcnal in the Camp ran short a few days I ago, but vessels have since arrived with sufficient for six days' rouMimption. The daily consumption amounts to foitv thousand pounds. On the 26th ult. the Emperor and Empress ol Russia each I addressed a rescript to General Cngorievitscb. who com- mands thj Cosraeks of ihe Don, thanking liini for the con- gratulations ^addressed to their Maj siies on the occa sion ofthe new year. In the rescript of ihe Empress is the following passage —" J offer up sincere prayers that the brave Cos>acks of Don who fight against the enemies of the Church, the Throne, and the country; may cover themselves with Iresh fclory, and soon return to the binks of their river 10 ill peace in the bosom# of their families domestic comfort and prosperity." A Russian prisioner in the camp states that a great por- tion of the present garrison of Sebastopol are Poles, and that th?y wouid one and all come over were not ajea'ous eye kept upon them. About 40 per cpnl. of the brigade of Guards were killed or wounded at It.kerman. Tiley have since received rein- forcements, and the brigade, which mustered about 2,500 men when it left England, has received some 1,50(1 men in various draught up to the end of 1 lie year. What is the preseni strength of the Brigade of Household troops-of that magnificent band who crowned the struggle of the Alma with victory, tirid beit hack the Russians hordes of Inker- man? They eould muster, including servants and all arail- abe soldiers, about 9.,0 men in the whole brigade. Since the same battle of Inkerman at least 1,000 men of the bri- gade ol Guards have been "expended,"absotbed, used up, and are no more to be seen. The hard froRt which hn« sft in is hailed with joy ns the old and true ally of 1812, come once again to the aid of Russia. Pictures are multiplied, in which the French and English are r» pre ented as bivouacing in the greatest misery before Sebastopol, and the populace a.e taught that the ice and snow and desolating hUst are sent by God in answer to :hp prayers of obe orthodox, and for the annihilation of their enemies. The intelligence from Asia is anything but gatisfs tory» Throughout nearly the whole of Kurdistan, particularly 1* the mountainous part, the Christian popn'ations, and eTCit the M ussultTians, have ris-m rather through exa>peratii n the exaction* and cruelties of the pashas and other TUlk. functionaries than from being instig ted bv any intri 'etit'o Of Russia, who. however, will not fail to try "and profit by tbe present occasion to embarrass still more the affairs of Torkef in that part 01 Asia. There have been several encounter* between the insnrgents and the Ottoman troops. Tf* battalions of the Nizam (infantry of the line) and a squad' ron of lancers were attacked and harassed in the mounta,n' within three days' march of Erzeroum. Finding tbeW* *clv s on arriving in a valley still followed by a f*snd_ o« Kurds, the Turks made a stand, and, in their turn atwekinff the other pa-ty, worsted them with loss. But their *<>* vintage cost them dear, as having imprudently pursue" their a(IvRtifnge too tar. they were surrounded and nearly all cut to pieces. In another encounter, however, a bat- tillion of the Nizani and about 250 Bashi-Bazouk> completely | dispersed the insurgents with great loss. Up to the presf1* time, the successes of both sides are rthout equal, but it cannot he denied that this commencement of revolt I" 1111 extremely serinas matter. It i" certainly high time for the Turkish Government to put a stop to the exactions hy its beys, generals, and governors in the Asiatic Pr?" vinces and toAns, as otherwise the whole county will be IØ insurrection. An important change in the command of the army in r". Crimea, which has been often talked of before. i» n0* authoritively announced. The army will be immedia')'. divided into two corps d'urmies. the command of nne which will be given to General Palissier and the other General Bosquet. This change although not equivalent to the deposition of General Canrohert from his command 111 chief. will materially diminish the importance of his prese" position.

RAILWAY TIME TABLE. SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. WEEK DAYS.—UP TRAINS. Stations jl & 2 1, 2, 3, Exp. 1, 2, 3,1, 2, 3, Jfail. 1, 2. 5 0? class, class. 1 & 2, class, class. 1, 2, 3. Starling from a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. a. m. a- Haverfordwest 9 15 1 20 4 52 Haverfordwest 9 15 1 20 4 52 Haverfordwest 9 15 1 20 4 52 Ciarbeston Koad 9 27 1 35 4 47 Narberth Road 9 47 1 55 5 7 Wliitland 9 57 2 10 5 22 St. Clears 10 11 2 25 1&2 Carmarthen 6 20 6 20 10 35 2 53 5 52 > J? Llanelly 7 11 7 11 11 16 3 46 6 37 8 Swansea 7 40 7 40 11 35 jl2 45 4 15 7 12 9 34 Neath (dep.) 8 20 8 20 12 2 1 10 4 47 7 30 Cardiff 10 10 10 10 1 4 2 45 6 29 8 48 Newport 10 45 10 45 1 25 3 12 6 58 9 15 Chepstew 11 27 11 27 1 50 3 55 7 3S 9 45 Gloucester (arr.) [12 30 12 30 2 30 jl & 2' 8 43 (10 47 Gloucester (dep.)'.12 55 12 55 2 35 5 30 8 50 ill 40 Cheltenham (arr) '12 50 12 50 3 0 5 55 9 5 112 35 Swindon (arr.). 2 19 2 19 3 50 7 15 1 13 Swindon (dep.). 2 29 5 30 4 15 7 15 1 25 Faddington 5 5 9 5 6 0 10 15 4 50 Narberth Koad is tne Station tor leuoy miti tVuio"1-' WEBK DAYS —D OVW TBAINS. j C,1,2, 3,, 1, 2, 3, 1 & 2 1, 2, 3,, Exp. Mail. [1 x class, class, class, class. 1 & 2 1 & 2 Starting from a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m.] a.m. a.m. V- Paddington 6 0 6 50 9 40 10 0 8 Swindon (arr.) 8 4'1 12 30 111 20 1 0 10* Swindon (dep.) 8 50 12 40 11 32 1 12 Gloucester (arr.) jlO 15 2 10 112 35 2 40 12 Cheltenham (dep 6 30 1.2,3 2 20 '12 0 11.2,3 .V Gloucester (dep.) 6 45 ilO 20 3 0 |l2 40 3 0 2 {. Chepstow 7 48 111 32 4 18 1 25 4 18 3 1* Newport 8 18 12 12 5 2 1 50 5 2 Cardiff 8 42 12 35 5 32 2 11 5 32 < Neath (dep.) 10 25 2 8 7 22 3 10 7 22 Swansea 8 30 10 50 2 40 7 35 3 25 7 35 » J« Llanelly 9 5 11 40 8 29 4 0 8 29 6 fc Carmarthen 9 52 12 43 9 21 4 45 9 21 7 i« St. Clears 1 6 5 2 jn Whitland 1 26 5 22 7 ?« Narberth Road 1 55 5 37 iS Narberth Road 1 55 5 37 j iS Narberth Road 1 55 5 37 iS Ciarbeston Road 2 17 5 52 «0 Ilaverfordwest 2 32 6 4 QJ- The 6.0 a.m. Train from Paddington takes Third Class P*" ser.gers for the South Wales Railway only. SUNDAYS.—UP THAI-VS. JUMUATS.-DOWS TBAjMi-S From a.m. a.m. p.m. From a.m. a.m. a.m. P" "n H. West 9 0 Pad 2 X Clar. R f 9 15 Swin. ar J Nar.Rd* 9 35 Swin. de J ii Whit 9 50 Glou. ar nS StClears 10 5 Chel. dc 8 0 li%i Carmar 10 35 6 0 Glou. de 8 20 ° T<, Llanelly, 11 2<i fi 51 Chep 9 35 'S Swan.-fe: 8 30 I 15 7 35 New. 7 38 10 13 4 48 f Neath'/e; 9 0 1 35 8 0 Cardiff. 8 3 5 13 is Cardiff. 10 42 3 3 9 41 Neathrf.; 9 50 7 0 5 New. 11 11 3 26 10 10 Swan.dellO 20 7 45 Chep. 11 51 4 10 Llanelly! 10 55 8 22 G'ou. ar 15 5 16 Carmar.ill 42 9 9 Glou. d" 1 25 5 25 StClears ."7 9 29 Choi, ar, 1 40 6 47 Whit. 9 46 Swin.ar\ 1&2 Nar.Rd* "i 10 0 Swia. de; 7 10 CI nr. Rd !l0 19 Pad. '10 0 II.West. 10 34 The Mail Train runs the same as on week days.

THE LONDON MARKETS. MOVPAY, F KBRUARY 19. «.,# Thi« morning the trad.* for wh at, birley. and o*»» been q.iite nominal, scarcely any iraiKactions faktnif PjEjit j-veil of a retail character. During the continuance of the j fliiq sl;ite of tbiyiiZ, will ptoh hlv continue, and mar ("t repn-ts he a dead le ter. A general diiinclinafion business appears to exist, even apart Irom the wea'her» ?jje this state of things must change before there is much pIS interest felt in the grain t'arif". BRITISH. or■ Shillings per Qr. Shilling* lVheat-Essem and Kent, Oafs-Engli-h feed. 2931 ■white 67 77 Ditto potato %,$ Ditto, red 62 69 Scotch feed S 3? Norfolk, Lincoln, and Ditto potato S & Yorkshire, red 63 69 Irish feed, white ?5 27 Barley—Malting new 30 32 Difto, black -7$ Distilling 31 3-2 Beans—Mazagan V- 4'2 Chevalier 32 35 Ticks .3$ Grinding 29 i$0 Harrow 46 Malt— Essex,Norfolk,and p^5C vvv, ;Vo a« Suffolk 'new 68 72 ^7,1 3 Ditto, ditto old 66 70 S6 S KiSn,Ware,&tnew 70 "4 ^Town made" h 8 it £ £ ?*% Rye 42 46 Norfolk and Suffolk FOREIGN. ra- Shillings per Qr.. ShillingsP%0 Wheat—Dantzic &Konigs- Barley—Grinding ji berg 76 84 Distilling iiff Ditto, ditto, extra 84 88 Oats—Dutch and Polands jj Rostock 76 86 Feed p American 72 82 Beans—Friesland, Hoi- 0 Pomeranian 75 78 stein & Konigsberg.- Jq 4O Silisian 75 78 Egyptian <9 Dinish and Holstein 66 75 Peas—Feeding & boilers. fii Rhine and Belgium Flour—French & Spanish Odessa and Riga 66 72 American, sour &sweet^^ IMPERIAL AVERAGES FOR LAST SIX WEEKS* s. d. J. ll Wheat 72 8 Rye jjj i Barley 33 8 Beans Tl i Oats 27 3 Peans BREAD.. i< _The pn'ce of bread in the city and at the West still maintained at 9d. to 1111. the 4lh. loaf, but in "jn, places the bakers are selling the best bread at 9d. the .j. 'oah^while in the cheap neighbourhoods they profe*8'0 SMITHFIELD MA RKET.-MONDAY, FKB.M The arrival o' cattle and sheep from the Continent i.n,?.ed» port of London during the past week hay been very l'"1 fflf The Custom House return gives an entry of only 731 °*ncf! 26 cows. 1G0 calves, and 180 sheep, making a total of '• head. The supply of beef at Smithfield to-day was 1,0 ji», sidered l itge the return gives about 3,600 bead of but the trade was nevertheless throughout the day f j,# slow, and prices declined 2d. per stone. Of j<j supply was short, but nevertleless more than jjoil' meet the demands ot the botchers, and with the exc?V •>l prime South Downs, pricec were lower by 2d per •' 0t Veal sold without animation, and the pork trade active. It is still unknown when the new market in lia'-en fields will be opened for the dispatch of business. business. Per 8 lbs. to link the offals. Coarsfc and inferior s. d. s, d. Prime coarse woolled s. d. t beasts 3 2 3 4 sheep 4 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 4 0 Prime South Down 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 sheep 4 < t Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Large calves j Coarse and inferior Prime small ditto a Sheep 3 4 3 8 Large hogs 3 a t Second quality ditto 3 10 4 2 Neat small porkers. 4

BUTTER, BACON H\MS.— TUESDAY, FEB There is a slight impmvment in the demand f"r „n butter, mid, in some instances, the quotations have 11111 upward tendency. Foreign butter moved off slowly at r.-t- In English very litt'e is doing. The bacon is quiet, and prices ace barely supported. A Go*^rn"Vr|i contract for beef has heen taken at j £ l0 10s., and £ '1 per tierce. Hams, lard, chei-se, and other 1Ir.. 01,,11. POTATO MARKETS -FRIDAY, FKB. !<>• The supplies of all kmds of poiatoes seasonab y Rc0 the demand is in an inactive Mate. Pric*»:—Scotch ,hi" 9M. fo 115s.; Yotk Regents I 109. to 1239. LincollJ ditto I10«. t > 120s per ton. HOP MAKKET, Fkidw. FKB. 16. The import* of foreiyn hops this week are 110 bale' Os'end. Fine hons are very scarce, and quite a» d?* 0fl last week. Other kinds, owin); to the lar¡te.quanut offer, are very doll. V WOOL MARKETS.—Friday. Ftb. 16.. go The pu'dic pales commenced last evening. The j1' cft were steady. an;\ very little change took place in P i' compared with the former «ene«. Privately nothing r, C" doing. The imports are only 4"> bales from Leghorn. (per rent prices of English woal :—Southdown hogget?" I'1.) 18. to Is. I.I., hall-bred boss Is. to Is. 0jl'v elothiiitf lid. to Is. Kent fleet-es Is. to Is. Id., L>al ehe* fl-'« cr-s I1J-I. to Is. I., flannel wool lid. to Is. Id., bla" wool 9 I. to Is., com1 ing skins lid. to Is.

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