Ganr Fins: A1‘ CONITAYITINOPLI.-—()n the night of Friday or Saturday a ﬁre brolte out in one of the kiosks of the pa- lace of Haidar Pacha, inhabited by a de- tachment of the 13th Light Dragoons. It originated in the room of a married soldier, and, in spite ofall exertions which were made, consumed that wing of the building and most of the clothes and arms of the men. The whole rambling palace of Haidar Paclia is a succession of wooden houses, most of them old and as easily ignited as tinder. Every precau- tion had been taken to prevent accidents, in the evening all ﬁres had to be put out and patrols went round to see that this was done. But it requires only a neg- lected span; to ignite this seasoned wood, which, moreover, as all Turkish buildings have a coating of oil paint. The ﬁremen sent out from England were on the spot and in the very beginning, and, so little apprehensions did the tire excite at first that they tried to put it out by throwing buckets of water on it, and the men, in- stead of removing their things, helped only to put out the fire. They did not know what the wooden houses of Con- stantinople arc, and tlitts lost their hag- gage. I"ortunately there was not it breath of wind, and so by great exertions the ﬁre was ceriﬁncd to the ltiosk where it originated. liven the nearest building, seperated only by a few yards from the kiosk and intended for it regimental hos- pital, was saved. This was chieﬂy done by the zeal of it soldier of the l3th, who is by profession a ﬁreman. lie stood upon the frail balcony of the threatened building and directed the hose of the fire engine. Ilow great the danger was you may iinagine, as the whole side of the building facing the ﬁre i~i charred. The rest of the soldiers were not behind in their exertions and I)l.'lltlVC(I well. Geri. Stroks proceeded to the spot as soon as he was informed of what had occurred, and superinteiided personally the extin- gtiisliing of the fire. While there he had an accident. A piece of wall near which he was standing crumbled down and frightened his horse, which wheeled siid- denly around atid fell with liitn, without, however, hurting hint seriously. Strange- ly enough the wind got tip just after the ﬁre was subdued, else it would have I ecn impossible to have saved the rest of the palace and the newly erected stables. which are only separated by the road from the kiosk. The men who ltave been deprived of their quarters by the ﬁre have been divided among the other regiment. An inquiry has been ordered to ﬁnd out the cause of the ﬁre, and pitti- ish those who were guilty of neglect. At the same time all stoves have been remov- ed.—Times Correspondent.

COMMERCIAL

The approaching conferences at Paris for the discussion of the propositions for the re-establishment of peace, and the ar- rival of better accounts from the other side of the Atlantic with regard to the paciﬁc solution of our differences with the Government of the United States, have been the leading features in the corn- tncrcial history of the week; and as re- gards both points, everything progresses satisfactorily. The belief in the result of the conference leading to an honourable- and permanent peace nppears more ﬁred

HASZARD’S 'GAZE

Tﬂl SULTAN A1‘ All INGLIIII BALL.

On Thursday, the 31st of January. the ra- mour spraad all at once that the Sultan would attend thebalcoslunie at the English Embassy. It seemed scarcely credible that the successor of the Cali hs, the spiritual and temporal head of the Ma oinedan religion, would go to see

lkas and waltzes perlormed—yet so it was.

tirly in the afternoon, the narrow main street of Peru bore an unusually excited aspect ; num- bers of people had taken up their positions in the neighbourhood of the Embassy to witness the Sultan's passage. The Turkish dignitaries, who where all to be present at his arrival, were encnmbering the streets with their horses and carriages. An English gurrd of honour, ‘composed of detachments of Guards and High- landers, with tho band of the 1st Regiment of the German Legion at their head; murcliod up to the sound of military music. and lined the ‘approaches of the palace.

A lock :1 ﬁre lighted on the heights above the Imperial Palace of Tcheragan, fol- lowed by ti. salvo of artillery from Galutu Sarui, was the signal that the Sultan had left his

alace. little before nine he arrived at the gito of the I‘lllll)dl8y, escorted by it detachment ofthc 12th L‘.|llCel't', and t\ guard of honour composed of British ollicers of all urtiis. At his approach the troops who lined the outer courtyard presciited arms. and the hand struck up the “ Sultan's inarcli," and “ God save the Queen." The court itself was illuminated with numerous lamps and adorned with transpir- rencics, which, however, owing to the blasts of wind, were only partially sucr-r-ssl'iil.

At the great staircase. which was crowded with oﬂieers of the allied armies and Turkish dignitaries, the Sultan was received by tho .\inb.iss:tdor and his whole pr-rswrni.-l. Accent- pzinicd by them he passed amid the crowd of guests who were already iissenililed into the

allrooni. There an nrnicliair on a raised dais, covered with carpets, was prt-pared for him, which he was conducted. llaring sat down, with the l‘0p|'eSt3|ll:ll.l\’t‘.S of the foreign Powers on one side, and the Turkish digiiitarics in at- tendance on the other, he hid st-rcral of the ladies presented to him. ’1‘heii the dancing berntn, which seemed to excite his interest con- sidcrably, and he stood up in order to have a better view of the proceedirigs. .\fter looking on for about an hour, he expressed his desire to be slicwri into the rcfreslnncnt :' ‘ "". Wlleru llc pctrtook oft-iliglit rclreshnient. Ilo intended to return once more to the ballroom, but he found the ll1‘d.t too intense, so, after rcinaining in the rel'rt-shineiit-rooni for some time. his Imperial Majesty tiok his do zirture. ’I'akin;; the :iin- bass.id«-r by the lltlllt , he tlesceiiuictl the stair- eatss accouiptinii-d in the some lll'Illll0l‘ its on his

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‘kind of sanction to the concessions which are

to be made to the non-hlahoinetan subjects of the Porto. With the abolition of the rtvllegcsi of the Mahornetan ruling race, their arid, the Sultan descends, by his own free will, from the exceptional position which he has hitherto ob- served with regard to the representatives of Christian Powers. Old Turkey is dead and gone ; the ball on Thursday last was the burial ceremony, and the lively strain of polkas and waltzes its funeral rnarch.—'I'r’mes Corrnpon.

THE CONFERENCE.

Lord Clarendon leaves London this mor- ning for Paris to attend the approaching Conference, and will arrive in the French capital the same evening. Several of his allaches have already preceded him. The representatives of the several Powers are itlso on their way to the satne place ; but it is said, that the Conference will not open before the 23rd inst., and the Turkish Min- nister cannot be in Paris before the 23rd. Count Orloff‘, the Russian Plenipotentiary, u-as at Berlin on the 14th, and left yester- day for the scene ofliis new duties, where he will be assisted by Baron Brunow, so long the Russian minister at the English Court.

If we may judge from the tone of the St. Prtersburg papers, the Czar is sincerely dcsirotis of peace, and his organ in Brussels breathes the most paciﬁc intentions. This is well, buta new difliculty lins arisen in a quarter where it was least expected. The intelligence from the Crimea is to the effect, that the prospect ofa peace is extremely unpopular with the French army there, and as ltouis Napoleon cannot afford to be independent ofthe army, this feeling may have an iniportniit effect on the forthcoming negotiations. \Ve hope that this statement, if not untrue; is exaggerated ; but we fear that our allies in the Crimea do not share the views ofthe head ofthe French people. But whatever may lie the feeling of the soldiers of Fraiice, it is pleasant to know, that the Frencli nation is decidedly favoura- ble to a tcrniination of hos-tilies, atid this fact cnriiiot fail to streiigthcit the moral firnincss ofllw Emperor.

\\"ith regard to our own Pat-liaint-iit, it Illust be admitted, that great discretion has been shown on this delicate suliject since

_A‘:‘C.0Ul)Il from Tiﬂis state, that General Williams was unwell. I00 brass guns taken from Kim have been mounted in one of the squares of Tiﬂig,

REBUIIPTION or S'ri-uia Coiiuvnicu-ioit WITH CANADA.-—Tll8 ﬁrst of six new screw steamers to run between Canada and Liverpool will commence operations on the ‘23rd of April, when the North America Wlll lcuve Montreal for Liverpool rcttirning from this port on the 24th of May. ‘When all the stenrriers of the line are btiilt the communication by them will be semi-nionthly.

IMPORTANT” - Household Furniture, Stock, Crop, Farming Implements, ac.

' TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION at “DlJi_vHA'i'1‘Aiti", the residence of _ Captain McIntosh, about two miles l . roin tho City, on tho Princetcwn Road. 0n_lllUliSl).\Y, the 27th MARCH, the whole of his valualile Household Furniture, Stock, Crop.

Farming Utensils, &c., &.c. I“""'l'""|F 0f 5ﬂ|*‘. GM‘ . virle Catalogues, to be had on application to the Aiictioni.-er.

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Ame, TO LET OR, FOR S.»\l.l". “ DUNIlA'l"I‘AN " the Freehold Property of 1.‘.-iptnin M'Intosli. The Farm consists of:l6 acres of cleared Land, in a sgw_d sis-«cur rultiviilioii. well 9...-imea, nndsnb. 'I‘lie House is nearly new, well fiirisilitzd, rind tmntiiodiuua, and will [,3 Let uitli 5 acres, I0 acres or the whole of the lmllli its may be required. T‘ For l'II|t‘|‘ pnrllt'ultIril, npply to Captain

M‘Iiitoi\li_ art the prciiiir-:s, (if to the suliscyibcy. .IAllll-IS .'\lt)lIlllS, Auctioitear. Clittrloltetowii, Feb. 7.

TO LET’. ' 'I‘llE PR I-2.\ll.~'I~)S in KING S'I‘RI".E'I‘, now in the iircupation of MR. NICHO- LA! Wllniizis-—-pvinumi.-iriri given 1st day of May next. l‘or further particulars

.lt)lll\' IlRl".CKEN.

spptc Feb 20, test-'. Pine Timber, Shingles, étc. ’l‘III‘:'stllI§(ilIIlt’l‘ olfunt for h ](,'(| 10“, of IlI||"llIll(‘ItI I’ll\'l'} 'l‘li\llil~Il\‘. from one to

the comineiiceiiiciit of the session. All parties have carefully avoided saying ti

arrival, and soon the gains of G.i|atii. St-rui an- nounced that ho was on his way lD.lt'.h'. Ilc did not return to his palace, lint pissed the ni~_;ht in it kiosk liclongin-v to his brotlicr-in-law, .\hincd Fethi l’atsli§t. l

One must I'elllt‘lIIl)Cl‘ I.IlO religious preju lives of the .\Iahotiicd;inri against all trivial niiinsc- nients, and the strict rules of etiquette which

Sult:in with the 1'L'l|l‘-‘.'iL‘lllt|ll\'t.‘tsl of foreign l’o\rers, in order to npprecittlc this act of the Sultan to its full extent. \\'hat in other cour- trics would be a polite lint iiisig_;riiﬁc:iiit cere- mony receives here a certain political impor- t.ince. It is the first time that tl. Sultan of the Ottonian empire has honoured the house of the representative of a ore‘ ri Power with his presence. As the successor of the l’i-ophct and Sliahin Shah, or King of Kings, the Sultan in the eyes of his Mulionicdun stilvjccls <-aiinut deal on u looting of t-quality with any other Sovereign. In :4 iite of the lessons of modern history, and the tllonhts of the more enlightened ntnong the Muliomedaiis, this idea is still the prevalent one among the masses. who rcineni her only the time when the Sultan was the undisputed Lord of tho Maltoiiicdati East, and ropresentaives of foreign Powers were only tolerated at Constantinople. The fact of the Sultan's visiting the house of a foreign Ambus- sador is more calculated to open their eyes to the real state of the case as it is at present, than any other, and it required a certain amount of moral courage in the Sultan to make this first stop to break down these liilsc but cherished ideas by his own free will. The way in which lie was done shows, liowever, that he entered fully into the spirit of this new position. Ilia taking rcfrcshinonts, however trivial it may secni to Europeans, is full of meaning in this respect. Every act of tho Ta"-.iIt.iii‘s private life is so jealously concealed front crcry eye that nobody hxccpt his chief etiiineh is allowed to attend at his inenla. This rule, originally iii-

oii the public mind, while the advices brought by the Baltic from the United States-convey assurances that the ori- pleasant causes at issue with America will be explained to tho mutual satisfac- tion of both countries. All doubts re- specting thc intention of Government to resort to another loan are set at’-rest by the publication on the London Stock Ex- change to-day of ti communication from

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tended as a safeguard against poisoning, forins in tho eyes or his people it tiinc-lionored tis.i,;'- religiously observed. Every contact with his person is likewise strictly forliiddun by usage to all strangers, the only exception being made at tho Bairani, when the liighcst dignitiries. and only these, are allowed to kiss his feet : and at the hall on Thursday’ he took the .\iiili.i.~is:tt‘ by the hand and walked down with him t‘:. whole length ofthe staircase to his ctrriag.-, ii. the presence ofa crowd of attendants and ore-igncrs.

But this act gains the greatest irnport:incc-

the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

were always kept tip in all relations of the |)-

word \\I|lCl1 could complicate the difficulties Wlllcll it is the object of the eoriferciice to settle, and this wise course will rio doubt be .ptir.-‘tit-d until the matter has been brought to u satisfactory close, or hostilities have been l'l'll('.\\'etl. The war fever, too, on the 'irt ofthe people of this country has been corisidorahly cooled down during the last few weeks, now that the press has almost unanimously avoided discussing the ques- tion; uiid ifthc war be renewed, which we sincerely hope may not he the case, a feel- ing ofrcgret will be general that more lives must be sacrificed and more money expend- cd in a cause which is likely to he so barren of results. The disclosures which have recently transpired respecting the fall of Knrs, show the utter wortlilessncss of the people in whose cause we have been fight- ing, and these distressing revelations will not be without their effect in the event of the contest recommcncing.

The chances are greatly in favour of a lasting peace ; but the preparations for the next campaign are pushed tbrward with an energy which knows no abatctncnt. The gun and mortar boats, which oti lit to have been ready twelve months bac , are itow fully equipped, and this determined attitude will aid materially in inducing Russia to listen to the terrris which the Western Powers will dictate. In the organ which is supposed to reflect Mr. I)israeli’s views, a strong stand is made in favour of udniit- ting Prussia to the approaching Conference in I’.-iris; but the feeling is almost entirely confined to the journal in question: Every o ‘e knows that the conduct of Prussia from lllﬂ,t}OlI‘llllt‘llCClll(Vlll. ofthe struggle has been utterly contemptiblc, and it would he be- iteatli the tligiiity ofthe Allies to admit her, except on conditions which would (‘.(iltlpt:l hi,-r, ifthc war '.~‘Il‘)|ll(l lio rt-iii-.i\'ed, to ai:-:~.n- don the plcnsint neutrality which she has so conveiiiently assumed. The policy of ,\u-ti-in has been sufficiently tlubloua tlirnngliout; but that Power has displayed sotnc sympathy in our successes, while ll-om I’nissi:i we have met with nothing better

from he time at which it happens. It is it

than ill -disguised hostility.

two tact sqttnrv long li-n»_vi!..~_ in lots to suit pur- eliasrrs. Also, 8 or In pg.-q-4-g _s.,;.;.[,1u 1...-in,“-- sprits. .'inrl 70,000 prime .81 l l fsl-' l .l-IS.

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ll.-\.~"/.Altl) ¢\’r. OWEN. Carriage Bolts. ASZAIH) 8L UVVEN have received It In

Stock ofthe ab0va—of the following iiizes:—

1.81101‘!-I. DIAMETER. I} Inches by j 6-11‘: 3.3 is; -i 3 -16 so 2 “ j 5-16 3-8 2; -- 1 6-16 3.3 3 “ I--I 5-16 3-8 at " 1-4 5-16 3.3 7-16 5 4 “ 4 7-I6 8-

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r sale at frmn 25 to 50 per cent lower than they can be made for on the Island.

Pure Corn Starch. PAI.ATA[lI.I'Z. Nourishing and Healthy, uiu~qu:il- led for rich PUlIDl.‘G§, nit-e Blane Jfullgc I‘t‘es. Ciuitarda. Crrkrs, Grirlzllr Cu/.'Nr, 1’O7'Tfl1g‘I‘S’ Ice Creams, &c. .4 great Drlicricy /‘’*r all. and a choice Diet for Invaliiln and (.'lrt'Irlrcn. For

sale by .lune7 W R WATSON

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Dec. 15th. 1865.

APPRENTICE tvAN_'i‘isTi:' B10Plll’:l;e Tanning and Carrying Illlilllelg up-

WILLIAM B. DAWSON,