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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     G 
     
    
   
   
    
     TTE. MARCH 12. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘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. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     s. 
     
    
   
   
    
     .‘‘V 
     
    
   
   
    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     S 
     
     l 
     
    
   
   
    
     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. 
     
    

    
     li. (,‘llr\l’[’I'lI.. 
     
    
   
   
    
     JOHN IIA Ii PER, 
     
     Auctioneer and Cflmtlllssifill Mercliant, 
     
     (Queen-SI, in Mr. 1)..~l,risu_r/It IiuiIrli7ig.r,) 
     
     Solicits the patronage r-f tl:-- pnl.li<-, and will endea- 
     
     vor to merit the eontidi-m~i- I" nil who "nay favor ‘m 
     
     with business in the above line. I"cli_ ll, I856, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cigars ! (.‘.igai-s! ! 
     
     B‘0Il SAl.I'}itt VERY Low I'nici~.s. 'I‘lie Sub- 
     
     scribers have reeeirt.-d-— 
     
     22,000 superior Cheroots, 
     
    
   
   
    
     on Ccnsigniiicnt, with iiistructioris to r lli.-ct a speedy 
     
     l’e. 
     
    
   
   
    
     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- 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. 
     
    

    
     These Bolts have neatly turned heads and are cfi'ared 
     
    

    
     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 
     
    
   
   
    
     NOTI 
     
    

    
     Piaasons wanting the services ofcliildren In 
     
    

    
     Apprentices or oilterwisr. from 10 years old 
     
     and Ilp\\1H'Ils,f'.tli he assisted in pr:-eiiring such, if 
     
     early iipplicaiion is made at the office of l\,Ir, '1‘, 
     
     Sruwanr, in I):-sIlrisay’s Buildings. 
     
    

    
     Dec. 15th. 1865. 
     
    
   
   
    
     APPRENTICE tvAN_'i‘isTi:' 
     
     B10Plll’:l;e Tanning and Carrying Illlilllelg up- 
     
    
   
   
    
     WILLIAM B. DAWSON,