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gibe erpreoo. TO CORRESPONDENT& iligiednomb blea4ollloe "TM lizprew." lcodsa IMAM( piper. not be at Ur Ms g. 10. Boartaiwasst. by Tee Aka OS do oby of publiellan. HIGH Wall AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAT—manis. 416 tha...—Aftinces, far ipsoasow—Minig, .....Aftersocia. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7. LATEST FROM ABROAD. VIENNA, AWL 3. The Vienna Prue* of to-day states that it has intelligenoe from its correspondent at Bucharest that by express order from St. Petersburg the obstacles hitherto opposed by the Russian authorities to the re, navigation of the Lower Danube hare at length been completely and thal'y removed, so far as the vends of neutral states ale concerned. • We learn by telegraph that the Trieste Gazette bas similar intelligence from Bucharest—Daily Noes. THE BUBDIESB OF THE HOUR. Ix Vienna negotiation is at a stand. Prince Goarctuaorr cannot receive an answer from Petersburg before the 10th, and in the meantime the Ministers assembled in the capital of Austria are obliged to condos their talk to the weather, or any @abject equally safe. The reply to Prince GOILTCILt -1017 is, however, waited for, more as a tribute to diplomatic decorum than from any lingering expeo• thtion that it can change the aspect affairs have assumed. The belief that a peace can be arranged at present has bees abandoned by all parties. The diplomatic circle assembled at Vienna acknowledge with one consent that the war must go on. The negotiators us naturally reluctant to confess, ,even to themselves, that their labours have been latterly fruitless. By a pardonable self-deception sentries to persuade themselves that they have hest settled the basis upon which peace will tdti innately be concluded, when the time for renewing ziesgetiations arrives. But impartial bystander.— . .WM have no reputation staked on the issue o/ the Vaidmeness—may be allowed to doubt whether any ieMbirstery Ws of peace can be agreed upon at pre• sent. The events of the war must determine that basis; and who can foresee at this moment what those eventful, to be? The business of the present hour is to carry an the war on a scale commensurate with its importanos— with that vigour which alone can ensure moms& The insane notion that Russia is to be ornmphd up" by merely clenching the band has bees pretty well dissipated. The Runless are sot by nature a warlike race ; they prefer the more tan. glibly remunerative enterprises of commerce ; but they are enterprising in their own way—they are endowed with en inexhaustible fund of dogged, pas sive courage—they are led on by able generals--end the mass of the people have just attained to that degree of civilisation which admits of their being imbued with a fanatical faith in the right divine of kings or emperors! Russian power of national en durance is not to be tested by the same standard is that of other European nations, for the social con- edition of Russia has more in common with an Amy- Ajtan or an Aztec empire than with modern Eu ropean civilisation. Abstractedly, we may take for granted that either France or England is more than a match for Russia—much more both combined. But when we come to details, we find ourselves so ignorant of Russian resources, and Russian modes of thought aid feeling, that it is utterly impossible to conjecture beforehand how loos it will require to bring the Russian Government to sue for peace on any terms, or to we clearly what means must be adopted • to reduce it to such a condition of conscious weak ness. All that can be done is to urge on the war promptly, resolutely, vigorously—to feel our way as we go, and adapt our conduct to circumstances. But oven at this early stage, it is evident that one thing is indispensable to success—that our Government lay aside that dileUasste, pazz-eeiraists spirit by which they have hitherto been porsemed. The demon Laissez-faire, which has so long haunted our Government offices, must once for all be exor cised and laid in the Red Sea. System and order must be introduced into the management of the army and all the auxiliary civil services. Able and ener getic men must be sebatituted in all posts and de partments for deeded incapables. This second re quisite is even of more consequence than the first. The worse our system of military administration— the more difficult and tedious the task of remodelling it—the more necessary it is to employ men d sagacity, inventiveness, and enterprise. Till our military system is amended—while the work of amendment is in progrese—the personal qualities of the men employed must be such as to compensate fir the deficiencies of the system. The national prestige Is at stake, sod all other otnsideratioos must give way to that of maintaining intact the national rape tation--almost ea _indispensable as the national strength to oar security. All consideraScos of pro- Besienel etiquette—of the prior claims of seniority ar titular rank—must be over-ridden if neemeary is ceder that the right men may be installed in the right please. la the army an estbe change of the heads of departesing, we regret to say, with the Commemiels4lMd —must take place. Slowly and sindandy have we arrived at this esmieden. Ae bolt how often the Engliebeaser dielbalPs Say and impetuous spirit beneath an apses& mitotic. We gave Lord RAGLAN the benefit d the presump. dos that his apparent listlessness and helplessness might be merely the results of an undemonstrative nature--that he was active and provident beyond what deportment towards his soldiers induced men to give him credit for being. But accumulated evidence has hosed arm as the conviction that is his ease the ester is bet toe tree an index of the laser man. Lord Sous may be a competent General of Divides, but he is utterly inadequate to the arduous shame of Ceseassder-in.Chid—a judgment of him pesonaced by the greatest living English authority is military matters before the Crimean expedition leR Versa. Lordlttotax, in the words of Marshal Sr. Aairtun, boa ell the valour of the old heroic times. He is siseseely attached to hi. profession. He hue die shagged Irremediably the math» duties of sub athlete employments. Bet a Commander-in-Chief law be mere than this. Let any one consult Gun woods "'Wellington Beepatehes i r and • lee will 1.1 that great man, throughout the Penissalar war, eAtaadiag to—provitiag for—everything by his own Ikea* end emetics. His eorrespondeam about the posed% el pals Ike bin stay is a model by which ear moat sagasiess and extensive corn-dealere might pelt. Lord Raman has been coMeated to have all them this's does for him traawa • to throw the blame of Mod individuak er the liendsot - depwastenb. Ma.heeemen . the iseepasity el his staff, yet. hie tali he step to • s• Prn PINDA&'s —peal Ot Farmer Gum; invested by the dent of birth with the character of Onconak the KINO, might, with a few slight change., be made exactly applicable to Lord RAGLAN, is his actual position. The first indis sable pee-requisite to the MOMS of the war in East is the meal or resignation of Lord Itsoulf. And one main object of such rectal or resignation to have a man placed at the head of the army who would begin by making a dean sweep in every de partment under him. Young, ardent, enterprising men are required, not only to carry into effect any Army Reform resolved upon by the Home Government, but to suggest from their own observation and ex perience the details of each a reform, and to supply the existing want of system by their own high qualities till the reform can be weird into effect.—Daily News. 'in the Crimes the following . report, dated March 23 : Monsieur la Marfichal,—We had *last night a most hotly contested combat, one very glorious for oar pc* on oar right attack, opposite the Malakoff Tower. 'About 11 -o'clock at night the enemy attempted a general mortis on this aide, in which be nOpreri to have employed no less than fifteen battalions, stated by the Russian prisoners to be each one thotuand strong. These troops, divided into two columns, advanced in a body and with savage howling! attacked the head of the roadway we have formed in front of our parallel for reaching the ambuscades previously occupied by the enemy, embnioades which it is our intention to con nect strongly one with another, so as to make of them a place dames. Repulsed three times and three times led back by their officers, the Russians were compelled to abandon their plan of occupying this point, which was defended by some companies of the 3rd Regiment of &caves, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Banon. The combat there was obsti nate and has cost us dear, but has inflicted on the seem Meese far greater than ours, and proportioned to the sessises he brought up. The Colonel of the Wash, Janin, of the Ist Regiment of Zonaves, dirested the efforts made at this spot, and fought pmenaally with rare energy. He was covered with blood from two wounds which he received in the head, but which fortunately are not serious. The efforts of the enemy, who could only pull down the still empty gabions, et this spot, being without effect, were next directed against the left of our parallel, towards the ravine of Harabelnia, where he was warmly received by a fire of musketry, and was unable to penetrate. He then suddenly threw himself upon the right of the English parallel, contrived to cross the works, and found himself in the rear of our left,whicb for an instant wee exposed to a murderous fire in reverse. General Autemarre, who commanded in the trench, made the neoessary dispo sitions with his accustomed vigour and composure. The 4th battalion of infantry champ», coming up to assist, was sent into the ravine, where it threw itself valiantly upon the enemy, who being himself exposed suffered considerable loss, and was repulsed to return no more. _ _ _ Further to the left, the English, who had not been able to collect more forces then left them much in ferior in number to the assailants, attacked the enemy with their wonted courage, and after a warm struggle, compelled him to retreat Still farther to the left, the English had been attacked by a sortie, having the appearance of a diversion, and which they very soon reckoned with. This operation of the besieged has differed cora pletely from all those which he has hitherto attempted ' against our works. In order to insure its success, and notwithstanding the strength of the garrison, , considerable as that u, he brought up from without two regiments (eight battalions) of fresh troops (those of Dnieper and Onglitch). It was a species of general assault against onr lines of communication, and the combination appeared uncommonly well devised for obtaining a great result. The importance of this failure on the part of the besieged ought to beestimated by the greatness of the object he had in view. The prisoners we have made state that his loss has been enormous, and taking into account the masses he em ployed, we think that this combat, irregular as all nocturnal combats are, and the firing at which lasted several hours, must have cost him at least from 1,000 to 1,200 men. The ground in front of our wallets is strewed with the dead, and General Osten-Backen has just demanded of us an armistice, which has been granted and fixed for to-morrow, in order that the last honours may be paid to the fallen. Our own loss, of which General Bosquet has only been able as yet to end me an approximative esti mate, is very sensible, and cannot be less than 300 or 320 killed and wounded. We have especially to re gret the death of the Chef de Bataillon of Engineers, Dumas, a superior officer of great merit and promise who fell gloriously. Re was killed by bayonet stabs , after being already wounded at the head of the works of attack. You, marshal, knew and esteemed him ; your regret will equal our own. The same fate has befallen the Chef de Bataillon Bacon, of the 3rd Regiment of Zonaves, who has disappeared, and who it is supposed was killed. I shall forward to you later a report in full of our loss. I have nothing to add to what I have said in my previous despatches respecting the sanitary state of the troops. It is satisfactory. I am informed that many families, swayed by pre conceived ideas perfectly legitimate in themselves, are astonished that no exchange of prisoners has yet taken place in the Crimea, and that they address to you on this subject complaints and urgent en treaties. That may be presumed at least from the great number of private letters that have been received here. On this point I can but reply, that, in concert with Lord Raglan, I wrote about it to the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian army in the month of Jimmy lest. Prince Mentchikoff answered shortly after that he was going to refer it to his government, and that its decision should be . subsequently made known to us. Thus the matter rests for the present, and I do not think it becomes us to break a silence that they seem disposed to maintain. Deign to swept, Monsieur le Marechal, the homage of my respectful devotion. The General-in-Chief, CANROBERT. (nom ma pm.) CAMP ABOVE BEBA DAILY d„ liAzos 23. A sortie made by the Russians last night, first against the French advanced trench, and subsequently against the advanced works of the En glish, near the Mamelon redoubt, led to considerable 'loos on all sides, but chiefly on that of the attacking force. The dope of the Mamelon-hill is strewed with the Russian dead, and many of their bodies are lying in the fare within our arid the French line of breutworks. The following appears to be the most connected account of the attack ; and the details, as they be come known by degrees, are found to accord with it• About 11 p.m., or a little after, the French were busily eieloyed in &dreaming their gig-sag, and con , meting the ambuscades, which they had taken from the Remises in front of their advanced work at the foot of the Ilanielon-kill. Three eisapanito of the 3rd Regiment of Zona.., the regiment which lately suffered near the same spot, were defending the ambuscades, and some men of the 30th Regi ment of the line were working under the direction of the Vagina/re. The evening had been clear, and the new moon and stars had given sufficient light to render visible objects within ordinary range, bat the moon at early and the sky became clouded shortly after. Taking advantage of this darks's, a Russian force advanced spinet the French. They seem to have formed behind the redoubt, and, dividing into two columns, to have come round the hill, both 00 the right and on the lett, throwing out their !skir mishers as they almost In this way they. oar trived to peas the ambuscades on either tank, keep ing onward towards the main line of entrenchment about fifty yard' farther on. It was not until just as the Russians had reonhed the parapet of the trench, that the soldiers is the ambuscades found them. Selves surrounded. Contrary to A s i r i sui p custom the Pianism preserved the strictest silence, and it was ably witia they commenced the stud tight against the troops in the 'drained vior4 and against them the ambuscades, that they shouted their venal shrill hurrah. The men in till • trench seem to have been takes completely by set, - APRIL arra psi, =nods des Aoglais r and the French officer then gave the order which prevented his men from at once firing land giving the alarm. The attack commenced on the right, the Russians jumping upon the parapet ; but in a moment it was universal. The troops in the ambuscades found themselves cut off from the trench, and completely surrounded. The troops in the trench iteelt found themselves attacked by an overpowering force, end, keeping up a fire against their assailants, were at first compelled to retire. But the desperate struggle was at the ambuscades. The Zouaves fought like madmen, and numbers fell from the fire of their and from wounds inflicted by their bayonets and by blows from the butt-ends of their pieces, as they became closely pressed. It was only when they found all efforts unavailing against the powerful force arrayed against them on all sides,—when they found themselves destitute of all support from reinforce ments from the works in their rear—that the Zeugmas fell back, which they did fighting as they retired. A serious proportion of their small band fell killed or wounded. On reaching the trench they had still to fight for possession of the ground, but shortly after supports arrived and the Russians were driven from the work with great slaughter. At first the attack was confined to the French works on the Mamelon-hill. There were 800 men in the corresponding advanced works on the English side, but as the entrenchments comprising the 2nd and 3rd parallels on Frenchman's-hill, and the batteries connected with them, extend over very long hoes of ground, this force was very widely scattered. They consisted of troops from the 97th, 34th, 7th, 19. h, snd 90th Regiments, and were under the immediate order of Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, of the 34'11 Regiment. When the attack on the French commenced, the fire from the men in the ambuscades against the Russians on their left flank fell thickly amongst the English on the extreme right of the third parallel. This end of the work, like that on the left of the French, was open, and separated by little more than the breadth of the ra vine. The troops were therefore ordered to move a little higher up the entrenchment, in a direction toward the left. Some time elapsed after the fight ing had become general in the French works, when some troops were observed moving along the English trench. As they had not come over the parapets from the other side, but bad moved in a direction from the French work, it was at first taken for granted that these were French soldiers. The mistake was discovered, and our men were ordered to charge. At first stooping and moving quietly, they came upon the enemy almost unobserved; but when within a short distance they poured in a volley, gave an English hurrah, and charged. The Russians did not wait to see what a small number was coming down upon them, but clambering over the parapet and running along the trench towards the ravine, they fled in confusion. Captain the Hon. Cavendish Browne, of the 7th Fusiliers ' and Captain Hadley Vicars, of the 97th Regiment, appear to have particularly distinguished themselves by their gallantry. Captain Vicars, leading on some men of his regiment, chased the enemy over the parapet, and followed toward the ravine. His arm was elevated in the act of waving his sword, while he was turning to cheer on the men, when a ball struck him in the arm-pit, and he fell. He died on his way to camp, while being carried on a stretcher, either from haemorrhage of from the ball having penerated the chest. Captain Browne was also killed, and his body was found to be penetrated by no less than four balls in the chest and two in other parts of the body. About the same time that some of the Russians entered the third parallel at the open end near the ravine another body contrived to get into the work by mounting over the parapet at some distance off on the left, at a spot from which the covering party had been drawn off for the purpose of defending the right. They also were quickly driven back. I have not heard our exact loss in accomplishing these objects, but about thirty-four wounded only have been brought into camp. Lieut.-Colonel Kelly, who commanded the covering party on Frenchman 's -hill, is missing, and fears ars entertained for his safety. Lieut. William Jordan, of the 34th Regiment, who had exchanged duty with another officer for the evening, was killed. Major Gordon, of the Royal Engineers, who for some time had command of the siege opera tions, and whose name is so completely associated with the works on Frenchman's-hill, and many of those now held by our allies on the . right, was wounded severely, having been struck by two musket balls in the arm. The French loss is very much greater; u many as 130 killed, and nearly 400 wounded being named. As appears generally to happen, the chief las was among the Zouaves. Some of the Imperial Guard, who were brought as a rein forcement, also suffered severely. Immense bodies of French troops moved towards the Pdamelon after the attack, in the expectation that it would be renewed, but the troops remained within their respective lines for the remainder of the night. Lord Raglan was at the scene of contest at an early hour this morning. Among the dead left in the advanced work on Frenchman's-hill is an officer, who was supposed to be a Russian, but papers on his person lead to the Isupposition that he was a Greek in Russian pay. Three other bodies are recognised as being those of Armenians. The French also state that there were many Greeks fighting against them in their attack. Soon after the opening of the fire upon the French works, a heavy cannonade was commenced against the line of defence of the Russians. The two new Russian batteries on the heights on the east side of Careening Bay—both of which are now folly:armed— the Round Tower, and the Redan works replied, and in a short time the enemy discharged more shot and shell than they have done altogether for a week or ten days past. Rockets were also discharged against the town from the Victoria redoubt, and also from a new rocket battery on the left. The powerful glare of light, which illuminates for a long . distance round, at the moment of starting of these misfiles, exhibited strong bodies of the enemy on the summit of the Mamelon-hill, and a heavy fire of shell was thrown in that direction. Some buildings in the town were set on fire, and the wind, which was blowing strongly, together with a heavy shelling in the direction of the flames, prevented the fire from being extinguished until this morning. During the last week a constant fire has been kept up against the Mambo redoubt itself, both from the French batteries on the right and the English on the left. In spite of this craw fire, and of the regular approaches of the French who are working by zig zag up the hill; the Russians have contrived not only to hold, but also partly to arm the redoubt. The working parties must have suffered severely; for the fly, both from the French and English batteries has been exceedingly weU directed, shells frequently fall ing in the very centre of the redoubt, and the round shot striking the half-finished permute. Embrasures have been out for eight gnus. They are masked at present with gabiona and famine* but the dark colour of these temporary obstructions renders the opening in the parapet very obvious by contrast with the light coloured earth of the parapet itself. Though the skirmishes between the Russian riflemen and the French have been frequent, the foram have set yet be* forced to abandon the large upper ambuscade which they threw up, although more than aloe they have been com pelled to Tilt it temporarily. There are also many small detached rile pits, small covers of sand or stones for riflemen, mattered about the upper part of the hilL From a distance they appear l&e the little mounds of earth which are thrown up by some ani, mal which is burrowing underground. For some days past it has been known that the Russians bed field pieces in the redoubt, foe its protection in can of attack. Two of them were brought out, and em ployed to discharge grape in the direction of the French line during the attack last night. Tie fire from the riflemen has been onseionallf antioying against themreseh to oar third oaealls pare., *Mob is OSIIM from the pits an ,Stannet be protected by traverses. owing to s ti irt ution along the elms of the hill. A sergeant and private of the 7th Failiers were iiind -THE EXP ": z. SATVRD4Y EI t rZNIWO, APRIL 7,185 g. • I . 7 . ' ,u t . e ...k ..,:i ' . '" • substitute more trustworthy .. 7----111i '' • site I j 0 ‘i )?.. . .i• IN 'Raw CR . , prise, net having had any yarning Goes their tera i i.. L '"-, r rads t who we ir warms in the sspends& •To head-queers receiving repo i aii : wri " 1 effect their entrants on the Frond left of the trench, spathes, and allowing . I b,1: 1 '• ilRT'i iN ...: 1, 22-41 which still, remains open near the edge of the ravine , wares. The picture of . • __ let the lunatics with the extreme right of th e Englial; a casual visitor to the • p, which vi pub •ed a _ i. . advanced line of work not befog yet accomplished, few days ago, is the picture of the man. Lord RAG- GENERAL CANROBERT'S 000UNT. the_Rusaiana throrted-to-a-stsatagewemployed - once j.AN, with his 'well-stooked poultry-yard, is - neither • (PlOll vss stowssa.) .. 1 jr- A . 3 Ore by thaw with Nowelw• Atif Ober 4wed the . ... 1 /C 6 .”.a.% ✓fj,___. IA . " trio& the French soldiers started and were about to sore nor lees than a respectable country gentleman, • . a - K--..-- tim whetraciffirvirliWriii - ed, - and In a quiet under- .thrsirs- by acme- -snaessentable - aesidest--ists- the-=- 1 1ffiliniersballffittleter of Warbles rethli - ed this daY teim , s ag, do la then pe ._„„ mime , a .. am i s. _ oaks a Cossmander-th-Cht•L Prnit PINDAVII*, from the General Consnanding-in-Chief in the Crimea des Angela §i" and the French officer then tave the MR. BRIGHT ON NATIONAL INSANITY. MA. Balour, in his last inspired denunciation of what he is planned to term national crime and folly, took upon him to declare that the nation has been in sane. Hs reminds as irresistibly of a story we have read somewhere. A visitor to Bedlam fell into con versation with one of the inmates who could talk rationally and ably on all subjects but one. After IKICDO time the visitor ventured to inquire " what brought such a gifted man there ?" He was told, smilingly, " a mere difforenoe of qpinion." " How! a difference of opinion only ?" " Yes ; all the world said I was mad; and I said all the world was mad. They are the mortOnmerous party ; and hers I am." —Daily New. THE LAST OF SONTAG. Accounts from Hamburg of the Sed inst. mention the arrival of the Danish brig Juno, Capt. Bohn, from Laguna, with the remains of the Countess Rossi, better knows by her maiden name of Heerlen. Sontag, who, it will be remembered, died of the cholera whilst making a professional tour in Mexico. The corpse—which is preserved in three oofiles, one within the other—was forwarded by railroad to Ben lin in the first instance, when the widower was accredited formerly as the envoy of the King of Sar dinia. Irbe Court. _....._ WINDSOR, Goon FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince, with the elder royal chil dren, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do mestic household, attended divine service this morning is the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. mad Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor per formed the sesviee. Desgatehes from the Governors of the And:alien colonise, and also from the Governor of Hong Hong, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. A messenger with despatches from the Commander of the Forces in the Crimea for Lord Palmate, Secretary of State for War, arrived in town yesterday. Lord John Russell has found it necessary to post pone his departure from Vienna till after the 10th oast., as the answer from Bt. Petersburg to Prince Oortchakers last despatch cannot be received sooner. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have left Loaded far Ratchford. The Earl and Countess of Durham leave London, today, for Bracket-hall, Hertfordshire._ Lord Broughton left town on Thursday, for Erie fitoke.puk. Wiltshire. . - Lord and Lady Overstone left town on Thursday for Overstowepark. Northamptonshire. M. Dnooe, the French Minister of Marine, is eseisady A sum of 9,400 florins has been received at the Haim, from lisaelieeter, in aid of the numerous eafferers from the late inuadations in Holland. • The authoress of " Jails Eyie," whose death is oniversally lamented, only changed her maiden state lest July, when she married the Rey. Mr. Nicol, her father's curate. A free library and reading room, in connexion with the Moe of the Commissioners of Patents, has beta opened to the public. It has been decided, within the last few days, that the three separate buildings destined for the exhibition at Paris shall be connected by gallery tunnel wort. A statue is about to be erected at Montrose to the memory of the Tate Joseph Hume. The new Banter pieces include one at the Hay. mutes by Mr. Platen, entitled " The New Haymarket Spring Moeda' (1866)."_ . The Euter Term of the Ladies' College, Bedford spun. osausesess ea the 18th. The Meetings of Liteeary and Scientific Societies, for the 'ming weak, are as follows :—Tuesday—Syro- Egyptian, 7i—" Oa the Anglian Deity, If witch," by Mr. BonsuM—" Oa the Catbite Idol, Engel," by Dr. Boahuh. Eoe 9-Bsientifie. Wednesday—British Archsaclo 4,—Aumsal General Meeting. Society of Arta, 8— "The Mineral Industries of the United Kingdom," by Mr. Haat —Ethnological, On tie Ethnology of the Ma cedonian Conquests,' by Ms. Anstry.—Grephis, 8. Friday —Philelegieal, S.—Astronomical, 8. Ths Gardeners' atroniele states that in many puts of the country a great parties of the wheat plant is militia'. Farmers, in such cues, are advised to drill is fresh seed, whist, from the pulverise.' condition of the sou, is praetioable without ploughing. Au Roo. Randolph Stewart, second son , of the Earl of Galloway, lad the brave lad who was lest year subjeetaii to the enmity of Monitor Platt, at Barrow School, is about to leave for the Crimes, with the 42nd Royal Righlandon. Thursday , was the spring Sacramental Fast in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and, the day beteg line, the num ber of piemme-seeken was almost beyond precedent. It is estiimind that as many as 42,406 passengers were carried to sad ftess Gimes. , by rail and Tie opieZn. of Turin announces that the King of Sardinia, who had boss far some days peat labour's' seder • an ladispoeitiow whisk obliged kin to have twit* rownwee to bleeding, has retravered. Tbe.following General After Ordnr has been issued by Lord Reglea, *amain Sir Jobs Barpyee for the am ylase readers' by him daring the sage, sad payiag bin a very high complinteat :—" General After Order.—March 111.—Lioateasat•Geneeal Sir John F. Bargoyee, G.C.8., having been readied to iaglaad for the purpose of soma ta. the duties of the baperteat sanitise of Isepseter.Ge meal of Pertileatines. the Csmaaader of the Forage amass *Urchin* aeries-his army irViSiitt bearing tostisoly urn the waken% sunless he has "'adored. Lord Raglan bep thelleutsseit-Ohneral to wept his waviest aohaowledg. seals, mid takes this opportsaity of marls, his that his exertions are universally appresiated, sad that he is viewed' by ND with the, hieing respect sod vegard.—By order. (biped) J. Swifter, Chief of the AWL" SO John left fief liagidal the seat day. • •, VACAINCURIN AFPoISTISZINSIOOIIO •PIKSIDTIOSs 11l run Cam Saavica.---Xt. astaelfss7 labbw! bsi_ber_ 7.°,: t Ar i ,..," 7 ","="7,.:11=1M7.!•Z;,4: F. -bee • km, prolwatod tees thind4ina stark ee l the Chanty Camerklies.. The oppiat. neat of eflAal wipes of its N•ilillayilitt of Usable ropily le 'Moat, emoted by the miriade" asea &ley. Csetesea—Tbe appointees' of tidallOU ie. 'swat. Mr. I. ?lid bra alltty asuab:. 'Mr. D. has beta ted extra clerk at Livaapeol. Mr. has beg" !inhibited clerk to the serantrelles of seem% at Si." I)..Oke.—Olen • Soma Wept& killed on _ _ 20th - instant. Singularly enough, though at the distahoe at least of 400 or 600 yards, they were bOlpanded mortally by the same rifle WM The ant, who was in front, was struck first, in the forehead ; and the ball passing out at the 'huh of the, head, .wounded the private in the Ma Both were found dead on the spot where they were observed to fall. Several others have been wonnidad by sheds.from the Russian riflemen on the Hsmelon-hill; but their fire, especially from the called,a ambuscade, or small redoubt, as it may be has now been silenced by two field pieties, which have been taken down to our advanced work. tl~i Two of the 13-inch sea service mortars were opened on Frenchman's-hill against the town on the 21st inst. ,One experimental &charge only was made from each. The shells were carried to an amazing distance, and fell with admirable precision. The brat was hurled in the direction of the Admiralty build ings, and fell within the area inclosed by the three walls of a stately pile, not unlike the structure of Somerset-house in London. A cloud of dust rose in the air, but the spacious wing nearest to the line of fortifications prevented the extent of the mischief done by the shall from being observed. The next shell was thrown against some new works in course of construction to our left of the Malakhoff Tower-hill. It fell precisely in the spot aimed for. Immediately after the explosion, a crowd of working soldiers were observed running in all directions, and several wounded were seen to be carried toward the works immediately around the remains of the tower. The next day these mortars were again used, but the direction of the line of fire was changed, in accord ance with directions from the Field-Marshal, it was understood, that the buildings in the town itself were not to be injured. No doubt Lord Raglan has good reasons for giving such an order, but a good deal of disappointment was expressed in consequence. The French do not appear to have any scruples of this Lord Raglan, attended by General Jones, com manding the Royal Engineers, has paid several visits to some new works in course of construction, and which will be speedily completed, in a very advanced position on our left attack. General Canrobert has passed some time daily at the Victoria redoubt on the right, inspecting the progress of the works about the Mamelon-hill, and on more than one occasion has gone up to the advanced work itself. There has been a court of inquiry into the circum stanoes attending the danger to which some naval officers uselessly exposed themselves the other day by advancing too far along the ravine between Greenhill and Frenchman's-hill, and the wound re ceived by an officer on duty in the former position, while attempting to effect their escape from the fire of the Russian riflemen. The officer alluded to is Lieutenant George Mitchell, of the 57th Regiment. He received a rifle ball in the chest, and though still alive, there is scarcely any hope of recovery. He and the naval officers had to remain behind a slight shelter until dusk, when Captain Chawner, of the 77th Regiment, and a small party carrying a stretcher, succeeded in bringing him away. At the time they arrived at the spot a party of Russians were observed approaching with a similar object. The naval men had narrow escapes, one having bad a button shot away from his coat, the other having had his cap perforated by a balL Tie rumour still pre vails in camp that Prince Mentobikoff is dead, and also that a General of Engineers, wounded in the Mamelon redoubt, and the Admiral in command of the fleet, also wounded, are not expected to live. TILE TURKISH ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. (TEM THE SPECIAL OF THE DAILY 'taws.) EUPATORIA, Neaten 22. ommenoement or the outworks The long talked-of was made the day before yesterday. The whole of the cavalry which has yet arrived (numbering about 2,500 men), with twelve guns, went out about day break, under the command of Ali Pacha, whose movements were under the control of Major Vierg bitski, as a staff officer. They were rather behind time, as the day had dawned clearly by the time they reached the Russian outposts. Supposing them to have adhered to the arrangement previously made, I went out while it was yet dark, and on reaching the vedettes, was informed that the cavalry had already advanced. In reply to my question, u to the direction they had taken, one of the men of the picket pointed towards the bridge in the hollow at the head of the salt lake, and gave utterance to one of those peculiar whining yells by which a Turk expresses the idea of great distance. Upon hearing this I quickened my pace, and went on very con fidently in the gloom, for some time, till I found myself in front of a mound, from the top of which three cavaliers were watching my movements very tranquilly. A hasty inspection of these gentlemen showed them to be Cossacks, and at once suggested to me the necessity of as speedy a retreat as circumstances would permit, a movement which I was permitted to execute without the slightest demonstration of a hostile nature on the part of the enemy. On getting near the Turkish lines, I found the vedette who sent me forward was either a knave or a fool, for the long lines of the cavalry were only then making their appearance, stealing silently over the plain like immense shadows. The morning was cloudy, and while the light was still grey, the rain began to descend in a steady " spill," which continued till noon. Oa reaching the Coseste.l4 pickets, these naturally enough ran away, but in a quarter of an hour afterwards six or seven squadrons of Lancer made their appearance, ga thered in their two main guards, and moving off to our right, threw out their skirmishers, and advanced steadily towards us. They were on our flank; if they had been dashing fellows, which they are not, they would have made a rush at the Turks, and at that moment might have rolled up their line like so muoh calico or brown paper. After a great deal of yelling and shouting, and blowing of trumpets, our L left wing was thrown forward, our front changed, and our faces once more to the enemy. I must here mention that I left Enpatoria in the con viction at that time perfectly well founded, that the expedition was commanded by Ali Pacha, acting under the direction of Major Viergbitski. At the moment when the movement of which speak was made, there were two commanders in the field in addition, making in all four. The most oon spiouons was decidedly Prince Stourdza, alias Mo..chlies Pacha, who, without any special mission, ordinance, or appointment, and merely in virtue of his position as Omer Paella's chef tretat-major--an offioe, by the bye, which bean ea much resemblance to its model in the French or any other European army, as a Turco-Italian surgedb to the head doctor of Bt. Bartholomew's—came galloping up, displaced Viergbitski, or countermanded his orders, and at least succeeded in bringing about as complete a state of confusion as any one could desire to witness. Owing to a kind Providence, however, who seems to watch over the Turks with a cars which never flags, all went on pretty well; the Madan retired across the hollow in our front, where a fire of artillery was opened on them, which caused them to move off still farther, and sent the Cossacks scampering like so many frightened rabbits. The distance woe too greet, however, to enable the Turks to effect anything beyond knocking over one or two hones. The Russians now began to ap pear in great force. Squadron aftet squadron came over the brow of the hill, and at last showed a body of at least 6,00 9 cavalry, lancer , sod dregoone, with twelve pieces of artillery, ranged on the slope opposite in beautiful order. Two squadrons were hardy enough to take up a position aloes to the bridge. Three gone were brought to bear on them. The second shell exploded amongst the horses'.feet, and the smoke bad scarcely cleared away when we saw them moviag off at a trot. Their artillery in. stantly advanced, and the whole twelve guns opMed up a fire upon our half battery, which ea‘red it 'tb limber up and withdraw is double-quick has. bast. Naha had by this time arrived on the intuit and he and his staining rather Troia mit a dean ohota were directed at him, w • caused some of his I aids-decamp to " bob" visibly, tat amply elicited . from him the well-known Turkish admonition, " Cockmaz" (don't be afraid). Both sides now re. mained for some time on the ground inactive. Neithe r seemed disposed to sacrifice the advantages a t its position, and cross the hollow to attach the other on the slope. The Turks had, how ever, achieved their object, in driving the Rae miens sufficiently far back to cover their working parties of infantry in the rear, which had been inlay in throwing up the redoubts from daylight. Aba t e mid-day, we began to retire, aft er seven hours' expo. mire to a cold pelting rain ; and about one o'clock the whole of the cavalry took np a position in lies upon the ground usually occupied by the Russian outposts, where it remained for the rest of the day, ell w it h ; end the whole of yesterday, and last night. Ireol this morning the Russians held their ground, ayes without stirring ; to-day the greater part of their for e has disappeared. The redoubts will, *I think, t finished to-morrow; in addition to the cavalry demos. titration, fifteen battalions of infantry were under arm& With the exception of this incident nothiog new hat occurred since my last. Intelligence was receive& from Sebastopol to-day that a division of infant e , was on the march towards Eupatoria. FRANCE. .....eONDENT OF THE DAILY mews.) PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. Yon will net have failed to notice the striking dib crepancy between General Canrobert's telegraphic despatch, stating the Russian loss in the affair of the 22nd and 23rd at 2,000 men, and that of the French at 600, and his formal report, dated the 23rd, pub. lished in to-day's Itioniteur, in which he says the Russians must have bad "at least 1,000 or 1,200 rots hors de combat," and "our losses cannot be leas than from 300 to 320." If accuracy in these important matters is to be esteemed of any consequence soros explanation of the very important difference be tween the two despatches is due to the public. Hitherto no official intimation has been given that the date of the 29th assigned to the telegraphic despatch, was erroneous. Could we assume it to be correct, it might be thought that, on farther inquiry, the losses on both sides had beta found to be nearly double the estimate made by General Caarobeit on the day after the battle. But, besides that the tele graphic news is, on the face of it, a first tomnianimp tion of an event a week old, and not a supplement to intelligence previously sent, the fact that it exactly tallies with the private, but (now) presumably inac. curate lettere from Constantinople of the 26th, mili tates against the theory that the despatch published in the Moniteur of April 4 can really have been dated Sebastopol, March 29. No man, not imbued with a blind reverence for everything official, can fail to see that the public is trifled with, so long as the myste lions confusion of dates and figures, passed over by ate lionitiur as a matter of course, is not cleared up. The Moniteur de relrmee gives a Sebastopol letter of March 24 (a day later than General Caeroberes official despatch), stating' the Russian lose at from 1,200 to 1,500, and that of the French at 100 killed, and about 200 wounded. The same journal says that the English hed 60 men killed and wounded; 3 el eers killed, 3 wounded, and 2 missing. To-day, being Good Friday, the Bourse was very thinly attended. The Jews were absent, on account of the Feast or the Passover, and although, in Catho lic countries, the day is principally kept by rigorous abstinence from meat, and not as a strict church holi day, several of the Christian habitues were away. Very little business was done. The Rents closed at 69fr. 950., with a fall of sc. The Orleans Railway fell lofr., and the other lines gave way a franc or two, General Vivian, the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish contingent in the English service, has jut sailed from Marseilles in the Euphrate for Constan tinople. About 500 French soldiers belonging to different corps sailed in the same vessel. (7110 Y TX I PIEDMONT. We read in the Opinione of Turin of the 2nd that General Durando had entered upon his duties as Minister of War on the preceding day, and that General Frati has assumed the command of there serve brigade of the expeditionary army in his stead. General Durando has been raised to the rank of sena tor of the kingdom. A rumour is current at Tana that, in consequence of the conclusion of the treaty of alliance, Count Casour is to be invested with the Order of the Bath. . The Piemonte of Turin of the 2nd states that, in consequence of a ministerial order, the brigades of du expeditionary army are immediately to assemble it Turin, Genoa, Aleasandria, and Vercelli, previously to their concentration either at La Spezia or Genoa for embarkation. DENMARK. _•--- The session of the Danish Diet was closed on the 2nd inst. by royal, letters patent, which the fiat minister of the crown read in the assembly. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The following following abstract of the state of affairs is South Australia has been prepared from the sum mary of the South Australian Register of inlay 31, 1866. The ordinary revenue for the year 1854 WAS 306.4281 13e. 6d., against 208,8961. 10s. 6d. for the yea preadon showing an increase ct 96,6331 3s. upon this breach of revenue for 1864. The land fund ee for 185441015ta to 394,6811 61. 3d , against 330,8671.10 e. 3d. for the preview year. Be adding the two sources of us we shell hen a total of 700,0101. 19s. Bd. for 1854, being en hawse el 160,2661. 19s. upon last year. The total 'speediest* in 1853 was 239,7831. 16e. 10d. ; the expenditure for 1854 is 486,8121. 19s. Id. The total ordinary revenue for the qua' WC ending December 31,1854 (exclusive of loss), To 46,1601. 11a. 8d , against 63,7111. 31. 3d. for the comer& lag quarter of the year before. Sines our lest summary business hes not enema 1 3 1 groat increase of activity. This state of things it n l Ol sewing to the continued glut of merchandise, not main Adelaide but M all the Australian colonies, and to the lirsoadented dryness of the season, which Yes errand a iojorions effect opal' tha crops and upon the stock paters There is, however, no diminution of confidence in the sr batty of the trading community, and in the gaud Wet/ of commercial transactions. With a steady inereses 01 PP potation, the probable return of a favourable man fer farming and pastoral pursuits, and the resumption of fell work at the Bane Barra and Kapunds mines, we may tea fidently anticipate • revival of trede. The amount received for customs duties during_tbe tent* tel ended December last was 40,4821 16s. Id. The M a r meats and drawbacks have amounted to 7261. 2s. 6d. Ths fol'owing is a comparative statement of then arket e p o ri m csa me o n f oe so m m e e nt of an th d e e p lo rtici o r tlbearptiucltesyetcousumpst the January 1. December 30. Wheat, per babel 9s. to 9s 6d. .... 12e. to 13s. 6d. Broad, per 1b..... 6d. to 6d. Bd. Floor, per ton .... 261. to 271. 10s. 321. to 331. Mutton, per lb. .. 4d. to 7d. , Beef, pa lb. 4d. to Td 6d. to 9d. Pork, per lb. .... Bd. to h. Potatoes, per ton.. 201. Ditto, per lb 2d. to 3d 4d. to 6d. Eggs, per doses .. 2a. 6d. Batter, per lb. fresh 9s. 34. to 21. 4d 2e. 2d. to 2s. 6a. Chews, per lb. lod. to le. fkl le. to le. 61. Bacon, per 1b..... le fid. Quantities sad values of ths exports of floor, gram, •••• daring the pest Year, as published in the Goversoad Cileastb, sad eatimated at the market prioes for 'sell Weak are as follow :- Whist Flow 7,3093 toss .. 234,03/ 11 0 Bread sad biscuit 2 owl. .. 310 0 Bosky Cous Galinna perstivs sa4 PillimaTe.li staseis t: s a: ll: o B62 : 9 ths qw : as uip : of : i---.------ 011 66170 5b0uc H698646111 11 431 011:61 " &trios wok quarter: Ist quarter, ending April 1 £106,501 1 0 tad quuter, sadiag July 1 16 4 led %tutor. sadist Sept. 30 4th gutter, sliding Dse. 30 ------- Total as above 00,1111/111111ff Common —Tho list of oostzsots Jos