The Express. — London, England, 1855-05-12 00:00:00

Moe the quedies Meths ebequee to be sub pot te • stamp at all. Moreover, • dams= with respect to Mast mold epee ea my mesas If =Meat sad poetess epo wereieltheseed by a desire to save eves theses= am of a poesy es • =am might draw several =mime seder IW. Ia ether to evade the Asty. He bt the Muse mead spell with Ida that, .ffil imposieg as* • ea the pbi to vestheeLiimmultestee avoid, it passible, delag g width. void Warren with AM operates= et or la maY teek ii 4prodairdela veal*. Raying giths ins beet th power se the goes and argemsats wldeb hit promoted le he shad with respect to the prubabie operettas of this wall Maw duty 01 ethapies—looking to the pressat etas of the ithasess, 8M to the fret that Is estimMix the ways sad muss to most the emptadatseh el the seat rue be deemed It grwierit t• have • milisieed sisrgis for ociadsgeneilep be bet . lia sesffinsies that oa th s whet - a—e• best, beer' his es Ma member es the ta.naterial Ismsbas, aad ft:iteemid y larisfitse too ihs beau seetrralithatever the bus member who cheered him (Mr. Maidoi, as was understood) might pro pea is any tutees year with respect to the impositioa this ditty, tie had, be said, coma to the malarial that kw the present at least It mei not desirable that he 'Solid peso Net is hie proposition. He had oVicooted the amount to lie derived from the sew duty at 200,0001 There were vati different =Jaime es that subject. Oa the is band he had bees told that his estimate was greatly under the truth, sad that the duly meld rodeos gig ee 'eves hunileed Obeested pod, patlereen who took that Viol/ of MUM eta Miteelirdge tke =moo that it would ditaserage tlis pods* sir arils hag small cheqess. Oa the other bead, be bed bes• teal 614 isesmooh as etioque would be payable tea greet math he hedge and sot to order, *edam= weal& by a dale re* ms, be &diverted tato • receipt, and the public wool tees the benefit of the proposed duty. Oa the whole, he did sat thick the presses state of the Anthess of the country made it theemaient as the goverment= to ergo this prepoeithe say farther. Ile shoeM like to know why • bank stamp was required within 16 miles of London, sad sot within 16 mime. gym) Why sat withdraw the stamp from ell cheques? air J. DUKE thought tie ri4ht hon. gentleman had meted wisely is confining be proposal within that circle, and Inothasked him is the Lame of his constituent, for listening to their repreetatatiess. (Laughter.) The order was then discharged. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. Viseoutit PALMERSTON said that be proposed to take this bill heat oa Monday. if the bill was Stashed at • reseonable hour he would then proceed with the Scotch Bdueste.a Bill. &Mot tens ITOTO advaneed a stag, without opposition. CONSOLIDATION OF STATUTES. Mr. L. KING moved that it is the opiates of this house, that a new, complete, and systematic edition of the statutes sew in force, omitting all such easements as are repealed, obsolete, or expired, would be or TO a ccessible and iatelli gffide to members of pediment, sod to the generality of Majesty's subjects, than the presest statute book, and eight to be undertaken under the authority of this house. That a select committee be appointed to inquire ir.to the best m us making a new, complete, and systematic eddies of the eta , etas now is force, umitting all such enactments Mats rei a aiei, obit/lOW, or expired. At present there wen 17,0001 ,'..tutee which were dispersed in 40 quarto volumes, or 100 iataeo volumes. But as there were only 2,500 of these salutes in force, he thought it would be advisthl• to have th,ae statstu separated from the rest and printed by theoretics. Sr G. U KEY said that the government were sot prepared to assent to the motion. Thoth was • commission for revising sad coneeddataag the whole smote law ' and that week valid be dose mach better by them than by • som mlttes rat th.it house. It was quite true that • great many of the statutes were either expressly or impliedly repealed, but it would be hazardous to omit altogether statutes which w re •ealy repealed by implication, or had become ohmic P 8 I members having supported the motion, Lord I'ALMERSTON said that what had passed (ally proves the importance of the subject under consideratioe, sod a 1.9 the 'atrium difficulty of carrying that outdid to a prim - mai cad. He understood his honourable friend to mean, not that the committee of that Mies thoolu go through the labour of eoasideriag all the statutes, but that they should report upon the best means of forming a e inertias of those actually in force. Now, with all respect for his boo. hued, he thought that thi government would he better qualified to take the necessary asps teas • committee of that house. With regard to the objections a , l :be bon. and learned member who had last spokes. i.e (Lard Palmerston) would remind the house that the true taco ion of the sonsaiimion was this : to report to the parliament what statutes were actually in force and upon the beet mote of consolidating them ; and this being dose, it was for parliament to consider whether it wool I *sect measures carrying the reecinnenda tioss at commissioaen into effect. With regard to the motion ut .tes hon. friend he could only say this, that her Meassty's government was most anxious to carry out the itnyortavt object which the othunission then ming bed under cairn tendon ' and that inquiries would be soh ism the present date of busiest, before the etheatioriesen, sad every m..e. would be taken to press forward those labelers with as moth haste as the nature of the subject wadi admit. leathaseh, however, as he thought the course pro posed bI the lea. member would not lead to the malaise= of the uhject ix view, he could not give the motion his support Iced J. RUSSELL said that any mere abridgmest of W statutes by private parties would be of no authority with the fridges, even it executed under the direction of the Mum of Commons. It was a very different thing to reeks the statutes and leave out by authority those that were hies tete. But in such • work the crown sad the House of Laois must *rescue, and it could only be dose by • 001001i10108. ho liaturaitel given by the noble bard at the head of the pveretueat ought to he sufficient. The AT (DENBY-GENERAL said the appoiatmatell a cematittath would to • great extent espentide the lOW sissies sow existing, sad reader its labours abortive. Nis sabeird the most metal results from this ocousiosiss ; trey now got on the right track, r. L. SING said his motion only went to authorise the sommitteie to isqaire into the best way of ashlars the proposed compass:a. As far as he Gadd learn the sm• gaieties had been at work two year', and bad dose nothing, her dimes:gin the working members of the maid,- Nos ; aa.l at motet it coasistad only of Mr. Bellsadisa 113 d, who had been on almost every emmissith, and the secretarhe h ouseT divided : Fa the mod= 3B Against it The siotios was semeaseraly loa Seas *monad return Isere adored, aid as hoses adjoined at half pest 12 o'clock. TER ROYAL INSTITUTION. Last night a lecture was deirsrsd at this institu tion, by Mr. Bradbury, OR Nature Printing, a proem by which orioles of objects is nature are obtained with a fidelity and exactness sash as it would be impossible for the most akilfat artist to attain with his pencil. The principle of the art appears to have been known as far back as 250 years ago, lad to have been applied in the first instance to the taking impressions of pleats for the papaws of botanists. A lea, being placed over an oil lamp, yea, when blackened sad mollified by the heat, placed between two sheets of paper, and, a violent pressure being applied to it, the most accurate copy of it, to the minutest detail, was obtained. The lecturer, having shown the process by experiment, and sakibited prints of plants thus obtain d, rsea to trees the pewees of the art to its neat step, h:ltag impressions by steel rollers, in which ewe it was esestrary fur the pieta lilies perfectly dry. As the taking intgemeeme Ihms nature was extremely valuable, est say a bessehes bee.t•ashitessevel*st eesereos ex periments were =tai fees NW to 1852, when a sew method pandas beta gstta perch., by whisk the elperi reeniseCusildireil after great pros sure. The presse= a sispese is St press the object into • leads& pless, the elmoset in the printing being elseiretyping: By i t g l a r rtaa preeses the rasa sceurate copies ars obtained e( plants, ferns, lace, fossils, and grained weak. Is the muse of the lecture, which was rendered latteseliss• sad we. greatly amplified, by experi ments sad agssimens of :the art, Mr. Bradbury was fre quently sheeted by • large and scientific audience. ADAM AND ER.—The fairiffigg dietinvithod lad faottioaable perepasges Royal Medsmis au, As. e brie visited Via Lades' painting of Adam Mei lee, at the Gal -57, Pall.mall :—The naked W ; the Deana of authorised sad Lady Grosvenor ; 1119 Okla sad thlmatees dinliacci ; Sir Renato* Seymour ; Ele O. 16. P.B.A. ; dameral Lovell ; Major-thmaral Om Ilea. Chula Grey ; D. M. Masbate Esq., B.A. • ' Sir Warm sad Lady Verner; Dr. Minis ' Wil m a; C. Leedom, Meg. Rickard Partridge, Req., Nohow el Amami, LA.; George Joan, Esti , ILA.; hie imordad. lONS de Cuto, the &varlets Damian', hie Ileredifidep Sew Dos de Cutillo y Lazne, the Mulasa ; James Haase, Esq., and daughters; Dr. Mac Demon ; Rickard Redgrave, Req, R. A . ; S. A. Hart, Req., R A.; J. B. Heath, Esq., the Seethe's* Costal ; Dr. Drury ; Joke Collett, Req., sad lady ; the Rev. D. Coleridge, F. Stowe, Esk is :R.A. ; Alfred Elmore, Esq., A.R.A.; W. Belts's, .;M. C. Wteet, sad lady ; Dr. Jog/ffe, J. E. Mil Esq., ARA.; F.. Carey, Esq. • Lord Verses; W. Borall, Esq., A.R.A ; W. R. Pint, Req., A.R.A. ; H. P. Bone, Req. ; B. W. Cooke, Esq., A.R.A.I J. H. Berle, Req. ; Dr. Rey. molds ; the Rev. H. J. Hen sad lady, de. de. DltiMisadL Or Alf OFFICIAL AIMIONEL—Tito Lord Ch.neellot has sumasarily dismitUed fns his Alai Mr. Thomas Ramis Hums, one of Use °Moist essigasesel the Court of Bankrupt/1y for th e Bristol district. Tbe order of dismissal, was made Is oresoftuence of a report to the Lard Chancellor by M. D. Hill, Req , Coasts nose/ of the wart, cad which report was founded oa an application by Mr.Yeness, solicitor to the mignon, ender the estate of a baakmipt amid Faker. Audit sudsy • s p o riated 'seder tin t estate had been, from time to time ad oeroed aria various pretences, which lattomed the leiter to thaadae the racial assignee's qustorly Maras sad sesoaans. Tannaailiallini resulted ta -the *Wen that a sun 011,005/ — iilki - the solidus had paid over to thegoalbsdpee bed Sot bees genial a the al credit. Mr. minas bas fey teems weeks abssamed= fuss the emotion a plea of El-health, sad he is new maisreatud to have left the city. It is stated that his &Weathers will mahout to 6,0001. or 7, 0 0 01 . but these will be osemed a male extent by security, wawa every °Meld mamas* Is, upon his appointment, obliged to provide. sbe OxpreeMei. TO CORRESPONDENT& talverthemals bissisd kt . lbe 16qpress," Lewin 1100010 i raw, non 100 at Os kellus ft% 10, Ilsavarisrlreet. by Tee &do* es the ilscr ot pali. RUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tu Day—lketlag, lib. 10a... Mimosa. Ilk. Ns. Tomosaow—Monlai, 01. tat...—Aßausuk, M. Oar LONDON, 847=1141; JUT 12. LATEST FROM ABROAD. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes a despatch from General Canrobert dated Wednesday, in which, after a Bodo of the arrival of Piedmontese troops at Balaklava, it is said : "There is nothing new in the situation. We are perfecting our works before the place."—Doily News. AUSTRALIA. (ST MAGNETIC CFIIOIII THE CONIEBPONDIII T OF MB DAILY RIMS.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. This evening the Champion of the Seas arrived in the Massy. She left Melbourne on Feb. 16, and has bseeiht, besides the mails, 240 passengers. Her *eight consists of nearly 60,000 ounces of gold, and wool. She reports the arrival at Melbourne of the James Baleen, 12th Feb., in 63 days from Liverpool. Also the following vessels at Melbourne—the Gold- finder, Marwell, Oipsy Bride, Atmore, Glehnorna, from Liverpool; the Amazon and Canaan, from [London. The following had sailed for London—The Vixen, Edith Rae, Amazon, Storm Cloud, Stebonbeath, and Eliza Goddard. The Melbourne Banks, on the 3rd of February, reduced the rate of exchange 1 per mut. They now purchase bills at 1 per cent. discount, and issue drafts at 1 premium. The mining accounts are reported to be favourable, and generally improving. though large shipments of gold take place. The price of gold at Melbourne was 31. 15s. 9d. per ounce. THE ADMIRAL AND THE Tun evidence given by Admiral DUNDAS before the Sebastopol Committee conflicts in many particu lars with that of the Deice of NEWCASTLE. The impression left upon the minds of those who heard the testimony of his Grace was, undoubtedly, that proper means of obtaining information regarding the state of the Crimea were not taken by the naval sad military commanders previous to the expedition thither. The gallant Admiral admits the fact of the tY but total ignorance in which the perilous venture Ines planned and executed ; but he denies altogether that any portion of the blame rests with him. Be fore hostilities had commenced between Ramie and thn Western Powers, the need of obtaining informa tion, more especially with regard to the state of Sebastopol, had impressed itself upon the atten tion of the Admiral ; and he appears to have urged the British Ambassador at Constantinople to allow him to send persons possessing his confidence to make observations on the condition of the place, and its defences. These suggestions were either wholly disregarded by Lord STEAMED, or put aside upon some plea of difficulties regarding pampeets; and the Admiral being under the direction of the Ambassador, he seems to have thought it incumbent upon him to acquiesce in the unfortunate decision of the diplomatist. Whether Lord Srwronn con ceived that any real difficulty existed with respect to passports--owing, we presume, to the anomalous state of the consular arrangements existing in the Black Sea—or whether this was only assigned as a conve nient pretext for not assenting to a course so plainly dictated by common sense, his lordship alone can tell. With many excellent qualities, and a rare amount of specific Stases for the post he has so long occupied, Lord Mart= is, we fear, chargeable with the weakness which often besets ambitious minds— that of petulance and irritability, when asked to adopt the suggestions of commonplace prudence. Statesmanship, like other elevated qualities, has its vanity and egotism. lied Admiral DUNDAB been on terms of greater personal intimal with the Ambee sador, or had he been at the pains to frame his recommendation in a form that did not savour of point-blank admonition or advice, it is not improbable that what he wished for would have been done, and that great good would have been thereby accomplished. But the truth is sufficiently obvious now, although for a keg time people were slow in comprehending it, that Lord SISATIORD'S position under the cir cumstances had become impossible. Charged with an ,amount of reepoasibility as to the general direction 'of fleets and armies, not unlike that of the Governor-General of India, he was at the awe time hammed we only by the inosesant dudes of diplomacy with easeeptible allies and dia. traded rive* but what ems' far more didloult and trying to the tempet...nf . an earnest_ but impetuous man, by the absolute - need - or initorintending and controlling the feeble and corrupt councils of the Ottoman empire. A Governor-Ohara hes frequently exercised, it is true, more arbitrary control over the effete dynuties of th• Bast, but he has never been oompelled to do so in the tedious form of deferential expostulation,or under thelynx-eyedoriticiessofjealotes equals. To the purpose which Lord 817.8170aD had sincerely at heart—namely, that of guiding the Porte safely and permaneetly through its dangers, and placing the power of the SULTAN On a firm and truly independent footing as one of the states of Europe—any resort to summary or humiliating authority in the name of Great Britain would have been fatal. The Turkish Government was too weak at home and too little thought of abroad to be able to bear aught that savoured of want of respect from its protecting friends; and yet we know that in a thou sand things it stood deplorably in need of the hourly vigilance and prompt admonition of one who could speak to the Ministers of the Seraglio with a voice of puenionnt authority. Is a word, Lord Eirmrstonn had tel perform at one and the same time all the deli mit* end laborious ditties of Prime Minister in Turkey, of British Ambassador at Constantinople, sr er l eounter-diplomatist on the part of England at the • i ced Court of Vienna. In the main, we are disposed to think lightly of the services he E i bee ; but undoubtedly too many opposite Gni duties were laid upon him. Perhaps he . hi net man capable of being helped in his work : i lls diem many such. Bet it must be owned that never' lam silkiest help offered to any man ' placed in so difficult a position. On many points the Committee, is the est:rein of a wise discretion, forbore questioning Admiral DLINDAL We are consequently left as much in the dark as ever on several matters of the highest THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1 interest. For these we must be content to wait until full revelations can be afforded by the pub- Bastion of the whole of the despatches and documents preparatory to and during the campaign of 1864. It would be :perfectly childish, while we are yet in face of the enemy, to risk even a momentary mis understanding with our great Ally by entering into any minute inquisition regarding the joint delibera tions and common errors which took place at Varna. When we have triumphed, it will be time enough to analyse and criticise all that preceded the straggle. lbspespis se this country love publicity, and never mean to absadon their right to enforce it. But they are a patient and a prudent people ; and just now they reel that the repute of ocmatitution;liam bee been so cruelly and treachcrouly damaged by incompetent mien that it behoves them to be more than ever careful how they give seeming cause of justification for reproach to those who hate the forms and ways of liberty. A full account they are resolved to have, but they are wise esough to wait for it till it can be safely rendered. We do not, therefore, question in the least degree the propriety of the course pursued by the Committee when Admiral DUNDAB approached such points in his testimony as that of having given, as it is well known he did, in concert with the French Admiral, warning to the commanders of the allied army of the hazard they were incurring by the expedition to the Crimea without adequate pre paration. It may have been quite right to be cau tions not to press the gallant Admiral on this topic ; but we must say, upon the other hand, that we think it somewhat unfortunate that the Duke of Naw- CASTLE was permitted, In self-exoneration, to make statements with which, if we are not much mis informed, those of Admiral DurDAs would not agree. We think that we express a very generally prevail ing sentiment amongst the public when we say that the real work of the Committee is done, and that the prolongation of its sittings can hardly be looked forward to with any sanguine expectation of further utility. The great facts of the case have been proved; every count in the original indictment has been fully sustained ; and the sooner Mr. ROEBUCK closes his case, and asks for the verdict of the jury, the better. —Daily News. cover up their stalls on all shilling days P The an swer meld and should have been—remove your con tribution altogether; it is for England to regulate the home when the contents of the Great Exhibition shall be open to the publics. We have no doubt that the reply of France to the notice we have quoted will be u peremptory es the said notice is imper tisent.—Daily News. THE WOLF AND THE LAMB. Wa have all been labouring under a mistake. It is not Russia that threatens Turkey in the Black Bea, but Turkey that threatens Russia. Prince 0011TCHME017 and M. TITOYF undertook to prove this to the satisfaction of the members of the Vienna Conferences on the 21st of April. "The topo graphical configuration of the Bosphorus," said these statesmen, " so favourable to the organisation of an impregnable system of defence ; the posses sion of fortresses and ports such as Varna, Sisopolis, Bourg's, Trebizond, &c. ; the advantage of being able to group all her forces round three contiguous basins—these were, and they still are, striking advantages which the Porte pouesod, and still poesesses, over Russia, who, obliged to maintain naval forcer in four seas separated by immense distances, could only give its navy in the Black Sea a limited development." The only coiclusion that can be logically drawn from this statement is, that the great European Powers ought to interfere to limit the exorbitant defensive capa bilities of Turkey, and insist upon their being *seed more on a footing of equality with the "restricted" aggressive capabilities of Russia. The lamb is is a conditios to give too mach trouble to the wolf that would devour it: this must be amended. " On taking into consideration," added the Russian lenipotentiaries, " the proximity of the maritime establishments of Russia, 20,000 men at most can be reckoned as the number of troops for descent which the Russian navy of the Black Sea, in its greatest development, would be in a position to transport, on any given point of the Ottoman territory, in the space of three weeks." What harm can poor Russia do with such limited means of attack ? Prince GORTCHAHOPF and M. TITOPT triumphantly ask, whether, in seeking to protect Turkey from such • trifling force, "a risk is not incurred of sacrificing to a chimerical danger the true conditions of the secu rity of the East and of the European equilibrium ?" For the information of the uninitiated, it may be as well to remark that in the language of Russian diplo macy the phrase " the security of the East and the European equilibrium," is used to express the power of Russia to extend her conquests Westward whenever it suits her convenience. The arguments to which we have now drawn attention will no doubt be expounded and illustrated by Earl GREY and Mr. MILNER GIBSON, when the motions, of which these standing counsel for the CZAR have given notice in their respective home►, come on. There is one fact, however, which the noble lord and the right hon. gentleman will find it necessary to explain before their arguments can pro duce their full effect. Less than two centuries ago the whole of the shores of the Euxine acknow- ledged the ssuerainete of the SULTAN. At the present time, from the mouth of the Danube to the vicinity of Baton= —nearly two-thirds of the eircom [ermine of the sea—is claimed by the CzAR. And in frost of this semicircle is placed the stronghold of Sebastopol, with its excellent and almost unassailable ba.i,uur, within so easy distance of Constantinople. Russia has been incessantly extending its conquests of Ottoman territory by land, from the mouths of the Volga and the Don on the east, and from the Ukraine on the west, and now threatens the intermediate apace, from both Banks and from the central Crimea. The land forces that Russia can concentrate on the Euxine must be taken into account, as well as its naval force. Not withstandin g the unbounded capabilities of Turkey for defence and the limited capabilities of Russia for attack, the latter has been unintermittently annexing portions of the former. The wolf may advance se plausible accusations against the lamb as it pleases, but the fact is that the wolf is eating up the lamb nevertheless.—Daily News. MORE SYMPTOMS. A GRACEFUL and touching interlude was per formed in the House of Commons last night by Lord PALMERSTON and Major EKED. The noble Viscount would have preferred Mr. LATAILD as the other in terlocutor in these amateur theatricals, but that gen tleman gruffly refused, so the Major's offer to supply his place was accepted. The Major enacted the in dignant patriot and interpellent with as much suavity us Nick Bottom promised to roar the part of "Lion." True, he used some strong language, and went so far in his concluding appeal as to sug gest the idea, by his adopting the words of MILTON, " Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen," that he meant to call the PREMIER Beelzebub. But he was full of protestations of his desire to support Government. Lord PALMERSTON re sponded in terms equally dulcet: in short, the whole affair was as musical as an Eclogue of Vinon. The Noble Viscount commenced by re affirming the principle that Officers of State ought , to be chosen exclusively from that drawing-room oligarchy of which he is himself such &distinguished ornament. Bat to make amends for this he went on to sketch a Lilliputian plan of Army Reform which he has in pito. The thing would not be worth noticing except as an additional symptom that the pressure from without, which is being brought to tear upon the Pam= by the Administrative Re formers, begins to tell. Only so long as that pres sure is continued will the good dispositions of Lord Pearessroe be kept alive. Perhaps another turn of the screw might squeeze a little more out of him. The medicament has wrought so well, it may be worth while to administer another doss. London gave the first drench; let Birmingham, or Manchester, or Leeds take tlie horn in hand next. —Daily News. SUNDAY IN THE FRENCH EXHIBITION. Ovvleist. impertinence hu seamed a new develop ment under the auspices of the Board of Trade. That Board, which governs Schools of Design; which pretends to be teaching wholesome lessons to the people at Marlborough-house; which is supposed to be touched with the tender and humanising influences of art, hu just issued a notice to English exhibitors in Paris, from which we make the following extract. It is headed, "Notice to Exhibitors:" Each exhibitor will be at liberty to do u he pleases in the matter of having his goods exposed to view on Sunday ; and it may serve to guide some who have not yet made their arrangements to leant that the is several of the departments have, moues the sanction of the Board of Trade, gives instructions to their agents in Paris to dose their depatments every Saturday evening. Thus certain gentlemen having thought proper to offer a deliberate insult to the French people, are held up by the Board of Trade "to guide some who have not yet made their arrangements." The bad taste and poor prejudices shown in the above notice to exhibitors, emanating from an English government office, are too glaring to need the oondemnation of the English press. The manufacturers of England are invited to send specimens of their industrial skill to the Palace of Industry of Paris. The English Government, impressed with the importance of the invi tation, suggests to the House of Commons that a sum of 50,0001. will be necessary to maintain the national dignity in the Rue du Cirque. The money is voted. The English contributions are sent to Paris, under the control of a little swarm of officials. Well, the question arises—are these goods, once placed in the Palace of Industry, subject to the control of the British Commissioners or to that of the Imperial authorities? Are they to be examined at the hours fixed by Mr. COLE, or at thee" fixed by Prince NAPOLEON P The presumption contained in the above notice is, that Mr. COLE supersedes the authority of Commissioners, and any other kind of power. Now let us earry this authority to its possible result, and we might have one exhibitor dowering up his stall on Thursdays, because on these days particular business calls him away. Another might veil his ventilated hats from the vulgar gaze on Fridays, because singu larly impressed with the conviction that these days are unlucky; and AAEON might cover up his diamonds on Saturday because of his religious duties on that, his sacred day. Then there are fasts without num ber, which might east unbleached Holland' between the eyes of all nations and the goods of Spanish or Italian devotees. To discuss the general question of open museums and art galleries on Sundays would be an effort that could lead to no result at the present moment. We want a new House of Commons to deal with that question. But when we find the Board of Trade inviting English exhibitors to parade an act of inso lent dictation in the face of Europe—to insult oar hosts and Allies by veiling our oontributioos from their Sunday visitors—it is necessary to state, for the in formation of Frenchmen, that this step is not sano timed by the nation at large. This is no longer a simple emotion of religion—of morals. We are not arguing for or against the admission of Sunday visitors to public places of instructive amusement here at home ; hot we are contending for the right of the French Government to conduct this universal Exhibition in 'mordant:le with the religious convio tions of the French people. Sundays are to be the only days on which the , muss@ of the Parisian population can afford to sae the Exhibition. On these days—and on these dap , only, be it observed—the admission is to be twenty centimes, or twopence ! Even this admission fee is found to be oppressive by a class of people used tone all former industrial exhibitions gratis. Well, pre cisely on this day, sinfully given by the benighted Frenchman, in part, to cheerful exercise and harm leen smanement, English exhibitors are iovited, by the Board of Trade, to throw • veil over their con tributions. This veil will teach the French Sunday visitor that every religion has its intolerants—its barbarous interpreters. It will also tend to con firm the lesions of their childhood, which instruoted them in a belief that the English were an ill-man nered nos, knowing nothing of the ordinary courte sies of life. But we hope that the Imperial Oovernmearal enter • vigorous protest against this attempt of the Board of Trade to add to the list of English contributions a sample of Board of Trade affectation of bigotry. We may class this contribution with the rawest of intellectual products. It will be swept away by the French antkorities es an impertinent interference with the general regulations of the Exhi bition. It is, in conclusion, one of those unhappy mistakes which uses who seek to fawn upon the religious world, without having strong religious convictions of their own, are °optimally Eakin. We may oak its anthems we question—what would have been their reply had the French Commissioners to the English Exhibition of 1851, invited their ematrymen to THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. army MR. ROEBUCK'S ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. he t had seen, his Lord sg, roger the Commander-in-Chief of the statedsecretary, that t was hs h iCe is mirdneri rip li e ' r l i adw al zh es amill"ocee"l o w f as the b. lt i rdnitnem 'Aftl:::llad etnishumdelpseeurabrywittimnignethaeammmiliitalahr: as Hester-Oeneral of the Ordnance had complete power either to tonne in or to reverse any decision of the Board of Ordinate& So that while the Master-General of tbe Ord name we at the board, no difference of opinion in the board itself could produce way injury to the public service. The Lieutenant-General of we Ordoance, who was ap pointed in the absence of the Muter-Oeneral, tad not this superior authority. When he, Lord Harding., first same into aloe ea Maeter-Oeneral of the Ordnance, in 1852, he made a= Ts= into th e state of the artillery, with a view to , and be found that the num ber of gam ready Ifer the islets or what might be called field bentertes, amounted to some 40 to 50-the remnants, is fast, oldie battle of Waterloo; and that in Ireland and elsewhere there were about 60 pieces of field ertillerT• Upon this be addressed a memorandum to Lord Derby s goveromeat-the government of the day that 300 gone and ammunition waggons should be aapplbet I; and this sug gestion was serried out by the governing's; that succeeded Lord Derby's ' • and at this moment we had in the Crimes guns and field batteries, horsed and manned, , and in perfect order, which would not have been the ewe if the establish meat had been left as be found it. He did no, t think that I there was • deficiency of shells i n the O r d ain( e "PPE", bseensts, knowing when the wa r b ro k e out t h a t the navy would require an immense quantity of military sh ~,,, large preparations were made; and when the fleets wen t out to the Baltic and Black Be a, • sufficieut supply both of naval and military ammunition was found them. Her believed that no iostaace had ever occurred where so large a`• demand was made on the department, both on account of art ny and navy, and he was bond, in favour of the departnieer; to say that the Ordnance in this particular was the adeniran Oa Of the service. The gunaen were admirably trained and drilled, their horses were excellent, and the artillery alto gether was the admiration of the French army. The a Ulf tary arrangements for sending out the siege train, sad guns , and artillety, were reported to him as admirable. trivia levities uto form might have arisen in the working of the Board of Ordnance when the war broke out, from their having to attend frequently on the Duke of Newcastle ; and if a thing was decided to be done, it was straightway dealt • with, ana subsequently a memorandum might be reseeded ,of it in due form. If a case arose in which the Board of Ordnance opposed the views of the Master. General, the latter had power, under his patent, le panes his own view, though he thought, if he was a prudent man, he would net. He believed the whole army in the Crimea were by this time supplied with the Milne rifle; but it consisted of two calibres-one the Paiute rift, of 1851, and the other the improved rifle of 1863. The Duke of Newcastle made a purchase of 20,000, and subsequently of 20,000 more, from the United States and Birmingham. When the expedition went out to the Crimea the troops continued to receive both the Maid and the smooth bore, and the latter, together with the old muskets, when the Millie+ arrived, were turned over to the Turks. About 4,000 of the Minie rifle of 1863 went out monthly, so that now, no doubt, the whole army, even to the last regiment, was supplied with them. The Chairman-Is it true that the Guards had the old musket ? Lord liardinge-Certainly ; because when they went out we had not the supplies of the Minie rifle of 1853; but on arriving at Belaklave they were properly distributed. When he was Master-General of the Ordaauce, he thought the guns for the batteries weee too small and insufficient for modern practice. This country had for many years been expending considerable sums of money in substituting larger guns in the fortresses abroad in lien of the old guns, and this was going on annually ; and he was nut surprised to find that there was a deficiency, because the new system, involving the abolition of the old battery, which was too small, naturally caused a very heavy demand to be made in the larger description of guns. This substitution could net be carried out in one year, hot was a work of time. The artillery force of the country was increased at the same time, as well as that of the sappers and miners of late years ; and, as regarded military stores, be should say that the country was better supplied with them on the breaking out of the war than for thirty years before. He expected, in the course of a few months, that they would be sufficiently supplied with the new pattern Mimi to meet all the requirements of the country. The Duke of Welling ton made up his mind, and in this he (Lord Hordttle) cor dially concurred, that the whole army should be supplied with the Minie, and the Russians now retired more rapidly when they beard they were about to meet a force with the Minie than with the smooth bore. The Mini& pattern of 1853 was the best,but he (Lord Hardtop) was of opinion that they were in a state of transition as regarded firearms, and that other and new elements and principles might present themselves. He had seen a rifle lately, invented by a Mr. Prince, that possessed greater powers of rapidity and ease. The wont, of the army were so great at the time that he thought the Duke of Newcutle was prrfactly justified in opening up a contract at Liege, although it might be discouraging to Bir mingham, so as to prevent the fulfilment of any contract with the Russians in the same market-the diplomatic object of the duke being twofold, that of farnishi,g rifles for our own army, and preventing them from being made for the Russians. The duke consulted him (Lord Herdioge) on the subject, and he thought it was a prudent mea ' sure. The conclusion be came to as regarded the 'administration of the Ordnance department, was that than , ought to be at the head of it a man of first-no ability, always at his post, and that it might be of disservice to the ' public if he were rot. When he (Lord HarCiogt) and the Duke of Wellington administered the Creosote department, according to the report of parliament at that period, it was looked on as the model department of the government. It was his (Lord Hardinge'e) opinion that au increase of sappers and miners in the army was preferable to that of civilians, because the uppers and miners could work as well as fight. At the present moment he looked with some de gree of anxiety to the employment of civilians in the army in the Crimes, where the Grenadier Guard, • fine military fellow, was receiving only 6d. a-day and sleeping in the trenches, and • navels, or an Arme nian scavenger about the camp, was receiving 21. 6d. He did not attach any great degree of importance to the placing an artillery officer on the Ordnance Board. Disadvantages might arise from it, as artillery matters did notoome before the board so much as financial. Lord Har dtop then went on to define his functions as commander-in chief, with reference to the general discipline of the army, its appointments and promotions, at home and in the colonies. In the exercise of these po eers, when govern ment determined on sending oat the expedition to the East, be art:toasted Lord Raglan to be commander of the forces, under the control of the government of the country. His power as commander-in-chisf was also exercised in the case of apprehended civil disturbance, like the occasion of the chartists. If the Duke of Newcastle had stated I that the relations between himself and the Commander-in- Chief at the Horse Guards were unsatisfactory, inconvenient, and vague, he (Lord Hardinge) could only say that if, in the course of transacting badness with the Oaks of Newcastle linos the war broke out, any portion of their mutual duties had been personally unsatiofectory, be did not know what it meant. The fast was that the Secretary of State for War had unlimited power at the Horse Guards, and if he ob jected to his (Lord Hardinp's) appointment of any officer to go to the Crimea, he Lord Hardiest, should at once give way, sod request him either to recommend another man or to maks his own seasoner' ; and if the demareatioaa between the Secretary of State for War and the Commander-in-Chief were vague, irtoonvonient, or indegoite, it would arise from the want on the part of the secretary of expressing his pleasure with respect to the service to the Commander-in- Chief. He (L'ird Hardinge) did not us what advantage was to aurae to the service from the Secretary at State for Mar having the appointment and promotion of effacers RUSSIAN NEWS FROM THE CRIMEA. -whether the Duke of Newcastle or Lane Penman ; but A supplement of the /sea& Busse, of the 2nd advantage he conceived did accrue from the circumstance of • the Commander-in-Chief making those appointments and last., contains the following extract from Prince promot ons, seeing that it was de Stable to keep up a con- Gortchakofra siege journal, extending from the 19th nssion of this kind between the men is the army and the to the 24th ult. : Commander-in-Chief, as • kind of reaompensa or maple- On the 19th of April one of our batteries silenced two went for the harsh conduct hp was occasionally culled wow , French batteries, the guns of which were dismounted and to exercise. In effect, howschr, as thiags stood at ponce, the embrasures destroyed. the power of tie Secretes, of State tar Was over-rode tha power of the Commode: , lc-Chief. The Commander-in- Oa the same day a squadrons of the enemy's cavalry Chief of the army at home had the distribation of military (Chasaeun d'Afrique and English dragoons) appeared befese the advanced posts of the detachment of Tehorgouto, **wards, payments, and WM the village of Homan, with six guns and about pentium ; and besides the letter of service he gave to Lord Itatraan on going out (and which the noble lord gave out, to the committee) instrue .lo.ooo Turku% infantry. After exchanging a few shots re. lions were also riven to hint its to the mode of operations. with oar Cossacks and Greek volunteers those troops tuned to camp. Be was of opinion that great inconveisience might result if pig Km be. the C o mmander-iu.Ckief at hems were to correspond with In the night between the 19th and 20 th A. Ontri . twice attacked the lodgments in advance of Bastions the Commander•in Chief in the Crimea, aa it might clash 3 (opposite the English right attack), 6, and 6 (opposite the French left attackinge) always with the instructions and communications of the Secretary ); b u t, rece i ve d w ith the bayonet and at War and the Cabinet ; but he (Lord Hard compelled to make a hasty ' gave his opinion on watery and strategical matzo,. to the THE CIVIL Sravlce.-Mr. W. B. "Meson has been grape, they Vera views of the Commandcr-in , appointed &Distant clerk in the Pat office at Coostsati ha • left their trenches la three columns, again attacked Chief differed from t ho se of the p rofessional persons ice the In the night between the 20th and 21st, the Engl ish, Duke of Newcastle. it the vie nople, vice Mr. Edwin Bertram, deceased. The following promotions have also taken place at the Imports and En- the lodgments in front of Bastion J. The second company Cabinet, he (Lord Pardingo) gave his views honestly, and ports Office in London. Mr.R. Whitmore has been pro- of the anbinee» of the &Num regiment of Okhotsk there was as end of it ; but he saw the instruction s toot were made a brilliant charge with the bayonet, and , ha ving sent by the Duke 'if Newcastle to Lord Raglan, and if he meted from first elms to be principal clerk, Inspector - G• ne• made - - .. cal of Imports and Exports Office • Mr. J. Munday, from _ I. routed the enemy, compelled them to makes precipitate w Lie the sugges don ; but if the operations connected with second elm to be first elan clerk; ' lllr. J. J. Austin, from '` the campaign were carried out against his (the Commander- During tie same night an enemy's steam-frigate left the thought there was any room for improvement he always third elms " be wand elm °edit ' Mr. R. Barker, from fleet (which toothsome at anchor in Kamieeeh and &valet's• in-Chict's) vie es, he wee not responsible for its He had fourth class to be third class clerk; Mr. R. Roper, from fourth clan to be third class clerk ; Yr. Richard T. Prows*, from , the tietterise at Lnd forts of the t o nod fire at dif b and kee • his opinion to the members of the government on war ques • C l ams. o f mor e t h an 1,000 oeceo „ every opportunity, as Commander-in-C h ief, of expressing from Mat class to be fourth elan clerk; Mr. Daniel C. (treat aster ; this attempt was ' pe d with litt l e Measeett i from fifth clam to be fourth class clerk ; Mr. ''''State for War and the cabinet ministers; and if he saw any' nc the foticarian night. tions, being in constant intercourse with the Secretary et to the 24th, the enemy as one not og Willie* T. Mills, from fink elan to be fourth class clerk , Since _ _ renewed dose as h Mr. Edward Chambers has been promoted to be second then, up thing likely to be done or adopted that won dbe injurons, . elm elerk, Plantation Accounts ofilos.-Ciell Sense* i iice,,i and have he should unreservedly 'sprees his opinion on the subject. He was not aware that any important dc-patches from Lord • of importance. Of our tide all gte drainage done to oar ortl ons has been completely . re . we Gametes. FOREIGN ORDERS AND MEDALS .— The Gazette of h . . - o f C areen in g bu y ) and recent diets, nets not shown him by the Doh, of New. ' , utak te4oubt ( en the hill to the east constrocted • new batter, on the right flank of the Seller Raglan "to the progress of the was, Mara _pertitniortref - -...... lest night contains new regulations suspecting foreign orders fort r ._ i ,..... which have been immediately occu castle. He for liardingsh as Conarnandetta-Cbief, WS* .. and medals, is substitution of the .regulatfoos now an force. p io . c l e" rigsgeo .7'* but not for the laid %rumor% reversible for the organisation and onAt af ,the eareemmt. 41chAr Npooriaiewasatjeet ofis t r atoo m it r o; w usd ear st a foreign order ed, an se d ith th eu is t w th ili e ei anal that, on the 23rd April, ten to twelve ektraci4r di our country causing thin tespensilailltY, "I bi given unless ' eir • shall eve Weill witiefre4 for a rfa ' --a° ns of the enemv's cavalry aad eight to ten battalioas wart) In a degree at the commeesernent a- * tfte motive and distiata_fsbed service before tha enemy , or oaten . 1 infant,. with wideasieed by the tongue of Terme, to he sips:gees:l, though in the ease )f the the sub j ect el " naye been employed is the .area of the o f infantry tg - -4 the village of Saki, but on perceiving our mita• may, where the circumstances were act Lietetkervffidef 6, 4 re- aa latet has been iced from the detachment at E out IC 04. Rest, foreign soverelim conferring the order. ALLEGED EMBEULIMENT 111 AN 'INCOME -14.'1 the lii in font werstes of Saki. of , g, Vol 1111 _ - y were W COLLIWTOR -Mt. Thomas Joe., one of the OClliketWV, of .i. dross &dreads( from Tonsil the Turks retreated before onsnisa altogether i d t iff oos err istad t. When b l e o n ooo the st fo rea rce fy :, : t h e t 1 heir li was. quaintly increased to 26,000. - - ' rearm f/ the income tax in • put of the district of Astou, near RUSSIA. under Sir George Cathcart, Birmingham, ham been ee h r .ii.. itteet for , ;e trtal at Warwick Private letters from St. Petersburg, reoei•ved in reserve they Joined the f the pt liay of the Duke of - enemy the largest possible iii asi tly ilwi hirs ' en on a accoun charP t of of the incase taz aluis . H - e ilM had e r y ;t7r ll n w er d a number of house voidOE which tha tax had bar co ll e cted, asce ndancy of the war party in the Imperial Council, the cionne of the past week, notice the almost absolute was correct, the Duke of Welk the but in the subsequent half-year he Plit4 iht 'mount in full, : and speak of thg approaching retiremelit of Count mistake he made at Assays, Re was Held tote% Neassinde, tem, twin tin Ma MU r PARIS, THEILSDAY EVENING. The Cburrir de Marseille of the 9th inst. pub lithos the following letter, dated _ _ Before 28 pol, A pril . On the 27th General Csarobert Sebasto reviewed the be. sieging corps d'armfe. Oar regiment marched at noon from its camp to the ground, situate behind the house of General Pannier, when the troops drew up en Installs. On the right were the Imperial Guards, the °nudism, VeWpm., Chamorro, Souses, artillery and miglosers, and after them the Ist, 2nd , 3rd, and 4th dial duo, with the exception of the non on trench duty—in all abort 40,000 men. It was a magnificent eight. At one rwu General Caurobert arrived, fo ll owed by his staff, • most brilliant suite of English officers. We were sip in two limo. Gueral Canrobert passed slowly before as, addreising to each company as he went aloes gime of those heartfelt espreasions which endear a general 's-etre( to his soldiers. After the review, be assembled the eaten of each division, end made a short harangue, of which the following is the sense, if not the words : " I am happy to dad myself surrounded by you, whom I love as a general and highly esteem as a soldier. The Ifatigning works in which you are night and day engaged, and the arduous but glorious mission entreated to me by the Emperor, prevent me from assembliag you oftener, bat, daring your labours and struggles, my thoughts and soul are constantly with you, whom I love and am proud of. Friends and comrades, what chagrins me mom is that my power to recompense is not so unman as your devotednese to our country and Emperor. Every time I can bestow • recompense I am happy, for some, at least, receive for all • reward so bravely earned. France and the Emperor MI pond of you—and I, your General and friend, glory broeunsmOse such troops. With officers like you, and dm wand siudiere monad u, nothing is impossible. BS nleideladeed patient, for the moment will soon come whom, da the some of France, I will knock at the door, and, ifk bast ow* to us, we shall enter both by the windows ▪ ilsw. With a little patience we will come oat them- Put MU this terrible struggle, and the glory which it will stint on France and upon you all will be immortal. Fare. veil, until we shortly meet again. All Europe contemplates sad admires you. Cheer up, my noble fellows. I read on your mounteasnoss the presage of sumer. Go and tell your men that they may rely on me as I rely on them." Thome few words, spoken with calm energy, and the sympathetic voice peculiar to the General, could not fail to satisfy us. We returned to our men, and repeated to them the eapression of their Commander-ia-Chiel. The drabs* of the troops afterwards commenced and lasted upwards of an hour. Lord Raglan was on the right of General Can robert, and among the Boer& staff we noticed flee or six English ladies. The corps d'arm6e defiled in admirable order. The weather was magnificent, and the Bunions, from the tope of their observatories, could distinctly view ---..eyes. General Canrobert distributed a few crosses and medals, and told us that our army consisted of 80,000 men. He ordered a ration of brandy to be given to every man and forgave all the punishments. The corps then returned to their respective quarters, and an hour afterwards several detachments marched gaily to the trenches for the night. The brisk fusillade which I hear at this moment induced me to believe that the night will be • warm MN. I have received from a correspondent in the Princi palities the following official account of atrocities committed by the Austrian soldiery : BRAILA, Aram 16. lam enabled to communicate to you an official report from the head of the police of the town of Braila, addressed to the local government, on March 23. Yesterday, March 22, at about seven in the evening, the commissary of the Yellow Quarter came to the Chan cery to tell me that one Aughel Tonitsa, a publican, had been stabbed near St. George's Church. I hastened to in form the Yeesursor-General and the district surgeon of the fact, and then went myself to the spot. I have ascertained that the crime was committed under the following circum stances : 1 In the evening of the 23rd, one Alex, Pricopetz being in Tonitsa's wine shop at the time, an Austrian soldier stole • bottle of brandy and ran off with it. Tonitzs pursued him. The soldier turned round and stabbed him with a knife is the left aide of the neck, and also on the left arm, a little above the elbow. Alms Pricopets declares that on hearing the cries he rushed out a the wine-shop, and found Tonitta still breathing, bat with scareeiy strength enough to arti culate that he had been sessesinated. . . . " Shortly after this murder was committed, two shopmen, in the service of M. Nicolas (heehaws°, came to the police office sad made the following declaration An Austrian soldier had entered their shop, sad, after buying some thread, wee going away without paying. A little boy, only 11 years of sge, caught hold of the soldier by one of his belts to prevent him from leaving. The soldier pushed him away with his left hand, in which he held a knife. An other lad, aged 20, then attempted to stop the soldier from running away when the latter struck at him a blow with the knife, which cut hie clothes open immediately in tbt direction of the heart, but merely inflicted a slight flesh wound. The soldier then ran off to a wine shop opposite. The shopmen followed, and endeavoured to secure his per son, bat without success. Flourishing his knife, end threatening everybody around him, he made his way out of the back door, and disappeared. The shopmen do not knew the man.' " While the secretary of police woe drawing up his report of the affair list mentioned, two Austrian soldiers on night patrol duty, accompanied by a waiter in a wine-shop kept by Constantine Rotaron, came to report that while going their roands they had found a man weltering in his blood in the wrest of Fosse Radon. Thereupon the un. eternised, accompanied by the ptoeureur end the district surgeon, went to the place indicated. They found a men severely wounded in three places—under the right ear, in the region. of the theme, and under the left breast. In answer to our inquiries he said his name wee Vassal Nedelko, an Austrian subject, a caidji (boatman) by occupa tion, that he sou domiciled at Shaw that he came to Mol davia after the Ruesians left, that on that evening be bad gone to drink an ohs of wine at Pendeli's wine shop, and that while returning home he was suddenly attacked by two individuals, one of whom he recognised as an Austrian sol dier. although the man was wrapped up in a cloak, and wore a cap sad nomad. He further stated that the soldier holding him by the hair of his bead, tore off his girdle, in which there were tea ducats, and then stabbed him and made off. All the above facts, occurring in the coarse of the 22d of Muth, I have the honour to report to the honourable government. I have to add, that the man last mentioned hue been taken to the hospital, and it is hoped that his life ma be saved. (Signed, for the Reed of the Police) " M. Dneoonsizzaco." I II AC WWII wing this this respensatillty A Cil t d e commencement ef- * ft- . ...- though I. the ease lif the Xi ;; knees wcirs act letsisrvilik . 2.-_.ll' n the force tar thee.* was. -,,...; - .4 1,000 strong, bat tis was eu - ''' " ). Thera was a refetve of 6,800_ ...). ;;Z: ;, and instead of remaielyg as a.. stay at Alma; and se t a Wellington, to bring against the . power of attack, perhaps this Vellirgtou, haring repeated ears, when be only took bait his slt so • mom Is was samiki• FRANCE. We have received the usual letter, from the Daily Pas correspondent at Paris, but at so late an hour that it is impossible to give any portion of it in the 41?spress. Great stress is laid on the appearance of the Polish Goners! Rybinake's letter in yesterday's Moniker, Sad upon the language used by . the Emperor in reply to the Polish deputation. Erid The Bonne, which has supported with wonderful ness the final breaking off of the Vienna Confer noes, and the certainty of the continuance of the , was affected but in a slight d egree b y t h e tenor o f ay morning's Nonitsur, the importaaos of which , however, fully understood much commented cm. I under stand that the beakers and peat capi talists were generally sellers to-day, but there were a good many small purchases. The Rent* only fell Po.. closing at 68fr. 3.50. Railways fell 2k. or 3fr. Bank of France rose 2.5 fr. ;