The Express. — London, England, 1855-04-02 00:00:00

THE WAR. Letters hem Beenamsbia, reurivedby prints plasm at Galalsosains the balelligsses that adore leave bees gives by IhkOmmilleiMm.Chist et the arida' army of the Ist ft *Op the mut of ei hatara sie p the seamy, all the lahaWasate are to reties the Demister, altos =Wag Ire to all their poise as well as all the _weal amd villages. NOW Brea" deposed by the British meet le emelt die ammesary ameagements 1:= leak( the Piedmestese eestiaret, had arrived at Timis em the Ida ult. • batter Arai Warsaw el the 24th ult., is the Deed* says: • Ns whir et era *Meisel is the Weldon et Pohlad by the leer Wits web dame the elessiesetwest et the toes Y vetitested at 0,1 I& The levy is the meters part of the empire, wilds It was somisesed maths 16tb, leek eta area est et every 1,1160 Ishellissils Is times et pease—ter 'maple. is 16111—eal, ter INS is 1.060 were allied es te serve, sad rebel arty gave 4.11110 semi% 614 et these Wag tows Bet is tie eases* levies et lin sad NA, es wasp es levee tees is 1,000 wee lakes. This proves that es Aeries snake de sot esiseesl7 os paper, ea setae per ms preivedi sad, betides, 'helmeted et sorties is wiry leas IS Seem Ws set doubted that dee ohs militia shall be erpaked—that Is to say, is the lesadt of Illey—Basis will berel.ll9o.oN area snow , grew. As woe M he Messes, the death of the Ss prat Itiehelae her eteesithesed the wages' welimelit sad 'stressed the risking. iheistiliwe et the &miss people. The pest of this le. thee wry yeah* Mamma we seat tram every quarter to the Iteeperea The mop settle Omni sad Oresedien ere vuy masker for wee mg the seldises, is geaerol, openly ezprees dude see tamale is the wine mem The Herds Nudged reports from Finked that the harbsers of Abo, Helelogtors, and all the harbours bee Wyburg to Tomes, are being stopped up so as to thoroughly obstruct the navigation. HELIGOLAND, 81.escw 28. The erection of bats for the troops is completed, and the officer of engineers charged with the superinten dence of the work has gone up to Hamburg, on leave of absence granted him by SirJohullindmarsh. There are altogether 34 huts, built on the high ground near the lighthouse, in a situation rather exposed to the wind, bat healthy. Each hut is 60 feet long and 22 feet wide, and contains beds and accommodation for thirty men. This would consequently afford room for more than 13,000 men. It is expected that the island will receive a strong garrison in the simmer, probably a part of the reserve of the army about to proceed to the Baltic for operations on the Russian coast. A ukase of the EmpsrWAleander, just published, =fresh privileges to the tradesmen and mann• rs established at Sebastopol, Eupatoris, and Yalta. It permits them to exercise their callings in all the other towns of the Crimea, and releases them from the payment of certain corporation dues daring ; the continuance of the war. The last accounts received from Finland an to the 16th. The young heir presumptive to the throne of Russia, the Grand Duke Nicholas, has been named Chancellor of the University of lielsingfors. At Abo, Helaingfors, and all the towns on the coast, from Wiborg to Tonics, measures have been taken to render the navigation in their neighbourhood impos sible to the allied fleets. The inhabitants have also formed themselves into rifle corps, armed with double barreled weapons. RUSSIAN EXCUSE FOR CRUELTY TO THE WOUNDED. The English Cabinet, through the Danish Minister at London, some time ago, addressed remonstrances to the Russian government on the cruelty exercised by the Rangoon on wounded soldiers at Inkennann. The following is the reply of the Russian govern runt : St. Petersburg, 21st February. lleudowele Bares,—Before the letter with which you honeural se es the 16th Janaery raided me, Prince Meat ehikeilr had made kaowa to the imperial gomrameat the step takes be easiest by Lord Bask" sad General Cairo bat. la 111101 111 that eswimine, the prince stated that a dimmed essay we. pbeed, sod would always re ads, trader de protection - el the Hessian Sag. This priseiple matting to be silks uemasotad es nor seaweed. Nevertheless, I thick right, Monsieur le Dana, to remark that if selhotaietely some of Oho essety's addles may have been victims of bo bbed aft of vides* en the laid of battle, the INN that have Nee treashed as haul nailed a grave which it le important to sake Mown. We have itmeleM that et the battle of Inhales's, English eddies, Ski Nee easeiderod seesdall and 'movables( hides put fa tie mob.% trod en ear inept, whoa the istris bed pamoi is yerseit of the sway. Oar sadists thus Wreak by MI s horn a Mad they theaght disarmed, may, Is the beat of th e eamber, have given way to sanguinary replan Hasaaity blames them severely, bat IMO they set, he a attain latest, suited by an enemy who certainly_ ssdd sot be masulmed as being without defence, lies be was able to make a murderous ow of his lame t War is sokiseted to laws which most be maistained. Otte of then timerves spatial mantles—it is, that the essay, at the merest he lays dare his aria, winos make use diem WWI the see who has spared hie life It is with regret that we bear of the 'sopa of as Beglish dicer who, while with one head he Mid oat his sword to • RiLaien sob officer, with the ether drew a pistol ham kis bolt, sad laid him dead at his led. If sash sets m these chastities the fury of the I= they see she saSeiest to account for the madame, they have led. Is re.perusing ettestively the WNW mama to year atter of the 4th January, yea will am* that Is the majority of the eases there mentioned the weeded@ esorehat by the English soldiers were very ma. vinery. lea from eutertainieg ea; idea of virageena, we subs ourselves to charring that it would be madly desistbis for both armies that the laws of briweeity abseil be rigorously observed on the lull ad MOM. Penes hire tbikoff, as far se be is amused / bee doily Milled the duties whlsb. the atellMelW if ammo& sad the formally impressed wishes ed the Impsear Me—* es his. We rely with the suns essidems ea the assemble Wises el she shill el the WWI* sway. Ide ass Mime to mews emlisese is retaruleg se yes. K. Is Dem, the desnissots whisk yes have bed the Madams Is sommuaisate tome. I be,. set failed to make them Mows to Prises Mentehikair, request. , gag him essliraily•ndibe the midenes which they eft. , We. Is elder bulbs yew esatribets, by ell the steam is th e = a te glee to the potent contest that &wester of wMis Amid sever be lest sight of by two na. tier who have ea steam for ask ether, altheagk iegeged is • WIT to which we should be happy to primp* put as sad, if the cemeihateey Swedes et the goes:nein" el her 'intermit itaisety resounded to ear own.—Mospe. Esteauttes. POLAND AND THIS POLIO. them hi their bitybs se lea. maw their pries se Irmly esibured. la their thieeilm. I beg yes erlll tremerilt ,te year tstlswatr.sse who irek a pert la the meeting et the bth envier* Mt pailleie for their seed wishes enil 'seeress holier. I has. the hetes: to be. Mr. year stiebebbitrat wets% (Sigurd) A. Cabaroarshi. MIDINT 07 TIM DAILY WWI.) PARIS, IATDIDiT EVIXIIIO. TL Drouyn do Lhuys returned to Paris at ten crank this morning, perfectly satisfied with the result of hie interview with Lord Palinerstoo. He will probably start for Vienna to-morrow, bat the exact time of hie departure is not yet fixed. The Prtrialan savoy Baron do Wedell had a private amliwaseof the Emperor yesterday, to take leave. He left Paris for Berlin last menial!, to obtain fresh in structions from the Bing of Prussia, and expects to return in a few days. Nothing has transpired to-day to throw any new light upon the situation. A government telegraphic despatch jest received from the Crimes, simply says, • Nothing new" At the Bourse, the Rents opened heavily ; but, after the ripen.** des prima, the state of the market was found to be satisfactory, and an upward move ment took place, during which the Three per Cents. tesebell 70.5. They closed at 69.95, with a rise of lfie. The railway market was exceedingly firm, the weekly returns of receipts on all the lines being very good. Lyons and Mediterranean rose 12.50; Eastern, 10 ; Orleans, 5f.; and most of the others from 1.26 to 2.50. Austrian railways rose 2.50. The general meeting of the Orleans shareholders has fixed the dividend at 39E, which, added to 30f. interest already paid, gives a product of 69f. for 1854. This result was known very generally for the last fortnight, and the continued firmness of this security is thus ac counted for. Among the passengers arrived at Marseilles by the Valetta from Malta, is the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Charles Fitzroy. The Veriie of Lille states that the military admi nistration has determined on not continuing to pur chase in the interior of the country the wheat re quired for the army, but has entered into contracts for supplies from iiA lgeria , Portugal, and Spain. This amours will, it is expected, oases a redaction of prices in the provincial markets. As two battalions of the Grenadiers of the Guard in heavy field order passed along the Quai des Tuile ries the evening before last on their way to the Lyme railway station en route for the East, their band was playing the air " Penult pour la Syr*" and the men from time to time raised loud cries of "Viva ltmpereer." Suddenly one of the windows on the first floor of the Pavillon de Flora opened, and the Emperor, leading the Empress by the hand, came forward ones more to bid adieu to his Guard, when the cries of " Vice rEnipereur ! Vivo rlmperiarloe!" were redoubled. A St. Petersburg letter in the Petrie notices as a remarkable circumstance that since the commence ment of the war all the French and English journals which used to be severely overhauled by the censure have been allowed freely to enter the capital, and to lie about on the tables in all the calk. The London Peach and the Paris CAaricari, with their broad caricatures of everything Russian, are now the favour ite reading in St. Peters bu rg . Nicholas 1., suddenly doing violence to the habits of his whole life, and re versing the established policy of the empire, ordered shortly before his death the free admission of all foreign journals without distinction, and Alexan der U. has - hitherto sanctioned the continuance of the innovation. The object of the new measure is supposed to be to excite the orthodox nobility against the infidel enemy. "You see how they in salt your Emperor, and how they speak of year selves." The censors, from old habit, sometimes match out a few lines, but as a general rule all the Paris and London papers may now be seen unmed iated. But although people are thus free to read, they are not free to talk about what they read to each ether. All discussion on public affairs is strictly prohibited. According to this correspondence the yeioguomy of St. Petersburg is very little altered the war. French and German tradesmen go to es usual to make purchaser, and bring back an ,assortment of fashionable novelties. The retail trade suffers remarkably little, and the rich, to curry fa vour with the Emperor, gave an unprecedented num ber of fetes, balls, and route up to the moment of hie death. PARIS, SUNDAY BYRNIIIIO. The following telegraphic summaries of the latest taws from Constantinople, by way of Marseilles, have been received since yesterday evening: Monaca 31, Evnxixo, "The Sinai brings Constantinople news of the 22ed. " The works for the establishment of a camp of as army of mere. of 40,300 men, whielt has been traced oat near Coastantineple, are actively going on. The Piedmont's troops, as well as the two new Freseh regiments of Chai sson expected from Atria, will, it is said, forst part of this estop. The lapis& division, ecommanded by °sacral Meath% which has been called foe by the Allied Others* sad has ban waiting for transports, was about to leave is sailing mesh towed by egoism. /hilliest Ipeeperaiisas for the reception of the Emperor and Empress imathased to be made at Ceestantiaople. It was reported AM the Sul tan would aesempaay Louis Amok= to the Crimes. " Four sorties made by the allnitUS frees itelgelepol be tween the 13th and 18th of March, were vistedessly re pulsed by the Allies. " The semination of AWL Pasha as Plenipeinstiery to Tina. was signed on the 13th March. This anthessader was making definitive armaments for his departure it the moment when the Sisal left Coastantiaople." MAIIIIILLIII, MAICK 31, EVIXING. " Slate the Bussisas at Red have opposed the free navi gable of the Esau* the pries of eon has rises at Cassia& tine*. However, the Auetrian ambassador has declared that the apprehingions entertained were exaggerated, and we have leaned that the Commandant of Beal has been die sel:mid. his therefore hoped that the navigation of neutral Tomb en tke Danube, not carrying articles seat:ahead of war, will no longer be impeded. , "The Pram or Orient pretends that Prises Mentehikoll . is deed at Pereesp. His Highness Prince exartoryski has addrsnesd the fallowing letter to William Martin, Bog., Manche,- tor, in reply to the address Toted to him at a pebble meeting to that city : Paris, Xmas 21,1666. 111r,-1 feel much honoured by the address voted cm the its last., in a full and free assembly of the inhabitant' of sae of the inset important sad populous cities of Great BMWs. The destiny and fall of Poised are indeed to be meribed Is a loos neglect, by the (ovum:outs of Europe, of the r psag tpriseiples on .blob, as you jestly observe, the welfare of all nations. Begkad, by bar went*a sad her thetitations, called epos to be the moat vigilant wares& of those priggish., dean's, perhaps, more Mime for having forgone. them towards Poked at three esessseive epochs. Fins, at the time of the partitions leesibirendy repeated on that meatry, whoa eM wee es a prosperous way of reform, order, cad prowess; then at the Deogreas of Vienna, whoa Omit Brits* at the top of her glory sad intlames, bed algae en imgestisa eel lamely sots between the dehassiess hem sad the three northern powers, el dm eons. iddieden ; mid lastly, is 1831, whim me amisled by soy one, in the narrow limits of a klegaum missed to her by the gowns of Time. revel to be a maleh hr Ramie mid sleetive b sessile time die united great WON= WPM have till mow beam ells to skein. The demi minsaiest adds am& es 'peseta milt:neaset retrieving the came of timer , as re say, apathy Gs , well of the Ihreiga bureau, et the state as of penal wets of =crepe. It is sot ardent patrimises, bat calm sad thorough eat slides. widish weirs me al that if the powers *flange de set as. MONO Mend Wont Bethnal isdopeadesse, yes my le wee Oat Ihree mid Mtn the world so mean pease, as tree hada, as podbillti to diminish the military teem of esamples. mid to diarist* the heavy bards& of =sad el the andesditere el mien sad . sailer I herself Is pagodas ; sad di the messy bleed shed. theEt till sew, will have Imes lavished la di m . if the w hish bags, to stimulate sad are sisseandd • ambition of Bun* sad width 'NNW thiamine of executing her plan% h sot ebaapd Ms wing it handy wee, a bulwark ter dermaay sad BOMB andele II maid bar sead n eremes sad Mit the asereeekamels. UM ham tab se say iminhy, that pile is Orem Wu& Neel Ms sea pest were ; nesiemasd sterlog, se yea ase demad is Ilk • ruriftstelM ef edidethy hr carte/ of • dedilds be the sum thee the debe to awed We method sseldet va. nth mid • a gisiallea - 41 ashram et Wild. We am. •r learn with . heeds sad sea wino am thet seallimale • Wish my elmatrydeisi led lir OM lOsertet de Clem it veiled% mused. B Trask* is bead of lie 8t ef the Ileeeed ri l ld'Arnier n. latter emend beim pima at the der peddles ef General Gorebert. T ho oornmend of the We& now by General lionet's promotion is glees to Gemerel Breton. CONSULS AND IN CHINA. LOP OP • LIITTS/1, 1:1•12D HONG XOllO, JAN. 21, 1866 • Oa tko Bth inst. the French began to aro on the city at daybreak f;ent their two ships, and a dos 32 pa battery tweeted ea the Fres* ground. The imperialists were sonata& ekes*, this lottery is great numbers, most of them wearing blue Abend badges es a distinguishinst mark. By 8 o'clock the top of t►e wall was knocked off, when 260 Preach, headed by lieutenants Denim and Petit, mounted the brush, aid got a howitzer up with them. They wore followed ►y 700 or 800 imperialists, and about 2,000 more meseeded is interim the city from another direction, both over the walls and through the north gate. The firing was incessant; the rebels drove one party of imperialists oat, Mardi**, arming in, • lodgement was fairly effected, and Magas batteries taken In the homes sear the north gate were set an fire, and every native that could be got hold of is said to have bean massacred. After the first bunt the rebels for some time kept wader cover, with the exception of those engaged with the French is the breech. At lag, after the imperialists had been fairly lodged for about two hours without maids( smelt progress, the tem•toms beat, and the rebels poured out from all di rections wpm the walls between the mirth and west gates, drove the soldiers la all directions, liege, bansernue and all being hurled right over the walls ; some were driven on the Preach, who kept oft the breach all the time, and wished to pem them, bet the Preach wishing to keep them is, tried to force them back, whereupon the imperialists, many of whom were raw militiamen, out for the first time, fired on the Preach line, and were replied to by a shower of grape, which seat them esamperiag in ell directioas. The robots then ante apois the Frenchmen, and drove them from the brush, so that they ware obliged to retire, which they did in good order, taking their howitzer with them, bat leaving • boa of powder and several shell behind. The loss es the Fresh side was the two silken above men tioned, sad 13 men killed, 4 OffiNITO sad 36 men wounded, some Saes dead. The imperialist less is estimated at 1.000 killed—womaded, and miming, three blue buttons and sin white modules killed, among them was the leader of the militia, a leiegpo mandarin if high steadies, but not in Alec The rebel lass is very small. being estimated only at 27, but many of the 'went natives must have been killed—murdered, yes may say, for it ins be Galled nothing else. The rebels pulled up the French sealing ladders in front of their guns, and wider the are of all the imperialists that dare show themselves, task is their sealing ladders also. The admiral's's that he did not intend that the imperisliss should get into the city, which is all =wean ; and upon his bead sloes mass rest the dreadful responsibility of the blood that has been spilled, not oily of the innocent natives ia the city who were butchered by the imperialist troops, but of his brave ofleers, who fell is an inglorious sum, and one which they themselves did not approve. . It is very remarkable how the English clack& still °outlaw to miamenege all matters ocenected with these trosbles, sad to depart from that use of duty which has been laid dowa by the home government, namely, the malausence of that stria neutrality. There must either be a great virility of sosstructions to be put open the mania( of that word, or they are deter mined to est at *might the instractions of their superien, although at the same time impressing apes British subjects the necessity of complying most strictly with the rules laid down sada penalty of a heavy fine or imprisonmeat for not dolag so. Would you call it seetrality were you to ere the British costal standing in the breach made by the Frisch mail the shower of ballets became tee heavy for him to withstand. Would you call it neutrality the acting vice-eons al being seat post huts to the imperialists' tamp with a mange to Kalb to send up his reserve st ones, or the day would be lost ? I should say certainly not, and it appear to sae as evidest as that this steamer will sail out of Victoria harbour in almost an hour's time, that the undigni fied coarse which our officials, both naval and civil, have all aloes pursued and still maim to pursue daring the troubles' times through which we have pas sed, us now passing, and have still to pass, will bring about an effect which few at prissiest contemplate, bat one which will be of a most calamitous nature, both ia iteellead is oar future relations with this mostly. THE DUKE OF ARGYLL'S CONFESSION OF THE FAITH AS IT IS IN ABBRDEBN. The installation of the Duke of Argyll u Lord Rector of Glasgow University took place on Thursday in the hall of the University, in the presence of the Lord Rector, the Very Rev. the Principal and Professor., the Rector's assemers, the student, of the University, and • beillisat assemblage of ladies. The duke then delivered In isengural address. The greeter portion of his speech wen tabs up with subjects of academic interest, and par limberly with the new sense for regulating the patronage of the Rest Indian civil mein Same allusions, however, were made to the political sombinatioss and the public men with whom the duke has been acting during the last two aw ls. If Lord Palmerston was annoyed by the frank smak. lag of gir Rebut Peel, what will he my to that of the Duke of Argyll? " I nand distal life at a time when many of the old division of bad beassee obliterated, not from the sowdlies of saypNadpis Of individuals, but from the ex hansties sad disappear,. of those great questions of public, peiley en whisk they had formerly arisen, and I became a member of a governess& which included in itself saes members who had same oiled together before in pilafs Ilk sad many men who had been opposed for a lag seine elf yam; and I ma truthfully declare here that dul.g lan We pears I anew saw—whatever may be the sip Gibs OM 0 dein—durbe those two years I never saw the Main Vann' a the appearance of any of die di divi sion of party. Whatever differences arose INN not in 2= ...paralla to those divisions, nor partook of the of party differentia. Not only did I derive entledasin felllMAil, but also from another areas anew These yews have been, as you all know, years of te4rsaid glamor. There have been au seal digital esbumal diffienitiekto a considerable extent, which mall Yaw brae up that geverammit, and have ended is tie dierielisa of many of its principal elements. WeU, seafood% dui, that period I have seen something of the worldly et the great public meta of the country, and 1 era Namely say I believe them astasted-1 am not spe- Usti, noked to shy otatomma.-eatiestod by the highest sad pond otedme, soil yea my depend ea it, when you put the lest emmirnedso on their seadest, it is not only ass the most , bat tie soot last, and the surest to the Creek. (Chows) And, gentlemen, I should be most satrap to say ova feelings sad esavictions, if I did not say, *bat you es Ms mien will bo to hear, whatever may be the bias el yew owe 'Oakes, that among the Wilk men with whom have been associated, I have NIS owe I vim I admired men than our diehards/led seen, Lord Absalom (Chess sad !limo) I gendensio, Be the emme of his am* : s a ham it the theme& liberality a every SSIBUIDIIIII he ea terseina in men gmetisa eilecing the monk the meld, sad the peIMW eimmeemeat of this geese people; hue, ahem all, I admire Wm fur what is perigee tie menet vitas is • melee gemoemat, for dial imingssaide Ins el jetties, of Wolk sad et mederatioa width sever alleles his imF en t s e partake, for the sake of prig popularity, of the end prejudices of the hoar ; lad I tell you it will ill for tie English people when this is a virtue which they de am knew how to homer. (Applause.) Well, geadomea, feeling thus towards Lord Aberdeen, and feeling thus towards the government constituted under him, I need hardly add that it has been a great pain tone to be 'mama from lint and hem several of his NM only geoid it ham bees hat it wade= vi t u a May own Imete of ,the fie if that mem tirelom plea vase liIIIMMINImps which meld im ply nay emeat to the popular del ism that the poliey of that goverment was mare the *Joy of sae section, and not of tie wide. But wk. the aside visemat who is now at the bled of the grresinest, I seen Lord Palmer ston, resolved tics eemnisios Asa tie esesseljpe to inn a new govenmeat, as did me the bigi he et adds, that I dada modems le maim wlsateige amintanos I might be able* give es a momber et the Hems of Lords la his =t, Ifelt Iloilo, valid reuses to »hoe ; sad in le s al was atranglisood sail oseerraed by the ad- S et deo mai d Led Aberiess. ( Hear, hear.) I had led lie Wow of isles a oedemas of that noble AMOS WO pen. I bed sees his uptight and isseesellie sea se a ander of Lord Aberdeen's ad nthailealist, and I sever saw gonads which could lead me I toe ea I Mint In suppose that a polio, le which he had been t . ppi m ettyy . Le a member of one gmenusest he would alter et as Mad et metier. Oa the emtrary, I felt the i= " Zavistiom *at la dm Made Ili sty boble friend LL Oleessies, seise Lied Palmorelea as well as under Lord Aberdeen, de lints podgy of die misery would be con dotted *tibiae, 1811111 m, sad aideretios." 4 . • slight dwelt of as earthquake was felt at Constanti nople ea the 14th. " The dolma has glees 200,000 piastres to the victims of the earthquake at Browse. .. Notwithstsadiag the imam! maenad* of the:Rusiaas ea March 14, the French remained deflaitively masters of the ambuscades is front of the Malakoff Tower, after they had bees repeatedly takes and retaken. "The Whoa: of Sebastopol is now sonusanded by the ALUM batteries, mid the Busiaa monk disappear. "The works of attack aad defines are prodigious." Another despatch of the mane date says : " The Berasider was uawelL " The West ;sews from the Crimea ware of the MB Ihrooral Beek& physicians had received orders top to ispiasia, to attend to the Turks who were wosaini le heron last lights. • !Imam ly. appointed Greek =Weeder, M. Ormadankalit boil eat yet wined at Constantinople. The Turkish qua mallse bad bee. isppreseed at Syn." A report that the southern part of Sebastopol was taken caused some lively speculation at the Little Baum cm the Boulevard. The Rents was dams at 70fr. 40c. ; bet, under the influence of the reflection that to-day was the Ist of April, it subssqnsetly dropped to 70fr. 10c., which is, however, an &dunes of 150. from yesterday: The Austrian Railway was in great regent, and rase Sir. or 4fr. Within the last few days there has been an extraordinary fall in the fitollberg Zino Yining shares. It boo recently come out that this ssspsny, whom capital was but five millions of frame% has expended eight millions in works, and that 0 loam of t hre e millions must be had meows, to foe the 6illairaey. The consequence was, that the share whisk bet a few days ago sold for no pros . at Timm states that Lord John Rumen 460 fr., wove quelled *Say at 20 0 rt"no elljfin,eor batman to pain the NNW wok at Berlin, to the in chief of the L VA ATiglide 111 111,11 1 na. Jut inanities pima is his by the Mai of P made an experimssW Init e frOla to Yakima in The a u d io= d is Larec ha nau da, two boon and a ha, _ of the line to D u chess de mime maiden same was Priam.' the public will dadisaly take on April 16. , Yogis& Mark de P has JIM Wired at Par* sled ca fe Gamma D'Antimere a moistly crab* 24 4„,,._ gown' el &Ado la the nay at th e East, le SP A:Z/3"11M general, Ballade WM"' who was with the slinks if tatawaillsi *s as* el Ile -do* to the auttooloi Or tho Pint Divia s a le ths elMe Bliseklaftßrimab -coy of the Rut OcepetAreate, vacant by the do lis k dugs " him gi of Omni Terry, and Dessau Goers!, a skills THE EXPEIEW 24tOirnit EVENifitth: &kat-fs ice; ON THU 3ICRIIITINO SIR VICE NOT TO BB BIUFIIVBD. NAVAL AND MILITARY. THE BALTIC SLEET. 81711 DAT. Yesterday morning, at 10 *look, Itesz-Adadral the Has. 8.8. Thuds., C. 8., Coesterider.ia-Chkif of the Hall{. lest, Re -Admiral 'Seymour, nand, and Raw Admiral Balsas, C. 8., third is command, west eat to the Inn at Bpithead, is the steam despetch-camel Vivid. Shortly after their snivel it board the Duke of Welling- Wm, the sigaal was Wined fer the ships belonging to this ' Sea bleepers far sea, Tuesday seat being appointed foe *mate sail, prooseding in the drat plan to the %was, where it is expected they will be inspected by her Majesty and the Emperor and Empress if the French. Two of the anew sloops, the Fakes, le, sad Arid, 9, left Spithend early yesterday morning for the Ch Ts of the Chas m]. to relieve the homeward.bound merchantmen detained by contrary winds. After performing this envies they will retina to Spithead. There an now at this anchorage 29 sail. They are imaged is three lines, the Debi of Wellington, deg of the Commander-in-Chief, being nearly the mane ship of the 'ashore line ; sad the Ex mouth, 91, flag of Admiral Seymour, being about the mitre of the inner line, whilst the balk of the frigates and sloops are of the Isle of Wight shore. The positions of the ships in them three lines are as follows, looking from west to east Croaker, 16 Bt. George. 120 0 Oootor, I Soya Geom. 120 emir% Vulture, I Illalivio, 9i = ll3 Glom" neseatk. 91 et Drift; 0 Bulldog, II NO% 91 Ma; GO 121902.119 DOW 91 Weillostao, 111 110199119, 18 110.09, 40 1/11 60 7 0 90 o Jams Watt.9l Cour. 91 DasUlok 2 11,441bargh. GO rf 19,210 . 21 aisser" 1l Ma, S. INI Plmrstal. 114 The Isnowitig circular uwaricasem has beau issued W damn sommeedieg regimsele "Hones Goa. *. MAUR Ili, 1856. "The reerniting of the army being at Ws UMW an object cf paramount temper •ance, calms smommiltivreAri meets sad depots are enjoined to ferule from son-analaissiosed eillein or privates employed en this drairwho by their pal and activity have been suessidal is saes for the mole*. Defies the present emergency, the mast twat neesseity alone eau authorise any application to relieve or exchange men who have proved themselves silkiest os the remelt* acevioe, sad the Georg Com. maading•ia-Chief maiden it desirable that every 'noon riesmeat should be held oat to those nougansaissioned alters and men, from whose exertions the recruiting of the army is rendered suceemful—By command. "G. A. WETHRBALL, Adjutant-General." A general order has just been issued respecting the promotion of officers who us taken prisoners of war. Dur ing the Peninsular war the rank of officers who were taken prisoners was held is abeyance. Promotional leek plass is their regiments, and they were is varteldp gemmed over. Henceforth the accidents of service will not be bald to dk eatitk *Seers to regimental advancement. The medals for distinguished service in the field were forwarded to the Crimes in the past week. The medal is Wets, with a red ribbon and blue centre. The relatives of those men who have died since their service will emirs them. The effective ships is harbour, the duke, and basins. are St. Vinous, 103; Pembroke, 60; Rutin" 60; &dribs. du, 26, paddle frigate (deg of Rear• Admiral Bayne.) ; Malacca, 16; Polyphemus, 6; sad Zola% shall magazine. This is emissive of smeller stamen, steam gsa boats, he., of whisk there is a goodly muster. The Hastings sad Pea k*, are rapidly getting ready to go oat of harbour; the Best named is painting ship, and the latter get up her steam yesterday to try her engines. Of the ships at Spithead, the Neptune, Bt. George, Ca seate, sad Piwerfal (all sailing ships), together with the lersw sloops Pylades sad Cruiser, are detached from the Dade Amer, having the red ensign dyleg. The whole of the Mien have the blue mules, denoting they are under Admiral Duadu. These will be the ships that proceed to the Belt* the seam skips reensiaing for particular sir • while{ the Pyhdes sad Cruiser, with the Falcon, Arial, and else ether ships, are expected to form a White lea Wedge& The lest, es seen from the shore. presents a magnificent spentesis, and to-day, the weather belay ezeudingly Sac, theaseada of waste have gone ea the water in boats, steamers, and yachts, to mail through it. A large train of ezeursiessiste came down in the awning from Brighton. Uses boats are advertised to ran through the fleet all day teurenew, sad three or four are summed to leave with Ma diet, aosempanying it seven is eight miles to sea. bares, provisions, enununition, he., of every possible de esriptioa, arrive daily. This morning the immense qua.- ' thy of 130 ton of shot arrived by nil, and waggons have been employed all day in conveying it from the terminus to the Gun Wharf for 'hippest. _ --- It has been decided by the commissioners of the Chelsea board, which has been anise at Chatham, to give a pension of 9d. per day to those who have either lost a finger or otherwise been slightly wounded. No decision has been come to with regard to pensions for those men who are more seriously wounded, and having lost either • leg or an arm ; the board, however, has allowed sick fur loughs to be givenithem, so that the men go home to their friends, and they ere allowed their daily pay—via., a private 13d., a sorpord 17d., and • sergeant 231. per day. The command of the floating battens. (says the Ufnifil Berries Gains.), now just ready for latinchisg, Ls exciting mach competition and rivalry among young cap. tains. Three have, we hear, been appropriated. Captains Edward A. Inglelleld, Arthur Cumming, and Frederick B. P. Seymour, hays leen selected for the purpose, and three sore dashing characters could not perhaps be found. _(/1.011 • 0011181.021D1NT 01 Ti* DULY N 11111.) The Victory, hired steam transport, sailed yesterday for Constantinople. She hes on board the main body of the staff of Major-General Vivian, therCommander-in Chief of the Turkish Contingent ; together with an immense cargo of biscuits Ma, ground coffee, casks of tom and wine, tierces of b eef sad pork, cordials, furniture for the hospitals on the Bosphoras, parcels and packages for Mime Nightie. gale, the fleet, and army • i a quantity of presents from th e Qum to the troops and invalids, &a. In the Gown of last summer when Lord Aberdeen wupuusier, a lieutenant general in the Prussian service, the Pries von Bedevil, visited England. Notwithstand ing that thisArserare banter, the King of Prussia, was all t B MI I this "' m g with sits" enemy , the Emperor of arahorities d *entry did not think the mo ment Imagretna• to grant the general permission to inspect deakpozda assimsds of Greet Bri tain, and afford him opiortmaillea le review the newly-esited militia re giments, almost theme), military Isms them left in the 1= . It was selered =owe observing people at the ne at this Mar did net observe much delicacy in the approprisismseee his vigil. Bat the general's bearing wee me sionaisimsd. wed exhibited such utter anomalous ness of my impeopelaty er want of good taste is what he muddies, that the - andiseities to whom he was handmaid appearedM he sigma effi their guard, and treated him with that defenses ordinarily due to his military rank. It is true the general commanding the western district, the rosewood hero of Aliwall, after pasting two militia regi ments in review Wore the prices, observed to his highness, is hearing of all present, " that braver troops did not exist in the world than the Prussian troope, that they stood he roically at the side of the English m the well-fought field of Waterloo, and no doubt would do so again if occasion should require it." This allusion of Sir Harry Smith to Waterloo was conaidered by many bystanders ma priate, injudicious, and indelicate towards oar brat at Z: the French, and thus public lineation wee drawn from ma raising the indelicacy of the general's visit. Let us now pass over those few monthi is whisk the British army in the East has bon midnrieg un paralleled horrors in the support of its country's honest, and we shall discover, by the merest accident, that the gen tlemen at whose dispos ali were;olaced the means of acquiring the most accurate knowledge of our defences, has carried that information to the service of the Czar, where be is now employed, commanding a Russian army in the Crimea. In the eserespondeace from Espatoria we learn that in a I:blilatiallre with one of Omer Pasha's generals and the sia n commander, the former discovered in the letter an old comrade officer, one Prince von Eadzivil, a German Am. The same correspondence goes on to detail what mettengen passed to and fro between the distinguished proiensenfeiriews exchanging civilities, courtesies and ao ceptable present s the table, whence it may be inferred that the Prince von Eadzivil is a moot accomplished diplo matist. politician, or spy. Can any one inform the public who it wu that enabled the King of Prussia's envoy extraerdinaire to visit the defences of England and report M the Czar thereon ? Should the fortunes of war, Omens lettere day, throw Sir Harry Smith into the hands of Prince von Badathil in the Crimea, it is to be hoped the latter will bear in mind the civilities of which he was the object triton, nut earenier, ne presented himself on Mount Wise parade, armed with a ministerial introduction, and requested to examine the efficiency of the landieehr of England. If it be so facile • thing, as this German printer discovered it to be, to throw dust in the eyes of the 1 ministerial offiebth at house, it caa hardly be wondered at that the lines of the British camp before .P.thastopol should be visited and penetrated by the enemy's emissaries, and the acuteness of British officers evaded. PLYMOUTH, Aram 1. The Recruit and Weser, gun-boats, have made two tripe in the Channel to test their steam* sea eapabilities. They are thought to be too deep is the water to venture across the Bay of Biscay, and it is supposed that a pert of their heavy ordwaes will be taken out sad waveyed to the Black Sea in stemmas, and again put on board on reaching that destination. The Germania transport, No. 207. arrived from W 0011,4011 on Friday, bound to the Crimea, with 114 civil artiioen, Whir makers, wheelwrights, and smiths. She sailed 'Words,. The Vittoria Emanuel, Sardinian frigate, is still in dock at Keyhans, and under /spar. The Rosamond sailed down Channel on Friday, and re tamed yesterday. The Semarang, emigrant ship, was taken into basin for repairs. The &newel!, 84, Copt. the Hon S. C. Dune, arrived yesterday moving from the Black Sea, last from Gibraltar. Bee left the Black Sea fleet Feb. 4, arrived at Malta oa 27th, sad after coaling lest for Gibraltar on 3rd of March, where she arrived on 17th, and left fanning day for England. She has been ordered home to have new engines, her old ease having been made for a smaller vessel not of power equal to her regaireinsate. She has brought home 44 invalided sick and wounded seamen from the blase Sea fleet. The Heels was the only man-of-war at Gibraltar when the Sweltered left. The Veageance, bound to Eng land, had not passed the Gat et Gibraltar when the Baas pared entered the biy. The Trafalgar was spoken with on the 24th, off Cape Finoistem ; she bad been fifty days on the espies from Malta sad Gibraltar. Oa the 27th March the Saneweil signalled her Majesty', ship Bellerophon about 400 mils, off the Lizard. The &aspired i.p to the 24th March experienced • encomia* of gales from S.W., and since that period light south-easterly winds. She spoke the naosports Muslin and Rattlesnake, and the Ranger bound to the Cape of Goad Hope. Immediately after dropping anchor in the Sound, the powder was taken oat of the Musepareil, and at 4 is the afternoon she proineded up the harbour. She will be taken into dock at Bribing in stew days, and will be fitted with her new engines with allowable despatch. The Ave., Master A. J. Veiteb, sailed yesterday mora les foe Portsmouth, with Royal Marines from the and Sanspanil. The Meehan is loading with stores for the Crimea, and the Medusa sailed yesterday westward. Ships in Harrow :—lmpeegaable. Royal William, &is pond, Cornwallis, Prometheus in dock, &Wale, Sylph, ' Victor Emenael ((Winona) is do.k. In the Sound: hislampus, Remit, Weser, War Cloud transport. THE MILITIA. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The militia regiments here have Wen thrown into a considerable state of excite ment during the pest week, in consequence of instructions from the Minister of War, which will, in all probability, deprive the country of the very valuable services of • large amber of the men of the Ist Somerset, Devon Artillery, sad South Devon. The occasion for this sudden disruption was through the want of arrangement sad forethought in fram ing the eat at parliament which brought the militia force rtes eniolonio The men who were raised in the year UM 3, end up to 12th May, 1854, were held liable to be trained for periods not exceeding 66 days ; and under immi nent danger of invasion to be embodied for duty; bat by an eel passed in the session of 1854, men enlisted then and sub asqueady, were liable to serve is the event of war. The militia were required for garrison duty soon after the hum iliation of the new act, and all the enrolled man were called eat, arid retained up to the present period ; but doubts arose, awkward tendon had to be answered in the Hawn ▪ Paellemont, the law officers of the crown were sonssited, and their opinion left no alternative to all m/Wrmon bet serve they must. Notwithstanding soh opishoo. Le ' rd Nannies has put forth an act of gram, and Bums isseined the discharge to their homes of all men est. =Ned pier to 12th May, 1854, bat they may be re-atlnalled le somplsee their original term of five yun' service, and 111 abilliage, entirely irrespective of all other p▪ ay or toasty. These conditions were explained yesterda y (Friday) to the men of the South Devon, Devon Artillery, sad lo Somerset, and of the latter, which is one of the Inset mllitia regiments in England, and equal to almost any regiment of the line, 414 were discharged, and pawed up the railway for Somerset. Of the Devon Ar tillery, which numbered about 300, about a third hew la, and of the South Devon about 100. Some who wig, the Int to leave have sines returned and mentor* 1,711 hoary probable that more will do so. It will be emythiag Ws agreeable to meet of these men, now that they have got mood to Worse lib, to resume their former habits and labo rious employminile. end it is thought that in thus leaving many are inflames& by the hope of securing • large bounty. As illushating the probability of many of these seas returning to the regiments the following Minim- Mose may be mentioned :—Some weeks since a INK belonging . to one of the regiments above mood being auxins to return home, obtained per mission to Omen providing • proper substitute. This was dons at the mat et semi pounds, old the man left by railway ter hie home, sad sitar remaining there some days, he began es think it very uneathilictory, and to long for the soldier's life. A few days brought him beck to hudquartaes, seeing to be enlisted. He again entered the regiment se a reeraft. and h now on duty here. Many of those who left on Friday and to-day will, before the next week ends, either ones bask Se their old corps, or enlist into the line. As it is, the Major Omni commanding the district has great difficulty to muster sufficient men for garrison iitA. Noxs DORMAIL MILISLC-011 W ednesday morning IS order from the Home-ofik• to Vie commander mini= d=ing the Immediate dismissal of all times who bad prior to May, 1854. Accordingly, in the afternoon, the whole regiment, numbering nearly 800, mustered, and those who were not liable to be detained were forthwith ordered to peek up their kit and walk. Oat of the above number • very small minority remains, somewhere about thirty.— f isradcrland Vases HANrenian.—The Hampshire Artillery ROMs lately arrived in this garrison. followed on Friday mor ning the , example of the Mosmostbehire Militia, by demanding their I discharge a ft er 66 dap' sorties, esierdiag to the act of 186$. Their appearanee au for was tug dirpeetful, and demands of ahem*their diming, re been corn with. The ma previous to the Above outbreak have ADMIRALTY, MARCH 31. APPOINTMENTS. bayed themselves egmedingly wall.— Woolwich 1 Mastiffs J. Hello& (3841) to the Meleaspos, 42, storciship, dent. at Sheerness,. end 0. F. ill'Dougall (1861) to the Meander, WaIT Hamm.—Oa Wealleadey_ • large number of the 44, for particular service. use it is said nearly 600, of the West Kent Light Infantry Assistant-Masts, C. J. A. Holdall, to be Attendant at Regiment claimed to be telossod from permanent duty Malta yard. during the remainder of the year, ea the ground that instead Semi Masters, C. F. Peehett„ to the Jana, 4, paddle- of serving fifty-sin dam they hare been out nearly one wheal steam vessel, of 220 horse-power at Sheerness. D. huadred.— Sauer Ezra*. H. Ass ( 3331 ) tie the Otter , 3, Peddle : uheol du= vessel, Lmonstananras bizuru.—Cesexannleatious have boa of our isergorprow, at Woolwich; 8. Sibley, to the Locust, received from the War-oliko sndieritiss, directing that all 8, poillombeel steam vessel, of 100 beseopewer, at Os roes with large families, eallatell prior to the 12th of Woolwish ; and H. L. Kelly, to the POWs% 20. wow May, 1864, shall be altogether illudomWe rewiring if. 14 Man et 860 hemopower, at ilbeeenees. bounty. The INS littelit lintbetalt have the Aetlag 131ork S 0. lohissan, to the Samos* 90, sere, spies st ;stars ambled Os bales sailed amt fte Moen ship. et el lassavewes, at Devourers. *ye emnsal le of moallissestal Twarinty Maks, W. Smith, to the Excellent, gunnery eittey for the et the full issiol at Ivo ship, et Portemerath; H. W. Pots and Z. J. Yeovil, to the to reasiteo es lielsedisto bsa 41_ 11. There Y et% DeWitt Weillopcs, 131, strew Maass ship, of 700 holm &best dad meg tit whom them Mrestgete 11 : 81 uP pew, at Plyinenth. Thesis, sow*, about 130 had minstmd la be 1 Clerks Amisteate, ZD. Orson, to the Royal Goon, 1.% for mirmementilaty.—Leirmesr ilientorpo " ' • mew Meant ship, of 400 Imam power, at ilbeeiners; W S EMS= tismisintr.—TM edmio et it Plan As lai Mart* 31. H. Jail, J Chinless. mad T. It. Jehmeirne bon ,l trey ag Feet rams te lb* bums. ea wweeUU ths Ur Albert, 121, screw steam ship, st dell sells Mem la the Mareriel Zadmild mad et Hun pow% 'Manama station. _ gamins. The bead will ha bodies sr, as Ms trumpeters Aids, &Goad Mester, J. W. Mine, to the Tral,E, Pare are abase Maybe waged Ms oitil Mho nrustesol at . ship, for particular webs haaktnartest es /rider 01110115,9110 49 491 remain. DUBLIN, MAR= 3.1. VoLtarrionuNo molt THE Itusruk.—Thirty-eight rearsits have voluatured from the QIIII•D'S County Militia for the 87th snd 88th Regtmemts of the Lino. When the Royal South Dowa Rogimeat el Militia was assembled in the Barrack square 7, their reload, the Marquis of Domin , i', whether dwfi were prepuud to do duty on abed& Sink Wean and country require them. The ma, ewe col an, la the Emu oath anima° meatier sigailled their lataatlew to volunteer kr foreign duty at thy puled that their minima may be asked into requisitien. The 111119111111• MIS eras received with anhottadul applause, the sable Mew& lieseeld elreeslai lustily. Oa Thursday the regiment wae imputed hy LleaterianbGeneral Thomas, eammeadieff the meths= keerid, aad toned in a most entiskeesey state so to militerudissipline and training. The Deily Rapture says: “ We an missend to contra dict tin St•teWlit that nee holoaring to the led West York Militia liars boon disaraciling their din:Amigos • and on the authority of fiergasaa Major Edward Headed, 3rd West York, we have to say_ that there is ire truth ia the statement. Tha Erd West York le ono of the beet :militia regiments in the service, aad betkolikers and men have felt mull hurt at so unfounded an imputation epee their gal lantry and patriotism." The following appolatssats have been made on the staff of General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., coessmaseng the forms la Ire land :—Major the Hoa. Janes Colborae balf.pay, to be Military &notary; Captain Sir Lydstm: Newman, Bart, of the 7th Susan, to be ow of hL lordship's aidee-do camp. Lient.-Gesseal Thomas, C.B , has ',turned from Inn of absentia, and remold the :ennead of the troops serving is the Barak dislike. _ _ _ _ — ltl7as ben7desidell by the authorities that the Militia ArtiUnita _lreland she ll be pieced under the direction of the Lieut-eseasel sad Board of Oraneace I. the MOO moaner as the mete Anilkey. I . Th e UM Relfhaeat. just renamed to Ragland from India, le umber erases ihe behead, lad will shortly arrive here, en male he Templemere. MUSIC. THE MUSICAL !MASON. Th. mason now began promisee considerable acti vity, especially as regards the department of open. In el ditioa to the " Royal Italian Opera," we en to hen Ds lima and Gerona opera at Drary Lens, and English Opens at the Rayanstet. It is announced that the Royal Italian Opera will open ea the 10th last. Mr. Gye bu not yet put forth the usual prospectus of the season, but we are in a condition to men- Nast eau particular which may intuest our mauled readen. The company is to be of extraordinary stringth. Its principal members will be—lioprani lddlie. Bakst, Wills. Noy, NO*. Marai. and Madame Viardot. Contralto : Mdlb. Didide. Tenors : Mario, Tauber lik, Cisadonl, and Lucchesi. Hum : Lablocis, Formes, Up; Taglialiso, cod rolonini. Is this list, how- ever, there is one sad blank--hialue odds defiendut —the name of Grisi, absent for the first time these twenty years, and withdrawn, it is understood, for ever. For such an irreparable law we must console ourselves ILI we best may. Mario, we believe, is engaged only for a short period. The great features of the season will be auk production of the Etoik du Nord, and of Verdi's last aid highly successful opera, 11 Trotatoro. The &ode du Nord will probably be brought out under the personal super intendence of Meyerbier himself, who is at present occupied in preparing the opera for the Italian stage, by turning the originally spoken dialogue into recitative. The piece hen been very strongly east, as follows: Peter, Formes; Catherine, Mdlle. Bosco; Trassovis, Mdlle. Marti; Dant lowits, Gardoni ; and Gritaeako, Lablache. The English public will thus be enabled to judge of the merits of this celebrated work, which they could not possibly do by means of its very lame performance at Drury-lane—a performance which took place not only without the sanction but in spite of the earnest remonstrances of the author. Is the Trout folll, the fine part of the Gipsy will be performed by Madame Viardot, who is engaged for that purpose. No mention is now made of Madame Borghi Maw, the celebrated con tralto, who was expected to appear is London this season. Drury Lane is to open on Easter Monday for Italian and German opera. We learn that Madame Persiasi, Tam burial, and Bari are to be members of the Italian portion of the company. The Germans, with some exceptions, will be the same as last year. Balfs is mentioned as being en gaged to officiate as muMoal director. A new German opera, by Mr. Aguilar, has been accepted, and is to be produced early in the season. The Haymarket is to be partially transformed into an English opera-house, in which form it will be opened on Easter Monday. The principal anion are Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Mr. and Mn. Weiss. A new English opera, by Mr. Henry Smart, is already is preparation. Opera is to alternate with " the legitimate drama "—a term which we use for went of a better, for we do not see why opera should not be deemed as legitimate as any other branch of the drama. The legitimate drama is to be sup ported by Miss Cashman and Miss Helen Faucit. We do sot much approve of such haltand-half 'ensues—a theatre, like every other undertaking, ought to have one undivided purpose. By attempting to do several things at once, none of them are dose well. Our national opera never prospers, because it is always tacked on as as appendage to something else. To have English open, we must have an English opera-house—s theatre exclusively devoted to one single object, of adequate magnitude, and supplied not only with • complete company of dramatic singers but with a sufficient orchestra and chorus, a competent director, and all the " ap pliances and means to boot" which are necessary to the effi ciency and success of a musical establishment. Hottesini, the celebrated double bass player, hes returned to London after a long absence. His marvellous tours ds force on his gigantic instrument will, of course, form prominent feature of the concerts of the seams. We have already mentioned that Alboni is about to visit this country. She is engaged by Mr. Beale for a provincial tour during . . . . the summer, in which she is to be accompanied by several artists of reputation, including Herr Ernst, Mdlle. Jenny Boner, Signor Lorenzo, Mr. J. L. Hatton, and Mr. Land, who is to act u conductor. MUSIC AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. A second experiment, in the direction of procuring novelty and variety in the musical arrangements of thsCry mai Palace, was made on Saturday, by the opening of a new and powerful organ, which has been erected, at the instance of the directors, by the eminent firm of Bishop sad Co. Whether this description of music is intended to supersede the band is not yet known; but the latter, as at present constituted, is to be broken up—a circumstance which, if =attended with any diminution of attraction, will involve • saving to the concern of some six or seven thousand a year. Certain it is that, from the peculiar construction and material of the building, the performance, of the bend, although excellent of their kind, have never pro- duced such an effect as would justify so enormous an outlay, and therefore the directors must be held as quite justified in endeavouring to ascertain whether better musical effects may not be produced for the money, or, as is highly probable, at a greatly reduced cost. The effect of a grand piano has been tried, and, as may be seen by a notice in a former number of the Daily News, with satisfactory results; but for the purpose of completely filling so vast an interior • gigantic organ is the obvious expedient. When the ques tion of the musical arrangements was first under the con sideration of the directors the erection of such an organ was proposed, and had many advocates, but the amount of the im mediate outlay had a deterring influence, and the brass band was organised. It is ranch to be doubted, however, whether there was any real economy Lithe subetitatis; while every one must admit that a great organ, both in its proportions and massive tones, would have been most in keeping with a building which is gigantic in every particular. Taking even the pounds, shillings, and pence view of the question, it must be remembered that 7,0001. a year represents at the present price of money • capital of 200,0001., whereas 20,0001. se 30,0001. would build a magnificent organ, which would always reckon for something even in a broker's in ventory, while the 7,0001. • year all melts away in the echoes of the daily music. Besides, the management of fifty or sixty individuals of the race which, next to the poets, is considered to be the meet irritable in the world, is no easy task—a fact of which we believe some recent events have tended strongly to convince t►e directors. The organ would give no trouble of this kind, but would, except when called upon to " discourse most eloquent music," preserve that dignified and placid demeanour which ►ecomes so majestic an object—nor would it make those weekly calls on the treasurer which are supposed to exercise a depressing in , finance in dividends. The experiment of Saturday,se far as it west, was satisfactory, but could not be considered conclusive. The effect of the music was esoollent within a 'attain range ; but if organ music is to be the rule at the Crystal Pelona, the directors must make up their minds to the erection of an inatrasseat larger than any that has yet been seen in this country. Messrs. Bishop and Co.'s in strument, which stands in one of the transept galleries, was surrounded ea Saturday by a numerous and fashionable audience, who listened with much gratification whilst Mr. Lake, organist of St. John's, Paddington, played the follow ing programme: _ . _ FircZui 77 ll;not afraid" Beasdistris Marna "Moose With Palm Belntim ftvai "The Brides of Veda' March "Prophtte" Haydn. Mende:mob& Eybey. Mendelnas. Benedict. Reyerbeer. This selection was, it will be perceived, well calculated to bring oat the peculiar powers of the instrument, except, perhaps, the operatic neorosostx ; but the organ performances at the Exhibition of 1861, end Mr. Best's line playing at the Panopticon, have, to a considerable extent, familiarised the public ear to these otherwise startling innovations on the "solemn peal" which is the traditional c►aracteristic of the isstrument. The music, which was creditably played, was fairly heard all over the ►uilding, bat best, througbenit the sweep of the gallery, in one comer of which it is placed. The band also gave whet may be considered a farewell con cert, and thus the public had an opportunity of judging of the comparative edicts. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Doke of Cambridge, honoured the Palace w ith a visit in the morning, and remained for a couple of hours, when Mr Joseph Paxton had the honour of conducting the Prince over the grounds. THE RYS PIANOFORTE EXPERIMENT IN TEE CTAL . TO Tit ZDZTOI OP THI DAILY PPM. Sim, b—ioar eerreepeadesl X, whose letter you in serted es Sanardey we, is sot very deer in the exposition of hie views sad opinions is the /abject of hie essnotanies ties. It nay, however, be paned therefrom that be is opposed to the introduction of the pianoforte in the espial plehnalusso is the °split Passe; ahhough it dose set gym Iran hie /AWE that he wee papal at the =perinea; which wee reported in year paper of Friday. Now, sin I was la the Wiling us this 'swim i east while I hilly epee 3 ! 1