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

Ike Orpreos. - Aassrtlssmats blissisd tot 0 10 s. Ispros,“ Lenin lma, paw, nue Is at Yr Oa% 10, Ilsoneeirsereso. by two *Wok so w ilsy lot pekdadca. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tan DAT —Mania& IL Us knorann. lb. $O5. Tchnouriv—Marang. 3L 440...—Aftrano. lb. Na LONDON, WEDIVESILAY, APRIL 4. LATEST FROM ABROAD. THE RUSSIAN SORTIE ON MARCH 22 AND 23. 2,000 RUSSIANS KILLED & WOUNDED. GENERAL CANROBERTS DESPATCH. allr SUDItADINI AND SAIVISM TILINIZATIA.) (71.031 TIN O) THI DAUM IMO PARIS, WIDNUDAY MOIUMO. A despatch has been reosived from General Cu. :ohne, dated March 29, giving an amount of a sortie made by the Russians, on the night of the 22nd, sad morning of the 23rd. He states that the enemy were vigorously driven beck, with a loss of no lees than 2,000 killed oe wounded. The lass of the Allies vas 600. The above appeared exclusively is the first im pression of the Daily News of this morning. From a second edition of the Mass it appears that the despatch was published also in the Mowitrur ot this day. Other despatches, received this afternoon, state that the English last Colonel Kelly, of the 34th; Captain Browne, of the 7th; and Captain Vicars, of the 97th. Two other officers were wounded, and one is missing. The Sintois, which left Constantinople on the 26th, has arrived at Mansilles, and despatches for the go vernment left at 4 a.m. yesterday. M. Thoevenel has been entrusted with She Foreign- Gam department doriog dm absence of M. Droops do Lhoys, who, it is annonne4 has left " for Vleana.•—Deify New. DELAY OF TSB WEST INDIA HAILS. BTONDINT 01 TIM DAILY IfEWIP.) SOUTHAMPTON. WIIMIIIIDAY. The West India steamer Tay, which left with the West India mail on Tuesday, ham put back, owing to solos damage to her machinery. She will probably be detained a couple of days. HOW THE PUBLIC BUSINESS IS CON- MR. ROLBUCICS Committee stands adjourned to the 17th inst. On Friday—when the Committee held its last sitting before the holidays- a good deal of time area wasted before a quorum could be got to- gather. Three or four of the members had sys tematically absented themselves for some days pre vious. These symptoms ought not to be passed over , without comment. Our readers *moot have forgotten how, at the time when the Committee we. nomi nated, several members rose in their plates in the House of Commons to declare that, though they had consented to serve upon it, they disapproved of the inquiry. Those who have closely watched the proceedings of the Committee, have been struck with the obvious efforts of one member to turn the inquiry in the direction of the French army, it having been made one of the main objections to the appointment of the Committee that it must necessarily touch upon the proceedings of our Allies, and thereby give um brage to the. French Government. Nay, some who have acct. behind the scenes do not scruple to in sinuate that the same member of the Committee has been insidiously labouring to work upon the personal susoeptibilities of some of his colleagues, with the view to produce an explosion that might bring the inquiry to a premature close. Without pausing to inquire how far the symptoms of relaxed interest evinced by some members of the Committee may be taken as forerun ners of a cessation of its researches, or to what extent the reluctant participators in the investigation may be trying to obstruct their more zealous confreres, thus much may be taken for granted, that the Ors. mittee is looked upon with unfriendly eyes is Idgis quarters, and that preparations are being made to inaugurate • system of pooh-poohing it during the recess, preparatory to clapping an extinguisher ppm it. The sagacity and persevering disposition of Mr. ROLBUCK afford good security that this huddioss game will be played in vain. There is no harm, however, in directing the attention of the public to this manceuvring of party coteries, in order that public opinion may be prepared to support Mr. ROEBUCK, if necessary. We have felt it our duty to remonstrate, on more than one Goer Mon, with the Committee for the unsystematic man ner in which its inquiries have been conducted ; still it meet be admitted that an invaluable mass of facts has already been dragged to light through its buten. mentality. Already has it been made apparent that an attar want of system pervades the admisistratioe of our army and of all the auxiliary civil apart ments. Already his it been made oppose that men are habitually thrust into appoishomile of the highest trust and responsibility within* any attempt being made to test their distal aptitude. We are engaged in a war is which the enemy has never confronted our troops in the field without receiving a signal defeat. Hitherto oar operations have been confined to the sea-coast, to wnieh our numerous transports have had safe and uninterrupted moms, and yet food, clothing, fuel, shelter, medicine--all have been withheld from our soldiers to an extent that has produced disease and death in their most hideous forma. The misma nagement has been as glaring at home as abroad: overcrowded llamas have engendered disease Moog the troops of the lies, and oar Militia appears to be melting away like MOW Imp before the breath of spring. The earls of the honest members of the Committee which is throwing light on the muss that have praised this lamentable stets of affairs deserve the supra" end eaeouragentent of public' sympathy and 1 4 6 1 8 . - bake. We can Pe l4oll ow Government Adele be the dismay with which the progress el the Oammittos's -I .4se inspires this. Its merilsgioss hands are withdrawing the veil which messed their Widest imbecility. And the insight obtained Late the *IA of the prleoa-bocce of the War Deputises% is mffiins men to coojeetere how setters may stand in OA* Government cares. Luckless individeals connests4 with the Cologre—West Indiana, Canadians, Arles liens, natives of the Cape--all, in short, who have at any time waited for an interview with the Secretary or Under-Secrets:7 for the Colonies, in * the chamber of sighs." shrug their shoulders, and matter that the War office and the Colonial-office are et as lire ae two pees." They re- Dolled how long the Horne Colonial Administration was in • state of perennial feud with the Colonies; they recollect how the representations of men long practically conversant with the affairs of these settle ments were scouted because clerks, accustomed only to oopy and register letters, could not comprehend them; they recollect how the wayward incompetency of Colonial-oace employes drove the Canada@ into rebellion, drove the Cape to the verge of i•surreotion, beggared the West Indies, and brought bankruptcy over Australia. The recesses of the Foreign-office have yet to be explored, but the conduct of our diplomatic and consular agents abroad suggests ugly suspicions that affairs are no better managed there. Ice short, JOHN BULL is awakening , to an uncomfortable suspicion that the whole of his Executive Government is little better than a sham; that his public affairs were administered he has believed simply and solely because he never allowed himself to examine the matter. The growth of this opinion among the public eat of doors is an awkward affair for those who have hitherto enjoyed the exclusive earls to administra tive employment. Party divisions among them are almost entirely effrced—only a microscopic eye can detect any difference between their professions of principle. The Duke of Az ' CaLL protests that Lord PALMERSTON enter tains the same views, is following out the same policy, es the Earl of ABERDEEN. The Earl of Danny is a Whig turned Tory, as Lord Paul...mos is a Tory turned Whig. There is nothing to prevent a man of any party among them acting in concert with a man of any other party. And yet no Premier can collect a sufficient number of competent men out of the whole batch to make up an efficient Ministry. Government in the hands of the lordly exclusives is waxing daily more feeble; and apparently the ma• chine must come to a stead unless the unprivileged classes—ClouwELL-like— shoulder the incapable. out of office, telling them to " make way for better mss." The recent exposures of scandalous nepo tism in appointments to lucrative offices have taken from the exclusives their last argument in defence of the system by which they have so long pro fited. We have been told by them that statesman ship is a trade which men must learn ; and that only members of the aristocracy can afford the expense of the long untsmonerative apprenticeship. Which branch of state-craft has Sir Climax. WOOD stu died ? He is transferred from the Exchequer to the Board of Control, and Irom the Board of Control to the Admiralty, as lithe same education could train a man for employments so entirely distinct. And as for the unremunerated political adventurers of noble families, where are we to seek for them, when peers gorged with wealth unscrupulously quarter their callow broods of unfledged statesmen—sons, sons-in ... law,- and cephews—on the public purse? Ouly the middle-claw representatives of the people in the House of Commons serve their country without prospect of fee or reward : foe every appointment that has a salary attached to it is secured in reversion —three-deep--for the scions of the aristocracy.— Doily News. imp i 41 'THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY WHAT ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS DISMISSED FUR? Sir Charles Napier, on his return from the Baltic, was ordered to strike his flag and come ashore with less of 000rtesy than a real gentleman would have expended on the dismissal of a cabman. Yet at the Seamen's Hospital dinner Lord Palmerston and Ari al, al Berkeley could scarcely find words strong enough to express their admiration of Sir Charles, and their approbation of his conduct in the Baltic. Lord Lucan was recalled from the Crimea; bat the posse eotnitattes of Ministers in in a chorus of eulogiums on Lord Lucan—he is faultless in their eyes. Mr. Kennedy was dismissed from the Woods and Forests; but a minute is entered on the records of the Treasury praising Mr. Kennedy to the skies. The only inference one can draw from these, and many similar instances, is, that under our matchless constitution men are turned out of their offices because they have deserved well of their country. It would seem to follow, that foe • man to be lett in office is tantamount to a declara tion that he is incapable or untrustworthy. If this be the case, no one can doubt the validity of the titles by which a majority of our existing officials hold their appointments.—Daily News. DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN. (11011 LAST NIGHT'S GAZITTIL) WAR DEPARTMENT, Avast, 3. Lord Panwure has this day received a despatch and its enclosure, of which the following are copies, addressed to his lordship, by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, O.C.R. : Before Sebastopol, March 20, 1866. My Lord,—lt is with deep comers that I Mundt las your lordship's information the copy of a letter, which 1 received on the 18th instate, from General Cemobert, et ecianciag, with every ezpression of cowers, the death of a British aimr, who &ppm» to ham wandered tato the Pres& mem, and, not answering the challenge that wee repeated Mum times, was shot dead by the French entry, whose peg he hod approached. This 'Mw. Surgeon Ls Blase, et the 9th Foot, occupied • teat near the capital hats a his regiment, situated et sumo dastame hem the easamposeet of the re g iment Me wata ewtmislrthemea of temperate i i l l iabits, and w; Gem seas, leaving ea tis candle upon t t h e alarmUm:lM; Wt spa, and walked out ; he was never seasalive after wriest& be explained that, shortly after the close of the it ma 1111,17111, Mere was a very heavy fire on the left of Me Tema rit, which was maintained for several hours. Me of the English poets were attacked, bat it was eons.- domed pendent to get the greater portion of our troops under arms. M. Le Blanc was shortsighted, and probably mistook be way from the first, the eight being excessively dark, for be was head fez distant to the left, end must have wan dered ftem sue pesitioa without knowing the &modes is which be woo plan. Being imateas to ascertain the facts of this unfortunate Mee es mereetly as possible, I have set on foot as tensity, to be scedniMed by English and French Often, is basocistna with each ether, and I propose to do myself the honour to send yea their report. I have addressed a similar letter to the General Cosa mending-is-Chief. I Item, &0., The Lord Permute, he , &e. RAGLAN. Read-quarters, March 18, 1866. have to inform you of as My Loul,—l sot 'Assist to useh to be Teo-- ' which even - k, _.es to be isgretted - , painfallp esipossas the Preach amp and ha Ventsasador-in-CtueL Last sight, whilst*, troops wen kept paepoledly on the alert. en inglish oilier presented himself Waft the lies of the 113th Iteginsat, established near the visa& hawse bolded oar tvesebse of tke left attack. Alitlisanit summosall dine times by the seri see, the oast did sot reply t abs asstlaal Bred, sad lie was killed es the spot. I ma hardly understand how this tinhessy saw found himself at ma an boar so far frost the &OM tamp. I behove that his &nth esn only be 'millets. Mollie ems ins• prudesse ; but Ido not the lees deplore this Nes% wide must also be attributed to the natural emntlis sll a prim soldier, who, in the midst of the events told& lest night, r ipr oasly executed the military mulattos. I have, ( B ittafkd CAMILOBIZT Limed in-Chief el the Freseh Army. • ' Field-Warshal Lord Raglan, Ito. &a QITITAL PALACI, MANCH 31.—Retatn of admir lion tor As days sadists Batorday. Hardt 31 : Number ad- I CIMITAL PAWL—SHILLING DAT.—April S.— maned, Laclading smog ticket !holden, 8,287: moist to- Admissiots as payssat, 1,235 ; ditto by masa deka* calved foe adioloitasa, 3421.25. 2139.—T0ta1, 1,1121. re, APRIL 4, 1855. gel Thy pmt, attellad by the DUOS= of ,At hol 'Lord Fitzroy, mod Woad Seymour, visited* , Deems, of Giesesekm,. retarday allespese e at eirmseler boum The Dashes' of Heat ma the Priem limed of Using's visited her Iblesty, yesterday. at Sashimi/bus Palma. Priam Albert presided, yesterday asensieg, at a meetisg el the Royal Commksies for the iisbibitias of 1861. Ilk Royal Higbases, engaged by Col. Seymour, arrived at the new Palms of Westminster at 11 *Wash. The Commie. siemens pessest wore :—Lod Bosley of Alderley, Lord Oventesse, Sir Alexander Spearman, Sir William Cabitt, Sir Chaise Eastlake, Sir Richard Wesumeett, Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. Hamilton, sod Col. Olipbeat. Edger Hewing, Seentery to the Commiasion, attended. Dr. Lyoo Playfair was prevent. The meeting broke up at a quarter before 2 o'ellook. _ The Royal abater party la the miming at Buckingham Pasco included the Priem and Primus Augustus of San Cobonrg, the Prime of Lelaingen, Priam Brant of Lektiagen, the Bari of Clareades, Lady Corollas Barrios ton, the Lady-la-Waiting to the Prisms Augustus of Saxe Coboarg, Lady Charles Fairly, liejor-Oeneral Wylde, sad the Geatlencsa-ice-Wilting to Priam Augustus of Rue Cobourg. The Prison and Prisons Augustus of Saxe Cebu, visited the Dueheas of Gloucester yesterday. The Conninionen for the Reduction of the National Debt held a quarterly messing yesterday, at the Aloha residence of the Chancellor of the 3i:chequer, is Downing street. Peewit—the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy Go vernor. Sir Alenander Speaniaa, secretary and onaptrol ler-geserel to the Commissioners, attended. The Education Connate* of hn Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council bad a seeing on Mwaday at the Conseil oMee. The lords present were—the Lord President, the Doke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George . Grey, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Unary Smith bad an interview with Viscount Pal mentos yesterday, mpedting travelliog impregnable bat teries. The Queen has ordered her biscuit•bakers, l Mean. Hill sad Jose% of Jewry-street, to forwent to Lady de Bedeliffe, for the ow of the hospitals in the Black flea, a another of eases of their best biscuits, with other atedieal comforts, as jaw., Tellies, raspberry nosier, loam sad other syrups. The Earl of Cardigan arrived in Portman-Kean, on Monday, from visiting the Duke of Rutland, at Fielvoir Castle Leicestershire. , . . Bir Charles Fitzroy, H.C.8., late Governor-General of Australis, boa arrived at Farranom's Hotel, &Ignite stmt. _ The Royal Italian opera opens with Guillaume Tell. The Gazette of last night contains the notifica tion of the Earl of lisrrowby's admission to the Privy Council, and his appointment u a member of the C outwit tee of Council of BduesUon. The same order notifies the admissien of the lion. E. Bouverle to the Privy Council, and his appointment to the Vies-Presidency of the Committee of Council on Trade and Plantations. The election to fill the vacancy in the representa tion of the borough of Lewes, occasioned by the Hon. H. I Bread accepting the ofilos of Janior Lord of the Treasury, is fired for to-morrow (Thursday). The hon. gentleman is at present the only candidate in the field, and it is expected there will be no opposition. Captain Douglas, who took out the General Screw Company's stellate Bosphorus to Australia, has been ap vitited herbourmaawr at Port Phillip, with a salary of 2,0001 a year and a residence found biro. The J'oursial de St. Peeersbourg of the 25th alt., _ _ announces the arrival at that city of Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince Frederick of Mew, and Prince William of Baden. Oa the 22nd ult., 170 cues of cholera were reported at 81. Petersburg. There appears to be nothing positively settled as to the journey to Vienna of Count Neuclrode. The sittings of the Germania Diet will be resumed on the 12th. _ _ _ . . ----- The severe etiquette of the Sultans, which has I , already received more than one rude shock since the emu mincemeat of the present war, is destined, it seems, to ea perience one still more startling. Abdul-Medjid (says a letter published la the Gault. du Mids) has made up his mind I , to offer his arm to the Emma of the French when she sr rives before the Palace of Balt& Liman ; to present her to the fret Sultanas@ (there are seven who bear this title, and who take rank according to the order of the birth of their I children), whose face will be unveiled ! Four young ladies, chosen from the best Armenian families, and speak ing the Fritsch and Turkish languages, will also be placed at the disposition of the Empress as interpreters and ladies of hamar. Magniflotent presents, among them a side-saddle adorned with precious stones, will also be offered by the Sultan to the acceptance of bar Imperial Majesty. Aali•Paohs, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Turkey, is expected to arrive M a few days is Vienna. He speaks the French longtime fluently, and bears the reputation of a scholar and a man of ability. A letter in the Indepessdance Beige states that Lord John Russell wan oa the point of leaving Vienna for Rag land when the telegraph informed hint of the approaching vititof M. Denys de Lbuys. The same letter says that France and England have audited that the last symptoms of animosity between Austria and Piedmont shall disappear, sad that M. Buol, after much hesitation, has promised that the sequestration of the property of Lombard refugees asturalised in Piedmont, shall be annulled. The writer thinks, however, that Austrian prcutsee are not invariably kept. A letter from Vienna, in the German Anneal of frenkfore says ;—" I. wart thetas, a rumourpremails that a Prince of the Imperial Austrian family is shortly to pay a visit to Paris en a special mission. It is said that a brother of the Emperor will be charged to make this visit, and that it will take place before the opening of the Exhibition." HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. This society held another meeting yesterday, in their rams in Ilegent-streeL The interest attasbieg to these evidently laireases, the number of visitors being smelt larger yesterday thee at say previous period. Among the emapeny we aotieed the Amiable!** et Canter bury, the Bishops of London sad Winekester. the Right He.. the Speaker, Lord Saudis, Ms John and Lady John stone, the Right He.. T. F. Kennedy, the Marchioness of ilestlege, Sir Philip sad Lady Egerton, and others. The great room was appreashed by what might be called an avenue of eimeraries. Them were et great magnitude sad beauty, tad remarkable for the symmetry of their development. Oa the table in the centre of the principal room woo a oolleetion of reels of remarkable beauty sad pert's**. The bower of roses, which the post tells is situated near " Beediesser's S.rease," never rejoiced in lowers half es enticing. Besidre those growing in pots, there were carless *Unties' of eat roses. which were the am, sot oaly of anateurs, but of the youthful poetise of the eospeny, who would gladly hare transferred then to bottos-is le; ;re bouqiiste. Thi canonise co this table yen nosh admired for their else riorslority, sad deplicsey of mirror. Oas table less dsvots:l to s selestioa of sassaificont arehidamese pleats, siscrept whisk the tlesdrobisaa were very eacepiescias. As beads severed with duties of Sowers ad bade attested peat attention. It wee hem the glean River, end wee odd t• be s remarkably hardy plant, flowering an the year round. We kad almost fo►gotten to notice the gigantic pine apples, perfect in chaps, sad filling the sir with perks*. bi the treat room was a stead of azaleas is fall dower. The ffiymatetrisal forms la whkh them lowers anew themselves round the stem were the mthlisets of as admiration. The Bert remarkable was the Giadmeeisis easels. It was quite evideat from the Wises prelims be stowed ups► the delicate proportions of this beautiful flower, that It is destined to aside?. a sore decided popu larity than the ez-chaarellor, from whom it appears to have taken its name. Oa* small room was almost erslasively oroupied by fruits and vegetables. Amempt these the strawberries were prs-smhseat. Ise sin mad perfume they were equal to the best we have ever seen is July. Than, there were apples, pears, sad new grapes, all of first rate quality. A collation of Fresh wptables suited great interest antsegst the spectators in this room. 81r Philip BMWS was Is the chair. : INSPECTION OF THE GUARDS FOR SER VICE IN TR EAST, AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE:m.47Iu' DAT.) • pAz, ''ARY. The detachments of the Hoesehold Infantry, under cram he atheihatien akin the sena battalar is the Crimea, mania this day from their bantam to the Wel lington Bursa Peak, when his Royal Rightism Prince Albert - and RteS, is the 110141111011 of a very large atm bine of anew, made a most minute szasination of the an, their anon sad asontromosts. The bat. whisk numbered shoat 1,400, sommenced by again ia Wails and double mamas, t h ee took elope order, aid marshal la quick sad slow time road the parade, when, having taken up their original posit ova, his Royal Miasma passed through the line of traps, and inspected the various eampaniee. Oa his Royal Highness Prince Albert's return, the arias (lambasts searched to Buckiogbant.palsoe, where her Mama, Prises Albert, his Serene Highness the Prime of Delmarva, Prises Augustus of Sale Cobourg, the Prises of Wales, and the youoger branches of the Royal family, inspected that from the balcony of the inner court yard, the bads of the various regiments being in attend ance. At the stmelosion of the inspection, her Majesty /spread her sanss satisfaction at the soldier.dke bear ing sad efilciency of the several troops brought under her node., when the det Wawa retained to their various barracks, and were greeted with the most *argotic cheep from crowds of all classes, who had ambled to witness the inspeation. THE BALTIC FLEET. PORTSMOUTH, Arm 3. The Baltic fleet has not sailed to-day, the weather being exceedingly thick, with a contrary wind blowing almost a gale. The order to unmoor the ships preparatory to sailing was given in the morning ; bat es the weather got worse, aad the wind rose higher, another signal, annulling the first, was hoisted from the flatehip, the Duke of Wel liogten. The fleet will sow sail the first opportunity, probably early to-morrow morning, as the wind, though still blowing very bard, appears to be getting round to a favourable point. The nos sailing of the fleet has been the source of groat disappointment to numbers of persona. To vellums its departure many thousands had come down by rail, both this day and for several days back, the port being quite crowded with visitors. Little pleuure was to be enjoyed, however, for the rain has fallen almost incessantly all day long. Nevertheless, the steam-boats announced to sail through the fleet, kept their engagements, and many hun dred persons ventured out to Spithead. Amongst the visitors who are down here are the First Lord of the Admi ralty, Sir Cheeks Wool, Roar-Admiral Berkeley, Senior Sea Lord of the Admiralty, who, with other naval officials, went out of harbour is the Black Eagle steam yacht this afternoon to view the fleet. - The fleet was joined this morning by the Orion, 91, screw ship, Captain the Hon. J. E. Erskiae, from Sheer ness. She is amagnifloent ship, the longest, we believe, in the Navy. The Bellerophon, 78, Capt. Lord George Paulett, ar rived at Spitlioad at aeon today from the Black Sea, Malta, Gibraltar. She has had a vary unfavourable pas sage. She has been a fortnight coming from Gibraltar. She has brought home 160 sick and wounded from the East, the remainder of the crew of the ill-fated Tiger, and a number of seamen and marines. She comes into harbour tomorrow to dkoothark the sick and wounded, and to be paid off. She has been in commistion since November, 1850. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 3.--APPoontENT.--Lieut. 0. P. Townsend, to be additional to the B.aspareil, 70, serew steamship, 0(350 hors power, at Plymouth. Two YEARS' ENLISTMENT.—The Gazette of last night contains en order by the Qom's in council, of which the following is the essential portion :—" Now, therefore, her Majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that any person may be enlisted as a *Didier, under the provisions of the act of the 10th and 11th years of her Majesty (cap. thirty. seven), for ten years in the infantry, or for twelve years in the cavalry, or artillery, or ether ordnance corps, and also that any perms between the ages of twenty-four end thirty five years may, under the provisions of the set i eased in the present session of parliament, for three years after the passing thereof, be enlisted as a soldier in her Majesty's infantry forces, or in the intentry forces of the East India Company, for the term of two years, and for such further term, not exeeeding one year, is her Majesty may by order in council direct, the term of service to be reckoned u di rected and provided in and by the act of the 10th and 1 lth years of the rugs of her Majesty, for limiting the time of service in the army." A barque called the Panama hu just arrived at Southampton, and is to be immediately surveyed, previous to her taking out provisions to the Crimea. The monster West India steamer Parana hu been taken up by the French government. The government has decided to send no more malt liquor to the Black Ewa, while the Beat India Company are Goading out 90,000 barrels for the use of the troops in India, all of this year's brewing. The new pattern clothing has been served out to the Ist Dragoon Guards. The frock, or tunic, appears to great edvanttge upon large-sized men, and, when worn with the helmet, is undoubtedly a last improvement upon the tailless garment conferred upon the Heavies" some eight years mos, and which is a its shout to be discarded. HAMPSHIRE MILITIA ARTILLERY. TO TSB 11DIT01, OF Tall DAILY FOWL Bln,—Having perceived some remarks in your paper of yesterday sad to-day respecting the Hampshire Militia Artillery, and as your laformant was incorrect, I hops you will state the following farm On Thursday, at dinner-time, they first received the notice contained la Lord Pansure's second letter, allowing them to go beck to their homes; that evening I marched the regiment to drill in the Repository; on Friday they were employed cleaning up their barracks, end other work smelly done on that day ; on Saturday they paraded about nine o'clock for general monthly master, after which they oar/anted all the guards in the Royal Arsenal, giving above 100 men for that duty, which was most correctly fon formed ; M wain' off guard their accounts were read over to them and settled, whet Gaol man received 10s. of their bounty end manikin money to hike them home, averaging, epos the whole, about 16s. per man, when tbey all west away quietly and cheerfully. Their good eandset all the while they were here was remarked by many sabers of the Royal Artillery, and had then bees that Meabordination which your informant states, and whirl you have commented upon, it is not likely they would have performed their duty to the last moment as they did. I hope you will insert this, as it is hard that a slur should be east upon a body of mos who always conducted them- selves in a most szempisry manna.—l am, As., C. SHAW, Major, ilasepsbire Artillery. Woolwich, April 8, 11153. The regiment now molten about 120 mm, ezelasive of officers. There were 300 et Woolwich. One division of the Baltic fleet of last year imposed 'bleep of tailing lino-ot battle ships, bat in this pear's Beet all are steamers ; nor did fiir Chula Napier passes say stunt Sating batteries or mortar vessels, nor mu a pa-boat worthy of the name. The captains of the various merchant vessels in . Baltic laden with storoltondiso for Russian ports. la great fright at the approach of oar flying %madras, the km bailing all their efforts at escape. Their last hope is that the Rag/eh mesh will be prevented by the same oases from getting knee the Belt is time. It seem that at the port of Trammed*, seer Hamburg, several imam muds are la the predicament mentioned. Trumpet veto eel, with her and other material for military habitat/eta% are arrivieg at Heligoland from England. THE ORDNANCE FACTORY AT ENFIELD LOCI.— The government Ordnance Factory for the manufacture of vailbsts cad small PUS at Enfield Lock, hang been found the intensive supply at present required, inamil ima tV e ikeemai Se • very counderable extent The now beadle& whoa semplete, will be summated by a corrugated ins roof of immense apses. In emequeme of the large number of woekmes now employed, and those that via be aecenarily required, the Easters Cmaties Railway Company have established a new statics &boat • quarter of a mile from the factory, and midway between the Waltham and Tender's End stades% thereby Davis, the workout' $ walk of at least two ails. This new station was weed to the labile ea Monday last. latillovaa &mg Bousrs.—We are requested by Mr. Pritchett to must ea err which appeared is oar Import of the soiree at the Society of Are. The flattesed ballet to width Auden wu mule wee sot the ballet lo wlaPrit nd tt by Captaitt Minn, bat that Jaunted by Mr. ebe. FRANCE. ODOM Sit oosuarraszn , OF VII DAILY DM A.) • PARIS, T9l/DAY ETZNINO. Contradisker.liimatches on the subject of the adjournmeat of tie Conferences have been received from Vienna. One dated yesterday, April 2, even ing, says:—" The Conference at its eighth sitting, held to-day, adjourned to after Easter." But another more explicit, and dated this day, April 3, is in the following words :—" In the sitting of the Con ference yesterday it was agreed that the decision on the third and fourth points should be ad journed until the arrival of M. Drosyn de Lhnys at Vienna. Immediately on the arrival of the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the deliberations on the third point will be re-opened." The latter version is probably the correct one, although, if Easter be understood to mean Easter Sunday, the difference only amounts to a couple of working days. It is calculated that M. Dronyn de Lhuys will arrive at Vienna to-morrow (Wednesday), and Good Friday being a disc non, there would remain but Thursday and Saturday in this week. These two days are, however, precious, and, if it be true, as the C,onstitu tionstel has repeatedly affirmed, that the question of peace or war will be decided by April 8, they must not be lost. I hear it said in a quarter often well informed, that the main part of the ultimatum sent by M. Dronyn de Lhuys is really the destruction of the fortress of Sebastopol. He is instructed, it is said, to insist that the erection of forts at Sinope and Varna would be bat a source of future trouble, instead of a solid coun terbalance to Russian power in the Euxine, and, in stead of proposing that the Black Sea shall be open to ships of war of all nations, he will, I am told, offer to shut it up entirely by treaty against the navies of the whole world, leaving it free as a commercial lake for merchant men only. Ido not by any means send you this as an authentic piece of news, it being, in my opinion, more likely that my informant should be misinformed than that the precise nature of M. Dronyn de Lhuys' mission should have transpired. " The Imperial yacht, the Reine Hortense," says the Sentinelk of Toulon," will have all her fittings completed in time to reach Boulogne on the 15th, to be at the disposal of their Majesties." At the Bourse the Rente opened 20c. lower than yesterday in consequence of the weakness of Consols, but after some not very important fluctuations it rose to 70fr. 5c., being an improvement of So. on the day. Railways, on the contrary, opened well and finished heavily, it being found that a great many shares were delivered to effect the settlement. Northern, Eastern, end Lyons and Mediterranean were chiefly affected by these operations, and fell, the two first sfr., and the latter lOfr. Orleans rose sfr. The Stollberg Mines were in some demand, and improved 25fr. Rumours of the destruction of the Malak- Koff tower were in circulation all day ; but they are probably but the echoes of an April fool story. The latest news from Sebastopol almost always comes by way of St. Petersburg. General Canro bert's despatch, in this morning's Monileur, is dated March 22, while that of Osten-Sacken, published in ' the Daily News of yesterday, comes down to the night of 22 and 23. BELGIUM. After a struggle of many years the priestly party in Belgium have contrived to force a ministry after their own heart upon the King mid country. The King took a most friendly leave of the late liberal ministers on Friday last. All the members of the new cabinet, with the exception of M. Mercier, are new to the duties of government. PIEDMONT. TURIN, APRIL 2. The official journal of to-day contains the nomina tion of General Alphonse de la Marmara as com mander-in-chief of the expeditionary army, and that of M. G. Durando u Minister for War. A RUSSIAN LETTER FRO A SEBASTOPOL. The following letter from Sebastopol appears in the Gazette Mtlitaire : We (Russians) have evi dearly passed to the c.ffensive. The Russian army is perfectly instructed by the Tatars of all the movements, plans, and positions of the Allies, while they, on their side, cannot even approximate to a know ledge of our position. The iris tress present a spectacle of the greatest misery. Most of them base limbs frozen, par ticularly the hands and feet; these are sent immediately to the hospitals for treatment. Sebastopol can justly be called the city of amusements. Salle, concerts, dhc., follow one another without interrup tion, end is the nights when the moon is bright, we take promenades in gondolas by the Pont Basin with tembeaus and music ;—to such en extent has the conviction of the impregnability of our fortress taken root in the minds of every &Mita. Whet we say of Sebastopol applies equally to all the other cities of the Tanrique Peninsula in the pewee of the Russians, with the single exception, perhaps, of Batchi-Serai, which has been turned into an immense hospital, where thousands of wounded soldiers, Russian and of the enemy, await the end of their sufferings, The mag nificent apartments of the Khans of the Crimea have been converted into chambers for the sick, end the adjoining gardens serve as a promenade for the oonfaisecent. Upon the heights which command the city, the Russian camp stretches onto the valley of the Tchernaya to the north of Sebastopol. The road from Perekop to Bstchi-Serei is no vend with an intoment Sle of tarts, carrying the nsateriel et war to the may." COMBATANTS IN AND AFTER A BATTLE. " Bo Ben wants to know more of the way we actually fight. I suppose he has half a wish to experience it, if not too dangerous. Well, this for him. Our first experience of the enemy was anything but pleasant, being round shot and shell, which quickly took the life of many a brave fel low, end consequently heated the blood of the living, who, after amities permission, Ming away their great costs, and rushed en to the fight, ours being the only regiment that day OM 'height with the red coat fully exposed to view— an advantage, I think, for our grey great coats are too much like the Russians to be easily detected from them in foggy morolar. Now, Ben, came the work. When the bill up which we ascended was surmounted, a long Hoe of skirmishers (Itseeisas) were sass. One volley and cheer, and then the bayonet, which, for Ben's information, the Rustiest sel dom waits for ; if he doer, our firelock is brought to that position most ready for use, called the "charge,' and fint parrying, if required, our enemy 's thew% is driven to the socket through any pert of the body we can ,reash the upper part the better. Does not that seem &email. to you at home, and no doubt to it is, sad mused be he that causes it. Bet in battle our feelings are different. The passion to kill and &any is raised within us ; our bleed bells for renege for the comrade that a minute beige yea have seen ripped open by a shell, or perchance whose Wane are bespattered on your person. It is then theism.. of war is within you, and the work of death is but es sport ; for fear goes. from you, and but i.e idea Axes itself in your brain, and that if, there are enemies in front and your mission is to destroy ; and how the British " missionaries" (no sneer inteodcd) did their work at lekennans, tell me not I boast if I confide it to history to tell. On returning to camp you first asked yourself " Am I safe ?" and then.you wondered how you escaped. Ton next look round your tent, and, as was the ease in mine, saw three poor fellows with bandages on different parts of their persons, with merely, " I see, Jack, you are winged,' or "Tom, the Russ has spoiled your countenance to-day," and " How did it happen ?" and no MOTS is thought of the matter. Another glance round shows that our num• her was deficient of two. A little inquiry determines their fate. One was ripped open by a shell, and the other was stretched at full length, and with the exclamation, "Poor fellows I they were good soldiers," the matter is dropped. Everyone sets to work to boil a cup of coffee, &take, rolls his blanket round his head, and ekes without dreaming that bat a mile or so from him lay tea theasead Wags that he has sedated in destroy's'. lisoh is all a soldier thinks of a bloody fight. In quiet oars after they sit and talk of • the event, bat not as if it were the extraordinary thing that • is ushered throughout the world--Letter of a private in the Haddon/rid Emasimr. AMERICA. A telegraph summary of the following spp eigt 4 in the Express yesterday. LIVERPOOL, Tuasnkr. The United States mail steam ship Nashville, Cap.. Berry. which is for this voyage come in the Oa fs o f the Pacific, of the Collins line, arrived here tlth forenoon with the usual mails, thirty passenms sa d 563,000 dollars specie on freight. She .tiled t rot New York on the 21st alt. An official document from the President of tba United States proclaims the reciprocity treaty in to force from the 16th ult. It is telegraphed from Halifax (N. 8.) that th e governor of that colony hag received authority tore", a foreign legion for the British service there, with g couple of regiments formed of persons born subject' of the English government. Among the marine disasters by the gale of the lOtk ult. is that of the total loss of the ship Hendrick Hod.. son. She sailed from New York on the 7th, caught • the gale of the 10th, sprung a leak, wee abandoned, and foundered on the 12th, in lat. 38.40, long. 70. Two seamen were washed overboard; the remainder were saved by the barque Elk. There was a rumour current in Berton that the steam ship Canada, which left that port with a mil. lion of dollars on board, had been captured by altos. Man frigate. The credulous citizens were them% into a tremendous excitement in consequence, but their fears were allayed on the same evening by an announcement by telegraph that the Canada had arrived safe at Halifax. The most important news by the present arrival is from California. The dates from San Frauci ees are to the 26th of February. The intelligence of tie failure of Page and Bacon, of St. Louie, had retched California, and caused one of the greatest monetary panics ever known ; and so great was the runupoa the banks and banking houses, that the heavien lad most important were obliged to give way to the prep. sure and close up their concerns. The following establishments in San Francisco, after a vain endea vour to meet the drafts of their depositors, closed their doors on the 23rd ult., and suspended opera tions :—Page, Bacon, and Co.—the tall of whom house at Cincinnati led the way ; Robinette and Co. ; Adams and Co. ; Miners' Bank. lug House; and Wells, Fano, and Co. and it was reported that a number of the principal merchants in San Francisco would soon be compelled to follow the lead of the above named banking homes, The excitement was not confined to San Francisco, but spread, like fire on a prairie, throughout the sa tire state, and in same places the populece became as maddened that they broke into the vaults of the bankers, and found them empty. All business true actions were entirely suspended, and trade was rem. seated u being completely dead. Fair promises were made, however, by the suspended barkers that all would soon be righted, and a number of the Malt wealthy merchants had proffered assistance to the distressed houses, in the hope of temporarily satisfy. ing the panic-stricken community, and allaying the excitement. In consequence of the financial diffi culties in San Francisco, the shipment of specie was very small, the Northern Light bringing only 92,322 dollars, which is some 600,000 dollars less than the average shipment by the Nicaragua steamers. Owing to the scarcity of water, but little gold had been taken from the mines. On the 16th of February another attempt was made by the legislature to elect a United States senator, which was unsuccessful, and the joint convention decided to adjourn sine die, leaving the choice to the next le gislature. The New York Herald says : . . . . The letter of our Washington - chrrespondemt develops a new programme with reference to Cuba, originated by Se cretary Marcy, and to be carried out by our sere minister to Madrid, Mr. Dodge. The lenatb, breadth, and scope of this new plan is comprehended in the negotiation of a reci procity treaty between the United States and Cuba. The alternative presented to Spain is to be free trade with Cabs, or a repeal of the neutrality laws and the encouragement of _ . . . . From Quebec we learn that the imperial Recipro. city Act has been published in the official gazette, and accompanying it is a proclama•ion that the treaty has taken effect. A pro% isional Militia Bill, providing for a thorough organisation of a volunteer and sedentary militio, was about to be discussed in the Assembly. The result would probably determine the fate of the ministry for this session. Government has introduced a bill to the Legisla tive Assembly for abolishing the postage oo all news papers published io Canada. This measure will in volve a sacrifice of revenue to the amount of about 30,000 dole. a year ; but it is believed that the amount will be cheerfully made up by the people. The dates from the city of Mexico are to the 3rd ultimo. President Santa Anna left the capitol on the 26th ult. with all the troops except 1,500, taking with him a large quantity of baggage. Some of the papers state Santa Anna had gone to the baths. The latest reports, however, state that he had teached the de partment of Gaerieo, and had defeated the iosnrgents under Moreno. It is also stated that he met and forced the main army under Alverez to retire, after a desperate engagement near Chilpunciago, and the President was on hie return to the capitol. The dates from Havannah are to the 14th ult. Pinto, Pinelo, and Cadalzo, the conspirators, had been ' tried and sentenced to death by the garotte. NEW YORK, Mauna 21. The money market is easy, the rates for discount rangier from six to seven per cent. for paper 30 to 90 days, sod Its 8 per cant . for four to six months—these terms ap plicable to prime city names. Demand loans on stock and other ap proved collateral 6to 7 percent. The demand for foreign exchange continues active, and the quotations on Loud* firm at 1091 to 1101. Since our 'dykes of the 12th of March we have had a strong market for all elutes of stocks. The disposition to invest, noticed then, has continued vet/ marked through the early part of the week, un'il the news by the Liverpool steamer of the 3rd instant was received with the intelligence of the death of the Emperor of Russia, since when a decided tendency to speculation has been no- Seeable in railroad stocks, as well as in others, which bag resulted in a general rise. The impolite given was so de• eided, and money keeps so abundant, that the gloomy sees received yesterday from San Ff&EICISC3, announcing the suspension of many important mercantile and bookies houses, and the fact that the steamer brought only abase 90,000 dollars in gold, have failed to produce the depressieg influence which might have been expected under less buoy ing circumstances. BREATSTCI7B.—FIour : Choice extra brands have la general advanced 25e. to 50e. per barrel durieg the weeks but other descriptions are either without charge in prise. or 12p. per barrel lower sines Saturday. Wheat remains precisely as before, witk scarcely transactions enough to W eigh even proximate quotations. Indian corn without change is prices. Barley, 130 e. to 1350. ern 48 lbs. Km 130 e. per 16 lbs. Corn meal, 425 doll. to 4.64 dole. per barrel. Rye filer, 6.25 dole. to 7.50 dole. per barrel. Corrox.—The announcement on Thursday of the death of the Emperor of Russia being Interpreted in favour of a peaceful solution of the Easteru question, a speculative de ; mend sprung up, causing en advance in price of Pk to it per lb., at which some considerable parcels have chola hands. This advance, which is firmly maintained, has teetered materially with the execution of European orders , under limits as to costs. The sales since the 13th inst. us estimated at 16,000 bales. FastOrrit —To Liverpool, for cotton, 316 d. per lb ; fiat. Is, 3d. to le. 61. per brl. ; grair, 3d. to 4d, per bush. To London, 21. per brl ; grain, 7d. per bash. To Havre, cot' ton, to. per lb. The Vladida of Montenegro has ordered a ten days' mourning, of the deepest kind, for the late Cat. Hopes are entertained that Alexander II will appreciate this manifestation, and restore the pension of 8.000 cookies per annum, which Nicholas cut off in 1812, alter it had been duly paid for a generation. Lou OP THE AMERICAN PACRET-SHIP HENDEIR HUDBo2l.—Adviels have been received at Liverpool of the foundering at ass, on the 12th March, of the American packet-chip Hendrik Mudge's, while on her voyage fn. New York to Linden, with the loss of two lives; the motet the crew have arrived at Philadelphia. ASSYRIAN ANTIQUITIES.— About sixty cane• d Anyrian antiquities, from the excavations of Mr. Levkas Mr. Russ" and Mr. Loftus have arrived at the British Museum. PRUSSIA LOSING ITS P.—The King of Pro& MI decreed that the Sixteenth Cuirassiers should bur for ems' the name of the Emperor Nioholu, and that the Third Regi ment of Helens should take the name of the present EA paror of Russia. THE NEWSPAPER Pares IN SPAIN.—On the Bth ult., M. Correa', editor of the Clamor Publico, and M. de Mau, editor of the Occident*, both of Madrid, fossht duel. To escape the penalty of the Spanish law, the dell swords, s foughtwhich In a v .hired re ground T f0 r th crz i r .. ..... d .. ,. .1 wounded one another, closed, intending each to end the other's life. The seconds were eosapelled to tear thew '