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:1, 1 r11.7."71.,---4:: , • 7 - 1 - 1 Tr - --. 777 400116LZiA.LA iohGTIRTAUX MERCHLNTS AffD GROCZR3. rHE Proprietor of an Old Established Business 1 in the South of England, now doing a large trade, entirely wholesale, is desirous to meet with a purchaser. The stock, r 'a ttires, and Book-debts may be taken at a valuation. The premises are very extensive and convenient, also most eligibly situated. 'Terms mey be had, by letter only, by applying to George Smith, Zsq., solicitor, Southampton-buildings, Holborn, London, which communication will be treated confidentially. March 27, 1855. VISIT of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS of the FRENCU, and their reception by hli Royal libthness PRINCE ALBERT at DOVER, on MoNDAY, 16th April, 1855. ISOUTII EASTERN RAILWAY.—A Special Train will leave Lon don Bridge Station for Dover, on Monday next, the 16th April. a t ILO a.m ., returning fr om D over at 6.30 p.m., calling at Croydon both ways. Fares there and back-6s. thin! class ; Ilrst class. Bs. second class; 10s. The Company's splendid Steamers will be in readiness on the arrival of the Train, for a !TIP to SEA, and may Probably meet She Emperor with the Fleet in the Channel. L R. BARLOWE, General Manager. London Bridge Terminus, 13th April, 1855' THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatene. THIS EVENING, / rine Presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters " air. Baekstcne and Miss E. Chaplin. To be fulloared by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dsneers Intl appear, entitled Tilt; LVENING FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganii, called THE NEW HAY sPaING MEETING, 1855. To ccrc!ude with TIIE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'3 TLIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cauf.ra KERN. TIIIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled TEE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Quer), and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS ST RANGER. To c,nclude With A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, With numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. R . )YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L IDIES Characters by Mews. A. Wigan, G. Vining. ii. Cooper, ranvers , and Miss Ca.st!eton. 'Vier whieh, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, ilOrY, and F. Thing ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. - To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DwauF AND THE KING OF IHE GOL MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and original Spectacle -drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, called, rHE FIELD AGAINST IHE FAVOURITE ! No Drama for many rsinstas created se great a sensation. The interest is most intense ; the burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exciting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to tat Embellishments. Ros-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director. Yr. w. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J. Raiford, Rogerson, and Kinloch and Miss Re becca Isaac+, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. Alter which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 111 —Morning 24 mtn.aft,er 11 F.yeni ig 0 min. et. 0 To. Vonnow sornings6 aatmaftel 11 j E ming 26 min. a' t. 12 r}J WEATHEB.--Suzi 0111011, April. 13. TIIEBNONETEB, IN THE SHADE -62— laigheiit since noon yesterday. Mil —lowest this morning and during the night. &7 —this day, at noon. Besonfrno, 29'66. warp, S.W.—Light breeze, with dull rainy weather. ~11.~ I_ - /TtJ ~~e -:x • LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1855. The importance of the present crisis cannot be exaggerated. Much more than Peace and War hang on the decisions at Vienna. The welfare for ages of the entire old world is there placed in the balances. Yet those who assume to hold the scales exclude the whole of the interested millions from a sight of the weighing. No " Our Corre spondent" is allowed where he is most of all needed. It is impossible not to fear foul play. The weights which determine the worth cf every proposal, every refusal or concession, bear the stamp of dynasties of Autocrats, of Courts, of Aristocracies, but not one of them bears the people's mark. No consideration of the people will come in except as to whether it may be dan gerous to ignore them entirely, or to irritate them too much. What man in his senses believes that national freedom, or, except in a very modified sense, even national independence, will be placed in the scales at all? That was weighed in 1815 in the balances of the Holy Alliance and found wanting. At the present, to us odious, conference the point to be settled is just this-- How much absolute authority each despot can keep over his subjects, compatibly with tolerable independence of the other despots. They would like, as autocrats, to king it at home without help from abroad, yet rather than lose the pleasure of incarcerating male patients and flogging female ones they would uphold intact the power of the Tartar barbarians before whom they now tremble. They would rather be, as indeed AU g tria and Prussia have long been, lieutenants of a Czar than the monarchs of free nations. Des potism is engrained into the nature and is the very life-blood of the whole brood of tyrants east of France. They live on and love crushing liberty. We do not think Lord JOHN tinctured with their envenomed hatred of popular rights ; but his absorbing love of aristocracy falls in but too naturally with their practical aims ; and we must fear that this circumstance utterly unfits him to enunciate at Vienna views worthy of Englishmen. Mr. BRIGHT thinks that none of us know why we have to War, or why we would press the War, because we at first asked only to thrust the Rus sians out of the Provinces. Setting aside that many of us from the beginning looked as far as we do now, is it noL the regular, we might almost say the divinely-ordained, course of human things that entrance on a right course always dis closes additional demands on right principle ? -WhY ' the very Free-traders who caused the repeal of the co , lish ___ would have been content at o ne thet r t i me wit , " *w K a small fi xe d d u t y , an d only opened ey es t o truth at rone y ' v aster conquests, as their first is no discredi t i i.raja o th P e d , showed them the way. It has strongly convirkelin'lish people that the War and. military po wer them that all the naval ought to be destroye o a f ft "Sia n the Black Sea politicalver ; that a recons ti_ tuted Poland is eassY tlisprsable ; that Finland, Bessarabia, Cir &c., ought to be restored Georgia, 41' to freed()e.) old masters ; that, in a word re, or to their - should come Russia only. If the experience be_ has taught them this, we onl c)- the Y regret that men like Mr. BRIGHT seem incapable of leareinc, anything from experience, but to be more obsti7 nate for their old oracles, and to be mole deter mined to measure all things by the prie - of a yard of cotton. The spouters on Pea.o3 declaim as if none but themsetves cared for the lives of soldiers and the expenditure of public money. The Patriotic Fund, the innumerable comforts sent by individuals, even MISS NIGHTINGALE and her corps, are proof to the contrary. The truth is that war, with all its hor rors, is yet a school for the noblest feelings. Not to mention military honour and glory, which many Will undervalue, al-though motives not inferior to commercial glories ;—the love of freedom and the hatred of slavery and oppression—the wish to see our fellow-nations enjoying their national rights, which is the soul of the present War—are amongst the most unselfish, expansive, and elevating mo tives which can actuate a nation—infinitely nobler than the :mainspring of trade. We admit, in deed, that our aristocracy and their German Ally will take us in if they can ; they will aim, as we have said, to convert the War to the pur pose of despots' independence and of peoples' dependence ; but that is not the object of this country, nor if the War continues will that be the only object gained. The re-establishment of Poland alone would do more to restore the inter national morality of Europe, to shake off the pa ralysing nightmare of Russian savagism, to in augurate Continental freedom, and even to extend Free Trade itself, than all the selfish energies of commerce would accomplish hi centuries. The opposers of a Vienna peace conceive, therefore, that they sympathise with the sufferers by the War as much as the commercial advocates of peace, that they are prompted by far nobler motives, and that their policy will elevate the political morality of Europe, and forward even tually the interests of commerce itself. We trust that, in the coming week, the people will, in every becoming mode, let their sentiments on the War be known to their august visitor. He may hear at Courtvery different views from those which animate the country. Englishmen cannot con ceive that France would endure an inglorious de parture from Sebastopol, and they take for granted that Poland is a name and nation dearer to her than to us. Let Louis NAPOLEON understand that our " shopkeeping nation" appreciates the crisis, and only asks for leaders and governors equal to it. We think it may be laid down as certain, that a peace vamped up now must be a miserable and mischievous one. Austria and Russia will be the sole gainers. Ruisia will certainly retain everything of moment. Her Black Sea forts, the means of creating a navy un observedly at any time, the navigable mouth of the Danube, and a share at least of the right to interfere in Turkish affairs. She will merely have received a temporary check. While Warsaw on one side, and Sebastopol with Nico laieff on the other remain to her, she will triumph again in her clever diplomacy, and the weakness of the Allies. She will be as formidable to Europe, and to Turkey especially, as ever. Most detestable, above all, is the treating with Russia as an honourable power. It is merely compounding with a felon. She has been driven away in the act of wanton and unprovoked ag gression. She committed the stealthy murder of Sinope in seeking to get away. She had long before at Warsaw and Cracow (Austria being ac complice) violated grossly her favourite Treaty of Vienna, and it is sheer fatuity to treat with her till we can dictate the terms. When France was at tacked by Europe she was required to yield to the conditions of the victors. Let us at least deal the same measure to the far more shameless aggressor of this day. Of all the hateful diplo matic cant tolerated in these Conferences, is Prince GORTSCHAKOFF'S, declaration about con senting to no terms which shall " infringe on the sovereign rights of Russia." Such language from those who sent Prince MENSCHIKOFF to bully the SULTAN ! From the delicate-minded power which " infringed" on the rights of the Princi palities and the SULTAN with all possible inso lence and violence ! We almost despise the men who can tolerate such language from a Russian envoy. There can scarcely remain a second opinion as to the duplicity and iiiala fides of Russia when she assented to " tieat" with the 'Western Powers on the basis of "the Four Points." It is now certain that the new CZAR, however earnestly he may have protested against the proceedings of his predecessor, is rather unwilling, or unable, to abandon the traditional policy of the Empire— a policy indicated by the will of the first PETER, and never for a moment lost sight of by his suc cessors under any circumstances whatsoever. The extension of " Holy Russia," the absorption of neighbouring States, seems to be a fixed idea, a species of " monomania." It is fashionable to ascribe many misdeeds to such a disease with Muscovites of all classes. Even the miserable serfs, greater slaves than the "Uncle Toms" of the Southern States of America, men who cannot call their souls their own, who are subjected to flagellation at any moment at the mere will and pleasure of their Lord and Master, have the no tion instilled into their minds from their earliest youth, and are educated in a fanatical notion as to " the mission" of the AUTOCRAT to make all people confirm to "the orthodox religion," even at the point of the sword, and " to own his gentle sway," without resistance, or even remonstrance. - Under such circumstances it might be a dangerous experiment, even for the AUTOCRAT himself, to agree to any terms, or sanction any arrangement inconsistent with these views. Although his mere will and pleasure is accepted in place of law, or rather is the law for the time being, there is a summary way of dis posing of any obstacle to the full realisation of the wishes of any large section. There is CONSTAN TINE, too—the leader of the old Muscovite faction —ready to assume the leadership at the earliest call, and to assume the coveted position even at the expense of his brother. 1 The late AUTOCRAT consented to treat on the basis of the "Four Points." We have since seen " the cloven foot" appearing in every track. Everything is directed to the humiliation of Tur key—to the violent termination of the career of " the sick man." No interference, forsooth, will be allowed with the perfect independence of Russia. She cannot, under any circumstances, be induced to quaff the cup she so readily presented to others. She will not permit the demolition of a single fort, or the withdrawal of a single vessel of war from the Euxine. How, then, is the limitation of her power in that sea to be accomplished. Simply, so' say the Russian Pleni potentaties, by her gracious permission to the Western Powers to form naval stations, and bring their navies into these waters ! Thus there may be a counterpoise—if they are willing to under take the enormous and never-ending, and, we may add thankless, office of becoming the permanentel "police" of Europe. But how to be ao is t complished ? Russia offers no portion ller territory ; she will not cede a single rood of land i n the Crimea or on the European or Asiatic coast s. Turkey must supply the needful faci!i stoltra,cd.tii,,:rSyohne either th u must p s r i o d v e id a e re th t e o m b e e a i n .e s li , chief riqu il is e h r ed, s o ~. she will h enceforward—should these extra tiltiley immtonmealleinr:tteP:tos'vfi strikYe of waiters with i t : i: t :l l3. s tg, be adopted--h.ave three in her dominions, and in he r capital, ready at existen ce as an indepei lvital blow at Eer very the Mosillealisonthl-- and oienca to -Participate in her suit their conve every inducement wh en. it ent with What arrangementcould an y was e f if such the :es::think dangers and an braved so many unshrinking valour ? Never wotithlclsl4ltZee4Gotviletr. for. `which they a • - ties. ment of A ED-UL-MEDJID consent to such deep humiliation, such unparalleled injustice. And how could France and England—either by direct compulsion, . or by the withdrawal of their assistance, voluntarily rendered—endeavour to enforce her reluctant consent ? It would be an act of infamy that would reflect indelible disgrace on the national escutcheons of France and Eng land—a disgrace _to which the high-minded and justice-loving peoples of these chivalrous nations, who are not yet involved in the trammels of Germanism, would never subject themselves. But this is not all. It is not merely the usurpation of the Turkish territory that is re quired. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles must also be thrown open- r -not only to trading vessels; but to ships of war, sailing under every flag—English, French, or Russian. The impreg nable forts that protect the heart of the Ottoman Empire are to be virtually dismantled, and a powerful fleet may anchor in the Sea of Marmora, or take up a position com manding the Seraglio and Stamboul itself, there to dictate any terms without the possibility of resistance ! While Russia has free access at fill times to the Mediterranean, and has prac tically achieved her long-coveted object—an im pregnable port on its shores. Can this be termed equitable ? Can such sug gestions be, for an instant, taken into considera tion ? Certainly not. Shame to the represen tatives of France or England, who could bear them without indignant repudiation and an im mediate suspension of further diplomatic inter course with the unconscientious propounders. A few days must, however, bring matters to a con clusion. Parliament will again assemble after its protracted vacation on the 16th. Not an hour should be lost by the comwunity in giving such utterance to the voice of public opinion that it should necessarily penetrate to the inmost recesses of the Royal Palaces at Westminster, and prove that whatever may be the feelings of the Government, the people of Great Britain are still sound at heart and determined to act in a manner befitting their ancient reputation. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Lord Alfred Paget is now in Paris making arrange ments for her Majesty's Imperial visitors. The Emperor and Empress wilt leave Paris on Sunday by railway for Boulogne. The following personages will have the honour of accompanying the Imperial visitors : -LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. received here : Nothing new has taken place at Sebastopol up to the 6th inst. inclusive. VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING. The garrison of Sebastopol was on short ra- tions, as the authorities preferred storing up their supplies in magazines to issuing full ra- tions. We have received the follDwing telegraphic de spatch from our n porrespondent at Marseilles : MARSEILLES, THURSDAY, APRIL 12. The Hydaspes, which left Constantinople on the 2d of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 11 a.m. 8,000 Egyptians left Constantinoplo on the 2d for Eupatoria. BALAKLAVA, Menai 31. The Russians have constructed two new batte ries, and have converted the ambuscades into an advanced parallel. The Allies have also constructed two new bat- remain. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. The trial of the ex-Ministers before the Su preme Court is postponed to the 4th of June. The Prussian frigate Thetis has arrived Elsinore, the Sound, and Drogden are free from ice. THE BALTIC FLEET. (By Submarine cvncl British. Telegraph.) DEAL, FRLIAx MORNII,IO. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the following from Trieste in anticipation of the Overland Mail : The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 11th of April, at half-past 3 o'clock p.m., in 124 hours from Alexandria. The India mail left Ale= mdria on the 6th inst., with intelligence from Cale utta to the 10th, Ma dras 14th, Bombay, 18th March. Mr. Lawrence has gone to Peghawur to nego tiete a treaty with Dost Mahommed. Lord Dalhousie was at the Nielgherries. The reorganisation of the Military Departments is complete, and the system works admirably. All usury laws throughout India have been abolished. The natives are petitioning the Council for an act to prevent polygamy. Trade in India dull. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ld. A Five per Cent. Loan has been opened. No intelligence from China. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following telegraphic despatches were re ceived during the day:— " MARSEILLES, 12th.—The Hydaspe steam packet has just arrived with accounts from Con stantinople to the 2d. The Ottoman Government has decided that, for the future, Christians may have rank in the Turkish army up to that of colo nel inclusively. General Herbillon is to have the command of the camp which is being formed on the shores of the Bosphorus. Accouits from Sebasto pol had been received to tb e 30th tilt. Conferences have taken place between the generals and admirals. The Russians have made some more sorties, but all were repulsed. The tiro continues, particularly on the side •of the Quarantine and the Malakoff Tower. SErieral fires have broken out in Sebasto pol. The Russians are fortifying themselves on the side of the fort of the Swernaia, and arming fresh batteries." THE STYN S LONDON• FRIDAY OVENING: A.PRIL, Is, I. 51; VIENNA, FRIDAY, 9 A.M. The following authentic intelligence has been According to a telegraphic despatch from the Crimea, dated April 1, the Allied armies were quite ready to open their fire on Sebastopol. The Generals probably only awaited the arrival of despatches from home before beginning the bombardment, which might be expected to take place any day during the ensuing week. The Generals wished to spars the town and public buildingst. The Russians. still shelled the Allied camp and batteries, but the guns of the Allies were nearly silent. The fire of rxtusketry on both sides was active every night. The weather was fine and dry. Two fires had occurred in Balaklava, a circum stance which excited supicions of treachery. The Russians were concentrating themselves towards Baidar. teries. The firing has been slack. It was said posi tively that the bombardment would commence on the 3d of April. The weather was not so fine ; it was very cold. Of seven Russian admirals at Sebastopol, at the commencement of the siege, two only now Her Majesty's steamer Driver, with Pelter and Ruby gun-boats in tow, has sailed for the Baltic. TRIESTE., 11th, Evening.—Accounts have been received 1:rom Constantinople to the 2d. The Piedmontese commissioners charged with the pre parations for the reception of the Sardinian army have been presented to the Grand Vizir. They have also been received with distinction by the Corps Diplomatique. It is announced that the Christie ns will in a short time be relieved from the personal tax to which they have been hitherto sub jected, and that they will be admitted to the rank of colonel, which will give them the rank of second functionaries in the State. Letters from Athens of the 6th state that M. Condurioti had left for Constantinople, with all the staff of the Greek Le gation. M. B, ilzaris will, it is said, be charged by the Governmen t to proceed to St. Petersburg to compliment the , new Czar. VIENNA, 11t1 le- —The instructions expected from St. Petersburg by the Russian Plenipotentiari es have not yet arrived. The news given by the journals of Vie nna, that the 10th meeting of the Conference we.s to , take place is, therefore, un founded. Ali Pachs has had a private audience of the Emperor. We have received news from gebastopol of the 3d.. There have been combats every day on the Tchernaya, hut as yet nothing de cisive. The Emperor of Austria has amnestied 586 prisoners, and 311 persons condemned for political offerices have ha d their sentences mitigated. The Emperor yesterd sy received the replies of the Duke of Saxe Mei ning,en to the letters of recall of the Marquis de ,ci'erriere-le-Vayer, and to the letters of credence of the Prince de Latour d'Auvergne. The Emper r also received a letter ills which the Duke of Saxe Meiningen notifies to his Majesty the death of h is daughter-in-law the Hereditary Princess Frederic m-Louisa-Wilhelmina- Marianne-Ch arlotte, daughti 3r of Prince Albert of Prussia.' Fifty of the Cent Garden: are to accompany their Majesties to England. A decree in the illonitevv• promotes General of Division . H. P. D'Artois, mit amber of the Commit tee of Fortificatio. , is, to the rank of Grand Officer in the Legion of honour. We read in the lionitevir —" We have already GOVERNMENT LOAN. The following notice from the Chancellor of the Exchequer has just been communicated to the Stock Exchange : " Treasury Chambers, April 12, 1855. " Gentlemen,—l beg leave to inform you, and request that you will make it known in the usual manner, that Lord Palmerston and I shall b. ready to see any gentlemen who may be desirous of contracting for a loan for the service of the present year, on Monday next, the 16th inst., at 1 o'clock, in order to inform them of the amount which will be wanted, and to fix the time and the manner of the bidding, and I hope it will be con venient to you or one of you to meet those gen tlemen here at that hour. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, " G. CORNEWALL LEWIS. " The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." ARRIVAL OF THE MEDWAY. ( By Electric Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY MonaTrica. The Medway, steam transport, has arrived from the East, with invalids, &c. They consist of 25 soldiers, two women and two children, two seamen, and one distressed British subject. The officers brought home by the M dway are Major and Mrs. Whimper, of the 55th ; Captain Leslie, of the 9th ; Captain Campbell, of the 42d ; Capt. Colville, R.N.; Lieutenant Dawkins, R.N.; Lieutenant White, 6th Dragoons ; Dr. Johnson, G3th ; Captain Dimon, 30th ; and Mr. Brown, Commissariat. Dv.: screw transport Indiana arrived also at the same time with Livuteuant-Colonel the Hon. aid Mrs. Haralcock - , Captain Itgleby, Lieutenant Grain, Lieutenant Matthews, Surgeon Kingsley, the REV. E. Owen, Commander Jones, R.N., Lieutenant Day, R.N., five Government nurses, 263 invalid soldiers, two women, two children, three grooms, three servants, and four horses, from Scutari ; and. Mr. R. Gardener and Mrs. Matthews, from Malta. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last night the opera season commenced with Rossini's charming opera of Il Conre Ory. The cast was the same as last season, with the exception that Gardoni sustained the part of the Count in place of Luchesi. The music exactly suits Gardoni, and he could not have selected a character more suited for his debut. The opening aria, " Taccia di tanti mali," was given by him with exquisite taste and feeling. Indeed through out the whole of the opera Gardoni sang beautifully. Of the skill of Mdlle. Bosio, as the heroine, it is scarcely necessary to say a word. This lady has already taken that position in the favour of the public which she has so honourably earned. Few singers have so rapidly im proved, and, in so short a period, attained such distin guished rank as this lady has done, and it shows to the aspirant to public favour what persevering study can do —in a word, her singing was irreproachable. Costa, in making his appearance in the orchestra, was most warmly welcomed with two distinct rounds of applause, a compliment he gracefully acknowledged. At the con clusion of the opera the National Anthem was sung by Mdlle. Basic), Marai, Herr Formes, and chorus, amidst great applause. The pretty ballet of Une Etoile brought the performance to a close. The house was crowded. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 12. The dinner party yesterday included the Prin3e of Leiningen, Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Miss Vernon, Sir James Clark, and Captain Macdonald, R.i~l. The band of the 04th Regiment played during dinner, and the Queen's private band after. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode out on horsecack this morning, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Co'onel Seymour. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice drove. out in an open carriage. The younger royal children also task a carriage drive. Prince Albert,, attended by Colonel Seymour, left Windsor at two o'clock to-day by a special train of the South-Western Railway, for London. Prince All ert presided yesterday afternoon at a meet ing of the Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Seymour, arrived at the Palace of Westminster at a quarter before three o'clock. The other commissioners present were Earl Grey, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Hard wicke, Lord Colchest er , L or d St. Leonardo, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Lindsay, M.P., and Mr. J. G. Hubbard. Captain Fishbourne and Captain Lefroy, the honorary secre taries, attended. The meeting broke up at a quarter before six o'clock. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Baxter, President of the Provincial Newspaper Society, and proprietor of the Sussex Express ; Mr. Johnson Gedge, of the Bury Post ; Mr. Austin, of the Maidstone Journal ; Mr. R. Johnson, of the Worcester Journal; Mr. E. Baines, of the Leeds Mercury; Mr. Kenaplay, of the Leeds lntelligencer ; and Mr. Hobson, of the Leeds Times, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at hi's official residence, in Downing-street, to present a resolu- tion, imanimousiy adopted by a meeting. of provincial new ,:paper proprietors, yesterday, in London, in favour of a haqpenny stamp for newspapers to entitle them to oaYs through the post, instead of a penny ; and also to pie— .q that the tegistration, with sureties, should n ot be confilA to such newspapers as may be printed on stamped paper. Viscount Palmerston left London for his seat, Broad la.ndy, limits, after the Cabinet Council on Wednesday Afternoon. His lordship returned to town, with Vis countess Palmerston, yesterday morning, and in the -vening proceeded to Windsor Castle on a visit to the Queen. The Marquis of Lansdowne left London, yesterday, T The E Bowoodari and Countess Park c ,\ n V t iltshire , wherehial ceraen. lordship will Paste L V a e f i o e ll n w iz d s d a s l y . e s fts . London, es o s of Jersey and Ladyn Wednesday afternoon, for MAISON DE L'EMPEBRUB. His Excellency Marshal Vaillant, M. le Grand Marechal du Palais. His Ex,elleney the Duke de Bassano, M. le Grand Chambellan. AIDES-DE-CAMP. General Count de Montebello, M. le Colonel Fleury, M. le Colonel Comte Edgard Ney, and M. le Marquis de Toulongeon, Officier d'Ordonance. MAISON DE L'IMPERATRIOE. Madame la Princesse d'Essling, Grand Maitresse. DAMES DU PALAIS. Mme. Ia Comtesse de Montebello, Mine. la Baronne Malaret. PREMIER CHAMBELLAN. M. le Comte Charles de Timber de la Pa,gerie, His Excellency Lord Cowley will accompany the Emperor, and proceed with the Imperial cortjga to Windsor C;tstle. TLe F crew-line-of-battle ship the Austerlitz, being re quired for sterner work, will not convey the Emperor and Empress of the French to England, as was origi nally intended. Their Majesties will proceed from Boulogne to Dover by the screw-steam corvette the Assas, a ne w vessel of 400-horse power. THE SQUADRON OFF DOVER. The commander-in-chief, Vice-Admiral Sir. Thomas Cochrane, has hoisted his flag, red at the fore, on board the Neptune, and will take command of the squadron off Dover, in honour of the visit of the French Emperor and Empres., which will consist of— Neptune Ariel, screw Orion, screw Sealark Calcutta Rolla Powerful I Vivid Fa'Con, screw I Fire Queen Pylade., screw I Centaur Cruizer, screw The squadron will get under weigh at daylight on Friday morning, and proceed up Channel. ARRANGEMENTfI AT DOVER. Orders have been received by Mr. Hakes, the pro prietor of the Lord Warden Hotel, to prepare apart ments for the reception of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who will arrive at Dover at 10 p.m. on Sunday next, the 15th inst. His Royal Highness will be accom panied by Major-GeneraPthe Hon. Charles Grey, Lord Alfred Pager, Colonel Seymour, servants, &c. Orders have also been given to have apartments pre pared for the Emperor and Empress of the French and their suite., and a dejecner is to be ready for tbeir Ma jesties and the Prince at 12 o'clock on Monday next, the 16th in.t. Their Majesties will leave Dover for Windsor Castle by a special train at 2 p.m. on Mon lay. No preparations have been made by the town autho rities at present. _ The Black Eagle Admiralty steam yacht is now lying in Dover Harbour. PREPARATIONS ATI GUILDHALL. The arrangements for the reception of the Emperor and the Empress of the French at Guildhall are being completed with the greatest rapidity, under the able superintendence of Mr. Bunning, the City archi tect. As as at present proposed, their Majesties will alight from their carriage in Gresham-street, and proceed by a covered platform to the entrance of the tent in front of the ball, which will also be covered, and will accommodate about 1,700 persons. There will be accommodation for nearly 1,500 in the ball, and seats wi.l be provided in the different lobbies on the north side of the hall for nearly 300 more. It is also proposed, subject to alteration hereafter, that their Majesties will on entering the hall turn to the east (the right), and sit upon the throne which will be placed there, where the address of the corporation will be presented to them. They will afterwards proceed to the Council-chamber, and after partaking of the ddeuner which will be there provided, will depart by the route they took on entering. THE VISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Sir Joseph Paxton, accompanied by Sir Charles Fox, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, to concert plans for receiving the Emperor and Empress of the French, with her Majesty and the Royal family, at the Crystal Palace on Thursday next. THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB. The members of the Army and Navy Club have de termined to invite the Emperor of the French to a public ente►tainment at their splendid club-house in Pall-mall, on any day most convenient to his Majesty during his stay in London. Four hundred officers of the two ser vices have put down their names. ADDRESSES OF CONGRATULATION.-SOUTHAMPTON. The Mayor and corporation of Southampton, in coun cil-assembled, have adopted an address of congratulation. to the Emperor and Empress of the French, on the occa sion of their approaching visit to this country, and nomi nated a deputation to present the same. It has also been determined to request the imperial visitors to honour the corp.oration with their presence at a banquet at the ltoy al Victoria Roflms. A deputation has been despatched t i Iftvre "..o co-operate with the authorities in carrying out the foregoing resolution. The mayor, and some other gentlemen of the council, will also await upon the Fre.neli ambassador, to make known the intentions of the comic'', and to express a hope that the Emp-ror and Empress, when returning to France, may be pleased to make Soutliamptort the port of embarkation, PORTSMOUTH. A requisition has been presented to the Mayor of Portsmouth, to call a special meeting of the town "to take into c,nsideration the mo..t desirable means to be adopted to do honour to her Majesty's Ally his Imperial 11i,jesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., on his intended visit to this country." TE E BoY A L PANOPTICON. VISIT OF THE BOYS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The Easter holidays have been marked at the Royal Panopticoo, Leicester-square, by the admission of the Blue-coat boys to the scientific attractions of this mag nificent structure. The event took place on Thursday, when some eight hundred and twenty of the Christ's Hospital scholars arrived at the doors, in full procession, and p kssed into the building, where a large number of public visitors had already assembled. The arrange ments for the reception and comfort of the boys had been made under the superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Biber, director of the instituti m. ; and shortly after the procession entered the spacious rotunda, the fountain was put into operation, throwing up its transparent co lumn to the full height of ninety seven feet. Tnis dis play, always a favourite feature in the entertainment, was received with the greatest delight by the juvenile visitors. It was succeeded by a scientific demonstration, illustrative of the improved helmet-diving apparatus and the inventions connected with its use. Mr. Partington explained the various points in this curious exhibition, the diver remaining meanwhile about twenty minutes under water. The force employed in cutting steel was next demon strated by Mr. Partington, who then introduced a number of beautiful experiments with the gigantic elec trical machine. The phenomena of the aurora borealis was illustrated in a most brilliant manner, and the elec trical properties of our atmosphere were explained by the lecturer in the course of his remarks on various other experiments. A series of botanical lectures, commenced on Easter ISLanlay by Dr. Brown, was continued on Thursday, the address on this occasion being peculiarly adapted to the age of the great majority of the hearers. The examples of the construction, growth, and functions of plants were selected with admirable judgment, and were of a kind to be readily appreciated and long remem bered. The series of views in the Crimea followed, and were carefully explained in passing by Mr. Buckingham. His allusion to the Duke of Cambridge was received by all presept with the most enthusiastic cheering. The after noon a entertainment:;, which were enlivened at inter vals by the tones of the grand organ, concluded with the chromatic display of the fountain, an exhibition which, we need not say, afforded iicreased pleasure to those who hail only seen it in its natural power and beauty. The advantage of the architectural symmetry of the building is that its decorative features are made to at tend completely on the uses for which it was designed. Thus, while the Panopticon never looks so we.l as when it is filled with company —an opinion which the Council will join with us i❑ holding—it is not to the inconveni ence of visitors that their number may occasionally be doabled. With the exception, perhaps, of Easter Mon day, Thursday must have been the day when the greatest number of the general public entered the Panopticon during the past week. We arrive at this conclusion from the facts that the weather was eminently delightful, and that many friends of the Blue-coat boys were tempted to meet their young relations and to witness their en joyment, We have, then, an unusual influx of visitors, besides eight hundred or more of boys from Christ's Hospital ; and yet, while the scene was most enlivening from the c, instant movement about the area and in the gracefully ornamented galleries, we do not think that the smalles t Blue-coat present lost his share in the sights before him.. We must not omit to mention that a new series of views has, been added to the dioramic entertainments here. Pompeii, an inexhaustible subject, furnishes Mr. Bucking-jam with material for a lecture elucidative of ntnean 1 ifs in the days that Pliny saw and wrote about. POST-0 PFICIC NOTICE.—MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—GENE RAL POST )141cE, April.—The mail steam-packets, un. der contra° ; with the Swedish Government, bein about to re-coma) ence running between Grimsby and Gotten burg, mails for conveyance by those packets will be made up at this o Tice on the evening of Friday, the 13th inst., and on the evening of every subsequent Frid a y un til fut ther.notii :e. All letters and newspapers addressed to Gottenbung and Uddewalla will be forwarded by these packets, unl ass directed to be sent otherwise; but l e tt ers and newspapers for other parts of Sweden intended to be forwarded bi packet must be specially addressed " via G r i ms by," of • " by Swedish packet " Those postmasters whose ingtru etions direct them to send their letters for Grimsby post will, of course, forward i n th e same' nianxier any correspondence posted at their offices forthe cross S ish packet. announced that the French Minister at Brussels had lodged a complaint against the publlsher of a pamphlet brought out in that city on the subject of the expedition to the Crimea. It could not be proper for the Government of the Emperor to have the plans of the campaign and the military operations of the Allied armies laid open to discus sion in a foreign country. The complaint made to the Belgian Government only therefore refers to the title of the pamphlet, which is drawn up in such a manner as to deceive publio opinion and to give support to scandal, by allowing it to bo sup posed that a French general officer, or as the foreign journals have insinuated, Prince Napo leon had taken some part in this pablication. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs replied on the 7th to the French minister ; that according to the opinion of the Procureur-general of the Court of Appeal of Brussels, it was impossible, according to the terms of existing laws, to com mence proceedings, which would answer the only object of the French Government, that is to say, to obtain an order for the suppression of a title which, under words skilfully calculated so as to escape a judicial accusation, concealed a bare faced speculation. There will, however, remain, from the steps prescribed to the Envoy of ? his Im perial Majesty at Brussels, a formal and direct disavowal of the imputations which the foreign press has circulated, and a warning given to all those whose credulity has been imposed upon." BOURSE, AP&IL 12.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents 94 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents - 69 40 69f. 60c. Credit Mobilier 795 Roman Credit Foncier 527 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Throes — Piedmontese B5 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. 'r. c. fr. C. Orleans Western 655 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 982 50 Havre 560 Northern THE CRIMEA. The Danube of Vienna says:—" Intelligence has been received here from the Crimea to the 30th ult. The French are represented as having made great progress in their works, and on the 29th a combat of cavalry took place, in which the Rus sians lost 200 horses and 400 men." A letter, dated from before Sebastopol, of the 26th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : " The attack of the Russians, in the nightl of the 22d, appears to have been the result of a Council of War, which was held after the arrival of Prince Gortschakoff, and in which it was decided that the most energetic measures should be adopted io pre vent the approach of the allied works on the side of the Faubourg of the Karabelnaia. The officer fixed upon to take the command of the operations was General Chrulef, who appears to have had a kind of roving commission given him to under take coups de main, for which he had acquired a high reputation while in the Caucasits. He also commanded lately in the affair at Eupatoria. These two affairs will not add to the laurels with which his brow had been wreathed for his former feats, as in both cases he has met with signal de feat." TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 29th, in the Courrier de Marseille, says :—" The day before yesterday 30 sick French officers were removed from the hospital at Pera to the palace formerly occupied by the Russian embassy, where they have very comfortable accommodation. 150 beds have been fitted up in the building. The organisation of the other hospitals is going on with great acti vity. A part of the wooden barracks, intended for the Crimea, have been used in enlarging that of Gulhane. Lady Stratford de Redcliffe has do• raanded permission from the Sultan to occupy the Palace of Therapia, where the wife of Marshal St. Arnaud resided, and her request was immediately granted. The report of Mustapha Pacha having been sentenced to exile is unfounded. He had been condemned by the Grand Council to give up to the Grand Vizir a certain quantity of land which he had purchased from Khosrew Pacha, and feeling exasperated at this decision, which he at tributed to intrigues against him, he wrote to the Sultan, requesting to be allowed to go and live elsewhere, hence the report of his having been banished. The • City of Manchester, English steamer, and the Hydaspe, have arrived with part of the artillery of the Imperial Guard, which are to form part of the camp of the Meslak. Other troops are also daily arriving both from France and from Algiers." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, April 10.—The Euryalus and Impe rieuse frigates, and the Conflict screw corvette, belonging to the British flying squadron, reached Nyborg yesterday afternoon. From Kiel we learn that there still rcinained a dense mass of ice in that harbour, which had com menced moving towards Bulk a couple of days back, the wind being favourable for its clearing entirely away seaward ; but the wind veering soon after in a contrary direction, the ice moved back again into the harbour, blocking it up as before. The wind has continued cold for the last two days, and yesterday morning we had a considerable fall of snow, which, hOwever, has disappeared. The Independance Beige says : "We have received accounts from Helsingor on the 6th. The advanced guard of the English freer, which arrived in that Danish port on the 31st alt , has been ever since exposed to such danger that apprehension: were entertained for the- safety of three of the vessels, which drifted into the Sound, with the loss of their an chor: and all their cables broken by enormous pieces of ice floating along the coast. A steam-frigate of 42 guns was so seriously damaged that it will be probably neces sary to bring her back for repairs to an English port. To-day we were informed that five ships of the squadron had succeeded in reaching the port of Landscrona. heir unexpected arrival in that Swedish harbour had cased much sensation. Four other English ships were com pelled to turn back and anchor in the,Cattegat. On the 6th no English ship of wale remained at Elsinore. I have been told that the British Admiralty are endea vouring to secure the services of persons speaking English, Danish, Swedish, but particularly the Russian language. Those persons are to be employed on board the Baltic fleet as interpreters, and will receive salaries proportioned to their pr,ficiency in those different languages. The French Minister here, M. Cintrat, has- notified to our Senat, by order of his Go vernment, that England and France hav, , agreed to per mit the free egress, in ballast or with cargoes, from the Russian ports in the Baltic or in the White Sea, of the merchant vessels of all nations lying there at the time of the renewal of the blockade, provided these vessels have not entered those harbours in violation of the blockade of 1854. Instructions to that effect have been given by the two maritime Powers to the commanders of their cruising squadrons." THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. VIENNA, APRIL B.—The French Minister for Foreign Affairs yesterday had an audience of the Emperor, and the assurance has been given me that he made an extremely favourable impression on his Majesty. It is now 1 o'clock, and about a quarter of an hour ago Ali Pasha, the Turkish Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, was introduced to Count Buol. At 2 the eighth regular Conference will be held. The Vienna politicians have succeeded in per suading themselves that M. Drouyn de l'Huys has instruction to make peace at any price, but a very different impression prevails in diplomatic circles. Some important information, which has to-day been received, induces me to believe that Aus tria will at last consider it advisable to carry out article 5 of the treaty of December 2, and " to deliberate without delay on effectual means for obtaining the object of her alliance with England and France." Prince G or t sc h a k o ff and M. de Titoff continue to assure his Ma jesty and Count Buol that Russia is prepared to make great concessions for the sake of peace, but the Austrian authorities are well aware that they . regularly receive reports from the numerous Rus sian agents who, in Servia, Montenegro, Albania, Romnelia, & - c., are preparing the Greek Christians to make a diversion in favour of Russia, "should it become re qu i s i te ." Th e i n h a bi tants o f th e Aus trian provinces b or d er i ng on S e rvia and B osn i a in general belong to the schismatic Greek Church, and as they have for a long series of years been accustomed to consider the Czars their spiritual chiefs, the machinations of Russia are doubly dangerous for this empire. The fore going information was derived from an exceLent source ; but it just now strikes me that the alleged unquiet state of Servia may servo Austria as au excuse for not con:enting to take an active part in the war, should Russia persist in her refusal to give the guarantees demanded. The only other news worth communicating is, that Sir John Burgoyne, who is on his way home from the Crimea, arrived last night, and will re main in Vienna until Wednesday. This is Easter Sunday, and the whole world, with the exception of the members of the Confer ence—and your correspondent—is in the Prater, which, as you are aware, is the Hyde Park of Vienna. PRUSSIA. ----- A letter from Berlin of the 7th, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" It appears certain that the cabinet of Vienna has r e pl ie d b y a circular to the Prussian despatch of the 26th ult. The Austrian circular has not been scut to Prussia 1 111 , any more than those of the 28th ro• s iou March. Count Buol admits at the COnclu,sgoot this despatch that the Prussian Cabinet irocel adopted any provocative measures against yedelsl, and that it merely demanded that the y e deti` contingents should only assemble 0 11 th e ,, are fro° territory. This circular becomes known here private information." lett° The Boirsenhalle of Hamburg contaios 5 0 from Berli n w hi c h sa ys :•—•`` Th e v re c r ° risi d ! gaining gr oun d th a t A us t r i a is enaea• -il d O form a customs' union with Prussia s ll 3o e, many. It is said that her efforts are a with satisfaction by the commercial 1 :04 Prussia, and that several chambers of e f ° , 0 10 have passed resolutions to that end. It that Austria, in getting up sane % e el? on this point, has rather a political ° D I.OI O view than a commercial one. But the • 1 lle - cabinet will certainly oppose the Pla. ll de obli spoken of, having already suffered coriAtotr* from the former com merc i a l treaty w ith - formed for 12 years." AUSTRIA. 640/ A letter from Vienna, in the Post 4. 11 0 p ott-: ays :—" Sickness prevails extensively 0111° 01 ini ti l troops in Gallicia, and is un fortunate l Y.!„ent o , ground. The remnant of the dragoon recodfol Bavaria, now reduced by illness to a mer e th e of men, is expected every day at same way the infantry regiment of the -D- 113 1,00 1 Belgians has been ordered to quit Gallieb l / 2 , lost upwards of one-half o f its men." The Wanderer of Vienna of the 7th sar i „' 0 10 Drouyn de l'Huys was presented this daY, l e d or Buol to the Emperor, and the audience i g l ii t° el wards of an hour. The honourable min end dine with his Majesty to-day. All the otsie g i the conference, with the exception of the i„ have had long conferences with the Fran; ov ter. He has brou g ht w ith him a Pap °r 1`11; Eastern question dr a w n u p by the Erape,..• leon, and it is to be laid before the eoug ressi fli de 11 10 ° first interview between M. Drouyn Count Buol did not last less than five 11 „ 1:3 0 ? - he had immediately afterwards a long c°'" with Lord Westmoreland." ,„, A letter from Bucharest of the Ist, ...,.`"i n t oe man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" bey has ordered an investigation to "'„ lli port o i the purpose of ascertaining whether, ag,.,,, — / ent!, D Russian intrigues are carried on in the enf e rea„', Wallachia. The richest convents hal° e 3 , 00" pay, during five 3 ears, the third of the tr" to the Sultan." ,1 1 of „ d c dl The Post Ampt Gazette states that 1„ ,7,,recr, 1 0 the Emperor Nichol as was no tified, at blil of the Russian amb assa d or a t Brusst o ' co '," 6 1 King of the Belgians t o th e C our ts of 'LOIO II IO England, and that it was through the sall' An - l e oce that these Courts e x p resse d their a l " - that of St. Petersburg. ts° ' 0 A letter from Athens, of the 30th t I A IS s a" to that Admiral Le Barbie r d e Titian int e r:4o6'o turn to France in about a fortnight. - 61. port was current at that date of a chalivArß, Greek Ministry. It was thought that 'Ol poulo would be Minister of the Interior, 1 Bulgaris Minister of Finance. SARDINIA. 0 ' • The following are the articles of the rosn d eluded between S ar di n i a an d the Ottoirtal!jec!;, "Art. I.—His Majesty the King of Sardit i l io et 'hat he adheres, for his part, to the treaty of A are " cluied at Constantincple ea the 12th of 14 . 0 . 0 0 11 f iof bet.veen th e S u bli me O ttoman P or te„ r itaist pire, and th e U n i te d Ki ng d om o f Great D deP e ptl)a • dov tined to guarantee the i ntegr i ty an d the 1 - ,, if torj( of the Ott oman E mp i re, and engage s 1 111118 . e 0 0' 0 0 his Imperial M a j es ty the Sultan to concur Is oe o f the object his august Allies have in view* i lbestr e pl treaty, by sending Sardinian troops to the s ign war, as agreed up on b y th e military conven otflee.P. Turin, the 26th of Janu ar y o f th e present Y ear,ro ) i'e p. his said Majesty and their Majesties the • g ri r r a lan cl ? French and the Queen of Great Britain an a ce j it " Art. 2. His Impel ial Majesty the Sinbi" o 'f Ss 1 ": 4 0 1 with erapressement this adhesion of the ICi v ualg esk:Of alliance with France and England' e 7 e - a tto ~"0/ in his turn to giant to the Sardinian troelo o f or ol i The theatre oi tornan territory or elsewhere on q that st 1 1) o f° identicl treatment, under every respect, a- i 4 fat'l l ji by the a tre aty of the 12th of March, 18 ',." n d, ioy the auzliary troops of Fra,:ce a nd Bug — . 00 upon the Sardinian troops th e same oblie t ' ;do lf the troops of those two - Allied Powers. 14 0, 0 ri "Art. 3. The Government of his InW eri : Fa y,soo l l l the Sultan will conse q uently i ssue t h e neeedi' s bsP to the Ottoman authorities that the troops 0 1 '" dflf th. the King ot Sardinia that shell take part in .rely tbe_ b 3 treated on the Ottoman territory on pre u :do l. si.melooting as the troops of France and Engls" - gards all the wants of the service. Ad, " Art. 4. The present Convention shall be ra lo , - 00 the ratifications exchanged at Constantinople In„0 11 , 1 term f weeks after the day of its sigcattfre, ipo 7; if possible. In faith of which the respective Pll t °. tiaries have signed it and placed their seals then '' ifi" " Dune at Constantinople, the 15th of Marell , 0 , cc R R Mall, kicay . BRAZILS AND THE - rri lISPe) SOUTHAMPTON, A' l o l The Solent, Captain Tellicoe, Wit ll l - p 11 , and River Plate mails, arrived this " 3 ' go o'clock. r cap, / The Solent left Southampton, 0/1 he- b y „ • voyage, on the afternoon of the 11th cil t ie 7 4? and arrived at Rio on the morning a ge March—thus making the fastest P record. re9o P bi'' The dates of s a ili ng are : —Buenos AY - itlef 4 ; Monte Vid eo , 7 ; Ri o d e J an eiro, - ' 7 f e or 21; Pernambuco, 23 ; St. Vincent, 30 ; n iol April 4 ; Madeira, 5 ; Li s b on , 8. t hem o ' The Solent bring son f re i g ht specie toof, of 33,240/. ; al so 310 b ags coc h in eal, 13° °, e tapioca, 20 box es S ou th A mer i c an pla nts ' W Teneriffe win e , 360 half-chests of orange, 43 fio baskets, a nd 106 packages of sundries. li t cf„ ( 1, Her Majesty' s s hip Lily wa s towed oat Janeiro by the Solent, on her return t o -g a d The Madagascar, th e T r id e nt, and " stationed at Rio. The Sharpshooter was at Bahia. S~ tIOD 10f The United States frigate Constittitit) 110 Vincent for the St a t es on the Ist of APry s The Solent p asse d th e following ves s t t eeti t ;;', 2d April :—Th e D an i s h b r i g , Sh o wlof :" the southward ; i n th e r i ver. TAP' steamer, the London. ki114, 0 There is but littl e intelligence of arj, 4 . r) b 4. From Buen os A yres we are enabled ir following epitome : to fO ili f At er " Our commercial system (we cl. ll ° -- ,.„ i 0 IV; Monthly Retrospect) has been shaken "; i tliSZ' foundation ; and we fear many 13 ,, ° 0 nor„ be requisite to obliterate unwele e 'llOperj scences and restore lost confidence. to to',h demand hithert o h as b een restrictoL` o 6o ) o o . ,‘" ing up indispensabl e assortmen t s , witk r il f , fsc 4 to a healthy and ex t ens i ve b us i ne ss. a thing cannot b e ex p ec t e d i n the oir e- 0 0 0 Y Credit has fallen to its lowest ebb ; t be , v i A commodation beyond the reach of roos t i ! o of our money m ar k e t ru i nous to all vi- 10 17 .1 1 chased in metallic, and consequentil , progress mad e in the se tlement of hea l. ' ir A " lugs." ; n v ii0; 0 0 In the articles of daily constimPl. e- ., i gi j e has undergone no essential change Sine' 0 9 4" °- The activity in the building departin e- r t oo" j a healthy tone to building materials eh A( scription. t In political matters the Goverri 13 1 1 0( "i0 0 ; resolutely to its progr amme o f p e ace all' V A The correApondeuce with Admiral co o p er through the medium o f h er MajestYs„ tj i specting a survey o f th e i n t er i or rile" „, conducted in conciliatory spirit. log: A ctr From the Rio Mercantile Journal, i°eoo. a monthly retrosp ec t' o f comme rcial " were to an average extent. aw The money mark e t p resen t e d no n " c OO l , and discouits were freely obtained. s tw t er - 4 At Bahia we learn that the weat" . , — ,, D , P'„i" nues unsettled, and the roads are cut 7,,'"ek I ing supplies from coming to market. . 1 " -- 0 0 • nothing doing. , ri ps The Pernambuco Price Current in i ' o f al l ot i the business in the import line has bee n be" character. In experts the business has moderate scale. , 0 Viscount v.i s c un t and d d Viscu u li t a ar . riegt::: r - A: 11 : 'I d oti e to:, town, on Wednesday 6' . 13 € - 13e0. -t o p .Sout dy evening, irora B3rksidre. to.N ., n m froli t 4.00 3 , ladyship's be. I) South Fark Viscountess Kent ll . ardlnge arrived 1Y Dmorben and the Hon. Miss ' 5 / I , g fe ° Li ed at Bute House, South Audley=stree" orS seat, Llydillis, Isle of Anglese a ,i c i ° l4 o l/r i The Queen of Spain has been plea' e- lAr t° ' 1 e Order of Charles the Third upon Mr. ;.. 10 1° .0 architect, of the Board of Works Whitebs''' aof of _ Mr. John Wood, Chairman ' of the 1 301° ijor" i,ft Revenue, had an interview with the G" tice ON VAO Exchequer, yesterday. - rib •Afr joSer to atv, o o, i NEW M AGISTRATES. —Yesterday Esq., and Wm. Bradshaw Stutfield, EA . !, 4 ill e /f i o ni ' lj o took the oaths as magistrates for the Tow,' I' o3o - b o ..' The Suliy, which left Constantinop le in liiP i O tt ) of the 31st ult., has arrived at Toulou. , t po 14 board 146 Convalescent soldiers, but bro ul ;,, P oil °, ri, they having been sent by the Clyde, vibi•Pch II P :‘4 l.' Constantinople two days before, but will delayed by bad weather. . --h