The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-24 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Tinder the management of Mr. Buckstooe. THIS EVENING, Will be performed FRA DIAVOLO. Characters by Messrs siras gee yee, Weies, Manvers, J. T. Haines, Farquharson, and W Warren; Mrs. Sims Reeves , and Madame Weiss, After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY• IMAMS -ET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude wi h A KISS IN THE DARE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-ST ABET. 'Under the Management of Mr. Cmanza Ewe. • THIS EVENING, IVIII be performed LIVING TOO FAST, To be followed by FAUST A%13 MARGITERITM. ?rinelP' characters by Messrs. C. Kean, I). Fisher, Raymond, Oahele, an • Baker ; Mrs. Winstan'ev, Misses C Lec+ercq, Daly, and E. Terry. To conclude with (12th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitle , THE MULETEER OF TOL,I,DO ; or, King. Queen, and Knave. THEA.TRL ROYAL ADELPHI• Pro Victor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Ms ltune Celesta. THIS EVENINNG• Will h• performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS rRANGEB. To e•metide N./1h A AT EDITION' OF TTIE FAIRY TALT S p? 'BOTHER with numerous highly-hly-coloared RIYAL OLYMPIizi TIILATAS. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. EVENING,_ _ ---- , Tat be per formed a Cornedietta, called LAW Me-srs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Cooper, EanveLs characters ny and Miss Ca-A:et n. After which, ICI; L OR CURE. , Characters by Messrs. Robson, ginery. and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. wig in and Miss Bromley. To be followed THEe Fairy Extravaganza, called T;:E YELLOW DWARF A.,.4D KING OF GOLL) ALINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Was Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Wilt be performed Donizetti'a Opera of THE DAUGHTER (1' TFIE REGIMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Great and Glorious success ! Novel Performances of the Dwarf Elephants. THIS EVENING. An interesting•Equidrama called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE! After which, the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, in which Miss Emily Cooke will appear. To conclule with a lively Afterpiece. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W Waft. Actin, mg...v... Mr- w. cooks- Zquoatriaa Director, Mr: v. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tats DAY —Morita; 51 min.after 6 I Evening23min a't. 7 T e .m osio vi...liernins; 3 min.after 8 Eveni..g 48 min. aft. 8 THE WEATHER.—Sum 011101, April. 24. THZIWOHZTZB, IN THZ SHADE. 57—highest since neon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day, at noon. BAROXZTZE, 30.33—falling. Wrwn, N.N.W.—Light and variable, with fine, mild, sunshiny weather. t 0*". ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1855. We are heartily glad to see Mr. LAYARD in vigorous and uncompromising opposition to all the inisdoings, and omissions to do, of our self chosen governors. His speech at Liverpool does the highest honour to his patriotism and sound common sense. We only hope he will act in Parliament worthily of his convictions--that he will give notices and act on thew. He showed in his impassioned appeal last Friday to the lead ing merchants of Liverpool that he was thoroughly aware of the disgraceful nature of the proposals which were the basis of the Vienna Conference ; and he denounced as cruelty as well as folly a war which was to end in such extravagant conces sions to Russian and Austrian despotism. He gave also, from personal knowledge, a withering description of the miserable incompetency of the officials in our Foreign-office, and the ineptness of our Ambassador at Vienna. Indeed a more damning exposure of our Government and its naval and military servants we have not read of late. He says that the House of Commons must assert its power and demand, ere it is too late, a thorough-going reform of the whole machinery of State. Let him, then, lead the van, let him throw himself upon the peoplo. His views have been applauded by them every where ;he sees that he has but spoken out what all hearts are full of. Let him head a movement in which he is sure to be supported ; let him ap peal to the nation if the House of Commons will not adequately back him, and he will become to our Foreign policy what COBDEN was to Free Trade. If Parliament were dissolved he would supersede Mr. Connior as the West Riding mem ber for the wants of the present time. We suppose most of our readers, even such as might chance to differ from us, are now of one opinion about the value, rather we should say, the transparent roguery, of the Four Points. None can doubt now the infernal complicity of Austria with Russia. The Moniteur has told us, with authority, what doubtless the Coburgs would have better liked untold, that owing to Austria we dared not advance on the Danube ; Lord JOHN has told us that waiting on her delayed the expe dition to Sebastopol. Correspondence has told us that her brutal officers are murdering the wives of Moldavians, stabbing the remonstrant hus bands, and fighting with the unarmed inhabitants till driven out of Bucharest by arms furnished by despair. The Conference has told us that she has struggled to dissever her policy from that of the Allies ever since the specially Austrian Points were agreed to, it being now quite evident that she will never spend a, kreutzer, or sacrifice a sol dier, to fight against her b ro th er d espot. And this, Englishmen ! this is the scoundrel power to which a Belgian Coburg is married, and w ith which the Allies continue to coquet up to this date. It is enough to make any honest man's blood curdle in his veins to think of the miseries entailed on us by this accursed diplomacy. Aus tria is the foe of the Allies—the murderer of their troops. She it is who prevented their advance to Bessarabia and Odessa, who delayed their attempt on Sebastopol till the season made it dangerous, and who then liberated Russian "reinforcements from the Danube," to march through the Odessa we had spared, and who thus almost - directly mur dered thousands of our brave men by the mere force of / mesbers. All the administrative blun dweiltnalLicrodovetent and heartless Cabinet told aatzuctiveness on our troops through the Sata n . le and Ilua s i • • Will En anteing duplicity of Austria. wvca 'ac policy ? sh all y longer such murderous with impunity ? If we must dare to continue it too, is it to be for suchtilarrusat have loans, and taxes Isittobe subterfugesasthePou r p ai Z ed, nay, misc hievous while the vilest despot f a orwaitina roily o f wooed to fighting agai ns t Europe a is to be her k m • been faiZatt:from We believe that Austria has it more than beginning to end. We think possible that even her seemingly ant . an i-Russian words and deeds were but profound nocrisy. The Power which can act the dastard part sh e i s now doing at Vienna is base enough for anything. It really is high time that the House of Commons Should take Austria and Germanism into its Ow n hands; that, undeterred by threats about "compli catiens" and the like, it should demand every paper pertaining to the Conference, an account of every verbal representati 'on made to and by our Minister there, and r - .declare by a decisive vote that it is contrary to pub l oo!erality, to public honour, and to public intere s t atike.t o admit - her - to any fy,- 1 1 11 (17) * re ija the leiti"lellt °ftheEastern qnsstion. But what should we do without Austria neutral, or rith her, if hostile ? We have been guilty of the vicked folly of putting her iuto the provinces, instead of OiER PACHA. and ourselves—What :an we now do ? The treasonable folly we admit, and the increased difficulty we admit ; but wa Arm that Austria is an empire of sand, and better A s an avowed foe than a fatal clog. She is ripe for another 1848. Her troops are composed of varied races, all hating each other, but hating her 'ar more. She cannot rely on them. War wia the Allies would be to her utter dismemberment. Poles, Bohemians, Hungarians, Croats, Lombard:, :could all fall asunder at the watchword of nationa freedom, and leave her a poor naked Dukedom t•:, repent of her bloody atrocities and perjuries in tong centuries of insignificance. But perhaps Prussia would add her troops to those of Russia ! Let her try it. She too has an 1848 to recollect, and her Monarch has broken promises and oaths to be atoned for yet. She has Poles in her present despot-made and despot ridden Chambers, who yet dare to tell her that hey refuse all participation in her present course, and that the interpretation of their silence is loud rebuke—Cum tacent clamant. She has Rhenish provinces speaking the French language, and she has a Baltic coast which an English fleet could do what it pleased with. Prussia, i.e. her Monarch, would like to fight for Russia ; but he fears his people, fears France, fears England, fears neutrality, shudders at fighting for independence, is reeked to death with the ignominy of being nothing, yet quakes at the effort to become any thing. Prussia is perfectly harmless. Amidst all the horrors of war she has at least the merit of keeping up our spirits ; she kindly enacts the fool for us, and makes herself the laughing-stock of the business. We owe to her, every now and then, the exhilaration of a good, hearty laugh. Contempt and detestation will some times give way to irrepreslible merriment over her merry-Andrew attempts at bigness. better term a than any yet submitted for conaidera don. Russia will find when she becomes a n humble suitor for peace on any terms that her past treaclhe ry has not been forgotten, and that ample retribution will be exacted for the sacri fices we have made—the blood we have shed— the millions are have expended. We now know tohat we have • to encounter, and France and Eng land will prove themselves to be Worthy of their tncient reputata 7 onti, and prepare to make amends, by the most energetic efforts, for the time they 'lave wasted in consequence of their too credulous belief in the protestations and professions of their faithless adversary. Lord GREY the other night, we suppose lest iris inborn Whiggery should be forgotten, actu illy went out of his way to tell the Noble Lords that Church Rates are no longer a hardship ! A majority only can Tote them now, therefore it is no hardship to pay them ! Why, the Noble Lord has out-Whigged the Whigs. They them selves, before that absurd wresting of the law and common sense which gave a minority the rights of a majority was propounded at Wes'minster, made efforts to abolish them. Why did they do so ? They surely thought them a hardship on Dissenters then. Can they be less a hardship now, when the law is declared to be precisely what it was then understood to be? The truth is, no sophistry, legal or political, can alter the plain fact that every sincere Dissenter feels it a grievance to be forced to pay a penny for a system of Church government tnd worship which he never uses, and of which, in addition, he probably disapproves. On men so bigotedly wedded to the dominance of their own Church as not to understand the galling nature of such an enforced tribute to a hated supremacy all argument is lost. They need a higher, a more generous morality, and a more living religion, not a better knowledge. The defect is in the heart, not in the head. Well at length the Conference is at an end, and time it should be. Now then if war is to be a costly reality instead of a costly sham, let us in all conscience get to work as we ought. The first thing is to strip to it. We are encumbered with all the appointments and arrangements of place both in the civil and military service. Away with them ! Merit and ability must now be put into every post, and incapacity dismissed or pensioned. No more seven millions wasted in transport blun dering, to be made up by taxes on commerce and income—the country cannot and will not endur e it. We are encumbered also with Prussian and Aus trian diplomacy. Strip off all that too, and let us get to work with the zeal, the ability, the energy of France and England. We can do it. But one thing is wanted—fling all cant and aristocratic im position to the winds, and this summer's cam paign would, we believe, bring Russia to terms. A loan (however badly managed) and the enlist ment of Poles and Fins are good signs. We only want more such signs. • Some few well-meaning persons are really per plexed about a substitute. The answer is, you have it. You have used it. You have used it munificently. You have raised millions by voluntary subscription to build new churches, and sometimes in country places too. Do the same to maintain them. You will never miss the amount required ; it is but a fraction of what is raised yearly for church building. Boldly repeal the impost altogether, and in six months people will wonder how it could have been the subject of so long a quarrel. Even poor Church-Rate LORD JOHN will smile at his own fatuity. The Newspaper Stamp Bill has passed through committee, with the exception of the propositions relating to registration and securities, and the tonal clauses recently brought forward by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. These matters will be further considered on Monday next, and we earnestly hope that the proprietors of public jour nals will not be excluded from the privileges of their fellow-Englishmen, and deprived of that which has been justly regarded as the great pal ladium of the national liberties—the trial by jury. We have already pointed out the vexatious character of these provisious, and the constant annoyance to which public journalists must be subjected when any degree of inadvertence, any pretended violation of the law, and that inter preted by a single stipendiary magistrate, or two of " the great unpaid," must be expiated by a minimum, penalty of five pounds, or possibly up to thirty pounds, although a jury might consider that there had not been the slightest infringement, or any legitimate copyright ; or if there had been, that the smallest coin of the realm would afford ample compensation for the loss. These are serious matters, and even those who now loudly clamour for the restrictions, who hold out their hands for the gyves to be fastened thereon, will find that they have committed a f ttal error, and too late deplore the grievous mistake into which they have fallen. It is, however, much easier to put on than to remove the fetterA. "The liberty of the Press" is a matter of too great importance to be tampered with on trivial grounds, or to gratify the crotchets of an incompetent Minister. As we have already stated there is not the slightest pretext for the change ; the want of the alleged protection has not deterred any journal from using its utmost exertions to obtain priority of intelligence. There is under the existing law a full oopyright in original articles and literary compositions, but there can not be in news : that which is circulated on the Stock Exchange and become the common topic of conversation cannot be considered the exclusive property of the first journal that contrives to catch and embody the floating rumours. Let the independent Members of Par liament just consider the probable consequences that may result from the change—how greatly the public may be injured by any virtual mono poly conferred even for. 24 hours. We unhesi tatingly declare that it will be impossible - to pre dict the disastrous effects to all journals without, exception ; for eve❑ those who spare no expense to procure the earliest and Most authentic intelligence must still either come within the meshes of the law or supply a mutilated article to ' their subscribers. Let these matters be fully considered, and let Parliament pause before it The Conferences at Vienna have been adjourred sine die, and the representatives of France and England are now en route .to the scenes of their respective duties. We earnestly congratulate the country on these auspicious tidings. It is well that the solemn farce shinild be brought to a con clusion on any terms. It had for a long time been manifest—in fact since the commencement of the discussions on the Third Point—that Russia had no intention of making any real concessions, or abandoning the aggressive pOlicy which she had so steadily pursued for a succession of ages. Although she deliberately entered into engage ments to negotiate on the basis of the Four Points, after resorting to every species of subter fugefor the purpose of procrastination, she peremp torily rejected every suggestion offered by the Allies, at the same time refusing or neglect ing to bring forward any counter-proposi tion on her own account. The proposals of the Allies were indeed of a very diluted character. No mention was made of Sebastopol ; that "stand ing menace to Europe" was still to remain in all its strength and power, ready to shelter any fleets which the AUTOCRAT might think it advisable to construct. Not one inch of Russian territory was to be surrendered, and, in fact, no security given beyond the personal recognisances of Russia to keep the peace. We should have been satisfied with mere promises, although experience has proved, by numerous examples, that the pledges of Russia are not worth the parchment on which they may be inscribed. All that was demanded was that the amount of the Russian naval forces in the Euxine should henceforth be limited by treaty, or that the Black Sea should be declared wholly neutral ground, and all chips of war, of all countries, wholly excluded from it, so that hence forth it should be a sea for commerce only. Even these meagre and unsatisfactory conditions were, after a further delay, absolutely rejected by the Russian Plenipotentiary, and hence the breaking up of the Conferences, and the departure from Vienna of Lord JOHN RUSSELL and ,M. DROUYN enacts in haste that which will be repented of at leisure, not ony by public journalists, but by the entire community. nz L'Huvs. The history of th e D u k e o f N EWCASTLE as W ar and not least that part of it whi c h h e It will be seen that th e a b ove s t atement rests Minister, on no doubtful authority. W e are not compelled reveals hims e lf i u hi s exam i nat i on b e f ore, the Se - to give it either as th e guesses or accounts of bastepol Co mm it tee, i s excee di ngly edifying and instructive. It shows us in the most charming " well-informed correspondents." The Premier manner how affairs of Slate are managed under has announced the facts in his place in Perna- our aristocratic administrations, and beautifully ment, and further explanations w.ll doubtless be illustrates the celebrated remark—" See, my son, accorded on the return of Lord JOHN RUSSELL with how little wisdom the world is governed." from his abortive and f u til e m i ss i on. " There is a P rovi d ence, " says HAMLET, " in the We shall then see w h a t d epen d ence can b e placed on the - fall of a sparrow . '" but it req u i res a l arge gu l p o f promises of A us t r i a , an d h ow far she is prepared faith, after th e l a t e reve l tt i ons, to believe that we have not b een d e li vere d over for degradation and to carry out the engagements— such as they are— plunder —as events have turned out—to the into which she entered by the Treaty of the 2d absolute dominion of Chance. December, as explained by the memoir of the In the first instance, how came the DUKE to be 28th December. We are told that she "agreed War Minister ? Simply because he was Colonial to"—perhaps elicited might be a more correct Minister, and a Duke. Fired, as Lord JOHN phrase—the principles laid down by England and RUSSELL tells us, with "a laudable ambition," he and, of course, chose an office for which he was pre-eminently unfit, France, and that her Plenipotentiary joined with those of the Western Powers in pressing either without • he got it. Without experience, weight, without firmness, and without branch of the alternative above referred to on resolution, be undertook a department that re- Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. It is time, therefore, quired them all in an extraordinary degree. And that she should be prepared to act decisively and what did he do ? In the first place, he had energetically, unless willin g t o b e h e ld forth to to appoint tw o U n d er Secretaries of State for the de partmen t the reprobation of Europe as an examp l e o f per- Having, of which h e h ad become the head. comparatively speaking, no tidy and bad faith. As we have repeatedly stat e d, nor experience in war matters him knowledge self it might neutrality is impossible. She must he nce f orwar d b e supposed he would endeavour to supply the de array herself either for or against the Conserva- ficiency. Vain supposition. He appointed his tors of the peace of the world. Her course must c.ousin—a gentleman who at least knows his rela h• to ris rp the Duke, and hi s P r i vate Secretary, be clearly defined ; and it is scarcely possible to tio who knows less of war than either • and, with e that the French and English Ministers similar wisdom and propriety, he went to work to suppos could have taken their departure from Vienna make a host of minor appointments ! From an before a complete understanding had been arrived 1 Executive like this what could be looked for but at on that important topic. the We suspect, from the most hopeless confusion and the most ful expenditure. waste ominous silence of Lord PALMERSTOI.C, that the anticipati ons w hi ch we long s i nce put forward 1 Take another exampl e o f th e D uke ' s incapacity. will be completely verified, and that, as in the He actually allow e d L or d H ARDING; another olden t.' 'lmbecile in office, to f o i s t certa i n colonels into ime, she will still show herself to be I commands as generals in the Crimea without con ' "Pcstn n , a 4 champion, that does never fight I suiting him 1 In his own words, these officers But wh en her ' humorousf ladysh i p i s by iwere appointed by "inadvertence." Men on To teach he r But whatever safety I whose skill and prudence the fate of battles might the drop-scene ha the_ s result, we rejoice that depend appointed by " inadvertence! ". His terminated. We 1150v1,a.lien---that the farce has Grace may console himself with the rcilecticn knee that that he meant well ; but this is poor satisfaction have obtained a dislues we could only 'Arable and for buried thousands and wasted millions--f -r peace, which would only l precarious est until R • the domestic bereavements and the burdensome a suitable opportunity for viol • mama found • atin g , it s taxation his and other men's niisnianagemeDP, of . prc i • We no longer trust to uegot - r-d- , -.;-- , v ".T. .4,1 have• .-•., I - advertence," ' la ions. lth- e - v ;:e ,- le Isar occawont d. ea vertence, in of our naval and military foreos wiu eLeur deed ! For such aoto there is a noire appropriate , Owe far s term. TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24. 1855. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL MARSEILLES, MONDAY, APRIL 23. The Euphrate, which left Constantinople on the 16th of April, has arrived. Despatches leave at 8 p.m. this evening. BALAKLAVA, SATITRDAY, APRIL 14, 5 A.m. The cannonade and bombardment have lasted since Monday. Each gun fires 120 rounds per diem. Nevertheless, the fire of the enemy has not much diminished. The Russians received recently two convoys of provisions of every description. They fire well. The French have destroyed the Faubourgs op posite to them, and have nearly demolished the Flagstaff Bastion. Our loss consists of six officers and 120 men killed and wounded. A furious battle took place yesterday between the French and Russians. The French have taken up a position on the heights. The fleet is stationary. A Russian corps is reported to be advancing from Simpheropol. Two Councils of War were held this week. Ladders and pontoons are prepared. The fire of the Mamelon is silenced, and the Round Tower damaged ; but the Redan and Garden Batteries are vigorous. We now fire eight rounds from each gun every hour. The bombardment continues during the night THE BALTIC FLEET. BERLIN, MONDAY, April 23. The Baltic fleet was still lying in Kiel harbour on the 20th. Eight collier brigs had arrived there. On the 21st the Desperate captured a vesse: under the Lubek flag off Libau. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Thefollowing private telegraphic despatches have been received here to day : MARSEILLES, 23.—The English steamer has arrived here from Constantinople with sick on board. Sh e l e f t , on the 15th, but brings nothing from the Crimea later than that brought by the 0-iris. A heavy gale of wind in the Black Sea had caused the delay in the arrival of the de-patches. Some private letters, however, give move details of the events of the siege, and the Constan tinople journals had published supplement; with news from the Crimea to the 12th. The arrival of Omer Pacha on the 9th with the Egyptian divison before Sebastopol is confirmed. The loss of Coe French on the first day of the bombardment is estimated at 100 .killed and wounded. The overflowing of the Tchernaya, by which the valley has been inundated, prevents the Russian army from crossing it in order to give assistance to the garrison. Fires had broken out in several parts of the town. Colonel de Beville has been invited to visit the palace of Balta Liman, which has been newly and entirely decorated. Part of the en riages of the Emperor had arrived at Constantinople. The town of Brotissa has again suffered severely from further shocks of earthquake. There were no fewer thin 150 shocks. The fire wa.; consuming the ruins of the town. VIENNA, 23,1.—The Conferences are provisionally suspended on account of a want of accord on the third point. Lord John Russell leaves to-day. According to accounts from Sebastopol of the 17th the botnhanl ment continued with success, and it was thought that the a.sault would take place in a week from that time." FRANKFORT, 23d.—Lord John Russell is to arrive here on Wednesday ; his apartments have been engaged for that day. " The Camp equipage of the Emperor was sent off yesterday to the south," says the Constitutionnel, "by the Lyons Railway, in charge of a certain number of employes of the Men us-Plaisirs, who before their departure were provided with a com plete uniform." The Princess Mary Bonaparte Valeutini arrived in Paris yesterday from Perugia, in the Papal States. " Letters from London inform us," says the Saint Public of Lyons, " that Queen Victoria, instead of coming to Paris for the opening of the Exhibition, as had been expected, has postponed her visit to the end of September, in order to be present at the solemn distribution of prizes which is to take place at the commencement of October. This determination has been taken partly from political motives, and partly from the fact that the preparations for the Exhibition cannot be com pletely terminated by the day fi xe d f or t h e open i ng. Herr Majesty, during her stay in France, will pass some days at the palace of Fontain bleau, where grand fetes are to be given in compliment to her Majesty's visit." Count de Reyneval, ambassador of France at Rome, arrived at Marseilles on the 21st by the Neapolitan packet the Capri. The Suffren, line-of-battle ship, left Toulon on the 21st, with troops and stores for the East. BOURSE, APRIL 23.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. li per Cents 93 :3 per Cents - G 8 30 68f. 25c. Credit Al.bilier 772 50 Roman Credit F.ricier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spaniiib Threes — Piedniontese • 85 75 Horne Debt 3l RAILW 9 'TS —ZOR CASH. 'r. c. fr. e Orleans ........ ...... 1145 Lynda lOB2 50 Western 645 Rouen Cott° Nfeiliterranean 9SO Havre 545 Northern AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 19th in the Post Ainpt Gazette says :—" It appears to be at length understood at Berlin that Austria has no other ob ject in view than an honourable peace, and this conviaion is doubtless what has most contributed to the arrangement which is now being prepared at Berlin. Count Arnim has within the last few days had several conferences with Count Buol, at which Count Lerebenfeld, the Bavarian Atniquisador, was present. The question said to have been discussed at these interviews was the conditions on which Prussia could be admitted to take part in the con ferences. Count Buol had a private conversation with Prince Gortschakoff yesterday, in which the former is said to have declared that the Russian propositions appeared to him suitable to serve as the bases of ulterior negotiations, and that Austria would support them in London and at Paris ; but that in case the Western Powers did not approve of them Austria would abide by the decision of of the majority." RUSSIA. The following letter from St. Petersburg, in the National Zeitung, is interesting:— "April 9 . —Yesterday and to-day all St. Petersburg. echoes with the words Christos Wosskress—Christ is risen again ; gentle and simple embrace and kiss each other three times in the name of the Trinity ; the hal lowed egg too asserts its place. (Easter eggs are also en vogue in Prussia on that festival.) On Saturday evening all the sobers and erkwis were filled to celebrate the eve of the ReQurrection ; eggs, salt, bread, and other victuals were carried to the temples to have them consecrated. Salvoes of artillery from the Peter-Paul citadel announced the corrmencement of the festival, in which all the high military and civil fficers, Senate, Council of the Empire, took their parts aq usual. In the sermons of the priests there a a- no lack of allusions to the persecutions of Antichrist; false Chri , tians that had banded together for the sake of the golden calf are bring made use of by him to attack the one sole sauct,fying orthodox Church ; but, just as Christ, whose memory they were then celebrating, had risen gloriously from the dead, to rule over all nations and peopb s, so would Russia rise up from this contest for Ler Church bright and glorious, while her adversaries would have to bow down in the dust, for on the side of holy Russia and her right pious Czar stood the Ru.s , an God." A letter from St. Petersburg, 12th, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :--` 4 The Emperor, on the 30th ult., addressed to the Archbishop Phi larete, of Moscow, an autograph letter, in which is the following passage ;.--‘ I have read with parti cular pleasure your letter, in which you express to me your sentiments of submission and of fidelity, as well as those of your clerpy ; and I have given orders, in accordance.with your request, that th e 100,000 silver rouhTea (the silver rouble is little over 4fr.), which the inhabitants of your diocese and the cburcites . of Moscow have contributed to wards the tapanna a the war, shall be received. The clergy in Russia has at all times set an of devotedness to the Czar and love for their coun try, and it is most agrei-!:_i.le to me to see a fresh proof of it, in my first capital, in my native city of itioscow, where by Divine will 1 first received my life, under the shade of the national sanctuary." THE BALTIC. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, April 19.—The eleven sail of the line, comprising the Nile, 91, flag-ship pro tfmn. of Rear-Admiral Dundas, Commander-in chief ; Exmouth, 91, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Seymour. second in command ; Royal George, 101.; James Watt, 91; Cmsar, 91; Majestic, 8 ; Co lossus, 80 ; Cressy, 80 ; Blenheim, 60 ; Hogue, 60 ; Elinburgh, 58, and the five paddle-steamers, Bulldog, Basilisk, Merlin, Vulture, and Dragon, arrived at Kiel on the 19th inst. Thus far their voyage has not been remarkable for any features of peculiar interest None but the necessary evolutions were performed, nor were any particular manoeuvres executed. They left the Downs at 7 a.m., on the 9th inst., and r plain sail, with a moderate breeze from the W.N.W. quarter, each ship weighinv. anchor in the order denoted by signal from the flag-ship of the Commander- in-Chief. Litters from Riga, of the 13th, report as fo] lows : "Yesterday evening the ice in the Duna crilnirneed breaking up, which caused such a sudden rise of th water as to alarai the people in the vicinity considerably. The suburbs on one side of the place are already under water. The reopening of the navigation seaward will hardly take place for 10 or 14 days to come, as the Bay of Riga is full of ice as far as the eye can reach. This moridng a regime:it of Bashkir , SOO strong arrived in the town, who will march further, as soon as the river paFvable for them, towards the Prussian frontiers, for the purpose of guarding that line of coast." EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, April 11.—The 10th Hussars arrived at Alexandria on the 7th, in 12 days' march from Cairo, and took up their quarters in barracks expressly prepared for them near the Pasha's palace at Ras-el -teen. The officers and men, bearded and mustachiod, and bronzed by the climate of India and their march through Egypt, and their horses—fine wiry animals from the Cape and the Persian Gulf—all seem thoroughly up to a campaign and adapted to encounter the hardships of the Crimea. On the day after the arrival of the Hussars, Easter Sunday, the Bth, seven officers, 160 mtn, ' and 200 horses were shipped on board of the steamer Etna, which left on the 9th for the Crimea. The head-quarters of the regiment, 11 officers, 349 men, and 380 horses, were put on board the Himalaya, which sailed for the Crimea yester day, and the remainder of the regiment, about 190 men and horses, are embarking to-day on board of the steamer Trent, which will eave to-morrow for Constantinople. Thus the entire regiment will he under Lord Raglan's immediate orders in the Cri mea by the 17th inst. The 12th Lancers are to leave Cairo on the 14th, to be here about the 26th, when they will embark without delay on boat d of steamers, expected about that time, to take them to the Crimea. The Viceroy Said Pasha returned to Alexandria this morning from his visit to. the Tanta!' Fair. The Egyptian steamer Faid Gelmad left on the 9th for Marseilles, to bring to this country a num ber of mules which the Viceroy has ordered to be purchased for him. Trade in Egypt is very dull, and prices of pro duce falling. MARKET NEWS--(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 3 1 03 to 5/ 03 Od ; clown ditto, 3' 5 to if 183; and straw, 1/ 43 to 1' 103 per load. moderat3 supply and a steady trade. CIIMBERLANII. Mewlow hay, 3 03 to 5/ Os ; clove , , litto, 3 04 to 5' 153 : and straw I' 5s to 104 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. iY HITECHAPEL. --Meadow hay, 2 18s to 5' Os: clovNi ditto, 3/ 34 to 6; N; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—This article has been quiet, owing to the public sales that are in progress. SUGAR —There has been very little doing either in fo reign or colonial. Foreign in bond is wanted for exporta tion at previous rates. A cargo of Manilla has been sold, but the prices have not transpired. Refined is firm ; br wn lu...ps at 46s 6,1 to 475, and grocery 48s to 535. There were landed last week at the East and West India Docks, 2,356 hits, 251 trcs, 779 brie ; there were taken for home ure 1.629 Wads, 153 tree, and 355 brls. The stock in these places is 8,835 hhls, 773 tree, and 1.521 hrls. COFFEE.—There is scarcely any demand for Colonial or Foreign, an.l last weeks' rates are not obtained. Native Ceylon is 464 6.1 to 47s 6,1 per cwt. Rice. - For Etst India the demand has not improved, and lower pi ices hay.. been accepted. RUM.—A parcel of strong Demerara has been sold at 2s 4,1 per gallon for proof There were landed last week, at the above-named docks, 510 puns., There were taken for home consumption 21 hlads, 263 puns, and exported 2)8 pans, 105 The stock is 7,791 puns, 582 hhds. COTTON.—Prices are very well supported, with a fair demand. TlE:sm.—The market is excited. St. Petersburg clean is up to 481., and Manilla also is dearer. T.tr.Low.—The tallow tmrktft was steady on Saturday at the quotations contained in our circular of the night be fore. To-day the news from Vienna has caused a conside rable advance, prices being—•Y C. on the spot, new. 53s to 53s 'id ; old, 52s ; May, 53s 6 ; Juno, 51s ; October and December, 56s 6d ; sorts, 2s higher than on Friday. The trade have not yet heard of the termination of the conference. We anticipate, in the course of the week, a general demand from this quarter, as they ' , aye been hold ing back determined to wait thedecision of peace and wen. The holders are reluctant to sell, as it is known that the goods at Kovno have been seriously damaged and an actual loss of property occasioned, and the reluctance is still fur ther increased by the ulicert.inty as to how 1 ng the over land trade will be permitted to continue. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock, it was announced to the City anthorities that her M.,je,ty had been graciously pleased to confer the dignity ,:f a baronetcy upon the Lord Mayor of London, now Sir Francis Graham Moon, Bart. Lord Stanley of Alderley and family have arrived in Dover-street from Italy. The Earl of Cardigan has been on a visit at Badmin ton, and attended a side meet of the Duke's hounds, at Yate, where a brilliant field assembled. 1., , dv Abercrombie, lady of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, her M:ij-sty's I\Tiolister at the algue, and suite, arrived in London on Saturday evenitnz by the General Steam Naviption Company's steam ship Rllibe, J. W. Reader, from R--,Verilain. Ltd Ge“r4ina Cathcart, the widow of the late Sir George Cathcart. who f ll so gloriously at Tnkertnan, has taken the Elm A, Polygon, Southauipt, , n, f r a resideoc,. C' , lonel Hender , ,nm, one of the oldest directors of the South-Westero Railway C. , mpany, died suddenly at Southampton on Satur.'ay !ast. The Doke n Doehe, , R de Saxe Cobourg and family have arrived at Bro , fielP, from 1,-:ndon. The Minister of Prussia at our Court was absent from the dejeuner given by C.uint Walewskt after the Imperial visit to Guildhall, last week ; but the presence of M and Madame U-edom is supposed to deprive the fact of any si:•nificance. The King of the Belgians has nominated Vely Pacha Grand Cordon of the &der of Leopold. ' We regret to learn the eyesight of Lord Charles Wel lesley is considered irretrievably lost. Prince Alexander of Hesse has been appointed colonel of a Russian regitn nt of Lancers, which is to bear hi- name. LivEaroun, MONDAY —The United 6tates mail steam-ship Atlat.tic, Captain West, sailed this afternoon for New York with the usual mails for the United States and Canada, 120 passengers, and a full cargo on frei , dit. She could not sail on her appointed day (Sa turday last), owing to some repairs being required in her machinery. CRYSTAL PALACE. APRIL 20.—CORRECTED RE- MlN.—Admissions on payment of 2s 6,1 , 2,055; ditto by sea-on tickets, &c., 22,218 : total visitors, 24,273. CRYSTAL PALACE. —FIVE SHILLING DAY.— Satur day, April 21. Admissions on payment, 482 ; ditto by season tickets, 1,061; total, 1,543. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY.—APRIL 23. Admis-i , ns on payment, 4,501 ; ditto by season tickets, 671.—Total, 5,172. Accounts from Lima (Peru) to the Ilth of March, re ceived via New York, state that a vessel, said to be Russian, but under Argentine colours, had been seized by the British Admiral on the Pacific station, and that a number of Russian sailors bad volunteered to serve on board the British ships of war bound for Petropau lovski. The report of the business of the \ port of London during the past week shows that, although there is yet considerable activity aboot the docks and quays, the arrivals have not been very numerous. The number of vessels reported inward was 135, being 59 less than in the previous week ; and the total number cleared out ward was 129, showing a decrease of 20. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the week have comprised five vessels—three to Adelaide, with an aggregate bur den of 1,991 tons, one to FL bat Town of 610 tons, and one to New Zealand of 570 tons. Their total capa city was 3,171 tons. The rates of freight exhibit little alteration. MR. G. SANDARS, M.P.—We regret to announce that our borough member, G. Sandars, E•q., is confined at Hastings by severe indispoi•ition.— Wakefield Journal. The Printers' Pension Society hold their anniversary at the London Tavern, on Friday. The Lord Mayor is to preside, and to have the support of the sheriffs, and more than one.of the leading aldermen. Havana advices to the 3dof April have been received in New York. Estrampes was garotted on. the 31st ult., and died, exclaiming with his last breath, "Death to the tyrants ! Long life to libe r ty !" Th e i sland was tranquil. The fate of Felix, Pitielo, and Cadalzo has been decided. The firNt-named is condemned to the chain-gang. for ten years ; the others ate by this time n anacled to malefactors in the galleys. The arrival of reinforcement,' of troop;: from Spain was 'daily expected: The Gland Dukes Nicholas al d Michael, br. there of the reigning Czar. are admitted members of the Council of ti.e Empire. The Gram! Duks Coustantiii• was member under the late reign, . • NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING.—TWO O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6 to 4on St. Hubert (taken) 2 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 12 to 1 agst Claret 20 to 1 agst any other. CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken).. 100 to 6 a /h t E :r ly Biid (t ticf-n) 100 to 6 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 100 to 6 agqt The Romer (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mortimer (taken). 25 to 1 azst Nrib-13 (tek'en). 25 tO 1 agst Claret (taken). 30 to 1 agst Cos-ey (taken). DERBY. 11 tR 2 agst 'St. Hubert (taken). 12 to 1 agMt Dirk Hatteraick (taken). ARMY BEFORE SEBA STOPOL COM MITTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual hour. , His Grace the - Duke of Newcastle was re-called and his examidation was resumed by Mr. Layard. i He stated :—I found considerable difficulty as Secre tary for War in the forms in transacting business with some of the subordinate departments ; which answer applies to the whole period of my holding office, as well before as after the separation of the Secretary ships for War and the Colonies. I superseded some of these for ins in the medical department, which was an exercise of my personal authority. To obtain such a thing as medical cotnf e•te the applications bad to be made through so many offices that I deemed it sometimes ne cessary to do away with these formalities. What I meant by the subordinate departments were those under me as Secretary for ' War. With regard to the Ordnance, the delays which arose, and which I readily admit did occur, did not occur from any difficulties as to forms, but from a misconception in the mind of the public as to the proper war department to apply to. A vast number of invereionsand improvenieues from practical and mechanical persons as well as from others, and it was the custom to submit these to a mili tary committee at Woidwich. Many useful inventions were delayed in consequence of the accumulation of work upon the committee. This delay I tried to avoid, by classifying the inventions and forming a series of sub-committees. Mr. Layard—ls your grace aware whether any inven tion which was submitted to the Ordnance, and which might have been useful to the army, was delayed ? Duke of Newcastle—Yes, unnecessarily so. I have little doubt that many inventions were not investigated for causes I have already mentioned until some time after they had been submitted. Mr. Layard—Did . the same difficulties exist at the Horse Guards ? Duke of Newcastle—To a certain extent ; but they did not arise from routi ne o f f orms so much as a large subdivision of offices. Mr. Layard—What was the nature of your Grace's relation with Lord Hardinge. I mean did you in any way consider it your duty to consult him in reference to "instructions you sent to Lord Raglan ? Duke of Newcastle—There, was nothing to compel me to consult Lord Hardinge in all matters relating to the direction of the war; the Secretary of War is always supreme.- But in my own ease, if I required an opinion on strictly military points, I nateraty referred to Lord Hardinge for advice. Mr. Levard—Then in your correspondence generally with the Commander-in Chief you did not think it neces sary, out of courtesy, to submit it to Lord Hardinge ? "Duke of Newcastle—Certainly not. I believe it is the.ueual practice in the time of war for the Secretary ter War to give all directions personally. There was no official regulation, at all events, which rendered it iii cumbent on me to submit my instructions to Lord Her dingo ; and it was always the practice for the Secretary for War to communicate with the Comniander-in-Chief abroad, and not the Commander-in-Chief at home. Examinatien continued.—When I sketched out a plan for a military campaign I showed it to Laid Hardinge, but I did not hold him re-ponsiade for anything contained in my despatches. The Com manderin-Chief abroad was not responsible for the movements of the troop, but he certainly aas for their ordinary clothing, of which, however, I myself took a general supervision. The appointments to the Ordnance were made by the Crown, - and the chief officers were usually removable by the Government. Much improve ment had, however, of late taken place in this depart ment, and there appeared -to be less dispo.ition to change than formerly. When Lord Raglan went out to the East he held the office of Master-Gene ral of the Ordnance, which office ha still retained, with Sir H. Ross as deputy. lam of opinion that the whole Ordnance system requires revision. I had no control of the navy ; all blockades were under the direction of the Admiralty, and if the want of blockades bad interfered with military regulations I should, of course, have called the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the circumstance. Lord Seymour— Your Grace has Stated that there was no blockade in the Rack Sea, although it has been stated that orders were despatched that there should be such a blockade. Do you mean that that arose from political and not from naval causes ? Duke of Newcastle—Quite so. Examination continued—The general conduct of the army was under the control of Lord Raglan, and he was responsible. Ir. Layard—Lord Lucan in his'evidence stated that at the period at which the army was suffering the greatest need, he offered to Lord Raglan to Organise a proper and effioient ambulance cerps, and that the reply he re ceived from the Adjutant-General was, that the subject was under the consideritton of the Goverment at home. Now, had Lord Rsglan power or not to have adopted this offer en the spot without further instructions from home ? Duke of Newcastle—He had undoubtedly power to have done ,o-had he considered it did nut affect his respon sibility. The power of the Couimand(r•in-Chief was ,;f ciiurse unlimited so far as it did not aff et his responsibi lity. I have little clout t that Lord Raglan felt that one system of ambulance having been wlopted it was neces sary to have further instructions from home before mak ing any change ; but I do not recolb-ct any application of the kind having been made from him to the Govern ment. Eli 4 Grace was then examined as to the hospital pre par4tions made in the East o in reference to which he denied the statements of Dr. SMith that he had givt.n him no instructions to direct the establishment of hos pitals. He stated that he was in the habit of teeing Dr. Smith every day on the subject. No written instructions, however, passed between them for vari-us rea. , n ,, . His grace then went on to repeat Ins statement of yesterday that he had received no offi cial intimation as to the deficiency of hospital accommo dation or medical comforts. All he heard on the sub ject was through the public press and private source- ; upon which, although he had no rea..,n to act, he nevertheless torsi .ertd 't his dots to take s'eps to atne li,rate their condit:on. Whenev,r be saw anything in the press he v..as in the habit of calling upon Dr. Smith for explanations. Mr. Layard—Can your grace mention any instances in which you so called upon Dr. Smith for explanations? The Duke of isrewcastleYes. The first case was the deficiency of port wine, the second wa4 the non-delivery of cholera-belts to the troops, which had been provided as a precaution. I cannot say whether the medical de partment was responsible for these instances or not. I hard a subsequent complaint of the mode in which the sick and wounded were treated after their arrival at Scutari after the battle of Alma. This complaint was made to me through a private source. With regard to what I saw in the public prints I cannot say that I took it s.it to be entirely correct ; indeed 'NA D.•. Smith has already stated, I could scarcely believe that so much culpability existed as was described. Examination continued—Lninediately the propriety of hospital ships being estab'ished was suggested to mP, I made representations on the subject to the Admiralty. Mr. Layard—ls it your belief that what you read in the public journals was in the main correct Ls to the state of the hos! itals ? Duke .of Newcastle—lt is of course difficult for me to speak on that point. My belief is that the state of the hospitals was net by any means what it ought to have been. Mr. Layard—Mr. Macdonald in his evidence stated that when he waited upon your Grace, previous to his mission to the East to administer the Times fund, that you offered him somediscoura,getnerit. Is that so ? Duke of Newcastle—l think the term discouragement which you make use of is scarcely correct or borne out by my conversation with Mr. Macdonald. I never dis couraged him in any way. I simply told him, when be waited upon me, that, I had made very careful inquiries of those responsible at Scutari for the performance of the duty which he said, he was going 'out to perform, and that the assurances they bad given me led me to hope that the statements he made to me were not correct, and I further informed him that I had sent out only recently the fullest authority to Lord Stratford de Redclifle to use every exertion and spare no expense to resnedy any wants which miglit'be felt in the hospitals, and that I hoped his lordship's exertions would obviate the necessity of Mr. Macdonald's journey. I however said that any facility which I could give him, except authority in the hospitals, which I could not afford hnn, I should be most happy to do, Mr. Layard here read from the official copy of the evidence Mr. Ma , donald's account of the nature of this interview, which his grace said was very lair and candid. Examination con,itteed—l do, not think Lord Strat ford de Redelifie was re-ponsible for any neglect or want of proper precaution in the hospitals. Be bad no au thority over the hospitals, which were strictly under military control. I consider the authorities on the spot were responsible for the filthy etateof the hospitals. It will be found that scarcely two opinions agree as to tbe origin of the evils existing at Scutari ; I think the blame attaches to almost all the persons connected with the hospitals. Dr. Smith had every power of direction granted to him to ref , retie° to the hospitals, but if other people did not obey his instructions, I (iv) not think Dr. Sn,ith can he c onside.rrd responsible. I ant aware that the 39th Regi m . nt 'a as s.ipplied with warm clothing trom the 2im , s faipd. 'that regiment with others arrived born a-Medi terrani al garrison, and was totally unprovided w i t h aal in clothing ; but the Governmei t had no di pots of clothing a: Constantinople, sod had not the regiment received clothing from the fund it would .have .had to --wai ll .-------------- ----- ita . --- t lint arrival at Balak 12 ."• deem° it advisible that a hospital sh'.' II p i e be . e ' 3 ' 3 ; bushed in some salubrious spot, and I a t fir,t thou! u t t o f Rhodes but I found that thre were several übi, adopted thisit . l and Smyrna was therefore selected. I ", ° e l s i r s , )..t locality upon concurrent testimony as to itsili,;ect t w i a li s y i but the fir-t suggestion I received en the , ', i j ot Mr. Stafford, M.P. I have understo 'nder, i e l r d Ta rn s broken out in that hospital, but it is, 1 , 11 t ., , it s fe ta v of a peculiar kind. I have received nuilltirn:Kiler of m th r e . sf j ot, of the workin of that h ,it aland f arse Julia' L i ospi.a o co myself responsible being a fi a tr ay its w e a s y t a li b i ! i h s e lf t e b l y it.. tees havaeYabre,el:tDalo,eynotuo trheinnikedtyhatthesi. 4,,hospitals came to the knowledge of the Govero ' did T ver hea r Duke • of Newcastle—As all io tny e,... far as lam Col 3 His co,,,er, and no time was lest. lb th e ace, in reference to his :interviews s'i 0 . Hon. and Rev. Sidney 0 ' b t that e 3 Osborne, said t a o i tty° man in long interviews, nee:ilk:l; returning from Scutari, favoured biro 0 • 0 -esti' and offered a variety of all o or which he (his Grace) at once adopted, and took l dicta steps to carry into effect. t oarld fult at theiiea l Examination (,ft r h e r !u ay m a e o d i a — I th t ink a militaryi foiT sent srtem continue., of tie hospitals , I do not - t he 1- 0 ; think it advisable that - they should he rotaunde e••-,Fitatf very imp , rtant ; hut po 'nt 0 1 of a medical man unless be were responsible t 11 ) .1 tte commandant. I think the system of senioritY ,1-vtry app . ointments to the management of the hosPital' 1 ; too prejudicial, and that a medical head ought to a y " specially sent out from home. [LEFT SITTING.] lesrtanetedirPf t'lirjet .41 0 ii; Ati r) ,'. , 03414ER01AL INT EL.LIG P. 'oda , CITY, Tivo r da/ este 1 3 The Cotton Market at Liverpool Yali closed with much firmness, and pviaes- e i f it Oro are extreme. The sales were estin3atet', r ego t bales (4,000 of which have been taken ' a t o a () and on speculatien), comprising 600 ,1 01) ,, n d IS" 6d. to Bd. ; 1,000 Surat at 30. t 4 4in. ;Rye 01 Sea Islands at laid. to 2s. C rlev'al. per lb. 7 : 11 e Share Market was very dull,• and p 1 °VI shade lower. ocii s The state of the fruit trade at LiverP described by Messrs Houghton and Le'rY " ..to e " The clearances for home consumption still reo " be d it; favourable contrast to 1854; in March, 185 6, th e i o r, SO t i , ° J, tons, against 85 in March, 1854 ; they are, lu )sc r , e • es bck p, short of the same month in 1853. The cle h) „, e ;weed t e t Ue which last month h a d f a ll en to 8 tons , p a ve au- dii 00 against Si) in 1854. Our stock is thus tle s year uc h decrease, and the lateness of the spring, tut io 13 :06 no doubt tend to protract the consuniptl°Ao later period than usual. The Board of 1 7,; t , ifb e ' n if for the month ending sth M..rch 1855, sivw we t ° 's the imports of dried fruit into . the United Kingdolni,ed 640 tons, the clearances for home consuniption rer. o ss 0 13 0 e ' , tons ; the same month in 1854 the imports wer e be es c l° and clearances 855 tons • In 1851 fruit little 111 0. to 60 1 0 ' d, with the exception of some out of condition, ho ld s slif 1852 and 1853 fruit has been more pressed,, a ge although offered at lower prices, has ',etss4 business of importance ; tie ordinary qualities eiciesceptio, been freely taken at 458. to 505., but the finer at„sorti have not been so much sought ater, althoug h °" Tbe r! - t er, duction of 58. per cwt. on last mouth's rates. cb respecting the vines are already of in uufavouro'b'; re a le re but at so early a period nothing of certai tY c iga „ a rts Arrivals from our colonies and clistattlontrsftio prevented by the continued prevalence ei be so t be winds, and it is hoped, if a ssistance i s to it " the outward bound, as it ought to bet. sbotts afforded early, and not when the wind Is i j A aO l change. cv The money market is exceedingly ,e 6 „;''l a rfe e it has been coming from Germany. 'llledepo,, payable this day to Government as the , ges'v s ; the loan, 1,600,0001., was in the bands eh vitasiv! - Rothschild before they made the tai der : P fts °l c e e P . is comparatively dull, excep t lu adifs e o r staples, T which have be n active at a° ffo, v e to" The higher duties on sugar, tea, an e° e porarily check purclnises. „ derr -s r ir The English. Stock Market has bse"fiffictialpl• again this morning, but owing to . c()- f moors it has rallied. The statemento I.loll'en merston that the Conferences are broken Per, stroyed the hopes of those who h ar t ;: i3 ,0 naciously adhering to the opinion tha t P bt o, oti eo o almost ininiediately ensue frolll the°, fiiiiSfiat other hand, there has been a feeling ° h f j 'tb ° that the delay and annoyance of sue- e ct je an end. 'the great doubt is with resP she tad course which Austria-w.ll take and L 11 1. 41 clare war, an immediate rise would oce ° 0 a Oche have been 884, and since 891 u s ,„ P? pg l ye that Russia has solicited the sc ripre" ° P l s t ` h 5u eoufcrenees. The " Otnnium" or sod the new loan has been to 4 prenai° s4 „o ol. years' annuity at 16 3-16 for 11. Pe r i tt- Oj elj v cii- (16 Stock has been firm at 210 to 2- 11 .'' ..-°1) bills are 4s. to 7s. emium all ,4 1I d °di been 12s. premium. The New 3 per Ceu''' 88 to 881, and the Reduced 871 to SS.and sv,,,i, t P, 'Foreign Securities have been ° had , „ t d Avp'j very little doing. Mexican Bonds a re (-1 11 `'-b e e ferP, and Buenos Ayres 53. Spanish 'Nes sr ; have been 18. Turkish Stock has bees eery having been as low as 73, though s ince 01 Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 93. fo ra The following are the nominal prices ();„ stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 can, 201 to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71; per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Port uguese Four „P ot " to Celli',o 41 to 43 ; tiussian Five per - Cents., 'j o u t o ee ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 8 ,°, 0 , TD r l; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18g; a''', t ,ita il ' per Cents., 361 to 36/ ; ditto Certificates, " t° gift() Passive, 31 to 4k. 0 04 0° The Railway Share Market is lower , f a r 41 the &cline in public securities,. but as the re".o limited transactions will affird salmi, C r f - v holders are not disposed to press asitiret i e ; o :o Western shares, together with Novtl it re, South-Eastern, and Lancashire and Yorks 1400 b e o f been those in which the chief busines s t hot e .,3t done. The foreign lines have receded, , 9. • v France suffering by the decline at rai l . e t Indian are not quite so high. 10 1‘ 0 1; In the Foreign and Colonial Mitt• ; °- a d United. Mexican are rather che.tper, 6 iets CoComes and Cuiba. ea a 0 The Joint Stock Bank Shares ban and Crystal Palace heavy. a 141°1 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY:— CLOUT BrOk the egictai Li , . Iti dOP dank Stock g I *la 3 per Vent. *** . 91 , 3 per Cont. Con,ols Annnitiet. ` . fhlA, 3 per (7eni..A.nnuities per Cent. ....... New 2l .... .. 76 , Expir, i .. rier . OR -6- • )rttc 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 16 36 6' 3 " 1- Do. New 0 India Stock #301 , 0 onmols for Account, 10th Ma .... . 889 ()minium 24d. - 00 7 4 n 0 2.50C1 • Small ; .. 10 6 Slcbequer Bonds 1858, 34 per Cent. ....•• g Ditto 1859, „ , : ..... HO 0 _ PRICE OF FOREJON FUNDS T Rucnos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent ............. 53 itexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent Ditto for the Account.. • 6B Peruvian 3 per Ceat. Ditto for the Account Russian Bonds, 44 per Cent................* 1 .89 g Bowls, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, ti per cent Ditto for the Account.,. 731 3 4 Venezuela Bonds, 3Lt t per Coat . ............•• 26i 0, 0 aboy, • doh- , Bel.Tian Bonds 21 per Cant, ex. 2 1 5 1 ;r ". Ditto per Cent. Ex,•25fr*.7.7 go THREE S Consols .. ............. .... ......... Ditto, May Account .............. VlMMfiammmt- LLOYD'S SHIPPING-4 T.lll-- g 'I3 A . - LONDON, April 21.—Wind and weatherer noon, W. ; light breeze, and fine, clear wear All, PORTSMOUTH, Anil 23.—Wind, S. B • -L "f're . ° IT.M S. Hawk, from the eastwa'd ; D'AsO g c'„ VP" A y steamer), Boulogne, and left for Ch, rbourg from London, and left for Now York. FALMOUTIL April 13. Wind, E. Arrir" veld, from Callao, for Leith ; Orion, 113° ' Stockholm, I ,3° d' BRISTOL, April 23.—Wind, S.E. sae a ' Demerara ; Mill Bay, Newfoundland. /s he's , . D POOLE, April 2 c.—The Mary and ." - . 0 1 0 Southampton to Bournemouth, has been tovi of/ t derelict. IWO be 0 SHIELDS, April 23.—The Mars (s ), for the 0 ). against Hebburu Quay, and stove in her ste rli ' 0 of be docked for repairs. %.1; fr ° ,7oA OFF BEACHY HEAD. April 18.—Frank ~ burg, for Va!paraiso ; Bellows, Ceylon; It° l°ll leans, for Bremen. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPTI ) f A OI Wind, S.W. Arrived—Titania, from Ll S v t E . B M P Zl T 's; e,::::(l _ ,,eP ji ti:; la? Singapore. Sailed—Shamrock, for Havre ; Star • Emma, Boston. DU BLIN, le t 00P Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—St. Thomas packet, from Hain bur Amsterdam. (BY SIIBUARINE AND BRITISH TOD D ' 9 ,60 - GRAVESEND, TUo9.lg.' fipe• 10 , 4 ; Wind, N.W. ; tido, 3i boors' ebb; Arrived, AT); il 24 C.» inora.ut. from Con't ° 0 0 ; i 9 1 .1 t r Sailcd—Spar OIL, fur Jbtoniea; Neptuve,mi Ann and Mary, Cape of Good Hope;, Vi ce. 0' el* bins, Hobart Town ; Htlena, Hallung. 9. 0 DEAL, Ttlesti p w Wind, N.N.W. and tine. A pe ' Ancbred—Abi, from Cardenas, for Fon""ltinw - Passed.—lutepity, from Grimsby, for Coll b §eilocit - 4 ! AL ! B, Vyladel, for the river. weatberotidee