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

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. BUckstOne. THIS EVENLXG, Will be performer FRA DIAVOLO. Characters by Messrs. rims Reeve., Weis., Manver ans, J. F. dame Haines, Faxquharson, and VV. Farrah ; Mrs. Sims Reeves, dMa Weiss. After which, A new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY XAKKET spRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude wi h A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL PRINCSSW 3 THEATRE, OXFORD•STREET. tinder the Management of Mr. CaARLES Kraig. THIS EVENING, will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To ',4s followed by FAITiT AND MARGrERITTI. c h arac ters by Messrs. C. Kean, D. Fisher, Raymond, Cathc.o.t, : try; taker ; Mrs. Winstan ey, Misses C Leclereq, Daly, and K. Terry. To conclude with (12th time) a Romance, in two acts. entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLKDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama ent itled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude w'th A NE I7 E DITION' OF TIIE FAIRY TALFS red Illustrations OF MOTHER GOOSE , with numerous highly -cold RIYAL OLYMPIO TIitATS.E. Lessee and Manager, &r. A. Wigan. THIA EVENING. Will he performed a Comedetta. ca lled LAW FOR L Fencers Ch arac ters by Ste - ars . A. Wigan, G. Vining, 11. Cooper, and Miss re:Wet n. After which, KILL OR CURE. Ch ender andeMiss rs by B ro Messrs ey . Robson, Emery. and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. vv igan ml. To be fullowed by the Fair an y Extravagza, called Ti4E YELLOW DW ARF THE KING OF HE GOL MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaac*. THIS zrornro, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of THE DAUGHTER CF TliE REGIMENT. ♦fter which. KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude With THE WAT&RifA)T. AsTLEY'S 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 conclude with a lively Afterpiece. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Bor-office open from Elev e n . = Four, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Menem Mr. W. H. Cooke. E q uestrian Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. Director, HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T its af ora tug 81 rnin,stter 6 ning23 alt. 7 ToArditienw , ;:ttorning 3 min olt er 8 I Erna. g4B min. azt, 8 TAR W tATIMR.—Strs 07,1171, April. 24. TEDEEMONETZB, U! THR SRADZ. 57 —highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 63—this day, at noon. BAROMITISR, 30•33 --falling. N.N.W.—Light and variable, with fine, mild, sunshiny weather. Olt ,gllll. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1855. We are heartily glad to see Mr. LAYARD in vigorous and uncompromising opposition to all the misdoings, 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 be will give notices and act on them. 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 people. 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 it 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. _COBDEN 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. tho Four Point- , . None can doubt now the infernal complicity ci 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 brother despot. And this, Englishmen ! this , is the scoundrel power to which a Belgian Coburg is married, a n d with 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 fre al the Danube,".to march through the Odessa we had spared, and who thus almost di rectl y mur serlik/ thousands of our brave men by the mere force of tiers of '"uberg• All the administrative blun ders inoo _ wi t h tsuroid _ s noPetent and heartless Cabinet told th e Satan , destructiveness on our troops through .0 "Ma . Will Englard 11 7:7 4 x waising duplicity of Austria. policy ? shall r iry longer such murderous with impu n it y I, 7 l "illet dare to continue it too, is it to b e f or utakmust have loans, and taxes subterfugesaathelfour P o i taled ' nay, mischievou s while the vilest d es p ot 'lt" laittObeforWaitino faMily o f Ir , wooed to fighting against h Europ e i s to er of A be We believe that Aust • d espot, beginning 112.8 beell fa - t • beginning to end. We think it faithless from possible that even her seemingly more than anti-n u words and deeds were but profound hy p ocri sy, 3 The Power which can act the dastard pa rt s h e now doing at Vienna is base enough for anytbil -- anything. It really is high time that the House of Comm on: , should take Austria and Germanism into its own bands ; that, un d e t e rred by threats about "compli cations" and the like, it should demand every paper P e rtaining to the Conference, an account of every verbal rep re , an tation made to and by our Minister there and s d ec l are ' 4. oy ,by a decisive vote .that it is P !" cra cirality, to public honour, and to publiedi tho -kia ii l7p t admit her to any further "I t Uriagoniquestin. Put • THE SUN, LONDON, TUE S DAY EVENING, APItIL 24, 1855. what should we do without Austria neutral, or vith her, if hostile ? We have been guilty of the wicked folly of putting her into the provinces, instead of Oases PACHA. and ourselves—What can we now do? The treasonable folly we admit, and the increased difficulty we admit. ; but we affirm that Austria is an empire of sand, and better as an avowed foe than a fatal clog. She is ripe for a nother 1848. Her troops are composed of varied races, all hating each other, but hating her 'ar more. She cannot rely on them. War with the Allies would be to her utter dismemberment. Poles, Bohemians, Hungarians, Croats, Lombards would all fall asunder at the watchword of national freedom, and leave her a poor naked Dukedom to repent of her bloody atrocities and perjuries in long centuries of insignificance. But perhaps Prussia would add her troops to those of Russia ! Let her try it. She too ht:s an 1848 to recollect, and her Monarch has broken promises and oaths to be atoned for yet. She has Pules in her present despot-made and despot ridden Chambers, who yet dare to tell her that they 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 racked 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 co her, every now and then, the exhilararion of a good, hearty laugh. Contempt and detestation will some times give way to irrepressible merriment over her merry-Andrew attempts at bigness. Well at length the Conference is at an end, and time it should be. Now then if war is to be a cosily - 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 endue 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. The Conferences at Vienna have been adjourned 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 should be brought to a con. elusion 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. ins 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 iumerous 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 ships 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 DE L'HUTS. It will be seen that the above statement rests OD no doubtful authority. We are not compelled to give it either as the guesses or accounts of " well-informed correspondents." The Premier has announced the facts in his place in Parlia ment, and further explanations will doubtless be accorded on the return 1.1 Lord Jonx RUSSELL from his abortive and futile mission. We shall then see what dependence can be placed on the promises of Austria, and how far she is prepared to carry out the engagements—such as they are— into which she entered by the Treaty of the 2d December, as explained by the memoir of the 28th December. We are told that she "agreed to"—perhaps elicited might be a more correct phrase—the principles laid down by England and France, and that her Plenipotentiary joined with those of the Western Powers in• pressing either branch of the alternative above referred to on Prince GORTSCHAKOFF. It is time, therefore, that she should be prepared to act decisively and energetically, unless willing to be held forth to the reprobation of Europe as an example of per• fidy and bad faith. As we have repeatedly stated, neutrality is impossible. She must henceforward array herself either for or against the Conserva tors of the peace of the world. Her course must be clearly defined ; and it is scarcely possible to suppose that the French and English Ministers could have taken their departure from Vienna before a complete understanding had been arrived at on that important topic. We suspect, from the ominous silence of Lord PALMERSTON, that the anticipation s w hi c h we long since put forward will be completely verified, and that, as in the olden ti me, she will still show herself to be "Fortune% champion, that does never fight But when h er h umorous ladyship ii by To teach her !way :" But whatever be t the drop- scene he result, we rejoice that trminatedhas f allen—tha.t the farce h:is . we now know have obtai ne d that w e cou ld only a. dishonourable an d precarious : peace, which would only a suitable o l ast until R ussia found pportunity for violating its proviions. We no longer trust to negotiations. The valour of our naval and military forcae vat compg far, better terms than any yet submitted for considera- tion. Russia will find when she becomes au humble suitor for peace on any terms that her past treachery 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 we have expended. We now know tohat we have to encounter, and France and Eng land will prove themselves to be worthy of their ancient reputations, and prepare to make amends, by the most energetic efforts, for the time they have 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 his inborn Whiggery should be forgotten, actu ally went out of his way to tell the Noble Lords that Church Rates are no longer a hardship ! A majority only can vote 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 right 3 of a majority was propounded at Westminster, made efforts to abolish them. Why did they do so t 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 and 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. 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 ye/lc/dory 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 penal 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 hate already pointed out the vexatious character of these provisions, and the constant annoyance to which public journalists must bo 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 poss!bly 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 tho 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 ►tal 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 fetters. " 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 copyright i❑ 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 journ el that contrives to ca•ch 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 even 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. Leo these matters be fully considered, and let Parliament pause before it enacts in haste that which will be repented of at leisure, not only by public journalists, but by the entire community. The history of the Duke of NEWCASTLE as War Minister, and not least that part of it which he reveals himself in his examination before the Se bastopol Committee, is exceedingly edifying and instructive. It shows us in the most charming manner how affairs of State are managed under our aristocratic administrations, and beautifully illustrates the celebrated remark—" See, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed." " There is a Providence," says HAMLET, "in the fall of a sparrow ;" but it requires a large gulp of faith, after the late revelations, to believe that we have not been delivered over for degradation and plunder —as events have turned out—to the absolute dominion of Chance. In the first instance, how came the DUKE to be War Minister? Simply because he was Colonial Minister, and a Dake. Fired, as lalrd JOHN Russia', tells us, with " a laudable ambition," he chose an office for which he was pre-eminently unfit, and, of course, he got it. Without experience, without weight, without firmness, and without resolution, he undertook a department that re quired them all in an extraordinary degree. And what did he do ? In the first place, he had to appoint two Under Secretaries of State for the de partment of which he had become the head. Having, comparatively speaking, no knowledge nor experience in war matters himself, it might be supposed he would endeavour to supply the de ficiency. Vain supposition. He appointed his cousin—a geirleman who at least knows his rela tionship to the Dake, and his Private Secretary, who knows less of war than either ; and, with similar wisdom and propriety, he went to work to make a host of minor appointments I From an Executive like this what could be looked for but the most hopeless confusion and the most waste ful expenditure. Take another example of the Duke's incapacity. He actually allowed Lrird HARDING; another imbecile in office, to foist certain colonels into commands as generals in the Crimea without con sultiNg him ! In his own words, these officers were appointed by "inadvertence." Men on whose skill and prudence the fate of battles might depend appointed by " inadvertence! " His Grace may console himself with the reflection that he meant well ; but this is poor satisfaction for buried thousands and wasted millions—for the domestic bereavements and the burdensome taxation his and other men's mismanagement of the War have occasioned. " Inadvertence," in ded .Ilor such acts there is a more appropriate term. THE BALTIC. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, April 19.—The eleven sail of the line, comprising the Nile, 91, flag-ship pro tern. of Rear-Admiral Dundas, Commander-in chief ; Exmouth, 91, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Seymour, second in command ; Royal George, 101; James Watt, 91 ; Cxsar, 91 ; Majestic, ; Co lossus, 80 ; Cressy, 80 ; Blenheim, 60 ; Hogue, 60 ; Edinburgh, 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 oth inst., undo r plain sail, with a moderate breeze from the W.N.W. quarter, each ship weighing anchor in the order denoted by signal from the flag-ship of the Commander- in-Chief. T_,-+lers from Riga, of the 13th, report as fo-- Lows I.—. Y sterday evening the ice in the Dnna commenced breaking up, which cau,ed such a sudden rise a the water as to alarm 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 eve can reach. This morning a regiment of Bashkin £OO strong arrived in the town, who will march further, as soon as the river is pas,able 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 awl 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 men, and 230 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 hoard of the steamer Trent, which will leave 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 board 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 Tantah Fair. The Egyptian steamer Faid Gehaad 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 prc duce falling. ARKET NE WS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. 8/anon'srm.—Meadow hay, 3/ Os to 5/ 04 Od ; clown ditto, 3 1 53 to 5/ 183 ; and straw; 1/ 43 to 1/ 103 per load.. A. moderate supply and a steady trade. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 31 O. to 51 Os ; Clove/ litto, 3' 04 to 5/ 154,; and straw 1 1 5s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITEOHAPRL.—Meadow hay, 21 18s to 5' Os; clover ditto, 3i 3s to 6103; and straw, 1./ 5s to 1/ 103 per. load. Trade steady. COLONIAL. TEA.—This article has bden 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,.kps at 46s 6d to 475, and grocery 48s to 535. Tl•ere were landed last week at the East and West India Docks, 2,356 hhds, 251 trot'. 779 brls ; there were taken for home ure 1,629 hhds, 153 trcs: and 355 brls. The stock in these places is 8,835 hhds, 773 trcs, and 1.521 brls. COFFEE.—There is scarc ely any demand for Colonial or Foreign, and last weeks' rates are not obtained. Native Ceylon is 46s 6.1 to 47s GA per cwt. Baez. - For East India the demand has not improved, and I.twer prices hav been accepted. Rux.—A parcel of strong Demerara has been sold at 2s 4il per gallon for proof There were landed last week, at the above-named docks, 510 puns. There were taken for home consumption 21 hhds, 263 puns, and exported 2)8 puns, 105 hhds. The stock is 7,791 puns, 532 hhds. COTTON.—Prices are very wel supported, with a fair demand. HEMP.—The market is excited. St. Petersburg clean is up to 481., end Manilla also is dearer. TALLOW.—The tallow rnsrket was steady on Saturday at the quotations contained in our circular of the night be fore. To-iiay the news from Vienna has caused a conside rable advance, prices being—.Y C. on .the spot, new, 53s to 53s ; old, 52s ; Mey, 53s 61 ; June, sis ; October and December, 56s 6d ; sorts, 2i higher than on Friday. Tha trade have not vet heard of the termination of the conference. We anticipate, in the course of the week, a general demand from this quarter, as they '-ave been hold io,,o• back determined to wait thedecision of peace and war. 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 occarioned, and the reluctance is still fur ther increased by the uncertainty 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.tjesty had been grAciously pleased to confer the diJnity of a barOnetcy upon the Lord Mayor of London, now Sir Francis Graham Moon, Bart. Lord Stanley of Alrlerley and family-have arrived in Dover-street from Italy. The Earl of Cardigan lias been on a visit at Badmin ton, and attenrl,4l a side meet of the Duke's hounds, at Yate, where a brilliant field assembled. Lid,/ Abercrombie, lady of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, her Mej sty's Minister at the Hague, andssuit,t -t, arrived in London on Saturday evening by the G- , neral Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Rhine, J. W. Reader, from 11, , iterilam. Lady Georzina Cathcart, the widow of the late Sir George Cathcart, who fell so gloriously at Inkerman, has taken the Elms, Polygon, Southampton, fir a residence. Colonel Henderson, olio of the olde-t directors of the South-WeStern Railway Company, died suddenly at Southampton on Saturlay last. The Duke and Duchess de Saxe Cobourg and family have arrived at Bru-sels from London. The Minister of Prussia at our Court was absent from the dejeurier given by Count Walewski after the Imperial visit to Guildhall, last week ; but the preset:Nl of M and Madame U-edom is supposed to deprive the fact of any siwnificance._ The King of the BPlizians has nominated Vely Pacha Grand Conlon of the Order of Leopold. We regret to learn the eyesight of Lord Charles Wel lesley is considered irretrievaWy lost. Prince A!exander of Hesse has been appointed colonel of a Russian reg,im nt of Lancers, which is to bear his name. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.--The United States mail steam-ship Atlar.tic, Captain West, sailed this afterreieri for New York with the usual mails for the United States and C 'nada, 120 passenger', and a full cargo on freight. She could not sa;l on her appointed day (Sa turday last), owing to some repairs being required in her machinery. CRYSTAL PAT, ACE. APRIL 20. —CORRECTED RE- TllllN.—A , lmisslons on payment of 2s 6.1 , 2,055 ; ditto by sea-on ticket., &c., 22,213: total vi-itore, 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 PAL AC E. —SHILLING DAY.-APRIL 23. Ad inis-i-ns on payment, 4,501 ; ditto by season tickets, 671.—Total, 5,172. Accounts from Lima (Peru) to the 11th of March, re ceived via New York, stets that a vessel, said to be Russian, but under Argentine colours, had been seized by the intish Admiral on the Pacific station, and that a number of Russian sailors had 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 the, although there is yet considerable activity abort the docks and quay., 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 war l 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 tone, one to H bait Town of 610 tons, and one to New Zea'and of 570 tons. Their total capa city was 3,171 tons. The rates of freight exhibit little alteration. MR. G. SANE ARS, M.P.—We regret to announce that our borough member, G. Sanders, Esq., is confined, at Hastings by severe indisposition.— TVakefield Journal. The Printers' Pension Society hold their anniversary lat 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 Iderreen. Havana advices to the 3d of 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 liberty 1" The island was tranquil. The fate of Felix, Pinelo, and Cadalzo has boon decided. The first-named is condemned to the chain-gang for ten years ; the others ate by this time manacled to malefactors in the galleys. The arrival of re inforcements of troop , : from Spein was daily expected. The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, brothers of the reigning Czar. are admit te d mem b ers o f th e Council of the Empire, The Grand Duke Ovnetautiuo VISS rt member under the late 'reign, - - - - - - NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LATEST BETTING.—TWO O'CLOCK. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4on St. Hubert (taken) 2to 1 agst Lord of the lefts (taken) 12 to 1 agst Claret 20 to 1 apt any other. CHESTER. CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). 100 to 6 iost Early Bird (t dirn) 100 to 6 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken) 100 to 6 asst The Reiver (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mortimer (tAken). 25 tri 1 azSt Niibob (taken): 25 tO 1 agst Claret (,akeo). 30 to 1 agst Costey (taken). DERBY. 11 to 2 apt St. Hubert (taken). 12 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken). ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MiTTEE.--(THIS DAY.) The Committee re-assemleed this morning at tb• usual hour. • His Graca the Duke of Newcastle was re-called and his examination was resumed by Mr. Layard. He stated found considerable difficulty as Secre tary for War in the'forms in transacting businesi with some of the subordinate departments ; which answer applies to the whole period of my bolding office, as well before as after the separation of the Secretaryships for War and the .Colonies. I superseded some of these forms in the medical department, which was an exercise of my personal authority. To obtain such a thing as medical comf , rts, 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 mo as Secretary for War. With regard to the Ordnance, the delays which arose, and which I readily admit did occur, did not occur from al : y difficulties as to forms, but born a mi.canception in the mind of the public as to the proper war department to apply to. A vast number of inven'ionsand improvemer.ts from practical and mechanical persons as well as from others, and it was the custom to submit these to a mili tary committee at Woolwich. Many useful inventions were delayed in cons~ queues 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 hhve been uSeful to the army, was delayed ? Duke of Newcastle—Yes, unnecessarily so. I have little doubt tlfat'many inventions were not investigated fot 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... routine of forms 89 much as a large subdiviion of offices. Mr. Layari-:-What waq 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 inttructions 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 ca-e, if I required an opinion on strictly tuilitary points, I naturey referred to Lord Hardinge for a,:vice. Mr. Llyard—Tben in your correspondence generally with the Commander-in-Chief you did not think it nece:. nary, out of courtesy, to submit it to Lord Hardinge ? _ . Duke of ;slewciiestle—Certainly not. I believe - it is the usual practiae in the time of war for the .Secretary for War to give all directions personally. There was no official regulation, at all events, which rendered it in 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 Commander-in-Chief abriad, and not the Commander-in-Chief at home. Examination continued.—When I sketched out a plan for a military : campaign I showed it- to Lord Hardinge, but did not hold him re-ponsi►,le for s anything contained in my despatches. The Com mander-in-Chief abroad was not responsible for the movements of the troop, but he - certainly was for their ordinary clothing, of which, however, I myself took a general supervision. The appointments to the Ordnan. e 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-it:on 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 he still retaine , l, with Sir H. Ross as deputy. I aui of opinion that the whole Ordnance system requires revision. I had co control of the navy ; all blockades were under the direction of the Admiralty, and if the want of blockades had interfered with tnilDary regulations 1 should, of course, have called the attention of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the circurnFt,trice., Lord Seymour Your Grace has Ftsted that, there was no blockade in the Back Sea, although it has been A-ited that ord, rs were deApatcht.d that there should be such a blockade. Do you mean that that arose from political and not from naval causes? Duke of Newca , tle—Quite so. Examination contilated—The general conduct of the army ail% under the control of Lord Raglan, and he was Mr. Layard—Lord Lucan in his evidence stated that at the period at which the army was cuff , -ring the greatest need, he offered to .Lord Raglan to organise a proper and efficient ambulance c , rps, ;.nd that the reply he re ceived from the Ailjutailt-General was, that the subject was under the considerit.nn of the Goverr mint at home. Now, had Lord Riig'au pi) er or not to have adopted this of Ur en the spot without further in,tructio,s from bonne Duke of Newcastle—He had undoubtedly power to have done so had he considered it did iit4 affect, his respon sibility. The power of the Command,r•in-Chief was t.f c , ,urse unlimited so far as it did not aff ct his reTonsibi iity. I have little doul t that Lord .Raglan felt that one system of ambulance having been alopted it was neces sary to have further instructiors from home before Inek• ing any cbattge ; but I d.. not recollect any application of the kind having been made from him to the Govern ment. His Grace was then examined as to the hospital pre par itions made in the E in reference to which he denied the i-tat , inents of Dr. Smith that he had given him no io , tructions to direct tl4 esta'Aishinent of hos pitals. He stated that' he was i i the halet of ,-eeing Dr. Smith every day on the subject. No writt.ti instructions, however, passed between them ' for various reason , . His gra then went on to repast his statement of yi sterday that he had recyived no offi cial intimation as to the deficiency of hospital accommo dation or medical comforts. All he hard on the sub ject was through the put,lic press and private sources ; upon which, although he had no rea,on to act, be nevert , :dess consi:iered it his duty io take steps to ame ln•rate tt air condition. Whenever he saw anything in the press he was in the habit of calling upon Dr. Smith' for explanA;ons. Mr. Layard—Can your grace mention any instances _ in which You so called upoi; Dr. Smith for explanations? The Duke of Newcastle—Yes. The first case was the deficiency of port wine, the second was the non-delivery of cholera-belts to the troops, which had been provided as a precaution. I cannot say whetner the medical de pertinent was responsible fur these instances or not. I heard a bub:sequent 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 all to be entirely correct; indeed as Dr. 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 estabished was suggested to nie, 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 as to the state of the hos' itals I 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 not 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 some discouragement. 14 that so Duke of Newcastle-1 think the term discouragement which you make use of is i-careely correct or borne out . . by my conversation with Mr. Macdonald. I never di,- couraged him in any way. I simply told him, when he 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 had given rue Jed me to hope that thelstatements be made to me were not correct, and I further informed him that I 1)3 , 1 sent out only recently the fullest authority to Lord Sti.atforl de Redcliffe to use every exertion and spare no expense to remedy any wants which Might be felt in the hospitals, and that, I hoped his lordship's exertions would obviate the rbecessity 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 him, I should be most happy to do. Mr. Layard here read from the offic;al copy of the evidence Mr. MaAoral , i's account of the nature of this interview, which his grace said was very fair and candal. Examination con,inued—l do not think Lord Strat ford de Itecl&itle was re-ponstble for any neglect or wait of proper precaution in the hospitals. He had no any thority over the, hospitals, which were strictly under military control. I consider the authorities on the spot were r esponsible for the filthy state of the hospitals, It will be found that scarcely two op:nions agree as to theorigin 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 in reference to the hospitals, but if other people did not obey his instructions ' I do not think D r . Smith can be considered responsible. lam aware that the 39th Regi meat was , sapplied with warm clothing from the TinvB fund. That regiment with others arrived from a Medi terranean garrison, and was totally unprovided with warm clothing - but the Government had no depots of clothing at. donstantinople, and had not the regiment. receiTed clothinfrom tho fluid it :would 1130,W to. iti I deem , wait until its arrival at Balaklava. it advisable that a hospital should be o t r k Wished in same salubriousi spot, and I at . fi r thoug am of Rhodes but I f o und that here were several objections to it ; and Smyrna was therefore selected. I adoP.t ed this „ locality upon concurrent testimony as .to its clestrs_: bility, but the fint suggestion I received on the sahi° l ' . that was from' Mr. Stafford, M.P. I have understood f so iv atn e b r de, hi ‘ov i fora broken out in thiA hospital, but it is, / un der. k p in e g cu ( l ) i f a t r ha i t nd b . osp l it h al av a e n r d ec o e f iv c e o d ur r s to e int e i t t id iee i . myself responsible for its establishment. I,never fiear of the spot being in any way unhealthy. Mr. Layard—Do you think that since-the state olths, h t o e s p p s i ta haverlsc pa a boe m ewe: e enir : t o aakne t d h nn e tootri knowledge e‘llniee (i asthl the evils .v il the s? Go v ern we e e D il u is ke Gy of Newcastle-- en Ac es ftaor,yiaisis li:ittneircvoiencwearned I did all in in • _ ivith th e man Hon. i a n nd returning Rev . Sidney ite ntle• long interviews, and offered a variety of suggee'l% "sOcsutni,e,fasyaci,dorter h t itihnawt iteto: which he (his Grace) at once adopted, and took iale 3 "' diate steps to carry into effect: • dlut Examination resumed—l think a military cotpulen rt • at the head of the whole of the hosp itals is, if the P I sent sytem continues, ve importat ; bu I do 119 1 think it - advisable that they s h ld b coot° ou e n nild r e t the ~ ~./ of a medical man unless he were responsible to a ral' l 7, commandant. I think the system of seniority .in _!..., appointtnents to the Management of the hospitals is vr e 'f l prejudicial, and that a medical head oughtuto hav e he ',specially sent out from home. ' • , [LEFT SITTING.] NIONEt NI A•itli E "r LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. MARSEILLES, MONDAY, APRIL 23. The Euphrate, which left Constantinople on he 16th of April, has arrived. Despatches leave at 8 p.m. this evening. BALAKLAVA, SATURDAY, 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 rovisions of every description. They fire well. The French hare destroyed the Faubourgs or 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 betweea 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 advancirs 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 sounds 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 vessel under the Lubek flag off Libau. FRANCE. (ritox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EvENING. The followingprivate telegraphic despatches have been received here to day MARSEILLES, 23.-.. The English steamer has arrived here from Constantinople with sick on board. She left on the 15th, but brings nothing from the Crimea later than that brought by the o:iris. A heavy gale of wind in the B!ack Sea had caused the delay - in the arrival of the despatches. Some private letters, however, give mope 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 Picha on the 9th with the Egyptian divison before Sebastopol is confirmed. The loss of the French on the first day of the bombardment is estimated at 100 killed and wounded. The overflowing of the Tcherielya, by which the valley has been inundated, preveuts 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 ca-riages of the Emperor ha I arrived at Constantinople. The town of Broussa has azain suffered severely from further shocks of earthquake. There were no fewer than 150 shocks. The fire wa; consuming the ruins of the town. VIENNA, 231.—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 bombard ment continued with success, and it was thought that the assault would take place in a week from that time." FRANKFORT, 23d.- - L. rd John Russell is to arrive here on Wednesday ; his apartment', 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 Menus-Plaisirs, who before their departure were provided with a com plete uniform." Tho Princess Mary Bonaparte Valentini arrived in Paris yesterday from Perugia, in the Papal States. " Letters from London inform us," says the Saint Public of Lyons, " that qteen 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 fixed for the opening. Hir Mjesty, during her stay in France, will pass some days at the palace of Fontainhleau, where grand fetes are to be given in compliment to her Maj , sty'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 fur the East. BOURSE, APRIL 23.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4} per Cents 93 3 per Cents GS 30 6Sf. 25c. Credit Mobilier 772 50 Roman Creilit Fonder — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmonteso B5 75 Home Debt 3l RAILW AYS -ZOR CASH. tr. c. fr. c Orleans - Liyoue .... 1082 50 western—. ........ ... 615 -- Rouen - Cate 645 50 Strasburg . Mediterranean 9BO -- Havre 545 -- Northern - Cherburg AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 19th in the Post Ampt 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 conviction 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 Lerchenfeld, the Bavarian Ambassador, 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 Wosskresß—Christ is risen again ; gentle and simple embrace and kiss each other three times in the name of the Ti hay ; the hal lowed egg too asserts its place. (Easter eggs are also en rogue in Prussia on that festival.) On Saturday evening all the sobors and erkwis were filled to celebrate the eve of the Resurrection : eggs, salt, bread, and other victuals were carried to the temples to have them consecrated. Salvo :s of artillery from the Peter-Paul citadel announced the commencement of the festival, in which all the high military and civil officers, Senate, Council of the Empire, took their parts as usual. In the sermons of the priests there was no lack of allusions to the persecutions ofAntichrist ; false Cori-tians that had banded together for the Fait e of the golden calf are boing made use of byhim to attack the one sole sanctifying I orthodox Church ; but, just as C:,rist, whose memory they were then celebrating, had risen gloriously from the dead, t.) rule over all nations and people Si ' 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 Russian God." A. letter from St. Petersburg, 12th, in the Post Antpt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" The Emperor, on the 30th ult., addressed to the Archbishop Phi lare:te, of Moscow, an autograph letter, in which is the following passag e :—' I have read with parti cular pleasure your letter, in which you express to me : your sentiments of sul)mi, , sion and of fidelity, as well as those of your clergy ; and I have given orde rs, in accordance with your request, .that the 100.,000 silver voubles (the silver rouble is little ove r 4fr.), .which the inhabitants of your diocese and- the churches of Moscow have-contributed to 'Wards i b littxpinses of the war, shall be received, The elergy in Russia has at all times set an exAmple of devotedness to the Czar and love for their coun try, and it is most agreeable to me to see a f►esh proof of it, in my first capital, in my native city of Moscow, where by Divine will I first received my life, under the shade of the national sanctuary." 0031 MERCIA L INT PILLIGENa. --- CITY,. Two o"u101--do The Cotton Market at Liverpool Yester.,do i *e . closed with much firmness, and prices of al. kl oo o , are extreme. The sales were estimated at 12, et bales (4,000 of which have been taken for eltPl t • and on speculation), comprising 600 EgYP ti ngo 6d. to Bd. ; 1,000 Surat at 34d. to 40. ; a n ", 4 Sea Islands at 10d. to 2s. Ga. per lb. The Ilab°l - a Share Market was . . very dull, and price /le.- . • &ado lower. The state of the fruit trade at Liverpool is the described by Messrs,Houghton and Levy :—::„ it! favourable``Thecle c a o ra nt n ras ce t s t f o or m h s o 4 m ; eincmonasruchm,pltissons, still nee',":d e l6e they tons, against 85 in March, 1854 ; they are, however, ''',,,,a, short of the. same month in 1853. The deliveries in ,7,35, which last mont , had fallen to 8 tons, have advaucea the against 50 in 1854. Our stock i; thus rapidlf on will decrease, and the lateness of the spring this Yee, a eli no doubt tend to protract the constunption to a ; 0 8 reati tong later period than usual. The Board of Trad e r f,,reas for the month ending sth M irch, 1855, show that , : 00 11 the imports of dried fruit into the United Kingdom er'1,175 640 bus, tie clearances for home consumption rene l li to tons ; the same mouth in 1854 the imports were 1,"" 4 0 0,, and clearances 855 tons. In 185.1 fruit little has be e ! 6 0.; at 4 0 . .0 _ a d, with the exception of some out of cordition 1852 and 1853 fruit has been more condition, hodere, had although offered at lower prices, P has not led_!? b oa business of importance ; tl , e ordinary qualities of 1 8 " r t leo been freely taken at 455. to 505., but the finer deal' s re' have not beeu so much sought after, although offere d s ,, v orte duction of ss. per cwt. on last month's rates. Te,,,;eteri respecting the vines are already of an unfavoura le c. ' - ,clon• but at so early a period nothing of certai. ty can be re ' Arrivals from our colonies and distant PSrt,E;rry prevented by the continued prevalence of coav o to winds, and it is hoped, if assistance is to be 00 1 be the outward bound, as it ought to be, it W ill be a t • afforded early, and not when the wind is ab° a change. ~,i gol The money market is exceedingly eagh, And has been coining from Germany. no s it 01l payable this day to Government as the.deP:gesos. the loan, 1,600,0001., was in the hands of T o joess Rothschild before they made the tender• lusoll is still comparatively dull, excypt. in „notice' staples, which have be - n active andn "offee, teal The ' .. higher duties on sugar, tea, C a porarily check purerises• a ress e . The English Stock Market has been uep , rit• again this morning, but owing to c ouflict' l lr fill' mours it has rallied. The statement merston that the Conferences are brok., l or; stroyed the hopes of those who have bee";00 1° - naciously adhering to the opinion that pesooo the almost immediately ensue from theu 3 b l - I !%D i etic lt , other hand, there has been a feeling a W l .' is P trifil l t o the that Vie delay and annoyance of such an end. The grcat doubt is with resPel to de' ore ora( node, comae which Aus iia w,ll take, and ''ere s'lGoilsel: dare war, an immediate rise would occur' , rePe h r ; have been 88k, i and since 891. gf 111)911 E ; Of tP- a ' that Russia has solicited the re-opeoTo o f e a ) " Conf-:rences. . The ." Otnnium" or W'„l'd the ' Tr new loan has been f to 4 pretniurei e", i3 31)- i years'Bl2BStock"hills., to opBr a hreB n ears n , : ibasu i e.n t i ne y tnit. at to Ifi, e7 l ,rr sur{6l.:e3p:aNi premium, ale2 f vd o i lu r 038u 1 :1 1 ,?, : : ). al p .2nc e lds r ei ..:, 1. 1 ::: : ; /,:i: have d.acheje qvWith : lidseetlha Foreign Securities have 1 very little doine , ti to ~ a n . )0 , and Buenos Ayres; 53. 7 ,„ at, have been 18. Turkish Stock has heels " I; 7 11 :3 1 ' M. xic n sp ß ) a e o e n n o is l i s h , el N , ) , tirri v lc e (l f;ri ecl . having been as 1,,w as 73 though since t° - 1 Di T it i c ie h f 4 ol p li eL i C n e g n a ts r . e h t a h v e e n t o te m 'en ina 9ii. 'it Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 i t s o ° G f ; f i l l ee :r ; e i : an, 20t_to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ;• ditt ° oo ,t:w per Cents. 48 to 50 ; Pori uguese Fo - ar per 10 11 to_ 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 9 3 `,,, 9 0 ; litto to_ per Cents., 88 — Pr ° Spanish Nevi Deferred, 181 to 18i; per Cents., 361 to. '361 ; ditto Certificate:' , . 4i ' , d to 2 i itt q _passive, 31 to 4i. Tliti Railway k:h ire Market is lower, 0"...1)1b0, the . &cline in pu'ilic securiti,!,s, but as f ar ''' re ° 0 0 60 0 limited transactions will affird a test, holders are not disposed to press s ales., 4te rni Western shares, , together with North-lve'llo South-Eastern, and Lancashire andYorkahlr: veils been those in which the chief business r age 0 : done. The foreign lines have receded, "IP France suffering by the decline at Paris. Afar ket' i Indian are not quite so high. In the Foreign, and Co!onial Mining so 0 ° I ditto ,o a, United Mexican' are rather cheaper, °- Cones and Cuiba. -- o ieti The Joint Stock Bank Shares have Well 1 and Crystal Palace heavy. --------- O tt V) " BRITISH FUNDS TH.I. DA 1i a 'l' ON — It ( Front the Official Lilt. ) tin ' .„ doll° w :lAr.k Stock 1 i ' 3 per Cont. Reduced Annititiep...... 3 per Cent, Coniols Annuities, ew 3, per Cent. Annuities .. .... ...... New 2 per Cent. Annuities . . .on , z, Antinitle%, Exoirt- 'iti , lan. ;Be ,, if ' Dittc. 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 34 3 .16 Do. New I e ' l 'a .701 1 Fi lii ,e ' r db A i cto l u t Tit ti , 10th May ........ : 1 . ... 8 8 11 1 i9i Omnium x c iu.;qut , r :lin,. '24cl. ilooo . • , 7 4 8 0 2,500 .'" .... 10 1 6 -4. Small. - 0 ,00 . PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON'S Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent ••• 53 0 exican 3 per cent . 203 ipanish Bowls, 3 per Cent - 1 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.......... 1.3 Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent , 73,...... 1 3 i Ditto for the Account ' '''''''''' o ' t" ahove.,,ay.hio in Lo pata , i Beleian Bonds 2.4 per Cent. ex. 25 fr -,;„ d* Ditto 41 per Cent. Ex. 25fr ....... vo Ar fr , LIALP-PA Consols ............................. . ....... 89 1 i Ditto, May Account ............... 89 LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS „i • LONDON, April 21.—Wind and weathers bi° 4° :,' noon, W. ; light breeze. and fine, clear wea,.Ar ri h f_ da .r PORTSMOUTH, Apil n.—Wind, S.S.D. f r ettr H.M.S. Hawk, from the eastwa.d ; D'Assa e j ot itbe” „ steamer), Boulogne, and left for Clurbourg ; ' O f d from Lotplon,.and left for New York. FALMOUTH.. April 23. Wind, E. A r riveai i neiC ° ' 14 veld, from Callao, for Leith ; Orion, rd ° no r* Stockholm , . '1 d''' rol ls ' BRISTOL, April 23.—Wind, S.E. Sol c ,1 , 0 Demerara ; Mill Bay, Newfoundland. fi g bot P lOr e . POOLE, April 2 ‘.—The Mary and ..* -- ' l a 10 - A0 Southampton to Bournemouth, has been tete 084 derelict. De li ° ~ SHIELDS. Apra 23.—The Mars (s ), for the ell e 0 . against liebtm g 0 .ru Quay, and stove in her stare' ~ NY 'r i be docked for repairs. _ d 11 cl-' A , ': SWANSEA. April 22.—Wind, N.N.E. •' 4--(' ' ,F S ; Bailey, fos - Matleira. i; „ fro i OFF BEA.CHY HEAD. April la—Franks -4 a , 1 4 ° d burg, for Vaiparaiso ; Bentham, Ceylon ; Rola° 00% ol . te leans, for Bremen. tr of bIOP GLASGOW, April 23.—A dangerous wree,-,,, not about 300 to 400 tons, bottom up. apparent,' AO4; that position, was passed on the Bth inst. fro m l' i SKAGEN, April 16.—The Jacob, of Barth , month to Stettin, which was stranded het,t o - lisi e ' inst., has become a wreck; cargo partly ' materials saved. ----- . (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAP EL) !Pt oll't LIVERPOOL, Tueade , Wind, S.W. apt • r Arrived—Titania, from St. Michael's ; Nerbti o°ll 10% Singapore. Sailed—Shamrock, for Havre ; Standa rd ' 4 0 , , Ok Emma, Boston. DUBLI 01 M tION l el " n , : Wind, .. Arrived E —St. S.E Thomas packet, from liarablirp Amsterdam. „ t l.l Ol (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TElagG''' 0,6 10 '- GRAVESEND TUeStIS, 00 , ,; Wind, N.W. ; tide, 3:3 hours' ebb : • weatherntioolotle Arrived, April2l—Cormorant, front Cou lbfl • Sailed—Spartan. for Jarnaica ,• Neptauet3sow Ann and Mary, Cape of Good Hope ; VlO oZ d 0 bins, Hobart Twin ; Helena, Hailun 90 4 DEAL, Tuesclef, Wind, N.N.W. ; moderate and tine. , w or Anehred--Ahi, from Cardenas, for Lon,L'",„ - g tarr" Passed—Liteerity, from Grimsby, for LA'" Sailed- 7 -110/.s,Yylecles, for the TiMet