The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under - tho management of Mr. Buckstene. THIS EVENING, "Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Buckstcne and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish DJ/leers appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. ,d ter which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY ItAkEET SPRING MEETING, 1855. .T00=811146 with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaABLEs THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST, in To be folowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHER S. Pr apal C aracter by Mr. C. Kean. • To conclude with (3rd ti me ) a Romanc e , acts, entitled in two THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, i ng . Queen. add K nave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To coneude with A NEW EDITION' OF THE FAIRY TALES 07 MOTHER GOOSE, with ntuno.ous highly-coloured Illustrations. R')YAL oLystrie THEATRE. Lessce and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. Tlll3 EVENING, Will be performed a Conaedietta, called LAW FOR LADIEci Characters by Jle?ers. A. Wigan, G. yin- Cooper, Danvers, sod Miss Cast'et , n. Alter which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Babson, Emery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be f.. bowed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called T 3E YELLOr, DWARF A D THE KING 01f IHE GOLD MISES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHIrIiEATRE. • Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, call r LIE FIELD AGAINST I 11EFAVO U iTE ! No Drama for many years has created so great a sensation. The interest is most intense ; the burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exciting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack khore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added to the Embellishments. +lox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wan. Acting Manaier, Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, pia. ROYAL 3TRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of 31153 Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVZIZING, Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE FIEVITH. (ha racters by Messrs J. :Salford, Kof,elson, and Kinloch ; ar.d Miss lte. be ca Isaac•, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. Alter which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divcr:isstment. HIGH WATh It AT LONDON EIZIDOR. T 13 - wzirt:' 55 •q , • i.ttfte r 9 I Ey. ning 42 min. a' t. 10 tfr c ;: •= - Itornit, 24 32 4 ;:.aftel 1 g 0 rain. a - t. 0 TEB WEATITKE.—SuN Ortins, April. 12. TIIZEMONET3B, IN Tia SPADN 57- I :ighest since neer. yesterar.y. .—!cr:7est this morning and during the night. 60 —this day, at icon. 81.1 - komyrsz, 29.50. Wrx - n, N.W.—Gentlo breeze; with fine mild sunshiny w)o,ther. .4;•;41 ‘ : 5l-t s ys t • LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1855. In all the conferences and negotiations that have hitherto taken place—with a view to the settlement of the Eastern Question—the wishes and interests of Turkey seem to have been completely disregarded ; nay, more, her very existence, as an Independent Power completely ignored. The Sublime Porte—" our excellent Ally," in defence of whose unquestionable rights we have entered on the War—is more deeply interested in each and every of " the Four Points" than any of the other Powers, and yet France and England on the one side, and Russia on the other, with Austria— "Always strong, upon the strongest aide," ready to take part with whichever appears to be the predominant interest—are dealing with ques tions affecting the protectorate of the Princi palities, the free navigation of the Danube, the balance of power in the Euxine, and even the Government of some ten millions of Turkish subjects, as if the SULTAN or Lis Go vernment were not in any way concerned in the conclusions to be eventually arrived at. It is certainly a strange mode of sustaining the "inde pendence" of our protegie, and we earnestly hope that Ann-T. - J.-Mu:um may not speedily find that he had ab initio scarcely less to fear from his "affectionate friends" than from his open and avowed adversary. A document has recently been published in several of the Continental journals, purporting to be the instructions furnished by the Ottoman Government to its representative at Vienna. It is, of course, impossible to speak positively as to its authenticity. It is, however, such a document as might well proceed from the Porte under existing circum stances ; and the observations and arguments therein contained are well worthy the notice of the Western Powers and the diplomatists assembled in the Austrian metropolis. It would, indeed, reflect indelible disgrace on those who professed to be influenced only by cowiderations of justice and equity, and who chivalrously arrayed them selves on the weaker side to prevent the triumph of might over right, if they now vamped up a precarious truce, which could not truly be re garded as a permanent peace, for the purpose of evading the responsibilities which they delibe rately and voluntarily assumed. Assuming, then, for the purpose of discussion the authenticity of th e document, the first in , struction to the Ottoman Plenipotentiary is, that h e is "'to restrict himself t o t a ki ng the question 3 which might be brought forward only a i referen chm, The vast importance of the t o pi c t o Turkey no t merely the ma t er i al inter eats, but the very vitality of the Otto man Empire being involved in the result, and the gross blunders already committed at Vienna --blunders which have been long since candidly acknowledged by the Western Powers—impera tively deman d the most careful deliberation on the part of the Turkish Cabinet. It is prepared to receive wit h deference, and, if 'consistent with its independeAce, to maintain which it has already 1a3416 many sacrifices, to accept any sugge3tion of t ox-33 Powers. But until these sugges %Lona aso r% r eceived a definite shape—until some' tangible p ro ,, e .. — lt iort i 8 put forward for its accept ance,itlasstaut b e engagements, . w 7 e "tedto enter int o an y bindin g and Austri a are in ; aver, the Western Pow ers acco r d with Russia—when the difficulties app amiti permanent pe ace h ave t ru niPerable i n the way of a i then must the proje c t aneoessfully dissipated, for its approval. A n submitted to the Porte • Vienna can, therefore, dell teeolut , 10—„ 8 adopted at until they have been confirmed °l :4 Provisional acceptance is indispensable to th e eaYyluiLkeY• lts ' "little bill" of which so man the w.ty O f the urep eau - are to become joint drawers. "fors Subject to these reservations, observations well worthy of attentive consideration have been off e red. on the different points. On the first, it einphati _ sally protests against the false assumption that a real protectorate was ever granted to Rus s i a i n virtue of the Treaties relative to the Danubian Principalities. All that the Porte undertook, and which it faithfully and irreproa3hably per- f° 9 )le di ..i. 7raathat " the established institutions ( f 11 ° 5 e r- rrcrv4 l 94 s4lould not be abolished or rnocli ( fied•"' Rlissial liowsler, chose to arrogate herself a factodeo 7.Xeignti thus straining the concession f ar beyond: its just ok reaso na bl e limits. To this V - 'ULM ' ti mwa rt a t t er in rpretati on of thp concession - . 1:53117:0(T 110-- existing complication s may b e traced, Turkey is, therefore, fully justified in demanding that the guarantee or protectorate of the Great Powers which is to be substituted for that of Russia shall be clearly defined, so that it - may not authorise any interference with the internal state and administration of the Principalities, but restrict itself to preventing the destruction of their privileges, or any attempt against the exist ing institutions, the sovereign rights of the Porte. On the Second Point, respecting the naviga tion of the Danube, it was the usurpation of Russia that created the existing complications, and care must be taken not to substitute one usurpation for another. The perfect freedom of commerce is what is required, and that must not be restricted either by undue regard for quaran tine or other equally untenable pretexts. On the Third Point—the chief difficulty—we have already pointed out how inconsistent with the independence and safety, and; we might have added, the very existence of the Ottoman Empire, have been some of the plans put forward. How could fortifications to rival those of Seba,stopol— ta act as an equivaleatto that " standing menace" to Constantinople and to Europe—be constructed on Turkish territory in Europe and Asia by Powers which, although now the friends and allies of Turkey, may hereafter become her enemies, without destroying her security ? The free navi gation of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, at any time and under any circumstances, is equally inconsistent with the safety of the Turkish Empire. By all Mira - MS let the preponderance of Russia in the Euxine be terminated. Let her naval power be limited within reasonable bounds, and the forts, not essential for defence, but useful only as a means of overawing her neighbours, be demolished ; but let not Turkey be so deeply in,- jured by those who designate themselves and desire to be considered as her very good friends and Allies. On the Fourth Point the claims put forward by Russia, to interfere with the internal Govern ment of the Christian subjects of the Porte, it was that the Western Powers tcok up arms. They protested against what would be directly subversive of the independence of the Porte. They must now take care that they do not sanc tion or connive at anything calculated to infringe on that independence, or calculated to render its future position worse than if it had, in tho first instance, submitted to the unaccountable demands so arrogantly put for ward by Prince MENSCHIKOFF, and which it has made so many energetic efforts to defeat. Once more, then, we say, the only prospect of peace is that which may be opened by the un qualified destruction of Sebastopol, whether by the military and naval forces now arrayed beneath its walls and in front of its harbour, or by the assent of the Russian Plenipotentiary. That is the only solution of the problem,- and that must be unanimously demanded by the People and Par liament of Great Britain. Neither his Highness MARMOUD PASHA, .nor his friend the Hon. ROBERT CunzoN—in those eccentric opinions of theirs, in regard to the treatment of criminals, to which we on Tuesday made particular reference—appears .to have borne in mind, for an instant, the double object kept in view in this matter by the British Administration. Both the English traveller and the Turkish gover nor seem to have altogether overlooked that ra ther important consideration. It is one, how ever, we take it, especially entitled to the remem brance of every individual who undertakes ( to examine, even in the most superficial manner, the principles and practice, the purpose of all the theories, the aim of all the endeavours, of this important branch in our conplex system of juris prudence. It should be constantly borne in recollection, we maintain, by every one who may venture to scrutinise the Criminal Code of Great Britain, by every one who may presume to weigh that code in the balance of impartial judgment, that as we have here already expressed it, the object kept through out steadily in view by our legislators is one of a twofold character. Briefly let us call it, at once, the double object of—" reclamation" by disci pline, and "expiation" by punishment. It has been instinctively felt throughout by every man amongst us that any system would be incomplete which aimed at the effectual treatment of crime by the executive, p - therwise than by an equal attention to those two inseparable require- The moral principle upon which we vents. have thus acted, so to speak almost instinctively, in the hope of somehow extracting at least a small proportion of good out of an enormous and unavoidable mass of evil, has had about it, curi ously enough, a very appreciable resemblance to the scientific principle which not long since led an eminent optician to the exquisite discovery of appears, to ourselves, we repeat, (in one respect) eminently . gratifying to bear in recollection even such (from another point of view) terrible and appalling figures, as to the number of our convicts, and as to the expenses incurred by us in the treat ment of our whole criminal population. For we cannot, of course, lose a remembrance of the fact, that circumstances will now compel! us to deal with the inevitable evil at home, now that the Act 16 and 17 VrcT. c. 99, has virtually put an end to the unjust but convenient punishment of crimi nals by transportation. Beyond which circum stance, yet another and infinitely more important one thrusts itself upon our consideration, the fact that by all those disbursements the nation is sys tematically striving, upon an Imperial scale wor thy of the glory of the British Crown, to reclaim from the Slough ofDespond in which theyhave been hitherto almost irredeemably immersed, the fright= ful throng of adult and juvenile offenders making up that mass of ignorance and criminality long recognised by statesmen and philanthropists as the fatal plague-spot upon the body politic. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1855. CAVAN EbECTION. (By Electric Telegraph.) DUBLIN, THRSSDAY, HALF-PAST 5 A.M. Mr. B.arrowes is returned. The exact majority is not known, but believed to be about 420. TFIE IMPERIAL VISIT. We hare received the following programme of the week's proceedings from an authentic source:— • MONDAY. Prince Albert goes to DoVer ; receives the august party ; lunches at the Lord Warden Hotel with them ; from thence to Bricklayers' Arms Station ; Guard of Honour to Paddington ; arrives at Windsor at 4 p.m. TUESDAY. Emperor receives Corps Liplomatique, and Ad dress of the Mayor and Corporation of the Borough of Windsor ; Grand Entertainment in the evening. WEDNESDAY. Investiture of the Garter ; Grand Dress Dinner and Dail in the evening. THURSDAY. By Sonth-Western Railway to her Majesty's Station at Vauxhall, thence to the Crystal Palace; lunches there; evening in State to the Opera. FRIDAY. To Guildhall to receive the Corporation Addzess; dejeuner at 2 o'clock ; return to Buckingham Palace to dinner. SATURDAY, Return home. THE APPROAOHING 1 7 1-531 T OF TILE EMPEROR •AND EMPRESS OF 2HE FRENCH. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. It may now now be stated on the best authority, that astir Imperial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French kill arrive at Windsor, by the Great Western Railway, at six o'clock next Monday evening. The august visitors will be received by a guard of honour composed'of the 94th Regiment of the line, now quar tered at the Sheet-street Barracks, a company of the Foot Guards, who are expected hers every day from the Tower, and by a ddtachment from the Rifle Rrigade, who will also arrive here in the course of the present week. The Mayor of Windsor (John Code, E3q.) will have the honour of receiving the illustrious visitors on their arrival at the terminus in the Royal borough. The Castle officials will be in attendance to conduct the Emperor and Empress to her Majesty's waiting room, which is beautifully fitted up in the Arabesque style, and afterwards to the magnificent apartments pre pared for them at the Castle. On emerging from the railway station their Imperial' Majesties will pass through a triumphal arch erected at the junction betneen Thames-street and High -street. There will also be another triumphal arch, erected in Castle-street, under which the Royal carriages will pass. The Caitle-green, immediately b enea th * the Castle walls, opposite to the establishment of Mr. Layton, con fectioner to the Queen, will ba furnished with thousands of seats, which will extend as'far as Henry the Eighth's gate, for thu accommodation of the public—tickets being previously granted by the committee. On the arrival of the Emperor and Empress at the Castle they will be received at the grand entrance with every mark of respect by her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness th e P r i nce C oncert, an d b y the brilliant circle of visitors invited to do honour to the auspicious ' occasion. On Tuesday next the mayor and corporation, in their official robes , which they have recen tl y resume d , w i ll present an address of congratulation to the Emperor Napoleon 111, and. afterwards nariii3;p o 4e dhuscr ut the 'mai:nuts, to be given at the Toivn Hall. There will be state dinners at the Castle on every evening after the Emperor's arrival ; and subsequent to the investiture of his Imperial Majesty with the Order of the Gartar, on Weduesda.y, a magnificent banquet will be given, at which the elite of the kingdom will be present. There will be a review of the whole of the household troops. The Life Guards are at present in garrison, but the Ist Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) are expected next Monday, and will be billeted for two or three days on the inhabitants. The Hen, and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor, who brother to Len Cowley, the British ambassador at Paris, has placed his residence in the Cloisters at the service of a portion of the Emperor's suits, and great preparaticns are in progress to re-decorate the ancient, but not the less comfortable mansion. The preparations at the Castle are by no means com plete, no less than 300 workmen being still eneaged. It is supposed that the visit of the Emperor and Empress will be the grandest afTair ever witnessed in this borough since the installation of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, in the year 1805—just half a century since. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL H. There was no addition to t►ae royal dinner party yes tcriay._ Tie Qiieen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of I..f!iningen, walked in the Home Park this morning'. Her Majesty afterwards rode in the Riding-house, atterded by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. The Princ3 of Wales rade on horseback, attended by Mr. Gibbs. Tile younger royal children took a carriage drive. The Vi countess Canning has succeeded the Duchess of Atholl as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Lc rd Rivers and General Sir E. Bowater have suc ceeded Earl Sinners and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West as Lord and Groom in Waiting. the stereoscope. Viewing crime from these two points of view, we are enabled to sec it, as it is, in its entirety. Otherwise it continues to us but as a painted picture, instead of becoming to us, as it ought, a veritable reality, capable of being appreciated by the full sense. Scrutinised in this way through the medium of the duplex but har monious legislative stereoscope—examined simul taneously with an eye to expiation by nunish client, aralwith an eye to reclamation by discipline —crime, we repeat, can be thus literally seen in its complete and substantial reality, and (so be held, not guessed at, as heretofore, but actually seen, and, in a measure, comprehended) may at length be wholesomely, subjected to corrective I Viscount Palmerston arrived in London eeterda treatment by the Stat e , w ith something like a ; morning from his seat, Broadlands, Hants, y Y. s, for reasonable prospe c t o f b r i ng i ng about, together ‘ pose of iattending the Cabinet C ounc il. the pnr with the vindication o f th e outraged majesty of 1 meeting 02 1 a the ironyeasls Comm Commissioners t (fir the d P l atri at oti a c the law, the individual improvement of offenders, Fu ri i r i h d, to-d a y, i n th e P a l ace a t W estm i nster. and the diffusion of som e genera l advantae WyldeaEn eror of the French - has presented to Mr. g goldsnuff box, with his cypher in diamonds, as throughout the population. a souvenir of his visit to the model of Sebastopol. The Qeeen of Spa in has decorated M r . Wyld w ith th e order It is something of itself, we- opine, t o h ave so fCarlos 111. employed a portion of our felon multitude upon theP l iince lid Jerome Napoleon attended divine service at . Public Works, as for example in our dockyard s Ga4l,ani) hises on Easter . Sunday. After the mass (gays _ -, •4 ; -Imperial Highness prayed for some time and arsenals, that Ase value of the convict labour at the tomb of the Emperor. The Countess of Ashburnham gave birth t thus brought into systematic application for th e E aster Sunday, at Ashburnham-place, sussox o a son on national benefit within the compass of the financial The Duke of D evons hi re d a i ly entertains a brilliant circle of fashion at hi s mans i on i n Kempt-town. year last past has been estimated at ano less con- , It is probable that the pecuniary irregularities in which siderable sum total than just 78,920/. sterling. , the Hon. F. J. R. Villiers has taken part—transactions i ir.volving over 100,000/.—will shortly be made the sub- It is something also, we conceive, for the country 1 , ject of legal proceedings. to have already made elaborate provision at ! Rossini is seriouslyspecies a ili—a of only too pre ' valerit and dannerous in Tuscany, is feared. Parkhurst alone for reclaiming at one and the i CHIEF BARON PlGOT.—Accounts have reached Dub same time as many as 620 juvenile delinquents. I lin, stating that the health of the Chief Baron has b een greatly benefitted by his long sojourn iu the south of , There are in these and other kindred items in our , Spain, and that his return to Ireland may be shortly F' annual account of the Convict Prisons of England, expcted. The late John Murray, Esq., merchant, London, hag subjects upon which, even in the hearing of the . left Cie whole of his fortune, said to be little short of 0/ —subject to life interest in favour of his widow 'Vizir of Yanina, we might go so far as to offer 9,0) .. ac( u . Free School in M I ff aryl niece—to the the Public at large our earnest and deliberate , ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—Tho report of this ftlichations. Nay, fur our own part, we cannot company, issued preparatory to the meeting to-day, -‘, a dividend of 2/. per share for the six months but d eem . it reasonable to congratulate the who'.e pro2o . B€ • the slat of December. The working account COMM • elating unity ©f Our fellow-countrymen upon matters for the year shows an increase of 20,092/. in pas relating to the game i mportant but, on the other band, sago money and freight ; . ... 4,l . to the mid' iniuct subject upon which t:ere has been an augmentation of the e service, for such congratulatiOns. any reasonable grounds , w 3 e 0 re 3,,0 2 1 63,6 for 9s t l l;e f b or ,ire t of transport; and the victualling seems in a manner wonderfai T i o our thinking it 'of troops. Tae waseis still retained i i‘ n iedw a connection T ha m with come aware that from 9,000 Ytosatisfactory to be- tha war are—the Mdale t r e , Parana Taiiia' has been ' taken by can be provided for within the 10 , 0 00 convicts r i i.: e eat tere a n i i h Severn GoN 1 , 3 m w , while Government for five months certain. The establishments--even though it Year at our home • surplus of the working account fir t h e year is 281,4811., , 107,207/. is applied to the k)a at . out of which the large sum of cost so enormous, a cost which f annual ' for 13 ,... n General Reserve Fund to meet repairs, exclusive of an was not less than 171,639/.63.3d. and for i °-.4 z , ppropriation of 61,4581. for dAerioration. The inte- • 851.5 r2 . 7t . l aid on loans was 13,9721., and the last half-year .. :y actually as much as 218,961/,155.9d, I 16 ' h t „,, , ~i,idra d cf 27. per share having amounted to 29,6801.) -- ••" 1 1 the balance now remaining is 69,1121. A Cabinet' Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Claren don, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Wm. Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The council sat three hours. DEPARTURE OF I THE GUARDS FOR THE yr%- - )t URTh IEd.' This morning, shotly before eight o'clock, upwards of twelve hundred cf the household troops left London for the Crimea. reit number was composed of a de tachment from the Cddstreams, a detachment from the Scots Fusiliers, ant a detachment from the third battalion of Grenadigs. The crowd of persons that accompanied the traps on their march from the bar racks to the station d "the South-Western Railway was immense, and at fregient intervals loud bursts of cheer ing arose from the onwd, which were heartily returned by the soldiers. As be Fusiliers passel along the Strand the sight was of the most exciting description, and the effect was heightenec by the magnificent band striking up the French air, "Patant pour la Syrie." At Waterloc bridge a portion of tar crowd only followed, and the music changed to "The Gil I left behind me," which was the occasion of loud chering. On reaching the Surrey side of the water the nunber of persons who joined the pro cession was largely ,ncreased ; and on the arrival of the troops at the entra:ce to the railway a seine of 'excite. went occurred that actually baffles description. The affectioeate adieus that were taken by fathers and mo thers of their sons,and wives of their husbande, whom they probably miglt never see again, was of the most touching character- - The regimentals of the men had a peculiar appearniee, from the fact that only about one in ten wore the _tew coatee. On the arrival of the men at Portsmoutt they will embark on board the mag nificent new steamship Alma, belonging to the fleet of the Peninsular ani Oriental Steam Company, for con veyance to the Ens. , The reason for cancelling the order for the embarka tion of the troops yesterday was owing to the Surveyor to the Board of Trale at Liverpool having reported that the fore and aft bullheads of the Alma were not strong enough. A profesdonal survey was immediately held upon her yesterday, in Portsmouth harbour, by Mr. Abethell, the master shipwright of the dockyard ; Mr. Murrey, chief engineer, and an oZeer from the Customs and Ordnance Departments. The result of the investi gation was that the ship was &Oared to be both faith fully and soundly built, and in good and perfect condition for troop sr any, other seryiee. REINFURCEMENTS FOR TIM CRIMEA. Iteicfcminent4 for the following inl - nenta of cavalry in the Crimea are under orders t 1 join the service troops from their respective depots, - 4th Dragoon Guaris - and st,h (Princess of Wales's) ditto, from Nsw-hrldge: bet Royal Dragoons, from-Canterbury- 21 North Britiih Dragoons (Scots Grey), &Om New bridge. 4th Light Dragoons, from Brighton. . 6th Dragoons (Heavy) EnnhAillens, from Canterbury. Bth Royal Irish Hussars, from Newbridge. 10th (Prince of Wales's) fltr,:s.ars, from Maidstone. 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Huwars, from New !.,ridge. 13th Light Dragoons, from Bqghton. 17111 Lancers, from Brighton. let Divi,iok of the 15th Itoyal 7 l-lussars, quartered in Exeter, will also embark for the seat of war the latter part of the month, according to present arrangements ; each draught will take out 100 extra► horses (remoants) for the troops at present in the Crimea. 111 - 8 BJLTIO FLEET, LANDSCROI , A, April 3.;--The advanced squadron of the Baltic fleet arrived at Elsineur on the Ist of April, but owing to the masses of drift' ice and strong current were unable to remain there ;'three, the Arrogant, Tartar, and 'Cossack, having parted their anchors, so they all got und er we i g h and proceeded to this anchor age, where :hey were joined by the Amphion to-day, one of the lame - ducks ;" another, the Archer, has not made her appearance. The Amphion got on _shore near this anchorage through the ignorance of the pilot, tut it is not supposed that she has in jured herself, as the mad appeared to be very soft: The Imperituse and Euryal us, being of too much draught of water to, pass through the Sound, parted company for Kiel, leaving the squalron tinder the command of Captain Yeiverton, her Majesty's ship Arrogant. Some of the colliers sent out to supply the squadron with coals have fared but badly, one having foundered, and two or three others more or less injured, when trying to pass the Sound. This is a very snug little harbour, and it is expected flat the sh!ps will remain here till the Sound is entirely clear of ice. We are all in want of coals, having stet - med the whole distance from the Downs in almost a perfect calm, with most delightful weather, smooth sets, and a cloudy sky. ART CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE . _PATRIOTIC FUND. We have much pleasure in again noticing this most praiseworthy uailertaking. It seems necessary to re peat that the funds feat are bein g nised at the Gallery, 121, Pall mall, are exc l u si ve ly for the benefit of the widows and orphans of officers who perish by disease or by the sword of the !netny in the war with Russia. The undertaking had not been smt on foot for many days before the emnrnittrie were enabled to pay' 70G1. as a first instalment intolthe office of ." The Patriotic Fund" at Westminster, and it is gratifying to learn that a large sum has since accumulated. - Of cuurse the contribu tions from the members of the Royal family excite the greatest interest. The Princess Royal's composition and drawin,g of a soldier's wife finding her wounded husband on the field of battle has already realised 200 guineas, and upwards of 300 persons have subscribed a guinea each fur lac-similes of the drawing on chromo lithography. Some of the contributions are designated in the catalogue as those of "a lady of title" (we cannot resist lifting the veil, and revealing the natne of the Mar chioness of Waterford), and those of the Ladies Augusta and Iliinoria Cadouan. These lady amateurs are evi dently inspired with a true and dignified view of art. ADDRESS TO THE EARL OF LUCAN. composed of ge n tl emen o f different re ligAioldisepaunton, d ati a,nd pre s e n t e d hi m w i th a p o litical opinions, w a it e d yester d ay on the H Ea o r u l s o e, f c l :t ,l s ia congratu latory address, s i g ned by a coup l e of hundred of the leading gentry•of Mayo, and of the inhabit an t s o f th e town. The address congratulated his lordship s on b e i ng " mercifully spared from the carnage of the mem ora bl e teleat his lordship' s res id ence, Castlebar bar, battles of Alma, P. _alaklava, and Inkerman." To this address the gallant Lieutenant-General read the follow ing reply : " Gentlemen,— I thank you for your too flattering ad dress. • I appreciate the more fully the sympathy you so kindly express fertile great injustice of which I have been the victim, fro:a the knowledge that your sympathy is not unde served, as my conscience tells me that during the time that I had the comaed of the cavalry of our country in the field, mmy conduct was faultless, and their character and honour aid not suffer. In the severe trial a I have had to undergo, I have b een supported by tho conviction that my fellow-countryinee, however lunch they may have been deceived by the reisrepresentations made to my disadvan tage, would, in the end, pass an honest and fair judgment; and I have not been disappointed. I do not pretend to more than having shared in all the difficulties of this memorable campaign of the Crimea, and to having discharged my duty, and not without success, whether in action or in camp, to the best of my power and ability. It will ever be to me a source of pride to have belonged to an army, which, by its gallantry on every occasion, has gained for itself the admiration of those e xce ll en t so ldi er s, the French, and also the whole of Europe. Why the results have not been such as to meet the fair expectations of the country, you, gentlemen, will agree with me in consider ing that this is neither the time nor the place for me to express an opinion." After rearing his reply, his lordship entered into con versation with the deputation, and said that although he did not in his reply express his thanks for the very kind niannel• in which he had been received by his friends as strongly as he felt, it was not from a want of feeling as it deserved on his part, but that, as ho considered the address was given him principally on public grounds, he wished to confine his answer on the same principle. The deputation then retired. THE RESTORATION OP POLAND.—On Monday evening a largely-attended meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms, Wolverhampton, to consider the necessity for the restitution of the independence of the Polish nation, as essential to the attainment of the object of the present war with Russia. The Rev. J. 0. Dakeyno presided, and on the platform were H. Walker, Esq., Rupert Kelly, Esq , W. Dent., Esq.; Rev. S. Hunter ; Coun cillors F. Walton, E. T. Wright, Steward, Wallace, ani Taylor; Dr. Ashford, and Messrs. Trigger and Hales. After addresses by the chaiman and M. Zaba, a Polish gentleman, Mr. Kettle moved a resolution to the effect that the mcetirg felt a deep concern in the issue of the present struggle with Russia, and were of apinien that the re-establishment of Poland as an independent king dom would alone keep in check the aggressive spirit of Russia. Mr. H. Walker, in seconding the resolu tion, said it behoved theist to make t'aeir opinions known, inasmuch as, there was too much reason to be lieve that the Government of the coutitry had hitherto been grossly ignorant of the public opinion upon this subject. The resolution having been put, was carried unanimously, end a petition to Parliamer t having been adopted, the proceedings terminated.—Wolverhampton Chyonicle. _ Plans bare been received at the Engineer-office, Pem broke, by Lieutenant-CAohel Crawley, 1.E., for the construction of temporary barracks, to contain on• thou sand men. They are to be completed within six weeks of the contract being taken, when the militia rerri monts of that and the adjoining counties will be bri gaded there for general taining, and the customary duties of the arsenal. The site Selected is a portion of rising ground belonging to the Beard of Ordnance, situ ated near Huhbs Point, overlooking the dockyard and haven, and in rear of which a powerful redoubt appears on the plans for the general fortification •of the har bour, On .the completion of, these buildings the pre sent barracks will be occupied by the Artillery, a large force of wllieh is being required to man the different forti fications on Thorn the Sta...q% P. , )cl;, Dale Point, Sunie fil.isLe€l, and ethers lualTogros , . It is con sidered tl:ht the Er , -it importance of the naval establish ments at Pelibroke render 3 these measures necessary, the place being otherwio3 eo inwiequately defended, THE TRADE OF RUSSIA. BEiLIN, April fl.—The annual return of the trade of St. Petersburg for 1854 shows that oversea commerce suffered almost an entire cessation during that year. The navigation was open from April 25 till Novem ber 18 ; during that . time only seven foreign vessels arrived, atid,27 cleared out. - 1 he greater part of this latter number left. St. Petersburg previously to May 15, while a few others ventured to return (to Swe den) in the autumn, without waiting for the blockade to be raised. • .'The "-Russian coasting trade was hardly interrupted at all, as the actual blockade of Cron stadt lasted only a few weeks. Of the goods usually exported from St. Petersburg, everything that could bear land carriage was forwarded direct from Novgorod, Twer, and Moscow to the Prussian frontier at Tars roggen, but at such increased cost that the demand necessarily fell off, and it is assumed that England is, at the present moment, sufficiently provided for some time to' comee Of 100,000 casks of tallow ex pected at the commencement of the year to arrive at St. Petersburg in its course 90,000 were exported. "over the land frontier, the remaining 10,000 are still lying at St. Petersburg ; prices, after having relaxed from 113 to 101 roubles, rose again in August to 118 silver ronbles ;: since then, prices have again fallen. The supply fdr this year' is estimated at 80,000 casks. Of potash hardly any has been exported ; prices experienced a slight rise,‘'. when, after some delays, small parcels were got rid of by land-export. Stnall quantities of hemp-oil, the 'property ; of non-Russians, were ex ported to Stockholm from Revel in the autumn ; the 'stock of this article is heavy, and prices low ; 6 roubles 35 copieti for delivery in June ; since February of this year prices have risen, Of the hemp that but for the blockade would have been exported from St. Petersburg 600,000 pud (for the most part clean hemp) were forwarded by land vise Kowno, For clean hemp prices have r sunk from 90 to 75 silver roubles. Stocks are heavy, particularly of half.elean hemp. Prices of this article have sustained a little improve ment of late, iri consequence of purchases for exporta tion by land to Sweden via Torneo. Aimost the entire last year's crop of flax passed direct from its place of growth over, the land frontier ; hardly any appeared at St. Petersburg. Horsehair is in demand ; 22,000.pud have been already_ forwarded by land. Hog's bristles are brisk; 63,000 pud have been sent off; 4,500 pud of isinglass have been forwarded ) and no stocks are now on hand. Very little ie doing in Russia leather ; the stocks are very light, the greater part being required for army purposes, and the usual customers beinie, deterred by the increased. expenses ; prices :moderate. A considerable quantity of copper is . believed to have arrived lately for :export, in consequence of a reduction of prices for land-carriage to Kowno ; prices firmer. Grain and seed have' suffekd most of all from the blockade, as not being susceptible of land carriage. Wheat, contracted for in the previous winter at 8 to 81 silver roubles, fell in the euanner to 6 and 5. silver roubles; rye wee run down by forced sales from 61 to 31 silver roubl4s per chetwert ; linseed, con tractei for at 7 silier rouble,, has been to be sold for 51 and 5 silver roubles. Ti.ere are considerable quantities of wheat and rye still lying at St. Petersburg on account and risk of foreienere. have The imports suffered so much from the increased expenses of land carriage that the reduction of duties, in some cases conceded by the Government, have been of no avail. Very few goods altogetta:r have reached St. Petersburg during the past year, but large quantities, particularly of sugar, cotton, and palm oil, are still lying at Konigsberg and Memel waiting for the means of being forwarded. Lord Granville arrived in Paris on Tuesday. It is supposed that his visit has something to do with that of the Emperor and Empress to London. CORK tr,EcTroN.—Lord Ennismore has issued his ad dress to the electors of Cork. His lordship is all that the present Government could desire, and that is saying enough of him. DUBLIN, Wednesday. —His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieut-nant, arrived at Kingstown to-day, at two o'clock. Arrived in Dublin, he proceeded in state to the Castle, loudly cheered by the people. We are glad to state that favourable accounts have been received from Paris of the health of Mr. Blackett, M.P. The subscriptions in Glasgow towards the Royal Patriotic Fund amount to the handsome sum of 44,7691. 3s. lid. The wind lulled yesterday morning at Southampton, after blowing a gale-'and in fierce gusts for 70 hours un interruptedly, chiefly from west-north-west. The Government emigration ship Octavia left South hampton Dock yesterday with 350 emigraLts, for Ade laide, South Australia. Bulletins of the cholera still appear in the Journal de St. Petersbourg. On the 29th ult. there were 188 cases in that cite. SHOP ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—Between 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening and one o'clock yesterday morning, the lock-up shop of Mr. Affleck, tailor and draper, 43, Princess-street, Manchester, was broken into, and pro perty to the value of about 1601. was stolen, includ;ng pieces of cloth, silk velvet, velvet vestings, fancy silks, and cashmeres. The robbers appear to have broken a pane of glas-, and so obtained an entrance t 3 an adjoin• ing house, from which they gained access to the roof. They then removed the slates from Mr. Affleck's roof, and descended into the shop, leaving the premises by the back door, which was found insecure by the police man cn the beat at one a.m. A brace and a hit, used for boring, a pocket knife, and a step ladder about five yards long, were left behind by the thieves. They have Rot yet been apprehended. Brighton appears to be well filled with f4shionables. Amongat the arrivals announced in the Brighton Guar dian of yesterday, are the Earl of Ripon, Lord Mel gund, Sir F. and Lady Bathurst, the Duchess of Man chester, Viscount Malden, Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., M. Tricouni (the Greek Minister), Mr. Sergeant Kings lake, Sir Erskine Perry, M.P., Mr. Phinn, M.P. Mr. Booker, M.P., Mr. Morris, M.P., &c. The Speaker of the House of Commons and family, and Mr. Gregson, M.P., and Mrs. Gregson, have engaged apartments at the'Norfo/k Hotel. THS MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, April 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Christian, left to-day, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, and 38 passen gers, 25 of whom are artillerymen, for disembarkation at Gibraltar. Captain Stewart, of the General Screw Company's service, also accompanies the vessel to Cadiz, to render, if possible, assistance in extricating the Natal from her perilous position. Oa freight the Iberia has 43,5501. specie —viz., for Oporto, 1,0001. ; Lisbon, 26,580/. ; and Cadiz, 15,9701., and an average cargo of general - merahandise. The United States mail steam ship St. Louis, Captain Wotton, will l eave Cowes to morrow (this day) at daybreak, for New York, ea route from Havre, with French and English mails and passen gers. The ship has been detained some few hours beyond her usual time of sailing, in consequence of Easter Tues day being observed as a general holiday at Havre, and thus preventing the loading of the ship from being completed. Recruiting for the three regiments - of Cork Militia is at present proceeding with great activity, but the regi ments are still kept below their standard in consequence of the numbers who daily volunteer into the line. As an exadiple of the success which has attended the exer tions of the recruiting agents in Cork, it may he stated that one sergeant in the Cork artillery has himself had upwards of fifty recruits attested within the last month, independently, of course, of the recruits obtained by the other sergeants and corporals of the same regi ment. — THE FORTHCOMING EASTER TERM.—Yesterday the lists , of rules for argument and decision in the three com mon law courts for the forthcoming Easter Term, corn =miming on Monday next, were exhibited in the offices of the several courts. The aggregate of the three courts is only 66—a smaller number than one court possessed some two or three years ago. There is not much com plaint of the "law's delay ;" and, by the Common Law Procedure Act, facilities are afforded to terminate rules in which points arise. In the Court of Queen's Bench for the ensuing term there are seven rules for new trials, two rules on the special paper for judgment, and 18 fur argument, besides which _there are six enlarged, making s total of 33. I n th e Court of Common Pleas there are in the remnant paper five enlarged rules, five new trial rules, one rule for the decision of the court, and six de murrers entered, making 17-; whilst in the Court of Exchequer there are in the special paper four rules for argument, and in the peremptory paper the same num ber ; in the new trial list only one for judgment and seven for argument, waking 16, and completing the total of 66 rules in the three courts. SERGEANT SULLIVAN.—Justice at last t - Sergeant Sullivan has got his well-earned commission ; but it is not to the War-office he owes it. No I ashamed are we to say, and ashamed should the country be to hear, that but for the press, for Sir De Lacy Evans, and for Mr. French, he would be a sergeant still, and a sergeant he might continue until death relieved him of all care about promotion. It is a bad mode of " management ;" but it is the best which, until a rougher stimulus be applied to the Horse Guards, we are likely to see in action. It is not to our credit • but if merit is to be sacrificed to "system," and if that system is to defrau I of its fair share of - advancement admittedly "distinguished bravery," the Sergeant Sellivans of the army will suffer only in conjunction with the country which so ungrate fully neglects them. But can it last ? Can defects or partialities brought thus prominently to light be per mitted to endure? Is it on the men who fight for us, or on the men who enter the army to sport an epaulette or beguile ennui, the honours of the service are more be comingly bestowed ? If we are not mistaken, even this tardy act of justice was sorely against the will of one who was not altogether unconcerned in the doing of it. —Cork Constitution. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee have catered well for their holiday visitors. Two entirely originAl dramas have been put upon the stage, and an engagement entered into with a great star, Mr. John Milton Hengler, the juvenile tragedian and rope-dancer extraordinary. The first piece, entitled The Working Man, produced with new scenery throughout and new dresses, was most successful. The plot is in teresting, and the acting was greatly admired. Mr, Alfred Rayner, as the working man, was truly excellent. This gentleman has become quite a favourite. Mr. W. Searle is too well known to require our praise ; he is a perfect character actor. Mr. G. Clair personated a vil lain to the life ; while Mr. Bellair, Mr. W. Travers, Mr. Lee, &c., ably supported them. The ladies—Miss Ely Loveday, Miss Emily Short, and Miss Lydia Pearce—played with great care and judgment. We understand Mr. Milton Hengler appears in the character of Hamlet on Monday next. We hope the house will be well attended: One hundred and thirty-two children and adults were baptised on Easter , .Sunday at Christ-ohu ro b, Watney areet, Gitggesin-in-Emit. LATEST NEW VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Authentic intelligence has been received here from Varna up to the Bth April. Nothing had occurred before Sebastopol of im- portauce up to that date. Accounts from Constantinople, of the sth, state that on the previous day the Greek Ambassador, M. Conduriotti, had arrived there. A Russian account of a sanguinary engagement on the 26th of March deserves no attention, as advices of . the 3d of April from the Crimea make no mention of it. The Russians are still in the position they have so long occupied on the Tchernaya. The following despatch was received in Park Isst night : MARSEILLES, APRIL 10. The instructions which Ali Pacha takes with him, enjoin him, it is said, to accept in favour of the Prin cipalities the common protectorate of the great Powers, while, at the same time, he is to express regret that the pure and simple sovereignty of Turkey over those provinces is not re-established. Ali Pacha is said to have also received instruc tions to reserve the question relative to an indem nity for the war. Letters from Malta, of the 4th, announce that seven steamers had left on the 2d and 3d fOr Genoa to take on board the Piedmontese troops. The Vulcan steam-corvette was to follow them. THE BALTIC FLEET. (B e , Submarine and British, Telegraph.) DEAL, Taur.snAY MORiTING. Her Mnjosty's ship Driver, from Portsmouth, with gun-boat, has anchored. Her Majesty's ship Ajax has sailed for the Baltic . FRANCE. (FROM OUR' OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress will leave on Sunday next for England. It is' announced that the Em peror will be attended by the Duke de Bassano, his grand chamberlain, and MM. Fleury, de Toulon geon, and E. Ney. Marshal Valliant will also accompany his Majesty. The suite of the Empress will be composed of the Princess d'Essling, Mmes. de Montebello and de Malaret, Count Tascher de la Pagerie, grand master of her household, and Baron de Pierre, her equerry. Their Majesties will not remain in England more than a week. General of Brigade Morin, of the artillery, has been promoted. to the rank of General of Division, and Colotiels Pradal and Devaux, of the artillery, to the rank of Generals of Brigade. General of Division d'Artois, member of the com mittee of fortifications, has been promoted to the rank of Grand Officer in the Legion of Honour. General of Brigade Braive has been appointed to command the artillery at Toulouse ; General of Brigade de Sevelinge to command the artillery at Metz ; General of Brigade Soleille to command the artillery of the reserve of the army of the Bait ; General of Brigade Davaux is placed at the dis posal of the Governor-General of Algeria ; General of Brigade Guy de la Villette, commanding the sub-division of the Meuse, at Verdun, is appointed to the command of the department of the Moselle at Metz ; and General of Brig tde de Lioux to coin- . mand the department of the Meuse. A letter from Cherbourg says :—" The screw line-of-battle ship Austerlitz, which had been pre paring to convey the Emperor and Empress to England, bas received counter-orders, and is to proceed almost immediately to the Baltic, to ope rate with the English squadron. Four other line of-battle ships have been ordered to proceed to the Downs to serve as an escort to their Majesties in orossing the Channel, after which these vessels will also join the Baltic fleet. The Emperor and Em press will proceed from Boulogne to Dover by the screw-steam corvette tire Assas, a new vessel of 400-horse power. She has just arrived in this roadstead from Lorient, and workmen are now busily employed on board her, making the neces sary preparations for the accommodation of their Majesties." _ _ _ The Simos left Marseilles on Monday evening for Constantinople, having on board part of the regiment of the voltigeurs of the guard and a bat tery of the 3d regiment of artillery. These troops appeared in the highest spirits and went through the streets shouting Vive l'Empereur ! The Darien, steam frigate also left Toulon on Monday for Con stantinople with troops and materiel. The Tape line-of-battle ship left Algiers on the sth, having on board the 14th battalion of Foot Chasseurs for the Crimea. The Governor-General visited the vessel before her departure,• and when she Mt she was saluted with 15 guns by lhe battery. Two battalions of gendarmerie of the Imperial Guard left Paris yesterday for Marseilles to embark for the East. The Ist battalion, which had been quartered at the barrack in the ue de Babylone, had marched over the Pont Royal, and were turn, ing round to proceed along the quay, when their Majesties, placing themselves in the Pavillon de Flore, saluted the troops, and were answered by loud cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" " Viva l'lmpe ratrice !" BOURSE, APRIL 11.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. C. End of Month. 41 per Cents 94 -94 f. 253. 3 per Cents 69 25 69f. 75e. Credit Mobilier BOO Roman Credit Fonder 532 50 Austrian - B3 Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 75 Home Debt 3li RAILWA YS —Ant CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Or!emu; Western 660 Rouen Cotta 635 Strasburg Mediterranean — Havre (xd) 558 75 Northern THE CRIMEA. The Ost-L)eutsche Post of Vienna says Our latest dates from the Crimea are up to the 27th ult. A violent bombardment had been kept up on both sides for some days before, but at last the Rus sian fire had begun to flag, and subsequently ceased altogether, many of the Russian batteries having been dismounted. It is said that the French havo succeeded in opening a breach in the Malakhoff Tower, but no assault has been made, because the Russian batteries of the Tchernaya still commanded that point of attack. The intention is, it is said, that General Bosquet shall drive General Liprandi from his position, while General Canrobert will direct the operations against the Malakoff Tower in person; General Pelissier commands the reserve. From the heights of the French camp, caravans of men, women, and children have been latterly seen to quit Sebastopol with their effects. One of these, which took the direction of Balishi-Serai, w as pre ceded by a procession beallng sacred banners, and escorted by about 40 Cossacks. Our letters state that many Russian' soldiers take advantage of the sorties to pass over to the allies. RUSSIA. .A letter from Odessa of the 27th ult. in the Danube of Vienna says :—" The Russian Govern- , ment has been wrongfully accused of having first permitted the export of corn from Galatz and afterwards prevented it. The, Austrian Govern ment interfered in favour of the merchants of Trieste who had made purchases of corn before the prohibition was published, and the vessels belong ing those merchants were permitted to leave. A large number of vessels arrived immediately after at Galatz, hoping to be able take advantage of this permission, and it was then ° that the Russian autho rities declared that no vessels should pass the Danube except such as could produce certificates showing that they belonged to the merchants at Trieste." 'A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Cologne Gazette, announces the death of Gen. Prince Argu tenski Dolgorouki, at Tiflis, on the Bth ult. Gen. Read has succeeded him in the command of the 3d corps d'arniee. A letter from Warsaw, in the Post Ampt Gazette, states that after every sitting of the Conference at Vienna, Prince Gortschakoff has sent off a very full telegraphic despatch through Warsaw to St. Petersburg. Prince Pask;ewitc't al- , n' t•i.icea c•, nisance of their contents as they pass. Armaments continue, and, the arsenals of Watsaw and of No wogieorgenk onfotantly preparing materiels of war. Prince Alexander of -Hesse brother 0 , the Empr ess o f R uss i a, t h e Belgian' Lieut.-GeneoL Chau', and Count Orloff Demidoff, aide-de - ca m p to Field-M ars h a l P as ki ewitch, left Warsaw on the sth for St. Petersburg. TIIE VIENNA CON FERENCS' yVIENNA, April Drouyn de l'Huys Ila" „ very long conference with Count Buol yesterdal forenoon, which lasted nearl i three hours. S lll/- sequently he ca ll e d upon the Earl of Westraors laud and upon Lord John Russell. To.daY understand he has had the honour of a long in te ,, r ‘ view with th e E mperor F rancis Joseph. It i s al rumoured that ther e w ill b e no C on f erence he' to-morrow, but that there will be on Tue4clah the 10th inst. If we may judge from till ar rangement made with the landlord of the Rolula Emperor Hotel, where M. Drouyn de l'lloYs re sides, it would seem that this eminent statesman has made preparations to sojourn here for about a fortnight. A s f or re li a bl e i n telligen, c . e with regard to th e pro b a bl e progress. of 0 1 pending negotiations, it ma y b e sa f e ly asser t s v. that the word knoWs nothing—absolutely nothiugj Our political gossips have apparently exhaust% themselves in idle and fruitless conjectures, for hear of no new feature from this otherwise prolix quarter. In the absence of better informatio n, permit us to quote the Wanderer : oh " M. Drouyn de l'Huys is the be arer o f a n autogrgrf letter from th e E m p eror N apo l eon to the Emperor Austria, which h e w ill h ave th e h onour of a e li vcr i n gat ,i, audience of to-day. He is a'i•o the bearer of such e xtensr full powers as M a y b e necessary f or the conclusion, peace which may promote the influence of France ia tbf East, and the consolidation of the throne and dynackY,,L Louis Napoleon. " It i s asser t e d t h at F rance a ttce; importance to 'the Thi r d P o i n t, on l y i n so f ar as ,ul, - settlement of the same may serve as al g' ll3- :c ut l f r the other three Points., which ,are of the greatc' a imp-rtance to Austria ; whil s t on th e other ha°t., n England lays the grea t st s t ress on t he Thi r d Pc, France will never f orsa k e E ng l an d an d Austria, to tt as these Powers will support the objects of France. is also asserted th a t th e t en d enc i es of Napoleon a ra 4 , inning to be re gar d e d a t S t. Petersburg with more fa vourable, eyes. If thi s i n t e ili gcnce b e conf i rmed, t hen t conclusion of a pe ace wou ld no longer belong t o tb But, should th e war b e c ontwoe de then the Emperor Napoleon will surely put himsel f t the head of his army in Turkey, and in that case Ails"; will support.him, conformably to th e m ilit ar y co nveng ie concluded between the two Mvernmente. settlement or the pints here adverted to omistitutea Gbe main object of M. Drouyn de l'Huys's present diploma" antivity." PRUSSIA: A letter from Berlin of the Bth, in the Cone; tionnel, says the journals of to-day con,ul,ll the report that th e m i ss i ons o f MM . de 'Weal& and de Usedom will, not be carried any ftirther. ~1 is not yet certain whether M. de Brockhausen ye'? proceed from Bruss e l s t o P ar i s on an o ffi c i a l loin, sion. The Hereditary Prince of Denmark has !' t. rived here on his retu rn t o C o p en h agen front Petersburg. It. appears certain that the negotir a tins for the conclusion of a t rea ty b e t wee n Rtis si and Denmark have not l e d t o an y resu lt. n e , chamber of commerce of Til s it some ti me since 8 t Hotted the.Governrnent to establish a consulate% Kowno, in order to giv e f res h i mpu l se t o the tr; a , with Russia, but the r eques t h as no t b een acce oo 4 to, in consequence of th e p resen t s t a t e o f polit' affairs." SPAIN. The following telegraphic despatch has been r e, ceived from Madrid :- MADRID, APRIL 10, 10 r•l`f• to The amendment of M. A rr i aga an d the 1 ;° , particular of M. Na varo Z amarano on the bill rating to the National Guard have been rejectedbi the first by 122 votes against 41, and the seecill ao . 141 against 63. A vote o f con fi dence i n t he t' br tional Guard was then p ro p ose d and unaniineill adopted. Some alarmi ng s h outs were raise",e, groups assembled round t h e P a l ace o f t h e Corte x The groups were dispersed without resistance., , 4 1 Madrid is perfectly tranquil. The Nab' ). " Guard is animated by the best dispositions. tif We read in the Monito re T oscano , o f the t er , that the Princes Bonaparte, of Rome, have bee f invited to Paris by th e E mperor , an d that lb e ir are not likely to return to th e f ormer c ity, as v„, villa and their palace in town are offered for eal t lj e A letter from Christiania of the 28th ult., in t;oo Universal German Gazette, sa y s :—‘, The clues' A of neutrality engages general attention here. short time ago the king assembled at Stockhc; ll l, i•t Norwegian Council of State, an d d eman d e d t h at should grant to the administration of the 5 0114. , e ; gian army 250,000 thalers (1,400,000 f r.) in era," to prepare for eventualities. Th e Christiania ro s y the organ of the Norwegian Government, Cori' t this news when publ i shed by ano th er j ourna l, 1 ,11 without contradicting it. Gun-boats are being CO 1:1- strutted at Horten, wh e r e our fl ee t i s stationed.” A letter from Copenhagen, of the 3d, states tha t on the previous day the President of the Counc l a accompanied by the other Ministers, communicated to the two Chambers a Roial decree putting an tea to the session. The members immediately sePa ra amidst cheers for the Ring. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE' CORK AND BANDON. o aiii A meeting of the shareholders in this compallY,,, - held yesterday, by adjournment from the 28th 1 ",.,`"„e; the offices, 17, Gracechurch•street—Major-Generalti"" terton in the chair. the The Off AIRMAN said, that since their last meeting Dublin shareholders, who had been exerting themsell i e re7;,', promoting the for ma ti on o f a new b oard o f d i rec t o rs t had been acti% e and continuous •in their endeavo irg effect that object. A meeting of proprietors residing` the neighbourhood of D u bli n h a d b een conveue t . l , oo 4:'.' meet in that c ity, on F r id ay next , at w hi c h the i tors hoped arrangements might be made for coroP t bs •, ing this desirable movement for the salvation of ' I A': property. The Public W o rks L oan Commissioner g .,- 4 of,j consented to stay further p rocee di ngs un til the May, in order to afford a reasonable time to the D li as og'.alS proprietors to make their 'arrangements. The'lo,": s ess chairman then moved th e f ur th er a dj ournme nt 0' meeting until onday, the 30th inst. • tioo Mr. Bates, in M seconding the resolution, drew oate n n d to the traffic-returns, which showed a coo tinuons4 o• gradual increase, and now ave rage d upwar d s of ito mile. -For the last two weeks th e y amoun t e d t o 2 4 i 2 0 ",47/ , 2,1. and 2781. 19s. 6d., as against 1921. 3 3 . 10d. 10,.°"aie0 13s. in the corresponding w ee k s l as t year, 13 : e thei r satisfied, if the same pr ogress cont inued—as s os bad every reason t o ex p ec t i t woul d as. the ssa f it a advanced—that the co m p any wou ld soon b e clear °,OO difficulties, and this i n d epen d ent l y o f any arrangen);) that might be mad e i n D u bli n or p lsewhere. (Efe3"a• After a few rem ar k s f rom Mr. Winkworth the re lotion was agr ee d t o , an d t h e meet i ng ad j ourne d nee° ingly till Monday, the 30th instant. , fl effas IRONMAST.ERS' QUARTERLY MEE J. rif WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday. —The usual 41 04 , - te a ur meetings of the ironm as t ers o f t hi s di str i ct for t he o te rent quarter commenced at Walsall yesterday ; cond meeting was held at the Swan Hotel, in this O h o this afternoon. The attendance was smaller than i t s of been for many years ; several of the leading menelo t o o the trade were absent, and as regards business ther e o eil, nothing doing whatever. Even those who are dis,P o to take the most cheerful view of the present posit" r o oe, the trade are obliged to admit that it has rarely, if e t.s ov assumed amore gloomy aspect, and that the pro 0. 0 an early reaction are poor indeed. 'lt is true that that orders had come in during the last fortnight, am', a' stocks are small ; but 'there is an entire- absence rip fidence on the part ofeconstimers, who are indispos e , it. buy at any price ; and so far from the reduction 0 ` v ia per ton, agreed upon at the preliminary meeting, b e '. o tbo oo , in any way tended to steady prices, quotations o '..,bat wide as ever, and it is next to impossible to say a t "pi price iron has not been sold. There was some - talk ° r oe' even of a further reduction upon the price of I,o a, nti a nc t factured iron, but having in view the price of coa' s h , io the other raw material, it is, we .believe imnos ei "o produce finished iron at a lower figure than the pr e d too trade price, unless it is sold at a loss ; we are assur e o r/ 0 that the principal makers will rather shut up their 'iv e t' . than submit to any further reduction. At th 9 0 113 ing here a considerable amount of business is ge r ''," o lol transacted in pig iro n ; t o -d ay t h ere was scarce ly cinder pigs are quoted at 21, lOs to 21. 15e. ; We, mine, 31. 103. to 31. 15 s . ; an d Sh rops hi re pigs ("„tbl hall) from 1 11. ss. to 4/. 10 3 . Fif teen mont hs ag` v erY make of iron sold for nearly 71. a ton. In fact vas"' branch of the trade is marked by extreme deP re , P f without ( so f ar as cou ld b e g l eaned from the ru eeto'b ia to day) a single matter for congratulation. The t ir '„ V ese" is still fiat ami prices uuremun e r a ti ve ; but i" quence of the low price of i ron a react i on is &II c petted, „ still The colliers in the neighb our h oo d o f D u dley 31.-„a tt upon strike, and coal being scarce and in def" 3 ; co pt° maintains itj price. Ther e have been no further n t, "i i i ie at disturbance, and it is expecte d t h at t h e ru es turn td work shortly at the reduced scale. t he a BANK OP ENGLAND. —At an adjourned C0° 1.4 , er"; yesterday, the house list of gove:nors and dirent° r '' e t f'" viously advertised in The Sun, was appointed I °S u rri°' I the eneuing year. This list included Mr. J. P. A who was the only new candidate. f ecti EAST INDIA HOUSE.--Yesterday a Couit 0. — ll. was held at the East India. House, when the t,c pick i„lis the cou r t were voted unan i mous ) t o Lieut.' i t ' ' JJames Oliphant, c h a i r man, and RIM y Macnaghte'lo,tter: deputy c h a i rman , f or th e i r great app li ca ti o n I nu i a tfr • tion to the affairs of the East Indi a C o i n panY uu r ttr pa ct JEW ear. t t CHUngIIWA.RDEN.—At a meeting held .V nil „..are_ Tuesday of the vestry of the p ar i s h of St. Fish-street, of which Dr. M`Caet reeter, Mr. .) to 1. of .c.ee!in Hin unt, Moiluent'Y'','&o; ‘ tioaeueathly elected churchwerthn for the Year byth° being the second time the office has been held gentleman in two distinct pftritheN,