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thropy towards the suffering, and his perseveing atten tion to the cause of oppressed nationalities, would have been a better and wiser policy than that which presided, and still presided over the destinies of the world. (Hear, hear.) That was not an occasion for dwelling upon public events, but he was a plain, frank man, and there fare he claimed permission to say that it those stirring events were not sufficient to inspire all admirers of Lord Dudley Stuart to use all their exertions in that line of policy with which the noble lord had been identified for the last 25 years, then he must confess that any monument raised to his memory would form a strange contrast to the contemporary history of the British empire. Considering the noble nature of his heart and the peculiar leaning of his philanthropy, he thought that something in the way o f public charity W maid be more appr o p r i a t e th an a statue. Whe ther it were an institution for the blind, as Sir B. Hall had suggested, or an asylum for poor refugees in sickness and distress—anything to do good for those to whom he was a father during his life, would prove more acceptable to his immortal spirit, which might then be hovering o ier that assembly, than a statue, which the living Passed by, and for which the dead did not care. M. Kossuth concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr. DYKE proposed the following resolution :—"That impressed with the conviction this meeting is profoun dl y that services so rare, di •iutei ested, and patriotic, emi nently deserve to be ccmmemorated by a becoming public testimonial ; and that, for the purpose of cc-operating with the committee a'ready formed in order to carry this object into effect, the f Blowing gentlemen be appom ed a committee for the borough of ,Irarvlebone : —Sir B. Hall, m.P., Lord Ebrington, M P., Wil ia,u Rtar:, E sc/ ' AL - p., Captain Prohyn, Messrs. J. Furster, J. B. Ki r h` v . TI. Farrer, C. George, W. D. Cooper, D. Stockton J. M'Evely, G. Po l and, M. Michell , J. Whitmote J. E. Hodges C. Ni c holay, W. S. Burton, F. H. Bridgman, C. Hickman, P. Graham." Mr. E. HODGES seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. A handsome subscription was then entered into, the right hon. chairman heading it with 50 guineas. A vote of thanks having been awarded tai Sir 8.11, the proceedings, which were marked by the greatest unanimity, terminated. THE EMPEROR'S VISIT. SEATS to view th e EMP EROR and EMPRESS, commanding the best and most extensive view of the urocts- Mon. Windows or Seats to Let.—Apply at, So. 4, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's. EMPEROR'S VISIT to the CITY.—SEATS to be Let at St. Clement's Church, near Temple-bar. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Tinder the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. 13ackstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To he fuliowed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers Will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING 1855. To ccnelude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Climax; THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Dclavigne's -Historical Play. entitled LOUIS TUE ELEVENTH. Principal "haracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (Rh time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; cr, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHJ. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitl e d THE M YSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude veth A NF.Ar EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. RGYAL OLYMPIC' THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIII3 EVEN - I:NG, - Will be performed a Corned;etta, call3l LAW FOR L kDIE3 Charntter3 by Me ,,, rs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Danvers, tad Miss CaA'et-n. After which, K 1 L On CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Zmery, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. :rigAn and Miss Bromley. To be f towed by tte Fairy Erravaganz a. called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF IHE GOLo MINES. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITEIRA.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING Glorious success I To commence with an • entirely new and oriutrue Sy`ttacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson T.. e. call-d, THE FIELD A( lAr VST •HE FAVOURITE I No Drama for many years has created so gnat a F en.ation. The interest is m st 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 CTRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To coneludb with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, Iris been added to the Embellishments. Tiox-office open from Eleven till Four. fitage Manager. Mr. W. West. Acting vinnarcr. Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Ur. W. Cooke, ROYAL •ITRAND THEATRE. ruier the direction of Miss Rebecca Txa.,.. TIIIA EVENING. Will be performed Tlll 7 , CRICKET ON VIE HEATITH. Cha racters by Mews J. Halfwd, Ro-e•son. snd Klnloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaac-, Ni.s lieaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND INS D kUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. movement. The Treaty of the 2d December_was_ property- It would be absurd to say tliat the the result. But that bound it to nothing. As journal which first contrived to catch a floating we explained when the text of that Treaty was rumour, or.who gave the earliest report of a dis published, the Western Powers were bound to ; cussion in Parliament, or a report of a trial assist Austria if attacked by Russia ; but there in banco, or in one of the Police Courts, wa s no reciprocal engagement. All that was should have the exclusive property in the facts promised was that she would confer as to an there detailed. So far, then, from being for the alliance, if Russia rejected the proffered terms, liberation of the Press, it will operate as a cora and declined to negotiate a peace on the basis of pieta restriction. Even the Leviathan itself, and the Four Points. all the smaller fry who follow in its wake, will We have since seen the solemn farce enacted at find that they themselves will participate in the the Austrian capital, and the complete break down annoyance, and when too late will feel the nuisance of the Conference. By simulated concessions on of the gagging operation to which they have been the first two points, in which Austria felt chiefly assenting parties. interested, Austria secured her co-operation on the remaining items. Now it seems that her chief anxiety is " to save the honour" of the new CZAR ; that is to say, to leave him at full liberty to carry out the nefarious designs so long con cocted against the stability and integrity of the Ottoman Empire; and it has been tolerably clearly intimated to the Western Plenipotentiaries that her assistance cannot be expected for any such purpose. The result has been the official state ment in the House of Commons, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL intends to leave Vienna during the pre ' sent week, and is expected in England by the 27th or 28th instant, and it requires no great degree of prescience to declare that M. DRouYN DE I: HUTS will not long remain behind his colleague. It is well that the mock ery should be brought to a conclusion on any terms, even though it should be the open hostility in place of the pretended friendship of Austria. Had there been any doubt as ti her previous intentions it might have been set at rest by the scarcely doubtful conduct of King LEOPOLD, who must have been perfectly au fait with respect to the manoeuvres of the Cabinet of Vienna, and who has unhesitatingly joined in the confederacy of " Germanism" against the Western Powers. But we have other intelligence of no ordinary importance. It appears that at the very time when the French and English diplomatists are retiring in disgust from the Austrian capital, the only real "'peace-makers" are resuming their ope rations. On the 9th instant the Allies opened fire from all their batteries on Sebastopol, and the bombardment continued with much success. Con siderable damage had already been inflicted on the devoted town, and it was stated on good authority that a breach had already been effected. Should matters proceed favourably there it is by no means impossible that we may witness another wheel by the versatile FRANCIS JOSEPH, and that he may once again, when his assistance is not required, be willing to prove himself the faithful friend of the Western Powers, prepared "to go the entire animal" against the losing side. Even English diplomatists, albeit proverbially short sighted, are not quite so purblind as to be again deceived. The scales must at length have fallen from their sight, and we may expect to witness the consequences of their improved vision in the more vigorous and energetic waging of the War, and the absolute eschewal of the deceptive coun sels of Austria, which will henceforward be placed in the same category with Prussia, having by its own misconduct forfeited the position which it once occupied. Vacillation and instability of purpose appear to be the chief charaCteristics of the new Chan cellor of the Exchequer. He has already shif ed his ground on almost every point on which he had assumed a position, and should he continue to display similar shifting propensities, his first an nouncement on any topic will only be useful as showing that a totally different arrangement will ultimately be adopted. Alzeady we have seen the result of this " J'im-Crow" disposition in the treatment of the loan. There was a p.)mpous semi-official declaration that the Government plans had been so fully matured that no deviation would be sanctioned. The capitalists were sum moned merely to hoar the views and intentions of the Financial Minister, not to discuss the condi!. tions of the Loan, which were as fixed as " the laws of the Medes and Persians." One cf the earliest and most important questions mooted related to the competition with respect to the biddings. It might easily have been discerned that the success of the operation depended on the amount of that competition. To the first inquiry Sir G. C. LEWIS very properly stated that although the Government would, of course give a prefer ence to those biddings which were for the entire amount, it was not proposed to exclude those which were only for a portion. This was a sound and judicious decision, by which he should firmly have abided, but he yielded to the first murmur—we can scarcely term it remon strance. It was said that the competition of the smaller bidders would be inconvenient to the leviathans, who might feel disposed to tender for the whole. The consistent Minister of Finance, after a brief consultation with his "fides Achates" —Mr. JAMES WILSON and the Pi emier—an noun cod that "Government thought it better to accept only such tenders as should be for the entire amount." The consequence is that the matter is left solely in the hands of Mr. RoTsucunn and Co. No other lists are in course of formation, and Sir. G. C. LEWIS must either submit to such conditions as those capitalists may think fit to offer, at a ruinous loss to the country, or bear the disgrace of an unqualified failure. Until an invention that costs money is about dead sure to answer its purpose better than any thing else at the price there is little chance of its general adoption in this country, and, judging it by this test, the superiority of screw over every 1 other mode of propulsion is sufficiently established to call for no other proof. Not only is it used in our _commercial marine, where the increased room for stowage it affords, and other advantages over the paidle are bringing it into play where steam propulsion was never employed before, but also in the Royal Navy. In this department it has effected a surprising revolution. Huge ships that, in the time of NELSON and COLLINGWOOD, could only take their departure with a favourable breeze, and might in some stirring but luckless mo ment lie becalmed and log-like on the water, or be driven by the tempest irresistibly onward towards a lee shore and inevitable destruction, may now, thanks to the agency of the screw, be depended on almost at any time and under any circumstances, to set at comparative defiance adverse winds, calm, and storm. Those of the general public who witnessed the mighty fleet that left Spithead the other day and steered in majestic grace, but with fate-like speed for the Baltic, must be especially able, next to men of science, to appreciate the immense value and im portance of the screw. While, however, this mode of propulsion is deservedly the admiration, to a greater or less extent, of millions, it might not unaptly be asked —How many hundreds are acquainted with the name of the inventor, or ever felt any degree of gratitude to one who deserves to take rank in a high class of public benefactors ? To such ques tions we are afraid the answers must be far from satisfactory. It remains, then, for us to state, that, to all intents and purposes, Mr. PETTIT SMITH is the practical inventor of the screw. Others may possibly lay claim to pi iority of inven tion, but he it was who, in the Archimedes in 1839 and 1840, first developed this great im provement in the means of maritime enterprise. To the genius of Mr. SMITH, who has spent the best years of his life in establishing the merits of the screw, the vast accession it has contributed to our naval strength at the present time is mainly owing. And how has lie been rewarded ? The reader will hardly fail to guess with tolerable ac curacy. He who has deserved so well at home, has had his most tangible reward fiom abroad. To the French Government Mr. SMITH is in debted for a signal recognition of his merits and a token of approval. That is all. From the Government of his own country he has received no reward whatever, at all events of a substantial nature. Say what we will in extenuation, the syste matic neglect experienced by our national benefac tors is dishonourable to us as a people, and espe cially so to our rulers. If they were properly lo.k e d after merit would not be nnlected as it is ; for more instinctive and cold-blooded enemies to sterling merit than our aristocratic Governments do not exist. Had the public done their duty, it would be out of the power of any one to say, with truth, as we now do, that, while thousands are annually wasted on wortlile3s objects, and high-born imbeciles iu office are suffered to draw on the public pure for services which should earn them a whipping, the man who, by his genius, contributes to the security and stability of the empire, is suffered to go penniless and unre warded. It certainly is high tiwe this sort of thing was over : until it is we must continue to do as we mean in this instance, viz., recommend to public gratitude the man whose merits are too great to meet with governmental patronage. Already we are happy to be enabled to state that an influential committee has been formed, and liberal subscriptions have been received, in order to present Mr. Smith with a testimonial in some measure worthy of his deserts, and of his fellow countrymen's sense of them. The subscription list still remains open, but we trust no long time will be suffered to elapse before it is closed in a satisfactory manner. Let it be shown that the people are not wanti ng i n gratitude, a feeling of which their ruler s are so evidently incapable. Nor is this the only matter in which he has given evidence of his want of firmness. In the Newspaper Stamp Bill which, in place of being for the liberation of the Press, may now be more fitly described as one for the imposition of pains and penalties on journalistS, he first declared that there was no in tention to alter the laws relating to copyright, as . the existing enactments were quite sufficient to afford all requisite protection for original matter. Now, however, he has completely altered his views, and has brought forward resolutions which, if sanctioned, must lead to perpetual litigation. Unfortunate newspaper proprietors are to be de prived of the trial by jury, and consigned to the tender mercies of a Stipendiary Magistrate, or of two Justices, who have jurisdiction where ha resides, and who may convict him in any penalty not less than 51., and not exceeding 301., and issue distress or warrant for the sale of his goods and chattels. It is needless to expatiate on the vexatious character of such proceedings— or enter into any arguments to prove h ow g reatl y they must impair the efficiency of the Press, or to have been the object of the tend to consolidate the monopoly—which lat lain Chancellor seems ncellor of the Exchequer, and his successor, who has been pitch-forked in to the situation for Which h e is .so totally disqualified, to confer, it will have little effect on the men of i F3,raw wh o -.nay bi , put forward as ostensible pro in iet ors Of th - ,-; cheap and nasty" publication 3 that tla b e ve ry exe.: , us e i rgc't up, for they may not have any a w p l r ie e r a e donfo tro:hic e si . r P yr. ro t p a tr, e i r t t t y o i n Lam they w will hare, lac, etasain. Tinder th e . goods and chattels But established journalists steer clear of the snares cagn,:atl articalles in the fond e xpect e a c t e i - o t n i `T , , and let not any indulge from aline/ lanc e . e r a l e i ni te p ra t r e y d be it bielcor,mll"3- The be o c a om fu po ll s i c4) tifu l no: I' There , yr.g...., in ori • e e lting la w there is moment-, tb r at it LS circulated 5 general _ THE_SUN, LONDON, W-ED-N,ESDAY- EVENING, APRIL 18 1855. LATEST NEWS. came to the conference in a chaise drawn by two horses. Major-General Scarlett has left the command of the cavalry to return to England on urgent private affairs. A fire broke out yesterday in the Engineers' yard, at Balaklava, but did but little harm. It would have caused some mischief had it got the length of some powder used for exploring rocks. The cause of the fire on board the Favorita, in harbour, the other day, has been traced to two Greeks, who were stealing spirits from the hold. The bag for England does not close till 10 a.m. daily now, therefore I shall write a few words in the morning. The following General Order has arrived here : "Horse Guards, March 15, 1855. "Her Majesty has been pleased to command that the practice which prevailed in former wars of withholding promotion from officers taken prisoners of war shall be dis continued as regards the subaltern officers of the army; and, as regards officers of the rank of captain who, if not made prisoners, would, by their regimental standing, succeed to the rank of major, or if majors would succeed to lieutenant-coloneleies—that the loss of promotion, consequent upon being captured by the enemy, should subsequently be made up to them, after their exchange r release, so far as may be pracfcable, by their being advanced to the substantive rank which they would have attained had they not been taken prisoner —and by the antedate of their commissions. " Her Majesty has further been pleased to command, with a view to prevent any officer who may have been taken prisoner by his own neglect, or any other unofficer like conduct, obtaining any of the advantages above enumerated, that the following regulation shall. be esta blished : " Whenever an officer shall have been made a prisoner of war, a court of inquiry shall as soon as possible be assembled, by order of the general officer command ing the forces, to investigate the circumstances under which he became a prisoner, and— having sifted the facts as far as may be in their power—to make a. report thereon, whether his capture is to be attri buted to the chance of war to which he was exposed, or whether it may have occurred from any unofficer like conduct on his part, and that the following declaration be made by the president and members of the court of inquiry previously to commencing the proceedings : " A. 8., do declare upon my honour, that I will duly and impartially inquire into and give my opinio❑ as to the circumstances under which Captain C. D. became a prisoner of war, according to the true spirit and meaning of her Majesty's orders and regulations on this head ; and I further declare, upon my honour, that I will not on any account, or at any time, disclose or discover my own vote or opinion, or that of any particular member of the board, unless required to do so by competent authority." "The proceedings of the court are to be transmitted by the general officer in command of the forces to the General Commanding-in-Chief. —By command of the Right Honourable "General Vi count HARDING; Commanding-in-Chief. "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." APRTL 3, Nine a.m. A great deal of firing was carried ()Oast night on both sides ; at intervals the French fired volleys from their small arms during the night, which were supposed to be at the Russian riflemen in their front. Shells were freely exchanged between the contending parties. I have heard of no casualty. The batteries, I am thinking, will open sometime to-morrow. To-night the electric wires are to he carried clown to our lines, and they are to be finished fit for work by daylight to-morrow. This seems likely for an opening. It is a lovely morning, a little cold, but nothing worth mentioning, only seasonable. P.S.—General danrObart was at head-quarters late last night. As there have been many conflicting statements respecting the strength of the army I have pro cured the following returns, which, on a certain day now past, were accurate, and which show the strength of the British army last month according to the ration returns : The Light Division, Lieutenant-General Sir 6 Georo'e Brown.-7th Fusiliers, 609 ; 23d Folt, 574 ; 19th Foot, 450 ; 23d Pegiment, 321 ; 34th Regiment, 809; 77th Foot, 650 ; 88th Foot, 781; 90th Foot, 537 ; one wing 2cl Battalion Rifle Br gade, 735 ; total effective and non-effective, 5,466 ; non-effective, 1,000 men ; for duty, 3,800 men. First Division, Sir Colin Campbell.—Grenadier Guards, 1,096 ; Coldstream Guards, 820 ; SCots Fusiliers, 815 ; 42d Hi g hl an d ers , 666 ; 71st High land Light Infantry, 878 ; 79th Regiment, 690 ; 93d Regiment, 732 ; total s 4,697 ; non-effective, 1,209 for duty, 3,500 men. The Naval Brigade, 1,000 men for duty. The Marines, 600 men for duty. Second Division, Major-General Pennefatber.- 30th Foot, 499 ; 55th Foot, 687 ; 62d Foot, 453 ; 95th Foot, 309—total, First Brigade, 1,948. 41st Foot, 686 ; 47th Foot, 631 ; 49th Foot, 689—total, Second Brigade, 2,066. Artillery, H and B bat .eries (Turner and Pennycuik's), 300. Total ra tion strength of division, 4,254. Nnumber of sick in hospital about 650, leaving available, say 3,600 men, of whom at least 800 are required for camp duties, for Commissariat dutes for hospital and orderly duties, as storek ee p ers , batmen, storemen, servants, Third Division.-Ist Royals, 586; 4th Foot, 504; 9th Foot, 409 ; 14th Foot, 730 ; 18th Foot, 848 ; 28th Foot, 490 ; 38th Foot, 673 ; 39th Foot, 717; 44th Foot, 562 ; 50th Foot, 321; 89th Foot, 576; total, 6,416 ; strength for duty, 3,500 men. Fourth Division, General Sir John Campbell.- 17th Regiment, 829 ; 20th Foot, 411 ; 21st Foot, 607 ; 46th Foot, 324; 57th Foot, 607 ; 68th Fo o t, 407 ; Rifle Brigade, Ist bat., 550 ; Artillery, 156 ; Ambulance, 101; Commissariat, 128; total, 4,120; strength for duty, 3,000. Cavalry Division.-600 men. Total strength, 22,600 men. Of these about 6,000 would only be available in extremis, and the ordinary strength of the whole army in bayonets would not exceed 15,000 men. . The officer was carried away by his horse among the Bashi- bazouks, and was shot down by one of them. As soon as he fell another gave him a lance thrust, and a third a sabre cut over his neck. In another minute he was without boots, but it would have been well if this had been all ; but no, while the melee was s t ill at its h e i g ht one o f the Bashi bazouks quietly alighted from his horse at about 15 or 20 yards from the Russians, fired his pistol into a truss of hay whi , lth was close to the fallen officer, and covered the body of the latter with the burning hay. Omer Pacha, as soon as he heard of this case, ordered an inquiry to 'be made to find out the author of this ferocious deed, who will certainly not escape the severest punishment. Except this case of barbarous cruelty the Bashi bazouks as irregular cavalry behaved exceedingly well. What the regulars have several times tried without success, because they wer e b a dly corn - mended, a handful of irregulars have done ; and they had the best irregular cavalry of the Rus sians, the Cossacks of the Don, opposed to them. The great thing is not to attempt to employ Bashi bazouks as regulars, but to let them fight in their own way, to which they hare been accustomed during their whole life. In foraging, for surpris es , or coups de main they are invaluabl. • This small affair has incredibly raised the spirit of the Turkish cavalry, which had been rather de pressed by the repeated checks which they had ex perienced in their former reconnaissances. The entry of the Eashi-bazouks into the town was quite a triumph, Turks and Tartars hailing them with " Ay Wallahs" and " Mash Allalis," and throng ing to see them. Two persons who had got hold of a cow were the principal points of attraction. Their return in the lovely spring evening, their picturesque costumes, the excitement of the popula tion, the sound of their war drums, intermixed with the shouting and singing, formed one of the most interesting scenes imaginable. Hew completely successful this little affair was as a coup de main, you may imagine from the fact that in several or the copper kettles which had been left by the Cossacks the Bashi-bazouks found the soup just ready cooked ; but they cared more about the kettles than about the soup. FRANCE. (FROM OCTR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARTS, TUESDAY EVENING. Yelp Paella left Paris yesterday for Bruisels to present to the King of the Belgians his letters of recal—he being accredited to the Court of Bel gium as well as that of France. He is to return to Paris to-morrow, and will shortly after proceed to Marseilles to embark for Turkey. The following letter from Kainiesh Bay, in the Sentinelle of Toulon, although dated as far back as the 30th ult., is not without interest : " A rather strange adventure has occurred outside Sebastopol. A young Russian woman was for some days seen walking about the Russian trenches—and sometimes at night also, with a lantern. It was thought, as she was very tall, and of majestic appearance, that she was a man in disguise, and the geoe , al-in-chiet or dered that she should be carefully watched. At six o'clock in the morning of the 28th, she again appeared opposite our lines, and examined them with great attention ; she carried a note-book and pencil in her hand, and seemed to inscribe in it the result of her observations. Finding, after a while, that she was per ceived, she hurried towards a species of ravine at the extremity of the French trenches. Two Z 'naves were sent in pursuit of her, and succeeded in capturing her. Being found to be really a woman, she was taken before General Canrobert, and questioned. She said that she had made observations of the French positions for the good of h=r country, and to avenge the death of ha. husband, Boninoff ny name, who was killed at the battle of the Alma. I3.er note-book WaS found to contain several details relative to the situation of our batteries, and the number of guns in them ; she had also in her pockets a double-barrelled pistol, and a letter addressed to Prince Menschikoff. She was placed in confinement, under the surveillance of two sentinels, and it has been determined that she shall be sent to Malta." The same letter says : expected to join the contingent. M e cl oy tion of whether Danish troops s way be Made amenable to a resolution 01;00t German Lund having been for a lon g, tilu e a j, be . point, the outfit of these troops is very rctab.bited laind-hand, but great diligence is being 6 1 1 1 t old ammuninstein now in the purchase of arms, accoutrements. The command of the l !oese' bout& ill, ,b, contingent tingent will be entrusted to Lieu i r . o von Krogh, and as, in case of a feders'' , ll. nation, it _would, on this occasion, fall to To mark's turn to appoint the c( naraander of to armee corps, in all probability he svotd o'ooooo into the command of the whole corps of 7 ' tenawc.,,, o bi. men. . The Thetis frigate, of 36 guns, rf that our Goo or tliment changed away to thePrussianGO Vefllo.4 Z.'. two aviso steamers, Nix and Salaraande rr n ' larri a tsiei at Elsinore on the 6ch, on her wa y to Al 460 li where she will take in her full complement ° s on navy are ands. All persons connected with the Pr, ll . t i o s, acq uisi no highly delighted with this and describe her as exquisitely built, 'lea r n t, t he and handed ov er w ith f u ll equipment!' in bet very reverse of what Sir J. Graham d escw to be in the house last summer. SPAIN. 4 The Madrid journals o f•the 12th have arr i t he The agitation whi c h had prevailed durittO few days previous' had entirely et'a' ed lace way of precaution, the guard of the O ct s os, the Cortes w as cons id era bly increased . r 10 6 reported that the Minister of the Intemfociir reigned, and that the Minister o fd USti tended to follow his example. "In the intervals between the sorties of the enemy the soldiers amuse themselves in the trenches in playing pitch and toss, or cards, or bowls—the Russian balls serving as the bowls. Sometimes, too, to try the skill of the Russian riflemen, who are in ambuscade at 50 or 60 yards from t,ein, they raise a bottle or a cap on the top of a parapet, and when the man hits it, which he almost always doeS, they hoist up a canteen to signffy that he deserves a drink for having fired so well. Four days agl eight of the soldiers were playing at loto in the trenches, and ail at once a shell fell in the midst of theta. Qui vine?' cried one, with a laugh ; and the moment after it. was ascertained that of their party one wag killed and six wounded. The other evening a sen tinel who was peeping through a hole in the para pet, cried, Here are the Russians coining !' Are they far off asked the others. Not very r answered the sentinel. ..Well I when they are quite clame, tell us ! was the answer—and the men remained quietly seated. Presently the sertMel cried, 'Here they are 1' On which each man seized his musket, and after firing a volley over the parapet, proceeded co att tek the Russians with the bayonets—and iu a few seconds routed them." MONTENEGRO. fto ° The Austrian Gazette of Vienna et3'—rriteg Montenegro, under date of the 30th u lt., tha t to St. Daniel° has sent his secretary, Mecink °l7lc -a;00 14 Petersburg, to present his homage to the , t ,orr Alexander, an d t o en d eavour t o obtain the iv;, l hie) tion of the p ens i on o f 8,000 scu di (80, 00(41. ' i 0 ec i the Emper or N ic h o l as h a d s uppressed, on count of the pri nce no t h av i n g aided hie ri tb with sufficient activity. On the other han'rsoo Gazette declares th a t D an i e l o had also sen t ' t l o oPl d named Provic on a secret mission to CoP st f i to be —the object of win c h i s , it sa ys, supP2 se " to e offer to the Porte the p ro tectorate of Awn' otiers' on condition that it w ill res tore its ancient frecilrgetl The Gazette adds, that this person is ale.° to prevent Montene g rin s ul t jects from 0 1 ' 8 , 0 iell ° English service, and to send home all of th 7 • may be without work at Constantino - P ie ' • PIEDMONT. Ats stir It appears from the report on the ConTe-watet pressiou Bill, presented to the PiedinontessAhiir that 174 petitions, with an aggregate ef 12 /f natures, have heen presented in fav°ll:an. of measure, and 615 against it, with 68,6 97 including 6,071 names of members of th - and regular clergy. lis tl " The generals of the religious orders ai j e fte al ..l 6 in Piedmont have addressed a letter, date-4. tor 31st ult., to the archbishops and bishop s .:', O O O kingdom, congratulating them on the rea. s they have made to the Convents s up prees l° 'tb ess DOW before the Senate at Turin, and than i i, th. for the prote c ti on th ey h ave thus gran ie u : establishments menaced with destruction.. dip% document is signed by nineteen gener als ' incl ea ° the Bishop of Porphyra, general of the monks. BOURSE, APRIL 17.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. Ervi ~ f .I,iouth. 4i per Cents 93 50 93f. 75.. 3 per Cents 63 75 68f. 80e. Credit Mobilier 7BO Roman Credit Fonder 538 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 94i Spanish Threes — Piedmoutese B5 75 Home Debt 3oi RAILWAYS-10R CASH: I r. c. fr. c Orleans ........ ll5O Lyons lOBO Western ... 650 Rouen Cette 617 50 Strasburg . Mediterranean 965 Havre 555 Northern The Danube of Vienna, of the 12th, says fro- s Drouyn de l'H u y s h as to-day received lette c ol Paris instructing him to hasten as inuell . , a n s t r to O r r the proceedings of the Conference, and m- # 1 0 ; it rate any longer the delays contrived by "I,oP sians. Lord J. Russell has received ir °lll analogous instructions." ao e The Hanover Gazette sas e g" -- iit' t) ," A ceived from a very reliable source the coilurfda of the news that the United States, °yip's!' the end of March, denOunced to Denmalk;eo treaties existing between these two coutia.;4o/0.5 tive to the Sound dues, The moment (fl B 7 well chosen, as it is probable that, if the s ale; States determined to refuse further Par l " el2 4:o oP. decision would not much disturb th.P c""" . time powers." in the rtnt . A letter from Genoa, of the 13th, depa teur, says :—" The preparations for t he e rahfi t o of the Sardinian troops continue. Th e .„ On al lien of the artillery commenced yesterTibis e c h. 11th, the steam-frigate Constituzionek e e ) dert or having on board a part of the matbr a . ' o f the D i v . meat of the engineers, the medical Sta' Cu' S ' a n d pita.l which is about to be established a'", stte tinople, the Sisters of Charity, who are w i CoOr to it, and the military staff of the Genera manding-in-Chief.' Vi S The King of Sardinia has appointed Ca , P air Rizzardi, the Marquis of S an M arzano , all poi', tain Genova de Revel t o b e S ar di n ian C 4 ' CJV sinners accredited to Omer Pael l a, Genera' nbert, and Lord Raglan respectively. ier nO THE CAPE OF GOOD Ix 03° By the arrival on Monday, in the Mers e Y' r eSt screw steam-ship Antelope, Captain A. P. ff o pe we have advices from the Cape of Good , L4l y Feb. 27, being one week later than pre v ' ° 'or",, hand. The Antelope brought several pn, trav 4 but no cargo. The Dazzler, schooner, sai ls ; P. e; Table Bay, Fob. 23, for B -Ifast. The scbs°ll3)oo4i to the Patrioti c F un d at Cape Town reach s' both 2,0001. The C ape M on i tor s ays that 4g the re sickness abating in the eastern, and i 8 n _P t :ll eh, in the west ern p rov i nces . P ro bably " avi r_ disappear, as did the lung ,sickness i rete v i horned cattle, which several well inforniewo 0 11 , 1 nary surgeons declare to be identical. el it hope that the farmersof the western provinces t 9 escape the threatened visitation, experience of former years they could o %. a lit o o The 'd stet Town with horror and dismay." TwtenJournal speaks very disco uraginglY, 2/ 1,01 P A O' that the sickness in the western provinc e (' hy., 6 1 "1 abated in the least. The party der ite mecl',4 inhabitants of Cape Town to visit the relnt tier° indications had returned, but the rs su tbef not known when the Antelope ailed t,.;nos which bil; was, however, every reason to expect -- i ll i ffiP" e were satisfied that coal exists in quantities° 0 0 ti to be worked with profit. The layers ar i. e l l asi ll of lower level t owar d s t h e north o f t h e great , o rt - the secondary formation of the eastern •L -. iev . South Africa. From Natal advices had been received .: 6 4, e l i . iga T ge h d e smuttrijcehct aotfteannexationtometraheorCi:civglisiiio course of signature to Mr. Pine, requ esti. o lll , 4 cl : not to throw up the reins of government., br idr o e tional plans, formation of roads, laying ch 'd pti and monthly markets, give au indicatinnLt *- activity likely to produce a salutary e m " - the community at large. PRUSSIA. A. letter from Berlin of. the 14th inst., in the Constitutiounel, says : ' "A copy of the new Russian instructions for Prince Gortschakoff at Vienna has been forwarded to our Government. Nothing has transpired as to their con. tents, except that it is positive'y stated that Russia thi es not in any way accept the propositions of the Western Powers on the third point. The general opinion that peace will not issue from the conferences is thus fully borne out. It is true that the King of Prussia has lately made personal applications to the Eaiperor AleXander to induce him to make concessions, and particularly to -in duce him to send Count de Nesselrode to Vienna as being the surest means of arriving at conciliation. The Em peror Alexander would not accede to this request, pre cisely because no conciliation could be hoped tor, from the opposition of principles which exists between Russia and the Western Powers. It is probably these applies titfns which have delayed these last instructions of Russia." It is not clear what instructions are here alluded to, as the telegraphic despatches received from Vienna state that the Russian instructions had not arrived in that city on the 14th; and were only ex pected yesterday, the 16th. It is scarcely probable these instructions could have been communicated to the Court of Berlin before the Russian Pleni potentiary at Vienna had been made acquainted with them. The _National gazette of Berlin, of th e 13th , is says :—" M. de Bockelberg to take his departure in a few days for Munich as ambassador of Prussia. Councillor de Nesselrode, son of the Russian Chancellor, yesterday paid his visit of adieu to the president of the council. He is returning to St. Peters!. urg from Stutgard, where he had , been charged to notify officially the accession of the present Emperor of Russia. Several petitions were some time back addressed to the Second Chaniber here in favour of the re-establishment of the hastinado. Both the committee appointed to examine these petitions and the Goveinment are opposed to the prayer contained in them, and do A. ri°" - o' not think that the punishment ought to be inflicted PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday 111orning.---- 4 . r i CO in any case whatever. It i s probable that it is in Majesty's shins Neptune, Ca:cutta, Power° ' 1 0 ' that sense that the question will b e decided." . Cruiser, and Drive r , f rom Dover roads. bei dero lo . j o, -- We regret exceeding:y t o h ave to record td,tinguy THE BALTIC FLEET . Lieutenant-Colonel N ottage, an old and • the offic,who for ma n y years held local ran k IP itl The latest news we h ave h ere (B erlin, April 15.) Ind ers ie. t oril e l, of thu movements of the advanced squadron of the Captain Wright, Foreign -office messenger , G i c ite ,411 fleet is, that the screw frigates Imperteuse, 51, Capt. town late last night, with despatches from ttl. e ed At of 'K eh e adre u " au s P nr . Watson, and Euryalus, 51, Capt. Ramsay, entered Yesterday, the Earl of Munster was inar r , l % Oeg i/3 „ 0 4 Kiel harbour at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 13th Erskine, eldest daughter of the late Hon. J i _ ll er t.ali e jst s Saint's, Knightsbridg e , to Miss Wilhelmino. jell'i3 O te inst., and came to anchor there. Several cargoes of coals fur our steamers have already arrived, and bridegroom bring b m eh i l l 'g lie g e r n a t n Erskine and Lat . ly Augusta Gordon HAY° .. o f tuk ; fot l a li t a 'd n others are expected at that port. One of two Ktilienghrlidvei nneCIY VI 00 colliers, that arrived at the mouth of the harbour Lad I'' 7 "SV' On the 9th inst., contrived to get through the second ried and youngest .daughter of we l yss , 0 .• 0 0 floating ice as far in as the dilapidated fort of Fried- Ca.tle, son of th s e au l ' a s te t A lm d e m t i ‘ r i al W r ernyss. „ et 11011 richsort, and cast anchor there ; the other was ACCIDENT TO EARL GRANVILLE,—Last - , 1 be ' .1 ,- 0' compelled to put about and regain the open road. Earl Granville was driving i n hi s cab, froni„„ z oie% to, The interior portion of the harbour had been open of Lords to the Great Western RailwaY ._'' 0 , vi: l o 0 for some days, owing t o the influx of the Swentinc Paddington, o n hi s w a y t o Wi n d sor Castlet ci l ie pr 0 and various laud springs, but till within a very few her Majesty, to dine with the Emperor and it days the w hold space between Bellvueand the mouth .the French, he met with an accident. whi ci i i . Da d °re e f, of the harbour was covered with firm ice. Up to the utiatten,;ed by serious results. The noble f o r 10th there were a number of Kiel vessels detained silent of the Council it appears was pres' hio h '. o o l ' d 0,0 1 fti and being anxious to catch the train u rge at Corsoer, waiting for the ice to break up suffici- . r the t , ,k a pace so rapid that he lost all conlrol over „ pre b ently for them to proceed home through the which at length carried the ca • .st a lamerw rd al lot southern portion of the (heat Belt. The boldness the collieio Earlil Glanville alinadgahlis groom t.;solh-00 of our navigators and the strength of our vessels, thrown out of ttie cab; the I,rse a 1411-51:4,1;,-;b0 Porto as evidenced in their early arrival in those waters, cknnineneing to kick furious] braking b''' bu t 10° and successful progress through floes and sheets of off' short. Earl Granville was much shake" , If ° bi g t; Merl _A ice, cause great admiration in those parts. tiat,:ly not seriously hurt. Ile availed 1' roan ,r Two Danish steamers that were announced to ar- brougham of a frend then The and univi rivo at Kiel on the same day (Friday) were ordered route to the railway terminus. The horsel"1". .., / ,,ioi to return only to Corsoer for the present, the trip but the vehicle wa y greatly damaged. __The ''' poo l ', to Copenhagen not being considered feasible yet. WRECK OF THE SHIP FLYING CHILDERS . jo sa . - . c ig 0 7 1,1 i 0, 1 el' bo e The Danish Government, in compliance with the ChiAers was blown ashore at Munte-N _ to ta German Federal resolution of Kriegsbereitschaft, Pero, on the 34 of February, and became r a o _ . , h her . has summoned its federal contingent, in virtue of crew saved. The ship, having rocks th ub , 00 ,01:; Holstein'and Lauenburg, to come together on the tom, has been sold with her cargo. Togs 01 9 10 05 15th of April. This body of troops will consist , LECTURES ON THE Rev.PYRAMIDS AND 1 : 1 11 y e l ve re4 ., a ,, ; 011 ; 0 of the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th battalions of in. i o — n La i t e v i et . a e i e n t g i t n h Cii; D Ci r tin- W el i i l S o chool, Che ,), B :j . • die" Pantry of the line. and the sth corps of ritleinen. ' of the t- s fu su n:l i s of the Chelsea Pti.authropie So c : 0 0 r The 2d regiment of dragoons and a battery f 0.. ' call Mr. Robertson presid e d. Th e a udiency artillery, at present stationed at Holstein, are i cipy composed of ladies. BIGH WATER AT LONDON PR.Loo,• Tim DIY —Sfornii4 53 min.after 2 Er ning 11 min. art. 3 To-*)f Row --Nor-Jill 30 min.aft4sr 3 iveni g47min. aft. 3 THI4 WTATilMti.—lus Crirrs, April. 18. TaXIIMMIZTER, IN TRZ SEADE 63—highest since noon yosterday. 42 —;owest this morning and during the night. 51—this day s at uoon. R A.RONZ rim, 30 . 40. Wimp, E.—Light breeze, with beautiful warm sunshiny weather. , ‘N",'" LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1855. The opinions to which we have from time to time given expression respecting the duplicity and treachery of Austria receive additional corrobora tion day after day, and but little doubt can now exist as to the nefarious deception practised on the representatives of France and England. In deed it required but little prescience to see the game that Austria was playing from the beginning. It is said that " Hawks don't pick out hawks eyes," and it could scarcely be anticipated that one des pot 'would assist in the humiliation or limitation of the power of another, more especially when the 'party concerned was one who, but a short time before, had sustained the throne of the other, and who might ere long be again required to repress the indignant struggle ef outraged nationalities. But, for the possibilities " looming in the future," what lias already taken place might not greatly infirience the decisions of Austria ; if it had any ay.v effect, it would most probably be unfa vourable to the party who conferred the benefit, for ingratitude is one of the characteristics of the [louse of Hapsburg. During the long period of inaction by the ABEUDEEN Administra tion, while they " were waiting for Austria," me pointed out the futility of the expectation, and 4 arly showed that the only mode by which her 'l' 'Operation could be obtained would be by thrash ing Russia without her assistance. When the Ir-4°27144 been achieved she would be rea d y t 611°114 "' Participate in any benefits to be derived itnee-7-Luso Pa ti e that remained in .the fair "strong Partiesft""aeie doubtful, speaking up n' t . 1 74 really, as of old, to prove forget that th e :. %4°l3ger side." Cabinet of "Viennar% We cannot decided. step taken by the the clever the t ,,,h va3 ". ita being taken in by Sebastopol. Tc leo nnPtin cPled, h oe , Russian Pow er in had l)een that the Ihwltien it thou , respecting neatly cri-ppled., it prom 7ine despatched. couPernaa latory r.iessages to the tY the Tuileries, when, Courtsheof St. jauleagaratua nli•;take—wben it a fo c u o n ui d , , io that.ii, however 2 j e . , 1 , , i a t a d t o i i s pan e , 0 ; II st vi.ie tZ l Lordits t ) - ieen captured by ' a ri RA GLAN was playing the wa i ti n It-game, cess could scarcely be anticipated, it inclined tiolstulc alio of R uss i a , and by opposing absurd obj ections to the march of Turkish troops through the Turk ish territory, which it had so improvidently been 17: T ait - tea to occupy, it enabled Russia to send , army of Be ssara bi a t o th e C r i mea, and thus . 0 make 1 a desperate effort to destroy the Allied force s before Sebastopol. The victories of Bala i alatipt4Tact. , Inks Poi. again induced it to change ~,.'s.. s?! 4 i I,_:- . ,,tz i n dul ge another circumgyratory I ,'" 4. - , - ,t--% ..:--- . ... v,7 , ..,-, a X t zig l'''' - •-• - ; '-- ( a. -, .. - „ ,- „„ F.. ....,, ,; , , -e \v -..... , c,,,../ \. , ,.,1:-.4 . _-:,:- ',,', ITLT.d - t COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the Southampton Paving Trust had an inttrview yesterday with the President of the Gene. ral Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall, with re ference to the Metropolis Local Management Bill. The deputation consisted of Mossrs.Timpzon, Kingston, and Lawford, commissioners. They were accompanied by Mr. John Arnell, clerk to the commissioners, and Mr, F. Teague, their surveyor. Lord Monteagle, Sir Thomas Fremantle, and Sir A. Spearman, bad interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing street. - Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the. Governor of the Cape of Uocd Hope, and from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The Duke of Cleveland arrived in town last evening from Raby Ca-tie, Durham, in order to attend the in vestiture of the Order of the Garter to-day at Windsor Castle. His trace will remain the guest of the Queen until to-morrow. The Marquis -of Salisbury arrived in town yesterday from vi-iting the Earl and Countess Delawarr at Buck burst Park, Sussex, where the marchioness and family, Lori R. Cecil, M.P., and a select circle, are assembled. The noble marqui- , goes to Windsor Castle this morning. Hiv Excellency Count Kielmansegge is, we are `sappy to learn, able to take carriage airing daily, and is rapidly recovering from his indisposition. The Countess Helene Kielmansegge arrived at the Hanoverian Legation, yes ter.lay, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton. The Countess Dowkzer of Glasgow and Miss Cathe rine. Sinclair, and the Hon. George Boyle, have arrived at 18, Chesham-place, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Lisburne arrived in Arling ton-street, for the season, from their seat in Wales. The Earl of Eglinton has returned to town from Scot land. - The Earl and Countess of Effinzham and Lord Henry i own. The family left London last Howard week havefor Portsmouth,return ed to t t ( i ) l rder to be present at the n d d et a a rr ch iv m ed en i t t; departure of the Guards for the being'colonel of the detachment. of war ; her brotherlady abi'keEirl and Countess of &til l town on Monday from Paris,:in which capital the countess have been stayi ng during h noble ea r l a nd earl has since left L on d on for the holiday s . 'The York to att en d the race meeting. The Eon and Countess of Ellesmere and ar rived at Bridgewater-house yesterday family from Hatchford park. The Count Flahault has, we understand, taken Coventry-hou , e, Piccadilly, for a term. -vic,),lnt and vi,countess Enfield and the Hon. Miss Byng arrived at their new mansion (the late Mr.l3:ing's, M.P.) is S. Jame - -; ,, -squtre, )eAerday, for the season. Lord and Lady William Compton have arrived at the Marquis of Northanipt n's, in Piccadilly, from Castle Ashby, with the intention of staying until their house at Butland-gate is ready. Lieutenant-General Sir J. Burgoyne returned to torn on Sunday afternoon from Vienna. The gallant general paid his respect 3 to the noble viscount at the head of the Government and other Cabinet Ministers on the follow inghonoured with her Majesty's day, and was yesterday command to dine at Windsor. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The Prefect of the Seine, with a distinguished party, will visit this theatre this evening, to see the new comedy of The Secret Agent, tl e Spanish dancers, and The Ncta !Haymarket 81)2'4 Noting. THE BOMBARDMENT SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Conference yesterday lasted four hours and a half. After the Russian Plenipotentiaries had left the Representatives of the Allied Powers conferred together for another hour. Russia declines to accept the conditions of the Allies on the third point, and makes counter-pro- Positions. It is certain that things are not progressing favourably. The following, as to the bombardment of Se bastopol, is from the Presse : The Allies, On the 9th, made a breach in the bastion between the centre of the Russian works and the Quarantine Fort. Omar Pasha has landed at Kamiesch with 15,000 men, who will assist in the as3ault. Admiral Bruat has anchored in Streletzka Bay, and waits for fine weather to begin his operations. It is said that the three Russian batteries have been dismounted. The Allies say that their loss has been inconsi- derable. These reports in the Presse must be received with caution. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. The Ganges, which left Constantinople on the 9th of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 9 a.m. BALAKLAVA, APRIL 7. The Russians made a sortie on the 6th, and were repulsed with great loss by the English. Lieutenant Jones, 7th Regiment, and two other officers, were wounded, and 30 men put hors de combat. Captain Cambridge was killed, and Captain Armit wounded in the trenches on the 3d. The small-pox has broken out on board the St, Jean d'Acre, and she has been placed in quaran. ane. The Russians received an immense quantity of provisions on the sth. They are constructing works near Kamara. The Himalaya has sailed with important de spatches from Lord Raglan for Omer Pasha. The weather is fine. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from Paris : PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. It is said that despatches from Kamiesh o: the 12th, received to-day at Paris, announce that the bombardment of Sebastopol continued, that it had already caused much damage to the town, and that a breach had been opened. News has been received of the burning of Se bastopol. We have received the foll Owing telegraphic de spatch from Berlin : BERLIN, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. The following despatch Las been received here from St. Petersburg, dated the 16th of April : Prince Gortschakoff announces from Sebastopol that at five o'clock on the morning of the 9th of April the enemy opened a cannonade from all their batteries, which lasted till evening. The bombardment was carried on during the night. On the 10th the enemy repeated the same operation. We replied with success, causing sensible losses to the enemy. On our side we have 833 killed and wounded. VIENNA, TUESDAY. The tenth conference was held to-day. The counter propositions brought forward by Russia were deemed worthy of consideration. Lord John's intended departure is said to be postponed. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL: HEIGHTS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 2. This day the enemy has been throwing some very heavy shells into our position at Inkerman, from the batteries opposite and round the head of the harbour. Some of them fell very near to the windmill magazine, but I think it is quite impos sible for them to get at that. The booming of their pieces shakes the windows of the huts almost to breaking. General Canrobert paid Lord Raglan a visit last night, and remained some time, after which it was rumoured that our batteries would decidedly open on Wednesday. I think it cannot possibly be much longer ere they open. There has not been much of interest occurring since yesterday ; in short, nothing, as we are now, ever occurs of any inte rest. The enemy threw some very large shells into our lines last night ; at times one of them fell into a small battery in our very advanced trench, and it fell so as to tear up a new mortar platform which we had just completed. They also fired a great deal of grape and canister through the night The approach by the zigzag in the front of the Redan and Round Tower, to our advanced trench, is extremely dangerous ; in short, it is at right angles, with the enemy's batteries at some places; their guns can e nfil a d e i t. All a pproach down it by day is impossible, or at least by a great risk. The enemy has been at the old work of throwing shells into our camps. The Light Division had as many as 17 thrown into it yesterday, but I could not hear that any harm was done ; this is a repe tition of what they used to do before our batteries opened on the 17th October. But wait a bit, they will have other amusement soon. Prince Gorts chakoff is said to be in the town, and from a pri soner I hear that the ga rrison is certainly very short of provisions but that ammunition is very plentiful. Th e s h ots f i red i n t o the Light Division camp yesterd a y were some o f th e shells which we threw into th e town but wh i c h h a d n o t bursted, and had bee n fi re d b ack by t h em and not bursted a second tim e . T his is true, f or th e s hells have the broad_ arrow on th em . We have frequently, during the siege, thrown shot and shell Which had been picked -up and made to fit our guns. The enemy have increased at Mackenzie'm Farm and in that direction—at least we judge by the number of fires which the enemy light during the night, and we also hear that Liprandi is quartered at the Farm. There are no troops on this side of the Tchernaya and the village of Tchorguna, but the ever-to-be-seen pickets on the hillocks near Kaman, and in front of Canrobert's-hill. We bave discovered that the enemy bring all the gabions which they use at the earth-works outside tile town from the direction of the Farm. The other day lots were seen descending the hill, and .taking the direction of Sebastopol. I have before told you that I had seen them brought over from tdie north side of the harbour by boats. It has got i Zito general circulation that the batteries will open nn Wednesday for certainty. You will have heard, I °fore this reaches you, by telegraph. A conference was held to-day at head-quarters, at which were present Lord Raglan, General Can iert, and the English and French Admirals. They sat some considerable time. _ The nature of their met ding, of course, is unknown, but we think it i s on t ;die attack. The French Admiral is a very old persi: n, and apparently very feeble. He is short ;31 , sti ature, shorter than Sir Edmund Lyons, Re AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAFE' ) 00. d LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAYS l /l aoSe". The Atlantic h as j us t arr i ve d h ere . h e York on the 4th in, t. ,oft EUPATORIA. EUPATORIA, MARCH 29. Yesterday afternoon the Bashi-bazouks showed themselves for the first time in the Crimea in all their glory as irregular troops, but at the same time in all their ferocity. After the cavalry demonstra tion last week, which served to mask the construc tion of the new works, when it became clear that the Turks had no intention to advance, the main body of the Russian cavalry, w hich had been brought rip for the occasion, was again withdrawn, and only the usual outposts left. The first of these posts is to the right on the other side of the bridge which leads over the creek running iu from Lake Sasik. The next to it, towards the left, leans on the village of Bazar, situate on a slope leading down to the above-mentioned creek. The videttes thrown out by this post occupy a ridge overlooking the village, and concealing it. It was determined to sur prise this post, and push f orwar d t o th e v ill age. I n Order to draw off the atte n ti on , sev e ra l l arge b o di es of regular cavalry wore ordered out ; among the rest, some squadrons with one of the rifle guns were sent to the right, towards the bridge. While this cavalry was displayed on the most prominent points, the Bashi-hazouks divided into three bodies, and, concealed by the undulation of the ground, went off at full speed towards the village. The Russian videttes, accustomed to former reconnaissances, which were always seen half an hour before they could reach, thought themselves in such security that they had got off their horses and some of them even laid down. The videttes had scarcely time to mount and to retire on their reserves on the ridge above the village when the Bashi-bazouks, with a yell of " Yallah, Illah!" were upon them; a hand-to hand melee ensued,Cossacks and Bashi-bazonke were for a moment mixed up together, furious yelling and firing on both sides, which ended in the flight of the Cossacks towards the village. In the village they made another stand, the fusillaee continued unabated, but the Cossacks were evidently de moralised, and soon after made a precipitous retreat from the village, leaving all their baggage, fur cloaks, cooking utensils, and a quantity cf corn and hay behind them. The Bashi-bazouks, intoxicated by their success, were for following them up to the ridge beyond the village, where they had halted, but already clouds of dust were seen in the distance, and shortly after nine squadrons and four guns appeared in sight. So the little drums began to beat the retreat, and the Bashi bazouks, laden with copper dishes, cloaks, fo rage, &c., singing and caracolling, retTed unmo lested. A Bashi-bazouk cannot understand war fare without liberty to plunder. Plunder is for hini a proof of victory, and one can see him often taking up the most useless things, only to have something to show. When he sees plunder before him the Bashi-bazouk becomes reckless; thus in the affair of yesterday while one part of them was fighting in the village at c l ose qu a rters with the Russ:ails, others were dismounting from their horses, and taking up whatever they could find, regardless of consequences. Considering the numbers engaged and the shots fired, the 10-ses on both sides were triflin. 400 Laski-bazonks attacked about 300 Cossacks and a sqqadron of regular Lancers, and the former lost two horses and ono man, while the latter had two men and three horses killed and ono man severely wounded. When the Bashi-bazolik wlio was killed fell from his horse, the latter galloped off towards the Rus sians. Immediately a dozen Bashi-bazeuks set off after him, and caught him quite close to the Rus sians, without being molested by the latter, which showed clearly how browbeaten they were. Jf the Russians, one officer of Cossacks was killed before the village, one man fell in the village, and a third, evidently heavily wounded, was carried back by his horse, clivging to its neck.