The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL TEAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING. WM he performed ROMEO AgD JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cash- Afterman;uet, Miss Swanborough, which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET sPRING MEETING, 1855. 'To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KERN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal ?haracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (16th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled IHE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELFM. Proprietor, Kr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madan" Celeste' THIS EVENING, Wid be performed KING O'EIL. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Garden, Parsee, J. Bland, L. Mur ra y , &c,; Mrs. L. Mur ray, 11!ss Wyndham, &c. To conclude with A NEM EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Idana,ger, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be performed TIIE WEL AIIG I Rt. Characters by Messrn, Emery, Leslie, and D anvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. After which, the Comedietta, called LAW FOR L k DIES. Cha- G. Vining, H. Cooptr, Danvers, and meters by Messrs . A. W Egan, Miss Castleton. E YELLOW To be followed by tbe Fairy Extravaganza, called TR DWARF AND THE KING OF 'IHE GOLU MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of TEE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. After which, RING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. First night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet ! THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W. Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. To conclude with, first time, a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, THE LAKES OF KILL A.RNEY. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box.oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau DA. —Morning 51 min.after 12 I Evening 10 min. art. 1 To.MOsttow —Morning 27 min.attor 1 j Evening 43 min. aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Soo 07E01, April. 29. TMERMOKILTZR, IN THI SHADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day, at noon. BABOMZTEP, 30'23. WIND, N.W.—Strong gales, with heavy passing clouds, charged with rain, and sunshiny weather. APRIL 30• 55—highest since noon yesterday. 43—lowest this morning and during the night. 51 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'30. WIND, N. to N.N. W.— Fresh breeze, wiht slight showers of rain and dull weather. e 11,31 LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1855. This time Mr. LAYARD must bring forward hi s motion, and must press it to its consequences. If he do not, he will not merely abandon his duty to his country, but will seal his own condemna tion. At present the general feeling outside the House of Commons is, if we mistake net, that the substance of his charges against the civil and mili tary administration can be thoroughly sustained, if only the facts can be made public without utter ruin to those who are the greatest sufferers. The public take little interest in the question whether Mr. LAYARD, as an individual, overlooked an ori ginal return, and made a partly-incorrect assertion by using a supplementary document. It may think it would have been better had his military informant apprised him of the Indian services of the " son of Lord WESTMORELAND," and the "son of Lord ETARDINGR," who were both on the "Staff," and were both promoted "without purchase." It will accept Mr. LAYARD'S acknow ledgment, however, on both these points, and it will still, we apprehend, retain strongly the "conviction" of the Member for Aylesbury, that aristocratic, and it is to be feared connexional, favouritism is the blot of our army and the ruin of its efficiency. It is all very well for Lord PALMERSTON, who in the construction of his Cabi net has been guilty of the very crime denounced by Mr. LAYARD in regard to the army, to consti tute himself foreman of the jury, and to delive r to the country as the verdict of the House that the charges are " false and calumnious." Mr. LAYARD demands a new trial, and the country as judge declares he ought to have it. The verdict seems to be in the face of painfully notorious facts, and the most necessary witnesses have not yet been summoned. Lord PALMERSTON may rest assured that at present the country is quite as sorry for his position as he professes to be for that of Mr. LAYARD. Lord PALMERSTON affirms that Mr. LAYARD'S attack on the officering of the army is utterly un founded, he glories in its being filled with the aristocracy, and predicts downfal to the nation when it is otherwise ! Indeed,—we suppose then NAPOLEON'S Marshals were the downfal of France. We had thought otherwise, but Lord PALMERSTON ought to know. The system of officering the French army now is doubtless the reason why its administrators have proved so inefficient compared with ours, from Lord RAGLAN downwards through his nearly-related staft ! Lord PALMERSTON must give us leave to inform him that one broad fact has long stared the country in the face, and that is, that the sterling gold of our army is at the bottom. The men are relatively better than their officers ; the officers, as the rule, better the lower their rank, and worse in proportion to their rapid and frequently unbought promotion. In courage and knowledge of their nom-commissioned officers, and work, our privates, ffi many of our regimental officers are beyond all praise. But in courage only do the higher officers equal their men ; in the capacity needed for their higher duties they have as a body deplorably failed. There is a very wide-spread belief that the Russian generals and officers have as much Surpassed ours in skill as our soldiers have sur- Passed theirs in vigour and courage. We have been out-generalled, but our men have never been match Their engineers have been more than a for ours, but our g unners have fully done thei r pert. This great and deplorable fact the country, agreein to aria with Mr. LAYARD, attributes tie lives, lahon.i. incompetency. It believes that 34(1 awa money have been thrown y, a sa cr i f i ce to the fatal vice which Mr. LAYARD denounces, too Lord PALMERSTON comes to the rescue late. will never satisfy th e con and nt ry must be overhauled. If h he is wholeol ru e s is y s s i t o e n m s fend it the a he wal o b stinately de , of ointme n t s rn lm have a retu rn ate y e ars must be must c anvassed one by one. s pecifying in columns the blood relationshiP% the marriage affinities, and the politi ca l connexi ons of each one; also the services lie has rendered, W i th the rapidity or slowness of his promotion ; and then allowing for a wide margin of suppressed facts in the first column, we may be in a position to judge of the why and the wherefor of promo tions as a whole. Mr . LA:sraun has undertaken a vast task, but he will have the country with him, if he only be as resolute at home as he was at Nineveh. Deci sliiOn; 111100132promi gk i n 4 deel6/031, Will sweep away j all difficulties here as there. He has assumed, indeed, no enviable position in the House of Commons. Five-sixths of that body are ieterested in the abuses he would utterly rout out. Every art of cajollery, every species of intimidation will be tried upon him, but now or never is the time for him to become a first-rate political man. If this time he may,eyiel indeed,to blan lldsitsih ment, or succumb to fear, we admire his abilities, but we shall be reluctantly compelled to rank him with the political trim mers. He has put his hand to the very work which now wants to be done. Mr. ROEBUCK did the right thing for the session before Easter; Mr. LAYARD has proposed the right thing for the ses sions after it. We have had inquiry enough. We have all made up our minds—we now want action. His resolutions will be met, we expect, partly by a direct negative, but still more frequently by all the stock answers of " the Noodles' Catechism." All, however, will depend on the visible temper of the country. Indeed if the people give no sign of support to Mr. LAYARD he will certainly fail with the House, and may be half excused for de clining to do the nation's work, when the people are content to go on paying increased taxes, and pouring forth their blood, rather than take the trouble to uphold the man who would serve them. We are therefore the better pleased to observe that even in London a large and respectable body of its citizens are beginning to move. Our readers will have noticed, we trust, in The Sun of Saturday, the moderate, yet appropriate, re solutions which will be brought forward at a public meeting to be held " for administrative reform at the London Tavern, May the sth, at 12 o'clock." That meeting ought to be the pre cursor of one in every town—and why not county too ?—of the kingdom. The nation must now take its affairs so far into its own hands. It must demand, universally and imperatively, " the right men in the right places." It has already paid more unnecessarily in taxes levied or pro posed than would have served to pay off all the incapables, and to refund their money to the capables, who ought never to have paid it. Buy ing a civil or military appointment ! Merchants, tradesmen, common-sense Englishmen, think of that ! You who, if an accountant, or foreman, or confidential clerk, wanting employment were to ask you to sell him your salary and work, would question the sanity of the applicant. Or who, if your own brother and nephew wanted an important post in your service, would, in nine cases out of ten, rather give him the income to keep out of the way. Nothing can retrieve our national position but your compelling the Govern ment to act on your own principles. We have greatly erred in our estimate of tl e national feeling towards the Emperor NAPOLEON if the dastardly attack just made on him in his own capital does not excite the deepest indigna tion from one end of this country to the other. It is a current remark —one, by the way, but too confirmatory of human weakness—that we never know the value of a friend till we have lost him ; admit will hardly admit of doubt that the attempted assassination so happily frustrated will lead, if possible to an even higher appreciation of the merits of our late guest, and of the vast import ance the prolongation of his life is net only to our own immediate intere3t, as a people, but also to those of civilisation, it may be, for a century to come. At first calumniated, suspected, and misunder stood in this country, the EMPEROR, with admi rable foresight and patience, left to time th e justification of his real character and intentions, contenting himself with meriting the confidence and respect he failed to receive. The reliance was justified by the result. His number of his admirers , gradually increased, and, before many years had elapsed, calumny had grown compara tively powerless against him. The Eastern cities.- tion began to darken the horizon, and at this period the friendly feeling of the EMPEROR for this ,ountry, and the unity of his aims with ours, became too manifest to be disputed. A memo rable alliance was formed, and at Alma and Inkerman and before the walls of Sebastopol it was cemented with heroic blood. For the first time for many centuries Frenchmen and Englishmen hailed each other as companions in fight, and the people of both countries rejoiced in their common glory. The EMPEROR came among us, and then was seen how rapid aid how deep had been the growth of good feeling towards him, and how great was the admiration of the public for hig character. By policy and inclination he had contracted an alliance which augured well for the destinies of Europe—by his presence he estab• lished it as a living reality. The boastful words of C.ESAR, reni, vidi, vici, hardly exceed the truth when applied to the impression made by the EMPEROR during his visit. Tile moment of de parture arrived, and, amid the loudest acclama tions, he left the British shores, where no breath of insult nor one particle of danger had awaited him, and took back the best wishes of a nation for his welfare. And but little more than a week has elapsed, and he is fired upon point blank by an assassin in his own capital. Ile whose deeds have made him " the foremost man of all the world," and on whose life so mach depends, has escaped assassination, as it were, by a hair's breadth ! Seldom have the instability of human greatness and worldly policy been more forcibly illustrated, and rarely have we, as a people, had more cause for gratitude. The assassin-arm failed of its purpose. The EMPEROR escaped unhurt, and passed calmly on, elevated in his own high courage and faith in his destiny beyond the reach of ordi nary fear. The motive of the assassin is said to have been political. If so, the execra tions of France and England will teach his fellow fanatics, if they can be taught, that it is not by such acts the cause of liberty can be advanced, or rather, perhaps, we should say, that the times are not ripe for license. In the absence of positive information we would fain ascribe the act to the wild prompting of insanity. This evening the House of Commons will be called on to abolish the liberty of the Press in England. We repeat it deliberately and ad z visedly, that a desperate, and. what may possibly prove to be a fatal blow, has been aimed at the freedom of the Fourth Estate in the United Kingdom ; and, if the bill of pains and penalties, now before Parliament, should unhappily receive the legislative sanction—if " trial by jury " should be abolished, so far as public journalists are con cerned, and every person investing capital in newspaper property should be handed over . to the tender mercies ?of either stipendiary or unpaid agistrates, and subjected to heavy amercements °II t he most frivolous and vexatious grounds, it will be i m independence o Possibl e to mai n t a i n th e e ffi c i ency and nionop f ji 3 urnalism. Either the re w ill b e entire business ilit Y created, w hi c h w i ll throw the than publications, cltrile hand s o f one or two levia early intelli gence .Dersons desirous of obtaining ihek through a dozen different sources a.vo to looted and brought o la e _ at no' which is now col -7 toad eX "new i s a aux. ;-le paper ! All we ask is that the independent members may fairly consider the probable results , )f the clauses recently proposed by the Chan ellor of the Exchequer, before introducing what has been fairly described as a per :ectly novel system, giving a copyright in tha t which from its very nature cannot be restricted viz., news. Never, hitherto, has such a doctrine been legalised in any country. Even in the most despotic nations, where the Press is kept com pletely under the thumb of the Government, by means of the Censorship, and other " ingenious devices," it has not, for a moment, been asserted that matters of vital interest and importance to the community must remain unnoticed because they have been first put forward in a single paper. There is not and cannot be " property" in such matters. It might as well be said that there could be an exclusive property in the very air we breathe as in matters that are circulated rapidly in every quarter, and which no persons are prohibited from canvassing save only newspaper proprietors. We do not feel at all surprised at the Times supporting a proposition the probable result whereof will be the doubling of its already vast circulation, and the suppression of many of its comparatively diminutive rivals, who now, igno rant of impending consequences, loudly clamour far what may probably prove their own destruc tion. It is ridiculous to twaddle about matters which general courtesy now allows the use of, when every "communication"--that is to say, every particle of news, foreign or domestic—is protected. The Parliamentary, legal, and police reports, the accounts of " dreadful accidents," and all the varied material of which a newspaper is composed, must be suppressed, or at least kept back for 24 hours. Even the execu tion of the wretched lunatic BURANELLI could not be alluded to by any but one journal, that which issued a copy first after the event. There would, in fact, be a scramble for such news, one incessant litigation going on,—the most conflicting testi mony, and hardest swearing as to the hour of publication, for that would render the proposed enactments almost the only question, and a smart attorney should be attached to the estab lishment of every newspaper. Hitherto there has been a species of courtesy ' maintained. Copies of the different journals are exchanged—Cui bono ! for what purpose ? That each may take from the other any matters that may have escaped its own correspondents. Lite rary articles are, as we have already stated, copy rights, and any infringement thereof can be pro secuted by an action in one of the Common Law Courts. We do not, of course, speak of an injunction as applicable to such ephemeral publications. If the author sustain real damages by any piracy, a jury of his country ever will afford due reparation. But he must not go into Court in a captious or querulous spirit. He will receive compensation for the in jury he has suffered, but there will be no vindic tive or unreasonable damages. Under the exist , ing system the British Press has achieved a pre eminence over that of any other country. Every well-conducted journal obtains a fair share of pub lic patronage, and receives an ample recompence for every extraordinary exertion which it makes to supply the community with early in telligence. On this point, we might refer with pride to the acknowledgments which we have repeatedly received from our provincial contem poraries. The recollection of The Sun Expresses has not as yet passed away, and we rejoice to say that we have never forfeited our well-estab lished reputation. We have unquestionably con tributed our full quota of original intelligence, and have submitted to see these matters appro priated without notice, or with the sim pie ac knowledgment of "Evening Paper." If, there fore, we quote "Morning Paper " in place of giving the name of the journal from which we have extracted, it is simply "a Roland for an Oliver," a fair piece of retribution for a previous injury to ourselves. We can proceed in the way we have invariably walked with a safe conscience, certain that public opinion will not condemn us when thefacts are fairly and fully brought forward. We never unfairly assail others, but when. at tacked, we are able to defend outselvcs, and shall continue to do so. It is not merely for ourselves we protest against the propositions of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, but for our brethren of the Press without au exception. Once more, then, we implore the representatives of the British people maturely to weigh the consequences of that which they are called on to sanction, and not hastily or rashly to enact a law the results of which cannot possibly be foreseen, and which could only emanate from presumptuous ignorance, or a sinister design to impair the efficieney and abolish the independence of the Fourth Estate. We earnestly invite attention to the letter from ,he honourable and indefatigable Member for Glasgow, which will be found in another part of this day's impression. Had Mr. MACGREGOR presided over the financial department since the accession of the ABERDEEN Ministry, not merely tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, but millions of pounds sterling would have been saved to the country. The Hon. Gentleman, however, only belongs to the aristocracy of talent. He is not connected with any of " the governing fami lies" by birth or marriage, has no relationship to any influential peer or, boroughmonger, and owes his seat in Parliament only to the unpurchased and unpurchaseable suffrages of the largest municipal constituency in the United Kingdom. His great experience and sound judgment cannot, therefore, be appreciated by the members of a lordly Cabi net. He is one of the middle classes—one who has elevated himself by the force of his own genius and energy, and the high qualifications which he is universally admitted -to possess. These, however, are not at present sufficient to insure " the right place for the right man," and therefore Mr. MACGREGOR, in place of bringing forward a budget on his own account, is restricted to criticising that of the superficial and incom petent financier who has been pitchforked into the place which a better man ought to occupy. Mr. MACGREGOR clearly shows the fatal mis takes into which Sir G. C. LEWIS has fallen, first, in reference to the Loan ; second, to the increase of an unmodified income tax ; and thirdly, the retrograde course entered on in the enhanced du ties on the chief, if not the only unobjec tionable, comforts allowed to the less wealthy classes, in the enhanced duties on tea, coffee, and sugar ; a course which strongly tends to, and will probably end in, the re-enactment of protective duties on articles of primary neces staiebtrayan;dootfnheua m s bringing us b ac k t o th e exp l o d e d sys bonyoaplol elylaassfetes in ritsochiae. had been virtually O provesclarend, theth havea t firstt h e Exchequer millions, eLn p o o fa i : n r t a , ht twenty n r l d . t,y M aisn ACGREGOR clearly dabbling with th e Chancellor of the means hav e the avoided al oc h en i s go fs necrei sixteenl dues duties. A twenty Income Tax or Customs have been obtained justm milli a o s n e l a o s a i l n y a a s t o p n a e r of could six teen millions, and had it been thrown open to public competition, as in France and even in Austria, on much more favourable terms for the Treasury than have been submitted to. It might also have been procured without/any addition to _the an p d er o m n a s n u e c n h t adepbot.int Mr he . MACGREG OR declares is an unexceptionabl e extensivelywitness— thcaotnnheee thedasw::hthheanakssinugraanncdesi n o s f u r m a insurance companies and with commerce, that his proposal to throw open the Loan to public competition would have been successful, and uniformly satis factory to the nation." Our own informa tion fully corroborates this assertion. Thus, for annuities terminable on an average of 50 years, costing little if at all more than 800,0001. a year —we believe even less—every probable claim would have been liquidated, and the extra bur den would have been completely got rid of during the lives of many of the present generation. The present charge is 596,0001. per annum for 30 years, and after that time 480,0001. for ever. Now had it been raised in 3i per Cent. Consols at par-...a n d a small premium could easily ilaYe THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30 1855 been procured. at the then rate of consols —the charge would have been but 560,0001. at present, which could be reduced to 480,0001., if not to 400,0001., long before the year 1885, or, if what we believe to be the still more eligible proposition of the Member for Glas gow had been adopted, for a small sum, say of 124,000/. per annum at present, the whole charge would be extinguished in the beginning of the next century. - Thirty_years is too short a term for the general public to speculate, but fifty years would not be so. Estimating the interest of money at 3-k per cent., which is something higher than can be obtained on Government securities, 11. per cent set aside as a sinking fund would, at the end of 50 years, give 1401., or 40 per cent. as a pre mium. Allowance would also be made for the impossibility of securing such a per tentage for so long a period. The money could be obtained on annuities for 50 years at 4 per cent., or 720,0001. per annum ; and twenty million , could have been had for 800,0001. per annum, and no additional duties levied on tea, sugar, or coffee. The revenue surrendered to cripple the Press would make up the difference. and we venture to assert that th industrious classes would rather have the Press, and the tea, coffee, and sugar duties as they now are, than with the proposed alterations. Where, we ask with Mr. MACGREGOR, were the soi disaat champions of unrestricted competition ? Where were the professing Free Traders during this important discussion ? There can be no excuse. However great may be their horror of war, they should not strive to influence the people by such means. Let them, however, be warned in time. Their prestige is already greatly diminished ; it will soon altogether vanish if they do not adopt a more justifiable and straightforward policy. As yet Mr. GLADSTONE is the only man who has an nounced a return to protective imposts as "loom ing in the future." Are we to look upon Messrs. BRIGHT and COBDEN as his disciples in that doc trine. It would be well if they spoke out plainly at once, and not suffer such doubts to enter into the public mind—doubts - which it may not be quite so easy to remove as they may now suppose. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE TH E EMPEROR NAPOLEON. PARIS, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Emperor, yesterday, about five o'clock, was riding slowly up the Champs Elysees, on his way to join the Empress in the Bois de Boulogne. He was accompanied by Colonel Ney and M. de Valabreque, who rode a little to the rear of his Majesty. As he approached the Arc de Triomphe, a well dressed man was seen to advance to the middle of the road, which is of very great breadth. When his Majesty was within ten paces of him, the man drew a pistol and fired. Count Ney struck his spurs into his horse and dashed at the villain, who had such presence of mind as to step aside suddenly, and, as the impetus given to the horse carried Colonel Ney past him, and therefore exposed the Emperor, he stepped forward to about four paces from his mark and fired again. Neither shot struck his Majesty. Two men in blouses, as well as the Imperial grooms, by this time rushed on the assassin and secured him, not, however, without a struggle, in which one of the labouring men was slightly wounded. The prisoner was instantly carried off to tie prison of the Conciergerie. The Emperor, who was perfectly cool, then rode on to the Bois de Boulogne, and himself informed the Empress of what had happened. She was terribly shocked and pained. The Emperor returned. to the Tuileries in the open carriage with the Empress, and, as the news had now spread, the whole route home from the Bois was lined with thousands, who hardly knew how to express their joy at the preservation of Napoleon's life. Never were there such shouts of " Vivo l'Empereur." In the evening their Majesties went to the Opera, where again the public enthusiasm was boundless. The assassin appears to be an Italian—it is be lieved a Roman. He is about 30 years of agr, and wears a long beard. He was dressed in new clothes. His hat and paletot were of English make. He was armed with three pistols, two single-barrelled and one double-barrelled. The Minister of the Interior, after having has tened with his colleagues to congratulate their Imperial Majesties, went to the prison of the Conciergerie, and was present at the preliminary examination of the prisoner. Vast crowds have to-day visited the scene of the crime, and the public feeling displayed itself in the warmest manner. (From the Moniteur of Sunday). Yesterday afternoon, at about five o'clock, the Emperor was on horseback in the Champs Elysees, accompanied by Count Edgar Ney, one of his aides-de-camp, and Lieut.-Colonel Valabreque. From the eminence of the Castle of Fleurs a well-dressed man approached to within a few paces of the Emperor, and discharged a pistol at his Majesty. The Emperor was not struck, and having saluted the persons who immediately surrounded him, con tinued his route in order to rejoin the Empress, who was taking a carriage drive in the wood of Boulogn e. On their return their Majesties were welcomed from all parts with the warmest and most enthu siastic acclamations. At the Tuileries their Majesties found in wait ing Prince Jerome Napoleon, Prince Napoleon, and the other members of their family ; also the ambassadors and foreign ministers, the ministers of the Emperor, the grand officers and ladies of their Majesties' household, and a great number of other persons, who, informed of the circumstance, had hurried to congratulate their Majesties. The assassin was immediately arrested by the persons near him, and consigned to the hands of justice. God be blessed for preserving the life of the Emperor ! (Front Galignzni's Messenger.) We deeply grieve to have to announce that a dastardly attempt was inadelon Saturday evening on the life of his Majesty Napoleon 111. His Ma jesty was riding in the Champs Elysees, when a man (whose name we have as yet been unable to ascertain) went up close to his Majesty, and dis charged two pistols against him. By the greatest miracle the Emperor escaped unhurt. The assassin then stabbed himself, but his wound did not, we believe, prove immediately fatal, and he was in stantly taken into custody. His Majesty, whose features did not betray the least emotion, was then rejoined by the Empress, whose carriage at the moment the shots were fired was at a little distance behind him, and their Majesties imme diately returned to the Tuileries. The villain who fired twice at the Emperor is named Liverandi ; he is a shoemaker, of Rome. He asserts that he wished to avenge the Roman Republic. To-day the British Museum will be closed to the pub lic for the annual spring vacation, and will not be re opened until the 7th of May, when the hours of admis sion will be extended every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, during the months of May, June, July, and August, fro 10 till 6. RECALL OF GENERAL C A NROBERT. RAISING OF TETE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. The Paris correspondeut of the Daily News writes as follows : PARIS, SUNDAY. I believe the main facts of the following narrative to be true : The fire of the Allied batteries has entirely ceased. The General commanding the French artillery has writen to the Emperor to this effect :—" Sire, —I pro mised to keep up the bombaidnient during 14 days. [Piave done so. My task is accomplished. We have not reduced the place, and are not in a condition to at tempt the assault. It only remains for us to withdraw our troops in good order. Our guns, from protracted firing, are completely unserviceable. We must leave them as old iron in the possession of the enemy." Orders liave been sent to raise the siege of Sebas topol. The plan of operations will be completely changed. A campaign in Bessarabia will be com menced with an immense army in the beginning of June. Fresh levied to an enormous extent will be made in France. The reinforcements likely to be sent to the theatre of war are estimated by hundreds of thousands ; and it is not doubted that a new loan of eight hundred millions will be effected in - the course of the summer. General Canrobert is recalled. The order for his recall was despatched by telegraph this day. According to the authority from which I derive the above momentous information, the Emperor is still fully determined to place himself at the heal of the armies allied against Russia, and this I fully believe to be the case. COURT CIRCULAR. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen took leave of the Queen on Saturday morning, and quitted Buckingham Palace on his return to the Continent. - Her Royal Highness the Dachess of Kent visited the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg on Saturday, at Bnckingham Palace. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open carriage and four. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur, the Prin cess Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide and Theodore of Hohenlohe, took a drive in the after noon in an open landau and four. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey attended on horseback. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, attended by Colonel Seymour. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg and Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe honoured the Royal Italian Opera stith their pre: sence in the evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, the. Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord De Tabley, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Colonel Seymour. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Princess 'of Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Princess Adelaide and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, attended Divine Service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offici ated and administered the Holy Sacrament. The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court and the 'Do mestic Household also attended the service. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glocester on Saturday at Glocester-house. A deputation from the Canongate ' accompanied byMr. Cowan, M.P., a n d M r . M urray Dunlop, M.P., had an interview with Sir William Molesworth on Saturday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Baron Bailie Lewis of Canon gate ; Mr. Beattie, of Canongate ; and Mr. Fraser, W.S., of Edinburgh. A. deputation on the subject of the Metropolis Local. Management Bill had an interview with the President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall, on Saturday. The deputation consisted of, from Camberwell (deputation from the vestry), Mr. T. Ruston (church warden), Mr. A. Fisher (overseer), Messrs. W. Howard, Washington, Lyon, J. Constable, J. Th orn hill, A. Kin trea, and G. W. Marsden (vestry clerk) ; from the Peck , ham and Camberwell New Trust, Messrs. R. Hawkins, S. Straker, A. Kintrea, and J. Lilley (clerk). The i deputation from Lambeth of Messrs.F.Doulton, J. Grady, C. Evans, S. Hodgson, J. W. Stratton, J. L. Jones, H. Akerman, J. Knight, and the vestry-clerk. A deputation on the part of the Commissioners of the River Wear, on the subject of the Sunderland Dock Bill, had an interview with the Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Simpson, ,Mr. Alderman Allison, Mr. Morton, Mr. Hedwortk Williamson, Mr. W. R. Robin son, Mr. Meik, Mr. Abernethy, and Mr. J. S. Robin son. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Henry Fenwick, M.P. The Cathedral Commission met at 1, New-street, Spring-gardens, on Saturday. The Commissioners pre sent were the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. and Rev.' H. M. Villiers, Sir John Patteson, Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Rev, Canon Selwyn, and Mr. Henry Kingseote (Secretary). ARRIVAL OF LORD JOHN RUSS:MI.—The noble lord arrived in London last evening from the continent. Lord Pa,nmure attended, the Cabinet Council on Saturday afternoon. The drawings made by the !Royal Family for the benefit of the Patriotic Fend will be exhibited at Oxford to-day, to-morrow, and Wednesday. The Lord Chamberlain has issued cards for a state ball at BuCking,hani Palace on the • 9th proximo. He; Majesty has invited a brilliant circle to a juvenile ball on Tuesday. Earl Granville, though getting better,•is still suffering, and is quite unable to leave his house. The next anniversary dinner of the Royal Literary Fund will be held on May 22; the Bishop of Oxford in the chair. A new operatic work, The Gnome of 11 arzburg, by Mr. Henry Smart, will shortly be produced at the Ray market Theatre. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Men delssohn's " Lobgesang," and Mozart's " Requiem," will be repeated on Wednesday" evening next, the 2d May. Principal vocalists Madame Clara Novello, Mrs. Lockey, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes. The Birmingham Musical Festival is to commence on the 28th of August. CRYSTAL PALACE, APRIL 28 (FIVE SHILLING DAY). — Admissions on paythent, 569 ; admissions by season tickets, 3,925 ; total, 4,494. BALTIC NAVIGATION.—BOST*OCK, Aril 24.—The upper parts of the Baltic are hot yet free from ice, and Libau is the only Russian port at present accessible. The ice in this neighbourhood has entirely disappea re d, but the harbour at present will not admit vessels of more than 124 to 13 feet water. The Athenceum states that the Royal Society has lately received a valuable addition to its collection of manuscripts by a present, from Mr. Edwin Canton, of a series of autograph letters from Dr. Franklin, Priestley, Sir Joseph Banks, Howard, &C. The "Address to the People," written •by Charlotte Corday, and found upon her person when she was ar rested, was sold in Paris the other day for 771 f. ' Rossini (says Oaligitaiti) is now on his way to Paris, where the gran' maestro is sure of a welcome worthy of his matchless talents—a debt honestly due for the count less hours of delight he has afforded every lover of music for more than a quarter of a century. THE LOCK HOSPITAL AND ASYLIIM.—Thd anniversary , festival of thii most excellent charity was held on Sa turday evening at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge presided. The list of subscriptions amounted to 2,206/. `The absence of Sir James Graham from the House of Commons has been occasioned by a severe attack of gout. The right hon. baronet, who, with Lady Graham and daughters, went to Netherby to pass the Easter holidays, was there assailed by gout, through which he 'has been confined to his room for a fortnight. Sir James and Lady Graham and family are expected to arrive in town to-day from Netherby for the season. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given notice of various now clauses to be moved by him to-day in committee on the Newspaper Stamp Duties Bill. It is proposed that periodical publications must be posted within fifteen days after being published ; that in all cases in which a question shall arise whether a printed paper is entitled to the privilege of a periodical publication, so far as respects the transmission thereof, by the post, the question shall be referred to the deter mination of the Postmaster-General, whose decision, with the consent of the Commissioners-of her Majesty's Treasury, shall be final. SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER. COLOUR .—The private view of the fifty-first exhibition of this flourishing society took place on Saturday last. The attendance was numerous and fashionable, and the collection which consists of 322 painti ngs , are of the very best ever ex hibited by this society. Many of the pictures are of the first class, and the average is more than usual' y high. Among the landscapes the contributions o J. M. Richardson, E. Duncan, and G. Fripp are deserving of honourable mention, and of the remaining contributors Messrs. Gilbert, Carl, Haag, A. Fripp, G. Fripp, Topham, Jenkins, Palmer, and Mrs. Gillies take high rank. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EMBASSY.—A correspondent of the Inclependance Beige at Vienna speaks of the departure from that city of Lord John Russell and his little Court, adding—" I say little Court, for his lordship's suite was sufficiently numerous and bril liant to justify that name. He was accompanied by all his famiiy, composed of Lady Russell and six children ; and there were, besides, the Under-Secre tary of State, Mr. Hammond, Misses Lister, Elliott, and Bynr, his doctor, the tutor and the governesses of his children, and 10 domestics, who occupied altogether 32 rooms in the (dote' Munsch, where it is known how to unite French elegance with English comfort. Add to these the frequent comings to and fro of couriers, and the numerous visits his lordship has received at all hour's of the 'day from the flower of his countrymen, and you will believe me without difficulty when I tell you that the Hotel Munsch seemed to be transformed into a little English colony." The magistrates of Tunbridge have committed a man , named William Froyne, on a charge of placing an 'ob struction on the South-Eastern Railway, with a view of stopping the royal train on its return to town on Satur day the 21st, with Prince Albert and the Mike of Cain bridge. The prisoner was seen to place on that line, about two hundred yards from the bridge, near the sta tion, several pieces of timber and bricks on the up rails. On being taken into custody be admitted be had done it to stop the royal train, but he did not want to do them any harm, as he was closely relat e d to royalty himself, LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, MONDAY MORNING, IT A.M. The . 6 Emperor made the following reply to the congratulations presented by the Senate yesterday: " I thank the Senate for the sentiments it has just expressed to me. I fear nothing from the attempts of assassins; there are existences which are the instruments of the decrees of providence. As long as I shall not have fulfilled my mission, I run no danger." The Emperor and Empress took their usual exercise yesterday in the Bois de Boulogne, the Emperor cn horseback, the Empress in an open caleche. They were everywhere received with marks of the warmest sympathy." VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING. The Oesterreichische Zeitung states that the peasantry in the Russian province of the Ukraine have risen against the landed proprietors, and that the insurrection is spreading. The Austrian General Schmerling received orders yesterday by telegraph to proceed directly to Paris, and to offer the congratulations of the Emperor of Austria to the Emperor Napoleon on his providential escape." VIENNA, SUNDAY. In consequence of the attempt on the life of the Emperor of the French, the funds declined yet further at the Sunday Bourse. A despatch from General Canrobert, dated the 26th, announces nothing new. The Russian works were sufferirg . daily, and their fire on seve ral points silenced. BRUSSELS, SUNDAY. M. Drouyn de l'luys spends the day in this city. He proceeds to-morrow to Paris. VIENNA, SATURDAY. The fleets up to tie 24th had, up to that date, with the exception cf two frigates, taken no part whatever in the boin)ardment of Sebastopol. The explosion of a mind had done the Russians great damage. KONTGSBERG, APRIL 26. An imperial ukase revives the state of war in the governments of St. Petersburg, Courland, Livonia, and Esthonii, which were rendered to civil rule when the allied fleets withdrew from the Baltic in the autumn cf 1854. A despatch from Madrid, dated the 27th inst., says : " To-day the Cortes rejected the petition of the holders of coupons by a majority of 168 to 5. "In the same sitting the bill for the sale of the Church property wa3 definitively approved of, and to-morrow it will be presented for the Royal sanction." TURIN, APRIL 28. The Gazette Piedmontese declares that the fact of his Majesty's having confided to General Du rando the task of forming a new Ministry, gives the fullest assurance that the policy of the Govern ment of Sardinia will not be changed. General de La Marmora leaves to-night for the East. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Emperor's voyage to the Crimea is said to be positively given up. By an. Imperial decree, an extraordinary credit of 9,500,000 f. is opened to .the Minister of Public Works for the part of the expense, which devolves on the State, attendant on the opening of the Boulevard du Centre, the prolongation of the Rue Rivoli, dr,c. _ _ The screw line , of-battle ships Tourville and Duquesne, which are to form part of the French Baltic squadron, left Brest on the 26th for Cher bourg. The Carmel steamer of the Messagories Imperiales left Marseilles on the 2fith ,for Constantinople, having on board 350 gendarmes of the Imperial guard, and 72 large cases, some of them containing the tents of the Emperor, their furniture, and his Majesty's field service. Several persons belonging to the Imperial household accompanied these cases. Vely Pacha, lately, Turkish Ambassador at Paris, embarked - with his suite on board this vessel. " Information has been received," says the Sen tinelle of Toulon, " that 10,00 G men are shortly to arrive in this port to embark for the Crimea. At least an equal number are to embark at Marseilles." A letter from Varna, of the 18th, in the Moni teur, completes and explains the intelligence given in the London papers of the line of submarine telegraph between Varna and Balaklava. It says: —"The telegraphic wire will not start precisely from this place, as was at first intended. Experi ence has shown that vessels, anchoring in the road stead, might get foul of it, and damage the line, and a decision has in consequence been come to that it, shall be carried to Cape Kalagria, about 35 miles to the northward of Varna. From that place a submarine wire will Tun along the coast to a place called the Monastery, close to this town, and be united by a line on shore to the wire from Varna to Bucharest. A letter from liamiesch, of the 14th, in the Moniteur de la Flotte, gives the following account of the flying attack made by an English and French frigate on the fortifications of Sebastopol, nearest to the harbour : " At about nine o'clock last night the Valorous, Eng,- lish steam frigate, boldly steered in towards the Russian forts, and every eye was directed towards her move ments. On arriving within proper range she suddenly opened her fire and we could clearly distinguish a com plete volley of shells fall in the town. The Russians did not at all expect this attack and it was therefore several minutes before fort Constantine returned a shot. As to fort Alexander and the Quarantine batteries, they did not fire, until a second broadside had been delivered by the frigate, which after following it up by two otherri, returned to heranchorage outside without having sustained any damage. At about one o'clock in the morning, the French steam frigate Caffarelli got under weigh and performed the same manoeuvre ,as the Valo rous. The Russians were, however, on this second oc casion, more on the alert, as the gunners were at their posts, and the two rows of casements of fort Constantine were lighted up which produced a very singular effect. The Caffarelli fired four broadsides in rapid suc cession, and then steamed back to her anchorage. The Russians returned the fire pretty actively, but the vessel was only struck by one shell and suffered no material injury. The diversion caused by this last attack was very opportune, as at the very moment when it took place a very sharp fire of musketry was going on between a battalion of 23d Light Infantry and the Russians, who were obstinately defending some rifle pits which the French soldiers had received orders to take." BOURSE, APRIL 28.—CLOSING PENES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents ' 93 20 93f. 300. 3 per Cents 6B 40 68 35 Credit Mobilier 77 8, 75 Roman _ CrBdit Fonder 540 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes...... 35 Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 3l RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. cr. c. fr. c. 1150 Lyons 1095 Western Orleans ... 640 Rouen ............... 10 05 Cede 615 50 Strasburg .......... 873 75 987 50 Havre .................. 547 50 Mediterranean 870 Cherburg ............ 550 Northern ... METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL,--A meeting, convened by the National Party Finsbury committee (one of whose objects is " the defence and development of local self-government"), was held on Friday evening, at the Belvidere, Pentonville. Mr. Shaen, chairman of the committee, presided. R eso l ut i ons, approv i ng of the formation f the committee, and urging amendments in Sir B. Hall's bill, were spoken to by Messrs. Wilks, Fuller, Elt, M'Donnell, Moore, and Pigott, and carried unanimouply. AMERICA. -..- ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC. LIVERPOOG, SuNDAll'in This day, the United States Mail st3ain--u:, Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived in the gen with the usual mails from the United NeiYork British North America. She sailed fromN. the on the 18th instant, and has brought, hest"' specie mails, 240 passengers and 1,400,000 dollars in on freight. The news is uninteresting. 24th Our latest dates from Californ ia are to theutil o s uit March. The financial excitemen t was fa st %,,li siding, n and general business improving, thecco,o dull. It was expected that Messrs. Page ad 139 ' would resume payment on the 29th ult. for sathe There was a bill before the leg islature purpose of abolishing the city government stn f i h ands of Francisco, and placing the city in the '— trustees. Our a,dvices from the Havana, uP the islairh report the general revival of trade, and to be in a perfect state of tranquillity a well to the 1 1 1 The New York money market was WY an 1 rad supplied. Stocks were declining owing to the la . v exports of gold. q en' . The cotton market was q uiet and Priceiosh changed, holders waiting• the advices P er vilThele, hence on the 7th inst. • 1 a te' market for breadstuffs was fir m , with deneYipa rds Pi ovisions were advancing. ' nd Freights were dull. ah $ te Exchange on London, 109 k to 110, W-- dency upwards. .............,.~...........,..........• PE , THE CAPE OF GOOD lI— SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY EvE sls ' i 51 : s t An Cor i. The General Screw Company's f s te of Good Hope has just arrived. pilot-boat. g In at ril Loe newspaper despatches were sent as hore per --, THE GOVERN3IENT LOAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE WT. gridot Sir,—When I proposed to, substitute en nottitit twenty 'millions to be raised by terminable tige r° averaging about fifty years, instead of sixteepega' by the complicated and unsound plan of a c oif. if loan, with the further attraction of 14s. 8 3 . P er to 0 0 ' ; a yearly bonus for thirty years, nay o bject wee otte dolt adding to , the perpetual debt, which ay coe d ofl and in some future Parliament, prove the i ii o aei, nation. Secondly, to maintain the national dig_, 0 0 i, credit, with as little oppression and privation filte, A ble to those who, by their labour and s kill, eoni l ow may say, the whole annual wealth.of the Mil le ete d dom. oen ne I have the assurances of men extensivelf coseiercei with banking, insurance ' companies, an d p ublic c °iv that my proposal to throw open the loan to , o tis• petition would have been successful and uniforrseloditore factory to the nation. To raise the whole exPneroiot' within the year would, in consequence of the andse 1310" f expenditure of an extravagantly-managed 0811 tous war, be probably impossible the 13 b e eo A l ' d the Chancellor of the Exchequer would hare c ostol met by 20,000,0001. in a terminable atin n ,,, s iti ' WO/ j i • the nation at most, in an average of fifty 3r el lose ti ici more, than 800,0001. a' year, and by the PO O vio'' 1 dition of 3,000,000/. of Excheqaer Bine. „d re et' also have for unseen contingencies the increat; t he he from approximate duties on spiritsai3tl t the th e penditure would be provided for without 'pe r p fr-A r income tax, or bringing on the Go re g ev r i I fear, even on the higher and ricber cis at e ve, . rally—the hatred, if not the inalediction,otber ol; artisan and labouring man, and of e ver,' ra...d o stri o , e f family, and of the sons and daughters of d the lu tbe irct i 0 and poorer subjects of her Majesty, by oil the ° P O gridelinvtoullditaeiiBplidrotreti:lll,srotdi'3l:tbs:l::l:l' domestic solace—tea and sugar ;to whom, vin deolertii of additional taxes and additiona profit tc t -1l be g re l l et a su rt e i h el t e a s xe o s, f th fo e o p d r , ice an o d f twhohsielenecessariee wall tor cit :10 p rices ' preyell'a increased during a period of hig h o m v a e n r uf t a li c e tu w rin h g ole in c d o a u s n tr t y ry tflrroamviindgicainish'd. es oat employment. r t he d . allot cl'argot' I have great esteem for the Chanc e- lle chequer, both with resrpeet to his Pers, • b 0 01, and o as a gentleman of accomplished educatr_V pas/ Government have hwahveenasitasurdeeardsloLnba;llundered in the Ou se AP' f q o u re es T i h o e n il o t o ll o e n b O er i e s d r i r t ; ° o !: policy. Well may attention, there were only 33 to d during' the discussions on y the log' and v•„,pi' creased duties on tea, sugar, and cone% ts irll ' 3. ;re' was not there, which seemed 'O gee° n gre' t ell p c ß i i o roi u ng t ,ofa M nfdr r e . ivei G rt. l r a o : di s ei t i o n n ae e rn dGwihasso;n,but economy' t h g e r g , e C e e a b t tlev i : tb o e: ‘; po or J sear as op, places to say one word about the No. At present they seem to have on f ltobeA r s olti one h idea—to allow 1 0 0 itheyeoxdpieonusse,s as of 7: 3 o W e a orde r t° : ce t : e P. r y tablei ss siv s 1 a Y t a a n s y I detest ohoua a tl i oi s ub u r np h aor Commonsnt o do unpardonable price,should possible dmub teupyce h o rt in, aso i i the fta n oy n f a ! I rit t ob i t f: o or n; vt ::::::,: ncos; a b.ig eal P ea, : br ee : r ant:, t: be. ~ lions - 1 , ttf Parliaments- w -u h y ich th h e ag ac h tf 01. 72 301.111' iElresrt,.. earl y wich lard down that free c - owe t, . sent through his representatives, ued which duty to the Long Parliament. wit.,ou t , _ f e l,. o f i , mortal ; it was held by the Conventimi Flar Ne d ho t count' rnyderwea Oilbrrieulgonidl/je'el'fi ttll'a°l6l 1688 as -the palladium of all our liberties-- - `,,, t terld„ of' right and duty of the House of Commons t° - of t" - ,0", to the taxation and to the frugal expenditerehe, ti!oje) tion's money. If ever there was a p eriod 'T he pet i t , • tion expects every man to do his duty, it I ' S : s eri l , ll ll. 1 the crisis of 1855.—1 am,' sir, your obedien,"itOv Athenmum Club, April 28 ,i, JOHN IBS M C `' ' ' - _. ______.••----------_______---. e , 7310 1 ,j THE BLOCKADE IN 1 1 .111 1 11. asl i ' v _...__._..--. tte,, , P 0 0 st i t y A second supplement to the London Gaza on - Saturday, states that the following o otir rn " e ot i s stituted for the one published in the suPPte- Gazette dated Friday, April 27, 1855 :-•-• 1 0 °t NOTIFICATION. Apr il 9 1pf :40 0 4 Foreign-office , Go iv': ' It is hereby notified that her Maj esty's ov W l ' 's has rec • • received information from Captain ship LW,' commanding a squadron of 'her MajestY'e oy0; Baltic, dated ." Her Majesty's ship Iniperiene* tbe 0 April 19, 1855," to the effect that on and flejestif 01 day of April, 1855, and in the name of h . .,e r , ror ° , 5 1, ° ; of her ally his Majesty Napoleon 111-, on e° o de l l French, the Russian port of Libau, on 1 , - 1 0 c , tio - Conrland, was placed in a state of strict , ' es ols i ss oo a competent force of her Majesty's ships an, cl 1 11 S A li e g that on and from the 19th j of April, 18 5 ; t a 5 5 v'ijall j P ports, roads, havens, and creek, from t he''' v 'cla' min. north, long. 21 deg. 5 ni'm• cost, to „, f.l io ir Lighthouse, in fat. 58 deg.2s I.* north I° l " G gP)? min. nor 1 0 ~,, ,i 50 min..east (including especially the Po,.,r te if of Y ir pfl s :, baum, Windau; and the entrance to the Lev sc", i r, were also placed in a state of strict blocks° i i " sc ti7 tent force ; and it is hereby notified tha t A fe SC I I. e °I: authorised by the laws of nation s 1413 1; aleph t4flllll treaties between her Majest and her al-e s , itiscoie,,th° 1 ferent neutral Powers will be y adopted ana,e'•fiol"' i respect to all vessels which may attempt .° . said blockade. , 0 11"1 , . -------:----''''''°'"------' b, If h'biti °ll i' it I f f f WATER-COLOUR EXHIB An ex.- 1 .... jo e ii ITION.- - • lipm- . 0 , oiiene I, at 49, Pall-mall, of the waterJe , b le eO, ( of Herr Carl Werner. The collection, Isbillietaredq interesting one, 'consists of upwarda of 8 0 5 riAl",l is remarkable of this artist that he pa ints . 00 li'g 4 PIP subjects successfully; and in this eabi b A it • l o ter iar d , ' , i stapes, compositions of figures, views a n-1 v fe ' l equally reward the inspection of the visitop, ~,, „,,, i , PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSBUDO roolittCOOri' clauses have been added to this bill in co 00 0 0 0 , on recommitment—viz., one euipoweringoef " u e s O rt o Board or. Commissioners, to borrow • 133° of °' r ee l .' gage ; a second, extending the provisienl6 as tl3 o , e •t ponies Clauses Consolidation Act" of 18 ,, / idliftb":; borrowing, to this act ; and a third, Pr,',,o 0',. 1 ));•;0 4 any meeting determine against the sci ° P . " d f ° ' V i he ld o f tli no meeting for a similar purpose shall be "g o ry o,d . By order of the Minister of War the, °irat e d'irolo in relief of all the Fortifiedplaces in ObltiV r opento the P pli i ir. 171,) Hotel des Invalides will be the whole continuance of ttrn ivera n l tic t re d . i l ' i l Foreigners will be admitted on pre bproe v ,ti ports, and those persons who may not 136 ite - Pe. may obtain tickets on applicatioisof t lio op Minister of War or the general director e 3 jr 10 5 0 1 des Fortifications.torn t io o o ;ir , A re •es a 0 Trriii4 RENTCHARGE (IRELAND).---..—, oil- ,be • v Saturday shows that the number 0 1 i'r std," 'fi Oi tide ' variation of rentcharge in lieu of tith of rr oils k to,tfi ter sessions of the various counties :.," 0; 4 , year 1854, amounted in Carlow, to 21 D ; •1 - P l ' Si° Af in Kildare, to 6; in Kilkenny, to 3 ; , ( 1 ,6 1,0r 0 ,0 0 to 2 ; and in Loeth, to 1. ' ___„o, -- c .„O ~0 .1 REPRESENTATION OF HUNTINGDOND'wo ‘"dreqi devilleand members for Huntingdonshire, have ise n r - o tei w „ e r o ,° c'l their constituents in consequence of a rent the r„ liwo , `, opposition at the next en al election ' tliaVAii• Mr. Heathoote. LordgMaerndeeville stat". s e lse', l i e league has not hitherto been posed in irisll'hiS it s ,ii'' opp tha t jar° r s i that he is thus led to the concluion t dee d e p',ll which has caused dissatisfaction, ha vtbe - 0 shall be prepared to contest 4r. 1 3 2 0 enter upon a e ;l o g to solution f P • oParliament may take 1 31 . a° c ose ° d i o also announces his intention of agai n r Sato,ord o the electors. , , .-0 0 ,„ h Sh er' . SUICIDE FROM WATERLOO•BBIDG—' at v --l b e r A s- , 0 1, , ,, Inquest was held by Mr. Laughech T he „ r ep' d- ,dv Hospital, on Harriet Lowe, aged 29. A d 07 ,1 for some years cohabited with a man nat - g e, Sloi '' o , P i at the Printers' Arms New f ;I' . 1 ,- P as ' .- 'bef ' V Dri , ,,,orc a t h e, 1,) Wednesday deceased called ou him, a ° 00' oo`oi`i gin together, and she left him to g o to a Pst Of e 'j It' po` Whitechapel. She t balf-P a c os' 0 1ei returned about ~ aa fe d pi some more gin with Drew. She Vi e er 'o' o oth ,o , 0 , 4 having placed his 'affections upon a b i r o ter oi ; ,ol o left him, declaring she should never e ° o ,lig l 'ioo li e it ° II I was shortly after seen by Sender s o f waterovef ~ u , throw herself from the balustrades ° A t be re ° l e,r,L il r ol' e ,i into the river. Before the body oettroecithe v i„ti s o was quite dead. The jury at first re';,"ipt %•• or • IP . said "Insanity induced by intemperance, lo d hvo Or it was tantamount to felo de intemperan ce, ". receive it. A. verdict of "Temporary - - recorded. - , ~~ 114 11