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LAW LIFE ASSU RANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREE r, LONDON. May 21, 1855. Notice is Hereby Given, that, in conformity with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, a GENERAL MEETING of Proprietor .: will be held at the Society's Office, Fleet-street, London, on SATUR DAY, the 23d day of June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. to elect a Director in lieu of John Parkinson, Esq., deceased; to elect• lave other and two Auditors, when those who go out office by Dalron will be proposed for re-election ; and also for gent t rat purposes. The Director to be chosen in the room of John Parkinson, Es4l., will remain in office until the 24th day of Jane, 1859. By Order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. THEATRE - ROYAL, DRURY - LANE. -- Lesqes, Mr. E. T. Smith.—Tbe GREAT DREW! DAY .13i MANtrx, May 23.—Mr. Smith announces to the nobility, gentry, at I public this Grand Fete, on a scale of magnitude and expense nev , r before attempted. A superb Salon de Danse of 409 feet in lengt embellished and decorated with illuminated bowers, va rie g att lamps, and novel devices. Enlarged orchestra, well-ap ointed Me -5 - ters of the Ceremonies, all the new , dances, music, &C., torrning a cone d'oell of attraction and splendour without parallel. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be obtained at the pr inci p al muslcaellers and libra rians' ; and at the theatre. L YCEUM THEATRE. - MAD AMS ANNA THILLO3T'S FAREWELL of the STAGE. Owing to to • %. infant reception of Madame Anita Thtlion in Auber's celebratc.t Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS, it will be rep,sated TO. MORROW EVENING. Cateriva, Madame Anna Talon; sup ported by M tss J. Illeadon, Messrs. Leffler, O. Sumeys, Bowler, and ' Williams, with a complete Orchestra and Chbrns, conducted by 3 , Thillon. To conclude with a new Grand Ballet Divertissemen.. Dress Circle, 55.; Boxes, as. ; Pit, 95.; Gallery, is. Private Boxe 21. 2s. Tickets and places to be had at the Box-office from ,; icily ; and at Mr. AlicrOlt ' s Office, 15, New Bond-street. THVATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. "Under the management of Mr. Buckstene. THIS EVENDTG. Wll be performed DOnizetti'S Grand Opera, called LUCIA. LAM NI ER MO characte: sby Mr. Sims Reeves, and lir. Weis Mrs. E ims Reeves, and 31 iss zthrqt. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY• MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENT PS. &OVAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caw. !) !CYAN. THI3 EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WIT II BIEL ASCHOLY. To ernelude with KING HENRY THE VAGFITTI. Queen K tharine, Mr 4. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wol4ey, Mr. C. Kean. TEMAFRE ROYAL All ELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. 8. Wet,ter.—Directress. Mad Arne Celesta. Tills EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of P XIII. PRY. Principal clip , racters by Messrs. C. Re' .y aad Wright; Ml , s M. Keeley, .lira. L, Murray, and Ml s Woolgar. To be fol:owel y THE. SCROOL FOE Tir,ER3. To conclude with MY PRECIOCS BETSY. I:')1 AL OLYMPIC THEATAE. Lessee and ManaL7er. Mr. A. Wigan. TIII4 EVENING. Will he pert , rmod STILL W kTF.RS Tiill•T DEEP. Charactci•s by Nie , srs. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danveri, M 134 Maskt,t Mts. Melfort. To he fol:owed by ae rgtry Extravaganza. called THE YELLO DW vti.F AN D THE KING OF GE GOLD MINES. r.ovAL TH FATRK ander the direct'on of Miss Rebecca Tsaaci. For the BENEFIT of Nr. J. lIALP:ED. TII/S EVENING, Will be performed TRY. LITTLE DEMO'. To be lot owed by a CONCERT. Atter which, KING QUEER AND MS DAUGUTEUS TIIRE To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTT.EY'S ROYAL AMP GITITEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. T u - rs EVENING. THE FIELD AGAINST TILE FAVOURITE! kfter which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE. ro conclude with the Ballet of KATE KEARNEY. Mr. William Cooke announces for Whit Monday a Grand ant' Munificent Chivalric Spectacle of Intense interest, to he produced 0.. a scale of unparalleled grandeur and effect, combining both stage an ring, united by the gigantic portable platform ; followed by a int and h illiant series of scenic Acts in the Arena, invented and directed by Mr. William Cooke. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wan. Acting Manager. Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. IEOI3 WATER AT LONDON BRIDG3 Tao! a..v —Mornin 42 min.:ate? 5 J Evening 7min. aft. G To- :.,..ewar Yornin. 31 zaln.after 6 j Evr.nin,g 57min. a't. 6 THE WEATHER.—Bas Orrtcs, May. 22. TfiItIMONZTER, IN 71111 SgADIL 56 - liighest since noon yesterday, 4i -;owest this morning and during the night. 03—this day, at noon. 3A.Roifirrni, 29'94. WIND, N.W. —Light, with dull weather. %/ r I'4 • - k ,'~..- LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1855. If "the means of forming a combination be no exhausted," the patience of the British people moe unquestionably is. They will regard with feel ings of unmitigated disgust and indignation the disreputable dodge— the gross and palpable " cross" practised last night. It was, we must say, as scandalous a piece of " thirablerigging" as any ever exhibited in Parliament. And those by whom the trick was concocted, and the accomplices, who by their interference contributed to its sue cess, have irreparably damaged their reputations as public men. It is now manifest that the entire " scene" was got up for the occasion, and that the object was to postpone any discussion until after the Whitsuntide recess—to give additional time, within which a dishonourable and illusory peace may be patched up, on terms alike inju rious to British honour and British interests. The Right Han. Member for Manchester might not have been a confederate. It is possible that he was simply " a tool," made use of by the Ministerial, Whigs and Peelites ; but looking on his conduct in the most favourable point of view, he has,acted in such a manner as to prevent th: slightest confidence from being placed in his pro fessions at any future time ; the result, whether arising from connivance or instability, belie, equally disastrous to the country. On such a question, and under such peculiar circumstancea, it is right that the real facts should be clearly and distinctly stated, so that the nature of the scheme may oe understood. The Protocols of the Conferences at Vienna—after being delayed in consequence of the very convenient " ill ness of a Clerk in the Foreign-Office, in whose department it was to translate them" were lately presented to both Houses of Parliament. Then the exact nature of the meagre and unsatis factory propositions put forward on behalf of the Western Powers, their contumelious rejection by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, and the insolent coun ter-propositions which they offered, became known to the Legislature and the country. It was seen that there had fortunately been a decided failure, and that France and England were only saved from a- serious calamity, which might have been occasioned : by the truckling of their Ministers — through the reckless audacity of the adversary. The time, then, had at length arrived, when the opinions of both Houses, respecting all the pro ceedings should have been elicited. Ministers s hould have endeavoured to discover the nature of these opinions, in order to ascertain how far they li f er . , • in conformity with their own views, and as a. guide for their future conduct. They did nothing of the ki nd, however, but suffered them to remain on the t a bl e, p;ovoking observation. Un fortunately. " the right man „ did not accept the challenge. In place of one of th ose w h o con - d ernn ed the truckling to ce ertaa _. s , desired a specific assurance thatoinmot,.'_nao,ndbwho ATTEMPT TO SOUND NIAGARA RrvEn.—The gentle y-price part; really honourable settlement would beheioe but a man who has been trying the experiment of soundirn; the Lords, ncluded the river below Nia art Falls, writes a. follows :—" An leading of the Peace at-an leading other attempt was' made g with similar iron of about 40th. occupied the ground. Earl GREY i n weight, attached to a No. 11 wire—all freely suspended, an d m i .. mreaTER, GIBs--- (Iv in the Commons, ga ve \ th e wei g ht fall front the bridge, a height of 225 feet ; it have sunk surface fairly, with the point down—must they h a d ei g ht th n 'a k n notices of motions to the effect, not that Govern_ some u onedejepctohn, second meat had conceded too much, but that • to la t' en w it s mnoadtelointgseraporu)etairj not gone far enough—not that they had been too a ntee a Zgain on the surface, about 100 feet down the conciliatory to Russia, but that they had too checked' a" ski along like a chip until it was slowly, bY the wire. We then commenced hauling. boldly insisted on some trifling assurance that she cake Zh e i: t b ru m l a t .de the iron bounce like whe'ri li r i t would henceforward abandon her designs on Tur- , that no metal haist:uagd. ended the sport. I ant satisfied key. Noth-striking current, even with th ment specific gravity to pierce that tu g but an unequivocal and a 2* , .a feet. niotnentum acquired by a fall of demonstration have been equa.l Y l2 Ol the iron, when striking, must of public feelina could counteract the dangers arising f l uently, its m ,mentnui n feet per second ; and, copse ng from the ventilation of such postal to the current wi.,"Z,,rti'l3"ll). Its surface on opinions in either _ branch of the' Legislature. , Will gien ab idea of ti.e. :ttperficialicl Nothing but the indiolaa au,l, at the same time, hint at th,,,y„i of that c i urret,t, nt denunciation of the been at work to scoop out the bed it force s that have conduct of Russia aye, of the and of Austria, could —New York Herald. Niagara river. even a worse position than before. C~~T~^~9 ~~.~ have repaired the mischief occasioned by the crotchetty Lord, and the meek Commoner, who would submit to any insult or injustice provided there was no interference with " trade." It was earnestly anticipated that these mai , ouslyllooked-for opportunities would have been afforded. In place of deprecating the discussion —in place of announcing themselves, or procur ing some convenient go-between to hint that a premature discussion might prejudice the chances of peace—a day is given up by the Government for the discussion, avowedly to the serious detri ment of the business of the country. Then at the last moment, when the House is crowded, not merely with attentive listeners, but with men ready to become energetic actors, and to justify the confidence of their respective constituencies, "hey, presto !" everything is changed by a dex- ;emus touch of the enchanter's wand, and the illusion speedily vanishes. The scene changes, and any possibility of a discussion until after the Whitsuntide recess, or until another fortnight has elapsed, is averted. Messrs. HERBERT and GLADSTONE jointly enacted the part of Harlequin on the occasion, and were ably supported by those who had been the honoured guests at the Premier's official ban quet on Saturday last. The quondam Secretary at War—the preserver of Odessa—first asked a question, or rather a series of questions, of the Premier. The concocted replies were speedily forthcoming ; and then Mr.. GLADSTONE gravely asks his Right Hon. Friend to adjourn the subject. Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT—interposing an assurance that he, if the motion were persevered in that evening, would move the previous question— makes the same request, which is supported by Lord HARRY VANE, who had promised to second the motion. Then followed the usual amount of ground and lofty tumbling, in which all parties, save Mr. DISItAELI, Mr. ROEBUCK, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, and Mr. MALINS cut a very dis creditable figure ; and eventually Mr. GIBSON relents,. and, after a decent show of resistance, owns the soft impeachment, but still retains the ground he has so unfairly occupied, promising again to bring it on after Whitsuntide, or more probably at the "Greek Kalends." Such was the disreputable farce last night enacted in the House of Commons, and it will again be repeated usgue ' ad nauseam until some really independent Mem ber, who cannot be cajoled, takes the opinion of the House. Is it yet too late for Mr. DISRAELI, Mr. LAYARD, or Mr. ROEBUCK to discharge, this important duty ? There is now a golden oppor tunity for any competent person desirous of gain ing the public thanks and gratitude who will undertake the task, and offer himself to supply the pressing exigency of the movement—who will, indeed, become the man of the people, ready to head an Administration in which the right men shall be put in the right places. The explanation given by Sir JAMES GRAHAM !Mt evening with respect to his attempt to fasten the death of the unfortunate Captain CHRISTIE on Mr. LAYARD leaves the Right Hon. Baronet in It will be seen that it was not until after Mr. RozerreK had given notice of his intention to move for copies of certain papers, which would in fallibly have demonstrated the truthfulness of Mr. LAYARD'S defence, and the utter falsity of his accuser's allegations, that Sir JAMES deemed it time to explain. The " humanity dodge," it was clear, had failed entirely of success, and he felt himself in the unenviable position of the engineer " hoist by his own petard." But if one dodge had failed that was no reason why he should not try another. If .unstarehed cambric, unctuous tears, and the sobbing accents of gentle remorse, could not convict LAYARD of CHRISTIE'S death, starched cambric, plaintive tones, and an affecta tion of virtuous candour might rescue his accuser from his false position. So the Right Hon. Baronet did the virtuous, the candid, and the re spectable. Nobody will doubt, he did his best to do it well ; but " the old fox was smoked," and his acting grew tamer as he felt how few believed him, and ultimately went for nothing. We defy any unprejudiced individual to read his explanation without coming to the same con clusion. The dull hypocrisy of it would have sent us to sleep, had it not been for the moral indigna tion which it was well calculated to inspire. It is an explanation that is not a defence, but a self incrimination. " Who killed Captain CHRISTIE ?" was the question. "LAYARD," replied Sir JAMES. " He killed Captain CHRISTIE; he, by his misre presentations, caused me to recall him and to send him' before a court-martial, which proceedings broke his heart. I was all pity. I only did what I did on compulsion. It was LAYARD that compelled me." And now that LAYARD has forced a confes sion of his entire innocence from his accuser, what is the inevitable inference? Capt. CHRISTIE's death (the friends of that unfortunate gentleman must thank Sir JAMES that we were compelled to speak as we have of him) having been occasioned by his recal and his trial before a court-martial, the man who ordered these is, on the ex-First Loid of the Admiralty's own showing, the man who killed him, and that man is Sir J. GRAHAM ! The Nineveh bull-baiters of the House have, we are happy to believe, met in this affair with a signal check. The manly attitude of Mr. ROEBUCK should not go unnoticed. He was the first who had the courage to con front the furious pack, in order to insure Mr. LAYARD some degree of fair play (if the ex pression be allowable where one was assailed by so many), and by his notice of motion last night, after Mr. LAYARD'S magnificent defence in the Times, he may be said to have made them " turn tail." Nor should Mr. BRIGHT'S part in the affair be forgotten—it was that of a generous minded Englishman. Would that he did his manly nature equal justice in not less important matters. As for Sir JOHN PAKINGTON we incline to think he will distribute his ponderous admonitions with better effect from the Bench at Quarter Sessions than on the opposition side of the House for some time to come. And for Lord PALMERSTON . , who by this time must feel how great a blunder he committed by joining in so disgraceful a persecu tion, we will only remark it may safely be left to him to say with diplomatic suavity, " Sir JAMES, it might have been done better, or perhaps it had better have been let alone." TRE SUN, LONDONy TUI4: I 4SO4.A r ETENING, MAY 22, 1855. RAILWAYS -701t CASH. and unbroken enough to drive on in sledges; even I only a week back some adventurous spirits from Esthland had come across on the ice. An extract from a letter, professedly written on board the Tartar, mentions that our Government proposeS to raise recruits in Sweden, so as to avail itself of the existing sympathies for us and antipathy against Russia. A German officer, now residing in Copenhagen, is said to have been engaged by our Minister there, and furnished with the necessary instructions for raising a Scandinavian Legion for the English service. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Emperor has received from General Can robert a letter dated. the Bth, relative to the sortie of the 2d, in which he says : "In the glorious combat of the 2d against a strong sortie of the Russians, who advanced to retake the work, captured on, the previous evening by our soldiers, the light companies of your guard, Sire, who were brought up from the reserve, caused the admiration of the army by their courageous. impetuosity. I have been very happy to be able to mention them favourably in general orders." The Emperor yesterday received in private audience; M. Olozaga, Minister of Spain and Baron de Grancy, Minister of Grand Ducal Hesse, who presented autograph letters from their sovereigns, congratulating his Majesty on his escape from as sassination on the 28th April. Letters from the king of Greece, and from the Captain - R e g ents of theßepublic of San Marino, containing, similar con• gratulations, were also presented to his Majesty. Lord Cowley yesterday presented to the Em peror Under-Sheri' Croslev, who came to Paris for the inauguration of the Universal Exhibition. General Pelissier, lately nominated by the Em peror to the chief command of the army of the Crimea, is the 19th on the list of gener als of divi sion. ris promotion to that rank is of April 13, 1850. He is the senior officer of Generals Bosquet, Noel, and Canrohert, but the junior of General Regeault de St. Jan-d'Angely, the commander of the Imperial guard. General Pelissier is grand cross of the Legion of Honour. was not long since in command of the division of Oran, and has been governor-general of Algeria ad interim. He was alwaNs one of Mirshal Bugeaud's favourite lieti- tenants. An Imperial decree revokes the order of the Executive Power of August 27, 1848, reducin.e: the staff of the engineers to 450 officers, and decides that. in order to meet the necessities of the SPT - ViCP, the former number shall be re-established, viz., 26 colonels, 26 lieut. colonels, 108 chefs de bataillon, 150 captains of the let class, and 150 captains of the 21 class and lieutenants—in all 460 offir.ers. e steam advice boat, the Petrel, has just left Chi rbourg to join the French division in the White Sea. A letter from before Sebastopol, dated the Bth, states as follows : "The expedition sent to Kertch has returned ; the squadron which conveyed and brought back the troops anchored at Kamiesh on the evening of the 6th. On the 7th the troops landed. It is generally thought that the ennnter-order came from Paris by telegraph. After the landing the troops returned to their former encampments. The rumour circulates, and I believe it is well founded, that fresh troops are expected ; it is at all events certain that suitable places are =ought to establish encampments. Our fire continues very animated during the night, and the object is to prevent the enemy from di=turbing our work men. Since our occunation of the advanced works we have taken from the Russians it has been discovered that these w. rks were mined. The mines were charged, but our attack was St , rapid and the victory so prompt that the Russians had not time to spring them." A private letter from Constantinople, dated the 10th, confirms what I stated the other day with respect to the object of the expedition in ques tion. The writer says— " A traveller who arrived this day from the Crimeahas given -me some information which completes the above. The object of the expedition was to destroy the maga zines containing supplies for the Rttssian army. It ap pears that in those magazines there were provisions for more than a month. I learn from a very gocd source that the whole of the troops composing the camp of Maslak have received orders to be ready to leave ; but whither they go is yet a mystery. My letters from the Crimea lead me to believe that they are intended to re inforce the army before Sebastopol. The health of the army is much better, and the cholera has diminished. The malady is also less violent at );'era. The number of deaths has considerably diminished. The tergiversa tions of Austria have Produced the worst possible effect at Constantinople. The journey of Redschid Pasha to Vienna has been adjourned. Since I wrote last there has been no modification in the Ottoman Ministry." The despatch received by telOgraph, counter rnanfling the expedition, is said to have communi cated the fast of a large body of troops being on the point of leaving Constantinople for tho Crimea. The expedition had soiled at 6 o'clock in the even ing, and in some hours after the counter-order reached the camp. There can be no doubt that an expedition on a still larger scale was determined upon, but to what particular point is not known, and it would be useless to guess. The object may he to intercept in some: other 'direction the sup plies which enable Sebastopol to hold out so long, or to attacß theißussian army wherever it may be found. The letters .received from the camp, be side those noticed in the 211Onitelir as from Gene ral ClTirobert, doliCiirt-in describing the sanitary state of the ,arnay as . excellent. .This, it is feared f f however; inay not be of long con tinuance if the troops do not remove from 'their presplit positions. The heat is becoming .intense, and the air is infected with the effluvia from the pits in which heaps of dead were interred ; and this inconvenience is beginning to he felt. Some discontent has been manifested in the French camp in consequence of the time spent before Sebastopol, and more than one regiment has repeatedly de manded the assault in a manner which resembled something like a mutinous spirit. The troops would wVlhngly receiCe the order for storming the place, even with the chances of failure, rather than re main as they are. The sorties and the slight affairs which have taken place have only whetted their appetite for further action. In this earnest desire they will probably soon he gratified, as some gfeat operation may now at last be expected before long. It appears there are 50 , 000 Turks —the best an% bravest of the Ottoman army—at Eupatoria, and the letters that have been received all speak of some grand operation as imminent, and from which the best results are anticipated. BOURSE, MAY 21.—CLosiNa PRIOR& Cash. fr.'e. End of Month. 4 per Cents 93 50 —f..—c. 3 per Cents 6B 90 68 95 , Credit, Mobilier 792 50 Roman nr,l , dit Fonder — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Snanish Threes Piedmontege ......... 85 Home Debt • fr. c. TT. Orleans Western 65'5 Rouen Oette 640 Strasburg Mediterranean 1102 50 Havre 555 -- Northern t 14 Y 411' 1'0 kov Li .?" tc r CT V T -14 60.1 " 44 ,zi1:k41 0-.;0 EPSOM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) CRAVEN STAKES. Chicken Ellermire .. .... Two ran. WOODCOTE STAKES. Lawn Dead heat for second with Spindle alai Warlock. Nine ran. SUMMER HANDICAP. Escape Hercules Mr. Sykes Nil.' ran. LA.TEST BETTING. DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 3to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) De Clare scratched, 9.30. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. BERLIN, MONDAY, MAY 21. The following despatch, dated St. Petersburg, Sunday, has been received here : Prince Gortschakoff writes, that on the nigl t between the 12th and 13th the Russians made two small and successful sorties. Up to the 14th nothing of importance had oc curred on other points of the Crimea. VIENNA, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1 P. 31. Yesterday a complete elucidation of the views of Austria on the third point was forwarded to London and Paris. If the Government consented to lay the de. spatches in question on the table of the House the nation would know what is to be expected from Austria. PARIS, MONDAY, MAY 21. General Canrobert is appointed a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, TUESDAY, MAY 8. The details of the Kertch expedition have lost their interest, inasmuch as it effected nothing. The most extraordinary rumours are afloat respect ing-the reasons of its return re infecta, but the sub ject is one of such delicacy that it is better to refrain from any comment or hypothesis respecting it. It is sufficient to say that the fleet, consisting of about 40 sail, 'with nearly 12,000 men on board, arrived at the rendezvous, lat. 44 54,, long. 36 28, on Sa turday mornieg and on she previous night, and that they were summoned to return to the place whence they came by an express steatner, which left Kamiesh on Friday night or Saturday morning with orders (it is said) from General Caniobert. These orders were, it is reported, sent by the French General in consequence of a communication from Paris, which rendered it incumbent on him to concentrate the forces under his command in the Chersonese. It is not to be wondered at that this abrupt termination of an expedition which, from its secret character, was doule less intended to effect im portant services, excited feelings of annoyance and regret among iose who expected to win honour, and glory, and position. Admiral Bruat could not venture to take on himself the responsibility of dis. regarding orders so imperative and so clear, and Admiral. Lyons was not in a position to imitate the glorious disobedience of Nelson. No doubt, all the officers engaged, French and English, experi enced the bitterest disappointment when they heard the orders to go back to Kamiesh. Of the feelings of the men there can be no question, for they have been only ton loudly expressed since their return. It is rumoured that the Emperor directed all the troops to he concentrated for some important ope ration, which is to be undertaken forthwith, but it is scarcely probable his Majesty knew the expe dition had actually sailed and was close to the place where, as it is believed, it was to act, at the time the orders were despatched. No one can tell where the men were to land or what place the fleet was to attack, and Kertch, Kaffa, and Anapa, each of them within a moderate distance of the rendezvous, have been severally named as the point of attack, but it is probable, from certain dispositions and orders, that the troops would have disembarked near Theodosia (Kaffa), and that the fleet would have been employed in the destruction of the forts which guard the Straits of Kertch on both sides. All such speculations are, however, worthless, nor can the real objects of the expedition be known unless the Generals who conceived it think fit to communicate them to the world. It is certain, however, that the Russians were quite aware of our proceedings, because they must have seen the flotilla cruising along the south coast of the Crimea to the eastward, and for miles the blue sky was seamed with streaks of black smoke from the steamers, which even at the rendezvous were visible from the land. Those on board the ships which were the furthest at sea could easily make out the land. A high peak rising out of the sea to the north was visible to the whole squadron ; two or three smaller elevations at no great dis tance could also be seen distinctly ; and there is no doubt but that the low land itself could be dis cerned from the tops of the mon-of-war at the rendezvous. I could not find out the names of all the ships which composed the expedition, but the following formed part of it :—The Royal Albert (Admiral Lyons), on board which Sir G. Brown and staff embarked ; the Montebello (Admiral Bruat), with the French General commanding the expedi tion ; her Majesty's ships Hannibal, Sidon, Vesu s vies, Ardent, Valorous, Tribune, and Fury,,,,"the - City of London, Hope, Cosmopolitan, Orient, Magnet, and transports 93 and 11, two Frenc's line of-battle-ships, one English line-of-battle ship and three steam frigates, and several men-of-war steamers belonging to our Allies. The men disembarked this morning. Sir Edmund Lyons is said to be unwell, and his illness is attributed to chagrin at the result of the expedition. The 12th Lancers have arrived, soma in the Himalaya, others in the Jason. Lieutenant Baynes, R.E., who was wounded a fortnight ago in the trenches, died last night. The Bishop of Gibraltar is lying ill at head quarters. There was a review of the cavalry, including the 10th Hussars, on Sunday morning. They turned out about 1,100 strong, and are reported to be very efficient. - - The firing was very heavy last night, particularly on the French side, and our casualties in the ad vanced trenches are becoming heavier every day. The French have constructed some very fine new batteries on the left, and have now put all their new guns in position. Osir works are complete, and, as our new bat teries are armed very heavily, and are 500 and 600 yards closer to the enemy than the old lines, we may expect tremendous results from their fire. On the 4th the 49th were surprised in the ad vanced trenches. The enemy were repulsed by the Royals, aided by some of the 49th. The latter had five or six killed and 15 wounded. THE BALTIC FLEET. . DANTZIC, May 18.—The mail from the fleet arrived here last night by the Driver, Commander Gardner. You have probably received the despatch containing the chief part of the intelligence she brings, but a few details may be added to com plete it. The squadron off Riga has commenced the actual blockade of that port by capturing eight Russian merchant vessels. These ships were rocoiving their cargoes on board outside the Bar of the Duna, the creek or river that runs up to Riga, probably to enable them to get out to sea quicker than they could have done had they to cross the Bar loaded. They appeared to have felt secure from any attack, for the shore boats continued to bring goods on board after the English steamers were in dangerous vici nity. At last, but just too late, the signal was made on shore warning them of the peril of their position. Whether it was misunderstood Is uncer tain, but instead of putting back into the harbour, the Russian masters stood out to sea, running, as it were, into the very jaws of the lion, for a little manoeuvring effectually cut off their retreat, and the vessels were all taken. The English fleet is divided and stationed at different points of the coast—at Hango, Nargen, the mouth of the Duna, and at Revel. At the moment the Driver was leaving Revel the Russians had hoisted a flag of truce on shore, but Captain Gardner could not .stay to ascertain the reason. There has been an unfortunate collision between the Tartar and the Imperieuse, one of the finest vessels of the fleet. The Tartar has lost her main mast, and both ships are so much damaged that they are compelled to return to England for repairs. Admiral Dundas has personally reconnoitred the Forts of Sweaborg. The French fleet, consisting of three line of battle ships and a corvette, were, on the 16th inst., still lying in Kiel harbour ; they had left their original anchorage, and had moored close to the town closer than ever anish or foreign line of battle ship had moored before. They were busily engaged taking in coals, and it was believed would remain there till Sunday next. Admiral Penaud waited on General von Krogh, the commander of the garrison in Kiel, on the 15th inst., who returned the visit the follow ing day in the Hecla. Letters and papers from the Russian Baltic pro vinces make, frequent mention of the Encvlish cruisers seen . 4- f ) , 1-t Ad. ices Ited April 27th, statt , that the stories of ships having arrived there with goods as far back as March 22 were entirely un founded, seeing that at that tiroe the ice was thick COURT CIRCULAR: The Queen held a Privy Council at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by H.R.H. Prince Albert, Earl Granville, Lord President; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; Viscount Canning, Pastmaster-General ; the Earl of Harrowby, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas ter ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; and the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain. The Hon.W. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Earl of Clarendon and Earl Granville had audi ences of her Majesty. The Queen was attended by Lord E. Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; Lord Carnoys, Lord in waiting ; and Major-Gen. Berkeley Drummond, Groom in waiting. Her Majesty, attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley and Major-General Buckley, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester in the forenoon, at Giocester house, Piccadilly. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode on horseback with the Prince of Wales and 'Prince Alfred, attended by Captain Du Plat. The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The emnpany included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princess of Hohen lohe-Langenhurg and the Princess Adelaide, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Vis count Torrington, Major-General the Hon. J. Scarlett, and Sir George ouper. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yes tei day from the Governors of the North Aine.rican Pro vinces. A Cabinet Council was held at 1 o'clock pm. yes terday, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, when the following Ministers assembled :—Viscount Palmerston, Bin Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Aresll, Sir George Gres, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Panrnure, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir W. Moleswortb, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The Council sat t .vo hours. • DEATH. OF THE DUKE OF GENOA.—The Opinions of Turin says that the Duke of Genoa, born on the 9th of January last - , is dead. Th:s is another affliction for the King, who has experienced many domestic losses of late. Resolutions in favour of the ballot were adopted at a public meeting at Northampton on Thursday. The Agnes Blaikie, from Malta to Balak lava, was run down by her Majesty's ship Medina, about the sth of May oT the latter port. THE GOVERNOR OF BALAKLAVA.—Amongst the Rus sian prisoners brought home in the Simla last week was the Governor of Balaklava, who was taken prisoner when Balaklava was first seized by the English army. In the confusion of the capture the governor lost his wife and daughter, and has never heard of them since. THE NEW LOAN ACT.—This day (Tuesday) the first payment under the new act is to be made of 151. per cent., and the last payment on or before the 18th of December. Contributors may anticipate their payments. All subscriptions paid in part, and not completed, are to be forfeited to the public use. INCREASE OF SALARIES TO THE POLICE MAGISTRATES. —The salaries of the magistrates of the eleven metro politan police courts, 23 in number, have been increased from 1,0001. to 1,2001.. Formerly the allowance was only 8001., it was then raised to 1,0001., and now 2001. per annum is added to it. THE ORGAN OF ST. GEORGE'S -HALL, LIVERPOOL. — The great organ at St. George's hall will be opened on the evenings of the 29th and 30th inst., by Mr. Wesley, who bas superintended the construction of the instru ment. The proceeds of the two concerts will be added to the fund being raised f , r the benefit of the only son of the architect, the late Mr. Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. The letters from St. Petersburg, received yesterday, reach to the ,12th inst., and state that the Siberian caravan, with about 18.000 casks of tallow, has been left high and dry in the floating river, the water of which went off before the ice. It is added that even if they succeed in collecting water in the tanks to get the barks off, which was very problematical, the delay will be great. The rate of exchange remained at 33 d. to 36d., and, rain having fallen, the weather bad become warmer. 'THE COAL TRADE.--The coal trade of South Wales is at the present moment in a very fiourishfng state. There is not any tendency to a reduction in prices, and all the ports are full of shipping and vessels waiting their turn to load. Coal is now forwarded per the Hereford line to Liverpool, where it is shipped on board the ocean going steamers, and there is every promise of a large amount of Welsh coal being ultimately sent to Liverpool and the north. CONVICTION OF A CRIMEAN HEROE.—At the Devon general sessions on Wednesday last, George Gilding was charged with stealing, at Torquay, a 10/. note and five Si. notes, the moneys of William Henry Wondley. The prosecutor is a poulterer, and the prisoner, who had been to the Crimea, was present at Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman, and was wounded, was in the prosecu tor's employ. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months' hard labour. For his wound he had 10d. pertay pension granted to him for life, which will be forfeited by this conviction. HONGKONG.—Advises from Hongkong by the over land mail are four days later than those previously re ceived, but nothing new had occurred at Canton, and there had.been no later arrivals from Shanghai. The country round Canton continued in-a most disorganised state, and the risk of transit effectually prevented all speculation. There had been no fresh transactions in imported goods, and no new supplies of teas. The vessels loading—one for London and bne for Liverpool—made slow progress. Bullion was lower, Sycee silver being quoted 7.4 premium, gold, 21 - 50. The emigration of Chinese to Australia and California was active, and there was an eager demand for tonnage for that purpose. Ad miral Stirling, with her Majesty's ships 'Winchester and Sybille, and the steamers Styx and Hermes, remained at Hongkong ; but the Styx was to proceed north on the 21st March, to be followed, probably, by the remaining vessels. The French Admiral was expected shortly from Shanghai. RUSSIAN LOSSES.—Lord Lansdowne said the other evening in the House of Peers that the Russian loss since the commencement of the war had been 247,000 men. The following are further details. In the month of January last a report was presented to the Emperor Nicholas, stating the loss of the army at 187,000 men, including those who died under the severity of the long marches and of sickness. A new report was presented to the Emperor Alexander in April, fixing the total loss of the army to March 31 at 250,000. In this report especial stress was laid on the effect of the marches, and some disastrous incidents were particularised. It was stated that an entire company had perished under the snows between Odessa and Perekop, and another between St. Petersburg and the south. An entire battery had been lost in the same manner, with the men and horses. The guns were found after the thaw, and are again in use. BULLION ROBBERY.—A robbery has taken place on the way from London to Paris, evidently perpetrated by persons who were acquainted with the extent and the mode of the consignments. The gold in bars and Ame rican coins amounted to between 13,0001. and 14,0001. The property bad been deposited in three boxes, which were separately consigned to Paris, from the bullion brokers, Thomas, Butt, and Spielman ; and were taken in the mail train of the South-Eastern Railway which set off from London at half-past eight o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, the 15th inst. to Folkestone, whence they were to be taken via Boulogne and the Northern Railway of France to Paris. It was found that the three boxes, which were, when delivered in London, hooped and sealed, had been re-opened and plundered, and then re-hooped and re-sealed. It is rather remarkable that the depredators left in one of the boxes between 6,0001. and 7,0001.'s worth of gold ; hut it is conjectured because they had not materials at command to supply what might have been the deficiency in weight. They had filled up that box with sporting shot Nos. 4 and 7, and the other two boxes were supplied with a quantity of shot sufficient to represent in weight the amount of gold abstracted from them. It is sup posed that so well planned a scheme could not have been executed in the rapid passage by railway from London to Folkestone. The French as well as the English police are engaged in the investigation. HORRIBLE DEATHS. --Yesterday, Mr. Bedford, coro ner for Westminster, received information of the death of a young man, named John Beasely, a painter, aged ! e i h n ar G in re g a .c t i E og a s rl- H st o r :p et it , a S l t. un G do il r es t ' h s, e a f 3 , 1 , 4 1 1 y o e w w a i h r o o s ; expiredw circumstances resiiine :—lt appeared the deceased was painting the outside of a house in Piccadilly, and his h a m o gd stuckbelow, upon he thef e l spikes of the area. l f a t t o t attention t t i h o e n be ladder,ing directed depth of f o 70 He was speedily extr icated b y his fellow-workmen, who con ve y ed him to the accident ward so f m ee e t t , of Charing-cross Hospital, where the medical staff ren dered every assistance, till death terminated his suffer ings. The second case is that of Mr. George Stevens, aged 52 years, corn-dealer, who resided at 31, Queen's road, Bayswater, and who expired in the Oxford Ward of St. George's Hospital on Sunday. It appears that the deceased fell from a load of hay off a cart, in t'ne, V.'llton-ro'ad, Pimlico. He was picked up in a state of insensibility, and removed to the above-named institu tion, when it was found his spine was fractured as well as his head. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 13th inst. The Invalide Russe publishes the following.:-- "Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff has sent the following. telegraphic despatch, via Kieff, dated Se bastopol, 26th of April (Bth May). "From the 24th to the evening of the 26th of April (from the 6th to the Bth of May), nothing of importance took place at Sebastopol. The fire on both sides is mo derate ; our daily loss is small. "The enemy's fleet which left on the 21st of April (3d of May) went as far as within sight of Kertcb, and then returned to Sebastopol. "It was observed that a portion of the troops on board were landed at Kamiesh Bay. _ _ "Nothing of importance has occurred on other points of the peninsula." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest of the 9th gives some de tails as to the facts which have induced General Coronini, the officer in command of the Austrian forces, to proclaim martial law in the Principalities. It says : " The numerous arrests which have taken place here during the past month appear to have been caused by the discovery of a vast conspiracy organised by some Hungarian emigrants, in concert with a certain number of revolutionists. It is said that all this has been done at the instigation of Russia. with •a view to excite a movement against the order of thins established since the return of the hospodar into Wallachia ; it is said also that attempts have. been made to lead away from their duty the Austrian troops of occupa,tion. All the interrogatories undergone by the persons arrested have been perfectly secret, and the persons set at liberty have been warned not to speak of what has occurred. In consequence, scarcely anything has transpired abroad. But owing to what has come to light, Count Coronini has published an order of the day declaring martial law established." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 17th, in Voss's Gazette of Berlin, says :--‘• The plenipotentiaries have resumed within the last few days their con ferences with Baron de Hess, and it is said that the subject.under discussion has been the route which the French troops are to take in order to reach Austria. It is thought in diplomatic circles that the Grand Duke of Baden would not oppose the passagk_ , 4 of French troops through his territory ; and they might' then cro;3 tic Late of Constance, and so arrive without difficulty in the _very heart of Austria. Baron de . Bourqueney had yesterday a long •conference• with Count Buol, in which the address of the Poles at Paris to the Emperor of E . V ) k ttlA the French was spoken of. Austria 'has not made any representation or complaint on the subject, but the French Government has taken the initia tive, and given such explanations as to completely deprive the publication of that document in the Ilioniteur of the character of a demonstration against Austria." WEST INDIA MAILS. The royal West India mail packet Tay, Captain Moir, arrived at Southampton yesterday. Her dates of sailing are Greytown, April LS ; Chagres, April 23 ; Honduras, April 28 ; Carthagena, April 25 ; Jamaica, April 28 ; Nassau, April 13 ; Deme rara, April 25 ; Trinidad, April 25 ; St. Kitts, April 29 ; Barbadoes, no mail ;_ St. Lucia, April. 27 ; Antigua., April 30 ; St. Vincent, May 4 ; Martinique May 5 ; Gaudaloupe, May 1 ; Gre nada, April 22 ; Jacmel, April 30 ; Porto Rico, May 2 ;- Dominica, May 5 : St. Thomas, May 7 ; La Guayra, May 5; St. Lucia, April 27 ; Tortola, April 25. The Tay brings 79 passengers, among whom are Sir Arthur and Lady Rumbald, Lieuts. Pearson and Ivey, Count do Grossard, Messrs. Barclay, Elkin, King, Anthorne, Gordon, Newton ; Mrs. Gough, Mrs. Fyfe, Mr. Davis, Col. Minchin, &c. The freight on board consists of specie to the amount of 482,382 dollars, all on merchants' ac- count. The Wye, screw steamer, belonging to the com pany, broke down off St. Lucia on the 23d of April. The mail: for Barbadoes were in consequence sent up by a sailing vessel, who, on finding the Prince at Barbadoes, despatched her to finish the route. This circumstance was the cause of delay to the Tay, who had to wait at St. Thomas seven clear days after the regular sailing time to enable the Prince to bring her mails up. Her Majesty's brig Mariner left St. Thomas for Windward I-lands on the 4th of May ; her Ma jesty's ship Medea, for Bermuda, with the admirars de:3patches. • At Jamaica, De Cordova reports business as dull, and the country parishes being fully supplied, no immediate improvement is anticipated. Sales of rum have been made at from 3s. to 3s. 4d., proof 18. Sugar rules at u s, to 16s. per cwt., according to quality. Exchange on London-00 days, par ; 60 days, per cent. premium ; merchants' bills, 1 per cent. discount. Letters from Demerara reportimproved weather, and a flourishing state of the crops. -- NTT ------",....._ HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. EAST KENT RAILWAY. third ~: On the question that this bill be read a Oho time, M1...1-Ai-VIES INIGREGOR moved that it be not read a third time till the evidence and report of the committee shall be printed a h and c irculated alnong members. 118 mo v e d ther e fore the postponement of the tird reading to th the 4 of June. After a few remarks from Mr. Rice, gr. Lushington, an 'l Mr. Deedes against the ' notion, and from Or. Rich in favour of it, The house divided, when the numbers we re :--- 21 For the motio,n .............. . Against it ........ .......................... .. 99 Majority .................. --78 an T d l p e aseeti bill . was then read a third time and passed. A The Luton, Dunstal,le and Welwyn Rs•ilway, an' the t y mp R e gi s Roads Bills were also read a third time. The i,,nowing bills were considered and ordered to be read a third t me :—Bridport and Broad Winscr we ds ; Caledonian Railway ; Oxford, WorcesttPr, and W°l ver d . hampon Railway (narrow gauge) ; Peterborough Wellingborough Road ; Sunderland Dock ; Wigan and Preston Roads, North of Yarrow. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. ' 1 Mr. WILSON said he had been asked by severs members whether the Government intended to g 0 ll t committee of supply on Thursday night ; be convenient to the house if he stated tbat if the br: m ember for Aylesbury (Mr. Layard) did net bringlo,r, ward his motion on that evening the Government viotilu go into committee of supply. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BlT'lb, and it laig On the order of the day for the house going into cant ' 9/ 1 1 0/ mittee on the above bill, Sir B. HALL oved that c 27 an" --' h aw a OS relate to th electio m chairs u n of an of the board, be Po poned. i After a few words from Viscount EBRINGTON, The motion was agreed to. On clause 35, Sir B. HALL moved to strike i t out in order to i duce into the bill certain portions of 11 bh use's Act' Agreed to. • Clauses up to 40 were agreed to a fter ash d 1169. ort sion. On clause 40, providing for the inspection ratepayers, rs ° f . Sir H. WILLOUGHBY suggested thatthe, ow ne h i of i p n r s o p p e e e r t t i y o , n a ; s a w n e d l , l aafsterrataepsahyverrtsd, i;shcouuslsidortal'heietZige;too of the hon. baronet was adopted, and the clause. ordered to stand part ~f the hill • PPP SITTING.] ...-----'......... LAW INTELLIGENCE (VMS' 1).41). of hooks by Although thisCO -.- trwßaTtlOieFfirCstlidAaNy CofE,R;rin-ity 1 , 00 , hi tb° Lord con Chancellor did not sit in the Court of Chanceri and a se t luence of being engaged in the Nouse of Comm ; 0 in airangeinents that have been for some tide existence not requiring either his lordship or t hat - re , ths t ce of aijudges to open their respective courts in state; m n i i c iy a only being performed now on the first al it y et h elmas and Easter Terms. The other Vi tor . Alas satat Lincoln's-inn to-day, iosteadof West GRAY V. HAIG ROLLS HATG CAr.OGURRATT.......sti6IO..„4,r, 01 The Master of ;he Rolls j c .et i d n ,ige si nc d i e e r n a t b n le eel l l e p t y rg i t n h g in these cases, the del ivel °i. h e n isr e i a a r a l t y er o ,s ne rep h , o )r u t r: ceptions am gi .... n e a n l to the Messrs. Fro n in the ori statements and of 4 b h y i s gtahaeveendneinuferdn:diarnatritsp. i ci reci a i cf l ti t b i lt i Sons, the defendants in the e r eP oi r snit, Were Edinburgh and the plaintiff,' Mr. Gray, wa s it s Ine , r s c ee and commis; ccwaoasmst leee .ntuhtpHettorahena'bed-.iTe:f:i,roalii n'tueleodi suit distillers,: Honour carry u po i n n ; II O on gsbUtShinane:lll'St ill: Tyne. In the year 1832 all arrallse7be. agt,yenwt,hiccahrrmyirn.gGorany le,eosuisneos it s e a d w:thoeirt e agent for Messrs. Haig for the sa le 0 : 1 0 0, whiskies. These transactions continued for 0113"1,181 upona yi n e d ssrsa the agency of Mr. Gray ceasirg, i l/ e fter a d l i l s owin . g folrigcoemlamiraisestilona, sum mm 11rn.eGarrlaYP6'°)7r1.::::: eato:a p ;ir u lea. t s e vt.t d irnag t in he b m al e a s n sr c s e . and n filed his bill, f a the' ll'l c 't°n bill, G au ra d y i :. crossne an account, and also for a n ie l o tioe I M t {0 s a ni s g t a e 4i r ,s , .u a rn ud of t o 1 I h , gai ter 6 % 4 O ing l o O rrle l B . Pt ! t d u p war d 3 s i're'' dti e fro.344°°. , the result of the report of the that a a l< ga G r r e r e f a er f y no e reference from took k b e jjr 6 i v r n 6 5'4 3 1 : 111 !' n: pa:t:iseo:l:6B:ii s o be : g el earae;llo er His Honour, Son, subject to the claim for our, after going seriatim throngl' allf weir eeptioes expres ~disallowed thegreater ortion o t the 66 6ndb ay oh: Ipf.i, il : p „vt A , " 3 0 at the same time his tve ON course adopted by Mr. Gray, . degtroP°, of the books which ln ndered tholeb would have re— 0 , 0 00 , a transactions clear which were at the pr esen t 111 (40 1 1)° , doubt and uncertainty. Such conduct es Mr. Li Coe' pursued, wenl if it should be publicly kn.oven? tP"ter, of d treat with the greatest severity. In 113° bet , ii _ l i account nothing was so important as benkg ; 1 t ieri, u" this case, they had been destroy d, and the ga le Or' Principal and agent had not been resPeettia;iotbe Gray. Under such circumstances gr. G-raYs";3ooioll./ opinion of his Honour, not entitled to the 0 °,...4 O r ' which he would have been entitled to if b" - use tbe ge o be , is differently to the course he badpursued in actions. The result of his Honopur's decision crixtitster'6 all its principal particular, to confirm the to s' report, finding. Mr. Gray • gesera' 11°1 indebted to arge.amount. - wg - 10 0 MIDDLESEX ADJOURN (T DAY.) Daniel S ---- • (Before Mr. Sergeant Adaros.) ',...riiierli Smith a respectably-dressed nian, ''' so rer wa r d erto i r i the Middlesex Howse of Correctio°, 0 ,, 6 34 dered twelve the i w n ell P th r ;as meter manufacturer. The prisoner II:r, °I pmeirloitlytb:asfilLiseheamrgpelodyewr,ithmentnabrz,velirti,go,lf/•c_cierteeetiot, prosecutor's employment fa r 'lt% °19'.1.-f as .gate-keeper and clerk, a' c r tinl ,l ,iiko twenty Annals per week, with 21 Per cent's :n ci °I ; co n on sales effected by him of leather cnttiligoo3o; to p ro per, the reiuse which accumulated i n the 00 ,1 11 ... of , the meters. In April the prosenet°,r frost° se and cart with old metal in it standing 10 0; t he urine store dealer's shop in Clerkenwell, nsplniol)i Ald, neof o Potter over the door, which excited hi s s t he r ta ' to him - self e3iktoil;e.qoufeluetollhaesrcoerotiati jou making i inquiries he found the shop cnAesro,do°4 sonee n s after that had disposed of them for 2/s• Pe r C os t ° 1 defence was that the transaction in rltlesti°o t he 116° bona fide character, and in accordance with - , s practice adopted at thmprosecutors nanufttet,.6lSe '1..6 The i JIlrY, after a short consultation, 0(1' d. prisoner,TeGrwauhdo was immediately discharge .oi-ilia' Jury wern diacharg ill ' ed '" Pi ° , LLOYD'S SHIPPING---00 gedstalitelp4rsi.spoerocto.o.lo;: , --c--------- 0 01 ' LONDON, May 21—Wind and weather thi 0 , . (VP I ; N N ..B ;light air d h ...._s, an azy. Arr ii etpliov,, DovER, May 2L—Wind, N N•W •Pr t ' hOP' Lena , from Java • Hondrina do • bt All 0000 Clementina Pro Janeiro.! 12matio' Vir or Calcutta. " Sa"e( 1V ° -a. Sa l ° , PORTSMOUTH, M a y 21—Wind, ...'" fea Arr l town, for New York. ' . .ki S. Or . Of SOUTHAMPTON, May 21,--wind, .0 . 4 tor (80, from the West Indies.' A 01-10;poe' NEWPORT, May 2----W'n I S 'g• AlTr'•evrils. - 4 Froenedow from Liverpool,. IfOr'Cap.e de • - ' 0 fro- L JEdnonstfoillt Thomas. 0a.... .c00P 1' ay 20. --grind, B. Arrl y 0 00 Labradore,. LElTH.—Arrived —r uth from 3031,1' sc iLli rf °l NEW ORLEANS Ma 2The Actou vili'itlie '' d bales of cotton On' board, has been Wilt h 8 1 '1: aria River. for S Crtorx • T. , April 29.7. --The Alliance, titiotis. 0 Was to h. • aye sailed to -day, but they are To r°,l AmerAg e ' ov ' steamer Medea has interfered. ,rhe Irett a ne t ,et BELFAST (Port Fairy) Mar 6.---i- thel jelit7lig. London, which went 'kb, on Care ~,,iti 1 1: ': n o ' l ' on the inst is aOnt( talrewreek ; nrevid-"Ds o' are landed; the"wreck has been sold, en appeared. Arrived— c Me (P ri j :i fk ' Wind, N . N. - vv laivEßrooi,, To°s`lllY from }Twig kir•eitobart r jjet Ai' . 14 Sailed— ri 1 PO' toio, WIC D:LECTUIC TELEGRAIIII _ 000 treal ; Irene,l'ih'kth!;:, 1.'2%7r Ni,v`r -plli°ric ; 13a1a10/1b ; 01. Walls, Singapor€7.- - °r- ; --'44°)' ga9 AWrirnivdedBLEibeona *OM p or to EICO ; 913 : 7 jill'; )000r) P Adroit, Santander; Emulous, • PIO' PS* ' 3arbadoe , Sebastian. rA •rfrod— Sq.' 3 114 • fled—Splendid for Nantes. Of ' Qtlitr4sl.°l (0.1 Wind northerly • 1%4113 prussiflll Glesnor, from Mazigau ; Sailed—Skerner, for .AntivipiT• g ) - rritLEa°Ar-i./ 0.P.cl (BY SIJDMAILINE AND DRITI3O • 1 ~,, 3.0.,. ay, P.' GDAVEASND, TO:ttJor GYP t Wind, E. ; tide last hour's ebb ; W e '' ti , I w to f • slight rain. itiAcorr;ivGetels.i—naTeNllo,rd(on)f:optnaCkoonositantiouiolipoletoo°,ll;lo,:, Margaret, Dansie. 1.)A,,, ,ruesclal, o'd corl;‘,1,11! lirind, N.B. ; lieit, and clowly. , 0-„doro ;4•101 I) l'asged.—Jan-et MoWillism, for .D' . ',-, f ,11 J Cardiff ; Rttliat Tltomp:,,oth Coustatitviorl..„ 'ri o'l,4'' - 13th, 100 ; Adelino, from :.z.:. lls for ‘,3l' • , 'n'e '" 1011 . 0 tbe f 3 oi S,ilc,,ci in tov.,--Vuo,icoe', for I,ow 401, 004 )10 Eleanor from Callao, forlomin, rerii°:, Octi v appearsl.lelinor," for I,ondu; v been condemned and bold at Callao. THE DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. BERLIN, May 19.--The following is a report drawn up by M. Darla, Oriental Attache to our Embassy at Constantinople, whence he had been sent into Moldavia to inquire into the truth of the various statements current, as to the conduct of the Austrian troops in the Danubian Principalities, and the state of feeling prevalent there in conse quence. It is dated Fokschani, April 2, 1855 "The same evening I arrived I paid a visit to M. Stamatin, the Governor of Moldavian Fokshani (as the town lies on the boundary of the two Principalities, part lies in Moldavia and part in Wallachia), who expressed himself without reserve as to the conduct of the Austrian troops, whom he describes as totally without discipline. "He narrated to me the particulars of the following outrage. A woman, long past the middle age, occupied, together with her daughter, a house in which two Aus trian soldiers were billeted. One evening about 18 of their comrades caine to see them. The daughter took flight, leaving her mother behind her ; the latter was found dead the next morning in consequence of violence offered to her person. It is affirmed that she was vio lated by ail the 18. A post mortem, examination that was made by the physician of the district, assisted by an Austrian regimental surgeon, confirms the fact that the death of the said woman was caused by rape at tended by violence. Not one of these miscreants has been puniThed, the Austrian authorities having affirmed that they had no proof of their identity. " He then mentioned the murder committed on the landlord of the inn at Gresceschti ; the Austrian soldier who committed this act did not meet with any punish- meat "The attempt made upon the Treasury of the local Government was thus narrated to me by M. Slams tin. An Austrian soldier had obtained entrance bur glariously into the apartment were the money and valuable papers were deposited, and was apprs bended there by the Moldavian sentinel, who handed him over to his superior officer. The follow ing morning an Austrian corporal came and demanded his liberation. The soldier was at that time still in con finement in the apartment in which he had been detected. The demand was refused. Later in the same day an Austrian officer, with a guard of 20 men, returned, and demanded again the liberation of the prisoner which demand was again refused. The Austrians on this made use of their arms, seriously wounded the Moldavian sen tinel in the head, and carried off the prisoner. The Moldavian soldier was still in the hospital, suffering from the consequences of his wound. To my inquiry as to when this occurred, the Governor answered that the papers connected with the matter were in his chancel lerie ; in their absence he could not give me the exact date, but that he believed it was the middle of Novem ber. No satisfaction nor atonement had been given, nor had the soldiers been punished, the Austrians affirming that a Moldavian bas no right to arrest an Austrian. _ _ . . . ............ " V He told me that since the arrival of Col. Oettinger Wallerstein about two months back somewhat more order obtains ; but that the inhabitants wers still ex• posed to oppression and insults ; that if, for instance, a private or subaltern officer had to wait at all for the door of a house to be opened to him, he would draw his bayonet, and would threaten with all impudence to make use of it. " Moldavian Fokscbani appears to be less quiet than the Wallachian portion. I attribute this to the circum stance that M. Stamatin has drawn upon himself the displeasure of the Austrians, on account of his having demanded satisfaction for the attempt to rob the local treasury, and the wounding the Moldavian soldier on that occasion. " M. Boronesko appeared less disposed to express himself to, me on the subject of the Austrians with the frankness of his Moldavian colleague. He told me, however, that their troops behaved very ill, that the in habitants were afraid to leave their houses of an evening on account of the frequent disturbances, that he had maty times spoken to the Commander of the complaints made avainst the troops under his command, and that about six days previously the arrangement had been come to, that an Austrian patrol should accom pany the soldiers of the national police in their night rounds, and that since this arrangement had been car ried into effect a greater degree of tranquillity had been attained. "I must not ornit to mention to you as a fact of some importance, that orders have been-sent hither from Vi enna, prohibiting the infliction of corporeal puinshments on the troops here. 1 have not heard of any similar prohibition having been extended to any other portion of the army. " Yesterday an Austrian soldier presented himself at the house of the Wallachian Governor, and demanded that a guide should be assigned him to accompany him to Braila. The Governor required to see his colunei's orders : for this, and asked what remuneration would be. given to the man who might accompany him: The soldier answered that he had no order, nor any money with which to pay the man, but that his demand must be attended to. He hereupon became so insolent that he was obliged to be turned out. "The Governor's son-in-law told me that in returning from the country about a fortnight previously be was attacked, his postillion struck from his horse, and the man injured by the fall. I could mention several other attacks made by these soldiers. "I learn from M. Boronesko, that three murders have been committed at Bouz4on, by Austrian .soldiers, but he did not know the particulars. The last took place about a month back. The Governor of Bouzdon, M. Lapatv, has lately received an Austrian order. "There is no doubt that the inhabitants are frequently exposed to great vexations, and that a feeling of irritation has sprung up between them and the Austrian troops, on account of the bad conduct of the latter, which consist for the most part of Croats, so ill disciplined that, as I learn here, their officers hardly dare reprimand them. "I have the honour to be, &c., (Signed) " Wm. DORIA." a m THE CLIPPER-SHIP JAMES BRINES,--A few limo ths ago we chronicled forth the remarkable intelligence an nouncing the arrival of the clipper-ship Lightning, Cap tain Forbes, belonging to the "Black Ball" line of Aus tralian packets, in 63 days from Melbourne, t h e voyage out and honte occupying only five months and eight days. To-day it is our pleasing duty to record another wonder ful achievement in navigation, which has been accom plished by another ship belonging to the same successful and enterprising firm. Yesterday evening at 7 o'clock, no previous announcement of her app roach having been made, in consecraence of the foggy state of the weather, the Royal Mail packet-ship James Baine M s, under the command of Capt. C. Nl`Donald, e ntered the ersey, and announced her arrival by the firing of cannon. She sailed from Melbourne on the 11. th of March, and per formed her homeward passage in 69 days, against 631 1 on the outward run. Her voyage out and home occupied only five months and t en days, and after deducting 27 days' detention in_Melbourne Harbour (seven days more than that of her sister ship the Lightning), stands unparalleled in nau tical history, and speaks much for the ability and skill of her commander, and also for the untiring energy displayed by the spirited firm to which she belongs, in successfully proving to the commercial world that the superiority of Liverpool ships, boa for the comfortable conveyance of passengers and the speedy transit of merchandise, stand unrivalled. The James Baines brought 360 passengers, 40,000 ounces of kold on freight, in addition to . a large amount in the hands of passengers, and a very heavy mail. On her arrival in the river the passengers were enthusiastic in-their well-merited encomiums of the attention and consideration evinced by Captain .M`Donald and hi , officers for their comfort during the passage, and mani fested their approval by presenting the chief officc:r v.ith a, ~,ure contfu 0 , rimg 6,,—1j 0? .. /00 1, A , 10 'The arrivals of specie yesterday amounted to 360,000/. comprising 190,0001. from New York and 160,0001 from Australia. ~--.. M t " .0 ~I tbli