The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.-1 Reduced Prices as usual. Will be performed LOVE AND LOYALTY, in which Mr. and Mrs. Waflack will appear. To be followed by an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. RETNOLDSON, of Meyerbcer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffler , D. Be ll, Miranda, and Blake; Mrs Henri Drayton, Miss Johnsen, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny Baur. After which, FOLLOWING THE LADIES. To conclude with a Grand COMIC BALLET. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Duckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Backstone and Mis s E. Chaplin. To be forowed by THE SPANISH DANCERS. To conclude with A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Mil racters by Messrs. we and 13uckstone ; Mrs. Caroline White, atid Misses Ell e n Chaplin and Reynolds. -------- ROYAL PRI.I•TCEAS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CIIARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be cc:Mowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Primipid oh racter by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by (Bth time) a new Farce, entitled A GAME eF ROMPS. Principal charactera by Messrs. Harley and Chester Mrs. Wlaitanley, Mi,ses Death, Murray, C. Leder...xi, Daly, and Tern an. TEIEATUE }LOYAL ADELPIH. Proprietor, Mr. D. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame 'Celeste. TIM EVENING. Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro )ogne, and called JANET PRIDE. After which, I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. To conclude with THE FETE OF NkTIONS. BIYAL OLYMPIC TFIEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will he presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, in Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND TILE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Miss Marston. Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallau. NATIONAL STANDARD. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, ANTONY andICLEOPATRA. Principal Per formers, Mr. 11. Marston and Miss Glyn. After which, QUARTER DAY. To conclude with THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Grani Equestrian Spectacle called TIMOUR THE TARTAR. Also, a novel series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, The performance of lierr Endersohn, le Fil-cle-Fer, with l'Entree du Clown ii la Francais°. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting 7 4- anger, B 1 r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE BE kRTFI. Cha racters by Messrs J. Raiford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaacs, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. To be followed by THE PET OF TIIE PUBLIC. To conclude with CITY FRIENDS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY —Norning3s min.nftor 4 I Evening 53 min.a ft . 4 To-Niumw—Morninglo min.a ft er 5 1 Evening 28 min.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.--Eux Osnca, March. 22. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 53—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day, at noon. es/toms-rim, 28 . 96—a groat fall since yesterday. WIND, E.N.E.—Fresh breeze, with squally, cold, and rainy weather. , LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1855. wards the Guardians of the National Purse, or that he had not deliberately violated the under standing on which the vote of one and three quarters millions of pounds sterling was sanctioned by Parliament. If circumstances occurred to in duce him to change his determination—if he found himself obliged to alter the character of the transaction—and to make that which in its in ception was, properly speaking, " a Supply Exche quer Bill," " a debt permanent in itself, but the obligation of which is renewable from year to year," he should have distinctly stated that reso lution, and obtained the assent of Parliament to the departure from the honourable compact ! He did not, however, do so—the best proof whereof is, that gentlemen on both sides of the House were entirely misled on the subject—a delusion increased by the Royal Speech at the close of the session, to which it may be presumed that Mr. GLADSTONE was an assenting party : " I fully recognise your wisdom in sacrificinn consi derations of nresert convenience, and in providing for the exigencies of the war, without an addition being made to the permanent debt of the country." Those very terms had keen discussed in the presence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and, con sidering the opinions he had previously given ex pression to, it was scarcely justifiable to permit his Royal Mistress to make an incorrect and erroneous statement to the House. Mr. Wasoie spoke plausibly of the " misrepre sentations" of those by whom the subject was introduced, and endeavoured to show a bold attempt, as he himself admitted it to be, that " the expenses of last year had been defrayed by the growing produce of the country, without one shilling being added to the nationaldebt." The House was, however, manifestly dissatisfied with the system of Exchequer " thimble-rigging" so long iu operation. Mr. GLADSTONE had himself explained some of the delusions habitually prac tised, and the secret once revealed, the trick be comes "stale and unprofitable." Nor will the " blowing hot and cold" by diffe rent members of the same Government bo longer tolerated. Mr. GLADSTONE, in March, 1854, clearly and distinctly proved that the Unfunded Debt is to all intents and purposes a permanent liability, although " the obligation is renewable from year to year." Mr. J. WILSON, as a subor dinate Member of the Administration, yielded a tacit assent to the principle, and he cannot now argue that these Exchequer Bills or Bonds (for ho places both in the same category) are raised simply in anticipation of supplies. The time has gone by when such a system could prove successful. Mr. GLADSTONE attempted, with considerable ingenuity, to shirk the real question, and to ride off on a collateral issue. Speaking of an acknow ledged excess of expenditure over the sum to be raised by taxes, he says—" Surely, in time of war, an excess of 2,000,0001. is not a discreditable ac count to present !" Possibly not ; but that was not the point in dispute. The substantial issue was, whether the engagement entered into by the right honourable gentleman with the House, in reference to the sum of 1,750,0001., had been faithfully observed or not ; and on that there could be no dispute. Lord MONTEAGLE had, in his correspondence with Mr. GLADSTONE, set that matter completely at rest, convicting him, not ou the evidence of hostile or prejudiced witnesses, but convicting him out of his own mouth. In his speech of the 6th of March, Mr. GLADSTONE care fully explained the distinction between the Exchequer Bills usually in circulation and the 1,750,0001. worth which he then asked the authority to issue. Re said—" These bills for 1,750,0001. axe what other bills falsely pur port to be. They are Supply Exchequer-bills. The mass of Unfunded Debt still passes by the name of Supply Exchequer-bills, though they have ceased to have any reference to supply at all, and, in fact, constitutes a debt which is permanent in itself, but the obligation of which is renewable from year to ) - ear. 'When, vealrun for 41.- regular 02ssionat Act, au ttiority to raise so many millions by Exchequer-hills, you do it with a view of replacing them as they become duo by other Exchequer-bills. Bat these are Exchequer-bills quite of a different class. These are to be raised simply in anticipation of supplies, for which y ou will have given authority ; and when the suppli es come in, these Exchequer-bills will be p a id off out of these supplies, and no m ore will be heard o f them." The Chancellor of the Exchequer has exercised a sound discretion in abandoning the Newspaper Stamp Bill introduced by his predecessor in office. No amount of alteration could have rendered that ill-advised and impolitic measure acceptable either to journalists or to the community at large. There can be no doubt that which he has brought for ward is a very decided improvement. Oar praise must, however, be of a negative character. We speak of the proposition now brought forward rather in reference to that for which it is a suls stitute than on its own intrinsic merits. The chief point is that the Financial Minister, at a time when he must find it exceedingly difficult to make both ends meet—when it will be a task of no ordinary labour to provide for the indispensable demands on the national exchequer—thinks ,„„„ in wilaf. LimaPlF arlp,;4-<, 11 i:uzuuii 4 to at. rat. 200,0001. per annum, but which is returned by competent authority at fully 250,0001. If any great object were to be at tained—if the respectability, or efficiency, or liberty of the Fourth Estate were to be in any Way improved by the alteration it would be cheaply purchased even at that price ; but when it appears, to those best qualified to form a cor rect judgment on the question at issue, that its tendency will be altogether the other way—when the great mass of the people are perfectly satisfied with the existing state of affairs—we must say that the Right Honourable Baronet would have been more than justified in postponing the in teresting and important question to a future day, so that it might in the interim be strictly investi gated and maturely considered in all its varied details. The present sacrifice of revenue appears to be gratuitous and uncalled for. With all submission to Sir G. C. LEWIS we must protest against his assumption that "it is not a question whether 200,0001. shall or shall not be retained, but that it is, rather whether a crusade shall be entered into against a large proportion of the existing newspaper press, for the sake of en forcing a law which cannot be enforced by means of the verdicts of juries, which are somewhat doubtful in their results !" There is not, we con tend, the slightest necessity for persecuting class periodicals. The prosecution of the " Household Narrative," which never should have commenced, failed, not from any unwillingness on the part of a jury to convict, if a fair case had been made out for a verdict against the defendant. A majo rity of the Judges before whom the question was argued concurred in that verdict, and held that there had been no violation of the law. If the cases are properly selected, we venture to assert that there will be no difficulty on the part of the juries. But they will not, and we honour them for the resolution—suffer themselves to be made tools of—to strain the law beyond its fair interpretation, or convert it into traps for the unwary. The se c ond - rea di ng of the Bill is fixed for Monday next. W e trust that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has already se far yielded to the voice of public opi n i on, will make a further concession, and agree to the withdrawal of the Bill until a time when its provisions can be more maturely considered, and the pecuniary sacrifices can be better spared. The financial phenomenon and his quondura "fidus achates"—cc that able, faithful ) aria care ful public servant," Mr. JAMES WILSON, hav e h ad the desired opportunity of replying'to the . charges originally brought forward in the Upper House by Lord MONTEAOLE, and last repeated by the nonourable Baronet the member for Evesham in the Commons. Notwithstanding the well-known ingenuity of these gentlemen, and their profici ency in the art denominated " rigmarole," they were utterly unable to explain, satisfactorily, the addition of 1,750,000/. to the permanent floating debt, which had been granted on the express understanding that it was to be defrayed out of the accruing revenue of the coun -BY. y , Wi‘h all the casuistry and special 7 < ghWilitn . j g of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the was unable to show that he had - acted in a Ondid, explicit, and straightforward - manlier to- Now, they have again been heard of. They are to be replaced as they come due by other Exchequer-bills. They have not been paid out of the growing produce of the revenue. The fund that was specifically hypothecated for their redemption, viz., the first half year's amount of the augmented Income Tax has been received, but it has been otherwise applied, and they are still outstanding, an addition to the " permanent floating debt of the country." This course, so destructive of confidence in public men, has been justly complained of, and it is for the representatives of a commercial nation to give expression to such opinions thereo n as may prevent the possibility of any recurrence of similar transactions. It has been adopted, too, to bolster up and sustain an untenable policy. Mr. GLADSTONE attempted to make the present generation bear the entire expenses of the War. It was literally impossible that it could be so. But rather than candidly acknowledge his error, rather than admit his mistake, he suffered him self to be betrayed into a course by no means calculated to enhance the reputation of the Fi nancial Minister cf a commercial nation—a nation that especially prides itself on the good faith which it observes towards all persons having claims on its resources. Miiii~ir Savoy. MARCH 22, 1855. THE SUN, LOND9N, THURSDAY ,EVENIN-Q,, LATEST NEWS. We have received the following telegraphic des patches from Berlin : BERLIN, MARCH 21. Adviees from St. Petersburg of this day's date state that the following despatch had been reeeive,a from General Osten-Sacken In the night between the 10th and 11th we erected a new redoubt about 300 yards in front of the Korniloff Bastion. Our works were carried on with success. The Preussische Correspondenz contradicts the statement in the Paris Moniteur that the language held by M. von Bismark SchoAlmusen had either been disavowed or censured. The Prussian Government, adds the semi-official journal, maintains, as regards Cabinets not Ger man, the principle that the attitude assumed by the envoys of the German Powers inside the Germanic Diet is a matter of internal concern Consequently, it would consider it improper to accept any criticism on the matter, and still more to enter into any controversy with respect to it. On the other hand, the Prussian Legations at the German Courts have received the necessary instructions for combating the erroneous assertion, though circulated by official publications, that M. de Bismark had stated or even hinted at the pro positions indicated in an article in the Moniteur Franc( is. In fact, these propositions were never in any way the intentions of the Government." We have received the following telegraphic de spatches from Vienna : VIENNA, MARCH 21. The Oesterreichische Correspondenz publishes ad• vices from Constantinople of the 12th of March. Shocks of earthquake continued. The sulphurous springs at Broussa had been dried up. Mount Olympus vomits smoke like a volcano, VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Advices from Odessa of the 14th inst. bring a report that Prince Menschilcoff has died of typhus fever. The report requires confirmation CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 8. The death of the guiperor Nicholas was known. hero yesterday. On the 3d of March the effective strength of Omer Pacha's army amounted to 35,000 men, with 1,000 horse and four complete batteries. The troops of all arms still expected were rapidly arriving. Supplies were very abundant. On the 6th an English battery, which com mands the bottom of the Sebastopol harbour, compelled a Russian steamer to quit its position in great haste. The Russians have doubled the number of guns in their batteries. The siege works of the Allies were almost complete. It was thought that the south side of Sebastopol could not hold out more than five days. Ths sanitary state of the Eng• lish army had improved. NYBORG, TUESDAY. The Great Belt is open at the north, south, and cast : also from Knuclsbovet to Slipsbaver. Corsoer is still icebound. The Sound ice is broken up on the Swedish side. Elsinore is open and ships have arrived. Ice still remains be- is partially open ; Buelk quite. A storm from the north-west is rapidly dissipating the ice. We have received the following private tele• graphic despatches. It will be observed that there is a very great discrepancy between the ac. counts given of the fire TRIESTE, MARCH 20. The packet has just arrived with news from Constantinople to the 12th. The French hospital of Grand-Champ is said to have been destroyed by fire ; about 100 of the sick are said to have been burnt. Preparations were being made at the Palace of Beylerbey for the reception of the Emperor Na poleon, whose arrival was expected. The mission which Ali Paella is to fulfil at the Conferences of Vienna has not been yet decided on. The instructions given to Arif Paella, the Turk ish Ambassador at - Vienna, enjoin him to demand from the members of the Conference to proclaim the complete sovereignty of the Sultan, to exact from Russia a guarantee that the mouths of the Danube shall be cleared of all the obstacles which impede the navigation ; not to admit that the Christian subjects of the Sultan shall be placed under the protection of the powers ; and lastly, to demand the participation of Prussia at the Conferences. TRIESTE, MARCH 21. Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 12th. One of the orderly officers of the Emperor Napoleon has arrived. M. de Tecco yesterday delivered to the Sultan his letters accrediting him as Minister Plenipo tentiary of Sardinia to the Sublime Porte. M. de Tecco expressed to the Sultan the readiness with which Piedmont lent her co-operation, and said that the Sardinian contingent would proceed direct to the Crimea without stopping at Constan tinople. The Sultan expressed his gratitude towards King Victor Emmanuel, and his regret at the late painful losses sustained by the House of Three Pael l as, accused of peculation, have been arrested at Kars. Some wooden barracks near the French hospital .ave been destroyed by fire. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (From a Second Edition of the Morning Herald.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 6. So few occurrences of any moment have taken place since you last received a communication from the Crimea that it is a difficult task to attempt a letter that would ho read with any interest. The night continues to be the favourite time for the enemy to open fire, and it seems that, like most savage animals, they sleep during the day, and are most wakeful in the night time. On the evening of the 3d there was a very heavy cannonade on the French left, but it was attended with very lithe loss, and on the following ni g ht it was resumed with greater vigour, and was kept up without intermis sion till daylight on the sth. This firing was kept up from two points, viz., the French left, and also from Inkerman, but caused very little damage. How this immense expenditure of ammunition can be supported is a marvel to all our officers, and the COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, =MARCH 2l. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, embarked in the royal yacht Fairy yesterday afternoon at half-past 2 o'clock, and went to Spithead to witness the departure of the ad vanced squadron of the Baltic fleet under Captain Wat son, C. 8., which was appointed to take place at about 3 o'clock p.m. On the Fairy approaching the fleet, which fired a royal salute, signal was made for Captain Watson and the captains commanding to come on board the royal yacht, where they had the honour of being presented to her Majesty to take leave. As soon as the captains had returned on board their respective ships the order was given to weigh, and the squadron immediately proceeded to the eastward under steam, preceded by the Fairy. About half-past four o'clock the Royal yacht turned, and passed each ship in succession, the crews of which dinibg with h er manned the yards, and cheered her Majesty in passing. morning li‘rlieind3egsttyh. The Queen returned to Osborne at half-past 5 o'clock. Captain th e Hon.. J. Denman had the honour of day appointed for the General Fa. the Que eu Prince Alfred, Bar pre with the Prince of Wales, a`tended Divine Servienence" ,R.oyal, and Princess Alice, a here the Rev. G. pre_.aetrN\ hippingharn parish church, th o performed the service and preached. ?°p-G:beear of Commere o at • 1 Chamber of Com- A deputation from th Liver p unsatisfactory meree and from the American Clii. Liverpool, upon the sulject of the state of the law relating to bills of lar u t an interview with Lord Stanley of Alderl4 ° , l ) g° ,,, , hal the deputation consisted of Messrs. M axwe n i fulOulay ; Francis Hamilton, George Maxwell, -I, l r ylie, . Lia- a sdop, Damian, accompanied by Mr. W. Brown, AI p G. J. . .7 and Mr. Horsfall, M.P. THE EASTER RECESS.—On Friday, the 30th inst., Viscount Palmerston will move that the House, ,at its rising, adjourn till Monday, the 16th April, AN ALARM OF TREACBERY AMONG THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. We understand that much excitement prevails among members of 'the Conservative party, in consequence of articles in the last two numbers of a weekly Conserva tive journal, in which the Emperor of the French is de signated as "the Emperor Louis," and in which language and sentiments of a very different character from that previously employed in speaking of the Sovereign of the French, are most strikingly introduced. We have reason to know that these articles have excited no small alarm, and have tended to confirm the suspicion that the journal named has become an organ of the Russian interest. It is believed that some members of the Conservative party, traitors alike to their party and to the country, have abandoned themselves to work out the designs of the Northern tyrant, and with this view are now engaged in intrigues with the Mountain party and the Prince Napoleon. This, we are assured, is not an idle rumour. It causes uneasiness to the Government, and late last night one of its leading members expressed apprehen sions as to the consequences of these intrigues upon the existing relations of the two countries. —Morning Ad vertiser. THE WINE DUTIES. After hearing various observations from a deputation who waited upon him on Tuesday, respecting the wine duties, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said :—" If Mr. Oliveira's anticipation of the result of the Vienna Con ferences be realised, it would then be a question to dis cuss the policy of reducing the wine duties ; but I need scarcely tell you that at this moment when the expen diture of the country considerably exceeds the revenue, it is not possible to reduce not only the wine duties, but even other duties to which stronger objections might be made. The wine duty is a duty upon a luxury, upon an article not produced in England. It is not, therefore, a protective duty. If a considerable reduction in it were made, that would bring into peril the duties on spirits and malt. The duty on spirits ex ceeds 10,000,0001., and we can hardly look forward to any time, not far distant, when we shall be able to risk so large a revenue. The malt duty is also exceedingly productive, and if wine were to come in it would cer tainly dismiss both spirits and beer. I have great diffi culty iu believing that any wine sold at a few pence a bottle would not displace spirits. For the present, at all events, this can scarcely be considered a practical question. If Mr. Oliveira be right in his anticipations, his motion may be a proper one to maim in Ulu liousc of Commons (though I am afraid there would be many competitor; for any reduction that could be made), but, I fear, it would require to be very sanguine indeed to be able to look for any immediate reduction of taxation at all." (A. laugh.) WORKSOP.—A very complimentary address to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, on his retirement from office, is now in course of eignature in this town. The scheme is promoted principally by his Grace's trades men.—Deebyshire Courier. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held at Three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Down ingestrect. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Smith, Sir Wm. Molesworth, and Viscount Canning. ofLansdowne, Clarendon, t h S° Duke C. Wood,lf Argyll, g y t the Lord h P t an Hon. mu r R. t Vernon e ' Earl Despatches e t s h e were v e r r e e c e e r i e v e e d f t a h t e t‘livee o st n n d i i a a l The Earl and Countess of Durham have left the Cla -losffilacnedsy.es- rendon Hotel, for the French capital, until after the ter p da u y s close of the Easter holidays. The Duke of Rutland will entertain a select party at Belvoir Castle, during the approaching Croxton Park race;. Viscount Burghley, M.P., Colonel of the Northamp tonshire Militia, which has been doing garrison duty in Dublin, we hear is on the eve of embarking with his corps for service at Malta. The Patriotic Fund has now reached the sum of one million sterling. The population of Geelong, in Australia, in 1341 , was 454 ; in 1854 it was 20,000. We understand that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has declined the honour of being appointed president of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh. —Edinburgh Courant. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., has entered upon his duties as the " civil" member of the Board of Admiralty, vice the Hon. W. Cowper, appointed to the Home Office as one of the under secretaries. The scheme for laying a tax upon paper in France has been abandoned, in consequence of the great outcry against the project. According to a letter from Odessa, General Annen koff, the governor of Odessa, has been summoned to Kischeneff, to take part in the councils of war being held there, presided over by Count Adlerburg, The Malta Mail announces that 25 steamers were expected to be sent to Genoa for the conveyance of the Piedmontese contingent to the Crimea. GENOA, March H.—General La Marmora's mission concerned, it is understood, a separate treaty between Piedmont and the Sublime Porte, by which all diplo matic difficulties are set aside. The expedition will set out on the 12th of April. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The report of the directors recommends the preferential dividend at the rate of 4 3 / 4 per cent., and the dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum. Intelligence has been received from Australia by Mr. Gould, the ornithologist, of the murder, at Percy Nand, of his collector, Mr. Strange, making the third party employed by that gentleman in pursuit of bird'-, &c., who has been speared by the natives. Mr. Charles Dickens has consented to visit Ashford to read his " Christmas Carol," on Tuesday next, for the benefit of the South-Eastern Railway Mechanics' eti e '*Asekkely ; u p h r 1 w. the t enei al A chop iste • at the Greek chapel at Marseilles, named Mareello, has just been condemned by the Correctional. Tribunal of that city to thr:e months' imprisonment, 40f. fine, and five years' survelliance of the police, for having on different occasions, and in public places, em ployed insulting language respecting the Emperor of the French, the Sultan, and the English army. GENEROUS GIFT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE PoP.TS MOUTH "SAILORS' Homr."—We duly noticed in Tues day's Sun the great interest manifested by the Prince on his Royal Ifiglines's visit on Monday to this noble institution. To show how favourale!y the Prince thought of the management and benefits to be de rived by the British sailor, his royal highness has pre sented the institution with the munificent sum of 5001., a cheque for which has already been given for 3001., and the remaining 2001. will be handed over as soon as the additional building shall be ready in Hanover-street, ad joining. This generous act will ever be appreciated by the honest tars of old England. LAUNCH OF HER MAJESIT'S SCREW TROOP - SHIP TRANSIT.---The Transit, iron screw-ship, of 2,600 tons, purchased by the Admiralty of Messrs. Mare and Co., was launced from Blackwatl on Tuesday last, and is now lying in the river, preparatory to being taken to Messrs. Seaward's, who are to fit the screw machi nery of 450-borso power seized at Napier's, at Glasgow, because it was conit ruc t e d f or the Em peror of Russia. This ship is one of the finest ever turned off the stocks. She is an improved Prince, and, with her poop and forecastle, presents one of the most sightly and formidable vessels that has floated on the Thames. She was most skilfully launched from a very awkward position at Bow Creek, and was brought up within one-half her own length from the slip and within about 30 feet of the opposite bank. It is calculated that she will be ready for service in about eight weeks. IMPROVEMENT IN SCREW STEAM MACHINERY.—A very simple but effectual plan has recently been introduced by Mr. Penn, the eminent engine-maker, for preventing Ciat constant and excessive wear and tear of the bearings on the shafts of screw steamers which has hitherto been found so great a practical difficulty and so continually recurring a source of expense. He introduces between the bearing and the ebaft thin slips of wood, which have the remarkable property of entirely suspendng that in cessant waste of material which, after a certain pressure on the square inch has been attained, is constantly in progress. The simple expedient has been adopted in the recent repairs of the Himalaya, and will probably be al:- plied, if found successful in her case, to all screw steam ers. While the surface of the bearing is preserved from waste, singularly enough the slips of wood show no in dication of being rubbed away or heated. THE STOCKTON AFFILIATION CASE.—JONES V. SIN GLETON. —This case came on for hearing before the Stockton bench cf magistrates last week. Mr. Stea venson, of Darlington, attended on behalf of Miss Jones, and Mr. Dodds, solicitor, of Stockton, on behalf of Mr. Singleton (who, it will be remembered, is a Roman Ca tholic priest in Stockton). The case, it will be recol lected, had already been t w i ce h ear d before the magis trates, when the application had been refused. 02 the first occasion, when it was before the magistrates at Stockton, on the 13th and 14th of September last, we reported the case fully, and the details of the case are necessarily of that nature as not to warrant a repeti tion of them on the present occasion. As we have already intimated, the evidence was, on the present occasion, in a great measure the same as that adduced at the previous inquiries ; but on what Miss Jones princi pally relied was evidence by which she would be enabled to contradict the statements made by Mrs. Proud, Mr. Singleton's housekeeper. At the previous inquiries Mrs. Proud positively swore that whilst Miss Jones was re siding at the house of Mr. Singleton she had never seen her come out of Mr. Singleton's bedroom at 2 o'clock in the morning; and being again put into the box she re peated that evidence, and swore that she had never said to any one, whilst Miss Jones was living at Mr. Single ton's, that she (Mrs. Proud) would not be long there in consequence of what was going on, and that she had seen Miss Jones coming out of Mr. Singleton's bed room at 2 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Steavenson then called Mrs. Delmer and girl. Robinson, two highly re spectable persons, who positively swore that in July last Mrs. Proud had ma, le the above statement to them. Her testimony was also contradicted by a servant girl, named Martha May, who was evidently- the witness of truth. A plan of the premises was produced, which showed that the sleeping apartments of Miss Jones and Mr. Singleton adjoined each other, and were both en tered from the same corridor. Air. Steavenson pressed the bench to be allowed to produce the infant, in order to prove its likeness to Mr. Singleton, but the magis trates refused, and stated that they were satisfied on that point. Other evidence was also adduced, but as the mother's statement be given to the satisfaction of act require s that sufficient corroborative ev id ence o f ththee justices before they can make an or d er, an d as they were not satisfied that her evidence on the present occa aitteergehtahser beeni;l Miss strongly occa sion had received that sufficient corrob ora ,ti on, they a gain dismis se d the case. ' Publi c opi n i on upon the mat expressed in Stockt on , an d i t is Jones's avour,— YorkAir9oo4tte. • ..1 7aussiaris must have enormous supplies to be able to throw it away in this manner. The 9th division of the French army moved to Inkerman on the afternoon of the 4th, in order to strengthen the position, as our allies are not at all satisfied with the state of things there. The re doubt on which the unsuccessful attack was made ten days ago still remains in the hands of the enemy, and they are pushing up fresh works more advanced, so that they are now without doubt be sieging us, and that too in the most active manner. Generals Canrobert and Bosquet visited Lord Raglan at head-quarters on the 4th, but the result of their conference has not transpired. In the after noon of the same day General Canrobert rode round to lukermau and inspected the position of the French there. Sir John Burgoyne, whose recall was commonly bruited in camp, I am happy to say, remains with us, a fact which has given great satisfaction to al most all parties. Yesterday afternoon two Poles, deserters, came in, over the plain of Balaklava, from the direction of Tchorgoun. A party of 10 or 12 horsemen were seen by our picquets advancing towards them, until they got within range, and when fired at, all but two of the party galloped back ; these two kept advancing, holding up their caps, and surrendered themselves. Their account of themselves was, that one was an officer, the other had been an officer, but for some offence had been recently degraded. They were taken up to Lord Raglan, but it is not yet known whether they have given any information of consequence. The arrival of these two deserters caused a break for a short time in the amusements which were then going on, and which had been looked forward to for some days with great expectations. The English, true to their native instincts, had got up pony races to break the monotony of camp life— and the " event"came off yesterday afternoon on the Karani race-course. There was very excellent run ning, and after it was over most of the party ad ' journed to the " Karani gorse," which they drew very successfully for a dog, who gave them a famous run from Karani village down to the mouth of Balaklava harbour, when, finding the sea too strong for him, he turned tail and ran back again to - vvards the village, beating off the whole of the field. The dog hunts are now fixed for every Tuesday and Friday. I mention these little inci dents to show that there is a much more cheerful tone now in the army than there wan a few weeks ago. A month back a man who proposed a dog hunt, or a race, would have been looked on by Ins brother officers as one who ought to be taken particular care of by his friends. There was a general despondency and gloom over bath officers and men, but the charming weather we now have seems to have enlivened every one, and though very few of the troops are hutted, I fancy many more might have been had they thought it worth while going to the trouble of getting up huts, for the roads are now practicable for almost any thing, and a man after going through the rigours of winter under canvass feels himself " stived up" when he gets into a house. I therefore think that the bulk of the wooden houses will remain rotting on Balaklava wharf all the summer as they have done all the winter. The health of the troops is much improving, though there are a good many eases of low fever about Balaklava. The Mel bourne, one of the hospital steamers, came in tho . day before yest er d a y w ith a grea t many cases o f fever on board. She brought up a few convale3- cents from Scutari, who carried with them the germs of the disorder. She is now moored in the midst of the crowded harbour of Balaklava, and may be the means of spreading the contagion. A sanitary board is much wanted in camp and at Balaklava, for they will be perfect pest-boles when the warm weather commences. Colonel Harding, at the latter place, is indefatigable in his endea vours to ebtain order, and to have the place pro perly cleaned, but the accumulation of a winter's filth renders his task like one of Hercules' labours. The railway is now open upwards of three miles, and they send up fuel, provisions, .5.5 c., beyond the village of Kadekoi, a great saving of labour to men and horses. The main engineering difficulty, viz., forming the incline to the summit of the first hill, will soon be overcome, and from there the difficul ties are but few. There are, of course, all sorts of rumours as to what is going to be done with regard to the city of Sebastopol ; the general opinion is that a bombard ment will take place within a few days, and that afterwards the town will be attempted by assault. The Russians have made it to all appearance im pregnable, and it will be a fearful day when it is stormed. Some of our engineer officers say now, that the Russian lines are so extensive, that it is im possible, with the strength supposed to be at pre sent in the town, that they can effectually defend the works. TAE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, MARCH 14. The news of the Emperor's death has caused a perfect commotion in Valetta, where it is regarded as good news and as au event which may change the whole face of affairs. According to our letters from the camp the good people of England have gone to the extreme in send ing out things. The place is now overstoclud....nil l. wowingcapita is going begging ; ever yth ing is to he had. In fact, it would not be a bad speculation to buy up there and send home ; one would realise a large profit. Eight Russian sailors (deserters) came over on the night of the 28th ult. ; one was shot crossing over by our troops. About forty have deserted between the 19th and 29i - ,h : they all say provisions are short in Sebastopol, but their reports are received with very great caution. Our accounts from Naples state that the Czar's death has caused a great sensation there, and so nervous are the authorities that several arrests have been made in consequence of persons speaking the news. The Tenoriffe has just come in from the Levant. The Calcutta has arrived with six hundred Lanca shire militia on board, sixty women, and sixty eight children ; she steamed off to Corfu at 5 p.m. The Vectis came in from Marseilles this morning ; she met with a very heavy gale during the night and lost two boats ; she went on with tiro Indian mail at 5 p.m. The last two days severa.l•Dutch galliots have come in freighted w ith mu l es ; one this morning had 55 mules on board, and all had come safe, although they had met with severe wea ther on their passage. We aro still in almost daily receipt of stores and ammunition for the army. The Ordnance department. has formed warehouses in almost every part of the island, and arc con stantly employed in storing the things received, or issuing fresh supplies for the camp. I told you sometime since this :lace would become a large barrack, and it is fast doing so ; a regiment comes or goes and makes no stir. Every third person you meet is military, and everything savours of warfare. Even our ladies are becoming military, at least in their talk, and instead of the shape of a bonnet or cut of a mantle, the merits of this or that general are discussed. The Calcutta, after dropping the militia regiment at Corfu is to take on the 48th to the Crimea. The 91st is still here, the authorities not being yet able to spare a tran sport large enough to take them all, as is intended, to Athens, and to bring back the 3d Regt. (Buffs.) THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. VIENNA, MARCH 18. Nothing of a reliable nature had transpired with respect to the results arrived at by the meeting yesterday. To-day there are all sorts of rumours afloat. Certain political wiseacres are seen stalk ing or lounging about the club-rooms and else where, shaking their heads, and grinning at their own conceits. They have got a notion that things must be going wrong, simply because even they, the would-be well informed, are kept in the dark. These "paragons of intelligence" are all wrong; the proceedings of the Conferences are going on very satisfactorily i n d ee d. A fter the first meeting a protocol was drawn up, and signed by the mem bers of the Conference; embodying the general prin ciples—that is, the interpretation of tho " Four Points of Guarantee" which form the basis of the present negotiations. The said protocol also set forth the agreement that had been come to to dis cuss the " Four Points" seriatim. Accordingly, the deliberations which took place yesterday had solely reference to the "First Point of Guarantee"— id est, the future conjoint protectorate of the prin cipalities by the great Powers. The discussion of this point was, notwithstanding the Conference sat up wards of three hours, left unfinished, and adjourned to the next meeting. Matters are progressing in a way which fully justifies the hopes of a pacific issne. The plenipotentiaries of Russia manifest the most conciliatory and honourable spirit. Russia thus appears earnestly desirous to meet the views and wishes of the Western Powers and Austria to restore to Europe the blessings of peace, upon a firm and lasting basis, with as little delay as possible. As regards the attitude of Austria at these Conferences nothing can be more satisfactory. Her truly enlightened representatives entirely sup port the views of France and Eugland,•which are, in point of fact, equally as much the views of Austria as of the West. All the world must ad mit that the Austrian alliance of the West is of the most vital importance at this moment to the general interests of Europe ; and to doubt or to question its sincerity, except upon indis putable grounds, appears hardly defensible. But, In justification of the opinions held at Ber lin concerning Austria, it may be as well to state that even here there aro not those wanting who pretend to know that ever since the demise of the Emperor Nicholas a change has come over the views and intentions of the Em peror Francis Joseph and his Ministers. But all this is mere puerile conjecture, and based upon not one solid or reasonable argument. The para mount interests of Austria • imperatively demand that her policy in the solution of the Oriental question go hand-in-hand with the Western Powers. Herein you have the simple key to all the apparent mystery of their " perfect coincidence of views with the West." And, for the hundredth time, permit me to assure your readers that the Emperor Francis Joseph and his Ministers have nothing but the honour and welfare of the empire at heart, and will consequently pursue no other policy, in respect of the Eastern complication, than that which has become traditional in this country, and which can alone promote its best interests. For the benefit of all sceptics, let me add that, if even a perfect angel were to sit on the throne of the Czars, this would not in any one iota change the policy of Austria as regards its interests in the East. THE WAR IN ASIA. The Invalide Itzsse publishes the following : " After their defeat on the 16th of June, 1854, on the Tcholok the Turks were compelled to re main on the defensive on the frontiers of Gou riel ; and they had formed near the villages of Leghvy and Okhtchamoury two intrenched camps occupied by their advanced detachments, to the number of 2,000 men in each camp. On the night between the 18th and 19th of January last (30-31st) the head of the Gouriel Militia, Captain Prince Gouriel, attacked the Turkish camps with great success. Crossing the frontier near the bridge of Tcholok, he advanced rapidly on Leghvy, and vigorously charged the Turks, who advanced to meet him. " Notwithstanding their numerical superiority the enemy were beaten. The Militia pursued them into their camp, which they destroyed, after driving out the Turks. " Meantime the Turkish troops who occupied the camp at Okhtchamoury advanced to the sup port of those at Leghvy, but on the road they were met by a division of the Gouriel Militia, un der Ensign David Djokeli, who, after a lengthened skirmish, defeated them. " On the first shots being fired at Leghvy the inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Gouriel, led by the assessor of the Matchavariani College, chief of Ozourgheti, and by Prince Tardgheridze, chief of the canton of Gouriel, hastened to take part in the combat. Their readiness is a proof of the good-will of the frontier population. " The loss of the Turks in this affair was consi derable. " On our side we had 4 men killed and 39 wounded." RUSSIA. The following is the address, delivered by the Emperor Alexander 11., to the diplomatic corps on the 7th, and a summary of which has already appeared in The Sun : " I am persuaded, gentlemen, that all your courts feel sincere sorrow at the misfortune which has befallen us. I have already received proofs of it from all sides ; they have greatly moved me, and I stated yesterday to the Ministers of Prussia and Austria how much I appreciated them. I so lemnly declare here before you, gentlemen, that I remain faithful to all the sentiments of my father, and that I will persevere in the line of political principles which served as a rule to my uncle, the Emperor Alexander, and to my father. These prin ciples are those of the Holy Alliance. But if that Alliance no longer exists, it is certainly not the fault of my father. His intentions were always upright and loyal, a nd, if recen tly th ey were misunderstood bysonie persons, I do not doubt that God and history will do him justice. lam ready to contribute to a good understanding, on the conditions which he accepted. Like him I de sire peace, and wish to see the evils of war termi nated ; but if the conferences which are about to open at Vienna do not lead to a result honourable for us, then, gentlemen, at the head of my faithful Russia, I will combat with the whole Ration, and I will perish sooner than yield. As to my personal sentiments for your sovereign (here the Emperor addressed Baron de Werther, Minister of Prussia), they have not varied. I have never doubted of the fraternal affection and friendship which his Majesty the King always had for my fa . ther, and I told you yesterday how grateful I am to him for it. I am deeply sensible of the kind words which the Emperor has caused to be transmitted to me on this occasion. (This was addressed to Count Ester hazy, Minister of Austria.) His Majesty cannot doubt of the sincere affection which my father en tertained for him at an epoch, which ho himself has recalled by the order of the day addressed to his army. Be kind enough, gentlemen, to commu nicate my words to your respective courts." PRUSSIA. The following ordinance, dated the Bth of March, 1855, has been signed by the King of Prussia " I forbid, until further orders, the transit across the frontiers of my domiliions, in any direction whatsoever to a State not forming part of the Uonteueration, or arms, munitions of war of all kinds, and especially of balls, powder, cap:, mus kets, as well as of lead, sulphur, and saltpetre, un less it shall be proved that each of those above mentioned articles is the produce of a State form ing part of the Customs' Union. " The Minister of Finance is to take the neces sary steps for the execution of this ordinance." THE BALTIC. A letter from Riga, of the 14th, states that the greatest activity continues to prevail there, a great number of men being employed in raising new for tifications both on the laud and sea sides, as it is feared, from that place being the key of the pro vinces of Courland and Livonia, it may be the first point of attack by the allied fleets in their next Baltic campaign. The entrenched camp, which existed last year, is to be enlarged, to enable, in case of need, two divisions of troops to be established there. Several vessels and enormous blocks of stone will be sunk at the mouth of the Gulf, so that ships of war, however light their draught of water, will find it very difficult and dangerous to offez:t the passage of the Dannemunde in order to arrive op posite the town, which is at the bottom of a small bay, and where batteries have been established in a semicircle to command every point in front. The same letter announces the arrival on the coasts of the Gulf of Finland of four regiments of Baskirs, intended principally to act as videttes in time of war. A body of from 8,000 to 10,000 light cavalry is expected. The organisation of the army of the Baltic, under the command of General de Sievers, advances rapidly. A part of this body, which was first fixed at 100,000 men, but which will now be carried up to 140,000 men, has already arrived at their place of destination. FRANCE. The Emperor's departure is once Incr3 on the tapis, and though it hits become a most trite subject, so much so as to have in great measure dimin:shed the interest first attached to it, I cannot but notice the fact of its being again revived and discussed wit h the same heat as ever. The 6th of April—the Ist would be too remarkable—is now supposed to be the date. Be this as it may, the movement of troops continues actively, and the battalions of the Guard, revie wed yesterday (and which were more numerous than I supposed, Leing nearer 12,300 than 8,000), begin to march on Saturday next, en route for Marseilles, and thence to the East. We have received the Moniteur of yesterday. It publishes the following : " CORFU, MARCH 10. " The English steam transport Imperador has been sent sent from Malta to fetch 120 of the best Artillerymen of the garrison. The steamer ar rived on the 4th, and left the same day for Bala klava. In addition to the men taken at Corfu, she had on board 260 Artillerymen from the Malta arsenal." An Imperial decree promotes Generals of Brigade Ripert, d'Allonville, Peyssard, d'Aurelle de Pala dines, and Dautemarre to the rank of General of Division ; and Colonels Courtot de Cissey, Mon tenard, Perrin Jonquiere, de Saint Pol, Wimpffen, Coste do Cha,roperon, Lauer, and Desvaux to that of General of Brigade. An Imperial decree raises Vice-Admiral Romain- Desfosses, formerly Minister of Marine, to the dig nity of Senator. By an Imperial decree Lieutenant-Colonel de Reynold, formerly of the federal army of Switzer land, has been nominated Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2d regiment of the 2d Foroign Legion. The Minister of Marine has received the following despatch from the Mar:tinae Pmfect.of Cherbourg:— " CHERBOURG, 20th March, 20' minutes past 10. "The Arcole has just been f latffiched with complete success, amidst cries of TiveNiZmpereur !' from an immense crowd of spectators. The weather was mag niEeent." The ArcDle is a worthy rival of the Napoleon, on the model of which she has been built, but with improvements. She is a line screw vessel of 90 guns. Her engines were constructed in the foundry of the Imperia. navy at ludret, and are nominally of 900-horse power. A letter from Marseilles, of the 20th, says : " The greatest activity continues to prevail in this port in embarkinz troops, military stores, &c. The City of Manchester steamer left to-day, and will probably reach the port of Kamiesh by this day week. On her return she will bring to Constantinople sick and wounded, and then take on board from the hospitals such Inca as are convalescent, and king them . 21 to France. The Glasgow will not be r;:a(iy for stia until the end of the week. The Hydaspes steam-pacitet left this afternoon, direct for Constantinople. Seven! offi' cers of the artillery and engineers weat passengers in n her, and she also takes out two batteri es of artiller ec ted with 390 men. Several large steamers are exp here from England to take on board 1,500 men and LAO horses. The American clipper-ship, Ocean Herald, is here, and will take on board 300 horses And 500 men for the East. She is a remarkably fast sailer, having made the passage from England to Gibraltar in 5i days." BOURSE, MARLS 21.—CLoarra FRIO& Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents. (id ) 94 5 94f. 15c. 3 per Cents 6B 90 68f. 80e. Credit Mobilier 763 75 Roman ............... B_l Credit Foncier 540 Austrian ............ ...... Belgian Fives ...... .... Fiodmontese B5 Home Debt ......... RAILWAYS-701i CASH. fr. c,..„' fr. c. Orleans ........ ..... uv . 10 . k Western 647 5(1 none° .............. 8 35 Cotte . CO6 23 Straabarg • 520 -:: Mediterranean Northcrn 855 Cherbnrg ............ • BELGIUM. The Independance Bclge announces Cabinet composed as follows :—N•l‘l* De- Belgian . Foreign decker Minister of the Interior; Mercier, Affairs ; A. Damon, Public Works; Smit' 3 ' r j A i nances ; A. Nothomb, Justice ; and Ge tle , the De/ Groindl, War. Only three of the number at e members of the Chamber of Representatives, Ow they are of the party of the Right. a iefiril uvpFil telegraphic despatch that the Ministry only "';t, day. The Chamber is convoked for Mondal ne" SPAIN. MADRID, 20th.—Yesterday took place th!1,L11: auguration of the railway from Madri d to Alirsh ceta, a distance of 276 kilometres (17 21 flg i irs miles). There is no &laudation for the rual°,l,„ which are afloat of a Ministerial crisis. Th e u jo vernment continues sending reinforcem ent Cuba. • , r gia Recent accounts from the Caucasus and C 4° ,,, c 0 show that the Russians are preparing to eoul nI e l; 01 - the campaign. General Muriavieff, the II": 013 1 mander of the Transaucasian army, has ill s ' ; :,:ted. all a tour of inspection, in which he has ills' all the stations of troops. His plans of atta i c : '„ o - s al the number cf troops to be placed at his,a` s ,;,ror were fixed' under the sanction of the 0 11 ;: ta nt Nicholas before he left St. Petersburg. 1 131 ,P," big reinforcements had reached the general o ', ll :div arrival in Georgia ; these were two conllt A r asa sions of infantry, numbering nominally 1 4 ,vv1 f o ur each, and accompanied by their artillery, 39 :7.;016 regiments of light cavalry. General Barra has undertaken to the Emperor to hold Sell 3 and his forces in check. The Austrian Correspondence states tha t IG "' - if from Bessarabia announce that that Pr t ro o p s ' Russ' attacked, will be evacuated by the Rui 2 . ll 4 A. council of war, held at Kicheneff to disc budget, had come to that resolution. A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in I , ll , e h f Gazette,. says :—" The second sittig 01 ` l , - matic . congress lasted five hours, but not/ 114 : 0 0g ever is known of what passed at it. Lasi e i,: our Baron de Bourqueney gave a grand soirée w ' l ,OO of Lord J. Russell. Amongst the glle,A. Count Buol, Baron de Bach - Mi n ister of . i ri r i l lce tenor ; Prince Charles de Liechtenstein; Paul Esterhazy." • of h'n The Dresden Journal states that the Prussia received, on the morning of the - 1 - 1 " f stol private audience, M. de Beust, ° Millist,, er of Saxony. The Russian General de ur r " had arrived at Dresden from Berlin. irt l "„,' A letter from Belgrade of the 13th, in ''- _cfriny derer, of Vienna, says :—"The person wh°'",ed t t) Alexander of Servia has selected to Pitterests Vienna for the purpose of supporting th.° tf e renc e of that country with the members of the un' - o f the is M. de Knesewics, head of the section Chancellery." M. THIERS AND DR. 01°5. Le Ell!: The historian of the " Consula te pire" has proved, in a great many c ases ' b s olutell not to be extinguished easily, and heh as bill , . come to life again when all Pans be lieve sen t actually snuffed out. The great histor ian to the journals the following letter, contraal "14 bi the statement of Dr. Veron, supported as i • is t M. de Morny's attestation : 3nuth-a-t he 13 " Paris, Marollt " Sir,—My memory also is very tenacious , "' m ile. maintain, as well founded in every point, the cuntr to tion which I have given to the narrative in n aer Memoires Wan Bourgeois de Pari I affirm that tgjS' the Constituent Assembly, as well as under the l ot . lative Assembly, I was always opposed to violot 12,0 ourca ; that I have always considered legality resource against disorder—the only ons not l hs ve hitter retaliations—the mnr3 partcularly, tha t 'fever been an advocate for rigour against r'i n ' a s, I cannot therefore understand how, with such °F, ln i;os constantlyeverywhere professed, I r . - bjec t been chosen to discuss propositions which bad I° ' ° -- reA as thel the dissolution of an assembly by force, and the 8r 0 . of several of its members. Similar propositionidis, riuusly made by accredited persons authorised to cuss and to adopt them, have never either been b r w ish to me, or discussed at my house. I could sincerel w bo not to recall such reminiscences, but it is not xtree, issued from my retreat to revive them. Ina hat r' f 1 t ° where I live, devoting. myself to study, an faith °,.s j the constant moderation of my opinions, mo pes had a right to some consideration, and I didl not e 600,3 to be obliged to repel such attacks. But I pa t ; w isb fur this discussion, as fur many others that I do D° ,prf,sl B now to raise, I appeal to time, that slow but "" judge of men and of things,—Acmpt, g.Tfiv o. ly General Changarnier has contributed ads ;" set i troversy his characteristic letter ofdenial) to the editor of the Prcsse : "Mr. Editor—One of my friend s M a w l i h n o ee ir ' 3brri f ili a % 211°. ll r e ' this, has called my atterttion to-day to the le ,C "-of the cantle inserted in your journal from the author g. de Mimoires d'un Bourgeois de and frail m ost Nlorny and the Honourable M. Thiers. I giv e t h li n e pe e complete lie to the two former personages. "-torl to coalesced to erect a pedestal to ono of them , calumniate the victims of violence and lo s : ; : i ter entreat you, sir, to be p'eased to insert this j"" your next number.—Accept, &c., " CiLiliG4klll4lss. M. BERRYER AND THE FBEO I ACADEMY. The In,dependance of Brussels puhlis he following letter : " I appeal to the souvenirs of my old CO fr e s ,'"'j aet :; • Mocquart, to claim from him a kind office.l e ber been received by the French Academy. It "e°`: very nearly the constant custom for every ne".,.adres mician to go to the Tuileries, and p re sent the which be delivered on his reception. The pectill,n: s s pre ation made for me in December, 1851, renders ° I I oc' sentation quite impossible on my part. I thi nk foal II quired a right, 15 years ago, of now abstaining re: formality the accomplishment of which would 0 0 " 011 haps, be painful to me alone. 'M. Mocquart k°,, ql ,: r e 0 that, by principle as well as by character, I .. „'"lfestiv much repugnance for useless noise and vain Ire' tions as for a deficiency of personal consideratia• .000 quest hint therefore to be pleased to make known W , l ;ffl ent delay the determination which an honourable se n tb o imposes on me. I beg M. Mocquart to receive compliments of my ancient confraternity. BERRYER, ci Advocate, formerly Member, of t he , Legislative Assembly ," The following is M. Mocquart's reply "The Emperor regrets that in M. Berryer the hr t be rations of the political man have got thebetts %riot duties of the academician. His presence at the 'rich be would not have caused the embarrassment w t. b: n c h - tbe seems to have feared. From the height on II"; seer' Emperor is placed his Majesty would only b°"..iter; in the elected of the Academy the orator and the er in the adversary of today only the defender 0 1 ' f() „,bst times. M. Berryer is perfectly free to obey eit ber usage prescribes or what his repugnance may recorat to him. The old confrere is happy in this eireurnstanice, be able to render what M. Berryer calls a g ood ° A 16 0 4 and he offers him his sincere compliments of lo n"„, • cordial confraternity. " AIOcQUAP DEPARTURE OF FRENCH . TROOPS FRS ROME FOR THE EAST• Rotor, ikrarch 12.—Yesterd' morning the , e rit for tbe ut garrison in this city furnished lothe war. The 21st Regiment of Light Infat:trY, about war. strong, marched at daybreak for Palo, the ball' way station between Rome and Civita Vecchia, s ive having halted upon the Piazza, di San Pietro to ree e ba t • the P,,pels farewell benediction. T ' ne informatil both t they were ordered to the Crimea was well receive" fog by the officers and soldiers, with the exception of.it'who men whose time of service had nearly expired, an" heir were , thus dsappointed of the expected return to t o p joyePs. The regiment arrives at Civit.l Vecchio t°, - te and will await in that town the arrival c of the tran s P -r of destined to convey it to the seat of war. A batte l lLue artillery is to follow shortly, and the garrison being t b ß o , reduced to one battalion of infantry at Civita -to and three in Rome, it bas been deemed advisawh-ood concentrate the latter in the immediate neighb,r;ceO e.. of the Vatican and the Castle of St. Angelo, P e r - ,1 to t 0 which two points the new general, who is expecdeo succeed General de Montreal, will take sip his Wi at Prince Torlonia'e Palazzo in Borgo. )% t II 3 war r M■