The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-23 00:00:00

UNE DEMOISELLE FRANCAISE, parlant parfaitment l'Allemand, et outre cela de l'ltalien et l'Anglais, desire se placer dais une famille pour y instruire et prendre la charge entiere des enfan . s. Elle est tree habile a l'aigullle, et pent entre prendre la charge de toute la maison. Elle donnera tousles renseig ne ments desirables, ayant ete pendant 13 ans dins la memo famine See conditions sont, Solsante Quinees par an.— S'adresser aux initiels A. M. G., No. 51, Manchester-street, Blanc h es t e r-square, London nRIJRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as usual. Will be performed an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. RETSOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffler, D. Beal, Bittrania, and Blake ; Mrs Henri Drayton , Miss Johnsen, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlle. Jenny Baur. To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, win be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by THE SPANISH DANCERS. To which will be added A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Mrs. Caroline White, and Hisses Ellen Chaplin and Reynolds. To which will be added the new Ballet by the Spanish Dancers) called THE GALICIAN FETE. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KERN. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal eharacter by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by (Bth time) a new Farce, entitled A GAME OF ROMPS. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley and Chester ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and Ternan. To conclude with AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, WM be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro lOgue, and called JANET PRIDE. After which, BETTY MARTIN. To conclude with THE FETE OF NATIONS. ROYAL OLY2,IPIO THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, -- - Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Bliss Masten will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. After which, a new Fatry Extravaganza. entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia ibt. George, MISs E. Ormonde, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan, NATIONAL STANDARD. THIS EVENING, Will be performed, ANTONY and CLEOPATRA. P r i nc ip a l per formers, Mr. H. 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 Herr Endersohn, le Fil-de-Fer, with rEntree du Clown a la Francalse. Rex-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manger, I! r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Kr. W. Cooke. Jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE CRICKET ON TUE HEARTH. 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 THE PUBLIC. To conclude with CITY FRIENDS. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAy —Morni og 10 min.after 5 I Evening 28 min.aft. 5 To- V:, z '.cw —Morning 47 min.after 5 I Evening 8 min.stt. 6 THE WEATHER.—Sum Olitcl, March. 23. TEIERMOMETER, IN TER SHADE. 39—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'12. WIND, N.N.E. Fresh breeze, with cold, cloudy weather. Snow and sleet yesterday afternoon. gi)g 313 t, LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1855. A bombshell has fallen suddenly in the midst of the torpid and dozey group of gentlemen re presenting the Royal Literary Fund Association. It dropped amongst them—plomb 1 and with scarcely a moment's forewarning—on the after noon of the 14th of this present month, and hardly fell before it exploded. No charitable augur hadl conjured the unfortunates even by a hint or an innuendo to Beware the idea of March ! Every thing seemed to them, doubtless, to be going on pretty much as usual, just in precisely the same sluggish, idle, dawdling fashion to which the society had become, by the sheer force of habit, regularly accustomed. The annual meeting of the Fund, that is to say, in other words, of its sym pathisers and supporters, was in due course an nounced. The cobwebs were swept out of the Society's Rooms, the shutters were opened for light and the windows for ventilation, and for once the outer-door stood a-jar in Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. At the appointed hour the gathering commenced. The members of the Council for the current year were there, but nervous as by a- sort of presentiment. Tito members of the General Committee were there, likewise, but in numbers so unusually large as to threaten something that had never, until then, been dreamt of either in the Auditors' or in HORATIO'S philosophy. The venerable Oxford evergreen, with the pe rennial flower blooming, no doubt, as freshly as ever in the accustomed button-hole, was selected as Chairman for the occasion. The accounts were looked over, possibly as it might have seemed to the uninitiated merely pro formd, with all usual languor and habitual negligence. When—the bombshell before mentioned, smoking, hissinr, grim, hot, and detonative, was unexpectedly trundled on to the platform. Such dismay and confusion as ensued ! Such desperate efforts to quench the vitality of that horrible missile, laden with the materials of destruction ! Such abortive attempts to "put it out," to "throw it overboard.," to kick it under the table as an eyesore and a nuisance—just as they do night after night thoGe bundles of waste-paper, called petitions, in the Commons House of Parliament. All to no pur pose, however,—in spite of that deprecative re mark of Sir R. H. INGLIS, " We are following the precedent of the Royal Society"—in spite of that gallant assumption of a nonchalance that could not possibly have been felt by Mr. E. Foss, when lie inquired so amusingly from the exquisite apposite ness of the query, " Would any reform do us any 1 0 0, 11" 'Would it ? The question was answered, just iu the nick of time, too, by the aforesaid b°ral 'hell, when it in due course exploded. Such a wholesors6 explosion as it was, moreover—like that of thun der Oa a sultry day—freshening and purifying the whole atmosphere ! Now that the noise of it has been bruited abroad from that little Classi c corn ;alds corne r of Bl ooms b ury, we may say of the society, as the Bourbon-heralds were wont to say of royalty from the windows of the Tuileries_ The Literary Fund is Dead •Long live the Literary Fund ! The Literary Fund, that is, redivivus, thoroughly reformed an d com pletely reorganised. Virtually the Society is, from this moment, already, thus reformed and reor ganised. Although nothing more has yet been done than the appoint ment of a Committee—to consider the propriety of applying for a new Charter or Act of Parliament. But then the manner in which this really remark able Committee has been 'constituted, is of itself a sufficient guarantee that its labours will be every thing that could well be desired or expected. Its chairman is the NESTOR of Politicians. Its lead ing members include amongst their number, be sides the accomplished celebrant of TASSO, and the genial biographer of GOLDSMITH, the first lyrist, the first humorist, and the first satirist of our generation, to say nothing of that facile prin- C . e . ps among living men of letters in England—. the PROTEUS of prose and poetic fiction—the Admirable CRICHTON of literature. Otherwise, 11111111111 - - -6 - _- let us say, in addition to seven fellow-labourers not here particularised, though eminent in some way or other, in criticism or in archology, the Committee, presided over by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, comprises within it sufficiently ample limits—Dean MILMAN and JOHN FORSTER, BRYAN PROCTER, CHARLES DICKENS, W. M. THACKERAY, and Sir E. BIILWER LYTTON. Aware of this, may we not regard ourselves as tolerably well justified in speaking of the Committee as one, so far at least as can be judged by anticipation, admirably calculated to effect all the changes for the better that could be reasonably expected to result from the proposed labour of reform and reorganisation ? What ample reason there has been for this pro jected toil in the way of beneficial innovation has been wonderAdly well demonstrated by those " facts and figures" which show that the clerk at 401. per annum has expanded into the secretary at 2001. per annum—above all, that while from 1844 to 1853, both inclusive, the Artists' Bene volent Fund has relieved 559 applicants at a cost of 9041. 17s. ld., the Royal Literary Fund (upon its old basis) has, within the same interval, relieved merely 429 at the exorbitant cost of just 5,0941. Os. Id. We might be tempted, out of the full ness of our indignation, to exclaim, after the fashion of Mr. MANTALINI—" The penny be demmed !" But that our attention is arrested by the voice of the creator of that delightful scapegrace—the voice of our incomparable Boz. We listen as it should well become us whenever he may speak, whether it be from his own pages or from a public platform in Bloomsbury or elsewhere. What says Mr. DICKENS in regard !to that Royal Literary Fund, which is now happily doomed to a complete reconstitution ? What says the resolution he proposed—out of which resolution, by the way, has suddenly started up this beneficent Committee:of Reorgani sation ? It declares the Old Charter of the Fund to be " manifestly absurd, as constituting a body expressly to be elected from members of the general committee, with at least three years ex perience, called a council, to which- it confides no powers and no duties, and which never meets, because it cannot be even called together by any authority for any purpose." Sufficiently ridi culous—that--surely. But, further—passing over Mr. DICKENS'S facetious account of his own experiences as a member of this same invisible and inscrutable council—let us hear how he sums up the record of its nonentity ! The fact has been, he observes, from first to last, that it (the Council) " er could meet, never did meet, had no place of meeting, and nothing to do—that it was, in short, the only thing in creation without any purpose, end, or object, in existence." No wonder the people laughed at that deliciously exact and ludicrous description—no wonder their laughter broke out into a roar when the most inimitable of Humorists continued, " What would the public say of a board of directors that did not direct, of a bench of judges that slid not judge, of a jury that did not deliberate or find a verdict, of a physician appointed never to prescribe, of a surgeon directed never to set a bone, of a fireman enjoined never to go within fifty miles of a fire, or of picked officers of the Humane Society being tied up not to approach the water ?" Yet that is precisely the position in which the Members of the Royal Literary Fund Council have hitherto been situated ! Fortunately so:situated they will not be henceforward. They are from this time forth relieved from a position as idle as it has been ridiculous. l Oa Tuesday, the Nestor of the British Senate unsparingly exposed the vacillation, inconsistency, and duplicity of the Prussian Government. Never in his palmiest days was Lord LYNDHURST more impressive and convincing in his arguments, or more lucid in bis arrangement, than in the brilliant oration in which he detailed the proceed ings of the weathercock KING, and exhibited him in his true colours, not only to the Parliament and People of Great Britain, but to Europe. The shameful tergiversation, the paltry equivocation, and disgraceful timidity displayed from the com mencement of the Russian aggression, proved that NICHOLAS was not mistaken in the confidence which he long since reposed in the friendly aid and co-operation of FREDERICK WILLIAM in his onslaughts against the coveted possessions of the sick man. He was not in any manner opposed by Prussia. On the contrary, her attitude, un fettered by any diplomatic obligations, and secretly friendly to the AUTOCRAT, was intended to operate as a powerful check on other nations, and to in duce them to submit to the dictation of the AUTO CRAT, and sanction results which he considered suited to " the honour and dignity of Russia." The well-contrived scheme was happily foiled. The unexpected firmiess of the Western Powers —tke cordial and friendly alliance entered into, and honourably continued, between France and England—overthrew all these elaborate calcula tions, and once more showed that straightforward integrity and unflinching resolution may be more than a match for the most wily, cunning, and unscrupulous perfily. The Court of Berlin spared no exertions to insure the complete realisation of the designs of that of St. Petersburg, with a total disregard of its own character and the interests and wishes of its people. It pursued a tortuous and shifting course, which naturally led to its present isolated position and serious depreciation in the scale of nations. That it feels the humiliation and injury it has suitained is indisputable. It would be impossible that it could be otherwise, and the convulsive efforts now made to obtain admission to the Con ferences prove that the sting has penetrated to the very quick. It cannot, however, even yet make up its mind to a complete change of policy. It has been fully informed as to the only means by which it can retrieve its character and position —the " open sesame" by which the Council Chamber can be made to expand its portals to a Prussian representative. But still it hesitates. It still strives for an unconditional entry without any explanation as to her intentions or policy— and without entering into any engagement either immediate or prospective—without letting it be known whether she appeared as neutral friend or foe. Under such circumstances there can be but little doubt that if allowed to participate in these negotiations, it would " act in concert with Russia, as her ally—her instrument, almost as her slave ;" would, in fact, so complicate the ques tions at under discussion bssioenneue ast i o al p r r e e s v u e l n t. t the possibility of arriving Although Lord CLARENDON, from his minier terial position, could not so unsparingly denounce the duplicity:and treachery:of Prussia—although hi, lips were, to 'a certain, extent, closed by an that ivi theth resolution castigation been r e and hls richly official seal, he yet spok e e nergy, clearly showing gly [administered had un sparin merited. If he could not join in the onslaught, lie made no effort to stand forward in defence ; and, by permitting judgment to go in default, he established the validity of the accusations as fully as if he had admitted it in express and unequivo. cal terms. Nor was this all : for, although giving expression to a faint hope that Prussia may yet adopt a more generous and independent policy THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1855, —that she may again entitle herself to a respectable position in the comity of nations, he distinctly and unequivocally declared ilia!: a consummation was utterly impossible on any other terms that those already indicated—viz., a frank and explicit avowal of her intentions, and a readiness to undertake the risks incidental to such a course. Prussia cannot hope to be recognised as one of the Great Powers unless determined to act in a manner becoming a Great Power. The option rests with herself, and she is herself the arbiter on the question so deeply affecting her honour and dignity. In all these matters the observations aected the Court and Government only, but not the people of Prussia. Lord LYNDHURST fully exonerated them from all connivance in the tortuous policy pursued ; and we believe there is but one feeling throughout the country, of unmitigated shame for the conduct of those who ought to have taken a very different part from the commencement. WRECK OF THE ,STEAMSHIP EDINBURGH. (By Electric Telegraph.) BUCHAREST, Mecca 21. The Edinburgh (steamer) has been wrecked near Varna. Tke crew are saved, but nothing else ; her engines are in 41 fathoms of water. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night Mr. Smith took his annual benefit, and the attendance was everything that could be wished. We were much pleased at the appearance of the house, as it was a proof that the exertions of the enterprising lessee had neither been overlooked nor forgotten by the public. The whole of the performances went off with great eclat, and all ap peared highly gratified with the treat Mr. Smith had pre pared for them. The lessee having been loudly called for appeared, and announced the close of the present season on Saturday next, and referred briefly to the past performances. Mr. Smith having referred to the success of the pan tomime and the public favour bestowed upon it, came at once to the great event of his late management, the production of Meyerbeer's grand opera of L'Etoile du Nord, and in doing so criticised the critics, aptly enough remarking that he had a right to do so on his own stage as he could not do so in his adversaries' newspapers. We are not so orthodox in our notions of our rights and position as to say that no reply shall be given to criticism ; on the contrary, we think that nothing should escape its ken, and consequently that it should itself bo subject to its own principle. Mr. Smith then said he had been prejudged by one writer a fortnight before he appeared y and by an other, the saime chorus and band that had been applauded at the operatic theatre in the neighbouring street, had been condemned when put on his stage and in his orchestra. Under these circumstances he withdrew a grand and complicated musical work that had run a hundred nights at Paris, and on which he had be stowed a great deal of pains and money, in the hope it would have met similar success here. Justice had been done him as to the scenery and g etting up of the opera ; but fault had been found with his singers. In justification he specified offers he had made to the most celebrated in their different lines; but engagements prevented their accepting his terms, and under the circum stances he had engaged the best that could be procured. He announced a five-act play, from Mr. Robson, the au thor of Love and Loyalty, as in preparation after Easter, whoa, on renewing the season, every effort would be made to deserve a continuance of the extensive public patronage the theatre had re-acquired under his direction. The worthy lessee then retired amidst very hearty applause from Li i numerous friends, who completely filled the the atre. To-morrow, to suit the convenience of those who live " out of the smoke of London," Mr. Smith proposes to give a grand morning performance of the magnificent L'EloPe du .Xord, to be followed by other attractions. As this is the last occasion on which it will be represented this season there will undoubtedly be a large attendance ; and it would not be amiss, to prevent disappointment, to secure a place early. NEW MUSIC. " GIVE MR NEITHER POVERTY NOR RICHES." By Miss Maria Hawkes. F. W. Sabin, Birmingham. This sacred melody, consisting of Hagar's prayer to be guarded from the extremes of want and plenty—a prayer eloquent as it is brief—cannot fail to attract attention. In the hands of the accomplished authoress the beautiful words have found an additional charm. In this as in all the compositions of Miss Hawkes there is such earnestness of feeling and purpose that criticism is at a loss to discover the weak point. Hence we would neither suggest an embellishment nor alter a bar. The character of the arrangement is essentially and appro priately religious. It is at once evident that the com poser has thoroughly impressed her mind with the nature of her theme before venturing upon the opening notes of the prelude. The song before us consists but of the one verse, is within the compass of any moderate organ, and may be pronounced a ♦ery unique companion to the charming m elody of " Ruth." ST. MARTIN'S HALL. Haydn's oratorio of The Creation was performed here last evening to a large audience. The chief performers were Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves and Mr. Weiss, who all distinguished themselves. Mrs. Sims Reeves was much applauded in the beautiful airs " With verdure clad" and "On mighty wings." Mr. Sims Reeves was encored in " In native worth," which he sang with great effect and expression. The long duet, which is the chief feature_in the third part of the oratorio, was very successfully ren dered by Mrs. Sims Reeves and Mr. Weiss. The chorus, which consisted of the members of Mr. Hullah's Upper Singing School, acquitted itself with credit. The grand choruses of " The Heavens are telling" and "Achieved is the glorious work" were given with great precision and effect. The hall was well attended, and the arrange. ments, as is dsual at this hall, were excellent. We are glad to see that Mendelssobn's Elijah is announced for represcr,tation on the 18th of April. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MancH 22. Her Majesty was unable to leave the house yester day ;afternoon, owing to the unfavourable stato of tha weather. The Court will return to Buckingham Palace to-mor row (Friday). Mr. Bright, M.P., and a deputation from Manchester, had an interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at hii official residence in Downing-street. A deputation on the subject of the Education (Scot land) Bill had an interview with Sir George Grey yes tet day at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Dr. Johnstone (Edinburgh), the Rev. Dr. John stone (Limekilns), Sir James Anderson, M.P., Mr. Geo. Duncan, M.P., Mr. Archibald Hastie, M.P., Mr. Alexander Hastie, M.P., and Mr. Craufurd, M.P. His Royal Highness Prince Napoleon honoured the Gallery of Illustration with a visit on Thursday afternoon. Mr, John R. Isaac, of Liverpool, had an interview yesterday with Mr. Monsell at the Board of Ordn c 3 to explain his plans of portable barracks and hospitals fur home and foreign service. Ali Pacha, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has been telegraphed for from Vienna via Bucharest, and is expected at the end of the month. He is one of the nio:4 intelligent men in Turkey ; and besides speaks French with great fluency. Baron ron Lieven had Lis farewell audience of the Emperor on the 18th, and was to leave the same evening for St. Petersburg. The Marquis of Anglesey arrived in town last night, en route from Worthing to Beaudesert, Staffordshire. The Countess of Wicklow has returned to town for the season. _ _ Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville arrived in Ca vendish-square yesterday afternoon, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray. Lord and Lady Braybrooke will not leave the country for London this season quite so early as usual. The noble lord and her ladyship have recently been visited at Aud ley-end by Lady Nightingale. Lord Blantyre left town yesterday morning for Er skine House, N.B. His lordship, who has been during the past few weeks in Scotland, arrived at Stafford House on Saturday last. Married, yesterday, at the Cktircis of the Holy Trinity, Westbourne-terrace, Major Christopher Anker Bergh Lundh, Governor of the Royal Military College of Chris tiaaia, to Maria Beata, youngest daughter of the Cheva lier Charles Tottie, his Swedish and Norwegian Majesty's Consul-General in London. His Excellency the Swedish 'Ministor and the Baroness Hoehschild honoured the ceremony with their presence, his Excellency officiating as "father" of the gallant bridegroom. The bride was attended to the altar by a train of eight bridesmaids. The religious service was performed by the Rev. John Miles, assisted by the Rev. Char:es Wainwright. A very large party present at the church subsequently assembled at an elegant breakfast given by Mrs. Tottie, at her resi dence in Westbourne-terrace. The bride and bridegroom left town early in the afternoon, en route for Paris. THE COUNT-OUT.—The following members were in the House of Commons last evening when the house was counted out—Sir James Anderson, James Bell, Black man, Baxter, Cheetham, Clay, Cardwell, Geo. Duncan, Colonel Dunne, Dunlop, Wm. Ewart, French, Fergus son, Harcourt, Heywood, Miall, Michell, Maher, Dr. Mitchell, Sir Geo. Pechell, Pellatt, Pugh, Thornely- Vernon, Walmsley, Oliveira, Clifford, Mahon, Wilkin, son. MADLLE. ALBONI.—We understand that this unri valled contralto singer will positively visit England during the ensuing season, and that she has accepted an engagement for a provincial tour, together with the celebrated violinist, Herr Ernst, and other artistes of emir.ence. It is rumoured, also, that the services of Alboni have been secured for a short period, by the director of the Royal Italian Opera. I. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE --(THIS DAY.) . r .rrhe ingniry was reriutned. cLiB I hour. Tho first witness examined was the Hun. and Rev. Sid ney Godolphin Osborne. In reply to the Chairman, he stated that he went out to Scutari on his own account, having letters of introdu ction from M r . Sid ney Herbert and Lord Clarendon. There were only two chaplains there, and he (Mr. Osborne) acted as assistant. He believed that nothing could be worse than the state of the general hospital at Scutari, and he could scarcely consider it an hospital in the condition in " which h e f oun d it . Th ere was no sys t em , a nd they were short o f a l arge p ropor ti on o f e verything th a t was wanted fo r th e commones t necessar i es . As regarded medicines, th a c h a pl a i n was t a k en ill w ith cholera at dinner ; it was proposed t o g i ve hi m one o f the simplest draughts, but th ere was no d rugs f or ma ki ng it. Dr. Smith told him h e cou ld ge t no prepare d c h a lk f or th e patients in his ward. Amongst the surgical requirements there were no spirits to be found when wanted for a Russian prisoner whose leg had been shattered. He had conversed with Dr. M`Gregor on the state of the hospital, and told him that he was supplying Miss Nightingale with everything from the Times fund. Miss Nightingale having come out under the auspices of the Secretary at War, Mr. Macdonald, at the request of Miss Nightin gale, put a notice in the Times, stating that there was a want of linen ; but he did not know that lint was wanted. He could not say that he saw it was wanted by the patients iu the hospital. He was asked to obtain sponges for ope rations. He usod to call upon Miss Nightingale every day in order to ascertain what she wanted, in order that she might communicate with Mr. Macdonald. Miss Nightingale requested him to get her some sponges, she having only two; and he subsequently sent her some. There were no operating tables in the hospital, and he and the surgeon had to assist the sick patients in their arms during the performance of the operations. He made objections to all the medical officers, but until the last the operations were performed in the ward. Subsequently two officers' tables, which shook very much, were used for the purpose of operations. There being no head or system in the hospital be could expect no discipline, and these were wanting at Scutari. A larger staff and an efficient responsible head were wanting. There was present a military officer, the commandant, Major Selery, who was head of the hospital. That gentleman did his best ; but, taking such a crowded mass of wounded without beds, as, for example, after the battle of Inkerman—everything which was material and physical was short-handed. After Inkerman he had to get the sacking off beds, with his coat off, and he assisted in laying out the wounded men. With a want of material like this, with such a gigantic establishment, it would be hard to blame any individual. The Chairman—Did you see Lord Stratford do Redcliffo at all ? Mr. Osborne replied that he did, and informed him that be had seen Dr. Menzies, who said that nothing was wanted just as the Secretary at War had said before ho left England —the fact being that everything was wanted as the battles of Balaklava and Inkerman were over. Ho did not consider that there was a proper authority in charge of the hospitals there. Dr. Menzies was the nominal head, but he was a head in a state of suspension. (Laughter.) Dr. Cumming appeared to act as head sometimes, but he was told he had no authority to act in that capacity. Things became so bad, that he thought the position given him by Mr. Sidney Herbert and Lord Clarendon demanded that ho should attempt to get it remedied en the spot. There was no improvement with regard to the transport of the sick before he carne away, but knowing the instruc tions given to the Duke of Newcastle's commissioners he sent to them a letter, in which he embodied all the grievances existing in the transport ships. The commis sioners arrived two days before himself, but they did not commence operations at once. The commissioners were Dr. Spence, Dr. Cumming, and Mr. Maxwell, a barrister. Dr. Spence went up to Balaklava in the Prince, and as he was drowned there was some delay in filling his place. They did him (the witness) the honour to ask him if he would fill the vacancy, but he declined; at the same time, however, offering to give the best assistance in his power. The Chairman—Did you see anything of the food sup plied to the patients in the hospital? Mr. Osborne—He had seen meat served out in a raw state time after time ; and he called Dr. M`Gregor's atten tion to the fact. He believed that a great amount of the deaths which took place were occasioned by the irregular times at which the food was supplied, and the imperfect mode in which it was cooked. Men who were brought from the transport ships, who were not fit to walk ten yards, were compelled, from want of stretchers, to walk the whole distance up to the hospital. He attributed these and other irregularities to a want of system. The witness was still under examination when this re port was despatched. THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY IN AUSTRALIA. APPREHENSION OF MENRY GARRETT. The above notorious character, charged with robbing the Victoria Bank, Melbourne, South Australia, of 14,0001., was yesterday evening detected by policeman E 111, aided by two City detectives, and, witheut a struggle on his part, though armed to the teeth, was safely lodged in the St. Giles's station-house. He was only a few days arrived from the antipodes, and it is supposed by the steam-ship Argo. On being ques tioned as to his residence he denied having any, bat the police, who so well watched him, knew otherwise, and found out his lodgings, and in them materials to enable them to have him prosecuted for more than one felony with which he appears to have been suspected previous to leaving the colony. Garrett was a ticket-of-leave man, and it appears made his first essay, after obtaining his liberty, by the determined robbery with which he is now charged. He was brought up this morning at MARLBOROUGH-STREET, on a warrant signed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, charged with forcibly entering the Bank of Victoria, Ballarat, on the Bth day of October, 1851, and stealing therefrom 14,3001. sterling, and upwards of 200 oz. of gold dust. On the prisoner being searched at the station-house, the following property was found on his person :—Two credit cheques on Coutts and Co., one for 1,957/. Cs. 3d., and the other for 303.; 1301. in gold, a dagger, a knifo, two revolvers, a cutlass, 4 nuggets of gold, and other valuable articles. The prisoner, it appeared, lodged at No. 15, King-street, Soho, and for his well known desperate character, a constable was ordered to watch him in his cell during the whole of last night. His personal appearance is most formidable ; ho stands nearly six feet in height, and a hug• pair of whiskers, and heavy moustache, added greatly to the natural fierceness of his look. Ho was dressed in a black paletot and lavender trousers, and on his wrists it had bean thought necessary to place handcuffs. Mr. Clarkson appeared for tha prosecution. The pri goner was not defended. In opening the case, the learned gentleman said the pri soner was one of four persons, the other three of whom are in custody, on a charge of robbing the Victoria Bank in Australia. The four prisoners entered the bank in broad daylight, secured the only two persons in the place, and proceeded to rifle it of its contents. Quin, :Monett, and Bolton were the names of the other men, and the whole of the plan of robbery had been disclosed by Quin, who had turned Queen's evidence. The prisoner arrived in London by the ship Dawston, having shipped himself on board at Port Jackson. He held in his hand a copy of the deposi tions taken before the Melbourne magistrates, the correct ness of which he should be able to prove when a witness arrived from Southampton. The course he proposed to follow to-day was only to offer sufficient evidence to induce the magistrate to remand the prisoner. Henry Wobb, detective officer of the city police, said he arrested the prisoner at the corner of John-street, Oxford street, lastnight. On apprehending him he told him on what he was charged. The arrest took place as follows :—On meetiug him in Tottenham-court-road, he said, " How d o you do Mr. Garrett." He said " How,do you do; I don't re member you." He then told the prisoner that he was an officer, and held in his hand a warrant for his apprehen sion for a robbery in the Victoria Bank, in October lost, and having hired a cab, he ordered the driver to go the station-house. On arriving there, the inspector asked if his name was Garrett? He said yes, and on the inspector asking if it was " Henry Garrett," ho said, "I suppose so." He (the constable) then asked him where he lived ; he said in Lon don ; and on asking him where, .he said, " Oh, I dare say you know." On searching him he found a dagger,. pocket- book, and thirteen pounds in gold, a gold watch and chain, a portrait of a lady, and a naval cer tificate, in the name of Large, signed by Wil liam Crossley, master of the ship Wellington. He, from private information, found out his lodging i❑ Soho, having traced him there several times. On en tering the apartments occupied by the prisoner, he there saw a female, who said she was the prisoner's wifo, and on searching the rooms he found, amongst other things, a re volver heavily loaded. He believed, if time was allowed him, he should be able to prove that the prisoner was ono of the men concerned in the robbery of the Bank of Victoria. Mr. Clarkson said he did not intend to carry the case any further to-day, as the person who was to prove the cor rectness of the depositions taken before the Melbourne ma gistrates had not arrived. The magistrate than asked the prisoner if he had any thing to say against being remanded ? Prisoner (carelessly)—Oh, no ! The magistrate then ordered him to be remanded till this day week.. The inspector, who had been despatched by the magis trate to the Messrs. Coutts' bank to stop the payment of the cheques, hero arrived and informed the magistrate that the money at present in their bands would not be paid until it was ordered to be so by the police authorities. GREAT NORTHERN ILAILIVAY.—Tiattic return for the week ending March 11, 1855 £19,679 16 1 Corresponding week last year 18,250 6 1 WMllllllft LATEST 4 1 1 r- 7 1-ICr THE CRIMEA. We have received the following telegraphic despatch from our correspondent at Marseilles:— MARSEILLES, MAncll 22. The Tamise, which left Constantinople on the 12ili of March, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 4 p.m. Colonel de Beville had arrived at Constanti- nople, to select a spot for the encampment of 40, 000 French troops. No one perished in the fire at the French hos- pita]. BALAKLAVA, MARCH 10. The weather is favourable. Lord Raglan had sent Lord Burghersh to Sebastopol to announce the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The Russians do not believe it. The French continue to throw rockets into Sebastopol. The siege-works are advancing. Sickness is on the decrease. The morale of the troops is excellent. On the Bth Omer Pasha sent a messenger with a flag of truce to Prince Radziwill, who commands the Russians in that quarter, to announce the death of the Emperor Nicholas. VIENNA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22. In the Conference of yesterday the first point was definitively settled. Intelligence from Constantinople, of the 15th of March, states that the Greek ambassador, Kondurioti, was expected on Hie morrow. Ali Pacha will, it is still thought, proceed to Vienna. Accounts from Balaklara up to the 12th March have been received. A council of war was held that day. The bombardment has proceeded with greater vigour on the part of the Allies. The death of Iskender Bey, Count Ilinski, who distinguished himself in a hundred actions when at the head of the Ottoman cavalry on the Danube, is announced. The death of Prince Menschikoff from the effects of typhus is reported, but requires confirmation. THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. VIENNA, 3/lARcif 19. The following persons of note were present in the Russian chapel while a requiem was yesterday per formed for the late Emperor Nicholas :—Prince Charles Lichtenstein, the Lord High Steward, by order of his Majesty, the Marshals Prince Win dischgratz and Count Wratislaw, Baron Hess, the Commander-in-Chief of the 3d and 4th armies now standing in Gallicia, Transylvani a , an d th e Danubian Principalities, General Baron Kempen, ' the chief of the Supreme Police, and the Ministers of Prussia, Saxony, Wurtemberg, and Bavaria. While rest for the soul of the deceased was be ing implored from the Most High, Count Buol was closeted with the Emperor, and between one and two the Representatives of England, Frazee, Austria, Turkey, and Russia were for the third time assembled in the Council Chamber at the " Staatskanzlei," the residence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. As you are aware, the first of tha Four Points was discussed dur ing the first Conference ; at the second, which took place on the 17th, the protocol was examined, revised, and, probably, " paraphed" (a diplomatic expression, which signifies that the contents of a document having been agreed to, a sign manual is made on the margin). A fair copy of the corrected protocol was made during the night of Saturday, the 17th, and on the following day (yes terday) it was signed by all the members of the Conference. The original plan of action has been somewhat modified, and the details, as well as the fundamental principles of each of the points, will be discussed and settled before that next following will be meddled with. Although the first protocol was signed yesterday, the first point is not com pletely settled, and some matters connected with the future position of the Danubian Principalities will be taken into consideration during the Confer ence which is now (at 2 o'clock) being held. The world will naturally be desirous to learn what gua rantees have been obtained from Russia that she will not, when a favourable opportunity presents itself, again seize the two fertile Danubian pro vinces as a " material guarantee ;" but it is likely that a considerable time will elapse be fore the /contents of the various protocols become known. Reliable information has to-day been given me that the chances in favour of peace have considerably increased, and it is evi dent that such is really the case, as the first point is almost settled. It is probable that the second point—the free navigation of the Danube—will be entered into at the next Conference, and it is not likely to present any insurmountable difficulties. When you hoar from me that the third point—that relative to the Black Sea—bas been definitely settled, you may safely conclude that peace is not far dis tant, but not until then. RUSSIA. The Invalide Russe gives an account of an en counter which took place on the 30th Jan. between the Russian and Turkish troops on the Transcau casian frontiers, near the bridge of Tcholok, in which the former are declared to have had the ad vantage, having expelled the Turks from an en trenched camp and destroyed it. An imperial ukase of the 7th appoints the Grand Duke Constantine to the head of the Ministry of Marine and at the same time to the command of the fleet, as Grand Admiral. He is to preserve all his other functions. A letter from St. Petersburg, 12th, says:— ' The funeral of the Emperor took place yesterday. At daybreak an extraordinary movement was observable in the capital—people hastening to secure places to wit ness the procession. In some houses, which were well situated, windows were let fer as much as 100 roubles (the rouble is something over 4f.) At 9 o'clock in the morning, the first salvo of artillery, fired.from the cita del of St. Petersburg, intimated to the public that the ceremony was about to commence. At ten o'clock, a second salvo was fired to announce that the cortege was to form itself in the order fixed by Count Gurjew, Pre sident of the Commission for the funeral ' • and at eleven o'clock a third salvo announcel that the funeral cort:ge had commenced its march. I cannot describe to you the anxiety of the people to render the last homage to him whcm they, were accustomed to consider as a demi god, and as, at a later period, charged by the Divinity to combat for the holy orthodox religion and holy Russia. Everywhere, as the body passed, the spectators made the sign of the cross, and most of them, when they knelt down, touched the earth with their forehead, weeping bitterly. At the different churches the procession baited, and the various ranks of the clergy paid homa,ge to the ashes of the chief of the Orthdox Russian Church. Prayers for Divine mercy to the soul of the deceased were offered up in every place of worship, and Nicholas himself was called on as the chief of the church to address prayers to God to give force to Russia to combat with success for her rights and her territory. Cannon continued to fire until the coffin reached the cathedral of Paul and Peter. The service for the dead of the Greco-Russian Church was then celebrated, and salvos, fired by the troops, announced the end of the ceremony. The evening era; far advanced before the crowds of people who had assembled to witness the ceremony, ceased to fill the streets. " In addition to the thunder of artillery, the roli of the muffled drums, and the sound of military music playing funeral marches, was to be heard. The death of the Czar has produced a certain degree of agitation, which our Government, autocratic a 3 it is, has not been able to prevent. The ceremony displayed a character of magnificence and grandeur worthy of the deceased Czar. Everything passed off in good order. The Em peror Alexander afterwards addressed this letter to the military governor of the capital :—' Profoundly moved at the circumstance of all classes of our capital of St. Petersburg having taken such a sincere part in our com mon sorrow, in the funeral cortdge of the remains of our father and benefactor, for ever memorable, from the Winter Palace to the cathedral of Peter and Paul, I charge you to testify to the inhabitants of the capital our lively gratitude both of ourselves and of our beloved wife. May the remembrance of the father of all of us, the Emperor Nicholas 1., be for ever preserved in our I hearts.' " ALEXANDER " A grave event has just occurred at Moscow. The large bell of the tower Ivan-Velik, in the Kremlin, fell to the ground at the moment when the ceremony of swearing allegiance and fidelity to the new Emperor was going on, and by its fall crushed nearly a hundred persons. For a people so superstitious as the Russians this disaster has appeared a most sinister omen, and the letter which give 1:11 of 41, ' , fn-^Pt. vuLiic to: 116te.r- nation. ODESSA. A letter from Odessa of the 6th, in the Military Gazette of Vienna, says :—" Tke Governor General Annenkoff has been again summoned to Kizcheneff to take part in the military conferences which are being held at that place, and at which Count Adlerberg fills the functions of Imperial Commis sioner. As Bessarabia and the Government f Cherson may become the theatre of war, our Go vornor has a voice in - the Council. The subject of discussion is the measures of defence which may be necessary in those countries. All the passages over the frontier are being destroyed, and the whole country between the Pruth and the Dniester is being devastated. Entrenchments have been thrown up in the most important positions. The distribution of arms to the inhabitants in the in terior of Russia has commenced, the supply having been taken from the arsenals of Kiew and Bresc Litewski. Thirty-six pieces of artillery arrived at Perekop on the Ist, and were at once directed on Eupatoria." POLAND. A letter from Posen, of the 16th, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :--" The kingdom of Poland is so full of soldiers at this moment that the smallest canton in the country is not without is garrison. As the troops, however, are incessantly in movement, and as they are marching in equal numbers both towards the north and the south, it is impossible to know their exact force, or whether they are proceeding to the theatre of war or not. It is probable that the Russian Government has more particularly in view to keep a close watch on the kingdom, and to prevent any attempt at in surrection, for the events which are taking place have caused great agitation in Poland, and given birth to many hopes." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, March 22.—The motion for presenting ax address to the King, censuring the Ministerial policy on the Eastern question, was rejected to-day in the Second Chamber. A prolongation of the credits for the expenses of the present year was voted. A letter from Berlin of the 19th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" A new circular, dated the 17th, Las, it is said, been addressed by the Prussian Go vernment to its representatives at the German Courts, and is said to be connected with the fact of M. de Prokesch being appointed to the Presi dent's chair in the Diet. A note, which arrived here yesterday from the Russian Cabinet, renews the expression of the pacific views and intentions of the Emperor Alexander 11., who has declared himself in favour of a peace honourable to all parties." A letter from Berlin, of the 19th, says :—" At a rather late hour the evening before last despatches arrived at the same time from Count d'Arnim at Vienna and from General WecJell at Paris, which were considered of sufficient importance by M. de Manteuffel, the President of the Council, to induce him to postpone his departure for Dresden, in order that he might hold a Council of Ministers, and concert with his colleagues as to the answers to be given to those despatches. I, however, learn that the proposed conference betlyeen the Kings of Prussia and Saxony took place at Dresden, not withstanding the absence of M. de Manteuffel." The King and Queen of Prussia returned on the 19th to the chateau of Charlottenbourg from Dresden. A letter from Stuttgardt of the 19th says : "The King the day before yesterday gave an audience to Count de Nesselrode; Russian Coun cillor of State and Chamberlain, who has come from St. Petersburg to deliver to his Majesty the notiacation of the death of the Emperor Nicholas and the accession of the Emperor Alexander 11. - of Honour Captains Blanchet, of the 2d regimens. w'r 1; Geller n -Chic• " Head-quArterg before .<;t'(7l) - 0 - 1: 27th nq,." Other Ltie:s from before Sebast&pol of the sair. for t date speak of the formidable additions m ade by Wu, Russians to their means of defence. One which, in the commencement of the siege, pres ente o a line of from 50 to 60 gunq, has now more tivi 200. The Malakhoff TArai which, on the 170 Batter , ' October, had 25, has now 70. The F la g attersd is bristling with 140 guns. The Garden Pt and that of the Quarantine . h.,ve b eeu strengthen° proportionally. The following letter, addressed by m. big de l'Huys to Vely Paella, when informed of or te his l'F': . moval from his post of Ambassador of the p the Court of the Tuileries, and enclosed to mein , a letter from Constantinople, was much Wok en °f in the diplomatic circles of that city :-- t ~ , M. 1 Anaba,ssadeur—l have received with much reg r ; the news brought by a despatch a the 7th of this month (February), and which your xcellency recalldone me Pare' honour to communicate to me, of your from and of your nomination to the Government of tile 1 / 9t ri; rial province of Brous sa . I lost no time i n laying hi, despatch before the Emperor, and it has el icited fre t , * ' Majesty the expression of sentiments the meet °Y7 r ot thetic and most friendly towards you. The 9 0 t o appreciates the highqualities of devotedness to Ye„, _ _...,; c h r. , 1 duties, and of the honourable frankness of w".. have not ceased to give numerous proofs eluring the period of your mission near his person. The Throb' of your august Sovereign, the glory of hie ''' e st /19 " 10 the the respect for the integrity of treaties, had a worthier and mere zealous interpreter , tio yourself ; and the friendly and intimaterelationswhieu oh uprightness of your character has enabled the French j ibs GO\ eminent to maintain with you, Will leaV,el:',,iill minds and in the hearts of all recollections whl c r ib') never be effaced—more dear and more lively still fenota sincerely felt regret which you have done me the to nie. to txpress to myself, and which is most flattering ths t I am happy to inform you in turn, M. lArebassal you have won my este e m and my friendship, a nd all b i: t s ;p7 who have had the honour to dinow you ' V T 7,rjelr° to bear the same testimony to your merits. 0 „„ - E o f hie give Imperial to France, of which you have spoken in such tad con. the Emperor has been pleased to confer on Ye t trn . ' Cordon of his Imperial order of the Legion of Aclt i f,, , e3 , am happy to be the channel of an honour so well nmor and I avail myself of this occasion to renal , / toy ell surance of high consideration with which, ite''.ojjt Of (Signed) " DitoDYN P ''„ ter daj r, We have received the Moniteur or I Under date of Pent March 8, it o bt a in says •` P er ' "The French Embassy had taken steps t° b u rche e mission from the Porte to con4ruct Catholic This at Trekizonde, Mytelene, Mersina, and B ill g as s n i. a t he permission has just been grAnted by the Dir 3i3 ' m pete l3s necessary &titans have been sent t o authorities." tea of February Bremen, mA I e t ebe militaryrn A u f a o rt t yh t t e . a te tl u cBH r ot anh a mv l isebnonustritpublishesconvention the fol 1 $ : ol'i 114 tbe 28th Grand Duchy of Oldenbu n r :b : wet a aw n s for regulating e eciataett97l6:egellti O cest E fec°:trablinel: tingents of those States and their ut i m Ilad er ilanO ti d a mend. The federal contingent of the forte' the t r io s Towns and of the Grand Duchy, which - r fn brigade of the second division of the ,„" ocler'' - ‘ ;' d'armee, is fixed at 73,330 men. The C°l° - ap - oillt e- Chief of the staff and of the brigade is to be ,,,0 by Oldenburg." 10 b states A letter from Smyrna, of the -- t ' n ed . 11 thethat the French steamer Prontethee, the Archipelago, recently gave up t° the 'she h a l authorities at that city two pirates she Youe! seized, ono at Samos and the other 5t t ' oc hcru v isles„ ' " The energy 'displayed by the tired til°,s6 sers," sfiNs the letter, " has almost ele a be en 7 " coasts of the pirates by whom they have voth long infested. A letter from Vienna of the 18th, in 0 , 1 ,1 0 14 says :—" In spite of the hopes of peac e • n oes - bean inspired by the opening of the confer,e.:aripre' Government continues to complete its fui11,', 3 ,0 0 1 ) " w ith ta eo telf parations. It has been found that, tion of Lemberg and Cracow, which have 13 . e i v oP en fortified, the country has remained eutlr e . 1 009 the to on the side of Russian Poland, and th at po int cannot be really strong enough ou aul theret re e stop the march of the enemy. It Was, that a a decided at the last grand council of war """ %te ll of def en ra c c e o i w n etaorLthewmobrekrsg,slaionudlyrd hbiechraivis?k eote:ioocs: from C g 01 0 n of need, prolonged a s far a s the fortrea Of N eo t. Orders have been already given to that e' - ritiog E4 4; per Cen ß t o e. U (x ß d S ). E M. , 9 1. 4 P.c:1 0 22• En d —CL at ofbfoli • Cash. fr. c. 94f• 25e- 01 3 per Cents 69 -- 69 f• bc ' .............. 04 Credit Mobilier 772 00 Roma.n ........ _. Credit Foncier 540 Austrian ..... ' p E i e e ldi m an on F te iv se es ...... - ...- 85 25 Home Debt ......... e' RAILWAYS—FOR CASK . r. rr. c. 11 $ Orleans I Western... 650 Rouen ............. .. 8:0 :,,, I Ceae - ....... • 56) Mediterranean 950 Havre . ' ....... .• ffi 9 Northern BELGI UM. t yet 0 1' _ The Ministerial cri s i s i n B e lgium is n i t,' to 3 ' l M. de Decker had in so f a r succeede d At up a list for the approval of the ICing . iist If e t ; eleventh hour s ome o f th e na mes on the withdrawn, and M. de Decker wilit au not Majesty to express his regret that he 111/3 to form a Ministry. . SPAIN. A irrivif, inThe Madrid journals of the 17th ha tite° be Jose due course. A royal decree 11°°31 ' .- 41( i lit . ose de Echeverria y Lallona, gave l : n : l ) 1 f t he province of Biscay a d interim, in O . '.. tb:° fa de Salagar, resigned. The Espana Bar to be 0 , nine The E a s y p s a o n n a ly al a s s o aentnaoteuenctehda,tbtuhtefoarotTor paisinsc; s to suppress the religious a ssoeio ta l l in'g I t ; ill A c cor— v,t count of their hostility to it. Carns t j e , ti' ll ', Paris letter in the same paper the split into two factions, which are s° i ll :: 1 0 i t 'e li f er' each would rather have Queen Isabriths g l ',ol l Theo than witness the triuninf,", the , I ,t 0 d arlist band which had appear° :',". d t r y' . rce ° e Burgos had dispersed ; it is pelf 13t it e lie ' I ? DI: on consisted of only 8 men, instead of 2 4 . „. 00 0' g o the 17th approved of the proes'" l .it le o , t e' n ir Olozaga relative to an elective Senate'j the P t i- 11 1 that date says :___.,‘ It is asserted, an",,,,, 1 t 0t0' 0 1113 t te h rial ournal the Iberia confirms the Tumour' i ja of Ministe resoo,ooo ,e o o o f Finance reai e . T h h a s a l l i r n e a p d a Y tr r o e ; n ie li , dr , l3 " f l e 0; at last consented to obethe orders °, f „ th yli e sb 4 ,.. ° 0 merit, will this day leave Meadrid. 'T t " 0 1 46 ' 0 purchasemissioner s at have any arriv edprice in this the citl vl - b a I)l‘4° they can find." w ules ari —....2. AUSTRALIA. p0 ......,i0g fr0 0 a • .-. e PLYMOUTH, Tatnso lier 0; Melbourne, n c r li n p e p , e i r . s - clipper-ship nw i ßlackwall, thwoo ? a . p n ti1:0.1 0 211 40% cotton, and has on freight 47, 00 qu uc te ecis el: lli' dust, exclusive of a quantity Cli st , ri pi ol °' „ her passengers, 160 in number, Fe '-- i so 11- are successful colonial gpeculators• tie -1.- - ' ll ll , . to t,,, K os j 4 The Blackwall ' made her pBssag‘, do fx 0 V i 30 days. .Having rounded on the F.,,, the: an s o i f ie crossed the line on the 28th, sign'illaf eml t .oB ma C d o e rv t o he an L d iz F ar lo d re o s n ab m ou o t nd th ay e , lt ili t e he btht ber -1 0 from land to land being only 7 4 u 3 J -. Portb ll4" o" ed i ha O vi n ng Tu m e e sd t a s y tr s o h n e g w to put back to this Philp 1 ro . 0 The Aberfoyle, from G °lag, leil ia ooli f o r Heads, homeward bound, evvith the 13 ,.' n e f 0 A le i f de; built, having the sth February passed the wrecs - tlif w - te. white with a b a la w ck om sl a la n w 's l logged ship of about 1,000 tons, o psrse, v _ a l pcaoosrnto.tffratrhyewßinii:dl st)fir'lls °P 2,.. ',ebetluf.•„rt V,. the Bill of Portland spoke the Ail) I I " e- New York for London. ,bubsett:,3egeu; triaercilr,y,, fop, AUSTRIA. It appears that the opening of the conferences at Vienna was formally announced to the various Austrian Ministers at the German Courts by a cir cular despatch of the 14th. According to the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, they have been charged to express the confidence of the Imperial Cabinet in the desired result—a confidence arising from the fact, that all the members of the cenference have manifested conciliatory dispositions. But though Austria thus intimates the opinion that her efforts for peace will probably be crowned with success, she is not neglecting the preparations necessary for a contrary eventuality. The Augsburg Gazette speaks of a despatch sent to Count do Rechberg charging him, in case the conferences should have no satisfactory result, to submit immediately t the Diet a proposition for the mobilisation of the Federal contingents, without waiting for new orders. It says also that the Austrian Cabinet has declared to the Western Powers, by an obligatory note, that if the Conferences should not result in the re-establishment of peace, the case foreseen by Art. 5 of the treaty of the 2d December will be acted on, namely, that Austria will declare war on Russia. A letter from Vienna of the 17th says The Austrian Imperial Commissioner in the Princi palities, Baron de Bach, has had conferences with the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the subject of a treaty relative to commercial rela tions with the Principalities and the freo navi gation of the Danube. It has been stated that the Russian commander at Reni recently prohibited vessels from navigating the Lower Danube, but allowed six or eight which were at Galatz to leave. Count Buol, when he received information of this proceeding, called on the Cabi net of St. Petersburg for explanations. We learn that Prince Gortschakoff a , few days ago informed Count Buol that the commander of Reni had been disavowed, and that new orders should be imme diately sent to the Russian functionaries on the Danube." A letter from Warsaw, in the .Augsburg Gazette, says :—" We learn - from good authority that M. de Nesselrode will proceed to Vienna, in order to be present at the Conferences, the pacific conclusion of which has become more and more probable. He will not, however, arrive until about the middle of the discussions, when an important speech or declaration may turn the scales to one side or the other." A letter from Vienna states that the Russian negotiators, Prince Gortschakoff, M. de Titoff, and M. de Fonton, Councillor of the Russian Legation, had a conference on the 17th, which lasted from morning till evening ; that M. de Titoff afterwards had a conference with Count Buol ; and that he " subsequently sent off despatches in cipher to Ber lin and St. Petersburg., A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" Much attention has been excited by a conference which took place on the 14th at Count Buol's residence, and at which Lord John Russell, th• Earl of Westmoreland, Baron de Bourqueney, Baron de Prokesch, the Bavarian Ambassador, Count Lerchenfeld, and Barons And-. lau and Drachenfells, the representatives of the Grand Duchies of Baden and Hesse, were present. Neither Russia nor Turkey was represented at this conference, as only German interests were dis cussed at it." FRANCE. The Emperor yesterday received replies from the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar to the letters of recall of the Marquis de Ferriere-de-Vayer, and to those accrediting the Prince de Latour d'Auvezgne in his stead. The French Government has granted its exequa tur to M. Pusinelli as consul for Saxony at Havre ; to M. Loreilhe for the Republic of Uruguay at Bor deaux ; and to M. Rouret y Manegat as vice-consul for Sardinia at Oran. - f t" „ o .d. Private letters from Constantinople of the Bth ✓ roe eti, j ll , 1 01 6 speak of the great , effect produced there by the ,-, ~c , le , —At 3 me, '''_,i B bP•oo death of the Emperor Nicholas. Letters from DISTRESSED ,EEDLEWOME , e 00- ,ovee one before Sebastopol, Sebastopol, dated the sth, again allude to the committee, held yesterday in t" e teiP " onv combat on the night of the 23d, and give the e f erocu a , les r eaa _,,i, r . , it was resolved each, as a i of " order of the day" of General Canrobert, which, I society should receive l t D s h . a a t 6 y d . a . ll ,„ a $ 13 " 34 ,1°, for observing the Fast G e eio.v, mi., e• he - ee el e believe, has not as yet been published. It is to this A prospectus has been issued of t en i a rg y ell , 0 effect : , bourne Railwa Company, with all , 00 ,1 1 0. , ire lf ~ soldiers,—ln the combat between the troo of the 2d 350 , 0001 ., in 201. shares, oa which tne fo ' r 211 0 eei to b° Corps and the Russians on the night of the 2324th of this guarantee an interest of 5 per cent., thi s 7 o ovi VI month, the object which we proposed was attained, and original capital was 200,000 1 ., an", 50 ,000 ~ 1 de• D eed our arms have acquired a new eclat, which they owe in subscribed in the colony, leavi"g;„ e tbi e „ 0/ 0 19 great measure to the officers, sub-officers, and men of the 2d Division of Zonaves, gallantly led OD by their worthy chief, Colonel Clare, and Majors Lacratelle and Darbois. taken, of which a portion is offere"; g to tP c i fOr ~; the, acted to be °r ddito te d 1 * , state of the works it is expec year. rii a rap , General do Monet, who led in person, under the energetic , length of the line is 36 miles, and ow ~ece . 0 I. po direction of General Mayran, the attack against the Rus-0 0, til l so‘f sians, was the first to penetrate into their intrenchments ' guarantee of interest the G o vernmen t ... ,, ,Aoo/. ~ilai ~, before the end of the present ha g where, in spite of four wounds just received, he never ceasedv Dv yte tib the to give the example of brilliant courage to all. Command- 1 M _EMORIAL WINDOW TO TE .„ Lo olAt t „at, by however, is not lairegwith. " at the terminus, &c., valued at 12u v o o r Iv sor . kio g ant Mermeir, of the 4th Regiment of Marines, De la Fosse, IN THE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, SI °.• — s th' ~edd meg! Lieutenant of Artillery, and Velasque, Captain of Magi- greatly the many beautiful restorautTbe e sti: 1 1 0 .0 0 0 0 seers, followed close to their general. Generalßosquet,com- place in our Collegiate Church sve 1 nr ineiP ,; 0 0 1/ e t W manding the 2d corps, had prepared theoperation, and had the direction of it. The General-in-Chief thanks, in the more particularly in the large And ' ner ebent e se l f name of the Emperor and of France, the brave men who introduction of stained glass in L t ic r iot ne `, s ' e eide t olf sustain the honour of our flag with a gallantry so distin- now adorns its western end, is, we 3r e 'ffee ll'- eCt ' b ° Corr,, e r too. pushed that even our enemy renders it homage. We have t~eture• co o]. w iee i 3 O applied in ecclesiastical ever, one capable of pp cons its sustained painful losses. 94 of our men, almost all belong ing to the 2d Regiment of Zouaves, whose courage I can that A 6 , iIIOS de, 5' not suffieiently eulogise, have gloriously fallen. Let us evinced in the suggestion therefore, as well as gratitude, w e ta tn i e 3 e l d gi ti , 6 i s o oo 9 Pe i s bestow on them our regret ; but let us remember that they be introduced, as a memorial to th r e h ia e ' n e fi at O A / 0 0 have fallen for the country—for th e E m peror ;_ and that of Wellington. The proposition , upp ort: bls T ye their death has been avenged by that of a still greater much approved, and found many number of our enemies. derablei sum was collected, 0 coo w ilt up p " I communicate to the Emperor and the Minister of found insufficient for the purPos ti it is wi lt 0 fo l but the l'in:o3- platel; to / War the names of all those who have been mentioned to me. They set no limits to their devotedness, and I would sot none to the recompence I have to give them. Ent to enable this trib t __YZoir jteoa an re ption a oe ces t afi limits are placed to my powers, and it is permitted to me now to name to the Emperor those !only who have been • work to be at once proceed brave among the bravest. I name ofAcers of the Legion i Chronicle. hoed deficiency, the liberality of the CO cng I , or - nn 0 . - - "I the funds required Th e c 'toy fi r w ere es Azieri e 44 (1 1,0 at 1 : 41 1 (s °o fel Per lb. 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