The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-20 00:00:00

THEATRE 'ROYAL HAT3IASEET. Under the management of Mr. Backatone. :THIS EVENING}. i rbe ßacketono presented THE SEC RET AGENT. Principal characters Mr. and Miss E. Chaplin. Ho be followed by T a new EVEN Ballet, in which FEET IVA the Spanish Dancers will appear, entitled HE IG L. After ' which, a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAT 3MA.RILET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with THE GALICIA.N FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Mama BEAM. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original &dilatation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. T o conclude with ( 1 0th time) a Romance , i n two acts. KAAV4I. e ntitled T FIE MULETE ER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and THEATRE LOYAL ADELPHI: Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.--Directreas. Medan" Celesta ' THIS EVENING. Will be Performed the Drama entitled THE IICYSTERIOrS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITIO.NI OF TAE FAIRY TALE OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations Rf)YAL oLY3tlie TH.EATRE. L e ssee and Manager. Mr. A. MIX. TIIIS Et/BRING. WM be perfbrated a Comedletta inlng,G. Cooptr, Danvers . called LAW FOR L AMES Ch a racters by M es srs. A. Wigan, Ii and Illas Cast:atm. after w hich, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, zmery. and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To he followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE SING OF IRE GOL MINES. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHICATE;. LOW and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and origins' spectacle-dtama of harrowing interest, by Mr. It elson Lee. called, TEE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! Nounma formany years has created so great a E en•ation. The interest intense ; the burning of toe stables is most terrific, while the Derby race Le moot exsiting- After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. • A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has , been added to the Embellishments. nos-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. WW. Wait. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director. Age. W. Cooke, Jun. ROYAL STRAND TIir,ATR.E. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Issue. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racter by Messrs fltord. Rogerson. end Klnlocti ; and Miss Re becca Isaacs, Miss Bea u mon t , and Miss Som ers. After which, KING QUEER AND lIIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added *Ballet Divertissement. 1110 H WATER AT LONDON BR - M(4 • T DA. —Mornin 5 min.after 4 Evening24min. aft. 4 To-Mosurv—llorning g 1 41 mtn.after 4 Evening lmin. att. 5 WEATHISR.—Stri Omen, April. 20. TIIMIXONITIII, IS ?fin MILD& 62—highest since noon yesterday : 47 —lowest this morning and during the night. • 58—this day, at noon. BAnon sT an—Went down to 30'17, now up to 30'28. WT1Q1!), N.—Light breeze, with beautiful sunshiny weather —right Royally Imperial ! f ~~ Alll, r ( t,,,!;b: LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1855. Our anticipations as to the cordiality of the re ception about to be accorded to the Emperor and Empress of the FRENCH have been fully and com pletely verified. Every one, from the Peer to the peasant—nay, more, from the SOVEREIGN of the United Kingdom to the humblest inhabitant of the metropolis—have earnestly concurred in the endeavour to render honour to those by whoto it had been so richly merited. The rapturous and enthusiastic applause by which the august couple were greeted at every stage of their pro gress was the more flattering,' inasmuch as the English are not a demonstrative people. Theymust indeed be greatly excited before they can shake off the habitual coolness of their temperament. Our French or Hibernian brethren could be more easily excited to the boiling point, but the feel ing must come from the very heart of hearts be fore such an exhibition could be produced from the comparatively phlegmatic people of England. Yes, it was emphatically the people of England that on Monday welcomed, and on Thursday ren dered an ovation, seldom, if ever, paralleled in the national annals, to their illustrious guests. It was undoubtedly partially an expression of genuine kindliness to their French brethren, to whom we are united by bonds which, we trust, cAn • never be diAsevJred ; but by far the greater portion was rendered to the Individual—to the Great Man wh ) has proved himself so worthy of their homage—on the Emperor of the FRENCH, and still more on Louis NAPO LEON, the tribute of unanimous applause was be stowed. He held his exalted station by the best possible title—the will of his people, freely ex pressed through the medium of the ballot-box. The suffrages of eight millions of the adult popu lation elevated him to the Imperial Throne, and not one of his numerous constituency has had cause to regret the vote by which the Prince President became the Emperor of the FRENCH. We cannot at this moment omit noticing with pride and gratitude the notice which the Imperial visitor bestowed on The Sun. While passing our office the EMPEROR " looked steadily, and bowed in the most marked and gracious manner." This open recognition of the justice, whiCh we in variably rendered to his character, his motives, and his policy, was indeed as peculiarly gratify ing to ourselves as it was honourable to the EMPF.ROR. We were not amongst the fair-weather friends who waited until he conquered fortune, and achieved his destiny. Before he was indued with the Imperial purple—nay, more, before he was elected to the Presidency, we yielded a disinterested support to the Candidate for the votes of the people of France. Single handed we repelled the atrocious calumnies—and scarcely less justifiable means by which he was assailed —and we feel an honest pride in thinking how amply the results have justified, and more than justified, what, at the time, were supposed to be our too sanguine anticipations. As Candi date and as President we expressed the same opinions and feelings with respect to the Prince Louls NAPOLEON, as we novr do towards the mag the on ly diff e rence being nan i mous EMPEROR, . that at first we stoo d alone ; th a t others gradu al, 1 Y gave expression to similar feelings:—until at length there is not a single opponent t o p ut for. lrat d a decided negative, or even to resort to " The26lllPered hint, the shrug , the hum or bah! "" petty brands that calumny doth use !" The rapturous plaudits, thus unanimously be stowed, were hat restricted_ to the EXP EROB. His lovely co-N s°RT received a fitting share. She, too, was th © incarnation of a great principle was the g l ori ous protest offered by th e EMPEROR against the ridiculousy s farce of the heartless contracts usuall y termed "Royal Mar riages," the alliances of banded de sp ots, for the purpose of sustaining their n, ISTArougoN, the Imperial Reformer, g. Lo urs afford e d nil _ equivocal proof that he was determined not t o ac t fi l e his affe ctions —the most sacre d feelings of the heart ----to red-tapist formalities. And he meta suitable reward, for he strengthened and rendered perman ent the foundations of his throne, gaining the heart and band of one for whom the Empire of the world might joyfully be siurreL clued. . The Speech of the EMPEROR, at the Guildhall, ~,,ZS,Z wativ6rthY,of the occasion and of the man. • The , ,-...y- -,. graceful reference to the time when he was an F 7 ~,- exile, enjoying ? although in a very different_ mode, v... the l i oepiaptiriof the nation, 4 was peculiarly appr.o. prints, intl' 4 ; the felicitbus allusion to the mutual ( desire to &Wish eery, awl- th e hopes for . the IlacivcisAla.llT amelioration of all the countries of Europe, elicited an enthusiastic , response from the whole assembly. It is, indeed, only by unworthy considerations and pitiful rivalries that the union of these great nations are to be dis severed, and these we trust will never oc cur. It was also happily remarked that " our two nations are more powerful in the opinions they represent than by the armies and fleets they have at their disposal." Our moral influence is greater than even our physical force. That it may ever prove so will be the fervent aspiration of every true-hearted Englishman. To-morrow our august visitors sail from our shbres. The recollections of the week will, how ever, remain enshrined on our memories, and our children and children's children will long speak of the first visit of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, the prestige whereof cannot be impaired by the many successive repetitions to which the English SOVE REIGN and people confidently look forward. In the surpassingly beautiful conclusion to his Life of AGRICOLA, TACITUS, while not objecting to the use of commemorative statues, remind , those who cherished the memory of the noble de parted that the v irtues of the mind could be really imaged only by their repetition in the life and deeds of the survivors. Ut vultus ltominum, ita simulacra vultus intbecilla ac mortalia sent ; forma mentis eterna ; quant tenere et exprimere ; non per alienam , materiam et artent, sed tuis ipse moribuz, possis. Probably M. KOSSiITH had this just and soul-stirring idea before him at the Mary lebone meeting in aid of a testimonial to Lord DIIDLEY STUART. ' Nothing could be happier and better-timed than his appeal to the sur viving admirers of the Noble Lord to imitate his conduct. Mere sentimental hon ours to the philanthropy and moral cour age of the dead are almost worthless memo rials. To desist from feminine regrets, to catch his falling mantle, to breathe a double portion of his spirit, to be roused from merely commending sympathy , to efficient action, this is the memorial his departing spirit would have asked ; the me morial which would place his name at the bead of one of the holiest movements of the day—a movement which, if taken and successful, would perpetuate through all European History the me mory of all its leaders. Lord DUDLEY STUART can never be forgotten if Poland become once more an independent nation. Long will his name live, indeed, even should the brutal and murder ous policy of NICHOLAS be still permitted to con tinue, and to crush the hopes completely of the civilised victims of MuscoVite barbarism. The oppressed do not forget their unsuc cessful friends, and every Polish mother will teach - her infant the name of the loved Eng lish nobleman who loved its native country, when despots, and congresses, and Prime Ministers sur rendered it to the ruthless fangs of incarnate demons. But a nation utterly crushed, of course dies at last; while in one restored, its life must sustain for ever the memory of its restore s. Such a memo rial might Lord DUDLEY STUART'S friends secure him if they will now but imitate his conduct. Otherwise floating can prevent the same grave covering the memory eventually of both Poland and her most generous friend. It is, indeed, painful to witnest, as we now do, the penalties we have incurred by treating him as a philanthropist to be half pitied, instead of a politician to be followed. Our C XST LEREA G RS, RUSSELLS, and PA LMER. STON3 have,_ by a Rdiev the reverse of Lon' DUDLEY STUART S, plunged us at last into Min-. costly and fatal War. They took counsel only with the interests of despots and courts ; and, with secret diplomacy as their means, they achieved the aggrandisement of insatiable tyrants, to their own confusion now. They. blushed as they brought their treaties to the light of Free dom, but they buried in the oblivion of home po litics all their shame for. treachery to foreign liberty ; they discouraged Lord DUDLEY and all his coadjutors as mourners, whose sorrows re minded them of connivance at. national murder, or as patriots whose voice was exceedingly annoy ing to the delicate ears of their Royal friends— the Lords of Siberia and Spielberg. His Lord ship, on the contrary, consulted only those moral judgments to which• right and jus tice are an immutable law, and that tender ness of heart which could not rest while the cries of the oppressed continued to re sound in his hearing. Had the moral courage of philanthropists superseded the timid selfishness of statesmen in 1815 and 1830, Poland would to this day have been the free barrier of Europe, Turkey unassailed, Austria and Hungary recipro cally improving each other, Prussia free, and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, too, independent of Russia and Austria. The brutal NICHOLAS could have been more easily put down iu 1830 than he or his can now. But Poland is the touchstcne of the true states man even now. Amid the feverish expectations of tidings from Sebastopol, it is indeed difficult to think steadily of the next great step ; yet it is. necessary to do so, and we affirm that success there must render Poland the veritable Fifth Point. The object of Warsaw and Sebastopol is one and the same. Rule, and that barbarian Cossack rule,' over Europe. A small number of highly-polished and educated men, but men who do not understand the western sense of the word honour, aspire, by the terror of hosts of serfs hardly a whit superior to the hordes of Attila or Gorghis Khan, to lord it over the civiii- - , sation of the West. In furtherance of this ac cursed project, the Czars have seized successively oa Finland, the :Baltic Provinces, Lithuania, and Poland, and nothing can permanently stem the debasing tide of savagism and slavery but com pelling it to ebb back on its own steppes, and con stituting the enfranchised States the protective embankment of Europe. No one, indeed, now doubts this. The policy of France and England, therefore, is to, terminate the dangerous Confer ences at once, to declare that the Fifth. Point is now an essential, that "the War cannot close till Poland and the Baltic Provinces too are free, and, , ts we have more than once said, till Russia be come'Russia only. ~.:r~ I~ GREAT LOSS OF HORSES ON THEIR WAY TO THE CRIMEA. GLASGOW, APRIL 19. The Glasgow (s s.), from Marseilles to the Crimea, has put into Zante, with 130 horses dead. No further particulars. CRYSDAL PALACE-MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL. To THE lIDITOR OF THE SUN. b b e o.ua m i u le ch t ohUgedmdei ofif you will Crystal Palac e is not executed by me. I am sir, your obedient rervant, JAMES • WYLD, Geovrapher to the Queen .scpia ; e ll 2l A. H. It. H. Prince Albert. , Sebastopol inform the te Leicester April 19, 1855. Despatches Were Rent fro m t h e Colonial-office yeAer day to the Gover nors ot_ u --cmg Kong, C e yl on , an d th e : -..: M. %Vintlaid, f ormer l y private secretary to KingOthe, - but•whO had been o bli ged by th e mini s t er t o re - Mauritius.: :4n•his post about a year haQk, has resumed his Nue tido near the kipee Pam. TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1855. SE': A VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AN D EMPRESS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE. (THIS DAY.) ARMY BE P 7 'TOPOI, C MI TTEE.-(THIS IL4 +R. The Committee re•assembled this morning at the usual hour. _ This morning, shortly after eleven o'clock, her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, and their illu , trious guests, the Emperor and Empress of the French, left Buckingham Palace fur the Crystal Palace, at Norwood. The royal party travelled in an open landau. The Empress was seated beside the Queen; the Emperor and Prince Albert occupied the seat opposite. From the appearance of their Majesties this morning they seemed to have suffered very little from the fatigues of yesterday, and as they emerged from the Palace gates into the park, the appearance .of the crowd seemed to add to the animated conversation that was going on between her Majesty asd the Empress. On this occasion the Royal party were attired in the ordinary costumes of private life. The carriage conveying the illustrious party was f lowed by sixteen other open virriages, containing the Royal suite. A small party of Ctrabineers, not above twenty, escorted the Royal cortege, which, as it drove through Colonel M'Murilo's adinitristration •113,11 so far been attended with compl ete s uccess• that the coinmissary officers a ttached to •sllv, different divisions have to do is to send a requisition for so many horses and mules, a° at the appointed hour they are in readiness a the commissary-office at Balakla.va. There th' commissary officer attached to the division wee them, and directs the loading of the necessarysto which are carried out to camp, and the non-con no„ slotted officer in charge of the animals br i ng s ther. back to the stables at Balaklava in the evening; with .a written receipt for the stores. ThelOblei in question are large wooden sheds) on the .hill side towards adikoi. The )2 131° 'g e ( i ment and direction of the railway has been handen over to Cot. M'Murdo,' who has appointed officer to manage each terminus. 5. THURSDAY, April It was expected that our batteries would the fire to-day, but it was soon ascertained that nre hopes of the impatient people were once oilers doomed to disappointment. A number of ou tsi( e crowded.up to the front to see the proceeding:, and it was --some time before they could be suaded. that " the affair was not coming off, However, there was a divisional inspection ef.,e'r. Light and Second Divisiensiu heavy marching " or .t They did riot musteevery strongly ; in fact, it111'1;0 e recto . not be forgotten. that nearly 17,000 sick mend hao been sent away from this army since we sat o w es ow. .ono before Siibastopol. The Russians amused th by shellina the camp again to-day, but they d' fi ci harm. Yesterday, when there was a large Crwg to French and English, inclu-ling some of rhe ' ry . front of the. picket-house near the Mot tar B ll , le fe ll the Rrssians suddenly threw a shell t et The greaina right into the midst of the group. T part of the assembly threw themselves de" and rolled away on the gr, sun I as fast as theY, c° ,sa At last the shell st with a loud reper . ..„‘"; c li one of the fragments struck and won: deda •V sn o t sentry about fifty yards off. Then the e rotic 0 01 up and ran away. Led horses bro ke loos.e were let go and scampered off in all di reet n o and as the few officers who had nerr 3 a yS remain and enjoy the discomfiture of the rut:Obeli were enjoyim: the joke, Ito wn came another into the very centre of them. The bol lest s°"l,l not stand this, and in a few minutes not a soul COtarl be seen near the ground. The Military Seeretioi lost his cap, owing to the eccentric WI re' of his frightened quadruped, but he speeu' O lif covered it, and that was the only loss eau s ` h o rs the two shells, excepting the poor fellow put de combat for the time. so t It wasa lovely. day, though somewhat IvizYsr3is the idlers off duty einp!oyed their leisute h° ll the gazing listlessly at the endless duel betwee li t he Allied batteries and the Russian works from mounds in rear of the trenches. SATITuPIII II A strong party of the Guards, consisting te; ,i t ig V'e available men of the briaade and re es p about 450 men, were ordered to be in readie'ebek go up to the front to-day to work in the tree. o of They will he taken up on the mules and p o .";had the Land Transport Corps, and will he call° to their camp outside Ba!aklava, by the rain" The ravages of the small-pox in the flee t bell not decreased. Tne, St. Jean d'Acre 11 ,1 a net obliged to go into quarantine, and has laea crew near Kamiesli, with many ca ses of the ot'o among them. Several men-of-war bare pot,, /coo, to cruise for a time. The Triton went rolleu,,iia Balaklava to Kamiesh to the fleet to-daY' ' te al% a vessel laden with coal for the use ofthe 5 1 , ships. ots We have now nearly completed our fourt..for lel. It is within 60 yards of the rifle pits of rh o rtio! sians, and it-will speedily be armed with e e which will make theits too hot to hold th e ue es men. A batter y has been thrown up for ! o l' press purpose of clearing the ground of Pi te , i peel e t t of the Redan and Round Tower, and iti- 4 e'f010 : 1 to open this evening. The enemy, basil ) , g o , o,'; out the value of the Mamelon, are workint'drow night and day, though they must seer i;esl's' from our fire. There was some notion that a ra d ie tians, 'who have been very busy towards I'o. ' lately, would attack Balaklava this morn 13ier f(); the , weather was certainly what they ' e i foeJ such enterprise4-7ery dark and foagy ; b ut e oele: such intention existed on the part o f the icicetl; they changed,their minds. Our outlying Ice'ossio.l:3o the plain observAl some movem 'nts of the p oo, L ,towards morning. The Russian w orking,' c,0 0 1" f over the Tchernan close to their intreneberd they are busily engaged in making ga bion i „..s i c likei wra,tcbfires are distinctly visible from 0- 1 0 ,0 0 jpg, Balaklava, every night. One of the Ine",,,d ," 1 ( by the railway accident yesterday bits u.,. - bog 11 „ - 0 amputated, and is doing well. 'The citi n d e" cleared up, but all the forenoon we 05°,6 black sea The .„ t`i 5 Steam-ships arrived in 81. 1a the T.,nning, end the l%vv°lrt ) ; be',the -a. ship Triton, Lieutenant Flelerwitrb otto-!b inowlbnry, lades, with -hot and ; t.,,he11; theLotO" and the Severn, with convalescents from Bran !on, &c. A th ey The harbour is now tolerably clear; indee- totifq are fovier ships in it than I remember P r o , cl; months past. SicknesS is diminishing . les :110" sending down 1.200 men a week to Scutari, ly despatch, on an average, 250. EUPATORIA. Ap EUT&TORIA , tir d There is no change in our position, o'Vl e tl o. 4 since the affair with the Bashi-Bazouks, 151 Jet!., know from my last letter, the Russian 11 Io° lave retired to the ridge on the other Sid? .creek, and the valley which forms the cont,', l l,oB ; f it. They left only a few men in the 11 "jit 11 '' Nlamal, the scene of the fight with the tr i,le i Razouks. They have even abandoned th e , fe ll , Rizo ti i. . 9 The day before yesterday the Bashi out again towards the village of 3/1391%be fo, Russians were, however, on the alert' the men in the village fell back towards their reiold; and three squadrons of regular Rnsele n , a i e 're; l° with a host of 'Cos acks before them, elY",ee'44 the ridge. Some iif the Bashi-Bazou ks village, but nothing whatever was f° tl ' -ePt i rti )user Pasha had given the order llet, t ; a f t s 'a in engagement, the Bashi-Bazouks si",-10 valley leading to the creek drew sit' s " 004 right, followed by the skirmishers Of the 9 4 who were parallel to them on the Several of the Bashi-Bazonks passed. t he f" O without being molested'; and the wh ale " to the town. Afv 1 D Since last night the whole state of affell, l 4 3 e; t n i° f;' altered. It. seems to be taking another `;;;gti,"it .There was to hate been a reconnaissares t",tever mg, but it was countermanded. A Frenebtor 60 arrived p late last night, bringing despatches;eitilll°.V, asha, consequence of which several. tfat ) got the order to hold themselves re" all C r •al embarked in the evening They are 0.011100 troops. In the forenoon five French 113 ts ue t r et' steamers came in, who are deStined to their destination, which of course is ", t0 ' deve but there can he no doubt that sometll,ll3;clsl,, tl must soon take place. An order of tn ` l l issued to the troops destined to sail. 11 0 1 ,`"9 1 Marshal expressed his hope that the o ` o ll°' honour to the Ottoman army, as the 8 ' dOtie lsi rope will be fixed upon them, and that theitii himself will be among them, and share ti - ti weal and woe. tb e of t This order of the day was received with enthusia s m. They seemed to be P r- to '1 confidence placed in them, and begA:nribefitYl' their preparations with as much joy asL-00,1" going to a feast ; but in the forenoon 11" came so strong and the sea so high O a ' a embarking was given up. el ll " r The expedition which was so suddenlir eV( t upon yesterday seems to he assuming le r g e of t i f‘ ,t ° '; tons. 'A considerably greater nurah er e bony' have got orders to sail than was at firs t , t r il daY ke , lll , Colonel Simmonds, who went yesv e- e , immediately after the arrival of the Fit e " 0 .4 ' 6 0' f ; to Kamiesh 'las returned this morning,: ero l 'A i remained high the whole day, so that ,p 4 ,,r, tion could take place, but numbers el ~,,,r i f; ready on the beach, ready if any chant (1 10 :0 o r Two other French men-of-war came ie — l ; 6 lt tined likewise to take troops, An Eng' i r . 0 '- arrived with despatches, and went off et- ° diately. FRANCE. 4 „, A,°, te r ti v l $ ti ne to (3 We have received the Moniteiir of ,l7e' It publishes long extracts frog' i dlY if journals of the reception given to t l !, e ie :', l l l Majesties, and the following short a rti ci,t °' O g Tuesday night there was a gran d 11- ti P i A l attended by the elite of English s, , cietY• b e ' 0 ' 9 106 "Shortly before the review of the Que,;, ' t°,; A so/ Lord Mayor and Aldermen were adniiti:4o be ence of the Eand Empress -'ih 3- ' 3 the city of London to invite their Mai oweror e s tie t if l‘ r vi„, or, Tt , urstoay. t oar ,t On Wednesday morning the EroPer°rt ,„I walk in the park with Queen Victoria.' teri3l33' the Emperor received the Order of the 0 3 _„' . ii li* it of the . Ministers Knights of the Order , ' h e r e , . taries of the Crlwn. the e f t "The enthusiasm of the people 15011 E. l)(l .a' iti gl i e The means of transport between Lon u eoc °l3 of', no longer suffice. Every corresponaa tir ? ing that nothing eqnWs iblie enthusias tele, for their Majesties." . f ipit e 0 We have received the following P'" 400 phis despatches ::-- d g i ° p i/ on,-, VIENNA, 17th (43V011111 ) Tll e g ..... . i so speak of a sanguinary battle 06 1 c 4 - - - THE NEW LOAN. This morning at 10 the leading capitalists at tended at the Treasury to bid for the new loan, and among those present were Baron Lionel and Meyer Rothschild, Baron James Rothschild, of Paris, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Mr. T. A. Hankey, Mr. James Capel, Mr. David Stern, Mr. Laurence Cazenove, Mr. L. Cohen, Mr. B. B. Williams, and others. qie Premier arrived shortly before the hour appointed, and soon afterwards entered the Trea sury Chamber. The Chancellor then stated the purpose for which they were assembled, and after some observations from Mr. Capel as to the footing upon which the annuity was to be placed, Baron Rothschild passed a letter to the Chan cellor containing the tender, and it appearing that no other party offered, the communication was at once read by the Ckancellor of the Exchequer, who previously placed on the table the sealed letter con taining the minimum,. The letter was as follows : • " London, 20th April, 1855. "Sir,—ln conformity with the public notice issued by the Treasury, we have the honour of submitting the fol lowing offer for the loan of sixteen millions. We agree to take the whole of the sixteen millions 3 per cent. Consolidated Annuities, with dividend from the sth January lait at par, payable in in stalments at the periods stated in the ,said notice, upon receiving for each 1001., an annnity of 14s. 6cl. (say four teen shillings and sixpence) ternikable in 30 Tars, to commence from the sth inst., payable half-yearly, and we are accordingly ready with the required deposit on the same.— We remain, sir, very respectfully, your obe dient servants, "N. M. ROTHSCHILDS, AND SONS. 't To the Chancellor of the Exchequer." The terms of the contract were then read, and were in conformity with the proposals originally submitted by the Government. The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that, as _ _ the terms were above his minimum, it would be unnecessary to open his sealed letter, and the tender was accepted. The proceedin s then terminated. TIIE.ELBETS AT DOVER. DOVER, THURSDAY, 10 P.M. , The English fleet has been compelled to weigh anchor in consequence of the strong easterly winds which sprang up. rendering the exposed anchorage in the roads un safe. The Vice-Admiral, with the large ship, has pro ceeded to Spitbead, and the remainder of the fleet to the Downs. It will no doubt be all assembled in Dover Roads by Saturday, with perhaps the imp ,rta , t of the Duke of Welliqgton, 131, and St. George, 120, t' do honour to the Emperor and Empress ou their departure. Admiral Chabannes crossed over from Calais this morning, and saluted the Port. The salute was returned from the Drop Redoubt on the heights, with 15 guns. The Admiral afterwards proceeded by the 12 o'clock train to Windsor. It is exceedingly gratifying to observe the entente cordiale that subsists between the French and English naval services. English naval and military officers may be observed daily visiting the French ships of-war in the Roads and harbour, and it is needless to say they are received with every 'demonstration of co::rtesy ;Aid cordial good-will by our gallant allies. SICKNESS IN THE CRIMEA, 1839. [Extracted froM'the Times newspaper, of Sept. 25, 1839.] " Accounts from Constantinople state that the Rus siaa troop in Sebastopol and its neighbourhood were sadly suffering from illness, particularly from the ophthalmia; which presented all the appearance of the Egyptian disease. " Upwards of 7,000 sick were lying in the hospitals." An accident of a serious nature occurred to Lord Stan , hope, son of the Earl of Chesterfield, yesterday morning. His lordship, a lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards, was mounted on a spirited charger ; when in St. Paul's churchyard, opposite Mr. Fred. Goodyear's,' his horse slipped on the site, and fell on its rider, breaking his leg. Lord Stanhope was immediately carried into Mr. Goodyear's house, where, the greatest attention was promptly paid. Mr. Sueith, surgeon, of Bow-lane, was at once summoned to his assistance o and set the fracture. After remaining about t'.vo hours his lordship was con yeyerl to his I.r cracks at Reg«.nt's-park. EAST INDIA COMP INY'S CIVIL SERVICE.—The prospec tm which has been issued of the preliminary exittuitia tion (to take plaCe in July, theneh the list of candidates will be closed on the Ist of Ma.) comprises only such , inbieets as those with which any graduate of the usii veri,ltios may tiOey be suppose 4 to i.e , er•fooor.”.ut. T , e duties that devolve upon a civil servant of the East India Company comprise a most ext,nsive sphere of action -the administration of the laws, the financial dis posutioa and r egulation of the revenues. and the itu 7 privement of the moral and phy' ical condition of the people. Much has besn said of late in favour. of the dis tributim of appointments by merit, as tested by exami nations, over the orilirtary course of patronage. These important pests have hitherto been in the exclusive pa tronage of the Court of Directors. THE CHINA PEA.—Experiment are a'7out to he made in several departments of France t a'i , e a species of pea pecu.iar to China, which yiehlA bath oil and flour. The oil scarcely differs from that of co!za or rapeseed, and the Chinese use it largely in their culinary prepaia tions. The flour is male into a paste, which, after hav ing been left to ferment, is seasoned with oil. pepper, salt, or other ingredients. It becomes, in a fee , days, of -a browni-h colour, awl posses , es excAlent diveoive qua lities. So prepnred, it is rather dear, hut the poorer ',lasses merel7 fry the paste in oil, and it is sold to them in sli--es in the markets The preparation; of the oil a d paste ef the pea in question is a branch of indtistry in several provinces ; but it is at Nang-Po, capital of C'rte- Kiang, that it is chiefle carried on. Every year, in f t es., thonsan's of jiinks, freialltiA with the piste and nil, leave Nine-po for the different po:ts of the Celestial Eta t ire. —Galignan i. FOLKESTONE IMPROVEMENT BILL —Yesterday a Par liament,ry paper was printed coutta!ning a copy of the .admiralty report on the Folkestone Improvement Bill. It appears that the objects of the bill are to extend the limits of the borough, to enable the corporation to con struct a market-house. to make new streets, and other improvements. The Lords of the Admiralty call the attention of Parliament to clauses in the hill to levy coal dues, and, in failure of payment, the vessel, tackle, &c., to be detained. "Their lordship' are of opinion that duties so collected would operate as a tax on shipping for the benefit of the town improvements, and that the collector of customs, or other officer in her Majesty's service, should not be employed in such a service ; that no duties on coal or merchandise whatever should be col lected at Folkestone until the same have been landed, and that municipal dues, which the cemmisioeers may thing proper to 'demand, shall only be payable by the importers or purchasers, and that no detention of vessels, or interference with them, be sanctioned on ac count of town revenue." SOUTHAMPTON, April 19.—The new shears which have for some mouths past been in the course of erection to supply those which were destroyed by the accident last year are now nearly completed, arid will be tested in the course of a few days. Their proof strength is 50 tons. They consist of three immense sticks of yel low pine, the two front legs being 88 feet long and 32 inches in diameter, strengthened by iron hoops placed at a distance of nine feet from each other. The back leg measures 102 feet in length, and 33 inches in diameter, and is strengthened at the top by what are called " fishing pieces," so as to make it uni form throughout. Each of the sticks or legs is the pro duction of a single tree. The plan of these shears differs materially from that usually adopted, inasmuch as a weight can be lifted from a vessel 30 feet from the dock wall arid deposited on the quay', whereas ordinary shears are only capable of lifting great weights with out, being able to carry them them ashore. This addi tional facility is afforded by the third leg, which forming a triangle, is made to traverse in and out from the dock quay; The machinery connected can be worked either by hand or steam, a small steam-engine and house havin g been erected adjacent to the po s it ion of the shears. This great addition to the port was designed and executed by the firm of Seaward and Capel, the timberwork being intrusted to Messrs. Ferguson, of Millwall, and the whole placed under the superintend ence of Mi. A. Giles, the Dock Company's engineer. This is another proof that the Southampton Dock Com pany do not spare either trouble or expense in making their appliances for the use 'of the marine world as per fect as possible. THE MARINE SOCIETY'S DINNER.--The -annual festival of the Marine Society was celebrated on Wed nesday evening at the London Tavern. Sir Charles Wood, M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, was to have presided, but the right hon. gentleman's detention at Windsor rendered it impossible for litrn to do so. The chair was accordingly taken by Admiral Thornton, supported by Captain J. Shepherd, Deputy-Master of the Trinity-house ; Captain Richaols, Captain H. T. Austin, Captain T. P. Clamke, Mr. Sykes Thornton, Mr. Astell, Mr. R. Grant, &c. •In proposing the toast of the evening the gallant 'chairman stated that 99 years haul elapsed since the in stitution of the Marine Society, with a view of rescuine from misery and reclaiming as many as possible of tin class of neglected youths fr om idleness and infamy ; and that during that period 90,000 persona had been rescue. I, through the medium of the society, from destitution, leg radeion and crime. The ann ual re p ort shows that already on board the in addition to thoselN 4 se 9 1 were sent to the Roya avy, 0 rilt7trailngoftsh9eoy, year 1854 460 boys were received, making a society's ship. Of the. m The toast " Prosperity to t. aerimneereti Society"an t se v w i c way drunk with all the honours. an course of the evening to the I ndian Navy., and 394 t i. d ' h n se t u o bi‘ t s l i t erip to the amount of about 250/. In the tons were raised cheering. gave their accustomed salvo of hearty c the directfon of Mr. musical arrangements were under , ,,e ropriate to ta the boys were introduced with their drums and fifes, T an h d e G. Genge, - whose 'selection was..very app t occasion; On account of its nautical -character: Genge was assisted by Mr. Perrin, Mr. Shoubride! The Smythson, and-Masters Williams awl Stnythson. toastmaster was Mr. ( 1,4 A rEsT R Sir Charles Trevelyan was again recalled, and his exa- THE STEC E OF SEB ksTOPOT. urination was resumed by Lord Seymour. His evidence wa ,i, as before, of a desultory character, and comprised the reading of a number of official reports, and corre- • spondence of various kinds, relative to the Cotninis?ariat Department. In reference to fuel, he stated that, when it was known that the army would winter in the Crimea, the Commissariat Department engaged to supply fuel, and Commissary-General Filder took the necessary measures for procuring a good supply from Con stantinople and other places. He also managed to obtain a supply of charcoal, which was stored up at BAlaklavp ; but it e.uld not be conveyed thence to the camp owing to the deficiencies in ' the transport department. This latter defect, combined with the had state - of the weather and the roads, pre vented the conveyance of hay and straw. He had been informed that there was no want of either of these articles at Balaklava, from the 21st to the 30th November. With regard to the S ! , anish mulos which were not brought over to the East in December last, they were not detained antirely on account of the defective transport-service, but because Commissary-General Filler had no preSsing necessity for them. ,The great difficuly, in his (pinion, connected with the army was the want of a commissariat "-hment at home, but he thought that the great ivision and sub-division of duty in that department in he field interfered with the discipline of the army. He ;witness) had the executive management of this depart ment at home, under the direction, however, of the Minister for War. PARIS, APRIL 20. Gen: Canrobert writes on the 14th that the superiority of the artillery of _the Allies was be- coming more and more certain. Our troops are now masters of many strong positions' on the enemy's left. We are approaching the place sensibly. EUPATORIA, APRIL 5. The Allies have demanded 20,000 men to be sent down to Sebastopol—it is imagined fur the assault. The enib,arkatiou begins today. Orne r Pasha goes to-morrow. VIENNA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19. Vac Weiner Zeitung publishes the following:— " CRIMEA., APRIL 14. estal "During the night of . the 13th the left attack of the allie3 obtained consideiable advantage over the RussianPi " The Russia,ns were twice dislodged from a LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(TRIS DAY.) strongly - fortified position, which remained in the iiand3 of the French. BANKRUPTCY COURT. :Before Mr. Commißsioner Foliblanque.) IN RE TEALE AND SMITH. " The possession of this position enabled the allies to fortify the summit of the mountain glens (ravines?), which is of great importance." These bankrupts were described as of Witnpole•street and ffot'and•street, Blacktriars, house decoratois, &e. An application was now made by the bankrupt Tea'e " CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 10. " A despatch from Mehmed Ali announces that. for an adjournment, to enable him to go to Balaklava to carry out an engagernei4 he could enter into if he could do so without subj , cting himself to the censure of this court. , The accouots were not yet filed, the time he has slain 1,400 Kurds, taken 500 prisoners, and occupied their strongest positions. for doing so not having expired, but they were in a I r ward state of preparation by Mr. Robertson, Moorgate ..treet ; the bankrupt therefore asked for leave to file the accounts and a long adjournment, so that he int, , ht comply with the regulations of the court, when he . came up. The solicitor to the assig uees asked bankrupt whether. he was going fur tip u,nefit of his creditors ? If the application was grante. e ought to la'r laid under conditions to set amnia sum IYA•tion of his pr )fit f.,r the creditors ; then there could "Sinop° and Rhodes are to be fortified." he no objection. His li-nour said that if there was no other objection he application might be granted, but he should not at ach any cotiditioni, and if the bankrupt was an honour. able man no doubt he would devote some portion of any FurpinA to their benefit. , An adjournment for 12 months was then granted. (Bcfore Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE LINFORRD AND CO. These bankrupts were deicribed as licensed victuallers, at the Horns Tavern, Lawrence-lane, City, and to-day Wa3 appointed for consideration of their certificates. The Solicitor to the assignees said they were desirous of making certain inquiries before the case was gone iato, and therefore wished for an adjournment. His Honour granted an adjournment for one week. PPRAHEENSION OF THREE CHAR TISTS FOB ISSUING SEDITIOUS HAND BILLS. This day, at half-past one, James Bligh, 5, Blucher's buildings, Greenwich, John Lodge, of 5, Little Mid dlesex-street, Kingsland, and Harris Evans, of Robert-stnet, Sydney-street, Mile-end, were cliarged before Mr. Alderman Wire, at the Mar - ,ion-house, with' having during the Imperial pro- Jess through the City, diAributed hand-bills ..alculated to cause a breach of the public peace, the same bills not having any printer's name attached. Ernest Joneg, the Chartist barrister, appeared for the accused. The defendant Bligh, a respectable-looking mechanic, kvas first placed at the bar. City Police-canstahle 531 st - dad that yesterday in.nining ho %V 14, upon duty in Cheapside, when some: gentlemen caged his attention to tho defendant, who wa .li,tributilig bilk of villioh they (the gentlemen) held =one in their hands, and upon the witness gnin oWards Brea , !• , t-eet he saw the defendant, with a crow( onnd him, giving away hai►d-billy, of which the follow a copy : `ENGLAND'S DISGRACE.-THE REAL DAY OF HUMILIATION ' LOUIS NAPOLEON', " The murderer. the ,a'.ll-i.re4ker, th,e destroyer the French and la. ian Republic , t, who bribed tin .oldiers to massacre the ra,eful citizens upon the Boulevards, exiled the best men of FraAce, and pave , his way to power with the corpses of unoffensive me. ' women, and children, is coming t( , England. English men do your duty. "The troth of these accu:ations proved by the Times Chronicle, awl, Advertiser of Dec. 'sl, and Jatii. - '52." Defendant had another man with him, who made hi, ev, pc. He (wittle.) seized the defendant, who endeat . o.tred to get rid of the lills, but witnes, prevented liar, and, upon his being taken to the statier triti searched, a large bundle of ether hills and print , . , ,paper.., ail of an inflammatory and libellous character. were found upon him. A great number of persons ha. the bills, and they all said it was a great shame. Alter a few remarks trom Mr. Ernest Jone., who cam he had been quite recently instructed, he agreed to th. suggestion of the alderman that the defendant should i t remanded for a week. The bail put in was an artificial flower maker, Giving at Spitaifields, whose name and appearance bespoke him to be an Italian. The Alderman here mid thaChe siieuld adopt a similar course with the other defendants. THE RUVIOURED ATTEMPT UPON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON. The idle rumour, which unfortunately gained con siderable circulation yesterday evening, to the effect that an attempt had been made upon the life of the Emperor of the French, whilst on hi 4 way to Buckingham-palace, •after his visit to the Guildhall, turned out upon inquiry to be entirely without foundation. The report originat'd in a very simple and 'harmless circumstance. As the royal carriage was passing under the triumphal arch on Constitution-hill, a middle-aged person, apparently a foreigner, stepped towards it, and endeavoured to throw a letter of some kind in at the window. As the nature of the act was not understood at the moment, he was at once seized and given into custody. He was conveyed to the King-street police-station, where, after being de tained a short time, a messenger was despatched from the palace, with an intimation that the document con tained nothing offensive, and that it was, consequently, the Emperor's wish that the man should be discharged. This considerate request was accord;ngly immediately complied with. The individual in question, who is a Frenchman, gave his name as John Pelle; and described himself as a doctor of medicine. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAIL WA.Y.—About 9 p'clock on Tuesday evening a labouring tout, named Peter Burke, attempted to cross the East Lancashire Railway, at the Bacup station, to take some supper to one of the company's servants who was a fel low-lodger, and who was then engaged in shunting sonn • carriages which were attached to an engine by a tail rope. It was quite dark, and Burke, being unable ti - , eti the rope, became ent•ingled with it in some way, wa.• thrown prostrate across the rails, and the engine imme diately passed over his legs. One limb was completely amputated, and the other so mangled that it was hnpos able to do anything to restore it. Several medical gen tlemen were sent for, and ,Dr. Harrison, the medica: officer of the company, proceeded from Manchester, b) .t special train, but they could render no a-sistance ti. the unf,rtunate nun, who died the following morning fie was a married man, and has left one child. CREMoRNE G ARDEN S. Notwithstanding the early _ . period of the season, the fete last night, in honour of the visit of the Emperor aid Empress, WAS most Attracl i ive The principal novelty in the cl, corations was the Turco- French Arch, which is now nearly completed. On one side are the pnrtiaits sf the Queen, the Emperor, and the Sultan, stirtn , unted by the motto, " Union i, ,tr,ngth." Oo to) other side are the arms of England France, and Turkey, and the motto, "God protect the right." The programme of the entertainments included some excellent dancing on the tight rope by two children. In the theatre the wonderful performance of the Russell, family was warmly applauded. This was followed by the new ballet. In the course of the evening the visi tors were amused with the performance of the dogs and monkeys, and the entertainments concluded with a dis play of fireworks.. The boys of the Duke of York's School, accompanied by their band, were present, and forme() an additional attraction. The gardens were well attended. On every side are to be seen preparations making' for the regular opening 'of the suinmer season, which will take place on Whit Monday.' On that day the new Firewoik Temple, which is rapidly advancing to completion, will be exhibited for the first time. • ( From the Times . Special. Correspondent. ) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 7. The bombardment will, it is said, begin on ':tionday morning. • It is nearly a month sine' we were assured everything was ready, but it ap pears now that everything will not be ready til; \londay next. There has been a conference of .A.imirals and Generals at Lord Raglan's quar ters, at which the Field-Marshal, General Can robert, Sir Etimuvid Lyons, and Admiral Bart; assisted. It is rumoured throughout the fleet tha, they are to open fire on the forts as soon as tip. , bombardment begins, not, indeed, with the idea of going close in, breaking the booms, or burstinu through the barrier of sunken ship, but to draw off the artillerymen from the batteries, and distract the attention of the enemy. A number. of French, and some few English vessels, have been despatcher up the coast northwards, and it is universally ex• pected that a portion of the Turkish army of Eupa• toria will be detached to effect a formidable diver sion on the north side of Sebastopol, at the very crisis.-of the conflict. There is little doubt but that the reports which have been circulated respecting the withdrawal of a considerable portion of the Turkish army from Eupatoriacwhich has now been placed in an excellent state of defence, are correct ; but it is not so easy to determine whether they will be landed on the north or on the south side of Sebastopol. To act with promptitude and effect on the day of the bombardment, the Turks, if landed on the north side, must disembark at or near the Belbek, the approaches to which are commanded by the enemy's new forts and mud redoubts. Their presence there would paralyse the army over the Vehernaya, and prevent ;any offensive demonstra tion against our, clank or rear. On the other hand, their presence at Balaklava would liberate the Eng ish and French troops which guard the heights, vid enable them to move to the front, should there he any necessity for their services, in the event of the enemy's fire being so far reduced as to render an assault advisable. No doubt, Omer Pasha per 'ectly understands the capacity of his troops and die objects of the expdition, and if his usual good trtune attends him he will contribute materiall3 ,) the glory of the day. Col. Siinmonds, R.E.. rrived from Ertpatoria a few days ago with de patches from the Turkish Generalissimo, and tat las since returned wLLh very important communi• tations from the allied Generals in connection with - he movements of the troops under his Highness': lommand. There is no positive certainty that tin tonibardment will begin on Monday, the 9th o but the enginpers and artillery officers be itNe it is the day. It is said we should hay , pencil fire, or that we were ready to do so, yester lay morning, but that Lord Roglan did not wish t oaugurste Good Friday by salvoes of artillery ant ty a sanguinary bombardment. On the whet land, the circumstance of our being' still sendin; rp shot, shell, and mortars does not Seem quit , insistent with. the sta'ement that the General: vele prepared to bombard before to-day. TUESDAY, April 3. The Allies have sustained a giievous loss in th heath of M. St. Lauri-nt, commandant of Freric llngineers, in the right attack. Ho was mortally younded by a rifle ball on Mouday, as he was 0 ) inty in the French battery over Inkerrean kctive, able, and energetic, possessed of an exten ive knowledge of his profesiion,. to which he wa , horoughly devoted, M. St. Laurent had rendered ..-isential services to the Allied forces during th. .tiler period of the siege, and was esteemed and -,spvcted by his brethren iu both the Edglish and Li'rench armies. He was buried yesterday, and hi, - earn i n g w e re f. Mowed by a concourse of Frencl Ind English officers. One of the most important ;storks over Tnkerman bears his name, and he di , . much to place that portion of Our attack and ee :ence in a most efficient state. • This morning one working party effected a very difficult operation with entire success, and without '.oss of life. They connected the advanced parallel: of the two attacks .by a trench without losing r, itli p tle man, though they were close to the enerny'f riflemen, and were exposed to round shot, shells : and grape from the batteries. The uncertain high - )f the moon prevented the Russians firing will accuracy, but as they brought down two field-pieces into their advanced works to play on our workimr party with grape, one (if our 9-pounder field-pieces was ordered into the advanced trench to reply to them, and our single gun speedily silenced their two pieces. At dawn they fired with great accu vacy, anti we lost two Sappers, and a few men killed and wounded. WEDNE3DA.Y, April 4. Captain Bainbrigge, R.h., was killed yesterda3 Tuesday) in the trenches. As he was talking t me of the Sappers employed in the works a she] )ame towards them from one_ of the enemy's bat eries ; they both saw it, and the soldier went to one side of a traverse and Captain Bainbrigge to the other. The shell fell just at his feet and-ex ploded befo're he could throw himself down, blow orig his body to atoms. The unfortunate officer only arrived a fortnight ag6 from Ceylon. Captain Armit, R.E., was contused by a fragment of a shell, but is doing well. Colonel Simmonds, who arrived here with des patches froM Omer Pasha to the Allied Generals, has returned with important despatches to the Turkish General. A Russian officer of.rank,, took a ,minute survey Balaklava from Caurobert's•hill on Tuesday. He was attended by about 200 Cossacks, and soon after his departure a body of men appeared on the ridge which runs down from Kamara to Can obert's-hill, and set to work throwing up some works which appear to be intended as a trench. his the works are on the further side of the idge, it is not easy to ascertain their character, bu► t is probable that they 4nerely form a trench for she protection of infantry in case the Russians find themselves in sufficient force to resist any recon aaissance we maylnake," or to enable them to check pursu:t, should • they make another attempt On Balaklava and be forced to retire. We have lately been receiving a quantity of wild rattle, trapped on the hill-sittes of Asia, and when thay are let loose, after the sea voyage, they general ly create a good deal of unwholesotne excitement. IT charging in ,every direction through and about Balaklava, and by taking to the heights and but ting every man they meet. In a little affair of this dud the other day one of the Provost-Slarshal't, non fired at an infuriated bull and missed it, bit, shot a soldier who was in chase through the leg This bull knocked down men like ninepins, anti olearefl the alleys and quays ; nor did he succumb till he had been the object of a smart fusillade, and had been made " . a pincushion for bayonets," as Was observed by an Hibernian bystander. Three Croats have died of ,Pie wounds received in the affray of the week before last, and there are others in a bad way in hospital. Osman Aga, the head man, who is accused of having taken an active part in the pistolling work, " shammed" fever and got into hospital, where he became sick of the very malsaly he simulated;. and is now dangerously ill. The Land Transport Corps is working extremely well, and I • have not heard any complaint 'what evevagaist the rode ill which the service is carried THE PARK, hal a very brilliant and impwing appearance. The crowd that lined the centre mall was, upon this occa sion, very great, and as the carriaze drove along one continual cheer was kept up, which seemed highly to delight their Imperial Majesties. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, The crowd here, when it became known that her Ma jesty intended to pa3s that way on her journey to the Crystal Palace, rivalled that assembled on Monday. Loud and frequent cries of " Vive l'Enripereur" wele vociferated, which called forth tremendous cheering. The only noticeable circumstance that occurred in the line of road from here to the Eltphant and Castle was that .occasioned by the imposing display f.t Astle3's Royal Amphitheatre. The front of the building was decorated from the portico to the summit with magnifi. cant 11‘gs. At one side of the royal arms over the et.- trance the flags of England were placed, the tricolour of la belle F r..nc? being fixed in the centre. At the corners of the buildin4 imniel;se tricoloured flags al =o flowed, the whole forming a most tasteful display, and one whici; seemed to please highly the Royal party: The Quren we imagine], from her action and gesture, directed 'the attention of the Empress to the theatre, which ua ,gratefully acknowledged by Mr. William Cooke, the proprietor, who bowed his acknowledgements to the illustrious party as they pat-sed. At the Elephant and .Ca,tle, when it became known that the Royal party would pass that way, an immense crowd assembled, and here again loud cheering and cries A " Vive l'Empereitr" . were given, amidst the wav ing of hats and handkerchiefs. The line of route then taken was along the Walworth-road, across -Cam berwell-green, from thence up the Dulwich private road to the Crystal Palace. ARRIVAL AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. At about half-past twelve the Royal party entered the Palace, where they were received by the Chairman, S. Laing, Esq., Sir Joseph Paxton, and a whole host of officials. Yesterday we imagined that it would . be impossibl to produce a scene that would even bear comparison with that at the'Guildhall at the moment their Imperial Majes ties entered. Our opinion is now altogether different ; the scene presented on the Emperor awl Empress of the French entering the Crystal Palace exceeded it by far. We shall not attempt a detailed description, that will be better imagined than described. Our readers must therefore imagine the sun streaming in tempered bril liance along the entire length of the crystalline !Arne tare, showing boldly forth its harmonious proportions, and lihting up with prismatic hues the coun tenances of a gay and happy throng that lined the courts and galleries, and contributed greatly by the variety of the costumes to the picturesqueness of the scene. Add to this an intense commotion along the whole line, repeated waving of handkerchiefs, and involun tary swaying of bonnets, while the Land poured forth its stirring strains, and the organ its Melodious notes, by way of heralding the approach of the Queen and htr Impeiial guests, and you have materials enough to suggest a scene we feel it impossible to describe. Her Maje ties and her Imperial visit)rs having com_ pleted their private inspection retire 3 f,r a short period, and again appeared and proceeded through the entire length of the building. The 11..yal party the central transept seemed to be highly delighted, and tikey remained e r some time listening to the performance of music l y the magnificent band of the establishment. Their Majestys then hit the building*, and having re entered their oatnages rfturned to Buckingham Palace. FREE SCHOOLS BILL.—In addition to the E.iucat Bifis of Sir J. Pakineton and Lord J. Re-eell, we hay now a bill "to establiel Fr e • Sch.,. d in E haul an Wales," brou cht in by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr.Cel.dee and Mr. Headlam. It coetaine 27 clauses. [he object of tee bill are . to e-tehbeh in every "school-di-trice' lor•necl under the act : 1. lley-schools for the instruction of children above six ye irs of age, in reading, writing, grammar, arithe etie, book-keeling, geography, and history, common things, u efu! knowledge generaly, and needlework (in the cese of girls), and in addit;en to this there will be ieculcated a strict regard to the moral Indies ; 2. Evening schools for the instruction of pet sons above ten tears of age, where the seine instruct en ein he off irded as ia the foregoing iseheolis ; .3. Infalo sehoole for children under six years of age ; and 4 In dustrial schools for the in truc ion of " young poor per sons" without legal means of eu e s eee h ea, in the above mentioned branches of moral and intellectual culture, end in industrial occupations. In the-e last school , fool and shelter sill he supplied to the pupils. No dis tinctive doctrinal relieion is to be taught in any of these schools, but certain hours in every week ale to be set apart for voluntary religious instructiote Admission t schools 1,2, and 3 will be free to persons of the age ani class required who are resident in the district (exceptteg deaf, dumb, and Hind persons, lunatics, and crinneaes), and admission to industrial schools will be obtained by an order from a justice of peace. The general adininie trillion and superintendence of the schools are to be con ducted by a " board," to be styled " The Board of Public Instruction," to consist of a president. appointed by the Queen and the . Secretary of State. This board is em powered to appoint inspectors of echoole, and required to report annually. The net will 143 locally executed by the Initiation of "school districts " by the said. board ; but, if a majority of the eatepay , re object to the act taking effect, it will be postponed for two yesre, and so on. If the ratepayers approve the act they will proceed to elect a "school committee," hall of whom will retire annually. The number of the cone mittee will be fixed by the board. The committee wil be a corporation for certain purposes, and will have pewer to establish within their "district" such and so many schools as they may think reelisite, to erect school buildings, to purchase sites for the same, to borrow money, to appoint teachers and officers, and to employ visitors, &c. Existing schools may be converted into free schools under this act. The funds required by the 'committee for the carrying out of the act wilt be acquired the levy of a "school-rate" on all' persons rated to the relief of the poor within the district, with the right of appeal to the Quarter Sessions. The " board" is em powered to establish normal schools for the training of masters, mistresses, and teachers under this act. BRUTALLY ILL-TREATING A GIRL.—The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Tuesday tried a woman named Lernere, communal school-mistress at Puteaux, and her husband, for having brutally ill-treated her daughter. It was proved that she had made a constant practice of beating . the child in a savage manner with rods and whips, and of preventing her from hiving sufficient food.• One of the witnesses gave a curious explanation of the woman's cruelty :—" She told me," said she, " that when enciente she was struck with terror on seeing in a church a picture representing a saint covered with the skin of a wild annual, and that the consequence was that her child when lion, was covered with hair! This caused her to dislike the child. But," added the witness with great naiveté, " I must state one thing in the w oman's favour—and that when her husband, finding that the child was covered with hair, proposed to have her exhibited for money. as a curiosity, and with that view caused her to be shaved three times in or.ler t' make the hair thicker she would not hear of anything of the kind !" Tribunal sentenced the woman to 'six months' impriso went and . 25fr. fine ; hut, as there was no evident against the man, be was acquitted. THE UNWHOLESOME MEAT QUESTION. —The Eastern where Mr. Eastery, .Counties Herald contains a repo rt of a case heard in e cue Hull Police Court on Monday, local butcher, was charged with having unwholesome meat in his possession. The defendw.t pleaded t tat the meat seized (veal in a very bail state) was fund wile, examined not in a fit state to be sold as for human food, end he bad kept it to be chopp ed up heel for pig-. Mr: Travis, the sitting magistrate, after investing the case, said that, under all the cireuni.tances, he thought the meat was intended for sale, and he thought it a very culpable and gross case. He then fitted the defendant 15s. and costs, and added that, in regarl to the way in which the defendant had intended to use the meat, he ntenTdhteo defence poison tihne reality should order inquiry to be reale, and should then see it the law would not prevent suc h an abominable u s e of it as feeding pigs with it. He th ou g ht the d efence a most abominable that E , a ts n t d e r barefaced o one. t i in one way, but did in another. This case, observes the Eastern Counties Herald, reveals another of the myste ries of the butchering business, viz., the feedin g o f pi gs with nauseous, disgusting, and unwhol e s ome food. We want the public at large, and especially the humbler classes, not to be tempted into the purchase of cheap, filthy, putrid carrion ; and if there are any means by which we can secure that the food we are liable-to eat should have been fed on wholesome & food, let them be adopted without hesitation.