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7 , r tifitiVett I.l29rsibatcr , r trader the management of IS:tr. Baeltstone. THIS EVE N LNG. will be performed TTIE 1 2 .0FiE1iTA5t nIRL. (fiaracters t‘ Nte-sri Sims Reeves, Weis , , %la:lvens, and Kirquilars.n; Mias Gordon, and Mrs. Sims Reeves. After which. a new Extravaganza. called TEE NEW HAI NAB.SET SPRING MEETING MS. To conclude wi h A KISS IN TIIE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESB'6 THEATRE, O.IFO rtD-ST MEET. ilnder the Management of Mr. CIIAZLZB KEAIf. PHIS KVENING. Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be folowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principb' ehtracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (17th time) a Romance, in two acts, entiVe' THE MULETEER OF TOutDO ; or, King. Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPILL --- - Proprietor, Ms. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed KING O'NEIL Chara&ers by Mess - s. C Selby, Garden, Parse' e, J. Bland, L. Murray, the,: Urs. L. Mur ray, Miss Wyndham, &c. To conclude w th A NE V EDITION OF TILE FAIRY TALF• O,F MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustration- 'MAL OLYMPIC . TIIEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. VIII be performed THE WFL 4 II +•IRr,. Cha•acters by Wain. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers ; 3lies Stephens, and bias Teruan. After which. the Comed:etta. called LAW FOR L DIE.. Cha racters by Mears. A. Wigan, G. %Laing, H. Cooper, Leavers, an, Miss Castieton. To bebefollowed by the Fairy Extravaganza, (sailed Tf'E YELLOv DWARF AND THE lILNO OF IHE GOLD MINES. ROYAL 4TRAND -THEATRE. Under the direction of Min Rebecca Isaacs. TRIM EVENING. _ _ _ Will be performed Donlzettl's Op:ra ot THE DAUGHTER THE REGIMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE To conclude with THE \VAT 613 A.:I. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM PHITIIKATICE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian- Drama by Nelson Lee, called, TEI FIELD AGAINST HE FAVoURITB ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. To conclia& with a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, THI LAKES OF KILL RNEY. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added t, the Embellishments. Box-office open trom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. Vi West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Directhr . Kr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER 4T LONDON BUDGE . TAM tuy —Merniu. 33 , nin.after 2 I Yvenirg4Bmin.et. To-Stowtow--Morning 6 ni:n.stter 3 j Ev,uing24min.a't. '?'RE WICATHER.—Sum Orms, May. 3. Tazamomma, [N THE &LAD& 53—highest since neon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day. at noon. BAROMETER, 29.72—a fall of nearly half an inch sine, Tuesday. N.N.E.—Light breeze, with very fine, sunshiny weather. ,§llll es 4 eZ4..), ~.x^ LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1855. The petition of the members of the Nationa and Constitutional Association to the House of Commons, now in course of signature, is a re markable document. As a literary composition notwithstanding its striking merits, it may be open. to criticism. The abettors of the men, and of th( system it so ominously arraigns, may take excep tion to its length and redundancies, and sneer al the occasional quaintness of its style, but it is, nevertheless, a document of unusual weight and of even historic importance. Such a petitioL could only have been written, at all event, adopted, at a critical period, and under the pres sure of intolerable grievances. Its very defect, as a composition invest it, in fact, with a deeper interest, and drive further home its barbed truths. Broaching no subversive theories, but thorough constitutional in tone, the petition carries with i. the conviction not only that its allegations in the main are correct, but also that its originators an plain, middle-class men, earnestly dischargin: what they conceive to be an imperative duty ii, the consciousness of general sympathy with their views and objects. How correct their impres sions are as to both particulars the petition itself will sufficiently demonstrate. Adverting at the outset to the bitter feelinw with which they have regarded the late disaster', the petitioners state that these feelings have heel intensified by the conviction that the disaster in question have not been unavoidable, but hay arisen from the guilt and folly of their rulers—froe the prostitution of various offices of the State— the misapplication and waste of the resources t the country—the appointments of senility and in capacity—the vicious preference showiiby certain families to their kindred and supporters—the cot ruption, extravagance, and mismanagement of Governmental departments, and the absence of forethought, economy, and order, in the conduct of the public service. A vivid, and, in the main, a correct picture is next drawn of what has bee, witnessed in connection with the war. Irresolu tion, timidity, and treachery at the head of affairs, where decision, courage, and sincerity were iinpe ratively required. A noble and costly fleet frus trated thereby in its chief objects, and a gallant army wasted by delay and pestilence, hurried off without provision and preparation, at the worst possible time, to probably the least eligible spot, on a most desperate mission. " Neither order nor regulation in transports, in supplies, in victuals, in clothing, in shelter for our troops, but, ur.- heard-of neglect and Waste, the consequences cf . which have been that our soldiers hare filled the field with their carcases; roads they made not, shel ter they found not, victuals, clothing, and medicine they had not ; graves alone they had when hands could be spared to dig them I So, now, when the fierceness of the struggle has come, our numbers are scanty and our men en feebled, while the strength of the foe is increased daily." Public honours, it is next asserted, they have seen made void and inglorious by being un worthily bestowed, while the doctrine of Minis terial responsibility has been derided, and power continues to be exercised without responsibility to Parliament or the Crown. The heart of the people, it is said, is turned away by reason of these things, and the enemies of Great Britain triumph —her alliance is spurned, and her name dograded 1 The petitioners, therefore, declare they have no tou lide nee in the existing Government, which, in their • ° Pinion, learns nothing, but rather becomes vo rse, so that the petitioners grow seriously %tam ed for th e safety and honour of the country, as well as it s Pro b e i ng l aid on Prosperity Adverting to the Ulan e ixteivesBYtern by represent the Government who hasreits tools and instruments, enou. it is pointedly true " that we believe ma.rked that this is so far evil rulers perpetuated by an evil system can alon e b e it ;" for which rea son , i t is add'edaZl grow out of honourable House to a mend we Pray y our th e change the rulers." The petitioners L BY : x t t eM and declare their re3pect for cons'ituted authority, but sub= mit there are tines when the vc ice of the governed must be heard crying, ` Govern us more wisely r and that it is possible "submission may b ecome a - c . -.-, ,- 'lime, and order the worst disorder." ..,- . . . '..• i,..... ,__, 4 -,„ '7e petitioners then go on to. state that they --. I ,4litra ~. -- ,Ft seek to invade the prerogative of the , n o r er.oi na - - - the • • - ; . •` • : privileges of the aristocracy, since • ,•-• . . ,t.r. the but a corrupt and factious °li grchY alon ' . ._ .„... - sa a corporation of the worst rulers England ever w- 7 t hat) among other things, ,terifices au army and stultifies itself by blaming t system which it retains and does not strive to ,mend. An oligarchy that from base personal . ears leaves the country defenceless, discourages -olunteers, contents itself with a mockery of a militia, and squanders money upon foreign levies while men of every degree " languish at tome for military employment." An oligarchy hat trifles with improvements in arms, scornfully repulses 'Soldiers of repute offering their services, -Lnd persists, in spite of warning, in promoting he creatures of routine and family influence. The )etitioners next touch on foreign alliances, and ex press general content with the alliance of France, wt dislike for that of Austria and for dynastic Liliances generally. The injury done the country 'oy the caprice of our Foreign Ministers is subse luently glanced at, and it is asserted " that such hiugs could not have been effected in former times, when the Privy Council gave responsible tdvice upon international matters, and nothing :ould be done without their sanction by the boldest Ministers of Sate." The irresponsibility of our cabinets, and the neglect of consideration by Premiers as to the aptitude of those chosen Se u.etaries of State for their office, and their "disre 4ard of every other thing save the convenience of t corporation of lordly rulers," is next noticed, tnd the petitioners proceed to state their require :rents. They pray the honourable House io take , nto consideration how this pernicious system may abplished, and that the right men may be esta ;)lished in the right places, " by opening the pub ic service to merit and capacity, by securing the faithful represesentation of the people, and by restoritig - those lapsed functions of the constitu tional law of the country by which a healthy laical may be regained without great and sudden to the community." The petitioners further )ray that ova-legislation, and, above all things, -ecret diplomacy, may be put a stop to ; and, boldly standing on their rights," conclude oy asserting " that which is known to all, and fills the mind with wonder and appre hension to see so powerful a country in so contemptible a predicament, that Whereas indi liduals carry out vast enterprises successfully, the state can accomplish nothing either honestly or honourably or to a good purpose, and has become very world's jest in its every undertaking." If ;Lis, it is added, be the fault of the system, or of both men Ad system, as the petitioners believe it .s—in short, in any case—they insist that the ,resent state of things be brought to a termina ion by whatever means Parliament may deem )est, even by taking steps that may lead to a dis solution. The reader has now some notion, how ever imperfect, of the tone and character of the oetition. What does he think of it ? We are .uistaken if he does not coincide with us in our notion of its importance. When facts so mon strous and unimpeachable are told so calmly yet earnestly, it bodes ill for the continuance of that oligarchical sway which it arraigns. The people Are putting their shoulders to the wheel of the State chariot, and woe to thcse who impede them. Should any fatal disaster befal our army, what latonishment awaits the blind prophets of the iimes! No recent intelligence from Sebastopol. The electric telegraph still remains a dead letter in the hands of the Government. While so many thou 'uds of the best and bravest of our brethren re main between two fires—while scarcely a family throughout the length and breadth of the land is free from anxiety on account of some friend or relative in the Crimean army, our Ministers still ‘-xliihit the same apathy and indifference so de• plorahly conspicuous from the very commencement —still permit the supreme command to remain in the hands of the noble Lord whose incapacity and Mismanagement have occasioned such direful cala nities ! Why, we ask, has Lord RAGLAN not been recalled—why is he still permitted to im peril the lives of our troops ? Too many valuable iives have already been sacrificed at the altar of " red-tapism." Routine has not had merely its 'iecatombs, but thousands, aye tens of thousandF, of victims. The sanguinary offerings should be , revented, and the lives of the scanty remnant, t possib'e, preserved. The evidence against Lord RAGLAN is daily be oorning more decisive. It is now positively over whelming. We do not desire that he should be Condemned unheard—that he should not have tmple opportunity of putting forward a defence. But the prima facie case being made out, his in competence —aye, and far worse than incompetence —established, he should be deprived of the power of doing further mischief, of rendering the evils .le has initiated absolutely irreparable. The campaign opened by a very remarkable lisplayof carelessness, respecting not only the com forts, but the health of the troops. The tents were sent back immediately after the battle of the Alma, and the men were compelled for many weeks to endure the proverbial inclemency of a Crimean autumn, without any description of shelter or covering from the night damps. Subsequent proceedings were of a similar cha racter. While they were overtoiled to so great a degree.that a far larger number of our soldiers perished or were placed hors de combat by the fatigues and hardships they endured than from the weapons of their adversaries, not the slightest atention was paid to their exigencies or necessi ties. No effort was made to make a road from the camp to Balaklava, so that" the supplies so urgently required might be brought up to our soldiers, who were tantalised by being compelled to suffer great privations while there was abund ance of every description of stores in their im mediate vicinity. Sir JOHN BURGOYNE, who wassecond in command, and who, therefore, may be supposed to have enjoyed as much as any man the confidence of the Commander-in-Chief, has candidly admitted that the necessary precautions were omitted in the first instance because it was hoped that Sebastopol would speedily be captured. Alas ! the time fur doing so was suffered to elapse. Had the first victory of the Alma been vigorously followed up, had the troops hurried on while flushed with victory, and the enemy was disheartened and de moralised, the stronghold might have fallen by a coup de main. The very name of Alma would have been worth 50,000 bayonets ! But the energetic counsel of the French General was disregarded. Lord RAGLAN was determined to selon les regles, to procrastinate and delay, when rapidity of action was of paramount im portance. After dilly-dallying to the lith of October, and giving the Russians ample time be fore anything was done to recover from their panic, they shbwed that they were capable 4. , f making a protracted and desperate defence. _Early November it was k nown t o L or d RA GLAN condition o r his the d esperate that h e cou ld do nothing decisive during the winter, He might than h ave discontinue:]the a t tack, or at all events seen to the state and st naen, to keep th em p re p are d f or place. But • uggle wh enever i t s h oul d take , in s t ead of the trenches, hat so doi ng , h e k ept them i n in constant d an gerassed b y i neeasant labour, and of this ? Manifestly t Mlu tt was the object ° from the censures to val. shelter the Mi n i s t ers Ich they would other- - y`:~~1 4 TTTE Strg LONDO wise be exposed. To shield the. Government from reproach he sacrificed his soldiers, and Ministers are now returning the compliment. If lie prolonged the existence of an incompetent Ministry, they are retaining in office an incapable commander. Once more, then, we. ask, why not supersede Lord RAGLAN ? The nation will repeat the interrogatory, which will reverberate through out the length and breadth of the land, until a suitable response be elicited from Lord P- ALMER STON and his colleagues. Too many evils have occurred from leaving everything in the hands of Ministers, and abstaining from any remonstrance. We many now, at least, profit by the bitter experience. As we can no longer place confidence in those in power, we must set our own shoulders to the wheel, and see that the valour and effi ciency of our troops be not neutralised by the in capacity of their commanders. If we are not in different to the honour of the nation, we cannot be so to the safety of our brethren. They must not be placed in jeopardy to retain an aristocratic Cabinet and Commander-in-Chief in office—albeit the former be entirely composed of Lords or their relatives and connexions, and the latter be the son, the brother, and the uncle of a Duke. It was once wittily observed by Lord BROUGHAM that England has been bound over to keep the peace in the sum of 800,000,0001. That obstacle to the national pugnacity, however, is proved to be in no respect insuperable. Stupen dous though it undoubtedly is as a monetary barrier against anything like rash or ill-considered enterprises of a warlike character, it can readily enough, we all know, be at once overleaped upon a serious emergency. Let the dignity of the Crown be outraged, let the rights of humanity be assailed, let the laws of nations be infringed, let any grievous wrong be perpetrated, at however enormous a distance from our own dominions, and the weight of our gigantic Debt becomes but as a feather in the balance—England rises in the instant against the violator of the general tran quillity, prepared, as of old, to champion the holy cause of justice, no matter at what sacrifice of her heroic blood, or at what increase to her already vast liabilities. It wan a golden axiom with Mr. CANNING that the Honour and the Interest of the Country are Identical. The utterance of that lofty sentiment was but the expression of what might be called one of the noble instincts of the population. Money-makers though they are, shopkeepers though they have been designated, concentrated though all their distinguishing capacities as a commercial race ne cessarily must be, their energy, their ability, their industry, with a view to the material ad vancement of the multitude—to the reduplication of its resources, and to the extension of its mer cantile influence throughout both hemispheres— Englishmen are nevertheless averse to the tolera tion of anything approximating to the merest semblance of an indignity to the Crown, any thing tending, even by implication, to affect injuriously the glory of their Constitutional Government. They are sensitive to the quick, to the heart's core, to the innermost recesses of their conscience, as to the ignominy inseparable from any blunted indifference on the part of a people to the arch-crime of lose-station—the one arch-crime by a craven submission to which the -escutcheon of the most illustrious community would become forthwith infamously and indelibly tarnished. They have already repeatedly proved the sincerity of their feelings ; and have done so, moreover, at the most memorable periods, and under the most extraordinary circumstances. Yet now, it may be safely averred, under any cir cumstances more extraordinary, or at any period more memorable than the present, whe❑ the struggle foretold by NAPOLEON THE GREAT is in actual process of development—the struggle be tween the East and the \Vest, between the forces of Barbarism and those of Civilisation. The incubus of the National Debt sits lightly on the shoulders of the Sinbad of Nations—that grim old evil of 800,000,0001.—n0w that Eng land has been fairly summoned, in the cause of Right, to do battle with the colossus of Northern Autocracy. Economists, though we may be de sirous of becoming as a population, we are never theless prm-pared, each man amongst us is prepared, to sustain, individually and collectively, whatever burdens may be impoied upon us by the ex igencies of the occasion. The necessity fur the increase of the already stupendous debt of eight hundred millions weighs not for a single moment at this crisis in the popular consideration. As was said very nobly at a memorable period by Mr. SHELL, " The people of this country are averse to wanton war ; but when the honour of England is at stake, there is no consequence which they are not prepared to meet—no treasure which they are not ready to lavish—no hazard which they will not be found prompt to en counter." It was so formerly. It is so still. The sensitiveness of Englishmen for the main tenance of the national honour has not degene rated. We are not less eager than our forefathers,- at any cost, through any penalties, by any sacri fice, to sustain the glory of our imperial repu tation. We may grumble as financiers over the folly of an unnecessarily bungled Budget—but as patriots we are prepared to emtribute without grudging, whatever may be ultimately demanded from us by the deliberate decision of the Legislature. Viewing the matter thus—we may chafe at the blunder ing proposals of Sir G. C. LEWIS, but bow immediately afterwards implicitly to whatever may chance to be the reception of those same proposals by the House of Commons. In the presence of the momentous cause for which our heroic soldiers and those of our glorious Allies are fighting side by side in the trenches before Subast,pol, we are prepared at the behest of our representatives to forget the fiscal absurdities of an experimenting Chancellor of the Exchequer. Remembering the purpose of the War with Russia---a purpose visible to every one but Mr. BRIGHT and his infatuated disciples—the various penalties of the struggle become com paratively as nothing in the popular estima tion. Regarded through that medium the antici pated expenditure within the year of 86,339,0001. appears to be reasonable rather than extravagant. Recollecting what it is we are striving for—for the loftiest principle, and not for territorial ag grandiseme:ut ; for justice, and not f)r spoilation ; for the cc , n , 4olidation of an enduring peace and the permanent triumph of the interests of modern eivP:isation—the hardest worked and the poorest pail among us will count as nought the additional b urdeus in the way of taxation which may happen to be called for in furtherance of the enterprise ui ton which England and France have together reso luteiy adventured. Compared with the triumph of our just cause, what signifies even a Loan. of 16,000,0001., and the issue of 3,000,0001. u tore Exchequer B.lls, and the tem porary increas 3 on our annual imposts to the tune of 5,300,0001,., or rather (for the year just ecm mencmg) of 4 0 000,00a —thus mdking up by an !.icipation theest imated deficiency of 23,000,000/. ! It is scarcely at this juncture the question whe ther we shall subs -nit to have an addition of 1 per Cent., or, in other 7 words, of 2d. in the pound, to our Income Tax ; whether we shall have 3s. more pounced. been received here. of April, it has the followi►ig : The fire of the enemy is moderate. form a continuous trench of communication. Prussia has set new propositions on foot. postponed. few days. Maslak, and even at Pera. officers of Engineers,' have arrived here. rITTTAtin4v PVPINTTNer MAY n, IPat . . duty laid on every cwt. of our sugar, together with ld. per lb. more on our coffee, and 3d. pei lb. nore on our tea ; besides allowing the dut) on Scotch and English spirits to be equalised, an" and that on Irish to be materially increased. I' is rather a question of considerably greater im portance—namely, whether the nations of the West shall bate one jot in the mighty con • test upon which they have entered for the iiseomfiture of Desp >tism, for the worsting of s Barbaric Marauder, for the vindication of the International Codß, of the integrity of Trea ties, of the peace of Europe, of the sacred right!. of Humanity, of the beneficent and inallnable interests of Civilisation. For all this—England is prepared to submit without a murmur to an) Aacrifices, whether of her blood or of her tteasures. Nevertheless recent calamities have awakened the country to a sense of_ what is, at the same time, requisite from its rulers as the Custodians of the national honour, and the defences of the nationa , wealth, and (Ao to speak as directors of our fleet: and armies) the hurlers of the national thunder bolts. The r eople of England are resolved, al whatever penalty, that everything the country holds dear shall no longer he so far jeopardised by Ministerial fatuity that future moralists may reiterate the sarcasm of the Swedish Statesman— " Behold my Son, with how little wisdom a na tion may be governed." The time has gone by in England when the multitude ..can consent un moved to hear the application to the Executive of the caustic taunt of OXENSTEIRN. We feel it a duty to call attention to the letter of W. R. D., which appears in another portion of our present impression. A state of things more deplorable than it reveals cannot readily be con ceived. Here is an important branch of industry impeded in its development, and an enterprising British citizen, frustrated in his laudable career by the lawless violence of an ignorant and unre flecting mob, and nothing done by way of repres sion by the constituted authorities. Surely for the sake of national as well as local interests, of the welfare of the mob, as well as in the discharge of its duty to a British citizen, Government will take prompt measures to put a stop to tho out rages of which our correspondent complains, and afford that protection to his friend which the latter so evidently needs. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OFSEBASTOPOL. PARIS, THURSDAY, 8 A.M. The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Gene ral Canrobert, dated 16th of April, giving an ac count of the operations of the 13th and 14th, to take possession of the ground upon which the engineers were to make their approaches towards the Central Bastion. The engineers were ena bled to complete their levels. A new parallel was formed. The loss incurred was 40 killed and 117 wounded. The operation to form a new trench at half distance between the third parallel and the salient of the Flagstaff Bastion succeeded very well ; on the side of the Malakhoff Tower the superiority of the French artillery was also maintained, but without silencing that of the enemy, except in two works of counter-approach on the side of Careeniug Bay. The garrison has suffered considerable losses, and the artillerymen of the Russian navy have suffered especially. The Central and Flagstaff Bastions are seriously damaged. The death of General Bizot is officially ,an- BERLIN, THURSDAY, MAY 3. A despatch, dated St. Petersburg, May 2, has Under date of Sebaitopol, evening of the 28th Their approaches progress slowly. We have erected, at 1010 yards from Bastion No. 4, a row of rifle. pits, which have served to VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING ; MAY 2. Baron Hess's journey to the army in Galicia is A rumour that the Russian ambassador bad left the city caused the funds to fall 2 per cent. Authentic information has reached here that the bombardment of Sebastopol, which had been suspended on the 28,h, was to be resumed in a CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 26. The cholera has made its appearance at Galata, TRIESTE, MAY 2. The staff and materiel of the sanitary depart ment of the Sardinian army, as well as some FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches ha V€ been received : MARSEILLES, Atty 2. The Simois, of the Me:s - a - g•ries imperiales. which left Constantinople on the 23d ult., has ar rived. The news from the Crimea comes down to the 21st. The Flagstaff and Southern Forts and the Malakhoff Tower have bt.en reduced to silence. The 4th parallel has been joined to the other works of the Allies. On the 19th the Russians attempted several sorties, all of which were repulsed. On the 20th, Ouster Pacha, Lord Raglan, and the French G-neral Morris, made a strong reconnaissance with 12,000 men in the direction of Baidar. The Rus sians rePasel the combat. The Admiral's vesse l, the Moittebello, has thrown about 200 shells into Selia.suipi )l. Toe French have occupied the White Batteries in Careening Bay. On the 21st Iskender B, y made a cavalry reconnaissance, which led to no engagen tent. Colon el Egerton was killed in the attack on the Malakof, F Tower. MARSEILLES, May 2. _ By th 3 Constantinople letters of the 23d ult., brought by the Simnis, we learn that the first do tachniet it of Pieduaonteso troops arrived there on the 21st ;„ The French camp at Martak was occu pied by 20,000 men , and i t is expected that their number 3 will be increased to 80,000. The shocks of eart'tiquake have not ceased at Broussa, and were eve felt at Constantinople, where all the European t inhabitants of Broussa had sought a refuge. S:x th ousand Turks, of the Imperial Guard, have rec aired orders to proceed flora Constanti nople to join Omer Pacha at Balitklava. M. tie Lesseps has returned to Constantinople to smooth the ditlicalties raised in the Divan against the cat gd zvross the Isthmus of Suez. M. de Le - sops w ill go on to France. Meanwhile a steam-tug service has been organised on the Nile. Prix: co Ismail of Egypt will join Mu-Attpl a Paella, Ids brother, on his visit to the Paris Exhi biti)n. Accoi f ling to letters from Galatz ' the Russians allow to th e Austrians alone the liberty of taking in ell-go( a of grain from the Danubian provinces, and, they 1, on the c )ndition that none of their ves eels shall unload in any part of Turkey. MADRID, May 1. Tie 0 artes have approved of the plan sent in for the con itruction of the railway between Sevilla and Ca( liz. The third basis of the constitution condign :d under discussion. The arrangement with General Pierce, President of the United • States, relative to the affair of the Black Warrior, has.been approved of. The Emperor yestu.dray received Mgr. Sacconi, the Pope's nuncio, and M. Firmin R-gier, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, who came in the name of their sovereigns to congratulate his Majesty on having been providentially preserved from the late attempt at assassination. The new avenue opened from the • Are-de- Triomphe at the top of the Champs-Elysees to the Bois de Boulogne, was inaugurated yesterday. Tie Emperor and the Empress arrived about 4 o'clock in an openlcarriage, and were received by M. Haussmann. The carriage of their Majesties than drove down the avenue through its whole length amidst loud cheers from the numerous pedestrians who were collected on each side. By the provincial journals we perceive that in all the principal towns of the Empire, 7'e Veums have been celebrated for the providential escape of ' the Emperor Napoleon 111. from assassination. These journals, one and all, describe the indigna tion felt at the late base attempt as being quite un precedented. The vessels intended for the. Baltic and White Sea flee:s are to assemble at Cheri* irg. Tue Tourville, Captain Le Gallic de Kerisouet, and the Duquesne,,Capt. Taffard de St. G , ,rmain, both screws of 90 guns, have alteady arrived in that port. The Tourville is to carry the flag of Rear- Admiral Penaud, commander-in-chief of the Baltic division. The Austerlitz, which is to form part of one of the divisions, is at present at Cherburg. The Nouvelliste of Marseilles. states that, in obedience , to orders received from Paris, all the travelling effects of the Emperor, which had been placed ou board steamers belonging to the Meisa genies Imperiales have been disembarked. The Euphrate steamer took her departure on Monday from Marseilles for Constantinople, with 650 men of the 15th and 45th regiments of the line, and a considerable quantity of muskets for the troops before Sebastopol. The American _ clipper the Ticonderaga left the preceding day for the East with 184 men on. board and 180 horses. The Chandernagor left Toulon the same day with men and stores for the same destination. BOURSE, MAY 2.—CLOSING PRICKS. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 15 93f. 15c. 3 per Cents 6B 60 68 60 Credit Mobilier 783 50 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes 36 Piedniontese — Home Debt 3lB RAILW 4 Y£4 —ROB. CASH. r, c. fr. Or'eans 1145 Lyons • ... 1097 50 Western 637 50 Rouen Cette Mediterranean 100) Havre 559 Northern Vera Crnz April 4' Tampico . 2 Havannah — 9 Puerto Cabello — 9 A:luta Martha ~....March 23 Ureytown April 5 CArthagena — Chagres (Colon) Jamaica — 10 Jacmel Porto Rico Berbice - 12, - 13 - 8 Demerara Tortola 1.... ..... 15 Antigua Montserrat Nevis St. Kitt's St. irhottias's WEST INDIA, MEX RYA D j MA /LS. SOUTHNMPTON, - MAY 2. , - By the arrival of the Rmyal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Capt. WooPey, with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieut. J. Kempe, R. N., Admiralty agent, we have dateS from Tobago . April 10 11 Barba(low; Grenada St. Vincent's St. Luck ... Viartinique . Guad.aloups Dominica 12 lG • - 17 ▪ - r - 19 On freight the Atrato bas the following specie : —From Tampico, 121,492 dols; Vera Cruz, 173,091 ,lots.; on account of the Mt xican diVidends, 59,000 dols. ; Gulf of Mexico, 294,583 d ils. ; from the Pacific ports, 313,511 dols, of which 27,85 i clots. is in gold and the remainder in silver ; from Cali fornia, 191,802 dols. ; Panaw, 32,815 dols., Car thagena, 38,295 dols ; Jamaica, 7,600 dols. ; Ha vannah, 4,292 dols. ; and from other parts of the West Indies, 7,000 dols., making a total of 890,898 do's., or say 176,0091. sterling, of •which sum 279,338 dols. are •in gold, and 621,560 dols. in silver. Them are also watches. valued at 2,100 dols. ; plata pina, valued at 3,4871. sterling, and pearls amounting to 1,920/. ..The cargo consists c,f 174 serons 'of cochineal, 104 ditto of quina, 22 ditto of jalap, 108 cases of cigars, 3 hales of tobacc6, 9 hales of sarsaparilla, 41 casks of merchandise, 13 live turtles, and 110 packages of merchandise. During the homeward voyage this steamer had fine weather and light winds up to the 26th . of April; subsequently strong S.E. winds and rain. On the 3Uth ult. she passed and exchanged colours with the following English vessels :—A. barque, from Jamaica, name unknown ; the ships Ann and Penman Castle ; the barques Lady of the Lake, John Hullett, and Spartan, and No. 99 transport, all steering' for the Channel. May 1, passed the br;g Brooking, steering westward ; on the 2d inst. passed the barque Antarctic, off Portland, home ward. bound ; also passed a large number of sail ing-vessels bound for England. While the Atrato was lying at St. Thomas's one of the quartermasters accidentally fell overboard. and was drowned. A subscription for his widow was entered into by the officers and passengers, and 431. were collected. The child of a passenger also died during the homeward voyage. The Panama Railway continued in good working condition, and trains run daily from the Atlantic to the Pacific in less than 3 hours. The goods traffic was increasing very much. • From Jamaica we have intelligence to the IGth ult. The Legislature was in session at the time our despatches left, but would be prorogued that .day. A correspondent's letter says : " It appears that the Governor would have prorogued it before, and was only waiting to hear the result of the loan by the last packet. The present form of Government does not appear to answer the purposrs intended, and it is not likely to give much satisfaction. Mr. Westmoreland has resigned his Post as Financial Minister, and his successor has not yet been appointed." There was a rumour at Jamaica of an insurrec- tion at St. Domingo, and the authorities of that place despatched a French war steamer to King ston, for the p►trpose of requesting the commodore to send a vessel t.f war to protect British interests, In consequence, her M ijesty's ship Termagant sailed on the morning of the 9th ult. for St. Domingo, with the commodore on board. The island of Jamaica was healthy and quiet. The crops were all got in without damage, and had produced an average yield. In the markets business continued very quiet, ,with only a moderate demand for fish and breadstuff's. Importa tions continued much iu exoess of consump tion. The stock of butter was very large, and American was quite unsaleable. Sales in Irish were limited, at ls. 2d. per pound. The quantity of corn on baud was not large ; Savilla was quoted at 44. 6d. per bushel, and American 10s. per bag. Logwood was worth 40s. per ton • Sugar ranged from 12s. to 16s. according to quality, and fine was rather scarce. Infreights, tonnage was quite atnple for the existing wants. At St. Lucia a despatch from the Governor-in- Chief, enclosing a propoial from the chairman of a committee of the House of Assembly in Canada, had been received by the Legislature, respecting the removal of fiscal regulations on the productions of the British American colonies, and, in the event 'of the propssal being entertained, a i•ec;procal enact ment would be made, in order that the productions of that islan 1 should be received free of duty in Canada. The Council expressed its approbation of the scheme, but nothing definitively was decided on the subject. The carrying out of tha proposal would, it was believed, conduce materially to the benefit of the island, especially if it extended to the whole of the North American colonies. The sum of 1,0001. was voted as a guarantee for the expenses incurred in drilling militiamen, repairing and cleaml : tug their muskets, and for the importation of:their clothing. The Island was healthy. The barques Gilbert Munro and Castries and the brigantine Ex press had left St. Lucia •with produce for London and Liverpool. At Grenada much rain bad fallen in many places, doing damage to the crops. The country was in a very deplorable condition ; a large number of estates were .being offered for sale, and emigration was perpetually talked of. A measure had been brought before the Legislature for the purpose of establishing a fr ee trade between Canada and the West Indies. The barque Electra left for London en the 31st of March. At British Guiana trade continued dull, and although a favourable change had taken place in the weather, little effect had been produced on the commercial state of the island. The windward por tion of the colony continued to suffer from the en croachmtnts of the sea. The Court of Policy was fiot in session. "Under the care of the proper autho rities some important bills were in progress. The town council, had advertised for a borough engi neer, offering a salary of $2,400 per annum. The Triumph plantation hail been sold for $18,530. •. From Barba.does there is little news of interest. A large' and influential meeting of gentlemen con nected with the agricultural interest of the island Ira been held, for the purpose of taking into con ideratim the question of reducing the rate of freights to the home markets. After considerable discussion, it was resolved— " That a committee be appointed for the purposa of brihging before the commercial lion SOS interested in the shipment of produce from the islanti the equity of retitic- . ing the rate of freights to 3s. per cwt., anti, it, the event of the failure, the committee be authorised to tramsa memo rial to the absent proprietary body in England, soliciting their co-operation in the question." The House of Assembly stood adjdurned to the 17th of April. At Demerara the crops were looking well, and the yield it wai . expeCted would be very good. At Trinidad a great improvement had taken place in the weather, and the. planters were busily en r gaged with the crops. There was every probability of the yield being quite.an average one. 'Mexico continued in avtry unsettled state. Santa. Anna had left the capital for the south at the head of his troops, and. nid encountered and defeated the force under Alvarez. The inhabitants complained much of the conduct of the military. At Havannah excitement still continued, and the was actively guarded by — tneSpanish men Of war, which had mustered in great force. Another of the conspirators, named. Est rampez, was garotted a few days before the departure of the steamer. Two others Who bad been sentenced to banishment from the island were retained for further examina tion, it having been aseerfaiued that there was other evidence of a more serious nature to be brought against them. Intelligence from St. Thomas's states that the island had been suffering from drought for Many months past. The whole of the country pre§ented a parched appearapce, and. everything resembling vegetation had disappeared. The brig Sarah, 188 tons burden, had been totally destroyed by fire in Carlisle Bay, Jamaica. She was taking in produce for Liverpool, and had on board 200 hogsheads of sugar and 130 puncheons of ruin. The crew wete saved. The origin of the fire had not been ascertained. The Tay, which left Southampton on the sth ult. with the West India and ,Mexican mails, bad not arrived at St. Thomas's when the Atrato left. This may partially be accounted for by the det3n ticn which was occasioned owing to a slight defect taking place in her machinery, which compelled her to put back after her departure on the 2d ult. DOVER ITARBOOR 'OF REFUGE. —Among the sums voted for harbour , ' of refuge for the year 1855-6, we find that 34,000/. has been voted for the continuation of the magnificent works now in the eon , se of cons!ruction at Dover.' The su bsequent vote required to complete the work will w ill be 278,0001. It is stated that the works here have been delayed in cmsequAnce of the chalk founda tion at the site of the present works not proving so gbod as is the portion nearer the shore.—Dovei• Chronicle. This work appears to progress at the same .dra%ling pace as the Plymouth Breakwater works. Like Rains gate Ilarb,ur, it seems to be ui,derstood between engi neers and coritracton, that it is never to be finished. M °ruing Advertiser. [Why not run out a breakwater at the north-Ea tern promontory of the bay, in a S.S. W. direction, and b 0 protect vessels from N.E., eattrly, and south winds? This would make a complete Harbour, of Refuge,—ED, Sun.] • RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa, in the Danube of Vienna of the 28th ult., says :—" The inhabitants continue to quit this town from the fear that a bombardment may take place any day. As much as 250 roubles (the rouble is somewhat more than 4f.) are paid for the hire for the season of a small chamber in the villages of the environs. Strangers are particularly anxious to leave, owing to the lower part of the population having become hostile to them, and having in spite of the severity of the police com mitted some outrages on their persons. The works of the fortifications continue to be carried on. Earthworks now extend on all the right to lib utrie- Dembrowski, and on the side of the Quarantine to Lusdorff. A new fort is being built on the Mull t4n of Pest, which commands the port." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, April 28.—The fleet still re mains moored off Bellevue, in the inner harbour of this port. On its arrival, 10 days since, it was stated that when it had completed provisions, fuel, &c., it would immediately sail for the scene of its future operations. Each ship, three days since, had received on board all supplies that could be stowed away under hatches, and its depar ture for the Baltic was expected to take place on the day following; nevertheless, from causes which it is difficult to explain, no symptomt of an early Movement, up . to the piesent date, have been an nounced. The Danube of Vienna, of the 28th ult., says : " Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt, a general of brigade of the Austrian army, is shortly expected in this city from St. Petersburg, where he has been to ,pay .a visit to the Empress, his sister. He has been nominated chief of a regiment of Uhlans iii the Russian army.' It-is considered singular that at the present moment a prince, who is an Austrian general should have a Russian- regiment given to him." Tho Prince Charles of Prussia arrived at Char lottenburg on the 28th ult., on his return from St. Petersburg, and was shortly after received by the King. Ou the 29th ult., the King gave a grand dinner in honour of the birthday of the Emperor Alexander. 11. A letter from Berlin of the 29th lilt., says— " The ordinary military exercises of, the spring have commenced at Berlin, and are carried on with activity. But there is no trace of the extraorditiary military preparations mentioned by some •of the newspapers. In the arsenals and military work shops a gnod deal of activity does, however, prevail." A CHANfiE OF POSITION BEFORE SEBAST(IPOL. A letter received from Paris this morning, con tains the followicji; important intelligence :—" It is thought that a diange in .the Wt,r Department. herwis imminent., and that General Canrohert will he recall d from th . e Crimea to take the place of Marshal Vaillant as iNlinister of War, and, accord ing to the same accou.ut General Pellissier will, in all likelihood, be app vinted General eanrobert's successor. With rem lea to our operations in the Crimea, it is cur,-ently reported that the armies are to change their position ; that the works in font of Sel?astr, poi will be entrusted to the guardianship of the T arks under Cmer Pasha and the Saidinian contin :fent, who will strongly fortify themselves against, a ILattacks, and that the French and English armies will imitate the French under Bonaparte at the slog ?, of Mantua, quit the lines before Sebastopol, adva nee ,an Siwpheropol, and give battle-to the Russians. Last week the mean temperature at Greenwich was 44 deg , which is 4•5 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. GALLERY OF GERMAN ARTISTS.—Amongst the distin guished company who, on Mondry last, hoisoured the private view of the living German Artists' third Exhili tion of the'r Works in Lo•bdon, were the puke of RT . - lan 1, the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Viscount Strang ford, the Ear! of Harlwicke, the Earl of Lanesborougb, the Earl of Derby, Earl Gra,ville, the Earl of fiere• wood, the Err] of Wicklow, the Ea'l of Macclesfield, Eirl Grey, the Lord Bishop of WiTcester, the Ler Bishop of Carlisle. the Load Bishop of Winchester, Lori • Cran worth, Lord Sudeley, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, the Dean of Westminster, the Baron de Cetto, Sir Charles Lyell. MR. ALBERT SMITIL—Last night Mr. Albert Smith held a floral festival at the Egyptian hall—that, is to say, he presented every lady who patronised his enteitainment vith a handsome bouquet, gracefully presented at the to rmination of the first part. DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY, THE MILITIA, AND THE N A VY.—The monthly return of deserters from the army aril embodied militia, made up to Saturday last, exhibits a va st increase in the number of ilefatilter's 'to those of the. p receding month, the deserters from the regaT forces .being 379, and those from tee militia 395, making a total O . 774. There is a slight decrease in the ruinLer of dose Tte,rs, straggle rs, and men discharged with dis era,ce Bross her Mej'sty's ships and vessels during the past r non th, the total being 55. Sri icues.TiONS ON THE BUDGET.—It has been the gos eip of the la et ten days that two of the greatest importers of tea. in Lonalon, warned by some person connected with the go vernme et of the coming increase in the tea duty, had to ken out of bond an immense quantity of tea before the ina'ease became publicly known. The fict tl hat the he: '4 of one of the firms referred to is a met fiber of Parliament, and perhaps the remem brance of the Laavley speculations assisted the story. One 017 the gentlemen alleged to have so cleared has publish ed a letter, which seems a very rational account of an Root of prudence. He says that the public exigency, the d e6ciency in the revenue, the loan, and the guarded hrngu a:se of the Chancellur, and his conviction of the policy of the G overn ment, left him to think it very itn ins;ba' hle that tea and sugar would escape the imposition of new duty, and lie hastened to iosure hillyelf against the va gari es of legislation. The frllowing was .his cal culatie n :—"lf I anticipate a month's duty, my only loss wi 11 be the interest upon the amount I shall so p a y in trait lipation, and as we should have, under any cir cumsta news, te pay duty daily, if I pay a month's con sumptio • ,s in advance, I shall only, in fact, lose a fort night's i r aerest. 100,0001 b., at ls. 6d. per lb. duty is 7,500/ , the interest on which for fourteen days is 14/. 7s. $ 1., while on the other band, if my fears are c orrect (a mid I assumed the increase of duty would at least pave been 6d. per lb.). the profit—or rather the saving of a lose—would Le 100,0001 b., at 6d..per lb., 2,5001 th:,ugl.t the insurance—viz., 15/.—moderate as agaim o knelt a sum, and . I hedged therefore against the pre -rbsbi MET ItOrni ',ITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.—Yester d ay a specie tl Con rt of Sewers was held at the Court-house, Greeks. teeet, Soho, Mr. Jebh in the chair, for the pur wise of earii• e' appeals against improvement rates on Clerkenan sll, Wir itechapel, Chelsea, Islington, &e..--to issue wai rants ag,ainst defaulters on district rates —to receive pi .esentments of nuisances, and to consider the necessity of repairing sewers, gullies, &c., but no points of interes t. arose worthy of a report. *me wasowesmaimmaimimossiow" 1"01-1 FISIIEBY BE.81400A10.• Dear Sir, TO THE EDITOR OF VIE BUN. 1855, Cardigan, May I,t, ~ ou I London ••-•-When I had the pleasure a .'exiii 4 ;_. ,„ ... In you wore kind e nough to say that a nyla ll ei s t !l r ight wish to bring before the public you coul d be ut i ,, j i s wiprly to i ns ert it in your wideiV-,:irca!atti and 1t,t11.:, one that _The case which I intend to [dug before p . : A hat has come under nay own notice few day ltel!,. oo._friend of mine, who is largely connected in V1137'1: e tll iti Scotland and Ireland, came into Wale s abi j i l ls Y_,E.ier-. ,duce tq try the fisheries here, but as yet all . e.ris_or?4s-have proved fruitle.si to work them, not 4011-J: fish is not t r be ~ ,s. one of the finest bays in the'world for the s• . , ..,, bt •ined in great abut, " n ' ‘ r ,., ~/ meal, Cardigan Em .e the We"" ). but as , del' 14 ,, r f .I.l—e'l ft ' !awl* ss set (as you w. 11 retrober tbe r glishniatiii:inog one ot be° 'a' that they Will not allow a,. E. .. ne _mail other nation, to live or to intriduee aa'',,,de I l provernent anion,,, ,, t th-m threat.. bare be' • , to my friend andhis --. with ' • F lutiutijatiob . men, the view (I. • which them from i- ei,-- tar so pro-eeuting the fishing on t his co roo t, Ei , , ma"373vars has to a great extent lei',,dd'' or ,tr, e t , rouglit boats arid. nets, ete., .r9ro Scoti°, or!, beenv ii i-. h it e e ' d ie l e )y it r: ]iee . i on the most impr.,ived phalli aiid Ines t' seal ,lance (f.,),ir,ecie cries ;hem, _ii .. ) .. r the purpose of more fullydevelopit, hoe the vets. r S Auld ; au • y ti.glit e•Nerything wa's cut to recce, gene, friend -t ' most thi en'ili:Olni:r:u':lbitutr'achltisenexert' ' 7 ii T ; 9 ; s 1) s wiled aloss 4501. If it bad Leen the firet e ., l it il of the bin 'l no notice would have been-taliee efil"er 1 . ha, b ieri a repeated offence, and tosses of that kin° re po t e v x en p ' el ' e 'i d eh tb is at if l s ite g v a v l il fi'rbel3ll.3. r b ing, , iofrequently are t ot to he trifled wit!). C...nao'll,Y,ivii I it s ivy +ries() auto hi S lte eo igsi :ch inansger Will not allow any of their ;tete i3ot again *n cut w.tuout defending them Si the deatli, e ere , there i-, a rabble of 100 ag:Oist , wri. seethes i in, done . Toe river fishery is entirely in the VD ''' ll ,,,i S. _wiess set of rabble (who live at a villag e c , 3 f i .biligi fishing I.), woo carry on every bind of iliegai in t o it,its,li subj. cts to,re,;(l hi, ex fir salmon with herring nets, p0a04,..0., on the e tr fi eine in the wir,ter, and have no leg itunate cis ducted in but that of cu•orn, The fi.b"r_Y „1 „ con'' seen; .in every point, legally baked with a licerwicl;t it is situated at Gobert, in the paish a l , A i bee T. within Dav few miles of Cardigau, and held iv or of the Lords of , the TiglYn, Cardigan, PerhAps sou.!,_ 001 clime may the Admiralty under . whose notice thijivbieb mymferime al devise some means for the protectiont. ito earnest) y solicits as a British silb.l 6 , o ubje c/ turther t on fisheriesinform ttion you raly require opal .*Di,/,,e, obi has been2o toy' , friend will be most haPPY o,r lie D, II JeJ years connected with theni.--ve y. v. trul 'ours, W. y Y"'"s ' . a•m0n......n..••••••••......."."'"n"."'"' ----- - - - -- ' 0 IMPORTANT NAITION.A.L IN IIO ' . of bitieg°o The uncertainty attaching to. the sysiew; 0 bott'd, the the e s i o i l d d s te o r f acoadrtr'tidhgeess,taanted, httasveinjluornigous el'e,.egai'er in the h• ot of battle it has not unfreqbueenentlYl3P;PcePl6 that the pi ivate whose salivary glands bare be,, tit h ivt'o ibbryi the ee actgu nor biting,w rlcrw h h n i d ch s h h esulia,ei: u t jiariet;.fibri is ti , ~_.' oc. t o i : 3 „ r d or 4 11 , 1 5 e, twieohclea),nufiti:nstotofonhteaeptowwidther his lips. be;oto uoi tb te e n ;bo t i;r 3 o; after a•, 3 7 firing, such intense thirst is feltqttibesottblysrfoel,ol,olo; sitc:eloictiulorrhe'iotuthstbheoeinirra.iLi,yiation, and punishment fre —and even where this is not the case, the t e ` ti fect" t e would obvia tuately s, i,jured as to become loose, Pf, vibic io or tler bil e thehseaveevilasvahialeslkuthgebtoee: a rifelealii, ledsisscshoabrgece.ousAe 20 per 'te:tieel:ii'll'i'rel'°:ll4lr; , : f r e : i i d t s e r a d i t e n o r I :- j Feted j b , e )i c i a n u e l l "f their stehi:eeiror fel eeilllveta•cti°igivfie:t;v:itobSuoitorell. appi ars to have supplied ill a simple a nd ieg a '' , oer nil net ; snd Lord Hardie e, we are infer"_l_copolVtio at e ilelay, has at last afforded lino o w ; yritP •t Hy the for establishing,....._____.........l • • veutiou. success. ,d the C ‘ ll' e A Cabinet Council . wag held yestertlaY sitsteo office. , It was attended by ail toe M i " e r4. Vice iiiatn •ax,.c.ll:l;iiiie,ei:Eoinraorill,lfiouArtr:4l)ehGttdr:un. Ole., ainid,,sv,itetdy'l'yhtit,e tiftirgil IL E t, e ar b t e F n i p iz a w ss i i ili g am and the Ladiele Chfiltrie'ttll:°°4l R''''thY Fitz williatu have arrived at DiNr t A bp , ,1 G ?svenor-place, from Milton riali• sorOreeotel nh i na t ev a regal returned :e a r nn n ati e d ilcdyji ae t tl w h oos ti atod H ar ey co as r: .B,s tithe tzl i t i l : : Ile ,. s y t a r l e e : f 0 ; r t c h sea , on. . Free li O ci e r e. Letters from Gal ' • goteedtheatt o th d e ea b c ay e b t e i3 ) : , I‘ . . toovt d into the interior of Russia. pile'', i` le s. s i f estimated ypuiaohKo: l which h e nNc a, Cork, , extensive irsedktia:y,_oevttefehosbartaLteemiLnvdteeß: M d, IGufieyuhene i l nent l i dee s illi , 3nE o ,t i f ord M oßeove r let . , et C o. aLy. • ij i e r c c iT e 4 : h i ,ye e : o : fire' iitn. i;e : ir e l lo t e r : it ' . : fee to b : cp. : 'eGeun,r4l9::itiaPs' re,tureed 8 pod s w c a r s pt h i e f : t d l I P opfutheTeirrolatyigNahttimathie,:,:cibi,:t:nrreof :I_ ss e s r v. b o,.. er : l jertr oo r 0 : CONTEMPLATED f w ro h r oh g i.i od o a a uthority that. in slid e i"- ri i°P ' efer l --"etsillel 0' o ca n n e i pra e_n . t t son 'Ws bosh •c a otr i i n ti i i n o o cl r at e e ca l te o, o l et l ol e b o e ' ai fo io l , j e, i o i io f i c i t at lid.vertordwest • ri..bie 013 (ale P r opry d men ; one at Exeter,. ' Car— 0; - ? - • 0 i e! ) for 3,895 men for 2,45 3 to ~ r 5,51, I co , It n ; one at Colche-ter, I ' ll 4 Ell last 7 Shoruciffi -- ti - rew, l l!t ich rn w in as g, will b , ''"ti for 3,313 men • te'ilitlt -- 4 appropriated principally to tbe J.:' g/I i be act ' ~,. rim mmodated it, barracks. 0r.141117° olt'c'Pr' Hall, licensed r AT TRE UNICORN TAVERN, ~ re for:, j, terday at a fe°:weli:trni3hl:te:n6'u:ties7lbCf' l'l'l)llV:rbejj're'l. iilellitdrr'',lll"':.' .itb ' to suit", ,appened in the boo.. f 3 ~,i,o , well high atteoded 'A i n og eo, pt fire, premises b ee t, f p- Unicorn the spirit-pipes, irri favtra, No. 50, B, a , .fooaa e regir„lre;,,,V victualler, carr.ving on , tr ot, , 104 The filmes, when first discovered, vi er , es , bpd f lie i t e i cellar at the side of the wine bin, an d t n ° ,. i 'd int,e' . ri' ' ' seized upon the fluorin , ' and joistieir„ 100-004i1 Totllh,Fc le i R. . FIRS 11;11. ~ elsd.ro.7.la,asittiidnostiunt, htet,fileNfiie:Toienuitrg;;F:lig'if,s,i,r,:yo,,,i.,.°lo,iosee:ree;, c00,0t0ic;,,,,i,;0' w . hole bulklino..would have been je°oor" o ilf t e; e o N ines of the London Brig'(o and tae ` lisPi,ioP, l rr fined quickly attended ; and the fire _ I , ft e' ll 'ef t , V.at part of the premises in vlsscb with serious injury t a fireinatn 511 ' 1 e ' as ff s a de destruction of nir.operty,. took Porl ie kli t t i nises of Mr. A. Scott, town corinali 0 . 0 ttr i ., l , fire can in chtistia,.-street, Sc. George'll :1,0,1 do icl , commenced, from some u „k i f own e- rf ve '. clo i et vender stores and owing to the ilt'3(!eitedille,‘ltt: the' content s. the flames travel" d 65 : I , 0 40 0 11 , and, althoteh the engines of the part s ~ese'rgel, i', B , ierade, tOge.fier with the Royal So°l;Ytf!tt t`' god t'''„, soon in aftendaoce, tin , firemen were ''' , ( 1 0- 'IV; firfi_ re i s it u n ii r d e uad nd i• %ti l l , et:.,effst,tootr,esw v,vreerecoll',u,riccri't,lrliobilYri•toi,lie)4:4ft. Ati: ai Ad Lady ~, ,gi, )ra: ,iw i by watt r, &n. Unt.rtuoately, one re%tiot;',,ri,lP la'ned Stebbins whilst a sis.in; i" „,,,, ' l l ,'if l4 ' 4 fe . fire, fell a imitside'rable &static? ali u - Ito '' g° I ' , fl oce` cli t ' ll - Ijirreil that he was' ged to be ro i ss ),', Mr. Scott was insured in the ite' 0' or tlivatt, benefit hki m, finestpi ~ fl aipiwb o i ,if I ,l 1 office, • , v 'Crt it blil g ' olio nw. A._L t ARDI ode' FIRE IN PRIIRT-Divotfilo,i,6l,j h , during the performance of La "roe totlFo,l7 y l is,n r itss: A acks g lei A u ti : mr, l a a i ssi r i , r a ) 0 sc ene u t e , h i. e e t c : e it , :6:: i fi L : t)f lo r, : c o: i i aver b , en attended with a Par& ' 3 11 l' Pr d e to I i persons : hpein ljoi,bi, I, duringhe the tio,e :Madame Gassier was, f be b ;fte',( 4 ,l 1/ ni u tn. Having communicated his -11,1-;ii 'clove,'" ' o f k i t a h t e i ieliuiinektnheessu upper Isyae:aite,drineienlitgr shinn,in,iteth,:ewonti,,i4i,ylef;,:oillitgbet,l4ooefi a speedy egLe F s s i r i e r ( i ni fi trieilnela:tabfea°e li t " tirels,e:ij 1):: :: (13t v : e r i° t es ;lci::; tl l to m a he r c' er io°o o,4 f of the theatre: followed by a larg e ' 4 , 1 the i r :J /I° e °I P seated in the pit, and upon and fro I ti''foy trance they met en ?nave, and fir., `' - stir lifl id i f j oe j ii' tiers would have been killed• wr . , , is i`rtriloil malinger, went in front of' the ftl ree d oy," erelbeoextretseibty:aFiline :en tiffilbiroPer,:f the remainder of the audience that t." 4 itt . „' tt.3 a y) altogether without the least foundat': lon, pi/ the lessee of the house, did the sag7bly tb ,9, # 1 ,4 1 b''xes ; but the theatre'was consider to rs cl ' ar il ' J V confidence and quietude could be re e f th j , Of' e l . oo l was the cry given that even sof° :i f tO e . i4o r o i were on the stage became terriblf ol d be s e i sVi Precipitate retreats ; but as bents c° 00,frOe',V, the officials at the establism eito',/je Mast personal injury. ..A.s saw as t he co 0 5 e pt "V some measure abated the per for Man rp illy to fri the remainder of the evening's e, nt e e , (la ic o f V f with eclat. The brigade fire-engT 0 0 0 , irr i vibuistetlyherefifrraeimneedn,truopir ehl:vvarintigintghteuteeselre° 404111'; a frightened body of pee Pie• oOCI IS ,;i,rf e ‘c ei r,' under the i'l'' ' P il BRITISH AND FOREIGN 13011tertiv i t e s % ivd sary 9 fEarl ~iAt e . r ec ej t , 4 any y af f e or r existenc m e th . e'ar in opening the proceedings, coogrh/prefOcved joy/ thisprseoeciitejetynesycaosf thheold es of Shp trc,,,, _on the fact that, notwithaandia t • e tY e% f ° il l by the war, the income of the ° CI iO O ° ail' the ° CC° he ° tb' 4 tie and the totalcirculatio n' : co ee► go' the circulation of the Scriptures b, 3 01 , oft 0050 i the temporal and spiritual con'" firitieoti ' the and nyEevdaerurryienldgyePnt:oplifreei'vi.piii)eoSs Deary t ro. o i o f 0 .: empire, depended, to a 's Scrip re P a e t rie s:..l: ll : 4l: . . e l ijr ll ill' ii itsreltirgoiloousos;:iecileit'e:ticarPti;4o ¢6e,,,,,,r;iiiiii amount received during the l i e q s, , be' i l o t P g i i Y l V poses of the Society was 6 4 i,',,' ~j'ara,-iellitii 11! than the preceding year. ri,'"6001.,, 10e'jbet"-, Bibles and Testaments ' was r 3 ,60 „f e; i or'',f receipts from the ordinary 00--' 49410 til o r - Tiirred been also received 3/v7,560/•totel,/ I, tions to the Jubilee ,Futo!, a nd ers"ti,o4°' old New Testament .Fund ; making 3 3 ', Pl' Jeri, l ifiti The issues for the year had bee!' , fra 3 ; 0,,f41: depot at home, 1,018,.852 04--',l' Vi es ift,,eof',l 431.994 copies ; total, 1,4508' `t'leof:„,6ol e ll - 83,348 over the circulation of la; ,5,19,30rt,,f08,,, of the Society now amounted :9,o4oldetirigrid expenditure for the year v 00 1 0 ,3 ifi e 3 P', ,l on the payments of 29,7821. t i, liljoadesPiff'ii) dressed by the Bishop of lie°' 'the tie r f , '',el lj , l o Wylie, the Bishop of Meib''..er,lee'ecit t f le t ( Ve lr oi Pelham, the Rev. Isliirinan Da , liter Sot'W ' rer, the Rev. Mr. Bar ris ' Piergiie•og 0 from Raratonga, arid Mr. T. od. bs 3l‘ o .o a col' of I d were passed approving an A T ote .0 • operations of the society. 6 13 fi i piously accorded to the ohairo ' proceedings terminated. ,~ ;.~Y Z