The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-17 00:00:00

/. will ba et it °II scrcl and t i.° harbell r ; here i°*, elpeetea 1 1 office!! t in vl si r rebio" Las 1 0° inteud e point° ~ ' either 0 ' - ra ilitarY , the J F es ) rd °"- „ 1 ) W e l A cup of tatives the re si. to the DroeYl rdall 39 .'l, any wit with tb° nden C ' 01 that the f iy ,or o f t r reln ls) red. gtate a re .00p 5 9 a t ,ptedlY r e fforic s u ns : 0 . f,..1 the ps galtro7l% Of Ve"C iii W ipter 't Of tbel e prOC eS 4. s l,e' ne'N r 'l o ll flitS, e ° pd )r pt bi oa f s _ ore rtlicr • frop tie l, ° tile big ° A for g r , {bat • D a v,` ve t p e ug, b ow' it rs fe 'his Seetir altie ;0 0 ring ' il c - ie3 l. c e to n it, he 13 , 3t 0; 7311 stub r vOl , ir e iver il a Y 3 : „I t tri ; e ltp 03 t I ice OM 1.0 tO P of l'" - 11 ,1 , 115` tb 3v r tt 11 ' ov•E rt l i e!, ,4 ce. , r • ea 41 4 a , 6 411 0 " ,1 1 0 , in 'fli o flg , it 03 cO l / 1 ,110 ;d 1)5 '01 0 fb era t cl cb e e rea tio p# agits )0 156 CAP 10, iv' ) 4 : st d o v Are ; . e nt• no til ; foal : ~rtNryl' et 9th ; rg o c ior o' tiler „ fr a Pe Dot il r io ° if° c (it o r ' r .vgP 01 ay, eh' lio 'l l P , e,1 1 - 0 8 , ,V 0 f ( rel se k ALA 00111IiiliCI A., A 11 T I f; EA" The n market a t Li verpoo l yesterday etilu at firmly'. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. close cotton steady prices. The sales. were as ' O t ° bale s (1,000 of . which were for )ed at 8 a °rt.? and 1 ,000 on speculation), comprising 310 4i'dYPtlan at aid. to 91. ; 1 , 500 S ura t at 3d. to lb. • ; , and 80 Sea Islands at 101. to Is. 6.1. per tits Rahway share market was flat, and prices with ou t any material alteration. The steainer Antelope has arrived from Australia. er dates are old. Th • e• La Plata is telegraphed from t'ae Ind ies. West Time has diti ou flow been afforded to consider the con at s sho of the new l oan , an d th e probable terms "'lv Uld offer e d, an d we ma y appropriately tersert to the o pi n i ons expressed i n d i f f erent quer his • Th e Chancellor of the Exchequer, like all inve PredeC essors, no doubt, since loans were first nt e f , d ) has to c on t en d w i t h powerful capitalist's, Who aew c to driv e as h ar d a bargain as possible ; We while th e present system lasts, it will, th e a pprehend, never b e ot h erw i se . When Interviewwith eate s d, . the city magnates took place t he ,, 3 7 , it was at first positively intimated by an Chancellor that he would receive tenders from de3:llParty, but the capitalists present immedietely el lat tirred, and the Caairmau of the Stuck Ex teies"e did not hesitate to assert that such a per t, 8 . I°4 would be "fatal to the loan." The reason fattk ul e ll : e en ough ; contractors would hesitate to 1 , 048 - uP a list if exposed to the competition of per the w hogot sm a l ler a ll otments, f or i u h ene sttruth, oth. r eat loan contractor mus t h ave his profit like a ' r ulen.for th e t rou bl e h e t a k es an d arty risk he le nlLbe supp ose d t o run . T a ns we find the Govern " "entir e le at the nierey of a few large firms, 4 of en the present occasion without even the belie - „ ei ha e cirupetitio n among th e m, as iVlessrs. Baring 40rs, who al one cou ld com pete with Messrs. tes th • selail ds,were not officially represented at the in and we presume, do nut intend to make 1 31 : - 4 : B 'e On this point we do not write positively, o en ; ‘ a kell at the best,. here are but two firms to tb at i3 t e , te for the loan, and, just supposing the case gl o o, "" e y chose by common accord to take a very did () ; Y , L v iew of affairs— and Baron Rotlisehild in, yesterday of the war probably last ' k a a long time, though many think Russia b et Y well accept the very 'mild third proposition ro t his week is over . — they might either ae eat the loan or ctimpel the Government to re n , °ePt v ery low terms. The Chancellor has no P. -e gY while th e p rese nt system lasts, and tho i aL 4 l : ll Plan otuatioual subscription opened at the °f England will alone offer protection in such • feel; We do hope to see this plan tried even ye t, he s e whig that_prejudice and adherence to form tell a stron g h o ld upon - the public- in this dial titr Y) and that consequently it is much more the eult to introduce anything new, than would be ease in France, the time must come when the Iphrinientnt will have to be tried. ' ‘14 01 . e t aking of the loan in. Consols renders i t ~ negotiable, but if . a larger sum nould have '00,4 raised i in terminable annuities, or if even the t ab -801 .8 were issued with the condition of being her to reduction of interest of per a stated n um -4(1°,1 Years, the country would gain. The deposit of Instalments being arranged in 9 amounts, viz., Ih k i°l • each, and two on the 22d of May, and the 1 , 0 July of 151. each, will give a full hundre'l •• 4, 11 ,, /lcis in cash to the Chancellor by the 18th of Wilieraber next. Should the war continue there k en be no inducem en t t o pay in advance, unless tb e -e Y rules as cheap as at present, but with p3ace Whole sixteen millions would probably be r c e o ti m t- - . in ° 4 , d for the sake of getting the stock and.p by the r i • • At present the .1 e in prices. - " t ators se a asceudanc-y becauee h _ fora fall have a by pay i ng for . Meek lt. call be got at momentany. that AmongGovern the calculations made are ta ellt e. °light to receive 1001. cash for every hundrel °—°lB, and 30 years' annuity of say 12s, per a . e . a a . a lle l but opinions and calculations are very 17 ,, -0 ' ' lf Consols be worth 89, the contractor has get from Government as large an interest as ib in• - i - c-o , ,tillue.l during 30 years, fur the addi eual 11/, that will make up the 1001. he pays to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. • e There h as b een an extensive business do i ng i n and those who feel inclined to take some Interest in the-New Loan naturally speculate for a o :from G veer to get the stock as cheaply as possible thi ng t - . ver nmeut, or, what amounts to the same 'Oa' sin ce -3gas, - y e g e t as much interest as they can for the " 18 . Consols have been 90 i to it and sra , Dnn for transfer and account. Som e late nt i S le given to the market by t he h idea that Russia can hardly refuse the ( to her) exeepentt terms proffered. On this very ac rElt, how ever, if Russia d oes accep t, ti le people Ell laud may show good cause for dissatisfaction. ti l UU 'r tills have been ss. to 10s., and India e -n s lls. t o 14 s . prem i u m. Tne New 3 per 11 en ts• have been 89l to and the Reduced An -884 to 88, 1 to 89 1 . Bank Stock is firm at 210. ; ) reign Securities are 'all rather lower,, but Tur kish stiffer most, being down to 73 and 72- 4 -. i: aSia n Five per Cents. have been done at 99 and Mexican r Mexica n St oc k is at 2and Chilian at 661 k. Sardinian is quiet, at 86. Belgian Four per Cents. as e . 004. - Tll ° following are the nominal prices of foreign e;; C14: : -- Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6/ to 61; Mexi- D e - ' ( „ 20 1 to 21; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto Three r 4 "• e uts., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 4:l. ti .' e 44 ; kussian Five per Cents., 99 to 101; 1- ' - ` / Pour-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91. ; • Danish New Deferred, 17-i to 18i ; ditto Three teents-, 36k to 361 ; ditto Certificates, 5 to 5.,; Passive, 4i to 4g.. e r4 e Railway Share Market has been heavy, but i 'l-a , tee lY Suffers in proportion to the funds. There qu "wever,little d • Foreign Shares are very ()mg. ' United Mexican Mine are steady. Crystal ce are firm, and Oriental Bank is at full rates. 44T I 3 ii FUNDS TB.P4 DAY AT ONE O'Ll, Prow% Mt Oificta; Li ftii=inNo. Ann' hr,lt ' ')Ck , , ier (;, ...n t „ 4 10. 11::.',Itice1 Arne :ti... .. n 1 S t : l . l; j ., 9 L),R 7 : 3 ) :) 9 j i , i '.'evt i'''' , :l.. (i.n.)ig kni.o4 , t,e.. ~,4_ , telj, t •el• ';'•)e • Xnnnities ...... .... T . ... _ . ii T).. t ' l, lk on; ) .. ll_ I Co q , * (1, eNIO-; -.,10: 111 - - .......... v, 0 a S9i ' ll '" l ' A ~1 , 1 ;,1 6 Y1 iti.: 7 ''''''''etintiii.:4ll.l:: ' : l 4'i . 17, '1(1 - - I. cl 5 3teher_itte - q ^ , ' , per feet... -99 . .K e r Tl'lmi' " ) ' Chii-* l '' OW i ). ' :, G- 4 1 FUND), • „..'t,llllllcle 6 per Cent. . . . , pith 3 Cent 66' , x d .L.,,, •_ per vi,..1'311 Bonds, 1823 3_per C ell. ' _ . ...:'n al , , ~ , ~. , !'Ol Rqssi a ' Per k'ep' . • -.• "" .. £St 10) 9 9 ari , /I tends, 1 322, .S per Cent-- "'" 86 1, 1 ; 1 1 : 1 , 3 • 11 ton.:ls, 5 per Cent...: ..... .... ---- I). ' 1 'Rends, 6 per cent Ile . ? littttoo for • a. t l l) l e , ccount... ' .. • • t , ` 4i ''Tl Bonds 21, per Cent. ex. 25 IT -Ditt o -4 : per Cent. E. 25fr b oa 114, ' l fvfeterm...,-, t4,.-att•ove, ~,, a t., , , 64))0 D l l Ittehan,q 3 , 21 p e r (lent. 12 (4'lil- - 'te 4 pir Cent. Certificates 73i 21 ... 901 xd HALF-PA NT 'MVO Z 894 Consols Ditto, May Account SuT,, 6 --CAED MALICIOUS BURNING—COUNTY KILKENNY. fa r , n Tuesday night la t, the dwelliuit-honse of —l ' er • named Michael Malone, situate at Ballinakt. , t e;r Crai g", c tltity Kilkenny, was completely 1 :1 1 :,? Yed by fire sun-loseti to he the work of Some evil t oo ,T se d Person or . ' ersons. The family retired to bed i 700 a„wi s e ll ice usual hour P and some time after were aroused 2) I'm their rest l.y hy e l l and suffw-mting smoke, they f Fund th ea e v liou .a :e . to ' he iiz flames over their i 2C Soil; They had barely time to escape and remove I 2; prverty ero the roof fell i. 4 1111,, URED MURDER OF ONE OF TTIE STIYHUSSARS, AT I 1 0 `vilitiDGE.—A Stmday paper in Dublin has the fo th vv o ing art ,• n intellimence of an alleged murder near - I . ` l Bth c - rr av alry barracku ar ' Newbtidge :—" A private of the b 411118s:its was on Saturday found in a ditch, near the arracks,of Newbridge, with his throat cut, and his per- Tl in an unnatural and appalling - manner. „ re are very many opinions as to, the cause of this C's",l o utrage—seduction is the one generally attri tluieted ; but as yet slothing definite is kno,yn either as to 8 Perpetrators of the crime or heir motive inft cting thorities r a e:p d esett, , ,, , ,73 , 7 a punishment on the utilor tu 4ute deceased." On making inquiry of the military this statmient, it has been aseer talued that up to Sunday evening no report of the cir- Q 148t " t ice had reached thew in Dublin. it. LO 20 IC 10 { I I ''` 10 it 5 2C; 1 20 2 20 I 20 ;4: 2) 1 .00 1.00 I Al 2N 1(0 I al iVAVS. `. i; .. - •i',, , ! :',: • , f 1 i,"T; 84 - 59A - TITS DA Y.) PrteeP yesterday. . i 4 - 13 .5 - 16 - 7:24 ;'_1!: fyrl; C yG.~ _ •~.i,..~ .... ilairuart•en a;) , .1 Ca , (Egan , ....... 5i - 67 - ---- 69 72 -, 74 •3 /.24 ) !,3 I'3l 65 70 - 7 .". 5 7 74 84, 98 - ICj 93i 3 e4ci R't s 6 1 2 9 81 5 7• j . 3 3 24 8 - - ; S • - 4 . 2 It 9 1 - 17 - 49 3i 28 .. 29 701. -- 71 74 - 7 ri 4} Si 13 - 1%- 48 49 d p.tr -4; 61 1 d ar 26 - 28 97 - - 99 - 65 45 4, 2.3 60 61 17A - 28. 5 - - 3 2 - 1. 5 - 6 $ - 7 FOIL Ei t icl-m r FTt ,1F19.4! ; - aT!'l E% F ro ,g.sp.c. r 2 -` ri,.l . A ou. I•oace do rcr :tent. : , )11,-.re, d ill '55., O.rr- '‘ • , • '1;1 , without ,:.,ant . .t~ 2i - - 2i par I p - 101 -- 35 'ay: !c- s t.~,1, . 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General Screw Steam 10 Iris's) Beet,•oot Sup., 10 Magdalena St. Navig all Mecliteran. Elec. Tel. 9 Niesi.qtn&S.Amerien. 21 Do. New ...... all Nat. Pat. Steam Vuell 5 Netherlands Land.... . N. S. W. Coal ea tater. l Stearn Na V igat. Co. all N. E A ustralaßia - q.„ ? Nl'Lll,cfEuropoSt3an. Peel Rr. M. & all P!rahrual ar St Oriental 10 Do. New Portlanii [Loa Co i 0 Royal Mail Steak , .11 Sent. A :Itral. Invesl - Ditto New... all South Austrrii.l"n, ail Submar, Te' . Seri all • • It•• ,, • 1t?l - 15:1 .•• 62 --- .. - ••• i - 14 A - 1 "4 os - 2 58 - 60 -.pl 111 -- 1.4 I • -, 70 fi - r; 11`r• st L Co.II. Can: Van imerneti, ,Tan) s i:24 73 TIIIE VISIT OF THE E4PE.ROIZ, AND EMPRESS OF FRANCE. GREAT PREPARATIONS IN THE CITY. LATEST PARTICULARS - -THIS DAY). This morning at as early hour upwards of 300 me chanics, decorators, and labourers were, most actively enga4ed in the interior of Guildhall and t'ie court-yard facing the ancient building, in completing the .extnsive pr.-Tana:tips for the recep . ,ion of the Emperor of the French on Tnurs , jay next, at the grand balignet which is to be given, by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London. - The large area in front of the Hall Las been com pletely covered in, end seats for the accommodation of 2,000 persons have been constructed, the access to which will be by tickets, iKs'ite,l by the City autliorithr. The demand for seats this morning, at the Lord Mayor's residence and court, has been-iminense. At a nieetiog Gf the eburchwari'.ens, overseers, &c., li this irorning, in the vesA7-room of St. Lawr:ice Jury, GreAurn-street, arrangements were male for the erec tion of sea4i for 300 . persons in the churchyard adjoining Guildhall Pacc-court. A i Age number of the City police were in attendance to keep back the crowds of personS esQetobled to catch a glance of the unusual pre parations fir the reception of the Imperial visitors. Large p'acards were po , ted on the walls of the Guild .. hall and the adjacent building. , , with the words, "Eng lishmen, give a hearty welcome to tae Ally of our Queen." Massive barriers were being erected along the pavement on either side of Kin;-street to Cheapside, and a triumphal arch wiA be constricted at the entrance of Guildhall-yerd, by the corner of Grisham-street, which will be gaily decorated with banners, flags, and various allegorical illuminations in gas. The interior of the extensive awning will be brilliantly lighted up and decor. ted magnificently. The whole of the. thoroughfares leading to Guildhall will be stopped and guarded by detachments of military and the City police, assisted by the City of London Militia. Tue inhabitants 'of King-street, Gresbani-street, Guih hall-building's, Church-pas , age, Cheapside, and a?otig. the whole hue of route through which the Em- II will pass, were this morning hawing seats erected at the windows and upon the ro-ls of the houses, and in every position where a glance of the procession can be obtained. Toe houses will be illuminated in the evening, and other preparations are in progre,i.s. The interior of Caildhall will be most el iborately and magnificently decorated, and .when coawleted will pre sent au extraordinary and brilliant appearance. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COl2- TEE. The Committee re Issembled thiq morning, in Commit tee-room No. 17 of the House of CJmuions. Ir. Roe buck in the chair. . Mr. Maxwell,,t4e•barrir, one of the commissioners sent out to inquire into the medical comforts of the troops, was reca!ted, and underwent a long examination as to the state of affairs while he• was there. He said that the, hospitals were in a most wretched State ; that there was 'a great deficiency of medicines and medical comfort -t, which he attributed t,) the requisitions of the 'surgeons being unattended to. Dr. Hall wa4the highest medical authority out there, and he pre'nmed he was responsible. At the same time he did not wish to draw inferences egainst any particular individu;lls. The sur geons and offices had instructions not to give any information on the subject of hospital management. He was not gazetted ai a commissioner, -nor did he report himself when he went out. He rsceived no special in structions, all his duties- having been very generally described. 0 0 this point the Committee cleared the room, and remalne I a long time in`deliberation. The Cka,4e.nan (on the readmission of the puhlie) said the ccimnittee would like to see Mr. Maxwell's commis sion and any inetrucaone he might have recei /ed. Horsford, of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, said the tr.)ope were badly off for clothing. The warm clothing for the men arrived about the end of November, but it was not distributed until some time afterwards, on account of time difficulty of transport. His regiment when he went out consisted of 960 mete but by the end of -Janu.iry the effective strength was reduced to 180. He did not think the troops were completely supplied with warm clothing when he left, the East towards the close of January. He had no doubt that the sickness which prevailed amongst the men was mainly attributable to hard work and the weather. He had .no complaints to make in reference to the Commissariat department of his regiMent. He was never in want of a,ainunition. The men suffered c-msiderably from emelt of medicine. Sir C. Trevelyan was next called. He said he had been filteen years in the commissariat, having been during that time assistant-secretary to the Tree,- ' Bury. He proceeded to give a statetnent of the prePaia cities which were made fur the Cominiseat iat department . on the breaking out of tie war. LLOYD'S SHIPPING THIS DAY.) LONDON,- April 17.- w wi and weather this day t noon, S.E. ; light pleas.tnt breeze. and tine, clew . weather. PORTSMOUTH, Ap , il IG.—Sailed- H.M.S. Doke of Wellington, fur the Baltic. PLYMOUTH, April 16.-- S.W. Arrived—H.M.S. Tenzer, from Chatham, for the West Coast of Africa. GLoucESTER, Apt il 16.—Sailed —Thomas James, for Quebec. SUNDERLAND, April 16.—Wind, Nv . Arrlyett — Urgent, front Moulmein. HULL, April 16.—The Sea:Queen, from Constantinople, has ari ived, with damage. SWANSEA, April 16 —Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Riscoe lurenfell, from Cuba. Sailed—Sarah Priusep, for Cape de Verde ; Terpsichore, Havatinah. JERSEY, Aptills. Wind, W. Sailed—Flying Fish, for St. Vincent; Ceres, Jamaica and Newport. LEITH, April 16.—Arrivel—Pacitie, from Callao. WEXFORD, April 15.—The I'll Tly Again, front Dingle to Liverpool, got on share last night at Kilinoue, but may be got off should the weather keep moderate. STETTIN, , April 13. Several vessels have arrived hero to-day, and others are expected, consequently, the naviga tion is now completely re-opened. Advices from Stralsund and Griefswald, dated Ap'ii 12, state the Ridden to b 3 full of drift ice, and the depatture of vessels front these ports imoossi PILLAU, April 10.—The ice in the Tiff has comp to stand fay, tot the ilepartuee of vessels ready for sea is thereby prevented. The:e is di ift ice in the H.il both on the north and south side , . RANGooN. Fab. !1.. —The Arrogant, of London, front N.S.W., to blitilamin, was lost on the 12th of 'Jaw:ray ; crew save?. The Prother°, of Whitby, froM Newcastle to Elsinore, is tt4.llly lost near the Kohl, on the Sth inst. ; the crew e saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) DOVER, Tuesday, 1110 a.m. The Austellitz, which got on shore a little to the north ,f St. Mazgaret' Bay, (during the fog yesterday, was got of high water last night. LIVERPOOL, Ittesilay Morning. A iverrd t— Esc hior, from New Yo Aviittle, from ; Bream, , Smyrna. Por. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.45 a.m. Wind, N.E. ; tide, two bpurs flood,'fine. Arrived, April 16—PrAidence and. Reward, from Guernsey ; G urland, Jamaica. Sailed, April 17—Blond, for Bathurst; Gipsy, Jersey. , DEAL, Tuesday, 10.12 a.m. Wind, N.E. by E. ; moderate and fine. Passed oil' South Foreland in taw—Hotspur, from Cal• cutta, for London, Sailed--Nearly the whole of the outward bound. C 4 1 20 Er.)UFy' 311 SPTR77 7 OF VIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. \ 'le LT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESa (Front the t7iii alto/;)' No one who knows anything of the British people would be surprised at'the scene • yesterday presented iu this metro polis. Friend and foe, the most insular Englishman and the most enlightened refugee from any or all the despotisms of Europe, would be equally prepared for the sight of a count less multitude standing for hours, wherever they could stand, to catch a sight of the Emperor and Emprets of the French, and to contribute such slight manifestations of good-will as their overpowering curiosity would allow. We shall expose ourselves to the imputation of flattery when we express our simple-belief that from the moment their Imperial Majesties left their own palace on Sunday morning to 7 o'clock last night, when they entered that of Queen Victoria, they were never for one moment out of the sight and sound of one con tinued ovation. We can answer for all between Calais and' Windsor Castle. Tito most striking part of this progress was the five miles, for it was little more, from the South-Eastern to the Great Western station, and this was traversed eo slowly that an hour and a-half elapsed between the arrival at the one station and the departure at the other. At every point of easy distanc e the populace, the carriages, the spectators from the windows, were as numerous and as eager as if the spectacle had been confined to that one spot, and as if the occasion had been one of the proudest in the annals of our own country. Of course much of this must be set down to the merest and sheerest curiosity—to the circumstance that an Emperor, and, still more, an Empress, is seldom seen in England - i to the promi nent position which these personages have occupied in the talk of the day for several years. Yet there remains the question what. it is that has so wonderfully moved our curio sity .in this instance ?—why do we, a constitutional people, flock in crowds to do a speCies of homage to one who has raised himself above constitution and laws; and why are we ready, to doff the hat, to bow the head, to wave the handker chief,•or, at all events, assist With our presence, the trium phant progress of a self-raised absolute sovereign, the sole source of law, the single type of political unity, and the only pledge of order, to forty millions of our nearest neighbours, once our enemies and Ile* our allies 't • • Question, indeed, there is actually none, for, as we have observed, no one is surprised. Given all the conditions, in cluding the thoroughly summer's day breaking upon us after an unexampled length of ungenial weather, and the event might have been confidently predicted. The truth is, that when everything has been said that can be said to the dispa ragement of this Emperor, his is a character and career tho roughly, and indeed singularly, appreciable try the British people. In no, country is decision of character, single ness .of aim, fixedness of purpose, and useful ambition, more in honour. We hold up to our children the in stances of those who have raised themselves from a humble position, or forced their way through great difficulties and disceuragements. In the face of that precept in the Catechism which piously inculcates that we should be content with that station where God has' placed us, itven our religious societies diffuse little story books expressly adapted to foster youthful ambition. Our most popular moralists urge de cision of character by almost • every motive, and for al most any object. We point with pride to the com paratively recent or lowly origin of our great feud- Les. Every father in the middle ranks of life tells his children how the sous of cheesemoagers and publicans become bishops, and the sons of barbers become Lord Chancellors, and the son of a country parson the great Lord Nelson. Even in the career of Wellington, we choose to forget that he was born and bred in a Court, with unbounded influence at his back, and merely remember that he was a time in small lodgings, and obliged to borrow money from leis landlord. It is carefully noted where the King of the Belgians lodged when he first appeared in this country, and what was his in come, not so much for envy of his rise, but because this. is the favourite type of British ).iography. Whether this bo not carried too far, and ' , whether mauy minds aro not early dis gusted with appeals to what their own instinct tells them are iuferior motives, we will not now inquire. It is enough that this is the habit of this country, and that it is the tendency of the British social state to leave no alternative, and to compel men to rise or to sink lower still. The mode of raising may not be quite the same as in other coun tries, for very few rise here by the military or civil . service' of their country. • The • mere open and frequented paths of ambition are, perhaps, the mercantile, the legal, and the clerical. Yet, on the whole, we make it a point to rise by fair means, or by those that are less fair, and our moral and religious authorities are always ready to commend the ' energy and decision that are rewarded with success. So, though wo have only one Cromwell, and though we are all pleased,and proud to remember that the Duke of Marl borough became a humble subject when he was stript of his command, and even the Duke of Wellington did little with his influence except advising his- brother peers to bow to Public opinion, we can still honotir and admire the man who, in strictness of language, may be said to have triumphed over the liberty—though in fact over the license—of his country, and who has made himself that which we would not tolerate ourselves a day longer than we could help it. But in this, Emperor Louis npoleon we see a great deal more than the mere man of iron will and iron hand. We see the first friend and ally, in a substantial, active, and recipro- , Cal sense of those words, that we have found on the opposite shores of the Channel for many hundred years. We see the man who has restored order, prosperity, and power to his country iu the course of two or three years, at a time when it threatened to sick under its own ruins, or to overflow, to the desolation of Europe. We see the man who has committed himself and his fortunes t o the task of adorning and improv ing his capital with every grace and invention of art. We see the man who does what we, with our boasted self-govern ment, our Parliament, and all the apparatus of a free consti tution, cannot do, whether in the conduct of his armies abroad, or in the execution of great and beneficial works at home. We see the man, who while Englishmen are care-• lessly and thoughtlessly, not to, say disloyally, avowing that the Crown is only a Pageant, Lhe Sovereign only a fiction, and loyalty only a name, ca nnot even for a moment be regarded as less than a Monarch. With our perpetual jealousy of the Crown, with our boasted succession of triumphs over the pre rogative, with our expulsion of dynasties, our Bills of Rights, our Acts of Settlement, and our constitutional monarchy, it is not for us to quarrel with the choice of a great nation, or to compare the ancestry of M. Bonaparte with that of his contemporary, George 111. There are many noble pedigrees in Europe more ancient and le,s faulty than our own regal line. Tee Empress of the French herself is one of those Guz i mans whom the great Spanlih humorist, writing in the reiga .of our Elizabeth, makes, his hero enumerate among the olde.t and most glorious nobilities of Europe. nut we in this country have agreed, not without reason, to pay no great re gard to ancestry without worth. It is not for ns, ' tlien, to insist that ,the grandfather of the present Emperor of the French was a private Corsican gentleman ; nor, to speak the truth, do we care much about it. We sec in our illustrious visitor the man who has restored Isis own fortunes and those of France fiona a' seemingly irreparable downfall, and, what is more, the man who taught his nation to believe in active alliance with England neither degrading nor injurious to itself, nor unimportant to the interests of humanity. , THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. ( From the Times of this day.) We publish in another place the particulars and conditions of the traposed loan, t o which we drew the attention of the public on Saturday last, and we are enabled to add to this docun:ent an authentic statement of the explanatory declara tions made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this occa sion, some of which will be fou nd to bo of very great import ance to the financial interests of ,the country. It is unneces sary that we should here anticipate the answer' of the moneyed world to Sir C. Lewis's 'proposals, for_ in these questions the I radical success of a great financial operation is the only test of ability and judgment, and we have no desire to increase difficulties which may affect the public resources and the national credit. Yet we cannot but entertain considerable doubt whether those 'proposals, iir the form i , which they are made, will command the support which such an operation requires. The loan is to be for 16,000,000., and we are di 4- tinctly informed that this a mount "is found,cl on the full be required for •the• amount of the provision estimate d to 13::1VICO of the whole year." The biddiugs to be made on Friday next must be for the whole loan of 16,0110,000/., eo that the -Chancellor of the Exchequer is resolved to place himself entirely in the hands of one or more of the great capi talists or contractors who may und,rtake the risk witof t hin he•ope ration, and the competition must be confined very narrow limits, since the number :of banking or mercantile utsitlsh.y:te,o.raceeckceae iii)vti of te aid‘ , theia.mn is, d . l p o o ' a i t ,ssinslesi it were, housee prepared to deal in sums of such magnitude is neces sarily very limited. The instalmenti of the loan are so ar ranged that they Will be payable in - the next nine mont e, and the last instalment of 10 per cnt. will become due on the 10th of December. No discount is to be allowed for pre- Payme - t, `and no exemption from income tax on the first scrip dividends, nor will there be any reserve for public com panies. These conditions are not, it will be observed. of a nature to facilitate the operation or to attract the capitalist. We must therefore seek in the form of the loan itself for some consideration or advantage which may fleet the scheme. The main point of Sir Cornewall Lewis's plan is to give the contrastors Three Per Cent. Consolidated Annuities for every 100/. subscribed in money—that is to say, a 3 per cent. lean at par, in as far as the" principal sum is concerned; but, as Consols are at this time about 10 per cent. beloyr par, the difference must be • made up by some other means. • For this purpose the Chan cellor of the Exchequer proposes to add a terminable annuity 'for 34 years to the fixed amouut of Consols, and it is upon the greater or less amount , of this terminable annuity that the biddings and ultimate adjudication of the loan will depend. Such a proposal is, to,say the most of it, a very faint recog nition of that pri , ciple of terminable annuities - for Which we ventured the alter day to contend. The proportion of the annuity to the per cent stock i-. 1, to the present state of the market, about oineteatli oftlie whole---:a mere crust of tread to a whole bowl of sack. Bet - the idea which seems to have struck the Chancellor of the Exchequer is that, in exchange receivef ftiiim e oulo r r, neaecilt t tic. ghihiiwitetae: inequality i permanent ittojcitnyna:v lnoeettd:cir) lescinoet:thea lo,j vsecwaheenlonea3,ll:nseioittal lasting ( b olinnief i eubltgmaikeetieyoFi evilnni i igse n oolytiaTl p i i :a (l o ll: de, money,s cilatitstsuededapidluioi ;while l e d. hyt i. the aloenf Ittat country, eeni piei a Ipremium charge e aai :s s . sg i i sefr o or u acmoi l d xmde_ 6 s at u ois i t c i e n s c s bt ors—uamely the'eno n con tracted by Mr. Pitt and hi a s actually incurred.' The debt will remain, and if it is to be t o I: l e a-t c i o o n n t i t s . hope that even the interest of that the body of the loan. That price will d o e ul pen by can ever be reduced. But the price .' o t i n le t hGeo judgment d r Government what we may terra , it will in any case be liquidated in 1885. We do not disguise from ourselves chat in advocating the principle of terminable annuities e are opposed to the' pre cee pce!aps to the w juin . , and interests, which predominate in the City, and that the only form f e ' r 'r l t ib il e is ra a l c iE c y om; of loan thoroughly accept able there is the most marketable commodity—naniely. Con sols. But we are not the less as it convinced that the principle of terminallo annuities, as, far can be adopted, is by far the most 1 eneficial to the permanent ture, in whch the repayment of the general interests of the nation. It is' said that the capitalists of permanent annuitis w l4 e r re ign t i fact that from 1815 to 1f 4 39 thel of this eountry cannot be induced to purchase or to old of 1808 and some subsequent acts; * debt increased from 1,894,0 stocks of a temporary »a embodied in the higher rate of to 4;29 ,1731. under the act terminable stinuities of our ,and that equivalent por tionsto an estimated capital of 68, termivable annuities are 0,9071. 'Although, therefore, not popular with arc not convenient or prope • • the brokers, and 1 investments for money held in trust, there is a considerable class of persons to whom they offer superior advantages, and times accessible on liberal to these they ought to be at all Lewis's plan the amount of terms. But in Sir Cornewall one-tenth of the whole sum, terminable annuities is but as Consols with this and, appenda4,L as he has garnished the take one with the other, whethere' t compels the contractor to One person may prefer Consols, anotherl mits his purpose or not. of the terminable annuity, but f may prefer a share few will desire to hold a double investment of so inconsistent party will be satisfied. On the oneh a character. Neither and, the ordinary class of dealers in money will be disposed to complain of the por tion of annuity annexed to their slice of Consols; on the other band, those fundholders who,private persons or as managers of the insurance companies, as rate of interest, receive ibis annuit. may prefer a higher far larger proportion of perpetual Tyhriene conjunction er cent s with A i Again, if the . principle of terminable annuities is to P be fairly tried, thP:anari'seidts cancelledit.c. anB•lou amount n wt eo of equal, havecbaedlpeio:inntbttat-hol all, the years appears to us too short a term, since the burden is then thrown in the shape of a high rate of interest on one genera tion. Our object is not prompt repayment at a great sacri fice but the certainty that the debt will be gradually extin ghisled. Lastly, we. have , groat doubts whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer would 'not have made a far simpler and more successful operation if he had addressed himself at once to popUlar subscription, and allowed the public at large to contribute to the loan in two or three different forms, but at a fixed price, iu any sums above 100/. The French Government have twice resorted with extraordinary success to this expedient, and we cannot but believe that the wealth of all classes in this country would readily supply all that is needed, and rescue the Ex chequer from the hands of the loan contractors. There is, on the contrary, very little originality in Sir Cortfewall Lewis's plan, and what little novelty wa are able to detect in it is palpably inconvenient. If lie hopes to introduce new principles into the mode of contracting public loans in this country he must apply to a different class of capitalists. In other words, if he has a different article to sell he must try another class of customers. But this plan will probably dis please one set of lenders of money without opening the purse-strings of another set; and, unless favourable intelli gence be received in the course of this'week from Vienna or froth Sebastopol, there may be something critical in the suc cess of, the operation on, the terms contemplated by the Chancellor of the Excheqr,er. (From the Times' City Article of this day.) The particulars of the new loan were made known at the Treasury yesterday morni lig, according to appointment. The amount to be raised is 16,004,000/. sterling, for which the Government are to give 1' 3,000,0091. Consols, and the balance (that is to say, the differe ace between the va'ue of IoOL stock and 1001. in money) in annuities terminable in 30 years. The biddiugs are to take place on Friday, and the method will be for each applicant to spec if:r the amount of annu ty he will be content to receive in additi on to 1001. Consols for every 1001. of money subscribed. Ass timing the value of Consols to be. estimated at about. 88, the 16,000,1001. of that stock will be worth abOut14,100,0001.; and the value of the terminable an nuities to be created must therefore be 1,91)0,000/. A deposit of 10 per cent :,. is to be payable on Monday, the 24th, and there are to be eight subsequent monthly instal ments,—six of 101. each, , and two of 151. On the payment of each instalment a proportionate amount of Consols will be delivered, but none will b e delivered for the deposit until the completion of the last in Si;alment, when the terminable an nuity will also be created.. The reception of this' Ann on the Stock -Exchange and in the city generally has nof been unfavourable. It is consi dered, however, that su eh of the London firms as may be willing to tender will as slime in their calculations the neces sity of a very consideral 'de margin to guard against the con tingencies of the war, es Pecially under the dispiriting effect lately produced by the i nactivity of the allied armies before Sebastopol. The auxiet ;les which will be felt until the next harvest shall have been 'secured, are also to be taken into account, while among tl 0 minor elements of uncertainty to be provided for, the ext nt to which terminable annuities are liable to be depreciated by any future increase of the income tax. In the course of the , - afternoon the following notice was issued by Messrs. Roths is hild : " LOAN OF 16,000,00 , 0 1. FOR THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. " Messrs. N. M. Roth: schild and Sons beg to announce to the public that they are ready to receive applications from parties desirous of participating in the forthcoming loan of 16,000,600/ ; and - wild re ceive the same until Thursay next at 2 o'clock. " It is necessary that , every application should be accom panied with a depssib of 10 per cent. on the , amount applied for. " If the whole anion ut applied for be not allotted, the prop ,rtion of the deposit will be returned forthwith. " New-court, St. Swit Bin's-lane, April 16." (From, the Daily IV Ems' City Article of this day.) The absorbing topic of interest in the City to-day was of course the Government I( 'an. We give in another column the conditions fixed by the '1 !reasury, together with an abstract of the proceedings at the important meeting of capitalists at the Treasury Chambers t his day. The total amount of the proposed loan is 16,000, 0001. in cash, to be raised by an issue of 16,000,0001. in C o 'lsola at par. Inasmuch, however, as Consols are now at 9 E I . :per cent. discount in the market (from which discount, ho ex lever, must be deducted the three months' dividend now ass :rued, being equal to, say, a per cent.), capitalists contraizti .ng for the kian are to receive a certain amount in annuli 3e s expiring thirty years hence. In these annuities the bidli M ;.s are to be made, and in fixing a price in his tender the c pitalist w:11 of course make allow ance for the excess _over the market price which he gives to Government for this me :w creation of consols, and he will also reserve a certain m a rgin which he may deem calculated to afford him a profit on the transaction, and to secure him against the chances of k a is attendant upon the uncertain con dition of politics. Per c Yontra, the ease of the money market will influence the terms of the contractor in a sense favourable to the Treasury and to i ;he State. So far ass regards the nego tiation between the c( rntraetor and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the relatie sr.s between the contractor and the monied public disposed to invest in the proposed new issue of Government securiti us come next for consideration, Of the great capitalists c mly one firm, that of ,Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, I Eras yet, intimated an intention to open lists to the public. Tb n notice issued by this firm this after noon is appended : " Loan of Sixteen I Unions to the British Government. — Messrs. N. M. Rothsc] lild and Sons beg to announce to the public, that they are ) ready to receive applications from par ties desirous of participating in the forthcoming loan of six-' teen millions, and wil l receive the same until Thursday next at two o'clock. It is i necessary .hat every application should be accompanied with t k deposit of 10 per cent on the amount applied. If the whole amount applied for be not al otted, the proportion of the ( leposit will be returned forthwith. " New court, St. Sn rithin's-lane, April 16, 1855." It - will be 'noticed th the price at which he may bo dis posed to tender is left to each individual applicant, it being presumed that the lace Ht fides of the application will be en sured, and the proffer ig of inordinately low terms discou raged, by the obligatim •of making a deposit of ten per cent. ou the amount applied for. It may he .pointed out that the Messrs. Rothschild, or a ny other great firm that may be dis posed to step forwari 1 and contract, will act as an,inter mediate agent throng It whom the mass of individual ap plications will be recei , r ed. By deciding that the contractor must contract for the whoe, and not for any less portion of the loan, the Ch a ncellor of the Exchequer virtually leaves the contract )pen for competition to , not more than two or three • firms in the kingdom, and the contracting firm, agr fin, must ascertain what support the public are likely to gi et to . the project before they commit themselves to a contr 'act with the state. In this point of view the scheme lacks the element of popularity. An appre hension is also enterta ined in some quarters that the interval allowed is scarcely aeient for the public to fully digest the terms of the loan, the complexity of which, without full ex planation, may tend t o discourage applicants. The entire loan, it will be seen, ii to be paid up this year, the last in stalment on the 18th December, and no discount is to be allowed for prompt pa. yment of the instalments. The Open culler of the Exeheque r further pledged himself not to make any further sales of S: trings Bank Stock (except to meet the withdrawal of dapositt irs) until the loan shall have been raid up. AI 4 B.IIBT .N W,-( 7' tit DA Y.', H AY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Mea dow hay, 2/18 , to 5!. C' Od ; clove , ditto, rto 5/ ; ard straw, 1/ 44 to I.' 103 per load. A faii. aveiage and a 1r oderate cleMar Ant R Leadow hay, 3 CM 1310VO' rilt - 60. 3 5 to 5' 15 , ; :2rd . V 11..) 1, 9 10. , nor loan B o th L a y f ir d r ) oval off heavily, a"..; late ratca. iron. ePoio w bey , 3/ 03 tp 5 Os clove ditto. 31 to 6. C• ; amt. straw, 1/ 4s to 11 103 per load. Supply good, and. tea Ale t J t; COLONIAL. Su ax.—There Tlave been but few transactions of im portance and tue p üblic sales of foreign are of little mo ment. Prices, bow, aver, are well supported Colonial is firm and the lower de scrip tions are wanted. Refined brown lumps are 433 64,1 a nd low to fine grocery 44s to49s per cwt. There were la: ded last week at the East and West India Docks 1,12 / h' ads, 65 tierces, 143 bile ; there welts taken for hmue conso anption 1,435 hhds. 139 trcs, 359 trls, and the stock is 8,10 B hhds, 675 trcs, brie. COFFEE.—Prices limo) ,been maintained, but business has been inactive gel ierally. Plantation Ccylon, however, has been in good den i and. :Mocha is wanted, and expectLd to advance. , TEA.—'There have, been very few transactions as public sales are declared for Wednoisday. Rolll.—At the taw ve Dam( wt docks last week there were landed 103 puns ; thin.° were taken for home use 281 puns 31 lapis, and exporb ad 295 'suns 189 hhds. The stock is 7,618 puns 628 hhils. COTTON.—The inni keb rule 3 firm. TALLOW.—On Sat urday tie upaaa d tendency of our market contioutd, azui 4gs wg.4 the price for tallow on the spot, 'A ith little disposition t i sell. To-day a thcided ad vance has , taken pbtee. Tb,) trade being compelled ti hny, 4ts 6d was first, paid for conqumption, then 5043 d for w i l i c h brought about a coo reiponding improvement in P rices tor delivery' Our eon e.ndiuo•quotations are TX ,,n the - soot, new 50.9.,. old 4 is , . 6 • ?April, - 504; May, 50s to 503 3d ; June, .:it's 6,1; October and December, 51,, ; umirinally, but no *sellers; Australian sheep, 49.4 4Ss ; South American, 50F. ; tallow - oil, 32s Gd ; tali w, elained, 5s 6d ; go4kl nett cash, 4Ss ; palm ; cocoa out oii, 435. Our late advices are .to the:7th 'Thee was .inotb:ing doiug iu tallow. Linseed, on thlipot„ was quoted r,t 1 _ . Among the latest • additions to the Wellington Room Madame Ttrisana's eAablislament; is a new and heau- tiful chimney-piece c. ailed the Victoria tumbles, Mania ficiured at the Lai y's C mid. It is an imitation of m'.saic and marble, composed of coloured ;Jags, this being the first specie nen k).f this elegant art`executed in this country. The. mosaic work represents the Royal arms and the armorial bearings of. th e Gr e at, Duke, supported with vari.ous appropriate military emblems in good taste and adrairabie vxecution. This elegant art will be found most -valttablii in all buildings where costly ornaments are required. REMARKABLE ThscovEßY..—About a fortnight ago, as some persons were cteariog said trenching a piece of waste ground far a garden at Tynricb, a small Druidical circle, close upon the ' highway, was di closed to the gaze of the i,tranger by the removal of masses of broom and ramble that had hitherto concealed it. This olden temple—if tempi ait were —is about 18 feet in diameter, and quite entire,each of its huge stones stand ittg erect and in its proper place ; but there is •an addi tional interest attachord to it from the fact that, while digging and levelling the interior, four huge urns, about two feet in twig?, t and one foot in diainotet at the mouth,-were.exhu teed, quite full of calcined . boue, besides three or four s t one coffins. formed of thin, un shapen slabs, evident!.?, from the adjacsnt g - ouud, and likewise containing the mortal remains of the au eient Caledonians el a pre-historic period. Unfor tunately, either front the extreme brittleness of the urns, or a want of c:cre on the part of the .labourers, the whole were broken to pieces, but at the time we vimited the place enough Ail' remained to shout . that they were of the very coar4est manufacture, in sli d aps re - mete from classical, and with no pretension teolliec_oon Lion but a proftlioni of scratchings withhoutTmho- col'i,s the outside of the upper portion e i f t were equally unceremoniously dea o warticular order in thy of remark that thy e i n t c h, but it is wor reference to the compasgl,abytitiino lnefeari:Piything, rather in one of them lay dined to south and nor-o'l7lft d general notion is that exactly in that directiotn.., lee, nod nothing eise, but the Druidical cirees were, ets.hiaot they were also used as trenching of this .okneocr,hlLeorwehrs present times, for great buryingirPlbaacb7; t h e higher orders of the priesthood.— tyleTl - 1 - -. Perthshire 4 &eraser. TIM EXPEDITION TO TILE EJST: " ( he Mo2:iteur of yesterday contains the pro mised second article on the expedition to the East. It is as follows : -- -- -- ----- - - - " IL " POLITICAL PART. " After having told the country the whole truth on the plan of the campaign and on the expedition to the East, it remains for us to state bow policy understood its task, its duty, the honour of France, and the inte rests of Eurepei. What were"the general causes of the war ? For what interests were France and England to carry their miiitary and naval forces en far from their 'wn shores ? On what point do the different States of Europe touch upon this question of, European order? What is the object which ought to be kept in view for the interests of all ? How are the four guarantees to be understood and' accepted on either side as a basis fur neeotiatiOn ? Is it just, is' it useful, to limit the power of Russia in the Black Sea ? What will be the results of the Vienna Conferences, for peace or for war? That is what we wish to examine in the second part of this task, that, on the eve of the decisive solution now under achievement public opinion, completely enli g htened, may accept with equal confid ence p eace , if i t is possible— ever, if it is necessary. "The commencement of this great struggle is known; it originated in a small claim brought against Turkey on the ground of concessions she had granted in favour of the Latins in the Holy Land. Russia only wanted a .pietext. For her the tomb of Christ was only a stepping stone to power. But that sacred stone could not become a stumbling-block for the peace of the world. The Go vernment of the Emperor of the ,French, s by regulating that ,question in the most equitable manner, forced the Cabinet of St. Petersburg to unmask its real thoughts. Every one at once discovered that Russia had only originated the discussion to open the Bosphorus to her sovereignty. Tlie forced interpretation which she drew froth the treaty of Baiiiasrdji was, in fact, nothing else than the moral fall of the: Sultan. The questien then ceased to be a religious one—it became a political one. The whole of Europe found itself engaged in it. It be came necessary to make it understand its interests, de fend its rights, and show its strength. " All the efforts of the French Government were direct to that result. England, deceived at first by the ous characr of the question, very soon pretendedunsto withedrig, lin her clear aed etraighttoreard common sense, its real bearing. She felt, like us, the threat and at rogance ot that dominetiou, and her band was stretched forth to meet ours, already extended to seal the alliance Ibetween the two great countries who represent the civi lisation of the West. ''.For France, as for England, the Eastern question represented an interest superior to that of their own ambition. Russia wished to dominate at Cemstantinople. It was' neces•ary to prevent it. Russia, mistress of the Black Sea, having only to extend her hand to touch the Bosphorus. platted the Meditekranean under the menace of the fleets of Sebastopol. In advancing to wards the Dardanelles she brought her frontiers to the shores of the Mediterranean. Wherever her vessels could reach her preponderance was assured. From her in accessible ports she touched all empire iaed all kingdoms. Not only had France and England a jive!, not only did Germany bend beneath the weight of the Colossus that leant upon her, but Greece, Italy, Spain, Egypt, and all the secondary States, found themselves struck be the same blew in their security and independence. Strange circumstance ! Europe had shut its eyes to this invasion ot the north. In 1828 France and England, burning the Turkish •flcet at Navarino, destroyed the force which protected the west. At that period we sought an ally at St. Petersburg, instead of beholding there an adversary of our influence and of our civilise Lion. In 1840 England, Prussia, and Austria, leaving aside the Cabinet of the. Tuileries, Again united them selves without suspicion. Sehastopol, closed to every investigation, hiding in its inaccessible port the activity of its dockyards arid arsenals, did not appear to any one as a menace. It was forgotten that as far back as 1805 a fleet left that point with 12,000 men on board, landed them in Italy, and brought the Russians and French in contact in the Mediterranean. Yet that was a warning worthy of record, fer it proved that Russia from the creeks of the Euxine, by the domination of the Straits, could reach to the entrance of the Adriatic. " Some years later Russia, having to struggle against France united to Austria, difieed her invading policy much more precisely by the object she pursued and by the means which she employed. The plan of that policy is a revelation in itself. We borrow it from an authen tic document recently published in the memoirs of a statesman, Admiral Tichakoff, to Whom the Emperor Alexander gave the following instructions under date of April 19, 1812 : " ' The astute conduct of Austria, which has just allied itself with France, obliges Russia to employ every weans in its power to ,;iscovcert the hostile intentions of those two Powers. The most important is to turn to our account the military genius ot the Slavonic•people ae Servia, Bos nia, Dalmatia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Illyria, who, once armed and under military organisation, would co operate powerfully with our operations. The Hungarians, dissatisfied with the proceedings of their actual Govern ment, offer to us also an excellent means for alarming Aus tria, for making a diversion to her hostile ideas, and, don sequently,,for weakening her resources. ' All these tribes united to our regular troupe would form a very imposing militia, not only to provi.ie against the hostile intentions of Austria, but. to effect a mcrked diversion upon the right wing of the French possessions, and to give us a sure means of striking It - blow in the direction of Nissa or Sophia. The 'object of the diversion against France must be to occupy 1 Bosnia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and to direct their militia upon Ithe meet important points of the Adriatic, more especially ou Trieste, Fiume, Boccarli Cattare, so as to est dalish. there, aceordiug to opportunity, relations with the English fleet, and to wake every effort to fan into a if me the dis content in the Tyrol and SiVitzerland, and to act in com mon with those brave eopulatiuns, dissatisfied with their actual Government. You • must' employ every possible means to exalt the Slave ,populations, to bring them to serve our 'object. For examp'e, you can promise them in dependence, the erection of a Slave kingdom, pecuniary rewards for the most influential men among them, decora tions and suitable titles for the chiefs and troops. Finally, you may add to those means ally other you may deem ex pedient to gain them over most conformable to actual cir cumstances.' " Such were the views of Russia as far back as 1812, not only against France, but against Austria. This in cendiary plait could not iral , e left the archives of St. Petersburg at a mot.) fitting moment to show to Europe, and especially to the Cabinet of Vienna, the immense interest that every one must have to put finally a bar rier to a policy which completely jastille43, by its meatis and objects, the. foresight of the Emperor Napoleon I. li the heirs of Peter the Great should ever dominate at Conetantinople by the Black Sea, Aintria, surrounded, embraced on 'all sides by the powerful arm of Russia, would be at the 'mercy of an enterprise such as the daring mind of the Enip.ror Alexander bad conceived. Hungary, open to its action by the Danube, would be given up to all the excitements of its remembrances. Tire Adriatic exposed to 'the brusque attace of a Slave coa'itein, would cease to be the ilialt amid bulwark of tie Austrlete empire, and the key of the Gulf et Trieste would pass by a surprise from Vienna to St. Petersburg. "There i', therefore, nothing more legitimate, more neceeeaey, aid int re just before God and universal con science than this resistance, of wbich the two naval Governments of the West gave the signal in the month of April, 1854. England and France crew the ewer.' in the cause of every other State. Their armies and fleets wi re•the avant-gardes of Europe. Having the honour of arriving first, on the theatre of war they had the right to expect they would be followed there, and they confi dently awaited Austria and Prussia at this r,ndezvous of the equilibrium and of the independence of European order, "Austria and Prussia did not hesitate to place them selves in the solidarity of the interests for the defence of which France and England were about to fight. • In the protocols signed at Vienua they recognised th e rights of Turkey ; they rejected the advances of the Cz:ir, who, not daring to ask their support, cur fined ilimeell t i prapose to them resignation and neutrality ; they'united tht:inmelees by a trety fir the guar..aitee of Gernan interests ; they placed ther arrnis me a war I , otiiiv, ;JO they inv it..sd ,the • German Confederation to foli..w t heir e:- ample ; lint, while preparitg themselves for action, t`:e two great German Powers hesitateif ta act. It was lea courage 'Aid) they wanted—for Goveretnentaaat have the respeesihility of the honour and welfare et tin it country at tiesit are rever deficient in that ; what they. ,v anted , ra.t cotitiderice. oe-iiiterested in the can=es of the war, they w etc uncertain of its ajoci. It was that object which it was nee essar,.- to do tine, so as t J lave thee„ no cause f',r lie-at ttioe or distrust. "The Enip.rer, in opening the legislative session of 1?54, , aid in his sue-ch : •" Ettiope is aware beyond a doubt that if France draws the sword it is because she is compelled to do so. It knows that France has no idea of teg.ranelisement. She only wishes to tesi-t dor "erous outbursts ; and I am proud openly to declare that the tio.e vf eonqueas is irrevocably past, for it is not by extending the limits of its ter, itmy, that a nation can henceforth become honoured and power ful; it is by placing itself at the head of generous ideas, • by uniking everywhere to prevail the empire of right and justice.' "That solemn declaration left no doubt upon the cha racter of the war ; it allowed no distrust of the inten tions of the Gwiernments of France and England. Thus, .when Germany had the question put to us how far we intended to go, it Was easy fir M. Lrouyn de Lhuysi, if c o ncert with Lord Ulu endon, to reply in the name of the Emperor in his memorable note to M. de BituI":: itey,•in fintrimatitig the general conditions o"o".est'oral the allied Puwets would consent to treat for the t , i. tiun of peace. • Those conditions c ompris a e ra lt t s ) "' vehtionally understood by the ' Four exchanged be 7 and, while notes and counterrm " Germany, however. P tcee.rst.urg, waicentinoo tween Viebri,Berin, arid S'._ r ti mea ; France and Erg- and deve:oped itself in the U fbr the cotrantil cau,•e, won I J no: , : , . g . r . v a n 0 to a decision, laud low.ht before' Sebaste.po; a nd they lavished t , Finally 9ustria asked us if we tood or the independence and the bases of the four would mill consent to . . , was long in the councils of ' The hesitation equilibrium el Eureh;ei guarantees. 11 , , s ,, as It appeared to them that, alter the two Alik" fforts' ant' ' such sad sacrifices, after h ,' ierbeat up as eitlch .' l°l.l P"' e. t Alma and r t Tpi 11. ‘ ln g : d t wo victories, a _ . , ierman, when grained . were i„„ia e ne.t. Sebastopol, and guile armies % when their Black Aea they had fleets occupied the . ,the right to exact But t he interest . of an alliance with Austria f Word. as for war overruled the inspirationof fur F , fac e tho-ze levit - ra Ate exactions. The treaty of the aof - 1 December was the result of that policy. "It was, therefore, from - • • consideration to u n A q • a, from the desire of au offensi v e with her, and to dive to Germany and defe ns i ve a la a n ce of moderation, that we a an unequivoc a l pr oo f. accepted the overture of negotia tions on the basis of the . four guarantees, reserving to right of introducing therein any other condition that night result from the chances of war. ` a Oil the • part of tbe Allied Governments, this act of moderation cost nothing t , ) their dignity, nor to the in- terests which they defend ; for, had it been se, they never would have given their consent, In fact, there was but one of two things possible ; those negotiations would succeed or would fail. If successful, Europe, by the four guarantees, obtained conditions which, four months previously, Count Nesselrode declared he could only ac cept after ten years of disastrous warfare ; if a failure, Austria, whose alliance become an offensive one, en tered into armed action, and the weight of her sword would soon obtain by war what her influence could not effect in the Cobferences. — . . "Thus, in either case, it was well to negotiate at Vienna, while continuing all the same to fight in the Crimea. ' "As regards the conditions of peace, nothing can be more just, more moderate, more conformable to the rights and interests of Europe. It will be easy for us to establish this by characterising clearly the thought which dictated them arid the object which they were to achieve. The first of the four conditions, in putting an end to the protectorate of Russia in the principalities of Moldavia, Wallachia, and Servia, and in placing their privileges under the collective guarantee of the Great Powers, takes away from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg the rights which it pretended to hold from ancient treaties, and which were the only mewls for subjugating those popu lations, for dominating Turkey, for approaching Austria on. her most vulnerable side, and for troubling the whole of 'Europe ; the second by stipulating the free navigation of the Danube, liberates the commerce of all nations — especially of Austria—frotn the !floral - and material ob stacles which impede it, and throws operi the mouths of .that great river to the States of which it is the fortune and the defence. " The fourth, in delivering Turkey from the preten ginoeuerptte ro h t : ec s t s assorateuorevs more thanerthe Greek s s i u ° l7jec o i f s 71 of u t s li si eS to ul a el ta r n, i ve ever freedom 'of conscience at the same time that it des stroys the supremacy which the Czars arrogated to them selves, was the c ,;ne politicaleillco n cea l ed u n der of jest a of :eahligiieobu,s mask. the nsk. better to im pose, "As regards the third of those conditions —that which has the B fur its object to have limit esthretvrreped it expresslyonderaiceo s fßus: the most h most important and most contests I, so as to explain it here, categorically. First of all, how must it be under. stood ? Evidently anything' equivocal on. so grave a point cannot suit any vne. The allied Governuients, who have a consciousness of the justice of their, preten sions, have not feared defining them. Russia has turned the Black !Sea into a Russian lake ; she has gradually founded maritime establishments there of the first ; she has accumulated there, with as much perseverance as mystery, considerable naval forces, and it may be said that by that exclusive domination of the Black Sea she has placed Constantinople in a permanent state of siege. This state of things is not possible, because it is in compatible not only with the in te grit y of t he Ottoman • empire but with the security of the Eur ope. wholeof " France ooirbee t e at n ihn d eed E E n i completelybga ye l e npdesi,aneci Sea, or demanding Russia to lnii t ho o er r bt right.oy w n e a u r , t, neu tralise sech that that a rpe s es e au a ol , et ephemeral and such a war I haw b wre e aoersu w tplhd e noe l wo l rbtee o efr b served, this demand for the us l limitation t ; i and,oo o let u ist ei an pea Cr, or for the neutralisation of the n ß ia ls,c gn k is Se ce s net does not respond only to Anglc - French interests, it re sp,.nds also to the interest s of Au stria , for which the Daiiube, a commercial and milit ar y river, is a highway, open to her activity towards the-Enxine and Asia. An argumentis brought against this pretension which we do not think serious ; it is said to the Allied Powers, ' You ask a concession from Russia, which at most slight be the price of the surrender of Sebastopol, and that place is still held by the Russian army.' Our reply is this :—' The law of nations gramtsi that a por tion of what is obtained by war may be kept by peace. We have not yet taken Sebastopol, that is t rue ; but what is Sebastopol at the present moment to Russia ? It is no longer a naval port, as her fleet, sunk at the mouth of the harbour, or shut up behind that insurpassable ba se rr a t i e s r t , h i e s wiilid battle-field rawn from which h the "struggle. wehayewu e_o T r h , e if ßlack they like it, which has been abandoned to us by the enemy. The Russian flag could not show itself there. Our ships and those of England and Turkey navigate it in every sense. Its domination has changed hands. It hasgons from Sebastopol to Constantinople. " Who compels us to give up this pledge 1 Is not such a situation the very best we could have ? And not only do we occupy the Black Sea, but we besiege Sebastopol, we are fortified at Kamiesch and at Balaklava, Ower Pasha is entrenched at Eupatoria, Odessa is menaced by our fleets ? What can Russia do ? Could she suffer for any length of time without detriment to her moral streneth and without ruin to her commerce the blockade which Kill shut her up iii every 'part of the Bieck Sea and in the Baltic ? Could she Jive in that paralysis which in her strikes the vital principle of nations—that is to say, movement, action, the right of 'expiating and ex changing her produce, and which would condemn her to isdlation sterility, impotency, in the immensity of her empire ? To ask Russia to limit her naval forces, cr to neutralise the Black Sea—that is to say, to exchiele therefrom all vessels of, war of any nation whatsover, is therefore to exact from her much less than what we have acquired by war, and which we could maintain without an effort. In fact, what does it reqnire to prevent Rus sia from ever entering the B'aok Sea again ! Four men or-war of each of the maritime Powers, France, England and Turkey. Such a cruising squadron would suffice to occupy the Biack Sea and to transplant its domination from the shores of the Ciiintia, to the entrance of the Bosphorus. . .. . # " What, Russia has lost, what she cannot recover by war, no matter how long, is her preponderance over the East. What she may legitimately psk is a share of in .flaelice iu the affairs ef the world. She would fie;el ' if needs be, a coalition of all States to restrain her hilibi tion ; but no one wishes to-humiliate her. What i-i asked from her Europe has the right, and i is its duty to I exact. If be grants it, the peace of thetiearld is assured, the ohject of the allied Powers attainea: If she refuses, war will continue and decide it. " At the moment we write these grave solutions are being prepared and discussed at the Vienna Conferences, where M. Drouyn do l'Huys and Lord John Russell have taken, with the authority of their character and position, the expression of the Common thought of their Governments. The country must confidently await the result of that decisive trial. It may say that peace will be concluded, it it is possible w:th honour to the fl4gs of. France and England and security for their influence, and that war, if it should continue, will be necessary for the object proposed by the Allied Go vernments, and from which nothing can turn them aside. " But a great result is acquired already from the very fact of these nee ' otiations. Fiance and England bare loyally negotiated with Austria to allow her policy to ex haust the last resources of conciliation. Those confer ences of which Vienna is the centre are the loyal and honest act of the Emperor, Francis Joseph. But the I Allied Powers know that if Austria does not succeed in this noble effort of her European patriotism, she will tiOit resolutely with them. In limiting their demand to the very conditions accep'ed by theYienna,Cabinet in the treaty of the 2d of Dec. they have gained to the com mon cause an important . and devoted ally. The possibility Of peace, like the necessity 'of war, must henceforth he only a fact, in common to the three Powers who signed that treaty. The ?solidarity of their interests and of their eneaeements would unite times in the struggle as it has united them in the Conferences, and that grand Eu ropean confederation will soon have triumphed ova every resistance. . • - "France aed England may therefore congratulate themselves in having consented to negotiate while con tinuing to fight. It. acting thus :hi y have not only given a proof of moderation—they have ii,creased their strength. Their ailhesion to an honourable and possible peace, having PS consequence the rpport of Austria in a necessary and legiLbnate war, is an act counselled by wisdom, and which will be approved by public opinion. " One word more, in c,,, , 1 - i , ;( n, ,Tt is, perhaps, a novel and bold tidies to speak of ti.e,nlll:t ay and d;p10- matic conduct of a war wh,le the. army is fighting and u,..gotiati,ins are pending. .:17e thought that it was pre cis-le the moineat to spiel: the truth to tire. country. True, a e is only danger tar the werik. With ihzlit arid 6tr-regth 5 , 11 their side, it Ininiur.l thlise, who speak it —it reassures those who hear it2' :at nawei,).: r'lleillcs,:iees°lsrluiit:i. a :sesiti:::: sattempt took imwl)::,:ntot In c , "'nf , (llfence of the inteittieA ViAit cf the Etup-r:r of t::r. l'r,beli to Onildhail on'Thersd,,v, the 19;1 lust., and t',e obstrile;itus to, business that will prise trom the (Tow (1,1 state of the ther.to4fires; the committee of lookers have iS , 'lled a recoron,'endaCMre that al! bil!s due tt. , thrit •3\, ant not aldressol should ho presented en •Wetiriesdav; air,' .1 &h. SiIOCkING SAcarf.tt:E.-13.RisTrtr., A : •ril 14.—A- Pill!' eir.,;,:tetubfltobliby the snert pay,il,le at city batiker_4 l , ful St 'M a , ion has been caused in Ois city Varies I,ave reposed the reposins o ftlie . S_niy is t. orm f - 1 , , Errs , Ashton-nowt, situated about three o, , rzn a i i e n m i; 'l. ;; li is n' i l l ' o: : a t t- i` v i') : l- :::: ::: : :Th : r si I w"----:nci:b f:l'Srlint'7l:ritv-'l.:lt'ait'vd,re:lsm:'l,aveonaule-sfe ISl2 t li j g t . rie ili tire b e .e ; : l i t :: n te e d d lof "Tom T ar Gl l o i c r e n s ' t .i e P r ' ; :fir than the r ec overy . of any 1 mo tiered, mwionngg to terhaee citizenstes d u *ever e ss f r ;,:tlt l , h, ri : t.O I and Clifton. It is be :lel: ;ins concealed. tram in ectunary in tie . . wee on the Vet and a view of the chancel of I , i o n e o v ( t e l y t,l ; 9 o f o b : ar c . b e e : p _, h in which th laalicii.-ofpreonn: it the is art q ti i:tio 7 be ,. it aPr" , ars that there must ' P •-•- have been at last seven 1 - si bt t. - 1" - ''''s '`ng , wed in it • ' „,,,„oer in which tlt- vault vita ~r ei_ A., d i o usi e br u ti e n , :n e ! n e t: 2 ,i, r , . , u . p, p : • _ late ot i o that some stonemasons w . by herself. and it was cotrent'fy the operations. Tile i ji,. ete engaged to conduct Sir 361 0 some . family differences, the well known. chat 0 . , ,, 1 i v 0, t ject of the plunderers is pretty re i li n or a t n ,,d d a S t ir th l:i t ig iin h e S o i f ny h t e h r resided by She -was of somewhat eccentric habits, aunt of th e a tbe clu t a m li d t ;? Y h o aviniz been embalm'', the heart was jewels were interred with ber, and placed within the coffin, enclosed in a silver box, and that Om brea , t-plate, 1 landles, &c., upon the coffin were of pure silver. The sacrile2l)uB villains cut open the lead coffin of the lAke Sir John Swyth, and also that of the late Lady Smyth. The former they must have had some difficulty in removing from its position, as it took four men to-day to replace it. . They were disappointed, however, in their anticipations of plunder, he leaden ceffin in which are contained the remains of the Dowager lady Smyth remaining intsw,. It is supposed, also, that they iv'ere disturbed, as they left a ail lantern behind them and some massive silver ornaments, which had been I appended to the exterior of one of the coffins. A. large reward has been offered for the discovery of the offen. der?, but at present the police have, no clue to them, I although it is more than suspected the y belon g to a g an g who have long infested the parishes of Bedminster and Long Asbton,inear this city, and some of whose members have recently received the sentence of penal servitude at the late Sornersetsbire sessions at - A assizes. 11 - 6R 4 75/ 998:, 984 151 24 3i 641 3 23 2 1 60 a 231 114