The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

12 4.' Cf!tlei s/ firsavf°—t le C 0 &ill le y ° ...7(10 11 NC r ''' vrtber' w ill hausen 3 fficial / 11 0 .ark b $l4 P fr 0.. ." • do ti he 0 %0 -earl)." s ult. e ae $ )ns ulat e de t 0 ty. ea 6/e i ; Ce tiefii o f FOP b• eii TO O f ; o 11 the, o o , the Is, reje c ii t bi secer TO' in the 11 0 raie e fs% ,be Co tanc e ' 1 3,4 Na bs ns. th e boo have 1.134 tha t, the if r ibr SaD :ll6 Lit., " 3 t les a q here' ,id l o edIID it ' that No: le r od i n o os t, cnict f it, eeP D 'ut rn at, off . )sing e,, donee' ta t e s t otie ), l ` Coin tun l e° a d Au e us, - top Nl' 0 1 , h )01, k p etralC" tbo neioar el ve the re' ;ors to ors i vo Ilidi aa tiQ og • ties' dir eC be AO' color be f o bd mar; a o f 110 'lO e D U " 0 0° g it O' St ill 3 jt au to T • ~ he ld Pr o ' ,t for rrie, ri 0 ol 10 01 ?,s(l. , OW , to LW! . re" ion ivO' 10,0 Tr 1-7 I,'OLIMBRCIAL INT ELLIOf.L\ CZ. Tld cotton CITY, Two O'CLOCK. close market at Liverpool yesterday very firmly, and prices of all descriptions Were 1.1 6 d. per lb. dearer than last week. The files were estimated at 10,000 bales (1,000 of which Were for export, and 1,000 on speculation), '2,om * Prising 250 Perham and Maranham, at sid. to ; 4 ° o Bahia, at 6d. to 61d.; 330 Egyptian, at 51d to Isla n d s 1,500 Surat, a t 3d. t o 41d. ; an d 180 S ea 'island s at 10d. to ls. 6d. per lb. The Railway h are Market was heavy, and prices declined about Per c ent, at the close. t h umour has been busy all the morning in con bee4o4 with the expected new loan. It has even i l e n asserted that at the weekly Board of the 0 . 4 , 11 ,k of Englaud Directors this day, the proposals 'ne Chandellor of the Exchequer will be corn unioated, and subsequently made known to the teck-Exchange. Although this statement may be Prelnature, it keeps all here on the alert, ii and the particulars will be duly communicated 4n.der this head should anything transpire suf tiellaentlY early. As to money, it is so easy, in - t t e° r° o parties are expec ti ng a f ur th er re d uc ti on 13 auk rate of di sco unt, and this, it is stated, l ea litel he more especially intended to facilitate any er financial operation by the Chancellor of the buzie.hequer. The very suspense is causing all for Tiles, not of a Is „ pressing character to be suspended a i W u"e, and the meeting of Parliament is now Ilea desired. This i 8 "Pay-day" upon the account, and the Th'rences are met apparently without difficulty. e i li PPly of stock is much larger than many had tth e ,T a ted; and not only does it emanate from those it j e ° ll ; n su allY sell after receipt of the dividends, but fated that a quantity of Consols which were 0 01 ,: e " have been put upon the market. The lat e l y rill:46l A broker has been offering so much Ch an 'L li whether for banking clients or the th at " y "er of the Exchequer is not material, ceat, eve n with mon e y worth only 21 per oee een el l funded securities, investments, and by hava le nee a ris e i n p r i ces , are c h ec k e d. C onso l s th e r 7en 92 to 921, an d s i nce 91i I, f or t rans f er , kci —nee ' for May 10 having been 921 and sub- Lavnerktly 91i t o 92 . Th e N ew Th ree per C ents. tai l e i t t ee n. 9 1 to 91i, and the Reduced 90i to 91. hay 7 1 1 ` )te ek is firm at 210 to 212. Exchequer Bills to 1 5 4 en 7s. to 10s., and East India Bonds lls. Ttik Premium. eet . ri ah Bond s h ave susta i ne d a f a ll o f 1 per rek ai uic Pen sales being pressed, and the issue of the t ells lun g two milli ons i s s p o k en o f. Th e quota -4 Were 76 to 761, and have since been as low as • tre z P e lican Stock has been done at 21k, and heed p,, Ete , at 9 9i. Sardinian 5 per Cents. have rea -31, t• Dutch 2 per Cents. are 62i. Spanish T he 11 t S. have been 36. i. I tool te fell9 wing are the nominal prices of foreign can , ,;--Orenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7; Nexi- Pet t0,21g ; P eruv i an, 69 to 71 ; ditt o Th ree (2 t ee i ... t a., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese F our p er C en t s ., ditt o - ; -Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101 444. -ron r - and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; De r 0 184 New Deferred, 18/. to 181 ; ditto Three ditto Cents, 36 4 to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 51 to si; The , 448 iVe, 4i to 4 a . ki th ,.. , 4Bt week's railw a y re ceipts ascertained up ( late are in round figures as under : v rei t t 1855. 1854. mOrthestern £23,370 £23,153 holm W eatern 11,i.;,-Western 1 4t(1 4. 13,899 12,963 0„„laci ******************************** 26 840 25,633 (1",'441...R,„,""•• ********************** 17:162 16,047 - aled 7‘tern ****** Q r . °Na n 10,501 10,316 ********* 4 -at ..................... 20,796 17,127 ne46h. rthern 10,430 18,424 tk it e and Yorkshire bee n 8. 0 English Railway Shares the dealing bas itil fttt a decline of about per cent. the line that being Caledonian, and Brighton are rather oth "ea the commencement of business, and the torsi ! r ° leas re d uce d t h an G reat N ort h ern. Th e The shares h ave b een most l y nom i na l . l •a Brazilian Imperial Mi ne Sh ares h ave b een Irequest at fuller rates, and also the Cocaes. ligo departure o f th e .. o iltu, for th e p urpose oonlyf "L surviving director to e property,h • Inquiring into the value 4a. uniier,aB glVell a stimulus to the mar- Ported. The Joint.elleau Shares have been fully sup at firm rate Stock B an k Sha re s have been maintained. 8. P eninsular and Oriental Steam are 25 8 2s. St. 10 St. 25 111/I TISI:i FU NDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Pron um official Liv,. i Buqiness done 11414)31t143 Stock . ..... ... ........................... 210 12 a ~_t Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l 904 4e.pe nt. Consols Annnities 9'2 i 1 3 L im " 4 Per Cent. Annuities -1 Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 . 34" 15-16 t i t t tc. 30 ears,Y Expire 10th Oct., 1859 - 33 11-16 I kt t° 30 Years Expire sth Jan 1860 4 4. 44 0 k ' " 2'30 • Ilk l t4 4 11 :18 .f 1 ob 6 19112111 1 2 's c CO •,o, under RlOOO .... k... , r Accolant, 10th May Laieqxler Bills 24 d 41000 4 • ......................... .... ..... .... li taai)i 10 111.4.1411R111CE .... P.. ..................................... THTS DAY. 99 t i ,bit t o vt°lads, 5 per Cent vSili a „ ,'"'"w, 1852 4A per Cent . .... 95% 4 tesi ' ' °°11(18 , 6'r Oe - t lO2. P rti 43 Per Cent. 4 , 2ll 1 it avian -Ft '7 , ) Ilasia —(41 (18, 4i per Cent. 11:114i/oli,"_(.1s, 1A per Cent B9i 87i 61 7 italli„,t, i:01148, 5 per Cent. 36i I , l t,ish 11:: 18 . 3 Per Cent ' , ltt o f or - t te, per cent 1 lxd 7q 51 6 5 -, 5 -. Dtt biv,ifend Account...... • *;;Wii; ..... aen s h ... • aon too above Pala 1 bbt, 4cha , ,R,„, 21, per Cent. 12 Gail. . '434 h e .,„-.. . . itto for ‘Jent. Certafieltes . . 91i Ditt o , the Account THREE 99 21 0' CiLOCK. iu 5 20 20 4 , 11-1/ r -PT 2VEcvs—ITHIS DAY.I ‘ ..l , Tyr wa MEAT MARKETS. ie110,„"„4,./R OD L EAMENIIALL.—To-day's mar , k k et ru w le a d s 44 eal i - V t 'ibeadr4thatasTch kind r o i f ee m s. eat ne a e n f d , ftiteintr,3as 0 . (1 to 4s , att on 3 ,,._ 4 .cs t o 4., , 3 a 2d stationary lamb, 5 s od to b "w4e Pork, 3 s Od to 4s 4d per 81 s, G 8 b 2 y d the car- Elp . 1 1 „, !kick '44/.14, .A . • on l y a moderate 4t6445 tlit:44,. Arid 11.--W e had 1 i edsh f• all kinds was in a '-'l.' glut t°ll' 4 t "r 4.llciteieraand ßeef, r from 3s 4d to 4s 8t l , t43 t 81' t , 4 % 111‘11•9. Od to 6s Od ; show of 04 10 ; Pork , (~ Lamb ,5s . -- 41e, f • ° ltn, 40l %it. to 4s 4d or ruled to theo_ Sibs sink id 1 5„,,, , iron, uPrllll.—The trade . Peal , _4 a s .s o:l heavy, Ps fo llo ws: Der 8%8 8 - ; vel ' 4 10d Pi P 1 ,. 3s 2d to 4s 4d - 4 ' l t o id ~4 to 4s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6,1 to 4s 10d; Lamb,. 4s 8d or-, viarter old Stores, 2N to 25s each. ,kikp r ITAY MARKETS. qitto ogrrtr,l3.--.4 2/ 15e to 5/ Os Od ; cl i ov_e i r . ' rasf e . 4 ..." 1 5 s to 5/ 15 ea s .4" hay ' 'll4sto 1/ lOs per Loa,. oD„cly . and straw, cloves tIittVIILAND. _Meadow hay, 31 O s to 5 1 Os ; lowi. 4 ro oder + ," 4s 51 5.4 l tra;v to 11 lOs per Wii/m-"° snl3Ply as:daanchAsv. demand. 4itto, .".§•?-ie,r,: - -- 1 . ---j v, 3/ Os Os; clovor 4tI PPI" 58 t o 6/ 0-1 - ea( d ow t h v a i . 1/ 4s to 1/ las per load. 3' tolerably gooda,nands trade ra rather dull. 4°l" -D'S B . I3 rIPPING-(THIS DAY.) 4441". April 12 Wind and weather this day " ~,-?? b 'Y W • fresh breeze, and n „,,Zlll Ottrc'El‘rtt.---‘la'ze.l-1 from Perna peoed g ope. Gaze lle, from Arrived b fi tie e o lle s ar up w e e rb at , h c e a r. pe lUdaltl.f3°l-ITII, April 11.—Wind, W.N.W. -r (4414,n`r°,111 Loudon, for Hobart Town. Sailed—Dunbar,o. _ Adelart4 23 ), for the Eastward ; H.M.S. Driver, 0 ; p tt 0, Portland and Swan River. . j „w for 141410401:114 April 11 . —Wind, W. Sailed— ar , , P,,,,ta°a• eella_ P°ol'll, April 11 . —Wind, N.W. Off port_lsa x '''rn London, for the Crimea. . I:001. Nv./I.Sollolai April 11 . — Wind,. W. ' 14 11 4 di. ,".I(l.ge, for Goole with damage A r ri v e f d re — m E e l l e ' tot/t•egarglng her cargo. Arrived—Elizabeth, iltliztezil..4ooofLtl7:et, ptrrilaulelf..--r4hliefnec-bentaot Ahfarsiear.eitbu)rsretn.eedn. Westfrom 41,...and has brought two dead bodies on s in t d to have be bn il;!_', April 11. —The Irwell (s.) was repo/ itt ile44o.rile, but according to advice' from Rot e terdam is qtylniARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPIL) W i4 d, N GRAVESEND, T Royal A vv issarsday, 10.54 a. a.m.m. • ; tide, high wa t er; weather fine. Pril 11 —Phoenix, fr om G uernsey ; Princess Arri Seville ; Av e i ra " Flyinarpriseg Fish, P from Ithac a atras ; Pigeon, Seville. ll 4 , we ; °l2th —S G lendower, Bo m b ay . Gratitude, DEAL, Thursday, 9.53 a.m. ~Pi "' D tinb saed__ • • . ; fresh. sailed „,,..?ean, fro Ten ; Uncle T o by, N ew York ; N. for rtlh,onK ice lon;. itegq_n_.cher of then norr enrolled in the , Iloscomn abl y in.eru_x Cher 450, and that number w be . cons id er _ i ol eorti_ ease d next week, 204 the volunteers fTom.A.th one, oruiting'4°n,.Castlerea, ice. (where the regiment has r!- ttPorted Ptrties) are expected at head-quarters. It is 004 4 that the regiment will much for Dublin in the °I. 4114 month, 17i 20 20 20 20 206 100 20 20 20 6 20 " * Ai A TC,PTQ 11a+ ✓ :~ ia~ RAILWAYS. Macs this day. Bosinece done yesterday. 20 25 25 i 50 NES I,lr, A.RED +l' IrTXRII RF,NPALS. .AiLwg. UtiMpau Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale To. Col, Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. GIMS. Barr. Neils. Direct Do, New.,,.,. Glstr.dt Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. ' and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redear. Midld.Bradfil Newmarket Bury Exten, Northern and Easternsp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & Wyre this att). Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth and Gooleg. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do 1,on!on N. «' eat L. &N. W. Claledon„ E. Un. CaldonialJ at. Wee:: Yk. New & Berw. Y.& N Do 5 - 97 96 - 98 135 - 137 S. Easter: Do 'Peto &Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton Darlingt. 'En. Conn. ie = ii 108 : 107 12i -- 13 23 -- 24 101 -- 111 2i - 21 E. Count Do D 0.., L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northr Lancash York sh. T. Brassey M. MCleai itookt. .S; Darlingt iltWestn Wiltskf;omrst 91 - ss 11 i par ip 57 59 130 - 133 7i 8 i 2i 2 d 32 - 33 89 - 91 I a •• ••• •* i ..• - li - li 5 -- 7 44 -- 5i 3/ -3/ 2 -- 24 30 -- 32 -- id 52 -- 54 30 -- 40 par -- 2o 21 -- 23 1i -- 2 Op 144 -- 164 7 - 7i i - iP - I it - i 14 - 15 i - i 20 - 22 5 - 6} - - 1 --- 2 6i - Ran.wArs. therleen••.•q••"•••• Ikebg. Nottng. Bee Ea.itn. B ,ifast & !- - tallyrneria Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsii Ches.-hire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk £5O and £25 Cu;,, Do., X 20... :Myth & Tyns origina £25 (issd. at £45, Bristol and Exeter Caledonian..... ....... Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Page Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin &Belfast June Dundee Perth &Abe r deen Junction Do. Now East Anglian Eastern Counties__ Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B Stock.. Do., New A.., East Lanculdre Frlinburgb cis Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth az Dundee Forth Sz, Clyde Jun: Furness Po. Extension Glasgow&S. Arester, treat Northern „.„.. Do., A. Stock.. Do., B. Stock.., &West.(lre, C4roat Westeru Do. Stour Val. Ra (qua. Irish South-Eastori • i.a.ncaster & Carl is : Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds I.4.ncash. andYorkpt 1. %Vst. Riding Ur. Li Arsby. &Sonthrt Loudon & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst i,ond. and N. West& r)o, Fifths 00.10/. Sh.,M&B.. C 1)0. Eighths imniou andS. Westn Do., £5O. Do., .£4O Ludii(lrrpii. Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Wanch.Slief.4z, Litwin Do. j Shares, No. 1 )0., Man. & Liu. Un. I►o. Birmng. & Derby Nfidld. G. West. (Ire, ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & N-scpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry & EnniskilleD I Newry Warreupoint and Rostrevor 'Norfolk . Northn.Cotuities Un North British North Devon, No. I Do., No. 2 _ _ _ 00., A Deferred Do., 3 B GuarantLed N. Eastern—Berwick Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. Purch Do. Le , ds Do. York North London Do. New Lit) N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western., N. Sr S. Westrn. Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central IScottish Midland . Shropshire Union .South Devon ...... South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. dr Riv. Dra, Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton it Darlin Stclk ton & Hartlepi Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Docl< and Wilway Vale o. Neath ...... Waterf I. & Ki I k enr* ate rfo &timer West Cornwall. West End of Londo and Crystal Palace 'West London. Wimbledn&Crovlor. 5i - 6 11 - 15 11& - 11 31. - 33 21 - 23 72 73 54 56 2d par 18 20 68 - 70 83 - 89 72 - 74 123 - 124 91 - 93 6 , q - 65 59 - 61 65 - 70 5 - 7 5 7 75i - 76 7k 8A 98 100 99 —99 i id Id 1 -- 82 83 9 8i 8 7. 231 -24 i 8 - 8i 69 - 69 41 - 43 11 - 9 li - 2 47 - 49 3i 3i 284 29. 71 - 72 7/ - 7 41 - - 13 48i 494 d par id 1 4/ 6i 6 1 d ar 27 - 2g 97 99 63 65 45 47 i 2 a 13 60 61 27i 28 5 3 2 1 36 - 38 ••• !6i 17 4 - 5 22- ;4 5 - 6 6 - 7 81 8 le 2 24 par i p 2 lid 34i 35 6i 71, 23 —23 i -.•- • .. 9 -- 8 9i Si 49 -5 1 d 89 91 2 in par # p i 9 2i 2,1 17} —17 i 9G - 98 96 - 98 100 - 102 93 • 97 19i -- 20 98 -- 100 ... di: 21 —3p I).i lip li lip 4 6 li - 2i , G - 6:1; aii 341 12i -- 13 88i 74 3 123 59i 72 li 76 5/ 9 81 13* 49 El 83 i 2! 99 8 69i k R- 9 1 221 - 23ipl 49 40 42 pin 22 22 par 1p 2 8 —Bt • pia 8 i I 7t 11 i i 3 3 / 4 4 d 6 7 f 9 BANKS. - •- 82 8U 80 I ' d ... ••• d ... i d i ga 3 20 20 -- 21 a • ip 43j 3 ..• •- ••• 33 - 33 39 - 41 38 -- 40 66 - 68 76 8 i ••• 6r t 604 i x d Nillii Apia Fria Anglo Austrin. Anglo Californ Auiitralian. Australian Co: Ave Maria . Baden (Gd.Dui Blamarvon L Coal British Iron. MINES. Gold Lchy of j )j cm and ;issued Brazilianlmp. at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent, Copiapo ...... . English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Fortuna General Gt. NuggetVeinßeg. Great Polgooth Liberty Linares.. Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co.._ Nouveau Mondo Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. Now Santiago de Cuba South Austzalian Tin Croft ..... United Mexican Wailer West Mariposa Wortkinh Mining of Australia Yuba yester y. 2 41 j 7 61 71 FOREIGN. all 2s. :4 L 6 Belgian Eastn. Jun , :. Bezi ere to Graissessay Bombay, Baroda, and _ _ Central Central of Italy Demerara Ditch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. e Do. EY . A.!TISiOIi Do. 4?, p. c. Bds., pay. '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Tk of Cana , laA is Do. St. Lawrence k Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Pram Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent I Do. New 5 Per cent De. Extensions.... Great buseinbour- Constituted Shwas Do. Obligations Gt.West,ernofCanad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Bask Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p. c. pref Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3R p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 207. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & A ms. Shs.) NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rown.... ParisCa en & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swcdisl Sambre and Nleusr., Po. p. cent. Prof Saud.) 'Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5A per c. Pref Western of France.„' West- of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand ...X .)•()T7T-TO l ......... Bri ash Colonial Bank and Loan Company )v.ritiil. N. American fliartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. BA. of ludia, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English ScottiAh and Australian Chart._ Loud. Chart. hk. of Australia !'itto New London and County London Joint Stock Loud. & Westininstoi National Provincia., of England Do. New National of Ireland. 1 New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. rrovinciul of Ireland, Do. New Royal A us train. B kg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia ' Do. New Unica of Lynda l m all all 2 20 - 21 4a -,.. 4/ 81 - 8i 14 - 13 15 - 16 8j - 88 - SO 60 - COI 12i - bil 6 - 81 •:i : 3 ~).I)trb ISbtttoti. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SWEEPSTAKES OF 100 SOVS. D.M. Deal heat with Hazel and Sneer Colt. Joshua.. Three ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. D.M. Alcyone Professor Vulcan Two ran. HANDICAP PLATE. T.Y.C. ~... 3 Schamyl and Economy ran a dead heat for second. Seven ran. 1001. HANDICAP PLATE. A.B.M. Orinoco . Gossip Flageolet Six ran. Won by a head. SELLING SWEEPSTAKES. Inez Guy Mannering Six ran. 100 SOVS. SWEEPSTAKES. Professor Tynemouth Two ran Six ran. SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOVS. C.C. Icarus Two ran. Pugnator fell immediately after starting. CLARET STAKES. Charlemont Phaeton ... 1 ... 2 Two ran. SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. Humboldt Dead Reciprocity Deciding Heat—Humboldt walked over. Nine ran. LATEST BETTING. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 2 agst Vandal (taken). 6to 1 agst Neville. 12 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 10 to 6 agst St. Hubert (taken). 7to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (taken). DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken). 14 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick. 15 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken). 20 to 1 agst Grseculus Esuriens (taken). 40 to 1 agst Saraband (offered). OAKS. sto 1 agst Habena (taken). CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Scythian (taken). PORT STAKlL—Arrived—Virago and Hasse Cassell. CATTE RICK RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) HORNBY HANDICAP. Van Winkle Seven ran ORAN STAKES. Bird in Hand Gamester Night Hawk Seven ran ... 3 THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the following from Trieste in anticipation of the Overland Mail : The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 11th of April, at half-past 3 o'clock p.ni., in 124 hours from Alexandria. The India mail left Alexandria on the Gth inst., with intelligence from Calcutta to the 10th, Ma dras 14th, Bombay, 18th March. Mr. Lawrence has gone to Peshawur to nego tiete a treaty with Dust Mahommed. Lord Dalhousie woos at the Nielgherries. The reorganisation of the Military Departments is complete, and the system works admirably. All usury laws throughout India have been Abolished. THE SUN, LONDON, THUR'SDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1855. The nat'ves are peti+ioning the ,Council for av to Trade in India dull. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. ld. A Five per Cent. Loan has been opened. No intelligence from China. THE CRIMEA. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from our correspondent at Marseilles MARSEILLES, j'EUCRSDAY, APRIL 12. The Hydaspes, which left Constantinople on the 2d of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 11 a.m. 8,000 Egyptians left Constantinople on the 21 for Eupatoria. I3ALAKLAVA, Milton 31. The Russians have constructed two new batte ries, and have converted the ambuscades into an advanced parallel. The Allies have also constructed two new ba teries. The firing has been slack. ft was said posi tively that the bombardment would commence on the 3d of April. The weather was not so fine ; it was very cold, Of seven Russian admirals at Sebastopol, a' the commencement of the siege, two only now remain. CREIIIISrAL COURT.-(TRIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE MURDER IN FOLEr-PLACE. This morning being appointed for the trial of .Luigi Baranelli, for the murder in Foley-pla , ee, a good deal of interest was manifested to hear the proceedings. Shortly before ten o'clock Mr. Russo , ll Gurney, Q.C., took his seat upon the bench, and the prisoner was then placed at the bar. He was well dressled, and appeared to be still suffering from the injury be inflicted upon himself at the time of the murder. He pleaded not guilty, and having (flouted to be tried by an English jury, the prisoner was removed from the bar. Mr. Jastice Erie took his seat on the bench a few mi nutes after ten o'clock, and the prisoner w as again placed at the bar, to take his trial for the murder of Joseph Latham. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clerk conducted the prosecution. Mr. Macenteer and Mr. Le Breton wo re counsel for the prisoner. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the cage, said that, although the charge was one of a serious character, the circum stances were very simple, and he should therefore not occupy unnecessarily the time of the ju:ty by making any lengthened speech to them. The lean led counsel then went on to state the facts, and having t lo.ne so, called Sophia de Veaux, who said that she knew the de ceased man, Joseph Latham, who lived,. under the name of Lambert, at No. 5, Foley-place, to -which place he had removed a short time previously, 'from Newman street, Oxford-street. A woman lived wiAh the deceased, and both passed by the name of Lamber t, The prisoner had resided there with them. Deceased. and Mr. Lam bert slept in the back parlour, and a M:rs. Williamson lived in the house, carrying on the business of a milliner. Upon the morning of Sunday, the 7th , of January, the prisoner came to the house, and witn.eits let him in. Prisoner gave her a card to take down stairs, and she had no sooner done so Oust), she heard the discharge of two pistols. She instantly ran upstairs, and upon entering the rooms, saw Mr. Lambert lying dead, and Mrs. Lambert bleeding from wounds which she said prisoner had in eted upon her. She then ran out into the street and gsme the alarm. Witness did not know of any intimacy e isting between the prisoner and Mrs. Williamson. Sb e believed he was by trade a tailor. By the Judge—There was nothing p&rtieular in his manner when she let him in. Mary Jeanes, the wounded woman, a rae the next wit ness. She was dressed in deep widow's mourning, and remained seated whilst she gave her evi dance. She ap peared to be in considerable pain and v try weak. Hav ing been sworn, she stated that she kne Iv the deceased. She lived with him as his wife. The priiconer had lived with them at Newman-street, and after they removed to Foley-place he occupied a room upon the same floor as Mrs. Williamson, who had also lived: with them at both places. A short time after the toner had been with them he removed from his bed-row n adjoining that of Mrs. Williamson and slept in a room a floor lower down. He left their house upon the 28th :December. Mr. Lambert had requested him to leave. H e did not follow any trade, but Witness believed he seas a, tailor ; he was an idle, lazy man. Witness did not kne Per of any inti macy existing between the prisoner and Mrs. William son prior to his leaving the house. Afte r Mr. Lambert desiring the prisoner to leave the house he twice sent letters to Mrs. Williamson. Upon eh e morning of Sunday the prisoner came into the bed-room, upon the ground floor, wher e s h e an d M r . Lambert were. He had a pistol in each hand. H e th en fi r ed s i t Mr. Lambe rt and shot him dead, and i ns t an tly levell rd. th e pistol at her and fired. She put up h e r hands and trie d to avoid the shot, but it passed into her breast, mad she was for a long time confined to her bed from Vac effects of the wound. In cross-examination the witness said that the priso ner was always treated most kindly lay the deceased man. The prisoner did not seem to be in a very excited state upon the morning when the m urder was commit ted. Whilst the prisoner lived with the' uhe was a very quiet man. Whilst he was ill in the ho s pital Mr. Lam bert used to take him things, and de all he could for him. He used to receive money from his club, and also money from Scotland, from some one lef the name of Stewart. Mr. Bodkin said it was some family with whom pri seller had lived. Sergeant Hayes proved being cellod in upon the mining of the murder, and being tobi that the pri soner bad run upstairs followed and save some one run along the staircase and enter a room upstairs. He in stantly afterwards heard a pistol shot, std upon break ing open the door found the prisoner lying upon his face. He (Hayes) then raised him, and saw that he had shot himself through the face by the side of the nose, below the left eye. Prisoner had a pistol lying by him. Prisoner groaned and said, "I shall die, I shall die!" The prisoner then made a statement to , the effect that an intimacy bad existed between him and Mrs. Wil liamson, who was pregnant by him. That it having become known to Mr. Lambert, he had turned him out of the house, and that he then became desperate. Pri soner was then taken to the hospital. Hayes then searched the room where Mr. Lambert was lying dead, and be there found another pistol, a fellow to the one he had found beside the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Le Breton—The prisoner did not seem excited when he made the statement. When he was seen by Mr. Brydges, the surgeon, he made the same statement, and said that he had become desperate about the Thursday previously. The woman Jane Williamson was then examined, and stated that upon the morning of the murder the prisoner, after having committed the deed, came to her room and said that Lambert was dead. He then ran out of her room and she heard the report of a pistol in an adjoin ing one. The witness then went on to detail the nature of the intimacy which had existed between them, and said that he wished her to quit the house of the Lam berts in Foley Place. When the Lamberts had told the prisoner they intended him to go, she saw them and they said it would be better. Prisoner asked her to go out and meet him, and she refused. She afterwards received two letters from him making appointments. Prisoner used to say he was un happy, and that he should die, and that his ghost would appear to her the same as it did in the Corsican Brothers. Ho also spoke of his daughter at Penshurst. The other evidence given proved the finding of the bullet in the skull of Sir. Lambert, whose death must have been instantaneous, and the removal of the pri- soner to the hospital. The case was not concluded when we went to press. Money was very abundant in the Stock Exchange yesterday, and in the discount market transactions took place at rates which are likely to prevent any active demand at the sank of England, notwithstanding the recent reduction in their terms. Notwithstanding the approaching blockade of the Russian Baltic ports, many ships are chartered to take orders at Elsinore for a Prussian or a Russian port. This has been chiefly in consequence of expectations of peace ; but it is presumed it will be quite legal to ordtr. for mal from Elsinore to Russian ports until a form' 31° floation of blockade shall hay() been issued. SIEGF: op SEBAAS,"IOPOL. LN(AISII C UiP, HEIGEITS OF SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 24. I hasten to correct by the first opportunity an error into which I was led at the close of my last letter, in stating that Colonel Kelly, of the 34th Rojinent, field officer in command of the trenches on the night of the Russian sortie, was killed. This, I am happy to say, is incorrect, Colonel Kelly not being dead, and, though severely wounded, not likely to die. I must, in self defence, state that the report of his death at the time I closed my letter was universally believed throughout the camp, and that I received the news on what I then co sidered to he the very best authority on such a subject. The report of his death arose, I am told, from the fact of Colonel Kelly and Captain Vivian, both of the 34th, being brought into camp together after such a serious loss of blood that the latter gallant officer expired almost im mediately ; and this led to the belief that Colonel Kelly was also fatally injured, for rumour of the statement of his subsequent death was then easy. Lieutenant Montague, of the Royal Engineers, is a pri soner in Sebastopol. He was captured while engaged, with the rest of the covering party, in forcing back some of the enemy who had penetrated into the advanced work. Captain Brown, of the 7th, was wounded early in the engagement, and lost so much blood that he nearly fainted. He, however, declined to leave the work, and after a short time rallied suffic,iently to lead his men on again. In the final desperate contest be received several bayonet wounds, and two bullets through his chest, and expired instantly'. I said in the close of my last letter that a truce of two hours had been agreed upon to enable the Russians to re cover and bury their dead. Shortly before twelve, there fore, I went down to our right attack in order to take ad vantage of the truce to see the enemy's position as closely as possible, arriving at Gordon's Battery; however, I found that firing was still going on, and that the truce would not commence for another half hour or so. The advanced work of the enemy—called the Mamelon, I omit ted to mention in may letter—had opened fire this morning upon the right of Gordon's Battery. It was then only firing three guns of heavy calibre, but eight others were also in position. Until the Russians actually unmasked their guns many of our officers used to express themselves confidently that they would never attempt to place any there, but merely continue it as an infantry redoubt. But the result shows that in this, as in other matters, we have undervalued our enemy, and the spirit of determination with which they appear bent on resisting to the last. After spending a short time in Cordon's Battery, which is i❑ the most perfect state of repair and good order, I pro. ceeded by the zigzags and covered ways into the advanced trench on which the sortie was lately made. This is an advanced work about 200 yards from the Mamelon, about 600 from the Malakhoff Tower, and about 100 yards from the enemy's rifle pits, which are scattered more or less numerously along the whole front of the allied lines. The naarksmen'in these latter pos• - s are continually on the alert, and keep every one else on the alert also. They fire on the slightest sound, or at the most trifling indication of an enemy's presence. In approaching the advanced work by the covered ways some of the angles are necessarily a little open, so that at two or three turnings glimpses of the caps and heads of our men passing up and down can be ob- tamed. On these corners the enemy's riflemen seem to con- centrate all their vigilance, and though every one naturally stoops and darts round them as quick as possible, yet the fizz of a rifle-bullet close above generally shows that the sharpshooters have been equally quick and watchful of their opportunity. Several times were the party I was with thus admonished by the enemy to be more careful for the future, and though we had a very narrow chance from one bullet, which passed near our heads, we all got to the advanced trench in safety. This work connects our right attack with the different new French batteries at Inker man. One half of it down to the middle ravine, in front of the Mamelon Battery, is held by the English, the other half, on the right, beyond the ravine, by the French. When f entered the trench all the troops were lying down under the shelter of the bank, gazing through two or three crevices at the movements of the enemy in the diffe rent batteries. In advauce of the work, about 50 yards, were two or three small banks of sand-bags, under cover of which lay our own sentries exchanging shots now and then with their concealed adversaries in the pits. Beyond a few such compliment 4 occasionally there was no appear ance of hostilities ; in fact, the whole aspect of affairs in the advanced work was that of serious idleness. The men in it were laughing and chatting in under tones. Very many were wrapped up in their great coats, fast asleep. I walked down the work, looking at the marks which the place presented of the late desperate attack. In one or two places the gabions had been almost destroyed, and nearly all the sand-bags in the parapet knocked away. Those which had fallen inside had been replaced. Those outside were nearly just as the enemy had left them. In one part of the trench were the bodies of a Russian officer and four men. The officer was the ono who so distin guished himself by his determined efforts to force an en " trance, and who, at last, unfortunately for himself, succeeded. Outside the work the dead lay thicker, though with those in and out not more than 150 were there in all. On the right the appearance of the French trench showed that the struggle had been long and bloody. This work had almost all been completely destroyed, and though every effort during the two nights which have since elapsed has been made to repair it, it is still in a rather dilapitated condi tion. Their gabions had been almost pulled away, and were lying in heaps in front of the work, and in a long train up to the Malakhoff Tower, just as the Russians had thrown them away in their flight. The enemy's dead were here in serious numbers in front of the work. At least 200 were outside, and nearly as many more inside the trench. The French troops were now in strong force at this post, probably between five and six thousand, and many officers were there, both English and French, wait ing till the flag of truce should be raised to cross the trench and survey the enemy's work. The time was to be between half-past twelve and two, yet it was now past one, and no signs of it appeared • on the contrary, the French and Russian riflemen, from their respective concealments, were firing away pretty sharply. A gun also was fired from the Malakhoff Tower, and went hissing through the air over Gordon's Battery, but an in stant afterwards a white flag was hoisted on the Mamelon, which was replied to by one in the advanced trench. A few minutes afterwards and all tho batteries had white flags flying, while a body of Russian soldiers, 1500 or 2030 strong, straggled out from the rear of the Malakhoff Tower, and began descending the hill towards the middle ravine. Stretchers were then brought up, and the word given to our men to carry out the bodies of the dead Russians who lay inside the trench, and the rest of the men, who were watch ing this signal, instantly swarmed over the breastwork, and began looking about them like boys out of school. From some mistake or other, as our men showed themselves, two shots were fired from the rifle pits, upon which the troops were instantly ordered to return, and one private sent for ward with a white handkerchief tied to the end of his musket. After this no shots were fired, and every one walked about as he pleased. I crossed with the rest, and advanced beyond the middle ravine, almost to the foot of the small steep slope on which the Mamelon is erected. As this work is likely soon to figure rather importantly in our future proceedings I sur veyed it with much curiosity and interest. Viewed in con nection with our chances of capturing Sebastopol, the im pression which it produced on my mind was anything but favourable. It is, as I have said, a steep rocky eminence, about a mile in circumference at the base, and about a quarter of a mile at the top. Its average height from our advanced parallel is at least 100 feet, its distance from it about 200 yards, and its distance from the Malakhoff Tower nearly double that. Seeing, therefore, that it is nearer to our works than the Russians, your readers will doubtless ask with surprise why the allies never occupied it themselves, especially as its summit entirely commands every part of the works round the Malakhoff Tower. But this is a question which no one can answer, and much more surprise is felt about our remissness in this particular here in camp, where the importance of the position i s f u lly ap preciated, than is ever likely to be excited at home. The only reason that I have heard assigned is that tne place was never thought of until the enemy began to fortify it, and that then, after the failure of the French attack, it would not have been wise to persevere further. The work, however, must be stormed, and that, too, be7ore any serious attempt to attack the town itself can be thought of. When ever it is stormed, now that it is mounted with guns, the struggle will be most bloody. Its steep sides are so covered with masses of rock and loose stones, that no force of any strength could possibly advance undiscovered, while the same cross nature of the ground would equally hinder any sudden charge to capture it by a coup de main. About 40 guns in the Malakhoff Tower works also appear laid so as to sweep every side of the hill, from its base to the sunimi:;. By the time that I hied noted these particulars, all the French, English, and Russian officers and soldiers had met and were mingled together on the space outside the trenches. It certainly seemed an extraordinary scene. Everythin g was at once so warlike and yet so peaceful. Grim batteries were frowning down upon the spot from every side, yet the white flag was floating, and the para pets and embrasures were quite hidden with people eagerly looking down upon the spectacle below. When all the different troops had met—the privates grinning and offering each other pipes—the officers bowing to one another, as if all were on the most friendly terms, and as if in the course of a couple of hours they would not be doing their very utmost to murder and destroy the very men on both sides to whom now both sides were so polite, across from our trenches, in the direction of the Malakhoff Tower, a man with a white flag was leading a large fatigue party, carry ing some of the enemy's dead. Russian fatigue parties were also busy round and inside the French trench, en gaged in the same melancholy duty; while the idlers on both sides, of whom there were considerable numbers, strolled about, picking their way among masses of stone, pieces of shell, piles of round shot, dead Russians in every attitude of mortal agony, torn sand-bags, gabions, fascines, bayonets, broken firelocks, thousands of flat tened bullets, unused cartridges, and all the litter of a scene of combat. The Russian officers were well and neatly dressed in long fine great-coats, white cross belts, and swords. Two or three had quite a profusion of handsome rings on their fingers. All seemed to speak French well ; some were very friendly and chatty, offering cur own and the French officers cigars, while others were polite, but very grave and reserved, bowing to the allied officers when they passed, but never entering into conver sation or appearing to pay the least attention to anything but the duties in which they were immediately engaged. One Russian officer, conversing with a party of ours, said that the large 63-pounder in the right of Gordon's battery had done the neauelon works considerable injury, but they hoped soon to repair it. Another asked, with the utmost simplicity, " When the allies were going away ?" The question was at fi rs t no t un d ers t oo d , and he repeated it, asking when we intended to raise the siege and leave the Crimea? One of our officers replied that we never in tended quitting until Sebastopol was levelled, upon which the Russian officers smiled, and the same who had before spoken said there was very little chance of our doing that. The Russian soldiers were both dirty and ragged, but be yond this defect in their appearance were well enough. They were very fine young men, and all in robust health, with round ruddy faces, on which was a perpefuos.r, uniform as grin w at everything our men did or said. Their short thick greatcoat of grey frieze, with waist belts of th in e 8:03(3 material, round flat caps, and tigl:itolletaa+,hteirnbkoOorman. fact, just the uniform of the men we fo None had the helmet or other e quipments brought to carry away Guard. The stretchers which they h used for such work, as of the imperial their dead had evidently bee n yblaek u w c w ith blood. One or an o the canvass was stretchers,perfeeti the rest wore strips The bodies of were properly made poles of wood. vans clumsily tied to rough ung m en. e w O a n s e a m n an A i l n . nearly all the slain weroestthgois.o,eaonfpincoyo. Hauler was of upon stature. H parhis ' face with a shammeraemall leathertightly banian, and ` a .' while at his side wa g pad in one hand, ras- filled with the steelnsoptiksoelsdiuserzi but for woresp r k spiking guns. dress cl ,,, n o ch ' among the slain were , the ° order of the Levantine Greeks, and were c'. -ower from the inhabitants of Sebastopol. Whether these d e ntly wtearkeevnolunteers, or whether, from want of men, the these Russians have been . compelled to press the townspeople into their service, it is difficult to say. Between 300 and 400 dead lay about the French works, and it was som time before they were all collected into one ghas ly ho p, a little in adv..nce of the parallel. One man was still 'lvo. His thigh seemed badly fractur,d, and lie hal .ern I thus for two whole days and nights on the spot II , : fell, close in sight of friends and enemies. The Russian noncommissioned officers attended the removal of the bodies, and for some reason or other perpetual altercations took place over them, certain fatigue parties claiming two or three corpses apparently as belonging to them, while others seemed to dispute their right fiercely. Some of these altercations were loud and long, and had to be settled by the interference of a superior officer. The non-commissioned officers .too 1 a little from the feet of the long rows of dead, and called forth the fatigue parties in regular succession, when each pointed out certain bodies, and after some conversation took them away, when others stood forward in their turn. We were for some time at a loss to understand parts of this proceeding, especially when the altercations took place, but at last came to the conclusion that each regiment had sent a burying party for its own dead, and that, there fore, the aforesaid party had a direct interest in taking as few as possible. While this hideous distribution of bodies was going forward amid such a scene I walked away from the trench in the direction of the Malakhoff Tower until mid way between it and our advanced work, which was as close as it was prudent to go; for even though a truce was existing, neither party of course would allow the other to examine its lines minutely. gtill I was enabled to get within a very reasonable distance of the tower, and certainly was much struck by the number strength, and solidity o f th e ear th wor k s round it. All of them seemed in beautiful repair, and more like the perma nent defences of a regular fortress than the mere efforts of a sudden emergency. In front was a deep ditch, with a strong chevaux de frise of rough pointed timber at the other side; while above, from the edge-of the fosse to the slope of the battery, were pointed stakes about three feet high, set so closely in the earth as to appear at a little distance like a dark band all round the work. But with such a commanding point as the Mamelon once in our possession, the whole of these stockades and the batteries behind them could be destroyed in a single day. On the left of Malakhoff, but projecting 100 yards in advance of it, was the Redan. This is now one of the most tremendous of all the Russian works. Its three sides have double tiers of guns, there being in this one battery alone, it is calculated, not less than 2/0 pieces of ordnance, some of them of the very heAviest calibre used in warfare. Thin work, like Malakhoff, is else defended by a broad deep ditch, with a chevaux de frise, but without stakes, on the slope of the parapet. From between these batteries a most admirable view could be had right down into the town behind them. Even with the naked eye everything could be seen quite distinctly but, with a good glass, a minute examination of every house could be made. But the most minute examination which I could make failed to show me that we had inflicted any injury worth speaking of in the town. The little huts of the Turkish and Tartar population outside the walls are destroyed. The handsome town in side the walls is, as a town, uninjured. A barrack and a few warehouses nearest to the walls are much perforated, and the roofs nearly gone, but this is all. The large public buildings, the barracks, churches, and rows of splendid houses, show no mark of injury of any kind. As I looked at some of the best streets I could hardly persuade myself that I was not gazing at some of the better parts of Bath or Brighton, so white, regular, and handsome was their appearance. Very few parsons were in the streets • probably I did not see more than 30 or 40 in all, and of this small number, at least two-thirds were soldiers. I saw no women of any class. A good many boats were busy about the harbour, and many people seemed at work on shore, a little above the water's edge on the north, where numbers of carts and arabas were passing to and fro, but beyond these signs of life there seemed nothing doing. The town itself appeared almost entirely deserted. After this inspection I walked past the front of our ad vanced trenches, midway between ours and the enemy's. The truce had now lasted nearly two hours, and as I looked towards the middle ravine, I could see by the very few of the Allies and Russians who remained upon the spot, that most of the dead had been removed, and that therefore the brief peace would soon terminate. Impressed with this notion I hurried in without further loitering, as, if the fags of truce were hauled dow n , I s h ou ld b e left alone in open ground in the midst of a cross fire from batteries and riflemen of both friends and enemies, a perfectly novel situation doubtless, but one which also had its own pecu liar disadvantages. I therefore turned up in the direction of our lines, so as to pass along the front of our batteries, and came out upon the Woronzow road. The ground over which I passed was rough and very stony, without a sign of vegetation beyond a few violets and crocusses here and there. Sometimes it was very rocky, with pits, quarries, and small cairns of stones—the very model of good skir mishing ground, but the last one would choose to conduct a siege on. I was quite surprised at the extreme distinct ness with which every one of our defences could bo seen by the enemy. From the picket house in rear of our lines it is only with much difficulty that our trenches can be seen below us, but from the Russian side the profile of every battery shows clear and sharp upon the hill sides. As I came nearer to our lines the tokens of the contest and the prodigal manner in which the enemy used their am munition almost hid the ground. In places where there were hollows in the earth the shot and pieces of shell had rolled into them in such a manner as to quite fill them level with the surface. Everywhere, in fact, along the whole extent of our works the shot lay in thousands and thousands, covering the ground in such a manner as to make it seem of a deep brown colour. An immense proportion of the Russian shells have never exploded at all, and thero they lay just as they issued from the gun. Within about a hundred yards of our works the ground is quite cut to pieces by the deep shot furrows, while the balls them se l ves , coming in contact with others on the ground, have shivered into little fragments in all directions. In the lower parts of the Woronzow road, below Gordon's Bat tery, the shot and shell have rolled down the hills and almost choke the way. After this tour I returned on the right attack, and waited there until the last stragglers of the enemy had gained the shelter of their lines. Instantly the Russians hauled down their flags of truce ; we did the same. The snap shots of the riflemen began on both sides, our right attack fired a shell, the Mamelon replied, and then everything went on as it has been for the last six months. MARCH 25. I Last night the French again had a smart skirmish with the rifle pits under the Mamelon. It was attended with very little iresults. The French had to recover the three pits from which they had been compelled to withdra w their Chasseurs the morning before. After skirmishing and firing for about an hour our allies were unable to effect their purpose and discontinued their attack. The rest of the night passed off quietly on both sides. This morning a heavy gun on the left embrasure of the Mamelon was opened in No. 3 battery, in the right attack. The electric telegraph has now been completed between Lord Raglan's head-quarters and all the trenches, and by this a message was sent, informin g his lordship of the opening of the gun, and asking advice. The reply was "fight it," and preparations were made accordingly. A long 68-pounder gun, from the Terrible, was found to bear upon the precise spot, and this, therefore, was the gun selected to fight the Russian one. The practice made with it was perfect never was better firing seen since the siege commenced. The very first shot tore away one side of the Russian embrasure, and laid the enemy's gun completely open. The next struck the gun full in the muzzle, shattering and dismounting it within five minutes after the order had been given to fight the enemy's gun. Lord Raglan was informed by the telegraph that it had been fought, and was then dismounted and broken. Orders were then sent back for the same 68- pounder to fire every half-hour in the same spot for the rest of the day. Before the day was half over the greater part of the earthwork at each side of the embrasure was quite destroyed, and what seemed most strange, after their gun was dismounted, not a single Russian battery fired a shot in reply to ours. This unusual circumstance no one could account for. During the course of this afternoon the pickets on the heights around Balaklava observed an unusual force of the enemy between the Woronzow road and Tchourgourn. These troops were not there yesterday I and in consequence of their sudden appearance orders fur increased vigilance have been issued to the sentries and out.pickets round Balaklava. The Highlanders now ap pear in their kilts and feather bonnets, as the weather has much changed, and become almost unpleasantly warm. Tho general condition of all the men improves still more each day. Not 10 per cent. of the huts to be erected are yet at the front. The railway, as far as Karani, is used to get them up, and each truck holds two or three : but the steepness of the incline on which the stationary engines are situated has, it appears, been much under-estimated, as the engines are not strong enough for the work, and only two trucks at a time can be drawn up very slowly. This is a serious disappointment, as it was fully expected the engines would be able to draw up a dozen trucks at once. MAncrl 26. Nothing occurred l as t n i g ht . Thi s quietness is the calm before the storm, as our final bombardment is certain now to take place in a short time. A few days since and to morrow was said to be the date fixed, but this, of course, is premature. Still so little in the way of preparation now remains to be done, that if it were Lord Raglan's wish there is nothing wanting of sufficient importance to hinder him commencing to-morrow. It is said we now wait for the arrival of the French Emperor, but this I imagine is a mere conjecture, though, if he is really coming, it is likely enough to be true. Each gun, I am informed, has now 400 roundsof ammu nition, and the store of powder necessary for this amount of shot is also nearly completed. To day the City of London arrived from Malta. She brings four 13-inch mortars and an immense supply of 10 and 13-inch shell. The mortars are to be landed to-morrow and forwarded to the front with all speed. A party of workmen will also be engaged all to-night in sawing and joining beams for mortar beds. The general opinion is, that within three or four days at latest we shall open fire ; and I certainly think such a step will be taken in the course of another week at latest. What will be the result of this second bombard ment of course none can tell ; but our engineer officers seem at last confident that the place will be ours, though not without a desperate contest. One thing, however, is a matter of positive certainty—namely, that if the allied commanders wish it, the whole town could be utterly on de stroyed in 24 hours. Not one stone will rem another if our guns and mortars are direct ed a g ai - 8 t r oops To-day a still stronger assemblage of the enemy a ll i st it. was observed round Tchourgouna, and the whole force at were sufficiently suspicious to rouse me. They, hovrever, their movements Balaklava, who turned out under a during arm the rest of the day, made no further demonstration v . nit _ a t Balaklava, While this force remains in our yi . r y a. , the garrison is to be under arms ats a at mi d u a u y t n ee niroti n oe n . d at all times be prepared to turn out to siuope, to organise there a Ali Boy has gene for ° making fascines and gabtous. regular department Prevision depots have also been established for procUring fue l , mea t, and vegetables at Sinope, Girzol, Sainsoon I have lately visited these ports, and by the and Terms. n ext post shall give your readers some accou n t of their trade and resources —always supposing that in the m time I do not sudeenly find myself compelled to write ea o li n the-cApture of Sebastopol. The weather during to-day has been extremely hot and , the close days of an Asiatic sprin g are fast advancing. Nothing of importance occurred in the I t i rt n u c c h l l e rfast night, but the whole of Balaklavafr was alarmed, about 11 o'clock, by the rapid ringing the ships' fire-bells. In an instant every Donientnueoaurdt,lalve harbouro was on the alert, and the Leander, turned out to be a fire on bospar,dB.7tch.e, beattran transport rtN o .quarters. 113, Ita vessel lying alongside one of our powder-ships. Fortu nately the promptitude with which the alarm was given brought such assistance as put out the fire with little diffi culty, though, as alarm and conf your read ers w ill readily imagine, great confusion for the ti me p reva il e d i n the harbour, and many vessels shipped their cables, though not one of them could have got out. Th e fi re, i t appears, must have of been th e act an incendiary, and t wo G ree k sa il ors b e - Waging to th e vessel, and who had only just returned to their duty, after an absence on shore of two or three day a have been arrestea on suspicion, and were this morning examined ou board the Leander. The particulars of thi s examination have not yet transpired, but it is rumoured that sufficient has been tr.,ced to them to justify any punishment which can be inflicted. This morning, No. 3 battery, on out right attack opened on the Mainelon, which had remounted their large gun and was firing heavily. About seven o'clock one of our shells entered the work, and in a second after a terrific explosion took place, which appear e d t o bl ow every thi ng i nto t h e air. Two embrasures of the battery were completely de stroyed, and since then not a gun has been fired, except one at the extremity of the hill, farthest from where the explosion took place. Since this our batteries have fired heavily upon the place, injuring the par a p e t s s till f ur th er. This morning about 350 filled shell, 300 empty 10-inch shell, any n d , " 2,000 es, were forwarded to c am p. B y th e r is completed, 100 13-i nc h s h e ll were a f a r f as as ck : sent up. LITERATURE. The Wife's Trials. 3 vols. Hurst and Blaokett. Although a melancholy . story on the whole, and one intersected with painful incident s and adven tures, this novel is deserving of attention and claims consideration, inasmuch as it exposes and condemns some social evils. Its design and moral may be seen from its title-page. It would hold up to merited scorn and reprobation those d. domestio wtyhraaz performed anal household i scourges, life, li wouldarousewho do nthe secret indignation of an incensed nation. Sin, crime, and vice are the same, whether the eye of man has gazed on their works, or whether they are only be held by Him who seeth in secret. It must be left to the moralist to decide how far he exceeds in real guilt who strikes the defenceless, and wages war against those whom divine and human laws have alike agreed in putting under his control. The author of this work would show that the man who makes life a living death, and the ties of marriage more terrible than the yoke of Egyptian bondage, or the chains of African slavery, to the being he has vowed at God's altar to cherish and protect, is be neath the notice of his fellow-mortals. It is toe much the custom to think littl e or not hi ng o f such doings; . but it is not b ecause of their rarity or their triviality that we shut them out from our study. A gifted poetess has exclaimed:— " 0 ! tell us, on thy flowery breast, Earth, where thy nameless martyrs rest ?" But if earth discovered the scenes of suffering where "her nameless martyrs" live in an gu i s h, how few would care to listen ! How many of those whose tears would fall fast onthe s acre d so il where " th e wear y are at rest' , would turn their thoughts to the homes of the weary where the wicked have " not ceased to trouble," and who would hail the grave as a sanctuary no human tyranny could violate, and the king of terrors as a champion whose rescue no mortal fury could op pose—not but that cases of the sort and nature here described cannot be dealt with easily or effec tually. The stranger who interzneddleth often hastens the catastrophe, or consummates the crime. Still this does not excuse or explain why the offender should be screened from blame, or tacitly encouraged by respect and attention. Because his offence is in defiance to the commandments of his Maker, not a breach of the statutes of human laws —because his judge is to be the Lord of Vengeance, not a weak mortal like himself ; and, above all, because this world will not see his punishment society throws a shade over the deeds, but casts the light of its favour on their doer. It ignores the actions, while it welcomes the actor. This is the purport of the story to demonstrate, and it is well expressed in its motto— " Nor custom, nor example, nor vast numbers Of such as do offend make less the sin. For each particular crime a strict account Will be exacted." The plot is worked out with a skilful hand, and a variety of characters are introduced to our notice. The most pleasing one is Ashley Vernon, who forms a striking an d g l or i ous con t ras t t o his proud and wealthy neighbour, Colonel Templeton, who must be considered the hero of the story, and who is chosen to represent the character before alluded to, that of a petty tyrant and house hold horror. The scenes are of exciting interest, in which Helen had to fly at night from a hateful marriage threatened by her father, and in which the hapless Mrs. Templeton had to conceal herself in a secret passage from her infuriated hus band, when he discovered she knew and aided her daughter's escape. This rage grew to such a pitch that his youngest daughter, Constance, his favour ite, the only one he cared for, had to leave him. His home was then deserted ; his companions iq crime had to leave him in possession, alone, for he would not allow them to come to him, as they in sisted, and take up their abode. It was the dig nity of the master, and not the tenderness of the father and husband, that forbade strangers to enter. Ho resolved to be lord, but he was at last to be subdued. Conscience was his unconquerable enemy—not sorrow, nor remorse, nor pity, but fear and horror, as one by one his victims passed him by in the vigils of his solitary life and the watches of his sleepless nights. His sufferings never soft ened him to repentance, but they maddened him, they irritated and inflamed his impatient disposi tion till his life became a curse and a burden. With no one to censure or contradict him, with relations who fled from his presence but never exposed his c . rue . lty, he lumself accus e d hi mself, and seemed to self-punishmentct on sins only known to his innermost thoughts. The ceaseless friction, the gnawing tooth, the restless fear of a guilty mind, confined within its own limits, was working out a more fearful and agonising penalty than any tortures man couldinflict or the arm ofearthlyjustice . execute. It seemed, is its supernatural state of terror and anguish, uncheerecl by faith or hope, and unsub dued by suffering and loneliness, as if his mind. already tasted of that second death which eternity in its undying worms and unquenchable fires is to consummate. Colonel Templeton might well have said— "And now my race of terror run, Mine be the eve of tropic sun." There were certainly no " pale gradations," and no " twilight dews," to calm down and soften the glare of the noonday before the dark hour came. The " wife's trials " were not buried in the grave ; she had heard no words of kindness, and she had seen no evidence of repentance. Ellinor Grantham had indeed a bitter cup to drink. In early youth she had married for love the unworthy subject of these remarks, and for her wilfulness and infatuation she had paid a heavy penalty. It was hers to show how to " suffer and be still." At first duty con strained her to keep up appearances 2 • but, at last, 1 it was only l ove f or h er children that kept her at home—her regard for their welfare. She never would have counselled Helen to take flight had any other rescue been possible ; and, above all, she would never have fled like a thief herself, had not her life been in danger from her husband, who by drink and gambling was fast losing control of his senses. Constance, the most pleasing heroine, was of a noble nature and a fearless spirit. Had her mother been gifted with her character she either would not have married Colonel Templeton, or have kept him in better bounds. He stormed at those who trembled at him, but he was awed by the gentle firmness which looked him in the face with the eye of virtuous indignation, and his spirit owned the superiority of his young daughter, who feared not him because he feared not God. When he cast out her he cast out hoß e. e• It is to be trusted that very many Colonel Teri__ tons do not exist, but if all are not so ei xt , re t e he i; was his case there are many who i N i v is ou p d w araiture spoke truly, avow and acknowledge sen _ tive. To i iFe e .ni d out The it th u e ch ir p a rot w o a ty r p ni . n , g if h no one was wrath of Heaven overtook!, hi m ol horrors seemed to Pursuing him, and a death i n s o a t ss t u h r e e ir dly re: be yond ; while, though foretel a darker vision y et . _ fell an easy victim to he terrified his faxing, nu qualities which kept off enemies by the T:be, like Ellinor, refuse to hear friends. To thoseu., , it shows that reason in their y e a r vn -t yeltrS. `Phi le on their at Ile it chronicles ° cords miseries the work has no senti mentality and rd mentality 4s ede its exaggeration to mar its lofty pur pose outfl b dnatural progress. No one is made a a . bad e ver wouy man amiable and pleasing qualities, or he re have won the love of the Spanish beauty and the English heiress ; yet it is the faults o f th e attractive that are dangerous, and therefore tl •ns is sanctioned by probability, and made evident by the daily . experience of life. The intention • i is to prove that those who sow the seeds of sin will reap a deadly portion. The increase may not be now, nor the effects visible to every eye, but, sooner or later the fruit of the labour will be m an if es t , even if it be delayed till the har vest is death, and the garner-house eternity. MR. SHELL'S LEGAL AND POLITICAL SKETCHES. " The republication of these papers has excited a great sensation in Ireland. The Dublin Nail observes that "They contain morn matter of high and enduring interest to all classes of readers than any publication of equal extent professing to illustrate the social and literary imsition, or treat of the domestic manners, of that coun try." "Written," observes the Nation, " with the vivid force of truth, and with great keenness of critique, and grace of language, they place the charact3rs of the prin cipal emancipators, Protestant and Catholic, and the stirring scenes of the Agitation, in fine relief." " They serve to resoue," says the B e lf ast W hi g, " from the danger of being lost many interestinz particulars regard ing eons of the most eminent men of an age now passed Their value as contributions to the history of Ireland during a stirring and momentous period in her annals will alone be.sufficient to secure for them a permanent place Mang the productions of the age." : • all all 1 all 171 e• 40 5 St. 25 13.5 all 15 all all all all All all 12i all