The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. trader the management of Mr. Btxchstone. THIS EVENING. Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dthncers will appear, entitled TAE EVENING FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To ecrolude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Caul.= KERN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Principal characters by Mossrs. C. Kean, 1). Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and Baker; Mrs. Winstan'ey, Misses C Leclercq, Daly, and K. Terry. To conclude with (2nd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, mug, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL ProPriatar, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be ST RAZirGER Performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OP MOTHER GOOSE, with name mu highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL oLYmne THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L 4 DIES. Characters by Ilie , srs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Banyan), and Miss Cast'eton. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, mniery, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called TVJE YELLOW DWARF A.D THE KING OF iHE GOL MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Second time, an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of har rowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lte, called, rkiz FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ; After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclade With RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC •; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-olnce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W. Acting Wanamr. Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 'Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE CRICKET ON TUE HEARTH. Cha• ratters by Messrs J. Belford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re• becca Isaacs, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE, To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIMS. T nit DAT —MorninF 55 arin.after 6 1 Evening 30 min. a't. 7 To. itOlutOT —Mornino.4 min.after 8 I Evening 7 min. aft. 9 TER WEATHER.—Sus Onion, April. 10. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 57- ljghest since neon yesterday. 4A —lowest this morning and during the Algid. 52—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 . 46—5ti1l falling. W'irm, N.W. Blowing fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. A shower of rain in the morning. e-VP, ~. ~~t cr ~~a LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1855. The rumours respecting the mode in which the " Third Point" is to be carried into practical operation are assuming greater consistency and verisimilitude. Various propositions have been earnestly canvassed, by which it was asserted the great desideratum could be achieved. We confess, however, that the only tangible solution of the doubtful problem is that offered by the demoli tion of Sebastopol, and the other Russian fortifi cations in the Euxine, together with the with drawal of the whole, or by far the greater por tion, of her navy from these waters. Anything else that has been suggested seems pregnant with future evils, and utterly inconsistent with the permanent and lasting peace which it should be the great object of the assembled diplomatists to secure. The best of these suggestions is that which. would totally exclude everything appertaining to war from the Black Sea, and transform it merely into a commercial lake, rendering it a mare clausum in the widest signification of the phrase. This course, which it is said was supported by the French Government, would, of course, involve the demolition of Sebastopol, together with al. other fortifications in its vicinity, and the exclu sion of armed vessels of any nation. The only objection thereto is the universality of its charac ter, and that it would also imply the demolition of the Turkish fortifications and fleet, as well as those of her assailant. Now, in the first place, Turkey has done nothing to warrant any such de mand. She has committed no act of aggression on any of her neighbours ; on the contrary, she spared no exertion to obtain an honourable peace. She did not for a considerable time even treat the invasion and occupation of her territories as a cases beui , but tried negotiation and mediation until it was too clearly manifest that both were futile. Besides, the Turkish fortifications are of a purely defensive character, while the Russian are as entirely the reverse. The Ottoman forts are requisite for the protection of the capital, the most vital spot in the nation, while the Russian are only useful as " standing menaces" against her neighbours. It would, indeed, be absurd to de mand that the teeth of the lamb should be ex tracted as well as those of the wolf. only might t o might the former rely on its antecedents, and plead its invariable peaceful character, but it might also show the utter impossibility of turning the tables on its quondam assailant, or making cal onslaught on the lupine family, even though the bead of the houge had been deprived of its for midable fangs, and its claws had been closely clipped. Besides, the armies of Russia would still remain in formidable proximity to Constan tinople, for which there would b e no real security if Varna and the other impediments to Russian, aye, or Austrian progress, were removed. There is a wide difference between offensive and defen sive weapons, which should not be lost sight of by the diplomatists assembled at Vienna. Another suggestion, but one -wholly impracti cable, is that which proposes that Russia should maintain her forts and fleet intact, while Prance and England should be at liberty-- if they thought proper to bear the enor mous outlay to maintain an equivalent naval force, and to construct equally impregnable forti fications on the T ur ki s h t err itory. Incidental to this resolution was the modest proposition that the Bosphorus and Dardanelles should be thrown open to all vessels of war sailing under the Rus sian, as well as the French, E nal i sh, or even the fit b her Turkish flags, so that, in fact, R uss i a wou ld pro y aggreesiet, in obtaining tl op portunity of fr ee access to the what would b e a l most Mediterranean,iecoveted an d eint amonnt to an impreg nable naval station on its shores. It needless is to say that such a result could not f or a moment be sanctioned—a result w hi ch would completely annihilate the independence of the P orte, and place it at the mercy of its unscrupulous oppressor whenever it seemed desirable to consummate its long-continued course of persecution. B es i de; as we have recently stated, supposing that the Western Power's were willing to sustain the enor mous and ruinous outlay, there could be no surety during the interval while the new fortifications were in course of construction. " Rome was not built in a day." For a quarter of a century the workmen were never idle at Sebasto pol. We have all seen how easily Bomarsund was captured, in consequence of the non-completion of the place, when another year might have changed it into a Baltic Sebastopol, and rendered it completely impregnable. We do not want a second Sinope massacre to add to the sanguinary laurels of the Muscovite. The third course propounded is, that Russia should engage to reduce her naval force in the Black Sea within certain specified limits ; while Fra,uce and England should be permitted to keep up a fleet of equal strength. Now, the efficacy of such a step would entirely depend on the good faith of Russia. The Bear who submitted to the paring of his claws well knew that they would grow again during his winter's slumber, and that be could again carry on his depredations with unimpaired vigour. Many splendid speci- mens of naval architecture might grow up at Nicolaieff without anything being heard of their progress, until they sheltered in the well-protected bay, prepared for any enterprise. Promises so closely allied to pie -crusts, and so likely to meet a similar fate, cannot then be accepted as a satis factory settlement. Wherever we look, whatso ever we consider, we are the more confirmed in our original opinion, that the demolition of Sebas topol is imperatively required, and that by no other means can we obtain that which our Minis ters are so fond of talking of —an honourable and permanent peace. MA HMOUD PASHA, the Vizir of Yanina, several years ago, after sipping coffee, and smoking tobacco, and quaffing sherbet with the Hon. ROBERT CURZON, was left by that amusing traveller, sitting cross-legged on his red-cloth divan "in great wonderment at the English Government paying large sums of money for the transportation of criminals, when cutting off their heads would have been so much more economical and expeditious !" Everybody who has read (and who has not ?) that most delightful book, the " Visits to the Monasteries of the Levant "—a worthy companion volume to K ING SL A Kes " Esthen," and WARBURTON'S " Crescent and the Cross "—will remember, doubtless, the incident here alluded to, related, as it is, after a fashion the most comical, by one whose almost every word proves him to be evidently gifted as a humorist. " Incurring any expense," says the son of Lord SCARSDALE, when relating the circumstance with all his twinkling appreciation of the ludicrous " Incurring any expense to keep rogues and vaga bonds in prison, or to send them away from our own country to be the plague of other lands, appeared to him [the Vizir of Yanina] to be an extraordinary act of folly ; and that thieves should be fed, and clothed, and lodged, while poor and honest people were left to starve, he considered to be contrary to common sense and justice." Ob serve,! however, this is not all. Mark ! what fol lows. Listen to the comment pronounced upon that opinion of MAH MOLID PASHA, pronounced with an air so deliciously serio-comic, ley the "celebrated Milordos Inglaisis" who records it—as he afterwards reports of himself to the awe-in spired Monks of Mount Athos, the " great ally of the Sultan's and of all the captains of all the men-of-war that come down the Archipelago !" Mr. CURZON adds, in reference to the views entertained in the matter of Prison Discipline, by the long-nosed Turk left by him squatting upon the red-cloth divan, pipe in mouth, and be wildered beyond the power of language to relate, at our preposterous system of criminal legislation— " I laughed at the time at what I thought the curious opinions of the Vizir of Yanina ; I have since come to the conclusion that there was some sense in his notions of criminal jurisprudence." And so that droll memorial of an Anglo-Oriental talk about the best way of dealing with rascalit♦ terminates. We wonder very much how the Vizir of Yanina would have looked from either side of that long nose of his, if there could have been tumbThd down before him in his hall of audience, one after another, those weighty blue-books which have since appeared, year after year, in the form of Reports upon Convict Management, by - Lieut.- Colonel JEBB, the laborious and energetic Sur veyor-General of the Prisons of England. How his Highness would have glowered over those elaborate arrays of statistics ! How he would have puffed, amazedly, over his eterna. chibouk as he turned the leaves of those Parlia mentary records of what has been done in all this long lapse of time in the way at once of punish ment and reclamation Since the period in which Mr. CURZON wrote that most charming volume which has won for him a high and lasting reputation among the travelled contributors to our popular literature, much has been actually accomplished of what was then only vaguely hoped for, in the development of the great scheme of Penal Discipline which ap peared so ridiculous in the eyes of the Vizir of Ycnina. A variety of costly experiments have, during the interval between then and now, won for us a whole world of experience. So that already the changes effected seem to us in the retrospect but little short of the miraculous. Insomuch so, that among other marvels we have already made provision within the limits of the United Kingdom for the housing and disciplining of from 9,000 to 10,000 convicts altogether. There being, as we have recently taken occasion to explain, in Eng land and Scotland alone, cells scattered here and there for the accommodation of nearly 3,000 prisoner's doomed to undergo the proba tionary punishment of separate confinement. While upwards of 4,000 others are capa ble of being safely and usefully grouped to gether upon some of our great public works, as at Dartmoor, or Portland, or Portsmouth. Beyond which, the time has even now arrived when we may look back, as upon an evil already virtually dead and gene, upon the monstrous system of wholesale transportation to remote penal settle ments. If the long-nosed Vizir marvelled so much over the folly of spending hundreds and thousands of pounds sterlingon our criminal popu lation, what would he have thought, we may be allowed to wonder in turn, if he hail learnt, as any one 'may learn, from Colonel JELB'S last Re- port to the Home Secretary (p. 96, Appendix), 'Sat the total value of convict labour at the Wool wich-hulks, at Portland, and at Portsmouth, may be estimated for the year, last past, at just i 8,920/. ! An item in the statistics abon Convict Discipline which we should have relished much to have commended to the Vizir of Yanina, if only that he :might have dropped it, with his next pinch of tobacco, into the bowl of his everlasting pipe—to :have smoked it, thereupon, at his leisure, contemptatively ! Ia another part of our impression will be found a. hotte r of remonstrance from a body of men who certainly hav e reasonable ground far complaint. In, the debates on the mismanagement: of the War, in February 1..4 -Lord PA.I3I2RSTO:N remarked that there was great truth and force :in the obser vation of Mr. NEWDEGATE, in answer - to the charge that the disasters of the army were. t o b e attri ated to the great number of gentlenzeu who were offic ars in it. The Hon. Member, his opi n i on , had made the m os t t r i umphant answer by showi ng that. where the syste m h a d broken doi, " where evil had arisen from wa n t o f capacity,wi .of energy, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1855. of intelligence, or of accurate and zealous per formance of duty, it was not that the gentry, not that the aristocracy, not that the noblemen in the army were at fault, but persons be longing to other classes of the community." It was the medical department, the commissariat department, and the transport department, which were not officered by the aristocracy where the system had broken down and the main cause of the sufferings complained of were to be traced. Dexterous as Lord PALMERSTON is in debate, and devoted to the interests of the aristocracy, he was hardly so happy as usual in his remarks in this instance, and certainly cannot feel surprised that the officers of the commissariat department have addressed an expostulatory letter on the subject of his speech, through their chief, to the Minister of War. The obvious, if not legi timate inference, that in his Lordship's opinion they were not gentlemen, was sufficiently galling, but to be charged with being " wanting in capa city, energy, intelligence, and in the accurate and zealous performance of duty" by one in his Lord ship's position was not to be endured in silence. In stating their complaint, they allude to the impropriety of the charge at the present time, intimate that it is not for them to point out the cause of failure, hint at the disadvantages under which they labour, and challenge from Lord PAN METRE a just appreciation of their services. With an appeal of this sort, couched in manly and be coming terms, every Englishman will sympathise, and though we think they have exaggerated Lord PALMERSTON'S meaning in respect to their relative gentility, the sentiment that, " while they conduct themselves honourably, it matters little with what families they are connected," will meet with gene ral approval. As to the grave charge, unjust and ungenerous as it is, it is not necessary for them to disturb themselves further a bout it. The country is pretty well satisfied as to the cause of the disasters of its army. It knows that without proper heads departments cannot go right, and that it is not in Red-tapism to carry on efficiently a mighty war. Knowing this, not even Lord PALMERSTON can persuade it to find the cause elsewhere. His efforts can only drive the nail nearer home. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Mr. Wryld, geographer to the Queen, has just issued the sixth edition of his map of "The Envi rons of Sebastopol, with the Batteries and Ap proaches." The fact of the map having gone through so many editions speaks loudly for its merits, and the impression thus conveyed is amply warranted. The positions of the Allied armies are laid down in it in distinctive colours from drawings made on the spot, and information received from Brigadier• General Torrens, Mr. Rochefort, and English and French officers. They are, therefore, readily traced, and their accuracy may be confi dently relied on. The public is greatly indebted to Mr. Wyld for bringing out this well -executed map, which is at once apropos, comprehensive, accurate, and minute. Even the spot where the wreck of the Prince occurred is marked, and a useful little map of Eupatoria, with the late attack, is given. COUNT DE BRIEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In Saturday's Sun I find the following observations : "Belgium herself, not contented with the ominous neutrality she has so long observed, is despatching new emissaries to the Court of St. Petersburg. We learn by a letter from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., that 'Count de Briey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, had, on the previous day, presented his new credentials to the Em peror Alexander.' This is the unkindest cut of all. Well may England exclaim et-tu Brute,' when she sees the Sovereign who owes everything to her—who was taken from petty lodgings to espouse the presumptive heiress to the British Throne—whp has so long been the well paid pensioner of the United Kingdom, and whose nephew is the consort of our dearly-loved Sovereign, pay ing such marked comp iments to Russia, sending an En voy Extraordinary and Mini-ter Plenipotentiary, possi bly to negotiate respecting the kingdom of Thuringia,' should he induce England to waive her just demands. Th,,se are matters that should not be regarded lightly." Now, Count de Briey, so far from being a new "emissary," has been resident at St. Petersburg, in the same capacity, for just two years ; and the " new credentials" were simply the usual diploma tic formality upon the accession of a new sove reign.—Yours, (Ste., J. WRIGHTSON. AN UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.—The vacant Under-Secretaryship of the Colonial Department, which necessarily remained open until the bill for regu lating the number of Secretaries of State and Under- Secretaries became law, has been confided to Mr. John Ball, M.P. for Carlow. Mr. Ball is now in Ireland, but returns on Thursday to assume the duties of his new office. THE BALTIC FLEET.—A letter from Elsinore of the 3d inst. says Four steam-frigates of the flying squa dron arrived and anchored in the roads on the Ist inst., at noon, but were obliged to return in the afternoon, some with loss of anchor and chain. Five sail—namely, the Arrogant, Esk, Tartar, Archer, and Desperate — came in again yesterday, and, the Swedish side of the Sound being clear of ice, they proceeded up to Lands crona. Four of the above squadron have arrived in the Belt." Th'e Military Gazette states that the expeditionary corps is to remain pro tempore at Constantinople, with the French Imperial Guard. This is to be the army of reserve of the Allies. The Gazette considers the destina tion assigned to the Piedmontese contingent as a proof of deference and esteem on the part of Napoleon 111. fur the Sardinian army. General Marmora is about to establish his head quarters at Genoa, from whence the embarkation of the Piedmontese contingent will proceed as rapidly as possible. It is said in literary circles in Paris that M. Th. Gautier is to leave the Presse, and to become theatrical critic for the Moniteur, and that his late post on the Presse will be filled by M. Nestor Roquelan, ex-director of the Opera. Letters from Athens contain deplorable accounts of the progress of brigandage in various parts of Greece. To such an extent has it proceeded that some foreign i , ,fluence of a detestable character is suspected to be at work. At Weimar, counterfeit a u t ogra ph s o f S c hill er have increased from 100,0001. t o 150,000/.The departures from th e port o f L on d on f or th e been made use of in a mo s t au d ac i ous manner. Th e heirs Australian colonies duri ng th e wee k h ave compr i se d of the poet are am ongs t th e d upes. I t seems that the only three vessels—t wo t o H o b art T own, o f an aggre fraud has fo r it s p r i nci p a l au th or a b ootmaker, who, now gate burden of 870 tone, an d one t o M ore t on B ay, of that the affair is i n th e h an d s o f th e l aw, d ou b t l ess wishes 914 tong. Their total capacity was 1,784 tons. The that he had profited by the saying ne sutor, &c. rates of freight exhibit no alteration. For the second time, the clergy of the convent of St. SOUTH AMEBICA.—The accounts from South America Sergius, near Moscow (which passes for one of the by the present New York steamer are of a few days richest convents in Russia), have presented a sum of later date than those previously received, but they con money to the Emperor for the purpose of carrying on the tain nothing of importance. With regard to Mexican war, their gift on this occasion amounting to nearly a affairs, the Partisans of the insurgent leader Alvarez at million francs. Acapulco affirm, under date the 6th of March, that he Tea MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, April 9.—The Roy a l is gaining great successes, and that before long he will Mail Company's steam-ship Great Western, Captain enter the city of Mexico in triumph. In Peruvian Bevis, left this afternoon with the usual monthly mails affairs there had been no further change. From Equa for Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, Rio Ja ne i ro , B a h ia , dor it is stated that very rich silver mines have been dis- Pernambuco, St. Vincent's, Teneriffe, Madeira, a n d covered at a placed called IlrbeniEa. Lisbon. She has on hoard 64 passengers, among whom The English steamers Colombo and Clyde, of Gifts are C immander Thurnburn, Captain Stout, and Cheva- gow, have just embarked at Marseilles 1,200 voltigeurs tier Gondini. On freight the Great Western takes of the Guard for Constantinople, amidst the most en -14,3591. in specie, 16,542/. value in jewellery, and a full thusiastic cheers of the thousands of persons who had general cargo. The Plata, Captain Weller, with the assembled on the quays to witness their departure. next West India and Pacific mails, and the Solent, Cap- Three other En g li s h s t eamers, c h ar t ere d by th e F renc h Lain Jelliciso, with th e B raz ili an and River Plate mails, I Government, are now taking on board wooden barracks may be expected on or about Sunday next. The Penin- ' for the army of the East at that port, and will also carry sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Capt. out a number of horses. The France steam packet has Christian, will leave on the 11th inst. with the mails for just left for Constantinople, having en board a large Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and G -l ibraltar. The Ma- quantity of military stores, 100 mules, 100 soldiers of drid, Captain Cook, with the homeward portion of these the waggon train, and 13 gendarmes. mails, is expected about the 14th inst. The United SIR E BOLSTER LYTTON'S MEDAL.—We understand States' mail steam-ship St. Louis, Captain Wotton, will that Sir E. Thilwer Lytton's gold medal, for the best leave Southampton en route for Havre, with French and essay, by any student of the University of Edinburgh English mails on Wednesday. matriculated in 1853-54 or 1854-55, "On the influence A private letter from Simpberopol, published in the of the mind over the body in causing and curing morbid Vienna Presse, and dated March 8, mentions, amongst and anomalous conditions," has just been adjudged by other matters, that the city is almost entirely converted the Senatus Academicus. The successful competitor is into a place d'armes ; none but soldiers are to be seen. John Glen, M.A., student of medicine, son, we believe, The high prices of provisions are quite beyond the means cf the late Rev. Dr. Glen, for many years missionary in of the civil officials, who can only afford to purchase pro- Persia. Another of the essays was also declared of great indispensable. The churches are merit, but the author's name is unknown, the sealed th r onged a w bs it o h lu s te u l p y pliants, who pray fervently for peace. note containing it not having been opened. from Sebastopol," continues the Dr. Mandt, the physician who attended the Czar , Ni l si s o a n w s writer, " who bad been kneeling all . .morning, praying . the Nicholas in his last illness, has published a circumstantial a young woman closing scenes of the monarch's life. of the the horizon. Our enemies in- ten minutes past three," says the doctor, "he asked me God to end the war quic . kly.' In the meantime threatening account clouds are gathering in with fresh force. The H s 1 • after I had mentioned the name of his father confessor, and Kertch are anxious about the I 'Must I then did?' I answered, ' Yes, sire.' Not a 1 tants of Theodosia tend carrying on the war 1• proposals of the pulsation. 4 How moved, he, 'can you find the courage : fate of their property. But we hope that the will of the I muscle of his face moved, not the least quickening of I thus to doom me to death ; to tell me so to my face ?' European cabinet. OF VESSELS.—Pester-First,'l, ' said 'by so doing, [ fulfil a promise made to Emperor will resist all the malignant THE NUMBER AND TONNAGE year and a half ago ; the mom en t o f w hi ch you alas ! has come ; moreover, I thus 1 ended the sth January last, there were of the number and tonnage of v 1,343 built and : fulfil a duty to the Emperor. You have several h ours day, a return ordered by the House es o s f e L ls o . rds l w n aa t h p e r i y n e t a e d r at'hoeun spoke to m e, and to live ; you are in full possession of y our faculties, and British empire, registered in the several ports of the the tonnage was 320,869. On the 31st December last can direct them at your will—at l eas t I b e li eve so. Lastly, several ports sire, I love you, and this is n o t th e moment to there were 35,960 vesse l s b e l ong i ng to the of the United Ki ng d om , th e t onnage o f , v hich was conceal the truth, which I am sure you c an b ear to hear. , ' His countenance became serene, and he s t re t c h e d out h i s 5,043,270, and th e num b er o f ma emp l oye d i n nav i ga t- ing the same was 266,491. hand, saying, 'I thank you!' Such was the Emperor." IT Arrrr :;~ MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, APRIL 10. The Clyde, which left Constantinople on the 29th of March, has al - lived. Despatches for the Government left at 11 p.m. BALAKLAVA, MARCH 27. There was an armistice on the 24th for two hours, for burying the dead. The Russians buried 400 men. Colonel Kelly is a prisoner at Sebastopol, slightly wounded. Captain Montague is a prisoner, and is not wounded. There were false alarms on Saturday and Mon- day, 24th and 26th March. It is hoped that the fire will open this week. VIENNA, MOZIDAY. Aali Pasha and General Burgoyne arrived here yesterday. The ninth Conference was held to-day. M. Drouyn de l'Huys was present. The Russian envoys have not as yet received their instructions from St. Petersburg. We learn from a reliable source that the Bri- tish Envoy to the Vienna Congress is not likely to leave Vienna before the 20th, as the definitive answer of the Czar to the points contained in Prince Gortschakoff's despatch is not expected till that day. THE BALTIC FLEET. NYBORG, MONDAY, NOON. The Imperieuse, Eurdlyus, and Conflict have just anchored here, and are going to coal. The remaining ships of the advanced squadron are at Landscrona. FRANCE. (FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Paris journals, according to their usual cus tom of taking a holiday on the occasion of Easter Sunday, have all refrained from appearing this morning. The Hon. J. Y. Mason, the American Minister at the French Court, has just left Paris for Nice, for the benefit of his health. A private telegraphic despatch from Vienna, of this day's date, was received this afternoon, and states as follows : The Russian Plenipotentiary has received his full power—tbe conditions demanded by M. Drouyn de l'Huys are accepted by Russia—p eace is secure d . I leave f,r Paris.' This despatch is said to proceed from the agent of a louse in Paris largely interested in Bourse transactions, and it is not yet confirmed by official intelligence. A rumour is again afloat about the attack and capture of tho tower of Malakhoff by the Allied Armies. The Pays pretends to publish the instructions given by the Ottoman Porte to Ali Pasha on the Four Points. The Debats leaves the responsibility of them to the Pays. Respecting the third point, the instructions, as given in the Pays, are : "The third point is relative to the revision of the Treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, with the view better to connect the existence of the Ottoman Empire to the ba lance of power in Europe, and to limit the preponderance of Russia in ihe Black Sea. The Sublime Porte, thankful for the proofs of sincere friendship which the Great Powers purpose giving it on this occasion, approves of the material means by which those Powers desire, in fact, to limit the preponderance of Russia. But it must at the same time guard against a revision of the treaty of 1841 in a manner susceptible of becoming an infringe ment upon its rights of sovereignty on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, or on any point of its territory where the safety of the empire might be compromised." Letters from Toulon state that the number of troops embarked at that port for the East since the 25th of February amounts to 14,717 men, and the vessels of all kinds employed to transport them to 21. The Charlemagne alone took 1,206. Majors Stanley and Brett have just passed through Paris on their way to the Crimea. These officers belong to the Bombay Army and have seen 17 years' rough service in India. Major Stanley, who is well known for his gallant conduct in India, was formerly on the staff of the late Sir C. Napier, and served for some time as assistant political agent under Colonel Outram in Scinde, and has just relinquished a lucrative appointment on the Scinde frontier to take the command of a regiment of ‘_avalry in the Crimea. A detachment of twelve firework makers under the direction of M. Melvil, formerly a pupil of the Polytechnic School, who has so long devoted him self to the study of the pyrotechnic art, has just embarked at Lyons on board one of the Rhone steamers for Marseilles, on their way to the Crimea. These workmen, who are all remarkable for their superior ability in their art, have been specially engaged to keep in order and repair the vast quan tity of bombs, shells, and other incendiary articles sent out to the army of occupation. Although civil workmen, they are to be placed under mili tary orders. Mme. Dounay de Gasteau, sister of M. Von de Weyer ' the Belgian Minister at London, di e d sud denly three days back at her residence at St. J osseten Noode. The Northern Railway Company have just pur chased from Baron de Rothschild three pieces of ground in the upper part of the Faubourg Poisson niere for the sum of 1,748,600 f. BOURSE, APRIL O.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Mo n th. 4A per Cents 94 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 80 69f. 90e. Credit Mobilier BO7 50 Roman Credit Fon cier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. 951 Spanish Threes 317, Piedmontese B5 75 H ome D e b t 3la RAILWATS—FOR CASH. Fr. C. fr. c Orleans ........, ...... 1169 Lyons -. . 1071 25 Western CQtte Mediterranean 987 50 Havre rCO Northern VISIT OF THE _EMPEROR OF THE FRENCri TO THE QUEEN. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a special Court, which was numerously at tended, was held for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken by the Corporation for the pur pose of testifying their respect for the Emperor of the French on his approaching visit to her Majesty. The discussion was conducted with closed doors. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to amid enthusiastic cheering :-- " That it be referred to acommittee now to be appointed to make the requisite arrangements for the presentation of the address in the Guildhall. " That a committee be now appointed, consisting of the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen now present, and one com moner from each ward. " That an entertainment suitable to the dignity of this city be provided on the occasion at the Guildhall, at which his Imperial Majesty the Emperor and the Empress of the French be requested to honour this city with their pre sence. " That the Right Ron. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and the Sheriffs, attended by the Reraembrancer, do wait upon his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and humbly request him, in the name of this Court, that he and the Empress will vouchsafe to honour them with their Royal presence at an entertainment in the Guildhall of this city, on the occasion of the presentation of the address. " That it be referred to the said committee to take the proper measures for c o nd uc ti ng the entertainment, for fitting up the Guildhall, and to report from time to time to this Court, if necessary." A committee, composed of the Lord Mayor, the Al dermen present, and a commoner from each ward, was immediately formed, and they retired at once to an ad joining room, and commenced their labours. The Court then adjourned. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 9. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, walked in the Rome Park this morning. The four elder members of the Royal Family rode on hor.eback. T. 4e younger Royal children took their ac customed exercise. A deputation, consisting of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley, M.P., Recorder of London, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and Mr. Alderman Wire, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the Hc,me-office. THE WEAT.HER IN THE BALTIC. SWINEMUNDE, April 6.—The bay is filled with ice by the late prevailing northerly winds. Much ice is coming down the river. Weather very mild. Wind N.N.E. ROSTOCK, April 6.—The weather has been fine since the 29th of March. The river and roadsteads are free, but large banks of ice are still to be seen drifting at sea. STRALSUND, April 7. —A thaw, with rain, set in a few days since, and which still continues. The ice in the harbour and roadstead has become very weak, and the reopening of the navigation is expected in a few days. The ice at sea was in full movement yesterday, and had nearly all been driven away by the S.E. and E. winds. The Earl of Hardwicke, who left London for Paris with the Earl of Malmesbury, ten days since, will return to town to-day. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant were to leave Alexandria on the 26th ult. for Jaffa, whence, after visiting Jerusalem, they were to return to Europe. His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland left town this morning for Dublin, accompanied by his pri vate chaplain, the Rev. Walter Cryke ; his private secre tary, Major Ponsonby; the Hon. Miss Lascelles; and Mr. Chas. Wm. Grenfell, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Grentill. Upon arriving this evening a t Holyli,md, his Ex ce ll ency ai.d suite will pass the night there, crossing over to the Irish coast by special boat to-morrow morning. His Ex cellency will enter the Irish capital in state at half-past two the same day (Wednesday). The King of the Belgians received on Friday, at a private audience, M. A. Barret, the French minister at Brussels, previously to the hon. gentleman's departure fur Paris, where he is to spend the Easter holidays. The name of the Rev. Dr. Stanford is removed from the list of the Vice-regal Chaplains, some person having communicated to Lord Carlisle that the rev. gentleman had been dismissed as Chaplain to the North Dublin workhouse for proselytising tendencies. The Governor-Gen era l of India has raised the salary of Dr. O'Shaughnessy, the superintendent of electric telegraphs in India, to 3,6001. per annum. The doctor has been informed that the increase has been given, not only in acknowledgment of bis valuable services, but be cause, bad he retaained at the Mint, his salary would have ken higher than that which he has hitherto re ceived as superintendent of electric telegraphs. ON DIT.— We understand that the lovely and accom plished daughter of a neighbouring baronet is shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar by a gentleman of immense wealth, now a resident of France. The lady alluded to is possessed of a very large fortune in her own right.— Munster News. CARDINAL WlSEMAN. — Letters from Naples state that Cardinal Wiseman is to be appointed Librarian of the Vatican, in the place of Cardinal Mai. EARL OF SEFTON V. BOPWOOD.—LIVERPOOL, Mon day.---The further examination of witnesses occupied the court the whole day, and the court was again adjourned. DRURY LANs.—Tills theatre was to have re-opened last ni;;Lit with a new operatic company, but a bill was posted at the doors, announcing the postponement of the performances until' another evening. The season of the Royal Italian Opera commences on Thursday with Rossini's opera Le Coynte Ory. The fol lowing are advertised to appear :—Mdlle. Bosio, Mdlle. Didi4e, Mdlle. Marai, M. Zelger, Signori Tagliafico, Gard ini, and Mei. An important addition has been made to the company in the person of Madame Ruders dorff. purchases' f ur th e British Museum, at the We learn that a magnifi cent ant i que statue, in red I.2. Bta te th s le ale of was M. Collot's collection at Paris. Ex-King Jerome attempted to become its purchaser, in order that he might present it to the Museum of the Louvre. M. Co!lot was formerly Director of the Paris Mint. Commercial letters from St. Petersburg, dated the 31st ult.. state that business in produce was at a stand still. The price of tallow was nominally 117 on the spot, and 117.101, for delivery in August. The ex change on London was quoted 361 to 9-16 d. From.the last accounts from the Peninsula the screw steamer Natal was high up on the beach. There was a great deal of water in her, but this was owing to the sea beating over her. Two commanders of vessels had started from Cadiz to survey her. She is only 680 tons burden. The Emigration Gommissionera have chartered the Algiers to sail from Birkenhead to Adelaide on the 10th o f May, the Cairng,orm to sail from Plymouth for Port land Bay on the 17th of May, and the Eliza to sail from Plymouth for Sydney en the 24th of May. The following are the new directors of the General Screw Company, viz. :—N. R. Ackworth, E,q., R. Currie, Esq., Henry Farnd e ll, E sq., J oshua Lockwood, Esq., J. S. Margetson, Esq., C. Morrison, Esq., Ed ward Warner, Esq., M.P., Captain H. Shuttlewortb, and Colonel Underwood. BRAZIL.—From Brazil there are accounts of great discoveries in the province of Maranham, between Maranham and Para ; but the probability is they hive been much exaggerated, to serve the purposes of a com pany which is said to have been got up to work them with a nominal capital of 1 00,0001. AGRA AND UNITED SERVICE BANE.—At the half yeazly sleeting of this comp any , h e ld at Calcutta on t h e _ . 14th of February, the profits for the six months were stated at 43,430/., which, after providing for a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent, per annum, as wUI as for a loss of 6,1161. sustained at the Madras branch, left 5,561/. to be carried to the reserve fund, which is intended to be RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of March 31, in the Boersenhalle of Hamburg, says :—" The Em peror Alexander has the intention to visit Finland, it is said, and in particular Heisingfors, with his brother Nicholas, before the commencement of ope rations in the Baltic. The militia of St. Peters burg are to assemble shortly, under the command of Prince Schakowski, when the Emperor will pass them in review. To-day an ordonnance has been published concerning the beard of the soldiers. The Emperor has deigned to order, Ist, that the soldiers who mount guard on week days shall not be required to dye either their hair or whiskers ; and 2dly, on Sundays and feast-days they must mount guard with their hair and whiskers waxed and dressed." The Hamburg News contains a letter from War saw, which states that on April Ist the appeal of the HOly Synod, relative to the formation of the militia throughout the Russian empire, was read from the pulpits in all the churches of that city. At the cathedral, in order to impart more solemnity to the act, the governor and principal functionaries, civil and military, were present. The Military Gazette of Vienna contains a letter from Sebastopol, which states that General Osten- Sacken, on the 18th March, published an order of the day enjoining all females to quit the town at once. The Grand Duke Nicholas, taking into. con sideration that a great number of these women possess nothing in the world, has been pleased to accord from his privy purse 100 roubles to each woman having a family to enable her to remove, and from 20 to 50 roubles to each unmarried female, according as the case might seem to require (the rouble is a little over 4f.) It was supposed that this order was given in anti c i pa ti on of active hos tilities being on the point of being resumed. AUSTRIA. --- I A letter from Vienna of the Ist, in the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, states that several contracts for the Austrian' army have been provi sionally adjourned. A large camp is to be formed in the course of the spring in the neighbourhood of Cracow, where the whole army of Gallicia, num bering 120,000 men, is to be concentrated, and the Emperor will proceed there to inspect it in person. Alexander 11. of Russia has presented the regi ment of Austrian Cuirassiers, bearing his father's name, with the uniform of colonel of that regiment worn by the late Emperor Nicholas. The Imperial ordonnance for the annual recruit ment of the Austrian army is usually issued in the spring. This year, it is said, the order will - not appear nnTiT it he known what may l‘c th conr,p by the reult c f tht eciii;!leilces, the last year's levy, by which the army was placed on the war footing, having already borne upon the class of 1855. SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived in due course. The Gazette contains a royal ordin ance which enacts that, from the Ist May next, foreign letters shall pay a uniform postage of four reals (one franc) for a weight of four adarmes (the adarme is the 16th part of an ounce), and of four reals additional for every two adarmes or fraction of one above that weight. The decree, however, enacts that as regards France and Portugal, with which there are special postal conventions, the postage of a letter a four adarmes shall remain as at present, namely, two reals for the former and one real for the latter. The decree further pro vides that from May 1 the prepayment of letters for Italy shall cease to be obligatory. The Diario says : It is stated that Andres Vil!Rion, lieutenant of en gineers, and Ramon Fernandez d e C or d ova , lieutenant of artillery,lieutenant have been authorised by the Emperor of the French to proceed to the Crimea, where they are to 'be considered as French officers in active service, and are to be allowed horses and rations like them. Letters of introduction are to be given to them for the General Canrobert, and to the generals commanding the artillery and the engineers." Accounts from Cuba have been received at Madrid. They state that Colonels Cortazar and Saiz have been invested with the command of important di visions ; that the English steamer the Medea, had conveyed a column of Spanish troops, destined to operate in a certain part of the island ; that three squadrons of yeomanry cavalry, and two of mi litia, were about to be called into active service ; that four battalions of infantry volunteers and two squadrons of volunteer cavalry had been organised; and that, in a word, every preparation had been made for resisting an attack of filibusteros from the United States. HANOVER. A lettei from Hanover of the sth, in the Cologne Gazette, says : "The report of the Committee of the Diet on the is ternal affairs of Germany, and which bas proposed to invest the old nobility with its ancient rights for the composition of our First Chamber, and of which they had been deprived by the revolution of 1848, has caused the greatest agitation throughout the country. The in habitants, who considered that the privileges of the nobles bad been for ever abolished, are quite in a state of consternation at the present revival. In every part of the country petitions are being prepared and signed, praying his Majesty to convoke as soon as possible the two Chambers having th 9 confidence of the country, and which may be able to avert the evils with which the country may be threatened if the conclusions of the Committee of the Diet in favour of the old privileges of the nobility should be again introduced into Hanover. The petition of the' burgomasters and the municipal council of the capital has already been presented to the' King, and will be followed by others. All of them de mand the maintenance of the present mode of election, and the abolition for ever of all privileges to the nobles.' The Wanderer of Vienna of the sth says : " The Consuls General of France and England, who have returned to Bucharest after a prolonged absence, hoisted their flags on the 25th ult., and thus indicated in official style that the diplomatic relations between those powers and the Govern ment of Wallachia were re-established." LORD PALMERSTON AND THE COMMIS- SARIAT SERVICE. The following is 6, copy of the letter of remon strance forwarded by the Commissariat officers serv ing in the Crimea to Commissary-General Filder, C. 8., for the purpose of being transmitted by the last mail to Lord Panmure, the Minister for War : Balaklava, March 17. Sir,—lt is with great reluctance that we have decided upon the course of addressing you these remarks, with a reouest that you will lay them before his Lordship the Secretary for War ; but we feel that it is due. to the department to which we belong and to ourselves indivi dually to notice the following reflections cast upon the commissariat officers by Lord Palmerston in his speech in the Ho use of Commons on the 19th of February, viz " And I must say that there was great truth and great force in the observations which fell from the hon. mem ber for North Warwickshire, in answer to the attacks which have been made upon the aristocracy, along with whom I suppose we must include the gentry of this country, for I believe the term aristocracy' includes the two. In reply to the charges that our army has not been successful, as it ought to have been, in consequence of the great number of gentlemen who are officers in it, I think the hon. member made the most triumphant answer, by showing that where your system has broken down—that where evil has arisen from want of capacity, of energy, of intelligence, or of accurate and zealous per formance of duty—it was not that the gentry, not that the aristocracy, not that the noblemen in the army were at fault; but persons belonging to other classes of the community. It is the medical department, the commis sariat department, and the transport department, whi c h nobody contends are fill e d w ith the sons of the aristo cracy or the gentry—it is there 'that your system has broken down, it is there that the service has failed, and that it is that has been the main cause of the suffering of which we are all complaining." We can hardly imagine that Lord Palmerston could have meant that the officers of, the commissariat do not belong to the class of society called " gentlemen ;" but the expressions made use of 'by his 'lordship certainly convey that meaning ; and it is plainly stated that the officers of the commissariat have been "wanting in capa city, energy, intelligence, and in the accurate and zeal ous performance of duty." As these expressions emanate not from a quarter which might be treated with indiffe rence, but from a Minister of the Crown, cognisant, it may be presumed, of the merits of the question who thus prejudges it, before any decision by the commission of inquiry now pending is arrived at, their effect upon the public mind cannot but be as injurious to the departmettt as they are offensive to the individuals of whom they are composed. It is not for us to point out the causes of the failures in the various arrangements connected with the cam paign, but we trust that his Lordship, the Minister for War, under whose orders we have the honour. of being placed, will afford us the protection to which we con ceive we are fairly entitled, that he will not withhold from us a just appreciation of our moststrenuous endea vours to perform our arduous and responsible duties, and that he will afford us an opportunity of proving that we have not been "wanting in capacity, energy, intelligence, or zeal." We have enjoyed none of the advantages consequent upon war with respect to promotion, &c., which have been so liberally ex t en d e d to every other branch of the army. Our services and our exertions have not been re cognised in any public manner, and we cannot feel other wise than greatly aggrieved that we should be thus held up to the public as having been "the main cause of the evils which have arisen." We are invidiously designated as not belonging to the class of society usu a lly t erme d " gen tl emen ," but as be longing to other classes of the c om munity. Whil e we conduct ourselves honourably it matters little with what families we are connected ; but we contend that the officers of the commissariat, as a body, do belong to the class termed " gentry," and thatwe are as well educated, as well informed, and as honourable and upright in every • respect as any other body of Officers in the army: Our duties are of a most responsible nature, and there are no officers in the service in whom such an amount of trust iH placed, which should surely entitle us to be classed in the highest ranks of the public service. If we have not acquitted ourselves to the satisfaction of our superiors, we invite inquiry into our conduct ; but as we are confident that we have at least exerted ourselves to the utmost, we most respectfully beg that hislordship will not disregard the honour . ' of, or refuse to do justice to, a department under his control, and de pendent upon him for official support. If we have expressed ourselves with freedom, we trust that his lordship will make due allowance for our feel ings, under what we conceive a most unjust and un founded imputation, and,we beg to assure his lordship that we shall continue to perform our duties conscien tiously, and that no endeavours will be spared by us to uphold the character of the, department, and our indivi dual reputation, at the high standard to which, we trust, his lordship will not fail to admit they have attained. We have, &c. G. ADAMS, D.C.G. H.J BRowNunsl G, D.A.C.G. W. H. DRAKE, D.C.G. J. MURRAY, D.A.C.G. L. ROUTH, A.C.G. J. MARSH, D.A.C.G. F. S. CARPENTER, A.C.G. R. BOOTH, D.A.C.G. W. S. ARCHER, A.C.G. A; CLERK, C.C. E. J. M. MAHON, A.C.G. J. BAILEY, D.A.C.G. M. W. DARLING, A.C.G.L. J.S.SUTLIERLAN D ,D.A.C . G . W. A. F. COOKESLEY, D.A.C.G. J. D. WILLAN,, A. C. G. • F. C. COLQUHOUN, D.A.C. G. J. P. LUNDY, A.C.G. G. R. PRIMROSE, D.A.C.G. W. T. POWER, A.C.G. .J. B. BARLEE, D.A.C.G. R. CUMMING, A.C.G. A. L. BAVNRS. C.C. G. J. WEBB, D. A.C.G. W. U. GREEN, C.C. H. BARTLETT, D.A.C.G. A. PETRIE, C.C. G. S. BLANE, D.A.C.G. ' A. CHAPLIN, C.C. C. B. SMITH, D.A.C.G. H. C. LEWIS, C.C. J. B. THomrsoN, D.A.C.G. W. F. G. SERVANTES, C.C. J. H. SALE, D.A.C.G. J. MANNING, C.C. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an Imperial de cree conceding to the Great Central Company—•first, the section of the Clermont-Ferraud and Montauban Railway, extending from Lempdes to the river Lot; second, the two sections of the Bordeaux and Lyons line, comprised, the one between St. Etienne and the Clermont Ferraud and Montauban road, and the other between the latter and Perigusux ; and, third, the Limoges and Agen Railway. The duration of the conces sion is fixed at 99 years from the date stipulated for the completion of the works. The Government is to allow the company a subvention of 7 6 ,000,000 f., payable in 18 half yearly instalments, from the lstof Jan., 1857, to the Ist of January, 180 ; and another of 2,000,000 f., for the con struction of a branch on Redez. Four other branches are conceded to the company, on Cahors, 'Villeneuve d'Agen, Bergerac, and Tulle, which are to be constructed according to the clauses of the law of the 11th June, 1842. NE WM ARK ET RACES: i.) 40- (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPV LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP• 7to 2 agst Quince. 7to 4, agst Crown Pigeon (offered). sto 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 9to 1 agst Benhams (taken). 16 to 1 agst Freckle (offers to take). COLUMN STAKES. - Even on Habena. sto 2 agst Rambling Katie. 6to 1 agst Bonnie Morn. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEA S ' 6to 4 agst St. Hubert. 25 to 1 agst Noisy. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICA P ' 3to 1 agst Vandal. 6to 1 agst Neville. 12 to 1 agst Crown Pigeon. 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken)• 30 to 1 agst Atherstone (taken). CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian. 20 to 1 agst Mortimer. 20 to 1 agst Amy. - 30 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus. 100 to 1 agst Nancy. DERBY. 7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). Bto 1 agst De Clare. 18 to 1 agst Lord of the Isles. 2000 to 25 agst Kingstown. CRIMINAL COURT.-(TfiLg OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) t o e pl, Frederick K em p, 21, p l eaded guilty to a d oth et burglary, and s t ea li ng some, silver spoons a nd articles, and als o t o h av i ng b een before co o/1" felony. a d F leare _ rom inquiries made by the Court, it el 3 P . ;e ted b the prisoner had been five times summarily eel i j c : a magistrate, and sentenced to different peri° u % v oo' prisonment, and he had also been in custody charge of assault and robbery in the public str eets l „ The Recorder, i n pass i ng sentence, said that coo cases where a p r i soner p l eaded guilty, it migh t oy , , sidered that he was a c t ua t e d b y a feeling of retl3', his offences ; but, in the present instance, he Wl° , iz that this was not th e groun d for that course Wi ll i' t ; 0° : . and that th e p r i soner f e l t that the case VIM I I ;P I. ; against him that h e h a d no c h ance of escape, e°",,,, by pleading guilty, t o avo i d any inquiry into u:001 career. It was clear he was a very bad offender' poi therefore f e lt it hi s d u t y to order him to be kep t servitude for four years. NEW COURT. e PI; The Common Ser gean t sat i n th i s Court trYl7°o6,' Boners for passing bad money. 'The cases, of 'A le'l a v i ° aie 30, possess no feature of public interest, ti° occupy the Court the entire day. M ARKET IV IV S-(THLS DAY') fi HAY MARKETS. Of l ; 9 SMITHFIELD.—XIeadow hay, 2/ 15 3 t o 41 18g„ p et EU°, 3/ Os to 5/ 15 s ; an d straw, 1/ 3s to 11 5 A naoderate supply and a sluggish trade. . 9 01 5/ Og • CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 17s to n p st ditto, 31 Os to 5/ 15s • and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ l u 4 in fO Supply tolerably good, ' and trade rather dull. 180 ; crio W lIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21= Ns to 4 1 ' n et ditto, 3/ 3s to 6/ Os; and straw, 1/ Js to 11 9 / r Trade dull. - ----- ?' COLONIAL. • A s SUGAR.—There are no t many public sale;, ~ 11140 Pr4fir and they are chiefly Mauritiu s . A •cargo of bruSooo, nambnco - has been sold at 18s 9d, for'Haniburgkroc9 has been sold at 16s 6d for a cargo of Cabe i r e st c of There were lauded last week at the East and ho pe ii i Docks 31 hhds 2 trcs ; there were taken fe r ," st 4 o sumption 960 hhds, 22 trcs, 60 brls; and "" 0 07,P' 8,416 hhds, 748 trcs, and 1,313 brls. m a nritillo s u" lised is worth about 34s to 41s 6d, and brow" d 293 6d. # vr, akboU'' PJ COFFEE.—St. Domingo, two cargoes, o f -„, 0• 00 $' bags together, sold at 45s Gel, for the Mediterr°ose fine tive Ceylon is at 46s 6d to 47s 6d, ane. Plantatl 703 to 78s. Mocha fine to finest 73sto BGs, 1 5* CoTrox.—Full rates are obtained for Surat. !,, pi RICE.—The m ar k e t i s quiet. Low Be 18 26 0 g " • t l and good at 14 s , fi ne 15 s per cwt. Rum.—At the ab ove - name d docks last week, - t iso i , 3 hhds were l an d e d, th ere were taken for Horns 0 , ' puns, 16 hhds, and th ere were exported 195 Po' „ 0 birds. The stock is 690 hhds and 8,109 puns. V COCHINEAL.—The consumption is l arge and priCe -4 , been firm. 0 ar TALLow.—The .market du r i ng th e past week b f o r t il quiet; the business chiefly confined to purchasers o V { i , portation. The demand for the Continent contint 1 00 0 1 :, for tallow on the spot an d f orwar d delivery; our 0 0 0 ing prices are-47s 9d to 48s for new on the spot ;ie . , 46s 6d ; May, 48s; J une , 48 s 3d ; O ct. 1, Dec, 11°"-sbr 'llO 49e to 6tl; town tallow, 465, nett cash; Australia n .4' 47s 6d. P Pl. t t TEA.—The last advices from China, to the 1 3 t h F O, ary, although they bespeak increased difficulties: l, d°,/ , commercial relations with Canton are concerne ho , J r appear to have any effect upon the trade here, 1 / 4 00 1 ,0 ing from the' shipments that have taken pities i c , c it i l o or Chow and from Sh ang h a i , added to which o , i 3 sap/ amounting to 59,353,000 lbs., cannot believe 1° of ot ili city at least for some time to come. The Boar a ht , i 0 ,/ returns show the following result for two ra cgi ' c loSi . sth March, 1851, and 1855, for the United iC i i 4 g s 6ooo k . 1854. Home Consumption 6,756,000Th5. 9, 913 ,'000 ',O Export evo, i 659,000 , - gist.'" , merg e di p The delivery in London, for the month' ending " is 5,153,000 lbs. Under the influence of large supplies the of A l, the last three weeks has maintained - an asP e° 4os" depression, and we have to quote a decline in ol' o tel, Cons ; common Congous have been sold to 800 1 1 11 . ,0, 4, 9d but buyers have been found for all offered w' 0014 leaving orders on hand unexecuted : Siochn_. llB _ ;oo l ,F id to a ld, and Ning-Chows ld to 2d lower : li-',i tey, on the other hand continue their rates. Scent ~p! or hardly saleable at the extreme rates of last woe ug h P i , won country. Greens are in large excess, and tb ° 1 1 0 0 111 are low, are very difficult of sale • good and fil f ; 3o 0 I I kinds are. on the other hand in demand, and " O r deficient. The current prices are : i .,,, t 0 1 tr CoNam—Ordinary to good ordinary, v , . -0 to ) , 1 middling, 9id to ls • rather blackish leaf ? , 1s l i ,d d t ov blackish leaf, is 3d t'c:, is 10d; Pekoe kind, is 1 „ u 90, SOUCHONG.—Good ordinary to but middlings 2cl- middling to good middling, is 6d to 2s 3d. i l FLOWERY PEKOE.-.is ls 4d to 4d. CAPEK.—is 2d ; scented, is ld to Is 6d. w V a OV r ORANGE PEKOE.—I s id to is 4d ; scented, i s -ga ' TWANKAY.—G oo d ordinary to but middling, vs middling to Hymn kind, i s id to is 7d. to i HYsoN SKlN.—O r di nary to good ordinary; 81 40 but middling to good middling, is 2d to is 3d- re d. ~ HYSON.—Good ordinary, is 6d to is 7d; ha t ,;4 o ; i l " is 8d to is 10d ; middling to good middling, 2E l y 1r YOUNG HYSON.-9d to 2s 6d; Canton ki n "' la 2d. 1 3 " ~,,, le io j IMPERIAL.—Is 3d to 2s ; Canton kind, lop 0 - a t° GUNPOWDER.—Is sd . to 3s 6d ; Canton kind, '-'" ~-,........—_ ____________---_____—f-__—.•---"- AV LLOYD'S SHIPPING - -(THIS PP' .. pi ,h i a 4, LONDON, April 10.—Wind and. weather w , fl' noon, W. ; fresh gale, and squally, pID RAMSGATE, April 9.—Wiud, N.W. ArrivetV A, 11 :, from Sunderl t ' - -- .., aunderland, for Gibraltai, to stop ;:lealc• , ir V for % PORTSMOUTH, April 9 .--Virind, W., Arr.'„ v laide, from London, for Swan River ; Agnes, dam # maica ; Manuels, Havre, for Liverpool, with ae fly el,,j collision. 4 10 "/ COWES, April 9.—Wind, W. Arrived-3-I',o °Glifrii,lf Krrgero, for Liverpool, with bow damaged,lrro-All;01 SOUTHAMPTON, April 9 . —Wind, W.N. " ',Tote' fi Jason, from Monte. Video. Sailed—Great 1 ' - e for the Brazils. ~..0 5 1, 0, PLYMOUTH, April ,9.--- - Wi n d , - wr,, sale.. o t Quebec; Samaraug Melbourne. P i , 1 , d..--- p FALMOUTH, April 9.— Wind, N. W: Arr e . off' from Manilla, for Bristol. A NI DARTMOUTH, April 9.—Wind, W. Saile- -- ; 0 Rio Janeiro. ~,icto t o " OFF DIINGENESS.—B. Thompson. from 01 ' — "" to l) SHIELDS, April 9.—Wind, W . 'Sailed— Nord for Calcutta. _ 11/ BERWIGIC, April 9.--Wind, VT, Arrived-if:l I o• Hughes, fr om Callao. —The Louisa, of Jersey' to ot port to Leith, which was wrecked near N ell ol d' 15th March, has been sold. , ni O li fa i , LEITH, April B.—Anived—Lady Peel, .ro— i.- pb r BOSTON, March 2P,. —An Eng/ ish barq ll °' 009 4 waterlogged,' mod abandoned, t)je two last 19 00 0 name being TT, of London, w' As seen on the 1 lat. 33, and 9 long. (PER ELEC T I AIO TELEGRAPIL) 3foii"/ 'LIVERPOOL, TailSO/ /1 Wind, N.W. os; ‘ Arrived—J!...me4 Wak.efield, from N e w OM * 1' ~,,,,,r Al/ I, pie, from Cllip Island.. KINGSTO ~ - P ft, Wind W il v Av t , Arriie.—gose .Anna, from Rouen. wily ' / Q UEENSTO 40, Wind, N.W. Arrived—lngleborongh lind Pointer, from Dexterous and Juan, from Mazagan. p g.? g fut (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TEL- 6 9. ,- HAVESEND, mesa' oil Wind, W. ; tide, 3 2 1 b ours' ebb ; strong, an {ems No arrivals. m .ift, 0 , Sail ed — Panther, Oka rner, for Boulogil e ;„:";v_ for Hamburg ; Marie. 1 1 , aulina t for Kipnigr,""9." W.N.W..• tr on DEAL, Tuesda y ' ft , /0 0 je ll' Passed Dungene,s7,, A,pri —Flying Fish , g i 8 for London. for / April 9—E, T hoinsonrom r r..ynalcal ,08" , .. George Robinson. , f rom Cork for Ghent. Or s- dr, :1 Anchored—He rkulas fr om Newcastle, for l.4°P Passed---Gaze)lo brig, from , 4 esviVar d f°l. ! i .k wr it , o p borough bei , jg ROCHESTEP4.--Irt the event of a- u ef he io ts P th© Liberal, moved for We 'hear it isgpia patty to put. fort lard M r ' 44.0., as a candidate.