The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-26 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Great and Glorious success Novel Performances of the Dwarf Elephants. THIS EVENING. An interesting Equidrama called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE AVOURITE ! After which, the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, in which Miss Emily Cooke will appear. To conclude with a lively Afterpiece. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Alr. W. West. Acting ManaTer, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jiau„ THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Misr the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed FRA. DIAVOLO. Characters by Messrs. Sims Reeves, Weiss, Manvers, J. T. Haines, Farquharson, and W. Ferran ; Mrs. Sims Reeves. and Maclaine Weiss. After which.' anew Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY MARKET srEllitt MEETING, Mt,. To conclude with POPIMTG THE QUESTION. ROYAL PR/NCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the 21.anagement of Mr. CliAarza KI.AIf. THIS EYKNING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal ehsraeter by Mr. C. Kean, To conclude with (13th time) a Romance, in two actg. entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, W i l l be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF TAE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIS THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS Evzioaio. Wlll be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR LADIES. G. Vining, H. Cooper, L anvers Characters by Messrs. A. Wig an, and Miss Cast!eton. After which, KILL OE CURE. ridersCharact by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan is Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF IHE GOL I) MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE : Under the direction of Mies Rebecca lee•^., THIS ETENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGEMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERHIL HIGH WILT= AT LO/fDON-i33-Ir Taff DAy —Morning 30 ram.after 9 I tvoning 10min art.lo Talionow - Merning 50 min.atter 10 1 EVelli. g 23 min. att.ll TER WEATHER.—SUN 077101, April. 26. TBZ3MOMZTZB, IN THZ SPADE. 53—%ighest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this looming and during the night. 51--this day, at neon. BALOMETTR, 39.3 D. 'VT&D, N.N.E.—Light, with fine cold weather and enn- shine. IIIIi ru f (Li LONDON, THIIRSDA.Y, APRIL 26, 1855. The Representatives of the Western Powers —whether in deference to " Germanism" or of their own free will we leave our readers to judge —seem to have displayed an extraordinary degree of courtesy towards Russia at the recent Confer ences. There should, of course, have been po liteness of demeanour and a spirit of conciliation exhibited, such as gentlemen will always evince towards those with whom they may chance to be brought in contact. But it should not be carried to an exaggerated pitch, mere especially when the duty of the patties is to demand adequate redress for gross and unwarrantable conduct. It now appears that when the Third Point came on for discussion no definite suggestion was offered on behalf of the Allies, but it was proposed that the Russian representatives themselves should take the initiative as to the means by which they would give effect to the principle of that proposi tion. The result is known, and it could scarcely have been different. Had it been the object of the Western Plenipotentiaries to defeat the pend ing negotiations and to bring them to a ridicu lous and abortive conclusion, a more effectual mode could not have been devised for the pur pose. Experience has shown that Russian Minis ters are incapable of appreciating such high-toned mid over-fastidious delicacy. They could not conceive that men were really in earliest when displaying so great consideration for the feelings (!) of those from whom they were demanding conces- sions. The conduct of Prince MBNSCRIKOFF, on his mission to Constantinople, before the invasion of the Danubian Principalities, they could under stand, but not such extraordinary forbearance. It is by no means improbable that this has been the cause of the total failure of the Confer ence. It is, indeed, but part and parcel of the same disastrous policy which, inaugurated by " the dear and excellent" A BERDEEN, completely deceived the late CZAR, and induced him to press his unwarrantable demands by still more unjusti fiable aggressions. Until the last moment, when the victory of the Alma had been achieved, and the assault on Sebastopol actually commenced, the AUTOCRAT never supposed that we would really take the field against his cohorts, or fancied that there was more than a mere colourable resistance to his ukase, sufficient to save the credit of the ABERDEEN Government. He thought that, how ever emphatic might be our protests, we would be satisfied with mere remonstrances, unti► we submitted to what had been fait accompli, and could therefore no longer be averted. The unanimous spirit of the British nation, and the inflexible resolution of our gallant Ally, however, enforced a more vigorous policy than the senile twaddler then at the head of the British Cabinet ant i c i pa t e d ; and to his own surprise, as well as that of the Czus, the Earl of ABERDEEN was obliged to assent to the invasion of the dominions of " his friend of forty years' standing," and the attack on the Russian stronghold in the Euxine, " the standing menace to Europe," and more espe. daily to Constantinople ! We find that our re presentatives, however, s till pursue the s ame course, still induce Russia to hope that she may avoid the disagreeable consequences of her own aggressive policy. It will also be seen from the answer of the Earl of CLARENDON to Lord HARDWICKE, on Tues day evening, that no distinct statement can be made as to the course likely to be adopted by A ustri a In reference to the War. We muse ' 4 l dissent from the views taken by the Noble , faeer„,tai for Foreign Affairs, that the time had n o t pet arrived when Austria could be called on to co x , es measure s for carrying the stipulation s contained in the T rea t y o f th e 2d D & cember into exec ution. The Noble Earl justified that conclusion, b that it w as on ly on peace not being co y asctiautdin g ed. Four Points that Austria was b ound basis of the u t a e l i to , act. But sur ely when the negotiations en ex press instance of the C a bi net 01.itut° at th e ie ur „ been broken up—when the Plenipotenti:,:aavoef France and England have departed fro m - vie on their homeward route— when Russia nua has peremptorily rejected the demands of all the other Powers, and refused to submit any counter pro positions, there no longer exists the slightest pre text far further procrastination if Austria desires to act faithfully in accordance with the spirit of her engagement. Surely it would have been of g reat i nlPertance that these terms should have been-9 I tled while Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. DROUVN`DR Lli - • uy s . were o n the spot, and the absence of any authentic information on 511C1 topic only prQyea t 4 "avl that Austria is ing her engagement, or that there is still some motion of patching up a peace—a dishonourable and transitory peace—with Russia. Either branch of the alternative requires the instant attention of both Houses of Parliament. The country suf fered enough last year from their indifference. It will no longer consent to leave matters in the hands of Ministers. After the specimen we hav e just had of the pcoceedings at the Conf erence, i t must be completely disgusted with secret diplo macy, and determined that henceforward there must be a more e vigorous and decided action on the part of the Government, or a complete and radical change both of men and measures. " While Rome was burning, NERO fiddled.' I The Representatives of the British people seem to consider such apathy not merely justifiable, but even laudable. Never was there a greater neces sity for energy and zeal on the part of the Mem bers of either House of Parliament. Never has there been a more flagrant squandering of the I public time, or a more profound indifference t o , the exigencies of the country. Exclusive of the winter session, chiefly consumed in passing an Act that has been suffered to remain a dead letter, three months have elapsed since the meeting of Parliament, and yet nothing, literally nothing, in the way of legislation, has been accomplished. There has, on one pretext or another, been a suc cession of holidays. Much time was con sumed respecting Ministerial arrangements, and when they were completed, ten days more were lost in waiting for the re-election of the Premier and the then Home Secretary ; for although the Cabinet could get on very well during the absence of the Colonial Minister at Vienna they could not venture to meet Parliament until the election of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT had been secured. It was well known that the Right Hon. Gentleman had no contest to dread, that he would have a mere " walk over" the course. He was in daily attendance at Downing-street, to afford his advice to his colleagues on any doubtful points. But a week was thrown away in order that he might take his seat, and his first speech was an ex planation of his complicity with GLADSTONE and GRAHAM in the attempt to upset the Ministerial Colch. Then came the prolonged vacati on at i Easter, followed by the week of comparative idle s, ness, for which the Imperial Visit was a fair apology. Be, surely, after all these excuses had been tendered and accepted, it was time that a little I diligence should at length be displayed. And yet we find Tuesday rendered memorable by a 1 " count-out," and that, too, when questions of 1 vital consequence to the national welfare were I about to be brought forward. We shall not at present speak of the Bill, by Mr. LOCKE KING, for better settling the estates of intestates, or that of Mr. Mums, to enable infants, with the approba tion of the Court of Chancery, to make binding settlements of their real and personal estates on marriage—altbough both are subjects of consi derable importance, which must receive conside ration, and were vested in competent hands, who would be able to bring forward the cases in an attractive form. But there were two other topics of paramount interest, under the existing circum stances of the country, which nevertheless failed to keep a House—the public service yielding to the enjoyments of the table. Captain Scorienn had given notice that he would move for a Select Committee " to inquire into the government of the navy, relat ing to the lists of officers, patronage, promotion, and the efficiency of the service is all the grades belonging to it ; to report and recommend such changes and modifications, if any, as the Committee may deem wise, salutary, and just." Sir ERSKINZ I PERRY was also to call for the appointment of a ) Select Committee "to consider and inquire how the Army of India may be made most available for the War in Europe, and to inquire into the steps ne cessary to be taken, if it should be deemed expe dient, to constitute the army of the East India Company a Royal army." To these matters the public attention has been especially directed. The just and reasonable com plaints respecting the system of promotion in the army have been met, or rather attempted to be met, by assertions that it is no worse than that in operation in the other branch of the service. It is, of course, desirable that the public should know if there is any weight to be at tached to the "tu-quoque" argument, which some favoured Guardsmen are so fond of bringing for ward ; and, if so, what are the causes of such flagrant abuses ? Under such circumstances a gallant officer of great experience, and a general favourite on on all sides of the House, undertakes the subject. The public anxiously await the revela tions that may reasonably be anticipated, and con fidently rely on obtaining considerable information, if no other benefit. Sed dis aliter vision. The whipper-in reverses his operations. He whips out the patient waiters on PROVIDENCE, and they readily hasten to their soup and fish, leaving Captain SCOBELL and his motion to be disposed of by a count-out. The state of the Indian army was a topic of equal interest. The country saw with disgust the mode in which the services of Brigadier MA.YNE were lost to the nation. A remedy was anxiously sought for. Sir ERSKINE PERRY, whose protracted residence in India rendered him thoroughly competent to the task—undertook the duty—and his reward was a " count-out." What will the several constituencies think of this ? Will they consider the men who lent themselves to such a trick again worthy of their confidence? These matters will be remembered on the hustings, where retributive justice awaits those who now smile at the transaction as an un commonly good joke, but who, at the next gene ral election, will, probably, to plagiarise a vulgar, but significant, expression, " laugh at the wrong side of their mouths." NEw PHILHARMONIC SociETT.a—The third concert was given last night in aid of the Hospital of Consump tion at Brompton. The hall was crowded ; there was a splendid programme, and on the whole a fine perform ance. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Yesterday, by the well-timed invitation of Mr. Pepper, the resident director, the boys of the Royal Military Asylum at Chelsea visited this institution, and cheerfully returned the compliment which had been paid to them by perform ing a variety of martial airs, much to the delight of the general company. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—During the past week the Diorama of the " Events of the War" has been visited by the following distinguished personages . —The Duke of Leeds and party, the Marchioness of Londonderry and party, the Earl of Lanesborough, the Countess of Norbury and party, the Countess of Glen gall and party, the Countess of Sinnoull and party, Eirl Home, the Countess of Listowell and party, his High ness the Nawaub of Surat and suite, Earl Jermyn and party, his Excellency the Prussian Ambassador and family, Madame Musurus and party, the Countess of Cardigan and party, the Earl of Wicklow, Lord Douglas an d party, th e L or d Viscount Chelsea Party, Lady Hatherton and party, Lady Walls court and France s of party, Lady Garvagh and party, Lord art and party, Lady Duncan and party, Lady LesleyyStewA.lderley, Lady Frances Higginson and party, B accii, ar_tnn and party, General and Lady Charlotte party, L ad :9: 4 G.oldsmid and party, Lady Grant and • Colonels Browni ow k ' a rnagY, Perry, panty;aAnndue r et e i n F ten ' he Y rau it :::: s a i 1 . 12 D party, al ly c , y the Evans,H o Hon. Taylor,M rs. Liddell Lovell, n warden, Forbes' C ust, I combs (and party), Za n " (an d Party) 1 Smyth, Fawcett, T and Torrens • Richmopd, .Dun: ' I Ilarneit, Lasyrell, iiij ei and llalf Forbes , Daubigny, I and Mrs. Ford aid party, ; the 1 • Dr. Blickland„ and pailTy)rowl antißirl ° Majors Irving, Emerson, Mr. __: v. tr. y ; the Rev. 1 Mrs. Law and part , mil- Aili id . Caulficild, ibi r iy vanar Mrs. Aclair imul „..rt and party, i _.. i Gym r Y i Messrs. ...,, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 186 b. COMPLRTIoN OF THE ELECTRIC TELE GRAPH 'BETWEEN LOYDON ANO BiILIKLAVA. l (Prom the Morning Herald's Special Correspondent,) BALAKLAVA, April 13.—Amidst all our warlike preparations I must not omit to mention the corn pletion of a design which is now likely to rank as high as a valuable auxiliary in war as it formerly did as a triumph of peaceful and scientific industry —I mean the submarine electric telegraph, which was this day completed between the shore at St. George's Monastery and Cape Kaliacra, near Varna. To Captain Spratt, of the Spit fire, belongs all the honour of the completion of this most arduous undertaking. The wire, to the length of 377 miles, was stowed away on board the Argus ; the Terrible attended to give assistance ; and Capt. Spratt, in the Spitfire, commanded the whole affair. The vessels left Cape Kaliacra on the afternoon of the 10th, and, keeping over the bank which crosses the Black Sea, dropped the wire in 70 fathoms. They passed Sebastopol yesterday night, and brought the electric cable safely to land at St. George's Monastery early this morning, having payed out out on the passage 301 miles of the te le:zraph without the slightest accident. This sub marine telegraph is longer by upwards of 200 miles than any other in existence. The wire from Ka liacra to Varna, a distance of 20 miles, is not yet laid. It will also be submarine, and completed in the course of another week. Even now messages from the allied head-quarters will reach Paris or London in four hours, and, when the wire is all laid, in something less than a second. The telegraph will to-morrow be carried into head quarters, where one to the trenches is already laid down, so that the field-officer in command d.uri — ng the night will at the same moment announce a sortie to Lord Raglan and to the Prime Minister in Down ing-Areet. After this I think a correspondent's occupation's gone. The first message was sant from Kaliacra, and contained the important intelligence that " Corporal Somebody was not well, and had just taken a dose of castor-oil." The reply from the Monastery was—" Hope it may do him good. Our bombardment is going on most suc cessfully," Before I conclude this subject I may just mention a singular phenomenon, which wi:l puzzle electricians to account for. When the Argus left Kaliacra she had the coil of 370 miles of wire stowed away in her hold. As she moved to sea, messages were repeatedly sent down from the old castle ou the heights of Kaliacra, where the end of the wire was secured ; but though the wire was in perfect connection and in good order, as was proved by the messages a:1 reaching the Argus, it was impossible to transmit an answer back to the shore. As the ship increased her distance from land, the wire gradually gave faint intimation of its returning powers ; and at last, when 100 miles of it had been laid down, the messages were easily sent backwards and forwards. The scientific gentlemen sent out in charge of the telegraph were utterly unable to account for this phenomenon. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- 311TTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The Committed reassembled this morning at the usual hour. The first witness called was Mr. Richard Potter, of the firm of Price tnd Potter, of Gloucester, He stated that on the 2d November he made an application to kir Charles Trevelyan, with a view to ascertain the proper de partment of the Government to apply to in reference to a proposal he had to make for a supply of wooden huts, for the use of the troops in the Crimea, similar in construc tion to those they had made and shipped for Australia. He was referred to Mr. Roberts, the secretary to the Duke of Newcastle, with whom he had some com munications on the subject. He had several interviews with the authorities at the Horse Guards and the Go vernment, relative to the plans he submitted. and after making some alterations in them, in accordance with the suggestions thrown out by them, he was on the 17th of November commissioned to construct 500 of these huts to be delivered within 10 days. On the next day, however, an inspector was sent down who disapproved of the form of the roof and the materials, and the works were suspended accordingly. The work was, however, afterwards resumed, but on the following Monday he received an order to stop altogether. Sir F. Smith telegraphed on the 2let, telling him to proceed with the construction of 300 of the huts. On the next day he left for Paris with letters of introduction, with a view of submitting the plans for the huts to the Em peror. At that time he understood that the orders of the Government were to make 300 huts on the Glouces ter plan, and 200 on the Portsmouth plan of roof; but in the latter case no definite determination was arrived at for some time afterwards. On the 29th of Novem ber the first order was given to load a ntrulier of the huts fur transmission to S.m! hanipt-n. The con tract was completed about the 10th or 11th of Decem ber. The whole of the dway which occurred arose from the indecision of the Government authorities. The E.n peror entered into a eoetraet with him immediately f 500 hute, which were completed and sent in in 5 weeks. By Mr. Drummond—A. box of nails was sent out with each house constructed for the Engli-h Government. The st,ry about the want of nails so far as his know ledge went was untrue. Mr. Layard—He had an interview with the gentleman sent out in charge of the huts, and gave him full in,truc tions as to how the huts were to he erected. From the reports he had received relative to the utility of these houses—he was convinced that the Gloucester form of roof was far more adapted to the purpose than the Portsmouth. _ . General Peel—You had no previous dealings with the Ord'iance and the Government authorities to enable you to know the proper quarter to apply to ? ~Vitnes~—No, nave betore. The Chairman—And I dare say you h :ye no desire tc have any communication with them again ? (Laughter.) By Mr. Drummond—He experienced some difficulty in obtaining payment after the completion of his cun tract. It was paid in three instalments, but he did not get Vie last, about which t':ere was some misunderetend ing, until the end of February, when it was obtained for him by Mr. Hayter. By - Lord Seymour—His estimate was 25/. per house ; each house weighing about 48 cwt. Mr. Layard—Were you ever told by the Ordnance authorities that your communicatione were not regular ? Witness—The Ordnance never replied to any of my communications at all. My correspoudence was princi pally with Sir F. Smith. Mr. Layard—Supposing Mr. Hayter had not suc ceeded in obtaining the last instalment of your money for you what should you have done ? Witness—l should have sued the Government for " goods sold and delivered." (Laughter.) Mr. Layard—Should you have done so ? Witness—l should have tried at all events. (Laughter.) Deputy Commissary-General Smith was next called, and was cross-examined by Lord Seymour. He stated that on his arrival at Constantinople in March last year he received instructions for the recep tion of a military fore. He bad never been there before, and wee totally unacquainted with the language. He was furnished by Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe with credentials, on whom he waited the first day of his arrival. He promised him every assistance and cooperation. After spending some few days in making particular inquiries amongst persons to whom the Ambassador recommended him, he made a re port to the Commissary-General as to the resources of the country. (The witness here put in that report at the request of Mr. Layard.) It was part of his duty to examine into the means of land transport, but not to pro vide barracks. He received no instructions as to where the troops would be quartered ; and when, in April, he heard of their arrival he prevailed on Lord Stratford to smile the barracks at Scutari. He visited thew, and found them in a better condition than might have been expected. He saw nothing about them which led him to think that they were unfit for quarters for English troops, or that they were not a tapted for hospital purposes. A supply of tents was sent down by the Turkish Government, as wellas some soldiers to assist the troops in making the preliminary arrangerneets. He ha l an inter preter granted to him by the Turkish G tverionent. He visited Gallipoli, and there en . erect into a series of contracts for army supplies with persons who were recommended to him fur that purpose —and he saw no raison at the time why they should not work properly. This was the first time he had ever tried the contract system in Tu, key. He contracted also for the transport service. He admitted that there were some difficulties connected with this department, but they were unavoidable He contracted for a sappy of fresh meat--in the proportion . of beef five days a week, will mitten 2 days a week. It was of inferior quality, but it was the very best the country could afford. The other supplies were corn e what inferior, but that could not be helped. He also contracted for a supply of forage. It was true at one time there was only a very inadequate quantity in the depot, but that arose from circumstances which were not fore sees, and the difficulty was immediately remedied. Stores were established at Constantinople, arid two granaries were also there ; and he thought these must have escaped the notice of those Englishmen who had visited the locality. One of the granaries wee three miles out of the town. The stores contained forage, rum, salt meat, and other supplies. He never experienced any inconvenience from the forms which had to he signed, and which were found in the book of iristiucidone. He could not suggest any forms of a sim pler chat acter. Alter the arrival of the troops at Scutari coffee was not at first supplied to them. It was not supplied until July, when it was served out as a ration. In the meanwhile it bad been sent out in a raw state for sale at cost price to the men. He had a large store of coffee, which was given out as an additional ration, and not as a substtute for anything else. WhOs the army was at Varna he was engaged to supply the means of land transport—at least he purchased the ba g gage animals under the direc tion of Lord Thiglan. In August he was informed that the army was about to move—though he did not know to what destination—and he acted under the orders of the Commissary-General in making the necessary provi sion of all kinds. The hurricane of the 15th November very materially damaged the resources of the commis sariat. [LEFT SITTING.] LAW INTELL.I7I-fi: ArilE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor did not sit to-day. (Before the Lord-Justices of Appeal.) NICKELLS V. HANCOCK. The Solicitor-General resumed and concluded his argu ments to-day in the case which came before their lord ships upon appeal from the Vice-Chancellor Wood, dis cussing a bill praying the specific performance of an award made by a gentleman of the name of Carpmell, in pursuance of a deed of submission to arbitration. The ground on which the Vice-Chancellor Wood dis missed the bill was that the arbitrator had exceeded his powers. The question in the case related to certain patents relative to gutty percha. Mr. Wilcox followed the Solicitor-General, and occu pied the Court the whole morning. (Before Vice• Chancellor Stuart.) WINTOSH V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Sir Fitzr,,y Icily resumed and concluded his argu ments to-day in this importaq and extremely heavy case on behalf of the plaintiff. The bill is filed by the plain tiff for the purpose of establishing a claim for no less a sum than a quarter of a million of money against th; defendants the Great toestern Railway Company. The claim of the plaintiff arises under contracts entered into between the plaintiff and the defendants for the exeeution by the former of certain parts of the main line of the Great Western Railway. The plaintiff according to the statement of Sir F. Kay, and the r,.citals in the bill, completed the several portions of the line he had contracted to execute, but the Great Western Company by their answer and evidence assert, that as these con tracts were not completed within, the time specified the plaintiff had incurred penalties which they were entitled to set off against his claim. In answer to this defence the plaintiff asserted that. the delays arose entirely from the faults of the defen dants, who, by throwing impediments in the way of the plaintiff, had occasioned him great loss, for which he was entitled to compensation. The pleadings on the case are enormously bulky, and the fees to counsel almost vie with those given in the well-known case of " Small v. Attwood." It is more than probable that the argu ments will last six or seven days. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. COOKSET. In this case, which it will be recollected was of a somewhat extraordinary nature a charge against a medical man, Mr. J. A. Cooksey, of Chipping, Camp den, of having circulated a false and scandalous report against a lady whom he attended professionally—Sir Frederick Thesiger this morning said :—ln this case, which was a rule for a criminal information, affidavits have been filed on the part of the defendant, and my friend and myself have looked anxiously at the affidavits, and we aro satisfied, according to the practice of the court, that under the circumstances this court would certainly not make the rule absolute, but would dis charge it ; we are therefore compelled to submit to the rule being discharged, and as we find that the practice has been, under such circumstances, to discharge the rule with costs, we must submit to that order. Lord Campbell—The rule will be discharged with costs. The Lady Louisa Bustle, whose death at Bath is an nounced, was a danghter of the late Lord Listowel, and married in 1817 John Bushe, Esq., eldest son of the late Chid Justice Bubo. BAiV KE CHEQUES. The following letter regarding the proposed penny stamp on bankers' cheques suggests that the objection founded on the probability of its leading to an absorption of coin and notes in small payments where cheques are now used might be met by rendering the measure appli cable only to cheques for 301. and upward. The proper minimum, however, would be that to which the penny receipt stamp is now applicable—namely, 2/. At all events 5/. would be a reasonable point. It may be said that, even then evasions would take place by persons drawing several small cheques when they wanted a larger sum, hut a system of that kind would be discountenanced by every banking establishment, and would soon be found impracticable : " Sir, --:-A ' London Banker' addressed you yesterday on the subject of the proposed penny stamp on bankers' draughts, and justly thinks that the aggregate amount of money retlined in cash boxes to meet petty disbursements now made by small cheques will withdraw an important amount from circulation. The penny stamp will probably only he considered and evaded in small transactions, and I therefore suggest that no stamp be required on draughts under 512/. or even 30/. value. • This would prevent hoard ing, always prejudicial to commerce, and not impair the anticipated revenue.—Your obedient servant, " T. P. L. " Liverpool an London Chambers, Backlersbury, April2s." Another suggestion on this subject has been made, to the effect that checks might be allowed to be drawn without a stamp, but that a stamp should be required to be affixed to them before they could be paid. In this way the expense would always fall upon the re ceiver, and, as the stamp, with the receiver's name across it, would carry a legal acknowledgment, the induce. ment to make payments in coin would be increased, and banking business would be proportionably stimulated.— Times City Article. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Royal and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Mac donald, and Lord Charles Fitzroy, went to Gloucester house yesterday morning, and paid a visit of congratula tion to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on the au4picious return of her birthday. Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode on horseback, attended by Colon& Seymour, and also paid a congratulatory visit to the Royal Duchess at Glouces ter-h•+use. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen, and afterwards, accompanied by the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide, and the Prince of Leiningen, went to pay a congratulatory visit to her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert took a drive in an open landau and four, in the afternoon, accompanied by the Princess of H o h en l o h e Langenburg and the Princess Adelaide of Hohonlohe. The equerries in waiting at tended on horseback. _ _ Mr. Daniell, of Bond•street, had the honour of sub mitting " The Imperial Dessert Service,' manufaltured for the French Exhibition, to the inspection of her Ma jesty and Ms Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Rirl of Clarendon had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the evening, ac companied by the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Princess Hohenlohe Langenburg, and the Princesses Adelaide and Feodore of Hohenhhe, the Prince of Leiningen, and f i rince Victor of Hohenlohe. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Desart, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and C donel Seymour. Her Roy al Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lady Fanny Howard, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, last evening. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cambridge, paid visits of congratulation to the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. A meeting of the Oxford University Commission was held on Tuesday, at No. 18, Great Queen-street, West minster. The Commissioners present were—The Earl of Ellesmere, the Earl of Harruwby, the Bishop of R:pon, Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Dean of Wells, and Sir John Awdry, with the Secretaries. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and the Mauritius. THE • APARTMENTS OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH AT WINDSOR CASTLE. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty the Queen having been graciously pleased to command that the suite of apartments occupied by his Imperial Majesty Napoleon 111. and the Empress Eu genie, during their late auspicious visit, should be shown to the public under the same restrictions and regulations ao the private apartments of the Castle, it may be useful to state that no person can obtain admission without an order front the Lord Chamberlain, which order can be obtained only a t the office of hi s lordship , in London, and Ia every instance a written application must be made. Up to the present time no day has been named for the issue of the Lord Chamberlain's orders ; nor is it known over how long a period such issue will extend. The state apartments will remain closed again , t ordinary orders until due notice of their opening has appeared in the London Gazette. The work of re-decorating and furnishing the apart ments commenced in November last, when it was first rum ,ured that the Emperor and Empress of the French were aboat to visit her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Windsor Castle. Both lines of railway on Monday morning brought an immense number of highly-respectable visitors, who were under the impression that they could procure tickets for admission to the State and Imperial apartments by mak ing app:ication at the Winchester Tower. Yesterday and to-day the arrivals for the same purpose have been equally numerous, and the most intense anxiety is evinced to view the apartments occupied by the Empe ror and Empress. The proposed arrangement with re spect to the issue of tickets is looked upon as being too exclusive. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lady Fanny Ho- ward, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou. cester, at Gloucester House, lait evening. Their Royal Highne?see the Duchess of Cambridge and the. Princess Mary and the Duke of Cambridge, paid visits of congratulation to the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. - The Earl and Countess of Dective have arrived at their taaxtai(eu is Eaton-mare for the season. THE P 4. 818 Workmen have already commenced the construction of the supplementary gallery which is to unite the main building of the Exhibition Palace to the additional buildings, in passing by the rotunda of the Panorama- Langlois. The rotunda will be principally appropriated to the reception of clocks and other such articles. The Palais des Beaux Arts, of the Avenue Montaigne, has been increased by an important building erected at the corner of the Rue Bizet and the Rue Marbmuf, to the extent of from 500 to 600 metres. This part is intended to receive the beautiful productions of the Gobelins and Beauvais, Sevr4s porcelain, and a Chinese mu,eum. Mr. Wittering, secretary of the Royal Academy of the Liberal Arts at Amsterdam, ha 3 been appointed as deputy commissioner for the Netherlands to M. J. G. Pescatore, to the Universal Exhibition. The Civil Tribunal, on Saturday, gave judgment in the case relative to the right to produce views of the Exhibition Palace. It was to the effect that the preten sion of the company who built the palace to possess that right exclusively in virtue of its having bought the de• sign of the architect, and of the edifice being for a num ber of years its private property, could not be-admitted, inasmuch as the palace, having been built on a site be longing to the State, and under the direction of the Go vernment, being besides set apart for public purposes, and destined, on the expiration of the cencee-ion, to be come the exclusive property of the State, must be con sidered a public building, and as such " may be repro duced by everybody and in any way, suhjt ct to the re strictions which the State may impose." The tribunal, therefore, dismissed the action brought against Meesre. Goupil and M. Masson, printsellers, to prevent them from selling views of the palace; but, under the circumstances, it ordered that each party should pay its own costs. In the last visitation of the chele , a in Paris, the sisters of the Maison de Charite, in the Ru e d e i'E p 6 e de Bei?, distinguished themselves greatly by their care of the indigeet sufferers. On the application of the municipal authorities, the Government conferred the cross of the Legion of Honour on Sister Rosalie, directress of the establishment, as an acknowledgment of the services of the little community, and of her own in particular. Some time after, Mdlle. Amanda Fougere, an artist of merit, was allowed, at her own request, to paint the portrait of Sister Rosalie, wearing her cros s . Th e s i sters were so pleased with the portrait that they requested to be al lowed to keep it ; and Mdlle. Fougere having con sented, they made her a present of the value of 200 f. A short time back Mdlle. Fougbre obtained the por trait from the sisters to make a few improvements in it, and to varnish it ; but, instead of returning it, she sent it to the Universal Exhibition, and as its merit was undoubted it was declared worthy of ad mission. Slit) then applied to the sisters for permit sion to have it exhibited, but they, from motives of ho stility, refused to grant it. She, however, still neglected to return the picture, and in consequence on Saturday the sisters applied to the President of the Civil Tri bunal, sitting in cliaalbers, for an order to oblige the artist to restore the picture without delay. Millie. Fougere represented that it would be very hard on her riot to permit her to exhibit a favourable specimen of her artistic talent, and she offered not to mention the name of Sister Rosalie in the catalogue. The President decided that, as the painting was the property of the sisters, it could not be exhibited without their consent, and ordered it at once to be restored. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard have arrived in St. James's-square from Arundel Castle. Lord and Lady Edward Fitzalan Howard have arrived at their residence at Rutland gate, Hyde-park. . _ The Marchioness of Hastings arrived at her residence in Pa;ace Gardens, on Tuesday, from the country for the season. The Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., Sir Culling Eard ley, and Mr. Wheatley had an interview with Sir Geo, Grey yesterday, at the Home-office, on the subject of Roman Catholic pi jests demanding access to all Roman Catholics in confinement at Brixton Gaol. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP EARL OF DURHAM.— PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The steam-ship Earl of Dur ham, from the Crimea, for Sunderland, put in here this evening for orders. This vessel, which has been em ployed in the transport of materials for the railway at Balaklava, brings home only one passtnger, namely, Sergeant Nerry, Royal Artillery. Her dates are— Balaklava, Mar c h 25 ; C ons t an ti no ple, 30 ; Malta, April ; and Gibraltar, 18. On the 19th Of April, 100 miles east of Cape St. Vincent, she. spoke the barque Bride, Government transport, bound from Malta to London. THE LATE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—During the late visit .1 the Emperor and Empress of the French to this country a singularly ap propriate article was introduced to the notice of his Im perial Majesty by the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, his Majesty having been a patron of their establishment. It consisted of a registered design of a new garment, called the Emperor's Rediogcote, and is composed of a material made expressly for the purpose, the colour re sembling the well-known historical gris, or blueish mix ture, which is engraved in the hearts of every adherent of the house of Bonaparte, being the favourite colour of Napoleon I- both in the field and in the palace. While the form is somewhat sdaptel to modern taste, the old characteristics are preserved, thus being both a useful article and a memento of the visit of their Irdperial Majesties. by. MARK'S HOSPITAL. —The 19th atrii ver,mry festi val of St. Mark's Hospltal (in the City-road), for the cure of fistula and diseases of the rectum, was held at, the Lon lon Tavern last evening. The Lord Mayor, Sir Francis G. Moon, Bart., presided on the occasion, and was supported by Mr. Sheriff Crowley, Mr. Under Sheriff Farrar, Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., and other gen tlemen. The utility of this institution, and the wonderful cures effected by its skilful surgeon, Mr. Salmon, are not perhaps so generally known as they deserve to be, from the very peculiar nature of the diseases which are treated, and we may therefore safely re-echo the conviction ex pressed by the committee that there are thousands of charitable individuals who, if acquainted with the exist ence of the institution, and the invaluable benefits which it confers on the suffering poor, would feel it a privilege, as well as a duty, to co-operate in so useful a work. This is now the more necessary, we regret to find, inas much as the committee have lately sold out funded capi tal to pay all existing liabilities, and thro wn th emse l ves on the friends of the hospital and the benevolence of the public fer the income required to maintain the charity with its present compliment of 20 beds. Ile interestB of the institution were yesterday evening most ably advo cated by the Lord Mayor, and the atnount of the sub• scriptions raised was about 1,400/. Tlr3 musical ar rangements were under the direction of Mr. Francis, as sisted by Mr. Lockey, Mr. G. Buckland, and Mr. Hut ton. The music included many gems of the English vocal school, and a song by Mr. Francis, " Fill high the sparkling glass," especially written f or th e occas i on . Mr. Higgs officiated as toa-tina , ter. PROPOSED PROHIBITION OF SUNDAY TRADING.—The new bill brought in by Lord R. Grosvenor, Lord Ebring ton, and Mr. M. Chambers proposes "to prevent trading on Sundays within the metropolitan police district and city of London, and the liberties thereof." It enacts that all persons selling, offering, or exposing for sale, or causing to be sold or exposed for sale (on Sundays) any goods, chattels, effects, or things whatsoever, shall, on summary conviction thereof, be fined 55., and on a second conviction this fire may be increased to 40s. The act will not apply to the sale of medicines or dings, nor to the selling or crying of milk or cream before 9 a.m. or after 1 p.m., nor to the selling or offering of any news paper or periodical after 10 a.m., nor to the sale of fruit. cooked victuals, or any unfermented beverage before 10 a.m, and after 1 p.m., nor to the sale of meat, poultry, fish, or game before 9 a.m. from the 31st of May to the let of October in each year, nor to the exer cise of the ordinary business of a licensed victualler or innkeeper. Butchers and others, delivering meat, fish, or game after 9 a.m. on Sundays will be liable to the penalties already mentioned. Nor will that useful class of the community, the barbars and hairdressers, be ex empted, if they presume to "do business" after 10 o'clock on Sunday mornings, in which case they may be fined 55., and 20s. for a second offence. It appears, however, that the payment of one penalty will protect the offending barber from any further fine on the same day. Clause 6 saves servants from the operation of the act, and visits their disobedience on their masters or mistresses. The police are requited to enforce the pro visions of the act. Penalties for cost may be levied by distress, and imprisonment may be inflicted in default of payment for 14 days in the common gaol or house of correction. The penalties will be appropriated to the expenses of the police force. No informations are to be quashed for informality, or to be removed by certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench. The act (is) to c(on mence (if passed) on the Ist day of November, or "All- Saints' Day," 1855. IMPORTANT SALES OF THE MARQUIS OF EXETER'S ESTATES.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Alderman Fare brother (firm of Farebrother, Clark, and Lye) submitted some most important freehold property to public compe tition by order of the Morquie of Exeter, part of whose estates the property comprised.' The property was situ ated in the Strand, Exeter-street, Wellington street North, Catherine -street, and Exeter-change, and esti mated to be worth between 60,000/. and 70,0001. The worthy alderman went with great minuteness over the particulars of the sale, and stated the value of the property, comprising the first lot —viz., eleven houses in the Exeter-change, only one of which was let, the remainder being on hand, the whale of the arcade (whieh runs from Catherine -street to Wellingtor:-street North) being of the estimated annual value of 3611.; a dwelling, No. 17, Wellington-street, and forming Ni), 12, Exeter change, producing 1101, per annum ; dwelling and shop, No. 4, Catherine -street, and forming No. 7, Exeter change, in hand, annual value 100/. ; No. 5, Catherine street, value 60/. ; Exeter-change coffeehouse, No. 6, same street, let at 70/. ; the Fountain Tavern, let for 1501. (this includes the White Hart Tavern). No. 40, Exeter-street, let at 45/., and Nos. 36 and 37, ground , rent 201., and No. 845, Strand, being the Engineers, &c., Life Office, annual value 375/ , together with the reversions, estimated in all to produce 1,350/. This lot was knocked down, after a spirited competition, at 21,800/. The second lot comprised 16, Wellington street, let at 100/. ; No. 2, Exeter-street, let at 621. 10s.; the Bell Tavern, at the corner, annual value 2011. ; Nos. 3,4, 5,6, 7, 10, and 11, Exeter-street, producing 2131. 7s. ; and the Boar's Head Tavern at the top of Iturleigh-street, annual value 150/. This lot was sold for 10,500/. The third and last lot comprised Nos. 343 and 344, Strand, of the annual value (and nearly all let) of 310/. ; No. 1, Catherine-street, let. at 90/. ; No. 2 (office of the Courier de, l'Europe newspa per), let at 75/. ; and No. 8 (office of the Era newspaper), let at )25/. 4s. 10d. per annum. This lot was sold for 10,5001. It will.. be seen,that this important freehold property, worth nearly 3,000/. a yedr, realised under the hammer, 51,800/, The room was clenflely crowded duriog thy ale LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, THURSDAY, 9 A.M. M. Drouyn de I'Huys was to have left yester- day, but his departure is postponed. Negotiations there are none. FRANCE. We extract the following from, Galignani's Mes senger of yesterday : " MARSEILLES, 24th.— General Bizot, of the En.' gineers, has not been killed, as at first reported r but he received a severe wound in the neck in an engage ment in front of the Flagstaff Battery. 1,200 French, who were cutting a trench there, bad to support four furious charges of the Russians, aided by cannon, and they repulsed them all. In this affair we have had 150 men put hors de combat, and General Bizot and two commandants wounded. Nothing of importance has since occurred. The losses of the Allies from the fire of the place'are about a hundred killed and wounded per day. The front of the Quarantine Fort is destroyed, and all the works are da maged. The enemy has been able to repair only part in the night. The heavy rains have rendtsed the works very laborious. Great difficulties were experienced in making the trenches of the fourth parallel, but they were boldly and admirably executed. It was reported on the 14th that the troops under Omer 1 3, icha and General Bosquet were about to operate against Gen. Liprandi." The Government has received the two following telegraphic despatches : " KAMIESH, April 17. The fire of our batteries maintains its superiority. We have become masters of a series of ambuscades in front of the central tower, and these work., where we are established, are now com prised in our lines. We have crowned in that direction a ravine which runs alon; the fortifications of the to Ain where the enemy formerly kept "their reserves in saf-ey, Before the Flag-staff basthin we have very successfully blasted about 50 metres of rock, and this has given us a new parallel, which has been united to the others. From the 12th to the 14th, notwithstanding the offensive operations of the Russians, we have only had 300 men put hors de combat.' BRUAT." The Charge•d'Affaires to the Minister of Foreign . . Affair.. " PERA, 21st.—I learn by the Asmodee, which left the Crimea on the 19th, that the besiegers were still ad vancing, and that their position was becoming consoli dated. The, enemy made a stroog sortie in the night of the 18th, but it was promptly repulsed." We have yeceived the following private telegra phic despatches " KCENIGSBERG, 23(1.—Bessarabia, the governments of Kiew and Kerson and Podolia have been placed under military jurisdiction. The command of the army of the South is 'given to General Ludere. General Atinenkoff has been recalled, and is to go on an extraordinary mis sion into Tends." " VIENNA; 24T11.—1n consequence of the indefinite snqpero.ion of the Conferences, and a very general belief that they will not be resumed, speculators have taken alarm, and securities of all Ituds have fallen. The 5 per Cent. Metallics have declined 14 per cent." " VIENNA, 24TH, EVENING.—The Austrian Gazette announces the rupture of the conferences, in'conse queries of Russia having categorically refused to limit her naval forces in the Black Sea. Lord J. Russell has left, and a report is current thak the military convention with Austria; has been signed." " Viforrra, 25th.—Yesterday afternoon the members of the conference met in order to sign the minutes of the twelve preceding sittings. There was no further con ference." _ _ " TURIN, • '24th.—The English steamer Crcesus, one of the vessels intended fer the conveyance of the Pied montese troops to the East, left Genoa this morning with 37 officers, 250 soldiers, and a quantity of provi sions, on board. When at a distance of 11 miles from Genoa, a fire broke out on board, and the vessel was de stroyed. All on hoard, with the exception of 8 men, were saved. The fire is attributed to the engine." "MADRID, 24th.—At the Cortes to-day, the report on the bill presented by the Government relative to the creation of Protestant cemeteries was presented and read. It is favourable to the measure. Some advan tages have been granted to the foreign import trade in Spain, and some of the Consular formalities have been simplified." The Emperor and Empress on Tuesday visited the Palace .of the Exhibition of the Beaux Arts (paintings, (to.), all the arrangements of which are nearly completed. The Moniteur continues to give the text of ad dresses presented to the Emperor during his late visit to England. Vicomte d'Uruguay, formerly Minister of Fo reign Affairs of the Emperor of Brazil, arrived in Paris on Tuesday on a special mission to the French Government. The Chevalier Marques Lisboa, Mi nister of Brazil in Paris, and all the persohnel of the legation went to the station of the Northern railway to receive his Excellency. BOURSE, APItIL 25.—„CLOSING PRIORS. Cash. fr. C. En , l of Month. 4 per Cents 93.25 93f. 25c. :i per Cents 6B 30 68 30 Credit Mobilier 776 25 Roman Credit Fonder 540 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes 35 Piedmontese B5 75 Home Debt 303 RAILWAYS —FOII CASH. fr. c Orleans - 1135 -: Lyons ... ]OBO -- Western... ....... .-. 612 50 Rouen - Cate 610,- Strasburg Mediterranean 97•i -- Havre 542 50 nnthern - Cherburg . 545 -- AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 21st, in the Consti tutionnel, says : " It is certain that the Russian counter-project, deve loped by Prince Gortschakoff in the 10th sitting of the Congress on the 17th, turns on the system r,f opening the straits by the abolition of the stipulations of the treaty of the 13th July, which relate to them—that is to say, pro poses to declare that vessels of all nations may freely pr•e cee.d from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, and vice versa, without previously obtaining the authorisation of the Divan. The system has been unanimously rejected by the plenipotentiaries of the Powers who signed the alliance of the 2d December. Their declaration was made in the sitting of the day before yesterday with clearness and precision, although in the most moderate terms. Lord J.- Russell ] and Lord Westmoreland expressed themselves on the subject with the same firmness as the plenipotentiaries of , France and Austria. It would not require long argu ments to show that the system of the Russian counter-project deserved to be rejected both for le sal and political reasons. It is henceforth an axiom of in ternational law that the maritime territory of any State extends to ports, roadsteds, bays, gulfs, mouths of rivers, and any part of the sea confined within land. In apply ing these principles, which Whe.itston, one of the cham• pions of the seas, admits to be absolute, it results that the Porte must be the sole judge of the opportuneness of opening or closing the passage of the straits ; se cause its sovereign right of jurisdiction over the two straits cannot be contested by any one, as not only are the two straits within the Turkish territory, but 'they are commanded by the batteries of the fortresses which the Porte has built on the coast to defend the passage. To force the Porte to open the straits, against its will, would be to openly infringe the sovereign rights of the Sultan. Apart from the legal question there are powerful political reasons which must make the Russian Cabinet understand that neither Austria nor the Western Powers can easily consent to facilitate to Russian vessels the entrance into the Mediterra ,ean and the A. , iriatic. It is no longer a secret in the diplomatic world that Russia has long cast her eyes on a maritime position, justly considered as the key of the Adriatic. This position, the importattce of a Lich will be seen by a glance at the map, is the m , uths of the Cittaro, which, from their excellent hydr graphical condition-, unite for Russia the immense advantage of touching Montenegro, a country which every ma. knows is devoted to the Go vernment of the Czars. The only power that. can prevent the Muscovite forces from crossing the Danube and the Pruth and marching on Constantinople, is Austria. Let us suppose that Russia, under the pretsxt of inter vesinirg in behalf of Montenegro, the protec torship of which she claims, should coneentrate a squadron at the mouths of the Cattaro, and that then at a given signal she should cause an insur rection to break out in Servia. which is so near to Montenegro ; if Austria were to show a disposition to check the revolutionary movement in Servia, the Russian fleet would quit the anchorage of the mouths of the Cattaro, to menace Trieste and the other ports of Austria in the Adriatic. Russia would then have a splendid opportunity of taking her revenge in the Danubian principalities for her present disappoint ments. It is not necessary to c , ntiltue these arguments, to convince any one whose eves are not closed against the light, that those who maintain that the liberty of the n svigation of the Bosphorus may be the salvation of Turkey, and the sole de"noueine , tt of the East-rn ques tion are in error." sip A letter from Vienna, in the German Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Some journals have been speaking of a reduction in the Austrian army, and declaring that it is to be placed on a peace footing, with the exception of two corps d'armee. We are able to•give the most complete contradiction to that statement. Not only has Austria no idea of reducing her army, but everything indicates that most probably a fresh levy will be ordered by her in the month of May." CONSTANTIN OPLE. The supplement of the Constantinople Journal of the 16th, contains the following I , " The mail which arrived this morning from the Crimea brings accounts down to 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 14th. The following is a summary of our correspon dence :—After lasting the whole of the 11th, the fire grew slack towards evening ; in the night the cannon ade was resumed with a. - dour on 'the left, particularly against the Southern Bastion. At 6 o'clock a.m. on the 12th, the fire slackened by degrees, and ulti mately subsided, when there was a sort of truce for a few houre, - The Malakkoff tower Awl De bettecies, 111 which were observed to be in a ruined stet, Ac t. , completely silent. At 10 o'clock a.ra: the firt recommenced, and lasted the whole day _,' at fire e bwever, it was feebly kept up. On the 13th, tueo, extinguished. the Quarrntine, in the right of the city, was ow" . J i g x re ti a n t g ly uished. The Southern Bastion damaged. Forts Constantine, Catherine, and Quarantine showed no sign of life'. Towards eye!' i D ng we only fired occasional shots. The °Wel Onivision has left, with Omer Pacba, for Balallh; the 14th the batteries re-Opened upon the place' Tea was sileni 017 Egyptian Division is gone to join Omer Pasha. t French companies d'elite, which were assembled. in,fri3slia of tbe MalakhoffTower, carried, during the n e . the o,i, ambuscades on the left, after a most obstinate rd. The. .tance. All the Russian batteries are greatly clam a g e te when fle t e h t e is as e v c a b e e l l t on ta e k d e a s lo p e la g e t e h : e , coast, and will c ° '" ellt C°ll - The following letter has been received. from stantinople, dated the 16th : " I have received accounts from Kamiesh of the 1 4 , th ' which, though interesting, afford wit n3uch ! nada! if r t correspondence. The bombardment' is got' °,olliecligles and day, walls are thrown down, and our Pr i jos set firs to the city in various places. The B uss :. scarcely reply to our fire. The moment.for the sterol cannot therefore be far distant. The fleets have not t jl e ie opened. °f te.; Such is the summary of the situation. ~ Generals appear satisfied with the results as yet obtalue.,_. but they hardly know bow to explain the silenced. .. Russians. Can it he the losses they ha ve sustaine Ps force them to that silence'! I "The camp is iu a state of complete organlsa ti°° ' Tl° hardly a day passes without fresh troops ariving. 0 4 movement of the 'navy is very active. The Prav,o n__,, who passed the winter at Daoud•Pasha. emb arked Ye'l terday for the Crimea. Another let ter from Sela4eoP:a says :--' The fire continued the whole of the-Iltholot, still with the saute energy. At 6 o'clock pall. it ° door, ened, but it recommenced at night with rebe4iedar t renewed. et the Rarticularly to the left of the town, and Pgar n " hie Flagstaff Bastion. In the mean time the Rll' 4 ' s- 0 8 0 0 anchored in' the port constantly pored ebe1,19.0,-aseli batteries. At 6 a.m. on the 12th, the nr'', l , - ..t a coed on botn a dts, One would have foil i ia"-- acrd truce had been agreed between the h eSiegv— 5 rtes Well besiegers. Tie Ntal khoffotTowL.rand the batteri , s 10 silent o ; but they were in a very bad condition. ''''„ clo y 'el ck the cannonade recommenced , and las te ' i t e'c'irca and bight, but with 1e.,4 violenr . e. A rer°r ttd t" b lat,l that the Russians had tttacked Eupati liar :'' il Omer Pasha was to succour the to , n ; but it t ' s P art d turie out o o he false. On the 13th, the fire ceased on tlI r ed, I the Russians ; the Fragstaff Bastito, much ill)° ,o3d was sitence.l. The North Fort, the Qua rBe e Catherine Forts gave no sign of life. We also fll6Gfor ,h ned our fir.. We no lot•ger fire more . tbar l tb ise tilio. i _ . 0 . : i t its each piece. Omer Pasha left that Mr tv . i n kei °Luau division for Balak , ava in order to 7 1 7,4 ia the English. Our fleets are drawn tip a ' re- ttdc e f out d ...‘.'t baBtopol. It is probab e they tie ' 4) ,, t b tea pal tin the affair. During the night of the 1 ') o d ealitpanies were sent against the Malakhoff,Towellbeli huccet_ded in taking off th e Russian atubtuu tdesp - connected the tower with the toy% n. " * , A MERI CA. /41: 56 ' SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. -v 271 , Car The United States mail steamship Uniquri, on tain Adams, has arrived. She left No * , e tiej . the 9th inst. Her news has therefore been i 0 pated by the arrival of the Asia. 300 ° The Union brings 62 passengers and $-- ' specie for Havre. On the 12th inst. she signalled with the n It o can ship Forbes bound eastward,b lat. 41 3 1 3 9 0 00 1 62 50 60 ; in lat. 47 30, long. 45 20, Pr'ssed 0,30, icebergs. On the 18th, in lat. 50, long. ' w e st' passed the steamship St. Louis, bound ttdbejtsteo ward. The Union also passed the trn.i r ic, mail steamship Hermann ) bound to N ell ° the Needles. THE EASTER FAIR AT RIFSI6 a B O • LEIPSIC, April 20.—From the eomplicatte ocer. of European politics, and the conse clien a rest.l tainty as to peace or war, as well as the D ow"' of prices in provisions of every description, 4 {ll O , , was led to form any sanguine expectation; "peroa result of our Easter fair. Still at averYl r b f l ,refr °° a considerable number of Greeks arriveu. Moldavia and Wallachia, who made Ire ,i a cttl,r e " purchases during the Easter week, in ila l t - b e in°% ' generally, and especially in silk goods. In ner s fq; time, tho number of pure! asers and s e „.i.,ron s ii,' other parts continued to arrive verydell so that the fair may be said to be verY basinr. tended. Up to the present moment e and o lo b n e done in our two great articles of leather 5 o f t ie. was exceedingly brisk.. The 01 3 0 e e i g of r s ° l ll former, with the exception of some Pa re , r iCeS , 1.1 tO leather, were all sold immediately , d' t r epe e " e equal to those of the last fair. with r r ;i, t 2,, e r i , cloths and woollen manufactures in ge. lie s i rto was a very good assortment of buckski li f l r ong, g b ",r lar fancy stuffs, though the quanta:JO ; the fair was perhaps inferior to that Tr ent P li tt -e which may be ascribed to the high 1 of wool, inducing many manufacturer - , 1 le t Ot t the amount of their produce to small 0 0 The prostration of this branch of eolnic s r ri" America caused the number of purchoh e- 0 5 0 " the United States to be much less ths, ll io and this was not without exercising a ee n d t tb" fluence on the trade. On the other ,b fit, number of large purchasers from Rail! m A 00, land, Bavaria, Frankfort-on-the-Maine , was ate; burg, and the north of Europe generally • factory, and most of the large depots are „ boo,' some few large purchasers have hitherto 1012ieborio0" it was more for the purpose of depress/nem it than because they do not want to nnY' f a ir therefore, not improbable that the cloth as tbv not be finished till next week. .As reit' 0 0 0 prices I may add that an advance of fr°'ooo " two dollars per piece on these descriptiono 01 the piece, and 24 newgroschens per ell, sold in that way, was freely paid for 01° L* ue; from 3 to 4 newgroschens per ell more fortho skins and other fashionable sorts of 0 4° the last autumn fair. 'ea 4 513 THE GOVERNORS OF COLON I ES THEIR SALARIES. ~( 0 0 • Gole P ittif Tie following is a-list of the names o f the ;di t and Lieutenant-Governors of our colonies, :: 14 . ' we vtem salaries, as shown in a recently izsued Pa ul nn o . paper : Xii v " ead, Govrnor of Canada .......... n no Colenel Sir H G. Le Merc e hant, Lieutenant-Govern°' 3,1 r fNova Scotia ....................................... 0 00 Ho o n. J. H. T. Manners Sutton, Lieutenant -G°' 'nor of Now Brunswick ........................... 000 Mr. 1). Daly, Lieutenant-Governor of frince ward's................. _ . .................. 01fth Mr. C. Darling, Governor of .. Ne........ undland ........ • Colnel Murray, Governor of Bermuda ............ ' Mr. Douglas, Governor of Vaniouver's Islan d (Pala by the Hudson's Bay Company) ........ ..... 1700 . •••• Sty - Sir H. Barkly, K.C.8., Governor of Jam rn'6 , Mr. Inglis, President of the Counci l Of G°T meat of the Turks of Caicos Islands .............. Mr. Stevenson, Superintendent of Honduras ;ibt; Mr. C. H. J. Cuyler, Presiding Magistrate 0 1 1 0uv Bay Islands .................................... • • Sir A..Bannerman Governor of the Bahamas •••:;., 0 00 Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke,' C 8., Governor of 1 3 "" . bail o, Band the' Windward Islands ............... 1,500 Mr. E. J. Eyre, Governor of St. Vincent . ........ . Mr. Keate, Li •utenant-Governor of Grensd 3. ",; •... . Mr. Shortland, Lieutenant-Governor of Toblv '". Mr. P,,wer, Lieutenant-Governor of St. Ltlelo‘a Mr. Ker B. Hamilton, Governor of Antig":„.. • the Leeward Islands Mr. Rush worth Governor of Alontserrat .. Mr. Robinson, Lieutenant-Governor of St- - 5- `s• Mr. Seymour, Governor of Nevis ............ .. ......... 4 0 1 Mr. C. Kortright, Governor of the Virgin . 4, Major Bl.tckall, Governor of Dominica ........ . • „ 5, 01 , Mr. Wodehouse,'Governor of Guiana (Blit 01) , . Captain Elliott, R.N.. Governor of Trinidaa „. General Sir R. Gardiner Governor of Gibralt.. 9 ; t ote A Colonel Sir W. Reid, K.C.B , Governor of the 4411," Sir J. Young, Lora High Commissioner 01 .„ lonian Isla t ds, ................................... 4,-•60.04 Sir G. Grey, K.C.8., Governor of the Car °I • ••• 10 r t4 90 Hope .................................................. ••:„. Lieutenant-Governor General Jackson, ......... Mr. Pit , e, - the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal ••• . •••' ▪ • Mr. Hay, the Governor of St. Helena, ....... •• i e rro $, O OO l Lieutenant-Colonel Hill Governor o f •• nit Le0ne...................... : ............. . . .. G .. ul " *• Lieut. Colonel O'Connor, Govern ..a••• The Governor of the Gold Coast (vacant) •••••;;:fsl o Sir W. 'l'. Denison, Governor of New South " . • • 4 0 (to be increased; as proposed, to 7 ,COOL) .......... ..... 4?" Sir H. E. F. Young, Governor of V an Die oath Land ...... Sir R. G. I%l'Donnell, C. 8., Governor of :os Aus traria ....................... ....... .• • ,r 0 Captain Sir. G. Hatham, Governor of Victo,,r7erts Mr. A. E. Kennedy, Governor of western Australia ................ .................. •• f Net • gr Colonel Gore T. Browne, C. 8., Governor o A Ze, la .............................................. d a r o Mr. J. I. ll i La n e s e g .. i . t .. .... ..... G .. ... v .. e . r . n .. 0 .. r .. c .. f•t" Dla Sir H. G. Wiud, Governor Ceylonen ......r Leat-Goverlfpe Lieutenant•Colohel Caine, Liei Hong Kong, 2,(00/. (the Governor, Sir j; ring, receives 4,0001. as Chief Superi.ht.h.h.a. .......... r o ) Trade in China) ............. Mr. Mr J. Scott, Lieutenant-G:0.v.;;;;.0..f . 619 . G. Ronnie Governor of the F lklandlst a Captain Sir J.'Hindmarsh, Governora Of. c. ;O PACKET SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE 9s :t nt' —The estimate for the P.,st-office dePartTielest service) for the year 1855-56 was p ublish e "„t;c l "i 7; It shows that the sum required to be /" Te aroio , 755,2391,, against 812,8261. voted ler the Tod - 0 0(3 „3 55. The packet service between liolyhea' ta p ifreori stown costs 25,0001. ; between SouthaOP ;pa Channel Islands, 4,000/. ; between DeT,,ericaterOr; and Ostend, 15,5001. ; for the service 01 Gibraltar, 20,5001. ; for the service b 4.- 17' oen ' • f oo l pool, Halifax, Boston, and New yak, for the service to the West Indies, ,4,.13:0$1010„5 the extension of the West Indies contract 1 7, off t o A Y I3uenua Ayres, 30,0001. ; for the conve3T3'ne- aoc l .or the west coast of South America, 25, 0001 ' ; in dj west, coast of Africa, 22,0001, ; for the or Australian service; 145,414/,for ° mails betwevo Adeu and Bcaubay, 24,7004