The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

%MEAT= ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckatone: THIS EVENING, v p labs preaented THE SECRET AGENT. Prindpal CharaCtell >y yer. Backstone and Miss E. C ha p lin. To be followed by a new Ballet. in which the Spanish Dancers ir liespyeakr, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. Al t ar which, *Alert Extravaganza, called THE 'NEW HAY. UARIZET SPRING MEETING, 11155, To oexelude with THE GALICIAN FETE. EC)YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of My. Gums ILEAIt. THIS EVENING, WIR be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH• rrinciPal character by Mr. C. Kean. • To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Q u een, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADE.LPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Meetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wilt be Performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS rf 'UNGER. Tc: cohe'nfle w!th A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALFS OF AL!)THEE GOOSE, with nume ous highly-coloured Illustrations RIVAL OLYMPIe TIIEATILE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TIIIi EVENING, Qill be perforzied a Cornedlette, called LAW FOR L O. Vining, H. Cooper, Leavers, Characters ty Me s srs. A. Wigan, suaiht les Cast: et, n. " dm „m a id), RILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, r y, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW o wasr AND THE KING OF :HE GOLv MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. • Lessee and Mwager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Second time, an entireiy - new and original Spectacle-drama of har rowingintereat, by Mr. liaison 1.4. e, called, rim FIELDAGAINsT 7111 E FAVOURITE ; After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, Invented lly Mr. William Cooke. To oenclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A Zmbellishmen ts. new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, liar been added to the Boi-otlice open from Eleven till Four. Stage manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca► Isaacs. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE OaMEET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J. Raiford, Rogerson. and Kinloch ; and Miss Re twee Isaacs, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. RIGS WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tsui DAT —ltornini: 14 min.after 8 Eveni .g 7 min. aft. 9 To-Inasow —Morning 55 min.after 9 j Ev fling 42 min. 111.10 ?HZ WZATHER.—Sun Ornci, April. U. Tilinumurris. TIN TEA SLUM. 55 highest since neon yesterday. 44—lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at noon. BARON ITER, 29 . 63—rising. WIND, N.W. to N.N.W.—Fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. T h e equinoctial gales have been blowing for the last few days very hard. When they come after the equi sox they are always more severe. / gbet . ; ' if/ - 3 1 3. 4 1310 , . LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1855, Mr. JOHN BRIGHT has been figuring away again at a weekly meeting of the Peace Society. Angry he is, and justly, that Parliament takes a fortnight's holiday out of April instead of August ; but especially that he cannot speak from "his place in the House of Commons," while the Vienna Peace Meeting is proceeding. He would like to drag to light, if possible, some of the secrets of diplomacy ; we heartily wish he could. Never did- •we more abhor our " secret diplomacy" than just now, when a set of aristocrats and despots are snugly squar ing the result% of all our waste of blood and treasure ; and that while. we, who have only to pay and to bleed, are not allowed to know what their Lordships and Imperial Majesties are doing. Why not have the biddings open ? If they are honest men what have they to conceal ? Why are we to know only when knowledge is useless what these Lords who govern us at 5,000/., at least, per annum, as Mr. BRIGHT obierves, do with our interests ? Austria and Russia would not endure it perhaps ! Then give up the whole thing if they are such knaves that they are afraid to trans act Europe's business in the eyes of Europe. Has not the assertion been throughout, that this is a war in the interest of European independence. If so, in all conscience let Europe say whether she thinks her servants at Vienna are securing her independence as the result of the War. The wliole Continent, as well as England, has the same concern in reading the debates in the Vienna conclave as our country has in reading the debates in Parliament. If courts of justice to individuals cught to be open, surely courts of justice between nations ought to be much more so. We believe in our hearts that the only rea son for secret sittings is, that such Congresses are conspiracies of Autocrat* and "Aristocrats • against the righta of peoples. Mr. BRIGHT declared "he would be no party to concentrating the indignation of the people upon what was termed the mismanagement of the War." We might have censured his shirking this duty more severely bad he kept his promi se ; but if he did not enter into details of hospital neglects and Balaklava confusion, he certainly gave it our Governors pretty roundly for their general incom petency. They were " distinguished- me n . diltinguished for lines of ancestry kept more carefully than those of Manchester men ; men quite above the business by which honest livelihoods are earned in Lanca- --- shire ; men who kindly consent to govern us al 5,000/. a-year each for their hereditary services ; ye t men who " cannot manage the business of the nation with ordinary ability." At the present crisis they keep an ambassador at Constantinople of the worst possible temper, and another at Vienna too old and feeble for his duty, to aay the best of him. In the Crimea, a general who is the son of a Duke, the brother of a Duke, and the uncle of a Duke, and who, therefore, despite proved incapacity and old ag e , k eeps hi s post—Lords all three ! Such is the algiu mee of our peace-maker from exciting " in ". „ .lleartily do. we subscribe to it all; 7 * friend Jowl' is a political soldier, at least do ri ' c luellY w „ Memb er hx e . oncur with the Honourable enomfbon„iy beh • ° nig that th e re is " wisdom • stre n -•• l e a enough, moraut KEn enough, power of intel better G "erninent t 7 i t r u g a s to afford us a much and that possibl y when w e have seen o f l a t e , into our own hands , t ' ar-e 'lette-ra a littl e m ore we r e naY managed some w hat b e t ter find th the national a ff a i rs recent years." The Speaker he". they have been of remedy. We know of no re , the true ever did or could p rosper unless man ° ' n t he Which he looked eent ion. ed himself. Nations ar e no ex to it not see to getting the right sort of will if th ey 4 win to keeping them right too, th ey w ill he -I "N and not governed, to the end of the sto fleeced, ry, ..• Even Lord DEBBY, who professed to have dug a n ew vein for a Cabinet, never departed farther from the • Aristocratic clique than necessity com- Pellet' him- And, now, amidst the calamities of war itee lf—ealamities caused entirely by un paralleled- incapacity and mismanagement—office, even °ace-all Which thousands of lives depend, is but a shuttlecock between two or three hereditary Parties. - Let fir, B anour rest assured that nothing but a settled indignation against the culpable authors - of such - lavish and wanton expen &lra et liamsY aza apstr u • _ - "!?.4 1 4:0 rig F 441 From Vienna we hear that the nirth Conference was held on Easter Monday, that it was very short and by no means satisfactory, and that it was uncertain when the next meeting would take place 9 . There has, in fact, been an adjournment sine die, until Prince GORTSCITAKOFF has received the expected instructions. We were not at any time so credulous as to suppose that the Russian Plenipotentiary would receive plenary powers to conclude a definite arrangement while further procrastination was at all practicable—until, in fact, the - representatives of France and England could no longer be cajoled, and a day was peremp torily fixed on which they would depart from Vienna unless the requisite authority had been obtained in the interval. It has long been ob vious that Russia has adopted a Fabian policy— that she hopes to retard the preparations of the Western Powers for the spring and summer cam paign in the Crimea, while she intrigues with Austria, so as not merely to detach her from the alliance into which she promised to enter, but, if practicable, to obtain her cordial co-operation, so that there may be a new "Holy Alliance" of Russia, Austria, and Prussia against liberal opinions and liberal Government in the rest of Europe. There is but too much reason to suppose that Austria is already listening to the insidious coun sels. We have already commented on the very suspicious neutrality of King LEOPOLD, who, if uninfluenced by his Austrian connection, could scarcely hesitate as to arraying himself on the same side with England and France. Unfortu nately, however, his English wife has long since passed frgm this world. Her French successor has shared the same fate, while the Duchess DE BRABANT is living, and likely to live. He, there fore, cultivates the friendship of her relative, the , youthful EMPEROR, whose influence must, indeed, be powerful when it induces the Ulysses of the House of Saxe-Coburg to disregrd what, to a less worldly mind, would seem to be the para mount claims on his friendly assistance and z3alous co-operation. But another, and no less ominous, symptom has recently been added. The constant bicker ing between Prussia and Austria have long been notorious. Each is earnestly striving to obtain predominance in the German Diet, to aggrandise itself at the expense of its opponent. Prussia has especially endeavoured to thwart her rival on every possible occasion. Every opportunity has been anxiously sought after, and made available to the greatest extent. When in the early stages of the present difficulty Austria seemed disposed to lean to the side of Russia, her eager rival made I corresponding demonstrations in favour of the Western Powers. The moment, however, the Government of FRANCIS JOSEPH varied its tactics, that of FREDERICK WILLIAM made a correspond ing move to the other. They seemed, in fact, agreed on but one point, viz., to cordially detest, and zealously to oppose each other. Now, however, they are reconciling their past differences, and professing boundless friendship for each other. The earnest struggle for ascend ancy in the affairs of Germany is, for the time, being apparently forgotten. They are once more friendi and brothers ! Nothing seems to be taken into consideration, but the interests, or rather the supposed interests, of the Fatherland. We say the " supposed interests,', because really Germany is far more concerned in checking the aggressions of the AUTOCRAT than the Western Powers. Influenced solely by the antiquated considerations of honour and justice, and in the cause of right versus might, they entered boldly into the arena and bearded the Leviathan of the North, while those more urgently called on held aloof from the contest, which a decided de monstrationt on their p ar t would have speedily terminated, if it had ever commenced. What, then, does this sudden ." friendship" —this un expected healing of deep-seated differences por tend? That is an important problem, to which it beho ves th e Cabinets of Paris and to discover an a ccurate solution with Londonpossible speed. It requires not the s kill of "an cEo rrus to discover a correct answer. We have seen the part hitherto played by Prussia —we have seen how the maudlin temperament of CLICQUOT has been influenced by the latest injunctions of the dying AUTOCRAT. He WOlll3 do anything-- ' risk any danger—submit to any humilia tion—if he cou ld thereby detach A ustria from the Western Alliance, and thereby save his nephew from any substantial loss of power, or even any blow to his pride. He would Ihimself readily swallow the leek, provided the new CZAR could be spared the unsavoury morsel. 1 The reconciliation between the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna incontestibly proves ilia . the latter is no longer—if it ever were so—sincere in its professions to the Western Powers, but that it has been won over by the concessions made respect ing the two first points, and possibly by some other inducements not yet publicly announced. The only results hitherto arising from Austrian policy, have been that she has contrived to get peace able possession of the Principalities, the occu- pation of which by Russia led to the .. War ; that by her conduct, while in such possession, she enabled Russia to detach so many troops from Bessarabia and other districts as to warrant her ass uming an offensive attitude, which led to the san guinary encounters at Balaklava and Inker man---that she has kept Belgium neutral ; and, through the co finally, i, a , P • russia. Th. • it is time that t i h s Patched up her own differences with the Li on that has been attained 1 con4°lenl ePeration of Austria ; and surely at'the shortness torsion, un s .‘l7- brought to a mockery should be Lord Jonl4 e cannot then wonder aonnd msorze:ousl Conference on m oo aua lantoly nature of the Russzu were greatly surprised if °Y ; n " should we feel 1 1 speedily to return to the chit' witiso-melonetc, p w a h r ic i t , h 46n as be t en dude 4 . af the department Y neglected. tions will then to required whiclf ' will, we explana- terminate - the Vienna farce, and lead t" 879 t ' l9*. ' _ .. _o so m e .s e t '. ! Qickla_ kOt4CII Qll the AO gt tho Gamma Powin g . • - - ..::. ;., 4 ,-; ' •- - := - --! -- - - - -- ' . ~.. _ _ _-~v'„ , ' the incompetent out and the competent in. There are men in the army who could and would have taken Sebastopol beforewinter ; men who could and who would have kept the army sheltered, and fed, and clothed with needful comforts, and at half the cost which has been incurred—men who are known, "or might easily be known, to hondst governors ; but they were not " eons, uncles, or brothers of Dukes ;" they were not in routine order for high commands ; they had only given proof of vast capacity in organising large commercial undertakings, and had not been threatened with hanging for incompetency in the Peninsular War ; so, they could not be thought of—old generals, old commissariat officers, and old doctors blocked the way ! We need not advert again to Mr. Baranfs pacific boastings ; it is pleasant to concur with him for once, if but in part. Our readers would hardly suppose, perhaps, that the orator who could say so much to the purpose would have them believe that they do not know why they are at war with Russia ! Lord PALMERSTON could tell him. He could explain what the people wanted, and what the Court and Cabinet do not want. THE Stitl, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEyING, APRIL 11, 1855. OF THE FRENCH'. On Thursday the Court , a ill come to Lowlon, and in the evening tier M i.j•Qty ; a , .icompanied by Prince Albert and their Imperial ilLijesties, will priceed in state to the Opera. Oa Friday it is expected that her Majesty, together with her Imperial guests, will visit the Cry , -tal Palace. The public will be excluded from the building it ,elf while they are making their inspection, but in their progress they will present themselves on the balcony to the people assembled in the gardens. S€ , aion ticket-holders will be admitted to the interi,-r during luncheon in the Queen's apartments, and her Majesty and her august visitors will then pass down the entire length of the Palace to the place of exit behind the Potupeiian Court. By these arrangements .the inhal,itants of the metropolis and the public at large will have ample opportunities afforded them for evinsting the cordial satisfaction with which they hail the presence of the Emperor and Empress of the French upon English soil. On Satur day it is understood that the Emperor and the Empress, after having taken leave of the Queen, will return to France. Such we believe to be at present the arrangements for the week ; but it is generally understood that the free. dom of the City of London will be conferred on the French Emperor, and that his Imperial Majesty will be invited on the occasion to partake of the civic hospitality ; iu which case, no doubt, the Emperor of the French will appoint some day most convenient for the purpose, which may in a degree modify these arrangements. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough, convened by the mayor (John Clode, E-1.), was held in am council chamber of the Guildhall, " for the purpose of deciding what steps shall be adopted for publicly dis playing our joyful feelings at the approaching visit of the Emperor of the French and his illustrious Consort to our most gracious Majesty the Queen, at Windsor Castle." The meeting commenced about seven o'clock, and the council chamber was so crowded that it was suggested that an adjournment should take place to the Town-hall; The mayor took the chair, and a great portion of the members of the town council were present. It is scarcely necessary to say that the leading inhabitants of the borough were in attendance; The TOWN CLERK having read the notice convening the meeting, The MAYOIt rose, and said—lt will be received on all hands that the visit to this country of his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of the French is highly satisfactory to his feelings, and redounds much to his credit at the pre sent crisis. As a town, the residence of the Sovereign of these realms, we have every reason to give him a pro per reception—(great cheering)—and, if the thing be done at all, let it be well done. (Renewed cheering.) I would suggest a general illumination, and a triumphal arch somewhere near the terminus of the Great 'Western Railway this day week. (Cheers.) Mr. BEDBOROUGH afterwards rose, and said that he never knew of such an opportunity of displaying the loyalty of the inhabitants of this borough. He thought it was their bounden duty to express their joy, and give a cordial reception to our last and best ally, and he begged to move the following resolution :—" That it is the incumbent duty of the inhabitants of this - borough to give the most hearty and cordial reception to their Im perial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French at their approaching visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle." Mr. MINTON said he lial great pleasure in seconding the resolution. NotwithstandEg the disastrous ac counts and unfortunately the disa-trous effects of the war, the alliance I , etween France and Eegland was worth all the sacrifices that we c mid make ; he con sidered it was wild for France and England ever to have been at enmity. (Cheers ) Be cons'dered their mutual welfare as much connected as the toonis of Windsor and Eton ; and as to the present Emperor he had d,splayed great wisdom in his rule, and promoted the happiness of his people. (Cheers.) Mr. HARRrs, Clewer House, said he was delighted with the object of the meeti ]g. - - .France was said to.be at the head of the civilised world, arid it was only proper and fitting that England should he side by side with her. What honour we did to the Emperor we d.d to the na tion. This gentleman then moved "That a committee be appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting," Mr. THOMAS CLEAVE seconded the resolution. The Tows CLERK observed that the prophecy of Napo leon I. was ' that in h a lf a cen t ury the whole of Europe would be Cossack or republic ; and the subsequent events had shown that the Cossar;ks, or Russiany, were continually progressing south. This war was, then, a just one, and ought not to be discontinued until wo had concluded a sound and honourable peace. The people might be taxed and suffer severely, but the liberties and civilisation of the whole world were concerned in the i strusrgle. (CleerP.) dr. _ROBERTS had no doubt but his fellow townsmen would give the august vi-itor that reception which re cent events had proved him strictly entitl d to. C.tpt6H BCLKELEY proposed that a subscription should be immediately commenced. Mr. I:lnsTosr had great pleasure in seconding the reso lution. Tho Rev. F. H. Mona-AN suggested that a public din ner should be given at the Town Hall on the day the ad dress waq presented to his Imperial Majesty. (Cheers.) Mr. N. S. CANTRALL seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. The shbscriptions announced by the mayor before the meeting broke up amounted to 1201., but by this time to about doubly that sum. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left London yesterday afternoon for Cdefden, Backinghainshire. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at tha Clarendon Hotel from Hornby Castle, Catterick, Yorkshire. The Marquis of Exeter will arrive in town this after noon from Burghley. The Earl and Countess Fingall and the Lady Hen rietta Plunkett have arrived at Edwards' Private Hotel, George-street, Hanover-square, ftama.-St, -Leonarils. The Earl and Countess Grey returned to town on Monday evening, after a brief tour. The Countess of Ashbarnham pave birth to a son on Eater Sunday, at A shburnhain-place, Sussex. The Dowager-Countess Mansfield has returned to town front Fern Hill, near Windsor. Lady Caroline Murray, Lady Elizabeth Murray, and Lady Georgina Murray came to town with the Countess of Mansfield. Lady Blantyre and her youthful family left London yesterday morning, by the mail train, for Scotland, where her ladyship will join Lord Blantyre at Erskine Howe, Renfrewshire Miss Hel:_n Faueit made her first appearance in Dublin on Tuesday night, in the character of Juliet. She was received with gr at enthusiasm. THE CORK ELECTION.—A third candidate has ad. dressed the elector Major Roche (unattached) is the cousin of the late member, now Baron Feriniey. BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the election yestz-rday Mr. T. M. Weguelin was unanimously chosen governor, and Mr. S. Neave deputy-governor. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ma dras, which has been taken off the Australian line, has been placed on the Bombay and Aden line • and the Norna, which h as a l so b een taken off the Australian route, has been placed on the China and Bombay line. Witt's the necessary funds can be raised, it seems ex tremely probable that the next annual gathering of the Royal Agricultural Society will be held at Chelinsfird. Trials for breach of promise of marriage have hitherto been almost unknown in France, but the Imperial Court of Nismes has just declared that the non-execution of promise gives a right to damages. The new screw steamer which is building for the Peninsular and Oriental Company at Blackwall is to be called the Braganza. She is to be 720 tons burden and 150-horse power. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —The marriage of Charles Schreiber, Esq., fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, with the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, widow of the late Sir John j: , M.P., and only daughter of th e l ate Errl of Lindsey, was solemnised yesterday, by special licence, at the parish church of St. Martin-in-the -Fields. A CHARGER FOR THE EIIPRESS.—We understand the Emperor of the French has offered 1,000 guineas, open to Great Britain and Ireland, for a perfect broke charger for the Ernpres4. He must be thorough-bred, quiet with troops, and stand fire. According to a letter from the Crimea in the Malta Times, the Russians did not come to the determination to sink the vessels which they had latly sit to the bottom of the harbour of Sebastopol until they had re moved them frora place to place, and ascertained that it was quite impossible to station them in any place where they would not be exposed to the fire of the enemy. SPORTING BET.—We understand a Yorkshire subal tern, in the 7th Dragoon Guards, has backed himself for 500 guineas to ride 100 miles in five hours. Twenty miles per hour will therefrre be the pace, almost equal to that of the Derby. He intends to have ten horses, and ride over the Curragh race-course. llncreasing ease continues to be observable in the dia coont-market, and in the Stock-Exchange money can be i obtained on loan at 3 per cent. The India Company also are stated to be ready to mike loans on Government Se curities for two months at D i per cent. MERCANTILE BANE OF INDIA. —At the first yearly meeting of the Mercantile Bank of India , London, and Chins, held at Bombay on Feb. 28, a dividend was de dared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The bank, it was stated, commenced business on the 3d January, 1854, with a paid-up capital of 61,0651., which had since been increased to 328,326/., and branches had been opened at Colombo, Kandy, Canton, Shanghai, Calcutta, and London. The profits for the first s'x months were i 3 4i4 , o 7 n 6 3ll,2 9 ; .l . o , nT a h n ,: d itn f i o le r gtho t e h ti e act l hi as oanr t 10,051/., and after payment of the dividend a balance would remain for reserve fund of I . . was expressed s t e o r p ed e opened la .di ii:at t the ef 2 : 12 e .. e l icoasusafi we reyr a lre n egfa a . in far a ed :- . i to, and a h0pe 0 1 4194t.: OA tbio side-would be toud -'z' ..., Proctioable. - i • VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPICESS Their Majesties, as we stated a day or two ago, will arrive in this country on Monday next, and will itnme diately proceed on a visit to the Queen at Windsor. On Tuesday the Queen and the Court will proceed to Buckingham Palace, when the Ernperor of the French will receive the corps diplontatique, and when, it is understood, the Lord Ma: or and the corporation of the City of London will present their address. The Court will afterwards return to Windsor, and in the evening her Majesty will give a grand banquet, which will be followed by a ball on a scale of the greatest magnificence. Oa Wednesday there will be a grand installation of the Garter held at Windsor Castle, when the Queen will confer that order on the Emperor of the French. In the evening a grand banquet will be given by her Ma jesty in St. George's Hall, as is usual on such occasions, and it is understood that a concert will afterwards take place. talent. LATEST NEWS. patoria. cession of the Turkish province. Mr. Murray is engaged in skilfully counter acting the inimical influence. WARSAW, Bth. The Russians are concentrating 120,000 men in the Baltic provinces. Two divisions of the Russian fleet are at Cronstadt ; a third division is divided between Sweaborg and Revel. There are=-besides in the waters of the Baltic 300 gun-boats completely armed and provisioned. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur publishes an article, six columns long, containing an £ccount of the Eastern expe. dition. It finishes by claiming for the soldiers all that is due to the most approved courage, and for the chiefs all that is,deserred by the highest The Moniteur promises an article in which shall be discussed, with impartiality, the objects and purposes of the negotiations. The Session of the corps Legislatif is prolonged to the 14th. The Budget was discussed to-day. The Emperor has signed the decree relative to the execution of the Lyons Railway through the Bo urbon a is. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OVN CORRESPONDMTT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We have no confirmation of the fact that either the Malakhoff Tower lias been taken, that peace ' is all but defillitively settled at Vienna, or that Russia will accept all that may be asked of her short of the destruction of Sebastopol. With re spect to the seatimentsof Russia there are two ver sions. Some whom I know to he her partisans declare that, fo far as " destruction" of any kind .is concerned, die will not consent to burn a single plank nor to freak a single stone. On the other hand, we are assured that she is, in reality, most anxious for pace, and that the conditions must be very hard .)f digestion indeed which she would not swallow. On what side the truth lies time only can resolve. The inauguration of the Palais de l'lndustrie is postponed to Ray 21. Upon the great. question of the, thy the Paris papers are alrathst without political discussion. The Emperor yesterday gave au audience to Ad miral Don Manuel Blanco-Enealwi a , the Chinn i .' Minister, who to-)k leave of his M kjegty, having been appointed in the same quality to the Court of Rome, The Emperor and Empress last evening honoured the French Opera with their presence, to witness the performance of "L 3 Proph6te." Colonel Fleury will accompany the Emperor to England. The departure for the Crimea of the re giment he com man d s ( t h e Guides) is postponed un til his return to France. The 16th is still said to be the day fixed for their Majesties to leave Paris. The Debats contains the following :—" The last accounts which we have received direct from Berlin are to the 7th, and the) contradict, as far as re gards Gen. de Wedell, the accounts which have e published. The General a rr i ved in Beriin on th e Ist, and was received been given by the eriv b a y te th t e el e4 King, raP h t' and w to , whore h h c e h d w e e • livered an autog ra ph lett er f rom the Emp:.ror Na phaosleohnad f.rSe ci in u c e e n h t i n a t r e r r i v v iws li in of th e Ki ng. Ho did Berlin, th e G enera l not leave Berlin on the 4th, as has been stated, to return to Paris ; he consequently did not receive any counter-order whilst en, route, with fresh in structions, prescribing to him to re t urn to his Go vernment of Luxembourg. What is true is, that the General has not left Berlin for a moment since his arrival on the Ist inst., and that he there awaits the orders of the King to return to Paris. As to M. d'Usedom he has not been recalled from Lon don, and there is, on the contrary, every reason to expect that he will prolong his stay there. We, on our part, know that Colonel de Olberg, who is attached to the mission with which General de Wedoll is charged to the French Government, is still in Paris, and that tie awa it s the return of'the General. Our private lett ers announce to us that the Cabinets appears to be t a ki ng place between of Vienna and Berlin." BOURSE, APRIL 10.--CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 40 _f 3 per Cents 69 85 70f. 10e. Credit Mobilier BO5 Roman . 84 Credit Foncier 5lO Austrian ......... 83 Belgian Fives — Spanish Throes — Piedinontese B5 75 llomo Debt ......... 313 EAILW 4Ts —POR C A MI. e. O r l eans ... ..... wei.ter n . 657 50 Rouen ........... 1030 Cette .... Strasburg . • 885 Mediterranean m ____ 0 t m ........... ..... .. ............. 5 r e, 6 o o _....-- Northern .. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg Journal of Ist April. The Emperor, accompanied by his brother Nicho las, intends to visit Finland, and more particularly Helsingfors, previous to th e commencement of ho?:- tilities in the Baltic. It is expected that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael will soon return to the Crimea. The merchants of St. Petersburg have subscribed 300,00) silver roubles towards the ex pense of the militia, and handed it over to the military authoriti3s. . ODESSA, March 20 . —Governor-General Annen koff left yesterday for Kherson. He is charged with the commissariat and transport of all the troops under the command of Prince Gortschakoff. Captain Baron Osten-S1 cken arrived yesterday with despatches from St. Petersburg. He met Prince Gortschakoff at Nicolaieff, and delivered his de spatches to him, and ;he general- at once -left -for Perekop. Letters fron Eupatoria state skirmishes were taking place every day round that place. In the affair of the 9th the Russians had 800 men put hors de combat. One regiment of dragoons had 93 men killed, and 114 gorses killed. AUSTRIA. A litter from Vieana, in the Breslau Gaz.etle, says :—" It would seem that Bavaria made to Austria a proposition, which probably originated the rumour of a bet•or. understanding between the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin, M. de Pfordten applied to Austria lot to insist at the conferences on more than the cpestions concerning the protec torate of the Prineislities and the free navigation of the Danube, and 6 4 merely act as mediator on the 3d and 4th points. That proposition aimed at nothing less than to cause Austria to adopt the policy of neutrality pursued by Prussia, and to reject the system of he Allied Powers. The cabi net of - Vienna rejectfd energetically the proposition of Bavaria." A letter from Viekna, in the Czas of Cracow, says :—" The Empress of the French has made a present to the Empress of Austria of a lace dress, whi c h will be seen a the Exhibition of Paris, and the pattern of whicbwas designed by the Empress Eugenie herself. Tie value of this dress is esti mated at 200,000 f." PEDMONT. The comiitte e ofhe Piedmontese &nate on the Convents Bill has a)pointed M. (Jolla to draw up the report. He aknowledges the right of the State to suppress thm, but thinks the measure in expedient except-lab-financial point of view. The ( Ate/. soap= 4 t4scculgittvo iie Arirciii btiug :-. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 29. The camp of Matalek begins to become popu lous. The Imperial Guard continues to arrive. Omer Pacha occupies two villages half a league from Eupatoria, and is enlarging the circle of the fortifications for 50,000 men. Ten thousand Egyptians are directed on Eu- The Russians contradict the death of Prince Menschikoff, but admit that he is very ill. The papers say that a third barrier of ships has been sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, in front of Careening Bay. Persia has assembled 50,000 men on the Turkish frontier. This suspicious position is at tributed to the hope held out by Russia of the A letter from Athens of the 28th, in the Pays, says :—"M. Barozzi, the Greek Commissioner at Constantinople, has obtained great advantages for his country In the treaty which has just been con cluded. Greece will have no indemnity to pay ; she obtains a treaty of commerce completely fa vourable to her interests ; she is placed on the footing of the most favoured nations, and conse quently acquires a right to try, by her representa tives, such Greeks as are guilty of crimes in the states of the Sultan. Gen. Spirio Milos appeared for the first time yesterday before the committee of inquiry of the Chamber of Deputies. The re sult of this first interrogatory is not known. He is still kept in the most solitary confinement." THE STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE USUR PATION IN TURKEY. [The following is Lord Stratford de Redcliffe's circular to the English consuls in the Levant, com mented on in the first leading article in the Dai y News of this day.] Therapia, Nov. 20, 1854. Sir,— Within the last few months four important measures emanating from the Turkish Government, and calculated, if enforced with suitable energy, to produce a hr: e ananunt of benefit to this empire, either by their iinnie Nate or by their eventual consi , quences, have been emununicated by command of the Porte toher Majesty's ere lia4sy. By the first Gf these measures a signal improvement has been intr iduced into the procedure of criminal jurisdiction throughout the Ottoman Empire. New seenritits have been given to the protecti, , n of inns_ cmce, and for the discover! of guilt, in trials of that de, scription, and ab we a'l the telimony of witnesses, te whatever class of the Sulam's subjects. they may belong, has been thereby placed on a fo , ting,of pteect equally. The second is directed a,-;ainst the disorder-, and act f , c-net vi, 1 nee but too frtluenty perpetrated by irre gular soldiers in the Porte's service, or by unemployed tedividu limed to the indulgence of their pai sions, and - addicted to plunder and sani - tuiwkry crime. Th tlkir has estah'i,lked the removal e , e-y, kind of restriction attached of late to toe free exportation of grain how t i:orts of Turkey. The fourth, and not the least beneficial, is a complete interdiction of the traffic in slaves from Georgia and Ctrs cassia. As her Majesty's Government have taken a deep intese t in the adoption of these measures, they can not but feel an earnest desire to have them carried seriou,ly an I pertuaneetly into effect, to the end that their s Vutary results may be thoroughly rea l ised, not outs fo - purposes of general humanity, but &se for the welfare aed neprovernent of an empire whose preserva tion in a right spirit is now the leading principle of European policy To the accomplishment of this grand object I con ceive that your watchful attention, and the exercise of your unbiassed influence, may be essentially conducive. The Turkish authorities, on whom, in the first in stance, devolves the faithful enforcement of the mea sures in question, have some traditional prjudices to overcome, and many adverse intere•te to wi hstand in the ex,-cution of their duty. At a distance fr ,m the seat of government they naturally stand in need of support, admoeition, and encouragement ; nor, in the present most intonate and cor lie,' state of our relations with Turkey, Jan aids of this kind descend to them from a better source than from you and your cllleagues else where, animated, as, no doubt, you are by the spirit of that alliance :which ho'.ds the two countries together in close co-operative union. I ought, however, to remind you that the most friendly int3rference in those matters which immediately concern the internal affairs of the empire require to be conducted with prudence and a just respect for the rights of sovereign or of local juris, diction. Your vigilance may be exercised, your advice may be given, the language .of remonstrance even may be used, without transgressing the limits of propriety ; and, in case of failure, your representaeiem to the Go vernment at home and also to the embassy here, wilt afford that prospect of redress which, though more dis tant, may not, on that account, b 3 of less certain effect. C.,pies of the firtunns, instructions, and notes relating to the four measures respectively are enclosed here with, as well in the original Turkish, as in English cr Freneh translaCion. They w(.uld have been sent to you at an (Adler pe►io+l, had not some ob , tAcles, difficult to remove in a moment, been occasioned by incidents on which it is not necesia'y to dwell. Although the in , agures themselves are already known to you and to the public at large, the present circular will reach you at a time when some experience of their w - rking will enable you to a* at once with practical judgment and effleaq in furtherance of their enfore2- ment.—l am, &c., (Signed) STE/AIMED DE REDCLIFBE.' DEATH OF JOHN PENNEFATRER, ESQ.—It is with great regret we announce the death of this lamented gentlemen—the hst surviving aon (we believe) of Bar, n Pennefatber. The sad event took plooo on Sunday evening, after a few days' illness. Mr. Penn. father at tended as crown prosecutor at the Tipperary assizes, where be caught typhus fever, which, from the first, was considered of the most malignant type, and under the effects of which his strength became utterly prostrated. —Dublin Evening Mail. MAILS FOR SIERRA LEONE.—The following notice wa3 issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz. "Mails for Sjerra Leone and`A.scension will be made up for transmission from Devonport by ber Majesty's steamer Teazer ; and all letters addressed to be sent by the Teazer will be so ferwarded. Letters sent in these mails will be liable to the packet rates of postage, viz., is. per half-ounce, which must be paid in advance. Ne,vspapers will be conveyed free of charge." The Teazer is appointed to pail from Devfonport on the 12th instant. ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE. —Professor Christmas delivered yesterday another of his-lectures on the "Do mestic Life of oar Ancestors." He confined his obser vations to the amusements of our forefathers. The Anglo-Roman period—the Anglo-Saxon period—the early English period, were in turn brought before the audience. - Athletic sports, sedentary games, and espe cially games of Chance, were illustrated by anecdotes from the chroniclers and biographers. The lecture con sisted necessarily of isolated fact, which cannot be brought together in the limits which are prescribed to us by the exigencies -of a - daily journal. It is shl3fic - Piit -- to say that the lecture met with the usual approbation from the audience. THE CABINET OF TITLES. —The public dis,atisfaction with the lordly character of the Palmerston Adininistra.- tion deepens every day. Title or family influence seems to be the only merit which his lordship recognises. In excluding men of merit from important situations in his Government, unless, in addition to their administrative capacity, integrity, and character, they can procure the exercise of oligarchical influence in their favour, Lord Palmerston is playing a perilous game. The people of this country possess the attribute of patience in a remark able degree, and they have proved that they do so by the generous, perhaps too generous, forbearance they have displayed in ref erence t o the composition of the Palmer ston Cabinet. But it may be well to remind the Pre mier that there are limits to the national endurance ; and these limits, if we do not grievously mistake the signs of the times, have been reached. If the noble lord persists in setting at defiance public opinion in reference to the oligarchical constitution of his. Government, he may do something more than jeopardise the interests of the very class on whom he is lavishing his official favours. He may discover that he himself has incurred a respon sibility of tke gravity of. which he little dreams at pre sent. We, at any rate, cannot great uneasin ess , th e state of feeling eentemplate, without in the which is so manifest A mail' mind tbia TerfaiiniteeriforzOty ivertinr, ' unanimous on the subject. Two of them (MM. Desambrois and Collegno) wish the . bill to be ren dered less stringent ; M. Sclopis finds it quite in expedient, and M. Santi finds fault with its finan cial provisions. The committee intend to propose as an amendment, that the convents be allowed to remain until the last inmate has died off. As an amendment to that effect has been rejected by the Chamber of Deputies, the reproduction of it in the Senate may lead to serious complications. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies met in its bureaux on the 6th to examine a question of prerogative, one of its members having been judi cially condemned in a matter relating to the public press, without any application having been made to the Chamber for permission to prosecute him. M. Cadorna was appointed to draw up a report on the subject. ITALY. RoIE, April 2.—The state of the Bank still occupies the painqtl attention of cpinali-rial classes here ; anl Prince Rospigliosi, C ,nut Pianciani, and Don Vincenzo ,lmn have been deputed by the shareholders to throw themselves at the •Pope's feet, awl implore a prorogation of the term granted for the withdraw ing of tiv. , , , ir surplus paper from circulation, so as to enable the bank to resume its discount opera tions, awl relieve the merchants of the state from the merciless claws of usurers. It is doubtful whether his Holiness will consent to this measure, although he is stated to be less avers:: to the sepa ration of the Branch Bank of Bologna, and the re formation of the Batik Statute. A letter from Hamburg in the Independance Beige, asserts that the Allies will find in Finland 100,000 Russian troops, under the command of general Da _13.1-g, ready to oppose them, and that a force still more considerable will operate, under the command of General De Sievers, against, any attempt at disembarkation at Courland and Livonia. A letter from Kalisch, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" Different journals have announced that some troops belonging to the 2d and 3d corps of infantry have entered the Crimea, and are stationed near Perekop, under the command of General Paniutin. We can affirm that two divisions of the 2d corps of infantry have not quitted Poland or Volhynia, and that General Paniutin has still his head-quarters at Lublin. There is only one of the divisions ( - he sixth) of this general in the South. Another division, the ith, is in Bessarabia, under the command of General Uschakoff." - At di KE T 61 021MiiiiCIAL LAT ELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed firm, and compared with last week's prices of American are 1-16 d. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales (2,000 of which were for export and on speculation), comprising 100 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at 5d to 7d., 700 Surat at 31d. to 4d., and 150 Sea Islands at 10d. to 2s. 10d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady. The amount of tonnage built last year in the United Kingdom and the Colonies was 320,809 tons, against 359,788 tans in 1854. Subjoined is au account of the tonnage of vessels owned at the end of last year and 1853 by England and her colonies, and of the number of persons employed : Dec., 1853. • Dee., 1854. Tonnage. Men. Tonnage. England 3,150,653 • 152.184 3,365,330 162,423 Scotland helm! 259,364 14,033 262,377 13,262 IslesolGoern sey, Jersey, and Man Btiti,h Plan tati.unB. 61,046 5,701 64,065 5,911 734,218 52,365 794,520 55,860 _ - - Total 4,764,422 253,896, 5,013,270 266,491 Yesterday afternoon the rates for bills of ex change drawn here upon the principal continental cities were firmer. Paris, 90 days, 25 42i to 45.; Amsterdam, 11 191 to 12 ; Hamburg, 13 Bto 84; Frankfort, 119 to 1194; and Trieste, 1.2 38 to 42. The English Stock market is heavy, and the settlement of the account has given a fair supply of Consols, no large amount being taken up for investment, although money is so cheap out of doors and there is a contango of about per cent., equal to 3 per cent. per annum. Consols have been 924 g for transfer, and 92g for the 10th of May. - Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 10s. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 2114. The HonourableEast India Company lends upon Stock at 2i per cent. South Sea Stock is at 118. Foreign Stocks are very dull, but generally well supported. Mexican, however, it flat at 211. Brazilian New 4i- per Cents. are marked 94i. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 37, and the New Deferred at .18i. Turkish Bonds are 76'4 to 77. Dutch 24 per Cents. babe risen to 63. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i to 7 ; 21i to 21,1 ; Peruvian, 69i to 704; ditto Three per Cents., 49 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 42 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 184 ; ditto Three per Cents., 364 to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 5f to si; ditto Passive, 4i to 4g. There is an absence of anxiety in the market for Railway Shares, and the quotations are in several cases weaker. The Canadian and Indian under takings are steady. Mines are dull, but United Mexican maintain their value. The Joint Stock Banks aro inactive, and in the miscellaneous shares there is very little to notice, except the heaviness of Royal Mail Steam Co.'s Shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT, ONE O'CLO (Prom the Official Zia.) 3 tuk Stock ... . 2llBu liness done 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Animitias... .......... 914 904 • 3 per Cent. Consuls Annuities 92 4 Jew 3 per Cent. Annuities .. New 2i per Cent. Annuities 774 Lung Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 180 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,.1860 44 India Bonds, 1:1060 .........„ ....... , Ditto, under £lOOO l4 South Sea Stock tionsols for Account, 10th 3114 y ' 92h a Exchequer Bills, 2id. £IOOO E5OO .„ , --- Sinai , , lO 7 10 51xchequer Bonds 1858, 34 per Omit, ...; 994 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO 0 Bmziliau Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent . . ilexican 3 per Cent. 4 panisii Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account '37 • Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB4 . Turkish Bonds, 6 per emit — Ditto Small i - :=7-erris ~,, th above neyaffie in Lorio,,n. Dutch Exchange, 2h par Cent. 12 G,111..... 63 liA LP-P AST TWO, C 3asalti 92,1 g May Ace ~ q lt, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-{THIS DAY. LONDON, April 11.—Wind and weather this day Li noon, W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 10.—Wind, W. to W.N.W. Ar. rived—Dunbar (transport 23), from Corfu ; Archer, Lon. don,_ for Calcutta. YARMOUTH, April 9.—Wind, N.N.W. Afrived—Caro. line, from for 'Valparaiso; Northfleet (transport 35), , for the Crimea. TORBAY. April Arrived --Unre stricted, 1%6m London, for the Crimea ; Avery, Dart mouth, for Rio Janeiro. MALDON, April 10.—The Pearl, of Whitby, got on the Maplin Sind yesterday, but came off to-day with assist ance. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—The Corra Linn, from the Clyde to New York, put in here yesterday, bore up, April 2, from lat. 55, long. 26, having experienced heavy gales from N.W. and S.W. on the 3d; threw about 120 tons of cargo overboard. ROSTOCK, April B.—The roadstead and the whole coast is blocked up by floating ice. It is considered dangerous for any ship to attempt, entering the Baltic for the next week, or perhaps fortnight. PILLAU, April 4.—The drift of ice here continues with a very rapid current ; and as the ice partly takes its way through our harbour, most of the ships lying here are in great danger ;• many of the captains have desired their owners to get their vessels quickly insured. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, 2 hours' ebb ' • cloudy, an d s t rong , Arrived, April 10—A zor i an , f rom St. Michael's; Lively, Guernsey ; Diana, Rangoon. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.31 a.m. Wind, N.W. by W. ; blowing heavy and squally. Anchored—Deltino, from Loudon, for Naples ; William Henry, from Cardenas, for London. Put Back from off Dungeness and Anchored—Bohemian, from Shields for Calcutta. MARKET 4VEWS-(T.EIL S. DA Y.y (101t,N EXOTTANCI-R. • To•day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The demand, however, ruled very inactive, at Monday's currency. For foreign whew--the show of which was very mode rate—there was scarcely any inquiry, and the quotations were almost nominal.. We had a fair inquiry for barley, at full prices ; but malt was very dull, at barely late rates. We had a very dull Aale for oats. Beans, peas, and flour moved off heavily, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WREN. Barley. I Malt. oats. Flour. 1,960 3,380 1,110 1,120 5,750 1,740 2914 skg. 4624 brls. English .. :risk Foreign .. Wheat. 1,T,90 1,950 BOROUGH HOP. Sussex hops are scarce, and rather dearer. In other kinds very little is doing. ----- WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold slowly to-day, as follows; —Beef, 3s 2,1 to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6 , 1; lamb, Cs Od to 6s 61; veal, 38 8:1 to 4s 8d; pork, 38 Od to 4s 4d per 811 as. by the carcase. The head mastership of Wolverhampton Grammar School hai become vacant by the death of the Rev. W, White, M.A. The appointment, which is worth 350/. a year, is in the gift of trustees. WRECK OF THE NATAL—Advices from Cadiz yester day state that the General Screw Company's steamer Natal, which lately went ashore there, wag deeply em. bedded in the sand, and likely soon to break up. Her stores and machinery and many of hsr fittings would; it was believed, be saved. She was of 680 tons' burden, and insured for 15,0001., or about three-four,ths of her value. BATHS AND WASHHOUSES IN THE PARISH Or ST. GEORGE, lIANOVER.SQUARE.—The Acts 9 and 10 Vic„ cap. 74, and 10 and I 1 Vic., cap. 61, for the better providing of public baths and wa4lthousee, having been. adopted by the wealthy parish of St. George, Hanover square, a very commodious building erected for this pur pose :n Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, has been thrown open to the public. SOUTH WALES IRON WORKS. consequence of the depressed state of the iron trade and the high rate of wages which have fer a length of time past been received by the workmen, the iroumasters of South Wales have determined to reduce the wages of their men to the ex tent of 10 per cent: This reduction was pretty generally carried into effect on the la•it pay day, and was submitted to by the various workmen without any feelings of dis satisfaction being expressed, the men being perfectly aware that the rate of their wages for months past has been unproportionately high in c ompar i son w i t h the rates obtained for the manufactured iron, bars,_or rails. On the question being• first mooted the Dowlais men objected, and threatened a strike if the wages were re duced, but after several i n t erv i ews w i th the principals they agreed. to the reduitiop, and are DOW 1744 OPoil, TILE KNOW-NOTHING POLICY. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. Sin,-Lord Palmerston ha 3 at last completed his ", 1: 21 vernment by th e app o i n t ment of Mr. John Ball, '' for Carlow, as Under Secretary of the Colonial Depart ment. The se le ct i on is highly respectable as far aell Ball's chara c t er an d abilities are concerned ; butuP to the moment of hi.: appointment he had never bee s any way connected with colonial affairs, had never sholv any disposition to interest himself in them, An d l ei never opened his mout h i n a colonial lehate. Pro ba' 7 the same know-nothing policy which so obstinateV o."ei eludes Sir William Molesworth from Downing -0 and tethers him in the Woods and Forests of the Cra ir ly , has assisted Lo r d P a l mers t on in discovering in Ball a virgin mind to hand over to the experienced don of Messrs. Herman Merivale and Frederick Elli ° 7, I believe it will b e use f u l b efore Parliament meets offer to the p eo pl e o f E ngland a synopsissis of the ban d ; f !' stotesen to whose care , a t t hi s momentous cris i s , the affairs are confided. In the formation of his Ga vell ; ment Leal Palmerst on h a d a w i der choice than an y ~,, mier ever beEre enjoyed. Ilow he has used, or rathe r abesed his oppo r t un iti es, l et the f dlowing tel. I have drawn it up un the famili a r sc h eme on whn'''' ilt the palmy days of Altnaek's, Messrs. Willis were NO L L to arr , nge the lists of the nobility and gentry who ar 6 tent. d those very sel ec t assem bli es, f or I have lit! doubt that Lord Palmerston must have Veen mainly Irr flueneed, if not altogether rwitrierted, in his choice of °,4 league , , by limits which Lady Palmerston used•to astog r herself in the issue of her hall-tickets : Duke of Arial!. Marquis of Lantqlowne. Earls--CarliNle, Clarendon, Granville, and flat rewbP Viscounts—Canning, Duncan, Monck, and Palme r ' stun. Barons—Cranworth, Panteure, Stanley of Alderlel, and Wodebouse. Lord John Russell. Honourables-11. Brand, W. Cowper, E. Bouver ie ' and C. Villiers. Baronets—G. . Grey, C. Lewis, W. Molesworth, Peel, and C. Wood. Messrs—Dal, Ilorsman, Osbo rne , P ee l , Seymo ur ' Smith, and Wilson. There are thus i n. th e present Government twenvy" - 40 7 „ r members of the aristocracy and.but six comtnonerse —w e Mr. Smith, of the India Board,'must be reckoned ale% the former, havi ng marr i e d the Marquis of LansdoWe e niece, arid having been introduced by that noble into the Cabinet. We, the public, are told by Lord Paltnerston's frien d : that he had no alternative in the choice which he "d made, that he wish e d t o ge t the b est men he could fitU, and that it' i s no f au lt o f hi s i f able men were not to,,T found arming the "common fellows" in Parliament. 're jeerit gly asked it we really think a man of , unfit to be excluded froei office because he has the ne e , fortune to he also a peer, or the son or brother of a Pe` r i , To which stubbing question we, the public, modes" answer. "C,oitaitily not." Dt Luckily for u s, however, a no th er an d a very differe d rt of list of public servant, h as b een g ;log the rou" t of the ross during. the last few days. I allude to of the offl mrs cormeanding ships in the Baltic fleet. t e selectin g . men fo r th a t diffi cu l t and dangerous service l u Admira'ty knew b e tt er th an to job, nor .had they al .r,rtat temptation t o d o sae A n analys i s of the list al5 inane on the A.lmak's prieoiple, runs as follows Duke —None. Mar ris—None. Bat on—None. L rd—None. - g Ifonourables—A. Co c h rane , G . Douglas, 3 ", Dundas, and F. Pelham. Baronets —None. Messrs.—Seymotir (2), Bayner, Caldwell Hall ( 2 )' FiAter, Rodb, Cod r i neten, Elliott, Erskine, Mel3dl); Hope, Warren, K ey , Robinson Williams, Ramsey'amsel #2 Warden, CafFtll, Wellesley, Birch, Ommanoey, Hewlett, Watson, 'Yelvertoo, Farquhar, Fanshaw ; Dunlop, D'Eyaconrt, Heatbcote, Vansittart, Glass, Clifferil, Ste war t , Gordon; Campbell, Whit e j Brown, Story, Ptilen, Luce, Jenner, Crofton, Gordo" Dew, Crawford, Inglefield, Cumming, &c. . Her we have tke table s completely turned—a „o portion of 54 "common fellows" to'four honourable,4 and right sorry should we b e tb see the latter exclude„ from the North Sea feet, for a braver and better 800' 3 .: than Admiral the Hop. R. S. D un d as never ho i ste d ales flag ; nor are there awing the half-hundred wort. ,, under his command an 3, names more justly re-T„ ee ,,),, and loved ly crr sailors than those of Pelham, ki ° ' rane, and Douglas. Nevertheless, it is curious to observe in how le teg smaller a degri e th e a ri,e acracy o f England preclom'ila in a bran c h o f th e pu bli c service in which it is abse l u t4 } is necessary that every m a n eii loyed should be UP t° th e WOl k. No' fond and f shionable 'nether implores . 13 . First Lord of the AArniralty that her boy' may b e 2,l trusted with a floating, battery er a flreship, n xdo ee t 7, l ll influential old Ma rquis i ns - t t h at his son-in law e"te command a squadron on tl_ e e d ge o f the ice du -tag bl , • equinox, well-paid public work can be done Tk deputy, or , :t done at ail, it w , old se,in, from the c" @, , o , a . rarison of these t wo list'', net the :tri,t oer ,, cy of J. 2 r land predomin a t e over th e " common f,llit," to proportion mf2sto 6. But i n a pu bli c empleywen t .„ which hardihood, endurance, and sklil are indispensabl e ' ate find that the "common fellows" are actually P r ,, r 4 ferred by a d e p ar t ment wh i ch, to do it just'ce, alwaysje" - wh m it can, in a proportion of 52 to 4 ! and thera is "1 ranch of the public service which is more ably served t an the British navy in wartime. Surly, Sir, facts like these ought to furnish matte r ' not on'y for reflection, but also for action, when Pali .- meet meets. I an, your obedient servant, ONE OW THE PEOPLE' THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE BALTIC FLEE T , TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD' Sin,—.lll most unfair attack has been male in, the columns of ore of your contemporaries upon the arl" - t craey of the co un t ry i n connection with the Rae ,4 now on its way northwards. The obj ;scct is a very P; gable one, Th e l e tt er i n wh i ch this libel is embodi ed d signed by "One of the People," tint if its cont.-ntc ha been ceitfied by "Otte of the Times" I could well ha ve utider-tood its signification ; but, with your p e rruissl , I will give so me sma ll account•of the "common fello w to whit h allusion has been made. • If 'Jr. S with, of the India Board, is to be reclO nl i o •one of the ari-tocracy because he marriet! the Marge for- t,l'h of La n .d owne ' s n i ece, surely many of the names set c..lnnected with the Baltic fleet as "common f° ll°V/ A, eqpaliy belong to the aristocracy, besides the Hn n i, Cochrane, G. Douglas, R. S. Dundas and F. J. - e ham. To b eg i n : , Codrinzto n , first cousin to Sir William aidring t°° ' Bat , itiarrifd the daughter of the Duke of Beaufort' n a Elliot's,sis-ter is marri e d t o. th e E. tr l o f N ort h es k i he is him , elf . che nephew of the Earl of Minto. Erskine is the first cousin to Lord El h'ustone, by his mother's • Hope. The Hopes are related to half the Scot° pecrap. Well a° ,/ey. It is sufficient he is a Wellesley; 100 the peerage. • Op ,! Yelverton is mar r i e d t o the Marchioness of Hest i T a ls and himself is the nephew of Ireland's only (Leinster). n ote Vansittart—Ni c h o l as. The name is enough to L' e aps the conne,:tion with the Bexley family, as well ag late Lord Auckla n d. mks Cliffoikl—son. of Sir Aug us t us an d nephew to t h e of Devonshire. Stewart —son of Houst on St ewart o f the R,,r .0•00 i 0; - of Scotland, and nephew of the present Duches s SonierSet. 1 11, I will say no thi rg of the GordonQ, the Care P -1,01 I, the CrAtons, the Hobarts, the Cummings, &c., altiV t l; if I mistake not, they claim affinity with many peerage, foil f It is sheer and rank - nonsense to ca ll th em " common fellows," and make a fuss and humbug " 7 :1 4 pose upon tho British public. The British ":11 II filled with the off-shoots of the aristocracy, m l °4 r neither right no r p a t r i ot i c to make any invidious "ainit ence. We a ro a ll E ng li s h men, and I will not 1` that it isnecessary that a man should ha ,, e an " h' n ; able" prefixed to his name to enable him to fa factg e enemy boldly, or th a t t h e want of such n apPe" would prevent him from doing his duty properly. „,ite "dodge" cont em pl a t e d b y your contemporary iS it' clear, and the Manchester school is at thebottom 19- 4 —From your ob e di en t servant, AN Errausillo'. MISS GrORDON. TO THE EDITOR OE THE TIMES, p....fil SIR,---As a near neighbour and acquaintance of PP S'" f 4 Emilie Frances Gordon, on Whose cruelty to he r ie, you commented in your paper of Friday last; I vr ,fr earnestly to hope that her relatives will now see th e solute necessity of putting her under some degree ()' i d ea venal restraint. Her vagaries have too long coa, of to be alternately the jest, the scandil, and the tern t he the neighbourhood in which she resides. Whether or strange history which she gives of herself 'be tro e .'o4 partially, if not entirely, a mental hallucination , ' -1 6 0 certainly incumbent upon her friends, if not out of ,oct 't sideration for their own credit, at any rate out of r e , T gi es • '` to decorum and the public safety, to put an end s g b „ r ss to the extraordinary behaviour in which she ha° c o eer ; many years indulged. lam alluding now to °! I , or • stances which are well known to every person, T u rk Poor, who lives within 10 or 20 miles -- of Eau,„Vd o te, The whole country side has been ringing w.th a n '" e o l3 ' of Miss Gordon, her mysterious antecedents and P%igli eccentricities, ever since she came to reside in this ll o o , ' bnurhood.. I have not the least doubt that the °l li oe e , of which her savage treatment of the pony was ortfa far manifestation, has been developing itself in her 0 1 0 0 yeats past, and is making rapid advances toveal— 1 ` and is highly dangerous state. ' I remain, Sir. your faithful serriott o A NRIGHBOUR TO MISS GOED • n t PATMEXT or DlVlDENDS.—Yesterday ' the Pa3T.l„ee - cl the dividends on the stooks lat e ly s h ut comsu'l l— 0 14 , the Bank o f E ngland, hut, althongh the period tbi , ;L e e ter was a d ay or two later than usual th e atterw' was not large. be e ! NEW JOINT-STOCK BANK.—TiIO prospectus issued of another joint-stock bank, to be called tim n 0 0 Mutual Banking Association, with a capital of 1, 013 ', 3 0 and power o f increase to 5,000,0019/. It prol cc% equal division of profit s b etween shareholders fol w ee totners ; but it may-be questioned if this err/log:bag° could be carried out i n any form which would n°.o, tb 6 the effect of renderi ng the latter equally foFner to; . 4 11.41 40 wa d idakiv 411 e of es ortlai It4kii# ll * -