The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-19 00:00:00

THEATRE - ROYAL, DRURY - LANE. Leseee, Mr. E. T. Smith --The GREAT DEESE DAT SAL MASQUE, May 23.—Mr. Smith announces to :he nohLity. gentry. and public this Grand Fete, on a scale of magnitude and expense , ever before attempted. A sup.-lb `at: nde Dause of ' Ol feet in lea g: h, embenfehed and: -deviated with iliumnriaied bowers, imriegatAl lamps, and hovel devices. Eniamed orchestra, wed-ap_ointel Mas ters of the Ceremonies, all the new eances; &c., forming a coop • d'red of attraction and splendour 'mahout parallel. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be obtained at the principal muSlcsellers' and libra rians' ; and at the theatre. LYCEUM THEATRE.-31A.DAIIE ANNA THILLON'S FAREWELL Of the STAGE. Owing to the rilitant reception of Madame Anna TlVlion in Atiber's celebrated opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS, it will be repeated on MON DAY. EVENING NEXT. Cateriva, Madame Anna Thilion; sup ported by Miss J. Bieadon, Messrs. Leffler, O. Somers, Bowler, and T. Williams, with a corapiete Orch..stra ana Chorus, conducted by M. Thin.Dn. To cOnclude with a new Grand Ballet Divertissement. Dress Circle, 5,-; Boxes, 45. ; Pit. .s.; Gallery, Is. Private Boxes, 21.29. Ticlete and places to be had at the Box-office from 1 till 6 daily ; and at Mr. Aucrott's Office, 15, New Bond-street. TREAT RE-ROTA , DEURY4 Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will he performed the opera LA SONNAMMILA. Amine, Ma dame Gassier; Rudolph°, Signor Gassier. Lisa, Ma lame M ar tin! ; A essio, Signor Bettini T ATILE WY AL riAYIL halli ET. Under the management of Mr. Bockstone. THIS EVEN ING. --- Will be performed FRA. DIAVOLO. Characters by Me.srs. Rims Reeves, Weiss, M slivers. J. T. ' , nines. Farquharson, and W. Farren; Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Madame Weiss. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING WEETIsG, 1855. To conclude with SEIOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S rHE ATE E, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CRAlias JUAN. THIS EVENING, • • Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST, To be folowed by Me CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts. entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADKLPIIL ProPrieteri 312,- L - Webyter•—ntreetresa. Madame Celeste. • - '"THIS EVENING, will be "perfoitted . the s ciiinedy of P A.UL PRY. Principal cha racters by m —"srl• V. SeitY. and Wright; Silas M. Keeley, airs. L. Murray, and Mi s s Woolgar. To be followed by THE SCHOOL FOR TI(,ERS. To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. EVENING. Will be performed-StILL- W tTER3 It UM DEEP. Characters by Mears. A. 1 1 ;4=4 -Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell, and Mrs. Melfort.' To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DW , IRF AND THE KING OF rHE GOLD MINES. ROYAL BTRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed OUR :TELLY. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with SALLY SMART. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Those EQUESTRIAN PE RFO IMANCES which eclipse those of every Establishment in the world. Also, an interesting. Hippodramatic Specta - le called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the matchless ACENES in the CIRCLE, executed by first-rate artistes, includin4 Mr. J. Henry Cooke To conclude with the Ballet of KATE KE ARNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. Vas: preparations are progressing for a magnificent spectacle at Whitsuntide. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. THE = DERBY PROPHECY, BY "A FRESHMAN," WILL APPEAR IN THE SUN OF MONDAY, MAY 21. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR Tuts DST —Yornins 44 MillAfteT 3 Ev=ning 3min aft 4 To-Yclazow • MorninE 22 Latn.aft,er 4 j Eveniog 41 min. aft. 4 WZATHBR.—Sus On a, May. 19 . THIIIHNOMITZB, Ili THZ SH &DI 64—highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 68 —this day s at noon. BAROMETEL 30'14. WiliD. S.W.-Light, with beautiful, warm, sunshiny weather. a% 4 <!'..,';? ty,...t l- -,: '‘ .). l -1 73._ "- - -. -.7" . \tilt ~.,--,,-.1....,...- V.,-,5.r€ LONDON, SATURDAY, NAY 19, 1855. " Doubt not, the Commoners, for whom we stand, But they upon their ancient malice, will Forget with the least cause, these his new honours." " Baiting the Nineveh Bull " seems to be a prevailing and rapidly-increasing practice in the Popular branch of the Legislature. It is certainly not a very creditable and by no means a safe amusement. The enterprising tauridors have occasionally to deplore their reckless audacity. But although many are tossed, others rush for ward, to the rescue, anxious to inflict some wound on the noble victim. There is some jealousy, and much spite in this unworthy and very courageous series of onslaughts on a single individual. It is not usual with Englishmen to seek extraordinary odds against any person, or to strive to rail down by clamour and bullying one whom they would scarcely desire to en _ counter with equal weapons. But Mr. LAYARD'S is a peculiar case. He is just now the man of the people. His name has been identified with the great cause of Administrative and Military Reform ; and those who feel that his success will consign them to comparative in significance—those who, like DEMETRIUS the silver smith, feel that " the craft by which they have been living" is endangered, are ready to seize on any opportunity to strive per fas aut nefas to damage the too-daring assailant. The superseded Sepinagenarian, who, having bitterly disappointed the expectations excited in his behalf, sees the po pularity which he once enjoyed transferred to the Honourable Gentleman the member for Ayles bury, complacently regards any blow Inflicted on his competitor for—we should rather say his suc cessor in--the public favour. He has not himself scrupled to come at the tail of a yelping pack, who rushed open-mouthed on their intended prey, whom they hoped to terrify by their number mid virulence. The signal thus given could scarcely be disregarded. When the official dispenser of the " loaves and fishes " showed his teeth, every puny " waiter on PROVIDENCE," every hunter after the crumbs of patronage that fall from the Ministerial table, strives to bite, and to inflict some damage on the obnoxious member. Thus it was that, although a house could not be maintained to hear the important motion of Sir ERSKINE PERRY re specting the mode by which the Anglo-Indian array could be made available in the war against Russia, or the resolutions of Capt. SCOBELL re spoofing promotion in the navy, every seat was occupied, every part of the house filled, to hear " a question asked of the Hon. Member for Aylesbury !" We would, were there the slightest occasion for the remark, desire the Honourable Gen tleman not to be discouraged, or to suppose that he will be deserted by the people in the ordeal to Which he has been subjected in consequence of his rele°lkm of an Office for which he did not consider him self qualified while that in which he could reasiy 'hue a p tficti been useful wa s g i ven t o one whose wh o woulound were not of a very high order, and and also of the Tear on much better elsewhere, questione of the great has, taken in the agitation the day. But there is really no necessity s Honourable Gentlema n r t i . such admonition. The etmsthe assaults with the profound contempt they so merit, while he emphatically protests a ga i,; s li t en ti tl y pleatirs, and valu able public time in such unseemly :terwaste of justifies himself in such a mannera sto higher position than ever. we shall therefore " : in a the advice which he does not require cu his as sailants, whom we emphatically warn against suf fering themselves to be made the instruments o f such unworthy designs. The Hon. Gentleman has shown that he can neither be bullied nor cajoled—that he cannot be terrified by the threats of moustachioed assailants, nor gained over by tempting offers. He can neither be frowned down, tou g h ed down, sneered down, nor bought off; and, therefore, it will be better to meet his argument's fairly, if they can so be rn et, than to resort to missiles which rec Al upon those by whom they have been hurled ! What was the gravamen of the charge last night preferred against him ? That he had declared that Captain CHRISTIE, now unfortunately de ceased, was apparently an old and an ailing man, and thus unfit for the discharge of the duties en trusted to his charge. The deplorable calamities which occurred at Balaklava, and the numerous complaints preferred against the gallant Captain would have justified any member of Parliament in speakingof the system which led to such infelicitous appointments. But Mr. LAYARD did not act on mere hearsay. He spoke of that which he had seen with his own eyes, and of which be had heard unexceptionable witnesses speak in the strongest terms. Had there been any misapprehension, he would at once have corrected it on any proper application. But he would not condescend to notice communications couched in improper terms. When Captain CHRISTIE wrote to him, he at once forwarded a reply to the direction in dicated by that officer, and in doing so he made every concession that could reasonably be required I at his hands. The most ridiculous part of the trans=action was the matner in which Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who had ordered a Court-martial on Captain CHRISTIE, tried to show that it was really an act of kindness to the accused, and that he himself was one of his best friends, actuated only by the kindest feelings towards him. Thus it was that, with a tragical air, and, as he declares, fixing his eye on Mr. LAYARD, he announced to the Committee that Captain CHRISTIE had died of "a broken heart." If there were anything of the sort it was he himself who had occasioned it—not Mr. LAYARD. No man ever yet died because it was said that he was a few years older than he really was. If we are to credit Sir J. GRAHAM, he either yielded to clamour to the extent of sacri ficing an innocent victim, or he used his official power to prevent the attendance of a witness before the Select Committee of the HouQe of Com mons. We leave the Knight of Netherby to select either of these alternatives—to say on which horn of the dilemma he pleases to be tossed. But none of these attacks in the House will check the great cause of Administrative Reform, which has made greater progress than any modern question within a similar time. Nor will the petty refusals of provincial DOGBERRYS who, like the Mayor of Liverpool, venture to refuse the request of their most distinguished townsmen to convene a meeting to discuss the topic. It has flourished, and will flourish, despite such op positions ; and the nation will, if the first move ment be energetically followed up, achieve the important object on which it ha 3 set its heart, and speedily see " the right men in the right places." If General CANROBERT has not earned a high military reputation while in command of the French forces before Sebastopol, in his resigna tion of that command lie has nobly vindicated the honourable nature of the ambition by which he is actuated, and has set an example worthy of imi tation by co:nmanding officers in all time to come. The second bombardment of Sebastopol having faired of success, he appears to have reviewed his position with an unflattering eye ; and, having arrived at the conclusion that, entrusted as he was with the command of a splendid army, its signal want of 'success must be attributable, in some degree, to his personal inability to dis charge its duties as their almost unprecedented responsibility demanded, he at once determined on the course he would pursue. He sent home his resignation, and the Emperor accepted it. So far well; but the crowning merit of the act was involved in the request that accompanied it. If he could not serve his country in the highest com mand, his abilities might be useful in a lower. Such a trust he, therefore, felt it his duty to re quest should be consigned to him. The noble ness of this procedure will appear from his desire, that his subordinate, General PELISSIER, should be his successor. What generosity and patriotism prompted the suggestion those only who can realise his position can adequately appreciate. Of his successor's military talent report speaks lighly. Trained in a stern schoo', under Marshal BUGEAUD, General PELISSIER, has the reputation of being one of the in-st res Jute and able of the Marshal's distinguished pupils. Whether he will confirm the high opinion entertained of him it is impossible to predict. A good divisional officer may make an indifferent commander-in chief, and rice versa. Bat it is not less true that, without opportunity, the highest genius cannot be developed. For our part, we are disposed to entertain a confident re'iance in his ability. Personally, he may be Lr inferior to General CANROBERT. He may not possess his amiability of feeling and rough good humour, but he is not likely to be less attentive to the welfare of his troops—a duty to which his predecessor was always attentive, and he is sure to inspire them with his own indomitable re.lolation. With the splendid army now in the Crimea what, under such circumstances, may not be effected, provided the English army is similarly led ? This, however, is impossible so long as Lord RAGLAN is Commander-in-Chief. How long is be to continue so ? Will the proud patrician disdain to follow the example of the noble plebeian, whose retirement has covered him with honour, and throw up his command ? Or will the Go vernment be compelled to withdraw him, however reluctant they may be to do so ? We shall see. But this we must say, that the giilt of that man, or that body of men, on whom the responsibility of hazarding the success of the Allied Armies in the Crimea, by continuing his lordhip in com mand, may rest, will he such as to make thought ful men shudder, and to call for a public "im peachment." To Lord RAGLAN we would say, resign at once ! or to Lord PALMERSTON—bid him ! We beg to draw attention to a letter signed " A commander, R.N.," which appears in another part of our impression, and relates to war destruc tive-inventions. The writer justly complains of the discouragement experienced by inventors in official quarters, and of the almost insuperable difficulties they have to combat whose inventions run counter to existing eAtablishments. He fur ther suggests the formation of a commission for the purpose of examining inventions that are of vital importance to England in her war with Russia, and in the propriety of this we fully concur, provided "the members of the commis sion be thoroughly competent to the duty required of them, and undertake it in a spirit of good feel ing, and with a desire to assist, rather than put down, an inventor who may submit his scheme for examination," and that the inventor, in case of failure, be made to defray the costs of the experi ment. Without the former conditions can, to some extent, be secured, the greatest invention may be pronounced absurd, and the efforts of the most brilliant inventor be rendered useless, while without the last proviso the public money would inevitably be wasted. The confident assertion that our costliest ships may be destroyed by an expenditure on each of twenty pounds worth of explosive material is sufficiently startling to call for the prompt, adoption of our correspondent's recommendation. The Archbishop of Canterbury will preach to-morrox (Sunday) at St. Michael's Church, Pimlico, in aid of the funds of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, Brompton. INSPECTION OF THE HOUSEHOLD TROOPS —This morn ing there was the usual inspection of the household troops, by Prince Albert, in St. James's Park. THE LETTER-CARRIERS' NEW UNIFORSI.—This morn ing the letter-carriers appeared as usual in their new clothes, but this year the pattern differs from that hitherto adopted. They now wear a scarlet frock coat, - faced with blue, upon the collar of which is worked a distinguishing number, with the letters G. P. 0. F..r the h eaver h at and cockade a glazed felt one is substi tuted. Altog e th er th e c h ange i s a d ec id e d improvement. i z s aul t a b i e v:r i r : a t L e i n E ti x o h n ib o it f io h n e . r Majesty's Government to ' R e°e gratuitous Paris passports to working men visiting the the death of an DE ALkULEY. , —We have to record Lord,:eed:niceediiir.:letaxMtee,abtuiulterleyy, and d h o expired on Wednes day d , at wh h o iB I uthee s i i s xt s h uc Ea r l °Fie, in St James's -street. The noble married the daughter of Q ce In th , sister to the present earl. o estates by the Hon. - r 11 4: 4 A t C 9 * A T r THE EAKERN QUESTION. PARIS, SATURDAY, MAY _l9, 7.30 A.M. General Canrobert's report of the combats of the Ist and ad, before Sebastopol, is published in the Moniteur. It concludes as follows : "This double combat, of which I have just given you the details, characterises, in the happiest and in the most honourable manner, the qualities of intrepidity and ardour that distinguish our troops. Never have they given —on a limited theatre, it is true, but where the drama of war is displayed in the most striking points—greater proofs of courage and daring. This success has enabled us to advance 150 metres at one bound towards the Central Bastion, and has had an im mense moral effect upon the two armies. " The health of the army is excellent. " The army is superb—of unrivalled energy. Its equipment is perfect—it stands in need of nothing." BERLIN, FRIDAY, MAY 18. The Journal de St. Petersbourg publishes a cir cular despatch, addressed to the representatives of RiPsia abroad, c vni . a;nin.; a Russian account of the progress of the Vienna Conferences. The settlement of the first point is declared to be in fulfilment of a promise which Russia had made to guarantee the prosperity of the Princi palities. The Emperor decided the second point in favour of the commercial liberty of all nation 3. The third point concerned the balance of power in Europe, but was incompatible with the honour of Russia. The Plenipotentiaries of France and England refused to deliberate upon the fourth point, the most important of all for Christendom. VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 18. Things have undergone a change. New Aus trian propositions were probably forwarded yester day to London and Paris. It is said that Austria will give her material support to the Western Powers should they ac cept, and Russia reject, her propositions. VARNA, THURSDAY, MAY 17. There is heavy firing every night at Sebastopol. The expedition to Kertch has not been re newed. Three divisions of the French army have left Maslak for the Crimea. The cholera has almost disappeared. We have received the following telegraphic despatch, dated Nargen, 15th May : Twenty-three sail, eleven of them screws, have anchored off Nargen. The other ships in the Baltic are to assemble immediately. The Imperieuse sailed to-day for England, to repair damage sustained by running into the Tartar on the 10th. Active operations against the enemy are in con templation. A telegraphic despatch, dated Hamburg, 17th inst., says— The whole of the English fleet, with the ex ception of two vessels, has left Farosund to pene trate further into the Gulf of Finland. BERLIN, FRIDAY, MAY 18. The Driver, Captain Gardiner, arrived a Dantzic on the 17th. Eight Russian merchantmen have been cap tured off Dunainunde. The Imperieuse and Tartar have been damaged by a collision, and sent home for repairs. When the Driver left Revel a flag of truce was flying on shore ; cause unknown. RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg papers, of the 10th inst., contain an Imperial manifesto, ordering. a fresh levy of troops on a more extensive scale than usual. The following is the text. : " We, Alexander the Second, by the grace of God Emneror, &c. " Ipastnuch as we, under the presant circurn , tances f the war, c0. , -.lder it intli.penga.` , le t - t maintain our armies a:,d fl.t.ts at their full complement, we emu —an.l— 1. The 13th partial levy, to the extent of 12 men for evny 1,000 souls, shall he carried into execution ,in the basis of the ukase in this case specially addressed to the A•lm;nistrative Senate in the following 17 Go vernments of the we•tern half of the empire :—Karkoff, E-thland, Gro Inn, Kieff, Kowno, Cour. land, Lifland, Mi , ,sk, Mohileff, Podolia, Poltowa, Pskoff, Tscllernigoff, Wilra, Witepsk, and Vo'lp.nia. 2. The levy is to commence on June 13, 1855, and to finish on .Tuly 13 , h of the same year. 3 The Hebrews are to be exempted from furnishing any recruits to this levy. "Given at St. Petersburg, May 6 (April 24th in the year 1855 after the birth of Christ, and in the Ist of our reign. "ALEXANDER." _ _ The - ukase which was addressed at the same time to the Administrative Senate is as follows : " By a manifesto issned to-day we have ordered the execution of the 13th alternate partial levy of recruits in 17 governments of the western half of the empire, and commend therefore-1. This levy is to begin on June 13, 1855, and to he ended by July 13, 1855. 2. The money for providing the recruits with uniforms is to be levied on the parties furnishing recruits, according to the amount which those uniforms cost the commissariat de partment,—that is to say, 10 roubles 20 copecs silver. "The military arrangements we have confided to our Minister of War, and the successful execution and com pletion of th;s levy within the appointed time we commit to the provident care of the Administrative Senate. "ALEXANDER. " St. Petersburg, May 6, 1855." We have received the St. Petersburg journals of of the 11th inst. The invalide Russe publishes the following " Aid--&-Catnp General Prince Gort4enakotf hag sent, via Kieff, the following despatch, dat4d Sebastopol, April 26 (6th May) : Froin the 214 to the 24th April (31 to 6th May), the enemy was chiefly occupied with increasing his bat teries, and strengthening the epaulments of his ap proaches against bastion 5. His heaviest fire was di rected against that bxstion and against bastion 4, and the Sehnghinsk and Volbynia redoubts, but we replied with success. " Moreover, on the night between the 21st and 22d April (34 to 4th May) the enemy fired two mines to unite hie former entonnoirs, but that operation cawed t• no damage ; on our side we annoyed thou ene ny with smoke balls on different points of hig entonnoin. "On the night between the 23 , 1 and 24th (sth and 6th May) a successful little sortie wag made from the third section of links of defence, in which we took an English officer and three men prisoners ; within these few days our fire blew up three of the enemy's powder mairazine,4. "In the evening of the 21st of April (May 3) a por tion 4 , f the enemy's fleet stood nut to sea with troons nn hoard, estimated at. from 10,000 to 15,1)00 men, with the intention of effectin, landirut. On the following day the sqoalron pas-ed Yalta, taking, it was presumed, the direction of Anapa." DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, May 13.—The sitting of the Coun cil of State convened yesterday, and presided over by the King, was not, as generally supposed, for the purpose of discussing the electoral law for the new eoinined parliament of the nation, but on a subject of much deeper importance for Denmark — the qnestion of peace or war. The British and French envoys have received instructions to com municate to the Danish cabinet that their Govern ments can no longer acknowledge the neutrality of Denmark, but insist in the most serious manner on her declari❑g openly as a friend or foe. Telegraphic accounts received from Stockholm state that the ambassadors of the Western Powers have presented a similar categorical demand, in the shape of an ultimatum to the Swedish Government, in consequence of which the militia (bevering) has been ordered to be mobilised. As every Swede be tween the ag es of 20 and 25 years is enrolled in the Severing, and bound to serve, this arm of the ser vice numbers no less than 95,295 men, to which must be added the militia of Gothland, which has its own local corps, amounting to 7,620 men ; so that the effezlt of the order for mobilisation will be to place upwards of 100,000 men under arms, in addition to the regular army and the so-called indelta troops, numbering together 40,000 men. THE BALTIC. The lepenclance Beige publishes the following letter, d: bted. Hamburg, 14th inst. : " The French squadron, under Rear-Admiral Penaud, which v; as seen on the 12th in the Kattegat, passed on the 13th before Nyborg, and shortly afterwards anchored in the p ort of Kiel. The squadron consisted of the three screw F, ners--Tourville, 90 guns ; Austerlitz, 100 ; and Duques: •ie, 90; and the steam corvette D'Assas, 16. The Admiral I had hoisted his flag in the T ourville. It appears that, alt, r reading the despatches which awaited him at Kiel, the t Admiral announced that he would only make a short stA y in that port, being ordered to join the British squadroi t in the Baltic as speedily as pospible. The ships accordingly lost no tme in repleril-hit 7 their st , c 1( of ' fuel frown the c , ial stores estahilshed Ihe Eng lish steam 7 fli-a , e Bulldog hat lett t',lat. port, all the c,rninatoler of the lir,ei Or had likesxi,e ho-•u or lered to join A.lrniral Dmiellis in the Baltic Without delay. No English ship of war, accordingly, remains at Kiel. You may form an idea of the quantity of meat required ' for the c ,re.o , op i in of tie English crews when I tell you that on the 9tla no less than 200 oxen were shipped at Elsinere, in the trench .rt Mcre.ttor, for the fleet, and this number wi 1 scarcely suffice for its consumption during eight days. We have received accounts from Riga of the 9th, and from Revel, of the Bth instant. A considerable number of sailors from Lake Ladoga had arrived at this last port, to serve as volunteers on board the gun-boats constructed and organised according to the system of the Grand Duke Constantine, and which have been reinforced since 1854 by two divisions in the Gulf ~f Finland. Ne Eng lish ship of war had appeared before the place since the notification of the blockade to the foreign Con.nls by the two steam frigates. The gulf is now snffiently free from ice to be navigated without trineh danger. luAntiipri entire It was expected that the English fleet would effect a aid year, nn the I s l an d of Da 4 oe, which is alma-t entirely covered with wood. unprotected, n f a i 't v a ision of Rus.-ia , i gun-br.ats, completely armed and mannel, is stationed at Revel. The RIF', sians greatly rely upon these light vessels for the defence of the towns situate along the gulf during the next campaign. The garri,on of Revel, at the date of the last accounts, eonsisted of 20 000 in fatiter, quartered parily in Vie town and pirtly in the neighbouring country. The ca,v.t.'re was echeloned along the coa-t. o..her troops w. r • • t tinned in the dif ferent loealities of the provinces of E4thonia, which is placed, e those of Livonia and Courland, under the chief command of General Stewers." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 7.—General la Marmora, the Commander-in-Chief of the S.rdinian contin gent, arrived here on the 6th. The French camp of Malask is to be rased, and the troops conveyed to Eupatoria, where the allies intend to concen trate a force of 100,000 men, and march them into the interior, or, if possible, invest the north of Se bastopol. The Sultan was very anxious to review the Sardinian troops, and even expressed a desire to this effect to General la Maxmora, but the exigencies of the day decided it otherwise. PIE DiVIONT. The anniversary of the Constitution was cele brated at Turin with the usual pomp on the 12th. The King, accompanied by the Prince of Carignan, the Minister of War, and other officers of state, proceeded to the cathedral on horseback, and was greeted by the people with loud acclamations. PORTUGAL. LIVERPOOL, MAY 18. The Minh() steamer has brought news from Lis bon of the 12th inst., at which date the packet cf the 7th from Southampton had not arrived out. The French steamers Newton and Phoenix were the only vessels of war in the Tagus. The Spanibh corvette Luisa Fernaucla passed the Lisbon bar on the 11th, steering north. The olives and vines about Lisbon show great abundance of blossom, but symptoms of disease are again becoming general among the vines. The King Regent had gone with the Duke de Nemours to hunt at Mafra, and the King Don Pedro had so far recovered from the measles as to fix the 20th for his departure for France. The Minister of Finance has gone to Coimbra in order to inspect the new road, and the arrange ment for starting the mail post-diligences, which are to commence running daily between that place and the capital after the 1-it of June. There was no political n-ws at Lisbon, and the Cortes were likely to be el )sed at the end of the month. BELGIUM. The Chamber of Representatives of Belgium has just adopted a bill for granting a supplementary credit of 1,571,000 f. to the War Department, to make up for the insufficiency of the budget, for supplying food to the troops and horses arising from existing dearness. The Chamber has also decided that the bill for according a credit of 9,400,000 f. for the execution of defensive works in Belgium, shall be taken into consideration at the same time as that, previously presented, de manding 2,435,0001. for the same object. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the lath, in the Univers, says—" The ceremony of laying the first stone of the monumental column, intended to perpetuate the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, took place with great pomp three days back. Car•linal Fransoni, notwithstanding his great. age, presided. An immense concourse of persons were assembled, and everything passed over very satisfactorily. The Pope left Rome on the 7th for Castel Gandolfo, where his Holiness will remain Ascension Day. It is sail that he will go from Castel Gandolfo to Porto d'Azzio to give his benediction to the chapel, which be purchased two years ago. It is also rumoured that the King of Naples will join the Holy Father there." AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 18. The United States' mail steamship St. Louis, Captain Wotton, arrived off Southampton this afternoon on her tray to Havre, with dates from New York to the sth inst., 30 passengers for Eng land, and 61 for Havre. The liquor excitement was increasing rapidly throughout the United States, awl in all the cities and large towns the liquor dealers were organising associations to test the legality of the prohibitory law. _ Mr. Fabens, one of the chief promoters of the Kinney Nicaragua Expedition, was arrested in Washington on the 2d instant for an alleged at tempt to violate the neutrality laws. He was bound over in the sum of $lO,OOO to answer the charge. A correspondent of the New Orleans Bee; writ ing from Mexico, states that Santa Anna was so seriously ill that he was not expected to live. In the Boston Legislature, Governor Gardner's veto of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Bill was sustained. All vessels loading guano at the islands of the Mexican Republic are prohibited from shooting birds on them, under a penalty of $5O for each offence. _ _ A new bridge recently erected over the Passaic river fell while being tested. There were about 30 persons on the bridge at the time it gave way, the most of whom were precipitated into the water. Two persons were somewhat injured, and others aie missing. The mayors of several cities in Maine, had issued proclamations, directing the rigid enforcement of the liquor law. The United States', mail steam-ship Black Warrior, with advices from Elavannali to the 28th ult., arrived at New York on the 31 inst. The correspn lent of the New York Herald states that General Concha had carried his feelings of vin dictiveness towards the memory of the late Ramon Pinto so far as to refuse the request of the family of the deceased to permit his remains to be depo sited in one of the niches of the C tinpo Santo. Four persons named Renny, Cromrey, Parkins, and Schumacher have been arrested at New York for enlisting soldiers for the Crimea. They were committed for examinati. n. Several fires had taken place in various towns iu America ; among others, property valut•d at $40,000 had been destroyed at New York. • The St. Louis Intelligencer contains an article expressing a IWI belief in the exiatonco cf atm rid Ant gold deposits at the source of the Arkansas river. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ( From the New York Courier and Inquirer.) NEW Youx, May 4.—We do not fiiid any unfavour able effect produced upon our own market by the infor mation that the public debt of England is to be increased 23 millions sterling. The stock market for the week shows no serious decline. The leading fancies are well sustained. State loans are in better demand at a slight advance. Foreign exchange is dull. We quote London 100 to 100 i ; Paris, 5.111 to 5. 15 ; Amsterdam, t 1 to 41t Hamburg, 36i to 37 ; Bremen, to 79/. COTTON.—The market has been firm during the week, with sales up to last evening of 15,000 bales. The sales to-day amounted to about 2,000 bales, sold chiefly, before receipt. of the Atlantic's advices. Spinners, who are generally bare of stock, bought the principal part of what was sold. Good qualities are very scarce and daily dearer. The business to-day was at 92c. for middling uplands, and 10c. for Mobile. Fnoua.—The trade are in light stock, and, as we are now so near the commencement of canal navigation, they purchase only for immediate wants. GRAIN.—For wheat there is a fair inquiry, but millers are unwilling. to purchase at present rates, and the mar -1 ket is inactive, and prices a few cents lower. MARSEILLES, MAY 17.—One hundred pieces of the battering train ordered to be shipped for the Crimea are collected at the artillery ground near the port of the Joliette. They consist of heavy cannon and huge mor tars. A telegraphic despatch has further commanded that 25,000,000 ball cartridges be forthwith despat,ned to the army before Sebastopol, being 250 rounds for 100,000 men. Several ambulance carriages of very superior construction Lave arrived here for embarkation for the Crimea. A hogshead of hardware, in which revolvers and pistols were concealed, was seized by the authorities at Hull on Wednesday. It Ras at the Humber Dock, ready for shipment in the Hamburg [steamer. The quantity was small,—Zull Packet. WAR DESTRUCTIVE IN VEN 2 1 10 S. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUPT WooLwiesi, May 13. Six,.—" D—n all inventions and all inventors." Those were the energetic words said to be uttered by the Duke when his attention was requested to some con trivance of a war engine. Another military authority in a high position asked what was to bec sine of gentle men in the profession of arms if short work be made of war by wholesale destructive schemes? James Watt, of steam-engine celebrity, said that °fall misfortunes which alight upon man none can be greater than the genius of invention. The Earl of Dundonald and many others may have learned by experience to sympathise with James Watt. None, perhaps, but inventors know the amount of discouragement and diffi culty there is to combat, should their inventions, how ever well conceived, have to encounter the interests of existing establishments. - But there is a l'm;t to the patience and patriotism of man, and there is a fear that war engines which have been offered to our Government will, from the indiffe rence with which tht y may have been treated, probably from their not being understood, pass over to the Russiaits; and that the first information the "gentlemen of England who live at home atseai-e" may have of their existence will he of their being employed in the destruction of our fleet and army. Would it not, therefore, be well to have a comm'ssion for the purpose of examining inventions that are of vital importance to England in her war with Russia ? In such investigation there should be no foolish or lavish expenditure of the public money. In testing by expsri meet the efficacy of a scheme, the invt ntor should be bound to defray the costs of the experiments that might be incurred by Government, in the event of failure The members of the commis-ion should be thoroughly competent to the duty required of them, and which should be undertaken in a spirit of good feeling, and with a desire to assist, ratber than to put down, an in ventor who may itu:imit his scht me for examination. We are building and equipping war ships at an immense expense. These costly ships can, it is confi dently asserted, be destroyed by an expenditure up in each of about twenty pounds worth of explosive compo sition. Such destruction can be effected with ease, and with small risk to those by whom it may be accomplished. If the subject upon which I have briefly descanted were brought before the public by a proper appeal great good might result., for if the'war should continue it can be much more effectively conducted than it has been up to this date, and with a very diminished expenditure of men and treasure.—l remain, Sir, yours sincerely and much obliged, A COMMANDER, R.N. HA HOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. Last evening the Rev. R. Boyle gave the fourth of his series of lectures upon the four grandest works of Shahs pere. The subject was the second part of " Macbeth." It is said that there is nothing new under the sun ; and when speaking of criticims and lectures upon our immortal bard, the saying may appear especially truthful ; and yet we venture to think that the Reverend Gentleman has really struck out a course of lectures quite novel in their form, and very different in their substance from alining of the kind that has of late years been submitted for public ap probation. We have had lectures upon the morality, upon the historical accuracy, upon the philosophy of Shakspere ; lectures upon his female characters, upon his kings and queens, upon his heroes; lectures, in fine, in almost end less variety, upon the quarto and folio editions, upon the real readings, upon the reputed corruptions of his plays. But we know of no lectures which combine so happily, as Mr. Boyle's lectures do, the useful with the pleasing, the instructive with the 'agreeable, the critical and tho pro. found with the light and fanciful. He addresses himself at once to the eye, to the imagination, and to the intellect of his audience. Possessing a clear, distinct, flexible, and remarkably tuneful voice, andbeing a perfect elocutionist, the remarks and illustrations, with which he varies his several readings, show him to be a deep thinker upon and a thorough master of his subject. His delivery of and observations upon the second scene of the third act, evi dently took his hearers by surprise. It is a scene of no re markable notoriety, as exhibited anon the s - Age ; and yet the picture he prese -tea of two tri=erable creatures, hus band and wife, seeking to south each other's sorrows, and to pour the balm of consolation into each other's wiling hearts, was one of the grandest conceptions of the whole lec ture. We anticipate mush pleasure from li's two lectures upon " Hamlet," announced to take place next Tuesday and Thursday. THE NAVVIES SEN'T OUT TO THE CRIMEA. ' Sir S. M. Peto, accompanied by Mr. Taylor, solicitor, of Furnival's-inn, waited upon Mr. Arnold, at the West minster Police-court, in reference to a statement made in this court by a man 'named Howard, one of the " navvies" sent out to the Crimea. From the explanations given by Mr. Taylor. it ap peared that Howard, - with others, left England on the 19th of December, in the Prince of Wales, but. owing to his having been guilty of robhing some of the men of their clothes, he was tried by a naval court-me,rtial on beard the Queen, in &leas Bay, and, having been con victed, was ordered to be sent home. Tyson and Noble, two other navvies, were convicted , by the court of the same offence. In cm sequence of this conviction alone had an end been put to their contract.. Howard had not. been allowed to do any work at Balaklava on the railway, and was not entitled to any wages in connection there with ; so that his statement on that head was quite groundless. The firm had considered the three men en ttled to their wages up to the time of their conviction— i. c., from the 19th of December to the 31 , t of Jnnuary. Money had been paid for them in London, in ignor ance of their misconduct on their passage out ; and Howard hadin all received 101. 55., and had there fore been overpaid 15 . 5. When the three convicted men reached Balaklava,, Sir Edmund Lyons said that they might he allowed to go on with their wor': if Mr. Beatty thought proper ; but Mr. Beatty and a committee formed of the principal officers of the engineer ing, transport, and other departments, decided that it would be very injudicious to employ convicted felons with the other workmen, and so determined that they should lie sent back to England. - Besides the felony spoken of, the men under, notice had been guilty of drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and had been (Tclered to be sent home on that account also. Mr. Tay lor then put in the most coirvincing documentary evidence to support the statement thus made, and at the same time read an extract from resolutions of the officers' committee at Balaklava, showing that the porter was to be had three times a week at cost price by any man applying for it. Mr. Arnold said that after the statement made he was perfectly satisfied, and of course - should not think of granting a summons. He was sorry Sir Samuel had been put to the trouble of attending. GENERAL C.ANRORERT'S ORDER OF THE DAY. The following order, dated May 2, has beet published on the affair of the Ist inst. by Genera' Canrobert "The Ist corps has just added a glorious action to those which have already honoured our arm's in this campaign. The enemy had established in fr .nt of our attacks on the left a series of fortified posts, which they had connected together most solidly, and which seri ously menaced our worse nearest the town. The whole was defended by several battalions. In the night of the Ist this work' was attacked by three columns of our men, formed of the 46th of the Line under Colonel Gault, and detachments from the Ist Regiment of the Foreign Legion, and from the 43d, 79th, 42d, and 98th of the Line, under the orders of General de Salles, seconded by Generals Ba zaine and de la Motterouge.‘ These trlops advanced with great spirit, and ultimately forced the enemy -back into the town ; and the engineering department, under Colonel Guerin, worked with such vigour as to ensure their definitive establishment in the enemy's • work, from which they carried away the guns with which it was a.rm..d. Colonel Viennot, of the Ist Regiment of the Foreign Legion, died glorionsly ewor ' in hand at the head of his regiment. I have to thank the generals, officers, and soldiers, for their admirable condo° , in this affair. I thank, in particular, Gen. Pelissier, in command of the 1.1 corps, for the able arrangements with. which he prepared the result just obtained. This day, the enemy, seconded by their artillery, attempted to re cover the ground which they had lost, but their effort. proved fruitless befora the gAllantry of our soldiers an the skilful fire of our artillery. " CANROBERT." COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prin ecaa of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and the Duke of Saxe-Coburg took a drive in an open carriage and' four in the afternoon, The Equerrieo in Waiting were on horseback. His itoyal Hisr,hnes. the Duke of Saxe Coburg took leave of the Queen and Prince Albert in the evening on his return t( , the continent, and quitted Buckingham Palace at 8 o'clock for Dover, attended by le Counseiller Samwer and Baron de Treskow. Captain Du Plat, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, attended his Royal Highness to the South-Eastern Railway station. In the evening the Queen gave a concert, in which the Royal family, the Foreign Ministers, and a party of the no bility and gentry were invited. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at half past 9 o'clock. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge, the Princess Mary ; the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and the Duke of Cambridge were also present. His Highness Maharahjah Duleep Singh was attended by Sir J. Login. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince entered the Grand Saloon at a quarter beforo 10 o'clock, accompa-, nied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz the Duke of Cambridge, the Princess of Hithenlohe-Langenburg, and the Princess Adelaide of Ho henlohe, and attended by the Lord Chamberlain and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The general company followed the Queen into the Saloon, and the concert then commenced. The Green Drawing Room was appropriated for refresh ments between the parts of the concet and during the even ing. 'At the conclusion of the performance her Majesty and her distinguished guests retired to the State Dinner Room, where supper was served. ALEXANDRIA, May 9.—Sail Pasha, the Viceroy, is now turning his attention to the formation of the long desired railroad between Cairo and Suez, a distance of 84 miles, which, when completed, will be of immense advantage and comfort to the overland communication with India. His Highness intends to employ the French engineers now in his service in making the levels, which will present but little difficulty, and will bring out the rails from England. Said Pasha has shown that he possesses considerable energy and activity, and it is to be hoped that when he shall have once made up 13is mind to carry out this 'work it will be done without delay. THE RESPINATIO . N OF AN/I'DBERT-- ANTICIPA,TED ItECALL• OF. LO ILO - RAG-LAN. • The Paris correspondent of the Times, in his letter received this afternoon, says : " The malady under wl.ich it has been for some time said that General Canrobert is suTring is in• flamrnation of the eyes. But this is not, perhaps, the only or the real cause of his ret'reinent, as such. a malady ought - equally to disqualify him for the command of a corps d'armee. A man whose health is so far impaired as we are given to understand by the foregoing, ought not to continue in the command of even a brigade in active service, much less a corps d'armee. The fact is, that General Canrobert has been found unequal to his position ; the Emperor, who appointed him: to succeed Marshal St. Arnaud, has for some time past perceived his mistake, and the rumour of ill-health which has prevailed for some weeks is believed to have been circulated ex pressly to prepare the public for his retno.al. So soon 'as- it became known that General Pelissier was named to a command in the Crimea it was antici pated that Canrobert's time was nearly up. Pelis4ier's name has been long- before the world. He is not said to have given many proofs of possessing the higher qualities of a great commander, but fur 'daring, fer tility of invention in surprises, and indomitable cou rage, he is unsurpassed. It was he who planned and strongly urged the affair of the night of the 2d, which had such a fortunate result. His manner is said, however, to be anything but gentle ; he is a rough soldier, and is careless about practising those courtesies which made Canrobert stand so well with Lord Raglan.. I have no doubt that General Pelis sier has been strongly recommended to treat his gentler confrere with all due deference, and he will do his best to continue on good terms with his lord ship. But a camp life in the African deserts is dif ferent from the quiet routine of the H , r-e Guards, and some, who pretend to be well acquainted with General Pelissier, would not be surprised if the English Government found it necessary before long to recall Lord Raglah. The appointment of Pelissier is under stood here ,as an india.tion that something more than usually vigorous is intended. "There - is a rumour regarding the resignation of Can robert, which is c , rtainly in harmony with his chival rous character. le, is this—that, having received an imperative order to 'assault, he replied that it would cost 40,000 lives—that be would not, accordingly, take on himself the responsibility of such an order, but that he was ready to transfir the command to another, and place himself at the head of the body doomed to be sacrificed." WOOLLEN TRADE. (Front ,the Leeds Mereuryof this day.) LEEDS, May 18.— We have no alteration of any impor! tance to report in the state of the woollen market. There has been a good business done in the cloth-halls this week. On Saturday, as well as on Tuesday, the markets were of an animated character, and although there was not quite so much cloth cleared out as on the previous week, still the sales were quite equal to a full average. There have also been considerable deliveries' of (loth direct at the merchants' warehouses during the week. As the demand for the spring trade of the home markets is now nearly satisfied, there have been very few buyers in the town, and the trade in the warehouses has been rather quieter during the current week. The shipping houses are doing only a very limited business. HUDDERSFIELD, May 15.—The market to-day was somewhat less buoyant than on the preceding Tuesday. The protracted cold weather may have checked the de mand for the usual spring goods. There is on the whole, however, taking the warehouses and cloth halls together, au average demand for black broad cloths of the best aid medium qualities ; kerst,ys, unions, and novel pat ters of fancy woollens. Fancy ye tings continue in dull request. There is more activity in the wool busi ness, and prices are without any material change. STATE OF TRADE. ( Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, Friday, May 18.—During the last day or two both the home and foreign buyers have niani 4.ested some increase of confidence, in the advanced prices required for yariv. They have shown it, partly in a willingness to purchase more largely at the advance. of last week than they were disposed to du either then, or even on Tuesday, and partly in such a spirit of compromise with the further rise of the present week as was scarcely observable three days ago. They are rather more willing to meet sellers. There is, thersfore;:some wiginentatiou of business, on somewhat higher terms. BRADFORD, May 17.—Wool—The colonial sales now progressing in London are going on as spiritedly as at the opening, and prices are realised satisfactory to the importers.. In English w.. 018 of nearly all kinds the market is very scantily supplied, and with the con; tinued pUrehasing of long wool for clothing as well as worsted purposes, it is moved into consumption as fact as it comes to hand, and prices are more active.— Yarns : This department of the trade continues bad, in asmuch as the price of wool more than keeps pace with the current rate for yarns, and higher prices must be realised, or there will be nn i ,crease in the production. Yarns for home use and for Lancashire on the spools, continue in request._ . . • LEICESTER, May 17.—Our market presents a rather more encouragi,,g a-pect. The extreme caution used tiy manufacturers in producing has prevented any very heavy stock trona aect.innlitting, and considering the long continuance of a flat trade, but few jot, hr.vo been forced into it. • THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.—TO day being appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, when our inost Gracious Sovereign will have o: mpleted her 36th year, the public offices, with the exception of the General Post-office, were closed. At one o'clock the Park and Tower guns tired double Royal salutes, and there was an inspection of the Artilli ry, Marines, and Militia, on Woolwich-common, by which corps three volleys were fired. As customary, the several pur veyors arid manufacturers to the Royal household will dine together. In the evening the rtieaties Royal, the clubhouses, and the .establishments of her Majesty's tri:destneri, will be brilliantly illuminated. THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.—PARIS, MAY 17.—1 n spite of the bad weather yesterday, 1,700 persons paid at the doors, the receipts being about 8.000 francs, or 320/. To day, the fête of the Assumption, there have been more season tickets and more general visitors in the building than yesterday. It has been notified that the introduction of the Go vernment measure on the law of partnership will posi tively take place on or before Friday next, the 25'h inst.. The Royal mail steamer Atrato, which has just sailed for the West Indies and the Pacific, takes out 7,0001. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer Madrid has also left with 36.1521 , principally for Lisbon and Oporto. THE REPAIR OF BLACKFRIARS BRlDOE.—Ye,terday, at a Court of Common Council, Mr. Thomas White rought up a report from the Bridge-house Coinmittee, stating that, pursuant to the order of the Court of the 7th of December last, they bad obtained an estimate of the expense of repairing Bla-:kfriars-bridge, .arnountlng to the sum of 39,5001. A long discussion took place, several of the members being of opinion that it was not at all desirable to patch up the old bridge as proposed, especially at such a costly rate as the report_recom mended. Ultimately, on the motion of Mr. _De Jersey, it was resolved that the report be printed and circulated amongst the members of the court. THE OPENING OF THE NEW METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET PnSTPONED.—Yesterday at a Court of Common Council, Mr. H. L. Taylor, chairman of, the Markets Improvement Committee stated that his Roya! Highness Prince Albert had conserved to be present at the open ing of the New Metropolitan Cattle Market. The Ist of June next—the day named by.the committee for the ,Tening—woulil not, however, suit the convenience of the Prince, arid thercf ire no posisive time for the• cere mony, could be fixed ; b'ot the day would be as early as 'could be arranged. Mr. Taylor further stated that the bye-laws, prepared by the corporation for the regulation of the market, had received the sanction of the Secretary of State, and would be immediately published for the information of the trade and the public generally. The commercial accounts from India by, the - overla-d nail ace rather less unfavourable, since, although there !las been continued inactivity at Bombay, aith a tend 'ney to a further decline in the prices of mannfactured ;Dods, the pressure in the Calcutta money:market which oreiailed at the previous dates haS experienced con iderable mitigation. Still the quotations of all securi ties showed a great depreciation as compared with those existing before the Government, by their announce nent of a 5 per cent. loan, plunged everything into panic ; and no recovery, however rapid, can comperniate the isses of those who were forced to effect realisations luring the height of the alarm, At present the tendency to recovery was increased by the prospect of a better demand for imported goods on the part of he native dealers. With regard to the export trade, ‘aution continued.to be exercised in the shipment of substitutes for Russian produce, the recollection being .till vivid of the losses sustained last year through the rleceptive announcements of the home Government as to Lire enforcement of a strict blockade. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM —A meeting is to be held in Manchester, and a circular bas' been issued by the :orumittee for organising the movement, which says " It becomes every right-minded man to declare. in the most emphatic manner, that it is inconsistent w.ith the interests of the nation that the administration of its affairs should be usurped by a few great families. As it s the interest of the community at large that the present system of corruption, fat,ouritism, and family influence should be' speedily and for ever abolished, so t is the duty of every elector, and of every true citizen, aid in the introduction of the energy, fidelity. and of private manageme into the a frnini .ration of public affairs. By a vigoreus expression of ,:üblie opinion it will be impossible that our present Minis try, or any other 'which may succeed it; can long remain ignorant of the determination of the people ; but, wed by the national will, and in accoriance with their own true instincts, they will immediately inaucni ate an ad ministrative system more in harmony with the intelli zerice of the people, anti more consistent with the high character and mighty interests of the nation." • CUSTOMS APPOINTAIENTS.-Mr. William Bell,. extra •lerk, at Newcastle ; Mr. George T. Bland, clerk in the of Inspector - Genera l of Imports and Exp orts, in office London ; Mr. John Casey, clerk in the Coast Guard Office, in London ; Mr. Fladeus Fitzpatrick, clerk in the afire of Inspector-General of Imports. and Exports, ia ; Mr. James Robert Jefferies, clerk in the office of Irisp,ctor-General of Imports and Exports, in Lon don Mr. F. H. Walker, clerk for General Business, in London.—Civil Service Gazette. SPORTING NOTES. ha T ve be e, c u li t a r n ' bg THE DERBY. uestedin ttgbseubeetuttiu:ngeuarniudsitthye dhn Scot again furnishes the first favcurite, and 1 11 ! c. doubts now e xist as to which animal will fe the trosta hampio, of Wiiitev,all. De Clare is f.iipported to thousands, an d his recent trial is iaid Loriave excited the warmeet ex p ec tations of his- party. of the Isles and Rifleman hold their relative positious in the bets drUrPi°nrgleithoef wtreleakiti. steadily e n ough, whilst Wild Doren is somewhat "d_or pressed." The Flatterer and Kingstov/h are evidentlf I _ l .' growing demand, but, with the exception of IW" ) !.nere is no e xtreme outsider. On Monday I shall one into cullec an elaborate discussion of the comparativechsvien all the ruttiours circulated in town, and wow' carefully t the latest betting. May 19. A FRESII ISAA SPORTING INTELLIGANCE. ---...--_ TATTERSALL'S.---FRIDT. A the The attendance was comparatively Pinel l, all- 111 a ver e y C la ia r r e w a a m s business that was transacted on the Derby viast w l one D or two exceptions, remarkably limited. the Isles advanced to 9 to 2, and R)flenian to 5 t O . t taken. 8 t o 1 wa's laid in ponies and fifties ioanop oiluinitocorfearnseodnefoyreivea;s aitilv3etsotel• nt!rtdoi::f Wild Dayrell, and 10 to 1 was taken freely about ICI4 town. 1 . These were the only movem ents worth especif" CLOSI,NG PRICES. DERBY. sto 2 agst De Clare (taken) 9to 2 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) sto 1 agst Rifl em an (taken) taken) 15 to 2 aot Wild Dayreli ( 8 to 1 9to 1 aget Kingstown (taken) 10 to 1 aget Flatterer (take 12 to ' 1) . 4% 20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatter aick (take 25 to , 30 to 1 agst Rylstone (taken) OAKS. 6to 1 agst Nettle ( ffered) Bto 1 agst Capucine (taken) 10 to 1 agst Marchioness (taken) Mrs. Rigby is struck out of her engag e-Lacts Pi Epsom. --.....-". --.-- MARKET NEWS-al:11$ Of. • The supplies o C f ObVEothNfTraGitAaßDnd B y g e ; relY' °oil limited for the time of year, and the traderl)rol.lee(ls wa:°aL full prices. ~ pr i c otor FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 6s to 109 Per iw,• r lb , Od P e b Os to,oa per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 4s Od to Ss _ O , eac foreign ditto, 10(1 to is 8(1 ; melons, Os 01 t o ( woo ; peaches, 15s Od to 30s ; nectarines, 15s Od to 3 0 s 1 0(1 0 apples, 4s 6(1. ,to 10a Od per bushel ; repoears: : to 8s Od per dozen • Orleans plums and g g 3 ' l ,, ° , plg, / : Os Od per pudnet' • ditto, Os to Os Od, and non u ,. p os l3 °,'. 3s 0 to Os per half sieve ; cherries, lOs to 1201).• f a tit lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges 4s to l e r o f o osd o 'l berts, 95s per 100 Ibs ; Cobnuts 180 s to pap fig* 19 Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to ' 0.1 per 1 013 ; to 2s 6d per lb ; strawberries, 6d to is per cz• r aosqi to i s P e r 1 , el VEGETABLES.—Savoy cabbages, is 6(1 red ditto. 2s to 3s Od per dozens'; French bennbolle; to 3s 0 , 1 per 100 ; brocoli, 101 to 2s 31 1, : b r eitit O tsi t ft: l uab eA eies: 11 0,64 ; ` ,; potatoes, 90s to 160 s per ton ; vegetable marrow. pet 011 peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad ea , ,iitol9, per b • ns 9d to is ~, „,,r sieve ;turnips, ?cl to 4(1 per bunch ; carrots, " a i o , fst . butich ; cucumbers, Os 6d to 2s 0(1 each ; g' i D er 3 i efe t,; Os 8(1 per p and ; spinach, Is 0,1 to 29 °"; jut°, 2 ' old onions, is 9d to :28 6,1 per half sieve ; Sprit,' b ;3 b s ll oo, 2s 6d 6 t d o p 4 er a do p z e . r bun b c u h n e i ; leeks - id to 6d per ;,,,,Pg ll ye el i : -Id to 6(1 borse-raddish, 2seOeclert,;,4l3,oo, l o, 'er i v . : O -'1 ,1;4 ,6 7 to '! i l 9spo b aa ll lt li tt c tiloe i: ;2 ; 1, al e sr n tto( d ic i i3 v h : o , kp per ( )e s s r ,8 6 cp4 d osur t tne o on; 33 0 d pe r kure ; be et l„zen • ~11 °, ,er per doz. ; parsnips, Os e6ts6so(;plrinerteroul:eilb,o,siz.do.(o;tuid,:s;Pbiebv,a,raig,eer_ :3, od tooig o ra , id p erp half sls sieve i z e e e n , h i 6 ,1 per lbu ti ,, ls t° 0 , sprouts, is 0(1 to is 0.1 per half sieve ; .calo icu se ,, 10 i ., 1 '00; per 100. ; rhubarb, 3.i to Is /yr bundle ; 73 p er al ' to 9(1 to 2s Od per punnet ; asparagrs, 43 t° 1 3 00 6 v ra,dishfri, 6(1. to 10(t per dozen bands ; nevi P °- Is per lb. !an te d s i e; toniatoes . vs s_ 2, NEWGATE AND LEADV4II.4I),,,Ls Oa es O cil l Turkeys, 4s 6 , 1 to Cs 6(1 ; Gosliugs, 53 na w o d to 0 1 0 ,, ; Ducklings, 4s 0(1 to 5s Od ; tame Rabbits, o ' 3 f or n u f to l w L:ear il :r d teerr r ie l ds o tgru , re: l esyto Fowls,ls6d eoeachod; tPeigoesoodns,t. in Th i r ,d o no ng e , s t 7 : 3 30eil; 38 Od ; Chickens. 2s Od to 38 Od ; u ar 0- 0 ,1e5 0,1' Ito ' 09 ' to 4s 6(1; Hari•s 2s 6(1 to 3s 6(1 . Grouse Os 0 ' oj to o cl' ' Os is ' 8, 28 0 0, 5 , Od to 2s e o 60sd ;01ted;eePtihee:sranigt,s: lispibutotter,libl: Guinea Fowls, 2s 6cl to 3s 0(1 each. Ostend fresh r d o zen, 7o o3 6Edo English s l h 2 sEg6gds,,aBn3d6Ednttli9ssh6ldl; French 1%151 Od P e t yi to' tto, 5 ' per 120. _ 4 98a 1 NEP W ORT. 3,6 d t° 3 , 4 Beef from 3s 4d to 40 •'d : m utton' ~ ,' . p or1;, lamb, 5s 4d to _63 6d ; veal, 4s 'Ol to uu 5 0 Beef, ~ !, d r to Turbots, to 48 4d per 81b's. 10 14 WHITECIIAra", , to 4g 8 I ; 40 Cal 8 15 1 5 L ; L 8 1N: — .2 , 3 !..., rk ° ; 6a ve to al, 48 O ' d to 4s ltiu LP ° ' 42 0 : d to 4s 2d • mutton 3s a u - 3 4 ,1 to per Blbs. by the carcase is 2d to Is 66 per lb ; C . 3 . 1: , 1 T t ' 0 l is 3 d.( 7 ,i,. . : ,: . 5..0,,,, Common Oysters, Q 0t tO I:2s *0 ' 1 „ tld ; Crabs, bd to 2s fid ; Whitings, '. B 405 to_prjoi., 16s to 20s ; Neti /e l 28 9 3 roolli b h; Mackerel, Os per 100 ; Smelts, 1s Od '',,°,, 6,1 1 0. :40, Skate, 60. to (Id per lb; Shrimps is 6d t°,,_`pele rt',;',,o ,l F -r e Bloaters, is Od to 1 s 6(1 per doz. l ; Fres° 7 c l r toy' vo l' e .,;, to Os per 100. ; Scotch do.. 6d; Sprats, Ss '' 4s t° to :"' bushel .. ; Dot eys, Is Od to 108 each ,-- Haddocks, 0 4 6 ,1 0 yet I.l,l;eltolisu,inkritdeleto:LiSs6tEigPselta6midc'ep6,:4lrdpdetorozellbas .0; aFchrVi;li'btit' (131 1: ‘ ; z1 per pair • Eels, 8d to 180 , piCkletr°ig;s7ocebl,a,,csithers,;,:o;3;'l°l'ts, fra ° BREAD. polio psi' The prices of wheaten bread in the flier Ak t 11 / 10d tolOid; of household ditto, Sid to 9.4" r - i , Si a HIDES AND SKINS' to 121' 1 ,131 Market hides, 561 b to 64.113, Ild to Oda 641 ,,, b 3iiig; 0 ,, t , , 3 o si 3 b 4d to ; 79261b1bt:3480dlblo3i4ddto;3111b; to 10 4 t 88 '4 to 'l,,s, ili i o 11216 Od to Od ; upwards, (1d toirli;b,"4? .th, li t ti; e ' v tol 6d to Os Od ; calf skins, light, 2s Od to 3s v` i ,:t . 1 6 -° 4o ,is Od to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, Os Od to Os v,,,,,cp0,,,i 01 Od to 1:8 Od ; Ilalf-breds, 6s 66 to 7s tid ; 10,1 to v to 5s 9.1 ; Lambs, 2s 2(1 to 38 01; Shearlings, ter ----- - , el° I, HAY MAR KETS. 0 , 041 • 1 0 0 SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 18s t" 51 / 0 13't t ditto, 3/ 03 to 60, ; and straw, 1/ Os t° 1 , el 0 :1, A fair average supply and a steady tred e ' to 61 P° °:rll'. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 3/ Q' ir 13 8 it Otto, 30ct06% O. ; and straw .I,' fis 0.. . e io: i, Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. to °4' '' I° Li WRlTEottaEaL.—Meadow bay. 2 , I s i i 11' °'''' ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 5. to 00 60 5 ' Both hay and straw sold steadily, at f ......... ul ( 1 8 • '""'""'"""".'"----------.--..".."."."-- Its) rrg $ P A LLOYD'S SHIPPING----(.-- QUARANTINE NOTIC.°' t ico LISBON, May 12.—Babia an d Pernalub infected with yellow fever. tb t o°7 is aity ' --- LONDON, May 19.—Wind and weather, e , the b 8 LONDON, S.S.W._, • light bre4ze, and fine mild weal oalootho, The Edinburgh (s.) the Banshee (trihregrt'holoo Of nomv (scho , ner) were all wrecks lon t o , o lta ; for the Black Sea, between Slia,bla and bit i ' D ° ~,,0110 P crews were saved. from the 9*- , d 0. 5 ' OFF DOVER, May 18.—Fowler, ..-- P.' P Rotterdam.lea' 0 ° vir sail O CI PORTSMOUTH, May 18.—Windo G r i n der , t ' els gun-boats Clini:er', Cracker, Boxer, coo' 0 0 6 for the Black Sea. • ve tl-' pilli ; 1 1 0 FALMOUTH, May tB.—Wind. S• Aril 11 ; o r ` - 1/1 pf 1 ) 1 ` orbs fr ° Sierra Leone ; Elise Charlotte, •-- 3 " ) ,„ t 1 0 1 m ot , Marseilles, with mate and one man wfi g ,; 0 if" 40 0 gale, on the 13th inst. Off Port--Th°" so* , ' Calcutta, and sailed for HanaLurg• 4 , 1 10° 1--- 11 014. 1 1, COWES, May 13.—Wind, S.A‘r. „„,..'-' - le, for fo o; Matanzas ; St. Louis (s ), from fro...g sn 00%!;0r OFF DUNGENESS.—LangdaIe - 1 ',." - i , itoctr o l ,4 rietta. Singapore ,_- Borneo, Wind, I° it artv 0 ,0, SUNDERLAND, Ma 18 —Wind, ' S ' . P• i° an Irina, from Demerara. sled" „ m „. Sp,— i SHIELDS, May 18 —Wind, N. ~ • . or for New York. 6 , 0 ,101 0 p0 15 , , 0 00 CLYDE. Arrived —Mary Ann, from e poe t ° tact , ANTWERP, May 18.—The Virgitebn in c° l3 rri - h o er' 1 03 11 ) the Maria, hence to London, have the latter ost bowsprit, &C. o bb9 /1 iliejlepli st • CALcurrft, April 7.—The Joseph 1 3 got ;0 co w t i on the 31st ult., from LOEMOD, and i old. the Ida Zeigler; the former received co a nf bee p 0 and will be docked.--The Hyderabad h 5 ri3i OP --------. artAr rl .) W (PER ELECTRIC TELE- , 10 5 , . 0 0; s a tu , . LivsurooL, go oteliileil, Wind, S. I.oe, ~cr. . t or Caroil pp,;(1,1e,, 0 , Arrived—Marian. from Antigua ; . e • ~ u ,400 ' Capitol, q 'alla.o ; Blossom, Porto R. , .° 'v,iii ls,• Ate , Orleans •W. A. Platerins, Savantian.,;oob, irie, Kelvin, 'New Orleans; Eliza Bowen, / I ‘` , 00 ° i ., P e ~ ' Antwerp. 11 ,,ja,1 . o , ° ' Off—North Star, from Ceylon; "'-' 0 1 ,1 Aer Sailed —Caroline Lean Larkan, Malaga; Enchantress .... It 3 ' Jane Goodyear, Syra ; Agnes, Pt" Sai sterdaw. ~.,t,c,)-0' jeill' . /s cl..- ► op Al es 1' Wind, S.S W. Tirnefh 00 Arrived—Abeena, from Porto Rico ; Erov ila, le oo Q" EI4 Wei' o°' • 0 ' ..„... poll t b. A P Wind, S.S.W. a Sir " g oo' 1)0' Arrived —Virago, Norma, en port. O So re, for aaaltai;01:11'01001(1, Agin, : Karastunta and Cateperdowp.abetb, hark troops; Fancy, Marseilles; Viz Protezi .n ‘, Genoa. Sailed—Guffredo, for Antwerp. ----- O ) Olt it " 1.8 P (BY SUBMARINE AND WOOF! 014,1:!,,, 10. ~ GRAv gS F. ivy, Saturew .004 011, W . 1 S W ti 4l , • _• ; t 41, low water, fina• to rOrtibo ; Y L O o, Arrived, 18th.—Williarn and aff, fr° 0010133 01111,0 Eva, Carla(); P. C. E., and Ffarbinger, pion ; s to alma-, .flitsurj ti u s ; E,lvirine Natntkrir le , -1-iceo;_a. ; Stralsu ; Alcoa°, Lisbon ; Speciniello„,rog ! Cord , ' 'Palms ; Anna Meter, Hamburg ._.• ITero, ")-7,lrorPi VP..I: Arrived, 19th—Ed, froin Marsala if,r4;, 114.1:7; Polka, Buenos Ayres • Elizabeth, A"vvio,,sl. Poigtal)4l AlltWelp ; Elllarillei, lielAingbOrg NI V .i . jelh j): 0, I Tenrioh, Stralsund • Job,nna, Leer; 9. 4.' , Loaks, DaDzic ; Marino, pal tiers. l.O t DBAL, B,la ; light. ifi ll Passod—Prosp erous , fromLondog, 11:ill i Wind, S. Sailed—Doid Coss, for Africa, ~ ' ~Y~i _~. IJ. •'S ~L"' i i ~' i" ..~