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

THEA.TF.E ROYAL L.AYN A.RICET. Under the etanaonaerA of Mr. Bucks:ono. TIIIS RVENDTG. _ . AID be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal charactmrs k Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a nsw Ballet. in which the Spanish Dancers Isal appear. entitled Till I..YENING FESTIVAL. After Which, a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAT - 'CASKET SPRING MEETING , . 1455. To ecrelude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. 1 Under the Management of Mr. CHAELES KERN. THIS EVENEITG, WIU be performed LIVING TOO FAST, To be followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Principal ebaracters by Mossrs. C. Kean, I). Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and baker ; Mrs. ?i instan'ey, Misses C Lectercq, Daly, and K. To conclude conclude with (2nd time) a Romance, in two acts, entit'ed THE MULETEER OF TOLLDO ; or, King, 12nee,a, and Knave. 211F.ATRE ROYAL ADELPUL Proprietor. Mr. B. lobster.—Directress. lia" me Celeste. TIII3 EVENING , Wilt be perforated the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOCS arttASGEIL Tu e me'ude th A NEV EDIT toN OF VIE F.URY TALES or ..110THEII GOOSE, with nut-ne ous highly-colcurel illtt3tration3. F7YAL 0r.Y3.41'13 THEATRE. Levee and Niamager. Hr. A. Wa‘an.; TITIi EVENING. FIJI be perform:4 a; o m,dletta, called LAW FOR L 'DIES. Characters ty Me-ers. Yr igan. G. inarg. Cooptr, Laavers, Sad ,Aiss Cast' et .n. After which. RILL OR CUBE. Characters by Bromle Miss Messrs. Robson, Peery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and y. To be biAlowed byte Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW pw A ur A.. 13 THE 1E ING OF i HE GOL A MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. THIS EVENING, s eO on3 time, an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of her r:Wing interest, by Mr. Liaison Lte, called, THE FIELD AUAINnT THE FAVOURITE ; After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented try Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added to She Embellishments. Box-of(tee open trom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wret. Acting Nfitna4Br, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, age. w. Cooke, Jan, ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS ETZNING. Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. rha "leten by MessrsJ. n*iford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaac•, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. Alter which, KING QUEER AND HiS D aI:MITERS THREE. To which will be added a Balla. Diver.iss4nent. MOB WATER AT LONDON 143ti1N3ir T its DA% —Aorni.,. 55 oin.aftex 6 ; Ev fling 30 min at. 7 Te—fosgair -Normu. 11 ain.after 8 I tveni g 7 min. af t. 9 1.7111 IVEATBAR.—SUN 01 , 1101. April. 10. TdIIINOMITIB, IN Till SHADS 57 highest since neon yesterday. 41 —lowest this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at noon. RARoMicvEa, 29.46—5ti1l falling. WIND, I( .W_ —Blowing fresh. with ne sunshiny weather. A shower of rain in the morning. ir*: - ') M,.., T , r 5,,,, ~•TjE ~. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1855. second Sinope massacre to acid to the sanguinary laurels of the Muscovite. The third course propounded is, that Russia eiould engage to reduce her naval force in the Black Sea within certain specified limits ; while France and England should be permitted to keep up a fleet of equal strength, Now, the efficacy of such a step would entirely depend on the good faith of Russia. The Bear who submitted to the paring of his claws well knew that, they would g row again during his winter's slumber, and that he could again carry on his depredations with unimpaired vigour. Many splendid speci mens of naval architecture might grow up at Nicolaieff without anything being heard of their progress, until they sheltered in the well-protected bay, prepared for any enterprise. Promises so closely allied to pie -crust; and so likely to meet a similar fate, cannot then be accepted as a satis- Letory settlement. Wherever we look, whatso ever we consider, we are the more confirmed in our original opinion, that the demolition of Sebas topol is imperatively required, and that by no other means can we obtain that which our Minis ters are so fond of talking of—an honourable and permanent peace. MA HMOUD PASHA, the Vizir of Yanina, several years ago, after sipping coffee, and smoking tobacco, and quaffing sherbet with the Hon. ROBERT CunzoN, was left by that amusing traveller, sitting cross-legged on his red-cloth divan "in great wonderment at the English Government paying large sums of money for the transportation of criminals, when cutting off their heads would have been so much more economical and expeditious !" Everybody who has read (and who has not ?) that most delightful book, the " Visits to the Monasteries of the Levant "—a worthy companion volume to KING SLA ICE'S " Etithen," and WARBURTON'S " Crescent and the Cross "—will remember, doubtless, the incident here alluded to, related, as it is, after a fashion the most comical, by one whose almost every word proves him to be evidently gifted as a humorist. "Incurring any expense," says the son of Lord SCARSDALE, when relating the circumstance with all his twinkling appreciation of the ludicrous " Incurring any expense to keep rogues and vaga bonds in prison, or to send them away from onr own country to be the plague of other lands, appeared to him [the Vizir of Yanina] to be an ex: raordinary act of folly ; and that thieves should he fed, and clothed, and lodged, while poor and honest people were left to starve, he considered to be contrary to common sense and justice." Ob serve ! however, this is not all. Mark ! what fol lows. Listen to the comment pronounced upon that opinion of MAHMOUD PASHA, pronounced with an air so deliciously serio-comic, by the "celebrated Milordos Inglaisis" who records it—as he afterwards reports of himself to the awe-in spired Monks of Mount Athos, the " great ally of the Sultan's and of all the captains of all the men-of-war that come down the Archipelago !" Mr. CURZON adds, in reference to the views entertained in the matter of Prison Discipline, isy the long-nosed Turk left by him squatting upon the red-cloth divan, pipe in mouth, and be wildered beyond the poVver of language to relate, at our preposterous system of criminal legislation—. " I laughed at the time at what I thought the curious opinions of the Vizir of Yanina ; I have since come to the conclusion that there was some sense in his notions of criminal jurisprudence." And so that droll memorial of an Anglo-Oriental talk about the beat way of dealing with rascality terminates. The rumours respecting the mode in which the " Third Point" is to be carried into practical .operation are assuming greater consistency and verisimilitude. Is - miens propositions have been earnestly canvassed, by which it was asserted the great desideratum cottd be achieved. We confess, however, that the only tangible solution of the doubtful problem is that offered by the demoli tion of Sebastopol, and the other Russian fortifi catione in the Euxine, together with the with drawal of the whole, or by far the greater por- ' tin, of her navy from these waters. Anything else that has been suggested seems pregnant with future evils, and utterly inconsistent with the permanent and linking peace which it should be the great object of the assembled diplomatists to secure. The best of these suggestions is that -which would totally exclude everything appertaining ts, war from the Black Sea, and transform it merely into a commercial lake, rendering it a mare daunt= in the widest signification of the phrase. This course, which it is said was supported by the French Government, would, of course, involvt the demolition of Sebastopol, together with al other fortifications in its vicinity, and the exclu sion of armed vessels of any nation. The onl3 objection thereto is the universality of its charac ter, and that would also imply the demolitioe of the Turkish fortifications and fleet, as well as those of her assailant. 'Now, in the first place, Turkey has done nothing to warrant any such de mand. • She has committed no act of aggressiot on any of her neighbours ; on the contrary, she spared no exertion to obtain an honourable peace. She did not for a considerable time even treat the invasion and occupation of her territories as a easics belli, but tried negotiation and rnediatioe until it was too clearly manifest that both were futile. Besides, the Turkish fortifications are of a purely defensive character, while the Russian are as entirely the reverse. The Ottoman forts are requisite for the protection of the capital, the most vital spot in the nation, while the Russian are only useful as " standing menaces " against her neighbentrs. It would, indeed, be absurd to de mand that the teeth of the lamb should be ex tracted as well as those of the wolf. Not only might the former rely on its antecedents, and plead its invariable peaceful character, but it might also show the utter impossibility of turning the tables on its quondam, assailant, or making an onslaught on the ittpias family, even though the bead of the house had been deprived of its for midable: fangs, and its claws had been closely c li ppe d. Besides, the armies of Russia would still remain in formidable proximity. to Constan tinople, for which there would be no real security if Varna and the other impediments to Russian, aye„or Austrian progress, were removed. There is a wide difference between offensive and defen sive weapons, which should not be lost sight of by the diplomatists assembled at Vienna. Another suggestion, but one wholly impracti cable, is that which proposes that Russia should maintain her fo rts and fleet intact, while Franee and England should be at liberty—. if they . thou:4'l3 proper to bear the enor mous enti a y_to maintain an equivalent naval force, and to construct equally impregnable forti ficatiimS on 'the • Turkish territory. Incidental to _ this resolution was the modest proposition that the I ,l*Ttle and Dardanelles should be thrown open to 114 .ve sse i s of war sailing under the Rus sian, as well as the French Turkish - fla , En g lish, or even the gs , th at, in fact, Russia would pro fit by her aggresekm, in obtaining the coveted op portunity of free access to the Mediterranean, and w hat would be almost tantamount to an impreg nable naval station on it s shores. It is ne e dl ess to say that such a result could not for a mom ent be sanctioned — a result which would completely annihilate the independence of the Porte, and place it at the mercy of its unscrupulous oppreasoi whenever it seemed desirable to consummate in Jong continued course of persecution. B es i des, - we have recently stated, supposing th at the as Western Powers wer e willing to sustain the enor mous and ruinous outlay, there could be no su re t y while the new fortification , during the interval Wh were hi course of construction. " Rome was not built in a day." For a quarter of a century the wo r k men wer o never idle at Sebasto pol. We have all seen how easily Boinarsund was captured, in consequenee of the non-completion of the _ place, when another year might have chingel'it -into t; Baltic Sebastopol, and rendered it completely iampregr*ile. W e tie uct wan' a of intelli;gence, or of accurate and ze dous per- I fun:lanai.: of duty, it was no t that the gentry, not that the aristocracy, not that the noblemen in the army were at fault, but persons be longing to other classes of the community." It - was the medical department, the commissariat department, and the transport department, which were not officered by the aristocracy where the system had broken down and the main cause of the sufferings complained of were to be traced. Dexterous as Lord PALMERSTON is in debate, and deveted to the interests of the aristocracy, he was hardly so happy as usual in his remarks in this instance, and certainly cannot feel surprised that the officers of the commissariat department have addressed an expostulatory letter on the subject of his speech, through their chief, to the Minister ef War. The obvious, if not legi timate inference, that in his Lordship's opinion they were not gentlemen, was sufficiently galling, but to be charged with being " wanting in capa city, energy, intelligence, and in the accurate and z, aloes performance of duty" by one in his Lord ship's position was not to be endured in silence. In stating their complaint, they allude to the impropriety of the charge at the present time, intimate that it is not for them to point out the cause of failure, hint at the disadvantages under which they labour, and challenge from Lord PAN MERE a just appreciation of their services. With an appeal of this sort, couched in manly and be coming terms, every Englishman will sympathise, and though we think they have exaggerated Lord PALMERSTON'S meaning in respect to their relative gentility, the sentiment that, " while they conduct themselves honourably, it matters little with what families they are connected," will meet with gene ral approval. As to the grave charge, unjust and ungenerous as it is, it is not necessary for tkem,to disturb themselves further about it. The country is pretty well satisfied as to the cause of the disasters of its army. It knows that without proper heads departments cannot go right, and that it is not in Red-tapism to carry on efficiently a mighty war. Knowing this, not even Lord PALMERSTON can persuade it to find the cause elsewhere. His efforts can only drive the nail nearer home. We wonder very much how the Vizir of Yanina would have looked from either side of that long nose of his, if there could have been tumbled .town before him in his hall of audience, one after mother, those weighty, blue-books which have ;ince appeared, year after year, i❑ the form of Reports upon Convict Management, by Lieut.- fiolonel JEBB, the laborious and energetic Sur veyor-General of the Prisons of England. How his Highness would have glowered over those elaborate arrays of statistics ! How he .would have puffid, amazedly, cver his eternal .:11ibouk as he turned the leaves of those Parlia mentary records of what has been done in all this long lapse of time in the way at once of punish ment and reclamation ! Since the period in which Mr. CURZON wrote that most charming volume which has won for him a high and lasting reputation among the travelled contributors to our popular literature, much has been aetually accomplished of what was then only vaguely hoped for, in the develop.rent of the great scheme of Penal Discipline which ap peared so ridiculous in the eyes of the Vizir of Yloiina. A variety of costly experiments hare, luring the interval between then and now, won for us a whole world of experience. So that already the changes effected seem to us in the retrospect but little short of the miraculous. Insomuch so, that among other marvels we have already made provision within the limits of the United Kingdom for the housing and disciplining of from 9,000 to 10,000 convicts altogether. There being, as we have recently taken occasion to explain, in Eng land and Scotland alone, cells scattered here and there for the accommodation of nearly 3,000 prisoners doomed to undergo the proba tionary punishment of separate confinement. While upwards of 4,000 others are capa ble of being safely and usefully grouped to gether upon some of our great public works, as at Dartmoor, or Portland, or Portsmouth. Beyond which, the time has even now arrived when we may look back, as upon an evil already virtually dead and gene, upon the monstrous system of wholesale transportation to remote penal settle ments. If the long-nosed Vizir marvelled so much over the folly of spending hundreds and thousands of pounds sterlingon our criminal popu lation, what would he have thought, we may be al!owed to wonder in turn, if he had learnt, as any one may learn, from Colonel JEBB'S last Ro port to the Home Secretary (p. 96, Appendix), that the total value of convict labour at the Wool wich-hulks, at Portland, and at Portsmouth, may be estimated for the year, last past, at just 78,920/. ! An item in the statistics about which we should hav e relishedCjnvict I D nu is c c h iplin to e have commended to the Vizir o f Yanina, if only that he might have dropped it, with his next piuclo of havetobasmoked into ( the bowl of his everlasting pipe-'-to it, thereupon, at his leisure, contemplatively In another part of our impression will be found 1, letter of remonstrance from a body of men who certainly have reasonable ground for complaint. En the debates on the mismanagement of the War, in February last, Lord PALMERSTON remarked that there was great truth and force in the obser vation of Mr. NRWDEGATE, in answer to the charge that the disasters of the army were to be attri buted to the great number of gentlemen who were :Akers in it. The Hon. Member, in his opinion, had made the most triumphant answe r by showing that where-the system bad broken d own, "-where .r 1 "6113 *acf - of . 600: 4 :y, -617,sitra- THE SON, LON DON, TUESDAY EVEN] Ni-10, APRIL 10, 1865. ViSIT OF TEE EMPEf?On OF TIIE FRENCiI TO THE QUEEN. COURT OF CONDION COUNCIL. Yesterday a special Court, which was numerously at tended, was held for the purpose of considering what steps should be taken by the Cc:rporatinn for the pur pose of testifying their respect for the Emperor of ti:e French on his approaching visit to her Majesty. The discussion was conducted with closed doors. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to amid enthusiastic cheering : " That it be referred to a committee now to be appointed o make the requisite arrangements for the presentation of ,he address in the Guildhall. " Tint a committee be now appointed, consisting of the Lord artyor, the Aldermen now present, and one com moner from each ward. " That an entertainment suitable to the 411.1nity of this city b• - _, prc.wiled on the occasion at he Guillhall, t.t which his Imperial Majesty the Emperor and the Empress of the French be requested to honour this city with their pre sence. "'f bat the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, an 4 the Sheriffs, attemle.l by the Reumml:rancer, do wait upon hi Imperial 24, , je.$ty the Emperor of the French, an,l humbly request him, in the name of this Court, that ho anti the Enipress will vouchsafe to honour them wiCu their Royal presence at an entert4itimeut in the Guildh,ll of this city, on the occasion of the presentation of the at.blreAs, _ _ "That it be referred io the snid committee to take the proper theaziures for conducting the entertainment, for fitting up the Guildhall, and to report from time to time to this Court, if necessary." A committee, composed of the Lord Mayor, the Ai derann present, and a commoner from each ward, was immediately formed, and they retired at once to an ad joining room, and commenced their labours. The Court then adjourned. SIEGE OF SEBA•IrOPOL. Mr. Wyld, geographer to the Queen, has just issued the sixth edition of his map of " The Envi rons of Sebastopol, with the Batteries and Ap proaches." The fact of the map having gone through so many editions speaks loudly for its merits, and the impression thus conveyed is amply warranted. The positions of the Allied armies are laid down in it in distinctive colours from drawings made on the spot, and information received from Brigadier-General Torrens, Mr. Rochefort, and English and French officers. They are, therefore, readily traced, and their accuracy may be confi dently relied on. The public is greatly indebted to Mr. Wyld for bringing out this well-executed map, which is at once apropos, comprehensive, accurate, and minute. Even the spot where the wreck of the Prince occurred is marked, and a useful little map of Eupatoria, with the late attack, is given. COUNT DE BRIEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln Saturday's Sun I find the following observations : " Belgium herself, not contented with the ominous neutrality she has so long observed, is destatching new emissaries to the Court of St. Petersburg. We learn by a lett , -r from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., that `Count de Briey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, had, on the previous day, presented his new credentials to the Em peror Alexander.' This is the unkindest cut of all. Well may England exclaim et-tic Brute,' when she sees the Sovereign who owes everything t.) her—who was taken from petty lodgings to espouse the presuinptive heiress to the British Throne—who has so long been the well paid pensioner of the United Kingdom, and whose nephew is the consort of our dearly-loved Sovereign, pay ,in such marked onip'inieiit-, to Russia, sending an En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, lily to negotiate respecting ' the kingdom of Thuringia,' should he induce England to waive her just demands. These are matters that should not be regarded lightly." Now, Count de Briey, so far from being a new "e►nissarv," has been resident at St. Petersburg, in the same capacity, for just two years ; and the new credentials" were simply the usual diploma tic formality upon the accession of a new sove reign.—Yours, J. WRIGHTSON. AN UNDER SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES —The vivant Under-Secretaryship of tie Colottial Drpartrnetit, which ntcesarily remained open until the bill for rtgu biting the number of Secrit.ries of State anti I.To , !er- Secretaries became law, has been confided to Mr. John 'Ball, MP. for Carlow. Mr. Bali 4 now in Ireland, but returns on Thursday to a!suute the dutiei of his new ofFe. THE BALTIC FLEET. —A letter from Elsinore of the Sd inst. says : —'• Four steam-frigates of the flying squa dron arrived and aactiored in the road.; on the 14 inst., at noon, but were obliged to return in the afternoon, some with loss of anchor ar:d chain. Five sail —namely, the Arrogant, E•k, Tartar, Archer, and Desperate— came in again yesterday, aril, the Swedish side of the Sound being clear of ice, they proceeded up to Lands crona. Four of the above squadron have arrived in the aft. The Military Gazette states that the expeditionary corps is to remain peo tempoee at Constantinople, with the French Imperial Guars. This is to he the army of reserve of the Allies. The Gazette considers the destina tion assigned to the Piedinontese contingent as a proof of deference and esteem on the part of Napuleon 111. for the Sardinian army. General Marmora is about to establish his head. quarters at Genoa, from whence the embarkation cf the Piedmontese contingent will proceed as rapidly as possible. It is said in lit?rary circles in Paris that M. Th. Gautier is to leave the Pre3Bl, and to became theatrical critic for the Moniteur, and that his late post on the Presse will be filled by M. Nestor Roquelan, ex-director of the Opera. Letters from Athens contain deplorable accounts of the progress of brigandage in various parts of Greece. To such an extent has it proceeded that some foreign , fieence of a detestable character is suspected to be at work. At Weimar, counterfeit autocfraphs of Schiller have been made use of in a most audacious manner. The heirs of the poet are amongst the dupes. It seems that the fraud has for its principal author a boetmaker, who, now that the affair is in the hands of the law, doubtless wishes that be had profited by the saying re Mop, &e. For the second time, the clergy of the convent of St. Sergius, near Moscow (which passes for one of the richest convents in Russia), have presented a sum of money to the Emperor for the plrpose of carrying on th , l war, their gift on this occasion amounting to nearly a million francs. THE MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, April 9.—The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Great Western, Captain Bevis, left this afternoon with the usual monthly mails for Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, Rio Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, St. Vincent's, Teneriffe, Madeira, and Lisbon. She has on board 64 passengers, among whom are Commander Thurnburn, Captain Stout, and Cheva lier Gondini. On freight the Great Western takes 14,3501. in specie, 16,5421. value in jewellery, and a full general cargo. The Plata, Captain Weller, with the next West Indi a an d Pacifi c ma il s, and the Solent, Cap tain Jellicho, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails, may be expected on or about Sunday next. The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Capt. Christian, will leave on the 11th inst. with the mails fi.r Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. The Ma drid, Captain Cook, with the homeward portion of these mails, is expected about the 14th inst. The United States' mail steam-ship St. Loni! , , Captain Wotton, will leave Southampton ea route for Havre, with French an d English mails on Wednesday. A private letter from Simpheropol, published in the Vienna P..eae, and dated March 8, mentions, amongst other matters, that the city is almost entirely e Inverted into a place d'armes ; none but soldiers are to be seen. The high prices of pi °visions are quite beyond the means of the civil officials, who can only afford to purchase pro visions absolutely indi.pensable. The churches are thronged with igippl'a•its, who pray fervently for peace. sa w a young woman from Sebastopol," coptinue4 the " who hal been krweling all the morning, p ra yi ng - God to end the war quick ly." Intheme an ti met hrtatening clords are t 'athei in; in the horiz in. Our enemies in ther with fresh force. The inhatii t-nd carrying on war n dKertch are anxi .us about th e tents of The°dc- - a fate of their property. B u t we hope that the will of the European cabinet'. TONNAGE OF VESSELS.—YeAter- Emperor iI I re=dst all the malignant proposals of the THE NUMBER AND number and tonnage c vessels. of the there were 1,343 built and fLords l w n day, a return ordered by the House f o ended the sth January last,astipteriynetea(ri the 31st December last the tonnage was 3 2 0,869. On to the several ports registered in the several ports of the British empire, and there were 35,960 vessels belonging in of the United Kingdom, the tonnage of and imrobe K of 42cr.employed in La ,vbich .g w a a t s . _ tte Wais 6`3,491. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 9. 'The Queen arid Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Leinin b tren, walked in the Home Park this mnrring. The four elder members of the R •yal Fami!y rode on horeback. T:.le younger Royal children took their ac customed exerci.,e. A deputation, conai,ting of the Right Hon. the Llrd Mayor, the Right Hon. Janie' Stuart Wortley, M.P., Recorder of London, Mr. Alderman Sidney, and Mr. Alderman Wire, had an interview with Sir George Grey on Saturday at the 8. , me-(,ffice. THE WEATBER IN THE BALTIC. SWINEMUNDE, April 6.—The bay is fille I with ice by the late prevailing northerly winds. Much ice is c oin i ng down the river. Weather very mild. Wind N.N.E. ROSTOOS, April 6,—The weather has been file since the nth of Mi..rch. The river and roadsteads are free, but large banks of ice are still to be seen driWnw; at P ea STRALSUND, April 7.—A thaw, with rain, set in a few days since, and which still c.ntinues. The ice in the harbour and roadstead has become v.ry weak, and the reopening of the navigation is epecteil in a few days. The ice at sea was in full movement 3,sterday, and had rawly all Len driven awl- y by the S E. and E. winds. The Earl of Harlvvicke, who left London r P;ris with the Earl of Malmeslury, ten days since, will return to town to-day. The Duke and Duchess de Brabant were to leave Alexandria on the 26-12 ult. fur JAfs, whence, after visiting Jerusalem, they were to return to Europe. • His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland left town this morning for Dablin, accorni aided by his pri vate chaplain, the Rev. Walter Cryke; his private vecre tary, Major Ponsonby; the Hon. Miss Lai•celles; and Mr. Chas.Wm."Grenfet, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Grentell. Upon arriving this evening at Holyi4Ad, his Excellency a d suite will pass the night there, crossing over to the coast by special boat to-morrow morning. His Ex cellency will enter the Irish capital in state at half-past two the same day (Wedne,dav). _ . , The Bing of the Belgians received on Friday, at a private audience, M. A. Barret, the French minister at Brussels, previou,iy to the hon. gectleman's departure for Paris, where he is to spend the Easter holidays. The name of the Rev. Dr. Stanford is removed from the list of the Vice-regal Chaplains, some person having communicated to Lord Carlisle that the rev. gentleman had been dismissed as Chap'a.n to' the North Dublin workhouse for prnselytis.ing tendencies. The Governor-General of India has raised the salary of Dr. O'Shaughcessy, the superintendent of electric telegraphs in India, to 3,6001 per annum. Tho doctor has been informed that the increase has been given, not only in acknowledgment of his valuable services, but be cause, had he remained at the Mint, his salary would have bc-en higher than that which he has hitherto re ceived as superintendent of electric telegraphs. Os DIT.— We understand that the lovely and accom plished daughter of a neighbouring baronet is shortly to be led to the hymeneal altar by a gentleman of immense wealth, now a resident of France. The lady alluded to is possessed of a very large fortune in her own right.— Munster News. CARDINAL WISEMAN.-Letter from Naples state that Cardinal Wiseman is to he appointed Librarian of the Vatican, in the place of Ctrdittal Mai. EARL OF SEFTON V. 110PWOOD.—LIVERPOOL, Mon day.—The further examination of witnesses occupied the court the whole day, an the court was again adiairne,!. DRURY LA:CR.—Tins theatre was to have re.op?ned last night with a new operatic company, but a bill was posted at the (hors, ann•Aincing the postponement of the peiformances until an/ ;tli er ev en i ng . Tai 3 season of the I iyal Falia,n Opera commences on Thursday with Ro-sim's op , ra Le Comte Ory. The fol lowing are a lvertiseti to appear :—Mill!e. ()pink Mani, M. Zelger, Signori to , haqco, Card ni, and Mei. An imip. , rt.ifit a i liti in has 'wen made to the cunnpany in the ptrsJri of Malame Ruder,- We learn that a magnificent antive statue, in red ma! We, was pur•lia , e I f r Vie Bliti , ll Museum, tt.` ti e la. - e wile of M. Colint's collection at, Parts. Ex-Kit g .1i- come attempted to become its proms( r, in orier that he mig!.t tre,p+lt it to the Mu.o-tito of the 14. mere. M. Co lot was formerly Direct ,r of 'hi. Paris Mint. m lettets froitt St. Pe:eislturt.i. dlterl the 31-t nit., stat-i Oat business iu pro !nee teas at a stand Ail!. Tho p ice of tAllom was nortiinAy 117 on the spot, and 117.101 for delivery in Anust. The ex change on London ~, a 4 (plot :11 36A to 9-13 d. From the last accounts front the P ningula the screw steamer Natal was high up on t'!e biach. Thera was a grt-at deal of water in her, but, this wa.: owing to the sea beatiov over her. Two command. rs of vesQels hail started from Caliz to survey her. She is only 680 tons burden. The Emigration commissioners have chartered the Algiers to sail from Birkenhead to Ad.-laide on the 10th of May, the Cai!n2:orin to sail from Plymouth fo. Port land Bay on the 17th of May, and the Eliza to sail from Plymouth for Sydney on the 24th of May. The following are the new directors of the General Screw Company, viz.:—N. R. Auk worth, E q., R. Currie, E-q., Henry Farndell, E-q.. Joshua wood, Esq., J. S. Margetion, Eq., C. Morrison, Rol , Ed ward \Varner, Esq., M.P., Captain H. Shuttlewoith, and Colonel Undcr BRAZIL.—From Brazil there are accounts of great discovir . es in the province of Maranham, beta een Meranham and Pant ; but the rob ihibty is they have been much exaggerneed, to serve the pm poses of a com pany which is said to have been got up to work them with a nominal capital of 100,0001. AGRA. AND UNITED SERVICE BANIC.—At the half yea-.ly meeting of this company, held at Calcutta on the 14th of February, the profits for the six months were stated at 43,4301., which, after providing for a dividend at the rate of 9 per cent. per annum, as well as for a loss of 6,116/. sustained at the Madras branch, left 5,5641. to be carried to the reserve fund, which is intended to be increased from 100,0001. to 150,0001. The departures from the port of London for the Australian colonies during the week have comprised only three vessels—two to Hobart Tosser, of an aggre gate burden of 870 tone, awl one to Moreton Bay, of 914 tone. Their total capacity was 1,784 tons. The rates of freight exhibit no alteration. SOUTH AMERICA.—The accounts from South America by the present New York steamer are of a few (lays later date than those previously received, but they con bin nothing of importance. With retard to Mexican affairs, the partisans of the insurgent leader Alvarez at Acapulco affirm, under date the 6th of March, that lie is gaining great successes, and that before long he will enter the city of Mexico in triemeh. In Peruvian affairs there had been no further change. From Equa dor it is stated that very rich silver mines have been dis covered at a placed called B rhernba. The English steamers Colombo - and Clyde, of Glas gow, have just embarked at Marseilles 1,200 voltigeurs of the Guard for Constantinople, amidst the most en• thusiastic cheers of the thousands of persons who had assembled on the quays to witness their departure. Three other English steamers, - chartered by the French Government, are now taking on board wooden barracks fir the army of the East at that port, and will also carry out a number of horses. The France steam packet has just left for Constantinople, having on board a large quantity of military stores, 100 mules, 100 soldiers of the waggon train, and 13 gendarmes. SIR E. BULWER LYTTON'S MEDAL.—We understand that Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's gold medal, for the best essay, by any student of the University of Edinburgh matriculated in 1853-54 or 1854-55, '• On the influence of the mind over the body in ceu-ing and curing morbid and anomalous conditions," has just been adjudged by the Senatus Acadernicus. The successful competitor is John Glen, M.A., student of medicine, son, wo lie!isve, rf the late Rev. Dr. Glen, for many years missionary iu Persia. Another of the eseays was al:,n ieclared of great merit, but the author's name is unknown, the sealed note containing it not having been opened. Dr. Mandt, the physician who at'endel the Czar Nicholas in his last illness, has published a eircun , santial account of the closing scene, of the monarch's life. " At ten minutes past three," rays the doctor, " lie asked me after I had mentioned the name of his father confe:sor, 'Must I then die ?' I answered, s, sire.' Not a muscle of his face moved, not the least quickening of pulsation. ' How,' said he, can you find the cou rage thus to doom me to death ; to tell me so to my face r First,' ea'd I, by so doing, f fulfil a promise wade to you a year and a half ago ; the moment of which you then spoke to me, alas ! has come ; moreover, I thus fulfil a duty to the Emperor. You have several hours to live; you are in full possession of your faculties, and can direct them at your will—at least I' believe so, Lastly, sire, I love you, and tbs is not the moment to conceal the truth, which I am sure you can bear to hear. His countenance became serene, and bo stretched out his :and, gayiDg,. ' the yva r Sub Was the galsor," - - Li Lk * . 1 1 i S T 1 -- ! -.4 .4 S MARSEILLES, TUESDAY, APRIL 10. The Clyde, which left Constantinople on the 29th of March, has artived. De patches for the Government left at 11 p.m. BALAKLAVA, MARCH 27. There was an armistice on the 24th for two hours, for burying the dead. The Russians buried 400 men. Colonel Kelly is a prisoner at Sebastopol, slightly wounded. Captain Montague is a prisoner, and is not wounded. There were Use. alarms on Saturday and Mon day, 24th and 26th March. It is hoped that the fire will open this week. VIENNA, MONDAY. Aali Pasha and General Burgoyne arrived here yeaterday. The ninth Conference was held to-day. M. Drouyn de I'Huys was present. The Russian envoys have not as yet received their instructions from St. Petersburg. We learn from a reliable source that the Bri tihh Envoy to the Vienna Congress is not likely to leave Vienna before the 20th, as the definitive answer of the Czar to the points containtd in Prince Gortschakoff's despatch is not expected till that day. THE BALTIC FLEET. NYBORG, MONDAY, NOON. Tl►e Imperieuse, Euralyns, and Conflict have just anchored here, and are goijrg to coal. The remaining ships of the advanced squadron are at Landscrona. FRANCE. (FROM 01D R OWN CO RRESPONDENT. ) PARIS, MON DAY EVENING. The Paris journals, according to their usual ens -43u1 of taking a holiday on the occasion of Easier Snihy, have all refrained from appearing this moroiog. Tile I l ion. J. Y. Mason, the American Minister at the French Court, has just left Paris for Nice, for the benefit cf his health. A private telegraphic despatch from Vienna, of this day's date, was received this afternoon, and states as follows : " The Russian Plenipotentiary baq received his full power—the conditions demanded by M. Drouyn de l'lluys are accepted by Russia—peace is secured. I leave f x Paris." This despatch is said to proceed from the agent of a house in Paris largely interested in Bourse transactions, and it i 3 not yet confirmed by official intelligence. A rumour is again afloat about the attack and capture of the tower of Malakhoff by the Allied Armies. The Pays pretends to publish the instructions Riven by the Ottoman Port. to Ali Pasha on the Four Points. The Debats leaves the responsibility of them to the Pays. Respecting the third point, the instructions, as given in the Pays, are : "The third point is relative to the revision of the Treaty of the 13th of July, 1841, with the view better to connect the existimce of the Ottoman Empir.; to the ba lance of l ower in Europe, and to limit the prep , nderance of Ru-sia in the Black Sea. The SUblime Porte, thankful for the proofs of sincere friendship which the Great Poweri purpose giving it on this occasion, approves of the material means by which those Powers desire, in fact, to limit the preponderance of Ru , sia. But it mu-t at the same time guaid against a revision of the treaty of 1341 in a manner susceptible of becoming an infringe ment upon its rights of sovereignty ou the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, or on any point of its ti rritory where the safety of the empire might he compromi-ed." Letters from Toulon atate that the number of troops embarked at that port for the East since the 25th of February amounts to 14,717 men, and the vessels of all kinds employed to transport theta to 21. The Charlemagne alone took 1,206. Majors Stank) , and Brett have just passed through Paris on their way to the Ceiun:a. Theso officers lieong to the Bintilay Army and have seer! 17 years' rough service in India. M. Stanley, who is well known for his gallant conduct in India, was formerly on the staff of die late s,r C. N.lpier, and served for some time as assistant political ag e n t ni t il ee Colonel 011traM in Seillde, and has just relinquished a lucrativeyai point ment on the Seinde frontier to take the command of a regiment of , rivalry in the Crimea. A detachment of twelve firework makers tinder the direction of M. Melv.l, formerly a pupil (if the Polytechnic Sohool, wit." has so loi.g devoted limo elf to the study of the p.roteclime art, has just embarked at Lycns on ti and one of the Rhone steamers for Marseilles, on their way to the Crimra., These workmen, who are all remarkable for their superior ability in their art, have been specially engaged to keep in order and repair the vast quan tity of bombs, shels, and other ire: uliaty articles sent out to the army of occupation. Although civil workmen, they are to be paced under mili tary orders. Mule. Dounay de Glasteau, sister of M. Von ee Weyer, the Belgian Minister at London, died end denlv three days back at her residence at St. Jesseteh Noode. _ The Northern Railway Company have just pur chased from Baron de Rothschild three pieces of ground in the upper part of the Faubourg Poisson, ui4e for the sum of 1,748,600 f. BOURSE, APAL 9.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. Ent of Mouth. , q per Cents 94 —f. —e. 3 per Centi 69 80 69f. 90c. CrOdit Mobilier BO7 50 Roman Cr6ait F.ncier — Austrian . • Belttian Fives 951 Spanish Th rees 3ll Pio . iirnontesa B5 75 Home Debt RAILW ANS-101, CASH. Ir. C. fr. e Orleans . ll6O Lyons lO7l 25 Western 660 Rouen Cott° Mediterranean 987 50 Havre r:(10 Northern spring. This year, it is said, the order wi]l not appear until it be known what may be the course rendered by the result of the conferences, the last year's levy, by which the army was placed on the war footing, having already borne upon the class of 1855. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of March 31, in the BcersenhqUe of Hamburg, says :—" The Em pero,.. Alexander has the intention to visit Finland, it is said, and in particular Helsingfors, with his brother Nicholas, before the commencement of ope rations in the Baltic. The -militia of St. Peters burg are to assemble shortly, under the command of Prince Schakowski, when the Emperor will pass them in review. To-day an ordonnance has hen published concerning the beard of the soldiers. The Emperor has deigned to order, Ist, that the soldiers who mount guard on week days shall not be required to dye either their hair or whiskers ; and 2dly, on Sundays and feast-days they must mount guard with their hair and whiskers waxed ail dressed." The Hamburg News contains a letter from War saw, which states that on April Ist the appeal of the Holy Synod, relative to the formation of the militia throughout the Russian empire, was read from the pulpits in all the churches of that city. At tt!e cathedral, in order to impart more soleninil to the act, the governor and principal functionaries, civil and military, were present. The Military Gazette of Vienna contains a letter from Sebastopol, which states that G; neral Osten- • Sacken, on the 18th March, published an order of the day enjoining all females to quit the town at once. The Grand Duke Nicholas, taking into con-! sideration that a great number of these women ' possess nothing in the world, has been pleased to accord from his privy purse 1.00 roubles to each woman having a family to enable her to remove, and from 20 to 50 roubles to each unmarried female, according as the case might seem to require (the rouble is a little over 4f.) IE was supp .sod that this order was given in anticipation of active hos tilities being on the point ( f being resumed, AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the Ist, in the Post A mpt Gazette of Frankfort, states that several contracts for the Austrian army have been provi sionally adjourned. A large camp is to be formed in the course of the spring in the neighbourhood of Cracow, where the whole army of Gallicia, num bering 120,000 men, is to be concentrated, and the Emperor will proceed there to inspect it in person. Alexander 11. of Russia has presented the regi ment of Austrian Cuirassiers, bearing his father's -name, with the uniform of colonel of that regiment worn by the late Emperor Nicholas. The Imperial ordonnance for the annual recruit weiat of tit Awitiiall slaty ialleuelly Wood SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 4th have arrived in due course. The Gazette contains a royal ordin ance which enacts that, from the Ist May next, foreign letters shall pay a uniform postage of four reals (one franc) for a weight of four adarmes (the adarme is the 16th part of an ounce), and of four reals additional for every two adarmes or fraction of one above that weigbt. The decree, however, enacts that as regards Fiance and Portugal, with which there are special. postal 'convections, the poitage of a letter of four adarmes shall remain as at present, namely, two reals for the tot trier and one real for the latter. The decree further pro vides that from May 1 the prepayment of letters for Italy shall cease to be obligatory. The says : _ _ -`• It iv :tated that Andres I:flittnal of en and Manion Fernii.diz de Cordi.ya, liecte rnt of artillery, have been anti orirrd I y lh. Eminfioi of the Fiendh to proc, , ed to tl.e Crin ea, v.ii to thi y to be considered as Fiench eiflieerA in a• tye ii,rviee, and are ti be aqo horseA and rati , ins tltcm of introduction ale to be given to them r,r t'.e General C-tnrobert, and to ilia generale commanding the iiriliery and the evgineerg;" Accounts from Cola have been received at Madrid. They state that Colonels Cortaz tr and Saiz have been invested with the command of important di visions ; that the English steamer the Medea, had conveyed a column of Spanish troops,- destinol to ,operate in a certain part of the island ; that three squadrons of yeomanry cavalry, and two of mi litia, were about to be called into active service ; that four battalions of infantry volunteers and two squadrons of volunteer cavalry had teen organised; and that, in a word, every preparation had been made for resisting an attack of filibusteros from the TJuited States. HANOVER. A letter frtyrn Hanover of the bth, in the Cologne Gazette, says : " The report of the Committee of the Diet on the in termit affairs of Germany, and which Las proposed to invert the old nobility with its ancient rights for the composition of our First Chamber, aml of which they bad hert deprived by the revolution of 1843, has caused the gitatest agitation throughout the coutttry. The in habitants, who considered that the privileges of the nobles bad been for ever abolished, are quite in a state of consternation at the present revival. In every past of the country retitions are being prepared and signed, praying his Majesty to convoke as soon as possible the two Chambers having the confidence of the country, and which may be able to avert the evils with which the country may be timatene I if the conclusions of the Committee of the Diet in favour of the old privileges cf the nobility should •be again introduced into Ilanover. The petition of the burgomasters and the municipal cmincil of the capital has already been presented to the King, and will be followed by others. All of them de mand the maintenance of .the preent mode of electiot and the abolition for ever of all privileges tc the.nobles.' The Wanderer of Vienna of the sth says :-- The Consuls General of France and England, Who have returned to Bucharest after a prolonged absence, hoisted their flags on the 25th ult., and thus indicated in official style that the diplomatic relations between those powers and the Govern ment of Wallachia, were re-estalished." LORD PAT,ItIEI?STO.N AND TIIE -COMMIS SARIAT SERVICE. The following is a copy of the letter of remou shance for Warded by the Commissariat officeti serv ing in the Crimea to ConomissaryGeneral Fader, C. 8., for the purpose of Wing transmitted by the last mail to Lord Punmure, the Minister for War : Balaklava, March 17. is with great reluctance that we have decided upon the course of addressing you thesa reinarks, with a rsonest that you will lay them before his Lordship the Secretary fir War; but we feel that it is due to the department to which we belong and to ourelves indivi dually to notice the following reflections cat upon the commis , ariat officers by Lord PalmerAtoo in his speech • in the House of Commons on the 19th of February, viz " And I must say that there was great truth and great force in the observation - 9 which fell from the hon. mem ber for North Warwickshire, in answer to the at'ack.. which have been made npen the aristocracy, along with whom I suppose we must include the gentry of this country, for I believe the term caristuer,cy' includes the two. Iu reply to the charges that our army has not been successful, :or it ought to have besn, in c'.n-equencc of th e grs at number of gentlemen who are officers n it, I think .the hots. member male the as triumphant answer, by showing that where your system has 17reken down—that where evil has acs-en from want of carattity, of energy, of intelligence, or of accurate and zealous per. fermance of duty—it was not that the gentry; not tl.at the aristocracy, not that the nebicmen in the army wire at fault, but persons helorging to other classes uf community. It is the , medical depprtment, the eemtek sariat department, and the transoort depattuicnt, which nobody contends are filled with • the sues of e ar:sto craey or the gentry—it is there Oat your sy- tem has broken diwri, it 6 there that the service le:ts faiied, and that it is that has hen the train cause ,of the suffering of which we are all cemplnning." We can hardly imagine that Lord Palmerston could have meant that the officers of the commissar7at do not belong to the class of society celled " gentlein,n ;" but the expressions made use of . Ly his e-rtaiidy convey that meaning ; and it is plai n ly stafesi tb it the officers of the commissariat have beets "wan tin g in capa cAy, energy, intelligence. and the accurite and zeal ous performance of duty.." As these expres.Aong smatmte not from a quay ter which might be treated with itMilk rence, but from a Minister of the Crown, con cant, it may be presumed, of the merits of the question who thus prejudges it, before any decision by the commission of inquiry now pending is arrived at, their eff..et upon the pudic mind'eannot but be as injm lolls to the department as thiy are offensive to the individuals cf whom they are c,nip is,d. li is not for us to point out the causes of tLe fa!Jures in the various arrangements connected with the cam raigii, but we trust that his Lordship, the Minipter for War, under whose orders we haft the honour of being placed, will afford us the protection to. w hich we con ceive we are fairly entitled, that he will not withhold from us a just appreciation of tnr most:strenu o u s eildert yours to perform our arduous and responsible duties, and that he will afford us an opportunity of proving that. we have not been "wanting in capacity, energy, intelligence, or zeal." We have enjoyed none of the advantages consequent upon war with respect to promotion, &c., which have been so liberally ext,:nded to every other branch of the army. Our services and our exertions have not been re cognised in . any public manner, and/we cannot feel other wise than greatly Aggrieved that we should be thus held up to the public as having been "the main cause of the evils which have arisen,' We are invidiously designated as not belonging to the class of society usually termed "gentlemen,' but as be longing to other classes of the community. While we coudnct ourselves honourably it matters Ingle with what families we are connected ; but we con'end that the officers of the commissariat as a body, do belong to the class termed "gentry," aid that ‘Ve are a-s well educe,' ed, as well inf,:rmed, and as honourable and upright in every respect as any other body of officers in the army. Our duties are of a most responsible nature, and there are no officers in the service in whom such in amount of trust is placed, which should siire:v entitle us to be classed in the highest ranks of the public strvice. If we have not acquitted ourselves to the satisfaction of our superiors, we invite incriiry into our conduct ; but as we are confident that we have at least exerted ourselves to the utmost, we mo-t respectfully beg that his lordship will not disregard the honour of, or refuse to do justice to, a department under his control, and de pendent upon him for official support. If we have exore , ted ourselves with freedorii, we trust that his lordship will make due allowance for our feel ings, under what we conceive a toast unjust and un founded imputation, and we .beg to assure his lordship that we shall continue to perform our duties consc:en tiously, and that no endeavours will be spared by us to uphold the character of the department, and our inaivi dual reputation, at the high standard to which, we trust, his lordship will not fail to admit they have attained. IV have, &c. G. ADAMS, D.C.G. H.J BROWNRIGG, D.A.C.G. W. H. DRAKE, D.C.G. L. ROUTH, F. S. CARPENTER, A.C.G. R. BOOTH, D.A.C.G, M. J. M. D . A M R A L H IN ON G: j j . . s ß .B A u r W. S. ARCHRB, A.C . G . A. CLERK, C.C. T L H E Y E , R 12 4 .A. D C , D . G . A . A. F. COOKESLEY D.A.C.G. J. D. WILL AN , AM . G. •F. C. COL D. A.C.G. .C.G. W. G. J. P. LUNDY, A.C.G. G. It. PRIMROSE, D.A.C.G. W. T. POWER, A.C.G. J. B. BARGEE, D.A.C.G. B. CUMMING, A.C.G. A. L. 13avNEs, C.C. G. J. WEBB, D. 4.CG. W..U. GREEN, C.C. H. BARTLETT, D. A.. C, G. A. PETRIE, C.C.. G. S. BLANE, D.A.C.G. A. CHAPLIN, C.C. C. B. SMITH, D.A.C.G. H. C. LEWIS, * C.C. J. B. THOMPSON, D.A.V.G. W. F. G. t - 3ERVANTES, C.C. J. H. SALE, D.A.C.G. J. MANNING; C.C. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes an Impceal de cree conceding to the Great Central Company— first., the tcction of the Cierniont-Feirau I an , ' Montauban Railway, extending from Lempdes to the Jiver Lott; secono, the two Pections of the Bordeaux and Lyons line, compriPed, the one between St. Etienne a•id the Cl,rmont Ferriud and Montauban road, tn..] the other between the !atter and Perigu'ux ; arid, third, the L , moges,arid Agen Railway. The duration of the conces sion fixed at .99 years from the date ttipulateil for the completion of the works. The Government is to allow the company a subvention of 76,000,000 f., payable in 18 half yearly instdment , i, from the Ist of Jan., 1857, to the Ist of January, 1866 ; aul another of 2,000,000 f., for the con. struetion of a branch on Redez. Four other branches are conceded to the company, on Caliors, Villeneuve d'Agen, Bergerac, and Tulle, which are to be comitructed according to ;he clauses of the law of the 11th June, . . 4,4 es • ?; 4 V 11 4 to " • NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELE071?10 TELEGRAPIP) NEWMARKET HANDICAP. iiereules Dr. O'Toole - k'rzekle Thirteen r in. H.ereales obk-cted to fur crossing. 501. PLATE (FOR. 2.YR-OLD): C t.oner Loey Seven ran. RIDDLESWORTH STAKES. Mtn! Four r: u. SWEEPSTA KES. Treacherous 61'y Basile SUBSCRIPTION PLATE. S,l , erz ............... Top Sawyer ..• ..... ARRIVED—CIaret. LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Quince. 7to 4 ag-t Crowu Pigeon (iffered). sto 1 agst Dr. O'T( o!e (taken). 9to 1 agst Btnitatns (taken). 16 to 1 agst Frtckle ffers to take). COLUMN STAKES. Even on HaLena. sto 2 agBt Rambling Katie. 6to 1 agßt Bonnie Morn. THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 6to 4 opt St. flubelt. 25 to 1 agst Noisy. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Vandal. 6to 1 agHt Neville. 12 to 1 agst Crown P;geon. 20 to 1 agst Wild Huntsman (taken). 30 to 1 agst Atberstone (tApr). CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 sgst Scythian. 20 to 1 agst Mortimer. 20 to 1 agst 30 to 1 apt Bright Pi.cebus. 100 t() 1 agst Naucy. DERBY. 7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken). Bto 1 ag,t Do Clare. 13 to 1 apt Lord of the Isles. 2000 to 25 apt Kings'owi,. NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) a, -!ti (BY ELECTRIC TELEG.RA HURDLE RACE. Battle Tweezer Le Bel ward Trout Three ran . CAVALRY CUP. Four ran. STEEPLECHASE. Nine ran. CRIMINAL COURT.-(ThIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) of Frederick. Kemp, 21, pleaded guilty to a charge burglary, and stealing some silve r : s p oons a nd °ti l l articles, and also to having bee n b e f ore conv icted ° Fran inquiries made by the Cone, it appeared tbso the prisoner had be e n fiv e times summarily C on victed br a ina.)istrate, and se.:tenced to different periods of 1111‘ prisonintnt, and he had also been in custody up" 11 charge of as , atilt and rArbery in the pubic htreet.. The Recorder, in passing sentence, maid that in som e cases Mon.! a lx.soner plea led guilty, it might be O r sidered that lie was act u;it-bi by a feeling of remorse f° his offences ; but, in tle . present instance, he was alr' ij tl:at this was not Ow ground IT that cure being tak en ' and Cat the prisoner felt that the ta , e eas so stroog against hint that iie had no chance of escape, and hop ed ; pleading guilty, to avoid a'ay inquiry ii:to his P li e career. It •was c'eer be Wihot it very ba,l offe,bier, and b l therd ;r felt it his duty to or,!er him to be kept in pe° ll servitude for f fur year NEW COURT. r ;. The Common Serge.mit sat in this Court trying l o eoners for raising b:ta money. Th e ewes, of which P' e :o ale 30, p ossest no f eature o f public interest_, and ~yti ccupy the Court the entire day. ' 1,1 la Be AVI W IIN • HAY MARKETS. _ ln ver SmiTurr, nD.—Meadow h a y, 21 15.4 to 41 18-3 Od ; ditto, 3' 01 to 5: 154; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 9s per 1 A. moderate supply and a sluggish trade. 0131113ERLAND. - Meadow hay, 2/ 17s to 5/ Os ; alto, 3/ Os to 5/ 154 ; and straw, U 4s to 1, 104 per Supply tolerably good; and trade rather dull. 10 0 WHITECHAPM,—AIbadow hay, 2i 15s 4/ 18s: e ko d t d;+ to, 3/ 3,4 to 6 0..; and straw, 1/ to 11 9. Per Tends dull. COLONIAL. ~,u s e, SUGAR.—There are not many public sales in. PO and they are chiefly Mauri true. A cargo of brown ho e 4 nambuco has been wl.l at 18s 9d, for Hamburg. 3f 0 1 , 0 10 , has been sold at 16.56 d for a cargo of C u b a Musee rw lie There were landed last week at the East and West ' o o' Docks 31 idols 2 tree ;. there were taken for horn' 0 umpti,,t) 960 hits, 22 tees, 60 brls; and the et ° o o l ' 8,416 blots, 748 trcs, , aral 1,313 brl s . M aur itiu s ci d to lised is worth about 31s to 41s Gd, and brown 24 , 29s 6.1. °' COFFEE . —St. Domingo, two cargoes ofabout 6 yti: bags together, sold at 45s 61, f or the Mediterre,nese• e tive Coylon is at Vs 6kl to 47s GI, and. 'Plantation PI" 704 to 78s. Mocha fine to finest 73s to &is, COYTON.—FuII rates are obed for Surat• RICE. —The market ia quiettain. Low Bergal is St 13r and good at 14s, tine 15s per cwt. r 10 . 4. Rom.—At the above-n ame d d oc k s l as t wee k , 262 P 4 174 3 hhds were landed, th ere were t a k en for Home 08_05 puns, 16 hhds, and there were exported 195 VW' blicis. The stock is 690 hhils and'B,l69 puns. COCHINEAL. —The consumption is large and prices been firm. bO ri TALLow.—The market duri ng th e pas t wee k hea es' quiet; the business chiefly confined to purchasers I° bo lt portation., The demand for the Continent continue° c lot' for tallow on the spot anti forward delivery ; our 14 4 6 ir b , prices are-47s 9(1 to 48s for ne‘i on the s pot ; e. oo lli l 46s ; May, 488; June, 43s 3.1; O c t. 1. D ec . noe° l b eer' 49a to 6d ; town tallow, 465, nett cash ; Australian 478 Gd. a bed ; TEA.—The last ralvices from Chi na , to the 13th ";,,roi ary, although they bespeak increased difficulties. se . ,, 0° commercial relations with C an t on are concerned, "wig' v.ppEar to have - any effect upon th e t ra d e h ere, who, J l ioo ing front the shipments th a t h ave ta k en place fre,,,,,0P", Chow and from Shangh a i, a dd e d to which a stow' 000 f, amounting to 59,355,000 lbs., cannot believe in an t l iyo . ,'• city at least for s o m e ti me t o come. The Boar d o f O,IP returns show the f o ll ow i ng resu l t - f or two months e ar sth March, 1851, and 1855, for the United Kingdet a 154. 1.555. Home Consumption 6,756,000 lbs. 9,913, 0 ° Export 65 9 ,000 , 984.00n4r011 , The delivery in L o nd on , f or th e mont h' ending 3let lu - is 5,1,53,000 lbs. fief • t do Under the influence of large suppli es th e mar ke ( 10 the last three weeks has maintained an aspect it: O ri; depression, and we h ave t o quote a d ec li ne i n most nt , e te • tiona ' • common Cungoua h ave b een so ld t o some el t er 0 9tl but buyers have been found for all offered.at at e leaving orders on hand unexecu t e d : Si ac h une 4d to a 1.1, and Ning-Chows dto 21 lower : ICa' e ; a rt • on the other hand conti nue th e i r ra t es. S cen t e d t co hardly saleable at th e ex t reme ra t es o f l as t month' 3J , 0 05 mon country Green s are i n l arge excess, an d thoug"..',ll o are low, are very diffi cu lt o f sa l e ; goo d an d fine 011/ kinds are on th e oth er h an d i n d eruau d , an d the t, deficient. The current prices are 0 1; CONGOU.—Otdinary to goof ordin ar y, 9d to -!) is •',„l, middling, 9-,d to ls ; rather blacki s h l ea f, is ld t,„2s°;• blackish leaf, is 3d to is lOd ; P e k oe ki n d, i s 10d o r d to SOUCHONG. —Good ordinary to but middling, ". 2tl,- middling to good middling, is 61 to 2s 3d. FLOWERY PEKOE.-14 4tl t o is 4.1. og CAPER.-13 2d ; a (Kited, is 1.1 to is Gd. a , t o m - 10 ORANGE PEIKOEi—is to is 4d ; scented, is .'• to TWANKAY. —Geed o r di nar y to but middling, 7 ;,,i; middling to ilyoon kin- I, i s id t o i s • sa FIYBON SKlN.—Ordi nar y t o good ordiriarY, • ' but ruhitiliug to good middli ng , i s 2d t o i s 3d• .„ijclls HYSON.—GOO(I Ordinary, 18 6.1 to is 7d ; but '4O. is 8.1 to is 10.1; middling to good middling, 20 tu i 1 . 041 YOUNG IIYSON.- Oil to 24 6i ; Canton hio - " ' ls 2.1. 10 g c ‘ric l• 31 tentrAt..-I .s 3d to 23 Canton kind, 10Ad to 1.• L NEUWDER. —is 5,1 to 3s 6d ; Canton kind, 9" '0 til l , borough being fir ' Rouritsmu.- -In the mat of a new writ . 0 0 ° I f h • ' in to nt' e° ' moved we ear it le th e poi the Liberal patty to put forward Mr. Edwi ° I, Q.C., as a candidate. ii , 0 0 1 , e r BOSTON, March 23.—An English barque, „n.,, -113 of 1 waterlogged, and abandoned, the two last let?'L i to . • name being TT, of Loudon, was ssaa co_the 1,3 04 ' lat. 33, awl 9 03g. . !q,