The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-25 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL BAYMARRET. Under the manacrement of Mr. Buckstone , TIIIS EVENING. Will be performed ROMEO AND JUL ET. Romeo, iss Cush man; Juliet, Miss Swanborough. After wisiob. a new Extravaganz% called THE NEW HA , MAILILET SPRING MEETING. 1955. To conclude with SHOCKING EViN TR. ROYAL PRINCESS'S f H EATR E, OX F 0 R D-ST KEE T. tinder the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, WM be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne' , ' Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. PrinciP a character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (13th time) a Romance, is two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLLDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madam e Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will balforMed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEM EDITION OF VIE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerou s his Illustrations • RIYAL OLYMPIC?, THEATRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan , THIA F.VENING. WM be performed a Comedietta. called LAWCoope FOR L Danvers Character by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. r, and Miss Caseeten. kfter which, ICILL OR CURE. Charac and te Mrs iss Bro by Messrs. Robson. Emery. and F. Vin in g ; Mrs A. Wirmßromley To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE SING OF 't HE GOL MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaac!. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. After wh i c h, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERHAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Great and Glorious success 1 Novel Performances of the Dwarf Elephants. THIS EVENING. An interesting Equidrama called, THE FIELD AGAINST THY FAVOURITE After which, the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, in which Miss Emily Cooke will appear. To conclude with a lively Afterplece. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till -Four. Stage Manager' Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Idr. W. Cooke, Jun. „„ , . c • t • t-zun HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAT —Morninz 3 Tnin.after 8 I Evening 48min. aft. 8 To.lotam—Morning 30 mtn.after 9 1 Evening 10 min. a t.IP win WEATHER.—Su 0111C11, April. 25. TIIIRNONZTZII, IN THI SHAD& 66—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day, at noon. BA Rominint, 30'22. a. WIRD, E.N.E.—Light, with dull weather in the morn ingand sunshiny after noon. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1855. Although Austria has grossly imposed on Eng land, and befooled her diplomatists, we at leas have never been deceived. From the very com mencement of the existing complications—when the moderation of the professions contrasted s , powerfully with the audacity of the actions o' Russia—we emphatically cautioned our friend , and the community at large against being misled by the fair speeches of Austria, or lending to( easy a eredence to her promises. For a long suc cession of ages duplicity and selfishness have beet the leading characteristics of the Government of the House of Hapsburg. " The leopard does not easily change its spots," and we might safely assume that Austria would still prove as she has been at all times— " Ever strong upon the stronger side." The only course by which she could have beer influenced would have been to have acted a per fectly independent part—to have proved that wt could conquer without her assistance, and that we were profoundly indifferent as to the course slif might think proper to pursue—that we regarde. with equal contempt her suspicious neutrality an( her open and avowed eihnity. Had we thus acte , in the first instance—had we resolutely seized o• the first aggression of Russia, the War would neve have commenced, or would long since have bee; brought to a conclusion. We should not hay lost a tithe of the men, ncir expended a tenth () the money, which the nation has already beet called on to provide. But these are by no mean the only sacrifices offered, and still to be imaw lated at the altar of " red-tapism." Since the Proclamation of War our remon strancea hsve been no less energetic. In every thing we have seen the spirit of Germanism in th , ascendant, and we have protested against the apathy and. indifference exhibited in on' Councils, and the undue deference shows to those in whom we could not repose th slightest confidence. In this spirit Austria wa., suffered to occupy the Principalities, from whicl the Russians had just retired. England suffere. FRANCIS JOSEPH to do that which she engaged ir, war against NICHOLAS for attempting ; and, verily, she speedily received the reward of he: short-sighted folly. That very occupation led to the sanguinary encounters at Balaklava and Inker man—to the immolation of our Light Cavalry Brigade, and the imminent danger of all on, troops. The tried valour' of our soldiers—th: unwavering steadiness of the " thin red line," combined with the efficiency of our gallant Allies --rescued them from the peril in which they were involved by the imbecility of our diplomatist,'. So far from being driven into the sea, as fondl:. anticipated' by Russia and by Austria, they rt pelled the fierce onslaught with terrible loss their assailants, maintained their position intact. and still continued to threaten the Russia; stronghold in. the Euxine. Under such circumstances further schemes were resorted to by Austria. When the capture o• Sebastopol seemed certain, and its destructior merely a matter of time, the precious Treaty of the 2d of December was concluded—a Treat: which hound the Western Powers to everytbin and Austria to nothing ! If she was attacker we were bound to defend her, and to enter int, a treaty offensive and defensive. But they: was no reciprocity in the contract. She gav, no . equ i v alent. The bargain was totall without consideration, a mere nudum pacturn, it titerraseology of legal practiti oners. -6 a gain pointed out the grievous error, an , 0 our protests a gainst the servile f oll y o ur ilaera. But in 0 t o ieku livo -n vain. They were still resolve, li a - nee ou ti t : a 'broken ree d, t o pl ac e implicit re 11 , i°113 Prov e d 0711° had en many previous occe zurth er 44, -et"eiv es t u terly untrustworthy the inii• 'cli eti „ 3 ::"! . sanctioned, and, al thoug tire, while the Position, of t , . negotiati mama for an armi!.. befel7loo:4area: :11,,:boild3i-oc; peremptorily re j ected " 3 were ' • that the Conferenc es -- t h ere eeaa : b ei:dinc, wet. debts, apathy in the camp held desirable to danlagreet-ebast°P°l. Itewgraee: which aught make a great • of a fortification in the bargain to be concluded. through an amicable motive wa.s be tha t weign bloodshed incidental to an escalade necetaa l'3 of. Our Financial Minister, too, ling to avoid any additional expenditure whil, there was aPuthits,:lhwal; was the faintest gleam of hope of an amica ble arrangement. we wore thus beguiled int. indifte r Ler 'lice, while Russia, who was well aware el, _ own rea. chery made the most strenuous pre Potation : for the Contest, and was permitted to 6ring her insidious blandishments into operation .m our supposed friend. Well, the mask has fallen off—the disguise has -, een flung aside. Are we now prepared to sct with determination ? Will we display - he honest indignation which the dissimulation if Austria has so justly provoked ? These are iuestions that must be answered in another place. The time has arrived when the representatives of independent constituencies must discharge the luty they owe to those by whom they have been elevated to such honourable positions—must faith fully execute the important trusts confided to r,heir hands. Lord JOHN RCSSELL will now speedily arrive in Loudon. The explanations re specting the conduct of Austria cannot be long leferred, and must come the long-deferred expres sion of public opinion to which Ministers must iefer, or relinquish the places for which they will be no longer competent. One thing It least is certain—Austria must decide one way ,r the other. If she be not with us, she must be against us. We cannot permit the armed neu trality which will allow the German Powers to become the arbiters of the fate of Europe, when the belligerents, exhausted by the conflict, must bend before a far inferior power if fresh, and un lamaged by previous strife. Austria has already " sworn to be our soldier." She must redeem the pledge or be prepared to expiate her false hood. Among the items of mismanagement with which the present as well as the late Government are Fairly chargeable is their neglect of the resources open to them in our Indian army. To begin with the beginning. From the first landing of our troops in the Crimea the inade luau of the cavalry contingent, in point of num bers, was painfully obvious. Bravely as our gal lant infantry drove back the army under MENscHr- KOFF at the Alma, their efforts were robbed ,f half their legitimate success for want of lavalry. Had they been supported as they ought to have been by this branch of the service, there can be little doubt that, instead of a com paratively barren victory, they would have achieved a most important success. Already de moralised by the severity of their defeat the van quished Russians would not have retired in the order they did. Their retreat, in fact, would have been converted into an utter rout. Passing on o subsequent events, there cannot be a doubt that, had the cavalry been in sufficient numbers, not only would heavy blows and great discourage ment have been administered to the enemy—in roof of which we have only to point to what .vas achieved by the cavalry under LuceN, and - .he heroic charge at Balaklava—but much the disaster which befell the regiments of the ine might have been prevented. Had our avalry been in greater force the enemy would lave been less daring, and the besiegers, in all brobability, would nit long have been menaced )3 , LIPRANDI, nor been themiel ves besieged. Not only, however, was the cavalry far below the usual proportion to the infantry, but the in 'antry was far below what was necessary for the iervice in which it was engaged. No one doubts ;hat we laid siege to Sebastopol with shamefully nadequate forces. The wonderful bravery and endurance of our men serves rather to illustrate han conceal that. Their prolonged work in the -.reaches, exposed to fife influence of an inclement 4eason, and their consequent exhaustion and deci nation by disease—confirm the truth we some• what unnecessarily, it may be thought, endeavour -o enforce. The want of adequate strength lan hardly be said to have been in any degree nade up by the skill and wisdom of the Generals i.nd officers in command. Indeed it is notorious -to far as the higher qualities of generalship are )oncerned, no man save Sir DE LAAW EVANS, and, perhaps, another, has displayed them. The grizzly 'eterans of the Peninsula have shown, and thatis bout all they have done, that physical bravery 'ill outlast physical strength, professional promp itude, and skill. What a cumulation of limper '!ction. A gallant iuftutry wcrking at a task to vhich they were numerically unequal, led by in , Tables, and deriving little or no aid from cavalry. And what has been done by the Government at 'owe to supply these deficiencies ? Now that the •Avalry of which we have spoken is all but ex inct, what is there in the Crimea or on the way vit to supply their place? Somewhere, if we are not Mistaken, about a couple of regiments; and for the ifantry, a few thousand English troops have been • ant to supply the profligate waste of life that had tken place in this arm ; besides which, it is true, here are on the way, or being formed, two im iortant contingents—viz., the Sardiuian, and the Uurkish under Colonel VIVIAN. But only reflect. X great nation like ours falls back on its re 4ources and gathers less than half-a•dozen native regiments towards the thirty thousand or more Aditional troops required ! What possible fact could tend more than this to degrade us in the ti mati o n of the more military nations of Europe. The only thing approaching it in this respect is the apparent absence, or rather hopeless dearth, of military genius in command. And all this time, while our army has been ,Tainly toiling at (with its numbers) an impossible ' tslr, and thousands have died of disease and ex taustion ; while the demand for fresh troops has t een nct axigant, and so difficult apparently to -aeet, that we have had to have recourse to ',reign aid, while we have been victimised in ,restige, purse, and feeling, and all in vain, vhile Sebastopol answers gun for gun to the ' 'oar of our artillery, and at the last moment, ,wing to our weakness, the taking of it is deemed tyroblematical, we have an army in India equal amost in numbers and valour to any in the world, and officered by men surpassed by none in ,kill and experience. Yet of this army we have n the smallest noticeable degree availed ourselves. liven were it the fact that waat by way of dis tinction are called the QUEEN'S troops could lot prudently be spared, no one could for a noment pretend to assert that almost any lumber of sepoys and of native cavalry was not tvailable ; and of these troops the surpassing ,rowess is recorded in the history of many a hard ..maht field. Against the nervous and agile arms rtnd experience of the latter neither the regular tor irregular Russian cavalry could successfully save combatted ; and dogged as the Russian in. entry has proved, the steady valour of our sepoys could unquestionably have proved more than its notch. What a resource is here to have , een neglected ! But the system pursued by 'ur rulers appears to be to abuse what they em )loy, and leave ivaused whatever is likely to be 'f service ; and :here we are at the mere begin sing of a mighty war, of whic h no man can guess . termination„ mulcted is fresh taxes, and bur uel wi th a sew loan, while lamenting over a l ' ut ed army Lnd useless victories, with no pro 'Peet before , 7h ert irneut I 01. 5 1 of amendment. Blame the Go -7aeitEatz::::4l° course we do. But their masters, naua~ ,croeuraangye: cher: ee:eenaattri 0 ,al and e ob r irc_e t , he_ m never are most full justicet o blame. to ths public ;v et in go d : Until it does so, mis ieceiperinerauvelet_uocirieandmerdiaavnasilramblye, for s e devised to we may wait long ) and talent. THE SUN, LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. Accounts have been received from Sebastopol of the date of the 19th. The besiegers were gaining ground every day. The enemy had made a sortie on the 18th in great force, but was vigorously repulsed. All is going on well. The cholera has broken out among the French troops, and on the 17th was raging fiercely. ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 24. Prince Gortschakoff writes as follows on the 19th :- On the 16th, 17th, and 18th the fire of the enemy was not so sustained as on the preceding days. Our batteries have replied successfully; particu larly by their cross-fire in front of the 4th bastion, directed against the works which the enemy is actively executing against that fortification. The . injuries caused by the day's fire are re paired during the night. In the night between the 18th and 19th, one of our battalions successfully, and at a very slight loss, effected a sortie, with the object of destroying the enemy's most advanced works of approach. In general the loss of the garrison has been much less within the last two or three days than at the commencement of the bombardment. GENOA, APRIL 24. The Crcesus, which left Genoa at 8 o'clock this morning for Constantinople, with 37 officers, 209 soldiers of the Sardinian army, 25 mules, and pro- visions, was entirely lost 11 miles south-east of Genoa. The passengers and crew were saved, with the exception of one sailor and six soldiers. VIENNA, TUESDAY. Lord John Russell left here yesterday evening, on his return to London by way of Prague and Dresden. Before his departure, his excellency had a pri vate interview with Count Buol, that lasted an hour and a half. Lord John Russell is expected in London to- morrow. PARIS, W3DNESDAY. From the intelligence brought by the Euphrate it appears that the fleet is not to act till the assault takes place, which, it is said, will not ba till after fourteen days' bombardment. BLOCKADE OF THE BALTIC PORTS. We (Times) have received the following tele graphic despatch from our Berlin correspondent:.— BERLIN, TUESDAY, Ann 24. The blockade of Libau has been proclaimed at Memel, to date from the 17th inst., and of all ports up to the entrance of Riga from th• 19th. FRANCE. The following is from the Times correspondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— A. rumour circulated yesterday that General Bizot, of the Engineers, had been killed before Sebastopol (luring the bombardment. The fact , was announced in more than one telegraphic de spatch received in Paris on Sunday night. It WilB not at first denied, but au intimation was privately given to the papers not to say anything about it ; and a telegraphic despatch addressed to London giving the same iniellib-ence was, after some delay, refused to be forwarded' on the ground that the in telligence was not exact. It is admitted, however, that the General was wounded, but it is alleged that the wound is not serious. It is to be hoped that such is the case. A private letter from New York, 'received in Paris this morning, mentions as a positive tact that the home squadron of the United States had received orders from the Government of Washing ton to proceed instantly to Cuba, and demand im mediate reparation for the injury done to American merchant vessels, which were fired into by some vessels of the Spanish navy. Indeed, the letter mentions the general impression that the American squadron was ordered to attack the Spanish ships without more ado. A war between the United States and Spain would exceedingly complicate our present position. P.S. The Patric publishes the following tele graphic despatch, dated Madrid, 23d inst. : The Cortes have adopted the sth and 6th articles of the bill relative to the sale of the Church property. The Duke of Beilen has been appointed Governor of the Palace, and the Marquis di Perales Grand Cham berlain. M. Haussman, Prefect of the Seine, and the members of the Municipal Commission who had proceeded to London on the occasion of the visit of the Emperor and Empress, arrived yesterday in Paris by a special train. BOURSE, APRIL 24.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. ft. e. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 25 3 per Cents 6B 5 68f. 10c. Credit Mobilier 772 50 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. .-- Spanish Threes — Piechnontese —-- Rome Debt 3oi RAILWAYS-JOB CASH. C. fr. c. Orleans .. ll4O Lyons ... 1080 Western 640 Ronen (Jett* Me. I iterranean 075 Havre 545 Northern RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 17th of April. A supplement to the Irmalide Russe publishes the following : .. . " A report from Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gort schaluiff, dated March 25 (April 6), confirms his former despltch on the situation of affairs before Sebastopol n up to that date. " The works of the besiegers advance generally with extreme circumspection, and very slowly. " The enemy has not undertaken new approaches against the Selinghinsk and Volhynia Redoubts, but it does not cease to cannonade them from his old batteries. His chief fire is directed against the Kamtschatka Lu nette, against which the French have brought some field pieces to bear in their approaches. . " The obitinacy with which our troops defend those advanced fortifications, which are nearer the enemy's parallels than the ramparts of Sebastopol, is deserving of the highest praise. " ' Nothing of importance has occurred on other points of the peninsula.' " " This day 4th (16th) April, the following telegraphic despatch has been received by way of Kieff, from Selias topol, from Aide - de-Camp-Gen ,ral Prinne G.,rtschakoff " From the 26th to 28th March (6th to 9th Apri) the enemy undertook nothing important, and scarcely advanced his works against our entrenchments and counter approaches. • . " On the 28th March (9th April) he opened a heavy fire from alt his batteries, which continued till evening. During the night the town was vigor:Jusly bombarded. " ' On the 29th March (10th April) the bombardment was renewed. We replied with success, doing condder able damage to the enemy. The loss ou our side amounts to 833 men killed and wounded." " A letter from Hamburg, of w th h e ich n i t a b te i l n y st., in the leftt T t il i c i heCaar before l ; l l el Inctependance Beige, says :._— " The six English steamers crona Entered the Baltic by the B aun e pd lt, oFn t i h r e teifil e s y a . t;e r s ° passed Archer, s a ;it I t ) l o i i r s g_ s e t a b s e o n. Conflict,Tlire Des perate, with the transport Mercator and the war corvetManly, were on the 15th at Elsinore. The English cap tains tains are endeavourinz to procure on those shores l ex perienced pilots for the fleet of Admiral Dundas, which is hourly expected at Copenhagen. Generals Paniutine and Dik, commanding each an army corps stationed in Poland, and who bad been summoned to Warsaw to receive instfuctions from Marshal Paskiewitch, thenitir r spective corps. All the Russian officers of the Guard then at Warsaw, on Imre, bad been ordered to rejoin their regiments, which were quartered round that city to the distance of about 16 miles. It was ieleried from the unusual movement observed for some dabs in the staff of the army at Warsaw that some extraordinary event was at hand. The Marshal received regu larly every day despatches fr 'ni Vienna, and read all those forwarded to St. Petersburg. Neverthe less, a'though, on the 16th, all the co.nmanders of troops in Poised had been ordered to return to their posts, no movement of concentration had as yet taken place on that day. Iturnen-e quantities of pr,vi- sions are being stored at Riga and Revel for the army of the Baltic, the organisation of which is progressing rapidly. Along the entire coast of the Gulf of Finland, between Libau and Cronstadt, there is an extraordinary movement of troops of all arms. Re vel, being nearer Cronstadt than Riga, was last year considerably fortified. The General-in-Chief of the new ar my of the Baltic appears to have deemed the works not sufficiently strong to resist a serious attack on the part of the combined fleets. Hundreds of labourers and soldiers have been occupied since the beginning of March in erecting additional defences, which extend a considerable distance inland, and are spacious enough to protect an entire army corps. Wesenberg and Wiesen stein have been also placed in a respectable state of de fence, in order to arrest the progress of the enemy into the country. The Russian engineers thought proper to cover Estlionia with fortifications, on account of its I vicinity to St. Petersburg." DENMARK. OOPESRAGEN, April 18.—It has not failed to ex cite surprise that the trial of the late Ministers is postponed till the beginning of June, but there was no help for it, a s the ' ex-Mini s t e r of Justice, von ' Scheel—a distant relative of the present Premier— is unavoidably absent from illness, and indeed his state is such as to cause his friends considerable anxiety. The Diet was prorogued on the 31st of March, but it is now generally expected to be dis solved before the monstre proces comes on. In that case the composition of the Court Yfii be ne cessarily altered before the trial. The members I of the Supreme Court will remain unchanged, hut those additional members delegated by the Parliament to sit on the trial may be changed, or, at aU events, will have to be re-elected by the new Thing. Nobody doubts in the least that the issue of the trial will be not only unfavourable to the ex- Ministers, and that they will be compelled to pay from their own pockets the sums they '.pent out of the public treasury without authorisation, but that they will, moreover, be severally fined in a heavy penalty for their illegal mode of proceeding. Herr Blechiuberg, the advocate for the defen- I dal-ilia, has declined the brief, probably thinking it incompatible with his station as procurator-fiscal to do so. The late Prime Minister Von Oersted is preparing a pamphlet for the press, to defend the policy of his short-lived administration. The King has decorated the Spanish envoy to this court, Don Jose de Bizo, who is recalled, with the insignia of Commander of the Order of the Dan-a nebrog. Amongst the increased expenses to be shortly added to the budget will appear an item for the construction of detached forts around Copenhagen for the greater secur;ty of this capital. gas -lights and waterworks. The cor - After years of deliber ation, it is at l engt h decided to introduce poration have for this purpose concluded a loan of three millions of dollars, to br authorised by yearly annuities of the value of 150,000 dollars, termin able iu about 50 years. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, April 20.—The arrival of the Baltic fleet in our quiet port, though not possessing the charm of novelty—as Admiral Napier paid us two visits last year—has suddenly changed the dull monoto nous physiognomy of our little town into the bus tle, life, and excitement of a seaport of the first class. The ships have anchored in the same relative positions in which theyarrived. Nearestthe town lie the Nile, 91, with the flag of the c ommander-in-chief, and the three-decker Royal George, behind which float the line-of-battle ships Exmouth, with the flag of Rear- Admiral Seymour (the second in command), Caesar, Cressy,Colessus, James Watt, and Majestic, together with the steam block ships Blenheim, Edinburgh, Hogue, and Ajax, and the paddle-wheel steamers Vulture, Bulldog, and Merlin. The latter beauti ful little craft is doing duty as the pioneer of the fleet, and is commanded by a full captain of great experience (Captain B. Sulivan, last year in com mand of the Lightning up the Baltic), to which in the ordinary way she would not be entitied, but only to a lieutenant, or at the utmost a commander. Last evening a few favoured officers and men ob tained leave of absence to come on shore for twelve hours, but to-day the town literally swarms with sailors and marines. It is impossible to state at present how long the fleet will remain here, as it of course mainly de pends on the state of the ice up the Baltic, and more especially in the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. Admirals Dundas and Seymour paid a visit to day to the Governor of Kiel. The former will go on board the Bulldog this evening, to start to morrow morning at daybreak for Copenhagen, on particular service. In order to distinguish better the ships under the immediate command of Admiral Pandas from the second division (Rear -Admiral Seymour', the Commandor-in-Chief has hoisted the white flag, to which he is properly not yet entitled, being only a Rear-Admiral of the Blue. However, as he stands at the top of his list, and the next admiral above him that dies xvill make him Rear-Admiral of the White, it is attar all only antic;pating the natural course of events ; while there cannot be a qui-st as to the expedieilcy of the measure, which will prevent by and bye much confusion and possibly accidents from not properly answering signals. To-day there was scill a good deal of ice seen floating about out at Sea, from the look-out tower on Bellevue. The demolition of the sea fort of Frederiksort at the entrance of our bay, which was ordered to tak. place this spring, is now countermanded, and, in the uncertain state of Danish politics, it is consi dered even desirable. to mount on the ramparts a few more guns of heavy calibre, which will be sent forthwith from the arsenal at Copenhagen. The Press of Vienna speaks of a fresh insurrec tion, which is said to have broken out iu Epirus, and states that there had been a collision between the Turkish soldiers and the insurgents on the sth. Letters from Janina of the sth, from Aita of the sth, and Prevesa the 6th, make no mention of these events. A letter from Prevesa speaks only of signals of alarm which are said to hare been made on the evening of the 14th in the fortress of Arta, and in consequence of which four companies of Turkish regular troops quitted the fortress under pretence of arresting some deserters who had passed the Greek frontier. The Trieste Observer contains a letter from Prevesa which relates the same fact. We learn (says the New Rotterdam Gazette) that serious representations have been addressed to the Dutch Government by France and England on the subject of the transit of arms for Russia, which, in consequence of their passage being prohibited by Prussia, now takes place by the Netherlands. It is apparently, in consequence of this application of the allied powers, that the Staats Courant finds it necessary to reproduce the notice published in 1854, relative to the transport of articles contraband of war on board merchant vessels. Accounts from Nrzeroiim of the 29th ult., state that the famous Kurdish chief, Izzedin-Cheir-Bey, whose -death was erroneously mentioned some time since, has surrendered at discretion to the Chef-le- Bataillon, Mahmoud- Bey, wh o had been sent to him by General Williams. He was afterwards sent to Monss ou l, where he will be ke p t ut.der the responsibility o f th e Pacha, and the surveillan ce of the English Consul. BY' the submission of this Chief the pacification of Kul distal' is secured. We read in the New Vienna Gazette, of the 18th, that a battery of field-pieces, with which gun-cotton only . is to be used, left Vienna on that day for This is the sixth battery with that kind of ammunition sent to that p rovince. Other bat teries of the same kind are being prepared in the arsenal of the capital. A letter from Florence, in the Gazetta delle Atpi, of the 20th, announce s that the Austrian tro,pg garrisoned there were preparing for departure, and were expected to leave the country within a few days. Disturbances still continue at Carrara. A body Of 2 00 men, with four guns, has bee n sent there, and sever a l fresh arrests have' taken p'ace. Earl Dundonald is so positive that he could destroy Cronstadt, Swe.►borg, H o lsinafors. and Seba , topol, at the moderate expense of 1.000,000/., that he is ready, with the sanction of the Government, to place his plans before spirited individuals in the City, under whose superintendence the money may be disbursed. INAUGURATION OF THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBI- TioN.--We understand that the Imperial Commission have invited the President . and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, the Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, the Jurors, the Lord M tyor and Aldermen of London, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, the Chairman and Vice-President of the East India Company, the President of the Royal So ciety, the President of the Ins.itu'ion of Civil Engineers, the Chairman of Council of tite Society of Arts, and the Chairman and Secretaries of the Local Committees of the Paris Exhibition to be present at the inauguration by the Emperor, on the Ist of May. THE COUNT-OUT LAST NIGHT, The following are the nen House of COIIIIIiOEN who we wa s. counted out last night : J. P. Murrough JanieF 8.11 Sir William Clay D. Norris Francis Pizott Green William Deedes Charles William Packe Richard Swift Charles Gavan Duffy Henry James Baillie Edward Gwyn Richard Matins roes of the members or the !re present when the house Frank Crossley Apsley Pellatt G. T. Scotiall James Htvwend Thomas Thurnely James Kershaw Wiliam Nath. Massey Matthew Talbot Baines P. J. Locke King William Laslett Sir G. R. Pechell David Pugh Sir Joshua Walrusley Sir William Moleswerth James Wilson Price (Gloster) Sir Joseph Paxton Hon. Eitwd. P. Boaverie Samuel Irton. G. Hadfield 'William A. Wilkinson Viscount Palmerston L. L. Dillwyn Jonathan J. Richardson Joseph Croke II AIWA RKET THEATRE. We heartily conara'ulate Mr. Bnckstene on the tri umphant suc.:ese that has followed his experiment of producing operas at the Haymarket. From some un explained cause our English singers have hitherto found the doors of the London theatres closed against them ; and although we can boast of a hand of first-rate artistes, yet we do not possess an English Opera House. To remove this anomaly Mr. Buckstone has nobly come to the rescue—honour to hiss for so doing ; and if the first eight's performance of opera at the Haymarket can be taken as a criterion, the speculation will exceed in success the talented and enterprising lessee's most san guine expectations. Auber's Fres Diavolo was performed last night, by way of initiating the the musical company, Mr. Sims Reeves sustaining the principal part ; the other characters—Lord and Lady Allcash, and Zerlina— being respectively personated by Mr. Weiss, Mrs. Weiss, and Mrs. Sima Reeves. Never did Mr. Reeves sing better than be did last night; and in the famous air, "Young Agnes,' he fairly electrified the audience. A loud and unani mous encore followed ; and the same compliment was awarded to the long and difficult scena in the last act, which was one of the most extraordinary displays of vocal and histrionic powers with which we are acquainted. Out of consideration to the singer, a re-demand in this case was not insisted upon, though it was some time before the gourmands could be satisfied. Mrs. Reeves made one of the prettiest Zerlinas we have ever seen ; ber acting and singivg in the second act was all that could b wished. Mr. Weiss made a good Lord Allcash, although we think it was a little exaggerated. The ar raegements gave evidence of completeness in every detail. The band played carefully and well ; the chorus was excellent. a d the miss en scene beautiful. The audience were highly delighted, and everything went off with eela', from the commencement of the overture to the concluding chorus. The house was crowded in every part. Mr. Buck stone, we hi-ar, is bent upon making a strong effort in his operatic venture. He has several new operas in pre eardion, one which, by Mr. Smart, report speaks highly. Diavolo is to be repeated to-morrow evening. COULT CIRCULAR. The Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenhurtr, accompanied by Prince Victor an I the Princesses Adelaide and Feo dore, arrived at Buckingham Palace half-past one o'clock, yesterday ;itternuon, from the continent, on a vi-it to the Queen. H.r Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Aiice and the Prince of Leiningen, and at tended by Lord Charles Fitzroy and Colonel Seymour, visited the Z ,ological Gardens, in the Regent's Park, in th forenoon Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and LouiAt took a drive in an open carriage and four. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen and the Prn cess of Hobenlohe-Langenburg at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert rode on horseback in the afternoon, at tended by his Equerry in Waiting. The Duchess of Kent dined with her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princes- Adelaide of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with their prt•seoce in the even ing. The Royal suite consist-d of the Countess of Da -art, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord De Tabley, Lord Charles Fitzroy, arid Colonel Seymour. The Countes ,, of Desert has succeeded the Viscountess Canning as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord De Tabley and Mr. R. Ormsby Gore have re lieved Lord Rivers and Sir Edward Bowater in their duties as the Lord and Groom-in-Waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir William Moleswortb, Viscount Can ning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The Council sat two hours. A deputation from the Church of Scotland, on the subject of the Lord Advocate's Education Bill, had an interview with Sir George Grey, yesterday, at the Home office. The deputation consisted of the Rev. Dr. Cook (St. Andrew's). the Rev. Dr. Stmpson (Kirknewton), Sir George Clerk, Mr. John Tait, and Mr. David Smith. On Monday week, on the arrival of the Emperor, his Majesty's dressing-case, containing jewels of great value helcriging to the Empress, was taken, by mistake, to Radlev's Hotel, where it remained till the Wednesday following. In the meantime the police were actively en gaged in making inquiries for the lost property. Ulti mately the case was given to the Lord Mayor, who at nice telegraphed the fact to ‘Vin.lsor, and the package was afterwards forwarded to the Castle. His Excellency Count de Bernstorff, Prussian Minis ter ..t this court, was not absent, as has been stated, when the members of the corps cUplomatique were pre sented to the Emperor Napoleon, at the French Em ba-sy last Thursday. but, together with the Countess de B. restoiff, was present-d to their Imperial Majesties. Sir Roderick I. Murchison, F.R.S., has consented to e nomihated as the successor of the late Sir Henry I'. De to Beebe. The Provost of Etnn and Miss Hawtrey have arrived at the C arennon, from Eton. The Duche s of Sutherland a d family have returned to t 4 t,fford-house, St. James's. from Clifden House, Berke fur the season. The Count de Montemolin and Don Sebastian have arrived at Naples born Trieste. The Priecess Mary Bonaparte Valentini has arrived in Pars from Perugia, in the Papal States. It a fortnight or three weeks the city statue of S r Robert Peel will be placed on its pedestal at the wet end of Cheapeide, on the spot now occupied by the obel , sk. Miss Peto, daughter of Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., named a screw .team-vessel, the European, launched a few days ago from the building yard of Messrs. Scott and Co., Green , ck. General Annenkoff has been appointed Governor- General of New Russia and Bessarabia. The General discharged the duties of the post until lately under Prince Woronzoff. The Russian Government has ordered the distribution of 5,000 silver roubles to the poor of St. Petersburg, in order that they may pray for the soul of the late Czar. Admiral Hamelin, the new Minister of Marine in Prance, is 59 years of age. Count Potocky has had an interview with the Pope, to convey the official notification of the death of the Emperor Nicholas. The diplomatic relations between the Court of Naples and the Sardinian Government are becoming less and less amicable. The Neapolitan police refused, the other day, to allow some Sardinian officers who are bound for the East to land at Naples for a few hours. The Sar dinian Government has not failed to make known to King Ferdinand its displeasure at this act of discourtesy. ROYAL C,OLLEGE OF SIIRGEONS.—The following gen tlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 23d inst.:—Messrs. Michael Tout Seaman, Tavistock, Devon ; John Lumeden Propert, New Cavendish-street; John Fitzgerald, Tipperary ; George Townsend Savile, Driffield, Yorkshire; Edwin Jon'es, Rhyl, Flintshire ; John Thomas Penhall, East India Company's Service, Madras ; James Buckley Falconer Atwell, Wilmington svare ; William Charles Dailey, Spiton, Leicester. sire ; and Cameron Joseph Francis McDowall, Army. DEATH or Ma. HERRIES.—The Rght Hon. Charles H, mem died yesterday, the 24th inst., at St. Julian's near Sevenoaks. The right hon. gentleman was in hi' 77th year. Mr. Herries was educated at the University of Leipsic, and wag private secretary to Mr. Perceval during the greater part of h'er Administration, and filled the office of Commissary-in-Chief and Auditor of the Civil List. He was secretary to the Treasury from 1823 tid September, 1827 ; Chancellor of the Exchequer from the latter date till January, 1828 ; was Master of the Mint from 1828 till 1830 ; and President of the Board of Trade from February to November, 1830 ; was Secretary at War from December, 1834 to April, 1835 ; awl President of the Board of Control from March till Deee-nber, 1852. He sat for Harwich from 1823 till 1841, wh. n he was an unsuccessful candidate for Ips wich ; and was returned for Staentord in 1847. A hall, for the benefit. of the funds of the Institution for the Relief of the Indigent Blind of the Jewish Per suasion, took place last eight at Willis's Rooms, which was brilliantly atteede I. A period of three years Lam elapsed since the !est ball was celebrated, nr an appeal made for further suriport of this excellent institution and from the patrenage it received last night it is to be hoped a great addition to the funds will be made, as the Committee state that the number of pensioners who have received the benefit of the institution is be twee .r eighty and ninety, and the aerouet expended fer their support has exceeded' 16.0001. It is most praiseworthy to remark of this charity that it has reineved the melancholy spectacle which formerly existed of witnessing the bline seeking alms in the public street. Many members of the most distinguished of the Hebrew persuasion were present. Notwith standing the dem'se of the father of the Baroness Lio nel de Rothschild, the friend and pa'roness of this and every other Jewish institution, not only prevented her welcome presence, but, was the cause of some absentee , . The committee and the stewards, headed by their excel lent chairman, B S. Phillips, Esq., used every exertion to make the gathering pass of krilliantly, and the com pany separated at a late hour, highly delighted with the results of the evening, the collection having exceeded 4501. r-UNION OF LON D TILE Pit The meeting of this institution took place 3 , .‘steriinY, in the Haymarket Theatre, the hou , e bei,g kin ily lent. for the pnrpoee by the lesee, Mr. linekstnie. Lord lionteag:e had pr .:nised ti take the eha;r, but as his lordshi,, for sorne reason unexplained, did not mike his appe , rauce, Mr. H. I'. Hope, M.P., was requested to act on the oecasion, and perforiued the, duties most effieiwitly. The cOuned's report observed that last year the sub scribers numbered considerably more than 14.000, and that the society has in hand a reserve sum of 7.0001. A statement was made of the manner in which the sum to be expended in prizes had been divided ; and a detailed account was given of the various works of art—such as busts, prints, statuettes, medallions, &e., which the council bad selected either for prizes or distribution to the subscribers. It was stated that the council, having taken into consideration the fact that a great number of persons had subscribed during several years without receiving a prize, they had this year set apart a valuable bust for every unsuccessful subscriber of ten years' standing. It appears that the number of the society's agents has greatly increased of late in very distant lands, and that through their exertions a knowledge and taste for the arts is penetrating into localities hitherto strangers to such harmonising influences ; and, moreover, that the list of subscribers has been greatly enlarged by contri butors from abroad, Boston in the United States, and Hobart Town having furnished between two and three hundred subscribers each. The widely spreading love for art was dwelt upon, and properly, as a subject for general gratulation, and it was stated in proof of 06 extension of taste, that at Ohio a society formed for the purpose of distributing works of art had lately numbered upwards of 27,000 subscribers. After the reading of ale report, which, it must be said was very instructive, and exceedingly well drawn up, votes of thanks were unanimously passed to the council, and to the hon. secretaries, Messrs. Godwin and Pocock. In returning thanks, Mr. Godwin took occasion to remark upon the energy and unanimity which had cha racterised the various councils of the Art• Union ever since the establishment of the institution. Warmly expressed thanks were also given to Mr. Buckstone, for his having so liberally placed the theatre at the disposal of the council. Mr. Hope then commented ably upon " the report," and happily remarked that it was a most gratifying sign of the times that, although we were plunged in a san guinary war, and that so much money was wrung from the community fcr a very different purpose than that of fostering the peaceful arts, still the Art-Union not only maintained its position, but positively progressed, its subscribers actually numbering, during this year of strife, 500 more than on any former occasion. Mr. Hope also congratulated the council upon their tviselyand humanely recommending that a more ready adini-sion to public buildings be given to the bulk of the people, and laid great stress upon that portion of the council's recom mendation which referred more particularly to the Royal Academy, remarking that although it was perhaps a somewhat delicate subject to touch upon, it triu-t not be forgotten that the Royal Academy enjoyed great privi leges at the bands of the nation, being housed most hand somely at the public expense, aid deriviog its annual income no lesA from the exertions of others than from those of itz4 own members ; which privileges and advan tages he thought should inspira the members of the Royal Academy with a more liberal feeliug towards the public than they had hitherto evinced. _ _ _ Aft-r the Chairman had concluded his business-like and very sensible address, the drawing of the prizes took place. Some of the larger Fries fell to foreign lands, a cuntribirtor from New Zealand carrying; off a 1501. and a contributor from Boston (America), a 2501. picture. Through the liberality of the members of the National Institution of Fine Arts, the pictures purchased, witl. the money prizes obtained yesterday, will be exhibited at the Portland Gallery, Regent-street. -- .-------- II WING OF ' IZEs . THE CONDUCT OF TBE WA- N—D lc 1 (Frogs the Times of this (MY.) to tea' Every in , idenr that comes to our knowledge „e 0 increase the feels og of dismay with which refleetblife`warj if all shad. s of political tup.n'on are disposed t".r,06001. t t i h : , ! ~p i r , ge s , et ie : t e, e l n u j p u e n t e i t t o t i t . e , o t o o u c i- it a , ffhayi rso.nyTtltiteetaniss 0.140.01;1_t001 the in i,„e e x : reuse degredetion avoid the centinuet:;oo a war the expense of which our counsellors ser,rl:oo to . pay arid our generals to execute. Our t ee v 00* is a caricature of the weakest and most selfull dote* is till tions of other times. Our Premier has disaPPV i se s 0 6 expectations of his friends, arel faithfully re e !,, is. predictions of his enemiee. Oar. Secretary of 7 . 1 ;i 0 s martyr . to gout, and our Secretary for the n o _ej i t P" returning from the capital of a doubtful a 1.9 .., 0 4 0 ' tOO $ the Administra ion the weight acquired in a A rt tb o Cation, and perhaps to act again themesame 1,4 Aber which proved so fatal to the Governm of Lca sod die deer. I n the meanwhile legislation is a bleakl a p otli cussion on toTics of public interest is suP ell i ci s e n ges s .a ,, i °9 by the Crimean Committee, partly hy `- pick univ' - ber add to the difficulties of au Administration h , sale to decay before it was completed., but must stal; do g it rated till arrangements can be come to for Pr°" oo 011 h vv ( i , t p h e a sh s o u u it u ab b le n siunetcheasstopr.allolxiutmhe rneenschi l e depository of the talisman of our ceofesetuitrutlijobse,,rilintolpibtbeliflaill hands all legislation of late years combisseareasslo the supreme power of the State. Itss not 'i n „Oe n ; to expect that at a moment so criticisetbe 11.00;110' mons will be a faithful reflex of pb e . . 00 O h the topics which are canvassed With eve , energy and unanimity in every coffee -root°, d s eed market, in every railwey carriage, re n _ il bie 011° hearth in this country, will find some fueetoseell in the deliberations of an assenshil - bo - t ld Lio t ill called together to represent us &l. W b , l ,. ° of P ur- t o New Palace at Westminster be the o nly Pe - $OOlO resort in the country in which the presort slci°o,oo, s n c o a t n e d u a n lo v u u s su f e o d r adnedfendceen,outonoced abominabl e (where ee -100 In° : o eiiii Every are busy with plans, more or less well ded eed 'diren tel e: to h their experience and opportunities, but is i l , s , 01 . 7 , te same object-the renovation of our 0 e go 0f ., 71 the reform of our services, the re-inviq rs , l is t se Government in every branch. But it thats Obi t° thl symptom of our present socialedin e ' se ' country deliberates the Legislature does twt:-poto.l conviction of the necessity of a change h as pe e ve every dwelling. from the palace to the ottiCi,, of j is tct b f uhha o eerdryhyh, heart. p nad o gry l t i . t n i c a, least it has found no entrance. The Pal l ' fooP o i force,l 10080 0 o f f a ;:i ; tN i u s ora m l p.oorreltitocdnoomeospfluetoteht etthroraikancebissionoue:relii:toeh:oseneroJ,,:ifote, spare others, but assails at once the bead , t " - ss itti,oo o n . stions O o n f gu,nary a t igteretaatxgwaatrhseereemr.s towlice, ;To tries, but we pay for them. We have I vo r s i l id , his T v h i e g : d la eu n i c r e e , t 9, , r r i s n u q c u c i e r s y s. Pitt without his vigour and polie9 ; wi thou t bil P i ge nera- _,sed i g f $ camp ,igns of Wellington witee- - , 1 e onr ietiq $ O2 the inefficiency of our departments has nr;soolaie eager and craving to be saisaed hy sirtthefoce,: oil which the sin ale committee, ranging over the vih °Le dell ...'' military operations, bat not sea - 0' the machinery of our Administrationser th e , / e s e e etis f lslo peculiarities of its different division- , e efr egi ett i° leant, individual members of Parliament ' e t estit• ill i to time proposed the appienterent 0f se lec r ging toy to inquire into subjects most deeplY n r .e 'e the rood or public at this moment, such as prOSIOOII,.I Or jugs veil/trot,. to arid the state of the naval and radits'leof .4 o' 4 ' 3 0 " 6. depastmerts. Both the‘e motions tbe liat estu tl oi mons has, under the direction of the G°° er g e dn° o os tived, and, by so doing, declared that Whichon iist in the present sate of these services 0 bO. objection objection sufficiently plausible to cell un' t 0 011, • ,04 should defeld them for an answer. A- fe ° bie b V I to have been brought before the 11"' e o es contemptuous was re•erved for the rnoti""s w 0 05 0 o f C t or e pi 4 04 nireht. We find in the notice-paP greatest interest and ie,portance. OAPtalcinnfo's oth er posed to inquire into the roaeagement an it o for 'otY the Royal Navy, and Sir Erskine Pert"' es b o ef t _ sc ile!, mittee to see in what manner arid to e .: o r, c o rtr, Indian army can be utilized fur the presei jvb 0 .00 it may be brought, in fact as well as in . r . s o ;r o Jopo r rank and dignity of a Royal army. Wi tu „ se as p i! either quettion, we must say, that Ilaatte'-oeld seos taut or more worthy of public, attentiorrfooe?dr submitted at the present moment to the I: 4 04 mons. The manner in which naval . P ntr te st ch s _ c ;s o buted has long teen a subject of the jun ire * Flo or er tWO 600beiits solicitation ~ f political friends, an d thateee that It is hard that every step should r g e tres e o _, °, ol man to a post-ciptain, an officer should il ot 0 or • o r beg his way step by step. It is bard I ", e Of rel i , nd.shoute pos which England is so justly p . *o- ~,,y od otwo d more than any path of public eanP - t bas a ~, t e with purely political considerations, not ov ii tO r pt e l i tor of the Admiralty has it in his powero._ i seieg , , a meritorious but unfriended officer f ro m of w e " debar him altogether from the clercels Of " o r i sion, and then punish .him for his / a l io e l ic ii 4 r depriving him of that rank and Pu si b i a s. t he s r s s ority itself would have conferred on ho d, !_,,,,, 0 org to see men in the full viaour of rua n Ari sen tP;? day of their health and strength; Tot it ' ‘ l e 0 _ t ! o h ttm. e n i c r e.r p 4 ro a f n e d seie service to civil life, and taught to f e el b oils • h o, 5 mixin g themselves Up in electioneelLatura to t t mi t o F . , rt litice that they can hope for a r„ $0 IA „ e l try, assistant-surgeons in the navy sisb_ s id o S the il !hei r t :I t knowledge, while ye.' nee.- they possess no deny° dto sr ` , V et `n s , , and foe boys : „ el ler" in the coin ang others, a , e well e ' cw o n ; ,otni. tetrl;tyle.ni, These en things, hrie::::::, e l ii . te b, ,ii - 0. .:.itob001 ; i p eof wild and until s a ,:, mouth pre snug business,BP' a mid n i 0 1 4 1 sonably tnt occupy the le:sure of a house - „ de 0 - j Or the necessitye 0 hang hsasiie ; y Oil its hands. actually seems aiti°l„a,) In li • -bide sly an army, he devising some sch we ,l D i' e „„b0 Ai.- us to ftl use, _or the, purposes war, the cris p of of a portion of the military talent and e i 2g r a tle e ste 4 entire, we have before now s t le-- poison a 0 , 0 0, e V of a cliangei-n thesoos l ir. tolvsn • • , tage, Justice to the Indian ,ervicee o af t o?, aiding our amateur soldiers by the assis tni o l es! wh a have made the profession of error thiool4 occupation of their lives, in-teivi o f the rewa4l.4 few idle years, all plead loudly for thin - f o r . tell But the Hone of emninene has no taste ot el? quiries, and therefure, when the fisst of t e dit/4 es e le sJ, / I , " comae " t ' commence, the gouge ef Csinnions ca n. e.osn i 4 l e out. Surely there ie, e0"-,ojefletedi mess, f if not some danger, in applying P r 0 t ' ty resin quiet times and easy sir. UffiStanCeS e p$Y cal moments, A hen we discern hope to . 1 0$ 0; s 4o horizon, and require every effort that oorVe And vigour in action can devise to resturlsseisireoo;o , prestige and reanimate our sirs rgaiii,ed lipolsio f Tfil, is net the time to pause betsceento geiststrP rumens and private ease, or to cent jet if r ie S r i ing saved from the care of public au''' . rait ° o ", poses of private society. If we a re t" _ da e . 4 0 / this end can only be effected spirit and energy to our councils arid .'daiS,7o ll ,o u ntiring sed 'VI by ; ' se r devot , on, never more needed teen no w e ss e oo deed can be hoped for a reform of e /ieli t st ill), a f propositions to inquire into them are r c ' e 0 oll ° weapons that remain to our Legisiltidleroje meat—the arts of en........2lastination 114 t (' i TOO tree- EXTENSIVE S SMUGGIO O rb ' pri SEIZURE OF o t . go 0 , Emerson, surveyor of inland reventle ligglifOiSri,e had been for some time aware that a 8133 ,1 00, sr ee ° 0 111 1 a large scale was in contemplation, n n o er " 9 o r he repaired to St. Bees where, about two the 0 0 4 that morning, the peaceful inn:tate° e le es o of 0 1 Beck Mill, and Flat House had their P o l t iog 40 disturbed by the noise of carts, t h , e ;e cr se l b ; h i s il ) and the vocifcroue shouting of o r ' n • e f r iruissi ct ' , t f which, at the dawn of day, was din e- a sissie() Dublin boat, the Mary, of'llowtbeco",ier ° , l o ll fe lt ,e o , ° ' • ba • Mr. Emerson, and three core and these were going under . 0 ,0 o ile i I:eve her of her cargo. Quietly watch' r o d 07, then another of the sailors, each : c o, T fl otih rying on his shoulder a bale of tohee-,0, a s ss o o :l9 little further he laid hold of the ceP"'"0•0 asst p o i' assistants; l ' e f .b.,to 6 set, burly fellow, whom a de s lisl 0 11 ,10 14( If_ struggle to escape. A fourth, an„. hoas'oell t si ,1 of one of the crew, was on board b beet le ft Me sequently taken into custody: T h o s_, e Ol t ijevs;/ at the time. Her cargo consisteu e d I) te 0 1 ;" 1 ' ? bales, weighing 8,9001b5. of cOntrahno, on 00/s it being what is known to the trade faltie,oll which snuff is manufactured. ' n o ok e ;', S 4l 11 4 amounts to 1,500/. or 1,600/. It . wa le, carry it away. The captain and c ie of 11 1 Whitehaven Herald. , i AO L e i_vtl p oi j ROTAL ASYLUM OF Tfig St A - e tit'"Ol tr ir anniversary festival of the St- ° ll- n doli e tcl l L d Ber ner r tli r e :1, i thhra,tDedukyeesotfelvv•daywevening at till . I) , ° For t '' 0 o / chair was take') by Sir Robert Pe t "' , 1 4 ,0 ° lq, meat was thee ington, or we IV P 3,1" y n o ,d ley, the Rev. Dr. Croly, vs-- 'de )) - 'f - " and very select, and the dinner provi . 4 , A O del u quitecloth, worthy th , Sir B.! ;c ~ ea j enthusiastic cheering, pr o p le . with 'lOO7 V Y 0 Q ,eee,' and begged to coupleoo ,;(1,,i f our Imperisl ale% H i s Maya ''rcost citi; i f/ plebe of the French." The boo - 0 f she fis ' d i f compliment to our gallant allies i frt 4P ite , I' ti by including the army ands avf,%,, , . t., 0 -1 j. i . ; mary t .apt of "The Army nd - 11e• s' il . VA - e f ' the society wereintreduced alter tin, to sk t o, ( S) dress, in heroic verse, was delivereerc whine,ii .r theca w:beoi r,_ lit; :001 one of the boys, aged 13 yeses, ai l n d e sfe j .,ll o) Aj t Crely eddres-ed the children, :; .h. D u ot e l , merits of the society at great leugesoin ill 00 i prepessd the toast of the e v , iti g o ,, e o iti' e i f i quest and forcible speech, urie,', / ,isor t ' OA 9 doing good While they bad th e lt icess at e ? 4 , 4 ' fi postponing their charitable not s oer b eti h. , , that the St. Ann's Society not ( . _ )n :1 C On e n i 04 taught the orphan children ; a r ' , list'p Oro , ii i i i appeal which was respoeded to hY, O O/. o f 1 ' ni l I and donations to the amount of lev fit o , tr -- 1 s e i tbe ben' or OP/ . 2 000 children have . e ejoye , tot e ~e, oryi :t• .on sluice its foundation, and t ' e mits' f 1 0 fern datios. The health a the n ose eboVsle Peel, was propo4d, by the -" ,lbeccetyli and druilk with all the honours' A ss n of Op , „d we .deo ye s after returning thanks, retiree 3 .'", or eS l o te t iOP , i , Sheriff Crosley, under whose ah' e d to is d iren i ,s ol 'h ties of the evening were prolog d er theprongor'it inueical arrangements were un g i s ses 0i d, 0 91 G. Genge, supported by tbe ',fade h is " 1 ,0 61 , Messent, Mr. Perren, Mr. fl an ' ith ••s t`• Calcott. Mr. Harker officieted need a tbn oo pil as toastmaster. It was ano°,n_n a eist Cambridge would preside at tau tival. B. ,fi r r~ J THE PRIZE LIST. The following are the names of the successful drawers, with the value of their prizes : Entitled to select a Work of Art of the value of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds—Mrs. Brainard, Boston, U.S. Entitled to select a Work of Art of the Value of Two Hundred Pounds—H. Rowland, Newton. Entitled each to select a Work of Art, of the Value of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds—C. D. Barrand, Welling ton, N.Z. ; W. Duncan, Liverpool. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of One Hundred Pounds—Mrs. S. Fisher, Eaton-place; W. W. Grice, North-street ; Mrs. Holloway, Marchwood ; G. Knight, Scarborough ; T. Swanston, Edinburgh. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Seventy-five Pounds—W. Butter, Manchester; W. Crump, Rowley Regis ; J. D. Calthorp, Whitehall ; Madame De Latour, Southwark ; Mrs. Hurd, King's-cross ; C. W. Mather, Bayswater; J. H. Strange, Highbury. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Sixty Pounds—J. F. Allen Cornhill ;S. Andrew, Ashton under-Lyne ; G. Baily, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; G. Butler, Cadiz; Rev. W. Blunt, Stockbridge; R. W. Lloyd, Bir mingham; Jas. Fahey, Brompton ; J. L. Harvey, Phila delphia ' • J. Howes, Old Brentford ; W. Jeffrey, Charles street ; T. M. Keyworth, Lincoln ; J. Miller, Little Grimsby; R. Owthwaite, Henley; J. Pringle, Cornhill ; John Paul, Glasgow ; J. Walter, 40, Upper Harley-street ; W. H. Yatman, Warwick. Entitled each to—select a Work of Art of the Value of Fifty Pounds—J. Clernentson, Ashton ; Dean of Chester ; R. Colman, Wandsworth ; John Farmer, St ourbridge ; J. B. Fitzgerald, Portland ; J. C. Hemming, Sunderland ; M. Illiugworth, Harrogate ; T. Ingram, Leicester ; John Morris, Cardiff ; H. Tatham, Liverpool; J. B. Tippetts, Islington T. E. G. Tisdall, St. John. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Thirty five Pounds—G. H. Aston, Capel-court ; B. J. Barlow, Bishops Stortford ; W. Batson, Springfield ; Col. Bonner, Great Cumberland-street; G. Brown, Dublin ; W. Brunt' Pentonville ; F. H. Cartwright, B twtree ; R. Cobbett, Northumberland-street; P. D. Deans, lia.idington ; Rev. .T. Edwards, Leominster; R. Fisher, Pall-mall; T. Grant, Pocklington ; Jno. Green, Greenwich ; W. Ingram, Mid hurst ; J. Laming, Paddington ; J. S. Mawsou, Cocker mourn; J. H. Merri,lew, Birmingham ; W. Miller, Dun fermline; W. M`Mullen, Tweinlow-terrace ; A. Nicholls, Hobart Town ' • Jas. Orr, Liverpool ; T. W. Parker, Ho .iierton ; G H. Pink, Hobart T.wo ; Rev. J. L. Pettit, New-square ; C. B. Snow, Washington ; T. Tilley, Pais ley ; W. Ward, Richmond ; Mrs. N. Walker, , Shields ; W. Warrieh, Leith ; Wilkinson ' Liverpool. Entitled each to selee a Work of Art of the Value of Twenty-five Pounds. J. Allison, Victoria ; E. Barrow. Clifton ; J. Beardmore, Deptford ; S. R. Block, Barnet ; G. Bone, klinories ; J. Boker, Gray's-inn-square ; J N. Boothby, Adelaide ; C. Jr.. Braille, Jamaica ; J. Clark Old Kent-road ; Dr. Copeland, 01(1 Burlingtou-street;; Catley, Hull ; G. Corson, Whitchurch ; E. J. F. Craw ford, N. Adelaide; J. Duthin, Blackheath ; H. Dartnall, Bedford ; N. W. Freeman, Northampton ; J. L. Grover. Pentonville ; Mrs. Greene, Lexington ; Jno. Hengrave. Leeds; T. Irving, Halifax; Rev. H. Kepner. Hertford ; J. G. Mason, Newark; A. F. Mackay, Liverpool; Nor wich Art Union ; T. 11. Pack, Ditton ; R, Russell, Clap ham-rise ;H. C. Townsend, Witney ;J. Towerid, ; M. E. Williams, Ponty-pridd ; D. Young, St. Albans. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Twenty Pounds. —G. Allen, Herne-hill ;H. G. Ashurst, Richmond ; C. Chamberlain, Hunsley ; E. Croaford, Nor wich ; Mrs, R. Craigg, Dalkeith ; Mrs. De Lafosse, Oxford-terrace ; John Dearle, Chelsea ; Mrs. Epsworth, Knutsford ; A. Hackett, Savage-garden ; T. R. Harrison St. Martin's-lane ; Ji H. Haywood, Pentonville ; T. Holy, Sheffield ' • E. Horner Bucklersbury ; J. Hunter, Belper ;R. D. Hughes, Bedford-row ;S. A. Johnson, Manchester; Rev.— Lowndes, Malta; R. Moore, Hanover terrace ; T. Murray, Liverpool ; C. H. Pilgrim-Slough ; Captain Ryves, Blandford ; Mrs. Stenhouse, Dunfermline ; Major-General Tulloch, Shiffnall ; J. Thompson, Bishop Auckland ; W. G. Watson, Bermondsey ; John Williams, Mark-lane • W. H. Williams, Truro; Rev. J. Williams, Tring; E. Wilson, Melbourne; G. E. Yonge, Eton. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Fifteen Pounds—R. Atkin, Linlithgow; P. S. Bardons, Milton-street; A. Davis, Houndsditch ; Dr. Dickenson, Liverpool; J. Dowson, Kennington ; H. Farrant, Ottery St. Mary; W. Find, Clifton ; G. Furleuger, Throgmorton street ; Colonel Goodfellow, Addiscombe ; R Green, Ken sington; T. Hopkins, Connaught-terrace; W. T. Howell, Kentish-town ; E. Jordan, Threadneedle-street; W. H. G. Langton, Belgrave-street ; Lloyd, Brothers, Ludgate hill ; Manstead, York ; Dr. J. Moir, Edinburgh ; C. H. Osborne, Old Kent-/ Sad ; W. S. Rose, St. Mary's Cray ; J. Smith, Bicester ; F. Sandiman, Southwick place ; Mrs. Smith, Cambridge ; J. Thomas, Glasgow ; F. J. Turner, Broughton; J. Treherne, Bridgend ; E. Wil son, M , ..lbourne. Entitled each to select a Work of Art of the Value of Ten Pounds.—F. Alexander, Norwich ; Miss H. Bailey, Seven Dials ; J. W. Bradley, Boston, U.S.; B. H. Carver, Douhten, bar. ; H. Cooper, Highbury ; M. Evans, Lud low; W. Fowler, Sorborough; H. Ganilon, Easton square ; W. E. Good, Hammersmith ; C. Kent, Launces ton; John Lee, Wolverhampton ; Mrs. Legge, Houghton; T. A. Mackay, Barnsbury-park ; J. 3leking, Liverpool ; Melbourne Mechanics' Institution; W. It. Milward, Goa - well-road ; E. Oldry, Plymouth ; J. Prince, Manchester ; G. Pridham, Plymouth ; J. Silt, Lombard-mtreet ; C. btanfield, Bradford ; M. Stainland, Boston ; K. R. Stop ford, Cork; Mrs. Wells, Victoria; Mrs. Wyburn, Hollo way. The weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and Rotter dam produce markets state that business had slightly increased. Most descriptions of sugar were in bAt.i. demand, while coffee and tea exh biterl a temleney to improvement. From Rouen the let , ers mention tl at the late advance continued to he snttported, and that the stocks of manufactured goods had diminished. METROPOLITAN SEWERS COMMISSION. A special meeting of the Metr ,, politan Commis-ion of Sewers was held at the offices of the commission in Greek-street, Soho, yesterday afternoon. The following resointion was agreed to :—" That the commissioners do make a respectful repia see tation to the Government in reference to the i , sertion of a clause in the hill now before Parlia ment for the better local management of the metropolis, giving a discretionary power to the board her-after to be constituted under the act to make compensation to officers einol ,, yed under this commission whose services may be discontinued, and also to cottinue the payment of such pensions as have been granted by this and pre ceding commissions." ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.--Yesterilay afternoon, an accident, fortu nate,v not attended by any serious consequences to the passengerF, occurred to the 4 o'cleck down train from Euston-square to Rugby arid the midland counties. The train left Euston-square at its appointed time, and preceded safely to the Chalk Farm Bridge, where, from soyie unexplained causes, while the engine passed on the main line, the tender and carriages went on to a siding which has recently been laid down in connec tion with some works which are in progress near the bridge above-mentioned. Two of the carriages were turned over on their side, and some were much shattered by coming into colliion with the earth and bricks which the workmen h ,d left piled up in the lo cality, hut no passenger sustained any injury, and the line was cleared in about three quarters of an hour. It is supposed that the vibration of the switch, and as the engine passed over, caused it to get out of its place, and so threw the tender on to the siding. , ; 11liii Ali r