The Sun. — London, England, 1855-06-14 00:00:00

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June Beziers to Grai wag& • Bombay, Baroda, and Central lndi a„Seri) , Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. Now East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Ey!lension Do. 4q p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd.Th of CanadaA is Lo. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '63 Do . Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. CentraloZ Franc , Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions.... .. Do. do Great Luxembourg ' Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares ... Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do, do., '73, without Option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. eke Cont. & Bask Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c prof Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Do. Yew Niaria Antonia • Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wits interest) 1)o. (ex interest) Northern of France Do .201. Shs.late Char leroi and ErquelincE guar. 3 p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 58 yrs - . from 1 Jan. 1854 bo. 201.3 p. c BdP (finy.B.&Ams.Shs. N orwegianTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Ronan... ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse... T 10• p. cent. Pref. Scindc) Southern of France.. St. Andrew's an( Quebec (A). West Flanders Western of France West. of Switzerlane Wi , :sbaclen Zealand JOINT-STO , Australasia British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. Amorican Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Loud gnglish Scottish and Australian Chart Loud, Chart. Bk. of, A ditto New London and County London .Joint Stock Lon& & Westminster National Provincial of 14;n land Co. Now 'ational of Ireland New South Wales Driental Bank of Corporation e'rovincial of Irelaue Jo. N ,. w Royal Aumtralu.Bkg. k Geld Imp Aoni.l) Australia af Australia New itCou of 10nd0a.... oat this day. all 153 1O 100 Si 10 2 0 4 474 38 k 2l 2o B t ' , k !() 4 20 4 1 00 1 00 20 5 10 to o to o 20; 20 I 2o 2o to 20 10 20 'lO 2 0 20 20 2 0 10 2(1 20 20 20 6 20 16? 10 0 . 9 tr\,o 1 2 all 13 1 41 all 14 all 1' 11 0 4 1111' 10 25 20 all 10 22? all : 8.0 63 ,i 102 i 1031 4 74 51 62A 3 291 gj - 41 ""'' • • •• 20- 2 34 - 4i 22- 24 7 - 8 .• • - 9 - 9i 2{ - 2+ 2} - 2i qg - 9A -10 A 241 - 3k 19i - 2O 61 GB 95 - 97 4 - •-• 53 - 5 i Si - 4 i 3 - 3 2 23 - 21 100 -- 102 112 -- 115 115 -- 120 104 106 23i - 24 113 - 118 at4l r* 2a 3 P 5 7 2 - 3 5 - 6i igi -- ii 13 - 13 ... ••• R - 9 29 -.29iP1 48 : 6 42 44 Pro 23i 24i 21 22 li lid 9 —9i 21 - 3 I' ••• pm 34 :: 4 d . Bi_ 91 18 - 1S BANKS. 84 -- E 6 67 69 id — par - ..1 - 5 p 172 - • 181 201 211, par —gi p ... -- •• - . . 35! - 42 - 44 74 - 76 8 - 9 2i P FOREIGN , 1141 131 LINES LEASED AT FIXED R.F,',NTT.AT ghr.'Patd Lt-I sing Closing Prim , rinslless Ciompan: this day. this day. 50 10 Bedford and Louden 4 A' Bl etch ley .. N. *** St. 100 BuelKghanigb: LAN.W 98 ICO St 100 Clydesdale Je. T'laledon 100 102 25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un. Sud. and Hal. E . C. •• • ••• .•• St. 100 E. Lin. pe Gt.Nron. 134 136 St. 10) Elias. Barr. & laldoniar. Neils. Direct ••• St. 109 Do. New...... Do • ---• 25 all Olstrofiz Dn. Fr Cit. Wes:a 27 29 100 all llrtlpl. D ie. & Zk. New R a il way & Ber w. Y. &NV! 109 60 all Hull & Selby 25 all Do. 4 Sharoc. Do. 124, all Do. $ Shares. Do — all Lon.&Greenw 3. Baste- 12i —l3 20 all Do.Preferenee Do 23 —24 10 all Lon., Til., &S. Peto &Cf. 11:1 124 St. WO Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per et. Do. ...... 5? all Manch. Bxtn. LAN.W and Matlock & Midid 21 50 all Middlesbro' & "Stator] & Red.car. Darlings. St. le 0 Midld.Bradfd 6 6 } 5j Newmarket Bury Exten En. Coun. pm 50 all Nok Est.s/a. K. Conn , . 58 -- 60 .50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ••• sf.' all Do. Fixeds p • Do •.• 25 all Prest. & Wyr, L. &N.W &Ln&Yl 12 4 all Do. Shrs. A Do — St. 00 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthi 135 25 iSi Shef. Roth Lancash clooleg.s p.c. Yorksh 10 all Shrews.&Her T.Brassey 8 9 2 PS. Staffordsli MCietii 2j / 50 all . Wear Valleygr Stoat. 6 per ceLt... Darlingt 25 all Do.'Do 32 33 St. 100 Wilts&tlomrst rirtWestn. 92 94 PREFE Et ENCE SHA RF, :berdoen )o. N 0.2, 7 p. c. qyth and Tyne 10p e. pref. (issrl. at 5(, iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. q )o. 4 p. c. Shares , aledonian £lO 95 - f-.;3 - f-5 St. 20 St. 15 ',ester & luar. 8 per cent o. do. Pref. No. 2 )o. do. Pref. No. 2. lork &Bandonsip. , htti.Prth Abet , % Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cis.B6p. t )o. do. Cis. C 7 p. c , lastern Counties Ea tension, 5 p. c. No )o. No. 2 . )0. New 6 r . o. ast Un., G. 6 p. c )o. 51., 10 ner con+ )o. 101. Dobentr.Sl. )o. do. 4 per cent.. , ast Lancash. 6 p.ott T.,. &W. York. J. silr Id.Prth.SiDun.4p ( Yurness ias. & S. W. G. 5 p ;treat Northn. 5 p. c )c). 5 p. c. Redeem 3 at 10 p. 0. prem )o. 4 p. c D 0.5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm_ R.N. of Scot. lstPrc it. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4 per c. Pref. Si Wostn. (Borba I limits Es. 5 p. c). Do. con. red. 4i p.( Do. con, rod. 4 p. c Do. irrod. 4p.c. . )o. Birm. Pref. Sh. Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. )o. do. 5 p. c. do. )o. Birm. Gua. )o. Ches. Gua. Sh )o. do. d 0....... . 10. do. do ........ . an. &York. F. £2 )o. 6 p. c. Stcfek . & Brigh. G. 5 p.c. )o. Pref., 5 p. c. St )o. New Gnar.6 p. e Do. do. 5 per c ,ut, ,on.&N. W., Coy. A Nuneaton 5 p. et & S. W. Con. 3(1, ",oncly. & Color. Sh. &Ennie.6S . Tan., Shef., & Lin. view, £lO - £6 farypt.& Carl. 4 p c )0. 4i per cent )o 9i 2i 61 10 St. St. 6 19 - 101 3 - 4 i 11 3 - 4 is 13:) - 14 63 - 63 ... a 10 St. 50 all 100 9 6 5!) 12: 12! 10 6 12 , 12= . 12' St. St. 10( 10( ; 10k 1 0' (1 , 1 1101 all ql' ~l St. 5 St. 20 126 25 20 St. 17 - 119 10 8A 25 10 ..o.(' Jo 112 W 3 165 if in 9. 10 6 eA q 8 100 90 92 -- 94 10 11 17* 1 73 104 100 75 —77 1.9:1 - 10 14i 151 .37 -13 u, -, ,c2 --, 13i o ..• lid. Consol.fi p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol Pirm. 6 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St lio. Pref. 4 per cm. , Do. 5/. Pr f. 4 p. c Ditto Leic stcr Hitcllen Pr«,f. St. !Norfolk Deteature Do. Pref. 4 p. c. Sto, Po. 5 p.c. Ext po. 5A per ct. pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p. North British N. E. Berm, 4 p.c P ,Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e Da. do. Quarters 4' Do. Vork fl. & Pnr North Staffordshire., Oxford, Worcester, r Wolverh..-El5. 6 p Do R. Pre. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent., New Pre South Devon Do fixed ' 4l per ceni • S. Eastern (Readint Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d Do. , q• per cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksb.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c. i Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. I r , c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. & Kilt; . 6 pal if-tc) 141 96 48 4 4i 100 - 102 93 - 95 34 - 4 LOll • - 106 - 108 131 - 143 - pa) 23 23? 100 102 101 94 16 - 18 2 -- 3p MINES. 1 all Agua Fria ..... . 1 all A ng l o Austrin. Gold 10s. all Anglo Californian A _ 20 6 A us tralian .. . .... . - . 1 all Australian Cordillen _ 1 all Ave Maria ............ . ..• - 1 all Baden (Gd.Da ch y of 5 50 all Blamarvon Iron and Coal •• •• 5 7 20 14 British Iron 4 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 3 -- '3 20 15 Do, St. John Dal Re 30 —32 1 4 Carson's Creek g 1 0 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica__ 5 — a p 10 all Cobra Copper 57 59 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng _ 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent ... 21 ... 16 Copiapo 205 21 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg 1$ 2 1 Fortuna 20 all General l5 —l7 16 1 all Gt•Nugg etVe inße g . a 44 all Great Polgooth l5 • 1 all Liberty * 3 all Linares ... 2 B 2 25 5 1 Lusitanian P 1 all Mariquita — 1 all New Granada ..• 1 all New Linares Minim and Smelting Co — 1 all Nouveau Monde ••• 20 all Pontgibaud Silve) Lead Min. & Smelt 16 17 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron —l9 21 15 all Do. New 5 6 30 121 Santia g o de Cuba.., 6 64 1 all South Australian — .• 10 75 Tin Croft... 281 all United Mexican 4 45 4} 1 all Waller — 1 all West Mariposa - 1 12s. Worthing Mining o' I Australia 1 all ) Yuba M 1 SCI LL&N SOU:.- 25 175 Australian Agricnilt. 33 34 10 all Aus:;raln. Royal Mail 10 7 Berlin Water Works 25 2 d 50 40 Brit. American Land 57 60 5 1 Brit. di Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 100 325 Canada 119 121 St. WO Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. and July 1144 13.55 114/ 5 all Crystal Palace 3R— 3$ 35 5 4 Do. Vreforenc- 5 - 41 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc, 1 Duston Iron Ore ... 20 35 Eastern Steam 25 23 Electric Telegraph— 17 18 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. _ 15 14 Gen. Steam. Navigat. 20 all General Screw Stearn 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 9 Mexican&S.Amoricn. 65 7 6j 10 25 Do. New ............ •• • •.• 1 all Nat. Pat. Stegra Fuel 10 5 Netherlands L 41110.... 2 21 2 1 Ts% S. W. Coal di Inter. 1 all Steam. Navigat. Co. —• •• aatu l 1. 5 1 ill N ' P ‘T e l . • e t E l l c A r t a :l n i a . „ 3 2 : 0 8 rien 14 . 1 . - ! 14 50 10 Do. New — 3 p 1.0 7 ) all 6o Loyal olt Mail. la nalro s n t, Co l5 2 74 1 all Scot. Austral. in aTu vesq: 7 1::1 - 2 1 1 / Ditto New. ; 8 25 all South Austin...X. 7 f; . • 1 all übmar. Tel Seri .1" I 20 all s TT.; s t P ;L i s . t e e o r e . 11 1 ; 00 •.!i4 Van Diemen's Lauo 13} Ni' lij , • 4, 1 L; • 44,,Jj NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) NEWTON PURSE. Hanby Billy Richardson Six ran. ST. HELEN'S PURSE. St )rk Goldhill Nine ran. HAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) BUSHY PLATE. Spinaway Adeline ran. E LPA RLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. The following bills were read athird time and passed: — Bognor Railway ; Gateshead Quays and Improvements; Great Northern London Cemetery ; Halifax Gas. The England and Ireland Improved Communication Bill was considered, and ordered to be read.a third time. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. F. Scully, from vari ous parts of Tipperary, in favour of the Tenants' Com pensation Bill ; by Mr. Cowan, several petitions from Elinburgh, against the Maynooth grant ; a large num ber of petitions were presented by various members, in favour of and against the Lord Advocate's Education Bill. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT BILL. Sir B. HALL said he wished to postpone the further consideration of this bill, which was fixed for to-day, to Tuesday next, and then to resume it on every Tuesday and Thursday morning till the bill was disposed of. The motion was agreed to. SCOTCH. EDUCATION BILL. The house having gone into committee en this bill, Lord ELCIIO rose to ask the noble lord at the head of the Government a question with reference to the working of the measure. The question he wished to ask was how, in the event of the bill passing, it was the in tention of the Government to administer the Privy Council grants for education among the various sects in Scotland? Lord PALMERSTON said this bill, if passed, would, he apprehended, make provision for those schools by rates. Of course the object of the Government was to.diffuse education, and there was not the slightest wish to withhold assistance from those schools, and the Government would be disposed to give the most favour able consideration to the claims of such schools, whether in towns or in the country, which were not in such a flourishing condition as would enable them to do as much good as they wished for their own schools. (Hear.) Mr. HADFIELD then moved as an amendment that the words in the preamble, 16th line, page 1, after the words "Holy Scriptures," and the words in the 17th, 18th, and lath lines, and the worls in the 20th line, preceding the words " And whereas," be left out, and that the following words be substituted, viz., " ought not to be conducted at the expense of any of her Majesty's suljects who conscientiously object to the principles taught, or to compulsory taxation for the teaching religion, or to the reading of the Scriptures, in any public school." Mr. L. HEYWOOD seconded the amendment. Mr. BALL opposed the amendment, believing that, if it was carried, it would act most detrimentally on the education of the country. The LORD ADVOCATE did not concur with those who thought that taxes should be levied for the purpose of religious education. [LEFT SITTING.] LAW INTELLIGENCE (THIS DAY). QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Westminster in Nisi Prina before Mr. Justice Erie and a special jury.) SELBY AND ANOTHER V. ENGLAND. Mr. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Quain, were for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Pigott, for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the recovery of 830/. The plaintiffs are the Birmingham Parent Iron and Brass-tubing Company, having a branch establishment in London, and the defen dant a locomotive engine manufacturer, carrying on busi ness at Hatcham Works, New Cross. The sum sought to be recovered was 830 T., but the plaintiff pleaded a set-off for two sums of 4901. and 2091. 9d., and had paid the difference into • Court. The question for the consi deration of the jury was whether the sums above stated which Mr. England advanced to Mr. Johns, one of the partners, but who had since left the firm, was for the benefit of the firm or Mr. Johns only. The trial had not concluded when our despatch left. CENTRAL Cli_TMlN.elt COURT.— (THIS DAY.) The Judges were occupied in the Old Court the whole of the morning disposing of several unimportant cases. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Charles William Winchelsea Seven, 33, clerk, a well dressed gentlemanly-looking man, surrendered to take his trial upon several indictments for stealing orders for the payment of the several sums upon the 20th of April 301. 165., upon the Ist bf June 2011. 17s. 6d., and upon the Bth of June 471. 15e. sd. To this as well as other indictments forming the sub stance of other, charges, the prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Robin son were for the prosecution ; and Mr. Perry, Mr. Sleigh, and Mr. Poland were for the defence. The charges proceeded with this day were those for the sums first mentioned, and the circumstances giving rise to the prosecution were these :—The prosecutors in this case are the directors of the Deposit and General Life Assurance Society, and tbe prisoner had up to the commencement of the circumstances connected with these proceedings been the secretary of the company. He served the company in August, 1852, when it was quite in its infancy, and was to be paid a salary of 4001. a year, and the house in Bridge street, Blackfriars, belonging to the company, to reside in. The prisoner, from the recommendations with which he came to them was placed at once in the confidence of the directors, and that confidence was so much increased from the zeal which he exhibited that they increased his salary to 5001., and placed so much confidence in him that a great many of his proceedings in connection with their company were not looked into so strictly as they would otherwise have been. Matters went on in this way until the 22d of July in last year, when, from something which came to the knowledge of the directors, the prisoner was questioned about a cheque given to him upon the 20th of April, and also several others given him about the same time, some of which were given him to pay for policies which they (the company) reserved in the Home Counties' office. These sums the prisoner, instead of applying to the uses for which they were given him, paid them over to hie own bankers, and from time to time, until the explanation took place, had appropriated the moneys which he continued to receive upon behalf of the company to paying matters which he had not paid at the time and with the money given him for that purpose, and received by him in his capacity as secretary. When the prisoner was questioned by the Board, he at once said ha had ap propriated the moneys, but not with any intent to defraud the company. He was then requested to resign, which he did, and subsequently became the secretary of another society upon the same principles. He then be came an insolvent, and in his schedule he brought the company prosecuting this case indebted to him in a large amount. The company opposed him, and fresh instances of his defalcations coming to light—after then a warrant for the prisoner's apprehension—and after a great many remands prisoner was committed for trial. The first witness was under examination when we went to press, and unless the case foe the prosecuti on fails it is likely to occupy the Court at least two days, it being a most complicated one of account, and a ques tion of the power given to the prisoner to deal with OA names of the company. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL.—The trade ruled ctearlv, as follows :---Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 41 to 4s 101; lamb, 5s 2tl to Gs 2d ; Veal, 3s 8.1 to 4s ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs ' by the carcase. SOUTRALL, June 13.—The show of stock was moderate, and the demand ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from Ss 4d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Orl; Lamb, 5s Od to Gs 24 ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; Pork, 3s 6d to 49 2d per 81bs, to sink the offals. ROMFORD, June 13.—Our market was firm, and the quotations were well supported. Boef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Lamb, 58 4d to 63 2d • Veal, Sc 10 , 1 to 48 8d ; Pork, Ss 4 d to 4 s 2 d per Gibs. 4uarter old Store Pigs, 22s to 26c each. AY MARKETS. SMITRIPTELD.—Moadow hay, 31 03 to 51 10. Od ; clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 10s ; and straw, 1/ 3s to .119 s per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 31 Si to 5! 10; ; cloves , fit' ~ 3' 34 to 61 6:3 • arid straw, 1/ 44 to 1./ 103 per Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full prices. WUITEURAPEL.—Meadow hay, 31 03 t, 5 , 103: clov r ditto, 3/ 5s to 61 103; and straw, 13 3s to 1/ 9.3 per load. A.firm market. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—YESTERDAY.---IN RE MONTI, —The bankrupt, who was a Sculptor in Great Marl borough-etreet, passed his last examination without op position. PAPERS RELATIVE TO THE CLOSING OP THE CONFERENCES AT VIENNA. PRESENT. For Austtia—Count Buol-Schaueustein and Baron Pro kesch-Osten. • For France —Baron Bourquoney. For Great Britain—The Earl of Westmorland. For Ruisia—Prince Gortschakoff, and hi. de Titoff. For Turkey—Aali Pasha, and Aarif Effendi. Count Buol opened the meeting by the following words : " In the twelfth Conference I had the honour to express the opinion that the modes of solution calculated to carry completely into effect the third guarantee were not ex hausted, and I claimed especially for Austria the task of looking for means of accommodation. "We have devoted ourselves to the accomplishment of this task with a zeal proportioned to the importance of the interests at stake. I have drawn from our preceding deli berations the elements of the solution of wbica I am about to submit to the consideration of the Conference. In re flecting upon those deliberations, I was convinced that various principles, admitted on all sides, might bo con sidered as beyond discussion. Those principles are— , "1. To connnt more completely the existence of the Ottoman Empire with the European equilibrium. "2. To establish a just balance of the naval forces of the two States bordering on the Black Sea. " 3. To give a new confirmation to the rule of closing the Straits • reserving always to th e S u bli m e Porte the right of calling for the fleets of her allies, whenever she might consider herself menaced. _ " These bases being obtained from the negotiation, ‘‘ hat is the obstacle which has prevented a perfect agreement on the whole of the third guarantee ? "The principal difficulty, I should s a y the only one, rests in the refusal of Russia to impose, upon herself by Treaty a one-sided limitation of her naval forces in the Black Sea. But while declaring such an engagement to be an infringe ment on the rights of Sovereignty of the Emperor, the Plenipotentiaries of Russia h‘ve not beforekand declined to examine every proposition relating to the principle off limitation, and they concurred that a stipulation of this nature would not be an infringement upon honour, from the moment that it became the result of a mutual agree ment between the contracting parties. " With the view of removing this difficulty, one of the French Plenipotentiaries, who no longer assists at our de liberations, has pointed out a scheme which I am happy to reproduce, because it records the sentiments of modera tion which stamped his instructions. " A mutual agreement between the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and the Sublime Porte on the basis of a balance of their respective forces and the subsequent annexation to the general treaty of an arrangement signed by them on this subject, were proposed by M. Dronyn de Lhuys as a proper means of conciliating all interests and all require ments. . . _ _ " This course. dictated as it appears to us by an idea eminently coneLiatory, seemed at the same time to be the practical application of a happy expression of the British Plenipotentiary, who also is no longer with us. "In the eyes of England (so he expressed himself) the best conditions, and the only ones which wero admissible, would be those which, while being the most conformable to the honour of Russia, should at the same time be suffi cient for the security olEurope, and for preventing a re turn of such complications as that which it is now a ques tion of putting an end to. " It is, therefore, this idea (the honour of which belongs to the French Cabinet) which has served as a basis to the project that I am about to read, and which, while it is perfectly honourable for all pasties, unites, in our eyes, all the elements of a satisfactory solution of the third gua rantee." After this preface he read the project, of which a copy is hereto annexed. Having finished reading it, he concluded by thus expressing himself : - - - - " Austria I am authorised to declare, would see in the acceptance of this outline the complete, bases of an effec tual and honourable solution for all parties. Always faith ful to the engagements which she has contracted with her allies, faithful to the principles which she has laid down, but being in a position apart from the hostile action which sepa rates the otherpartiesrepresented here, she has considered it a sacred duty imposed upon herby her exceptionalnosition, to exhaust all means for 'obtaining a triumph of those princi ples, at the same time putting an end, if possible, to the calamities of a war which has already cost so many noble victims. It is with these feelings that Austria presents this proposition, and recommends it to the serious and friendly consideration as well of her allies as of the Court of Russia." Baron Bonrqueney said that as Count Buol's proposition had for its basis a principle so repeatedly and peremp torily rejected by the Plenipotentiaries of Russia, it was for them to speak first on this subject. The Earl of Westmoreland stated that he came to the Conference in pursuance of the invitation of the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, but that he finds himself in the same position in which he was placed at the last meeting when he declared that his instructions were ex hausted. Prince Gortschakoff', whilst contesting the opinion of Baron Bourqueney that the proposition of Count Buol rests on a principle which has been categorically rejected by the Russian Plenipotentiaries, begs the Plenipotentiary of France to be so good as to speak first. Baron Bourqueney then stated, that as he is pressed to express his opinion, he finds himself compelled to.recur to the peremptory and reiterated refusal of the Plenipoten tiaries of Russia to agree to the reduction of their nasal forces by treaty, or on a basis discussed in Conference. This refusal had of course left treats and exercised a de cided influence on the instructions with which his Govern ment supplied him with reference to the Conference which would be called by the Minister for Foreign Affair's of Austria, for the purpose of making known the means of reconciliation to which he had declared he would devote himself. As the project proposed by Count Buol does not completely fulfil the conditions which his former instruc tions point out, he must for his own part declare that the mission of the Conference is exhausted. Prince Gortschakoff stated, that after the declarations which ho has just heard, the Conferences for peace have de facto ceased. He would, therefore, have a right to remain perfectly silent, since to enter into particulars would only be to discuss bases which in the opinion of Austria are complete, whilst the Allies consider them insufficient. But he does not wish to take advantage of this right. As the Austrian propositions have already been considered by the Cabinets of Paris and London, ho will also make his Court acquainted with them, reserving for his Can't a free and full estimation of them. Nevertheless, he will express his personal opinion, as a mark of respect the Cabinet which has taken so much pains in preparing the prnject in question. In analysing it he asserted, in the first place, that this project does not reel on the principle which the Plenipoten tiaries of Russia have invariably rejected, and will always reject. Proceeding then to the different articles, ho had nothing to object to in the principle laid down in the first. As to the second, the gist of it lies in the direct under standing between the Plenipotentiaries cf Russia and the Sublime Porte, with regard to the counterpoise of their respective naval forces. He does not reject such a combination, maintaining, however, that fixing the number of those forces regards the two. Powers directly interested, and that the rights of sove reignty of either would be infringed if other Powers wished to dictate to them on this subject. He agrees to article 3. He finds that articles 4 and 5 are based upon article 2 of the Russian counter-project , which left his highness the Sultan sovereign judge of the question of deciding whe ther it would be, or rot, compatible with his interests ex ceptionally to open the straits. In conclusion, he finds in the general principles of Count Buol's project, the bases of a possible solution of the third guarantee. M. de Titoff participates in the opinion of his colleague ; and without having anything to add to the personal con siderations put forward by the letter, he associates him self fully with his official declaration of his wish to subunit the plan of arrangement proposed by the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs to the examination and decision of his Court. • Altai Pasha declares that the project of a direct under standing between the Sublime Porteand Russia was based, as were all the other systems discussed within the Confer ence, upon the principle of limitation. The reiterated and categorical , rejection of this principle on the part of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia having led to the abandon ment of every plan of this nature, his colleague and himself did not consider that they should' call for instructions of their Court on this same project ,• and they aro, conseo quently, in the same position as the Plenipotentiaries of France and Great Britain. Aarif Effendi concurred in this view. Baron Prokosch maintains that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia do not absolutely reject the principle of limitation —that their objections apply rather to the form under which it could be applied. The Plenipotentiaries of Rus sia having declared themselves ready to submit the Aus trian proposition to their Court, he expresso.; the hope that the Plenipotentiaries; of France and Great Britain will do as much on their side. The Plenipotentiaries of France and Groat Britain de chile to bind themselves on this subj@ct. Count Buol, while seeing with satisfaction that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia will subunit his proposition to their Courts, thinks he need not answer the observations made upon it by Prince Gortschakoff, since he himself only attached to them the value of personal impressions. He adds that he is, moreover, too just notto acknowledge that the declarations of the Plenipotentiaries of France and Great Britain rendered it in fact difficult for Prince Gortschakoff to enter into a deeper discussion. He finally declaresthatthe Plenipotentiaries of the maritime Powers having them- Selves declared the Conferences to be closed, have relieved him from a painful duty, the accomplishment of which would have been imposed on him by his position. Whilst thanking the Plenipotentiaries for having assembled at his invitation to bring the 'Conferences to a suitable conclu peace, t o t ranein it t o th e Rion, he declares that Au s t ria has n o further prnposition to make ; that she will , neverthele s s , be al ways seedy, espe ciallytbhn eelig em i r f ei i ng t ht inwtpehovraewee a r occasion t et h eh e ean interestiooverttour address s which on e or th e o th er o f f him. Baron Bourqueney again resumes, in order to define the respective positions. He maintains that after all that had passed in the Conferences, his Government had perfectly the right of considering every project founded on the principle oflimitation as decidedly rejected by the Plenie potentianes of Russia ; it could not,consequently,in trod rice is contrary proviso in the instructions with which it had furnished its Plenipotentiaries for a closing Conference. It has been confirmed in this conviction by the circular of Count Nesselrodee giving an opinion oa the whole bearing of the Conferences. and authorising from that moment the belief that the Cabinet of St. Po' ersburg itself consider them as closed. He tinally observes to Prince Gortschakoff that the Austrian project is founded on the principle of li mitation in its strictest expression. The Earl of Westmoreland declares that sifter the catege cal rejection longer sa ,vany his Government n io advantage in conti nu i ng t h e delibera tions. It considere d the p recedi n e. r of tlte principle of limit a ti on, Conference e as closed. His full powers being exhausted, ho had nothing more to say, except that he will submit to the consideration of his Government the priesieol of this day's Conference. Prince Gortschakoff, in answer to M. deßourqueneYs again maintains that both inane out of th e C on f erences; an d at el l times when the inicsC ion was moot e d, he had constantly declared that all limitation of forces which might he sought to be inoressed on Russia would he regarded by her Plenipotentiaries as an infringement on the sovereign rights of their maste,r e and en insurinouotable obstacle to peace ; that holed invariably remained faithful to this principle, awl that he :spin establishes it in this closing Conference; that, moreover, he challenges the memb ers o f the Conference who have the protocols in their hands, and more particularly the plenipotentiary of France, to find in those acts a single principle or a single word which is not in accordance with that which he now affirms ; that Count Buol having said in his introductory discourse that the Cabinet of Vienna had applied itself to find a solution equally honourable for all parties, he has only gathered and admitted from the second Article the idea which alone is of a nature to offer a basis of negotiation for Powers who respect themselves, that is to say, the combination to .... ... 1 ...... 2 carry out a counterpoise of forces by the direct under standing and the mutual consent of the parties interc3ted. Baron Bonrqueney observes to him, that it is neverthe less indisputable that the proposition made by M. Dronyn do Lbuys in the eleventh Conference, to the effect "that the Plenipotentiaries of Russia and the Porte should com e i to some underst a nding with each other, in the presence o f I the Conference, on basis of counterpoie of their respective ; ' forces,- which b as i s s h o uld be recorded in an arrangement which they should mutually sign, and which, annexed to the Treaty, should have the same value and the same force," had been rejected. Prince Gortschakoff reminds M. de Bourqueney that he will find in the Protocol of the sitting to which he refers the proof that his objections did not bear on the idea it self a direct understanding, but on the method so little, feasible in which it was proposed to carry it out. After some observations of Prince Gortchakoff,' made ' with a view of modifying the impres , ion produced on Baron Bourqueney by the circular cf the Chancellor of the Etn pire of Russia, the meeting was broken up. (Signed) BuOL-SCHAUENSTEIN. 1 PROKESCII-OSTEN. GOUTSCIIAKOFF. BOURQUENEY. TITOFT. WESTMORLAND. • P. ‘ur. AARIF. In closure. Annex to Protocol No. 14. (Translation.) • Article 1. The High Contracting Parties wishing that the Sublime Porte should participate in the advantages of the system established by public law between the diffe rent States of Europe, engage themselves severally to re spect the independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, guarantee toghther the strict observance of this engagement, and will in consequence consider every act or event which should be of a nature to infringe on it as a question of European interest. If a misunderstanding should arise between the Porto and one of the Contracting Powers, these two States, be fore having recourse to the employment of force, should place the other Powers in a position to prevent the ex tremity by pacific means. Art. 2. The Russian Plenipotentiaries, and those of the Sublime Porte, will propose by common agreement to the Conference the equal amount of the effective naval forces which the two sea-bordering Powers will keep up in the Black Sea, and which shall not exceed the actual number of Russian ships afloat in that sea. The arrangement which they shall have made between themselves in this respect shall form an integral part of the General Treaty. - There shall likewise be inserted in the Treaty the means upon which the same Plenipotentiaries shall have agreed, with the view of controlling the exact and constant obser vance of the stipulations of the present Article. Art. 3. The rule of closing the Straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, sanctioned by the Treaty of July 13, ' 1811, shall remain in force, with the exceptions stipulated in the following Article. Art. 4. Each of the 'Contracting Parties which has no establishment in the Black Sea shall he authorised by a fir man of his Highness to send into.anti to station in that sea two frigates or ships of less force. At. 5. In case (which God forbid !) the Sultan should be threatened w; th an attack, ho reserves to himself the right of opening the Straits to all the naval forces of his allies. INAUGURATION OF THE 111ETROPO IJTAN CATTLE MA. BEET. VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT. Sir G. GREY, her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, having issued his notice in accordanc9 with the terms of the Metropolitan Cattle Market bill, passed in 1851, for the opening of this market and slaughter-houses cn Friday next,, the 15th, yesterday was appointed for the inaugural ceremony. Smithfield, as a market for the sale of cattle and horses, has ceased to exist—has become one of the byegones of the age, but the historical associations connected with the spot are so great, that whilst it has been shorn of this portion of its notoriety, the stirring events of past ages connected with it are too indelibly marked on the memory ever to be forgotten.. Although Smithfield has been used as a market from time' immemorial, the first traces of a charter connected with it are only to be found in the year 1327, in the first year of the reign of Edward 111., and the extent of the market, so far asit can be ascertained, was 4 acres, 2 roods, and 35 perches. As the population of this great city increased, and the requirements of more extensive market accommo dation were needed, the Corporation of London made ad ditions, at their own expense, by the purchase of property adjoining, until it became that vast area we now have it, extending over 6 acres and 15 perches, and even now too small for the growing wants of the metropolis. The movement originated for the removal of a cattle millket from the centre of.. so large a place as modern London is a matter of history, and so notorious as not to require recapitulation on the present occasion. The Legislature in August,lBsl, passed the act for the erection of these markets, on which a committee was appointed by the Corporation of the city of London, H. L. Taylor, Esq., being appointed chairman, with powers to select a site most suitable for the purposes of a market on an ex tensive scale. After much time and atto tion, the com mittee selected Copenhagen-fields, in the neighbourhood of Islington, and situate between that place and Camden town, as the best that could be found, which they recom mended to Mr. Walpole, the then Secretary of State, for his approval, and whose consent was obtained July 29,185?. The markets, which extend over an area of 75 acres of ground were, on the assent of the Secretary of State being so obtained, immediately commenced under the superin- ! tendence of the city architeet,J. B. Banning, Esq., F R.S., a gentleman of known reputation, and whose abilities eminently fitted him for the efficient discharge of such onerone duties as the works in question naturally imposed, and the whole of the works have been constructed since the above period. The site of the new market proper is an equal-sided rectangle, having a fall from the west corner to the south,e.ast, and north cornors,and includes a❑ area of about 15 acres, of which ono acre is devoted to the pig market, and an equal area to the calf znarkst. In the centre of the market aro erected shops and banking-houses, over which is a lofty clock tower, not yet completed, but which, :.hen fitished, will have a market bell. Accommodation is pro vided for 34,160 sheepin 1,749 pens, with a reserve for considerable extension ; and 13,2311 feet of rail, for the tying of 6,616 bullocks. The calf market will accommo date 1,425 calves, and the pig-market 900 pigs. Lairage is provided for 3,000 bullocks and 8,160 sheop. There are four depots for hay, and slaughter-house accommodation to a considerable extent. There are five public-houses— the Black Bull, the Lion, the Lamb, the White Horse. and the Butchers' Arms. There are also nearly completed two largo hotels, with shops underneath the principal rooms. Between these Mr. B. Elgington, the eminent tent builder and rick-cloth manufacturer, erected a spacious marquee, capable of accommodating 1,700 persons. This tent, which was 160 feet long by 80 feet wide, was most tastefully fitted up both external!y and internally, the flags of England, France, and Turkey being most artisti cally displayed.' At the west 01,cl of the tent a dais was erected, on which was a very elegant chair of state, where his Royal Highness Prince Albert (who at all times evinces so much interest in the promotion of agriculture) received the Corporation address. The importance of the event was commemorated in that liberal and magnificent style for which the Corporation of London are so justly celebrated. The Corporation verywisely deciding that the ceremony should be conducted in the presence of those for whose immediate benefit the markets have been erected, sent invitations to upwards of a thou. sand persons connected with the breeding and feeding of cattle, butchers, dealers, and others. Precisely at 12 o'clock the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Sir F. Moon (who . looked remarkably well after his recent visit to. Paris) ,accompanied by the City Remensbrancer, the Sheriffs, the Recorder, Aldermen, Common Council men, and other officers connected with the Corporation, arrived on the ground and was enthusiastically received, and proceeded to examine the arrangements of the day, of which he expressed himself highly satisfied. With that punctuality for which the R iyal family are so noted, his Royal Highness, accompanied with his suite, arrived at the north-west entrance ;ate of the Market, at one o'clock, where he was met by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, H. L. Taylor, Eq . ., the Chairman of the Committee, the various members of the Committee, and other gentlemen, and was received most enthusiastically by the numerous concourse assembled, the band playing the National Anthem. Tho Lord Mayor then entered his Royal Highness's car riage, and accompanied him round the extensive grounds, the slaughter-houses, &c., which. were examined by his Royal Highness, who expressed his admiration at the admirable manner in which the whole had been arranged and carried out. Tho survey of the vast area and inspection of the various buildings occupied his Royal Highness nearly an hour, it • being two o'clock before he returned to the pavilion. On entering the pavilion, his Royal Highness was again enthusiastically cheered, and was conducted to the dais, whore the town-clerk read, in the presence of the Lord Mayor and the civic functionaries, the following address to his Royal Highness : TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, &C. " May it please your Royal Higlines . .4,—We, her Ma jesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Lord Mayor, Alder men, and Commissioners of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, desire, by tho wannest expression of our gratitude, to testify to your ltoynl Highness the value which we attribute to your gracious presence on this occa sion. " Tim proceeding -9 of this day ere of deep interest and importance to the gr::at community of the metropolis and to the country at large. " These costly and extlnciive works have been under taken by the Corporation of the City of London, in defe rence to the suggestion:4 of the national Legislature, an , i under a strong sense of the responsibility accomp,nyin;; the powers and the - moans confided t.) them by their fellow- Citizens. " If the transfer of the City 2Totropoli tan Market to the now and spacious locality shall be successful, it will not only have removed all ground of conyttint ari,in,g from the character of its ancient rite. bat will alto have confer red essential benefit on the population of this vast capital, as well as on those important branches of our national in • dustry which 'are concerned in supplying with food the increasing masses of its inhabitants, and the countless numbers who frequent it. " In - the happiness and prospnity of all classes of her Majesty's subjects, your Royal Highness has always evinced the warmest and most active interest, and we know no thing more likely to secure success to this great undertak ing than the sanction and encouragement afforded in its inauguration by the illustrious Consort of the Queen. " We, therefore, humbly rejoice in the opportunity thus given us of welcoming your Royal Highness on this spot, of expressing our heartfelt gratitude for your Royal High ness's attendance, and of manifesting anew our affectionate and respectful attachment to tho person and family of the beloved Sovereign of these realms." . His ROYAL HIGUNESM replied in the following terms : " My Lord Mayor and gentlemen, accept the expression of my hearty thanks for your kind welcome and for the gratifying assurance of your loyal and affectionate attach ment to the Queen and her- family. "I have been much pleased by the opportunity which your - kind invitatbn hrts afforded me of seeing' and ad miring this great work which you this day open to-the Public—a work which not only deserves admiration in itself on account of the excellence of the arrangements and the m3,gnificence of the design, bat which willl trnstbe found eminently conducive to the comfort and health of the city of London . . the " That it s S uccess will be commensurate w ith .spirit in which it has been und:Ttaken and carried out, I cannot doubt. A certain dislocation of habits and interests must inevitably attend the•rernaval el.' the great city mar ket on the site it has occupied for so many centuries, and this may P""iblY retard for the moment the fullest development of the nutleltaking• But any opposition arising from such catiAes will soon cease, and the farmers will donbt;ess seen learn to appreciate the boon thus conferred upon them by the landed corporation in the increased facility which will be afforded to themlor the tra.usaction of their basines, and the Comparative security with which they will be e:1 bled to bring up and display their valuable stock in this Great Now Cattle Market." Flis Royal ll7gliness and suite then partook of an ele gant cold collation (supplied by Messrs. Stapl ers , of the Albion, in their usual excellent style). na7, could. not, be ig The Right - Hon. the I. rd Mayor presided, and was sup ported on his right by Prince Albert, and among the dis tinguished cempanY present were—Sir George Grey, Home Secretary, Sir Cornewall Lewis, the Chancellor or the Excheqc,er, the Marquis of Abercorn, Marquis of Breadal bane, Earl St+enoer, Lord Stanley of Aldoiley, the Belgiau, Bavarian, American, and Prussian Mini:stersp Viscount Aff,Mcic, Viscount Dancannoo, Rear-Admiral Berkeley, Duke of Newcastle, Marqnis of Salisbury, Mar. quis of Westminster, Earl of Macclesfield, Earl of Yar borough, Lord Redestlale, Lord Berners, Lord Southamp ton, Lord Feversham, Lord Portman, lord Wenlock, &c. The LORD MAYOR, iu appropriate language, proposed the "health of the Queen,"—(cheers)—followed by that of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the other members of the Royal family. (Applause.) His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in rising to acknowledge the toast, was again most enthusiastically received. He said— My Lord Mayor and gentlemen,—For the very kind and flattering manner in which you have received this toast I most sincerely thank you. I assure you it has given me great pleasure at being able to ac,cedt the kind invitation of the Lord Mayor, and to be present at the opening of this splendid and useful work—(cheers) —and I beg to assure you that the oftener the Lord Mayor will invite me to similar ceremonies the better I' shall be pleased. (Renewed cheers.) Such works can only be undertaken by public bodies and carried out with success by publics spirit —(loud cheers)—and I hail the present instance as an earnest of your (the Corporation's) determination to ac cept the duties which your position has imposed on you, and as success in all things depends on the manner in which it is undertaken and carried out, I beg to propose "the health of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London." (Cheers.) His Royal Highness and the other distinguished visitors then retired, and the proceedings terminated. Tho weather, which at the commencement of the day was rather unpropitious, as the morning advanced cleared off, and the sun, which shone out at intervals, continued to do so till the termination of the proceedings. During the morning the bands of the boys of the Cale donian Asylum, the boys froni Chelsea Hospital, and the Foundling Society were in attendance, and played various airs and pieces of music in a very masterly manner. The prOceedings t3rmitiated about five minutes to three o'clock. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ( From the Times of this clay. ) - . Through a strange omission iu some quarter or another we have not had the opportunity of giving till now a most in teresting, though very short, speech by Prince Albert at the annual dinner of the Trinity Corporation last Saturday. Brevity is the soul of wit," and his Royal Highness has put more point into an address that cannot have taken three minutes to utter than some of our Parliamentary orators can accomplish in two hours. The Princejudiciously confined him self to one topic, and that a topic of the greatest importance. He compared the operation of a constitutional and of a des potic Government at war with each other. The comparison indeed is forced upon us by the facts, and is very striking. There cannot be a more singular contrast. On the one hand we see a profound policy, which we may suspect, but cannot ascribe to Russia, till the Czar himself blabs it out, and puts the world on its guard. We see unknown and infinite accu mulations of stores as if by the hands of Genii, or from the subterranean workshops of the Tit ans an d`Cyciops. We see myriads of armed men suddenly presenting themselves through the morning mist, whence and how conveyed no man can tell. We see a vast fortress garrisoned by men whom we once despised, but showing not only the desper to courage of fanaticism, but the inspirations of genius and the depth of a great system. Tho conduct of the war on the part of our foes is subjected to no canvass, and has not even the benefit of au historian. A few scanty notices in the Invalids RusEe are all that posterity will read of the heroism and the tale,ts of great armies. From that field of glory every ray of light is concentrated on one mind. One man has to endure all the uncertainties, all the suspenses, all the mistaken, and all the disappointments of the awful conflict. On our side everything is the contrary. Virtually, the whole British public fill the , amphitheatre, and surround all the arena of the war. We hear and see everything ; we discuss the trogramme ; we canvass the belavionr and the plans of the generals ; we criti cis°, we condemn, and, what is more, wo inform, we advise. We care not who listens. It is the British people not carries on the war, and they will have it In their own hands. Such i is the comparison which the Prince makes, more br!ely and more tersely than we have done, between the character and position of the two parties in the present war, and ho draws the very proper conclusion that we ought to how great con sideration for the Government which has to carry on war under such manifest difficulties—that is, a public against a secret power, which is much as if a being of common mortal mould had to wage a desperate battle with an invisible demon. M.P., M. above the orcl;r Such comparisons force themselves on the mind, and sug gest so many reflections, that the power of making them is a great help to, the understanding. An Englishman might be at a loss to describe the conduct of the war by his own coun try, and a Russian might see little that was distinctive or worth particular notice in the military administration of his own Government. But place these two things side by side and they instantly become the measure and test of one another. We see, then, what neither the Englishman nor the Russian alone does, and we immediately arrive at a high degree of negative knowledge. We see at once, for example, that Rus sia has not newspapers, in our sense' of the word ; it has not " correspondents ;" it has not public committees of inquiry, changes of the Ministry, debates on negotiations for peace, and discussions before the eyes and in the hearing of the whole world as to the best mode of carrying on the war, the proper objects of that war, and the terms we might possibly accept from the foe. This is, perhaps, only negative knowledge, for, after all, it does not give us the true rationale of either side in the comparison. But it is an immense help to what may be called the infirmity of human knowledge to have such a contrast, and to make one side the foil of the other. Plntarch's Parallels has been a favourite book with thousands in every age who would otherwise have cared little to explore the several characters compared. What perhaps is not always observed, but which imparts the principal charm to these contrasts, is that the imagination assists at the pro cess, and gives a sort of dramatic affinity and likeness to the two subjects 'of the comparison. We put them in one an other's place, to see what, they would do with a transposi tion of circumstances. We imagine, in this case, the Emperor of Russia harassed, anticipated, compelled to change his Mi nisters, defend his policy, announce his plans, define his ob jects, and lay down his principles, by the public opinion of his subjects. On the other hand, we imagine the British Cabinet wielding immense armies with an unlimited power of conscription, with privileged secresy, and an utter absence of responsibility. The purely dramatic parallel will satisfy few minds. It will tempt them to that more particular study of each side, which is necessary to a just and useful comparison. It is true that we may learn something from the contrast, but so also may the Czar. It is true that constitutional government is tried in these days, but so, also, is despotic. Publicity has its dangers, but, if it occasionally helps a foe, it is neces sary to a friend. Commissaries, Quartermasters, Generals will not tell the truth either to War Ministers or to Empe rors; so, while the British authorities at home aro learning the approach and progress of their disasters in the newspape — , the Russi,n Government only discovers them too late even for mitigation, In this country g ran d sc h emes o f p o li c y are divulged, ventilated, condemned, and possibly prevented. In Russia they run their course to actual catastrophes. An im mense secresy protects the designs and the administration of Russia, but it protects those designs to the ruin and death of their author, and that administration to its final breakdown. The Emperor does not even know the strength or the weakness of his own army, and learns only to distrust ' all returns with no other warrant than that of his own servants. It is true that our councils of war are very public, and our loyalty candid ; it is true that we expose oar own sores to the eyes of all tho world rrolde;brsut, to that present thatpu offi publicity alone we owe the correction of our - - ciency of our armies and their supplies, and even, perhaps,the defeat of Russian diplomacy. Possibly to her own in scrutable policy and impenetrable se 3 rcsy Russia now owes that she has not one ship afloat in the Black Sea, nor more than one fortress still in her hands. In this country it is, indeed, rather the whole people that carries on war than the Sovereign or the Parliament. Thus far, that people need not be ashamed to compare its performances with those of its Im perial antagonist. Even by the te , t of success the people wages war better than the despot. But success is not the only test, for failure also is an hour of trial. We have already turned our failures to good account. Will the Czar, like us,' have either the necessarykuowledge or the means to profit by his failures, to reform either his policy or his administration ? (p r om the Morning Herald of this day.) We cannot help recurring to tho absolute necessity of some independent member of the House of Commons moving for the secret despatches now openly acknOwled.god to have lean sent to the admirals in command of our fleets in the Rata-. and Black seas, whereby instructions, • superseding, and 'di rectly contrary to those which were professed to contain the intentions of the Ministry, were conveyed, and of ncceslity acted on. . . _ Be it remembered• that these secret despatches being of a nature which the admirals were boun'l to conceal, but t , obey, directly put an end to Cftb:net and Ministerial ra bility, the very n•amcs of which become a mocker FVS , em is allowed to exist by which Ministers can profess' on, object, then positively.prohibit its h4oing earr:cd out, and throw the whole onus upon the unfortunate of ccr bi com mand, by recalling him as a SC tpcgont at the cad of the cam paign, aud refusing bhn au inquiry. crosi. y while a sans The public must now take earo of itself, and declare its 1 opinion so detcrminately, that independent mombc:rs ap. pointed to investigate shall not find nal; they hav e scree A l the Government by " burking" the inquiry they were ap pointed and volunteered to carry out. Our readers must re member that this present Government is composed of men who were colleagues in the Cabinet with those who have ac knowledged themselves as implicated in these most dan gerous machinations, and as me cannot suppose that indivi dual members of any Government would dare to act in the manner in which Sir James Graham is supposed, on good grounds, to have acted, it is absolutely necessary to ascertain whether Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston aro not .3 &form. ,AIF., he nran - orn A. b f participes crintinis, as everything would lead an observer - to Suppose must absolutely be the case. .1110 A N We have unmistakeable evi lence of the fact that the ! b y _, A v.. _ ciples which g,overned Lord Aberdeen's Cabinet are.t . .C. ...r.;,;!'- 4, b i the ascendant, and that while professing to make wat,a 1 142114:1- . ..1 Russia, our armies are wilfully paralysed and rendered a ~.V. , i 2 f pr.l Ei effective. How else are vac to int3rpret the followintip..e . . A .,7 7: 7T r - j,# That the whole effective streegte of the British " A .. Yi t'l,' . .l 7 ' . t'' L C/: -, i „ ,l .4:. the Crimea at this the crisis of its fate, amounts to pc e. 5 . , ,!1 .6 .e.,0itr !'ty 24,000 men. This force being without a reserve °few kk:,z • .•‘' .. •••••,, i - ; That the cavalry is-so weak as to be almost tote, it -. . _ie.:l:i cleat —while regiments and detachments, which haVV*le7 . - ":--- tm", months under orders, are waiting, in the .middle of June, tor • \'\ , p r i. transports, which are still in Balaklava Harbwer, ord2.rs having just been despatched to send them home, if not want ing. there. 'That the militia force has been by ~ inexPliealie:: " neglect tot Illy destroyed for any efficient purpose, and no measure of from want of baggage-eattle at this moment any kind even announced f or its. restoration. e nearly, as :t was at Varies, We believe it i c s oi Ta tl i d jaim n t o tmh t : p v o a''' s rmn s b ib lye ly ' move 2'5 miles from the coast without risk, they the warahlyes of blet year, can- certainty, of ll.)-in,i, left -without vnpell-,s, no ::::t l a v c,l a i l d l 3 t.l . :. t e , s . 3 tn in.,rs, VT? therefore, that is ordcr t o get at tic (I,iiingaeneics of the men now in potic•ar, we lutist i nv , sti , :tto the proccA- in , Ts of tlios3 w 'hose crimes thou ha ve mischi>f Immo to Sir JaMCS Grahar. and. Wo Lord Abrdeen's C " • I;riug entire of a a not bw - -,7 were hot, and lorivat of the course adoptc.l by their eel- leag - nes. Tto point out to whoever—if a ny one have the eoir o a s : wo—e h i-is this :notion for " ,lineVac eat," thlt it will not do to ask. To, k--- , ,„ - --- , eratuent in a printe, o . We toll the people that the admirals them -1 to furnish the ori , , ;finals, or jetty 0 - 0 wined toed- Nvid them tinted copies for the autheLl, .. that the selves i sh f ou r l7l be calb-ll uP't ._ selves voncit. Be it kept in mint rectly implicated iu these transactions is the great " letter onener," and the hero of the singularly - dated document in. the '' great Mott p,so," while the person whose complici t y we we wish t o 04thlisli is the s , me who gave to the public Burnes' re sumes o f L or d Auckind's despatches, as the an swers ~ oftl t e d ea d di p l oma ti s t to the very documents so set forth as co n t a i n i ng his opinions. 14.° W , we ask, are we not justified in demanding that the seerot despatches should be vouched for by the admirals? That the documents exist no one 'entertains a doubt, because the admirals have both deolarecl their willingness to produce them if cal'ed , n so to do by the proper authorities-their production in one case having been avoided by refusing a court-martial to Admiral 71 apier—in another by Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Layard—we ta'le them as representatives of the committee which they managed—refusing to allow Admiral Dundas to read tlte original s , when questioned as to his con duct with regard to Od essa. W e shonld have thought that Mr. Lavard,, at least, would have been anxious to give the man he had accused of misconduct an opportunity of clearing himself, but such would appear not to have been the view taken by the honourable member for Aylesbury. - We are earnest upon the su' ject of these despatches, because we shall navel-an-Ivo we believe, except through their means at the real causes of our disgraceful failures and neeiects in the last year, whereby our fleets were b a ffl ed in the Baltic, a"el our armies starved by Lipraudi in th e Crimea. 'We hope the public have had enough of purposed misman agement, and are anxious to probe its iniquity to the bottom, and that they will do so in spite of the aid afforded to Govern ment by independent members, who denounce Ministers as traitors on Tuesday, and vote confidence in them on Thure day, while they thrust themselves forward as leaders of in quiries for the put pose of refusing the only evidence of delin quency on which full reliance can be placed. Wo hope the nation will force an inquiry into this matter. from th') C ( From the Mornin7 Chronicle of this day.) Drury Lane Theatre was last evening the scene of proceed ings such as this metropolis has not witnessed during the last ten years. Since the great meetings of the Anti-Corn -Law League, there has not been such a gathering for a political purpose as that which Last night filled bores, pit, and galle ries of our National Theatre. The Association for the fur therance of Administrative Reform held, not their first public meeting, but their first organized meeting—the commence ment, we presume, of a series—for the propagation of their views among the great bulk of the people. It was satis factory to see so full an attendance, and that the occupants of the platform, as well as those who could not personally attend, bat who sent letters of sympathy and co-operation, were of so respectable and influential a class. Mr. Morley, the chairman, may be said personally to em body and represent that characteristic of this Association which distinguishes it from any preceding organisation of a similar kind. It is important not to lose sight of the fact, that, this new movement is commenced, not in the interests of a class or of individuals, but in those of the whole community. Its detractors have not dared to insinuate that its promoters are actuated by personal motives, or that they have in view the promotion of personal interests. It was originated by gentlemen who have some thing more profitable, if not more important, to attend to than political agitation ; and their having left their counting houses to take part in it is the best proof at once of their own sincerity and of the integrity of their objects. Mr. Morley had already, on the occasion of the first meeting in the City, explained the reasons which led gentlemen in his position thus to step forward in the van of a great national movement.. It was not in the nature of things that he could add much to the arguments he had already broue-ht forward, in vindication of the course taken by the commercial classes. They have stepped out of the circle of the pursuits which best become them and are most aTreeable to them, in order to vindicate the right 'of their fellow-citizens, and their own, to a more honest and rational system of administrative government than that into which the old vigorous practice of the country has degenerated. Their position places them above all suspicion as to the motives by which they may have been actuated. Indeed, it wll have been remarked, that the opponents of administrative refotra have never dared to inelunate that these gentlemen have any other obiect in view than the public good. Regerded with reference to these considerations, the speech of Mr. Yforley will be read with an interest over and. above that which would naturally be excited by his forcible and sensible r, , e o', the r: , nerr.l cinestion Th?, other Tin argil, Lindsav -- 7 _ Trim Otway, M. P.- matims of —are equally )olltleal parti- )11e men who may come co: 61%1 to for- ther saint:llT reforms. In former cases of great public agita tions, it has often happened that the leaders had previously been unknown men, and that they were open to the sugges tion of making the topic of their platform eloquence a lever of their ambition. Such charges cannot be applied to the hon. • members of the House of Commons who addressed the audi- - ence from the stage of Drury-lane Theatre last evening. Mr. Layard is a man whose fame is already universal. Elected to the House of Commons mainly on account of that reputation, his co-operation has already been courted by successive Go vernments. If his ardour in the cause of reforni has some. times led him into errors, that is a fate which he shares with some of the most distinguished and influential statesmen of the day. He has already shown a disposition to guard against a repetition of th e m i s t a k es i n t o which he had been led ' by a natural indignation at systematic misgovernment; and a strong reaction of public feeling in his favour has been the consequence of the aUempts recently made in the House of Commons to browbeat him and put him down. It will be seen that in the course of his speech lad evening he gracefully alluded to the parliamentary scenes in which he has latterly been a chief actor ; and that; while he renews his protestation that he is determined to persevere with the great question which he has taken in hand, he has endeavoured to set him self right with public opinion, on the only point where his enemies had any advantage. Mr. Lindsay's speech will amply repay a most careful peru sal. The honourable gentleman speaks with a thorough prac tical knowledge of his subject. There aro few men in England -certainly not one in the House of Commons—more capable of exposing the incredible apathy and wilful misconduct of the officials of the Government in the departments whereon the success of the war so mainly depends. The incidents brought forward by Me. Lindsay will be found stated at length in the report of the proceedings of the meeting. They are all supported by documentary evidence, and they all bear directly on the painful position in which this country has so recently found itself placed. Surely, charges such as those preferred by the honourable member—complaints not vague, but , specific, and sustained by demonstrable proofs—call for an equally specific reply on the part of the Government. It is very convenient, no doubt, to the delinquent heads of departments to be able to hide their cul pable and noxious neglect under•the blaze or our recent suc cesses in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff, but the public ewe it to the memory of those brave men who were- so crificed last winter not thus to "let bygone be bygones." They are bound to institute -a searching inquiry into the past, in order that a repetition of those evils may be guarded against is Inture and it is here that'the evidence and the advocacy of gentlemen like• Mr. Lindsay bccome of so much vale_ Mr. Tite appeared before the meeting as the representative of the first great triumph of Administrative Reform. It was certainly one of the most remarkable events of the kind on record, that a gentleman of no strheing political antecedents, and who was personally unknown to the electors, should have succeeded in carrying wi h him the sympathies of a constitu ency so numerous, so intelligent, and so favoured in the talents of past representatives, as that of the city of Bath. Mr. Tits would be the last to assume, or to permit it to be assumed that any personal merit of hie own could possibly hare led to such a result. He rightly regards it as a conse quence of the overpowering importance and influence of tl:o cause with which his name has been associated. In Mr. Ot way the as.sociat',on hal a valuable ally. The honourable niernl - er has taken under his care one particular branch of the • public service in which " Administrative Reform "is more especially required. T o hi s P ar li amen t ar y laurels he is ea'- dently destined to add the more exciting and grateful te - :- umphs o 7 the platform. Upon the whole, this meeting Wi_llform an appropriate pro loeue to the discussion appointed for to-morrow evening. Mr. Layeed pled gcs hi mse lf tobring f orwar d the subject; nor wii he sTirink from the very strong terms in which he had prev.- ons'y couched his resolution. The amendment of Sir Bulwcr Lytton is now before the public. Mr. Layard proposes to call on the house to rc7olve :—" That this house riews with deep and increasing corccrn the state of the nation, and is of opinion that the manner in which merit and citicieucy have been cact . iii,;ed, in public appointments, to party and family influence, and to a blind adherence to routine, has given rise to grea::, misfot:ures; and threatens to bring discredit upon Majesty's the national character, and to involve the country in grave disasters." The Tory chief V. not go the length of this re trospective condemnation, but proposes to substitute for Mr.. simplify and. facilitate Layard's proposal a resolution to the eact—" That this 1 1 s a i s e s7 and, Bibnly instituting judici ous recommends to the earliest attention of her Ministers the necessity of a careful revision of our various secure eser vicescountrye energyal'e o t°h : e s ct t ial e a st ne s ssat o ac f bt m iloisn e h r m l o t f , eal r ) . ti i bi w lwi E c d i l b° as by removing obstructions to its fair prOmotion and legitimate rewards, to s t e , e i vices of the State the largest proportion of telligence for which the people of a d n i d st i i n n - - guished." 13:tween thcs2: two the ITOUS:::. of C011111,,!;tS NNi7l have to de- They this ver will nrol:i.b!y do so v.lth. the aid o f th e li g ht by y h,port:lut meeting of the Adtainistra- , V , r%.i of IT plavea on Mon in r of the Lord Mayor Pput SEuAsToror.f—A French iu , t. from bef , :re Sebas some soldier. , who were ro n,le wh:eb they had bc.m attack i their la3rei to t•di - e nivantar4fe of ground. One of them in hroi.e a small g'a , s tube. He looked at it inakb. a E.joo to Lis corporal ; they searched far 'her, found a .serie3 of these tubas, filled with RCIII3 substance of a very pale yellow colou r . The 9-pecimens were ca,rr:el to the camp, when our engineer.; examininz them foundthat the substance was a ni:x tore of fulminating powder, pho.whorcus, and saltp e t re Other soldiers were n est sent, and th ey following the course of the t a hes, found that they lel to wool en b oxes hurled about six inchel in the grou n d, ae of thrce boxes was r emcved.and foutA to contain flasks of (xpio. R i V e materials. In all forty-four of Ilse' , e boxes wcre found, and connect,. d by means of tubs." 1C 8 (n ,iit to l li 0 3f*'