The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

• TeIEITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. 4 tinder the management of Mr. Buckstone. ON EASTER MONDAY WM be presentel THE SECRET AGENr. Principal characters by' "Mr. Bnekstone and Miss E. Chaplin. - To be followed by a naw Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers aril appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganzl. called THE NEW HAy- MAttliEr SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with THE GALICIIN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Ghana lizAw. ON EASTER MONDAY • Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principa character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (first time) a Romance, Queen, a nd Knave. a i n two acts , ent itled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or , King. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrem Madame Celeste. ON EASTER MONDAY Wilt he performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE. with name ous highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIe THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. ON EASTER MONDAY Wm b e performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L DIE. ch arac t e rs by Magna. A. Wigan, G. Yining, H. Cooper, Danvers, and Miss Cast'eton. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW Dpr A,D THE KING OF IHE GOLD MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Mr. William Cooke begs to acknowledge one of the most successful seasons of the Royal Amphithsatre, and announces that on EASTER MONDAY there will be produced an original Equidrama, to be called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE; developing events of peculiar character and general interest ! Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of amusements, will end their aid to the evening's entertainment. Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, IN r. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs- TO-MORROW EVENING, his Magic Saloon, The WIZARD of the WORLD will appear in 'with a variety of amusements. To be foCowed by THE BARBER OF CADIZ, introducing the Drury-lane Ballet Com;any. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tius DAT —Morninl 6 rni.n.after 4 I Evening 23 min.sft. 4 To. fowl, w -Mornlng39 min.after 4 Evening 56 min.sit. 4 WEATHER.—SuN Own, April. 6. Tazumominß, IN TER SHADE. 56 —highest since noon yesterday. 46 —lowest this morning and during the night. 60—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 21. WIND, W. S.P.—Light breeze, with fine, warm weather, c cufl Tbt LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1855. " Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. DROLTYN DE L'FIUYS decline the Kiug of Prussia's invitation to Be/lin." So it is announced by the telegraph, and we can easily credit the intelligence. It would, indeed, have been strange had it been otherwise, had the representatives of France and England abandoned their important duties at Vienna to dance attendance on the King whose duplicity or vacillation has occasioned so many grave complications, and led to the exclusion of the Prussian Plenipotentiary from the pending conferences. For what purpose could their pre- Bence now be required at Charlottenburg ; and what serious apprehensions would it not necessarily excite amongst all desirous of obtaining a speedy and honourable solution of the existing diffi culties 8 Austria might then, indeed, complain, she might well suspect that there was some under hand proceedings on the Lapis. The mischief arising from the ostentatious pro menade of Lord Jouiv. RUSSELL with Prince GORTSCHAKOFF would be far exceeded by the friendly visit of the French and English diplo matists to the capital of FREDERICK WILLIAM—a visit which could only be regarded as a complete turning of the tables on Austria, the holding of a new Congress, from which her representative would be excluded. No further time need now be wasted in the exchange of useless courtesies. The season for action has arrived. France requires an immediate and decided answer to her reasonable demands. There can be no more equivocation—no evading the plain alternative. The principle that "those who are not for us are against us " must at once be enunciated, and the German Potentates must choose the side on which to array themselves. The circumstances of the case prohibit neutrality. The Western Powers can guard against open enmity ; but pretended friendship, while render ing covert assistance to the enemy, is far more formidable. We cannot permit parties to remain with their forces Cu a war footing, ready to step in, and turn the scale of victory at the moment when the belligerents, exhausted by their previous exertions, are placed at the mercy of the by standers. Austria has already entered into solemn en gagements with the Western Powers, has made plausible promises, which she should at once be required to redeem. By the Treaty of the 2d December she enga ge d to support the Alli es , unless a settlement was effected with Russia on the basis of the Fou r P o i n t s. Russia accepted the conditions as explained by the subsequent Article of the 28th December, and if she now en deavours to wriggle out of the responsibility, if she shows that she was merely striving to gain time, and had no bona fide intention of making the necessary concession, then it is incumbent on Austria to show that she has some respect for her plighted faith, and that, like Carthage of old, she shall not become a byeword and a reproach among nations. From the beginning it was obvious that there was but one way in which the Third Point could be carried out, so as to afford security and. restore confidence to the nations in the vicinity of the ` ll 'lle. Sebastopol was "a standing menace" 11°t ' 1 ' 1 3' to Turkey, but to Euro p e. As we have already mated, it threatened the Danube as well as the 1158 Pluirus. Bitter experience has proved, beyond the be,.;l, ' --"ility of doubt, that no reliance eau be placed on th that any power vfla* 6 professions of moderation ; ich Russia possessed would be unscrupulously used Wh of enever suitable opportu nity occurred. The ret ention the Crimea by Russia might be regarded extra o rdinary act of generosity, that could scarcely au But with Sebastopol still fo:tified,itbecoujuldstiofineld; be looked on as evidenc a of insanity, similar to allowing a madman to keep possession of a d ea dl y keepers weapon, to be turned against hi s first paroxysm of rage. on the If Russia means fairly, why should she desire to retain the power of acting l unfa . lr y 7 The fortifications of Sebastopol cannot be required for the protection of her own territories. it is only as the means of aggression that it can be useful. It is ridiculous then to speak of the honour or dignity of the CZAR being opposed to the demo lition of its forts. As well might the burglar speak of his "dignity " being involved in the surrender of his " jemmy " and his " centre-bit." Besides, Russia has already waived other matters, respecting which but last year she spoke in an equally decided manner. She has since that time materially abated her pretensions, and there is r o more reason to suppose that, if the Western Powers are now firm and decided in their de mands, she will not make the additional conces sions required. She will make every effort to avoid the unpalatable alternative ; but, when no other course is a vailable, she will swallow her leek, albeit with many wry faces and impotent threats that she will " most horribly avenge " the insult. There is nothing, then, for the Western Powers but the ultimatum—that the forts of Sebastopol be forthwith demolished, and the Russian fleet destroyed or withdrawn from the Black Sea. No confidence could be placed in the promise of limit ing the naval power of Russia so long as the impregnable fortifications and well-stored arsenal remained. Vessels of war would speedily fill the convenient port, vessels which would not be heard of until they sailed forth bristling with arms, and manned with disciplined seamen, trained in the Baltic, and transferred to the Euxine, ready to inflict an irreparable blow when least expected. After what has occurred it would be a childish credulity which would rest contented with any promise of Russia which it might at any future period be her interest to violate. It would be an equally solemn mockery to speak of the construction of naval stations at Sinope or Varna, or both. What would our eco nomists say when, after peace had nominally been restored, and our over-burdened taxpayers were demanding relief from the war imposts, when the Income Tax was again reduced, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward an estimate for some twenty or thirty millions of pounds ster ling for the construction of the intended for tifications at Sinope ? How would the main tenance of an adequate fleet in the Euxine be provided for ? and what would be the natural feelings if the destruction of the incipient fortress and the sacrifice of our fellow-subjects should stamp the blood-stained bay with a notoriety more infamous, a massacre more sanguinary, than that by which it has already been disgraced ? the victims being Englishmen, not Turks ! How would the blind credulity that rendered such a thing possible be execrated, and what indelible shame would rest through all future ages on the names of those responsible for the calamity ! Even if the Western Powers were contented to incur the enormous pecuniary outlay, and the perpetual expenses rendered necessary from the too sensi tive regard for the AUTOCRAT'S dignity, the arrangement would be impracticable, inasmuch as there could be no security during the protracted interval between the commencement and comple tion of the forts at Sinope and Varna. Once more, then, we repeat the watchword, that should be stereotyped in every British journal—that will find an echo in every French and English heart until the important problem is solved, " DELENDA I EST SEVASTOPOL !" The sword so reluctantly drawn cannot be restored to its scabbard until the indispensable sacrifice is accomplished, and security for a permanent peace duly perfected. Already we have reminded those pre-occupied by the warlike incidents transpiring in the Crimea that occurrences of considerable public import have been simultaneously taking place elsewhere than before the batteries and earthworks of Sebas topol. Besides Sebastopol, as we recently re marked, other cities have been beleaguered. Besides the Crimea, other foreign States have been invaded. There have been other, if lesser, contests than the one waged by the Allies against Russia. There have been other would-be spolia tors no less flagitious, and we rejoice to add no less unsuccessful, than the AUTOCRAT. A few sentences may not be amiss in the way of cursory elucidation. It will, thereupon, be perceptible at a glance how little in all this we have spoken at random, and how very far our words have been from those of merely empty antithesis or flippant exagge ration. A retrospective survey of the principal events of any significance which have been recorded, during 1854-5, in our own columns and in those of our contemporaries—indicates rather glaringly, among other facts, the somewhat curious one that a, great Democracy has striven to emulate a great Despotism by its lawless attempts at territorial aggrandisement. If the Russian Autocracy has endeavoured, per fas aut nefas, to absorb among its other possessions the whole of the long-coveted Danubian Principalities—the American Republic has hungered and thirsted after Cuba, after the Sandwich Islands, after " this, that, and the other," among the insular tidbits, whether a Cuba or a Sandwich, both in the Southern and in the West Indian Archipelago. Scarcely had the Japanese been brought to their senses by the formidable maritime expedition sent against them by the Government at Washington, when another expedition of a different character, a genuine filli bustering expedition was " on the cards" for the seizure of the brightest jewel in the Crown of Spain—in the event, that is, of the Cabinet of Madrid showing itself inconveniently disinclined to sell the gem in a villanously huckstering fashion for certain millions of dollars—for a dou ceur of so many hundreds of thousands of " thanks"—for a—consideration The nefarious design was only the other day inopportunely blurted out, in the hearing of whoever listed, by the little Congress of Plenipotentiaries ga thered together on the margin of Europe in the persons of the United States' Representatives at the Courts of St. James's, the Escurial, and the Tuileries. So inopportunely did these wiseacre Ambassadors let the cat out of the bag in this particular instance, that we may presume the pro jected capture of Cuba by Congress is to be shelved at least for a while, if it has not thereby in con sequence been permanently abandoned. For the res tof by world,eathreseef that e besidesat astonishing Sp bti Spain and America,eseonthe part are now, part of the Envoys of Yankeedoodledum, awake to the whole value and bearing, of the enterprise. Beyond which it is uncertain as yet how far any I such design would be countenanced by the newly elected Congress, agitated as it is in its earlier sit tings by its redoubtable muster of raw Know-No things and ripe Locofocos, muchlesshow any scheme so disgraceful as the bartering of Cuba for gold could be encouraged by the still immature Cortes, guided in its constitutional labours by the pa triotic influence of ESPARTERO. Moreover, in addition to the baulked scheme for the seizure of Cuba, there have been divers others of a scarcely kind cherished in the core of the bosom,lessgrasping inthe heart of hearts of the great United States Democracy. The American Republic, as herein before mentioned, has for a considerable time past looked askance upon, the yearned-for group of the Sandwich Islands, with an eye to their wholesale acquisition. It appears, however, b y recent Ladvice s f rom the ether side of the At aratthhenegotiations rathe r annoying hitch has suddenly taken place in annexa tion. Meanwhile, diplomatic intrigues of this particular, and not b y any means morally pre possessing character, h ave • lilthose uarters of the world been accomp an i ed ratherements of a very diff eren t popular and political movements plentifull yby kind--by uproarious disturbances an d sangu i nary revolutions. Lynch-law has flourished more ter ribly than ever throughout California. Insur rection has devastated Peru—Chili being more or less agitated up to the present moment by the still unsettled question as to the presidency. The internecine war which has, dur ing many months past, raged uninterruptedly over Mexico—good and evil fortune fluctuating capri ciously between the rebel troops and the forces of the Republican Government—appears at length to be happily approaching the period of its ter mination—if we may at least be permitted so to conjecture from the recent return of SANTA ANNA to the capital, after the gallant old veteran had effectually routed the insurgents near Marenes and driven ALVAREZ to the necessity of a precipitate retreat, crippled by a desperate conflict, and dis pirited by an overwhelming sense of the fullness of his discomfiture. Possibly, by the way, the interruption to which we have already referred as having closed for a the negotiations set on foot by the Government at Washington for the annexation of the Sandwich Islands to the territories already comprised with in the limits of the UnitedStates' dominion, may be attributable, in some measure, to the inluence of a new, and yet more remarkable, political intrigue, which seems to have suddenly sprung into exist ence in California, the promoters of the said in trigue being numbered among the more daring and lawless of the free and easy citizens of San Francisco. The enterprise alluded to being nothing less in short than the organisation of another United States, having its shores washed not chiefly by the waters of the Atlantic, but principally by those of the Pacific. The formation, in other words, of a Great Western Republic, including among its various States, besides the otherwise coveted group of Sandwich Islands, the fair and fertile fields of Senora, together with these a slice or two carved by the dagger of intrigue or by the sword of conquest, from the already hacked, and hewed, and partially dismembered regions of Mexico, and, as the heart and centre of the whole motley confederacy, the as-yet-separate but soon to-be-united states of Oregon and California. An agreeable prospect for all the contiguous territories of the North American Continent ! A picture almost as alluring nowadays to the less civilised among the gold-seeking Citizens of the World as that which very lately flashed and faded with the blended brilliancy kid evanescence of a dissolving view before the dazzled and bewildered senses of the ..diggers of Ballarat ! So that day-dreams of new-born and robust democracies have re cently, in effect, been indulged in by some simultaneously in the gold fields of Califor nia and the auriferous wilds of Australasia. A cursory glance at what has been here briefly but suggestively enumerated will be sufficient, we conceive, to show that Westwards and South wards there have been, and still are visible con temporaneously with the War in the Crimea, any thing rather than indications in States of internal quietude or of international tranquillity. The bombardment of Greytown constitutes by no means the only transatlantic companion picture to that of Bomarsund, or that of Odessa, or that of Sebastopol. California, Mexico, Chili, Victoria, and Yankeeland, have each contributed their quota to the uproar, and bloodshed—the " bub ble, bubble, toil and trouble" making up the hell broth of war concocted during 1854-5 by the De mon of Discord, designated by Lord BYRON, pic turesquely enough, as "Red Battle," but known more correctly nowadays as Red-Tape Diplo macy. Additional glances elsewhere than in the direction of America, will demonstrate no less distinctly and disastrously that that Gob lin of Mischief has been busy in yet more remote and scattered possessions—in the African and Asiatic Continents, no less than in the European, the American, and the Australian. If the public were not thoroughly persuaded that Lord LucAN is a highly meritorious but much injured officer, a perusal of the pamphlet just issued, containing a report of his Lordship's speech in the House of Lords in extenso, a plan of the locality in which the fatal Light Cavalry charge at Balaklava wasmade, and an Appendix, in which the arguments of those who defended hisLordstiip's recall are met, must go far to insure that result. Ample grounds, we are of opinion, will be found in the pamphlet for the belief that, after having proved himself a skilful and gallant general— after having routed 3,500 of the enemy with a force of 700 men, his Lordship was compelled, through misconception and blunders on the part of others higher in command, to order a charge of• which he did not approve, and which was followed by the most deplorable results, and that when an attempt was afterwards but too successfully made to fix the odium of the charge upon him, he was deprived of the opportunity of vindicating himself by a technical objection at once untenable and absurd ; and to this conviction, we are persuaded, will be added a feeling of pleasure at the energy and perseverancedisWayed by his Lordship in his defence against apparently overwhelming odds. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, 6 1855, MAP OF TBE CRIMEA. Messrs. Malby and Sons, lithographers, Holborn have issued a new map, 21 feet by 4, of the seat of war in the Crimea, compiled and drawn by W. Lawrie. The camps and works of the respective nations, the railway, and the principal roads, have each their distinc tive colour, so that they may be recognised at a glance. A view of Sebastopol, and another of Balaklava from the sea, are given, together with two sketches, one of the Black Sea and the countries adjacent, and the other of Eupatoria, with a view of that town from the inner anchorage. The map, which is brought out at a low price, is quite apropos at the present time, and will doubtless command an extensive sale. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 5. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Allred, and the Prince of Leiningen, walked in the Home-park this morning. the Princess Royal and Princess Alice rode in the Riling-house. The Princess Helena and Louisa and Princa Arthur took a carriage drive, The customary Royal Minor Bounties and Gate Alms were issued on Monday and Tuesday to the aged and meritorious poor in the various parishes and districts in and round London, at the Almonry, in Whitehall, under the direction of the Lord High Almoner and Sub- Almoner. The recipients included numerous cases of blindness, and other infirmities. The Ancient and R. , yal Charities of Maunday Thurs• day were distributed yesterday to 36 aged men and 36 aged women, with the usual formalities, in Whitehall Chapel. The number of each sex corresponds with the age of her Majesty. The Right Hon. Edward Iforsman has left town for Ashby St. Leger, for the holidays. Despatches were received at the Colonial•ofce yester day from the Governors of the. West India Islands. Despatches were sent to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and the Governor of Gibraltar. THE FAMILY CABINET. Premier, Viscount Palmerston.---Related to the Un der Secretary of the Home Department. President of the Council, Earl Granville.—Related to the Privy Seal, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Privy Seal, Duke of Argyll.—Related to the Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland, the Lord President, and the Chancellor of the Duchy. Horne Secretary, Sir George Gray.—Related to the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Chancellor of the Duchy. Foreign Secretary, Earl of Clarendon.—Related to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Colonial Secretary, Lord J. Russell. _-Related to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir C. Wood.—Related to the Home Secretary. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir G. C. Lewis.—Re lated to the Foreign Secretary and the Colonial Secre tary. Chancellor of the Duchy, Earl of Flarrowby.—Re hated to the Lord President, Lord Privy Seal, and the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl of Carlisle.—Re lated to the President of the Council, Privy Seal, and the Chancellor of the Duchy.—Morning Herald. DEPARTURE OF DR. KENT GRAND MASONIC DEMONSTRATION. The subject of the folowing memoir is the son of Mr. Kent, of Ridley-hall, near this city, and brother in-law of Dr. Emerton, of Hanwell College Middlesex. (Front the Adelaide Obserrer, Dec. 20.) "And you, farewell, whose merits claim Justly that highest badge to wear."—BunNs. Saturday having been fixed on for Dr. Kent to go on board the Antelope steamer, an invitation appeared in the papers, addressed to all Free and Accepted Masons, to join in a farewell demonstration to their provincial Grand Master on the occasion of his departure for the mother country. Shortly after 2 o'clock a considerable number of the officers and brothers of the various lodges assembled at the Masonic-hall, North -terrace. When the room was nearly full, a deputation proceeded for Dr. Kent in a chariot drawn by eight horses, all iron greys, most spirited animals, and beautifully matched. This imposing turn-out, with its postilions in scarlet and gold, and other brilliant appointments, attracted gene ral notice. On the arrival of Dr. Kent at the Masonic Hall, the Grand Lodge was opened in due form by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Brother Lazar, and the dispensation appointing him to act during the ab sence of the P. G. M. was read by the Prov. Grand Sec., Brother Dr. Moore. The Pros, Grand Master, Dr. Kent, then presented the patent of authority (granted to him by the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of Eng land) to Brother Lazar, who in a short but appropriate address acknowledged the honour that had been con ferred upon him. The Prov, Grand Master then took leave of the Grand Lodge in an affecting speech, and the Lodge was closed according to ancient usage. While those proceedings engaged attention within the lodge, numerous vehicles arrived with brothers anxious to join the procession. Teis concourse, together with the strains of a brass band, attracted a considerable crowd outside of the Masonic Hall, and several ladies secured seats under the ornate verandah which shades the front of the building. When the door of the lodge-room was thrown open and Dr. Kent appeared, escorted by the principal officers in the regalia, several persons pressed forward, anxious to grasp the hand, to breathe a parting word, or catch a nod of recognition from one who seemed to have enjoyed the rare good fortune of living many years among them with universal respect, and whose de parture was looked upon by all with regret. As the worthy P. G. Master proceeded to his seat in the chariot, he was saluted with masonic honours by the Craft. When they subsided he arose, and taking off his hat, he bade farewell to all his friends present who were not Freemasons. This courteous act elicited a round of cheers in reply. The procession started along North-ter race in an easterly direction until it reached King Wil liam street, when it turned into Hindley-street. At the top of Hindley-street the cavalcade paused for a few moments, where the ;ast, arrangement of the precession was effected, and it proceeded rapidly to the Port, being loudly cheered at various points throughout the journey. When the cortege arrived at the Port, the harbour pre sented a most animated appearance. Nearly all the ves sels were decorated with flags, and several displayed the " hieroglyphics bright," which none but craftsmen understand, and as the leading carriages of the proces sion drew up in front of the Britannia hotel, some of the ships fired a salute. A. double line was formed by brothers from the carriages to the entrance of the hotel, and the Prov. Grand Master Kent was met on alight ing by Brother Leon, the W.M. of the Lodge of Unity, with several of his officers, who escorted him to the lodge-room, where the ceremony of leave-taking was the most impressive. The procession again formed and pro ceeded to the steam-tug, which was boarded by all the Brethren, who seemed determined not to part from their respected President until the last moment. On the sig , nal to start being given, the air was rent with cheerings from the shore, and the deep booming of guns from the saluting battery below _the Company's Bridge. On hoarding the Antelope, the party proceeded to the sa loon, which presented a most imposing appearance, as nearly two hundred Masons, in their rich regalia occu • pied it. D.P.G. _IL Lazar proposed the farewell toast in a brief but impressive speech; it was received with an unmistakeable manifestation of sincerity, and was re _ sponded to by P.G.M. Kent, who was deeply affected, in an eloquent reply. He acknowledged for himself and his family the great honour conferred upon him by the craft in that public demonstration ; he referred regretfully to the suspension of the intercourse that had evoked such kindly feelings, and declared that " Strong memory on his heart shall write Those happy scenes when far awa'." fie then bade " a heart•warm fond adieu" to every brother present, and they, wishing him all prosperity, took their leave. On their landing, the cavalcade re formed and returned to town, where it arrived safely about ten o'clock. THE EARL OF ANTRIIL—We are glad to learn that the Earl of Antrim, who lately sustained a severe acci• dent, is progressing rapidly and favourably to con• valescence. A. meeting of the shareholders of the Demerara Rail way will be held on the 20th. The half-yearly dividend on the shares of the Bank of Australasia, together with a bonus of 565. per share, will be paid 'en and after the 17th inst. The specie brought yesterday by the West India , teamer amounted to the unprecedented total of 560,000/., chiefly in silver. A considerable portion of this arrival NM most probably be sent to HamburH and Amsterdam, where it will tend to maintain the satisfactory state of the exchanges. HOLIDAYS AT THE LAW AND EQUITY OFFlCES.—Yes terday tie several offices of the Common Law Courts were otos( d until Wednesday for the Easter recess. The offices of the Equity Courts will not re-open befure Thursday. THE WEST INDIA MAIL—THE TAY.—This vessel left Southampton yesterday afternoon at one o'clock with the West India mail, her machinery having been put in order. THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA MAlL.—Southampton, Thursday.—The steam-ship Euxine, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, Captain John Weeks, arrived with the heavy portion of the above mail this day at two o'clock p.m. Her dates of sailing were :—Alexandria, March 23 ; Malta, 27 ; Gibraltar, 31. The passengers by the Euxine numbered 128 ; and on freight, 29 boxes of gold dust, the value of which was not stated in the ship's manifest ; 6 cases of opium, 120 bales of silk, 130 cases of shawls, 18 cases of gum, 10 cases of silk, 31 cases of dates, several cases of Malta stone-work, 179 general merch an di se , an d 36 pac k ages o f THE OUTWARD MAILS.— G`ERALTAR, March 27. Yesterday the weather still continued very tempestuous, packagesbaggage . ° f the wind blowing stron;, with a heavy swell on the sea. The commander of the Indus, steam packet, which ar rived about ten o'clock, with the mails from Southamp ton, not deeming her anchorage in the bay to be safe, crossed over to Algeciras roadstead shortly after land ing the mails destined for this place, and there rode out the storm in perfect safety. The weather having mode rated during the night, the Indus came over shortly after six o clock this morning, and began to coal, preparatory to proceeding on her voyage to Malta and Alexandria. She left at one p.m. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gen tlemen having undergone the necessary examinations fur the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 4th inst.: —Messrs. William Greavee Johnson, Clapham ; Charles James Devonshire, Hampton Court ; Freeman James Eaton, Army ; James Fawcus, North Shields ; William Henry Salter, West Bromwich, near Birmingham ; W. H. Cook, Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Worcestershire ; Charles Browne, North-terrace, Camberwell ; Andrew [C. Rickards, Army ; James Walter Cavanagh, Army ; Robert Henry Sawyer, Guildford-street, Russell-square; William Pylle Hug,oe, Truro, Cornwall ; John Storey, North Shields ; Charles Rice Williams, Birmingham ; Joseph Evans Smith, Kensington ; Neil B. Baillie, Montague-plac 3, Poplar. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON.—The cot.ncl, at their session on Saturday last, appointed to the Pro fessorship of Arabic in the college, Dr. William Wright, of Edinburgh, editor of the "Travels of Ibn-Jubair," in Arabic. Applications for the Profes orship of Hindos tani were reserved f)r further consideration. Leave of absence for a year was granted to Professor Parkes, e anwp•ovi.kernaout or wivit hoo r awl alTut" n° tOb n e a.jl ted established l near Constantinople by the Go. vernment. Offers were received from the Baron de Goldsmi of prizes of 251. for the session of 1853 for -ach of the four following s 'es—Geology, Hebrew, Civil Engineering, and Analytical Chemistry ; and of the sum of 3001. for the hospital, conditional on the dinner collection, then amounting to 1,4001., being raised to 1,7001. by other contributions. CREMORNE.—These gardens will be opened to the public this day (Good Friday) for promenade, and on Monday for amusements. Although the severe winter has made sad havoc among the shrubs and ornamental trees, with which these grounds abound, we understand that increased en-rgy and strength will have repair, d the injury done, and that in natural and artistic beauties this popular resort will put forward increased claims to public patronage. In the hotel department many im provements have been made, and the coffee, dining, and refreshment rooms have been completely redecorated. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the monthly general meeting, held yesterday at the Society's House in Hanover-square, Robert Hudson, E-q., F.R.S., in the chair, Lord Saltoun, Sir Richard Sutton, Bart., Hon. Frederick Byron, and Messrs. J. G. Cole and E. Browne, were elected Fellows of the Sockey; and. the Hon. E. S. Russell, Mrs. Baker, Miss Fearn, and Messrs. C. Beevor, E. A. Darwin, and C. Sullivan were proposed as candidates for the fellowship. The report of the council announced several births in the menagerie, including another eland (boselaphus areas)! This is the sixth fawn which has been produced since the herd bequeathed by the late Earl of Derby arrived in the gardens at the end of 1851. The rapidity with which these noble antelopes increase, their capability of enduring the Riglide climate, and . the large size which they will attain in this country are now sufficiently proved, and the only conditions required for their com plete acclimatisation in Europe are time and suitable DISASMOITSACCIDENT—DUBLIN, Thursday Evening.— Accounts have reached Dublin of a melancholy acci dent, resulting in the loss of four lives, which occurred yesterday morning on Lough Gonna, between the coun ties of Cavan and Longford. A boat, in which was a party of eight gentlemen, was by some mismanagement upset, and four of their number drowned. Their names are—M r. John Dopping, stipendiary magistrate for the county of Cavan ; Lieut. Levin, of the revenue police ; and Messrs. Fox and White, both in the Longford Militia ; the former is the son of the county member, the latter"the son of Colonel White, Lieutenant of the county of Longford. The remainder of the party were with some difficulty rescued from the fate of their com panions. LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 26. Ali Pasha leaves on the 29th, , via Trieste. He will be at Vienna on the 6th or 7th of April. For the last few days we have had very fine weather. The wind is still in the south. Our men-of-war and transports coming from the Medi terranean arrive rapidly, and continue their jour- ney to the Crimea. The French having agreed with the Ottoman Government to construct in two years a barrack capable of receiving 20,000 men, have had a building belonging to the University ceded to them for seven years. The health of the troops in Anatolia has im proved since a favourable change has taken place n the weather. Letters from Athens of the 30th ult. state that a band of brigands had attacked a convoy carry ing money belonging to the State, and took pm:- session of the treasure. Two vessels, with some allied troops on board, have been despatched in order to repress these outrages. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23. The enemy have either become desperate or have been inspirited and encouraged by their re cent encounters with the French on our right. Their guns are nearly silent day and night, but they have not been retired. Every embrasure is armed ; the muzzle of the gun is visible under the screen of cloth which is hung across from gabion to gabion. Their sorties are made night after night, in greater force and with more confidence on each occasion. Last night, indeed, they received a se vere check, but it was not until they had got up to our second parallel on the left, or Green-hill at/ tack, had got into our mortar battery on the right attack, and had inflicted a severe loss on our allies on the right towards Inkerman. Iu the affair of last night, the particulars of which will be found below, we had seven officers killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, and about 100 men put hors de combat or carried into Sebastopol. The French, it is believed, lost between 300 and 400 men and 15 officers killed, wounded, and missing. On the other hand, the enemy mutt have suffered a loss of 600 or 700 men, although they succeeded in con cealing the severity of their loss by carrying off their dead and wounded as usual. Still, the num ber'of dead bodies lying along the front of our trenches proves that they received a heavy loss. The bodies of 12 men and of one officer remain in the trenches of our left attack. The bill sides below the Round Tower and the Mamelon are covered with their dead, mingled with the bodies of the French. The corpse of a Zluave officer is distinguishable on the slope, close up to the abattis of the Round Tower, where the gallant soldier fell as he led on his men in pursuit of the Russins. No flag of truce has been sent in from either side to demand permission to bury the dead. They are lying about among the gabions which have been knocked down in front of the French sap towards the rifle pits in great numbers. Looking at any of the in accurate maps which have been published of the position, there will still be, nevertheless, two mounds indicated to the east of the Round Tower. The first of these is " The Mamelon." On the second the Russians have erected a work on the spot from which the French were repulsed in their attempt to dislodge the enemy. The rifle pits which have been so hardly contested are in front of the Mamelon. Three of them are still occupied by the Russians, and three of them now belong to the French ; but the latter were obliged to aban don them for a time last night during the first rush of the enemy. The enemy have already opened guns from the Mamelon, which they direct against the French approaches towards the pits, and we may expect that the work east of it will soon be armed also. Its fire will enfilade a portion of our lines, and the Mamelon will be able to direct from one flank an awkward fire on the flank of our right attack. The Russian engineers have displayed con summate ability in their works, and it is well for us their artillerymen are not as expert as those who place them in the batteries. Conscious of the strength they have gained by the possession of those positions, and of the advantages they have secured in defending the town, the Rus sians appear determined to make the most of their new attack. The Mamelon is exposed to the fire of the guns in the right of our right at tack and to the fire of the second French redoubt over Inkerman, and every two or three minutes a shot or shell is thrown into the work, but the enemy maintain their ground, though the desert ers inform ye that they lose 100 men every 24 hours within the parapets of Mamelon. The prac tice of our artillerymen is splendid. Scarcely a shot fails in striking the top of the parapet just at the right place, and a black pillar of loose earth shoots up into the air from the work after every discharge from our guns ; but the Russians hold it still, and they are determined to keep their hold as long as they can. The defence of the place is conducted on a now principle, and we shall be se verely tried, with our present numbers, in doing the work cut out for us. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 (after post-day). Sir John Burgoyne left the camp to-day and pro ceeded to Kamiesh, where he took a passage by the mail steamer, on his way to England. The following tribute to Sir John Burgoyne from the Commander-in-Chief appears in orders to night : " GENERAL AFTER ORDER. "Head-Quarters before Sebastopol, March 21. " Lieutenant-General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., having been recalled to En:land for the purpose of re suming the duties of the important situation of Inspector- General of the Fortifications, the Commander of the Forcis cannot allow him to leave this army without bearing tes timony to the eminent services be has rendered, Lord Raglan begs the Lieutenant-General to accept his warmest acknowledgments, and takes this opportunity of assuring him that his exertions are universally appreciated, and that he is received by all with the highest respect and regard. "By order. "J. SIMPSON, Chief of the Staff,." It will be observed that the orders are now signed by General Simpson, and that the name of the Adjutant-General, Estcourt, is no longer ap pended to them. It is the Chief of the Staff who waits on Lord Raglan each day to ascertain his wishes and to receive orders, and he communicates those orders to the Quartermaster and Adjutant- General, and sees that they are duly executed. General Simpson is very active for his years, and walks as well as most well, lie has been on toot in a!1 directions about the camp. Major-General Jones possesses activity and energy, and it is trusted that these two appointments will contribute to the improvement of the social and internal economy of the army, and to the accomplishment of the objects of this expedition. As yet the lines of our batteries remain very nearly identical with those from which we openel fire on the 17th of October. For the last half hour—it is now 10.45 p.m.—a I furious fight has been raging all along our front. To a person standing on Cathcart's-hill in front of the 4th Division the whole of the Russian line; are revealed in successive glimpses by bursts of red flame, and the bright star-like flashes of mus ketry, twinkling all over the black expanse be tween us and the town for three or four miles in length, show that a fierce contest is going on before the trenches of the Allies. Shells, each marked by a distinctive point of fire where the fuse is burning, describe their terrible curves in the air and seem to mingle with the stars, and fiery rockets with long trails of dropping sparks rush like comets through the air. Above all the pale crescent moon is shining from a deep blue sky, covered with the constellations of heaven. The roar of the cannon, the hissing of the shells, the intermittent growl of the musketry, the wild scream of the rockets, and the whizzing of the round shot form a horrid conaert. It is curious to note the eagerness of the men on such occasions ; they swarm out of their tents to tliie lines in front, and watch the progress of the fight as far they can make it out with the deepest interest, and their whispered comments are most amusing— " That's a lively shell from the French." " Mosso° is getting his bellyful." " I wish they'd let us go at that, and we'd not waste so much powder," &c. The flashes of the cannon mark pretty distinctly the flowings and ebbings of the tide of war. If the Russian guns are thundering away we may be sure their men are falling back. If our guns are more briskly served than usual, we are either covering an attack in the pits or are protecting the withdrawal of the allies. Most of the generals on nights like these come out to the front and watch the fight, and the officers form in little groups on all the elevated knolls before the camps. It is now 11.15 p.m., but the conflict is still going on. No one knows what it is about. To-morrow I hope to be able to learn something about it, but the difficulty of ascertaining the particulars of at ticks like these is utterly incredible. We know the particulars of the fight. Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night columns of Russian infantry came suddenly upon the men in our ad vanced trenches, and rushed in upon them on the right with the bayonet ere we were quite prepared to receive them. When they were first dis cerned they were Close at hand, and, on being challenged, they replied with the universal shibbo leth " Bono Franciz." In another moment they were bayonetting our men, who had barely time to snatch their arms and defend themselves. Taken at a great disadvantage, and pressed by superior numbers, our men met the assault with undaunted courage, and drove the Russians out at the point of the bayonet after a smart fire. The Russians, pursued by our shot, retired under cover of our batteries. The news of Prince Menschikoff's death is gene rally believed. It will be strange if it is true, for the band of Heaven will then have removed at the very crisis of this bloody struggle the two men from whos3 evil passions and ambition it originated. The Russians consider this war as Prince Menschi koff's doing. He mainly created the defences of Sebastopol, and never ceased his exertions to make it what it is from the time he became Governor of the Crimea till he was removed from the conduct of the defence. THURSDAY, MARCH 22. The attack seems to have been general along the line. At half-past 8 o'clock last night the French batteries began to shell the town,. while their rockets were poured every five minutes in streams into the place. At 10 o'clock our sentries in ad vance of Chapman's attack gave notice that the Russians were assembling in force in front of the works. The 20th, 21st, and the 57th Regiments were in the trenches on the left attack, and they were, to a certain extent, prepared for the lssault of the enemy. About the same time the French on the right of our right attack, which is separated from the left attack by a deep ravine, were assailed by masses of the enemy. As our allies were hardly pressed, orders were given to advance the troops in a portion of the trenches, consisting of a part of the Light Division, tl their supp )rt. On the left 'attack the Russians, advancing with impetuosity through a weak part of the defence, turned the third parallel, and took it in reverse. They killed and wounded some of our men, and !lad advanced to the second parallel, when our cover ing party and the men in the trenches of the bat teries came down upon them and drove them over the works after a sharp conflict. The 20th Regi ment lost 2 men killed, 6 wounded badly, and 3 missing. The 57th lost 3 killed, 4 wounded, and 18 missing. The 21st lost 3 killed, 5 wounded, and 1 missing. These are the returns so far as I can ascertain the truth at au early hour this morn ing, but it is probable that some of the missing men will turn up, as ihoao roy, , .monio havo nob yet Gomo out of,the trenches. On the right the attack was more serious and Sudden. Our men had been ordered out to the support of the French from one part of their lines, and while they were away, the Russians came up to the flank of the works, and took them in reverse, so that they had to fight their way back to get to their position. The gallant old 7th Fusiliers had to run the gauntlet of a large body of the enemy whom they drove back d la fourchette. One brave young fellow, Dr. Caven dish Brown, of the 7th, was killed. Two or three musket balls passed through his body. The 34th Regiment had an enormous force to con tend against, and as their brave Colonel Kelly was leading them on ' he was shot down, and carried off by the enemy. His dead body was found outside the trenches this morning. The 77th behaved most gallantly, and the 97th proved themselves worthy of their position in the glorious old Light Division. In the midst of the fight Major Gordon of the Royal. Engineers displayed that cool courage and presence of mind which never forsake him. With a little switch in his hand lie encouraged the men to defend the trenches, and standing up on the top of the parapet, all unarmed as he was, he hurled down stones on theßussians. He was struck by a ball which passed through the lower part of his arm, and, from the same or from a different musket, at . the same time,he received a bullet through the should We are all rejoiced that he is not dangerously wounded, and that the army will not long be de prived of his services. After an hour's fight the enemy were driven back, but we have to deplore the loss of the following officers, killed, wounded, or missing.—Colonel Kelly, 34th Regiment, killed ; Lieutenant Jardan, 97th Regiment, killed ; Cap tain Cavendish Brown, 7th, killed ; Lieutenant Vicars, 97th Regiment, wounded ; Capt a i n Mon tague, Royal Engineers, missing. ; and. Major Gor don, Royal Engineers, wounded. _ _ MARCH 19. Two Greek or Albanian chiefs, in full costume, who seem to have led on the Russians last night, were among the killed. The town was set on fire about 1 a.m. this morning in two places towards the west ; a part of it—at least one large house— was burning till 12 o'clock to-day. The contest for the rifle-pits terminated this morning, amid a blaze of fire from the forts in the pale light of dawn, in favour of the French, who now occupy three of the pits, and direct a sharp fusillade against the Mamelon Round. Tower from the sandbags. The Russian riflemen are in one of the pits still ; two seem to be unoccupied. The enemy have also placed riflemen in the Mamelon and the new work on the right, and a gun from Gordon's trenches and one 4 from the French redoubt on the right are constantly engaged in firing round shot and shell into the former place throughout the day to reduce the fire and impede the men in their works. Our two service mortars fire seldom, but surely; their range is very great. One shell yesterday evening went far over a n d b eyon d the Round Tower and burst among the buildings in the rear of it. Another burst through the roof of one of the public buildings, and it instantly collapsed into a cloud of dust and rubbish. There are all kinds of absurd stories afloat to-day, with which you pro bably have met in some phase or other ere this through the electric telegraph, to the effect that there has been a mutiny in Sebastopol, that a Rus sian general marching his troops down to the city has been assassinated by them, and that Prince Gort schakoff has informed the army in the Crimea that he is to be supported by an Austrian corps to drive the allies out of the country. We hear that Gene- ral-Admiral Istomine . has been killed in the town drilling of recruits, previously to their being_sent while superintending the works of the Mainelon, to the battalions in active service, will only re" and that the enemy want generals. A Poli s h sol- quire the a ddi t i ona l nom i nat i on of an adjutant dier who has deserted gives information that there major, a physician, an adjutant, and a drum' is plenty of ammunition, but that the gunners have major." been ordered not to fire. He says, the Russians The Ulloa steam-frigate left Toulon on Tuesday don't care for French or English, but would rather for Civita Vecchia, to embark men and horses for attack the former than the latter. Provisions are the Crimea. The Lucifer steam-advice-boat also plentiful in the town according to ; his account, but sailed from Toulon on Tuesday, with troops for the garrison are in great fear, and have very few the East. hours in bed. The men are kept constantly em ployed on the works, in ,the batteries, or in the trenches and sorties. BOURSE, APRIL S.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. C. End of Month. •g per Cents 94 15 --f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 80 70f. sc. • Credit Mobilier BlO Roman Credit Foncier 540 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B6 Home Debt RAILWAYS—POR CASH. ^ fr. c. • c. Orleans Western.i 665 Rouen (Jett() Mediterranean 10 0 Northern trg . -.....-.. Havre Cherburg - AUSTRIA. The Wanderer of Vienna of the 31st ult., says " We are assured with respect to the third point that the Allies persist in desiring to confine the Russians to the Mack Sea, and in reserving to themselves the power of passing through the Dal;, danelles and the Bosphorus when they please. A. letter from Vienna of the same date, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" It is certain that the Western Powers have not taken into consideration the proposition of Prince Gortschakoff on the third point. Immediately after the sixth conference, the Prince sent off a telegraphic despatch to St. Peters' burg, calling, it is said, for a modification of his in' structiens. It is certain, besides, that Princ e Gortschakoff is employing great efforts to caus e. Prussia to be admitted to the Conferences." - VIENNA, April I.—To-morrow the Conference will meet again ; but, as M. Drouyn de l'Huys will probably be here on Wednesday next, it is under" stood that the discussions, till hi s arr i val, w ill n ot embrace any very essential poi n t o f diff erence . . is also very natural that Baron Bourqueney, th e present single representative of France, should de cline the responsibility of entering into matters of difficulty at the present moment, so to speak, when the French Minister for Foreign Affairs is about to , enter the conferences in order to take an important part in their deliberations. Under, these circa n' stances, we are almost warranted in supposing that , until M. Drouyn de l'Huys has arrived, the most important considerations will remain in suspense* , There has been same gossiping in our city about the probability of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer being also expected here, in the capacity of a special plenWe' teutiary, either to replace Lord John Russell at the Conferences, because it is rumoured that his lord' ship cannot possibly prolong his stay here after the Easter holidays, or to act as an additional ad latus• In authentic quarters nothing whatever is known of an intention on the part of her Majesty's G e " vernment to send out Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer.; and as regards Lord John's protracted stay in this city, there can be no doubt that his lordship, how: ever anxious to return home will certainly remain at his present important post until his mission le fully completed—that is, until the bases for th e conclusion of a treaty of peace have been agreed to by the Conference, or until the Conference is di s ' 3olvad, and the present negotiations are entirely broken off. Many different versions are g i ven o f a speec h which Baron Bruck is said to have addressed to a deputation of the Bank a few days since ; b u t the truth of the matter i s , th a t the Finance Minister said little more than that he should be unable t° make any fixed plans for improving the financA and with them the currency, until it became clear • whether peace was to be concluded -or the war continued. The able statesman expressed hi e conviction that, if Austria escaped without wa r ' her finances would be in order in a very few year s * Baron Bruck now inhabits a m agn ifi cen t su ite 0 / apartments in the " Old Mint," w hi c h was onc e e the residence of Prince Eugen e o f S a voy, e famous contemporary of the fi rs t D u k e of Alc borough. Cardinal Schwarz e nb erg , the Prince Archbishop of Prague, and th e A rc hbishop : le Vienna are still at Rome end eavour i ng to seti' t the terms of the Concordat w ith his H o li ne ss, bu t it is believed that the Papal chair demands We re than this Government is willing to grant. DENMARK. A letter from Hamburg, of the 30th ult., says:'' " The Folksthing of Denmark, in its sitting of yes' terday, voted by 94 votes to 1 the second and last reading of the impeanhmont of the ex-Ministers." A letter from Odessa, of the 29th ult., in. o°' Ost Deustche Post, says :—" Si nce y es t er d ay masse o f troops have been marching without interruption towards the Crimea. The number of these rein; forcements is estimated at 20,000 men an d eigl l , batteries of artillery. All these troops are unae: the command of General Sattles, and will arriT° before Eapatoria.about the'l4th April." We read in the Opinione of Turin, of the 2 . 61 0 ' 0 that General Durand o h a d entere d upon h i s dati a as Minister of W ar on th e preceding day, id that General Frati has assume d t h e commas u the reserve brigade of the expeditionary aryl, to his stead. General Durando has been raiseu the rank of Senator of the kingdom. A rumel i n r .. current at Turin that, in con sequence o f the es' o elusion of, the treaty of alliance, Count Cavour to be invested with 'the Order of the Bath. • The Piemonte of Turin, of the 2d, states that, o f consequence of a Ministerial order, the brigade s q c the expeditionarya rm y are i mme di ately to as serau fr . at Turin, Genoa, Alessandria, and Vercelli, vi , Aisly to their concentration either at La SP' or Genoa for embarkation. BANK OF ENGLAND-REDUCTION TIIE BATE OF DISCOUNT. Af el THURSDAY EVENING---The Bank o f E ng l an d b i.ie b reduced their rate of discount from 5 per cent.; a t sw e r it had stood since the 3d of August last, to 41 13 cent. The measure was ' fully anticipat e d, an d i ts effec 4, 00 the stock-market has been very slight. Some Psr s° t - be had fancied that during the exi s t ence cf war, and with - b immediate prospect of a l oan , no reduction wou ld o e made, whatever might be the 'influx of money, ,;1• 0 these were a small minority, and the general P 11 ,;i 1 1; fe!t reliance that the sound system of l e r -13 0* the rate he guided by the demand, instead °f en' deavouring to adopt it to theoretical contingen` r e• would Aid be followed. According to the Gazette t he turns last published, the simultaneous influence ° L ,4 favourable state of the foreign exchanges d u ' r , -13 01 the past month or two, and of the rapid contra,ctl„,°' o lt business, has caused the unemployed notes of the v i ., 3 up to reach a higher point than at any period since J; t 1853, when the rate of discount was as low as 3) , e of cent, and Con3nls were nearly at par. The stool{. bullion now held is also greater than at any time d ul :se• the past year, and these is every prospect of its incr i e- sfe cl If, under these' circumstances, the Bank had d e ld their present step, their proprietors must h a ve 10°00 next half year for a diminished dividend, and the P il e of would have had to complain of an artificial eau ° k V L—ing kc s say alb n kiano sviatn, owing t u „. o o, natural tendency of events t o p ro d uce excessive call f r the exercise of every le g iti ma t e met h od of inspir i n g co fidence is most desirable.—Times. SAILING OF THE _ROYAL MAIL -- MARCO POD,. This vessel start e d yesterday forenoon from the - f er sey on her fifth vo y age to Melbourne, under tke.. c " r .10 maid of Captain Clarke. Sh e carr i es the April nier frorn this cou n t r y t o t h e Australian colonies (whic-, tfif owners enga , ze to deli ver i n 65 days), 520 passet eace and upwards of 800 tons of merchandise on board. her arrival in port, the Marco Polo has had several d 0 p:•ovrinents intr o d uce d i n order to increase the ted its of her pas s e ngers; amongst others, a well-ventileshe hospital, and a new and improved cooking range. i ,icls carries, in additi on t o her regular stores, a fine icare cow, 30 sheep, 30 p i gs, 30 dozen of fowls, and a '""o , supply of rabbits, hares, and every description of ear °. For the entert a i n Th ent an d amusement of her pa,sserVr her owners hav e p rov id e d a fi rst - rate instrumental I)3tect a printing m ac hi ne (b y w hi c h a newspaper will be Pri tiito on board), whil e th e surgeon o f th e ship (who i s 4 IA 4an adept in the photogr a phi c ar t) h as a complete 011° ratus, by which he can take lik enesses of p asse nger TV views of anything of interest on the passage. OlO Marco Polo was towed to s ea b y the steamers DePs and Dreadnought at 11 a.m. THE CRIMEA. According to Russian letters from the Crimea, Prince Gortschakoff has expressed his high. ap proval of the works constructed in front of the Malakhoff Tower. The prince, whose specialite is the artillery, immediately gave orders to treble the number of workmen employed thereon, marked out positions for new works, and ordered up a re inforcement of troops to cov, position. Tile Prince stayed only ewo days in Sebastopol. He is said to be greatly irritated at finding his last year's acquaintance, Omer Paella, on the territory of " Holy Russia." His first care, it is understood, will be to purge the soil of the " pagans" of his earlier proclamations. From Odessa, Warsaw, and Vienna, we have ad vices, all speaking of the immense efforts which Russia is making to oppose an overwhelming force to the armies of the allies in the Crimea. Without permitting ourselves to be misled by the figures which the German journalspioduc e , re p ro d uce, an d confase, we must still admit that the evidence abundantly shows that the Rusians are augmenting their armies by ne w arrivals, to which the reinforce ments of the allies bear but a feeble proportion. The best troops, and some of th e b es t genera l s o f Russia, are at this moment in the Crimea. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. BERLIN, 4th.---There is a report here that an ultimatum has been drawn up in Lorkdon, in order to compel Prussia to declare with•precision the line of policy which she intends to pursue. MADRID, 4th.—The Cortes is still engaged in discussing the amendments on the bill relating to the national guard. The sitting will probably ter minate at a very late hour, but it is thought that 11 the amendments will be rejected. Tranquillity prevails everywhere. The Spanish Government has insisted on the re call of Lord Howden. "It is positively stated," says the Constitu tionnel, "that the formation of the divisions of reserve composed of picked companies from the third battalions will net take place, in consequence of its he ving been decided to form a fourth bat talion to each regiment of infantry. This fourth battalion, commanded by the major, will be formed with the sth and 6th companies of the Ist and 2d battalions, and the sth company of the 3(1 battalion. The three war battalions will each have six companies of 150 men, making an effective strength of 900, and in deducting those detached in hospital, will he 600 men strong in the field. The creation of these one hundred fresh depot battalions, destined, more particularly for the STATE OF TRADE. OttMANCHESTER, April S.—The demand for yail l 'l 2 tb," on home and export account, continues good, An nv fa' rise from the lowest prices may be averaged at fu , l ' a "soe, t , per lb. some instances yarns are nearly id. ' - . 1 . 0 P than at the commencement of last month. The o at in cloths is less active, but there is a steady sufficient to enable sellers to realise the full ins% fof ment in prices noted on Tuesday. The derua% l shirtin gs an d j aconets su i ted to the India markt',e hi d benefitt e d more th an most other fabrics. The cloth s , w hi c h h ave b een most in demand for are not only less saleable, but are declining in vA ll ' i n - t ibl ° NOTTINGHAM, April 5 . --There has been a pereer t her improvement in the lace trade this week, but still do pe cannot be raid to be more than half what is usuallf, o o o , / at this season of the yea r . I n t h e hosiery del:'l'oor the home trade has be come more act i ve, a fel v io o American orders hang b een received. The imPr e t one gains ground among manufacturers generally tIA OO O/). , weather aloue(whi c h now appears to have oomule is requisite to stimulate transactions into actiTitY.