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thropy towards the suffering, and his perseveing atten tion to the cause of oppressed nationalities, would have been a better and wiser policy than that which presided, and still presided over the destinies of the world. (Hear, hear.) That was not an occasion for dwelling upon public events, but he was a plain, frank man, and there fare he claimed permission to say that it those stirring events were not sufficient to inspire all admirers of Lord Dudley Stuart to use all their exertions in that line of policy with which the noble lord had been identified for the last 25 years, then he must con f ess that any monument raised to his memory would form a strange contrast to the contemporary history of the British empire. Considering the noble nature of his heart and the peculiar leaning of his philanthropy, he thought that something in the way of public charity W mld be more appropriate than a statue. Whether it were an institution for the blind, as Sir B. Hall had suggested, or an asylum for poor refugees in sickness and distress—anything to do good for those to whom he was a father during his life, would prove more acceptable to his immortal spirit, which might then be hovering over that assembly, than a statue, which the living passed by, and for which the dead did not care. M. Kossuth concluded by expressing his hearty concurrence in the resolution, which was agreed to. Mr. DYKE pr o p ose d th e following resolution :—" That this meeting is profoundly impressed with the conviction that services so rare, di,interested, and patriotic, emi nently deserve to be commemorated by a becoming public testimonial ; and that, for the purpose of co-operating with the committee already formed in order to carry this object into effect, the fdlowin„,f7 gentlemen be appom ed committee for the borough of Marvlehone : —Sir B. Hall, M.P., Lord Ebrington, M.P., William Ecvart, Esq., M.P., Captain Prohyn, Messrs. J. Forster, J. B. Kirby, H. Farrer, C. George,Cooper, W. D. D. Stockt on , J . m.E ve ly, G. Poland, M. Michell, J. Whitmore, J. A. Nicholay, W. S. Burton, F. H. Bridgman, E. Hodges, C. Hickman P. Graham." Mr. E. lionGEs seconded the resolution, which wa s a greed to. A handsome subscription was then entered into, the right hon. chairman heading it with 50 guineas. A vote of thanks having been awarded to Sir B. Hall, the yroceedings, which were marked by th e greatest ' unanimity, terminated. THE EMPEROR'S VISIT. SEATS to view . the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, commanding the best and most eataisive view of the rroces sion. Windows or Seats to Let.—Apply at N. 4, Cheapside, coiner of St. Paul's. FMPEROR'S VISIT to the CITY.—SEATS to be Let at St. Clement's Church, near Temple-bar. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone. THIS EVENING. T9lll be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, In which the Spanish Dancers Will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. After which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY SIARKET SPRING MEETING. 1853. To ccrelude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES BEAN. rills 0V ENING, Will be perform2d the origiral adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal "haracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (Bth time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL IDELPFiI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled TIIE MYSTERIOUS ST R,LNIGER. To =elide lytts A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THL EVENING. Will be performed a Comed'etta, called LAW FOR L Characters by Sle , srs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, EL Cooper, Danvers, vid Miss Cast'etnn. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery. and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan ant Miss Bromley.. To be f Rowed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called T -E YELLOW DWARF AAD THE KING OF 11.1. F. GOLD MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and Origina . Sa ctacle-drama of har•owisg interest, by Mr. Nelson L. e. THE FIELD AGAINST HE FAVOURITE! No Drama formany years has created so great a sensation. The interest is m st intense . the burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exciting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, Invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted py Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. Acting Manazer. Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. jun. ROYAL BTRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. Tfirq EVENING, Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha ratters by Messrs J. lialfcrd, Rore•son. and Kir.loch ; and Miss Re. becc.l Isaac•, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGFIrERS THREE, To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON RRino Tate DAT —lfornhu 53 min.arter 2 1 Ev. , ning 11 min. al. 3 To---Idorain,. 30 min.after 3 I EvenLg47min.aft. 3 TH3 WEATHER.-3tni Owes, April. 18. TaIIiMONETER, IN TAE SHADE 6.3— , lighest since noon yesterday. 42 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51—this day, at noon. RAROMICTRR, 30'40. WIND, E.— Light breeze, with beautiful warm sunshiny 'weather. --.511411‘ , ..‹..r,-„4.-,: .. 0...___Tv5__,_„,,,,,,..1.!.,..--./...„,,„‘,...„ , , ebt v_;---,=-..--'- ' ' .' % LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1855. The opinions to which we have from time to time given expression respecting the duplicity and treachery of Austria receive additional corrobora tion day after day, and but little doubt can now exist as to the nefarious deception practised on the representatives of France and England. In deed it required but little prescience to see the game that Austria was playing from the beginning. It is said that "Hawks don't pick out hawks eyes," and it could scarcely be anticipated that one des pot would assist in the humiliation or limitation of the power of another, more especially when the party concerned was one who, but a short time before, had sustained the throne of the other, and who might ere long be again required to repress the indignant struggle cf outraged nationalities. But, for the possibilities "looming in the future," what has already taken place might not greatly influence the decisions of Austria ; if it had any any effect, it would most probably be unfa vourable to the party who conferred the benefit, for ingratitude is one of the characteristics of the ffouse of Hapsburg. Daring the long period of inaction by the ABERDEEN Administra tion, while they " were waiting for Austria," we pointed out the futility of the expectation, and clearlg,..showed that the only mode b y which her c "PeFation could be obtained would be by thrash ing Itu asia without her assistance. When the ~0,0 1. 5 , had. enoug am .c. been achieved she would 11V ready they tPate in any benefits to be derived nee so woriZzhile that remained in the hal t° an mrtio., re main doubtful, speaking fair "strong open the re ady, as of old, to forget that th e fi rs a t tr "ger aide." decided step taken by the Cabinet of ViennaWe cannotprove the clever, thou g h n n its Then, trzleiPled.,thlioeuaalt retspaetcttw' ' b eing taken in by Sebastopol. Russian power in the tently crippled, it prompti7: had bee latory messages to the Courts e o sP t fttehed ec 'ngrato a. . the Tuileries. When, however, i S t t d .Tatnefes and mistake---when it found that SebastoiseOlvete4 its been captured by a coup de main, and thbtaa not Zord RAGLAN wasplaying the waiting-gaune, Bess could scarcely be anti c ip a t e d , i t inclined to the si de of Russia, and by opposing absurd objections, i ti t to tlie march o f T ur ki s h t roops th rough the Turk erritory, which it had so improvidently been. Permitted t o ee „ the ar m p y, it ena bl e d R uss i a to senrl y of B essarabia to the Crimea, and tlrus S to 'P aker al - desperate effort to destroy the Allied x s - bat* ebasto lava atiriot4 rmanpoal. gain victories of Bala 4/ . gain induced it to change k g tactic 4Klulge another circumgyratorY \t , . aa d VGT. MCT ..1 THE SUN, LO N DON, WEDNESDAY_ EVENING; APRIL 18. 1855. property. It would be absurd to say that the journal which first contrived to catch a floating rumour, or wbo gave the earliest report of a dis- cession in Parliament, or a report of a trial in, banco, or in one of the Police Courts, should have the exclusive property iu the facts there detailed. So far, then, from being for the liberation of the Press, it will operate as a com plete restriction. Even the Leviathan itself, and all the smaller fry who follpw in its wake, will find that they themselves will participate in the annoyance, and when too late will feel the nuisance of the gagging operation to which they have been assenting parties. Until an invention that costs money is about dead sure to answer its purpose better than any thing else at the price there is little chance of its general adoption in this country, and, judging it by this test, the superiority of screw over every other mode of propulsion is sufficiently established to call for no other proof. Not only is it used in our commercial marine, where the increased room for stowage it affords, and other advantages over the paddle are bringing it into play where steam propulsion was never employed before, but also in the Royal Navy. In this department it has effected a surprising revolution. Huge ships that, in the time of NELSON and COLLINOWOOD, could only take their departure with a favourable breeze, and might in some stirring but luckless mo ment lie becalmed and log-like on the water, or be driven by the tempest irresistibly onward towards a lee shore and inevitable destruction, may now, thanks to the agency of the screw, be depended on almost at any time and under any circumstances, to set at comparative defiance adverse winds, calm, and storm. Those of the general public who witnessed the mighty fleet that left Spithead the other day and steered in majestic grace, but with fate-like speed for the Baltic, must be especially able, next to men of science, to appreciate the immense value and im portance of the screw. While, however, this mode of propulsion is deservedly the admiration, to a greater or less extent, of millions, it might not unaptly be asked —How many hundreds are acquainted with the name of the inventor, or ever felt any degree of gratitude to one who deserves to take rank in a high class of public benefactors ? To such ques tions we are afraid the answers must be far from satisfactory. It remains, then, for us to state, that, to all intents and purposes, Mr. PETTIT SMITH is the practical inventor of the screw. Others may possibly lay claim to pziority of inven tion, but he it was who, in the Archimedes in 1839 and 1840, first developed this great im provement in the means of maritime enterprise. To the genius of Mr. SMITH, who has spent the best years of his life in establishing the merits of the screw, the vast accession it has contributed to our naval strength at the present time is mainly owing. And how has he been rewarded ? The reader will hardly fail to guess with tolerable ac ' curacy. He who has deserved so well at home, has had his most tangible reward from abroad. To the French Government Mr. SMITH is in debted for a signal recognition of his merits and a token of approval. That is all. From the Government of his own country he has received no reward whatever, at all events of a substantial nature. Say what we will in extenuation, the syste matic neglect experienced by our national benefac tors is dishonourable to us as a people, and espe cially so to our rulers. If they were properly looked after merit would not be neglected as it is ; for more instinctive and cold-blooded enemies to sterling merit than our aristocratic Governments do not exist. Had the public done their duty, it would be out of the power of any one to say, with truth, as we now do, that, while thousands are annually wasted on worthless objects, and high-born imbeciles in office are suffered to draw on the public purse for services which should earn them a whipping, the man who, by his genius, contributes to the security and stability of the empire, is suffered to go penniless and unre warded. It certainly is high time this sort of thing was over : until it is we must continue to do as we mean in this instance, viz., recommend to public gratitude the man whose merits are too great to meet with governmental patronage. Already we are happy to be enabled to state that an influential committee has been formed, and liberal subscriptions have been received, in order to present Mr. Smith with a testimonial in some measure worthy of his deserts, and of his fellow country men's sense of them. The subscription list still remains open, bat we trust no long time will be suffered io elapse before it is closed in a satisfactory manner. Let it be shown that the people are not wanting in gratitude, a feeling of which their rulers are so evidently incapable. LATEST NEWS. came to the conference in a chaise drawn by two horses. Major General Scarlett has left the command of the cavalry to return to England on urgent private affairs. A fire broke out yesterday in the Engineers' yard, at Balaklava, but did but little harm. It would have caused some mischief had it got the length of some powder used for exploring rocks. The cause of the fire on board the Favorita, in harbour, the other day, has been traced to two Greeks, who were stealing spirits from the hold. The bag for England does not close till 10 a.m. daily now, therefore I shall write a few words in the morning. The following General Order has arrived here : "Horse Guards, March 15, 1855. "Her Majesty has been pleased to command that the practice which prevailed in former wars of withholding promotion from officers taken prisoners of war shall be dis continued as regards the subaltern officers of the army; and, as regards officers of the rank of captain who, if not made prisoners, would, by their regimental standing, succeed to the rank of major, or if majors would succeed to lieutenant-colonelcies—that the loss of promotion, consequent upon being captured by the enemy, should subsequently he made up to them, after their exchange or release, so far as may be pract'cable, by their being advanced to the substantive rank which they would have attained had they not been taken prisoner —and by the antedate of their commissions. " Her - Majesty has further been pleased to command, with a view to prevent any officer who may have been taken prisoner by his own neglect, or any other uuofficer like conduct, obtaining any of the advantages above enumerated, that the following regulation shall be esta blished: " Whenever an officer shall have been made a prisoner of war, a court of inquiry shall as soon as possible be assembled, by order of the general officer command ing the forces, to investigate the circumstances under which he became a prisoner, and— having sifted the facts as far as may be in their power—to make a report thereon, whether his capture is to be attri• buted to the chance of war to which he was exposed, or whether it may have occurred from any unofficer like conduct on his part, and that the following declaration be made by the president and members of the court of inquiry previously to commencing the proceedings : " A. 8., do declare upon my honour, that I will duly and impartially inquire into and give my opinion as to the circumstances under which Captain C. D. became a prisoner of war, according to the true spirit and meaning of her Majesty's orders and regulations on this head ; and I further declare, upon my hononr, that I will not on any account, or at any time, disclose or discover my own vote or opinion, or that of any particular member of the board, unless required to do so by competent authority." "The proceedings of the court are to be transmitted by the general officer in command of the forces to the General Commanding-in-Chiel.—By command of the Right Honourable "General Viscount HARDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief. "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant• General." APRIL 3, Nine a.m. A great deal of firing was carried on last night on both sides ; at intervals the French fired volleys from their small arms during the night, which were supposed to be at the Russian riflemen in their front. Shells were freely exchanged between the contending parties. I have heard of no casualty. The batteries, I am thinking, will open sometime to-morrow. To-night the electric wires are to he carried down to our lines, and they are to be finished fit for work by daylight to-morrow. This seems likely for an opening. It is a lovely morning, a little cold, but nothing worth mentioning, only seasonable. P.S.—General Canrobert was at head-quarters late last night. As there have been many conflicting statements respecting the strength of the army I have pro cured the following returns, which, on a certain day now past, were accurate, and which show the strength of the British army last month according to the ration returns : The Light Division, Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown.-7th Fusiliers, 609 ; 23d Foot, 574 ; 19th Foot, 450 ; 23d Regiment, 321 ; 34th Regiment, 809; 77th Foot, 650 ; 88th Foot, 781 ; 90th Foot, 537 ; one wing 2d Battalion Rifle Bri gade, 735 ; total effective and non-effective, 5,466 ; non-effective, 1,000 men ; for duty, 3,800 men. First Division, Sir Colin Campbell.—Grenadier Guards, 1,096 ; Coldstream Guards, 820 ; Scots Fusiliers, 815 ; 42d Highlanders, 666 ; 71st High land Light Infantry, 878 ; 79th Regiment, 690 ; 93d Regiment, 732 ; total, 4,697 ; non-effective, 1,209 for duty, 3,500 men. The Naval Brigade, 1,000 men for duty. The Marines, 600 men for duty. Second Division, Major-General Pennefather.- 30th Foot, 499 ; 55th Foot, 687 ; 62d Foot, 453 ; 95th Foot, 309—total, First Brigade, 1,948. 41st Foot, 686 ; 47th Foot, 631 ; 49th Foot, 689—total, Second Brigade, 2,066. Artillery, H and B bat teries (Turner and Pennycuik's), 300. Total ra tion strength of division, 4,254. Nnumber of sick in hospital about 650, leaving available, say 3,600 men, of whom at least 800 are required for camp duties, for Commissariat duties, for hospital and orderly duties, as storekeepers, batmen, storemen, servants, A.7.c. Third Division.-Ist RoyaTh, 586; 4th Foot, 504; 9th Foot, 409 ; 14th Foot, 730 ; 18th Foot, 848 ; 28th Foot, 490 ; 38th Foot, 673 ; 39th Foot, 717; 44th Foot, 562 ; 50th Foot, 321; 89th Foot, 576; total, 6,416 ; strength for duty, 3,500 men: Fourth Division, General Sir John Campbell.- 17th Regiment, 829 ; 20th Foot, 411 ; 21st Foot, 607 ; 46th Foot, 324 • 57th Foot, 607 ; 68th F oo t, 407 ; Rifle Brigade, Ist bat., 550 ; Artillery, 156 ; Ambulance, 101; Commissariat, 128; total, 4,120; strength for duty, 3,000. Cavalry Division.-600 men. Total strength, 22,600 men. Of these about 6,000 would only be available in extremis, and the ordinary strength of the whole army in bayonets 'would not exceed 15,000 men. EUPATORIA. EUPATORIA, MARCH 29. Yesterday afternoon the Bashi-bazouks showed themselves for the first time in the Crimea in all their glory as irregular troops, but at the same time in all their ferocity. After the cavalry demonstra tion last week, which served to mask the construc tion of the new works, when it became clear that the Turks had no intention to advance, the main body of the Russian cavalry,which had been brought up for the occasion, was again withdrawn, and only the usual outposts left. The first of these posts is to the right on the other side of the bridge which leads over the creek runnin g in from Lake Sasik. The next to it, towards the left, leans on the village of Bazar, situate on a slope leading down to the above-mentioned creek. The videttes thrown out by this post occupy a ridge overlooking the village, and concealing it. It was determined to sur prise this post, and push forward to the village. In order to draw off the attention, several large bodies of regular cavalry were ordered out ; among the rest, some squadrons with one of the rifle guns were ,sent to the right, towards the bridge. hile this cavalry was displayed on the most prominent points, the Bashi-bazouks divided into three bodies, and, concealed by the undulation of the ground, went off at full speed towards the village. The Russian videttes, accustomed to former reconnaissances, which were always seen half an hour before they could reach, thought themselves in such security that they had got off their horses and some of them even laid down. The videttes had scarcely time to mount and to retire on their reserves on the ridge above the village when the Bashi-bazouks, with a yell of " Yallah, Illah!" were upon them; a hand-to h and melee ensued, Cossacks and Bashi- bazouks were for a moment mixed up together, furious yelling and firing on both sides, which ended in the flight of the Cossacks towards the 'village. In the village they made another stand, the fusillade continued unabated, but the Cossacks were evidently de. moralised, and soon after made a precipitous retreat from the village, leaving all their baggage, fur cloaks, cooking utensils, and a quantity of corn and hay behind them. The Bashi-bazouks, intoxicated by their success, were for following them up to the ridge beyond the village, where they had halted, but already clouds of dust were seen in the distance, and shortly after nine squadrons and four guns appeared in sight. So the little drums began to beat the retreat, and the Bashi bazouks, laden with copper dishes, cloaks, fo rage, 4 - 5 c., singing and caracolling, ret , red unmo lested. A Bashi-hazouk cannot understand war fare without liberty to plunder. Plunder is for him a proof of victory, and one can see him often taking up the most useless things, only to have something to show. When he sees plunder before him the Bashi-bazouk becomes reckless ; thus in the affair of yesterday while ono part of them was fighting in the village at close quarters with the RussiauQ, others were dismounting from their horses, and taking up whatever they could find, regardless of consequences. Considering the numbers engaged and the shots fired, the losses on both sides were trifling. 400 Bashi-bazouks attacked about 300 Cossacks and a squadron of regular Lancers, and the former lost two horses and one man, while the latter had two men and three horses killed and one man severely wounded. When the Bashi-bazouk who was killed fell from his horse, the latter galloped off towards the Rus sians. Immediately a dozen Bashi-b azou k s set off after him, and caught him quite close to the Rus sians, without being molested by the latter, which showed clearly how browbeaten they were. Of tl'e Russians, one officer of Cossacks was killed before the village, one man fell in the village, and a third, evidently heavily wounded, was carried back I , y his horse, clinging to its neck. ' The officer was carried away by his horse among the Bashi- bazouks, and was shot down by one of them. As soon as he fell another gave him a lance thrust, and a third a sabre cut over his neck. In another minute be was without hoots, but it would have been well if this had been all ; lent no, while the melee was still at its height one o f the Bashi bazouks quietly alighted from his horse at about 15 or 20 yards from the Russians, fired his pistol into a truss of hay whinh was close to the fallen officer, and covered the body of the latter with the binning hay. Omer Pacba, as soon as he heard of this case, ordered an inquiry to be made to find out the author of this ferocious deed, who will certainly not escape the severest punishment. Except this case of barbarous cruelty the Bashi bazouks as irregular cavalry behaved exceedingly well. What the regulars have several times tried without success, because they were badly com manded, a handful of irregulars have d one ; an d they had the best irregular cavalry of the Rus sians, the Cossacks of the Don, opposed to them. The great thing is not to attempt to employ Bashi bazouks as regulars, but to let them fight in their own way, to which they have been accustomed during their whole life. In foraging, for surprises, or coups de main th e y are i nva l ua bl . This small affair has incredibly raised the spirit of the Turkish cavalry, which had been rather de pressed by the repeated checks which they had ex perienced in their former reconnaissances. The entry of the Bashi-bazouks into the town was quite a triumph, Turks and Tartars hailing them with " Ay Wallahs" and "Mash Allahs," and throng ing to see them. Two persons who had got hold of a cow were the principal points of attraction. Their return in the lovely spring evening, their picturesque costumes, the excitement of the popula tion, the sound of their war drums, intermixed with the shouting and singing, formed one of the most interesting scenes imaginable. How completely successful this little affair was as a coup de main, you may imagine from the fact that in several of the copper kettles which had been left by the Cossacks the Bashi-bazouks found the soup just ready cooked ; but they cared more about the kettles than about the soup. FRANCE. (FROM OLTR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. Vely Pacha left Paris yesterday for Brussels to present to the King of the Belgians his letters of recal—he being accredited to the Court of Bel gium as well as that of France. He is to return to Paris to-morrow, and will shortly after proceed to Marseilles to embark for Tuiiey. The following letter from Katniesh Bay, in the Sentinelle of Toulon, although dated as far back as the : - )Oth ult., is not without interest : " A rather strange adventure has occurred outside Sebastopol. A young Russian woman was for some days seen walking about - the Russian trenches—and sometimes at night also, with a lantern. It was thought, as she was very tall, and of majestic appearance, teat she was a man in disguise, and the general-in-cniet nr dered that she should be caret ully watched. At six o'clock in the morning of the 28th, she again appeared opposite our lines, and examined then} with great attention ; she carried a note-book and pencil in her hand, and seemed to inscribe in it the result of her observations. Finding, after a while, that she was per ceived, she hurried towards a species of ravine at the extremity of the French trenches. Two Z uaves were sent in pursuit of her, arid succeeded in capturing her. Being found to be really a woman, she was taken before General Canrobert, and questioned. She said that she had made observations of the French positions for the good of her country. and to avenge the death of her husband, Boninoff by name, who was killed at the battle of the Alma. Her note-book was found to contain several details relative to the situation of our batteries, and the number of guns in them ; she had also in her pockets a double-barrelled pistol, and a letter addressed to Prince Menschikoff. She was placed in confinement, under the surveillance of two sentinels, and it has been determined that she shall be sent to Malta." The same letter says : "In the intervals between the sorties of the enemy the soldiers amuse themselves i❑ the trenches in playing pitch and toss, or cards, or bowls—the Russian balls serving as the bowls. Sometimes, too, to try the skill of the Russian riflemen, who are in ambuscade at 50 or 60 yards from t:.ern, they raise a bottle or a cap nn the top of a parapet, and when the man hits it, which he almost always does, they hoist up a canteen to signify that he deserves a drink for having fired so well. Four days ago eight of the soldiers were playing at Into in the trenches, and all at once a shell fell in the midet of them. Qui vive?' cried one, with a laugh ; and the moment after it was ascertained that of their party one wal killed and six wounded. The other evening a sen tinel who was peeping through a hide in the para pet, cried, Here are the Russians coming Are they far off ?' asked the others. 'Not very !' answered the sentinel. Well! when they are quite close. tell us I was the answer—and the men remained quietly seated. Presently the sentinel cried, 'Here they are 1' On which each man seized his inu,ket, and after firing a volley over the parapet, proceeded co att.ck the Rus , •ians with the bayonets—and in a few seconds routed them." BOURSE, APRIL 17.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 121 per Cents 93 50 93f. 75.:. 3 per Cents . 6 , 3 75 G3f. 80c. Credit Mobilier 7BO Roman Credit Foncier 538 50 Austrian Belgian Five 5........ 941 Spanish Threes Pithimontese B5 75 Home Debt 3oi movement. The Treaty of the 2d December was the result. But that bound it to nothing. As we explained when the text of that Treaty was published, the Western Powers were bound to assist Austria if attacked by Russia ; but there was no reciprocal engagement. All that was promised was that she would confer as to an alliance, if Russia rejected the proffered terms, and declined to negotiate a peace on the basis of the Four Points. We have since seen the solemn farce enacted at the Austrian capital, and the complete break down of the Conference. By simulated concessions on the first two points, in which Austria felt chiefly interested, Austria secured her co-operation on the remaining items. Now it seems that her chief anxiety is " to save the honour" of the new CZAR that is to say, to leave him at full liberty to carry out the nefarious designs so long con cocted against the stability and integrity of the Ottoman Empire; and it has been tolerably clearly intimated to the Western Plenipotentiaries that her assistance cannot be expected for any such purpose. The result has been the official state ment in the House of Commons, that Lord JOHN RUSSELL intends to leave Vienna during the pre sent week, and is expected in England by the 27th or 28th instant, and it requires no great degree of prescience to declare that M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS will not long remain behind his colleague. It is well that the mock ery should be brought to a conclusion on any terms, even though it should be the open hostility in place of the pretended friendship of Austria. Had there been any doubt as to her previous intentions it might have been set at rest by the scarcely doubtful conduct of KingLEoroLn, who must have been perfectly au fait with respect to the manoeuvres of the Cabinet of Vienna, and who has unhesitatingly joined in the confederacy of " Germanism" against the Western Powers. But we have other intelligence of no ordinary importance. It appears that at the very time when the French and English diplomatists are retiring in disgust from the Austrian capital, the only real "peace-makers" are resuming their ope rations. On the 9th instant the Allies opened fire from all their batteries on Sebastopol, and the bombardment continued with much success. Con siderable damage had already been inflicted on the devoted town, and it was stated on good authority that a breach had already been effected. Should matters proceed favourably there it is by no means impossible that we may witness another wheel by the versatile FRANCIS JOSEPH, and that he may once again, when his assistance is not required, be willing to prove himself the faithful friend of the Western Powers, prepared "to go the entire animal" against the losing side. Even English diplomatists, albeit proverbially short sighted, are not quite so purblind as to be again deceived. The scales must at length have fallen from their sight, and we , may expect to witness the consequences of their improved vision in the more vigorous and energetic waging of the War, and the absolute eschewal of the deceptive coun sels of Austria, which will henceforward be placed in the same category with Prussia, having by its own misconduct forfeited the position which i once occupied. Vacillation and instability of purpose appear to be the chief characteristics of the new Chan cellor of the Exchequer. He has already shif ed his ground on almost every point on which he had assumed a position, and should he continue to display similar shifting propensities, his first an nouncement on any topic will only be useful as showing that a totally different arrangement will ultimately be adopted. Aheady we have seen the result of this " Jtm-Chow" disposition in the treatment of the loan. There was a pompous semi-official declaration that the Government plans had been so fully matured that no deviation would be sanctioned. The capitalists were sum moned merely to hear the views and intentions of the Financial Minister, not to discuss the condi tions of the Loan, which were as fixed as "the laws of the Medes and Persians." One of the earliest and most important questions mooted related to the competition with respect to the biddings. It might easily have been discerned that the success of the operation depended on the amount of that competition. To the first inquiry Sir G. C. LEWIS very properly stated that although the Government would, of course give a prefer ence to those biddings which were for the entire amount, it was not proposed to exclude those which were only for a portion. This was a sound and judicious decision, by which he should firmly have abided, but he yielded to the first murmur—we can scarcely term it remon strance. It was said that the competition of the smaller bidders would be inconvenient to the leviathans, who might feel disposed to tender for the whole. The consistent Minister of Finance, after a brief consultation with his "fides Achates" —Mr. JAMES WILSON and the Premier—announced that "Government thought it better to accept only such tenders as should be for the entire amount." The consequence is that the matter is left solely in the hands of Mr. ROTSHCHILD and Co. No other lists are in course of formation, and Sir G. C. LEWIS must either submit to such conditions as those capitalists may think fit to offer, at a ruinous loss to the country, or bear the disgrace of an unqualified failure. Nor is this the only matter in which he has given evidence of his want of firmness. In the Newspaper Stamp Bill which, in place of being for the liberation of the Press, may now be more fitly described as one for the imposition of pains and penalties on journalists, he first declared that there was no in tention to alter the laws relating to copyright, as the existing enactments were quite sufficient to afford all requisite protection for original matter. Now, however, he has completely altered his views, and has brought forward resolutions which, if sanctioned, must lead to perpetual litigation. Unfortunate newspaper proprietors are to be de prived of the trial by jury, and consigned to the tender mercies of a Stipendiary Magistrate, or of two Justices, who have jurisdiction where ha resides, and who may convict him in any penalty not less than 51., and not exceeding 301., and issue distress or warrant for t rtheo xti sa e le p o at f a hi e s goods and chattels. It is needless on the e i.i into toa n s y character arguments of to such prove p how proceedings — or greatlyngs— or enter they m ust impair the efficiency of the Press, or monopoly—which it seems tend to consolidate the to e hav e f the Exchequer,been the object a n d of i the late iis the successor, C ha for has been pitch-forked inton c situation ewl hoor which he is so totally disqualified, to f c°l/ re r• It will have little effect on the men a s ta. am . It _ a b : i7yorzexo : fu ni s.iv y to 0 put forward as ostensible pro ti ,i_ ~..,, 'May be t Iv: ,iereon tel.'diliest:l3s‘ property oPerty i n sp read for their recepti: and nasty" publications up, for they may not have any Under the beea:al:l:l.i isteerg°;deasr o a f lui the ch en a wi 11 have no easy t'ukiAtut established journalists in the fond expectation th at fr om annoyance. a , full copyright in on nc ‘rapositions. There cannot atanttelet not any indulge :Willi,iae, na lays, a o w r exempted t l h it e e r rat e atrere i yl s gs i ' me Vaent that it is circulated it bec: "B. The l alee general i COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the Southampton Paving Trust had an interview yesterday with the President of the Gene ral Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall, with re ference to the Metropolis Local Management Bill. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Timpeon, Kingston, and Lawford, commissioners. They were accompanied by Mr. John Arnell, clerk to the commissioners, and Mr. F. Teague, their surveyor. Lord Monteagle, Sir Thomas Fremantle, and Sir A. Spearman, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down. ing street. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day from the. Governor of the Cape of 400 d Hope, and from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. The Duke of Cleveland arrived in town last evening from Raby Ca-tie, Durham, in order to attend the in vestiture of the Order of the Garter to-day at Windsor Castle. His grace will remain the guest of the Queen until to-morrow. The Marquis of Salisbury arrived in town yesterday from visiting the Earl and Countess Delawarr at Buck hurst Park, Sussex, where the marchioness and family, Lord R. Cecil, M.P., and a select circle, are assembled. The noble marquis goes to Windsor Castle this morning. His Excellency Count Kielmansegge is, we are happy to learn, able to take carriage airing daily, and is rapidly recovering from his indisposition. The Countess Helene Kielmansegge arrived at the Hanoverian Legation, yes terlay, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, at Badminton. The Countess Dowager of Glasgow and Miss Ca,the. rine Sinclair, and the Hon. George Boyle, have arrived at 18, Chesliam-place, for the season. The Earl and Countess of Lisburne arrived in Arling ton-street, for the season, from their seat in Wales. The Earl of Eglinton has returned to town from Scot land. The Earl and Countess of Effingham and Lord Henry Howard have returned to town. The family left London last week for Portsmouth, in order to be present at the departure of the Guards for the seat of war ; her lady ship's brother being colonel of the detachment. The Earl and Countess of Zetland arrived in town on Monday from Paris, in which capital the noble earl and countess have been staying during the holidays. The noble earl has since left London for York to attend the race meeting. ir r ta g n e d w C a t o e u r n . h t Countess e o f yesterdayE llesme from liatchford re and rivTedhe E atß s id park. understand, The Count Flabault has, we tak en Coventry-house, Piccadilly , for a term. family at- Viscount and Viscountess Enfield and the Hon. Miss Byn:x arrived at their new mansion (the late Mr. By t v' s ' M.P.) in St. James' s-s q uare, y esterda y , for the season. Lord and Lady William Compton have arrived at the Marquis of Northamptrqi's, in Piccadilly, from Castle Ashby, with the intention of staying until their house at Rutland-gate is ready. Lieutenant. General Sir J. Burgoyne returned to torn on Sunday afternoon from Vienna. The gallant general paid his respects'to the noble viscount at the head of the Government and other Cabinet Ministers on the follow. ing day, and was yesterday honoured with her Majesty's command to dine at Windsor. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—The Prefect of the Seine, with a distinguish e d party, will visit this theatre this evening, to see the new com edy of The Secret Agent, as Spanish dancers, MMeeting.; and The New Haymarket Spryly THE BOMBARDMENT SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Conference yesterday lasted four hours and a half. After the Russian Plenipotentiaries had left the Representatives of the Allied Powers conferred together for another hour. Russia declines to accept the conditions of the Allies on the third point, and makes counter-pro- positions. It is certain that things are not progressing favourably. The following, as to the bombardment of Se- bastopol, is from the Presse : The Allies, on the 9th, made a breach in the bastion between the centre of the Russian works and the Quarantine Fort. Omar Pasha has landed at Kamiesch with 15,000 men, who will assist in the asmult. Admiral Bruat has anchored in Streletzka Bay, and waits for fine weather to begin his operations. It is said that the three Russian batteries have been dismounted. _ The Allies say that their loss has been inconsi- derable. These reports in the Presse must be received with caution. MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18. The Ganges, which left Constantinople on the 9th of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 9 a.m. BALAKLAVA, APRIL 'T. The Russians made a sortie on the Gth, and were repulsed with great loss by the English. Lieutenant Jones, 7th Regiment, and two other officers, were wounded, and 30 men put hors de combat. Captain Cambridge was killed, and Captain Armit wounded in the trenches on the 3d. The small-pox has broken out on board the St. Jean d'Acre, and she has been placed in quaran- tine. The Russians received an immense quantity of provisions on the sth. They are constructing works near Kamara. The Himalaya has sailed with important de spatches from Lord Raglan for Omer Pasha. The weather is fine. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from Paris : PARIS, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. It is said that despatches from Kamiesh of the 12th, received to-day at Paris, announce that the bombardment of Sebastopol continued, that it had already caused much damage to the town, and that a breach had been opened. News has been received of the burning of Se bastopol. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from Berlin :---: BERLIN, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. The following despatch has been received here from St. Petersburg, dated the 16th of April : Prince Gortschakoff announces from Sebastopol ,hat at five o'clock on the morning of the 9th of April the enemy opened a cannonade from all their batteries, which lasted till evening. The bombardment was car'ried on during the night. On the 10th the enemy repeated the same operation. We replied with success, causing sensible losses to the enemy. On our side we have 833 killed and wounded. VIENNA, TUESDAY. The tenth conference was held to-day. The counter propositions brought forward by Russia were deemed worthy of consideration. Lord John's intended departure is said to be postponed. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. HEIGHTS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 2. This day the enemy has been throwing some very heavy shells into our position at Inkerman, from the batteries opposite and round the head of the harbour. Some of them fell very near to the windmill magazine, but I think it is quite impos sible for them to get at that. The booming of their pieces shakes the windows of the huts almost to breaking. General Canrobert paid Lord Raglan a visit last night, and remained some time, after which it was rumoured that our batteries would decidedly open on Wednesday. I think it cannot possibly be much longer ere they open. There has not been much of interest occurring since yesterday ; in short, nothing, as we are now, ever occurs of any inte rest. The enemy threw some very large shells into our lines last night ; at tim es one o f them fell into a small battery in our very a d vance d trench, and it fell so as to tear up a new mor t ar platform which w e h a d just compl e t e d. T hey a l so fired a great deal of grape and cani s t er th roug h the night The approa c h by th e z i gzag i n t h e f ron t of the Redan and Round Tower, to our advanced trench, is extremely dangerous ; in short, it is at right angles with the enemy's batteries at some places ; their guns can enfil a d e i t. All approac h down it by day is impossibl e , or at least b y a great risk. The enemy has b een at the old wor k o f th r owin g shells into our camps. Th e Li g ht Division had as many as 17 thro wn i nto it yester d ay, b u t I cou ld not hear that any harm was done ; this is a repe tition of what th 4 used to do before our batteries opened on the 17th October. But wait a bit, they will have other amusement soon. Prince Gorts chakoff is said t D be in the town, and from a pri soner I hear th. it the garrison is certainly very short of provisic ais, but that ammunition is very plentiful. The ; shots fired into the Light Division camp yesterday were some of the shells which we threw into the t own but which bad not bursted, and had been fin 3d back by them and not bursted a second time. This is true, for the shells have the broad arrow o. a them. We have frequently, during the .siege thrown shot and shell which had been picked u p and made to fit our guns. r The enemy have increased at Mackenzie's Farm and in that direr tion—at least we judge by the number of fires wJ eich the enemy light during the night, and we also hear that Liprandi is quartered at the Farm. Tlx ere are no troops on this side of the Tchernaya an.d the village of Tchorguna, but the ever-to-be-see u pickets on the hillocks near Kamara, and in front of Canrobert's-hill. We have discovered that the enemy bring all the gabions which they use at the earth-works outside the town from the direction of the Farm. The other day lots rere seen descending the hill, and taking the dire( ;tion of Sebastopol. I have before told you that I had seen them brought over from the north side 01 the harbour by boats. It has got into general circ . Illation that the batteries will open on Wednesday fo r certainty. You will have heard, before this reach' •s you, by telegraph. A conference v pas held to-day at head -quarters, at which were pi . e.sent Lord Raglan, General Can robert, and the E nglish and French Admirals. They sat some considel-able time. The nature of their meeting, of °ours°, is unknown, but we think it is on the attack.. The French Admiral is a very old person, and apparently very feeble. He i s s h ort n stature, ,porter than sir Edmund Lyons, Re RAILW 9YS -.Nit CASH. c. fr. c Orleans ... Western 650 Rouen Cate 617 50 Strasburg Aleiliterranean 965 Havre 555 NortLern PRUSSIA. A. letter from Berlin of the 14th inst., in the Constitutionnel,- says : " A copy of the new Russian instructions for Prince Gortschakoff at Vienna has been forwarded to our Governtngnt. Nothing has transpired as to their con tents, except that it is positive)* stated that Russia does not in any way accept the propositions of the Western Powers on the third point. The general opinion that peace will not issue from the conferences is thus fully borne out. It is true that the King of Prussia has lately made personal applications to the Emperor Alexander to induce him to make conceqsions, and particularly to in duce him to send Count de Nesselrode to Vienna as being the surest means of arriving at conciliation. The Em peror Alexander would not accede to this request, pre cisely because no conciliation could be hoped tor, from the opposition of principles which exists between Russia and the Western Powers. It is probably these applica tions which have delayed these last instructions of Russia.", It is not clear what instructions are here alluded to, as the telegraphic despatches received from. Vienna state that the Russian instructions had not arrived in that city on the 14th, and were only ex pected yesterday, the 16th. It is scarcely probable these instructions could have been communicated to the Court of Berlin before the Russian Pleni potentiary at Vienna had been made acquainted with them. The _National Gazette of Berlin, of the 13th, says :—" M. de Bockelberg is to take his departure in a few days for Munich as ambassador of Prussia. Councillor de Nesselrode, son of the Russian Chancellor, yesterday paid his visit of adieu to the president of the council. He is returning to St. Petersburg from Stutgard, where he had been charged to notify officially the accession of the. present Emperor of Russia. Several petitions were some time back addressed to the Second Chamber here in favour of the re-establishment of the bastinado. Both the committee appointed to examine these petitions and the Govet mnent are opposed to the prayer contained in' them, and do not think that the punishment ought to be inflicted in any case whatever. It is probable that it is iu that sense that the question will be decided." THE BALTIC FLEET. The latest news we have here (Berlin, April 15) of the movements of the advanced squadron of the fleet is, that the screw frigates Imperieuse, 51, Capt. Watson, and Euryalus, 51, Capt. Ramsay, entered Kiel harbour at 11 o'clock on the morning of the 13th inst., and came to anchor there. Several cargoes of coals for our steamers have already arrived, and others are expected at that port. One of two colliers, that arrived at the mouth of the harbour on the 9th inst., contrived to get through the floating ice as far in as the dilapidated fort of Fried richsort, and cast anchor there ; the other was compelled to put about and regain the open road. The interior portion of the harbour had been open for some days, owing to the influx of the Swentine and various land spring, but till within a vety few days the whole space between Bellvue and the mouth of the harbour was covered with firm ice. Up to the 10th there were a number of Kiel vessels detained. at Corsoer, waiting for the ice to break up suffici ently for them to proceed home through the southern portion of the Great Belt. The boldness of our navigators and t•ke strength of our vessels, as evidenced in their early arrival in those waters, and successful progress through floes and sheets of ice, cause great admiration in those parts. Two Danish steamers that were announced to ar rive at Kiel on the same day (Friday) were ordered to return only to Corsoer for the present, the trip to Copenhagen not being considered feasible yet. The Danish Government, in compliance with the German Federal resolution of Kriegsbereitschaft, has summoned its federal contingent, in virtue of 'Holstein and Lauenburg, to come'to ge th er on th e 15th of April. This boy of troops will consist of the 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th b a tt a li ons o f i n- Pantry of the line and the sth corps of riflemen. The 2d regiment of dragoons and a battery of artillery, at present stationed at Holstein ; are - I expected to join the 'contingent. The ( P les : tion of whether Danish troops should in a, n ,_/. way be made amenable to a resolution of ta o ; German Bund having been for a long time a 111 L. point, the outfit of these troops is very hind-hand, but great diligence is being exhibitan now in the purchase of arms, ammunition, a accoutrements. The command of the 1 1,1 s te e , contingent will be entrusted to Lieutenant-Gen,. rol von .K.rogh, and as, in case of a federal 13 30 '1, much . lisation, it would, on this occasion, fall to Den" mark's turn to appoint the commander of the lA% armee corps, in all probability he would thus 03 0 11 ( 1 )0 into the command of the whole corps of 70 ) men. The Thetis frigate, of 36 guns, that our Gover o ; merit changed away to thePrussianGovernak ent „d the two aviso steamers, Nix and Salamander,iarriv:, at Elsinore on the 6th, on her way to Dall tsi d) where she will take in her full complement of 4 0 hands. All persons connected with the Pru s ,l i n a n navy are highly delighted with this acquis'";,/ and describe her as exquisitely built, nearly ne h ' e l and handed over with full equipment ; in fact' her very reverse of what Si r J. G ra h am described to oe in the house last summer. SPAIN. -The Madrid journals of the 12th have arrived:6 The agitation which had prevailed during t b u i few days previ ous h a d entire l y cease d ; but' d way of precaution, the guard of the palace o s the Cortes was c ons id era bl y i ncrease d. It ad reported that the Mi n i s t er o f th e Interior reigned, and that the Minister of Justice tended to follow his example. MONTENEGRO. goo The Austrian G aze tt e o f Vi enna state -- Montenegro, under date of the 30th ult., that Fr lt. Daniel() has sent his secreta r y, M e dokovic, t ° ror Petersburg, t o p resent hi s h omage to t h e EinPero. Alexander, and to end eavour to o bt a i n the res t " ;o h tion of th e p ens i on o f 8 ,0 0 0 scud i (80,000fr.)1100. the Emperor Nicholas hid suppressed, 011 4 .0 count of the prince not having aided his Pr i c tr t h e with suffici6nt activity. O n t h e ot h er ham' , o Gazette declar e s th a t Daniel() had also sent a Per so named Provic on a secret mission to ConstantinoPto _the object of which is, it says, supposed to be o, offer to the Porte the protectorate of Mon teneb roi. on condition that it will restore i ts anc i en t fron' ,tA- e d The Gazette adds, that thi s person is also c harg the to prevent Monteneg r i n subjects from enter in g English service, and to send home all of dial 11 may be without work at Constantinople. PIEDMONT. It appears from the report on the Convents 5 1 13 : 3 , pression Bill, presented to the Pied montese that 174 petitions, with an aggrega t e o f 12,62 11 s tbe natures, have been presented in favour of reh measure, and 615 agai ns t it, w ith 68,697 signatliiilar, including 6,071 na mes o f mem b ers o f the sec and regular clergy. tisg Tile generals of th e re li a i ous or d ers ' s tiil in Piedmont have addressed a letter, data 1 1 l o t 31st ult., to the archbish o p s an d bishops 0 f " n ce kingdom, con 7rat u I atin g them on the reslsttg. they have mad e to the C onven t s Suppressia ;0; now before the S ena t e a t T ur i n, an d t h an king i t be for the protection they have thus granted "'This establishments menaced with destruction• di d document is sign e d b y n i neteen genera l s , / 10111 0 the Bishop of P or ph yra, general o f th e 100' monks. —....-- 0 llif• The Danube of Vienna, of the 12th, says froll Drouyn d e l'H nys h as to-day receive d Paris inst ruc ti ng hi m to h asten as muc h as estuir the proc ee di ngs o f t h e C onfErence, an d not °Rio rate any lon ger th e d e l ays contrived b y the do sians. Lo r d J. Russell hm 14 as received front analogous i ns t ruct i ons. " ]fittersibie r e. The Hanover G aze tt e says •--" We 113 " t i o a ceived from a very re li a bl e source the confirn33-the of the news that th e U n it e d S tates, towarus the end of March, denounced t o Denmark ill treaties existing between thes e t wo co untries reitv, . s o tive to the Sound dues. 'The moment a ir P ,, P; ecl well chosen, as it is p ro b a bl e th at, if the •-- - th i e lf States determined to refuse fu r th er payment' a ri• decision would not much disturb the other ra time powers." Mori' A letter from Genoa, of the 13th, in the turf b a s r ro teur, says :—" The preparations for the deP of the Sardinia n t roops continue. M e " l o n the tion of the artillery commenced yesterday. n ortt 11th, the steam-frigate Constituzione left th' A s p i i ,clr having on board a part of the materiel, i ,"; bO5 . meat of the engineers, the medical staff of cc t ",;00 0 ; pital which is about to he establi.h d " a tten d tinople, the Sisters of Charity, who e are t 0 ,r o to it, and the military staf f of the Genera l manding-in-Chief.' The King of Sa r di n i a h as appo i nted CAPttli° , Rizzardi, the Mar qu i s o f San Marzano, and Cll r twin Genova de R eve l t o h e Sardinian eoroT i , • sioners accredited to Ome r Paella, General 113oe robert, and Lord Raglan respectively. THE CAPE OF GOOD SOPS' By the arrival on Monday, in the Mersey, °";v; screw steam-ship Ant e l o p e , C a pt a i n A. P _Frei ) we have advices from the Cape of Good 14 " e to Feb. 27, being one week later than previous'," re , baud. The Antelope brought several passeng e o but no cargo. The Dazzler, schooner, saile d !tog Table Bay, Feb. 23, for B )fast. The sr bscril 3 " - r y to the Patriotic Fund at Cape Town reached n° o(3 2,0001. The Cape Monitor says that " "' f a d' sickness is abating in the eastern, and is not spr ee ing in the western provinces. Probably it Will %be disappear, as di I the lung sickness any' ll g te ri• horned ca t tl e , w hi c h several well inforniedi, "oaf nary surgeons d ec l are t o b e id ent i ca l. % oi sf hope that th e f armerso f t h e western province./ 06 escape the threatened visitation, which froin, experience of forme r y ears t h ey cou ld not b r qi gard with horror and dismay." The 61 1 1 ,,1te1l Town Journal speak s very d iseouraginglY) ;4 II that the sicknes s in t h e western prov ince ba abated in th e l eas t . Th e party deputed 1 ) . 1' 00 1 inhabitants o f C ape T own to v i s i t the reput e ,' was indication s h a d re t urne d , b ut t h e restu t oie re not known when the Antelope sailed. t hei • was, however, every reason to expect thilL it , o s were satisfied that co a l ex i sts i n quant ities Salt; the i t to be worked with p ro fi t . Th e l a y er s are 4: of lower level tow ar d s th e nort h of the g reat b as f ' t o of the secondary f orma tio n o f t h e easter n P 3 ` South Africa. Feb' From Natal advices bad been received l':),1cl 1. The subj ec t o f annexat i on to the Cape 04-iti engaged much a tt ent i on. A memor i a l W a t vi course of signature to Mr. Pine, request iv i Licir not to throw up the reins of government. n i tional plans, f ormat i on o f roads, lay i ng o f and monthly markets, give an indication of r 00 1 activity likely to p ro d uce a salutary effect °- the community at large. AMERICA. (BY, ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 6, • LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY 11 , 100 15 1 ,4 0 f The Atlantic h a s j us t arr i ve d h ere . She left York on the 4th ina. •P" PORTSMOUTH, Wed nes d ay M orn i ng.— A rr ive'" o at' Majesty's ships N e pt une, C a:cutta, Powerful, veil Cruiser, ar.d Driver, f rom D over roads. ige 111 We regret exceedingly to have to record the ue rri d o bei Lieuteoant•Colonel Nettsge, an old and di 9til L i f , officer, who for many y ears h e ld local rank in ed Captain Wright, Foreign-office messenger, a, rr- T i oe ft, k to'.vn late last night, with de-patches from the Lir - , PS Yesterday, the Earl of Munster was married at e l' Saint's, Knightsbridge, to Miss Wilhelininn IC, e „ - n ecs Erskine, eldest daughter of the late Hon. Jno. 0-e- bo Erskine and Lady Augusta Gordon Hallyburt"% ; 6 , the bride and bridegroom being grandchildren et King Willian IV. Miss Millicent Kennedy second and youngest daughter of Lady Aug u t Win)r married at the same !time to Mr. Wernyee• of Castle, son of the late Admiral Wemyss. tre gse . ACCIDENT TO EARL GRANVILLE.—Last e• -ni ;,o.- Earl Granville was driving in his cab, from the to r of Lords to the Great Western Railway Terr e ., l it Paddington, on his way to Windsor Castle, en Terr y 31t her Majesty, to dine with the Emperor an d EIPPi: ler" the French, he met with an aceidetit, which bapi rd uiiiitten,ied by serious results. The noble 1 )" - sitlen't of the Council it appears was pressed ho r se and being anxious to catch the train urged hi s ll io o ,l a pace so rapid that he lost all control over the °--, which at length carried the cab agai ist a lamp P ° bot.", thrown out of tee cab ; the hor,e, the collision Earl Glanville and his groom w ere ltes commencing to kick furiously, breaking b.,th th e fo rtir off short. Earl Granville was ' much shake", f eatery not seriously hurt. He availed himself () ci ti° brougham of afriend then passing, and restlTveiurek r b , u ,u 4 te to the railway terminus. The horse wa' a high-spinted Arisi,alt the vehicle was greatly damaged. The WRECK OF THE S HIP F LYING C HILDERS .----1-"" WWI: Childers w as bl own ashore at Monte Vidto, teci‘ pero, o n t h e 3d of February, and became a to tal b e t bet" crew saved. Th e s hip, h av i ng roe k s th r ough tom, has URE been sold with her cargo. Ve l e LECT ON THE PYRAMIDS AND O B ELISIS or _ ow , —Last evening the Rev. Dr. Wilson delivered al) On this subject, in Christ Chu re h S c h oo l, Chelsea , of th e f un d s of the Chelsea Philanthropic societP Rev. Mr. Robertson presid e d. Th e a udience . " oipally composed of ladies, *it 4 e 4 1 1 .1.1i ti ll. 1% 11 ta t ' ttti 1~ ~ ~n Egli lc) A 41 Dtl