The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-07 00:00:00

BALTIC FLEET in the DO WN S.— EXCURSION to DOVER on EASTER MONDAY and TUESDAY. SOUT EI-E AST R RAILWAY.-- An Excursion Train. will leave the London-bridge Terminus at 8.30 a m. on Eastzr Monday and Tuesday, and return from Dover at 630 p.m. Fares there and back-ss. third class; 7s. second class; les. first chss. Excursion Steamers will leave Dover after the arrival of this tr-in, and go round tke Fleet. Fare, 4s. R. H. BARLOW, General Manager. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. ljnder the management of Mr. Buckstone, ON EASTER MONDAY Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal character by Mr. Beckstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a now Ballet, In which the Spanish Dancers will appear, entitled THE EVENING F ESTIVAL. - - After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE 'SEW BIT ' MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To oexchade with THE GALICIAN PETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CEtaztas KEAN. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed' LIVING TOO FAST. To be fo'lowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Bean. Romance, in two acts, entitled To conclude with (first time) a THE MULETEER OF TO ur.D O ; or , King , Queen , and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. ON EASTER MONDAY Will be 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 R')YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. her dangerous neighbour, save " with bated breadth and deep humility." Would Austria thus degrade herself if Sebastopol were razed to the earth ? Most decidedly not. She would no longer be the fawning and obedient lacquey, the ready instrument to carry out the behests of the Northern Despot. Then she would exhibit some degree of independence, and woull dare to speak and act for herself. Prussia, too, is testifying her unbounded devo tion to the new Autocrat. Her ingenuity is taxed to the utmost to do him honour. Chosen regiments are named a ft er hi s d eceased father to preserve his memory to all future generations. The minor Powers of Germany are follow ing the example. Even Belgium herself, not contented with the ominous neu trality she has so long observed, is despatch ing new emissaries to the Court of St. Petersburg. We learn by a letter from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., that " Count de BRIEY, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of the King of the Belgians, had, on the previous day, presented his new credentials to the Emperor ALEXANDER." This is the unkindest cut of all. Well may England exclaim "et-tic Brute," when she sees the Sovereign who owes everything to her—who was taken from petty lodgings to espouse the presumptive heiress to the British Throne—who has so long been the well paid pensioner of the United Kingdom, and whose nephew is the consort of our dearly-loved SOVE REIGN, paying such masked compliments to Russia, sending an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, possibly to nego tiate respecting " the kingdom of Thurin gia" should he induce England to waive her just demands. These are matters that should not be regarded lightly. At such a crisis every thing is important. A straw thrown up shows the quarter from which the wind blows, and the mission of the Count de BRIEY should only induce the peoples of France and England to insist with more inflexible resolution on that which alone can lead to a permanent and honourable peace—to repeat with unanimity throughout both countries, " DELENDA EST SEBASTOPOL," as an indispensable condition of any treaty that may be concluded by their representatives. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan, ON EASTER MONDAY Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L I DIES, and Characters Miss Ca b st!ety Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vinin g , H . Cooper, ranYers, cn. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF ADD THE RING OF IHE GOL MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHE-ITRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wr.a. Cooke. Mr. William Cooke begs to acknowledge one of the most successful seasons of the Royal Amphitheatre, and announces that on EAI,TER MONDAY there will be produced an original Eqatdrama, to be called, THE FIELD AGAINST fHE FAVOURITE; developing events 01 peculiar character and general interest ! Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, and a variety of amusements, will end their aid t, the evening's entertainment. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. St West. Acting Manager, a g r. W. H. C oo k e, E q uestrian Direc t o r, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.e Manager, Mr. 14::: ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRIt. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, The WIZARD of the WORLD will appear in his Nagle Saloon, With a variety of amusements. To be followed by TUE BARBER OF CADIZ, introducing the Drury-lane Ballet Com; any. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tm e DAY —Morning 39 caiL.after 4 f Evening 56 mimift. 4 To. roaram Morni4 17 min.after 5 Evening 36 inin.aft. TUB WEATHER.—gnu 07/101, April. 7. Tarancomrrzß, IN THE SHAD& 63 —highest since neon yesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BARorarrn, 30'18. WIND, N—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather. ( J 4 txic:, r~ ~~ ~~~.. LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1855. The Conferences at Vienna have been sus pended during holy week ! The arrival of M. DROITYN DE L'HuYs was, almost as a matter of course, the signal for further procrastination. Prince GORTSCHAKOFF required fresh instructions from his Imperial Master, which could not arrive before the 10th inst., and accordingly the meet ing of Diplomatists has been adjourned until that day, when it is to be hoped that something decisive may take place. It is, indeed, time that the solemn farce should be brought to a conclusion-- that the Russian Plenipotentiary should be in vested with ample powers to arrange the terms on which a definite treaty may be concluded, and that without further equivocation he will explain his real intentions. We believe that, if possible, the distinguished representative of France will bring him to the point—but nothing save the most energetic course can do so. There must be an ultimatum, couched in language so clear and unmistakeable, that no quibbling disputes, or strained interpre tations can be put forward at any future time. The answer to that demand must be a simple Yes, or No. No explanations or qualifications can be admitted, and the absence of such answer within a limited—a very limited—period must be regarded as a breaking oft of the negotiation, and the signal for the return of the representatives of France and England to their respective coun tries. Such summary proceedings may be by no means selon les regles. They may be altogether opposed to diplomatic humbug, and may cause pert officials to stand aghast with real horror. But it is time to discard conventional rules, when they are opposed to the national interests. Too many sacrifices have already been offered up on the altar of "red tapism." We may learn from the example af forded by Prince MENSCHIKOFF at Constantinople, in 1853, how Russian diplomatists would act under circumstances similar to those in which Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS are now placed ; and on such a point we may condescend to receive a salutary lesson from the adversary. Russia will not give away a single point. She will make no concession so long as there is the slightest chance of obtaining better terms. She will cavil and dispute about " the ninth part of a hair's-breadth," if, by doing so, she can reap any profit, however trivial ; and, as we have repeatedly pointed out, she is troubled with no scruples respecting her character for honesty or consistently. She possesses an im mense advantage in the wordy strife, being ready at any moment to shift her position and t o t a k e advantage of any contingencies arising d ur i ng t h e negotiations. displayed, w e may From the mala fides already learn how vain would be the hope, how futile the reliance placed on the strict observance of a n y verbal pledges on her part. We have seen the many shiftings and evasions already resorted to oa every possible occasion, and how can we hope that the leopard will suddenly become immacu late—that the negro will cast his skin ? The late Ater"saT Showed how indispensable he con sidered " material guarantees, " re spect his memoand we may rY for teachine , U 3 the word ; but what he was so ready to re fused to concede. "heave us S e b as t o pol and our Black Sea Fleet," say the Ru ssians,and everything else th a t can r nably be requ ired will be granted. Very likely, indeed ! And why ? Because all other tili n r % are Words are winds. Promises may be valuel ess ! and Russia will not b e tro bl u brok en, ed with undue scruples when the fitting opportunity arises. Already she speculates on the period when dis sensions niay arise between the Western —powers - and she will be quite satisfied to bide her tim e , provided she retains the power in h er h ands, ready to make a deadly attack on the arrival of the auspicious moment. We may also perceive from passing events how completely the German Powers are under the control, we had almost said the vassalage, of the CZAR. Austria, solemnly pledged to the Western Powers, still pays compliments to the adversary against whom, if the slightest credence be attached to her professions, she is speedily about to assume arms. She also moves heaven and earth to allow him to retain the means of offence to preserve intact " the standing menace to Europe," under which she herself quails, and in consequence whereof she dares not speak to ' 1 Important events of a warlike character have already been mentioned in these columns as hav ing transpired within the last twelve months else where than before Sebastopol. The retrospective glance recently taken by us at these remarkable occurrences of 1854-5 was preceded, it will be remembered, by a rapid summary of the relative situations in regard to each other of the different States of the European Continent. In this par ticular it should be especially recollected that, while Russia has been strenuously opposed by Turkey, and while Turkey has been no less stren uously supported in this opposition to Russia by France and England, the remaining great Powers have occupied very contrasting positions indeed— some maintaining a timorous neutrality, while some, again, on the contrary, have evinced, more or less openly, a sympathy for the cause of one or other of the belligerents. Greece, for example, betrayed her complicity with the CZAR by a rebellious rising, only to be repressed by the appearance of certain squadrons off the Piraeus, and the marching of certain troops from the Pirus to the Acropolis. Sardinia has since then manifested a totally different feeling in re ference to the course pursued by the AirromtAT, by valiantly placing at the disposal of the Allies a very powerful and opportunely-contributed con tingent. Austria, instead of chivalrously enter ing upon any decided path like that chosen for themselves by the lesser States of Genoa and Sar dinia, has, by playing fast and loose to the very end of the chapter, been consistent even in the midst of her apparent inconsistencies. Frussia all the while successfully carrying out her own paltry designs by the seemingly impracticable means of notoriously unsuccessful negotiations. It has throughout, moreover, been anxiously expected by every more sanguine observer of these proceed ing that Naples and Tuscany might imitate the decision lately arrived at by the Court of Turin, and so far emulate the policy of the Piedmontese Cabinet as to avow their sympathy for the cause ,f the Western Allies in the tardy, indirect po sitioh presumed to have been very recently re 4olved upon for adoption by Spain and Portugal. Whereas, strange to tell, nei:;her Belgium nor Flanover, bound to an active co-operation with this country—we might not unreasonably have conjectured, if only because of the generally Iffectual bonds of dynastic association, have ex tricated themselves from the paralysing influence exercised by the insincerity of Austria, and to the obstinacy of Prussia over the whole political con geries of the Germanic Association. Considerably greater probabilities of an ultimate rupture with the autocracy of St. Petersburg being manifested, in truth, by S weden and Denmark, if any degree of reliance can be placed in the information de rived at intervals from Stockholm and Copenhagen. such, we here take occasion to repeat, has been the actual situation in regard to each other, dur ing the past year of warfare on the banks of the Danube, and along the coast of the Crimea, .ff the principal among the great European nation dities. Meantime, as already observed, there have ,eeti events of enormous importance taking place :ontemporaneously in various remote parts both of he eastern and western hemispheres. Recently we have particulazised several among ;he more remarkable of these political occurrences in the last menticned, namely, in the western aeraisphere. We have enumerated in this manner —the continuance of the civil war in 31-exico ; the mtbreak of revolution in Peru; the agitation of View and sinister designs in California, with a view to its organisation as an independent democracy ; :he revival at Washington of divers nefarious. schemes in the way of territorial spoliation, to the Ind that the United States might absorb Cuba, for , xarnple, as well as Senora and the Sandwich islands, among the rest of its gigantic annexations. (I, 7 ed to all which, a recollection has not been oat of yet more distant incidents of a scarcely less significance, incidents such as that sudd en _ :rr t e b s r t e i ak ng a t Ballara t, from which some noti on may 50 gleaned u as to the nature of our imperial tenure ,ipon th e loyalty of our far-off colonists in 4ustralusics. A reference may subsequently be adventured " , 1 "'", We cannot but think not altogether injudi .:th'filaY;yazintao the political events of more than of the Euxin e g P o r ace i nously takii rtt; . l cle which have been simulta elsewhere than on the shores ries of E urope, in : li e n within th e am pl e bounda t::e Old World, or, ys o f c as e Ts Scattered q termed, sin ce th e da bas carters of been disti n ctively hemispher e . It w il l therefor°ll:e occurrences perceiv e d, rap idl y 11 uu8 ' this eastern he zi r c re so lute enough, beyond doubt, that portance have not been restricted t defenders of Sebast o p o l, or to the th e of jai be reconis l e d ants of that great fortress frotra will directionthe o f Kamiesh or of Ridaklava. It that we have had reasons enow for insisting up on the advisability of popular attention not being THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1855 entirely and invariably engrossed at this time by the contemplation of the events hiking nice not beyond the radius of some hundred miles or so from Kidikoi and Eupatoria. In testimony of which it may be enough fur the present if we ad vert thus briefly and cursorily to the prospect recently opened to our rulers by the possible re newal of the war in Kafirland ; to the request recently addressed to the viceregal authority at Calcutta by his Majesty the King of AvA, that, namely, for the restitution of Pegu to the Bur mese sovereignty ; to the assaults recently directed, and as yet altogether ineffectually, by the united arms of the Imperialists and of the French suppor ters upon the rebel city of Shanghai, an incident —this last—sufficient of itself to distract popular attention for a while from the Crimea—indicating., as it does so very notably, the progress, the vigour, and the vitality of that most wonderful perhaps among all the great events of our epoch, the Chinese Revolution—a Revolution which has already traversed the Celestial Empire from one end to the other under the united banners, for the blended interests, in the associated cause of Democracy and Christianity. CALCUTTA AND THE CAPE PLYMOUTH, SATURDAY MORNING. The ship Pride of the Sea, of Liverpool, Captain Robert Elder, from Calcutta, with troops, for Lon don, was off Plymouth, all well, this morning; she is 91 days from the Sand-heads: The Pride of the Sea brings dates from the Cape of Good Hope to the 17th of February. A com munication in the Anglo-African, dated King William's Town, February 7, says :—" All per fectly quiet in British Caffraria." On the 3d of February his Excellency Governor Sir George Grey visited the Fingoe settlement at Healdon. HARD WICKES SHILLING PEERAGE. The great cost of preceding Peerages having confined their sale almost exclusively to the rich, the appearance of the present will he hailed with satisfaction by the less wealthy, to whom information respecting the aristocracy may be desirable. The work is, in fact, a Peerage for the million, neatly got up, and containing all the most interesting and useful information to be found in more bulky and elaborate Peerages, compiled with the greatest care, and arranged in the most judicious manner, so as to be easily referred to. The " Shilling Peerage," which we doubt not will meet, as it deserves, with a large sale, is, we understand, to be followed by " a Shilling Baronetage." FRENCH CIRCULAR DESPATCH. The following is the text of the Circular Note, addressed by 1117. Drouyn de l'Huys to the represen tatives of France at the various German Courts. It bears date the 27th of March : " Sir—The journals havegiven the text of a despatch from the Baron de Manteuffel, addressed on the 2,1 of the present month to Count Hatzfeldt. Though I do not impute to the Cabinet of Berlin the publication of this document through the press, it seems tome indispensable that I should repro duce with more force the opinion I have already expressed on its contents to the Prussian Minister. " What I wish first to contest is, the doctrine according to which it will be forbidden to Foreign Powers to take notice of the internal deliberations of the Frankfort Diet. As long as those deliberations have no abject but German interests, France, from the respect it bears to the independence of Germany, will have neither advice to give nor action to exercise; but evidently it cannot ba so in circum stances of a nature to affect the relations she is bent on entertaining with Prussia and Austria. A frank and fore seeing diplomacy holds it a first duty to be informed of such dispositions as it may have one day to second or oppose. Its part is not to react against accomplished or decided facts. It consists rather in preventing, by vigilance and frankness, such incidents as, having occurred, woald draw after them vexatious consequences. It can not, then, be doubted that the attitude of M. de Bismark, in the sitting of the 22d of February, would legitimately , challenge our attention, since it was at the same time de nounced asdeneerous by the Cabinet of Vienna, doubtless as jealous as the Cabinet of Berlin for the dignity of that Con federation over which it presides. In pointing out, on our own part, a tendency that seemed to us hostile, and one which the Baron do Manteuffel has disavowed, we only desired to arrest in its origin a conflict not less con trary to the declarations of Prussia than to our own in tentions in her respect. " I regret, then, sir, that the despatch addressed to Count Hatzfeldt has changed the field of debate, and placed me under the obligation of verifying the solidity of the ground on which we are now called to discusi. If would be in my opinion singularly to lessen the importance of the Diet and the States composing it to maintain, when an opinion advanced at Frankfort has been re-echoed sufficiently to be heard beyond the circle of Federal deliberation, that no Foreign Power has any cause for taking it into considera tion, and, if there be occasion, for reasoning on it with the Cabinet from whose representative it emanated. I ac cept, I repeat, no such doctrine, and I desired the Marquis de 3lonstier to say so to Baron de Manteuffel. "Neither can I admit vague imputations of to wards Prussia to be thrown on the Emperor's agents abroad. If we have complained, we have stated precise facts—we have quoted names. We have not acted in a spirit of recri mination, but in a spirit of confidence and concord. We have attributed to the Prussian Government the sentiments with which we ourselves are animated, and have frankly pointed out to it, in the attitude and language of one of its principal organs, what appeared to us to denote dispositions unfavourable to the success of the negotiations then opened between the two Cabinets. We very naturally recognise in Prussia the right we have used towards her ; and I shall not refuse, on my side, any explanations which Baron de Manteuffel can have to demand from me. But I confess what has most surprised me in the despatch I am examining, is the regret expressed at the want of a paper that, by establishing, in an obligatory manner, the identity of the political views of Prussia and France, would put an end to the divergencies of their respective legations. Sir, I have long said the same thing. Our sincerest and most per severing efforts have essayed to bring about the result I bad foreseen; and the Baron de Manteuffel would have been only just if he had made use of language less impregnated with bitterness when alluding to our measures for obtaining, in the interest of European order, the adhesion of Prussia to the treaty of the 2d December. " For its own part, the Emperor's Government feels itself honoured in having clone everythine t o f ac ili tate the accession of the Cabinet of Berlin to the alliance of the Western Powers. It merits, in this respect, the kind of reproach that has been addressed to it, but it is asto nished at its source. I authorise you to read this despatch to M. --. "DROUYN DE L'HUYS." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, GOOD FRrDAY. The Queen and Prince, with the elder royal child ren, the ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the do mestic household, attended divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The lion. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor per formed the service, Despatches from the Governors of the Australian co lonies, and also from the Glvernor of Hong Kong, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. A messenger with despatches from the Commander of the Forces in the Crimea f)r Lord Panroure, Secre t try of State for War, arrived in town yesterday. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere have left Lon- don for H4tcliford. The E,rl and Countess of Durham leave London, to day, I,r Brqcke.tt-hall, Hertfordshire. Lord Broughton left town on Thursday for Erie Stone-park, Wiltshire. Lord and Lady Over Atone left town on Thursday for Overstme-park. NorthampWnshire. The Earl of Lucan is expected at Hollymount house, the residence of his relative, Thomas Spencer Lindsey, E , q., on Thursday evening next. Lord John Brown e luft Westport-house in 'he early part of last wzek, fur Constantinople, en route for the Crimea. 'rl.e Marquis of Sligo purposes le ►virg this country dnrirg the present week for Constantinople. Lord John Russell has found it necessary to postpone his departure from Vienna till after the 10th inst., as the answer from St, Petersburg to Prince Gortschakoff 's last despatch cannot be received sooner. Toe i.:arriage of the Earl of Lichfield and Lady Har riet Hami!ton is to take place on Tuesday next, at Brocket-hall, - Hertfordshire, where the Marquis of Abercorn now resides. General Vivian took paFsaoncreivfloornCaolnsltantinople in the ast. 500 F renc h y of the e r i n y, em barked s i!v o l i a d r i s e e r i x l , les p belonging acket E t n o p h d r i a ff t e e r o e nt cov; in the same vessel. A despatch published in the Journal de St. Pete sb ° of the MA), confirms the death, by a cannon ball before 4.9' ' Sebast )pol, on the 17th, of the Russian Admiral Istorn''ll M. Geizot has appeared a second tim e a t the Tu'ileriEs..' in virtue of his functions at the Academy, in or d er t o submit to the chief of the state the nomination of M. Ponsar I. The Emperor attempted to engage his visitor in a long and friendly conversation. llerEw MAP OF THE CRIMRA,—This excellent map, to which we called the attention of our readers yesterday, is nublished at the Hydrographic-office of the Admiralty, and by their agents, for whom it was lithographed by Messrs. Molby and Son, Holborn, with their usual skill. The Senate of Piedmont will proceed to the considera tion of the law upon convents after Easter. The clergy meanwhile are straining every nerve to secure the rejec tion of the bill. PRUSSIA AND THE CONFERENCES.—The indepenclance, of Brussele, believes that Prussia will be admitted to the conferences without first signing a special engagement. Access to the conferences, it is observed, is the entire question between the Prussian Go eernment and the etAu brought g il hyt. letteri to Thiso fromt h e may 3Kei: easily inign, oifn pt b hr e ou b sps e io l a i s e t v aA e n d ra . paut allied powers. " Russia, Austria, awl Prussia desire it m the Emperor of the French appears to a Gazette , autograph that the intelligence of General de Wedell having from the be 61e:to:neer: STATE OF TRADE. ~ l,• •.."Cite. :ardian of tkie (7,7..... b.) s.—`Tie iinproving tender,y of business has become increasingly apparent since Tuesday in a more general disposition to buy,yarns and goods, and a growing hardness among sellers in regard to prices. The continental houses, having been enabled, by what was going here, to make pretty good progress in selling to their customers, are continuing their purchases of yarns ; there appears also to be some business doing for China ; and a small fraction (say Ad. per lb.) is now clearly added to the quotations of last week for water twist, all counts of which, from 30's. down to the lowest, share in the improvement. BRADFORD, April 5.—W00l : There is an improved sup ply of bright-haired wools, and the spinners are in better stock, consequently less eager to buy, as the prices sought are too high for the trade. The supply of deep-grown wether sorts and hog matchings is yet limited, but is greatly relieved by the quantity of skin wool on the mar ket, which is of unusually good length, th e l ong -continued winter having prevented the fat sheep being clipped. In Down and half-bred wools the demand is4ather improved, and the downward tendency temporarily Checked. Yarns: There is rather more doing in al kiwis of spool yarns. Pieces : There continues to be more doing in goods, and orders are being given out. _ LEICESTER, April s.—Another flat week, scarcely ary thing doing in the warehouses and no buyers visiting our warkot. Great distress prevails vanongd every branch of our operatives. Worsted spinners produce cautiously and prices remain unaltered. Wools are springy. Bright haired lots aro realising better prices. WOOLLEN TRADE. (From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) LEEDS, April 6.—The markets have been of a rather quiet character this week. Both on Saturday and on Tues day there was only a limited business done in the cloth halls, and the tone of the market on both days was rather flat. The trade in most of the warehouses has been much better during the current week. Several of the principal buyers from London, Glasgow, and other parts of the country as well as from Ireland, have been in the town, which has caused some activity, and given a better tone to the demand for the home market, which will doubtless be further improved by the lowering of the rate of discount by the Bank of England at their meeting yesterday. Our retrospect of the woollen trade for the Month of March is a more cheerful one than the previous month's. We have to note a decided improvement in the business of the cloth halls, which has continued throughout until the present week, which we have previously said was a little flatter. ItocimiLE, April 2.—The flannel market continues steady, both in demand and the amount of business trans acted. Prices may be said to have undergone little or no variation since the previous Monday. HUDDERSFIELD, April 3.—The market to-day has been an indifferent one as far as sales are concerned. Buyers, both front London and the north, have been in attendance, but their purchases have been few, and chiefly confined to cheap lots and low qualities. HALIFAX, March 31.—We have no new feature to notice in this market since our last report. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The chief business of the week has again been in divi dend mines, which maintain their prices, and aro in good demand. In North Basset, a rise from 171. to 191. and 191. 103. has takan place, owing to the very rich qu a lity o f the ores now for s a l e , and whic, it is said, will realise up wards of 4,0001., and enable the directors at the next meet ing to charge three months' costs against two months' ores, and give, besides, a dividend of ss. or 10s. per share. _Wheal Bassets have been done at 5401. to 5451. ; Great Devon, 370/. to 3751. ; South Fr a n ces , 3521 . 10 s. to 357/. 10s. ; West Basset, 30/. ; Rosewarne, 155/. • Wheal Wrey, 5/. t o 5/. 2s. 6d. ; West Carad on , 1701. ; gouth Tamar, 61. ; Herods foot, 21. to 21.105.; Bedford United, 91. 7s. 60. to 91. 12s. 6d.; Vale of Towy, 13s. to 15 5 ., and i n reques t , a st i ll further improvement having taken place in the trine. AIINES WHICH HAVE SOLD OBE.—Britannia (Llanar men), Eaglebrook, East Basset, East Wheal Rose, Great Wheal Alfred, Hope Valley, Kilbricken, Rheidol United, Nanteos and Penrhiw, North Wheal Crofty, Round Hill, Sortzidge Consols, South Garras, St. Day United, Trenow Consols, Vale of Towy, Wheal Franco, Wheal Kitty (Uny Lelent), Wheal Marshali. In the Gull Mining Share Market a slight improvement may be noted. The screw ship Charlemagne left To.don, on the 4th, with troops for Constantinople. • The ships (if the line Deguesclin and St.. Louis reached Kainiesh on the 231, coming from France with reinf,rce tnent.,, and materiel fur the army. The French gunboats Teurrnente and Tempete were launched on the 3d. NEW CHURCH IN THE WESTMINSTER -ROAD.—Arrange- ments are in progress for the ertction of a new church in the Westminster-road, a few yards east of the rear of the Roman Catholic cathedral. A site has been obtained and laid out for the purprise, and on either side a capa cious school-house has a l rea dy b een built. The church, which will be in the parish of St. George -the - Martyr, Southwark, will have au ecclesiastical district assigned to it. Very extensive inundations have recently taken place in the vicinity of the Vistula, and caused such i mmense damage in the provi nces of P 043311 and of Western Prus sia, that it has been found necessary to send commis sioners from Berlin to aff,rd relief to the sufferers. The waters have reached a greater height toan in 1820, and the devastation caused is said to be even gre• - --• that period. The second West York Militia, who have bleb fumed at Sheffield for some time past, have just received orders to march for Portsmouth, whence they are to embark for tillk Mediterranean. About 600 of the regi ment have volunteered for foreign service, have received bounty, and just had a week's holiday. A letter from Vienna, 2d, in Voss's Gazette, of Berlin, says :—" It is certain that Russia demanded that, before the deliberation of the third point is entered on, Prussia shall be admitted to the Conferences, but the demand was rejected by the members of the Congress as being completey beyond their competency to decide." The last letters from St. Petersburg state that Prince Christian of Denmark, Prince Frederick of Hesse, and Prince William of Baden, had arrived in that city to present to the Emperor Alexander letters of condo. lence on the death of the late Czar. Amongst the other envoys from the German courts who have arrived in that capital with similar letters are the Prince of Tuur and Taxis from Bavaria, and Major-General Baron de Haynau from Hesse-Cassel. The Opinione of Turin of the 3d announces that the King of Sardinia, who had been for some days past labouring under an indisposition which obliged him to have twice recourse to bleeding, has now perfectly re covered. Captain Crespi, who served several months in Omer Pacha's army, has been appointed aide-de-camp to General Alfonso La Marmora, the commander-in-chief of the Piedmontese expeditionary army. THE SALE OF LORD RUTHERFURD'S LIBRARY.—The sale of this noble collection is now concluded---Tuesday having been the 11th and last day. There were alto gether 2,573 lots , and the aggreg a t e pro d uce of the sale was about 7,000/.—Ediribrtegh Courant. DONCASTER APRIL FAlR.—This, the principal of the Doncaster annual fairs, was held at that town on Thursday, and proved the busiest known for many years past. TELEGRAPHS IN THE PONTIFICAL STATES.—The Gior nale di Roma announces that henceforth all the electric telegraphs throughout the Pontifical states are to be open to the public. It also publishes a tariff, fixing the price of despatches according to length and distance. A despatch of 25 words or under, transmitted to a dis tance not exceeding 40 miles, cods about 2f. 60c., and so on. The telegraphic stations at present exiting in the Papal states are at Rome, Bologna, Ancona, Fuliguo, and Tent aci t a. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TEE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.— On Tnunday Mr. William Payne held an inquest, at St. Ruth°lernew's Hospital, on the body of John Newbury Davy, aged 51. The deceased, who was a very steady and att-nave man, ha'l employed for about 18 years in the General Po,l-office. Oa Saturday evening he was drawing a ba,het of letters, and, whilst doing so, he struck his head against a flap in the Reiister-office, cau,ing a wound in the I irehead. Very unfavourable symptoms supervened, and he gradually sunk, and died from exhau,tion on ‘Velnesday evening. Erysipelas and delirium, according to the medical evidence, were the cause of death. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." DANGEROUS EXPERIMENTS.— I. Julienne, civil eng!. neer, Rue de Rocroy, No. 14, who is endea inuring to employ compressed air as a motive power for omni buses and vehicles on ordinary roads, caused to be con structed a metallic tube of sufficient strength to be able to receive conqre,.sed air of the force of 32 atmospheres. Yesterday some of 11:s workmen proceeded to make ex per iaients with the tube. They arrived successively, and without accident, at a compression of nearly 29 atmo spheres. and were increasing the force, when all at once the tube exploded with lea- ful violence, and the frag ments flew about in all directions. One of them struck a 'van named Barthelmy, who was quietly workin g at a bench at some little dist ance , and literally swept off his head as completely as a cannon ball could have done. Another of the fragments struck a man named Gamier in the left arm, and fractured it ; he was conveyed to the Hospital La Riboissihre.—Galignani. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.—A most determined and la mentable case of suicide occurred a few days ago at Buck fastleigh, in Devonshire. A man of property, named Lee, residing with his wife and children, complained of being ill, and seemed much depressed in spirits. He desired his brother-in•law to go to Ashburton and fetch a solicitor, in order that he might arrange his affairs. This was done, and shortly afterwards his wife and a nei4hbour, named Mitchell, were out in the garden when th e y h ear d t h e report of a gun. On going into the house Mr. Lee was found lying on the floor, with a gun by his side, weltering in his blood. He had placed the gun under his chin ; and a small piece of steel, with which it was loaded, was found to have passed right through the unfortunate gentleman's head. An inquest was held, and from the evidence of several witnesses it was evident that deceased had not been in his right mind for several days. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity. BOW-STREET POLICE COURT.— "DRUNIC !"—On Mon day last (we may as well ha precise, and show we do not fear contradiction) we were there for an hour and a half, and here is an epitome of the charges made :- —lst, a woman—drunk; 2,1, a woman, well-looking and decent —drunk ; 3d, a man, a collector with the charity's money in his pocket—drunk ; 4th, a boy—picking a pocket ; sth, a man--drunk ; 6th, a woman—drunk ; 7th, a man—case of stabbing while drunk (the injured man not sober) ; Bth, a girl of about 16—drunk ; 9th, a girl--drunk ; 10th, a well-looking woman --drunk ; 11th, a woman—drunk ; 12th, two boys, 13 amid 15—for steal- - , lag ; uotau.;h! . ., with scarcely knowledge that they had done wrong ; 14th, a girl—drunk ; 15th, a woman— drunk ! How many more were brought up, victims of the monsttr evil—drink, we know not ; it WAS too sad dening to be endured longer. —The Budder. y ry* - 71r - , rffl r -" .3, VIENNA, SATURDAY, 9 A.m. M. Drouyn de l'Huys, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived here last night. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., states that Count de Briey, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, had, on the previous day, presented his new credentials to the Emperor Alexander. EUPATORIA. EUPATORIA, March 21.—The fortifications about Eupatoria are assuming daily more colossal pro portions. In order to mask the construction of these ad vanced works, a great cavalry demonstration took place yesterday. At daybreak five regiments of cavalr3, with two batteries of horse artillery and a large force of infantry, left the town. The infantry, which had to furnish the working parties, and at the same time to serve as support to the cavalry, in case the Russians should be in supe rior force, took up its position close to the town, while the cavalry, proceeding towards the first mound in the centre, on which the Turkish videttes had hitherto been placed, formed under the lee of the ridge. Two regiments, throwing out their skirmishers, occupied the first line, with a battery of horse artillery in the centre between them. The second line, outflanking a little the first, was formed by two other regiments in coiumno of .cputdrono, with three guns in front of each. The remaining regi ment formed the reserve, while the Tartars were thrown out on both flanks as skirmishers. In this order of battle the cavalry passed the first mounds. The weather, which during th e l as t two days had b een fine, iad changed, and was threatening with wind and rain. The Russian videttes, seeing the Turkish cavalry, began slowly to retire ; horsemen were sent off i n every direc tion, and the reserves came gallopkig up. ID the beginning nothing more than the usual four squadrons of Russians wore seen—the squad ron of Lancers, on their black horses, coming up from the bridge which leads over the creek, two squadrons of dragoons, with their white crossbelts over their great-coats, and one squadron on white horses, very likely the Hussars, which were seen at other times. This force, seeing the advance of the Turks, drew off slowly to th right towards the vil lage of Bagai, situated ou a slope close to the creek, whilea long line of Cossack skirmishers extended in the direction of Oraz, guarding the right flank of the Russians. The Turks followed from ridge to ridge, from mound to mound, down towards the gully, on the other side of which the Russians halted on an advantageous slope, as if decided to dispute the passage. Their intention was clear enough—they wanted to draw the Turks to the right, entice them to at tack the few squadrons on the slope, and thus out flank their left, and roll up their line. Indeed, eight squadrons and a whole battery (12 guns) of Russians had already outflanked the Turkish left, for the Turks in descending towards the creek could not see the high ground to the left. As soon as the movement of the enemy became apparent the order was given to draw back slowly ; but be• fore this took place guns were advanced and opened fire on the Russian cavalry on the opposite side of the gully, while the skirmishers on both sides were firing harmless carbine shots at each other. The distance was, however, too great, and th e r i s i ng ground on the oth er side unfavourable to ricochet shots, so the guns were withdrawn after a few rounds, which dismounted a couple of Cossacks. The opening of the fire of the guns had neverthe less the effect of drawing the forces of the enemy which threatened to outflank the Turkish left more to the right. Up to this time (about 8 o'clock in the morning) the cavalry expedition was commanded by the General of Brigade Tsherkess Ali Pasha, who had attached to him, as Chef d'etat Major, Murad Effendi (Major Wierzhicky). But just as the Turkish cavalry retired to the next ridge in the rear of the position it had occupied Omer Pasha himself came up. He immediately ordered one regiment of cavalry and three howitzers to go to the extreme right towards the bridge loading over the. creek. By this time the Russian cavalry on our right flank had increased to 12 squadrons and 12 pieces of artillery, which were seen coming up in a gal lop, when the Turkish guns first opened. When the Turkish detachment ordered towards the bridge came up they had taken up their position ; they did not only not hide their strength, but made rather a displ a y o f it, w hi c h showed that they had no intention to attack, but were only de- • termined to dispute the passage. Thus, when the three howitzers opened and sent some shells amon g t wo squadrons which formed the Russian advanced guard, they did not reply at first ; but only when the fire became too annoying they brought up 12 guns and fired one or two rounds, which, however, did no harm. As the Turks had likewise no intention to attack, both parties kept their position. Omer Pasha, after having ordered up another regiment, as reserve to the first, in case the Russians should attack, went back towards the works, which had in the mean time begun in the centre. When the Russians saw the Turkish centre and left retire more towards the town, their skirmishers came up again, and up to the evening shots were exchanged at 200 yards' distance, which, however, as usual, hurt neither party. In the afternoon both parties dismounted, fed their horses, and made preparations to pass the night where they were. While this was going on in advance, the new redoubts were traced and commenced under the directions of Colonel Symmons. They were con tinued without interruption during the whole night, which proved very fine. There was some appre hension that near the ridge the ground might be rocky, and thus offer considerable difficulties, but it was not the case. The night passed quietly, without the slightest alarm. About 9 o'clock this morning two squadrons of Russian cavalry and six guns advanced towards the bridge which forms on the extreme right of the Turkish position the only means of communication with the other side of the creek. Sefer Pasha, who commanded on that flank, did not oppose them, and soon after two of the guns with a platoon of cavalry were over the bridge and opened fire on the Turks. The four others and the rest of the cavalry followed, and the whole drew unmolested towards Bagai and joined the Russian forces on this side of the gully. The rest of the day passed quietly. The works were proceeding rapidly, so that to morrow they will most likely be finished. The Lynx gun-boat had yesterday a slight acci dent. In going along the coast to the west she struck a sandbank and stuck. The Valorous got her off. This afternoon a column of black smoke was seen suddenly arising from the wreck of the vessel Her Majesty. It soon changed into a bright flame, and attacked first the foremast and then the whole deck. How the fire happened I cannot tell ; but I heard that the intention was to blow up the decks, and then take the timber. Perhaps some accident occurred ; at any rate the vessel will burn down to the water's edge. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 30th of March. The Invalide Russe publishes the following re ports of Gene ra l Osten-Sacken :-- , " REPORT OF THE AFFAIR AT EIIPATORIA. " The commander of the detachment at Eupatoria, Lieut.-General Baron Wrangel, reports that on the 2d (14th) March, eight squadrons of Turkish lancers attacked the advanced posts of the detachments under his orders. " Oa the news of this attack Liout.-Colonel G oudina, of the Regiment of Lancers of her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna, who commanded the advanced posts, sent out the Cossa-ks of the reserve as skirmishers, and followed them up with two squadrons of the Novomigorod Lancers, with two field pieces of No. 20 Battery, Light Horse Artillery. " At a distance of about 250 saganes from the enemy Our Lancers opened their ranks, and the Horse Artillery opened a fire of grape. "Taken by surprise, the Turks immediately took to flight with such speed that the Cossacks and Lancers could not come up with them. The artillery sent ball and grape after them. "The enemy left 15 dead on the ground. one non-commissioned officer was wounded." " REPORT. OF THE ATTACK ON THE KAMTSCHATEA. RE DOU BT BY THE ENEMY. "On the sth (17th) March, shortly after nightfall, the enemy opened from their trenches a violent fire on our ambuscades in front of the Kamtschakta redoubt erected in aivance of the Korniloff bastion. "The musketry soon ceased; the enemy brought all tho guns of their nearest batteries to play upon the redoubt. " Colonel Svistchevsky, who occupied the latter, male a sortie from the entrenchments, with three companies of the Volhynia Regiment, charged the enemy vigorously, and drove them back at the point of the bayonet on the placings occupied by the riflemen of the Yakoutak Regi ment, who, taking advantage of the disorder of the ene my's columns, attacked them in the rear. "Placed between two rows of bayonets, the Zouaves sought safety in flight. " Having reinforced the defeated columns, the enemy re•oponecl a violent fire of artillery, after Which the Zouaves On our side again threw themselves upon then mbuscaden ; but, received ' by a•battaliorr of the rr , ioler;t Y,kout,k ;ti „.. two companit.s, tt broug rb u;, driven back to their trenches. " Following on the heels of the enemy our brave soldiers entered the trenches., who: o a murderous struggle of cold steel ensued, in which the French suffered considerably. " Colonel Bialy then withdrew his battalions, and took up a position in front' of the ambuscades. The enemy's fire ceased, and was not renewed during the night. "The Allies were firmly resolved to take our redoubt at all cost. According to the statement of prisoners the number of the enemy's troops engaged on this occasion was about 12,000. "To judge by the obstinacy of the struggle the loss of the enemy must have been very considerable. Near the redoubt alone they left 50 killed. We took prisoners 1 subaltern and 9 men. " On our side we bad 15 men killed, 1 subaltern, and 87 men wounded." weke :1 6 .... " In his diary of military operations sent with these re ports General Osten- Sacken mentions, among others, a very happy sortie made on the night of the 33 (15th) March by 700 volunteers under Major Rondanovsky. Dividing his detachment into three columns, he attacked the trenches occupied by the French, and in face of a very severe cross fire he drove them out of them with great loss. " When reinforcements of the enemy came up, Major Rondauovsky sounded a retreat, which he executed iu per fect order under a fire of grape from the besiegers. "In this affair we had 13 men killed and 57 wounded. We took 9 prisoners." We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 28th and 29th of March. The Invalide nusse publishes the following " We learn by a telegraphic despatch from Sebastopol that on the 2d (14th) of March the Turkish cavalry made a sortie from Eupatoria, but wer3 defeated by us. "On the sth (17th) of March, on the south side of Sebas topol, three battalions of Zouavee, with considerable re serves of infantry, attacked our positions in advance of the new Kamtschatka Bastion, which was commenced in front of the Korniloff battery in the night of the 26th of Feb. (10th of March), but they were driven back with great loss. " Since that fruitless attempt the enemy has acted with less obstinacy , than formerly ; but, to our great regret, Rear-Admiral Istomine was killed on the 7th (19th) by a cannon-ball. " On the Bth (20th). in the evening, Aide-de-Camp-Ge neral Prince Gortschakoff arrived at S.hastopol." A letter from Warsaw, dated April 1, says :---- "The Vienna conferences form here, as elsewhere, the chief topic of conversation. After each sitting telegraphic despatches, as detailed as possible, are transmitted from Vienna to St. Petersburg, by way of Warsaw ; but, al though they are deciphered here, the Prince Marshal alone is informed of their contents, and not a word transpires in public. The pacific advance of the conferences does not astonish those who know how to appreciate tile recent Ministerial crisis in England, and the real signification of the last Austrian circulars. " The hopes of peace, however, do not prevent the ad ministration of the army from displaying the greatest acti vity. The arsenals of Modlin (Novogeoreewsk), of the citadel of Warsaw, an d o f th e t own itself,' are busy day and night preparing immense quantities of war materials, and numerous eminent artillery officers have been sent from the army to superintend the works. Promotions are being made in the army on a large scale, and all the corps under the immediate orders of Prince Paskiewitoh are being furnished with all the requisites for a long march. The withdrawal of the Austrian troops from the Galician frontier, which is daily confirmed by letters from Cracow and Lemberg, the recent article in the Moniteur, and other peaceful symptoms, are not disregarded, but it is thought advisable to b e p re p are d f or every eventuality. "The same may be said of all the other Provinces of the empire, which, in case of war, would be the first exposed to the attacks of an enemy, as Finland and the Baltic pro vinces. Generals Berg and Sievers have displayed the greatest energy in placing all the chief points in a state of defence. "The last advices from St. Petersburg are of the 29th o' March. The: ) , describe the remarkable activity dis played by the Emperor Alexander in giving an impulse to every branch of the Administration. Everything goes through his band, he exercises his own judgment, leads all reports, and signs everything himself. Like his late father, the new Emperor devotes particular attention to military affairs, and to the improvement of the troops." THE BALTIC. A letter from _Hamburg, dated April 2, says— " You will already have learnt by the electric wires the arrival of the flying squadron, untly- Commodore Watson, at Elsinore. I hear to-day that the ice is breaking up so slowly in the Danish waters that the squadron wilt be con:voile' to find shelter in some port for some time to come before it will be able to enter the Baltic. "According to the 1 st accounts, the navigation of the Great Belt is almost free; as much cannot be said of the Little Belt, through which the men-of-war must pass, owing to its greater depth. Th e passage i s still blocked' up by enormous masses' of ice. • The same may be said of Kiel. "In expectation of the fleet agents are scouring Holstein, buying up provisions at high prices for the crews. " From Finland we have news to the 24th March. All the ports on that side were still closed by ice. Riga, Revel, Mittan, and others - in Courland and Livonia were quite shut up. " The Governor-General of Finland, General de Berg, had returned from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors, and was organising the st-*ff of the new army of the Ratio. The greater portion of the 20 battalions, consisting chiefly of volunteers, had been fully armod from the arson ds of Sweaborg and Ilelsingfors. The inhabitants of the towns and villages on the shores of the Gulfs of Bothn;a and of Finland had formed themselves into riflo companies. They are provided with double-barrelled rifles. Every prepara tion was being made to oppose a lauding." THE DANUBE. A letter from Brailow of the sth, in the 16Toni• eur, says : "On the Ist an Austrian trading vessel left this port for Trieste, with a cargo of maiz e f or th e S vm of Gabcewitch. On the 2d a steamer arrived from Vienna with goods for Galatz, being one of the tugs which tow vessels between the latter port and Giurgevo. The quarantine, which was suppressed at the beginning of the war, has now only three employes—a director, a physician, and a clerk ; and the relation between the two banks of the Danube are consequently perfectly free, without being subjected to any sanitary formalities. At Galatz the quarantine establish ment has also been closed. The raising of the b l ockade of the mouths of the Danube has caused great satisfaction in the Principalities; but it is feared that the Russian autho rities at Reni may throw embarrassments in the way of the free navigation of the river. Up to this moment they have said, in answer to inquiries, that they have not received instructions to enable them to re-assure commercial men on the subject." , On the other hand, the Pays contains a letter from Vienna, which says : " The navigation of the Danube continues to be sub jected to obstacles. Prince Gortschakoff had written from ' Kischeneff to the Austrian Consul that Austrian vessels might come to Galatz and to Brailow to load and convey' to Trieste and Venice the corn which had been purchased in those provinces by Austrian subjects previous to the prohibition. Vessels under every neutral flag daily enter by the Salina passage, but on arriving at Tshatal, at a short distance from Tultscha, the Russian flotilla stops them 01 without distinction. Thirty have been thus de tained, and among them are several Austrian vessels. Such conduct is at variance with the note of Prince Gortschakoff. Thus, without the p e r m i ss i on o f R uss i a, vessels cannot reach the ports of the Principalities." It would seem, therefore, that while vessels are allowed to come down the Danube, and carry away their loading of corn, the passage up the river is interdicted by the Russians to thou) which desire to ascend the stream. FRANCE. (FROI'd OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS,. FRIDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : VIENNA, sth.-111. Drouyn de French Minister of Foreign Affairs, will arrive here to morrow. A despatch from General Canrobert, dated the 29th, announces that the Allied armies will, on April 3, commence offensive operations against the Russians in the field. MADRID, sth.—The Cortes yesterday evening rejected by a majority of 163 to 50 the amendment proposed by M. Vargas ' alcable of Madrid, aga i nst the bill on the National Guard. The sitting was a very stormy one. Colonel de Olherg, attached to the mission of General do Wedell, has arrived in Paris from Brussels. - • The Itloniteur contains decrees confirming three promotions and 18 nominations in the Legion of Honour, and the granting of 36 military medals, made by General Oanrobert among the army of the East • as also a decree confirmi ng the nomina tion of three medical officers as Knights in the Order of the Legion of Honour. Colonel Reliant, of the staff, aide-de-camp to the Prince Jerome, has been nominated Town-Major of the garrison of Paris, in the room of Colonel de Villiers, recently nominated chief of the staff of the 10th division of the army of the East. t General of Division Duchaussoy has been ap pointed to the command of the 16th military divi sion at Rennes, in the room of General Gues-Viller, appointed to the command of the 2d corps of the army of the North. General Vivian, the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish contingent in the English service, has just sailed from Marseilles, in the Euphrate, for Con stantinople. About 500 French soldiers belonging to different corps sailed in the same vessel. A letter from Sebastopol of the 24th nit., In the .3foniteur de l'Armee, gives the following details of the affair of the night of the 22d " I hasten to communicate to you some detailsof a sharp affair which took place the night before last. The Russians with a force far superior to ours attacked our trench on on the right in front of the hillock near the Malakhoff tower, c" which they had decided on gaining possession at any price, in order, to make use of it against us, but they did not take into account the bravery of our troops. Two strong Russian columns, numbering together 10,000 men, advanced to attack the parallel and the head of the sap. A desperate combat, which lasted several hours, took place, and ie which musket sh o t s , bayonets, butt-ends, and even stones were called into play. Three times the enemy gave way, and three times they rallied and re turned to the charge. At length they appeared dis posed to retire, when, as' if suddenly changing their in tention, they rushed to the right, utteriog the must savage yells, in order to cross the ravine of Karabelnia. They had doubtless been informed that the right portion of the English parallel which joined ours was not strongly guarded. They, in fact., were enabled to enter it, but were in a very short time thrown out by our Allies, who attacked them with their accustomed bravery. The Rus sians then definitively retired, leaving the ground in front of our trenches covered with their deal, whom they ar e to-day engaged in burying. About 400 were counted yes terday, and to this number must be added those whom, according to th e i r c us t om , the Russians carried off the of the enemy pot her f,,,'", ), ' :a:p.it be r,ck0n.,..13t. lo,s than from 1,; , 00 1 ,01 )l o o ;od e w e h., had 100 Luau killed and about 2 wounded. The Eiglish had GO men killed and NVOUndt; three efficers killed, three wounded and two missing. have had one chef de bataillon of the engineers and foe , officers of infantry killed, and several, I think five, wounded. Colonel Janin, of the Ist Zonaves, receive' a ball through his cheek and two severe contusions from stones on the head. The regiments which took the most active part in this combat were the 3d 2 : 0. went of the Zonaves and the 82d of the line. The tool' of the night of the 220 bore a very strong analogy to O . ? of Inkerrnann , a lth oug h it was not on so large a scale. 111 the Russian columns were several battalions of volunteers,, who were made to believe that they were about to s trike: decisive blow. It i s more t h an probable that the re",. will rather tend to cool their zeal. There were also SO , sailors and som e G ree k s, a ll of whomsuffged. severely. BOURSE, .LP gird 6.—CLOSING PRIcES. Cash. fr. c. End of month. 4i per Cents 94 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 90 69f. 95e. Credit Mobilier Bl7 50 Roman Credit Fonder 540 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. 94 Spanish Threes Piedrnontese B6 Horns Debt . - 1i ' RAILWAYcS-10ft CASH. rr. ft. c . Orleans 1175 Lyons •• 1070 • • Western 660 --Rouen Cette 630 Strasburg . - Mediterranean 995 Havre 560 "- Northern DENMARK. The session of the Danish Diet was closed on th fr 2d inst. by ro y a l l e t ters patent, which the Bo" minister of the crown read in the assembly. --- The Trieste Gazette contains a letter from Bu' charest of the Ist, which says :—" An express hai l arrived here from Galatz, stating that neutral yes' sels have received permission to leave the Danube. A letter from Bucharest, of the 24th ult., i n the iyo nstitu tionnel , says :—" M. Bedard, the ne,7 . Consul-General o f F rance, has arrived here. Tile General Divan, convoked by the Hospodar, 95 ' sembled on the 20th under the presidency of the Archbishop, and has nominated four bureaux or committees on finances, administrati on , justice; and the militia. The principal affair which wil l occupy its attention w ill b e th e state of tee finances." AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE, January 31.—The Madras did n?", make her appearance till yesterday, and she NW' sail this afternoon, having on board Sir Charles Fitzroy, the late Governor-General. The news' papers will inform you of the, exchange of comPli" merits between Sir Charles and the numerous bodies and classes of people who addressed him on his de parture. These- things, I know, are treated at home as matters of course, but I believe in Sir Charles's case there was more sincerity and more mutual kindness of feeling than usually animates such addresses and answers. They also differed from the addresses of the Tasmanians to Sir WI Denison In this—that whereas the latter emanate"' chiefly from the pro-convict party, which Sir Wil' Liam had elevated into the distinction of "the Governor's friends," those from New South Wadi were from all classes of the community. I must return once more to the state of trade. Tim Customs account of the last three weeks' im portations was published this morning. It gives a total of 922,8461. This is at the rate of nearly 16,00.),000/, a year-15,995,997/. Flour has been up to 471. per ton, but is now lower. The following prices, from the MelbourN 6 Morning Herald, are, I am assured, from a trust worthy source : XELLBOURNE GRAIN AND CORN MARKET. PRICES CURRENT, IMPORTS, &c. Wheat, liar 6 slb.—Sonto Australian, 15s. to 17s. ; New South Wales and Van Diernen's Land, 14s. to 16s. ; foreign' 12s, to 14s. - - - Oats, per 40th.--New South Wales and Van Diatom:el Laud, Bs. to 6d. to 93. ; New Zealand, Bs. to 9s. ; Scotch' 83 od. to 9s. ; American, 6s. 6d. to 7s. ; East India, 6 6 . Barley, per 521b.—English, 9e. to 9s. 6d. ; to 6s. 6d. Maize, per 561 b —Colonirl, Bs. 6d. to 9s. ; American , Bs. 6.i, to 9e. ; European, Bs. to 95.; New Zealand, M. &' to 84. Maize (cracked), per 541 b., 9s. to 10e. Flour.—Adela ide, fine, per 2.0001 b., 421. to 45/. SOOT and Van Diem ens Land, per 2,0001 b., 40/ to 421. ; Chi - Tian, per ditto, 401. to 41/. ;Gallego and Hamill, per 1961 b., 41. to 51. • Bran, per 201b.—Town made, 4s. ; Adelaide, 4e. Sydney and Van Diemen's Land, 4s. ; Chilian, 48. w 4s. 3d. Oatmeal, per cwt., 25e. to 27e. Cornmeal, per barrel of 19th b. — Favourite brands, 40s. Ri e, per cwt.—Patna (table), 255. to 28s, ; 'Java, 15s. to 18s. Gram, per cwt., 12s. to 14s. Malt, per 40th., 10s. to 12s. Hops, per lb.--English, is. 9d. to 2s. 3d. ; American, is. 6d. to 2s. Hay.—'ydney and Van Diemen's Land, per ten, 151. to 18/. ; Adelaide, per ton, 151. to 181. It may, however, be more interesting to many of your readers to know that there are plenty of empty houses at what we call moderate rents—say 4s. to ss. per room for small houses, and that we are now paying 6d. per lb. for bread, 6d. for meat, about 2/d. per lb. for potatoes, 3d. for a good cab bage, 6(1. to Bd. for a cauliflower, 6d. for a oucurn" ber ; eggs are 6d each, milk (very like London milk), Is. 4d. per quart. There is some discontent among the soldiers of the 12th and 40th Regiments arising from the dis continuance of allowance formerly paid them when on detachment at the diggings. They leave in par ties of six and upwards. f l I WHO'S TO PAY POB THE WAR, letter from St. Petersburg of the 25th ult., 1 0 the Constitutionnel, says :—" It was observed the other Jay by a person well informed as to passing events, If we preserve Sebastopol and the fleet in the Black Sea, peace will be made at Vienna.' In fact, every one here believes that Prince Gortscha koff is invested with very extensive powers on all the points to be submitted to the discussion of the Conference, except on this keystone of all, which is to remain intact ! No difficulty will even be made of dividing the supremacy in the Black Sea, but it la wished in the eyes of Russia to preserve in ap pearance the preponderance which she has hitherto had in that quarter. Russian diplomatists say ' If the passage of the Dardanelles and of the Bos phorus be made free, it will be so much gained, and, if we cannot establish ourselves at the end of the Black Sea, we shall at least avail ourselves of the free passage allowed to all • and the alli ance o f tho two naval lowers of the West is not eternal.' This reasoning, in a Russian point of view, is very sim ple. If you ask who is to pay the expense of the war, it is answered with surprising naivete, Each will pay his own !' The Western Powers, it is moreover said here, seeing that the feelings of the Greco-Slavonian population of 'Turkey are now more than ever in favour of Russia, and that the state of these populations, who look on her as their only protectress, imperiously calls for changes, w ill endeavour to realise ameliorations, and will give the necessary stipulations a form acceptable to Rus sia. Never, it is said, will the Rusian Cabinetgive up the present war unless it can say to the people, 'We have not failed in our sacred mission of protecting . our co religionists ; on the contrary, we have ex tended that protection by sharing it with the other Powers.' In the meantime the preparations for war go on without cessation. The Emperor has review ed the battalions of reserve, that is to say, the sth and Gth battalions of the regiments of Grenadiers, who have since commenced their march. In time of war each regiment has four battnies on a complete warfooting; the sth and Gth the reserve, and 7th end Bth the depot. The accounts which reach us from. the provinces state that the formation of the cohorts , for the defence of the empire continues. There are, however, no more nominations of command ants now Made, because the nobles do not wish to elect any but thoqe of the old Russian party. The exhibitions of agricultural productions will not take place this year in the provinces which are declared in a state of war. The commander of the 3d Corps of . Reserve of the Active Army has pro ceeded to Warsaw, in order to have a conference with Prince Paskiewitdh." REPRESENTATION OF KILMARNOOK.—Mr. Bouverie, whose acceptance of the office of Vice:President of the Board of Trade has caused him to vacate his seat, has issued an address to tee, electors of the Xilruarnock dis trict of burghs. He states his intention of visiting them without delay, to ask for a renewal of that trust the duties of which it has been his pride to think he had en deavcured faithfully to fuifil.—Edinburg . THE TURKS AND THE R USSIAN ARTILLERY.-- Co The itrant horror of artillery felt by the Turkish cavalry colonels is very great. How many times, says a writer from Eupatoria, have I seen these distin guished-individuals, on reaching a distance of three hundred paces beyond .their own vidns e ttes, halt their men, a n d w hil e one or two squad ro of the enemy began to be faintly seen on the hori zon call their chtboukgis up with their telescopes, produce these instruments before their men with an air of awful importance, as if the fate Of empires depended on the peep they were about to take, and after five minutes of momentous silence," pose each oth er th e question of ques tions, Top varme 1" (Is there any artillery ?) the , glasses were bad, or the day was hazy, or the guns were ' answered or there really were no guns at all—and all answered unanimously " Top yok " (no artillery), the advance began again, and continued for two or three hUndred yards more, till the skirmishers engaged, and, after a safe and harmless fusillade of five minutes, the retreat was sounded, for the unanswerable reason that, although there were no guns there at the moment, very likely guns would be brought up, and it was better to be ure than sorry.