The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

THKATP.E ROYAL HAYMARKET. :ruder the roonagersout of Mr. Bnakstono. THIS Evz WING, Wlll be performed FRA DIAVOLO. Characters by Messrs. Shim Reeves, W eiss, Manvers, J. T. Baines, Farquharson, and W. Tarren ; Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Madame Weiss. After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with A KISS IN THE D RK. - , ' ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAzEza KERN. THIS EVENING, Will be perforated AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be folowed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts. entitled HE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave' THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webeter.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of P ANL Pay. P rincipalri cha racters by Messrs. C. Selby and Wright ; Miss M. Kr L. Murray. and Miss Woolgar. To conclude w'th A NEW EDITION- OF THE FAIRY TALES fir MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations • ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENINGS Will be performed TIT FOR TAT. Nter which, THE WELMI GIRL. Characters by Messrs ftry, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DW ..RF AND THE KING OF 1 HE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, win be performed THE VI -, LAGE.NIGHTING t LE. After which, RING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. The successful Eqnidrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke, the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world', wonder, will appear. Mr. W. Cooke's sagackas Dwarf Elephant , will perform. To concluAe with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE KEARXEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Fc,nr. Stage Manager, Mr. W. WPM Acting Ifanager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Intl. HIGH WATER AT LoNpow BRIDom Tus b.7. --- -MornTu, 17 8 Fveni..g 3min.art. Tr am" • ilorulig 45 nitn.after 9 j Ev.ningt23min.aft.lo TBA WEATHER.-3un 071101, May. 10. Te3Bilhto3o2lTEß, IN VIZ BEAD& 62—highest since noon yesterday. 4 ) —lowest this morning and during the night. 61 -this ilay, at uoon. AROM 29•53. WTID. W. to N.W. —Light, with dull weather. Last evening it began to rain, and a considerab:e quantity has fallen in the night. F 7.4 r y LUNDON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1855. Last September we drew attention to a remark able " Letter to the Emperor of the FRENCH on the Eastern Question, and the re-establishment of the Independence of Poland." It wag a transla tion from the French, and the author, acdtrding to universal and uncontradicted report, is the M. DB PERSIGNY, who is now appointed ambassador to our Court. At the sameitime Count WALEWSKI, whose very name must guarantee his sympathy with the cause of the Poles, succeeds M. DROUYN DE L'HuYS as the Minister for Foreign Affairs in France. Concurrently with these official indica tions, we find the services of the Polish prisoners agaibst their oppressor accepted, and a Polish Legion, alas ! too tardily, in course of formation. In the pamphlet we have alluded to, our readers may remember that M. DE PERSIGNY shows with clearness and vigour that an independent Poland is the grand offensive sentiment which would im part to the Allied efforts " a passion" which would be more than a match for the religious fanaticism on which Russia so much relies ; and that its realisation as a fact is the only possible means of depriving Russia of her present offensive power againstcivilisedEurope. Weconsider, he says, "the recognition by a common declaration, on the part of the Allies, of the legitimate existence of the Polish nationality" as the masterpiece of Allied policy. Before this he conceives, if accompanied, of course, by suitable military measures, the complications of the case would attain a prompt and ready so lu,tion. We may surely hope, then, that the new French Ambassador and Foreign Minister are indications that Lours NAPOLEON, at least, is favourable to a bold and worthy policy. We may be told, perhaps, that we have with Sebastopol and the Crimea, enough on our hands at present. Perhaps quite enough to do, but cer tainlyinot enough to fill our plans and thoughts. " Ever too late" has been the ruin of everything hitherto ; our policy, thanks to that caressed drag-chain Austria, has always as yet been quite as much behind the occasion as our military and commissariat management. Had PERSIGNY'S advice been adopted the day he gave it, we be lieve that, despite all our administrative short comings, Sebastopol would have fallen ere now. Polish nationality recognised, and the Polish flag floating before Sebastopol, would have disorganised the plans of Russia, have stopped her reinforce ments far away from the Crimea, and have trans ferred her best soldiers from the garrison of Sebastopol to our trenches. If it be now adopted, though too late to recal the past, it will not be too late to give a new, and we believe invincible, vigour to the future. suppose the Allies to act on M. DE PERSIGNY'S suggestion, what would be the results ? Take the Allies themselves first. In England and France the universal feeling would be one of deep satis fastion. It would be a relief to the national conscience of both countries. The burden of half a century—the guilt of complicity in the blood of a murdered kingdom—would be taken off at once. This War is but the visitation of our fathers' sin, in tolerating the dismemberment of Poland, upon us their children. We are pain fully conscious of its lying upon us till we avenge the oppressed, and punish the rampant oppressor ; and we should bear the needful sacrifices of the War with the light-heartedness of one who frankly atones for long-neglected duty. Every soldier, too, and commander employed in the War would feel that he was engaged in a really holy cause. At l tiast the spirit with which we should pay, 4aid our soldiers fight, for such a cowardly, we xa " say such a recreant, peace as Lord JO HN 1 " 11( Illa're accepted at Vienna, and for the restor atiei of nation, ton: Whose restoration and noble nation ! A restoration alone can stave off the re cture .. _ UV'e of these cruel wars in which its destruction 'has, involved Constitute Poland wonddi u s z urd A en resolve re en r c e e - , and fire all the nobler sentiments of both England and France. It i s su PerThlous to add, that Turkey would hail it as her only effectual se curity. But how would our determination affect Austria an d Prussia ? One thing is certain, wor se enemies it could not make them. F alse a lli anc e and treacherous neutrality is all we h ave hitherto gained from them. At open war with them we should have known what to do. By nominal peace Prussia has shielded Russia on. her *realms aide, and has alm ost nullified our costly btockado. A us t r ia's villany, in enabling rein irt4ceblente to.march from the D anube to hiker " a„ ") . ° a n never be forgotten. We dread ii 4 r ei as enemies so much as-lying 'l' 4 4e . ' \ do not andtreacherous ~ But wh a t i s th e i r i nteres t ? We sower, ( ' . -- i, . -,-/, rs it is identical with that of Poland,to the Allies. They would each have to part with their smaller shares of the Polish robbery, but they would have an ample reward. They, as well as Poland, would regain their liberty. They are now both of them mediatised dependents on Russia. They live in slavish fear of their over-grown military neighbour. With consummate folly they have acquired only co mpa i ratively small portions of Poland, adding little or nothing to their strength. Russia, on the contrary, has gained her sole military strength against Europe by her vast seizures of Polish ter ritory. Poland independent would be a shield to Austrian and Prussian independence. Poland enslaved is the sole cause of their present slavery. We believe that all honest Germans would soon realise this as fully as France and England now do. Once France was the only dread of the worthy Teutons. From France, however, they had a civilisation to learn, and they did learn it. Russia has nothing to teach them—her only boon is their political subjugation to the odious tyrants whose tottering thrones she bolsters up. Russia is the nightmare of Germany, the death of her liberties, and the life of her despots. And for all this political infamy she has no compensation to offer. No arts, no science, no literature, no genius, nothing but the beauties of her serfdom and her despotism, and the terrors of her military hordes and fastnesses. Surely all Germans who have a soul in their bodies must long to see their de graded Courts set free from the humiliating fear of the Czar. If the Russians choose to deify their clespot, Germans at least believe in the Firs Commandment. In truth the " god of the Rus sians" is the veritable SATAN of the Germans—of the people we mean—and they would bless the exorcist who should banish the fiend. We have always held that Poland is the true key to the present question ; and of course are ;ratified with any indication of our leaders being driven to the same conclusion. They have known it, of course, long ; but " drifting" is the states manship, as Lord CLARENDON has told us, of our Cabinet. Happy will it be for all Europe if events 'irry our rudderless Government to the aid of Maud. The protocols so anxiously looked for, but so unfortunately kept back, in consequence of " the temporary illness of a person in the Foreign-office, in whose department it was to prepare transla tions," have at length been published. They are indeed important documents, throwing much light on the recent proceedings at Vienna, containing as they do not merely the propositions put for ward by the different parties, but even the views and opinions of the several Plenipotentiaries. Their appearance renders the interesting and im portant question completely ripe for' discussion. We know what has been offered on either side, and what rejected, and may therefore consider whether the instructions furnished to the Plenipo tentiaries by the Western Powers are in accord ance with the voice of public opinion in France and England, and likely to lead to a per manent and honourable peace. We may also judge of the spirit of Russia, as evinced by her rejection of these exceedingly moderate propositions, and of her inflexible determination to persist, at any sacrifices, in the aggressive po licy which she has so long maintained, and for which she has obtained such memorable notoriety. We cannot help thinking that she has been greatly influenced by this undue moderation on the part of her adversaries, which she very naturally as cribes to " timidity" on their part, and an ear nest determination to obtain peace at any price, or on any terms, however humiliating 'or preg nant with danger to the future tranquillity of Europe. Nothing but such a conviction could induce Prince GORTSCHAKOFF to propose such terms, which would, in fact, be cheaply purchased by Russia by her entire expenditure on account of the War up to the present moment ; and the presumptive insolence whereof was en hanced by the cool impertinence with which, even at the last moment, when his suggestions were considered utterly inadmis sible by the other parties, he declared that " the Plenipotentiaries of Russia had amply redeemed their word by proposing several plans of solu tion 1" They were, indeed, extraordinary plans, which could not in any respect be considered as based on a limitation of the Russian preponderance in the Euxine ; but, on the contrary, seemed to regard the impending danger to Turkey to be on the aide of her present Allies, and which could be averted by the maintenance of a powerful Rus sian fleet ; or, in other words, that in accordance with the old fable, the sheep should accept the protection of the friendly wolves against those dangerous traitors, the watch dogs It is unnecessary at present to refer to the pro ceedings at the earlier conferences, before the third and most important point came under discussion. A virtual postponement took place on the 26th March, in order to await instructions from the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, for although meetings took place en the 29th March,and on the 2nd and 9th April, nothing practically was effected beyond the adjournment of the discussion of the Fourth Point, and the intervention of M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS and Au PASHA, who showed that they were authorised by their respective Governments to take part in the discussions. On the 17th April the diplomatic struggle was renewed, and from that moment the specious fallacies put for ward by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the duplicity of Russia ab initio, and that she bad not the slightest in tentions of concluding a binding Treaty on the terms to which she had clearly and unequivocally assented. The Conferences might then and there have been summarily broken off, for we at once declared that " Russia would not consent to the strength of her navy being re stricted to any fixed number, either by Treaty or in any other manner !" This was practically a disavowal of the very foUndation of all these ne gotiations ; and it is only to be regretted that Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. DROUYN DE LIDITYS, in place of expressing " regret and surprise," and declaring that " the chances of success attending the negotiations for peace were greatly dimi nished," did not at once protest against the in sincerity of Russia and the gross deception prac tised by that Power, and at once so cebdreoainkgoty, off all f ur th e r negotiation. In place however, took time to considerthe ex the propositions meeting,ropositions to be submitted, and, at ht forward the Russia.w e were so contumeliously rejected othe part The first related to the admission of These propositions were of a twofold character. Sublimecharacter. Porte to the advantages of the system established between the different European States, and de : :Li anleble de claring that the Ottoman empire henceforward shall form an integral part of that system, with a undertaking to respect its territorial in would and independence. From this just and te gr it y . concession Russia backed out. She t-3 tb e te' brrietopri.ae l pa in ee t d egr t i o ty co a ns s a id g e u r easntiyo:cotfhEosutriolae pean interest, but not to regard it as a case of war." This illusory , a , d ridiculous distinction waa, however, w oo d over 'whit simple expros. THE SUN. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1855. 31on of regret by the other Plenipotentiaries, probably because it was already clear that Russia would peremptorily reject the limi tation of her fleet "to four ships of war and four frigates, with a proportionate num ber of light vessels and unarmed ♦essels, exclu sively adapted to the transport of troops." The SULTAN was to restrict his navy within similar limits, while the other parties were only to be permitted, after a special firman from the SULTAN, each to bring into the Euxine a number of vessels equal to half the naval forces which each of the Powers bordering the sea should maintain there. Subsequently, the Russian propositions were brought forward, which placed no restriction on the RuSsian naval force, but merely threw open the Dardanelles and Bosphorus to the flags of all nations ; to give, in fact, to Russia the much coveted access to the Mediterranean, at all times and under all circumstances. This was, of course, hesitatingly rejected by the Allies, and Lord JOIN RUSSELL, having declared that his instruc tions were exhausted, departed from Vienna. Subsequently, on the 26th April, another Con ference was held at the express instance of RusSia, when a new but equally untenable proposition was put fora and by the Russian Plenipotentiary. This was merely to the effect, that the principle of closing the Straits of the Bosphorus should remain in force, but that filo SULTAN should be allowed, by way of temporary exception, to open the Straits of the Dardanelles and of the Bosphorus to the fleets of Foreign Powers, which he should think it necessary to summon when ever he thought his security menaced. This was, of course, deemed inadmissible, and here the matter stands. It is on this latter point, how ever, that Austria justifies her continued hesita tion, and that M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS adopted such views as led to his resignation of his position as Minister of France. We trust that the British Parliament may speak out so boldly and explicitly MI the subject that there can be no possible excuse for our Cabinet further truckling either to " Mus covitism" or " Germanism," which seem to have greater importance in their sight than the direct interests of France and England, the security of Turkey, or the peeve of Europe. It is probably unknown to the generality that no less than an earnest sentiment of patriotism impelled Mr. THA OKERAY, some time since, to retire from his conspicuous position among the collaboratcurs eagaged in the periodical fun—pictorial and lite r try—productive, by weekly, monthly, and half yearly instalments, of our great comic publication. As the significance of this announcement becomes adequately appreciated, we can picture to our ielves the broad grin upon the popular counte nance—that expression of hilarity resulting from reiterated roars of laughter over the pages of our London Charivari—fading away by almost imper ceptible degrees, and the bluff, rubicund visage of JOHN BULL becoming gradually elongated. It will be ill news, indeed, to every one fond of the luxury of a chuckle over the genuinely ludicrous. An unwelcome intimation to those (and their name is legion) who have shaken their sides with unaffected enjoyment over the lyrics of Policeman X, over the lamentations of Flunkey Jeames, over the remote records of Snobbism, and the recent annals of the Bashi-Bazouks. Nevertheless, the event alluded to is indisputable--Fitzboodle has deliberately shaken the dust of the familiar office from his sboeleather—Punch has positively, if not permanently, lost his "Fat Contributor." An inci dent sincerely to be regretted, depriving, as it unfortunately does, the blithest, bravest, bitter est, yet also one of the most genial and delightful satirists of our generation of an opportunity as rare in one sense as, in another, it has hitherto, happily, been frequent. For the out pouring of the overflowings of his abundant fancy —the distribution of the waifs and strays of his unstinted good-humour—the diffusion of the jet sam and flotsam of his inexhaustible facetiousness! It is a calamity to the joke-lovers of this joke-lov ing community, for which the perversity of the periodical rather than the petulance of the contri butor must be regarded as responsible. Somewhat as suddenly as Mr. DOYLE withdrew, in 1850, on account of Mr. Punch's disrelish for the Catholic Hierarchy—Mr. THACKERAY with drew, in 1854, on account of that honest, obsti nate old gentleman's ineradicable antipathy for his Imperial Majesty the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. Like so many other of our contemporaries, Mr. P. (who, wherever he bears a grudge, is such a thorough " good hater" that he would infallibly, had he existed in the flesh towards the end of the last century, have been a cherished intimate of Dr. JOHNSON), Mr. P., we say, like so many other of our co-literateurs, had from the outset conceived an obdurate and, as few will be disinclined to Admit nowadays, a wonderfully mistaken pre judice against the remarkable man especially placed by DIVINE PROVIDENCE, for the happiness of the world, at the supreme head of the French Na tionality. It will be remembered by the British public generally, that from the very commence ment, in the midst of the general chorus of abuse Erected. against the thrice elect of a great people, WE never hesitated to protest against the folly And injustice of all that blundering animosity and unmerited vituperation. Not so with the rest of the daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly organs of popular opinion. For a considerable time we stood, in regard to this matter, altogether insu lated among the crowd of our contemporaries. We were oven spoken of by the Times—(the journal now 3o courtly in its allusions to theaugust Monarch who was once so flagrantly pelted through its columns with the foulest words and the vilest ribaldries in the ample vocabulary of a Brummagem-Junius, prosti tuting by his anonymous signature the honourable designation of "An Englishman" —we were branded by the Times, we say, at the period to which we are here alluding—the circumstance can scarcely yet be forgotten—as " The Base Exception," We are almost tempted to ask of the Times and its then rather numerous sympathisers—How is it now with The Sun in this matter ? How is it now in regard to us as—The Base Exception ? Now when the Emperor NAPOLEON 111. has been the honoured guest of our beloved SOVEREIGN. Now when his Imperial MAJESTY has been solemnly invested by Queen VICTORIA with the insignia of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Now when, after enjoying, together with his beautiful consort, the royal hospitalities at Windsor—the Emperor of FRANCE has been welcomed with unexampled enthusiasm by vast multitudes of our " free and enlightened" population. Now when the elect, first of all, of nearly 6,000,000, afterwards of neatly 7,000,000, and ultimately of nearly 8,000,000 of Adult Frenchmen, has received the homage of our various municipalities, together with the conspicuous felicitations of our chief Metropolitan Corporation in the ancient Guildhall of the City of London. Somewhat of a change, it will be rather generally admitted, has, in this particular, come over the spirit of the dream of English publicists—bringing tivm over, one by one, to a remarkable complicity ‘sl.ll. The th Sun, to a. singular coinoidenoo of opinion wi The Base txception—until the one solitary voice has become merged in the sonorous acclamations of au almost unprecedented unanimity. To promote discussion on the Bill for the local administration of the Metropolis—of which the all-absorbing administration of the War and of our general taxation may make us lose sight— and to give a fair hearing to opposing views on the subject, we insert an able and important letter from Lord EBRINGTON, which is in circula tion amongst some of the leaders of his constitu ency upon Sir BENJAMIN HALL'S Bill. Un doubtedly we cannot afford to have large mistakes and maladministration of increased local burthens, as well as maladministration at the same time of 'the increased general taxation of the country. It is estimated that the expense of the staffs of the thirty-six new local boards which Sir BENJAMIN HALL proposes to create in the metropolis, cannot be less than one hun dred thousand pounds ? Will not fewer suf fice ? One staff ought to be made cheaper and stronger than seven, and Lord EBRINGTON states that "the staff expenses in 1846, under the seve!, sewer commissions into which the metropolis was then divided, were more than 20 per cent. on thr , works executed. The staff expenses in 1854, under the consolidated commission, were only 11 per cent., and that included systematic mapping and the under-ground surveying items,. quite un known in the olden times." Having gained so much by consolidation has a case been made out, so far as sewerage and drainage works are con cerned, for going back and creating 36 new sur veyorships, and as many sub-surveyorships and clerks ? The most important drainage works, the house drainage, are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan building surveyors, whoseemolumenEs are some twenty thousand pounds per annum; indi vidual surveyors, who are private practising archi tects, getting upwards of one thousand pounds per annum each for the performance of duties which three or four persons giving their whole time to the service could perform much more satisfac torily than a dozen 'private practitioners. Sir BENJAMIN HALL alleges, and probably truly, that they have not performed the most important por tions of their duties. Well, should not . they be made to perform them, or the emoluments be transferred with the duties to the thirty-six new surveyors ? Why is the Metropolis to be burthened with both sets of offices ? Lis stated by Metro politan drivers that you may tell when you leave a ward under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Road Commission, superintended by the late Sir CHARLES 111'AI:um, and get upon a road under a parish or vestry paving board by the jolting yiir get. Has consolidation, at all events to stare with, under that well-working commission, been thought of ? The mortal remains of the Countess Rossi (Mdme. Bont;‘g) arrived a: Dresden o❑ the 29th ult., whence they are to be conveyed into Lusatia, to be deposited in the convent of Marirnstern. PERU.—From Peru we learn that the steamer Rimac had been wrecked, and nearly 100 persons or, board perished. A TROPHY FOR THE QUEEN.—A Russian eagle, a trophy captured near Balakiava, brought to England by her Majesty's ship Vengeance, has been sent by Captain Lord E. Russell to Landon, as a present to her Majesty. —Plymouth Mail. The celebrated horse, Wild Irish Girl, the property of William Quinn, Esq., of Loloher, Ireland, has been lately sold to the Marquis of Waterford for 200 guineas. Her performances at the April meeting on the short grass prove her to be a "good un." The Czar has just conferred new orders and insignia, enriched with diamonds, upon Prince Gortschakoff (not the commander-in-chief) and General•ghruleff for their services in the Crimea. A government school of art has just been established at Southampton. Its establishment was originated and chiefly supported by a lady of the neighbourhood. Many of the pupils are sappers and miners belonging to the Ordnance survey department in the above-mentioned town. The Countess Flahault and se Ite, who proceeded with with Count Walewski en route to . Paris, were detained at Folkestone by the tempestuous weather. The countess and party proceeded to Dover on Tuesday, and crossed over to Calais at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in the mail steam•packet Empress, with Capt. Smithett. THE NAVAL CLUB OF 1765 —Last evening, the members of this club celebrated the anniversary of Duncan's victory at Camperdown (17971, by a ban quet at the Thatched-house Tavern. Capt. Chappell, R.N., occupied the chair. About 30 officers sat down. The members will have another banquet on the occasion, of the anniversary of the Queen's birthday (May 19). The Oster-Zeitung gives the following detail respect ing the English army before Sebastopol :--The Light Division, Lieut.-General Sir G. Brown, numbers 3,800 ; First Division, Sir C. Campbell, 3,500 ; S'econd Divi sion, Major-General Pennefather, 3,600 ; Third Divi sion, Lieut.-General Sir R. England, 3,500 ; Fourth Division, Sir J. Cambpell, 3.500. To these must be added the Naval Brigade, 1,000 ; 600 marines, and 600 cavalry. This number will soon be increased to 25,000. HousE DRAlNAGF.—Yesterday Lord Ebrington's bill was printed, to empower the Commissioners of Sewers to expend on house drainage a certain sum out of the moneys borrowed by them on the security of the rates, and also to give to the Commissioners certain other powers for the same purpose. The sum is not to exceed 25,0001., and the approaching hot weather is urged as a reason why the powers of the 49th section of the Metro politan Sewers Aet should be forthwith actively exer cised for house drainage. NEW BILL ON INFANTS' MARRlAGES.—Yesterday a bill in the Howe of Cernmons was printed, to enable infanta, with the approbation of the Court of Chancery, to make binding setihenents of their real aad personal estate on marriage. The bill has been pi epared by Mr. Malins and Mr. Whiteside, th barristers. ASSAULTS ON WO'HEN AND CHlLDREN.—Yesterday a return to Parliament was issued, showing the numbe,, of n,en charged at or summoned to the different police ( ffic s in Dublin during the past year for assaults Qn women and children. The number is 1,222 ; of which 15 were sent for trial, 344 were summarily convicted, and 863 discharged. LATEST NEWS. PARIS, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 7 A.lll. The Moniteur says that advices from the Cri mea, dated the 9th of May, at 10 o'clock a.m., announce the arrival there of General della, Mar mora, with 4,000 men of the Piedmontese troops. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The lroniteur contains the following : " The Emperor has received letters of congratu lation from the Grand Duke of Tuscany, on his escape from the late attempt on his life. " In the indictment against the assassin Pianori, it was stated that on the 28th of April the Em peror was attended by only one equerry, whereas Lieut. -Colonel Val abriq ue was on his left hand and Col. Ney on 11s right. The assassin rushed from the path on the right of the Emperor, but the pre sence of Colonel Ney compelled him to place him self iu front to fire the first shot. Colonel Ney then having quickly borne down upon him, changed the direction of the second shot, and entirely frus trated the attempt." It is reported that further changes will be made in the Cabinet, in addition to what has already taken place ; that M. Billault, Minister of the Interior, is to succeed Admiral Hamelin as Minister of Marine, whose retirement is certain ; that M. Rouher, Minister of Public Works, will succeed Billault i❑ the Home Department ; and that NI. Paul de Richemont, one of the directors of the Paris and Orleans Railways, will take the place of Rouher as Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, Ind Public Works. THE NEW BEER BILL.--The petition from the in habitant; of this town, praying for a repeal of the New Beer Bill, containing upwards of 25,000 signatures, has been forwarded to T. E. Headl au, Esq., M P., for pre sentation to the House of Commons. —Newcastle Guar dian,. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received to-day : " TRlEsrE,.Bth.—Accounts from Constantinople of the 30th ult., state that the Piedmontese troops will encamp provisionally at Malack, where they will form the left wing of the French anny in the event of the latter marchingon Kaffa and Perekop. Baron de Tecco, the Piedmontese Ambassador, has exchanged the ratifications of the treaty of alliance with the Porte. Accounts from Asia announce that Mehemet Warsif Pacha had advanced on Kars ;It the head of his staff. Letters from Trebisond, of the 25th, state that the Khan of Khiva, who 'lad been committing depredations on the Persian territory, had been captured and with 27 of his fol lowers beheaded at Teheran. It is also mentioned that Persia would declare in favour of the Porte immediately after the arrival, at Teheran, of the French and English Envoys." " VIENNA, Bth.—General Crawford, who is ap pointed to accompany General Hess, left yesterday with his family for Hitzing." The Emperor yesterday received through the Marquis de Tany de Nerli, Charge-d'Affaires of Tuscany, a letter from the Archduke, his sovereign, >n the occasion of the attempt against his Imperial Majesty's life. . . Count Walewaki, who was summoned to Paris by electric telegraph, has taken the oath to the Emperor, and assumed possession of the ministry of Foreign Affairs. The directors of the Exhibition Palace Company had the honour of an audience of their Majesties yesterday, to present the collection of medals which had been struck off for the inauguration of the Exhibition. The Empgror several times expressed his approbation of their execution. A detachment of one hundred naval gunners rrived at Havre yesterday from Toulon, on their cay to Cherbourg, where they are to be placed on. hoard the floating batteries and gun-boats of the Baltic fleet. A detachment of 500 had previously been sent from Toulon to different ports ; and ihere still remain 1,000 gunners at Toulon.. The Valmy, line- of-battle ship, left Toulon on the Bth for Constantinople, with troops, provisions, and ammunition for the army of the East. A letter from Athens, of the 27th ult., in the Trieste Gazette, says that it was reported in that city that the Anglo-French corps of occupation is about to leave Greece, and that it is to be replaced by a corps of 400 or 500 men to be supplied by s. tTreat German Power, of which the name is not stated. The birthday of the young Duke of Parma was cele brated at the capital of his States on the 29th ult. A, solemn service was performed on the occasion in the cathedral in the presence of the Duchess Regent, the 'Ducal family, the Ministers, and the meal hers of the Diplomatic Body. In the evening the Duchess and her son showed themselves to the people on the balcony of the palace, and were received with enthusia-on. DESTRUCTION OF A FLOUR MILL AT DEPTFORD.— Yesterday afternoon, shortly before four o'clock, a fire, attended with a considerable destruction of property, broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Mr. Featherey, termed the Black Horse Flour Mill, situate at Black Horse Bridge, Deptford. The fire commenced from some u nex pl a i ne d cause in the mill, and owing to the inflammable nature of the contents.the flames spread with more than usual rapidity, seizing upon the whole of the valuable stock in trade, and fairly enveloping the entire building. The total loss at the lowest computa tion will exceed 1,000/., and unfortunately the sufferer was not insured for a single penny. The building be longed to Mr. Little, of New-cross, and at present it is unknown whether it was insured or not. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DISTRESS. — Last night the 49th anniversary dinner of this charity was held at the London Tavern. In the absence of Earl Granville, who was prevented by his late accident from presiding, the chair was taken by John Labouchere, Esq., tshebsTerreibased was 1, Treasurer the Society. The amount of money HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE Crum —The anniversary dinner in aid of the above charity took place yesterday, at Willis's Rooms, St. James's -street. In the absence of the Duke of Rich mond, who had promised to preside, but who was pre vented by indisposition, the chair was taken by Lord Ravens worth, supported by about 100 gentlemen, friends of the charity. A collection was made, which resulted in an addition to the funds of the hospital of :eboutl,soo/. The affray between the military and militia in Cork was renewed on Monday night, and several of the riot ers suffered considerably. They were, however, finally secured by the pi c kets, and placed under restraint. FLAGS OF TRUCE AT SEBASTOPOL. —General Pelissier has issued the following general order relative to flags' of truce :—" The General-in-Chief has decided that the bcoo placent I a t m i u ) oy n f ri sea, ctat the communications n)sadr firstwbtsi soh i ta t i uata h witrnoai t rtes h phfik e hseaci geet flagsoo hx n fnoep e sfrt m re thecito y seorus fuul fiesyctsnrherustuati recommendsyucle corps, t d toothsrhhep h e eros e xuo r cl e e nohdn a ra f ten t nhrm e gaee r t eel aoerrmt t i gatt mes sages com mandingsneeet.. gcotoere rinaicedeerttianelltrcyt major, and superior officers in the trenches, not B,a any Russian where sages o a r n d d er co w m il m l communications. Every E pu ve n r i y sh i e n d fr . acto i n gn o e f t t i lr pre sentrs TAMER, the General C•mimaudiug the First Corps.— Before ';ieba , tonol Apt it 2():". ' BOURSE, MAY 9.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. f'r. c. End of Month. ti per Cents 93 —f. —c. i per Cents 6B 50 68 55 iredit Mobilier 7Bl 25 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS—i'OIi CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans 1155 Lyons -. 1120 Western 650 Rouen (Jette vtediterranean 1032 50 Havre 550 gorthern A linc of eicetiie rele,!raCii i= a! , out to. le from Wenenhorg, provnace of Scai.ia, in Sweden, to the fruitier of Norway. It is to run along the western coast of Sweden. THE ,ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION. The 37th annual exhibition of theßoyalAcademy was opened to public view on Monday last, and, we need scarcely say, was crowded throughout the morning with the aristocracy, the elite of fashion, of literature, and of the patrons and lovers of the fine arts. Indeed, so great was the pressure in every part of the rooms that it was with the greatest difficulty that one could, obtain even a brief and passing view of the principal pictures. " on the line," but more particularly of those which appeared to form the chief points d'attraction, and of which we shall pre sently speak. Whilst it cannot for a moment be denied that this year's exhibition is satisfactory as an indication of the present standard of painting in this country, at the same time, we imagine, a feeling akin to disappoint ment will naturally arise in the mind of the careful, ob server from the fact that some of the leading and recog nised maestros in different schools, if the term may be permitted, are by no means so fully or so favourably re presented as on previous occasions. This arises, how• ever, more from the character of the subjects they have chosen as the vehicles of their peculiar talents than from any inferiority in their style or execution, or defi ciency in the manner in which they ate rendered ; whilst the comparatively narrow compass into which, in some instances, 'their efforts have been compressed leaves much more to be desired than is actually presented to the eye. There is, besides, speaking in a wide sense, a visible absence of grand historical and scriptural works, and of rare and happy ima ginative conceptions out of the ordinary range, such as we have of late been so accustomed to look for in the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, we repeat, there is much to gratify as well as to admire amongst the almost endless diversity of compositions which adorn the crowded walls. We will in the first place notice a picture relative to which the greatest curiosity and interest seems to have been excited, not merely from the fact of its being the production of a young artist whose name has been hitherto unknown, and who, we - beheve, is now stn. - lying in Rome, or the circumstance that it has been already purchased for her Majesty fur the handsome sum of 600/.—though these are startling enough—but also from its intrinsic merits. We allude to "The Procession of Cimabue's celebrated Madonna through the streets of Florence," by Mr. F. Leighton (569). It is a composi tion of large dimensions, and bold and daring in concep tion and handling, yet every obvious difficulty is sur mounted in the most complete and triumphant manner. The story is simple enough : "In front of the Ma- denim and crowned with laurels walks Cimabue himself, with his pupil Giotto; behind it Arnolfo di'Lapo, Gaddo Gaddi, Andrea Tafi, Nicola Pisano, Buffalmacco and Simone Memini ;in the corner Dante." The procession is equally simple, but it is endowed with so !Ruch motion and vitality that the impression of its truthfulness in 'every detail is irresistible. Detail is, however, one of the most prominent as it is one of the most remarkable characteristics of the work ; yet the accuracy of drawing, the variety of attitude, the rich and harmonious colouring, and the perfect order and keep ing of the whole combine and produce an effec:; of the most successful description. The work is essentially a novelty; but of so high a class that it stamps the genius and originality of the artist, as we hope it does his reputation. Passing onwards the eye is at once caught by the ex tended proportions of " Rome" (594) by Mr. D, Roberts. The work is a noble one, and fully equal to any of this master's former productions. The point of view selected is quite fresh, and" presents the once-famed sad still interesting city in an entirely different aspect to any we have previously seen. The foreground is upon a consi derable elevation, beneath which flows the lazy Tiber in its circuitous course, and Rome with its numberless domes, campaniles, and strada sPreads out and around into the distance with a panoramic comprehensiveness. The mantle of the coming twilight is gradually wrapping the scene in its grey and sombre folds —but the setting sun gilds with splendour the summits of its fretted roofs and temples, and exquisitely realises the descrip tive lines : " Thou hast thy sunset's glow, Rome ! for thy dower, Flushing tall cypress bough, Temple, and tower !" Mr. Maclise is represented by the scene before the Duke's Palace wherein, Orlando is about to engage with the Duke's wrestler (78). It is an effort the individuality of which no one can mistake. Though by no means on so large a scale as the subject in such hands might have warranted with advantage, it is replete with the most deep and careful study both of the characters themselves and in the portrayal of the emotions by which each is at the moment animated. The Duke sits anxiously and impatiently on his throne awaiting the coming conflict ; on his left is the slim yet graceful Or lando, who addresses Rosalind in the soft and gentle language attributed to him by the great bard. Rosa lind and Celia, who intervene, clasping each other's hands, beam from their countenances the kindest hope for the issue of the struggle—the former speaking more meaningly by looks than words to her modest lover as she says, " The little strength I have, I would it were with you." Perhaps the only repulsive figure in the whole group. is the wrestler, a personification of mere brute strength, elevated by no particle of mind. The sly roguish expression of Touchstone, as he looks upwards from where he is reclining full into the pale and thought. ful face of Rosalind, is capital. The subordinate cha racters are cleverly put in ; the colouring is rich, and the execution is of that soft texture and delicate minuteness for which this great artist is so deservedly admired. We prefer the style and spirit of Mr. Frith when it is applied to the working out of such charming little studies as his " Maria tricking Malvolio (108) in the Wood," than when displayed in such incidents as "At the Opera" (305), or " The Lovers" (126), though, in the last-mentioned class, he shone out very conspicuouslf at last year's exhibition. Each of these, however, in their way, will well repay an attentive inspection. Of the three contributions sent by Mr. Egg we think it will be readily admitted that the "Life and Death of Buckingham " (394), which is in reality two pictures, is decidedly the best in many re spects. It illustrates two striking phases in the career of the pampered but ill-fated courtier, and is, we sup pose, intended to inculcate the mural—to use the trite words of Scott—" of the instability of human greatness, and the transitory value of earthly possessions." On the one hand, we find him in the midst of a scene of dis solute debauchery, surrounded by a gay and profligate circle, and all that affluence can command to minister to sensual luxury. On the other, we see him alone and friendless, stretched on a miserable pallet, in, if possi ble, a more miserable garret, just as the last agonies of death are past. The contrast is striking and effective, and the story is well and plainly told ; but we could have wished that the features of his companions in the first part had been less harsh and disagreeable. "Come,_ rest in this bosom" (136), by the same artist, is, we think, neither sentimental nor felicitous ; but his " Through the green shade wandering" (127), is very pretty and very pleasing. The only production shown by the President, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, "Beatrice" (120), is somewhat tame and mean ingless ; but is not, nevertheless, wanting in beauty and finish in an artistic sense.—M. E. M. Ward has also contented himself with simply sending a portrait of Lieut.-General Hearsey, in the dress of the Native Irregular Cavalry, H.E.I. C.S." (137) "Lear recovering his reason at the sight of Cordelia" (149), by Mr. J. R. Herbert, is a very fine conception. The dawn of re turning intellect in the grey-haired and grief-stricken old monarch, and the faint struggle of mental energy, as he slowly recalls the beloved image of his sweet en dearing daughter, and exclaims—" Methinks I should know you. Yet lam doubtful. Do not laugh at me. For as I am a man, I think this lady to be my child, Cor delia"—is marvellously rendered ; whilst the agitation 'twixt brightening hope and anxious fear, lest her joy should be premature, is eloquently expressed in the face of the beautiful Cordelia.—Mr. S. A. Hart has two pictures. The larger one (225) is descriptive of the " Captivity of Eccelino, the tyrant of Padua," who, when taken prisoner to Soncino, rejected all medical and spiritual aid, tore the bandages from his wounds, and refused food, until death put an end to his obstinate resistance. The tyrant is depicted in the act of thrusting from him, with a scornful gesture, the refreshment proffered to him by a sweet girl. The other (327) is drawn from Shakspere's Othello—where the cunning and deceitful lago first attempts to uniermine the affec tion of the Moor. In this the attitudes are excellent ; the countenance of Othello, especially, is weedingly felicitous, as indicating the birth of that suspicion which so soon cankers ,into jealousy and hate. Mr. Millais, in "The Rescue" (,282), has again favoured us with a display of some extraordinary eccentricity ; which trait is exemplified, in the first place, by the title of the pic ture, which is very vague. The subject too is ordinary and common-place enough ; yet there is an attraction about the work, fromeits very singularity, which impels one towards, and to look into, it ; and it is only upon a close examination that the meaning and purpose of the artist becomes evident. The scene embodies one of those stirring incidents in every-day life—a house on fire —and the moment selected by Mr. Millais is when, the upper part of the dwelling being enveloped in a mass of lurid flame, a sturdy fireman has succeeded in re;cuing couple of fine children from destruction, and is descend ing the stairs safely with them. At the foot, the over joyed mother, clad in her night dress, stretches out her eager arms to receive them. The two boys are well drawn, the frightened aspect of the one on their deliverer's back, being natural and truth ful ; whilst the firm step and cool courageous mien of the fireman are capitally rendered. Terror, mingled with gratitude for the hairbreadth escape, of the children is the feeling sought to be inspired by these leading features and their accessories. In the latter the artist has lost no opportunity of enhancing the horror of the scene. The burnt night gown of the elder boy, the perfect torrent of conflagration through which the party apparently had to pass, and the cut ling flame that has begun to eat its destructive way through the stair on which the fireman is treading—all speak plainly to the peril of the moment. In these, as in other parts of the picture, there appears, at first sight, something akin to exaggeration ; but the impression gives way to a feel ing of an - opposite kind as the picture is attentively in-, AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the sth, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—"The news that Russia has ad tressed new propositions to Vienna, and that Aus tria has communicated them to the Western Powers has not revived any hopes iof peace. These propositions will no doubt have the same fate as those that preceded them ; Austria her,self indeed isms not, appear to believe that they will be ac cepted by the Western Powers. They arrived here on the Ist, and were brought by Prince Ser gius Galitzin. The cause of the postponement of Baron Hess's departure for the army is to allow ime for the reply of the Western Powers to the Russian propositions to be known." A letter from Vienna states that Riza Bey, who was present at the Conferences before the ar rival of Ali Pacha, had left that city for Paris. The Ambassador of Saxony in Vienna, M. de Konneritz, gave.a grand dinner in that city on the 4th, at which were present Prince Gortschakoff, Count Arnim, and Prince Galitzin. It is stated in a Vienna letter of the sth that it• is intended to establish there a Discount Bank on a large scale. The same letter states that the trade in swine has become very considerable in Hungary; in the course of the preceding week the agents of two English houses bargained for the purchase of 10,000 pigs to be delivered in May, June, July and August. SWEDEN. A letter from Stockholm, in the Assemblee Na tionale, says :—" Several regiments of the Swedish army have received orders to come here as soon as they shall have concluded the exercises which they go through every year in the month of May, in the different military departments of Sweden. It ap pears to be the intention of the Swedish Govern ment to assemble a considerable force this summer, , and to form a camp in the neighbourhood of this capital. In addition to the fitting out of several vessels of war, the Swedish Government has just ordered that a squadron of gun-boats shall be armed, and placed under the command of Commo dore Prince Oscar, the second son of the King." A letter from amburg, speaking of the expedi tion of English and French troops to the Baltic, says A colonel of the French staff lately passed through this city on his way to Stockholm, via Copenhagen. It was "raid that he was charged by his Government to obtain from Sweden a point of territory, favourable for the landing and provisional encampment of an expeditionary corps of French troops. If this concession cannot be obtained from the Swedish Government, it was added that Bomar sund and some of the adjacent islands would be fixed on for the landing of the troops and the general depot of warlike stores and ammunition, and the French Government would in that case construct fortified works on these islands, to protect the troops from any coup de main that might be attempted by the Russians." SPAIN. MADRID, Bth.—The Cortes yesterday voted the third constitutional basis. It to-day rejected, by a majority of 119 to 18, the vote of censure on the Governor of Madrid, proposed by the democratic deputies. The King of Bavaria arrived at Rome on the 27th, under the incognito of Count of Augsburg, and on the following day paid a visit to the Pope. The late Cardinal Oppizzoni, Archbishop of Bologna, has left all his fortune amounting to 100,000 scudi (5,400,000 fr.), to the Banca de Misericordia, a charitable establishment in that city. The commercial accounts from New York yesterday describe a tendency to improvement in the stock-mar ket, owing, in a great measure, to the advices from England of the reduction in the Bank rate of discount at the beginning of last month. The shipments of specie and the delay in the receipts from California consequent upon the San Francisco banking difficulties still operated unfavourably, and but for these circumstances there would apparently have been more buoyancy, the con traction of business being such as to reduce the de mand for money to a point much below the ordinary supply. Illinois Central Bonds were at 76i, New York Central at 92k, and Erie Railroad stock at 514. Ac cording to a circular of Messrs. Blake, Howe, and Co., of Boston, the most flattering accounts are given of the glowing crops in the West. Notice had been published that the Crystal Palace at New York must be cleared of all goods by the 30th of .Tune, and the owners of imported articles were requested therefore to take them a,way as soon as convenient, the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington having meanwhile issued a liberal letter of instructions for their passage at the Castoni-house. ire , )11 ~ , spouted. Mr. F. R. Pickersgill is represented. bY, r_z.,,, very good specimens of his characteristic sty, le of _or; ing and colouring. Perhaps the bests s f3rll°_,o unarming," (16) illustrative of the passagfrom sl3uw• /Very With that her glistening helmet she unlaced,. Which dolt her golden locks that were upbouV, Still in a knot, unto her heeler down traced.' niacted The second isan ideal csmposition, "Christian CO u to.° by Charity, Prddance, Piety, and Discretion if with° Valley of Humiliation " (324), and is imbue. D. whe spirit of much purity and originality of conceptio ,'"ho third is a Scripture subject (341), " The sending :0%0 disciples by John to Our Lord." Mr. Websterol,lo3eis delights us with some of his quiet, and geniallY 'lie or sus delineations of juvenile life, the most plasige:ar, which is (182) " A race." The competition oig, ,h°, osd hbetween bipeds, in. the shape of two r d°l filet humoured-looking lads who, on hands and It'ee" A rider' as the steeds, each carrying a younger one 08 a. :001 casualty, however, is occurring,-the hinderrno boos is stoppling to a fall, and the oi - dio!, ludic' he rides is looking round wi an • expressioo oiccident. roue curiosity to ascertain the nature of the 8.. i tiitb his burden towards the goal, victory The other, however, pushes triumphantly fon"' see o 0 ever y lineament of his chubby bal°ll afg,ao;eol,lB: Christabel" (181), of Mr. lisic,e, displaYB °-o,,aglit ''' site drawing, but we scarcely think he has derived bill inspiration of the poet from whom be h°Bd foto Ib° be i n sta: ye subject. The only composition we notice , a woo; easel of Mr. Frost was (396), "Bacchante ao,„alt eli' fawn dancing," which, though it fiirnisbes abillora and dences of the artist's subtle felicity of col°Bsrtt efforts. beauty -if outline, is hardly one of his haPl:B° Dessalr Mr. A. F. Poole, in his " Ssventh day of the ()vil son" (457), has succeeded in producing a, estras,o coie. picture, full of skilful and elegant groupleg!a roler!° sufferable animation ; but its general sffs is it dirl very curious by a most fanciful, yet Thera nom ro sell rt. agreeable, play of light and shade. ape Wl° asd Crimean strogsles. Sit) siege battle pieces, illmtrative of incidents iis tte ~rbotiss (545) at the point where the British troops 8;g is gsri of St. P.. 0 tosia possession of the heights of St. Bartolomeo Atonog Stanfield's best and most vieoreus ma, Or' rev oil the Weer Mr. G. Jones sends " The Battleo4B Ibt (249), as a design for a large picture, which e 5 ci tbsot very vivid idea of the difficulties and de°ge.rbutioa never-to-be-forgotten action. The ceistrif a Pod, Mr. F. Goodall (402), the " Arr'st °leach 54t• stn t Royalist-Brittany," diFplaye to . ~. The •-„ , vantage trie vigorous conception •of this alto: sctiov 1 1 titudes are striking, and well chose", an Irh es set animated and natural. The colouring, toe, wider • s illustrative praise. The only scriptural piece which 0119 e, i 4 olie °l, the chapter of 71%a°6ticl observationm of any pretensions in size at leas 'victory:l;e tißverigoBftticiekeba('s-141°)*be‘t‘wtne ' lites , ~, Amalekites, as described in the 17th cbalileir,,,wing aft The figure of Moses seated on a rock i$ I.„10 FoPPer well drawn, as &so are Aaron and fro', " f Israel:, his hands. The upturned flee of the Itaderf of ej 0101; opfre:saseeas very finely a prayerful invocation. oti:ed of ~.r, ven in the struggle, and the conscio 11 al ena! ' hysic dor much its issue depends upon his ono Pdo not $ ance. We must ray, however, that we s iie the tone of the background. pi thi, 0 A Of sea pieces there are apparent 's' few' 03(269/ eite Mr. E. W. Cooke has been very succassfo I ribtebB.o, North Sea Breeze-on the Dutch Coa-t; ; irloullef„ipos Scheveling fishermen are bu, •I awlea 'll - ar° - ' 'I v en"• ' b dab ais huge smack out of the surf, which is ea 011 • ads $ aoo the shore. Mr. J. W. Carmichael sis) se-j" at I' '8 bee sable picture (44), "A View of FleligolB°liro 130•.00, where the Foreign Legion will ernbarl;. : 040°4 fore called attention in our columns to 4.ll,Aiit, elet sr and feel great pleasure in again noticing it, but' oyji3l add, that it is hung far too high to aleW cirls, voli pre_ciation being formed of its intrinsic roetihe 00t80,1'd _ There are several excellent pictures jo hangiogoof Room, whiCh are well deserving of better .„, es', $ more prominent situations. Amongst betties' noticed Mr. F. Wyburd's " Lalla Itoo.lshhiv ,credit the gorgeous and really meritorious wcrk. blir. 0,00 °dio° to the manipulative skill and fervid imagllleatal os 0 Ori whilst ftrA artist. The gorgeous incidentals of are rendered with exceeding ewe and sielitYs__oise,st, two female of the fateltbe or figures, especially that perfect types of the voluptuous, t,eauties °llso is soot, "The London Gazette of 1854 (1,405), also geyser tare into which Mr. Barwell has jawed "1 d , resr t but fin s pathos, and a sentiment which canto sbii° live chord • in every feeling heart. hbo e/L-I, is 8' Portraits form a prominent feature in i,. Goo. ivff, this year, and in this department gr' so 110 fiir prolific contributor. An excellent likere.,,' is fed i; Aff'' sCeut,o Richmond, of the late Sir R. 11. Inc4B',,denil,..csb's, so long a time was antiquary to the 5C- trsei '' • 7' from the fact of his ease t° at of bill VC so recent deco A 4 one ;ay terest andattention. Mr. Lace Fell,' co ps' to geous fruit pieces-such 39 he oe'Y coo „ under a somewhat eccentric title (432). by clitir if); Corning gr. P3II I Coen LW round to landscapes, ,fles Des i with one of his mellow golden stiuset se v. is, .oiiitli (287), in the rosy time of year. IVisr; vlf. snanie r°; hibits several pictures, executed by u'rfl-e his 11", 61“ with Mr. T S. Coo r_. The two best 0, (2,9 and la n 1 f.,ect to ductions are views in Taw Vale, DeVe-ersill 14'5 la rt e and are of his usual bright, sunny, ci. „cede- 00 -111, conjunction with Mr. Cooper be /138 -•‘, Cattle„ „eel` dicing an /422), soli se be tir' excellent picture, , rho loss /75) l' , iir Banks of cattle • a Myer." Mr. Coo Pei„, floor t /75)11', ii pwiecoes, of which ' Cooling.t.-n jets rior ~;,,ici, 0 largest Observed "A Group In 3 Ap. Creq r 04, to our liking, a charming • '''' z. ' ' t 'lo' also rich in shei, nl°"'"'w, y t° ~W,,..1 'boadol' Afternoon landscape '' 94).----- ~, ~,-.4 on the River's Battis" ‘ --ay 401, almost excelled himself in Se3reSt 'ol9tii to ° mer Time" (440), which he "Theil ainted col clie,reo, Mr. R. Ansdell. A fine tearnasol; horsegt„3t;s °,,t350t1; hea,vily-laden timber wavon, are fOr"l'ded:oille bej amidst a scene teeming with rural and secr-t lat "h. eh r„-i We imagine Mr. Ansdell, however, is 6),°A'se) I";lne°,"' himself in his "Scotch Gamekeep, r•' as of 'eso••nieFot minds us of some of his best delinesetiooB °„,oisi,,tedriseo , mals. Mr. Redg,rave shines out in tvf°,l%,fhe.l''flo,s6l "The Sylvan Spring" (88), and (347) dellstor,t: ioLp the Stream," two of the sweetest leaf'. ,d aso°-"es Irmo Mr. J. M. Carrick, a young and pronosll4' ea o$ Mr. T. Carrick, exhibits two mountoirtslerlAehorcs the neighbourhood of Borrowdale, C°",ide, orb e,:tis (606) is a lonely pathway on the hiw-is A elfoX deepest silence and seclusion brood, ,8,0 ebofrseds.;si., nently adapted to a meditative mind. „:"00oft' of;:it scenery of that romantic spot is haPP"Jcis Of tld 1" has received ample justice at the /o°3o, 5- ,il angstrath" (1,363) is no less sauces: repN ~, possible, the better picture of the two. .11 welir troll The contents of the South Roo°l svflA ioill.gis'bi,,ebB:• careful study, filled as it is with, wither°4° th' leadieil I. less. pleasing, description, compared the tift .4. the other departments. Portraits fag' ,iii firibearriP 1 racteristic , and amonast these we were ili., t „if flo find one of Miss Eliza Cook (759) by A bid° h6:44 In this Mr. Carrick has not contenno fat tsB simply achieving a true snuglikeness-thoutquht t°l3 aloe been singularly felicitous-but he hos co totic sbBe. , to the open and expressive couriterB°, y 017011°,rp4 intellectual warmth and animation vsble.'itotl 8 tlirf,slS teristic of the amiable and highly'llooesseeo rila In fact, this is the only genu tote bArtr'iti' yet appeared, for all that have hitb,t e, ig sfor lished were mere vulgar atteMPt4, 0 I,L:eet p.' the delicate " poetess of the pother cgs& iota to has also contributed several others sls21;118est8I traits, remarkable not only for their sort, ore ocri 4. manipulation, but also for , fidelity.itej crii,.`l3e'rio (813) " Herbert Ingra E• 1 the s.. Tr ,6. 10° JO' ,_ n 1 . 'l- ~ the he 3 of the Illustrated Ina bondorb News' ' 60), v 'ell i with" (851), and " Mrs. Beckwith"("8 oil 1113/ 1 title pvrticular, for the evident care /5 vel Ole plays. . con of 0 is' WO' tevie So far, it will be obvious, Who oars , o'd rem arks almost exclusively to '„,, raki,jilf it%o I artistic world, and that only g'.iie re*" 101'1100' convenience, attending our. visit vr'' rAble ,g, S,A,,'' this. There are, however, inot1111: 08/.4. `:troll every variety by gentlemen vibes It.ki od I we) not disnified by the degreeo °f• raS, A fill are lam liar to us " a hld ''' oeP s house 0 • d ILI" ' possess attractions of no ordinary aOPS repay a careful examinatieti ... k npi , ATTEMPTED A55.4.551.0_111' ' ,opt NAPOLEON' 0.- 0 --0------,04 sto•l,r lot:, TO THE EDITOR Or T.-Teti:pi/30°e APO Sin,-Suppose some vehement tation cfs°lo 'rl• of the railway system "hoot to ° driver °bob 00410 bridge, and deliberately at the red pro Asto 0 train, as it passed, and that it apPensci th,lystl34,e,trsilte this was done " upon principle,' "ntto `, 01 f', Y way association existed with principle Ilin.'tro a u 9 se !see, %le Stokers and Pokers.P Well, see' lbecati'ebe l'. isis` to John Brown should just be shot But ose tot tbe 5008 rats driver of an express train. sacrificeyd to b 8 f 0( whole train full of people to be at is 100 ell t lab ifle l'e monomania of Anti-Rail? If "":" .1 As to or prevent the repetition of the crime ssios, t try to P Sir, if it be possible, for our °wow° feesiri„,er cos, Do the right and justice of the thing, 0 best of ties' LOUIS NAPOLEON on the line, 39 the 01 0,4 ypol, sess of the great European exPre,sB shootin„g lath't tile o,t We object, in the abstract, ~° s dcovs'gio° tt I differ in opinion with us• Write tberooa,t dloPi,is 0t huts" he s so, i cal down, and reason them down, tIV Alo Why, if ever d causeror is° 00 man gave goo pipe h 0 terA extreme measures it was the late land a/ 0 re: don't think there is a man in Viligaroy th bro Fort have reprobated any attempt t° "°- oible„,fil.lide, I pa° , et 0,0,,,e despot. ' Ott 1 of re frl The Emperor of the French In _cistiel t for ilf ! jet served from assassins. Let the PI. oit ae_. fAelci4t 1,0 "be-made studiously ic,,nominiou!....Le baishole if !sof I regard only the interests st• ra of sbe..73eser;o eireoh peace and happiness of Europe, %del vili'voertcliei °I world. Take the life of the inte ,_ a itia rise es t' thought best ; but take that life 'V, the. :6 VP:, J'Ali disgrace on the name and mesnorYk°l; 10!. Prioe 50 ,p, prit. Louis Napoleon is rernarrlrOLut tbess.'llislieroc,,o his personal enemies, however g_eld to Pl.!/„e oily in the to himself and to the sve;_r_ci; si°ll Jog oe'y in the manner most likely to ou'd iise:oas Is 3 If not hanged, let him be s coar,ettide,,--)' # 4 demned to a life of penal set v' oh ei, servant, /':..'t cl"Wtbe tee° ------ 0101 d 013 hae 0 ----- rodtio che ceo ' or, The markets for Russian p in t sea ti, .0 • the decline in tallow from the P°,,,. couferis clic lig of the breaking up of the Irieqle•,,p als°,icies• 0101000. equal to 4s. or ss. per cwt. and d other llr3bre °r.,fo, 'Poi elc, well as linseed, linseed oil, an,oropaily trconoo ii,so, The Eastern Archipelago .1-' s ulisr el3B 03 tb gas fleet of screw steamers, oi Pes., Lob rant {tom ,erBooi 1 nection with their coal mines; Wl'6'oool'o posit: coast of Borneo, wber,..at of tbei jos tan extends 160 miles. Tile f:Asi 04P' t ° aunohed at Liverpool on Oa 11--- o f 1,040 tong. r ' _ • . ... .