The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-04 00:00:00

ELTRE ROI AL I! AY M LKKET tr.der the management of Mr. Backache. THIS EVF,NISG, Will be performed a new Play, entitled :HE ACTRESS 01 IADUA. A/ter which, a new Extravaganza. called TIM NEW RAN 211ARIEET SPRING MEETING, 1855, To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cs.auris SEAR. THIS EVENLNG. Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTLI. Principe character by Mr. C. Kean. To, conclude with (18th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitle( THE MULETEER OF roLLDo ; or, King, Queen. aol Knave' THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A NOVEL EXPEDIENT. Harry Damon kr. Leigh Murray. To be followed by KING O'NEIL Characters by Messrs. C Selby, Garden , Parsel e, Bland, L. Murray, ac,; Mrs. L. Mur ray, M!ss Wyndham, &c. To conclude with A NEV EDITION OF TETE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustration, R/YAL OLYMPIO THEATItE. Leasee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE WEL , Ii GIRL. Characters by Messrs Emery, Leslie. and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. After which, the Comedietta, called LAW FOE L Cha• racters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, L'anvers, an& Miss Castleton. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called VIE YELLCM DWARF AND THE KING OF IHR GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING. _ _ _ _ _ • will be performed Donizettl's Opera of THE DAUGHTER 01 THE REGIMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE To conclude with TUE WATERMAN'. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet I THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, Till FIELD AGAINST IRE FAVOURITE I After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. 'W Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added t the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director Kr. W. Cooke, jun. GRAND PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION IN THE CITY IN FAVOUR OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM. "THE SUN" OF TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) WILL CONTAIN A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE ABOVE MEETING. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T —Morntuig 6 itib.aftet 3 Ev Mng24min.a't. Tcrifos w Morning, 41 minotter 3 j Evening lmin.att. THE WEATHER.—Stni 01,11138, May. 4. THICaIiONETZ.B, IN THE SHADE. 60— highest since noon yesterday. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 47—this day, at noon. Beeomrrige, 29'82—rising again. TVTI , TD, N.—Fresh breeze, with very cold, dull weather It blew a hard gale last evening with heavy gusts. Two °mom—Wind, E.N.E. ; fresh. t p, '-c- 7 31:54 7,7":"4.k.VeAt'.;•„, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1855. To-morrow the " Administrative Reform Asso ciation" is to be brought into existence. Th( public has been already apprised of its objects, an all reasonable men - must agree that they are, jusi now, of paramount importance. The Governmew has been freely blamed, the military authorities have been censured severely, the House which rt.- presents, or should represent, the people, is re proached for its idleness, its apathy, and its false courtesy to Ministers. The people should nov‘ take care not to show equal neglect of their owi interests. An attendance of the right quality and number to-morrow, at the " London Tavern, al 12 for one," is therefore a duty which Londob owes both to itself and to the country at large. We have no doubt that most serious conse quences depend on the character of to-morrow'f meeting. If it be what it ought to be, it wil modify immediately the counsels of the Cabinet, will rouse the House of Commons, and will pro bably of itself cause many right men to be put into the right places. From the time when the League held their meeting at which the great subscription was raised, the Corn Laws were doomed. The Minister in office, and the Minis ter out of office, immediately began a race for the Leadership of the movement, which they then foresaw must prove successful. The commercial nobility of London have now an opportunity to do something equally worthy of them. If they will but stand forward, and pledge the City to 100,000/. 2 with ten per cent. paid up, the country Will everywhere follow them, the Government will strike to their earnestness, and Honourable Members will understand the tenure on which they hold their seats. Every consideration impresses on us the value of the opportunity. 'Even the PALMERSTON Cabi net and the Horse Guards have just shown that they are susceptible to pressure. The officers of the Indian army are now to take rank with the Imperial army. The silly, and just now most mischievous, abuse of generations is abolished with a stroke of the pen. The way is now open for commanders of recently tried capacity to be placed at the head of our troops. But it will need almost a tornado of public opinion to send these men to the Crimea, and that simply because it will dis place some who ought never to have been there. A meeting of London merchants, which cannot be laughed at, is just the force needed to compel Go vernment to numerous similar modifications of routine and aristocratic follies and blunders, and to enforce the practical adoption of them, and not their mere record on the foolscap pages of Down ing-street or of the Horse Guards. It must be remembered, too that the small 13 ' 1 ' 14 41 the" do its duty House of Comm ons w hi c h i s re ady to n do it only on the co ndition of overpowering .t popular support. Th e merc hants of London s ee for his out -spoken frankness LAYARD h as me t w ith u k .z ess to th e i r b rot h er mer chants in Li verpool. or two gave t ongue to perfectly trivial mistake a whole and Colonels, who revelled with (1 13 :1 °.k of • placemen for delight In abusing ,Aec e l lgn to the 'real Mr. LAYARD on an issue as question as Sir ROBERT PEE L ' S A assassination was to Mr. ConnEN ant , B 1 . about i- com arguments. Mr. COBDEN, howeve r , - 417 -lad the people and their significant contrib u ti ons at. hi., back, and he beat Sir ROBERT. And iflklr. ARD have a similar demonstration to support him, even the joking Premier will turn serious and be g la d to come to terms. Without such support, i even ; m e n raised up by PROVIDENCE for the occa s.on. will f a u. HEAVEN itself will not help those who are i° : 1 : 1 1dolent or ti me - se rving to help the fitti ng "If-sacrificing leaders of a good MUM We scarcely need mention that the future i s lark indeed for England unless the propositions .vhiat this meeting is summoned to endorse ba weedily reduced to practice. We have never been ,nongst the croakers, but events must have proved -a all that we have but the alternatives of a dis• unourable and war-begetting peace, or of imme liate a dministrative reform. It would be cruelty Lad folly equally to go on with old incompetent 1 generals, surrounded by staffs of equally incom- potent nephews aid kinsfolk ;—with a commis- Aariat, a civil service, and to a large extent a Ministry too, equally inefficient ;—to go on sacri icing soldiers by thousands, and money by scores ,f millions, just because our incapables must be :ept in office. The nation will not do hat. We must either therefore put our lead management to rights, or sick back :upinely into an Austrian peace, and en joy the costly pleasure of keeping our useless Jut costly aristocracy still on our backs. The dternatives on which this meeting is sum uoned to decide are, in fact, costly failure and Infamy, or, comparatively, cheap victory and honour. We trust our fellow-citizens will muster to their duty. We may just mention that it will bo well th( meeting should bear in mind, that though the main question is not one of party politics, yet it will be difficult to keep clear of political questions dtogether. The writer of a spirited little pamph let, "Red-Tapism ; its Cause"—by One Behind the Scenes (Ridgway), has pointed out how deeply our political habits are implicated with the in efficiency of the public service. The persons employed in it are so extensively introduced for political reasons ; the successive politi zal chiefs have so little inducement to use ;heir influence to perfect at a great sacrifice the service for their successors, and the diffi )ulty of dismissal for incompetency is, for ')olitical reasons, so great, that it is next to im- Jossible our civil service should be what it ought vhile political power must be bought by means of it. Then, again, we have not a House of Com nons chosen by the voice of the people. County Members are but the breath of the landlords, and .he Members for small - towns are much the same. t. real Reform Bill, with the Ballot, seems an in lispensable precursor of a House of Commons vhich shall compel administrative reform. It indeed, be singular if the War should cause ..he dropping of a sham Reform Bill, and originate a real one. Lord CLARKSTON last night attempted to dis- Lrm criticism by the candid confession that their Lordships might not consider the statement he )ad just made respecting the negotiations at Vienna •` either satisfactory or conclusive," even in the imited sense in which he used the latter term, lamely, as 't" to what had taken place." The Noble Lord also declared that he was unable to nform the house "of the course which Austria ntends to take hereafter, and hoped that on this articular point a prudent reserve might be main ained." In all other respects the explanation has leen merely a rechauffee of what Lord J. RUSSELL tad previously announced in the House of Com mons ; and that although the Marquis of LANS DOWNE had in the early part of the week declared that it was of infinite importance that the earliest possible information should be given to the House and the country respecting the result of the negotiations. All the information accorded, how ever, consists of a repetition of the stereotyped Ministerial platitudes respecting the propriety of maintaining " a prudent reserve !" A " prudent reserve" is also displayed respecting the intelli gence from the Crimea, and on every other point worth knowing ; so that, in fact, the object of the Government is neither more nor less than to reduce both Houses of Parliament into mere cyphers, whose only duties shall be to register the ukases and give vitality to the propositions of the PALMERSTON Administra tion ! Well might Lord DERBY express his deep regret at listening to such an unsatisfactory state ment from a British Minister—a statement which left everything " in the same state of uncertainty, vacillation, and hesitation," which they have re mained in from the very commencement of the Eastern difficulty. Although no direct or positive information could I,e collected from the Foreign Secretary, much 'night be inferred from his " prudeL reserve." It may fairly be assumed that the suspicions pre viously entertained of the good faith and honesty of Austria are but too well founded, and that we have nothing to hope (or fear, perhaps, is the more correct phrase) from the active co-operation )f that doubly-dealing Government. For nearly two years the Western Powers have been bam boozled, and the same game is still attempted. All the calamities that have occurred may be traced to its timid or treacherous policy, and should France and England still suffer themselves to be be f )oled, we may, in some three or four years, heir that we are still " waiting for Austria," still truckling to Germanism, sacrificing the national honour and the national interests,•and imperilling our very existence, in consequence of the defer ence due to an EMPEROR to whcm the House of COBURG is anxious to pay the greatest possible respect. When, after the long and useless delay afforded to the Russian Plenipotentiary, in order that he might initiate the mode in which the principle of the Third Point could be carried into practical operaticn, the propositions of France and Eng land, supported by Austria, were peremptorily and contumeliously rejected—when the sugges tions so tardily offered by Prince GORTSCHAKOFF were found so unacceptable that the details were not even taken into consideration, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL and M. DROUYN DE L'HUYS had departed from Vienna, the conferences were not broken off, but merely "suspended." This ridi culous pretext was clearly tolerated for the purpose of allowing Austria an excuse for further procrastination, so that this year might be wasted as the two last have been. After going much further than they were justi fied in doing to conciliate Russia, Count Buor, makes the notable discovery that " the means for obtaining a peace were not wholly exhausted ;" adding that "it would be the special duty of Austria to discover some mode of attaining that end, consistently with the engagements into which she had entered with the other Powers !" Prince GORTSCHAKOFF shows his appreciation of the time that must necessarily be consumed while the German cEdipus is puzzling his brain on the com plicated problem he has undertaken to solve, by renewing the lease of his Palace at Vienna for a term of six months more. Now, the very per mission to Austria to postpone the performance of her solemn undertaking for a period so indefinite assumes that there may be some middle course more favourable to Russia that would be accept able to the Western Powers ! The CZAR will clearly not accept that which he has already per emptorily rejected. He will not submit to ary diminution of his power in the Euxine—when he has refused to allow the perfect neutrality of that sea, or to limit his naval force therein with in any specified dimensions. How, then, can a safe or honourable peace be con clude - 1? How can we insure the independence of Ow Ottoman Empire ur the permanent tran quillity of Europe? It would require a " forty marine power of credulity" to suppose that it w ere 13(*Llible to do so. Our Ministers cannot be 3 .f 0 t plrVilad, 83 grossly ignorant, of the real state I :airs as to credit the practicability of such a Peace eve , ' for a singl e m o ment. They must then be conn • ' 'vi.n ,, at the fast-and-loose policy of Aus tria. y i eldir T ,r i s :l l 4l ,llel: ust under some s i n i s t er i n fl uence b e would they requPireeak willingly to the deception, es else Iv 011 1 c1 the y boldly an d d ec i s i ve l y ; e l se faithf t d pert ornaar" o f f his FRANCIS JOSEPH the the &an e tim e , a ve i y o bligations, giving, at int e lligible hint as to the certain c onsequen ca l of further procrastination on his part $ ; else would they address him in the TfIE sUN, LONDON, FitIDAY EVENINd;_MAT 4 I. language of indignant remonstrance for his too palpable duplicity and treachery, tear cl the "lion's bide" which he has ventured to assume, and in the face of Europe bland him with the disgrace he has so richly merited, " and hang a call's skin on those recreant limbs." Really we have had quite enough of fanatical intolerance in relation to the first day cf the week. To have to go on listening to its ravings is disagreeable enough in all conscience, without having to undergo any further aggravation of the infliction. As it is, thousands of bona fide travellers are every Sunday debarred for hours of needful refreshment on their arrival in the metropolis, to say nothing of what takes place from the same cause in the country. And yet an Attempt is now being made to carry this sort of legislation fur- Aber, and to deprive the poor in the metropolis of what in thousands of instances is their only ) 1 and generally their best, opportunity to purchase their Sunday's food. If the Pharisaic road to heaven be thorny it surely is too bad for gentle men who feel it so to pitchfork the thorns into the other. In the name of charity, and for the honour of commonsense, we call upon the indepen dent members of the House of Commons to throw out the " Sunday Trading Bill." If they value a decent observance of the day in question, they cannot but refuse their sanction to the provisions of a measure which, alike uncalled-for and invi dious in its operation on the poor, can only in crease the evil which it is the pretended object of its authors to diminish. Now that there is so much to occasion depres sion in the public mind, it becomes a grateful duty on our part to draw attention to an event of a contrary tendency. We allude to the reception of the Commander of the Baltic Fleet, .Admiral DIINDAS, by the Danish Court. Last year, it may be remembered, Admiral NAPIER had abun dant reason to complain of his reception in the same quarter. The Russian party were then predominant, and took care to have infused as much surliness and insult in the Royal hospitality as was compatible with pru dence. On this cccasion the change was remarkable. Instead of surliness and insult the British Commander-in-Chief met with the utmost cordiality and every token of respect. Not only was he most graciously welcomed by the King, but every attention was shown him by the Government, and he took his departure much gratified with his reception. The inference is obvious. Russian influence is in abeyance, and nothing is required but a cordial reciprocation of this unexpected good feeling to assure the Admiral of a friendly instead of a doubtful neutral in his rear, and, we trust, to secure Great Britain a desirable ally. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.-ALARM OF FIRE. TEST N BERLIN, TIUJRSDAY, MAY 3. The session of the Prussian Chamfers was closed to-day by a speech. from Baron Manteuffel. After enumerating the various legislative enactments passed this session, the Ministerial speech pro mises that the credits granted will be used as eco nomically as consistent with duty in the presence of an army prepared for war, during the actual unsettled state of affairs, so as to vindicate the independence and position of Prussia as a great Power. TURIN, MAY 3. General Durand() has just announced to the Senate that, an agreement with the Bishops not ing been come to, the former Ministry resumers office. The discussion on the Convents Suppression Bill will be resumed on Saturday. KIEL, MA.T . 3. The fleet, under the command in chief of Bear- Admiral the Hon. It. S. Dundas, C. 8., left at eight o'clock this morning for the Baltic Sea. WARSAW, 2D. 32,000 Grenadiers are on their march from Poland into Lithuania. The Emperor and Gene- ral Rudiger are expected. The amnesty has ar- rived. officers round the Dockyard an•l 01h, , r Government . is!.tuLtits of re. 4, qel ylszp - e•-•.e , himself as much pleased with his rectvion. The officers cora manding the vessels composing the small squatirou at Elsinore, viz , the Magicienne and Driver, each with three gun- boats, t►ot forgetting the Cuckoo, went to CopenliAgee to pay their respec7s to the admiral, and were, i►t company with him, most sumptuously feted by our admiral,le minister at thatCourt,Mr.Andrewßuchanan. /Olathe Dragon's arrival here, the admiral immediately rehoisted his flag in the Duke, whose officers are delighted to have him and his staff once more on board. It is said that the fleet sails on Tuesday morning, but from all I can gather I am inclined to think they will not weigh until news arrives from the edge of the ice, as to the state of the Gulf of Finland. We have sufficient squadrons there now for the pur poses of blockade, and it would be indiscreet to risk, by exposure to the dense fogs and rapid cur rents which are prevalent at this time of the year in the Gulf of Finland, any of this glorious fleet, every gun on board of which we hope will do ser vice in its country's cause this year. SARDINI A.N EXPEDITION. , 1 GENOA, April 30.—The Jura sailed on the 27th, with a store- transport in tow. The Europa and Thames sailed this morning, each also towing a sailing-vessel, and bound for Constantinople. The Bahiana is now loading with horses, and will pro bably be ready to sail to-night or to-morrow morn ing. General Alphonso La Marmora, and head quarterstaff, including Colonel Cadogan, the English officer attached to the Sardinian army, sailed for the same destination in the Sardinian steam-fri gate Governolo on the 28th. General Alphonse La Marmora, Commander-in- Chief of the expedition to the East, addressed the following order of the day to the troops Officers and Soldiers !----The alliance which our au gust Sovereign has concluded with England, France, and Turkey, revires our participation in a great and gener ous war. We shall have before us a strong and power ful enemy, but by our side will stand brave armies, which have already consigned to history the celebrated names of Silistria, Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman. We shall arrive in a few days at the seat of war, and, vieing with our allies in courage, firmness, and discipline, we will endeavour to imitate the constancy of which they have given such heroic proofs. The country in which we are to operate is filled with the fame of the exploits and vic tories of the Royal Princes of Savoy, and its shores still bear the recollection of the ardour and splendour of the Genoese navy. A cruel and premature death has de prived us of a Prince who was to guide us in that glori ous enterprise. You followed him with alacrity in the fields of Lombardy, and admired him at the fatal battle of Novara. He expired, regretting his inability to lead you to victory. May the name of the Duke of Genoa remain engraved in our hearts, next to tbat of our adored King, who, prevented by the cares of Go vernment from taking part in this distant war, will anxiously follow your operations and minister to your welfare ! The country expects from you a compensation for such sacrifices; and trusts that those colours which the King confided to you in such affecting terms will acquire additional glory. Your comrades, who would be so proud to accompany you, are confident that you will add to the fame of the national army, and each of you to that of his own corps. We place every reliance on our brave amry, which exults at the idea of exposing itself to the perils and fatigues of the expedition. Soldiers! let us swear not to disappoint those expectations, and pledge ourselves to demonstrate that an Italian army is worthy to co operate in this gigantic struggle. Long live our King and country ! " ALPHONSO LA MARMORA, General-in-Chief. " Genoa, April 28, 1855." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Srit,—The alarm of fire on Wednesday evening, dur ing the performance of the Sonnambula, was raised with out any foundation. Nothing took place in the theatre to warrant it, and how the report got circulated remains a mystery. No theatre in Europe has such facilities of egress, so that in case of fire the whole audience can escape in a few minutes. Three firemen are always in attendance, and Mr. Smith, the lessee, causes all the means of exit to be prepared previous to the commence ment of the performance. Those ladies and gentlemen who were preparing to leave the theatre immediately returned to their places, and remained duriig the evening perfectly satisfied with Mr. Smith's explanation. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, EDWARD STIRLING, Stage Manager. Royal Opera, Drury-lane, May 3, 1855. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last evening Ficlelio was performed for the third time this season. Madlie. Jenny Ney has now become ac quainted with her audience, and she last night dis played capabilities both as a singer and actress which must have surprised her most ardent admirers. The music allotted to the part of Leonora is not that which exactly suits such a vcice as Madile. Ney's, but she gave it with extraordinary effect. To Madile. Marai's version we can again award the highest praise. Last night her Majesty 'honoured the • performance of Beethoven's immortal work with her presence. It must be gratifying to the lovers of art to find classic music thus specially patronied by her Majesty, and w•e trust that FO illustrious an example may be followed, as it ought to be, by all who have any pretension to good taste. The house was crowded. His Royal Highness Prince Albert also honoured the performance wit h his presence last evening. The Queen and the Prince were accompanied by her Royal High ness the Pri❑cess Royal, and their Serene Highnesses the Princesses Adelaide and Feodore and Princess Victor of Hohenlohe. The Royal suite c insisted of the Countess of Desart, Lord Dufferin, General Backley, and Captain Du Plat. Among the fashionable company attending the theatre we remarked the Duchess of Wel lington and Lady Emily Hay, the Duchess of Montrose, the Marchioness of Ailesbuty, the Marquis of Bath, the Countess of Clarendon, Frances Countess Waldegrave, the Earl of Cardigan. the Earl of Beauchamp and La:ly Georgiana Lygon, Earl Cowper, the Earl of Gifford, Viscount and Viscountess Malden, Viscount Castle. rosse, M.P., Viscountess Goderich and Miss Vyne, Viscount and Lady EniilyDungarvon, Viscount Chelsea, M.P., Lady Suffield, Lady Maria Coventry, Lady Laura Meyriek and the Misses Meyrick, Lord Mitford, Lady Dufferin, Lord Charles Wellesley. Lady hail, H on . M r . Liddell an 1 the Hon. Miss Liddell, Lord Edward Thynne, Major-General the Hon. H. Cavendish, Hon. Mrs. Rowley, Hon. G. W. Miller, Sir George Womb well, Sir Kingston and Lady James, Sir Henry Meux, M.P., Captain De Horsey, Captain Nicholson, Mr. Baring, Miss Burdett Coutts, Mr. Hubert de Bergh, Mr. Bentinck, Mr. Norman Macdonald, Mr. Craven, Mr. J. Clayton, Mr. A. K. Oom, Mrs. Ogle Hunt, Mr. Antrobus, &c. LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF POLAND. The annual meeting of this association was held, yes terday afternoon at the Sussex-chambers, in Duke street, St. James's. The chair was filled by the Marquis of Breadalbane, and among the company present were ob served the Earl of Harrington, Lord Kinnaird, the Earl of Zetland, Mr. M. Milnes, M.P., Mr. J. Abel Smith, M P., Prince Ladislas Czartoryski, Captain Towns hend, R.N., M.P., Mr. D. Urquhart, &c. The busi ness of the meeting commenced with the reading of the report for the past year ; from which it appears that lectures have been delivered in various parts of the kingdom proposing the re-establishment of a Polish kingdom, with the view of enlisting public feeling in favour of the scheme, the effect of which lectures has already been made manifest by the presentation of numerous petitions to the House of Commons for the restoration of Poland. The report then alluded to the formation of a Polish legion, and the great aid which the Poles have rendered to the cause of Turkey and the all'es. The council have the pleasure to state that considerable assistance has been afforded by the gn g lish Government in sending out Poles to serve in the Cossack cavalry regiments in the Turkish service, and it appears that 250 Polish prisoners of war confined in England have lately been despatched to Shumla, at their own request, to enter the second regiment of Turkish Cossacks. The report went on to lament the decease of their tried friends, the late Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Beaumont, Lord Jocelyn, and Sir R. Heron, entering into many details with regard to the last journey of Lord Dudley to Sweden and the north of Europe. The number of Polish refugees now in this country is stated to amount to 753, whose conduct, under severe privations, is reported to have been most 6.ecemplary. The total expenditure of the past year amounted to 1,745/. incleding the sum of 1,1531. for re li e f a l one, an d the alance in hand amounts to 3691. Lord Kinenaird then rose and moved the adoption of the report in a short but appropriate speech, in which he comme rated upon its various paragraphs, and bore testimony to the excellent conduct of the Poles, and their disf.nterested attachment to their be loved country. The noble lord expressed a very decided opinion as regards i .he necessity of establishing the Polish kingdom, as a barrier against Russian aggression —a necesity which wa s being felt daily more and more by the people of England, and in which Austria, if she knew her own interests ' would be the first to concur. The motion was seco teded by the Rev. Dr. Worthington, and carried nem die. The Earl of Harrington then moved a resolution ; expressive of the profound sorrow felt by the meeting, a rid the friend. of Poland generally, at the irreparable o ;of Lord Dudley Stuart, which was seconded by Mr. Mon ek ton Milnes, M.P., and supported, in shoat speeches, by Prince Ladislas Czartoryski and M. Puizsley. Tile re rs elution was carried by acclama tion. A third resolute on, advocating the necessity of re eatahlish:ng Poland as an independent State, and a bar rier against Ros4an a, ;cession, was moved by Mr. J. Abel Smith, M.P., ee eoreled by Mr. E. Beales, and carried unanimously. Other speeches were afterwards made, and resolution 3 passed in furtherance of the general purpoeee of the society, and the meeting did not adjourn till a late was liehi iful banner wa 4 displayed , which was to hr . In the room where the meeting he sent the seine ev enin g to the Polish contingent in the Turkish army. We a.:so noticed an "Elegy on the Death of Lord D. Stuart," from the p en of Mr. J. C. rergueon. THE EMPEROR'S 7 iISIT TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE.--Hlq Excaency the Frf ,neh Ambassador, in the name of hl4 Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., has presented Sir Joseph Paxtom w ith a gold snuff-box, beautifully moUilted and having tbqlmperial cipher set in brilliants. LITERATURE. The Secret History of a Household. By the Author of "Alice Wentworth." 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is in many respects a painful story, but it must be acknowledged by all who peruse it that it is remarkable for the clever delineation of its character, and the skilful arrangement tof its scenes. The bold and manly Everard Mansell, and the high-spirited and steadfast Barbara, stand out in striking relief from the timid and gentle Ellen, and her wayward suspicious husband, who, as Barbara's brother took every opportunity of mak ing an unworthy use of his power over his admir able sister. Everard, on the contrary, with all his determination and decision, was easily influenced in a right cause. Not so the evil-minded Stapyl ton. lie was not naturally bad, he could admire and reverence virtue in another, and he could de nounce vice as energetically as any one, but he never troubled himself to consider that the virtue ho acknowledged as excellent we should practise as well as praise ; nor that the vice he condemned in others his fellow-creatures despised in himself. " Thou art the man" might with justice and reason have been said to him, but Ralph had no friend to say it to him. Ellen, his unfortunate wife, was placed in such peculiar circumstances that it is hard to say she was wrong in yielding to what her hus band wished, as it would be unwise to say she was right. In one case she was tmquestionably re prehensible in accompanying Gertrude abroad. If the intention of the author is to favour her decision it is a mistaken view ofpropriety. Mercy is the bright est attribute of the Christian character, but mercy to thepenitent does not mean screening the guilty frcin the just consequences of crime, and charity, that often misapplied and perverted word, is not to shut nut and supersede justice altogether, bat to soften and smooth its rugged decrees. The only quality that we are told belongs to both worlds, that will flourish in heaven when earth is no more, is truly too sacred to be invoked in such a cause, or to ap pear in such a scene as the one alluded to. It was not charity nor mercy : it was kindness of heart, genuine, but mistaken ; and it was love for her erring husband, self sacrificing, but erroneous, that led Ellen into the snare laid out for her by her cunning and selfish enemies. That she came out as pure as she entered, that one guilty person died blessing her name, and the other lived to make her atonement, by at last appreciating her devotion, was not an excuse. " Evil is not. to be done that good may come of it." It was impossible for Ellen to look into futurity, and see the sun behind the clouds of her horizon, but it was possible for her, as for every one in temptation and trouble, to think of present duty and present consequences. The past was stamped in records which human ingenuity could not efface. The future was in' the direction of powers human saga citYcouldnot fathom ; only the present span of action was their own, and three' more mistaken and mis judging individuals never ruled it. The effects of their self-inflicted tortures were that (none giving the others credit for really wishing such extraordi nary manoeuvres) each suspected the others of duplicity and deceit. Gertrude, in horrible ago nies, breathed her last from the effects of the long put• off discovery, which it was flying in the face of Providence to suppose could be smuggled for ever. Ellen was put aside by her cruel and jealous husband, while she could not defend herself from having compromised her spotless fame in setting out at all on the foreign tour. The day of retn butiion was at hand for them, indeed ; and scarcely has the reader blamed the trans action before the transactors theinselves are overwhelmed with misery and confusion. It is one thing to go astray and mislead others, and another to make crooked things straight, and black look white. So they all found, and made others find too ; and when Gertrude was laid in her untimely grave, and Ralph and Ellen—the former finding out his mistake, and the latter forgiving him, went to Canada—those whohad any insight into their careers could not fail to be admonished by their tales. It did not need to sit down in solitude to find out the meaning of their lives ; those who ran ever so giddy or busy a course could read it; and it would be well for the social well-being of others, if all who thus erred ,lould, " departing, leave behind them" an imprint of their steps, for the warning of those who we mid walk in the same way ; and a murmur of their misery to linger in the memory, as the handwr long on the wall, to betoken when the citadel is in danger. It is the province of the no velist to idealise realities, and,, in the gal) of fiction, to manifest facts ; but, though the privilege has many ramifications, it is best employed and answers its highest purpose when it narrows its limits and curtails its compass. The more Jife-like, the nearer to nature and the closer to truth, the sooner is the story understood and the better appreciated. In the present in stance this cautious rule is observed, and we have no adventitious aids of effect in scenes or persons, and few flights of fancy to herald the way. The circumstances are quietly told, as becomes a sombre episode in human life, which the narrative here in question undoubtedly chronicles ; and if it cannot it does its best to show its aspir© to keep off evil , c.letormity, without entering into detail or over w.lrking its object. " The Secret History of a u sehoid" is the history for the most part of the wick, 3d ; b u t their sins found them out, and the 50115 e of uprightness is vindicated by their suffer inv. a.m.: shame. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals cf the 25th and 26th April. The Invalide Russe publishes the continuation of Prince Gortschakoff's despatches. It says :- 7 " A. report from Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gort schakoff contains the following details, which complete his telegraphic despatch con cernipg the operations before Sebastopol from the 3d to the 7th (15th to 19th) April. "On the 3d (15th) April, at 7 in the evening, the enemy fired three mines (globes de compression) at 30 or 40 sagenes from the point of Bastion 4, and during the night pushed their approaches to within 15 sagenes of the nearest cavity (entonnoir) formed by the explosion. "On the 4th, sth, arid 6th (16th, 17th, and 18th) April, the besiegers continued their cannonade and bom bardment, with less violence, however, than on the pre ceding days. On our side the firing was also not so brisk, with the exception of ground situate in advance of Bastion 4, against which a most active cannonade is kept up day and night, to prevent the enemy making a stand in the cavities caused by the explosions mentioned above. " The damage done to our batteries is repaired during the night with the greatest activity, and the dismounted guns replaced by new ones. "The skilful play of the artillery of the town has pre ♦ented the enemy from acting with vigour against Bas tion No. 4, and has provided our volunteers with an opporturity for displaying their intrepidity ; from the nearest loop-holes they observed the explosion of nur bombs and grenades which often compelled the French to abandon the entonnoirs, and then they opened a well directed fire against the runaways. " In the night between the 6th and 7th (18th and 19th) of April one hundred volunteers and three com panies of the Tebolsk Infantry Regiment, commanded by the brave and intelligent Major Prikota, made a sortie, which was crowned with the most complete sue. cess ; a section of the detachment rushed upon the nearest entonnoir caused by the explosion, another on the approaches to it, and the others remained in reserve. The first two sections shot down and put to the bayonet the enemy, who, three companies strong, occupied the entonnoir and the approaches leading to it, and destroyed the works erected ; when the enemy's reserve came up they left the entonnoir, joined their reserves, and drew the French under a ♦ery hea►y fire of grape from Bastion 4. "The loss of the enemy on this occasion was very considerable ; cur loss, on the contrary, was compara tively unimp , rt4nt. "In this sortie officers and men fought like heroes, the bravest of them Captain Stolbine, Captain Zagrellea, and Lieutenant Pissareff were wounded. Major Prikota, 'to whose talent and intrepidity the success of this affair must be attributed, is deserving of particular notice. " Altogether since the 3d (15th) of April the losses of the garrison of Sebastopol are less than on the preceding (lays. Its indefatigable activity and excellent spirit, are above all praise. " Nothing remarkable has occurred on the other points of the peninsula." TURKEY. We have received the letters brought by the Caire from Constantinople. Gen. Bizot was buried on the 17th with the usual military honours. The camp of Maslac at Constantinople begins to present a very aLimated appearance, 14,500 men have already arrived there, and others are cowing every day. Two regiments of Cuirassiers are on their march from Adrianople. M. Cunduriotti, the new Greek Minister, has had his first audience of the Sultan. The speech of the Greek Minister was very dig nified, and the reply of the Sultan full of kindness. The accounts from Asia are satisfactory ; the army has been reorganised by the exertions of Vassit Pacha and eilliarns Paella. The revolt in Kur distan has been repressed. Letters from Trehisond announce that 40,000 Circassians, united to a part of the Turkish army, were about to march on FRANCE. The trial of Pianori for the attempt to assassinate the Emperor has been fixed for Monday next, and will, probably, be brought to a termination the same day. M. Paillet has undertaken his defence, which can hardly be any other than "extenuating circumstances," founded on temporary insanity. Of the fact itself, which passed before so many witnesses, there can be no doubt. The Constitu tion not excluding the ordinary tribunals from trying such crimes, it is very judicious on the part of the Government to refrain from the ostentatious display of a High Court of Justice, which would invest the assassin with more than the interest of a ♦ulgar criminal. It is whispered that he has made some interesting disclosures. If he has said any thing, it is perhaps relating to the organisation of a society of assassins, from whom such emissaries as he is are chosen by lot. Some arrests are said to have been made among the refugees in Paris. Count de Loewenheim, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden, and Count de Moltke, Envoy Extraor dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Denmark, had the honour of being received yesterday by the Emperor, and presented to his Majesty the congratulations of their Sovereigns on his escape from assassination. The French army encamped at Maslak, near Con stantinople, on the 23d ult., was composed as fol lows : lst Regiment of the Imperial Guard 1,220 Ditto of Voltigeurs FIRST DIVISION. First Brigade-14 Battalion Foot Chasseurs 1,090 47th Regiment of the Line 52d Regiment of the Line Second Brigade-62d Regiment of the Line 1,979 731 Regiment of the Line SECOND DIVISION. First Brigade-7th Battalion Foot Chasseurs 9lO 9th Regiment of the Line 2d Regiment of the Line Second Brigade-16th Regiment of the Line 96th Regiment of the Line A company and a half of Engineers Waggon train Voltigeurs of the Imperial Guaid, just landed 2lO Hospit d orderlies 52 In all Horses and mules, 500. BOURSE, MAT S.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 6B 90 69 Credit Mobilier 7B / 50 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS —!'OR CASH. . e f ' ft. c. Orleans ... ............ 1150 --Lyons llO2 50 Western 640 Rouen Cette .................. 615 Strasburg . Mediterranean 1010 Havre 5 5 ,1 Northern S M a a tu y r i d . a — y fleKetior'ull THE BALTIC. ;,„„ h,AR been charged to transform sal at i m n i t ' o 5 13 ; ca . ri - k -..7 4n 5 , ; and that it has already caused the frigate, A i ri d I.—Admiral the i ra l Dragon,Dun da returned ha ving passed the rt ht sl:ated in a letter from St. Petersburg that a com of 41 guns, to be provided with engines of two or three days at Copenhagen, at which place it the 360 -horse powers and the sloop of the line `Viborg, 74, is gratifying to be able to state that the higher vitii , n ,i r os of 450-horse power; also that it is now powers have deemed it expedient this year to show . ` carts i ng ~e v eval screw-:,,ehooners, to be built. a much m ore h os pit a bl e and friendly feeling to the 'The Belsingfors Tideingar speaks of numbers of British , Commander-in-Chief, which greatly con- persont; from th e tow n going out to view the n ew forti trasts with th e sur l y, a ll b u t i nsu lti ng manner, in ficatior is en the Harakka Cliff, and the walls of hewn i which Sir Charles Napier and his officers were gran ite , that frown at the sea from their position in the received 'by th e Russiapn party who were pre- B run ne.o Park. dominant in Denmark in 1854 . On this occa- A letter from Vienna of the 27th ult. states that, M. sion, Admiral D un das was most graciously Drou.yn .de Lhuys before hi s d e p ar ture concluded a new received by his M a j es ty, and conducted by his wave atioo relative to the use of the electric ...11:1IY REPO - RP ;POE, MITIEI3.--(i'Lll6 The committee reassembled this tnornirg at the usual hour. Sir Th ,, alas tlasti-igs A 11,4 f;gain recalle 1, and, in ex wniriat.on by L..rd Syr❑ „ ur, pronluce i a -wilt, d,)eutie-nis lete,r •I evident r day. Amongst other matters, he stat.d that the first requisition sent to him fir winter clothing was in July, 1854 ; and was for 150,000 woollen socks, 90,000 flannel drawers, and 50,000 woollen drawers. A supply of Quartermaster-Generals stores were applied for in March. If any deficiency existed in the latter it was the fault of the Quartermaster -General for not ordering a proper quantity. He denied that any of the bedsteads sent out were incomplete or deficient of legs, &c. He did not believe that the boots and shoes were too small, because they were made on long-established specifica tions, and he did not think the size of then) could have varied. The boots and shoes hitherto, had been found to answer for size in all climates and under all circum- stances. By the Chairman—Considerable difficulty was found in obtaining steamers to convey out the stores, and they were accordingly delayed for some time. the Chairman—According to your account, then, no person was to blame ? Sir T. Hastings replied that he had fairly given his opinion that the delay arose from the great difficulty of providing steamers. Lord Seymour said the committee had been informed by Captain Tailon, who embarked a quantity of tools in his vessel at Constantinople, that he was told to con vey them to Varna, but that neither the Quartermaster- General nor the Commissariat would take them ; and inquired whether that went to show that there was a Quartermaster as well as a Quartermaster -General there? Sir T. Hastings replied that that was the case. A quan tity of Canada boots and socks were sent out. The committee, by comparing some of the boots at present at the Tower, would find that the boots sent out were adapted for all sizes of feet. By General Peel—Their clothing had been supplied independent of the Ordnance by purchases made under the direction -of the Secretary for War and the Secretary at War, the result of which was that they were bidding against themselves in the same market. With respect to fur caps, they were in treaty with a person to pur chase them at ss. 10d. each, and, in the interim, the Sec retary for War made an arrangement to purchase them at 6s. Bc . l. The parties in question heard that the Go vernment ha I raised the price in the market, and they were unable to make the purchases at the original price agreed upon. When witness was required to provide a supply of winter clothing, he was not informed that the army would wirter in the Crimea. He was not able to say on what department the duty of providing such articles, if they were required, would tall. By Lord Seymour—He had made an application to provide rifles in November, but it was not cairied into effect until February. Lord Seymour reminded the witness that the Duke of Newcastle had stated that he would have ordered a large quantity of rifles to be obtained from Liege, but that it was contrary to the opinion of the Board of Ordnance. Sir T. Hastings denied that it was against the opinio❑ of the Board of Ordnance, but that it was simply against his own opinion. He objected on the ground that it would tend materially to affect if not destroy the gun trade of this country, and that the gun nialors of Bir mingham would withdraw their capital from the trade. The evidence principally, throughout the morning, was of a very uninteresting character, aad had reference to technical details of routine management under the Ordnance department. [LEFT BITTING. j LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TBIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Justices of Appeal.) PEACOCK V. STOCKFORD-JUDGMENT. Their lordships gave judgment in this appeal from the decision of the Vice• Chancellor Kindersley this morning, reversing the order of the Court below, without costs. The question in this case related to the construction of the will of the testator in the cause, but there was no point involved that contained the least interest except to the parties concerned. (Before Vice-Chancellor Wood.) ' EX PARTE THE PRECENTOR OF ST. PAUL'S-JUDGMENT. - His Honour gave judgment to-day in this case, which came before him a few (Jays ago upon the petition of the Rev. Mr. Belli, the precentor or chief chanter of St. Paul's Cathedral, seeking to obtain the payment to him of the sum of 2,5871., the amount of two renewal fines claimed by the petitioner out of a sum of upwards of 1,40001. 3 per Cent. Consols, standing in the names of the Lord Mayor and other members of the Commission for the Improvement of the City of London. The petitioner was opposed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners on the ground that there was no real status for the claim. His Honour, after going at some length into thc, case, decided that the petitioner was entitled to enforce his claim. Nothing of the least interest came before the Master of the Rolls or Vice-Chancellor Kindersley ; and the Vice-Chancellor was occupied the whole day with the further arguments in the part heard case of WINTOSII V. TIA GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, which have already occupied the Court no less than 9 days. The sum in dispute is, as we have already stated, upwards of a quarter of a million of money, and OH result is anxiously looked t• by all parties. MARLBOROUGH STBEP,T.-(THIS DAY. SCANDALOUS AND UNFOUNDED CHARGE AGAINST A GENTLEMAN. The Hon, Augustus Jocelyn, No. 40, Duke-street, St. James's-square, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, on the charge of h iving indecently exposed his person to Mary Ann Adams, who described herself as a needle woman, residing at Ni.. 8, Brouipton-row. The com plainant, a woman of anything but respectable appear• ante, stated that about half-past 2 o'clock this in..ming she was coming along Duke-street, when she saw defend ant in a most indecent position in a doorway, and as soon as he heard her footsteps he turned round, caught hold of her, and tried to lift up her petticoats. She re sisted as well as she could, and at last she got away. He followed her to the bottom bi the street, when she looked out for a constable, for the purpose of giving him in charge. While she was doing so he opened the door of No. 40, and went in. In a few minutes afterwards he came out again, when she gave him into custody. By Mr. Leadley (the Chief Clerk)—Defendant caught hold of her ty the shoulders, called her " dear," and said he would not hurt her. She got her living by v a in needlework, and nothing else. She could refer to several parties for whom she worked to answer for her respect ability. The reason she was out so late was that she had been looking after her sister, who is " unfortunate," and patronises the Strand. She did not know where to find her in the day time. She wanted to tell her her brother was dead. By Mr. Hardwick—She did not see her sister. She had been looking for her about 25 minutes previous to seeing the defendant. Inspector Parke said there was a witness in court whose evidence would completely upset that of the coin plainant. James Mattrick, coachman, Mason's-yard, Duke street, was standing at the entrance of the yard about half past two this morning, when he saw the gentleman at the bar pass rp the street and stop at a doorway for a certain purpose. The complainant followed and accosted him. The gentleman, who seemed much annoyed, then opened the door of No. 40 and went in. Witness saw no more of the affair. Halliday, 167 C, said he took the defendant into cus tody on the present charge, and conveyed him to the station, where the complainant mad: the same state ment as she had to-day. Witness subsequently went to the address she gave, and found no such person lived there. The defendant, in reply to the accusation, said he re turned to London from the country yesterday, and was proceeding to his lodgings in Duke-street, when he had occasion to stop for a few moments for a necessary pur pose, and after he had arranged his dress, and was about entering the house, the woman came up to him, and asked him for money, for charity, as her mother was sick. He repulsed her, when she said she would make him pay for making a nuisance against her door. He treated her threat with contempt, and went into his house. He afterwards thought it would be better to have the matter cleared up, and came out again, when she gave him into custody on the present charge. Mr. Hardwick said he had a very great mind to order the woman to be placed in the dock in the place of the defendant. The complainant's evidence was un• worthy of belief, and it appeared to him (Mr. Hard wick) that she had trumped up the present charge, for the purpose of extortion. He should therefore discharge the defendant, and in doing so must state that he lett the mutt without the plightest stain or itnpiAation upon his character. Upon hearing this decision, complainant at once vanished from the precincts of the court. , ISLE OF * WIG El T. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE FARMERS —The continued north and east winds and the ab , .ence of rain are having a very serious effect on the lan, I. The tur nips a re a ll gone, and the maogold wurtz,!l nearly so . 'niece is DO grits in the meadows, aod sheep and lambs have eaten cff the seed grasses. Vetches are back ward, the hay nearly all consume], and the grazitrs and farmers are in a most deplorable fix. Lai nbs are offered for sale at ss. each ; hundreds will be star •ved if we have not rain within a very few days, and there' is no prospect of any at present (May 3). The wheat plant is thin on the light soils, and the barley is much in want of rain. The breadth of potatoes planted this year - very far ex ceeds the quantity planted of late years. A letter from Berlin of the 30th ult. flays :—" The speech to bo delivered on the closing of tive Chambers was drawn up in a Cabinet Council last evening. The session is not to be closed by the King in pi srson, tut by the President of the Council. _ _ Baron de Paiva, Minister of Portugal i; a Paris, has just left this c:ty for Dresden and Weimar on a special mission from his Government. The A'usterlitz, the Tourville, and the Du qu'esne, vis vels of the line, and the stea,o corvette the d'A , sas, which form part of the Baltic division, fr pm Cher bourg, on Tuesday, for their destination. • r()URT OE' Groil.llo.lr (1011NOIL. Yesterday a court was bald fur the dtspi nos:. THE VISIT OF THE EIIPEBOB OF THEFRFrCL the Marr Hetiry ugwen(bes riff, a..eit hef, , re the CAlft the f:illowing „let fro L 'id ~ My dear Lord,—l have great pleasure in inform ng 3:,.. that title the Queen has been graciously pleased to direct that 10 7; ml and dignity of baronet shall be conferred upon r n o ba t recrktof her Majesty's Royal approbation of Emperorditingil,o,he Free ion which her illustrious guest the Ol ',,,,,, French met with en the oce • • asiou of his recent visit to vo City of Loudon. " This mark of her Majesty's favour is a departure fro the n' rule hitherto observed, and according to Whi ch s o° ~ recad ill y , Apri 2, 1555.0 c t v s of grace have been confined to occasions when _. London to lmve been an ev c S eiv e e r d eig b n has in person visited the City, and has beteisnr; the municipal body ; but the Queen co_ . ,_ af the late by of the Emperor of the French to the CUY t ent of so peculiar and to - have been connected with circumstances go such high national importance, that it may wel l f lng exception to the general rule. But iu thus acknowl g.1.,--,,: by an honour conferred upon the chief maaistrate oft lte _e the the zeal and loyalty with which the citizens of London.n.,sved ts?couded, her 11Lkiesty's desire to show the inJst die attention to her illustrious guests, her Majesty CO s„op, to say that it must be clearly understood that what is ' done is not to be drawn into a precedent for the futare. "I have the honour to be, my dear Lord, . " Yours faithfully, - - di poggasros. l . a cbarac_es "The Right Hon. the L ord Mayor, ctc.. 30 18 ' 55. '° Downing-street, April , , t ot My dear Sir, —I have great pleasure in informing Y0"..,0 the Queen has intimated to me her intention of conferring urint the sheriffs the honour of knighthood as an acknowleclgyea of the part which they took in tse di,tinguishedreceptiongito on the late occasion by the citizens of London to her 3 13 e s t oa illustrious l guests the Emperor and Empress of the Frenc'tbea. have re c eived her Majesty's commands to request yonr a ...nor. auce at Buckingham I alace to-morrow, at 3 o'clock. in thelso noon, in order that this honour may be conferred two° Pr'rstocKl further commanded to say, that it must be clearly unu e g io is that her M jesty's gracious favour on the present Ca g e _ uic i not te be deemed a precedent for any other occasion on w'' the Sovereign may not visit the City of London . " PAINZRsTOS. It w tered on as the u"nlanam, my dear Sir, yours faithfully, 0 unanimouminutesslythat f a t g h r e e c d outt. port of which was received with cheers, nb°llld n cclea b i Upon the motion of Sir PETER LAURIE, See— ee l to Deputy CORNET, the thanks of the court Were vbelnenti the entertainment committee for the able arr 3" of the made by them in the Guildhall up'm the occasion Imperial visit. no' Mr. H. L. TAYLOR objected to the propositioe 100 the letters, tbebePeonr: thing was yet known of the expenditure, but tb. ' co p. ~f the court was decidtdly in favour of immediateloll ferrill the thanks, lit r iNlajesty having alreadY g rg e oi the expressed her approbation of what had bee° don occasion. ~,,,tII Cil l l° THE LATE EE "CAPE OF THE EMPER OR OF Vi t..-- , ASSASSINATIO N • %W e'll ; Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and we, c on% formed, when the doors re-opened, that the read had adopted a resolution similar to that which wi2ssaireete to that day before the Court of Aldermen, 31)° ,. TV that it should he dealt with in a similar rosi:en', discussi, n upon the question was exceeding ' e* :: ~. r r . TEt T E . HLO.O HallAL t MANAGEMENT hen b rbrought OF F u pT0:131:11t191t1 dr° of a petition to Pardament, agaiost FeVeral °ft l uvl; 01 e at vil • , . n ro• thevisi visions t i r n o p t ( h ) l e i 5 b ., i , 11 " for the better local I° ll3 ' ag the P• e: objected "'Ad i ll jected arrangements as to the sewers. repreeTothebil!, dniniluffit:ctualhitaiaewvse%wltiloti hchoeuiatc-lionitiu:oanPrtadiela'rcteioacnatitsinoatdiltsluYt.tiel ed vast :, g aii ,, t , p l io g r .s which must necessariiv attach to the City ° 1 (1 0 9, i an d to - o r The motions to agree with the report, .. p d t o the petition were seconded by Mr. Christie, P mously agreed to. ~/ sTflg gt f i sbi" THE CONTINUATION OF FARRINGDO.• - the in, 0 4 Mr. GRESHAAI presented a metnorial from „roe), OD tants of the Liberty of Saffrotnliiil, Hatton-fro in , e , Ely-rents, in the county of Middlesex, vestry, on the 15th of March, 1855, noo3l43Viieterie./4far lay in the completion of the proposed new do t Opt, f c r o o t : u n ivar H .itTt o e. l e b H) orn to Clerk en w ell, and Ora: isesge , in c i i i'g' : i : tbe leS ieu t S posed improvements may be speedily earriewproveiergo unassisted bys. f the I, o on ier . a HALL itdhot hsee o ( lov t r l ihpeosceh orationaa i i r d it n t ah%ivei was innumerable difficu ties. At the Fam e tity r 1 . 00 50 r 4. bad e very Jiiil: ; 1 00 ' • expect in carrying out the improve [yenta 0 ovt ritew t o They had to encounter the most s eriou s if bi Ch too o from the infinite conflicti , g interests with the I I 0 00, came in contact. If they bad not acted W. 1 ., i t s enr v ifo caution as they proceeded, the law andwould,i't W oe o 'bt. have opposed an impassable barrier OOO tbor an idea of the,vigilance and care of the c e sts o f il i to he stated that in dealing with the joterteo b e psr t e rtr ti upon t'n s the tile s übje c ohlig.eue thei 0 to sand, they had allowed the corporation_i othe r 0 6 " no more than six lawsuits. After seve r S, t rerf oe t te e the fe . fellow 0 petition il y ex c i w t e o d t u , chairman, l u d p co o b n n e 'le. a w lhut i s )d t u l iebaddjPrePacbeti/snore,drl rtre:s t -l i gli t ris h ce: i iii) ;: i e 1 14° e n x a ert u ions of the committee, who felt e'l ipte rest r" m o A r l i r al i sii t h s Ej r je e eE l i til u s poration di w at it e JERSEY yd said d e t p h n o bl in ic e . uu, ( a 7, o ' a b l v t i h o 7o i t a a delay suc h be an) h . t bs 05 which that body wa nd s n hth o ae t vi t a h s e a c n or amendment, that th aan e teg m caull e Ce r: le:li o isi r tt i lileilli:ta:l;:necil;l9 the table. ni 0 /1 1. 1 a r. i is Gtsl,lEthSEtatAaalo any denied, ta imputation W as W S a b s e e P on; e Y ea : 4.41 e ... of ° e ll , memorial. The amendment d carried' oil was then put an 40) BATHS AND WASH-1100SO' 00, 0 . _ Upon the several motions of Aldernol3ehe die ce ,,b4 Mr, Ross, petitions from the bishop 0 1 the inel - o cit i o clergy of the City of London, ir°,,, the ,fe rt fr bankers, traders, and others, and fre'ri,onde'":l h e ttl i : hoi o ) e r ' ut p r is): : , i r s ' i : c i ve w o t as i art i t t n; brcgitdi,oes)irshcltait,analk,er:ienisiffit(iaincifi,ntt,rtribsai 1: 0 1S e l e e l :r e ; e (: rni f i C ei : t iv,. ; , : r . :, re W e e o : l3, B o,ool ,l l lo ol Fatbs Al'rei laisuurin Several speeches were made, higlllJ, habit. _ _ _ --- -- - ---- n. r.fr .- 0 0 GREAT FIRE AT MIL , . 0 0:0, g pupuiatiofrom the el,e3°'-' O h o' ---..-------: t o , h ip ;ot . A fire, involving the destructten .01.,sivoll.)1,0, amount of property, broke out in the e%te,"ro, ol_ gt pi) ing-3ard at Mill wall, Poplar, the pron o ot 11; 0 .7 John Scott Russell and Co., about 9 O' s ,' e bee ° i t,"/ i, in the newly built floating battery te ba rrbie l'ittoln,q, on Saturday next, named the Etna. w oe 7j joined on one side another vessel the ol O AI ' ,irdsY' jed t er tended also to be launched on Sa t- nr eoP i d. , ii., other side a screw collier. The three preS'iditir space in the yard, and were in such `cold be l e d bp it became apparent, unless Cheery nol;trold: (01,11 dued, not only would the b bed Ware 8 0' #l l l ships on either side would be seriouslYtvrefdroco 4' The most strenuous exertions wer e a ssie t t 14 0 . , collect the bands together, but before theirob„ 040 be rendered the flames rushed betwee° fo to S t %1 the battery, firing every f,cit of titnber e c 00 0 , 01 the stern, and the heat became $ o navygrP P I o 0 j plates, 41 inches thick, started in vp the 1; the flames rose high in the air, lighting ~,,,p,r and the Surrey side of the water.' t ie o e v - for ry The floating engine from her gai es • it of e o/ci? soon in attendance under the direel josoSy i Master-Superintendent of the yard, 5 , 0 d fe d i , " ding, of the H divi-ion, and Leonar° 111 1 0'00;ta T to li w am ir e k s , police. This powerful tog eh . -ili tr e o o n' Ose ir and the steam -flasofotilnlogweendgbioyetlfireufirirgoeatooWsilleonepoff4 About 11 o'clock a frightful v ary'o°, Citbo' pouder^us vessel, in a state of ignltlr , ? stocks most majestically into the il e ' je v" , 0 0, of some thousand persons wh o W° t yl to/ I , lii mouth of the dock,terrifi e d thk oe' o ll Several persons were so se l 11 0 into the water, fearing the blazing ce i „ s the 00 crush them to death. Fortunlit;terralieolio rescued by the Thames police and de and r, , The engines of the L ,radon Br i g: geo: iiii' o f o f land office, under the command o' a viitv o f Connorton, and Fogo, were WyraniaaleLobler but .up to 1 o'clock this morning tP" h a ll tt ) being entirely extinguished, althoog ec ic• 4 further extension was over. A be a totiti vir Oi elli i il fil i' The battery may be sat- to r d. f , fo i j i l the other vessels are seriously .u nd o tot t . 0 .1 0111,4 The police, under Mr. Superint.e'ieode°' 00/ Spector Holmes, with Mr. SUPe.III o f tb e theipoe• ttpor.„lor '1 the Royal essential Mr. \Vote._ office, rendered assistane!bt, syr 0 / j as did also several hu ndred sbieirjg tbe o!, yard. du ring a rti is' It could not be arcertainedt ~,, ? Oro ls ° took E dv, a p i. l d a place. which prevailed, whether any ),_f b w", I - 6 0 e was insured. Neither could b 0 04 0 , , 00 0 ,1 Herrick °l.l.:#(l --------- pO lO . sarelo9/ of the packet service at THE EMPEROR'S VISIT T ° A dorlitateo of 1 (1 849), the ''''' 1,0 P%t Of 7 D is o v tb e Et i gi : b : v o : , 1 0 , i b i l b e :i i % ol: 01 ; the rank of captain, in honoor of l'loool4, b r io o o r t a o n ffi d o E er m , pwreessbteolitehviz countrY• .. co od 40 e i , IVO , wander on the active list of thile.hiprni,ntbeteri/i / in which battle he served as role'aeet i ° tin I c o l o) He was also at the attack of t he '' r , ili!o,ol,td lei and was wounded whilst serving ladditio.00000:0 reduction of Flushing. it ierto o ee , i i oti r hio L t° ll to the Empwror of the Fr , iv' in 11 0 . - he t bra j i i la. .t :!nd di-tinguished an offieeriaietoe, Dif,;`, real s, 1,,,it. Ca: tain Herrick re p iern . a o .jr ; ~i we 11.rfor". re ° 1 or i lima on promoion, no- w pv . mile / t Admiralty packet service is n o fotroe11) oi i and thc!necessity no longer 7 .... 4 0 00,„,ce alt f/oj officer at Dover, the vacannY "„. i , of" ' ) 0,11 taro Herrick will retire frontncer, n .er , ro t,, jo f id , and esteem of all classes at De.4l3,ts'r,c'oging elf WANT OF AMMUNITION o„ rb o i , I.4leikid i from Consta,ntinople to the : 4 '4 tire d It 0P,' .0 " I, Balaklaya to the 17th, are tub thy' tn; eirfoot4lll, were slackening their fire, (l e v ee 10 1 0 40 19 ‘ 1) the tremendous rate it ba.`, short', 01.1" ninv.— e„ti. 191 nights consumed, Was run b ~,ai t orders have reached Malta to _Or:14000 4 the Hansa, )tier men steameri„,rierob tied g i io .0 '26th from Marseiles, with erg ; 7° b 1 ! ( oge i.tog Ol "1 4 Imperial Guard, wasrec _t , 4 and shell. It is B:id the ene,,j r o lo ad a r ban return the shots of the 31'i to o ' tv but those of the enemy a re ° l tioll sent back, a,ithough solu e A y f el ' collected by the English itPO • bUei• : .