The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-13 00:00:00

W HOLESA.LE PROVISION MERCHANTS AND GROCERS. THE Proprietor of an Old Established Business in the South of England, now doing a large trade, entirely 'wholesale, is desirous to meet with a purchaser. The Stock, if ix tares, and Roe'k-debts may be taken at a vaination. The premises are very extensive and convenient, also most eligibly situated. Terms may be had, by letter only, by applying to George Smith, Esq., solicitor, Sontbampton-buildings, Holborn, London, which communication will be treated confidentially. March 27, 1835. VISIT ~of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS of the FR ENC I I, and their reception by hl Royal Highness ItINCE ALBERT at DOVER, on MoNDAY, 16th April, 1855.- 2,017 TH EASTERN' RAILWAY.—A Special train will leave Lon don Bridge Station for . Dover, on. Monday next, the 16th April, at 8.0 a.m„ returning from Dover at 6.30 p.m., calling at Croydon both ways. Fares there and back-6s. thir l class ; Bs. second class ; 10 s• first class. The Company's splendid Steamers will be in readiness 032 the arrival of the Train, for a TRIP t o SEA , and may probably the Emperor with the Fleet in the Ch annel. meet I.H. BARLOWE, General Manager. London Bridge Terminus, 12th April, 1855. TUT ROYAL HAYMARKET. tru,ler the management of 2.1. r. Bucheione. THIS EITENrC(3. be preamted THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters Ly Mr. Backstens and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, In which the Spanish Dancers will appear, entitled TEE EVENING FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganza. called TIE NEW HAY. MARNE r 6PRI4G MEETING, 1855. To ccrclnde with TLIE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCE?S'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. d p under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEEN. THIS EVENING, will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's pistorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal chara cter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations ROYAL OLYMPIC' THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THI3 EVENING. W,ll be performed a Comedietta, called L.tW FOR L A DIES Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Eanvers and Miss Castteton. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extraraganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF IHE GOLD MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious suceess ! To commence with an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, called, ra E FIELD AGAINST IHE FAVOURITE ! No Drama for many years has created se great a sensation. The interest is mo st i n t e nse ; the burning of the stables is most terrific, *hile the Derby race is most aseittag. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellisbments. iiox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wast. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENDTG, Will be performed TriP. CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J. HaHord, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaac, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. Atter which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. lIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T .t+► nAT —Morning24 min.after 11 I Evening 0 min. aft. 0 To-Aoitaow M °ruing 56 cain.aftel 11 I Evaling 26 rain. at. 42 Tuv WEATHER.—Sun Onus, April. 13. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62—Jlighest since noon yesterday. 50 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.66. WIND, S.W.—Light breeze, with dull rainy weather. ~~~-~,= p~~ .~% , z7f . P a ~~~ R~~ '~%-: LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1855. The importance of the present crisis cannot be exaggerated. Much more than Peace and War hang on the decisions at Vienna. The welfare for ages of the entire old world is there placed in the balances. Yet those who assume to hold the scales exclude the whole of the interested millions from a sight of the weighing. No " Our Corre spondent" is allowed where he is most of all needed. It is impossible not to fear foul play. The weights which determine the worth cf every proposal, every refusal or concession, bear the stamp of dynasties of Autocrats, of Courts, of Aristocracies, but not one of them bears the people's mark. No consideration of the people will come in except as to whether it may be dan gerous to ignore them entirely, or to irritate them too much. What man in his senses believes that national freedom, or, except in a very modified sense, even national independence, will be placed in the scales at all ? That was weighed in - 1815 in the balances of the Holy Alliance and found wanting. At the present, to us odious, conference the point to be settled is just this—. How much absolute authority each. despot can keep over his subjects, compatibly with tolerable independence of the other despots. They would like, as autocrats, to king it at home without help from abroad, yet rather than lose the pleasure of incarcerating male patients and flogging female ones they would uphold intact the power of the Tartar barbarians before whom they now tremble. They would rather be, as indeed Aus tria and P russ i a have long been, lieutenants of a Czar than the monarchs of free nations. Des potism is engrained into the nature and is the very life-blo o d of the whole brood cf tyrants east of France. They live on and love crushing liberty. We do not. think Lord JOHN tinctured with their envenomed hatred of popular rights ; but his absorbing love or aristocracy falls w in but too naturally with thei r pract i ca l a i ms ; and we must fear that this circumstance utterly unfits him to enunciate at Vietra views worthy o f Englishmen. Mr. BRIGHT thinks that none of us know why we have to War, or why we w_guld press the War, because we at first asked only to thrust the Rus sians out of the Provinces. Setting aside that many of us from the beginning looked as far as We do now, is it noi; the regular, we might almost ilaY the divinely-ordained, course of human things t hat entrance on a. right course always dis closes additicnal demands on righ t p rinci p le ? Why ' the V ery Free-traders who caused the repeal of the corn.laws time with a would have been and only at one their ey es 3 to l vaat fined duty, an 8 e: achoonwqeudestths,em only . opened truth strongly o as their first is no discredit t o the has stronglythe way. It convlii-ce—citghlish people that the War and military power of Ric, era that all the naval ought to be destroyea fer ev:in the Black Sea tuted Poland i s politically a reconsti- Finland, Bessarabia,' cireass'.ndi that sPensable ; th a t &c., ought to be re s t ore d to free ' do C4e°raia ' old masters ; that, in a word, Russr, or to th e i r Russia should 'be come Russia only. If the ex • peri e n,ce of th e War has taught them ,this, w e only regret that men like Mr. BRIGHT seem incapable of learning anytLing from experience, but to be more obsti nate for their old oracles, and to be more deter minel measure all things by the price of a yard of cotton. The R pollter3 on Peace declaim as if none but themselves cared for the lives of soldiers and the expenditure of public money-. The Patriotic Fund, the innumerable comforts sent by individuals, even Miss NIGHTINGALE and her corps, are proof to the contrary. Tb e truth is that war, with all its hor rors, is yet a school for the noblest feelings. Not to mention rt tilitary honour and glory, which many Will undervalue,. although motives not inferior to commercial glories ;—the love of freedom and the hatred of slavery and oppression—the wish to see our fellow-nations enjoying their national rights, which is the soul of the present War—are amongst the most unselfish, expansive, and elevating mo tives which can actuate a nation—infinitely nobler than the ;mainspring of trade. We admit, in deed, that our aristocracy and their German Ally will take us in if they can ; they will aim, at we have said, to convert the War to the pur pose of despots' independence and of peoples' dependence ; but that is not the object of this country, nor if the War continues will that be the only object gained. The re-establishment of Poland alone would do more to restore the inter national morality of Europe, to shake off the pa ralysing nightmare of Russian savagism, to in augurate Continental freedom, and even to extend Free Trade itself, than all the selfish energies of commerce would accomplish in centuries. The opposers of a Vienna, pace conceive, therefore, that they sympathise with the sufferers by the War as much as the commercial advocates of peace, that they are prompted by far nobler motives, and that their policy will elevate the political morality of Europe, and forward even tually the inter ests of commerce itself. We trust that, in the coming week, the people will, in every becoming mode, let their sentiments on the War be known to their august visitor. He may hear at Court very different views from those which animate the country. Englishmen cannot con ceive that France would endure an inglorious de parture from Sebastopol, and they take for granted that Poland is a name and nation dearer to her than to us. Let Louis NAPOLEON understand that our " shopkeeping nation" appreciates the crisis, and only asks for leaders and governors equal to it. We think it may be laid down as certain, that a peace vamped up now must be a miserable and mischievous one. Austria and Russia will be the sole gainers. Russia will certainly retain everything of moment. Her Black Sea forts, the means of creating a navy un ubservedly at any time, the navigable mouth of 'he Danube, and a share at least of the right to interfere in Turkish affairs. She will merely !lave received a temporary check. While Warsaw on one side, and Sebastopol with Nico laieff on the other remain to her, she will triumph again in her clever diplomacy, and the weakness of the Allies. She will be as formidable to Europe, and to Turkey especially, as ever. Most detestable, above all, is the treating with Russia as an honourable power. It is merely compounding with a felon. She has been driven away in the act of wanton and unprovoked ag gression. She committed the stealthy murder of Sinope in seeking to get away. She had long before at Warsaw and Cracow (Austria being ac complice) violated grossly her favourite Treaty of Vienna, and it is sheer fatuity to treat with her till we can dictate the terms. When France was at tacked by Europe she was required to yield to the conditions of the victors. Let us at least deal the same measure to the far more shameless aggressor of this day. Of all the hateful diplo matic cant tolerated in these Conferences, is Prince GORTSCHAKOFF'S declaration about con senting to no terms which shall " infringe on the sovereign rights of Russia." Such language from those who sent Prince MENSCHIKOFF to bully the SULTAN ! From the delicate-minded power which " infringed" on the rights of the Princi palities and the SULTAN with all possible insc lence and violence ! We almost despise the men who can tolerate such language from a Russian envoy. There can scarcely remain a second opinion as to the duplicity and niala fides of Russia when ~he assented to " ti eat" with the Western Powers on the basis of "the Four Points." It is now ertain that the new CZAR, however earnestly he may have protested against the proceedings of his ;predecessor, is rather unwilling, or unable, to i,i)andou the traditional policy of the Empire— ,6 policy indicated by the will of the first PETER, -tnd never for a moment lost sight of by his suc cessors under any circumstances whatsoever. The extension of " Holy Russia," the absorption of neighbouring States, seems to be a fixed idea, a species of " monomania." It is fashionable to ascribe many misdeeds to such a disease with Muscovites of all classes. Even the miserable serfs, greater slaves than the " Uncle Toms" of the Southern States of America, men who cannot call their souls their own, who are subjected to flagellation at any moment at the mere will and pleasure of their Lord and Master, have the no tion instilled into their minds from their earliest youth, and are educated in a fanatical notion as to " the mission" of the AUTOCRAT to make all people confirm to " the orthodox religion," even at the point of the sword, and "to own his gentle sway," without resistance, or even remonstrance. Under such circumstances it might be a dangerous experiment, even for the AUTOCRAT himself, to agree to any terms, or sanction any arrangement inconsistent with these views. Although his mere will and pleasure is accepted in place of law, or rather is the law for the time being, there is a summary way of dis posing of any obstacle to the full realisation of the wishes of any large section. There is CONSTAN TINE, too—the leader of the old Muscovite faction —ready to assume the leadership at the earliest call, and to assume the coveted position even at the expense of his brother. The-late AUTOCRAT consented to treat on the basis of the "Four Points." We have since seen " the cloven. . foot" appearing in every track. Everything is directed - to the humiliation of Tur key —to the violent termination of the career of " the sick man." No interference, forsooth, will be allowed with the perfect independence of Russia. She cannot, under any circumstances, be induced to quaff the cup she so readily presented to others. She will not permit the demolition of a single fort,- or the withdrawal of a single vessel of war from the Euxine. How, then, is the limitation of her power in that sea to be accomplished. Simply, so say the Russian Pleni potentaries, by her gracious permission to the Western Powers to form naval stations, and bring their navies into these waters ! Thus there may be a counterpoise—if they are willing to under take the enormous and never-ending, the rmanpde,weanmenayt add thankless, office of becoming "police" of Europe. Bat how is this to be ao eomplished ? Russia offers no portion rood of land of her territory ; she will not cede a single jo the C r i mea or o n the European or Asiatic coast s- Turkey must supply the needful fa,ci!i- Li tn e s .t - ionson She. must provide the means. Her chief either s id e aro t o b e relinquished, so that sh " will henceforward—should these extra ordinary propositions be adopted—have three e a to isntrdiekpeen miters with a footing in ' ; h, i mmediate vieiniy rnnocrae as nt n t her dominions, and in e a x n iste Y a d of her cap it a l, rea dy a t v ital blow at her very every induce ment when it n ni t a nation ! and with y conve nience to p ar ti c i pate in her partilujiotn their What could any o f t h e Moslems think which ayed they r .sp if such an arrangement was th e result fo braved so many d angers and dl unshrinking valour ? Never would the Govern_ meat of A BD-lIL-MEDJID consent to such deep humiliation, such unparalleled injustice. And how could France and England—either by direct compulsion, or by the withdrawal of their assistance, voluntarily rendered—endeavour to enforce her reluctant consent ? It would be an act of infamy that would reflect indelible disgrace on the national escutcheons of France and Eng land—a disgrace to which the high-minded and justice-loving peoples of these chivalrous nations, who are not yet involved in the trammels of Germanism, would never subject themselves. But this is not all. It is not merely the usurpation of the Turkish territory that is re quired. The Bosphorus and the Dardanelles must also be thrown open—not only to trading vessels, but to ships of war, sailing under every flag—English, French, or Russian. The impreg nable forts that protect the heart of the Ottoman Empire are to be virtually dismantled, and a powerful fleet may anchor in the Sea of Marmora, or take up a position com manding the Seraglio and Stamboul itself, there to dictate any terms without the possibility of resistance ! While Russia has free access at sll times to the Mediterranean, and has prac tically achieved her long-coveted object—an im pregnable port on its shores. Can this be termed equitable ? Can such sug gestions be, for an instant, taken into considera tion ? Certainly not. Shame to the represen tatives of France or England, who could bear them without indignant repudiation and an im mediate suspension of further diplomatic inter course with the unconscientious propounders. A few days must, however, bring matters to a con clusion. Parliament will again assemble after its protracted vacation on the 16th. Not an hour should be lost by the community in giving such utterance to the voice of public opinion that it should necessarily penetrate to the inmost recesses of the Royal Palaces at Westminster, and prove that whatever may be the feelings of the Government, the people of Great Britain are still sound at heart and determined to act in a manner befitting their ancient reputation. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1855. GOVERNMENT LOAN. The following notice from the Chancellor of the Exchequer has just been communicated to the Stock Exchange : " Treasury Chambers, April 12, 1855. " Gentr6men,—l beg leave to inform you, and request that you will make it known in the usual manner, that Lord Palmerston and I shall I • ready to see any gentlemen who may be desirous of contracting for a loan for the service of the present year, on Monday next, the 16th inst., at 1 o'clock, in order to inform them of the amount which will be wanted, and to fix the time and the manner of the bidding, and I hope it will be con venient to you or one of you to meet those gen- tlemen here at that hour. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, " G. CORNEWALL " The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." ARRIVAL OF THE MEDWAY. (By Electric Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING. The Medway, steam transport, has arrived from the East, with invalids, &c. They consist of 25 soldiers, two women and two children, two seamen, and one distressed British subject. The officers brought home by the M •dway are iltijor and Mrs. Whimper, of the 55th ; Captain Leslie, of the 9th ; Captain Campbell, of the 42d ; Capt. Colville, .R.N.; Lieutenant Dawkins, R.N.; Lieutenant White, 6th Dragoons ; Dr. Johnson, 6Sth ; Captain Dimon, 30th ; and Mr. Brown, CornmiAsariat. The screw transport Indiana arrived also at the same time with Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. and Mrs. Habdcock, Captain Itgleby, Lieutenant Grain, Lieutenant Matthews, Surgeon Kippley, the Rev. E. Owen, Commander Jones, R.N., Lieutenant Day, R.N., five Government nurses, 263 invalid soldiers, two women, two children, three grooms, three servants, and four horses, from Scutari ; and Mr. R. Gardener and Mrs. Matthews, from Malta. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last night the opera season commenced with Rossini's charming opera of II Conte Ory. The cast was the same as last season, with the exception that Gardoni sustained the part of the Count in place of Luchesi. The music exactly suits Gardoni, and he could not have selected a character more suited for his debut. The opening aria, " Taccia di tanti mall," was given by him with exquisite taste acd feeling. Indeed through out the whole of the opera Gardoni Isang beautifully. Of the skill of Mdlle. Bosio, as the heroine, it is scarcely necessary to say a word. This lady has already taken that position in the favour of the public which she has so honourably earned. Few singers have so rapidly im proved, and, in so short a period, attained such distin guished rank as this lady has done, and it shows to the aspirant to public favour what persevering study can do —in a word, her singing was irreproachable. Costa, in making his appearance in the orchestra, was most warmly welcomed with two distinct rounds of applause, a compliment he gracefully acknowledged. At the con clusion of the opera the National Anthem was sung by Mdlle. Bosio, Marai, Herr Formes, and chorus, amidst great applause. The pretty ballet of Une Etoile brought the performance to a close. The house was crowded. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 12. The dinner party yesterday included the Prince of Leiningen, Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Miss Vernon, Sir James Clark, and Captain Macdonald, R.M. The band of the 94th Regiment played during dinner, and the Queen's private band after. The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, rode out on horsecack this Cmorning,harlesFitatztreoy, and Colonel ndedbytheHon s . ey F m lo o ra ur M . acdonald, Lord l children also took an T o he Princess pen ßoyal and P carriage. Theyoung rice e n rro ss ya Alice drove out in a carriage drive. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Seymour, left Windsor at two o'clock to-day by a special train of the South -Western Railway, for London. Prince Albert presided yesterday afternoon at a meet ing of the Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Seymour, arrived at the Palace of Westminster at a quarter before three o'clock. The other commissioners present were Earl Grey, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of Hard wicke, Lord Colchester, Lord St. Leonards, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, M.P,, the Hon. Colonel Lindsay, M.P., and Mr. J. G. Hubbard. Captain Fishbourne and Captain Lefroy, the honorary secre taries, attended. The meeting brokei up at a quarter before six o'clock. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Baxter, President of the Provincial Newspaper Society, and tor of th e Sussex Express ; Mr. Johnson Gedge, ofPtrii)p BuryeMr. Austin, of the Maidstone Journ a l ; M r. R. Johnson, of ; of the Worcester Journal; Mr. E. Barnes, o f the redn' s .11 ercnq ; Mr. Kenaplay, of the Leeds Intellige n c and Mr. Hobson, of the Leeds Times, had an i n t er vi e :v; with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street, to present a resolu tion, unanimously adopted by a meeting of provincial newspaper proprietors, yesterday, in London, in favour of a, halfpenny stamp fur newspapers to entitle them to ; p 3r a e s s s s t t lif : o tt u fi h the lere j 3 )o ti s a t, tio it n is , te w ad ith ot s ' u a re p t e io n ,i n , y sh ; o a u nd ii n a l o s t oo e stamped co paper. nliid tosu_____ newspapers as may be printed on Viscount Palmerston left London for his seat, Broad -landF, Hants, after the Cabinet Council on Wednesday afternoon. His 'Lordship returned to town, with Vis countess Palmerston, yesterday morning, and in the evening proceeded to Windsor Castle on a visit to the Queer. pa T rs; h h n e e f A Ee l wa a r r l q d n aa i yn s sci of Lansdowne left London, yesterday, ft,iirtlaß,vo:NE-iojeords_ left London, Wiltshire, where his lordship will C L o o u n n d t o e n s , s oonf Wednesday Jersey and Lady afternoon,C 1 Clemens e fo n; St. 14e,pnards. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS •OF THE FRENCH. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Lord Alfred Paget is now in Paris making arrange ments for her Majesty's Imperial visitors. The Emperor and Empress wilt leave Paris on Sunday by railway for Boulogne. The following personages will have the honour of accompanying the Imperial visitors : MAISON DE L'EMPEEEIIR. His Excellency Marshal Valliant, M. le Grand Marechal du Palais. His Excellency the Duke de %nano, M. le Grand Chan:theßan. AIDES-DE-CAMP. General Count de Montebello, M. le Colonel Fleury, M, le Colonel Comte Edgard Ney, and M. le Marquis de Toulongeon, Officier d'Ordonance. MAISON DE L'IMPERATRIOE. Madame la Prineesse d'Essling, Grand Maitresse. DAMES DU PALA'S, • Mme. la Comtesse de Montebello, Mine. la Baronne Ma!aret. PREMIER CHAMBELLAN. M. le Comte Charles de Tascher de la, Pagerie. His Excellency Lord Cowley will accompany the Emperor, and proceed with the Imperial cortege to Windsor C,stle. The screw-lire-of-battle ship the Austerlitz, being re quired for sterner work, will not convey the Emperor and Empress of the French to England, as was origi nally intended. Their Majesties will proceed from Boulogne to Dover by the screw-steam corve tt e the As.ias,a new vessel of 400-horse power. TILE SQUADRON OFF DOVER. The commander-in-chief, Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, has hoisted his flag, red at the fore, on board the Neptune, and will take command of the squadron off Dover, in honour of the visit of the French Emperor and Empress, which will consist of— Neptune Ariel, screw Orion, scrim Sealark Calcutta Rolla Poweiful Vivid Falcon, screw Pylades, screw Cruizer, screw The squadron will get under weigh at daylight on Friday morning, and proceed up Channel. I Fire Queen ICentaur ARRANGEMENTS AT DOTER. Orders have been received by Mr. Hakes, the pro prietor of the Lord Warden Hotel, to prepare apart ments for the reception of his Royal Highness Prince, Albert, who will arrive at Dover at 10 n.m. on Sunday next, the 15th inst. His Royal Highness will be accom panied by Major-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel Seymour, servants, &c. Orders have also been given to have apartments pre pared for the Emperor and Empress of the French and their suites, and a de jcaner is to be ready for their Ma jesties and the Prince Lt 12 o'clock on Monday next, the 16th inst. Their Majesties will leave Dover for Windsor Castle by a special train at 2 p.m. on Mon lay. No preparations have been made by the town audio rites at present. _ The Black Eagle Admiralty steam yacht is now lying in Dover Harbour. PREPARATIOZB AT GUILDHALL. The arrangements for the reception of the Emperor and the Empress of the :French at Guildhall are being completed with the grectest rapidity, under the able superintendence of ML Bunning, the City archi tect. As as at present proposed, their Majesties will alight from their carriage in Gresham-street, and proceed by a covered platform to the entrance of the tent in front of thehall, which will also be covered, and will accommodate atout 1,700 persons. There will be accommodation for nearly 1,500 in the hall, and seats wit be provided in the lifferent lobbies on the north side of the hall for nearly 300 more. It is also proposed, subject to alteration hereafter, that their Majesties will on entering the hall turn to the east (the right), and sit upon the throne which will be placed there, where the address of the corporation will be presented to then. They will afterwards proceed to the Council-chamber, and after partaking of the dejeuner which will be there provided, will depart by the route they took on entering. THE VISIT TO TIE CRYSTAL PALACE. Sir Joseph Paxton, accompanied by Sir Charles Fox, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of an interview with his Ro7al Highness Prince Albert, to concert plans for receiving the Emperor and Empress of the French, with her Majesty and the Royal family, at the Crystal Palace on Thusday next. THE ARMY iND NAVY CLUB. The members of the Army and Navy Club have de termined to invite the Emperor of the French to a public entertainment at their splendid club-house in Pall-mall, on any day most convenient to his Majesty during his stay in London. Four lundred officers of the two ser vices have put down thei7 names. ADDRESSES OF CONGRATULATION.-SOUTHAMPTON. The Mayor and corporation of Southampton, in noun- Ail assembled, have adopted an address ofcongratulation to the Emperor and Empress of the French, on the occa sion of their approaching visit to this country, and nomi natad a deputation to present the same. It has also been determined to request theirnperial visitors to honour the corporation with their presence at a banquet at the Royal Victoria Rooms. A deputation has been despatched to ilAvre to cooperate with the authorities in carrying out fie foregoing resolution. The mayor, and some other gentlemen of the council, will also await upon the French ambassador, to make known the intentions of the council, and to express a hope that the Emperor and Empress, when returning to France, may be pleased to make Southampton the port of embarkation. PORTSMOUTH. ice. A requisition has been presented to th e M a y or o f Portsmouth, to call a special meeting of the town coun cil, "to take into consideration the most desirable means to be adopted to do honour to her Majesty's Ally his Imperial Mjesty the Emperor Napoleon 111., on his intended visit to this country," TEE DIY A L PANOPTICON. VISIT OF THE BOYS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. The Easter holidays have been marked at the Royal Parropticon, Leicester-square, by the atmi ss i on o f th e Blue-coat boys to the scientific attractions of this mag nificent structure. The event took place on Thursday, when some eight hundred and twenty of the Christ's Hospital scholars arrived at the doors, in full procession, and passed into the building, where a large number of public visitors had already a-taembled. The arrange ments for the reception and comfort cf the boys had been made under the superintendence of the Rev. Dr. Biber, director of the institution ; and shortly after the procession entered the spacious rotunia, the f oun t a i n wits put into operation, throwing up its transparent co lumn to the full height of ninety sever feet. This dis play, always a favourite feature in the entertainment, was received with the greatest delight by the juvenile visitors. It was succeeded by a scientifc demonstration, illustrative of the improved helmet-diving apparatus and the inventions connected with its use. Mr. P ar ti ng t on explained the various points in this ctrious exhibition, the diver remaining meanwhile about twenty minutes under water. The force employed in cutting steel was next demon strated by Mr. Partington, who then introduced a number of beautiful experiments with the gigantic elec trical machine. Tue phenomena of the aurora borealis was illustrated in a most brilliant manner, and the elec trical properties of our atmosphere wen) explained by the lecturer in the course of his remarks on various other experiments. A series of botanical lectures, commenced on Easter Monday by Dr. Brown, was continted on Thursday, the address on this occasion being peculiarly adapted to the age of the great majority of the hearers. The examples of the construction, growth, and functions of plants were selected with admirable judgment, and were of a kind to be readily appreciated and long remem bered. The series of views in the Crimea followed, and were carefully explained in passing by Mr. Buckingham. His allusion to the Duke of Cambridge was received by all present with the most enthusiastic cheering. The after noon's entertainments, which were enlivened at inter vals by the tones of the grand organ, concluded with the chromatic display of the fountain, an exhibition which, we need not say, afforded increased pleasure to those who had only seen it in its natural power and beauty. The advantage of the architectural symmetry of the building is that its decorative features are made to at tend completely on the uses for which it was designed. Thus, while the Panopticon never looks so wel as when it is tilled with company—an opinion which the Council will join with us in holding —it is not to the inconveni ence of visitors that their number may occasionally be doubled. With the exceptior, perhaps, of Easter Mon day, Thursday must have been the day when the greatest number of the general public entered the Panopticon during the past week. We arrive at this conclusion from the facts that the weather was eminently delightful, and that many friends of the Blue-coat boys were tempted to meet their young relations and to witness their en joyment. We have, then, an unusual influx of •isitors, besides eight hundred or more of boys from Christ's Hospital ; and yet, while the scene was most enlivening from the constant movement about the area and in the gracefully ornamented galleries, we do not think that the smallest Blue-coat present lost his share in the sights before him. We must not omit to mention that a new series of views has been added to the dioramic entertainments here. Pompeii, an inexhaustible subject, furnishes Mr. Buckingham with material for a lecture elucidative of Reman life in the days that Pliny saw and wrote about. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—MAILS FOR SWEDEN.—GENE RAL POST-UFFICE, April.—The mail steam-packets, un der contract with the Swedish Government, hein ,, about to re-commence running between GrimsLy and Gotten burg, mails ler conveyance by thos'epackete will be made up at this office on the evening of Friday, the 13th inst., and on the eveninc , of every subsequent Friday until further notice. All letters and newspapers addressed to Gottenburg and Uddewalla will be forwarded by these packets, unless directed to be sent otherwise; hut letters and newspapers flir other parts of Sweden intended to be forwarded by packet must be specially addressed " via Grimsby," or " by Swedish packet " Those postmasters whose instructions, direct them to send their letters for Grimsby by cross post will, of course, forward in the same manner any correspondence posted at their offices for the Swedish packet. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. VIENNA, FRIDAY, 9 A.U. The following authentic intelligence has been received here : Nothing new has taken place at Sebastopol up to the 6th inst. inclusive. VIENNA, THURSDAY ETENINO. According to a telegraphic despatch from the Crimea, dated April 1, the Allied armies were quite ready to open their fire on Sebastopol. The Generals probably only awaited the arrival of despatches from home before beginning the bombardment, which might be expected to take place any day during the ensuing week. The Generals wished to sparo the town and public buildings. The Russians still shelled the Allied camp and batteries, but the guns of the Allies were nearly silent. The fire of musketry on both sides was active every night. The weather was fine and dry. Two fires had occurred in Balaklava, a circum stance which excited supicions of treachery. The Russians were concentrating themselves towards Baidar. 'The garrison of Sebastopol was on short ra tions, as the authorities preferred storing up their supplies in magazines to issuing full ra- tions. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from our correspondent at Marseilles : MARSEILLES, j THIIRSDA.Y, APRIL 12. The Hydaspes, which left Constantinople on the 2d of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government left at 11 a.m. 8,000 Egyptians left Constantinople on the 2d for Eupatoria. BALAKLAVA, MARCH 31. The Russians have constructed two new batte ries, and have converted the ambuscades into an advanced parallel. The Allies have also constructed two new bat teries. The firing has been slack. It was said posi tively that the bombardment would commence on the 3d cf April. The weather was not so fine ; it was very cold. Of seven Russian admirals at Sebastopol, at the commencement of -, 1- ,he siege, two only now remain. COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. The trial of the ex-Ministers before the Su preme Court is postpon'.ed to the 4th of June. The Prussian frigate Thetis bas arrived' Elsinore, the Sound, an.ed Drogden are free from THE BALTIC FLEET. (By Submarine and British, Tel DE 9.L, FRIDAY MORNING. Her Majesty's steamer Driver, with Palter and Ruby gun-boats in tow, .has sailed for the Baltic. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the :following from Trieste in anticipation of the Overl A nd. Mail : • The steamer Calcutta arrived on the 11th of April, at half-past 3 o'el , )ek p.m., in 124 hours from Alexandria. The India mail left Al( mandria on the 6th inst., with intelligence from Ca acatta to the 10th, Ma dras 14th, Bombay, 18th. March. Mr. Lawrence has gone to Peshawur to nego tiete a treaty with Dost Mahorkned. Lord Dalhousie was at the Nielgherries. The reorganisation of the Military Departments is complete, and the system works admirably. All usury laws throughout India have been abolished. The natives are petitioning the Comacil for au act to prevent poly, gamy. Trade in India di Exchange at Calm ttta, 2s. ld. A Frye per Cent. Loan has been c 'pened. No intelligence from China. FRA NCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The following telegraph is despatches were re ceived during the day:— _ "MARSEILLES, 12th.-10he Hydaspe steam packet has just arrived with accounts from Con stantinople to the 2d. The) Ottoman Government has decided that, for the :future, Christians may have rank in the Turkish .8 rmy up to that of colo nel inclusively. General I3erbillon is to have the command of the camp whic.th is being formed on the shores of the Bosphorus. .Accounts from Sebasto pol had been received to the 30th ult. Conferences have taken place between th , e generals and admirals. The Russians have made E.( )me more sorties, but all were repulsed. The fire continues, particularly on the side of the Quarant . tine and the Malakoff. Tower. Several fires have broken out in Sebasto pol. The Russians ate f 9 rtifying themselves on the side of the fort of the Swernaia, and arming fresh batteries." TRIESTE, 11th, Evening.—Accounts have been received from Constantin ople to the 2d. The Pieclmontese commissioners charged with the pre parations for the r eception of the Sardinian army have been presented to the Grand V.izir. They have also been received with distinction by the Corps DiploniatiquLo. It is announced that the Christians will in a short time be relieved' .from the personal tax to which they have been hitht Ir to sub jected, and that they will be admitted to the ra nk . of colonel, which will give them the rank of set: ol2 c l functionaries in the State. Letters from Ath...ens of the 6th state thvkt M. Condurioti had left for Constantinople, with all the staff of the Greek 1 ro gation. M. Bolzaris. will, it is said, be charged b T the Government to proceed to St. Petersburg tO compliment the new Czar. VIENNA, 11th.—T he instructions expected from St. Petersbur g by Ole Russian Plenipotentiaries have not yet arrived. The news given by the journals of Vienna, that the 10th meeting of the Conference was to take place is, therefore, un founded. Ali Paeb.a has had a private audience of the Emperor. We have received news from Sebastopol of the 3d. There have been combats every day on the Tchernaya, but as yet nothing de cisive. The Emyeror of Austria has amnestied 586 prisoners, and 311 persons condemned for political offences have had thei r sentences mitigated. The Emperor yesterday received the replies of the Duke of Saxe Meiningen to the letters of recall of the Marquis de F e r r i ere -l e -V ayer, and to the letters of credence o f th e P r i nce d e Latour d'Auvergnr !. The Emp eror a l so receiver' a is which t he Duke o f S axe Meiningen notifies to his Majeso,y the death of his daughter-in-law l the Hereditary Princess Frederica-Louisa- Vilhelmina- Mariann e-Charlotte, daughter of Prince Albert of Prussia. Fifty of the Cent Gardes are to accompany their Majesties to England. A decree in the Moniteur promotes General of Division H. P. D'Artois, member of the Commit tee of Fortifications, to the rank of Grand Officer in the Legion of Honour. , We read in the Moniteur ;.--" We have already announced that the French Minister at Brussels had lodged a complaint against the publisher of a pamphlet brought out in that city on the subject of the expedition to the Crimea. It could not be proper for the Government of the Emperor to ' have the plans of the campaign and the military , operations of the Allied armies laid open to discus sion in a foreign country. The complaint`macle to the Belgian Government only therefore refers to the title of the pamphlet, which is drawn up in such a manner as to deceive public opinion and to give support to scandal, by allowing it to be sup posed that a French general officer, or as the foreign journals have insinuated, Prince Napo leon had taken some part in this pablication. The Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs replied on the 7th to the French minister ; that according to the opinion of the Procureur-general of the Court of Appeal of Brussels, it was impossible, according to the terms of existing laws, to com mence proceedings, which would answer the only object of the French Government, that is to say, to obtain an order for the suppression of a title which, under words skilfully calculated so as to escape a judicial accusation, concealed a bare faced speculation. There will, however, remain, from the steps prescribed to the Envoy of his Im perial Majesty at Brussels, a formal and direct disavowal of the imputations which the foreign press has circulated, and a warning given to all those whose credulity has been imposed upon." BOURSE, APRIL 12.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 25 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 69 40 69f. 60c. Credit Mobilier 795 Roman Credit Foncier 527 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. .. _. Orleans Western ‘.. 655 Rouen Cate 625 Strasburg . Mediterranean OB2 50 Havre 560 Northern THE CRIMEA. The Danube of Vienna says :—" Intelligence has been received here from the Crimea to the 30th ult. The French are represented as having made great progress in their works, and on the 29th a combat of cavalry took place, in which the Rus sians lost 200 horses and 400 men." A letter, dated from before Sebastopol, of the 26th ult., in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : " The attack of the Russians, in the night of the 22d, appears to have been the result of a Council of War, which was held after the arrival of Prince Gortschakoff, and in which it was decided that the most energetic measures should be adopted to pre vent the approach of the allied works on the side of the Faubourg of the Karabelnaia. The officer fixed upon to take the command of the operations was General Chrulef, , who appears to have had a kind of roving commission given him to under take coups de main, for which he had acquired a high reputation while in the Caucasus. He also commanded lately in the affair at Eupatoria. These two affairs will not add to the laurels with which his brow had been wreathed for his former feats, as in both cases he has met with signal de feat." TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople of the 29th, in the Courrier de Marseille, says :—" The day before yesterday 30 sick French officers were removed from the hospital at Pera to the palace formerly occupied by the Russian embassy, where they have very comfortable accommodation. 150 beds have been fitted up in the building. The organisation of the other hospitals is going on with great acti vity. A part of the wooden barracks, intended for the Crimea, have been used in enlarging that of Gulhane. Lady Stratford de Redcliffe has de manded permission from the Sultan to occupy the Palace of Therapia, where the wife of Marshal St. Arnaud resided, and her request was immediately granted. The report of Mustapha Pacha having been sentenced to exile is unfounded. He had been condemned by the Grand Council to give up to the Grand Vizir a certain quantity of land which he had purchased from Khosrew Pacha, and feeling exasperated at this decision, which he at tributed to intrigues against him, he wrote to the Sultan, requesting to be allowed to go and live elsewhere, hence the report of his having been banished. The City of Manchester, English steamer, and the Hydaspe, have arrived with part of the artillery of the Imperial Guard, which are to form part of the camp of the Meslak. Other troops are also daily arriving both from France and from Algiers." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, April 10.—The Euryalus and Impe rieuse frigates, and the Conflict screw corvette, belonging to the British flying squadron, reached Nyborg yesterday afternoon. From Kiel we learn that there still remained a dense mass of ice in that harbour, which had com menced moving towards Bulk a couple of days back, the wind being favourable for its clearing entirely away seaward ; but the wind veering soon after in a contrary direction, the ice moved back again into the harbour, blocking it up as before. The wind has continued cold for the last two days, and yesterday morning we had a considerable fall o f snow, which, however, has disappeared. The Independance Beige says : " We ha - ve received accounts from Helsingor on the 6th. The advanced guard of the English fleet, which arrived in that Danish port on the 31st ult , has been ever since exposed to such danger that apprehension.: were entertained for the safety of three of toe vessels, which drifted into the Sound,- with the loss of their au chors and all their cables broken by enormous pieces of ice floating along the coast. A steam-frigate of 42 guns was so seriously damaged that it will ne probably neces sary to bring her back for repairs to an English port. To-day we were informed that five ships of the squadron had succeeded in reaching the port of La,ndscrona. Their unexpected arrival in that Swedish harbour had caused much sensation. Four other English ships were com pelled to turn back and anchor in the Cattegat. On the 6th no English ship of war remained at .Elsinore. I have been told that the British Admiralty are endea vouring to secure the services of persons speaking English, Danish, Swedish, but particularly the Russian language. Those persons are to be employed on board the Baltic fleet as interpreters, and will receive salaries proportioned to their proficiency in those different languages. The French Minister here, M. Cintrat, has notified to our Senate, by order of his Go vernment, that England and France have agreed to per mit the free egress, in ballast or with cirgoes, from the Russian ports in the Baltic or in the White Sea, of the merchant vessels of all nations lying there at the time of the renewal of the blockade, provided these vessels have t not entered those harbours in violation of the blockade .of 1854. Instructions to that effect have been given by the two maritime Powers to the commanders of their '.raising squadrons." TTiE VIENNA. CON FERENCE. - ,VIENNA, APRIL B.—The French Minister for For, ciign Affairs yesterday had an audience of the E m peror, and the assurance has been given me that 1 ie made an extremely favourable impression on his Majesty. It is now 1 o'clock, and aboht a quarter .of an hour ago Ali Pasha, the Turkish Mi nister for Foreign Affairs, was introduced to Count Buol. At 3 the eighth regular Conference will be held. The Vienno , politicians have succeeded in per suading themselves that M. Drouyn de Mugs has instruction to in.ake peace at any price, but a very different impression prevails in diplomatic circles. Some important information, which has to-day been received, induces me to believe that Aus tria will at last consider it advisable to carry out article 5 of the treaty of December 2, and " to deliberate without delay on effectual means for obtaining the object of her alliance with England and France." Prince Gortschakoff and M. de Titoff continue to assure his Ma jesty and Count Buol that Russia is prepared to make great concessions for the sake of peace, but the. Austrian authorities are well aware that they regularly receive reports from the numerous Rus sian agents who, in Servia, Montenegro, Albania, Routnelia, &c., are preparing the Greek Christians to make a diversion in favour of Russia, " should it become requisite." The inhabitants of the Aus , . I Tian provinces bordering on Servia and Bosnia i n general belong to the schismatic Greek Ch Crob, and as they have for a long series of y„- re ben accustomed to consider the Czars their spi ritual chiefs, the machinations of Russia are dou thly daogerous for this empire. The fore infora;ation was derived from an excelient sou rce ; but it just now strikes me that the alleged unq ttiet state of Servia may serve Austria as an excv, tale for not consenting to take an active part in the a .ar, should Russia perSist in her refusal to give J. he guarantees demanded. The only other news worth communicating is, that S it John Burgoyne, who is on his way home from t he Crimea, arrived last night, and will re main i n Vienna until Wednesday. This is Easter Sunday, and the whole world, with tl ie exception of the members of the COO° r oue e— and your correspondent—is in the Prater, w hi c h, as you are aware, is the Hyde Park of Vie Dna . PRUSSIA. A. letter from Berlin of the 7th, in the Post .Ai np t Gazette of Frankfurt, says :—" It appears ce) :te,l in that the Cabinet of Vienna has replied by a ( ;ire ular to the Prussian despatch of the 26th ult. Tl ie d lustrian circular km not been sent to Prussia sta any more than those of the 28th Feb. an d f March. Count Buol admits at the conclusion 00, this despatch that the Prussian Cabinet has c adopted any provocative measures against Federal and and that it merely demanded that the F contingents should only assemble on the Feer ; territory. This circular becomes known here fr° private inforation." letter The Bmrse m nhalle of Hambur con t a ins a 3 from Berlin which says g The report 1 0 gaining ground that Austria is endearouriurr, form a customs' union with Prussia and Cle e cl many. It is said that her efforts are witnessof with satisfaction by the commercial inen o Prussia, and that several chambers of conalnerid have passed resolutions to that end. It: vio l seem that Austria, in getting up some agitation oil this point, has rather a politicil objeet4 ssis view than a commercial one. But the Pr u i ri cabinet will certainly oppose the plan n b li spoken of, having already suffered conside ra „i a , from the former commercial treaty with Al's" — formed for 12 years." AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Post Ampt Ga ge t he says :—" Sickness prevails extensively amorig s . t i4 troops in Gallicia, and is unfortunately . ga t o f ground. The remnant of the dragoon regan ei ,iful Bavaria, now reduced by illness to a mere 1 10 ' 00 of men, is expected every day at Viala. In the same way the infantry regiment of the King %i n g Belgians has been ordered to quit Gallicia, ha' lost upwards of one-half of its men." The Wanderer of Vienna of the 7th says w ll i Drouyn de l'Huys was presented this day by ° ll - Buol to the Emperor, and the audience laste d t o wards of an hour. The honou ra bl e minister is " o f dine with his Majesty to-day. All the memb e r, the conference, with the exception of the Russ. have had long conferences with the French 111— the ter. He has brought with him a paper fft 0 . Eastern question drawn up by the Emperor J 'lbe leon, and it is to be laid before the congress. o cl first interview between M. Drouyn de l i gilY 9 a n d Count Buol did not last les s th an fi ve hour s, 4 ,.00 he had immediately afterwards a l o n g convers s with Lord Westmoreland." A letter from Bucharest of the Ist, in the man Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Princ e , 1 ; for bey has ordered an investigation to be ra a ',: to cl f the purpose of ascertaining whether, as OP% of RusAian intrigues are carried on in the conve n d to Wallachia. The richest convents have offer e c io pay, during five sears, the third of the tribute to the Sultan." • The Post Ampt Gazette states that the dest e es v t the Emperor Nicholas was notified, at the req of the Russian ambassador at Brussels, by „a King of the Belgians to the Courts of Franc e el el England, and that it was through the same cl° to that these Courts expressed their condolence that of St. Petersburg. A letter from Athens, of the 30th ult., 6 re . that Admiral Le Barbier de Tinan intended t ° re , turn to France in about a fortnight. A vagu e t he port was current at that date of a change in Greek Ministry. It was thought that M. Arr poulo would be Minister of the Interior, a nd Bulgaris Minister of Finance. • SARDINIA. The following are the articles of the treatY, te. : eluded between Sarclinia'and the Ottoman r () % ir eo "Art. I.—His Majesty the King of Sardinia Gle e co w t sat he adheres, for his part, to the treaty of alnallBs4, eluded at Constantinople on the 12th of March, go , between the Sublime Ottoman Porte, the F r ench de pire, and the United Kingdom of Great Britaintdoce tined to guarantee the integrity and the indePe n o rals of the Ottoman E m pi re , an d engages himself tow jog his Imperial Maj es ty th e S u lt an to conc ur in obtainsaia the object his august Allies have in view by the i- e ciftreaty, treaty, by sending Sardi n i an t roo p s t o the thesrept war, as agreed upon by the m ilit ary conven tion siq we o Turin, the 26th of January of th e p res ent year, bev the his said Majesty and their Majesties the Emperors French and the Queen of Great Britain and Irela n "Art. 2. His Imperial Majesty the Sultan, 3,10, with empressement this adhesion of the King ef bi ros to hii alliance with France and England, engag es t '7, o in his turn to giant to the Sardinian troops sentto the toman territory or elsewhere on the theatre of , w u isteel e identical treatment, under every respect, as that Stip 0.0 by the treaty of the 12th of March, 1854, in f.a v ,,, ° 08 i4 the aux liary troops of France and England, nut ' o pori non the Sardinian troops the same obligations as the troops of those two Allied Powers. t oesti "Art. 3. The Government of hia Imperial 0-• the Sultan will consequently issue the necessara to the Ottoman authorities that the troops of his the King of Sardinia that shall take part in the War lac: treated on the Ottoman territory • •pr 401 f r same footing as the troops of France and England as gards all the wants of the service. "A 4. Th _rt. preent Convention shall be ratii. • t he the ratifications exchanged at Constantinople within term f six weeks after th e day of its :signature, or 00; 1 n . if possible. In faith of which the respe c t i ve pleniP° , tiaries have signed it and placed their seals thereto:4 " Dune at Constantinople, the 15th of March, 1 ° R. TEcc°' "ItEnsofilD• • " AALY. A ,-- BRAZILS AND THE P LA N" SOUTHAMPTON, Tlfults) 3 o2 l ) The Solent, Captain Tellicoe, with Sh e ioe f and River Plate mails, arr i ve d this day a ' o'clock. OO P ' The Solent left Southampton, on her voyage, on the afternoon of the 11th of Feu . 9t h and arrived at Ri o on th e morn i ng of the 0 ,0 0 March—thus making the fastest passage record. 3011 The dates of sailing are :—Buenos Ayres) 4 ; Monte Video, 7 ; Rio de Janeiro, 17 ; eri et 21; Pernambuco, 23 ; St. Vincent, 30 ; ren April 4 ; Madeira, 5 ; Lisbon, 8. 0 0 1 The Solent bringson freight specie to the, g ,, of 33,240/. ; also 310 bags cochineal, 130 - ',710.0: i tapioca, 20 boxes South Am er i can plants, . 11 , e se ) Teueriffe wine, 360 half-chests of orange, 43 baskets, and 106 packages of sundries. of ate Her Majesty's ship Lily wa s t o wed out Janeiro by the Sol e nt, on her re tu r n to Ell=P - ier The Madagascar, the Trident, and SP r i stationed at Rio. The Sharpshooter was at Bahia. ft The United States frigat e C ons titution l e ft Vincent for the States on the Ist of April. „t 1 The Solent passed the f o ll ow i ng ves sels O ra 2d April :—The Da n i s h b r i g , Sh ow ld, stea l " the southward ; in the river Tagus) a steamer, the London. IA di. 411 0 There is but littl e i n t e lli gence o f an y 0- 11 ; ir e - From Buenos Ayres we are enabled to ' na following epit ome : O l e " Our comm e r c i a l s y s t em ( we quo te 0 , 4) : 4 0 5 Monthly Retrospect) ha s b een s h a k en to foundation ; and we fear many reont ilg oil lr j be requisite to obliterate unwelcome„L le v e scences and restore lo s t confidence. "1-Ic.e°s demand hitherto has been restricted tv, t o A Mg up indispensable ass or t men t s , with eof'P oe; to a healthy and extensiv e b us iness. In 1 ° i' 9 ,19' 6 , a thing cannot be expected in the circure s e y Credit has fallen to its lowest ebb ; ecoly . comwodation beyond the reach of most ; tea p . 1 0 ; 0 3 ; of our money market ruinous to all who P a ' i , 4, chased in metallic, and conseq ue ntly, lt r il: s o 'h progress made in the settl e m en t o f h ea vy o ge t ings." fa° In the articles of d a il y consump ti on the 1 00 , 0 has undergone no essential change since ou r _ d Or!, The activity in the b u ildi ng d epar t m ent 1 0 : 11 a healthy tone to building materials of ay.- fel scription. In political m a tt ers th e G overn ment 11 0 .0 6' resolutely to its p rogramme o f peace a nd nel l , is too The correspondence with Admiral Jo b ul, ~, through the medium of her Majesty's Cie. o De" specting a survey of the interior rivers, .` l.- bf t conducted in a conciliatory spirit. From the Rio Mercantile Journal, we Ae_ .. 9 '.„ o a monthly retrosp ec t o f commerc i a l tra ns were to an average ex t en t; 1 ,• felt tiv The money mark e t p r e sen t e d no Ile - ti‘ and discounts were freely obtained. coo t' ' At Bahia we learn that the weather s- I re ve il d e nues unsettled, an d th e roa d s are cu t UPI P.Ol/03' ing supplies f rom com i ng t o mar k e t. In °- ° O l nothing doing. 11s t t The Pernambuco Price C urren t inform s 100 the business in the import li ne h as been o f en De character. In export s th e b us i ness has b e moderate scale. to odd, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington re —r o° - town, on Wednesday even i ng, f rom Beckett _A Berkshire. tar p Viscount and Vi scoun t ess Hardinge have re of; town from South Park, Kent. i a Ace b Lady Dinorb en an d t h e H on. Mi s s LL D .' fro o arrived at Bute House, South Audley-stre et, t i ladyship's seat, Llydillis, Isle of Anglesea. onfarilit Tile Queen of Sp ain h as b een pleased to c 3. J. $OO Order of , Charles the Third un Mr. W r • architect of the Bear] of Works p , o W hitehall . d e f Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Bo as ° f f Revenu e , had an interview with the Ch an e Excheq uer , y es t er d a y. JosePliu ,Jio Ta d, , 0 4 NEW 1M AGISTRATES.—Yvterday Esq., and Wm. Bradshaw tutfield, Esq.) l i bert ic :vill took the oaths as magistrates fur the Tow n t he e l "j or The Sully, which left Coi.stantinaple lo , b 0 g enet' u of the 31st ult., has arrived at Toulon. 00000 board 146 cuova,sceot soldiers, but broug o iled h el o they having been sent by the Csyde, C on stantinople two days before, but *dile delayed by bad weather. tt t ,