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THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1855 THEATRE RoYAL MAYMARIUT. Under the management of Mr. Raeketone: TUIS EVENING, chievous proposals are gone, or ought to be gone, for ever. The questions of Crimean and Bes sarabian conquest, and of Polish liberation, are now fairly before all the parties con cerned. Austria may now surely be required to fight for or against, while Prussia must be compelled to stop Russian transit trade, or to have her Ports blockaded. We confess we shudder at the thought of such questions being entrusted to the class which has long held the helm in England, to the particular individuals who grasp it now, and to a Court so bound up with the miserable despots of Germany. There are men who, at the head of our troops, ' would have wintered in Sebastopol, but to have employed them would we blush to write it---have superseded old Lords and their relatives, though it would have saved our men and our money, and have brought Russia on her knees before now. We could name the men who as commanders-in-chief would have done what we have stated ; but all the family cliques would have turned up their noses at the mention of them. They must make the nation almost mad before they will give way. There are men, too, who know the political counsels which would save the Allies and Europe, and who could give effect to them, but they belong not to the governing cliques, and if they did they must govern their politics by German considerations, or they would not be endured in the Cabinet. We must think that our only hope hiss in the nation's awaking to its own imperative wants, and to its compelling the House of Commons to do its duty, or to give place to one which will. Good attendances for party conflicts, and empty benches for the busi ness of the country, or for the evasion of su premely important motions can be tolerated no longer. Will be performed ROILED AND JULIET. Romeo, £iss Cash man ; Juliet, Miss Swanborough. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY. ISIARILRT SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with OUR MART ANNE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAaus KLAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVEI. 4 7TH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. -To conclude with (17th time) a Romance, In two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directresa, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wlll be performed KING O'NEIL. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Garden, Parsel'e, J. Bland, L. Murray, &G: Mrs. L. Mur ray, Miss Wyndham, &c. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF To E FAIRY T ations.ALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-cou restr ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lome and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TII3 EVENING, Will be performed THE WEL , II cITIL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. After which, the Comedietta. called LAW FOR LADIES. Cha tete, by Messrs. A. Wiga n, G. 'Vining, H. Cooper,LanyerS, and Castlcteu. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of 3iiss Rebecca Imam THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizetti's Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, including Mr. W. Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. Tp conclude with, first time, a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey. called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Itr. W. C oo k e, jun. Procrastination and mystery appear to be the prevailing principles of the PALMERSTON Admi nistration. Postpone everything to the latest moment, and then withhold any information while it is possible to do so. These seem to be the chief rules of action of our present rulers, and they are the only points in which vacillation and infirmity of purpose are not but too plainly per ceptible. The telegraph has, with some trifling breaks, been opened to Balaklava. Ample infor mation may be received from the seat of War within a few hours. But the public are in no respect wiser or better informed. The Govern ment has taken the example of the "Dog in the manger," celebrated in the nursery fable, and will neither itself use the extraordinary means for obtaining rapid intelligence thereby afforded, nor permit any one else to do so. That no accident has occurred to impair its effici ency is certain from the facts stated by the First Lord of the Admiralty, who admitted that tele graphic despatchev had been received from the Crimea, but positively declared that lie had given their substance nearly verbatim, to the House ; and further, that the Government would commu nicate any information they might receive, and which they considered to be interesting ! Extra ordinary as these assertions may appear, we are, in the absence of conclusive evidence to the con trary, bound to believe them. What, then, can be thought of the apathy and indifference of Lord RAGLAN, who does not condescend to make the most trifling effort to appease the public anxiety, or to set at rest the sinister rumours which silence at such a time, and under such circumstances, must necessarily occasion ? What of the Ministry who do not forthwith insist on his availing him self of the means at his disposal, to the extent of sending at least a daily despatch respecting the true state of affairs before Sebastopol 7 All par ties concerned appear to be equally reprehensible for their very extraordinary conduct in reference to this strange and ominous taciturnity. Sir CHARLES WOOD has also declared that the telegraph will be entirely under the control of Government. But he does not say that it will be confined to their service. But is it not so ! Who else has been permitted to transmit a mes sage of any kind From the extraordinary bre vity of Lord RAGLAN'S communications, it is ob vious that the use of the machine for a very few minutes in the day would amply satisfy his re quirements, and that it must remain idle for more than 23 out of the 24 hours. It is impossible to suppose that there are not many persons anxious to transmit intelligence if they were at liberty to do so. Although, therefore, Sir CHARLES WOOD "does not say that it is confined to Government use, it is obvious that it is so, and that the First Lord of the Admiralty has evaded the question which he professed to answer. The suppressio were is, however, scarcely more justifiable than the suggestio falsi. If the House and the Country are deceived or misled by a quibble, it is just as bad as if a similar result had been obtained by a direct falsehood. We trust, therefore, that a more distinct and intelligible answer may be elicited from the Right Hon. Bart. on a point on which the public anxiety is so greatly excited. It is now certain that nosatisfactory result can be anticipated from negotiations, and that any honour- The nation ought now t o face the real difficult able Peace, likely to be perman en t, mus t, as we have repeatedly declared, be "conquered." Al of its position. This difficulty lies at home. We though have stat esmen u tt er l y i ncompetent to deal with ether elements may speedily b e a dd e d t o th e Saxe-Cobur g , A us t r i a, and Russia combined, and calculation, the venue f or th e ti me i s l a id b e f ore Sebastopol. We know th a t R uss i a — w h o h as no t equally incomp e t en t t o deal with army and official been idle or slothful duri ng th e ti me was t e d i n th e patronage. Th e p o liti ca l and the administrative diffi- Conferences atVienna, has concentrated an enormous culties are both of them such as our aristocratic force in the vicinity of the Allied li nes , an d it i s Government will n ever w i ll i ngly grapple with • more than probable that a fierce attack, similar They make a show of doing something, but will to that of Inkerman, will be made on the French do nothing to annoy either the relatives of and English armies, seconded by a sortie from the our Crown, or Lord Jon a- RussaLfs pet, beleaguered fortress. Should su c h a con fli c t t a k e Austria ; or the titled incapables wh o h ave quay- place, it will indeed be one for life or death. iorod thcLuelves on the civil and military estab- Few of the Western warriors will be spared should lishments of the nation. The country justly the Russian attack prove successful. They are suspects incalculable mischief from the subser- not men to quit their posts, or abandon the posi viency of all our Premiers to court Germanism. tiona - which they h ave assume d , w hil e the faintest Without a tinge of disloyal feeling, we believe hope remains ;and yet, at such a time, and under there is a disposition to curse the Hanoverian such circumstances, the Government will neither policy of sustaining so rigidly the purity of the supply the required information themselves, nor l i German descent of the family which governs us. allow- us to obtain it from independent sources ! There was great joy when Hanover itself This is assuredly too bad, and it will be the fault dropped off from the English Crown ; but of both Houses of Parliament if such an untoward ua seems only to have resulted in linking state of affairs should be suffered to prevail much indissolubly to one of theest co- Pletely most mlonger. Sta te which Di ediatise , d. little states of Germany—a I Again, the m o st serious doubts are entertained in fact, i s b ut an electric wire between the A ustrian ias to the course to be pursued by Austria. Lord an d .English Crowns. It would be worth something Lord JOHN, who Ca' a alone dispel the mystery, returned absolved from an PALMERSTON could be able pledg e , au]. y eo eath of on Sunday, 2 ,d on Monday evening appeared in secrecy, or any honour-in • .Parliament. An influential Cabinet his place honour deuce as to h 1116 be required to give evi- who is generally supposed to have ow far h e was Minister, orb 3 movements by • restrained in his the Wishe s or . more weight in the National Councils than even Coburgs ; or how far h wilfulness of the " it is of felt that the • the nominal Premier, has admitted that the English Crown and people, ie interests of e t I rice that the earliest possible infor of our military service and - d the efficiency e inpol and the operations we re corn- sliou ld be given to the House promised by the necessity o f ere e°lla- negotia tio ns. - "In" to , country re ‘E ecting the result of the hen man influence at Court. The people Ger think th 2t A " yet le time is specified, no day named w nothing else can account for the fatuity our w hi ch dollbl Al and anxieties shall be set at rest. waits with such fatal results on the policy of Am. This is us- IC't fair to the community, nor re trig. If the nation errs in this, 'twere well i t B Pectful, 0 the Legislature. The authority of Parl' should know it ;if it does not, it were even still ' a men t is, - if possible, to be set at nought, imPortant. the hereq it W either $ (3 ,, IrY and representative members of e now stand upon the commencement of which, if "e are to be treated with contumely, 31 " *tr.. l'oi n t, .Russia has cancelled all the Four If the submit to, they will richly merit. ligh tly reitl ejig the cardinal one. These mis- the weight to appreciate their own dignity or theywhich are fairly entitled, th© /4`' memories of those who owe their positions to the suffrages of independent constituencies may be Tery unpleasantly jogged. The dreaded appeal to the country may come sooner than they antici pate, and if they hope to pass unscathed through that ordeal they must shake off their insouceance, and display, even at the eleventh hour, qualities befitting the chosen representatives of the British People. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, TIIRSDA.; MAY 1. The Simois, which left Constantinople on the 23d of April, has arrived. Despatches leave at g p.m. KAMIESH, APRIL 21. On the 19L11 the English took by assault two of the ambuscades under the Mamelon, in front of the Malakhoff Tower. The Russians have abandoned the batteries of Careening-bay. THE BALTIC FLEET. BERLIN, TUESDAY, MAY 1. Admiral Dundas breakfasted with the King of Denmark on the 27th ult., and returned to Kiel on the 28th, when he hoisted his flag on board the Duke of Wellington. The date of the departure of the fleet from Kiel harbour is uncertain. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. The Moniteur contains the following " It appears from a letter addressed to the Minister of Marine, by the French Consul at Stettin, that the navi gation between that port and Swinemunde has been re opened for some days. The high tides, however, require extreme caution on the part of pilots and commanders of vessels in consequence of the inundations, which have placed the coast under water. Some small craft have already been lost. The boats between Stettin and Co penhagen have been running since the 18th of April. They will also commence running to Stockholm shortly. _ _ "The French Consul moreover announces that a de cre• of the Russian Government, dated the 3d of April, orders the service of the lighthouses, which had been re established in the Gulfs of Finland, Bothnia, and Riga, after the departure of the allied fleets and the raising of the blockade, to be again suspended. The booms and buoys in the Wiborg Straits will also, be removed." A decree in the"Moniteur confirms the nomina tion of two Knights in the Legion of Honour and the grant of military medals to seven seamen, made by General Canrobert, for gallant conduct at the siege of Sebastopol. The Constitutionnel says :—" The Montezuma and the Primauguet, which were to accompany the Imperial yacht the Reine Hortense to Constanti nople, received a few days ago the order to prepare to convey troops to the East. The following announcement has appeared in the Monittur " The Emperor, well assured of tho sentiments of the French people towards his person, desires that no ad dresses shall be presented by the municipal councils or other authorities on the occasion of the attack hom which Providence has preserved him. "All official manifestation becomes useless in I re sence of the public indignation." This announcement may perhaps make si me alteration in the proceedings of the meeting of British residents, which was intended to take p ace at the Embassy to-morrow, for the purpose of I re paring a congratulatory address. The Earl of L en bigh had consented to take the chair. The real name of the assassin is not Liverani, but J'ianori. He had procured a passport in a false name. He was a volunteer, at Rome under Garibaldi. Since the taking of Rome by the French he has principally lived in England, and belonged to the sect of Italians who renounced Catholicism. It is further said that he has spoken at Protestant meetings in Exeter-hall. Pianori is now at the Prefecture of Police. Be wears a strait-jacket. A gaoler sleeps at the foot of his bed to watch him. A hole has been made in the wall, thiough which he may be seen as he lies, and several persons of note have been to-day to look at him. The report of the examining magistrate, con taining the examination of the man who attempted to assassinate the Emperor, has been delivered to the Chambre du Conseil ; this decided that the prisoner should be sent before the Chambre des Mises en Accusation, convoked extraordinarily for that purpose, and the court has issued its order by which he is to b. 3 brought before the Assize Court of the Seine, to be tried in conformity with the law. M. Barrot, the Minister of France at Brussels, received on Sunday the congratulations of the members of the diplomatic body on the escape of the Emperor of the French the preceding evening. The representative of Russia was amongst the per sonages engaged in this manifestation. A letter from Odessa, of the 26th, says that the bombardment of Sebastopol was suspended on the 11th day, and had caused no damage to the Rus sian batteries. Russian reinforcements were ex pected to the number of 50,000 men. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received to-day : " VIENNA, 30.—The imperial manifesto ordering the levy of the 80,000 mon already spoken of is expected. An ordonnance has been published, ordering back to their respective regiments the soldiers on furlough." BOURSE, MAY I.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. ft. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents 93 —93 f. 15c. 3 per Cents 67 70 67 95 Credit Mobilier 770 Roman Credit Foncier 540 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt 313 RAILWAYS—POR CASH. _ _ __ ___ fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 6lO Rouen Cette — Strasburg Mediterranean 9Bl Havre 550 Northern THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, April 28.—We learn from Copen hagen that at noon on Wednesday last, the 25th inst., Admiral Dundas, Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic fleet, arrived there on board of her Britannic Majesty's steam sloop Dragon, from Kiel. The gallant Admiral landed, immediately after his ar rival, at the Custom-house quay, and proceeded to the British embassy. The Cuckoo steam gun-boat, of 2 guns, Com mander A. G. E. Murray, anchored the day pre viously in the Rhine, coming from England. The permission now given to the sailors and marines of the fleet at Kiel to visit the town seems to be an indication that on the return of the Com mander-in-Chief from Copenhagen a forward move may be anticipated towards Gothland. Near Landsort, on the coast of Sweden, the ice was firm for about four English miles seawards, and at the Shuren the ice was still very strong and thick, with only here and there small openings to be seen, on the 21st instant. Warm weather, which had prevailed, would, however, not be able to remove the masses of ice away for some time • and, unless stormy weather, accompanied by heavy rains, takes place, some consider able delay may ensue yet before the navigation there becomes free. The accounts from Memel say that since the opening of the navigation again this season a very large number of ships had ar rived there—as many as 120—of which, however, only 30 had cargoes, the rest in ballast ; in conse quence freights bad fallen considerably. The ice .in the Neva commenced breaking up On the 20th April. During a period of 140 years the same occurrence has taken place on the same day in this river five several times before—viz.) 1712, 176 G, .1778, 1782, and 1799. Later accounts from Elsinore state that the Russian brig Phoenix, Capt. Svenden, had arrived there on the 27th in s t. as a prize taken by one of the advanced squadron. She was captured on her way from B evel to Stockholm, having a cargo of barley, according to the present account, and may not unlikely soon make her appearance in England with it. No doubt we shall soon hear of some thing more having been accomplished by the flying so u ad ron Prince Christian of Denmark returned on the 27th inst. to Copenhagen from his mission to the Russian Court. Admiral Dundas had an interview with the King of Denmark on the 27th. SARDINI IN EXPEDITION. GENOA, April 27.—The unfortunate mishap of the Crce3us, so far from discouraging those charged with the embarkation, appears, on the contrary, to have given them additional energy, partly per haps from an apprehension that it might have some bad effect on the minds of the unreasoning or superstitious ; but from whatever cause, certain it is the •last two days there has been far more activity displayed than hitherto, though to Eng lishmen, who take a commercial view of the case, and reckon that this fleet of steamers costs hngland some 3,0001. a day, it does seem as if a little more might be shown. On the evening of the 25th the Sardinian steam-frigate Carlo Alberto (Captain the Marquis Ceva) sailed for Constantinople, having on board four compa nies of Bersaglieri, and two companies . of En gineers. Yesterday evening the small Govern ment steamer Authion, with some staff officers in charge of the military chest, sailed for the saw e . destination, as also the Charity and Cleopatra trans ports, with about 1,400 men of the reserve di vision, each of these latter steamers towing a sailing trans port with stores. To-night it is expectd the Thames, Europa, and Jura will get away. These three vessels will carry altogether nearly 1,000 horses. The Jura, which is only fitted for 409, will have 500, in consequence of the want of trans port, and the other ships must be loaded in the same proportion to their capacity. Her Majesty's troop ship Resistance arrived yesterday morning from Malta, and the screw transport Queen of the South, from Spezzia. Since it has been understood that the Sardinian army is to be attached to the English, to be em ployed in the field, instead of in siege works, the leaders of the expedition appear more satisfied, while their friends at home rejoice that they are not to be tied down to that small space- befoie Sebastopol which has been the deathbed of so many thousands during the last five months. Much of the disagreeable feeling has disappeared, too. which was very naturally excited by the accounts of suf fering in the allied camp during the pas., winter. Yesterday the Government placed the steam sloop-of-war Tripoli at the disposition of Captain Hall, of the Crcesus, and she proceedet to Porto fino to examine the wreck. She returned in the evening, and I understand there is little hope of g anything beyond the h u ll a n d perhaps part s o a f v t i h n e machinery. Captain Hall demanded an in quiry into his conduct, which has been sitting on board the Vulcan troop-ship. The decision is nct yet known. RUSSIA. The Invalide Busse continues to publish Prince Gortschakoff's account of the bombardment. It says : "To complete his telegraphic despatch, published on the Bth (20th inst.), relative to the operations before Sebastopol, from the 30th March (11th April) to the 3d (15th) April, a report from Aide-de-camp General Prince Gortschakoff, of this latter date, announces that the enemy continue to cannonade the fortress with the greatest vivacity during the day, and to bombard it during the night. Notwithstanding the rapid! fire and the concentration of the fire of their batteries, which mount circa 350 guns, of which 80 are mortars, the loss of our garrison cannot comparatively be considered very great ; we have not had many guns dismounted, owing to our fortifications being cut by a sufficient number of traverses and to our batteries being sheltered by polings (blindages). " During the day the fire of our artillery is also inces sant • thanks to the coolness and skill with which it is served, many of the enemy's guns have been dismounted, awl the embrasures of some of the batteries knocked in. All our damage is actively repaired during the night. The dismounted guns are replaced by new ones, and the losses of the garrison made good by reinforcements that arrive, so that on the 3d (15th) April Sebastopol was as strong as before'the bombardment." To the above general statement of the heroic deeds of the defenders of Sebastopol, Aide-de camp General Prince Gortschakoff adds some details on the siege works, and on the operations which have taken place durin o• the bombardment : "On the 31st of March ( 12 th ' April) the enemy, in superior numbers, made an attack upon the position (logement) in front of bastion No. 5, but their first at tack was repulsed by the 2d battalion of the Chasseurs de Kolyvan, under the orders of Lieutenant-Colonel Temiriazeff. To explain the operations described below it is indispensable to state that along the whole of our line of defence small lorjemeirs (rifle pits) have been es tablished for our riflemen, situate nearer to the parallels of the besiegers than to our own fortifications. The enerny,fully appreciating the harm done by z tliese rapidly constructed defences, are now exerting every possible effort to make us abandon them, but these attempt 4 cost them dearly, for on different occasions our advanced chain has defeated them at the point of the bayonet, or has drawn them under the sharp fire of grape of our nearest works. "On the above-named day, at 4 a.m., we managed an explosion with the greatest success against the enemy's galleries, directed towards Bastion No. 4. ( Nous fillies muter on globe de compression.) "In the night between the 31st of March and Ist of April (12th to 13th April), the besiegers attempted to carry the rifle pits situate in the ravine between Bastions 4 and 5. The riflemen of the Kolyvan and Catherine bourg regiments, who occupied them, charged them at the point of the bayonet, and routed them. " On the Ist (13th) April, our artillery silenced some of the enemy's batter ieR, and blew up a powder magazine in the great English battery, many of the embrasures of which were destroyed. " All this time the Allied fleet, consisting of 20 ships, nine frigates, four corvettes, 22 stpainers, and four gun boats, remained inactive, anchored opposite Kamiesch and Streietza bays ; but on the Ist (13th) April three steamers were detached, which, after firing a few shots at our fortifications, again rejoined the fleet. " In the night between the let and 2d (13th and 14th) April the garrison undertook works for connecting the isolated rifle pits in front of bastions 5 and 6, so as to take in flank and rear the trench dug by the besiegers during the night between the 30th and 31st March (11th-12th April). " The enemy, perceiving this, twice attacked these works, the second time with field artillery ;‘ but after a hand-to hand fight and a discharge of grape they were obliged to retire. " Prince Gortsehakoff assures that these skirmishes are quite to the taste of our volunteers, and offer them opportunities for displaying their valour. " On the same night, the besiegers attempted to carry out a full sap, directed against the salient angle of Bas tion No. 4, but our file prevented them. " On the 2d (14th) April, at daybreak, the enemy un masked two newly-constructed batteries, but, at the end of two hours, our fire silenced one of them. " In the night between the 2d and 3d (14th and 15th) of April, our secret post established in the ravine be tween bastions 5 and 6, perceiving that the enemy had commenced works near the cemetery, sent information thereof to bastion No. 5. " Five rounds of grape then silenced the works com menced, and, although they were resumed an hour later, our grape again compelled the enemy to retire, leaving 30 killed upon the ground. On the same night the bombardment of the fortress was not so brisk. " On the 3d (15th) April all the attempts of the be siegers to continue their works of full sap, or to convert into trenches the rifle-pits in front of bastion No. 5, were stopped by the well-directed fire of the artillery of the place. " The loss suffered by the garrison, from the 30th March to the 3d April (11th to 15th April), consists in 7 subalterns and 436 men killed ; 6 superior officers, 34 subaltern officers, and 1,899 men wounded. Unhap pily, Lieut. Titoff , of the navy, Capt. Stchiegloff, of the Tobolsk Regiment, Capt. Privatecheff, and Lieut. Sou kanhoff, of the Kolyvan Regiment, all distinguished officers, are among the slain. Among the officers seriously wounded are Colonel Zagoskine, com mander of the 10th artillery brigade, and who commanded the land troops of the 2d section (of the line of defence), Lieutenant-Colonel Terniriazeff, com mander of the Kolyvan Chasseurs (since dead), and Col. Louschkoff, commander of the Volhynia regiment, most intelligent officers, distinguished for personal valour." Prince Gortschakoff concludes his report as fol lows : "On beholding the intrepidity, it might be said even the gaiety of the garrison of Sebastopol, in the midst of the most distressing works, executed almost without a moment's respite, under a terrible fire, which has con tinued without interruption for the last six days, it is im possible not to feel proud of bearing the name of Russian." An extraordinary supplement of the Invalide Russe publishes the following despatch from Prince Gortschakoff, the substance of which we have already published Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff an nounces from Sebastopol, under date of the 7th (19th) April, by telegraph from Sieff, that the fire of the enemy was slacker during the 4tb, sth, and 6th (16th, 17th, and 18th) April, than on the preceding days. Our bat teries replied with success, especially by a very sharp firs against th e groun d i n front of Bastion 4, so as to obstruct the works renewed with energy by the besiegers on that point. " Our damage is repaired during the night. "In the nigh( between the 6th and 7th (18th and 19th) of April a sortie was made by a battalion to de stroy the approaches nearest to the place. It was crowned with complete success, and attended with little loss. " In general the losses of the garrison during the last few days have been less than on the preceding days." RUSSlA. — Advices from St. Petersburg of the 21st of April sLte that the weather was mild, and that the ice in the Neva had broken up on the preceding day. Open water was therefore expected in about a fortnight at Cronstadt. From Riga the dates are to the 23d of April, when the weather was fine, but cold. There was only 9 feet of water on the bar, and some dredging would be required in order to get vessels lying at Bolderaa to sea. "The British Admiralty," it is remarked, " who at first permitted them to proceed, now make some restriction►," THE LATE REGENT'S-PARK DIORAMA.—The sprendid building in Regent's-park, known as the Diorama, was yesterday converted by solemn services into a Baptist chapel, the principal portion of thenecessary funds hav ing been supplied, it is understood, by Sir Samuel Mor ton Peto, M.P. The Rev. Wm. Landells of Birming ham is to be the officiating minister of the newly-formed place of worship. BURANELLI, THE MURDERER.—A post mortent exami nation of the body was made on Monday by the medical superintendent of St. Luke's Hospital, when. the brain and its membranes were found to be perfectly healthy, thus confirming the opinion of the jury as to the sanity of the man, and his consequent responsibility for the crimes into which his vicious nature had impelled him. THE MAOAZINES. Blackwood.—The first article is on " The Length of Human Life," from which it app-,ars Buffon arrives at the satisfactory conclusion that man ought to live 90 or 100 years. This idea is founded on the proportion the lives of animals bear to the length of time they take in growing. The duration of life is generally five times longer than the growth, according to which ratio the natural life of a man is fixed at about a hundred years. To attain this result, however, it is necessary to follow the laws of nature, and to adhere to some of the great principles of health. The continuation of " Zaidee " relates the failure of the unfortunate little heroine in her part of nursery governess to the unruly tribe of juvenile Disbrowes. If the younger members of the family resemble their elder sisters, it is not to be wondered that they are disagreeable and unmanageable ; and we cannot admire the taste of Mr. Edward Lancaster in selecting the bustling Charlotte for his wife. Mrs. Disbrowo herself, with her really kind heart under all her model management, is the most attrac tive of the family. At the conclusion of this instalment, . a new home and new frier,ds are offered to Zaitlee, whom we shall no doubt meet again in another country with other companions. A criticism on the "Poetry of the War, reviewed before Sebastopol," contains notices of Alnia, and other poems by R. C. Trench, and Sonnets on the War. The critic asserts he has read the poems " with the accompaniment of the frequent guns," and therefore cannot review them in other than a kindly spirit. He renders full justice to the merits of all the authors, though some isolated expressions naturally excite his ridicule, especially the epithet of " cold demons," which he declares to upset all one's most cherished ideas on the subject. We think the suspicions he expresses as to the public estimation of military merit to be unfounded, and scarcely fair, as, although we have a Peace Society, we have never withheld our tribute of admiration from the distinguished soldiers of ancient or modern times. " The Campaigns of a French Hussar" is founded on the memoirs of Colonel Combe, who was engaged in the campaigns of 1812, 1813, and 1814-15, aFrench work lately published. At the pre sent time it is curious to read such narratives and compare them with recent events. A criticism on " Modern Novelists, Great and Small," ridicules and deprecates the system of quarrelling which has recently crept into works of fiction. Certainly the instances given are numerous—" Jane Eyre," "North and South," "Grace Lee," " Agatha's Husband," &c. The critic asks, "Do you think that young lady is an angelic being, young gentle man ? Do you compare her to roses and lilies, and stars and sunbeams in your deluded imagination ? Unhappy youth ! She is not an angel. She is a fair gladiator." In despair he exclaims— " Shall all our love stories be squabbles after this? Shall we have nothing but encoun ters of arms between the knight and the lady—bitter personal altercations and mutual defi ance ? It is a doleful prospect." Notes on Canada and the North-West States of America contains some interesting details of transatlantic life. A criticism on the Royal Scottish Academy takes a brief review of the progress of Northern Art. It is remarked that to those who remember what it was thirty years ago, the present exhibition of the Academy must seem especially wonderful. A con versation on " The Cold Shade," and the continu ation of " The Story of the Campaign," conclude the number. Lublin University.—" The Dramatic Writers of Ireland" has several names in its list this month ; the first mentioned is that of William O'Brien, who, it is remarked, is a solitary instance of an actor who made his fortune by marriage. His social elevation was, however, the ruin of his histrionic prospects, for the noble family to which he allied himself procured him a foreign appoint ment in lieu of his profession at home. Simons does not rank very high as a dramatist, having only written a short comedy and a farce, but he is mentioned here on account of his peculiarities. "In imitation he was strong as a Hercules, a per fect giant, superior to Caulfield, Foote, Wilkin son, or even the late Charles Matthews." He played Jane Shore as Mrs. Siddons, and Alicia as Mrs. Crawford, and a person whose eyes were shut might have thought that the two great actresses were in the place. O'Keefe was unfortunately blind nearly all his life, but that did not prevent his being one of the most prolific writers ; ho gave a list of sixty-eight all his own, and was not sure that this number comprised all. " Scottish Cavaliers and Jacobite Chieftains" is very interesting. " We will leave," it is exclaimed at the commencement, " the cold patriotism of the Dalymples, and the calm wisdom of President Forbes to cast back a glance on Scottish worthies of less prudence and more spirit, Montrose, Dun dee, and Lochiel. Would we had such men by Sir Colin Campbell's side wherever he may be above ground this day with his bonnetted warriors.' Some verses of the admirable poem in which Aytoun describes the last moments of Montrose are quoted here, including that glorious verse— " He is coming, lie is comin2., Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero fr,,m his prison, To the scaffold and the doom. There was glory iu his forehead, There was lustre in his eye, • And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die." It is a curious fact that is related of the devoted Flora Macdonald, that the shrciud which she was • buried in was made of the sheets which Lady Kings burgh had lent the Prince when ho took refuge in her house. This shroud Flora Macdonald kept by her from the days of her heroic youth till she died, at the age of seventy. She sleeps in the churchyard of Kilmure, her grave unmarked, but, as it is truly said here, her memory lives in the traditions of her country, and her name is hallowed by all who reverence heroism. " Hans Christian Andersen ; his Life and Writings," forms the sub ject of a very interesting article. The Danish poet, novelist, and traveller, is well worthy of at tention, as being one of those who has not attained his eminence by sudden flights of fortuitous circum stance, or friendly assistance: He had to toil upwards alone and unaided. His most striking comp.si tion, the " Improvisatore," was composed in Italy. " I am a poet" was his exulting exclamation, as ho s tood ou the brink of Vesuvius, and well does he prove the truth of his boast. It is said that his life is a " romance of reality." " Onward up the hill" was the secret cry of his heart, and now great men and princes, yea, kings and queens, greet him kindly and take him by the hand, and tell him how they admire his works and his heroic victory in the great battle of life—and so the crosses and stars of four orders of knighthood glitter on his breast, and he is .the friend and companion of the great and noble, and the cherished author of innumerable works in both hemispheres—be, the son of the poor Odenshee shoemaker." " The War Budget" suggests some remarks of a dis paraging nature, which is only what might be ex peded from such a failure. "Recollecting," it is said, " the able and brilliant men who have held the office, it is painful to consider how incompetent the present Chancellor is. The only consolation (the writer goes on to say) is in the fact of the people of England being dissatisfied with the affair, and, consequently, •it is in the highest degree im probable that we shall ever again be called upon to review another budget of Sir Cornewall Lewis." " Ninette Pompon" is the name of a tale which is given in this number; it describes French peasant life in the era of the Revolution, and is well told. The plot of the story turns on the old idea which is immortalised in. the legend of Roland, who fell at Roncesvalles, and which is ever and anon reappea . ring in fiction in all ages and countries. The lover is supposed to die in battle, the object of his aff e ctions is informed, and hence mistakes and miseries arise. In the instance before us Ninette was to blame for the imprudent step she took ; she affords an other proof of the folly of concealment and subter fuge. On the other hand, Hubert Dessert is an example to hasty persons, who will prejudge and presuppose, and rush madly. on, following the bent of their own fancies, instead of seeking information calmly and deliberately. "De Re Pootica" con tains some well-expressed thoughts, and some good ideas on the subject of which it treats ; but one point is strange in the remarks made, where Word sworth is placed above Shelley, and the latter's beautiful Ode to the Skylark declared inferior to the former's lines on the same subject, which, though certainly good, and possessed of merit, immortality. d ; Poetry, tlwoialerejtgrbiu.iymoes are immeasurably surpassed, both in fire of genius and beauty of language, •by Shelley's composition. Some valuable advice is given to the writers after the remarks have been aoar i gt s yeevo a , nfe pl r tfeo o t dye o e.t f v . ar o yelsli f nriie t n tnshm a ioal t va i: y s el. made to the readers :—" Poetry is the expression historian and a of the want of something better than this world can give. God has giveui us no want which has not its i) n) per prophet—the historian of a glory that is passed, the y ps 1 1 00 o e t Its :l c :Ia , prophet t v a e o slt f v( otghe but o c: s p e t o n h i n o a : ab e t shall vl r ee , ex alted subject, and in a spirit kindred to the great ness of the cause it advocates, and appreciating the excellenoe of the art it upholds, the writer wisely concludes for the present his reflections, which are inspired by love and admiration for the glorious HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. 'ffls DAY —Nornin, 57 min.aftei 1 I Eveningl4min. a r t. 2 To.Koz iw w - Mornim 33 unn.after 2 j Eveni,.,g 48 min. att. 2 THE WEATHER.—Sui 0,71011, May. 2. THIEBNONETZB, IN THB SWAIM. 53 —highest since noon yesterday. 41.—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day, at noon. BAROMSTICR, 30'10. Wrrin, N.N.E.—Light breeze, with fine, sunshiny weather. The wind took a sudden change yesterday even ing to its old quarter. It was full moon this morning at three o'clock. =fd: ~ ~~^~ ZA L) , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1855. The House of Commons really does seem dis posed to show a little more interest in the nation's business. At the division on the Loan Bill on Monday night, the number of persons elected to do the business of the country who contrived to be present positively amounted to 321, nearly half the members ! Later in the evening, when Mr. MILNES and Mr. LOWE proposed to make the Times a present (in addition to Mr. GLAD STONE'S of last year) of 1251. for every number with a supplement, say of 375/. per week, or about 20,0001. per annum—the house actually mustered some 346 members, rather more than half its members. A majority of 174 collected together to express the general feeling about the shameless proposal. Very well in its way this. A rather hopeful sign that 260 independent and honour• able members dared to incur the penalty of a black cross against their names in the Parliamen tary Register of the Great Implacable. If, how ever, they want to show their assiduity or their courage scope will not be wanting. It is some thing, to be sure, to beard the Times ; but it will be somewhat more to brave the dis pleasure of a Prime Minister, of a Cabi net, of a whole Aristocracy, their officials and their inveterate system, of the CODURGS and the Court. The infuriated muster against Mr. LAYARD last Friday shows what an honest reformer of aristocratic abuses must expect. His firmness on that occasion does him infinite honour. He seemed perfectly unmoved by the sanctimo nious bray around him ; and he has but to de velope his resolutions with equal firmness to gain for himself a lasting reputation, and to render h:s country an invaluable service. We take the scene of that evening as a pretty fair proof of the real quality of our present House of Commons. It is one quite ready to swarm together to vanquish if it could a solitary ' denouncer of aristocratic misrule, and ready, too, to exult in seizing hold of some trivial errors of statement, and to hoot down the weightiest ques tion of the hour on the strength of them. Dur ing the whole session we have not seen the House look so exceedingly small. While it thought to put down Mr. LAYARD, it only compelled him to despise its hypocrisy, and sunk itself in the eyes of all Europe as well as of all England. Mem bers racked themselves to put him on the rack Parliamentary ; but unluckily he would not even Wince. He was completely victorious. Let the country see to it that his victory be not a barren one. vocation which has kept alive in man's fallen na ture the worship of the beautiful and the reverence of the sublime. Colburn's New Monthly Magazine.—" One or Two Habits of Young France" is a smart sketch, which sums up the moat remarkable peculiarities of a certain class of the French. An amusing ac count is given at the end of the false appearances kept up by various people, which is designated by the word " blague." " The Women and the Salons of France" is an interesting article, in which the subject is viewed in three lights—under the Empire, the Restoration, and the Monarchy of July. After descriptions of the various styles that pre dominated, and fashions that flourished, it is said that the nineteenth century is very far removed from the time when a La Rochefoucauld said to a Duchess of Longueville— " Pour rn4riter son cosur, pour plaire ses beaux yeux J'ai fait la guerre aux roil; je l'aurai faite aux dieux !" Some account is given of " The Zouaves," in a paper at the end of the magazine, which it is likely will be welcome, considering the contra dictory statements that have been made concerning them. In completing the brief notice of their origin, and summary of their chief exploits, it is observed that " Alma, Inkerman, numerous re pulses of sorties, and other gallant struggles before the walls of Sebastopol have testi fied that they are still the same gallant corps as in Africa, and their countrymen look to their occupy ing on the day of assault the same place which they did at Constantine and at Zaatcha." " Sarah Beauclerc," the continuation of the long and com plicated story called the " Elopement," becomes very critical in this number. It is evidently the intention of the author to decry the system esta blished in France of " Marriages de Convenance," a plan which is productive of so much misery and crime. The tale is, however, too tardily narrated; there is great feeling displayed in some parts, but the interest would be greater if it was more concen trated in detail. "The Parapluie Vert" is a, ludi crous anecdote of a man who, many years ago, paid a visit to the Gallic capital, carrying with him many articles of vertu, as he thought, in his wardrobe ; but before all things he valued his green umbrella. Wherever he went it was his primary object to look after its safety, and he was continually losing it and distracting every one around in seeking it out. At last he lost it for ever, and the confusion may be imagined. Other articles of merit are to be met with, conspicuous among which, in point of interest, may be men tioned "Moor Park, as it was and is." Bentley's Miscellany. Bentley opens with a retrospect of the Imperial visit, and the cordial welcome given by the people to their distinguished guests. A paper en " French War Pamphlets" takes a raviow of some of the modern political writers of Paris. Mr. Harrison Ainsworeh con tinues his romance of " The Spendthrift," in his characteristic style. The clever and attractive author who writes under the title of Monkshood gives us this month an article " About the Essay ists and Reviewers," first of whom he has placed William Hazlitt. A very interesting sketch is given of his life and writings, in which it is ob served that his character as a man has interfered with his reputation as a writer. To strangers his manners were repelling, and to his friends he ap pears to have. manifested suspicion and want of confidence. " Morbidly suspicious, irritably sen sitive, he staggered those who knew him slightly by a seemingly cynical reserve, and those who knew him well, and prized him sincerely, by a seemingly capricious distrust." Charles Limb, though one of his greatest admirers, says, " What bath soured him and made him to suspect his friends of infidelity towards him, when there was no such matter, I know not. I stood well with him for fifteen years. I never betrayed him, I never slackened in my ad miration of him ; I was the same to him though he could not see it as in the days when he thought fit to trust mo . . . I wish he would not quarrel with the world at the rate he does; but the reconciliation must be effected by himself, and I despair of living to see that day." The motto which Hazlitt adopted showed which of his facul ties he esteemed most highly, "For I, am nothing if not critical." Th e wr it er t a k es a brief review of his lectures on the Elizabethan ,literature, and on the English Poets. Of the " Spirit of the Age" h e writes as follows : `The Spirit of the Age' is perhaps the best known and most generally relished of Haziitt's works. Freely and without respect of persons he there canvasses his contemporaries, literary and political ; takes their mea sure, and reports it without fear or favour ; nothing ex tenuates, where they have bad or weak po nts, and sets down a good deal in rua!ice whether they have or not. Here his keenness of scrutiny, his talent for portraiture (which looks so like' that one disregards the exaggera tion, the frequent distortion, the heightened colouring), his skill in comparative anatomy, his bi.ing ridicule, hi.- enthusiasm of admiration and of bate, the peculiarities of his style, sharply sententious, eagerly iterativeare seen to the best advantage. A procession stalks before us of peers and poets, preachers and politicians ; and the cicerone calls them all by name so familiarly, and de scribes their nature and their arts so vivaciously, that we cannot choose but see them out to a man, whatever we may think of his mariner of appraising them. There is the detested if not dreaded Gifford, retainer to the muses, a doorkeeper to learning, a lackey in the State'— Wilberforce, 'anxious to do all the good he can without hurting himself or his fair fame'—Bentl am, Meditating the coming age,' and Lamb, ever turning pensive to the past'—' Eldon plods on through the street, with the best natured face in the world, and au umbrella under his arm, his only fault the inability to say Nay to power—Byron is seen, making man after his own image, woman after his own heart,—Wordsworth, reading his own poetry, while at favourite passages his eye beams with preter natural lustre,—Moore converts the wild harp of Erin into a musical snuff-box,—Godwin strives, in vain, to pass the Arctic Circle of moral science, and its Frozen Regions, where the understanding is no longer warmed by the affections, nor fanned by the breeze of fancy,— Coleridge's faculties are watched gossiping away their time, and gadding aboutfrom house to house,—Brougham screams with high unmitigated voice,'—Jeffrey writes like one accustomed to public speaking,'—Southey, with peaked austerity of countenance,' sits upright in his chair,' turning from reading to writing, by a stop-watch, —Scott issues what is almost like a new edition of human nature,' as the only amanuensis of truth and history,'—and Chambers is seen, in prophetic fury in the. pulpit,' like Balfour of Burley in his cave, when he contended with the imaginary Satan, gasping for breath, and the cold moisture running down his face. The Spirit of the Age' is the best voucher for Coleridge's description of its writer, long years before it was written, as a thinking, observant, original man ; of great power as a painter of character portraits,' and skilled to 'send well-feathered thoughts straightforward to the mark with a twang of the bowstring.' It abounds with proofs of these straightforward missives, with echoes of the twang, and sometimes with easternly killing marks, of the bowstring." Two papers which follow this interesting article are both descriptive of foreign wanderings in Egypt and Italy. A criticism on some of the pictures of the forthcoming Academic Exhibition tells us that Mr. Maclise, Mr. Millais, Mr. Egg, and .many other well-known names are among the con tributors. Mr. Stanfield's admirers will •be glad to learn that he has produced a com panion to the beautiful picture of " The Vic tory towed into Gibraltar." The subject is the siege of San Sebastian, when it was taken, in 1813. Mr. Maclise's picture is au illustration of the assembled court, in "As you like it." Mr. Millais's subject is one that must give full display to his peculiar powers—a fire by night and the resWe of some children, whose mother watches in agony their danger. Mr. Egg, in addition to two pictures illustrative of the " Life" and " Death" of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, has a third picture representing the meeting of Curran s daughter with the unfortunate Robert Emmett. in prison. All admirers of Moore will at once re member the ballad referring to this unhappy lady, " She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps." From these, and many others which are described, we should feel inclined to concur in the writer s hope, that the coming Paris Exhibition will not have interfered with the prospects of the Academy. Colburn's United Service.—ln connection with the war we have the narrative of the siege of Se bastopol brought down to the latest period—" Six Months with the Expeditionary Army," a graphi cally descriptive paper, and " Destiny ; or, Two Incidents of InkernAn"—stories of two equally loyal and heroic foes, who are represented as having fallen by each other's hand, leaving behind them youth and beauty to deplore their untimely fate. Among the remaining papers, " Cuba, Past and Present," and " The Cam?) at Aldershott," are the most noticeable. The first presents a faithful picture of the past and present condition of that unfortunate island, and the latter describes the objects of the camp, and offers several practical suggestions. The Law Magazine contains an average number of papers of purely professional interest, together with au article on "Reformatories ;" a second showing the desirability of a " National Map" con structed on a given scale ; and a third (a continua tion) on " L.d. Brougham and Yana : his Profes sional and Parliamentary Career." The Art-Journal.—The principal illustrations of the May nui!iber are "Cupid and Psyche," from the picture by Uwins, and " The Battle of Maca nee, ' from the picture by Armitage, both in the Royal collection. The first is an excellent engrav ing of a beautiful subject, and the second of a stir ring one. " The Temptation," from the statue of M. Vande Vande, is well engraved, but as a whole we cannot speak favourably of the figure. Anion ----------------.. ---""'"; paintings by the minor illustrations four engravings of f sg • lnBili f commendation. Mrs. Merrifie'ld contin ues , 11 _7, to .1)3(1,1!.. W. Collins, iti. are deserving c)., valuable article " On Design as applied Work," and brings forward some elegint illasir, bons. Considerable space is taken up,and repel], .2y . a report of the late trial for libel again st to i aall, accompanied by editorial remarks. Astis there is a large number of notices. - MISCELLANEOUS. with the e ll ' Tait's Edinburgh Magazine opsns " Sot . ccuraginassertion "We do not despair. aug.re te withstanding the resultless campaign i 11 1 th e u h deplorable mistakes or misraanagne,',„ 01, nexpected difficulties of the siege of Sebasnt, the calamities of our high-hearted troop4llB'lth° liamentary condemnations, the resigns r OAP ubreak-up, make-up, and rebreak-up, an;; - e i o p er Pof Ministers—Nve do not despair. _ . 10 - suance of this encouraging idea, the writer,cl3i. ceeds froin d o le , to lay down his plans for the a' nutions c of territory to be exacted tionsl ,__ zar and his ally. Re arrives at ft,__rssie elusion that few will dispute, tbat Tdee, is no longer worthy of a place among the Fl o e re tial Powers. The remainder of the arti c .‘ e ga• chiefly on literary topics.—Sh ar p tine contains its usual variety of tales and abets sign of an agreeable and entertaining cliaracter.o si,a Pretty engravings of the " Park and Palace,_d, the " Boulevards of Brussels," are p r T ne lat ' Harry Coverdale's Courtship," by the P ° th e t he author of " Frank Fairleigh, bag r eac tab s $ topics. —Sharpe London oo seventh ‘ number.—Hogg' _lnstructor co n ]leg' ' Criticism on Dr. Arnold," by George 'vetoer in his characteristic style. An ".Ess a Y. °ll ual ber ' Bell" is one of the chief features in this n oc i e de which we are sorry to sees does ° Ap o 1 the pleasing domestic story of '' Sis t i er descr iptio n ° I Newton's London Journal gives a c'e : s h cA i' s ole i c) ; twenty-four_ recent patents, among whi c ., t ijes 161 ' C_ . E. Minie's for improvenients in Plin it fire-arms. The usual scientific notios an eieg ot grants are given. —Le Follet has four_ se the plates, and continues to maintain its P1i 3 ; 06 is ° best of its class.—The Biographical Afaetholeir very t excellent book. It gives this m onth 1,3,81; eresting memoirs, among them Edg ar )I 'l4v: nard Palissy, and William Penn.-49%0f is a monthly record of Civil and Meeh ani •,,e t e neering, Ship Building, Steam Navigaitt;vle, It application of Chemistry to the Indusrial:el a tion• contains much useful and scientific inft:l -------- ..s. EXHIBITION OF PICTUP 14RJ --.--- cel e ' his Three grand original pictures bY th e if e o_ .. , painter Martin—his latest productionslb gPii. best—are now being privately exhibited L t flew s Leggatt and Co., Cornhill, at the Or o° i 1 113 0 Threadneedle-street. The subjects are ,Wrstihj Last Judgment," " The Great Day of ti;ioetateof and " The Plains of Heaven. When this 004 every one acquainted with the pre/t o &Il e s this great master will anticipate a subilithere_4l of art ; nor will they be diszippointed• „flog' from, the studio of Martin could anY.th,Zth'ibs:66 and terrible as "The Great Day of LIT. o r ilia,so emanated, or what imagination save his t aof yi conceived and pictured the unearthly.beanoi vie bo i , Plains of Heaven ?" lii. the one vo tor od old the manifestation of a power relentless_ co g to ling, before which the mountains are, t ls the otb e fo b the heavens as a parchment scroll. it t ale e on o f scene such as the eye of a poet tin! l ea st tl i itS hours with delight. Of the three, t'l L e w ith 06 1 taste is " The Last Judgment," whiny), t he l a cje r merits, is disfigured by puerilitiee °' vie on, Bo l glaring description. All three pictureld etli stand, are about to be engraved in bel"" art. --------------- --..--.-.°.- ----porjOr" DEATH OF SIR 11ENIRY ' ' o pos e ! ------4"--- • • o bed c°- O Y 'We regret to state that this distingui . 005 0,, pi expired on Monday night, after a se vere 1 ~.. o btPle mately occasioned by a surgical had been recently subjected. We bu t lete t hig re!F r stl i sion to the distressing condition in which f gre''' plf eer u 7410' 0 gentleman was placed, after a to na ea,r b o ,a, ~ ..0 li serviceable activity in the cause of Engir t , c ost '„ l t ce, ll was he suffering from the malady s'4ll,c boostPedir life, but his daily maintenance depends° t is iistgt . upon the sympathy and assistance d 'erta lterj' i l e l li t° friends. The. concerts so enerously. un i ei,t, 5 c l ,be, operationlywoo ~ Mitchell, of Bond street, were de's° - ti ". 'ts O re ' or relieve him in some measure frorn the 8 t - s il b l ef f e ,. - O de he was cast by infirmity and bentoverYt v e d. tleee' te tb s , so productive as could have e ishe as o cle de bio painful circumstances a direct hpPeal,:gs be i ll o pr, public on behalf of one to whore it ° e t, if e ib lf; for many an hour of rational 36 11 / Se i , n : rot of the higher grounds which lisig"" w honi t :',l cr,4 s u e r n g t ed in favour of a composer t° i/, ie, ' t- 0 0 °' it rive Bishop, li u,ical reputation of the °l i b; S ir e , ti t aspect,ih. owes so couch' s, the priier n ice w is hic p h ro b s e pe o r u o g u i s it ttluccsetfaildi:tenede'''lt°ttinil'el 11131 i true.. em c 3 His_ case was but a furthe r .-- t n vvea lu -.lop seem, of genius, which seldo o / I ,:d 15603 ', O i ~ntne, cares to stoop to those consew ,ffeet 1 ; 0 05 we period or other, must so seriet'''' itablY re be cbar d ao s fo o l li on well being. Let him, therefore, omitted ‘ s point, and let him lie renreinbegvre er ° l he to do, hut for the n u ch b e ' ligt a5l ' accomplish. i The tame of Bishop w ill 1 1 0 o s b . o lg t .e love of gensiue melody finds a re , l )° , l3 , e n d s e°t p 0 1° bosom. Myriads have been r efresh °d - a - ,b 0 ',/,,, the "sweet minstrelsy " of his barP ; e,,,peref3,l",p susceptible of the influences of MOSie i'', a l btla- Not susceptible can fail to regard him as a f r ieria a " ill -j r., Such men may have their rs onsibilities the ir C o r' with society generally, but theyP also P ve h ebr 0.; and the claims of Sir Henry Bishop uPltlt, hits and and forgiving construction of the wfy sor. ds ,, overlooked in the estimates which the nu; 110;'$00 will suge-est. fie was born in tbe Yel",,,c of ' o6 lfp. itilently'he had reached the patriarchal o r bo riy 4 he died. Few men have redslabore s o 1 0 1) 0 , e e 0 productively, and so honourably, (lionising art as Henry Rowley BshP' 5- :t, will ever be held in venel:ati el l a : l *---------------,g VI) ARRIVAL OF M. DROUYS 11' IN FA BLS . I" - '9 0 1 . ..---41.--....... 0 or ri si . 01ofogi PARIS, Monday.—M. Drouyn de 11,810 01 this evening ;we may, therefore, cenela ~,. 0 0 0 0 , Conferences are not officially arid fornano/soj, they are so in fact. Should Russia be d ie ' f f e eif eti • , . ii I any further further propositions, they ran b e firie l tiei r li° rdinary ambassadors of the Powers at . 00 e .. . 0 0 result will have proved to the over4aeg,,lial igesOlci," the French Minister hew mistaken t'"',l o , P ili ng they declared that his presence at Vi ef fd ter lll ,j $ l / 2 4 taken as a proof that the conferences wool i s 0 °4 , 0 a pacific solution. This Government vi " ithie now rather satisfied than otberssio. tra7",,sir but the cause of that satisfaction lg fer e 00 Wi h c e l l a 0/ ; Off words, and not as yet to acts. •- t , ee, A supplementary Conference of the 26tot it r O 4 quest of the Russian Plenipotenti a rieej 00 Ite lo pyl that the representatives of the Allies ha',.bcliool4° sition to make, but sire I contented i' d c ao,° o o,o hearing the propositions PoEYßussia. l i b e i' t he P e i fo A f ol has been already stated, in declaring tb,!f o re t h , 0 0: 0 0 should be in the state in which it was u e d OtOrbot 11, niece clausurn, in which the Ruisien an ft" if only should have the right to navigate, , 1 1 ', 130 oe r orlY, eduction of the naval force of either. 0 ,0 0 0/ 4ion Russia would make was that she ,joso , by he right of Turkey to demand the ri o t pi4Ppi I li Great Powers whenever she shoul d r ' i - e c ' eul °o° Yp nenaced. Such a proposition was ' 00'0 0 4 ' l rejected by the Three Powers ;it e l e f 0 ,1 lightest security ag ainst the re eevla O et el f rO acts which have occasioned the ,pr e s as- 0 would secure the preponderance of for tli s fo .uxine, which no longer e xists ; an d ' fis iTa 4t fei r lei i turkey to call for the assistance o f tbe b 0 ai t : o pil , sa , when she saw herself in danger, ebe„,:cifil„,i,ar wised it without the necessity of a rir f prig s :he did so when the insolent dictation ( 3 o ,pg 0 0 1 , 3chilcoff left no doubt of the ulterior de7,009 1 "el peror Nicholas. It is almost incredible tbe.x:ll,L position could have. been made, or that is 1 1 ir i iaries could do otherwise than c oasi d f r ia 11$ O le 1 a the part of Russia to be again Pa" vre e m A 9 he advantages she has lost "bY r t h se ° o - 0 11 0 ;91 1 4 0 loubted whether Russia' was e l e gotia t e /itle yt fee t t , 4 3o h e e circumstances,ud propositions in sn eba asw demand. a basis t form n , w a pO r r p o t i 01 ei ° i object of Russia aasndonlsyetboaegtanipn;iio:7 31 - p o i t 0 ' , I has 1 I There can be no longer any illyston, a t ioa the on,, be enlightened her confidence in , ej. y must now be destroyed for eve-2>r. go ° --- il i e r e/ 1 THE--..-.'.............--- ----vc,pcs g e t ll fi Oi C V II .EMPEROR OF THE ....--- C i. sr• e° j• 9 liven POLICE.—AMOng, the otp . 0 9 .44 1 those to the police force. Sir itic he b dill, :vile men of received a valuable boVv't;oo of 1 1 9 1 • Hay, C eof . t ß b . e , the Cross rsoossoio.f the .1-ieg' OA, is m, regrooo PRINCE LUCIEN BONAPARTE.'" "-. Ce P - I V 0 d S ?fin O a 'i l e that on Saturday last his Ilighnes •A )t 1 6A111160 Bonaparte met with a serious nce leel . af ee ec i Y i ° in Westbourne-grove \Vest. /le v ie ,:beth a il lsti j .,6 -ters in his liLrar to reach a b o ok, 0 4 1 V, r t slipping, he fell ar Y el beoke his leg. v" -peidell,i;,r 1 ,1 - T h e fi. , , ~o v -• .4 his highness is going on well. .s ir t " "0 au source 4,f uneasines to the Jrin ° 0(1 3 . 0 ~ universally beloved and respected- ~,,t o o f t h ° ' el The embliers attending, the 19iu"-,bc 00 e el ° ,, I :.-11,t4:r5t5,al4t.eArlearalbsorf,olujogw11-81):1173,,durnig t ope i tlit' e o f 600 r e o r o on ' 0 1)/ A0 i fr Or I 1 P', and admitted free ; 417t1'ers t ee l"" ol , 'aye, and admitted as studens o n of t he o p mete, besides the regis:ered stud en : ep for •t the 4 schools. CRYSTAL PALACE.--The season t' i it , o a k . 0 , 4 0 0 year are reduced to one guinea, o° 9 witr;iif usual privilege of entry at all tini e o cl° 0 1°.,r, 'eason ticket holders are to hav e t . , 13° 0 o ° o l,olf' admission at the grand flower sho es ; bas, e , 0 10 0 when the fountains of the pine uPP o caav - rlf and also at the first disc's)" a the ca egt fountains, which i s expected to ta 'I