The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL LTAYNLARKET. :trader the management of M. Bnekatone. THIS EVENING. . _ ---- Wlll be performed. the new Flay, entitled THE ACTRESS OF 'PADUA. , - After which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAT= M ARKET SPRING MEETING. - To conciude with SHOCKING EVENTS. BOYAL PIaNCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. landorilla ilanagement of Mr. C a / a rse KERN. THIS EVENING, win be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Tlistorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principe) character by Mi. C. Kean, To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled TIE MULETEER OF TOLe.DO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI Proprisinr, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectrese, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the comedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Seley and Wright; Mims M. Keeley, Mrs. L. Murray. and Xi s Woolgar. To conclude with ANE EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. R')YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. - THIS EVENING. Will be performed TIT FOR TAT. After which, THE WELSHCharacters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called TUE YELLOW DW AD THE KING OF IIIE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Undes.tbe direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, bo perfOrmed THE VI AGE NIGHTINGALE. After w hich, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conettsdo with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ♦STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. T h e snowed Equidrama by Nem Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE After which, the SCENES in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke, the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world's wonder, will appear. Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephants will perform. To conclude with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE KEAIINEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-ofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Walt. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jan, 'UGH WATza AT LONDON BRIDGE Ttm DAT —Morning 45 m►n.after 9 I Evening 23 min. art.lo Te- toump—Morning G min-after 11 1 Evening 29 min.aft.ll I'HE WEATHER.—Eiva Orricai, May. 11. TELISMONZTEJL, 121 THE SZADII. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 53 —this day, at noon. BAROMrnin 29•52. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine mild weather. THREE o'CLoCK.—Thunderstorm, with heavy shower of hail and rain. . kSi ( ' ; ' LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1855. Sir ERSKINE PERRY has entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of the community, for the masterly manner in which he treated the im portant subject which he last night brought under the consideration of the House of Commons and the nation. He has already amply avenged the slight cast upon himself, and the gallant and dis tinguished body of men, of whom he was the faithful and efficient advocate, by the " count out "of Tuesday fortnight. The just claims of the Indian army can no longer be shelved by a Ministerial trick, or even by a Ministerial sneer. They have recently► received a small instalment of justice ; but, trivial and insignificant as was that instalment, taken per se, it might be regarded as the introduction of " the sharp end of the wedge," by means whereof the defences of ignorance and prejudice—by which a full measure of )nstice was obstructed and delayed will speedily be rent in sunder. Within little more than a fortnight the House readily gave the required hearing ; and, although we cannot but deplore the decision arrived at, we feel that the discussion was eminently useful, and that it has paved the way to the full and complete success, at some future and not very remote period, which the proposition so pre-eminently merited. DA us now look to the result of the division of last night. By a very decided majority of nearly three to one (l'a to 62), the representatives of the people of Great Britain resolved that it was not expedient or proper to appoint a select com mittee to inquire how the army of India might be made most available for war in Europe, or the steps necessary to be taken if it should be deemed advisable to constitute the army of the East India Company a Royal army. Matters are so exceed ingly auspicious just at this moment—the po- ' litical atmosphere is so perfectly cloudless, that Parliament can repudiate the services of several hundred thousand .veterans rather than wound the too tender susceptibilities of those who, having purchased their commissions, have a right to de mand that nothing should be done to depreciate the value of the commodity for which they have paid down hard cash. These gentlemen, or their friends, earnestly protest against " Free Trade" in military appointments. They must be pro tected against the competition of the tried and experienced veterans of the Anglo-Indian service, the Secretary for War gravely remarked, it is only fair that they should have their turn for acquiring a knowledge of military affairs, and that they may have the chance, the country is to submit to the loss of the services of men who could have avoided the mischances that more than quadrupled the losses occasioned by the War—and who might have led to its termination long ere this had they been employed. In other words, we have had to submit to an addition of sixteen millions to the permanent debt, an annuity of 116,0001. for thirty years, as well as an addition of more than fifteen millions to our taxes, with a prospect of an early and considerable addition thereto, in order to preserve the venal system of military pro motion intact, and to keep the patronage of India in the hands of a few elderly gentlemen, who ob tain ample interest for the money they invested in what was originally, and ever ought to have been, a purely mercantile speculation. As the time may not be distant, when Nobl• Lords (by courtesy) and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen will have to render accounts of their respective stewardships, it is well that their several constituents should be thoroughly cognisant of the nature of the votes given in opposition to Sir Ensirrsii PERRY'S Motion. What is it and, We regret , then, that has been thus summarily, be obliged to add, contumeliously rejeetea ie:id. of 457,000 trained men and 12,000 e . e thes e ! ! It i s t rue th a t a large proporti on of se men belong to the na tive population s , b ut t e h e reexaliso offi cered, have ever proved themselves when well and there aeniseives bravo and efficient soldiers ; some 50, 000 or 60,000 European soldiers, included in the list. It needed not of officers, whelming testimonials adduced by sir th over_ to prove the practical efficiency of thi s . in PEI ` EY c ent army. It is universally recognised, save p a e g ril l aPe - by some feather -bed warriors, who, in ri ght of aristocratic blood or considerable wealth, thi nk themselves entitled " to play at soldiers," an d to warn veterans from coming " between the wind an d their nobility ;" and yet, through some at. rd Precis of red-tapisn), the nation is to eschew the :ed in this practical and suited for any bad, It is a piece of folly that must be speedily got rid of, so that England may be enabled to show the mistake made in asserting that she is not a military na- Lion. Nearly two years ago, when Sir CHARLES WOOD was striving to perpetuate the government of "the Company," we pointed out the propriety of amal gamating the Company's and the Royal troops. We proved that there was no necessity for retain ing the complicated machinery in Leadenhall-street, and that the government of nearly 150,000,000 of her subjects should thenceforward be conduced in the name of the British Sovereign. An in competent Minister and a truckling and apathetic and prejudiced majority thought otherwise. We now have learned some of the evils arising from the India Bill of 1853. We shall know more on the subject, if Parliament be not warned in time. Unless it speedily pursue the course on which it should have entered two years since, ourselves and our children, and our children's children, will have to lament in sackcloth and ashes the legisla tive blindness or corruption which prevents us from availing ourselves of our most important resources during a life-and-death struggle against such a Power as Russia. We cannot with impunity suffer such a continued drain on our resources, for under the existing system India is a drain on, in place of becoming, as it would be, the right arm of, the empire. We are now fighting with that arm tied. We should free it, so as to bring all our force to bear against our gigantic and formidable opponent. If we had the services of the Indian Army we should rot be obliged to truckle to Germanism, or suhmit to discreditable terms in order to look for the assistance of Austria. The nation has every reason to complain of the mode in which public business is transacted in the House of Commons, and its results. There is far too strong a tendency to palaver, and too little dignity, order, and resolution discernible in its proceedings. If Honourable Members have only opportunity to display their oratorical powers, can further their private interests, or glide easily through the Session, they appear to be contented. The result is, towards the con. elusion much remains undone that ought to have been done, and much of what has been done has been done badly. It is said to be a sign of weak ness in an individual to be perpetually in arrears ; if so, the weakness of the House is most con firmed and distressing. It is always behind-band. The close of every Session finds it up to the neck in business that might have been done as it ought at an earlier period, but was left to be disgrace fully hurried through at last. The House, in fact, is deficient in business talent and public spirit, and what it has is over laid by Ministerial influence and routine. To be saved trouble Members permit themselves to be led by Ministers in anything but a creditable manner. They will suffer measures of the utmost importance to be hurried through committee without deliberation, and will daudle over and over again, by way of show, with measures of no importance, or measures that notoriously cannot pass. How well their business and moral calibre is appreciated by Ministers sufficiently appears from the history of the "Education (Scotland) Bill." When first introduced, the- House saw reason to reject it, and did so in a sufficiently marked manner. Nevertheless—and when we say it we mean it—to all intents and purposes the same bill was re-introduced to be again con demned. It was sufficiently disrespectful to have brought forward the bill a second time without alteration of its provisions. To do so a third time would be disgraceful ; and yet, in point of \ fact, the same bill was brought in a third time. Government had so little respect for the House, to say nothing of being so indifferent on the subject of the bill, as to suffer the Lord- Advocate to repeat the offence, and the House submitted patiently to the infliction. We have nothing to say at present respect ing the merits or demerits of the bill. It may be a good bill, one in every way calculated to effect its purpose, or it may be a bad one, hateful to the Scottish people, and likely to , prove injurious ; but whether good or the contrary, we say it was too bad to have the time of the House, now grow ing daily more valuable, taken up by the intro duction of a measure on which it had once and a second time pronounced a decided opinion by re jecting it. The House, however, has itself to thank for the impertinence. If it chooses to earn a character for indecision, want of earnestness and self-respect, it ought not to feel any surprise if it is treated accordingly. - It is not, however, by Ministers only, and in this instance the House has been so treated. The evil has extended further. Individuals are to be found who, session after session, pursue the same game, if in a less audacious manner. Look at the attempt so strenuously made to obtain the sanc tion of the House for the enclosure of Hamp stead-heath. On this measure the House has , most rightly, and by a large majority, pro nounced an unfavourable verdict, and yet, in one insidious shape or another, it has session after session been reproduced, and is again, we understand, to be presented. We are far from wishing a verdict of the House in all cases to be deemed final. Far from it. We are too well aware to what such a principle would lead. What we object to is the time lost to the country at this serious crisis, and the disrespect shown to the House by the reintroduction of measures to which the House is opposed, measures backed by no popular opinion, and that can only be carried by sheer im portunity, and against the better judgment of Honourable Members. We have indicated where the fault lies, and if the House will not set to work to remedy it we earnestly trust the public will set to work to reform the House. In a previous article we have noticed the at tempt which, for some time past,-has been made to have Hampstead-heath enclosed. A bill, it appears, is shortly to be brought before the House with this object. Need we say with what feel ings we are disposed to regard it ? Need we call on Honourable Members at once and indig nantly to reject it ? Whether we need or not, we cannot refrain from doing so. The measure is so unwarranted and of so pernicious a character, and the attempt to forward it has been so insidi ously and perseveringly pursued, that silence might be dangerous. Here we are, denizens of London, breathing an atmosphere of smoke and dust, some of us—poor clerks and artizans more especially—daily panting for fresh and wholesome air, a want the public parks but imperfectly sup ply, and yet Parliament must be pestered and its valuable time wasted with an impudent attempt to get it to do what would earn it deserved indig nation if it did—enclose a breezy wide-spread heath, which, b y a recorded will, is ever to remain open. to make. That, differ s an enclosure which the owner h as a l ega l r i g h t Tha widely from that of preventing tlve adm t might, save under ex treme circumstance in this will onl c y inter ference, but b e to preve n t the violati on o f a tes-- tator's intention, and the d !ic of a roans of health ga d enjoy/11,0a. MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very firmly, but with more offering. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken for export, and 2,000 on speculation), comprising 160 Pernam and Maran ham at sid. to 61d., 300 Egyptian at 4id. to 7d., and 1,500 Surat at 2/d. to 4d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady. There has been a moderate business done this week in colonial produce, but the purchases aril still for immediate wants only. Sugar has gene. rally been at full rates, with a good inquiry, and although the aggregate transactions in coffee have not been numerous, the rates have slightly ad vanced. Rice has ruled heavy, and saltpetre has been dull of sale. Spices have sold slowly at for mer values. Tea has rather improved in demand, and cotton has been brisk. Tallow has declined, and hemp as well as flax have been dull. Indigo is firmer since the first day's sale. The ships Ellenborough and Kate have arrived from Sydney. The amount of gold they bring is not yet known. Messrs. D. Bell, Sun, and Co. report that the market for American Stocks has been quiet during the past week, with but little alteration in prices : Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868.-1061 1071 United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed Stock 1867-1868...106 107 New York State 5 per Cent. do 1858-1860.- 90 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. do. Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85 Massachusetts.s per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...100 102 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92 93 Alabama 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83 84 irginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6p. Cent. (Seer. Bondi') _1857-1865 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 82 Do. do. do. 1874...7x3 Do. do. do. 1884... 72 74 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 67 68 Michigan Central 8 per Cent. Bonds Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859... 94 95 Pennsylvania Central G p. Cent. Mortgage Bonds 1880... 88i 89 New York and Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort gaga, Convertible 1859... 90 92 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage; Convertible 1883... 81 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund ...78 80 The English Stock Market has been dull, and from the shortness of the present account, the speculators are not likely to enter freely into trans actions. Consols have been 881 1, and since 88i g. The New 3 per Cents. have been 87i to 88k, and the Reduced 871 Bank Stock is rather heavy at 209, and India Stock at 2304. Exchequer Bills are at Bs., and India Bonds at 15s. pm. The Omnium is at s to IT pm. Foreign Securities have been very inactive. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 201 to 21, and Brazilian Old Stock is supported at 991. Spanish Deferred have been supported at 181 11, and the Certificate is at 4. Turkish Bonds are in request at 74. to 75k. Dutch 2i. per Cents. are at 63. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds Gi to 7 ; Mexi can, 20/ to 21 ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 36/ to 37/; Ditto Certificates, 3 to 4 ; Ditto Passive, Al to 4. For Railway Shares there has not been much inquiry and the quotations continue firm. In foreign shares less is doing. The Foreign and Colonial Mines are neglected, the Joint Stock Banks are steady and the Miscel laneous Shares without change. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( From the Official liit. I Business done Stink Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Alumni e 5........ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - 981 New 3 per Cent. Annuities Lonepiainuities, Expire sth Jan., 18E0 Ditto, 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 11-16 India Stock ..... 2301 Lidia Bonds, £lOOO .........,.. .............. Ditto, under tlOOO l5 17 einsolg ,'or Account, 30th May £3Bq i 9 81 Omnium '!xefiequer Bills, 21d. £l000 %al , 9 11 i;xchequer Bonds 1858, 3} per Cent. 94 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 994 dexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 45 per Ceut — Ditto Small Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent lrli Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lBi Ditto for the Account lBi Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4 Curkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account.... Ditto Small .. 754 nividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 63 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols BBi i Ditto, May Account MARSEILLES, May 9.—The quay of the Joliette is encumbered with cannon, gun carriages, bomb shells, and a troop of very fine artillery horses, which are being embarked on steam-vessels and transports, to reinforce the army in the Crimea. The quantity of gunpowder shipped and to be shipped for the East is incredible. One of the Rhone boats alone brought down 150 tons of gunpowder, 100 tons of bomb shells, and 100 gun car riages. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Verdi's long-promised opera, Il Trovatore (the "Troubadour") was produced last night, in the presence of a crowded and brilliant audience, with great success. Madame Viardot Garcia made her first appearance this season, as Azucena, the gipsy, and was received with enthusiasm. The other par's were sustained by Mademoiselle Jenny Ney, Si g . nors Tamberlik, Graziani, and Tagliafico. The opera ie splendidly put upon the stage. 11 Trovatore is to be re peated to-morrow. ROYAL VISIT TO THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.— Last evening her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, Princess Hohenlohe, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Adelaide Hohenlohe, Princess Feodore Hohenlohe, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Victor Hohenlohe, accompanied by Lady Gainsborough, Lard Camoys, Baron Tre3kow, General Buckley, Captain du Plat, Mr. Gibbs, &c., honoured this institution by a visit. The building was closed throughout the day, in order that the necessary preparations might be made for the reception and ac commodation of the royal party, her Majesty having ex pressed a particular desire that the visit should be per fectly private. Prince Albert expressed his high gratification and that of her Majesty at the varionn entertai:aments which had been provided for them, and the royal party left the institution shortly after eleven o'clock. LATEST NEWS. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROII FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 11. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this day reached him from Lord Raglan. "SEBASTOPOL, MAY 10. " The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning, but were driven back immediately. A second and similar attempt shared the same fate. "Nothing could be better than the conduct of the troops who took part in the affair. The loss of the enemy was serious." the fi . s i s e__ `l`7 6 oakmen educat( ' . - -661 : ° anised - Ital i m ill l 7 , - 44071-L4 • , .I - U,t 00 3 A 4 ;1 , . - - , . ( :: 41, -, ' ••••• THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, THURSDAY. The Orion, screw line-of-battle ship, arrived at eight this morning. The Cossack, Arrogant, Esk, Tartar, and Archer have arrived at Farosund, with nine colliers for the fleet. HAMBURG, MAY 8. The Aland Islands are denuded of Russian troops. Several English ships have already ar rived before Ro3dhamm, near Ledsund. REVEL, APRIL 29. H.M. steamers Conflict, Imperieuse, and Arro gant appeared off Baltic Port yesterday, and noti fied the blockade, at the same time stating that a term of seven days would be allowed neutral ships to depart with the goods they then hici on board, but that from the moment of the declaration of blockade no goods must be taken in, but ballast only. Letters from Helsingfors, of the 26th ult., state that the formation of the 26 battalions of Fin landers, ordered by the late Czar, is now eorn- plete SARDINIA. TURIN, MAY 10. The amendment of MM. Collegno and Desam brois on the Convents Suppression Bill has been accepted by the Government. The votes in the Senate were-47 for, 45 against. There were two absent. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. An Imperial decree opens an extraordinary credit of 1,880,000 f., in addition to a previous one of 360,000 f., for defraying that part of the expense of clearing the approaches to the Exhibition Palace, which devolves on the State. Another Imperial decree opens an extraordinary oredit of 522,019 fr. for tho payment of the interest and sinking fund of the Greek loan. The assassin Pianori signed yesterday his appeal to the Court of Cassation against the sentence of the Court which condemned him to capital punish ment as a parricide. The documents have all been sent up to the Court of Cassatiion, who will decide to-morrow or the day after. It appears that Pianori has consented, in case the Court throws out his appeal, to sign a petition for pardon. Hence, it is inferred, that he has made, or is ex pected to ms.ks, disclosures. BOURSE, MAY 1 4 1—CLOSING PRIORS. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 75 —f. ---o. 3 per Cents 6B 60 68 CO Credit Mobilier 787 50 Roman Credit Fon cier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt — RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 647 50 Rouen Cette 625 Strasburg Mediterranean IOEI 25 Havre 550 -- Northern RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 30th ult., says :—" The Emperor has addressed the following autograph letter to General Prince Gortschakoff 111., commander of the 6th corps d'armee In consideration of your excellent services, and es pecially of those which you rendered on the disembarka tion of the enemy in the Crimea, and as a testimony of the bravery which you displayed in the affair of the Alma, where you personally led regiments to the combat, we deign to nominate you a member of the order of Alexander Newski, the insignia of which we send herewith, and we remain well disposed towards you. April 22 ALEXANDER.' " The Emperor recently sent a reply to the I otter written to him by Prince Woronzoff ; and in it he expresses his regret that the health of the prince will not allow him to continue to serve the State, and states that he hopes that he will soon recover for the advantage of the throne and the country." We have received the St. Potent) _ _ purg journal of the 2d and 3d inst. The Jou.? nal de St. Petersbourg of the 2d pub lishes a long list of promotions in the army. General Stroganoff 11. is appointed Governor- General of New Russia, instead of General Annen koff 11., who is appointed Comptroller of the Em pire, maintaining his dignity as Member of the Council of the Empire and Aide-de-Camp General. The Invalide lensse publishes the following, under the heading " News from the Crimea" : "The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) April, ebnt4ins the news a:ready known by the last telegraphic despatch from Kieff, viz., that the fire of the enemy against Sebas topol sensibly diminished, and that the damage done to our works and the losses of the garrison decreased in proportion. " The approaches which the enemy are pushing in dif ferent directions advance very slowly, impeded by the well-directed fire of our artillery. In the fear of counter mines the enemy does not fire his mines at a distance less than 30 sagenes from Bastion N 9. 4; and on that point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his five entonnoirs into a general place darmes has not been achieved, as the crowning of his two principal entonnoirs has been destroyed by two mines which we fired." The siege journal, which accompanied this re• The Queen will hold a levee (the last this season), to- port, contains the following details of operations day, at St. James's Palace. In the evening, h er Ma- which have taken place before Sebastopol, from the jesty, accompanied by the illustrious visitors at present, 7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April : enjoying the royal hospitality, will honour the amateur "On the 7th (19th) of April one of our batteries si performance at Drury-lane Theatre ,with their- presence. lanced two French batteries, the guns of which were dis ., Her Royal Highness the_Duchess of Cambridge and mounted and the ernbrasua s destroyed. the Princess Mary honoured the performances at the "On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and English Dragoons) ap _ The Co un t ess o f Galloway and family have arrived in peared'before the ad vance d posts of the detachment of Eaton-squa re , f or the season. L ord Galloway i s expecte d Tchorgonm, near the village of Komara, with 6 guns from Scotland shortly, and about 10,000 Turkish infantry. After exchanging The Earl an d C ountess of Listowel and family have a few shots with our Cossacks and Greek volunteers, arrived at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, for the these troops ret urne d to camp. season. " In the night between the 7th and Bth (19th and 20th) The Countess of Abingdon was presented to her Ma- April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments jesty, at the Drawing Room, on the 2d of May, by in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, but received with Frances, Countess Waldegrave, the bayonet and grape, they were compelled to make a The Earl Granville transacted business at the Council- hasty retreat. office, yesterday. The noble earl a'so joined his col- "In the night between the Bth and 9th (20th and leagues at the Cabinet Council, en Wednesday. 21st), the English, having left their trenches in three Preparations are made at Dover to receive a first por- columns, again attacked the lodgments in front of Bas tion of the Foreign Legion, shortly expected in England. tion 3. The second company of the carabineers of the A West-end tradesm an i s a b out to send to the Paris chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made a brilliant charge Exhibition jewell er y o f th e va l ue of 120,0001., including with the bayonet, a tiara which has cost 5,0001, pelled them t o sna k e a pnig hrecip an it a te retreat. . The eamer Solent, for Brasil and Buenos "During the same e nem y's steam-frigate t and having routed the enemy, coin - Ayres has taken out 40,365/. The dollars mail steamer dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer were a le n f d t sthtreeifletezeat bay)(wli continuesaichndkeepng a i att a distance anchisotrinee of moreKamiesh sold to-day at 594 d. per ounc e , b e i ng an a d vance of d. than 1,000 sagenes from the batteries and forts of the per ounce on the price realised for those by the previous coast, opened fire at different intervals ; this attempt packet. This rate, however, and even a slightly higher was renewed with as little success the following night. one, was paid for a limited quantity early last week. " Since then, up to the 12th (241 h), the enemy has Mr. Truefitt, of the Burlington Arcade, has recently opened a Balon in his establishment which justly merits a done nothi ng o f i mportance . O n our s id e a ll the d amage done to our fortifications has been completely repaired, passing notice, from the successful manner in which it has been decorated by Mr. C. Broadbridge, the architect, flank of the Sellinghinsk redoubt and four large lodg- I and we have constructed a new battery on the right R as e s n is a t i e s d sa b n y ments, which have been immediately occupied by rifle ce,MarndWihreritarbietahuexarhtaisvte. reference to the the men. events of r " A report has been rece i v ed from the detachm en t a t room affo Eupasoria, announci ng th a t on the 11th (23d Ap r il), 10 room Ihse the present best war. possible The lig l h a t n f t r h o o m rn a bshovaepe for of the the to 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry and 8 to 80 bat not surpassed by any other apartment de:ig lnf a nt ry, . , . talions of with field artillery , advanced by the display of artistic effects, contributing to a tout . en sem ble ne for tongue of land towards the village of Saki, but on per trade purposes in the world. ' ceiving our squadrons advanc ing . from Touzli the Turks they were within four worsts of Saki." by A order solemn of the Te French D eu rn a w m a s b a s to c .lebrate the happy escape of the Emperor of the , The Invalide Busse also publishes the following:-- r a g d ° a r t , Florence count de ()n Montessuythe 4th, place atE922"09. 4lit ntii ult. .. , . , retreated _ before French from assassination. A 411 . m.114 ceremony tow& 1 g‘ Aiaele.Carep (korai Linea G3rtrdiaka 14,23 - . -, , A "4' sent the following telegraphic despatch via Kieff, dated 15th (27th) April : " 'From the 12th to the evening of the 15th (24th 27th) nothing of importance had taken place before Sebastopol ; - the fire of the enemy is slack. We have constructed, under their fire, on an eminence 100 sagenes in advance of Bastion No. 5, a series of lodgments, which have been converte,l into a continuous trench. " Our loss during these days was not important. " The approaches of the enemy do not a !vane° ; their mininz operations are directed against the left Ewa Of Bastion No. 4, but they are still at some distance.'" THE BALTIC. HAMBURGH, MAY 8. We learn from Elsinore, under date of the sth inst., that the Conflict corvette, screw, of eight guns,. Captain Brown, had arrived there from the vicinity of Battort port to repair damages done to her helm and copper through the frequent contact with the ice. It is not thought she will be very long detained in undergoing examination and the necessary repairs she may require. Au account from Wisby, of the 16th April, men tions that the western coasts of the island of Goth lamd had been free from ice at that date ; but that much of it remained on the eastern side, and as far up as Faro Sound, which, however, by this time has disappeared. The first Lubeck steam-boat for the season had reached Stockholm in safety on the morning of the sth inst., according to a telegraphic notice which reached the first-named place ou► the 6th. From this it may be inferred that the navigation there is completrAy open at the present moment. TURKEY. - - - CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.—The electric tele graph is now at work from Sebastopol to London. Under the dark and foggy Euxine the wire runs from Balaklava to the bold headland of Kala kria, which juts out into the sea about 14 miles north-east of Varna. From this point it is carried along the shoals to the monastery about six miles from the town, and thence it is buried underground to the station near the house of the British Consul. The deserted town has been a little brightened during the last few days, during which the messages of the Western Governments and the public in general have been transmitted at reasonable rates, and the French telegraphic staff, with its array of books and instruments, has been established at Varna. For five days, however, the telegraph has been at work. It is as yet uncertain how far the use of the submarine wire will be granted to individuals. This depends entirely on the English Govern ment, who have laid down this part of the line and have its entire management. The station in the Crimea is under the superintendence of Captain Biddulph, R.A., while that at Varna is managed by Captain Duquesne, of the Engineers. There are at present 4 telegraph stations between Varna and Paris, these will be re d uce d t o 3 by the junction of Rustchuk and Giurgevo, when there is every reason to b e li eve th at i n t e lligence from the Crimea will be oommunicated in two hours to the Cabinets of Paris and London. The telegraph trom Varna to meet the Walla chiau system has been constructed at the joint ex pense of England mad France, each country pay ing half the cost. The management is to rest en tirely in the hands of the French, who also were entrusted with the construction of the works. The price of messages by the French telegraph, though high, is not unreasonable. SPAIN. MADRID, May 9.—The Cortes yesterday voted. the 4th and 7th Constitutional basis, both re lative to individual security. To-day the Cortes voted by 172 against 81 the preposition relative to the continuation of its sittings dur ing the hot weather. Cholera is prevalent, but in a mild form. M. Santa Alvarez has been named Spanish Minister at Washington, he will take his daparture very shortly. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are to arrive at Aranjuez this evening. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Post- Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" It is rumoured that the reply of the Western Powers arrived here yesterday, and that it holds out no hope that the conferences will be resumed. The battalion of grenadiers, for some time back in garrison here, are to leave to-morrow for Gallicia and the Hesse Cassel hussars are to follow the day after." ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM- MITTEE-(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled at the usual hour. Lord Hardinge was the first witness called and exa mined by the chairman. He stated that having served the office of Master-General of the Ordnance, he was enabled to state his duties. They consisted in his having charge of the artillery and engineering depart ments. He originated all military questions at the board, and the other members the financial questions. No works ought to be commenced or executed without the consent of the Master General, who has complete power to concur in or reverse any decision of the board on any subject. Whilst at the board no difference of opinion in the members of the board coed produce any injury to the public service, from his having full authority to decide on any difference •between them. The Lieutenant-General, however, has not the power of the Master-General as to his supe riority over the board. His lordship stated, in an swer to a question from General Peel, with reference to a statement made by Mr. Monsell, that at the time of the breaking out of hostilities there was an insufficiency of stores, that in March, 1852, when he came into office, his first act was to inquire into the state of the artillery, when lie found the number very small. He proposed to Lord Derby in a lengthened memorandum his reasons for coneidering it dangerous that the country should be left in such a state, and -recommended that the num ber should be increased to two hundred guns with two ammunition waggons to each gun, to which the Government assented, and it was carried out by the succeeding Government. The artillery were now in such an efFeient state as to be the admiration of the French. That would not have been the case had ntt his recommendation been carried out. No difficulty was experienced in supplying what was necessary for the fitting out the fleets end the army. The army in the Crimea was provided with the Minie rifle, which consisted of two sorts, one of the invention and manufac ture of 1851 and the other of 1853, the, latter being the be-t of the two. In 1854 a large purchase was made of Minie rifles. It was true the last regiment: left without the Minie rifle, but on their arriving at Balidelava, they would exchange their firelocks for the Minie, and it was owing to their bAtig in whet might be termed a transi tion state with regard to the rifles and guns tha' difficul ties had arisen in procuring the supplies. Under all the circumstances, he thought they were better supplied with stores at the commencement of the war than they had been for the Fast 30 years as regarded the army, and much better with the Navy. The Duke of Newcastle was most anxious that the men should be supplied with the Minie rifle, and a large number of those of 1853 was purchased. Improvements were still be ing made in them ; the best he had yet seen was Mr- Prince's. The Ordnance Department was a very difficult department to manage, from being one not only of administration butexecution, because a work might last over ten years to complete it. It was a department of excessive labour and great responsibility. The men ap pointed to the office ought to be men of first-rate ability ; but in times of war they were obliged, as in the case of Lord Raglan, to take them away, and consequently the department could not go on as well with its business as when he was present. In 1828 when the late Duke of Wellington was at the head of this department, and he (Lord Hardinge) was clerk, it was considered in a high state of perfection. In 1852 when he returned to it he found the desire to reduce expenditure had been carried so far that the clerks and others were overworked, and an amalgamation of the- work of the department made to 'such an extent as to throw too much of the work properly belonging to the heads of depart ments on the clers' hands ; and instead of its having produced unity and simplicity, it had caused confusion. An increase of the duties of the de partment had taken place owing to the introduction of steam into the navy, and improvements in their military arrangements. The functions of the Commander-in- Chiet in field was to see to the discipline of the army and to the camp being kept in proper order at all times, and to select the persons for regimental and staff appoint. ments. He (Lord Hardinge) appointed the medical offi cers under the recommendation of the medical board. The staff appointments vacant in the Crimea were left to Lord Raglan, because it was considered he ought to have every means given him for strengthening his power, and of rewarding those whom he be lieved the most meritorious. The Commander-in- Chief in the field was subject to the orders of the Sec retary of State for War, and corresponded with him (Lord Ilardinge) on matters of military detail. The in structions given to him were the same as those given to the Duke of Wellington and the Duke of York. • The responsibilities of the Commander-in-Chief at home became connected with the civil department in case of disturbance, or apprehended disturbance in the country. His appointments in the army on home service were subject to the appr.ival of the Home Secretary of Stete, and for the Colonies to the Secretary for the Colonies. The Secretary of State for War has unlimited power over the Horse Guards, and if he were to ap point a person for theCritnea the Secretary of State's con sent would be necessary ; and with regard to his distri bution of military rewards and pensions, it came under the review of the Government if they thought fit to do so. {LEFT BITTING.] A letter from Copenhagen, in the .liamburg Corre spondence, says :—"Letter; patent have just been pub lished by the King, ordering the primary elections for ti ao 1.311.3t;:ing to take plus) o 4 •11 . 10 - MA.itliE DA .kr CORN EXCHANGE. There has been a moderate arrival of English wheat up to our market, coastwise, this week. Fresh up to-day, however, the receipts of that grain were small, and the show of samples was limited. Most kinds met a slow sale, yet scarcely any change took place in Monday's currency. We had a dull market for foreign wheat, the show of which was by no means extensive, at Monday's prices. - Barley and malt changed hands slowly, but no actual decline took place in prices. Good sound oats were steady, at full prices ; but inferior parcels were dull, and 6 I per quarter cheaper. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on former terms. ARRIVALS TEIIS WERE. English .. Irish Foreign Barley. %i alt. flats. Flour 930 3,780 1.510 690 _l 4,940 8,720 i 703 9,310 J 3400sks 80J brls Wheat. 1,470 GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended May 10, 105, male up from the Returns of ti e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Vial( s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. 1 OATS. I RYE. BEANS. I PEAS. 49. 61 3ls 3 . 1 263 01 , 3Si 01 41s 71 / 383 7d TIIE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 68s 7.1 1 3ls Id 253 8d 393 9d 41s 2d 38s 51 QUANTITIES OF Olt. \IN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 102,c82; Bar , ey, 29,868 ; Oats, 17,203 ; Rye, 204 ; Beans, 4,690; Peas, 512 quarters. SMITHFIELD. We wero fairly supplied with beasts to-day. On the whole, the demand for all kinds ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those of Monday last. Sheep, the supply of which was moderate, moved off freely, an , i late rates were well supported in every instance. The lamb trade was rather brisk, and fine 1 Linbs were worth 68 10d to 7s per 81bs. The best calves were more scarce and rather dearer, some of them producing 54 4d per Blbs, but other kinds of veal met a slow sale. In pigs, very little was doing. Milch cows sold slowly, at from 141 to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 21PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6;Large crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2fPrime small do._ 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 61Large hogs 3 2 3 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Sniall porkers 310 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 4Suckling calves.. 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Lamb ss 4d to 6s 1 , d. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOIIEIOI7 STIFFLY. BOAStS .. •• • • •• .. 1,06 8ea5t5......... .• •• ••.. • 00 Sheep ... •• •• .• •• 7,5 , 10 , Sheep •••••••••••• •• GO Calves ...... •... •• •• •... 290 Calves...—. ............ •• 220 NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled Per 81bs by s. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime largo .3 8 3 10 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 De , do. small ....4 0 4 2 , Veal 3 8 4 10 fork, large . 3 2 3 8 Pork, small 310 4 4 Lamb Oct to 6s Ed. LEADENTIALL. steady, as follows : the eareaso. BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops is very limited, and 'a fair busi ness is doing, on rather higher terms. The imports this week are 117 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1414 s to 20'. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 131 lOs to 151 108 ; Sussex, 101 Os to 121 Os; and yearlings, 01 Os to 0/ per cwt. COLONIAL. In reviewing the actual doings of the month, we observe that lower prices have been submitted to for all kinds, ex cepting the finest sorts of black and green tea, and these may be said to have maintained their previous value. The busi ness done in them, however, has been on a moderate scale Common Congou has given way to the extent of id to ;id per lb., and is difficult to sell at the fall. It is now worth 8d per lb. A few sales have been made at 84d per lb. Sinchu kis have been very difficult to move, and to realise a reduc tion of ld to 10. per lb. has been submitted to on previous nominal rates. Black-leaf kinds have been disposed of to some extent, but the drop in them owing to their scarcity is less perceptible. Good Kaishows aro in moderate request. Recently some sales have been made in find Merlins at full prices. Souchong has participated generally to the full ex tent of the depression to which congou has been subjected, but the very finest is wanted, and would command a very high price. Oolongs remain much as they were. Pekoe has been shipped to some extent; prices show a rather downward tendency. Scented teas upon the whole have supported the late advance, and are saleable at quotations. Greens, of com mon to medium quality, are ld. to 2d. per lb. lower than they were three weeks ago. Good and fine still command the most attention. Canton descriptions of gunpowder, of the " new make," are saleable at previous value, while com mon as well as young hysous are difficult to quit, and that only on lower terms. At present common congou is at about 84d. to 80. per lb. Swan.—British plantation has ruled firm, and a fair busi siness has been clone. Barbadoes realised at public sale 38s to 41s for good to fine yellow, 35s to 37s 6d for middling, and 32s to 34s 6d for low. Demerara crystalised went at 35s 6d to 42s for ordinary to fine, and at 32s for brown. Madras sold at full rates, viz., 35s Gd to 36s for grainy mid. soft greyish yellow, 35s 6d to 38s Ed for low to good mid. yellow, and 39s 6d. to 41s for good to fine. Bengal ordinary to fine Benares brought 37s 6d to 41s, Mauritius kind 33s to 395, low to middling date 32s to 35s Gd, brown 29s to 31s, grainy yellow 39s to 435, and white ditto 45s 6d to 475. Mauritius has been at higher rates, good to fine yellow selling at 37s to 395, low to middling at 333 6d to 36s 6d, brown at 29s to 335, refining at 32s to 38s, and good to fine grainy at 39s to 425. Yellow Havannah found buyers at 358 to 39s privately. Pernambuco went publicly at 33s to 39s for good and fine dry grey, at 37s 6d to 39s for low to good mid yellow, and at 40s to 42s for white. Singapoie low to mid brown obtained 31s 6d to 32s 6d, and mid to good mid grey 33s 6cl to 345, being steady. Cuba sold briskly at 32s to 375, being dearer. Refined brown lumps have been in demand at 46s to 46s Gd per cwt. COFFlCH.—Plantation Ceylon has been at full prices to a slight advance ; fine, at auction, brought 72s 6d to 73s 6d, good mid to good 66s to 69s 6d, mid Gls to 6 low mid 59s to 60s, fine to f. fine ord 5Gs to 5Ss 6d, and triage 40s to 525. Native Ceylon, for good ord at auction went at 47s to 47s 6d per cwt. Jamaica brought 5Ss to 5Ss 6d for low mid, and 52s 6d for flue ord. RICE.- The demand has been limited, and there have been no public sales Bengal to arrive has been disposed of at 14s to 11s 6d, and landed at 14s 6d to 15s. Arracan afloAt went at 12i per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been depressed, selling publicly at cid to 5(1 for mid. White Penang pepper went steadily at 74d to 74d, and Cayenne at 4d to lid. Zanzibar cloves sold slowly at 4 i id to s&d. Nutmegs realised 2s id to 3s 4d. Mace is firm at 2s ld to 2s sd. Ceylon cinnamon was taken in at Is id for Ist sort, is 4d for 2d, and is 2d for 3d. Isnloo.—The sale went off yesterday, with rather increased spirit, and previous rates were fully supported. No Madras or Kurpah came on. The quantity passed was 1,035 chests, of which 112 were withdrawn, 141 bought in, and 782 sold. Total passed 3,601 chests. COTTON. —The market has been brisk, and pikes are id higher than last week. SALTPETRE.—This article has been dull. Bombay sold pub licly at 21s to 21s 6d, for 29} to 314 per cent. refraction. TALLow.—Prices have receded, and P.Y.C. is about 52s to 52s 6d. per cwt on the spot. Gassy FRUIT.—The change of wind has brought arrivals of oranges from Lisbon and the Azores. A cargo of the latter sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, realised prices pro uortiouate,to quality and condition. Barcelona nuts have further advanced is per bag. Black Spanish moving off freely. Lemons dull and lower, LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 11.—Wind and weather tbia clay noon, 13.11 r. ; light breeze, and cloudy at times, with rain. • SOUTHAMPTON, May 10.—Put back The Med way (a:), for the Crimea . to repair some derangement of her ma chinery. • PORTSMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—H.M.S. Falcon, from the westward ; Regia, LonOon, for the Oitnea H.M S. gun-boats Cracker, Clinker, Fancy, and Boxer, from Sheerness ; Austin, Honduras ; W. H. Brodie, London, for Cardiff and Virginia; Charles Brook, do., for St Vincent. IjONCHURCH (isle of Wight), May 10.—The Jessie Mitchell, from Hartlepool to Alexandria, came on shore miles west o^ this last night. COWES. May 10.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hansa, from the Pacific, and sailed for Bremen ; Egerton, Cuba, and sailed fur Loudon. PLYMOUTH, May 10 —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mariner, from Sierra Leone. Off Port—Ellenborough, from Sydney, N.S W. FALMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, N. W. Arrived—Countess of Yarborough, from Akyab ; Gwalior, do. ; Terpiehore, Rio Janeiro ; Lieut. Petterson, do. ; Hawk (s.), London, for the Crimea. -BoI 4 ,DKRA, May 3.—Vessels can now proceed to sea, and a few have already arrived. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, E. Arrived—Catherina, from Buenos Ayres ; D e Witt, Clinton, and Jeremiah Thompson, from New York. Sailed—Ondnrneming, for Rotterdam ; Napoleon 111., Bombay ; Eagle, Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, May 9. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sea Ranger; frord Callao; Glass, Kertch ; Bezar, Mazagan; Claudia, Rio Grande. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.8 A.M. Wind, S.W. ; tide, half hour's ebb ; weather, cloudy, with hailstorm. Arrived, May 1 0—Jamaica, from Antigua; Ann, from Bombay. Arrived, May 11—Sylph, from Barbadoes; Lady Cathe rine Barham, Jamaica ; A ram i n t a, Bombay • Ocean Wave, Caen ; John Hula, Adelaide ; Wil sons , Algoa Bay. Sailed—Wellesley, for Madras. DEAL, Friday, 9.37 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; light, with rain. Anchored—Kate, from Sydney. for .London; Cairn gorm, from London, for Portland B a y. Passed—Lrvi n i a, from Marseilles, fer Yarmouth ; Com modore, Marsala, for London; Chandornagore, Colombo, for London. Sailed—Daring, for Lynn ; Token, for London. A total of 55,800/. in gold was reported yesterday from South Australia, the respective quantities being 30,000 sovereigns by the Victoria, and 193 ounces and 25,000 sovereigns by the John HuHet The Maid , of Julpha has arrived from Port Fairy, New South Wales, but is not believed to have brought any gold, HAMPSTEAD HEATH INCLOSURE —Sir Thomss Wilson has again petitioned for the bill which was on the second reading rejected in the House of Commons on the 27th of July in the last session ; and the judges to whom the petition was referred in the present session by the House of Lords, Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Crowder, have again, it is understood, reported against the bill. HARMONIC UNION.—A concert was given by this iri• stitution on Wednesday night, consisting of Beethoven's symphony in A, Sterndale Bennett's overture to "The Naia,de," the aria "Ja ich fuhle," from Spohr's " Faust," and Handel's " A cis and Galatea," with Mozart's ac companiments. The vocalists were Madame Rudersdorff, Herr Reichardt, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Weiss ; the cspluctor, 14,irr EXAHINATIoX OF MR. SIDNEY f COM in -11 Fla BEFOIiE BOE.I3•UCKS . . (From the Times of yesterday.) The ev id ence g iven yesterday before the committenocar the st a t e o f the army m the East presents in a rather striking f orm th e v irtues and vices of aristocratic 0 : nagement. The witness was Mr. Sidney Herbert, tae, it i is needless to. say that, like the Duke of thatNeweasa candour gave his evidence with all that good teary , _, e th a e ndour ' and that modesty that contribute 80 Latleg't character of the true English gentleman. I' when we look to the facts thus candidly an d m odest I n B ated, it is impossible not to feel that, al far' Z. on tae the. they go, they throw considerable light th,. p,r_. k down of our military administration. In place, February, it appears that during last year, and till oi n '_. Mr. Sidney Herbert, instead of discharging, one f,j system of was neglecting which he might have been irtlPea.ic,bei, duties of equal and uniform 5 engaged in a variety'of transactions, some (Py.,' some officious, souse extra-official, and some anti-efnel_, —in fact, dividing themselves into half -a-dozen diWO!! categories. st When he entered office he found thatiiit:.! '.` powers not . 1 , mretary at War already exercised ranted strictly by his official position, but which/1.1;6e, long course of years, had grown upon him." his E e o r cessor had every now and then made a foray into t ~., appropriated regions of Government, and whatever $87.:7. a, fa gross ample, won with their own sword and bow- - a u mple, improvements and alterations of military fo al r e _; )f ie o rgan i sa ti on of pensioners, and the establish ;0 office,regimental schools—had become the apPse a g s 2oh A though foreign to its theoretical . idea. " s , to distinction of duties could not but be unfavourabil of r e b v e e r t t b t e he p n eoxffiaztness of performance. Here were two o tegor ; or obligathioed, "'al duty, and, after the reconstruction of Wool relieve Ministry, we are introduced to a third. gr. •,„ to e ne me vi, s Duke not the business of his office ' "H . Vil er- ' 1 to do, is 0 01 rea , ,rd ,e to the Medical Department were purely, fast , he uorfidNeretwooeakstale grweahtiedhe, alpeorf.bari,i:icmip: and he could originate nothing ; nevertheless, top,'3"t'oolt um-ged Dr. A. Smith to extend his plan of op!rao. r, A . direct notice of a dispute between Mr. Guthrie and . e t '_„,or Smithon th e question between additional staff s arg i r ate additional regimental surgeons, and referred the l i t s i f 'a to Lord Raglan, who decided against Done S in.-- ;e6 l4 ' the fler' favour of attaching the additional surgeons to ments—un wisely, as it turns out. As. Mr. Sidneystoa, Bert had voluntarily taken cognisance of the o e Dora no wonder that he also voluntarily r.ferred it " by . Raglan, and as little wonder is it that his l or d do , i''gm ln his turn, undertaken the spontaneous tasirf charged it so as to give himself the least troue, 4 * There is an old saying that you ought not to . I° o 4 o . gift horse in the mouth; and certainly it is Verk tn terl cious to scrutinise the immense amount of vo r oent labours undertaken by Mr. S. Herbert. But, as a P ro soll man will generally decline a g ift horse, fort he e think that he must not look into his mouth, so W cee pt that Parliament has now ample vvarning not t°. b s ie g a irregular and gratuitous services. After des good deal of mismanagement, without such distaAo opersons as to let one know whose fault it wees: i 'l ke pt Mr. Sidney Herbert says, in the first person i --- _„d the up a correspor dence with the medical officers an purveyors, urging them to exert themselves, a° ' w bich articles resat all things, to purchase on the spot any were available, and to let us know what theirliPoly tO _ wants e” were, and what their future wants w er ?r. rdS s r b . Now, the medical officers had to look to 11° 03 :4 the Duke and also to Dr. A. Smith, and for h l re eeir e of Newcastle ; but here we find theifture on letters urging increased exertion and exPen,°llo the I, the spot from Mr. Sidney Herbert, to wlvrefor° were not at all accountable. As I ‘„ i c r 'i o Sill e l, seems to have lacked physical energy, "s? or to have had small private means, a isrg e ,„ f t'ota tit nervous temperament, and no head 'for orgall,-Ibirtiewr, as Lord Stratford was not the man to hot si dpOy about hospitals, it is not surprising that Mr. R e d f a iled Herbert's gratuitous and extra-offi cial incentiveit, ths t it their intended effect. We shall be told, Pe ril : e r r ; or f t or is very hard to find fault with Onio n b or doing too little, then for doing too rntic)ea' for a nd fbi D ot rather first for being bound by routine, casting it aside. We beg to reply that there 01,i0of the to have been this neglect of form at both Wa ve p ro' process. Orders of this character oughts to h i s ° a et°' ceeded from the highest and most unques o nabi nf r rity. They ought to have gone from the Duke °f ear. l castle's own department ; and he ought 11'4 to t o O f p oyed his colleagues as irregularly as i f it bad t ° private business of his other re t oe" own. Among two s..A° a nd these irregular communications there Wer e t ime of supply opened at Const t' le—Lord Stra the an mop ~ bet Mr. Smith, the Co ' mmissary-General, allu time to a two stools the hospitals seem fora long . veli a nd. WO fallen to the grow Wh' eIl the iprper ocer, te Secretary 1 ." or 0 ; writing letters m to o Scutari ffi re , cohmmending ir reg dedm "- rations, which letters were generally disregsrtbeasri proper officer, the Commander of the Forces in j be on e p was doing nothing • till at last, being inOkiefti'ote of er n t Dr. Hall to Scutari ' to see -whether the all e eiae et well-founded. Quite in harmony with all thes ni , w et omission and commission, Dr. Hall brought back perfectif _., tbel l that the state of the .hospitals was tory. Of course, it was much more satisfacitor.,_ f o r • the Cr ea 0° anything se the Doctor had seen in compared with we have been told before, wasaastbat with the hospital at Balahlavreeee st thegla d in its p turn, too , rri, compared with the hospital rst' o olf camp, o which 'the exhausted soldiers we,rhsA oireurastanor .t . escape to from the trenches. [Yode r "T am o r ali9 l) ,, s o f !t, is not to be expected that L rd fl a g will' the " - o r in the Crimea, should be n W"'" i thou' pitals at Scutari ; butwe encumbered, _ t, seve re bo o men n ust say 11 ' t not to ha ve 0 7 $ sand sick and wounded m r left to the irregular and uonuoffihctial e%erti°,,dn'sate,gre' philanthropic Secretary at War. The ll°l-,tiit''',hs cult is too well remembered. At this illorae" le l i wi ts , be e matter of much less consequence to say wh ° „al• to' wron • gm—that is, who was the or in of the e et ,', ea'j much for the Medical Departments, to which, lireet, e l : o part of the examination yesterday was nlai°,ll,nech '',.f The clothing seems to have been treated wit'' - t her s 'i same well-intended irregularity. After describieta f or j large share he bad volunteered in this part of i t be Il t , Mr. S. Herbert mentions with just pride ths t, WO 1 received many letters from Major-Gen. Es tc l e fort s tbs pe ing ha in terms cornplirnenta,ry to himself of the e the trO r y had been en made, and the liberality with Whic h ,rbie 1 0 1 treated in the supplies sent out. orders Ytiii naturall eli • • cited the question whether the nae atm fr o f emanated from him or from the War Delia," - p el ls dr the answer was that, wishing to relieve tuf the se _ ac t Newcastle as much as ' 1 -- from solne °I ' ree - ci possib.e i With bi . tails, he had taken a eat deal of trouble ~ he k o to the different articles of clothing, bet thou f o rt don e O s made a minute duke's signature, so that the order went fre„. o3 rbe rt , 0 /1 . Ordnance. Nevertheless, Mr. Sidney s' ae 0 0 tre at; 't he himself ,1, personally thanked for these suppliee vier ol ,i thei__, ec Admiralty from the Ordnance, at the o ceer etr4 S ::•etary of War, from the suggestion of the ogtoPo at War ; thou:h even that does not el l P. res . for * . complexi s ty and irregularity of time transaction_tviellso, being part of these supplies, after all, went frr t be Ow ruing purchased there by our Ambassador, a' A jade ti on of our Foreign-effice, and the regular lin' action of some half-dozen other departments' 0. • iii --- Mad , 0 ' The curacy of the new parish of St- lo p f t he G pa e i o d rg i e iv 6 . B- t i l n ie -theFait,-F s ] t a or t a , l l A ia; d b s ec o ;m ie e ty v . a e l l a nt :he s3 g ict o ° l Rev. W. M 'C a ll. n Cogl f , l . Ar° / ', lidos Tli b ut o p ok R. f EP S o I n 6 T OF THE SEBA.STOPO. 12 0, Of , The third report of the Select Committee is ° 0 101/ 0 0 0 before Sebastopol came out yesterday in tu ° iv 80 'bet port"ersi° dr pages. The 6 ' re . AOO mi . to this—that the committee have exarninecorel`lo3o abweipftionrheesasvteehs . ea n ing n r e t te h od e tt s , u h i er .j e , hp - c oo t ru o ts f et.h t h e e matters t u t tro e e r si snou:vtni (10f : e e l s ; ti ace a t ‘ i, ther -fore occupy the volume exclusive!Y• 1 ,, / oar • cation has, of course, been anticipAted " (safe rtiorts . 1 icodrillio b ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.—A letter from . 6- ' e c oivg p 13 0 the Pays) informs us that the Viceroh Petthron,go;o_,. design of having the Isthmus of Suez C ° it to lA t ot , " req,,,,ted M. de Lesseps to pay another wi th the °t i , it i t tinople in order to use fresh efforts wl - bag ey e ' pOia Government on the subject. Said Pnch a q its ° ! o n; g/ ,, n t said, written an autograph letter to the l er ialt. - r i'el t out to his Majesty the necessity of the ni l ,. o f tb e 0 0 0 the importance which it would give to no!' i t the i to provinces of the empire, 'by bringing 0 l e tbe r ot' trade of the whole world. X tric O r i' THE POTATO TRADE.—In several -is the v oile appears to be a remnant of potatoes f o _ r fr o , : th ore: We have to note a shipment of 85 ton t s oni Sanu r - vo i, burgh for Newcastle, one of 107 tons I r or dois ° er e% for Hartlepool, one of 34 tons from Portg,,,r j,if . . e iiii lin, and one of 70 tons from Findhorn t w the re 1 7 ,10 4 At Fraserburgh, says our correspenal„' being te rlit i o few transactions in potatoes, the suPP J per e „ e s '",. exhausted. The price is 14 ' s. per b°l• , rrpoo4o, pe r correspondent writes that in this distrietos. to 6 ~, e tib liw getting scarce, and are now selling at ~..Xr oro" boll."—Banfkire Journal. ,WO 4 tO , ,,tb THE PORTSMOUTH Monday,. , votti , 0 0.. 0 meeting was held on at Willis 0 po i rts 4. f. of th e rr aK R m u o y te al th s e a c il o o f r it s e , m H pl o a m te e d , enlargemen. asce whic h h a s beenni. o ' r o cco4 ? f f ', consequence of the increasing demand° n og tP t he ° lr e tion on the part of the seamen frequ e obf t 130 f sailing n ail s fl in t vig:n i g s about ii;e3 coop filit The interest of the occasion was enharic Ve r t id ° cumstance that her Majesty and -P ri f c 3oo l - 111 42 - ° ° :( recently contrituted a joint donation ( . 0 _ i 01 10 6 - 6 . ,,,att' s the object, abd have promised an ad obtained froc.:oolcri provided a sufficient amount can be t to th e fle 'ro l‘ o sources to insure an extension adequalteear..A.dzeolni, stifir, of the case. The chair was taken Ifficers 01 r oe eb rce ci Spencer, K.G., and several naval_ ineet ieg. a 0 0, 4 0, present to support the object of tnehsuptititubtiiico.o, Its:eesreollitit,4ol;:rer roan it e i traced a i m s tothteheprsoygnirepsasthoyf tulitethi nFtitute, ",• 0 00 " urging the public to support the l onic dons° to i naousry agreed to. Several haa t 350/. , ri pS, ' s it• announced, making a total of ab" co. _-So l '.' il vest i Aoli , EXTRAORDINARY COLLISION AT r ' - _' a ed sv i , o h n o g 8.--The Shields insurance clubso ecoUgioo, ; s eif tie , ing into a most strange case "f about 10 n' e to b lirt a i tl' place between two Tyne vessels, a bandeol ee P op p, iv the coast, on Saturday night. tu!del collier brig, ltaidleenwith Thames,coals, foAr noon wtii.l,e.wheTuh,eybywesruem left* , „rtire ° ,esse lg „iet ° our v :1 l i ej a t e t e r i e b ' i t e a ar n:r tii t era i a bri os l s e t i l o h e e e : fri - or t fi li d ' i barque was brow' round te f t o 7 . e ce. Bo w th er : o o e , ill ii ro A li into the brig with tremendous _ m i nutes i 8000 asses most fearfully, and wrecks. The aimoont of da,ina,g,e t that - oef b it ..- ' vessels are discharging. It is stated an e Cr ' of the Arctic had got wrong hybiosok, , kcva ackideataily p 18 404 iil. 0! -- ...- • ,~'~ THE SUN, LONDON, _FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11 1855