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

THILLTIIE ROYAL HATUAILKIST. :Under the management of Mr. Buekstine; THIS EVENING, b• performed the new Flay, entitled THE ACTRESS OF EADUA. - After w hi c h, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To cencisde with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STRERT. tinder the Management of Mr. Citesiss Sue. THIS EVENING. Wlll be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Sistorical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Eomance, in two acts, entitled HE MIULETEEE OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and SnaTe. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. Tan EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of P AUL PRY. Priscipal cha- Reeley, racters by Messrs. C. Salty and Wright; Miss Mrs. L. Murray, and 311. s Woolgar. To conclude with ANE ED ITION OF T HE FAIRY TALES 07 OF MOTHER GOOSE, with nume rous highly- colo ured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATEE. Lessee and manages Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. Will be perferrned TIT FOR TA.T. After which, TFIE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Messrs . Emery, Leslie, and Danvers ; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. To be followed b 7 the Fair"' Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF l liE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. ender the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Am be perfbrmed THE VI :LAGE NIGHTINGALE. ;W ar whic y , KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate . Kearney. THIS EVENING. The successful Equidrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE I 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 Wear. Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephants will perform. To conclude with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE "KEARNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop, paLuted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box -02 C. open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER ,AT LONDON BRIDGE._ • - TOM DAY —Morning 45 nin.after 9 I Evening 23 min. aft.lo To-Stosaow—Morning 0 rain.aftes 11 I Eveniug 29 min. aft.ll ITS WEATHER.—Stri, Own, May. 11. THERMOMETER, IN THE BRAD& 63 —highest since neon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day, at noon. BABonfrnat 29'52. WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine mild weather. THREE O'CLOClC.—Thunderstorna, with heavy shower lif hail and rain. - • - ' Crib g i e , •7 4: J,Vo 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 us. tion. 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 end the Royal troops. We proved that there was no necessity for retain ingthe complicated machineryin Leadenhall-street, and that the government of nearly 150,000,000 of her subjects should thenceforward be conducted 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 bo, 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 not be obliged to truckle to Germanism, or submit 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 iii 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 hrn,l g ht 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. MONEY MARKET AND COMMEROIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very firmly, but with more offering. The sales wore 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 50. to 6id., 300 Egyptian at 42d. to 7id., and 1,500 Surat at 21d. to 4id. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady. There has been a moderate business done this week in colonial produce, but the purchases aret 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 5 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 V irginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6p. Cent. (Star. Bonds) ...1857-1865... 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 82 Do. do. do. 1874... 78 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 6 p. Cont. Mortgage Bonds 1880...88; 89; New York and Erie 7 p. Cent., 2d Mort gage, Convertible 1859... 90 92 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage, Convertible 1883... 84 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fur d ... 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 884 , and since 88 The New 3 per Cents. have been 874 to 881, and the Reduced 874 4. Bank Stock is rather heavy at 209, and India Stock at 2304. Exchequer Bills are at Bs., and India Bonds at 15s. pm. The Omni= is at to pm. Foreign Securities have been very inactive. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 20-1. to 21, and Brazilian Old Stock is supported at 994. Spanish Deferred have been supported at 18i and the Certificate is at 4. Turkish Bonds are in request at 741 to 75,1. Dutch 21 per Cents. are at 63. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds si to 7 ; Mexi can, 201 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., 361 to 37/ ; Ditto Certificates, 31 to 4/ ; Ditto Passive, 2i to 4. For Railway Shares there has not been much inquiry and the quotations continue -firm. 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 AT ONE O'CL , r , . ( Pr... 4 4 oiricial List. j 8 tnk Stock ii per Cent. Reduced Annuities......... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Lonstitinnuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 11-16 India Stock 1 acha Bonds, £lOOO .. — Ditto, under £lOOO l5 Consols for Account, 30th May BB,l i Omnium if,xchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 %al' 9 11 'exchequer Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. 9Di PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK li•Azilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 994 alexican 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. lBi Ditto for the Account.. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account.... Ditto Small Olvidenda on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2} per Cent. 12 Gun HALF-PAST TWO. Consols • BBl Ditto, May Account MARSEILLES, May 9.—The quay of the Joliette is encumbered with cannon, gun carriages, bon, 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 parts were sustained by Mademoiselle Jenny Ney, Sig nors Tamberlik, Graziani, and Tagliafico. The opera is 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 Hohenloha, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Adelaide Hohenlohe, Princess Feodore Hohenlohe, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Victor Hohenlohe, accompanied by Lady Gainsborough, Lord Camoys, Baron Treskow, 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 reeeption 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 various entertainments which had been provided for them, and the royal party left the institution shortly after eleven o'clock. The Queen will hold a levee (the last this season), to day, at St. James's Palace. In the evening, her Ma jesty, accompanied by the illustrious visitors at present enjoying the royal hospitality, will honour the amateur performance at Drury-lane Theatre with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their pkttieficelisrevening. The Countess of Galloviay and family have arrived in Eaton-square, for the season. Lord Galloway is expected from Scotland shortly. The Earl and Countess of Listowel and family have arrived at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, for the season. The Countess of Abingdon was presented to her Ma jesty, at the Drawing Room, on the 2d of May, by Frances, Countess Waldegrave. The Earl Granville transacted business at the Council office, yesterday. The noble earl &so joined his col leagues at the Cabinet Council, en Wednesday. The Isle of Wight is rapidly filling with fashionable company. _ _ Preparations are made at Dover to receive a first por tion of the Foreign Legion, shortly expected in England. A West-end tradesman is about to send to the Paris Exhibition jewellery of the value of 120,0001., including a tiara which has cost 5,0001. The Royal mail steamer Solent, for Brazil and Buenos Ayres, has taken out 40,3651. The dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer were sold to-day at Did. per ounce, being an advance of id. per ounce on the price realised for those by the previous packet. This rate, however, and even a slightly higher one, was paid for a limited quantity early last week. Mr. Truefitt, of the Burlington Arcade, has recently opened a salon in his establishment which justly merits a passing notice, from the successful manner in which it has been decorated by Mr. C. Broadbridge, the architect, .29i , •teri by Mr. W. Prior, the art Lt. The style is the Renaissance, and the tableaux have reference to the events of the present war. The lanthorn shape of the room affords the best possible light from above for the display of artistic effects, contributing to a tout ensemble not surpassed by any other apartment designed for purely trade purposes in the world. A solemn Te Deum was sung at Florence on the 4th, by order of the French ambassador, Count de Montessuy to celebrate the happy escape of the Emperor of the French from assassination. A Dizilar uoremoDy took placo ft , Row 04 tha 30th . ;...a ,.... . 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 justice 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. Let us now look to the result of the division of last night. By a very decided majority of nearly three to one (171 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 In a previous article we -have noticed the at be distant, when Noble Lo rds ( b y courtes y ) and tempt which, for sonietible tia5t,16...1 been made Right Hon. and Hon. Gentle men will have to to have Hampstead-heath enclosed. A bill, it render accounts of their respective stewardships, appears, is shortly to be brought before the House it is well that their several constituents should be with this object. Need we say with what fee]- thoroughly cognisant of the nature of the votes ings we are disposed to regard it ? Need we call on Honourable Members at once and indie g even in opposition to Sir ERSKINE PER RY ' s motio n . nantly to reject it ? Whether we need or not, 'i ßh 4 t is it, then, that has been thus summarily, we cannot refrain from doing so. The measure 1111 ' 4 ' W e regret to The aid of 457,000 t r ai n ed men and be obliged to add, contume li ous l y is so unwarranted and of so pernicious a character, reje c t e d. ' and the attempt to forward it has been so insidi -E 12,000 exp. • nenced officers ! ! It is true that a ously and perseveringly pursued, that silence large prop or ti on of these men belong to the na- might be dangerous. Here we are, denizens of tire populations, but the sepoys, when well offi- London) atmosphere of smoke and „ cored, have ev er pr breathing an ed themselves brave and dust, some of us—poor clerks and artizans more efficient soldiers ; and there ar e also some 50,000 especially—daily panting for fresh and wholesome or 60,000 European soldiers, exclusive of officers, air, a want the public parks but imperfectly sup included in the list. It seeded not t es timonials addu ce d b y Sir E the over- ply, and yet Parliament must be pestered and whelming E. PEaRy its valuable time wasted with an impudent attempt t o prove the p ractical efficienc y o f this magnifi to get it to do what would earn it deserved indig cent array. It is universally re cognised, sa.ve Perha ps nat ion if it did—enclose a breezy wide-spread heath, feather -bed warr iors, by some Which considerable wealth, , by a recorded will, is ever to remain open. aristocratic blood or think The case lay at soldiers," and to an themselves entitled " to p coming " between the wind to make. enclosure whicla the owner has a legal right. warn veterans from Th at, and their nobility ;" and yet , through some at. treme circumstances we admit, might, save under ex , be an unjustifiable• t o'fliirdf red-tapisni, the nation is to eschew ference, but in this er the ask *owe of men educated in this practical will only be to Preve n t th e rejection of the bill 001 0 ., uglll organised and suited for any tator's intenti on , and the deprivation violation of a tes -091141040714 jt j u i ce d, t oo Dad. It is aPi act of II Wefts bp,..taa. 'Well / 4 44 ermivation of th© pub . -- .. 3 tr`y, THE SUN, LONDON; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1855 LATEST NEWS. TELEGRAPHIC D ESPATCH PROM FIELD MAESHAL LORD RAGLAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 11. Lord Panmure presents lis compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and ias 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 attem?t 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 BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, THURSDAY. The Orion, screw lint , 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 Roedhamm, near Ledsund. REVEL, APRIL 29. H.M. steamers Conflict, Imperiouse, 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 had on board, but that from the moment of the declaration of blockade no goods must be taken in, but ballast only. Letters from lieloingfors, of the 26th ult., state that the formation of the 26 battalions of Fin landers, ordered by the late Czar, is now com- 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 degree opens an extraordinary credit of 522,019 fr. for the 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 his appeal. to sign a l'PH"nn for pardon. Hence, it is interred, at he has made, pected to make, disclosures. BOURSE, MAY 10.—CLOSING PRIMES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. CI per Cents 93 75 —l. —o. 3 per Cents 6B 60 68 CO Credit Mobilier 787 50 Roman Credit Fencier 530 Austrian - Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmentese B5 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-10R CASH. fr. c. fr. C. Orleans Western 647 50 Rouen Cette Mediterranean lO4l 25 Havre 550 -- Northern sent the following telegraphic despatch via Kieft, dated 15th Mth) 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 mimic() 100 sagenes in advance of Bastion No. 5, a series of lodgments, which have been converted into a continuous trench. Our loss during these days was not important. " ' The approaches of the enemy do not advance ; their mining operations are direoted against the left face of Bastion No. 4, but they are still at some distance.'" RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 30th ult., says :—" The Emperor has addressed the following autograph letter to General Prince Gortsohakoff 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 re3ently sent a reply to the letter written to him by T. 3 „:nce Woronzoff ; and in it he expresses his regret riat 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. Petersburg journals of the 2d and 3d inst. The Jou) nal de St. Petersbourg of the 2d pub-. lishes a long list of promotions in the array. 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 Invalikle Busse publishes the following, under the heading " News from the Crimea" : "The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) April, contains the news already 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 No. 4, and on that point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his nve entonnutrs into a general place d'armes 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 port, contains the following details of operations which have taken place before Sebastopol, from the 7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April _ _ • _ " On the 7th (19th) of April one of our batteries si lenced two French b atteries-, the guns of whick were dis mounted and the embraiures destroyed. • - - " On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and English Dragoons) ap peared before the advanced posts of the detachment of Tchorgoum, near the village of Komara, with 6 guns and about 10,00) Turkish infantry. After exchanging a few shots with our Cossacks and Greek volunteers, these troops returned to camp. " In the night between the 7th and Bth (19th and 20th) April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, but received with the bayonet and grape, they were compelled to make a hasty retreat. "In the night between the Bth and 9th (20th and 21st), the English, having left their trenches in three columns, again attacked the lodgments in front of Bas tion 3. The second company of the carabineers of the chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made a brilliant charge with the bayonet, aid having rooted the enemy, com pelled them to sake a precipitate retreat. " During the same night an enemy's steam-frigate left the fleet (which continues at anchor in Kamiesh and Streletza bay) and keeping at a distance of more than 1,000 sagetes from the batteries and forts of the coast, opened fire at different intervals ; this attempt was renewed with as little success the following night. " Since then, up to the 12th (24th), the enemy has done nothing of importance. On our side all the damage done to our fortifications has been completely repaired, and we have cotstructed a new battery on the right flank of the Selinghinsk redoubt and four large lodg ments, which base been immediately occupied by rifle men, " A report hasbeen received from the detachment at Eupatoria, announcing that on the 11th (23d April), 10 to 12 squadrons o' the enemy's cavalry and 8 to 80 bat talions of Infantry, with field artillery, advanced by the tongue of land tovards the village of Saki, but on per ceiving our squadions advancing from Touzli the Turks retreated before tlvy were within four worsts of SAL" The Invatide livisse also publishes the followin is:— ,!..-!Akkdiocigap Qom* rliziFs, cort4c4o4 THE BALTIC. UAMBURGH, 31.tY 8. We learn from Elsinore, under date of the sth inst., that the Conflict corvette, screw, of eight guns, Captain Brown, h a d arr i ved there from the vicinity of Battort port to repair damages done to her helm and copper through the frequent contact with the ire. It is not thought she will be very long detained in undergoing examination and the necessary repairs she may require. tin account from Wisby, of the 16th April, men tions that the western coasts of the island of Goth land 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 oil the 6th. From this it may be inferred that the navigation there is completely 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 reduced to 3 by the junction of Rustchuk and Giurgevo, when there is every reason to believe that intelligence from the Crimea will be communicated 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 and 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 proposition 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 az tne 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 m cuts. He originated all military questions at the hoard, 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 could produce any injury to the public service, from his• having full authority to decide on any difference between them. The Lieutenant-General, hoviever, 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 he found the number very small. He proposed to 'Lord Derby in a • lengthened memorandum his reasons for considering it dangerous that the couutry 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 efficient state as to be the admiration of the French. That would not have been the case had not his recommendation been carried out. No difficulty was experienced in supplying what was necessary for the fitting out the fleets and 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 best of the two. In 1854 a large purchase was made of Minie rifles. It was true the last regiments left without the Minie rifle, but on their arriving at Balaklava they would exchange their firelocks for the Minie, and it was owing to their being in what might be termed a transi tion state with regard to the rifles and guns that 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 past 30 years as regarded the army, and much better with the ravy. 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 leg 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 clerks' 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- Chief in the 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 Hardinge) on matters of military detail. The in structions given to him were the same as thole 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 approval of the Home Secretary of Stat.?, 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 theCrunea the Secretary of State's con sent would be necessary ; and with regard to his distri—' bution of military rewards an d pens i ons, it came under the review of the Government if they thought fit to do so. [LEFT SITTING.] A letter from Copenhagen, in the Hamburg C° l76 ' sponclence, says :—"Letters patent have just been pub- Lulled by the Leg, ord er i ng the primary elootiomi for the usemtv tolio placa qtt „ha g 4, MARKRT NEWS-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE. There his 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 61 per quarter cheaper. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on former terms. English .. Irish Foreign .. ARRIVALS TlllB WERE. Barley. Malt. 1 Oats. Flair. 930 ) 3,780 4 510 690 4,940 9,310 , 1 3400sks 80J brls. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Wheat. 1,470 8,7 7 20 i 7-00 For the week ended May 10, 1855, made up from the Returns of the Invectors in the differeut Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARLEY. S OATS. I RTE. BEANS. PEAS. WS 5a 31s 3d Die 01 , 33s Oi , 41s id j 38s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. S OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS: filBs 7.1 31s Id 25s 8d 39s id 41s 2d 38s Del QUANTITIES OF GRIIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 102,082; Barley, 29,868 ; Oats, 17,203 ; Rye, 204; Beaus, 4,690; Peas, 512 Quarters. SMITHFIELD. We were fairly supplied with beasts to-day. On the •hole, 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, and late rates were well supported in every instance. The lamb trade was rather brisk, and fine hmbs were worth 6s 10d to 7s per 81bs. The best calves were more scarce and rather dearer, some of them producing 53 4d per 81bs, but other kinds of veal met a slow sale. In pigs, very little was doing. Milch cows sold slowly, at from 141. to 19/. each, including their small calf. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.I a. d. 0. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 l PrimeSonthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6Large erse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2iPrime small d 0... 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, dec. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 1 2 3 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 Small porkers 310 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 i Suekling calves.. 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 Quarter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Lamb ss 4d to 6s 10d. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN surri.v. Beasts „„„ Sheep .• •• • ...• ••.. • • 7,500 Sheep .................... GO Calves • .., Pigs .. • • ...... ••••• • • • • • 310 Pigs.... .... ...... .. •• .. NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled Per 81bs by LEADENHALL. steady, as follows : the carcase. a. d. a. d: Beef, interior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 1 . 0 De , do. small 4 0 4 2 Fork, large . 3 2 3 8 Lamb s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 G 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, small 3 10 4 4 54 Od to 6s 6d 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, 14/ 4s to 20/. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 13110 s to 151 10s ; 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 4d to L' , d per lb., and is difficult to sell at the fall. It is now worth Pd 4 per lb. A few sales have been made at 8d per lb. Sinchu kis have been very difficult to move, and to realise a reduc tion of ld tc 14d 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 fine Monings 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 downwartl 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 hysons are difficult to quit, and that only on lower terms. At present common congou is at about 84d. to Bid. per lb. SUGAlL—British plantation has ruled firm, and a fair busi siness has been done. Barbadoes realised at public sale 38s to 41s for good to fine yellow, 35s to 37s 6d for middling, and 328 to 34s 6cl 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 6cl: 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 6cl, 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 33s 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 35s to 39s privately. Pernambuco went publicly at 33s to as. A', —a 5..0 rlyy Ga to 39s for low to good mid yellow, and at 40s to 42s for white. Singapore low to mid brown obtained 31s 6d to 32s 6d, and mid to good mid grey 33s 6d to 345, being steady. Cuba sold briskly at 32s to 375, being dearer. Refined brown lumps have been in demand at 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been at full prices to a slight advance ; fine, at auction, brought 72s 6(1 to 73s 6d, good mid to good 6s to 69s 6d, mid 61s to 655, low mid 59s to 60s, fine to f. fine ord 56s to 58s 6d, and triage 40s to 525. Native Ceylon, for good ord at auction went at 47s to 47s 6d per cwt. Jamaica brought 58s to 58s 6d for low mid, and 52s 6d for fine ord. RICE.— The demand has been limited, and there have been no public sales. Bengal to arrive has been disposed of at 14s to 14s 6d, and landed at 14s 6d to 15s. Arracau afloat went at 12s per cwt. SPlCES.—Pimento has been depressed, selling publicly at 41d to 5d for mid. White Penang pepper went steadily at 7,d to lid, and Cayenne at 4d to 74d. Zanzibar cloves sold slowly at 4id to sid. Nutmegs realised 2s ld to 3s 4d. Mace is firm at 2s ld to 2s sd. Ceylon cinnamon was taken in at is 7d for Ist sort, is 4d for 2d, and is 2d for 3d. INDIGO.—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 prices are hd higher than last week. SALTPETRE.—This article has been dull. Bombay sold pub licly at 21s to 21s 6d, for 29 to 311 per cent. refraction. TaLLow.—Prices have receded, and P.Y.C, is about 52s to 52s 6d. per cwt on the spot. Gassx FRUIT.—The change of wind has brought arrivals of oranges from Lisbon and-the Azores. A cargo of the latter sold 11S , Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, realised prices pro portionate to quality and condition. Barcelona nuts have further advanced is per bag. Black Spanish moving off freely. Lemons dull and hiwer. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, May 11.—Wind and weather this day noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy at times, with rain. SOUTHAMPTON, May 10.—Put back— The Medway (s.), for the Crimea, to repair some der:angenient of her ma chinery. PORTSMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—H.M.S. Falcon, from the westward ; Regis, London, for the Crimea; H.M.S. gunboats Cracker, Clinker, Fancy, and Boxer, from Sheerness ; Austin, Honduras ; W. H. Brodie, London, for Cardiff and Virginia; Charles Brook, do., for St Vincent. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), May 10.—The ,Jessie Mitchell, 'rom Hartlepool to Alexandria, came on shore 2 miles west of this last night. COWES. May 10.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hansa, from the Pacific, and sailed for Bremen ; Egerton, Cuba, and sailed for London. 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—Conntess of Yarborough, from Akyab ; Gwalior, do. ; Terpsichore, Rio Janeiro ; Lieut. Patterson, do.; Hawk (s.), London, for the Crimea. BOLDERA, May 3.—Vessels can now proceed to sea, and a few have already arrived. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. _ .. Wind, E. Arrived—Catherins, from Buenos Ayres ; De Witt, Clinton, and Jeremiah Thompson, from New York. -Sailed—Ondurneming, for Rotterdam ; Napoleon 111., Bombay ; Eagle, Bombay. QUEENSTOWN ; May 9. Wind, S.W. Arrived—Sea Ranger,- fr.c.m.. Callao ; Glass, Kertch ; Bazar, Mazagan; Claudia, Rio Granite. (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 10—Jamaica, from Antigua; ,Lnn, from Bombay. Arrived, May 11—Sylph, from Barbadoes; Lady Cathe rine Barham, Jamaica ; Araminta, Bombay ; Ocean Wave, Caen ; John Hulet, Adelaide ; Wilsons, 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, fb i r Portland Bay. Passed—Ll-finis from Mai cans, far Yarmouth ; Com modore Marsala, for London; Chandernagore , Colombo, for London. Sailed—Daring, for Lynn ; Token, for London. A total of 55,8001. in gold was reported yesterday from South Australia, the respective quantities being 30,000 sovereigns by the Victoria, and 198 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 Thomas Wilson has again petitioned for the bill which was on the second reading rejected iu 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 Urnorr.—A concert was given by this in stitution on Wednesday night, consisting of Beethoven's symphony in A, Sterndale Bennett's overture to " The Naiade," 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 ALL Weiss ; the coutluctiv, wag, lieu MoliqueN --------""---""'"---------'""----- „ EXA MINATION OF MR. SIDNYS ILD-r; BERT BEFOIiE Mgr. BOY:BUCKS COI' MITPEE. (From the Times of yesrentcri.) ittee on The evidence given yesterday before the cora° _.bee the state of the army in the East presents in a r. 31 '.. a . striking f orm the virtues and vices of aristocratic I:0, i n t agement. The witness was Mr. Sidney is needless to say that, like the Duke of Is7ool°Ptbat he gave his evidence with all that good terilPer!._b to candour, the and that modesty that contribute 0 0 114, 130 , character of the true English ge ntiewn. des tl i when we look to the facts thus candidly and 0 1 ° 0 far stated, it • is impossible not to feel that, 35 btel liV they do go, they throw CollSiilerable light on th e fi l et w - n of our military administration. Indttill last place,it appears that during last year, a°. bar ging Herbert, .fl'el, February, Mr. Sidney Herbert, instead of disc 5. ,. 0 . one system of :duties of equal and uniform oblig rod; for m, neglecting which he might have been in:11016,4 -es engaged in a variety of transactions, soloe!offeisl some officious, some extra-official, and some au ti A ojeet —in fact, dividing themselves into half-a-doss°,7. t the categories. s When he entered office he found l o lor ecretary at War already exercised " powers°, b in 0 l ranted strictly by his official positio.n, bu , t , l is e ;de. ong course of years, had grown upon hin. t the e°. cessor had every now and thou made a foro into A vet WY appropriated regions of Government, an d w hs e e. for 0 . had won with their own sword and boW--ae, /00' ample, i m provements and alterations of reilitaswenl the organisation of pensioners, 'and the e stah o of t he o efLregimental sehools—bad become the apPanegeseeb • _lli . office though foreign to its theoretical idea. arable to distinction of duties could not but be 1 10 f av° °ie s Pi exactness of performance. Here were two natle WO official duty, and, after the reconstruction effbusideel Ministry, we are introduced to a third. 1ar..008, to Herbert then " undertook a great deal of 101 i t i teas relieve the Duke of Newcastle, whic, o f 04 _ 1 1 11 not the business of his office to do." ilig P °- 6: 0 0 00 ''' regard to the Medical Department were purel ...,„ t . lie and he could originate nothing ; nevertheless: 1001710 k urged Dr. A. Smith to extend his plan of oe 3ti d pr. A• additional regimental surgeons, direct notice of a dispute between Mr. Guthrie an eeo sor Smith on the question between additional staff se r gdispot e . sow , to Lord Raglan, who decided against Pr. P . to ti le. g rev an d refared the l , is favour of attaching the additional surgeons gn i n ey- : , e ,„ P ments—unwisely, as it turns out. .As. gr . , - aues fr iet Bert had voluntarily taken cognisance of bee..etelio no wonder that he also voluntarily referrea roil), P l' . Raglan, and as little wonder is it that this 101utasit, dip' ing, in his turn, undertaken the spontalleetibie. charged it so as to give himself the least troll to logf • There is an old saying that certainlyht 0 ° er i Or': gift horse in the mouth ; and it i vo linit ar n / t mous to scrutinise the immense amount of e pri o9- 0 labours undertaken by Mr. S. Herbert. 13'14 athe red man will generally decline a gift horse, Or 00 tb t that be must not Ipok into his mouth, pot to h . ; O„P. that Parliament has now ample warthog deseril.'7oo irregular and gratuitous services. After ,_ do tino,. A l t g .od deal of mismanagement, without se°, a t Is", of m persons as to let one knew whose fault it w . y i le; Mr. Siduey Herbert says, in the first pee i l and f . up a correspondence with the niedical orric e .„,d, ebe,4„ purveyors, urging them to exert theraselves,tTeles Wo e all things, to purchase on the spot all I tr irP res te e to were available, and to let us know what t he ri vo ~,, wants_ were, and what their future vvants w e re _corrit be." Now, the medical officers bad to look to i ' . i ni to% lan, and also to Dr. A. Smith, and throughoP), reeevo Duke of Newcastle ; but here we fl,edta spen diteretbef letters urging increased exertion ana 0 who. 11 4 the spot from Mr. Sidney Herbert, t., .00d were not at all accountable. -It a lilfalio- S i l f , le 0 seems to have lacked physical e nergf , ~,,, fare l V to have had small private means, a. Ja r s o tiosi ov if nervous temperament, and no head for orgalltber bi 0 1 , 04 as Lord Stratford was not the m an to b°,efr. Sid, ell about hospitals, it is not surprising thi' t 0 000 be t Herbert's gratuitous and extra-official O ce er be 00 d their intended effect. We shall betstoldel„i s rs e r it is very hard to find fault wi P7 o , o eb ; for for doing too little, them for doing to a d tk el : s ot rather first foe being bound by routinethibre enri 0 0 to have been this neglect Of form at casting it aside. We beg to reply that tu b e a do ° re both to Int l e P ttiv process. Orders of this character otight.onoll, castle's own department ; ceeded from the highest and most uneloe st be o f , elo' They ought to have gone fro -11 rity. the ot t ba' l ooo t t t o w h f these e stools irregular e u g b te t n it O a 1 :0 ployed his colleagues as irregularly a° orb'a 08;001 private business of his own. Arac'eg 0 Pre - 0 1 ' . supply opened at Constaanntdinhoe f M al r l . ento lee... Dora 'betyiesPbos Smith,the ground. i and to th communications there We i r , tra tfo _ t o writing letter the Commissary-Genera toe O P the hospitals seem for a 104 aiWg' oil. While the improper the See retarl ' g l/1141 f t). atosentoaffiric,erre,eonitpoodindgisriergreoded,he 01; rations, which letters were generalll, coin s e re"r,' proper officer, the Commander Of the .° eT abet!, re, was doing nothing till at last, being 1 0 010;0.0 0 Dr. Hall to Scutari ; to see whether the co these °I o f 4 well-founded. Quite in harneonY w „ e bt ba ' with al l Gig: o f / e that the asntadtecoomfmtihsseiohno, sppirt.als°3ll i n its comparedtur Was Pei° toil for tory. Of co ' re 143 p.OO d o course, it was mime inn a the 0•1 1 ,0 0 anythingc a mp, which I e o t tn h e p a e r x e h d au w s i t t e h d t the Doctor had see 1 before, was e' toastl/ s Scutari, as we have been told kiava, e,s 04 broete,isefal 0..p0.0 1, snits le toe.? with the hospital at Bala 1 marquees iflr to escape u n der the c ~ ofe , to from the trenche..4. -_, Rally its e - 9 ' it is not to be expected that Dore - A tb i e I , in the Crimea, should be n rebere'• : 1 e ero . t tee P pitals at Scutari ; but we mustellil sal tha t fje 11 : teef f : sand sick and wounded men ought 0, °t to left to the irregular and unotti ~,a3 „ . - er e - 00 , 11 ° lel; ere.' were °inosueeli, philanthropic Secretary at War. ci '-i.“ ° „, irl ol sl) .; '0 , 1- : suit is too well remembered. At thi s - h ° o Or l 'Ir: matter of much less consequence to eaY woo Oi l ' o rll e i wrong,—that is, who was the orgin of th'ic-ii eke much for the Medical Department, to WlThill 'Veit P . .; part of the examination yesterday 00 a a flit 1111 36 0 1; The clothing seems to have been treatea t or erOl:i same well-intended irregularity. After dese r t i e f th e m , 11, large share he had volunteered in this Pa rt tha t '",ps ; i Mr. S. Herbert mentions with just Preteotir4,ll),,sP received many letters from Major-Gn. .r,. - ',. s h - 0 eff e 're natural! hlnag i n termsy hadd been made, and the liberality with vi la t 1 1 ., I r s 11 „j been treated in the supplies sent _°:111-; ofo re e - 00 , 0 i taken a at great i s h ta o il t s, he .hadthe question whether ale emanated from him Dept P ° illr or from the Wa r j) th e 0 ,38 limentary to Lituself or r oil t he .0 o r , l the answer Newcastle as much as possiWe froni suble t be t . eet ths„ for the madet he different articles of clothiug, o" b ' e 14'" fro a minute of everything that wa s t ff r oin b i j i {4 .4 4 duke's sinature, so that the order we n "_, ffer",,so o ,',to ~O rdnance. Nevertheless, Mr. Sidnei ~ es tv i . 0 1 ..f 7 ,fllmself personally thanked for these sing/ 0r4°4 0 5. ?Ftae Admiralty from the OrdninCe, at t t e be p i.o jt 0 Secretary of War, from the suggestion 01 r oil,: P t eSP • P' at War . h ' t ough even that does n0.,..060 ye, coat I i dealg t o ei . r t O r o l i e I°° ft 1 I small exi ty and irregularity of tbe traol fa t e. part of these supplies, after all, n'o ll r e t t' tbieing purchased there by our Ainbasesl..r'aea/ of our Foreign-office, and the regu ;00. action of 50me1ia1f•e1eze1 1 L ................. 1 f 1 . ..........-° ler dePartel I , P . , li p , *in 10 P e George's-in-the-East, curacy of the new parish of 5 7, olg,„i'of has become vacailli ~,,,, gli - paid b y the Pastoral ' • • In f' k Aid Society. .4041 Rev. W. M'Call. 00",,s Vf 0 THIRD REPORT OF THE SEBASTOPOD „4 $l , .., 0 0 ,, The third report of the Select Coramitteetbuo 010104 before Sebastopol came out yesterdays" fo.ireplf..vjot', bluebook of 516 pages. The 44 rpr. . a 0 1 ,0 20r5 1 , to witnesses the committee have exarailoAbeal`_;ts'os on the subject of the matters to t..., A0 0e - „jeil„. s of e ve 't s vi t" and have agreed to report the minute too fora before them to the house. The 111311 or ° .therefore occupy the volume exclusivelli b y 0 i s cation has, of course, been ant 1,440 an reports. itor.l' g 1 0 1 00 ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.—A letter fr° lll 'Tlers lPtli 6 P 's , the d Pays) informs us that the iricerelo : tit thr e coO° o oo design of having the Isthmus of Soe i v i s it t o 00 ° 0 , 0 requested M. de Lesseps to pay another 34 thee(o,,, 40t tinople in order to use fresh efforts 1;10 0 t o roa Government on the subject. Saitoft solftitialcheoi, said, written an autograph letter tnotiereTerfoo out to his Majesty the necessity of th e ol ie L'' t he l' , the importance which it would give te to it l e provinces of the empire, by bringing 00 0 )0 1 ' tots oof ..r ' trade of the whole world. i distr - t he ever THE POTATO TRADE.--ID seve ral ow for to oot) appears to be a remnant of p otato fr e g o o 4l) 9o ll ,' We have to note a shipment of St ops " WO, ' ll for n ool' burgh for Newcastle, one of 107 irtgoraeoesfroil for Hartlepool, one of 34 tons frothro for . 0 or:A lin, and one of 70 tons from Fioub°aoot, top l ° wir At Fraserburgh, says our corregpii° nit . bet f e te pre few transactions in potatoes, the sift ' 0000 er exhausted, The price is 14s. p er ho t f rict 4 4 p t° 0 8 ' correspondent writes that in this dis t os, sf getting scarce, and are nowe selling " alAtie r boll " • —Banfskire Journal. SIP-. are ool‘ T S°4' ca°. $ EXTRAORDINARY COLLISION. A ereg ibl e ~101 l B.—The Shields insurance clubs ar e ii i s ion , ..00 AO ing into a most strange case of fe_ at 1.0 P' o o lol o o place between two Tyne vessels, suu de eree, P ale , or, the coast, on Saturdanight. 1%-b3u ti th e i' , cons by 0 t iet the Arctic, laden with . ' bar o eln collier noon tide. They were ng s'/' eiretin, ale 00 W.S.W., when, by some strange eytlreesfesse lot. barque was brought round to the 1/ Dotif „ Ole ° 4. • into the brig with tremendous fore!. ow vi. o ol, ep e e fered most fearfully, and in five T i :bout 1 ,.'„, 0 0 1, 1 :0 0% wrecks. The amount of damage le . t hat Weer P ,d vessels are discharging. It is statecifroo Belli' 00 of the Arctic had got wrong bY . _llo,ole. ivAPoprri, been accidentally placed in the bliO,, s , kfl Ae rest 0 0 1 4 THE PORTSMOUTH ROYAL SAlLySis,s v for .. i, I , meeting was held on Monday, at `Silll:t o f he . ,, e ceo s°ol t mote the contemplated ealargethe_ weans maceool post' Huai Sailors _Home, which has _ de Pa: .., t bs.,;e: e consequence of the increasing dethr...nentiall bast ! loci Lion oil the part.of the seamen _f'e'inhaeneukibel4 Ji The interest of the occasion wa'i d Frioceo;. loci 2 01; r cumstance that her Majestl ape of 5 1 0 00 11 0 0 11 1 0 0 recently contributed 11 joint donast,,,itioa.ep feecAoi.o,l the object, teed have promised ai i i _°`•ehtai r e p e . ; . provided a sufficient amount e a , i _rote torrtoport'r: sources toinsure an extensietna. n il Itea;:'of •?..Priico.',l of the case. The chair was a _ jos.aufAidoffice.,a_,,, 'l:o;fe.ro.',, Spencer, IC.G., and sever 1 r ` t l e ivet_l7ol°.loo _/:;i. present to support the o bject nliostitufl°P e e r ,' ti oP oo man traced the progress of the A ", eti blie. were to h ., o f trie y tote, • its claims to the sympat y the i ns dog' . urging the public to svpport , __ ..aeo ;e o ran usly agreed to. Several .0a,,,,'i to ... , _ ~.. WiliiAg § Wteil (4 3111.! " - • • __ Gulaoult9t4) .. . .. .. . . .. ,