The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-16 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —VISIT of th e EmpLittiß of the FRENCH to WINDSOR CASTLE.-- andWEDNESDAY, the LSD AY, 17th the ins lath inst.,Queen's there Houn dwsill me at be aet Slothzh . on GR..NI REVIEW in W1,;11)SOR PARK. On each day Special Trains for Slough and Windsor will leave th. Paddington iltation at 9 and 9.43 a.m. Special Trains will also run from Windsor to Paddington up to a late hour at night.—Paddington Station, April 16, 1855. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARRia. Under the management of Mr. Bnekatone. THIS EVENING, Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal eharactei s by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet, In which the Spanish 1:M11CW. Will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL. '- - Atter which, a new Extravaganza. c alled TUE i „ Tivi HA Y MAR/LET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To cerclude With THE GALICIIN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cne.2.1. 1 a REAM. THIS EVENING. LEVE N T H Will be Performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delav irinc igne . 4 ' 1""Ical Play, entitled L OUIS TUE E. Ppi , "hunter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (6th time) a Romance, In two acts, entitled King. Queen, and Knave. TIM MULETEER OF TOLED O ; or, TIIRLTRE ROYAL ARMFUL Proprietor, M. a- Virebster--Directress. Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, wui be wormed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOIS STRANGER. To conclude wlth A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. OF 110'rlIER GOORE, ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, er,n be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L IDIE9 Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, li. Cooper, Danvers end Miss Castleton. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Babson, Emery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF IHE GOL D) MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. Glorious success i To commence with an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee. called. rim FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! No Drama for many years has created so great a sensation. The interest is most intense the burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exeiting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-onice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, air. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVEITLNO, Will be performed THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J. HaWord, Rogerson, and Rinloch ; said Miss Re becca Isaacs, Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE . To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. HIGH WATI 4 :II. AT LONDON BRIDOE. Tam 11 )+ , Afornirc 34 - , n , ..aftel 1 i Ev. nings3min.a't. 1 To-Xasiow—Morningl3 ratn.after 2 1 Eveni_ g34min.aft. 2 THE WrATHER.—Sum OrmatApril. 13. TEMIIMOMETZB, IN THEE SHUR CO—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the nl;ht. 6t—this day, at poop. Biatomirno, 3022. WIND, W.—Light breeze, with fine weather. APRIL 16. 65—highest since noon vesterday. 50—lowest this morning and during the night. 65 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'33. WIND, W.N.W.— Light, with extraordinary fine sun shiny weather. heart. The cheers of England will be strength -ned by the " cead mille failthe" of Ireland, while he voice of " bonnie Scotland" will not be the less sonorous, from the knowledge that the blood of one of her most ancient and distinguished fa milies circulates in the veins of the Imperial EUGENIE. The Vienna Conference can hardly fail to do mischief. It is next to impossible to push pre parations with the same vigour for a war which may any day be suspended by the pen as for one which could only be terminated by the sword. At home also our people are embarrassed as to what they would press on their Government. The universal sentiment is war in earnest—war with out mercy till the enemy strikes. Yet every public meeting assembles under the apprehension that all its demands are but too likely to be in process of nullification by aristocratic representa tives at the Conference. We note, indeed, with hope, certain indications of vigorous designs ; the powerful Baltic fleet, the departure of the Guards, the loan, and a few other things ; but there are also well•known symptoms of an op posite character ; none stronger than the construction of a Cabinet of so little competency, and of such insultingly aristocratic character, by •the man whom the nation demanded to rectify all that kind of thing. The leaving out Mr. LAYARD, a man who for the War would have made the best Prime Minister himself, and who ought at least to have been War Minister, was the first great false step of Lord PALMERSTON. Since that misdeed he has hardly done anything worthy of his post. The long Easter holidays, the desertion of the War-office, and the general want of life and spirit in the Cabinet, seem to us indications of views the opposite of those cherished by the nation. There are mysterious rumours, too, from the Crimea of the bombardment being suspended on tele graphic messages from Vienna ! We all know that Odessa still remains untouched. It will turn out, we fear, should we escape peace, that War all the winter has been conducted under the hope that very strenuous efforts might be unneces sary. Russia will have defended Sebastopol, War saw, and Cronstadt most successfully at Vienna. Diplomacy there will have deadened our fire more effectually than gabions and earthworks at Sebas topol. The public in this country will, however, some. times utter its feelings pretty strongly. So far as we understand them, it desires chiefly two things: first, as we are now engaged in that work, the demolition of Sebastopol, and next the re-estab lishment of Poland. On these main points hang, in general opinion, much more. The Black Sea, the Asiatic and Danubian provinces, and the Baltic would be dealt with pretty easily if the two great points were gained. On Thursday evening last an eloquent peace lecturer at Newcastle only obtained by his efforts a complimentary vote of thanks to himself, and a resolution " reprobating the management of the War, declaring it right to resist wrong, and the War therefore just and ne cessary ; repudiating the Vienna Conference, and demanding the restitution of Poland !" At Wol verhampton a crowded public meeting, after lis tening with enthusiasm to an admirable address from M. ZABA, unanimously carried a strong re solution in favour of Polish independence as the only reasonable safeguard of Europe, and also a memorial to Prince CZARTORYSKI. Wherever the popular sentiments have been tested they are the same. A. lecture against the War, or one on behalf of Poland, only brings out the same reso lutions. The country knows its mind. The country does not halt between two opinions. The country does not vacillate between the whispered wishes of a Court and the stern demands of duty. At the Wolverhampton meeting M. ZABs very successfully met the ungenerous calumnies by which some have unworthily endeavoured to ex tenuate Russian guilt in the partition and absorp tion of his country, and to lessen hope of her capability for independent action. It is worth while for all who have been imposed on by such misrepresentations to read the interesting sketch given by hina in his speech (see The Sun of the 13th) of the way in which Russia always seized the occasion of subtantial improvements in Poland as the time for her fraudulent or savage attacks. The very same course, in fact, as she was just now pursuing with Turkey ; in which the spread of Protestantism, and advancement of real liberty were, as Lord SHAFTESBURY pointed out, the real causes of the MENSCHIKOFF mission. In all these cases religion —the propagation of the orthodox faith has been the pretext. CZARS, indeed, have always got up a character for being very religious, It was re ported of the Emperor ALEXANDER that he was a very pious man. We have seen somewhere that the remark was made to the celebrated Dissenting preacher ROBERT HALL—" Yes, yes ;" was the reply of the divine, " very pious—very pious. No doubt he said grace before he swallowed Poland." The piety of NICHOLAS was of a still higher order : he was going to swallow Turkey whole, and all for the good of the Orthodox Church and the glory of GOD ; and o do him justice ALEXANDER 11. appears to tread is the pious footsteps of his father and grandfather. It is just possible our Cabinet may have arranged plans for aiding Poland from the Baltic, or of destroying Sweaborg, Helsingfors, and Cronstadt. If so, we shall not censure them. Otherwise, it does appear to us that a fleet sufficient to shut up, as last summer, the Russian navy, and the rest of our strength thrown into the Black Sea, would have been the better plan. The Agamemnon which got so near Fort Constantine, both did in comparably the greatest damage and suffered least injury herself. A fleet of powerful gun boats would get much nearer, almost within breach ing distance, and it would be almost impossible for the gunners of the forts to hit them. Their hulls would be lower than the range of the lowest tier of the guns of the fort. How serviceable, therefore, they might have been when the bombardment does at last begin. They would hardly be of less value at d hol p a probably do o g u r l e d a t wi damage. ease rieoffbab they l a O s d ce e n ss d a, th a e nd riv a e t r ,Naine We suppose they could by etvh iffieed n had lt v i e n e s n n t o e l r T e . the Oh f Danube while swo llen but to us th e se subjects, curse we write with the idtappeneacersotfheaitviiiatusthe n w turn things have taken we ought i made the Black Sea. ourselves as strong as p ossible to That is now emphatically the seat of war. We "lust beat them there, or reti re beaten from the of Directors Court • hen Mr. H. Wilson tvas held at the East India-house, w On Wednesday, the 11th inst., a Bombay. ' ed for z s t :d t lto be ca r r e rz d Reeves wee appointed Provisional Member of Council at The Emigration Commissioners Dave advertised ou n ri a i n s, - Me sth and y tor passengers betm-en the er aigrants to Adelaide and 12th of June, a$ may be hereafter determined. Some arrival s of gold from Australia took place on Sa turday. amountin g to 74,680/. the respective quantities b .ing 1,600 ounces, and 1,8001 sovereigns, by the ib 7,050 ounces by the Ab•rfoyle, and I : l tr a l i C , 9 ll :s7 l o S o y u d ri n c e e y s ; by the Charlotte Anne, both from Port Philip. The Hon. Henry Percy, of the Grenadier Guar ls, youngest son of the Earl o f B everley, left London on Saturday evening for Paris, on his Way to the Crimea. Kr. Percy has recovered his health, and from the effects of his wounds during his short res id ence in England, THE NEW GOIT'UNMENT LOAN. The meeting at the Treasury this morn ing Wag very fully attended by the lead ing capitalists in the City. Among those present were—the Governor and Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England, Baron Lionel Rothsthild, M.P., and Baron Meyer Roths child, Baron Goldsmid, Richard Thornton, Esq., Mr. Hutchinson, of the Stock Exchange, Alder man Salomons, Messrs. R. and S. Cohen, Hamond, Esq., Trotter, Esq., Laurence, Esq., and others. Soon after one o'clock the Chancellor of the Exchequer entered the room, attended by Mr. Wilson, and accompanied by Lord Palmerston and Sir Alexander Spearman. The Chancellor of the Exchequer then read the :ollowing statement : PARTICULARS OF THE PROPOSED LOAN. 1. The loan to be for the sum of sixteen million pounds. 2. For every 1001. subscribed in money, the con tractors to have 1001. 3 per cent. Consolidated Annuities and a terminable annuity for 30 years, ending on sth of April, 1885. The biddings to be made in the terminable annuity. 3. The interest on the 3 per Cent. Consolidated An nuities to commence from the sth January, 1855, and the ternainable annuity to commence from tho sth April, 1855. 4. The days of payment, and the proportions of the contributions to be paid to be as follows : _ On Tuesday, April 24, 1855, deposit of 101. per cent 2, May 22, „ payment of 151. „ 11 June 19, „ „ 101. „ 7) -Tiily 17. .. ~ 10/. „ )) August 21, „ „ 101. ,) Sept. 18, „ „ 101. „ /t October 18, „ „ 101. „ Nov. 20, „ „ 101. „ 'I Dec. 18, „ „ 10/. „ 5. For each instalment after the deposit, a propor• tional amount of stock to be created for the contributors, The stock payable on the deposit to be created at the same time with that which will be due on the last instalment, when the terminable annuity will be also written in to the contributors' names in the hooks of the Bank of England. 6. The biddings to be made at the Treasury, on Friday morning, the 20th April, 1855, at ten o'clock. Mr. HAMMOND asked if any discount would be allowed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there would not. A long and somewhat desultory conversation then ensued, in which Baron Rothschild, Alder man Salomon 3, and others, took part, the main facts elicited being these : First,—That as far as the Government can at present determine there will be no further loan until the present is completed. Second,—That tenders for the entire amount only will be received. Third,—That Corporaticns will not be allowed to bid for portions against the contractors. Fourth,—That the tenders will be received on Friday, April 20, at 10 o'clock in the morning. Fifth, That Government will not sell any more Stock, except for actual withdrawal of deposits by the Savings Banks. Sixth,—That application will be made to Parliament for power to issue 3,000,0001. Ex chequer-bills, but that this will not be exercised unless in case of need. In further conversatim the Chancellor of the Exchequer was unable precisely to state whether, if another loan were brought out before the present one was entirely paid up any allowance would be made to the holders of the scrip, but the Chancellor appeared to think there - would. He anticipated : that this loan would fully provide for the present year, it being understood that he did not answer that foreign loans would not bo introduced by States in alliance with Eng land or otherwise. No new Stock is to be issued, the present loan being incorporated with the existing Three per Cent. Consols. DEATH 'OF SIR HENRY DE LA BECHE, F.R.S.— This well known and respected gentleman died suddenly on Friday, in the 59th year of his age. The deceased was son of the late Colonel De La Beebe, and was the member of an old family, one of whose members filled the office of Constable of the Tower in the reign of Ed ward 111., and subsequently that of Seneschal of Gascony. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—Great preparations are being made in anticipation of a visit from the Em peror and Empress of the French, accompanied by her Majesty and Prince Albert. The new brass gates under the Victoria Tower are completed, and it is expected that her Majesty and her august visitors will there DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American R iyal Mail steamship Africa, Capt. Win. Harrison, sailed from the Mersey on Satur day morning, at ten o'clock, for Dlston and Halifax, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American possessions, 160 passengers, and a full car ) ,:o of freight. THE REINFORCEMENTS.—Within the last two months no less than tin whole companies of artillery have sailed for the Crimea, and many of them have already arrived at the seat of war. Last week no less than 5,000 in fantry left the shores of the United Kingdom to rein f n-ce our battalions in the Crimea. Early in May there will he full 6,000 British Cavalry at the seat of war.— Observer. The total of specie received during last week was 250,000/ , almost entirely in gold. The exports were under 100,0001. THE LATE COMMISSARIAT REMONSTRANCE. --A morons writer, in a recent number of Household 1Vo? ds, "If I were a flea, I would, I am sure, protest a:_ainst being cracked." It reminds one, we can't help thinking, of a letter with which the public have lately become acquainted. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS AT LEWES.—The prisoners who are confined in the war prison in this town are taken out on the Sou'h Downs almost every morning in de tachments of about 200, under the personal charge of Lieutenant Mann, the governor, and escorted hi a guard of pensioners and warders. When they arrive on the Downs they are permitted to erijay themselves at leapfrog and other athletic amusements. The appear ance of the prisoners has wonderfully altered since they have been in Lewes ; on their first arrival they were, almost without exception, thin, sallow, and dispirited ; now they are fat, rosy, and full of life and animation—a proof of the beneficial effects of good diet, including a liberal proportion of animal fond. BARNUM'S "BABY Suow."—A baby show is to take place at BarnuTn's, on the sth of June. The premiums range from 250 dole. down to 10 dole. A committee of ladies has been appointed to act as judges. The "finest baby under five years of age" will receive 100 dole. for being so nice. The "finest" twins, 50 dole. ; the " finest" triplet, 50 dols. ; the " finest" quatern (four at a birth), 250 dole, The fattest child, 50 deli. These are inducements. Barnum says, "Two triplets and one quatern are already engaged, and we expect the woman from Ohio with.five at a birth."—New York Daily Time. MEETING AT BRISTOL AGAINST THS SUNDAY BEER Bru.—On Saturday a meeting of delegates from a num ber of the trade societies of Bristol assembled for the purpose of considering the operations of the Sunday Beer Act, passed during the last session of Parliament. The chair was taken by Mr. Rogers, of the Carpenters' Union. The bill was strongly condemned by the several speakers, as unwise and unjust, because liable to different and opposite constructions by the magistrates of different localities. What was deemed legal in one county was punished in another. Several instances were given of oPpressive and contradictory decisions ; and the fact was especially commented upon, that the bill bore with particular severity upon the working classes, while wealthy persons were not affected by its pro visions, they being able to fall back on their well stocked eellar3. It was denied that the act had been called for by any increase of drunkenness among the operative class. The following resolution was then cor dially adopted :—" That a petition be addressed from this meeting to the Commons' House of Parliament, p r yin° . for an abolition of the Sunday Beer Act, and that •ucli petition be signed by the delegates on behalf ( f their respective trades, for the - purpose of strength eningtlhse PARlS.—Weseparatet trades." a de s r . n : h e e kn aP E P LP e a alis mCa:l3le . PfArN t o i rair m r Webster, the indefati gable in proprietor of the tk of a few nights of Adelphi, is in Paris, having, ac gableng to custom, leisure to run over to s o eo f a G a T li i ,,a l anz 8 :If g negotiatior to bring over the '' ' wen er a . en advantage — if thei .. e be anything to pick up. y T e h t e s r e e f the same nature, which Mr. Mitchell's speculation o . , eon juurral4. ,, time since in the L, n i Adelphi troupe daring thewrEexhhiebairtionno,thbfougt fnuortthhienrgoisf was reported some tt is le s d om on e of Mr. Mitchell, to London, tinier the auspices to have been laid the subject. an nounced some little time back, appears . the sub- been said on aside, at least nothing has . . And in the same journal :—" The visit of Mlle. Rachel French Theatre is considered any loss by the London . public, but we cansafely affirm that one part of the public ject. We do not know whether his having given up the of Paris, namely, the actors and actresses, consider it a positive calamity. John pays so well." e• 4?, • • - *) • T' s , Vs.)% 1 " * "'I t- We' - - , Al3l, LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1855. This day the Emperor NAPOLEON the Third be comes the honoured guest of the QUEEN of Eng land, the Monarch who owes his exalted position to the suffrages of no less than eight millions of his countrymen—who, in the broadest signifi cation of the phrase, is "the chosen of his people" —will be received by one who also reigns in the hearts of her subjects, and whose power is based on love rather than fear. NAPOLEON will be ac companied by EUGENIE, whom he, in magnani mous contempt of the absurd regulations by which Royal marriages are usually framed, elevated to the Imperial dignity, of which she is now the brilliant ornament. The marriage of the EMPEROR was his noblest act, and not a day has since elapsed that he has not reaped the rich reward of his disinterested love. Such visitors are well worthy of the enthusiastic reception which they are about to receive—a re ception to be accorded not merely bytheSovereign, but the People of Great Britain. Prejudices un warrantably entertained, in which we were the first, and for a long time the only jour nal that did not participate, have totally passed away. The acts, intentions, and motives of NAPOLEON are now regarded in a more correct point of view. The people of the United Kingdom now render full justice to their illus trious guest ; not a single dissentient voice will arise to the plaudits bestowed on the EMPEROR and EMPRESS. Every true-hearted Englishman will join in the exulting paeans raised to the honour of the ruler of beautiful France—the high minded and faithful ally of Great Britain the participator in the struggle in which -%;'e have engaged, in defence not merely of an aggrieved and injured nation, but of the liberties of Europe against incarnate despotism. It is, indeed, no formal ceremonial which we are this day to celebrate. It is not merely an act of passing courtesy from one crowned head to another. It is rather the affixing of the seal to the solemn contract of perpetual amity between the peoples of France and England—the binding pledge of future love between great nations, once worthy rivals, but whose only emulation now is as to which shall render the most valuable assistance to the cause of liberty and free institutions all over the world. Should a medal be struck to commemorate the auspicious event— and we earnestly hope it may be so—its fitting inscription will be "Esse monumentum, et pignul a ' 3 ," and it will indeed be a monument more durable than brass —more enduring than marble. Th e welcome so cordially bestowed upon the brim 'ou is virtually rendered to every French citizen. The hospitality of t he Queen of EN GLAND is a tviya' rener l of th a t w hi c h every Engli shman would d ace ""ing to his means, to Vrench brethr e any of his 14 There is a mutual and genuine apprecia.tim a by inhabit an t s the of b o th countries —the One of the diplo matic entente enrcuarr. It is not the first breeze that • to be shaken by the disturb, political atmosphere. IT the serenity of the can disturb that w hi ch .° , c hange of Cabinets understandi ng ___. a sincer i e B ua s ed on a thorough France and England are feeling friendship. now fellow- Workers in the good cause—their workers in sword s are unsheath e d they are arra.Ted on th e same fiel d ; but these weapons are not pointed against each , oth. "The direful skill" of the Artillery and Engineerer. is not directed to the destruction of F rance or England. Each is the trustworthy auxiliary of the other—the faithful friend who will unhesitat ingly shed his own blood to save that of his com panion. Of such a feeling we shall honestly s a y, "t° Perpetua, may it never change or diminish, but that the union of France and England maybe even more lasting than the dissensions and heart . burnings to nhich it has succeeded. Let every Englishman feel that this felicitous result depends on his individual conduct. Let him strive to do ho nour to the Imperial guest ; • but let him also sedu lously avoid obtrusive or vulgar displays, so that may it be seen that the welcome comes from the THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENINGs_APRIL 16 1855 LAW INTELLIGENCE., -(Tills DAY). COURT OF UdANCERY. This was the first day of Easter Term, and, acccrding to usage, the Lord Chancellor entertained the Judges, Masters in Chancery, and Queen's Counsel, to breakfast, at his lordship's residence ; after which, accompanied by his learned guests, his lordship proceeded in state to open the Courts at Westminster. The Lord Chancellor, on taking his seat at two o'clock, was accompanied by the Master of the Rolls, the Lord- Justice Turner, and the Vice-Chancellors Kindersley, Stuart, and Wood. His lordship, after disposing of the appeal of Woodgate v. Archer, proceeded to hear mo tions. Westminster-hall was crowded, as usual, on these occasions ; but the expected visit of the Emperor of the French and the fineness of the day appeared to have increased the number of visitors. HURRAH ! FOR THE NOBLE ALLIANCE ! [We extract the following patriotic lines from a musical proof publishing by Mr. Charles Sheard, of 192, Holborn, who seems to have caught the spirit of the present auspicious visit of the Emperor and Empress of the French.] Hurrah ! for the Noble Alliance, Hurrah ! for our brothers in fight ; What foeman shall bid us defiance ! While the Rose and the Lily unite ? The eons of fair Gaul are beside us, The "Standard" and " Tri-colour" blend ; Never more may a Faction divide us, But each look on each as a friend. Long, long may the two be united The cause of "THE RIGHT" to advance ; Long, long may the Lion of England Agree with the Eagle of France. Our past days of laurel-marked glory Have had worthy comrades in fame ; And when History tells our proud story, She echoes forth Erin's loud name. Old Scotia's brave heart is undying— The first and the last in the field , Aud the sons of the South are now vieing With ranks that will drop, ere they yield. Long, long may the " Four " be united The cause of "THE RIGHT" to advance ; May the Shamrock, the Rose, and the Thistle Be twined with the Lily of France. Success to the Noble Alliance ! Come fill up a bumper to those Who can fling down the gage of defiance, And laugh at a legion of foes ! Despite our delusions of Error, May the record of Inkerman tell Tbat a despot remembers with terror Where the blood of our " TEIREE HUNDRED" fell Though sluggards great duties have slighted, Never doubt that the cause will advance, While the Shamrock, the Rose, and the Thistle Are twined with th• Lily of France. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 16.—Wind and weather this day bt noon, S.W. ; light pleasant breeze, and fine, clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 14.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Vie toria, from Leith, for New York ; H.M S. Crane, Lago, and sailed on the 15th for the westward; H.M.S. Rosa- mond, Plymouth ; Wilson Kennedy, do. Sailed—Great Britain (transport, No. 187), for Malta. PLYMOUTH, April 15. Wind, S.W. Sailed—Daven port, for Quebec; Princess Royal, do. ; John Adam, Con stantinople. FALMOUTH, April 15.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Shannon, from the Mauritius; Sophia, Cienfuegos. OFF FALMOUTH.—Aberfoyla, from Port Philip and Melbourne. SouTaimvroN, Aprill4.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived- Madrid (s.), from Gibraltar, &o. BRIDLINGTON, April 15.—Wind, W.N.W.. Arrived— Onyx, from Shields, for Dieppe, leaky. RAMSGATE, April 15. Wind, W.S. W. Sailed—General Murray, for Dieppe. YARMOUTH, April 15.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived — Agnes Campbell, from London, for Newcastle, with damage from collision with the Seaton, of Aberdeen. DunLut, April 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Xarifa, from Barbatloes. Sailed—Jane Gondee, for Buenos Ayres. —The Peeping Tom, of Liverpool, has been got off shore, leaky. CORI, April 14.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Powerful (s.), for Malta. LIMERICK, April 13.—Wind, N.E. Arrived Rose (s.s.), from London. ELSINORE, Ap. it 10.—The English war steamers are still in Landscrona harbour. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind, W. Arrived.—Felicity, from Jamaica; Maria, Ostend ; Jenne Prosper, Santander. Sailed. -= South Carolina, for Melbourne • Yorkshire, No* York ; Banger, Bahia ; Owen Potter, Calcutta. grir.romrowri, - - Wind, S.Q.W. _ Arriied—Wansfell, from Akyab ; Golden Era, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.2 3.M, Wind calm ; tide, quarter flood, very fine. Arrived, April 15. Margaret Thompson, from Port Fairy; Charlotte Ann, Melbourne; Susan Crisp, Algoa Bay • Bank of England and Spirit of the North, Shanghai. Arrived, 16th—Furet, from Gravelines. DEAL, Monday, 9.29 a.m. Wind, S.S.W. moderate and fine. Passed—Panther, from Calcutta, for Loudon ; Beatrice, from Mauritius (75 days passage), for London. Anchored —Superior, from London, for Malta; St. Anne, from China, for London. MOUNTED ESCORT CORPS POR AUSTRALIA.—One hundred men selected from the police of Glasgow, Liver pool, and other northern towns, sail from Liverpool in the exodus, appointed to sail this day (Monday). The force, which i 3 to be mounted, consists of 90 men, 8 sergeants and 2 inspectors.; the last named officers being Captain Hampton and Mr. John Cecil Reed, late an efficient and active inspector in the G division of the metropolitan police. Garrat, the bank robber, proceeds by the same vessel. HE ARMY DEPARTMENTS.—Ministers will be pre ed, on the re-assembling of Parliament, to com mence a thorough reform in the departments connected with the army. The first great reform to be proceeded with will embrace the abolition of the Ordnance Depart ment, and the complete consolidation of the business hitherto tramacted by them with the War Department lately established, and now in p:ocess of a more perfect and analogous concentration. When the Ordnance, the Commissariat, and the Medical, and ether boards, con nected with military management shall be harmoniously consolidated under a single heal, there is every hope that they will be all improved, having each, at the same time, permanent departmental cl.iefs, selected for their tried competency and i experience. Th ose , an d se veral other improvement?,, will be amongst th e f oremos t intro aced to Parliament immediately after the recess.-0b- server. DAIIAGING PICTURES.—At the Liverpool Assize Court, on Saturday, an action was brought against the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, by J. Naylor, Esq., to recover the sum of 4,5001. for damages to certain pic tures, which, while being conveyed across the company's line at 08 we4ry, were run into by a train, destroying the horse, van, and the property above named. The pictures had been on view in Liverpool during the visit of the British Association, and were highly p r iz e d. After the case had been called on, the respective parties effected a compromise, the company paying the plaintiff 2,5001. and costs. EARNING A SovEREIGN.—A few days ago, as three women were employed in cutting broom in the wood of l'Huisserie, near L writ (Vfayenne), the attention of one of them was roused by hearing a plaintive cry proceed ing from some thick brushwood near. On proceeding to the spot, she saw five young wolf cubs only a few days old, lying in a sort of a lair, and crying for their dam, which hail probably gene in search of food. The woman, without thinking of the danger she would incur if she happened to meet the dam, and actuated by the wish of obtaining the premium of sf. each given for the destruc tion of those sub - sale, put the cubs in her apron, and car ried them off to the tnairie at Laval, where she duly re ceived the reward to which she was entitled.—Galignani. A BRICKLAYER'S HOME IN THE FROST.—I saw the home of a bricklayer, who, when he has work, earns 30s. a-week, and lives with a wife and nine children in two rooms. We passed through the first room, from which everything had been taken to get bread. We west into the second room, and found that also stripped. There re mained only. two chairs, that were not chairs, and had been left simply because they were worthless. They had lost their seats, but one or two sticks laid across the frame work made it possible to use them. In one such chair the wife sat with a baby on her lap, her own arms bare. Her gown had gone for bread, her chemise, and the last things_ sold were her shoes. There was a rag that covered a small poetion of the baby (two months old), the rest of its budy the mother did her best to cover with what little dressing decency forced her to retain about herself. Eight other children crowded round some dying embers. Their distress wag the more pitiful to see, because the woman had refinement in her features, was gentleand uncomplaining in her speech, and the con dition of the children showed what they had received from her careful nurture. They were all young, all bearing their priva.tione with the beautiful simplicity that belongs only to children. A little boy with a round head and flaxen locks planted himself before one of us, and fixed his won dering blue eyes upon the stranger's face—unconscious of the sorrows of his home—not stirring foot or chang ing for an instant the direction of his gaze until the marvel bad departed. I think these children were not very conscious of privation. It was impossible to look from their well-rounded forms to the thin face of the mother without feeling that for them all sacrifice was made. I did not see the husband, but was told that he was true and earnest like his wife. The bed here was a small heap of the ends of rushes in a corner of the room. " How do you manage of a night ?"—" Those rush ends make a very soft bed. They were in a piece of ticking, but we had to sell the tick. The children sleep there. My husband and I sit up on the chairs." Surely, there are many beds of down less enviable than those two chairs, upon which sitting must have been a sort of tor ture to the body. In the dark room penetrated by the bitter fro,t husband and wile, thinly clad, sat nightly side by side that they might leave the little nest of rushes to their children.—Dickens Howeito/4 Words. 1T A 7 - N .a.k A- kat f. i sa. t ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS IN ENGLAND. The Emperor and Empress arrived at Calais at nine o'clock yesterday evening, and were received by the Prefect and the Mayor. DOVER, MONDAY, 11 A.M. The Emperor and Empress embark at half-past nine o'clock this morning at Calais in the Pelican war steamer. The weather is clear on that side )f the Channel, but a dense fog prevails here, and he approach of the squadron to the English coast must be cautiously made. DOVER, MONDAY, APRIL 16. Their Imperial Majesties the Emperor Napoleon 111. and the Empress Eugenie arrived at Dover at 11.30 a.m. We have received the following telegraphic des patch from Marseilles : MARSEILLES, MONDAY, APRIL 16. The Carmel, which left Constantinople on the sth, has arrived. Despatches for Government left last night at 11 p.m. The news from Eupatoria is satisfactory. Nothing from 3uba.topoi. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. PARIS, MONDAY. The Moniteur contains the promised article descriptive of the negotiations at Vienna. It states that there was much hesitation in the councils of the Allies before they felt it right to accede to the request of Austria to treat once more upon the bases of the four guarantees, be lieving that the victories of Alma and Inkerman had given. them the right to insist upon extended demands. The Third Point, as now defined, calls upon Russia to limit her naval forces, or to render the Black Sea neutral. Nothing will divert the Allies from this object. They know that at the time of need Austria will resolutely combat with then). A telegraphic despatch dated Vienna, Saturday, announces, on the authority of the Vienna Presse, that Prince Galitzin had brought instructions from St. Petersburg for Prince Gortschakoff, which were unfavourable as regards the uncon ditional acceptance of the third point by Russia. A Berlin despatch states that the instzuctions which have been communicated there seem little calculated to promote a pacific solution of a e difficulties. According to another despatch from Vienna he conference will probably meet on Monday. We have received the following telegraphic de spatch from Berlin : BERLIN, APRIL 14. The following despatch has been received here, do.t.a CF. Va+o,•al,nrst. April 14 : Nothing of importance has taken place at Sebas. topol up to the Gth inst. A pretty brisk fire has been kept up again our works. The works of approach make slow progress. Nothing has been undertaken in other parts o: he Crimea. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, APRIL 15. This morning, at daybreak, the Imperieuse and Euryalus, having got up steam, proceeded northward, expecting to meet Admiral Dundas's fleet in the Belt. COPENEtAGEN, APRIL 14. Two British corvettes have passed southwards. TURIN, SA TIIRDAy. To-day the King, accompanied by the French and English ambassadors, distributed colours to the troops proceeding to the East. " You go," said his Majesty, "to fight in countries where the flag of Savoy floated in days of yore. I regret that I cannot go with you." MADRID, SATURDAY. Yesterday the Cortes approved a budget of civil list, granting to the Queen 28,000,000 reals ; to the King, 1,000,000 reals ; the Princess of Asturias, 1,000,000 reals ; and the Duchess de Montpensier, 1,500,000 reals. It is rumoured that the Pope's protest against the sale of the ecclesiastical property had arrived. APRIL 13. M. Alonzo, formerly Minister of Justice, died last night. Next Sunday, .larshal Espartero will review the National Guard and the troops of the garrison. Tranquillity is perfectly restored. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of theGth of A pril. The Invulzcle Russo publishes the following from the Crime, including the Russian version of the sortie of the night of the 22d of March. The Invcaide says : " Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff reports, under the date of the 13th (25th of March), that the siege works of the enemy against Sebastopol make very slow progress. The state of the ramparts of the fortress, on the contrary, improves daily, notwithstanding the almost incessant fire of the enemy. Their mines are always destroyed by us with the same success. " The Turkish troops which occupy Eupatoria sre strictly blockaded by the detachment under Lieutenant- General Baron Wrangel. "On the 9th (21st) of March the Turks, to the number of 18 squadrons, and 12 field gunS, with infantry and foot artillery, left the town and attempted to cross the stone bridge over an arm of Lake Gniloi but, received by our horse ar till ery , t h ey were comp elled to retreat before nightfall. " Witii . this report came also the following acscoun , from Prince Gortschakoff of a sortie made by tint gar rison of Sebastopol in the night between the 10t.th and 11th (22d and 23d) of March : " 'On the 27th of February last (11th of March) we commenced constructing, on a tumulus situate at 290 sagenes in advance of the Korniloff bastion and only 180 sagenes from the second advanced parallel of the mealy, a lunette which received the name of Katntschatk.i, from the regiment employed in its construction. " 'The object of this construction was, on tlte one hand, to prevent the enemy from gaining a footi rg, by means of rapid sap volante works, upon the hivh 'round opposite the Korniloff Bastion ; and, on the other hand, to form, in connection with our counter approach ets the Selingbinsk and Volhynia red ou bt s , tin advanced line of defences. " 'On the 9th (21st) March the lunette waft com pletely finished and armed, after which it became im possible for the enemy to continue his approaches e xcept by regular mining (sapie pleine), although still at: a dis tance of 470 sagenes from the principal defences. of the fortress. co n the 10th (22d) March the fire of the a rtiilery and riflemen of our lunette forced the enemy to in terrupt their works, but it w as t o b e preputned that they would make every effort the following night to repair the lost time and advance rapidly a la sape volante. ‘" To prevent this a strong sortie was made (taring the night between the 1r) , I. 11+ 1, on,t.-, r, !I, - !it t el:wil .4 " This enterprise was entrust,.d to Lieutenant- General Khrouloff, with a detachment consisting of 11 battalions of the 44th Marines and a detachment of the 35th.* " ' These troops formed in columns by companies on each side of the lunette, and advanced boldly in front ; overcoming the terrible fire of the enemy, they seized upon the most advanced approaches, and despite an oh. stinate resistance, forced their way into the principal French trench. All the works of the besib.7, , ,rs were im mediately destroyed by the bailors of the 33,1 and 44th divisions, " e A sanguinary hand-to-hand fight lasted during the whole night, until the French, who had defended their trenches with great obstinacy, were driven back to their first parallel. " 'Lieutenant-General Khrouleff then gave the signal to retreat, which was done in perfect order. " 'Simultaneously with this attack, and to divide the forces of the enemy, two other sorties were male at a greater distance to the right and left of the Kaont schtaka lunette : the first was entrusted to Capt. Bond istcheff of the navy, with 4 companies of the Greek volunteers of Prince Mourouzi, and 260 volunteers of the 38th and 41st Marines, and of the 6th battalion of the reserve of the Minsk Regiment of Infantry. "'The other sortie, eonsii-ting of 475 vo unteera of the 30th and 45th Marines, of the Okhotsk Chasseure , land of the 6th battalion of the reserve of the Volhynia Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Biruleff, of the navy, entered the Eaglish trenches on the heights in front of the southern bay, spiked a mortar, destroyed a battery which the enemy ha.l commenced constructing on this point, and took an English captain of engineers and 6 men prisoners. " Our enterprise was thus crowned with success on every point ; the enemy were driven from the trenches, and all the works executed during the few previous days destroyed. 'We took from the French 64 prisoners, of whom two were officers, and from the English 14 pri soners, of whom two were officers, and we spiked three mortars. " But this brilliant affair cost us dearly ; in the sor ties we had in all eight superior and subaltern officers and 379 men killed, and 21 superior ani subaltern officers and 982 men wounded. " According to declarations of peisoners it had been the intention of the enemy to take, at all cost, during the night of the loth-nth (22 1.231) the Katnschatka redoubt, and to execute important works, a la gape volante. " 'With this object six battalions had been placed in the advanced trenches. "'This circumstance, which compelled General Khrouleff to call up the greater portion of his reserve, explains our heavy loss. "'The loss of the enemy must have greatly exceeded our own when we consider that whilst retreating the French troops that had been repulsed were exposed to the cross fire from the nearest batteries. Among the slain the body was found of Lieutenant-Colonel Duaias, of the Staff, who had the direction of the French trenches. "'During the whole time of the combat the town was briskly bombarded. The enemy threw nearly 2,000 shells during the night, which did very little damage to the troops under shelter. " 'ln rendering testimony to the heroic courage of all the troops engaged, Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gorts chakoff makes particular mention of the following as having particularly distinguished themselves :—Liter tenant General Khrouleff, who commanded the principal sortie ; Lieutenant-Colonel Radomsky, who comma riled the Dnieper Regiment ; Captain Bondistcheff of the Imperial Navy ; Lieutenant Biruleff, ditto; the Chief rf the Greek Volunteers, Prince Mourouzi, and the Vlonk-Priest, Joanniki Savinoff, who during the whole combat was at the head of the troops with cross in rand, encouraging them on, and consoling the sounded."' Tire Danube, an Austrian journal, publishes the following order of the day, addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to the garrison of Sebastopol on his arrival there on the 20th of March :-- "Soldiers !—His Majesty has deigned to appoint t n• to the command of the sea and land forces in tine Brave warriors, all Russia is proud of your heroic courage, and our great Emperor Nicholas I. on his death-bed turned his last looks towards y with grati tude. His worthy successor, his Mpje.ty the r-ig ing Emperor, Alexander II , has deigned to expre-s himself as follows in letters addressed to me on the 3d and 7th of March : 3 " Tell the brave defenders of Sebastopol, in the name of our immortal benefactor, that the Emperor Nicholas was proud of them, and that be thought of them on his death-bed in sending them, through me, the expression of his last and cordial gratitude. Tell our brave soldiers that I thank them in his name by these letters, and that I am perfectly convinced that they were always worthy of his paternal solicitude.' " Soldiers ! the most difficult time is over. The roads are better, transports of every description arrive easily, and considerable reinforcements sent to your sup port are on the way. In taking the command of this army I am sincerely convinced that, with God's bles sing, success will finally crown our efforts, and that w e will certainly justify the hopes of our august Sovereign. Adjutant-General Osten Sacken, who directed the de m.w u.h.set-r-t and his com panion the brave Admiral Nachimoff, resume to-day their former functions." The Czas, of Cracow, has a letter dated from St. Petersburg, the writer of which alleges that the authorities have destroyed the granite bridges over the lo wer course of the Neva, in order to render the stream unnavigable to large vessels. Accounts from Odessa state that fresh detach ments of Greek volunteers are on their march to wards the Crimea. A letter from Cracow of the Bth says :—Gene ral Paniutine has been summoned to Warsaw f ro m his head-quarters at Lub lin, in order to come to an understanding with Prince Paskiewitch, pro bably as to the movement of the troops, which for some months past have not left their winter quar ters. Gen. Rejtern, who commands the first divi sion in the government of Kielce, has arrived at Warsaw. The Emperor has renewed all the orders which had been given in the month of February, last year, relative to the Baltic and to that coast. The 'landmarks on the coasts of the Gulfs of Both nia, Finland, and Revel are to be immediately removed, and the lighthouses have been all extin guished. The Military Gazette of Vienna contains a letter from Odessa of the 30th ult., which says : " We learn here that Prince Gortschakoff has left at Simpheropol only two divisions of cavalry and a brigade of infa•itry. All the rest of the troops, amounting to 75,000 men, are so disposed on the Belbec, the heights of Bakshi-Serai, and the upptr part of the Tchernaya, that they may be concentrated on any point required is any exceedingly brief space of time. It is in that posi tion that the prince will await the attack of the Allies, being determined not to assume the offensive unless in roost favourable circumstances. The prince, findin g lately that the left wing of his army of operation , posted a t In kerman and its neighbourhood, Ras somewhat in danger from the large reinforcements which the Allies had reeeived, gave orders to have it immediately strength ened by means of troops from the centre towards Bakshi- Serai and the right wing towards Simpheropol. The deficit so caused in the ranks of the centre and right will be filled up with troops from Perekop." In addressing his troops, lately, Prince Gortscha koff made use of an expression which has been much talked of. " Work on, my children," he said to them, "work on for twenty days more, and then an will be over and you will return to your homes to repose from your fatigues." * The•re were four battalions of the Kamtschatka Chas sours, oof our Ouglitch Chasseurs, three battalions of infantry of the Dnieper Regiment, and two of the Volhynia Regiments FRANCE. (PROW OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY, The lroniteor publishes the following as the words addressed yesterday by the Emperor to the Deputies : tc Messieurs mes Deputes,—l wished to bid you adieu before leaving, and to thank you for the sup port which you have.given me in all the important laws which I have presented to you during this session. . "My absence will be of short duration . I think I shall lbe your interpreter, by assuring the Go vernment of her Majesty the Queen of Great Bri tain that you appreciato, as I do, all the advan tages of the alliance with England. (Yes, yes.) 'We all desire peace, but on honourable condi tions, and only in such case. If we are to continue the war I count upon your loyal support.' (Yes, yes.) The Emperor and Empress left Paris yesterday, after hearing mass in the Chapel of the Tuileries. Their Majesties arrived in an open carriage at the station of the Northern Railway. The Emperor was accompanied by Marshal Vaillant, Minister.of War and Grand Marshal of the Palace ; the Duke of Bassano, Grand Chamberlain ; General de Mon tebello, Colonel Fleury, and the Marquis de Ton iongeon, his aides-de-camp. The Empress was ac companied by Princess d'Esling, Grand Mistress of her household; Countess de Montebello and Countess de Malaret, Ladies of the Palace ; and Count Tascher de la Pagerie, First Chamberlain to her Majesty. Fifty Cent Gardes and a detach ment of cavalry formed the escort. The 50 Cent Gardes will follow their Alajesties to London.' All the Ministers, the President of the Council of State, and the President of the Corps Legislatif received the Emperor and Empress at the station. Baroli . de Rothschild took his seat in the Imperial train, which left the station at 45 minutes past 1 o'clock, under the direction of M. Petiet, the chief engineer. A.n immense crowd had asi.;ernbled at the station, and enthusiastically cheers d their Majesties. We read in the Connie? de Marseille, of the 14th 1 " Yesterday, 600 men of the 80th regiment of the line arrived here by the railway, and to-day a battalion of the lat regiment and a company of the waggon train are expected. To-morrow a detatehraent of the let regiment , - I.l,Avu Lir tudCrimea,• i~'.w~ o i BELGIUM. The following circular, dated Brussels, 31st o' 9 has been addressed by M. de Decker, the 13°1;1 Minister of the Interior, to the Governors 0 provinces : isi " I hasten to inform you of the formation of a Min ,t i l in which I am ca+led, by the confidence of his INbies'i to the honour nf fitting the functions of M inister the Interior. The idea which presided over thB formation of this Cabinet is openly avowed --s cosiplle inise among all moderate opinions. This comPr°llll effected with good faith, is in ace.-xdance both The the widies and the interest of the nation. Ministry has a right to require that the b s - i ni be conciliatory views which will guide it ill ; ; I te general direction of affairs shall. also anis. '.hose who, representing the Government and to posing of its influence, ought in their adininistratil reflect its spirit and second its action. I expect ' r° ,„ a . your patriotism a loyal and active co-operation, os7l lated to give to the internal government of the ealr, ) ,"" er that harmony and unity without which it has nell' te dignity nor force. On my side, I shall know be / it recognise your devotedness, and I shall respold t f„ by an impartial appreciation of your acts and by s'." o merits of ki dness which, while rendering our relatio_., more a retaLle, will facilitate the accomplishment do, common task. I beg you to acknowledge the receipt7f the present circular, and to communicate the tenoor it to the c.onimissaries of arrondissements of your Pr ce o vi lice. %Wen the letters of acknowledgments shall 136 01 been addressed to you by those functionaries, 9° ll i ll be ki -d enough to forward them to me without deesio; I eagerly avail myself of this first opportunity "'a offers itself to me, Monsieur le Gouverneur, to Pre 9.- . to you the expression of my best feelings. Pit Ditalcit' SPAIN. •fea, The Madrid journals of the Bth bane or 00 but they contain nothing of much importanusi The Gazette announces that the Queen, 95 t t s c iet in Holy Week, had ordered that a man 11— t he sentence of death for murder should bay ° life, penalty commuted to imprisonment for for and that five other men, about to the same crime, should, in the event of : e h viction, have the sentence of death, to net' they would be liable, commuted to one c'` r wo,4 petual imprisonment. The Pope's Nunc io the endeavouring to arrange the affair betviee!: 0$ Bishop of Osma and the government, but ' m ed. not considered likely that he would $ 11° : 0 clo Extensive military preparations had been,e — n ce. to quell with rigour any attempt at distur7 / 00 The last two numbers of the &Wan°, „ of cional had been seized for th.) publicai% be seditious artieles,'and the responsible editor i 5 oA' be tried, 0. prosecuted. It is stated in a letter that Lurcl den had declared to the Government that 1° t he perfectly willing that what ho had done in a ti , affair of the Protestants at Seville shoulcl, be ,atili mirted to Lord Clarendon. The Bth being Pu..- the Stock Exchange was not open. „ ur jrich It was stated in a letter from Lisbon, via "'',.'" - „f that the Duke of Saldanha has on account' of that health, resigned the Ministry of , War to I r is e i t he de Luz, but that he retains the presidonni ° council and the command of the army. THE CAPE OF GOOD 11°19' PLYMOUTH, 'MONDAY M"141 The ship Royal Albert, Captain Norris, 0. 4 ing to Messrs. Wigram and Co. of Lond°Tj'froas off Plymouth yesterday. She i s 126 days, spa Calcutta, with a full cargo.of seeds, sugar , 1 ;_ l th° cotton, and has landed here Captain Cl ark 24th Regiment. the Cil ria The Royal Albert was several days at t of Good Hope and left on the 17th Febru/A same day as the Pride of the Sea. Sh e co n .the that ship's account of the pacific condit ion o f the ~ colony, which now bids fair to become olliroige most important appendages to the Brit ishhis The new Governor, Sir George Grey , is popular. N vlrel l The expected outbreak in Decemb er, to 0 73d Regiment was sent from Capeilriolonig. a r rta° frontier, has entirely died away, alla,a i n ell . are most actively and profitably eine; work' eating the land and in continuing the - the coppe mines. a r, at o All the bubble companies are exploded, bona fide undertakings are prospering. to tb A train road from Namaqualand, 80 pail:: is ti,o l , sea at Rubber Bay, is in the course of folT u r to save the great cost of conveyance W waggons. y The suspicious-lookingiship off the Ca pe t 3 1 . L. 0. tazicv- ft W m ' o fter of 300 tons, from Liverpool for M e lb ourn e; wards put into Table-bay. , The greatest anxiety is felt among the co __ 4 1 0 , 1 c• Dutch as well as . English, to obtain inte/PbOtis from England. The latest dates are to tkt o of November, brought by the steam-ship Faa'7 . 0 0 ,1 the 30th December. On her arrival, so grea;l9o6, the desire for information that upwards of "b g r people were waiting ashore to receive the Por t tarn on returning from his official visit. i , 0 i LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY., AP T I 0* The Eclipse arrived yesterday from the f el r o i Good Hope, whence she sailed on the 22d ° O O .l rnary. Her advices do not contain any Deg I ' interest. The screw -steamer Autelope a rils" t iost the Cape the day the Eclipse left. The Ent°l IV (); Captain Collins sailed for England A b 15th of February. Oti S NVAIO PORTSMOUTH, — l7 h o lm The Hotspur, Indiaman, Captain ToY„ ll itsThe i passed up Channel, with dates from Cale 8- and the Cape of Good Hope Feb. "'"' hag had a good passage. ff" She reports affairs at the Cape as be' quiet. A pilot-boat has brought in several p&5 THE OVERLAND n We have received our despatches hif the 1 4tlis laud Mail, dated Calcutta, 10th ; Madras, a th e nd Bombay, 18th Mnreh. The following is from the summary o ' bf ba T y Times he excitement of the fortnight is, the oP Government of a 5 per cent. loan of On f,of sterling, to be empl o y e d on p u blic vtle rls t i . ofer:or the close of the Punjab war inIEA9 the a nd General, on seeing the extreme necessitYLori v mous gainfulness of public works, has u" t on raising money for their construc t he o' ," extent that might be desired, so long borrow below six and invest; above ° ll i,: Ole And now for the first ti me h e s eems significant extent to have been inclidgeoo public works would be infinitely better t ioolf by private enterprise than b y Governit i e: 0 11 , ° 3 11° yond question, and no wonder tha t 0 0 0 0 0i' when we find three months required to 91/ osi t c o , simplest letter not requiring the slig h t h t oo94 deration or reference to any party, riso l idoh_d' for the (.xpiscation of information for v ( lbe t e l right should suffice, and an ignorance Vi v cl B9 ; the authorities of the physical, iners'9 l , - ich and financial condition of the country, seem incredible if it were not confesV u ' te a te s ,, has been so governed heretofore that no tto it r hithertopresented has been found sufficieaci into it private capital or enterprise ; aVit f or, disgraceful the work should be left ilud° ll :4l3 o sarily devolves on Government when a" b ilitiVY, ties decline it. A despatch of great o bl r publication of which is daily expeeteu/no P. de written by the Governor-General r¢t works, for the promotion of whiell i s h e ' 131015 partments are being arranged ; au u ,, e pitoo:o chilly ordered. that men should b °-i - re 10 0 . . charge of these exclusively i n cousi . n i . efstei qualification, and without regard to th,, e n j 0,2 in or their belonging to the service ;. ti Ofl,l o l towards securing.for India the serve?: 5 0,10" body of civil engineers, not as a separ 3w 9 o B 1,0:3 pendent corps, but on the ordinary they are engaged by Europdan Gol e c i cr ob public companies. Lord Harris has alrea u l o ar o 1 for Madras a liberal supply of these, v" ,: i to f. 06 on their way out, and others are desi re 41; tertained or trained on the s pot, 1,111 " n dt P , 0 1 meets of most praiseworthy liberalith tliecte4, em will, we hope, be worked out a t ! c roti c 00: 1 0 dencies. The Madras G overnm ent, bavi i)c ' t tbs s b e r in establishing an excellent museu m "tali° of d eucy, are now into existence up an d d own ov er the ° lB rr ica The electric telegraph has just been cur 000, north as Att o k, and will be at Pe si T v? ;, of s ' ' f og months' time --a distance in direct lin - D.o i 0, , sand miles from Calcutta, and the like the thflotisfrot bay, and 1,600 from Madras ; 8 ° ."-- th r6 AWO% pi esidetieies could be communicated °is neously, and i n a f ew m inutes time, b f•rotli V c oP frontier—the only point in the who le u ofe domini o ns w her e serious trouble or al l e , c oV O O arise to us. Meanwhile, after haviP t S inc f l ej three thousand miles . of telegraph wi a gitlg fcjit economy and speed, instead of encearbio toof 1/ lowtst possible scale of prices the P e tl eso ri o 1: 0 00 1# to it, until they had found it & ge ° cha r oe vef es u we have clapped on it a rate of strously extravagant, that it is i tse' pr it i ployed by Government, and is ut te t r o l o Y , jt l ! i d the community at large, and this, oil vr finding that by striking three-I°llr '~.~ sur e 1 :411r, Of Ilea