The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-23 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL IIAYIIARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone; THIS EVENING, Will be performed RGIIEO AND JULIET. Romeo, INS CUSb ntan ; Juliet, Miss Swanhorough. After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude wi h A KISS IN THE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kurt. THIS EVENING, win be perfbrmed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne'a Niatorical Play, entitled LOUIS TILE ELEVENTH. Principal es:grader by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (11th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To olnciwie w:th A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highlycoloured Illustrations RIYAL OLYMPIC?, TIIEATUE. Lessee and Manager. 31r. A. WIPD. THIS EVSISING. WJI be performed a Comedletta, called LkW FOR L IDIE9, Characters by Meters. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooptr, Lanvers aad Miss Cast'eton. which, RILL O R CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, After , and T. Vining ' Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley , Imery To be followed by the Fairy E x travaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF' AND THE XING OF IHE GOL D MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. 'Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isms. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Donizettra Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF SSE REGMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THRE E. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. ASTLEY'S ROYAL A 3 IPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Great and Glorious success ! Novel Performances of the Dwarf Elephants. THIS EVENING. An interesting Equidrama called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, In which lflss Emily Cooke will appear. Te conclude with a lively Afterpiece, A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-orace open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager' Mr. W . West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. S . cook.. Equestrian Director, W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tno DAY —Morninr 2 min.after 6 Finning 26 min. aft. 6 To•MOBlow —Morning 51 cain.nft ler 6 Evening 23 min. al. 7 1 1111 WEATHEILLSun OPTION, April. 22. TEMNOMBTIIOI, LW TEI SLOB. 53 —highest sine noon yesterday. 37 —lowest this morning and during the night. 51.—this day, at noon. BAROMETIN, 30'55. WIND, E.N.E.— Very fresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny, cold weather. APRIL 23. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 3R--lowest this morning and during the night. 50 —this day at noon. BLBOMRTZE, 30 . 38. WIRD. N.E.—Light breeze, with very fine weather. Z:bt ~-- ~~.~. ~; tl~' .~.~;: ' 3 ~ §AIII LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1855. A great show, a great mystery, and a great re velation have made the past week a most exciting one. The remembrance of it all seems like that of the changes in a dream ; the results, however, will be anything but visionary. By turns we have been dazzled with the splendour of such an Imperial visit as never occurred in this country before, and which but a few years ago no political prophet could even have guessed. We have at the same time been held in the most anxious suspense as to the real propositions discussed, and the ob jects aimed at by the Plenipotentiaries at Vienna ; nothing less than the alternatives of a long, costly, and destructive war, or of a dis graceful peace, have been debated with closed doors —doors closed upon all without, whose money, blood, and honour were at stake, and closed upon representatives within of all the Five Powers. The representative of Russia, ready to bully and talk of sovereign rights and dignity to the last, yet prepared (if her past diplomacy he any guide for the present) to give way as soon as she thinks better conditions hopeless, and when she has driven the Allies to believe their own terms somewhat hard, and to soften them to the uttermost. We confess to the utmost solicitude when three principal personages in the Conference were Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, the representative of a Power which lies and deceives, not only without shame or remorse, but deems it as honourable to conquer by diplomatic fraud as by manly war ; Count By(); representative of the hereditary per jury, meanness, and faithlessness of the HAPS zusaa ; and Lord JOHN Russen, who took no small part in uniting our policy with that of the Coburgs—the Austro-Coburgs, as they have now de facto become. To us the splendid scenes of the past week could hardly allay the anxiety with which we thought, but thought in vain, of the Vienna mystery. Upon all this -whirl of excitement and deep-felt anxiety came the more business-like facts of the Loan and the Budget. Exchequer calculations of the utmost consequence, and thoughts of our incomes and our shop-bills must need worry us while all our faculties were overcharged. We had almost for gotten to add a fourth cause of excitement —th e tidings of the fire opened at last upon Sebastopol. Putting all together, we really have seldom had such a week of it as the third week in April. It left us, moreover, in hourly expectation of definite tidings from the seats of literal and of diplomatic war—from Sebastopol and Vienna. On the peculiar event of the week we can, of course, look back with unmingled pleasure. The gs a lly of our QUEEN" was received both as her a lly and as the representative of the French people. The civil union here, and th e mili tary union abroad, strengthened by the in creasing social and commercial union of our busy thousands, combine to render natural and hearty friends those whom the last war taught to believe themselves natural and im placable enemies. The conclusion of this war will, we trust, witness such a reduction of duties on French wines on our part, and such a modification of protective duties on manufactures op theirs, as shall become a most powerful stimulus to a vast international trade. The empire of LOUIS NA TO.LI,OI‘ La s b een a s t r iki ng reversal of most of the ra ' stake s and errors of the first empire. In no thing mould it with . more advantage completely reverse a rn i atak counterpa r t to then policy than by a Free - trade believe the E 311.za:elebrated Milan decrees. We that he only ne It• fully understands this, and ed.% the ti me statesmen must wait, to and events, on which policy- Pea", witmc4itZl3l7B:l°teillabeFarefea vtroaudre. able time, and if our Govern will reduce the wine duties it will fur n i s h hint `with the On the revelation o f the week event. —the we have already expressed our view Tludget— it is, however, a subject furnishing s r 0 ill m g c %neral ; less discussion had we time ands p a :: a -e u r d eracl " our readers patience for it. One point i s pecially worthy of notice. It is of a piece with _the Cabi net from which it comes. It is a Budget for Lords—a Budget for Peers' elder sons—a Budget for a Rouse of Commons, with a landed property qualification. It is a Budget as insultingly a r i a _ toeratrc the composition of the Cabinet, the officering of the Army, the Church, or the Civil Service. Th era , "A " is tax—one heav y tax shirked by the land ar t cy t° cra' • , and paid by all besides, which viould hay . 6 ra j. A more than all the anti- Fre • Dade t -""ir • C L . _ ERIS reimpose& We mean, of course, the Probate Duty. The worthy baronet did not even advert to it amongst the sources to which he might have looked, though Mr. WILLIAMS did not fail to remind him of it. Here, then, we have a Whig Free Trader selling our trade and commerce to the landlords ; tnd abridging the comforts of every one—not because he was compelled, nor to avoid bearing unfairly on the aristocracy, but purely to continue to landlords exemption from a tax which all other honest people pay ! The poor widow, left so me hundred pounds, must pay probate duty to the re tentless Revenue-office, but the rich young heir of he broad acres must have his vast fortune un taxed, undiminished ! Minor, or even grave, miscalculations and mistakes may exist in plenty the Budget ; but they may be venial errors, errors of incompetency, or errors which may be plausibly defended : but the omission of laying on landed estate a probate duty equal to that paid on personal property, is a purely aristocratic, and therefore selfish error. It has its source in the ame evil principle which has mismanaged the whole war, and which has squandered half the money we are now to be taxed for. We are thus fleeced both ways by this blessed aristocracy 0 f ours. First they fling away our money by mil lions through aristocratic servants—next they tax the people doubly to spare the lords of the soil the taxes paid by others. We shall hear at length of agricultural distress with present prices for the late harvest. The Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot, per haps, be held individually accountable for the large expenditure for which he is required to pro vide the ways and means. Whatever may be the opinions entertained on that subject, he is only jointly responsible with the other members of the Cabinet. In justice to Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, who has quite sufficient matters to answer on his own account, we make this free admission before entering on the unpleasing duty of criti cising the financial scheme which he has just pro pounded in what eve still believe to have been the worst budget ever submitted for the consideration of the popular branch of the British Legislature. We shall further add, that of that large amount no less than 6,440,0001. is not required for the anticipated outlay ; 1,000,0001. goes to Sardinia under the treaty with that independent and mag nanimous Government. Interest on this sum will be paid after the rate of 3 per cent. per annum,Aile 1 per cent. is added as a sinking fund to provide for its gradual liquidation. This cannot, therefore, fairly be regarded as an unrequited outlay for which no pecuniary return will be received. It is practically an investment—not a very advan tageous one as a mere matter of money—but any inconvenience in that respect is far more than compensated by other beneficial results, which would be cheaply purchased even at the absolute sacrifice of the entire sum named. Another sum of 1,000,0001. is required to provide an equiva lent for Stock belonging to the Savings Banks, most improperly and improvidently sold by order of the Financial Minister, and which sales, as we pointed out on Saturday, depressed Consols some 2 or 3 per cent., and consequently enhanced the cost of the recent Loan to the country by some thing varying from 320,0001. to 480,0001. There is besides a margin of 4,440,0001. to provide for future contingencies, an amount by no means too large under the peculiar circumstances of the case ; the actual estimated expenditure, therefore, is only 79,999,9991., a fraction below eighty, in place of eighty-six and a third millions. And we believe that the nation . will make no objection to this amount, large as it un questionably is, if satisfied that the contest would be carried on with energy and efficiency. We believe if the war had not been "starved" in the first instance by our late crotchetty Financial Minister that Sebastopol would have long since fallen—that the vexed question of the diminution of Russian power in the Euxine—the third point mooted at the Conference, the " pons asinorum" which the assembled diplomatists have been unable to pass—would have been long satisfac torily solved, and that Austria would have long since seen its way to a more decided and honour able policy. We shall never add to the popular delusion respecting the possibility of waging "a cheap war." The attempt on the part of Lord ABERDEEN and Mr. GLADSTONE to do so—the "penny wise and pound foolish" spirit displayed last year—has already cost the nation ten thou sand for every one thousand pounds at the commencement of hostilities, and we should earnestly exert ourselves to be saved further losses in consequence of a persistence in that mest injudicious and unwise course. As to the Loan, we repeat emphatically what we stated on Saturday, that the price obtained for the new issue of Consols has been but 851. ss. 10d., estimating the value of money at 31 per cent. ; or if it be taken at barely the 3 per cent., which will actually be paid in interest, 85 9-16—and this at a time when Consols are selling in the market at 89 to 90, the last quo tation of Saturday. It is well that this point should be clearly understood, for otherwise a just estimate cannot be formed of the losses occasioned by the blunder of Sir G. C. LEWIS in refusing to accept any bidding for less than the entire amount of the Loan, and thus conferring a virtual mono poly on a single firm. As we stated on Saturday, the bon(' fide value of an annuity of 14s. 6d. for 30 years is rather more than 121. 12s. 6d. per cent., estimating the interest at 342 per cent., which is more than the current rate, and, taking Consols at 90, is exactly 31. 6s. Bd., or 31- per cent. This calculation any of our readers can in a few minutes test for themselves ; it therefore leaves the price paid for the Consols 87i, or 871. 7s. 6d. per cent. But we must recollect that, although the first payment of ten per cent. is to be paid to-morrow, and the balance received by monthly instalments up to the 18th December next, interest commenced from the sth January last. The contractors, therefore, receive interest on money which they have not paid, no less than 11. 16s. 3d. per cent., without taking the annuity, which commences from the sth April inst., into account ; or, estimating the interest of money at 31- per cent., and allowing for the receiving both of the interest of the Con sols and the terminable annuity for the respective periods prier to the payment of the instalments, the discount will be no less than 21. ls. Bd., which, deducted from 871. 7s. 6d., 'leaves either 851. lls. 3d., or 851. ss. 10d. as the value paid for the 1001. Consols. To render this clearer it must be '-remembered that the payments are to be mackat the followinf , periods, that is to say— April 24 May 22 l5l. June 19 July 17 August 21 lOl. September 18 .... lO/. October 11 November 20 December 18 lO/. It will be seen that not one farthing will be paid on account of 50/., prior to the sth July, when a half year's interest will be paid. That payment will be 15s. It will then be spread over five pay ments, made at intervals from the sth July of 4 7 : :: , 1 7 : 5 e:68 1::3, 136 and 164; the total will be 525 daYs—divided by 5, will give the average of 105 e "Yg, or W s months, the interest for which time :d d . On the other 50/., on which in :frethst runs from the sth January, the payment inouttsietshtaelm gives ents will be respectively at 110, i., ided by 4, 194 days, 508 days in all, which, an average of 152 days, or 5 12 8 . 6d. 117:trest being on the Consols alone thus on mon e y not 1 , 94 find the payment of interest, the wh o l e at 3i CP' 1 /. 16s. 3d., or if we take newing of the ani,n; ffit., allowing for the re as WO have already. Y . , 2 31 " 1 s th April, 21. ls. Bd. true state of the :hhave thus explained, the erroneous impresaiol :33, tol h ait e t zte cout n ` s het.. °) t i,ti r ‘i e e mo:r c o e_ discount a is but from 12s. to Variously - estimated 2 084 aa ha - s L in ‘' e u z : -••••ver_ikrigni t /44 `ti - •, we have given it in such a manner as to enable every person acquainted with the ordinary rules of arithmetic to test the accuracy of our calcula tions. The Right Honourable Gentleman has, there fore, as we have stated, by his adherence to red tapist precedent, sacrificed no less than 41 per cent., equivalent to 720,0001. on the entire Loan. But this is not all. He endeavours to bind Par liament, no matter what may be the financial position of the country, to provide a sinking fund of 1,000,000/. per annum from the termination of the War. This constituted no part of his bar gain with the contractors. Had he put it forward among the conditions it would have enhanced the price. He therefore endeavours with short sighted fatuity to compel the nation at any sacri fice or any inconvenience to do that which it is not otherwise bound to do, and gives an extra benefit to those who have already had a very ample equivalent for the money advanced. How he can, with the notions respecting a sinking fund to which he gave expression on Friday evening, propose such a plan passes our comprehension. We admit that the question of a sinking fund is of great importance, and well worthy of discussion; but it should be treated per se, and not accepted as an incident of the present Loan. We therefore earnestly hope that the resolut on to that effect will be unequivocally rejected by a large body of independent members. How any professing Free Trader can advocate the increased duties on Sugar, Coffee, and Tea is equally incomprehensible. We shall, however, see how this unpalatable part of the Budget will be received. The addition to the Income Tax will afford an opportunity to every lover of fair play to endeavour to obtain a more equitable ap portionment of this oppressive and unequal im post. It is nearly certain that ere long it will be increased to ten per cent., with probably an extension of the area to incomes of 601. A strug gle should therefore be made, while there is yet time to obtain some modification thereof. As to spirits all agree that it is a suitable ob ject for taxation, if it can be imposed without giving a stimulus to illicit distillation. We fear that, however, cannot be accomplished, and that the result of the attempt will be to produce the greatest demoralisation and drunkenness in Scot land and Ireland, without in any degree adding to the revenue, and such will be the effects of the brilliant budget of the quondam Edinburgh Re viewer. COURT CIRCULAR. The Emperor and Empress of the French took leave of the Queen on Saturday morning, on their return to Paris. Their imperial Majesties were conducted by her Majesty and Prince Albert from their rooms to their carriage at the grand entrance of the palace, the Queen being accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, Prince Arthur, and Prince Leopold. The Duchess of Kent (attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir G. Couper) and the Duke of Cambridge (attended by Col. Tyrrwhit) ba'l arrived at Buckingham Palace at a quarter before 10 o'clock, and accompanied the Emperor and Empress to the grand hall in company with the Prince of Leiningen. The great officers of state and the household, viz., Eral Spencer, Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Breadal bane, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of Wellington. Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Abercorn, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert ; and 'Lord Ernest Bruce, vice• Chamberlain, preceded the illustrious party through the corridors, and down the grand staircase to the en trance. The following ladies and gentlemen of the Court were also in attendance : The Duchess of Wellington, the Viscountess Canning, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Hon. Flora Macdonold, Hon. Mary Seymour, Lord Rivers, Lord George Lennox, Sir Edward Bowater, Sir Frederick Stovin, the Master of the Household, Major-General Wylde, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Mr. Norman Macdonald. All the gentle men were in uniform. On the Grand Staircase and in the Hall were posted the Yeoman of the Guard, under the command of Cap tain Macdonald, the Exon in Waiting. Viscount Syd ney, the Captain of the Corps ; Sir George Lee, the Lieutenant; and Colonel Fitzmaurice, the Adjutant, attended. A Guard of Honour of the 'Grenadier Cuards was on duty in front of the Grand Entrance, and on the appear ance of the Royal party the band commenced playing " Parte.nt pour la Syrie.' The Emperor and Empress took leave of the Queen at the entrance. Their Imperiil Majesties also took leave here of the Royal family and the Prince of Lein ingen. The Empress was then handed into her carriage by Prince Albert and the Duke of Catnbi idge, who were in uniform, and both wore the Grand Cordon of the Le gion of Honour. The Emperor, who wore the ❑niform of a French general with the riband, badge, and star of the Order of the Garter, and the star of the Legion of Honour, next entered the carriage (an open one drawn by four horses), and was followed by Prince Albert and the Duke of Cameridg-. In the carriage next to that of their Imperial Majes ties were the Princess d'Essling, the Countess Walewski, ;Marshal Count Vaillant, French Minister of War, and the French Ambassador. Four of the Queen's open carriages End four followed, conveying In the first, the Marchioness of Ely, the Countess de Montebello, Lord Cowley, and the Count de Monte bello. In the second, Baroness de Malaret, Duke de Bas sano, the Marquis de Toulongeon, and Lord Alfred Paget. In the third, Col. Count Ney, Col. Fleury, Count Teacher de la Pagerie, Lieut.-Colonel Roucher, and In the fourth, Earl Somers, Major• General the Hon. Charles Grey, Col. Seymour, and Col. Tyr whitt. The royal cortege quitted the Palace at 20 minutes past 10 o'clock. The escort from the Palace to the Bricklayers' Arms station of the South Eastern Railway was composed of the Royal Horse Guards. Prince Albert and the Duke of Cunbridgeaccompanied the Emperor and Empress to Dover, attended by their Gentlemen•in-Waiting. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Buckingham Palace at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and the Duke of Cambridge afterwards proceeded to his re sidence in St. James's Palace. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French in vested the Duke of Cambridge with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour on Wednesday, at Windsor. Castle. Yesterday the Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic hou.ehold, attended divine service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor officiated. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday at Gloucester House. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar quis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Cla rendon, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Yernon Smith, Sir William Moleswortb, and Viscount Canning. The council sat three hours. Several deputations had interviews on Saturday with the President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall, with relation to the Metropolis Local Management Bill. The first deputation con'isted of Mr. E. J. Southwell (vestry clerk, Mile-end Old-town). Mr. H. B. Bathurst (clerk to the trustees, Hamlet of Ratcliffe), and Mr. John Holt (deputed by the Beard of Trustees) ; Mr. Thomas Beven. (Chairman of the Board of Pavement), Mr. W. Burnett (of Bethnal-green), Mr. Robert Brutton (clerk to the Commissioners of ditto), Mr. Thomas Brushfieid (Treasurer of the Board of Pavement of Christchurch, Spitalfields), Mr. Thos. B. Tanqueray Willaume (clerk to the Commissioners of do., and Old Artillery Ground), and Mr. Richard Ellis (ves try clerk and clerk to the Commissioners of Pavement of Holy Trinity, Minories.) They were introduced by Sir William Clay, and Mr. C. J. Butler, members for the Tower Hamlets. Mr. Goddard (for Bow), and (Mr. Dunstan (for Bromley) also attended. A deputation from Shoreditch, consisting of Messrs. George Pearce, J. Lon g , W . Southgate, R. Allen, W: Davis (clerk), W. Meggs (surveyor), and J. Dettmann (inspector). A deputation from Lime mouse, consisting of Mr. S. D. Skillett, and Mr. Walter (vestry clerk.) From Hackney and Stoke Newington ; Mr. G. Offre, J.P. From St. George-in the-East ; Mr. Howell, vestry clerk. Likewise repre sentatives of the several parishes of Whitechapel, Spital fields, Shoreditch, Bromley, Bow, Mile.end Old Town, Mile-end New Town, Ratcliffe, Bethnal Green, Old Artillery Ground, and from owners of property in Shore ditch, and other parishes. The deputation from the Woolwich Local Board of Health also had an interview on Saturday with the Pre sident of the General Board of Health. The deputation consisted of the Rev. H. Brown (chairman of the Local Board), Dr. Richkrdson, and Mes4rs. Dixon, Stuart, Bernays, Lewis, Davis, Hudson, Pidcock, and Jackson, and Mr. Sarjent (clerk to the Board) ; and a deputatio n from Southwark, consisting of Mr. A Pellatt, M.P., and Messrs. Thwaites, Pocock, Martin, Sturmy, Newman, and Dr. Challice, also in relation to the same subject. Despatches were sent on Saturday from the Colonial office to the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Des patches u iu tche a s u s r v i e t re i n r o ecei s v a e t d ur fr j o ay. mthe Governors of Ceylon and the There is no truth in the rumour that our Queen will visit Paris on an early day. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers arrived in town on Saturday from St. Leonard's on•Sea. The health of the noble earl is iinpro ied. The Earl of Lidald arrived in town on Saturday from Aske Hall, Yorkshire. Lord and Lady Harry Vane have arrived in town from Naple, after patglog the *inter months in titan capital: LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, APRIL 23, `7 4. Ai. The Moniteur publishes the following despatch from General Canrobert, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the East, to the Marshal Minister of War : BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, APRIL 17. Our fire continues to maintain its superiority, without our having been prodigal as yet with our ammunition. The attack was made chiefly by the artillery, but the engineers combine their efforts and make roads, which bring us nearer to the place. These works advance regularly, notwithstanding the difficulties of the ground. MARSEILLES, SUNDAY, APRIL 22. The following has been received from Bala klava under the date of the 9th of April, 8 p.m : The Allies commenced the bombardment this morning during a storm of wind and rain very unfavourable to the Russians. The Russians, surprised, responded slowly, the Flagstaff and Garden Batteries excepted. These doubled their fire up to noon, when the superiority was on our side. At 3 o'clock the fire of the Mamelon was silenced, and only four guns were fired from the Round Tower. The Redan continued to fire six guns. The French have silenced the Flagstaff Bat- tery. The loss of the Allies is insignificant. The rain has ceased, and the night is fine. VIENNA, SATURDAY, April 21, 5 P.M. Perfectly authentic advices have this afternoon been received from Balaklava. The bombardment was continued with great energy up to the 17th, when the despatches left. The fire of the Allies had done considerable damage ; but the Russians display extreme acti vity and courage in repairing the injured works. The fact of the superiority of the artillery of the Allies is satisfactorily established. Several French mines have been fired, and have done great damage to the place. A French general (Bizot) commanding the en gineers had been killed in the trenches. Our fire had been very effective on every point. BERLIN, SATURDAY, April 21. The following despatch was received at St. Petersburg on Friday from Prince Gortschakoff, dated Sebastopol, April 15 The bombardment of Sebastopol has continued without interruption since the 9th. Thanks to the heroism of the garrison, who repair during the night the injury caused by ihe fire of the allies, Sebastopol on the 15th is almost in the same state of defence as on the 9th. The losses of the garrison, if the fire of he'd (feu d'enfer) to which it has been exposed 1 e taken into account, must be considered as veJ y moderate, as the service of the batteries is covend by entrenchments. Nothing worthy of mention has taken place cn any other point of the Crimea. MARSEILLES, SATURDAY. The Osiris, which left Constantinople on the 12th of April, has arrived. Despatches for the Government leave at 8 this evening. A shock of earthquake was felt at Constanti- nople on the 11th. KAMIESH, APRIL 10, NOON. Three Russian batteries and one French bat• tery have been destroyed. • The fire continues. VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING, APRIL 22. At the Conference held yesterday the Russian Plenipotentiaries rejected the last proposition of England and France relative to the limitation of the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea. Lord John Russell's departure is now fixed for to-morrow evening. PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING, S O'OCLOCK. The Emperor and Empress have just arrived. A telegraphic despatch from Vienna, dated 22d inst., sa.ys:— The Conference held yesterday lasted four hours and a half, but did not lead to any result as regards the third point. The Conferences are suspended. Lord John Russell and M. Drouyn do l'Huys have taken leave of the members of the Congress. OPENING OF THE BOMBARDMENT. ( Front second edition of the Morning Herald of this day. ) ENGLISH CAMP, HEIGHTS OF SEBASTOPOL, APRIL P. _ _ At last, for the second time, we have begun the siege of Sebastopol. We have begun the final struggle, on the success or failure of which depends for years—perhaps. for ever—the fame and destinies of the mightiest empires of the earth. Here we are holding the true Peace Con ference—that at Vienna is a mere seance diplomatique. If our bombardment is successful, we are independent of Vienna ; if it is unsuccessful, no conferences can mend, nor even conferences make us worse. Both belligerents fear to refuse fair offers—both are anxious to try the issue of a final struggle; so armies fight, while ministers arrange for peace. Let us only hope that England's plenipotentiaries will act as well as her troops, and the issue will not be doubtful. Last night there was very little firing on either side. Beyond an occasional gun to keep up the ap pearance of war, and take away the slight sense of security which sometimes exists in the trenches, all was quiet. All in the allied camps knew that the bombardment would commence at daybreak, and so all wore full of regrets and forebodings over the change in the weather. It had, indeed, changed in a mnnner suffi ciently severe to excite anxiety, if not mistrust, as to the result of our first day's operations. The wind blew a regular gale ; the night was at once dark and misty, while the rain fell in such floods as almost to surpass every other sound. Towards morning it was, if possible, still more unfavourable; and in spite of the rain the wind was sufficiently strong to leave in all but faint hopes that the fleet would be able to close in the struggle of the day. At four this morning all the officers who had leave were on the alert, looking up waterproofs and forgotten mufflers before setting out for Cathcart's Hill, to see our opening fire. I, of course, was among the number of those who thus left their warm beds to stand in rain and mud, and witness what we should have witnessed five months ago—viz., our final bombardment. It was just the dull twilight, neither night nor day, when I started from the Light Division towards Cath cart's Hill, to overlook our batteries and the town. Nearly all, except the sentries, were asleep in our camp ; the dull leaden look of the sky, the marshy state of the ground, only enlivened here and there with thick yellow pools, and the tents all wet, blown, and bellied out by the fierce wind, was such a picture of utter discomfort that it required a strong sense, both of curiosity and duty, to hinder my returning even to the shelter (?) of a tent. But if matters were bad in the camp they were ten times worse on Cathcart's Hill. Thera the wind reviled, and the rain was as merciless u small eliOt ; yet two or three groups of officers were on it, trying to look firm and patient, as if they really meant to wait. At first it was difficult to distinguish anything with certainty, tnd there was still too much of ❑ight about the day to reward any one for his trying journey through the wet. After a while, however, it grew clearer, and with a little difficulty I was enabled to distinguish everything precisely as I had seen it weeks and months before. There wai nothing whatever to denote that one of the most bloody struggles that has ever disturbed the world, or defaced the annals of civilisation, was about to commence. A heavy mist hung over the sea, and partly over Se- bastopol, while both were obscured, every now and then, by the clouds of rain which were driven before the wind. The north side was almost completely invisible, though the mouth of the harbour was clear, and a heavy sea running in broke in a wild line of breakers over the sunken ships. Beyond one or two guard-ships our fleet was not visible in its accustomed place. Where it had moved to I cannot say ; but, as far as I could judge in the misty state of the weath'r, the ►essels had left their old moorings. In Sebastopol itself everything was quiet and clean as as usual. The huge black shears in the dockyard stood out con- Ticuons, as did also the topmasts of a two decker, an chored just under them. Where the h ea d o f th e harbour could be seen two or three large boats seemed crossing it near the land, but no other signs of auivity were visible either in the water or is the town. The latter, indeed, seemed almost deserted ; ad round its ban Is )me barracks, it rows of stately bons, o, its spaciou4 c'mrches, with their green roofs and handsome cupolas, not a soul was visible. It was now five o'clock ; nnne of the clocks in Sebas -opol could be beard to strike, as the wind was very strong and blowing up the harbour and across the town. Each moment the weather became thicker and more wet, so that in a few minutes hardly any of the town was isible. The grim line of batteries, however, remained well in view, though they also seemed as quiet as in ide the walls. In the Ma'akhofi a few soldiers could cc- Asionally be distinguished in the embrasures, and a mall party crossed now and then between it and the Nlamelon, but this was all. On the left of the Redan was some black mass, but whether soldiers or not it was impossible to say. It was now past five, and though the atmosphere was by no means clear, it was at least as clear, if not clearer, than it seemed likely to he at a later hour. Yet there were no signs in our batteries. The men were in them as usual ; perhaps they displayed a little more bustle, but nothing to induce one to believe that they were preparing for a long and bloody encoun ter with a foe they were determined to vanquish, but ,vhose defences, both in earth w o r k s an d guns , f ar sur passed them, both in solidity and number. Suddenly, at about a quarter past five o'clock, a gun was fired from ourright attack. In a second after wards, running up and down the line—from the little mounds and hillocks near Inkerman, from the bread commanding positions of Green Hill and Gordon's Batteries —from quiet pict , resque ravines, where no one dreamt of guns lurking—high from the rear on steep and lofty ridges, and away down to the left where the French works stretch out—over low marsh lands to Karniesh—dfrom every point of our lines came a hundred streaks of flame and masses of smoke.- For a minute after there was silence, and then the great concussion came rumbling on, slowly mastering both wind and rain, and swelling into a roar that seemed to shake both heaven and earth. The shells and bullets of the first discharge made of themselves a perfect uproar, as they fell like an iron hail full upon the enemy's batteries. Some shot were short, and went bounding towards the works, scattering the earth like water. Some were too high, and passed clear over every thing into the town ; hut the great mass were well aimed and true, and passed full into the embrasures, clearing all before therm. The shells burst everywhere about like crackers, and the stunning explosion of the great mortars made themselves conspicuous over every other noise, as the huge bombs screamed through the air, carrying death and destruction into the Mamelon and Malakhoff. After this first tremendous volley, each gun worked as it could, and a regular file fire of mor tars and heavy guns commenced upon the place. The enemy appeared completely surprised. With the first awful salvo a general confusion is reported to have been observed in their batteries. For three or four minutes not a gun replied, then the Mamelon fired three or four at once, and the Redan and Malakhoff also began a slow irregular cannonade. The Flagstaff Battery was also quick in sending two or three shells, but the great mass of the guns, in all the Russian works, were silent. Gradually, after a lapse of five or ten minutes, their fire sxtended, but before half their ordnance was manned, )urs had fired a dozen rounds, so that some of the enemy's guns were struck before they fired a shot and past all manning. It was nearly six o'clock before all their works were in full play, and then each battery pelted against its assailant, fell to business in earnest. Our mortar batteries in the advanced works and in front of the picket house, with the new French bat teries towards Inkerman, appeared to concentrate their fire upon the works round the Malakhoff Tower and the Mamelon. Sore of the French Inkerman works also fired heavily into the harbour and dock yard buildings. The right flank of Gordon's Bat tery was also directed against the Mamelon. This xas on our right. At the centre the centre and left face of Gordon's Battery engaged the Redan, assisted by the new 68-pounder battery, on its left, the mortars in the advanced works and the right fire of the careen-hill Mound which engaged the Garden Battery. This was our centre. The centre and left faces of Green hill opened upon the barrack work, seppoited by a sailor )&ttety of heavy guns and one side of the French right attack. The other side of the French works fought closely with some new batteries which the enemy have lately thrown np between and in advance of the barrack and Flagstaff works. The French centre was close, quite close, to the Flagstaff Battery, and their left engaged the Quarantine and Mud Forts. This may perhaps give your readers a general idea of our positiGn, and that of our antagonists. More than a general idea it is impossible to give, as the weather was much too hazy, and the smoke too thick, to permit of much more than mere conjecture as to what occurred at any distance from the spot in which the spectator stood. Up till eight or nine o'clock a tolerable view could be got of the contest, though at no time was there any view so clear as in the attack of the 17th of October last. The right flank of Gordon's Battery, with French works towards Inkerman, played heavily upon the Mame lon, and in the course of a couple of hours two of its guns were dismounted, and before nine a third was added to the list of incapables. Much, if not all, thisdamageseemed to be caused by the three 13-inch • mortar battery in front of the old picquet-house, which every four or five minutes threw two shells into the Mamelon. and one in the works of Malakhoff Tower. The latter suffered much; at least, it is presumed so, as. exclusive of some of the Inkerman batteries, part of Gordon's Battery. and four 10-inch mortars, with several cohorns from the advanced work, played upon it incessantly. The fire of three 12- pounders was directed from the advanced parallel upon its cheveux-de-frise and abattis, and scattered them to splinters in the air. But it is quite impossible to speak now of the damage done to the enemy. After nine o'clock nothing could be seen with distinctness. Just before this period a slight explosion took pace in the Malakhoff, most probably that of a case of cartridges. For a few minutes after it oc curred, three guns in the centre of the circular earth work were silent, but then resumed their fire. The guns were not hurt, though the gunners were most probably killed bytbe explosion. One of more force took place al most at the same time in one of the tiers of the Garden Battery. This was much more severe, as two of its guns were evidently disabled by it, and fired no more. At the last moment at which the rain,!mist, and smoke allowed anything to be distinguished the Garden Bat teries and Mamelon appeared to have suffered much, and their fire was considerably slackened. From this time--a little after nine o'clock—till past three, all in the camp were left to their own con jectures as to the progress of the bombardment. The mist and rain were so dense that it was impos -ale from the heights to distingnish the fire even of our nearest batteries. But not only was it impossi ble to see what we were,doing, but even to hear was difficult. The wind swept from the camp to wards Sebastopol, and this, with the thickness of the atmosphere, and rush of the rain, drowned dmost every sound, except the dull and ap oarently very distant concussion of the large mortars. So perfect was this quietness, that it seemed quite impossible to realise in the deserted aspect of our camp that a struggle, in which not only the reputation but the very existence of the troops engaged, was taking place within half a mile of our lines, and that 154 English, upwards of 200 French, and between 700 and 800 Russian guns and mortars were firing away as fast as they could be loaded. Ex traordinary as this may appear, it is still quite true, and I think I am not far wrong when I say that from nine in the morning till almost the close of the day the inha bitants of Islington saw and heard quite as much of the bombardment as the allied troops on the heights of Se bastopol. About ten o'clock a message was sent by electric telegraph to head-quarters to ask if our batteries might reply to the enemy gun for gun ? The answer to be sent was "No ; they were only to fire at their proper intervals, and when the atmosphere was sufficiently clear to admit of their taking deliberate aim." When this message was being transmitted, it was found that the electric wire to the batteries was broken. The galvano meter was applied, and after some time the rupture was discovered about sixty yards in rear of Gordon's Bat tery. The wire had been severed by the bursting of a shell right over the spot where it had been laid. The damagti, however, was soon repaired, and the question and answer from the batteries to head-quarters trans mitted as usual. Between 11 and 12 two guns in Gordon's Battery were dismounted, and two men killed. Towards two, some of the most advanced works reported that, as well as they were able to judge, the sea forts were engaged. Upon the receipt of this latter news, all who were aware of it hastened to the brow of the hills over our batteries ; but still nothing was to be seen at the mouth of the harbour. Occasionally there were sounds, which led all to the belief that the sea batteries Constantine, Nicholas, Paul, and Alexander were firing heavily, but against what, or wi' 'a what success, it was beyond even the limits of conjecture to ascertain. Oc casionally about this time, when a heavy gust of wind swept over the town, the mists and smoke were dissi pated for a moment, and it could then be seen that both the Mamelon and Garden Batteries were very slack in their cannonade, and were fast approaching that state which engineers call silenced. The Redan and Malakhoff were then firing as heavily as ever, and the Flagstaff an d Parrao% Batteries seemed to hold their ground well against the French. the 015,020 time one of the French Weak) at Inkerman appeared to have suffered much, is did also our advanced trench and some parts of Gor don's Battery. On the whole, more mischief seemed to have been done to the Russians, but on both sides the fire was much more slack than could have been ex pected. The thickness of the weather and consequent uncertainty of aim way, no doubt, toe cause of much of this, though the comparative feebleness of the enemy's defence was not so easily to be accounted for. The Rus sians as I have b e f rre remarked, are not so particular in their aim. At about six the weather partially cleared, but the rain still fell in torrents. From the short glimpse to be obtained of our old foes, the ad vantage of the day's cannonade most decidedly re mains with the allies. At six p.m. the Mamulon was almost entirely silenced, and the Garden Battery quite so. The Malakhoff appeared to have suffered much. Even the few stones which remained of its round tower were quite swept away, the earthwork much in jured, and many of its guns silenced. Still, at this time, about 30 w re in full play, though not firing fast, and apparently only returning shot fee- shot with the allie4. The new Russian works north of the Mamelon seemed uninjured, as did also the alied batteries opposed to them. The Reda,' seemed injur .d, though by no means in a way which les.ened its resistance. Too fire from this tremendous work was as h as in the morning. The French battery opposed to the B trra,Y•lc was irjured, as was also that opposed to the F.agstaff. Neither of these great Russian works appeared much hurt at present. Ou the extreme left the French are said to have done much damage to the right of the Flags , al . , an i als r to have halt destroyed the Quarantine and Mud Forts ; but I cannot answer for this until to-morrow, ELEVEN P M. About seven this evening the fire of the Allied siei,e guns gradually ceased as night came on. The ad vantage of tire most decidedly at the close of the day re mained with us. The mortars have 11 , 4 ceased firing-, and all of them are ordered to maintain Vie bornbardin, nt by firing a shell every 10 minutes throughout the night. This they are now doing. Tor ra'n, after cony tig flov, n like a second deluge, at eight o'clock has ceased, and the night is mild, but very dark and cloudy, threaten ing more rain. It is quite awful to stand upon the hills and watch the passage of the bombs into the Ravi-ian works. The darkness of the night makes their flashes appear quite blinding, and its stillness seems to add fresh terror to the roar of the shell. While I write they are fast pouring in to the Malakhoff and Mainlon and Redan, while the French are throwing their,' into the Flagstaff, Barrack, and other batteries. The Russians reply with bombs also, but at the very lowest computation the Allies are firing three to their two. To make up for this deficiency the enemy occasionally use their long guns, but they do little damage to our works, and are utterly useless against our mortars. While this fire of our mortars is maintained the enemy cannot repair their damages nor replace the guns which have been dismounted to-day. Why were not mortars thought of at the commencement of the siege I There is no precise information as to the damage we have done the enemy, and in this state of un certainty the conjectures are wild and innumerable. According to ono rumour the Malakh ff has been de stroyed and the Mamelon silenced, while another dis poses in the same summary manner of the Flag-staff, Redan, and Barrack Batteries—in fact of the whole of the southern defences. I need hardly say that some of these are untrue in part and others entirely so. There are also rumours of the fleet having gone in, and some of the vessels of the allies having sunk. However, [ am in hopes that the true state of the case will transpire to morrow before the mail leaves, when, perhaps, the weather will permit of my seeing clearly how the bombardment does really progress. Up to the pre sent it has decidedly been in favour of the allies. APRIL 10. The bombardment has continued without a moment's intermission throughout the night, and thee enemy have consequently been prevented repairing their damages. The practice of our mortars was perfect. Not a second passed with out a 13-inch shell hello- thrown into the Ma lakhoff and Mamelon. From its peculiar position at the bottom of a hollow, the Malakhofr seemed to suffer most. At daybreak, this morning, the fire of the long guns was recom menced on both sides, and then, for the first time, we were able to perceive the immense ad van tage which had resulted from the bombardment of the night. At e the close of yesterday evening's fire the Malakhoff was almost completely silenced ; and this morning it replied to our cai.nnnade with only two guns, which were dismounted at eight. Since that time to the pre-ent (eleven a.m.) it has not fired a shot. I have just returned from the brow of the bill overlook• ing the town. The firing is very heavy, and the weather thick, with much rain. The Malakhoff Tower and its Circular Battery ant. fl inking works ate much ink.red, and not a gun is replying to the allies. At she same time it is by no means so much injured as to account fur its ceasing fire. It is reported from the advanced trench that from 25 to 30 guns in it are still uninjured. Why the fire ceased no one can conjecture. It may he that the enemy are short of men or aminuni ion. The Mamelon is very much injured ; in fact, it is almost entirely destroyed ; ten of its guns are dismounted— three are still firing. Such a storm of shot and shell is pouring into it from all part., that it must shortly become untenable. In case of their per severing to hold it, it will be silenced and destroyed by nightfall. The Reilan is injured, though not more so than the allied batteries opposed to it. It still maintains a regu lar and heavy fire, and will require at least 24 hours' more firing to reduce it. On the left the Russian batteries have suffered most severely.' The Flagstaff and Barrac!< works have been much damaed by the French, and their fire is at least 30 per cent, less than yesterday. Some of the houses in the town show marks of having been visited by stray bombs. The Garden Battery has its works and guns much damaged, but still keeps up a good fire. Our casualties have been slight ; I believe only 60 s killed and wounded, of whom about 20 are killed. Lord John Hay was wounded in the mouth by a shell splinter, which knocked out some of his teeth, but caused no further damage. Lieutenant Twyford, R.N., I am sorry to say, was struck in the chest with a round shot and killed on the spot. Two of the sailors were killed by the explosion of a cartridge. The return of the Naval Brigade are the only ones yrt in, and they show one officer and nine men killed, one officer and 14 men wounded. The largest proportion cf killed is in thi3 brigade. Lord Raglan and staff has just returned to head quarters from a tour rnu nd the batteries. I believe his lordship is much pleased with the progress of the bom bardment. Omer Pasha, is at Bamiesch with 12,000 veteran troops rrom Eupatoria A division of 5000 Turks was ye.terday sent from Kamiesh to replace those brought by Omer Paella. The Turkish Commander-in-Chief wishes to share in the glory of the general assault. ONE O'CLOCK, P.M. - The fire is Still hot on our side ;,that of the enemy in the works opposed to the is fast slackening. The Flag-taff Battery is suffering much, and - hal nearly 40 of its gun-. dismounted. The ltedan, with part of the Barrack ai:d Garden Bitt-ries are till most active. The general opioiUn is that the Malakoff has been tnere'y t m porarily abandoned in consequeoce of our heavy fire of bombs. Mich of it is still quite defensible against as sault, but will proba''•ly be quite destroyed before the night,. Our total number of casualties is 17 killed and 33 wounded-55 in all Py next mail there will I ,hope, be greet news, as the storming will take place at daybreak on the 12th or 13th, according to the mischief we may do their de fences. Only nine of our guns have been dismounted, five of which were repiaced in the night. New mortars. four 13-inch, are to be added to-night tii our right attack, so as to complete the destruction of the Malakoff. The fleet was not engaged yesterday beyond one or two oc casional shots at long range. Towards the middle of the day the thickness of the weather compelled them to cast anchor. Today the weather is still very thick, with much rain. The fleet, however, have weighed, and are under steam, moving about off the mouth of the harbour, as if wait ing a' opportunity of attack. This manoeuvre, of course, keeps a large number of the enemy's troops constantly in the sea forts. The first will attack whenever the general assault takes place, and are now reconnoitring the forts with that object in view. 'I am told positions tor several of the ships have been chosen, where they will anchor and engacze the f ,rts. One, it is raid, w;11 remain close to the mouth of the harbour, so as to destroy the ene my's boats, in case, after a successful assault, they should attempt to escape by water to the north side. A masked battery on the heights of Inkerman, which has not been opened, commands the road which also leads to the north. FRANCE. Dr. Monciyo has delivered to M. Thouvenel, charged with the direction of Foreign Affairs during the absence of M. Drouyn de l' Eluys, the letters accrediting him as charge d'affaires, of the Republic of the Equator to the French Govern ment. The Emperor, in consequence of the great increase of the labours of the persons employed in the offices of the War Department, has ordered the formation of a new section under the name of Direction speciale de la Caralerie et de la Gen darmerie, which is placed under the management of Colonel Campanet, of the 11th Chasseurs. The Bulletin des Lois contains an Imperial de cree, creating two new regiments of infantry7to be called the 101st and 102 d. The Minister of War has addressed a circular to the generals commanding the various military di visions, requesting them to make known to the troops under their command the decision come to some time since by the Emperor, that all soldiers when obliged to undergo amputation in conse quence ,of wounds, shall receive from his Majesty's privy purse, a sum sufficient to bring up the annual pension of each to 600 f. According to a letter from Kamiesh, in the Nouvelliste of Marseilles, the French and English batteries, on opening the fire on Sebastopol, had 550 guns in position, and ammunition for 353,000 rounds. Of the three French generals who had been obliged to enter the hospital of Constantinople, one (Gen. d'Allonville) has already returned to the Cri mea; another, Gen. de Monnet, is cured, but his wound in to o neck still causes him some pain; and the third, Gen. Bouat, who was attacked with ty phus, is quite convalescent. Gen, de Monet has reeeivel au autograph l e tter from the EIVP."I compliweuting liiui ou his bravery. _ )r ii, --- BOURSE, APRIL 21.—CL09ING TRICIA Cash. fr. c. End of Mouth• li per Cents 94 5 94f. 50c. 3 per Cents 7O 10 70f. 25c. Credit Mobilier BOO 25 Roman ............... Credit Fonder 540 Austrian ............ ..„ ~ Belgian Five s ...... - - Spanish Thre es ..•••• el Piedinontese — Home Debt ........ . ° 1 . „ e ;40 1 R AILWAYS - 108 CASH. l'' 5' " 2. Orleans 6 1 Ka 1157 50 Ly0n5............ • ••• ,02 ow Western 652 50 Rouen ..• •• 1,,,, d (Jetta Mediterranean Northern S TIIE PRINCIPALITIES. ti• A letter from Krajova of the 13th, in the (I ° lis t i f tutionnel, con.radic's the statement made reco r , • of the popidation of that town having-risen in it volt. A number of the inhabitants of the tonie seems, went in a body to the administrator of th e the triet to beg of him to present a petition te.tted prince, comp'aining of the asAassivatiou 0113°100, try au A ustriati the previous dav; and thre e b ,, °Yll, ltot named Glogotlea,no, Ohedeana, and Pee,n 3r ,," te d by an d uot.-- - Ga n, though great state functionaries, the population, thought fit to represent te ofe - • ALicheo, the '33 Austrian commander, tha t this 1 . int-tirt was the commencement of a gener al o est reetion, and to send nil despatches to Dilemsci,h. announcing the same thing. MacheNdatil out pausing to ascertain the truth of time" "Aa'' ment, sent a despAtch to Count Coronini, thtiesi trian Counnanilet-in-Clii4 in the Pr inci qt. ll and informing him that K ajova was in full rest 9 10 01 that barricades were being thrown tip' ' e h - to Coronini forwarde I the news by tetegrar oop g O hio Vienna, and desp Ached a strong body of by forced narchei to Krajova. The IN .4lls ; ° the : Rose tim wer i Government. , nt its part, sent M. Prefect of Police to the town, with ful l P ° e tet o ' to re-establish ordlr. The troops an d the.P: on their arrival found, to their astonishinen'irsil the town was perfectly calm. The Austrian g a t it ceo, when the false statement was made to hill' , 1 4 , from 20 to 40 soldiers in the houses of 200 Yobe" inhabitants who had signed the petition, o'ol4 had been denounced to him as the getters t i P K .tas t revolt. Bat these inhabitants not only P r e that they had no intention to create an IL :Ist : 4 0 tion, but they complain that the three " - „,"atte r • accused them falsely. In this state the "• remains. PIEMONT. " in s titn e A letter from Tur D in of tile 17th, in the v"" 1 tionnel, says : " The embarkatio n of the expeditionary force 191S 0ou res er . countered another short delay, and I learn frog' a. n i p tre' ' it'nivwe andhich I have confi lence thai, it arises from political difficulties. Tuie cap lisp not' vessels have, it is said, refused to convey the alb Of Lion and stores which the army ha ,, to carry eat tor the English Government havinc , only undertaken': will,' soon men and baggage. These diffiCulties, howerVoitel be removed. Assuredly, it will not be th e •- her . the n coutrnaoch-r.in-chief of • • 'lit 11. the expeditionaryar' ifost'l be any delay.. General Li Marmara displaY9 al A 5 1113. credible activity and zeal in all the preparations. %f o ots .. tainsiborlitbesol; .'ay last the captains of the English transports re d/ n obs ' saectitl -0 , ( Take their men work, on a , cou tof n the d coo ps i ay ; but Get.eral La Al a+: armora sent on boar t ota l of soldiers, , and they were d all day 121 f re Eng ag ed th i e ' o ' l away bAg.:age." Mr. Hudson and the D de Gram 1:11°11t' ''' t 11 _ uc . o or ; , British and French ambassadors to the u b olts ~1 Turin are , now at Genoa, to witness the a t . ',..1, tio T n h of the Piedmontese troops for the Leva'-iitbf. - 1' fthe fr ' '4, The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, 0 says : te a P e fil ' "This port never presented a more aniro° d- '' WI once than it dues at present. The roadstead 1 5 e s ' rr ifitt4 With steamers, and toavellers are constatitlf ifibarcli: within and our walls from the various towns of l'', ° „ •- te rly Tuscany. The whole popu'ation area ramone 00 0 4 , selves in glish flotilla, and, poetP6iiiVii. :3 the Jae() visiting the En n. ri, . E,, il i sh ffi ' P ° .- .4 1, 0 cers receive . i the crowd of • ' visitors." SPAIN. 20 0 5 ' a -* MADRID, a n d The Cortes to-day adopted the 2 ,1 14 0 - p erti' arti , .;les of the Bill for the Sale of Clnir'b in Attie: Reiliforceinents are to be sent to NI, llil oleo fur the protection of the presidios or O'ver prisons. itot eS .,o 101 lie I A letter from Ga'atz, in a Dresden joist at that some Fiench officers had arrived in eh vol e to prepare quarters for a hotly of Fre" flora° which were shortly to make their AP; there. he , 114 h, 5 4 "A. letter from Alexandria," SW, ti D g " informs us that the Viceroy, T ers o " - , 11 00,i 9 design of haying the Isthmus of Suez 1 1'"! has requested M. de Lesseps to pay anoth43tsiriti; to Constantinople in order to use fresh eff°: s 4 ir, the Oitoman Government on the suljec" d ittr Paella has even, it is said, written an 3'lt7y the letter to the Sultan to point out to his M 3 J es r tali ce , necessity of the undertaking, and the ialrovioce which it would give to one of the richest P. tr ay of the Empire, by bringing to it the transit of the world." I ES THE UNITED STAT ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. LIVERPOOL, 8179-CitP.l This day the Royal Mail steam-ship AtSt.j3' E. G. Lott, arrived in the Mersey with tl' e llorT, mails from the United States and Britisb 1 1 America. She sailed from Boston 1: : ,, ,, t n 'i r c , , , e 0 0 ji gh oo fi besides and Halifax on the 13th and the mails, 177 passeitger ' s, and 7) 3 ' t1 ;1 in specie on freight. The Union mad steamer which sail ed on t e ult., arrived at New York on the 4th in st. f i etlY the United States mail steamer Baltic, frolliop sb g on the 24th ult arrived on. the Gth Ap r i l ' at ri tl 12th the Royal Mail steam-ship A erica the at Halifax ; she sailed from this port an ult. ni r The Asia passed the Royal Mail st ean spiton the 18th, from hence on the 14th tie s st. f arrival of the St. Louis we have da rStro fornia to March 16. She has brorght T hat: e gg, in gold dust on freight. It is expected Zti-sin",, and Bacon, bankers, will shortly resuraer'bilinftr as the assets are considerably above Oa ';/, p a The commercial matters are unaltered• bp, ing accounts reported exceedingly favan° (10 1) e tll the markets unchanged. se tt supplied New York nionoy market 3- ,1 1 (1° . supplied and easy, and stocks were firm 3- t 'o' si ° (at the departure of the steamer). The cotton market was steady. ' ll° 'O% news caused a slight advance. : n °/ .4 1. The breadstuff market was upon tbe riT e eir c i, .". to the small stock on hand and the lig ht r aD The market for provisions was act ive ' vancing. Freights on the improvement. Exchange on London steady at 110. PARIS TO LYONS RAILWAY.—A t a M ii gellerf•'l,o Per, of the shareho ers of the Paris to Lyons e bitr: f po i on Thursday last, a dividend of 55f. Was share, which sum, with 10f. for interest, t - f ° share for the year 1854. As the shareholdelligt b e t , of a call of 100'. to pay, a sum of 35f. per sWnnaiti° that they need disburse for each shale, on 0 " IV not drawing the 65t. just mentioned. °el f O e EXETER HALL.—The annual perforr°2ll,,,ceef,riik Messiah, for the benefit of the Royal s"c ie. t 4 clans, takes place this evening. The 0 ' i d:' vocalists includes the names of Mesdames uti4lteggcl°.: Weiss, Lockey, and Miss Dolby ;• Messrs. gustus Brahaw, Benson, Lawler, W e iss, inept d Rfiei Belletti. The orchestra comprises many ° 111 700 . 7,e1e t/ i mentalists, aided by the chorus of the SaoreiTflvalPAo Society, and conducted by Mr. Costa—to 31' fp 700 performers. The excellent charity,the d otri 9 bod' which this performance is intended to Ai d a ' 6 last year upwards of 2851. to distressed 113-51° • 00 ode; their families. V A a , THE CONDEMNED CONVICT, BURANELLL",nO4OA" tion of Luigi Buranelli will, according t° o n. uon im, e carried int effect in fr °l3 . gate, d on p Mon h b day morning, the n 30th of M ai ll e l t o o o l eff)rts continue to be made to obtain a eft itP tA tt, the extreme sentence on the grounds of . j° the medical gentlemen appointed to ascertaia,"„, tbs. ! , the prisoner's mind, consider him sane. ' 6 7d th d; hand, several medical gentlemen, accluaititi habits of the convict previous to the corto l l a lt offence, give testimony that he was a ff e cts op fsi t p, Pions, and predisposed to insanity. It , i , fl' i e he lef t : 0 1 well-informed quarters that the law will its conrse.—Sunday Times big ° THE ECLGET.—LEEDS, ' A ril bird has been the interest of the pwar, that toe a p re -° cited little speculation or interest prior la st B ,,igb,!,;o l , /1 1; tion by the Chancellor of the Exchequer4,llo %on provisions, however, now that they are , 11: 1; have somewhat taken the public by sure r t ele j that part proposing an increase of the lo w ) °, - o , 3 o o • c et i d in any shape is not very popular with trame biter; od S' increase of the tea duty, and that on sugt, r iellf ;e ,are also viewed with some .disfayour, esP o e ; tbe uncompromising free trade party ; , * 411 14 0 0 0 the complaints against the budget are . 00 % to s f) ", i ll and people generally seem inclined to subro!oo abotioof if they can only be assured that their saarl..sed really devoted to the object for which increased ,ef is ostensibly imposed, namely, a vigor : 41 , 6 e r e pe a t e the war and its termination in a satisfacy°"tdo be 11 3 0 1 '0 the increased whisky tax all parties seen tie e, io reconciled, and the stamp on bankers' chelo : PPoliooo to some extent interfering with t he free Caretit • capital, does not at present meet with sof tion. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 185 g.