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

Eight Postage Stamps to the Author. L'EMPIRE c'est la Paix." — N a p oleon 111. " B:essed are the Peacemakers."—Christ to his Disciples. " after nineteen centuries three of the miehtiest nations of the Christian world seem to have learnt no other means of settling their disputes than that which is common to the savage and the brute."— Sermon ontPeace, by the Rev. J. A. Emerson, D.D Hanwell Col lege, Middlesex. GREAT WESTERN. RAILWAY.—VISIT of the EMPE Rug of the FRENCH to WINDSOR CASTLE.— On TO ESDAY, the 17th inst., the Queen's Hounds meet at Slough ; and on WEDNESDAY, the 18th inst., there will be a GRAND REVIEW in WINDSOR PARK. On each day ipecia; Traini for Slough and Windsor will leave the Paddington Station at 9 and 9.45 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. HAYMARKET. 17nder the management of Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENLNG. Win be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Brine]Pal c haracters by Mr. Buckstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by a new Ballet. in which the Spanish Dancers Will appear, entitled THE EVENING FESTIVAL• After which, a new Extravaganza. called TEE NEW RAY RAWEST SPRING MEETING; 1855. TO ecrclude with THE GALICIA.*? FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TMEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the management of Mr. Cuastra BEAN. EITENOTG, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne 3 Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal "aaracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (6th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER .OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEA.TRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprister, Mr. B. Webster.—Direeti•ese, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS sTRA.NGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. WYEAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Irdi be performed a Comed:etta, called I. iNir FOR L DIES. Characters oy Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, IL Cooper, Danvers. .4nd Miss Castlet,n. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, Emery, and F. Vining ; Mrs. A. IA igan and Mi ss Bromley. To he followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING OF . THE GOL MINES. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING. - Glorious success ! To commence with an entirely new and original etacle.clrama of harrowing interest, by Mr. 3 elson Lee, •LE FIELD AGAINST HE FAVOURITE I No Drama formally 5' ears has created so gnat a keivation. The interest is mst intense ; the burning of the stables is most terrine, while the Derby race is most exciting. After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with IteTURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack Ashore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, h is been added to he Embellishments. Boi-ofilce open from Ele , en till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Mana fer, Mr. W. li. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATKR AT LON 13011 Pi IDG Tat• Mornirs 34 -ntn.after 1 I Ev ning 53min. a't. 1 To-Nfoutow —Morning 13 casn.arter 2 I Eveni 34min. a tt. THE WEATHER.—Sus 01M, April. 15. TrammONETEit, THIII SEADE 60—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the ntght. 61—this day, at noon. Bag°larrinc, 30'22. WIND, W.—Light breeze, with fine weather. APRIL 16. 65—highest sinco noon vesterday. Ml—lowest this morning and dieing the night. 65 =this day at noon. BABONNTEB, 30'33. WIND, W.N.W.—Light, with extraordinary fine sun shiny weather. 4 4,1* - LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1855. This day the Emperor NASOLEON the Third be comes the honoured guest of the Qunm 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 by the Sovereign, but the People of Great Britain. Prejudices un warrantably entertained, in which we wepe 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 pceans 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 we 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 monumentwm, et pignud (mon •s, " and it will inde ed be a monument more durable than brass—more enduring than marble. The welcome so cordially bestowed upon the EMPEROR, is virtually rendered to every French ei2izen. Th e hospitality of th e Q ueen of ENGLAND a ' a tn. of that which every Englishman would =en der, according to his mea ns, to any of his French tiol:ben. There is a mutual and g enuine appreeiat L the i n h a bitants of both coun tries —the one of the o th er. It is not the diplo mimic entente at es)rdi4l c, .to be shaken by the first breez e t h political atmosphere. disturbs the serenity of the can disturb that ' f a,. ch since: feelinhg understanding — a t of . Cabinets "'tea en a thorough France and Baglan4. are wnoorwis gfearllooevirlivnsoehrilkedaii!ieipdn the good cause—their a they are arrayed on the same field ; weapons are not pointed against but these each "The direful skill" of the Artillery „ ot , - h er and En is not directed to the destruction . c'eera of France r E n gland. Each is the trustworthy aux i iim , v °- the other—the faithful friend Who will Im i le : it : ingly shod his own blood to save that of his corn _ panion. Of such a feeling we shall honestly say, esto perpetua, may it never change or dimini s h, but that the union of France and England maybe even more lasting than the dissensions and heart- S 4: 11 to which it has succeeded. Let every ,C777"7 - feel that this felicitous result depends PS* in di conduct. Let him strive to do ho < 21416::ttillimPerial guest ; but let him also sedu. avoi obtrusive or vulgar displays, so that , , ,ba been that the w e i eeme comes from the HadVdS'At aiv THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOAN. heart. The cheers of England will be strength ened by the "cead mille failthe" of Ireland, while the 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. L.IYARD, 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 knclw 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. ZA,BA, unanimously carried a strong r - 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. The meeting at the Treasury this morn ing was 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 Rothschild, 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 following statement : PARTICULARS OF ISE 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 nuWes to commence from the sth January, 1855, and the terminable annuity to commence from the 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. „ May 22, „ payment of 151. „ „ June 19, „ „ 10/. „ „ July 17, „ „ 151. „ „ August 21, „ „ 101. „ „ Sept. 18, „ „ 10/. „ „ October 18, „ „ 10/. „ 7) 9 f Nov. 20, „ 10/. „ „ Dec. 18, „ „ 10/. „ 5. For each instalment after the deposit, a propor tionil 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 a's.i written in to the contributors' names in the books of the Bank of En land. 6. The biddings to be made at the Treasury, on Friday morning, the 20th April, 1555, 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 Salomons, 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 Corporations 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 eras 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 be introduced by States in alliance with Eng land or otherwise. At the WOlverhampton meeting M. ZABI 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 him 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 MENSCHIKOFY 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 in the pious footsteps of his fatherand. 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 th e fort. How serviceable, therefore, they might have been when the bombardment does at last begin. They would hardly be of less value at Odessa, and at Nicholaieff they could with ease ascend the river, and probably do great damage. We suppose they could even have entered the Danube while swollen by the melting snow. Of course we write with the dffi diffidence of hotfcait with vi the civilians on these subjects, but to us it appears otuurrnseltvheis asngs have taken po w ss e ib o le ug iu ht thtee have made strong as must beat them there, or retire That is now emphatically theresebaetatoefnwar. from We contest. No near Stock is to be issued, the present loan being incorporated with the existing Three per Cent. Console. DEATH or Sra HENRY DE LA BEM, 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 CAonel 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 or 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 alight. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North American R .yal Mail steam-ship Africa, Capt. Win. Harrison, sailed from the Mersey on Satur day morning, at ten o'clock, for B )stun and Halifax, with the usual mails for the United States arid British North American possessions, 160 passengers, and a full cargo of freight. THE REINFORCEMENTS.—Withi n the last two months so less than ten whole companies of artillery have sailed for the Crimea, and many of them have alrea ly arrived at the seat of war. Last week no less than 5,000 in fantry left the shores of the United Kingdom to rein force our battalions in the Crimea. Early in May there will be 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 '' q . morons writer, in a recent number of Bausch-old MI cl 3, says, "If I were a flea, I would, I am sure, protest against 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 South Down! almost every morning in de• tachmente of about 200, under the personal charge of Lieutenant Mann, the governor, and escorted by a guard of pensioners and warders, When they arrive on the Downs they are permitted to enjoy 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 or good diet, including a liberal proportion of animal food. BARNUM'S "BABY SEtow."—A baby show is to take place at Barnum's, on the sth of June. The premiums ranee from 250 dols. 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 flie d . The "finest" twins, 50 dole. ; the " finest" teeirilet, 50 dole. ; the " finest" quatern (four at a birth), 250 dols. The fattest child, 50 dols. These are inducements. Barnum says, "Two triplets and one renatern are already engaged, and we expect the woman from Ohio with five at 'a birth."—/Veto York Daily Times. MEETING AT BRISTOL AGAINST THE 'SUNDAY BEER BILL.—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 or different localities. What was deemed legal in one county was punished in another. Several instances were given of . oppressive and contradictory decisions ; and the foot was especially nmmented upon, that the bill bore with pertketslar severity upon the working classes, while weelthy persons were not affected by its pro visions, they being able to fall back on their well stocleed cellare. It was denied that the act had been eaned for by any increase of drunk enness among the operative class. The following resolution was then cor dially adopted :—"That a petition be addreeneei from this meeting to the Commons' House of Parliament, praying for au abolition of the Sunday Beer Act, and On Wednesday, the 11th ins ~ th T at fi e e nch ., pctifi , on be signed by the delegates on behalf of their respective trade", for the purpose of strength. cuing made from the separate trades." LrEtt COMPANY IN PARIS.—We read in m- / er •—" Mr. Webster, the indefati ening Lho 4.D a g n wail held at the East India:no - 11:e, H. Wilson I Gal,:gnant sif &5,,, y . tor of the Adelphi, is in Paris, having, ac- ReeveB 1 gable proprietor to custom, taken advantage of a few nights of Boma" . w a h C e o n u .N r i t r. of D irect . ors 1 . . to see if there be anythingto pick up. The at • —ralitration badvertised for , leisure to run over t' for to bring over the Commissioners have " appointed Provisional Member of Council at i vessels to. e go 13 i during the but nothing is 12th of June ' troupe 7 for passengers between the sth and Adelphi cording s ad each to - b e " 7 e migrants to Adelaide and Melbourne, ( There is some rumour of a ne Exhibition, Some arr i v ' e l: c. fi f lay be hereafter determined. 3 e settledhearWfethwhich 'speculation o turday, arectuuti eft tl i fnm Australia took place on Sa- I Mr. Mitchell s since in the London journals." samenoth n i nothing u f r u e r , t her of being 1,600 ou nne „ ,. and=l:6oi., the respective quantities , ' was t and 9.570 ounces by the :—" The visit of Mlle. Rachel nab, from Syd ney ; 7,050,800 aovereignp, by the Han- And in the same journal Mr. Mitchell, an. repo rte o d n s o th m e e subject. tirne The Hon. Henry Percy, of the Port Philip, to have been laid ° c un h e 7 l,3 b tte y the Abirfoyle, and to London, un - ler the auspices of 1 • . Anne, both from nnitheed some little time back, appea rs . aside, at least nothing has lair ly been . the youngest son of the Earl of Beveerl° -- r''' ' _edter Guards, jecte We do not -know whether his having given up Saturday-aliening for p a n e on . h i a _ e Z. "It. London on 1 French Theatre is considered any loss by the London Mr. Percy has recovered hi s h ea lth , and t a-t : lse u : i z a.-I, o b si li t c iv o e b c u a t ia w m e i c t :nafely affirm that one part- of the public ja s s a s id in the su b. of his WQ I I 3OB during ins abort mown,* ?" 11-t h* effects 'of P • Ithe - - at. consider it a i uOE, aris, name y, actors an "1214 pays 0 0 awceirie.s LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TILTS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. This wa,4 the first day of Easter Term, and, ace - rdinc,r 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 I [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 ! fpi our brothers in fight ; What foeman shall bid us; defiance ! While the Rose and the Lily unite ? The sons 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 ; Lon ; , 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 ; And 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 Irikerman tell That a despot remember:; with terror . Where the blood of our "THREE 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 the Lily of France. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, April IG.—Wind and weather this day bt noon, S.W. ; light pleasant breeze, and hue, clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, April 14.—Wind, S.W. A rrived—Vio tone, from Leith, for New York ; H. Al 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 13. Wi , ,d, 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. OPP FALMOUTH. —Abetfoyle, from Port Philip and Melbourne. SOUTHAMPTON, April 14.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived — Madrid (s.), from Gibraltar, &c. BRIDLINGTON, April 15.—Wind, W.N.W.. Arrived — Onyx, from Shields, for Dieppe, leaky. RAMSGATE, Aprills. 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. DUBLIN, April 14.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Xarifa, from Barbadoes. Sailed—Jane Gondee, for Buenos Ayres. —The Peeping Tom, of Liverpool, has been got off shore, leaky. Coax, April 14.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Powerful (s.), for Malta. LIZERIOIC, April 13.—Wind, N.E. Arrived - Rose is.s.), frosts London. ELSINORE, Ap.il 10.—The English war steamers are still in Landscrona harbour. (PER- ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LrvEßrooL, Monday Morning. Wind, W. Arrived.— Felicity, from Jamaica; Maria, Ostend ; Jeune Prosper, Santander. Sailed.—South Carolina, for Melbourne ; Yorkshire, New York ; Ranger, Bahia ; Owen Potter, Calcutta. Quitziswrowbr, April 14. Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Wansfell, from Akyab ; Golden Era, New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) _ _ GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.2 a.m. Wind calm ; tido ' quarter flood, very fine. Arrived, April 15. Margaret Thompson, from Port Fairy; Charlotte inn, Melbourne; Susan Crisp, Algoa Bay ; Bank of England and Spirit of the North, Shanghai. Arrived, 16th—Faret, from Gravelines. DEAL, Monday, 9.29 a.m. Wind, S.S.W., moderate and tine. Passed—Panther, from Calcutta., for London ; Beatrice, from Mauritius (75 days passage), for London. Anchored--Superior, from London, for Malta; St. Anne, from China, for London. MOUNTED ESCoR7 CORPS Yoll AusTnaLTA.-'--Clne 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 is 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 DEFARTMENTS.Ministers will be pre pared, on the re-assembling of Parliament, to com mence a thorough reform in the departments connected with the army. Th• first great reform to be proceeded with will embrace tho abolition of the Ordnance Depart ment, and the complete consolidation of the business hitherto tran-acted by them with the War Department lately established, and now in process if a mere perfect and analogous concentration. When the Ordnance, the Commissariat, and the Medical, and other 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 sane time, permanent departmental chiefs, selected for their tried competency and experience. Those, and several other improvements, will be amongst the foremost intro duced to Parliament immediately after the reeess.—Ob . ismer. DAMAGING PIM/MS.—At the Liverpool Assize Court, on Saturday, an act:on was brought against the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, by J. Naylor, Esq., 'to recover the sum 0 14,5001. for damages to certain pic tures, which, while being conveyed across the company's line at Oswestry, were run into by a train, destroying the horse, van, and the property above named. The pictures bad been on view in Liverpool during the visit of the Aritish Association, and were highly prized. After the case had been called on, the respective parties effected a compromise, the company paying the plaintiff 2,5001. and costs. DARNING A SOVEREIGN.--A few days ago, as three women were employed in cutting broom in the wood of l'Huisserie, near Laval (Mayeune), 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 had probably gone in search of food. The woman, without thinking of the danger she would incur if she happened to meet the darn, and actuated by the wish of obtaining the premium of sf. each given for the destruc tion of those animals, put the cubs in her apron, and car ried them off to the mairie at Laval, where she duly re ceived the reward to which she was entitled.—Galignani. I a-week, and lives witli w a ho w , AB e a f l n ca b L r A ie li i lli ay 'S er il , OME IN THS saw the home work, r e e n a r i n n s 3 t s e . rooms. We passed through the first room, from which everything had been taken to get bread. We went into the second room, and found that also stripped. There re iwfeheannahenhianse mained only two chairs, been left simply becausethey were worthless. They had lost their seats, but one or two sucks laid across the frame• chd work made it possible to Use them. In one such chair the that were not chairs, and had wife sat with a baby - oh 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 portion •of the baby (two mouths old), the rest or its body the mother did her best to cover with what little dressing decency forced her to rett.in about herself. Eight other el,ildren etoWded round scone dying embers.. Theft distress wtt the more pitiful to see; libeAtlse 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 privations 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 hi! gaze until the marvel had 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 l"—" 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 envianie than those two chairs, upon which sitting roust have been a sort of tor , ture to the body. In the clash room penetrated by the bitter frost husband and wife, _thinly clad, eat nightly side by side that they might leave the little nest of rushes to their children.—.Diclone flouselto‘d Words. LATEST NE WS. ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS IN ENGLAND. The Emperor and Empress arri7ed at Calais at nine o'clock yesterday evening, and were received by the Prefect and the Mayor. DOVER, MONDAY, 11 A. 31". 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 of the Channel, but a dense fog prevails here, and the approach of the squadron to the English coast must be cautiously made. DOVER, MONDAY, APRIL 16. Their Imperial Majesties the Empercr Napoleon HI. 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 Sebastopol. 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 ref - pest 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 them. A telegraphic despatch dated Vienna, Saturday, announces, on the authority of the Vienna Presse, that Prince Galitzia 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 instructions which have been communicated there seem little calculated to promote a pacific solution of the difficulties. According to another despatch from Vienna the 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, dated St. Petersburg, April 14 : Nothing of importance has taken place at Sebas topol up to the 6th inst. A pretty brisk fire bas been kept up against our works. The works of approach make slow progress. Nothing has been undertaken in other parts of the 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. COPENHAGEN, APRIL 14. Two British corvettes have passed southwards. TURIN, SATURDAY. To-day the King, accompanied by the French and English ambassadors, distributed colours tp 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, Marshal Esparterol, -- ill review the National Guard and, the troops of the garrison. Tranquillity is perfectly restored. RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 6th of April. The Invalide Busse publishes the following from the Crimea, including the Russian version of the sortie of the night of the 22d of March. The Invalide 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 siow 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 are 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 otie horse artillery, they were compelled to retreat before nightfall. " With this report came also the following account ffom Prince Gortschakoff of a sortie made by the gar. rison of Nebastopol in the night between the 10th 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 enemy. a lunette which received the name of Kamtschatka from the regiment employed in its construction. " "The object of this construction was, on the on, hand, to prevent the enemy from gaining a footing, b) means of rapid sap volante works, upon the hi ; 4ll grourn , opposite the Korniloff Bastion ; and, on the other hand, to form, in connection with our counter approaches, O. Selinghinsk and Volhynia redoubts, an advanced line of defences. " 'On the 9th (21st) March the Ita...Ate was com pletely finished and armed, after which it became im possible for the enemy to continue his approaciies except by regular mining (Bapie pleine), although still at a chs tance of 470 say Med fruit' the principal dtfeoces of th , fortress. " Ou the 10;,11 (221) March the fire of the artillery and riflemen of our lunette forced th,i enemy to interrupt their works, but it was to be presumed that they would make every effort the following night to repair the lost time and advance rapidly a la sape volante. To prevent thin a strong sortie RN DPde daring tle night between the 10th and 11th (22d and 23d) of Nlarch, from the Kamtschatka, lunette against the new French approaches. - . _ _ " This enterprise was entrust.--d to Lieutenant- General Kbrouleff, with a detachment consisting of 11 battalions of the 44th Marines and a detachment of this 35th.* " ' These triops 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 ob stinate resistance, forced their way into the principal French trench All the works of the besiegers were im• mpdiately destroyed by the sailors of the 33d and 44th divis'ons. " 'A sanguinary hand-to-hand fight laqtei during the whole night, until the French, wile had defended their trenches with great obstinacy, were driven back to their first parallel. " i 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 made at a greater distance to the right and left of the Kamt 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, consisting of 475 volunteers of the 30th and 45th Marines, of the Okhotsk Chasseurs. and of the 6th battalion of the reserve of the Vollrynia Regiment of Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Biruleff, of the navy, entered the English trenches on the heights in front of the southern bay, spiked a mortar, destroyed a battery which the enemy had 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 11 pri soners, of whom two were officers, and we spiked three mot tars. " But this brilliant affair cost us dearly ; in the sor ties we had in all eight superior and subaltern officers and 879 men killed, and 21 superior ani subaltern officers and QB2 men wounded. " According tJ declarations of prisoners it had been the intention of the enemy to take, at aircost, during the right of the 1001-11th (221.233) the Kamschatka redoubt, and to execute important works, a la sope volante. " With this object six battalions bad been placed in the advanced trenches. "'This citcurnstance, which compelled General Kbrouleff to call up the greater portion of his reserve, explains our heavy loss. The loss of the enemy must have greatly exceeded onr own when we consider that whiht 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 Dumas, of the Staff, who had the direction of the Freuuh trenches. "'During the whole time of the combat the town w ag briskly bombarded. Tne 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 Goa,. cbakoff makes particular mention of the following as having particularly di4ingui,•hed themselves ;—Lieu tenant-General lihrouleff, who'commanded the principal sortie ; Lieutenant-Colonel Radumsky, who cmumanded the. Dnieper Regiment ; Captain Bondisiclieff of the Imperial Navy ; Lieutenant Biruleff, ditto ; the 'Chief of the Greek Volunteers, Prince Alnurouzi, and the Monk-Priest, Jnanzaki Savinoff, who during the whole. combat was at the head of the troops with, cross in hand, encouraging them on, and consoling the wounded.'" The Danube, an Austrian journal, publishes the following order of the day, addressed by Prince Gortschakoff to the garrison of Sebastopol un his arrival there on the 20th of March : "Soldiers !—His Majesty has deigned to appoint me to the command of the sea and laud forces in the Crimea. Brave warriors, all Rus-iia is proud of your heroic courage, and our great Emperor Nicholas I. on his death-bed turned his last looks towards you with grati tude. His worthy successor, his Majesty the reignin g Emperor, Alexander 11., has deigned to expre , s himself as follows in letters addressed to me on the 3d and 7th' of March : " Tell the brave defenders of Sebastopol, in the name of our immortal benefactor, that the Emperor Nicholas was proud of them and that he 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 I the mast 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 we will certainly justify the hopes of our august Sovereign. Adjutant-General Osten Sack en, who directed the de fence of Sebastopol with so much honour, 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 lower 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 from his bead-quarters at Lublin, 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 mouth 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 Gortscbakoff has left at Simpherepol only two divisiois of cavalry and a brigade of infantry. All the rest of the troops, amounting to 75,000 men, are so disposed on the Belbec, the heights of Bakshi-Serai, and the upper part of the Tchernaya, that they may be concentrated on any point r, quired any exceedingly brief space of time. It is,in that poi• tion that the prince will await the - attack of the Allies, being determined not to assume the cffensive unless in most favourable circumstances. The prince, finding lately that the left wing of his army of operation, posted, at Inkerrnan and its neighbourhood, vtas somewhat in danger from the large reinforcments which the Allies had received, 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 arid 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 all will be over and your will return to your homes to repose from your fatigues." * There were four battalions of the Kamtschatka Chas seurs, two of our Ouglitch Chasseurs, three. battalions of infautrypf the Dnieper Regiment, and two of the Volbynia Regiment. FRANCE. (FRO3I OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY. The 11' oniteur publishes the following as the words addressed yesterday by the Emperor to the Deputies : " 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. _ _ _ absence will be of short duration . I think I shall Ibe your interpreter, by assuring the Go vernment of her Majesty the Queen of Great Bri tain that you appreciato, as I do, all the ad van 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 Valliant, Minister of War and Grand Marshal of the Palace ; the Duke of Bassano, Grand Chamberlain ; General do Mon tebello, Colonel Fleury, and the Marquis de Tou longeon, 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 Majesties 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. Baror de Rothschild took his seat in the Imperial train, which left the station at 45 minutes past 1 o'clock, under the direction DIM. Petiet, the chef enjneer. A.n immense cro h a..a. , ,eata!aid ;;he 6C , al and enthusiastically cheer, d their Majesties. We read in the Courrte7 de Marseille, of the 14ill inst.— " Yesterday, 600 men of the 80th regiment of the line arrived here by the railway, and to-day a battalion of the 81st regiment and a company of the waggon train are expected, To-morrow a detaciimout of the let regime:lo of Hu,sars, and another of the sth, will arrive in our on their way t,) Africa, where they are to rexhter- Cnasseurs d'Afrique who have left fur the Criw's• BELGI UM. The following circular, dated Brussels, 31st ult., has been addressed by M. de Decker, the Beig i l Minister of the Int er i or , t o th e Governors 0 provinces :---- " I hasten to inform you of the formation of a Mini st / by in which lam ca'led, the confidence of his M a j esJ to the honour of the functions of Minister the Interior. The idea which presided over the foimstion of this' G t hi ne t i s o p en l y avow ed--a comPr e ' nnte among all mo lende opinions. This comproutiset effected with good faith, is in ace-xdance both v n , i. 4l the wishes and the interest of the nation. The Ministry , has a right to require that the Eat conciliatory, views which will guide it a i n a irci t x ; general direction of affairs shall also those who, representing the Government and di e ' posing of its influence, ought in their administration :0 reflect its spirit and second its action. I expect from your patriotism a loyal and active' co-operation, car lated to give to the internal government of the country that harmony and unity without which it has neitheo dignity nor force. O n m y s id e , I s h a ll know ho°l it recognise your devotedness, and I shall respond toti. by au impartial app re ci a ti on o f y our ac t s and by se. n ,_, meats of ki , dness which, while r e n dering our _ more a;re,able, will facilitate the acco mplishment o f c o l ; common task. I beg you to acknowledge the receipt of the present circular, and to communicate the tenour it to the commissaries of ariondissements• of your Pre: vince. When the letters of acknowledgments shall 11111.1,1 been addressed to you by those functionaries, you be kind enough to f orwar d th em t o m e without delal: I eagerly avail my se lf o f thi s fi rs t o pp or tunity w bi % offers itself to m e , M ons i eur l e G ouverneu r, to pres eu to you the expression of my best feelings. "Dx DEMO. • SPAIN. , The Madrid journals of the Bth have arrived, but they contain nothing of much importane c i The Gazette announces that the Queen, as cee l ,,,t in Holy Week, h a d or d ere d th a t a man 11 ° 4 .'; sentence of death for murder should have penalty commuted t o i m p r i sonmen t for 11 , and that five other men, a b ou t t o be tried for the same crime, should, in the event of cif.,,); viction, have the sentence •of death, to they would be liable, commuted to one of PO ss petual imprisonment. The Pope's Nuncio endeavouring to arrange the affair between Bishop of Osma and the government, but it " d. not considered likely that he would suc cee d ° Extensive military preparations had been 123 a e. to quell with rigour any attempt at disturba%, The last two numbers of the Soberania • o f cional bad been seized for the publ i ca tion be seditiops articles, and the responsibleoditor is,t c r prosecuted. It is stated in a letter that Lord - 11 . ., e 5s 'den had declared to the Governmen; that be " the perfectly" willing that what he had done in „b, affair of the Protestants at Seville should bet,. miffed to Lord Clarendon. The Bth being Sul lw the Stools xchange was not open. -kr.dridt It was stated in a letter from Lisbon, via that - the Duke of Saldanha, has, on account of ln t health, resigned the Ministry of War to Irisl t be de Luz,. but that he retains the presidency 0-t council and the command of the army. TRE CAPE OF GOOD 110 P. leog: s PLYMOUTH,, IViconAr MoRNINch The ship Royal Albert, Captain Norris, be ing to Messrs. Wigram and Co., of London, wails off Plymouth yesterday. She' is 126 days f r° o • Calcutta, with a full cargo of seeds, sugar, rice, fthe cotton, and has landed here Captain Clark of 24th Regiment. The Royal Albert was several days at the C 9 ',,P h e o of Good Hope and left on the 17th Febru ar y , . same day ds tile Pride of the Sea. She conk that ship's account of the pacific condition of the colony, which now bids fair to become one of 0. most important appendages to the British Cri.°;hv The new Governor, Sir George Grey , is hi s popular. he The expected outbreak in December , when t the Tope colonists 73d Regiment was sent from Cape frontier, has entirely 'died away, and t h e colo o n u l ti. , are must actively and profitably emplor3d i n of or vating the land and in continuing the the copper mines. an d the All the bubble companies are exploded, bona fide undertakings are prosperir; miles A tram road from Namaqualand, sea at Robber Bay, is in the cOurse of buffalo to save the great cost of conveyance by u waggons. ly iii The suspicious-lookindship off the Cape ear February proved to be a black three-masted Ve r tr e to the of 300 tons, from Liverpool for Melbourne ; wards put into Table-bay. The greatest anxiety is felt among the colonis t ", Dutch as well as Engligh, to obtain intelligen from England. The latest dates are to the 24t h November, brolight by the steam -ship Paoifi e % the 30th December. On her arrival, so great the desire for information that upwards of 2, o °' people were waiting ashore to receive the Port OW tain on returning from his official visit. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY, APRIL 1 5 ' o f The Eclipse arrived yesterday from the Oa t° b , Good Hope, whence she sailed on the 22d of re o f ruary. Her advices do not contain any ne ws o interest. The screw-steamer Antelope arrived. e the Cape the day the Eclipse left. The EnterPtriti; Captain Collinson, sailed for. England abou 15th of February. A Y , PORTSMOUTH, 5t 3 1 1) ,, - , has The Hotspur, Indianian, Captain Toyo7":jati. pissed up Channel, with dates from Calcutta sge 17, and the Cape of Good Hope Feb. 28 ' has had a good passage. yen She reports affairs at the Cape as beil i g quiet. y a gerS' A pilot-boat has brought id several passe— THE OVERLAND IVO-11'. Ove r We have received our d es p a t c hes by th e j ob; alandi3Momailb,ay, 18th h. dated Calcutta, nrc 10th ; Madr as) and 13°1 1 v The followin g is from the summary (400 bay Times : • b i ,ut:ltc,o, T ryl i e l in e rig e th: xc teo i n te tb m eof en a t of the fortnight is the oPe lii iiioo InG i eo e nu c egt s la e ,in o f t u t l h n e es P s s t o f f employedl)aerbcwooanirlt pa l u oin l c9 of l . tvho t e ; c4, ° s s on seeing the extreme necessity an bee' 1 0 0 public works, has been t° an on raising money f or th e i r con struction , , extent that might b e d es i re d, s o long as lie , 00' b orrow below six a n d i nves t above ten 1 3 „ e *i s in And now for th e fi rs t ti me h e seems ° ll- T lll 7 significant extent to have been indulg e ' . nag e iublic works would b e infinitely better 1 1 $ 0 be by )' private enterprise than by Government bold, yond question, and n o wonder that it \- s eer when we find th ree mon th s req uired to ai ls ' coP" , simplest letter not requiring the slightest_ „los° Aeration or reference to any party, months ei - a lfotti for the expiscition of information for villi i ell v art night should suffice, and an ignorance on tn e i letril the authorities of the physical, moral, IDA v ie : . and financial condition of the country, t h i e:. d seem incredible if it were not confessed. But has been so governed heretofore that no ten i r OW.; hithertopresented has been found sufficien t 'T o it 1. " into it private capital or enterprise ; I nee" disgraceful the work should be left undone, o or P. sarily devolves on Government when al l oth tIYO ties decline it. A despatch of great abiliTbeer publication of which is daily expected, 119'blf written by the Governor-General eu„te works, for the promotion of which sel3t-gs 017, partments are being arranged ; and be Pi,eed of cially ordered that men should b e P-tion s - charge 'of these exclusively in considers oyl tlo qualification, and without regard to their fi r st Ste t in or their belonging to the service ;, the°f agref t o wards securing for India the services jouc body of civil engineers, not as a separate ".villie 9.11 pendent corps, but on the ordinary term s ° tote 17 ,1 they are engaged by European Goverinnbtaitlei public companies. Lord Harris has already are for Madras a liberal supply of these, Nv ll ° be on their way out, and others are desired ''°ool3lP4 tertained or trained on the spot, undeqibe ge ments of most praiseworthy liberality, On e Ltt M will, we hope, be worked out at all l' i ce eeu e ; deneies. The Madras Government, having 5 ? pros"; in establishing an excellent museum a, t , ) as en fil dency, are now endeavouring to bring lecnas. fgt into existence up and down over the diebi: - a a 8 e c arrle. o e The electric telegraph has just been north as Attok, and will be at Peshawnrri, th °tl' months' time—a distance in direct line 0 , 131 00 13 ; sand miles from Calcutta, and the like thefr Or!. bay, and 1,600 from Madras ; so that , u s irno, ll..: plesidencies could be communicated with Affgu ti f neously, and in a few minutes time, by.t ue it of 0 0 0 frontier—the only point in the whole efre tl oc e c ji o. dominions where serious trouble or ann ° , , Y or ipllie arise to us. Meanwhile, after having : o ,recl i three thousand miles of telegraph with . 1 , t ft ..?.• d, en .:010`'0" to g re V : } e , I"`" s' - p. of prick the pub" o f ' 0 they had found it a netts. /310;,, we have clapped on it a rate of charg ev er e. t o 1 strously extravagant, that it is ' l llo les- 4 o ployed by Government, and is utterly 0 .4 authedincogmmttbmatitybyat fljtarairge,vgantahrtlto t o ,o , Pi r o w' THE SUN. LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, APRIL is, 1855 .., C%