The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-12 00:00:00

'MATER ROYAL HAYMARXET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, will be presented TEIE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by :Kr. Backstone 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 HAY MARKET 11-SLING MEETLNG, 1855, To ocrclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Guano KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST, To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal c erecter by Mr. C. Kean. • To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directrese, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be perforated the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. To conclude with A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with aurae ous highly-coloured Illustrations ROYAL OLYMPIC; THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENLY% Will be performed a Comedietta, called LAW FOR L tDIES Characters by yfe,ara• A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooper, Lanvers, and Miss Castleton. After which, KILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson, E me ry, and F. Vining; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOI4 waraltF AND THE KING} OF THE GOLD MINES. ASIIET'S ROYAI7----AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. • THIS EVENING. Glorious success To commence with an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of harrowing interest, by Mr. Nelson Lee, called, rag FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! No Drama formany years hits created so great a sensation. The interest is most intense ; • Use burning of the stables is most terrific, while the Derby race is most exciting. Alter which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. 'William Cooke. To conclude with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, his been added to the Embellisbments. Box-oftlee open from Eleven till Four obasrp msinascr, Mr. W. West. Acting manavr, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, Will be performed CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha. meters by Messrs J. Raiford, Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss iie• becca Isaacs, 'Miss Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T r-% DAr —Vorning 55 ruizt.after 9 j Evening 42 min. al. 10 To-Xottao, Z="lornit is 24 min.after 11 Evening 0 min. aft. 0 THE WEATHICIL—Sun 0111CtO, April. 12. THEEMOMZTZB, IN THIS SHAM:. 57—highest since noon yesteraay. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. GO —this day, at noon. BAEOMETEB, 29%. N.W.—Gentle breeze, with fine mild sunshiny W !other. 12r f(l3 ) - retrrß,, ~~ LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1855. In all the conferences and negotiations that have hitherto taken place—with a view to the settlement of the Eastern Question—the wishes and interests of Turkey seem to have been completely disregarded ; nay, more, her very existence as an Independent Power completely ignored. The Sublime Porte—" our excellent Ally," in defence of whose unquestionable rights we have entered on the War—is more deeply interested in each and every of " the Four Points" than any of the other Powers, and yet France and England on the one side, and Russia on the other, with Austria— "Always strong, upon the strongest side," ready to take part with whichever appears to be the predominant interest—are dealing with ques tions affecting the protectorate of the Princi palities, the free navigation of the Danube, the balance of power in the Euxine, and even the Government of some ten millions of Turkish subjects, as if the SULTAN or Lis Go vernment were not in any way concerned in the concha - is:loa.; tp be eventually arrived at. It is certainly a strange mode crf. sustaining the " inde pendence" of our protegee, and we earnestly hope that ABD-UL-METUID may not speedily find that he had ab initio scarcely less to fear from his " affectionate friends" than from his open and avowed adversary. A document has recently been published in several of the Continental journals, purporting to be the instructions furnished by the Ottoman Government to its representative at Vienna. It is, of course, impossible to speak positively as to its authenticity. It is, however, such a document as might well proceed from the Porte under existing circum stances ; and the observations and arguments therein contained are well worthy the ilotice of the Western Powers and the diplomatists assembled in tha Austrian metropolis. It would, indeed, reflect indelible disgrace on those who professed to be influenced only by considerations of justice and equity, and who chivalrously arrayed them selves on the weaker side to prevent the triumph of might over right, if they now vamped up a precarious truce, which could not truly be re garded as a permanent peace, for the purpose of evading the responsibilities which they delibe rately and voluntarily assumed. Assuming, then, for the purpose of discussion, the authenticity of the document, the first in struction to the Ottoman Plenipotentiary is, that he is "to restrict himself to taking the questions Which might be brought forward only ad referen dum." The vast importance of the topic to Turkey not merely the materiel inter ests, but the very vitality of the Otto man Empire being involved in the result, and the gross blunders already committed at Vienr a —blunders which have been long since candidly acknowledged by the Western Powers—impera tively demand the most careful' deliberation on the part of the Turkish Cabinet. jt is prepared to receive with deference, and, if consistent with its independence, to maintain which it Las already 131 ' de so many sacrifices, to accept any suggeition of the Western Powers. But until these sugges tions ha ve received a definite shape—until some tangible propel/hie, i s pu t forward for its accept ance, it ca nnot en g a g em ents beeXilDeetedto enter into any binding ever, the Western Powers and Austria , a w hen if r e i n ecpparentiv7(l with Russia—when the difficultie s a insup eroza • permanent peace hav e b ee , e in the way of a e ssuecessfully dissipated, then must the project for its approval. Anny Submi tted to the Porte Vienna can, therefore, r esolutions adopted at bOnly provisional dearly b e until they have been confirmed acceptance is indispensabl e t e th e y va l i c ic nei• Its "little bill" of which so m any 7 of the Europ ean p owers are to become joint dra wers .ovrer Subject to these reserv a ti ons, observations well worthy of attentive consideration have been offered on the different points. On the first, it emphati cally protests against the false assumption that a real protectorate was ever granted to Russia i n virtue of the Treaties relative to the Danubian Principalities. All that the Porte undertook, and which it faithfully and irreproachably per formed, was that " the established institutions cf those Provinces should not be abolished or modi fied." Russia, however, chose to arrogate herself a de facto sovereignty, thus straining the concession far beyond its just or reasonable limits'. To this unwarrantable interpretation of the concession on complicati In lay of the existing 8 may be 'traced, Turkey is,'therefore, fully justified in demanding that the guarantee or protectorate of the Great Powers which is to be substituted for that o: Russia shall be clearly defined, so that it may not authorise any interference with the internal state and administration of the Principalities, but restrict itself to preventing the destruction of their privileges, or any attempt against the exist ing institutions, the sovereign rights of the Porte. On the Second Point, respecting the naviga tion of the Danube, it was the usurpation of Russia that created the existing complications, and care must be taken not to substitute one usurpation for another. The perfect freedom a commerce is what is required, and that must not be restricted either by undue regard for quaran tine or other equally untenable pretexts. On the Third Point—the chief difficulty--we have already pointed out how inconsistent with the independence, and safety, and, we might have added, the very existence of the Ottoman Empire, have been some of the plans put forward. How could fortifications to rival those of Sebastopol-- to act as an equivalent to that " standing menace" to Constantinople and to Europe—be constructed flu Turkish territory in Europe and Asia by Powers which, although now the friends and allies of Turkey, may hereafter became her enemies, without destroying her security ? The free navi gation of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, at any time and under any circumstances, is equally inconsistent with the safety of the Turkish Empire. By all means let the preponderance of Russia in the Euxine be terminated. Let her naval power be limited within reasonable bounds, and the forts, not essential for defence, but useful only as a means of overawing her neighbours, be demolished ; but let not Turkey be so deeply in jured by those who designate themselves and desire to be considered as her very good friends and Allies. On the Fourth Point the claims put forward by Russia, to interfere with the internal Govern ment of the Christian subjects of the Porte, it was that the Western Powers took up arms. They protested against what would be directly subversive of the independence of the Porte. They must now take care that they do not sanc tion or connive at anything calculated to infringe on that independence, or calculated to render its future position worse than if it had, in the first instance, submitted to the unaccountable demands so arrogantly put for ward by Prince MENSCHIKOET, and which it has made so many energetic efforts to defeat. Once more, then, we say, the only prospect of peace is that which may be opened by the un qualified destruction of Sebastopol, whether by the military and naval forces now arrayed beneath its walls and in front of its harbour, or by the assent of the Russian Plenipotentiary. That is the only solution of the problem, and that must lie unanimously demanded by the People and Par liament of Great Britain. Neither. his Highness MAHMOUD PASHA, nor his friend the lion. ROBERT Cunzox—in those eccentric opinions of theirs, in regard to the treatment of criminals, to which we on Tuesday made particular reference—appears to have borne in mind, for an instant, the double object kept in view in this matter by the British Administration. Both the English traveller and the Turkish gover nor seem to have altogether overlooked that ra ther important consideration.. It is one, how ever, we take it, especially entitled to the remem brance of every individual who undertakes to examine, even in the most superficial manner, the principles and practice, the purpose of all the theories, the aim of all the endeavours, of this important branch in our complex system of juris prudence. It should be constantly borne in recollection, we maintain, by every one who may venture t• scrutinise the Criminal Code of Great Britain, by every one who may presume to weigh that code in the balance of impartial judgment, that as we have here already expressed it, the object kept through out steadily in view by our legislators is one of a twofold character. Briefly let us call it, at once, the double object of—" reclamation" by disci- Aline, and " expiation" by punishment. It has been instinctively felt throughout by every man 'amongst us that any system would be incomplete which aimed at the effectual treatment of crime by the executive, otherwise than by an equal attention to those two inseparable require- ments. The moral principle upon which we have thus acted, so to speak almost instinctively, in the hope of somehow extra.cting at least a small proportion of good out of an enormous and unavoidable mass of evil, has had about it, curi ously enough, a very appreciable resemblance to the scientific principle which not long since led an eminent optician to the exquisite discovery of the stereoscope. Viewing crime from these two points of view, we are enabled to see it, as it is, in its entirety. Otherwise it continues to us but as a painted picture, instead of becoming to us, as it ought, a veritable reality, capable of being appreciate il d by the full sense. Scrutinised in this way through the medium of the duplex but har monious legislative stereoscope—examined simul taneously with an eye to expiation, by punish ment, and with an eye to reclamation by discipline —crime, we repeat, can be thus literally seen in its complete and sub3tantial reality, and (so be held, not guessed at, as heretofore, but actually ~een, and, in a measure, comprehended) may at !ength be wholesomely subjected to corrective treatment by the State, with something like a reasonable prospect of bringing about, together with the vindication of the outraged majesty of the law, the individual improvement of offenders, Lad the diffusion of some general advantage throughout the population. It is something of itself, wa opine, to have so employed a portion of our febon multitude upon Public Works, as for example in our dockyards land arsenals, that the value of the convict labour thus brought into systematic application for the national benefit within the compass of the financial year last past has been estimated at a no less con siderable sum total than just J8,920t. ster;ing. It is something also, we conceive, for the country to have already made elaborate provision at Parkhurst alone for reclaiming at one and the s ame time as many as 620 juventile.clelinquents. There are in these and other kindred items in our annual aecJunt of the Convict Prisons of England, subjects upon which, even in the hearing of the Vizir of Yanina, we might go so far as to offer i I the public at large our earnest had deliberate i felicitations. Nay, for our own part, we -cannot h ut deem . relating to the conimuui it reasonable to congratulate the whole I. to the undi blush, appear i to g there tehfeozr fellow-countrymm upon matters congratul seems in a manner n for such . important subject upon which Wonder m ru i l g ly ht not, at the first be any Tor reasonable satisfactorys oor..ab lethinking grounds to f f e o r v o r e m n vi within n o " u t a l l b. ati on3 . ec c as o tu m a b e b 1 eia ph aware rl: ev 1 ii that from .1)0,7 convictsbei for 1854-5 to 10 , ".. 6 Yeaz at our home 1 cost so enormous, a cost which be at annual I was not less than 1 7 1 ,639/.65.3d. for and 7 1853-41 ' 1 actually as much as 218,961/.155.. 9d, I, It lit er ally' THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1855. appears, to ourselves, we repeat, (in one respect) eminently gratifying to bear in recollection even such (from another point of view) terrible and appalling figures, as to the number of our convicts, and as to tho expenses incurred by us in the treat ment of our whole criminal population. For we cannot, of course, lose a remembrance of the fact, that circumstances will now compel us to deal with the inevitable evil at home, now that the Act 16 and 17 VIOL c. 99, has virtually put an end to the unjust but convenient punishment of crimi nals by transportation. Beyond which circum stance, yet another and infinitely more important one thrusts itself upon our consideration, the fact that by all those disbursements the nation is sys tematically striving, upon an Imperial scale wor thy of the glory of the British Crown, to reclaim frem the Slough ofDespond in which they have been hitherto almost irredeemably immersed, the fright ful throng of adult and juvenile offenders making up that mass of ignorance and criminality long recognised by statesmen and philanthropists as the fatal plague-spot upon the body politic. CAVAN ELECTION. (By Electric Telegraph.) DUBLIN, THRSSDAY, HALF-PAST 5 A.M. Mr. Burrowes is returned. The exact majority is not known, but believed to be about 420. TEE IMPERIAL VISIT. We have received the following programme o: the week's proceedings from an authentic source:— MONDAY. Prince Albert goes to Dover ; receives the august party ; lunches at the Lord Warden Hotel with them ; from thence to Bricklayers' Arms Station ; Guard of Honour to Paddington ; arrives at Windsor at 4 p.m. TUESDAY. Emperor receives Corps Piplomatique, and Ad. dress of the Mayor and Corporation of the Borougi of Windsor ; Grand Entertainment in the evening. WEDNESDAY. Investiture of the Garter ; Grand Dress Dinner and Ball in the evening. THURSDAY. By South-Western Railway to her Majesty's Station at Vauxhall, thence to the Crystal Palace; lunches there ; evening in State to the Opera. FRIDAY. To Guildhall to receive the Corporation Address; dejettner at 2 o'clock ; return to Buckingham Palace to dinner. SATURDAY. Return home. THE APPROACHING VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. It city now now be stated on the best authority, that their Imperial Miijesties the Emperor and Empress of the Franck will arrive at. Windsor, by_the Great Western Itailwi.y, at six o'clock next Monday evening. The august visitors will be received by a guard of honour composed of the 94th Regiment of the line, now quar ter-A at the Sheet-street Barracks, a company of the Foot Guards, who are expected here every day from the Tower, and by a detachment from the Rifle Rrigade, who will also arrive hero in the course of the present week. The Mayor of Windsor (John Clode, Esq.) will have the honour of receiving the illustrious visitors on their arrival at the terminus in the Royal borough. The Castle officials will be in attendance to conduct the Emperor and Empress to her Majesty's waiting room, which is beautifully fitted up in the Arabesque style, and afterwards to the magnificent apartments pre pared for them at the Castle. On emerging from the railway station their Imperial Majesties will pass through a triumphal arch erected at the junction between Thames-street and High-street. There will also be another triumphal arch, erected in Caqle-street, under which the Royal carriages will pass. The Castle-green, immediately beneath the Castle walls, opposite to the establishment of Mr. Layton, con fectioner to the Queen, will be furnished with thousands of seats, which will extend as far as Henry the Eighth's gate, for the accommodation of the public—tickets being previously granted by the committee. On the arrival of the Emperor and Empress at the Castle they will be received at the grand entrance with every mark of respect by her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Pri n c e C oncer t, an d b y the brilliant circle of visitors invited to do honour to the auspicious occasion. Ou Tuesday next the mayor and corporation, in their official robes, which they have recently resumed, will present an address of congratulation to the Emperor Napoleo❑ 111., and afterwards participate in a public dinner of the inhabitants, to be given at the Town Hall. There will be state dinners at the Castle on every evening after the Emperor's arrival ; and subsequent to the investiture of his Imperial Majesty with the Order of the Gartar, on Wednesday, a magnificent banquet will be given, at which the elite of the kingdom will be present. - There will be a review of the whole of the household troops. The 2d Life Guards are at present in garrison, but the Ist Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) are expected next Monday, and will be billetted for two or three days on the inhabitants. The Hen. and Very Rev, the Dean of Windsor, who is brother to Lcrd Cowley, the British ambassador at Paris, ha 3 placed his residence in the Cloisters at the service of a portion of the Eniperor's suite, and great preparations are in progress to re-decorate the ancient, but not the less comfortable mansion. The pr.eparations at the Castle are by no means com plete, no less than 300 workmen being still engaged. It is supposed that the visit of the EnTperor and Empress will be the grandest affair ever witnessed in this borough since the installation of his Grace the Duke of Rutland, in the year 1805—just half a century since. COURT • CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, APRIL 11. There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes terday._ The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, walked in the Home Park this morning. Her Majesty afterwards rode in the Riding-house, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. The Priiin3 of Wales rode on horseback, attended by Mr. Gibbs. • Toe younger royal children took a carriage drive. The Viscountess Canning has succeeded the Duchess of Atholl as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Ltrd Rivers and General Sir E. Bowater have suc ceeded Earl Somers and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West as Lord and Groom in Waiting. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing -Street. It was attended by V►scour,t Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Garen don, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, Sir Win. Molesworth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of Harrowby. The council sat three hours. Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yesterday morning from his seat, Broadlands, Hants, for the pur pose of attending the Cabinet Council. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided at a meeting of the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund, today, in the Pala.:..e at Westminster. The Emperor of the French has presented to Mr. Wyld a gold snuff box, with his cypher in diamonds, as a souvenir of his visit to the model of Sebastopol. The Q of Spain has decorated Mr. Wyld with the order of Carlos 111. Prince Jerome Napoleon attended divine service at the Tnvalides on Easter Sunday. After the mass (says Gal:gnani) his Imperial liioiness prayed for some time at the tomb of the Emperor. The Countess of Ashburnham gave birth to a son on Easter Sunday, at Ashburnhain-place, Sussax. The Duke of Devonshire daily entertains a brilliant circle of fashion at his inati!ion in Kempt-town. It is probable that the pecuniary irregularities in which the Hon. F. J. R. ViHiers has tauten part—transactions involving over 100,000/.—will shortly be made the sub ject of legal proceedings. Rossini is seriously species of ague, only too pre valer.t and dangerous in Tu scan y, i s f eared. CHIEF BARON PlGOT.—Accounts have reached Dub lio, aatin; that the health of the Chief Baron has been greatly benefitted by his long sojourn in the south of Spain, and that his return to Ireland may be shortly expected. The late John Murray, E3q., merchant, London, hag left the whole of his fortune, said to be little short of i 9,0001, —subject to life interest in favour of his widow and niece—to the Free School in Macduff. I - ROYAL MAIL STEAM COMPANY.—The report of this company, issued preparatory to the meeting to-day, proposes a dividend of 2/. per shale for the six months 'ending the 31st of December. The working account for the year shows an increase of 20,0921. in pas sage money and freight ; but, on the other baud, there bas been an augmentation of 15,0421. in the cost of coal. The receipts from the Government were 263,695/. for the contract mail service, and 236,320/. for the hire of transports and the victualling of troops. The vessels still retained in connection wits the war are—the Magdalena, Tamar, Medway, Thames, Trent, and Severe, while the Parana has been taken by the French Government for fire months certain. The surplus of the working account for the year is 281,4811., out of which the large sum of 107,207/. is applied to the General Reserve Fund to meet repairs, exclusive of an appropriation o o a f nB 6l w , a 4 s sB l l 3 . 9 f0 7 r 21 d;:atnedriotrhaetiloanst half-yearly . Theinte rdthi e vid b e a n ia d ne of enow 21. per share i re have 66 in . g 9,l amaunted to 29,6801., • DEPARTURE OFTHE GUARDS FOR THE CRIME 1. This morning, shortly before eight o'clock, upwards of twelve hundred of the household troops left London for the Crimea. This number was composed of a de tachment from the Coldstreams, a detachment from the Scots Fusiliers, and a detachment from the third battalion of Grenadiers. The crowd of persons that accompanied the troops on their march from the bar racks to the station of the South-Western Railway was immense, and at frequent intervals loud bursts of cheer ing arose from the crowd, which were heartily returned by the soldiers. As the Fusiliers passed along the Strand the eight was of the most exciting description, and the effect was heightened by the Magnificent band striking up the French air, "Partant pour la Syrie." At Waterloo• bridge a portion of the crowd only followed, and the music changed to "The Girl I left behind me," which was the occasion of loud cheering. On reaching the Surrey side of the water the number of persons who joined the pro cession was largely increased ; and on the arrival of the troops at the entrance to the railway a scene of excite. ment occurred that actually baffles description. The affectionate adieus that were taken by fathers and mo thers of their sons, and wives of their husbands, whom they probably might never see again, was of the most touching character. The regimentals of the men bad a peculiar appearance, frowthe fact that only about one in ten wore the new coatee. On the arrival of the men at Portsmouth they will embark on board the mag nificent new steam-ship Alma, belonging to the fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, for con veyance to the East. The reason for cancelling the order for the embarka tion of the troops yesterday was owing to the Surveyor to the Board of Trade at Liverpool having reported that the fore and aft bulkheads of the Alma were not strong enough. A professional survey was immediately held upon her yesterday, in Portsmouth harbour, by Mr. Abethell, the master shipwright of the dockyard ; Mr. Murrey, chief engineer, and ae officer from the Customs and Ordnance Departments. The result of the investi gation was that the ship was declared to be both faith fully and soundly built, and in good and perfect condition for troop or any other service. REINFORCEMENTS FOR' TEE CRIMEA Reinforcements for the following regiments of cavalry in the Crimea are under orders to join the service troops from their respective depots, viz. :- 4th Dragoon Guards and sth (P r i ncess o f W a l es ' s ) ditto, from Newbridge. Ist Royal Dragoons, from Canterbury. 2d North British Dragoons (Scots Greys), from New bridge. 4th Light Dragoons, from Brighton. 6th Dragoons (Heavy) Enniskillens, from Canterbury. Bth Royal Irish Hussars, from Newbridge. 10th (Prince of Wales's) Hussars, from Maidstone. 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, from Newbridge, 13th Light Dragon's, from Brighton. 17th Lane Erg, from Brighton. Ist Divisioa of the 15th Royal Hussars, quartered in Exeter, will also embark for the seat of war the latter part of the month, according to present arrangements ; each draught will take out 100 extra horses (remounts) for the troops at present in the Crimea. THE BALTIC FLEET. LANDSCIMA, April 3.—The advanced squadron of the Baltic fleet arrived at Elsineur on the Ist of April, but owing t, the masses of drift ice and strong current were unai,le to remain there ; three, the Arrogant, Tartar, and Cossack, having parted their anchors, so they all got cadet-weigh and proceeded to thi s anchor age, whore trey were joined by the Atuphion to-day, one of the "lame ducks ;" another, the Archer, has not made ter appearance. The Amphion got on shore near this anchorage through the ignorance of the pilot, but it is not supposed that she has in jured herself, as the mod appeared to be very soft. Thelmperieuse aid Euryalus, being of too much draught of water to pass through the Sound, parted company for Kiel, leaving the squadron under the command of Captain Yelerton, her Majesty's ship Arrogant. Some of the colliers 4 kent out to supply the squadron with coals have fared but badly, one having foundered, and two or three others more or less injured, when trying to pass the Sound. This is a very snug little harbour, and it is expected thtt the ships will remain here till the Sound is entirely clear of ice. We are all in want of coals, having steamed the whole distance from the Downs in almost a perfect calm, with most delightful weather, smooth seas, and a cloudy sky. ART CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PATRIOTIC FUND. We have much pleasure i i again noticing this most praiseworthy undertaking. [it seems necessary to re peat that the funds that are being raised at the Gallery, 121, Pall. mall, are exclusiitely for the benefit of do widows and orphans of offieef•s who perish by disease or by the sword of the enemy in the war with Russia. The undertaking had not been set on loot for many days before the committee were enabled to pay 7001. as a first instalment into the office of " The Patriotic Fund" at Westminster, and it is gratifying to learn that a large sum has since accumulated. Of course the contribu tions from the members of the Royal family excite the greatest interest. The Princess Royal's composition and drawing of a soldier's wife finding her wounded husband on the field of battle has already realised 200 guineas, and upwards of 300 persons have subscribed a guinea each for facsimiles of the drawing on chremii lithography. Some of the contributions are designated in the catalogue as those of "a lady of title" (we cannot resist lifting the veil, and revealing the name of the Mar chioness of Waterford), and those of the Ladies Augusta and Honoria Cadogan. Theie lady amateurs are evi dently inspired with a true and dignified view of art. ADDRESS TO THE EARL OP LUCAN. A deputation, composed of lentlemen of different re ligious and political opinions, waited yesterday on the and presented hi m w i t h a congratu y address, sig ned Castlebar , Earl of Lucan, at his lordship's resid ence , C ast l e b ar by a couple of hund re d o f th e leading gentry ofMayo,and of th e inhabita n t s o f th e la town. The address congratulated his lord s hip s on b e i ng t o o u r se' "mercifully sp a red from the carnage of the memorable battles of Alma, Salaklava; and Inkerman." To this address the gallant. Lieutenant-General read the follow ing reply : dentlemen,—l thank you for your too flattering ad dress. I appreciate the more fully the sympathy you so kindly express forthe great injustice of which I have been the victim, from the knowledge that sympathy is not unde served, as my conscience tells me that during the time that I had the command of the cavalry of our country in the field, my conduct was faultless, and their character and honour did not suffer. In the severe tri a l s I h ave h a d to undergo, I have been supported by the con v i c ti on th a t my deceivedfello w- co ü b u y t ryt the misrepresentations ma d e to my disadvan tage, u however m uc h th ey may have been would, in the end, pass an honest and fair judgment; and I have not been disappointed. I do not pretend to more than having shared in all the difficulties of this memorable campaign of the Crimea, and to having discharged my duty, and not without success, whether in action or in camp, to the best of my power and ability. It will ever be to me a source of plitle to'have belonged to an army. which, by its gallantry on every occasion, has gained for itself the admiration of those excellent soldiers, the French, and also the whole of Europe. Why the results have not been such as to meet the fair expectations of the country, you, gentlemen, will agree with me in consider ing that this is neither the time nor the place for me to express an opinion." Afar reading his reply, his lordship entered into c )n -venation with the deputation, and said that although he did not in his reply express his thanks for the very,kiud manner in which he hal - been received by his friends as strongly as he felt, it wag not from a want of feeling as it deserved on his part, but that, as he considered the address was given him principaly on public grounds, he wished to confine his answer on the same principle. The deputation then retired. THE RESTORATION OF POLAND.—On Monday evening a largely-attended meeting was held at the Assembly Rooms, Wolverhampton, to consider the necessity for the restitution of the independence of the Polish nation, as essential tl the attainment of the object of the present , war with Russia. The Rev. J. 0. Dakeyne presided, an I on the platform were H. Walker, Esq., Rupert Kelly, Esq , W. Den', Esq., Rev. S. Hunter; Coun cillors F. Walton, E. T. Wright, Steward, Wallace, and Taylor ; Dr. Ashford, and Messrs. Trigger. and Hale& Alter addresses by the chairman and M. Zaba, a Polish gentleman, Mr. Kettle moved. a resolution to the effect that the meeting felt a deep concern in the issue of the present struggle with Russia, and were of apinion that the re-establishment of Poland as an independent king dom would alone keep in check the aggressive spirit of Russia. Mr. H. Walker, in seconding the resolu tion, said it behoved them to make their opinions known, inasmuch as there was too much reason to be lieve that the Government of the country had hitherto been grossly ignorant of the public opinion upon this subject. The resolution having been put, was carried unanimously, and a petition to Parliamart having been adopted, the proceedings terminated.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. Plans have been received at the Engineer-office, Pem broke, by Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, R.E., for the construction of temporary barracks, to contain one thou sand men. They are to be completed within six weeks of the contract being taken, when the militia regi ments of that a n d the adjoining counties will be bri gaded there for general training, and the customary duties of the arsenal. The site selected is a portion of rising ground belonging to the. Board of Ordnance, situ ated near Hobbs Point, overlooking the dockyard and haven, and in rear of which a powerful redoubt appears on the plans for the general fortification of the har bour. On the completion of these buildings the pre sent barracks will be occupied by the Artillery, a large force of which is being required to man the different forti fications on Thorn !slaw!, the Stack Rock, Dale Point, &c. Some finished, and others in progres.4. It is con sidered that the great importance of the naval establish ments at Pembroke renders these measures necessary, the place being otberwi,e so inadequately defended. THE TRADE OF RUSSIA. L.rd Granville arrived in Paris on Tuesday. It is supposed that his visit has so me thi ng t o d o w i th that of the Emperor and Empress to London. CORK ELECTION.—Lord Ennismore has issued his ad dress to the electors of Cork. His lordship is all that the present Government could desire, and that is saying enough of him. DUBLIN, Wednesday. —His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle, Lord Lieut-nant, arrived at Kingstown to-day, at two o'clock Arrived in Dublin, he proceeded in state to the Castle, loudly cheered by the people. We are glad to state that faxnurable accounts have been received from Paris of the health of Mr. Blackett, The subscriptions in Glasgow towards the Royal r Patriotic Fund amount to the handsome sum of 44,7691. 3s. lid. The wind luPed yesterday morning at Southampton, after blowing a gale and in fierce gusts for 70 hours un• interruptedly, chiefly from west-north-west. The Government emigration ship Octavia left South hampton Dock yesterday with 350 emigru.ts, for Ade laide, South Australia. Bulletins of the cholera still appear in the Journal de St. Petersbourg. On the 29th ult, there were 188 cases in that city. SHOP ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—Between 9 o'clock on Tuesday evening and one o'clock yesterday morning, the lock-up shop of Mr. Affleck, tailor and draper, 43, Princess-street, Manchester, was broken into, and pio perty to the value of about 1601. was stolen, inclurnig • pieces of cloth, silk velvet, velvet vestinge, fancy silks, and cashmeres. The robb ers a p pear to have broken a pane of glass, and so obtained an entrance to an adjoin• ing house, from which they gained access to the roof. They then removed the slates from Mr. Affiedk's'roof, and descended into the shop, leaving the premises by the back door, which was found insecure by the police man on ihe beat at one a.m. A brace and a bit, used for boring, a pocket knife, and a :AT ladder about five yards long, were left behind by the thieves. They have lot vet heen apprehended. Brighton appears to be well filled with ficibionables. A , nongst the arrivals announced in the Brighton Guar dian . - f yest , rrisv, are the Farl of Ripon, Lord Mel gund, Sir F. and Lady Bathurst, the Duchess of Man che-ter, Viscount Malden, Mr. Vernon Smith, M.P., M. Tricoupi (the Greek Minister), Mr. Sergeant Kings lake, Sir Erskine Perry, M.P. Mr. Phinn, M.P., Mr. Booker, M.P., Mr. Morris, &c. The Speaker of the House of Coremons and family, and Mr. Gregson, M.P., and Mrs. Gregson, have engaged apartments at the Norfolk Hotel. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, April 11. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain Christian, left to-day, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, and 38 passen gers, 25 of whom are artillerymen, for disembarkation at Gibraltar. Captain Stewart, of the General Screw Company's service, also accompanies the vessel to Cadiz, to render, if possible, assistance in extricating the Natal from her perilous position. On freight the Iberia has 43,550/. specie —viz., for Oporto, 1,0001. ; Lisbon, 26,580/. ; and Cadiz, 15,9701., and an average cargo of general merchandise. The United States' mail steam ship St. Louis, Captain Wotton, will leave Cewes to morrow (this day) at daybreak, for Nev York, en route from Havre, with French and English mails and passen. gers. The ship has been detained some few hours beyond her usual time of sailing, in consequence of Easter Tues day being observed as a general holiday at Havre, and thus preventing the loading of the ship from being completed. Recruiting for the three regiments of Cork Militia is at present proceeding with great activity, but the regi ments are still kept below their standard in consequence of the numbers who daily volunteer into the line. As an example of the success which has attended the exer tions of the recruiting agents in Cork, it may be stated that one sergeant in the Cork artillery has himself had upwards of fifty recruits attested within the last month, independently, of course, of the recruits obtained by the other sergeants and corporals of the same regi ment. THE FORTHCOMING EASTER TERM.—Yesterday the lists of rules for argument and deci-ion in the three corn mon law courts for the forthcoming Easter Term, com e:re:tieing on Monday next, were exhibited in the offices of the several courts. The agNrega,te of the three courts is only 66—a smaller number than one court possessed some two or three years ago. There is not much com plaint of the "law's delay ;" and, by the Common Law Procedure Act, facilities are aff)rded to terminate rules in which points arise. In the Court of Queen's Bench for the ensuing term there are seven rules for new trials, two rules on the special paper for judgment, and 18 fur argument, besides which there are &x enlarged, making a total of 33. In the C girt of C nnmon Pleas there are in the remnant paper five enlarged mica, five new trial rules, one rule for-the decision of the court, and six de inurrers entered, making 17 ; whilst in the Court of Exchequer there are in the special paper four rules for argument, and in the peremptory paper the same num ber ; in the new trial list only one for judgment and seven for argument, n:aking 16, and completing the total of 66 rules in the three courts. SERGEANT SULLIVAN.—Justic; at last ! Sergeant Sullivan has got his well-earned commission ; but it is not to the War-office he owes it. No ! ashamed are we to say, and ashamed should the country be to he.)r, that hi;t for the press, f ix. Sir De Lacy Evans, and for Mr. French, he would be a sergeant still, and a sergeant he might continue until death relieved him of all care about promotion. It is a bad mode of " management ;" but it is the best which, until a rougher stimulus be applied to the Horse Guards, we are likely to see in action. It is not to our credit ; but if merit is to be sacrificed to "system," and if that system is to defraul of its fair share of advancement admittedly "distinguished bravery," the Sergeant Sailivans of the army will suffer only in conjunction with the country which so migrate fully neglects them. But can it last ? Can defects or pertialities brought thus prominently to light be per mitted to endure? Is it on the men who fight for us, or on the men who enter the army to sport an epaulette or beguile ennui, the honours of the service are more be comingly bestowed ? If we are not mistaken, even this tardy act of justice was sorely against the will of one who was not altogether unconcerned in the doing of it. —Cork Constitution. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee have catered well for their holiday visitors. xo entirely original dramas have been put upon the stage, and en engagement entered into with a great star, Mr. John Milton ilengler, the juvenile tragedian ..nd rope-dancer extraordinary. The first piece, entitled The Working Man, produced with new scenery throughout and new dresses, was most successful. The plot is in teresting, and the acting was greatly admired. M r . Alfred Rayner, as the working man, was truly excellent. This gentleman has become quite a favourite. Mr. W. Searle is too well known to require ourscraise ; he is a perfect character actor. Mr. G. Clair personated a vil lain to the life ; while Mr. Bellair, Mr. W. Travers, Mr. Lee, ice., ably supported them. The ladies---Miss Ely Loveday, Miss Emily Short, and Miss Lydia Pearce—played with great ears and judgment. We understand Mr. Milton Hengler appears in the character of Hamlet on Monday next. We hope the house will be well attended. One hundred and thirty-two children and adults were baptised on Easter Sunday at Ch r i st-ohuroh, Watney street, St. Goorge's-in-the-East. BERLIN, April B.—The annual return of the trade of , St. Petersburg for 1854 shows that oversea commerce ,uffered almost an entire cessation during that year. The navigation was open from April 25 till Noveni ' ber 18 ; during that time only seven foreign vessels arrived, and 27 cleared out. ri he greater part of this latter number left St. Petersburg previously to May 15, while a few others ventured to return (to Swe den) in the autumn, without waiting for the blockade to be raised. The Russian coasting trade was hardly I interrupted at all, as the actual blockade of Cron , stadt lasted only a few weeks. Of the goods usually exported from St. Petersburg, everything that could bear land carriage was forwarded direct from Novgorod, Twer, and Moscow to the Prussian frontier at Tan roggen, but at such increased cost that the demand necessarily fell off, and it is assumed that England is, at the present moment, sufficiently provided for some time to come. Of 100,000 casks of tallow ex pected at the commencement of the year to arrive at St. Petersburg in its course 90,000 were exported over the land frontier, the remaining 10,000 are still lying at St. Petersburg ; prices, after having relaxed from 113 to 101 roubles, rose again in August to 118 , ' silver roubles ; since then, prices have again fallen. The supply for this year is estimated at 80,000 casks. Of potash hardly any has been exported ; prices experienced a slight rise, when, after some delays, small parcels were got rid of by land-export. Small quantities of hemp-oil, the property of non-Russians, were ex ported to Stockholm from Revel in the autumn ; the stock of this article is heavy, and prices low ; 6 roubles 35 copies for delivery in June ; since February of this year prices have risen. Of the hemp that but for the blockade would have been exported from St. Petersbur g 600,000 pod (f or th e mos t part c l ean hemp) were forwarded by land via Kowno. For clean hemp prices have sunk from 90 to 75 silver roubles. Stocks are heavy, particularly of half-clean hemp. Prices of this article have sustained a little improve ment of late, in consequence of purchases for exporta tion by land to Sweden via Terneo. Almost the entire last year's crop of fl 'x passed direct from its place of growth over the laud frontier ; hardly any appeared at St. Petersburg. Horsehair is in demand ; 22,000 pud have been already forwarded by land. Hog's bristles are brisk • 63,000 pud have b een sent o ff ; 4 ,500 pud of isinglass ;lave been forwarded, and no stocks are now on hand. Very little is doing in Russia leather ; the stocks are very light, the greater part being required for army purposes, and the usual customers b&ng deterred by the increased expenses ; prices moderate. A considerable quantity of copper is believed to have arrived lately for export, in consequence of a reduction of prices for land-carriage to Kowno ; prices firmer. Grain and seed have suffered most of all from the blockade, as not being susceptible of land carriage. Wheat, contracted f or i n th e prev i ous winter at 8 to 84 silver roubles, fell in the summer to 6 and 51 silver roubles; 'rye was run down by forced sales from 64 to 31 silver roubles per chetwert ; linseed, contracted for at 7 silver roubles, has been to b e so ld f or 54 an d 5 silver roubles. There are considerable quantities of wheat and rye still lying at St. Petersburg on account and risk of foreigners. The imports have suffered so much from the increased expenses of land carria g e that the r e d uc ti on o f d ut i es, in some cases conceded by the Government, have been of no avail. Very few,:goods altogether have reached St. Petersburg during the past year, but large quantities, particularly of sugar, cotton, aid palm oil, are still lying at Konigsberg and Memel waiting for the means of being forwarded. LA .f:A.:46I.'iNEW.S. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. portance up to that date. no mention of it. The Russians are still in the position they have so long occupied on the Tchermaya. The following despatch was received in Paris lest night : MARSEILLES, APRIL 10. The instructions which Ali Praha takes with him, enjoin him, it is said, to accept in favour of the Prin cipalities the common protectorate of the great Powers, while, at the same tune, he is to express regret that the pure and simple sovereignty of Turkey over those provinces i s not re-established. Ali Paella is said to have also received instruc- tions to reserve the question, relative to an indem- nity for the war. Letters from Malta, of the 4th, announce that seven steamers had loft orx the 2d and 3d for Genoa to take on board the. Piedmontese troops. The Vulcan steam-corvette was to follow them. THE BALTIC; FLEET. (By Submarine and Brt;lish, Telegraph.) DEAL, Tut TUSDAY MORNING. Her Majesty's ship Drivcr, , from Portsmouth, with gun-boat, has anchored. Her Majesty's ship Ajax has sailed for the Baltic. FRANC E. (FROM OVR OWN CORR ESPONDENT.) PARIS, WIW , NESDAY EVENING. The Emperor and Empress will leave on Sunday next for England. It is an n ounced that the Em peror will be attended by the I) take de Bassano, his grand chambe r l a i n , and MAI . Fleury, de Toulon geon,' and E. Ney. Mars hi d Vaillant will also accompany his Majesty. Th e suite of the Empress will be composed of the Prince, ss d'Essling, Mines. de Montebello and de Malare ,t, Count Tascher de is Pagerie, grand master of In er household, and Baron de Pierre, her equerr y. Their Majesties t will not remain in England MO re than a week. General of Brigade Mo ru a, of the artillery, has been promoted to th t rank of General of Division, and Colonels Pr. to lel and Devaux, of the artillery, to the rank of Generals of Brigade. General of Division d'Artois, member of the com mittee of fortifications, has I escen promoted to the rank of Grand Officer in the Legion of Honour. General of Brigade Braive b Its been appointed to command the artillery at Toulouse ; General of Brigade de Sevelinge to com nand the artillery at Metz ; General of Brigade Eioleille to command the artillery of the reserve of the army of the East ; General of Brigade Devau r is placed at the dis posal of the Governor-Gener: ► l. of Algeria ; General of Brigade Guy de la Ville tte, commanding the sub-division of the Meuse, at Verdun, is appointed to the command of the depart fluent of the Moselle at Metz ; and General of Brig I tile de Lioux to coin mand the department of the !.l [ease. A letter from Cherbourg * ;ays :—" The screw line-of-battle ship Austerlitz, v rhich had been pre paring to convey the Empc or or and Empress to Rnsto.nd, Ims rooeivd counter-orders, and is to proceed almost immediately to the Baltic, to ope rate with the English squadr, )a. Four other line of-battle ships have been ordewe !d to proceed to the Downs to serve as an escort to their Majesties in orossing the Channel, after w h ich these vessels will also join the Baltic fleet. The Emperor and Ein press will proceed front Bonk ne to Dever by the screw -steam corvette the As:llN, a new vessel of 400-horse power. She has j ust arrived i n thi s roadstead from L or i en t, and workmen are now busily employed on board her., making the neces sary preparations for the accon amodation of their ' Majesties." The Simos left Marseilles on Monday evening for Constantinople, having o a board part of the regiment of the voltigeurs of t he) guard and a bat tery of the 3d regiment of artillery. These troops appeared in the highest spirits a nod went through the streets shouting Vive l'Ernopereur ! The Darien st-ain frigate also lefL Toulon on Monday for Con stantinople with troops and m.xte riel. The Tate line-of-battle ship. left Algiers on the sth, having on board the 14th battalion of Foot Cliasseurs for the Crimea. The . Governor-General visited the ♦essel before her departure, and when she h-ft she was saluted with 15 guns by , the battery. Two battalions of gendarmeri e of the Imperial Guard left Paris yesterday for Marseilles to embark for the East. The Ist battalion, which had been quartered at the barrack in ti le Rue de Babylone, had marched over the Pont R.)yal, and were turn ing round to proceed along th,9 quay, when. their Majesties, placing themselves i a the Pavillon de Flore, saluted the troops, and were answered by loud cries of " Viva l'Empereur 1" " Vive novo ratrice !" BOURSE, APRIL 11 .—GLOSING PRIORS. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 94 —14 f. 25e. 3 per Cents 69 2:5 69f. 75c. Credit Mobilier BOO Ronian Credit Fonder 532 50 Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spantish Threes Piedmontese .. 85 75 Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR C ASH . - fr. e Orleans Western 660 Rouen Catte Mediterranean — Havre - (xd) 558 75 Northern THE CRIMEA. ' 1 The Ost-Deutsche Post of Vienna says':—" Our latest dates from the Crimea are up to the 27th ult. A violent bombardment had been kept up on both sides for some days before, but at last the Rus sian fire had begun to flag, arid subsequently ceased altogether, many of the Russian batteries having been dismounted. It is said that the French have succeeded in opening a breach in the Malakhoff Tower, but no assault has been made, because the Russian batteries of the Tchernaya still commanded that point of attack. The intention is, it is said, that General B,)squet shall drive General Liprandi from his position, while General Cannbert will direct the operations against the Malakoff Tower in person; General PCilissier commands the reserve. From the heights of the French camp, caravans of men, women, and children have been latterly seen to quit Sebastopol with their effects. One of these, which took the direction of Bakslii-Serai, was pre ceded by a procession bearing sacred banners, and escorted by about 40 Cqssacks. Our letters state that many Russian soldiers take advantage of the sorties to pass over to the allies. RSA. A letter from Odes USI sa o the 27th ult. in theovern- Danube of Vienna says •—<<The Russian G went has b een wrongfully accused of having first permitted th e export of corn from Galatz and afterwards prevented it. The .Austrian Govern ment interfered in favour of the merchants of Trieste who had made purchases of corn before the prohibition was published, and the vessels belong ing those merchants were permitted to leave. A large number of vessels arrived immediately after at Galatz, hoping to be able take advantage of this permission, and it was then that the Russian autho rities declared that no vessels should pass the Danube except such as could produce certificates showing that they belonged to the merchants at Trieste." A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Cologne Gazette, annottuces the death of Gen. Prince Argu tenski Dolgorouki, at Tiflis, on the Bth ult. den. Read has succ'eded him in the command of the 3d corps d'arrnee._ A letter from Warsaw, in the Post Anyt Gazette, states that after every sitting of the Conference at Vienna, Prince Gortschakoff has sent off a very full telegraphic despatch through Warsaw to St. Petersburo-. Prince Paskiewitch alone takes cog nisance of . their contents as they pass. Armaments continue, and the arsenals of Warsaw and of No wogieorgew§k are constantly preparing materials, Authentic intelligence has been received here from Varna up to the Bth April. Nothing had occurred before Sebastopol of im- Accounts from Constantinople, of the sth, state that on the previous day the Greek Ambassador, M. Conduriotti, had arrived there. A Russian account of a sanguinary engagement on the 26th of March deserves no attention, as advices of the 3d of April from the Crimea make permit us to quote the Wanderer : " M. Drouyn de l'Huys is the bearer of an an-% (u. letter from the Emperor Napoleon to the En l P e— tibi Austria, which he will have the honour of delivering s ito audience of to-day. He is also the bearer of such Ot eli d full powers as may be necessary for the oonclusi°l.lolo peace whi c h ma y p romo t e t h e i n fl uence o f France l l lof East, and the consolidati on o f th e t h rone an d dy ne 7; o o l Louis Napoleon. It is asserted that France at 00 importance to the Third Point, only in so far :nid. settlement of the sam e nay serve as a! 0; 4 10, f r the other three Poi n ts, w hi c h are o f the g"), -AOO lop art to Austria ; whilst on the other,n4. England lays the grestst stress oh the Third .vi,;ol France will never forsake Englan I and Austria, 94 Il s- these Powers will support the objects of Fril le : re . Or is also asserted that toe tendencies of Napoleon "" r es ginning to be regarded at St. Petersburg withr h ° , o o vourable eyes. If this intelligence be confirmed, " ta tt l conclusion of a peace would no longer beloeg.; o4 4 improbabilities. But, should the war be n ol3tl-- 8 0 then the Emperor Napoleon will surely put e Ilit the head of his army in Turk ey , an d i n t h at ca sed T i tio , will support him, c onfo rma bl y t o t h e military eOl3/8-10 a'ready concluded between the two Government s ', jil o settlement the points here adv er t e d t o co nstittu e o til main object of M. Drouyn de l'Huys's present diP l° activity." PRUSSIA. A letter from B er li n o f t h e B t h , i n t h e CO A O tionnel, says :—" All the jou rna l s o f to-day(4iido the report that the missions of MM. de •it and de Usedom will not be carried any furt he ;lo is not yet certain whether M. de Brookhaus:o' proceed from Brussels to Paris on an ado," sion. The Hereditary P r i nce o f Denmark ' 0 Si' rived here on his 'return to Copenhagen fr ° Petersburg. It app ears cer t a i n that the 150 tions for the conclu s io n o f a t rea t y b e t we en 59 and Denmark have not led to any res ult• 00 0' chamber of comm erce o f Til s it some t i me sit t o 0 1 hefted the Gover nmen t t o esta bli s h a consulate Kowno, in order t o g i ve f res h i mpulse to the oil with Russia, but the request has not been Itios l to, in consequen ce o f th e present state of r affairs." SPAIN. h oo v The following tel egra phi c d espa t c h has - ceived from Madrid : MADRID, APRIL 10,10$00 The amendment of M. Arriaga and title particular of M. Navaro Zamarauo o n the '' te d/ lacing to th e N a ti ona l G uard have been rejecob/ the first by 122 votes against 41, and the set 10; 141 against 63. A vote of confidence in tm-ousb tional Guard was th en proposed and unaro,, ,4 , adopted. Some al arm i ng shouts were ral,`ol.oo' groups assembled ro un d t h e Palace of the v. The groups wore disp erse d w i thout resistaVetion, Madrid is perfectly tranquil. The 1 ` 43 Guard is animated by the best dispositions. " We read in the Monitore Toscano, of Of belO v'' 113 ° ' that the Pri nces B onaparte, of Rome, 1 tbet invited to Paris by th e E mperor, and t'la are not likely to return to the former city, a s villa and their p a l ace i n t own are offered for in theA letter from Chri s ti an i a o f the 28th itit"„estiq Universal Germ an G aze tt e, says :—" The ci: of neutrality engages general attention 131^01e. 0 . short time ago the king assembled at Stocril i stP Norwegian Council of State, and detnand" should grant t o th e a d m i n i stration of the IN' rder gian army 250,000 th a l ers ( 1,400,000 fr.) in qpniff to prepare for e ven t ua li t i es. T he Christiania 4„-icti the organ of th e N orweg i an Government, 040 this news when published by another journalf A r without contra,licting it. Gun-boats are beingn structed. at Horton, where our fleet is statione 6 A letter from C o p en h agen, of the 3 d , statestri: on the previ ous (lay the P res id en t o f the 09. 11 ' t :d accompanied by the other Ministers, commue l e fl d to the two Chambers a Royal decree putting al 01 to the session. Th e mem b ers i mmediately seP a' amidst cheers for the King. AY INTELLIGENCE' CORK AND BA.NDON. A meeting of the shareholders in this comPalli t ,, held yesterd a y, by adjournm e nt from the 28th 9 cot' the offices, 17, Gracechurch•street—Major-Generai terton in the chair. Thy tbs CIIIIIHMAN said, th a t s i nce t h e i r last m eetil3 l 9, o oifi Du; 4in sh are h o ld ers, who had been exerting thenniel4v.ber* promoting the for ma ti on o f a new board of director s " to had been actise and continuous in their endeay.°l o g! effect th a t o bj ect. A meeting of proprietors reel the neighbourhood Of Dublin bad been conve il d irer meet in that city, on Friday next, at which the 16 1. tors hoped arrangements might be made for 0 0 7 tb B , ing this des'rable move men t f or the salvation 4, 01 property. Th e P u bli c W orks Loan Coturnissioner;4 consented to stay f ur th er proceedings until thnZblil) May, in order to afford a, reasonable time to the viipot proprietors t o ma k e their arrangements. The g a t O. chairman then moved the further adjournment ° meeting until Monday, the 30th inst. • Mr. Bates, in seconding the resolution, draw to the tr a ffi c - re t urns , w hi ch showed a continuonsg, gradual increase, and now averaged upwards of mile. For the last two weeks they amounted to 24 ,g - 1 . 2d. and 2781. 19s. 6d., as against 1921. 3s. 10d. to , 24 2 21. 13s. in the corresponding weeks last year, -13 '0 0 / satisfied, if the same progress continued--as s so n had every reason to expect it would as the oe 110 advanced--that the company would soon be clea r ni ° l o difficulties, and this independently of any arrang e a " -e l that might be made in Dublin or elsewhere. el) u ; After a few remarks from Mr. Winkworth t" e jorp' lotion was agreed to, and the meeting adjourned II" - ingly till Monday, the 30th instant. fio' IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MESTI • _ oLVESITAMPTON, WedneTday—The usual or meetings of the ironmasters of this district for th e c oo' rant quarter commenced at Walsall yesterday ; t ;s e 0 11 / cowl meeting was held at the Swan Hotel, in this, ",tioS, this afternoon. The attendance was smaller thall,': f o been for many years ; several of the leading mera""4o ll the trade were absent, and as regards business the r° o ool nothing doing whatever. Even those who are to take the most cheerful view of the present positi tl y er f t the trade are obliged to admit that it has rarely, i f n e ts° assumed a more gloomy aspect, and that the prosli e ." Lei an early reaction are poor indeed. It is true tbst hilt orders had come in during the last fortnight, arlu, e t stocks are small ; but there is an entire absence 04 A o t° fidence on the part of consumers, who are indispo le i - 1 1 ' buy at any price ; and so far from ' the reduction o f iO % per ton, agreed upon at the preliminary meeting, 151 br - 1 1° , in . any way tended to steady prices, quotations 3 , - DP wide as ever, and it is next to impossible to say 5 !" - dibi price iron has not been sold. There was some talk to even of a ferther reducti on upon t h e price of rri ntl 13 4 factured ir on , b ut h av i ng i n view the price of C010341:10 the other raw mater i a l , i t i s, we believe, imposehgent produc e fi n i s h e d iron at a lower figure than the p r e i " too trade price, unless it i s so ld at a loss ; weare assure' V I that the princip a l ma k ers will rather shut up their ere than submit to any further reduction. At the ing here a considerable amount of business is gen e 0 1e; transacted in pi g i ron ; to-day there was scarcely a; -1,0 cinder pigs ar e quote d at V. lOs to 2/ 15s. b°. mine, 3/. 10 4 . t o 31. 15 s. ; and Shropshire p ," I s. hall) from 4t. ss. to 4/. 10 s. Fifteen months aV v eri make of iron so ld f or nearly 71. a ton. In fac t la ; on branch of th e t ra d e is marked by extreme depre o/0 1 , without (so f.q. as could be gleaned fro m th e m eetilig o te day) a single mater for congratulation. The tin or is still flat and prices unreinunera.tive ; but in , c , °-i sc quence of the l ow p r i ce o f i ron a reaction is daily pected. The colliers in th e ne i g hb ourhood of Dudley ar„,4 ti it upon strike, and coal being scarce and i n derna"„,pto maintains its price. Th ere have been no further stte at disturbance, an d i t i s expected that the men w ill turn to work shortly at the reduced scale. B old Imii••••••e•••••••••.....-- -ANA ON ENGLAND. —At al journed court he, , yesterday, th e h ouse list of govern a o ors and directors, t for 'nous!) , advertised in The Sun, was appointed to r r a ies the ensuing year. This list included Mr. J. P. vu ro who was the ouly new candidate. ct° r EAsT INDIA HOUSE. —Yesterday a Coutt of .v ire 6 0 A was held at the East India House, when the thall ov el j the court . were voted unanimously to Lieut. - C s q., :tines Oliphant, chairman, and Elliot Macnaghte nl 4 oo l " deputy chairman, for their great application and the thin to the affairs of the Ea s t India Company ud past y ear. ° A JEW CHURCIIITABDEN.— Ea At a meeting held on - ar ett T , iesclay of the vestry of th e parish of St. Ali-rarlivg _,' Fish -st ree t, o f w hi c h Dr. M'Ca,uf is rector, Mr. of the firm of Keeling and Hunt, Monument-Yar i a joit uranimously elected ch urc h warden for the year . 1 11 , thes ° being the second ti me the office has been bolo gentleman in two distinct phriNhee. to o' War. P.:e, A' z, ir3 , 15 . .:, 4r) ,- 1 ,`,.. g r 5 t e n g and Couuc Orloff Ddtnidoff, aide-d° 4 :o6 to Field-Marshal Paskiowitch, left War'savr sth fo.r St. Petersburg. TILE VIENNA CON FEREn ° VIENNA, April B.—M. Drouyu de l'ileY 9 Jol very long conf erence w i t h C ount Buol Yeslute forenoon, which lasted nearly t h ree hours• e. sequently he ca ll e d upon the Earl of Wel t ' 1 /0 laud and upon Lord John Russell. Te - u a l„tet understand ho has h a d th e h onour o f a long r i m view with the Emperor Francis Joseph. 1" 01 4 rumoured that there will be no Conferenc e s do, to-morrow, but that th ere w ill b e on TilLe the 10th inst. If we may j u d ge f ro m the rangement made with th e l an dl or d o f the Ra re , Emperor Hotel, w h ere M. Drouyn de 1 11°1 : 0 0 sides, it would seem th a t t hi s eminent states fot has made preparations to sojourn he,, re p l ice about a fortnight. A s f or re li a bl e intelogvo with regard to th e pro b a bl e progre ss o f r ted pending negotiations, it may be safely aro that the world knows nothing—absolutely' ec" d od Our political gossips have apparently exbrde themselves in idle and fruitless conjectures , no hear of no new featur e f rom thi s otherwise PiTioth quarter. In the absence of better ,inforul4-