The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. N. T. Seii . ch.— Redno-xl Prices as usual. Will be performed LOVE AND LOYALTY, in which Mr. and Mrs. Wa lack will appear. To be falbwed by an adaptation, written expressly for this Theatre by Mr. REINOLDSON, of Meyerbeer's Grand Opera, L'ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton, Williams, Bowler, Leffisr, D, Be Be', Mirania, and Blake ; Mrs Bond Drayton, Miss Johnson, Miss E. Arden, and Mdlie. Jenny Baur. After which, FO LOWING THE LADIES. To conclude with a Graad COMIC BNI,LET, fiEEATRE ROYAL RAYMAIMUT. 17nder the manageMent of Mr. Bnekstone. TIIIS EVENING, Will be pm.sentel TELE SECRET AGENT. Principal cbaracters Mr Btieltsiono and Miss E. Cloplin. To b 3 f,,1 owed by Tar. SPA.NISII DANCERS. To cow:bile with A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Chl ractels by Meisrs. Howe and Buskstene ; Mrs. Caroline While, d Misses Ellen Chap:in and Reynolds. ROYAL PRVSOE3 3.3 TEI EATR E, OXFOR D-ST R EET. under the Management of Mr. CuAREEs KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be perfc•rmed LIVING TOO FAST. To be folowed iy ruff CORSICAN BROTIIERS. Principhl character by Mr. C. Kean. To be followed by (MI time) a new Farce, entitled A CAME OF ROMPS. Principal ctaracters by Messrs. Harley and Chester ; Mrs. Wliutanley, Mt Heath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and Ternan. TIIRATItE ROY.? L ADELYIII. Froprietcr, NU'. B. Webster.—Dlrectross, Ain dame Celeste. THIS EVENING, pert",rmed a new and nrlginal Drama, preeedad by a Pro ivivie, and call,d AN ET PRIDE. After which, I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. To conclude with THE FETE OF NATIONS. IV YAL OLYMPF: O , THZATRE. Lesee and Mar.e.ger, Mr. A. Wizan. TIM EVENING, Will be presented the new Comedietts, called TIT FOR TAT, !n which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY. A ner which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. entitled TIIK YELLOW DWARF AND THE KING CF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. nobsor, Miss Julia St. George, Mtss E. Ormoncle, , Miss Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. NATIONAL STANDARD. - THIS EVF:NINO, Will be performed. ANTONY ancIICLEOPATIIi. Principal per• for.ncrs, l'r. H. Marten anl MlB3 (Pya. After wh!cli. QUAll'Fll DAY. To conclude ATM: TM IiCAPEORA!, - ,' F. OF PARIS. A3TLEY'3 ROYAL AMPiIITLIEATIZE. Lessee and Manaler. Mr. Win. Ceoke. TIII3 EVENING, The Gran', FAlL:Arian .Spr ctaele T1)101511 THE T.I RTATT. Also, a rowel auks of gCENES in the erner.E_ lhe performance of Herr Endersohn, le F1L.:19.-Fer, with FEntree do Clo nit a !a Franealse. r.nx-orrice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. W et. Acting Nfanzer, r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. w. Cooke, jou. IZOTAL 5T3.3.1..1D L'nle , the d!re , ...tion of 3V.ss I.:ebeva Isaset. THIS EVESINI) Will be mrfornyd T;IF. CRICKET ON' VIE riE x.r.Ta. Cha racters by :ticssrs J. Halford, hone - son, and Kinlortt ; and Miss Pa beec.t 'Mils Beaumont, aul Miss Somers. To be fon .wed by 'VIE PET OF TILE PUBLIC. To ccnclutle with CITY FEIEND3. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Trill! PAT —lf 0ra1.71: 35 'xlr.•ltci 4 Tient•', 53 :nl!"..xt. 4 To- If 14,10 T - 10 nailio.ter 5 j &renia! 28 min.aft. 5 Tff 0111103, March, 22, TAERMOICZTIM, TN TEE SEAM 53—highest since necn - yestenizy. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. • 39—this day, at ,v‘on. riaßommTra, 28•93—a, gr'at fall Fines yestorday. WIND. E.N.E.—Frosh breezo, with squally, cold, and rainy weather. • ,•,„ •N A • • 4 + ,Asir LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1855. wards the Guardians of the National Purse, or that lie had not deliberately violated the under standing on which the vote of one and three- quarters millions of pounds sterling was sanctioned by Parliament. If circumstances occurred to in duce him to change his determination—if ho found himself obliged to alter the character of the transaction—and to make that which in its in- ception was, properly speaking, " a Supply Exelle- quer Bill," " a debt permanent in itself, but the obligation of which is renewable from year to year," he should have distinctly stated that reso lution, and obtained the assent of Parliament to the departure from the honourable compact ! Ho did not, however, do so—the best proof whereof is, that gentlemen on both sides of the House were entirely misled on the subject—a delusion increased by the Royal Speech at the close of the session, to which it may be presumed The. Chancellor of the Exchequer has exercised a sound discretion in abandoning the Newspaper Stamp Bill introduced by his predecessor in office. No amount of alteration could have rendered that ill-advised and impolitic measure acceptable either to journalists or to the community at large. There can be no doubt that which be has brought for ward is a very decided improvement. Our praise must, however, be of a negative character. We speak of the proposition now brought forward rather in reference to that for which it is a sul.- stitute than on its own intrinsic merits. The chief point is that the Financial Minister, at a time when he must find it exceedingly difficult to make both ends meeV—when it will be a task of no ordinary labour to provide for the indispensable demands on "the national - exchequer—thinks proper to surrender what he himself admits will amount to at least 200,0001. per annum, but which is returned by competent authority at fully 250,0001. If any great object were to be at-1 tained—if the respectability, or efficiency, or liberty of the Fourth Estate were to be in any way improved by the alteration it would be cheaply purchased even at that price ; but when it appears, to those best qualified to form a cor rect judgment on the question at issue, that its tendency will be altogether the other way—when the great mass of the people are perfectly satisfied with the existing state of affairs—we must say that the Right Honourable Baronet would have been more than justified in postponing the in teresting and important question to a future day, so that it might in the interim be strictly investi gated and maturely considered in all its varied details. The present sacrifice of revenue appears to be gratuitous and uncalled for. With all submission to Sir G. C. Lzwis we must protest against his assumption that "it is not a question whether 200,0001. shall or shall not be retained, but that it is rather whether a crusade shall be entered into against a large proportion of the csi.stiqg newspaper press, for the sake of en forcing a law which cannot be enforced, by means of the verdicts of juries, which are somewhat doubtful in their results !" There is not, we con tend, the slightest necessity for persecuting class periodicals. The prosecution of the "Household Narrative," which never should bave commenced, failed, not from any unwillingness on the part of a jury to . convict, if a fair cdte had been made out for a verdict against the defendant. A majo rity of the Judges before whom the question was argued concurred in that verdict, and held that there had been no violation of the law. If the cases are properly selected, we venture to assert that there will be no difficulty on the part of the juries. But they will not, and we honour them for the resolution—suffer themselves t° be made tools of—to strain tho law beyond its fair interpretation, or convert it into traps for the unwary. The second ruing of the Bill is fixed for Monday next, iv trust that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who h as already se far yi e ld e d t o the voice of public opini will mak e a f ur th er co ncession, and agree to the withdrawal of the provisions Bill until a time w hen its ma t ure ly considered, and t he p,cu. em l be more pecuniary sacrifices can be better spared. The financial phenomenon and his quondam "fidus achates"—" that able, faithful, and care ful public servant," Mr. JAMES WILSON, have had the desired opportunitrof replying to the charges originally brought forward in the Upper House by Lord MONTEAGLE, and last repeated by the Honourable Baronet the member for Evesham in the Commons. Notwithstanding the well-known ingenuity of these gentlemen, and their profici ency in the art denominated " rigmarole," they were utterly unable to explain, satisfactorily, the addition of 1,750,000/. to the permanent floating debt, which had been granted on the express understanding that it was to be defrayed out of the accruing revenue of the coun try. With all the casuistry and special Pleading of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer he was unable to show that lie had acted in a candid, explicit, and straightforward manner to- dried up. Savoy. THE SUN, LONDON', THURSDAY EVP,,NINCI, MARCH 22, 1855, L c l 5 1 777 . 7 1 , 7 . 11 - 1 1 V' V We have received the following teleg,raphio des- pltelle3 from Bpriin BERLIN, BIARon' 21, Advices from St. Petersburg of this day's date state that the following despatch had been received from General Osten-Saeken In the night between the 10th and 11th we erected a new redoubt about 300 yards in front of lie Korn iloff Bastion. Our works were carried on with success. The Preussische Correspondent contradicts the statement in the Paris Moniteur• that the language held by M. von Bismaik Sehonhausen had either been disavowed or censured. The Prussian Government, adds the semi-official journal, maintains, as regards Cabinets not Ger man, the principle that the attitude assumed by the envoys of the , German Powers inside the 'Germanic Diet is a matter of internal concern. Concequently, it world consider it improper to accept any criticism on the matter, and still more to enter into any controversy with respect to it. On the other hand, the Prussian ,Logations at the German Courts havo received the necessary instructions for combating the erroneous assertion, though circulated by official publicationS, that M. do Bismark had stated or oven hinted at the pro- positions indicated in an article in the lioniteur Francais. In fact, these propositions were never in any way the intentions of the Government." We have received the following telegraphic do- snatches from Vienna : VIENNA, MARCH 21. The Oeiterreichische Cerrespondenz publishes ad vices from Constantinople of the 12th of March. Shocks of earthquake continued. The sulphurous springs at Broussa had be(n. Mount Olympus vomits smoke like a volcano. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. Advices from Odessa of the 14th inst. bring a report that Prince Menschikoff has died of typhus fever. The report requires confirmatior CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 8. The death cf the Emperor Nicholas was known here yesterday. On the 31 of March the effective strength of o.:ner Paella's army amounted. to 35,000 meu, with 1,000 horse and four complete batteries. The troops of all arms still exT)ected were rapidly arriving. Supplies were very abundant. On the 6th an English battery, which com mands the bottom of the Sebastopol harbour, compelled a Russian steamer to quit its position in great haste. The Russians have doubled the number of guns ia. their batteries. The, siege works of the Allies were almost complete. It was thought that the south side of Sebastopol could not hold out more than five days. The samitary state of the Eng- lish army had improved., .NYBORG, TUESDAY. The Great Belt is open at the north, south, and east : also from Kandsliovet to Slipshaver Corsoer is still icebound. The Sound ice. is broken up on the Swedish side. Elsinore is open and ships have arrivedi. Ice still remains be tween liven and the Danish coast. Kiel harbour is partially open ; 11311133,k quite. A storm from the north-west is rapidly dissipating the ice. We Dave received dm following private tele graphic despatches. II; will be observed that there is a very great discrepancy between the ac counts given of the fire TRIESTE, MARCH 20. The packet has just a rrived with news from Constantinople to the 12th. The French hospital of Grand-Champ is said too have been destroyed by fire ; about 100 of the flick are said to have been burnt. Preparations were being made at the Palace of Beylerbey for the reception of the Emperor Na poleon, whose arrival Iwo expected. The mission which Ali Pacha is to ftufil at the Conferences of Vienna has not been yet decided on. The instructions given, to Arif Pacha, the Turk ish 41bassador at Vienna, enjoin him to demand from tho members of the Conference to proclaim the complete sovereignty of the Sultan, to exact from Russia a guarantee that the mouths of the Danube shall be cleared of all the obstacles which impede the navigation ; not to admit that the Christian subjects of the Sultan shall be placed under the protection of the powers ; and lastly, to demand the participation of Prussia at the Conferences. TRIESTE, MARCH 21. Accounts have been received from Constanti• nople to the 12th. One of the orderly officers of the Emperor Na,po!eon has arrived. M. de Tecco yesterday delivered to the Sultan his letters accrediting him as Minister Plenipo tentiary of Sardinia to the Sublime Porte. M, de Tecco expressed to- the Sultan the readiness with which Piedmont lent her co-operation, and said that the Sardinian contingent would proceed direct to the Crimea without stopping at Constan tinople. The Sultan expressed his gratitude towards King Victor Emmanuel, and his regret at the late painful losses sustained by the House of Threo Pachas, accused of peculation, have been arrested at Kars. Some wooden barracks near Lho French hospital have been destroyed by fire. SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (From a Second EditOn of the .3lorning ilerald.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, MARCH 6. So few occurrences of any moment have taken place since you last received a communication from the Crimea that it is a difficult task to attempt a letter that would be read with any interest. The night continues to be the favourite time for the enemy to open fire, and it scenes that, like most savage animals, they sleep during the day, and are most wakeful in the night time. On the evening of Vie 31 there was a very heavy cannonade on the French left, but it was attended with very little loss, and on the followinc, night it was resumed - w greater vigour, and was kept up without intermis sion till daylightl on the sth. This firing was kept up from two points, viz., the French left, and also from Inkerrnan, but caused very little damage. How this immense expenditure of ammunition ow be supported.ip a marvel to all our °facers, and the ~.~i that Mr. GLADSTONE was an assenting party : " I fully recognise your wisdom in sacrificing consi derations of present convenience, and in providing for the exigencies of the war, without an addition being made to the permanent debt of the country." Those very terms had teen discussed. in the presence of the Right Hon. Gentleman, and, con sidering the opinions he had previously given ex pression to, it was scarcely justifiable to permit his Royal Mistress to make an incerrect and erroneous statement to the House. Mr. WILSON spoke plausibly of the " misrepre sentations"- of those by whom the subject was introduced, and. endeavoured to show a bold attempt, as he himself admitted it to be, th a t " the expenses of last year had been defrayed by the growing produce of the country,, without one shilling being added to the national debt." The House *as, however, manifestly dissatisfied with the system of Exchequer " thimble-rigging" so long iu operation. Mr. GLADSTONE had himself explained some of the delusions habitually prac tised, and the secret once revealed, the trick be comes- "stale and unprofitable." Nor will the "blowing het and toll" by diffs- rent members of the sacs Government be longer tolerated. Mr. GLADSTONF, in March, 1854, clearly and distinctly proved that the Unfunded Debt is to all intents and purposes a permanent liability, although "the obligation is renewable from year to year." Mr. J. WiLeox, as a subor dinate Member of the Administration, yielded a tacit assent to the principle, and he cannot now argue that these Exchequer Bills or Bonds (for he places both in the same category) are raised simply in anticipation of supplies. The time has gone by when such a system could prove successful. Mr.- GLADSTONE attempted, with considerable ingenuity, to shirk the real question, and to ride off on a collateral issue. Speaking of an acknow ledged excess of expeudituva over the sum to be raiSed by taxes, he says—" Surely, in tine of war, an excess of 2,000,000/. is not a discreditable ac count to present I" POssibly not ; but that was not the point in dispute. The substantial issue was, whether the eng?gemcnt entered into by the right honourable gentleman with the House, in reference to the sum of 1,1'50,000/., had been faithfully observed or not ; and on that there could be no dispute. Lord MONTEAGLI had, in his correspondence with Mr. GLADSTONE, set that matter completely at rest, convicting him, not on the evidence of hostile or prejudiced witnesses, but convicting him out of his- own mouth. In his speech of the 6th of March, Mr. GLADSTONE care fully explained the distinction between the Exchequer Bills usually in circulation and the 1,750,0001. worth which ho then asked the authority to is3ne. He said—" These bills "for 1,750,0001. are what other bills falsely pur port to be. They are Supply Exchequer-bills. The mass of Unfunded Debt still passes by the name of Supply Exchequer-bills, though they have c3ased to have any reference to supply at all, and, in fact, constitutes a debt which is permanent in itself, but the obligation of which is renewable from year to year. When you confer, under the regular Sessional Act, authority to raise so many millions by Exchequer-bills, you do it with a view of replacing them as they become due by other Exchequer-bills. But these are Exchequer-bills quite of a different class. These are to be raised simply in anticipation of supplies, for which you will have given authority; and when the supplies come in, these Exchequer-bills will be paid of out of these supplies, and no more will be heard of them." Now, they have again been heard of They are to be replaced as they come due by other Exchequer-bills. They have 919 t been paid out of the growing produce of the revenue. The fund that was specifically hypothecated for their redemption, viz., the first half year's amount of the augmented Income Tax has been received, but it has been otherwise applied, and they are still outstanding, an addition to the " permanent floating debt of the country." This course, so destructive of confidence in public men, has been justly complained of, and it is for the representatives of a commercial nation .to give expression to such opinions thereon as • may prevent the possibility of any recurrence of similar transactions. It has been adopted, too, to bolster up and sustain an untenable policy. Mr. GLADSTONE attempted to make the present generation bear the entire expenses of the War. It was literally impossible that it could be so. But rather than candidly acknowledge his error, rather than admit his mistake, ho suffered him self to be betrayed into a course by no means calculated to enhance the reputation of the Fi nancial Minister of a commercial nation—a nation that especially prides itself on the good faith which it observes towards all person: having claims cn its resources. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MARCH 21.. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Arthur, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, and the Prince of Leiningen, and attended by the adies and Gentlemen in 'Waiting, embarked in the royal yacht Fairy yesterday afternoon at half-past 2 o'clock, and went to Spithead to witness the departure of the ad vanced squadron of the Baltic fleet tinder Captain Wat son, C. 8., which was appointed to take place at about 3 o'clock p.m. On the Fairy approaching the fleet, which fired a royal salute, signal was made for Captain Watson and the captains commanding to come on board the royal yacht, where they bad the honour of being presented to her Majesty to take leave. As socn as the captains had returned on board their respective ships the order was given to weigh, and the squadron immediately proceeded to the eastward under steam, preceded by the Fairy. About half-past four o'clock the Royal yacht turned, and pmsed each ship in succession, the crews of which mann e d the y ar d s , an d c h eere d h e r Majesty in passing. The Queen. returned to o,,borne at half-past 5 o'clock. dil u li a n p g ta wm it, the lion. J. Denman had the honour of Ibi s 11 , G u r.i i . n er I\liesty. g n b n` being the day appointed for the General Fast, the Quet Prince, with th e P r i nce of W a le s , Prince Alfred, t l,, attended Divine Service at Pri ncessßoyal, and Princess Alice, hippingham p a ri s h church, where the Rev. G. Protbero performed the service and preached. rres, of Commerce at t unsatisfactory Cbaruber of Co ?) , of goads had A deputation from tbe Liverpool Com merce and from the American Che.rn ler Liverpool, upon the sulject of the state of ti)o law relating to bills of ladin g aTs interview with Lerd Stanley of the deputation consisted of Messrs. MaxY,,,VtdaY ; Francis Hamilton, George Maxwell, Wylie, and . 1 Duncan, accompanied by Mr. W. .Brown, -, \l p J. ' ' • ~ aul Mr. Horsfall, M.P. . TUE EASTER RECES9.—Cra Friday, the 30th inst., Viscount Palmerston will more that the House, at its rising, adjourn till Monday, the 16th April, AN ALARM OF TREACHERY AMONG THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY• We understand that much excitement prevails among members of the Conservative party, in conseauence of articles in the last two numbers of a weekly Conserva tive journal, in which the Emperor of the French is de signated as "the Emperor Louis," and in which language and sentiments of a Very different character from that previously employed in speaking of the Sovereign of the French, are most strikingly introduced. We have reason to know that these articles have excited no small alarm, and have tended to confirm the suspicion that the journal named has become an organ of the Russian interest. It is believed that some members of the Conservative party, traitors alike to their party and to the country, have abandoned themselves to work out the designs of the Northern t3rant, and with this view are now engtged in intrigues with the Mountain party and the Prince Napoleon. This, we aro assured, is not an idle rumour. It causes uneasiness to the Government, and late last night one of its leading members expressed apprehen sions as to the consequeneas of these intrigues upon the existing relations of the two c ountries.—Merning Arl v ertiser. THE WINE DUTIES. After hearing various observations from a deputation who waited upon him on Tuesday, respecting the wine duties, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said :—" If Mr. Oliveira's anticipation of the result of the Vienna Con ferences be realised, it would then be a question to dis cuss the policy of reducing the wine duties ; but I coed scarcely tell you that at this moment when the expen diture of the country emsidaubly exceeds the revenue. it is not possible to reduce not only the wine duties, but even otheeduties to which stronger objections might he made. The wine duty is a duty upon a luxury, upon an artiole not produced in England. It is not, therefore, a protective duty. If a considera'le reduction' m it were made, that would bring into peril the duties on spirits and malt. The duty on spirits ex ceeds 10,000,0001., and we can hardly look forward to any time, not far distant, when we shall be able to risk , so ler;re a revenue. The ma't duty is also exceedingly productive, and if .wine were to come in it would cer- Itainly dismiss both spirits and beer. I have great diffi culty in beliesing that any wine sold at a few pence a b: - Atle would not displace spirits. For the present, at all events,---this can scarcely be coesidered a • prektical question. If Mr. Oliveira be right in his anticipations, his motion may be a proper one to make in the House of Conilona (though I ant arri.id there would be runny compt.titcrs for any reduction that could be made), but, I fear, it would require to be very sanguine indeed to, be able to loek for any immediate reduction of taxation at (I laugh.) ,WGRKSOP.—A very complimentsry address to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle; on his retirement aeon office, is now in course of signature in this town. The &Acme is promoted, principally by his Grace's trades mere —Derbyshire Courier. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held at alaree o'clock yesterday aftre noon at the Foreign-office, Dawn itsg-street. It was attended by Viscount Palmerston. the Lord Chan: ells Earl Granville, the Marquis cf Lansdowne, the Duke of Argy feud Pan satire, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir C. Wocd, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith Sir \Vin. Moleswortli, and Viscount Canning. 1)e patches were received at the Colonial-office yes terday from tl o Governors of the West India Islands: Toe Emil and Countess of Durham have left, the Cla rendon Hotel, for the French capital, until after the close of the Easter holidays. The Duke of 'Rutland will entertain a select party at 8e1.,:r Castle, during the approaching Croxton Park race =. Viscount Burghley, M.P., Colonel of the Nortbasnp tonshire Militia, which has been doing garrison duty in Dublin, we hear is on the eve of embarking with his cores - for service at Malta. The Patriotic Fund has now reached the sum of one millien sterling. The population of Geelong, in Australia, in 1541, was 451 ; in 1354 it was 20,000. We Understatd that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has de lined the honour of being appointed president of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh; —Edinburgh, Courant. Sir Robert Peel, Bee., has entered upon his duties as the " civil" member of the Board of Admiralty, vice the Hon. W. Cowper, appointed to the Home Office as ono of the under secretaries. The scheme for laying a tax upon paper in. France has been ab-onloned, in consequence of the great outcry against the projept. Accrrding to a letter from Odessa, General Annan kcff, the governor of Odessa, has been summoned ts) Kisehereff, to take part m tee councils of war being held there, presided over by Count Adlerburca The Malta Mail announces that 25 steamers were expected to be sent to Genoa for the conveyance of the PiedinoWese contingent to the Crimea. GENOA, March H.—General La Marmora's mission concrenel, it is understood, a separate treaty between Pielmont and the Sublime Porte, by which all diplo- ' matic difficulties are set aside. The expedition will set out on the 12th of April. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The report of the directors recommends the preferential dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., and the dividend on the ordinary stock at the, rate of 3 per cent. per annum. Intelligence has been received from Australia by Mr. Gould, the ornithologist, of the murder, at Percy Is 4 land, of his collector, Mr. Strange, making the third party, employed by that gentlethan in pursuit of birds, &c., who has been speared by the natives. Mr. Charles Dickens has consented to visit Ashford to read his " Christmas Carol," on Tuesday next, for the benefit of the South-Eastern Railway Mechanics' Institution. Captain Barlow, the general manager of I the railway, will preside. A chorister at the Greek chapel at Marseilles, named Mareello, has just been condemned by the Correctional Tribunal of that city to three months' imprisonment, 40f. fine, and five years surveillance of the police, for having on different occasions, and in public places, em ployed insulting language respecting the Emperor of the French, the Sultan, and the English army. GENEROUS GIFT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO THE PORTS - - MOUTH "SAILORS' 11030.”—We duly noticed in Tues day's 'Fun, the great interest manifested by the Prince on his Royal Highness's visit on Monday to this noble institution. To show how favourably the Prince thought of the management and benefits to be de rived by the British sailor, his royal highness has pre sented the institution with the munificent sum of 5001., - a cheque for which Las already been given for 3001., and the remaining 2001. will be handed over us soon as the additional building shall be ready in Hanover-street., ad joining. This generous act will ever be appreciated by the honest tars of old England. LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTT'S SCREW TROOP-SHIP TRANSIT.- -The Transit, iron screw-ship, of 2,600 tens, purchased by the Admiralty of sMessrs. Mare aed Co., was launced from Blackwall on Tuesday last, and is now lying in the river, preparatory to being taken to Messrs. Seaward's, who are to fit the screw machi nery cf 450-horse power s=ized at Napier's, at Glasgow, because it was constructed for the Em peror of Russie. This ship is one of the finest ever turned off the stocks. She is an improved Prince, and, with her poop and forecastle, presents one of the most sightly and formidable vessels that has floated on the Thames. She was most skilfully launched from a very awkward position at B3W Creek, and was brought up within ono-half her own length from the slip and within about 30 fuel of the opposite bank. It is calculated that sho will be ready for service in about eight weeks. IMPROVZMENT IN &rano STEAM MACHIEBRY.—A very simple but effectual plan has recently been introduced by Mr. Penn, the eminent engine -maker, for preventing that constant and excessive wear and tear of the bearings on the shafts of screw steamers which has hitherto been found so great a practical difficulty and so continually recurring a source of expense.• He introduces between the bearing and the shaft thin slips of wood, which have the remarkable property of entirely suspcndng that in cessant waste of material which, after a certain pressure on the square inch has been attained, is constantly in progress. The simple expedient has been adopted in the recent repairs of the Himala a and will probably be ap plied, if found successful in her case, to all screw steam ers. While the surfa'e of the bearing is preserved from waste, singularly enough the slips of wood show no in dication of being rubbed away or heated. THE STOCKTON AFFILIATION CASE.—JONES v. SIN GLETON. —This case came on for hearing before the St mkton bench of magistrates last week. Mr. Sten veason, of Darlington, attended on behalf of Miss Jones, and Mr. D )(Ids, solicitor, of Stockton, on behalf of Mr. Singleton (who, it will be remembered, is a Roman Ca tholic priest in Stockton). The case, it will be recol lected, had already been twice heard before the magis trates, when the application had been refused. Oa the first occasion, when it was befcre. the magistrates at Stockton, on the 13th and 14th of September het, we reported the case fully, and the .of of the case are necessarily of that nature as not to warrant a repeti tion of them on the present' occasion. As we have already intimated, the evidence was, on the present occasion, in a great measure the same as that adduced at the previous inquiries ; but on what Miss Jones princi pally relied was evidence by which she would be enabled to contradict the statements made by Mrs. Proud, Mr. Singleton's housekeeper. At the previous inquiries Mrs. Proud positively swore that whilst Miss Jones was re siding at the house of Mr. Singleton she had never seen her come out of Mr. Singleton's bedroom at 2 o'clock in the morning; and being again put into the box she re peated that evidence, and swore that st e had never said to any one, whilst Miss Jones was living at Mr. atingle ton's, that she (Airs. Proud) would not be long there in consequence of what was going on, and that she had seen Miss Jones coming out of Mr. Singleton's bed room at 2 o'clock in the morning. Mr. Steavenson then called Mrs. Bulmeiand Mrs. Robinson, two highly re spectable persons, who positively swore that in July last Mrs. Proud hal male the above statement to them. Her testimony was also contradicted by a servant girl, named Martha May, who was evidently the witness of truth. A. plan of the premises was produced, which showed that the sleeping apartments of Miss Jones and Mr. Singleton adjoined'eael other, and were both en tered from the same corridor. Mr. Steavenson pressed the bench to be allowed to produce the infant, in order to prove its likeness to, Mr. Singleton, but the magis trates refused, and stated that they were satisfied on that point. Other evidence was also adduced, but as the act requires that sufficient corroborative evidence of t sar h :. : ortait it i n teni o;e a r sr 's ebe: s ei tatement be given to the satisfaction of the justices, before they can make an order, and as they were not satisfied that her evidence on the present (men nvetsttrothnagtlyseuxffipreeiessneta c i o n r s ro t b oc e k ra t t o i n or, an t d be i y t altogether in j c o a u se ca . ,4 0 7 ,0 7 z : t he e. is alto lussians must have enormous supplies to be able to throw it away in this manner. The 9th division of the French army moved to inkerman on the afternoon of the 4th, in order to ;trengthen the position, as our allies are not at all .atisfi.ed with the state-of things there. The re- Sbubt on which the unsuccessful attack was made `en days ago still remains in the hands of the ;nemy, and they aro pushing up fresh works more dvanced, so that they are now without doubt be ;ieging us, and that too in the most active manner. Generals Canrobort and Bosquet visited Lord Ita., , lan at head-quarters on'the 4th, but the result )f their conference has not transpired. In the after .toon of the same day General Canrebert rode round Inkerman and inspected the position of the French there. Sir John Burgoyne, whose recall was commonly 'nuited in camp, I am happy to say, remains with us, a fact which has given great satisfaction to al‘ most all parties. Yesterday afternoon two'Poles, deserters, came 'in, over the plain of Balaklava, froM the direction Tchorgoun. A party of 10 or 12 horsemen were leen by our picquets advancing towards them, !mail they got within range, and when fired at, all but two of the party g Llloped back ; these two kept Advancing, holding up their' caps, and surrendered hemselvcs. Their account of themselves was, that ,ne was an officer, the other had been an officer, but nor some offence had been recently degraded. They were taken up to Lord Raglan, but it is not yet known whether they have given any information of consequence. The arrival of these two deserters caused a break for a short time in the amusements which were then doing on, and which had been looked forward to for sCnne - days with - great expectations. Phe English, true to their native instincts, had got up pony races to break the monotoly of camp life— Ind the "event',' came off yesterday afternoon on the Karani race-course. There was very excellent run ning, and after it was over most of the party ad journed to the " Karani gorse," which they drew very successfully for a dog, who gave them a famous run from Karani village down to the mouth of Balaklava harbour, when, finding the sea too strong for him, he turned tail and ran back again towars the village, beating off the whole of the field. The dog — hunts are now fixel. for -every Tuesday and Friday. I mention these little inci dents to show that there is a mirth more cheerful tone now in the army than tlhire was a few weeks ago. A month back a man who proposed a dog hunt, or a race, wored have been looked on by his brother officers as one who ought to be taken particular care of by his friends. There was a general despondency and gloom over 1) officers and men, but the charming weather we now have seems to have enlivened every one, and though very few of the troops ai e .hutted, I fancyi many m pro might have been had they thought it worth while going to the trouble of getting up huts, for the roads are now practicable for almost any thing, and a man after going trough the rigours of winter under. canvass feels himsilf " . stiyed up" when he gets into a house. I therefoie think tliat the bulk of tlio wooden houses will remain rotting on Balaklava wharf all the summer al they have done all the winter. The health of the troops is much improving, though there are a good mAny ca - ies of low fever about Balaklava. The Mel- bourne,,one of the hospital steamers, came in the day before yesterday with a great many cases of fever on board. She larni2ht up a few convale ;- cents from S3utari, who carried wish them the germs of the disorder. Sbe is now moored in the midst of the crowded harbour of Balaklava, and • may be the means of spreading the contagion. A sanitary board is much wanted in camp and at Balakiava, for they will bo perfect,pest-holes when the warm weather commences. Colonel Harding, at the latter place, is indefatigable in his endea rours to obtain order, and to have the place pro perly cleaned, but the accumulation of a winter's filth renders his task like one of Hercules' labours. The railway is now open upwards of three miles, and they send up fuel, provisions, &re., beyond the village of Kadekoi, a great saving of labour to men and horses. The main engineering difficulty, viz., forming the incline to the summit of the first hill, will soon be overcome, and from there the difficul ties are but few. There are, of course, all sorts of rumours as to what is going to be done with regard to the city of Sebastopol ; the general opinion is that a bombard ment will take place within a few days, and that afterwards the town will be attempted by assault. The Russians have made it to all appearance im pregnable, and it will be a fearful day when it is stormed. - Some of our engineer officers say now, that the Russian lines are so extensive, that it is im possible, with the strength supposed to.be at pre sent in the town, that they can effectually defend the works. THE MEDITERRANEA.N. MALTA, MARCH 14. The news of the Emperor's death has caused a perfect commotion in Valetta, where it is regarded as good news and as an event which may change the whole face of affairs. According to our letters from the camp the good people of England have gone to the extreme in send ing out things. The place is now oterstocked, and caPital clothing is going begging ; everything is to be had. In fact, it would not be a bad spccu!ation to buy up there and send home ; one would realise a large profit. Eight Russian sailors (deserters) came over on the night of the 28th ult. ; one was shot crossing over by our troops. About forty have deserted between the 19th and 29th : they all say provisions are short in Sebastopol, but their reports are received with very great caution. Our accounts from Naples state that the Czar's death has caused a great sensation there, and so. nervous are the authorities that several arrests have been made in consequence of persons speaking the news. The Teneriffe has just come in from the Levant. The Calcutta has arrived with six hundred Lanca shire militia on board, sixty women, and sixty eight children ; she steamed off to Corfu at 5 p.m. The Vectis came in from Marseilles this morning ; she met with a very heavy gale during the night and lost two boats ; she went on with tlae Indian. mail at 5 p.m. The last two days several Dutch garnets have come iu freighted with mules ; one this morning had 55 mules on board, and all had come Cafe, although they had met with severe wea ther ou their passage. We aro still in almost daily receipt of stores and ammunition for the army. The Ordnance department Las formed warehouies . in almost every part of the island, and are con stantly employed in storing the things received, or issuing fresh supplies for the camp. I told you sometime since this place would become a large barrack, and it is fast doing so ; a regiment comes or goes and makes no stir. Every third person you meet is military, and everything savours of warfare. Even our ladies are becoming military, at least in their talk, and instead of the shape of a bonnet or cut of a mantle, the merits of this or that general are discussed. The Calcutta, after dropping the militia regiment at Corfu is to take on the 48th to the Crimea. The 91st is still here, the authorities not being yet able to spare a tran sport largo enough to take them all, as is intended, to Athens, and to bring back the 3d Rogt. (Buffs.) THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. VIENNA, MARCH 18. Nothing of a reliable nature had transpired with respect to the results arrived at by the meeting yesterday. To-day there are all sorts of rumours afloat. Certain political wiseacres are seen stalk ing or lounging about the club-rooms and else where, shaking their heads, and grinning at their own conceits. They have got a notion that things must be going wrong, simply because even they, the would-be well informed, are kept in the dark. These "paragons of intelligence" are all wrong; the proceedings of the Conferences are going on very satisfactorily indeed. After the first meeting a protocol was drawn up, and signed by the mem bers of the Conference, embodying the general prin ciples—that is, the interpretation of the " Four Points of Guarantee" which form the basis of the present negotiations. The said protocol also set forth the agreement that had been come to to dis cuss the "Four Points" seriatim,. Accordingly, the deliberations which took place yesterday had solely reference to the "First Point of Guarantee"— id est, the .future conjoint protectorate of the prin cipalities by the great Powers. Thediscussion of this point was, notwithstanding the Conference sat up wards of three hours, left unfinished, and adjourned to the next meeting. Matters are progressing in a way which fully justifies the hopes of a pacific issue. The plenipotentiaries of Russia manifest the most conciliatory and honourable spirit. Russia thus appears earnestly desirous to met the views and wishes of the Western Powers and Austria to restore to Europe the blessings of peace, upon a firm and lasting basis, with as little delay as possible. As regards the attitude of Austria at these Conferences, nothing can be more satisfactory. Her truly enlightened representatives entirely sup port the views of France and England, which are,. rn point, of fact, equally as much the views of Austria as of the West. All the world must ad mit that the Austrian alliance of the West is of the most vital importatice at this moment to the general interests of Europe ; and to doubt or to question its sincerity, except upon indis putable grounds, appears hardly defensible. But, in justification of the opinions held. at Ber lin concerning Austria, it may be as well to state that even here there are not those wanting who pretend to know that ever since the demise of the Emperor Nicholas a change has :come over the views and intention g of the Em- MINN peror Francis Joseph and his Ministers. But all this is .mere puerile conjecture, and based upon not one solid, or reasonable argument. The para mount interests of Austria imperatively demand that her policy in the solution of the Oriental question go hand-in-hand with the Western Powers. Herein you have the simple key to all the apparent m)stery of their " perfect coincidence of views with the West." And, for the hundredth time, permit me to assure your readers that the Emperor Francis Joseph and his Ministers hete nothing but the honour and welfare of the empire at heart, and will consequently pursue no other policy, in respect of the Eastern complication, than that which has become traditional in this country, and which can alone promote its best - interests. For the benefit of all sceptics, let me add that, if even a perfect angel were to sit on the throne of the Czars, this would not in any one iota change the policy of Austria as regards its interests in the East. THE - WAR IN ASIA. The Invatide Busse publishes the following : " After. theii defeat on the 16th of June, 1854, on the Tcholok • the Turks were compelled to re main on the defensive on the frontiers of Gou riel and they had. formed. near the villages of Leghvy aid Okhtchamoury two intrenclied camps occupied by their advanced detachments, t• the number of 2,000 men in each camp. On the night between the 18th and 19th of January last (30-31st) the head cf the Gouriel Militia, Captain Prince Gouriel, attacked the Turkish camps with great.success. Crossing the frontier near the bridge of Tcholok, he advanced rapidly on Leghvy, and vigorously charged the Turks, who advanced to meet him. , " Notwithstanding their numerical superiority the enemy were beaten. The Militia pursued them into their camp, which they destroyed, after driving out the Turks. " Meantime the Turkish troops who occupied the camp at Okhtchamoury advanced to the sup port of those at Leghvy, but on the road they were met by a division of the Gouriel Militia, un der Ensign David Djokeli, who, after a lengthened skirmish, defeated them. " On the first shots being fired at Leghvy the inhabitants of the neighbouring village of Gouriel, led by the assessor of the Matchavariaui College, chief of - Ozourgheti, and by Princ) Tardgberidz6, chief of the canton of Gouriel, hastened to take part in the combat. Their readiness is a proof of the good will of the frontier population. " The los:3 of the Tarlis in this affair was consi derable. " On our side we bad 4 men killed and 30 woundA." RUSSIA. The following is the address, delivered by the Emperor Alexander IL, to the diplomatic corps on the 7th, and a summary of which has already appeared in The Sun : ," I am persuaded, gentlemen, that all your courts feelsincere sorrow at the misfortune which has befallen us. I have already received proofs of it from all sides ; they have greatly moved me, and I stated yesterday to the Ministers of Prussia and Austria how much I appreciated them. I so lemnly declare here before you, gentlemen, that I remain faithful to all the sentiments of my father, and that I will persevere in the line of political principles which served as a rule to my uncle, the Emperor Alexander, and to my father.. These prin ciples are those of the Holy Alliance. But if that Alliance no longer exists, it is certainly not the fault of my father. His intentions were always upright and loyal, and, if recently they , were misunderstood by some persons, I do not doubt that God - and history will do him justice. lam ready to contribute to a good understanding, on the conditions which be accepted. Like him I de sire peace, and wish to see the evils of war termi nated ; but if the conferences which are about to open at Vienna do not lead to a result honourable for us, then, gentlemen, at the head of my faithful Russia, I will combat with- the whole nation, and I will perish sooner than yield. As to my personal sentiments for your sovereign (here the Emperor addressed Baron de Werther Minister of Prussia), they have not varied. I have never doubted of the fraternal affection and friendship which his Majesty the King always had for my father, and I told you yesterday how grateful I am to him for it. I am deeply sensible of the kind words which the Emperor has caused to be transmitted to me on this occasion. (This was addressed to Couut Ester hazy, Minister of Austria.) His Majesty cannot doubt of the sincere affection which my father en tertained for him at an epoch, which he himself has recalled by the order of the day addressed to his army. Be kind enough, gentlemen, to commu nicate my words to your respective courts." PRUSSIA. The following ordinance, dated the Bth of March, 1853, has been signed by the King of Prussia : " I forbid, until further orders, the transit across the frontiers of my dominions, in any direction whatsoever, to a State not forming part of the Confederation,-of arms, munitions of war of all kinds, and especially of balls, powder, caps, mus ketS;-as well as of lead, sulphur, and saltpetre, un less it shall be proved that each of these above mentioned articles is the produce of a State form ing part of the Customs' Union. " The Minister of Finance is to take the neces sary stops for the execution of this ordinance." THE BALTIC. • A letter from Riga, of the 14th, states that the greatest activity continues to prevail there, a great number of men being employed in raising new fort titications both on the land and sea sides, as it .is feared, from that place being, the key of the pro -viuces of Courland and Livonia, it may be the first point of attack by the allied fleets in their next . Baltic campaign. The entrenched camp, which existed last year, is to be enlarged, to enable, - .in case of need, two divisions of troops to be establiied there. Several vessels and enormous blocks of stone will be sunk at the mouth of the Gulf, so that ships .of war, however light their draught of water, will find it very difficult and dangerous to effect the passage of the Dannemunde in order to arrive op posite the town, which is at the bottom of a sawn bay, and where batteries have been established 'in a semicircle to command every point in frorU. The same letter announces the arrival on the coasts: of the Gulf of Finland of four regiments of Baskin, intended principally to act as. videttes in time, of war. • A body of from 8,000 to 10,000 light cavalry is expected. Tile organisation of the army of the Baltic; under the command of General do Siew(lrs, .advances rapidly. A part of this body, which was first fixed at 100,000 men, but which will now - : be carried up to 140,000 men, has already arrived, at their place of destination. FRANCE. The Emperor's departure is once me r) on the &pis, and though it has become a most trite subjoct, so much so as to have in great measure diminished the interest first attached to it, I cannot but notice the fact of its being again revived and discussed with the same heat as ever. The 6th of April—the Ist would be too remarkable—is now suppoSed to be the date. Be this as it may, the movement of troops continues actively, and the battalions.of tae Guard, reviewed yesterday (and which were more numerous than I supposed, t eing nearer 32,500 than 8,000), begin to march on Saturday next, en route for Mai Bellies, and thence to the East. We have received the Moniteur of yesterday. It publishes the following : " CORFU, MAMA 10. " The English steam transport Imperador has been sent sent from Malta to fetch 120 of the best Artillerymen of the garrison. The steamer ar rived on the 4th, and left the same day for Bala klava. In addition to the men taken at Corfu, she had on board 260 Artillerymen from the Malta arsenal." _ _ An Imperial decree prbmotes Generals of Brigade Ripert, d'Allonville, Peyssard, cl'Aurelle de Pala dines, and Dautemarre to the rank of General of Division ; and Colonels Courtot do Cissey, Mon tenard, Perrin Jonquiere, de Saint Pol, Wimpffen, Corte de Champeron, Lauer, and Desvaux to that of General of Brigade. An Imperial decree raies Vice-Admiral Romain- Desfosses, formerly Minister of Marine, to the dig nity of Senator. By an Imperial decree Lieutenant-Colortel de Reynold, formerly of . the federal army of Switzer land, has been nominated Lieutenant-Colonel of the 2 , 1 regiment of the 2d Foreign Legion. The Minister of Marine has received the following despatch from the Msritirne Prefect of Cherbourg:— "CHFEBOURG, 20th March, 20 pinute3 past 10. "The Arcole has just been launched with complete success, amidst cries of Tive l'Empereur r from an immense croc..'d of spectators. The weather was mag nificent." The Arcole is a worthy rival of the Napoleon, on the model of which she has been built, but with improvements. She is a fine screw vessel of 90 guns. Her engines were constructed in the foundry of the Imperial navy at ludret, and are nominally of 900-horse power. A letter from Marseilles, of the 20th, says "The greatest activity continues to prevail in this port in embarking triops, military stores, &c. The City of Manchester steamer left to•day, and will, probaYy reach the port of liamie3h by this day week. Oa her return she will hying. to Constantinople sick and wounded, and then take on hoard from the 'hospitals such men aft alr9 convalescent, and king them to France.. The Glasgow will not be rer,..(iy for sea mitt the end of the week. The Ilydaspes steam-pachet left this afternoon, direct for Constantinople. Sever al eel's of the artillery and engineers vreLlt passengers i n per, and she also takes out; two batteries •of artillery with 390 men. Several large steamers arc expected here from Erglandlo take on board 1 , 500 men and 1,190 Itoroes. The American clipper-ship, Ocean Herald, is here, and will take on board 300 horses and no men for the Ea ,, ,t. She is a remarkably fast railer, having made the passage from England to Gibraltar is day o." BOURSE, MATICIi 21.—CLosnra PRICTS• Cash. fr. c. . End cf Month. 4? . , per Cents. (xtl),.: 94 5 94f. 13c. S per Cents - 63 90 63f. 80.1. 81 Credit Mobilier 763 75 Roman ............•.• Credit Fancier 540 Austrian ............ Belgian Fives ...... Spanish Threes .....• Piedmontesa B5 Rome Debt ......... RAILWAYS--?0B CASH. fr. c• fr. c. IN 7 50 Orleans Western ... C 47 0 Rouen ............... 1020 • - _ Cotte EN 25 Strasburg . .......... B ', Mediterranean c- 5 ...... -- ---(1 Havre ... ............... Northern - Cherburg .. .... <<e o --___ BELGIUM. The In.depen dance Bela:" announces' ti..g.l° new ßelgian Cabinet composed as follows decker, Minister of the Interior; Mercier, Forepi. Affairs ; A. Donlon, Public Works; S osl ,i ts ;,, ra l, Bailees ; A. Nothomb, Jostles ; and 'le— ro Greindl, War. Only three of tho „umber a d members of the Chamber of RePresentv.t la s) 11 they are of the party of the Right. lsaru d ; telegraphic despatch that the Ministry will li ce t. clay. The Chamber is convoked for Moab)/ lox SPAIN. MAnain, 20t1.—Yesterday took pia the ib ij o l : auguration of the railway from Madrid tc' v ,ii s h cats, a distance of 276 kilometres (17 2 / miles). There is no fGundation for the rulGo which aro afloat of a Ministerial crisis. TIT. to vernment continues sending reinforco nell " Cuba. G e .ma s Recent accounts from the Caucasus and show that the Russians are preparing to eoa',:ig the campaign. General Muriavieff, the-yea: ;-ora mancler of the Transaucasian army, has i iisv Coed pleted a tour of inspection, in which he bas 11;1►ucl all the stations of troops. His plans of attrf., o l -11 the number of troops to be pliced at hi5,," 15 ,, 1 ;0r were fixed under - the sanction of the 1° 31 60 Nicholas before he left St. Petersburg. 1111 P ° ,;, - his reinforcements had reached the general 611—diti a.rrival in Georgia ,; these were two ceinillf n 310.23 of infantry, numbering nominally 1 4 ,1 for .3ach, and accompanied. by their artillery' , 811 f :016 regiments of light cavalry. General B 3ria ,: i 01 1 has undertaken to the Emperor to hold Soii3 and his forces in check. t ° The Amstrian Correspondence states that, lc e from Bessarabia announce that that precioo'ps. attacked, will be evacuated by the Russian a s ars) A council of war, held at Kicheneff to di. budget, had come to that resolution. i . e 'A letter from Vienna of the 17th, in 0 0 —Ai n i Gazette, says :—‘, The second sitting of tue matic congress lasted five hours, but nothiug;,uiog /p ever is known of what passed at it. Last i;,or Baron do Bourqueney gave a grand soiree ill ' - o -ero of Lord J. Russell. Amongst the gue4l le- Count Buol, Baron de Bach, Minister of A l i ja° terior ; Prince Charles de Liechtenstein, an Paul Esterhazy." sing Of The Dresden Journal states that the 7 I to Prussia received, on the morning o f the 17313 ;0 private audience, M. do Beust, Aliniste i ll 11- ° f p o:a of Saxony. The Russian General de had arrived at Dresden from Berlin. e 074411 . A letter from Belgrade of the 13th , in th ri' ,o derer, of Vienna, says :—"The person 101°133%d. to Alexander of Servia has selected to Pr°;„cteereo Vienna for the purpose of supporting ti'° r Con ° elP° of that country with the members of the tb a is M. do Knesewics, head of the section Chancellery." M. TRIERS AND DR. raw ly " d th e ErCr The historian of the" Consulate an that he 15 piro" has proved, in a great many e 3 1; 0 ,bsolu lell not to be extinguished easily, and he believed l 's 1 come to life again when all Faris bas F;02 1 actually snuffed out. The great lAi s t ° nn s , , ,aaicti ) , to the journals the following letter, ,: it i,5 I ) the statement of Dr. Veron, support ed M. do Morny's attestation : 20. 1 "Paris, 1110 ° %,,(1 "Sir,—My memory , also is very tenacious, "-At' tr? maintain, as well founded in every point, the tion which I have given to the na rrative 'AI - moires d'un Bourgeois de Paris.' I affirmtb3'l,64ls. the Constituent Assembly, as well as under tent o's; lativo Assembly. I was always opposed to viele-estillt'; tli sures ; that I have always considered legality as resource against disorder—the only one not egl se& y 0 bs bitter retaliations—the more particularly , tba4 never been an advocate for rigour agairis t 1 cannot therefore understand how, with such or d btof constantly and everywhere professed, I e l l . o'bi;t been chosen to dismiss propositions which had ',.°o fits" the dissolution of an assembly by force, and W on g, of several of its members. Similar prop`.' it to I 1 ,1 riously made by accredited perso n s o uthous e br oul4 l cuss and to adopt them, have never either heel er iy to me, or discussed at my house. I coul d sin : not to recall such reminiscences, but it is of re trei, issued from my retreat to revive them. In 1 1) ::tbfla I where I live, devoting myself to study, an d tho ng "_ c t I the constant moderation of my opinions, t,snj had a right to some consideration, and I did ; 51 4 11 to be obliged to repel such attacks. But I P 9: a ct " far this discussion, 33 fur many other , that I ,„ t cer; now to !Rise, I appeal to tune, that slow judge of men and of things,—Accept, &c., General Changarnier has contribut ed to adr eSS4 troversy his characteristic letter of denial) fl to the editor of the Presse:— ‘ fr .ccs • " Wines, 1", ll -A- br iog 4 s r "Mr. Editor—One of my friends, who t he this, has called my attention to-day to th e , h o . f c cently insertel in your journal from the anr:,c P,„00 :1114inoires d'un Bourgeois do Pat ' and r ; the " "dorny and the Honourable M. Thiers. 0 - 0 ,10 I' d to complete lie to the two former pers onca,'!' 0 , 0 I coalesced to erect a pedestal to one of t",. e na verii. is calumniate the victims of violence an d JetP e n treat you, sir, to be pleased to inser t this your next number.—Accept, &c., 0 00' ,e 0010- ..--. . M. BERRY - ER AND THE FL"' ACADEMY . the The Indeper,dance of Brussels Pli bli'be.4 I+l' following letter : f. r erei i 3O " I appeal to the souvenirs of my oid c4 l l. liti v b'e . e' l . llocqua,rt, to claim from him a kindoffice•n" bO l ,Je' :eon recaived by the French Academy' '`,.," if i ft ,i ' rei S very nearly the constant custom for evell - h c o eu - , , a• mician to go to the Tuilerieq, and present t "; liAr " v i tt" which he delivered on his reception - . The P A ,lth i l '0" ation made for me in December, 1851, r j euu t i . ift e l f r olt e l : sen . tation quite impossible on my part• quired . a right, 15 years ago, of now abstaioA'e7,ot, „P e ll formality the accomplishment of which sr 01 ; ostc.. s . 0 haps, be painful to me alone. M. 1 clu a '" - i t h a. that, by principle as well as by 01"aa°reaCter, "oortife,istr:' much repugnance for useless noise and o ' l '4.'o . «he° tions an for a deficiency of personal consider,l et It quest him therefore to be pleased to make kfl,_, ° „” li ev ti : -e ti ,° delay the determination which an honourAus;:cei" imposes on me. I beg M. Mocquart t° '- compliments of my ancient confraternity f tit ° ..• Dumyat, ~,e r 0.. " Advocate, formerly g el3 iy '' Berre r tt er ° .j o rie s Legislative Asse rli ,", ' . do . The following is M. Moequart's reP I Y . thenb ° "The Emperor regrets that in M. rations of the political man have got th e u le ° l ', hi' . duties of the academician. His reseuce at 7 fi1 1 .% tb e would not have caused the erriPbarragsmeilr; obi'', seems E to have feared. From the height bev e ; t er; • mperor is placed his Majesty would ot"i t he 0 1 ; 0 er in the elected of the Academy the crater' r' o f fr - fot i iri the adversary of to day only the defel ider e ith ° :4 o.° times. M. Berryer is perfectly free to hey r ecce ° " o e t ° usage prescribes or what his rugnance n 3 o:l o 4l3 ficel him. The old confrere is happy ''n this ciro u o cl ° , a b n e d ab h l e e o t ff q e r r e s n h d i e .m r w h h is at sin A c l e . r y c e o rr in l y p er ira / 3 1 3 0 1 8 0 : 03 ; 1 1 ;o ilid i ::' cordial confraternity. itiOSl DEPARTurn.• , -- , 13 OF FREDe TBO„,°PE' garrison wa in furnished entl:ctit: FOR TBE EA'!"l.* way r. staTtiho Iteb Romg, March 12. ---- N -4?— fl ----- . the rtil Regiment , of Light 10, tr ibe ft fter theythl - a : 900 e Pr, go s p t h r e ; s h t e e d r _ a a n y o t IT, orrenia!fition.t,ol,t, ff° : 'l ,. i i .bezatawreeehnedßaotinnaeyalnredakctiovritoo,io rectli_o wore sln o tfge e 3 l77o i h l y iei t i h l e vh officers and s'oldiers, with the excePti(:l-- a to et c't .1 1 .0 -e; e 7 .,. ti1u 0 1. : 4 , e r t l t i i sa l 7po o i f 1 -,. h t a ls ' e l redhead ery tois le regiment arrives at Civita Ve cc t ote of and ''' ' will await its that town the arrival C•ivitsof the I):lt terl i , o s and ti. , zll4illdestined to ounvey it to the seat of w orison A be ivg t i ;io, farewell :tbt)e,h3ertdnelveiep(do. service benediction. nio3ne.a d i l ih a s en iernare:re.r,:rie:sibtvoiefogjr;:folialifi coneentrate the latter in tile immediate geln v to; 0 re 0 i no t on lefloobi liaoiv,t,:i battalion O n, r l a t 013y1, bian:feea;Pttal;:tegacelti.gecdleiirtit.luci;4.lll):;o:::ll.clort);'' of the Vatican and t'::.e Castle of St• Aligic,' ecte:',,,c9 Which two points the new genera!, who i s e-P resi de' succeed Ger.er.►i de Montreal, will tam op 11113 at Prince Torlonia's Palazzo in Borgo.. 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