The Sun. — London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

Pa-mall.—lmportant English Pictures, MESSRS. FOSTER and SON are directed to Sell, by AUCTION, at the Gallery, 54, Pall-mall, on Wed nesday, April 4, a choice and well-selected COLLECTION of PIC TURES, the works of living artists of the highest reputation, includ ing that formed by William Llewellyn, Esq., of Park-street, Bristol. Many of the pictures have been exhibited, and some painted on com mission, including a View of Pee„stuu, an_ important and recent work, by David Roberts, R.A. ; in tile Medway, near Gilingham, the celebrated picture by W. Muller, and Twilight, by the same artist; Crossing the Sands at Low Water, by It. Lee, R.A.; Denctta Castle, bj C. Stanfield, R.A. ; Sherwood Forest, by T. Creswick, A.A., the figures introduced by Ansdell ; Wood Green, by Linnet), And two other works by the same artist ; Emnerdale Water, one of the lake scenes, by J. B. Fyne; four capital examples of Sidney Cooper, A.R.A. ; a Roman Peasant Woman, by T. Uwins, ILA . ; the Rescue, an important picture, by P. F. Poole, A.R.A. ; tie Romp in the Hayfield, and two smaller works, by the same artist ; Nineveh, a grand composition by J. Martin; a Pair of Freni h Fisherwemen, by F. Stone, A.R.A. ; the Huntress, by D. Meat e, R.A. ; and specimens of— • C. R. Leslie, ILA., E. W. Cooke, A.R.A. W. Etty, W. P. Frith, R.A. W. E. Frost, R.A. Sir A. calcott, R.A. J Sant J. PlllllO F. Danny, A.H.A. G. F. Herring T. Webster, R.A: G. Lance May be publicly viewed Saturday, 31st March, and the 2d and 3d of April, and catalogues had of Messrs. Foster and Bon, 57, Pall-mall. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Baokstone. THIS EVENING, Will be presented VIE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Bucketone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be followed by the new Ballet, UNA NOCHE DE FIESTA EN SEVILLA. To which will be added A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Bucketone ; Mrs. - Caroline White, and blisses Ellen Chaplin and Reynolds. To which will be added the new Ballet by the Spanish Dancer 3, called THE GALICIAN" FETE. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. THIS EVENING, Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be followed by the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular new Farce, entitled A GAME OF ROMPS. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley and Chester ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and Ternan. TEIRATRE ROYAL ADRLPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, wl't be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro logue, and called JANET PRIDE. After which, I'LL TELL YOUR WIFE. To conclude with BETTY MIRTLN. ItIYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lerma art Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear. Folio Wed by the Farce entitled A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. F. Robson will appear. Atter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW DWARF AND TILE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia R. George, Miss E. Ormonde, Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, The Granl Romantic Equestrian Spectacle called TIMOUR THE TARTAR. After which, the incomparable SCENES in the CIRCLE, and the astounding evolutions of the Four Performing Elephants, with Herr Endersohn's acc:mplished Performance cn the Sl lei Wire. An Equestrian spectac'e of Featliar construction is in act:vo pre paration for Easter Monday. Box-ofilce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting %Tenger, Air. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. w. Cooke, jun. NATIONAL S f ANDARD. 'CMS EVENING, Will be performed, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. Miss Glyn and Mr. Marston. To conclude with BLACK-EYED SUSAN. ItOYAL STILAN D Til E r XL% Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING. Will be performed VI% CRICKET ON THE HEARTH. Cha. ratters by Messrs J, Plalford , Rogerson, and Kinloch ; and Miss Re becca Isaac , Mils Beaumont, and Miss Somers. After whirl, 'rwAs I. Characters by Messrs. Kinloch and J. Iloward; Miss Isaacs, Miss Be,uniont, and Mrs. Laws. To which will be added a Ballet Divertissement. To conciade with TRICK FOR TRICK. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BEIDOK THIS DAT —Morning 13 min.aftw 12 Xveninc 36 min.aft. 12 To-HOARt w _Moraine. 57 mln.aftei 12 Sven lug 16 atin.aft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Stm Omer, March. 30. TaNBMONETEB, IN THE SRAM 45—highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and daring the night. 45 —this day, at noon. BAROMIZTER, 30'51—another great rise. WIND, N.—Light breeze, with cloudy weather and occasional sunshine. r. t74z. Alll, %I ) It LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH ?,O, 1855. The great Merit question suggests some curious emsiderations. Lord PALMERSTON declares against merit; purchase and seniority are better. By which of the three is Lord PALMERSTON Premier? Seniority might well give him the rank, but would he be content to take that ground ? Pur chase, in the vulgar sense of the term, would have been easy with his Lordship's present wealth ; but Premierships are not to be purchased by money—. some brains are held to be requisite to justify such a promotion. And purchase in the sense of political bargaining say an engagement to work out the wishes of Austria and the Ceburgs how can such an insinuation be credited for a moment ? Is not Lord PAL MERSTON the man of whom it was affirmed to an applauding Senate, by our present representative at Vienna, that he was the Minister, not of Austria, or of any foreign power, but of England. The conclusion seems to be that Lord PALMERSTON has been promoted for merit—for merit real or supposed. Her MAJESTY tried routine ; she sent for Lord DERBY, the head of the largest section of the House of Commons, then for Lord Joss, commander of the next regiment in point of numbers, but all in vain. The people de nounced routine-chosen Premiers ; they pro claimed that Lord PALMERSTON had merited the post ; they remembered certain little wars in which he acted very vigorously ; they believed he would show the same qualities when tried on a larger scale ; he was named by popular acclama tion to the post, and her MAJESTY gracefully bowed to the popular voice. Lord PALMERSTON, therefore, ridiculing pro motion by merit, ridicules the very reason of his own elevation. Can it be that he anticipates -becoming a proof of his own argument, that merit is mere chance opinion, as likely to he wrong as right, "a Utopia, vain to hope to see established in - any country whatever." There were a few who, at the time of his appointment, laughed at the popular choice ; they roundly asserted that Lord PA.LMBRSTON was the veriest of Tories, that he would be as faithful to his order as pre ceding Dukes and Earls and Lords, and that when it came to a real question of standing by the assumptions of Courts or the wishes and rights of peoples, he would soon be unmasked. All will remember the predictions of RicaAnD COBDEN in this vein. We trust his lordship has no misgiving that the great Free trader will prove a political prophet. Should the r umours prove t rue should presen t s uspi c i ous the fortificatio ns o f Sebastopol be l e ft standing— should the prese nt intole rable tendern ess t o Rus sia in the Black Sea be continued— should her armies in the Crimea b© suffered t o outnumber those of the Allies, wh ile we are squandering millions on the transport service—sho u ld we wait on conferences, on Austria, on Russia, and be consequently toe late again this spring as we were last spring—then indeed will the natio n own it self mistaken. It will allow itself to have been an inadequate judge of merit; but it will believe, nevertheless, that not ability, but will, through some fatal cause, was wanting, and it will demand another committee to ascertain what it is that disables able Premiers. It will find out the reason why a Premier, whom it chose to " carry on the -War with vigour," allowed our army to be van quished in the Crimea, our Plenipotentiary to ba vanquished at Vienna, and Russia to triumph in . the impregnability of her pirate's hold. But anent this question of merit there is a curious illustration furnished us just now in the Crimea. We have seen the French system placed in contrast with our owu till, however pertinent, it is rejected as an argument by our routinists, like a sovereign the lighter for wear, although of sterling gold, when presented at the Bank. But just now there are two Generals and two armies of Englishmen at work together before Sebastopol and Balaklava. One General has made all his appointments by near relation to himself, by seniority, by purchase, and a few by merit ; the other General has made his appoint meats exclusively by merit. He would have told his own brothers, nephews, or cousins— " Gentlemen, you will not do for me ; I intrust my work to capacity and integrity only ; if you are needy it would be cheaper to me to pension you than employ you." We need not say that the Generals are Lord RAGLAN and Sir SAMUEL MORTON PETO, and their armies respectively com posed of soldiers and navvies. But what is the result of the two systems ? Why, that the French themselves are enthusiastic in their admiration of the organisation, good management, and effectiveness of our navvies. On the other hand, while they generously applauded the c , Airage of our soldiers, they feelingly deplored the utter want of all which they admire in the navvies, and which, by their own practice, they are so well able to appreciate. Indeed, even here at home, the contrast strikes every reader. We have not heard of a single thing wanted except a few more horses, which, moreover, were on the way before information of the want arrived. The toots of every man are equal to their work, huts, food, clothing, medi cines, all are there when called for. We hardly indeed, heard of the commencement of the road before we heard of its having reached half-way to the camp, and next of its having got there ! and its branches diverging to the French lines, and to the other side of Balaklava harbour ! Muddy brooks, quaggy or rocky soil, steep inclines, no thing was suffered to stop its onward march. Everything was foreseen and provi led for each euergency. Nothing was left to chance. With our eyes on Sebastopol and Balakiava we can but exclaim osi sic omitia ! Had all things, indeed, been managed thus long ere now Sebastopol would have been ours, and we should have been talking of th e Baltic and Poland, while Russia would have been begging us to take the Crimea, and Bessarabia and Circassia too, and keep them, so that we did but leave her Poland. We all must seo that the sad difference is re ferable to one cause alone. Lord RAGLAN and his -successors here promote by purchase, seniority, or f tV0111"----Sir MORTON PETO promotes by merit. The former administers every thing by an office creating, time-wasting system of checks and counter checks; the latter by finding men whom he can trust to work in the shortest way. The Ge neral of the Army cannot tell who is responsible for any miscarriage, and no one knows to whom to apply to get anything done. The General of the Navvies could find out and dismiss at once the culpable author of any mishap—he would do it too, and every man knows where and to whom to apply for all that is needed. One fact is, we repeat, the key to all this —every man under Sir MORTON PETO is thoroughly assured that the bet ter be does his work the more certain he is to bet ter his condition. If only a labourer, he is sure of better work ; if a man of education and capa city, he may become a contractor, perhaps a PETO. All eyes are now anxiously turned towards Vienna. Public attention is concentrated on the proceedings of the Conference now pending in the Austrian capital. On the results depend the wel fare and prosperity and permanent tranquillity of Europe and an important district in Asia. Even the safety of the Anglo-Indian empire trembles in the balance ; for so long as the Russian supre macy is maintained in the Euxine—so long as there is the slightest possibility of the Cuossus of the North opening a road for his predatory hordes into Hindostan, or even of influencing native Princes--so long must every true-hearted Englishman feel that a struggle for life er death is impending, and that the country may at any moment be compelled to encounter the most for midable perils and to sustain the most onerous burdens. England did not lightly or unnecessarily enter on the contest in which she is now engaged. In fact, the absurd hesitation of the then Prime Minister, the good and excellent ABERDEEN, was the chief cause of the War, by inducing NICHOLAS to more than doubt the sincerity of his opposition. The AUTOCRAT well knew that the English Premier could not be deceived by his professions of mode ration. He had, as he thought, completely re moved any possibility of such a result by his very candid admission to the British Ambassador. So far as Sir HAMLITON SEYMOUR was concerned, the mask had been cast aside. Not only was the rapidly approaching dissolution of the " sick man" distinctly and unequivocally alluded to, but the probable distribution of his assets was openly can vassed, and the share which England might hope to obtain as the price of her connivance clearly expressed. Candia and Egypt were the tempting bribes by which our acquiescence in the iniquitous scheme was to be purchased. He was fully aware that he could do as he pleased with Austria and Prussia, and the active co-operation, or at least the neutrality of these three Powers being secured, he fondly imagined that he could either cajole or bully France. When he found that after these revelations we contented ourselves with still pro testing—that even the passage of the Pruth and the seizure of the Principalities was made, not a casus belli, but an excuse for fresh negotiations, which Lord ABERDEEN well knew, or ought to have known, must prove abortive. What could he have imagined but that England was acting with duplicity similar to his own, that she only desired to save appear ances by a decent show of resistance, and that she would have eventually, even while " Whispering I will ne'er consent, consented." It was to the sterling honesty and unbending firmness of the peoples of Franc© and England, as well as of the French EMPEROR, that the de feat of the deep-laid scheme may be attributed. But it has been only postponed, not abandoned. " The snake is scotched, not killed," for ALEXANDER still professes the policy laid down in the will of PETER, and sedulously pursued by all subsequent rulers of Russia, more especially by CATHERINE, ALEXANDER 1., and NICHOLAS. With that end the Crimea, a geographical fortress of immense natural strength, was taken possession of, and all the resources of Russia, its men, its money, and the engineering art of foreigners, more skilful than any natives that could be found, del and to make and it were lavished arsenal, Seb " the standing menace impregnable-- {o its cita of Europe Plenipotentiary, who, it is now As i a, t, as it Was felicitously termed s b : y lid t , h i e s willing British to sanction its retention with un diminished exhibited When din l i v in e ish r e ep d e p a o t power by in ~, . hispered. We again . Can the Wesiern the sinister rumour was .Rteur fir °'4 s icfa t a w Powers—the chivalrous ask, can this be possible f peoples of Franc. <:na this deep humilia tEha'an their lanwillzoonwou7L-dSusbacmirifiteteo their lives rather tion—this serious and permanent injury ? Are they prepared to become the laughing-stock of Europe—the jest of Clicquot—who will be en abled to vaunt his policy by comparison with that of the 'Western Powers, who, it will be said, wore right glad to get " bock again " from an enter prise beyond their strength, or, what is tanta mount thereto, for the accomplishment whereof they were not prepared to make the necessary sa crifices ? The blood of the veriest coward would be accelerated in its action—he would assume, at least, the appearance, if he could not display the reality, of true courage—before he would incur such deep disgrace, and bear so foul a blot on his escutcheon—which would render him what the ancient Greeks termed "Atinios," and our Saxon forefathers called "nidering." The tenacity with which the Russians have re sisted the dismantling of their stronghold proves the extraordinary value they attach to its pos session. " Fas est ab hoste Aare." We may learn a valuable lesson from our opponents as to the vital importance of the position. Any merely verbal promises, any personal recogni sauces to keep the peace, will, as we have lately proved, be worse than useless—for they will only be observed until a favourable opportunity occurs for their violation. An adequate material gua rantee is required, and none can prove satisfactory but the surrender or destruction of Sebastopol. We must not withdraw from the work, already half accomplished, until the end and object of the War is achieved. When a hornet's nest is discovered, men are not satisfied with driving away some of the vencmous insects. The nest itself will be destroyed, so that there may be no possibility of their return in increased numbers. The evil will be at once grappled with—the nui sance completely and entirely abated. So shoUld we act towards Sebastopol. While it remains we can never hope for a lasting peace. It would cost at least seven or eight millions per annum to the British exchequer—be equivalent to an addition of 25 per cent, to the National Debt. Let the universal declaration be, " Sebastopol est delenda." The voice of public opinion will be re-echoed in Parliament, and find its way into the inmost re cesses of Downing-street, so that the greatest truckler to Germanism may know what he will have to encounter should he recklessly dare to set it at defiance—to resist the strong pressure from without. ARRIVAL OF M. DROUYN L'HUYS IN ENGLAND. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived last nif, , ,hr, at 10 o'clock, at the residence of the Amba isador of France. We believe that M. Drouyn de l'Huys, whose object in visiting this country.is to confer with Count Walewski, and, with him, to consult with our Government on the important questions which are now before Europe, will not prolong his stay in London beyond one day. THE SUN S LONDON, FRIDAY EV_ENING MAileil 00 1855, LATEST NEWS. PARIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 8.30 A.M. A new Belgian Ministry has been formed, as follows : Viscount Vilain, XIV., Foreign Affairs. M. de Decker, Interior. M. de Nothomb, Justice. General Greiudl, War. M Damon, Public Works. M. Mercier, Finances. • A despatch from Madrid of the 29th instant announces that Espartero has resisted the demand for a modification of the Ministry in a democratic sense, made by different leaders of the Militia, who assembled in the night. These attempts at disorder have failed. Madrid is tranquil. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. VIENNA, THURSDAY, MAncli 29. The Conference took the fourth point into con- sideration to-day. The third point is left aside for the present. On Monday Prince Gortschakoff moved for the admission of Prussia. Powers is to take part in the attack on Sebostopol. The Greeks here still continue to man:fest the reatest animosity towards the English and French. TNo days back, some 4 Greek sailors murdered two French soldiers at Bouyukdere. Several English steamers have left thiS place for Genoa, to take on board the Piedmontese forces." FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Another letter of the same date says : PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Tho Paris journals continue with the same com parative absence of political discussion and quies cent attitude expectant of cventA. The Constitu tionnel introduces to notice, with some brief anim adversions, the appeal of the Most Holy Synod of St. Petersburg the supreme head of the Russian Church, to;all the faithful and pious children of the Russian orthodox children, what I have already sent you. The document is introduced by that journal with the following remarks : "One of the last acts of the Emperor Nieholal was to order a levy en, .masse. The Emperor Alexander 11. has not confined himself to the confirmation of this measure of his father ; he has addressed himself to the religious passions of his people, and the supreme authority of the Muscovite Church. The Holy Synod, has been charged to preach a real crusade against the West. Never, since the middle ages, has there been seen a document more adapted to inflame the fanatictsm of the people. A govern smut which cm thus appeal to the most ardent passions cannot seriously aspire to peace, for there is no assurance of its possessing sufficient strength to control at its will the tempest it has let loose. Of all the measures taken by the Russian Government this is without contradiction the gravest and most significant." The Minister of Marine has directed the Mari time Prefects to ascertain what merchant captains, young and vigorous men, now in France may be willing to take service in the Imperial Navy as auxiliary enseignes. Orders have been sent by the French Govern ment to M. Guibert, ship-builder of Nantes, to urge on as rapidly as possible the building of the gun-boats which he has received instructions to fur nish. In order to enable him to execute these or ders without delay, between 500 ant 600 workmen have been placed at his disposal from the other shipyards in the port. A. letter from before Sebastopol of the 17th in the Semaphore of Marseilles, says : , "We are in daily, nay, almost momentary, ex pectation of a regular attack on the vast place before us. General Canrobert yesterday passed in review the regiment of Z ;naves of the imperial guard, formed by his care, and at the end of the proceedings, presented their colours to the new regiment with a few animated remarks, which were received with shouts of enthusiasm. On the morning of the 12th Omer Pacha arrived at Kamiescb, and shortly after came up to the quarters of the French general-in-chief, accompanied by Admirals Bruat and Lyons. Lord Raglan, on learning the arrival of the Turkish general, at once proceeded to General Canrobert's residence, and a council of war was held there. It commenced at half-past twelve, and lasted until half-past six. What was decided at that important meeting I No one can say ; and yet every man in the camp is on the utmost stretch of expectation to learn when the at tack is to be ordered. It will come only too soon for some of them, poor fellows ; for beyond all doubt, the resistance wilt be most obstinate, and the slaughter fearful. Omer Pacha, took his departure the same evening for Eupatoria, the officers who had been at the council accompanying him thr)ugh the French camp. The soldiers all spontaneously formed in line as he passed, and cheered him loudly. He seemed much gratified at this mark of feeling. The news of the reappearance of typhus fever at the ambulance of the first division (French), is, I regret to say, con firmed, General Canrobert has prescribed the most rigorous measures to confine the disease within narrow limits, and hitherto it has not spread beyond the ambulance ; and, even there, it has not committed any great ravages. With the exception of that single inci dent, the sanitary state of the army (French) is most satisfactory. The news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas was received with the most perfect indifference by the French army. Such is the soldier's life when in camp; the greatest event produces no effect on him. All he wants is his rati ons a nd his little comforts, with a prospect of a dash at the enemy at no great distance. From Eupatoria we have received the intelligence that the son-in-law of Prince Paskewitch was killed in the last affair there." " I announced to you the death of Skender Bey, but the report is now contradicted. -An English officer, who arrived two days ago from Eupatoria, informs us that he was in a fair way of recovery, and that he did not appear to be in the slightest degree alarmed by his wounds. Every one is delighted that the news is false, as Skender Bey is one of the best officers of the Ott,- man army. You are aware that the news of the death of the Grand Dusts Michael was also circulated. On inquiring into its truth I learn, from good authority, the event in which it originated. It appears that Omer Pasha, walking through the fortifications of Eupatoria, saw at a distance in the plain a carriage drawn by six horses. He at once sent for the chief of his gunners, and asked if among his men there were any skilful enough to send a ball into that carriage. Excellency,' said the man, with the hull) of God, and your en couragement, I think I could reach it.' He pointed his piece at the spot inHeated, and in the twinkling of au eye the carriage was seen smashed to picr - tes ; but it could not be ascertained if they who were inside were killed or wounded." The following private telegraphic despatches have been received here to-day :-- "ALEXANDRIA, 23d. A thousand English lancers from India have reached this city from Suez. The Duke of Brabant has arrived here. The last news from Bagdad comes down to the 19th Feb. The rebel Kurds, from 20,000 to 30,000 in number, keep up an energetic resistance in the north of Mesopotamia. Advises from Hong Kong state that the Chinese insurgents who are besieging Canton have taken the Tiger fort and pillaged the neighbouring villages." " MADRID, 28th.—The Court left the capital for Aranjuez at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The Govern ment has presented a bill to the Cortes prohibiting political manifestations. Theorgauisa w ti i on o of t the slightestnational g d u is a o r r d de. is proceeding regularly without the BOURSE, MAUCH 29 . —CLOSING PRICES. Cash, fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 95 z-. 94f. 953. 3 per Cents 7O 20 70f. 250. Credit Mobilier Credit Fonder...... Austrian Belgian Fives ..... ... 94 Spanish Threes _ Piedmontese ......... 86 Home Debt 32 RAILWAYS—ZOIt CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans Western.... ....... .... 660 Rouen Cette Mediterranean ...... 992 50 Havre 570 Northern BAL MASQUE AT DRURY-LANE. Last night terminated the season at this theatre prior to the Easter holidays, and the enterprising lessee em braced the opportunity of giving a grand Bal Masque. The hal, as we anticipated, last night eclipsed all those previously given, both in numbers, in splendour, in order, and good humour. The whole of the stage was thrown open, and the pit covered over by white. An immense salle was formed for the lovers of the dance. By the aid of a great number of " masters," radiant in purple and gold, everything went off to the satisfaction of everybody. The most of the characters were not only splendidly attired, but capitally sustained, there being an absence of those vulgar ones, whose presence inva riably creates unpleasantness. By the aid of a most efficient orchestra, dancing was kept up until an early hour this rooming. The decorations and illuminations did credit to the taste of the indefatigable lessee. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. I Flexmore, the popular clown, has announced a "grand extra night" for to-morrow, on which occasion he will receive the powerful support of Mr. H. Drayton, G. Wild, Cormack, Boleno, G. Yarnold, Cole, and Miss F. Williams, in addition to the excellent company per manently attached to the theatre. The bill of fare will consist of melo-drama, singing, ballet comiquP, farce, and pantomime ; and attractive as the entertainments of this favourite place of amusement generally are, those fixed for to-morrow will, without doubt, attract one of the " greatest houses" of the season. FINE ARTS. Mr. W. Llwellyn's (of Bristol) collection of English Pictures. This very choice collection of works of eminent living masters was yesterday open for private ex hibition, at Messrs. Foster and Son's Gallery, 54, Pall-mall. Among the more noticeable features of the collection, are fine specimens by Danby, R.A.; Stanfield, R.A. ; Creswick, RA.; Unwins, R.A.; Poole, A.R.A.; Roberts, R.A. ; J. Martin ; Web ster, R.A. ; Stone, A.R.A. ; G. Lance, Sid ney Cooper, and O'Neil. The sale will take place on Wednesday. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary left town on Wednesday, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle. The Marquis of Exeter leaves town this morning for Burghley. The marchioness, who arrived in Grosvenor square a few days ago, left London yesterday for Lin colnshire. The fnAlly are not expected to come to town for the season before May. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury and family return town to-day, for the season. The family have been ; at Ilatfield-house since last July. The Countess of Hardwicke arrived in Portman-Square on Wednesday morning, from Wimpole-hall. The noble and gallant earl, we believe, purposes visiting Ireland, in reference to the purchase of horses. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle and the Ladies Keppel have left Farrance's Hotel for Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk. The Rev. T. R. Brooke was presented to her Ma jec,ty at the Levee, on the 26th inst., by Mr. Wilbraham Taylor. PEMBROKE ROYAL DOCKYARD.—The Sutlej, a fine 50-gun frigate, will be launched here on the 17th of April. She is about the last man-of-war of her class that will be built without the steam auxiliary screw. The other ships and works are progressing rapidly, as the establishment is now employed from 5.45 a.m. to 7 p.m. It appears from a Parliamentary return published yesterday, that there are in the army 5,553 full-pay com missions, the total regulation value of which is 8,068,5351. AUSTRALIA.—A nephew of one of our most respected citizens has returned from Australia, after realising 100,0001., and holds l an d s th ere whi ch enable him to give 2,0001. to his brothers for conducting the estate.— Limerick Ch ro nicle. Mr. W. P. Price, who resigned his seat for Glouces ter, in order to get rid of any disqualification that might attach to him from the fact of his having accepted a contract under Government for the erection of wooden huts for the army in the Crimea, will, it is understood, be re-elected without opposition. The first half-yearly dividend on the Turkish loan has been advertised for payment by Messrs. Palmer, Mac killop, and Co. We have reason to believe that the Hon. James Kenneth Howard will succeed Mr. T. F. Kennedy in the office of Commissioner of Woods and Forests. We have much satisfaction in stating that Sir John Herschel will be succeeded as Master of the Mint by the dis tinguished Professor Graham, of University College, now one of the Assayers. RESTORATION OF POLAND.—A public meeting, IMMO rously attended, was held in the Lecture-room, New castle-on-Tyne, on Wednesday lost, when resolutions condemnatory of the war policy of the late and present Administration, and asserting the expediency and justice of the re-establishment of Poland, and the necessity for Army and Parliamentary Reform (the latter to be founded on universal manhood suffrage), were agreed to, and petitions, embodying the above resolutions, were ordered to be signed by the chairman, and forwarded to Parliament. LIVERPOOL ELECTION.—DEOLARATION OF THE POLL. —March 29.—This day at 12 o'clock, his worship, the mayor, attended by the town clerk, made an official de claration of the poll in front of the Town Hall. The number of votes were— For Mr. Ewart 5,718 For Sir S. G. Bonham 4,262 Majority for Evart 1,456 This announcement was received with loud cheers by the Radicals, but the general result of the voting having been so extensively known last night the formal an nonucement ereqtpl hut liqle int(re4`. Neither of the ' 'The mayor .> t j,, • - ening; to :t i“:11)- ber of the leading inhabitants of the town. Sir S. G. Bonham and Mr. Ewart aro expected to be two of the guest,. OWN ODESSA. The Milan steam-corvette, which had just re turned to Kamiosh from a cruise off Odessa, reports that on the 6th the ice had completely disappeared, but that very thick fogs prevailed. The two ports, in which from 25 to 30 merchant vessels were lying, are defended on the south side by several new bat teries, one of Which, mounted with very heavy guns, has just been finished. The Russians are now engaged in forming a complete wall round Odessa, and have also defended it on the land side by five large forts. TURKEY. —— - A letter from Constantinople of the 19th, in the Courrier de Marseille, says : "The great topic of conversation here continues to be the visit of the Emperor Napoleon to the Cri mea, and, consequently, to this city. The Sultan manifested the greatest joy at the prospect of seeing his illustrious ally ; but I am forced to confess that at present the E uropean par t of the population no longer look on the arrival of his Majesty as by any means a certainty. Should the visit take place, it will not be, it is believed, for some time to come. Baron Colonel de Blville, aide-de-camp to the Em peror, is specially engaged here, under the direction of General Larchey, to see to all the measures necessary for hastening the formation of the French camp, which is about to be formed at Levend-Chiftlik, about six kilometres (3,7 English miles) from this city, on the road from Bouyukdird and Therapia. This camp will be about eight kilometres (five English miles) in cir cumference, and will be placed on a lofty eminence, runninc , nearly parallel with the Bosphorus. Hospitals will be built at the extremity of the encampment for patie,nts, not coming from the Crimea, the hospitals at Constantinople being reserved exclusively for these latter. As to the number of troops to be encamped there no one as yet knows anything about it. Already a number of wooden houses have been brought for this new establishment in the St. Louis and the Duguesclin ships of the line, and the Andromaque and the Vengeance frigates. These vessels, which arrived here on the 12th and 13th, brought out 3,000 men, an immense quantity of stores and am munition. 400 ivoolek houses. All th e E ng . ;hips of the line at prc,ent 11,!re or in the Bosphorus lid.vo received orders to leave at once for the Crimea ; and this measure tends to confirm the idea that the navy of the Allied IMINIIIII POLAND. WARSAW, MARCH 20.—From the preparations for war now going on in Poland, and the marching and countermarching of troops in all possible directions, it certainly does not appear as if the Russian Government was really in earnest about making peace, or disposed io accept the four points according to the interpretation of the allies. It was at first difficult, not to say impossible, to understand the object of these military movements, but the mystery is now cleared up and the result apparent. All the regiments which were dislo cated from the great central point, Radom to Lub lin and Czeustochau, are now on their march to join the army of the south ; whilst, on the other hand, the troops in cantonments in Lithuania, at Kownow, and Augustowow, and even the cavalry regiments which were pushed forward. as far as Plock, have received orders to march to the Baltic provinces, where an army of 150,000 men will be immediately concentrated. RUSE lA. We bavo received the St. Petersburg journals of the 21st and 22d inst. The _Libyatide Rasse publishes a somewhat fuller account, than what appeared at the time, of the Emperor Alexander's address to the Guards, when he read to them the last words of the late E:noeror. After l the last words, " Woe to the enemies of Russia," the Emperor made the sign of the cross, and exclaimed " God's will be done." All the offi cers then made the sign of the cross, and repeated in chorus, '' So be it." The Emperor then thanked them, and said that the happiest period of his life was that which he passed with them. I hope, he added, that you will always entn.tain the same noble sentiments of de votion you felt for my deceased father and bene factor, and in this conviction I find the happy guarantee that we will not'cede one step to the enemy. Let us protect our beloved 11,nsia, let us all, you and I, serve her to the last drop of our blood, it is only in such manner that we can wor thily honour the memory of the august deceased, and recognise his paternal solicitude for the pros perity of our country. This speech was received with long and enthusi astic cheering, and the Emperor, as the Guards left the room, exclaimed " God bless you !" We read in the Leipsig Gazette that Field-Marshal Degenfeld has been summoned to Vienna from Italy, in order to be entrusted with a diplomatic mission to London. The Swabian Mercto y qaote3 a letter from Munich of the 25th, statinz that King Louis (the ex-King), arrived there on that day, and that the streets were crowded with people, anxious to wel come him. His reception is described as most enthusiastic, but without any official solemnity. Count Thun, ex-Ambassador of Austria at Ber lin, has gone to Verona to proceed to the regula tion of the affairs pending between Austria and Switzerland. The Military Gazette of Vienna announces that in a council of war recently held at Saint Peters burg, it was determined to cause the Russian forces on the Pruth to act strictly on the de fensive. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CANROBERT. The .31oniteur of yesterday has the following : " The Minister of War has received from General Canrobert, commander-in-chief of the army of the East, the following report, bearing date March 17 : " ' Monsieur le Mar4chal,—l have the honour of re• counting to you several actions which have taken place in the trenches, and which arise from the execution of our various works. On the evening of the 14th we de stroyed a first line of ambuscades in front of the open parallel before the mamelon, in front of Malakhoff Tower, and. where the Russians have established their new work, from which place the sharpshooter' of the enemy an noyed our workmen, and from which they killed, this morning, Captain Guilhot, whom we much regret. The troops to whom this operation was entrusted executed it with much vigour under the fire of the musketry and cannon of the place. It was necessary to continue the operation in the night of the 15th. It was, as the former one, very vigorously managed. The ambuscades have been razed. General Bosquet is much pleased with the energy of the troops who have been employed in these two encounters, which have been the occasion of many very honourable individual exploits. " Generals Niel and Bizot have reconnoitred the open parallel and have prepared to execute to-night an other parallel nearer the mamelon in front of the Mala khoff Tower. We are going to set about it to-morrow night in a place where unfortunately the rock is very near the surface of the soil, a circumstance with which we have had to contend everywhere since the commence ment of the siege. " On the left we have continued our works before the central bastion. On the same nights of the 14th and 15th, notwithstanding a brisk fire of grape and mus ketry, we joined the trench, forming an advanced a , :gle in the direction of this bastion to our old works, by a new parallel of 400 metres. These operations have cost us 30 meu killed or wounded. Among the former is Captain Adin, of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Le gion. On the night of the 15th, the besieged, wishing probably to make a diversion on our extreme left, and supposing doubtless also that the works undertaken on our right absorbed all our attention, directed against this left a sortie composed of 450 volunteers of dif ferent corps. Their attack was supported by a com pany of the 10th battalion of Chaseurs and a com pany of ViAtigeurs of the 2d Regiment of the Foreign Legion. This encounter was most brilliant. The as sailing party was received by a very sharp fire, and driven back at the point of the bayonet as far as the parapet of the entrenchment, leaving 29 men killed or wounded in our hands, and have covered the space be tween the trench and the ambuscades with them. A great number, however, have been removed by detach ments provided with litters. In a word, this small com bat must have cost the Russians the third of their force which was engaged. It has cost us 5 killed and 12 wounded. " ' During the past week we have tried the, fire of a little battery constructed by us, but armed and worked by the English, which commands the great harbour. "' We have perceived that one of the steam-vessels, whose fire used greatly to annoy us, the Gromonosetz, has been reached by our shot. _ • " 'We learn to-day that there was scarcely time to bring it to the front harbour, where it sank. This inci dent is not without its effect on the garrison. The port is truly the line of retreat of the garrison, and the more threatening our action is on this line, the more restless and discouraged will the troops become. " The brigade of the Imperial Guard has been most admirably constituted. The best soldiers of the army of the East have there naturally found their place, and a noble reward. ' I yesterday gave to the Regiment of Zouaves the colours the Emperor has entrusted to them. His Majesty the Emperor and yourself may rest well assured that they will be well guarded. In spite of the excessively abrupt changes of the climate of the Crimea the list of sick tends to decrease. " ' CANROBERT.' " THE WEATHER IN THE BALTIC. MEMEL, March 22.—There has been a thaw since the 18th of March, and last night there was only 3 degs. of frost. like Haff is free of ice as far as the Dange. The wind has been westerly for the last three days, blowing rather fresh, but from the Pilot Beacon there is no ice to be seen seawards. March 23 -No ice to be seen seawards. Wind E., 3 degs. of warmth. NYBORG, March 23.—Wind E---A. large quantity of drift ice in the Belt. Weather stormy with snow squalls. HAMBURG, March 26. —Weather fine and clear; wind N.E., moderate ; temperature 3 degs. warmth. The ebb tide carried past this place yesterday a large quan tity of ice from the Upper Elbe, but very much broken. Some has also passed to-day. CUXHAVEN, March 25.—The Light Ship which was driven on shore by the ioe on the 23d of March has been got off, and has resumed her station off 011endorf. Vessels will do well to pass to the southward of this Light vessel. THE HOP TRADE.--It is stated that frauds of a cha racter similar to those recently detected in the wine business in the docks have transpired in the hop trade. They have coneistoel in the refiliiog of empty paekage3 stamptd with the name§ of well.4cro*ri piantor , , whose growths are of choice character, with inferior, and, in deed, almost worthless hops, chiefil. the lowest descrip. • tion of American. ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE (TI S DAY.) The Canatnittee re-a4atnbled this morning at the usual hour. '' Dr. Andrew Smith was recalled, and after some con versation with the chairman, he was ordered to bring before the committee ail reports Made to him by Dr. Menzies —and all letters written to him by the latter during Vie months of October and November. It ap peared from the tenour of the colloquy that Dr. Smith had u3isun&ratood the orders of the committee in these respects, and had given instructions that copies only of the correspondence should be male for the use of the committee, to which the Chairman had objected. Dr. Smith, however, produced several documentß, and was called upon by the Chairman to examine some of them, with'a view to explanation. In reference to one of them, which purported.to be " a true and faithful account " of articles supplied to the troops, The Chairman Said—l see no mention here of 1,400 dozens of port wine supplied. Will you be good enough to look at it ? Dr. Smith (after a patue for a few minutes which he employed in inspecting the document in question)—The storekeeper can give you better information with regard to these details than I can. I do not, I must confess, understand them. I dare say this return is correct in the main, but I am not sufficiently acquainted with the details to explain it to you. The Chairman—ls not your name attached to it ? Dr. Smith— No ; certainly not. The Chairman—No ' 'not to th a t w hi c h i s a copy—but to the original, which I have lost. Dr. Smith—Well, but I left the duty of making out the returns to another officer, the storekeeper. The Chairman—And do you put your name to reports and official returns to the House of Commons without first verifying them ? Are you not responsible Dr. Smith—Why, in some sense I am. Ide not re collect the circumstance. The Chairman—Fourteen hundred dozen is not such a quantity as to be easily forgotten. Mr. Layard—Whe is the responsible officer.for mak ing out those returns. Dr. Smith—The Board. Mr. Layard—Do not let us have anything about a Board—who is the responsible person? Dr. Smith (after some hesitation) mentioned, as we understood, the name of Mr. Pellew or 13e11ew. Immediately after this answer being given, the chair man ordered the room to be cleared for consultation, and the doors remained closed for about half an hour. On the readmission of the public, the examination of Dr. Smith was resumed in reference to the returns, the nature of which, without any explanation being offered, was quite unintelligible. . . Dr: Smith expreTsed a hope that the strictest scrutiny would be made by the committee into this inatt,T. He wai quite satisfied that theme was nothing wroi4 on his part, and he had nothing to conceal. The Chairman assured Dr. Smith that no imputation whatever was intended to be conveyed by these inquiriee. Tile committee c.meeived they were simply doing their duty in endeavouring to prob.: the subject to the bottom. Dr. Smith replied that he wished it to be probe I to the bottom, both for hid own sake and for the sake of freeing him from any imputation in theeyeof the public He therefore firmly and earnestly requested that it would be sifted to the utmost. After some-further proceedings, the purport of which we could not catch, Mr. Lay.ird asked Dr. Smith whether any eminent medical men in London' had offered their services to take charge of the hospitals in order to relieve the mili tary medical officers of that duty, and to render their services otherwise availible? Dr. Snaith replied that he hal been overwhelmed with applications fur, Appointments which he could nut at tend to. Mr. Drummond—Did Dr. Webb offer his service: Dr. Stuith —I cannot rentetnswr. It, is iinpwsible for me to say amongAt SU many applicati,,n,. Mr. Layard-JDid any gentleinen ofLr their gratuitous services. Dr. Smith—Oh ! no. _ Mr. Maxwell, one of the Government Commissioners, sent out to inquire into the state of the hospitals at Scutari, was next called and examined by the Chair man. He stated that Dr. Smith wished two medical officers with a secretary to be sent out. He was offered the secretaryship, but he objected, and he was then made a commissioner, together with Dr. Spence and Dr. Cum ming. He did not know whether his appointment, as a commissioner, was settled by Dr. Smith or the War office. He left London on the 23d Oct., having previously had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on the na ture of his mission. The Duke of Newcastle informed him that the Government were desirous that a searching in quiry should be made, and that the whole truth might be laid before them, so that they might learn from the experience of the past to provide for the future. When the commission reached Constantinople Dr. Spence was ordered on some special business to the Crimea. His absence completely paralysed the commission, and on the 19th of November the news of Dr. Spence's death reached them, and after some consultation, Dr. Laing, a staff surgeon, was appointed to the vacancy, Mr; S. G. Osborne having been first solicited to fill it, but he declined. The commission got to work on the 28th November, and, in the first place, called for full explanations with regard to the medical com forts,- medicines, and stores. They demanded re turns from the medical officer and the store keeper, but no returns were made. The powers of the commission only extended to reporting upon what they found. He waited for two or three weeks, but these returns were not forthcoming. He spoke to the chief apothecary on the subject, and found two of his books in which there bad been no entry from the 24th September to the 28th November. Lord Seymour-- - -Did you inquire when they took stock last ? Mr. Maxwell said that he did, and ascertained that the report on the stock had been sent to Dr. Hall. Up to the day be left be believed the apothecary did not know what he had in stock, He had stated in his report the facts generally as he now related them to the Com mittee. With regard to the subordinate stores, there were two or three surgeries in the branch hospitals, which were supplied with medicines from the main store. He met Mr. Osborne one day, who told him as a good joke that Dr. Smith had written to order the surgeons to use tincture of muriate of iron in cases of hospital gangrene; but, added Mr. Osborne ' "Dr. Smith forg o t to send any of it." He (witness), however, thought it was the reverse of a joke. In fact the surgeries were very badly supplied, sometimes even with the most ne cessary mediemes, such as opium. At one- time no chloride of lime could be obtained. [LEFT SITTING.] MARLBOROUGH- STREAT.-(THIS DAY.) THE BANK ROBBERY IN AUSTRALIA. Shortly after one o'clock, Henry Garrett way placed at the bar for re-examination, charged with baring r >bbed the Victoria Bank, in concert with three other persona now in custody i.i Melbourne, Australia. The prisoner had been brought in the van, handcuffed, as early as half-past eight, in charge of Inspector Beree ford, but at this early hour a large crowd had collected outside the court. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Roy and Cart wright, of Lothbury attended tl prosecute, and Mr. J. Solomon-i, of Southwark, appeared for the priaoner. On being placed at the bar, the prisoner was closely guarded by a policeman on each side. He looked anxiously round the court, apparently with .a view of seeing whether he could recognise any one. Mr. Clarkson said that the proceedings were taken by 6 and 7 Vic., c. 34, and would authorise the magistrate to send the prisoner to Australia. The depositions of Quin were then put and verified. Mr. W. Eckford was the first witness called, he said he arrived from Australia about nine days ago, and was the fifth officer of the Argo, which runs from Melbourne to Southampton. Before he left Melbourne he ex amined the depositions of four persons before the magis trates relative to bank robbing. The depositions were then placed in the hand of the witness, and he identified them. The deposition of Quin, which has already appeared in The Sun, was then read. Jarvis, a City policeman, who was present at the ap prehension of Garrett said he did not find a pocket-book on the prisoner, but at his lodgings he found &portfoli o in which was the p a p er pro d uce d—i t b ore the name of Bolton on the back. Mr. Clarkson said this fact would connect the pri soner with the robbery. Jarvis said, he. also found another paper, it was a re ceipt for a portion, or share of the property at the Gravel Pit diggings. Mr. Clarkson—My object in having this paper read was to connect the prisoner with the Gravel Pit digging.. Webb's examination continued—he also found a bill for an entertainment or breakfast at Melbourne deli vered to Garrett. William Corry—ln November last he was in the neighbourhood of Melbourne. He was one of the stewards of the Argo ; she sailed from Sidney and then to Melbourne before she left for England. She left on the let or 2d of January ; he did not recollect which. He had also acted as steward on board other steamers. He first saw the prisoner on board the City of Sydney screw-steamer, as she was lying in Hobson's Bay in November. After that time he became one of the stewards of the Argl. He knew by report a ship called the Dawstone. He was living op board the City of Sydney steamer when he saw the prisoner, who was a passenger, iu company with a female who went by the name of Mrs. Solomons. The prisoner and Mrs. Solomons were on board three days before she left for England. The witness here pointed out in the court a female who he said was the Mrs. Solomons he saw on board. Alexander Pope, mate of the ship Dawstone on her passage to Loudon on her last voyage. Had five cabin passengers. The prisoner Garrett %vas one and Mrs. Solomons was another. They passed as man and wife. They went ashore at Deal, and the Dawstone proceeded to London ; and on the Saturday after her arrival the prisoner took away his baggage. Elizabeth Nicholl li ve d at 15, King-street, Soho. The prisoner, on Wednesday, the 14th inst , took some apartments she had to let. When he took the apart ments he said he had just come from Australia. He ha] come on shore at Deal, and had slept at a coffee shop for two . nightu. He was accompanied by a feriale. AnKugst his efrutd was a portfolio. which the polic e took into their losse6.tion. John Chatle3, one of the clerks at Messrs. said the prisoner came to the bank on the 13th inst. Tie wars introduced by Mr. Henderson, and he odd • he wished to deposit some money he hal, to the amount of 1,3001. He said he had c .me from the Bal s larat diggings with him. He had three ba Ow contained 30 sovereigns, another had 1,000, and the I third a like sum. Tile h a lf- so vereigns were very light. He only took 3001. of the money t e ndered to him, as it i was so very light, and he (the prisoner) sa id be had re ceived them from a bullion broker in the City, and he — .should tak e th e mon , y back to him. He gave the pri s oner a receipt for the 3001. Webb recalled— He found the receipt g iven by 10- Eccles to the prisoner on his person. He alto found o him a receipt from the owner of the Dawston for th money paid for the f aesage trim Australia to Lo ndon. Win. Taylor, en infirmary war of the Birmingha m "" gaol. In 1845 be was one of -the turnkeys at the Note xitigham gaol. He knew the prisoner at th e bar by th rano of Henry Ralph, he had been in er gaol for 4 moutths. in He was present at the trial of prison a t the su assizes. He was convicted of a' burglary at BinghamDr e . He had no doubt as to the identity. The sentence passed upon him was 10 years' transportation. -Bef°l.ll and after trial he was in his custody about 4 months. -Webb said he had been to the Runic-office and saw the warrant the description tallied with the description of the prisoner. He believed that in the event of the magistrate sending the prisoner back to Australia there would not be the slightest doubt as to his identity. Mr. Hardwick—What became of the other moneY Mr. Clarkson said be should call the person who had received the money. His name was Montague. The witness was then called, but did not a nswer. Mr. Clarkson said, under the circumstances he must apply for a warrant to compel the attendan ce of this' person. As he did not wish to inconvenience anybody, he asked whether the officer had served the summons on Mon tague. At this moment Mr. Mullins entered the court end steted that he appeared for Mr. Montague, and said that he had been detained in:the city. Ellis Abraham Franklin, he was in the employ of Messrs. Samuel and Montague, bullior 'as Cornhill, was manager. The prisoner offered 499 oz. 10 dw ts. of geld; which he said was Ballarat gold, which he himselfluta" Aug up. The prisoner said there was 500 oz., he (wit ness) told the prisoner if he could proved it was Ballarat gold, be would give him four pounds per ounce. As be aP: peered dissatisfied, he agreed to g ive him two thoutteric; pounds. He tendered notes in exchange, but he wis e° for golf dust. He (the witness) not having that amo prat in coin, proceeded to Alessre Bult and got the sum. h e prisoner having takenthe money, left. In a few days he at tended as office and said Olathe wished to have notes in exchange for the gold, as Coutts's had refused to take+. the money as it wss light, he said he would call eels' for a cheque. The geld was melted, and it seas found out that it was not so good as represented- After this was discovered, on the prisoner call-- my azain, he gave him a cheque for 1,957 1, s'!„ then: the gold had turned out so dirty. I t was crossed' to Mesrs 'e:outts's, and had now been stopped. The cheque having been crossed to Messrs. Coutts, Messrs. 64rnuels would be compelled to firm. The cheque would be pawl to the proper peel. A lu g di,cussion here took place with reference 0. the changi ,, g of the cheque for coin. till four It was eveetually areed to adjourn the case waite d pay it to that o'clock to give time fir the Messrs. Coutts to be _ ed . on in order to arrange the matter, with the under. 7" to up gat ing that the prisoner should be brought ITIOIT 0 w. LITERATURE . ... Constance Herbert. By Geraldine Jewsbury' autnut of "Marian Withers," &c. 3 vols. Burst an d Blackett. The authoress of this work is already to" the readers of romance. Her former of have displayed considerable ability, o° ll2bine o f re , a pleasing style, and have shown no want , The pretent source iu incident or character. tae,. although written with equal talent, and beirf 1:2_ 4., W ell knor haps more striking than its predecessors, es.wo'n however, be said to leave a pleasing j ul pre tv io" arietY the reader's mind. Though possessing a g rea t he chief of character, and many impressive events, d t h er e is feature in the plot is such a painful one, a ble, that at least one incident so extremely ill W r°b c i a donles ti° it fails to convey the idea of a natur al en 1 ( " en d of narrative, but seems rather an ancient b e r e h can some mysterious and hopeless fata lit y v 7 to wh i e hL not be evaded or baffled. The chief polb t, . no pity-- we have before alluded, is hereditarY b l oor ainX We are sorry to see this painful subirettoreaneots such a favourite incident for the pea °i - ',, era blancE" " Constance Herbert" bears a strong resemblance' under to a very clever novel which lately app e..- the like _ the title of g , The House of Raby ;" and • c i nee a ness is still further increased 4.)y a coin ol .° each names, the aunts of the heroines, w th e %tory, case occupy a prominent place in of being both named Margaret. The father tut the unfortunate Constance is the des een • s u s of a family in which, for man one has always been afflicted with no n e d . disorder ; but in her case the evil is inorea s by the fact of her mother, soon after her marriag e ' having become insane. Her father, - whose cater is skilfully traced from his first deterioration. 01 character down to his miserable end; is totally unfitted to be her guide or counsellor. She is en -3' generatioa tirely in charge of her aunt, Margaret, who is described as devoting all her thoughts and ener gies to the convideration of how she may best Pre' pare her beloved niece for .the knowledge of her heavy destiny. She arranges very injudicioiksifs however, for she allows her to mix in soci et y an• 4 to form a strong attachment, and then, when asked for her sanction to her engagement, conveys her to see an idiot, whom she then tells h'r r is her mother. The unhappy C o nstance to quite overwhelmed, and it is long hef° re she recovers from the shock. In the mean ; time, her father has become worse and worse, an in the end becomes engaged in such a questionable affair that police-officers disturb his last momen t ; The aunt is dead, and Mr. Herbert ha s aur,..ii, parted with the family estate, and at the end 01 story Constance is left alone and almost friendleasj: She is, however, in possession of au iadePettrdi_ fortune and estate, thanks to the most atraeung dinary and unnatural event of the hook. , Loos Englishman, while travelling in Paris, " 44 Bre to see Constance walking with her father. to ar rushes after them, and follows the Bath er t ater gambling house. e joins him in play w i g ce d to* night, in the vain hope of becoming his daughter. He at length proposes for her, heynerev• is haughtily repulsed by Mr. Herbert,. 11, leav upon he goes to a lawyer, makes a d scireturning' ing all his property to Constance, an- r event to his hotel commits suicide, having nev e s. If spoken to the object of i introuu _ anal b-s Bftectioncestore. the aut,horess had informed us that the ari er i 3 iol9" of this hero had been insane we should F ., _ how , not have been surprised. We are led to in r tP a l'Ae be rea,soanre, so b. ever, that he had previously been a ing. Some minor improbabilities there _gawp, as the marriage of Miss Wilmot and 51r. re s orry' but this is the most remarkable. We a , n ta lents' that a writer poss e ssing miss Jewsbur4 s,styla and reputation sho u ld condescend to before us Is t of writing. The object which she seti: est exp ressea however, worthy of all praise. It dad to articulat" in L'Envoy :—" If we have sueeee; entrea t our ing any principle in this book, it t the sternest is to readers to have boldness to act 11 1 1 r i g ht. Al requirements that duty claims to 0 14 the ni ' though it may at the time seemli ng they re it will in the end prove life. Not le will prove nounce for the sake of a higher Prib e b l .P d 1 the ra f h e f e e ; to have been worth keeping. We Martin, Ir-- well in the quaint words of Barry . trusts ~ 1 , „ is elf- - he wrote by way of an epitaph of . " 1- 11 013 1 y cc i Reader, if you my words will na m ot.' You'll gladly do and suffer ally s o tbe exPr e° co - The motto " Point de Faiblesse" also Ov a ii.s - work idea of a high and resolute deterininati,.°ll:titho-il's stance Herbert, with all its faults, sh to powers, and we shall look forward from ss Jewsbury, not doubting su excel her present production. —.......! ma in aVethwerat fax those brotauhsge ......—...----.._______ tha T n he itto a h ccounts from Australia by the overland reach nary, an are The barometer higher yesterdal a t Sntl ja n. is ilta l f rr z t l " . o B ,l l. o hb 3 te l ebn s y t kowttnaeoJswAannrgno: tfeu;:sttejiiondlaty. sy s .hi. a lic e_ :.;;..oo most welcomeAs sign of fine weather. .. a da ily WW2-- pm . soon as the Paris Exhibition oPen"'. - led BlT k E e e t South ' communication will be IP tern Can . ampton and Havre. The fitting P u any's steamer Wonder, a fast and fine vessel, is P to be put on that MELANCHOLY line. MOLY DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY last , Of Lady ' ul.lll the young d . wages hebetirea bert expired an su ering . Commander crew after a few hours' intense, truly excellent daughter :13.11 1a Dc_ 1 e l ia. a s citf b tr° °e bdpri , '. ev nt the bite of her favourite cat. This distressing - e d . establis has T thr own a deep gloom over the entire neighbourboos, o J. th H e . psae d l d w le yn, ste a a t tnis l i o y o m p oa r ry b e h r! et o gp t a bl Bth ou Tuesday, and obtained leave of abser.ca t EXPENSE, &C., OF CHAPELS .LBBOAD. of Ap r il. the Treas a u t ry in to th f e or moved for by Mr. and y a e t s TterbdAi —A. ret ool shows th eyearign Consuls 1 s t bs7sBlefioer a t ' h i e 3 t: v oi e s n s l77 ; of' chaplains and chapels abroad, aosinsto6f.79ll3Bl;lechAP'-'153 1,0851. fur the building and repair' ' of liuspitals at Madeira and °port i • at Bahia and Pernambuco ; 8/ for tbe elP er's b e s expenseB of buria'-gr,unds, nil. Tile 'eXPe."°,°:s:4ltc; rird-grounds amounted to 100/. in 1849,and le '-- Si. 78. 9d. only. In many years nothinii owns to 10 0 been spent under this head. The contributioss of tht; English Government towards the expense bf churches silo chapels in China amounted in 1852 to 15/. ( a gain st 4981. in 1851), and for the building and repair of churchas , to nil, although 2,5707 -- was expended for this purpol e and for t in the years 1849 and 1850. The expense of chapels, c laplair., and lyirial-grounds in curinexion with her Alf jeety s einba..*;es a nd mi,,,ons arorco (not ineluded i a t! . 10 foregoing r. - .:turn Atn ) ounted in 1653 t o 1:1131 1 . , '',v'?.irlst, 1,252/. ✓ in 1352 ense, and Dc,s/. I n 15 1, T his S lass , return in u iud e a the exps of embassies a the Coiirts o fAthenF, Constantinople, Copenhagen . , Naplo, Poi* 1 Turin and Vienna, . WA/LI State s 6 ~lStates 6 tl ''ania 5 I es etts 5 n ' 1 , (1 . 5 Per I per C '9 Per C, ' 6 Per col 10 tteans 6,P titil Centra A ,i Ce n t r 4 `Orl t alltii .;;.,h ... .......... i 1,14 rates, ~ ip i , . , lti h :'„ there ),,,, , -.Lly to I : 144 , 4t ! , :1111: 11 4 4. at t e:t:1:1 11 0, ill' 3: t a efinige t t 2 l:ll:o i n t infi l 6 frt : (l , , t ors in ke, Cefera,ble ' ll lll4 , ' t0e1,,,53. ' 6 , an, iler Ed i t° ek, NN ;'‘ Lo 1 , lei .• .1,1„ [ 3 .11 .. Sec 4 1 ' have ' , 4 2 1 c 1 Me] ) l e4 quo Leti as lii, to 4 at i G rd Si Kfon owin 1 4 - -Gre n ()_ ell to 20-j to t2 ') 50 i [ to k • P t , , .u, ki,,,‘ our-at r ., -, 1 New I"thts., 36 Passive, 1 ,4' Railway Prices hav ;, t '. l °Pt quo ' Oll3 . Th , l t le Indi a ' td Me] `• and alsi 6 anint St Pala°, 'tklient I 1 / 3 4 r p e t4 ek Ni t tt.: uou . sl 1%27' AccFru Ca l ler Bill ....... ......... di kt o ltt o 11 0 p( Bo ...em s 6 j t 3ll4 i s , nL a Per ec 4t z i the A b litt t i o ) ds ] e N itih -or the I,kl Ooriarnitt t itZ ll3o ll(is 4 , Or the h uivi d end 4.2ehauge D IJitto. Ma k to N. sligh l'ery hi rktt ... for tJ , 414°UTH, 0 t .(44 chij s. 114 4 "PPlie OUT H , 2 , k)No t JZ ,tb._arnei TO } 1) 1' New a l :e, has sc n\qL"') from Maxptt '4l E. :tqa N.L. 291 3C kbur , ti tikire; Ger f,klt,;" (3 ed--., Oti t k ; •t• Mic e 4 cl o v °4 ; E 4, fort j 4 ,tllamour tAge ilted S 0 41110 1 a to 4. c( ti/ k k r , C k i ttl le Li th 41 of 4 a ' kttti„: cers. q tat ßu a' of tl, s , ll4 ectE 11 1,1, 4.1 tc;. Ottl, 4i, Mr -- b V