The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-03 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. u n der ma management of Mr. Buck/tone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Charactera by /deem Sims- Reeves, Weiss, Manvers, and Farquharson; Miss H, Gordon, and Mrs. Sim.tßeeves. .After which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conchae wi:h A fuss IN THE DARK. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CifAura KW. THIS EVENING, Will be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY. To be followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (17th time) a Rom ance, in two ts. entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen. aacn Knaye. d THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madam e Celesta. THIS EVENING, Wiil be performed KING O'N'EIL Characters by Messrs. C Selby, Garden, Parcel e, J. Bland, L. 'Murray, &c,. Mrs. L. Mur ray, Miss Wyndham, &c. To conclude with A NEW EDITION' OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. RIVAL OLYMPIC. THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE WELCH GIRL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers; Miss Stephens, and Miss Ternan. After which, the Cornedietta„ called LAW FOR L DIES. Ch a _ messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, 11. Cooper, Lanvers, and rac t e rs by Miss Castletoss. oby the Fairy Extravaganza, called TBE YELLOW DWARF AND THE ICING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THIS EVENING, will be performed Donlzettl's Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF TEE REGIMENT. After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE WATERMAN. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Second night of a Grand Hibernian Ballet ! THIS EVENING. The interesting Equestrian Drama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE I After which, the SCENES In the C IRCLE, including Mr. W. Cooke's Dwarf Elephants. To conclude with a Grand Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Embellishments. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director. w. Cooke. jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON Immo& Tits DAT _-3[orninc 33 min.after 2 f Evening 48min.aft. 2 To-Mositoir7-Morning 6 mindifter 3 j EvLning24min. aft. 3 WEATHER.—Bus Onica, May. 3. TWAILIKOMBTIEB, TN MS BRAD& sA—highest since noon yesterilay. 40—lowest this morning and during the night. 57—this day. at noon. B...aomrrica, 29•72—a fall of nearly half an inch since Tuesday. tra u, N.N.E.—Light breeze, with very fine, sunshiny weather. _ _~ L Ufl LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1855. The petition of the members of the Nationa' and Constitutional Association to the House of Commons, now in course of signature, is a re markable document. As a literary composition, notwithstanding its striking merits, it may be open to criticism. The abettors of the men, and of the system it so ominously arraigns, may take excep tion to its length and redundancies, and sneer at the occasional quaintness of its style, but it is, nevertheless, a document of unusual weight and of even historic importance. Such a petition could only have been written, at all events adopted, at a critical period, and under the pres sure of intolerable grievances. Its :very defects as a composition invest it, in fact, with a deeper interest, and drive further home its barbed truths. Broaching no subversive theories, but thoroughly constitutional in tone, the petition carries with it the conviction not only that its allegations in the main are correct, but also that its originators are plain, middle-class men, earnestly discharging what they conceive to be an imperative duty in the consciousness of general sympathy with their views and objects. How correct their impres sions are as to both particulars the petition itself will sufficiently demonstrate. Adverting at the outset to the bitter feelings with which they have regarded the late disasters, the petitioners state that these feelings have been intensified by the conviction that the disasters in question have not been unavoidable, but have arisen from the guilt and folly of their rulers—from the prostitution of various offices of the State — the misapplication and waste of the resources of the country—the appointments of senility and in capacity—the vicious preference shown by certain families to their kindred and supporters—the cor ruption, extravagance, and mismanagement of Governmental departments, and the absence of forethought, economy, and order, in the conduct of the public service. A vivid, and, in the main, a correct picture is next drawn, of what has been witnessed in connection with the war. Irresolu- • tion, timidity, and treachery at the head of affairs, where decision, courage, and sincerity were impe ratively required. A noble and costly fleet frus trated thereby in its chief objects, and a gallant army wasted by delay and pestilence, hurried off without provision` and preparation, at the worst possibl? time, to probably the least eligible spot, on a most desperate mission. " Neither order nor regulation in transports, in supplies, in victuals, in clothing, in shelter for our troops, but, un heard-of neglect and waste, the consequences of which have been that our soldiers have filled the field with their carcases; roads they made not, shel ter they found not, victuals, - • 2 clothing, and medicine they had not ; graves alone they had tvhen hands could he spared to dig them So, now, when the fierceness of the struggle has come, our numbers are scanty and our me n en feebled, while the strength of the foe is increased daily." Public honours, it is next asserted, they have seen made void and inglorious by being un worthily bestowed, while the doctrine of M teria 1 responsibility has been derided, and power continues to be exercised without responsibility to Parliament or the . Crown. Tile heart of tho people, it , is said,. is turned away by reason of these things, and: the enemies of Great Britain t fhltal)b—her alliance is spurned, and her name degraded) The Petitioners, therefore, declare they have no e confid o w the existing Government, which, in their opi tk i ou, ' • t nothing, but rather becomes omt ear worse, s o t 7 l/petitioners grow seriously a. alarmed for th e ef : t . and honour of the country, as well as its prospef sy;tenidverting to the blame being laid on the re present themselv es , an i ts t b oo Y i G overnment Who it is pointedly enough remarkedt d instruments, true "that we believe evil rule hat this is so far rs perpetuated by an evil system, aia "" u alone be g r oan it ;" for whic h reason, it is added, « out of wa honou rable House to a m end the Bypartapour change the rule rs." The petitioners ne xt declarea and th e i r respect for co nstituted authorit y , but slik mit there are times when the vcice arta must be heard crying, Govern us more wisely ? and that it is possible " submission may become a and order the worst disorder," nei"Zraixtitiotersthen go on to state that they } invade the prerogative of the, gc,ges of the aristocraq, since ne . corrupt- and factious iiiitud iffiztitit 1 • ' mime Wm THE SUN; LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; MAY 3, 1855: sacrifices an army and stultifies itself by blaming a system which it retains and does not strive to amend. An oligarchy that trom base personal fears leaves the country defenceless, discourages volunteers, contents itself with a mockery of a militia, and squanders money upon foreign levies while men of every degree " languish at home for military employment." An oligarchy that trifles with improvements in arms, scornfully repulses soldiers of repute offering their services, wise be exposed. To shield the Government from reproach he sacrificed his soldiers, and Ministers are now returning the compliment. If he prolonged the existence of an incompetent Ministry, they are retaining in office an incapable commander. Once more, then, we ask, why not supersede Lord RAGLAN ? The nation will repeat the interrogitory, which will reverberate through out the length and breadth of the land, until a suitable response be elicited from Lord, PALMER STON and his colleagues. Too many evils have occurred from leaving everything in the hands of Ministers, and abstaining from any remonstrance. We many now, at least, profit by the bitter experience. As we can no longer place confidence in those in power, we must set our own shoulders to the wheel, and see that the valour and effi ciency of our troops be not neutralised by the in capacity of their commanders. If we are not in different to the honour of the nation, we cannot be so to the safety of our brethren. They must not be placed in jeopardy to retain an aristocratic Cabinet and Commander-in-Chief in office—albeit the former be entirely composed of Lords or their relatives and connexions, and the latter be the sj n, the brother, and the uncle of a Duke. and persists, in spite of warning, in promoting the creatures of routine and family influence. The petitioners next touch on foreign alliances, and ex press general content with the alliance of France, but dislike for that of Austria and for dynastic alliances generally. The injury done the country by the caprice of our Foreign Ministers is subse quently glanced at, and it is asserted " that such things could not have been effected in former times, when the Privy Council gave responsible advice upon international matters, and nothing could be done without their sanction by the boldest Ministers of State." The irresponsibility of our Cabinets, and the neglect of consideration by Premiers as to the aptitude of those chosen Se cretaries of State for their office, and their "disre gard of every other thing save the convenience of a corporation of lordly rulers," is next noticed, and the petitioners proceed to state their require ments. They pray the honourable House to take into consideration how this pernicious system may be abolished, and that the right men may be esta blished in the right places, " by opening the pub lic service to merit and capacity, by securing the faithful represesentation of the people, and by restoring those lapsed functions of the constitu tional law of the country by which a healthy action may be regained without great and sudden peril to the community." The petitioners further pray that over-legislation, and, above all things, secret diplomacy, may be put a stop to ; and, " boldly standing on their rights," conclude by asserting " that which is known to all, and fills the mind with wonder and appre hension to see so powerful a country in so contemptible a predicament, that whereas indi viduals carry out vast enterprises successfully, the State can accomplish nothing either honestly or honourably or to a good purpose, and has become a very world's jest in its every undertaking." If this, it is added, be the fault of the system, or of both men and system, as the petitioners believe it is—in short, in any case—they insist that the present state of things be brought to a termina ion by whatever means Parliament may deem best, even by taking steps that may lead to a dis solution. The reader has now some notion, how ever imperfect, of the tone and character of tbo petition. What does he think of it I We are mistaken if he does not coincide with us in our notion of its importance. When facts so mon strous and unimpeachable are told so calmly yet earnestly, it bodes ill for the continuance of that oligarchical sway which it arraigns. The people are putting their shoulders to the wheel of the State chariot, and woe to these who impede them. Should any fatal disaster befal our army, what astonishment awaits the blind prophets of the times! It was once wittily observed by Lord BROUGHAM that England has been bound over to keep the peace in the sum of 800,000,0001. That obstacle to the national pugnacity, however, is proved to be in no respect insuperable. Stupen dous though it undoubtedly is as a monetary barrier against anything like rash or ill-considered enterprises of a warlike character, it can readily enough, we all know, be at once overleaped upon a serious emergency. Let the dignity of the Crown be outraged, let the rights of humanity be assailed, let the laws of nations be infringed, let any grievous wrong be perpetrated, at however enormous a distance from our own dominions, and the weight of our gigantic Debt becomes but las a feather in the balance—England rises in the instant against the violator of the general tran quillity, prepared, as of old, to champion the holy cause of justice, no matter at what sacrifice of her heroic blood, or at what increase to her already vast liabilities. It wars a golden axiom with Mr. CANNING that the Honour and the Interest of the Country are Identical. The utterance of that lofty sentiment was but the expression of what might be called one of the noble instincts of the population. Money-makers though they are, shopkeepers though they have been designated, concentrated though all their distinguishing capacities as a commercial race ne cessarily must be, their energy, their ability, their industry, with a view to the material ad vancement of the multitude—to the reduplication of its resources, and to the extension of its mer cantile influence throughout both hemispheres— Englishmen are nevertheless averse to the tolera tion of anything approximating to the merest semblance of an indignity to the Crown, any thing tending, even by implication, to affect injuriously the glory of their Constitutional Government. They are sensitive to the quick, to the heart's core, to the innermost recesses of their conscience, as to the ignominy inseparable from any blunted indifference on the part of a people to the arch-crime of lese-nation—the one arc4-crime by a craven submission to which the escutcheon of the most illustrious community would become forthwith infamously and indelibly tarnished. They have already repeatedly proved i the sincerity of their feelings ; and have done so, i moreover, at the most memorable periods, and under the most extraordinary circumstances. Yet N.) recent intelligence from Sebastopol. The electric telegraph still remains a dead letter in the hands of the Government. While so many thou sands of the best and bravest of our brethren le main between two fires—while scarcely a family throughout the length and breadth of the land is free from anxiety on account of some friend or relative in the Crimean army, our Ministers still exhibit the same apathy and indifference so de plorably conspicuous from the very commencement —still permit the supreme command to remain in the hands of the noble Lord whose incapacity and mismanagement have occasioned such direful cala mities ! Why, we ask, has Lord RAGLAN not been recalled—why is he still permitted to im peril the lives of our troops ? Too many valuable lives have already been sacrificed at the altar of " red-tapism." Routine has not had merely its hecatombs, but thousands, aye tens of thousands, of victims. The sanguinary offerings should be prevented, and the lives of the scanty remnant, if possible, preserved. now, it may be safely averred, under any cir cumstances more extraordinary, or at any period more memorable than the present, when the struggle foretold by NAPOLEON THE GREAT is in actual process of development—the struggle be tween the East and the West, between the forces of Barbarism and those of Civilisation. The incubus of the National Debt sits lightly on the shoulders of the Sinbad of Nations—that grim old evil of 800,000,0001. —now that Eng laud has been fairly summoned, in the cause of night, to do battle with the colossus of Northern Autocracy. Economists, though we may be del sirous of becoming as a population, we are never- The evidence against Lord RAGLAN is daily be- I theless prepared, each man amongst us is prepared, coming more decisive. It is now positively over- to sustain, individually and collectively, whatever whelming. We do not desire that he should be burdens may be imposed upon us by the ex condemned unheard—that he should not have igencies of the occasion. The necessity for the ample opportunity of putting forward a defence. increase of the already stupendous debt of eight But the prima facie case being made out, his in- hundred millions weighs not for a single moment competence—aye, and far worse than incompetence at this crisis in th© popular consideration. --established, he should be deprived of the power As was said very nobly at a memorable period by of doing further mischief, of rendering the evils Mr. SHELL, " The people of this country are he has initiated absolutely irreparable. averse to wanton war ; but when the honour of The campaign opened by a very remarkable England is at stake, there is no consequence displayof carelessness, respecting not only the coin- which they are not prepared to meet—no treasure forts, but the health of the troops. The tents which they are not ready to lavish—no hazard were sent back immediately after the battle of the which they will not be found prompt to en- Alma, and the men were compelled for many counter." It was so formerly. It is so still. weeks to endure the proverbial inclemency of The sensitiveness of Englishmen for the main a Crimean autumn, without any description tenance of the national honour has not degene of shelter or covering from the night damps. rated. We are not less eager than our forefathers % Subsequent proceedings were of a similar cha- at any coat, through any penalties, by any - ri : e ratter. While they were overtoiled to so great fice, to sustain th tation. e - glory of our imper . , lai - repu a degree that a far larger number of our soldiers perished or were placed hors de combat by the We may grumble as Ilualicier* e., -- er the f o ll y o f f a ti g ues and hardships they endured than from an unnecessarily bungled B'. '., , ,tvet but as patriots the weapons of their adversaries, not the slightest we are prepared to °or' ~ r t • ioute without grudging, a tt e ntion was paid to their exigencies or necessi- whatever may be ultimately „, demanded from us ties. No effort was made to make a road from by the delibe - ; „ea.e decision of the Legislature. the camp to Balaklava, so that the supplies so Viewing tk e - matter thus—we may chafe at the urgently required might be brought up to our blunder tug proposals of Sir G. C. LEW I S, but b ow : soldiers, who mare chance to be the reception of those same were tantalised by being compelled ; to suffer great privations while there was abund ance of every des cr ipti on o f s t ores i n th e i r im mediate vicinity. -mr-eeclAately afterwards implicitly to w h a t ever Prfrposals by the House of Commons. In the Presence of the momentous cause for which our Sir JOHN BERGorNE, who w assecon di n cOmmanil - .2 heroic soldiers and those of our , glorious Allies and who, therefore, may be supposed to wave enjoyed as much as any man the 'confid• admitted are fighting, aide by side in the trenches before ca.b.; 411 ° 13 of Sebast o p o l, w e are prepare d at the b e h es t o f our the Commander-in-Chief, has ndid representatives to forget the fiscal absurdities of that the necessary precautions were . em itt e d i n the , . perimenting Chancellor of the Exchequer. iirs instance because it was ho - iteel, that Sebastopol a ;,,er: m h er i ng th e would speedily be captured; Alas ! the time for purpose of the War with q elapse. Had the first Russia—a purpose visible to every one but Mr. BRIGHT and his infatuated disciples—the doing so was suffered t 'been vigorously followed u victory of the Alma . had the troops h urr i e d on w hil e fl us h e d with Ps various penalties o f th e struggle become com paratively as nothing in the popular estima victory, and the enemy was disheartened and de- lion. Regarded through that medium the antici moralise'A, the stronghold might have fallen by a pated expenditure within the year of 86,339,0001. coup de main. The very name of Alma would appears to be reasonable rather than extravagant. Lave been worth 5 0,0 0 0 bayonets ! But Recollecting what it i s we are str i v i ng f or —f or the energetic counsel of the French General was the loftiest principle, and not for territorial ag disregarded. Lord RAGLAN was determined to gran di sement ; f or j ustice, and not for spo i lat i on ; act 8 elon, les reyles, to procrastinate and delay, for the consolidation of an enduring peace and when rapidity of 'action was of paramount ire- th e permauent triumph of the interests of portance.. After dilly-dallying to the 17th o f modern civilisation—the hardest worked and the October, and giving the Russians ample time be- poorest paid among us will count as nought the fore anything was done to recover from their additional burdens in the way of taxation which Panic, they showed that they were capable of may happen to be called for in furtherance of the making a protracted and desperate defence. enterprise upon which England and France have • -, Earl y In November it was known to Lord iaetel,,,,, together resolutely adventured. Compared with `'the t hat wilater he could do nothing decisive during the triumph of our just cause, what signifies the attae3i might then have discontinued - Re • condition even a Loan of 16,000,0001., and the issue of °/ at all events seen to the state and 3,000,0001. more Exchequer Bills, and the tern , of his me r the desperate ..,_ 11 2 to keep them prepared for serna g i e tvh porary increase on our annual imposts to . 5 300 000/ or rather (for the year itistora• place. • But, ineteeea enever it should take of - ) ' '' ' • ... of si o d • the tune mencing) of 4,000,000/.—thus making up by an the trenohea, I A ' by. "lg, he kept them in . . ticipation the estimated deficiency of 23,000,000/. ! in constant danger. , - w h ,,,,, , It is scarcely at this juncture the question whe- ineesB alit labour, and .... ems . i .,_ of ibis 7 Manifistlks to ;Ilipit- - -_the object .. e r - the mizas from the ceusures to which they ?re then we shall submit to have an addition of 1 per tors . , Cent., or, in other Word's, of 2d. - 42 the_ pouq,d, 0 , world other- .our Income Tax ; whether we 0110 , 11 have as. MOO duty laid on every cwt. of our sugar, together with Id. per lb. more on our coffee, and 3d. per lb. more on our tea ; besides allowing the duty on Scotch and English spirits to be equalised, and and that on Irish to be materially increased. It is rather a question of considerably greater im portance—namely, whether the nations of th. West shall bate one jot in the mighty con - test upon which they have entered foi the discomfiture of Desp ,tism, for the worstiny of a Barbaric Marauder, for the vindication o: the International Code, of the integrity of Trea ties, of the peace of Europe, of the sacred right ,, . of Humanity, of the beneficent and inalimablc ' interests of Civilisation. For all this—England is prepared to submit without a murmur to anti sacrifices, whether of her blood or of her treasures. Nevertheless recent calamities have awakened the country to a sense of what is, at the same time, requisite from its rulers as the Custodians of the national honour, and the defences of the nationa , wealth, and (so to speak as directors of our fleet:- and armies) the hurlers of the national thunder bolts. The people of England are resolved, at whatever penalty, that everything the country holds dear shall no longer be so far jeopardised by Ministerial fatuity that future moralists may reiterate the sarcasm of the Swedish Statesman— " Behold my Son, with how little wisdom a na tion may be governed." The time has gone by in England when the multitude can consent un moved to hear the application to the Executive of the caustic taunt of OXENSTILIRN. We feel it a duty to call attention to. the letter of W. R. D., which appears in another portion of our present impression. A state of things more deplorable than it reveals cannot readily be con ceived. Here is an important branch of industry impeded in its development, and an enterprising British citizen, frustrated in his laudable career by the lawless violence of an ignorant and unre fleeting mob, and nothing done by way of repres sion by the constituted authorities. Surely for the sake of national as well as local interests, of the welfare of the mob, as well as in the discharge of its duty to a British citizen, Government will take prompt measures to put a stop to the out rages of which our correspondent complains, and afford that protection to his friend which the latter so evidently needs. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, THURSDAY, 8 A.M. The Moniteur publishes a despatch from Gene ral Canrobert, dated 16th of April, giving an ac count of the operations of the 13th and 14th, to take possession of the ground upon which the engineers were to make their approaches towards the Central Bastion. The engineers were ena bled to complete their levels. A new parallel was formed. The loss incurred was 40 killed and 117 wounded. The operation to form a new trench at half distance between the third parallel and the salient of the Flagstaff Bastion succeeded very well ; on the side of the Malakhoff Tower the superiority of the French artillery was a l so maintained, but without silencing that of the enemy, except in two works of counter-approach on the side of Careening Bay. The garrison has suffered considerable losses, and the artillerymen of the Russian navy have suffered especially. The Central and Flagstaff Bastions are seriously damaged. The death of General Bizet is officially an- nounced. BERLIN, THURSDAY, MAY 3. A despatch, dated St. Petersburg, May 2, has been received here. Under date of Sebastopol, evening of the 28th of April, it has the following : The fire of the enemy is moderate. Their approaches progress slowly. We have erected, at 100 yards from Bastion No. 4, a row of rifle•pits, which have served to form a continuous trench of communication. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2. Prussia has set new propositions on foot. Baron Hess's journey to the army in Galicia is postponed. A rumour that the Russian ambassador had left the city caused the funds to fall 2 per cent. Authentic information has reached here that the bombardment of Sebastopol, which had b• - , en suspended on the 28th, was to be res- d - med in a few days. C°NBT :INTINOPLE, APRIL 26. The 'nu made its appearance at Galata, M as lk cholera and even at Pera. a, with General Pierce, •President of the United States, relative to the affair of the Black Warrior, has been approved of. The Emperor yesterday received Mgr. Sacconi, the Pope's nuncio, and M. Firmin Rogier, envoy -xtraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the King of the Belgians, who came in the name of .heir sovereigns to congrat&ate his Majesty on laving been providentially preserved from the late attempt at assassination. The new avenue opened from the Arc-de- Triomphe at the top of the Champs-Elysees to the Bois de Boulogne, was inaugurated yesterday. The Emperor and the Empress arrived about 4 o'clock .11 an open carriage, and were received by M. Elaussmann. The carriage of their Majesties then lrove down the avenue through its whole length ~midst loud cheers from the numerous pedestrians vho were collected on each side. By the provincial journals we perceive that in - dl the principal towns of the Empire, Te Deunm aave been celebrated for the providential escape of he Emperor Napoleon 111. from assassination. these journals, one and all, describe the indigna ion felt at the late base attempt as being quite un :ireeedented. The vessels intended for the Baltic and White Sea flews are to assemble at Chert• irg. The Tourville, Captain Le Gallic de Kerisouet, and the Duquesne, Capt. Taffard de St. Gsrmain, both ,crews of 90 guns, have alteady arrived in that port. The Tourville is to carry the flag of Rear dmiral cornmandei-in-chief of the Baltic fivision. The Austerlitz, which is to form part of one of the divisions, is at present at Cherburg. The IVoircelliste of Marseilles states that, in obedience to orders received from Paris, all the travelling effects of the Emperor, which had been placed on board steamers belonging to the Messa geries Imperiales have been disembarked. The Euphrate steamer took her departure on Monday from Marseilles for Constantinople, with 650 men of the 15th and 45th regiments of the line, and a considerable quantity of muskets for the troops before Sebastopol. The American clipper the Ticonderaga left the preceding day for the East with 184 men on board and 180 horses. The Chandernagor left Toulon the same day with Men and stores for the same destination. BOURSE, MAT 2.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4i per Cents 93 15 93f. 15c. 3 per Cents 6B 60 68 GO Credit Mobilier 783 50 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese — Home Debt RAILWA YS—ROR CASH. fr. c. fr. c Orleans 1145 Lyons .. . . 1097 50 Western 637 50 Rouen Cate 6lO Strasburg liediterranean 1000 Havre ss'l Northern RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa, in the Danube of Vienna of the 28th ult., says :—" The inhabitants continue to quit this town from the fear that a bombardment 'nay take place any day. As much as 250 roubles (the rouble is somewhat more than 41.) are paid for the hire for the season of a small chamber in the villages of the environs. Strangers are particularly anxious to leave, owing to the lower part of the population having become hostile to them, and having in spite of the se - verity of the police com mitted some outrages on their persons. The works of the fortifications continue to be carried ou. Earthworks now extend on all the right to Khutrie- Demhrowski and on the side of the Quarantine to Lusdorff. A. new fort is being built on the moun tain of Pest, which commands the port." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, April 28.—The fleet still re mains moored off Bellevue, in the inner harbour of •:his port. On its arrival, 10 days since, it was stated that when it had completed pfovision, fuel, &c., it would immediately sail for the scene of its future operations. Each ship, three days since, had received son board all supplies that could be stowed away under hatches, and its depar ture for the Baltic was expected to take place on the day following ; nevertheless, from causes which it is difficult to explain, no symptoms of an early movement, up to the present date, have been an nounced. The Danube of Vienna, of the 28th ult., says : " Prince Alexander of Hesse-Darmstadt, a general of brigade of the Austrian army, is shortly expected in this city from St. Petersburg, where he has been to pay a visit to the Empress, bis sister. He has been nominated chief of a regiment of Uhlans in the Russian army. It is considered singular that at the present moment a prince who is an Austrian general. should have a Russian regiment given to him." The Prince Charles of Prussia arrived at Char lottenburg on the 28th ult., on his return from St. Petersburg, and was shortly after received by the King. On the 29th ult., the King gave a grand dinner in honour of the birthday of the Emperor Alexander 11. A letter from Berlin of the 29th ult., ,says— " The ordinary military exercises of the spring have commenced at Berlin, and a:"e carried on with activity. But there is no trae:a of the extraordinary military preparations mentioned by some of the newspapers. In the p, - ,•senals and military work shops a good de.,al of activity does, however, prevail." A CHANGE Or POSITION BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. A letter received from Paris this morning, con tains the following important intelligence :—" It is thought that a change in the War Department here is imminent, and that General Canrobert will Fie recalled from the Crimea to take the place of Marshal VaiHaut as Minister of War, and, accord ing to the s ame account General Pellissier will, in all be appointed General Canrobert's s':,ccessor. With respect to our operations in the Crimea, it is currently reported that the armies are to change their position ; that the works in front of Sebastopol will be entrusted to the guardianship of the Turks under Omer Pasha and the Sardinian contingent, who will strongly fortify themselves against all attacks, and that the French and English armies will imitate the French under Bonaparte at the siege of Mantua, quit the lines before Sebastopol, advance on Simpheropol, and give battle to the Russians. Last week the mean temperature at Greenwich was 44 deg., which is 4'5 deg. below the average of the same week us 38 years. • ' _ ' - • GALLERY OF GERMAN AUTISM —Amongst the distin guished company who, on Monday last, honoured the private view of the living German Artists' third Exhibi tion of the'r Works in London, were the Duke of Pore. 'and, the Marquis of Cholmondeley, Viscount Strang ford, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Lanesborousth , the Earl of Derby, Earl ra nville, the Earl of Hare wood, the Earl of WickloW, the Earl of Macclesfield, Earl Grey, the Lord Bishop of Worcester, the Lord Bishop of Carl;sle, the Lord Bishop of Winchester, Lord Cranworth, Lord Sndeley, the Right Hon. W. E. Glad stone, the Dean of Westminster, the Baron de Cetto , S ir Charles Lyell. AT. -A- ''''''''. glfrrir —Test niebt Mr. Albert Smith held a fl oral festival at the gyptian• ball—that Is to say, he presented every lady who patronised his entertainment with a handsome bouquet, gracefully presented at the termination of the first part. DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY, THE MILITIA, AND THE NAVY.—The monthly return of deserters from the army and embodied militia, made up to Saturday last, exhibits a vast increase in the number of defaulters to those of the preceding month, the deserters from, the regular forces being 379, and those from the militia 395, making a total of 774. There is a slight decrease in the number of deserters, stragglers, and men discharged with dis grace from her M n ajesty's ships . and Tee's during the past month, the total being 55. SPECULATIONS ON THE BUDGET.—It has been the gos sip of the last ten days that two of the greatest importers of tea in London, warned by some person connected with the government of the coming increase in the tea duty, had taken out of bond an immense quantity of tea before the increase became publicly known. The MARSEILLES, MARSEILLES, May 2. flat that the head of one of the firms re t fe e rre r d em t em. By the Constantinople letters of the 23d ult., One of a member of Parliament, and perhapsli brought by the Simois, we learn that the first de- brance of the Lawle speculations ass i s ted the story. cleared aee 0 u has t tachment of Pieclmontese troops arrived there on the 21st. The French camp at Martak was occu-H e says that the public exigency, of an act of rudece. pied by 20,000 men, and it is expected that their numbers will be increased to 80,000. The shocks the defici P in the revenue, the loan, and the guarded e d the a gentlemenletter , w hi c a h l l seems eged t a o v h e a r v y e ency and his conviction of the of earthquake save not ceased at Broussa, andpolicy f the Government, led him to think it very irn were even felt at Constantinople, where all the p robable o that tea and sugar would escape the imposition ra lm tion language of the Chance llor, European i n h a b itants o f Broussa had sought a : of new duty, and be hastened to insure himself against refuge. ' the vagaries of legislation. The following was his cal e received orders to proceed fioin Constantimonth's duty, my only have up on the amount shall so pay Soc thousand Turks, of the Imperial Guard, culation :—" If I a nticipate a I Y should have, under any cir nople to join Omer Paella at Balaklava.. ' in anticipation, and as we .. o pay duty daily, if I pay a month's con p service aeiia, M. de Lesseps has returned to Constantinople to ' cumstances, t . anee I shall only, in fact, lose a fort smooth the ditticalties raised in the Divan against interest.sumptioni'.a.dv ,_ 100,0001 b., at ls. 6d. per lb. duty is the canal night's . the interest on which for fourteen days is _ loss will be the interest across the Isthmus of Suez. M. de L ,-. sops will go on to France. Meanwhile a steam-t ug e 141. 750 0 7 1 s: Bd., while on the other hand, if my fears are h h a is s b b r e o e t n he o r r:l c t ni nis h_ e i cl a_l o_n isit th t e o N th ile e . par, correct (and I assumed the increase of duty would at Prince Is ma il of E gypt w ill j oin - Mu9tanl a le ast pave been 6d. per lb.), the profit —or rather the • ' • • f loss—would be 100,0001 b., at 6d. per lb., bitim. 11- saving o n 2,5001. I thought the insurance--viz., 15/.—moderate According to letters from G I . Paris Ex: a atz, the Russians as against such a sum, and I hedged therefore against allow to the probability. Austrians. alone the liberty of taking th e in cargoes o grain fr., the Danubian provinces, METROPOLITAN i COMMISSION OF SEWERS. —Yesterday and, then, on th " oill a special Court of Sewers was held at the Court-house, o con flition that none of their ves- Greek-street, Soho, Mr. Jebh in the chair, for the pur eels shall unload in a jay part of Turkey. pose of hearieg appeals against improvement rates on MADRID, May 1. Cl er kenwell, Whitechapel, Chel s ea, I s lington, Stc. —to The Cortes ha ve A pproved of the i plan sent in for issue warrants against defaulters on district rates—to the construction `.•l the railway between Seville j receive presentments of nuisances, and to consider the and Cadiz. Thr, tb. ird basis. of , the constitution i n ecessity of repairing sewers, gullies ] &0,, but no points . . . continued llll d,er di sOxission, Th! arraugeAlegit; •of interest most Borth' 14 4 report - • - TRIESTE, MAY 2. The staff and materiel of the sanitary depart ment of the Sardinian army, as well as sore. officers of Engineers, have arrived, hem FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received : The Simois, of the Messa MA R SEILLES, May 2. gdries Imperiales, whicfl leru vonstantinopie on -Ln6 Lat., has ar rived. The news from the Crimea comes down to the 21st. The Flagstaff and Southern Forts and the IVlalakhoff Tower have been reduced to silence. The 4th parallel has been joined to the other works of the Allies. On the 19th the Russians attempted several sorties, all of which were repulsed. On the 20th, Omer.Pacha, Lord Raglan, and the French General Morris, made a strong reconnaissance with 12,000 men in the direction of Baidar. The Rus sians refused the combat. The Admiral's vessel, the Montebello, has thrown about 200 shells into Sebastopol. The French have occupied the White Battgries in Careening Bay. On the 21st Iskender Bey made a cavalry reconnaissance, which led to no engagement. Colonel Egerton was killed in the attack on the Malakoff Tower, WEST LNDIA, MEXICAN, AND .PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 2. By the arrival of the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Atrato, Capt. Wool!cy, with the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieut. J. Kempe, R.N., Admiralty agent, we have lates from Vera Cruz April 4 l'ampieo — 2 flavaunah - 9 Puerto Cabello — 9 3anta Martha ......March 23 Greytown April 5 Carthagena — 10 Chagres (Colon) .Jamaica — 10 Tobago . Trinidad Barbadoe4 Grenada St. Vincont's St. Lucia, Martinique Guatialoupe ...... Dominica ...April 10 - 11 - i 5 - 11 12 - 16 - 17 - 17 Jacmel — 12 Antigua Porto Rico — 13 Montserrat Berbice Demerara Tortola On freight the Atrato has the following specie : —From Tampico, 121,492 do!s; Vera Cruz, 173,091 .lots.; on account of the Mexican dividends, 59,000 dols. ; Gulf of Mexico, 294,583 d.ls. ; from the Pacific ports, 313,511 dols, of which 27,854 dols. is in gold and the remainder in silver ; from Cali fornia., 191,802 dols. ; Panam, 32,815 dols., Car thagena, 38,295 dols.; Jamaica, 7,600 dols. ; Ha vannah, 4,292 dols. ; and from other parts of the West Indies, 7,000 dols., making a total of 890,898 dole., or say 176,0001. sterling, of which sum 279,338 dols. are in gold, and 621,560 dots. in silver. There are also watches. valued at 2,100 dols. ; plata pina, valued at 3,4871. sterling, and pearls amoubting to 1,9201. The cargo consists of 174 serous of cochineal, 104 ditto of quina, 22 ditto of jalap, 108 cases of cigars, 3 bales of tobacco, 9 bales of sarsaparilla, 41. casks of merchandise, 13 live turtles, and 110 packages of merchandise. Daring the homeward voyage this steamer had fine weather and light winds up to the 26th of April; subsequently strong S.E. winds and rain. On the 30th ult. she passed and exchanged calours with the following English vessels :—A barque, from Jamaica, name unknown ; the ships Ann and Penman Castle ; the barques Lady of the Lake, John Rullett, and Spartan, and No. 99 transport, P2ll steering for the Channel. May 1, passed the brig Brooking, steering westward ; on the 2d inst. passed the barque Antarctic, off Portland, home ward bound ; also passed a large number of sail ing -vessels bound for England. While the Atrato was lying at St. Thomas's one of the quartermasters accidentally fell overboard and was drowned. A subscription for his widow was entered into by the officers and passengers, and 431. were collected. The child of a passenger also died during the homeward voyage. The Panama Railway continued in good working condition, and trains run daily from the Atlantic to the Pacific in less than 3 hours. The goods traffic was increasing very much. From Jamaica we have intelligence to the 16th ult. The Legislature was in session at the time our despatches left, but would be prorogued that day. A correspondent's letter says " It appears that the Governor would have prorogued it before, and was only waiting to hear the result of the loan by the last picket. The present form of Government does not appear to answer the purposes intended, and it is not likely to give much satisfaction. Mr. Westmoreland has resigned his post as Financial Minister, and his successor has not yet been appointed." There was a rumour at Jamaica of an insurrec tion at St. Domingo, and the authorities of that place deapatched. a French war steamer to King ston, for the purpose of requesting the commodore to send a vessel k.f war to protect British interests. In consequence, her Majesty's ship Termagant sailed on the morning of the 9th ult. for St. Domingo, with the commodore on board. The island of Jamaica was healthy and quiet. The crops were all got in without damage, and had produced an average yield. In the markets business continued very quiet, with only a moderate demand for fish and breadstuff's. Importa tions continued much in excess of consump tion. The stock of butter was very large, and American was quite unsaleable. Sales in Irish were tufted, at is. 2d. per pound. The quantity of corn - 17 - 17 - 17 - 18 - 19 on hand was not large ; Saville was quoted a 4s. Gd. per bushel, and American 10s. per bag. Logwood was worth 40s. per ton. Sugar ranged from 12s. to 16s. according to quality, and fine was rather scarce. In freights, tonnage was quite ample for the existing wants. At St. Lucia a despatch from the Governor-in- Chief, enclosing a proposal from the chairman of a committee of the House of Assembly in Canada, had been received by the Legislature, respecting the removal of fiscal regulations on the productions of the British American colonies, and, in the event of the propssal being entertained, a reciprocal enact ment would be made, in order that the productions of that island should be received free of duty in Canada. The Council expressed its approbation of the scheme, but nothing definitively was decided on the subject. The carrying out of the proposal would, it was believed, conduce materially to the benefit of the island, especially if it extended to the whole of the North American colonies. The sum of 1,0001. was voted as a guarantee for the expenses incurred in drilling militiamen, repairing and clean ing their muskets, and for the importation of their clothing. The island was healthy. The barques Gilbert Munro and Castries and the brigantine Ex press had left St. Lucia with produce for London and Liverpool. At Grenada much rain had fallen in many places, doing damage to the crops. The country was in a very deplorable condition ; a large number of estates were being offered for sale, and emigration was perpetually talked of. A measure had been brought before the Legislature for the purpose of establishing a free trade between Canada and the West Indies. The barque Electra left for London on the 31st of March. At British Guiana trade continued dull, and although a favourable change had taken place •in the weather, little effect had been produced on the commercial state of the island. The windward por tion of the corony continued to suffer from the en croachments of the sea. The Court of Policy was not in session. Under the care of the proper autho rities some important bills were in progress. The town council had advertised for a borough engi neer, offering a salary of $2,400 per annum. The ' Triumph plantation had been sold for $18,500. From Barbadoes there is little news of interest. A large and influential meeting of gentlemen con nected with the agricultural interest of the island had been held, for the purpose of taking into con sideratien the question of reducing the rate of freights to the home markets. After considerable discussion, it was resolved-- "That a committee be appointed for the purpose of bringing before the commercial houses interested in the shipment of produce from the island the equity of reduc ing the rate of freights to 3s. per cwt., and, in the event s of the failure, the committee be authorised to frame a memo rial to the absent proprietary body in England, soliciting their co-operation in the question." .The House of Assembly stood adjourned to the 17th of April. At Demerara the crops wero looking - we ll, and the yield it was expected would be very good. At Trinidad a great improvement had taken place in the weather, and the planters were busily en gaged with the crops. There was every probability of the yield being quite an average one. Mexico continued in avcryunsettled state. Santa Anna nact jert the capital fur tho south at the head of his troops, and had encountered and defeated the force under Alvarez. The inhabitants complained much of the conduct of the military. At Havannah excitement still continued, and the island was actively guarded by tire Spanish men of war, which had mustered in great force. Another of the conspirators, named Estrampez, was garotted a few days before the departure of the steamer. Two others who had been sentenced to banishment from the island were retained for further examina tion, it having been ascertained that there was oiler evidence of a more serious nature to be brought against them. Intelligence from St. Thomas's states that the island had been suffering from drought for many months past. The whale of the country presented a parched appearance, and everything resembling vegetation had disappeared. The brig Sarah, 188 tons burden, had been totally destroyed by fire in Carlisle Bay, Jamaica. She was taking in produce.for Liverpool, and had on board 200 hogsheads of sugar and 130 puncheons of rum. The crew were saved. The origin of the fire had not been ascertained. The Tay, which left Southampton on the sth ult. with the West India and Mexican mails, had not arrived at St. Thomas's when the Atrato left. This may partially be accounted for by the deten ticn which was occasioned owing to a slight defect taking place in her machinery, which compelled her to put back after her departure on the 2d ult. DOVER HARBOUR OF REFII4E. —Among the sums voted for harbours of refuge for the year 1855-6, we find that 34,0001. has been voted for the continuation of the magnificent works now in the course of construction at Dover. The subsequent vote required to complete the work will be 278,0001. It is stated that the works here have been delayed in consequence of the chalk founda tion at the site of the present works not proving so good as is the portion nearer the shore.—Daver Chronicle. This work appears to progress at the same draAling pace as the Plymouth Break water works. Like Rams gate Harbour, it seems to be understood between engi neers and contractors, that it is never to be finished. Morning Advertiser. [Why not run out a breakwater at the north-Eahtern promontory of the bay, in a S.S.W. direction, and E3O prOted vessels from N.E., easterly, and south Winds? This would make a complete Harbour 1 of Refuge.--EA, 4144.] 84 83 36 31i WELSH FfIWEBY B6BECCAITES. London mo.b youTwOerTelliEcinEdDlTOß OF THE EU I4 . Cardigan, May Ist, 1855,, Dear Fsir,-•-When I bad the pleasure ghateeing Y° o 1 1 enough to say most'anythisg 3. t.hrie h in t s h c a o s tia cum: a . might wish to bring before the public you would be happy a ci :py n t d o ( i ) n t s n e l r i t ne it , in your widely--irculated a nd v!" 361 . 8 one that The case which I intend to bring before ?ti 4 who t under s Ireland1ll) largely ewl c yn a :i t i connected a: t; fewwale ind : 6s2:l3bse°l:l:e lei eyearor efforts since to try the fisheries here, but as yet all b: fi have proved fruitless to work them , not he llos: fish is not to be obtained in-great abundance 0r ° . have .sit one of the finest bays in the world for the sail a h r r,, I mean Cardigan Bay). but because the We is , 0 _oßseueh a lawless set (as you well remember tbe X., f b bec:•a) that they will not allow an Englishrusn,°T one . fail othei' nation, to live or to introduce anYthl like t improvement amongst them, threats have been inr o i my friend and his men, with the view of intimidatil t to i r em s from prosecuting the fishing on this coast, wl:, o many years has to a, great extent laid dormant lie brought boats and nets, &c• , from Scotlan, el structe 1 on the most improved Plan, and 'lnes to O r the 0 1'; hem, for the purpose of more fully developing coast fi-hei ies in this country, but his exertions hs.t been vi•ited by a most malicious attack on the nets. b".. friend Saturday night everythina was cut to pieces, and% 0 . end sustained a loss of 5017 flit bad been the first nett f the kind no notice would have been taken of u" i ha. b -3en a repeated offence, and losses of that kiod re cu r r s ring so frequently are 'lotto be trifled witb. Cann° Eve° / be . given wi,ich is it st .ual for British subjects to rece.lT!,, It_ ,co is expected that life will be lost, as my irieed and 11 ,7. b .eh manager will not allow any of their oets torras again ,h cut without defending them to the death. Pt. done there is a rabble of 100 against 6, what Woo one ? The liver fishery is entirely in the hands of s; i D awless set of rabble (who live at a village ° 3le- t „ . pg, _ s. bginel:), who carry on every kind of illegal n: l " i i i i ' tiiling fir sa!mon with herring nets, poaching 1 00 extreme in the winter, and have no legitimate nOOO, ducted fisheries but that of custom. The 64 01 I s o f 1 0 years; it in i is severyitua situated point, Glegobaellryt,biancktheed pwairtihs:orpit rvjelt, within a new miles of Cardigan, and held. nu- er T. Davis, of Tiglyn, Cardigan. Perhaps A 01111 of the some. ~i Lords of the Admiralty under whose notice this :l o b come my may devise some means for the protectiou wile friend further y rtb earnestly solicits as a British subject. sublet on s er information you may require upon any 3910 has s fiheries my friend will be most hapPY to et e oh been 20 years connected with them•--Belie' p truly yours, * W. I t ' . ____ _-------' IMPORTANT NATIONAL INVENTII4I. uncertainty the tthle rr a t e h st n e h d e s of cartridges, ---0---and its ini.uri attaching to the system 0. biting th as In i the e ld h ier and the State, have long beeeffnecrtesc°7l:l(lei in the a g c eup t anr o t i pvt ofoabwt biting, battle w h whose s e. i t has salivary not g l u a n n f d r s e q b u s e v u e t b l ye happ en eo_ibt 01 0 6 b il w y e . c eathenus. etdiunrg,wh: findsch hhiassitlee nhilltgofihri s e gilled:li.)ol2_tnw. at ° of the powder having been moistened or sl e ' soe , after a m contact with his lips. From the al9 o ‘ % ior , :' Lllionatnon,ritsiulusbfiomrridoign,astuiocnh, ainntdenpsnentisbnirmstoi)t3t ffeltitnheanto7l`..citlioltisf, mate d i evens where this is not the case, tile teetbfacr;it 0 y s ) it jured as to become loose, of whi c ! l : r cler b e , my have availed themselves 1 0 , - e itiv secure their discharge An invention, thele!°,%yoot would obvia.e these evils has long been a des%;ea re: and not the less so because 20 per cent. of PO% 0. d er e u si i d ts er T utu rtjci ‘ c i t r e . d jboechantn•Ke of steh,eir defective tea -_ f rely appears to have supplied in aY sirnopfleWanadlln°grtehl"i°:l3l3urg:oll:: s ti r e ; and Lord Hardinge, we are informed, 010700i.51 a i t lab.e delay. has at last afforded him an oPP .00 Hythe for establishing his invention. W e 111 success. _____..........----- yrreig; A Cabinet Council was held-yesterday at the _ ; , h $ll o A ffi di e n e. It was attended by all the exception of Earl Granvide, and sat two bolo, fie; to A ril ir House, from ileraElaryivloratabmerdecleenr,daecnc,ornhapried bY the Earl Fitzwilliam Brighton. the Ladies Char dooser and . tinier', Dorothy F • • itzwilliam have arrived at Mor by Grosvenor-place, from Milton Park. ers et ' ° l Lady Raglan and the Hon. IVlisses Soo , ao sol Roy, 'forSil have been • ' Slough, Passing a few days at the Vest' ugh, have returned to Great Stanhope's opr season. b ar n* re d fish from Gallicia state that the Freneo boa moved into the interior ofßussi Ministers.wa.- 1 prisoners recently lodged ata.Oredtellsriel ictte I t. The «xtensive Mills of Mr. Cornelius pool, Cork, have been destroyed by fire, 0 , port ° - estimated at between 3,0001. and 4,0001.• fei lf , which covered by insurance , noetialrr, OP KS COLLEGE HOSPITA.I.•--lAA ,nl3,:«ai iost,,: a ,. O s val, in aid of tLe funds of the 'hove cani",.",,° 13 0 '00 1)* was held yesterday at the Alb. 'faYs'-',. TO Albion , „ben,. d presidency of the Right Hon. Sidney P e "- Ir ser;ption list amounted to 3,0001. 1,8,.... ideobotli CONTEMPLATED NEW ENCAMP4I°,, tO A,' o ther e : f:oin , od authority that, in additl°- l erw - ine l . 7 4 ' whichis to accommodate 13 se a-° 3- 10,ocio tve ' foie • 0. I,° campments on a • minor scale are to he_,,,,,0/1004 (wort one at LI ' avertorclwe,t, capable of a eO lO- a t Gi °ll , -- n 111 for r en ; one at Exeter, for 2,453 - 0; one -4,.".. and Vi e° 5h0 3,895 men ; one at Colchestmereefor 3,3‘.,' cainP e O nie s i will r b ncliff, Kent, for 3,313 men.' Thel e i da ll ti lat - appropriated principally to the o ' l be ace' _ mmodated in barracks. „100,'Iock: FIRE AT THE UNICORN TAVERN, SOTi•- r o'v• 7 gelleribaatl3o9lol terday morning, at a few minutes before fon for ioa l r, J , fire, which was well nigh attended with vei l to sat tli° cults,Hall happened in the premises belonea: es „glk all, licensed victualler, carrying on bnsiu osrPtii. Unic_orn Tavern, No. 50, Bla‘.kinano „ging i r tre°' ine, w ere . ~.d s' Ar The flames when first discovered, cellar at the side of the wine bin, and thay, Pc,a 0:0 seiz-A upon the flooring and joisting; ° a r oio°,rhe ; the spirit-pipes, and in the course of a f° :a pd, ', 1 •04„' whole building would have been jeoPar,'„--0 Pf l ; cot ' gives of the London Brigade and the '-'hapP_,;',, d r, escapes quickly attended ; and the fire w°,_ s ; , o rlB2y . fined to that part of thepremises Royalwhin...," ' !AVIV . i The landlord was insured in the O re lor er office..... The origin of the fire is unknown, fire IP'. icIRE IN ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST"7-0,?h: ft; withaide serious injury to a fireman' an ° , 13 „," *0 '-„ Dm nm_ re « .is l s e r i ndestruction Christian-street, -ss o ter f eetett,, tproperty,eswt.nere aerotmor o ga li i, . i Pi : a .rt e rb i rio •li o t: os9 l. - bde ori e ; fieeornruenced, from some unknown cans b i e sa t i t vender steres, and owing to the inflaultnni.,,glZeilio,l and,he contents aithenh the the efinaginineesetreafvetlhleed exoes ul Y • ° ll nei pois o h ..e., , Brigade, together with the Royal Societys c o g e o a o ro. 0 ,0 1 . 0 0 .0 . soon fi in attendance, the firemen were re - subdued until the stores were burn ed bli ; 4 1 14 fn rniture and , ther effects were consie° 104 by water, &c. 'Unfortunately, one of 1b : 3 0 0° 7 named Stebbings, whilst assi;ting• in alb 80 fire, fell a considerable distance, and j- to l nil de ° injured that he was obliged to be retooloog di Mr. Scott was insured in the ROlBl /r1). office. rot /. ,..d, ° 4 4 0 ALARM OF FIRE IN DRURY-LAO tilop,,o•o night, during the performance of La Sol i :, elb i rd benefit of Mr. Aguilar, a scene took Pin—JPo 1. have been attended with a fearful sacrifiojet 0pe0043 but, happily, such was not the case. „cotoll,, h i tith u e. uar r t i fi n nh g ee e t st h a e pwe t is i n ie MadamekaseAm arisinginGassieraafgreoti 5 in e t - bO O l/0 0 4: ,..00 ,,, Partsto pOOOOl 1 m- Having communicated his ssisPiclfos 1 40 r j persona seated near him, the whole heckbero-fot;t g io u n .ic , k ri n n e d s , s ri o s i in , rising s;multaneouslyreoni!, #be speedy egress from the theatre, shontilig„orbs $ opt iO ri the lobby, " Fire ! fire !" The sound re' ; a ter 9 .6' i lyr 1 .• ~„ .• ~, ao ladies hlein in the upper boxes began to rn ian: : 11 : 111 .4 Sti c r , j ; of the theatre, followed b aglargo nn itt- t h er eliPriff seated in the pit, and uponY reaching Zr e° b e t h rance.they met en masse, and it wt s t iregi' .4 4 ers would have been killed. gr• w h - ts r i ° Pr eVAO manager,. went in front of the footlig rep 4, .ordreo e remainder of the audience that the o ci e t o altogether without the least foundat 00 th e a , the lessee of the house, did the salvo j r t bit)°,, 0 1 0 / boxes ;'but the theatre was conshieraolA. 6'i c pw. o ra n eec fi it d ph e i et n a c et e er yarnegtdirveqeauntise that h u a d t e e c v o e u n l d e b e e rn r o e s o t lf n a r t y l e e 4::e rto ci l i e were on the stage became terribly' 3 ', - ,i be ~tee, tlbtwwaenieeftlts with it officials gehpemhceeltraaesfiitnen.rneeddam a elTr, t beihonoe e t dj: h uybu e tr rhyopi gioe. e n s b aep t d e evA a e t ele b epen a fi l a i i s ierr s en h erie. f g a .e u l i e, l isl l a g n c g t i 3 c te n , : f ; i bet 1 .1 civ e e t: ;c e. : 0 :: 00 11 117 :0 : 1 j ffi i ,Al : j some measure abated the perforroance .00 ) 0 o r,) eveol,.Al oa i f wised refrained from showing thensne_-• ‘6 ~0 $ l ,O , BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE tj erc io tr . s iuon a nnd r o y tephr o ee f ntfhi t an. h ecg i t s society I the t p , i presidency 3 o n ce . e .t i f h n !;•ttsha, the driolirritrb° e t " - p i : j o t s e in e r 14 _ ea e l r A I siet o by the war, the income of the 61(1A: 0,10/.300 any former year, except on the ocor, - h e 07 0 ,4°. ri and the total circulation of copies or '•,, o f .A iv .... j lr Ojo r e graater than during any previous Yioc°; e fr: go ry t x i i e stence. Every day's experienge, con, ra gl 3S ior, O tp li to l thel circulation a the Scriptures lian.''of Oa _,,,f i i a temporal and.spiiitual condition lo b ew t he A A i arid that the very existence of the Do 00 0 etest, al' empire, depended, to a great exteritvho fled 5 r and activity of its religious it p pear ge ordi the annual report, from whi ch i t fo e ß in g tl !, s o osl l 4 4 l amount received during the ye — lr - r i le that' theo thpereSeeodciientgy wyeaa5r.04471148en1"'5010.,(410,/, Bibles and,Testainents was 59,‘-'-01:f ie - o lli er" 17 .0 receipts from the ordinary souroes,,,/ fig $lOO v There bad been also received 3, 6 : „r 6 . ol,to r ifl o 4 t1_01:1s to the Jubilee Fund, and I , ' n j tow"./ to o j i New Testament Fund ; roakin:3sgsloi011:141,,e1.11;011:14,.00,i: Thedepeitssautebsefmore,thie,yoleasr,shAd been a' fr o 0 i/ 1 00 1 y 431.994 copies • total, 1,450,876 ; b ar .A 7 °l -I 83,348 over circulationthe' of last 9 6 ig,6 o d ol l Or, of the Society now amounted to di ,'"i , bei tl iiii o v ioi r ' expenditure for the year was 149,0'y .eetintriaSiVtotrfo The 03 0 on the payments of 29,782/. ~..,--/Ard 00 - f' I dressed by the Bishop of Meaw,befPne'll°,l/1) Wylie, the Bishop of Melbourne, '•,, 0 0 e f, 0 04/ 000 1 , Pelham, the Rev. Norman 31,140,,,b, o , a ,_. ~ rer, the Rev. Mr. Harrison, 0 %, 0 ., 01:100.0174 lir from Raratonga, and Mr. rr• 'Llriirlitil6l7l were passed approving and coroine o f th°loll''' operations of the society. A yotarriso47- ' i me nsly accorded to the 6141000 Pr99fl44lloteriag ua ted. ..