The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-03 00:00:00

BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL ASSURANCE OFFICE, 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. The EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING was held at Radley's Hotel, on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 1855 ; Mr. JOHN GOVER in the Chair. The Report states that the proposals for Life Assurance received during the year amounted to 1,035, for 243,9E8/. ; out of which 876 Policies have been issued, assuring 195,7591. ;158 for 48,2091. being in progres , , or declined. The claims from deaths during the year have been 49, amounting. to 10,5591. 2s. 4d. From the commencement of the Company to the 31st of December, 1854, the Life Policies issued have been 6,407, assuring 1,232,6541. ; and the number now in force is 5,069, assuring 988,050/. The present annual income is 36,5681 18s. id. The Company has an Accumulated Fund of mem. The period having arrived for the Second Division of Profits to the Assured, a complete and detailed valuation of the assets and bilities of the Company has bean made by the Actuary, F. G. P. Nei son, Esq., in whic't tie most severe and stringent tests have been applied to the determinatioa of the results. The consequenee Is, that, efthe rea'ise.l profits during the three yearn that have elapsed since the first division, there is a disposable balance of 20,0001.; and, after deducting 10 per cent. for the purposes of the Reserved Fund, there remains 18,0001. to appropriate as bonns to the members, which will be found to be in the ratio of about 27% per cent, of the amount of premiums paid by them. JAMES DTGLIS, SecretarY. FIRE COMPANY.—gubscribed Guarantee Fund, 200,001 1. Pure Mutuability. Policy holders not liable for losses. EN TIRE Profits divided triennially. Pol ties Issued, 13,239, for 5,897,305/. 12N, per cent. per annum has been returned at each triennial division on the entire premiums paid. FRANCI:3 CLONES, Secretary. DRIIR Y-LANE.—Lemee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Ilednold Prices as usual. TDB EVENING, Will be presented a GRAND PROME ‘. ADE CONCERT. The Me-ical arrangemen's wit incluie the whole of the Popular 31u-ic from Meyerbeer's Opera L'Etoile du Nord, executed by the Opera Band of 100 Perfumers and 60 Ch' rue. THE I.TILE I?.)TAL fIATAXREgr. Untie: the management of Mr. Buckstone ON EASTER MONDAY TM be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Backstcne and Miss E. Chaplin. To be kalowcd by a new Ballet, in which the Spanish D ncers will appear, entitled THE EVEMNG FESTIVAL. After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING VIEETING, 1855. E To coneude with THE GALICI.tN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE', OXFORD-ST BEET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KEAN. ON E %STE& MONDAY Will be performed LIVING TOO FAST. To be folowed 13 , TIIE coßszeAN BROTIIERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (first time) a Romance, in two acts, entit'ed TIIE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. ASTLEY'S P.OYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Mr. William Ceoke begs to acknowledge one of the most successrul seasons of , he Royal ..^.lnphi lisatre, and announces that on F.A;...T ER MONDAY there will lati produced an original Equidraina, to be called, THE, FIELD ACIAINST lltll FAVOURITE ; deven,ping ev,rrs GI peculiar character an.l general interest ! Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE., and a va-lety of amusement?, will end their aid t, the evening's e!ltertainnr.nt. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wm , . Acting Mat aver, r. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. w. Cook, jun. NATIONAL STANDS - RD., TINS EVENING, Mr. G. TIODSOY, the celebrated Irish Comedian, VII give hit popular , Musical Entertainment, called MY IR , SII POR f FOLIO ; or, Gems from the Enpraid Isle; with Imitations of Rainy llussr2p, N. Robin 4, &c. Ilie wonder of the woad, Welington Young, her 3Ta!esty's Royal Coi:jurer, will appear in his Grand Soirees %I agiques. Madame Elstcr, the greatest Tight-R.43e Dancer in the world. _le. Pelevenile and Pap Grand Drawing- , oom Entertainment. Lapong and Son in La Penile. Morgan's Dissolving Views, &c. ROYAL STRAND 711EATRE. Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs. THI3 EVE NI-Nt:;. The WIZARD of the WORLD will appear in his Magic Saloon, with a variety cf arnrsements. To be followed by TUE BARBER OF CADIZ, introducing the Drury-lane Ballet Corn; any. HIGH WATYR AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tine DAT —MornITT 36 enin.after 2 I Evening 49 min.xt. 2 Talcancw—Morrung 3 min.aftou 3 I Evenino 20 rnin.aft. 3 THE WEATHER.—Sun Orms, April. 3. TcIXEMOMETEE, IN TB SFADE. 45 - highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 50—this day, at Door. BAROMETER, 29• CO—fallen half an inch since yesterday. WIND, S.E.—Light breeze, with showery weather. ca• •?4 ()Jr 1 1111, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1855. ~--- Lord Joint RUSSELL has not hitherto been very fortunate in his diplomatic efforts. Grave suspicions are already entertailed that he has not displayed the inflexible resolution which the im portant duties confided to his charge so impera tively demand. It is true that he uttered "prave orts" at home on many occasions, that he spoke of an honourable peace as the only one that could possibly prove a permanent one, and excited san guine hopes that in his hands "the interests and reputation of Great Britain would be vigilantly guarded against every danger. But at this very time the "doings" of Lord ABERDEEN were alto gether in opposition to his "sayings," and it is now clearly established that when his language was boldest and most uncompromising, the Mi nistry, of which be was a very influential and important member, the leader, indeed, in the representative branch of the Legislature, had no real expectation of being compelled to take an active part in the War ; or, in fact, to do more than make an armed demonstration in favour of our deeply aggrieved Ally. While considering this deficiency of his practices when compared with his professions, it has not been forgotten that he exhibited on a memorable occasion a truckling to " Germanism an amount of subservience calculated to excite serious apprehensions of another grievous mistake now that power is again placed in his hands. That subservience then led to the sacrifice of his most influential colleague. It was evidenced by the announcement of Lord PALMERSTON'S dismissal at Vienna before it was known in England, and was clearly made in deference to thg wishes of foreign potentates, who should have had no voice in the affairs of the United Kingdom. The intrigue was unquestionably powerfully avenged—it led to the overthrow of the RUSSELL Cabinet, the con fusion of the party of which he was the recognised leader, and the eventual substitution of the noble man so summarily dismissed as Premier in the place of him by whom he was so unceremoniously discarded. It is impossible, however, to place implicit reliance on the man whose backsliding was then so painfully notorious, or to feel satisfied that similar influences to those in operation,; in December, 1851, may not now prove effectual. i lk)! Miters combio to canoe the pre doubts en';ertained as to the resolution of Lord , JOHN RUSSELL. We shalt not now further allude g to the rumours respecting his yielding athe Con ferences, although to that yielding the hasty journey of the French Minister to London, and his rapid departure for Vienna, has generally been attributed. Nor shall we again speak of the very unfortunate and ill-timed promenade on the °built at Vienna arm-in-arm with the Russi an Plenipotentiary. We may look further back, and inquire how it was that NICHOLAS felt so perfectly easy on the subj ec t of the course to be adopted by the German, cowers respecting the division of the " sick man's" asse t s. We have incontrover tible evidence in his conversations with Sir HAMILTON SEY.x° l3 u that he felt perfectly satisfied that from Austria, Prussia, or the minor states of Germany, he had nothi ng to fear, and surely up to this period nothing has occurred to show that this sanguine reliance on German assistance was not fully warranted. It is unnecessary to speak o f p russia. Her wishes are now so notorious, her proceedings so palpable, that no argument is required to prove her confederacy with the Colossus of the N orth. But could Austria afford stronger testimony of h er pro-Russian tendencies in any way sh or t of throwing off the mask and openly coalescing w ith Russia ? What has she done to induce us to sup pose that she is really with us ? As we have re cently pointed out, she has not permitted a single sword to be drawn, or a shot to be fired in anger, by any of her !Soldiers ; while by her interference in the Principalities she enabled the whole of the Bessarabtau• army to be transferred to the Crimea, in order, as it was fondly anticipated, to bring the siege of Sebastopol to a summary conclusion, by a vigorous and decisive blow. And she now again interferes to insure the retention by Russia of Sebastopol, without any diminution of its strength, so that it may re main a standing menace to Constantinople, to Isia, and to Europe. We have seen the result. Nor is it difficult to trace out the causes by which such striking effects have been produced. The rivalry of Austria and Prussia for predominance in the German Confede ration is well known. Anything that could strengthen the influence of either party would be anxiously sought after. Now NICHOLAS could command the votes of many minor poten tates. Not only were there the numerous matrimonial alliances by which he added family ties to his territorial power—not only were there the lucrative commands which he bestowed on junior branches of these reigning houses—who were apparently as anxious to provide for their poor relations as our own aristocracy—but he could hold out hopes of enabling them to exchange their ducal for regal crowns—of erecting their petty principalities into independent kingdoms. Such inducements were not to be slighted, and by means thereof the CZAR could play oft Austria against Prussia, and vice versa—at one time throwing his weight into one balance, and again into the other. When, for example, he could tray.sform a Grand Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha into a King of Thuringia, he might have hoped to neutralise the opposition of the friends and connexions of that important house, and amongst them one closely connected by marriage with the Emperor of AUSTRIA. The fact that King LEOPOLD has remained neutral, while Sardinia has boldly assumed arms, is very significant. Not only is King LEoroua the uncle of our most gracious QUEEN and the PRINCE CONSORT, but he is actually the pensioner ,f England, drawing a considerable sum annually Cr,an the national Exchequer. The heir apparent is his Crown is married to an Austrian Grand Duchess, and therefore, if Austria were in earnest, he would have taken some step in advance. His • xtraordinary quiescence, under the peculiar cir cumstances, proves that there is something in the back ground that should be brought to light, and which requires unflinching resolution on the part of the English representative at Vienna. We cannot conclude this part of the subject without alluding to the fact referred to in our im pression of yesterday—that Prince RaDzivir,, now a Russian General in the Crimea, was only last summer allowed to inspect our defences, and pry into our military arrangements. He was enabled to act this disgraceful part through a Ministerial introduction, and we earnestly hope that the causes which led to that introduction may be strictly investigated. It is no time for needless delicacy ; nor can the British Parliament be again iatisfied with vague generalities or pompous plati tudes about the courtesy due to distinguished foreigners, who turn out to be paid spies in the service of our enemy, and whose conduct would richly merit. an ignominious termination in front of the Old Bailey. Looking to all matters we can only regret that Parliament has adjourned for so long a period, so that immediate explanations cannot be obtained. We must, however, warn all parties not to rely too much on the patience of the British people. Any betrayal of the national interests, any sacri• flee of the national honour, will be fearfully avenged on any to whom complicity may be traced, no matter what their rank or position in the United Kingdom. It must not be imagined by those whose atten tion in regard to public affairs during the past twelve months may have been chiefly absorbed in the consideration of the important events trans piring in the East, that, elsewhere, the world has beer in a state of Arcadian tranquillity. There has been bloodshed during this momentous inter val, we would venture to remind thorn, in other quarters of the earth besides those comprised within the boundaries of Crim Tartary. There have been other cities beleagured besides Sebas topol. There have been other projects abroad of daring and lawless spoliation, besides those in dulged in by the late Autocrat of all the Russias in reference to Constantinople. It would perhaps be as well, now and then, to lay aside for a few minutes those charts of the Black Sea and the Baltic, those maps of the Crimea and the Dobrud scha, those plans of the Allied Camps off Kamiesh and Balaklava, with every minute detail of which we have long since become so strangely familiarised —and to observe what has been going on mean while, almost wholly unnoticed by the generality of those at home, in other parts both of the Eastern and Western hemisphere. The European War still in progress is, of course, among all these contemporaneous occurrences the one of para mount import, and cannot fail still to engross the principal share of the national regard and obser vation. Nevertheless, NI e cannot but deem it advisable, even in the midst of this eventful struggle, occasionally to direct the notice of the more reflective to other incidents j r which appear to us fraught with interest some times, it may be, to our fellow -creatures in gene ral—sometimes, indeed, to our fellow-countryrnen in particular : incidents pregnant with good or evil to the universal cause of progressive civilisa tion. The English politician must, as a matter of course, continue to devour the latest intelligence from the / pill 1 kai , more eagerly -- Whatever ,aily appetite—than the fresh eggs and the hot rolls served up betimes with the damp copy of his morning newspaper. He must continue, doubtless equally as a matter of course, to satisfy his social cravings for the news of the day after dinner with no less zest than that al ready betrayed by him during breakfast : consum ing to this end, with what Mr. TEACKERA.Y calls the " domestic muffin," whatever seasonable frag ments of information may be laid upon the tea board in the Columns of his evening journal— fragments no less important, just now, than the diurnal revelations of horror, made by witness after witness of indisputable credibility, before Mr. ROEBUCK'S Committee of Inquiry into the state of the British Army before Sebastopol. Betw een whiles, moreover, during his mid-day ramble through the streets of London, the more enthusiastic observer of passing occurrences may persist in turning at pleasure into the pie.. turc-room in Waterloo-place, or into the model room in Leicester-square, just to freshen up his rernombra,nce, possibly, of incidents and localities already rendered famous in this great contest with Russia by the heroic valour, or the no less heroic p w a i t ia ie t nc h e a , s o , f d l u ii ring soompatriots. This is precisely s f tate of many months past, been the things day after day, with the heads of 'iiCs in ei m osna o t r inc e 7 t e h dy a i n one household in the metro ' P Z: I e ti t on aw o h f il e li , ol t n e e a l v if e e ry w g h r i e c a h t will x tent, even beyond the limits of London and West minster. It is a which s we would by no means interrupt, expreFsivelve believe it to be of a generous patriotism —of OD, e vr - ocinetive of an ac tive and practical good-fellowship. To the in fluence of feelings like these, which we believe to be thereby indicated, are beyond all question attributable the noble and affecting munificence spontaneously displayed by all ranks and classes of the community, in the transmission of ail to the afflicted three thousand miles away from home. Through the Sick and Wounded Fund, for example, despatched to Scutari and there distributed with such 'humane discretion by the Times' almoner as the nut unworthy custodian of those fruits of the popular generosity. Or, again, through that more imposing, though not in any respect more beneficent, fund, called, for the sake of distinction, the National or Patriotic Fund, the grand total of which has already exceeded the enormous sum of 1,000,000/. sterling. An interest and a muni ficence such as those which we have hero particu larised—an untiring interest in, and.an inexhaus tible munificence towards, those of our fellow countrymen whose individual fortunes are in any way involved in the larger fortunes of the War be tween the Allied Armies and the Armies of the Russian Autocrat—we ourselves have been among the fint to appreciate. It is for others to say whether or not, indeed, we have afforded both of these evidences of patriotism something more than idle appreciation : whether, in fact, we have not, to the uttermost of our abilities and to the fullest of our energies, striven to keep alive that interest, to multiply and extend those tokens of munificence. Enough for us now, if we presume in this particular to maintain a l'outrance that our meaning cannot be in any way mistaken—that our motives cannot be serieugy impugned when we express our anxiety to direct the observation of our reader at intervals from an exclusive attention to the events transpiring in the East, when we remind him that There are other seats of war than the Crimea, and other beleaguered cities besides Sebastopol. E is from our conviction of the enormous im portance of several of the nearly entirely overlooked occurrences to which we are here making reference —occurrences immediately contemporaneous with the war waged by England, and France, and Turkey against the liussi in autocracy—that we propose to specify one by one more in detail some of the more remarkable among those incidents in the onward march of civilisation. It will be suffi cient for our purpose if, at the present moment, we make only cursory mention of events such as the probable revival of the Kafir war—as the casual evidence of disaffection among our colonists in Australia--as the increase of squalor and wretchedness in America, consequent upon the " Irish Exodus," in a wild search after food and employment—zs the brigand-like conspiracy for the seizure of Cuba, adventured upon by certain diplomatists, representing the policy and morality of Transatlantic Republicanism : stich events, in fine, as the continued spread of the Chinese Revolution—in other words, the continued diffu sion among the most populous people upon the surface of the earth of a mongrel civilisation and a spurious Christianity. COURT CIRCULAR. By command of her Majesty, fifty men of de brigal in valided during of Guards on service in the Crimea, during the different military operations, attended at Buck ingham Palace at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and were inspected by the Queen and Prince in the Grand Hall. Twenty of the invalids were Grenadiers, fifteen were of the Coldstreams, and fifteen were of the Scots Fusilier regiment. Her Majesty was attended during the in spection by Colonel Wood and Surgeon-Major Brawn, ~f the Grenadiers ; Colonel Upton and Surgeon-Major Munro, of the Coldstream Guards ; and Colonel Ridley and Surgeon-Major Richardson, of the Scots Fusilier Guards ; who explained to the Q.leen the nature of the different wounds, the actions in which they were re ceived, and the state of the health of the men. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and Prince Arthur. The elder Royal Princesses, the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg, and the Prince of Leiningan, lee witnessed the inspection. Prince Albert, attended by Major-General the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel Seymour, left Buckingham Palace at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, travelled by the South- Western Railway to Farnborough, and from thence pro ceeded to Aldershot, to inspect the works in progress for the accommoJation of the troops. Viscount Har dinge accompanied his Royal Highness to -Aldershot. The Prince returned to Buckingham Palace at twenty minutes before 3 o'clock. The Prince and Princess A uzustus of Saxe Coburg arrived at Buckingham Palac3 yesterday from Clart• mont, on a visit to the Queen. Her Majesty had a dinner party in the evening. Tt o company inc:uded t:se Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe Coburg, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, th 3 Marquis and Marchioness of Breadal bane, Lord George Lennox, Major-General Knollys, Ma >r Morris, 17th Lancers, and the Gentlemen in Waiting on Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg. Lor 1 Charles Ffezroy and Colonel Seymour have IT lieved Maisr-General Bouverie and Captain Du Plat in their duties as the Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince Albert. The Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe C iburg vi sited the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence. houe, St. James's. Mr. Cowan, 11. P.; had an interview wit% the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi ilence in Downing-street. Her Majesty has been pleased to order her biPcuit bakers, Messrs. Hill and Jones, of Jewry-street, to for ward t) La ly de Redcliffe, for the use of the ho,pit a l s in the Bl ac k S ea, a number of cases of their best bis cuits, with other medical comforts—as jams, jellies, raspberry vinegar, lemon and other syrups. Her Majesty, in the course of her visit to the Crystal Palace on Saturday, expressed herself highly pleased with its improved appearance. Her Majesty made several purchases of jewellery and bronzes at the stalls of 'Messrs. Rndolphi and Barbedienne, in the French court. Lord Alf re d P age t , E3uerry to her Majesty, has kiB kidded by die Queen to be Lord in Waiting to the Emperor of the French during his visit to England. The Marchioness of Ely has been selected by the Queen to be Lady in Waiting to the Empress. General Sir De L-Icy Evans honoured the Gallery of Illustration with a visit ye:terday afternoon„ and was pleased to express his approbation of the diorama Him trating the events of the war. It is generally believed at Paris that General Wedell has taken with him to Berlin an autograph letter from the Emperor of the French to King Frederick William. M. Usedom is said to feel his position in London to be very disagreeable, and to insist upon being allowed to return. DEATH OF MAJOR - GENERAL E. J. O'BRrEx.—This officer died suddenly on the 28th ult., at York, at the advanced age of 82. He was connected with the service for no less than 67 years. FORT DARTMOUTH.—By the demise of Colonel Kelly the governorship of this fort falls vacant ; but the office will not be filled up. ROYAL OPERA, DRIIRY-LANE.—This establishment is announced to open for German and Italian Opera, on Easter Monday. HATHARKET THEATRE.—Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves commence their campaign on Easter Monday with Eng lish Opera. Nearly twenty of the senior mail-guards are about to be superannuated, Seine of these guards have been in the service of the Post-office between forty and fifty years. UNIFICRIIT BEQUEST.—The late Right Iron. James Grattan bequelVied the sum of 8,8001. to be divided mniong some of the most deserving medical charities in Ireland. Half of the bequest (4,4001.) is allotted to the infirmary in the Queen's Csunty, in which is situated the great bulk of deceased's landed property. CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. —A gentral meeting of governors and subscribers of this charity was hell yesterday at the London Tavern, when, cut of a large number of applicants, two m en and two women were aided by e l ec ti on to the list of pensioners. - Amongst the pa - ;sengers who arrived in England by the lat West India packet was Captain Petre. He sold out of a regiment of Dragoons, some years since, to gratify his love of travelling. He has travelled nearly ov,r . ET , turrPy Ow can c:nitintu , iron n2s to Chip, over the Pampas and the Andes. The journey is performed on mules. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. PARIS, APRIL 3, 8.30 The Minister of War has received the following despatch from General Canrobert:— " BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, March 22. "We are advancing towards the Mamelon, which covers the Malakhoff Tower. The enemy has at different times attempted to destroy our works of approach, but without success. " Admiral Istornin, commander of the fleet of the place, has been killed. " The health of the troops is excellent." M. Thouvenel has been entrusted with the Foreign-office department during the absence of M. Drouyn de I'Huys. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. VIENNA, APRIL 2. The discussion of the third point is still suspended. The Allies have proposed to exclude all ships of war—not excepting those of Russia—from the Black Sea. VIENNA, TUESDAY, APRIL 3. In the sitting of the Conference yesterday it was resolved to postpone the discusion of the third and fourth points till the arrival of M. Drouyn de Lhuys. The ilird point will then be first discussed. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. M. Drouyn de l'Huys left Paris last evening for Vienna, where he will no doubt arrive on Tuesday evening. If the religious ceremonies of the Holy Wee':: do not interfere with the course of the nego tiations, he will prob tidy have an audience of the young E uperor on Wednesday ; on Thursday he can uresent himself at the Conference, and by Saturday the members ought to be able to know whether the negotiations are to continue with more than a chancy of success, or whether they are to be broken off definitively. Tho rumour pat into circulation yesterday of S:b Istorel having fallen after *a tremendous born bardmnit, turns out to be a speculative hoax, founded upon the intimation in a late despatch of General Canrobert's, that the fire from all the bat teries would most probably open on the 25th. The Emperor yesterday gave an aulience to Marshal de Santa Cruz, Minister Plenipotentiary of Guatemala, who is about to return to South America. The Alioniteur publishes a decree appointing an administrative commission, presided over by tile Minister of the Interior to regulate and superintend the asylums lately established by Imperial decree for convales2ent or mutilated workmen. Archbishop of Mmtz arrived on the 31st ult. at Marseilles from Naples. The Jupiter line-of battle ship left Toulon yes terday for Constantinople, with troops and pro visions. Ti t 3 Moniteur publishes a report from the go vernor of French Guyana, under date of the 17th Feb., giving an account of the situation and pro gress of the penitentiary establishments in that colony. The - following movements of vessels of the Impe rial fle3t are reported :--The steam corvette Souf deur, and the transport Marsounin, from Pam knuf, arrived at Brest on the 31st of March. The transport Pintade left Lorient for Brest on the Ist instant. The frigate Cleopatre reached Brest on the Ist, from Toulon. The Jupitre left Toulon for Constantinople en the Ist, with trocps and pro vision. The transport Caravane, and the frigate Constitution, arrived at Marseilles on the Ist, from Toulon. The corvette Cameleon left Marseilles on the Ist, for Toulon. Letters from Toulon of the 29th describe the movements there as anything but indicative of peace. In the roads there are not less than seven ships of the line, 10 frigates, six eervuittes, besides a considerable number of smaller vessels. It is calculated that the French navy alone is capable of transporting 20,000 men. It is stated in some quarters that the English Government are remark ably slow in supplying transports for the troops. The following private telegraphic despatches have been received : " HAMBURG, APRIL 2. " The English steam .squadron, under the com mand of Commodore Watson, arrived yesterday evening off Helsingborg, at the entrance of the Sound." " VIENNA, APRIL 2. " The members of the Congress held. their sixth sitting today. Tho Bourse is firm." "TURIN, APRIL 2. " The official journal of to-day contains the no mination of General Alphonse de la Marmara as Commander-in-Chief of the expeditionary corps, and that of General Jacques Durando as Minister of War." _ _ Th e papers of to-day publish the following tele graphic despatches : " MARSEILLES, Manor! 31. " The Sinai brings news from Constantinople of the 22d of March. " The works for the establishment of a reserved camp4o,ooo men in the vici n it y o f Constanti nople of are progressing rapidly. Tne Piedmoutese troops, as also two new French regiments of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, expected from Algiers, will, it is said, form part of this camp. "The Egyptian division, commandel by General Menokli, was about to leave in sailing transports, towed by steamers. " Four sorties made by the Russians from Se bastopol between the 13th and 18th of March, were victoriously repulsed by the " The nomination of Aali Pasha as Plenipoten tiary to Vienna was signed on the 18th of March. " That envoy was making hi 3 preparations for leaving when the Sinai left." MARSEILLES, MARCH 31. " Since the Russians have prevented the free navigation of the Danube at Rein, the price of corn has risen at Constantinople. The Austrian Am bassador, however, has declared that the fears were exaggerated, and it has been ascertained the orders of the Commandant at Reni h ave been disavowed. It is therefore hoped that no further impediment will be made to the navigation of neutral vessels on the Danube, excepting as re gards articles contraband of war. BOURSE, Ar sir.. 2.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents 94 70 95f. ---c. 3 per Cents 7O —70 f. 35e. Credit Mobilier B2O Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese — Horne Debt 3l} RAILWAYS-ZOE CASH. tr. c. fr. c. Orleans ... 1220 Lyons 1065 Western 665 Rouen Cotta Mediterranean 1005 Havre 570 Northern ... tBo Cherburg ... 560 RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa of the 16th March appears in the New Munich Gazette : " The cavalry corps concentrated around Odessa, under the orders of General Schabelski, is exclusively composed , it is said, of 12,000 men. proceed immediately to th e It d h r a a s go r o e n ce s ive t d o theo useless u s m t b ) er, Crimea, and a part of the corps left yesterday. The seventh army corps, stationed at present in Bessarabis,, will also leave for the Crimea. The troops remaining in Bessarabia will be placed under the orders of General Ludes, who will fix his head-4uarters at Bender. " According to reports received at Vienna and there held worthy of credit, Sebastopol is provisioned for three months. The garrison is only 12,000 strong, but may easily be reinforced, whilst the bulk of the army, under the immediate command of General Oiten Sacken, num bers 40,000 men at the Belbek. The Ru=sians have cut down ail the trees in the dis'rict behind Jukerman, and behind the trunks they have, during the winter, con structed ei,trenchments and batteries in excellent posi tion. Prince Gortechakoff intends, it is said, to operate from Perekop and Simpheropol against Eupatoria at the head of 00,000 men." The following appeared in the Invalid Ritsse of the 23 1 ult. : "In order to coni.lete the telegraphic despatch from S , abastop.)!;re'ative to the erection of a n:-w redoubt in fr.nit of the Komiloff bastion, during the night between March 10 and 11, A.D.C. General Baron o.len-Sacken annunce , , under date of March 14, that notwithstand i,z the bei,vy fire of the besiegers, the works are being successfully carried on in the new fortification.' "The fire of the enemy's artillery does ue scarcely any harm ; thus, for inst ance , on t h e 11th o f M arch last no leis than 60 bombs fell on one of cur bastions, and yet `• dire ga':erics of the besie.rers' mine, wiiich we dis cover, are const a ntly destroyed with unvarying success. " Nothing remarkable has occurred in the neighbour. hood of Eupatoria. Accordin4 to the statement of the prisoners, the Turks had about 1,000 men killed, and a 3 many wounded in the affair of Feb. 17." A letter from Hamburg of the 29th ult., in the ssemblee Nationale, says :—" We learn from St. Petersburg that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael have given orders to have preparations made for their return to the Crimea. It appears that since the dry weather has rendered the reads to Perekop practicable, two regular regiments of Cossacks of the Don have arrived at the isthmus across the steppes of Nogaizes and by the road which skirts the sea of Azof. From Perekop, however, the roads into the interior of the Crimea are still in too bad a state to allow the passage of troops of heavy waggons or guns. This circum stance will probably render au attack of the Rus sians on the allied forces not - very likely for the present." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MARCH 29. It has excited no astonishment here (says a Ber lin writer) that great difficulties arose when the sscoud point, relative to the navigation of the Danube, was entered into. The Western Powers and Austria insist on Russia's doing away with the strong places which she has constructed on the Bes sarabian bank of the Danube, and also demand that no fort►fications shall ever be constructed with in cannon range of the river. They further pro pose, that the care of the channel of the Danube, as also its left bank from Reni down to Sulina, shall be intrusted to a Syndical Commission of the Powers. By the following article, which is the third of the Treaty of Adrianople, it will be seen how necessary it is to obtain real guarantees for the future from Russia : "Tile Pruth shall cAltinue to form the limit of the two empires (Russia and Turkey), from the spot whena that river touches the Moldavian territory to its conflu ence with the Danube. Fr un that point, the frontier lines shall follow the course of the Danube to the estuary of the St. George arm, so that leaving all the islands formed by the different arms of the river in the possession of Russia, the right I.ank shall, as heretofore, belong to the Ot'ornan Porte. It is nevertheless agreed that this right to .k—starting fr rn the point where the St. George arm is cep trated from that of the Sulina —shall remain unin habited for the distance of two hours from the river, and that no kind of establshment shall be formed there. Neither shall it be permitted, with the exception of the quarantines which are there, to !orrn any other estab lishnient or f,rjfication on the Hands which shall re main in posF:e,,sioo of the Court of Ru*.ia." A letter from Vienna of the 29Lh ult. states that M. de Bourqueney had on the prGiviotn; day a pi rate interview with Count Bun', and had commu nicated to him a report from Gcn,,ral Canrobert, which had been sent from Paris. The general announces that everything is ready fur the bom bardment, and that the ore would most probably be opened from all the batteries on the 25th. T URK EY. CONSTANTINOPLE, March Patha,'s mis,.- sion to Vienna is generally looked upon with great favour by all well-wishevs of Turkey. A more sacred or a more important duty could not devolve upon a diplomatist. The instructions for his guidance will be given to him on the eve of his de parture. Several conferences for the purpose of drawing up these instructions have already taken place, and at which 1, - )rd Stratford and several other diplomatists have been very active in contri buting towards the mission. _Ash _Paella will quit th'.s for Trieste on Monday, the 26th, and will be in Vienna on or about the 6th Apri!.. Con cerning the instructions, it is said that the Porte *ill make the most extraordinary efforts at the Conferences to put forth and maintain the integrity and independence of this country: She will insist upon retaining the power she has of closing the Dardanelles and the _Bosphorus to foreign men of war. She will accept the guarantee or collective protection to be exercised over her Christian sub jects by the - Five Powers. At the same time it is the intention of the agents of the Porte to keep in mind the right to an entirely independent policy and conduct. At the Porte, as elsewhere, very little reliance is placed on the favourable result of the Vienna Con ferences. The French men-of-war Friedland and Bayard have received orders from Ad m i ra l Bruat to pre pare for sea. Iu all probability they will sail for Sebastopol on the 25th inst. This leads us to the supposition that off_nsive operations on the part of the Allies will take place about the latter end of this mouth. The new wooden barracks for English cavalry are fast advancing towards completion in Pera. For some time past the Sultan's bureau has been inundated with letters and petitions desiring and persuading him to he a Christian. They come by the post from France as well as from England. THE BALTIC. We learn that the approaches to Abo, Hel singfers, and every town on the coast from Wiborg up to Tornea, have been rendered - impassable by the sinking of vessels in- the sailing channel ; in Abe and Bjornehorg and other towns the inha hitants have formed themselves into sharpshooter corps, and armed themselves with double-barrelled rifles. On the southern coast of the Baltic the con viction is general that Riga will be the first point attacked in the coming Baltic campaign. On the sea side vessels and large blocks of stone are being sunk at the entrance to the bay, so that the shal lowest-going craft shall not be able to pass Duna munde. • At the further end of the bay there have been several heavily armed batteries erected, in a semi-circular form. On the land side a fortified camp is being formed, capable of containing two divisions of Russian troops. The Baltic army, that was understood to have been intended by the late Emperor to be brought up to 100,000 men, is now stated to he about to be raised to 149,000 men. HOLLAN D. AMSTERDAM, March 30.—The King arrived here yesterday. A vast crowd awaited his Ma jesty's approach, and saluted him with loud accla mations. The whole city was ornamented with the national colours, and those of the House of Orange. The King• devoted the Whole day to the recec tion of the civil and military authorities and all the committees and deputations of the city. On Monday morning his Majesty will return to his residence. ITALY. TURIN, March 39.—Yesterday upwards of a hundred Deputies, which is nearly all those pre sent in the capital, gave a dinner to those of their colleagues who are about to take part in the Expedition to the East. The entertainment was remarkable for the unanimity and patriotic senti ments expressed by members of every shade of political opinion, many of whom had thought it their duty in Parliament to oppose this country taking an active part in the war at present. The guests were General Alphonso la IVlarmora, the Minister of War ; General Giacomo Durando, Colonel Petitti, Majors Cazan ovo an d C a d orna. After dinner the President of the Chamber, Cava lier Boncompagni, in proposing the health of the King, eaid— "Gentlemen,—Those who judge of our affairs from that diversity of opinion.regarding the Government of the State, which occurs in our daily discussions, will be strangely deluded with regard to us and to our country There are in the midst of those discrepancies, inevitable in large assemblies, sentiments which are common to es all, to which the cords of all our hearts vilrate. The first of these is the veneration, the love, and the grati tude for the august Monarch at the head of the king dom—a sentiment which is the tradition of our history; it is instinctive and habitual in our education. But there are others that veneration and that love for the King are idei.tical with the noblest sen timents that caa qualify the life of a free people. We love our King, because in him lives the remembrance of that august dynasty to which it is owing that this alone, among the provinces of Italy, has been preserved ree from the dominations, the protections, and the influences of strangers. We love our King, because in him lives the memory of that great Prince who gave us that liberty, by hini main tained with a loyalty rather singular than rare. We love our King, because he fought bravely on the field of battle for the noble cause of Italian independence. Therefore, in proposing to you the health of the King, I feel certaia of being the interpreter of a common thought—of a feeling not only common to us all, but to all our fellow-citizens, who, saddened by the griefs and gladdened by the joy of their princes, show themselves united by that coneord of 'feelings and affections by which nations become great and powerful." In proposing the health of the guests and the success of the Expedition be said— " Gentlemen,—Another feeling in which we are al: unanimous is that of sympathy and benevolence towards our bravo army. I can boldly assert that in no country in Europe is the army more popular than among us. Its glory is six centuries old, and there is. hardly a family whkili has not had a share in it, wh,ther among the gilded p daces or the humblest co t to 3. This popularity cf our army has increased immensely since it carried t ) the field of batt'e, decorated brit'a the shiold of Savoy, that Italian flag r.h ch a' the cow inlncement of this century already showed itself with so much glory in the wars of Russia and Spain, and aga'n carried it for an undertaking more illustrious, more glorious, and more beautiful than any in Ital history. This sympathy for our army is more lively than ever, since it is called to participate in that war which attracts the attention of the whole civilised world. These ,sentirrenti aff'et us turre rr'ao the h 1 . 1:111- to have as ,!:ri• il! , l:;trious Ge neral destine - I to lead the undertaking. I, gentlemen, who have twice been called to the councils of the Crown, and who have not lost that friendship which he inspires in all his associates, do not wish to expres •my private feelings. J wish to express that high esteem that his Parliamentary adversaries and his friends testify to his valour, his energy, his talents, and his rectitude ; and this high esteem we entertain also for the gallant officers destined for the expelition to the East, who, by us, their colleagues in the Elective Cham ber, were as ju6tly honoured and beloved as by their companions in arms. Gentlemen, to express these sentiments I have the honour to propose t) you Success to the Expedition to the Ea-It !' Our voice will be a salute that will accompany them when they leave the shore of Italy, for whose independence they fought gallantly, as they will fight with fresh vi,loty, wherever fortune may otter the opportunity. Our voice will be a cheer to welcome them in the land of the East, where they will find themselves again surrounded by the glorious remembrances left there by the flag of Savoy." Deputies Brofferio, Mellana, Martelli, and Isola also :poke in warm and complimentary terms of General La Marmora and kis companions, and the army in g,.-neral, throwing aside for the nonce all party feelings and political subtleties. The troops for the Expedition are rapdly assem bling at Alexandria. . Within the last week several detachments from the garrisons of Savoy .have passed through Turin by railway to Alexandria, and others, including a battery of artillery from Chambery, are now en route hither. It is said that General Dabormida has shown some reluctance to accept the Portfolio of the Mi nistry of War, and that he is likely to have the command of the artillery instead. General atcinto Colleguo will have the command at Genoa during the absence of General Alexander La Marinora, commanding the Second Division of the Expedi tion. A letter from Berlin, in the . Universal German Gazette, says :—" General de Berg, the Governor- General of Finland returned to Ilelsingfors on the 16th from St. Petersburg, bringing with him the manifesto which guarantees the fundamental laws and privileges of Finland. After the publication of this rcialifesto, however, the Government ordered throughout the whole of Finland and the Isles of Aland a large levy of sailors, which is directly contrary to the tenour of the. mani festo, as in virtue of those fundamental laws which date from the period when Finland came under Russian domination, they are exempt from all levies of this kind on condition that they furnish a certain' quOta of men for the guard. These conditions have been always strictly ful filled by the Finlanders ; and yet all able , bodied young men and many fathers of families are now called on to serve in the navy 'wit,hout their re monstrances being attended to." A letter from Bra , seis states that M. Faider resumes, under the new Ministry, the place of Advocate-General at the Court of Cassation, and M. Leidt, undertakes the functions of governor of the province of Brabant. In consequence of the treaty just concluded between Austria and Ticino 'negotiations are new in progress for the renewal of the treaty of 1818, concerning the transit of corn and salt from Ljm bardy in the canton. The King of Prussia, in order to do "honour in his army to the memory of the Emperor Nicholas, has ordered that the 6th Regiment of Cuirassiers shall for ever retain the name of the Regiment of the Emperor Nicholas I. of Russia. The 3.1 Regi ment of the Uhlans is to take the name of the Em peror of Russia, and will have for its chief the Emperor Alexander of Russia. It may be remem bered that a similar mark of respect was deci , le I on by the Emperor of Austria, immediately after the death of the late Czar. A MERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY, 10 A.M. The United States' steamer Nashvire has ar rived with the mails from New York to the 21st ult., and 600,000 dols. specie on freight. The Hermann from Southampton arrived at New York on the 18th ult. The President has proclaimed the reciprocity treaty in full force from and after the 16th ult. The Washington correspondent of the New York _Herald states that a new programme, with refer ence to a reciprocity treaty between the United States and Cuba, has been issued ; the alternative being free trade with Cuba or a repeal of the neu trality laws and the encouragement of Filibus terism. The Governor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, hal re ceived authority to raise a Foreign Legion for the British service, together with a couple of regiments formed of persons born subjects of the English Go vernment. The Snow-nothings of Virginia had elected their candidate. The ship Hendrik Hudson, from New York to London, had been totally lost. The steam-ship Northern Light had arrived, with dates from San Fr anc i sco t t th e 26 t h o f F e b ., and 92,332 dols. in specie. Owing to the scarcity of water but little gold had been obtained. The establishments of Page, Bacon, and Co., Adams and Co., Robinson and Co., Miners' Banking-house, and Wells Fargo, and Co., had suspended opera tions on die 23d of February. A number of the principal merchants were expected to follow. The excitement had spread throughout the entire State, and in some places the populace had broken into the vaults of the bankers, but found them empty. All business was suspended. Another attempt to elect a United States senator having been unsuc cessful, it had been decided to leave the choice to the next Legislature. The steamer Cahawba had arrived with dates from Havannah to the 14th ult. Santo Pinto and Cadalso, the conspirators, had been tried and sen tenced to death by the garotte. In monetary affairs at New York no change hal taken place. Capital was abundant, and the cur rent rates were 6 to 7 per cent. for Prime endorsed pacer. Stocks were active and buoyant. Sterling exchange had advanced from 10 to 10k, and considerable business effected. Bills on Paris, &c., of. 12ic. to Of. 1140. Cotton was active, and cent higher. In breadstuffs and provisions no change.. Naval stores firm. In the iron market nothing of moment doing. Scotch pig was quoted at $29, for large and small lots. Freights excessively dull, and to Great Britain and the continent previous rates were barely sup ported. THE TURKISH . ARMY IN TBE CRIMEA. EIIPATORIA, March 12.—1 am glad to say I was mistaken as to the sending out the fourth flag of truce, accompanied by Colonel Simmons, &o. These gentlemen confined themselves to an inspection of the fortifications ; but Omer Pacha did send a con siderable quantity of tobacco and some cases of wine to the Russian outposts as a present for Prince Radzivil. The officer who accompanied them learnt that the captain of Tartars, who deserted the other day, daring one of the conferences, as I n3eationed is my last letter, has been relating all he knew of the place, the force in it, &c., going so minutely into the matter as to recount the most salient' points in the private life of several of the officers. He .must have proved quite a godsend for the Russians, as I suspect the greater part of their in formation must have been derived hitherto from Tartar peasants, whose ignorance and stupidity of course vastlydiminished the value of their accounts. This fellow seems to have been a man of consider, able acuteness, and more or less au fait of all that passed. His getting off so easily is a c a pit a l illus tration of the total want of system and organisa tion which pervades many departments of the Turkish army. When they landed here, in au enemy's country, and established their head-quar ters in a town where the mass of the population is at least open to suspicion, and in which great num b .u . s of Russian born subjects, attached to the Rus sian cause by every tie by which men's hearts and heads can possibly be bound, are still residing, one would have supposed that the very first thing done would be the establishment of a good police, to pre serve order and cleanliness, and, above all, to look after spies and traitors. With Balaklava within a few miles of me, I cannot, as an Englishman, blame the Turks very st rong l y f or i nattent i on to the first two points ; but as a resident here, with my mind and limbs dependent on the safety of the plaee, if in no other 'character, I may be allowed to dwell a little upon the last. Omer Pacha, certainly cannot be expected to do everything himself in per son, and from the impossibility of his doing so it results that the town is, I verily believe—as be lieves every one—and as know a great many—full of Russian spies, who pursue their calling with perfect impunity. The deserter of whom I have just been speaking, -actually employed himself for several days before his flight in buying up all the Russian bank-notes he could lay his hands on, for two-thirds of their nominal value, and, notwithstandit g the extreme significancy of this, not a word of it reached the ears of the au thorities till the bird had flown. It is now perfectly well ascertained that very many of the inhabitants were aware on the night of the 16th ult. that an attack would take place on the morning of the 17th, and an unusually large number of very applikettious clue ma de to oi7.er Pae. a by 'for per mission to go away on the previous day. Ail this shows that communication takes place in one way 9r other between the town and the enemy. It rep quires only an ordinary vigilant police to prevent it, :but that such a thing will ever exist here I have not the slightest hope. What gobs by the name of police at present is occupied in little else than find ing quarters and furniture for the pashas, and knows and cares nothing about the town in general or the peoPle in it., This leads me to say that I think a capital fault has been committ e d i n allow ing the T ar t ars t o remain in Eupatoria, and not only this, but to crowd into it from the neigh bouring villages. There are now about 40,000 here ; of whom at least 30,000 are steeped in raiser)", which is every day becoming more appalling. A commission was formed, as I have already men tioned, to inquire into their condition ; and it re ports that the horrors that hale come under its notice aro beyond description. A feeble attempt has been made to alleviate the sufferings of these unfortunate people by a partial distribution of dry biscuit ; but this is only postponing for a short period the catastrophe which must sooner or later take place. They .are croWded in masses in the small houses and narrow streets of the town, in the most horrible state of filth, andsufferingfrom every disease that dirt, and hunger, and foul air can engender, without an eye to pity, or a hand to help them. Medical aid they have none ; the Turks ,:have not got it for their own soldiers ; and, even if it existed, where would be the use of it without food, clothing, or shelter ? The abominations and stench of the quarters inhabited by the Tartars surpass everything that has ever yet come under my notice, although a short residence in Turkey is generally sufficient to familiarise one with the ex treme of every possible description of nastiness. The dirty habits of the Turkish soldiers are aggra vating the nuisance daily; and, in short, there is every prospect that when the hot weather sets in, if we are still here, the plague will set in with it, sweep away all the Tartars, and at least half the army. To suppose for one moment that we can escape some fearful epidemic would argue either ig norance of all the known laws of health or expecta tion of a striking miracle. Dozens of families are crowded pell-rnell in wretched huts, opening on small courtyards, which exhale every hour of the day and nightthevi lest gases from two or three feet of cesspool and dunglieap, the dead anddying, sick and healthy, living together in one loathsome mass of rags and dirt. The haggard looks, the sunken eyes, tightened skin of the wretches who crawl in the streets or crowei to the quay, in the hope of earning a biscuit or a piastre by carrying something fur the Turkish soldiers, would excite pity, if pity were of any use, or if there was anybody here whose pity was not long ago dried out. In the interest of huat a nity alone, if the step were not prompted by considera tions relative to the safety of the army, the Tar tars should have been s hipp e d o ff t o arna, and Baltellik, and Bourgas by the returning trans ports. What use are they here ? Their coining in has proved their sympathy with the Turks certainly, but of what use is their syn.- pathy ? The Turks cannot arm them, nor can they feed them ; and I do not myself see very clearly how they will feed themselves once Sir E. Lyons withdraws the transports. In fact, the 'Turkish army should he the last in Europe to gather round them a starving population in a fortified town. The best organised army in the world finds difficulty enough in providing for its fighting men, its sick, and its wounded, iu an enemy's country, when de pen lent for its supplies on the sea, without burden ing itself with 40,000 men, women, and children in the last extreme of misery ; the worst organised should have shrunk from the task in righteous difff de uce of itsown capabilities. News was received here last night—apparently well founded because the pa chas were all on the alert, and the troops ready at a moment's notice—that five divisions are being col lected within three or four hours of Eupatoria, with between 200 and 300 pieces of artillery, many of them siege guns, for the purpose of once more at tacking the place, and carrying it at all hazards, and at any cost. In all probability they will com mence by a vigorous bombardment. Picture to yourself for one moment the horrors that will ensue when shells of the largest size come plunging into the narrow streets in the poorer quarters of the town, burying hundreds in the ruins at every shot. I fully expect scenes will yet take place here such as have not been witnessed since the massacre of Magdeburg, or the storming of Ismail. I do not know upon whose shoulders, the responsibility ought to fall, but whoever he may be his burden . will not be.very easy 'certainly. March 13.—Omer Pacha, accompanied by Colonel Simmons, went this morning to .Balaklava in the Valorous. He returns to-night or to-morrow morn ing. Rumours of an approaching attack are still afloat. VISIT OF THE EMPEIZOR AND EIIIeRESS OF THE FRENCH. ( From Galignani's Messenger.) The Constitutionnel, almost alone, has a political article on the present state of affairs, and the pros' peels of the future connected with certain specw Wiens on the mission of M. Drouyn de l'Huys to Vienna and the Imperial visit to London. 'lt says :—" The conference of Vienna is on the eve of acquiring a new character and importance. The English Government is already represented there by one of the leading members of the British Cabi , net. Our Minister of Foreign affairs, M. prouyo de l'Huys, proceeds, on his p ar t , to 1 7. ienna, after, having been to confer with L or d s Palmerston and Clarendon in London. Lastly, Aali Pacha, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, goes equally" to assist in the deliberations of the congress. It seems difficult enough to believe that M. DrottYn, de l'Huys, that Lord John Russell, and that Aah Pacha should have simultaneously consented t° join M. de Bull in personally taking part in deli' berations which they could direct from a distance, if they were not animated with a sincere desire of conciliation, and if they had not a confident hope t that their efforts were n o t w ith ou t some chance of resulting in peace ; but from this desire and this hope it is still far to a result. For the rest, whilst. they negotiate at Vienna, in the Crimea they ar e still fighting, so that it may happen that by the fortune of war and the late of arias the situations of to-morrow may not be that of today. What means have we t o arr i ve a t a concept i on somew h a t clear of-the future in the midst of these complica" Cons of the present ? From its origin the Eastern question has not ceased to be tossed about between thes two currents simultaneous, often contrary- -- the diplomatic current and the military current. Since it is still to be governed by the unforeseen let us not then attempt second sight, but await events with so much more patience and security as in this case, as in all, man agitates and Goo decides. In any case, whatever be the result of the deliberations of the Conference, the Eastern queL", tion will have been the cause of great political ma nifesta:ions and of powerful international alliances; The invitation addressed by her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French' is, most assuredly, 03 , every point of view an event o f the very highest importance. It will decidedly remain in the tory of the two countries as one among the most characteristic memorabilia of this age. These two rival nations who hold out their hands to 0 41 other .and unite their flags, after the sangqinarY combats of ages ; these two interests so long hos' tile, which at length fuse themselves in the common interest of the progress of civilisation, of the repose of the world, and of the happiness of humanity ; these two sovereign families, not long since so ac' tively hostile that one might have imagined there could never be room for both together on the same globe, accomplishing by their relations and their personal sympathies, the work of union which the „relations of the two Governments arid the sync pathies of the two peoples had commenced long since. Is it not altogether a revolution in the policy of States and the destinies of Europe ? It may already be anticipated, from the language all the London journals, what will be the enthw siastic welcome given to the Emperor and Einprest s of the French by the English people. We may he, assured that the English nation w ill b e proud. an d happy to associate itself, by th e d emonstrations O f its respect and admiration, with th e test i mon i es of confidence and affection of the British Govern" ment. This visit can therefore exercise no other than a beneficial influence on the future of the tlv° countries, in more closely strengthening still the ties which unite them at the present. Thus this intimate union of France and England,. which 1 70 perhaps the ,grandest dream of pride of the mow archy of 1830, has been realised by Napoleon.III• in all its plentitude. as in all its efficacy; for he does not purchase it by any sacrifice. This alli ance was formed, it was developed, because i t was founded in the mutual desire and in the reciprocal interest of the two Cabinets ; it 0 fortified, because, in four years of reig n , F ra nce has been constituted 1)1 the Emperor so sufli - , ciently great and strong that there is no nation, proud and powerful as it may be, which shall nO t feel itself honoured in being its ally. The moment , for the rest, could not have been more opportunelf, timed for this visit o f the Enperor and Empress 03 the French to the Queen of England. It is a soletel l hour. It is not only the qu est i on o f peace or Iva, `, which is agitated in th e b reast of the conference : , it may be said that it i s the future of Europe whic h is in debate there round a board of green cloth he' tween some diplomatists. It is natural that, in situation so grave, Queen Victoria and the Empero r Napoleon should have experienced the desire all felt the n ecess i ty of demonstrating in the face tie world t!ftir p(!rfeet accord, and their re oleo f ° the squno'firmness all the ;2veulil' alities of a contest i n w hi c h France and mnglam), have engaged in common their future, their honour' AEI their glory.", - 1. - xi U _LA MA 1J , L U I'4 A.l it. 1 1! V .r.. 4 IN Ir4l Ii ) AI"It I L 3 185 5.