The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-11 00:00:00

TEE i.TRR ROYAL R.kYMARKET. Under the mannement of Mr. Buckstone. THI3 EVENING. Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters by Mr. Backstone and Miss E. Chaplin. To be ar futiowed by THE EVENING FESTIVAL a new Ballet, in which the Spanish Dancers win appe, entitled . After which, a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY. MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To cczclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Ca.sat.ss Knit. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavlgne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal c‘aracter by Mr. C. Kean. To conclude with (3rd time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, King, Queen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPELI. Proleder. Mr. B. Webster.—Thraetress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. Will be performed the Drama entitled TUE MYSTERIOUS ET itANGER. Tr, e melude with A NET EDITION' OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with mime ons highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL OLYMPIC. THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVF:NING„ be perfonned a Comedtetta, called LAW FOR L %DIES - Chlracter; by Me,srs. A. Wigan , G. Yiuing, H. Cooper, Eanvers, and Miss Cast'eti.m. After which. RILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson; Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley. Emery, and F. Yining ; To be falowed by the Fairy Extravaganza, called THE YELLOW DWARF AsD THE SING OF 111 E GOL j MISES. ' AsTLE Ir'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, Second time, an entirely new and original Spectacle-drama of har rowing interest,.by Mr. nelson Lce, called, nth FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ; After which, a Series of Novel SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented by Mr. William Cooke. To conclule with RETURNED FROM THE BALTIC ; or, Jack A• lore. A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to the Erab,llisbments. isox-otllce open from Eleven tin Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wmt. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, tr. Cooke, Jun. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of 111s3 Rebecca Isaacs. 11.111 EVENING, Wlil be performed Tali.' CRICKET ON VIE HEARTH. Cha racters by Messrs J. Halfcrd, Ro;;erson, and I(inloch ; and Miss Re- LeCZ s Isaac', - Miss Ideaument, and Miss Somers. Alter which, 'LING Qt'EEll. ANI) DA:LTGHTERS THREE. To which will be added a Ball .t Divertissement. 11 I 1.411 WAT a AT LONDON BitinG T DAy ittn.aftcr 8 I Eveni g 7 min aft. 9 11, ,yarn'.,—_;, 5b 91 Ev ning 42 min, a t.lO .. PI.EATILTE.--Szr atral, April. 11. Tr.!7 , 17 , 11:01,1117E7R, Tri2 SUADZ -55 since on yesterany. 41 —lowest th!s morning and daring the night 3'2 —this day, at noon. _ . BAnOMY.TR7, 20.63—rising. 'v7, N.W. to N.N.W.—Fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. The equinoctial gales have been blowing for the last few days very hard. When they come after the equi nox they are always more severe. -- k 7.4r 5:1 1 n -- 43_ LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1855. Mr. JouN BRIGHT has been figuring away again at R weekly meeting of the Peace Society. Angry he is, and justly, that Parliament takes a fortnight's holiday out of April instead of August ; but especially that he cannot speak from "his place in the House of Commons," while the Vienna Peace Meeting is proceeding. Ile would like to drag to light, if possible, some of the secrets of diplomacy ; we heartily wish he could. Never did we more abhor our " secret diplomacy" than just now, when a set of aristocrats and despots are snugly squar ing the results of all our waste of blood and treasure ; and that While we, who have only to pay and to bleed, are not allowed to know what their Lordships and Imperial Majesties are doing. Why not have the biddings open*? If they are honest men what have they to conceal ? Why are we to know only when knowledge is useless what these Lords who govern us at 5,000/., at least, per annum, as Mr. BRIGHT observes, do with our interests? Austria and Russia would not endure it perhaps ! Then give up the whole thing if they are such knaves that they are afraid to trans- act Europe's business in the eyes of Europe. Has not the assertion been throughout, that this is a war in the interest of European independence. If so, in all conscience let Europe say whether she thinks her servants at Vienna are secu ring her independence as the result of the War. The whole Continent, as well as England, has the same concern in reading the debates in the Vienna conclave as our country has in reading the debates in Parliament. If courts of justice to individuals ought to be open, surely courts of justice between nations ought to be much more so. We believe in our hearts that the only rea son for secret sittings is, that such Congresses are conspiracies of Autocrats and Aristocrats against the rights of peoples. Mr. BRIGHT declared "he would be no party to concentrating - the indignation of the people upon what was termed the mismanagement of the War." We might have censured his shirking this duty more severely had he kept his promise ; but if he did not enter into details of hospital neglects and Balaklava confusion, he certainly gave it our Governors pretty roundly for their general incom petency. They were " distinguished me n " distinguished for lines of ancestry kept more carefully than those of Manchester men ; Di en quite above the business by which honest livelihoods are earned in Lanca shire ; men who kindly consent to govern us at 5,0001. a-year each for their hereditary services ; yet men who " cannot manage the business of the nation with ordinary ability." At the present crisis they keep an ambassador at Constantinople of the worst possible temper, and another at Vienna too old and feeble for bis duty, to say the best of him. In the Crimea, a general who is the son of a Duke, the brother of a Duke, and the uncle of a Duke, and who, therefore, despite proved incapacity and old age, keeps his post—Lords all three ! Such is the t bat iikkce of our peac e -maker from exciting " in- Heartily do we subscribe to it all; ' vela r) friend JOHN is a political soldier, at leait., ' , ri quall7 Member , in ber concur with the Honourable 16711 4 that ther e is " wisdom enough, manly strength intel lect enough, -morality enough, power of better Government thaollall' to afford us a much n and that possibly-wh en wave have seen of late, into our own hand s , we may ;Matters a little more ,nd. the n a ti ona l a ff a i r s managed somewhat better th anth recent years." The S pe a ker her _C e y have been of remedy. We know of no za :aa s the true business which ever did or could prosper mil", he himself. Nations are no exception, - I f k t ed l , to i t n ot see to getting the right sort of eery they Will to keeping them right too, they will bell'fieed s' fleeced no t governed, to the end of the story. Even Lord DERBY, who professed to have d ug a new vein for a Cabinet, never departed farther from the Aristocratic clique than necessity _ pelted hi m . And, now, amidst the calamities of War itself--calamities caused entirely by un paralleled incapacity and mismanagement—office, • even office on which thousands cf lives depend, is brit a shuttlecock between two or three hereditary parties. Let Mr. BRIOHT rest assured that I:thing • but a settled indignation against the culpable authors of such lavish and - Wanton expen . ditare of money and destructi on of life will push THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL ll, 1855. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF nig FRENCH. unanimous on the subject. Two of them (MM. Desambrois and Collegno) wish the bill to be ren dered less stringent ; M. Sciopis finds it quite in expedient, and M. Santi finds fault with its finan cial provisions. The committee intend to propose as an amendment, that the convents be allowed to remain until the last inmate has died off. As an amendment to that effect has been rejected by the Chamber of Deputies, the reproduction of it in the Senate may lead to serious complications. The Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies met in its bureaux on the 6th to examine a question of prerogative, one of its members having been judi cially condemned in a matter relating to the public press, without any application having been made to the Chamber for permission to prosecute him. M. Cadorna was appointed to draw up a report on the subject. Their I , llP.jesties, as we stated a day or two ago, will arrive in this country on Monday next, and will imme diately proceed on a visit to the Queen at Windsor. On Tuesday the Queen and the Court will proceed to Buckingham 'Palace, when the Emperor of the French will receive the corps diplomatique, and when, it is understood, the Lord Mayor and the corporation of the City of London will present their address. The Court will afterwards return to Windsor, and in the evening her Majesty will give a grand banquet, which will be followed by a ball on a scale of the greatest magnificence. On Wednesday there will be a grand instillation of the Garter held at Windsor Castle, when the Queen will confer that order on the Emperor of the French. In the evening a grand banquet will be given by her Ma jesty in S. George's Hall, as is usual on such occasions, and it is understood that a concert will afterwards take place. On Thursday the Court will come to London, and in the evening her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and their Imperial Majesties, will proceed in state to the Opera. On Friday it is expected that her Majesty, together with her Imperial guests, will visit the Crystal Palace. The public will be excluded from the building itself while they are making their inspection, but in their progress they wilt present themselves on the balcony to the people assembled in the gardens. Season ticket-holders will be admitted to the interior daring luncheon in the Queen's apartments, and her Majesty and her august visitors will then pass down the entire length of the Palace to the place of exit behind the Pompeiian Court. By these arrangements the inhabitants of the metropolis and the public at large will have ample opportunities afforded them for evincing the cordial satisfaction with which they hail the presence of the Emperor and Empress of the French upon English soil. On Satur day it is understood that the Emperor and the Empress, after having taken leave of the Queen, will return to France. Such we believe to be at present the arrangements for the week ; but it is generally understood that the free dom of the City of London will be conferred on the French Emperor, and that his Imperial Majesty will be invited on the occasion to partake of the civic hospitality ; in which case, no doubt, the Emperor of the French will appoint some day most convenieni for the purpose, which may in a degree modify these arrangements. WINDSOR, TUESDAY. Last night a meeting of the inhabitants of the borough, convened by the mayor (John Clods, Esq.), was held in Co council chamber of the Guildhall, " for the purpose of deciding what steps shall be adopted for publicly dis playing our joyful feelings at the approaching visit of the Emperor of the French and his illustrious Consort to our most gracious Majesty the Queen, at Windsor Castle." The meeting commenced about seven o'clock, and the council chamber was so crc.vded that it was suggested that au adjournment should t.►ke p'.a.ee to the Town•hall. The mayor took the chair, -and a great portion of the members of the town council were present. It is scarcely nece , ;gary to say that the leading inhabitants of theborouqh were in attendance. The TOWN CLEan having read the notice convening the meeting, The MAYOR rose, and said—lt will be received on all bands that the visit to this country of his Imperial Ma jesty the Emperor of the French is highly satisfactory to his feelings, and redounds much to his credit at pre sent crisis. As a town, the residence of the Sovereign cf these realms, we have every reason to give him a pro per reception—(great cheering)—and, if the thing be done at all, let it be well done. (Renewed cheering.) I would suggest a general illumination, and •a triumphal arch somewhere near the terminus of the Great Western Railway this day week. (Cheers.) Mr. BEDBOROUGH afterwards rose, and said that he never knew of such an opportunity of displaying the loyalty of the inhabitants of this borough. He thought it WCs their bounden duty to express their joy, and give a. cordial reception to our last and hest ally, and he begged to move the following resolution :—" That it is the incumb e nt d u ty o f th e inhabitants of this borough to give the moot hearty and cordial reception to their Im perial Majesties the Emperor and Empress of the French at their approaching visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle." Mr. MINTON said he bad great pleasure in seconding the resolution. Notwithstanding the disastrous ac counts and unfortunately the disastrous effects of the war, the alliance between France and England was worth all the sacrifices that we could make ; he con sidered it was wild for France and England ever to have been at enmity. (Cheers.) He CODFl'dered their mutual welfare as much connected as the towns of Windsor and Eton ; and as to the present Emperor he had displayed great wisdom in his rule, and promoted the happiness of his people. (Cheers.) Mr. HARRIS, Clewer House, said he was delighted with the object of the meeting. France was said to be at the head of the civilised world, and it was only proper and fitting that England should be side by side with her. What honour we did to the Emperor we did to the na tion. This gentleman then moved " That a committeb be appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting." Mr. THOMAS CLEAVE seconded the resolution. The Tows CLERK observed that the prophecy of Napo leon I. was, that in half a century the whole of Europe would be Cossack or republic ; and the subsequent events had shown that the Cossacks, or Russians, were continually progressing south. This war was, then, a just one, and ought not to be discontinued until we had concluded a sound and honourable peace. The people might be taxed and suffer severely, but the liberties and civilisation of the whole world were concerned in the struggle. (Cheers.) Mr. ROBERTS had no doubt but his fellow townsmen would give the august visitor that reception which re cent events had proved him strictly entitled to. Captain BULKELEY proposed that a subscription should be immediately commenced. Mr. HINTON had great pleasure in seconding the reso- lution. The Rev. F. H. MORGAN suggested that a public din ner should be given at the Town Hall on the day the ad dress was presented to his Imperial Majesty. (Cheers.) Mr. W. S. CANTRALL seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. The subscriptions announced by the mayor before the meeting broke up amounted to 1201., but by this time to about double that sum. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left London yesterday afterncon for Ciiefden, Buckinghamshire. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Hornby Castle, Catterick, Yorkshire. The Marquis of Exeter will arrive in town this after- noon from Burghley. The Earl and Countess Fingall and the Lady Hen. rietta Plunkett have arrived at Edwards' Private Hotel, George-street, Hanover-square, from St. Leonards. The Earl and Countess Grey returned to town on Monday evening, after a brief tour. The Countess of Asbburnham gave birth to a son on Easter Sunday, at Ashburnham-place, Sussex. The Dowager-Countess Mansfield has returned to town from Fern Hill, near Windsor. Lady Caroline Murray, Lady Elizabeth Murray, awl Lady Georgina Murray came to town with the Countess of MansfiJd. Lady Islant:.ro and her youthful family left London yesterday morning, by the mail train, for Scotian], where her ladyship will join Lord Blantyre at Erskine nce, Renfrewehire Miss Het, n Faucit made her first appearance in Dublin on Tuesday night, in the character of Juliet. She was received with great enthusiasm. THE CORK ELECTION.—A third candidate has ad. dressed the electors. Major Roche (unattached) is the cousin of the late member, now Baron Fermoy. BANK OF ENGLAND.—At the election yesterday Mr. T. M. Weguelin was unanimously chosen governor, and Mr. S. Weave deputy-governor. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ma dras, which has been taken off the Australian line, has been placed on the Bombay and Aden line • and the Noma, which has also been take n o ff th e Australian route, has been placed on the China and Bombay line. When the necessary funds can be raised, it seems ex tremely probable that the next annual gathering of the Royal Agricultural Society will be held at Chelmsford. Trials for breach of promise of marriage have hitherto been almost unknown in France, but the Imperial Court of Nismes has just declared that the non-execution of promise gives a right to damages. The new screw steamer which is building for the Peninsular and Oriental Company at Blackwell is to be called the Braganza. She is to be 720 tons burden and 150 horse power. MARRIAGE IN HIGH Luz —The marriage of Charles Schreiber, Esq., fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, with the Right Hon. Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Guest, widow of the late Sir John J. Guest, Bart., M.P., and only daughter of the late Earl of Lindsey, was solemnised yesterday, by special licence, at the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. A CHARGER FOR THE EMPRESS.—We understand the Emperor of the French has offered 1,000 guineas, open to Great Britain and Ireland, for a perfect broke charger for the Empress. Ile must be thorough-bred, quiet with troops, and stand fire. According to a letter from the Crimea in the Malta Times, the Russians did not come to the determination to sink the vessels which they had lataly sent to the bottom of the harbour of Sebastopol until they had re moved them from place to place, and ascertained that it was quite impossible to station them in any place where they would not be exposed to the fire of the enemy. SPORTING BET.—We understand a Yorkshire subal tern, in the 7th Dragoon Guards, has backed himself for 500 guineas to ride 100 miles in five hours. Twenty miles per hour will therefore be the pace, almost equal to that of the Derby. He intends to have ten horses, and ride over the Curragh race-course. Increasing ease continues to be observable in the dis count-market, and in the Stock-Exchange money can be obtained on loan at 3 per cent. The India Company also are stated to be ready to make loans on Government Se curities for two months at 2i per cent. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA.—At the first yearly meeting of the Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, held at Bombay on Feb. 28, a dividend was de clared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. The bank, it was stated, commenced business on the 3d January, 1354, with a paid-up capital of 61,065/., which had since been inceeased to 323,F26/., and branches had been opened at Colombo, Kandy, Canton, Shanghai, Calcutta, and London. The profits for the first slx rnonth4 were 3,7691., and for the last 10,0511., and after payment of the dividend a balance would remain for reserve fund of 4,032/. The negotiations opened in London for an arnal gawation with the Ch ar t e r e d Bank of Asia were referred to, and a'hope was ex p resse d th a t th e necessary legal ar rangeluePte ?is this side would be found practicable. the incompetent out and the competent in. There are men in the army who could and would have taken Sebastopol before winter; men who could and who would have kept the army sheltered, and fed, and clothed with needful comforts, and at half the cost which has been incurred—men who are known, or might easily be known, to honest governors ; but they were not " sons, uncles, or brothers of Dukes ;" they were not in routine order for high commands ; they had only given proof of vast capacity in organising large commercial undertakings, and had not been threatened with hanging for incompetency in the Peninsular War ; so, they could not be thought of—old generals, old commissariat officers, and old doctors blocked the way ! We need not advert again to Mr. BRIGHT' s pacific boastings ; it is pleasant to concur with him for once, if but in part. Our readers would hardly suppose, perhaps, that the orator who could say so much to the purpose would have them believe that they do not know why they are at war with Russia ! Lord PALMERSTON could tell him. He could explain what the people wanted, and what the Court and Cabinet do not want. From Vienna we hear that the ninth Conference was held on Easter Monday, that it was very short and by no means satisfactory, and that it was uncertain wadu tide next meeting would take place ! There has,' in fact, been an adjournment sine die, until Prince GORTSCHAKOFF has received the expected instructions. We were not at any time so credulous as to suppose that the Russian Plenipotentiary would receive plenary powers to conclude a definite arrangement while further procrastination was at all practicable—until, in fact, the representatives of France and England could no longer be cajoled, and a day was peremp torily fixed on which they would depart from Vienna unless the requisite authority had been obtained in the interval. It has long been ob vious that Russia has adopted a Fabian policy— that .he hopes to retard the preparations of the Western Powers for the spring and summer cam paign in the Crimea, while she intrigues with Austria, BO as not merely to detach her from the alliance into which she promised to enter, but, if practicable, to obtain her cordial co-operation, so that there may b 3 a new "Holy Alliance" of Russia, Austria, and Prussia against liberal opinions and liberal Government in the rest of Europe. There is but too much reason to suppose that Rust~ is is already listening Lo the insidious coun sels. We have already commented on the very suspicious neutrality of King LEOPOLD, who, if uninfluenced by bis Austrian connection, could scarcely hesitate as to arraying himself on the same side with England and France. Unfortu nately, however, his English wife has long since passed from this world. Her French successor has shared the same fate, while the Duchess DE BE,A33ANT is living, and likely to live. He, there fore, cultivates the friendship of her relative, the youthful EM.PEROR, whose influence must, indeed, be powerful when it induces the Ulysses of the House of Saxe-Coburg to disregard what, to a less worldly mind, would seem to be the para mount claims on his friendly assistance and zealous co-operation. But another, and no less ominous, symptom has recently been added. The constant bicker ings between Prussia and Austria have long been notorious. Each is earnestly striving to obtain predominance in the German Diet, to aggrandise itself at the expense of its opponent. Prussia has especially endeavoured to thwart her rival on every possible occasion. Every opportunity has been anxiously sought after, and made available to the greatest extent. When in the early stages of the present difficulty Austria seemed disposed to lean to the side of Russia, her eager rival made corresponding demonstrations in favour of the Western Powers. The moment, however, the Government of FRANCIS JOSEPH varied its tactics, that of FREDERICK WILLIAM made a correspond ing move to the other. They seemed, in fact, agreed on but one point, viz., to cordially detest, and zealously to oppose each other. Now, however, they are reconciling their past differences, and professing boundless friendship fo3: each other. The earnest struggle for ascend ancy in the affairs of Germany is, for the time, be ing apparently forgotten. They are once more friends and brothers ! Nothing seems to be taken into consideration, but the interests, or rather the supposed interests, of the Fatherland. We say the "supposed interests," because really Germany is far more concerned in checking the aggressions of the AUTOCRAT than the Western Powers. Influenced solely by the a:atiquated considerations of honour and justice, aid in the cause of right versus might, they entered boldly into the arena and bearded the Leviathan of the North, while those more urgently called on 'acid aloof from the contest, which a decided de monstration on their part would have speedily terminated, if it had ever commenced. What, then, does this sudden " friendship" expected healing of deep-seated differences por tend? That is an important problem, to which it behoves the Cabinets of Paris and London to discover an accurate solution with all possible speed. It requires not the _ skill of - an (Epirus to discover a correct answer. We have seen the part hitherto played by Prussia—we have seen how the maudlin temperament of CLICQUOT has been influenced by the latest injunctions of the dying AUTOCRAT. He would do anything-- 1 risk any danger—submit to any humilia tion—if he could thereby detach Austria front the Western - Alliance, and thereby save his nephew from any substantial loss of power, or even any blow to his pride. He would himself readily swallow the leek, provided the new CZAR could be spared the unsavoury morsel. The reconciliation between the Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna incontestibly proves that the latter is no longer—if it ever were so—sincere in its professions to the Western Powers, but that it has been won over by the concessions made respect ing the two first points, and possibly by some other i n d uce ments not yet publicly announced. The only results hitherto arising from Austrian policy, have been that she has contrived to get peace- '—this un- able possession of the Principalities, the occu pation of which by Russia led to the . ,War ; that by her conduct, while in such possession, she enabled Russia to detach so many troops from Bessarabia and other districts as to warrant her, assuming an offensive attitude, which led to the sanguinary encounters at Balaklava and Inker nlall—that s h e h a s kept Belgium neutral; and, finally, has patched up her own differences with 'rl" ia* brou g ht to a This is all that has been attained through the c - operation of Austria ; and surely it is time that the solemn mockery should be at the shortnetacon elus i° l3 . We cannot then wonder Conferenc e on Mon a des of th e d epartment d ati or unaatiafact o v nature of the da greatly speedily surp r i sed i t t Y : 0 ; nor should w e f ee l 4 RUSSELL were which has be e e t n tini so ltoo the rd. j° n Parliament wi ll mee f 0 11 ,, Zg r ievously neglected. tions will then be required Whilii',anci explana terminate the Vienna farce ° AU, we , an d 1e3. ,., _ trust, aided oction_on:tho port-4 A ° ' ".,...alotae :de - - •• - - ~r oweire. . LATEST NEWS. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCIE 29. The camp of Maxslek begins to become popu lous. The Imperial Guard continues to arrive. Omer Pacha occupies two villages half a league from Eupatoria, and is enlarging the circle of the fortifications for 50,000 men. Ten thousand Egyptians are directed on Eu patoria. The Russians contradict the death of Prince Menschikoff, but admit that he is very ill. The papers say that a third barrier of ships has been sunk in the harbour of Sebastopol, in front of Careening Bay. Persia has assembled 50,000 men on the Turkish frontier. This suspicious position is at tributed to the hope held out by Russia of the cession of the Turkish province. Mr. Murray is engaged. in skilfully counter acting the inimical influence. WARSAW, Bth. The Russians are concentrating 120,000 men in th© Baltic provinces. Two divisions of the Russian fleet are at Cronstadt ; a third division is divided between Sweaborg and Bevel. There are besides in the waters of the Baltic 300 gun-boats completely armed and provisioned. PARIS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. The Mon itcur publishes an article, six columns long, containing an account of the Eastern expe- dition. It finishes by claiming for the soldiers all that is due to the most approved courage, and for the chiefs all that is deserred by the highest talent. - The Monitcur promises an article in which shall be discussed, with impartiality, the objects and purposes of the negotiations. The Session of the Corps Legislatif is prolonged to the 14th. The Budget was discussed to-day. The Emperor has signed the decree relative to the execution of the Lyons Railway through the Bourbonais. FRANCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. We have no confirmation of the fact that either the Malakhoff Tower has been taken, that peace is all but definitively settled at Vienna, or that Russia will accept all that may be asked of her short of the destruction of Sebastopol. With re spect to the sentiments of Russia there are two ver sions. Some whom I know to be her partisans declare that, so far as "destruction" of any kind is concerned, ste will not consent to burn a single plank nor to break a singie stone. On the other hand, we are assured that she is, in reality, most anxious for peace, and that the conditions must be very hard of digestion indeed which she would not swallow. On what side the truth lies time only can resolve. The inauguration of the Palais de l'lndustrie is postponed to Ilay 21. Upon the great question of the day the Paris papers are alniost without political discussion. The Emperor yesterday gave an audience to Ad miral Dou Manuel Blanco-Encalada, the Chilian Minister, who took leave of his Majesty, having been appoint.3d in the same quality to the Court of Rome. The Emperor and Empress last evening honoured the French Opera with their presence, to witness the performance of " L 3 Prophbte." Colonel Fleury will accompany the Emperor to England. The departure for the Crimea of the re giment he commands (the Guides) is postponed un til his return to France. The 16th is still said to be the day fixed for their Majesties to leave Paris. The Debats contains the following :—" The last accounts which we have received direct from Berlin are to the ith, and they contradict, as far as re gards Gen. de Wedell, the accounts which have been given by the private telegraph, and which we published. The General arrived in Beriin on the Ist, and was received by the King, to whom he de livered an autograph letter from the Empe r or Na poleon. Since his arrival in Berlin, th e G e ne ra l has had frequent interviews of the King. He did not leave Berlin on the 4th, as has been stated, to return to Paris ; be consequently did not receive any counter-order whilst en route, with fresh in structions, prescribing to him to return to his Go vernment of Luxembourg. What is true is, that the General has not left Berlin for a momen t s i nce his arrival on the let inst., and that h e th ere awa it s the orders of the King to return to Paris. As to on the contrary, every reas o n t o will prolong his stay th ere . W e , on M. d'Usedom he has not been recalled from Lon catntdhatthebree d ex o pe n our part, know that Colonel d e Olb erg , w h o i s attached to the mission with which General de Wedell is charged to the French Government, is still in Paris, a nd that he awaits the return of the General. Our private letters announce to us that a reconciliation appears to be taking place between the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin." BOURSE, APRIL 1 0.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash, fr. c. End of Month. VI per Cents 94 40 —f. —e. 3 por CentA 6O 85 70f. 10e. Credit iltobilier BO5 Roman Credit Foncier 5lO Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedraoatosa .. 85 75 Howe Debt RAILWA TS CASH. fr. c. ft. c Orleans ........ ~..... 1165 Lyons ... 1087 50 Western ............ J.. 657 50 Rouen Cette ................ .. Strasburg .. BB5 Mediterranean O9O Havre SCO Northern ............ 875 Cherburg RUSSIA. We have received the St. Petersburg Journal of Ist April. The Emperor, accompanied by his brother Nicho las, intends to visit Finland, and more particularly Helsingfors, previous to the commencement of hos tilities in the Baltic. It is expected that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael will soon return to the Crimea. The merchants of St. Petersburg have subscribed 300,000 silver roubles towards the ex pense of the militia, and handed it over to the military authorities. . ODES - SA, March 20.—Governor-General Annen koff left yesterday for Kherson. He is charged with the commissariat and transport of all the troops under the command of Prince Gortschakoff. Captain Baron Osten-Sacken arrived yesterday with despatches from St. Petersburg. He met Prince Gortschakoff at Nicolaieff, and delivered his de spatches to him, and the general at once left for Perekop. Letters from Eupatoria state skirmishes were taking place every day round that place. In the affair of the 9th the Russians had 800 men put hors de combat. One regiment of dragoons had 93 men killed, and 114 horses killed. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Breslau Gazette, says :—" It would seem that Bavaria made to Austria a proposition, which probably originated the rumour of a better understanding between the Cabinets of Vienna and Berlin. M. de Pfordten applied to Austria not to insist at the conferences on more than the questions concerning the protec torate of the Principalities and the free navigation of the Danube, and to merely act as mediator on the 3d and 4th points. That proposition aimed at nothing less than to cause Austria to adopt the policy of neutrality pursued by Prussia, and to reject the system of the Allied Powers. The cabi net of - Vienna rejected energetically the proposition of Bavaria." A letter from Vienna, in the Czas of Cracow, says :—" The Empress of the French has made a present to the Empress of Austria of a lace dress, which will be seen at the Exhibition of Paris,.and the pattern of which was designed by the Empress Eugenie herself. The value of this dress is esti mated at 200,000 f." PIEDMONT. The committee of the Piedmentese Senate on the ConvPrits Bill has appointed M Gina to draw up the report. He acknowledges the right of the State to suppress them, but thinks the measure in expaclient except in a financial point of view. .Th e other members of the committee are far from being LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(.THIS DAY.) LONDON, April 11.—Wind and weather this day tst noon, W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, April o.—Wind, W. to W.N.W. Ar rived—Dunbar (transport 23), from Corfu; Archer, Lon don for Calcutta. YARMOUTH, April 9.—Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Caro line, from —, for Valparaiso; Northfleet (transport 35), , for the Crimea. TORBAY, April 10.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Unre stricted, from London, for the Crimea ; Avery, Dart mouth, for Rio Janeiro. LIVERPOOL, April 10.—The Corra Linn, from the Clyde to New York, put in here yesterday, bore up, April 2, from lat. 55, long. 26, having experienced heavy gales from N.W. and S.W. on the 3d; threw about 120 tons of cargo overboard. ROSTOCK, April 8.--The roadstead and the whole coast is blocked up by floating ice. It is considered dangerous for any ship to attempt entering the Baltic for the next week, or perhaps fortnight. PILLAII, April 4.—The drift of ice here continues with a very rapid current ; and as the ice partly takes its way through our harbour, most of the sh;ps lying here are in great danger ; mlny of the captains have desired their owners to get their vessels quickly insured. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; tide, 24 hours' ebb ; cloudy, and strong. Arrived, April 10—Azorian, from St. Michael's ; Lively, Guernsey ; Diana, Rangoon. DEAL, Wednesday. 9.31 a.m. Wind, N.W. by W. ; blowing heavy anti squally. Anchored—Delfino, from Loudon, for Naples ; 'William Henry, from Cardenas, for London. Put Backfrom off Dungeness and Anchored—Bohemian, from Shields for Calcutta. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. To-day's market was very scantily supplied with all kinds of English wheat. The demand, however, ruled ♦ery inactive, at Monday's currency. For foreign wheat—tbe show of which was very mode rate—there was scarcely any inquiry, and the - quotations were almost nominal. We had a fair inquity for barley, at full prices ; but malt was very dull, at barely late rates. We had a very dull sale for oats. _ Beans, peas, and flour moved off heavily, on former terms. Wheat. 1,590 ARRIVALS THIS Rim. Barley - . Malt' Oats. 'non, 1,960 3,380 I ,410 1,120 - 5,750 - 1,740 2914 ski. 4624 brls. English .. Irish .... I Foreign .. 1,850 BOROUGH HOP. Sussex hops are scarce, and rather dearer. In other kinds very little is doing. WHITECHAPEL. Each kind of meat sold slowly to-day, as follows ; —Beef, 3s 11 to 4s 4d ' • mutton, 3s 4d to 4 s 6d ; lamb, 5s Od to 6s 0 d; veal , 3s 8d to 43 ; pork, 3s Od t o 4 8 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. • The head mastership of Wolverhampton Grammar School has become vacant by 'the death of the Rev. W. White, M.A. The appointment, which is worth 3501. a year, is in the gift of trustees. WRECK OF THE NATAL.—Advices from Cadiz yester day state that the General Screw Company's steamer Natal, which lately went ashore there, was deeply em bedded in the sand, and likely soon to break up. Her stores and machinery and many of her fittings would, it was believed, be saved. She was of 680 tons' burden, and insured for 15,0001., or about three-fourths of her value. BATHS AND WASIMOUSES IN THE PARISH OF ST. GEORGE ; HANOVER-SQUARE.—ne Acts 9 and 10 Vic., cap. 74, and 10 and 11 Vic., cap. GI, for the better providing of public baths and washhouses, having been adopted by the wealthy parish of St. George, Hanover square, a very commodious building erected for this pur pose in Lower Belgrave-place, Pimlico, has been thrown open to the public. SOUTH WALES IRON Won Ks. —ln consequence of the depressed state of the iron trade and the high rate of wages which have f•-a- a length of time past been received by the workmen, the ironmasters of South Wales have determined to reduce the wages of their men to the ex tent of 10 per cent. This reduction was pretty generally carried into effect on the last pay day, and was submitted to by the various workmen without any feelings of dis.. satisfaction being expressed, the men being perfectly aware that the rate of their wages for months past has been unproportionately high hi complrison with the rates ot tainerl for the ni g , n . f ~•thrNl iron, I.lrs, or rai! 9 . 0„ (1,1,:0ci olooc D ;lull objected, and threatened a strike if the wages v;ere re duced, but after several interviews with the principals they agreed to the reduction, and are now working thereupon, ITALY. Rolm, April 2.—The state of the Bank still occupies the painful attention of commercial classes here ; and Prince Rospigliosi, Count Pianciani, and Don Vincenzo Cllonna, have been deputed by the shareholders to throw themselves at the Pope's feet, and implore a prorogation of the term granted for the withdraw ing of their surplus paper from circulation, so as to enable the bank to resume its discount opera tions, and relieve the merchants of the state from the merciless claws of usurers. It is doubtful whether his Holiness will consent to this measure, although he is stated to be less averse to the sepa ration of the Branch Bank of Bologna, and the re formation of the Bank Statute. A letter from Hamburg in the Independance Beige, asserts that the Allies will find in Finland 100,000 Russian troops, under the command of general De Berg, ready to oppose them, and that a force still more considerable will operate, under the command of General De Sievers, against any attempt at disembarkation at Courland and Livonia. A letter from Kaliseh, in the Austrian Gazette, says :—" Different journals have announced that some troops belonging to the 2d and 3d corps of infantry have entered the Crimea, and aro stationed near Perekop, under the command of General Paniutin. We can affirm that two divisions of the 2d corps of infantry have not quitted Poland or Volhynia, and that General Paniutin has still his head-quarters at Lublin. There is only one of the divisions (the sixth) of this pneral in the South. Another division, the 7th, is in Bessarabia, under the command of General Us;:hakoff." A letter from Athens of the 28th, in the Pays, says :—" M. Barozzi, the Greek Commissioner at Constantinople, has obtained great advantages for his country In the treaty which has just been con cluded. Greece will have no indemnity to pay ; she o')tains a treaty of commerce completely fa vourable to her interests ; she is placed on the footinc , of the most favoured nations, and conse quontly acquires a right to try, by her representa tives, such Greeks as are guilty of crimes in the states of the Sultan. Gen. Spirio Milos appeared for the first time yesterday before the committee of inquiry of the Chamber of Deputies. The re sult of this first interrogatory is not known. He is still kept in the most solitary confinement." THE STRATFORD DE LEDCLIFFE USUR PATION IN TURKEY. [The following is Lord Stratford do Itedcliffe's circular to the English consuls in the Levant, com mented on in the first leading article in the Dai y News of this day.] Therapia, Nov. 20, 1854. Sir,—Within the last few months four important measures emanating from the Turkish Government, and calculated, if enforced with suitable energy, to produce a large amount of benefit to this empire, either by their immeiiate or by their eventual consequences, have been communicated by command of the Porte to her Majesty's embassy. By the first of these measures a signal improvement has been introduced into the procedure of criminal juesdiction throughout the Ottoman Empire. New securities have been given to the protection of inno cence, and for the discovery of guilt, in trials of that de scription, and above all the testimony of witnesses, to whatever class of the Sultan's subjects they may belong, has been thereby placed on a footing of perfect equality. The second is directed against the disorders and acts of cruel violence but too frequently perpetrated by irre gular soldiers in the Porte's service, or by unemployed individuals, abandoned to the indulgence of their pas sions, and addicted to plunder and sanguinary crime. The third has established the removal of every kind of restriction attached of late to the free exportation of grain from the ports of Turkey. The fourth, and not the least beneficial, is a complete interdiction of the traffic in slaves from Georgia and Cir cassia. As her Majesty's Government have taken a deep inter* t in the adoption of these measures, they can not but feel an earnest desire to have them carried seriously and permanently into effect, to the end that their salutary results may be thoroughly realised, not only for purposes of general humanity, but also for the welfare and improvement of an empire whose preserva tion in a right spirit is now the leading principle of European policy. To the accomplishment of this grand abject I con ceive that your watchful attention, and the exercise of your unbiassed influence, may be essentially conducive. The Turkish authorities, on whom, in the first in stance, devolves the faithful enforcement of the mea sures in question, have some traditional prejudices to overcome, and many adverse interests to withstand in the execution of their duty. At a distance from the seat of government they naturally stand in need of support, admonition, and encouragement ; nor, in the present most intimate and cordial state of our relations' with Turkey, can aids of this kind descend to them from 1 a better source than from you and your colleagues else where, animated, as, no doubt, you are by the spirit of that alliance which holds the two countries together in close co-operative union. I ought, however, to remind you that the most friendly interference in those matters which immediately concern the internal affairs of the empire require to be conducted with prudence and a just respect for the rights cf sovereign or of local juris• diction. Your vigilance may be exercised, your advice may be given, the language of remonstrance even may be used, without transgressing the limits cf propriety ; and, in case of failure, your representeion4 to the Go vernment at home and also to the embassy here, will afford that prospect of redress which, though more dis tant, may not, on that account, be of less certain effect. Copies of the firmaus, instructions, and notes relating , to the four measures respectively 'are enclosed here with, as well in the original Turkish, as in English cr French translation. They would have been sent to you at an earlier period, had not some obstacles, difficult to remove in a moment, been occasioned by incidents on which it is not neJeesary to dwell. Although the measures themselves are already.known to you and to the public at large, the present circular will reach you at a time when some experience of their w rking will enable you to wet at once with practical judgment and efficacy in furtherance of their enforce ment.—l am, &c., (Signed) STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE. DEATIE Of JOHN PENNEFATHER, ESQ.—It is with great regret we announce the death of this lamented gentlemen—the last surviving son (we believe) of Baron Pennefather. The sad event took place on Sunday evening, after a few days' illness. Mr. Pennefather at tended as crown prosecutor at the Tipperary assizes, where he caught typhus fever, which, from the first, was considered of the most malignant type, and under the effects of which his strength became utterly prostrated. —Dublin Evening Mail. MAILS FOR SIERRA LEONE.—The following notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz. " Mails for Sierra Leone and Ascension will be made up for transmission from Devonport by her Majesty's steamer Teazer ; and all letters addressed to be sent by the Teazer will be so forwarded. Letters sent in these mails will be liable to the packet rates of postage, viz., ls. per half-ounce, which must be paid in advance. Newspapers will be conveyed free of charge." The Teazer is appointed to sail from Devonport on the 12th instant. ROYAL SOCIETY OP LITERATURE.—Professor Christmas delivered yesterday another of his lectures on the "Do mestic Life of our Ancestors." He confined his obser vations to the amusements of our forefathers. The Anglo-Roman period—the Anglo-Saxon period—the early English period, were in turn brought before the audience. Athletic sports, sedentary gatnes, and espe cially games of chance, were illustrated by anecdotes from the chroniclers and biographers. The lecture con sisted necessarily of isolated fact., which cannot be brought together in the limits which are prescribed to us by the exigencies of a daily journal. It is sufficient to say that the lecture met with the usual approbation from the audience. _ _ _ THE CABINET OF TITLES.—The public dissatisfaction with the lordly character of the Palmerston Administra tion deepens every day. Title or family influence seems to be the only merit which his lordship recognises. In excluding men of merit from important situations in his Government, unless', in addition to their administrative capacity, integrity, and character, they can procure the exercise of oligarchical influence in their favour, Lord Palmerston is playing a perilous game. The people of this country possess the attribute of patience in a remark able degree, and they have proved that they do so by the generous, perhaps too generous, forbearance they have displayed in reference to the composition of the Palmer. ston Cabinet. But it may be well to remind the Pre mier that there are limits to the national endurance ; and these limits, if we do not grievously mistake the signs of the times, have been reached. If the noble lord persists in setting at defiance public opinion in reference to the oligarchical constitution of his Government, he may do something more than jeopardise the interests of the very class on whom he is lavishing his official favours. He ma 7 discover that he himself has incurred a respon sioilhy ot thu gravity ot which he tittle dicattis at pit' sent. We, at any rate, cannot contemplate, without mat uneasiness, the state of feeling which is so manifest in the populu zit 1 M this very moment..- Morning 40.04.14 F. ,:110iNE'et MA HIiET Alll COMMEB( T.A L Ir T /LLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The cotton market at Liverpool, yesterday, closed firm, and compared with last week's prices of American are 1-16 d. per lb. dearer. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales (2,000 of which were for export and on speculation), comprising 100 Bahia at 6id., 200 Egyptian at 5d to 71d., 700 Surat at aid. to 4d., and 150 Sea Islands at 10d. to 2s. 10c1. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady. . The amount of tonnage built last year in the United Kingdom and the Colonies was 320,869 tons, against 359,788 tons in 1854. Subjoined is an account of the tonnage of vessels owned at the end of last year and 1853 by England and her colonies, and of the number of persons employed : Dec., 1853. Dec., 1854. Tonnage. Men. Tonr age. Men. England 3,150,653 152,184 3,365,330 162,423 Scotland Ireland 259,364 14,083 262,377 13,262 Isles of Guern- sey, Jersey, and Man... 61,046 5,701 64,065 5,911 British Plan- . _ _ tattoos 734,218 52,365 794,520 55,860 Total 4,764,422 253,896 5,043,270 266,491 Yesterday afternoon the rates for bills of ex change drawn here upon the principal continental cities were firmer. Paris, 90 days, 25 42/ to 45 ; Amsterdam, 11 191 to 12 ± ; Hamburg, 13 8 to 81 ; Frankfort, 119 to 1191; and Trieste, 12 38 to 42. The English Stock market is heavy, and the settlement of the account has given a fair supply of Consols, no large amount being taken up for investment, although money is so cheap out of doors and there is a contango of about ± per cent., equal to 3 per cent. per annum. Consols have been 92 for transfer, and 92-g. 2 for the 10th of May. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 103. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 211/. The Honourable East India Company lends upon Stock at 21 per cent. South Sea Stock is at 118. Foreign Stocks are very dull, but generally well supported. Mexican, however, is flat at 21k. Brazilian New 41-- per Cents. are marked 941. Spanish 3 per Cents. are firmer at 37, and the New Deferred at 18k. Turkish Bonds are 76i to 77. Dutch 21 per Cents. have risen to 63. - . The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 2 -- to 7 ; Mexi can, 21k to 21g ; Peruvian, 691 to 701; ditto Three per Cents., 49 to 50 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 12 to 44 ; Russian Five per Cents., 99 to 101; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 89 to 91 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181- to 181 ; ditto Three per Cents., 36/ to 37 ; ditto Certificates, 58 to stl ; ditto Passive, 4k to 4. There is an absence of anxiety in the market for Railway Shares, and the quotations are in several cases weaker. The Canadian and Indian under takings are steady. Mines are dull, but United Mexican maintain their value. The Joint Stock Banks are inactive, and in the miscellaneous shares there is very little to notice, except the heaviness of Royal Mail Stedm Co.'s Shares. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Prom, the Officust Lilt. , liu•iness done &Ink Stook ...... 2114 3 per Cent. ltcduced Annuities 914 90k li 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92s / 2 New 3 per Cent. Annuities New 2 per Cent. Annuities 774 Long AilnUitie3, Expire sth Jan., 1860 ,34 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jaia.,lB6o 4. India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l4 South Sea Stock ... 118 Consols ?or Account, 10th May 92i a / Exchequer Bills, 2id. 21000 . , lO 7 10 .... _ 2,500 lO 7 10 &Lail lO 7 10 7 Exchequer Bonds 1858, 32 per Cent. 991 Ditto 1E59, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 94} Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent B2l Grenada Bonds, Deferred ',lexicon 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto for the Account 37 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. IS rarkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Small Dividends on the above payable in London. Datch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gail-- 63 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certitleates Ditto for the Account 9li 2 } THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 92 i Ditto, May A comint ... ...... .. TILE KNO TV-NOTHING POLIO Y. TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES. • Go' Sin,— Lerd Palmer s ton has at last completed ;his r.; , vernment by the appointment of Mr. John Ball, r d for Carlow, as Under Secretary of the Colonial D. Tg r ,... merit. The selection is highly respectable as far as to Ball's character and abilities are concerned ; but 11 ire the moment of his appointment he had never bet any way connected with co lo n ial affairs, had never sb ' ta d any disposition to interest- himself in them, and bly never opened his mouth in a colonial debate. Proba e ;. the same l:now-nothing policy which so obstinately „et eludes Sir William Melesworth from Downing-strt and tethers him in the Woods and Forests •f the Crow I t has assiqed Lord Palmerston in discovering in Mr ' Ball a virgin mind to hand over to the experienced tion of Messrs. Herman Merivale and Frederick Vint' I believe it wilt be useful before Parliament meets tn,. offer to the people of England a synopsis of the band et-itesinen to whose care, at this momentous crisis, their affairs are confided. In the formation of his Gover n merit Lord Palmerston had a wider choice than any F re ' mier ever before enjoyed. How he bas used, or ratli, abused his opportunities, let the fallowing analysis t ell.- I have drawn it up on the familiar scheme on which , in the palmy days of Almack's, Messrs. Willis were wont to arrange the lists of the nobility and gentry who at " tended those very select assemblies, for I have l ittle doubt that Lord Palmerston must have been ma inly co l, fluenced, if not altogether restricted, in his choice of n cw leagues, by limits which Lady Palmerston used to assign to herself in the issue of her ball-tickets Duke of Argyll. Marquis of Lansdowne. Earls—Carlisle, Clarendon, Granville, and frairrowbP Viscounts—Canning, Duncan, Monck, and. Palmer' stun. Barons—Cranwortb, Paninure, Stanley of I§.lderlels and Wodebouse. Lord John Russell. Honourables—H. Brand, VT. Cowper, E. I louver ie ' and C. Villiers. Baronets—G. Grey, C. Lewis, W. Moleswcrtb, Peel, and C. Wood. Messrs—Ball, Horsraan, Osborne, Peel, Sey. l7l°lll. ' Smith, and Wilson. There are thus in the present Government.twenty 't e r members of the aristocracy and but six commoners - ''''„ e Mr. Smith, of the India Board, must be reckoned am' the former, having married the Marquis of LansdowD niece, and having been introduced by that noblete into the Cabinet. We, the public, are told by Lord Paltnerston's frier tcb i that he had no alternative in the choice which he 11° , 1 made, that he wished to get the best men be could fil " and that it is no fault of his if able men were not to "rrbe found among the " common fellows" in Part' iament. are jeeringly asked if we really think a mrtu of t a ' l° ,., ous, , ht to be excluded from office because be I cis the rii , r -s ; fortune to be also a peer, or the son or brother' of a Pn t y To which snubbing question we t the public, In°" e ' - - answer, "Certainly not." Jiff crept Luckily for us, however, another and a very'l sort of list of publict servants has been going the' . ° t - h i ti t of the press during the last few days. I allude t° of the officers commanding ships in the Baltic fie et' the selecting men for that difficult and dangerous sere. Admiralty knew better than to job, nor had the, 9 " - 0 great temptation to do so. An analysis of the list made on the Almali's principle, runs as follows : Duke—None, Marquis—None. Earl—None. Baron—None. L , r I—None. Honourables—A. Cochrane, G. Douglas, It Dundee, and F. Pelham. Ba7onets —None. Messrs.—Seymour (2), Bayner, Caldwell; Hell Fi- her, Robb, Codrinuton, Elliott, Erskine, Mang' fTore ' Warren, Kfy, Robinson, Williams, Ramsey t w t f Warder, Caffio, Wellesl e y, Bi rc h, O mmanne y, S °l3l " Hewlett, Watson, Yelverton, Farquhar, Fanshalre' Dunlop, D'Eynconrt. Heathcote, Vansittart, ter Glass:, Clifford, Stewart, Gordon, Campbell, Whi Brown, Story, Pullen, Luce, Jenner, Crofton, Garde erp Dew, Crawfurd, Ipglefield, Cumming, &c. Eery, we have the tables completely turned-- 4 portion of 54 "common fellows" to four honourablee and right sorry should we be to see the latter e xclud e , from the North Sea fleet, for a braver and better g Ol / 1 ., than Admiral the Hon. R S. Du n d as never holstea:o ; nor are theta among the h a lf-h un d re d v ,l ° . ' i stl under his command may names mo re j us tly res t 9ee t e r and loved by our sailors than those - of P e lham, rane, and Douglas. Nevertheless, it is curious to observe in how ni l 0 0 smaller a degree the aristocracy of England predomilla in a branch of the public service in which it is a bsolet necessary that every man employed should be up t°, i t s work. No fond and fashionable mother implores lie First Lord of the Admiralty that her boy ma pe s o trusted with a floating battery or a fireship, nor dnes:,; v ,ll influential old Marquis insist that his son-in-lew 04) command a squadron on the edge of the ice during a equinox. Where well-paid public work can be done ow deputy, or not done at all, it would seem, from th r e - g c( n e prison of these two lists, that the aristocraeY, ° 'l — th land predominate over the "common fellows proportion of 25 to 6. But in a public e mployill° ll ,l o , whieh hardihood, endurance, and skill are indispens'n,ter we find that the " common fellows" are actuallf ferred by a department which, to do it justice, alwar 0 when it can, in a proportion of 52 to 4 ! and there ill " a branch of the public service which is more ably serad. than the British navy in wartime. Surely, Sir, facts like these ought to furnish Witt er. ' not only for reflection, but also for action, when Par'v' ment meets. I am, your obedient servant, ONE of TILE PEOPLE.. THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE BALTIC 1/00 TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. SIR —A most unfair attack has been made in ft, columns of one of your contemporaries upon the ar,;'!' t cracy of the country in connection with the Baltic Put:j.. now on its way northwards. The object is a very /A:s pable one. The letter in which this libel is embodieu_ i t • signed by " One of the People," but if its contents .ll* ; been certified by "One of the Times" I could wel l 13° understood its signification ; but, with your perroissio% I will give some small account of the " common felloo to which allusion has been made. net If Mr. Smith, of the India Board, is to be rec lo- , 3 10 one of the aristocracy because he married the 3'fa r r tl il) , of Lansdowne's niece, surely many of the names set ' I / I ,'" connected with the Baltic fleet as "common fe1 1° " . 6.: equally belong to the aristocracy, besides the g,. °13 P 0 1-e Cochrane, G. D oug l as , It. S. D un d as , an d F: ham. To begin : oto tit Codrington, first cousi n to Sir William Codring Bait., married the daughter of the Duke of Beaufo rt a, Elliot's sisters married to the Earl of Northesk, he is himself the nephew of the Earl of Moto. ll Erskine is the first cousin to Lord Elphinstol lef his mi)ther's toD Hope. The Hopes are related to half the Se l° pe , rage. Ic ° V Well•-sley. It is sufficient he is a Wellesley ; in -° the peerage. , in oto Yelverton is married to the Marchioness of Sag l o ge • and himself i.. 1 the nephew of Ireland's only - (Leinst , l). A pO te Vansittsrt—Nieholas. The nam e i s eno ugh to Lie t b# the connection with the Bexley family, late T., ,, rd Auckland, AO , DIP" Clifford—son of Sir Augustus and nephew to Lu e - of Devonshire. tia • I go ~/ -, Stewart—son of Houston Stewart of the Royal "- of Scotland, and nephew of the • D m e- 'present uo Somerset. as well a° - .10114 I will say nothing of the Gordons, the Caul i net the Croftons, the H o b ar t s , th e C umm i ngs , &c., 847° do if I mistake not, th e y c l a i m a ffi n i ty w i t h many peerage. g s k i.i o9 It is sheer and rank non sense t o ca ll th em ",,, common fellows," and make a fuss and humbug 7 . 4 pose upon the British publi c . Th e B r itish 13 : it filled with the off-shoots of the aristocracy, an u ailK L neither right nor patriotic to make any invidious }3il coca. We are all Englishmen, and I will not„, 3 0 01 : that it is necessary that a man should have an " 0" able" prefixed to his name to enable him to i 3 dog' enemy boldly, or that the want of such an OP ° t e would prevent him from doing his duty propeslY,: c ier; " clodg." contemplated by your contemporary " o f I clear, and the Manchester school is at the bottom —From your obedient servant, AN ENCILISO*. MISS CORDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. rl.Ol • SIR,—As a near neighbour and acquaintance v oe; Emilie Frances Gordon, on whose cruelty to yon commented in your paper of Friday last, v ;,,, - 0 earnestly to hope that her relatives will now see pe e r i , " solute necessity of putting her under some degree li e e of sonal restraint. Her vagaries have . too long o n , fo " to be alternately the jest, the scandal, and the te r : t, the neighbourhood in which she resides. Whet°; - e, (),", strange history which she gives of herself be r' r- it '- partially, if not entirely, a mental Tiallucinatiosi 005 certainly incumbent upon her friends, if not oo t : r egss sideration for their own credit, at any rate out a t 00"0, to decorum and the p u bli c sa f e ty, t o pu t a n en u ;for to the extraordinary behaviour in which she h a ',,irce; many years indulged. lam alluding now to :job stances which are well k n o wn t o ever y person; ',;brir.' e e poor, who lives within 10 or 20 miles of Bsee e dot e l The whole country side has been ringing with or l i , e- r ofej i of Miss Gord o n, h e r my s t er i ous antecedents ancl.r ft eiB, l4 : eccentricities, ever since she came to reside in tblsoolo bourhood. I have not the least doubt that the ef of ' of which her savage treatment of the pony wa g manifestation, has been dev e l o pi ng it se lf in her - ,,, l itre" years past, and is maki ng rap id a d van ces t ° '' highly dangerous state. I remain, Sir, your faithful serve XoB' A NEIGHBOUR TO MISS 6°l; • ea t PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. —Yest e rday the p.f ne ea r the dividends on the stocks lately s h u t eonituZ e the Bank of E ng l an d, b u t, although the.period w'ociee ter was a d a y or t wo l a t er th an usua l, the a tie be - • was not large. 11 0 1 1,4 NEW JOINT-STOCK BANK.—The prospectus ~,,e op issued of another joint-stock bank, to be c alledlo,o o 0 4 0 , Mutual Banking Arsociation, with a capital and power of increase to 5,000,00/. it P r°l3 . T l4 a n t 0,111 n,; ~f leen ftharehoid ers ;.I,iit it :nay ,n e d is tuis :ai l ' 5 V t o, could be carried out in any farm which venull 11 ;0 d r• the effect of rendering the latter equally lieb le h ne [former for all the undertakings of the esta_*-- Tisr&O. • - • of 1,- 005 U