The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-11 00:00:00

- 71" 4 f: • - „rt T ATEL ROY AL tiATIS ARX F.T. go er t h eAk anagfment pf Mr. Buckstarle. TI/13 EVENING. ACTRESS OF Will be performed tha new ',WI:U. Alter which. a new Extravaganza, called THE NEW HAY MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855. To conclude with SHOCKING EYENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CnAlum BEAN. TILTS EVENING, Will be performed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's Historical Play, entitled LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal character by Dir. C. Kean. To conclude with the popular Romance, in two acts, entitled HE MULETEER OF TOLEDO ; or, Ki ng, Q ueen, and Knave. THEATRE ROYAL ADELFHL Proprietor, Mi. B. Webster.--Directress, Madame Celesta THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comedy of PAUL PRY. Principal cha racters by Messrs. C. Selay and Wright; Miss M. Seeley, Mrs. L. Murray, and Miss Woolgar. To concinde with A NEM EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highly-coloured Illustrations. ROYAL morsine THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed TIT FOR TAT. After which, THE WELSH GIRL. Characters by Messrs. Emery, Leslie, and Danvers ; Mi ss Ste p hens, and Min Ternan. To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW DW ULF AND THE ICING OF THE GOLD MINES. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. e n der the direction of 3iies Rebecca WIC& THIS EVENING. win be p e rformed THE VILLAGE NIGHTINGALE. After which. KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE. To conclude with THE BEGGAR'S OPERA. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. win. Cooke. Brilliant reception of the Ballet of Kate Kearney. THIS EVENING. Tha Jumada! Equldrama by Nelson Lee, called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE FAVOURITE ! After which, the SCENRS in the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke, the Pearl of the Arena, and Miss Emily Cooke, the world's wonder, will appear. M r . W . Cooke's sagacious Dwarf Elephants will perform. To conclude with a Ballet, by Mrs. G. Healey, called, KATE KEARNEY, or, the Lakes of Killarney. A new Military Act Drop the Embellishments. , painted by Fenton, has been added to Box-dike open front Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wain. Acting malp.•••-•' Mr. W. Cook e , J un . Mr. W. H. Cooke. • Equestrian Director, lIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE -- Tins VA —Morning 45 sant.after 9I Ev , iiing 23 rain. art. 10 To- 4 nanow---Morning G dtin.attoi 11 j Eveniug 29min. att.ll TUB WICATIOSR.--Sini Orrics, May. 11. Tairamowrrza, TN THE SNADZ. 63—highest since noon yesterday. 49 —lowest this morning and during the night. 53—this day, at noon. BABomETER 29 . 52. NirrND, S.W.—Light, with fine mild weather. THREE O'CLOCK.—Tlannderstorm, with heavy shower of hail and rain. LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1855. Sir ERSKINE PERRY has entitled himself to the thanks and gratitude of the community, for the masterly manner in which he treated the im portant subject which he last night brought under the consideration of the House of Commons and the nation. He has already amply avenged the slight cast upon himself, and the gallant and dis tinguished body of men, of whom he was the faithful and efficient advocate, by the " count out" of Tuesday fortnight. The just claims of the Indian army can no longer be shelved by a Ministerial trick, or even by a Ministerial sneer: They have recently received a small instalment of justice ; but, trivial 7 pd, insignificant as was that instalment, taken per fie , it might be regarded as the intaroduction of " the shirp end of the wedge," by means , whereof the defences of ignorance and prejudice by - which a full measure of justice was obstructed and delayed will speedily be rent in sunder. Within little more than a fortnight the House readily gave the required hearing ; and, although we cannot but deplore the decision arrived at, we feel that the discussion was eminently useful, and that it has paved the way to the full and complete success, at some future and not very remote period, which the proposition so pre-eminently merited. Let us now look to the result of the division of last night. By a very decided majority of nearly three to one (171 to 62), the representatives of the people of Great Britain resolved that it was not expedient or proper to appoint a select com mittee to inquire how the army of India might be made moat available for war in Europe, or the steps necessary to be taken if it should be deemed advisable to constitute the army of the East India Company a Royal army. Matters are so exceed ingly auspicious just at this moment—the po litical atmosphere is so perfectly cloudless, that Parliament can repudiate the services of several hundred thousand veterans rather than wound the too tender susceptibilities of those who, having purchased their commissions, have a right to de mand that nothing should be done to depreciate the value of the commodity for which they have paid down hard cash. These gentlemen, or their friends, earnestly protest against " Free Trade" in military appointments. They must be pro tected against the competition of the tried and experienced veterans of the Anglo-Indian service, the Secretary for War gravely remarked, it is only fair that they should have their turn for acquiring a knowledge of military affairs, and that they may have the chance, the country is to submit to the loss of the services of men who could have avoided the mischances that more than quadrupled the losses occasioned by the War—and who might have led to its termination long ere this had they been employed. In other words, we have had to submit to an addition of sixteen millions to the permanent debt, an annuity of 116,0001. for thirty years, as well as an addition of more than fifteen millions to our taxes, with a prospect of an early and considerable addition thereto, in order to preserve the venal system of military pro motion intact, and to keep the patronage of India in the hands of a few elderly gentlemen, who ob tain ample interest for the money they invested in what was originally, and ever ought to have been, a purely mercantile speculation. As thp time may not be distant, when Noble Lords (by courtesy) and Right Hon. and Hon. Gentlemen will have to rend er accounts of their respective stewardships, it is well that their several constituents should be thorou g hl y cognisant of the nature of the votes give n i, pposation to Sir ERSKINE PERRY'S motion. What is it, then, that has been thus summarily, and, we regret to b e o b liged to add, contumeliously rejected ? The aid. of 457,000 trained men and 12,000 experienced officers! It is true that a l arge proportiOn of these men belon g to the na tive populations, but the sep o y s, w h en well offi cered, have ever proved themselves brave and efficient soldiers ; and there are exclusive also .sana, 50,000 or 60,000Europela.nt.sold It needed not the over included in the wholming testimonials adduced by Sir E. Peeav to prove the practical efficiency of this magnift cent army. Itisunivers 3ll reco by some f ea th er -bed Y warrio rs, gnised ) saveperh a p s aristocratic blood or consi derable lvhow, in right of wealth, think themselves entitled " to play at soldiers," and to Fin d and veterans from coming "between the 1 ' and thei r nobility ;' an d ye t, throug h so me at surd pill* of r e d- tapiam, the nation the assistan ce of men educated in this practice ] is to esc he w school, thoroughly organised and suited for any emergency 1 it is, indeed, too bad. It is a piece of folly that must be speedily got rid of, co that England may be enabled to show the mistake made in asserting that she is not a military na- tion. Nearly two years ago, when Sir CHARLES WOOD was striving to perpetuate the government of "the Company," we pointed out the propriety of amal gamating the Company's and the Royal troops. We proved that there was no necessity for retain ing the complicated machineryin Leadenhall-street, and that the government of nearly 150,000,000 of her subjects should thenceforward be conducted I in the name of the B r iti s h S overeign. An in competent Minister and a truckling and apathetic and prejudiced majority thought otherwise. We vow have learned some of the evils arising from the India Bill of 1853. We shall know more on the subject, if Parliament be not warned in time. Unless it speedily pursue the course on which it should have entered two years since, ourselves and our children, and our children's children, will have to lament in sackcloth and ashes the legisla tive blindness or corruption which prevents us from l availing ourselves of our most important resources during a life-and-death struggle against such a Power as Russia. We cannot with impunity suffer such a continued drain on our resources, for under the existing system India is a drain on, in place of becoming, as it would be, the right arm of, the empire. We are now fighting with that arm tied. We should free it, so as to bring all our force to bear against our gigantic and formidable opponent. If we had the services of the Indian Army we should rot be obliged to truckle to Germanism, or submit to discreditable terms in order to look for the assistance of Austria. The nation has every reason to complain of the mode in which public business is transacted 1 in the House pf Commons, and its results. There far too strong a tendency to palaver, and too little dignity, order, and resolution discernible in its proceedings. If Honourable Members have only opportunity to display their oratorical powers, can further their private interests, or glide easily through the Session, they appear to be contented. The result is, towards the con clusion much remains undone that ought to have been done, and much of what has been done has been done badly. It is said to be a sign of weak ness in an individual to be perpetually in arrears ; if so, the weakness of the House is most con firmed and distressing. It is always behind-hand. The close of every Session finds it up to the neck in business that might have been done as it ought at an earlier period, but was left to be disgrace fully hurried through at last. The House, in fact, is deficient in business talent and public spirit, and what it has is over laid by Ministerial influence and routine. To be saved trouble Members permit themselves to be led by Ministers in anything but a creditable manner. They will suffer measures of the utmost importance to be hurried through committee without deliberation, and will daudle over and over again, by way of show, with measures of no importance, or measures that notoriously cannot pass. How well their business and moral calibre i 3 appreciated by Ministers sufficiently appears from the history of the "Education (Scotland) Bill." When first introduced, the House saw reason to reject it, and did so in a sufficiently marked manner. Nevertheless—and when we say it we mean it—to all intents and purposes the same bill was re-introduced to be again con demned. It was sufficiently disrespectful to have brought forward the bill a second time - without alteration of its rizovisions. To do so a third time would be disgraceful ; and yet, in point of fact, the same bill was brought in a third time. Government had so little respect for the House, to say nothing of being so indifferent on the subject of the bill, as to suffer the Lord- Advocate to repeat the offence, and the [rouse submitted patiently to the infliction. We have nothing to say at present respect ing the merits or demerits of the bill. It may be L good bill, one in every way calculated to effect its purpose, or it may be a bad one, hateful to the Scottish people, and likely to prove injurious ; but whether good or the contrary, we say it was too bad to have the time of the House, now grow ing daily more valuable, taken up by the intro duction of a measure on which it had once and a second time pronounced a decided opinion by re jecting it. The House, however, has itself to thank for the impertinence. If it chooses to earn a character for indecision, want of earnestness and self-respect, it ought not to feel any surprise if it is treated accordingly. It is not, however, by Ministers only, and in this instance the House has been so treated. The evil has extended further. Individuals are to be found who, session after session, pursue the same , ;arne, if in a less audacious manner. Look at the attempt so strenuously made to obtain the sanc tion of the House for the enclosure of Hamp stead-heath. On this measure the House has cost rightly, and by a large majority, pro nounced an unfavourable verdict, and yet, in one insidious shape or another, it has session after session been reproduced, and is again, aye understand, to be presented. We are far from wishing a verdict of the House in all cases to be deemed final. Far from it. We are too well aware to what such a principle would lead. What we object to is the time lost to the country at this serious crisis, and the disrespect shown to the House by the reintroduction of measures to which the House is opposed, measures backed by no popular apinion, and that can only be carried by sheer im portunity, and against the better judgment of Honourable Members. We have indicated where ,he fault lies, and if the House will not set to ,vork to remedy it we earnestly trust the public will set to work to reform the House. Tn a previous article we have noticed the at tempt which, for some time past, has been made to have Hampstead-heath enclosed. A bill, it wpears, is shortly to be brought before the House with this object. Need we say with what feel ings we are disposed to regard it ? Need we call , n Honourable Members at once and indig nantly to reject it ? Whether we need or not, .ve cannot refrain from doing so. The measure is so unwarranted and of so pernicious a character, aid the attempt to forward it has been so insidi ously and perseveringly pursued, that silence night be dangerous. Here we are, denizens of London, breathing an atmosphere of smoke and list, some of us—poor clerks and artizans more espeeially---daily panting for fresh and wholesome 0 get it to do dr, a want the public parks but imperfectly sup- Lillia n if it did I Y , and yet Parliament must be pestered and is valuable time wasted with an impudent attempt what would earn it deserved indig hiell, an enclosure -rite case differs recorded will, is ever to remain open. make. That, w© a ll°- whici 7 . t 'lely from that of preventing owner has a legal right unjustifiable inter he of the bill I•emu circumstances, be save under ex ference, but in this cas e th e will only be to prevent the a toes intention, and the violatiou of a tee" deprivation of lie of a means of health and • t he pub enjoyment. Ni 0N E v 11 E T D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed very firmly, but with more offering. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales (1,000 of which were taken for export, and 2,000 on speculation), comprising 160 Pernam and Maran ham at 51-d. to 61d., 300 Egyptian at 41d. to 71d., and 1,500 Surat at 2/d. to 4-0. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady. There has been a moderate business done this week in colonial produce, but the purchases am still for immediate wants only. Sugar has gene rally been at full rates, with a good inquiry, and although the aggregate transactions in coffee have not been numerous, the rates have slightly ad vanced. Rice has ruled heavy, and saltpetre has been dull of sale. Spices have sold slowly at for mer values. Tea has rather improved in demand, and cotton has been brisk. Tallow has declined, and hemp as well as flax have been dull. Indigo is firmer since the first day's sale. The ships Ellenborough and Kate have arrived from Sydney. The amount of gold they bring is not Yet known. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that the market for American Stocks has been quiet during the past week, with but little alteration in prices:— Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...1061 1071 United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed Stock 1867-1868...106 107 New York State 5 per Cent. do 1858--1860... 90 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. do. Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 84 85 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1868...100 102 Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) .. 92 93 Alabama 5 per Ce n t. (St er l. B on d s ) 1858-9-66.... 83 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 86 87 Virgihia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 87 88 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6p. Cent. (Sier. Bond 5)...1857-1865... 83 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 80 82 Do. do. do. 1874... 7/4 Do. do. do. 1884... 72 74 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Bonds 1875... 67 68 Michigan Central 8 per Cent. Bonds Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds) 1859... 94 95 Pennsylvania Central 6 p. Cent. Mortgage Bonds 1880... 88i 891 New York and Erie 7p. Cent., 2d Mort gage, Convertible 1859... 90 92 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage, Convertible 1883... 84 86 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862... 79 81 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund .. 78 80 The English Stock Market has been dull, and from . the shortness of the present account, the speculators are not likely to enter freely into trans actions. Consols have been 881 4 7 and since 88 I. The New 3 per Cents, have been 87i to 881, and the Reduced 871 1. Bank Stock is rather heavy at 209, and India Stock at 2301. Eichequer Bills are at Bs., and India Bonds at 15s. pm. Tho Omnium is at to pm. Foreign Securities have been very inactive. Mexican Bonds have been steady at 20-i to 21, and Brazilian Old Stock is supported at 991. Spanish Deferred have been supported at 18i and the Certificate is at 4. Turkish Bonds are in request at 741 to 75k. Dutch 2i per Cents. are at 63. LATEST NEW S. TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. WAR DEPARTMENT, MAY 11. Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence, which has this, day reached him from Lord Raglan. " SEBASTOPOL, Max 10. " The Russians made a sortie with a large body of troops on our right advanced trench this morning, but were driven back immediately. A second and similar attempt shared the same fate. "Nothing could be better than the conduct of the troops who took part in the affair. The loss of the enemy was serious." THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, THURSDAY. The Orion, screw line-of-battle ship, arrived at eight this morning. The Cossack, Arrogant, Esk, Tartar, and Archer have arrived at Farosund, with nine colliers for the fleet. HAMBURG, MAY 8. The Aland Islands are denuded of Russian troops. Several English ships have already ar rived before Roalhanim, near Ledsund. REVEL, APRIL 29. H.M. steamers Conflict, Imperieuse, and Arro gant appeared off Baltic Port yesterday, and noti fied the blockade, at the same time stating that a term of seven days would be allowed neutral ships to depart with the goods they then had on board, but that from the moment of the declaration of blockade no goods must be taken in, but ballast only. Letters from Helsingfors, of the 246th. ult., state that the formation of the 26 battalions of Fin landers, ordered by the late Czar, is now com- plete. SARDINIA. TURIN, MAY 10. The amendment of MM. Collegno and Desam brois on the Convents Suppression Bill has been accepted by the Government. The votes in the Senate were--47 for, 45 against. There were two absent. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds 6i to 7 ; Mexi can, 202 to 21 ; Peruvian, 67 to 69 ; ditto Three per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian Five per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 181 to 18i ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 361 to 37k; Ditto Certificates, 31 to 41- ; Ditto Passive, 3/ to 4. For Railway Shares there has not been much inquiry and the quotations continue firm. In foreign shares less is doing. The Foreign and Colonial Mines are neglected, the Joint Stock Banks are steady and the Miscel laneous Shares without change. BRITISH FUNDS THTh DAY AT ONE O'CU (From the OSeica Lid.) Business dons Blank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuitias........ -4 k per Cent. Consols Annuities Now 3 per Cent. Annuities LonizlA.unuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 3i 15-1 , ; Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 11-16 India Stock Icdla Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO l5 Consols for Account, 30th May BB Omnium itxchequer Bills, 20. 21000 Small 9 11 4 !xchequer Bonds 1858, 35 per Cent. 9JS PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0'0LO:A aziiian Bonds, 5 per Cent 995 dexican I per cent. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent lB5 Ditto for the Account lB5 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 4 rarkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account... ............. Ditto Small Uivi.:ends on the above payable in Lonmon. )utch Exchange, 25 per Cent. 12 Guil.... 63 HALP•PAST TWO. Consols Ditto, May Account MARSEILLES, May 9. 7 --The quay of the Joliette is encumbered with cannon, gun carriages, bomb shells, and a troop of very fine artillery horses, which are being embarked on steam-vessels and transports, to reinforce the army in the Crimea. The quantity of. gunpowder shipped and to be shipped for the East is incredible. One of the Rhone boats alone brought down 150 tons of gunpowder, 100 tons of bomb shells, and 100 gun car riages. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Verdi's long-promised opera, 11 Trovatore (the "Troubadour") was produced `est night, in the presence of a crowded and brilliant audience, with great success. Madame Viardot Garcia made her first appearance this season, as Azucena, the gipsy, and was received with enthusiasm. The other parts were sustained by Mademoiselle Jenny Ney, Sig. nors Tamberlik, Graziani, and Tagliafico. The opera is splendidly put upon the stage. 11 Trovalore is to be re peated to-morrow. ROYAL VISIT TO THE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.— Last evening her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Duke of Saxe Coburg, Princess Hohenloha, Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Adelaide Hohenlohe, Princess Feodore Hohenlohe, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Victor Hohenlohe, accompanied by Lady Gainsborough, Lord Camoys, Baron Tre3kow, General Buckley, Captain du Plat, Mr. Gibbs, Ste., honoured this institution by a visit. The building was closed throughout the day, in order that the necessary preparations might be made for the reception and ac commodation of the royal party, her Majesty having ex pressed a particular desire that the visit should be per fectly private. Prince Albert expressed his high gratification and that of her Majesty at the various entertainments which had been provided for them, and the royal party left the institution shortly after eleven o'clock. The Queen will hold a levee (the last this season), to day, at St. James's Palace. In the evening, her Ma jesty, accompanied by the illustrious visitors at present enjoying the royal hospitality, will honour the amateur performance at Drury-lane Theatre with their presence. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary honoured the performances at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence last evening. The Countess of Galloway and family have arrived in Eaton-square, for the season. Lord Galloway is expected from Scotland shortly. The Earl and Countess of Listowel and family have arrived at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, for the season. The Countess of Abingdon was presented to her Ma. jesTtyhe E , atartlhGe Granville e n transacted g oo business m at the on t Frances, Countess Waldeg rav e. the 2d of May, by Council office, yesterday. The nobl e earl so so joined hi s c ol• leagues at the Cabinet Council, en dnes The Isle of Wight is rapidly filling with f as hi ona bl e ofbeN i p t,t a ieh, r B3 e a nt .t Foreign ohoondwrseei tradesmanener jewellery oe a gi d it e ohn a e ves D ahal o ohur v eet e ul royt of 120,0001., 2p r ()s e e ,e c con e t oe i d v od e lt.i7 a n tEn fi h e r ne l s gu t I including nn o gr Paris.- company. E t i o xA P n h a tiara which has cost 5,0001. The Royal mail steamer Solent, for Brazil and Buenos Ayres, has taken out 40,3651. The dollars brought by the last Mexican steamer were sold to-day at 591 d. per ounce, being an advance of id. per ounce on the price realised for those by the previous packet. This rate, however, and even a slightly higher one, was paid for a limited quantity early last week. Mr. Truefitt, of the Burlington Arcade, has recently opened a salon in his establishment which justly merits a passing notice, from the successful manner in which it has been decorated by Mr. C. Broadbridge, the architect, assisted by Mr. W. Prior. the artist. The style is the Renaissance, and the tableaux have reference to the events of the present war. The lanthorn shape of the room afforis the best possible light from above for the display of artistic effects, contributing to a tout ensemble not surpassed by any other apartment designed for purely trade purposes in the world. A solemn Te Deum was sung at Florence on the 4th, by order of the French ambasfador, Count de Montessuy to celebrate the happy escape of the Emperor of the French from assassination. A similar ceremony took place at Rome on the 30th ult. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1855 sent the following telegraphic t'espatch via Kieff, dated 15th (27th) April : " Our loss during these days was not important. " 'The approaches of the enemy do not advance ; their mining operations are directed against the left face of Bastion No. 4, but they are still at some distance.'" " 'From the 12th to the evening of the 15th (24th• 27th) nothing of importance had taken place before Sebastopol ; the fire of the enemy is slack. We have constructed, under their fire, on a❑ eminence 100 sagenes in advance of Bastion No. 5, a series of lodgments, which have been converted into a continuous trench. H;fr - 0A CORN EXCHANGE There has been a moderate 'arrival of English wheat up to our •market, coastwise, this week. Fresh up to-day, however, the receipts of that grain were small, and the show ir of samples was limited . Most kinds met a slo sale, yet scarcely any change took place in Monday's cur cy. We had a dull market for foreign wheat , 4 how of which was by no means extensive, at Monday's' prices. Barley and malt changed hands slowly, but no actual decline took place in prices. Good sound oats were steady, at full prices ; but inferior parcels were dull, and 6.1 per quarter cheaper. Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly, on former terms. English .. Irish Foreign .. Wheat. 1,470 Flour 690 ARRIVALS THIS WHIM. Barley. f Malt. flats. 930 1 3,780 1,510 4,940 i 8,720 7OO / 9,3 10 i 3400sks 80J brls GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORI. For tilts week ended May 10, 1855, made up from the Returns of tie Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wel s per imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. S OATS, I RYE. I BEANS. I PEAS. 693 5d 3 1 s 31 26s 01 , 383 01 , 41s 71 I 38s 71 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEAS. 88s Ti I 31s Id 25s 8d 393 9d 41s 2d 383 54 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat; 102,082; Barley, 29,868 ; Oats, 17,203 ; Rye, 204 ; Beane, 4,690; Peas, bl 2 quarters. SMITHFIELD. We were fairly supplied with beasts to-day. On the whole, the demand for all kinds ruled steady, at prices fully equal to those of Monday last. Sheep, the supply of which was moderate, moved off freely, anti late rates were well supported in every instance. The lamb trade was rather brisk, and fine 1 .mbs were worth 6s 10d to 7s per 81bs. The best calves were more scarce and rather dearer, some of them producing 5i 4d per 81bs, but other kinds of veal met a slow sale. In pigs, very little was doing. Mulch cows sold slowly, at from 14/ to 191. each, including their small calf. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.I s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSouthdown 4 8 5 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 6lLarge crse. calves 4 0 4 6 Prime large oxen 3 8 4 2 Prime small d 0... 4 8 5 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Large hogs 3 2 3 8 Infezior Sheep ...3 4 3 8 1 Small porkers 310 4 4 Second quality ...3 10 4 4 1 Suckling calves.. 22 0 29 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6,Qualter old pigs 20 0 25 0 Lamb ss 4d to 6s 1 id. TOTAL SUPPLY. I . FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .................. 1,069 Beasts• • ....... .... • ... . 90 Sheep 7,590 Sheep ..•• •.....•..... Calves .................. - 290 Calves.••• •• .......... •• 220 Pigs .. •• •• •••• 310 Pigs-- •• .• •• •• •• •• •• .. NEWGATE AND The general demand ruled Per Blbs by LEADENHALL. steady, as follows : the earcasu. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 2 Do., middling 3 4 3 6 Do., primp large 3 8 3 10 De , do. small 4 0 4 2 Fork, large ..... 3 2 3 8 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 4 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, small '3 10 4 4 .. 53 Od to 6s 6d Lamb.. BORO UGH HOP. The show of hops is very limited, and a fair busi ness is doing, on rather higher terms. The imports this week are 117 bales from New York. Mid and East Kent pockets, 1414 s to 20/. ; Weald of Kent ditto, 13/ lOs to 151 10s ; Sussex, 101 Os to 121 Os; and yearlings, 01 Os to 0/ per cwt. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. An Imperial decree opens an extraordinary credit of 1,880,000 f., in addition to a previous one of 360,000 f., for defraying that part of the expense of clearing the approaches to the Exhibition Palace, which devolves on the State. Another 11. perial decree opens an extraordinary credit of 522,019 fr. for tho payment of the interest and sinking fund of the Greek loan. The assassin Pianori signed yesterday his appeal to the Court of Cassation against the sentence of the Court which condemned him to capital punish ment as a parricide. The document:; have all been sent up to the Court of Cassatiion, who will decide to-morrow or the day after. It appears that Pianori has consented, in case the• Court throws out his appeal, to sign a petitioen for pardon. Hence, it is inferred, that he has made, or is ex pected to make, disclosures. BOURSE, MAY 10.—CLosma Plum. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. cli per Cents 93 75 —f. ---c. 3 per Cents 6B GO 68 (i 0 Credit Mobilier 787 50 Roman Credit Foncier 530 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish ThLrem — Piedmontese B5 50 Home Debt. — RAILWAYS-408 CASH. tr. c. fr. c. Orleans Western 647 50 Rouen . ..... 10!7 50 Cette 625 Strasburg . 843 75 Mediterranean lOll 25 Havre - Northern . ... BBl 25 Cherburg RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 30th ult., says :—" The Emperor has addressed the following autograph letter to General Prince Gortschakoff 111., commander of the Gth corps d":armee In consideration of your excellent ;services, and es pecially of those which you rendered on the disembarka tion of the enemy in the Crimea, and Ns. a testimony of the bravery which you displayed in the affair of the Alma, where you personally led re,g invents to the combat, we deign to nominate you a metu Lber of the order of Alexander Newski, the insignia of which we send herewith, and we remain well disposed towards you. April 22. .ALEXANDER.' " The Emperor recently sent a reply to the letter written to him by Prince Woronzoff . ; and in it he expresses his regret that the health 'of the prince will not allow him to continue to serve the State, and states that he hopes that he wilt soon recover for the advantage of the throne and the country." We have received the St. Peterslburg journals of the 2d and 3d inst. The Journal de St. Petersbourg o:f the 2d pub lishes a long list of promotions irt the army. General Stroganoff 11. is appointe d Governor- General of :New Russia, instead of G e neral Annon koff 11., who is appointed Cornptroll4 ,r of the Em pire, maintaining his dignity as M ember of the Council of the Empire and Aide-de-Camp General. The Invalide _Busse publishes Übe following, under the heading "News from the Crimea" : "The last report from Aide-de•Camp General Prince Gortschakoff, dated 12th (24th) Apriil, contains the news already known by the last telegraphic despatch from Kieff, viz., that the fire of the enem.:: ,r against Sebas topol sensibly diminished, and that the (damage done to our works and the losses of the garri son decreased in proportion. " The approaches which the enemy are pushing in dif ferent directions advance very slowly, i r npeded by the well-directed fire of our artillery. In the, fear of counter mines the enemy does not fire his min , es at a distance less than 30 sagenes from Bastion N . Q. 4, and on that point as yet the intention of the enemy to convert his five entonnoirs into a general place d'arvm ;es has not been achieved, as the crowning of his two pri.n cipal entonnoirs has been destroyed by two mines which lye fired." The siege journal, which accompa mied this re port, contains the following details• of operations which have taken place before SebastA >poi, from the 7th (19th) to the 12th (24th) of April.:— " On the 7th (19th) of April one of t .ur batteries si lenced two French batteries, the guns of which were dis mounted and the embrasures destroyed. "On the same day 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique and Engli 0 - 1 Dragoons) ap peared before the advanced posts of the, detachment of Tchorgoum, near the village of Komara , with 6 guns and about 10,000 Turkish infantry. A fi,er exchanging a few shots with our Cossacks and Geo iek volunteers, these troops returned to camp. " In the night between the 7th and Win (19th and 20th) April, the besiegers twice attacked the lodgments in advance of Bastions 3,5, and 6, Ltd received with the bayonet and grape, they were corn' Jelled to make a hasty retreat. "In the night between the Bth ancil 9th (20th and 21st), the English, having left their to ,enehes in three columns, again attacked the lodgments. in front of Bas tion 3. The second company of the ca; rabineers of the chasseur regiment of Okhotsk made 'a. brilliant charge with the bayonet, and having routed ti he enemy, com pelled them to make a precipitate retrero " During the same night an enemy's steam-frigate left the fleet (which continues at anti or in Kamiesh and Streletza bay) and keeping at a cli 4tance of more than 1,000 sagenes from the batteries s aid forts of the coast, opened fire at different intervaiL s ; this attempt was renewed with as little success the .6 illowing night. " Since then, up to the 12th (24th), the enemy has done nothing of importance. On our all the damage done to our fortifications has been corn.rdetely repaired, and we have constructed a new batter y on the right flank of the Sellinghinsk redoubt and f our large lodg ments, which have been immediately occ :upied by rifle men. " A report has been received from the , detachment at Eupa'oria, announcing that on the 11th , (23d April), 10 to 12 squadrons of the enemy's cavalry at id 8 to 80 bat talions of Tnfantry, with field artillery, ad vanced by the tongue of land towards the village of Sal :i, but on per ceiving our squadrons advancing from I'o uzli the Turks retreated before they were within four wo; rsts of Saki." The Invalide Russe alsopublishes the following:— " Aide-de-Camp General Prince Girt schakoff has THE BALTIC. HAMBURGH, MAY 8. We learn from Elsinore, under date of the sth inst., that the Conflict corvette, screw, of eight guns, Captain Brown, had arrived there from the vicinity of Battort port to repair damages done to her helm and copper through the frequent contact with the ice. It is not thought she will be very long detained in undergoing examination and the necessary repairs she may require. An account from Wisby, of the 16th April, men tions that the western coasts of the island of Goth land had been free from ice at that date ; but that much of it remained on the eastern side, and as far up as Faro Sound, which, however, by this time has disappeared. The first Lubeck steam-boat for the season had reached Stockholm in safety on the morning of the sth inst., according to a telegraphic notice which reached the first-named place on the 6th. From this it may be inferred that the navigation there is completely open at the present moment. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 30.—The electric tele graph is now at work from Sebastopol to London. Under the dark and foggy Euxine the wire runs from Balaklava to the bold headland of Kala kria, which juts out into the sea about 14 miles north-east of Varna. From this point it is carried along the shoals to the monastery about six miles from the town, and thence it is buried underground to the station near the house of the British Consul. The deserted town has been a little brightened during the last few days, during which the messages of the Western Governments and the public in general have been transmitted at reasonable rates, and the French telegraphic staff, with its array of books and instruments, has been established at Varna. For five days, however, the telegraph has been at work. It is as yet uncertain how far the use of the submarine wire will be granted to individuals. This depends entirely on the English Govern ment, who have laid down this part of the line and have its entire managAnent. The station in the Crimea is under the superintendence of Captain Biddulph, R.A., while that at Varna is managed by Captain Duquesne, of the Engineers. There are at present 4 telegraph stations between Varna and Paris, these will be reduced to 3 by the junction of Rustchuk and Giurgevo, when there is every reason to believe that intelligence from the Crimea will be communicated in two hours to the Cabinets of Paris and London. The telegraph trom Varna to meet the Walla chian system has been constructed at the joint ex pense of England and France, each country pay ing half the cost. The management is to rest en tirely in the hands of the French, who also were entrusted with the construction of the works. The price of messages by the French telegraph, though high, is not unreasonable. SPAIN. MADRID, May 9.—The Cortes yesterday voted the 4th and 7th Constitutional basis, both re- I a.tive to individual security. To-day the Cortes voted by 172 against 81 the proposition relative to the continuation of its sittings dur ing the hot weather. Cholera is prevalent, but in a mild form. M. Santa Alvarez has been named Spanish Minister at Washington, he will take his daparture very shortly. +The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier are to arrive at Aranjuez this evening. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 6th, in the Post- Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, says :—" It is rumoured that the reply of the Western Powers arrived here yesterday, and that it bolds out no hope that the conferences will be resumed. The battalion of grenadiers, for some time back in garrison here, are tet leave to-morrow for Gallicia and the Hesse Cassel hussars are to follow the day after." ARMY . BEFORE SREASTOPOL COM MITTEE-(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled at the usual hour. Lord Hard Inge was the first witness called and exa mined by the chairman. He stated that having served the office of 24aster-General of the Ordnance, he was enabled to stat e his duties. They consisted in his having charge of 'tile artillery and engineering depart ments. He originated all military questions at the board, and the other members the financial questions. No works ought to be commenced or executed without the consent of the Master General, who' has complete power to concur in , or reverse any decision of the board on any subject. Whilst at the board no difference of opinion in the mem bars of the board could produce any injury to the public service, from his having full authority to decide on any difference between them. The Lieutenant-General, however, has not the power of the, Master-General as to his supe riority over the board. His lordship stated, in an swer to a question from General Peel, with reference to a statement made b y Mr. Monsell, that at the time of the breaking out of hostilities there was au insufficiency of stores, that in M awls, 1852, when he came into office, his first act was to inquire into the state of the artillery, when he found the number very small. He proposed to Lord Derby in a lengthened memorandum his reasons for considering it dangerous that the couutry should be left in such a state, and recommended that the num ber should be increased to two hundred guns with two ammunition waggons to each gun, to which the Government assented, and it was carried out by the succeeding Government. The artillery were now in such an efficient state as to be the admiration of the French. That would not have been the case had not his reconamentiation been carried out. No difficulty was experienced in supplying what was necessary for the fitting o ut the fleets and the army. The army in the Crima v. as provided with the Minie rifle, which consisted of tw o sorts, one of the invention and manufac ture of 1851 an d the other of 1853, the latter being the best of the two. In 1854 a large purchase was made of Minie rifles. It, was true the last regiments left without the Minie rifle, 'taut on their arriving at Balaklava they would exchange. their firelocke for the Minie, and it was owing to their Ise ing in what might be termed a transi tion state with ri3gard to the rifles and guile that difficul ties had arisen iii procuring the supplies. Under all the circumstances, h e thought tbey were better supplied with stores at the col nmencement of the war than they had been for the Fos1; 30 years as regarded the army, and much better wi ti i the navy. The Duke of Newcastle was most anxiou s that the men should be supplied with the Minie rifle., and a large number of those of 1853 was purishased. Improvements were still be ing made in them ; the best he had yet seen was Mr. Prince's. The Ordnance Department was a very difficult depar ti nent to manage, from being one not only of admieistrat ion butexecution, because a work might last over ten year sto complete it. It was a department of excessive lahou r and great responsibility. The men ap pointed to the elffice ought to be men of first-rate ability ; but in times of war they were obliged, as in the case of Lord Raglan,. 'to take them away, and consequently the department c maid not go on as well with its business as when he was present. In 1828 when the late Duke of Wellington sc.ait at the head of this department, and he (Lord Hardirego) was clerk, it was considered in a high state of perfecteon. In 1852 when he returned to it he found the deeir e to reduce expenditure had been carried so far that thas clerks and others were overworked, and an amalgama tic of the work of the department made to such an extent as to throw too much of the work properly belonging to the heads of depart ments on the clerks' hands ; and instead of its having , produced unity and simplicity, it bad caused confill atm. An increase of the duties of the de partment had 'taken place owing to the introduction of steam into thee navy, and improvements in their military arrangements. The functions of the Conimander-in- Chief in she fie!' i was to see to the di•cipline of the army and to the camp being kept in proper order at all times, and to select the persons for regimental and staff appoint ments. He (Lord Hardinge) appointed the medical offi cers under the z ecommendation of the medical board. The staff appi)in tments vacant in the Crimea were left to Lord Rageen, because it was considered lie ought to have every means given him for strengthening his power, aknd of rewarding those whom he be lieved the roost meritorious. The Commander-in- Chief in the fiseld was subject to the orders of the Sec retary of State for War, and corresponded with him (Lord Hardinge) on matters of military detail. The in structions given to him were the same as those given to the Duke of Wellington and the Duke of York. The responsibilities. of the Commander-gin-Chief at home became connected with the civil department in case of disturbanee, or apprehended disturbance inthe country. His appointments in the army on home service were subject to the approval of the Home Secretary of State, and for the Colonies to the Secretary u forl unlimited tiTitedColonies. The Secretary of State for War has power oter the Horse Guards, and if he were n ap point a person for the Crimea the Secretary of State's i sent would be necessary ; and with regard to hint di e s d t o r s i- ' distri bution of military rewards and pensions, it cer the review of the Government if they thought fit to do uli s e e r . [LEFT SITTING.] A letter from Copenhagen, in the _Hamburg Corre spondence, says : 7 " Letter- , patent have just heen pub lathed by the King, ordering the primary elections for Lanstbing to take pLe) ()a juni, 4. COLONIAL. In reviewing the actual doings of the month, we observe that lower prices have been submitted to for all kinds, ex cepting the finest sorts of black and green tea, and these may be said to have maintained their previous value. The busi ness done in them, however, has been on a moderate scale Common Congou has given way to the extent of id to :3d per lb., and is diffic , ilt to sell at the fall. It is now worth 84d per lb. A few sales have been made at 84d per lb. Sinchu kis have been very difficult to move, and to realise a reduc tion of ld to 10 per lb. has been submitted to on previous nominal rates. Black-leaf kinds have been disposed of to some extent, but the drop in them owing to their scarcity is less perceptible. Good Kaishows are in moderate request. Recently some sales have been made in fine Monings at full prices. Souchong has participated generally to the full ex tent of the depression to which congou has been subjected, but the very finest is wanted, and would command a very high price. Oolongs remain much as they were. Pekoe has been shipped to some extent ; prices show a rather downward tendency. Scented teas upon the whole have supported the late advance, and are saleable at quotations. Greens, of com mon to medium quality, are Id. to 2d. per lb. lower than they were throe weeks ago. Good and fine still command the most attention. Canton descriptions of gunpowder, of the "new make," are saleable at previous value, while com mon as well as young hysons are difficult to quit, and that only on lower terms. At present common congou is at about 84d. to 80. per lb. SUGAR.—British plantation has ruled firm, and a fair busi siness has been done. Barbadoes realised at public sale 38s to 41s for good to fine yellow, 35s to 37s 61 for middling, and 32s to 34s 6d for low. Demerara crystalised went at 3.5 s 6d to 42s for ordinary to fine, and at 32s for brown. Madras sold at full rates, viz., 35s 6d to 36s for grainy mid. soft greyish yellow, 35s 6d to 38s ed for low to good mid. yellow, and 39s 6d. to 41s for good to fine. Bengal ordinary to fine Benares brought 37s 6d to as, Mauritius kind 33s to 395, low to middling date 32s to 35s 6d, brown 29s to 31s, grainy yellow 39s to 435, and white ditto 45s 6d to 475. Mauritius has been at higher rates, good to fine yellow selling at 37s to 395, low to middling at 33s 6d to 36s 6d, brown at 29s to 335, refining at 32s to 38s, and good to fine grainy at 39s to 425. Yellow Havanuah found buyers at 31s to 39s privately. Pernambuco went publicly at 38s to 39s for good and fine dry grey, at 37s 6d to 39s for low to good mid yellow, and at 40s to 42s for white. Singapore low to mid brown obtained 31s 6d to 32s 6d, and mid to good mid grey 33s 6d to 345, being steady. Cuba sold briskly at 32s to 375, being dearer. Refined brown lumps have been in demand at 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been at full prices to a slight advance ; fine, at auction, brought 72s 6d to 73s 6d, good mid to good 66s to 69s 6d, mid 61s to Vs, low mid 59s to 60s, fine to f. fine ord 56s to 58s 6d, and trtage 40s to 525. Native Ceylon, for good ord at auction went at 47s to 47s 6d per cwt. Jamaida brought 58s to 58s 6d for low mid, and 52s 6d for fine ord. RICE.— The demand has been limited, and there have been no public sales Bengal to arrive has been disposed of at 14s to Ds 6d, and landed at 14s 6d to 15s. Arracan afloat went at 12i per cwt. _ _ _ SPlCES.—Pimento has been depressed, selling publicly at 4id. to 5d for mid. White Penang pepper went steadily at 74d to 7id, and Cayenne at 4d to 7id. Zanzibar cloves sold slowly at 4id to sid. Nutmegs realised 2s ld to 3s 4d. Mace is firm at 2s ld to 2s sd. Ceylon cinnamon was taken in at is 7d for Ist sort, is 4d for 2d, and is 2d for 3d. INDIGO.—The sale went off yesterday with rather increased spirit, and previous rates were fully supported. No Madras or Kurpab came on. The quantity passed was 1,035 chests, of which 112 were withdrawn, 141 bought in, and 782 sold. Total passed 3,601 chests. Corrox. —The market has been brisk, and prices are id higher than last week. SALTPETRE.—This article has been dull. Bombay . sold pub licly at 21s to 21s 6d, for 20i to 31i per cent. refraction. TALLOW.—Prices have receded, and P.Y.C. is about 52s so 52s cwt on the spot. GREEN Faurr.—The change of wind has brought arrivals of oranges from Lisbon and the Azores. A cargo of the latter sold by Keeling and Hunt, at pUblic sale, realised prices pro portionate to quality and condition. Barcelona nuts have further advanced is per bag. Black Spanish moving off freely. Lemons dull and lower. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) FILONDON, May 11.—Wind and weather this day .t noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and cloudy at times, with rain. SOUTHAMPTON, May 10.—Put back- The Medway (s.), for the Crimea, to repair some derangement of her ma chinery. PORTSMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, W. Arrived—H.M.S. Falcon, from the westward ; Regia, London, for the Crimea; H.M.S. gun-boats Cracker, Clinker, Fancy, and Boxer, from Sheerness ; Austin, Honduras.; W. H. Brodie, Londo 1, for Cardiff and Virginia; Charles Brook,. do., for St Vincent. BONCHURCH (Isle of Wight), May 10.—The Jessie Mitchell, from Hartlepool to Alexandria, came on shore 2i miles west of this last night. COWES. May 10.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Hansa, from the Pacific, and sailed for Bremen ; Egerton, Cuba, and sAilsd for London. PLYMOUTH, May 10 —Wind, S.W. Arrived—Mariner, from Sierra Leone. Off Port--Ellenborough, from Sydney, N. S W. • FALMOUTH, May 10.—Wind, N. W. Arrived—Countess of Yarborough, from Akyab ; Gwalior, do. ; Terp-iebore, Rib Janeiro ; Lieut. Petterson, do.; Hawk (s.), London, for the Crimea. BOLDERA, May 3.—Vessels can now proceed to sea, and a few have already arrived. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, E. Arrived—Catherina, from Buenos Ayres ' • De Witt, Clinton, and Jeremiah Thompson, from New York. Sailed—Ondnrneming, for Rotterdam ; Napoleon 111., Bombay ; Eagle, Bombay. Wind, S.W. QUEENSTOWN, May 9. Arrived— Sea Ranger, from Callao ; Glass, Kerteh ; Bazar, Mazagan; Claudia, Rio Grande. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISEI TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday, 10.8 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide, half hour's ebb ; weather, Cloudy, with hailstorm. Arrived, May 10— Jamaica, from Antigua; Ann, from Bombay. Arrived, May 1 1—Sylph, from Barbadoes; Lady Cathe rine Barham, Jamaica ; A ram i n t a, Bombay • Ocean Wave, Caen ;John Hulet, Adelaide ; Wilsons, Algoa Bay. Sailed — Wellesley, for Madras. • DEAL, Friday, 9. 3 7 a.m. Wind, WN.W. ; light, with rain. Anchored—Kate, from Sydne.y. for London ; Cairn gorm, from London, for Portland Bay. Passed—Lrvinia from Marseilles, fer Yarmouth ; Com modore, Marsala, for London; Chnndernagore, Colombo, for Loudon. Sailed—Daring, for Lynn ; Totem en, for London. A total of 55,8001. in gold was reported yesterday from South Australia, the respective quantities being 30,000 sovereigns by the Victoria, and. 198 ounces and 25,000 sovereigns by the John Huhet The Maid of Julpha, has arrived from Port Fairy. New South Wales, but is not believed to have brought a ny gold, HAMPSTEAD HEATH INCLOSU 'RE.—Sir Thomas Wilson has again petitioned for the bill which was on the second reading rejected in the House el C ominons on t h e 2 7 t h of July in the last session ; am I the judges to whom the petition was referred in the pres ent session by the House of Lords, Mr. Baron Alderson a ,nd Mr. Justice Crowder, have again, it is understood, red torttd against the bill. HARMONIC UNION. —A cone , art was given by this in stitution on Wednesday night, ~o nsistin, of Beethoven's symphony in A, Sterodale Berl nett's overture to "The Naiade," the aria "Ja ich fuhle. ," from Spolir's " Faust," and Handel's " A cis and Gala tea," with Mozart's ac companiments. The vocalists wi Te Madame Rudersdorff, Herr Reichardt, Mr. M.irand; 4 and Mr. Weiss ; the conductor, as usual, Herr Moliq tue. •,,, :04 t t - 0 '1 t ," •‘; • • Si RE WS BIT RY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEORAPII.) ATTINGLIAII STAKES. ..... 1 .................... 2 Cr0pper..................................................... Priestcraft ...... ................................. ACTON BURNEL STA. .... Usurer .............................. ........ ................... . .... ti ..... Fearless 1 "'" ........ HAWKSTONE CUP. Vingt-un . ....................................... Lur1ey........................................................ Five ran. SHROPSHIRE STARES. Whiterlock ....................... ............................. Hobby Horse .................................................. Eight ran. EXAMINATION OF MR. S IDNEY fig: BERT BEFORE MR. BOEBUOS C MITTEE. (From the Times of yesterdcti) mitt ° °II The evidence given yesterday before the Nal _ rather the state of the army in the East presents in a, o lole striking form the virtues and vices of Herbert' 001 nagement. The witness was Mr. Sidney oly,ootie, it is needless to say that, like the Duke of S r thoS he gave his evidence with all that good teniP__ e u ' o b to candour, and that modesty that contribute so "` out, t s h ta e te c d h , aracter of the true English gentlernee' () dela ,- when we look to the facts thus candidly au d _ a ill for 0 they go, it th i e s y i t ra hr p OT ib co le ns n id o e t rab to le 00 t the °9t t down f our military administration. In d till iss place, it appears that during last year, 5 0 . chor giol February, Mr. Sidney Herbert, instead of d i , ° _, ge tiare one system of duties of equal and uniform (itched, for neglecting which. he might have been ial e r;wit feleiglhtthat, as bresik, was engaged in a variety of transactions, antraealliffiel , 1 some officious, some extra-official, and some isci —in fact, dividing themselves into half-a-dose,atiot tar categories. When be entered office he founa 00t l ear Secretary at War already exercised "Paff ere bieb, i ° , ll ranted strictly by his official position, bti , t, tgoispree°' long course of years, had grown upon bite. . to the tur cessor had every now arid theu made a fora,' Ol tever WI appropriated regions of Government, and ivil a ... for e % ' had won with their own sword and bow - n', forot ample, improvements and alterations of Miluteisboon: the organisation of pensioners, and the as t a bl e o f th° 3f regimental sohools—had become the aPP 6°Ag so oll ,,: l office, though foreign to its theoretical irlea'orehle;i distinction of duties could not but be unf ar td orie; ol exactness of performance. Here were twe c _ e ' f the " i official duty, and, after the reconstruction of the sido% Ministry, we are introduced to a third. '''' joss, _,' r H el e i r o b v e e r t t h t e he D n uk ‘ e ‘ uonfdNeretwoocakstale,grweahtiedhe,al of h ils ii ° r e per/AP: i l viit" c isif not the business of his office to do." o i e P e „loah - be regard to the Medical Department were pur e J ;rl feet, o f and he could originate, nothing ; nevertheless,a'tioo, to y. urged Dr. A. Smith to extend his plan of 00. 3r iau d Pr' a direct notice of a dispute between Mr.Guthrt3._argeol° to Smith on the question between additional stanfbe in i s additions' regimental surgeons, and referred ' sm ih, di to Lord Raglan, who decided against Dr. j 'i o the r e-' f m a e v o o t u s r_of uo at w t i a s c e h ly in , g as th it e taudrndsitoiounta.l surge ons sidneY 11 . 61. 0 . As. Mr. „ 46 0 0 j bert had voluntarily taken cognisance of etidleit4o yar d bert no wonder that he also voluntarily referr or & hip, dir Raglan, and as little wonder is it that his 1 00 pelt, ing, in his turn, undertaken the spontane° a ble. 1 , 0 charged it so as to give himself the least tro to le o 0 , There is an old saying that y‘ou o ugilt not .ore' ar ta gift horse in the mouth ; and certainly it is ew e t not 0f " e rod e° . emus to scrutinise the immense erne).- t 00 0 r - oie. labdurs undertaken by Mr. S. Herbert. 13° 4. the r e olc man will generally decline a gift h m or o s u e, th :T s o e ; I : that he must not look into his that Parliament has now ample warning n ot describinOn irregular and gratuitous services. After _h die tinc io s good deal of mismanagement, without sun a o a st_ e t of persons as to let one knew whose fault i i t ) ~, f It°r., Mr. Sidney Herbert says, in the first peorsoce,rs siolhoni; up a correspoedence with the medical Fh s a nd, t ii ielt purveyors, urging them to exert then eseive aitie les r e' een s all things, to purc'ease on the spot "l i st the ir P iy were available, and to let us know wo e lilt d e sa. wants were, and what their future want % to IJ °r to t h e be." Now, the medical officers had to 100 . hirri r ; ce ve lan, and also to Dr. A. Smith, Duke of Newcastle , but here we fin d nclit tir Of nd exP e h el f d letters ur • • • ging increased exertion .a tO VI - .ce ° OP the spot from Mr. Sidney gerber , g r• le l i e d were not at all accountable. A' S 2 4 pier s 8 1;,, II to o eems to have lacked physical e nergfi arg e f . 03 1 0 01 have had small private reeo.o6, A eanleati°r!' sell nervous tem bead,,for °I . ber hi r° peramezit, and no to ° t w i t , Slril as Lord ahoot Stratford was not the in „ that ..---. iv hospitals, it. i " 8 not surprlo6l iouti/e6 -tot Herbert's gratuitous and extra .offiel a ji I A D erbsP ° ' f t " of their doing too little, then for doing itis very intended effect. and throuchey 0 00 We shall be t°'"' `• • tells e t , WM ) e • , for Yery hard to find fault w ith r atin°l o ' rather first for being bound by routine , " 1:1 or ir casting it aside. We beg to reply that ther e %:,, of cr y to have been this neglect of form at both eo bove Pe process. Orders of this character ought to bo j ert 0 , ceeded from the highest and most unquest,i°flice d i° , rity. They ought to have gone from the v il t ", he'r e ao 0 , castle's own department ; and he ought ric't h a d rt, of ployed his colleagues as irregularly as if it r ate' private business of his own. Among Othero 0004 these irregular communications there were c t ra tfor ti the of supply opened at •Constantinople — L or d hau l , Mr. Smith, the Commissary-General, and be es t v , two stools the hospitals seem for a long "- o r fallen to the ground. , Olt ,l' While the impropir officer, the Secretary" a' al let 4 00 to: d to. 11 1, ,0 e writing letters to Scutari, recommending rre,,erdocifwri rations, which lettees were generally clisrePtheP-ie 1 proper officer, the Commander of the Forces,,ieed, belit was doing nothing ; till at last, being inve'l,lool„," of Dr. Hall to Scutari to see whether the cell se 0 ;0 4- well-founded. Quite , in harmony with ali k : - b e loir k ioeir omission and commiesion, Dr. Hall brougny eve, that the state of the hospitals was perfen,'44 fof tory. Of course, it was much more satieffia'ritoot_ jill anything the Doctor had seen in the v , ineill Scutari, as we have been told before, '° 14 , 0 thrb't ttl i compared with the hospital at Balaklava, ue es %pa . n its turn, compared with the hospital o arg if ; °° _,.oc e° I camp, which the exhausted soldiers were circae°o3P-bolf to escape to from the trenches. Cinder the or ° Di 1 1°Ir it is not to be expected that Lord R a g lir)! th t ' e tli' tr in the Crimea, shondd be encumbered o ' l e rol Do O P pail's at Scutari ; but we must say that sea s t 0 #.O P o', sand sick and wounded men ought that Aeon' Le ve left to the irregular and unofficial ext• iii edh e j,io ' philanthropic Secretary at War. The °wept it sult is too . well remembered. At this rn c og I fbl i : matter of much less consequence to sae' W l %O. on wrong,—that is, who was the orgin 01 t h . e h the t e . e o; o much for the Medical Department, to Whreol.3, di 0 tb i part of the examination yesterday iv" nial itlO P A ile e let The clothing seems to have been treated w ith Ails 001:i same well-intended irregularity. After d e scri d t be 8 h large share be had volunteered in this Pa i r t that b e Mr. S. Herbert mentions with just Pri,ci s e teo ttrre ts at received many letters from Major-GO. Pbe errs e 1 ye , 1) 1 ing in terms complimentary to himself of• the tb o , o e had been made, and the liberality wit h wh n i t: T_Ablrl soot had been treated in the supplies sent the ° oi- e ,,,t, 0- 0 • naturally elicited the question whether sateenevoom, emanated from him or from the War P e „, P tbe, Y h es o ;4 the answer was that, wishing to reli e .,,, r ; of " h "reor h oti Newcastle as much as possibre from s°,7 wit"ho " t tails, he bad taken a great deal of trot'"? t hat for t h e to the different articles of clethiog, b tl i ; E , eloh,4° to w ed t made a minute of everything that Was t° be l i n e t , t eti duke's signature, so thrie the order Sid ney fie,•oolso Ordnance. Nevertb eless, Mr. Sidi:l44o tin of_,.' i himself personally thanked for these suPP` abo ore ec erri o 0 by the Admiralty frcen the Ordnance, at; theseP he r ve Secretary of War, Lion' the suggestion 01 ,,, 0 r f ~o at War ; though even that does not e e iee ; i rie o ... compiexi ty and irregularity of the traoet /f ool e clir l f small part of these supplies, after all, ler, °dlr egili being purchased there by our Ambase9. 10 ;0- tion of our Foreign-office, and the reg u ron ts. action of some half-dozen other depart , •....__-____________ 1 0 G- 1/ 0 eri di. 0 3 00 Ale , - t iog li ISTHMUS OF SUEZ.—A letter fro re 4 50 • „of o rr the Pays) informs us that the Ire •ereh per thr°-io.o design of having the lethenes of Sue z e v igt t° pet ii requested M. de Lesseys to pay aiw ther with, th e f etli 1 0 tinople in order to use fresh efforts o v ba to e 0, p 0 0 j Government on the subject. Said rg e sultri l 'i c iri , e ib el o said, written an autograph letter tot he underte fieeoit out to his Majesty the necessity of the 0 / the tr ee the importance which it would give to one it the e t 1 provinces of the empire, by briugiog re Sp' 1; t' trade of the whole world. i distri ete ee 0,1 1 ,0e r THE POTATO TRADE.—In sever ; , 1 . t...- yr- ii , l o appears to be a remnant of potatoe i° fre el oc iho ti b , We have to note a shipment of 85 rf r ern 61) for_Sol' burgh for Newcastle, one of 107 te.," tao rellieerro t for Hartlepool, one of 34 tons from - , r°' ''' for 0 e te Al lin, and one of 70 tons from Findhortit t bet po P e d At Fraserburgh, says our correspon(!e° ' bei og ter b re 1131)1Y0 r re If art few transactions in potatoes, the sr- u oe e e t' exhausted. nit, price is 14s. per bl )11 : t ‘` P et ° 0' correspondent writes that in this clistraito 00• t po i° getting scarce, and are now selling 4 too Pr r boll."—Banishire Journal. ~, IP --°' 0 4, II Tile PORTSMOUTH ROYAL S.AILOP?iis,O sot) 0400 io meeting was held on Monday, at Wi i d t he I ` ooo orip , ' mote the contemplated enfargonetconie i' ec c eon' li po rt " Royal Sailors' Horse, veti'.ch d h e a i s r ;_ a de_ o fEr io ; b th e t Do c ir ; be ao consequence of the incresviing frecl_l anc ed, w i e et o Lion on the part of the 'seamen The interest of the ocreeeen VMS e". i# , ) , 0 se ao te d Fo r ' 00/ , j fP e( 4 cumstance that her li.lajestY an • ,of 3 00 e d i 0 recently contriLuted ei, joint donaattot,:tiooi 6 . frot e lit ie t: the object, aid have 'promised an . a t :',, Dta jeef i . ye a! p provided a suffic.wet amount can b _ ( . I t , to 05 0 01° , e er'', sources to insure an extension ade9lo‘ , r . A., rov ic ij or, of the case. Tb e chair was taken vat or ot ,rhe f jrc e: , Spencer, E.i.G., arise several naea,_lo7eetiug;io egnoltieei, present to suppoit the object of t_u,, :tii tiou , el eso l ii oo%, man traced the progress of the ip.' oc. ; 4 0 , 0 fre , urging the public to support tee ,5 _,,,,,,, eoe , niousry agreed to. Several haw; 1 6 0/, its claims to the sympathy of tee announced, making a total of abou t iPelletitui,e'eetelol A