The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-22 00:00:00

• . - N ..,_ ALBERT SMITH ' 8 MONT BLANC S ay :l 3 3 en w Every Evening, 1 , ,t 8 e'llock, except Saturday. 414 Ra.ciraing epresentations take pla re every Tuesday, Thursday. • 1.1 % 14 ;d clock.-Stalls cc in be taken at the Box-office 13 ..._______ - •".aY Prom Eleven till Four -Egy plan Hall,Piccadilly. 1 A . . 15 ------ ----______________ Id Z i t '''' G AIL ROOMS.-Imi nanse success of the Id ; • --Ihrien" ever ! d ances LA. VARSOVIANA. : Music by H. LAURENT. la Ir -- -. ' . --..._______ .. y ...!_e/ ff n , .______ iti - VENISON. - CAFE DE L'EUROPE, 9, id atop .... a l l narket.-Haunch of Venison at 7 o'clock on Wednesday erby T, ...........___•• -a39, and every succee d .... i) ag Wednesday during the )0 10 EXCHEQUER BI LLS. Office of her M. &sty's Paymaster-General, White hall, 21st May, 1855. r e Tit CHEQUER BI LLS, dated in the ) land 1 2 ' 41 2ths of April, May, and June ~ 1854 (per Act 17 Vict., cape I the 1 r t ,i l 9 1854), with May, Interes 1, due thereon, will be paid off 80 0 , b.n . June, 1855, when the inte rest will cease. will be received at this of lice daily, from half-past ten ili . haute o'cla lsck, until the 2d day of June, 1855, inclusive. Ns, 11 ,3 F 2 r ms containing instructio us for the preparation of the Lion at thi me arrangement of the Bills, may be obtained on applica- The lac office. am the zers mast endorse each bill with their usual signat . ures, Intere t t Mast insert their names and siddresse . s in eaeh list , and ',... sum arnes of holders are inserted lis the bills, the indorsements aul s h „, n holders must also be obtained previously to their lists and li t 3 i i, a left for examination. !Pon e , -BILLS, bearing interest at the rate of twopence by the day, 1 865, e rY one hu dred pound ,an I dal ,ad the said llth dayof June, Dist , 0 1AI' be obtained in payment of t' be principal of the whole, or e el, th e t n t t e E Xchequer Bills issued mid .n* the Act above-mentioned, • , "9111r e e b ' el niants specifying, in their I , .st s, the amount of new bills M 1 T he Is . Y them. 0 i l libr t h : yr Bills, to ether with the Int .?.rt Ist on the Bills left on or ....' 4 ll 4 3 7 0 , R a1d 2d day of June, for exch en ge, will be is.tued on the ill 0 ' - glk re,„, t J uile, 185:5 ; the bearers w.us t attend at this office to • Plipz neat for the payment of Principal and Interest. • e lli i .. 1 tan , in Money, may be obtained at this office for any of the f luil„ thi,7,, e quer Bills, previously to the sal d llth day of June, 1855, - laftt claimants ants leaving the bills for ex amination one day prior 0 11,g watch such payment is desired. ; I keeins•-•411 Exchequ,r 'Bills dated prior to April, 1854, have been -.sy „,, • It, - "ver s.••. "---......____ Used to I___________sf_______mid oft la a ' ..111 1 "C; MUSIC HALL, Eus ton-square, near St. 0 ' .11 ito; anc _T,.as Church, New-road. -Th' Is " Gem' among the Con k' , s ,Pfte s i,;",:' of London is open Every Ev 'ening, with attractions far la ';7ft.,_ ofd those are many of higher pretensions. The mos popular . la .147 n atte wale are executed by artist , so of known celebr ty, while 5 ,1 Paid to the comfort an found nience of the visitors. J vti thYnsi . - fl e unique attractions will be Mr. G. W. Pell, the sZ.re o ' .. ° fless" and his talented part: r ; and, for a limited period, . 8a a nd " Montagnards Francais.," whose " Partant pour la ' Sh ape -La suit devant Sebastopol" are beyond all praise. The rd , li v uo pe rs : i fts and commodious, and will accommodate upwards of U p „ t etnia" Airs aux etrangers qui cherchent un amusement de if b i luok„,'," 0111 aliti. Ii se trouve tons lea soirs A l'adresse ci-dessus, / ' ' ~• ---.,,- " ,Vocal et Instrumental, seat er,u par des artistes du pre it • 's. ci r ttArn , ' WESTERN CO ALS.-Best, 245. ; i elk . "es 22 ton. The Ore at Western Railway Com now execu s. per te ord to e o rs n n :f r Ruabo a Coals, equal to the finest 0 ~, - \‘: Zitli (DaeollSott24s. per and forex talent and economics) Vron ''''.• tli e 42 'Cannel), at 225. per ton. Cash prides within 4 miles • ' ~ k,;; ;l lgton Station. Address to the Superintendent, Great _ s• - ` 4 VIIY, Paddington. L ONDON and GREAT-WESTERN I. , 7 l o,ttio ~.,. COLLIERY COMPANY. t . ~e . ., 4e gtstered. Capital 60,0001., in 1/. and 101. shares. ,),. --•",rtaut Mine of the best coal has been secured on most e,.. 4 1 0b.,, us ter 4• --At a i Ws, on the payment of a royalty, without sinking a at y, ~ for the lease. Profits clearly , showing 301. per cent on , a I sel Dritp e T e asrelmiders also have the right to be provided with coals • - plan th t ,"rt Proportion to their shares, which at 25 per cent. Fo r en' coals will make their shares in four years become a %Ib tr p m vestment 'without cost. -.-ts,;:aPeetu s . "yet, Cit y; `a aly to J. S. Chris, Secretary, 34, Cole-. •••1'; or mpp J.S.Mandell (Mes topher srs. Randell and Saunders), a' loci • • R, A ~, a' r ,,W t i',,, Q . WESTERN RAILWAY.- l ' l b, .41 4 .7 4.30 4 - '3. NDAY.-An Excursion Train will leave Padding- 0 ' lebam 1 , / .rn-. for Oxford, Banbury, Leamington, Warwick, Bir . teie r ' in. eat Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston, and Wolverhamp- ~ 7.i i i . 6.38 , / 7 the same evening, from Wolverhampton at 6.30. Bil- r I .oo' War m !dnesbury, 6.41, West Bromwich, 6.58, Birmingham, )4,.P.111, ~ ,,e ' • 8 , Leamington, 8.10, Banbury, 8.50, and Oxford at in / C4 Pic k 0; Z reB ' ford, 6s. Cd. and 4s ; Banbury, Bs. and 55.; ki k , uro,„_,eatnington, 108. 6d. ana 65.; Birmin.ham, 12s. and 75.; Fi oggitt):iZ , eo. 12s 6d. and 75.: Wednesbury, fillston, or Wolver r - 4 i' e thre, us Igo luggage allowed. Tickets may be obtained rti. oxe, Previous days, at the Paddington Station, and also up to A . tst,,,f_, (l . a_v, at 27, King-street, Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; 25, i V 'et , 26 4, Holborn ; and 351, Oxf.ird- street. _ II i t, tk3 itAT, ON and NORTH-WESTERN 4 r r - -., ' Iv thees Nu "" ..- • --- CONTRACTS for STORES for the year end- b,, kr,k?„,----Trie Directors are prepared to receive TENDERS L Ore, ' 'Ar of the undermentioned STORES :- .1 , ti p lzitr att • i 4 She e t -- No. of Contract - 4. n t 'oeom - and Tubes, for 20 Iron, Yorkshire. to ? ' ' 1 . ' •% Der. °"/• ". 20a. Iron, Staffordshire. su ?, itt▪ iv e4. 21. Don Castings. in. 9 e ltase 22. Iron Work. MI 23. Wh.els. an 1 4.3 4. 1) ., 1 " 4 l e.l:lo tto '..te r y . 24 011, B ruing, &c. th l qiNs n Wa ste- 25. Oils (various), Tallow, and pr 1,1,11 40 Pe Pt Turpentine. sivl sg s ~,, ,-emp, g cc . 27. Steel. en I" 5. 0 41 Mous 28. Steel Springs and Files. he 44c1 hi l t 'aciu. 29. lin Blocks. of 1 lea'l , .. bt ,„, e e and Red. 414 nettti Nl et and Pipe. 30. Tin Sheet and Spotter. , gri of 1144, en and Forms of Tender may be had on s c a r n e d ta after Euston W ed. ; Lo nd '• 01l application in writing, to the e 17 ti eT ' °i• T n• on to l , l ,ender for each Contr et are printed separately, and T ~,,,,,, ,), 1. they 114 "mild state the particular Contract or Contracts for cos 1 - q Ir t ,„,„ Pose to tender. i t ZS ll tilli ,Y o also be inspected Toutanpdanayft,serplVtteedtnnesßdoaoym, .M E a u y st,o 23 . , t a i n t] jis su rtis or_ o'clock, at the i Fes tl ii t ;:llY further inform ation require may be obtained on 1 I N 4 ,,% t he beads of the several departments. -... -be sent in on or before Ten o'clock on Monday, I Mc ktI N g,.,. .By order of the Directors. CHAS. E. STEWART. P a 1 r‘ - Won, May 14th, 1855. PI 4 4 lilt 4 41. 1 . IlA r4 tb WORCESTER, and WOLVER- m ,„-.0,„ . „-14,,„ . 9 , ki l is h% il 1 4 i,:0... RAILWAY.- ILTERATION and ACCE LE- B, GI c i,,,.' .4 4.'_Urti,, - I,ktlsT 4 , for MAY, 1855. ''" 41 •. it' 4 lain will leave the Euston-square Station, London, ' 1 „.4.• t, 'all of 9.0 a.m., and arrive at Worcester at 1.45 Hi 11„ 1 , at, .. i eti lem,‘ - litsaP•i. • ‘•txx l eaving Worcester for London at 7.40 a.m. will i ei." 4 oerj g 4l4 's oh 444 arrive at the Euston-square Station at it elea l ti tZi,; s e a ll il tO r ial' i ntt at 1.0 eyed t leave t' 12.30 p.m. eir - 7. by t re 0 ""ge ~,,"' and conveyed throughout, i . thout break T 1 - "te - 1 0 11 tile 6 carriage, between Euston Station, London, ° ‘rin f ord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Ran g. 4 . 1)0 0 , .bis :- NI TBATNrc.--wEEK DAYS. Ordinary Express Ordinary Express Ist and 3d Ist and 2d ist,2d, atni Ist and 2d an L ity s , Class. Class. 3 d Class. Class. m , -------. _____-- ______-... , ' 401 3d Re 411g; e lit Iv c)ti ... ' 6.15 , A.M. A.M. P.N. P.M. 9.45 12.30 6.15 __ I tid: e "ter .. P.M. ktou r - b Nin ater 0.35 1.40 5.35 9. 0 bt,„,,,.,,.,,, .. !! .25 230 6.25 9.35 t-o 9.50 ' • .... 2 1 : 4 5 5 2.45 ~. 45 5 0( 3. 0 10.5 drs UP TRAIN. BF .INS. -WE ,K DAYS. an. Ex press Ordinary Ordinary Express N. lit tli ' Ist and 2d lst and 3d Ist and 2d Ist and 2d - Clas s. Class. Class. Class. Atti,, , N,_ - - ---__ _____ _ at . r... ki 4 'tours) •• • • A G - . 1 2j A.M. A.M. P.M. , 4ert eltil l iZr 6.40 8.10 1030 3.50 8.30 10.50 4.10 war '' 6.55 telter' 8.50 11.10 4.25 NOON. t elld oo 9.45 12. 0 5.10 .-. 7.30 J N„, , ,,, P.M. P.M. •• • 11.15 3.15 5.15 9.15 1 1 o z ,. BY order. W. T. ADCOCK. 44 ts4u, : 413' S OD N SII I• C- •••• AFIINE or SACCHARATED (~,,, 11 3 , P. a re . Na g : l4 (tuni st Pr'roved of by the e'rench College of Physicians, 1 be,li s/ • L,l 4e d , by u r ed in the Paris and London Hospitals, and NZ44of Of Nov to be the best remedy for d a certain disorder. 1 ket, P b hweli-r6,1852).-Price per 100 4s. 6d. ; 50, chemist, 9(21 ihi t lon, .... i4 MHHEI. JOZ EAU, French 49, _ 4tt ..id all the principal chemists. - 114 1% 4t iler " SE N D 8T a N kltet a hoket s cal l' A C K E T S. il t,,,,,w:lteaolst:tTtEhßeitpletertEshe Greenhithe and Turfieet Pie it r t s in . g .1 as p li E nd ß e , rli tiecweat het; GRAVESEND. p e r m N P kte C - t t h ) .. SI/MOATS 3f 8 e. i, - . c. - E ... 4C TI m e ',", P.. 5 - 5(1 = .., - ,E; 4 ss = 4 . 6C 1 "....„ 0 4., ta ? . <., . a., i' -....----- g 6 ' ; t % itr,, •- - 12% - - - - ti • -... _ 34 - - - _ 1 ° °4ll ll eh. IL') UlVett, rot 41 5 r ,,,,, 8 E \T tQ an 1,0 -41 Mb-street Station to al parts a London :y. 10,4 y t ik a ti r• \, - g'l s rai r ,. BLA.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol. am ..„,, , P .--- -----_____. - orn the Fenchurch-street Station. k 4* t 1) it,. „--- ark k'th -------- AUND AYB. 31 i i 7, a 4 - 4 ~. a I , g . z t Fen- j b .' cl of le \tt g g 1 , 1 church '6' .!_'." E sai, I , s 1 I -s, .., Street, ", c, g 2 A in I -.. --.... z rg ----...... _____ ~vi ..... ---.-.. -_ - ~,.. -9% - - - - tat , ... __ I i It) • --. ..... - - - - - an Otg 21,4 - - •vi 1)0 tp ' 4 .la; i - Tit A TN - c.-wEEK DAYS. Ordin ary Express Ordinary Express lst and 3d Ist and 2d lst,2d, an Ist and 2d -__Class• Class. 3d Class. Class. L . 1 , 1 ~. -------_ ji, (031 0 '''zllve tit u. .• ... A . M.. A.M. P.M. P.M. •v. 6.15 9.45 12.30 b . 15 fn et igter . P.m. ktou rh - Ninat e ; 0.35 1.40 5.35 9. 0 1 / 4 (11 -11 ` l 'e ' 1 1.25 230 6.25 9.35 '3. '' " 11.45 9.50 '•• .. 125 3 2 : 4 0 5 7 6 : 4 5 5 10. 5 I.lp ' u, • ` A INS.-WE,K DAYS. Express Ordinary Ordinary Express . 8 _ 144 V1i 1 and 2d Ist an d 3d l s t and 2d Ist and 2 d Cla s s• Class. Class. Class. At ti ,b ---__ , ~, -. . A.,6 7 ------ - • A.M. A.M. P.M. k kide 4 rbrid 6.25 8.10 10.3 0 3.50 rk bast ge 6.40 IN. er, 6.55 8.30 10.50 4.10 eree lter ' 8.50 11.10 4.25 NOON. ,„::°_ Ni°ll.• • • •• .• •••• 171.3105 9.45 12. 0 5.10 P.M. P.M. 3.15 5.15 9.15 to 44 ar v ,._ Saloon. t ll O ,„ ~ 'wend „,,,,, . Fore Cabin. _ a _ .. , bel l 4 ,2'10; 4 and T il' Lo Fore 10d. .. 1 • 'Ao rte Mend aekwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. A t. - 2/ kt , ,, and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. • 08 '..---To rhree 2fii 2. li'; 1if,,7; T o , be " t o ~ he 30th of Sept s ember, 37. I lk 'ad of . the Collector on board the Pickets ; 5 6. — ace Pier, Gravesend. Nt 4 te t , illiab iti tv T om etl, p rice ~ MI TIES OF YOUFI T AND MAI IJRITY. 48 .. Illitstetrated with cases; free by post for 30 11‘iak 4 asts ° D . g P'DEBILITY; `arse is th' SproPtoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper -00(1, , r,actical Observations on a safer and more ‘4l: l t t 'Y p i : 1 111 1 7M b y I f,.aatraent of the diseases of the Generative Mit,, ritt:' by uri„,.`"a IL% of the Microscope in detecting and art. 2 ti,;,l Of oo 'wiry e xamination the real cause and effect of 44 1Nt qt r --I'le° t, 0; 41'1 _alnt, whether ' arising from solitary habits, VeAt, h.,?Aotho urnate. followed by practical remarks, founded d,., nit; , el Perieno . ..a - sti p ' 0,,, ,i • ..,o eal e al the treatment of Impuissance, lit sl ot l 3 , t o Mtg.__ We akness,llpermatorrhcea, &c. To which the 'll, on wi . ries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre .6._`'`lliße,„o,Lne evils emanating frOm empirical prt ctice, t. k i ‘ t dito;orraeroedies advocated by various writers on 3,1 E Y UNIITE . 0 4 4 4 b p L LA'MERT, M.D. %16., 1 1 h _ lid itin e "L.- Iti)-SQUARE, LONDON, L 4 4 : '4e1. . mau l _ -.1, 4 t. or •kry &f eint, vulated Member of the University of Edin• h i te.Tel lt ,..Ap otu er of the London Uospital Medical Society. ht4 . li t t.,:‘! objeefe`tnes' Uall, London, &c., &c, kb , , a lNZtin g tr6 o_f this treatise is to point out the fearful con 1. eq , l4•Q t au e , n moaeoertain habits, irregularities, and excesses, tht 41 %1 e r di tet e deo, re misery in Youth, degradation in Man ...t h i11i 1 ,.3 , N o Mse e kno Y at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any MitiMiti7al t bniend Wi t to modern pathologists. Its perusal is it M ilia tt adltia ed t ° Persons entertaining secret doubts of hell ' 'PPIn " ri • and xvho are conscious of having hazarded r•p q , t. eas 14 11 t 1 4 . D . 1 4 ,7 1 11 441.. 1 4 nd Privileges to which every human being is k. b l bt r ' ne aess -y ) ,-tq A 611, 8 011 41 „, arY thatall men should know, that there are Nil Nil et 11 , ,i,° l ls pe„-",anagement which cannot be violated without inzo4 4 4 ,ties, and when wisdom and regret - succeed 44 t it te N t be t( ? 2 ,11 0 s'arate self-indul once, how these penalties N. 4 it: v il an. , I T the sting of their bitterness may be removed, 5444:111.t:e1y any e° l lse quences may be avoided, and above all, t, h Which oczree of p hysical infirmity or functional ki 4 l b 4 1 4 re th e tirnel • 11.41 i lkt., 6 t I. 4 serie,, Y aid of science cannot apply a cure. "t i t% -43 , 2tati zent ,ef Years been engaged in an extensive l'11:b ti t ho 1 41 to o °' these delicate complaints, which have othtlit, lb, air.. 'nlet generally Confided to the care of ignorant t k ti lk at ° , 4 l4 l l lt t ron llTe t a . t in i"—., on those who are induced to place 4 ) 11 , L I t. 2 LTY r n f ei t _ 3, p at .._ ay be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, , . rt 1 1. 11 t,r-squa-17aStaer-row; Tlanny, 63, Oxford-street; k till tot .ny addro • ss ai rr un 14 k 2 . %%Sulu, • 39 , Cornhill ; or . free by poet for .. om the Author's residence, 37, Bea "' a /daily from Eleveoptili Two and from THE 475. SUITS.—The 16s. trousers reduced to 145.; trousers and waistcoat, 225.; coat, waistcoat, and t-ousers, 475.. made to order from Scotch tweeds, all wool and thoroughly shrunk ; the two guinea dress or frock coat ; the guinea dress trousers; and the half-guinea waistcoat—made to order by B. B ENJ 1 MIN, merchant tailor, 74, Regent-street. For quality, style, and workmanship cannot be equalled by any house in the kingdom. N.B.—A perfect fit guaranteed. ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet.. cap. 9. Major-General ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. Increasing Rates of Premium for qecuring Loans or Debts. Bair Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Sum assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. her Msjesty's Royal Letters Pateat. Ily. For every three months' difference of age. the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of BRITANNIA Empowered by Profits divided annual Premiums computed f Half-credit policies— the profits. ~ 1/ 4 4 1C ion" t°r, G N liltlEY.,7o;. ' E er Al T, " ;r s ench chernist, 49, ' n' '''''''. ........ 4.............."u1d all th e pr i ncipal chemists. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) ----- 114 % )°t het VR S E N D 8T a N Half Whole Half Quar kketNkets „„ I' , ACKE T B. a DIVITAtUIIi premium A. Annual Yearly terly ss I First for Re p!•811 qt 4 , — . at the Greenhithe and Purfieet Piers. " I l I seven mainder premium Pre- Pre tipst , r t_lie Piers as underlined (weather permitting ) mium. miam. , Years. of Life. \,,1,,,v„ t'RRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. t .st Ny ----- - —,— 'Ptl : , : l r '' --- --- t 1 ... 4, SUNDAYS I£ B. d.l £s. d. Years. ' Months £s. d.' Xs.d.£ a. d. 30 1 1 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2, 012 3 8 ea 1,- 4 4- -.- •-' E Time ‘,", ' 1 ' s ' /I 40 1922 18 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0 3 2 7 6i 1 4 4, 012 4 6 2 7 101 I 4 61 012 5 1 '`,..., 0 ci, ''' 8 -g . 2 4 5 3 60 368 6 1 3 4 9 2821148, 0 12 6 • ..... --.... - A , _ --- ..:—. - --- E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. % N i N l i t kl v r. .... ----- --. 8 12% -.. otttlli .__.________°. 3}6 TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letter- A O~ of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole d 1) NAN *-- Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine , Vie nna . ktultiom._ Pro. - 6 ... TRIESEMAR, No. 1, .... . .. ~ _ ".•—•,-- ...,A Ye..t...r.afinn nf th. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, a a remedy for Relaxation. Spermatorrtnea. and Exhaustion of OF ;rim, whethe" arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by the consequences of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, siTectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely aidicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Culabbs we no loo_; been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the popniption. TRI ESE If AR, No. 3, 1 the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which Infortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in witablc destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIL]SEMAR, No. 1, 2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, Ind o. ail naursmting qualities. They may lie on the toilet tab'. without their use being suspected. ;.sci+ci in tin cases at I Is. each, tree by post, 2s. extra, divided int& separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemend, Roux. tc., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Curthill ; Hannpv and Co.. 63, Oxford-street: and Ranger. 50, Ox ford-street ; B. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, I iublin ; Winnall, bookseller, High-street, Birmingham. NOTICE.—The Establishments will be closed on Wednesday and Thur day next, May 23d and 24th, reopening on Friday morning, the 25th instant, at 7 o'clock. RACES and HOLIDAYS.—The attractions of the Derby Day, he promenades and excursions of Wh tsun tide —Dress for these occasions is ready for inspection at the Este blishments of E. MOSES and SON. In the variety of Attire for the Derby Day the Emperor's Cape will have a prominent place, and win golden opinions on the manu facturing skill of E. Moses and Son. This cape is an entirely original invention, a new material, tho roug hly waterproof, gentle manly and elegant in design—a perfect guard against rain and dust. Price, plain, 265., trimmed with silk, 335. For Whitsuntide a mavnificent stock of novelties in lavender Attire Is provided by E. Moses and Son. Fabrics of unequalled ele gance; styles of the most artistic design; every taste carefully studied, and satisfaction univer sally expressed. Whitsuntide elegances in Hats, Caps, and Hosiery Goods—the most brilliant exhibition ever witnessed—the fashionable, ele gant, seasmahle, and useful. Articles of Dress charged con siderably lower prices than at any house in the world. E. Moses and Son are the larg est Merchant Tailors, Clothiers. Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe and Shirt Manufacturers in the kingdom. Their wholesale de partment exhibits the most ex tensive stock in existence, and merchants, captains, emigrants, and all others derive the greatest possible advantages from transac tions at the Establishments of E. I Moses and Son. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Shirt Manufac turers, Bo3t and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. CAUTION.— E. MOSES and Sox beg to state they have no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishment% al follow : London City Establishment, corner of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite the church). . " • London West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of _Hart street. Country Branches—Sheffield and Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale B ranch — Melbourne, Australia. The establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free let on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. liter sprlcht man Deutsch. I Aqua so habla Espagnol. No. 19,546.] LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1855. PUBLICATIONS. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. times and in all out-of-the-way corners, entered the House of Commons, cheek by jowl, like the two kings at Brentford, smelling at one rose. No sooner had they taken their places than Mr. S. Herbert inquired of Lord Palmerston whether all hopes of peace between Russia and the Allies, through the intervention of Austria, were at an end. • The noble Premier replied : By no means. Thereupon up rose Mr. Gladstone, and adjured his right honourable friend Mr. Milner Gibson to postpone his motion, asserting that the terms propounded by Russia at the Vienna Conferences for the settlement of the third point, ought to have been accepted. This brought Mr. Sidney Herbert on his legs again, to declare that if Mr. Gib son persisted in his motion he would move the previous question. The Right Honourable es-Secretary at War was followed by Lord H arry Vane, who b a d un d er t a k en t o se cond the motion, and who urged his principal to yield to the appeals addressed t o hi m. Then fo l lowe d some f ur th er Mi nisterial declarations, to Ihe effect that the motion, if per sisted in at the time, would materially embarrass the negotia tions which are not in progress at Vienna. Mr. Milner Gib son was all compliance. Mr. Bright did not appear quite certain what to think of the part taken in these interpella tions by his right honourable Umbra. He would rather have the motion persevered in ; but he was in favour of any proceedings that would ensure peace•at any price ; he would support Mr. Gibson if he went on with his motion, and would not object to that gentleman's withdrawing it. So the mo tion was postponed till after the Whitsun holidays—that is, ad Grcecas Kalendas. MR. MILNER GIBSON'S MOTION. ( From the Times of this day. ) The high -wrought expectations of the distinguished au dience which assembled in the House of Commons yesterd4 evening to listen to the debate on Mr. Milner Gibson's motion was destined to a severe and unlooked-for disappointment. Very early in the proceedings symptoms of a " cross," as the prizefighters call it, began to manifest themselves, and persons used to such things saw clearly that the match would not come ofi. Zealous as Mr. Gibson undoubtedly is in puttiiig forward his pacific notions, and vehement as the Ministry, which exists on the vigorous prosecution of the war, is in its anxiety to meet and combat them, it somehow seems to have occurred to these antagonists that neither had much to gain from the prosecution of a quarrel which was likely to result iu greater benefit to third parties than to either of the belli gerents. Mr. Milner Gibson might not unreasonably think that there was a strong feeling in the House against his mo tion, and our warlike Government might believe with equal justice that there was a considerable majority of its own mem bers in its favour. Still the difficulty was where to find a plausible pretext for putting off a debate with regard to which the feeling of the country certainly is that it is rather too late than too soon, and lags behind rather than anticipates the occasion. Many excuses, many pretexts, were doubtless can vassed and considered, until at last one was found sufficiently plausible, at least in the belief of those who have a statesman like confidence in the gullibility of mankind. Before the mo tion came on Mr. Gladstone questioned Lord Palmerston as to the state of the negotiations at Vienna in a manner which certainly invited him not to underrate the gravity of the difficulties which they opposed to the impending discussion. Thus adjured, Lord Palmerston spoke. The congress had adjourned sine die, but was not dissolved. It might be called together at any time. Austria, " our ally to .a certain ex tent," was making it her business to find terms of agreement, questing about for expedients to unite the incompatible views of Russia and the Western Powers. When the required expedients were found, it was to be communicated to England and France, and upon their approval of this possible future expedient the Congress could be reassembled. Here was just that species of metaphysical entity in which Mr. Gladstone delights —a future conditional, contingent, un realised, probably unrealisable, idea, which assumed under his skilful touch substance 'and consistency, and, grew and increased till one could really almost fancy that it was some thing more than a vain ehimfera of his luxuriant imagination. Once possessed of this, to him, solid and substantial fulcrum for the intellectual lever, Mr. Gladstone's work was soon done ; and we doubt not that he would have persuaded Mr. Gibson to postpone his motion even if Mr Herbert bad not aided him by the threat of moving " the previous question," and Lord Harry Vane assisted with the menace that after these diplomatic revelations he would not second him. The comedy, thus fairly started, was played oil, nobody seeming in earnest in the matter except Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Disraeli, and it was with no feeling of surprise 'that the house heard from Mr. Gibson that after the appeal made to him he could not persevere, and must, therefore, defer his motion till after Whitsuntide. Thus, then, has been lost by a palpable contrivance of the very clumsiest description the opportunity of taking the opi nion of the House of Commons on the question of peace and war. Mr. Gibson certainly acted a part for which Ministers cannot be sufficiently grateful. He preoccupied the ground, and, after having prevented other members from bringing the subject forward, postponed his motion just at the time when it was impossible to give notice of another before Whitsun tide, and thus procured for the Ministry another fortnight, during which they may enjoy, without Parliamentary con trol, unlimited powers of truckling to Russia. The House of Commons has been jockeyed out of the expression of its opinion, and, above all, the Government have been saved for another fortnight from exposing to the world the true secret of their disunion on the very principle upon which they were constructed. Regarding this mat ter as a Parliamentary interlude, it wag played off dexterously enough ; in any other 'mint of view the course adopted by all parties was most discreditable. The pretence, as we have above intimated, was of the most frivolous de scription. The state of things alluded to by Lord Palmer ston always exists in war. Wherever a Congress has been summoned a Congress can been summoned again. •Wherever a proposition has been negatived another can be substituted. While there are belligerent Powers and a Potter between them which makes it its business, like Austria, to find perpetually new subjects of negotiation, there is no fear that the farce cannot be keptup as long as required, especially if by so doing the disagreeable necessity of explanation in a popular assembly is avoided. If such statements as those of Lord Palmerston are considered sufficient to deprive Parliament of its jurisdic tion, we shall never want assurances that Austria has some thing to propose, that the Congress has something to con sider, that there are " bases," or " elements," or shreds, or fragments upon which something may be constructed, or out of which something may be extracted, if they be only sub mitted often enough and long enough to the crucible of di plomatic chemistry. The establishment of such a principle is very convenient to a Ministry whose dissensions on. peace and war render a discussion on thesubject highly unadvisable, and equally expedient for the advocates of a craven and dis honourable policy, who shrink from submitting their prin ciples to the ordeal of a discussion in a popular assembly, but still - wish to preserve to themselves the credit of not deserting them under the influence of clamour and unpopularity. It is not, however, quite so clear that this plan of eluding the dis cussion of peace and war, in deference to the supposed dangers of imaginary negotiations, will be satisfactory to the public at large, who care little for the unseen and condi tional, and are, above all things, absorbed in the visible and actual. They see that we have been negotiating at Vienna on terms the very proposition of which is an insult to the spirit and magnanimity of the nation. They see that our Ministry ere charged • to their faces in the most public manner by Mr. 'Roebuck with being at issue among themselves on the subject of peace and war, and do not dare to deny it ; and they see that when the Houqe of Commons addresses itself to -a discussion of these subjects, which must, if carried through, dissipate all doubt as to its own opinion and that of the Ministry, and show clearly whether they are in unison or not, the debate is put off on the most frivolous pretences, and the power of contracting an ignominious peace is still left in the hands of those who are more than suspected of a leaning in that direc tion. If the Government have any value for their own posi tion they will cease on this, the tenderest of all subjects, to tamper with the wishes and anxieties of the people. Let the House of Commons fairly state its own opinion, and let the Ministry as fairly and openly state theirs. Should they agree, both will have gathered fresh strength from the disclosure. Should they differ, these are no times in which such a dis crepancy should be allowed to exist one moment after it has been discovered. We must do justice to the Rouse of Commons. We fully believe that to the great majority of them the manoeuvre by which they have been deprived at a moment so critical of the power of expressing their opinion is as odious as it is to our selves. They have been tricked out of their right by a dex terous stratagem, which deprived them of the power of regu lating their own proceedings or insisting that the motion they met to consider should be persevered with. They have been tricked by their own forms. The issue that was raised by Mr. Gibson would have been presented to the house in innumerable shapes, had there not been a feeling that the t question swnaos reason sufficiently o iva b i t s e li d e b w y his ud f r a e i s r o l y l u t r i e o d n e s e , m and e t i h m at . plied pledge to bring them on which he gave by placing them s o u n b t m he it p t a o p b er e . tb l e t v r i e e na ti a m in o s f t t o b b is e d s e e x e t n er w etu h s et p h i e e r ee the of h a o e us tin e g w , will whether it will not, as we think it ought, insist before it separates for the Whitsuntide recess on recording its opinion as to the future negotiations of this country with Russia in a manner which will teach Ministers what they have to expect if, with discordant wills and vacillating policy, they ever again sue for that peace from the Czar which the nation is determined to extort by force of arms, and to secure by far different guarantees th an those so idly discussed at Vienna. HURRAH FOR THE NOBLE ALLIANCE ! In Nos 699 and 700 of the MUSICAL BOUQUET, price 6d. Poetr by ELIZA Coos; composed by G. R. CIIAPMAN. A truly patrio is song, and the music is worthy of the beautiful poetry. Also. Red. White, and Blue (copyright edition), price 6d. Partant pour la Syrie, Rule Britannia, and God Save the Queen, 31. each. Musical Bouquet CM es, 192, High Holborn, and 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row. Mr. Sidney Herbert took care to interpose a protest that he was entirely ignorant of the course the right honourable member for Manchester was likely to take in consequence of the appeal made to him by Mr. Gladstone. Of course, Mr. Gladstone had told Mr. Sidney Herbert nothing of his secret communings with Mr. Milner Gibson—political colleagues often find it convenient not to tell each other, in express words, what both know quite well. In like manner, Mr. Milner Gibson is to be presumed to have been quite unfere warned of the question to be put to Lord Palmerston by Mr. Sidney Herbert, and the appeal to be made to himself by Mr. Gladstone. And all the three were in utter ignoraneaof what Lord Palmerston would say in reply to Mr. Sidney, Herbert, as the noble viscount was, on his part, taken quite by surprise by that gentleman's question. A more gross and transparent farce has never been played off in the face of a conniving House of Commons. The obvious thinablerigging of the Pe ace - at - any-Price" faction, of the Aberdeenites, and Mi nisters', was lasi.night palpable to-the dhllest understsniding. The Aberdeenites Bought to back out of the scrape, fearing the public indignation that would be roused against them if they supported the disgraceful motion of Mr. Might's caudal appendage ; Mr. Milner Gibson had no inclination to make himself a laughing -stock by dividing without the support of the Aberdeenites ; and both parties had a pretty strong con viction that the wishes and intentions of Ministers were in harmony with their own. We speak more in sorrow than in anger. It is clear that there is among our leading public;men no feeling for the na tional honour, no power of comprehending the real interests of the nation. There is but one wish among them—to patch up a bungled and mismanaged war by a disgraceful peace. This is a terrible state of affairs; for the people are indignant and alarmed, unaccustomed to act for themselves, and basely deserted by all the leaders in whom they have been disposed to place confidence. The expedition to Kertch has returned to Balaklava without even attempting to land. The Premier tells us that he is open to receive further proposals from Russia through the tainted medium of Austria, though there is not an Englishman worthy of the name who does not feel that concession on the part of the Allies has already been pushed beyond all reasonable bound.. And the House of Commons allows such a Rigadoon as was performed before them—by three loudly professing factions—the Harlequin, Clown, and Pantaloon of the spectacle—to be palmed off upon them as serious business. We do not believe the country will tolerate the disgraceful as dangerous winding up of the war which the three parties to last night's con spiracy against its honour and interests contemplate : but we have ere now seen the English people obliged to take their business into their own hands when deserted by those to whom they had been accustomed to look as their natural leaders ; and with the monster meetings throughout the manufacturing districts—to say nothing of the scenes enacted at Bristol and Clumber Castle, vividly in our recollection— we honestly confess that we view with anything but plea surable anticipations the inevitable repetition of such an • experiment. (From the Morning Herald of this day.) A visitor to the strangers' gallery, uninitiated in the mysteries of Parliamentary warfare, might very easily have come to the conclusion that the proceedings last evening in the House of Commons were nothing but a farce. The motion of which Mr. Milner Gibson had 'given notice was calculated to extort from the Palmerston Administration some explanations of the policy upon which the foreign affairs of England arc conducted, or rather misconducted, at this moment. The Ministers were to be tried by the ordeal of this debate. The country was to be satisfied, not only as to the good faith of its rulers, but as to their unanimity amongst themselves. The question of divided as well as timid councils was to be determined. Rumours of a division in a Cabinet that has never yet been cordially united cannot occasion much sur prise ; but the danger is still more critical. It is asserted that these divisions have assumed so important a character that only by a disgraceful and dishonourablepeaee can they be allayed. The plenipotentiary that went to Yiennabreathing defiance, has returned with all his ferocity extracted. He can assail none now but his immediate friends. Like a real turnspit, he has commenced growling at his former associates. One very im portant point strengthens this opinion Lord John Russell has not given publie expression to his views upon the war since he reached England. Even last night. impelled by the remonstrances of speakers on both sides of the house, he only gave us a history of the conferences ; he . said nothing of his own feelings ;be talked of his instructions. The member for London is not generally overburdened with discretion ; and his reserve in this matter is, to say the least of it, re markable. But we have not done wilh Mr. Milner Gibson yet. He threw himself into the breach to save the Government ; they now manage to postpone until after Whitsuntide any discus sion upon their foreign policy. Inquiry the people will and must have. (Prom the Morning Post of this day.) The souse of Commons and the country had an escape last night. A somewhat angry discussion, short but the reverse of sweet, took the place of the long debate that was expected to develop the most energetic bitterness of Mr. Disraeli, and to give those followers of Lord. Derby who wait with anxiety on the changes in that nobleman's resolutions the pleasure of stating their perfect readiness t• take office, and their con viction that, by their so doing, peace would be restored on some or on any terms, or that war could be carried on with the greatest advantage at no cost to the country. The state ments of Lord Palmerston and of Lord John Russell showed clearly, and without a doubt, what ought to have been well enough known before that the discussion of Mr. Milner's Gibson's proposed resolutions, weak as the resolutions were * would have done infinite mischief to any prospects of an honourable peace that may yet remain—to any hopes of an arrangement through the anxious mediation of Austria. Our position is simple enough. We have held, and we still hold, peace as too precious a gift to throw away the slightest chance of grasping it. If the house cannot trust the present Ministry—if it believe that Lord Palmerston has not the vigour, ability, or experience to direct the fate of the country —if it hold Lord Malmesbury superior to Lord Clarendon—or if it have a fancy to try conclusions with Mr. Layard, or with any of the volunteers of the Administrative Reform Associa tion, let it by all means says so, break with the present Go vernment, put in the new one, and let us see what will come of it. THE VIENNA CONFERENCES. THE RUSSIAN VERSION. Mr. Milner Gibson, few (except the disappointed men big with speeches) will question, has shown the better part of valour by his discretion in postponing his much-talked-of motion till after Whitsuntide. The strong Bright and the powerful Cobden could not have shown much strength—could not have spoken with great power on a subject so awkwardly encompassed with ugly facts—could not have set the country blazing against the iniquity of the Government in not having made peace, when all the world is growing hourly to a stronger persuasion that we have no choice left but that of a vigorous and active war. We say that we have no choice left ; for, as matters stand at present, we have no choice be tween an active war and a dishonourable peace. ( From the Morning Chronicle of this day. ) " I have seldom witnessed in this house," said Mr. Disraeli yesterday evening, " a scene like that which is apparently performing near me to-night 1" and a burst of cheers marked the instant appreciation of the remark by the House of Com mons. Well might the right honourable gentleman charac terise the request made to Mr. Milner. Gibson, that he would postpone his motion, as " extraordinary and impolitic." Ex traordinary it was, considering the circumstances under which it was made. Impolitic it certainly was, because it tends to lead the people of England to believe that they are being trifled with, and that the honour and dignity of this country are being imperilled, for purposes the mere suspicion of which is enough to fill them with indignation. Some weeks have now elapsed since the public heard with satisfaction that the solemn mockery of the Vienna Confer euetis was at, au cud. Had the Mizaion of Lord. John Rrimooll resulted in his being able to announce the conclusion of an honourable peace, it would have been hailed with satisfaction, because the people of England are not enamoured of war for its own sake, and all their material interests would be ad vanced by a peaceful settlement of the dispute with Russia. Failing that desired result, there appeared at least to be, ground for congratulation that the energies of the country were no more to be trammelled by the network of diplo macy, and that the sword would cut the Gordian knot of negotiation. The mysterious reluctanee of the Govern-: ment to enter into any discussion on the general ques-, tion of the war, although if they had been prepared with a straightforward policy, their fading popularity might have been restored, did, it must be admitted, some what damp the hopes of action to which the cessation of talking and protocolling had given birth. Still, so many traps had been set for the slippery Minister—there was. Earl, Grey's promised motion in the Lords—there was Mr. Milner Gibson's menaced provocation in the Commons—there was Mr. Disraeli's positive announcement that he at least would force a discussion on the foreign policy of the country—that it was not supposed possible Lord Palmerston could escape, or that if there was treason in the Ministerial camp it should not be exposed. Now, however, it appears that the old incubus is on us again. The Vienna Conferences are not at an end, after all I The meshes are again prepared for us; the "threads of ne gotiation " aro once more to be wound round us, and our new resolves in favour of vigour and energy—of arriving at peace through victory—are set at nought. " Her Majesty's Go vernment certainly do not consider all the modes of solution of the question at issue as exhausted." Now, if Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright, and some other gentlemen who helped to bring about the catastrophe of last evening, really believe that there is any hope of a satisfactory result from these anticipated proposals of Austria, they cannot be blamed for the course they have adopted. They are de voted, avowedly or secretly, to the cause of "peace at any price," and they will consistently pursue their objects re gardless of the consequences which their limited views and misplaced perseverance may bring upon the country. But the people of England will object to be thus trifled with. The attitude assumed by Lord Palmerston was happily characterised by Mr. Disraeli. Goaded by the taunts of Mr. Disraeli, and coerced into an explanation by the evident reasonableness of his request, Lord Palmerston entered on a brief defence of his recent conduct. He appears to plume himself upon its negative character. He, forsooth, had done nothing 1 Inquiry was demanded. He did not think it desirable, yet would not refuse it ! He did not wish to shrink from discussion, but he deprecated it as injurious to the public interests ! And now ho " leaves the matter in the hands of the house," well aware that a discreditable compromise was being effected, and that the only result of the conversation would be public disappointment. • PEACE OR WAR. (F r om the Times of this day.) It was very clear from the beginning, or rather before the beginning, that there were many who did not know what it was They thought it possibly an affair o f l ong shots, t° of prizes, t pri o war. zesof campaigns arranged in perfect secur it y , executed with w onderful despatch, and triumphantly con cluded. ..,and For our wohwant it p a r,t,,a was likely k ne tow he what; soa European peer were n i n w n a o r had r d names in consequence. It would no w a p pear eg to s behi p permitted as . a r T e h v ie r w There e that the war party imagined we cOuld shift from peace to • mar, without any go inge to onsi the stebnucy bottom. mwsuaacrn' such hluunidnor.wye to ha get into it, and were caned " Russians" and war to peace, as often or as quickly as we pl ease d ; that it was only an affair of parade or of uniform ; and that general actions admitted of as on Woolwich-common. The factis se unlike everythi ng t h ey sup t wordtothe long as Emperor, the storm posed that they think they running maoor our foe, lasts, e, o r fo to be relieved of it. Like the lady in a storm at sea, th ey sen d word to the captain, beseeehillg much h prearrangement o is, however, no stopping unless can w , e ifw stop e it by ashore or in please, send he ship so the Emperor, our ally, to say that we have thought b e tt er of it, that we are wiser than last year, and to withdraw. This, however, is so very unlike wh a t we have hitherto seen in any class of Englishmen, old or y oung ; it is so unlike schoolboys, who always fight out their quarrels as long as they can stand ; it is so unlike our artisans, who, when they have once " struck" for better terms, hold out till they are fairly starved into submission, that we can hardly believe it to be the same class that cried so loud last year and cries so small this. Then it was all defiance, all thunder, all splutter, all abuse, like that old Goliath or Homer's rude heroes. Now it is oil softness and civility, and we are told we ought not to judge Russia nacharitibly. Perhaps she means well, and we ought to put the most favourable con. struction oiolher actions. So, after driving Coriolanus to extre mities, we are now to send processions of mothers and wives in the shape of amiable plenipotentiaries to agree to any terms he may please to allow us. Is this the sort of line for England to take? Does it suit our national character, our position, onr interests, our reputation, or anything about us/ We are sure it does rot. reputation.y isiand s, to affect to a t governare we, about few h m o i W l l a lio h a n y s: the sea, and t o ma i ntain a fore one-eighth, or one-seventh, of the whole h uman race,—to we ort most place iu the nations of Europe ? Th ere is an immense t o s h f t e a s s u n e p a r t i n v e nalcilytYtlo b y arrogance, not to sar impudence, in these pretensions, unless we carry them through with a high hand and do every thing worthy of tilt / i t . So long as we challenge no more than we are ready to perform we are respectable, and are not likely to be rAhly encountered ; but if we are once found playing at th e game of brag, then all our mighty prestige will go to t4i winds, and we shall be left with our two little islands, ant our twenty-eight millions. We shall then be stripped of o'er feathers, the bipes implume of na tions, the great impstor found out, and universally exe crated and despised it proportion to the terror and respect we have hitherto ininsed. It so happens that we play the biggest part in those , ery quarters of the globe where people judge by looks, and I dlow the loudest talker. Throughout the East there is always a notion of some great man or some great nation dominatitg over all the others, holding the posi tion, keeping the strotg house, and able to s h u t ou t all the world besides. Wh entwo pretenders of this sort are at war, Orientals very naturaly believe it is a sort of cock-fight, or a battle for the champiotship, and prepare themselves to wor ship the conqueror ant trample on the conquered. Not even Money, nothing excer prowess, can give us the sort of (Front the Daily News of this day.) 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W e mus t fi gure as conquerers, or su bmit to bo vi . lev l d he t r r e ans is p n o o rts m t i d o d F I e r a n c o c u e s w e . e m W a e y m p a a y foreign contingents, w e ma y f ee d an d c l o th e, b u t it w ill b e necessary also to keep up our army, and to conquer with it. Were peace now to follow upon war as rashly and lightly as war has followed upon peace—that is, were England to conclude a peace on disgraceful terms—the British public would soon open their eyes to the unpleasant fact that they had lost caste in the world. Every Englishman would begin to be ashamed of himself, and no doubt we should have people insisting upon some summary way of wiping out disgrace and defeat. But this is not to be done. So no peace at present, till the objects of war have been at tained, unless we would lose the respect of our neighbours in Europe, and our subjects iu Asia. But it seems ridictilous to talk of a discreditable peace at the very time .when we are in better condition than ever for war. Now that the whole of the French force has sailed, and the Sardinian Contingent is on its way, the Allies will soon have in the Crimea not less than 200,000 of the best soldiers in the world, ready to undertake anything, and able to do it. They cannot and must not re turn without taking Sebastopol, unless they would show us on how flimsy a basis a great military reputation can rest. England cannot afford this downfall, nor can the Emperor of the French. His throne rests on opinion. He represents his people. He is of their election; he is their idol, their voice; and, so long as ho prospers, their pride. Should his legions return with nothing to show for their campaigns but an enor mous bill of costs and list of killed and wounded, he will have to fight a harder battle at home than his generals have been doing in the Crimea. So, also, will the Government of this country, which is on its trial, and which will not escape the fate of its predecessor, unless it can point to some material success and to some guarantee better than Russian words. Bat there is not even safety for a nation such as ours when she once begins to recede, for when our tide no longer flows it will begin to ebb. The battle we are now fighting at Sebas topol we shall, before long, have to fight nearer home, and even at home, if we confess our incapacity for war. It has ever been the boast, and even comfort, of this country, that whereas ne other can be at war but its own territory is out raged, its own towns and villages destroyed, and its own streams stained with blood, our soil is sacred. We neither hear portace the war others-wage, and _have it ~iu our own power to chose our battle-field. We have been rather apt to choose it a good way from home. This requires that we keep to the ground we have once chosen for the decision of our quarrel. But, in point of fact, one place is much the same as another in these days, and to be beaten in the Crimea is the same thing as to be beaten all over the world. There is no such thing as a mere geographical re putation, and a man may as well expect to enjoy a cha racter for probity in ono place which he does not in another, as to have a military reputation restricted to certain longitudes. We have to secure not only the fear of an enemy that is distant, but the respect of an ally that is very near, and of neighbours that are also within reach. Even now, when we press Austria to take the side of honour and advan tage, she taunts us with the smallness of our own contributions to the war, and tells us we are not in a condition to ask the aid of others while we do so little for ourselves. This, at least, shows the spirit we have to deal with, and it is a spirit that will be ready enough to assume the aggressive should the oc casion ever occur. We have to teach not only Russia, but all Europe and the whole world to respect us—not for our num bers, not for our home territory, not even for the number of men we can bring into the field, but for our evident determi nation to fight out, at every hazard and cost, the cause we have at once embraced. THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL PELESSIER. (Prone the Daily News of this day.) The Emperor of the French has given another proof of his being in earnest in the war against Russia. The Moniteur of Friday contains the appointment of General Pelissier as Com mander-in-Chief of the French forces in the Crimea. It is said in the same official paper that General Canrobert has re signed the post he held in consequence of ill-health. But as the following paragraph annouaces him to have taken General Pelissier's - place as commander of a division, the public are not to believe any more of the alleged reason than they like. An • officer who is too unwell to remain at the head of an army can hardly be fit to continue on active service at all ; and, there fore, it is not unnatural to conclude that General Canrobert has received from his imperial master a hint that he could no longer be at the head of the French army before Sebastopol, but that, being a brave man and a good soldier he is unwilling to leave the seat of war so long as there is a chance of a shot being fired. Further than this it behoves us not to examine the cause of so important a change. With that courtesy for which their nation is so celebrated, the French have abstained all along from commenting upon the conduct of many English General officers, who, although too sick to remain in the Crimea, have been well enough for several months past to dine out at public diallers twice and three times a week, and to take part in every festivity- public and private—to which they have been invited since their return to England. Sir De Lacy Evans is an exception to this almost universal rule, and we wish he was not the only one. Let us, therefore, follow the example set us by our neighbours, and neither talk too much nor inquire too minutely as to the why and the wherefore a General officer belonging to the army of our allies has been placed in an inferior position to that which he pre viously filled. Whatever may be the reason for the change, it cannot be said of General Canrobert that he has made his health an excuse for leaving the seat of war. In his reply to General Canrobert, the Emperor congratulates him on his desire to remain with the army (" Il vcius felicite du senti ment qui vows fait demander de rester al'armee"), and names him not merely to the command of a simple division, but to that of the corps d'armee which Pclissier has been at the head of since his arrival from Algiers. The soldier-like senti-. went of General Canrobert is precisely that. which induced Gen'eral Evans to rise froM a sick bed in order to bo present at Itikermau, although he declined taking the command of his division out of Major-Gen. Pennefather's hands. Would that we could record a few more similar instances of devotedness to their profession on the part of English General officers since the war began. The Emperor of the French has now given a fresh proof of his earnestness in the prosecution of the war ; could ho not impart a portion of his public energy to his friend Lord Palmerston ? Under date of St. Petersburg, April 28, Count Nes selrode, has issued the following circular note to Russian diplomatists abroad : " St. Petersburg, April 28. " Sir,—The deliberations of the Conference of Vienna, without being finally broken off, remain suspended, the Ple nipotentiaries of France and of Great Britain having declared their instructions exhausted. " To enable the Imperial Legations to form a correct judg ment of the actual state •f the negotiation, I make it a duty to draw a sketch of the whole, to state the results obtained, so as to point out the circumstances which, in arresting its progress, have been an obstacle to its success. " My despatch of the 25th of February made you ac quainted with the spirit in which the instructions were con ceived which the late Emperor Nicholas, of gloriN memory, gave to his representatives when the Vienna Conferences were about to be opened. Confirmed by our august master on his advent to the throne, those directions were faithfully acted upon by the plenipotentiaries selected by his Majesty to take part in that important negotiation. II comprised four ques tions—. " 1. Immunities of the Principalities. " 2. Navigation of the Danube. " 3. Revision of the treaty of 1541. " 4. Guarantee of the religious and civil liberties of the Christian populations subject to the domination of the Otto man Empire. " Before entering into a discussion of these articles, the Russian plenipotentiaries made a formal declaration, as in serted in protocol 1. It is as follows : " Prince Gortschakoff says—" It is only by entering into the details of each question that it can be ascertained whe ther we can come to an agreement or not. We have all the same starting point ; I also hope we have the same object in view—namely, a general peace--a peace which can only be solid and of practical value if honourable to both par ties. If from any quarter whatever it should be attempted to impose conditions upon Russia for that peace incompatible with her honour, Russia would never consent to them, how ever serious might be the consequences.' " Such was the point of departure which the Russian plenipotentiaries, conformably to the orders of their Court, clearly established at the very outset of the negotiation. No member of the Conference contested the validity of that de claration of principle. Far from it ; they each of them attested that it was far from the intention of their Cabinets to make propositions hurtful to the dignity of Russia. On the strength of those assurances the deliberations opened on the 15th of March. The sittings of the 17th and 18th of March were devoted to the question of the Principalities. It was settled, honour. ably, loyally, and disinterestedly, as the late Emperor wished it. In his august thoughts he hid essentially at heart to maintain the populations of Moldavia, Wallachia, and of Servia in the peaceful enjoyment of the religious and civil immunities which Russia had assured to them as the price Of her blood shed for a century in the cause of her co religionists. Their immunities remain intact. The protocols of Vienna 2 and 3 have served to consolidate - their maintenance, under the collective guarantee of all the high contracting parties. By this guarantee the privileged regim e of the Principalities enters the domain of the law of public right in Europe. Hitherto the care of watching over the execution of the en gagements taken by the Porte in her quality of sovereign Power fell upon Russia alone. Henceforth she will share that obligation with the other guaranteeing Powers. This community of duties will put an end to that feeling of rivalry which the exclusive surveillance exercised by Russia gave rise to. " For too long a time public opinion had denounced that state of things to the hatred of the stranger under the name of the Russian protectorate. This is the proper place to re mind you that you will not find that expression used in any of our treaties—either in that of Kainardji, or in that of Bucharest, or in the convention of Akerman, or in the treaty of Adrianople. There could be no question, therefore, of erasing from our acts a protectorate which never existed. Rus sia, in the past, had contracted a promise to guarantee the prosperity of the Principalities. The treaty of Adrianople confirmed that promise. The Imperial Cabinet, has falfilleel it again to-day, an d w ill f u l f i l i t i n t h e f u t ure, w h en , i n com mon accord with all th e P owers, it pl aces the immunities of the Principalities under the formal sanction of the law o f public right in Europe. " In this point of view the Vienna protocols deserve appre ciation as a permanent pledge of security added to the base s upon which the political and national existence haso ththee Danu bian provinces reposes. The Imperi a l s Cabinet I factory conviction of having loyally a ccomplished that result, ut. as with the double object of assuring on the one ha nd the i wel fare of those countries, and on t and he other of p bation from causes of misunderstanding , rivalry, pertur tin Polities in general. in the same spirit that the Reusstsioiann—ptlhenipotenttis arie I sd t i7e a usssdand solved the second question—that st of h nav i ga tion of t he Danube. It was the object of the sittings of the 215t.,,and234d of March. "By pro to co ls an d sit was agreed to apply to the navi gation of the Danub e the principles generally established con cerning river communications by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. In virtue of that legislation a mixed commission w ill henceforth have the task of removing the material obsta cies w hich have impeded the navigation, and on more than, one occasion have given rise to the complaints of commerce. Sevin happily CRICCOMO the difficulties presented ))7 /~A~~~~! ~~~ z /,' r P R ICE SD. ithe first two articles, the plenipotentiaries passed to the exa mination of the third, comprised under the denomination of revision of the treaty of the 13th of JUly, 1841. " The Imperial Cabinet calmly awaited the explanation of the views the Western Towers held on this point. Hitherto their intentions. variously commented upon either by the press or in Parliament, had not been clearly defined in the • preliminary meetings held at Vienna on the 28th of December and the 7th of January. At that period the representatives of France and England had limited themselves to a statement that, in the eyes of their Cabinets, the revision of the treaty of 1841 ought:to have the object of connecting in a more complete manner the existence of the Ottoman empire to the equilibrium of Europe, and to put an end to the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. As regard s the arrangements for carrying out that object, the pleni potentiaries declared that they depended too m uc h upon the events of the war to allow the bases to be settled at once. Public manifestations in France and England, how .ever, sufficiently betrayed the idea which Jurked behind those words. It aimed at the destruction of Sebastopol. Doubt less, according to the calculations of the Cabinets of London and Paris, the military operations in the Crimea, going hand in-hand with diplomatic deliberations, were to influence the issue of the Vienna Conferences. " When they opened the anticipation was not justified by events ; and therefore the name of Sebastopol was never ut tered. Russia is indebted for this silence to the heroic resist ance of her brave generals, officers, sailors, and soldiers. Their noble devotion has been the most victorious means of negotiation. The Imperial Cabinet deems itself happy in being able to say so. In its presence the combinations of our adversaries took another shape and assumed another tone. In the conference of the 26th of March the plenipotentiaries of France and England advanced the idea that it was for the two Powers possessing coast territory on the Black Sea to concert together the means of equalising their naval forces. Abstain ing, however, front making a clear and precise proposal on the subject, they left it to the Russian plenipotentiaries to take the initiative of the measures which the Imperial Cabinet might deem it advisable to indicate spontaneously, with a view to establish a just equilibrium between the relative forces. " Prince Gortschakoff and M. Titoff, without prejudging the intentions of their Court, thought it advisable to ascer tain the Emperor's decision as to the new aspect given to the third point under discussion, " Thus, on the, 26th of March, the deliberations were ad journedAntil a reply could be receive 4 from filt. Petersburg. During the interval the plenipotentiaffes of Austria afid Rns• sia agreed that it would be advisable to pass to the examina tion of the fourth article, relative to the immunities of the Christian populations in the East. _ . " As you are aware, the national feeling of Russia attaches so high and so serious an imptrtance to this question, that the late Emperor had ordered his representatives to give it the first place in the text of the treaty about to be concluded. Doubtless all the Powers, like Russia, recognised the gran deur of that interest, common to the whole of Christianity, in the unanimously.avowed object of watching over, by a European act, the future welfare of the Christian populations of the East, without distinction of form of worship. " We regret to say that the plenipotentiaries of France and England, after receiving the instructions of their Courts, re fused to pass on to the examination of this question as long as the discussion on the third point was in a state of suspense. The formalities required to state and explain that refusal oc cupied the seventh and eighth sitting, of the 20th of March and 2d of April. " The ninth sitting, that of the 9th of April, was devoted to the verification of the full powers of M. Drouyn de l'Huys and of Aali Pasha. The presence of the French Minister of Fo reign Affairs, in giving an additional degree of importance to the labours of the Conference, seemed to strengthen the hope entertained that they would lead to a pacific solution. That hope diminished in the subsequent meetings, which I have to describe. "On the 16th of April the Russian plenipotentiaries re ceived the instructions they had demanded. They were based upon a simple and truer principle ; the idea of submitting to a revision the treaty of 1841 did not appertain to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. For its part, it would have been ready to renew the engagements in virtue of which the former legisla tion of the Ottoman Empire, concerning the closing of the Straits, had obtained the sanction of a European act. The desire of modifying that state of things was evinced by the Western Powers. It was therefore for them to take the initi ative in making the propositions for a revision, which, at the very onset, they made one of the preliminary bases for the negotiations for peace. " The late Emperor, in authorising his representative to take part therein, had deigned to provide him with precise instructions, approved by his Majesty at the end of last year. in the expectation of the opening of the Vienna Con ferences. For the sake of more clearness I will briefly state the exact tenour of those instructions. They start from the principle that the Sultan, as Sovereign of the territory touching the two Straits of the Dardanelles, and of the Bosphorus,. has a right to open or shut the passage. They are not opposed to throwing open the Black Sea to foreign flags, if the Porte itself admits the principle, In that case they reduced the natural consequence of a perfect reci procity, so that the Russian vessels might be free to pass the straits, to enter the Mediterranean in the same manner that foreign ships-of-war might navigate the Black Sea. They, moreover, admitted the perfect liberty of the Sultan to exer cise his sovereign rights to assign Turkish ports as harbours of refuge and provisioning for foreign vessels. On these con ditions the late Emperor had authorised, eventually, his Plenipotentiaries to give their assent to the abrogation of the principle of closing the Straits. " Faithful to the idea of his august father, the Emperor Alexander 11 , prescribed to his Plenipotentiaries to adhere strictly to the instructions with which they were already provided. In making that decision known to them on the 11th of April, his Majesty deigned to authorise them to con tinue the deliberation commenced in the sitting of the 26th of March, and to discuss the matter thoroughly, leaving to oar advetaaries the obligation of — taking the initiative of a revision provoked by the Western Powers, and not by the Russian Cabinet. On the day after they received the instruc tions of their Court, Prinel Gortschakoff and M. Titotf, in the 10th sitting, that of the 17th of April, put it to the Plenipotentiaries of France and England to explain themselves as to the modifications their Cabinets desired to have made in the treaty of 1811. "Those modifications occupied the 11th and 12th sittings, the 19th and 21st of April. " In the first the Plenipotentiaries of the Western Powers explained the plan concerted between their Courts. In the second the Plenipotentiaries of Russia presented a counter project, based upon the instructions of the Imperial Cabinet. " We will briefly analyse both. "The first project read in the sitting of the 19th of April consists of ten articles. (Here follow the ten articles, already published in the papers presented to Parliament, Annex A to Protocol XL) After this project was read the Russian Pleni potentiaries, without entering into a discussion of the articles from 3 to 10, reserved to themselves to give a reply in the next conference as to the mode of solution proposed. " The rapidity of telegraphic communication" established between Vienna and St. Petersburg enabled Prince Gort schakoff to bring the proposals made on the 19th of April im mediately to the knowledge of the Imperial Cabinet. They differed essentially, prima facie, from the very remarkable definition which Lord John Russell established on the 26th of March to serve as a rule for the solution of the problem which formed the object of the actual deliberation. Let us quote the words of the English plenipotentiary, inserted in the text of Protocol 6 : " Lord John Russell recalling the declaration made at the opening of the nogotiation by Prince Gortschakoff, that he would consent to no condition incompatible with the honour of Russia, maintained that in the eyes of England and of her allies her best and only admissible conditions of peace would bo those which, being the most in harmony with the honour of Russia, should at the same time be sufficient for the security of Europe and for preventing a return of complications such as that the settlement of which is now in question.' "After this declaration, made formally in the conference of the 26th of March, Lord John Russell cannot be surprised that the propositions made on the 19th of April were not judged by the Imperial Cabinet as the best and only admis sible ones,' to quote the words of the English plenipotentiary. In sooth, to limit the number of vessels in the Black Sea while the naval forces in the Mediterranean remained without control ; to open the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus to France and England while closed to the Russian flag ; finally, to stipu late the nomination of foreign Consuls in our ports without the Imperial Government having in its power to refuse them the trequatur—a right enjoyed equally by France and Eng land in the territories submitted to their rule ;—surely these were not conditions of a nature to assure the blessings of a solid and durable peace to Europe ; for a transaction to be a permanent one between States must be mutually honourable, otherwise it is not peace, but an armistice. " These considerations, appreciated in their exact truth, will complete the proof that in reality the combinations suggested by the plenipotentiaries of France and England would have offered fewer and less sonci pledges TOT the peace of Europe than the plan drawn up by the late Emperor. He threw open the Black Sea freely to the flags of all nations; thereby he put an end to the isolation of the Ottoman empire, and to the apprehension caused in foreign States thy the disproportion of the naval forces of the two Powers who have territory in the Black Sea. By ceasing to be closed it was made accessible to the surveillance and ob servation of all other Powers. This did away also with the fear of the presumed danger to which the capital of the Otto man empire might be exposed by the vicinity of our naval establishments. In a word, that plan, conceived by a policy at the same time provident and disinterested, would, on the one hand, have afforded a permanent guarantee of security to Europe, while, on the other, the dignity of Russia would not have suffered in the slightest degree. On her side she would by on the bo th openingsides of t theer there D ha a v r e da o n b e ta ll i e n s ed an e a qual rights of would have been in the adoption of this plan the merit of a, the for soerurs. fla g ti - Wiens, the immutable principle of justice, which the sen perfect reciprocity, which forms the basis of international re ment of honour of every nation approves and respects. " Penetrated with this conviction, our august master re iterated to his representatives the order of adhering to execution of that plan as given in their instructions Under t the late Emperor. of that order. Thus the pla n presented to the transmission "The telegraphic communications gave incredible celerity at Vienna on the 19th of April, examined at St. Petersb ur g on the 20th, was in the conference of the 21st. Court, they presented. declined by the Russian d the orders of their th • " Having obeyed based upon theirin structions, plenipotentiaries in the same sitting a counter-pro j ect,open the Straits and the a the free navigation of the B l lac y read--1, a memorandum on the principle of throwing "In support of that p an drawn up with a view to de vclo p e the advantages of the I m perial Cabinet in the general com bination proposed by the the series of articles destined to convert th e containing in terest of the balance of po wer in Euro p e , and, 2d, an expo sitionsaid project into a tr eat y . On the demand of the Russian plenipotentiaries these two .documents were annexed to Pro tocol 12. As they attest to all friendly Powers the sincerity and the perseverance of the efforts of the Imperial Cabinet towards the accomplishment of the work of peace by every mea of fa ns co these d mpatible with th ocumene dignity of Russia, we have thought to complete the at fit to annex ts to the p r esent despatch, so as P IAI eeexee Aanredlß,ioia as publi c s t h s. ed in the papers pres en t e d to : We i regret to add that a ll th e attempts of our plenipo teaniiaarim e e sf t a ' iled to procure the adoption of the plan, and that they could not overcome the obstacles to its execution. The first obstacle was raised by the Ottoman plenipotentiary. He declared that his inst ruc ti ons prescribed the maint enance o f the principle of the c l os i ng of the hedPriltlitcoi Straits; that the Sublime Porte had ever con s id ered that that Prance and England d e principle a re gli sp a e ra cted nte wi e o t f h itil som in e exceptions might - dependence ; and th at it wis be stipulated. 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The Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, declaring that his Court had nothing more at heart than to contribute to the 1 establishment of peace, expressed his regret that Russiashoul a propose the principle of throwing open the Black Sea while the other Powers unaniniously maintained a contrary principle as necessary to the tranquillity of E urope. " However, he did not regard the different modes of solu tion as exhausted, and he regarded it especially the task of Austria to endeavour to find means for a ramyroa,chnient. He hoped the conference would meet again as soon as one s f the members had new propositions to make. cc The day after the sitting of the 21st Lord John R 11 , left Vienna for London. His departure did not put an end i to the conferences. The deliberations were resumed on the 26th of April, at the request of the Plenipotentiaries of Russia. " Their instructions in authorising them to give the assent of the Imperial Cabinet to the opening of the Strait s as a means of arriving at a general pacification emanated from the idea that a combination conceived in that spirit, to be carried out, ought first to have the adhesion of the Porte in its quality of Sovereign of the territories on the Straits. The declaration male by the Ottoman Plenipotentiary in the sit ting of the 21st put an end to that eveutuility. It then re mained fur the Russian Plenipotentiaries to use the latitude of their powers to arrive at anew solution, in accordance with the direct interests of Russia. " From the very first, as we have said, the Imperial Cabinet, without provoking the revision of the treaty of 1841, was willing to renew its stipulations. It was only to exhaust the means of negotiation in its power that it thought fit to respond to the intentions of the Cabinets of Paris and London by proposing to throw open the Black Sea to the flags of every nation. Their refusal to enter into that means of concil iation completely dispensed the Imperial Cabinet from dwelling upon it. On the contrary, there were many reasons in favour of the principle of closing the Straits, which we had give" up, not with a view to an exclusive policy, but out of ser , ious consid era ti ons for the general welfare. ' After the rejection. of the plan for the opening of the Black Sea o ur ~ eripotentiaries were free to propose a new plan. [The note here givee a summary of what passed at the Con ference of the 26th of April. Protocol No. XIII.] " On the 28th of April M. Drouyn de I'Huys left Vienna. " Such le a resew of the n ego ti at i ons up to the 28 t h o f April. To preserve to this statement the character of sim plicity and calmness which is suitable to an historical narra tive, we have carefully avoided recrimination. It sufficed to establish the facts in their proper order, to make you acquainted with the intenti ons w hi ch the Imperial Cabinet made preside over each of the points under discussion. We will recapitulate them briefly :-- " The first was one of political rivalry. The Emperor took the most exalted view of it ; he resolved it in the interest of the welfare of the Principalities, the prosperity of which Rus sia had promised to guarantee. She has kept, and will keep her promise. , " The second was connected with general interests of com merce. The Emperor has decided in favour of the free t ra d e o to m sation. N .- " The tfiird concerned nor only the - gynerat balance of power, but touched nearly the dignity and honour of Russia. It was thus that our august master judged it. The national sentiment of the whole country will respond to his decision. "The fourth point was one of religious liberty, of civili. sation, and social order for all Christendom. In the eyes of the Imperial Cabinet it is that which ought one day to be placed at the head of a treaty of general peace worthy of being invested with the sanction of all the Sovereigns of Europe. The plenipotentiaries of France and Esglandrefused to touch even this question of religions interest before that concerning the navigation of the Black Sea had been settled. " After this reflection there remains nothing for us to add to the recital we have made. " You are authorised to communicate this recital to the Cabinet to which you hare the honour of being accredited. It _ _ will judge which side was most loyal in endeavouring to pro cure the re-establishment of peace ; it will decide on which side the obstacles arose which have prevented that desirable work. If it finally fails by the rupture of the conferences, the impartial opinion of friendly Powers will at least render the justice to Russia to acknowledgethat she spared no efforts to assure the success of a negotiation destined to realise the deeply-expressed desire for a general pacification. " Europe may count upon the constant and firm solicitude which the Emperor will always devote to that great interest, when the hour shall have come when Divine Providence will have enlightened the conscience of the Cabinets whose im placable hostility, in presence of the mourning which covers an august tomb, calls upon his Majesty to defend with his drawn sword the safetyand the honour of his country. " NEt3SELR-ODE." NEWSVEN_OORS' BENEVOLENT INSTI- TUTION. The general meeting of this praiseworthy institution was hell last evening at the Freemasons' Taverns Mr. Charles Dickens, the president, in the chair. The Chairman, after describing the objects of the institution, forcibly recommended it, and expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which it was managed. He then drew a humorous picture of the newsvendors' business, show ing how admirably they managed their affairs, in contra distinction to the way in which matters were conducted in other places. From the excellent way in which this society was conducted he had every hope of its success, but if his friend, Mr. Wyld, had been appointed to carry o❑ the distribution of newspapers, simply because his great-great-great-grandmother had been so, he should have very little hope indeed. (Laughter.) Again, if he (the chairman) received papers two or three years old, with all sorts of publications which he did not want, and if his staff could do no more than stand on their heads, or " over" all the street-posts upon their beat, instead of distributing papers, while a juvenile junior held their oil s kin "portfolio," he should have also very little hope. (Laughter.) Some time ago they had a strike of cab. men, which caused a great deal of inconvenience ; but he could assure them, as an idea of their usefulness, a cab strike would be a mere trifle compared to the , im partanee of a suspension of the labours of the distribu tors of news. (Giughter.) Their calling bad become of vital interest to the community in the assistance which it rendered to the diffusion 'ref that mighty engine—tbo terror alike of all humbugs and despots, the press — (loud cheers)—and that calling had now become more useful than ev.'r. He remembered the period when the s',eet of the limes wool I have hardly furnished one night's curling paper for a young lady's hair, particularly if she was possessed of anything like a tolerable crop, and be bad watched its growth up to the present day, when every one must admit that a morning's Times would make a moderate-sized carpet for a dining-room. (Cheers and laughter.) Looking, then, at this development of its power, without speculating upon the future, he thought that the newspaper trade should, in justice to itself, rise also in influence and position. (Hear, hear.) It rested with themselves entirely whether their desires should be realised, and whether they should obtain that support from each other and from Vie public which he believed their exertions deserved. Mr. Coles, the secretary, then read the report, which was of a gratifying character, 501. having been added to their funded stock during the last year. Mr. Gilbert moved, and Mr. Wyld seconded, the adoption of the report, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Terry moved a resolution tendering the thanks of the meeting to the press for the valuable assistance which it had rendered them. On looking over the list of subscriptions he found that more than two-thirds came from the press. He was glad of that, and was also happy to say that they were enabled to distribute the influence of that mighty engine over the world. Carried unanimously. Mr. C. D. Walter moved, and Mr. W. Wright seconded, another resolution —" That the thanks of this meeting are due, and are hereby given, to those proprietors of newspapers and other friends who have liberally contributed to the funds of the institution."— Carried unanimously. Votes of thanks to the commit tee and to the chairman were then agreed to. MAINE LIQUOR LAW.—Last night a public meeting, respectably attended, was held at St. Martin's-hall, con vened by the " United Kingdom Alliance for the total Suppression of the Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors throughout the United Kingdom," in aid of their move ment. Alderman Sir R. Carden occupied the chair. The Rev. J. Hansom, the Rev. Jabez Burns, D.D., and other gentlemen, having addressed the meeting, a re solution in furtherance of the object of the meeting was adopted, and also a petition to both Houses of Parlia ment, praying for the enactment of a law absolutely pro hibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors in this country. DIPLOMATIC SPECIAL PLEADING.—The answer we are disposed to make to Count Nesselrode's circular shall be in a higher tone and on a broader principle. We have engaged in this war from a conviction of its neomity, and it would be alike ungenerous and impolitic to with• draw from the contest until those objects which have obtained the universal sanction of Europe are accom plished. Our military honour is at stake, and at this very moment we have reason to believe that the alli ed armies are ready to open their second campaign te i rr n or th to e highest e ffi ciency, while our fleets are carr y in g the frozen shores of the Baltic. Our po litical character Bonn try would cease to fill the ranksh t mighti obtained s i t u that they to a compromise pied among nations if she coul d s is not less at stake throughout the e wor s ld h , er fo e r to t fo h r is e c o o e u eu n- - to suggest. By such a peace us a would it expedient the gainer ; for, though constantly in every respect be _ . with Russia on.such terms as Cou o n o t P Ness ß elro s d i e thinks victorious armies of the West from sight of an enemy would again sail forth to r the Russianl G overnment with untilmo the allied Powers it has fled t h h e e a y te h n ad in dr t i h ve e and fie e l v d n ;n: h u th e e r c e es di g n . P a l v ° a W ma h p t io s n ts w t e h r at wh ic h insult . the weak. 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